Lord Dragoon

Mentas: Sealing

Catiel was already moving when she saw the wasp, knowing that holding still might get her killed. The instant Sun's attack was knocked away, she already aimed and released an arrow. One that would pin the wasp to the wall by its head, if it hits. She then pulled out two more arrows, and fired them simultaneously to try to pin its wings. After all, if you can't get a killing blow, at least get a crippling blow. And if they all hit, then awesome. As the arrows soared, the elven girl allowed a slight smile. Whether they hit or not, archery was still fun in her opinion.

Mentas: Sealing

"Hmm," Catiel looked at the bloodstains. "I see." Silently removing her bow from her back, she strung it. With practiced ease, she removed an arrow from her quiver, and notched it. Without another word, she started to sneak into the cave. She kept an eye open as she entered the threshold of the cave, not wanting anything to sneak up on her. At the same time, she thought about what she knew about wasps. Or at least, the stuff that is the most important right now. Let's see, they are aggressive predators. Their stingers secrete a paralytic venom, which they often use to drain nutrients out of their prey like a vampire or something. Oh, and they are highly susceptible to heat. Too bad she didn't know any magic, because it might have been very useful to have some fire magic in this case.

Mentas: Sealing

Catiel was going to answer his first question, when he started asking at a rapid-fire rate. So, she was understandably getting kind of annoyed until he calmed down and asked that last one. "I... I don't need help," she denied. "I'm not helpless, after all. If anything, I'm deadly with my bow." Although it wasn't much to look at since it had been used so much that it looked kind of beaten up, admittedly. But, looks aren't all that matter, right? "If I need money, then I'll just kill some of the local wildlife. Granted... It's a bit more cost-effective to use them for food."

Mentas: Sealing

Catiel jolted in surprise when she heard Sun. Where did he come from? What did he want? To... Check up on her? "Erm, yes... I am well," she muttered, confused yet again. What is with this human? This went above and beyond pity, does this have to do with his claims of just wanting to help her? She briefly remembered her promise to pay him back, maybe he was here to collect that favor? However, that thought was derailed at the oddity at his feet. "Is that... A crab?" She questioned, confused. Well, this human just continues to get odder and odder doesn't he?

Mentas: Sealing

Looking away, she muttered something. Practically feeling the confused look on his face, she tried again. "Thank you," the elven girl mumbled. "I... I don't have much, but I'll be sure to repay the favor someday." With that, she started to walk away from him. Her brain had been turning over the concept of someone just wanting to help her on the way to the inn, and even now she still had trouble wrapping her mind around it. And she persisted to try to understand up to the point where she passed out in a nice warm bed. She idly noted that this might be the first time in a long time that she slept in an actual bed.

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The next morning, Catiel was briefly confused by the roof above her. It took her a moment to remember that she was staying in an inn... Thanks to a human. Who wanted to... Help her? Still a weird concept to her. Getting out of bed, she briefly wondered if she should straighten the sheets a bit, before deciding that they probably have people who's jobs is to do that anyway, and left. Moments later, she was walking out of the inn, looking at the clear blue sky.

Mentas: Sealing

"E-eh?" She blinked, confused. Catiel couldn't understand him, or his reasons. Hate and pity, those things she understood all too well. But this... A genuine desire to help? This was entirely an alien concept to her. As her brain scrambled to understand this, she suddenly became aware that her mask had slipped, the face she had carefully schooled into her features. In the instant before she brought it back up, Sun would not see one of the more proud or indifferent members of the elves. What he would see was a fragile girl who would likely be reduced to a crying mess if someone so much as insulted her. "W-well, if you insist," she cleared her throat, trying to pretend that she did not just show weakness in front of a human.

Reversal Omega Revised

"Dude, wrap it up or something if it's that dang hot," Shinji told his more dim-witted friend.

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"Whoa!" Akira exclaimed, dashing under and around bullets. Eventually, he found himself deep within the enemy ranks. As they turned to aim at him, most would be afraid. But as he dropped his rifle and put his machine's hands on the hilts of its swords... He instead smirked. "It's true I'm no good at firearms. But when it comes to close-range, that's another matter entirely!" With that, he drew twin blades, and guns were cleaved in half with blinding speeds. Completing the spin, he swiped both swords in a big X, cleaving a machine in quarters.
"You're mine!" Amane yelled, grabbing a blue mech in a headlock, and then giving it a suplex that dazed the pilot inside. Letting the machine go, she stopped her fiery-colored mech's foot down on her victim, right where the cockpit would be.
"Well, that's enough sniping for me," Hana said, a trickster's smile on her face. "Time to show off a bit more!" And with that, she charged in, thrusters releasing a wave of energy behind her. Glancing up, she noticed the descending machine. "Guys, above you!"
"Huh?" Akira blinked, glancing up for less then a second before ducking under an attack.

Mentas: Sealing

Catiel unconsciously tensed up a little. He didn't come here to torture her or anything. No, his reason for being here was something that stung more. Pity. He pitied her. That had to be it. She remembered the times others took pity on her, how they'd give her something to help her out. Those things were always the first things that were taken from her, and the fact they were given to her by the few humans that actually cared enough about her to try to help her... It made it hurt more. "I... I don't need your pity," she denied, voice soft as she tried to bury those thoughts under indifference.

Mentas: Sealing

When Sun pointed at the moon (seriously what kind of name is Sun), calling it the sun before correcting himself as he remembered it was night. Mentally wondering if he was an idiot, the elf girl figured answering wouldn't hurt. "... Catiel," she mumbled. When he mentioned a secluded place, and offered to show it to her, her mind immediately came to a conclusion. So that's his plan, lead her someplace where no one would hear her scream in pain, and then let loose with the torture. Well, she's not falling for it. Especially when it was so obvious to her. "Are you an idiot?" She asked honestly.

Mentas: Sealing

Why is he being nice to her? Does he pity her or something? Although she was hesitant to let him tell her what to do, he did have a valid point. As much as she liked the rain, it wouldn't be good for her to get sick. "Fine," she conceded. Catiel started walking over to the tree, mentally cursing how uncomfortable her shoes had become over the years. Slipping her pendant back into her jacket pocket, her mind started to list the ways this human might try to torture her. He might be acting nice now, but he might just be pretending to make her lower her guard. And then he'd make her suffer. Well, she most certainly will not let her guard down.