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lamoxlamae rolled 1 100-sided dice:
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Total: 63 (1-100)
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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:09 pm
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Face your demons rolled 1 100-sided dice:
18
Total: 18 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:15 pm
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[[ ENTERING ]]
As soon as she set foot in the area, Amarus was overjoyed. It took a considerable amount of concentration not to leap off the platforms and right into the water; she'd already been scolded for that once, however. Instead, she got down flat on her stomach at one of the points closest to the water, draping herself over the edge of a bridge so she could stare down into the water, and try to reach one of the lotuses.
If she could just touch one of them, she would be extremely happy for a very long time. That was really all it would take...! Amarus was teetering dangerously close to the edge, though perhaps being on her stomach was all the balance she could possibly need. Still, she was too busy to think about the possibility of being bowled over into the water.
A group of students somewhere nearby caught her eye: they seemed... stressed out. Amarus, for her part, felt happy and calm off into the distance. Being around the lotuses did that. She could not shake the feeling that something was not quite right, however... Once Faustus and Olivia had arrived, she would surely ask: "Do you two think... something is going on?" she mumbled, quietly, never taking her eyes off the blossoms once she looked down again. And then, looking up for her friends, "It means a lot to me that you would let us return here, first."
Higher words of gratitude than she had ever bestowed upon anything -- living, dead, or inanimate. Looking up to find her friends' faces, she noticed the painting on a pavilion she had seen last time, too: this time, she lingered a little longer. It seemed to hold new meaning.
xoxomenai OK, so we'll need to pace ourselves pretty elegantly if we want to make it to other isles xD; Give me a time limit or a post limit and we'll do that then move on? <3 NOT TO RUSH US xD But if you two lovely people want your kids to see War, or you want to drag them all off to Famine, we'll be cutting it tight xD;
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Eight rolled 1 100-sided dice:
97
Total: 97 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:21 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:23 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:26 pm
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Chuckling, Faustus followed behind, right through the portal and into the lotus pavilion. It was beautiful as always, just like he had left it. Amarus was already fawning over the lotuses by the water's edge. He smiled to see her enjoying herself so.
"It was no problem," he smiled, stepping forward. "I really like this place too ... despite the water." He added a bit hesitantly, cheeks warming. "It ... was where I first met the two of you."
The demon eyed the commotion going on around them. "... Now that you mention it ... it does seem like there's always something going on here, even in the calm ..."
{{OOC: Maybe 3 posts?? ... 2 seem too short OTL ... or ehh, max one hour each?? Plus there's apparently a parcel chance going on on the observation post of War, it'll be a good idea to drop by}}
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:31 pm
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chirigami rolled 1 100-sided dice:
20
Total: 20 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:42 pm
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[[entering]]
"It's fine... I like it here. There isn't any lava." Olivia nodded when she reached the pavilion with the others.
The sight of the lotuses in the cool beautiful waters brought a fresh smile to Olivia's face. It was strange how Ouranus' words always seemed to spark in her mind whenever she saw them now. Though, now that she was recalling him and with the tension that Amarus was speaking of, she had to wonder if he had forseen something now. Creatures of Halloween were often able to, and his words were rather cryptic.
Were they really omens? She had to wonder as she turned briefly to the other group of students before turning back to her own. "I don't really know, I'm sorry... I'm not very good at picking up things." She told them. There was a stirring in the air, perhaps...
Her eyes followed Amarus' line of sight a second time, towards one of the pavilion roofs. Nothing seemed off there either, she had to wonder why the lotus eater had looked there until she noticed a rather odd painting. As beautiful and tranquil as this place was, that one did not fit the mood of the place. "That painting though..." She whispered, a little unnerved by how graphic it was.
[[ooc: that seems alright to me! I'll try my best in keeping up *at work between sketches* >>;]]
[[Olivia gains 2 points!]]
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:14 pm
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Face your demons rolled 1 100-sided dice:
49
Total: 49 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:17 pm
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As Faustus spoke, Amarus managed to lean in just enough to brush her fingertips against one of the lotus blossoms. She shivered, and then smiled, her eyes softening. That felt better. Just being around them at all had repaired any fading emotion she had been able to show. Would it be like a drug always, then? It was funny to know that she, herself, had fallen prey to the same effect she had over others in the school proper: the lotus smoke was mildly addictive, because it was so comforting, and it was part of her ability that whoever spent too much time around with her would find they missed her presence. Not her personality, or talking to her, just... the smoke itself. The essence of lotus that flowed through her, sustained her.
"It is funny that one of you should seem to dislike fire, and the other feel discomfort around water," she said to them, rolling over onto her back to look up at them. Her bound hair dangled off the bridge, charm reflecting in the water. "Yes," she said, "though there was something strange going on in War as well." Nothing like the FEAR cavern they had been in a while back, though.
If Amarus had been able to know what Olivia was saying, she would have asked her what portent lotus blossoms were supposed to represent, or what omen. It would interest her. As it was, she could only reply, "Was there lava in ... Death?" Strange. Though she liked fire, she didn't care for lava.
"Yes, the painting is a little odd, I saw it last time we were here. War had a very similar image. They seem to make their violent tendencies apparent particularly through art," Amarus added, refusing to get to her feet just yet. She rolled back over and played with one of the flowers again.
Idly, looking up, she realized that many areas, especially the palace, had been sectioned off... the more she looked around, the more something was off. Amarus got to her feet, the lotus flower bliss giving way to an immense sense of calm, and the knowledge that they may have to be prepared for something beyond their abilities. She tried not to think of that gun... "Look at that," she said, gesturing with the side of her hand towards all the sectioned-off areas. Perhaps nothing out of the usual for Conquest, given they seemed to like to keep the students from getting anywhere interesting, but... had they been there before?
[[OOC: One horseman point!]]
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prolixity rolled 1 100-sided dice:
97
Total: 97 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:26 pm
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xoxomenai rolled 1 100-sided dice:
83
Total: 83 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:30 pm
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prolixity rolled 1 100-sided dice:
45
Total: 45 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:00 pm
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"Sammy," Siddie gasped, and wrapped her arms around her ghoulfriend, clinging to her. "That's - that's awful. I didn't see any of that ... but in trance, on the isle of Death ... " She shivered again and put her head on Sammy's shoulder, speaking very quietly so that only the zombie ghoul could hear her. "We saw something that might have been the future."
She took a deep breath. "We were - we saw the human world, ruined and dead. The Horsemen had brought the Apocalypse and enslaved the humans for Fear, but all the humans died. And they - they began to feed Halloween creatures to the glyphs. Everything was dead and dying. Not in the healthy way, like home. Like dead for good."
She glanced again to the closed gates she'd seen, to the barricades and barriers leading into what looked like a palace. What were the Horsemen doing in there?
((41 - 60: The pavilion area seems rather restricted and you notice that several sections, especially ones leading to the Imperial Palace, have been closed and gated off.
OOC: You obtain ONE Four Clans point which you can redeem in OOCLY. ))
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lamoxlamae rolled 1 100-sided dice:
41
Total: 41 (1-100)
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:07 pm
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