[4:47 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
If Eli was being honest, he already had his eyes on a few of the partipcants. Some were already causing problems and they hadn't even gotten to the island yet. He let out a small sigh, flicking his tail from side to side.
Eli sniffed the air and frowned a bit. Why on earth was he smelling so much blood? He turned around, crossing his arms before he spotted Wolf.
..Now he looked like a fun opponent. Eli could take him in a fight. Totally. Making his way over, Eli smiled. "You ok?" He asked with a tilt of his head. "You got some blood on you." He pointed at him.
@sam
[4:57 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf turned his head upon hearing someone else approach. He rose an eyebrow as he glanced over the newcommer. "...You're one of the..." He waved his hand a bit. "Cultists, aren't you?" He questioned in turn, ignoring the question about his own wellbeing. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[5:06 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli frowned a bit. "I'm the head guard." He corrected. "My name is Eli. But besides that you're bleeding." He pointed at his face. "Or...were bleeding. Do you need help?"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[5:14 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Head guard... so there were... multiple "guards" on a cult island...? Not troubling at all...
"Eli huh...? ......"Wolf shook his head, jabbing himself in the chest with his thumb proudly, "I'm fine. Happened a bit ago- a bump like that isn't anything I'm not used to." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[5:22 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli nodded along before he smiled a bit. "Ehe! You seem like the type to get all rough and tough! Is that why you got a mask? You some kinda superhero?" He asked curiously.
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[5:48 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"I'm a luchador. A deathmatch wrestler." Wolf reached over to his suitcase, pulling the belt off from around the handles and onto his shoulder. "Fight Forever Wrestling World Champion, Wolf Woods." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[5:52 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli stared up at Wolf curiously before he grinned. "Oh! We do that on the island! Wrestling and sparring! I don't think it's to the degree you do it though..." He trailed off. "I've never heard of a...luchador...or deathmatch wrestlers..." He frowned a bit. "But it sounds cool!"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:03 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Luchador wrestlers are wrestlers who wear masks-" he gestured to his face. "Hides the identity of the wrestler." He grinned almost wildly.
"Deathmatch wrestlers compete in the ring in conditions that can quite literally kill a man. Not a sport for the squeamish or weak. The ring ropes are replaced with barbed-wire... The ring coated in thumbtacks. The edges of the ring decorated with explosives. No weapon is off limits- there are no disqualifications- anything is legal- the only rules in place are-" Wolf held up a finger. "Don't tap out-" Another finger. "Don't get pinned." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[6:11 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"I see..." Eli nodded along. Man he kinda wished he was taking notes! Maybe he can do that later on. But this was easy enough to remember..so far.
"So if you get pinned or you tap out you loose?" He asked. "Has..someone ever died before in the ring?" Eli couldn't help but be curious. For him when he'd spar or wrestle with his guards they'd never go too far- they didn't want someone to get seriously injured but this? This sounded very different.
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:19 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Technically a handful of wrestlers have died in the ring-" Wolf's grin vanished. "Most everything have been accidents or health concerns- obviously." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[6:27 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Interesting.." Eli gasped. "Sorry if that was an odd question...I just, I've never heard of any of this before! It's all so fascinating!" Eli clapped his hands together. "So you like...do that for a living? Woah...! I never knew you could like...fight for a living!" Eli laughed.
"I kinda do it but like I'm a guard but like your different- you know?"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:37 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"You've never heard of Wrestling before?" Wolf rose an eyebrow. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[6:44 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Well I have! But like..." Eli thought for a moment. "I think your version is different than mine. Usually when I wrestle it's kinda like rough-housing? I hm." He paused, flicking his tail. "I don't think I wrestle "properly' is what I'm getting at.."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:56 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Wrestling is different than rough-housing. There's rules, regulations, different kinds of matches..." Wolf blinked. "It's not just-... fighting with siblings..." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[7:04 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Oh." Eli blinked. Well. In his defense he didn't get out much. "...Thats what its like at home. But that makes sense." He frowned slightly. Did he make himself look like an idiot already? This was the first person he was having a conversation with that was off the island! Eli internally swore at himself before he quickly smiled.
"Can you teach me then?" He asked. "I've always liked stuff like that. Back at home we don't have much like TV and stuff but I'd like to try new things. You certainly seem strong enough." He pointed at him. "And tough enough."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[7:22 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf paused a little. "teach... you....?"
He blinked. Was this person asking him to be... a... mentor....??
He glanced left.. then right... and back to Eli.
"Listen- Wolf Woods is a lone wolf. I don't do the whole-- mentoring thing."
He made a face. On the other hand.... having someone from the cult-island under his wing could prove... advantageous..
"...You know what? You prove yourself to me and I'll consider it." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[7:37 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli stared up at Wolf for a moment before his eyes lit up. "Really!? Ohhh that's so cool!" He placed his hands on his cheeks, smiling. "I'm the top fighter on the island I'm sure I can prove it! I am head guard too!"
"I'm a phenomenal swimmer, I can hunt, I can fight," Eli listed. "I can even teach you a few things I know!"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[8:20 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf did his best to hide the annoyed expression at just how loud Eli was.
"Teach me things? Not likely." Wolf shook his head. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[3:23 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Well hey, who knows?" Eli put his hands on his hips. "Don't they say: you learn something new everyday? I can give you a tour or something of the island when we arrive. After the gala and stuff..I wouldn't want you to be late for that.." He stared at the ground.
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[5:08 AM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"...There's a gala..?" Wolf blinked. It was a good thing he alresdy brought a suit but that also meant his agreement with Roque and Hannah--.... what a night this was gonna be.
Speaking of-
"I actually have potentially prior engagements for after the gala if that's the case." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[5:55 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"After that works," Eli suggested with a shrug. "Maybe the morning works best after everyone gets settled thinking about it.." They flicked their tail to the side before they hum. "And yeah! There is a gala! Gotta dress all nice." They laugh. "Your one of the first people that I've met thats not from the island..sooo...what's the city like?"
Eli looked up at Wolf curiously. "It looks pretty empty right now..is that normal?"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:58 AM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Morning would be better- probably-" Wolf cleared his throat.
"...The city? Busy- loud. Even louder the closer to the middle of it you get. We were just at the harbor- just missed the fisherboats. They leave earlier than even us. It's not normally that quiet, no." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[8:40 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Huh.." Eli nodded to themself. "You are..from the city then I assume, right? What part? It's pretty early, I find it hard to imagine people are awake and off at sea even before we got here.." Eli said out loud. "Or well. Maybe not. Sometimes I get up early and go hunt in the water. I can catch fish with my eyes closed even."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[3:31 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"I know that bit about fisherman from my home town. I'm originally from Anchorage, Alaska. Lots of ships came in and out of there. I only moved to Ninjago... two? Years ago?" Wolf shrugged. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[3:50 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli just. Stared. What the fuck was Alaska? :stare: "I see." They blink. They had no idea what Wolf was talking about. "I always thought the city was pretty. Sometimes I'd swim out far from the island to see all the lights. But I'd always go back before dawn."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[3:55 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Oh. The island must not be far then for you to swim so far?" @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[4:02 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Ehhhh.." Eli shrugged. "I swim fast." They gesture to their tail. "Like. Very fast. But it takes awhile to get there." They turned to the ocean. "It's pretty far out....I do see other cities that aren't to far out...so I swim there and kinda look at the lights..I guess this one is just further. I think I mixed them up." A blink.
"..I don't get off the island much. But that's okay! I like it there."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[4:07 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"I didn't get out much in Alaska either. Alaska's it's own beast- you can go miles and see nothing but trees and mountains. My siblings and I spent our time hunting or fishing." He shrugged.
"Wasn't until I left home that I got to really experience things." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[4:14 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
Eli gasped at that. "You can? Oh wow!" His eyes lit up. "To just see that for miles and miles..? That sounds awesome..or well..for me. I like that kinda stuff." He nodded along. "So when you left you got to see the city then..? That's nice...that's nice.." Eli's tail flicked back and forth. "So you like fishing then?"
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[4:22 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf made a face as though debating something.
"I don't do it anymore." He settled on. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[5:45 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Dang." Eli let out a small huff of air. "I assume a no on the hunting as well then." He shook his head. "Figured I'd ask at least! I like to hunt fish in the ocean when I can."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:21 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
"Ehh- I hunt on... occasion." Wolf seemed weirdly uncomfortable about that one. "I was much better at it as a kid though. Bow and arrow? My shit." He grinned. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[7:07 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"Ooo." Eli nodded. He didn't seem to pick up on Wolf's discomfort, at least, not yet? "I kinda use my claws and fangs." Eli said. "But ranged is good...ranged is good." Eli agreed. "I was mainly just curious the city and everything...I'm glad to see other people take joy in hunting too! Even if you don't do it as often."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[8:51 PM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf perked up ever so slightly- almost... childishly excited at hearing "claws and fangs". Before quickly shaking his head and putting on his stoic expression. "We did it as a mixture of enjoyment, competition, and survival. We ate a lot of fish, moose, and bear." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S
[3:31 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:
"I do hope you can at least change your mind on fishing." Eli laughed slightly. "I can teach you the best tricks for fishing you know." He glanced around the area, narrowing his eyes over at a..certain scene going on. The fuck?
"We'll...discuss more later on then..."
@Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺
[6:52 AM]Sam | Su-Ji 🐯+ Wolf 🐺:
Wolf rose an eyebrow. "Alright...?" @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S