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[Raven is sitting in a tree outside house 12, bow in hand. Around his neck is a very warm looking scarf, given to him by Miyabi. Despite the fact he's complaining, it doesn't seem as though he actually cares, he's just doing it because he can. OOC: Also all other threads would take place before Yuri and Vash.]

I'm startin' ta feel real sorry for

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[once_knighted]

You might want to try rewriting it. I can barely read that chicken-scratch of yours.

[He's getting his equipment together, though.]

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[once_knighted]

Don't think I won't be ready for them.

[Oh god no way Yuri's not psychic, nor can he see exactly what Raven's up to, but he can easily tell he's not using both hands to keep his sword in place, and that ... well. His right arm is moving. Given how unpredictable the old man can get, that could mean anything -- but it likely means he may be reaching for his secondary weapon.

So, in his usual reckless nature, Yuri is going to shove his blade forward in an attempt to at least throw Raven off a little. Probably not the wisest of moves, but that's just how he rolls.]

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[The shove makes a difference, but Raven quickly pulls the knife out and slashes towards Yuri's stomach.]

But then they won't be any fun now will they?!

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[once_knighted]

[Yuri doesn't have much time to react to that, but makes an attempt to get out of the way by jumping back anyway, in an attempt to minimize the potential damage. That ends with a neat little cut through his shirt, and a small red line to go with it.

He doesn't look phased by it though. In fact, he looks like he could care less.]

That's your problem!

[Unless Raven makes a move first, he'll be closing the gap once more with some heavy sword swings.]

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Heh, so I ended up drawin' the first blood after all.

[RUNNING AWAY LIKE A BITCH, this is a bow man, if he had his sword then maybe so, but there's no way it could parry those swings.]

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[once_knighted]

You just got lucky.

[CHASING LIKE A ... NOT A BITCH. For a few moments, anyway. Then he's pulling out a Destruction Field -- he came to fight, man, not play Track and Field.]

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[I don't even know what that is :D! Seeing Yuri approach with a destruction field, he pushes one of the targets in the way to act a kinda crappy sheild since he'll still get hit by the "field" part. Even though it knocks him back slightly, he fires another arrow towards Yuri.]

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[once_knighted]

[Racing, basically |D; BUT YES! Given the amount of time it takes for Yuri to regain his stance after using an arte like that, he doesn't have much time to get out of the way of that arrow. However, a speedy dodge to the right does get him away from it! ...

... but it still traces a nice, thin red line along his left arm as he does so. Not as thin as the one on his torso at the moment, but he won't be bleeding out from it any time soon either. Welp.

Back to trying to close the gap with heavy sword swings again. ... After getting around this target, obviously.]

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If ya keep rushin' at me, yer not gonna do anythin'! You should know how I fight!

[He jumps over Yuri, hoping to hit him from behind with a sharp blow from the sword again.]

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[once_knighted]

And you should know how I fight!

[Because keeping a gap the whole time won't do much for him. Regardless, seeing Raven jump like that makes Yuri immediately whip around to defend, albeit sloppily and forcing him to take a step or two back.

It's quickly retaliated against with a strong, horizontal swing -- or at least, as quickly as he can manage it in such a hurried state.]

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[He didn't expect Yuri to be able to defend that so quickly. The blade makes contact with his own, sending Raven flying backwards. He pulls himself together, holding his shoulder as he looks towards where Yuri is standing. There's an obvious wound there as the blood drips through his fingers.]

Heh. Yer not as slow as I thought.

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[once_knighted]

[Oh ... maybe he should've dashed forward instead. He certainly wasn't intending to get him hit that hard.

Regardless, he backs up a little, still keeping his blade up and ready. Even if that obvious wound of Raven's is worrying him a fair bit, he's still going to try keeping up an air of not caring via his usual "say a lot of words and distract them and maybe they won't notice" technique.]

And you're not the challenge you were claiming to be. Is this all you've got?

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How rude! Ya know very well I have a million tricks up my sleeve!

[Such as this awesome spell he's starting to cast right now.]

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[once_knighted]

[... Aaaaaand no longer worried. If he's well enough to cast, he'll live D|]

No matter how many you've got, you're gonna run out of them eventually!

[Time to move away now, because the last time Raven was here, he was pulling out artes he'd never seen before -- so he's got no idea what could be coming his way, and certainly isn't about to stand around to find out.]

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[You know what sucks about not being Rita, I just can't shout blah blah blah and have it over and done with. Fortunately for Yuri, Raven isn't pulling new artes out of his ass today, instead he's using inverno. The lovely one he used to freeze Zagi before.]

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[once_knighted]

[Oh geez, he recognizes that one. Thankfully, the few seconds that pass as the ground underneath him starts to freeze is enough to prevent him from being a centerpiece, but not enough to get him away as the spell manages to freeze one of his legs on the way out.

... The whole ice-exploding thing that happens afterward hurts quite a bit too, and sends him forward a few feet more than he would've liked, too. Excellent.

Unless Raven tries to take advantage of the small time block in which Yuri is too busy trying to correct his balance to be defending himself properly, Yuri will be sending an Azure Storm his way in retaliation.]