1 Old Friend [Invite Only] Sat Oct 15, 2016 8:56 pm
Mifune
D-rank
The red head sucked in a deep breath as her eyes flew open. Her heartbeat ran a mile a minutes. A nightmare...it was only a nightmare. Slowly she regained the ability to breathe and her body swayed. It's fine. She can breathe. She is breathe. I can breathe, she told herself as she gently touched her sore that was still a bit bruised. Fading bruises marred her skin but they were fading soon enough. She couldn't afford to complain. It's fine. Everything will be fine. It will be all okay once this is all over. All over. All...over..
"Hey!...Hey get out of there!" A man's angry voice called out to her and she snapped her head towards him, brown meeting unnerving pale blue pupiless eyes. Those eyes...they caught him off guard but he soon enough regained his footing. He grabbed her bad arm, the fractured one, and pulled her close, almost off the wagon "Get off already and move on!"
She glared at him and pulled away definitely, trying to get out of his grip and not show the pain she was in. But the sudden tense nature of her jaw gave her away. Still she would try to remain strong "This was not our deal. I paid you to take me all the way to Kumo. This is not Kumo"
The man barked in snide snoobbish laughter and squeezed her arm some more, eliciting a small wince from her "And guess what. It's not enough. I'm behind schedule because of you so you either pay more or get off" He knew she did not have much money. Not from the clothes she was wearing, tattered and worn. They were expensive kind, the kind reserved for nobles but they got torn, had speckles of blood and dirt. She had a ragged knapsack full of the only barest minimal items needed for travel. No doubt she couldn't afford to give him anymore money if she did not want to starve upon her arrival to Kumo. So when she glared at him, he only smirked and used his free hand to pull her chin towards him, almost touching his scraggly bread where his chapped lips were "But..." He purred or attempted to sound husky but horribly failed "There are other forms of compensation..."
It appeared as she froze, resgined to her fate, and was going to let the man do with her what he will. So he slid his hand down her arm to her hip and when to go underneath the fabric of her dress. Before he could reach her private area he felt her shift, no longer tense, and pressed against him making him pitch a tent. He would enjoy her struggling but it was always better with a consenting partner. Feeling himself grow in excitement, he went in to kiss her neck as she rose her leg...And subsequently fell after feeling himself get penetrate. He fell to the ground in shock, seeing his hunting knife deep in abdomen where his kidney was. But before he could fully process his shock, she stepped down on the knife with all her might, making sure it went deeper, eliciting a horrendous scream of terror and pain until he finally passed out from pain after she kept kicking it deeper and deeper into the wound.
When she saw he had passed out from pain she tsked, clicking her tongue and decided to search his pockets, taking anything of value off him before hopping back onto the wagon. Despite being a worthless piece of trash, he did have some nice wares. So she took what she wanted. Originally she planned to just get to Kumo fine and find some work before finding some alleyway to sleep in but now he totally screwed her plans. Still she got some food stuff from this. She found some more money that would last her a month, food that wasn't much, and plenty of linens. Among them she found some clothing. They were much simpler than what she was wearing but they would help her blend in better. Yes, she can make do with this. She went into the driver seat and got the reins, snapping them so the horses moved and left the man in the middle of no where, likely to die.
Hours later and she was in Kumo. She had just finished selling everything she did not want to keep: the horses, most of the linens, majority of the food she could not carry, the wagon and the horses. All for a reasonable price. The money will definitely help her for the next few months if she lived frugally. And that was all she needed. From everything, she kept the money, some food, and clothes that fit her. She was in dire need of them as her dress was on its last stretch. So Mifune went to an bathing house where she cleaned up and changed. She cleaned her wounds and all the blood off her, feeling much more refreshed than before. She wore thick sleeveless white turtle neck and light gray pants with black sneakers. She wanted to buy a coat but thought better of it as it was not horrendously cold yet so she did not need it now. Her ragged knapsack was exchanged for a backpack where she kept her valuables and a map. The very same map held directions for Kumo though it did not have much information but she could make due. As the sun began to set, Mifune went to go look for a certain house, hopping a certain white haired girl still lived there. Once she reached her destination she knocked and hopped that she was home...
Lin...
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