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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

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I can't post today unfortunately. Delays in flight/shuttle schedules kinda tore into my posting time lol. Feel free to post without me though haha, I haven't read the ic but I don't think I need to push anything along rn anyway. Otherwise Pacman will take care of it for me haha

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus

"Lute and I challenge you to a shoot off!"

"You're on, Frogman!" Trixie taunted as the two boys caught up with her. She giggled before proceeding further. When she realized that all three of the rifles at the range were unoccupied, she bolted even faster.

"Step right up, step right up," a pink-eyed girl donned in flashy black clothing stood by the shooting range, blankly watching the passersby come and go. The magician's voice was just as low and monotone as her expression, and her arm movements were just as bland. In fact she hadn't even noticed when Trixie arrived until Lute and Lucien popped up behind the pipsqueak.



"Hey! Heeeey!" Trixie called, jumping around and waving her arm frantically in front of the magician, who boredly looked down at her. "We'd like to go up next please!"

Cammie sighed loudly. "Sorry ma'am, you're not tall enough for th--"

"Heeey!" Trixie now she stood on her tiptoes, trying to get a closer look at the magician's face. She didn't even react to the child's antics. "Weren't you the lady at the gate earlier? How'd you get here so fast?"

Cammie sighed loudly again, but otherwise remained unmoving. "I'm not a 'lady,' thanks."

"Ehh? But I totally thought you were--"

"You're still too short for this attraction, ma'am. I apologize. However, your two friends can--"

Trixie was back on her tiptoes, now pointing an indignant finger at Cammie's face - pushing it right against his nose. "Now you listen here, lady! I'll have you know, I am an excellent shot! I've shot tons of bad guys and monsters before and- and just because I'm a little bit short does not mean I'm not good enough for a shooting range!" She dug her finger further against the magician's nose, threatening to slide it right up the bridge and towards his eyes. But Cammie remained unmoved with his deadpan expression. "Now are you gonna let me at it or not!?"

Of all the things that could have thrown Cammie off guard and/or made him suspicious about Trixie's little speech, there was only one: "Ma'am, I already told you I'm not... okay. Go ahead." Cammie flicked his wrist dismissively, looking away from the three guilders. "Knock yourself out, ma'am. Whatever." He continued mumbling to himself, something about the amount of times he's been misgendered that day, though the rest was indistinguishable.

With that, Trixie pumped the air and began firing away at the nearest rifle. "Let's do this! Worst score has to pay for cotton candy! Blam, blam bam bam blam bam!"

She continued firing away at the target ahead of her, taking rapid single shots as opposed to precision. Undoubtedly Trixie was the first to waste all of her rounds, landing three square shots in the target's head and four in the chest. It was far from a hundred percentage accuracy, but it was still enough for her to cheer. Cammie too looked over his shoulder to see Trixie's results, before turning away from her (keeping his eyes on the passersby again) and clapping slowly. "Congrats. Whoo. Well-done."

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Sounds awesome, Fox! :D I'll definitely check it out if not today, then tomorrow ^^

BTDUBS, TRIXIE'S THEME SONG
It's stuck in my head, so I'll inflict it upon you all too D;

QQ lyrics

I'll mend your heart with threads of mine
I'm not a nurse but we'll be just fine
The beats synchronize to force down the wall
On the other side lies my final plane's call

Hold on, I'll be there soon
Just hold on, I'll be there soon
Hold on, I'll be there soon
Just hold on, I'll be there soon

I'm a superhero flying high and free
But I'll lose the powers if it means we'll be
I'll endure the violent winds and the salty air
I'll conquer the sea just for the times we'll share

Hold on, I'll be there soon
Just hold on, I'll be there soon
Hold on, I'll be there soon
Just hold on, I'll be there soon

Please don't think about the past, don't you dare look back now
I'll be here for you always, we'll get out somehow
Sometimes hearts get broken
Dangerous words get spoken
Just hold on I'll be there soon
I'll mend your heart, I'll fix you

EDIT: Posted! After the call I finished my post but kinda forgot to hit submit >____>. Ran off to continue packing for tomorrow's flight lolol

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Yep! As Pacman said, we'll be introducing more plot-advancing stuff once everyone gets around to exploring more, etc. ^^ No rushing at all though, have your chars investigate and/or have fun as they would! I haven't caught up yet and I'll be posting after my mum calls me later lol, but I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys wrote!!

I'll post more achievements when I can think of some later. XD

And nah I don't watch TV in general, so I haven't gotten around to AT either. Although I tried a couple of episodes and it just wasn't my thing, but it could be that I watched the wrong/unfunny eps. You have any good ones on youtube you could perhaps link, Fox? :0 I'd love to see what all the hype is about.

In other news though this is still one of my most favorite gifs ever of all time

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Writing a post now. :) Tomo I'll be busy during the daytime so I'll be posting sometime early in the morning after Pacman. This shouldn't really affect anyone, at least I don't think it would, but just wanted to leave that note there haha! Feel free to describe attractions, stalls, rides, etc. Let your chars have some fun :D Or start investigating, whatever floats their boats :D

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus

"I thiiiiink," Trixie called out in reply to Moira's question, "we should check out everything - everything - cuz there's way too much stuff to do here. I mean cuz they could be holed up in any of these tents. There's so many." She had busted back out of the tent she was in, still dressed in her strange fairy-esque getup, and ran a circle around Moira and Syed before stopping with her staff held up. A bunch of glitter had dropped from her wings as she did this. "Miss Lady Woman said somefin about prizes. So I think Boss is on the right track! But--"

Oh dear. She was still in her Inspector Pixie mode.

"BUT! What if - what if maybe they're hungry and went to get some food." The prankster's stomach began to gurgle on cue. Trixie laughed nervously, and quite loudly, before waving her staff over her stomach to cure the Bad Rumbles. "Supersis. SUPERSIS. Duty hehe duty - ahem - duty calls and we must get some food for ourselves. How can we investigate on hungry tummies!? Let's get some cotton - wait what do you mean your wallet is empty?? That means we can't... Grrr!"

Trixie stamped her foot before suddenly linking arms with Lucien and Lute. "Hey! Let's get some nummy cotton candy together, come on! We might be able to find who we're lookin' for~"

Unfortunately for the detective, she had no idea what any of the missing persons looked like, considering she barely glossed over the photos on the guild's mission board. Her own teammates were smart enough to bring them along, but at that point, she was more focused on getting some food first and then she would--

"Oh my omelets, is that a... a...!?" She gawked, dropping the duo's arms right as they reached the sweets stall. Just a distance away was a shooting range, with silhouetted targets a set distance from a line of faux rifles. Trixie's mouth began to water. "Noooo way! Ames showed me one of these thingies before but never let me d- do- do- oh my buttermilk biscuits, I'm gonna cry! I mean, I mean - what if the kidnapped persons are being forced to shoot targets all day long. What horrible punishment! I'm gonna check it out."

Trixie dashed towards the range, drawing closer and closer to the ferris wheel. With each step she split herself further from the rest of her team and lost her short self within a sea of average-looking people, but that was of no concern to her.

In the midst of this, the relaxing man seated on one of the ferris wheel's beams was approached by a pink-eyed girl in flashy black clothes. Once she climbed to his level, she sat beside him defiantly, pointing a finger at him with an indignant pout. "Booboo, come on! You gotta get your chores done sometimes! It can't always be me! You...!" Suddenly she broke into a laughter, clearly unable to hold a serious expression. Then she wrapped her arms around him, tugging the unmoved man close to herself. "Mehh, I'm just kiddin. Love you!"

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Why achievements
Why not trophies

Traitor

Also Kei be safe ><

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Fun Musics

Phillis Circus: Entrance

Trixie puffed her cheeks for a moment when Xandra spoke to her, but begrudgingly handed over both her guns and her belt to Syed. She trusted on Xandra a lot when it came to logical reasoning - that's what sidekicks were good for, weren't they? Even if she hated going anywhere without them. "You be good with hidin' that stuff," she said to the electromage after lumping her stuff atop his own.

Before Trixie even had a chance to notice Lucien wandering off, she found herself snatched by Estelle's grip as the swordswoman charged off after Lucien with all due enthusiasm. All suspicion in Trixie's mindset was lost the moment the cotton candy was pointed out. The duo plus Eric managed to catch right up to the summoner before any real discussion took place.

"Hey, hey, can my friends and I get some tickets?"



The girl's eyes lit up immediately, and she jumped to an enthusiastic pose, with an enthusiastic smile to match. "Helloooo, random citizen! Thank you for coming by to the circus, thank you, thank you!" She nearly toppled over from surprise but caught herself in time, countering her clumsiness with a cutesy twirl and bounce. Her pink eyes twinkled. "Tickets, tickets you say? Well, say no more~ Entry fee's 100 a pop! A meager price for everything we offer, no?"

Trixie looked up to Estelle with a blank expression. She left all her dough with Amy back at Morris. "Hey, hey Supersis. That's not... that's not expensive, is it?"

Sammie shrugged. "Hey, gotta do what you gotta do for money, you know? But it's so worth it. Think about it; you can ride the ferris wheel and take dumb photos as many times as you want!" The group standing before her could see the man from earlier paying for cotton candy for his children - amidst heaps and heaps of other guests spilling their drinks and flocking about the circus grounds excitedly with hats and dolls in arms. From outside, it was obvious the only other things requiring payment were food, souvenirs, and prize-winning games.

"Plus," the magician spread her arms out wide, matching her huge smile, "that price includes entry to tonight's show! It'll be kickass, truuuussst me. And I'm not sayin' that just because I'm in it." She winked. "We have two new faces starring tonight, haven't you heard? It'll be a blast! The bigger the audience, the better they'll feel about themselves!"

The prankster pursed her lips. Wait - two - now that was a number she could count to. And the amount of posters Aria had gathered at the guild was definitely more than two.

"Oh, before I forget again - my sis nearly killed me for this last time - I gotta check your bags. You know. For explosives and sharp shit." She jerked a thumb over her shoulder. "Wouldn't wanna scare the kids. Their foam swords stand nothing against a terrorist's." Without waiting for Lucien's approval, Sammie used the same thumb to prop open the summoner's bag, but did nothing more than eye the surface of the contents inside. Then she closed it and backed off from their personal space. "You're clear, Mister! Now, about those fees..."

"Oh. My. Omelets." Trixie suddenly gaped. She flicked a finger at some space beside Sammie - a colorful purple tent, and some kids running around in fake wings, tiaras, and dresses too big for them. "Supersis LOOK THEY HAVE PROPS!"



It was Aliquam all over again - the fun part, anyway. The prankster charged right on passed Sammie and straight into the tent, where she proceeded to wrangle the wings and tiaras off the kids inside so she herself could don them. From inside, Estelle, Lucien, and Eric could all hear her cry out in a deep voice, "The Pixie has reboooorn! Wait, staff, staff, I need a staaaaff! WAIT NO, I'M NOT READY FOR A PICTURE YET, STOP."

Sammie meanwhile kept her eyes on the remaining three. She blinked a few times in light of what just happened, before extending a friendly open palm to everyone that remained. "Right, so that's 100 for the kid that popped inside. C'mon now~"

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Thanks, everyone! & I hope you've all been doing all right! Sorry my chap has been mostly expository setup so far ^^; Never realized how hard it was to both GM and keep things interesting at the same time orz orz

For clarification, it's not nighttime in the IC yet, I don't think hahaha. The pic's just showcasing what else the inside of the circus/fairgrounds looks like. :)

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Morris: Outskirts

After Trixie assaulted Eric with a barrage of questions regarding his niece's whereabouts, instead of answering her directly he went on and talked about what she looked like. Black, white, red, ugly teeth - got it. Trixie crossed her arms and nodded sternly after every other sentence, taking in all the information that she was bound to forget about two minutes later. But at least she felt smart this way. As Eric got more and more carried away, Trixie went right along with his descriptions, her stern nod becoming more and more bubbly to match the man's excitement. Thankfully Estelle knocked him back on track, even if he turned to sudden begging and grabbing onto the swordswoman's hand. Trixie puffed her cheeks and turned forward again.

Then came more talk about weaponry. Lute, Lucien, and Xandra advocated against immediate violence, though Moira refused to leave behind her sword, considering what happened in Vandrell. To make things worse, Eric threw in a wildcard: that guilders were completely barred from circus entry. Like Syed pointed out, it wasn't only their weapons but their outfits could give their status away just as easily. Trixie twitched her nose at this; if that didn't smell like a suspicious recipe, she didn't know what did. By now she was definitely settled on the idea of the circus being bad bad bad bad. Fun, but bad.

Xandra brought up an excellent suggestion: to use Aria's magic to conceal the most obvious details, such as visible swords and armor. Aria wouldn't be able to help everyone, but that perhaps wasn't necessary. Trixie nodded in enthusiastic agreement. "Ooh, ooh, I like Xanny's idea. It's really good. Besides," she turned around, now walking backwards in front of everyone. Her eyes met with Lucien and Syed's in particular. "Our clothes are funny enough anyway! We'll be fiiiiine... I hope."

She turned back around and brought a finger to her chin, cocking her head side to side in deep contemplation. What were their options by this point? Sneaking in? Entering in like normal people? Or totally gung-hoing it and ambushing these baddies with surprise?

Her contemplation was knocked off as she bumped into something - someone. A random person walking in a different direction? At this time of day!? Trixie nearly whipped out her guns in surprise, but the average-looking man muttered an apology as he continued walking on with his two small brats beside him. Trixie froze still, watching as they walked on to her left... and towards the circus, now in direct sight.



A dirt road led directly to a wide set of gates, where a blonde girl donned in flashy black clothing stood by the entrance. Behind her were various tents and multiple other attractions, such as games, small rides, food stands, a ferris wheel. Though it wasn't visible from where the Pride stood now, the circus' main attraction - its hugeass tent for collaborative performances - was smack in the center of the fairgrounds.

The man Trixie had bumped into soon arrived at the front of the gates, speaking with the girl there and paying her before entering in with the kids at his side. Once he was in, the girl lost her bubbly posture, and leaned over what looked like a cash box. Boredly she tended to her nails as she waited for more visitors. Her attention was not on the Pride at this time, as they were too far for her to notice.



Trixie quivered for a moment before turning back to the others. "Okaaaay... here we are... so what now? Guys? Guys? Guys?"