Fox of Spades

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

OMG...

Lesles lost an arm O.O! Good job Anon, the queen can give him a prosthetic when this is over. Wowwowwow, poor Lesles.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Now. One word, yet it scared him out of his wits. Avian's voice resonated within his head and he watched as the Dragoon charged forward with maddening speed. A spire of earth burst forth from the ground beneath him and before Harper could yell out, the soldier was in the air.

Ace tapped him on the shoulder with a determined nod. "Aim for the heart and I'll aim for her head."

He didn't even manage mumble a reply, before he knew it, his friend was charging towards their foe. Harper spun around and followed, running faster than he probably had in his entire life. The pain, the fear, it all left. The only thing that consumed him was the need to land a hit and put an end to this twisted game.

A loud crunching sound filled the air, followed by a surprised shriek from the witch. She leaned back and raised her arms in an attempt to shield herself from the debris, but it was too much, so she took a step back. Jasper's wisps caused her to let out a shocked gasp and Hakuren grinned as the ice snaked around her ankles. "Good job, bear." For a moment, the witch found herself stunned. Brandy provided Jasper and Hakuren with the back up they needed and the witch's attempts to dispel the ice trap was stopped by a buff from the rabbit guide. She narrowed her eyes at the humans and lifted a hand.

The ground beneath them shook as too horizontal pillars of earth shot out towards Ace and Harper. "Look out--!" By some miracle he managed to use his momentum to sidestep. Harper let out a relieved sigh, he continued sprinting only for the ground beneath his feet to start moving upward. For cellery's sake! The stone he was on was levitating? He felt sick to his stomach but followed Ace's lead. The young man leaped onto a lower levitating rock then continued his sprint. When he was right above the witch he jumped down with his sword high above his head and swung with all his might.

Another pillar of earth knocked the sword right out of hands. The witch shattered the ice shackles around her feet and with a snap of her finger sent him tumbling into ground. When he opened his eyes, a giant rock was right above him. Harper rolled out of the way just in time to avoid being squished then picked up his sword with much haste.

"Look here you witch!" Brandy had approached tome in hand and when the witch swiveled around, she was blinded by a flash of light.

Harper's amulet shone brightly and without thinking he jammed the his sword into the woman's chest. He heard a squelching sound followed by a loud shriek. An incredible force slammed him in the gut, forcing him to let go of his weapon. It was another spire of earth. He was flung back several feet, and found himself rolling across the dusty ground. It felt like he had been hit by a truck and nothing made sense. The boy wondered if he had broken a rib, it was very possible. Colorful dots swam across his vision and Harper found himself teetering over the edge of consciousness.

The witch's eyes glowed blood red and with a flick of her wrists, Songbird and Brandy were sent flying. Miraculously, Martini's bubble dome managed to hold firm. She had half a sword buried in her chest and a black bile-like substance dribbled from the open wound. She could feel her power waning, but if she was going down, then she would take them all with her! A loud shriek tore through the night are as pillars of earth randomly tore out of the ground. This was it. They could either take her down, or allow the witch to drag them all down as well.

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The next thing that happened made Riley stare. Harper was practically tossed halfway across the battlefield and dark wisps shot high into the air as pillars of earth tore through the ground. "Inadi," gone was the playful tone. The usually smiley girl, had a look of utter determination on her face. "Go see if Harper is okay and back them up! I'm going to try and shoot those damned wisps out of the air." Her eyes fell onto a hunched over Leon.

He looked tired and rightfully so. She noticed that his crystal was almost out of energy. "Sit tight, Leila and I have this covered!" The girl noticed the ice arrows in the archer's quiver then turned to Hakuren with a thumbs up. "Think you can help slow the witch down? You can leave the defense game to us." Fireballs came to life on her palm and she chucked one at a nearby wisp. "Guys! Focus on the witch we'll cover you!"

"Alright, make sure to take care of queen Leon." He tapped his friend on the shoulder then jogged ahead to join the other fights.

"Leon, Leila, are you two alright?" She tossed another fireball at a wisp that had decided to go after Hakuren. Her amulet was still half full, so if she didn't miss then plain fireballs would probably last for a good chunk of time.

The wind mage was panting, "just barely...you girls?"

"Oh...I'm getting all fired up! Why don't we blow them away." She waved at the air and the wisps above began gathering.

Two bad puns in a night. Leon sighed then stared at the sky above them. "This'll be a breeze."

"That a boy! Leon. Now Leila, give these wisps the cold shoulder." Riley could have sworn she had heard Leon groan. No matter, it was do or die. The wisps in the sky began splitting up and headed straight for them.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

They might be over analyzing, but I don't know xD. Still, that's a pretty interesting perspective, Ryver. Never thought of that before.

Leon and Leila have a lot in common xD they're both born to affluent families that don't really give them a lot of time, and neither are really close to their parents. Aside from that, both have names that start with a L. If Oblivion stayed they could have probably become friends.

Also, I'm going to get started on a move-along-post ^^

Edit: Posted, and now, we go all out on the witch! Have fun xD! I had Harper manage to stab her, but she went rage mode as a result, so it isn't over yet. Guys, feel free to go all out during these last couple of cycles. We can probably wrap this up in around two cycles :)

Pirate Age

Pffft, that would be hilarious xD! Every time Danny and the captain spin around Kai ducks or steals someone's newspaper.

The guys try to convince him to just chillax but it fails.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

The Academy of Arts - Central Group

How long was this guy going to hide? He was taking forever to show up and Lucien had to agree with their leader, it was boring.

The summoner had told all his best jokes and neither Amy nor Tobias seemed to be in the mood for a good chat or story. In fact, they both looked irritated. Blah, this masked Phantom or whatever he was called was annoying. Sure, he looked cool yesterday night, but if not for him they could have actually done something fun tonight.

The radio crackled to life and Lucien was just about to spring into action, but it wasn't the thief and just their bored leader. He prepared a joke, but one look at Tobias' grumpy face silenced him. It looked like the man had had just enough. He began to argue with Dylan and Lucien stuck by Amy with a frown. Man, whatever spat those two had gotten into must have been really serious.

They continued with their patrolling when suddenly the device in Tobias' hands erupted into screams. "That didn't sound like a cheer. Should we find them? This is our chance." He looked from Amy to Tobias, and pulled out his deck of cards. Tobias said no to bears earlier but if they were going to engage in combat then a blackbird didn't exactly sound threatening. "It can sniff out the others," without waiting for a response he bit down on his thumb and pressed the bleeding finger onto the card.

The ground behind Tobias exploded into a puff of smoke and before he could complain a bear let out a grumble as it sniffed at the air.

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The Academy of Arts - East Group

Dylan's paintings were unlike anything she had seen. They were beautiful and a part of her wondered why he chose to leave.

They spent a few moments admiring the artwork before they received a call from their friends. It wasn't anything serious and the night continued to be a slow and rather uneventful one. She followed after Marcus and Dylan, wondering if maybe the masked Phantom had lied about his next target. What it he mentioned the academy so he could go rob some nobleman's house instead?

She started thinking about several possibilities before the communicator erupted into several screams.

This lasted for a fraction of a second before the line went dead. "Aria, Estelle, can you hear us? Dalia?" There was no reply, not even the sound of static. The other end had gone completely quiet. Xan stared at both Marcus and Dylan before her eyes fell to the communicator. Just moments ago, Estelle had been joking around, what had happened? "Marcus, Dylan, do you think it might be our thief?" She clenched her first, and her prosthetic arm slowly began taking the shape of a hammer. "Their group was assigned to the northern section, right?" The metallurgist wasn't too sure, and the academy was certainly spacious.

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"Well," Fabian grinned from ear to ear. "I'll catch you oldies on the other side." He gave Miffy a salute then made his way towards the edge of the roof. The boy peered down to see an open window and he felt his heart flutter in excitement.

This place was filled with valuable items. Perhaps he could snag something small and valuable. He could give it to their leader and show the masked phantom his true potential. Fabian clung to the edge of the roof and tried to get his feet onto the window's ledge. The boy managed to do just that, so he let go then silently made his way inside. The hallway he had entered was empty.

Perfect.

The boy rubbed both his hands together then began fumbling with a small pouch attached to his belt. He pulled out a blowgun and a small dart. He wasn't planning on taking anyone out. Of course, he was going to slink around. He mainly kept it in case he needed to knock someone out. He didn't exactly have Miffy's physique so gadgets were always an immense help.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

I'm going to call the next post.

Kei-chan D: hopefully the weather gets better and Rex, I heard that the storm is over? Not sure about Bataan but hopefully things are better now :/

I'm going to have Fabian slip inside the building, if I end up needing to edit anything, I shall do it ASAP ^^! Also, do our thieves have magical abilities or will they rely solely on their awesome gadgets and gizmos?

Edit:Posted :D

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Thanks for the heads up and no worries Four :)! If it helps, I can delay my post and have it up on Saturday morning instead. Anyways, I gave you guys a post yesterday so hopefully no one minds too much. Or if I'm still up and functional by the time you get a post up, I can always go ahead, it's summer anyways xD so yeah, it's not a big deal. Have fun at that dinner event of yours and make sure you say hi to the Avocados.

Leila is Haku...PHILOSOPHICAL PANCAKE was selfcest!?! OTL.

In the meanwhile, I'll add Toby and Ran to the tropes page and get stuff up to date (^w^)/

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

You end up losing Scarf x Scarf and Lesadi yaoi though.

And it's official, we gotta throw Ace a birthday party before they leave Nowhere <3 it could lead to a cute family forging moment.

*Drops awesome but kinda sad video*

Pirate Age

Pfft, Nolan has bad alcohol tolerance, so good luck xD

And good point, that sounds difficult.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Fighting a dragon = Several scrapes and bruises. No biggie.

Baking a cake = Fire, food poisoning, the bakery exploding and everyone dying.

Nah, we can leave the cooking to Song and Brandu, that way no one ends up dying. *Glomps*

@ Old and forgotten. Don't worry Ran :C