The Fox and Hunter [Seayn]

[Kinsley]

Why did I bother wasting time those people?

Kinsley ran through the alleyway. She had earlier given the slip to some civilians that got in her way. How annoying is it when your on her way home after stealing from a rich noble, some people have to try and get involved with you in some way, even though your trying to get back home as fast as possible without alerting the guards. I mean really!

She exited the alley through a niche, which lead her at the shopping district. The masked woman walked through the street, looking at the close signs of every shop she passed. It felt so big without the people who normal came down here in the day. And empty. It looked like it was smooth sailing, as it also seemed that none of the town guards were around. However, she could allow herself to relax entirely. She knew how some of the guards were deadset on trying to capture her. Especially that one with the nose hairs.

So Kinsley continued to trot through the empty lonely street. Yep. Certainly no one would try to keep her from bring these jewels home.

[Seayn]

Seayn had been peacefully wandering through town when an alarm had caused the area to slow its traffic. The young human had a bit of pull around here, so he managed to talk to the guards, informing him of the theft of some important item to some important noble. It was hard for him to concentrate when those nose hairs were staring at him. The young armored man had decided that he would help with the search for the perpetrator, supposedly a young woman that was masked. he had decided to head off on his own, figuring that he would be less conspicuous this way, although perhaps the heavy armor wasn't very inviting to a thief. The young man looked thoughtfully at the closed store fronts, wondering when they opened and closed out of curiosity. He didn't hear the pitter-patter of small feet on the ground, he wasn't exceptionally observant, yet he did notice when he finally emerged on a street perpendicular to the one he had been on.

Seayn turned, spotting a familiar figure down the road. A girl with... silvery fox ears? Hadn't she been there when Onox had taken the rod of whatever it was he took? "Hey you! Aren't you the..." A realization dawned upon his face as he remembered what she had called herself. A bandit queen. This didn't seem like any coincidence to Seayn but he was more than willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. She didn't seem that stealthy after all. She hadn't even been able to sneak up on a giant distracted by a vicious deku.

[Kinsley]

"Hm?"

Hearing footsteps from a distance and coming closer, she turns around lazily at the direction it came. Sure, she could have ran away or at least try to hide from who was coming, but she decided to wait and see who it was out of curiosity nature. She didn't worry, if things get sticky, she could just turn herself invisible and flee.

A figure soon appeared. As he got closer, Kinsley impatiently taps her foot against the ground. Then when the mystery man showed himself in the light, she was displeased. She sighed with disappointment at who came. It was just the man she met during the fight with that even bigger man.

"Good evening."

[Seayn]

"Don't I know you? What's your name? Since I'm fairly certain that the Bandit Queen qualifies as a title." Seayn said, watching the minish female. The young man hadn't had much time to take in the details of her during the fight yet it was hard to mistake her for someone else. Grey-ish hair along with black fox-like ears were a dead giveaway. The young man took a few steps forward, rubbing the back of his neck, his head tilted forward slightly. The minish was dressed quite well, although Seayn didn't know if she was fashionable. It was difficult for a young man to keep up with the changing trends of female in the city. "And would you happened to have seen someone making off with some... loot around here? I was told some guards needed some help apprehending a thief."

Seayn began to pointedly look her over, trying to see anything that seemed out of place, only to awkwardly snap his head back up. He hated making assumptions that might be wrong, nobody wanted to look like a fool, especially the knight. Then he began to ponder what the young woman might take it as. Perhaps she'd think he had been ogling her. He blushed slightly before shaking his head, refocusing his thoughts. "My name is Seayn, by the way." He said, feeling slightly befuddled by the nearness of a once ally and possible fugitive of the law.

[Kinsley]

Kinsley smiled at the knight as he scanned her delicate features, finding it amusing. She was use to such reactions from men. Their eyes would be drawn to her and they found it difficult to avert their gaze. She felt she had control over them with her beauty, and felt a sense of empowerment. So she not only was used to this reaction, but expected it from all men. Until she met Fane. Giggles escaped from her lips when witnessing the light hue of red forming on the young man's face. How cute. Seayn, hm? She thought.

The masked woman placed a hand on her hip and looked up at the knight, still smiling. "I'm Kinsley, and it is a pleasure to meet you." She did truly found it a pleasure. Anyone who made her laugh, she considers them a pleasure. But she wanted him to entertain her some more. Which came to this exchange, "And I'm the thief you are seeking." Her smile became a sly one after that. Right now she was edger to what he will do. Will he make a delicious expression? Or perhaps stagger from shock. But most of all, she hoped he'll try to pursue her and bring her to justice. She always loved a good chase, or a fight. She giggled just thinking about it. She definitely couldn't wait to see what he might do.

[Seayn]

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, even though it is under such unfortunate circumstances. Errr, so does that mean you're going to come along quietly?" Seayn scratched at the side of his face, a small frown on his face as he looked them over. He didn't know how to do this. He didn't have any rope or manacles since he wasn't exactly a guard but he was here to help and that's what counted, he supposed. He hadn't really been surprised by her admission of the fact that she was the thief. It was pretty obvious since she was the only female running around that fit the description, plus the fact that she had been in a less populated area. "Should I perhaps pull out my sword? I've never exactly been in a situation like this so..." He yanked on the sword hilt as if to show it to her.

[Kinsley]

Kinsley giggled at the knight as he proved how incompetent he was, with how he handled the situation. He even admitted to her his incompetence! Which made her giggle more so, for his honesty made it much more amusing. And when he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, she made a loving smirk, as she found the thought of playing with him pleasurable.

"And here I was, thinking of going home, taking a nice warm bath and then look through these jewels of mine." Her head and eyes turned over to the bag of stolen jewelry hung over her shoulder. Then she glanced back at Seayn. "But now, I would like to have some fun with you, on this beautiful night."

Her right hand reached and pulled from her hip a stiletto; The thinly bladed dagger shined dimly at the tip as it was held against the moonlight. She then positions herself into a stance,

"En Garde!"

[Seayn]

Kinsley was acting more like he was some moonstruck lad chasing after some fair lady. He didn't know whether to be insulted or not, yet he would have to decide on that later, since he now knew where the bag of jewels was. He glanced at it momentarily, the image of her being in a bath only flashed through Seayn's mind, although he did tense up slightly more. "I'll take that as a yes. And it would be my pleasure to entertain you tonight." He cautiously pulled out his sword, a rather well-made blade but it was magically blunt. He made his shield spiral out of his arm, holding it in front of himself. The minish girl looked rather fragile to the young man so he wasn't going to exactly put the effort forth to attack her.

Seayn took a moment to look at the small blade. It didn't look that dangerous yet as the son of a man who had made armor, he knew its weaknesses as well. The weapon looked to be made to slide through the gaps of armor to the soft fleshy inside. Just his luck. The young man shook his head, wanting to laugh at the coincidence. "That looks rather dangerous, I'm going to have to assume that it's not blunt, eh?"

[Kinsley]

She could have picked her rapier she had at her waist, but preferred the dagger, for a couple of reasons. One, to either appear weak to fool and demoralize her opponent, and second, to easily bypass their defenses. Yes, she could do the same with her rapier, but she liked the more compacted feel of the dagger.

"No. Does it disappoint you?" joshed Kinsley, before she erupted at the knight, ready to begin their friendly spar. As she advanced, her lithe legs gracefully gilded across the surface of the cobblestone street, her tail and cape fluttering behind her. Anytime she fought, she would always try to display some beautiful demonstration to leave her foes mesmerized as she struck.

Now, in close quarters, she jabbed her thinly-bladed dagger at the man's left side. But this, however, was a feint. She planned to trick him into defending his left side, then swiftly switch to his right to lightly, just lightly, pierce the gap in between the armor plates surrounding his underarm.

[OOC: Sorry for the short post]

[Seayn]

"I wouldn't say it disappoints me. I would perhaps say that I might have to be serious about defending myself when it comes to you." Seayn said, his eyes staying firmly upon the dagger as he stayed ready for an attack, be it a surprise or even just a feint. Kinsley did move rather suddenly but the young man's defense was already prepared moving his shield in preparation for where the dagger might land. The young man jerked his shield to the side, falling for her feint. Her dagger ever so delicately slipped into the gap, lightly brushing him yet failing to pierce through his thick skin. He backpedaled, trying to gain a bit of distance to make more effective use of his longer weapon. "Owww. That was annoying, although you might have to shove that dagger harder if you want to cut me. Not that I want you to. Please feel free not to stab me."

Seayn jumped forward, swinging Excalipur in a diagonal swipe, mostly trying to distract Kinsley as part of his master plan. The real attack came next, his sword swinging with as much power as possible at the minish woman's hand and dagger. He figured that if he could manage to disarm Kinsley, she would at least be more malleable in conversation without an ability to defeat him physically. "Are you sure you don't want to just give up and allow me to take you back? I promise that I'll make sure that they're lenient. I have a small amount of weight behind my name although you might have to return everything you have stolen." Seayn said, keeping his shield up, hoping that he would be able to avoid the next attack.

[Kinsley]

She smiled smugly as her blade successfully pretreated the knight's armor. When she withdrew it, she felt a sightly disappointed at the lack of blade on her blade, but shortly reminded herself that this was a sparring match, for fun. And it wouldn't be fun if either of them, more importantly her, were seriously hurt. Immediately, after her successful attack, she nimbly retreated with a step backward.

"I'm, sir, not a savage, but a lady. If you have forgotten."

Kinsley continued to smile calmly, as the knight charged forward at her, with unfaltering confidence. She smiled, not just for enjoyment, but to psyche out her opponent as well. The vixen could see the swing coming from a mile away, and reacted accordingly. As his sword swung from the side, she dropped her back leg, resulting in the rest her her body following it and falling into a crouching position on the ground. There was a soft smack! as the sword collided with her black cavalier hat, sending it into the street were it clapped against the surface.

From below, she extended her arm out, thrusting her narrow blade aimed for the lower section of his torso. With his shield raised up, she'll have no problem making her hit, and she this time with more strength put behind her dagger.

Then, suddenly, her dagger was slapped out of her hands and join her hat on the street. Her eyes widen a bit. It would look like her confidence was replaced with fear at that moment, until she began laughing. How amusing, she thought. She had underestimated this.. Seayn. The vixen rosed from the floor, slowly and carefully, "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to give up these jewels. I do, however, find your naive nature to be rather adorable. It's a pity that I'm going to have to treat you a little more seriously." She paused, "So.. I'm giving you a choice, either let me go on my way, or else I'll have to hurt you." She stood in front of Seayn, awating for his answer.

[Seayn]

"I never questioned what you were, I simply assume that on a battlefield, one would attempt to wound an opponent into submission. That way there would be little dishonor in refusing to continue a battle. Unfortunately I'm a bit stubborn and I don't think I'll be retreating on this fine evening." Seayn spoke as he watched the female maneuver nimbly. The young woman was certainly quick and nimble yet he was a large armored man. It was very doubtful that she had the ability to best him on the field. During his attack, he hadn't meant to remove her hat, although it did reveal more of her appearance, which Seayn quickly filed away in case Kinsley did escape him. Heavy armor was not made for chasing others in. The young man wanted to flinch away when the attack came, although he managed to disarm the female minish rather easily. Perhaps she was more of a thief and less of the noble that her clothing suggested. Not surprising considering the fact that she had just committed a burglary.

Seayn's eyes narrowed suspiciously as he watched Kinsley. She had been disarmed and was decidedly on the losing side of the fight, yet she apparently found this funny. She must have a card up her sleeve. The young man replaced Excalipur in its sheath, having no need for the weapon against an unarmed woman. She rose from her crouch, coming to face him. Seayn frowned at the suggestion from Kinsley, obviously not amused by her deal. She may still have a weapon at her waist yet what good would that thin sword do in such close quarters? "Sorry. I can't do that, it would be wrong of me... plus I'm not naive!" The young man said rather sulkily, almost as if he had heard such a statement before. His hand reached forward slowly, as if to clamp upon Kinsley's shoulder. "Plus, I'm not scared of being hurt, not that I think you could manage it."