[IC] I died and reincarnated into fantasy world- WHAT'S WITH THIS LIGHT NOVEL-LIKE SETTING!?!

[Belwicket]

@Scarifar@Grey Star

Gabriella sat on the roof for a bit, frowning. "Note to self: do not grope the cute girls. Really don't need to start off in chains." With a sigh, she stood, stretched and took flight again. "I need to find somewhere I can train these psionic powers I gave myself." With the city behind her, Gabby flew fast, her hair and toga flapping in the wind.

After a while, she saw two people standing outside a cave. As she flew lower, she took notice of how cute the girl was. "Ahoy!" she called from above as she spiraled down slowly. Once low enough, she landed heavily, nearly falling over. "Still have to get used to these wings." she sighed, standing straight. "Hi." she smiled, looking at the pair. "Gabriella Hawkwing, at your service." She offered her right hand to them both, hoping to receive 2 handshakes.

When she noticed the cave, she tilted her head. "Looks a bit creepy. I might need more arrows." she said, looking back at her makeshift quiver. "And it's empty." she sighed, throwing the now-useless rabbit skin to the ground with the poor excuse for a bow, which snapped. "And, now, I'm weaponless. Great. Let's just hope there are some rocks in there." she said, frowning. "Anyways, let's go."

[RoflsMazoy]

Ambush! Roll for initiative!

The sun was warm, and the breeze was cool. An ideal day for walking and probably his favorite kind of weather. He didn't know if it really was but he was enjoying it, that was certain enough. He didn't talk much as they travelled. He didn't take the letter and he knew he wouldn't be able to do much to defend it so he stayed quiet and took in the surroundings.

Yar seemed like a very nice place. He felt like he could just breathe in the atmosphere forever, it felt like a good place. He felt like he wouldn't mind living in this world even if what he left behind was something he'd never know. He wondered if any of his other party members wanted their old life back but he sort of doubted it. They seemed just as happy as he was after all.

Hmmm, the quest window said there would be enemies... He thought. I wonder where they are?

As soon as he thought that, there was a loud(I'm assuming) explosion right in front of them. He fell backwards, partially due to his light weight but mostly due to his surprise. The explosion didn't actually have that much power in it, but his reactions weren't great. He quickly scrambled to his feet as smoke filled the road.

"Be careful everyone!" He shouted.

The smoke was filled with the sounds of shouts and screams as the citizens of Yar who had been going around their daily lives fled the scene. He could still see the rest of the party, he'd been staying close to Ranca because he felt safest next to her.

"W-we need to stick together!" He said.
@Rin@VitaVitaAR@Raineh Daze

[VitaVitaAR]

Mimori's Police Instincts Take Over

For a moment, everything seemed to slow down, promptly, as the explosion went off. Mimori shut her eyes, but it felt like it had taken forever, as opposed to the instant it had actually taken. The sound hit her, and she felt her ears ringing in the wake of the blast. It was hard to describe an explosion. It was more then just 'boom', it was kind of a very fast roaring sound intermixed with the sound of various objects breaking. After she felt it stop, more then she heard it, her eyes snapped open. There were a set of procedures to conduct as of now. It came to her instantly, as she took a deep breath and shouted, trying to project her voice as loudly as she could manage.

"STAY CALM," she called, "GET AWAY FROM THE AREA IN AN ORDERLY FASHION! STICK CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER TO AVOID GETTING LOST IN THE SMOKE!"

Mimori couldn't guarantee that this would work, but she hoped that at least a few people, especially those she was working with, would heed her advice and stick close to one another.

---

Miyu, oops

"... Aww, jeez, that didn't work?" Miyu frowned, folding her arms. Maybe she needed to work on making even more powerful explosions... that had to be it. Though... had it bounced back? It was moving so fast Miyu couldn't tell. What about these walls looked reflective? There was nothing that Miyu could see that made them look that way. Her explodey laser should have just exploded! There should have been some sort of warning! This was dumb! Really dumb! "That was just stupid, wasn't it, Takeyo..."

She trailed off as she turned towards the tengu and found him flat on his back and smoking. Oops. Realizing that he had indeed been struck by the blast, she quickly hurried around behind him and started to push him onto his feet, to get him back up. It seemed like the blast had decreased in power and not done any serious harm, but... ooops. Putting effort into her thin arms, Miyu managed to slowly get Takeyoshi back to his feet. It wasn't exactly easy given the angle and the fact she was physically a small nine or ten year old, but she managed as best she could.

"Hmph, stupid walls not just exploding like they're supposed to..." she complained, frowning deeply, "... Are you okay?"

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Takeyoshi Sakujima- 痛ー！

To say that Takeyoshi expected something to go wrong would be an understatement; to say that he expected to get hit, though, was an entirely different story. The young tengu had been knocked to the ground, feeling as if he had just been slammed into by a car or something. The pain was... Excruciating, to say the least. He had never had much pain tolerance, but something of this level...
Was this how it felt to get hit by a pro pitcher's baseball or something? It was probably worse, all things considered.

As the moment of pain dissipated, Takeyoshi attempted to bring himself back to his feet. Miyu decided to help, thankfully enough; it was probably an accident, all things considered, but...

"Yeah, I... I'm fine. Just hurts. Taking that hit outta my candy debt to you, alright?" he half-heartedly joked, trying to alleviate the girl's worries as he wobbled back to his feet. "So... That didn't work. Let's not try that again and just... Stick to walking for now, all right?"

Taking a deep breath in an attempt to ignore the residual throbbing, Takeyoshi looked at the three doors again. There had to be something...

"Hm. You know what? Let's try the sad corridor. Might as well, since neutral face got us to an identical room... Right?"

Without waiting for a response, Takeyoshi began to walk through, waiting for Miyu to follow suit.

[Lunar]

After a few steps inside the cave Reyo heard voices back outside and inched toward the opening trying to get a glimps of who was talking. She she peared over a rock she saw two people, no doubt going to the same quest whe had just started. She sat in waiting to see what the people would do next. "It would be a perfect time to try out my new power" she thought as she put her hands together and closed her eyes thinking about something small and quiet, Then she thought of a hamster and instantly her body became a black mist and reshaped into the form of the animal then solidified again. "Holly shit, I'm actually a hamster" she thought looking at her new paws.

Lookin at the people again she noticed anther person flying in on what appeared to be angel wings. She bag an creeping closer to try and hear there conversation. Untill she made a squeak from tripping on a pebble in her path. And saw that one noticed her. Using quick thinking she decided to play the cute role and come closer to the one who noticed her. "I'm insane aren't I?" She thought to herself. Hopping they would given in on the cuteness. @Belwicket@Grey Star@Scarifar

[Medjedovic]

The Exorcist
@Damiann47@Leaves@Eklispe

My Hider

Ghost seemed surprised by the blind frenzy with which wolf attacked it. The two clashed against each other and turned into a pile of bites, stabs and roars. From time to time a cry of pain resonated through the room- sometimes it was wolf’s but sometimes it was ghost’s- and very quickly a puddle made out of two shades of blood formed beneath the two. One was dark red, like you would expect a living being to have, but the other was incredibly pale, almost appearing pink instead of red.

It is to this bundle of chaos that the couch hurled by Rayo came flying. It was hard to say who took the brunt of the hit, the wolf or the ghost, but the painful cry came from both before the room went quiet. The couch was lying over the two so Sonia and Rayo couldn’t tell in what state they were.

So, what will the two still standing do now?

OOC:
Orion’s status is unknown for this update. Sonia and Rayo can either lift the couch and see what’s happening or just ignore them and bail :D

Oh, and Rayo has unlocked achievement: Journeyman of Friendly Fire

Qaizan Dungeon
@PKMNB0Y@VitaVitaAR

My Hider

Similarly like before, once you entered the sad-face passage you went through a barren, stone corridor. Again, it didn't take you long before you were at the other end. The only major difference was that this time the stone slab which blocked the way into the next room didn't sink into the ground as you approached. Instead, it forced you to wait for several minutes before it finally began opening the way.

The room you stepped into once the stone door were gone was, like the one before, made in rectangular shape, but this time there were only two passages, excluding the one you came in. The one to your left had a sorrowful mask above it while the one to your right had the teleport symbol. The wall across you didn't have a passage while the one through which you just passed had a neutral mask. In the middle of the room were two egg-shaped objects made of stone.

After observing the door another detail which made this room different from the one before comes to your attention. The ground, the walls, and even the ceiling were filled with red stains. It didn't really take a genius detective to figure out what it was. Some blood stains looked really old and dry, but there were a few which looked eerily fresh. As if it was spilled less than a minute ago.

Once you hear the door behind you close the two egg-shaped objects began to stir, morphing into two vaguely humanoid forms. Gems located at the top of their bodies turned to you like eyes and the couple began a charge which was surprisingly fast despite the apparent clumsiness of their movements.

Golem

[Scarifar]

To the Citrouille Dungeon!

Tori was still skeptical, but she supposed Velte was right. Tori unsheathed her knife, keeping her eyes trained on the cave. If any monsters would attack them, it would be from the cave. As she stared into the cave, however, she was caught off guard by the one calling out from the sky. Surprised, Tori turned around a bit too quickly, one foot getting caught by the other, causing her to fall onto her back. As Tori began to recover from the shock, she spotted the winged person who had now landed on the ground and introduced herself as Gabriella Hawkwing.

Getting up from the ground and dusting off her back, Tori returned the handshake and gave her a greeting of her own, "My name's Tori Amos." Gabriella seemed nice enough, and that was good enough for Tori to trust her. "To the dungeon," Tori said happily, and was about to head in when she heard a squeak. Stopping, she looked for the source of the sound and spotted a little furry creature going over to them. At first, Tori stepped back and held her knife at the ready in case it was a monster, but once Tori got a better look at it, she saw that it was some sort of hamster. Cautiously stepping over to it and kneeling down, Tori extended a hand to it to pet it, speaking in a calm tone, "Hi there, little one, where'd you come from?". When she was able to pet it, Tori smiled and gently picked up the hamster. "Aww, you're such a cutie patootie," Tori said to the hamster as she gently stroked it with a finger. Tori then looked at the cave entrance, remembering why they were here, and decided to put the hamster back down. "You shouldn't be here, go on," Tori said, giving it a gentle push to get it going.

With that done, Tori looked back at Velte and Gabriella. "Sorry about that, let's go," Tori said, then she walked into the cave entrance. The path was quite narrow, but it more than enough for at least one person to walk through. Still, though, Tori was unimpressed. It still seemed like an ordinary cave to her. Nevertheless, Tori kept her guard up and her knife ready, in case something unexpected would come along. Sure enough, as they kept walking, the path reached some sort of room with a blue glowing orb, as well as three wolves with flames that glowed the same color as the orb. Tori was frozen, not wanting to aggravate the wolves into attacking.

[VitaVitaAR]

Magic versus Golems. Who are... Also magic presumably but still

Miyu sighed and followed Takeyoshi through. Stupid dungeon walls being all dumb and not exploding... and no-one told her that it would be reflective! The tiny mage was in quite a huff as she followed her tengu companion. She was glad he was okay, at least. If it had been a direct hit, he probably would have exploded... and then where would she get her candy?! For that matter, was he serious about taking off some of the candy she was owed? ... Maybe she shouldn't feel so bad... Miyu couldn't help but feel a bit guilty about it, however. She was about to bring up the candy again when she noticed it was very obvious that there was blood spattered on the walls and floor.

"... Well, it's a dungeon after all," she reminded herself. Not to say it wasn't disconcerting, but... things did die in here. Some of it was worringly fresh, though... nevermind! Whatever caused it, she'd blow it up, no question! ... Which was about when the golems unraveled into their full forms. Miyu hopped back, but it only took a moment for her to recover from their surprising charge and grin.

"Heh, there's no way you're reflective!" she declared, raising one hand and tracing one finger through the air. Four crimson orbs of magic formed in a vague cube following the motions of her finger, each coming into being with a rising hum.

"Spark Rise Red!" Miyu cried. In response to her voice, two of the orbs shot towards one golem, and two towards the other, set to explode on impact.

[Lunar]

"Omg I love being pet, but now is not the time I think I'll head in the cave now" she said transforming into a human again and peering into the cave. Then she saw the people she had just eavesdropped on and some wolves. "I should help them" she said to herself in a quiet voice. Ok I need something stronger than a wolf. Then she thought of a bear and her body became black mist again and shed into a bear and solidified again. And she charged down the pathway roaring and yelling trying to get them out of the way. @Scarifar@Grey Star@Belwicket

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Takeyoshi Sakujima- ゴーレムと戦う

The pain had dissipated by the time Takeyoshi had entered the next room, having become not much more than a dull pain by the time he reached the next chamber. He had, by some miracle, been able to keep balance on his geta even while remaining slightly off-balance, which was helpful enough, but...

"...Oh. That... Doesn't... Seem good."

The tengu let the words slip out unconsciously as he noticed the blood-splattered floor and walls in the room, along with two golems coming to life. While most of them looked dried out, there were a few that seemed to be... Newer.
...
Was that why the doors took a while to open just now?

His thoughts were interrupted again, however, when he saw the two automatons rushing for him and Miyu.

"Oh, shi-!" he swore, kicking off of the ground to take flight. Watching Miyu fire off more explosions, Takeyoshi subconsciously moved his rigth hand over his chest in protection before flying down to pick Miyu off of the ground. At the very least, it'd give them more area to move around in than being on the round.

Hopefully these things couldn't... Shoot laters or something. Assuming those golems didn't explode in one hit, at least.

[Grey Star]

The Cake Dungeon Was a Lie

"...I hate this world already." Velte remarked with an almost bland expression on his face as soon as he saw the three wolves in the supposedly beginner dungeon, the elf already getting into the role of a sardonic straightman. Still, despite his look on the outside, internally the boy was all but freaking out at the sight of the obviously supernatural wolves that were probably a bit more dangerous than their mundane counterparts. The hamster turning into a ding-dong bear made him audibly twitch even more, not even having the vitriol to say anything about that. Still, at least it looked like it was on their side.

With a huge sigh to release pent up stress and frustration, the elf moved himself in front of the frozen girl and hefted his giant sturdy toothpick outwards with legs bent in a primal stance. At the very least the enclosed space made it much easier for the bear to be a meat shield and for the elf to figure out where to point the sharp end of the stick at in case it got past the lummox. "C'mon over here, fido. I got a stick with your name on it." Muttering under his breath to steady his frayed nerves, the reincarnator got ready to shove everything in one savage thrust at anything that made it past the bear-icade.

[Belwicket]

@Scarifar@Lunar@Grey Star

Gabby eyed the hamster suspiciously with a frown. She knew it wasn't a real hamster by the feel of its mind but decided to keep it a secret for now. Instead, she decided to look for palm-sized, sharp-looking rocks.

Gabby walked in the cave with them, her hands resting behind her head. She kept quiet until she saw the wolves. Then a sudden bear. At least, the bear seemed to be on their side. With a quick peek into the beast's mind, she could tell it was the same being who had previously been the hamster. Glad you're on our side. the bear would hear Gabby's voice in their head.

She then turned to focus on the wolves. She lifted the first rock and threw hard, aiming for the smallest wolf's head. If it didn't hurt it, it would, at least, distract it, or so she hoped.

[Lunar]

As Reyo charged down the hallway she heard a voice in her head. It said "Glad you're on our side" once the hallway opened into the room she spotted the biggest wolf which was almost the size her and tackled it snaping at its throat and with a *snap* she broke one of its legs. After that she reared up and smashed on top of it with all her weight which didn't heart it to bad. Focusing on the larger one she tried to make a gesture with her head ot tell the rest to focus on the others.@Scarifar@Grey Star@Belwicket

[Leaves]

@Eklispe@Damiann47@Medjedovic

Rayo had hoped his friend would have moved out of the way. "I guess he doesn't use his brain a lot," the luchador mumbled to himself. Luckily, this experience taught Rayo that Orion's wolf form is mainly just animal rage. He was expecting the wolf form to have some kind of intelligence or animal instincts, but judging from the fight, Orion was solely focused on destroying the ghost.

"Can the same be said for the ghost?" Rayo talked under his mask and questioned the ghost's intelligence too. It's goal seemed to just kill then to answer questions. Rayo kneed down to the floor to look under the couch and could only see two shades of red underneath. It was unpleasant to think that Orion and the ghost were able to do that to themselves. Rayo scratched his head and began wondering if he could have taken on the wolf form.

The luchador stood up and looked at the cat hybrid. She took guard at the door with her sword prepared to strike. Dragon Rayo slouched and shrugged his shoulders. "Alright, I guess I will check under the couch. Mexicans always have to do the hard labor," he muttered. The luchador turned on his jumping boost in case the ghost and wolf decided to tag team him once the couch was picked up.

He picked up his speed and punt kick the couch; Rayo was ready to leap at a moment's notice.

[Medjedovic]

The Rhythm of Yazai

The Exorcist
@Leaves@Eklispe@Damiann47

My Hider

Once the couch is lifted you could clearly see the state of the two beneath it.

Orion, still in his wolf form, growled angrily as a sword was sticking into his side. The sword didn’t appear to have pierced the wolf’s body too deep, but he was losing a lot of blood anyway. However, that didn’t stop him from biting firmly into the ghost’s neck- and yes, he did manage to bite it.

Ghost face was halfway between fury and agony as it couldn’t free itself from the firm grasp of Orion’s jaws. It wiggled, trying to break away from the deathly embrace, but with each second its effort was losing vitality. You would expect a ghost to be able to phase through things, but this one didn’t seem to be able to do that right now.

A large puddle of blood was already around the two- the bright red of Orion and the pale pink of the ghost were mixed together.

Eventually, the ghost stopped struggling. It let its limbs fall lifelessly next to its body and began crying.

“Traitor… you promised… find… mother…”

You saw tears unmistakably flow from its eyes before it began fading, gradually becoming more and more see-through within Orion’s jaws. In a few seconds it was completely gone, together with the pale-pink liquid and the sword in the wolf’s body. The only thing left of it was the sword Sonia held.

Feeling the absence of his pray, Orion lost consciousness and returned to the humanoid form, his body pale due to the amount of blood lost.

---

Several hours later

You weak up to the sensation of every part of your body, but especially the lower left area of your torso, hurting like hell. You quickly grasp that you are in a horizontal position, lying on something soft. Quick inspection reveals that it is a familiar looking couch. It also reveals that you look like a mummy, with most of your body covered in bandages. You feel lightheaded so you aren’t really capable of processing information very well yet, but you manage to grasp that you are still in the apartment where you fought the ghost earlier.

“-urse those blasted Anathema!” The voice reaching your ears sounded angry. As you look around to find its source you notice Sonia and Rayo speaking to a creature that looked like a very fat leopard standing on its back legs. “It’s not enough that they blight the honest folk when they are alive, now they come back and make life hard even after they’re dead! Can you imagine how much my business will suffer after people hear that not only was Anathema found and killed by the guards in one of my apartments, but it came back to haunt it as a ghost!? Oh, Meya help me get through these trials!”

“Anyway,” his voice quickly changed from self-pitying wailing to a more flattering tone, “as I was saying, I will grant you this apartment, free of charge! It is only fair, after you solved such a mighty problem for me. And I’m certain that the very knowledge that mighty warriors capable of defeating Anathema- and ghost Anathema at that!- staying in this building will reassure customers of its safety, hehehehe.”

THE EXORCIST QUEST OVER

LEVEL UP
Everyone +3
NEW ABILITY
Everyone +1
CURSE LOST
Orion
ITEM FOUND
Ghost Katana- a seemingly ordinary katana, the only thing left after the ghost disappeared.

Landlord

[Medjedovic]

The Rhythm of Yazai

Qaizan Dungeon
@VitaVitaAR@PKMNB0Y

My Hider

One of the orbs hit the golem closer to you into the leg and made it helplessly fall to the ground. It immediately tried to lift itself up but apparently it was unused to standing with only one leg so it immediately fell to the ground. Naturally, during this time it was unable to dodge the other sparks and one more hit it and blew away a piece of stone in the upper part of its body, disabling it.

The other golem, probably seeing the fate of its compatriot, raised its left arm and blocked the orb flying towards it, losing it in the process. The fourth orb missed both golems entirely.

Unperturbed by the loss of one arm, golem stopped its charge when the tengu took you into the air and raised its right arm towards you. Uh-oh, this looked dangerous. The gaps between the joints in the golem’s arm expanded and its hand grabbed your leg. You couldn’t dodge because up in the air you didn’t have control of your movement, and the tengu boy was unable to move away because the combined weight of the two of you was too much for his wings to properly manoeuvre.

With incredible strength the golem pulled you out of tengu’s grip and smacked you down to the dungeon’s stone floor, sending flashes of pain through your body.

The Land of Yar

Citrouille Dungeon
@Lunar@Belwicket@Grey Star@Scarifar

My Hider

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy, and although you planned to take care of only the largest one- a silly proposition in itself because no wolf could stand out as being larger than the others- all wolves charged at you, completely disregarding the rest of the party. Charging at a bear, not smart these wolves…

First wolf to come in the range of your paws was quickly sent flying with one hit. It made a familiar squeaking cry as it hit the wall of the cave, before falling down to the ground, unmoving. Whether it was dead or just unconscious was hard to tell for you, and you didn’t really have the luxury of checking. The other two didn’t hesitate one bit after what happened to their pack member and the second wolf attempted to bite your front left leg, only to be crushed into the ground by you.

Third wolf stopped its charge after getting hit by a rock sent by Gabriella. It shook its head, disoriented by the impact, and that left it wide open for you.

After dealing with all three wolves their incapacitated bodies turned into blue particles which flew into the orb on the pedestal in the middle of the room. After particles from all three wolves were absorbed the orb lost its glow. The area got somewhat darker but surprisingly it didn’t turn completely pitch black.

Now that the wolves were gone and you could observe the area at leisure, you noticed that opposite from the entrance through which you came into the room there were two other corridors. If you inspect the orb which was glowing a moment it would appear like it was made of cement and showed no magical properties whatsoever. It was glued tightly for the pedestal it was on and resisted any attempt to remove it.

[Belwicket]

@Lunar@Grey Star@Scarifar

Gabriella eyes the sphere with a questioning look before shrugging and looking for more sharp rocks. By the time she's emptied the room of good throwing rocks, she had 12 rocks held in a "pocket" she had made with part of her toga, which she held up with her telekinesis. She looked down the corridors with a frown. "It seems we'll have to split up. Well, maybe not have to but that would be a smart choice. Either way, I can keep us in contact with my telepathy." With a smile, she turned to eye the other three. Looking at the bear, she tilted her head. "Oh, bear, could you show us what you really look like?"

[Leaves]

@Eklispe@Damiann47

Rayo had his arms crossed and nodded his head to the landlord. Everything was happening pretty fast. He took a glance at the cat hybrid and his dragon-comrade covered in bandages on the couch. The luchador was fighting alongside two peculiar beings against a phantom and it still took him some time to process a corpulent jaguar.

Rayo wasn't certain of what the ghost had been moaning about. It was a gruesome sight when he had picked up the couch; seeing Orion biting down on the neck of ghost was horrifying. Rayo is a professional wrestler and he never suspected he would be seeing that much blood. Listening to the landlord, he hoped he would find what the ghost's history was before it had past. He was unfamiliar with the one of the terminology.

The masked hero leaned to the cat individual and whispered, "Do you have any idea what an Anathema is?" Taking a glance at the new sword in the cat's hand, he wondered if it would serve for another purpose in the future.

[Eklispe]

Orion - 完全なクエスト

Orion groaned softly to himself. He vaguely remembered attacking the ghost and being stabbed but after that it was pretty much zilch. From what he'd just heard they, well he really, had killed the ghost and earned the apartment. He felt like his entire body had been mauled, specifically he could still feel where he'd been stabbed. But hey, they had a home now! And he wasn't dead! So that was cool. Orion turned his head to look at the leopard and his friends. "Guess we won eh?" he croaked out with a silly grin on his face. That wasn't the only thing though. Orion couldn't sense the hunger inside himself anymore. Maybe it had been worn out by that nasty fight with the ghost. Hopefully it wasn't hiding and waiting for a chance to act up again. Eh, he'd worry about that later. "One of you kind folks mind getting me something to drink?" Orion was absolutely parched and wasn't really able to get up and pour himself a drink.

[Lunar]

Reyo made a few grunts and transformed into smoke again. Then she became her self again with her tails slowly moving and her ears occasionally twitching. She was leaning a bit forward with her hands behind her as she said "hi I'm Reyo" with a smile on her face as the bells on her lose comono twinkled. @Belwicket@Grey Star@Scarifar