Taking some personal time (Sedaiyus)

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Agatha wasn't really the getting drunk type, but she was actually one that loved to take a drink once in a while, to take some time away from the Brigade, from the possibility of having to kill anyway in the forest, and just go to the werewolf territory and the Silver Moonlight Pub, where she had been more often since she actually felt like she could just walk in there, be herself and no one looking strangely at her, this was her territory too, and somehow, that always made her feel good, safe in a way even, as safe as a paranoid assassin could feel anyway.

She gratefully took the new filled up glass and twirled it around in her hand for a moment as she looked at it, before taking a good sip and putting the glass back on the bar in front of her and then letting her gaze run across the pub for a moment if someone was there that she thought was interesting, she didn't know why, but a part of her ached for some distraction, from her almost blunder at the castle, but the realization that greater, good, beings actually did exist even with the doubts she always had about that. 'Seems like entertainment is low tonight.' Agatha had mumbled to herself then, also noticing that there wasn't really anyone yet like usual that would play some music, since it would cause quite some conflicts if they started playing other kinds and especially mechanical kinds of music inside her.

For now though, Agatha didn't really spot anyone that even seemed interesting, the only people she could spot seemed like one that enjoyed the hunt as a werewolf a little too much for her liking, and the others just way too pre-occupied with themselves and their own lives. She grabbed her glass again and just as she took a sip again, her eyes went up a bit as her ears focused on the door sideways behind her as she could clearly hear someone outside about to enter, which instantly made her on guard but curious at the same time.

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Sedaiyus was looking for some entertainment that night. He had made his way through most of the lands but some he just found more amusing than others. If there was any place for him to be that night, why not within the lands of werewolves that could rip him to shreds? Kept things interesting enough. Sedaiyus confidently walked into the local pub where he was ignoring what might be some curious and/or cautious eyes upon him as any werewolf would easily be able to sense he wasn't one of them, even the younger ones could tell he wasn't human, and the more developed ones perhaps could sense more. But it wasn't a factor taken into consideration for Sedaiyus. Sedaiyus could be a eye full to take in. He was naturally a very blandiloquent man. He had evocative alluring ocean eyes that sparkled in the light, almost hypnotic and entrancing if one let themselves go to their very enticing appeal. His near flawless body was well toned and muscular but not buff or burley holding masculinity without giving up many elegant features one may find in woman. This no doubt would bring cynosure to many men to sought such a figure. His skin was always well blended and tanned just right, not light but far from too bronzed. His skin itself was silk like, soft to the touch, never rough. When embraced in his arms one would easily describe a gentleness about him, certainly graceful, but at the same time holding great strength and security. He had well taken care of white teeth that made his smile shine, a smile that could lighten the night sky and melt the hearts of both men in woman at the same time. Even his soft and mellifluous voice was something to behold easily soothing and warming the hearts of most young woman.

Sedaiyus had a very specific taste in how he dressed too. The variation was great, he could pull off a dark gothic or emo persona'd attire all the way to a nobleman or lord. But it had to be in his own way and at its best. Sedaiyus wore what he felt looked good and described him best as he wished to appear not what was most popular or what was most expensive or famously branded. He hasn't ever let himself down yet in these choices either. He walked in wearing a suit of sorts, well in appearance, grey, fine material. A white button up shirt similar in design, then a matching grey vest buttoned up with matching grey but fair looking dress shoes.. Top button of his shirt was undone and collar folded over the vest. His under shirt was not tucked in like most nobility would have it and his long sleaves were slightly rolled and pulled up a bit but it just seemed to look good anyhow, Sed really pulled it off he thought anyhow. It defined great taste yet at the same time made apparent Seds great laid back and care free nature but not so far as showing careless nature. Sedaiyus's soft dark blond hair was done up in an odd manner too. A kind of spiky manner, it was the kind of controlled chaos he wanted to represent in his style. Again defining a laid back, easy going feel yet not being indeliberately messy, just a style Sedaiyus was fond of. Sedaiyus made his way to the bar where he sat down and order a simple beer he wasn't too familiar with. He took a sip and paused a moment taking it in. He smiled and nodded approvingly as he took another sip before putting it down. He threw a few coin on the table for the bartender turned to take in the few people that were there. Sedaiyus asked the bartender politely if he had heard any interesting news lately. The bartender gave him a look like Sedaiyus shouldn't have been there in the first place let alone trying to strike up a conversation but was tolerant because Sedaiyus was a paying customer and profit was profit.

When he replied with a simple and subtle 'no' Sedaiyus got the hint that he didn't want to talk to him. This however didn't seem to phase Sedaiyus at all, in fact Sedaiyus maintained a fairly up beat attitude. He grinned and just added "Thats too bad. But I am sure plenty of interesting things will happen tonight." Sedaiyus said softly leaving plenty of room for interpretation. He took a sip of his drink once more and set it down. "Wow, This is much better than that poison they call alcohol over in SYLTHANUS." Sedaiyus chuckled faintly as he added "Its like they didn't ever to expect any other company besides vampire, ahh what a crazy lot they were. Didn't make it threw my first drink before some crazy vixen tried to persuade me to follow her to an alley for some 'fun'. As if anyone would be stupid enough to not realize what that meant, I mean she was a vampire after all." The bartender was wiping down the counter pretending not to listen but something kinda nagged at him to keep listening especially at the mention of vampire. He wiped over closer to where Sedaiyus was following his story. Sedaiyus with a embarrassed grin. "Well, needless to say I followed her to the alleyway. I was rewarded with two more vampiress upon my arrival. The three seemed awfully amused when I tried to go back to get my drink I forgot only to be cut off by one of them who stood in front of the door. A shame, I kinda feel bad to this day, I don't like getting drinks and not paying for them." Sedaiyus laughed light heartedly. "I apologize sir. I didn't mean to bother you, you have work to do. I will keep quite this time I swear." This seemed to aggrivate the bartender who had now gotten sucked into the story. He replied a little mad "No, you already started, finish. What happened next?" Sedaiyus grinned devilishly taking pride in his tales. "I would, but I don't want to stir up the crowd here. I forget where I am soemtimes. Tales of vampire probably arn't very welcoming here."

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Agatha looked in the corners of her eyes at the guy that came into the pub and that came sitting next to her at the bar, letting her eyes in that way, not very noticeable under the hood she still had over her head mostly for now, run across the guy and taking him in, having mixed impressions already, but he did look interesting to put it lightly she couldn't help but notice, it was also why she came here to begin with after all.

She still couldn't really make a decision of what to make of this guy as she calmly took another sip of her drink, keeping her head turned in front of her as if she wasn't paying any attention to the guy, which was kind of hard after he started telling his entire story about the vampires and one and then eventually three of them in particular, but Agatha didn't really care about personally, she just didn't know what to think of the idea of this guy being close to Marina, now knowing what she really was, a development that had actually made her sloppy for just a few seconds long enough to make things more difficult than necessary.

Eventually Agatha rolled her eyes after sipping from her drink again, as the guy seemed to be finishing his story, and apologized for going on like it, when the bartender asked him to finish, which caused her to throw him a warning look for a moment. She then couldn't take it anymore and put her glass on the bar strongly, making a small bit of the liquid spill over the edge of what was left in it. She swiftly moved to her side to the guy with her hood still on and was pretty close to him within a flash with one of her pocket blades put against his neck, figuring her hidden wrist blade would be too revealing of herself. 'Now now, mister I'm-sure-I-am-charming, you were just getting on track with finishing that story, there are people here that lost family, friends, loved ones to the battle they started not long ago not too far from here, and I didn't come here to be in the middle of them trying to kill you.' Agatha said as she tilted her head to the side with her face still somewhat hidden and on purpose slightly increasing the force she put on his skin with the blade. 'So how about you change the tone and subject to something at least I might enjoy so I can make them enjoy it too if they stirr trouble because of you lover boy?' She asked him with her eyes locked on him and the blade still against his neck for now. She might be here totally incognito, but that didn't mean she was always the innocent acted Agatha at those times.

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Sedaiyus's attention was diverted when a person next to him slammed their glass down. By the time he looked over what he soon found out to be a woman was already upon him in an instant with a blade to his throat. However Sedaiyus was far from distraught, he was smiling will curiosity and interest quite nonchalant for someone whoes life was about to possibly be over in seconds. As Sedaiyus listened to her words subjectively he gave a small brief chuckle. "Beautiful voice love, no doubt to match an equal grace under that hood, but you need not fret darling I was just getting to the best part. These vampire were no friends of mine, I was not to have a night of my life, in fact their plans were just the opposite. One drew a dagger, the other two were content with ripping me apart with their bare hands. But I am a man of many tricks, you have no need to be my guardian angel tonight but I am glad you care, warms my heart love, just as I didn't need such protection then when I ripped those bitches hearts from their body and forced them to eat it. I am not a fan of such crude unsubtle carnage but it held a sense of amusing irony I think."

Sedaiyus smiled devilishly as his entire body gave a faint vibration then micro flicker. Odd and noticeable by perhaps only a keen werewolfs eyes who was paying attention but little changed in the situation. That was until Sedaiyus reappeared from the shadows and casually walked up behind Agatha keeping himself at least just outside of arms reach. Agatha would find her blade would soon pass through what she originally saw as Sedaiyus and the image of him sitting on the counter fade. A combination of his influence, illusion, and shadow jumping. Sedaiyus as he stood behind Agatha right as his other image faded spoke softly "I understand your peoples losses more than many do. But I don't come to salt an open wound if thats what it seemed, I can promise you this. If nothing less I have come to help. I am one of the few people who genuinely cares what happens to your kind. Many, like yourself hold great beauty that I would not see extinguished from this world so soon. You move quick even for a werewolf. I cannot keep up with your movements, not at this moment anyways. What I could see however was remarkable elegance in form and figure. This is more than skill, it is a way of life for you isn't it? Assassin?"

Sedaiyus smiled charmingly at Agatha more interested than ever. If there was one thing Sedaiyus would always misinterpret for the end of his days was that not every person who tried to kill him was trying to flirt or play games. Despite how hard it was for him to believe Sedaiyus couldn't grasp that some people actually wished him dead. "I have traveled this world far and wide for many years. There are subtle differences between the rogue professions I have discovered through careful observation of the body." Sedaiyus said though his deductions were more from just observing said classes body, but the many intimacies he had with countless numbers of them. "Hunters, Rangers, Thieves, Assassins and all the other variations are so similar its hard to tell one from the other allot of times as you all seem to have allot of the same practices. But we both know the differences are greater than many perceive. I had the lovely experience of paying dearly for similar poor judgment when I called a guild master of a particularly infamous thieves guild a foolish bandit who was no better than a city pick pocket. Lets just say I haven't made those mistakes since after the lesson he taught me."

Sedaiyus moved back to his stool casually despite Agatha's more hostile approach and he took his seat and took another sip of his drink then his sea blue eyes fought to see through the veil Agatha put up. He smiled in an affectionate manner and spoke gently "My name is Sedaiyus, Sedaiyus Zevidian. Despite your introduction, it truly is a great pleasure to meet you and I want you to know I don't take this personally. Let me buy you a drink to make up for the trouble? I think you spilt some when you slammed yours down anyways, I take full responsibility. I don't like upsetting friends and I usually don't make it a habit." Sedaiyus turned from Agatha now and stared into his drink like he was looking for something deep at the bottom of the cup. "This world is full of pain and suffering as it is. Someone like you most likely finds comfort in hiding, distance, shutting people out. It is hard to blame one for doing what is needed to survive. But there is far more wonders in this place than many hope to see. I'd love to show you sometime." Sedaiyus grinned slightly as a shape of a heart formed in the foam of his alcohol.

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Was this guy serious? Was he really flirting with her with her blade to his throat with his statement about her voice and her face hidden under her hood. She just hoped for him it wasn't because he didn't take her seriously or see her as a threat, because in that case he might not know this time, but she'd make sure he'd know soon enough after tonight. 'You're for real?' She asked him surprised with her eyebrows pulled up as she couldn't help but ask before deciding to listen what else he had to tell. When his story ended she narrowed his eyes, which was a bit difficult to see under the hood but still. 'You knew exactly what was going to happen with those vampires, yet you still played along to lead them to their slaughter, why?' She asked him in a threatening voice demanding answers when she asked questions.

Agatha's eyes grew wide in a second though once she noticed the slight vibration through the guy's body with the micro flicker that followed, one that she was sure she would have missed if not for how she had learned to train her senses. Agatha stayed where she was as she heard him behind her quickly enough, pulling the blade back before it could even go through the dissipating image of him, but had as a precaution made her hidden wrist blade ready just in case this guy was going to try anything else. While listening to his words and not saying anything to them yet, Agatha stood still, yet was surprised and her fingers twitching a bit for just a second as he called her assassin. Then her response was to turn around in a flash while putting a step toward him and now putting the wrist blade against him while pulling off her hood with her other hand and looking him straight in the eyes now. 'Don't assume to know anything about me from just a few minutes of playing with fire.' Agatha told him in a warning tone and shaking her head, also because at the same time she still tried to completely ignore the vibe this guy gave off, and of course all his compliments, which in a way had actually made her take off her hood too to make him see that in her opinion he had no idea what she looked like under that thing.

That charming smile on his face, right now it gave Agatha the urge to cut it off his face or something, just because of how this guy seriously made it hard for a girl to just ignore his looks, that charming overly self-aware thing this guy had over him, it was one of the types she'd actually hoped to never really come across in person, and now he was here, kind of ruining her evening of calmly drinking at her favorite pub. 'All people I'm sure you just examined closely and intimately for one night and were gone forever the next morning right?' She asked him sarcastically while pulling up an eyebrow again. 'And here you are, presuming you can just call me "assassin" huh? You seem to be falling in old ways then.' She told him in a purposely soft and a bit devilish voice of her own now as she stepped closer to him again with her eyes still locked on his.

When Sedaiyus moved back to his stool, Agatha didn't really stop him and in the process lowered her blade again and hid the one on her wrist under her clothes again before slowly turning around and looking at the sea blue eyes he had that were trying to break and see through the veil she had up not that long ago and listened to his apology only mostly offer to buy her a drink. 'You're really a guy that doesn't know when to quit do you?' She asked him as she let her green eyes lock onto his for a moment again and then putting her other blade away too. 'Fine, but don't think you're in the clear, or getting anything else so easy from me.' She said then as she slightly shrugged her shoulders and then took back her seat on her own stool next to him.

Agatha actually fell quiet again as the words Sed started speaking while looking into his drink as if he was looking for something about the pain and suffering, and his observations about someone like her. She looked at her glass, still waiting for the one he'd order for her. 'Isn't surviving all we have to work for anyway? Besides, only the paranoid survive out here, and these days who can you actually trust?' She asked him calmly before looking next to her at him again. 'You can call me Prue for now.' She told him then with a slight smile and a shrug because she wasn't going to tell him her first or last name yet, like she said, she wasn't going to trust this guy so easily to begin with, but getting a drink from him and giving him a small chance here, what could be the harm in that? Then her eyes caught the heart he formed in the foam of his alcohol and she bit the inside of her cheek for a few seconds because of that and her eyes slowly wandered up towards his again. 'And for how long and much would that be? What is it that you are really trying to accomplish, with that Sedaiyus?' She asked him, on purpose saying his name like that, with a gesture of her eyes to the heart and then back at him, purposely still not going to make this easy on him.

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Sedaiyus had a sort of sheepish grin on his face as Agatha pointed out that he had known the intent of the vampire the whole time. Sedaiyus giggled a bit at her thought of him leading them to their slaughter and why he did it. Sedaiyus had a fairly good idea of the vampiress's motives but his own intentions were not to kill the three at all unless he had to, though he surely didn't care enough to regret his actions. "Oh dearest angel now why does anyone do anything really? To see if we can of course. Explore the possibilities, discover our boundaries, and push ourselves to new heights. The ways of vampire and their seductive methods of luring their prey are far from foreign to me, you are right." Sedaiyus had a prideful smile on his face now as he continued "I mean I would like to think I helped teach them some of those ways once upon a time, but thats another story for another night. I went along with their poorly executed ruse in hopes that I might persuade them to try a different path of their own free will. I obviously was not successful, they left me little choice, and now lesson learned on both sides I might add. I discovered certain limits of my own talents and have bettered them since that time and the vampire have learned a valuable lesson that not every visitor should be treated as prey, win win." Sedaiyus gave a sad puppy dog eyed look as Agatha warned him not to make assumptions about her and alluded that such mistakes could be dangerous if not fatal. "Oh come now darling, how does one learn not to play with said fire if they never experience getting burned by it? People need to live a little more, what knowledge can be gained from success can be equally obtained through failure as well. These mistakes are as important as our triumphs. If I had played a cautious scared little kitten love I would have to presume I would know absolutely nothing about you now wouldn't I? Risk is rewarding no matter how dangerous it can be. Would you have paid more attention to me if I quietly ordered a beer then took my leave? Now look at us, almost magic when you think about it."

Sedaiyus listened to Agatha intently then found a pleasant grin on his face when she finally gave him a name Prue. "Ahh Prue, lovely as to be expected." Sedaiyus held a hand over his heart and had an dramatically played hurt look on his face as he replied "Oh how horrible Prue. To think I am seeking anything from you is heartbreaking. For all you know I want nothing but to give to you graciously not take. But I suppose there would be no fun or reward in making things simple or easy." Sedaiyus smiled delightfully and added "No beautiful, I am afraid survival is far from the only thing to work for out here. At least not something worth working towards, because to do so means to miss out of grander things this world has to offer, and if you do that well....your not living at all so why bother surviving." Sedaiyus shrugged slightly and had an innocent look on his face but held his impish grin "What I am trying to accomplish is more for you than it ever could be for me I swear, cross my heart, hope to die. And how long and how much? You asked me whether or not my observations amounted to petty and simple one night stands. Dear Prue, you too know so little about me if thats truly what you see and believe about me. Perhaps we can teach eachother some things that might surprise one another. But where to start. This right here." Sedaiyus said looking into his mug. "Symbolism really, that even in a drink one can find extraordinary things you wouldn't expect to. There is a world right here under your very nose you haven't allowed yourself to open up to and see or more importantly feel. Lets say theoretically I can not only open you up to these wonders I claim to know but am capable of safeguarding you from anything that might try and prevent you from being able to open yourself to them. Would you at least be curious?" Sedaiyus took a sip of his drink and watched Agatha with his own curiosity.