[Rosekitten]

He frowned a little before getting Luka to start walking back towards the shop where they had helped the merchant. "The merchant we escorted here said we can make use of the the back room, come on" He said shaking his head, he wasn't sure why Luka suddenly seemed ill and asking him would get no where. It wasn't uncommon for him to hold information and asking only lead to the two fighting each other, as brother's do.

(ew short post from me DX )

[littl3chocobo]

luka let out a little breath, he was relieved his brother did not askabout the sudden change of behaivior as he was reilved and gratefull of every time over the several months of this journey that he had spared luka this question. anwsers would lead to unhappiness and tears but avoidence would lead to words and fists and luka could not bear those from his brother. they walked together back to the building where they started and were shown to a short set of stairs


(s'okay)

[Rosekitten]

Once he made sure his brother made it to the room ok he looked at him a little worried. "Need some water while I'm here? I was going to go back out and see if I could get a better idea of what to expect tonight.." He wasn't trying to mother hen his brother but.. it was all he had left as far as family went, what was he going to do if something happened to him. He knew his brother wasn't as strong as he was but he was still strong in his own way.

(then again you said you liked short and sweet so xD)

[littl3chocobo]

before his brother could go luka grasped his arm 'brother, i have been thinking, you know i love you, but lately i feel us growing away, and it is all my doing, you are my family, there is noone more impartant to me than you. please have faith in my words for a little longer' he squeezed his brother's arm lightly 'we are reilys, we stick together'

(yup, fast posts fast replies, oh and fix the title, it's life o'reily')

[Rosekitten]

(yeah i just thought about it.. want me to post the current art on the front as well?)

He had started to walk off but when Luka stopped him he listened. He felt almost bad really he blamed Luka for a lot of things, when he already had enough on his plate without him scolding him at every turn. He put a hand over his brothers and nodded a little "I've never doubted your words for a second, mother and father would be proud of how far we've come on our own and we've done it together."

Sure they didn't always see eye to eye but that was to be expected, they were siblings so fights were bound to happen once in a while. "get some rest and stop worrying yourself, you'll end up sick again"

[littl3chocobo]

(please<3)

his brother's words soothed him, they had been in a silent fight for a very long while now and it good to reconcile even if only for a little while. luka smiled and let go of his brother's arm. 'fetch me when it's time to go, this place is too boring to do nothing at all' he took off his leathers and bag and leaned them up against a barrel against one wall and layed down resting his head upon them.

[Rosekitten]

He nodded before turning to leave the room to let him get some rest. Really he felt a bit better after that sudden outburst, though he had no idea what had caused it. He went about looking for places to get information from and to figure out the best place to set up for the job they currently had, though from the sounds of it the odds of doing well seemed slim or thats what the towns folk were saying. They had never dealt with the Reily brothers he thought boldly to himself.

After a few more hours of walking around it was slowly getting darker outside so he figured itd be a good time to wake his brother and tell him it was time to work. He did say he was bored after all. Walking back to the shop and down to the room he walked in and gently shook his brother's shoulder. "come on, it's time to get to work" Sure his brother was a bit on the lazy side but he was at least always there when it came to a real job.

[littl3chocobo]

luka laid there after his brother left awake and after the rebound from the prop fully aware, he spent hi time as he always spent it now thinking back to the time before the accident, he thought about lavender eyes and was torn between the love he still felt and the cold anger that had mostly replaced it. he was not sure anymore if it was right to be pursueing this road but he had little left in him but that anger anymore.

he was startled back into reality by the door opening, he relaxed feeling his brother's gait across the floor 'come on, it's time to get to work' his brother said shaking him lightly. luka wordlessly got up and put back on the bulk of his gear leaving behind the sachel and a small ward to protect it from sticky hands. he did not look his brother in the eye, the shamefulness of acting like such a child stung a bit but he wore a smile now

[Rosekitten]

Really the two were never good at communicating with one another. Luka has his own demons as well as his brother did. Though it was more of regrets that he didn't try harder thinking he could have saved at least mother all the years ago. It had forced him to grow up at a early age to keep his brother out of harms way the best he could manage. But with what work they could find it seemed he was putting him in harms way all the more with each town.

He explained what he had gathered from the town and the best spot he had come across to lay in wait for the town to be under attack. Going into the forest was out of the question it was asking to be surrounded and the night did not help matters. Once they reatched a small barricad of sorts he had managed to set up with a broken down wagon and some sand bags he had found laying around gathering dust he drew his sword and waited.

The waiting was like the calm before the storm, he allowed himself to collect his thoughts and focus his energy it'd be ready when he left this to strike, the barricade was more to protect Luka seeing as he did better at a distance. He stayed rather silent though through most of this, the town had reminded him of home how cold the people were to help him with any information at all, it was a struggle to even get supplies when he was more then willing to pay.

[littl3chocobo]

luka followed his brother closely and as he could his left hand on his staff his right hand in his pockets, he was better casting left but hopefully he wouldn't need his prop for anything more magical than whacking someone on the head


he dug a bit more until he found what he was looking for, a bit of faded pinkish grey ribbon. he smiled a bit and activated it's magic careful to keep the light from showing by cupping it to his theigh and only using his thumb to read the blood runes scrawled on it. 'luden' he whispered 'sword' he touched his brother's hand with the ribbon knowing only he could see in the gloomy darkness.

he and his brother were not very good at comunicating with words but he was glad at least their bond was still strong enough for words not to matter so much, anyone else would not have understood that that bloody little crusty thing was a powerful spell aimed at keeping the weilder safe from death or understood that it took a drop of blood to work, only high level mages and twin brothers knew that

[Rosekitten]

Complying with what Luka had asked he kept his eyes forward letting his brother do what he needed to do. He cursed being a human at times if they ever crossed into other territories then they could find themselves in real trouble during the night. Or least that's what he was told he had never crossed that far rage wise to worry about the other many races of the lands.

Hearing a slight rustle off in the distance of some bushes moving he guessed it was about time. Though he hardly needed to voice this seeing as a sudden scream from inside the town proved what he had thought. Now the real fun began, he saw a few of the guards rush blindly with torches in hand, but a torch made it harder to fight it left you open for the enemy to strike you. He never voiced his thoughts as he stood from where they were judging one last time the best tactic to take here, if the two were to get split up or something went array they would seek the next town to meet up again, though this town was already in the middle of no where the next town was a good three if not four days travel from here.

[littl3chocobo]

he saw as soon as he heard, the men were on the move, he redied his staff

[Rosekitten]

"time to earn our pay" He laughed a little before volting himself over the barricade leaving his brother there and dropping his sword directly into the shoulder of one the bandits in the process. He almost made this look graceful as he landed and drew his blade back from the screaming male. He quickly made another strike at the man's neck. Pulling the blade back to his side he flicked to to get the blood off in a hasty manner before he bothered moving.

He almost seemed like a different person when he was focused in combat, probably one of the main reasons he wanted to be a knight when he was a child. He had trained daily he was probably more skilled then some of the knights of the area and surely more talented then the guards.

[littl3chocobo]

luka wanted to watch his brother, grace and fluidity like that was a rare and amazing sight but there was no time for such lollygagging he had his own to worry about. when the first hand touched the baricade it's owner recieved a hard blow with the side of luka's iron staff, the second an third fared no better but a fourth, who had better vision or a larger brain than his fellows came in through the ground cover to luka's right where a side swing would not be fast enough or strong enough to do much more than unbalence the mage. luka in a single fluid ark cut his right finger on a sliver of glass tied into his ponytail and continued a downward arc to the staff, takinng it in both hands he whispered a single word and the area lit up with light as his magic's seal was broken on the runes of the staff. a taste of lightning in the air was all that anyone at 10 feet felt before they fried their ways into the afterworld. this all had taken only a few seconds but it was enough. all those who were close enough to see the light but far enough to be out of it's reach fled blindly back the way they came.

luka took a deep breath in, the breaking of the seal made him feel invigorated and refreshed in a way he had not in a while, since his last charm making spree, it was a dangerous sign and one he hoped to have not had happen he quickly reached into one of his pockets for a cloth to clean off the blood and take the minute or so needed to reestablish the binding wards keeping him mundane. he hoped desperatly his brother would not need him before then

[Rosekitten]

"Tsk there's no bloody end to them" He hissed out as he ended up getting backed against a wall. Though he lowered his sword for a second before smirking a little "There's a reason why we're not welcome in most places..." He whispered before the blade glowed suddenly before a pinkish flame appeared around the sword's blade. This wasn't anything really impressive magic wise went, but it got the job done either way in adding a bit more damage to his attacks. Bringing the sword back up to in front of his face he opened his eyes again before forcing himself forward and driving the enchanted blade into the closest man's chest.

The screams from the burning wound seemed to force a few of them to back off while others continued trying their luck with the young boy.It took a bit longer then he wanted it to but he finally finished off the small group that had been trying to corner him. His breath was a little heavy by now as he worked his way back to his brother's side noticing that he was being targeted. "Well... heh.. this has been fun eh?" He asked with a slight laugh, though he doubted Luka would agree with him.

[littl3chocobo]

'most fun in ages' luka drawled clearly displeased 'it's like they are targeting us' he was sure his brother knew this but it was safer to say aloud and be certain

'we have not been conspicuous have we? did you see anthing or one strange today?' he turned to his brother 'tell me you said nothing and i am smply parinoid"