Crescendo

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Aliquam: Tobias’ Gala

Aria was glad for Moira's support as the descended down the staircase to join the others. Unsurprisingly the older woman was way more of a heavyweight than she was, and as of result much less wobbly.

"I can't tell if it's a coincidence that something always happens when we go out to eat," She shook her head with amusement as they finally reached the others, only for Tobias to start his announcement from the second floor. She blinked- had he passed them on the way up? Then again, there probably numerous ways to get to the second floor balcony.

"Mockery? Arrogant brain addled fool? He's not very creative with his insults." She huffed in disappointment, letting go of Moira's arm to lean on Lute for support instead. "Bet he's just jealous cus he's not as attractive as the thief fellow."

In the end, everyone agreed to take up Rose's offer of staying at her and Angel's place for the night. Aria was rather looking forward to kicking off her heels for the night; it would no doubt be a long day tomorrow trying to chase down a slippery thief and all.

The mansion was every bit as grand as she imagined- smaller than Tobias' but very impressive nonetheless. The Pride all trudged in, tired from all the excitement of the day to flop onto very soft and comfortable bed in the various guest rooms.

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Morning c: gonna finish off my post now yey /o/

Edit: gonna be without Internet for a while again so I posted a bit less than I planned qv q

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

“But the alpaca hat is soooooo cute!” Martini huffed, lips pursed into a pout as she swiveled around to peer at Song. She gave a pleased nod, folding her arms when Leon and Lesley agreed to wear the fluffy hats. “See, see, they understand! Besides, I don’t know why you’d protest to fluffy-“ The mermaid suddenly paused, floating closer at the strangely wobbly looking Song. “Waaaait, are you-“

Her next words were interrupted by a deep chuckle, and the room turned to see the dark figure of the Midnight Man seated on a chair on the other side of the room.

It was quiet as everybody listened to his words, and Martini frowned as he faded away, leaving blue wisps in his wake. Now that he wasn’t trying to kill him, she felt rather sad for the poor guy. To be killed by witches- what an unfortunate fate.



Brandy, meanwhile, had approached Song from behind as the wisps started to glide around the room before floating out of the open window. He deftly plucked the bottle from the item hunter’s hands with a sigh, greeting the other three with a nod as they moved out of the mansion.

“I don’t know, Song, the alpaca hat might suit you pretty well. And what did I say about drinking on the job?” He made a face after giving the bottle a sniff and gave the item hunter a soft whap on the back of his head.

Martini tutted, flipping her tail idly. “Not that I blame him, bumbleberry juice is good for calming the nerves. But enough of you two, I’m interested as well!” She gave a titter, drifting closer to where the other hummons were. Did any of them have girlfriends and boyfriends? Gosh that would be so cute. “Hey Riley, Leila, do you have boyfriends? And you don’t have a girlfriend, do you Inadi? Tell meeeeee~!”

It had thankfully stopped raining, and even the fog had lifted slightly from the surrounding forests. Brandy shook his head at Martini’s enthusiasm, giving a small smile to Lesley, Leon and Riley. “She’ll certainly have you covered for clothing. She might even like you enough to give her clothes to you as presents- though some of her fashions choices are a bit too much for me.” The rabbit was pulling Song along, hoping the cool forest air would clear the other Nobody’s head a bit.

"Who else gets a strange feeling about Queen Delirium? She appears nice and everything, but something about her is just... Not right."

Martini had drifted close enough to hear Jasper's thought and she stopped short, whirling around with a frown of confusion. "I dunno what you mean, Jazzie, but Queenie and I are totally besties and she's always been super nice to everyone! Maybe you're thinking too much. It's certainly been tiring for you darlings hasn't it?" She reached over to give the white-haired girl a sympathetic pat on the head.

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Y'all got yours up so fast pft I might add more later but for now this'll have to do-

Muehue

Name: Mattis Rosenberg aka Miffy

A very tall (probs a bit taller than Syed even wow) and broad with a heart of gold and fondness for children, ahaha. He would be much suited for a job at a kindergarten or daycare if he wasn't part of this merry band of thieves, and a large part of why he ended up in this profession is the large nest of teeny tots back home. Hence he has a soft spot for the younglings, and especially looks out for Fabian. He's quiet but affable with a sad/great sense of humor depending on who you ask, and greatly enjoys the looks on people's faces when the giant of a man with a deep voice introduces himself as 'Miffy'.

He doesn't talk much, usually just giving grunts or terse replies when asked a question. Actions speak much louder than words for this guy ^ o ^

As for what happens next, I think Ari'll be mostly nursing a nice hangover until the night :') A timeskip would speed things up but I wouldn't mind some interaction in between either eh

Edit: I'mma type up a post now! But considering how my laptop is being worse than usual if I don't get one up within two hours I've probably given up on it feezing q A q;; If so then I'll tap out a post on my phone tomorrow I'm sorry for missing another round I hope my new laptop gets here soon I cries

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Pach shush you soggy wienerbasket

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Aliquam: Tobias’ Gala

Aria reeled back with a short shriek as the room was engulfed in piercing bright light, sending the people inside stumbling and staggering. Judging by the sounds of panic outside the room, it seemed that the perpetrator had managed to blind the entire mansion. She pressed her palms against her eyes, trying to rub away the spots burned into her retinas only to bump into a screaming patron.

"Trixie?! Aria? You two okay?"

Somehow she managed to hear Syed’s voice over the pandemonium, and stumbled towards where she thought the mage was. “I’m fine,” she shouted over the ruckus of toppling chairs and people falling over themselves. She could swear she ended up stepping on someone accidentally, but eventually managed to find and regroup with Syed and Trixie.

By now her eyesight had started to return, and she peered blurrily at the broken pottery shards and other various broken furniture pieces scattered about the room. She didn’t quite want to imagine how much it would cost to replace and fix everything, wincing as something crunched underheel. She could make out Moira’s shape by the doorway and the three made their way out of the room, only to be faced with a very unexpected scene.

“I am the legendary thief, The Masked Phantom!!”

She stared up in surprise at the figure illuminated from below. So this was the infamous thief who had been appearing newspaper headlines? Normally Aria would be rather upset due to a night out being interrupted, but…

“He’s kinda cute,” she observed, blinking as he vanished with a flurry of feathers from the chandelier. She reached out, watching as a white feather drifted into her palm with a small grin. Knowing Estelle, they would be trying to darn hardest to get to the scene tomorrow to try to catch the thief and she was feeling very much excited. She gave Trixie a grin and a nudge.

“Looks like you got your supervillain after all, huh?”

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OTL Yep I fell asleep asdfghj

I am becoming weeeaaak ; A ;I actually dreamed of putting up a post and was really confused when it wasn't there but eurgh it be coming v soon /o;/

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gonna put up a post now!! ^ o ^ I've already shared my opinion on Skype but a group would be super fun, hehehe <33

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Brandy picked himself off of the dusty floor on which he had fallen after Ace had been whacked into him by a shadowy tendril with a wince. Song had been knocked down too, having been in turn knocked down by the bunny, and quickly Brandy stooped down to help the white-haired Nobody up. It didn’t quite help that he was still out of breath from running around, nor that Song was quite a bit taller than him, but somehow he managed to heave Song up from the ground. Brandy patted the dust from the other’s Nobody’s clothes while staring at the letters on the wall.

“I… Guess that’s that then.”

He was rather relieved and impressed that none of the hummons had lost an arm or leg in the whole ordeal considering how accident-prone they were. Instead they had merely suffered some scrapes and bruises at worst, which was quite an improvement from all their previous outings.

“Now let's hurry to the library. . .Before other things start happening.”

Brandy agreed with the girl- even though the Midnight Man had been taken care of, he still very much disliked the feel of the mansion- strange creaks sounded occasionally, and he could always seem to feel cobwebs clinging to his skin where there were none.



“Splatter painting. hmmm~?” Marti hummed in interest, feeling much bubblier now that the horrid Midnight Man wasn’t trying to kill them anymore. They did still have to meet with him in the library however, but as unpleasant as it was perhaps this time there wouldn’t be the danger of black muck flying everywhere and ruining hair and clothes. Who knew how long It would take the stains to come out? “I’d certainly like to see you paint someday, Lesles!” She glomped the pink haired human happily, trying her best to block out the gloomy surroundings.

“If you ever do want to do a spot of designing though, I’d be happy to help. In exchange for information on how you keep your hair looking so glossy and soft, of course! This offer extends to you too, Leon,” she gave a small twirl of her tail and a wink. “Perhaps I’d even get Inadi to model with you, what would you think about that?” She gave Lesley a playful nudge, giggling in thought.

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Aliquam: Tobias’ Gala

Somehow Aria managed to make her way up the staircase without tripping and falling while being dragged by a very enthusiastic Trixie, a rather impressive feat considering it was both pitch black and that she was very much drunk off her feet. She could barely discern who the other person with them was, but eventually made out the outline of a panda hat through the gloom that revealed it to be Lucien.

She watched with a drunken smile as Trixie held up the room, supported by Lucien whose efforts were quickly rewarded by a handbag to the face. She winced along with the other guests in the room at the resounding smack that echoed- what on earth was the woman carrying in her handbag?

Moira and Syed followed in shortly, the latter carrying a light, which upon closer inspection, turned out to be a lightbulb. The handbag wielding woman didn’t seem to hear Syed over her own shrieks about being falsely accused by someone who would wear a panda to a gala, and instead Aria stepped up, placing a hand on the woman’s shoulder with a smile and trying hard not to slur her words.

“Assault’s hardly a good way of proving innocence, no?”

The woman turned back to glare at whoever had dared to touch her, only to reel back with a scream at the sight of a tall faceless mass leering down at her. Another blink and the figure was gone, replaced by a giggling Aria who tugged Lucien back to safety.

“I’ve rescued the princess!” She struck a victorious pose, before eyeing the gasping woman with a wide smirk on her face. “Aaaaanyways, do any of you know anything about the blackout? Seen any suspicious creepers? Or funny looking people with pliers or wire-cutters or whatever weird things can break generators?”