Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20150309221223/@comment-26130256-20150315140854

(Never heard of pan kua before, but kickboxing makes sense.)

The phantom's words stung like knives, but Azulius's poker face helped to hide how bad they hurt. Either way, it didn't matter. he plant was successful and the phantom had a practical time bomb in his pocket. His choice of responses, however, gave Azzie another handful of clues to work with.

"So that's what you are then?  A mercenary who likes cosplaying as the boogeyman?" he started with a sneer, bring Roaring Moxie back into a ready stance. Azzie had to keep his foe's attention, or he might notice the Dust before it was time. "And to answer your questions, no.  The family went straight years ago, and I'm just here to go to school.  But at least I'm not the only one here hiding behind a mask."

Deciding now was better than later, he flipped RM back into gun form and loaded a specialty mag - red, incendiary Dust rounds, his best bet for igniting the crystal. Before shooting, he gave one last quip.

"How sharp a blade do you need to cut ties to the past?" he asked cryptically, then opened fire towards the hidden crystal.

As for Shani, Azzie repressed that thought for now. Best case, she was hiding somewhere else and never heard him. Worst case, worry about it later.