6th Combo

[redcladidealist]

Who: Lloyd Irving and anyone
Where: Island beach
When: Morning
Style: Either
Status: Open

[There aren't very many good places in Vatheon to get away from everyone. Not that Lloyd is trying to avoid anyone, but it's usually a good idea to go someplace out of the way when training with new mana techniques - and that's exactly what he's doing today. He'd found a good stretch of beach that was, for the moment, unoccupied - probably because of the chill in the morning air discouraging casual beachgoers. There might be more people in the afternoon, but he'd no doubt have called it quits long before then.

So, while he still has the beach to himself, time to get to work! Drawing both his swords, the teen in red runs through a basic warm-up before settling into a familiar routine. Without calling on his own inner mana, he goes through the motions of the techs he thinks are closest to what he's trying to achieve. Demon Fang, Tempest, Beast, they all involve molding mana around his blades. If he can just keep it there, instead of unleashing it...

Anyone passing by this particular stretch of beach will either see a teenage swordsman hard at work training himself - or they'll pass by just in time to get blasted by mana and sand from one of Lloyd's failed technique attempts.]

Comments

[redcladidealist]

I can't do that, either.

[His voice is sober. He knows what it means to say this.]

I can't stand back while people around me suffer and die, and I can't let people become as good as dead. I'll work to change the world and make it a better place. I'll work with my friends to reunite the worlds so they don't have to fight for mana, and then we'll work together to show everyone that it doesn't matter what race they are. And I'll show you that we don't need to be lifeless to work together and live peaceful lives.

[He takes a breath, preparing himself.]

But even if you've given up, I haven't, and I'll stop you if I have to, Mithos.

[martelapproves]

[ Yggdrasill listened patiently, trying not to show his physical reaction. When he finished, Mithos turned away from him, turning his back to Lloyd. ]

We are not in Aselia, so there is nothing here for you to stop. But I don't care how many people have to die; half-elves will be free, one way or another.

[ And after that, he simply teleports away. ]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd isn't sure whether he's relieved or not. He'd been more than half afraid that making that declaration would have made Mithos decide to attack. But this... Is this really all that much better? Mithos is gone, and he's still determined to carry out a plan that makes him Lloyd's enemy. Sooner or later they'll have to fight.

Lloyd's shoulders slump as he puts his swords away before turning and walking off. He doesn't want to think of Mithos as an enemy, but he isn't being given a choice.

It feels like he's lost a friend.]