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Rites Of Passage (a High Fantasy/Forgotten Realms Adventure)

Sorry I have been gone for a while, school work and vacation have all blended together alongside the fact that I had no idea what to post about for the longest time. Then I realized I didn't need a long complicated post I just needed to freakin post. I'm sorry I left y'all hanging for so long, I'll try to be better at it.

Rites Of Passage (a High Fantasy/Forgotten Realms Adventure)

Aiden came through the door, dragging his feet. It was a long day at the smithy. With spring coming ever closer, there was a large increase in customers coming in to make sure they had all the tools they needed or to make sure it was repaired and ready for work. He flopped face first onto his bed. "I don't think i can feel my arms." he joked to Brisa, "Could you check to see if they are still there? one may have fallen off in the street." He sat up with a smile.

"I guess Argurious hasn't made it home yet." He said looking around the room. "I swear, everyone in the town is coming to the smithy getting prepped for the springtime. How has your day been, Brisa?"

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

Howdy y'all, I was just poking around in here and just wanted to say I was interested if y'all had room for another. I honestly don't know much about the cyberpunk 2020 universe though to say for certain what all specific things a character would have, but I will try to do my best and I am always open to making necessary changes to fit the world, so if I make a cs, don't be afraid to really rip into it.

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Dremmick, Allard, and Shye

Dremmick spun around fast, edge of his blade coming aiming to rest just where Nailah's neck should be...but she wasn't there. Dremmick gritted his teeth an mild annoyance. His eyes started to glow again as he used his soul vision to track her, but whatever ability she was using effected even his soul sight. She kept disappearing and reappearing in different spots, and every time he lost his line of sight on her, should would briefly disappear again. He released his soul vision.

"Hey, I am still your ally, you know? You wouldn't hurt your own ally now, would you?" Nailah said with a smirk

"That remains to be seen..." He replied coldly as she made her way off to track Shye.

"She's really not that bad. Inquisitive maybe, but she means no harm." Allard said after a bit of a chuckle. Dremmick simply raised an eyebrow at the man and continued to watch. Allard, not being really pleased by the dismissive gesture continued, "Let me put it ta ya this way, lad. Harm her, and I will make sure ya face will be acquainted with tha ground. Am I clear?" He said with a challenging grin.

That actually made Dremmick grin slightly with a short huff of air in amusement, "Duly noted." While Dremmick thought he could probably take him, he wasn't in any rush to try that theory.

As for Shye, she never heard or seen it coming. For most people, they would have fallen over on their rear when getting scared in the crouched position. When Shye was startled by Nailah's voice, despite her eyes widening a little comically in shock, she instead planted a hand behind her when she fell back and pivoted her weight onto her arm as she reset into a crouching position on her haunches, ready to jump up to strike or run. There was no sound of a gasp, but the little furred dragon Nix, was not happy about being surprised, hissing at Nailah as she appeared. Shye's left hand was in a fist, heat starting to radiate from it as she watched what the person would do. After a moment of waiting she jumped in the air, her claws dug into the tree as her legs propped against it. She kicked off of it and made a small explosion that pushed her farther away, splintering and knocking over the tree at the point of impact, before trying to make a run for it, running and weaving rapidly through the woods.

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Dremmick didn't seem too impressed with Allard dragging in what to him looked like some brothel girl. She was somehow even less dressed than the lassa girl they were dragging along. He looked the girl up and down, his relaxed gaze still piercing. He could tell she wasn't some brothel maiden, but he was sure it wasn't far from it. Before they got to say anything though it seemed the girl who had summoned them had arrived and began to speak to them. Shortly after this girl revealed her true form, that of a ancient elegant dragon. Needless to say, while he could tell Sophia was of dragon blood, this had surprised him quite thoroughly. In his life he had sen very few dragons, none that compared to her however. She was of a different build and size, complementing speed and maneuverability over hardened power of other dragons. Dremmick leaned off of the wall now that she had his full attention. At least, until she said something about them being watched. He kept a sharp eye in the direction she refereed to. His hazel eyes started to glow a yellow color with wisps of spectral energy flowing gently out of them as he used his soul sight, noticing that there indeed was someone over there. But, he could hunt the eavesdropper later, he needed to pay attention for now. Though it didn't stop him from watching the bushes even after his soul sight faded away.

She called herself Sophia, the Guardian of Knowledge. He listened carefully to what she had to tell them. Even though Dremmick knew about a number of events that have been occurring lately, he didn't know that things were becoming so dire so quickly. She then started what looked to be a blood magic ritual, the likes of which even Dremmick hasn't seen before. When she held out the scale, he nodded and walked forward. "We accept your offer, and thank you for sacrificing your time. Hopefully, we won't come calling."

"But wait, we can't accept that. While I am sure tha Guardian is plenty powerful, we can't ask her ta break her oath fur our sake," Allard interjected, his arms crossed.

"Oh, oaths huh? Tell me, what's the worth of an oath to sit by and record history and knowledge if the world is destroyed? We are taking it. At least I am. If it means that much to you then make sure we never need to use it." Dremmick said as he put it away. Allard thought for a moment then shook his head. "Alright," he replied, "Go ahead." Allard wasn't thrilled with the idea, but he guessed sometimes, oaths become outdated when the situations change.

After bidding farewell to Sophia, Dremmick turned his attention back to the eavesdropper, who seemed to still be hiding as he used his soul sight once more. "I am Nailah, a priestess of the Fallen Goddess. Allard asked me to travel with him for a bit as a way to repay what I did for him, but I may stay for a bit longer now that I heard what Sophia had to say and saw you guys... You're quite the weird group, aren't you?" the girl with Allard said after Sophia left.

"So it would seem," he said looking from her and up to Allard. "I'm Dremmick." he said, looking toward the brush where Shye hid. There were plenty of children milling about the woods when they arrivrd, so he wouldn't be surprised if it was some kid. Either way, whatever info they would have gathered wouldn't have amounted to much even if it was an enemy. He guessed he would habe to keep an eye out.

"You Don't suppose Sophia would have noticed if it were a threat, would ya?" Allard asked.

"I wouldn't bet on it." Dremmick replied. He looked back over and assessed the two. "I could always go and 'take care' of it if you are that worried about it." He pulled out his karambit and started spinning it on his finger through the finger loop on the end of the handle. His face was neutral, so it was hard to tell if he was being serious or not.

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"I wonder how the rest of the group looks like... And that dragon woman... She doesn't looks to be just a common dragon, right?"
-Nailah

"Aye, that she doesn't," Allard said, snapping out of his previous thoughts. "Not like any I've seen anyway." Allard thought about her other statement, concerning the others. "Now that I can't rightly say. Ta be honest, they haven't been very talkative folk so far. You saw Garrett and Siiga at tha inn. Only ones ya haven't seen yet is one man in a hood, named Dremmick, a high born seraphim lass, tha two Lassa girls, and a young seraphim lad named Mason, who was unconscious when we arrived. I only know those few named I mentioned because they introduced themselves before King Vrondi. As for Garrett, I was asked ta spar with him ta prove my worth so I could come along." He thought about the group, trying to come up with more to say about each person, but there really wasn't much to describe. "Dremmick stays pretty kept ta himself. Even before we left, I hardly saw tha man runnin' about. The seraphim girl seems to be quite tha gifted healer. The two lassa seem ta be inseparable, tha deep sea one never seemin' ta leave the other's side. Mason, the other seraphim boy, seemed ta have somethin' bothering him. Had a bit of a ill fit before reaching town, seems ta still be recoverin' from it." They walked a little bit more, now approaching the gate seeing a familiar man leaning against a wall. "Ah, there's Dremmick now. Don't see many o' the others quite yet it seems."

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Lynn was curled up fast asleep, her body exhausted from the amount of magic energy spent while healing the people of pearl. She slept soundly in the grass, trusting that Metis would stay close to her. It's not that she wanted to sleep, it was just that it seemed to take over after exerting herself too much, something that she knew she would need to work on in the future. Her slumber was deep, and being in the shade seemed to slow her recovery process. She hadn't heard any of what was said by Sophia to them, though when Sophia reached down and touched her nose, her down folded ears seemed to twitch and perk up a bit, her tail even moving slightly. It wasn't enough to wake her up, but her ears seemed more upright and receptive now, as if by instinct, listening to the world around her to signal her to awake.

Normally something like this would happen back home, after a long healing session, she would rest somewhere at the infirmary until her mother would wake her up to either go home or in an emergency. They actually lived at the infirmary that they ran. Their home was at the top floor of the three story building, taking about a quarter of it. So it wasn't uncommon to See Lynn all around the place growing up. As her ears became more alert, after a few minutes, the ambient sound seemed to wake her up. Her dream had her believing that she was back home. The similar situation putting her thinking she was waking up to her mother's call and just didn't hear her the first time. She slowly sat up and let out a yawn while stretching from head to tail tip with her arms stretching above her head.

She started rubbing her eyes before opening them, "Mom?" she started tiredly, "I don't think I have enough magic to go back wo-" she then stopped as she opened her eyes, noticing where she was, blushing a little in embarrassment, though there weren't many people around them. "Oh...that's right." She looked over to Metis, noticing that she was watching her intently. She smiled at the girl, "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long. I didn't mean to leave you alone, it's just if I use too much magic energy, my body seems to go to sleep shortly after. I guess I should be more careful." she said with a chuckle. She was still trying to get used to the idea of traveling and having to adjust be more on guard. "Is everything alright?" she asked, her head tilting slightly as she noticed so arcs of electricity came off Metis, her releasing pent up energy it seemed.



Allard noticed the small, yet quite interesting looking, dragon woman enter the inn. He had never seen a pattern like that on a person before, and he had seen plenty of dragon kin in his time, this one was unique. She asked for the Alliance members to meet just outside of town. "I guess we should see what this is about," he said as he stood up. He held out a hand to help Nailah off the table and then made sure to pay for the meal and tip. "Well, this should be a good opportunity for you ta see tha others at least," he mentioned to Nailah as he held to door for her on the way out.

Walking down the streets, Allard still couldn't help to notice the strength competition and the dire state it was in. He wanted to compete like he used to, but it didn't seem right to just jump into the competition with this kind of turnout. This would also mean that their representative going to Onyx would fair even worse as well. Allard shook his head a bit, "It's a shame really," he thought out loud to himself, reminiscing on past strength festivals. Allard was known to be an insanely strong man throughout Pearl, and he even competed a few times, wining it all and then putting the money into the community after tending to what he needed at the farm. After a while though, he had stopped to let other people compete, feeling that him going up to win again after the first three times to put a bit of a damper on the whole event. Every now and again, he would notice somebody see him, and whisper to the others around them. He paid it no mind. Just like with Raquel, if anyone recognized him, it was probably a shock. As much as he would like to catch up, he had to meet whoever this person was at the edge of town.

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Shy received her meal and a tall glass of water. She accepted it gratefullyand went ahead and paid before starting on the stew that everyone seemed to be ordering here. One the first spoonful, she could see why. It was a simple meal however the flavor of the stew wasexceptional. The warmth of broth seemed to sweep through her body. It was easy to feel like it was time to settle down and call it a day after the meal, and to be quite honest with herself, she was just about to. That was, until a particular woman entered the inn. It was from her that she heard that the alliance group was to meet just outside of town for some reason. Shye thought for a moment, petting Nix gently as she did so, getting a small purr in responce. It would be risky, though to miss tis meeting could make things harder for her.

If she didn't snoop on whatever this meeting was, she would miss who all was involved, as well as whatever information was imprtant enough to gather her targets in one spot. Once everyone had filed out of the inn, Shye saw it best to make her way there herself. Using speed and stealth to her advantage, Shye exited at a slightly different area of town and quietly made her way in to a position a good distance from the meeting point. She signalled to Nix to keep quiet once again as she settled into position in some brush. If all was quiet around them she should just be able to hear thier conversation. Now, she sat and waited, ever still, ever silent, waiting to eavesdrop on whatever information she could.

Though she didn't know, Dremmick was the first one to arrive. When he came to the gate of the town, he stpped and leaned againced the wall, waiting for the others to show up.

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Allard nodded, lifting an oversized tankard in the air when she agreed to accompanying them, "Glad ta hear! Here's ta safe travels! But if the winds of chaos should stir, may we all bear our scars proudly, and pass down tha legends fur generations ta come!" It was an old gaian military saying from his younger years usually the night before leaving on a deployment, and with it, Allard toasted the occasion and downed the whole tankard.

He then heard Nailah talk about the other Tyro girl getting rejected. He chuckled a bit before commenting on the matter. "Tha girl has a strong heart and a proud soul, seen it fur myself. Even when wounded she will crack like a whip at a hundred stuck up nobles. Not a single blade falterin' that will o' hers. She'll bounce back in no time," he said, recalling the first time he saw her in the Vrondi palace. It took a certain kind of character to do what she did. Foolish, yes, but nonetheless commendable.

Allard looked around, noticing the time of day and how few of the alliance members were actually here. "Hmm, speakin' of tha other alliance members, doesn't seem like too many of 'em have made their way here yet. I wonder if they are still bein' held up at tha medical center."

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Shye was finally here. Pearl. It was a long walk, but a pleasent one, ....overall anyway. She poked around a bit at the festivities in town, a bit curious as to what was going on, and maybe able to find some of her targets in the crowd. He simple cloak kept her from drawing attention in the crowd, though every now and then a head would turn as a feint chirping sound would come from under the hood. One time someone accidently bumped into her and there was a sharp hiss sound. The man that just bumped her jumped at the sound, turning to see the young woman with a surprised look in her face, then smiling, mouthing 'sorry' to him as she snuck away. She pecked Nix shrarly with her claw, just enough to smart as it let a small grunt at it. She chastised it by shaking a finger and then making a buttoning motion over her mouth. Nix's head lowered, grumbling a little bit, but stopped immediatly as Shye's claw poised for another peck. She nodded in satisfaction as she looked around some more. She could smell food closeby, and it smelled absolutly delectible. she followed it to an inn and went inside. She noticed it was actually a little busy in here, and it took a moment to find a table away from most the others.

She sat down and awaited a server, only to request water and simple stew, having to use a menu to order as she couldn't speak. Nix then hopped out from under her hood and into her lap. It kneeded a bit before settling down in a ball on her lap. She then waited quietly and patiently, occasionally looking around the room at the decorations and the people. Noticing one familiar face from her blacklist. She left it alone for now, however. She was a bit tired, and didn't want to start trouble just yet. It would be better to observe first than to strike outright and loose the element of surprise.

Night School *Looking for more players*

still here, but now its just us two.