Silver Carrot

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

"Greetings, Otherworlders! Welcome to Vecta. Today, your lives begin anew.

The Hamadryad turned to look at the very pretty lady approaching them. She gave her wings some more flaps, and managed to hover slightly, but floated back down to the ground again. She was still not used to having wings. Guess she'd talk from down here, then.

"What were we summoned here for?" she asked the woman. "Is there anything we need to do? Where are we?"

She couldn't shaken the growing discomfort and unease she was feeling. Something was very off. There was something she had to do. Was there a way she could find out? She had been isekai'd to fantasy world, right? Maybe there was a menu or stat screen? She concentrated, and tried really hard to summon a menu. Mo luck. She swiped up and down with her left and right hands. Still nothing. Maybe it needed a verbal command. "Menu. Stats. Status. Menu, open. Open menu. Open status. Status, open." Suddenly, one popped up in front of her eyes. Success! She looked through every window with the goal of trying to learn as much as she could.

>> [SUMMARY] | SKILLS | MAP | INVENTORY
Name: __________
Race: Hamadryad
Level: 1
Stats:
[*]Strength
[*]Magic
[*]Defense
[*]Resistance
[*]Luck
Active Effects: ALL STATS AND ABILITIES LOCKED UNTIL RACIAL CRITERIA ARE FULFILLED; NATURE BOUND

>> [SKILLS] | MAP | INVENTORY | SUMMARY
[*][RACIAL TRAIT - Nature Bound]
As a Hamadryad, your soul is bound to a a singular tree. As the tree grows, so do you. The bigger and stronger the tree becomes, your power too will grow. Should you or the tree be cut down and die, the other will fall soon after.
[*][Charm (Passive)] - LOCKED
You possess a unique gift to win over others. People are naturally drawn to you and are more likely to agree to your requests.
[*][Camouflage (Active)] - LOCKED
Being nature spirit, nature is like a second skin to you. When activated, you can naturally blend into the terrain around you. Try this in a forest! :)
[*][Atlas (Passive)] - LOCKED
Your desire to become strong has manifested itself! You have increased strength in comparison to other members of your race.
[*][Nature’s Might (Active/Legendary)] - LOCKED
Your incredible strength mixes with your Hamadryad ancestry to create a powerful combo. When in the presence of nature (I.e. Grass, Trees, Flowers, etc) you can draw upon their strength to briefly enhance your own strength and magic!

>> [MAP] | INVENTORY | SUMMARY | SKILLS
LOCKED

>> [INVENTORY] | SUMMARY | SKILLS | MAP
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STATUS

So that was it, huh? As a Hamadryad, she needed to bond to a tree. She thought about this. Her life energy would be bonded to that tree, so it couldn't be a tree that might get cut down. But it was a fair assumption that she'd get this same feeling of unease if she ventured too far away from it, so it couldn't be too remote. Also, that tree would likely serve as her home, and a lengthy commute to and from civilization sounded tedious. But she didn't want to pick a tree in the city as those likely already belong to people, and she'd never get peace or quiet anyway. And it definitely needed to be a young tree to maximize her lifespan. She had no intention of dying young a second time. She would search the outskirts her her perfect tree after this business was rapped up, whatever they had been summoned for. Then again, it didn't need to be besides this city. Getting the perfect tree was important. While it was a priority, she definitely shouldn't rush the choice.

She also needed a name. She thought her ability to name characters was pretty good, so let's see. She was a small fairy, in a fantasy world...let's go with 'Oriel'. She selected her name field, and a keyboard came up, letting her type in her name.

>> [SUMMARY] | SKILLS | MAP | INVENTORY
Name: Oriel
Race: Hamadryad
Level: 1
Stats:
[*]Strength
[*]Magic
[*]Defense
[*]Resistance
[*]Luck
Active Effects: ALL STATS AND ABILITIES LOCKED UNTIL RACIAL CRITERIA ARE FULFILLED; NATURE BOUND

STATUS

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QUEST/SIDEQUEST

Primary Quest(s): Nature Bound - INCOMPLETE
Sidequest(s):

• Name character - COMPLETE

INVENTORY

Equip:

The Secret Lives Of Schoolteachers - A Magical Girl Mix-up RP

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Watching Aiko and Amber behave after their transformations, it was clear that some of them were affecting personality. But she felt the same. There was really no consistency here? Weren't Magical Groups supposed to be a themed unit? She also noticed something else, clicking into place after she saw Sakura standing up; none of the teachers who wore glasses, herself included, needed glasses! So the transformations also had that effect, huh? She lifted her visor just to make sure. Yeah! Crystal clear vision!

She was snapped out of this by Andrew addressing her. “You look nice. I like your robot.” Before the compliment had time to register properly, she was puzzled by the mention of a robot. She looked around. Oh! There was a robot! Hovering right next to her! It immediately took all of her attention as she turned to it and studied it. It was floating in midair, round, with a single....eye? Or at least what kind of looked like an eye at first glance, but there was no lens, either of glass or plastic. This large hole at the center of the robot had to have some other purpose.

She heard something else Andrew said; “Okay, so apparently your team theme seems to be based around school classes.” She looked around, and suddenly everything clicked. History, Geography, Music...Yeah, that worked! So that was the theme! Maybe they were a real Magical Girl team after all!

Lux explained more about their powers, that they should have some sense of intuition when it came to them. Izumi decided to test that out. She let her body do what felt natural. She raised her upturned palm, and a futuristic-looking tablet PC appeared in it. Operating systems, she knew, were only something you could intuit once she knew how they worked. She opened the terminal, and typed '?help'. Suddenly a full list of commands and what they did appeared on screen, as well as the audio commands that she could speak into her headset. She took her time to start reading this carefully as she walked. She noticed that the robot was following her by itself, staying idle by her side.

The rest of the group suddenly stopped, and Izumi had to look up from her tablet to see why. A giant...doll? And it was juggling burning school equipment. Watanabe-san was behind it, unconscious and literally fading from existence. Izumi had seen enough shows to know this meant two things; Either this creature was feeding off Watanabe, or this creature was born of Watanabe's inner darkness. The moment it opened it's mouth, it was clear which one it was. Izumi could tell to some degree that Watanabe-san had a lot on his plate but she had no idea he was trying to suffer in silence to this degree. Did he never realise he could always have talked to a teacher if he was unhappy?

Either way, they needed to defeat that monster to get to him, and for that, Izumi needed to know how her robot and tablet worked, so she hurriedly kept on reading her tablet, as fast as she could. She just needed to know the basics. Time to know the full extent of her abilities was a luxury she did not have.


"Keep it busy! I'll help as soon as I know how my robot works!" she shouted to the group.

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

I work weekends. But besides that it was a'ight.

...Should I just post? The Morganna team are real quiet

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

For the sake of being allowed to start the RP I'm going to have it that Oriel isn't as risk of dying without a plant, but all of her stats and skills are locked until she finds her plant.

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

Thinking about it, how does magic work here? Are there spells? How do we learn spells?

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

Fleshed out my Oriel post a little bit

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

tbh I was also scared of writing more of Oriel because I don't like taking sandbox liberties in somebody else's building

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

@Kero@Crimson Flame@Digmata

Any of you guys popsting soon?

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

Made a little post

Children of the Otherworld - An Isekai Story

Ryoko found herself frozen in shock, eyes shut tight as she braced for impact, but she never felt one. She heard screams and shouts around her and quickly opened her eyes, turning to the horrified crowd who were running towards her. "I'm fine!" she shouted back, trying to reassure them, before one of them ran right through her. Ryoko felt dread well up in her stomach. Part of her already knew what this mean, but she turned round to see a crowd gathering round something, and there was blood on the floor. She could make out glimpses of her own bloodstained clothing through gaps in the crowd and she snatched her gaze away. She didn't want to see any more. She didn't want to see her own mangled body.

She was so close. There was so much she wanted to live for, and she had her whole life ahead of her. She never got to enjoy any of the fruits of her suffering. What was the point? If she had known she would die this young, she'd have said 'screw college' and just went and had fun and enjoyed her life. Before she could cry, there was a blinding flash and an Angel appeared before Ryoko. So, Angels did exist then.

"My poor child..." The Angel spoke, as it it embraced her in its wings. "Do not despair, for this not your time. My name is Morganna and today you've been granted a rare gift. You won't be able to return to this life, but you can take on another. You'll be in a new world and far removed from the struggles of your old life. We'll use these to start."

Ryoko hugged the Angel back, just needing a shoulder to lean on more than anything else right now. And she listened. But as she listened, she noticed that this spiel didn't sound like she was being taken to an afterlife. It sounded like...isekai? Her mind raced. Was isekai real?! Would she be reincarnated into a fantasy world?!

Images started spinning round the two of them. Images of Ryoko working from home, or studying from home, or writing her papers, or chatting on forums, or watching anime, or playing games. She remembered all these events as separate entities. They were her work, rest, play, and social life. But all together, they all just looked like a sad, overweight girl sitting in her room, at her desk. This is all her life had managed to amount to before it ended? Ryoko wanted to look away but couldn't. It was upsetting on an existential level.

"This is... unfortunate. I sense a great desire for freedom within you, yet your life seems to have bound you to these strange contraptions. Trapped in a cycle with no escape and only the promise of freedom. I think we can fix that. What do you think?"

"Yeah..." Ryoko replied in a small, voice, befire she turned back to the angel. "I mean, yes! Please give me another chance to make the most out of life this time!" she responded with much more conviction.

A screen floated past her, showing a scene from one of her favourite fantasy anime. It wasn't an anime with a particularly rich or complex story. It was just an anime about a fairy going about her dad to day life. Most critics called it boring, but it always soothed Ryoko's soul after a stressful day of trying to balance a busy day at work with a due assignment, so see a carefree fairy taking her time to do what she wanted, in a serene setting with a soothing soundtrack. She'd sometimes wished she was that fairy.

Everything suddenly went completely white, and all the surrounding people and noises vanished. She looked down and even her own body was gone.

"Soul Transfer Initiated! Suitable Race selected! Scanning soul...Skills Selected! Desire for Love detected - Charm Unlocked! Desire to Escape detected - Camouflage Unlocked! Powerful desire to become strong - Atlas Unlocked! Atlas combined with Fey Ancestry - Legendary Skill Nature's Might Unlocked! Racial Traits - Nature Bound Unlocked!

Skills, huh? So it was just like an Isekai after all! Everything started getting hazy and blurry as if she was suddenly losing consciousness.

"My name is Morganna. You'll awake in my temple. Welcome to your new life, Little One."

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She awoke, and everything immediately felt off. The sensations in her body were different. She opened her eyes and looked around. She was on one side of a raised platform, in some kind of temple. There were three other people on the dias with her. Two humans and an elf. There was a figure further into the altar but her eyes couldn't make them out yet. She was still adjusting to how bright her surroundings were.

She looked down at her own body and could immediately tell how short she was. So she wasn't human. She reached up and helt the antenna on her head. Her wings twitched and she was suddenly aware of the wings on her back. She had no idea how to use them. She tried to move them and they performed a spasm that could barely be called a proper flap. She'd need more practice with them. They were an entire body part she'd never had before. She wondered how she could check her skills but had no idea. She'd try to open her menu later when she was on her own. She didn't want people watching her as she tried to figure that out. It'd be embarrasing. She subconsciously put her hand to her face to adjust her glasses. That's right. She didn't wear glasses anymore, did she?