Trouble Follows[Aya]

Posts : 2548 Join date : 2015-01-01 Age : 25

It was a quiet and calm weekend, most habitants would use such day for leisure with family and friends but not the Forgotten Knight. Instead to him it was a good day to exercise outside. He left the church earlier, not wanting to waste any time, wearing a black t-shirt and dark gray shorts, his templar cross necklace was visible in this outfit. Hours passed where he performed warm ups and ran around, as well other exercises until he figured it was time for a light break.

He sat down in a nearby bench, removing from his bag a bottle of water and a protein energy bar. Alone he'd munch on the snack, not dropping his serious expression even as the sweat ran down his face and body. His mind would become occupied with the previous mission but he'd not drop his guard for a moment.

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A break was all that was necessary. It had been some time since she broke away from her recent obligations, and though her efforts were making an impact on the city, it was like running a marathon without water and she's asthmatic. Aya decided to find a place to sleep for the previous night, which happened to be near some bushes at a tree. Near it would be a bench, but the thought that people may take a moment to sit in it had not occurred to her until the sound of footsteps roused her from her sleep. She noticed the young gentleman finally sit down after apparently exercising, and sat up slowly to eye him from under her hat. It had been.....a couple days since her last bath and laundry cleaning. Normally if one didn't get involved in anything that she did she may even have a decent smell. Unfortunately her clothes were not in agreement, and an odor wafted around which irritated her nose. It didn't help that she was almost caked in dirt as though she was just wrestling in it. She would be staring at the man, curious to see what he was up to until the odor was so annoying, it forced a loud ungracious sneeze from her, immediately signaling her position to be a couple feet behind the bench that he sat at.

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The calm silence was cut, a loud sneeze announced there was someone behind him not too far off. His head would perk up and look over his shoulder. His stern gaze meet a girl, brown hair and colorful outfit but dirty and he could pick the smell from there, though Albrecht had a good constitution and was used to the smell of blood and guts to have any strong reaction to just dirt and sweat. He chewed on his snack while staring, wondering if he should do anything at all or just ignore her and keep going. After some short deliberation his arm moved, extending it towards and holding the snack bar in the direction of the brunette girl offering it to her.

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She expected several things; her hand toward her pocket if trouble brewed, but what she did not expect was literally being offered what he was eating. She didn't know what to think. After all it was obviously not poisoned, but why would he suddenly offer it? She looked at it, then the young man, before with slight hesitation, took the bar and quietly ate it. Despite what might be expected, she wasn't a feral animal, she still ate with some kind of etiquette; mainly open mouth chewing and looking towards the ground. It was quite clear she hadn't eaten in about a day; she just hasn't had much time to find a place to stop and rest with all the excitement happening around the city. She was more dumbfounded than anything. She's definitely had to deceive people to get a hold of the nearest meal, but she can't recall the last time someone outright handed her something without thinking about it. It was simultaneously relieving and perturbing. Regardless, she ate in silence while watching the man to see if he had something else up his sleeve (or another snack)....

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She took it, he didn't mind giving away the protein bar. He planned to have a complete meal soon after he was done back at the church, a large steak would be really good. It was all he could offer at the time, so he just nodded and began to drink from his water bottle, he would leave the girl alone for now. He didn't care much if she was just standing there and watching him rest.

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After finishing the bar, she looked at the man strangely. She took a measured moment to consider what she'd say, and soon her mouth opened. "How often do you eat this to where you can give this away?" Her tone was neither of malice nor reverence, and more out of a sort of curiosity. He must get access to quite a bit of food to be able to hand it off to people like this. She wasn't blind to the idea that people just can't give away to those in need; it gets harder and harder every day. Maybe the people that do can genuinely give it away, or maybe those that do are pressured into doing it to either feel good or look good. It had been some time since she chose to have a conversation with someone like this, and she was not fond of simple introductions. She was direct, for better for worse.

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She was still there. He was not sure why, but the homeless girl was still there. She made him a question, which caused him to look back at her.

"Does it matter? Its the only one i had." He would reply while shrugging, a couple seconds passed and his mouth opened again."It just felt like the right thing to do." Her behavior was intriguing to say the least, perhaps she was not used to people giving her food. Or perhaps he was being the weird one by offering a hobo a protein bar.

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She looked down at her finished meal then back at the young man. She didn't really know how to respond to it. Why was it suddenly the right thing to do? "I could have tried to steal any more food from you." It ended up being a rhetorical statement, as she ended up standing and stretching herself in the light of the sun. She moved to pick up some small items that she had been holding onto from the bushes and stored them on her person. "I will keep that in mind." With that said, she felt strangely curious of the man. She decided to clench her fist, and raise it over his head, striking down at him. It looked as though she had intended to strike him, though for him it would be simply to avoid if he was paying any bit attention. In reality, she was instead hitting the side of the bench, turning her arm at the last minute. She was genuinely curious if he had basic reflexes. Maybe if she had tried to attack him it would have been easy, but maybe not?

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This girl must have a really jaded vision of the world, expecting every act of kindness to have second intentions. She could be suspicious all she wanted, Albrecht just did it because it felt right, simple as that. His brown eyes would watch the girl as she went about collecting her belongings. It wouldn't get past his perception when she had her fist raised just above him. With ease he'd be able to move out of the way, for 5 years he honed his combat reflexes, a punch like that from a street urchin would be hard to land. He stared at her for a moment, squinting his eyes at her while also slightly confused.

"...What was the point of that?" He spoke to the girl, still unsure on what to do. Was she trying to pick a fight or jut fake him out for laughs? If the former she was welcome to try.

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"Hm. Alright. I was just trying to answer a question. You answered it in a way I didn't expect." In reality it was just as possible he could have been a nice guy, but it did reinforce the idea that he was perfectly willing to give something, and if it turned sour he wouldn't be worried about it. He could probably fight back, or flee if need be. She didn't necessarily feel safe around him, but she was fine with his presence after learning that. Once moreover, she had no interest in actually fighting. She already got what she needed, so there was simply no point in making it any worse. "Well, I don't plan to continue. You're fine if you want to sit back down. Just working out then?" She said, leaning back against the tree, taking a moment to run a hand through her now greasy hair, before sighing at it. She really needed a bath...

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She was hard to understand, though he found hard to understand most women. Their mind was something Arcane to the knight, he'd sooner perform well in school than he'd start to understand their inner workings. Despite the odd behavior she didn't seem like she was looking for a fight, otherwise she'd have continued or would have not been so obvious about it.

"Yes. With this weather it would be a good change of pace to work out in the open." Albrecht gave a calm reply, the suspicion and confusion was wearing out. He thought about asking what she was up to, but he figured since she was homeless she was probably just passing by or slept nearby. "Sunlake Palms is also a really calm place, its relaxing to just walk around it for me at times."

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Relaxing huh? She nodded to herself in affirmation. "Alright then." She then chose to lean near the bench. "Let me know when you are going to continue. I will follow. Or rather, I will see how fast you are. I need to practice." She watched him intently as she spoke. Her actions near him were curious; normally she may not interact with others. She could tell however that he was definitely more adept than those she recently came upon, and those people has Personas to deal with. She made the intent clear by kneeling on the ground and doing a few pushups, and then stretching her arms and body to limber up. Her body language did not look too eager, in fact it looked almost obligatory as though this were less exciting and more an assessment.

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"Hm?" He was surprised, she wanted to train with him for some odd reason. He wouldn't really stop her, he didn't mind if she followed him around, he just wondered if this random girl could keep up with him. She didn't seem to be in top shape, and if she was indeed homeless it was even more doubtful. She didn't seen that much into it either. "You are welcome to join, but i'm not stopping if you can't keep up." The phrase might have been ruder than he meant but his tone remained calm, he just didn't want to have to stop because of someone else. It wouldn't take long before the Knight had stood up and began to stretch himself and perform a quick warm up.

"I'm ready." He'd give the girl a moment to register it before starting to run. He was not holding back right now.

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As she finished prepping herself, she had noticed that the man broke into a run up ahead. She wasn't blind to the obvious in that he himself was very fast. He clearly did this regularly, unlike Aya who had a frail figure at best. She could perhaps catch up but even then it wasn't likely. Still, she chose to bolt down the road after him, naturally she would not be able to catch up to him, but she wouldnt lose him as quickly. It was mostly frustration that kept her running despite the obvious gap between the two. She however made the challenge, and she was not going to do nothing about it.

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Albrecht had little idea of how far the homeless girl was away from him, he just kept facing forward while focusing on his task. He'd keep going at his own pace for a few minute completely unaware of the girls headstrong determination. Of course he'd eventually come to a halt, having completed his run and only then he'd have noticed he didn't lost the girl. The knight was impressed, expressing it through slightly raised eyebrows.

"You know, with enough training you could get pretty good at this. You are already quite determined to push yourself." The cadet wanted to acknowledge her in some way, she gave her best and with enough application she could develop well. "What's your name? I'm Albrecht."

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