A dip in the river [Ki'Ira]

[zeno]

Kurt was bored. He'd spent such a long time in this forest, only killing an animal here or there, that he'd started to really miss killing people. He'd gotten so used to it, he actually felt empty when he couldn't kill someone.

"That's what you get when you grew up covered in blood," he muttered to himself as he walked through the Forest of Ages. Now, usually, he liked to stay in the dark parts of the forest, where he didn't have to wear his goggles. However, he felt kind of drawn to this part of the forest, though he didn't know why.

He froze when he caught a scent. A scent of female. He smirked and followed it, until he got to a river, judging by the sound of it. He couldn't really see, since he was hiding behind a tree. However, judging by the sounds, someone was in the river, bathing.

He sneaked a peek around the tree, and laid eyes on a goddess. long, while hair, slender frame, and perfect skin. Hell, though he had a purple shine to his vision, and wearing dark goggles, even he could see that she was more than just any kind of woman.

There was one problem, though. Her clothes, and with those, any weapon she may have had, were on the river bank, out of reach. He chuckled lightly and walked out into the open, crossing his arms as his claw blades were hanging from his belt.

"You know, you leave yourself very vulnerable. If I was any less of a man, I might've taken advantage of this opportunity," he spoke to her back.

[lillium90]

Ki opened up the small nap sac that she rarely carried around with her a small smile on her face. It was used for more valuable things that she ‘found’ lying around the Upper City where people had ‘left them’ or ‘misplaced’ them. She grinned as she pulled out a rather large diamond ring that had belonged to some nitwitted woman who had taken it off and left it on the ground.

At first she had been so excited at her sheer luck of how easily it had been to snag the ring, but then that was when the woman had called the authorities on her. Ki knew that had she not escaped the way she did she would’ve most likely been traced to all the other robberies that she had committed in the Upper City.

“So much for fast thinking,” she murmured to herself as she looked down at her self. She was dirty and there was a massive clump of mud stuck in her hair. Her face was slightly covered with grime and her clothes were even dirtier, but she knew that could easily be cleaned off. The only thing that bothered her about her state was that her hair probably looked a mess with all the dirt in it. She was glad that she had safely made it to the Forrest of Ages without being caught but the least could have been said for her legs.

Just on her right thigh there were multiple cuts on it from her crawling underneath an oak trees roots to escape from them, her appearance being the results of her quick thinking. She rolled her eyes at herself and continued to walk letting out a small hiss as each cut stung. Ki’ira was just about to give up and head towards her home when she heard water. There was a river nearby and she could use a bath before she decided to drag herself into her house.

Without hesitation she quickly made her way through the trees, coming to a halt as she saw the clear surface of the small river that so many used as a playing ground. She smiled to herself as she came close to the bank her fingers gently touching the water. It was warm. A little warmer then she knew it to be.

“That’s odd…” With a small shrug she stripped her clothes off, folding them before she stepped into the warm water of the lake. She let out a small swear as the cuts were invaded by the liquid, her eyes closing slightly at the calming sensation the waves were causing. Ki dipped her entire body into the river running her fingers through her hair to get the mud clumps out, before she surfaced a small smile on her face. She leaned against the banks with her entire body submerged in the body and a small grin on her lips.

"You know, you leave yourself very vulnerable. If I was any less of a man, I might've taken advantage of this opportunity."

She jumped and quickly turned to face the person that had spoken her hands flying towards the nap sac. A small glare came to her eyes as she looked at him.

"Well if you were a man at all you would have kindly went on with your business instead of ogling at a woman who is trying to bathe!" Her eyes went towards the weapons on his belt, widening in shock. She wanted to slap herself. Stupid now he's going to murder you.

[zeno]

A grin appeared on Kurt's face as he leaned against the trees. He'd been expecting her to start shaking, and sputtering. This was even better. Another chuckle escaped him as he noticed her going wide-eyed when she looked at his weapons.

He started walking towards her pile of clothes and stared down at them. He knelt and poked the bundle of clothes, before looking up at the girl.

"Darling, it's because I'm a man that I ogle. I haven't seen a woman in a long time, and you are most definitely a woman. Be glad that I know how to control my urges."

He stood up again and looked around. "You know, even though the Forest is pretty empty, walking around with no weapons whatsoever isn't very smart."

He looked over the girl, an Elf, again, before smirking. "I'm Kurt, also called Triple K." Time to see if she'd heard of him before.

[lillium90]

She let out a small curse to herself as he began to walk closer to her, heart pounding in her chest with fear. He was going to kill her and all because of her mouth she should have just smiled and said something nice instead trying to be a smart ass. Ki pushed herself away from the banks, bringing the nap sac along with her arms crossed over her chest as she moved farther into the water. She came to a sudden halt as he poked her clothes her eyes wide slightly.

“What are you doing…”

"Darling, it's because I'm a man that I ogle. I haven't seen a woman in a long time, and you are most definitely a woman. Be glad that I know how to control my urges." Her mouth opened to say something, but all she could utter was a small grumble. She pushed a wet lock from her eyes and continued to hold her valuable possession against her chest.

“I know that,” she muttered, rolling her eyes at what he said. Ki looked towards his blades once again a frown on her face. They looked like they were meant to be on his hands, like he used them to kill people. Where had she heard about someone killing people with hand blades?


"I'm Kurt, also called Triple K." Ki let out a small yelp almost dropping her sac in the process of trying to get away from him. She had heard a little to much of the notorious Triple K and knew that anyone that got in his way normally found themselves dead. He can’t be triple K…what does that even mean?

“Well…mister Triple K you are very well known in these parts and…elves fear you greatly while some admire you. I on the other hand think what you do is sick…but don’t think I don’t respect you.” She paused and looked around the forest a slightly panicked look on her face. “Please don’t kill me…” Ki wanted to slap herself for acting so vulnerable in front of this man. He didn’t even look like he was a killer at all. Except for those blades. Her eyes went towards his belt again a frightened look on her face.

[zeno]

A smirk of satisfaction appeared on his face when she yelped at his name. Too bad she wasn't a warrior, though. He really wanted a good fight. Maybe I should go back to the Bay of Blood?

He listened to her speaking, and chuckled again when she told him what she thought of what he did. "You're not the only one to say that, doll, and I doubt you'll be the last."

"Please don't kill me..."

He could use this. She was afraid of him, and kept glancing at his weapons. So, he gabbed one of his claw blades and strapped it to his right hand, before reaching out towards her.

"You know, the proper thing to do is to introduce yourself. However, I guess you don't want to do that, so I'll tell you what you can do..." He glanced down and took off his goggles to show his eyes, before looking up at her to get a good look at her. "Hand over the pack."

There had to be something valuable in it, since she was clutching it like her life depended on it.

[lillium90]

Ki’ira felt her heart drop into her stomach as she watched in terror as he put on his blades. She took another step back her eyes wide with terror as he reached towards her. Here it is…I’m about to die Ki tried to think desperately about the things that she had done in her life that were worth while, something that she could be proud about. The only things coming to mind were the big steals that she had gotten when people weren’t noticing.

"You know, the proper thing to do is to introduce yourself.” She stared at him still clutching the sac, shaking her head as he asked her to hand it over.

“My name is Ki’Ira. You may call me Ki if you please,” she said, stopping as the water now reached her shoulders. She knew that no matter how far back she dragged herself into the river he would still be able to reach her. “Please…the sac is full of food for my brothers and sisters…we don’t have any food so I had to steal a little earlier today…it’s all I have to give them,” she lied. Ki’Ira couldn’t help but stare into his eyes as he took his goggles off there was just something eerie about them that drew her closer to look into them.

“…if you don’t mind me asking why are your eyes…” She leaned closer a little and jumped as they gave off a little shine from the moons reflection on the river.

[zeno]

Kurt almost groaned. Sure, she was a good liar, but he saw right through it. Now he really wanted to know what was in the pack. He settled for giving her a hard look.

"My eyes are like this because I need the to be, Ki," he said as he got into the river, walking closer to her and shooting out with his hand, grabbing her around the neck and pulling her closer. "And I might have believed that lie, had I not heard several people say it before..." He trailed off, raising his claw bladed hand. "Right before I gutted them. So, tell me, what's in the pack?!"

He narrowed his eyes at her as he lifted her up a little, glaring into her eyes, before looking down, his eyes roaming her body. He really hoped she answered. It'd be a shame to cut a body like that.

[lillium90]

Now she had done it. She had made him angry and now she was going to pay for it. Just that look in his eyes was enough to make her throw the sac at him and swim to the other side of the river. She moved back more as he got into the river, opening her mouth to say something.

“Get o-“ She let out a small cry as he gripped unto her neck. “Please.” Ki whimpered and dropped the sac into the water her hands going towards his that held her neck. She was losing circulation all to quickly and knew that he would kill her without any remorse for doing so.

As he lifted her higher she found her hands flying to cover her body. She reached into the water and lifted the sac holding it in front of his eyes so he wouldn’t be able to look at her body any more.

“Here…take it,” she whimpered, her hands gripping at his forearm once again.

[zeno]

"Thank you," Kurt said simply as he grabbed the nap sac and dropped her, walking over to the river bank and sitting down. He opened the nap sac and started digging through it, grunting when all he found was jewelry.

"Junk," he muttered as he tossed the nap sac to the side and looked at her. "So... You're a thief, then?" He took off his claw blade and strapped it to his belt again, settling for staring at the Elf thief. Elves were supposedly very good assassins and thieves, due to their stelth and speed.

He narrowed his eyes a little as he looked at her neck. "Did I hurt you? I didn't mean to. I was only going to hurt you if you didn't give me what I wanted." He grabbed the nap sac and threw it at her. "There's nothing to interest me in there."

[lillium90]

She rubbed her neck slowly as she watched him rummage through her bag a frown on her face. Her finger tenderly touched the skin, wincing slightly knowing that it was bound to bruise the next morning.

“It’s not junk,” she said her eyes narrowing a little at him. “I wouldn’t consider myself a thief…I would like to think that what I do is somewhat of an art.” Ki’Ira pushed some more wet hair from her face and stared at him as he did to her.

“Yes…you did hurt me and you have a rather unusual way of getting what you want Mr. Triple K.” She caught the sac when he threw it towards her, crossing her hands across her chest again. “And I didn’t appreciate you looking at me like that…it’s…it’s just not common courtesy and very rude,” she murmured. Ki looked into his eyes again finding that she was a little transfixed by the way they continued to shine.

“May I ask what the Triple K stands for?” Ki looked away from his eyes happy that elves couldn’t blush. She found herself a little drawn to stare into them again. Her natural instincts were telling her to run away from him or least try and see what she could steal from him, but there was something that told her that he would catch her if she tried. Slowly she made her way to the bank of the river where he sat, placing the sac down next to her clothes before she submerged herself up to her shoulders into the water.

[zeno]

"An art, huh? Well, that's a strange coincidence. I consider what I do an art, too." He grinned and crossed his arms when she spoke next. "Doll, I kill people for a living. Do you really think I care about common courtesy?

He stared at her, taking in every visible curve on her body, and he realized just how long it'd been since he last touched a woman, since he pretty much lost all focus from jus looking at one.

He shook his head to clear his thoughts when she asked him about his nickname. "Triple K? Well, it stands for Krazy Konvicted Killer, and if you say any of those starts with a C, I'll gut you," he said as he narrowed his eyes at her.

[lillium90]

“A sick and disgusting art,” she muttered, moving around in the water a little. Ki slipped under the warm surface letting her hair fall to the side as she came back up. She stared at him her lips in a thin line. From what she heard of people he was known for killing without mercy and just doing so for the hell of it. “Well maybe you should learn to care about common courtesy…then maybe you wouldn’t have to kill people.”

She stared at him as he looked over her again a glare replacing her interested green eyes. Ki turned around, with her back facing him a small smirk on her face.

“Do you mind?” she continued to bathe running the water up and her arms. The water stopped just on her lower back, giving him sight to imagine what lay under the water. "Triple K? Well, it stands for Krazy Konvicted Killer, and if you say any of those starts with a C, I'll gut you.”

“Oh believe me I know better then to correct a killer. At least you got one letter right,” she murmured the last part to herself, smiling as she turned to face him, hands covering her chest once again.

[zeno]

"I'm not a killer, doll," Kurt said with a grin as his eyes kept roaming her body. "I'm an artist. But you're smart enough not to correct me. Prettier girls than you have lost their lives when they've done that."

Such a tease, he thought as he looked her over again. He couldn't really look away from her face. It was understandable, since he'd spent the Gods know how long in that forest.

He got up and walked over to her, leaning in, his face just a few inches from her. Then, he leaned to the side, taking in her scent. "You know, you smell lovely."

As he moved his head back, he took another look at her. "Look lovely, too."

[lillium90]

While he spoke she felt her foot touch a sharp rock at the bottom of the river a small smile appearing on her lips. She nodded her head, pretending like she was listening to him as she slowly lifted the rock with foot.

“That’s a shame,” she said, leaning herself into the water so that she could pick the rock up. Ki held it in her hand and lowered herself into the water stopping just at her neck. She normally didn’t resort to violence in any situation, but this man was a killer and anything could make him change his mind about gutting her to death. “Those girls must have been very…” She stopped when he began to walk closer to her, eyes wide with fear. “they must have been very foolish,” she murmured the last part staring at him as he leaned his head it.

“Th-thank you,” she murmured, still holding the rock in her hand. Ki’Ira felt a little anger boil up in her as he looked at her once again like she was a piece of meat. She lifted the rock up and placed it against his neck. “Stop looking at me like that…or…or else I’ll do it,” she said in a voice that did not fit the threat. Ki tried to keep her hand straight, but found it a little to hard to do so. She kept the rocks sharp edge against his neck, wondering if it was even sharp enough to pierce his skin.

[zeno]

Kurt rolled his eyes when he felt the rock against his skin. It wasn't even sharp enough to cut his skin. "Or what? You'll cut my throat? Doll, you don't have the proper weapon for that." He grabbed her wrist and pulled it away from his neck, making sure to scrape the rock against his skin to show that it was harmless.

He smirked and pried to rock out of her hands and held it up in front of her face, placing his other hand on her shoulder. "You see, doll, if you want to use a rock like this as a weapon, you need to punch it into someone, not cut them. And if you think it still wouldn't be enough to cut the skin..."

He grabbed her neck and put the rock just under her left eye, staring hard into it as the smirk widened. "You go for the eyes. A blinded opponent won't give you much of a challenge."

He threw the rock away and reached into the back of his pants, taking out a shiv that seemed to be made out of a rock. "Now this is a piece of stone that could really open up an artery." He pressed the shiv against her neck, the tip almost breaking the skin from even the slightest of pressure.

"How smart, on a scale from one to ten, was threatening me with a useless rock?"