Tier Up! (Kyrie)

[Kyrie Blaze]

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Kyrie jerked slightly and then surged forwards with a sharp whistle and command to sit to distract the dog as she scrambled and bolted. Kyrie had stolen and scavenged food for years. But she never, ever stole from animals, or people that were just getting by, themselves. She conned those that had enough for themselves for several days, and only took what she needed for a meal--two if she stretched the portions.

She would try to beat the dog to the man, twisting to have her shoulder bump hard enough against him to knock him out of the dog's path and place herself there, arms extended to catch the female even at the risk of being bitten. She calmed herself as well as she could, given the situation, and pressed her cheek and face against the back of the female's neck.

"You stole from an animal. You stole from a mother trying to feed her family. Furthermore, you obviously know of the Dragons. How about being an honest man and coming to us to work in exchange for food and lodging? Or are you so much of a coward that you want to skimp out of work."

[Lucien DeChain]

The man would be knocked out of the way by Kiyr, and on to the ground as Kiyr was tackled in his place. The dog looked down, confused, didn't she tackle the other human? This one was nice.

The female was giving harsh words to the man. The man only responded as he would.

"Ah! You're insane, knocking me down like that, you could have broken my leg you know! I'm getting out of here, I don't have to listen to you. Trying to lecture me like a child, BAH! I'm a grown man."

The man started to get up and made to leave, walking back the way he came.

Dog didn't like that, but Kiyr had a solid hold on her, and she wouldn't move from the hold. She would just stare at the man, whimpering.

[Kyrie Blaze]

"No. I saved you because she was going to take you down." Kyrie's fingers soothed the ruff of fur and she made a shhing noise, quietly but quickly moving herself into a crouch and encouraging the dog to stay still.

"Take one more step instead of facing what you have done and coming with me, and I guarantee you, there is no place, light or dark, that you can hide." There was that command to her voice. The one she used to issue orders to Dillon and Chase, and previously to the Sky Force, that booked no room for argument. She was dead serious.

Her hands were still in the dog's fur, dirty and likely fleabitten as she was, to keep her soothed. But her blue eyes were bright and piercing against the man's back.

[Lucien DeChain]

The man stopped moving, mid-step. He turned.

"If you're serious about that, there's something seriously different between you and I."

He suddenly smiled lopsidedly.

"Congratulations, you passed."

The man disappeared. The dog did, too.

Just like, gone. The weirdest freaking thing.

Kyrie Tiers Up! +5 EXP

[Kyrie Blaze]

They both disappeared, leaving the blonde sitting in the dirt and dust, wide-eyed. It would be a few more minutes before she picked herself up and dusted herself off, feeling something inside her...re-engage.

She sighed, and held out a hand. Shadows floated in wisps around it. When she closed her hand, a dagger appeared...and dissipated. Her qi flowed once again.

Moving forward and considering what she had done and seen, she made her way home.