Muscles burned. Joints ached. Kumodori's exercise was coming to an end, not just because his body begged him to stop after the time he'd been there, but because he also needed to free the door up from the silk strands. He didn't want to leave any clues behind that he could help, yet there was one clue that he couldn't help but leave behind...his scent. His scent was unlike anything a human could produce. True, humans did begin to stink after a workout, yet for an arachno sapien like Kumodori, their sweat did not lead to a foul odor. On the contrary, Kumodori smelled at the moment as fragrant as a freshly cut fruit. He'd never found out why, though he'd never heard anyone complain about the scent. He had on occasion been complimented for the pleasing smell that wafted from him after getting all worked up.
As his arms flexed and moved to rub at the aches on his frame, his entire back glistened in the dim light, covered from head to waist in sweat, for his pants and the sash about his waist absorbed any moisture from there down. His head turns, rolling his neck and hearing the crack as he let a groan of satisfaction slip through his parted lips. His upper set of arms burned the most, for those had been the arms to be used the most. He had been there for who knew how long, turning to see that evening had drawn nigh as he had worked. His knuckles bled in places, though he paid no mind to it, merely wiping them upon his pants before leaning down to retrieve his shirt, his back giving a few pops after a moment of protest.
Straightening once more with his shirt in hand, the young assassin pulls it over his head, sliding each appendage into its hole so that he could smooth it down over his taut belly. He didn't have the abs some did, but he didn't have any flab, either...his stomach was hard as stone if he wished it to be. The cloth sticks to his soaked belly, which was quite annoying, but not something that was uncomfortable. He slowly tucks the shirt down into his pants, having to loosen the sash to do so. Once tucked in, he cinches the black sash tight once more, his eyes closing as he brushes a hand up over his hair, grabbing at the base of his ponytail for just a moment to ensure that it was still tied tightly with the strands of silk. Once satisfied, he once more bends, retrieving his cloak from the floor of the gym, the sweet scent trailing him as he turns towards the door he had blocked off.
As he trots into the lobby once more, he turns his head to regard his silk strands, moving towards them with the cloak over his shoulder for the moment. He would use all six arms to save time, grabbing hold to each glob of black silk with one hand, channeling the chakra left dormant inside them from his body back into him. The hardened substance easily gives its hold, the black globs starting to unravel into many small strands of black silk, the flexible and long white strand of silk falling before one of his hands scoops it up. To keep the strands from becoming tangled, he reaches into a pocket, drawing out small spools onto which he begins to roll the silk. The black strands would make for useful and nearly unbreakable sewing threads, the boy thinking he could reuse the white strand as a bowstring, if he needed to.
Tucking the spools away once more, the boy raises his cloak over his head, pulling it down over him and hiding his extra appendages once more, tucking them close to his body before slipping out into the evening air once more. His crimson eyes rove over the people milling about, a few occasionally turning to regard the boy with smoke-colored hair and a sweet scent wafting from him. He was rather small, he knew, but he had no doubt that even all of these people would be no trouble were they to turn on him for whatever reason. His kunai and shuriken rested all along the inside of his sash, though he wouldn't even need those if things were to go south. His hands themselves would do. His fingers flex and crack, turning himself towards the slums. He could go home later. For now, he was on the prowl for a little fun. If nothing else, he could scare the living daylights out of a few poor humans who had likely never seen an arachno sapien fully transformed, for his kind were rare. Some of his kind were never even born like him...it was a blessing to receive all of one's limbs. Some who could pass as humans would be revealed as arachno sapiens if one were to take their blood and check the DNA.
He shakes the thoughts from his head, passing by a group of people who turn their heads to regard him after he had passed, for the sweet aroma wafting from him would seem more fit on a female. It was an odd thing, likely a type of lure mechanism for curious prey. He had never considered that as a reason for his scent, yet it was a plausible idea, for curious and hungry humans would follow their nose to the scent of what could likely be fresh fruit. His steps stray closer to the buildings, then further away after a moment, weaving a path through people and obstacles in the East End. He had again changed plans, no longer heading towards the slums, but towards this...arena he had heard others muttering to themselves about. Even if he could not gain entry, he could loiter about for a time, see what fun he could pick from the dregs who found themselves in that place. Maybe if he could get entry into a match one day, he would show himself for what he was...it could be interesting, he mused.
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