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Tales From The Wastelands [Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic Casual Roleplay]

Will the plot be at least partially centered around finding out why all the people started going crazy and why the world went to hell?

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Sapphire averted her gaze as Joshua eyed her for a moment. She wasn’t sure what to make it of it, the small quarrel they had earlier coming to mind. However, she didn’t let that bother her too much, especially as soon as Joshua smiled at them and soon after began his briefing-of-sorts in his usual bright demeanor.

While Joshua also explained they would likely face a wyvern, Sapphire did the same as she usually did when presented with a certain situation or foe. She tried predicting possible outcomes and coming up with tactics . . . only this time she failed miserably, being constantly distracted by her own weapon, capable of awesome destruction. She held it in her arms often gazing at it for long periods of time, instead of stowing it on her back.

So much in fact that Ruby landed next to Sapphire and used her beak to nudge Sapphire in order to grab her attention. Sapphire tilted her head to the side in amusement and let out a small chuckle. Jealous, are we? she thought, her thoughts unconcealed to her familiar. Mere days ago Ruby was the center of Sapphire’s attention as her first and only familiar. But now, a new challenger appeared.

Sapphire however, reassuringly placed a hand on Ruby’s neck while letting her forehead rest Ruby's soft feathers.

By now Joshua was done with all the explaining and they prepared to set off.

“Come on.” Sapphire spoke softly to her familiar. And so Ruby took off as the four set foot outside the gates of Coalstrike.

Not long after that Sapphire heard a thud behind her and turned around, only to see Imgor planted face-first in the ground with Alex at his side. She spent little time questioning the situation and instead turned towards Joshua only uttering his name to grab his attention.

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@Mcmolly Thanks for that, and FYI I'm back so we can get back on track starting tomorrow.

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Guys, FYI I'll be away for a week, possibly with no access to the internet.

I thought I'd still have time but I kinda ran out. @Mcmolly Would you please use this [color=a187be] to color code Laz's conversation in our last collab and post it in IC ?

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Sapphire stared at the weapon on the wall without making any reaction visible, however she was charmed by it’s elegant design. She glanced at her fellow team member’s weapons considering possible strategies involving all three, however no matter what she did, her mind always refocused on her own weapon. After the other two removed the weapons from the weapons rack on the wall she finally went to acquire her own.

While she didn’t show it, she nearly trembled due to excitement. She had never held such an intricate weapon in her hands, let alone of this size. It was clearly crafted with great care. She slid her fingers over one of the blades, feeling it’s smooth texture. Amazing, she thought.

She barely listened to Imgor’s question and what Joshua had talked about in the meantime, only picking up the fact that they were supposed to meet him at the town’s gate.

She waited for the others to leave before leaving herself, not before thanking Harold of course.
Once outside of the shop she firmly gripped the handle of her scythe and stared at it some more. The Falcate Moon, she through, that’s what I shall name you. With that she took a deep breath as she suddenly spun her weapon to the left her body. The light starmetal from which it was made allowed her to wield it one-handed, however it wasn’t an easy task regardless. Mid rotation she switched hands as the intricate motion continued unhindered on the right side of her body thanks to careful timing. She then slammed the double-blades into the ground, ending the circular motion and leaving a deep gash in the pavement. She finally exhaled and closed her eyes, seemingly savoring the moment.

The tranquil moment passed and she merely managed to take one step after she decided it was time to find Joshua, only to realize he hadn’t specified at which gate they would meet.

Ruby, please find Joshua for me, she mentally instructed her familiar. With a quick, ostensibly playful flyby, Ruby took off into the sky. It didn’t take long for her to spot Joshua together with Imgor and as soon as she did, Sapphire jogged away towards his location. Rather baffled when Imgor bolted off in the opposite direction she stopped in her tracks. All confusion was swiftly cleared as Ruby also spotted Alex . . . heading towards the wrong gate. Sapphire let out a muffled chuckle and continued her jog.

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@Mcmolly Here's the old titanpad I was mentioning.

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@Mcmolly Yeah, sorry. Been a rough patch recently. The titanpad we used before, I've got a little something already there. It's gonna be a small conversation up until they reach the castle so I thought a collab would do nicely.

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Although Sapphire was still in complete turmoil on the inside, she didn't show any of it. Her expression remained the same, a slightly angered one and she tried her best not to flinch as Joshua initially spoke harshly to her. But all that he said meant nothing. Lots of people had fed her before, clothed her before, taught her before. All she cared about was how people treated her. And she didn't have pleasant memories of that, regarding the said people who fed, clothed and taught her what she knew so far.

She could only raise her eyebrows in surprise at what came next and all that turmoil went away leaving her mind blank. A cookie, is all that popped up in her mind once Joshua finished. Joshua had his way of clearing her mind like that, whether or not he knew it.

"For the record, I did earn part of the starmetal for my switch weapon." She said, in a silly attempt to still one-up Joshua, while she didn't put any resistance to Joshua's pat on the back.

Now to their armaments. To say Sapphire was excited to get her well thought-out weapon of annihilation was an understatement. However, as per her usually mind-set she wasn't going show that by rushing ahead to be the first one to take it. She waited until at least someone else went first.

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@Mcmolly Sounds good, but I won't be able to do it in one sitting, since it's already late and I won't have a lot of free time on my hands during the week.

Here, let's use this: titanpad.com/UKxn0C7SZ2

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The older man grinned at Willo's realization that her weapon was now stuck and was clearly about to fire, however Willo was quick on her feet and with an elegant vault, then leap, landed behind the old man. He tried to follow her movements with his pistol, however she had quickly shoved it out of the way mid jump. The man fired regardless and to his horror the bullet pierced the younger assailants shoulder mid attack, causing him to fall on his back due to the force of the shot while at the same time losing grip of his sword.

"Damn it! You moron!" The younger one yelled at the other with a pained look on his face.

The old one now angered flicked the pistol causing the lowered blade to align with the barrel, turning it into it's sword mode and blindly swung around where he assumed Willo was standing trying to hack her apart. Fortunately for Willo, her weapon, which was still stuck to his chest, further encumbered him. She had plenty of time to act before he turned around.

Meanwhile, Lazarus now next to Aelar pulled out a small knife out of the inner of his coat and started carving something into Aelar's arm, cutting not too deeply into his flesh. "Hey what are you-" Ramone question before being interrupted by Drake simply raising his free hand at him. It soon became apparent he was carving some kind of exicus rune into his arm.

"Take him back to the dock and take a ship back home. He will need a lot of rest after this. I'll explain once we're back as well." Implying that he and Willo would continue with the assignment he stood up just in time to see Willo vault over one of the assailants.

"Very good." He mumbled before starting a sprint towards the younger hunter who was now on his knees and still clutching the gun wound.