Cottonmouth

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

@Zelosse
I'm gonna be gone for the next three days at my grandpies. Wasn't able to go in depth with that post.
Plus I wasn't sure what you meant, so I figured @Prodigal Son would take care of it.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

As the ten skeletons began to approach Nemo, he hovered his right hand over the grip of his silver revolver at his side. He abruptly drew the weapon at blinding speed, cocking back the hammer as he did so mid draw. Nemo fired off the first shot, splitting the skull of one of the skeletons, and then fanned the hammed of the revolver for the next five shots. With five more adeptly placed headshots, six of the skeletons had already been felled to the floor of the tomb.

The four skeletons remained continued to charge. Nemo spun his revolver around and dropped it back into it's holster and then unsheathed his dagger from behind with his left hand. He fired off a small X shaped white blast from his glove into one of the skeletons as another reached him and took a swing at Nemo. He blocked the attack with his right forearm and then stabbed the knife into it's head, causing it to go limp.

Nemo removed the knife and let it's corpse fall, leaving the final two. One of them appeared to be charging a spell at him while the other went for a blunt strike. Nemo was able to sidestep the attack and then bring it to the floor with a heavy sweep from his leg. Once on the ground he crushed it's skull with the heel of his boot. By this point the final skeleton had released it's magic blast attack at Nemo. With only one enemy for him to worry about left, it was easy for him to absorb the spell with his right hand, and then fire off his own blast back at it using some of the salvaged mana.

With the final skeleton in pieces Nemo pulled out his revolver and quickly began to reload, expending the spent casing first. He made the often timely reload of the classic firearm seem quick and easy. Nemo began to walk towards Travis. "Need any help?" He called out to him with a calm voice despite the situation.

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Nemo stood rather plainly as the group was surrounded. Only letting out a "Huh..." at the turn of events.

"Quality? Or quantity? Take your best shot at it." Nemo commented to Raiya. He didn't make a move for any of his guns yet, instead he pulled his black leather glove tight and pointed his right hand in a 'fake gun' fashion towards one of the skeletons. "I never bothered with the undead all that much, it just doesn't give the same rush as fighting something alive. However there is one thing I always liked..." Nemo fired a white manablast from his fingertips straight at one of the skeletons head. When it connected it exploded it's skull with an audible pop. "The wonderful sounds they make." He finished afterward.

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<Snipped quote by Prodigal Son>

Erm...I can still post right?

@ShiningSector

yeah

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Nemo stared blankly as Raiya spoke, a rather odd look crossed his face before his head suddenly cocked to the side. "The truth depends on perspective, I never said that she was the one who poisoned his flowers. To the girl beating him fair is exactly what she thought she did, and to the audience that's exactly what they thought they saw her do. It made a better story that way. Like David and Goliath." Nemo explained. "We have to accept that there can always be more to the story than what's showed. In the end three things happened that day, the duelist died, the girl got her revenge, and I got paid."

"What we think, know, or see isn't always the truth. The bigger picture is what counts. Anger and rage are forces uncontrollable to it's originator but easily manipulated by others. It's a weakness, much like the duelist's drinking was his own. I'd say if you're gonna have a weakness, make sure you're certain about it beforehand, and make sure nobody else knows.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

My own post is just about done and ready to go. However, I am checking to confirm whether I can post now or later after someone based on an established query on my previous post.

@ShiningSector

You can post whenever.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

"That's a bingo, it's a elderflower liqueur." Nemo confirmed. "But the former I know much more about, I used to make it myself and save it in mason jars for later. Aromatic and relaxing." Nemo had been looking back to see the rest of the group arrive, but eventually grew bored and turned to Raiya.

"I used to know a talent that drank it obsessively. Kept it in a metal flask in his breast pocket right here." Nemo said as he patted his chest. "Elderflower cordial is a victorian drink, and he was... old fashioned, up-tight, prissy even." He explained. "Going hand in hand, he also had a very large ego, incredibly overconfident. He claimed that there wasn't a person in the world who could beat him in a duel, and fought anybody in a duel to the death on his estate that was willing to risk it. Often ridiculing them into accepting."

"Eventually at one of his parties a poor girl bursts in and confronts the talent. She says that the man killed her father in one of his duels, and vows that she will get her revenge. The talent sees the duel as a waste of time, and sets the date a week away, expecting her to come to her senses by then and not show up. But sure enough, the girl does."

"Everybody at the party expected it to be a landslide, but instead, in front of a crowd of hundreds of people, they watch the duelist meet his end bleeding out on the floor after getting stabbed in the neck by the girl." Nemo explained. "Turns out somebody had laced his elderflower plants with a new special ingredient days before. In the end, what is skill worth if you can't tell you've been drinking poison for the past few days?" He finished with a somewhat pleased expression on his face.

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Nemo was inclined to come up with something crude to reply back with, but his thoughts about her drinking had caused him to lose his appetite to further push the issue; after all they were supposed to get along. At least Nemo was able to get her to spill the beans on how some of her spells work.

For a few moments he stood silent, but eventually started back up again. "Have you ever had Elderflower Cordial?" He asked with a more benign voice, seemingly trying to pass the time until the rest of the group arrives. "If not you might be more acquainted with St. Germain, they share the same key ingredient."

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Nemo came to a stop once they reached the door. He seemed to be admiring the scene for a few moments until Raiya fired off her first attack. He stood with his hands in his pockets and she fired off the second, seemingly keen on conserving as much of his own energy as possible. The display also allowed Nemo to slowly learn more about her abilities.

"So... we've learned that granite can't be electrified or burned. That's a relief. Do you think we should try having Artos freeze it?" He said with a mock-serious type of tone.

Nemo looked over to Raiya, watching her sip the rum. He could smell it even easier now that they weren't outside in the fresh air. Nemo realized that he couldn't remember a point since he met her that she hadn't been drinking something with alcohol in it. It began to make him ponder just what the extent of her "problem" could go to. After all it did basically cause her to be in her current predicament. He also wondered why she drank in the first place. Nemo liked a good drink, but something this excessive was likely caused by something.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

"Have you ever seen the self proclaimed social elite have dinner? Well it's gonna be a lot like that, but again and again until it's just right. We're gonna learn how to hold forks, say hello, sit proper, and articulate our words like chivalrous men and women... Don't worry, I have experience. I'm sure it will be grand." Nemo explained as he continued on. "Speaking of which, do you know how to curtsy? Though maybe a bow might be more useful in this case" He added.