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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Sounds good, Kathi :)

EDIT: Pacman's making me go to sleep lol. I'll just post in the morning mehhrr

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Ha haaaaa, maps. That's hilarious!

I don't mind helping out, Buns! I'm more than willing to fill in any NPC slots/roles you need filled. ^^

Writing a post, though if anyone would like to post now, feel free to! I don't mind waiting. :) I'll be taking a while because I'm helping setup dinner, feed dogs, etc. (We got four little boogers running around right now ha)

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

Sammie lashed her whip, catching Lidya's attention a second time. She motioned for the lioness to come to her, and Lidya did without question. Olga and Elena followed suit, curious as to what their second-in-command tamer had in mind for them, now that their bear villain had been vanquished. With Max, Lute, and Poppy all literally flying back into the Big Top, it was time for the magician to make her return as well. "Let's go finish what we started, girls! Maybe if we're lucky that flaming asshole's already been taken control of..."



"Sis, calm down. Wait a second." Cammie followed in after her with a soft (and rather dull) voice. Sammie stopped, but did not look back to her brother. "He said something about a kidnapping. You think maybe something's going on in the area? Could it be a misunderstanding?"

Her shoulders hunched, but she kept her eyes forward. "What, the whole kidnapping thing? I have no idea! He's doing some dumb guildy ploy to get you to doubt yourself. Come on, Cammie!" Sammie continued her stride towards the Big Top, her legion of animals calmly following after her. She stepped foot into the Big Top with a loud stomp, followed by Elena's own. She pointed towards the where Lute and Poppy had fallen, with Tammie, Lucien, and Trixie not too far off - and lashed her whip in that direction. A loud snap echoed from her position. "Get 'em, girls! Our friends are hurt and they need your help!"

Lidya lunged after Lute's position, aware of Poppy's presence as well. Elena and Olga stalked after Trixie's position, though at a calmer pace. Upon hearing the elephant's loud entrance, Trixie looked up from her wrestling with Tammie and gulped loudly. "...uh oh."

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How on Ddaear had this simple special night gotten so far out of control? Vance couldn't even hear Abram checking on him amidst all the brewing chaos. He had thought setting the tent aflame was far enough already - but then more of Crispin's teammates poured into a harmless circus with weapons. If this didn't classify as assault... what would?

The redhead's sword spurted flames as bright as Crispin's own, and the brawler nearly fainted upon the brilliant sight. Thankfully Xandra caught him before he toppled over completely. "Oh sweet, sweet gods. This must be it. I am actually dead now. Ohhh gods." His mutterings went unheard by all parties involved.

Despite Vance's injuries, both to his face and his pride, he still looked to Estelle with his chin held high and expression unscathed. Now that this child had her own weapon in hand, now that he could see personally that Crispin had more of these allies than it seemed... he had considered Abram's request earlier to allow him to deal with Crispin on his own on account of letting Estelle and the others off the hook. But now - mercy was not an option.

As Estelle's blade raged with an inferno brighter than her own fury, a cry left Xandra's mouth: "Estelle! Look out!"

Perhaps she was expecting a projectile, or a suckerpunch from one of the other circus troops, but not for Xandra to immediately launch into an attack herself. She had been running after Aria, but changed course the instant she began running. She threw a punch at the swordswoman's side, her metal arm shifting into a hammer-like shape during their fray. Vance's arm had extended towards her with fingers bent like spiderlegs. His mouth curled into a slight smile. "A morphing prosthetic? Interesting."



Without hesitation, Crispin leapt back onto the stage - Estelle's fireblade and Xandra's attack had rekindled his own fighting spirit. He wound up a fist, his knuckles burning brightly with his pyrokinesis. "You're dead to me, Vance! Dead!" While he didn't have the intention to kill, the anger was all there. The only thing that stood close enough to deter Crispin's hit was Vance's right-hand man.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Merrhhh I have a pretty bad block right now. I'm leaving Vance/Crispin & co. to Pacman right now since we were pretty much going to write the same scene, then I'll probably update for them when I get back from class depending on if I get my mojo back by then. @.@

I'm just gonna write for Guin/Baltimore right now, so the post atm should be kept pretty small. Kei, feel free to post for Lute - I don't think they should interfere right now, even if Lute ends up running into the Big Top haha. :)

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Big Top - Onstage

Guinevere's dolls bounced along the floor in surprise; the injured girl had managed to move! Their butts and feet thumping against the ground multiple times was enough to catch their owner's attention, who glanced over her shoulder to see what the commotion was about - but to the ringmaster, Aria was still pinned. She returned her sights to Baltimore, while the dolls gave chase after the fleeing Aria. To make matters worse, an unclothed salamander began stalking after the fleeing illusionist as well - slithering towards her as fast as a spider.

With her injury and bloodloss, finding a breather was the first priority. The only ones who weren't distracted enough to see through her ploy were Guinevere's animated dolls - child-sized collectible dolls in delicate outfits - but their size did not keep them from holding back. They were faster than Aria's unfortunate hobbling.

Once they reached her, the salamander plushie immediately began crawling up her leg - up and up and up, skittering wildly until it reached her face. Like a worm, it then began squirming over her, cutting off her vision entirely.

The dressy rabbit followed up before Aria had a chance to even figure out what was going on; it used her foot as a stepping stool and bounced up her leg in big intervals. It jumped higher and higher, its fabrics enabling it to basically scale the woman like a wall - then it reached the injury in her shoulder. Without hesitation, the rabbit then leaped to the dagger's handle and gripped onto it with its forepaws - causing the dagger blade to shoot upward and further into her skin.

To make matters worse, the mouse plush repeatedly hurled itself at Aria with a surprising amount of force, knocking her down while its partners clung onto her.

Even the turtle followed after the illusionist, though it moved at an unbearably slow pace.

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Baltimore smiled back meekly (lowered head between shoulders and everything) as Isabella came her way. As the acrobat drew nearer, the niece's smile had dropped completely. She shot out her arms before her, palms flattened and facing Isabella, before she spread them apart wide. Isabella suddenly staggered back in her step, her smile also gone now. This little girl had erected an invisible wall between the two.

Unless Isabella jumped over the hovering wall in time, Baltimore guaranteed herself a brief escape - and immediately made a run towards Vance. She couldn't comprehend exactly what he was doing, but it had something to do with the redhead girl. She had to stop him...!

Guinevere cried out at this: "Renegade!" After treating all troop members with utmost hospitality and familiarity, these two had the galls to rebel!? The ringmaster's face reddened, tears forming beneath her eyes. An innocent little girl like Baltimore, an insurgent - just like that fiery man and his damned friends. "How dare you!"

In an instant, the remaining pile of plushes began to build on themselves; instead of a wide but low mount, they gathered themselves into a taller hill - blocking off Baltimore from the other ringmaster. She skid to a stop at this, mostly out of shock that the dolls were moving on their own. A quick glance to the side revealed other stuffed animals waddling through the back curtain, marching like wind-up toy soldiers.

As Baltimore moved to run around it, two of the plushes at the top of the makeshift hill - a fat lizard and a blackbird - leaped down and crash-landed onto Baltimore's head, knocking her down instantly. The lizard instantly made its way to her wrist and clamped down on it. Baltimore gasped as she attempted to shake it free from her, but to no avail.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Really sucks to hear about that, Buns :( I hope everything turns out okay. & Pacman I hope work lightens up on your end! I know you've been having it pretty rough lately :S

I have a few things written for the Big Top stage groups, but nothing I'm satisfied with in the least bit. I'll post for them in the morn as soon as I wake up; some sleep should help freshen up my writing mojo. ^^

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Outside the Big Top

Lily shrieked at Syed's deflection. At first it seemed as though she were absolutely horrified - but as it died down, it became clear: "Wowwww that's so COOL! We've never met anyone who could do that before! Stevie, did you see the way he...!" Once she realized her hands had been clapping together like an excited seal, she ceased it immediately and returned to a serious posture. "AHEM! No talk! There'll be no talk! If we let terrorists have the slightest chance"--she pointed her metal arms towards Moira's sword--"then who's to say you won't burn us down too!?"

In the midst of Lily's yammering, Poppy launched herself into the fight, dodging Moira's attack but missing Marcus' staff. Amy ignored any of the chatter going on and focused on her own spells; similarly to Marcus, she quickly buffed the defenses of the group of four.

"Uh, wait," Stevie stammered, still pivoting on his bent legs to get a clearer shot of the guilders. "Kidnapping stalker freaks? Lady, are you out of your mind? It's just a circus... even if you don't like clowns, that's not something you should be..."

"STEVIE! FOCUS!" Like Poppy, Lily also charged in after the four at a surprisingly fast pace. Sure the dude could deflect laser beams, but being squished by giant metal feet was another story in of itself. To back his sister up, Stevie focused on Moira and her sword - and shot forth another laser at her. Hopefully that geeky electric guy was too distracted with Lily and Poppy to deflect it...!

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Phillis Circus: Big Top - Audience Seating

Trixie brought a hand to her chin, scratching it thoughtfully as Xandra peered over the cushions for another look. She turned back to the prankster with a vague idea in mind, but... Trixie was already gone, stalking between the rows and walking aisles to get closer to the brewing battle. Specifically, closer to Tammie and Lucien. Lucy was the closest one to her, and if both she and Xandra could free him from that witch's grasp, then there'd be no way the baddies onstage could stop them! All Supersis and Crispy had to do was... live a little longer! But why were they fighting? Did someone switch sides behind her back again?



"Hey! Hey!" Tammie whirled around, coffee mug still in hand. Lucien inched away to avoid spillage. "I hear you! I hear you whispering to yourself! Come out wherever you are, or else! Burning hot drink! Lots of it! And no warning tags whatsoever! Try and sue me! See if I--"

A plume of green smoke enveloped the small region. Tammie's face paled. "Peeeeeyew! What on Ddaear do you guys eat? That shit's nassstay! You know, we do have portaloos in the back. All ya had to do was ask, but instead you come 'round here and set fire to the place!"

"Oh my cheesy omelets, shut up!" Trixie finally cried out. She pounced out from her hiding spot and tackled into Tammie, knocking her away from Lucien - and also knocking the drink out of her hand. "You are so annoying!!" Her voice would've sound a lot less comical had it not been for the clothespin clamped over her nose. But the stink bomb did its job, and now the two brats were wrestling with one another on the floor.

Meanwhile, Lucien-- "Oh, oh Gods, hot! Hot hot hot hot!" He rolled back and forth haphazardly, as if he himself were on fire. Tears streamed down his face as he cried out for mercy. "Hot hot hot hot hot!!" While doing this he bumped the fallen mug, causing it to rock away and spill more steaming hot fluids onto the flooring.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Big Top

"This is all so... unnecessary." Guinevere frowned as Baltimore made her entrance. "What have we become, a target for terrorism? I fear for our other members..."

The turtle atop Aria remained as still as ever, not only building painful pressure between itself and the floor, but also worsening the injury in her shoulder. While Aria was still able to move, the pain was a lot to bear. Despite this, Guinevere looked at the illusionist without a hint of remorse across her features. Instead, her concern was elsewhere - "Isabella, please tell me the others are faring all right."

The ringmaster strode back to the pile of plushes she had dropped and knelt down beside it. She lovingly brushed her gloved hands along the two nearest to her - a dressy mouse and a monocle'd rabbit. Like smooth wind-up toys, the two plushes were suddenly reanimated. They stood themselves up, shaking our their fur like domesticated dogs, before tittering and tottering after the fallen Aria. Even Petra the panda ceased her prowling, if only to watch the toys make their move.

The mouse, Phoebe O'Cutie, stood on one side of Aria's face, uncomfortably staring into her eyes if she continued to look in its direction (where all the on-stage action was happening). The rabbit, Sir Theodore, hopped by her shoulder, curiously eying the dagger jutting out of it.

"That should keep her occupied for a spell." Sighing, Guinevere turned away from Aria and looked to the back curtains. "Dearest Baltimore, please..."

Without turning her head, Baltimore glanced to the ringmaster. She gulped. Unnoticed, she gave a sharp tug to the hand behind her back - and the turtle atop Aria toppled over, now rolling to her uninjured shoulder as opposed to the center of her back. This caused the mouse plush to jump excitedly.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus: Big Top - Audience Seating

"Surrender? So - so you're actually surrendering, then? For realsies? I did something right??" Tammie slammed her coffee mug on the seat closest to them, causing the boiling hot water to dance about and splash itself among the cushion. Lucien recoiled from the suddenness. Without hesitation, Tammie began digging into her hat again - but it took her much longer this time. "Ohhh now where did I put that stupid ugly..." She reached so far into her hat that it was down to her shoulder, and even then she wasn't able to find what she was looking for.

With a grunt, she tugged at the edges of her hat to make it wider, and practically dove in with the top half of her torso. Her feet kicked around as she continued burrowing through the fabric, muttering profanities here and there, until she finally popped back out with a sound of satisfaction. "There we go! Now you better hold still, or else your face will be hidden under a paper bag for months!"

A rope, she had procured a rope, and proceeded to wrap it around Lucien. His arms were bounded tightly to his side in no time - though when he asked for some breathing room in a high pitched voice, Tammie meeped an apology and slightly loosened it. Just slightly.



"Surrender?" Similarly to Tammie, Crispin exclaimed that word with a laugh - though his was much more brusque. "Like this? I can't. Not when you haven't paid for what you've done."

"Nah, you really should though!" Tammie cried out from the audience seating. Crispin looked over his shoulders to see another teammate wrapped up, with Tammie dangling over his head what was probably more life-threatening than anything Crispin himself had done. Probably. Especially when it was held like that. "Or else I'm gonna pour this all over him! All over him! The whole thing! Poppy's cup too!"

"You wouldn't!"

Tammie stomped her foot. "I totally would! Watch!" She slowly began to tip the mug opening towards Lucien's face.



"No need, Tammie." The girl reeled back her dangerous cup, blinking in confusion as she looked towards Vance's direction instead now. The ringmaster shook his head at her. "We need not stoop so low as these mongrels have in order to punish them. Face it, Caspian." Vance stepped up to Crispin, and the brawler looked up to him as he completely obscured his vision now. Estelle was under his manipulation, Aria was trapped, Lucien was trapped... "You're outnumbered. It would be wise for you to surrender. I would hate to draw this out longer than needs be."

Even if Crispin was beneath this man like a dog, his expression reflected anything but hopelessness. A biting determination was evident in his eyes. And if that wasn't obvious enough to Vance - maybe a spit to the face was. One with a slight fiery touch, no less. It merely splatted against his cheek, leaving a reddening mark where the hot degrees were concentrated.

"You insolent...!" Vance stepped back in recoil, bringing his free hand to his face. While it hurt no more than an ant bite, the fact that this fool even dared to retaliate when shown mercy was absolutely maddening. "Fine! Should our home be your deathbed, then so be it!"



Estelle's body charged after Crispin - and quickly the duo were knocked off stage, with Crispin landing harshly onto his back. The fiery duo began wrestling on the floor... with the two knives Tammie had dropped within Estelle's reach. Crispin growled at this, but he couldn't fight back. Not when she was so hot on his team...!

Vance lifted his chin, a silent but composed anger across his features, as he held an arm in Estelle's direction. He then looked over his shoulder to the tamer, his friend and companion. "Abram, if you could please--"

His face suddenly jerked to the side, eyes widened. As if he had been hit by something - yet from what Abram could see, nothing was in sight that wasn't there before. Once the shock dissipated, Vance turned his glaring eyes to the backroom - where a little girl stood, with one hand before her and the other behind her.



Vance could only grin at this. "Now you show your face. This will be interesting."