ITT: We Are All Fantasy Characters

"Oh, you know, stealing food, stealing crops, that sort of thing. I may occasionally kidnap people and try to destroy your friendships so I can make you be friends with m- I MEAN, because I'm just that horrible, haha!"

"You hear that, hoodie-man?" he says, pointing at the cloaked man who just arrived. "Nobody's safe!"

"But, uh... such a powerful figure as I has no time for the likes of you! If you have nothing else to say, then I'll be off!"

edited 14th Jan '18 3:30:38 PM by DrNoPuma

"K-Kidnap?!"

Bryn gulped. She really hoped that she wasn't on that imaginary "list of people to kidnap". Or on the list of "crops to ruin 101". Or any of them.

The hooded guy stops, stares at Ulrich with an unreadable expression (partially because his face is still mostly covered), and then keeps walking.

"Yes, kidnap!"

Ulrich stands there awkwardly, not sure what to do now.

"So, uh... BE AFRAID! Please...? ...Uh, bye!"

Ulrich runs back to the manor, looking rather embarrassed, the crabs following him.

edited 14th Jan '18 3:48:35 PM by DrNoPuma

"Um... Uh..."

Bryn then hung her head nervously. She really is taking this too seriously. To lighten the mood, the crossed her arms.

"I guess we aren't storming the castle just yet! I have no clue what to do right now..."

"... I can handle this." She draws a large sword from her sheath and begins marching towards the manor. Any excuse to get away from such a large crowd...

ATTENTION ANY NEW PLAYERS: WE HAVE A DISCORD. IT IS HERE

edited 14th Jan '18 4:01:17 PM by Beverly

"Well, that was certainly something. I suppose it takes some dedication to get us all here for such a petty purpose."

The queen ponders it for a moment, then brightens up. "As long as we're here, let's get those introductions done and get something to eat? I'm sure some of us brought snacks!"

She seems to be in a good mood now for some reason.

If I may force a a scifi character or two into your fantasy setting.

Somewhere up high, probably on a ledge of a balcony or something (I don't know the features of this location) a small male figure in ill fitting clothes and a cape is perched, watching the small group of odd characters beneath him.

"Henry," he says with a voice let fit for words but rather for growls, "I think we're in the wrong genre."

'Don't be meta, Hyde.' a voice in the back of his mind says.

"Don't tell me what to do."

I am too lazy to bother with the text colors.

edited 15th Jan '18 8:42:20 AM by ScotieRw

"Oh, sure! It's been a long journey here, so some food is needed." Bryn thanks the regal fox lady. Bryn is sort of embaressed, seeing as she was obvioisly royalty, or even higher of a rank.

Now that that weird guy is gone, the hooded man walks towards the group.

".. Who the fuck was that and what the fuck was he talking about?"

Arva stops dead in her tracks before looking back to Nakhta.

"F-Food...?"

The woman approaches the green haired girl. "You're here" She smiles. "Name's Lilith. Are you familiar with me?"

Her memories are triggerred, as she remembers a lot about her past as an adventurer.

"Oh, no problem at all!" she says, airily, before turning to the newcomer. "Hello, you! It seems that the local lord is a bit of a maniac running a social experiment of some sort. My guess is he's invented some sort of way to keep us from leaving, at least for a while. And who might you be?"

"Yes, food, too! If you can breathe fire, Miss Arva, we could get a fire going and eat some delicious meat that I've brought. I suppose some fresh fruits, too."

"Well... It's not a long story..." Bryn approaches the hooded man, mainly to explain.

"Basically, we got into this town somehow, and then this bear showed up, gave us some threats to kidnap us and screw us over, and retreated into the mansion with his crab army. It's REALLY weird."

After that, Bryn turned to face Naksha again. "I'm Bryn. I used to work for a royal guard until I quit just a while ago. So yeah! That's about it to my life story! Kinda."

edited 14th Jan '18 4:06:01 PM by Revaryk

"I can't breathe fire, no." She states as she sheathes her sword again.

"But I know a few fire spells. Will that work?"

"Undoubtedly!"

She looks to Nakhta. Then the manor. Then Nakhta again.

"... Sounds fine by me." She joins the group again.

"And uh... thanks for not hating me and stuff, guys..."

".. That sounds annoying. My name is.. " He pauses, seeming to debate whether he wants to share his name with this bunch of randos. ".. Aaron."

When Arva speaks up, he stares at her with an odd look on his face. The expression vanishes as he continues. "Why would we hate you?" He asks, flatly.

Nyssa flits up slightly above the heads of the crowd, shaking its own head as it does so. It looks over to the manor, before making note of the conversation topic down below.

"Well I can already tell that I'm going to be a tripping hazard for all of you, so I guess I'll count myself lucky that I can feed myself. As long as there's rain around here every once in a while, that is. Somehow, I don't think that 'Lord Ulrich' or whatever can control weather, so no worries there."

"Well... ya know, a lot of people... really hate dragons? Whenever I go into a new town, everyone thinks I'm there to terrorize it and burn everything down. I tried to get a tailor to make me a dress and he straight up told me that he didn't want my money and stuff." She explains to the hooded man.

She paused by the door of the inn as a woman called from behind her. That voice. Could it be...?

She turned towards the woman.

Oh, false alarm, she thought. For a minute I thought Aerin was here too.

"I-I don't think so. You almost sounded like someone i knew for a second there, though. I'm, uhhhhhm, N-Nora Wesley, by the way. Yea. I'm uh, studying to be an adventure wizard, and this buddy right here is called Tolki."

Tolki eyes Lilith a bit cautiously.

"Hey, you guys wouldn't happen to know where I can find an ancient magical library, would you?"

edited 14th Jan '18 5:12:19 PM by StarBee

"As long as there's rain?" Bryn asked the sprite. "What if it's hail? Let's hope the bear doesn't have control over nature... Why would he, anyway?"

Aaron's face softens in sympathy. Or does it? He should probably take the hood off it's starting to get annoyi

"Dragons, huh..."

"That sounds shitty. You have my sympathies."

As she looks at the girl, Lilith at first brings her sword to her neck, but puts it down. Wrong person, she thinks. She says "I'm afraid I don't know, darling. I'm just stopping by.''

"Rain, hail, snow, sleet, mist, fog, doesn't matter to me. As long as it's water of some form or another. And no, before you ask, it's not cannibalism. Is it cannibalism whenever you people eat something made of carbon?"

Nyssa speaks as though it's answered this question hundreds of times before, and its minute arms are crossed as it speaks.