Silver Carrot

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Duncan didn't answer Kromric back, but neither did he look particularly sorry. If he had come to check with them first, there definitely wouldn't have been enough time. Plus, how was he to know that Lotte had packed things? Even if he had an inkling that she was going to do that, even if he was fairly sure, he still wouldn't have taken the slim chance of going in unarmed. Add to that the fact that Tholl, the one who'd called the deadline, hadn't expected them to all actually meet it, and Duncan gave the other teacher as smug a grin as he thought he could get away with.

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Duncan stood at the lip of the manhole, affronted that Tholl had just insinuated his hesitation was because he was grossed out. "Oh, that's how you want to play it, huh?" he answered from above. "Clear the landing area!" with that brief warning, and as soon as he could see it was clear, he fell into the hole, landing on his side against the slime covered concrete. He got back to his hooves, face contorted in pain. "Nailed it..."

Looking back, it was quite short-sighted to expect a Centaur to descend a ladder.

Despite being half-horse, Duncan's eyes and nose were human. Thus, he only had human senses in that regard. The smell was disgusting but nothing to lose his lunch over, the benefits of a horse's digestive system. He couldn't see crap, though, until Sonia spoke up and assigned roles to them all, putting Duncan beside her due to his long range capabilities. Maybe he could see in the dark after all. Yes, he was sure he was starting to see the way ahead! Don't let me down now, eyes!

"Alright, Team Leader. Just call me Hawke-"

He stopped there, because Sonia had pulled a spellbook out, and was touching his hooves. Duncan looked away and tried to pull his cap over his face, though he only succeeded in covering his eyes, not his blush. When she was finished, he coughed awkwardly.

"Uh...thanks! Good thinking."

@Awesomoman64@Lonewolf685@Ryonara

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Mako smiled at Lumen, but shook her head.

"Yare yare! Surely you can't need our guidance already. You only just arrived! We're here to make sure you stay safe. We're not supposed to think for you, or make the plans or give orders for you. You do want to be fully independent Dawnslayers one day, right? If, and only if, you get truly stuck, or truly need our help, will I intervene.

Believe it or not, you won't always have maps or layouts readily available when you grow up. You could make acquiring them a priority, or use magic or some other means to get a read on the building, or just explore the old fashioned way and keep your eyes and ears open. Which path you take, however, is up to you."

@Conscripts@Awesomoman64@Cerces22@Sync@Strange Rodent

Made in Abyss [Closed]

(Surface, Orphanage)

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Rags was not surprised by a fellow apprentice climbing besides her, as the feral girl could smell her, and hear the sounds of her climbing, though supposed it was a little unusual that one of the other kids was coming to see her. Rags' guard was up. Hopefully they weren't there to bully her. When Rags turned, she suddenly found half a loaf of bread stuffed into her mouth, which, in her confusion, she let sticking out for a while as she stared down at it in surprise. This certainly wasn't a natural or expected turn of events. But this was bread. And bread was food, and she should be thankful for food and accept gifts. Rags started to chew on the bread, and her mood improved. When Aya started talking, Rags listened, and continued to chew.

"Brain says they not down. Smell says they down," Rags replied, showing that while she didn't have a full grasp of English and didn't understand every word that was said to her, she understood enough to get the gist of what Aya was asking her, and replying in kind. "But if down not safe, why adults down?"

The most unusual thing about Rags, once you got to know her, was her intelligence. She might actually be among the smartest and most inquisitive girls her age at the orphanage. She had a keen mind for reasoning and philosophy, as well as a large base of useful knowledge and wisdom that she had picked up from living in the wild, that came in handy during practice delves.

@liferusher

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@Awesomoman64

I imagine 'Don't lewd the wolf' is on a poster next to Lotte's room.

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@Lonewolf685

That list is missing people.

Hider

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@Conscripts

The usual

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@Cerces22

"whoever Circe ends up with"

Gee, I wonder who...

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@TheWindel

Mako was shipped with Kalas' teacher, but her and Yurius would be funny. It wouldn't be a ship so much as a relationship cosisting of every single type of tension.

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@Awesomoman64

Hard to kill a guy when he's quite a powerful half-horse, is feeding you pizza, and you can't move your legs.

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@Awesomoman64

You think Sonia's gonna have that kind of energy? You know what they say about horses.

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Duncan and Sonia would have twins; a Centaur girl and an Arachnid boy. Poor Sonia