1 Pilot

Air around the outsides of an inn called Hotspurs thickens with fiery sparks, and flames substitutes oxygen, the grass in the flat compound charred black as though a meteor of pure fire crashed in the area. In the midst of all this, among the crowd bustling with humour and awe two man stood with different moods.

"JHUST DHIE! YOU'RE PHISSING ME AUFF" the first to talk after pulses of fiery force that turned the scene from scenic to a barren crash site was a young man with long ragged red hair, his tongue - out like a viper sensing prey, frustrated the shape of his eyes - which in turn matched the fire he emits all around his - self, like an aura ... elemental yet physical, his temper as of now befits his stature.

"Kinda rude, ya know! trying to kill a dude who's.. " clothes all burned, and spark naked, the body tuned enough to make ladies in the crowd blush and he met the gentlemen with pure comedy, might be the fact that the dude was easing himself off -letting the juices go from his pipe- he squeezes his buttocks.

He turned around, hair all intact - unfazed with long on the top and short on the sides, with no signs of any fire hazard after effect disregarding the clothes, and continued, " *IRONICALLY* phissing himself offh".

His comment gains two results among the masses laughter, to his pissed out foe anger and frustration beyond comprehension.

"Motherphuckaa! arghhhh" Barbaric shout aimed at the sky, like a beast on the verge of a rampage, his red eyes distorted in a way that his pupils faded away, uncanny at most to make it anymore ordinary.

His wide open jaws turned to the naked man, who seemed like he wasn't even involved with the situation they're on.

Like clusters of little fireflies in the night, sparks dazzled inside his mouth, with no further seconds wasted the sparks formed into embers - and like an explosion of a volcano, conjoined water like concentrated flames erupted - shot out of his mouth, it's impact was precisely aimed at the naked man.

The naked man flicking his pickle, he was aloof, to the point that people thought he was disrespecting his foe.

"He's gonna get fried!"

"Well! He is very stubborn"

"Yeah! but it's funny though"

"Butt!! I'd be mad too, if someone doesn't bat me an eye like how he does".

Murmured the crowd.

All the while the hot - temperature from the shot out flames seemingly changed the spring air into a spiking hot desert summer. The point of impact was mili - seconds away, the target was still flicking the pickle.

And it hits, "*Gasp*" deep breathes from the crowd, some in awe, some horrified.

"Did we just witnessed murder? "

"But they were two Rippers fighting"

"I don't think the other was a ripper"

"But he didn't get burnt from the other blasts didn't he?"

A bunch of hardened men among the crowd debated the situation that just occurred.

The man that spewed flames huffed, his mouth closed but fumes escaped from the side and a little from the nose.

From then on, silence.

Only after, seconds past

"loo-look" A girl shouted, shocked.

People present in the compound gazed towards the ought to be charred corpse

"Didn't asked for a steam bath"

still naked and unfazed, he checked himself out, with a series of poses.

The entire crowd didn't make a droplet of sound, they were all in shock.

The fire spitter was in a state of disbelief, right palm in his face, close to insanity.

"Oookay! bro, how about I apologize" The naked man starts walking towards him.

His first step initiated a set of motion for the whole crowd, circle was the shape they took for the viewing, it got wider, and wider and wider as he closes the distance between the two.

The other one was stuck in his posture, in a state of disbelief, his eyes trembled and all he saw was his foot in the charred ground.

"Yo! I turned your drink into pee, you turned my clothes into dust, call it even?" The naked man smiled and reached out his hand "Names Lu'nuru! Call me Lu".

His palm slowly away from his face, his eyes stop trembling.

Mysteriously he was brought back into reality, He looked at the man who stood naked, all he got on was his carefree smile.

" LU?! " he uttered weakly.

"Yeah! what's yours?! ".

" My name?" He still sounded shaky.

"If you have one".

"Ho-how are yo-"

stopped mid sentence.

"Your nameee" Lu getting impatient.

"A---Al".

"Al! sorry for the drink. okay?! "

Lu's tone was soothing yet commanding. A pure clue was in his tone, that has the ability to pull back Al into reality.

"But I fire---" stopped again.

"OKAY!? " Lu's face was up close, his voice was resounding.

A slight pause between the two, eye to eye, words exchanged without a sound, a mute ventriloquism in play.

"I'm going" Lu ended the stare-off. He turned away and waved at the bystanders.

"Can a guy get some clothes, I'm showing my little man, full view, gonna have to charge you for staring. Bwahahah! " he laughed, walking inside the inn.

"That was Anti-climactic"

"Ah! the other guy is a water Ripper"

"I thought I'd see a show of pure affinity clashing, what a tease"

the audience murmured.

Al the fire ripper was still quite shock. Suddenly he felt a tap on his left shoulder.

"Young man! I feel the enticing hot liquidy, volcanic youth bursting from you, that was quite a show" A man but not at that age to call Al 'young man' with strong jawed, scrawny in all nature, with round sunglasses grinned at Al.

"You got sparks young man! You are an entertainer" The man continued, his other hand grabbing his round shirt on the neck pulling it a bit, his bulky Adam's apple was like a mountain when he looked up and screamed " The other guy was top tier too, - wooooo, what a show".

"Who the heck are you?" Al with his normal pissed off demeanour.

"ME? " the man looked like he spent all his life on this introduction. He stepped back, spins around, his motion was textbook hyper active - hype man, eccentric was his whole theme, his floral pants played a major role in adding to the aesthetics.

"I am the hot, jiggling, Womanizing, busting hips from old to youngins, the electrifying... " he pauses and continues his routine, spinning and busting his hips, suddenly he stopped and eyes stared directly at Al "Szlick Jahgger".

An introduction met with cringe reaction.

" Piss off! " Al walked away.

"I'll be seeing ya then! Al'H'Singi"

"You know my name?!" Al turned back, his eyes wrote' pissed off'.

"You didn't knew mine" Szlick looked bummed out.

Al turned and walked away, he heads towards the forest of Halhazar.

"A brave one! Ohhhhh! I love hot people" Szlick looked pleased and he leans his head towards the inn.

"Who the fuck was that Guy?! Szlick jahgger"

"Lu'nuru?! Who the hell was he too"

"There's so many more strong rippers out there, I can't fall behind"

Al fades away in the forest, leaving the charred compound to rejuvenate itself.

Szlick thrusts the wooden doors of the inn open, he turned his head, left - right, but the round wooden tables and the flat rectangular bar were all bustling with different ages of people, the topic which they all conversed into was the short fight they all witness.

Finally after seconds of turning his head, he saw the man, the naked, the unfazed but who now was with a plain short black pants, sitting in the bar stool with a big'ol wooden beer mug.

"Bar keeeep!! another pint for the star" Szlick sat down besides Lu.

"You trynna get me drunk?, *burps*" Lu checked Szlick out "You're an ugly woman" Said Lu drowning his mouth with cold beer.

"No no noo! I don't bust that way! I'm just a curious little rockstar here" Szlick said.

"Never heard of ya" Lu cold but with a smile.

"I'm not famous ... yet"

"Look.. I know you're affinity isn't the most used element" szlick said sounding peculiar.

"Oh?! Andd what's that? "

Lu asked.

"What's what?"

"The most used element?!"

"What's your take on it?"

"Whadaya mean take?"

"what's yourrrr idea of the most used element!!"

"Liqour" Said Lu, immediately grabbing hold of the beer mug which was just served.

The gentlemen stared at each other for a slight moment.

They were on pause.

"Bwahahaha"

"hhahahahaha"

Laughter resumes their conversation.

"For real! What's your affinity"

Szlick asked, serious.

"Let's just say I'm a Null-man"

Lu downing yet another beer.

Outside of the Inn, just before the charred grounds, stood soldiers with uniforms, blue the colour of the clothes they got on, silver metal like cauldrons and helmets with blue feathers on the tip.

They surrounded the solitary wooden inn, and three soldiers went in. The inn is heavily used by hunters and travellers as it stood on the outskirts of town.

Rascals, outlaws and rambunctious individuals used Hotspurs as a retreat. It was ideal as it was partially not aligned with the guards patrol routes.

The three soldiers immediately screamed " We came here in search of the individuals who fought unauthorized in his Majesty's land"

"Guys fight all the time" a customer replied.

"Destruction of property - " A guard said.

"It's just some charred ground it'll rejuvenate" another customer amidst the crowd.

"Let me finish - Destruction of property of his Majesty's soil"

"Now spit out who caused this"

The guard in the middle spoke.

"Guards- I know them, the-they ran away, over that way" Lu despicable , he pointed towards the forest.

"YOU!? " The third guard was surprised to see a familiar face.

"Me?!" Lu, both hands on his chest , his pure black eyes wide open.

"You were in the raizon last week"

"You caused 300 deins worth of damage" the guard points at Lu.

"Last week?! what a loadaa crap!"

"Iiii-- was on a pilgrimage"

"wiii--th my-my--- monk-mate here"

Lu puts his arm around Szlick.

"monk mate? " said the unconvinced middle guard.

"Yeaaa! we be monking the Gandh of that pilgrimage" Szlick improvised with Lu's bizarre and out of character story, an impromptu lie of a story with neigh-unbelievable content.

"Monks huh?! Than why aren't you an egg-head?" the guard in the middle un-sold, in fact he was having having a blast with the comedic duo.

"also the clothes, you'd be the most stylish monks there's ever been" said another guard.

"Youu see fashion is not limited to people of normal circumstances, my child" Szlick went full monk, which almost cracks the poker face of Lu.

"All-wise Gandh says he who dress good, monk good" said Lu, Szlick and him were having a blast. Their un-wavering faces and their lies --- performed for blue guards wrote bravery or maybe subtle hint of stupidity. An act, a drama of comedy.

"Riiight!? "

"We'd be grateful to have two fulfilled monks help us"

The middle guard said.

Hearing that, Lu and Szlick grinned at each's.

"We have a witness, she saw the whole thing"

"Lady can you point who charred his Majesty's soil? " The guards asked.

"Thee-y were fighting, and then one guy fires the other, and then, the other was flicking and then, and then, and thenn ---- that guy"

The lady points at Lu.

Lu grabs Szlick and stood him in front, making the lady point at him instead.

"Him? " Lu peaked from Szlick's shoulders.

Then he looked at Szlick, " Property damage?! and I thought you were a good monk" Lu's face, a fake anger and disappointment.

"Veruna made me do it" Szlick just aloof as ever.

"VERUNA? THAT BASTARD"

Lu's tone was a sound of a guy hungry for revenge, the comedy act now turned to tragedy.

"Don't worry guards, We monks have might of the peace and mind arts on our side, vengeance must be made!" Lu proclaimed vengeance upon Veruna the powerful overlord of south Nthenpur.

"We'll head there right away, Let's go Monk-mate" Lu headed straight for the back door.

"Enough with this"

"It was a fine act but you're forgetting character"

"A monk preaches peace and you sprout vengeance? "

"Your show was fun but your charges remains"

The guard in the middle finally spoke out.

"We surrounded the back doors too, you can't leave'

" You'll come with us to capital, Right now".

"Uhhh!! You want him not me right?" Said Lu to the guards turning his head back at them.

"Whatt thee--- I'm innocent, it was you and that other bastard"

Szlick rebounds with the truth.

"How dare you, monk-mate"

Lu, hurt and surprised.

"You just sold me out, how dare you- youuu" Said Szlick.

"I will forgive you for this" said Lu, his body sparkling, his face full of dignity and peace.

"Didn't they just call out your act? " a bystander said to Lu and Szlick.

Blank goes their faces. Like a bubble pop, they rejoined the people to reality.

"Oh yeah!" Lu thought.

"Oh mighty Guard! I have sinned but now I will --- never--- again" Lu kneeled and walked with knees to the guards.

"You! come apologize" Lu turned at Szlick.

"Whaaa--" said Szlick.

"Oh-well" he said, in his mind this was electrifying, fun, a rare and exotic experience, which he essentially craved for.

In front of the guards, they surrendered, "come quietly now! don't fret,if you can pay a fine of 300 deins , we'll set you free"

The guard said.

But just as Lu and Szlick were about to be chained, the outside compound of the shabby yet attractive inn, holds yet another commotion.

"It's the giant Genges"

A commoner shouts, The giant's appearance drove the people who was outside ----- inside the inn, some hid behind the guards.

"*hoo*" a deep breath.

"this inn never gets boring" said the barkeeper with a little crack of a smile in his lips.