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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:48 pm
"Really? I suppose you're right," Frei replied, kicking some broken boards to the side, as he walked in. When he saw the lone doll that had somehow survived he perked up, taking a hold of it like it was precious newborn. "A survivor!" he said happily, snuggling the doll like a child would, not caring if he made a fool of himself. He looked carefully at it, ironically the stitching in the side read 'luck'. "A wish for luck, eh? Well I guess it came through. After all, it made it through. Can't say the same for the shop though. Maybe I'll hang this one in the window of the new shop," he said with a firm nod.
He took the bit of string that was still attached to the doll and tied it to his other horn. Now he had two dolls. With that settled, it was time to start dragging out pieces of the fallen ceiling. He stepped through the dampness, and started picking up planks of burnt wood, and chucking them out into the empty street. He could move it away from there once the inside was clean.
On the floor he found a roll of string. He eagerly picked it up and took a strand, biting it with his teeth to make a small piece. Using it as a ribbon, he tied up his long hair to keep it out of the puddles. "So... you like glass dolls? They're very pretty, I agree," he began, trying to make casual conversation.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:48 pm
Avaron listened to Eisha lash out about the pitiful state of the once precious village. Did they need a leader? Avaron wasn't sure. They never needed one before... but the villagers did just let this happen... The tea twilif couldn't help but be swayed by the words. But she had no input.
There was no argument to what Eisha spoke. She was right. Avaron could deal with those facts as long as it brought her teahouse back. She would serve Eisha tea forever if she was able to fix the village. But first thing was first, Avaron had to find this little boy, Sage.
The kimono-clad twilif tightened her grip on the Phyrefly's hand and escorted her to the village boarder. That is where she stopped. She craned her neck to look about. Where could a little bunny go hide off to?
"Where do you think he could have gone?" Avaron asked peering down at the Epona. "I am too afraid to follow those cursed.... the scary Twilif is with them. What if she wants to pull me into her well again!?" Avaron sunk down curled her knees to her chest, where she hugged them close.
"Can't we just call out for him. He will come back." Avaron now looked up at the girl. "You said his name is Sage?"
She cupped her hands around her mouth and called. "SAGE! WHERE ARE YOU?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:55 pm
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Nashara gritted her teeth in pain as the shock ran through her body, her eyes narrowed in anger at the lightning woman. Her hand clenched the dagger tightly; she would not give that uppity she-devil the satisfaction of her dropping her weapon. She eyed the ice Constellation off to the side, his normally inexpressive face twisted with anger. The sharp ice crystals he had cast still hung over her head, the small daggers oddly grim.
Like dogs running to their master's whistle. So he does have power. Interesting.
She could barely control herself from gagging as the dark-skinned woman nervously turned to the man in front of her, whispering apologies drenched in pleading obeisance. One with such power as that, debasing herself over a little spark?
Pathetic wench.
The cloaked man's eyes tore her away from her thoughts. They had not left her face, the bright pools of color contrasting harshly with the darkness that lay within them. This man was not normal. Something was familiar about him, like a poisoned thorn stuck in her heel. Her face hardened into a stony mask as she realized what it was.
This man reminded her of her father.
Now that she had made the connection, she could finally see. Evil rolled off of his body, clouds of black that surrounded the area around him. And what would someone who was foolish enough to embrace that parasitical force want with someone with that much power?
Nothing good; of that, she was sure.
He turned and walked away, his comment barely registering in her mind. She had been too distracted. Her mind raced as she saw the group beginning to leave. It was either now or never. With one final glance up towards Haveni, she made up her mind.
She turned towards Seir, his body now floating in the air. With a slight wave of her hand, she gathered the air around the man, compressing it and holding him in place. It was not much; he could easily break it. But she just needed his attention.
She stepped upwards, her body rising as she pushed the air beneath her downwards. Floating forward, she stopped, eye level with the cloaked man. With a twitch of her finger, she released the air, certain now that she had his attention.
"If I had a choice, I wouldn't be anywhere near you. I wouldn't have even touched you with the air I control. To me, you are nothing more than a pathetic pile of rumpled black cloth." She looked pointedly over at Haveni. "But where she goes, I follow."
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:57 pm
Eisha narrowed her eyes very dangerously at the two below her. Though she maintained a regal and eloquent presence, something lurked just beneath the surface that demanded respect and even fear.
She was dangerous at the very least if you got on her wrong side. Oh, she would never kill somebody simply for thinking ill of her, especially if they were weaker than she. Oh no. But she did have ways to punish those that she could not deal with physically. A smile curved on her lips.
"These are not cats," she began, hissing out the last letter. "Not all dragons have scales." her eyes narrowed as her smile broadened, smug. "Cheetah speed, high endurance, stealth, trickery.... Each with an ability only announced when they choose to display it, and each with alligator-strength jaws. You may think they look cuddly like a pet, but they work wondrously in battle."
She gave a slight nod to the dark one with blue eyes who had spoken before. "A demonstration, please." she said.
The Espion nodded, and with a growling roar, leapt high off the roof it had been perched upon, bounding to the ground. It close the gap between it and Ro'ark in seconds. Fierce strength tackled against him, and the Espions wings spread open, black shadows striking from them and stabbing into the ground so close to ro'ark's body, but missing actually piercing him. With a growling grumble, the espion stepped off, and ambled back to it's perch as if nothing had happened.
"You may not have been from this village," eisha said. "But you showed no courage, just like the rest of them, and that, I suppose, makes you equals."
Meanwhile, the golem had been busily pushing away the rubble from the building it stepped on, and seemed to have lost part of it's foot, which had now been formed into what would be the foundation of a new building in its place.
(Eek, will reply with Haveni when everyone else replies from the baddy event xD)
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Silent Comet Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:23 pm
Rosel could have laughed. While the tramp was obviously intelligent enough to know when she was outmatched, whether by herself or Aeos, she didn't bother to hide her disdain for all of them. So she was not only completely moronic when it came to negotiations, she didn't even have enough power to gain some kind of standing that way. Rosel may have considered implying she stay around, if only having another woman around to talk to, other than Haveni who was obviously out of the question. But the group could hardly use such an irritatingly pompous attitude.
Reviewing her nails, Rosel didn't bother to look at the tramp who even still had managed to impede their progress. "Whatever your interest in her... This party is full. Get. Lost." Whatever control this woman had over the air, a moderately true statement given Seir's sudden pause, lightning did not bend very much for the wind. And all Rosel needed was one good bolt.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:26 pm
I may not be very strong... I may not be very brave...
...but I did not leave.
Watching the Dragon Born reanimate her golem and move off, Zahara stood poker straight,
fists balled at her sides and a single tear spilling down her cheek as she muttered to herself.
"I did not leave. How DARE she? How... dare... she... ..."
Closing her eyes and clenching her jaw, Zahara felt a tear escape the other eye as well.
She was so angry, she was shaking. Who did this Eisha think she was?
She showed up, barely in time to help with the dying battle, and now...
now they were all supposed to bow down and be thankful?!
The village had not invited those constellations to collected the Cursed and attack them.
They had not asked for Ruin to awaken and start the Curse.
Bad things just happened, this was not the fault of a group of innocent villagers.
Glowing eyes, the only outward sign of Zahara's pique, gleamed in the darkness
as the constellation turned to launch herself after the presumptuous witch and...
Zahara was not sure what she would do. She was not sure what she could do.
She hesitated, her churning thoughts were brought to a halt by a simple question ringing in a child's voice:
"Why... why would anyone want to burn down our festival?"
Why would anyone want to burn down the village? And what could the villagers have done to prevent it?
Zahara glared at Eisha again, bitterly acknowledging that learning to build her strength would pay off in the long run.
Sniffling and wide-eyed, Aulora fell quickly silent at the displays of power from the lady with the blue butterflies
and the one from the creatures like the one who had protected her.
She didn't understand why everyone was so angry. They were sad because of the fire...
But why were they so angry?
She looked back at the creature, still waiting to learn her name.
And hoping she could tell the lost phyrefly what to do next.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:44 pm
"Certainly a lucky doll, I'm not one to believe in wishes myself but maybe some do come true eh?" ro'ark grinned at seeing the light of some hope return to freis face. Gathering other burnt and soggy planks up to help his small rain friend with the clean up, tossing them to the street to join the others.
His work cut short by the Eisha's voice, though he did try to ignore her.."Yes actually I do love glass dolls, there soo-Yeek!" tackled to the earth and pinned by what he still deemed to be a large cat, staring wide eyed up at the creature, slightly frightened by its show of force and..well power.."Such a demonstration was...was hardly necessary.." he hissed tossing a glare at the woman, roughly pushing himself up back into a sitting position..now more wary of the demonic cats and the woman who led them then he had been before. This felt all to similar to something of a military takeover...not quite a dictatorship but still a take over..
Shocked further at zaharas outburst, though he didnt know her she seemed like a quiet passive type, hardly anyone who would cause trouble. Maybe some trouble needed to be caused with this Eisha female though eh? She was far to harsh for his tastes, far to callous to be taking over a downed village.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:54 pm
Frei watched wide-eyed at the espion's shocking power display. "A-amazing," was all he could utter. Quickly, he moved over to help his new friend up. His ponytail swished in time with his dolls as he moved. "Well, if they're not cats, what are they called?" he asked curiously, fighting the urge to reach out and touch one. He wished he had had one around when he was fighting off the cursed. Maybe his store wouldn't have been in the condition it was now, if he had that extra power boost on his side.
((sorry, short this time xD; <3))
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:33 pm
Rylia continued to stay her distance, watching as the other party left with Haveni and this new constellation, Eisha, seemed to take over. It wasn't that big of a deal, at least for her since she called no place home. This village was no different. In fact, she hadn't even seen it before this disaster befell it. None of this, was her responsibility and she wasn't about to feel bad for it...for the most part. Sure they all lost their homes and belongings and whatnot, but they could get most of that back.
She sighed, and looked from where she was at the creatures that appeared to have tagged along with this Eisha character, watching it's display of power in front of the twilef she had seen from earlier. And then the ruling she declared virtually calling the lot of them pathetic...and weak. This rang in her ears and in her mind for nothing but a few minutes before she dismissed it. She even called those out, who did not the village their home. There was nothing she could say, since all she did virtually was stay out of the battlefield. She wasn't ready for it, in any kind of way.
Rylia had chosen, to stay behind, and in doing so she had chosen the side left behind and not the one declared an enemy of this new arrival. The leaving party would surely return, their leader obviously with a set plan. She'd most likely find herself running into the bunch again. But hopefully by that time, she would be able to actually show her face and some effort. But that wasn't until later. Much later perhaps. What mattered what was happening at this very moment, the declarations that had been made and this Eisha's rebuilding of this village. Well, more like the further destruction of it to start a building ground.
The animated Golem was interesting enough, but there was something far more interesting she had come across and she wanted to try it out. She was in the shadow of a tree out in the open rather then hiding behind it as she turned around and closed her eyes, breathing and then exhaling as she created a dense, black fog just below her knees. She regard this as her crafted darkness from her body. Shew drew her energy from a source to be able to do this as moved her hands in the air. She pulled her hands back as if she were holding a bow and arrow, watching as the darkness she had generated flew up into her hands and solidify somewhat, the very weapon she had thought of appearing in her hands as a somewhat tangible object.
Rylia then pictured that constellation from before, the ice one named Aeos. She remembered looking at one of his swords and envisioned it in her mind, moving one of her hands as if she was holding it, crafting something similar, but completely black in one of her hands. It took a minute, but it was a decent replica, at least to her. "an interesting development....indeed" she whispered as she let her hand rest at her side, the make-shift weapon disintegrating into the air. She then looked over at Kiru on her shoulder as he looked up at nodded. She ran her hand across his head once, and then twice before turning and walking right out into the open, looking at the surrounding area.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:13 pm
The espions seemed to be whispering amongst each other, surveying. They came to some agreement amongst each other, and all parted ways through out the village, some crawling into rubble to pull out the injured or dead. Others escaped into the forest. Occasionally, yells were heard as one battled against a remaining cursed one, but then were always cut short as they ended them.
Eisha watched from atop her golem as it worked through her own power to clear away debris and restore what she could with it. Since it had been using itself to create new foundations of houses, it was beginning to dwindle in size, with Eisha still perched perched upon it. She watched, and speculated.
She knew already they did not like her. She saw how they cringed under her order, and how the finger of blame was pointed at her for arriving too late. Of course, she knew their type. She'd only seen too many of them in her past. Too weak to fix their own problems, so they blame others for their failures. She knew they must have blamed Haveni, too.
She glanced at the way the others had disappeared to, a yearning look in her eyes. Oh, she would have followed if she could have...but she had made a promise, and a promise must be kept. She would restore this place, and at least try to instill some sort of courage and strength into these people. Let them hate her. Let them curse her. It didn't matter, anyways.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:52 pm
The coat enveloped Haveni's body, the large white and black coat on the small lady was an amusing sight to see. For a little while, at least.
He sat back on the tree branch, eyes gazing in a bored manner over the scene. The lady's words sparked a small amount of curriosity, wondering what Haveni had to do with this new intruder. Or more accurately put, what this new intruder had to do with Haveni. The candle-lady didn't indicate any prior alliance or acknowledgement.. so it only made sense to think that Haveni didn't know her.
"... Interesting." He commented quietly on the scene, a neutral expression across his face. He was just too damn tired to join in on this nonsense. He contemplated silently in his mind. They should just let her follow and deal with it. She didn't seem like a threat at the moment.
But such careless thinking often got him into sticky situations.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:17 am
Haveni stepped forward, Noctis' long coat trailing against the ground since she was quite small. "Why do you want to follow me?"
Her eyes were watching her every movement, attempting to read anything that was given from this strange one. Fast movements, stealth, a sultry attitude....but what put these components togetehr was that forest child mask upon her head.
"I've nothing for you to steal, afterall." Haveni gave a soft smile, a knowing smile, her eyes twinkling for once. "If you're after the seduction of men, please, don't use me an excuse to pursue that." Her hands motioned towards Noctis as if saying 'Please, enter!'
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:37 am
Espectra gave Aulora a half-hearted smile, contemplating joining her kin in cleaning the village. "My name is Espectra, little one.. I am called thus for my ability to disappear and reappear at will, like a ghost", she said calmly.
She glanced over to the other Espions, and one of them met her gaze, nodding at her. She nodded back, standing up again. "Aulora, was it..?" she spoke again, addressing the little Phyrefly.
"Do you want to help us find those that have been hurt and take care of them?" She took a few steps forward, casting a sideways glance at the child.
"There's a lot to do here, and that is something that even you can help with."
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:23 am
"Do...do you think he followed them?" Epona asked. She slowly let go of the twilif's hand and looked afar. Sage wasn't usually the one to get into trouble. But at first glance, he wasn't in the village. Why would he followed the baddies?
"SAGE! WHERE ARE YOU?" she screamed in unisson with Avaron.
Deep into the forest, Sage perked his ears up. He heard someone calling him. He had to go back. It was madness to have come here alone. But now that Sadako had stopped, he was afraid to move. She could see him and go after him.
But the forest was more and more scary. A strange feeling was growing inside of him and felt a cold draft running down his spine. No matter if Sadako saw him, he had to go back.
He jumped out of his hidding place and ran back to the village as fast as he could.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:45 am
Jadecrystal collapsed against a tree on the edge of the forest, finally realizing the pain of the cuts running down her body.
So she quietly laughed insanely, her sanity being questionable.
The ropes shot up to the branches above her, pulling the Holy Beast into a standing position, but there was heartbreaking sorrow in her eyes...
How could she have failed this badly to guide souls into the light?
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