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[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Hotaru landed on the rooftop behind him, landing mostly silent, but allowed herself to make a bit of noise so she didn't catch him off guard, "I'm not about to ask if you're okay cause that'd be a stupid question," she murmured as she moved a bit closer to him, moving slow, "But I'm here to talk to... to vent, or even to spar if you want to work out some energy," she said, "Or I can just shut up and stay back here, but I won't leave you alone," she said, crossing her arms behind her back as she stood behind him.

Mera was watching him, a rather patient look on her face, "Seemed almost tame to some of the things I've seen," she joked a little, her lip twitching into a smirk for a second before looking down at her hands, "The past is the past....We all have demons we have to let go of. If we don't, they'll drag us down and snuff us out," she murmured, clutching her hands together, "We all try to burden those demons ourselves because we believe we have to....But maybe we don't. I imagine you won't share anytime soon, but if you ever feel yourself able to, I'd like to be able to help however I can," she looked at him, "it'd only be fair since you saved Mary and me from ourselves," she smirked lightly.

Erin had just finished carved a symbol on the front doors of the church, blowing them wide open as the figure leapt away, the shadows dispersing, leaving Mary curled up in the floor in the back of the church.
"Mary!" Rain ran over to her, checking her vitals, "She seems to be okay," she said and patted her cheeks, "Mary? Mary, speak to me!" she said, trying to get her sister to wake, but to no avail.
"We'll have to keep moving, Rain," Erin said, "Pick her h up and let's get moving," he said as he looked around, "I've got a bad feeling..."
Rain nodded, picking Mary up and putting her on her back before the two took back off into the trees, though if Mary were conscious, she would have insisted they stayed for what lay hidden in the church's foundations

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

I found this cute little site and made some chibi's of my girls lol
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[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Hotaru looked surprised as the scene came to an end. That person, that Alari, was unlike anything she'd ever expected out of the man. He didn't seem like someone who could be so cold as to murder a whole village. She shook her head when she realized Larel had moved and grabbed Alari. She had stood up to try and intervene, but Larel was running already. She looked at Alari, and nodded, "R-right," She murmured. She moved to the window, pulling her cloak on tight as she jumped out the window, going after Larel, following his scent. She didn't know what to do for him in this moment. She wanted to help him, but how could she justify or assuage anything they just saw. She sighed, looking around, trying to spot him.

Mera placed her elbow in her hand, leaning her hand into her chin, "Hmmm," was all she said at first, not seeming swayed in any particular direction by what she'd just seen. Sure it was a bit surprising, but it wasn't like she herself was responsible for a few bad scenes. She tilted her head idly, her face blank for a moment before she looked at him, "I'm guessing there's many more hidden layers in there," she said, not sound accusatory or disappointed, but more like she was just stating a fact. She moved to sit on her knees, crossing her arms, "I'm not really one to talk considering while yes you've seen bits and pieces of my past, I've never been entirely forthcoming either, but holding back things like that? You're just going to keep getting explosive responses..... are you wanting him to kill you?" she looked at him, raising a brow, "Some kind of atonement scheme?"

Mary moved deeper into the building, which she surmised to be some kind of church, trying to avoid the opened coffins, cringing every time she saw one was empty. She stopped as she reached an alter and frowned sseeing it was coated in blood, "What happened here?" She knelt down and touched an old stain, but she ripped her hand back as she saw a flash of something, "Oh no, we're not doing that," she whispered, looking around as she tucked her hands under her arms lest she touch something else, "Written answers will do thank you," she whispered as she took the rest of the stairs up the alter and looked at the book that was deteriorated due to exposure to the elements and squinted as she leaned in, trying to read what was on the page, "What language is this?" she mumbled, getting so focused on the book that she didn't notice the shadows around her moving, closing in on her.
She jumped when a tall candelabra fell over and went wide-eyed realizing just how dark the church had gotten. She backed up, trying to get away from the sentient darkness, but as she reached out to brace herself against the wall behind her, her mind was flooded with images. She was rendered paralyzed by the flood of information, the visions of a slaughter, of desecration of the coffins, searching for something, a glimpse of what was hidden in the church. When she finally snapped to, she threw her hands up, the shadows crashing in on her, threatening to drag her into the same oblivion fated to the people that were last here...

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Yay a post! I actually started to reply a couple days ago and then forgot what I was doing. It's been like insane lately, but it's the weekend so now I have a chance to write and reply!

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Oh yay! I went back and added to my original post because I felt bad for putting such a small post XD Not recently but I think I added to it like a week ago lol

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

I've think I've got the whole of the rp copied and pasted into a drive document lol that way if whatever problem Mahz is talking about on the main page isn't resolved, we won't lose everything XD If you give me your email (again) I can share it to you if you'd like.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

When Alari passed by Mera, she reached out and gave his hand a squeeze, noticing that he was nervous. She wanted answers, she wanted to know the truth as much as anyone, but she didn't want it at his expense. She wanted it more or less on his terms, when he felt it was right to share. She just hoped at this moment it wasn't a matter of feeling he had to, but rather because he wanted to share with them this information.
"Me too," she murmured before following after him to the room.

Hotaru looked up when Alari entered the room, sort of tuning out Larel's initial response as it was par for the course around Alari, but raised her brows as he spoke about what he was looking so tense for. She reached over and put her hand on Larel's shoulder, "Rather than focus on the negative possibility that you might not get answers, focus on the positive possibility that you could get them," she said. She looked towards Alari, "You've got my attention. I doubt you've lost hers for awhile," she smirked Mera, who didn't seem to react to what she said which had her frowning. She looked back at Alari, "So, what mighty information do you have to share, Alari Wisdom?" she asked, a little nervous now that she was reading the energy in the room.

In the far off distance, Erin and Rain found themselves stuck outside of a decrepit looking building, banging on the door, "Mary!" Raina called out, banging again, "Mary, can you hear me!"
"We should try and find windows or something," Erin said and hurried down the side of the building, "Surely she's fine, Mary's stronger than even Mera right?" he looked at his sister for reassurance.Raina faltered for a moment and Erin sighed in exasperation, "You're even worse than her when it comes to being any sort of comfort to people," he huffed.
"I'm a realist, Erin, I don't let myself get my hopes up anymor-"
"Well in this instance get them up," Erin snapped at her, "Our little sister, the last shred of innocence in the Zaheer family line, is stuck in this rubble heap of a building. She *is* going to be fine, and we *are* going to get her out! Believe in your family for once!" he growled as he turned and continued to look, leaving his sister there with a dumbfounded look on her face.
Inside the building, Mary sat up slowly, holding her head from where she fell. It was almost like a force had pulled her in and slammed the doors shut in the process.She could vaguely hear her siblings calling her name, but by the time she found her voice, they were gone. It felt...hard to breathe and she couldn't see due to the darkness inside. She got up onto her feet, creating a fireball in her hand and froze when she did. There were coffins scattered around the room, their lids broken open. She steeled herself enough to move over and look into one of them and a chill ran down her spine. If there were this many coffins...and if they were all empty like this one....where had the bodies inside gotten to? She moved to the nearest wall, pressing her back to it, not wanting to get caught off guard, "Why me?" she whispered to herself, hissing a bit, "We were just popping in, taking a peek," she whispered as she scooted along the wall, "Damn my curiosity."

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I get so excited what I see you post. It's like a little treat :D And I know you'll always eventually get a post up, that's why I always hold out hope! You're still posting more frequently than you did on Quizilla so that's something! Good to see you again *waves* :D And I understand that real life is crazy and unforgiving at times so I'm glad you got a chance to pop in for a bit!

Somewhere Over The Mountains

*does a little dance*

Somewhere Over The Mountains

Osanne would have stepped between the bard and the Emperor before he'd gotten so close, her hand on her sword to hint at striking him down if he came a step closer.

"Let me be the one to be abundantly clear," It was the Empress who spoke up after everyone had had their chance at a say, "Your Emperor is giving you the chance at glory, aye, but you will not be the only ones accompanying him. Outside the city, a day's ride ahead, is the first garrison of his army that awaits you. There are many more along the way, lining the route from here to your destination. They have express orders of how to act should anything happen along the way and the Emperor not make it to the different destinations," she said. She also made a show of looking to the far edges of the garden, where there were indeed soldiers waiting on standby, their armor causing them to practically blend in with the walls.

"As far as I'm concerned, my lord, these bards ought to be left behind. They'll merely be in the way," Osanne spoke up, "They can't seem to contribute beyond obnoxious music, and they'll be eating food best saved for the soldiers and those actually pulling their weight."

"Never discount the morale of men, Knight-Captain," Balan said simply, "Especially those who are further away from the capital as the fair Empress just said. Mayhaps their songs are obnoxious to you now, but let's see if your tune remains the same when their music is the only thing to remind you of home," he added. He noted all the little nuances about those standing before him, seeming in thought a moment before speaking, "A smaller group of soldiers is going to be with us as we ride to meet the first garrison. We have a supply carriage being put together, and those of you who cannot ride a horse for whatever various reasons that may be, you will ride in that carriage. The rest of you who can manage to ride," he looked over his shoulder as a different knight rounded the corner. He waved him over before addressing the group again, "Those who can ride, this knight here will guide you to the stables to pick a horse. If you already have a horse, you are free to ride them. We've a long way to go and it wouldn't do to walk the whole way," he said.

Osanne and the Empress still weren't entirely sold on the lot before them, clearly, but Balan knew what he was doing. He didn't really need a bunch of random vagabonds that knew either little or none in the means of combat, though those that showed up knowing how to fight would certainly be useful. He needed their perspectives, their view on the situations at hand. When you go so long seeing the world only one way, it became difficult to remind yourself that other perspectives were viable too. Sometimes they saw the moves that soldiers didn't.