Rune_Alchemist

You are the Mon

Aight, I'm a be honest

I completely forgot about this.

I currently have a bit of a cold, but I'll see about getting something up today

The Nameless City — Invite Only!

~Suzuka Gozen~

@Crusader Lord@PKMNB0Y

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One of Suzuka's ears twitched.

These ruins were completely not her style. Musty, foul smelling, and dusty. Looked like things hadn't been here in ages. Not to mention the sounds of whatever was lurking in the distance. What a lame place. It kind of annoyed her that she had to be in this dusty crypt - wait a minute. This was totally basically a haunted house like date right?! Maybe she could find some new earrings that had been left laying around, too.

"This place is super dusty." She wrinkled her nose, walking through the desolate, walking ahead of Link as she began poking her head into the various rooms they passed. "You think there'd be something cool left around in these old rooms but so far its just a buncha' junk." She flashed a grin back to Lunk. "Hey pointy ears, see anything interesting?"

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

~Temporary Campsite~

Inventory

Throat Pouch:
- x6 Nothing
Rawhide Backpack
- x5 Nothing
Equipped:
Mana Bone Spear (Average)

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That was a lot of information to take in. Not only did she level, she was apparently already 20% of the way to level 10! How on earth - she wasn't questioning it, but that seemed to be quite the high boost. Her status apparently was less than optimal. Tired, peckish, and a bit dry. Meditation should fix the MP. Those evolutions though were the most interesting. Didn't the system say something about those marked with a star would be the best ones suited for some sort of affinity or mutation? Curious. For now she continued with her meditation before deciding on which skill points to use.

It was a less successful experiment than she had hoped for. Seemed like she couldn't exert herself physically while meditating still, but perhaps that was simply a limitation of her limited skill.

The other experiment proved just as fruitless as the last. What did it mean, the glowing mana Particles? She could hazard a guess that they were being drawn to their natural elements. Blue and green out of the cavern towards water and air. Blue was clearly Water and Light Green Air, with the red ones circling her body being clearly fire, until they moved away from the Water particles, but what did it all mean? At least she decided on which skills she wanted.

...was that Digbie? Ash flicked her head towards the entrance of the cavern, blinking to get the multicolored lights out of her eyes.

"Two points into Dual Cast, Two into Mana Control, two into Lesser Force, one into Stronger." That should be good enough.

Grabbing her Mana Bone Spear, Ash hurried outside to where she had heard the commotion.

That was a big rat!

"Now that's an excellent looking specimen." Ash commented to herself. Might as well skin it for extra food as well. First though, she activated her Monster and Magic Analysis as she launched herself into the air as high as she could. Once there, she formed that silvery, mercury like orb of Poison in her claw, flying over the Dire Rat, hopefully it hadn't noticed her - and tossed the ball of poison right on top of it. Next, she activated Overwork, angling the sharp end of her spear over her head, letting gravity do most of the work as she aimed the spear right for where the glob of poison should have hit the rat, and dove.

Chronicles of a Lost War

~Izel~

"Really? Not even in the school?" Izel, for once, seemed momentarily silenced. Religious texts were useless. Nothing more than a time waster to read for interesting tidbits on how to perhaps, better blend in with a religion. "...perhaps one does not exist in this town either?" Just how far had society stalled? She had expected it to somewhat, but perhaps...had it even regressed? Izel's usual playful smirk wavered. The official documents would be good for informational purposes, such as finding out what really was going on here, but aside from that...

Ah, how deliciously annoying. Perhaps she should burn the empire? Destroy every single citizen? They deserve no less of a fate for messing with things that they should not. Hm, was this anger? Such an annoying emotion.

Of course, before she could continue the line of thought Sylphie made to leave.

"Oh dear." Izel laughed softly as Izel left. "The little demi seeks to spill the unclean blood. How uncouth, yet such is her nature." Offering the nun a decidedly flirtatious smile, Izel gave her an exaggerated bow before taking off after Sylphie. "Ta-ta for now, my lovely nun. Perhaps this one shall return later when the deed is done. Sylphie!~" She called after the Demigod. "Please don't mar that adorable face of yours with such an questionable smirk, you'll give people the wrong idea~"

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

~Penny & Chloe~

After the playdate with Su, Chloe was feeling a bit tired. It was getting a bit late as well, with the sun setting and overall she was ready to lie down in Penny’s lap and snooze the night away after a bit of playing. Landing near the main area of the resort, Chloe stretched sighing lightly. So far, today had been a rousing success. Pissed off beacon? Check. Play with Penny? Check. Earn Su’s trust? Likely. A new and unexpected alliance? Also check...even as temporary as it would be. Perhaps once they had dealt with the Mint, she could afford to trust Veronica more with her more...ambitious project.

Grabbing a large slice of ice cream cookie cake from the nearby store, Chloe quickly texted Penny, asking if she was busy or doing anything.

Penny reply text would return almost instantly

Not doing anything that can’t be put on hold. Where are you at? I’ll come pick you up

Penny

“Near the main area. Have cake, will share <3”

Chloe

Pick her up? What that meant Chloe wasn't sure, but she sat near the beach.

Shortly after Chloe sent her reply Earthbastion would fade into view as it sailed on to the beach nearest to her as another text from penny would ping

You’re carrier has arrived

Penny

She was definitely not prepared for the Earth Bastion to seemingly show up out of nowhere. Chloe stared as it sailed onto the beach, almost dropping her cake in the process before smiling and sending her a text back.

“Aw, you got me a personal cruise? You spoil me. Where ya at?”

Chloe

She boarded the bastion, a small spring in her step.

In lieu of a text response a bright light would start to shine on the floor before it raced off into the ship. A moment later it would happen again and again. Giving Chloe a bright path to follow. At the same time the massive ship silently withdrew from the shore it’s course plotted for open waters before it once again faded from view.

Following the light Chloe would find herself being led to the command cabin, thought when she got there, it would be immediately obvious that it had been altered as other then Penny, who was hunched over working on what looked to be a swimsuit, the room was completely barren of any consoles. Giving an unimpeded view of the ocean on all sides save for a small steel wall where the cloaking artifact was hung up directly behind where Chloe came in.

“Hey Chloe” Penny would greet as she turned to smile at her friend. She wouldn’t stand and it was glaringly obvious that her right leg was melded into the massive ship. Likely how she was controlling it since all of the normal control interfaces were missing.

“Heyyyyy, Penny.” Chloe walked into the control room, taking a moment to take in the view. This was her first time inside the ship, and needless to say, she was impressed. She walked towards Penny slowly, taking a moment to twirl slowly to get a nice, good, panoramic view of the control room. The cloaking artifact was a nice touch. “You know, most people don't work during vacation.” She teased with a light giggle as she walked up beside Penny.

“Cake?” She offered a forkful of the ice cream cake to the monster girl.

“Well, wouldn’t constitute this as work persay” Penny would reply holding up the Quick Change she had bought earlier. It didn’t look like Penny had done anything to it really until she folded it inside out and revealed what looked like half a dozen needles had been sewing into it. “I was getting really tired of suppressing a flinch every time someone bumped into me, and not lashing out was getting harder and harder.” She explained with a shrug as she leaned over and took the offer forkful of cake.

“So I figured I could add an interface to these suits so that I could toggle the touch sensitivity” She would finish, her voice emitting from the corners of the room so as not to be rude and speak with her mouth full.

“Ah, I see.” Chloe used the fork to take another bite of the cake. “Dunno why you'd wanna turn it down.” Sensitivity...controls? An impish smile formed on Chloe's lips as she considered the implications of such a system...or more correctly, of how one would actually test that.

“...buuuut, do you need some help?~”

“Because I don’t like most people touching me” Penny would deadpan as she finished sewing the last needle into the suit, before holding it up for inspection.

From the outside it was near impossible to notice the alterations due to black thread on black cloth, and the needles chosen were only a couple inches long. For anyone else wearing this modded suit would be nothing but painful, but Penny was unique since she could meld with her element.

“Yeah, I’ll likely need some help fine tuning it” Penny would reply to Chloe overlooking the mischievous tone the smaller girl had asked due to her focus on verifying her work was done. With a final nod to herself she stood her her leg unfusing as she rose, no reason to get the EarthBastion caught up in the swimsuit madness as well.

She would take a moment to focus on what she was wanting before picking up the new suit. Once she did her entire body would start to shimmer as the new swimsuit started to reform the illusion over her.
“Oooh that feels weird”

Penny would take a moment after the light show faded away to twist and stretch a bit as she got accustomed to the new sensory input she was receiving, as it was an odd mix. A sorta patchwork feeling of being both transformed and untransformed.

“Well I dunno about how it feels, but you look fantastic.” Chloe smiled. Ah, Penny really was adorable. The Dark Magical Girl took a slow walk around the other....only to give her side a quick poke as she passed by.

Penny would squeak in surprise at the unexpected poke, mostly out of surprise but not entirely “That tickled” She would explain as she rubbed the spot she had been poked absently.

Tilting her head to the side she would close her left eye letting her system diagnostics boot up under her closed eyelid. “Good feedback for a possible baseline though” She would murmur as she reviewed the data.

Stifling a laugh, Chloe considered this for a last time. Morally questionable, might make Penny mad, was hilarious...personally she couldn't find any downside to this.

“Heh, that's good.” Chloe walked up behind Penny, using her wings to lightly lift herself off the ground. She enveloped Penny in a tight hug, her head resting on her shoulder, making sure that the mechanical girl could definitely feel her chest pressing into her back.

“How's this?”

Penny’s breath caught in her throat at the surprise hug, as the sensation was so utterly unique. Due to the scattered sensitivities there were some points of contact that Penny couldn’t really feel anything, effectively dead zones for the sense of touch. Some points of contact had the inverse issue, however, and were hypersensitive, blaring beacons of touch that were near impossible to ignore and Yet others still were simply normal and what Penny would normally expect from contact.

It was a bizarre sensation, and it took the robotic girl a moment or two to regain her barings “It’s.. really weird.” she would reply shaking her head softly to try and keep her thoughts on task. “Pretty sure I’ve gotten enough data to work with though”

“Eeeeh, really? Just from two little love-taps?” Chloe innocently replied. “I think you need more data. I have scientist friends, and they tell me the more data, the better.” Chloe's hands moved down to Penny's sides, quickly brushing her fingers across the other girls skin, as she began violently tickling the other girl.

Penny’s reaction was immediate, as she started squirming and laughing due to the ticklish assault. “Ch.. Chloe! St.. Sto... Stop!” She’d call out in between bouts of laughter as she worked to pull the smaller girl off her back without hurting her.

“I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the laughter.” Chloe giggled, not relenting in the tickles. She wasn't letting Penny get away so easily now that she had her all by herself....and watching someone squirm like this was something Chloe didn't get to see very often. Up until it seemed like Penny had enough, she wasn't gonna let her go.

Eventually Penny would reach the limit of her patience of trying nicely and would just grab Chloe’s writs before twisting and falling, forcibly ending the tickling and pinning Chloe. “I told you to stop” Penny would say as she tried to fight down her smile, her face flushed from all the laughing.

“Wah!~” Chloe gave a small squeal of surprise as Penny laid on top of her. “Did you now?~” She asked innocently, glancing off to the side. “Hmm...not that I mind you being assertive and being the top, here.”

Penny’s flushed features quickly darkened as a blush came forth at Chloe’s statement. But before she could get completely flustered an idea came to her causing her to smirk. “Is that so?” She would ask as she angeled herself so she could look Chloe in the eye. “Then you wouldn’t mind if I...” she would say as one of her hands slowly moved down the pinned girls side “Did this!” Penny would exclaim as she returned the favor from earlier and started up her own assault of tickles.

Rather than keeping the smaller girl pinned, which she knew she could do if she wanted, Penny would allow Chloe to break free, after she had delivered a suitable amount of retaliation.

“H-huh?! HEY!?” Chloe had not anticipated her adorable little Penny would even attempt retaliation like this. In fact, this was very much not okay. Nope. She was the tickler, not the one to be tickled!

“Hahaha, h-hey come oooon!” Despite Penny not wanting to keep her pinned, Chloe had about as much physical strength as a drunk kitten compared to Penny. The dark magical girl squirmed under Penny's relentless assault. “That's not-no-you st-ooo-op!” Finally, Chloe managed to break free from the stronger girls grip, scooting a bit away from Penny and giving her a small pout and a glare. Chloe had mixed feelings on what just happened. On one hand...Penny. On the other, she wasn't supposed to be the one who wasn't in control. Not ever.

“Since when did you learn to be so assertive, hmm?” She sighed, before reaching a hand out and for the briefest of instants, the thought to put Penny in her place crossed her mind. After all, how dare she try and humiliate her like that?

“...fuuuu, not that I really mind, heh.” She ended up giving Penny a playful poke on the cheek. Standing up, Chloe stretched, rubbing her sides softly. “But if you do that again, I might get a liiiiitle tiny bit upset. So don't.”

“I won’t” Penny would promise as she nodded her understanding “Not unless you tell me otherwise” she understood that she crossed a line, of sorts, when she took control away from Chloe and It made her feel special to know that her action was being taken so well.

Leaning back Penny’s left eye would start glowing as she started working on evening out her sense of touch. “I’ve always known how to be assertive” Penny would state easily “It was waking up with the ability to crush cars with nothing but my hands that had me learning to become more passive” She would explain with a shrug before grinning slightly “Though my sense for retaliation I picked up from you”

It wasn’t long until she was done with the recalibrations, something that had been significantly sped up by all of Chloe’s ‘extra data gathering’ if Penny were to be honest, and she was reviewing the last bit of code involved with settings when a thought occurred to her. Earthbastion was designed to act as a mobile fortress, and in that capacity there was a section of designated for crew quarters. The robotic girl had already been planning on sleeping in one of the bunks there, as she still didn’t fully trust the Island or the dolphin, but why waste such a fantastic view?

With that question in mind Penny partly reintegrated with her ship and started moving mattress, blankets, and pillows, out of the crew deck and into the command room. “You want to crash here for the night?” She would ask as the first of the bedding supplies started to pile into one of the corners of the room.

“Heh, my little Penny's all growing up.” Chloe smiled softly. A bitter statement to make for her, considering what it might imply, but she made every effort to swallow her negative thoughts.
“Crash here for the night...is that allowed?” Chloe asked curiously. “Trust me, that Dolphin is super annoying.” She exhaled, folding her arms. “Ran into Sally and Sylvia earlier, and he made me of all people have to apologize to them. Not gonna go into detail about what happened, but needless to say, it was really, really, annoying. Except for the part where he made them apologize to me. That was hilarious.” She giggled, walking over to Penny. “...buuuut well if your insisting, I'm not gonna say no.”
“No idea, if I’m being honest, but that’s not going to stop me from doing it.” Penny would answer as she set about making her preferred nest of pillows and blankets “And I’m not surprised about the Dolphin, this entire thing still makes me think of the Lotus Eaters.” She would add with a grimace.

“Anyway, I hear that…” Penny would trail off as her left eye emitted a few quick flickers of light and a moment later she would drop her head into one of her hands to hide the forming blush.“Really? Another one?” she would mutter somewhat embarrassed, as she had just received Chloe’s solo no hands drink challenge pic. One that was much easier for Penny to get distracted by.

“Hm? What's the matter?” Chloe turned to Penny, noticing the fact she was very obviously trying to hide something. “Imagining us doing something tonight?” She smirked. “...oooor are you getting embarrassing pictures from someone?~”

“What?” Penny’s head popped up in startled surprise at Chloe’s initial insinuation a denial on the tip of her tongue, said denial never got spoken as the mischievous girl got it right on her next guess, causing Penny to sputter out as she blush grew more pronounced “It... It’s not my fault there is a service delay here!” She said in the vain hope it would work as an explanation.

“A service delay, huh?” Chloe mused. “Are you sure? My service seems to work fine.” She idly placed a hand on her hip. “And you seemed to have got my text asking where you were was fast enough. Lying is no good, Penny~”

Penny flinched slightly at being caught in a lie, though in her defense she had forgotten about the picture message. She had originally received it during the Volleyball match she had participated in early but, knowing Chloe as she did, had set it off to the side after setting an alarm as a reminder so she wouldn’t get distracted mid game.

“Ah…” Penny stalled, sheepishly scratching her cheek as she tried to work out how to un-mess her situation. Something that was made much harder by the fact that not only did she have Chloe smirking at her, which was slowing becoming Penny’s favorite look, but the picture was still open taking up a good part of her view.

“Well, you see…” Penny tried starting despite having no idea where she was going to go with her own defense. “It’s…” Something that was readily apparent by her rambling attempts “There’s…” Eventually she just ducked her head and hoped for the best “Sorry?”

“Heh,” Chloe chuckled softly. “My dear little Penny lied to me. How hurtful.” Her amusement seemed to vanish with a hurt sigh. “I've been so very, very nice to you. I shower you in so much affection it's starting to wear thin. And what do I get in return? Lies.” Chloe forlornly looked towards the ground. “How will you make it up to me, I wonder...?” It was extremely difficult to tell if she was just messing with Penny, or she did in fact, feel hurt. But as some say, there is always some truth in a lie.

Penny for her part simply assumed that Chloe was messing with her, as it was something she expected from the other girl, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t reply with an honest truth in return.

“Just one lie so far” Penny would correct as she picked up one of the blankets she had set aside “But I do apologize for it, and as for making it up to you” She turned back to Chloe and slowly walked over to her, the blanket draped over her arms “At the store, not sure how much you’ve browsed it, but I stumbled across something kinda interesting. Someone has made plushies of some of the more prominent Girls in Penrose, and they got one of me in my prior form. These plushies are 5 Gold normally, but I cut a deal with the shopkeeper, and I’ll be able to pick the Plushie of me for just a Gold when we get back to Penrose.”

Penny took the blanket and wrapped it around Chloe like it was a cloak giving the smaller girl a soft hug as she did “I was planning on giving it to you as a surprise gift.” she would explain leaning back a bit, so she could smile at Chloe “but let me know if that’s not enough, and I’ll keep working on making it up to you”

This was not the answer Chloe had been expecting. She had been expecting more furious blushing. More teasing on her part. More adorable stuttering from her robotic friend. And now here she was, being wrapped in a blanket and snuggled and being offered a doll. Not just any doll. A doll of her Penny. A doll of her precious little Penny. This time, it was Chloe's turn to be incoherent. She hadn't seen the doll herself, but a doll of Penny? How could she not simply die from something likely to be so adorable!

“Eh?” She began, trying unsuccessfully to form words. “But-that's...well-?!” A shade of red slowly began creeping its way through her cheeks. Her breathing became heavier. It was difficult to remain calm.

“...Ahahahahahahah.” Chloe gave a mildly erratic seeming laugh as she held a hand to the side of her face. “A doll? Of you? Penny, I don't even-ahaha, uhm, hold on I uh, my heart isn't ready for something that adorable, ahah....” It was becoming increasingly difficult to keep her hands off Penny. In fact, she was pretty sure - Before she could even finish that thought, she practically tackled Penny, wrapping her in a tight hug, giggling in a manic manner. “Make it up to me? Pennnnny you adorable thing! Ahhh, a doll of you? It'll be so cute -well not as cute as the real thing, but eeeee!~”

Penny had underestimated the impact that her choices would have on Chloe, thus she was a bit caught off guard when Chloe chose to glomp her. She returned the hug, barely noticing the room shifting, as they pitched backwards and fell into the nest of blankets that Penny had set up earlier.

“It’s not that Impressive…” Penny tried to mumble, blushing furiously all the while. She was a bit overwhelmed by the display of affection that Chloe was showing her. Penny had never really doubted it when the petite spirit mage said she loved her, but it was getting easier and easier to simply accept it, and reciprocate. Which made it harder not to notice the situation they were in, or to forget the teasing words from earlier.

“I just wanted to give you something back” She said meekly, trying not to blush harder at the manic, possessive look in her friend’s eyes. “But I’m glad you’ll lo-” The word got stuck in her throat and she swallowed before moving on “Like. Glad you’ll like it” she finished as she averted her gaze.

“Of course I do!” Chloe replied happily. “Really, really, really like it.” She didn't seem like she was going to let Penny go anytime soon.

“I’m glad” Penny repeated, smiling as she pulled another of the blankets over both of them, seeing as Chloe wasn’t going to be going anywhere. The love wasn’t both ways yet, but it was close. There was just one thing Penny wanted to get closure on first, but she would worry about that later.

For now it was time for sleep, curled up with someone special, a good way to end the first vacation day.

Pokémon: Start

~Claire Blackwood~

@PlatinumSkink

Current Team

Ralia, Ralts
Level: 15
Status: 100%


Laurel, Larvitar
Level 8
Status: 100%


Lure, Combee
Level 15
Status: 100%


Zeal, Monferno
Level 15
Status: 100%
Held Item: Focus Band


Chikorita, Pip
Level 11
Status: 100%

Bronzor
Level 15
Status: 100%

Inventory

4,988P
kuo berry - Cures Burns
Antidote x1
Great Ball x3
Super Potion x7
Tiny Mushroom x 1
Revive x2
10 Ultra Balls
Shiny Stone
Amulet Coin
Letter of Recommendation
Escape Rope
Mach Bike

Important Items:
Castle Medal
Crystal of Knowledge
Coin Case - 970 Coins

Badge Collection:
Challenge Badge - Redcoast Town, Hector. Minor League.

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Vs Alfred
Against Krabby, swap in Lure. Gust to oblivion, whilst using the wind to deflect the bubbles to ensure victory. Should this prove ineffective and she has to use Laurel, simply get in close and use Bite before faints from Bubblebeam.

Vs Kyle

Damn, that Roggenrolla was much stronger than she had given it credit for. This was looking bad. Really bad, if she were to be honest. She was down to her last pokemon almost. She would like to think she didn't underestimate any of her opponents, or even over estimate her own pokemon, but she needed to get creative here. Laurel wasn't the fastest of pokemon, and sandstorm couldn't really be used here to help. If anything, it'd only hurt her more since she'd likely be swapping in Ralia soon. She should have taken into account Roggenrola's exceptional physical defense.

"Alright, that's enough." Claire recalled Laurel, swapping in Ralia. "Ralia'll finish this! Double Team, Teleport!" She'd follow the usual strategy. Since Roggenrolla was physically weakened, it should be a good time to buff Ralia. So she'd max Ralia's evasiveness, using teleport to dodge where she could, and then finally finish it off with confusion.

As for Klink, Ralia has limited options. Confusion until fainted.

Crygonal follows much the same pattern. If Ralia gets Ko'ed, swap back in Laurel and use Sandstorm, followed by repeated Bites until he has to use Sandstorm again to keep it up.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

~Temporary Campsite~

Inventory

Throat Pouch:
- x6 Nothing
Rawhide Backpack
- x5 Nothing
Equipped:
Mana Bone Spear (Average)

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"Ah..." Ash watched the ball of liquid poison fall to the ground, sizzling into nothing against the rocky floor. Had she...succeeded? The Pygmy drake held her claws to her muzzle, giggling like a child at Christmas, unable to contain her excitement. Oh how wonderful! So That was it. Blue and Green made purple. That is, Blue and Green made poison type magic. From what she could already surmise, it was made of Water and Earth-type magic? Curious. Maybe she should mess with non composite types before trying anything else. See what exactly each type of mana was before creating more 'new' types.

But for now, Ash held out her claw again, forming another ball of liquid venom. Focusing on it, she used Mana Sense, Mana Vision, and Magic Analysis on her newly made Poison Splash spell to more thoroughly analyze it, to get as much information about it she could possibly use. The more information she had, the better.

Now then...

She should likely regain her mana before doing anything else, but first, there was something she was curious about she hadn't experimented too much with.

"...System, show EXP, Status, Skill List, and Evolution paths." If this whole system thing was like a computer, it should reasonably work just like one. She wasn't quite so well versed in them, but she was used to working with systems of operation and such, so it shouldn't be too farfetched to assume this system behaved similarly. There should be a way to view the lists separately outside of simply Leveling up and Evolution.

Once she received her information, Ash considered Meditating to regain her mana. It was well and good to be able to use it to regain her Mana, but the stipulation it can't be used during strenuous activity was still a bit of a concern. Maybe there was some other way to strengthen it? In some cultures in her old world, meditation could mean a number of different things, and covered a wide range of dissimilar practices. Ugh, she should have paid more attention in her history classes. Perhaps...Yoga of some sort could help the meditation with some small exercises?

As Ash meditated, she focused on making small movements. A Stretching her body, much like a cat and holding the pose for a few seconds. Stretching her forearms back so they were straining against their natural positions, holding it a few seconds before releasing, and repeating with her hind legs. She would do this small practice until her MP was full. It wasn't likely she'd see any effects for now, but it may prove useful later.

Once her MP had returned to full, Ash reformed her Mana Orb. During her previous experimentation, something curious happened while she shaved the particles away from her Mana Orb, making certain to use Mana Vision to get a clear picture. Then began fusing with the ambient mana around her, as best she could assume for now. So why not see what that did? Particle by particle, Ash began removing the mana particles from the Mana Orb she had formed, discarding them into the environment around her.

Action log

Use Analysis skills Mana Sense, Mana Vision, Magic Analysis on Poison Splash
Ask System for Evo paths, EXP, and Status, and skill List.
Meditative 'Yoga'
Shed the Magic particles from a Mana Orb into the environment to see what it does.

Chronicles of a Lost War

~Izel~

"Aha, tell me children." Izel began wearing her usual small smile. "Do you have any interest in magic?" She asked curiously. This was info gathering just as much as it was entertainment for now. Unlikely they would know anything anyways, but she was simply curious if the title still held meaning. As she asked her question, a small sphere of light appeared at the tip of her finger. A bright star, slightly wavering at the edges as though it's form was unstable. The sphere moved upwards, shooting into the air as it split itself into little smaller orbs.

"It's a difficult subject to master, but with a little concentration and effort, anyone can make use of it...and it can be so very beautiful." The star spheres began raining down, harmlessly showering the area in little pinpoints of light. The main one fell back down to Izel's hand, a ring of light slowly expanding from around it. The stars slowly began rotating, spinning and slowly passing by each child present. The main orb lifted itself into the air before spitting out a shower of bright, harmless sparks over everyone. As the sparks hit the ground, they transformed into harmless little puffs of mist until it covered the immediate ground ankle high.

Once the lights diminished entirely, she made a wave of her hand, causing the smoke to rise from the ground and condense into the air just above the children...and it began to lightly snow inside of the building, coating the floor in the cool frozen flakes. "Don't bother the nun too much, with this hm? The snow will stop in an hour or so."

"...disappearances, hm?" Izel echoed, still keeping her ears open on the Nun and Sylphie so she didn't miss an opportunity. Now that the children were likely going to be distracted, she focused her attention back on the Nun. "Is it the Snatchers? Hmm...no no, this place is not urban enough. Not enough dark, old places for them to hide. They wouldn't be far from the school anyways." Well, this would be good enough for something to do. "...ah, one more question from me, my dear devout pretty little devotee." She flashed a playful smirk to the Nun. "Is there perhaps a place of knowledge? A library."

The Nameless City — Invite Only!

~Suzuka Gozen~

@Crusader Lord@KoL@VitaVitaAR

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"Wow, this guy was totally hardcore..." Suzuka only glanced at the book, but she didn't overly care too much about the people here. Wasn't like her to stick her neck out for some random humans...but monster slaying? With a totally admittedly cute guy with terrible pickup lines? Now that was something she could get behind. Running over to Link again as pairs were suggested, Suzuka cozied up next to the Hylian again.

"Okaaaay~" Link seemed to have a bit of an attitude shift after hearing about what was going on. Some sorta heroic type or something? "What's with that stupid look?" Suzuka grinned, one of her ears twitching. "Scared or somethin', pointy-ears? I thought you knew how to use that sword of yours." She laughed. "Well don't ya worry, this JK can handle these cheap monsters any day." That just left the matter of where they were going to be going. None of the places seemed very interesting, so she didn't care too much.

Re: Zero: The High Council

~Chieko Okawa~

Death count: 1
Reset Count: 4

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Ah...they were back in the manor.

Chieko's legs wobbled as she relaxed her stance. Ugh, she really just wanted a nice place to just...sit for awhile. The brunette tried not to show it as much this time as she looked at each person gathered. Crunch, Vertti, Flame, Ashton, Allistair...she listened to what Sandra and Crunch had to say, silently mulling over the situation as it was presented to her. They could go home? She could just forget everything that happened this past week?

That sounded nice. She could just...forget all this happened. The death. The fighting...but what about Quill? Chiyo? Truthfully, Chieko didn't have much back on earth to go back to. She wasn't all that close with her parents. Her little sister was just about the only thing she'd go back for, but...she was a useless big sister anyways. She could get along just fine without her.

"...Hmph, fleeing so readily?" She cast a glance to Flame and Ashton. "And here I thought you were better than that, but fine. In your absence I shall do what I must." She looked over to Sandra. "I shall stay here as well." She wasn't certain about all this high council business still, but she did know that she would have to stop Talus or whatever else was left of him. Not that anyone else needed to know about her life on earth. It was much better here, even if she ended up mostly alone. She could still be a hero, even if she was. Besides, being a Loner was the staple of any good hero.

maybe she could finally check out that adventurer's guild...

Mie Yukima

Vertti's Manor
Deaths: N/A

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...what happened, Mie wasn't entirely sure. One second she was watching quite amused as that human by the name of Aerith sliced open Fritzi in the most amusingly deranged fashion, and then everything was just...over? Just like that. Her Blessing wasn't alerting her to any danger, Fritzi was dead and everything seemed to mostly just be quiet...but where was Vertti? Mie wasn't concerned, of course, but she did have a deal to keep after all. If she was still alive she needed to make sure she was going to keep it.

So Mie moved back to Vertti's study, away from Fritzi's body before she could be seen by the guards or anyone else. She didn't have any intention of even being slightly implicated in anything. On a less serious note...these bandits really did make a mess of her mansion, didn't they? Tsk, she was going to need to make them pay for all the repairs, if any of them were left alive.

...

"...Jeez, what is wrong with me?" Mie exhaled, shaking her head. "Marriage? With Vertti of all people. Ahahaa, wow I've made some bad decisions but this still has to be my worst one yet." She chuckled lightly, reaching the study. Locked? Well, not that it mattered to her. She pilfered a Key to the place earlier, of course.

Opening the door, Mie looked at the people present.

"...I don't remember inviting a cheap male stripper, a couple of lost orphans, and a girl that looks like she has as much social skill as a wet rock in my house." Mie closed the door behind her, walking over to the desk and taking a seat on it. Stretching, she didn't seem to entirely mind just inserting herself into the situation and not even caring what was going on. "So, Vertti...I hope you're not going to back out of our deal, hm? You're not going to break this little foxes heart now that we're done with this whole...business are you?" She flashed Vertti a decidedly toothy grin.

Chieko blinked. Who was this small sassy lost child?