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Into the Land of Twilight

Carnatia de Luson

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As they reached the camp, Carnatia was more than ready to curl up on her bed sheet, perhaps after a nice cup of tea brewed using her enchanted tea set that could brew various flavours. Maybe green tea? No, on second thought, probably apple cider was more to her fancy right now. After that trip through the damp and misty forest at night, a warm apple cider would be good. It was not something that could be brewed easily in a camp like this, but fortunately, it WAS an enchanted tea set. It was quite expensive, Carnatia had to borrow some money and ended up using her rapier as collateral, but it worked out in the end, she managed to scrounge up just enough money to pay it back. Admittedly...it was quite close and she was about a day short of losing her rapier.

"My wisdom can wait until I get a chance to close my eyes. For five or six hours, at least." Gray answered. "Until then, I would be no use to you. I am not a doctor you can consult on, Roxas is. though I am not sure if you will hear a lot of good news, even from her."

Though...before the tea, there was probably one matter they should arrange as the group.

"I quite agree that I also would like nothing else but a peaceful slumber right about now, however...It wouldn't do for us to get ambushed. We need to take turns watching the camp, to be safe. So...shall we cast lots?"

New York By Night (A Vampire The Masquerade RP) (CLOSED)

Well, it had a good run for what's it worth, thanks anyway!

Fate/Dark Heritage

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Responding to her master through their telepathic link, Gajah Mada replied, 'True...but I am a Saber Class Servant there is no going around the fact that I have to expose my blade to fight any more than, say, King Arthur would have to expose his legendary sword to fight. Worry not, Master, there are far more heroes more known for their kris than I in my region of origin, why, I don't even hold a famous kris, like Kris Mpu Gandring wielded by Ken Arok. Mine is but a nameless one. That aside, I'm of one mind regarding prodding for more information,'

Gajah Mada then listened to Shielder explaining the possibility that something was wrong with the ritual, as proven by the presence of rogue servants, before proposing that he'd pledge his alliance to the winner of the fight, to which Rider enthusiastically agreed.

Gajah Mada replied, "Before I agree, there are some matters I wish to clarify," She turned to Shielder, as she continued, "You offered your allegiance too freely, that I can't help but wonder what exactly do you get out of it. You may not be summoned to fight for the grail, but it is hard to imagine anyone would not be interested in obtaining a wish-granter for themselves. Unless...something was wrong with the grail. You mentioned that 'the people who repurposed the Fuyuki Grail Ritual without full knowledge of its contents' What are these contents of the grail the Fujiwara Clan is not aware of? Ah but before you answer, one other matter..."

Gajah Mada walked over to the corner of the abandoned parking lot, where she had felt a similar sensation she had felt in the Church. It looked as if whoever was spying on them back then was also spying on the parking lot.

"As you have heard, mysterious stranger peeking in, there appears to be some crucial information regarding this ritual. I am not aware of how much you already know of the matter, but...I imagine that if you're not exactly aware of it, this would be something that you would be interested in. How fortunate that you have this spider familiar listening in, if someone were to...dispose of this spider familiar of yours, I'm afraid you have to attend our meeting in person."

She gave a smile at the spider, before killing it.

Gajah Mada did not know how inclined this individual was to appear in person, but now, she hoped she had given just enough incentive for them to come.

Though, of course, she did genuinely wanted to know if something was amiss with the grail, for example if it was not in fact omnipotent or if it had any defects that would be important for her to know.

She turned back to Shielder, "Now then...would you mind answering my question?"

New York By Night (A Vampire The Masquerade RP) (CLOSED)

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Ian followed Elizabeth into the next room, finding her being fired by thugs, meanwhile, their objective, Ludwig, was caged up.

None of the mortals appeared to be any different than the grunts they had dispatched earlier, it was hard to think of them being able to capture Ludwig. Meaning, most likely whoever was behind it had not shown themselves yet.

Elizabeth, as usual when concerning Edwina and Ludwig, had already thrown herself into the fray. Again, fortunately, these were just mortals.

Ian briefly turned to Enzo and Ralph, "Keep a lookout."

He then rushed at the thugs, using his supernaturally enhanced speed through the Celerity discipline, before smashing his fists into their skulls, with enough force to knock them out at the very least, though he would not be surprised if their skulls caved in, as he draw upon the Potence discipline.

New York By Night (A Vampire The Masquerade RP) (CLOSED)

Huh. I could've sworn I've replied, but looking at the IC apparently not. I'll write a post in a bit

Fate/Dark Heritage

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After quickly changing into a sister's habit, Gajah Mada hopped onto the electric bicycle, with her master on the passenger seat. While her skill in riding was only D she was still a servant, and that meant even a mere D-rank riding skill was still better than a normal human. With her being the driver, however, meant she could not be in the spirit form, and thus, in order to preserve the secrecy of the war, she opted to don the available clothing in the Church, a sister's habit. A sister riding an electric bicycle with a priest would probably still turn some heads, but it was still more inconspicuous than her normal attire, which would be very much out of place—and time!

Guided by Lorenzo, who was watching the live feed from his smartphone, Gajah Mada swiftly manoeuvres the electric bicycle, avoiding crowded places so she could speed up. It appeared that both servants had left their previous whereabouts to move to a more isolated location.

That was good, at least both of these servants were the type that would respect the rule of the Grail War. Her Master had mentioned that one of his objectives was to ensure innocent people were protected, at the very least that meant they did not have to worry about these two servants, at least for the time being. Beyond, that Gajah Mada while Gajah Mada was no stranger to schemes and such, at her core, she was an earnest and conscientious woman, so she had always preferred straightforward engagement if she could afford it, and it looked as if she could.

The two arrived at the abandoned parking lot finding the two servants in a deadlock. Gajah Mada disembarked from the electric bicycle, as she manifested her normal attire once more, the traditional Javanese dress manifested in place of her sister's habit.

Drawing her Kris, she took a step forward,

"Servant, Saber. Terribly sorry that I interrupted this duel between you two gentlemen, but I'm afraid it's not an opportunity my Master and I can afford to squander."

Fate/Dark Heritage

Lorenzo Calungsod Emiya and Gajah Mada
((Collab post with @Letter Bee.))

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"Sure!" Lorenzo said as Saber requested that he teach her how to use computers, "We can start right now, once you've cleaned up."

One whacked Familiar later, and Lorenzo remarked, "Hmm, we may have Anasasi or Arachne as foes; probably as a Caster if their use of Spiders as Familiars are any indication."

There was no way to know for sure until they finally met Caster, Gajah Mada agreed with her master that a spider familiar would narrow their suspect quite a bit. Although...

"Assuming that it wasn't a work of one of the masters, of course," she reminded her Master. After all, they only found a familiar, it could very well be the master's.

Then upon viewing Jan and Constantine's fight, Lorenzo spoke to Gajah Mada, "All right, Saber, let's go; I'll take a smartphone with a live feed with me so that we don't get blindsided by any recent developments, while at the same time... There's an electric bicycle in one of the sheds. Let's take it while I strengthen the Bounded Fields against intrusion."

"Fair warning, Master, my riding skill is quite low. Comparatively, these two servants appear to be quite adept at it, don't expect us to win in a chase, should it come down to it. But aside from that...I agree that we should join the fray. Neither of them appeared to be making much effort to conceal their fight, there is a possibility that this fight would also draw other Servants, making it a good chance to gather intel on them. After all, there are certain things we can only ascertain by engaging our opponent in battle than mere surveillance."

Mahou Shoujo No 30 Dai- a spoof rp!

Emma Lawson

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“Pretty witty angel wangel…” MDP murmured as she stared at the woman through tear-filed eyes. “Like, will you be friendy wendies with Magical Dream Princess, pretty witty angel wangel person werson?” she inquired. “Like, pretty pretty witty witty pleasey weasey will you?” she pleaded, clasping her tiny hands together and bringing her tear-streaked face ever closer to Inquisitor. “Will you, will you, will you?”

"Er...yes. Of course, I will," Inquisitor responded rather awkwardly. Emma would have been able to respond with better grace, while Faniel would have ignored her to focus on the monster, but unfortunately, this was one of the times when being an amalgam of the two left Inquisitor with the worst aspect of both.

"So for now, why don't you help us by making sure no normal people get too close to the monster? It's a very important job."

She noticed that the Egyptian-looking woman was responding to the call for artillery.

The monster was almost dead already, Inquisitor felt like using powerful attacks at this point was just risking collateral damage. Therefore, rather than throwing her own attack, she opted to attempt restraining the monster's movement, to make sure it would not trash around in desperation and limiting the 'blast radius' of the attacks to only one specific spot.

She turned to the monster, before shouting, "Halt!"

Her voice echoed through the area. It was not a mere command but an edict, one that struck fear in the hearts of those aligned with evil, forcing them to bow to her authority. This time, it was directed at the monster, a single command for it to stop its movement.

Into the Land of Twilight

Carnatia de Luson

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Carnatia held back a sigh as the group decided to head into the spiders' lair. Objectively speaking, it was a risk. Gray said that spiders were not social creatures, but given that he, himself admitted earlier that most of the things they knew of this monster were things shrouded in legends, who knew what assumptions would be true or not.

Still, she did already consider that pragmatically speaking, it was also a matter of morale to show the members of the expedition that they would not merely abandon them should they find themselves in dire straits. And also the fact that they do need people to watch over the camp. Which meant that as long as their employer wanted to continue the expedition, attempting to rescue the missing workers was the pragmatic choice here.

Once they reached the creature's lair, Carnatia drew her rapier and stood on guard as she let the rest look around the lair. Eventually, they found the cocoons containing the missing workers.

Both men finally nodded in agreement, and Vesemir asked Gray to hold his lantern before speaking softly to Roxas first. "Dear Roxas, could you help me lift up our poor Stepan? I will carry him-- Those who still have strength, please lend me your aid. Let's take back these poor lands back to our camp."

Carnatia considered helping, before dismissing the idea. Purely strength-based physical work was not really her forte. There was a reason why she had resorted to using magic to augment her swordsmanship, she wasn't born with the physique necessary to employ her family's martial skills, after all.

No, better to leave that to the others.

She sighed, "I would like to help, but unfortunately, I don't think I have the capability to carry them through a trek in the forest. I'll take point and keep guard instead, just in case. It's important to keep some of us free were we to encounter some difficulties along the way, in any case."

Mahou Shoujo No 30 Dai- a spoof rp!

Emma Lawson

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Inquisitor arrived at the scene finding several magical girls already engaging the monster, a giant hippopotamus that was currently trashing about after being hit by a giant coffin. Given the fact that one of the magical girls had coffins flying around her, Inquisitor concluded that it was probably her doing. Alongside the girl surrounded by coffins were a girl who appeared to be equipped with mechanized parts that vaguely hearken to Egyptian motifs, a girl surrounded by flames, and a...small child?

The small child was seemingly excitingly rambling to the flame-wielding girl. The child...couldn't be older than Emma Lawson's daughter, and thus the part of Inquisitor who was Emma Lawson wanted to get the child away from the battle as a child that young shouldn't have any business around here, but the part of her that was Faniel wanted to exterminate the monster as soon as possible. Despite being a combination of the two, however, Emma Lawson was the prominent part of Inquisitor's psyche, and as such rather than engaging the monster, she flew towards the flame-wielding and childlike magical girls.

Nevertheless, Inquisitor did recognise the logic of taking down the monster as fast as possible to prevent more casualties, and so, as the angelic-looking magical girl flapped her wings, a radiant halo appeared above her head, its light illuminating the nearby area. White flames manifested on the monster, burning it, while injured civilians found their wounds started to heal. Meanwhile, though none of the magical girls had suffered injuries, they felt a surge of energy as their power started to rejuvenate.

As Inquisitor reached the flame-wielding magical girl and her childlike companion. She turned to the child who was—in Inquisitor's opinion—was wearing way too much pink. Inquisitor gave her a smile as she said, "You want to help, now is it? How about you help lead the civilian...er..that is these people away from the monster?"