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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Sorry for the gross length (or lack thereof) of my post over there. Ugh, I'm pooped. Night night everyone.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

“Aight, I give up. You win! Fine!” the virtuoso yelled and raised his hands in the air. Thankfully, it didn’t seem like any of them were going to attack them. Well, at least he was sure the boy beside him won’t since he appeared to be the reasonable sort, but that chick… Yeah no. He’d rather eat nails for breakfast than turn a blind eye to her violent tendencies. “Hey kid,” Lute kept his eyes on Max and Sammie as he knelt down in front of the girl and, after noting that they probably wouldn’t do anything unsavory what with a child around, looked at her instead, “see those other people over there? Your dad’s probably with them. Why don’t you go and check it out?” With all the chaos earlier, it seemed as if the little one didn’t think of that course of action. She nodded and ran off after thanking him.

So, what now?

Lute narrowed his eyes at his captors and crossed his arms over his chest, “So, you got me. Yeah. We’re not really going to stand around looking at each other, are we? Because I’d much prefer hauling over bucketfuls of water to… Oh, I don’t know, maybe those burning tents over there? But hey, you guys the bosses. I’m just a puny sound magician thing-ish.”

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Game plan? Ha!

“Shoot everything that moves until it stops moving!” Est quipped in addition to Breeze’s reply, and he threw his fist in the air with overflowing vigor. One could probably wonder whether Jasper and Inadi were assigned to the wrong team. The soldier brought his hand down and fiddled with a panel on his wrist, bringing up a small hovering map of the area. As usual, the colors of the teams included in the game were listed in the legend, and since it was just the beginning-

Since he was already leaning against a broken stone pillar to begin with, Est was easily able to take cover when the robots appeared. Breeze and the humans hid behind the wall on the opposite direction; it seemed as if the robots were focused on them and didn’t notice him at all. Talk about “unknowingly giving the element of surprise to your enemy”, right? The soldier whistled and then flicked the safety pin off.

Bang!

After that initial shot, several more followed and unerringly hit their mark in the center of the synths’ heads. Breeze’s shots, coupled with either Jasper or Inadi’s, and as they paused to reload to finish off the last remaining droid, it collapsed with a loud hiss. The thick glass covering its headpiece had been shattered due to repeated headshots from Est, which was pretty much what he was aiming for in the first place. Est stared down the barrel at the whirring machines before turning to his teammates and waving them over. “Quick, I got Team Orange- blech, what an ugly color- coordinates! They’re pretty close to us, a bit off to the left in the… Ohhh, we call this site the ‘Miasma’. It’s a really creepy mini swamp. Don’t know why the bosses had a frigging swamp inside the arena but oh well. I heard they use really mud and moss too! But, let’s go, quick quick quick!” While the soldier’s voice was as cheerful as it was before, the way he was rechecking his gun and glanced around every now and then fitted the description of a somber and seasoned veteran. When the others were finished with what they wanted to do, the team headed off towards the Orange group. The surroundings, from a high, sloping meadow scattered with cracked Corinthian pillars and brick walls, slowly changed to a dour and colorless landscape. That and an unsavory green fog was now rising up a few inches from the ground, along with some dead trees and murky puddles strewn about.

“They should be around here somewhere- blast it!” The Orange team’s coordinates disappeared after a set time and it was up to their team to navigate on their own. Est, of course, was much more focused on sniping down targets, and would most probably expend his energy on those matters- and expertly too- rather than try to scout the area.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

I'll be posting later tonighhhht. <3

Buns that's... uuuugh.

Weird dreams? I had this thing back in fourth year HS, the dream was set in the Vatican (idk why I'm so sure it's the Vatican because I've never been there) and there wasn't any other color except for black, gray, white and red. And all of the boys in our section was being targeted by an assassin. I watched them die. I forgot who the assassin was, but it wasn't me uwu

No I am very serious this really happened someone even got sniped in the neck

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Waiting for the PM. I'll see about posting tonight *sobs*

Wait, are the team shots color coded? Like Est's team's bullets are colored blue, etc. It'll make it easier to see who got the highest body count- *shot*

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

The wind blew and roused specks of earth from the ground, causing Lute to tear up as he continued on towards the tents. Suddenly, the hyperactive girl was gone, but he could hear her voice trailing further and further away. “Maybe she got sucked inside that accursed hat of hers,” He joked weakly as the dust settled, except now there was something to be more concerned about than Sammie’s current whereabouts. The virtuoso was vaguely away of the earth shaking- hey, maybe the elephant was running after the crazy fireball-hurling chick- before getting tackled to the ground. At first he just thought that it was his own clumsiness at work, but a quick look upwards confirmed that he had been saved by the pokerfaced dude.

“Er, thanks! Oh no, no no no, don’t go there!” Lute scrambled to his feet and hurried after Elena. Great, add a rampaging pachyderm to the already hostile mix of bear, lion and gorilla. Lute and Delilah could make more sarcastic comments about the situation, but the former was far more worried about the shapes he saw squirming under the fallen tent’s fabric. He reached the site and slid down to pull the heavy swaths off the form, and as expected saw a civilian- the very same girl he had rescued earlier inside the Big Top- trapped under a few planks of plywood. “Sweetie, you really like putting yourself in harm’s way that much?” The virtuoso sighed and began to lift the wood off the child, who wasn’t hurt bar for a set of scratches on the back of her arms. Before the two could bid a hasty retreat, an angry snarl ripped through the air and Lute, on instinct, turned towards the four animals. Although he wasn’t too keen on letting Lucien suffer like that, the worst that could happen to his summon was that it would disappear in a puff of smoke once all its health was expended. The civilians, on the other hand…

“Aight, exit’s right over there! Keep moving!” Lute appeared right beside Cammie with the girl still clutching his hand. Apparently her father was missing and she wasn’t going to go anywhere without finding the lout. “Do you have a well or something in here? I’m not sure about the Big Top, but maybe we can put out the flames in the smaller tents!” The virtuoso called out to the magician over the din, which suddenly subsided and was overlapped by a gentle, soothing tune. Though the people might as well soil themselves with how much they were panicking, the music had its effects- and most just assumed it was a circus trick from either Cammie or the white-haired guy- and most, if not all, of the straggles were cleared out in an orderly fashion. “Goddamnit-,” When the virtuoso cursed, the little girl gasped and glared at him, which made Lute turn red and revise his words, “I mean, blast it! Where’s Eric anyway!? Don’t tell me he’s in the Big Top, looking for that missing niece of his. Wait, actually… Shit- er, I mean, poop! He could be in there!”

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

ayyy might post later

est and aiden going to go down together
fighting and kicking

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

I don't think I can join or anything, since I'll be reaching home around 10 pm now every day. Anyway, will post! uwu

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

"Time for act two of Sammie's very own super special awesome show! Can ya guess what's coming next, punk?"

Certainly not an elephant, that was for sure.

Lute’s jaw dropped open but he composed himself quickly. How did an animal that size even fit inside that hat!? Sure, fireballs were one thing, but a freaking pachyderm!? “This is so unfair,” The virtuoso whined under his breath as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other. The creature could probably outrun him, but escaping wasn’t really an option. Try as he might, Lute just can’t shake the need to mitigate damage from his mind, and while leading the magician on was an idea he followed through with earlier… Yeah, an elephant running after a screaming man wasn’t good for the safety of what’s left of the audience.

“Oh what now!? What do you want from me!?” Lute howled as the blasé kid charged towards him. He decided to wait until Cammie was close enough to redirect him off balance, but then a loud crash drew his attention to the space far behind the elephant, towards a tent where some of the escapees hid when Elena appeared. Screaming, amplified by Delilah’s perception, reached his ears, and so did the sound of snarls and cloth being torn apart. A bear rose from the ruins of the tent, and it was quickly approached by a hostile gorilla and lioness. “Wait, I recognize those two. They’re with Abram, right? If so, that bear…” Lute muttered to himself but he couldn’t quite believe it. From their time in Aliquam and in the trek that came after it, he saw a glimmer of reason in the eyes of the summons Lucien had produced. This bear… It was too far off to tell for sure, but its body language was clearly hostile-

Distracted as he was by the new commotion, Lute barely had any time to react as Cammie reached him. The virtuoso tripped over the magician’s foot as he ducked, also hitting his forehead against the other boy’s shoulder as he did so. “Wait, stop!” He was definitely sure he saw someone trapped under the thick swaths of canvas beside the bear. He had to get them out before the beasts fought! In his sudden scrambling of objectives, the virtuoso didn’t realize that the way he was hurtling towards Elena and Sammie could be interpreted as something else.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Hmm, not really wrecked wrecked, just a lot of severed cords and cracks. A bit of electrical tape and I'm back huehuehue-

Posted! Tell me if I gots remove/add stuff~