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Avalia

Location: Edena, Daka Islamd
Interactions: Darius @FunnyGuy and Artemis @Potter

Myra didn't understand what was happening and why both Artemis and Darius had a strange expression on their faces. Darius said everything was fine but apparently, it wasn't? As Artemis started talking to him, it became evident even to the innocent Myra that it really wasn't everything ok. She was a bit confused about it. If the crystal that Aklenroth gave him was the problem that meant that they shouldn't have trusted him to begin with, just like Myra tried to tell both Darius and Skar.

Artemis was saying a lot of things, but Myra knew, both by her tone of voice and looking at her that she wasn't lying or that she was a bad person. For some reason, she seemed to be genuinely worried about Darius despite meeting him just recently. Even though Myra didn't understand most of the things she was saying, she did understand at least part of her message... Aklenroth wasn't someone they should trust... Something that Myra herself agreed with.

When she was about to get up and approach both Darius and Artemis though when they had finished talking, Artemis approached her to see the bed that Myra had wanted to show her earlier. Forgetting about the talk for a bit, Myra looked at her with a big smile on her face, glad that Artemis did like the bed. When she asked Darius about the bathtub though, Myra remembered that Artemis was a mermaid and needed water. Soon after, Darius said he was going out for a bit, probably he needed some time to think about all that. Myra looked at Darius with a worried expression as he said that, turning her head almost as if silently asking if he was ok, but she did understand he needed some time.

Without anything better to do and with a lot of things on her head to think about, Myra simply got back to the bed again, laying down to sleep a little and relax. When Darius came back she would try to calm him down and see if he was ok.

Blood's Jewels (High Casual Fantasy Revolution)

Eldra, Shalador

Whether by sheer luck or due to the guards' incompetence, the group somehow was able to get out of the town without many issues. Once out of town, Mikhail stopped using his sight shield and walking as a shadow to be together with the group. Despite everything that had happened, other than a few bruises, everyone was perfectly fine. Unfortunately, the black jeweled and the queen probably knew of their presence... What they would do with that information though, was something they would only find out later...

"SaDiablo... Laska and Dorothea..." Mikhail muttered, repeating the name of the black jeweled man they met on the city and the queen he was apparently bound to and listened with a serious expression as Jandar said that Dorothea could have a hand on that. Even though Mikhail had his own areas of expertise, he wasn't well versed at all in politics, something Jandar and the others seemed to be.

"I may not know much about politics, but I know enough to say that SaDiablo isn't someone we can trust blindly... If Dorothea really has a hand in all this, then Laska and by extension, SaDiablo are as much of a threat to us as she is." Mikhail said with a serious tone.

"That said... I can see your point, Jandar... There are still a lot of uncertainties in all this. If SaDiablo was really being honest, then he can be a powerful ally... But he is still bound to Laska. We also aren't sure if Laska is different from Dorothea or not..." Mikhail finished, as he approached the fire, looking at it intensely almost as if he was searching for answers in the burning embers.

"..."

"You are far too good, innocent and sweet of a person, Fatima." Mikhail said in a low tone after a few minutes of silence, still standing near the fire and Fatima.

"This is, by no means a bad thing but... be careful. People can and will use this against you if you're not careful." Mikhail finished, as he resumed looking to the fire. He knew he had treated Fatima a bit harshly a few times before on tense situations and was feeling a bit guilty about it... Despite his awkward manner to try and show that to her.

Blood's Jewels (High Casual Fantasy Revolution)

Eldra, Shalador

Mikhail confirmed he was ready to keep following the group from the shadows on high alert. Their presence would soon be known by the queen, if it wasn't known yet. Any different sight sent towards the group, any suspicious movement or even a slight mention of someone being following them, Mikhail would notice. He would have absolutely no qualms about eliminating any possible threat or obstacle with a quick movement of his wrists and his wires. Despite the fact that the group had waited until the evening to get out, it became evident that news spread quite fast on the town as two guards entered the small shop to ask the guard about them. Thanks to the bookkeeper's silence and cooperation, they didn't need to fight them, even though Mikhail was ready to kill both of them. It became quite clear that the guards would only get even more alert as the time passed and if they were to wait until night, it could be too late to try to escape unnoticed. Their presence was already known and the net was starting to close around them. Just as the bookkeeper said, their best bet to escape would be right now.

As the bookkeeper spoke to Jandar and himself, Mikhail simply nodded, leaving the speaking to Jandar. The man had already helped them enough and for some reason, he seemed to be friendly to them. The moment Jandar mentioned about telling the strange black jeweled man, whom apparently was called SaDiablo exactly where they were hiding, Mikhail couldn't help but look at Jandar with a piercing stare. He still didn't trusted SaDiablo. It was as likely he would go to talk to them as it was for him to tell his queen about it and prepare an ambush.

"You trust people too easily..." Mikhail said to Jandar after the bookkeeper walked away and the group prepared themselves to leave, himself doing the same after hearing Jandar.

The Five Senses

Karina Frost

^{@Pezz570@Jerkchicken@Typical@Fetzen@HokumPocus@Typical}

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Karina watched and heard the sightless and Hark exchanging words as one of the younger guards spoke inflamed and enraged words about his brother being locked up. Even though they were far from amicable and the tension was palpable in the air, they were still only talking, which was a bad sign for the group hiding upstairs and Týfurkh. Fortunately, things wouldn't keep like that for long. As an impatient cultist tried to thrust his spear into Hark, the first drop of blood was finally shed as Hark immediately countered his weak lunge and killed him with his very spear. Silence immediately followed as both groups looked at each other, the tension between them growing by the second. The moment Hark turned and saw the younger guard's dead body near a cultist, the fight finally began.

"That's our cue, let's go." Karina said briefly as she looked to the group before nodding towards the stairs. Even though the deterrent was still acting, even without her ice magic, Karina was still a fearsome opponent with her rapier.

Chaos soon ensued as the fight began, it would be highly unlikely that anyone noticed them going down the stairs, which meant they would have the precious element of surprise. The best moment to act was right now. Karina unsheathed her rapier as she ran down the stairs. Her aim was first secure Týfurkh, then to help Hark and the guards to fight against the cultists... As much as she could, that is. If things got too difficult and risky, Karina would certainly make a retreat with her group.

The Vanishing Kingdom

Kalla

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Maeve couldn't help but open her eyes slightly more, a bit alarmed when Sev mentioned that he had bad eyesight, offering a short explanation on how he used his light magic to correct his eyesight and see correctly. That meant that he would be less of a help than Maeve had initially thought... Together with the fact that Maeve herself was exhausted and tired meant that they couldn't hope to win that battle... It didn't need much for either one of them to realize that Bardus was indeed, incredibly powerful, after sealing their own powers and the magical pressure emanating from him.

"As much as I hate running from a challenge... We are in no conditions to fight him... I am incredibly tired and exhausted... Without my magic... I don't think we will be able to do anything." Maeve said, biting her lips in an expression of veiled anger.

Before either Maeve or Sev could say anything more though, luckily someone else appeared to give them assistance. Shouting to them and complaining that they had apparently 'picked a fight' with Bardus, as if they had any chance not to... Maeve recognized that voice as a somewhat familiar figure appeared, surprisingly enough, still using wind magic despite Bardus' spell. It was Sahale. Bardus seemed to be surprised by his presence, lunging towards him shortly after.

It was a short, but formidable exchange of blows between both Sahale and Bardus. Even though it became clear to Maeve that Sahale himself wasn't exactly someone 'normal', Bardus was still overpowering him, each one of his attacks taking quite a lot of effort to dodge or to block. When Bardus finally pierced Sahale's defenses and was about to kill him, once again, the mysterious Sahale had another surprise in his sleeves... A powerful wind spirit appeared in the last second, blocking Bardus' attack and flapping her wings to protect both Sahale, Sev and Maeve.

"We can't stay here... I can't fight him in exhausted as I am right now... We need to go as soon as possible!" Maeve shouted over the strong winds as she looked to Sev and Sahale, using the precious few seconds that the wind spirit gave them by distracting Bardus.

Both of them would be able to see that Maeve was incredibly irritated by what was happening. For her, the thought of having to run away from a fight was humiliating, but she wasn't an idiot... She didn't sleep at all and spent the entire night helping Neev with the wounded. She was definitely not in a condition she could fight a strong opponent or display her full capabilities...

A Guild Adventure: An RP with Monster Girls! (ENDED)

Ada

^{@Restalaan@ShwiggityShwah@Stern Algorithm}

Still confused about what to do, Ada was looking to the zombies and then to Ozzy, the time she had to think growing shorter by the second. Fortunately, Ada heard Ozzy calling her in the distance, telling her of an information she didn't notice before... The large zombie, the one that was holding the map, had dropped it in the middle of the confusion. As Ozzy told her to grab the map, Ada nodded with a determined expression, knowing exactly what she had to do.

Using the distraction Ozzy was creating, Ada lowered her body, unsheathing her claws and talons as she touched the ground before she dashed away in an impressive burst of speed. Ozzy would realize that the expression on Ada's face wasn't the inoffensive, cute one she always had. Instead, for the first time she did look exactly what she really was, as dangerous as she really was... A predator.

Using her agility, speed and balance thanks to her long tail, Ada dashed, evading and dodging the zombies as she ran towards the map, still on the ground where the large zombie had dropped it. Ada would try to grab the map without even stopping to run, using her claws to grab it and keep it secure on her hand. Any zombie that dared to put herself between her and her objective would find her claws, talons or even teeth tearing, cutting and sinking into their flesh without much resistance or hesitation.

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Freyr

^@PaulHaynek

Freyr listened to Kira as she spoke. Indeed, she had a point. No matter what, if someone knew that they did help in a smuggling operation, that could bring complications to the entire guild later. Especially since they were a public organization, it was a risk they couldn't take.

"You're right. If the word gets out, it will probably bring us and the guild a lot of problems." Freyr agreed before Kira flew away.

As the guards came to took George away, it left a bitter taste on Freyr's mouth. Even though George was doing something... 'bad', he wasn't a bad man. He might have taken bad decisions, but he was a gentle and good man, at least is what he showed to Freyr until now.

"I'm sorry, George... I truly am." Freyr said, with heavy words as George bid his farewells to them, saying that they would meet again for new jobs.

After the job was 'completed' it was already dusk as the sun set in the horizon.

"Kira... If you want you can go ahead back to the guild. I think I need to put my thoughts in order... Maybe try to find a high place for me to watch the sunset." Freyr said, with a half smile as he looked to Kira.

Not much was needed for Kira to know that Freyr indeed had a lot of things in his mouth. The outcome of this job wasn't one that he particularly enjoyed... Even though it might have been the correct one.

Avalia

Location: Edena, Daka Islamd
Interactions: Darius @FunnyGuy and Artemis @Potter

Myra was definitely a bit annoyed that Darius was hogging the bed all to himself. Despite all her efforts, he was still sleeping soundly and didn't even make a little bit of effort to move so she could show the bed to Artemis. Looking to Artemis and pouting with an annoyed expression when she said to be careful to not wake up Darius, Myra was about to jump on the bed. If shaking Darius didn't wake him up, jumping on the bed would certainly do it.

Luckily for Darius, the very moment she gave up on shaking him and was going for the plan B, he finally opened his eyes. Just as he did so, Myra tilted her head as she looked at Darius' eyes, confused. Not only his hair was different but his eyes too had a strange color. Leaning forward, Myra sniffed the air a few times, the tip of her tongue darting in and out of her mouth as she did so, wanting to confirm if that was really Darius.

Surprisingly enough, judging by Darius' own reaction, he too was alarmed by the sudden changes in his appearance. Myra gave a step back as he jumped out of bed, running to the mirror that was in the bedroom. As he started to explain, Myra looked at him, still a bit confused about all the sudden changes. Even though Darius himself said it was everything perfectly fine, Myra was still a bit wary about all that. It was obvious to Darius that Myra didn't liked when he mentioned the red crystal that he had smashed on his hand when he first arrived on the castle, saying that there was a weapon and now it was inside of him or something. Needless to say, Darius' incredibly clear explanation didn't help at all to make Myra less wary and worried about that but when he said he felt good, promising that he was fine, Myra ended up trusting him. Of course, she would still keep a close eye on any other changes in his appearance. Going near Darius, she gave a few more sniffs together with her tongue just to be sure, then looked at him with a smile, confirming that everything seemed to be ok.

With that matter dealt with, at least for now, Myra realized that Darius had finally got up from the bed, making her turn towards the bed and immediately jump on it, curling and wrapping herself on the bed's soft covers. Looking at Artemis, Myra got up from the bed and walked to her, grabbing her hand and gently pulling her to the bed, almost if telling her to do exactly what she did with the covers. It was clear to Artemis, seeing Myra's eyes almost shining, that she really wanted her to try and that Myra herself loved the bed and the soft covers.

Blood's Jewels (High Casual Fantasy Revolution)

Eldra, Shalador

Mikhail couldn't help but raising his eyebrow when he heard Jandar saying that the very man that had basically just attacked them wasn't an enemy. As Jandar continued talking though, Mikhail understood that he indeed had quite a few good points about the situation. He still thought that the man was incredibly dangerous, especially after knowing he had a band of compliance on him.

"He is an incredibly dangerous man. It would be wise to not take risks with him. No matter his circumstances, he is still working for another queen and thus, not our ally." Mikhail said.

As he mentioned getting out of the town though, Mikhail nodded. With their disguise ruined and their presence probably already known to the local queen, they had to disappear as soon as possible. If not... Things could probably get even more complicated.

"Is it possible for you to remake your disguises? If not, we might have to use our sight shields... Although it might not work perfectly well..." Mikhail said as Jandar was going to check on Dareen.

"Call my name if you need me. We still need to at least try to maintain whatever is left of our disguises." Mikhail announced as he got out of the bookstore, pulling up the hood over his head as he began walking in a slow pace around the alleyways like a beggar, always close to Jandar, Dareen and Fatima.

If they needed, it would be possible for Mikhail to possibly keep his disguise and keep acting inconspicuously while still using his sight shield to protect the group.

UNFAIR MONSTERS [Spots Open]

Nori Hirai

^{@medalliah@Spectral@IceHeart}

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Nori was a bit confused at first when the girl who was talking with Liam and Emily talked with him like she already knew him. The moment she thanked for a 'treat' Nori only became even more confused. He would certainly remember if he had met such an... exotic person before. The only other person he met that could be described with that word though was the strange girl that appeared when they were fighting against a monster... As he thought about it a bit better, he realized that, strangely enough, that the ice cream he gave the strange girl was exactly a month ago, just like she said now. When she confirmed she was the same person and even mentioned 'changing' back to that form though, Nori was visibly surprised. Even though Nori was meeting her for the second time, he only had even more questions about who really was that girl.

"Still an avid appreciator of food, I see." Nori said, laughing as the girl mentioned that she was planning to stuff herself after the parade.

"Our meeting is quite a coincidence though. As much as it was back then, isn't it?" Nori said with a smirk as Liam greeted him.

"I can't help but think that our mysterious friend might have something to do with it. Maybe it's her stomach that calls for us?" he said, teasing the girl as he gave a small laugh.

As the parade began, the group moved themselves to a good location to watch it and appreciate the band, the dancers and the cultural displays.

"Indeed, it is quite a spectacle. At least for one day, people take a break from their rushed lives to simply enjoy food, company and the parade." Nori said, with a smile, as he heard the girl.

Among the performers though, Nori saw a face that he could recognize. Together with the Seraphim High School gymnastics team, he saw Emily as one of the students who would perform.

The parade was truly entertaining and beautiful but on the background, Nori couldn't help but keep hearing a strange noise that was annoying him quite a bit. Something that was similar to the ticking of a clock... When the sound began getting higher, people finally started complaining, indicating that it wasn't only just something Nori was hearing.

"I've been hearing it for a while but I thought it was just me..." Nori commented as he heard other people talking about it.

In the blink of an eye, the panic began, interrupting the parade as a giant hook clashed with a strangely familiar flaming sword. After a moment analyzing the situation, Nori realized that the one with the flaming sword was Aria and the owner of the strange runed hook was no one other than another one of those strange monsters. Despite the obvious size difference, Aria still held her own against the creature, preventing it from causing more damage or harm to the others nearby. Unfortunately, the moment the strange runes began glowing, her sword almost immediately turned into ash, being struck by it and breaking one of the floats in half.

Before he could do anything though, the clockwork creature attacked once more. Unable to defend herself, Aria was struck once again by the giant hook just as she had managed to get out of the wreckage, already wounded from the previous attack. With a terrible sound, the giant hook crushed Aria, killing her.

Nori was a bit shocked by the situation that had just happened but he knew the dangers of fighting against such creatures and he was prepared for it. That said, it was still hard to be unfazed after seeing someone you know 'dying' like what had just happened. The entity though, seemed to be completely unfazed and almost like if she was annoyed that the parade was interrupted, showing no reaction seeing Aria dying like that.

"Indeed... They do have a terrible timing..." Nori said with a note of anger in his voice as he agreed with the entity and conjured his brush and did a circular movement, sending a streak of ink towards the creature as he jumped around the floats, dashing through them as he circled the creature.

The Vanishing Kingdom

Kalla

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Despite Sev's little joke about the strange man, it was undeniable that whoever, or whatever he was, he was a threat. For Maeve, Sev and anyone minimally sensitive to magic, it was obvious that he was much more than just a bandit. He was not on the same level the thugs they had fought earlier were.

"I don't think he might be just another bandit, Sev... Prepare yourself." Maeve said, breathing deeply and trying to gather every ounce of strength she could from her tired body.

It wasn't long until the strange figure finally spoke with them after Sev arrived. As he began speaking, Maeve couldn't help but doubt the man's sanity. Glorifying the exploded corpse, the still frozen bodies of the thugs Maeve herself killed and the literal bloodbath Allard caused made it clear for Maeve that the man wasn't all that right in the head.

As he finished speaking, the strange figure finally introduced himself, bringing down the farming tool, destroying the monument he was standing on with a single blow, making Maeve immediately unsheathe her rapier in a combat stance. Strangely enough, as the strange figure, called Bardus, floated to the ground, the fragments of the destroyed monument were falling in slow motion, almost if they were floating, despite the lack of any wind magic that could have explained such thing. The moment Bardus touched the ground though, the destroyed monument was released from whatever was making it act like that, falling to the ground, accompanied with a terrifying wave of power. Upon being hit by that wave, Maeve couldn't feel her ice magic anymore, almost as if whatever power Bardus used had blocked it off.

Maeve was truly concerned as she heard Bardus yelling that he was going to announce the coming of his king with their blood. A fight was clearly unavoidable and not only Maeve was exhausted after everything that happened, but her magic apparently wouldn't work against him as well... Of course, Sev was together with her but she was unsure of how capable he was without his magic...