The World

Myriad Reality

Well I know he can't exactly beat Aizen, so maybe he just kind of finds a way to wander out of there or something. I dunno.

@ZAVAZggg

I did leave a character there in case you wanted to just nope out or something :P

Me being Threads of Fate

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by The World>

Honestly, I forgot and then remembered but wasn't really sure on where to take him.

@ZAVAZggg

Fair enough. If you need ideas lemme know and I'll be willing to help.

Myriad Reality

The Bleach OC for consideration. Gonna be playing it close to how the abilities are listed from the CYOA, as I don't know Bleach lore in-depth enough to deviate too far from the selections I've taken.

Also please disregard the second-person format, it was just more convenient to type.

Gundyn Vranair.

Finally, for those here who do know more concerning the lore, feel free to correct any mistakes I may make.

@Caldizar

What happened to your hollow btw?

Myriad Reality

Am I limited to one character per account or can I make more characters?

@Tank O The Lake

You can make as many as you want, it's just easier to have an account set to one for if you interact with yourself. You could just use the character's name and a colon to represent different characters on the same account.

Myriad Reality

.

Myriad Reality

Apologizes if my prose is a bit off. I've just found out a close friend of mine was put in an acute care center for a minimum of 14 days, no I'm not going into that further, so it's kind of on my mind at the moment.

@ZAVAZggg

Momentai. I'm sorry to hear that; condolences. Don't worry about how you sound, it's fine. Feel free to take a break too if you need.

Myriad Reality

The Bleach OC for consideration. Gonna be playing it close to how the abilities are listed from the CYOA, as I don't know Bleach lore in-depth enough to deviate too far from the selections I've taken.

Also please disregard the second-person format, it was just more convenient to type.

Gundyn Vranair.

Finally, for those here who do know more concerning the lore, feel free to correct any mistakes I may make.

@Caldizar

I happen to love CYOAs too, went through like a year+ of doing them constantly, and occasionally still do.
Plus I know Bleach really well so I can help if you need any.

Secundi Lux

---

Crystal sat, once again silent after the last two joined, and ate. She was paying much less attention to her food than the other girls, which led to her wincing slightly when Selma clapped Chie on the back. However good natured, that must have hurt. Once Selma had finished talking, however...

"Aoife is right, though, Chie. Though I wouldn't base it on your survivability, it's still entirely possible that any number of us sitting here aren't actually cut out to be Ars Magi." She gestured around the room as she said this. "Just because we passed our first test doesn't make us invincible, and the mental side of things is the worst of it. If you have any doubts, now is the time to talk it over with professionals in the field of your concerns, trust me, you don't want to let it slide and have to deal with it later." Perhaps uncharacteristically talkative, but Crystal knew what a shaky mind could lead to. And in their case especially, she didn't want anything that could lead to further harm, or even death, to poke its head up.

She just finished eating when she finally parsed Selma's statement and smiled. "That's right. Though that makes me wonder... Have any of you been told anything further about that incident? I almost doubt that they'll inform us unless it just so happens that we go up against the same group as part of our duties. Even so, I'd hope they'd tell us if they learn more about those things."

With that, she popped in a piece of sugarfree gum. No special codeword or passphrase this time, just simple spearmint for after a meal to get any food flecks out of her teeth. She offered a piece to each of the other four girls as well.

---

'How did it feel to use your powers for the first time?'
"... As well as expected, I'd think. It felt freeing. It felt like I could handle whatever was thrown at me."

'Do you feel any different since your transformation?'
"No different, really. I do like the idea that I can go back into that state of freedom at will now, though."

'What are your thoughts about your encounter with the Void?'
"I think that it's a lot easier to deal with them as an Ars Magi than it would be otherwise."

'What are your thoughts on how your teammates preformed?'
There was a moment of silence as she thought about it. Finally, she grinned slightly. "They're fantastic."

𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔊𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬'𝔰 ℌ𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔊𝔦𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔇𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰 (In Memory of My Friend Queen)

So I was wondering, anyone wanna try to revive this or no?

@Dark Cloud

I figured we would just continue when Queen gets better and back online.

Secundi Lux

---

There was a burst of sparkling blue as Crystal's transformed state reverted to her natural one and Hiems seemed to melt away. Her right arm hurt a little, but it was practically nothing. Much more concerning was that she apparently had a predisposition towards letting herself hurt her limbs in such a way. Still, she could move it just fine and without much pain, so she was sure it would heal just fine.

"Chie, are you bleeding badly? And how are you feeling, Crystal?"

Crystal gave a thumbs up in response with one hand while the other dug into her pocket for a piece of raspberry gum. There was something about raspberry's flavor that lent itself well to post-workout, or post-battle in this case. With the password accepted, she felt the stress of combat melt away just as her Gladius had and turned to observe the new girls. First was 'Noel Nilsson,' the girl who had punched the Void, hard enough to send it flying a few feet, for that matter. Electric Elementum, from what she saw, which (fittingly enough) sparked a mild interest in the girl. But more than that was the other Ars Magi, this 'Aoife Sturmgaard.' Her name, her Elementum of water, her apparent proclivity towards a long-lasting candy, even her mannerisms and speech patterns... There was something that made it so that Crystal couldn't look away from the girl, observing her with a cold calmness to see what she did next.

That is, until the spell was broken and she processed what Rivka had said. Too slow? She was falling. And does that mean... Then, as if she was thinking backwards, other comments filtered into her mind. 'Drop in?' Crystal's eyelids half closed in what could best be described as a lack of being impressed by the pun. Again working backwards, she glanced at Chie. Theoretically the smaller ones we fought could have been a larger one instead. Perhaps it's best I don't mention that. she thought to herself. And finally...

"Sorry." She said quietly, almost too quiet to hear, to no-one in particular.