Kick in the Teeth {OPEN?!}

[Lawrence Pure Regent]

Lawrence raised his eye at the holy man as he started to spout many words out of his mouth, all of it seemed somewhat nonsense to the marine. It was never Lawrencefs type to judge peoplefs religions, or how they preached, but this guy seemed totally nuts. hAt least he saved mec..h Lawrence sighed in relief as his savior now started to distract the woman. Not only was her temper at its highest, her murderous intent seemed to be at the peak as well. Very stressful woman if he had to say so himself. Using the broken table to support himself, Lawrence got up from the ground while the man now held out two crosses, obviously meant for the two of them to take and keep, if only that would happen. The cracking sound of a something being smashed brought Lawrence a quick shock before he found himself gritting his teeth. How in the world could she do that? This man was of no importance to this incident at all! Did he give her a spanking when she was young or something? The marine felt a twist in his heart as he just watched the lady spew out words that felt like knives. But what shocked Lawrence, was that the man kept his composure, like there was just a barrier around him or something. This manfs actions made Lawrence realize how serious he was in his religion, which, of course, made Lawrence feel bad for him silently mocking what the priest had stood up for.

Then, the arrival of a man carrying what appeared to be the nodachi, the same type of weapon that Lawrence had used had walked in to watch the show? Who was he? Was he here to watch the show? All the marine knew was, this was starting to look bad. hMaybe an escape shall do some good right nowc..h The thought had slowly drowned any other thought the marine had as more and more people appeared onto the stage. One looked like he had way too much to drink for one night, while the other seemed to have been an extreme hater of marriage and holy men. About this time, Lawrence would have definitely tried to crack a joke, even if they were complete strangers to him. A person hating on marriage ticked Lawrence off wasnft that much of a deal, but really? This man had only tried to stop a bar fight! Were they her friends or something? The resemblance sure had seemed to connect all of them together at least. Stepping closer, Lawrence found himself gritting his teeth once more, and again, and again, and again. This was his entire fault, and another man was taking insults for it. And to think the marine was thinking of running away! The thought of it had added another feeling to his twisted heart already, the feeling was guilt.

"You see, none of us gives a crap about this voodoo god of yours. It's best to give up trying convert us. Cause we're not gonna change. Not for you. Not for anyone but ourselves. Cause' we're the Black Out pirates." [/i] The word epiratesf made Lawrence pay attention more to what was happening now. hWefrec..so some of these guys are with her tooc.h Thought Lawrence as he now realized what the female was about to do, she was going to kill the priest. Well, it wasnft a prediction, it had just came to him when she had swung her boot and raised her kantana. Now leaping, Lawrence managed to stop her hand that was holding the kantana by kicking her wrist with his foot. It was a medium kick, which was hopefully enough to stop her from trying to swing it again for the time being. What the hell was she thinking? hThat was dangerous eya know?h Though he tried to keep his happy tone, the words came out cold and direct, clearly making it sound more like a gback offh than what it was meant for. True, Lawrence had thought about getting away. True, Lawrence had always placed girls and vacation in front of mostly everything else. But there was no way he would just sit aside and watch someone get told by words such as these. The man didnft deserve it, not one single bit. hYoufre rude.h Voice now louder than before, Lawrence peered at the girlfs face. hIt was my fault that this happened. Donft bring another person into this.h Lawrence, foot still in the air to block the path of her sword, looked around for a weapon, which seemed useless. All the weapons seemed to have been in possession of the people around them, and who knows? They might be in her crew or even her friends. Now redirecting his attention towards the girl, Lawrence opened his mouth one more time, and these lines were all he really needed to say to her. hIt was my policy to raise a hand against women, but I guess thatfll change right now.h

[Loki]

Loki continued his prayer but silently kept track of the people entering the bar. First there was the dark skinned male who was carrying a bible. He addressed himself and Nicoli and seemed to know the woman and the other man by the table. He was quick to spot the bible that he had with him and hoped that he would eventually be able to take a united front in helping this woman. The next person to enter instantly annoyed him. He entered by making an annoying screeching noise across the pavement and was calling their current predicament a 'party'. Then, for no reason entirely, he used his arm, possibly a prosthetic, to unleash a flurry of wires on the second cross he had out. He started blurting out such stupid comments about why god doesn't exist and how he hated holy men/marriage. "This man is a fool." He thought to himself, instinctively continuing the long-winded prayer.

The woman seemed bolstered by the addition of her friends and proclaimed that they would never be converted, they would do only for themselves, and that they were the blackout pirates. "Hmm, pirates. These are the ones who make me wish I had actually joined those corrupt marines." He thought . He had almost finished his prayer when her foot came up and her sword came down. He knew that he could avoid it, but he hadn't finished his prayer yet, and this temperamental captain wasn't about to stop him mid-way. The kick connected but the marine had hit her hand before she managed to get off a slash. When the kick connected he felt a small rush of pain but drowned it out with and 'Amen'. The marine proceeded to defend him, telling the pirate off at the same time. He couldn't help but chuckle at how nice the marine was being, most would have run at the mention of pirate.

Loki stood up, assessing the damage to his stomach, and was happy to find that he didn't even feel any internal bleeding. He put his hand on the marines shoulder and smiled. "I like the gesture, but I'm fine. God hasn't ever let me die in these kinds of situations. But the people around me are sometimes hurt, I would hate it if someone as nice as you would get killed, so please leave and alert whatever authorities that would be needed to end this conflict." He then turned his attention back to the large group of pirates that were more than likely prepared to jump him, specifically the annoying one. "I understand your great ignorance in the holy one. You see, we are all sinners at birth, but god forgives us for these horrible acts. He can't forgive us automatically, that why he gives us these horrible things, so that we may be tested and made holy before we enter his sanctum. It's a common question that I can forgive, what I cannot forgive is your ignorance in destroying the cross. You stated that you hate holy men and were obviously hoping that I would become enraged and charge at you when you destroyed it in such a fashion. But your ignorance is believing that it would do anything, it may be a holy objects, but it is just a symbol and your petty attacks can never truly destroy it. So the next time you act think out your actions, if you don't then you will just express your own stupidity." He then turned toward the captain. "I would refrain from attacking so wildly, your temper betrays your lack of self-control, and while it may not be as bad as that mans stupidity, it will result in you entering the pits of fire." He leaned down and picked up his pole. "But neither of you is beyond redemption and I welcome you as god still would," he held out both of his arms in front of him, "with open arms and hearts. So please refrain from taking such an attitude unjustly, I merely wish to help you and anybody else who has strayed from gods path. "