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When It Rains; Elric
Topic Started: Jul 22 2014, 06:01 PM (109 Views)
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Busy. It was so damn busy in the streets today, and as Izumi walked through the busy streets, he felt his stomach growl. Of course he was hungry, he had just gained the honorable task of reporting to the Duchess Isac to serve her properly. That is, if he could find her. The only thing that he knew about her activity was that she tended to walk around the city and that for now, she was living at the home of the divine woman that had chosen to lead the Quincy again.

Sighing, he pushed the hair out of his eyes and stole a glance at an outdoor cafe.

Deciding that no one would object terribly if he were to take a break from his search for twenty minutes to get something to eat, he went to the cafe and plopped himself down in an empty chair. And he was being watched.

Izumi hated being watched, it was almost as if people were undressing him with their eyes, that feeling of people wanting to touch him was very much uncomfortable. Overhearing two obviously young men talking, Izumi could hear almost every word in the conversation. About him.

"Dude, check her out." No! Izumi wasn't a woman! Yes, he was really cute, but that didn't make him a woman any more than his complete lack of female body parts did, so as he saw a waitress approach and smile at him, Izumi ordered something small, a vegan dish that was labeled to be full of vegetables and fruit.

Always was he conscious of his body.

Health was among the most important aspects that he had control over, after all. Always was his diet full of healthy food, so as he waited patiently for the platter he had ordered, he could still hear the leering of the two teenagers.

"Go ask her out, man!" Hearing that nearly made Izumi bolt. Why did they want his attention so much? There were half a dozen good looking women around the cafe with no obvious boyfriends in attendance, so why did they choose him?

Placing a hand on his face, he moved the thin glasses away from his eyes and rubbed them in strain from the conversation going on behind him.

As a pair of footsteps approached, Izumi adjusted the long, loose shirt he was wearing, trying to make sure as little skin was exposed as possible. Sighing in frustration, Izumi simply shouted out, "I'm not interested!"

Of course his shout was hardly a shout, it was more along the lines of a loud voice in a lecture hall. As the footsteps stopped, Izumi turned his head and looked to their owner, who was neither of the boys that were talking about him. "I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else."

Now slightly embarrassed from the overreaction, his face flushed a little as he tried to go back to the water that had been provided for him.
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The day so far had been ok. The sun was shining, no one was actively trying to bother him, and best of all he was free from having to do training with Liriel today and as such was free to goof off about the city as he so pleased. He was wearing just a simple pair of blue jeans along with a solid red shirt and a light coat.

It was a busy day in the city and as a consequence made weaving through some of the crowds a bit difficult for Elric to get around as the day passed on. He strolled around until stumbling upon a little outdoor cafe, feeling a bit thirsty he decided to stop for a drink. As he strolled between the tables set up outside he let his eyes drift among the few people that were already seated.

Among them two teenagers maybe only a year or two younger then himself, they were talking about something, someone even, and Elric made it his business to see who. His eyes followed their line of sight to a lone young woman sitting alone,she from what he could see was eating some dish mostly greens and other bright colors so probably a salad or something, but that wasn't what was important to him at the time.

The girl in question was particularly cute, attractive in a strange way it was different from the way his teacher pulled him in with her mature demeanor as well as her 'assets', this girl on the other hand was slender almost frail looking even, it was a strange felling. He ordered his drink and watched silently for the moment when she'd get up to leave. When she did that was when he'd make his move.

Some time later after the girl in question was finished Elric left his drink on a nearby table opting to waste the rest of his free day chasing this particular skirt. He strolled up behind her almost trying to see through the outfit she was wearing leggings and a relatively long shirt, no pants of anything else it seemed, and strangely enough also had a Quincy cross on her person. The little trinket provided all he needed as a method of introduction, but he'd use that AFTER he had his bit of fun first.

He closed the gap behind the female relatively quickly given he took longer strides while walking and in short order he was within distance of what he was looking for, with a quick motion of his hand he lifted up the shirt to get a better look at the ass underneath it.

"A solid six and a half out of ten in my books, always room for improvement though...." HE sounded mildly impressed and let go of the shirt casually as he spoke,as if this was a normal occurrence for him.
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It wasn't the first time that Izumi had been leered at, that was for sure. There were many instances of that throughout his past, but most were confined to those he did not know and likely would never see again. Trying his best to ignore the two, he quickly consumed the greens that had been laid out so well, and when he finished, the waitress came by and he deposited the correct amount of money for her.

Standing, he brushed the wrinkles out of his shirt and then walked off, the streets inviting him to continue down the road to the location that he was most likely to find Duchess Isac at.

The Manor of the angelic Vicereine.

For a brief moment, Izumi thought one of the crass teens had followed him, but he didn't get a chance to turn around and look before his shirt was lifted up from behind. Quickly grabbing the front, he tried to keep it from being lifted up too high, but a voice cut through the air.

Six and a half out of ten? What in the blazes did that mean? Wait, that was...a comment about his rear!

Flushing a deep shade of red, Izumi stopped dead in his tracks, turning to face the individual in order to tell him off.

When he did turn, Izumi almost balked at the height difference, and the fact that his pursuer was a bit well chiseled. Stammering for a moment, Izumi finally spat out his rebuttal. "What was that for!? Don't you know how rude that is?"

The only thing he was greeted with was a smile though, so Izumi started to turn away before she noticed something. Hanging from an ornament was the symbol of a Quincy Squire. "You're a Quincy too?" Taking him by the arm, Izumi pulled quite fiercely to get both of them out of the traffic of the sidewalk and into the alcove of a closed business.

Stammering again as he looked up into the much taller Squire's eyes, Izumi finally spat out the question. "I...my name is Izumi. I was hoping you could help me. Do you know where this is?"

Handing him a sheet of paper with directions to the angel's home, Izumi hoped that the answer would be a yes.
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He couldn't help but think the girls reactions were cute to having her butt rated, maybe that was the first time someone had done so? Elric's height seemed to startle the girl whom was blushing from his earlier statement from what he could guess.


He was given a quick if not weak response, about how rude it was of him to just 'upskirt' someone like that. There was a response planned but before he could actually get it out he was pulled to the side.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't expecting the girl to just claim she wanted him the way he was pulled to the side like this but his day dreams were dashed as he was asked how to get to Liriel's place from here.

On the plus side he got the girl's name."Izumi, yea? Cute name." He looked over the piece of paper and was sure he could help. "Yea, I know where this is. Boss Lady stays there. Why are you headed there though anyway? Wouldn't expect a girl like you to be a Quincy too.....then again the only Quincy I know are Isac and the Boss, and all three of you are pretty god damn good looking."

He trailed off on to his own tangent.Almost derailing into a monologue about each of the qualities the three Qunicy had that peaked his fancy. After a few moments of covering their more physical traits Elric remember what he was originally propositioned for. " But yea I can help you get there, Izumi. So let's go." He took the piece of paper with the directions and gave it a careful look before holding his arm out as if telling Izumi to grab on for him to the lead the way.

"This way you won't have to worry about folk trying to hit on you, ha." He saw the irony in his bit of a joke but he had to wonder if Izumi did.
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As the short Knight sat under the scrutinizing eyes of the much taller other Quincy, he wanted so desperately to simply shrink away and go find the home of the Quincy's guardian angel. There was a point where he wanted to shove Elric away, to the point of shying back at least two feet, so that they were barely in arm's reach of each other.

When Elric pulled his hand back to himself, Izumi couldn't help noticing how much more muscular he was, but there was ultimately nothing that Izumi could seem to do about that. Ever since he had learned what was going on with his body, fitness and muscular development had been paramount priorities, but neither seemed to have any effect. Almost as if his body were mocking him, he barely developed any muscle mass, instead simply refining the tone of the muscle.

Of course this had the side effect of making him decently strong and refining his body to the extreme, but there was the simple fact that he wasn't able to stand out as a masculine individual anymore. When he provided his name, Izumi watched as Elric took careful moments to evaluate the name and wondered what he should say afterwards.

As he responded, Izumi couldn't help but wonder what exactly he meant by saying that his name was cute. Almost objecting to the qualification of a 'cute' name, he remained silent until the taller male callously called the Angel a title that he had no doubt came up with on his own. He started to ask a question, to which Izumi was about to respond to.

What he said next made Izumi's face flush redder than it was already. He actually thought that Izumi was a girl! Some of the redness was from embarrassment, but the majority of it was driven from anger. As he called her 'god damn good looking,' Izumi's fuse expired. "I'd appreciate if you called them by their properties, and one other thing."

His finger indicated that Elric should come a little closer.

When his face was a few inches closer, Izumi shouted at him. "I'm a boy! Stop treating me like that!" Huffing in a mix of anger and embarrassment, Izumi realized that he had drawn the attention of a number of passerbys. Turning redder still from the fact that he had drawn so much attention, Izumi wanted to find a small room to curl up and hide in.

As he started to turn to walk off, he jerked his head back towards Elric. "As for what I need to do there, I've been assigned to Duchess Skinner. I'm actually trying to find her." Of course Izumi's face was still as red as a beet, so when the aggravating male finally said that he knew had to get there, he started to walk, somehow retaining that annoying friendly persona as he tried to extend his arm across Izumi's relatively narrow and soft shoulders.

Stepping a little further away from him to keep his distance and further indicate how upset and embarrassed he was now, Izumi couldn't help glancing back at Elric's body, seeing a little bit of a desirable feature here and there. Jealousy crept into that tiny hint of desire though, and Izumi forced his eyes straight ahead. It didn't matter that Elric was tall and handsome, he had a job to do and he just needed this guy's help to get there.

"I don't want anyone hitting on me!" Managing to control his volume, Izumi tried his best to stay frightening and feisty, but much of his bluster was stolen when Elric so quickly caught up to him. There was definitely a few attractive attributes there, especially that rump.

Realizing what he had just thought, Izumi grumpily huffed and kept walking, trying to stay angry, but most of the flush on his face was from confusion and humiliation.
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It would be a lie to say Elric didn't enjoy some of the reactions Izumi gave him in response to his bit of teasing. Izumi was certainly a fun one. The trip back home wasn't going to be boring that's for sure.

Izumi responded to Elric with a rather forward gesture of motioning him over as if to divulge a secret/ The young man wasn't one to turn down a request from a lady and did as he was asked, upon doing so one would swear he seemed to faint at the revelation that Izumi was apparently a male.

"Y-you're a man?" The shouting left his ears ringing for a moment as he barely managed to stutter out, sounding almost as if he'd seen the dead rise from their graves. He gave Izumi one more solid look over, this time without lifting up his shirt. He was rather slender, and his chest now that he looked at it was reasonably flat, but his hips and his butt seemed a bit much for a boy, of whatever age Izumi was but.....they looked nice he thought... He shook that bit of a thought from his head, he had to focus on doing what he was sure Liriel and Isac would reward him for.

"Fine. I won't hit on you anymore then Izumi." Just stop being so mad ok?" Elric pulled his arm back to himself, opting to keep the barrier of personal space relatively large between them at the moment. He hardly noticed Izumi's glances here and there and only looked back at him from time to time sometimes in time to catch him glaring at him only for their heads to turn back forward quickly.

The only thing Elric always noticed when he looked back at Izumi was his face was still very red from embarrassment. It was probably rough being seen as a girl maybe rougher then he could imagine at the moment, the least he could do was apologize and try to ease some of Izumi's stress about the situation.

"Well if it's any consolation I'm sorry I lifted your shirt thought you were and called you a girl and anything else I've done."

He picked up his pace trying to get to their destination as quickly as possible while trying to make a bit of space between him and Izumi. Meanwhile the heat of the day was starting to cause Elric to sweat a little his shirt already starting to cling a little bit to his form.
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Frankly feeling rather regretful over how he had yelled at Elric, Izumi sighed and tried to push it out of his mind, but as he walked beside the taller man, Izumi sighed and wondered if he should apologize. Elric hadn't realized that he was a boy, so there wasn't any reason to be angry. Not only that, but, well...

This was the first time he had been in public in weeks.

"Um...I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm just not used to being oogled." That was the truth. When he had started to become prettier, Izumi thought that he might end up just becoming a very girlish young man, but he didn't expect his hips to flush or his...well.

There were things that he simply wasn't willing to discuss in public, much less with this man who had yet to introduce himself.

"If you know where the Manor is, then I presume you've been there before?" Of course it was a stretch, but given how casually his new companion had referred to both Duchess Skinner and the angelic Vicereine, there had to be some component of knowledge there.

When his companion promised to not try to hit on him, Izumi smiled for the first time, even if it was laced with nervousness. "Thanks. Its so embarrassing in public." Letting his breath out in a long exhale, Izumi took a sniff of something and wrinkled his nose. Why did he smell rotting meat?

His guide continued his apology, but Izumi decided that it wasn't necessary to stay so far away. Moving a little closer so it would be at least easier to speak, Izumi nodded as he accepted the apology.

"I know, I guess I am a little attractive, but it was really just the shirt-lift that made me so upset." Of course Izumi would sell himself short and try to demean his appearance, but there was no reason to stay angry. Even though a light streak of red still colored his cheeks, all of the redness from anger had vanished.

As they continued to walk, the rank smell faded and Izumi could smell Elric's scent from the sweat that was now staining his shirt. Seeing the well defined form, Izumi blushed intensely as he realized he barely caught himself before thinking 'He is rather cute.'

So, Izumi kept walking, happy that his long shirt was white, but his leggings were black, so he was retaining some heat from the oppressive day. Fortunately the Cascade had been renovated a few years prior to include more natural growth in it. Now that the trees were in full, there was plenty of shade to go around.

"If you don't mind..." He trailed off, hoping to get Elric's attention by saying that. "How do you know the Vicereine and Duchess Skinner?" Of course that was the more important question. Knowing that would allow Izumi to gauge if the statements were disrespectful, or meant in good humor. "Also, you um...never introduced yourself."
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Their walk was pleasant, uneventful aside from the earlier bit of an outburst from Izumi.

"It's fine, I mean I did kind of just upskirt you I guess. I won't say it wasn't worth it though." He said jokingly as they continued their walk in reply to Izumi's apology. It was more then likely not something the already embarrassed Quincy wanted to hear a second time around.

Though he noticed from time to time when he looked back at Izumi and noticed that his walk had a bit more swing to it then h'd expect from a normal man, he watched Izumi walk for a moment longer before breaking the bit of a stare.

Elric was asked had he been to the Manor before, and obvious question, for which a simple answer would be given."Well I live there with those two,it's pretty weird for me though since bother of them are so much older then I am so I feel kind of out of place." There was a nervous laugh following his statement, he wasn't exactly sure how to say he had two women living with him that were essentially locked off because they were both probably old enough to be his mother and then some.

He continued to lead the way when Izumi's called to him trailing off a tad. He paused for a moment almost popping himself on the forehead for lack of remembering to give his name when having one given to him."Oh! I'm sorry, my name's Elric. And like I said I live with the two of them in the manor but...I can't say I know them very well I was only just brought in to live there myself really."

"Though, I'm excited I'm learning how to mess with spiritrons. I'm still a bit bad at it though, but I'm getting the hang of it! The Boss is really good for giving lessons too." He sounded a bit indifferent talking about his living arrangements but it was clear he was excited about learning more of what Liriel had to teach him.

The scenery was becoming more and more familiar as they passed through the greenery that surrounded The Manor. The shade they found themselves in slowly broke as they passed through a bit of a clearing the sun shining brightly on them once again.

"Whew it's burning up today, say Izumi how'd you get sent down here to this neck of the woods anyway?"
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Having been walking for several long kilometers now, Izumi had become acutely aware that Elric had been walking behind him for some time. Having guessed that he would eventually guide them towards the direction of the Vicereine's home, Izumi wordlessly accepted Elric's apology for yanking his shirt up.

Until he mentioned 'that it was worth it.'

Flushing, Izumi stammered for a moment until he just huffed and decided that it was ultimately better to say nothing more as his blush colored his ears. Seeing that Elric was impressed with his body made Izumi a little nervous, but frankly, he couldn't deny that there was some attraction to the Quincy student.

Mentally slapping himself, he knew that he was more attracted to women! Not men!

Deciding that now would be the opportune time to ask about how Elric knew of the location of the august Vicereine's manor, Izumi abruptly halted when Elric answered casually. "You live with them!?" Disbelief was paramount as he shook his head. This casual person lived in the Vicereine's home?

Disregarding for a moment the comment that the angelic woman and Duchess Skinner were both old enough to be his mother, Izumi knew a little more of the truth. As the leader of the Quincy was wise, she was supposedly very old, and very beautiful for it, but Izumi doubted that a goddess would age in the same manner as a normal mortal.

All the same, that simple fact was enough to make Izumi pause. When Elric introduced himself, Izumi thought about the paperwork that he had seen. No mention of a person of Elric's appearance or name had been in any of the documents, so it was quite likely that the Vicereine had taken him as a student without the proper protocol.

Of course that was her right.

As the unlikely pair approached the outskirts of the city, Elric mentioned that he was really excited to learn more of the Quincy arts and Izumi only sighed and carried on. Slight shame crept into his posture as he moved forward, since Izumi himself could barely do anything beyond the elementary Quincy tasks. It felt like he was a failure in that aspect.

Perhaps that was why he had been assigned here.

Elric so presciently guessed what Izumi was thinking about, the young knight stopped and gazed at him. Shrugging, he decided that if it was to be his job and they would be relatively close, Izumi should be somewhat open about that. "I've been assigned to be the secretary for Duchess Skinner. Apparently she is in need of an assistant, so I will take care of that for her."

And it will put me in the Vicereine's home...

His gaze shifted towards the ground, and Izumi paused.

"I...um..." Sheepishly wondering if he should continue, Izumi sighed in the heat of the day. "How um...is..."

"Is her Eminence Liriel a kind person?" Staggering around the question was typical for Izumi, but not for the reason that Izumi was expected to. Barely thinking himself worthy of saying her name, Izumi shifted in place, obviously uncomfortable with the fact that he had spoken her name, he tried to hide himself in his long shirt.

Not that Elric hadn't already seen half of what was under it, anyway...
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Elric laughed at Izumi's display of disbelieve as he explained he lived with Liriel and Isac in the Manor. He smirked a bit as he answered the question. "Yea, it's actually reaaaaaaaally uneventful man. Day in day out training. It's fun but I don't really have anyone to hang out with."

He sounded noticeably bothered by it, at least the sudden lack of enthusiasm in his voice when speaking hinted at it anyway. Though he couldn't help but thinking Izumi would be entertaining enough given how easy he was to mess with if his persistent flushing was any indication.

The heat only seemed to mount as they got further away from the city, the sun was clearly unassailed by clouds today. He took off his jacket in response tying it around his hips to keep his hands free. As Izumi paused to give him a look Elric was caught pulling up his shirt to wipe a bit of the sweat from his face, his only desire now was a cool breeze to come rolling through.

Izumi's answer to his question of why he was here was a bit perplexing, did Isac seem busy enough to need a gofer? Well regardless of how it seemed Isac was indeed getting on in Izumi.

Though as the break in the walk lead to talks of Liriel, Elric noticed simply mentioning the name sent Izumi into something of nervous fit. Was Liriel really that big a deal? He knew she was their leader but that didn't seem like much really.

But maybe ignorance was his shield in this case. Regardless he opened his mouth to give an answer to somewhat bashful Quincy.

"Well we'll be living together, soon then so sure I'll tell you. Liriel is a pretty nice lady. Really helped me grasp some of these concepts I'm told I'm gonna need." After saying his bit, he continued walking toward the manor, it wouldn't be long before they got to where they were headed.

As he made his way to pass the still stationary Izumi he pat him on the back both get him moving and to promote a bit friendship between the two of them.

They would be living together for a while so it's best they get used to each other.
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