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For Imperials- (invalid, there's no Imperial... no one signed up as one D: )

For Scholars- (Brad Jones, a part of the Shadows Knife Society)

"Hey scumbag, think you can deliver this letter for me?", said a cloaked man, sitting in a dark, underground, brick built room, his desk lit only be candlelight, and a few papers scattered the floor and desk. A few cupboards were there, but they were ajar and not a thing lived in them, except for cockroaches and a whole lot of dust. The man's legs were on the table, his chair leaning backwards, and his arm outstretched handing a man the letter, a glint from the blade of a knife, shone in the candlelight under his wrist. A skull with a knife through it's cranium, was the seal of the letter, the insignia of the Shadows Knife Society, and a letter with this seal, meant a letter for a job. There was also a man on the other side of the room, he looked a little nervous, but nonetheless, he scurried over to retrieve the letter, letting out a nervous cry,

"Yes sir-", he was cut off as he was forced to move out of the way, as a knife, the one that glinted shot up from the hooded man's wrist. In an instant, the man retaliated by pulling a revolver out and pointed it at the man's face,

"ah, very good in dodging that... But I'll always be one step ahead Trevor", said the hooded man, the man holding the gun, noticed that his ammo just popped right out. The cause, he realized was the earlier knife, he was not indeed aiming for him, but aiming for the gun, the barrel was sliced and the gun was useless.

"As expected...", breathed the man, named Trevor.

"Now, deliver the letter to whomever's name shows", says the hooded man. Trevor took a moment to look at the front, it said in large, bold letters, "Brad Jones",

"Brad Jones? But isn't he always a little too rude to be one of us?", complained Trevor,

"If you have an objection, feel free to try and kill me", replied the hooded man. Trevor was silenced, he couldn't say anything back. He turned towards the door and walked out, but before he got out into a cold, underground hallway, the hooded man spoke again.

"There should be a new gun for you Trevor, it should be at the entrance, it's in your personal letter box", said the hooded man. Trevor without turning around, replied,

"Thank you master Conrad", and with that, he walked out to deliver the letter.

For Pagans- (Shen, Tena, Jayson, Ayane, Akalin, Kuro and Arkanos)
-Order of 5 Elements-

Another quiet day at the... Hold on, what is this? A job for a set of people? Well now, we don't get jobs by the Emperor nowadays now do we? Well, according to this it's about relations with other countries. A new Emperor was appointed, and already he goes into making relations with other countries. It's been made clear that the residents do not like the idea, but if bloodshed is to stop, this must succeed. Though lately the Emperor was a little off, but not before he made this announcement. In this room, was a whole lot of floating orbs, white in color and giving light to the room, a clean, well organized desk was at the end of the room, a large, royal chair was there, and there sat an ancient man, his beard as long as he is tall, his hair whiter than snow, his face with wrinkles of hundreds of years of wisdom. And in that room, there was a grandeur feeling, coming from not only the man, but the fine, wooden furniture in there, along with some magical artifacts. Behind the chair, there was a large window, as tall as the room, and that window, showed the stars and the moon very clearly. And next to the desk, was a fancy looking telescope. The door to the room opened,

"Ah, come in, I have an errand for you", said the wizened old man. He didn't have to wait for the door to open completely to know that someone was there.

"Master, I got this feeling that you needed something",

"And indeed I do, Steven, would you please deliver this letter to the following?", said the old man.

"As always Sir Athos", yep, it was Athos, the founder was still alive and well. The blaze magician, master of the Earthen Fires, the Freezing Water, the Ancient Earth, the Fiercest Winds, and the Loudest Thunder. The man, named Steven walked over to the table and picked up the letters that Athos presented, after a moment, he dropped his glasses,

"Whoops...", he said, but in retaliation, he whipped up a small gale under the glasses, they hadn't even landed yet, and sending the glasses into the air, he caught it.

"There, now, here's a couple of letters, deliver them in what order you see fit, but deliver them all nonetheless", said Athos. He was beginning to haste, Steven noticed this. As he walked out, he thought to himself,

"must be his age...".

-Order of the Blade-

In they walked, the ones who were called for a sort of job, Shen and Arkanos. Both are Trueblades, and powerful ones at that. In the two went, the dojo of the master of the Order of the Blade. And down they sat, amongst the intense atmosphere of the master who sat at the back of the room, his fine blade sheathed in front of him, sitting in a traditional style, Shen and Arkanos did the same. Both their blades in front of them, sheathed like always.

"What have you called us for Master Ying?", said Shen, a serious face and a strong voice.

"Shen Dragounov... Despite your unfortunate past, you've grown to one of our highest ranks, and you Arkanos... You have learned that revenge is not the answer, well done", congratulated Ying. Then he continued, with a strong voice of course, since Shen and Arkanos were sitting around ten metres away.

"Now, I have called you both here under a request by the Emperor, Lucian", apparently, the Patriarch Micheal of the Imperials and the Government residing in White Progress, have reached an agreement. There is an apparent threat to all countries, and to strengthen relations, all countries decided to send small forces of their own towards the location. Of course every one of the lords were reluctant, but when the threat was immediately identified, every single country decided to fight it, and feud over each other later. Now as you may know, there is the forbidden zone, endless sea towards the south, that is the location, a mountain sticking out of the Strata Ocean (formerly, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand etc). The Emperor specially selected the two of you, Shen for his outstanding talent, and Arkanos, since there's been a link with Bona Fide over at the location, which has been confirmed. Arkanos, I know you do not seek revenge, but, the link with Bona Fide over there, is that experiments have also been confirmed to have been done down there. Your transport will be a boat, leaving in two days, it'll be going to New Tokyo, where all ships will meet up, from both Scholars and Imperials", said Ying. After a brief pause, he continued,

"Now that is all, any questions?".

-Dark Underground Order-

"Heh... A letter to these guys? Why not us?", complained a man, walking along the dark streets of a random town. Deserted and some fog was evident too,

"Hah! If we were selected, I'd be more worried about them Imperials, rather than our new leader", said the other. Two men, both hooded, and holding a few letters.

"Yeesh, those stuck-up Imperials, thinking they own everything",

"True, in actual fact we actually have more land",

"Can't argue with you there", after a brief moment, the two felt something cold, and sharp on their necks.

"Complaining during work? Tch... Our members are becoming more sloppier than I'd imagined...", said a man, a long katana was pressed on both men's necks. The man with the long katana had a mask, one eye was concealed, but a deathly aura was emanating from it. The other eye was completely normal.

"M-master Reap, w-we didn't mean to-", said the one on the right,

"save your complaints later... If I killed you I'd have to deliver these letters myself",

"B-but sir-", stuttered the one of the left,

"still complaining? You two make good partners... Both whiners... Oh I forgot, you're both twins, now shut up and do your work Bren and Sten!", yelled Reap, in sync the two replied back in a voice of panicking,

"Y-Y-YESSIR!", and with that the two sped off.

"Jesus... Our workers nowadays aren't too reliable...",

"I wouldn't be so sure about that...", said a voice from behind Reap.

"Oh, Master Grim",

"Heh... I'm tired of this work anyways", he said, Grim was his name, his voice coarse and snake-like. A cloak covered his face, and a white mask which looked much like a skull was there.

"Hey, Grim, why're you always wearing that mask anyways?",

"for the last time Reap, this is how I always look".

(damn, too long)

[ichijin]

For Free-for-Alls- (in other words, Mercenaries. Meaning- Roy)

"Oi! Roy! get on your monitor now!", yelled a voice. It was from some sort of orb, blue i color. And there on the orb was a face of a man, his face was toughened by battle experience over many years.

"Jesus Roy, how can you be a Mercenary if you don't use these orbs?! The Order of the 5 Elements was kind enough to lend us a couple, and kinder yet, I let you have one!". After a few moments, Roy walked out and in front of the orb.

"yea, what do you want Sir Bertram?", Bertram was only advisor, he was in charge of sending out the jobs.

"I have a job for ya, it was selected that you, Roy, will be traveling with Scholars, Imperials and Pagans. You'll be there in case your services are needed, the Emperor of the Pagans asked you specially, yea, the thirteen year old boy who recently ascended the throne. Now, the details are that there's some sort of island, all the countries want to destroy whatever could be a threat to all countries. Anyways, by noon, in about 10 days, you'll have three ships arriving in New Tokyo, you were selected since you lived there. Anyways, that's pretty much it, oh and about the people who're arriving, expect maybe one or two fights, so be prepared to break them up. Bye now". And with that, the blue orb stopped glowing. The face, no longer visible.

Contents of the Letters- (for whoever received letters)

Dear Brave Warrior,
You have been selected by your leader, to participate in an activity, appointed by the leader himself. You will, arrive to your docks, in three days. The docks you will meet at is, Beijing docks (pagan)/ London port (imperial)/ port New York (scholar). The details of this mission of yours, is to investigate an island in the Strata Ocean, you cannot deter yourself from doing this. If you are forced to by symptoms such as, death, severe and fatal injury, or something else, you will be pensioned. Missing the boat is also another factor, but we will investigate for the possibility of it being intentional. Good day.

(And that's the contents of the letter... Now enjoy the RP)

So far, just interact and such, this spare time is for fleshing your character out a bit. Use this time wisely.

[DarkKyuubi]

Roy looks at the blue orb fade out, "Yea Yea, Oy By the way!," Roy just realised something, "OY Sir Bertram," Roy started knocking on the Orb, "Do I take this thing with me," Roy started shaking the Orb hoping to get a signal or connection, "Hello?" Roy said to the orb.

[ichijin]

Popping up out of the blue, the orb just flashed up with the same blue color. And there was the face of the man again, Bertram,

"Of course not you dolt!", yelled Bertram, loud enough to make one stagger. And in an instant, the orb dimmed as quickly as it lit up.

OOC: It's actually much like a telephone, but it needs a source of magic instead of electricity.

[DarkKyuubi]

O.OC=Ahh Okay XD lol shaking, that was something I had to do, by the way Ichi Roy lives on Mt Fuji so it will take him awhile to reach New Tokyo.

Roy got startled by the orb, and nearly dropped it, but luckily he managed to catch with his foot, "Phew that was close, That old man would have killed me if i broke this," Roy flicks it up again and catches it.

Roy walks to his Zanbato, placing it on it's correct position on his back, Roy then places the Scythe Chain in his Pouch since it was not to big, Kai picks up his Knife and straps it to his boot.

Roy slide open his door and walks out shouting, "Master Shang, I am going out on a mission okay," Master shang shouts back, "Take Care Young One, have a safe trip," Roy smiles and says, "Thanks Master."

Roy walks out of his Dojo and steps out into the open air, it was dawn, and the sun rose making the scenery Roy saw beautiful, "Guess I have to scale down the Mountain and catch the boat down the bottom," Roy said as he started to make his way down a little path to the Port halfway down the mountain.

[Filip The Great]

OOC:Hey Ichi since we are on a same mission if I'm not here by the time the boat departures, you take over my char until I'm back

IN:

No sir answered Arkanos. The same was with Shen.
Than you are both dismissed and be sure to be on time.
Arkanos left the room and walked towards the see.....

(Later on the beach)
While Arkanos was walking along the beach
thinking of his next journey to the island in Strata Ocean
and how they will get to there. Will there be a storm or
everything will be peaceful. He hoped to see some big fish on
a peaceful ocean. And maybe fish them. He never had gone fishing.
He took out his dagger and sit on the beach, put his legs in the water
and started observing the water. He thought if there is water in front of me
and I have thunder(lightning) element i could easily kill a fish.
Arkanos infused his dagger with lightning and the dagger started
glowing. Electricity running through it.
Stood up moved away from the water and with his precision trowed his
dagger in the water and stroked a fish. He saw the fish jump of the water and
he quickly got it.
"Bravo, bravo, you have a precise shot. that seemed very easy for you
and your speed is outstanding."

Arkanos turned in wander and saw an old man.
He had a big bonnet(I think that's how you say for those big cowboy hats)
torn black shirt and short jeans. There was a fishing pole in the hands
of the old man. He moved towards Arkanos and sat by him.
Arkanos was wandering who could that man be.

"Well, hello and thanks. I'm using this dagger for a long time"
While saying this he stood up and dived in the water to take his dagger"
When Arkanos emerged from the water wit his dagger and the fish in his hands
he saw the man swimming near by.
The old man was swimming very fast, as a fish.
"oh you look amazed by my speed"
"Well yes, how can you do that, I mean I can swim that fast but
you are not that.."
"Young" they both said that in the same time.
"Hehe, don't worry I have a secret, well It's not exactly a secret
but i tend to hide it. I'm a bestia. I turn in to a dolphin and than
I can swim even faster. But because i'm old the transformation is
getting harder. It takes a lot out of me + I haven't transformed in a
while. Maybe If i do that the side effect wont be that big.
So what about you young man."

"Well what can I say. I'm amazed, but anyway I have never fished so I came here.
In couple of days I'm going on a trip throughout the ocean"

"A trip?"said the old man."what kind of trip"
"Well just with some friends sailing (keeping the exploration part secret)
and I want to try fish, well not with
my dagger, I don't want to lose it in the depths of the ocean,
but with something like your fishing pole that you left on the shore.
I've never fished before so I come out here to see how it works)
"Oh that's easy, you only need to have patience, come on I know a very
good fishing spot. I can teach you some tricks."

"Oh thank you" said arkanos
The man started swimming toward the shore and Arkanos followed.

"By the way I never got your name. I'm Arkanos"
"Oh, yes, sorry, how rude of me. I'm Lary."

"Nice to meet you. Where exactly is this spot?"
"Not to far away from here just follow me and we'll be there in no time"
Arkanos just followed besides what could an old man do if
things got a little strange he would walk away or if it comes to a fight
he can easily win, after all he is a successful trueblade.
They both got to the shore and walked towards the east.
There was a wooden bridge.

"Here is the place, there are a lot of fish down here,
there are couple of fishing poles always left here, there is
one for you."
Arkanos picked up the pole and looked at the man in wander.
Well...Um... What do I do now, how do I toss it correct i to the water."
"It's easy. Hold it like this, make sure that your hands are not too
straight nor too tight. Now trow it like this. Try to trow it straight forward
and stand still. If nothing catches the bait slowly pull the pole towards you.
And then do it again. If a fish falls for the bait dont pull too instant or you will
lose the fish, instead wait for it and than pull towards you slowly increasing
the force. There aren't any big fish here so you don't have to worry" - explained
the old man.

"Wow, that seemed very easy said than done correctly"
Arkanos tried couple of times until he finally cought a fish.

"Hehe, well done." said the man
Arkanos turned and saw a pile of fish next to the man.
"I wish I could be as good as you"
Actually arkanos was fishing not that he liked that much
but he remembered his last boat trip with Stella.
He took out the necklace he wanted to give to her and
put it around his neck. Than he remembered his house in New Istanbul
and was somewhat relaxing.

It was getting late.
The man left half an hour ago.
He had his big bag full with fish.
Arkanos only managed to cought around 10.

He stood up, picked the fish and started walking towards
the place he was staying.
When he got there he light up a fire in the yard and started cooking the fish.
It was very delicious. After that he went inside and started preparing some of his
thing for the journey.

There was a knock on his door.......

OOC:I have absolutely no idea about fishing
and I have never been fishing so that is why I wrote that.
It felt like I was really there, in the shoes of arkanos, and fishing.
+ Its all connected to the next part
But for now let "There was a knock on his door......." stay as it is.

I'm willing to use the element of surprise even tho I gave you a little spoiler.
Next time: "Who Is behind that door? What's gonna happen to Arkanos?"

[ichijin]

"Hah!, Hah!, Hah!",

"That is enough!", yelled Shen. His students stood before him, all in line and holding a wooden sword. Shen was holding one too, his clothing at the moment was less casual compared to his small, cloth vest. He wore at this time, a kendo robe white in color, with a red belt. The dojo was large, but his students were few. Only around twenty, but all were extremely skilled and disciplined. The walls were lined with scrolls, all gained from defeating other dojos, there were many, maybe too many.

"Now as you should all know, I'll be taking an absence for quite awhile, I'm off to do a job by command of the Emperor, train and hone your skills while I am gone, we will have a revision session when I get back", said Shen, his voice strong and clear.

"Yes Sei Fu!", which meant master, in Chinese. Shen walked out of the dojo, flicking his hand in dismissal, and with that all the students went to get their things. Shen walked out of the dojo, well, not necessarily, since it was his home too. He walked to the back, and there sat his wife and his son, who was sleeping.

"Ah Shen, so you'll be off?", said Shen's wife. Her name was Shinobu, her hair was a royal silver, and her preferred clothing was a kimono. Her hair was smooth, and her eyes, emanated a wild sort of kindness.

"Yes Shinobu, so how's our little boy?", said Shen, sitting next to his wife, his arm over her shoulder.

"Shen junior? He's doing fine", she replied, in a playful manner

"You know we didn't name him that", said Shen, joining in with the joke.

"I'll be off in three days, I'm going to go and prepare, the docks are only around an hour's walk from here, so I can rest for three days, and prepare",

"You go do that, I'll go and make dinner", replied Shinobu, tucking her child into the blankets. The boy's name was Karasu, aged only 2, but he shows good energy and such. With that, Shen went off to hone his blade, the Blade of Ying.

[GenjutsuGaara]

OoC: Tell me if I got this right....

Jayson and his wife, Marlina were eating a small meal when a large cloaked figure opened the door to their home bearing the symbol of the "Order Of THe 5 Elements" on his cloak. His deep voice boomed. "A request...For you." The voice said. Jayson looked at his wife and then to the man. He slowly stood up and grabbed the paper. He was needed by the emperor to go on a mission to other countries. A peace mission as it were. He looked up and the figure was gone. "Wh...What the hell?" He said as he peeked out the door. They were the only house for miles around. And the figure was gone. "I...I didn't even see him leave." Marlina said a bit questioning as of what just happened. Jayson belonged to a creed of assassins and other types of warriors. The Order Of the 5 ELements. Jayson was needed at the castle. He could run there in quite a short time. He turned to Marlina and gave her the paper. She sighed. "I never get to see you anymore." She whined. "I know...But we need money don't we? You'll be just like me soon enough. A full fledged assassin." Jayson answered as he grabbed his black garb and mask. It only came up to his nose. Hiding his mouth and lower face. He lifted it and kissed his wife good bye. On the way he grabbed his fine blade. "Acanth, The Soul Eater" it was called. The clouds were grey that day. He slipped on some socks like things. They protected him against anything hot on the ground. He smiled at his wife for a moment and hugged her tightly. He zipped across the plane at a high speed for some time to reach the castle. Marlina watched as her 18 year old husband ran across the planes towards a mission.

[Naomi]

Tena who had stopped at a hotel in the mid reigon of asia was currently sitting at the hotels bar. She had been drinking but she wasnt drunk. As she ordered another shot she was aproched by a young man. As she scanned his apearence she noted that he wore and emblem of the order of the five elements. Tena slamed her shot then looked at the man. "So whats your name and what do you want...its obviouse your looking for me and probobly have a job for me." The man seemed alittle surprised at first that tena had figured this much out but he relaxed and handed her a letter. "My name is steven and I simply needed to deliver this letter. Yes its a job for you but I dont know anything else." the man turned and left as quickly as he had apeared. Well this is interesting...its from the emporor tena though as she opened the letter. It read:

Dear Brave Warrior,
You have been selected by your leader, to participate in an activity, appointed by the leader himself. You will, arrive to your docks, in three days. The docks you will meet at is, Beijing docks (pagan)/ London port (imperial)/ port New York (scholar). The details of this mission of yours, is to investigate an island in the Strata Ocean, you cannot deter yourself from doing this. If you are forced to by symptoms such as, death, severe and fatal injury, or something else, you will be pensioned. Missing the boat is also another factor, but we will investigate for the possibility of it being intentional. Good day.

"Huh well isnt this interesting...I dont realy want a job with any imperial freaks or scholar slobs but I guess I have no choice." tena said alowed but to no one. She stood up from her seat and ordered a bottle of sake for the road.

As she walked down the street tena noticed she was being fallowed. Aperantly a group of thugs mistaked her for a easy target. As they surrounded her and made their demands tena mearly ignored them. They honestly were not worth her time. Calm and casualy she reached behind her and grabbed her staff from her back. As the thugs began to move in she ran some thunder through the staff. Quick as a flash lightning appeared in her free hand and she slamed it into one of the thugs stomachs. He fell to the ground twitching from the shock. Tena turned to the others "Anyone else want to take a chance?" The thugs all ran and scattered. Tena looked down at the one she had shocked "Well your buddys didnt even try to get you...some friends huh? but its ok your just lucky that shock didnt kill you, but then again if I had wanted to I would have." tena went to walk away the man still trembling on the ground but something stopped her. She just couldnt bring herself leave another human laying there like that. She stopped and moved him, leaning him against a wall under a ledge. The air was moist like a storm was comeing. "There now you wont get wet." she said as she ran off into the dark. She was in the middle of asia and had three days to reach Beijing. It was a long ways off so tena would have to run the entire way, but this didnt bother her. As she ran lightning struck and the storm began. Tena loved storms because she herself could create them if she pleased. As the water slid off her cape she felt as though she was part of her surroundings and this made tena feel great.

ooc: sorry it took me so long to post here but the site was giving me issues and I couldnt log in, but im back and wont disapear again.

[Naomi]

Sorry about this my pin head brother used the comp after me and didnt log off as me....hes also on this rp so yea sorry about the double post.