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  1. Posted

    Quiet in the Library

    “but if you can find some good primer material for me, I would be much obliged.”

    "Oh, but I wouldn't presume to know what to look for. I know where the books are but for anything more specific..." she hesitated and then "I suppose wouldn't want to..." and she slowly made her way towards the first man that Chris had spoken to. Almost at the same time Chris noticed another maid shift closer and began to run a dust cloth over the nearby books.

    Carry me from these walls

    Ziun's head hurt. There was a throbbing where he had been struck. At first he couldn't tell where he was but a sudden jolt, likely from a bump in the road, told him that was was now sitting in a carriage.

    It seemed to be a good quality one at that. It was fairly large, with red colored sheets blocking off view from the outside over the windows and doors while still letting in some light. He was sitting on a long cushioned seat and there was several feet of space between him and the other seat on the opposite side.

    And on that seat were...some things that made him wonder if perhaps he hadn't woken up yet.

    There were three figures there. All of them vastly different and none of them quite...right.

    In the middle was the young girl from earlier. Though she had a much more wicked and intelligent expression on her face than she had before. To her right was a tall birdcage. Inside said birdcage was a large goldfish. The inside of the cage seemed to be filled with water yet none of it left the bars as the fish floated there.

    On her right was a large block of marble with an ornate looking sword sticking out of the top.

    "Finally awake are you?" The girl said, once again in an older voice than her appearance would suggest. "I didn't think I hit you that hard, not much of an explorer huh?"

    "Now now." A refined male voice spoke which seemed to come from where the fish was. "You just don't know your strength sister."

    "Does it matter? He's up ain't he? Let's get to it." This voice, deeper and more gruff, came from the sword.

    "Come on brother, can't you see the pathe....poor thing is still out of sorts?" The girl said and laughed harshly. "So, about what you said about 'offering your life'...."

    Spoiler

    Ziun would eventually notice that his hands are tied behind his back, and his feet are also tied together, with cord. Didn't put it in main thing since he wouldn't realize immediately as he's groggy yet.

     

  2. Posted

    Lucas came at Damien, ignoring the sword in his hand, to try and close the distance. He moved quickly but Damien was able to still get a swift slash at the lycan. However Lucas seemed unimpressed as he moved to the side and tilted his head, letting the sword swing right past his face. The blade was inches from him yet he didn't flinch as he hit Damien with a quick uppercut. The man was lifted off his feet and several feet back before landing on his back.

    As he scrambled up he saw that Lucas was starting to change again and wasted no time charging forward recklessly to try and swing again. Lucas noticed this and stopped himself to knock the blade downward. "You can't touch me if you move that clumsy." Lucas growled.

    ---

    The lycan that Lindow was facing didn't react to the blood being thrown at him. It simply crouched down and snarled at Lindow. Lindow would notice the beast's eyes dart off to the side for a moment and it almost seemed to grin. It waited a moment more and then ran for Lindow. The Chosen would be able to clearly hear that something was behind him, running at full speed, threatening to sandwich him between the two wolves.

    "These filthy beasts don't slow down." Madelyn muttered. Which got Keres's attention.

    The girl tore her gaze from Ryia's struggle and looked over the other way. She noticed that Lindow was about to be fighting two of them all on his own and, with some reluctance, she moved closer to stand next to Madelyn. She glanced at the girl. "Together." she said softly.

    Madelyn seemed surprised then nodded. "Very well...let us save that reckless fool."

    Madelyn created a barrier in front of the lycan. The beast seemed to react by instinct and this time instead of crashing into it jumped to the side. However as he did he found himself struck over the shoulders with whips of water. These whips tried to wrap themselves around the lycan's arms but with a howl the beast swung its arms forward and seemed to break the liquid bindings before they could fully ensnare it.

    ---

    Ryia would find that the two elves were struggling. Pan was breathing heavy, having had to rapidly cast spells one after the other. And Cym had a wound on her side from where she caught a claw from the lycan.

    Still they were fighting. Cym had struck the lycan several times across the shoulders and chest and the beast was bleeding. However it barely seemed to notice as it rushed at the much smaller elf and he would have caught her had a gust of wind not suddenly picked up and Cym managed to move back faster than should be possible.

    Fire surrounded her sword as she lunched in and thrust into the lycan's chest. However the blade didn't pierce far before the lycan pulled back and swung a claw down to bat the blade downward.

    Ryia would see another lycan coming from the woods and charging towards Pan.

    ---

    Spoiler

    So Keres and Madelyn most likely will be focused on what's going on by Lindow atm, and obviously Cym and Pan are focused on their stuff. So Hollow can ask for help from the former and Skaia the latter.

    Map

     

  13. Posted

    Team JAA/AJA/AAJ

    “I’ll do it this time-- And. um, when we get the chance to stay in a hotel with a mirror, I’ll… show you how to do it yourself.”

    "My, thank you! I didn't know it was something that could be taught so easily!" Anneliese seemed genuinely astounded by this fact.

    "don't worry, I'll help out next time!"

    The girl giggled. "It seems that I have many choices don't I, I wonder if Leopold will offer next."

    -----

    Anneliese's eyes widened when they reached the town. "Oh, goodness. Is this all of it? Did someone take the rest of the town? That's terrible, I didn't realize thieves could be so bold!"

    “I… Um, think, at least, that these two buildings are probably interesting? Not sure-- They at least look different from the normal houses,”

    "Oh, but I was just thinking they all look different from normal houses. It is as though someone took a bunch of rooms and separated them, do people really live in those?"

    then let's check that out! A place with a bunch of pokemon just running about that just looks so out of place is bound to have something interesting there. Like, maybe it's run by a ghost, or has some wise old hermit or some kind of former champion or something there!"

    Anneliese gasped as Jacklyn ran off and hurried to follow. "Oh, I have heard of this!" she said. "People who live on the outskirts of town are called...outcasts, yes? I've never met an outcast before this is so exciting!"

    Once they reached the door and Jacklyn knocked...nothing happened. It was silent for some time. And Jacklyn knocked again. Finally there was some noise and the door opened up partway. They could barely see the person inside but they could see it was a woman with glasses and a loose fitting button-up shirt. She seemed tired and her eyes, behind her glasses, looked unfocused and blurry as though she had just woken up. "I told you I didn't need you to bring food.....hm?"

    She stared at the trio, blinking several times, before rubbing her eyes. "Who in the world are you?"

    Team QN

    “Or do, present tense, or will in the future? Were you the one causing all that trouble on Route One Oh One as well?”

    "I don't know what the heck you're talking about, what kinda weirdos chase a guy like this any-ack!" The man's statement was cut off as he was tackled by Nathan. The momentum caused both of them to fall to the ground, bounce, and roll a few feet. Due to the force of the tackle the man ended up bouncing out of Nathan's grip and rolling a few feet farther than the young Pokemon trainer did.

    They both would be able to get to their feet after and the guy shouted out "The heck? What're you some kinda superhero or something?" He reached into a pocket and pulled something out. "You kids gonna regret messing with Team Phoenix....next time!" In his hands they could see a Pokeball. He then threw it forward but, instead of sending out a Pokemon as expected, the ball continued forward and hit Nathan in the head as the strange man took off once again.

    Spoiler

    If Nathan were to look at the Pokeball he would be able to tell (by Pokemon logic magic) that there was a Pokemon in it even through the man hadn't actually sent the Pokemon out.

    Also if you two would greatly prefer catching the guy can work something out but it's not super necessary to advance things since he doesn't have much more to provide beyond more dialogue and being able to turn him in to the non-existent authority in the town.

     

  22. Posted

    Sabrina saw the castle and grew even more excited. It really felt like an evil villain lair. One that was set up specifically for a true hero to come and conquer. This was it. This was the real test. Overtaking this would surely prove to everyone, herself included, that she was really meant to be a hero.

    And the first order of business was to charge in and take on the lord of the castle's goons. What better way to show their stuff than facing head on with some elite guards? She was just about ready to go on the attack when...

    “...Regardless, charging through and attacking will do nothing but give them the upper-hand, which leaves us with some options."

    she stopped herself abruptly. But....but charging in was great! However it didn't seem that Marshall was fully against fighting them and Sabrina nodded. "Yeah, we can take them I'm sure. We've won every fight so far!"

    And then Gene weighed in...sort of. He sounded not too sure of himself, and Sabrina wondered what it was that he wanted to do. There was one thing that even Sabrina could tell though. He seemed to be afraid. Which meant...

    Sabrina's shoulders slumped as she realized what they had to do. "I guess...we can look around a bit..." she said, dejectedly.

    As they made their way around Sabrina couldn't help but let out a sigh now and then, her eye wandering back towards the front. This felt so....unheroic. But if Gene was really that shaken up about it then she had to suck it up for now.

    They ended up after some searching finding a spot in the wall that was broken. It was quite high up but it still was clearly visible.

    Sabrina immediately perked up as she thought of a way to get in that, to her, would be extra cool. Perhaps this could make up for losing out on the fight from before. "Ahem, step back, I shall now summon upon all of my power to overcome this obstacle. Wings of the dragon, let me take flight!" Upon saying this she used wind magic to launch herself into the air....and she didn't even reach the halfway point.

    In her mind she panicked a moment but, thankfully, she stopped herself from flailing wildly. Summoning her scythe she stuck it into a crack in the wall to stop herself from falling. Then she focused her magic to make the next jump higher and soared her way up to the hole and inside of the castle.

    Everything seemed old and weathered inside. The banners on the wall were in tatters. The carpet as well. A couple of chairs and a small table to the side were decayed and broken. There was no torch light inside and everything was somewhat dim. It was almost as though the place was abandoned. The hall stretched to the left and right to an unknown destination.

    There didn't seem to be anything nearby that could pose a threat and Sabrina let out another sigh of relief at having succeeded. However she was still worked up and couldn't keep still so the girl went off to the right. The hall continued for quite some time but Sabrina stopped as she saw the entrance to a spiral staircase that went upward off to the right-hand wall.

    Without a moment's hesitation, certain that their goal must be somewhere up "Higher level for the higher level enemy", Sabrina began to move up the staircase.

  25. Posted

    On 1/28/2024 at 12:19 AM, LordCowCow said:

    Gonna open it up there's 2 spots left for a solid 32, anyone who has nominated already can get one more but first come first serve. Also ofc if anyone else who hasn't wants to add one or two before that go ahead.

    @radio414 @Skaia @Mr Spaz @Nico @Chiri Bedhead

    I'd like to start the polls on Thursday and will need some time to set stuff up so tomorrow will just toss in random things from the best seller list if the spots aren't filled.

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