Outside 40: It's all downhill from here

[Earl of Purple]

Peacefield Skull

The skull follows, floating ominously behind the ghost-girl as its cannon continue to fire at her. They're attempting to lead their shots to improve their accuracy, but they still aren't very accurate.

The holdfast, a stout stone keep in the centre of Peacefield, is launching its own rockets at the skull, though they're far cruder- more like Chinese fire-arrows than anything more modern. Five hit the skull and explode, doing little -if any- damage; the return fire, however, blasts a gaping hole in the holdfast's crenellations, the roof and the upper floor. No more fire-arrows are launched from the keep.

[Ionbound]

[Daemonwood Shrine]

Elereshur sits back, considering her findings, and allows the pair to continue their chatter without interruption.

((Go ahead and skip me...Elereshur doesn't have a whole lot to say here, unless someone questions her.))

[Earl of Purple]

Daemonwood Shrine

"I was chained to the altar and sacrificed to open the portal when Elereshur was thrown through. Afterwards, the cavity where my heart was filled with a ghoulstone." A ghoulstone is an amethyst crystal empowered with necromantic energy. It acts as a beacon, summoning undead nearer, unless it's used to directly reanimate one corpse as a ghast that keeps their original shape- mostly. And she can reanimate others in the same way, to create more ghasts that don't look dead.

[Lord Magtok]

[Melody's Island]

There is silence on the other end, as Toby tries to figure things out. Before Magtok can wonder if the line is actually connected, however, he clears his throat and speaks up. Look around and find a plant. Describe it. What kind is it? What makes it physically and visibly distinct from other nearby plants? ... And what is the island's compass bearing from GLoG?

"Alright, hold on. Okay, so it's blue, with this yellow thing in the middle. It has five...no, six petal things on the flower, and-Oh **** this, hold on. MagComputer says it's Thelymitra crinita. It's about two feet away from some crabgrass. Thelymitra crinita, also known as Blue Lady Orchid. Melody has a goofy sense of humor. Oh, right, and compass direction, southeast." Magtok squats down next to the flower, before suddenly shooting up and backing away nervously. He's just genre-savvy enough to realize staying there and looking at the flower was going to get him accidentally kicked in the face.

[Morcleon]

Deep Forest

Walking along the barely existent path, Sonozaki Yuki looks around the forest. He stops, then bends down to pick another wendin mushroom. They are quite useful for a lot of his medicines.

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

Walking along the barely existent path, Sonozaki Yuki looks around the forest. He stops, then bends down to pick another wendin mushroom. They are quite useful for a lot of his medicines.

Yuki may notice the trees lining path ahead have slash marks about a decimeter deep through them in various places, and an odd blade that looks like it came from a boxcutter for a giant on the ground, dulled.

[Morcleon]

Yuki may notice the trees lining path ahead have slash marks about a decimeter deep through them in various places, and an odd blade that looks like it came from a boxcutter for a giant on the ground, dulled.

Deep Forest

Frowning, Yuki picks up the blade and examines it. He then starts following the slashed trees deeper into the forest, looking and listening carefully for anything out of the ordinary.

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

Frowning, Yuki picks up the blade and examines it. He then starts following the slashed trees deeper into the forest, looking and listening carefully for anything out of the ordinary.

He may hear a sound of a blade slicing through wood in the distance, and a grunt of effort.
The blade looks to be long enough for use as a sword blade, with an odd, small part at the end with holes in it.

[Morcleon]

Deep Forest

Yuki turns to face the sound, tracing it until he finds the source. "Hello?"

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

Yuki turns to face the sound, tracing it until he finds the source. "Hello?"

He will find a woman (see avatar) in a green cloak over her uniform, swinging from grappling hooks attached to boxlike objects on the sides of her waist with extra blades of the same type Yuki found in the box objects with gas tanks on the top, a small device on the back of her waist. In each hand she wields two swords with the same type of blade on each of them.
She lands with expert skill in front of Yuki.
Hello, nice to meet you.

[Morcleon]

He will find a woman (see avatar) in a green cloak over her uniform, swinging from grappling hooks attached to boxlike objects on the sides of her waist with extra blades of the same type Yuki found in the box objects with gas tanks on the top, a small device on the back of her waist. In each hand she wields two swords with the same type of blade on each of them.
She lands with expert skill in front of Yuki.
Hello, nice to meet you.

Deep Forest

Yuki holds out the blade to her, raising an eyebrow. "The pleasure is mine. Is this yours? I saw the slashes on the trees earlier."

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

Yuki holds out the blade to her, raising an eyebrow. "The pleasure is mine. Is this yours? I saw the slashes on the trees earlier."

Sophia nods, and takes the blade, before tossing it at a tree.
It bounces off, leaving naught but a scratch.
The blade is no longer of any use. It's too dull to cut through anything.

[Beans]

Daemonwood Shrine

"I was chained to the altar and sacrificed to open the portal when Elereshur was thrown through. Afterwards, the cavity where my heart was filled with a ghoulstone." A ghoulstone is an amethyst crystal empowered with necromantic energy. It acts as a beacon, summoning undead nearer, unless it's used to directly reanimate one corpse as a ghast that keeps their original shape- mostly. And she can reanimate others in the same way, to create more ghasts that don't look dead.

Liache nods, smiling. Ah, I see, dear---that's certainly an interesting way to do it.

[Morcleon]

Sophia nods, and takes the blade, before tossing it at a tree.
It bounces off, leaving naught but a scratch.
The blade is no longer of any use. It's too dull to cut through anything.

Deep Forest

"Well, constantly slamming your blades into trees tends to do that to them," Yuki quips, smiling faintly. He takes a closer look at Sophia's odd equipment. "That explains the extra blades though. So what's your equipment for?"

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

"Well, constantly slamming your blades into trees tends to do that to them," Yuki quips, smiling faintly. He takes a closer look at Sophia's odd equipment. "That explains the extra blades though. So what's your equipment for?"

Sophia chuckles
Slaying titans. Their only wrak point is their neck, hence the fact we use grappling hooks and a propellant in combat. The extra blades are for replacing Dulles blades, as we can't afford to change weapons in combat

[Earl of Purple]

Daemonwood Shrine

"I didn't get much choice in the matter, but before that I was in slave for sale in Skyside, and a painful death and subservient afterlife is not what I was expecting, but ultimately better and more enjoyable than most of the other options." Not that she actually enjoyed dying, or being raised as a ghoul, but now she's used to it she'd do poorly as a regular human. She's developed a taste for human flesh.

[Solidarity]

[Foggy Marsh]

A looming fog rises around the less-ventured part of the Islands. Stories of curses and other rumors keep the majority of the fishermen away from these parts. The water stirs in ways that look and feel foreboding. Ripples caused by nothing at all, and small currents that start and stop randomly in varying places along the stagnant waters. Nothing but strange inconveniences if it weren't for the feeling of dread this particular fog brought along with it. The terrain itself consists of a mushy amalgam of mud, grime and rock. A few paths exist through the marsh for means of travel, though they do not seem as if many have used them. Should anybody happen to travel near or into the fog, they might be able to hear low, strained sounds in the distance, along with the occasional rumble.

[Morcleon]

Sophia chuckles
Slaying titans. Their only wrak point is their neck, hence the fact we use grappling hooks and a propellant in combat. The extra blades are for replacing Dulles blades, as we can't afford to change weapons in combat

Deep Forest

"...titans?" Yuki raises an eyebrow, confused. "Dangerous creatures of some sort, I take it?"

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

"...titans?" Yuki raises an eyebrow, confused. "Dangerous creatures of some sort, I take it?"

Yep. Giant, man-eating humanoids. Utterly terrifying.
Sophia explains briefly.
So, what sort of stuff do you do?

[Ionbound]

[Foggy Marsh]

A young woman with black hair and blue eyes, carrying a compound longbow, half-trudges, half-wades through the Marsh, wary for danger.

[Morcleon]

Yep. Giant, man-eating humanoids. Utterly terrifying.
Sophia explains briefly.
So, what sort of stuff do you do?

Deep Forest

Yuki's eyes widen as he frowns. "...certainly sounds scary. How effective is that equipment? It seems like it would be really easy for them to just grab the wires used for your grappling hooks..."

"Ah, I'm a magical doctor. I, um, heal people."

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

Yuki's eyes widen as he frowns. "...certainly sounds scary. How effective is that equipment? It seems like it would be really easy for them to just grab the wires used for your grappling hooks..."

"Ah, I'm a magical doctor. I, um, heal people."

Quite effective, actually. The titans are as bright as a rusty nail makes a good pillow, usually.
Neat. I'm a member of HALO.

Sophia replies, leaning on a tree

[Solidarity]

[Foggy Marsh]

The woman may or may not hear the aforementioned sounds in the distance, and begin to see vaguely humanoid shapes obscured by the fog. A good mile off, the woman might also see faint lights flickering intermittently in the distance followed by feeling the reverberations in the ground and water. Should she venture closer, she may be able to make out the low noise as a dull groaning emanating from the listless shapes ahead of her.

[Beans]

Daemonwood Shrine

"I didn't get much choice in the matter, but before that I was in slave for sale in Skyside, and a painful death and subservient afterlife is not what I was expecting, but ultimately better and more enjoyable than most of the other options." Not that she actually enjoyed dying, or being raised as a ghoul, but now she's used to it she'd do poorly as a regular human. She's developed a taste for human flesh.

Liache nods. Well, at least you have someone taking care of you and feeding you so nicely, dear. Though if she ever needs help with that, I'll be happy to lend a hand or four.

[Ionbound]

[Foggy Marsh]

The woman hears the noises and sees the figures, but slowly walks forwards, cautious and using her enhanced sense of smell to try to get a better sense of what's going on.

((For the record, her sense of smell is very powerful. Like, smelling a bakery from a mile away if she wants to.))

[Morcleon]

Quite effective, actually. The titans are as bright as a rusty nail makes a good pillow, usually.
Neat. I'm a member of HALO.

Sophia replies, leaning on a tree

Deep Forest

"Ah, I see." Yuki chuckles slightly. "Are there any around here though?"

"Ah, HALO is a good group. I'm part of WATCHTOWER, actually."

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

"Ah, I see." Yuki chuckles slightly. "Are there any around here though?"

"Ah, HALO is a good group. I'm part of WATCHTOWER, actually."

I have no idea, but it is a possibility. Might as well keep in practice.
Sophia chuckles
Neat! I guess we'll be working together soon then.

[Morcleon]

I have no idea, but it is a possibility. Might as well keep in practice.
Sophia chuckles
Neat! I guess we'll be working together soon then.

Deep Forest

"I see... well, I can rely on you to protect me, right?" Yuki grins, half-joking, but also half-serious. "I can't fight all that well."

"Oh? Is there a joint program going on that I haven't heard of?"

[Aric Kale]

Foggy Marsh

)(Lemme know if y'all rather play this out by yourselves. If not, here's a post.)(

The Mourning Hoplite was trying to figure out exactly why he was here, wandering around these horrid bogs alone with only Hawthorn, the magical wooden golem, for company. Damn it all...by Ares and Hades, if I don't find some undead to slay I'll flog that townsman to undeath...oh yeah, that's why he was slowly trudging towards the loudest collection of moans and groans in unfamiliar territory. A villager warned him about the zombies in the marshes...
Ah well, let's hope this all goes well.

[Arkhosia]

Deep Forest

"I see... well, I can rely on you to protect me, right?" Yuki grins, half-joking, but also half-serious. "I can't fight all that well."

"Oh? Is there a joint program going on that I haven't heard of?"

Sophia nods.
HALO and WATCH are supposedly merging.
She explains, putting her blades away and storing the handles in pockets of her jacket.