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Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Okay, thank you. :) I'm not sure if I'll respond with Onweer first or wait for Cecil to jump in. We'll see.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

My Co-GM went through some shit yesterday but I'm gunna give him some time to post. Patience, as per the norm.

@gisk When you get the chance, and are caught up, you might want to get in on the whole Onweer+Brian convo.

@tex

Defo.

@tex, how many of the Junkers/Junker players are currently active? And who are they?

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

_{Underneath the Lone Tree}

Onweer stared at the man curiously. It’s been a long time since she’d last seen someone truly, undeniably afraid. She’d been like that once. But then, once you give up on everything, including your own hopes and dreams, things became easier.

“What are you doing here then? Did you really believe the Divers would welcome us with open arms? Even if you do trust CMAS’ intentions are benign, nobody likes being told how to live and especially not Divers. There’s a reason why we got assaulted and it’s because the wasteland is their home. They’ll protect it and after CMAS invaded it today, if they catch even a whiff of us while we’re on our own out there, they’ll hunt us down like wild game.” She realised she was probably doing very little to help the poor man’s anxiety but she’d rather him take an informed decision and not one based on fear and blind hope. She took another big bite of the jerky before she continued. “Even if we assume that the Divers’ leader and the one of Survey group alpha are working together and thus would prefer to have us alive rather than dead, their position is shaky anyway and if their don’t play their cards right and reveal themselves in front of their own people, disobedience, or even a coup, will probably follow soon.”

Again she paused to consider before she concluded. “I don’t feel comfortable taking my chances against the wasteland and god knows how many more Divers. I don’t know how much you know about me but I can assure you that you can’t depend on a feat such as the one from before anytime soon. My arcane network’s all screwed up and this is the best I’ll be able to manage for at least another day. However, I can still fight with this.” She gestured at her staff laying on her right. “With it I can probably overpower up to three people – not so sure about that Luke, but it’s possible. So what I suggest is tagging along with Yvette, playing dumb and collecting as much information as we can, waiting for the right moment to either blackmail them or run away. I can keep you, us, physically safe. That’s all I can offer.” She smiled at last. “And I would deffinitely appreciate someone having my back too.”

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

_{Underneath the Lone Tree}

Onweer sat on the ground and took a swig of water before opening the pack of Jerry and biting into it greedily. Only then did she acknowledge Brian'so presence but still didn't say anything for a few moments, sizing him up. He hadn't been much good in the fight and she'd assumed he was Yvette'so right hand but he seemed honestly peeved. Deciding she can trust him for now she offered him some of the food before leaning back on the tree.

"How could I be okay with it? Of course I'm not. But you should be careful whom you level such questions at, I'm not sure if everyone here feels the same as us. That said, what choice do we have? Become deserters and hope they don't catch us? Until recently the Divers were the only alternative to CMAS but if the leaders are now working together, how will you know who to trust? Or do you suggest we take our chances against No-Man's-Land?" She studied him curiously, eyes wide and dark like a bird's.

Knighthood: Of Gods and Titans (season 2)

Sorry about Ludelle. Sorry about the short post too.

You will see a tiny bit more of her before she completely vanishes, when Sirius is available.
If I have the inspiration I'll add it to the last post; if not I'll add it to the next one I make.

Knighthood: Of Gods and Titans (season 2)

A Dance For The Guests

@Tracyarmav@wind wild@lovely complex@viciousmarrow

“Jealous”? “Apology”? “Thorough”?! Calder’s words were sharp knives launched mercilessly one after the other and she couldn’t believe she was hearing any of it from the man she believed to be her friend. It was ludicrous, not just because he was always tailing her in an attempt to ruin her evening. And then he said Marcus’ name and all sound faded around her, as if she was sinking, her ears filling with water.

Lightning flashed in Ludelle’s eyes and a moment later it left them to strike at Calder, and she made sure the force of it would be enough to down a horse. Her hand came up threateningly in front of Shiba’s face and she warned “Don’t you dare touch me”, her voice dripping venom. With that she turned on her heel and left the ballroom behind, uncaring whether Calder was left standing or dying in agony.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

The probe didn’t show much to Onweer other than Yvette’s own confusion and confirmation of some of her suspicions. And, quite honestly, she was exhausted. For now it was good enough for her to know that whatever scheme they were shoved into, it didn’t involve her imminent death as far as Yvette was concerned. “Well until you get it going, I need a rest.” She announced, then grabbed a pack of jerky and a canister of water and headed for a nearby tree. Her entire body was starting to ache with the strain of the magic she was executed and she had to let it rest and recharge.

Spotting Ebeneezer’s body on the way out she paused, looking at his still-open eyes. Did he deserve such a death, caught in what seemed to be friendly fire? No, he didn’t. None of them did. She bent down to close his eyes and poured some water over his body as a sign of respect. Approaching the tree she was wondering who her friends and enemies were in all this, and hoping that they didn’t know just how incapable of magic she would be for the next few hours.

Knighthood: Of Gods and Titans (season 2)

Social animals like siding with the weak.

On another note, I think I'll take a back seat from now on. I'm a bit burnt out and see  little future for Ludelle so I'll probably get rid of her soon. I'll do it gracefully tho so don't fret.

Knighthood: Of Gods and Titans (season 2)

Oh my God, Calder's just done it. *slaps forehead*

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

Onweer felt sick, now more with dread than because of the fatigue. She wasn’t sure what Brian was playing at but by the look on his face it seemed significant, and the look on Luke’s face practically screamed “suspicious”. His own follower seemed unpleasantly surprised and posed some very tough questions the leader didn’t seem to have an answer to.

But it wasn’t so much him that bothered her, not even when he screamed and ran off with Jenso and some the other divers on his tail. Her main worries were Yvette and her henchman. Getting off her feet, she jumped down the rock, saying “let’s go check out on our leader”. As if to urge him forward, she patted the man’s back, simultaneously using her touch for a quick check of his mental images. As no violent intentions towards her were revealed, she could relax a little bit, hoping that he was indeed as surprised as she was at the sudden turn of events.

Onweer approached the ATV and for the first time hesitated on what to do. She had no idea what Yvette’s powers involved, but she had seen Karida in action and still had no idea of her own loyalties. A hostile approach was to be avoided, but at the same time she couldn’t stay if she had any doubt that all this was staged. She needed the truth, but it wouldn’t be as easy as trapping Yvette inside the ATV and threatening to light a fire underneath, burning her alive unless she confessed. It wasn’t an option because Onweer’s own arcane energy was almost completely exhausted.
So she went in the vehicle, using the confined space as an excuse to brush against Yvette’s arm and peer into her mind. The answer she wanted the most was to a harmless-sounding question but hopefully the images Yvette would reveal would finally reveal her secrets.

“So what’s the plan, boss?”