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ASHE
he was something solid to lean against.
( nearly 3 years ago )
The Assassin in Blue had made it three miles across the city now, and her limbs were fucking burning. Her ankles barked in protest as she touched down on a stone rooftop, but she didn't lause for a second. Already she was heading for the ledge, brilliant blue eyes shadowed by a solid black mask narrowing on the next rooftop. Her muscles coiled, she vaulted over the ledge, there was the moment of suspension with a royal blue cloak fluttering quietly behind her - Her hands grabbed ahold of scaffolding and she hauled herself up in the next moment. With a quick glance over her shoulder, the assassin was off and running again. A number of guard had caught sight of the infamous killer in her dash from the center of the capital, but she was uncatchable, untouchable... unless of course it was Silver Wing hot on her heels. A breathless smirk flickered under her mask as she moved, a wraith of darkness and rich blue in the dying light of day, her counterpart of shadow and silver surely not far behind. Every year her birthday started the same: she was allowed a brief breakfast with her father, and then the day was spent in her assessment. She demonstrated her textbook and technical knowledge privately to the other seniors and their Master, and then with the fall of the sun the real test. Always starting at least three miles from the Keep, she was to make it back for her spectated combat display before the sun set entirely. Of course.. someone was always chasing her. For her seventeenth birthday? It was her former teacher she was evading. The Keep was in sight, still at least half a mile away, and she distantly wondered what was in store for her this year - she never knew until she walked through the training arena doors. She didn't have the time to truly consider it of course. She cast a quick look behind her before she leaped from another roof, kicking off of one wall to push her up to the next taller roof so she could pull herself with a sharp hiss of stubborn effort. She hadn't failed an assessment yet, and she sure as fuck wasn't going to now. She didn't let herself imagine what would happen should she fail. something violent and fierce and unmoving |
