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Post by Orie Hidehira on Jul 25, 2006 1:02:23 GMT -5
"My name isn't important, Prince," he snapped, saying the title as if it were a vile word. The tension in the string was making it tremble, so he let loose, sending the arrow forward.
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Post by Koyada Akihito on Jul 25, 2006 1:13:23 GMT -5
Once the arrow was let loose he rolled to the right quickly while placing his hands onto the ground to run off into a sprint. He was going in the direction of the coastal area, where the ships were. There had to be one that would take him back later once the exports were done. The coat that was over his kimono weighed him down, so he suddenly took it off and let it fall to the ground. He had dreams to accomplish, and a person or a group of people who hated the imperial family wasn't about to destroy them.
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Post by Orie Hidehira on Jul 25, 2006 1:20:01 GMT -5
He took off straight after the prince in chase, biting his lip in irritation until it drew blood. He should've seen that coming, rather than grow confident in the outcome. The prince was once again putting a good number of yards between them, much to his dismay. He loosed arrows while running, treading over the discarded coat without hesitation, trampling the fine material into the dirty ground and ruining the cloth.
The prince was just as slippery running away as he was when running towards Orie, and even though they were coming from behind, none of the arrows could find their target. He had to stop once he reached the city gates; it would do not good to alarm the public and cause chaos. Frustrated and angry, he looked left and right through throngs of people for a hint of Akihito, but the streets were packed dense with people. "Dammit!" he muttered loudly.
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Post by Koyada Akihito on Jul 25, 2006 1:30:22 GMT -5
Akihito's pace suddenly slowed down as he hit a crowd of people, allowing his form to slip through any openings to make advancement towards the coastal area. It would be safe there and least suspecting of a hiding place. Some people instantly recognized him and stopped to go into a bow. He gave no one recognition before he glanced up and saw the gates of the city. Making his way towards the gate he moved out and glanced behind him. With all of the people bowing that would create a window to his position. Narrowing his eyes from left to right he saw the path to the port and followed down towards it.
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Post by Orie Hidehira on Jul 25, 2006 1:40:01 GMT -5
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few heads bow down. "Can't escape that, now can you," Orie said under his breath, to no one in particular. He began weaving towards the general direction the bowing was leading to. Squeezing through people was becoming tiresome, especially since he couldn't bring himself to rudely shove people over. "Excuse me, move please!" he shouted. The path led him straight to the port. Figures, he thought, this was where he was headed towards anyway.
Though there were a great deal less people in this section of town, there was no sign of Akihito. "Where did he hide himself, that rat?" he murmured, eyes scanning the rows of ships.
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Post by Koyada Akihito on Jul 25, 2006 1:48:13 GMT -5
Once he had ran towards the port he noticed the ship on the further right getting ready to load with the last of the cargo. Several men were yelling to hurry up so they could leave as they were already an hour behind. Not bothering to look behind him he ran up the nearest loading dock and onto the ship, ducking out of the way just incase anyone came in his general direction. Luckily he found himself near to the stair case of the room beneath the ship's deck. Settling himself behind some of the crates, he sat back and let out a sigh.
"That's the last one! Lets get going!" he heard one of the men shout.
Akihito started to wonder what he had gotten into considering the ship had just now set sail. Hopefully it would lead back to Japan.
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