This is a sci-fi/fantasy RP. The Players are young Mages who have been brought to the Academy in order to develop their magical talent and protect their city. They will fight monsters that roam in the wilderness, investigate nefarious plots against King and Country, and so on. But that is all in their future. For now, after a bit of general plot setup, let us have the characters meet up, get to know one another, etc. We can feed them to monsters later.
The plot so far:
The students meet their teacher, Professor Yuki Okamoto, and have their first few days of instruction.
About a week into their Academy life, they are unexpectedly sent out on a mission to investigate the town of Normaden. They learn that a Witch, a powerful monster that sometimes grows from humans with magical potential, has developed in the region. Their Professor takes on the role of exterminating the Witch itself, leaving the students to handle some of its Familiars. During the students' fight, though, they are unexpectedly brought face to face with an Angel. After a fierce fight, the students are victorious and return to their homes safely.
Back in Uruk, the plots grow thicker. A massive force of Angels has gathered near Babylon, and the head honchos discuss plans of how to deal with the threat. The Academy's Headmaster learns that the Angel that the students encountered was sent by the Chief of the Galileians. What could Chief Herschel be plotting, and why involve these young Mages?
Completely unaware of these plots, the students are assigned another mission: to resolve an incident over who should possess a valuable research subject. They will be escorted and monitored by Essence Parker, one of the academy's Student Council members...
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There were six more students and three more spirits that had gathered here from class 1A. The first was a group of red-haired girls, none of whom seemed to have brought their spirit. The younger two (Rose and Prim) seemed to be playing a 1 on 1 card game, already being bored, despite having probably been waiting here for less than a minute.
Susanna Bellamy
Rose Bellamy
Prim Bellamy
Another student that stood out was a kid dressed in black, whom seemed to have carried a chair over to sit at the head of the table. He sat with a bunny upon his arms whilst looking out over the table like he was gathering his crime family, slowly petting the bunny in the most mob-boss like way possible.
Bohzo Nana
Usagi
Another student seemed to have forgotten they were planning to dine together with another class, as he was already chowing down on a respectable amount of food. His fairy-like spirit sat upon the table, seemingly feeling a bit awkward from the guy's behavior.
Ken Armstrong
Miyu
Finally, a young girl in black with a similar looking fairy-like spirit sat quietly near the back-end of the table. It seemed like the two of them weren't as eager to be here as some of the other 1A students.
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: D
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: E
SPEED: E
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: D
Londo's Dorm room
Londo got up from his bed, yawning and stretching, and looked to his right. Alice was no longer there. He looked around for her spirit core, but saw nothing. Did she leave?
Londo shrugged, changing out of his pajamas, and getting ready for the day, when the door to his dorm room opened, and Alice walked in, sporting slightly damp hair. Londo, surprised, asked her, "Oh? You went to take a bath? Anyone there?"
"Yes, I took a bath, let's just get going to class. I may have promised you to be less of an observer and more of an active participant, but after what happened after last night I'm not so sure."
"Ah it's fiiiiiine~!" Londo said, grabbing his bag and walking out the door, Alice following suit, "Next time she comes, I'll let her know to let you sleep. I got a few questions for her anyways!" Londo said, heading to class.
Academy
After Londo got into the classroom, Almeida told everyone that there was another class wanting to join them for dinner! Londo laughed, "Aha! They must know of our glorious accomplishments! I'd love to have dinner with myself too if I heard about that!"
Besides from that, the class was uneventful (probably), and after gym, Hibiscus walked up to Londo. Londo gave a small wave before she asked him a question, "H-Hey Londo.... D-Do you think you could h-help me train some more?... I-I was wanting to see i-if my power could b-be improved somehow..." Hibiscus said, acting her like her usual shy self. Londo would have LOVED to train more, buuut-
"Ah, that is unfortunate. I am sorry Hibby, Alice wanted me to do something today. I forgot what it was, but-"
"Clothes shopping. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention well enough to find my way around the city because I didn't care enough, but I can't very well keep wearing this outfit in public can I?" Alice replied, her voice coming from her spirit core.
Hibiscus stared at Londo, "I-I-I see... I-I'm sorry for wasting your t-time..." Hibiscus said, before walking away to go train by herself.
Cafeteria
After taking Alice clothes shopping, and Alice locking Londo out of the room to change, they made their way to the cafeteria. Londo and Alice walked into the cafeteria, Londo acting smug, Alice dressed in casual clothes and looking bored. Londo took a nametag, and scribbled his name on it.
Perfect! Londo took himself and his name tag, still wearing his medallion from Cadwgan of course, Alice following behind still looking bored, and greeted the students of 1A, as the rest of his classmates have not entered yet, "GREETINGS! I am Londo Sperry, the GREAT!, and I am from class 1B, as you probably know, gloriously being a disciple of Glory, as you can see here!" Londo said, showing off his neat medal, "Hold your applause, and be amazed at me!" Londo said, waiting for his popularity to shine and people to greet him.
After informing the rest of the class about the dinner with 1A during afternoon practice, and after apologizing to Hibiscus for forgetting to reply to her message (having not noticed it after she finally got back from her mission yesterday) and promising her to talk with her some other time, Almeida had gone off to meet a certain someone. Not long after that meeting, the results of which are not yet existing, she headed over to the cafeteria. A quick headcount showed eleven 1B students, which from what Almeida had gathered, was little over a fourth of the total. She also noted that a certain someone from 1B wasn't there, which was probably for the better. She'd start by giving a smile and a wave to those present.
Londo was already doing his thing, so she figured she'd do hers. The first issue, however, was that she didn't want to put a name sticker on her bare skin and the other options would be a little inappropriate, silly, inconvenient or a combination of the three. She decided to settle for folding a piece of paper into a name-card and placing it on front of her on the table (wherever she'd end up sitting) instead. With that done, she quickly went to search the one sending out the invitation, before spotting her. "Ah~ So you're Yachiyo! I'm Almeida, thanks for the invite~" She'd extend a hand over the table to greet her as she took place across from her.
Mislyte joined the gathering of classes in the cafeteria for dinner.
He introduced himself and sat down.
Mislyte is good to chat with whoever is available.
Mislyte arrived in the cafeteria by himself. A lot had happened that day and it was time to finish it out. Taking a deep breath and walking over to get a tray of food, Mislyte then looked around for the meeting place. Noting the table he proceeded to join the other children that had gathered. He briefly struggled with the awkward business of putting his tray down, but attempting not to be in the way, while filling out the name sticker and applying it to his campus uniform top.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Mislyte, part of 1B, and I just started attending the academy this week. I hope we can all get along,"
the older boy said loud enough to be heard but not enough to disrupt the already active conversations. Despite being the new kid, he seemed at ease being around so many people. His eyes were attentive and his movements were energetic despite the various demands on him earlier that day. His fairy, Split, remained socketed in the sheathed shortsword at his waist. His pants, from the knees down, showed signs of grass stains and dirt.
He found a place to sit without paying too much attention to who may be sitting. He didn't start eating when he noted most others had not yet started either. Unless approached, he would patiently wait for the dinner to begin and would listen in on the various conversations starting around the table between members of the two classes.
"...spice...twice...ice..."
Split quietly murmured from the shortsword beneath the table.
Strength - E Vitality - E Willpower - E Resistance - E Speed - C Agility - C Perception - E Recovery - E
After a rather uneventful day, sans his conversation with Almeida in the morning, Ryan decided to head to the cafeteria. He didn't want to be seen as rude, so he showed up. Ryan seemed pretty relaxed, since he did some meditation in his room prior to heading there, as well as being accompanied by Tidrog in corporeal form while this played out. When they arrived, the couple introduced themselves "G-good evening. I'm Ryan, and th-this is Tidrog" Tidrog contributed by adding "The invitation is appreciated". Once their greeting was over, Ryan took a random seat, and Tidrog did so too, at an adjacent chair to Ryan's.
Upon noticing the greeting stickers, Ryan and Tidrog exchanged a brief look, and proceeded to write their first name on a sticker. Ryan placed his on his chest, over the black and gray flannel he was wearing. Tidrog placed it in his chest plate, that kind of resembled a necklace or maybe it is one. Ryan glanced briefly at each 1-A student present, trying to imprint their faces and names in his mind, but remaining quiet, breaking the ice was not his thing
After lunch, Elisa went out to the city to buy some clothes for her. After she had ended up with 3 bags full of clothes and some cosmetics, she would find out that the transaction size was above her limit.
At first she be exasperated and demand that the clerks would fix the issue on their end, demanding even a supervisor to step-up and take responsibility. Followed by the angry dial to parents that one of the credit cards was not functional. However this part gave Elisa small brainfreeze. She couldn't quite figure out what she was supposed to do in order to contact her parents as she was fiddling with her bracelet.
As a compromise she ended up looking, if there was anyone she could call. All while Elisa had the air of a scorned nobility around her, she starred daggers at the store staff for being unable to handle the trivial matter of accepting her money. Eventually she'd give a smile and tell that the mistake was in her end that it should be fixed shortly and meanwhile, she'd like to continue shopping. Unknowingly for the staff, she'd eventually end up using her illusions to disappear instead of "trying" clothes on and walk away from the store with none being the wiser. Unfortunately to her, they'd eventually find out what she'd done and without doubt call police. However Elisa simply justified her actions that she didn't have time to waste and that she'd return to pay the items that she got. It was the store's fault that they were unable to bill her.
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After the unsavory borrowing incident in the store, she returned to her dormitory and laid out everything she bought folded on her bed. Elisa played with the choices that she had for about one hour before deciding to go with a gray blazer and a matching skirt and stocking, revealing skin only around her kneecaps. It was almost like a school uniform, only a lot fancier. After having chosen her clothing, Elisa approached the mirror in her room and applied a careful layer of makeup making it appear as natural as possible.
While she was focused on her makeover her reflection started to live her own life. Instead of going for a natural and subtle finish, it behaved like the opposite to Elisa, placing a dark crimson on the lips like blood and giving a wicked smile back at Elisa. Elisa wasn't even slightest shocked by the strange reflection. Seeing the anomaly only made her give a sigh, and she moved her right hand to gently tap the mirror three times. 'Mirrors, should've known. I can't do this right now. "You" are not being my reflection. I really don't need a tragic flashback of my past life that I did not live right now. I need one hour free of crazy, and hopefully a few extra so I can handle all the introductions with elegance and grace. Could you just go away, please? I need everything to be perfect tonight.' Elisa closed her eyes and opened them after a moment. Her reflection was back to almost normal. The only thing that was haunting her now on the other side of the mirror was writing with the sanguine lipstick: Okay princess~, written with mirrored letters, which Elisa blatantly ignored. She didn't find that hallucination too disturbing, unlike her punk / goth reflection.
'I guess unnatural mirrors qualify for an impossible thing on my diary. Looking good girl. Next, hair.' Elisa would spend the next 45 minutes fixing her hair and overall appearance. After she was finished her hair was straight and silky smooth, completely opposite to her usual way of having her hair curly and completely messed up. Elisa then gave the few finishing touches before she was satisfied with the way how her makeover came to be. Instead of having the appearance of a rowdy kid that would easily blend into the street with her delinquent clothes; Elisa was now much closer to the beautiful daughter of a noble. 'This should be enough for a casual social occasion. It feels like an eternity since I last dressed appropriately.' Elisa replaced her comfortable shoes with high heels and then moved out. With the changes Elisa appeared now much older than what she actually was -- easily fooling an observer to think that she was in her early twenties. Her walking was graceful and seductive although just walking to the cafeteria was enough to make her feet ache from walking with heels making her realize that she should've paid more attention to how she was walking in the first place. The nostalgic pain made her remember why she always dressed casually and comfy at home. At least she hadn't opted to use a corset, taking relief from that line of thought.
After arriving to the cafeteria, Elisa spotted the table with the students of class 1-A. Elisa kept her stride calm to avoid getting blisters in her feet. Next to the table, Elisa took a marker and a sticker. She wrote her name in beautiful cursive and she also added the class 1-B before putting the sticker on her blazer, visible for all to see. Elisa then flicked her hair to gain the undivided attention of the opposite gender, as she opened her voice loudly and placed her left hand against her heart to address everyone. Apparently going for Londo route in self-introductions, focusing on her charisma and appeal.
'Hello everyone. My name is Elisa... I am student of the class 1-B, a pleasure to make acquittance with all of you.' She gave a polite curtsey in middle of her introductions to the students. Her voice was loud and brimming with confidence, despite of reowning her status a mage. All while she was wearing a graceful charismatic smile. After having announced herself, Elisa turned towards Almeida and approached her, all while giving her a sweet friendly smile to her as well as to eavesdrop the conversation. 'Hey, Almeida. Could you introduce us?' Elisa asked from Almeida and then she stared at Yachiyo, expecting that Almeida would introduce them to each other. Despite of Elisa's shining smile, Yachiyo could easily make up that Elisa was reserved towards them and her hospitality appeared more of an obligation of status. And this was only because of the contrast of seeing her smile towards a close friend followed with her smile towards a stranger.
After the events of yesterday, Hibiscus had a normal sleep, and then woke up in the morning to go take a bath, Lyka going with her. Normally, Hibiscus showered in the evening, but she had been too preoccupied reading a very good book that she lost track of time, and instead showered in the morning instead. There were some people there, some she didn't know as well. After the bath, Hibiscus and Lyka got dressed and went about their day. Almeida apologized for not responding to the text, and promised to talk to her later, "T-That's ok! Y-You were probably busy!" She said nervously, then headed to class.
While in class, Almeida announced that class 1A wanted to have dinner with class 1B, which surprised Hibiscus, as why would they want to do that, also how did Almeida know about it to announce it? She must have been talking to some of the people of the other class. Maybe Hibiscus would ask her later then...
Gym
After the normal class was gym training, and Hibiscus did the same as usual there, but after gym training she approached Londo, hoping he would help her with her training, as he usually did, "H-Hey Londo.... D-Do you think you could h-help me train some more?... I-I was wanting to see i-if my power could b-be improved somehow..." She asked him. Hibiscus was so sure he would say yes, that when his next sentence came out, she looked extremely surprised and shocked, mainly because she couldn't believe someone like him would pass up the opportunity to train, and also because his spirit actually interupted him..
"Ah, that is unfortunate. I am sorry Hibby, Alice wanted me to do something today. I forgot what it was, but-"
"Clothes shopping. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention well enough to find my way around the city because I didn't care enough, but I can't very well keep wearing this outfit in public can I?"
Hibiscus stared at Londo, still shocked that he refused even if he had to go shopping, "I-I-I see... I-I'm sorry for wasting your t-time..." Hibiscus said, before walking away to go train by herself.
Before starting her training, Lyka spoke up, "You know Hibby? Something was weird about hat exchange."
Hibiscus, still embarresed, spoke up quietly, "W-What do you mean Lyka?..."
Lyka materialized in front of Hibiscus's face and grabbed her cheeks, "You didn't notice?!"
Hibiscus said, while her cheeks were slightly squished, "N-Notish what?"
"He liiiiied! Spirits don't need to get clothes because we can get whatever clothes we want! Also, his spirit seemed more active than usual. We even saw her this morning in the baths! We never see her out and about!" Lyka said, and Hibiscus thought about it, while Lyka let go of her face. That was true, but...
"T-That doesn't mean Londo l-lied! H-he... He's dumb, maybe he was lied to?" Hibiscus said, trying to deny whatever had happened.
"Admit it Hibby! You can't just not see the truth just because you-" Lyka started to say, but then Hibiscus uncharistically grabbed her and shoved her into her pocket, quieting her.
"Transform!" Hibiscus said, transforming, then starting her training, "We wasted enough time talking Lyka, I'm set back enough already without someone to train with..."
Fortunately for Hibiscus, Suilen would arrive later, and they would be able to train together.
School Cafeteria
After everything had happened, Hibiscus finally made her way to the cafeteria. It seemed like there were quite a few people Hibiscus didn't know here already, but there were some she did. She smiled upon seeing one particular person, and starting to walk towards them, but Lyka materialized, grabbing the back of her shirt and pulling her back, "Oh no. We aren't talking to the same old same old again. Didn't you want to be independent. Or whatever you told or didn't tell Almeida. I don't remember. Anyways, We're talking to someone new today. You can thank me later." Lyka said, placing herself behind Hibiscus's neck and would pinch her hard if she decided to go near someone they knew. This was going to be fun!
Hibiscus nervously picked up a sticker and wrote her name on it. She then looked around the room, wondering who to talk to. Her gaze lingered on someone from her class, and suddenly felt a pinch on her neck, "L-L-Lyka! Please stop! I-I'm going now to talk to someone!" Hibiscus said, walking up to a random person from class 1A that didn't have a classmate of hers next to them. This person, who Hibiscus did not know the name of yet, was Nila Dorcha. She didn't seem to want to be there, so Hibiscus thought that maybe the two of them could hit it off somehow.
Hibiscus nervously sat down at the table next to this girl. She didn;t say anything, as she was too nervous to, and was actually content on staying quiet until a hard pinch in her neck said otherwise, "O-OW! M-M-My name is H-Hibiscus Osw-w-wald. N-Nice to m-meet you!" Hibiscus said, nervously and strictly sticking out her hand in an attempt to give this girl a greeting handshake.
The day felt like it was dragging on forever in that room. He learned a bunch of things, half of which he didn't understand, in all honesty, but hey, knowledge doesn't come easy, right? He knew he had to at least learn to write and read properly, not to say he couldn't do it. He was just bad at it. His writing especially, because of his handwriting and inability to hold a pen properly. After class, some people went to train or something, but he was determined to at least learn to read some, hence, instead he went to the library after class.
Location: Library
The library was silent, peaceful and it had Rainer in it now, who was simply dumbstruck at the door for a few seconds. Ahn's place was pretty amazing, but that was nothing in comparison. This place could fit like... a lot of things. He searched around, until he found an important looking person and asked them: "I want a book with words in it!" The Librarian simply stared at him, with a look creepy enough that even Rainer was creeped out for a second. The librarian gave him a dictionary and walked off. He studied it well for a while, before he grew tired and remembered something about promises of food. He returned the book and went on his merry way. He learnt a lot of words there and he was ready to show off his newfound knowledge!
Location: Cafeteria
Once he arrived there were a bunch of people there already, including Ryan! He wanted to go tell him, that he learnt all sorts of things at the library and brag about his overwhelming knowledge, but why not go for a demonstration instead. He was smart enough now to describe people in fancy words now. So he walked up to the girl, who he thought was the prettiest there. And it was some strange woman that he'd never seen in his life before. So he walked up to her and said to Elisa: "You're really beautifl, like a bitch!" Rainer was full of confidence when saying that. Truly, a man of words. Who doesn't like some good Retrievers? All groomed and trained well. After saying that he also looked over at Ryan and winked trying to flex on him in some weird way about his newfound vocabulary.
Setting: The Academy Cafeteria, July 29th, 199 NWC, ~7:00 PM
The students of 1A, being the hosts, had planned on arriving early so as not to be late for their own gathering. Thus, when Londo came over and began to introduce himself, all eyes were on him for a moment. By the time he had said his name though, a boy from 1A had already hopped up and rushed over to him. The label on said boy's chest said Artemisios Isidorus Rasseck.
Artemisios Isidorus Rasseck
"Aha! So you are Londo Sperry! Well well well well! My nemesis has appeared before me! Our battle is sure to be legendary! So, y'know, good luck tomorrow, my fated rival."
Given his personality, it wouldn't be surprising if his classmates were to tell him to calm down, but either they had gotten used to his demeanor, or they figured that they'd let the two boisterous kids deal with each other.
Yachiyo Hisakawa
Meanwhile, Almeida had entered and made her way over to introduce herself to Yachiyo. The girl stood up and shook the hand Almeida offered. If Almeida was the type to desire firm handshakes, she'd be disappointed by this one, though it thankfully was only somewhat weak rather than also clammy or anything worse.
"Ah, its a pleasure to meet you, Miss Almeida," the girl replied somewhat nervously as she shook Almeida's hand and sat back down. "Once again, I'm sorry it took us so long to reach out to your class. I hope we can get along well in the future."
Min-Jun Tamura
The girl on Yachiyo's left, one Min-Jun, was also quick to lean forward and offer a handshake to Almeida. "Min-Jun here. Let's have fun, kay?" Any nervousness or shyness Yachiyo might've had was more than compensated for by this girl's apparent cheerfulness.
Chihiro Fujioka
The girl with black hair seated on Yachiyo's right looked at Almeida with what would normally be considered a glare. Perhaps Almeida had done something to anger her somehow, considering that Chihiro's expression immediately softened as she turned her attention towards Yachiyo again. Or perhaps it was that she naturally had a harsh expression that only softened up for friends.
Either way, it took an "Oi, Chi, introduce yourself," from Min-Jun before the black-haired girl spoke up, and even then, her simple introduction of "Chihiro." left things to be desired on the pleasantries front.
"There, see? That wasn't so hard, was it?"
"I'm going to murder you one of these days."
"Ahaha, don't worry, they can just bring me back anyway!"
"Both of you, please! Yachiyo protested from between the two girls, cheeks flushed from embarrassment. "We're supposed to be setting a good example."
"Sorry.""Sorry Ya-chan~"
"I'm real sorry about them, Miss Almeida," Yachiyo said with an apologetic bow.
While that conversation was going on with Almeida, some more 1B students entered. Elvario is taking care of some, so I'll overlook them. The relatively older black-haired boy took his seat across from somewhat aloof-looking blue-haired boy (labeled Eyvindr) and a green-haired girl (labeled Haruna) partially hiding behind a book.
Eyvindr Goranov
Haruna Sasaki
"Eyvindr. Well met." The boy then leaned over to the girl next to him, who seemed to be intent on avoiding eye contact with Mislyte, and gave her a gentle nudge.
"Ah, H-Haruna! N-n-nice to meet you!" After saying that in a mild panic, the girl did her best to burrow into the pages of her book, only breaking out to send a somewhat pouty glare with puffed up cheeks towards Eyvindr.
At some point during the conversations, Elisa would enter the area. If she was attempting to attract guys though, she'd be out of luck (at least with the ones I control). Artemisios was wholly devoting his attention to his fated rival, and Eyvindr, who had mostly remained silent thus far, even went so far as to roll his eyes at her appearance.
"Hello, Miss Elisa!" Yachiyo responded while offering her right hand for a handshake, having either not noticed or ignored the difference in Elisa's demeanor. "I'm Yachiyo, the class representative for 1A. Nice to meet you!"
Chihiro, on the other hand, noticed a kindred spirit in Elisa's behavior. She even cracked a wry smile as she acknowledged her counterpart with her own simple introduction: "Chihiro."
Min-Jun also chimed in with "Heya Elisa. Min-Jun here," before turning to Yachiyo and remarking "I'm going to go check on Ingrid." She hopped out of her seat and headed off toward the kitchen counter, presumably to meet with "Ingrid".
Having heard Elisa introduce herself, a blonde girl from the far end of the table stood up and walked over to Elisa and Almeida.
Aina Henningsen
"Oh, so you two are Elisa and Almeida?" Assuming they confirmed, she would continue: "I'm Aina Henningsen. Me and the blue-haired boy over there," she gestured towards Eyvindr, who nodded in reply. "We'll be your opponents in the first round of the tournament."
Amidst all the conversations that were starting up here and there (or decidedly not starting, in some cases), all attention was abruptly drawn towards Elisa. Well, towards the random unknown boy next to her who had suddenly shown up, not provided any sort of introduction or taken a nametag, and proceeded to call Elisa a "bitch". Silence fell across the 1A students (at least the ones I control) as they processed what had just happened.
Then, the normally quiet Eyvindr leapt out of his seat, jumped up and over the table to rush towards Rainer, and only stopped when he had a kunai resting against Rainer's throat. "Apologize. Immediately."
Although Londo's introduction turned some heads, it seemed like there was an unanimous decision to leave him to Artemisios to deal with. Mislyte got a few smiles and nods, as did Elisa and Hibiscus. Rainer, meanwhile, raised more than a few eyebrows.
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Upon spotting Ryan, however, two girls sprung into action.
Prim Bellamy
"Hey, he looks fun." Prim poked her twin sister and pointed at Ryan as she said it.
Rose Bellamy
"I guess?"
"Let's go!" Before Rose had much of a say in it, Prim stood up to join Ryan at whatever part of the table he had ended up at. She was soon followed by Rose.
Prim ended up boldly taking place next to Ryan, meaning Prim ended up next to Tidrog. "So, Ryan~" Prim started with a bit of a mischievous smile. "I'm Prim, that's my twin sister Rose!"
"Hey." Rose gave a bit of a nod towards both Ryan and his spirit, the latter being a bit imposing to sit next to.
"And ehhh..." Prim had to look closer at the name-card. "Tidrog~ Nice to meet you both."
"Yes, nice to meet you two." Rose echoed her sister.
"Did you know your class is like, super famous, after killing an angel on your very first mission? That's super crazy, you know!"
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Prim Bellamy & Rose Bellamy Interacted with: Ryan & Tidrog @Valkan
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Nila Dorcha
At another part of the table, Nila was confronted by her worst nightmare. Her attempts at trying to look unapproachable had failed, so she glared at Hibiscus. However, she didn't reply to her, instead, she turned to Bohzo, whom was only a single empty seat away from her at the head of the table. With puffed cheeks, she made her accusation public. "You lied."
Bohzo Nana
Without seeming to stop petting his rabbit for as much as a single moment, he nodded along to being accused of lying. "Yes, yes. I lied." It sounded like he was trying to put up some sort of gangster accent.
"You told me nobody would just go out and approach me, and that just sitting her and watching others would be enough."
"Yes, that is what I said."
"So, why is she approaching me?"
"That riddles me as much as it riddles you. You could ask her, she's right in front of you."
"I don't want to."
"Ah, I see. Well then..." Bohzo turned towards Hibiscus. "Young lady, would you mind telling us why you decided to approach my accomplice, Nila? As you can see, she's a rather anti-social creature, going as far as to actively try to sent out an aura of 'get away from me' vibes. Your decision to pierce through it is most notable indeed."
"Hey!" Nila gave an angry glare at Bohzo, but both remained silent, finally giving Hibiscus a chance to react (or to run off, both were fair options).
Nila's spirit, Acacia, through-out the entire conversation, had been too focused on sipping form her fairy-sized cup of either wine or grape-juice to bother joining in on the conversation.
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Nila Dorcha& Bohzo Nana Interacted with: Hibiscus @LondotheGreat
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Ken Armstrong
While his classmates were introducing themselves to the 1B guys, Ken finished up his food. After standing up and looking around, he realized there was no Suilen here. That was a shame. He wanted to set a date and time for their tournament, but if she wasn't here, he'd just try and find her first thing tomorrow. For now, he had ran out of patience.
From what he recalled, tournaments were allowed to happen immediately after 00:00, so that'd be the best time to go meet up with her. No time to waste, after all. Surely that plan was solid. "Alright, I'm done! You guys have fun and whatnot, I'm gonna go train so I'm at my best tomorrow!" It seemed like he had missed the memo about how this 'dinner' was more about 'meeting' others than about shoving food into your face and leaving short after, but nobody seemed eager to remind him. He soon left the area.
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Oddly enough, Ken's spirit (Miyu) seemed to prefer staying at the dinner scene on her own. Susanna, finally, just watched her two sisters as they started tormenting a guy. She figured she'd better be ready to step in if they were to push it too far.
Almeida didn't expect kids to have strong handshakes, but she had at least expected the one trying to put up this entire event to be a little more self-confident. "No worries~ None of us even considered reaching out, so you're all good! Oh, and no need to be so nervous, most of us don't bite, and for the few that do, give me a holler and I'll whack them for you." She joked to see if she could clear some of the tension away. Then again, she hoped that it would remain a joke, knowing some of her classmates...
One of the other three girls also offered a handshake, which Almeida accepted. She seemed a fair bit more casual. "Sounds good~" The third one was simply "Chihiro." but that was good enough. That said, Almeida had to hold back her laughter at seeing how serious Yachiyo was taking this to be. At times, she forgot how kids could worry about stuff like this as if it was going to doom the entire world. "Don't be, it sounds like you've got a unique enough friendship going on, that's as good an example to follow as any~"
On the topic of friendship, what in the world happened to Elisa? Almeida could barely recognize her. It wasn't just in appearance alone, it was also in behavior. Almeida didn't like it. It felt unnatural. For now, she'd play along, but she figured she'd see about pulling Elisa apart at the first opportunity. "Sure..." She was about to do as Elisa requested, and introduce both parties, but the three girls beat her to it by introducing themselves. 'I guess that works as good as anything...'
Not longer after that, they were approached by another girl. "Yes, that's us." It seemed like they had already met their opponents. "Great, I'll be looking forwards to it. Do you guys have any preference for the time?" She figured now would be as good a time as any to get that out of the way.
Sadly enough, their plans were faltered by the appearance of some creepy kid. She didn't know him, but it didn't seem like he was from 1A, so maybe he was a new student to their own class? His word and tone didn't immediately add up, but he still managed to start trouble at the first sentence. She figured she'd give him the benefit of the doubt and that she'd better try and diffuse the situation. "I'm assuming you're a new classmate of mine? It doesn't seem like you're aware of what you're saying, but 'bitch' is a pretty bad word, so calling people a bitch is not a nice thing to do. It'll make them upset. That's why the other student wants you to apologize."
With some luck, the kid had enough brains to just say sorry. If not, it'd just be another reminder of why she hated dealing with kids. Luckily enough, this seemed like a good time whisper something to Elisa for a bit. "Can we talk for a bit, once we've got this stuff sorted?"
Strength - E Vitality - E Willpower - E Resistance - E Speed - C Agility - C Perception - E Recovery - E
Ryan was calm as he looked around. That was until Elisa, which he could barely tell who she was, arrived. He tried to avoid gazing at her, Almeida's words from earlier echoing on his head. His face blushed slightly, and he feared Elisa noticing him. Ryan didn't feel ready for that, at the moment. Thankfully, Rainer arrived to make the save... sort of. He seemed to have good intentions, but calling Elisa a bitch was certainly was far from a good action. Ryan was about to intervene, but Almeida stepped in, saying pretty much what he had in mind. Just for Rainer to keep this more in his head, Ryan chimed in with his status as friend "She's right, Rainer..." with a serious expression.
He would've elaborated, but two reasons not to do so stepped in. A couple of red haired girls sat to each side of him and Tidrog, greeting them shortly afterwards "Nice to... to meet you both" replied Ryan, while Tidrog said "Great to know you. Prim, Rose" noticing the slight uncomfort of one of the sisters Tidrog addressed her with a warm smile "You seem kind of uncomfortable. Would you like to take my seat, Rose? I don't mind being a core for a while." Tidrog turned into a core, placed in front of Ryan if she were to accept his offer. If not, Tidrog would just say "Very well..." and silently see how this unfolded, unless spoken to, of course. All while Ryan addressed Prim's comment "Yes... So I've heard..." as he nodded. "What about your class? I'm sure you've must have done something cool, too" He asked the couple, while looking back and forth to his sides
The attempt at a handshake failed, and Hibiscus's hand shook with embarrassment as the girl didn't even address her. So embarrassed was she, that she did not even heard the commotion caused by some stupid kid trying to get attention by calling names.
Hibiscus started to shake when the guy started talking to her directly, opening her mouth to speak, but nothing coming out. Instead, her face grew a deeper and deeper red, She doesn't want to be talked to!? Hibiscus panicked.
Then Hibiscus started to get up from her seat, which prompted Lyka to fly up to the top of her head and bonk it... Hard. This caused Hibiscus to sit back down with a wince of pain, and Lyka to start giggling behind Hibiscus's neck, "L-Lyka... That really hurt..." Hibiscus whispered to her spirit, "Could you p-please stop?" But Lyka only laughed in reply, "Training Hibby! You gotta get out of your shell!" Lyka said, practically shouting into her partner's ear, causing Hibiscus to wince some more. Lyka then whispered, "Don't you want to impress them?" To which Hibiscus jumped in her seat, and quickly looked around the room.
Hibiscus sighed, trying to calm her nerves, then she realized she still hadn't replied to the people in front of her, causing her to panic some more, before Lyka tapped her neck, causing Hibiscus to calm down again.
Hibiscus stared at the man and stuck out her hand again, "M-My name is Hibiscus Oswald. I came here because... Because I wanted to get to know the both of you." She said, her hand starting to shake again from nervousness.
After Londo made his announcement, a boy came up to him and started saying how their battle was going to be legendary. Londo's face was blank for a moment, then he smirked, "Our battle? You must be Artemisios! Saying out battle will be legendary? Ha! I already beat it to you! I already proclaimed our battle was going to be glorious to the whole town yesterday! And that it shall be!" Londo said, sticking out his hand to his future opponent, sparks figuratively flying from his eyes as he daydreamed about the glorious battle. However-
"But uhh, you got a detail wrong. I have to do 2 on 2 battles as well, and I was planning to do that tomorrow, so can we postpone our battle until the day after?-"
"The day after that actually. So the first of August." Alice said from behind him, crossing her arms and looking rather bored.
"Right! First of August!" Londo said, not even knowing why Alice wanted to postpone even further, but went with it anyways, "So our Glorious battle will be August first! A battle so glorious that-!" Then Londo paused, realizing something, "Hmmm... Slight problem. I might not actually be able to fight you full power on our match." He said, but mostly to himself. He realized that if his and Ryan's match went poorly, he'd be out of a blessing.
But Londo decided to ignore that for the most part, "Anyways, it will be glorious regardless. I can't wait to fight you!" Londo said, sparks once again flying from his eyes as he gave a wicked smirk and shook Artemisios's hand.
Usually, Suilen worked out in the mornings, so her afternoon could be free to explore and adventure down suspicious alleyways and dank sewers, all without having to be concerned with getting to class on time. Unfortunately, that particular day saw her oversleeping and as such, it was after school, when her stomach just wanted to consume dinner, that she found herself at the gym. Covering a yawn as she stepped in with her usual outfit of shorts and a t-shirt, Suilen strode alongside Drafi as she ducked around the multitude of other gym-goers. Another advantage of being here early morning rather than late afternoon: less people, and less sweaty people. She sighed, at the empty box of skipping rope, the totally booked treadmills, and the forever-occupied biing machines, before resigning herself to Hindu squats. She had the endurance already and her limp was almost gone, but the beast-summoner still lacked in explosive strength. Something to work on, for sure. Couldn't climb mountains without it.
Positioning herself before the mirror, Suilen sucked in a breath, checked her form...and met the eyes of someone else, familiar and yet weirdly at odds with the environment.
"Hibiscus, you work out." Not a question, but a statement, directed at the one person in her class that she'd least expect to find here.
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Hibiscus, who had wanted to figure out her powers better, or possibly get herself new power. So, immediately following class, Hibiscus decided to go to the gym, and start applying herself by immediately transforming near a training dummy, and cutting into her arm. Of course, noone else was there, but Hibiscus wasn't wanting to try healing someone. She wanted to see if her power could attack instead. However, even after stabbing her arm, the book Hibiscus carried did not pool the blood into magical energy, and it instead stayed regular blood. Hibiscus scoffed, stabbing herself again and again to try and figure out a new power, but nothing worked, and instead the blood pooled onto the ground.
After meditating a bit to restore her blood levels, Hibiscus heard a familiar voice, and turned around to see Suilen standing before her. Hibiscus shook her head, "Not usually. I'm just here to see if I can apply my power any differently than normal. So far, nothing to note besides the usual blood loss of stabbing myself.' Hibiscus said, turning around back towards the dummy, and stabbing her arm again, but the blood refused to turn into magical energy, and just stayed nomal blood pooling onto her book. Hibiscus sighed, wiped her knife on her sleeve, and asked Suilen, "What about you? I don't usually see you here either."
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"Early mornings. Easier, less people." Suilen kept her eyes on her own posture afterwards, pumping up and down on the balls of her feet. Drafi, hungry as ever for easy prey, had his dark eyes locked onto the blood-healer's wound, but did not act. "Doesn't hurt?"
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Suilen, as usual, was a woman of few words, and kept it that way even to her team. Hibiscus shrugged in response to her question, "Of course it fucking hurts, but it's my power so I have to deal with it. Probably be easier if I could use less blood in my power, make it more efficient and not hurt so god damn much." Hibiscus once again stabbed her arm, and pointed the book at the dummy, straining her face, but nothing happened, "Dammit!" Hibiscus said, almost throwing down her book out of frustration, "I'd like it if I could at least see SOME result of my training, but as far as I know I haven't changed at all. I haven't gotten any new powers. I haven't gotten any stronger, and my body is still as weak as ever." Hibiscus sighed, then turned back to suilen, meditating another time to restore her blood levels, "You wanna train together then? Maybe something might happen if I try healing you repeatedly, who knows..." Hibiscus said, although she had been doing that in other training sessions with no result.
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"Grasping at straws," Suilen mused between clenched teeth, her left leg quivering as she raised herself upwards on the tips of her toes. "Can you heal with bagged blood? Knife is clumsy."
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Hibiscus shook her head, "No. It definitely has to be my blood. The way Lyka and I formed our contract was specifically because of my blood. Using anyone else's has no effect." Hibiscus tried to think of anything else, but maybe Suilen was right, maybe she really was grasping at straws.
"You know what. You're right, I might be grasping at straws, but I still want to try it. I've only had one partner to practice with all this time, so maybe changing who it is will make it different."
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"Meant taking your own blood out." Suilen said. That was twenty reps. She stopped, a hand pressed against her breast to feel her heart pound underneath. With her other hand, she mimed a syringe. "Take it out ahead of time. Spare yourself the pain. Or is Lyka a sadist?"
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Hibiscus had thought about that before, and besides from the blood being heavy to carry around and because that would just make her power bs so I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be allowed Hibiscus just shrugged, "Won't work, has to be fresh. Lyka doesn't know why, it just is." Hibiscus then sat on the ground, taking a breather and letting her prana regenerate a bit, "Still, that'd be pretty convinient. Maybe if I can find a way to fool my own power, it'd be a really great help."
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"Sadist then," Suilen nodded, as if understanding everything.
She went through another set, this time bumping up the rep count to 30. Sweep the ground, then bounce up to your toes. After a minute or two of silence, the girl wiped her brow, and turned to face Hibiscus directly.
"I'll help you. Gonna stab me?"
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Hibiscus didn't want to phrase it like that, but she nodded in response, "Yea, if you can transform that'll be a big help. Also, I want you to attack the training dummy. Maybe I can do something to enhance your magic in a way."
If Suilen transformed, Hibiscus would apply her Mark of Hibiscus to her, stab her twice to deplete her aura a bit, then back away while she did whatever she wanted to.
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"Transform."
A hazy light, a shifting of tides, and Suilen changed, her hair flaring out behind her as her gym strip became something much more complex. Facing the training dummy, she balled up a fist and punched the dumb training thing with everything she had!
Her wrist bent at a weird angle, and she twisted her face in weird agony. It didn't hurt, but wow, she needed to train her wrists.
Drafi, unhelpful as ever, just chortled, before sneaking around Hibiscus and sneakily lapping up some of the dropped blood.
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Hibiscus, while Suilen was doing this, was instead focusing, trying to see within her mind if she had anything she could do besides heal. Lyka was being chararistically unhelpful, as she sat in her core form doing nothing. Not even offering suggestions. Hibiscus tsked, then told Suilen, "Keep attacking until I say stop, I want to try something.'
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"Like a buff?" Punching was definitely a weird thing. She wished she had her spear here...oh wait, that's perfect! "Or helping with my stamina?"
As Drafi happily sampled the blood of a virgin, Suilen snuck up on him and grabbed him by the talons. The two foot tall bird squawked unseemingly, of course, but that certainly didn't stop him from being swung into the training dummy. Once, twice, thrice, frice? As a Spirit, Drafi was tough enough to take it, and as a no good predator, his indignant hoots also bemused Suilen.
Probably was raising eyebrows all around the rest of the gym, but Suilen didn't care. Not like she was part of that group anyhow.
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Hibiscus focused, even stabbing her arm, oblivious of the fact that the bird was drinking her own blood, as she was concentrating too hard on her own power.
But nothing happened. Hibiscus sighed, maybe this really was pointless. Hibiscus decided she would just walk up to Suilen swinging her bird around. Just as Hibiscus rasied a hand to stop Suilen, and took a step towards her, Hibiscus felt a sudden shift in the world around her, as her thought "I want to go to Suilen" crossed her mind.
And instead of walking up to suilen, Hibiscus suddenly appeared in front of her, and was whacked by the bird Suilen was wielding, "F-Fuck!" She yelled in surprise as the force knocked her onto the floor, "W-What the fuck just happened?!" She exclaimed in surprise.
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Suilen had been having too much fun, sadly, and only realized Hibiscus was in front of her once she slapped her with the owl, sending the bleeding her sprawling. Looked like a domestic violence case, didn't it?
"Ah. You got too close." The girl dropped Drafi, the rotund owl's eyes still swimming from the undeserved animal abuse. "Don't step in front of me."
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Hibiscus got up from the ground as the seemingly uncaring Suilen dropped her spirit, "The hell you mean 'Don't step in front of you'? I didn't step shit. I..." Realization crossed Hibiscus's face, "I teleported?.... Lyka, why didn't you tell me about this?" Hibiscus said, angrily glaring at the spirit core.
"B-B-But Hibby... I didn't know about it... It must have come from you, like your mark, please don't yell at meeeeeee." Lyka said, cowering in fear inside of her own spirit core.
Hibiscus looked at Suilen again, and tried teleporting once again.
It worked, and now Hibiscus was on the opposite side of Suilen, but her legs wobbled, and she panted slightly, "It, it takes a bit from me..." Hibiscus said, then went back up to Suilen, "Let me try one more thing." She said, before erasing the Mark of Hibiscus from Suilen. Hibiscus then took some steps back, and tried teleporting again, but to no avail.
"Hmm." Hibiscus said, lost in thought, "Looks like it only works with the mark. Anyways, thanks for helping me out Suilen. I might not have found this out otherwise."
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"Hm."
Now that Hibiscus was actively showing off, Suilen was interested too. Teleportation, what a novel power.
"Try it with weights. See how much you can carry." A pause, and then she pushed the still-dizzy Drafi into Hibiscus's arm. "Try with a living being. Find out now, so no surprise later."
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Hibiscus nodded, and after a short rest, tried to teleport to Suilen after reapplying her mark. With the weights, they did not teleport with her, but instead dropped on the floor. And with Suilen's spirit, he too dropped to the floor, "No good. Looks like I can only teleport myself." Hibiscus said, looking at Suilen's almost unconsious spirit.
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"Bit awkward," Suilen replied, squatting down to poke at Drafi. Her own transformation was gone at this point; it looked like Hibiscus got what she wanted out of training. "Gonna be bad if you dropped your phone and stuff when you do that."
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Hibiscus looked at her AMB module, "I don't think that's going to be a problem. My AMB comes with me as well as my dagger and book." Hibiscus sighed, as she felt extremely drained at the moment. It seemed like all this teleporting exhausted her resources, so she would need to use it sparingly.
Hibiscus then untransformed, wiping her forehead, "T-Thank you for your help Suilen! I'm feeling a bit tired now, s-so I'm going to rest for a bit." Hibiscus said, looking tired.
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Suilen waved, wondering how many gains Hibiscus even made from doing it.
"Go eat some liver."
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Hibiscus smiled, laughed and waved at Suilen, "Ha... T-Thanks. I'll go do that!" Hibiscus said, stumbling her way out of the gym. Today's training had been hard, even harder than she normally did, and she still needed to test some things with the teleport.
Maybe Essence was right, all she had to do was wait, and go at a slow and steady pace.
Elisa's observation gave room that her encounter with Celestia did not reflect the social status of the average in the academy (or at least that of first year) Elisa should've known better how she blended in to her own first class in the first place by simply being who she was, not by being who she was raised to be. The sudden introduction that broke etiquette made Elisa give a albeit bothered smile however she quickly reflected: 'Thank you for inviting us, Miss Yachiyo.' Elisa's smile changed as she noticed Chihiro and she changed her demeanor for a split-second: 'Hi!' Only to have her attention caught by Min-Jun: 'A pleasure to meet you Min-Jun.' Regardless Elisa's friendliest introduction was towards Chihiro despite of being the shortest one.
~ A wild challenger has appeared!
A girl with blonde-hair made her presence to be known. Elisa's eyes locked her eyes on the blond-girl who introduced herself as Aina, she proclaimed that she and the blue-haired boy (Eyvindr) were going to be the first round opponents for Elisa and Almeida in the tournament. Elisa quickly checked Eyvindr with her eyes and she gave a nod before resuming to stare at Aina. Elisa's smile turned into a mischievous one and she was about to say something when Almeida spoke up. It gave Elisa some time to think about the situation. Almeida asked for when they'd fight. However they were interrupted by the child that ended up calling Elisa a bitch. Elisa looked at the boy who did it with round eyes.
This triggered a rather hateful reaction from everyone around her. Elisa for herself was more confused than offended. However the blue-haired ninja took it to the most extreme out of them all. The resolve in Eyvindr's actions gave Elisa the courage to act. Elisa turned to a grateful smile towards Eyvindr and she looked up at Aina one more time. Elisa had chosen to exploit the situation in the most unexpected way, followed by a few decisive steps forward to quickly close the distance between her and Aina.
'Hey! Sure. Let's fight tonight.' Elisa would then move her index finger in the air as she spoke and after she finished her sentence, if not evaded Elisa would boop Aina's nose with her finger and say 'Boop!'; this was followed by Elisa turning around. Elisa kept eye-contact down until she had turned around. Elisa waltzed towards Almeida, and she leaned her ear closer as Almeida whispered something to her.
Elisa replied in a quiet voice: 'Okay. Should it be after the dinner or now?'
Collab with @LondotheGreat , the events of which happened the previous IC day. Spoilered for length
Setting: The Academy, July 28th, NWC 199, Night
Ah, another glorious day of absolutely nothing but doing glorious things! This was the thing Londo lived for! He had spent most of his day with Ryan, or by himself, chanting about his glory and the glory of Cadwgan. But now it was time for bed, and a sleepy Londo was not a happy Londo. However, there was still work to do before bed! First, Londo cleaned his gauntlets and shined them with polish to give them that glorious look, as well as the Medallion that Cadwgan gave to him! Second, Londo showered off the grime and dirt from the day to go to bed feeling his best. Third, Londo brushed his teeth like a good boy! Fourth, Londo used the toilet so he wouldn't wake up from having to go pee. Fifth, Londo exited the bathroom and changed into his pajamas.
While changing, a voice said to Londo, "You should probably put that sorry thing away, or at least change in the bathroom like a normal fucking person." said Alice, who was angrily sitting on the bed watching him.
"Ah it's fine, I'm sure you saw me naked in previous lives-"
"More than I'd like to…"
"It's fine!" Londo said, walking over to the bed, from which Alice disappeared from, turning back into her spirit core. Londo then hopped onto the bed, pulling the covers over him and closing his eyes. However, one thing still bothered him…
"Yo, Alice. How come you never actually talk during the day unless I ask you something?"
Silence, then, "What kind of question is that. I'm an observer, that's why."
Londo shrugged, the covers moving back and forth with his movements, "Well maybe before, but aren't you a spirit now? You even help me cast spells!"
"That's…" Alice started, but then trailed off. She couldn't really think of a good comeback. Even if she was an observer before, she had been actively helping Londo in this world now… Maybe it was time for a job change. If she really was helping him now, then it was that time-
"Alright then. On one condition.
"Ohhh? What's that? Want me to-"
"After your time in this world is over, we go see Heimdallr, and sever our connection to each other."
Londo was silent for a moment, not answering for a full minute, but then spoke up, "Alright then. I won't ask why, I'm sure you got a reason, but you really gotta be more than an observer now alright? I won't take no for an answer!" Londo said closing his eyes, and finally falling asleep.
Alice chuckled, then decided to fall asleep herself, "Alright then… While it lasts anyways..."
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Just as Londo was drifting off to sleep, he felt a hair tickling his cheek. As his groggy mind debated whether his hair was actually long enough to reach his cheek, his eyes opened a bit. Two red eyes gazed back at him, embedded in a pale face wreathed with hair as red as Londo's own. Yes, there was unmistakably a girl in bed next to him, with her face not even three inches away from his.
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Londo swatted at his cheek to get whatever it was off, but then realized it was hair, and then turned his head to look at whatever was connected to that hair. A girl. A girl Londo didn't know, to be exact.
"Oh hi, Mark." Londo said, to which Alice groggily said, "Londo, go the fuck to sleep…" After having woken up at Londo's loud voice.
"There's a girl in my bed."
"Yea. I'm in my spirit core. Go. The. Fuck. To. Sleep."
"No, like…. An actual girl… Maybe you should look!" Londo said, still staring at the girl who was staring right back at him.
Alice sighed, then changed into her normal form, blinking once to clear the dark from her eyes, then seeing the girl in bed with Londo. Alice blinked again, then grabbed earplugs from Londo's nightstand, walking over to the other bed in the room and falling down onto it after using the earplugs, "You deal with her then. My role as observer ends tomorrow after I actually slept."
Londo nodded, despite the fact that he was still staring at the slowly-blinking girl-staring-at-him, "Sooooo. Who are you?"
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"I am me. And you are you. Or are you?" The girl spoke softly, her voice as smooth as silk. "Are you the traveler?"
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"Traveler? Gurl, you be speaking in riddles and I have no idea what you're talking about. Well… Actually…" Londo thought about it for a moment, raising his right hand to his chin, brushing her clothes under the covers accidentally as he did so, "Hmmm. Did Cadwgan send you? He said to watch out for people looking to take my glory, or something, I forgot. Anyways, rude to answer a question with a vague answer. What's your name? Did Cadwgan send you? If you are referring to how I travel across worlds, then Alice says i have, and I believe her, so yes I am a traveler!" Londo said, putting his hand back at his side, accidentally brushing against the girl again, who for some reason was 3 inches away from him, "And why are you so close, is the edge of the bed really that uncomfortable? Want me to scoot over?"
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"No, Nii-chan said I needed to get a close look. I am close, and I am looking, but I don't see it. Hmm…" The girl paused for a moment, as if in thought, though she didn't show any signs of moving even a centimeter. "What do you dream of?"
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Nii-chan? Londo pondered, this girl must have been japanese. Londo squinted at the girl, who still didn't tell who she was, "Hmmmm, indeed! Dreams are a fickle thing aren't they? I forget what I dream of. I do remember this one dream where I doing chores at home with my mom. Actually, I think that's what most of my dreams are. Well. I DO have some dreams where I see people's faces I've never seen before, in places I've never seen before. Alice told me those are supposed to be my previous lives, but I dunno. I think I'd remember being a fox person and a robot. Those are pretty cool, but pretty unbelievable, you think?" Londo said, looking up at the ceiling, then back to the girl, "Sooo uh, gonna tell me your name?"
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"Name? A pointless question. My name is everything and nothing. But then again, so am I." Another pause. "Are you prepared for what is to come?"
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Londo squinted at the girl, sickened, but curious, "Yeeeeeaaaaaaeeeessss?" He answered, stretching out the word in confusion, "You know, maybe I should stop answering the questions if you won't even tell me your name! That's it, I won't answer the questions until you answer with your name! Mine is Londo Sperry, the GREAT!, so you don't have to ask that!"
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The girl blinked again. Or perhaps she actually closed her eyes this time. It was hard to tell, but they certainly seemed to be staying shut longer than usual. When they reopened, she spoke once more. "Nii-chan says you can call me Yune. He also says that I should wish you good luck. It is time."
As she spoke this last sentence, the walls, floor, and ceiling of the room suddenly shattered outwards, sending wood careening out into the night sky. The sky? Yes, Londo was still on his bed, but his bed appeared to be falling from an immense height. A fragment of a past life whispered in his ear that the last time he had seen such a view, he had been in an airplane. Of course, that knowledge mattered little when bed and owner were falling through the open sky to certain death below. And no matter how hard he looked, the strange girl with the red hair was nowhere to be seen.
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Now this was quite the predicament… Londo thought about it as he got up from the bed and rubbed his eyes, looking around, then down. The world was approaching him at a speed equal to roughly terminal velocity miles per hour. Or slightly below terminal velocity kilometers per hour if you aren't american. Londo felt the wind brush past his face as he tried looking for Yune. Londo usually wasn't the one to panic, but he felt a certain surge of it looking at the ground. Then he realized this couldn't really be real, right? That girl had talked about dreams, the newspaper from before mentioned crazy dreams, this just had to be another one right? Wait a second… That newspaper mentioned a girl that looked exactly like what they had mentioned!
Londo cursed his indecisiveness. He could have wished for a rocket-powered arm or something! He could have said something super amazing to make real, since apparently she could do that. That settled it, this HAD to be a dream, or something to give Londo super powers as well.
Only one thing to do right? Embrace it!
Londo stood up on the bed, then ran towards the foot of it, jumping off and spreading his arms and legs in an attempt to control this situation. If it really was just a dream, he'd be fine. If it wasn't, well then he was screwed either way. At least if they found his core he'd be fine right?
That reminded Londo, maybe he'd survive this better if he…
"へん かん する (Henkan Suru)!" Londo yelled, attempting to transform.
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As Londo leapt into the sky, stretched his limbs forth, and yelled out, the wind sucked the words out of his mouth, but a flash of light still lit up the deep, dark night sky. However, the limbs he had stretched forth continued stretching. They grew larger, more robust, and as they did, so did the rest of his body, as if he had aged several years in an instant. When the light faded, there was a new person in his place. Or rather, an old person.
"This is like your dream, is it not?" The voice sounded from just beside his right ear. "The body, that is. I did our best to sculpt it from your memories, but we may have messed up your face."
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Strangely, the stretching had not been painful, what WAS painful was a resurging memory. Sunlight streaming through this same arm, looking out onto a beautiful dormitory grounds area, as his arm disappeared into nothingness. He did remember something, but it wasn't enough to nail down anything specific. If he had seen his face he might have been able to nail it. A voice in his head said something-. Wait, that wasn't his head, that was beside him. Londo looked at the girl next to him, Yune, who looked strangely smaller than him now, and Londo gave her a confused look, "So, this is from another life?" Londo said, looking down at the clothes that were rippling in the wind. Londo looked at Yune again, "That's pretty cool!" Londo said, only realizing now that his voice was slightly deeper than before, an adult's voice, "What else can you do?" He asked.
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"You mortals are so strange. Its not about what I can do. Its about what you can do." The strange girl disappeared once again, but there was more than enough company to go around. Despite the wind roaring past him, the screeches of strange monsters could be heard clearly.
"Hmm, but Nii-chan says its rude to leave you all alone." Londo suddenly felt a familiar weight on his hands, the weight of steel gauntlets. In the right gauntlet, Alice's core glinted in the faint moonlight. "Nii-chan says that's good for now." Yune silently disappeared once more, leaving Londo falling through the sky while surrounded by 5 winged creatures. The roaring wind and the screeching monsters almost produced enough din to mask the sound of something else approaching rapidly too. Almost.
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Londo looked at the steel gauntlets, clenching his fist as he fist-pumped, smirking at the screeching monsters approaching him, "Oh? You approach me? Instead of flying away, you screech and fly closer? Oho, then fly as close as you like!" Londo said, moving towards one of them, raising his fist, then striking it with a powerful punch. Not the Fist of Fury that he was accustomed to in this world no, but a more powerful technique, the Fist of Fury that he had used in a previous life. When combined with the race that Londo was, this attack was devastating.
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As Londo tried to close the distance between himself and one of the creatures, their shrieking shifted to an evil laughter of sorts. Who was this silly flightless human, who thought he could fight in midair? All it took was a single flap to slow its descent enough for Londo to shoot by harmlessly below.
Malevolent energy began to gather around each one's eyeball, purple light flickering menacingly. In synch, five rays of destruction were fired toward the falling Londo.
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"Oh ho? A feisty one. Able to dodge my admittedly slow attack because you have wings?" Londo said, as they all fired their beams of doom at Londo. Although he had guarded, some of them missed his gauntlets, and instead hit him, and it hurt. Hurt enough to vent steam through the vents on his face, and cause wind to swirl around him, a byproduct of his skills.
"GAH. Ah, I see, you guys don't mess around huh? Another of those and I'm toast. About what I can do right? Alright then, let's see if I can cheat too!" Londo said, punching both his hands together, "へん かん する (Henkan Suru)!"
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Londo slammed his fists together, calling forth another transformation… but unfortunately, no change was seen. The monsters cackled incessantly, laughing at this fool of a mortal. The dark energy began to gather once more…
A frantic screech rang out from one creature though, causing all to break off their attacks and pivot to face the direction the screecher was looking. One of them turned around just in time to be face-to-face with the new appearance, an utterly massive metal shape that barreled into the creature without stopping.
It was an entity well-known to all of Uruk. The impossible speed, the huge body… It could only be Ventus himself.
Londo suddenly found his fall slowing rapidly to a halt, as if he had fell through a cloud of feathers and came to rest on solid ground. All around him, he could see a platform constructed of hardened green wind stretching through the sky. And on said platform stood another figure, this one not familiar to Uruk, perhaps, but might quite possibly bring back a memory for Londo…
"Well met, Londo Sperry. I must say, I am surprised to see that it was you that Yune chose. But rest assured, the battle shall be even now."
Londo felt a warmth on his back. Craning his head over his shoulders, he would see elegant fairy wings, the likes of which had been part of a certain swordsman from Londo's past.
"Ventus shall deal with Yune. I'd offer to help you escape, but you seem like the type that would rather fight."
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Ah yes, thought Londo, the Dues ex machina had come to help. Unfortunately he had not been able to grow his own wings, and would have liked to have fought the creatures himself anyways.
But he WAS nice enough to give Londo a familiar set of wings, one that he had seen right before departing his previous life. Londo smiled, thankful for the memory, then saluted the shadow of a friend, before rushing at the bat-like creatures, "Alright, now it's four on one, gimme the good fight!" Londo said, flapping his friend's wings to shoot off towards the one he had originally tried to attack, raising a fist overhead then swinging, throwing the punch short so he could feint, flip in air, and instead attack with the foot that was now over the creature's body, his foot itself gathering energy and electricity, to hit the creature with the destructive force known as Dragon Kick.
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Still caught off-guard by the arrival of not one, but two Gods on the scene, Alpha was completely unprepared for Londo's newfound flight capabilities. As Londo pivoted in midair, his foot became coated in crackling lightning. The foot slammed into the winged creature, knocking it straight down into the magical floor of air, where it bounced back up from the impact. Without missing a beat, a lightning bolt arced down out of the mostly clear sky, striking the creature that had just been kicked. Its feathers smoldering, it struggled to return to the air once more.
The remaining three split up their efforts to strike at Londo, realizing that the other foes were too far beyond them. Beta gathered the glow of dark energy around its eye again. Gamma let loose another screech, this one imbued with magical energy to sap Londo's Strength. Delta swooped in close, trying to claw its way through Londo's body with its vicious talons.
"YUNE!" the steel creation bellowed in the distance. "What on earth are you doing? Part of the divine contract was that you would not interfere within Uruk!"
"Hmm? But I'm so bored, and Nii-chan said it was ok…"
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Londo briefly wondered if Yune was pretty much not supposed to be here, but the enemies in front of him would not allow him to take a breather, not that Londo wanted one. In fact, he was in quite the happy mood right now. He knew exactly how he was going to fix this situation!
He felt a bit weaker, but not too much to prevent him from attacking. As Delta closed, in, Londo held out a hand to stop him, but let him attack him with its claws. Then, as Beta fired its attack, Londo gathered lightning energy in his hands, while grabbing at Delta's horn to stop him from getting away. The attacks from Delta had been enough to put him below Overdrive threshhold, and that's exactly where Londo wanted to be. He took the attack from Beta headon, and let the attack activate his GL2, where lightning now surfaced around Londo, "You done screwed up now!" Londo told the Delta, who he had been holding until this moment, as he threw his fist forwards, smacking the creature in its eye with his overdrive boosting the power of the Fist of Fury he had attacked it with, towards Beta, who had shot him in the first place.
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Londo took the blows from the monsters, letting their attacks increase his power overall. And just before he struck Delta with his Fist of Fury, he felt a purifying power wash over him, restoring his Strength. As Delta was sent flying into Beta, the lightning bolt descended from nowhere once again, this time frying both due to their proximity.
Alpha and Gamma were both ready to strike again, both opting to strike at Londo with their beam attacks. Beta and Delta had been stunned into momentary submission thanks to the lightning bolt.
"Yune, boredom is not an excuse to violate a contract that has lasted since the birth of Uruk!"
"That was Mama's contract, not Nii-chan's or mine. I just want to play."
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"Hahahaha! Now THIS is more like it! I missed this! I really did!" Londo said, flying towards Gamma at a speed slightly faster than theirs, as he drew back his fist, as if going for a punch, while aiming his left hand forwards to aim, but instead used his left hand to grab Gamma's horn, flying past him slight as he spun around to increase momentum, then let go as he aimed Gamma towards Alpha.
Then, using his wings, he immediately chased after Gamma, using its body for cover from Alpha as he drew back his fist, it cackling with more divine electrical energy, as he punched the back of Gamma straight into Alpha, striking a jojo pose while he was at it.
Londo vaguely heard the conversation from Yune and Ventus, having more fun focusing on the fight. His only wish at this moment was that the enemies also talked so Londo could have more fun trash-talking them.
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Gamma tried to backpedal away from Londo's approach, buying time to fire its beam, though said beam did little more than graze Londo. And in the end, it didn't stop Londo from grabbing on and hurling Gamma towards Alpha. Alpha was able to avoid its comrade that had been turned into a projectile, but Gamma was still struck with Londo's fist, which called down yet another lightning strike to zap the creature.
Alpha, Beta, and Delta were growing quite cautious of this alarming foe. They circled around Londo, charging their beams as they remained in motion, trying to keep Londo from closing in unexpectedly.
Londo felt a surge of power within him, reminiscent of an Elf Mage with teleportation abilities. He'd be able to use a free use of Lysett's Warp Step
"That contract is intended to ensure the peace and prosperity of all Uruk. It is greater than even us Gods. To blatantly ignore it so..."
"Nii-chan said its ok, so its ok!"
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After his last attack, Londo stood still, his arms at his sides, and a single tear rolling down his face, "Wow. How corny and cliche. My friends are my power huh?" Londo said, raising his hand to his head, and raising two fingers to temple, allowing the monsters to fire at him.
And just as the beams were about to hit, Londo disappeared, as if by magic, reappearing behind Delta, "Omae wa, mou shindeiru." As he raised both fists and repeatedly pelted the creature with a string of blows, one after the other, "Muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda-" And finally for good measure let out a final kick into the creature, sending it flying back into the ground "MUDAAAAAA"
Londo then rolled his shoulder, popping his neck, "Alright, which of you two are next?" He asked, smirking gloriously.
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The beams clashed in a burst of power, but Londo was already gone. Delta never saw the punches coming before they slammed into it over and over again. Having reached the limit of its endurance, Delta disappeared into a puff of black smoke against the magic floor. "Not bad, Londo," Heimdallr called out from his position some ways away.
Finally fed up with the God's support, Gamma turned its attention towards Heimdallr. As it launched a beam towards the God, Heimdallr opened a portal with a wave of his hand, letting the beam pass through and emerge from the other end to strike Gamma with its own attack.
Alpha and Beta both decided to close in, Alpha to strike at Londo's front while Beta slashed away at his back.
"You both may be too young to understand the burden you must carry, but carry it you must!"
"BE QUIET ALREADY!" Yune screamed, and a torrent of power washed over the entire area. The chaotic energy twisted Londo's body out of shape, reconfiguring all of his attributes.
STRENGTH: D
VITALITY: E
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: S
SPEED: B
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: E
RECOVERY: S
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Londo had gotten a bit too cocky in his overwhelming power, and just as he was going to go destroy another monster, his body bent uncomfortably, and pain rippled through him as he heard Yune yell out. Why she had to go and ruin his fun now, he didn't know, but Londo glared at the pair and yelled out, "Yo, can y'all just let us fight I was having fun!" As Alpha and Beta closed in on him. Londo felt weaker than normal, but at least his overdrive and Greased Lightning were a huge help. So Londo raised both his gauntlets up in an attempt to guard against the onslaught. He could hold against them, thanks to his powerful gauntlets and massive strength, but he was able to hold. As the onslaught continued, Londo spun, kicking his legs out to either side to spin kick both the monsters, then flying away from either of them to get out of being surrounded.
Londo was still kinda mad that Ventus did something like that, just let her have fun yea? It's not like Londo can actually die from this right?
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Londo tried to protect himself, but still felt the pain of the talons digging into him. His kick and subsequent movement bought him a moment's respite, but his words also reached Yune's ears.
"I SAID, BE QUIET!"
All sound disappeared from the world abruptly as a deafening silence fell across the area. There was not even the sound of the wind, or of Londo breathing. In the midst of this silence, all three of the remaining creatures charged at Londo once more, intent on cutting him wide open.
The chaotic energy filling the area once more took hold of Londo's body, altering him once again. His body briefly felt like it had returned to its previous state. But then, his Aura almost completely vanished without warning. Well, he'd just have to be grateful that he felt like he had enough energy to sprint around the entire world without getting tired.
STRENGTH: B
VITALITY: B
WILLPOWER: E
RESISTANCE: B
SPEED: B
AGILITY: E
PERCEPTION: C
RECOVERY: C
Health: 30
Prana: 200
Stamina: 9001
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Londo tried to make a sound, but all that came out was silence. That was actually pretty effective in making him shut up, but now he couldn't trash talk his opponents, so that was a downer. Oh well, at least he had these three to keep him company. Although, Londo did have a thought pass by him, as he felt nearly at death's door, would his blessing still work here? Well, probably best to assume it didn't, and try to kick the monsters' asses as fast as he could.
So as they charged him, Londo 'stood' with a stance of his left arm and leg in front of him, and his right side behind, crouched slightly, and arms out to ready himself. Then, as the creatures went to attack, Londo flapped his wings once to get out of their attacking range, letting them whiff, then flapped again to propel himself forwards, gathering energy in his foot as he let out another Dragon Kick into the one on the right, and launching it into its brethren before backing off once more. Londo raised his left hand, and beckoned at the monsters in a "come hither" gesture.
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Perhaps Londo had done more damage than he thought, or perhaps the energy released by Yune was affecting the monsters too, but either way, all it took was a single blow to poof Gamma into black smoke. The two survivors tried to gather energy around their eyes again, but the power flooding the area prevented any such attempts. With their magic sealed, they were forced to merely opt for physical attacks once more, closing in from above and below this time.
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Londo hovered in place, watching the two monsters try their best to attack him. This time, Londo waited yet again until they were about to attack, then turned sideways in the air. Once the two monsters closed in on him, Londo yet again puffed his wings, to shoot himself backwards, and grabbed hold onto both of the creatures' horns, then slammed them into each other. One time, two times, repeatedly again and again. If sound could still be heard in this silent realm, Londo could be heard saying "Now kiss!" Slamming the two together until they too disappeared in black smoke, unable to escape his grasp unless they had some sort of hidden strength able to outmatch his own.
If they did disappear, Londo would strike his final Jojo pose, one resembling Giorno Giovanna, the one who had a dream.
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Londo posed dramatically as the creatures disappeared into smoke, though unfortunately nobody heard his exclamation. He felt a presence in the back of his mind, and suddenly Heimdallr's voice was speaking inside his head. "Very well done, Londo. If you like, I can return you to the Academy now. Your involvement in this was unexpected to begin with." Even if the physical world was silent, Londo could be certain that Heimdallr's power would allow him to reply.
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Londo thought for a moment, then replied in his head, "FIrst of all, thanks for the lightning support! That was pretty sweet! Second of all… You're not really Alatar, are you? Alatar used ice, and you seem to use lightning instead. Hmmm, I'm guessing you must be Heimdallr right? The God of Connections and all that? What are you even doing here? What is Ventus doing here, why are the two of you stopping Yune when all she wanted was for me to have a fun time beating up those monsters!"
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"Indeed, I am Heimdallr. The one seen before you is just a form taken from one of your memories. As for what we are doing here; Yune's actions violated an ancient oath taken by the gods of this land. Our task is to try and stop her, to prevent any further oathbreaking."
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Londo scratched his head, trying to speak out loud, but forgetting he could not do so at the moment, then 'spoke' through his mind, "Oh, what kind of oath? Not to mess with glorious redheads or something? Or was she the one Cadwgan said would try to steal my glory or something? I don't really get it, but the only bad thing she did to me was make me freefall without any wings to kick monster butt with. But that was fixed anyways so all's well that ends well right?" Londo said, smiling and giving the god a thumbs up.
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Heimdallr sighed and shook his head, though of course the sigh could only be seen, not heard. "Among other things, this oath dictates that she is not to utilize her power to interfere with Uruk or it's people. Whether or not you are fine is beside the point."
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Londo crossed his arms, pouting, "Well, I can see why you chose to look like Alatar. I didn't know him THAT well, but you sure do answer questions just as well as he did. Alright then! Anyways, thanks for the red bull, that was a fun time, you aren't gonna hurt Yune are you? I know she might be older than me, but she's still looks like a kid. Besides, I'd love for her to come visit again and hang out! You hear that Yune?!" Londo said, trying to wave and get Yune's attention, "She can't hear me though, can she. Well, can you let her know I'd be happy to see her again and play some more with her!" Londo said, giving the gods all a thumbs up, "If you really don't need me for anything, then sure, send me home. I'm sure Alice has been half-asleep this entire time anyways." Londo said, hovering a finger over her core, tempted to tap it, but not wanting to feel her wrath.
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"I do not choose my own form; each person subconsciously decides how I appear to them. But anyway, we could never harm Yune. She is family, more or less. And she actually is as young as she seems. Quite frankly, it would be more surprising if she wasn't causing us trouble, but that incorrigible brother of hers certainly isn't helping the matter." Heimdallr opened a portal in front of Londo and pulled him through. As sound returned to Londo's surroundings, Londo would find himself in the hallway just outside his dormitory room.
The music playing during the credits roll of 'Touhou: Undefined Fantastic Object'.
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Londo was also back in his normal body; all traces of the night's adventure had disappeared, save for his gauntlets being on his hand, which bore the damage they had received during his clash with the monsters. "It seems that your room has already been repaired. Well then, I bid you a good night. Let us meet again one day." Heimdallr stepped back through the portal, which winked shut behind him, leaving Londo alone in the hallway.
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Londo stretched, the fatigue wearing on him, as he looked down at his body to notice it was back to normal. A part of Londo felt disappointed, but the other part was relieved. He now had something to look forward to when he grew up. Not that he'd turn into a robot anyways, but it was still sweet to think of.
Londo opened the door to his room, upon which Alice immediately shifted out of her core form, and fell onto the bed, flipping off Londo, "Next time, leave me out of your shitty fights…" Before falling asleep.
Londo took off his gauntlets, setting them where he usually put them. He'd have to get them repaired first thing in the morning. Hopefully they would ask questions so Londo could proclaim his glory in how he fought off evil monsters during the night with the help of several gods. Some might think it was a crazy dream, but to Londo, it was definitely real. Londo only now realized he forgot to ask who Yune's brother was, but that was a problem for another time. Hopefully he could ask Yune herself when she visited again!
Londo laughed to himself, then followed Alice's direction, to which he jumped onto his bed, pulled the covers over, and went to sleep.
Rose's face started to resemble her hair-color a bit as the spirit addressed her. "Oh, no, that's okay, you're just a bit, eh..." Telling him that he looked like some demon that would rip out her heart and eat it for dinner would be a bit rude, so she'd better be less direct, in order to avoid causing a self-fulfilling prophecy to occur. "I'm not really used to sitting towards a spirit as big and imposing as you, but I'll manage..."
Prim Bellamy
Prim, not bothered by her twin sisters struggles, had spotted something very interesting. For a few moments, it Ryan seemed to avoid looking at the new girl. Was it what she thought it was? Only one way to figure out~ "Oh, no, our class has just done little more than the boring curriculum of training and schooling, no missions for us. However, I heard that going on missions really helps people bond. You get to known each-other, you get to rely on each-other, and you may even find out that you have certain feelings for a certain someone whilst in the midst of dangerous mission~ Tell me, did the heat of battle ignite the flames of love?"
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Prim Bellamy & Rose Bellamy Interacted with: Ryan & Tidrog @Valkan
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Bohzo Nana
Bohzo was too preoccupied with petting Usagi to bother commenting or even looking at the game Hibiscus seemed to be playing with her spirit. However, when she addressed him, he looked up and nodded. "Ah, yes, of course. It is only natural to desire to get to know those with power, a clever and most logical move." He seemed pretty happy with himself.
"So, young lady, what is it you desire? Money? Power? Men? Women? Tell me your deepest, darkest desires."
Nila Dorcha
Nila sighed and shook her head. "You're being weird again."
"I believe you lost your opportunity to criticize my way of handling things when you refused to acknowledge this ladies attempt to greet you. Now let the girl answer."
Nila puffed up her cheeks, but remained silent otherwise.
Acacia
Acacia, on the other hand stopped drinking for a bit to look at Lyka, or rather, at where the spirit seemed to be hiding. "Is your relation with the mage you bonded always like this?" Somehow, she sounded a bit annoyed.
Hibiscus slowly put her hand down as it seemed they wouldn't be greeting her that way at all. Lyka giggled from behind her neck. Hibiscus tried to answer the guy, but their conversation seemed to be taking Hibiscus out of it. While that was going on, Lyka answered the other girl who had been drinking, "Haha! Yup! It's real fun to mess with Hibby, but it gets boring after a while." And as if to prove her point, Lyka got out from behind Hibiscus's neck and sat down on the table in front of her, "Gotta get her to talk to other people somehow right?"
And then Hibiscus spoke up, not to address Lyka however, but to address the boy, "I-I want power!" She said, to which Lyka looked up and stared blankly, "Hibby, I don't think he was being serious..." But Hibiscus ignored her and tried to psych herself up to talk to the boy who could apparently grant wishes, "Can you do that? A-Are you able to do that?! I-I've read books where people do that! I-Is that possible?!" She said, almost in desperation.
Strength - E Vitality - E Willpower - E Resistance - E Speed - C Dexterity - C Perception - E Recovery - E
Tidrog seemed surprised by Rose's reaction. She was still visibly uncomfortable, but pressed on regardless. Tidrog admired that, specially considering how Ryan is. She then explained, that he had never met such a 'big and imposing' spirit. Tidrog chuckled, "Well, don't worry, Rose. I mean no harm. I still hope we can get along despite my appearance~" his usual warm smile formed in his face as he spoke.
Ryan felt great while listening to Prim. With Tidrog almost literally backing him up, speaking didn't seem that difficult. Ryan wasn't concerned as Prim sopke, until she went to the romance area. Maybe he stared too much at Elisa and didn't notice. Regardless, having anybody other than Almeida know his 'secret crush' was a no go, his barely noticeable glance at Almeida indicating so. Most of his classmates had a bit of a deceiving side. Ryan tried to escape the inquiry by playing it cool, collected, and casual. Attempting to imitate said sides "Not that I've noticed, no." he considered using a scapegoat in his answer... but that would probably lead to more questions, worsening his situation.
