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Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Got an exam at the end of this week, so I likely won't get a post up until the weekend - just so you guys know ^^

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Looking forward to it @Rune_Alchemist.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Mira

Diver’s Paradise

@Rune_Alchemist

The air filled with the rare sound of Mira’s laughter as Lila began the story of her last travels. “Oh well, I wouldn’t want to be that poor critter!” Mira commented with a grin as they both stood in front of the pub, staring at it’s Diver-filled interior. She kept looking at the many different faces of Divers inside of the pub, too many of them she had never spoken a single word to despite her roughly 2 years of being a part of this random guild of travellers.

If she had been by her usual alone self she could probably have been standing right there on the floor of the cavern, staring at the many Divers she did not know and wondered about her current existence. Luckily for her and everyone around her she was not alone. Instead, her thoughts got interrupted by Lila’s voice as she began to speak shortly after her last comment about that thieving critter.

An unconscious smile began to paint Mira’s face as Lila delved deeper into her proposition. Mira had always loved the adventures of No Man’s Land and the tales that the other Divers would sometimes pleasure her with. It gave her a sense of her old life: a vast world full of adventures and new experiences, but it also held the best chance for her to get rid of this wretched ‘Curse’: perhaps somewhere out there in the No Man’s Land was the answer to her many questions? Well, she certainly believed it to be so.

It was almost physically painful for her to wait for Lila to finish her proposition. Oh, how Mira craved to interrupt her with a cheer and excitement - but of course that wasn’t something ‘Mira’ would do: She buried her feelings beneath a cold and calculative exterior so that almost no one would notice the small signs of excitement and waited calmly for her friend to finish speaking.

“Ah Lila,” Mira began shortly after her friend had ended her sentence, “you really know how to get my attention! How could I refuse such a proposition?” Mira asked with a grin on her face. “Have you gotten a specific area in mind? Or perhaps you’ve even gotten a contract? Do you have everything ready, or should we ready some preparations? And how about a team? You know I don’t like to work with a group unless I am forced to, but perhaps one is required?”

As Mira barraged her friend with different questions from her well-hidden excitement she began to lead both of them away from the deeper areas of Diver’s Paradise, heading towards one of the exits and the outside world.

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Working on a post as I type this. Hopefully it will be up today, latest tomorrow.

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Well it was just moments before hell froze over, but I actually got a post up!

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Mira

Diver’s Paradise

@Rune_Alchemist

A thin smile with just a hint of quilt spread across the face of Mira as the words of her companion registered within her ears. She knew she had pestered Lila more than pretty much anyone since she had first learned of her existence and her vast knowledge of the No Man’s Land and the possible treasures it hid within its depths - but what could she have done? She had always felt an urge to understand everything about her newest obsession.

“Well now,” Mira spoke, choosing deliberately to ignore the sharp comment from Lila, “the tale of… What should I call it? Ah, yes, let’s call it ‘The Tale of how the CMAS decided to ruin everything and yours truly had to save everyone in here’ - that sounds about right, doesn’t it?” Mira joked, something that even surprised herself as she wasn’t one to throw around as many jokes as she had done in the last half an hour. Perhaps she had really missed her ‘friend’?
Turning a corner onto a section of the caves that took them deeper underground she continued her explanation of the current events. “In all honesty I am not entirely certain how it started, I just sort of minded my own business - you know how I am,” Mira added before continuing in a dry tone, “but somehow those dredged CMAS-agents somehow figured out where our ‘Paradise’ were located and decided to improve the view by cracking our ceiling as you saw back there,” motioning with her thumb back towards the general location of the room they had just been in.

“As you can see we did manage to repel them, but we sustained quite a large loss to do so: many of the pillars and interior of this place have suffered scars from the battle, and I cannot even begin to imagine how many Divers sacrificed their lives or got hurt in the mess - the need for medical knowledge and help is probably off the chart” Mira added, “but, as you might suspect: I am completely unharmed!”

Mira winked playfully at Lila before moving out of the way to let a few Divers past her, it was something she had begun to do unconsciously at this stage, but when she first arrived at the Paradise she certainly wasn’t such a natural at dodging people. Having returned to her old position next to Lila she continued with her tale.

“As you’ve probably realized it was quite a mess to be a part of…” Mira spoke in a hollow tone as she finished her tale, “but anyway, What about you? Where have you been? Have you found something exciting in the No Man’s Land that I shou-”

But before Mira could ask into the deeper details of Lila’s trip something stopped her in her step.

“Urgh…” Mira groaned under her own breath as they turned the last corner and were now standing only a few strides from the White Horse. The reason for her sudden outburst of annoyance would be clear to anyone: the establishment was filled to the brim with other Divers, all of whom had likely seeked a place of peace and liquor enough to quench their thirst after the battle. They would be lucky to get a place to settle in that crowd.

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I apologize for my recent absence, I haven't forgotten about this story nor any of you guys, at all. Real life just decided to have a swing at me for the last week (something about expecting me to keep up with my master degree and all that BS...). Anyway, I am back and still breathing - and I should have a post up within the next day or so.

Hopefully @rune_alchemist haven't given up on me just yet...

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Well, I managed to stitch together a somewhat decent post before I collapsed from sleep deprivation... Now I really need to get some shut-eye and dream of the pubs in London.

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Mira

Diver’s Paradise

@Rune_Alchemist@tex

As the woman in front of them explained her situation as well as the reason for the current situation in the Paradise Mira couldn’t help but keep worrying. She always hated it when she was reminded of her past - and even more so when someone else might be related to it. This feeling only intensified as Mira noticed the other woman’s gaze drifting over her before she asked of their names.
It felt like time stood still for Mira.

Has she guessed anything…? she wondered for a brief second, no, of course not. You’re just being paranoid - after all, I’ve never met her before! She told herself before forcing her mind back at the current topic, just in time for her to hear Lila speak her own name.

Mira cleared her throat before answering. “Mira” she replied simply, didn’t feel like answering anymore than that - and luckily for her it seemed as if Lila had had enough as well.

"So, aside from the terrible management and idiots runnin' this place, anything else happen while I was gone?" Lila spoke to Mira before continuing without waiting for an answer. "And if ya know of a place I can get a drink, that didn't get blown to smithereens, that'd be great. Lost my alcohol barely a week out. Don't ask."

“Oh you are in for a tale,” Mira replied with a rare note of teasing in her voice. “You’ve missed so much in your prolonged absence! It’s really been quite a time here in ‘our’ little Paradise - you should ‘sooo’ have been here!”

With each word she spoke the tone of teasing became thicker and thicker in Mira’s voice. “Oh you’ve lost your impressive amount of liquor? That must have been quite a devastating blow for you - thinking about it: I don’t think I’ve ever seen you more than a few feet away from a bottle of alcohol… Are you sure you’re going to be a-okay?” Mira winked at her before turning dead serious and adding in a worrying tone as she shifted her gaze beyond Lila.

“Mmm… Any place that serves liquor and survived the horrible attack? That’s gonna be unlikely…” she said thoughtfully before suddenly snapping her attention back towards Lila. “Ah! I doubt the devastation of the battle reached the lower regions, so ‘The White Horse’ might have survived with its liquor intact, if you’re lucky”

“Although you know you have to order” Mira added, she really hated both excessive drinking and ordering - though she despised the latter much more as it required actual interaction with people.

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Welcome to this story and this forum @Umbratilis! Always a great day when a stalker turns into a participant ^^
Great character by the way, but I suggest the same things Rekaigan mentioned, would make it easier on my old eyes to read (yes, I am old - almost ancient some would say! ... Okay, maybe not ancient, but I do feel very old).

Oh yea, and this "ancient being" will likely have a post up later. I actually have a question for my next post @tex: Does Thorisa have horses? Or is there an animal that the inhabitants tend to use for the chores we have horses for? Random question, I know...