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pillowmantis Happy Box Hater Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
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#451: Nov 13th 2018 at 3:18:59 PM

Tortoran Inn

Oh wonderful, the magic dog that apparently could ward off whatever that obtrusive thought was had left! The sarcasm in his thoughts right now was thick and scathing. Selfish of Yuval, really, to take off with the dog now. What if they wanted something from it also?

Still, all thoughts of that problem were forgotten when yet another problem revealed itself. "Um... wait, why are we letting h-her in here again?" Simon asked no one in particular. With all the adrenaline of the naga confrontation he hadn't stopped to really consider what was going on. Luka was just freeloading off of them, wasn't she? The room was free so she was letting herself into it! And the worst part was that no one had objected yet so she could go and make them look like the bad guys if they turned her away now! Kitsunes truly were as devious as the animals their looks took after!

Humbee at least had the good sense to issue a warning, which hopefully would only be needed by Luka. What a nice bear, reminding people to show some decency! While some things hadn't changed, Simon's negative views of bear people had been rapidly redefined. "Well, you heard the bear!" the teen said quite eagerly. "Guess we should just all go to sleep!" It was obvious how pleased he was about this. He hopped into the bed closest to Luka and had his shadow tuck him in... a bit of a stupid use of his abilities, but it was an interesting test of dexterity and control.

Why is a yam attacking me?
Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#452: Nov 13th 2018 at 3:34:56 PM

Stormguard Castle

The snake merely flicked its tongue out at Altis. “Actually ye have my blessing only if something doesn't happen to ye. But if it makes ye sleep better at night then go ahead and believe that. Your choice.”

The Aileana-controlled serpent let itself be pet for a while longer before finally disentangling itself and meticulously slithering its way out of the room. “I'll be... someplace. Not in a bed. Sick of the things. I'm not fooling around with ye either; if I'm ever again obligated to sleep in one I fear I'll have Vietnam flashbacks. Though I'll patrol. Keep an eye on ye all. Get a kip here and then. See how it goes, aye?”

The snake paused at the doorway, only to look back—staring at Terry in what was perhaps the most soft expression Aileana had ever displayed. Granted, it was somewhat marred by the limited expressions of the snake, but it still was of a noticeable enough contrast.

“Do me a favour lad and rest. And if ye be needing anything—even if it's a wee chat—I'll be happy to let ye in. Don't let Auntie Aileana scare ye. She's just a young lady with an old lady's brain stuffed in a dying body. And sometimes she up and scares herself, ye know.”

Without further delay, the creature slipped out of the room. Even if someone were to run up to the door and fling it open there would be nothing there. Aileana's snake was long gone.

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Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#453: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:09:10 PM

Stormguard Castle Hall - Nadia al-Amin

...

"...first you can float, and now you can talk?!" Nadia exclaimed incredulously, burning holes right into her book. "Guess it's not just people messing with us, it's literature? Here on, you can fly everywhere; I'm not carrying you around anymore!"

The guardian of cutlery and cooking sighed and pushed herself back onto her feet. "You tell me to sleep, but there's no guarantee whoever's doing this won't mess with our heads while we're dreaming. I'm heading back to the kitchen, make some mind protecting hot cocoa to help us sleep without voices in our head. Anyone wanna help?"

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#454: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:22:41 PM

Stormguard Castle Hallway

Tibalt raised a hand and started getting on his feet.

"I need something to calm my nerves before bed..."

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
sgtpendulum Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#455: Nov 13th 2018 at 4:55:15 PM

Eastern Kingdom Castle Hallway

Well, they are becoming fast friends, Kirsti thought, they exchanged words so quickly that Kirsti can't even get a word in before Nadia decided to get up, planning to go off once more.

"I'm Kirsti," she introduced herself to the new guy. "Please to meet you...Tibalt." A name so strange she started to doubt whether he's from her realm or not but she decided not to voice it out to not make it awkward. Maybe later. As Kirsti peaked a look at Nadia one more time, she looked down onto her clothes and then asked "And, errr...Nadia, can you help me get that maid outfit as well? I'm feeling too musty and gross to be any comfy in this state. Matter of fact, you know if this place has a shower or a bath?"

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EviIPaladin Some Guy Or Something from Middle-Of-Nowhere, NS Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Some Guy Or Something
#456: Nov 13th 2018 at 5:03:46 PM

Reading the First Draft of the Script - Julian @ Lucifer's Estate

Julian almost choked on the surprise meat. "What part of the fact that I am a grown fucking adult did you not—"

Then the dragon lost his goddamn mind.

Kill Shuria? Such an instruction ran counter to what Julian had heard. Was there multiple mind invaders? Was it a single one (1) that merely sought to create chaos? The older man's gaze drifted to Shuria. Was it her? The voice was not feminine, let alone the one she spoke with but masking one's voice while speaking telepathically (wait how did he know that word?) would likely be trivial.

Was it a test? To see if he would kill other Guardians in her defense? That could make sense; here she would have the lowest risk of being killed if her plan backfired, as all non-Guardians here were loyal to her and her father... That would be a test Julian would fail. Not because the others were too strong; he just had no desire to kill manchildren like the dragon and the vampire. Especially not for some fake nonsense creature.

Julian idly rubbed his arm as his brain continued to consider potential options at a rate far faster than he had ever thought of anything before. He took a step, following Shuria.

Could it be Lucifer? They had only just met and being the devil, he would likely be trickier and more malicious than their first introduction would imply. This would be his first attempt at corrupting us Guardians so it would explain why we are only hearing these thoughts now. But would he risk it happening in his domain? Surely, there'd be a great deal of collateral damage from a battle between three (3) Guardians...

Could it be an angel? They have no love of the demons, from what they've heard, and weaponizing Guardians to kill demons would give them a substantial leg up in their battle for dominance. Yet Julian's own mental instructions were to protect Shuria and ignore Vacuum, clearly not allies of the angels...

Could it be another Guardian? Neither Dmitri nor the dragon have illustrated mental infiltration before nor did they seem smart enough to fake not having such powers. Another Guardian could have such power and, desiring the power of the Lotus for themselves, would seek to take out their most frightening competition - Julian. However, Julian's only proof that other Guardians exist was Medan's word...

Could it be Medan? That bastard was less trustworthy than Lucifer, having first suggested open conflict between the three (3) Guardians that were around him. Now they were far enough away from him that he would seem unrelated to the event. Especially since his own Guardian companions mysteriously died while he traveled with them. His physical abilities were likely devastated, based on the monstrous wound the Guardian had sustained, potentially from the other Guardians attempting to defend themselves against the traitorous scum.

Barring any extra information that Julian wasn't privy to, Medan would make one (1) hell of a convincing suspect.

Julian took another step.

"Let me make one (1) thing clear, Shuria," Julian said, still not entirely convinced Shuria wasn't the source of the voice. "I am sleeping in a separate bed. I have not shared my bed with a child since my youngest's was five (5) years old and I have no intention of doing so again."

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val
Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#457: Nov 13th 2018 at 5:32:49 PM

Going to Storm the Kitchen in Stormguard Keep - Nadia al-Amin

"Ah, yeah; I asked the maids for directions. Walking out from the chef's entrance, take a right, then keep going up you reach your third door on the right. Go ahead and knock; it's the maid's uniform and changing room, I think they'll be nice enough to give you a spare. They were for me after all. The servant's baths are directly opposite so you could ask them to leave you the spare clothes outside of the bath area..."

Beat.

"...not sure what they did with my original clothing though. Whatevvvvvvvvvs. Anyway, their baths are actually pretty nice, so enjoy yourself. I've got cocoa to make."

Nadia headed on over to the kitchen, pointing out down the hall where Kirsti could get her bath and uniform before opening up the doors. All the chefs were getting things ready for closing so seeing the maid (and Tibalt) walk in unannounced was quite surprising. "Ah, there's a, uh, Guardian emergency hot chocolate time...? Anyway, don't mind me; I'll clean up after myself! Ah, but, if you could tell me where to put everything when I'm done, that'd be great..."

With those brief instructions given, Nadia put on her magic apron and set about work again - using several large soup pots to hold her concoction as she moved swiftly (A-rank agility, yes?) to gather up and put together the ingredients. Willing up her partial trance, Nadia poured her hopes and thoughts into her brew once more...

Once she finished up, she scooped up a bit of the thick, Italian style hot chocolate and handed a mug over Tibalt. It wasn't simply chocolate in her drink though - the aroma smelled of touches of cinnamon and a hint of chili. "First taste for royalty?"

If Tibalt were to drink, the hot cocoa would wash warmth over his entire body, soothing the body to prepare it for a restful night. Protecting his mind from would be intruders, it brought a peacefulness to his thoughts as well, giving him clarity and promising pleasant dreams and uninterrupted sleep.

Buffs: Bonus to Mind. Protection from Illusion. A relaxed body and mind and the promise of a good night's sleep.

Edited by Starbound2 on Nov 13th 2018 at 5:33:45 AM

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#458: Nov 13th 2018 at 6:19:06 PM

Lucifer Castle

As much as Dimitri waited, no one rose to face his challenge.

Kill.

That was the only word that stuck in Dimitri's mind. Kill who, though? Kill Shuria? That was what had echoed through his mind. But she didn't really seem to be doing much since the gate went down. Besides, killing her to start a conflict between demons and angels? That didn't make a lot of sense.

Who was actually deserving of his fangs? Well, who was responsible for all this? Medan. He was the one who brought the guardians here. Hell, maybe he was responsible for a lot more than that.

The stupid old asshole and the scaley-skin aren't going to fix anything. The only way to solve a problem is to attack at the roots.

So get rid of the one who sent you here. KILL MEDAN. Destroy the Lotus. Bring about the end of this idiotic farce.

Fuck! What was that? What the hell was going on?! Dimitri didn't know what to do anymore. He felt suffocated. He didn't have his meds, therapy, or any kind of support system any more.

He decided to go to bed, but tomorrow... well, Medan would get his.

Edited by HilarityEnsues on Nov 15th 2018 at 12:35:17 PM

Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#459: Nov 13th 2018 at 7:53:38 PM

Stormguard Castle

"Fuck sleep." Maryland said to herself, disabled her thermovision, and stalked towards Medan on the floor. She stared at him. How many times had she done similar, tapping herself empty because she could still read the words in front of her? What did she think she'd get out of this? Looking at him was arresting to say the least. Fuck fuck sleep, actually, this was supposed to be a new start.

Maryland made the call to try getting real fancy with her teleportation, and whipped herself a further distance back to where she started... about half an inch into the ground. A couple quick yelps and a fast fix later and she was fine, but Maryland learned her lesson to know damn well where she was going, and to see where she was blinking to. She waved her hand over the pool of blood that mistake left behind and wiped it clean, then, actually being able to see where she was doing, did a couple long-distance teleports to catch up with Nadia and Tibalt. The little windows on the kitchen doors helped save her from another unfortunate telefrag, but not the social awkwardness of just sort of popping into space with a whoosh of displaced air.

"I can confirm the mindfuckery isn't from anyone here. Did some magic of my own. Uhhhh..." Maryland whoofed out a breath of air and put her hands on her knees. Teleporting was in her purview but it wasn't her style; for the first time in awhile Maryland was actually winded. "Fuck. Um. Am I interrupting anything? Am I doing that thing Aileana does? I can, uh..." Maryland leaned back up and thumbed over her shoulder. "Sorry, I can leave."

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#460: Nov 13th 2018 at 8:48:00 PM

Stormguard Kitchen

Tibalt happily watched the cooking going on and hummed to himself... And then he got handed a mug of stuff that smelled wonderful and dangit being called royalty caused him to seize up for a moment and just go silent as he sipped on his drink.

Today had been a... A frank rush to be honest. A new world, new... Friends? Probably friends. Then battling like... A big demon whatever and now he was sitting in a kitchen in a castle while people were dressed as cute maids and taunting him about being king potential, people were teleporting into the middle of the room and there was just dang good hot chocolate...

"It's good yes. Thank you."

He was too tired to deal with this... He was almost certain by the time he got to something approaching bedding he'd be able to conk out pretty easily. Dark thoughts of home could wait until morning...

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#461: Nov 13th 2018 at 9:17:56 PM

Cuckoo for Cocoa - Nadia al-Amin

Nadia flinched when Maryland just zooped in, taking a step back and holding up her chocolate dipped ladle between the two of them. Taking a moment to breathe, Nadia sighed and dropped the ladle right back into the cocoa pot. "Jeez, woman, a little warning next time?! I almost slapped you with hot fudge!" Taking a bit to absorb Maryland's words, Nadia just nodded. "No, no, you're fine; actually the more people I can see tonight the better. Here, have a mug."

Nadia ladled another scoopful of hot chocolate and handed the mug over to Maryland. "Brewed up some cocoa to protect our heads from being picked at again. I mean, I managed to make a feast that could literally reverse the undead curse which was the dying wish of a jackass guardian with a god complex. Something to help us sleep and not hear voices should be a piece of pie, right? ...what happened to your shoes, by the way?"

Nadia took a cup and a sip herself, though she couldn't help but notice Tibalt seizing up at her tease. "...ah. That was the sore point, wasn't it? Ah, jeez, I'm s- I thought since you were joking about it earlier that it'd be okay if I- a-anyway, I'm sorry, really! I can see why that would be stressful... Hold on, I guess I should start over..."

Nadia took a big gulp of her cup for some liquid, chocolatey courage and set it aside. "I'm Nadia al-Amin. Born, raised, and educated in good old sunny California. Um, what else... was studying culinary arts, which I guess transferred over here as magical super cooking curse-breaking skills. I can summon cooking utensils. Oh, also I'm really fast...? And, uh, I never got chosen as royalty by a magical horn, but I did have a whole village of undead suddenly bow to me and treat me like their savior.

"...after seeming like they were going to kill me at first. That was... t-that was, a-aha, that was very nerve wracking."

Nadia visibly tensed when she said that, and she helped herself to another mug of cocoa to calm herself. "I don't know much, just that we have powers, we're called Guardians, we all seem to have been pulled here at the same time, and something something serving the World Lotus...? Then again, I got all this info from my bookie here-"

Nadia tossed a thumb back to her floating green tome.

"...and it told me that Shuria was somebody trustworthy right before she decided to bust down the gate and start to invade. So. Maybe not 100% reliable...

"A-Anyway. What about you two?"

JustaUsername from Melbourne, Australia Since: Jul, 2009
#462: Nov 14th 2018 at 3:00:34 AM

An almost sleepless night at Lucifer Castle

So, everybody is going to bed, maybe it'd be best for him to sleep and see what happens in the morning. Something made Skyler doubtful about that. It might make them vulnerable at night or anybody else for the matter. No, he's going to stay awake, see if there's going to be anything that happened in the night...

...of course, that'd what Skyler thought he'd do anyways. Unfortunately, the long flight earlier in the day along with the meal made the dragon tired. There's no way he's going to stay awake at night, it's doubtful these demons have something like coffee to help it. He went for a bed, somewhere there were quite a few demons sleeping. It's doubtful there's a large number of demons who'd jump on him for his comment about Shuria so, safety in numbers.

Edited by JustaUsername on Nov 14th 2018 at 10:00:51 PM

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AtlasStratus Knight Cheesebeam from Frouphut, 1337 Impossible Avenue Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: In bed with a green-skinned space babe
Knight Cheesebeam
#463: Nov 14th 2018 at 9:36:43 AM

Once the excitement from driving the assassin faded away, the dizzying fatigue came back to Lynn at full force, grumpily cursing at nothing in particular while somewhat literally dragging her way back to the bedroom. She barely made it past the door before letting herself down onto the floor and promptly falling asleep.

Shortly after in the midst of sleep, a curious feeling came to her. Her "vision" was filled with was would be best described as a motherboard layout, with neon yellow (again) nodes connected by angular lines, illuminating a gray (again) expanse. The thing branched from a central square to other squares, similar to some sort of skill tree. The dream was entirely lucid, and while she could look to the far ends of the branches, most of anything past where she started was just illegible garble.

Going back from the center, "Lynn" followed from some pistol icon to the first of some unlit squares. One of them seemed interesting, with some sort of lightning or plasma icon on it - and as soon as she decided on it, the square flashed and glowed with the same yellowness as the others. Some sort of skill tree, Lynn would lazily note, feeling a little bothered at how cliche it was. She committed to these changes, and the skill tree closed, letting Lynn have some proper restful sleep.

Destruction: F -> E, pistols can now shoot electricity

Timers to measure time, thermometers to measure thermomets, mometers to measure mom, and measuring containers to measure measurements.
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#464: Nov 14th 2018 at 5:48:08 PM

Stormguard castle

“Thanks Nadia,” Kirsti said as she walked down the hallway but then she stopped halfway through when a thought of her bathing while also sipping on hot chocolate would be a great idea. That, and also inviting Nadia to bathe alongside her, just a random thought.

As she was waiting for Nadia to finish serving hot chocolate to Tibalt. A strange girl suddenly popped in out of literal nowhere. “Who the fuck are you?” Kirsti said to Maryland out of mild surprise.

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TehStanman Master Saboteur from Standard Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Master Saboteur
#465: Nov 14th 2018 at 7:32:41 PM

Stormguard - Throne Room

Terry eyed Medan up and down, sizing him up. So this is Medan. He looks about ready to fall over any moment now.

"Are you sure you don't maybe want some first aid? You look a little banged up." Terry said to Medan, crossing his arms. "And I want answers too. I can't just go to bed like everything is okay after just being almost mind controlled."

Terry stood there, visibly miffed until that snake spoke up, which Terry guessed was Aileana. Surprisingly enough, Aileana was able to display some manners after all. As a sign of good faith, Terry decided to concede with a sigh. She did have a point. Maybe it would be better if he tackled this in the morning with a clear head.

"Alright fine. I'll think about it." Terry responded to Aileana's offer with a frown. He then turned to Medan and Artis. "Medan, Your Majesty." He said in farewell, his eyes lingering on Artis for the slightest of moments. This isn't over, boy-king. We'll be talking very soon.

With that, Terry turned and left the room.

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Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#466: Nov 14th 2018 at 9:11:17 PM

Stormguard Kitchen

Maryland hadn't had good sugar in for fucking ever. As Nadia gave her the recap she just let it hit her; she'd needed to take care of herself better, for awhile now.

"Hwoah. Fuck that's good." Maryland huffed out a breath of hot air and refocused after a second. "And that's funny, I was actually on the other side of the wall, helping living villagers when someone cracked it open. Tibalt and the rest of our group ran along to the other castle around then." She nodded to Kirsti and Nadia. "I'm Maryland, and like, huh, wild, I'm from San Fran too! I studied Sociology on my end but uhhh..." Maryland took another swig of the hot chocolate. "Looks like you're making better use of your major though, till I've gotta go Discourse my ass off about reparations and shit tomorrow. Christ." She sighed. "Bed time for people now right? Ugh, I feel like shit. I got cut today, I've been on my feet all day, I lost part of my feet a little while ago, and..." Maryland stopped and took another deep breath. "Sorry. I'm kinda overwhelmed. I should probably just like, go take a bath or something."

Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#467: Nov 15th 2018 at 8:29:08 AM

Hot Showers and Hot Chocolate? - Nadia al-Amin

"Bakersfield, actually, though I've been to SF once or twice," Nadia clarified, handing over a mug of chocolate to Kirsti as well. "Oh yeah, the baths are over there-ish if you wanna get washed up; I already bathed, so I'm gonna go see about asking the servants to distribute the chocolate to everyone's rooms. No mind fuckery for us tonight...!"

Leaving her three companions to their own devices, Nadia grabbed a trayful of hot cocoa mugs and stepped out the kitchen door, beelining to the servants' quarters and distributing it out ("Courtesy of Nadia al-Amin the Guardian, here you go; courtesy of Nadia al-Amin the Guardian, here you go"). In a few maid colored blurs Nadia managed to hand out all the maids and butlers in the castle before addressing them.

"Alright; I know it's been a long day and many of you want to turn in for the night, but we need to keep this castle's walls strong. The hot chocolate you're all holding in your hands may seem like a simple drink, but as a Guardian, I've placed my blessings upon it to keep our hearts and our minds safe through the night. For those who want to help me keep this fortress safe, please help me share these blessings with everyone in Stormguard. To the knights who fought honorably to protect the kingdom, to the Guardians who brokered peace between enemies, to the night watch who keep a nocturnal eye... To every chef who served today, to your friends and your family... to your king, of course... and yes, to the undead guests as well. Please, give this drink to all so that the peace everyone's worked hard for can stay protected for another night longer."

As so, Nadia led a group of volunteers into the kitchen to get the cups ready, and they spread out throughout the castle, making sure each and every person they could find was served with the warm drink that insulated their minds from interference. Spotting Aileana hermiting up in the hall rafters, Nadia quietly set down a mug for her as well on a stand decorating the wall before continuing on, until everyone had been properly served.

Letting herself take a sigh of relief once her work was done, Nadia knocked on the door to the baths to meet with Kirsti one last time before heading off to bed.

Edited by Starbound2 on Nov 15th 2018 at 9:50:49 AM

Toukas The Tiny Ember Since: Oct, 2018 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Tiny Ember
#468: Nov 16th 2018 at 5:28:20 PM

And so, the moon rose as the sun fell... ushering in a new day for the Guardians who had survived their ordeals.

The animals of all realms returned to their burrows, nests, and homes as the widespread night beauty took over.

One little wicker pup howled gently as it promptly laid on top of its new master,

A snake wrapped itself around the neck of a lone king sitting in a throne room,

A gnoll whispered sweet things to a child that saved the day,

And lastly, a little devil watched over her new burly friend from the corner of her room.

Each Guardian would find themselves sleeping sound and peacefully despite whatever troubles ailed them...

...yet one Guardian stood hunched over, approaching the king with the snake.

"Artis, the time has come for you to know the truth..." said Medan as he gripped his side.

"The truth about what?" spoke the king as he looked at the man before him.

"That I have a brother," spoke Medan as he sat down. "Setri."

"Setri... The old god who cursed the Sepulchrum? I thought he was but an old wive's tale."

"He is no god, and he is no wive's tale... for he is my twin, and also a Guardian. I fear he held influence over Shuria and the two Guardians who assisted her."

"Tell me, why would Setri take an interest in them?"

"I do not know, but I do know that he is the one who summoned these new Guardians."

"It wasn't you?"

"No, I fear not. I would not pull people into this world... not again."

"Where is he?"

"I do not know, but when I felt his magic, I knew he was trying to corrupt the others... which is why I came here to give you this-" a token was then produced from the mage's sleeve, "-an heirloom from your father."

"My... father?"

Placing the compass within Artis' hand, Medan let out a cough as he sipped some water from his flask. "Yes, it allowed him to keep his cool, just as I hope it will allow you to keep yours."

"Thank you," spoke Artis as he patted the magus over his shoulder.


The night passed easily without worry, and the weights of those who slept was lifted...


Tortoran

When morning broke, the little wicker pup let out a howl, before licking Yuval's face to awaken him.

Heck, so did Luka, who howled a bit herself from the lovely sleepover... before she began chasing a tiny mouse over the floor and getting her sheets everywhere.


Erix'aad

Shannon and Lynn were fed, dressed, and bathed like princess in royalty before being escorted to the airship.

"Any last things we can do for ya?" asked Hogger as he tipped his newfound hat at Lynn and Shannon.


Lucifer's Estate

"Wakey wakey!" spoke Shuria as she poked Julian's face. "Time to wake up to some breakfast in bed!" Placing a full-course breakfast meal in a tray on top of Julian, Shuria scurried off to check up on the rest of the guests.

"Draggggoooon!" roared Shuria as she brought some premium dragon food of the highest quality to Skylar. "Time to wake up!"

Without giving so much of a chance to respond, Shuria retreated and went to check up on the vampire... who couldn't be seen anywhere. "Vampire lad?" frowning with a pout, Shuria looked a bit sad before looking around the castle for the vampire.

It would appear that Dimitri had left early to who knows where...


Eastern Kingdoms, Stormguard

Maids and butlers came into the rooms of each of the Guardians, placing new clothes fitting for them and breakfast in bed as well. They were free it seems to get up and do whatever they wanted.

Amber had taken an apple, eating it as she walked down the hall. Smiling to herself, she sat down on a chair in the main lounging room and waited for the others to awaken from their slumber.

Today was the big day that they hunted Shuria by first heading to the Gorgon Mountains on the King's private airship, so surely they wouldn't take too long to awaken, yes?

"Believe in the me that believes in you!"
HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#469: Nov 16th 2018 at 6:01:28 PM

Dimitri left a note in his bed.

Note

To whoever may read this: there is something I must do elsewhere, something that I cannot discuss with any of you. I'm not sure if I will come back from this undertaking alive, to be frank. I know this is very sudden, but I see little other choice right now. Goodbye, everyone.

Dimitri, Stormguard Castle

Dimitri entered the castle. This is where he was, right? He lurked through the halls, possibly bumping into another Guardian along the way.

Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#470: Nov 16th 2018 at 6:17:12 PM

Stormguard Castle - Nadia al-Amin

"Ah, t-that's alright, you really don't need to go that far-!" Nadia protested being served breakfast in bed since it felt a little too class divisive in her mind for such treatment - she had, after all, spent most of the night working on staff level after all. After a bit of back and forth the persistence of the wait staff (and the grumbling of her stomach) won out and Nadia defeatedly ate her omelette. After arguing some more with the maids who wanted to help her get dressed, Nadia convinced them to continue on with their work elsewhere and changed in the privacy of her own room - which she was sharing with Kirsti.

"I'm gonna head on to the halls and main bits of the castle and see what's on the up and up - bright new day in a new world deserves an early start, methinks!" Nadia stretched her limbs before turning and waving herself off to Kirsti and headed out the door, hopping and skipping and prancing along after a good night's sleep - right into a certain vampiric figure.

"Agh... ow... ...ah." Nadia started at the Dmitri she had just ran into and took a few seconds to process.

"You! Vampy boy! Where the hell were you this entire time; Kirsti and I had been running around curing undead and stopping wars and shaking off evil mind control voices and all that all on our own!"

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An Ordinary Oddball
#471: Nov 16th 2018 at 6:19:44 PM

Erix'aad—About To Depart

Shannon was currently garbed in the clothes she had come to Lotus in, and her backpack was now full to the brim with supplies and other useful things.

As she was about to board the airship, Hogger tipped his hat. Unable to bear the pain of parting, she ran back down the ramp and hugged him tightly.

"Sorry," she apologized. "I-I just wanted you to know that I'll miss you. And everyone else. T-take care, ok?"

And then she pulled away reluctantly and backed away. With one final backwards glance, Shannon boarded the airship.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#472: Nov 16th 2018 at 6:22:59 PM

Stormguard Castle

“Oi. Mind. Serpent bitch coming through,” grunted Aileana in a dissonantly nonchalant tone as she rather solidly collapsed atop both Dimitri and Nadia—as she quite literally peeled herself down from the rafters and stretched. Despite the discomfort, the fact that she hadn't slept in a bed for god-knows-how-long was absolutely refreshing. Sure, she was a little stiff in her cartilage—but it wasn't as if she could hurt. She would've screamed when she'd leapt off of that gate if she could.

But priorities. Idle thoughts could wait. New face and Ramsey's Rule 63 counterpart to deal with. She smiled.

It wasn't a very good one.

“Heading my way, you two? Piggyback? Much more efficient, aye? Haven't seen ye around here before in particular, lad. Excellent timing, though. Can take ye both straight to Ditzking himself. Bless his soul. What d'ye say?” she offered, outstretching her arms and grinning in order to present herself. The fact she was so thin that it looked as if even a light breeze could snap her in half—much less support the weight of two people simultaneously—didn't even seem to cross her mind.

Edited by Enirboreh on Nov 16th 2018 at 2:24:49 PM

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HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#473: Nov 16th 2018 at 6:32:45 PM

Stormguard Castle

Dimitri looked a little confused as he suddenly saw Nadia.

"Huh...? Oh, sorry about that. Wait, you're the girl from earlier, aren't you? Well I... I was one of the people who knocked down the gate," he admitted. "It felt like the right thing to do. Considering they were imprisoned and all. Anyways, I went off with Shuria, Skyler, and Julian to 'Unite the world and unlock the power of the lotus' but I left because I don't know if I want to do this whole Guardian thing. I've been going kind of nuts recently, hearing voices in my head telling me to do things I don't want to do, and I'm not sure what to do anymore."

Then, snek lady fell on top of them.

"Oof! What the... Are you some kind of gorgon? Who are you?"

Edited by HilarityEnsues on Nov 16th 2018 at 9:35:04 AM

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
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#474: Nov 16th 2018 at 7:48:23 PM

Stormguard Castle

He hadn't woken like he silently hoped. The walls and sheets had not turned blue, candlelight still cast flickering shadows and... Well to summarize he wasn't home. As he sat up and slowly ate his breakfast he tried to chase that longing from his mind, why give up this opportunity? Here he was living something he'd only ever experienced by the proxy of video games, what better thing was there than this?

Through no fault of the food his mind went chill as the the weight of the words 'ironman mode is the only option' rushed into his consciousness.

He tried to make it pass, to force that thought away and it did eventually. All he could do now was prepare for the day and try and make the most of things... He got changed into the new clothing and bundled up his modern garb because he didn't wish to discard his old clothes so easily. So now he was out in the halls, wandering and contemplating what to do with this new life...

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Starbound2 Since: Jan, 2001
#475: Nov 16th 2018 at 10:00:42 PM

One of Many Stormguard Hallways - Nadia al-Amin

Nadia frowned as Dmitri fed her bits and pieces of his own going ons. "Who's Skyler and Julian...? Actually, table that for now. You helped break down the gate? Because, um, I do agree it should've been knocked down at some point because the people were trapped here for generations... but immediately after Shuria basically called every undead in the country to invade their neighbor which was, one, uncool, and two, led to a lot of unnecessary deaths that could've been prevented. Part of the apprehension, I think, from the human people's side was fear of the spread of the undead curse and while it def wouldn't have solved everything, I managed to whip up a cure... while people were already killing each other. That's dozens - no, probably hundreds of lives lost!"

She took a deep breath and processed the final bits. "Yeah, the Guardian deal seems kind of butts for some people, or too much to deal with. Me, I was just trying to help as many people as I could but even that..." Nadia sighed. "I couldn't save everyone. Met a friend last night who supposedly got told by a magic horn that he was kingship material and he did not take it well. And now we all have a mysterious invader in our conscience trying to convince us to hurt other people even when it's against our nature. So I'll let you know here and now - you're not crazy, vamps. We're all getting messed with and we're all right there with you."

Beat. "Come to think of it, if I could cure the undead curse from the zombies from Sepulchrum, then maybe I-"

Nadia's thought was abruptly interrupted by an intrusion from the ceiling. For someone who looked so frail, the force of Aileana's weight suddenly falling on top of Nadia was not insubstantial. It was, in fact, quite significant. "...ow. Oh, Aileana. Nice of you to drop in. Piggyback sounds nice, but wouldn't it be more of a scaly back in your case? Either way, meeting the king seems like a good idea." Nadia looked over at Dmitri from underneath snek lady. "That's Aileana. She's a snake lady. I would say she doesn't bite, but I totally 100% can't guarantee that."


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