Azena

The Seven Kings (Azena x LadyBella)

aw she cares about the fool lol

Kingdom Guild: Golden City

I was wondering if that was RWBY. I've only seen like ten minutes of it.

Kingdom Guild: Golden City

Up to you. I did see her as a more established member of the could be checking out the newbies in the courtyard, especially since on of them has some shared qualities...

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How about a free sample for a friend? xD

But I do love your work, so once I get my paychecks balanced out again (missed a couple days of work this week) then I might take you up on this.

The Seven Kings (Azena x LadyBella)

Well, sorry it took me so long, I've been neglecting the Guild and honestly it may have affected me negatively in real life so I'm trying to make sure I give time for our creative outlet here now :)

The Seven Kings (Azena x LadyBella)

The wagon dangerously bounced along the dirt road. Nicholas struggled to keep Ryder in one place, occasionally having to pull him up as the ill commander started to slide off the back. He kept spotting goblins run out of the trees. Most they were going far too fast for them warriors to catch, but a few went down with an arrow in their neck. Nicholas had never cared much for bows, but he was really glad the Knights sent an archer his way. A horn blew loud and Nicholas risked loosening his hold on Ryder to look over Felix and see a large wooden gate blocking the road.

Felix spotted the goblin blowing the horn atop the wall. The Kato didn't recognize him and that wouldn't make this any easier. He pulled back on the reins. The cart would explode into little pieces if he tried to ram the gate. So much momentum was hard to stop and the horse-drawn wagon only managed to finally stop just before the gates, a trail of dirt kicking up from the road behind them. Instantly, goblins emerged from their posts and surrounded the cart. Nicholas swatted away a few spears that were jabbed towards his face.

"I Felix! The human is sick, he needs help."

"Kato bring curse. Kato leave now and take humans!" The two bickered back and forth, neither willing to back down from their stance. The goblins around the Knights were getting anxious and nervous as their eyes darted among the humans.

Kingdom Guild: Golden City

Ellie watched her students run off into the fray of the town. She had been to Havensburg once before. She was just a budding new member of the Guild herself back then, and she held the same eager ambition that they did. Back then, the town was smaller, mostly just the mill and houses. It had grown a lot since she'd been gone. No doubt a direct result of her taking care of a mischievous pixie that was poisoning their forest. Their logging business must have exploded after the trees became healthy again. She would need to get her own bearings if she was to provide any help to her students while they were in town.

Ellie decided to follow Sawyer and Red to the saloon. It was a smart move. As a common place for the men of town to gather and the alcohol causing loose-lips, one could learn a lot about the area just by listening. She pulled Red aside before they entered and made sure none of the villagers had been listening to their conversation.

"I'm not sure you should hang around in there. Your cloak will protect you, but if one of them was to get too aggressive...well, I don't have to remind you what can happen. Take a look around town, maybe talk to the preacher. We'll meet up later." Red was always a good listener and surely agreed with Ellie's logic. The cape would be much more frail than her collar ever was. It was best not to take any unnecessary risks while in an uncontrolled environment. Red nodded in agreement and headed off in to town. However, that left Sawyer on his own, too.

"Drinking on the job, Jack?" Ellie tried to sound demanding as she walked in to the saloon. She turned a few heads of some of the men that had only started their drinking for the night, but most were too involved in their own drunken stupors to care. The barkeep raised a eyebrow as she marched in. Part of him wanted to see it all play out in a violent manner. "I assume you haven't procured us any rooms, yet. Do you plan on having me sleep on a bench, again!?"

Ellie hoped that Jack had caught enough bits about her to know she wasn't actually upset. A little bit of role playing went a long way on a job. Huntsman and Rose had a good set up that they could mimic. Hopefully, it wouldn't cause too much concern for multiple parties of ladies and their guards to arrive in town together. Despite her only pretending to be upset, the sun was setting and they'd likely need to stay the night. They'd have to procure rooms if they wanted to avoid sleeping outside.

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"Just one?" Snow cocked an eyebrow as the girls returned to the bar. "Well, it will have to do for now. I don't really have a lot of time and am curious to see what you lot can do." She spoke the last bit to their newest arrival. They only had a few members from the East and they were quite talented. She was always curious to see what they were capable of. She stood up and headed to the door in the back.

Through it was the courtyard. It sometimes changed themes depending on the needs of the day, but usually it was set up as a practice area for the Guild. Straw dummies were set up all over for combat training. There were also a few skill tests set up around the corners of the courtyard for those that wanted to practice events that could be encountered in the field. Her favorite was the lockpicking test, mostly because new members underestimated its difficulty and often triggered the bomb traps she had set up.

As her chosen members stepped outside, she motioned for them to step up to the combat training dummies. A few other members of the Guild were out enjoying the sun now that the rain had stopped. Some of them stepped back from the training dummies, curious as well to see what the newbies could do. "Go ahead and show off a bit. This isn't an official evaluation, but more of your chance to impress us," Snow explained to the new recruits.

"Pick some dummies and don't hold back."

Kingdom Guild: Golden City

Hm...a Kitsune, that would be interesting. I haven't really had time, nor the attention span to read it all lol. However, my quick skim makes me happy, the auras were worrying me, but you have the stipulation of them being temporary so that works for me. I say she's accepted.

I apologize to all for my lack of attention here lately. My studies and work have picked up and I've regrettably let this fall low on my priorities. It's reflective in my attitude, I've become bland in real life without my creative outlet. So, I'm going to do all that I can to be active again here, though don't expect more than once a day lol. Starting right now with working on my permanent character to join the fray.

As I said before, this format of play was an experiment to run a play-by-post game in a similar manner as a tabletop/open world adventure and I just don't have the time to dedicate to it right now. So I'll be subtly changing the model via altering my planned plot to open this up to the more traditional big party adventure we may be more accustomed to. At this point, when we get going again, we'll try to take it slow for anyone that may just be temporarily MIA to rejoin and in the meantime we'll drag their characters around or send them off to do something to get them out of the way. If they're not posting after say a solid week, then we'll assume them inactive or dropped and write them out of the story to continue with the active members. Those left behind in the Guild (don't know if you want to include Marian in that, Wonder) will get some magical help to join the others as I jump them into the main plot line.

So, all that said, I'm off to make me own addition to the team (I don't want to play Red so she'll be written out) and then get a post up to get things moving. Thanks for your loyal interest in the game despite my poor GMing skills these past few weeks.

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Scratch the new character bit. I went through the trouble of making out Ellie's profile and she's all ready in town with the main group so I'll just use her. Once the plot gets going, it won't really matter whether she's new to hunting or not, it's about to get real for everyone in the Guild.

Kingdom Guild: Golden City

With Jolly gone and I noticed our Peter and Alice haven't posted in response to Wonder, I just want to get a quick head count of who is still here and willing to play. This little experiment of mine failed and it's clear I need a more hands on approach. So before I revamp it, I need to know who's still interested in playing?

The Seven Kings (Azena x LadyBella)

So I just saw this at the bottom of my subscription :/ didn't realize you had posted. I'll get one in this weekend.