Dartbored Fairy

Diddly Do

@Hokum

Pirila sighs a breath of relief as Dino announces that they have found Mili. The information that her abductor was nearby worried her, but she'd deal with them afterwards.

As the wall of weapons reveals itself, Pirila takes a short moment to see if she sees anything especially interesting. She wasn't too big a fan of guns, but in the end she decides to settle on a simple handgun. She'd probably not use it, but she'd carry it with her just in case. After all, better safe than sorry, right?

Hida meanwhile does the same. She reaches out to grab a gun too when Cas interrupts her and offers her a gun.

"Oh! Thank you very much." She responds, taking the gun with a smile. "And while I'm not especially hungry, a snack is always good, is it not?"

As they are suddenly brought down to the planet again, Pirila has to take a moment to adjust. She wasn't used to teleporting around like this, but her determination to find Mili soon beat her nausea as she follows Dino down into the caves.

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@Prima Luce

As one of the others - likely either Dino or Cas - light up the obstacle, Pirila gasps. There, slumped over a large stone, was Mili.

Throwing caution to the wind, Pirila rushes over to her. "MILI!" She shouts, completely ignoring the convenience of the situation.

Hida however, seems to be more aware of just how convenient everything is, and tries to stop Pirila from rushing forward, yet she fails to grab her in time as Pirila quickly runs out of reach. Growling, she follows after her, though she makes sure to keep some distance between herself and Pirila. After all, she didn't want to fall into the same trap if there was one, but letting Pirila go all alone wasn't smart either.

Trios

@Quote5

The girl smiles as Karter introduces himself. "Nice to meet you, Karter. My name's Vesania. As for spending a night somewhere, there should be an inn up ahead, you could spend the night there, but it's still morning so why not go and explore first?" She asks, smiling as she gestures to an inn further ahead.

"As for money exchange... your best bet is probably the Bazaar I'd say. It's not too far away from here either."

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@Zyngard@Metatrooper

As Kura and Kaldalis make their way down the street, a girl, somewhere in her late teens, emerges from an alleyway. She appears busy rummaging through one of the bags she's carrying, and fails to notice Kaldalis in time, crashing into him.

The girl has short brown hair, and wears a rather long black dress. As the girl recovers from the collision and finally notices that she has, in fact, collided with someone, an observant Kura might notice that the 'alleyway' the girl emerged from is in fact just a wall. Strange, that.

"Ow... sorry about that..." The girl says as she takes a moment to observe both Kura and Kaldalis with her bright blue eyes. As she notices Kura however, her eyes widen. "Oh hey, we meet again!" She says, smiling as she scrambles to her feet.

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@citrouille

"No problem!" The girl says, smiling as Allysee looks around. "But no, I'm not a traveller. I live here, but I like watching the boats come and go, so that's how I found you here."

"So you're looking to live here huh? Gonna start searching for a good house soon then?" She says, seemingly lost in thought for a second.

"Oh by the way, what's your name? Mine's Vesania."

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@Harlequ

"My name's Vesania, what's yours?" The girl, Vesania, asks, glancing at Illyssa's luggage before smiling. "And if you're looking for a better life here, does that mean you plan on living here?"

Diddly Do

@Prima Luce

Mili manages a faint smile as Pirila crouches down in front of her. "O..okay..." She says, exhausted. Today's events had been... well, tiring. Tiring and also quite terrifying, so Mili decides to simply let Pirila do all the thinking and worrying. She'll just nod and follow since she was too tired to really do much thinking.

Then, however, Pirila does something strange. Is she... tasting Mili's blood? Mili frowns, Pirila was acting weird. Why would she taste Mili's blood? That wasn't normal...

But the question Pirila asks really alarms Mili, but before she can really react her vision goes black. Pirila had punched her, and in doing so knocked her unconscious...

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@Hokum

Pirila looks away from the windows as the start moving. She really didn't like the fact that she suffered from motion sickness, and she had been avoiding vehicles for quite a while because of it.

So when Shard pulls her away she simply nods, not really paying attention to what's going on until Shard pulls a gun on her. Pirila takes a step back but before she can get away, Shard pulls the trigger...

And Pirila's dizziness fades, Shard asks her a weird a weird question about Cuna without even saying anything about what she just did."

"H-hold on Miss. First of all, I would much prefer it if you didn't pull out a gun on me for no reason. Secondly, are you assuming I am in a relationship with him?"

Pirila simply shakes her head. This woman was... a bit odd.

"To answer your question, yes he is 'available', so go ahead and get to know him better."

Trios

@Hokum

She sounds... eh... eww... accepted!

Trios

@citrouille

Allysse is awoken to the sound of someone repeatedly saying "Hey."

Standing next to the rock Allysse had decided to take a nap on was a girl about her own age, with long purple hair and green eyes. She was wearing a white dress, and was looking at Allysse with a look of concern.

"It's not a very good idea to sleep out here in the open you know? You might catch a cold or be abducted. There's all kinds of bad people around here you know. Are you a visiting traveller?"

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@Quote5

"Amnesia huh? That's unfortunate. So you do not know who put that thing there? Must've been a painful experience..."

As Karter leaves the ship, the girl follows him. "I have come here to... visit some relatives of mine. My family has resided in Trios for almost longer than Trios has held that name. I normally live abroad but I've decided to pay my family a visit." Smiling, the girl walks up dock. Nobody still seems to as much as acknowledge the girl. In fact, the only reason nobody has walked into her yet is because she seems to be an expert at dodging as nobody seems to bother trying to avoid walking into her. Strange, that, they do seem to make an effort not to walk into Karter or anyone else.

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@Karkinos (and to some extent, @Harlequ)

The man slowly nods. "Y-yea... I'm fine I guess..." He answers. "Where's my daughter?"

"She's still in that balloon of yours! That man abducted her in that stupid balloon of yours!" His wife responds with a mix of fear and anger. Fear because her daughter had gone missing, and anger at having agreed to travel via this... thing her husband had built.

"W-what?! Where did they go?!" The man says as he gets to his feet. He barely manages to stay upright however. "I need to find my daughter!"

Before he can rush off to find her though, Ilyssa brings the girl back to the family. "Mika!" The man yells as the three are reunited and the father hugs his wife and daughter.

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@Harlequ

As Ilyssa turns around to search for a place to stay, she finds herself staring into the green eyes of a purple-haired girl. "Nice work!" She says, giving Ilyssa a thumbs up. "There should be more people like you, you know? I don't think many people would've been willing to do what you did if they could."

The girl takes a step to the side, allowing Ilyssa to spot an inn up in the distance. "So, what brings you to this town? Do you plan on helping more people?"

Trios

@Harlequ Are you going to post soon? I'd like to get a post out soon (either today or tomorrow) but I was wondering if you wanted to make one first.

Diddly Do

@Hokum

Pirila growls as Dino starts swearing. She was grateful that he was willing to help, but she'd much rather he didn't swear. Still, she'd keep quiet about it. For now.

As they leave the building, a weird... thing lands in front of them. Pirila looks at it with confusion. What is that? She is about to say something when suddenly she becomes dizzy and her vision goes black.

A bit later - Pirila honestly had no idea how long they'd been blacked out - she finds herself, together with the others, inside some weird building. She and Hida follow Dino, with Pirila being rather suspicious of the place they found themselves in.

"Thanks, I suppose..." Pirila says as she looks around the room. There was all sorts of weird equipment here, and Pirila would much rather not come in contact with it. She decides to ask a question about what this DGS thing even was, when suddenly they started moving and Pirila becomes dizzy. "...are we moving...?" She asks, as her dizziness slowly becomes worse.

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@Prima Luce

Mili runs for her life through the dark cavern. She had no idea which way to go, all she knew is that her best bet was to get away from her assailant as fast as she could.

The noises of her creations being destroyed worry her. There was nothing stopping the attacker from chasing after her now, but instead of summoning something else she decides to keep running. After all, if her enemy caught up with her she could maybe hide down one of the cave's passages, something that wouldn't work too well if she summoned a monster in it.

But Mili knew that even if she got away she'd still be in trouble. She had no idea where she was after all, she had no clue how to get home. Maybe there were more enemies wherever she now was...

But then, up ahead, a familiar face. Pirila. Mili can't believe her eyes as she speeds up, running as fast as she can towards Pirila. She was safe now.

Once within reach, Mili hugs Pirila tightly, and starts crying. Mere moments earlier she was afraid that she'd never see Pirila again, but here she was, having come to rescue her.

While Pirila breaks the embrace, and takes Mili's hand, Mili is still sobbing, responding only with a nod as she covers her injury again with her other hand. She'd let Pirila resolve the 'getting home' part, Mili knew she was in safe and capable hands now.

Diddly Do

@Prima Luce

Mili lets out another scream, this time one of pain, as Dnias slashes her with his knife. Her creatures had been destroyed with ease, far before they could really do anything.

As Mili's blood spills on the floor, her eye is already at work bringing something else to this world, but Mili knows that alone wouldn't be enough; she needs to get out of there and fast.

But perhaps this being would be able to buy her the time she so desperately needs.

As Mili glares at Dnias, the cave continues shaking as cracks form in the cavern floor, and part of the ground, covered in Mili's blood, starts moving on it's own.

A large creature, composed entirely of rock and crystals, rises up out of the ground covered with Mili's blood. Mili's eye has awoken an Illearth, a corrupted Earth Elemental. Perhaps it had always been buried there, or maybe Mili had summoned it, but it attacks Dnias regardless while the rocks it is made out take on a more... creature-like form, giving the being arms it needs to attack and a set of eight legs to move around.

While the creature distracts Dnias - it would at least serve as a physical barrier - Mili gets to work trying to find a way out of her binds. She moves around as much as she can as she brings one of the ropes keeping her in place in front of her hand and fires a fireball at it. The blast of said projectile burns through the rope, but it also burns Mili. But despite the pain, Mili grins. She had one hand free now, and could get to work on the others.

But, before she gets to work on freeing herself, her eye brings more beings into this world. After all, the more enemies her assailant had to deal with, the more time she would have to escape.

Soon, the cave begins to be illuminated by the presence of a duo of Fire Elementals. These creatures are nothing more than sentient flames burning without a need for fuel, and they too begin to attack Dnias, throwing what is essentially parts of their own body at him as they launch small fireballs.

Mili, meanwhile, gets to work on dealing with the rest of the ropes holding her in place. First burning each of the ropes keeping her legs in place, and then freeing her other arm. Though she sustains some burns in this process, they are far from her biggest concern.

Now free to move about, Mili covers her injury with one hand as she makes a mad dash towards the exit, under the cover of the creatures she has summoned.

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@Hokum@Zyngard

Pirila frowns as Dino offers his assistance. She doesn't trust him, not one bit, but at this point he was her only option if she wanted to get Mili back before things got really bad.

"Thank you." She simply says, sighing as she does so. There were so many things that could go wrong with this whole situation, and there wasn't really anything she could do to prevent that.

As Cuna offers to help out, Pirila manages a smile. "Thanks. Just, no swearing, got it?"

Trios

@Hokum

As Boris comes crashing through the roof, the woman panics. First her husband had lost his head, and now this giant of a man came crashing into her house!

Grabbing the nearest potential weapon, the woman grabs a Rolling Pin. "S-Stay back!" She shouts, holding the 'weapon' in a defensive position.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about! I didn't kill him!" The woman says, frowning at the accusations. This man just broke her roof and ceiling, and was now accusing her of killing her own husband? "G-GET OUT!" She shouts, angry while pointing at the door. "O-Or I'll have you arrested!"

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@citrouille@Karkinos

While everyone on deck remains distracted by the recovering woman and the unconscious man, the Captain steps in. "We'll be docking soon. You three," The Captain gestures to three crewmen standing nearby. "Help these women take care of them. Everyone else, we'll be docking so back to work."

As most of the crowd disperses, nobody seems to be paying any attention to the two men in black outfits watching the commotion from afar. They turn to look at eachother, nod, and both head in a different direction.

Soon, the ship is docking at the port. It won't be long before they'll be allowed off the ship.

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@Quote5

"Perhaps it's a scream of pain. Maybe you'll get to make those too soon." A voice comes from Karter's right. Sitting on a chair there is a girl with long purple hair wearing a white dress. Where did she come from? She wasn't here a moment ago, nor did Karter hear her sit down. What's more, nobody seemed to pay any attention to her. Did they not hear or see her?

"So, mister, what brings you and your funny eye to this place? Holiday? Adventure? Or have you just given up on life?" The girl says, staring into Karter's eyes with her own green eyes.

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@Zyngard

"I can do a lot of cool things." Says a female voice coming from in front of her. Sitting there is a girl, about Kura's height, with long purple hair, green eyes and a white dress. "Perhaps you'll get to see them in action sometime." She says. That's weird, she wasn't here a moment ago, nor did she make any noise approaching. Where did she come from?

"So, what brings you here? Looking for sweets? Visiting a relative?"

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As the ship docks, people slowly start to leave the ship. A crewmember goes to find dedicated medical personell to help the people they rescued, while another heads to the authorities to report the incident.

Among the people leaving the ship are the two men. They both leave the ship separately as if following someone, but in the large crowd of people it's hard to determine who exactly it is they're following.

Trios

@Harlequ

Nice post! But... there's just a slight issue.

You see, Hot Air Balloons in this world are far from common. In fact, it is very likely that the husband Boris threw out of the Balloon was an inventor who built the Hot Air Balloon himself (likely not the person who invented the whole concept of them, but just someone copying it to test it and stuff). Therefore it is highly unlikely that anyone would know how one such Balloon worked. This leads me to my question: How does Ilyssa know how to operate the Hot Air Balloon so skilfully?