Ten Kinds of Stupid

[Elysia Tondra]

"You've got some balls coming after me."

A slow smile tore it's way across the speaker's face, and by the gods the thief almost shit himself at the sight of it. She had looked like such an easy target, her pretty little shoes CLACK CLACKING as she strutted down the dark streets as her dress swayed around her ankles. Her face, while blank and completely devoid of any emotion, had been the kind of pretty that spoke 'defenseless damsel' and made it all the more appealing to corner her and rob her blind. The fact that she had grabbed him by the throat (while he had been brandishing a knife at her, no less) had shocked the hell out of him figuratively before she shocked the hell out of him litterally.

Elysia continued to smile her venimous smile at the poor bastard, dropping him to the ground and watching him convulse. "You're lucky I'm not feeling vindictive today," she purred, kicking him with the toe of her shoe. "Or else I'd have done more then tase you."

The man wanted to ask what she was like when she was vindictive, but was too busy gasping for air to bother; the shock had temporarily paralyzed his throat, making it hard to swallow and breath, but not enough to kill him or make him foam at the mouth. He was indeed a lucky man.

All too soon (but not soon enough in his opinion), the horrid smile wiped itself from her face and she was back to that devil-may-care attitude she was famous for. "Don't let me find you on these streets again. You'll get worse then just a little shock."

She left him then, wiping at the blood that had trickled down her neck when the blade of his knife had pierced her skin. After giving it a disgusted sneer, she used her dress to wipe the smear from her fingers. Stupid bastard had been ten kinds of stupid to try and take her on.

[asher]

The woman with the knowledge was seated in the shade on a short wall, having watched the entire interaction. She knew of course, who the woman was, she was important and the man was not so much anymore. Her profession allowed her to be confidential and few actually knew who she was or what she looked liked. It took someone with real power and real money to know who she actually was.

Asher snickered to herself, covering her lips with a hand in an attempt to be lady-like as she watched the Lightening Maji storm away. The stories checked out, it seemed. The Lightening Maji had a temper. Pushing some blonde hair off her shoulders, the small hoops in her ears jingled against each other in a light sound as she hopped off the wall, the petite yet stunning woman drawing more than a few appreciative stares.

She skipped over to the man, shaking her head and tsking. "Now, that really was stupid," she said with a laugh as she kicked him hard in the groin before skipping off to follow the Lightening Maji and hopefully learn more about her.

[Elysia Tondra]

Elysia continued on her way down the street, never once glancing behind her at the heap of flesh she'd left moaning on the ground, instead focusing on making her way to market. Avalast, while not her first choice for shopping for herbs, had some of the most unusual and sometimes even the best when it came to the ones used for potions. And bargains; she was indeed a great bargain hunter, and usually going to places where things like hard to find herbs were found yielded cheaper prices and easier haggeling.

And dwarves liked to haggle.

Some of the dwarves walking past her cat-called the pretty lady, and her first instinct was to shoot them a look so foul, it probably it would have singed the hairs in their beards if she'd had a predisposition to fire. As it was, it just made them take a step back and continue on their way, whispering all the while. What was with people where they thought that just because a girl was cute, she didn't have any bite to her.

"Bastards," she muttered to herself.

[asher]

Asher hummed as she skipped along, following the Lightening Maji and taking note of everything that was going on, often times pretending to be interested in other things. Some of the older dwarves shook her head, recognizing her and amused by her antics. It wasn't the first time that Asher had taken her life into her hands, this time it was just a little bit more risky.

But that's what made life fun, right?

The girl had a cheery smile on her face, but her eyes were cold and calculating, looking like the prized amethyst gems that the dwarves mined. Watching them check her out, she grinned. "I've heard that her bite is worse than her bark, keep it to yourself," she said with a malicious tone before skipping off and blending into the crowd, following behind Elly.

[Elysia Tondra]

Something felt slightly off...

Turning just as the crowd was surrounding her, she could have sworn she'd caught sight of a gleam of blonde similar to her own. Blinking, it was gone just as quickly as it had appeared and she cocked her head to the side in confusion. Who the hell was following her? Surely no one thought she needed a friggin' babysitter; she hadn't killed anyone lately, and she'd left that last annoyance alive.

Shrugging, she continued her now seemingly long journey, figuring she'd deal with her 'shadow' when she dealt with it. No use worrying over it right now if it wasn't doing anything criminal or wasn't assaulting her. And if it did, then it would be simple to just kill it.

[asher]

Asher grinned as she reached up to toy with one of the silver hoops in her ears, thinking for a moment before heading down a dark alley and scaling up to the roof tops. That was soooo much easier, she thought as she continued to trail the Maji.

This was the only problem, her life seemed to often be dependent upon the whims of those who hired her and there were always contracts out on the Maji from ambitious little punks. Whatever, at least they paid well, she thought as she moved silently from rooftop to roof top, trailing the Lightening Maji.

Sighing, she didn't see the loose rock and slipped, falling to her knees and knocking the stone into the streets. She froze and threw her hood up, hiding her face and acting like she belonged up there.