Jakeozzy

Dragonball Xenoverse - Side Story

Trunks nodded, seeming to catch on after having watched the woman's expressions. There was no doubt about it - she knew they were lying, but it wasn't like she was getting frantic or anything. The ki radiating from her told both the Patrollers that Rikyu Tsila was no stranger to what they were trying to hide.

"I need some fresh air. Blaze, take a seat, enjoy the food with your father and brother," Rikyu said as she got up to leave the room, heading into the lobby to meet with Izaroth and Trunks.

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After the door shut, Rikyu decided to speak first. They got her message, more or less, but she had to get the information she desired. "What's my daughter getting into, here? And how did you come to the conclusion she might make a good soldier in whatever scheme this is?" she asked her questions neutrally.

The Elder Scrolls: Souls of Many Shades [Jake & Cronic]

"I look forward to it, Mr Crystalis!" the little Akaviri smiled, "Do you think Miss Arcadia will let me use her alchemy equipment? I am very keen to discover what properties these ingredients might hold. Do you think she could teach me some mixtures, too? This is all very exciting to me!" she cheered before dashing off again through the streets of Whiterun.

And apparently she was a priestess, or something... It didn't show at all by this point!

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Aria returned to her desk, leaning back in her chair and throwing her feet up on the desk like always. It was quiet for once... And not that eerie kind, either. She considered trying to take a nap, but sleeping often resulted in the past resurfacing, and lingering at the front of her mind.

'Might be an idea to find something to help that problem... Khajiit traders have things for that, right? Could just go and drink at the Bannered Mare for a while, wouldn't hurt anyone...'

Dragonball Xenoverse - Side Story

"Nah, I don't believe it! She probably just makes a good mascot!" Ash said, bursting into a mocking laughter before a finger beam like an electric shock impacted with his head, making Blaze's younger brother recoil in surprise and drop his attitude. He glared at his mother for a moment, but couldn't hold the stare against the icy woman for very long. With Ash backing down, Rikyu smiled sweetly, lowered her finger, and returned her gaze to the three.

"How interesting! Global peacekeeping is fun work, but there's very little evil left on Terra. I think I scared almost all the bad people into going legitimate..." Rikyu commented, "Deterring any conflict on the planet is nice enough, I guess. And Blaze will fit right in, I'm sure," she said whilst adopting a more casual demeanour, though her stare never broke from Izaroth. She knew it wasn't the truth, but she wasn't going to blurt that out in front of the worrying father and the bad-mannered boy...

"So, uh, listen everyone. I'll just get it out and say it - I'm going on some specialist training with these two, they're gonna show me how to perform at my best. This could take weeks, months.. I should be able to come home every now n' again, and I'm not in any real danger! It's all controlled, all regulated, and stuff." Blaze gave her short, lacking explanation. Her father seemed to buy it, and frowned slightly. Ash was too busy eating to listen, and didn't catch any it.

Rikyu simply nodded, before returning her gaze to Izaroth.

Dragonball Xenoverse - Side Story

Blaze chuckled and scratched the back of her neck a little nervously, "There are no snobs behind this door, believe it or not! Mom's a little outlandish, dad's a politician, and Ash is a moron. If you focus, you can sense this weird aura coming from my mom, like she's ready to get violent, but she always seems calm... Don't tempt fate, I guess?" the Time Patroller shrugged as she pushed open the double doors to the dining room.

"Hey, not dead or worse, just went out to find a job, 'sup family?" Blaze told everyone nonchalantly, like there was no problem with disappearing!

"You're still at school." Rikyu deadpanned, having no surprise that the kid was safe and sound.

"I can dream!" Blaze retorted, shrugging again before being hugged by her father. You could tell he was trying to lift her up in joy, but she was too damn heavy! He stopped trying eventually and settled for not being able to lift her.

"I was worried! Where have you been!?" Blaze's father demanded, though he seemed far more relieved than furious.

Blaze stood aside and dramatically waved an arm toward the other two guests. A purple-haired bowlcut, and a white-haired guy. Rikyu immediately seemed interested, seeing how one of them carried a freaking sword into her home! "Co-workers, family; family, co-workers!"

She seemed so much more confident here, where as back in the city of time, she would rather stay close behind Izzy than go explore by herself, or even talk to people. This was more like the kid's real self. 

"Hello... I'm Trunks, we uh...?" Trunks said quite sheepishly, looking to Izaroth to resolve the 'who the hell are we pretending to be?' question.

Dragonball Xenoverse - Side Story

Trunks led the two through the gate, and on the other side of it the three would find themselves in the Time Nest. "We can transport ourselves to the present day Planet Terra, and you can tell your family anything you want. Sound good?" he asked Blaze after making sure they were through the gate.

Blaze was pretty certain it'd be the evening on Terra, by now. Showing up at random after being missing all day would be fun to explain! "Let's just get it over with. Mind if I tell them the truth about what I'm doing? Now that I think about it, mom probably won't mind a whole lot as long as I'm careful, and Ash will be so jealous..."

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"I'm sure she'll be back soon, dear. She's not a child anymore, she's rebelling or something," a woman with short, spiky black hair and eyes offered to the silence at the table. Nobody was eating, save for her. "Trust me, Blaze isn't in trouble! If she was, I'd already be decking face in response..."

"Come on, Rikyu, she just disappeared without a trace, it's a little worrying!" the red-haired man across from her said, looking quite upset. He seemed quite frail, while his wife seemed like an athlete of some kind. "It's not like she can just open her window and fly- oh right, never mind..." he trailed off, looking defeated.

A red-haired boy with similar spiked hair ate his food with a dull expression plastered on his face, looking between his mother and father as they brought the topic up again. He couldn't help but imagine his sister was on some awesome adventure, and that he was missing out...

"She's the second strongest thing on this planet, honest, quit worrying..." Rikyu muttered, somehow completely unfazed by her child's disappearance.

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Just outside, the three appeared from a blinding light on the doorstep of the expensive-looking Tsila Household. A mansion, courtyard, flashy family car, a helicopter pad on the roof... Apparently Blaze's family were of some political importance here on Terra! That, or they were criminal masterminds. But the former seemed more feasible.

Blaze whistled casually as if nothing had happened, and strolled inside. The lobby was like something you'd find in a luxury hotel, but she didn't stop to admire it or anything, the redhead picked up the pace as she smelled the food in the dining room, first one on the left.

"Guys, feel like meeting my family? We can say you're just work pals, nothing dangerous!" Blaze suggested cheerfully as she rested a hand on the door, ready to push it open and finally see everyone again.

The Division: Blight

I'd be interested! Need to get back into RP n' creativity n' stuff. Should I get to the end of The Division (as far as it goes) first, though?

Star Wars: For the Galaxy

"There's at least one Imperial ship in every direction on leaving Nar Shaddaa... They'll launch fighters to pursue us, a fight is inevitable unless you plan on surrender," Lunaris said as she got to work at her console, arming and getting ready to operate all the cannons. The ship had more firepower than she thought, but any targets would have to be in front of them, making being chased by fighters a pain. All would work itself out if only they could reach a good spot to make a jump to light speed, and get the hell out of the Imperials' grasp.

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The Imperials guarding the spaceport took aim at the approaching speeder, but upon noticing the ones flying it, they stood down and moved aside as Izumi brought it in to land on the walkway to their landing pad. The Fury-class Interceptor waited for them, its engines burning up, and service crew moving their equipment away as the craft's owner returned. Izumi hopped out of the drivers seat and ran for the ship; Zerenis would get there first with his enhanced speed, and all the better since it was "his turn" to fly the ship.

"Even if we can't shoot 'em down, we might be able to hop on the same hyperlane, try and predict their path!" Izumi suggested, dashing up the ramp.

Star Wars: For the Galaxy

Lunaris didn't really have any arguments, being led along by the human. He was being decisive, he had a way off Nar Shaddaa, and any ally was worth it at this point. Imperial starfighters had already begun to fly over the speeder traffic, signalling the beginning of the lockdown over the Smuggler's Moon. Considering the place was practically lawless, it was doubtful the populace would settle down at all. The naval might of the Empire would deter any Hutt Cartel naval assets from intervening, but pirates, gangs and the like wouldn't accept being confined to the glowing ball of neon light for long.

"I'm ready, I don't think any Imperials followed us to the ship," the Chiss said as she sat at the co-pilots station.

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"How about we get to your ship? They can blast into space and we can chase them, or we can show up at the spaceport and watch in disappointment as they blast off. Besides, it's your turn to fly, that's always interesting!" Izumi suggested as she halted the speeder, changed lanes carefully, then sped back toward an Imperial-held spaceport. At least the Pureblood Pride Parade wouldn't be there, the Imperial and her master could avoid the berating and the condescending attitudes!

Star Wars: For the Galaxy

"FRAK!" the Zeltron man flying the speeder yelled as a blaster bolt flew past his head. "Okay, we're driving! Relax!" he said frantically as he shifted flight lanes. Soon enough, they were on course to a busy Nar Shaddaa spaceport. The Imperials there were having a little trouble shutting the place down - if they caused a massacre just to stop people from coming or going, the Hutts wouldn't be happy at all... There was still time. And there was something else, Lunaris thought... Something was diverting her attention to the distant spaceport, like a calling. She seemed spaced out as she tried to put a finger on what the strange feeling was, but to anyone else, she might simply appear shocked after what just happened!

"...That's one way to deal with a Sith," the Padawan commented, arms still tightly wrapped around the human's form while the speeder accelerated, "You do have a ship, don't you?" she asked, "We've already caused enough trouble without having to steal some gangster's ship."

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"That's Azure Tritails-! I mean.. Azure Clawcat.. and I tailed you since you took that leap of faith onto their speeder, my Lord~," a young Imperial female's voice sounded over the private comms. Moments later, a black speeder with the Imperial insignia on the hood flew straight underneath Zerenis, hopefully to catch him in a seat rather than leave him hanging off the side! The young lady piloting the speeder had dyed blue hair tied into a single long ponytail, emerald-green eyes and wore a tight-fitting black bodysuit like a spy would wear. Additionally, she wore over it: a load-bearing vest, a utility belt, and holsters for vibrodaggers and two blaster pistols and some knife-like blades that looked to be for throwing more than anything else. This was Lord Aotisa's favoured underling, but she rarely acted as such unless in the presence of others. Her boss' reputation as a Sith Lord mattered, after all!

"Follow the Jedi?" Izumi deadpanned, already bringing the speeder back on course after catching Zerenis.

Dragonball Xenoverse - Side Story

"Right. So we'll get that done first. Your belongings are going to be delivered to the island that houses the majority of the Time Patrol's warriors in the meantime. Do you want us to come with you, Ms. Tsila?" Trunks asked on his way out of the room. Soon enough the group would end up leaving the hospital, on their way to another of those mirage-like warp gates.

As they approached the gate, Blaze finally spoke up, "Y'know what? Why not. I'll be fighting alongside you guys, and entrusting my life to you both, so... I'm sure my mom n' dad would love to meet you! Just.. ignore my brother when we get there," she decided.

Trunks shrugged a shoulder as they paused at the gate, "What's our story?"

Blaze made a long "Hmmm~", and stepped through, coming out again at the Time Nest, where they'd first witnessed the sinister changing of Earth's timeline, involving the two Saiyans and the Namekian. "Izzy, any ideas? I'm real tempted to tell them I'm part of a space-time-defending organization, but I doubt that's what they want to hear!"