[Nexus] NO XIII: Do Clockwork Penguins Dream of Mechanical Fish?

[Shadowcaller]

[Headquarters]

"Yep, I need to drain mana from those places to start up the ship again and I'm paying you to escort me and protect me while i drain the mana." The goblin explains. "It should be pretty easy right?"

Surt might be able to enter this scene if he so wish considering the goblin in the power armor seem to have a mission for NO.

[Surtr]

[Headquarters]

Assuming the door is not locked and Surt overheard the mission he will go to headquarters from main room. He proceeds to the guy in power armor.

"Hey, if I heard correctly sir, you need someone for a mission? An escort mission?" I mean aren't escort missions just the same in essence as delivery missions, except the parcel is alive?

[wxdruid]

Beast Pens

Morry decides that emulating Thecla is a good plan, so stretches on the wiggling.

Karaglen smiles as she watches the various silly wolves.
Scary creatures? She thinks not.
Clearly this calls for her to head over and administer tummy rubs to everyone involved.

[Beast Pens]

The pups get themselves off the floor and begin pacing around, eager to play some more. However, if Kara goes to administer tummy rubs, they'll flop over and let her do it.

Viima will follow Kara if she heads over to the rest of the wolves.

Thecla is always in favor of belly rubs, she's in heaven when she gets hers and it shows in her actions. Her middle remains still for the belly rubs, but her tail is wagging back and forth against the ground and her feet are waving in the air.

[Halae]

[Headquarters]

"Oh, you're that sort of mage?" Jakus says, "Yeah, sure, I can do that." Jakus shrugs his massive shoulders, "Ogres are a mountain people anyways."

[OrchestraHc]

Headquarters

"Right. That sounds easy as pie. So we should tell the boss now?" Kuko asks, his feather tail wagging with anticipation.

[Gullara]

[Headquarters Main Room] No idea why we were using that tag.

"That's not necessary. I am second in command after all." More or less at least. Out of two other individuals, but he's the highest ranking here.

Kirk, a drow elf in a snazzy suit to keep the description short, looks Surt over. "New guy, eh? I suppose this'll be a good opportunity for you. You'll be accompanying Jallyn wherever she needs to go and keeping her safe. You'll be working with Jakus and Kuko." He indicates first the goblin, then the half ogre and minnish. "Unless either of them has a good reason for not going?" He turns to the two more senior NO members.

[Surtr]

Hey looks like Surt has his first job and it sounds normal, which in his in books is a good thing. This will be his first time in a group as well but that won't be a problem. "Well, in any case, I'm ready to go anytime." Surt is not carrying any weapons at the moment so someone may question his readiness but if asked he'll show it.

[Morty]

[Dipsnig's Office]

Vincent rolls his eyes a little. "Yeah ok. No kids and we're going to get married. Promise. Yeesh."

Vincent looks back to Dipsnig. "Were there any new assignments you wanted us on?"

"There is something, but the guy who gave us the job hasn't been seen in a while. The job is to look for any portals you can find, and document them. He wants to get to a place called "Ordial Plane" but doesn't have much of an idea what it is or where to find it, so he has us comb the Nexus looking for clues."

[Shadowcaller]

[Main Room]

Jallyn inspects the newcomer and nods thoughtfully, "Great! Let me get some stuff from The Super Griffin and we'll set off!" She then runs off just to return a moment later, looking slightly winded. "I forgot, I need you to carry all my stuff too!"

Providing the group agrees to carry everything the goblin needs they will set off to the outside thread.

[OrchestraHc]

Main Room

Senior is a pretty relative here. "No sir," Kuko says, standing at attention. He'd been speaking to a second officer flippantly this whole time. He needed to make up for that fast. It's not like he was going to refuse, he needed to do a job and get off probation. He was also the most useful in the situation, with his ability to lighten the load.

[Halae]

[Main Room]

"I can carry the heavier equipment. Probably you and kuko, too. If I'm right, this is going to involve a lot of hiking, and you two have pretty short legs." which would make for much tiredness, and they need to be prepared for whatever.

Jakus will aid Jallyn with the heavy lifting, getting a large chest from his room with a pair of straps on it like a backpack, which he'll pack everything into. Then, when he starts walking in earnest, he'll put Kuko and Jallyn on top of the chest, so that as they sit, they'll be looking out over Jakus' shoulders. Unless whatever Jallyn wanted to bring weighed more than a thousand pounds, Jakus shouldn't have much trouble carrying everything here.

[Lex-Kat]

[Dipsnig's Office]

Vincent rolls his eyes a little. "Yeah ok. No kids and we're going to get married. Promise. Yeesh."

Vincent looks back to Dipsnig. "Were there any new assignments you wanted us on?"

"There is something, but the guy who gave us the job hasn't been seen in a while. The job is to look for any portals you can find, and document them. He wants to get to a place called "Ordial Plane" but doesn't have much of an idea what it is or where to find it, so he has us comb the Nexus looking for clues."

Well that sounds easy enough. Maybe you should give it to one of the newbies. Caroline says, confidently.

Just a Little Cold

"Yes!" exclaims Shanaya Evilene Klisvane. She returns the evil grin with a happy grin. She tells herself that Bianca needs to work better on her public image. "You need to work on that smile, though. Some people would think that you're a politician or a lawyer or something."

Obviously, the girl accepts Bianca's help. After all, who would deny the joining of a new obviously-good party member who knows her way around this evil castle, even if they don't know that this evil castle is actually a trapped evil castle, and they've been here trapped under some sort of spell that makes them blind to all the going-ons around here?

"His girlfriend?" This, however, adds something new to the equation. "She's probably just a villainous as he is. Probably has a name like Mary Louise, too. Those names are always even more villainous than the man." (Which is not true, of course. Personally, I don't know any Mary Louises, but I assume that they're perfectly fine gals.)

"What should I know about them?" asks the 14-year old girl. "Do they have any weaknesses, like tinfoil or kryptonite or Hydrogen-3 or Dihydrogen Monoxide or something like that?"

Oh, she's much worse than him. He's the brawn, she's the brains, sort of. And her name is Caroline. But she's the healing one. So if we don't take her out first, she'll just continue to heal the both of them.

Bianca thinks for a moment. Not sure about any weaknesses though.

[5a Violista]

Just a Little Cold - Front Room Entrance Area

"Hm. Well, shoot. They usually have weaknesses." Shanaya seems to think for a while. Take out the healer, first...

She has an idea! "Maybe we can synchronize our attacks. If they're such a vile partnership, they probably have some dual-type attacks, as well. Which means that we'll need to do the same to defeat them."

"I can become super-strong for fourteen-and-a-half seconds, once per every so often. I also know some magic, some swordfighting, and some sparkly mind-crushing stuff. What can you do?"

[Reinholdt]

[Dipsnig's Office]

"I guess we can help a bit if we stumble across any looking for the good treasure or something." Don't count on any serious looking though. Sounds like another one of those Magtok capturing quests. Not even worth the sandwich.

[Surtr]

[Main Room]

Hey! Surt is 6 feet tall! Then again Jakus is 9 feet tall so Surt is short compared to him. "I can carry things, even if they are heavy. The armor that I wear is at least 50 kg. Just tell me what you want me to carry and I'll get to it."

[Gullara]

[Main Room]

"Alright then. You can either report back to me or Dipsnig when you're finished or if anything comes up." Kirk says since it's clear they can handle themselves from here on out.

((Also, SC, you should fill out the job form from the OP.))

[Lex-Kat]

J{ust a Little Cold - Front Room Entrance Area}

"Hm. Well, shoot. They usually have weaknesses." Shanaya seems to think for a while. Take out the healer, first...

She has an idea! "Maybe we can synchronize our attacks. If they're such a vile partnership, they probably have some dual-type attacks, as well. Which means that we'll need to do the same to defeat them."

"I can become super-strong for fourteen-and-a-half seconds, once per every so often. I also know some magic, some swordfighting, and some sparkly mind-crushing stuff. What can you do?"

Swordfighting aaand.... Bianca takes a step back and to the left, directly onto a shadow. This.

She disappears into the shadow, and a moment later, reappears directly in front of Shanaya, out of the girl's shadow, a dagger in her hand, and possibly at the younger girl's throat. What do you think? again with the evil smile.

[5a Violista]

No Longer So Cold - Front Room Entrance Area

Shanaya's eyes go wide, as Bianca comes out of her shadow with a knife at her throat. Her eyebrows also rise, a lot.


"Wow, that's so cool!" she exclaims, a smile widening on her face. "It looks kinda hard, though, like it might waste a lot of MP or something."

Shanaya's hand goes up, in order to push Bianca's arm away from the general direction of the young teen's throat.

"I wonder, though. How will we be able to synchronize our attacks? I mean, a dual technique or something."

[Lex-Kat]

{No Longer So Cold - Front Room Entrance Area}

Well, maybe we could do one where I grab you around the waist, and drag you into the Shadow-realm.

Once there, you begin preparing a spell, then I shove you out ahead of myself. Once out, you fire off a projectile attack, and I'll come in low and do some slashing damage. Bianca waits to get Shanaya's thoughts.

[5a Violista]

{No Longer So Cold - Front Room Entrance Area}

Shanaya thinks about this dual technique. It sounds fun. Being dragged into the Shadow Realm is always an adventure. As long as she doesn't transform into a killer squid, or something, because, from her experience, being dragged into other realms usually turns you into something strange. But this time, she'll be aware of it, so maybe she won't turn into a squid.
If anything goes wrong, though, she could always just turn into a mermaid and wait out the Shadow Realm, until she teleports back to Regularland.

"That sounds like a good idea," says Shanaya. "I'll probably use a Fire spell, because those ones are the coolest." Thinking a little bit further, she nods. "Yes! That's a great idea."

[Shadowcaller]

[Main Room]

So the party sets out to the mountains around NO.

[Lex-Kat]

{No Longer So Cold - Front Room Entrance Area}

Shanaya thinks about this dual technique. It sounds fun. Being dragged into the Shadow Realm is always an adventure. As long as she doesn't transform into a killer squid, or something, because, from her experience, being dragged into other realms usually turns you into something strange. But this time, she'll be aware of it, so maybe she won't turn into a squid.
If anything goes wrong, though, she could always just turn into a mermaid and wait out the Shadow Realm, until she teleports back to Regularland.

"That sounds like a good idea," says Shanaya. "I'll probably use a Fire spell, because those ones are the coolest." Thinking a little bit further, she nods. "Yes! That's a great idea."

Come on, Bianca reaches out to take Shanaya's hand. I'll show you to the practice room, where we... uh, practice. If we're lucky, we'll face ourt enemy there.

[Reinholdt]

Dipsnig's office

"Well.... if that's everything, we'll be going." Vincent says, standing to leave.

[Morty]

[Dipsnig's Office]

"That would be it, yeah. Good luck out there," Dipsnig says.

[Lex-Kat]

{Dipsnig's Office}

Should we practice our new abilities, first? Caroline asks, standing to follow Vincent.

[Reinholdt]

{Dipsnig's Office -> Main Room}

"What, the summoning thing? Not really much to practice. You just choose summon from the fight menu."
That's pretty much it.

[Hattish Thing]

Main Room

Rick Brutal enters, trying to presume a heroic pose, but his cape gets stuck in the door, and he trips and rolls across the floor to land on the floor. Rick Brutal is wearing a bright yellow leather musketeer's coat, with a matching cape, brown pants and green shirt, large shades, and a yellow bandana. He is about 35, with only a few hairs on his prematurely balding head. Rick has a gold rifle on his back. Rick Brutal is a ham, wearing a yellow tabard and cape, green pants and a shirt, topped with shades and a bright yellow bandana. He's about 35, prematurely balding, with shiny white teeth, (He flosses.) Hazel eyes, and an arrogant grin. He looks over at anyone around, winks, (Pointless really, he's wearing shades.) and announces, Greetings! I'm Rick Brutal! Huzzah!

[5a Violista]

[No Longer So Cold - Front Room Entrance Area]

Come on, Bianca reaches out to take Shanaya's hand. I'll show you to the practice room, where we... uh, practice. If we're lucky, we'll face our enemy there.

Shanaya Evilene Klisvane accepts Bianca's hand-taking abilities, and Shanaya's hand is taken! (Oh, no! How will she ever get it back?)

She nods. "Okay," says the girl. "Is it nearby? Or do we have to go outside again?" she asks Bianca. "Are there already weapons there? What are the chances that we'll see them there?" She asks these questions, and quite a few other questions, as well.

[Lex-Kat]

{Dipsnig's Office -> Main Room}

"What, the summoning thing? Not really much to practice. You just choose summon from the fight menu."
That's pretty much it.

Okay. she follows Vincent toward the Main Room.

[No Longer So Cold - Practice Room]

Shanaya Evilene Klisvane accepts Bianca's hand-taking abilities, and Shanaya's hand is taken! (Oh, no! How will she ever get it back?)

She nods. "Okay," says the girl. "Is it nearby? Or do we have to go outside again?" she asks Bianca. "Are there already weapons there? What are the chances that we'll see them there?" She asks these questions, and quite a few other questions, as well.

Yes. No. Practice. About fifty-fifty. Bianca says, dragging the strange girl along. I think I've rarely seen them practice, and then only for that short time when Dipsnig enrolled them in school.

But don't you worry. If need be, I'll help you track them down. she then turns a corner, and behold the practice room. And here we are. Now we can practice that special attack.

[5a Violista]

[No Longer So Cold - Practice Room]

100% HP
100%MP
100% PP
0% SP
100% TP
0%TT
78% ST
53% EXP
As Shanaya is dragged into the Practice room, eight little pin-sized bars, each with different colors and different meanings, float upwards and tell about all the status effects and all the unnecessarily complicated battle stats of the girl.

Or, rather, instead of being floating somewhere, they are being projected on the wall, somehow.

"Okay." says Shanaya to Bianca as the girl positions herself in the room, ready for battle practice. "Let's start!" She draws her large sword from her back, which starts glowing a dim scarlet color.

She waits to be dragged into the Shadow Realm to start preparing the Fire Magic.