Fox of Spades

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Haha, glad to see your internet is back, captain :D! I hope the weekend was good ^^

I'm leaving tomorrow v.v. Was supposed to post tomorrow before I go, but since the site went dead-ish over the weekend, I'll give you guys more time and I'll do my best to post on Sunday. I might not be able too though, so if that happens, I'll see you guys on Tuesday~

How did everyone's weekend go? :D it's almost Halloweeen!

Pirate Age

He thanked the Gods for Risa's suggestion and hoped that Luro and the captain would agree. Nolan smiled though it revealed a hint of nervousness. "I couldn't agree more. Flying sounds a lot more interesting than all of this." He would have wrinkled his nose in distaste, but Luro and Ray seemed to enjoy the whole tavern scene so he simply nodded his head. "I bet the Coral Pearl is just waiting for you to see it, Luro—nodon'tdothat."

From out of Nowhere Alicia appeared and out of all the things she decided to do, she challenged Shouta to a fight.

Why was everyone so reckless? Nolan sighed, but figured this was what he had signed up for when he had chosen a pirate's life. "Aren't we going to, uh, stop her?" He looked at Danny his partner in crime? No, more like partner in inexperience. It didn't look like anyone was going to stop this, so he prayed it wouldn't end with someone stabbed or with a broken nose. This Shouta guy was drunk, so maybe it would be a quick fight.

And it was quick fight, but it wasn't what he had expected. Alicia's sword was snapped in half like it was nothing, and the usually stoic woman had run out of the tavern with tears in her eyes. He let out a sigh and hopped off his stool. Nolan didn't know her well, but she was a fellow Stardusk Pirate and he'd feel bad if he didn't check on her. His little brothers and sisters called him a 'mother duck' for a reason, and even Annie agreed with them.

"Hey, captain, I'm going to head outside and check on her. I'll be there if you need anything." Nolan walked out the doors and looked for Alicia. He walked up to her but didn't talk for some time. "Alicia?" He spoke carefully. If she wanted to be alone then he would give her some space. "I'm sorry about your sword." He took a couple of steps forward. "Do you want some company out here? I understand if you want to be alone," he tried to diffuse some of the tension, "but I wouldn't mind staying away from a bunch of drunk brawlers either."

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Alrighty, good luck with exams, Kei-chan!

Hehe, Ryver is right, Aki is living the criminal life :P! Crime aside, sorry to hear about your schoolwork v.v I hope it loads eventually.

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He caught Inadi staring at his head and mustered up a smile. "Don't worry," Harper tried to make things a little less tense. "I mean, I was stabbed by a witch, so this is nothing." The boy tapped his friend on the shoulder, but before he could say anything else, Jasper began yelling. Marco Polo? He had heard it too. He couldn't tell who the voices belonged too, but one of them sounded like Ace and he was guessing the other one was Toby?

"It's them?" Jasper didn't even wait for him to finish, and soon enough the girl was sprinting off.

Inadi was with Leila so Harper ran after Jasper, yelling for her to slow down a little. This forest was a frightening place, and he was worried they'd bump into something even worse than the turtle dragon. "Leila, Inadi, we're just up ahead!" He yelled before a low branch slapped him in the face. It slowed him down a little, but he eventually reached Jasper. He let out a relieved sigh while Jasper helped Ace and Toby to their feet.

The boy's eyes flitted to Ace then Toby. "Are you two okay?" He looked around almost frantically, "did the turtle dragon do this?"



"Don't worry," Riley appeared a few moments later. She was out of breath but grinning. "Oh, you found them! Good job, Tobs!"

Lesley was pale and he hunched forward, his hands resting on his knees. "But next time, please wait for us."

"Yeah, we almost lost you." Riley shot Toby a playful glare. "But since you found them all, is forgiven." Inadi and Leila soon caught up and Nympha was standing by a bush helping a struggling Ran to his feet. It looked like the gang was all here. "Looks like we're all here," she mustered a smile, "that's such a relief."

Harper nodded and he would have asked them about their next plan of action, but Jasper mentioned the soldiers and he stopped.

"I don't think we can do much against a dragon," Riley stared at Jasper thoughtfully, "but helping out is better than just running, right? I mean we can't just run whenever crap happens." She scrunched up her nose in distaste. The sound of gunfire was ever present in the background and if one listened hard enough, they could hear screams. She didn't want abandoning the soldiers to be on her conscience, even if Japhet was kind of mean.

Lesley looked absolutely guilt-ridden. "We can't let what happened to Avian happen to them."

But we can't do anything... Harper was just about to speak when Inadi mentioned the rustling in the bushes. Everyone fell silent and the sound was clear. As soon as it had happened it had stopped and it grew fainter, as if whatever was following them had heard and had decided to quiet down. "I heard it," his eyebrows furrowed in worry and he looked at Jasper, Lesley, and Riley almost pleadingly.

"Inadi is right," suggesting they leave the nobodies behind left a bad taste in his mouth, but if they stayed they would be more of a burden than a help. "We can't fight that thing, if we stay, we'll only be making it harder for the soldiers..." the bushes rustled again, but this time it sounded farther away. "This could be our only lead."





While the humans spoke among themselves, Nympha peered curiously at a rustling bush. She picked up a fist sized rock and chucked it at the bush and when she did there was a loud yelp followed by a series of loud squeaks.

A tiny dragon thing leaped out of the bushes. It was crying rainbow tears.

Harper gaped before he realized who the tiny creature belonged to. "Inadi..." his expression went steely, "we've seen this little fellow before, haven't we?"

Nympha grinned, "I knew it was you! Rainbowzilla!" The tiny reptile stared at them all with wide eyes before it dove headfirst behind a tree. It began running away, but Nympha gave chase, she was grinning like an absolute madwoman. "Their base isn't very far! Their tea is really GOOD" She had made the decision for them. If they wanted to find the hooded figures, the humans would need to hurry.

Harper broke into a sprint, shooting a glance at Ace as he did so. "Do you think we can surround it?"

"Faster humans!" Nympha screamed, "run faster!" She slapped Ran behind the head and lead them onward. Eventually the forest came to an end and they found themselves by a hillside. If one looked close enough, they would be able to notice a house within the hill.

Not too far from the hobbit hole was a person resting on a hammock. He had a green cloak, resting over him like a blanket.



Rainbowzilla charged towards the person and leaped onto his chest. The little creature was sobbing. Luke let out a surprised yelp and fell off his hammock, eyes the size of saucers. Eventually he noticed Nympha and gave her a grin. The young man stroked Rainbowzilla's head affectionately and it was only after a few moments that he noticed the humans coming out of the forest.

"Oh it's you!" He waved cheerfully. "You're the neighbors, right?" He got to his feet, the small reptile still cradled in his arms. The boy narrowed his eyes at the humans, but the smile on his face didn't go away. "Oh wait, you're the people C invited to the tea party." He laughed heartily, "I was worried you wouldn't find the place, Gargar's map kind of sucks!" He placed Rainbowzilla on the ground then turned to face the hobbit hole. "Gargar! Sacha! C!" He yelled loudly, "the guest are here!"

Pirate Age

I shall ^w^ ehehe, just gotta get through the pile first.

Gonna post this tonight. And just a heads up, I'm gonna be staying with my cousin for a night or two before I head back home to spend All Soul's Day the family, so I'm gonna disappear on Thursday or Friday and I won't be back till Tuesday. I probably be able to post on the weekend, but I'm not sure. I'll be on OOC though if anyone needs me ^^

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Don't worry, it'll be an underwater chapter~

Good mornight, guys, sorry for the wait. (Though it is your fault for posting late :P //shot) I'm going to get started on a post now, it should be up in an hour or two. Kathi-chan, Kei-chan, you guys can make your appearances after this. Haven't heard from you guys in a bit, how are you doing? I hope school hasn't been too stressful or anything :)

And just a heads up, I'm gonna be staying with my cousin for a night or two before I head back home to spend All Soul's Day with the family, so I'm gonna disappear on Thursday or Friday and I won't be back till Tuesday. I'll leave a post before I leave and I'll probably be able to post on the weekend, but I'm not sure about the weekend post. I'll be on Skype and the OOC though if anyone needs me ^^

Edited: Posted ^^ decided to have the rustling in the bushes be Rainbowzilla.

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Aye aye, Ryver :D!

I just finished my paper, but it's kinda midnight now, so the post will come tomorrow instead.

Oh, and them turning into fishes depends on the tea party xD. That Beluga Whale is cute, but gosh, for a moment I thoughts those were its cheeks and it was smiling. How has life been treating you people~?

Pirate Age

Ooh, I heard my teacher talking about that book. The whole spanning several generations thing sounds pretty interesting ^^

And yush, that collab you guys did is intense xD. Poor Alicia :c

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I think I've heard of The Alchemist before :D but I'm not too sure. Is it a fun read so far, Thunder?

Hehe, I've been hoarding a bunch of ebooks lately, so now I'm just waiting for Christmas break *w*! Toby as a turtle would be adorable :3 plus, that shell would really come in handy not gonna say why though 8D

Ryver, I'm perfectly fine with the titanpad arrangement, and actually prefer it over missing out on cycles. I'd gladly help you out and post the stuff to RPG for ya :D so if you're cool with that then I'm cool with it too. Best of luck with work ^^

Also, my laptop gave me a mini heart attack @_@ I thought all my papers would be deleted, but phewww thank celery.