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@Lovejoy Wow, Love, your art is fantastic. I've seen a lot of people draw for Roleplays, but I don't often see a lot of people who can do both really well. Great work! :D

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@Lovejoy New Avatar once a week. Same old Lovejoy :p

God, y'all have a LOT of warleader discussion going on. For the 3 in my group - would they assign a leader or vote for one? It's literally such a small warband when split.

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So, there's a lot of REALLY good ideas going around. I think, on ranking, I'll put in a little bit myself just to see what I can come up with.

Freshly ordained, short term title: Protoinquisitor (proto- is often used in Catholicism's hierarchy of clergy to denote something like "Vice" or "Apprentice," preluding a title without a prefix, like protodeacon or protopriest)

Shortly after learning hands-on how to do their jobs, they receive the title of "Inquisitor" (like a Marine Lance Corporal rising to Corporal)

From Inquisitor, they become (and this is stolen from the others, I like it) Inquisition Knight/Knight Inquisitor.

After that, they rise to Hierinquisitor (hier-/hiero- is a prefix meaning divine or holy, again, used in Catholic clergy titles)

From Hierinquisitor, they rise to Arch-Inquisitor, then finally to Elder or Master Inquisitor. And if we add a rank that is the "single highest ranking inquisitor in the church," it could be Grandmaster [with or without "Inquisitor" after it]

So, in summation, it would go Protoinquisitor > Inquisitor > Hierinquisitor > Arch-Inquisitor/Elder Inquisitor > Elder Inquisitor > Master Inquisitor > Grandmaster [Inquisitor]

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I hope my post is good enough to make up for the lateness. Sorry I forgot about it being my turn, and then it took a while because the dog was being needy and hates my laptop.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

Viveca’s fingertips lightly brushed the walls of crystalline onyx as they approached the balcony. Her heart leapt into her throat as anxiety filled her to the core. She watched Indira scan the room and, for had to be the millionth time just that night, had to wonder what was in her head. The newly ordained inquisitor had such difficulty reading her mentor – the woman was stone cold, and yet so caring, so thoughtful.

As they left the building onto the balcony, Viveca looked up at the stars, twinkling like the gemstones in the walls. Indira dismissed a serving girl but as she walked past, Viveca lightly placed a hand on her shoulder and leaned in. “I’m really sorry, but… I’m out and, would you mind if I borrowed one of those?”

The girl seemed a little frazzled by the request at all; two phenomenally powerful women talking to her beyond a simple thanks for a drink or food. She fumbled nervously for a moment to draw a cigarette holder from her uniform and pass one of the sticks over. Viveca placed it delicately between her lips and the girl lit it for her before going back inside and back to work.

Leaning on the railing, the new Inquisitor took a long drag from the cigarette and let it blow over the scenery, hazing it momentarily from her view. Glancing at Indira, she waited for the story and listened intently when it came. Father Creid and Antonin did what? And they insinuated Indira in it? Viveca did everything to prevent her anger from pouring out into the conversation. All of it sounded so unbelievable – time travel? Hellfire? No, nothing, none of this could be true.

Sucking the cigarette down to the halfway mark, Viveca turned back to the sprawling scenery from the balcony. “No, Mother Indira, I can’t believe this… All of the fictitious details aside, the absolutely impossible events, the-the… the heresy from the three of you…” She had lowered her voice to a whisper before continuing on, “I mean… I’m not here for Lord Varya, but you’re playing with fire here…”

Taking a breath and another puff, Viveca slowly released the smoke from her lungs before letting out a gentle sigh. “I’m sorry… It’s not that I don’t believe you, I’m just trying to wrap my head around it. What can we do?” She asked, pausing before shaking her head, “I know you wouldn’t tell me any of this – you’d let me live in a happy ignorance until the day I died – if you didn’t think that there was something we could do. We can fight, we can research, we can learn about it before we go. There must be something; it might not be in popular recorded history, but this can’t be impossible to avoid. I just… I’m sure you wouldn’t tell me if it was impossible…” She began to ramble, placed her head in her free hand, leaning against the railing for support. The world spun and she felt nauseous after the news.

“Mother, what can I do to help?” She finally asked, locking eyes with her mentor before snubbing her cigarette against the iron rail, flicking it out into the abyssal night. “Anything you ask, I serve you; I can fight for three of the people I believe in most. Even if it lands be back into an ether mine.

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PARTY TIME!

Sorry how long it's taking, I got a dog recently and she hates my laptop. I uh... Bit off more than I could chew so we're working to rehome her, but I'll get that post out

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@Lovejoy Uhhh I thought I was waiting on your post? O.O OH GOD DID I MISS YOUR RESPONSE?

Yeah... Upon opening a new tab and checking, I realized that you did respond, I'm so sorry. I'll get you one asap :) I overlooked it. I'm so sorry.

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Yeah but it's Final Fantasy. Y'all are absolutely dissecting something that has a title that says "HEY THIS IS ILLOGICAL, BUT IT LOOKS COOL!" and I think that's beautiful. ... ... ... 4 Kentucky Bourbon & Cokes later. Poured at 50/50 proportions.

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@ScoutWe’re still in the prologue. You are planning on reading the IC though right?

@Lovejoy

I'm planning on catching up, yeah, it's just gonna take a while, I didn't want to fall any farther behind. I'm here tonight but I'm having a few drinks to celebrate: I just found out I made the next rank this cycle :)

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So guys, I've missed a LOT of IC, have we taken off on the arks yet, or are we still doing the prelude for everybody? Internet is officially up, btw.