Heavensward

[arroganceandangst]

Coming to Ishgard

The Crystal Braves's betrayal still fresh in mind and only the Warriors of Light, Alphinaud, and Tataru accounted for, Cid Garlond whisks our heroes away to Coerthas to avoid detection of the crew they thought were friends. They find themselves in Ishgard where they are greeted warmly by House Fortemps and granted sanctuary, much to the displeasure of King Thordan and his Heavens Ward.

Alphinaud's despair about being unable to "Save Eorzea(TM)" comes to a head and Tatarus and the Warriors of Light set him straight. Together they move forward to find their scattered friends and allies and move forward. Meanwhile, the Dragonsong War begins to set back into motion after years of an unease and tense ceasefire.

Amongst the chaos a strange and desperate from another world slips into our Eorzea with the intent of saving their land at the cost of ours.

Welcome to Heavensward, I hope you packed your furs.

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and thus she was returned after 3 weeks rest

[arroganceandangst]

He blocked her axe without even a second thought - he deflected the blow like a man swatting away an insect, though he was certainly more friendly than that. He was a little confused by her reaction - that is, her anger at him.

"Most people want to put down giant beasts - and we all had your back!"

He was still irritatingly cheerful.

"If we didn't put it down here and now it'd cause quite a bit more trouble for others anyhow - we made a perfectly able team to bring it down!"

He meant specifically himself and her, not the entire group of people - though it could be taken either way.

"Come, let's go take a rest and get some food - after a fight like that nothing else is of more comfort!"

His grip on his sword had not loosened one bit, recognizing she may take more swings at him, ready to deflect them. He wouldn't attack her or attempt to disable her, just deflect.

big mood for this thread tbh :P

[provokedultimatum]

Atha snarls as he deflects her strike like it was nothing, like she was just some small bloody inconvenience not even worth the effort. "You could have fucking done it without me! I could have fucking left when your buddies turned up!"

She steps back when he mentions the two of them resting and eating together. "You did it on purpose didn't you?" She shouts at him, accusing, "You did it so I couldn't leave!"

can you hear me screaming from campus

[arroganceandangst]

Confusion crossed his face as she accused him. Some part of him buried deep down inside wonders if this is something more than just anger and if something was feeding it, but he has no way to be sure. He lowers his sword, holding it with only one hand as if it were a short sword.

"I did it for the glory of the fight - your visage shall be spread as a hero now! You'll be recognized as the one who gathered everyone to put down the great beast! I had no intention in trapping you in a situation you didn't want to be in."

His voice softened, and his voice a bit more quiet, especially with the snow muffling sound.

"I apologize if that is what I did, m'lady."

absolutely XD

[provokedultimatum]

Atha whips her axe back towards Ara's face with an angry cry. "DID'YA NOT THINK I DON'T WANT MA FACE SPREAD ABOUT YOU FUCKER!"

It's clear that she's getting more and more worked up as Atha continues to fail to hit and with a final shriek, throws the massive battleaxe at him.

[arroganceandangst]

He blocks the axe moving towards his face still as if it were simply practice rather than an actual attempt to hurt him, confusion still living on his face as she yells about spreading her face about. His eyes grew wide as she literally threw the axe at him, though he easily dodged out of the way so that the axe flew harmlessly past him.

"That sure is a new technique, hah. They didn't teach me that while I was learning the axe." It had distracted him enough to make him grin and be amused. He looked back to her as the axe landed in the snow, his smile fading as he came back to the reality of the situation. "Well, why wouldn't you? You're quite a talented warrior."

And not so hard on the eyes either, he thought to himself, though he knew this wasn't the time to say it.