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The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

@gcold Unfortunately, I'm going to be booked solid tomorrow. I've been kept running non-stop lately. I was hoping that things would settle down and that I could be more active again but that isn't looking like a likely possibility.

I think that I will have to pull out. This is an awesome role play and I'm probably going to keep stalking it and reading everything as you guys create it but I can't see the time or energy in my future to contribute anything really worthwhile. I also can't see a notable future for Utu-ja, and that means that I can't do him justice either. I know there's something awesome that he can become. I just can't see it anymore. If someone else would like to take him on and develop him further, that would give me something extra to smile about. But, if not, then feel free to keep him around as a skilled NPC archer and swimmer or eliminate him as you may choose. His skills may prove more useful in a plot point than his scaly hide would as a coin purse though. ;)

@Leidenschaft

Yasuragiha: The Blades of Peace

Jin Yeong stood quietly and watched as several displays of personal incompatibility and awkwardness unfolded. Ultimately, what seemed to result was that two groups took charge of all three missions and neither of them had any interest in actively seeking additional companions. This was not good for him.

He was clearly supposed to seek a mission, or a training partner at least, and yet his presence had been almost entirely ignored. Even standing and looking at the missions didn't do much good if you only stand three and a half feet tall. In fact, though he had greeted all of those senior to him, Jin's greetings had only been returned by Honorable Shiro. All of the others had either failed to notice him or ignored him completely, even those who prided themselves on their talent for observation. It was disheartening. There was only one thing to do. He would have to take a less respectable approach if he wished to be noticed.

So, the three foot six inch handsome rabbit with tiger-like eyes walked up the stairs uninvited to stop a step behind the elegant lady. Here he waited for an opening in the exchange between them. Finding one, he bowed to the Honorable Shurui and spoke.

"Pardon the interruption. We have passed each other many times but have yet to be introduced. My name is Jin Yeong Seonu. Might I join the Honorable Shurui on these most recently chosen missions?"

@Blight Bug@Delta44

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@Tracyarmav That was a delicious touch, by the way.

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@DestinyStar@Zelosse@BlackPanther@Tracyarmav
Smarter'n'me
Lvl 15/Day 17/Morning
[HP]98%/////////[]

Smart didn't feel the need to stay close to Dimitri as he executed his old man routine. He just hung back a bit until all eyes were on his friend. Then, in that moment when great flashing blows were slamming into the masked youth, Smart made his move with a feral smile.

It wasn't hard to spot the table that was about to erupt into chaos. Two men and one familiar girl. He didn't know what to expect, but her having breakfast with the two after sleeping in the same room was going to make this ugly. If she was making choices like that then she wouldn't take kindly to what they were about to do. But, Dan had worked hard his whole life with long hours and wretched coworkers. He knew that a single smudge on a reputation could shatter a career before it begins. And, curse it, she was going to have a career or a husband with one and no filthy digital prison was going to impede that!

Walking through the door in his snake skin leather armor, including tights, he suddenly seemed to tip forward and fall. But, shortly before face planting onto the floor he vanished in a puff of dust only to reappear with his feet against the ceiling above the other young man. His right hand began to glow with the activation of a combat skill. He jumped down with all his force and drove the skill into the young man who hadn't been assaulted yet at the place where the neck meets the shoulder. The flash was dramatic as the boy was driven through his chair and into the unyielding floor in an instant. The poor chair shattered into pieces that flew across the room before scattering into azure sparkles. Smart followed up with a staccato series of flashes as he let fall a rain of unyielding blows on his victim, striking many sensitive points repeatedly.

He was also shouting in his customary shriek as he sought to hold his victim to the ground with his legs.

"You pre-pubescent-cat-kissing-soda-sodomizing-wretched-ingratiating-bastard-son-of-a-llama and a blow-up-doll!" Amazingly enough, he never seemed to take a breath. "Maggot-addict-weasel-huffer! Your house was made of fermented pubic hair and diseased reputation you leech-fingered-operatic-onomatopoeia-centipede-stripper!" And so he continued, in like manner.

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@DestinyStar@Zelosse Sorry for the delay. People keep changing schedules on me. I will hopefully be able to finish my reply in the next twelve hours or so. I just can't muster a proper old man blitzkrieg after three in the morning.

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@Zelosse You gave Dom a functioning digital colon. Everything's up for grabs now.

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@Zelosse Hah, a man of discriminating taste. I hope that she gains a third one, then braiding them into a bun becomes possible.

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Tie them in bows? Or just swing her around by them.

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@Zelosse@KabenSaal I figured that this method would settle things clearly and speed up what could have been drawn out.

Sorry for not knocking Dom's block off for the wake-up but I thought the obliviousness to blows would speak volumes about the long-standing relationship between the two.

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Smarter'n'me
Lvl 15/Day 17/Morning
[HP]98%/////////[]

Smart was dreaming of flying beetles that carried broccoli on their backs. It was a frustrating dream. They kept dodging his jello shots and calling him many, many, bad names. Even his dreams were full of bad jokes and long streams of insults. Then the dream ended with a sudden sense that he was no longer comfortable.

He opened his eyes. He wiggled his jaw. He twitched his fingers. Then he disentangled himself from his bedding and started trying to figure out why he was a notable distance from where he had gone to sleep. Also, why Dom-initrix was freaking out like a teenager who just got dumped five minutes before the prom. He heard what his friend screamed but it took a good couple minutes of him standing and blinking before it processed into something comprehensible.

His eyes narrowed and a few swift motions put his gear back into his inventory.

There were asses to kick.

And just then, as he was pulling out a teleport crystal, the belfry girl came back from... whatever thing she had been doing and started trying to stall them, get breakfast, or beg a crystal off of them. Smart was tempted to just use his crystal and let Dom catch up. But, the fox was cute.

"Here, Belfry." He said, tossing the crystal to her coining a nickname for her and pulling out another crystal. "We can get breakfast in Bull's Run. You know the magic words? If not, pay attention." He looked at Dom. His eyes said it all. The wretches wouldn't be able to run fast enough. Of course, he trusted Dom's word on this matter. It didn't matter that the girl and he had fought so recently. She was next to family as far as Smart was concerned.

"Teleport. Bull's Run." He said clearly, in a cold voice, and vanished.
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Moments later, in Bull's Run Central Square
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Smart appeared in a brief glow. Teleporting back to town at this point was a very rare thing due to the expense of the crystals so he attracted quite a few looks. The grim expression on his face soon turned them away. Nobody wanted to mess with a grumpy old guy in snake tights. Too many kinds of wrong for most people.

@Zelosse@KabenSaal