Pfft... It's legal, right?

[Kyle Black-Sky]

( on kyles birthday)

Grinning slyly, kyle sat down at the bar, a year older. Jack the bartender couldn't believe it was kyle after all this time.
"Kyle! Great to see you again. Welcome back." The bartender grinned, obviously happy to see kyle back.
"Thanks, jack. Can you please get me a drink?"
"this ones on the house." jack winked at. Kyle, hurrying off.

As kyle waited for jack to come back, he thought about everything that has happened in this exact bar. Unfortunately, the. Reminiscing was cut short. A large man carefully loomed over kyle. Kyle just slowly turned to him, glaring as he looked up. "It IS legal for a nineteen year old to celebrate his nineteenth birthday, isn't it?"

[Ranulf]

"Well I suppose it is." Ranulf says sitting at a seat next to Kyle. His right eye had a black patch over it. He smiled to Kyle, "Happy Birthday." He says. "I wish you'd of told me you were coming back to town, I would've been more prepared-"
"Lyle!" Seth yells and tries to walk in but is caught by one of the workers who happened to be a Crux. He gets lifted up by the back of his shirt.
"Sorry i can't let you in here." The Crux says.
"Oh come on, I'm 17 I can shift into something older." Seth complains.
"Remember what happened last time?" The Crux says and then points to a picture on the wall where it shows Seth carrying six drinks and looking completely wasted.
"That wasn't what it looked like!" Seth protests.
"Uh-huh."
He gets carried out the door and set down, not long afterwards he peers into the window from the outside staring at Kyle.

"Uh....You know him?" Ranulf asks.

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle grinned, motioning for jack to bring his friend a drink. "Thanks Ranulf! Its good to see you again... Ive kinda been going back and forth from places-"Kyle cringed at Seth's shouting as he continued to speak. "Not a lot of time in between my work, and relaxation." Snickering kyle watched as The shape shifter got picked up and thrown out by a crux working in the bar. Who would of knew Seth was such a drinker! Kyle couldn't help but laugh a bit. "Yeah, i know him. That's Seth, a uh... friend of mine." He looked out the window from his seat, looking at Seth in frustration. Finally, he sighed. "Fiiiiine... Hey jack? Can I bring Seth in? I promise ill keep him from drinking more then one cup of ale."

As Jack brought kyle and Ranulf their drinks, he frowned. "He is under aged you know."
"Please? You know me, jack."
"Okay fine... Just this once."

Kyle smiled slightly, motioning Seth to come into the bar.

[Seth]

Seth was wide-eyed in excitement. He let out a big smile and then proceeded to walk into the bar. The Crux gives him a puzzled look and rolls his eyes as if to say 'fine..'
"Hey Lyle, it's great to see you." Seth walks up to the bar area. Jack looks around to make sure no knights were around. "When's the last time we've seen each other? Months ag-" Seth looks at Ranulf's drink that Kyle ordered for him.
"Are you going to drink that?" Seth asks.
"Uh...No thanks." Ranulf says. There was no point in drinking alcohol since he literally could not get drunk because he was a werewolf.
Seth immediately takes the drink and starts to drink it quickly.
Sip after sip like it was water, soon the drink was nearly gone.
"You know you look a lot like Ralof." Seth says to Ranulf and then looks back at Kyle. He finishes his drink and sets it down.
"So Lyle, where've you been? I remember we went into the abandoned ruins together and you got poisoned with wolfsbane so you had to
stay the night at my house, but after that you completely disappeared." During his talking he subtly takes Kyle's drink and starts to drink that too.
"You were poisoned with wolfsbane?" Ranulf asks curiously.
"Yeah, he's a wolf animagus too. It would've been bad if I hadn't showed up." Seth proclaims as if he were the hero of the situation and then chugs down Kyle's drink.
"You want to slow down?" Jack says raising his eyebrow.
"I'll tell you when I need to slow down!" Seth yells and then slides Jack the glasses. "These two never got their drinks, can you whip up two more? You know what? Just give us the bottle it's his birthday for mayo's sake. What all he's done for you and you just give him one cup of your finest drink from fidilite valued at twenty thousand coin? What kind of man are you? You better at least make it six. Anything less would be an insult, isn't that right Kyle?" He nudges Kyle continuously. Jack thinks for a moment and then turns to go and get a very expensive bottle.
"Chateau d’Yquem, I was saving this for the tenth anniversary of the bar for you Kyle, I guess it's worth it."

"Any way," Seth stops nudging Kyle and looks at him. "You should tell this guy all about how you got poisoned and then tell me where've you been."

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle growled in anoyyance. "Its KYLE you dunce. And jack! cancel that order! There will be no more drinks for Seth." Crossing his arms, he remembered just how much he disliked seth. "YOU Didnt do anything but help the poison spread you pest!" he glared over at seth, but then kyle briefly nodded at Ranulf. " Its none of your buisness what ive been up to, seth. It never will be any of your buisness."

[Seth]

Seth scoffed at Kyle's cold remark, "...Well then...I can take a hint....I thought we were friends...but I guess I was wrong." He has a sad expression.
"...I guess I'll just go see what Steele's up to-"
"He's in Prison." Ranulf says.
"Okay then I guess I'll just go say hi to Phillis-"
"He's dead."
"Oh, well then I'm sure Denzel-."
"She's gone."
"Oh yeah, silly me. I'd forgotten that everyone who gets close to Kyle has something bad happen to them." Seth's sad expression turns to that of anger. "A pest, An annoying person or thing; a nuisance. Okay, let's talk about you Kyle. How about parasite? A person who habitually relies on or exploits others and gives nothing in return. Or, here's a good one, douchebag. A man who thinks he is accepted by the people around him, most of his peers dislike him. He has an inflated sense of self-worth, compounded by a lack of social grace and self-awareness. He behaves inappropriately in public, yet is completely ignorant to how pathetic he appears to others. Or maybe that's too broad of a term for you, ah this one would suit you nicely. ASSHOLE The equivalent term of bitch for a man. An inconsiderate, arrogant, uncaring, selfish, borderline sadistic, apathetic, mean, spiteful, dishonorable, bastard of a man who could tempt the Pope into a fight. A person that causes extreme irritability through their actions.a person who doesn't treat others with respect. You Kyle, are an asshole!"
He grabs Kyle's empty glass.
"Now fill her up." Seth says.
"Hey, relax man-" Ranulf tries to say.
"Shut up." Seth says without looking at him.
"Seth." Jack says, "You need to leave."
"Listen here." Seth leans up against the counter. "Your job is to stand there, fill drinks, and look busy. So why don't you shut your mouth.. and filler up."
"Why don't you get the hell out of my bar." Jack answers.
Seth sighs. "Why don't I let the knights know that you're letting underage kids in? I'll get your bar closed down faster than...." He looks at Ranulf.
"How did it feel to know that you split families up for life, that you killed mother and fathers even children."
"I didn't-"
"Did it make you feel strong!? How can you live with yourself knowing that you royally fucked their lives up!"
"It wasn't me alright!? I was there but I never harmed anyone! I pleaded for Balius to not go through with his plan but he didn't listen! Everyday I regret it!" Ranulf yells angrily. Seth was breaking him.
The whole bar is staring at them now. A few leave the uncomfortable area.
Then he goes back to Kyle.
"So Kyle, my King assassinating ex-friend how does it feel that you hang out with a murderer? A man who took part in Avaleur's most tragic event since the war?"
"Alright kid you need to go." The Crux comes over.
"No-no now wait a minute, why don't we talk about how your whole species was fucking their brains out in public while the whole city was under attack 2 weeks ago!"
The Crux stops, publicly humiliated.
Seth then turns back to Ranulf. Seeing his face made Seth grin at the cruelness bruin up inside of him.
"So Ranulf what was it like seeing their faces of agony when they changed for the first time huh? When their bones snapped did you smile? Come on, how many of em did you change?"
"I didn't change any of them-"
"Come on, don't bullshit me. There is a little white werewolf who went feral and killed 17 guards 4 months ago and you were the one that changed him!"
"I didn't have a choice!" Ranulf growls.
"Oh really so Balius held his claws to your throat and said bite someone!?"
"Now Seth that's not fair-" Jack says
"I don't want to hear it." Seth says to Jack. "So Ranulf, what was it liking sinking YOUR TEETH into an INNOCENT CHILD!"
"Shut up! Just shut the fuck up! I did it okay!? I tried to resist the impulse but I couldn't! What the fuck do you want from me!? I'm sorry okay!"
"No! Not okay! You try so hard not to be one of the beasts because you think that somehow you can maintain your humanity if you have some sort of moral code, but you are not different from them in any way!...Besides your fur of course. If I were you I would do some serious readjusting of my life."
Ethan starts clapping from the corner of the bar.

(There, after 2 avaleur years, Seth FINALLY snaps lol)

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle stood up, glaring, but took in the words of the younger person. " Kid, you never even knew me. I never expected to be accepted into this society, nor will i ever. Unlike YOU. You dont know me, and you never will. You have no clue! A man who thinks he is accepted by the people around him, most of his peers dislike him... He has an inflated sense of self-worth, compounded by a lack of social grace and self-awareness. He behaves inappropriately in public, yet is completely ignorant to how pathetic he appears to others. ASSHOLE The equivalent term of bitch for a man. An inconsiderate, arrogant, uncaring, selfish, borderline sadistic, apathetic, mean, spiteful, dishonorable, bastard of a man who could tempt the Pope into a fight. A person that causes extreme irritability through their actions. a person who doesn't treat others with respect? Are you talking about your self?!" He roared out in laughter, backhanding the Cup out of Seth's hand. "Know your place." he looked over to the verbally injured ranulf and jack. "Seth, you better get your ass out of here. YOU DONT KNOW SHIT! The past is the past. Anybody that did ANYTHING against balius, was killed on spot. He didn't have a choice. Im sure there was MANY times when YOU were forced into doing something like that. Oh, i remember how much of a chicken shit you are... Hiding and cowering at the sound of steele's threats." He smirked, snarling under his breath. He WILL win this fight. Nobody fucks with kyle... especially on the one day he hoped for a break. "Arnulfo... Its not your fault. and your forgiven. Dont let this fool play you like a puppet. Your better then this. You helped me escape from the clutches of balius. you saved my life when everybody in that pack tried to kill me. You seen the best in Steele." from the corner of his eye, kyle glared at the unknown man, clapping in the corner of the bar. " I just wanted ONE day off from the bullshit... ONE DAY. Seth, your treading on DEEP WATER- where things much bigger then swim. So before i snap your neck and leave your lifeless body in a dumpster, with rats picking away at your rotting flesh, i suggest you leave." There was a dangerous tone in his voice. He wasn't bluffing. There was no Phillis around this time to calm him down.

[Seth]

Seth only stared at the drink that was once in his hand, Kyle's words going in one ear and right out the other. All he did was stare silently the whole time Kyle was talking.
As soon as Kyle finished his last sentence Seth immediately responded.
"Kyle, shut the fuck up. You're a murderer, Scooter's a fag, and you both deserve each other."
"ENOUGH!" Jack yells. "Both of you! Seth get the hell out of my bar or i'll have you arrested. I don't know what's gotten into you. What would your mother say if she saw you acting this way?"
People begin to leave the pub uncomfortably, the ones who stay are arena fighters or serious drinkers.
"What would your father say?" Jack says retaining his calm personality.
That seemed to stop Seth in his tracks.
"Ooooh." Ethan says watching the whole thing.
Seth looks off in the distance.
"My dad...is dead.." He slowly looks at Jack. "Do you understand?..Eight months ago today..." He slowly snags another wine bottle from the bar. "The ocean."
"What?" Jack says.
"We always used to go to the ocean in Paineston together when I was little. We would always race and I would always win because i was a shape-shifter and he wasn't." He chuckled.
"We would spend hours there, and he'd always used to joke with me. What did the ocean say to the other? Nothing they just waved. Eventually I caught on to the joke and I'd answer but he always had another one. Are you Shore? Don't be a BEACH? Water you doing?" A tear went down his face.
"And it was always because he never wanted me to stop learning." He turned to wipe his face away from them.
"And now his murderer was found dead in a cell this morning." He shakes his head.
"I wish I could've been there. All the months I spent searching for this bastard and he just winds up dead in jail like it was nothing at all!" He throws the bottle at a wall and it crashes. The glass flying onto the ground. More tears come down his face.

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle frowned, suddenly pulling seth into a tight hug. If anything, he didnt mean for something like THIS to happen... If only he knew how seth was really feeling. Although Kyle was extremely pissed about seth calling Scooter a faggot. 'yeah... me and scooter are meant for eachother...' he thought as he shook slightly. Its been months since kyle was home with scooter since they moved far away. kyle stayed in town to run his quild, and buisness. "Seth... im sorry im a complete and utter ass... Everything you call me, i deserve. You dont deserve any of this, kid." Kyle knew what it was like to lose someone. "Seth, do you know why i became who i am today? Why i despised balius, and steele? well... Because Balius killed MY family. My whole family. Right in front of my eyes... I never knew my real parents, which kinda makes me an orphane. But i loved The people who adopted me all the same. I learned everything i knew from them." Kyle had to pause for a second, trying not to get upset by memories from when he was younger.

"The reason why i never quit my job, is because its what they would of wanted. They wouldnt want to see me get hurt, or killed. But i honestly never really had a choice. Its what we have always done. It is our way of life. If your parents told you to stop transforming, would you stop? Wouldnt you miss being a bird? The wind brushing past you as you flew from the sky?"

Letting go of seth, he smiled slightly, yet kindly. putting his hand through his hair. "here... my father gave me this. I think you should have it... Call it a peace treaty between us?" Kyle dug into his pocket, pulling out a coin with something etched into it. Each member of kyle's family had one... but only if it was passed down to them. In time, kyle had managed to go back to where they were all killed, and found one burried. It belonged to his brother. so, kyle had two coins now. One from his father, and one from his brother. " My father would give each of his kids, adopted or not, a coin when they either hit a certain age, or accomplished something so great that they achieved a higher rank in the family. Seth, i really want you to have it."


(The black outer part of the circle isnt part of the coin. The black in the white circle is the wolf etched into the circle.)

[Seth]

"Psh..man..." Ethan says disappointed that there wasn't going to be a fight.
"Go on, get on with your business shows over everyone." The Crux says to the warriors that were eager to see the two fight. "I guess I'll get started cleaning this up..." The Crux says to Jack. His voice was shaky, it was clear he was still embarrassed about what Seth had revealed to the public.
Jack was about to say something, but decided to let Kyle handle this. The situation would eventually work itself out.
"Erm, Tre, a word with you out back." He orders the Crux. He needed to get rid of whatever humiliation Tre felt. It was hard enough being a foreigner working as a waiter, but to be afraid to talk to people wasn't going to be good for business.
"Whos' going to watch the pub?" The Crux asks confused.
"Kyle's got it. It's a slow day." Jack simply says and the two go out back, giving Kyle and Seth a little more privacy.

Though Kyle's words lightened Ranulf mood, it didn't change the fact that what Seth said troubled him greatly. If it had been personal insults like Seth did to Kyle, then he could have just retaliated, but what Seth said was the brutal truth. The truth he'd been avoiding for years.
He sighed.

Seth took the coin in looked at it. His motor skills covered up the fact that he was actually drunk. Rather than stumbling over and uttering complete nonsense, which happened when he was very drunk, his whole mood changed when he drank. Some could compare him to a more angry version of Dax. He understood mostly everything, (Lots of brain cells to spare lol) But his optimism gets tossed completely out of the window.

After about thirty seconds of that, he looks at the coin again.
"Where did you get this?" He asks wiping away his tears, completely oblivious to the fact that Kyle had just told him where he got it from.
"Did you get it from my house? My mom has one just like it..." He says.
"You said you get it when you're accomplished.." Seth sniffles. "That's my middle name......no it's not, it's Phillip." He starts crying again.

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle couldnt help but laugh. "Last time i checked, wasnt your middle name 'danger'?" He shrugged, leaning on the bar counter. "My dad gave them to members of the family. Its like the family crest... I was an orphan, and they found me wrapped in a blacket with that symbol on it. Ive never met my real parents-" hesitant, he bit his lip, almost making it bleed. He just realized what seth said. Maybe it was his imagination...

(sorry, short post. im posting from school)

[Seth]

"Well did he give them to anyone else? Like his workers or something?" He tanks a napkin from the counter and blows his nose into it. It sounded like an elephant sneezing.
"My mother has one too, are they rare? She always has it on her dresser."

[Kyle Black-Sky]

"He never gives it to anyone else. actually, there was a note with me when they found me, saying that who ever finds me has the option of adopting that as their family crest. My parents abandoned me, AND the family crest... perhaps not intentionally? I dont know..." He rubbed his temples, starting to pace. "Father only gave them to the family... But the fact that your mother has one..." Kyle froze, stressed, an almost scared look on his face. He couldnt move. In a way, he was put into shock.

[Seth]

"Kyle? Kyle!?" He waved his hand in front of Kyle's face.
"Oh man. Oh geeze. Kyle snap out of it!" Seth throws his used napkin on the floor.
"Ranulf-" Seth turns to find that Ranulf had left.
A waitress walks by with a tray of drinks, Seth takes one of the drinks and throws it onto Kyle.
"Hey!" The waitress yells and then slips on the used napkin. Her tray of drinks go flying right onto Kyle and she flies to the ground, knocking herself unconscious.
"Kyle what is it!?" Seth back hands him across the face. "What is it Kyle, tell me!!!!" Seth says over dramatically.
"Maybe my mother stole it? A useless coin that isn't worth anything....well maybe she just liked the way it looked....for 20 years......well maybe she just knew your dad well.....very well..."

[Kyle Black-Sky]

The moment The tray hit kyle, he looked down, his brows furrowed in frustration, and his fist clenched. he tried to fight back anger, and was almost successful! Kyle grabbed the Seth by the shirt gently, bringing him a bit close. "we have to go see mo- your mom. NOW." he inhaled, and exhaled deeply, rubbing his temples again. "There is no way that he would of given it to anyone. each and every coin was accounted for. there are no replicas. It is NOT a useless coin! It may not be worth anything to you, but its worth something to me. and the fact that i gave one to you, is a big deal!" In a way, kyle was slightly hurt. But that didn't matter right now. "Jack, call in a nurse. one of your waitresses, Sarah, slipped and fell on some persons used napkin and fell unconscious." kyle shouted to where ever jack was.

[Seth]

"Hey uh...Kyle..er, Exactly how important is this coin? And I don't know where my mother is, she just, disappears during the day. She's either sleeping or binge drinking with the the gals? You know, now I wonder how she stays in shape..." He shook his head trying to clear it from the alcohol.
"This coin is your family heirloom? And your father NEVER gave it to anyone outside of your family? And since you're giving it to me..." His face lights up.
"Oh Kyle, you consider me like family?" A big smile comes across his face. "I mean I know we could have resolved this a year ago if you would have just stayed at my house the whole night instead of leaving, and you're a blood thirsty wolf assassin but still, this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." He hugs Kyle.
"But my mother...I don't exactly know where she is.."

"Wait." Ethan says as he walks by. "Hey, half pint and dog breathe, your looking' for your mom?"
"Pffft, I wonder which one of us is half pint?" Seth laughs and then he realizes that he's the shortest one in the bar.
Ethan eyes Sarah on the ground and then lifts her up and sets her on the bar chair. Her body goes limp and her head lands on the bar counter in a way that makes her look completely wasted, but not before snagging her tips out of her pocket.
"Nice to know you live to serve and protect..." Seth says.
"Can it." Ethan says.

[Kyle Black-Sky]

Kyle rolled his eyes. "Maybe you should try to not drive people away, or drive them insane." he smiled, turning his head slightly in a sudgesting way... Then he hug seth back. It felt so...weird... he shuddered at the thought of being actual family with seth. As ethan walks over, kyle lets go of seth, glaring almost at ethan. "Dog breathe?" he stared for a moment not believing what he just heard from a complete stranger. "Seth, whos your little friend? Maybe you should introduce us." Kyle cocked his head to the side slightly, crossing his arms.

[Seth]

"Kyle right?" Ethan says. "Seth tells me a lot about you. You were the one who killed Balius. Yo, you're cool with me." He looks at Kyle. "So tell me dog face are you as good as they say?"
"Uh Kyle, this is Ethan. We went to school together" he leans closer to kyle "He has issues..."
"Nevermind, listen half pint, I think I know where your mom is. I work at the jail sometimes, she's always in it."
"WHAT!?" Seth says.
"I'm just saying', your mom is into some things. Imean, all of the jail birds know her."
"That explains the weird money I see lying around the house...."
"You mean your whole life you never wondered if anything was weird with your mom?" Ethan asks.
"Well there was this one time when all this sugar was around the house..." Seth says recalling the events.
"Uh....try the arena. Most of the fighters are criminals, or worse, Crux." Ethan says.
"Hey Ethan what have you been up to?" Seth asks.
"Making cash, meeting babes, living life." Ethan says.
"Wow..." Seth says like Ethan is living the dream life even though in reality it was an empty existence. Even Seth knew that.
"Hey, come here real fast." Ethan says to Kyle.
He leans in close, "I know you're a guy who knows how to get things done. Know what I mean? Listen, I got a job for ya when your ready."

[Kyle Black-Sky]

'Dog face?' he thought and furrowed his eyebrows. "Uh... kinda. Im more of a stealth kind of guy... Big tough enemies arent my thing really..." Kyle looked away from the group, but he was still listening. " Great.... a possible lead to my real parents... and they are into THIS" he mumbled. But as soon as Ethen started talking to him directly again, he looked back to the group. " I guess i may of underestimated your knowledge of me.... meet me down in the celler of this pub later..." kyle whispered, lowering his head slightly.

[Seth]

Ethan frowned at Kyle's answer. He was hoping for a more immediate response, but this would have to do.
"Alright."
"Hey Kyle," Seth interrupts. "Ethan says my mother is at the arena. I hope she's just watching...that it! She must watch the arena battles and then get really drunk and go streaking-"
"Okay." Ethan says interrupting Seth this time.
"Listen dog fa-er I mean Kyle, I'll meet you back here this after noon ight?"