Dartbored Fairy

Diddly Do

If anyone's interested in having their character show up at the Station then go ahead~

Diddly Do

Pirila sighed as she closed the last window in Mili's bedroom. Despite the both of them being immune to the deadly effects of Ashstorms, cleaning up the mess that would be created if the windows remained open was very time-consuming. After having to clean up the mess once Pirila quickly learned to close the windows as soon as possible.

"How long are they gonna be closed for?" Mili asked with a weak voice. Her condition had worsened again recently, and it almost rendered Mili incapable of talking. On bad days she'd be completely mute, while on good days like today her voice would simply be weak. It wasn't anything life-threatening, but it was still troubling.

"For as long as the storm lasts, Mili. Try and get some sleep, okay?" Pirila answered, walking over to the sickly girl to tuck her in again. "Perhaps you'll feel better again when you wake up." Pirila knew that the chances of that happening were slim, Mili would likely never be truly healthy, but she had to say something to try and get the girl to sleep.

"I've done nothing but sleep for the past few days Piri... It's getting boring." Mili responded, and Pirila sighed in response. It was difficult to entertain Mili as her condition meant she was rarely capable of going outside, so she rarely got to talk to people or play with others.

"I'll try and find some more books for you to read when I go out again, okay? Now be a good girl and get some sleep." Pirila said, smiling as she patted Mili's head. "So just try and get some sleep for now. If you really need me, just shout."

Mili nodded and waved as Pirila left the room, before drifting off to sleep in her bed. Pirila meanwhile headed down the stairs to the ground floor. The station's main doors would remain open for as long as possible to allow people seeking shelter to get in, but that meant that Pirila would have to stay downstairs to close the doors.

Already there were a few groups of scavengers in the building. They'd each taken to claiming their own spot in the building, sharing food among themselves while some went to sleep. Most of them didn't have a permanent home - either because they couldn't find one, or because they didn't want one - so places like the Station were a blessing to them. A safe shelter from the deadly ashstorms that plagued the wasteland.

For Pirila and Mili though, the Station was home. The large building gave Mili plenty of room to wander around while still being safe, and it gave Pirila enough space to store interesting things she found while scavenging. At first the two had kept the entire Station as 'private' property, but eventually they decided to open the lower floor to scavengers seeking shelter. Because of this, the Station became a hotspot for people wanting to settle down as it was a safe shelter if their houses were ineffective against the Ashstorms. As a result, a small thriving community had slowly emerged in the ruins around the Station, with scavengers protecting eachother from Raiders and helping eachother when needed.

During Storms like these, most of the inhabitants of said community would flock to the station. Only those with houses that were secure enough would stay at home. But other than locals, travellers would also often take shelter here. The Station was well-known throughout the area as a safe haven, and merchants and travellers would often set up shop in and around the Station, or spend the night there during their travels.

As the storm drew closer, Pirila prepared to close the doors. She'd wait a bit longer to see if there were more people on their way, but she wouldn't wait forever.

Diddly Do

Pirila (Character)

Name: Pirila
Age: Unknown. Appears to be in her late teens
Species: Assumed to be Human
Gender: Female

Appearance: Pirila appears to be in her late teens and has short, messy white hair. She is often covered in ash due to the ashstorms that plague the land.
Pirila wears a dull green dress and a brown jacket. She carries a large backpack with her at all times, carrying everything she needs even though she rarely leaves the safety of her home nowadays.
She carries with her a a flag on a metal staff belonging to a nation that was destroyed long ago. The flag has little to no meaning to her, but she carries it around with her because it makes for a good weapon.

Passive Abilities:
Ash Immunity - Pirila is one of few who can survive being outside during the ashstorms that plague her world. Most need to seek shelter, but Pirila can stay outside just fine.
'Miracle Scavenger' - Pirila always manages to find useful things when scavenging, though some people say that she obtains said items not by scavenging, but through other means.

Active Abilities:
Rally - Presumed to be magic, Pirila can 'rally' those around her if she has some sort of banner. This is one of the reasons she keeps the flag with her. 'Rallied' beings (it also affects Animals and Automatons) enter a sort of frenzy. They lose all fear and become slightly stronger and more resistant to harm. This allows them to fight more effectively, at the cost of taking bigger risks and thus being injured. Pirila can choose who is affected by this upon activation as long as she can see them and they can see the banner she's carrying. (Cameras and such don't help in this case)
Lightning/Electricity Magic - Using her flag-staff to cast magic, Pirila can attack those nearby with electricity. The voltage is something she has control over, allowing her to decide whether to simply give the target a harmless shock, or a more dangerous one.
Pacification - Pirila has a special spell that allows her to calm down a single target. She is incapable of casting other spells while she is doing so, and the time it takes depends on how angry/aggressive/whatever the target is. She primarily uses to calm down Mili when she's upset.

Weaknesses:
Pirila is afraid of heights and suffers from motion sickness.

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Mili (Character)

Name: Mili
Age: Unknown. Appears to be in her early teens
Species: Unknown. Appears Human
Gender: Female

Appearance: Mili appears to be a child, in her early teens at oldest. She has long, dark purple hair and wears a dark red dress and a gray cloak. Her right eye is covered using bandages. She carries with her a messenger bag containing various items of importance to her, judging by how protective she is of it.

Passive Abilities:
Ash Immunity - Mili is one of few who can survive being outside during the ashstorms that plague her world. Most need to seek shelter, but Mili can stay outside just fine.
Darkvision - Mili can see quite well in the dark, even if she only has one useable eye.
Dreadful - Sentient Creatures and Animals find themselves uncomfortable when near Mili.

Active Abilities:
Eye of Doom - When Mili's right eye isn't covered, it's effects are triggered. The exact effects are currently unknown.
Fire Burst - Mili can fire four fireballs. Upon hitting a surface they explode into a large blast of flame. While this is a rather potent ability, it's mostly used to keep enemies at bay.
Animate - Mili can bring inanimate objects to life. She mainly uses this to play with toys, but if needed can be used to cause statues to attack enemies.

Weaknesses:
Mili suffers from an unknown illness. It's apparently not lethal, but it means she's often bedridden and sickly.
Mili is scared of all things considered sacred.

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Phantom Point Station (Location)

Phantom Point is a converted Train Station that now serves as both Pirila & Mili's house and shelter for travellers. Located in the former city of Secria, it - like the rest of the world - is a wasteland of ruins following a near-apocalypse of unknown source. As a result of this event, the buildings are ruins and creatures lurk the wasteland, but both of these are minor compared to the deadly Ashstorms that plague the world. Akin to sandstorms, the ash that they bring is not only poisonous, it also tends to prevent people that don't wear gasmasks from breathing, making travel during the Ashstorms nearly impossible.

The Station itself is in a surprisingly good condition, but that is mainly thanks to Pirila's work. Some trains are still waiting at the platforms, unable to travel, while the platforms themselves are home to several small shelters for people to use. The Station Building itself is a three-storey building, with the bottom floor accessible to everyone. The first floor is only accessible to people Pirila trusts as it is where she and Mili live. The top floor is where Mili spends most of her days.

Outside, the building stands proud among the ruins of a grand city. Graffiti decorates the walls with weird phrases such as "There is no such thing as Cake", "Hokum, you're not really a God" and "Death awaits all". The ruins nearby are home to scavengers who have befriended the Station's inhabitants, and will come to their aid if they are attacked. In front of the building are two statues of knights, where they originally came from is unknown.

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Hada (Character)

Name: Hada
Age: Unknown
Species: Unknown
Gender: Female(?)

Appearance:
Hada's appearance... varies. Though she's not exactly a shapeshifter in the traditional sense, Hada can use her abilities to alter what she looks like. She can grow taller or become smaller. Become fatter or thinner, all thanks to her ability.
One of her favoured appearances however is that of a girl with messy red hair with. She often wears a simple white shirt and a red-white skirt. She has blue eyes and wears a rather large dark-red jacket to provide warmth.

Abilities:
Manipulation of Skin - Hada's primary ability is her ability to manipulate skin. Not only does this allow her to take on different appearances, it also allows her to quickly seal wounds. It also has the added ability of being usable as a pretty gruesome weapon - she can alter the skin of people she's touching, allowing her to potentially seal people's mouths and noses shut with their own skin.
Lesser Shapeshifting Abilities - In order to compliment her Skin Manipulation, Hada has learned several useful abilities that allow her to change her own eye colour, hair colour, hair length and body length. This also grants her increased resistance against poisonous substances.
Hedge Magician - Hada is a bit of a Hedge Magician. She has some skill in a lot of fields of magic, but she's weak compared to people who focus on those specific fields. Still, this allows her to be rather versatile in using magic.

Weaknesses:
Holy Water undoes her Skin Manipulation. This means that it can be used to help people affected by her ability, but it is unknown what effect exactly this will have when used against Hada herself.
Hada seems to be uncomfortable around large bodies of water or sharp objects.
Changing her appearance saps Hada's strength for a while, meaning that after changing her appearance she temporarily (about a day) becomes very frail.

Caravan: Resurrection

"We're under attack?!" Lyullia said as she was laid down. She was kind of expecting it based on what she was hearing coming from other places in the Caravan, but she had hoped it wasn't the case. "By what? More wild animals?"

As Noru put his hand on her forehead, Lyullia's worries increased. Was she severely injured? What did he mean by feeling her mana? Were the others alright?

"Are the others alright?"

Caravan: Resurrection

Despite the head injury, Lyullia eventually awakens again. Though, not without any side-effects.

Dazed, she looks around the caravan. She doesn't quite realise what is happening, but judging by the sounds of fighting it wasn't good. It takes her another while to realise that someone's actually carrying her, likely protecting her from harm. The person wasn't familiar by name, but Lyullia at the very least remembered that it was the injured person they had encountered earlier in the day.

"What... happened?" Lyullia manages to ask despite the head injury.

Much Ado About Nothing

This sounds like fun. I'll join.

Caravan: Resurrection

Lyullia had only barely managed to fall asleep when the explosion rocked the caravan. Though both the sound and the force of the blast were more than enough to wake her up, there was little she could do to prevent herself from being tossed from her bunk and across the caravan.

Nor was being awake going to do her much good in any attempts to avoid hitting anything. As she is thrown across the caravan by the explosion, she collides with something, and the impact knocks her out - likely causing other injuries in the process. As the caravan lands on the ground again, Lyullia hits the floor, breaking her leg in the process.

Caravan: Resurrection

Lyullia looked rather... shocked as Illuvae brutally killed several of the harmless dragonflies. She opens her mouth to react, but decides against it and simply shakes her head.

"I guess I'll go and take a rest then." She says, nodding to Zay as she climbed back down and headed towards her bunk, climbing in and going to sleep.

Caravan: Resurrection

Lyullia freezes as the dragonfly suddenly lands on her shoulder. It takes her a few seconds to realise that, in fact, it's just a dragonfly.

Smiling, she cautiously sits down, trying not to squash any dragonflies as she does so, amazed by the insane amount of them while wondering whether or not she should alert someone.

Fortunately, Zay soon arrives and Lyullia gives him a wave. "I honestly have no idea. They all just sorta arrived here. Are they dangerous or are they just dragonflies?"

Caravan: Resurrection

Lyullia yawned as she watched the countryside lazily go by. Sure, it was nice to look at, but after a while it was starting to get boring. Always just trees, plants, etc.

She considered grabbing her book and resuming where she had stopped, but doing so would mean nobody would be keeping an eye on what was going on. And Lyullia knew that that probably wouldn't end very well, especially not out here only a short while after a previous attack.

Sighing, Lyullia returned to keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. She wouldn't have to wait long however, as soon she noticed a buzzing noise. At first she thought it was just a bee, but then as it slowly started to come closer, she became less and less confident that it was just a bee.

Standing up as tall as she could to get a better view, Lyullia looked around, hoping to spot whatever was making the buzzing noise before it attacked.