The World

Secundi Lux

Crystal followed the group up into the refreshing air of the city. At least, it was refreshing after what had just happened. Once they were all in the car, she kept her gaze out the window towards the subway, until Captain Wei called her over. Some quick bandaging was applied and her hand was cleaned of blood which helped settle her mind. She quietly took inventory of what she had on her and what she had to leave behind. Her phone was still with her in her back pocket, though she wouldn't be surprised if it had been damaged when she rolled on it earlier. Her favorite headphones were gone, as were her sketchbook, though luckily it was unused so there was nothing of value lost. The most devastating blow, besides the headphones that is, had to have been the backpack. She had dozens of packs of gum in it, all varying flavors, all different tickets to different mindscapes and now it was like she had lost the keys to her own mind. Hopefully the school would be near a few candy stores, but she doubted it. Even if there were it wasn't likely that she'd get the really good stuff. She wistfully placed a hand on her right pocket where the last of her gum stash was; a pack of basic bubblegum and a pack of watermelon. Good for introductions but not for much else.

She was awoken from her reverie by the sound of something smacking against the glass window. There had been talking until now but it had just been drowned out by her racing thoughts. She glanced over to the source and saw Selma looking rather upset. Sounding rather upset, if her groan was any indication. This was followed by the markswoman for a moment until she burst into something about zombies? Crystal never was good at remembering languages, but that stood out to her. Finally, someone asked the important question.

"Those... masked people that attacked us. Do you... does the military know anything about them?" It was Chie who asked the captain, but it echoed Crystal's curiosity as well. Further, why were they after them? It made sense to go after recruits because they'd be easier than trained Ars Magi, but why capture them, as the figures seemed to want? They had to know that recruits wouldn't have any intel. Then there was the question of the one using, what appeared at least to be, magic. If it was an Ars Magi, what were they doing trying to go against the NOI, by extension of attacking Nova Lux recruits? And if it wasn't... Well, it wasn't too much of a stretch to think of Nox being used by a creature made of the stuff in a way similar to magic, was it? But she kept these thoughts to herself and planning to, even if she never learned the truth, to make a story about the concept.

She turned her attention towards Captain Wei to wait for her answer.

Myriad Reality

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What do you mean?

@Dark Cloud

You'll probably see soon enough :P

Myriad Reality

@Dynamics Dark had a similar backstory to Dedregen as they were both human at one point, also he was the Dark Trigger correct?

@Dark Cloud

Apocalypse Trigger, but yeah.

Myriad Reality

@Dark Cloud

Because you meant to corrupt her but that's an excuse to age her up :P

Did you use his corruption power or the Dark Power?

Also this is my alt so you know.

Myriad Reality

@Host@Extra@Legend@souleaterfan320

So is he a bigger threat than your other bbgs?

@Blackmist16

Depends on the circumstances, really.

Myriad Reality

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Part of the reason I ask is because I don't know what other characters look like and such. So I might have a hard time gauging how my character would react to them.

@spiral origin

Most of us use our Avatars and Titles on Guild as our characters. For example, right now I'm set to play as Nyarlathotep, and my avatar is what she looks like.

Myriad Reality

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I take it your character is some kind of undead? owo

Also is there anything I need to know about other players' characters before I start posting? I can't seem to find any info in the Chara tab.

@spiral origin

We don't use the character tab, we learn about characters from their words and actions, more like real life than like a roleplay, if that makes sense.

The only reason we need a basic introduction of new characters by new players is to make sure we can fit them into what's currently going on.

Secundi Lux

Crystal continued backing up, accelerating her pace as Rivka put shots into their assailants. Since she was keeping an eye on them, she saw when two of them stood back up and one revealed its face. She felt a shiver run down her spine; there was something very wrong here. She glanced over to her luggage and gave a quick "sorry" to it for having to abandon it. She turned and began running towards the others just as the woman(?) behind her raised their arm and a loud screech of metal came from above. She barely had time to glance up before the debris fell, nearly crushing her, a lighter piece hitting her left arm and cutting it open on the shoulder.

She didn't have time to think about the pain or to lament their bad luck. She jumped back as another piece fell right in front of her, limiting her movement. As more fell, she quickly found herself effectively trapped behind the others. She'd have to run back a ways and circle around, but that meant she'd be a good target for the apparent monsters they were running from. She considered climbing over it for a moment, but her left arm wasn't working like she wanted it to; the damage from the debris must have been more serious than she thought.

The young girl turned around to face the now-unmasked figure. There was no way she was going to take them down if she could barely move one arm, but standing still wouldn't get anything done. Holding her shoulder with her right hand, now soaking in blood, she ran a few steps towards their foes, ready to change course and sprint around the displays that had blocked her in as soon as she could.

Advance on Distant Proxima (Mecha RPG)

A full month without any activity. Might as well call it.

@ArmorPlated

I dunno. I've seen things come back from longer breaks. Let's wait until the GM comes back before calling it official.