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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 18, 2009 14:17:41 GMT -5
Ludro walked into Phasmatis, with a couple of guards. The only reason, is because they insisted on coming and protecting him from Lana, if she plans to kill him. That and he was the temporary ruler of Nerezza, until the Lovely Lady E'Shera returned from the other world. He and Lana, decided to have a party, but Chika came, and one thing had lead to another, and they left Lana alone. She suddenly started to scream and she ran away, and Ludro had to go find her, leaving Chika alone. A week later, Ludro returned, but Lana did not. He felt bad about leaving Chika to find her, so he decided to go an apologize. Once at the door, he order them to wait for him. He entered the Building and walked inside, so that he could request a visit to Chika, but something was behind him, so he turned around, to see who, or what it was.
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Post by chika on Aug 18, 2009 22:18:12 GMT -5
Ludro turned right into Chika herself, actually. Taking a silent evening in Zelos' castle herself, she'd spent a long hour strolling through the halls simply thinking to herself. She'd gone through numerous topics in her mind, such as things from her past as a child, Edward (the cheating snake), her deathly plummet to the ground from her balcony, her dearest sister, and just what exactly made her sword do what it did.
In the middle of this, she recognized the Nerezzan soldiers ahead and decided to follow, barely recognizing the blond-headed man in the middle of them as the senior Nerezzan captain.
He turned and their eyes met; Chika stared almost blankly up at Ludro, her arms crossed and that warm, delightful (and probably drunk) smile of hers long faded from existence as she spoke to him.
"Ludro," was all her gentle voice managed to say. She waited on answers, now. If he had a reason to be here, he'd spill it.
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 18, 2009 22:29:24 GMT -5
"Chika, I am sorry for abandoning you that night. But you have to understand, I did not want to leave you, I had too. Lana, is a good friend of mine, and I did not want her to die or get her. You understand, right? You like that Nerdo guy or whatever. Wait, Nero! That is it! So you understand, right?" He said.
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Post by chika on Aug 18, 2009 23:13:52 GMT -5
Chika listened thoughtfully to Ludro but once he finished, she raised both her eyebrows and shook her head.
"No, actually. Nero and I are coworkers and I fully acknowledge the fact that he is a grown man who can look after himself, just as he knows that I can look after myself. That is why we are captains, Ludro, because when something happens we can look after it with and without each other. Zelos wouldn't have bothered with either of us if we showed incompetence, afterall."
She was stern and very unamused. Her gaze up at Ludro hadn't changed and now her foot started tapping impatiently on the stone flooring. She had been wearing her black and blue dress tonight, so her feet were simply bare and enjoyed the luxurious feel of cold, smooth stone underneath them.
"I do, however, understand that you and Captain Princel are rather close. A friend you say, but somehow I can't help but wonder if maybe you were playing me all along, perhaps two-timing me?" Chika's voice dropped to a dangerous and most threatening hiss, "I don't deal well with cheaters, Mr. Gamblington."
And unless Zelos and Nero told someone, no one but them should have known about Chika's less-than-pleasant, short-lived marriage.
She didn't want to believe that Ludro was lying to her, but being naive was what had her clinging half-seconds away from death once.
And she wasn't about to go through that kind of BS with another man ever again. She'd kill him before she was played for a fool again.
'Don't be lying to me, Ludro. I'm not letting my stupid heart go again so carelessly. So help me, you don't want to know what I'll do if you are...'
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 19, 2009 12:55:28 GMT -5
"Cheater? Playing you along?" Ludro asked "No, Chika, Lana is an important person to me, but no in that way. Chika, you are the only one that matters to me. Lana, is now a rebel of the Kingdom of Darkness. I had some good sources that she had join the heroes, so I will deal with here when they return."
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Post by chika on Aug 19, 2009 19:42:41 GMT -5
"Is that so? Lana's run off? Interesting..."
That was hardly what Chika was worried about at the moment, though. She'd look into Princel's disappearance later.
Her stare was kept hard on Ludro as she walked past him, giving her hair a flick as she moved down the dimly lit hallway. She motioned to Ludro to follow her.
"The only one that matters to you...you always flatter the ladies, don't you?" she stopped in front of her own room, turning back to Ludro and inviting him inside, "come in and sit. We have things to discuss that aren't for the ears of the servants."
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 19, 2009 20:23:00 GMT -5
"Oh, Of course" He said followed her in the room. Surprisingly, his head could had fit though the door. "What would you like to talk about?" He asked as he sat down.
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Post by chika on Aug 19, 2009 20:54:45 GMT -5
Chika locked the door and turned toward Ludro, grinning as he took a seat at the end of her bed. She walked across the room herself to where he was and crawled onto his lap, straddling him and grabbing his coat to pull him in close to her.
"I want to play a little game, something along the lines of truth or dare," she whispered in Ludro's ear, "I hope you're up to it. If so, I dare you to better the amazing performance you gave last time..."
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 19, 2009 21:10:46 GMT -5
Ludro looked at her "O-ok!" He said. He remove his cloak and reveal his chest. "Tonight, tonight is your night. Anything you want, baby." He started to take off his boots.
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Post by chika on Aug 19, 2009 21:37:15 GMT -5
"Good," Chika purred before throwing Ludro down, kissing him fiercely while her hands ran along his bare (and oh, how muscular) chest.
The woman knew what she wanted, and got what she demanded, dammit. She fought to keep quiet so as not to alert (or disturb) anyone walking past the room, and the simple thrill of having to keep silent made the fun for Chika all the more enjoyable.
Of course, when she was done she couldn't help but smile at Ludro and teasingly say, "I think I won that game."
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 20, 2009 11:25:47 GMT -5
"Well, that is a game, I am glad I lost then." He said with a smile on his face. "So with that out of the way, How is your kingdom, now that you rule it." he said it in a soft tone.
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Post by chika on Aug 22, 2009 12:20:10 GMT -5
Chika hugged herself close to Ludro as she responded, "We don't really rule anything with Lord Zelos away. If anyone comes by, we tell him he is busy with more important matters and that if Nero and I can not deal with them then the shall have to wait for our king's return. Nothing too much seems to happen here whether he's gone or not, though..."
She smiled then. "I suppose our population keeps growing, but that's about it. How have things been in Nerezza? Quieter since Lana left? What was her problem that night, anyway?"
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 22, 2009 13:24:54 GMT -5
"Well, Since the Lady has left, There was a couple of matter that could not wait for the queen returns." He said "As for Lana, I could not find her, but I think she could not hold her rum that night."
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Post by chika on Aug 22, 2009 15:17:59 GMT -5
"Very interesting...what matters could not wait until Lady B'Shera returned?" Chika stared ahead, but stayed by Ludro's side and brought a hand up to his face, gently caressing his cheek with the back of her hand.
"I thought Lana was a bit of a hard drinker herself though, wasn't she? You said you heard she joined the hero group too, didn't you? I wonder why she'd go and do that--are you sure this is what happened?"
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Post by Ludro "Ace" Gamblington on Aug 22, 2009 15:45:21 GMT -5
"They were bandits from Santo- Luce trying to kill of a village, but we went in and stopped them" He said. "I figured that she wanted to see the Lady, but until I see her again, I can not give an answer."
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