Estylwen

Recollections: Under The Sycamore Tree Part. 1 [Cancelled]

Elysium Island, Domain of the Starving Dog

_{Interactions: Artifact Group}

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The boost was welcome, and both Layla and Alizée felt the boost enhance their chains. Namely, the chains grew burning white, siphoning the energy off the Starving Dog twice as fast. The dog struggled, but the duo was prepared.

”Hold on tight to him, Layla!” Alizée growled out, gnarled hands wrapped tight around her chains.

Well. At least, they thought they were prepared.

When the Starving Dog hit the floor and started rolling towards Layla, she saw her life flash across her eyes. The chains were dropped, and she narrowly escaped, her foot getting clipped, causing her to spin wildly and slide into the floor. Alizée was there in an instant, her own chains dropped from the dog as she scooped Layla in her arms and backed off.

”Aislin, now!”

Adora

”Don’t gotta tell me twice!” Aislin called out as each of her hands clenched into fists, and she brought them down in a sharp motion. The boosting helped immensely, and the entire ceiling came away easily. Chunks of stone and concrete fell on the dog, boulders cracking the tiles and sending up waves of dust. In a matter of seconds, the dog was entirely consumed by a mountain of heavy stones, piled up near to the ceiling.

”Take that, y-ya bastard!” Aislin hollered, gagging and choking on dust.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

//Does a little happy dance

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@LanaStorm Good question! It's free to infiltrate and spy, so as long as Bella doesn't/didn't kill them, they come right back home to you to report. The only cost for Personnel is when you attack/claim a district, and when you upgrade a district. Then you lose Personnel. :>

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I think I'm only waiting on @Herald and @evierose for posts? I'm going to start working on the IC post, but it will probably be at least 3 days before it is posted. Got a collab I am working on with ERode that will be added in. ^^

@SporkoBug Amen to that. 😎

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

"when you bait the queen, you risk losing the board.”

Epic post, Qia. Can't wait to see the payoff next round. :>

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

Post is up! Herald, if you want to do a collab of the fight, I'm totally down.

Sporko, Qia, if you want some back and forth with Le Frey or VV, I'm down as well. Theis will probably be the last round before we skip down to the next morning. :>

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

Ghost Corp Head Quarters, Lower Barracks

@SporkoBug, @Herald, @Qia

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"Sorry, General, my deal is with the Fallaways. If they say walk, we walk. If they say stay... then I'll apologize in person for delaying my punishment.

"Unless you want to start things off Greenie?”

Val

Le Frey glowered, hands curling into fists. ”Yeah, you'd really like that, wouldn't you?”

But he was still softened by Mimi's influence, and instead huffed a long, drawn-out breath, leveling a tilted stare at Val.

”Nah, I'm good.”

"I was once one of Umbra's experiments as well. I don't entirely understand how you feel, as I don't know how gruesome your 'creations' were. But I know how Harsh Umbra is."

Wren

VV's gaze perked up between mouthfuls of ration, staring at Wren with new curiosity. And, new pain. To say Umbra was harsh was, well, a severe understatement. Umbra was responsible for wiping her and A's memories. She didn't even have the luxury of knowing what Umbra did to them.

"I was once a valued hunter. I was sent out to track down humans for food. My last mission was to track down humans who escaped."

Ferz

Le Frey watched with a flat stare as Ferz frightened Mimi an inch within its life. His eyes immediately narrowed at the Wild, and his voice was cross.

”Now look what you've done, Ferzy. I don't get paid enough to look after you, you know.”

And Le Frey approached Mimi, huddled against the wall. He stooped to one knee, trying to appear as relaxed as possible towards Mimi.

”Hey, no one's gonna hurt you. You saw how the General looked at you. You're safe here. If the General likes you, everyone likes you. Don't worry too much about your past; we uh,” He stammered. ”We all got rough pasts.”

If Mimi were to sniff his emotions, Mimi would notice the comfort he was trying to exude covered up a hollow spot that was often stuffed down - a childhood with no parents was a lonely existence, after all.

“I didn’t mean to throw it. I wasn’t…in control.”

A

VV froze mid-bite on a bit of jerky, staring at A with a grimace. She knew that tone. Their time in the sky taught her a few things about A, mainly that A processed her own recovered memories differently. If VV had to guess, the trauma was rough - A had never dared to once bring it up, but it was evident something ate at her.

Their shared curse, as these powers relished the pain…

“I think…I think we stay.”

A

VV stared a moment longer, before her head dropped a bit. She seemed to deflate, then shrug. ”It's probably for the best…”

Her gaze drew up again on A, and she nodded, despite her own fears. ”Alright, A, I'll follow your lead on this.”

VV finished the rations and water, before delicately pushing them through a space in the laser bars. She glanced up at Le Frey, who was still consoling Mimi, before her gaze instead moved to Wren.

”Your other friend seems occupied. Val hasn't eaten yet…”

Indeed, it felt as though things were winding down for the evening. The sun was setting, orange light glinting off the inside of the courtyard's pyramid glass. The General stood with his hands behind his back, casual in how he waited for Val.

He had a theory. He wanted to test it.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird I will take over Del Guarde. You needn't worry.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird I'm going to go ahead limb and say 93rd Street won't be negotiated.

It's okay. Good luck with your endeavors, Little Bird.

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@Yankee I forsee at least two, maybe three scenes/collabs with your spies. I'll add them in my post. Looking forward to your sheets!

@evierose The NPC's look great, approved

@Qia Sounds good regarding the collab with Lana, I can't wait to see it. :>

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird Nothing is going to change the fact that Merryland is being invaded, and that it's likely 93rd Street will also be invaded.

Here are your options:

1) Defend your territory like everyone else.

2) Leave the roleplay.

I will not be discussing this further with you. We have been very patient the past few days, but enough is enough. Any attempts to continue talking about this, and I will have you removed myself.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

Ah, I see.

Because Nocturnal isn't pure PvP, it's roleplay as well, and sabotage and kidnapping and everything else.