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 Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:47 pm
A small camp that is hidden within a clearing within a thick forest, this camp is where Artis and his crew live, relax, and refill their supplies. Has a small farm of wheat, cows, and potatoes. There are six buildings within the camp, one for storage and farming, one for visitors which includes a small steam room that opens to the small pure pond, and the others are for each member of the Diamond Dog squad. Artis' base of operations is the biggest building within the camp for the reason of it being a communal area for the squad to arrive and plan their next contract.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 8:06 pm
  .::Witcher Armor w/ Younger Artis::.
❖.::Theme::.❖Blood and mud covered Artis as he stripped off his armor and clothes within his base, groaning softly as he walked into his personal bath. The feeling of blood and muck being washed away from his scared and tattooed body as he placed his tobacco pipe's mouth piece between his lips. Puffing on the burning tobacco leafs, he thought about everything that had went down from thirteen years ago, hearing everything that had happened on the radio they had back then. Unfortunately, without electricity, they weren't able to hear much but from what they heard wasn't pretty. Motherbase was overcome with destruction from a virus, Commander Angel was nowhere to be found, and everyone needed to stay in their positions until told otherwise. Relaxing his feet up above the porcelain, torso down to his rear was completely submerged in the now pink tinted water from the blood, he continued to think about the life he had during Operation: Kingsglaive.
The squad had a hard time adjusting to the environment. From sicknesses to curses to fighting with swords and bows instead of automatic rifles and pistols. They had a hard time adjusting but unfortunately, some of the men and women were lost during a attack against some mutated witches within the mucky swamps. Crawling out of the bath, Artis only sighed softly before beginning to hand wash each piece of armor, cloth, everything in just a towel, looking out from his bedroom window as he saw the men he had left. 2 men, one female who were outside having cooked potatoes and mead. They deserved their meals for the victory they had against the griffon. Artis sighed softly before taking one more hit from his pipe, using some polishing oils and his trusty rag to clean his silver bladed sword. The blade shined brightly from the sun beaming down within the window as the witcher relaxed at his home within the camp.
Walking out of his home, now dressed up in his witcher gear, Artis whistled out to his horse before looking at one of the soldiers. He explained on how he was going to head toward Novigrad to find some more work, maybe even grab some more supplies and intel while he was there. With that, Artis climbed up to his black horse, his hood over his scared face before riding off, leaving his squad behind as he felt something. Something powerful had arrived to Redania. ..In all shapes and forms. ☬
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:25 am
 𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓈 𝒜𝓂𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 "A wizard is never late, nor is he early ..." a couple of miles away, a young man was driving a horse drawn carriage, filled with hand made fireworks and a gnarled long staff made of ash wood, smoking a long pipe. he would never admit it but he of course was very much lost, but that never damped his spirits for he sang a song he learned from a people he met from another far away land "The road goes ever on and on/ down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone/ and i must follow, if i can" he sang before vocalizing the tune and hit a bump in the road making him stop for a bit "blast ..." he muttered putting away his pipe into the slot he had in his staff for it before getting out and checking to see one of the wheels was indeed broken "i'll never hear the end of it from dad if he finds out ... he'll sense the magic if i repair it ...." he said sighing and rubbed his eyes, remembering his father, Merlin, told him to constantly get a new cart and this one was old and getting worn. still, Soris had some gold in his pocket so he might be able to get a new wheel ... if he could find anyone "... He arrives precisely when he means to!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:08 pm
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.:Keyblade Forms:.
●..May my Heart be my Guiding Key.. ● "Well now..this is very unsettling", Vin spoke as he walked out of the keyhole-shaped portal, placing a unlit cigarette between his lips as he looked around. The trees seemed normal, leafs flowing around the three as it normally does but yet there was a aura that felt like a chill was going down his spine. It was strange as he placed his lit lighter against his cigarette, creating a small ember on the very end of the cigarette while looking around to see his surroundings. The note was the last thing to come through the portal in which Vin picked it up before handing it over to Mitsuki for her to keep. From what it seemed, the note was truly meant for her in his eyes as he noticed something very interesting. Some of the branches seemed broken which wouldn't seem so strange except for one thing. The broken branch was just snapped. With that, Vin squinted his eyes under his hood as he spoke up softly,"...La Li Lu Le Lo..."
The branch finally fell down onto the ground as three men and one woman stood up with their bows at the ready with arrows with a nice shine to them as though their arrows were just oiled. One of the men spoke up softly,"How do you know that phrase?"
Vin raised both hands up high as he pulled off his hood slightly to show his eyes. The emerald green and pure blue eyes that any Diamond Dog would know, making the soldier's eyes grow wide,"C-Commander Vincent?"
The other soldiers lowered their bows as they all noticed the eyes, also noticing the assassin clothes worn by Mitsuki in which the four quickly solute toward the commander before the female in the group spoke up,"You're...Alive..?!"
"Shuush..", one of the male soldiers spoke up, making them stop in their tracks. All of the sudden, sounds of what seemed to be screams with water stuck within their throats could be heard from the distance. This made one of the soldiers look over to the trio before speaking up,"Drowners..they come in packs..we better move quick. We have a camp nearby, we made a trail to get there. The place is safe and protected."
Vin nodded softly as his heart began to flutter. The Diamond Dogs live? This shook his soul as he felt as though he and Layla were truly the last ones. The female soldier nodded softly as lead the group of soldiers toward the camp in what seemed to be in a quiet manner, making Vin look back toward Mitsuki and Simon, placing his right hand over the right side of his lips to tell them using sign language to keep silent. Unfortunately, the water was wet so the three need to stay quiet, sliding his feet against the water instead of having his feet lift up and smack against the water. Where they appeared was a swamp-like forest. 
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:24 pm
  ● "the Jedi and Sith have it wrong, you know" ●
"There is no good or evil with the Force"
●.."only choices".. ●.::Jedi Master Keyblade Armor::.as soon as they arived, Simon looked towards Vin when he ... said 'your tea is here' in Rodian? though as soon as he saw the people appear he had his hand on his lightsaber hilt before Vin acknowledged these people were allies which made him relax slightly until he heard the noise of the Drowners as the one soldier told them. Simon could only deadpan when he realized where they landed and concentrated with his hand over the earth as some flat stones hovered right above the mud and Simon hopped on one as it floated over the marsh and onto more dry land giving the others a slight shrug
meanwhile, Soris was still humming to himself walking a ways away from his cart and horse with staff in hand and came to what he thought was a small town "ah good ... hopefully they'll have a carpenter or someone for a replacement wheel" he said before going inside and gazing around to see it semi quiet and frowned "this is not Camelot ... nor is is Fiore or even any village in Middle Earth .... where am i?" .::Other Armors::.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:22 pm
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.:Keyblade Forms:.
●..May my Heart be my Guiding Key.. ● "Great..my friends are the biggest showoffs in the realms...works for me though~", Vin spoke silently to himself as he followed his old comrades. As the soldiers lead the three toward the base, the sounds of different creatures in the distance could be heard. The howling of werewolves, the screams of drowners, all of these could be heard behind the trio before reaching the safe location. When the group could see the camp, all they really could see was logs that were stuck into the ground to create walls with sharpened sticks creating defenses. This of course made Vin smirk to see that at least the soldiers kept busy as the female soldier looked up toward someone in a watch tower, giving him three hand signals to show that they were clear. The soldier in the watch tower nodded softly before looking out toward two soldiers inside the base, giving them hand signals to open the small gated door. They understood as the door opened, giving the trio a chance to enter.
Vin looked at his friends with a soft smirk on his face before entering the base, being the first to see this camp with his own eyes. What he saw was a small settlement which had soldiers act as farmers, builders, and lastly trainers for future soldiers who were in their mid teens. Vin's heart began to race again as he placed his hand over his chest and a soft tear escaping from his left eye. The female soldier turned with a soft smile on her face as she spoke up,"Welcome home, Commander.."
Once she said the word Commander, everyone turned to see who it was as Vin took off his hood to show that it was truly him. The soldiers all stood up straight, soluting toward the three walking in before saying the same thing. Welcome Home, Commander. Those three words rung in his ears as though it was soothing music as he, along with Simon and Mitsuki, were lead toward the courtyard where the soldiers were all rounded up from women, men, and teens all showing their respects. The woman from the first group sat down on a bench as she began to explain everything,"Project Kingsglaive went well here though I will say the first year was very tough..a lot of good men died to find a suitable place to call home. We have Artis to thank though..he didn't make it easy."
"Yeah..I can imagine that..", Vin replied as he watched the civilians of the home base just stare. A few of the children, no older than ten, walked up to Mitsuki as they examined her outfit. The assassin garbs with the same symbol that bounded all of the creed. Vin chuckled softly as a one female stared over toward Simon, blinking softly before hiding,"You two seem to be drawing a crowd."
One boy, no older than six went up to Simon as he noticed the circle device of his lightsaber was hanging on his belt,"What's that?"
"I'm sorry, this is my son, David", the female soldier spoke, making the boy look toward her before back at Simon's weapon. He seemed very interested with the device though had no idea on what it was. The soldier on the bench looked back toward the three before speaking,"We..thought you were dead, Commander..along with his father, Jack.."
Meanwhile, on the otherside of the circle fortress, two soldiers stood at the back end of the fortress where a secondary door was located. A small house was to the left of it where two more soldiers were inside sleeping after working the night shift. This was however fruitless sleep as all four soldiers heard a man speaking to himself. Camelot? Fiore? These were known locations that the Diamond Dogs knew back on motherbase as one soldier walked out of the house with messed up hair and the smell of booze was on his lips,"Hey...what's ummm..what's your business here, sir?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:43 pm
● "the Jedi and Sith have it wrong, you know" ●
"There is no good or evil with the Force"
●.."only choices".. ●.::Jedi Master Keyblade Armor::.looking down at the child, Simon only smiled and picked up his hilt from his belt "it's not a toy if that's what you're wondering ... though i suppose a demonstration can't hurt just ... let me .." he said before stepping back a few feet and grinned at the kids before activating his lightsaber showing the plasma blade with a 'woosh' and a restful hum of energy "where i'm from, people called Jedi use these this is considered a more elegant weapon ... for a civilized age" he said before swinging it around as a warrior would with a sword before turning it back off and put it on his belt "think of me like a ... knight from another land, but it's our secret ok?" he said with a whisper at the last part to the boy with a smirk then felt something looking to the east feeling a presence "well well ... Mitsuki i think you got your wish for an expert ... Gandalf the Grey is coming ... i can sense him. just a word of warning: do not tell him 'good morning', trust me on this"
Soris spun around quickly when he saw the slightly intoxicated man approach him and backed his head away slightly but kept his manners "well my cart has a broken wheel down the road a ways, i was hoping there might be someone here who could help me get a new wheel, only thing i can afford sadly" he said before looking around the place again "by chance ... do you happen to know where i might be?" .::Other Armors::.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:26 am
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.:Keyblade Forms:.
●..May my Heart be my Guiding Key.. ● Vin was quiet, very quiet as he heard the name. Jack. Closing his eyes, visions of holding Jack's body within the realm of darkness was haunting to him for this was the first memory he had within the darkness. They were within the swallowed world of The World that Never Was when hoards of heartless rushed toward them. After the battle, Jack was mortally wounded but before his passing, the soldier gave him his rifle to give to his wife. Vin opened his eyes as he sat down next to the female soldier, placing his hand behind his back as he summoned the rifle that soldier gave him in his hand before pulling it out. The female soldier stood there, quiet as she was handed the rifle to fulfill the promise given to him. She sat there, quietly as the young David was distracted by Simon's lightsaber and the other kids respecting Mitsuki's wishes to be safe, stepping back as they noticed her white wolf ears. That was quite interesting toward them as the motherly soldier let out a soft sigh before speaking softly,"May his ashes become diamonds.."
With that, the female soldier closed her eyes as she placed her left index and middle finger against her ear as she was using her communication device created by nanomachines. Nodding softly, she looked over toward the three as Simon was talking to Mitsuki about someone had just arrived that seemed like a friend. This showed her that it was okay for him to enter so she gave the go ahead.
Meanwhile, the hungover soldier groaned softly as he explained,"You are at...ugh..you are at Redania, mister..the nearest place is over at-"
"Let him in, squad leader's order", a different soldier spoke from inside, giving the two soldiers that were observing the situation the signal to let him in. The door opened as a different soldier from the inside stood there to accompany the man in grey robes inside as the soldier that was hidden within the house walked out to speak with him,"You'll be safer inside, sir. We'll send out a couple soldiers to grab your cart for you to repair inside the walls."
Back inside the base, Vin let out a soft sigh before pulling out a pack of cigarettes to hand to the female soldier which she smiled softly to him, picking one cigarette out of the pack before hiding it within a pocket within her shirt. She thanked him silently, giving Vin a soft smile before speaking up with a kind heart,"Know when Artis will get back?"
"Sometime soon..", the soldier spoke as she lit the cigarette right in front of the children, making them run off to work on their chores. David was so wide eyed with the weapon that he was stunned for a moment before hearing his mother ordering him to go work on his chores. With that, David waved goodbye to the two before running off. The soldier on the bench looked over at the three as she spoke,"Artis went to find more work for the soldiers to work on within the neighboring towns and cities. He's been gone for a few hours toward a city called Novigrad...they call it the Free City but it's just a city filled with hate, thanks to their religion..Followers of the Eternal Fire. You all better watch out when it comes to magic..those people tend to burn people alive who use that."
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:11 am
𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓈 𝒜𝓂𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 "A wizard is never late, nor is he early ..." eyeing the new soldier with curiosity, Soris contemplated for only a moment before nodding "just do not mess with my fireworks ... i worked hard on them" he said before walking with his staff before stopping and looking at the two slightly drunk soldiers then to the third "might want to implement a 'no drinking on the job' rule" he said as he went inside. Simon shrugged slightly at Mitsuki as Soris arrived when a soldier spoke of Novigrad and frowned intently "i sincerely hope ... that my realm does not hear of this city ... magic for some is as common as breathing and- Simon?!" he asked noticing the Jedi as Simon smiled and shook his hand with a brotherly hug "hello Soris ... what are you doing in these parts? he said as they let go and Soris leaned on his staff "well i could ask the same of you! leaving Fiore like that ... you're reckless ... rumor was you found King Arturia's daughter ... is she-" "on her way to Fiore to warn everyone ... i'll explain later" "you seem to say that a lot" Soris said with a slight frown, it wasn't disappointment or anger but more like familiarity. he then turned his attention to Mitsuki and Vin. Vin he didn't know but Mitsuki he instantly recognized "ah ... Lady Mitsuki Kokoromi, i am glad to see you are well, all of my generation was worried about you when you didn't return with the Dragneels, we had to come up with an excuse of other Realm emergency to stop Mokarov from crying" he said before getting out his pipe from his staff and knocked it on his staff to get the burnt 'Old Toby' out of it "i was on my way from Fiore to Camelot and back and ended up here, so what the devil brought you to this place? i've never been here and i've been to plenty of the Realms" "... He arrives precisely when he means to!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:56 pm
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.:Keyblade Forms:.
●..May my Heart be my Guiding Key.. ● Vin, who was still admiring the area around them, sat there with his cigarette in hand and his eyes closed when Soris walked into the courtyard of the camp. Looking up, he saw a boy which was very interesting to see, especially with his staff which help his tobacco pipe. That right there was probably the best part of Lord of the Rings was the only thing Vin, and myself, could think about. Vin inhaled the cigarette smoke into his lungs before turning his attention toward the doors where the two hungover soldiers just stared at Soris before closing the exit. The woman soldier that sat on the bench looked over toward the three meeting together again as though they were old friends, making her turn back toward Vin as she spoke,"Have you heard of any others survived?"
"Well...to be fair..I was surprised that I survived..It was rough for sure", Vin spoke up as he moved the cigarette away from his lips, looking over toward the men who were born killing machines working on crops nearby. There was a small windmill that was modified into creating electricity within the camp which was very interesting to him as the flowing water was being filtered using different techniques. Vin turned back toward the soldier with a serious tone as he spoke softly,"Though, luckily enough, we know that one other D.D. had survived though we are not sure for her husband. The Bulletproof Angel."
"That's at least one positive", the soldier responded with a soft sigh of relief before picking herself up from her bench, turning her head toward the commander,"I must go prepare food for the little one..there is a vacant home you three can stay at if needed."
"Thank you", Vin replied softly as he sat there, listening to Soris speak with Mitsuki and Simon, his eyes closed as he thought about everything that had happened. He overheard how Mitsuki didn't know how Simon and Vin actually met which made him smirk before looking up toward the wizard with his cigarette hanging from his lips,"Well..I don't mind telling you two how we met. When I went to Pandora with Ardyn and Hannah, I went to search around to see what all was happening from a sound I heard..well Karuma was giving Simon and his friends a hard time so I came in and save them. Don't fact check this..anywho, that's how we met...and later on, it seems like we also met someone that you would know, Mr. Wizard...guy named Sauron."
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Marcus Emrys Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:51 pm
𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓈 𝒜𝓂𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 "A wizard is never late, nor is he early ..." "well ... you're safe so that's all that matters now, though how the three of you came to group up is a slight mystery" he said before hearing Vin's explanation to which Simon shook his head at slightly making Soris chuckle ... until he heard the name Sauron and looked at Vin with knitted eyebrows and a serious look that made him look 100 years older "Sauron ... you're certain it was him?" he asked as Simon nodded "he looked exactly how you described. it was him" he said as Soris shook his head and snapped his finger making the tip of his forefinger light up a flame and put it in the pipe with a new pinch full of 'Ol' Toby' from Hobbiton and took in a puff from his pipe before letting out a puff of smoke that turned into a butterfly that flew around him as he thought "Sauron outside Middle Earth is not good. at least there his evil could be somewhat be contained until we could amass an army to combat him ... but now ... there's no telling where his reach could grasp ... Sauron's will is to dominate all life and he will use the foulest beings as his minions: trolls, goblins, orcs, even the Dementors if he ever makes it to the Wizarding world of Earth 62442, and that i will not do i only just graduated from Hogwarts" he said with a sigh then looked at Mitsuki and thought for a moment "did this 'Y' fellow leave a list of ingredients by chance?" "... He arrives precisely when he means to!"
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