Lady Seraphina

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I'm unclear on a few IC details, I have several questions before I post.

Where is the general IC time? Like is it the beginning of a new school year, or is it the middle/end of one? As I understand it, Ferris is a new student so where should he be, or where should he eventually go?

What is the main plot at right now? Similar to above, what big event is going on? Anything I should know, or Ferris should know before I type up a post and miss a critical detail? (I tend to do that a lot.)

@Crimson Raven

We are currently two weeks into the new school year, Saturday morning to be precise. As for main plot there have been a couple of weird things that have happened around Beacon but nothing that a new student should know or be concerned with. There's a family day on Monday which everyone is either really excited about or really depressed about depending on if they still have a family.

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@Guess Who *GASP* A Robert Fallson post! WHAT IS THIS INSANITY!

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@A Heretic@Sypherkhode822@Prince of Seraphs@Dulcet

@Nariata

Is this the post order?

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@Lugubrious I was rather hoping to get at least a decent amount of activity detailing Sapphire using the different types of weapons (hopefully on Grimm) and increasing her friendship with Geni. Given the Swansong dynamic I doubt it will happen but she could also play some sort of role in the Sangue materials side quest should Gren or Shiro need her.

Assuming the second part is out though me and Loki could always complete the whole thing in a collab.

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Prosperous is the silence
Abundance of it can turn life
Into a nasty experience

Sylvia Chidi

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@Nariata@Dulcet@A Heretic@Sypherkhode822

I have edited my post, I believe it reflects Susanna better now and gives the RP more to work with. I'm most excited for the second wave.

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@Nariata What's the name of the village?

Storage

Susanna stood apart from the Glamhoth warriors as their leader Hrossbjorn spoke to his people. Most of it was in their native tongue which Susanna only knew a few words of and the stuff that was spoken in common wasn't really worth hearing.

'Idiots and barbarians.'

"Silence." Susanna murmured under her breath. In the last year she'd become adept at speaking so quietly that only her own ears could hear. It served her as the demon buried in her soul did not share thoughts with her mind. That mercifully was still her own.

'You know it be true dearie. My people bend to the power of the Mad King. What is this little Glamhoth army compared to that?'

"Almost nothing but there is some safety in numbers."

'Which comes at the price of speed. On your own you could move threefold this army.'

In what her life had become there was nothing Susanna hated more than when the demon inside her made a more reasonable argument than she could. Why was she still with this unit? As Lilith had said she could move much faster on her own, with her father's sword enchanted to repel magic as well as the demonic abilities that she loathed to use protecting herself wasn't exactly difficult. So if she didn't need their protection and they were slowing her down why was she still here?

The simple answer, it was more comfortable. Not that anything this close to the front lines was truly a comfort but being in this group meant that Susanna didn't have to sleep with one eye open, didn't have to watch her rations carefully. She could relax if only a little.

The Glamhoth people at least she was comfortable with. They may have been a barbaric and savage people but they had their own form of honor which at the very least meant they wouldn't stab her in the back, at least not until they found out what she was. As for the others that was a different matter.

Among their number was one of the Sunset Islanders. Susanna had never been to their land and had very sparse dealings with their people. The real problem that this particular woman was a Purification Mage. Someone who's job it was to keep a balance between light and dark arcane forces. In this day and age where the gates of the underworld had been ripped open that balance could only be restored by exterminating dark forces. Forces like Susanna. Thankfully to most arcane tests she still registered as human, there were a couple of physical responses that she couldn't control that might give her away but for now that was nothing to worry about.

There was another stranger among them, he was a pale, slightly sickly looking mage who gave Susanna a strange feeling. Like little alarm bells going off in her head. She couldn't say precisely why but every time she saw him she felt the need to run, like she was in horrible danger. There was nothing she could do about that however.

Hrossbjorn's unit had crossed paths with Susanna several towns back. It had been all but deserted due to word that the Mad King's vanguard was riding in the area. Susanna had been searching for supplies when one of Hrossbjorn's men had mistaken her for some form of sell sword, most likely because of the garb she wore and the seemingly dwarven forged sword on her back. She'd neglected to correct him and his commanding officer had offered to pay her in exchange for her services.

Now it seemed it was time to put those skills to the test. Susanna had a decent amount of experience with a blade given that she avoided using Lilith's powers in all but the most dire circumstances. If they ran into trouble she wouldn't have a problem defending herself.

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When can we expect a parse for these posts?

@Sypherkhode822

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Dulcet and I are a bit detail oriented. We don't really like throwing something rushed up and half assing it for the purpose of speed.

I can't speak for him but as I usually sleep three hours a night I should have some free time after work. Hopefully I'll get everything in order within the next day or two.

@Nariata Noted, I'll get to work on it soon enough.

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@Nariata Before I alter my initial post is there anything I should know about the village? Nothing that would spoil whatever's coming just whatever someone would observe walking down the street and searching for a library or archive.

Or should I just end it with a "she entered the village" and you can do a 'here is what she would see' type response post?

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Little artful dodger gotta be smarter. Dum dum don't last long. Cides, ain't like anyone's been feeding him. If he wasn't already super boosted in intelligence (for a ferret that is), he'd already turn feral. Or at least diseased. But he's been super juiced, to human levels of intellect!

@Lucius Cypher

I'm like ninety percent sure increased intelligence was not one of Scoot's attributes. I swear there was a line from a Shiro post that went something like "though Scoot was telepathic he still had a ferret brain, it looked like Food and Fun might be the limit of his capabilities". My mastery over Hari's style isn't exactly good but that was the gist of it.

Though in all fairness you've likely put more thought into than Hari.