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Thread: [Nexus] Inside 48
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2012-12-08, 07:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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A Park of Adventure
"Oh!" Gerri now notices Rick, and is somewhat surprised. "Hi there. Um, do you know where this is? I'm lost."
Gerri looks uncomfortable. Man, deja vu...
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2012-12-08, 08:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- The King's Grave
Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
"Oh..." Rick replies, his shoulders slumping slightly. "I have the same problem..."
He glances back at the weird monument behind him. Looks almost like some sort of monstery head... Or at least it might if not for the weathering and plants growing all over it.
"So I was hoping you could answer that question. But I guess not?" the lad sighs.
Was it mentioned that he's looking pretty rough? Because he does. The sort of appearance one gets after being harassed by things in the deep, dark places of the world.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 08:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Park of Adventure
"Man, and here I thought I knew this city. Come on, let's get going. Watch for buildings, that'll be the quickest way out of here." Gerri seems to accept the glowing egg as a fact, not thinking twice about it.
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2012-12-08, 08:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
"Wait, city?" Rick pipes up, sounding rather incredulous. "We're in the middle of a forest. How could we be in a city?"
That seems like an altogether reasonable question!
Another thing that would be reasonable? Fleeing for one's life. Why would that be reasonable you ask? Because of those grunting noises coming from nearby. "Find the boy!" comes a gruff voice from the other side of some unassuming shrubbery. "The Baron needs him alive."
Wuh oh!
That sounds potentially bad.
Oh wow! Oh neat! This is sounding of adventure!Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 08:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Park of Adventure
"I didn't leave the city... not on purpose, anyway. The whole thing is surrounded by a wall and I didn't cross that, so I should still be in the city-huh?"
Gerri looks in the direction of the voice. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
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2012-12-08, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
The brush parts and some sort of hideous creature that looks like a cross between a bat and a pig shuffles through. It has a gnarled looking club slung over one should and is clad in leathers that might be considered armor if one squints really hard. Not even three feet tall the creature is hardly imposing. But it still doesn't seem very friendly.
"I found the boy!" the creature shrieks as it hefts its club and rushes toward Rick!
"Gah! Time to run again!" Rick cries out before taking off in the opposite direction, vaulting over a fallen log as he goes.
Noooo! Time for adventure! Defeat it Master! Use sharp claws and teeth!
"I don't have any of those things!" Rick yells at the glowing egg.
Myaaar!? Why for not? How do you kill meats for the eatings?Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Park of Adventure
Gerri turns to run, too! She also hops over or around things.
"Don't have any of what things?" Gerri asks. Rick probably doesn't know that the egg only talks in his head...
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2012-12-08, 09:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Park of Adventure]
"Any of... ugh, it doesn't matter," the lad retorts as he slips behind a tree and glances around. Oooh! A branch! And with that monster coming...
Rick yanks the branch back, waits for the bat-pig to come into view, and releases!
THWACK!
The monster gets knocked flat on its back!
Ha! Take that!
"Grrr... Filthy, greasy human!" the bat-pig spits as it scrabbles about in an attempt to get back onto its stubby legs.
Will Gerri lend aid? There are rocks and sticks and stuff! But that's about it.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 09:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Park of Adventure
Gerri will stay back, somewhat afraid. She doesn't help yet, not having those adventurer instincts that say "you know, maybe you could pick up that rock and brain the thing with it."
Her instincts are still going, 'Oh man what is even going on here huh what?'
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2012-12-08, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Park of Adventure]
Really?
She's in the Nexus and she has none of those self-defense instincts? That's a good way to get eaten by a caramel ooze.
Welp! It's up to Rick then! As the monster struggles to right itself he picks up a rock and hefts it at the creature, striking it square in its ugly nose! It lets out a yelp and BOOF!
Vanishes in a swirling cloud of thick red and purple smoke. All that remains is a heart.
No, not like the fleshy organ. A bright red heart-shaped heart with fancy silver trim. It looks almost like a gemstone of some kind. Rick isn't quite sure what to make of all this... "Are you alright?" he asks of Gerri.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Park of Adventure
"None of this makes any sense. None of it. What's going on? Let's just... get out of here. Before more things show up." She looks shaken, but isn't harmed.
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2012-12-08, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
"Well you'll have to excuse me for falling down a hole and ending up... wherever this place is," Rick retorts. "I-"
Oh! Master! The thing! Did it drop a thing? Things are for collecting!
The lad suddenly stops mid-sentence when the egg chatters excitedly in his mind. "Myrrh, what are you talking about? Why would I want anything that monster had?" he asks apparently no one.
They are important! We must collect the things for the making of strong!
With a sigh Rick trudges over to the heart and picks it up! It vanishes in a swirl of golden sparkles and suddenly he looks far less beaten up than he did before! Suffice to say he's confused by this.
"Wait... what just happened..."
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2012-12-08, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Park of Adventure
"I'm not blaming you for anything, it's just that... This is so odd." Gerri leans up against a tree to catch her breath properly. "So, um, who's Myrrh?"
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2012-12-08, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Park of Adventure]
"You mean you can't hear him...?" Rick surmises. Then holds out the egg. "I found him down in that cave. Apparently he's supposed to hatch at some point and help me?"
Rawr har! That is the thing I am doing!
"I'm not really sure what he's supposed to help me do, though. This has been a really weird day," Rick admits. "Hopefully it won't get any worse."
Then it does.
Three more of the short bat-pigs come bursting out of the undergrowth followed by a much larger bat-pig! The obvious leader is armed with a wooden sword and shield! Thicker armor adorns his body and a large ram's horn hangs at his side. "Huehuehue... Yous shoulda kept runnin' kid," the brute sneers, a nasty grin spreading across his tusked mouth. "Now com quiet. The Barron's gots plans for you."
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The Grimling EnforcerWarning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-08, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Park of Adventure
Gerri takes a few steps to run away, hoping that Rick will follow.
If he doesn't, Gerri won't leave him behind, but she doesn't exactly do anything useful, either...
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2012-12-08, 11:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Park of Adventure]
Yeah.
Being useless sounds about right. Rick managed to take down one of those monsters by surprise. But out numbered and with that big one? That... doesn't sound quite so promising...
"Time for hatching now kaboom!"
And then the egg explodes.
Not one of those big flaming explosions. The flashy sort. It's pretty darn bright, but pleasantly bright. As opposed to eye-burningly bright. Though the Grimlings seem to disagree! The monsters shield their eyes and stagger back!
When the radiance fades Rick finds that he has a small lizard sitting in his hands. Or it looks like a lizard at least. The critter is a little over a foot long, dark blue on the top and a paler blue on the underside. It's form is well defined and muscular, more feline than reptilian. Long lizard tail. lil' claws. Cute, rounded snout. And a pair of teeny golden horn nubs on the back of his head. Two more horn-like nubs grow from its shoulder blades.
On it forehead is the same strange symbol that's on Rick's hand.
It's Myrrh! And he's wearing part of his egg-shell like a hat!
"Oh wow! Oh neat! There are so many things for seeing! Rawr! Monsters! We shall defeat them with cunning and pointy teeth!"Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-09, 01:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Adir just smiles at the doctor, giving a slight nod at the question about a picture. He slides a hand down the front of his face, just trying to get his head around this turn of events.
The hood leaves the alleyway, tripping over some garbage on the way out.
Meanwhile, Kailee turns the corner with Ashley, wrapping her arms around herself for slightly better coverage. "Yes. And yes. I'm... my name's Kailee." She looks most pointedly at Wrath. The Escort's concerned, and surprised that he didn't change his mind. "Thank you. I was stupid, running in here." Kai's silver eyes shift to Kailee again. "Can you fix him? Heal him?" That's right. Regular people don't need fixed.My avatar was done by Gullara. Thanks again!
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2012-12-09, 02:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Lots of Hope Hospital]
The appointment continues with no trouble at all. Sakura and the babies are entirely healthy. Dr Darkspear gives them a few recommendations, but otherwise says that things are great.
As they're walking toward the exit of the hospital, Sakura says. "So I guess we're gonna have to double up on the baby stuff aren't we. Is you're truck going to be able to handle it all?" She asks jokingly.
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2012-12-09, 02:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Nothing at all in the Red Zone
"Ashley." Her introduction is short and curt. When asked about whether or not she can heal Wrath, she reaches into the small bag on her belt, which seems to have much more room than it appears to. "I can try. How are you with potions? Don't have any bad reactions?" Her question is asked at Wrath.
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2012-12-09, 02:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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"If you meet a spirit walking,
Incline your head.
Do not meet their gaze.
Do not follow after."
-Things Our Mothers Tell Us
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2012-12-09, 03:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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(Insert Street Name Here)
The large raptor-like reptile continues to walk the streets, eyes glued to his wrist-computer's screen, although not entirely oblivious.
This isn't right. According to this, that builing there shouldn't be square, that's supposed to be a hat shop (I should get a hat sometime), and that alley shouldn't even be there. I can't even get the name of the street I'm on! It's not usually this wrong. Maybe it's just the nature of the place.
Giving it a good smack, the map display changes to a slightly more accurate version.
That's a start. Maybe it's just...what's the word? Mutable? Guess I'll have to play it by ear, he says aloud, attempting to make sense of his surroundings.
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2012-12-09, 09:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-09, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-09, 11:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Busy with Life
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2012-12-09, 03:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
This is true. Humans really aren't know for having teeth of impressive poinyness. And Myrrh honestly isn't that large either. How could this possibly go well for our heroes?
Running probably wouldn't work. The things were pretty swift. So that just leaves-
"Myar nar! Battleings now!"
And with that Myrrh launches himself at the nearest Grimling, hitting the monster square in the gut and bowling it over backwards before gnawing at its face! The creature squeals in surprise before vanishing in a billowing cloud of purple and crimson smoke! The lizard then grabs the beast's club in his mouth and the weapon vanishes!
...only to suddenly appear in Rick's hands.
"Wuh...?"
do Do DO DOOOOOO!
You got an Ugly Stick! Use it to clobber things until you get a weapon that isn't terrible!
[That One Street With Talking Dromaeosaurus]
One of the aspects of the Nexus that is sadly underutilized is the fact that it has everything imaginable. And that includes every imaginable flavor and genre to be found in its ambling, meandering streets. From ye olde to steam punk to atom age to modern to sci fi.
So where is our dinosaurish friend? What kind of surroundings does he find himself in? What sorts of denizens of the Nexus frequent this area? What is he looking for? And why doesn't he have a top hat yet?Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-09, 04:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Park of Adventure
Gerri is surprised. Still. Does it still count as surprised if it lasts this long?
In any case, in terms of combat Gerri is a sitting duck. A noncombatant just waiting for some morally bankrupt individual to come along and punch her in the face.
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2012-12-09, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Park of Adventure]
Or to grab her and use her as a hostage.
Anywho!
Rick has a club now! And for some inexplicable reason he finds that he has a pretty decent grasp of how best to bonk things with it. No training to speak of, mind. Just...
Where did this knowledge come from, anyway!
"Master! Make less gawkings and more fightings!"
Oh, right. The monsters.
One of the Grimlings rushes Rick and makes a wild downward swing with its club! Without so much as thinking about it the lad hops to one side and uses the momentum to catch the monster right in the ribs with his weapon! The Grimling yelps from the staggering blow only to get plowed into by Myrrh!
The beast bursts in a billowing cloud of smoke, a small hexagonal green gem left behind. Wut...
With Rick and Myrrh distracted the remaining Grimling minion circles around from behind and tries to grab Gerri!Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2012-12-09, 05:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Random Park]
There's something going on here.
The air sparks above an intricately carved circle, somehow carved into the grass and dirt. Runes line the edges, and the smell of burnt sage fills the area. In the middle of the circle rests a book upon a pedestal, open to a page with runes that seem to crawl from place to place over the page.
There's a man here, perhaps in his early or mid twenties. His white hair is help out of his face by a headband, and his red eyes shine out from dark insomnia-induced bags around his eyes from otherwise porcelain skin. His garb consists of a black robe, the furred edges trailing an olive green color, giving an overall dark look to his otherwise albino features.
He's speaking in an arcane language, and as the final moments of twilight approach, his chanting reaches it's peak, and he finishes the call. Nothing truly seems to happen for a moment... but then, slowly, a pair of shapes begin to form. A pair of black birds slowly take shape floating above the ritual circle. Each of these ravens has a series of four eyes, two on each side of their head, as they stare out at the world.If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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2012-12-09, 05:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
Park of Adventure
"Gah! Let go of me! Let go! Let go!" Gerri tries to escape, but isn't very strong (she's a sixteen year old the doesn't exercise much) and therefore has next to no chance of escaping.
This is bad for Gerri, and possibly Rick if this Grimling decides to make this a proper hostage situation.
Random Park
Kate Kyland just so happens to walk by when the ritual reaches it's climax. What a coincidence that one of the people that knows the most about the parks would happen to walk in on a ritual in a park. She watches the shapes appear with curiosity... and doesn't think to hide or whatnot, so either the summoned birds or the summoner himself can see her.
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2012-12-09, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Inside 48
[Random Park]
For a moment the Ravens will turn to look at Kate, distinctly aware of her presence. The summoner, however, remains focused on the subject of his ritual.
Kate will be able to hear words, undoubtedly coming from the ravens though they echo into her mind rather than through the air "She is the Sacrifice?"
"No. I am."
The heads of the ravens whip back towards the summoner, and there's a sickening moment before the descend upon him. He's knocked over as the ravens plunge their beaks into his left eye.If You need me to post somewhere, drop me a message, please
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