Winter — Roleplayer Guild

~"He said he'd break my body, to rebuild me as an instrument of violence and a harbinger of peace"~

Alicia rested her hand gently onto the scabbard of her sword, her thumb sliding up along the polished and painted wood till it pressed against the metal guard, her ear standing by for the faint click to signify the release of her lethal companion. She regarded Luro as she would any other opponent, especially as he'd proven himself to be a capable fighter. But as she readied herself to finish this fight, it appeared the red haired man had one last surprise for her, one she hadn't foreseen nor experienced in any of the many fights she'd won throughout her journey. He chose to forfeit, to walk away because he felt like he'd rather drink instead. It was strange yet she couldn't help but feel refreshed at his ability to act on his own terms, rather than what the circumstance would demand of him. As if he hadn't a single care in the world.

Alicia relaxed her stance as he began to walk away, silent without a word as she watched him leave. The crowd had fallen silent and seemed to share the confusion, not that she really noticed. "StarDusk" she muttered to herself, looking at the ground in front of her before her attention was stolen by the announcer calling her the winner of the tournament. She looked back towards the door that Luro had left through, were he a swordsman she might have taken his offer for a harder fight outside of the arena. But as he was not, she saw no reason to do so. She took the prize money from the official, looking at it in the palm of her hand before she closed her fingers around it. She gave a polite 'thank you' to the official before she headed towards the same door that Luro left through.

When she was outside she began to look around for Luro, catching a glimpse of him in the crowds of those who began to filter out from the arena. Almost instantly she was descended on by people asking about the legend, others asking about the arena fight and asking all kinds of other questions here and there. After ten minutes of politely replying with what she could, Alicia excused herself from them as she was determined on finding this strange man named Luro. She followed in the direction she'd last seen him and after some time she would eventually find him again, though it seemed he had his friends with him this time, perhaps the pirates he spoke of before as she recognized the profile of a girl with an eye patch, though truth be told she wasn't as hardy looking as she'd expected from a pirate captain.

"Excuse me, Luro Makachi?" she asked in the same soft tone as before as she approached. She'd stop a few feet away before she'd speak again, "You were quite the surprise for me today" she said with a small smile as her brows arched, "I had thought this island was done providing me with opponents after Elise was felled and although we never did have our moment, you did assist me in the defeat of Ikaros Ryu, which is why I'm here as I believe it is only fair you take this" she held out a hand towards him, opening her hand to reveal half of the prize money from the tournament. Most people would probably have said 'screw it' and taken all of the money. But Alicia was a fighter, a swordswomen who respected her opponents and her allies equally.

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