Fox of Spades

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Good luck with midterms Rex, and cool avatar! :D

Lucien is going to be out cold xD should I get up a post having him pass out or should I just go ahead and skip posting as him? I'll get a Xan and Fabian post up sometime tonight, I hope you're all having a swell mornight (^w^)/

Edit: I'm going to get to work on a post :D

Pirate Age

That's a really neat symbol Thor and psshh.

Luro is that you using Mizos' account? xD

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It's fine MUG ^^ it'd just be nice to get a quick heads up and all, but it's not a big deal.

Enjoy the rest of your summer and ahaha, Inadi offering to carry Lesles, now that should cheer the guy up :D!

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Ahaha, not even that, poor Witchy. Andddd posted (^w^)! Feel free to do whatever you want.

MUG, you've been kind of quiet lately :/ what's up? If you're busy it's totally understandable, but a heads up would have been appreciated. Kimchi, Four, you guys missed this cycle. It's not a big deal, but please try to be mindful of the days, okay guys? Everyone lining up to post on the last day causes hold ups and problems, so let's try to avoid that.

Anyways, reminders aside, this chapter will be coming to a conclusion soon. I hope you all have a swell mornight :)

Edit: Oh wow, awesome idea with the feathers Kimchi <3!

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A sword buried deep inside her heart, it was over for the witch.

Slowly, the villain began turning into a gel-like substance. Black wisps ate away at her flesh and she sank into the earth below, like ice cream that had fallen onto the sidewalk on a scorching summer day. Her petrified head fell meters away from her sagging body, eyes flitting frantically as the stone spell consumed her. Soon, a dying gurgle left her throat and she disappeared into the barren wasteland, her melted remains seeping into the cracks and crevices. Only a black wisp lingered on the spot she stood on.

The Lost Souls had won, but just barely. All of them were running low on energy and while everyone sustained scratches and bruises, a few of them had suffered worse injuries. Lesley's in particular was a wound that not even time would be able to heal. It would be a constant reminder of the witch, Nowhere, and all the perilous journeys they had to endure.

Hakuren pressed a hand to his bleeding shoulder, there were dark circles under his eyes and he looked ready to pass out. "Heh, what do you know, we beat the odds again. So far, they've been in our favor." The ice mage let out a weary laugh. He turned to grin at Leon, but the wind mage wasn't even listening. He was standing still, mouth agape and hands clenched so hard into fists that his knuckles had turned white.

It took Leon a couple of moments to regain his bearings. "Oh...God. Lesley, your hand." He spun around. "Avian? Martini, Songbird? Lesley lost a hand." Maybe if they tended to it as soon as possible they'd be able to remedy the situation. He held onto his own hand and felt his knees wobble. Nowhere was taking more and more from them all the time. Their memories, their friends, their lives. How much time had passed since they had gotten on the train? His dad had probably called up the entire police force. A frown tugged on the corners of Leon's lips. Or maybe he hadn't, maybe no one cared at all. "Can it be healed?" His eyes flitted from teammate to teammate, everyone was looking very much out of it, but they still had a dragon and a rider to save.

"Good job you guys!" Riley gave both Inadi and Leila taps on the back and two thumbs up. Like the others she was covered in scratches and bruises, but the girl was still high on adrenaline that she didn't really feel a thing. "Harper!" She made a dash for the boy who was crumpled on the ground and gave him a kind smile. "You did good," she reached out her hand and waited for him to take it, and when he did he was yanked to his feet. Riley noticed the difficulty he had when trying to stand so she grabbed his arm and tugged it over her shoulder. "No complaining, just take it easy." Riley had it so most of Harper's weight was on her then she began hobbling towards the others.

Harper muttered a thank you and allowed the girl to drag him along, he was more out of than he thought.

Riley chattered on in an attempt to raise his spirits, but as soon as her eyes landed on Lesley's hand it were as if all the words she had wanted to say had died. "Lesley..." Aside from Vince, Lesley had been the other person she had spent her first two weeks in Nowhere with. She passed the wobbly Harper to Hakuren then made her way towards the unicorn. She didn't know what she was doing, but she clasped Lesley's remaining hand between her own and looked him in the eyes. The thought of losing him the same way they had lost Vince, it was scary. "You'll be okay," she declared. The girl had aimed to sound reassuring but in the end her voice turned scratchy, almost as if she were about to cry. Her grip on Lesley's hand tightened before she nodded.

Hakuren let out a sigh, "is everyone okay? Whether we like it or not, we still have a bratty dragon to save."

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No one will save you, Thunder. No one 8D *cue mad cackling*

Four, Kimchi, MUG, I'm going to go ahead and put an end to this fight. The next cycle will be a break and a chance to check on all the damage and whatnot. So feel free to do whatever, or if you guys prefer, we can have the lost souls soldier on and continue their search :D!

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Silly Kimchi, violence is always the answer 8D!

And alrighty then, I'll post later than usual to give you guys some extra time. If it gets too late to think coherently, I'll post the following morning though just a reminder, this happened during the last cycle so hopefully it doesn't happen again during the next one. It'd probably be better if some people posted on the second day instead of crowding the third day up or something, just a suggestion, but as long as you guys get your posts up before the cycle ends, I don't really mind. (^w^)/

Now, have a cute cat :D

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Good idea xD it could be like a cast too and everyone could sign their name.

Haha, after Lesley lost his hand everyone just stopped posting. Pshhh, too intense to handle xD? Where are you guys? The cycle is ending and majority of you have yet to get a post in :C *grabs flamethrower*

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

The Academy of Arts - Central Group

Suddenly, the lights flickered off and the academy was engulfed in darkness.

Lucien was pretty spaced-out, but he managed to mutter a complaint. Eh, hadn't this guy been with Estelle's group? How did he manage to pull this off while being chased? Was he really that amazing? He scrunched up his nose and made a sour face.

The bear padded along after them sniffing at the air, some scents were familiar and others weren't, but for all Lucien knew it could have been the guards or one of the priests and priestesses. He didn't know them all and so, it was pretty pointless trying to get the bear to tell who was who.

Suddenly, rapid footsteps began echoing down the hall.

The bear let out a snarl and pulled back its teeth, but its ears went flat against its head when it picked up the familiar scent of their leader. That was relief, but the next sound wasn't. There was large crash followed by a thud. Lucien rushed towards the sound and the bear pretty much tore free from his control. The summoner stood dumbfounded as the animal crashed into wall after wall on some sort of rampage. Before he knew it, the animal had Tobias up against a corner

"Crap, crap, crap!" Amy's light had illuminated the place and he swiveled around frantically, at a loss on what to do.

Images of the Lion tearing at his friends back in Thaum flashed through his head and the summoner threw himself at the bear, wrapping his arms around its neck. "Dispel! Dispel!" He concentrated as hard as he could and soon the bear disappeared into a puff of smoke and he fell onto the floor. "Hell, that was close, sorry, sorry." He scrambled to his feet and attempted to dust Tobias off. After that, the young man spun around. "Hey Leader!" He waved as if they had met at restaurant or something. Amy asked her about the masked phantom and he wondered about the same thing.

Their communicator crackled to life and they eventually found out that whatever had happened had been a false alarm. Several voices began stating that the masked phantom was at their location and Tobias ended up yelling. "Errr, so um, should I summon the bear again and have him sniff around the place?" Tobias probably wouldn't like that, but how the hell was the masked Phantom appearing in so many places?

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The Academy of Arts - Eastern Group

As soon as they ran into the north group, Estelle ran off and the lights died.

"What on earth?" So while they had been distracted the masked phantom had managed to reach the generator and kill the lights? He was very good at this. Dallia helped her to her feet and Xan thanked the priestess.

How had this mix-up happened? After the explanation her eyes flitted to the dark outline that looked like Simon. So...their formation and plans had been for nothing because he wanted to take a photo of the masked phantom. If they had kept their positions there was a possibility they wouldn't be in this mess. How...how irresponsible. She brought a hand to her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. A part of her was angry and upset that their mission had been jeopardized by this, but the others were taking it well and after a deep breath she calmed herself.

Then things got a lot worse as reports of the masked phantom being everywhere started piling in. "Hey Simon, by any chance, does your camera come with a light thing or something that'll help us see better?"

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Jackpot, he had hit his mark! Fabian did a silent fist pump only for his communicator to startle him.

The boy nodded his head and muttered a silent alright before he pressed a button on his mask to activate night vision. He stared at the horse that had fallen over and the silly looking guilders he had managed to trip up. Fabian felt like laughing but instead loaded another dart into his blowgun. This would be the perfect time to knock them out. He was just about to launch another one, but one of the guilders tossed something in his direction.

There was a soft clunk followed by a bright flash that rendered him blind.

He fell back into the bushes. Cuss no! He couldn't get caught! He couldn't let the other thieves down. Fabian fumbled blindly with his pouch. Thankfully, he had organized his gizmos and knew where they were. He grabbed two circular bombs, only for an ear splitting sound to echo inside his skull. The boy careened forward but managed not to fall over. His eyes were burning and he was getting worried so he simply tossed the bombs forward. One was a stink bomb and as soon as it had hit the ground a foul smelling gas surrounded the guilders.The second bomb made a hissing sound before it exploded and littered the place with confetti. By the time both bombs had gone off Fabian's vision had somewhat returned and his head felt clearer.

He took the opportunity, crouched down then silently made his way towards a farther bush. Hopefully, he could keep his element of surprise for a tad longer.

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Have fun at church Kimchi, and thanks for the heads up Kathi-chan :D! Have a safe flight home <3

Also, I couldn't find any prettyful prosthetics :C where did you look? But I found something pretty cool~

Cool Arm

Heya Thunder ^^ we should be rescuing Toby and Ran soon-ish.