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"Buuuuuut Mizuuuuuumi!!!!" Quadra pleaded as she played with a stray piece of her hair,"I want to help with the Cataclysm!"
Her lower lip stuck out as she pointed, and she was even kneeling so that her eyes could meet that of her Master's. She had come of age just a few months back, and already she was having the urges to set out upon her own and discover her talents (wait...she has talents?).
"Just give me permission and you'll see! I could be a great help!!!"
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"The only way you could be of great help to the cause of the Cataclysm was for the destruction of MORE innocent people Quadra." Mizumi said as she fixed her buns for the fourth time that day. She hated her hair at the moment, it just recently growing out. "Not only that, but you just recently turned seventeen, Quadra." Mizumi winced, feeling so old as she said the young woman's age. Sixteen years had passed, and Mizumi had remebered every moment of the past sixteen years with great clarity. From struggling to carry the human sized baby in her gnomish arms to teaching the child of the two greatest rogues of the Human race <nobr>how to</nobr> properly hold her daggers in her hands.
Mizumi still had to <nobr>warn</nobr> Quadra not to run with her daggers out from time to time.
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Quadra pouted and stood at her full height now. altogether, she was around 5"8 with long blond hair that reached the middle of her back, a little below the shoulders when she had it tied up. Her blue eyes were not spilling over with tears just yet...but more with teenage angst.
She knew it was going to be a fight to get Mizumi to see her point, but she was going to give it all she got.
"Well you're never here! And I'm stuck being your apprentice to someone that I am not allowed to even follow...how does that make sense?!" and she gestured around Stormwind,"All the time...it's just me, the city, and my thoughts. I need something else mom..."
then she clapped a hand over her mouth. She had used the 'M' word again.
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"Don't use the 'M' Word with me, missy. You damn well that you have been my apprentice your entire life because your parents decided to go on a suicide raid. I can't risk you going with me to such far off lands because god knows what could happen to you." Mizumi said, looking at Quadra. "Maybe if you kept your thoughts away from the damn city and to the tasks I give you while I'm on quests, I could trust you enough to go with me this time." She said, eyeing Quadra with a look of warning. "Your <nobr>lock picking</nobr> is subpar, you can't stealth around a damn boar, and you still run with your daggers pointed up, kid. The only way I would let you go out on your own, or even with me, is if you could find yourself a priest or priestess to accompany you."
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"...a...priest?"
Quadra said slowly as she wrapped her mind around it. Of course! Why hadn't she thought of it before? Exith had the priestess Deijinn, and she had seen many other warriors do the same with Druids and the like. "do you know of any?!" she cried, bouncing up and down as she eyes bulged with joy.
She could only see it now...her and a new friend going on adventures and creating fond memories. Making names for themselves and becoming legendary heroes...it wasn't five seconds before her eyes glazed over in daydreaming.
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Mizumi shook her head, grinning at Quadra. "You get to have that adventure by yourself. I would ask Deijinn first, over mail, You aren't allowed to go anywhere past Goldshire, you hear me? If Deijinn finds someone for you, you may meet them in Goldshire, seeing as how it is a smaller town and it would just be easier to meet them there. Find a priest, then we can see if you can come join me at the battle front."Mizumi said as she sat at their table in the house she had bought for Quadra to live in while she had been in Dalaran and the Outlands.
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Quadra snapped out her daze and grew quiet for a moment---then she nodded and then grinned quickly going to the desk where she pulled out a piece of parchment,"Well if anyone can find a priestess, it would be Deijinn. she trained them back in Darnassus, right?"
She had not met Deijinn but a few times, but she heard of her often through Mizumi's tale of travel. The latest adventure being that of Exith awakening out of her coma...and then Mizumi getting quite a gash upon her, the reason for her being in Stormwind for so long (as of late). Even as she wrote, she looked up and muttered,"How is your wound?"
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Mizumi winced, shaking her head. "Not so awesome. It's been acting up recently what with all my training and whatnot. I need to just relax for a bit. Make sure you just keep it formal. The more formal it is, the better chance you have to get a good Priest or Priestess."
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"I understand..." Quadra murmured as she was chewing on her feather quill. "Oh... and here." she said, tossing a vial to Mizumi from her belt. She had not even glanced to see in which direction it was going, but it made a stright line to where it needed to be which was in Mizumi's direction.
Even as a clumsy rogue, it has surprised many-a-people that Quadra would sometimes show potential in her skills with blade, disguise, or stealth mastery. While traps would never be her fot'e...still, it was good to know that maybe, deep down, there was some potential for her.
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Mizumi sighed as she caught the vial, sipping the contents slowly. It frustrated her to all hell when Quadra showed great rogue-like qualities without even thinking about it while failing miserably at all other times. "So much like your parents...." She grumbled as she winced in pain.
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"Hm?" Quadra hummed as she finally got to scribbling onto the parchment,"You say something?"
Now she watched and had to focus so that she could keep her hand from shaking as she wrote excitedly.
[Addressed to Deijinn of the Sativa Knights,
As Mizumi's apprentice, that time has come when I have reached the age of passage in which I am to go out and help in the efforts of the Cataclysm. As a respected Priestess in allegiance with the House of Dragons, I formally request a favor in which you might be able to help me with. I am looking for a Priest or Priestess to accompany me on my journeys. There are no specifics but as you would know, Mizumi expects them to be experienced healers to guide me.
so I thank you in anything you might be able to do for me. If someone is chosen, I am to meet with you in Goldshire. Many thanks in advance and hail to the Sativa Knights.
---Quadra]
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Mizumi looked at Quadra as she wrote, smiling softly as she nursed her potion. She was proud of the woman, she had to admit, and she watched as Quadra got the letter ready for instant mailing. "So where would you like to go for the day as we wait for a reply?" She asked, sitting up slowly.
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"I heard that the toy merchant is back in town...near the Mage's quarter. We could fly some kites and then get that ice cream that you like so much. The un-meltable kind?"
And she smiled. She knew that Mizumi could be rough on the outside, but deep down, there were 'some' hints of kidness there. You just really, Really, REALLY had to search for it. "At least until Midie comes back from Gnomeregan."
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Midie. Mizumi's soft spot was in Gnomeregan, trying to gain more of their homeland away from the Troggs. "You make me sound like I'm a child." She grumbled, getting up slowly. "But let's go get some icecream and fly kites." She said, stretching slowly.
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Quadra chuckled to herself so that Mizumi would not hear. She held the letter close to her chest and breathed in deep, her heart fluttering with both anxiety and excitement. The fear was that...maybe Mizumi was right...maybe she was not ready for the real world. but she felt cramped...she felt like life had so many more plans for her if she was only given that chance...
...given the chance to do what her parents had not been able to. "...wonder what they would say." she just happened to mutter aloud.
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"I don't know, honestly. Hopefully It is a yes, and they bring someone you can learn with and have adventures with even without me there to guide you."Mizumi said as she walked to the door. "Make sure you have money for postage, Little one."
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Quadra knew that Mizumi had no idea where her mind had drifted off to when she was talking about her parents. It's not like she thought of them often, in fact, she was too young to even remember them---but there were times when she would try and imagine them in their old age, telling her how she might go about her life now.
"I think..." she whispered,"...that if I do come to leave then I should probably go visit my parent's grave."
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"I think that's a good idea, Quadra." Mizumi said, opening the door and looking back at Quadra. "Let's get going."
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The day was sunny but with a very slight breeze to it...which was why Quadra had mentioned the possability of flying kites. One thing that the people of Stormwind could NOT argue with was the fact that Quadra was a master at telling the weather from the moment she woke up and took that first step outside.
Where she had gotten this talent, no one knew...but Quadra prided herself in it and especially liked showing off to the orphan's in the old cathedral. She was thankful that Mizumi had not given her up as a child...but sometimes the way that the woman spoke to her, she wondered greatly as to why.
Still, she skipped along the dock and hummed before looking to Mizumi and saying,"Oh, while you were gone, I took up some blacksmithing and engineering." she had always been fascinated most with the Gnomes that could tinker,"I invented a weapon..."
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"You....Invented a weapon?" Mizumi asked. Without poking your eye out, destroying something, or just plain hurting yourself? She added mentally. "What did you invent?" Mizumi had never been much of a tinker, but she should MacGyver things when she absolutely had too. She was a leatherworker through and through, and she knew how to skin an animal long before she knew how to walk.
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"This..." Quadra laughed as shereached around in her pockets and withdrew her hands to show some <nobr>knuckle rings</nobr>. "They don't look like much...at least, not at first, and they are a bit bulky..." she added as she gave a few heavy air-punches for emphasis,"But...they have this trigger mechanism placed against the palm..." and she opened her hand to show Mizumi the long golden band that crossed under her fingers,"...and when you squeeze really tight..." and she gave each knuckle a really tight squeeze---instantly there wa sa click from the rings, and blades shot up through the tops of each ring, sticking out like thin needles on a long-clawed hand,"...makes great for barbeques." and she giggled at her own joke,"I made a set for the both of us."
Quadra smiled,"Mother's Day passed while you were away...and well...erm...just wanted to thank you for raising me...and stuff." and she gave another laugh again,"What do you think,Mizumi?"
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Mizumi smiled, taking the set of fist weapons and placing them on her hands. She took a couple of swipes at the air, squeezing and activatimg the weapons as she did so. "They're nice. I like them." She said, clicking them to retract the blades. "A bit bulky, but with some improvements there could be a good chance for them to be put on the market. I'm proud of you."
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"Thank you!" Quadra chuckled as tried to sound as modest as possible,"It was my first set of designs...I mean, if this thing with finding a priest never works out, suppose I could just go and find a shop to work in like any normal <nobr>person</nobr> would do.."
and her voice dropped a bit as they were nearing the mage's quarters where ice cream was always being sold,"I was just trying to find things to pass the time. City watch is soooooo boring...and when anything good happens they stick me in some building somewhere, and I do not even get to go near a real fight."
Now she was back to complaining...then again, it's not like she knew what real fighting entailed. She knew nothing of <nobr>pain</nobr> or blood. She had been quite sheltered in the eighteen years she had been alive. Most figured the real world would be too much of a blow for her to handle.
((And we go from here))
Her lower lip stuck out as she pointed, and she was even kneeling so that her eyes could meet that of her Master's. She had come of age just a few months back, and already she was having the urges to set out upon her own and discover her talents (wait...she has talents?).
"Just give me permission and you'll see! I could be a great help!!!"
------
"The only way you could be of great help to the cause of the Cataclysm was for the destruction of MORE innocent people Quadra." Mizumi said as she fixed her buns for the fourth time that day. She hated her hair at the moment, it just recently growing out. "Not only that, but you just recently turned seventeen, Quadra." Mizumi winced, feeling so old as she said the young woman's age. Sixteen years had passed, and Mizumi had remebered every moment of the past sixteen years with great clarity. From struggling to carry the human sized baby in her gnomish arms to teaching the child of the two greatest rogues of the Human race <nobr>how to</nobr> properly hold her daggers in her hands.
Mizumi still had to <nobr>warn</nobr> Quadra not to run with her daggers out from time to time.
---
Quadra pouted and stood at her full height now. altogether, she was around 5"8 with long blond hair that reached the middle of her back, a little below the shoulders when she had it tied up. Her blue eyes were not spilling over with tears just yet...but more with teenage angst.
She knew it was going to be a fight to get Mizumi to see her point, but she was going to give it all she got.
"Well you're never here! And I'm stuck being your apprentice to someone that I am not allowed to even follow...how does that make sense?!" and she gestured around Stormwind,"All the time...it's just me, the city, and my thoughts. I need something else mom..."
then she clapped a hand over her mouth. She had used the 'M' word again.
---
"Don't use the 'M' Word with me, missy. You damn well that you have been my apprentice your entire life because your parents decided to go on a suicide raid. I can't risk you going with me to such far off lands because god knows what could happen to you." Mizumi said, looking at Quadra. "Maybe if you kept your thoughts away from the damn city and to the tasks I give you while I'm on quests, I could trust you enough to go with me this time." She said, eyeing Quadra with a look of warning. "Your <nobr>lock picking</nobr> is subpar, you can't stealth around a damn boar, and you still run with your daggers pointed up, kid. The only way I would let you go out on your own, or even with me, is if you could find yourself a priest or priestess to accompany you."
---
"...a...priest?"
Quadra said slowly as she wrapped her mind around it. Of course! Why hadn't she thought of it before? Exith had the priestess Deijinn, and she had seen many other warriors do the same with Druids and the like. "do you know of any?!" she cried, bouncing up and down as she eyes bulged with joy.
She could only see it now...her and a new friend going on adventures and creating fond memories. Making names for themselves and becoming legendary heroes...it wasn't five seconds before her eyes glazed over in daydreaming.
---
Mizumi shook her head, grinning at Quadra. "You get to have that adventure by yourself. I would ask Deijinn first, over mail, You aren't allowed to go anywhere past Goldshire, you hear me? If Deijinn finds someone for you, you may meet them in Goldshire, seeing as how it is a smaller town and it would just be easier to meet them there. Find a priest, then we can see if you can come join me at the battle front."Mizumi said as she sat at their table in the house she had bought for Quadra to live in while she had been in Dalaran and the Outlands.
---
Quadra snapped out her daze and grew quiet for a moment---then she nodded and then grinned quickly going to the desk where she pulled out a piece of parchment,"Well if anyone can find a priestess, it would be Deijinn. she trained them back in Darnassus, right?"
She had not met Deijinn but a few times, but she heard of her often through Mizumi's tale of travel. The latest adventure being that of Exith awakening out of her coma...and then Mizumi getting quite a gash upon her, the reason for her being in Stormwind for so long (as of late). Even as she wrote, she looked up and muttered,"How is your wound?"
---
Mizumi winced, shaking her head. "Not so awesome. It's been acting up recently what with all my training and whatnot. I need to just relax for a bit. Make sure you just keep it formal. The more formal it is, the better chance you have to get a good Priest or Priestess."
---
"I understand..." Quadra murmured as she was chewing on her feather quill. "Oh... and here." she said, tossing a vial to Mizumi from her belt. She had not even glanced to see in which direction it was going, but it made a stright line to where it needed to be which was in Mizumi's direction.
Even as a clumsy rogue, it has surprised many-a-people that Quadra would sometimes show potential in her skills with blade, disguise, or stealth mastery. While traps would never be her fot'e...still, it was good to know that maybe, deep down, there was some potential for her.
---
Mizumi sighed as she caught the vial, sipping the contents slowly. It frustrated her to all hell when Quadra showed great rogue-like qualities without even thinking about it while failing miserably at all other times. "So much like your parents...." She grumbled as she winced in pain.
---
"Hm?" Quadra hummed as she finally got to scribbling onto the parchment,"You say something?"
Now she watched and had to focus so that she could keep her hand from shaking as she wrote excitedly.
[Addressed to Deijinn of the Sativa Knights,
As Mizumi's apprentice, that time has come when I have reached the age of passage in which I am to go out and help in the efforts of the Cataclysm. As a respected Priestess in allegiance with the House of Dragons, I formally request a favor in which you might be able to help me with. I am looking for a Priest or Priestess to accompany me on my journeys. There are no specifics but as you would know, Mizumi expects them to be experienced healers to guide me.
so I thank you in anything you might be able to do for me. If someone is chosen, I am to meet with you in Goldshire. Many thanks in advance and hail to the Sativa Knights.
---Quadra]
---
Mizumi looked at Quadra as she wrote, smiling softly as she nursed her potion. She was proud of the woman, she had to admit, and she watched as Quadra got the letter ready for instant mailing. "So where would you like to go for the day as we wait for a reply?" She asked, sitting up slowly.
---
"I heard that the toy merchant is back in town...near the Mage's quarter. We could fly some kites and then get that ice cream that you like so much. The un-meltable kind?"
And she smiled. She knew that Mizumi could be rough on the outside, but deep down, there were 'some' hints of kidness there. You just really, Really, REALLY had to search for it. "At least until Midie comes back from Gnomeregan."
---
Midie. Mizumi's soft spot was in Gnomeregan, trying to gain more of their homeland away from the Troggs. "You make me sound like I'm a child." She grumbled, getting up slowly. "But let's go get some icecream and fly kites." She said, stretching slowly.
---
Quadra chuckled to herself so that Mizumi would not hear. She held the letter close to her chest and breathed in deep, her heart fluttering with both anxiety and excitement. The fear was that...maybe Mizumi was right...maybe she was not ready for the real world. but she felt cramped...she felt like life had so many more plans for her if she was only given that chance...
...given the chance to do what her parents had not been able to. "...wonder what they would say." she just happened to mutter aloud.
---
"I don't know, honestly. Hopefully It is a yes, and they bring someone you can learn with and have adventures with even without me there to guide you."Mizumi said as she walked to the door. "Make sure you have money for postage, Little one."
---
Quadra knew that Mizumi had no idea where her mind had drifted off to when she was talking about her parents. It's not like she thought of them often, in fact, she was too young to even remember them---but there were times when she would try and imagine them in their old age, telling her how she might go about her life now.
"I think..." she whispered,"...that if I do come to leave then I should probably go visit my parent's grave."
---
"I think that's a good idea, Quadra." Mizumi said, opening the door and looking back at Quadra. "Let's get going."
---
The day was sunny but with a very slight breeze to it...which was why Quadra had mentioned the possability of flying kites. One thing that the people of Stormwind could NOT argue with was the fact that Quadra was a master at telling the weather from the moment she woke up and took that first step outside.
Where she had gotten this talent, no one knew...but Quadra prided herself in it and especially liked showing off to the orphan's in the old cathedral. She was thankful that Mizumi had not given her up as a child...but sometimes the way that the woman spoke to her, she wondered greatly as to why.
Still, she skipped along the dock and hummed before looking to Mizumi and saying,"Oh, while you were gone, I took up some blacksmithing and engineering." she had always been fascinated most with the Gnomes that could tinker,"I invented a weapon..."
---
"You....Invented a weapon?" Mizumi asked. Without poking your eye out, destroying something, or just plain hurting yourself? She added mentally. "What did you invent?" Mizumi had never been much of a tinker, but she should MacGyver things when she absolutely had too. She was a leatherworker through and through, and she knew how to skin an animal long before she knew how to walk.
---
"This..." Quadra laughed as shereached around in her pockets and withdrew her hands to show some <nobr>knuckle rings</nobr>. "They don't look like much...at least, not at first, and they are a bit bulky..." she added as she gave a few heavy air-punches for emphasis,"But...they have this trigger mechanism placed against the palm..." and she opened her hand to show Mizumi the long golden band that crossed under her fingers,"...and when you squeeze really tight..." and she gave each knuckle a really tight squeeze---instantly there wa sa click from the rings, and blades shot up through the tops of each ring, sticking out like thin needles on a long-clawed hand,"...makes great for barbeques." and she giggled at her own joke,"I made a set for the both of us."
Quadra smiled,"Mother's Day passed while you were away...and well...erm...just wanted to thank you for raising me...and stuff." and she gave another laugh again,"What do you think,Mizumi?"
---
Mizumi smiled, taking the set of fist weapons and placing them on her hands. She took a couple of swipes at the air, squeezing and activatimg the weapons as she did so. "They're nice. I like them." She said, clicking them to retract the blades. "A bit bulky, but with some improvements there could be a good chance for them to be put on the market. I'm proud of you."
---
"Thank you!" Quadra chuckled as tried to sound as modest as possible,"It was my first set of designs...I mean, if this thing with finding a priest never works out, suppose I could just go and find a shop to work in like any normal <nobr>person</nobr> would do.."
and her voice dropped a bit as they were nearing the mage's quarters where ice cream was always being sold,"I was just trying to find things to pass the time. City watch is soooooo boring...and when anything good happens they stick me in some building somewhere, and I do not even get to go near a real fight."
Now she was back to complaining...then again, it's not like she knew what real fighting entailed. She knew nothing of <nobr>pain</nobr> or blood. She had been quite sheltered in the eighteen years she had been alive. Most figured the real world would be too much of a blow for her to handle.
((And we go from here))