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Thread: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
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2019-05-16, 11:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Mist sets about slicing at the ropes with a pair of knives that are in his hands now. As the hobbit charges him, his first instinct is to duck under the swing of the bat and kick him hard in the groin.
Mist will at least attempt to not kill people at the first sign of danger.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-16, 11:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Slice, snap! A rope or two goes down, and the ship realizes that it's time to try to go.
However, that's not the best idea, Mist. Hobbits are short! You'll have to duck very far, and your kick won't have much leverage at all.
The little cultist swivels, drops his bat, and grabs at Mist's leg, screaming at the top of his lungs. How dare Mist play a song like that?! How dare he try to just leave!? How dare he have hopes and dreams and imagine that he could ever have real friends?! What outrageous arrogance.
Meanwhile, Mei is killing people with wild abandon despite not being in any real danger. Her ship is being threatened, Mist reminded her how powerful she is, and it just comes naturally to a dragon. CHOMP! and a cultist is gone. A swipe of the claws and another rope is gone.
There's a taller one, bug-eyed and top-heavy, who is waving his feathery hands at Mist and Mei and intoning some sort of spell. A curse?
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2019-05-17, 08:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace Of Truth]
Okay, sympathy gone. Mist plunges his knife down towards the cultist’s chest, kicking him if his stab lands and loosens his grip.
If Mist gets away he’ll be focusing on getting to the hatch before the ship decides to leave and slicing more ropes along the way. He doesn’t get into open fights that often and isn’t really in a state to be watching for meddling mages. Maybe Mei will get that one.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-17, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
The cultist's grip loosens in shock as the knife sinks into his chest.
Mist kicks him while he's down, and then is free.
One of the cut ropes allows the ship to twist and turn, striking the meddling mage with its tail and sending him crashing into a market stall.
The two cultists working at the hatch turn to face Mist. One raises a crowbar, the other hurls what seems to be an overlarge soap bubble towards our fox.
With them distracted, Mei tears loose the last ropes.
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2019-05-17, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace Of Truth]
Mist hurls his left knife at the bubble, and maybe its thrower if the bubble doesn’t deflect it.
Mist pounces on the other mans with his right knife in hand, feinting left in anticipation of the swinging crowbar and striking from the right side.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-18, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2019
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2019-05-18, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
[Underground Laboratory]
"It'll be a while before this place is usable for anything," Sophie says. "We're going to try to take care of the most pressing things, but properly cleaning it up will take more effort." Once the door is open, she enters, gun at the ready.My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2019-05-19, 09:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace Of Truth]
The knife and soap bubble collide!
Most likely, both of them vanish into thin air.
The crowbar swings in the expected path-
Mei dives past the two and into the ship, shrinking down a bit as the vessel rises a foot off the ground.
"Get in, Mist!"
-the knife carves a long shallow cut into the cultist, glitter spilling from the wound.
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2019-05-19, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Mist grunts, kicking at the cultist and shifting into his more nimble, swift, and difficult-to-catch fox shape, sprinting out towards the hatch and leaping inside before the ship can take off without him.
He has seen what happens when he gets caught. Maybe. Not really what he'd like.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-19, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
The cultist sidesteps the kick, hefts the crowbar again, and -
Mist really is hard to catch there, isn't he? The next swing doesn't even get close to hitting his tail.
As the fox hops inside, the ship's hatch closes up, and they lift away from the market (where it looks like a perturbed shopkeeper is advancing on the cultists).
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2019-05-19, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Mist flops own onto the cool floor of the ship, panting.
"Is- is that it? Are we good? All clear?" he asks between breaths. He hasn't been in a brawl in a while. Good to see that he's still got it, mostly. He only lost one knife in all of that.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-19, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Mei doesn't seem to be tired at all.
"I think we're good. Right?"
The ship makes no obvious response, but Mei seems to consider that an affirmation.
They zoom up into the light. Mist will probably slide along the floor and/or flop against the wall.
"You did alright back there."
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2019-05-19, 10:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth]
Mist is shaken by the sudden acceleration and is forced to switch back to his usual shape to avoid being thrown around.
"Well, thanks. Glad to know I'm not totally out of practice. You did much better than me, yourself. But I guess we should have seen that coming. Open fights really aren't my thing.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-19, 10:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Palace of Truth => Mei's Ship]
Aww. A fox sliding around under sudden acceleration would have been so cute!
"Oh, uh, thanks. Fighting's really not my thing at all, but I am pretty strong, and tough, and magical I suppose."
They pass the last leering tower, and slip and slide in between the celestial objects slowly approaching the Sultana.
There's not actually any real danger of running into them. Mei just likes making all the turns. A way to chill after the battle.
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2019-05-19, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Mei’s Ship]
”Well, it’s not really my thing either. I’m just inexplicably really good with knives.”
He’s not being sarcastic either it just sort of happened. Though after that he has practiced a lot for years.
”Are we in the clear for the ride back?”Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-20, 12:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2008
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- In hiding. Always hiding.
Re: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
[Underground Laboratory]
There are storage rooms littered around already. They passed one that Sophie's been in near the Ultimate Chimera. They're... not particularly hygienic though. This room is probably more so just on default.
Since the room is quite bare. And quite bright since the light switch is on. In fact, that seems to not just be the defining feature of the room, but the only feature in this room. A series of multiple lights positioned in such a way that nothing in the room goes unlit. Not a single shadow can be found in this room, even when they step inside.
If they flip the switch back off, then the lights go out and maybe their eyes don't hurt as much, but otherwise... nothing. What an unusual waste of space.
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2019-05-20, 12:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
[Underground Laboratory]
Ruth might be surprised to see Sophie's face contort with disgust and fury.
"This... is where Xeyal tortured Sasha," she says slowly. "She lives in shadows and is hurt by bright light, so he put her in a room with nothing but bright light to punish her. She was terrified of being put here if she disobeyed him."My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2019-05-21, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Mei’s Ship]
"I think maybe that makes it your thing, don't you?"
The ship straightens out its course.
"Oh, yeah. We can speed up as soon as we're clear of the Sultana's wake, in a couple minutes."
"Now, hmm, what's your favorite color, Mist?" Focusing on work and payment and all should be a good distraction.
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2019-05-21, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
[Mei's Ship]
Mist thinks.
"Well, as you can tell, I'm keen on black. But that's mostly for clothes, and how it looks on my wife. I think amber is a really nice color. That rich yellow. Y'know?"Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-22, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-05-23, 01:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Mei's Ship]
Mei nods.
"Hmm. Yellows, real yellows, are tricky. The Nexus's sun, you know, is actually a bluish-green, if you have the eyes to see it. We'll need something more than the atosphere to get a properly anbaric coloration."
They're getting faster, and faster, and will soon repeat the process they took to get here, although the sky will be just a bit emptier and darker on the way home.
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2019-05-23, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Mei’s Ship]
”I’m afraid I only know what some of those words mean.” Mist admits sadly. He can enjoy the view again, at least. This cosmic view isn’t a threat to his sanity.Spako Highclaws by Ceika.
[Sorry Boss, but as always, I get the last word.]
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2019-05-26, 02:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Underground Laboratory]
Ruth isn't surprised at Sophie's understandable human reaction. At her age, she's gotten over the shock of the depths some beings' inner darkness goes, but her empathy has not dimished one bit. "Then we must be doubly thankful of the fact that he is dead. One look at that poor Chimera makes it evident he was a monster." She says calmly, tears falling down her eyes, though she doesn't acknowledge them in any way. "I pledge to do all I can to help Sasha heal." She looks up at the lights for a bit. "If Sasha wishes to never see this area again, then I suppose this room has too many bulbs." She says, hinting at a little cathartic bulb smashing, which would achieve little more than darkening the place and making one feel better.Purple Eagle's character list
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2019-05-26, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Underground Laboratory]
Sophie shakes her head, breathing deeply.
"Let's not spend more time than we have to. And bringing Sasha back here probably won't be wise in any event. Let's keep moving."
She will keep retracing their steps but turn to as of yet unexplored parts of the laboratory instead of heading for the exit.My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2019-05-27, 04:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Underground Laboratory]
Ruth follows Sophie, eyes scanning the environment and hoping that Karasu's somehow found Sasha already.Purple Eagle's character list
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2019-05-29, 01:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2008
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- In hiding. Always hiding.
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[Underground Laboratory]
The rest of the lab is much easier to deal with than what's come before. It's still a mess, granted, but a more mundane kind. There's some imprisoned local species that haven't been spliced yet they can free without concern. A fair number of bodies of the less fortunate. And those four other chimeras Ruth noticed.
The first is the graceful triceragon. A beargon triceratops.
The second is a unique one even for the doctor as he doesn't usually get involved with plants. But the dryantelope is a free roaming quadruped dryad.
The third is something called a Magler. Some kind of catboy cyborg? Probably should just put it down.
The fourth is... missing? The cage is broken and the chimera is no where to be found. Searching for it supernaturally seems to yield no results. It must have escaped into the caves through the broken front door. The underground system is naturally protected against extrasensory probes, a large reason why Doctor Xeyal chose this place as his lab in the first place.
Regardless, one less thing to worry about. Once they decide how to deal with the three remaining abominations of science, the lab will be clear for retrofitting or destruction.
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2019-05-29, 09:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Mei's Ship]
I wouldn't be so sure of that, Mist. Just looking at the stars without the city lights in the way can have a great effect on people. And here you are looking at a big chunk of a galaxy without even the air to get in your way. Try not to think about it.
"Oh, I'm just talking about stars and how they look."
But it should be a quiet trip back to the DFI...
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2019-05-30, 07:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Underground Laboratory]
"I see imprisoned species we can free, bodies of Xeyal's victims, and 3 chimeras. There should be a fourth, but I see it nowhere. With this amount of power I put into my sight..." Ruth trails off, looking around, at the ceiling, the ground and the sides, then seems to shrug. "We should free the creatures remaining to be freed, and the 3 poor creatures abominably experimented on. It would depend on their size, intelligence and potential danger, but I say we should still attempt to communicate with them, Sophie. For starters."Purple Eagle's character list
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2019-05-30, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Andromeda, Slain
[Substation XRay]
Local shepherds call the mountain "the place of the witches' sabbath" or "the place of the witch's sabbath", depending on which side they live on and how much of a grudge they have against a specific woman they can pretend is the specific witch. The twin peaks rise into the sky and command attention. The Royal Clandestine Agency built their black site on a modest hill a little bit away from this mountain, so that it would be easily overlooked. A barbed wire fence surrounds the area, but a motorized gate at the road in has been battered down by something wanting quick access. Reinholdt, Blanche, and Callie arrive to investigate why the Substation put an alarm out and then went silent. They find that XRay has been hidden among some medieval looking stone ruins.
The road leads up to the largest tower and what used to be a reinforced garage door set in one side. The tower bears other signs of modern use: electrical flood lights on the other sides and a grove of antennae sprouting from the roof. The only sign of life in the exterior of the black site is a truck-sized animal that looks like a rhinoceros with a horn shaped like a battering ram. It's currently pushing against one of the unoccupied towers, digging in its large hooves and inching forward until the whole thing topples over with a clatter. At the same time, a surge of divine magic on the mountain draws Callie's attention (and possibly the attention of everyone sensitive to magic for miles around). A flash of green light should catch Reinholdt and Blanche's attention too just in time for them to see the sky open up and bombard the peak on the left with fire and lightning. A second later a black line slashes out from Mother Nature's target, catching the other peak at an angle from its top left to halfway down its right side. A cloud of dislodged snow disrupts the view, but it soon becomes clear that the entire cap of stone is sliding off the peak. Before the sound of the avalanche reaches them, they will see the once proud feature cut down to size. Some Goddess has murderously masectomized the mountain.
Callie swears once, voice shaken with awe and fear, and then starts sprinting to the central tower as if every second she spends out of cover is another invitation for the dueling deities to take notice of her. Like the beast notices her. It starts lumbering after the foxy terrorist and if the sniper and the medic don't stop it from building up speed it will catch her before she can escape inside.Last edited by FireFox; 2019-05-30 at 11:13 PM.
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iactatam hac demum voluit consistere terra.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.”
– Publius Vergilius Maro, The Aeneid
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2019-05-31, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Serious Plots 7: Why so srs?
[Substation Xray]
Well the gate being wrecked indicates bad, but Rein didn't quite expect the bad to escalate so quickly. Large beast, yikes. Tower falling, oh no! Mountains exploding. Well, they just stepped right in it, didn't they? One of the Vulpans pissed off the wrong person this time. It was most unsettling. And loud.
"Wait Callie! Stick together! Dammit." She's got the right idea to get inside, but top speed and alone is not the way to do it. Reinholdt follows her for a bit before noticing that they've already been noticed. He swears again, skidding to a stop as he pulls out an elephant gun. He wasn't expecting to have to deal with an organic tank right away. Kneeling, he checks the gun out as quickly as he can, not having to fire one in a very, very long time. He's not satisfied with his inspection, but he's out of time too, so he lines up a shot and fire, trying to catch the beast in the legs.