Travels up the coast[Ijelle]

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Juve was traveling alone from Bevelle to Luca on foot. He had gotten word that his services were needed in the port town. Of course he was willing to travel where the money was. It would probably be a simple escort job, that is what most of his work was. The escort jobs were his least favorite, the pay was terrible and there was no action. Just some merchant or summoner who couldn't defend themselves, there would be the occasional fiend, but nothing too dangerous. Juve had hoped that whoever needed him would offer some decent pay.

The road he walked on was rather empty, though it was a road commonly used by travelers. It was the middle of the day and there were no travelers, nothing. He sighed quietly as he removed his gun from it's holster as he sat down on the grass. Juve had been traveling since sun up and needed to take some rest. He lay down on the grass, keeping his gun held in his right hand in case of attack. Juve lay there for a little while, just starring up at the blue sky. He would of fallen asleep if it wasn't for the rustling he heard to his left.

Sitting up, Juve looked around but saw nothing. A breeze blew in, causing the bushes and grass to sway gently as it passed. Juve checked his gun to make sure it was loaded. His gun was loaded, so if he needed to fight, he would be prepared if any fiends tried to attack him. Juve turned in a circle slowly, scanning the area for any fiends. He came to a stop as he saw two emerge from the treeline. They were making their way towards him. A slight smile formed across his face as he lifted his gun up, finger wrapped around the trigger, ready to fire.

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Ijelle strolled lazily along the road, her violet eyes slowly scanning the countryside from behind her dark sunglasses. Her tall, slender form was masked by a long, emerald green trench coat, over simple, thick leather pants, jacket, and her dual pistols. Ijelle's black and silver ears twitched in the slight breeze, then towards the sound of footsteps.

Brushing a stubborn, curly lock of hair out of her face, Ijelle stilled suddenly as she spotted a male who appeared to be ready for battle, and two other individuals approaching him. Her mouth turned into a slight frown, but she also approached the male, her eyes on the two other individuals. She put a hand on her hip, pursing her lips for a moment, before looking down at the sitting male, slightly curious.

"You look rather on edge." Ijelle remarked thoughtfully, cocking her head slightly, her eyes sliding to look at the approaching duo, from behind her he sunglasses, "They seem like a suspicious pair, don't they? Though, perhaps no more suspicious than you or I."

Ijelle shrugged off her trench coat, slinging it over her shoulder, revealing her pistols and their holsters perched on her cocked hips, as she examined the scene thoughtfully. She wondered who the real threat here was. This man, or the pair of people approaching him. She didn't like the look of the approaching individuals, but in a place like this, there was no real way to judge anyone. There were always scoundrels on such highly traveled roads, and she did indeed enjoy dealing with scoundrels.

"My name is Ijelle, by the way." Ijelle added after a moment of silence, tossing her sunglasses into her backpack.

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Juve turned to the source of the voice he had just heard. How did he not hear her approach him? He must of been too focused on the approaching fiends to pay attention to anyone else. He lowered his gun to his side for a moment so that she didn't think him hostile. "On edge? No, just prepared is all." he said as he adjusted his cap with his free hand. For a moment, he ignored the two approaching fiends, but she had reminded him of them. Looking over his shoulder, he scoffed at them. "No more suspicious than the two of us I suppose." he responded with a quiet chuckle.

With his back to the fiends still, Juve rested the barrel of his gun on his right shoulder. He adjusted it slightly as if he was preparing to shoot right over his shoulder. Squeezing back the trigger of his gun twice, he fired in the general direction. Juve wasn't sure if he would hit either of the fiends, but didn't want to look back. A few moments after his shot, he heard a dull thud sound. When he looked over his shoulder, he saw one of the approaching fiends flat on its back. He turned his gaze back at Ijelle, a smirk on his face.

"Right. Juve is my name." he said as he lowered his gun off of his shoulder. He raised an eyebrow as she took off her coat, eying up her pistols. Seemed like he wasn't the only gunslinger in these parts. "You good with those things?" he said as he motioned towards her pistols with a nod of his head. Juve figured that if she was traveling alone, she must know how to handle herself, he just wanted to see how well she could. Juve popped open his gun and ejected the spent cartridges. The ejected cartridges fell on the ground between the two of them, smoking a bit from having just been fired.


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