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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Ew my computer froze on all those evil Light gifs. Creepstastic.

On second thought, I'll post later in case somebody wants to include Lute in something. Screw 5 pm classes.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Big Top

It was one amazing act after another, and the virtuoso found himself hoarse from cheering along with everyone else in the audience. Flying lions, acrobats tumbling through the air with pinpoint grace and finesse, not to mention attachable arms… The entire performance was awe-inspiring, if not a tiny bit terrifying.

“So many fire puns. I’m guessing our guy’s next!” Lute shouted over the din created by the crowd cheering for that awe-inspiring performance the troupe just gave. The noise faded and then peaked again as Crispin was introduced, although unlike the lot of them cheering louts the two Guilders were locked and alert. Lute bristled as he contemplated on the weight of the task that lay before him. He had pushed away the sentiment earlier, but now that the atmosphere was ablaze in more ways than one, he was starting to feel the resentment creeping in again. He hated having to participate in a mission directive supplied by an untrustworthy informant, but most of all the widely destructive way it had to be executed…! A dark scowl fell over Lute’s face as the screaming erupted and he stood on his seat to scope the masses.

Deep breath.

“Everyone, calm down. There are three exits, those who came from the middle area should head to the central one,” The cacophony in the area died for a mere second before Lute’s voice washed over the entirety of his box. It wasn’t a large area if you compared it to the rest, but it was all he could do with his current capabilities. The virtuoso moved over to the other aisles, carelessly weaving through seats as he directed the people up the right path. “Keep moving. Don’t rush. Everyone take care of their belongings, make sure you didn’t leave anything behind! Don’t crowd the pregnant women and the children, for Heaven’s sake!” Thanks to his abilities, the crowd in his area was far more easily dispatched than the other rabbles on both sides of the tent, although whenever he thought it was good enough to leave for the other areas somebody would panic and he would have to restart the process again.

“People, don’t forget to keep moving after you’ve reached the exit! We have to keep making space for all the others who are trying to go out too!” The virtuoso turned around to see that a row of seats near the front were now ablaze. Running up towards the middle aisle was a young girl, no doubt separated from her parents by all the chaos coming on; keeping up the spiel all the time, he rushed over and carried the child on his shoulders and plowed through the stragglers.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Claiming next post. After this, I'm hitting the sack ugggh. Advanced g'night, peeps.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Bunanigans said And I am seriously, looking forward to what Kei and the Kraken come up with for a co-GM chapter lmfao!

*pressure intensifies*

Nah, just kidding.

Writing my post! If everyday is going to be weary like this I might actually faint. Which would be interesting since I've never fainted before.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

“Eh.”

“Oh, hiiii! You’re Leila, right?” Est instantly swiveled around to face the girl, a sunny but somewhat mild smile on his face as he sized her up. What was she carrying? It looked like those ugly canvas things the cargo haulers used back in the backwater factories… “Yeah, got that. Nice to meet you, Leila Noelle. I like your name, it’s very… fluid. There are just some names that really have no sort of poetic grace to them, right? Like mine! Berit Rinaldi! It sounds so choppy!” The private shook his head and then straightened his back as he pondered the girl’s inquiry. Almost instantly a strange fire lit up his eyes and then Est was gesturing animatedly as if he was drawing blueprints with his hands.

“Yes, yes! Keyne’s motor! It was developed just a few cycles back by this scholar dude named Fuzzy Keynes. I think he used to be a rapper once, but anyway! He came from a family of inventors- his mother invented a smokeless synthetic wood, I think, which is pretty much being used for lighting dark caves or mines underground- and he just, wham! Entered the Intercity Invention Expo with this brand new design nobody’s ever heard of and he won first place!” The soldier paused to take a deep breath, then promptly rambled on, “I haven’t seen his motor in the flesh, but apparently it’s a complete remake of the Old Age layout we’ve been using since before. I’m sure you’ve seen it, most of the things in this city run on the Old Age layout. You know, lots of gears, cogs, mostly brass turnings. Keyne’s was made out of thin, dual-layered mithrilium-steel alloy, which is pretty much why I haven’t seen it yet since it’s hella expensive.”

The girl in front of him, surprisingly enough, didn’t look bored by his lecture. She actually seemed to like listening about the subject matter!

"T-the energy source? Oh yeah, coral fuel. We get it from the coastal area. However, the city’s much for using steam rather than that, since coral fuel is basically mermaid property. Sure, they don’t use oil underwater, but there hasn’t been extensive drilling to show how much coral fuel there is. Without knowing that, we can’t change the city’s energy source in case we run outta juice, you got what I’m talking about, right?” Est smiled at the girl and then reached over to take the parachute from Leila. He tossed it over her shoulder like it was nothing and was about to add more to the science talk if it wasn’t for the appearance of a familiar doctor.

“Hey! I don’t get injured that often! And what’s not reassuring, the pesky hobbit girl and her friends or that you’ll be a lab rat? Don’t worry, Doc’s things don’t zap. They just… make you feel really weird,” Est walked over to Harper with Leila in tow. Lesley’s wonderful pink hair had turned pitch black due to some freak accident with Doc’s equally freaky potions, and the poor human was now sobbing at his friend’s shoulder. “Whoa, don’t fuss over it! Think of the new color as an eye-opener! You’ll look steamier and sexier! Or at least that’s what the other soldiers say when they imagine Lieutenant Falkner with black hair. I still think you look great! Oh yeah, CL-2! Get this too, okay?” He told Lesley, and dumped the parachute on the cleaning robot as it scurried out of the room. The poor thing was practically buried but it moved on nonetheless. Poor little baby.

“You almost turned me into a girl once too, Doc,” Est quipped in a tone that was much less cheerful and more worried as Inadi sat down on the stool for his treatment.

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Okay bebes, I'm back and I'm seriously posting for our group.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Morris: Big Top

… A stampede? And he was supposed to use his skills to redirect the audience to the right exit? Under other circumstances it was a feasible idea, not to mention easy to accomplish, but in a site that big? But wait, there’s more! Arson! That was the worst part. A tent like this was liable to burst up in flames and with the number of people inside, it was impossible not to acquire losses. All for what!?

“This is not a good plan! The casualties weigh far more than the gains and… and Madam Elisa said something shitty was going to happen to me! What if it all goes wrong because of my bad karma!?” Not to mention they were weaponless and… Oh, who the hell was this “Crispin” informant anyway!? “Ohhh, Maker’s flaming ass, I think my stomach hurts,” Lute groaned and slouched back against his seat, draping an arm over his eyes and making dry sobbing sounds as the fantastic performance below continued on. They were unarmed and possibly pitted against the circus’s private militia. The virtuoso knew for one that he wasn’t going near Abram and Pandu if a fight so much as started… Provided that he didn’t faint from expending all his energies to broadcast the safety instructions.

‘Oh will you stop your whining!?’ Delilah wasn’t having any of Lute’s self-deprecating crap and told the man to get his act together. Following her orders, he sat up and faced Aria, tuning down further the volume of the nearest people around while he surveyed the area. All right, there was an exit in the center of the tent, past the red aisle, while there were smaller ones on the left and the right. But holy mackerel, how was he going to reach the people on the furthest reaches of the tent!? “Delilah says you might have to cover me for this one, Aria,” He sighed, leaned back and then massaged his forehead, “sorry for being luggage.” When he reopened his eyes, Lute noticed that the illusionist was fiddling with her scarf the way she did when she was unsettled by something. “Oh geez, here I was being a selfish little pig, not realizing you’re nervous too! Well… Don’t worry about it, Aria! I have your back! My eyes are trained on the smallest lick of fire! You don’t have to panic about missing the cue while I’m here!” The Guilder nodded cheerfully and, true to his word, leaned forward and glared at the stage with a righteous vengeance (although he looked more like an amazed fan rather than a scout) while the crowd erupted in unabashed cheering.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

I'm baaack and as promised, I'll whip up a post right away! 8D Although, like, expect it to go up in a few hours since I realized I have a lot to catch up to hahaha. I'll post after Rex, then.

Rules noted! Thanks for the understanding, everyone!

@As for the co-gm chapter, I've discussed which would be good days for Kathi and I to discuss it, but I fear I won't be able to contribute much until my situation has gotten better. Talk about crap timing, eh? (So if Kathi wants to make stuff she can go on ahead and not wait for meeeeee) I'll still be here to talk, though, and will do my best to help (at least) form a coherent outline sooner. OTL

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

I'm back, sorry for the hold-up! Yep, it did flood quite horribly in our area, and we have to move my grandparents to our house for the meantime. I'm glad for all the concern hehe. steals Aki's pirate ship* huehaeuaheua

I'll post something for my group tomorrow! Sorry for the inconvenience, again.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Eherm. First of all, I'm gonna apologize for being gone for a reaaaally long time. Dayum. Anyhoo, the storm's over, everything's okay (a bit) so I'm back! Again, I'm really sorry for the inconvenience. I can promise I won't poof for extended periods of time like that, but with what's happening right now, I won't be as active as I was before lol

I don't know how but leaks sprung out from everywhere haha. One of them was stationed overhead me and I kinda got hosed down in the middle of the night when the storm struck. Thought my dog peed on me. Fun times. Anyway, grandparents live in the flooded district so I'll be a bit busy hauling stuff and all that.

Actually, I don't think I'll be able to post today due to several things. I honestly feel so overwhelmed and fatigued about everything uvu. I'll get one up tomorrow though, promise.