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Post by mistic395 on Dec 11, 2015 23:12:33 GMT -5
A young man stood out in the center of the training ring, his eyes closed. Bangs of onyx black tickled his nose, the rest of the long locks bound back by a band. Muscles rippled under scars visible to the eyes of those who watched. A few moments later it was a rush of fighting as the young man took on the human guards of Akrita. This was not an unusual sight in the kingdom's training field. The young man, the ward of the king and queen, had begun his training at the young age of six. At sixteen, ten years of honing his skills had proven to be useful. However, the young man had one advantage of being a black falcon, like the king of Akrtia. Only two were known to exist at any time, as a third usually was considered to be chaotic, murderous, and was either exiled or killed as soon as it was known.
The young man soon stood in the center of the men, his eyes opening to reveal honey gold orbs as he examined the men that lay groaning. "You overestimate because I had my eyes closed." He said, his tone even and smooth, almost earily so. The young man sighed softly as he stretched slightly before glancing over as he heard his name called.
"Dyten Ryder, time for lunch." Came the call of young Felicia Corrington. Her blond locks billowed out behind her in curls as a soft wind blew through. "Come on. Perhaps you can get Ryu to spar with you later." She suggested with a sweet smile. The young woman smiled at Dyten, having taken to the young man like a brother since he had been with them since shortly after his birth.
"Comming." The young man, Dyten, responded as he moved over to grab his shirt. He slipped the black article back on before brushing his bangs out of his hair. "Where is Adara?" He asked the older Princess of Akrita.
"She should be in studies if she didn't skip to watch you again." Felicia responded. "Though mother was cracking down on her to pay attention and do her studies." The young blond responded with a smile.
Dyten nodded once as he moved inside, glancing around at a few of the servants that disliked him. Dyten knew why, but simply ignored it. You see, Dyten was not a noble by birth. Though connected to the noble family of the old falcon kingdom of Elendron, distantly, Dyten was the son of a soldier who died in the war that destroyed Elendron. A commoner, in many nobles eyes, which resulted in many looking down on him, though never in front of the royal family.
Dyten was fine with his position. He preferred being out fighting with the soldiers, even having joined the guard at the age of fourteen. He was the youngest guard and already close to making second in command due to his skills and calm attitude when it came to dealing with the men. "I should get cleaned up." Dyten told Felicia. "Mother doesn't care for me being at the lunch table directly from training."
"Alright, but don't take to long." Felicia said as she moved to go inform her mother that she was able to drag Dyten away from training.
As lunch time came around, Dyten moved in to join the royal family consisting of Matthew Corrington, the king, Alera Corrington, his wife, Torrent Corrington and his wife Treva, Torrents twin sister Felicia, and the youngest princess Adara Corrington. Dyten glanced toward the one's he had come to know as his family, as he moved to take his seat near Adara. Dyten was usually quiet, talking mostly to those in the guard, or the family.
As a child, many had thought Dyten mute because Adara talked for him most of the time due to her mind reading ability. However, torrent had taught him about flowers which had allowed him to communicate without speaking. He would give Alera a flower that related to his mood until he had finally been forced to talk to help Adara at one point. From that point on, he had opened up to talking with the family until joining the guard. This had led to him opening up a bit more. Still reclusive by many peoples standards, Dyten didn't mind. He was protective of Adara, and spent most of his free time with her or training. At that particular time, Dyten sat quietly as the food was brought in, his honey gold eyes partially shielded by his onyx black bangs.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 11, 2015 23:32:09 GMT -5
"I still don't understand why you think i need to study more" Princess Adara looked at her mother continuing their conversation from before Dyten had entered the room "I read most things on my own and I know what the tutor is going to say before he even says it. Why not just have him sit in a room with me and think about the stuff i should know? It'd be much more efficient than listening to him drone on and on...i know most of it anyways" She looked at Dyten then back at her mother
Adara had always been a free spirit since she had been born. Being pretty much the exact age as Dyten, to the day, she and Dyten had developed a bond much like her older siblings had being twins. She got along with most everyone, talkative and outgoing she had a sharp mind and quick wit which made her sociable and likable which was something that made people even more confused since she spent most of her time with the much more reclusive Dyten.
They had always been like that. Adara spoke for Dyten, know what he wanted and what he needed. She brought him out and made him do things and in return Dyten watched over her and kept her out of trouble where he could.
What was more than that was Dyten and Adara had an unshakable faith in each other, which had been reinforced tenfold when the two of them started going on patrols and the like together.
Though not a black falcon or anything special to their knowledge Adara had also trained from young and her skills ran almost parallel to Dyten's. Since they also did most of their training together their styles had developed so that, though exceptional on their own, when working together they were all but unstoppable, perfectly complimenting each other on the battlefield
"You know why" Alera sighed looking at her daughter shaking her head. She turned her attention now to Dyten, a gentle smile coming to the soft-spoken queen's lips "How are you today, Dyten?" she asked him quietly. Since the guard generally started working before she was up lunch was usually the first time she saw him each day. She had viewed his as virtually her own child since the day he came to them and honestly really felt that she had two sets of twins, rather than three children and a ward
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 11, 2015 23:37:11 GMT -5
"Fine." Dyten responded as he glanced towards Alera. "The guard was slow this morning." He responded before glancing towards Adara. "Are you still coming on patrol this evening or are you staying here for the visiting nobility?" He asked her. Dyten avoided the visiting nobility that came from ally kingdoms as much as possible, usually taking the patrols that coincided with those times.
Matthew looked towards Dyten. "She is staying here and so are you." He told him. "I believe Ryu has someone else handling your patrol this evening. You two have been out on patrol every evening for the past two weeks."
"Yes sir." Dyten responded with a sigh. He knew that would mean he was likely going to attempt to hide in his room.
Felicia smiled softly as she glanced over towards the guard table, seeing Ryu moving in to join the rest of the guard's that ate in the large dinning hall.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 0:02:20 GMT -5
Adara smiled at Dyten apologetically at her father's words
"Do Dyten and I have to be there to greet them?" She asked looking at her father "Or could we do something else? Not patrol just maybe go out to town or something?"
"You need to stay, sweetheart" Alera said "The princesses should be here to greet them. Dyten, you don't have to stay down but I'd like it if you popped in for a bit to say hello at the very least." she said with a gentle smile looking at him
Ryu glanced over at the main table and noticed Felicia looking his way and gave her a little smile and a wink before taking his seat with the men
Torrent leaned back and looked between his sister and Ryu smiling slightly before looking at his wife. He was still getting used to that, her being his wife. Their relationship had happened suddenly and fast but he was happy with it.
"Can they be more obvious?" he asked Treva in a whisper, looking over at his sister again. He fully supported the relationship and even encouraged her in it.
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 0:09:11 GMT -5
Treva smiled slightly. "I think it's sweet." She responded, a slight purr in her voice. She shook her head slightly, forgetting that the way she spoke sometimes was a bit surprising to others. Treva glanced over as a little girl of five years came walking into the room. "Mommy..." The little girl whimpered. "Mommy..." The little girl whimpered again, still not used to the large castle. She moved over to where Treva was and climbed up into her lap, snuggling against her. "You disappeared." She sniffled.
"I am sorry, sweetheart." Treva said, nuzzling the little girl. "You were asleep and I didn't want to wake you up." She purred, soothing her child's tears, a typical lumian action to calm a child.
Dyten glanced over towards Treva then away before glancing at Alera. "If I must." He muttered, though his tone was clear that he had no desire to greet visiting nobility.
Felicia smiled in return before laughing softly and glancing back towards her parents and the rest of her family.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 0:18:06 GMT -5
"Just pretend you're scouting out potential threats" Adara smiled looking at Dyten. She was quite used to the formalities though she still preferred to move freely "Don't worry, if they try to talk to you too much we'll have one of the guards come in with a fake reason and pull you out" she promised
Torrent looked over at the little girl in Treva's arms and smiled "Good afternoon, beautiful" he said softly to his step daughter, his voice gentle "Did you sleep alright?"
Alera looked over at Matthew and smiled a little "I think you rubbed off on Dyten a little too much" she smiled gently, knowing her husband, though good at diplomacy and politics, really didn't care to much for other nobles either
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 0:20:19 GMT -5
Sandra looked towards Torrent and blinked a few times before nodding. "Big castle is still scary though." She told him.
Matthew laughed softly. "Yes except I am a little more willing to deal with it then him. He would probably punch one of them if they mouthed off."
"Only if they mouthed off to Adara." Dyten responded.
"Liar." Treva and Felicia said at the same time. Even though Treva did not know Dyten as well as Felicia, she knew enough about him to know he would punch a noble easily if they mouthed off to any of his family or those he protected.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 0:32:57 GMT -5
Torrent smiled "I know, sweet thing. Once you get used to it though, it'll be like a really big place to play and explore in" he smiled "Why don't you me and Mommy go adventuring after lunch? Maybe we'll even find Uncle Dyten's secret garden" he suggested
Adara laughed "Dyten wouldn't do anything to compromise the family" she said smiling "Have a little more faith. If he were to punch a noble, I'd wager it would be justified"
"Mainly because you catch him before he can and calm him down before he has a chance to strike" Torrent piped in, smirking at his sister
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 0:35:02 GMT -5
Dyten just grunted in response and ate in silence after the rest had filled their plates before him.
Felicia just smiled and glanced over towards Ryu once more before glancing back towards her family, a slight blush on her cheeks.
Sandra nodded once with a smile before digging into her food once Treva fixed her plate.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 0:48:01 GMT -5
When they had finished Lunch Torrent moved over to his twin and smiled "You should invite him to sit with us for dinner" he said softly to his twin, so no one could hear him but her "Mom and dad won't mind" he smiled and then looked at Sandra "Ready to go explore, Princess?" he asked her
Ryu walked over to the table around that time and sent a smile Felicia;s way before looking at Dyten "Dyten, I wondered if you'd like to spar with me a bit." he said. Though all of the guard liked Dyten quite a few were still slightly intimated by him. Ryu on the other hand talked to him like he did anyone else. "learned a new trick, I want to see if i can finally break that defense of yours" he said lightly
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 9:18:32 GMT -5
Felicia looked towards Torrent. "It's not whether mom and dad will mind. It's whether or not he would join us." Felicia told him softly before glancing over towards Sandra. "Have fun, Sandra." She told her niece.
Sandra nodded once as she move over and took Torrent's hand.
Treva smiled softly as she moved over to join her husband, glancing around at some of the others. She growled slightly at one of the servants that came to close to Sandra, sending the man scurrying off in fear. Sandra was hesitant still to trust any guy around Sandra aside from Torrent and his family. Ryu was the only other one she allowed around Sandra.
Dyten glanced towards Ryu and nodded once. "Alright." He agreed as he glanced towards Adara. "Are you going to come outside this time or do you still have studies to deal with?"
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 11:01:26 GMT -5
"Don't know unless you ask" Torrent said giving his sister a quick hug before smiling at Sandra. He glanced at Treva when she growled and put his hand on her shoulder briefly before looking at Sandra "which way should we go first? "
Adara smiled "I'll come out. I need a little air, get a little practice in or I'll start practicing my moves on the tutor" she joked lightly though everyone knew she'd never do that
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 11:04:15 GMT -5
"This way." Sandra said, pulling him along with a smile as she led him towards the tower where the falcons were kept. She had been hearing them but couldn't figure out where it was, so she wanted to find where the squeaky birds were, as she referred to them.
Dyten just shook his head slightly as he glanced towards Ryu and moved to follow after him. "Training swords or no?" He asked him as he glanced over and saw Felicia follow them outside quietly.
Felicia moved to stand off with a few of her friends that were there, one who did not approve of the connect with Ryu, feeling that, as a soldier, he was beneath Felicia.
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Post by Kiknessa on Dec 12, 2015 11:17:17 GMT -5
Torrent grinned "As you wish" he smiled, moving off with her, completely content with the fathering role he now was in
"I think no this time" Ryu said as they walked along. HE glanced at Felicia and her friends then looked back at Dyten. He knew there were a few that disapproved of his relationship with Felicia, which was still kept pretty quiet but close friends did know about. It was another part of why he was feeling more and more comfortable around Dyten, feeling for the first time he understood the scrutiny Dyten felt from others all his life
Once outside Adara broke off as well to do some practicing but she still stayed close enough that she could watch the match. Before she could start warming up some of the soldiers approached her and struck up a conversation with her. Adara chatted with them easily
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Post by mistic395 on Dec 12, 2015 11:25:19 GMT -5
Dyten glanced towards the soldiers that were talking with Adara, narrowing his eyes slightly but kept silent as he moved over to the training ring with Ryu. "Why do you and Felicia keep your relationship secret?" He asked Ryu as he slipped his shirt off and tossed it over the fence. He had destroyed so many shirts with training that he now refused to wear one while training to keep from destroying any more. "Is it because of her friends that disapprove? Honestly she should not have them as friends if they do not approve of you. They are fools."
Sandra smiled happily as she chattered on and on about nothing important, having taken to Torrent quite quickly.
Treva followed behind a smile on her face as she watched her daughter interact with Torrent, happy that she liked the man so much.
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