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Root River: A Wonderful Life!

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Root River: A Wonderful Life!

Natalie and Ferris

Spring, Day 1 - New Year's Day
The Forest

Although the forest shrine was located fairly deep into the woods, Ferris always felt safe around its clearing. Something about the shrine put him at ease and made him feel as though he was protected from nature's most vile predators while he prayed here. He wasn't sure if this was the case any longer, though. He had caught glimpses of creatures far greater than your average bear or wolf, some having been suspiciously humanlike. Ferris' instinct in those encounters was to run away as quickly as possible, and he believed this to be the smartest course of action. The hunter's guild had been able to confirm his reports, but seemed equally as puzzled as to the exact nature of these creatures. Finishing his prayer, Ferris stood up and brushed the dirt and leaves off of his pants, letting an audible sigh escape his lips. "May the Goddess keep this grove safe as it once was." Of course, this very grove was where his father had disappeared. Where Ferris had discovered the Woodcutter's Axe which was all that remained of Freddy. Ferris began his walk back to the lumberyard, a bit calmer after the spiritual catharsis but a great deal hungrier than he'd been a short while ago.

"What to do, what to do..." As Natalie wandered into the forest, she thought back to her brother's suggestions for what to bring to the picnic. "Maybe I could pick some fruit and bring a deer. Or should I mix things up and shoot a rabbit? A wolf? Would they be up for steak?" She talked to herself, looking around.

Ferris thought out loud to himself about how he might be able to avoid hauling all that lumber by himself. "Maybe I can borrow a horse from someone in town. If I'm lucky I'll be able to--"

His musings were cut off when he absent-mindedly colided into a familiar and heavily-armed figure. The collision caused Ferris to topple over forward as he lost his footing. "Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry--" he had apologized several times before his immense figure even hit the ground.

"Oof-!" ...And she forgot to look where she was going. Nat ended up getting toppled over onto her back by a flustered Ferris. Not to say she wasn't embarrassed herself. But she chuckled it off. "M-Morning, Ferris, heheh." Natalie slightly waved hello to him.

"Uh... hi, Nat. Sorry, I need to watch where I'm going." Ferris pushed himself up off the ground, then extended a hand down to help Natalie. Collisions aside, the lumberjack was thrilled to see her: he always felt safer when Natalie was around to take care of the wild animals that roamed these woods. "Have you seen any game today? I was hoping we could make some of that maple-roasted venison later."

The huntress dusted herself off after she was helped up. "Eh, not yet, just hoping to find something for-" Natalie's eyes seemed to light up when Ferris mentioned venison. "Oh, maybe we can take some to the picnic later! If that's okay with you!" She grinned.

"Picnic? I didn't know there was--" Suddenly, everything clicked in Ferris' mind. "Oh no, I must have left for work before the mayor's message came in..." Scratching the stubble on his chin, Ferris nodded at Natalie. "Well, I'm sure we can find something before the day's out, right?"

"Right!" Natalie nodded.

"Just warn me before you start shooting. I get squeamish sometimes." Ferris confided.

"Got it." The huntress patted him on the back, then walked ahead.

Ferris collected himself and followed, blushing slightly when Natalie patted his back. While normally he would be rushing home to get his lumber cart, if the thaw was happening soon, he reckoned the Wheelers' lumberyard would have plenty of firewood for what little remained of the cold eason. A few hours of collection wouldn't be horribly missed. "Where to, Nat?"

Natalie held a finger up to her chin in thought. "Hmm...let's not stray too far from town. I'm not risking us getting lost and ending up in the depths. Something about monsters and darkness, I dunno." She shrugged. "If you see anything else we could bring, let me know."

Ferris nodded. "I saw one of them. I thought I imagined them at first, but according to your brother I'm not the first to report a monster sighting in the area." He paused, his voice growing quiet: "Y-you don't think a monster will show up around here, do you?"

Though her expression turned serious for a moment, it changed to slight concern. "As far as we know, the monsters only appear in greater numbers at night as we explored deeper in. We're doing our best trying to protect the town, even if our sleep schedules are haywire now." Natalie joked a bit to try and lighten the mood. "But if we end up wrong about that, I'll protect you, okay?"

"Well then I have nothing to worry about," Ferris said, smiling warmly, "I've um, been meaning to ask you..." he paused, trying to work up the nerve to ask the question. "I'm sorry, it's a silly thing, I just..." Ferris couldn't seem to get the words out. "Would you, uhm..."

"What is it? You can ask me." Natalie looked back to Ferris, curious.

"Can you teach me how to shoot!?" Ferris blurted out, "I don't want to get caught alone and get mauled by a werewolf or something!" Taking a deep breath, he continued: "I know I'm not as tough as you or whatever and I get scared easily but you know, I want to be able to defend myself if the time comes, and I always used to get nervous whenever I was aiming, but I think if I gave it another try I'd be able to make it work!" The tone in his voice indicated this definitely wasn't the first time he'd tried this.

The huntress couldn't help but giggle a bit. "Sure! I can lend you one of my smaller weapons to start, if you want."

Ferris smiled back. "I'd like that. It's funny, my dad actually used to use a bow. Said it was quieter."

"I do have a few crossbows back home. I'll have to get them later."

Ferris nodded. "Anything would be good. I just don't want any monster-attacks near the lumberyard!"

What will you get the person above for Christmas?

An exorcism.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Safe to say, Eliza was a little lost.

Not cause she didn't really know where the party will be, but she just didn't know what to do besides cut out some of the smaller monsters. From the intel Valerie got, there were already alot of other magical girls fighting the liches, one who the witch wasn't even gonna bother with to avoid having her ears bleed to death. There was sightings of what seemed to be Ascendancy active at the moment, and the town was kinda...boring being desolate. Still, Eliza wanted to help try and end this war before someone starts up the apocalypse or something.

...But how?

The witch ended up back at Penny's lair, thinking it'd be best for her to confide to the cyborg first. She hasn't seen her in a while too, so it couldn't hurt to check up on her. Took a bit to find a way inside the sanctuary, but once she did, Eliza noticed that the place was converted into a shelter for DMGs and other monster girls.

“Huh. She cleaned up the place.”

Well, she noticed that secondly. Concluding to herself that it was safe there, Eliza allowed her cloak to dissapear, freeing her wings again. Theresa sat down on the witch's head and looked around herself, with the latter exploring the sanctuary a bit.

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A good bit away from the Endsinger's concert, Anaya watched the others as they fought against the lich and it's ghostly audience. She couldn't help but be dissatisfied with the performance overall, especially since the Endsinger's singing voice made her want to rip her ears off.

“Amateur...” She groaned. Not long till Celia appeared, tugging at the spectral girl's skirt. Anaya looked down at the empath, smirking a bit. “About time you got here.” She looked back to the concert battle. “What can you feel from them, over there?”

Celia looked over as well, and focused. “I feel...Determination, Focus, and overwhelming Excitment. A bit of Fear and...Bloodlust...?” The little empath shivered at the last emotion. “I haven't felt bloodlust in a long time. So what's the plan?”

“Leave the lich to me. Just back me up, okay? It seems like she's using corrupted sound magic, so maybe I can have a bit of fun with this, right?”

Celia wasn't too sure about where that was going. “Right, you better know what you're doing.” She combined her despair and focus magic to create a barrier around them, hopefully nullifying the Endsinger's hypnotic melody. Hopefully. Then used the bit of fear magic to temporarily allow them to avoid detection. Not much she could do with it, for now. “Let's go.”

Anaya and Celia made their way to the crowd, taking note to hurry some. Most of the other magical girls wouldn't be distracted forever. They watched as a reinforcement specialist (atleast that's what they assumed she was) made her way to the stage, and attacked the lich. They quickly ran to the stage as well to help. Celia used some Bloodlust magic to enchant the bullets from Viva's handgun with a curse effect of their own, and Anaya summoned some of her spirits to her, waiting on the right moment to counter the sound magic with her own. Two knights to guard her, and a few life-sized dolls, each equiped with their own instrumental weapon.

In case the music-battle plan fails, there's always shooting the lich to death.

Prepare to get Devil Triggered.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@Shifter_Master

Oh, I know the feeling. It was hard to find a decent 2B photo, so I stuck with this. :P

World of Light

Excuse me while I figure out which bot Blazermate referred to-

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Aw yeah, music battle time! _{if allowed, of course.}

Quick edit: Valerie's done, had trouble finding a good FC. So I'm thinking I'll just stop here and maybe make Celia the third combat NPC.

Valerie Williams (Combat NPC)

Age: 26/16 | Gender: Female/Female | Metal/Electric | Skimpy
Katana | Barrage | Lesser Force
Martial Training, Enhanced Weapon, Eternal Style, Training, Monstrous Metamorphosis, Enhanced Sustenance, Enhanced Outfit

STR: 04 | AGI: 03 | VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03

STR: 10 | AGI: 10 | VIT: 08 | MAG: 09 | LCK: 05
"Combat Mode: Activated."

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

sorry for double post, but should I go ahead and post for Eliza?

World of Light

Sorry for a lackluster post, but I got a thing up. :'D

World of Light

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Level: 1
EXP 0/10
Word Count: 269
Stress Level: 0%
Current Location: Dead Zone, RCPD (Library to Main Hall)

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Normally, anyone who would ever stumble into a place infested with hellspawns and the undead would try their damnest to escape with their lives. The place he ended up in just screamed apocalypse, but Joker had a reason to stay for a while or two. Residing in the police department's library with some of the civilians, he ran down the information he had obtained so far. There was a serial murderer among the survivors, who's been behind a string of kidnappings. Joker wasn't able to get anything concrete, aside from that it was a man, brandishing a knife, that can teleport and manipulate time in zones. The time zones can slow things down, and replay events.

But who would have that kind of ability?

He did ask some of the survivors about it, and even if they saw anyone from his team in the area, but nothing helped much. Joker couldn't help but worry about his friends. If they were targeted by the culprit, then that there was enough for him to deal with the guy himself! He couldn't just do nothing about it!

Either way, he had enough of a break for a while. Joker made his way to the main hall to overhear some others talking about...a ghost? Was the building haunted? They seemed to be investigating that themselves, so maybe he could help them out. Could find something that'll lead to the kidnapper, after all.

So Joker walked over to them, giving a small wave with one hand in his coat pocket. “Is it alright if I help?” the thief asked, looking around at the others.