Now left to his own devices, again, the man began to wander, idly looking for the bottles that would lead him to these supposed trials. He wondered if General Zircon was truly dead or if she'd been taken somewhere else. If this was a pocket dimension, how many pocket dimensions existed within it?
Curiosity had him deciding that whatever the risk, the possible reward was greater. After all, his luck had been exceptional, outside of the uncontrollable laughter-- of which fits of giggles and burst of laughter sprung from his mouth readily enough -- and he'd captured a health potion.
Perhaps this bottle would provide him with another boone.
Inside was another bottle, which was perhaps the most curious thing, and when he found it he was pleasantly surprised to discover it contained something he could use to defend himself with, as opposed to the worthless string he could summon.
Excellent, perhaps he'd find his way through one of the bottles.
He simply had to find it.
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Health Potion: Restores 10 HP Attack Potion: This is an attack potion. You use it by throwing it at a target. It does 50 HP DMG. Use it on some poor soul now or stash it in your inventory for later use
Lacerta was still attempting to brush off non-existent grass stains that she thought would have appeared from diving to the ground but found nothing. It was at that moment that the bottle she had opened that released the giant ship was ripped out of her hands by a very irate Acubens. The eternal senshi threw the bottle to the ground and smashed it before yelling at her.
Blinking abruptly at the shift in Acubens' mood the bandage senshi could only nod meekly in response to the demand that was made of her. It wasn't her fault that a giant ship had almost crushed people, was it? The vessel had emerged out of the bottle she had opened so maybe it was. Maybe Acubens had a point then. Even if she'd found some useful things in the other bottles ... it was her third one that had endangered everyone. Slowly she got her racing heart under control as Acubens turned her attention to Jason and Lacerta exhaled before trailing after Acubens. Her gaze swept down to find Mel was still around before chewing on her bottom lip.
Well if Acubens was taking requests for which bottle to choose Lacerta was going to give her opinion on the matter. The redhead neared the four bottles that were containing the four trials needed to pass and pointed at one at random. She was careful not to touch it as she turned around to face Acubens, Jason and Mel, "I say we pick this one. All the others kinda give me the wiggins."
Lacerta backed away from the bottle in question to rejoin her small group. She'd wait to see what the others wanted to do.
Lacerta's Inventory 1 Attack Potion - Does 50 HP Damage 1 Health Potion - Restores 10 HP
Meissa, Senshi of Bobcats (( Currently 15ft tall )) (already did Ship roll. Rolling for a new bottle)
This being really tall gave her a few advantages like being able to be seen almost instantly. But she also had to worry about where she was stepping. She didn't want to accidentally trod on someone. Meissa had remained still for the most part as she had been glancing around. When voices piped up from below the senshi of bobcats brought her gaze down to see what appeared to be another basic level senshi like herself and Moira. What luck. She could join them if she wanted to. It was better to have numbers in this odd place. Grinning she nodded, "It was one of the bottles. Surprisingly I like this version better than being small."
As Meissa was speaking she caught sight of Moira running towards her and she knelt carefully to the ground. She was thinking the same thing. They needed to get out of here and get one of these trials finished in order to pull their own weight. Her gaze took in the other basic senshi and she gestured to her. "Want to come with us, strength in numbers and such?"
If Botein didn't want to join her and Moira it would be okay but Meissa felt as if they could use another person to make their group a trio. Reaching to swat a swaying bottle out of the way she sighed as the bottle smashed open. 's**t,' ... however when nothing happened the senshi ended up relaxing. 'Guess it was the same thing as the one before.'
Meissa glanced at the four trial bottles before pointing to the one that gave off a pleasant smell of sizzling bacon and moved carefully towards it. It gave off a dry heat as well and she sighed before nodding to her group, "Maybe we should pick this one..."
Maybe Moira had a point that she'd be a big help in passing trials in her current size. However Meissa wasn't sure.
Fiction1119
Desert bottle if Botein wants to stick with 2 other basics
Sweenys_Revenge
Desert bottle?
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19: There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly grow to 15 feet in height! Your HP is double, and your attack is doubled. This effect disappears if you enter a trial bottle! (( Same effect as before ... nothing happens ))
Unsurprisingly given that none of this was real, Malaise finally gave up mourning his tiny bird and set to work picking up another bottle. He tried to do it carefully this time, but 'careful' wasn't exactly what he was known for. In the end he plucked the first bottle that caught his eye with a flicker of reflected light, and with a low chuckle, he popped it open and waited for another fresh surge of adventure.
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There's a mysterious mist that covers you when you open this bottle. You suddenly shrink to 5 inches in height! Your HP is halved, and your attack is halved. This effect disappears if you enter a trial bottle!
The Alice comparison was fitting: now he was the tiny thing next to a whole lot of striking, but very large, birds, and Malaise took a moment to marvel over it before it occurred to him that with a lot of big birds and at least one very big bird, this might prove to be a bit of an issue. Or at least, in a narrative sense...
So he made his way over to the closest bird he could find, nudging its foot and calling up, "Hello there, pretty bird! You've got lovely plumage, " and he flashed a lopsided smile, thinking to himself that peacocks were surely vain pretty things and praise could only help him. "I seem to be in a bit of a pickle - could you lend a feather?"
Seiryuu couldn't believe it, she was cradled under Genbu but her cousin was nowhere to be seen. Until she saw the pink splattered toga cloth of his uniform under the both. A scream escaped as she pushed Genbu off her, attempting to reach for the cloth as if it would pull her cousin from under it.
"Stop! DON'T TOUCH ME. EURYDIKE." She pushed at Genbu, screaming out and felt the hot wet tears on her face. How could everyone be so calm, a ship DROPPED from the sky and killed a lot of them.
Genbu was pulling her though, and she staggered to her feet, going to the bottle as tears continued to fall.
[Exit to Catacombs]
Beejoux
frayedflower
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:23 pm
Mlinzi [Inventory: 1 Health Potion]
He survived laughing so hard his sides hurt and survived a boat trying to flatten him but the curly haired senshi who stomped up to Lacerta and slapped the empty bottle from her hand had the guardian cat scrunch down to avoid being seen. She was scary!
The large cat kept silent for a while... well as long as the motormouth like Mel could keep quiet, before he piped up. "Why? Whats so bad about the little bottles? I got a neat heath potion some-" He trailed off as he realized his little bottle of heath boosting liquid was no where to be seen. Where exactly did it go. He frowned before shrugging, it would show up when he needed it. That much he was certain. What the cat didn't realize, and probably never realize, was he actually stored it in the subspace all guardian cats had. He just didn't do it consciously. It was done on instinct, like a lot of the 'official' cat stuff he does.
Before he could prove how safe, or not so safe, the bottles were the scary lady suggested they all deal with the challenges so they could get home. "Thats right! I'm missing my shows!" Her comment prompted him to remember his tv shows that he was likely missing at this very moment. "Damn it! Lets go, lets go, lets go!" He bounced in place even as Lacerta pointed out one of the bottles, "Yeah lets do that one! Come on people! I've got things to do, places to be, shows to watch! And I still have to pee!" Mel bounced over towards the bottle Lacerta pointed at, but didn't touch it, to face the little group he had attached himself too.
The sooner they got done the sooner he could get back to watch his shows!
Obie was once again saved by her fellow mauvian It annoyed her to think she'd never be as big as him, but she oculd still be quick. In her own way. It was too bad there weren't tons of places for her to jump up and down in the bottle they were currently stuck in.
Tiberius wasted no time getting them out of there though. Honestly, she was tired of dealing with the antics involved in that crazy hub. It was time to get the heck out of there. Though, it did feel odd to be pulled into yet another bottle. Hopefully better adventures awaited them there.
[ Obscura is exiting to the Catacombs ]
Obscura's Inventory Health Potion - Restores 10 HP
Jason felt a little bad for Lacerta, but she probably hadn't known Acubens as long as he had. She never showed any fear in any situation. Maybe some worry, but never out right scared. Instead, Acubens tended to sound angry, when she was really just watching out for those around her. It honestly showed just how much she cared for the other Senshi. She didn't get angry for now reason.
He gave Lacerta a little shoulder squeeze and a light smile to show that it was okay. "She's just worried is all. Don't take it personally." Now, it was time that they choose what new doom to walk into.
"Sure, let's do that one." Jason was pretty sure any one of them would be the death of him, so he didn't really have much of an opinion on which one they choose.
The little rabbit was clearly overwhelmed by the entire situation. All around Scamander, there were things happening, but he couldn't quite concentrate on everything when he was trying to figure out why and how there was a rabbit here. For that matter, he wasn't even entirely certain that it was a legitimate rabbit. This was, after all, some sort of magical whatever that was going on, it could be a space alien rabbit, for all he knew.
"There, there," Scamander said reassuringly, as the rabbit pushed against his hand, clearly seeking comfort. He reached out to pick it up, both hands outstretched, but something loomed overhead - a sudden shadow that overtook him entirely.
His head lifted, turning, and Scamander had just enough time to think, well, ship, before it hit him.
Aurostibite was wondering, not for the first time that night, but possibly the second, whether or not this had anything to do with Stillwaterite. Then he wondered whether it was because Kainite was Kainite and therefore he had caused the giant ship, and then he wondered why on earth this was something he even had to think about in the first place.
At the very least, even as Aurostibite hastily leapt out of the way of the monstrous contraption, he heard an all-too-familiar cackling laugh that echoed towards him. It was followed, unsurprisingly, by a hoot and the sound of something hitting the floor.
Needless to say, it only took Aurostibite a few minutes to find his wayward lieutenant.
"Stop that," he said, in a voice tinged with resignation as he reached a hand down and all but hauled Kainite back to his feet. "Quit playing around, there are things happening and - Mintaka, there you are," he added in relief, as he spotted his wife a few yards away, hands cupped around her mouth. HE dragged Kainite with him as he made his way over to her, an arm locked around his lieutenant's neck.
"Are you all right?" he asked Mintaka, and then - "Reinerite! Over here!"
He'd spotted another of his recruits, her blue head bobbing among a crowd of people.
Wendell arrived in a tumble of paws, landing in a rather ungainly heap on the ground; although, true to cat legacy, on all four legs, rather than upside down or in a puddle like others might have been. He popped upwards almost instantly, skittering around like an ant as he hopped first to the left, and then to the right in an attempt at figuring out where he was and what he was doing.
Everything, apparently. He bounded around, weaving in and out of people's legs as they milled about, Wendell looking for anyone that he knew - not that he thought there would be any. He had only met that one corrupted senshi briefly, and so now here he was, all on his own. Besides, she was bad people, and he knew that.
It was definitely fine. He wasn't going to think about the fact that Celsus wasn't here, nor Emrys, nor Corvus, nor Oberon. All of the people he was familiar with and bonded to were not in a place he could see, and it was making him feel a little off kilter, but -
No. he wasn't going to think of that. He was going to concentrate on adventuring, so that he could report back to Oberon and to Celsus and his family about what he'd learned and what he'd seen, and then all would be fine and dandy.
Above his head, something floated, nondescript and glinting slightly. Wendell glanced up, then hopped up onto his back legs, catching the bottle in between his paws and dragging it down to himself. He pulled off the stopper by digging his teeth into it and wrenching it out, then pulled the bottle free and kept it clamped in his jaws.
There was a ship, but he was definitely not going to be crushed by it. Wendell darted out of the way just in time, skittering past the people who were squawking and squealing as everyone tried to dive to the side. He just barely managed to make it away from its glancing blow.
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Sweenys_Revenge
Dangerous Lover
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:13 pm
[ACUBENS]
Acubens winced as Jason explained her behavior. He was right, and she needed to work on it. At the very least, she'd make it up to Lacerta and take her out for something sweet later. Or savory. Whatever she wanted. She could plan that later. Right now she needed to stay in the moment. And as Lacerta motioned to a bottle, Acubens, face still set in a hard expression, nodded her agreement.
"That bottle is as good as any, I suppose."
She passed Lacerta and gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze before she nudged the bottle with her foot. Absently, she noticed the mauvian at the order senshi's feet and gave him a curt nod as well. She'd seen others open bottled and get sucked in. That must have been how they arrived in the trials. So that was what they would do.
"Alright, let's see what ******** this place has for us now."
Acubens opened the bottle and was hit in the face with a blast of ozone. Before she was pulled in, she could feel the air being sucked from her lungs. The Sky Bottle.
ACUBENS is EXITING
tefla
Leopluerodon
Fiction1119
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:15 pm
[ Genbu Entering ]
Great, she was back in the room with all the bottles. Nervously she looked up, searching the dark sky for anymore ships ready to drop on their ******** heads, but there was nothing there but an endless nothing and hundreds, maybe thousands of bottles.
But they weren't the one she was looking for. Sprinting, Genbu made her way through the crowd towards the 4 trials, scarcely remembering which one she'd dragged Seiyruu through, but there was a mustiness coming from one of them that reminded her strongly of what that damn tomb smelled like.
Liking her odds, she reached for it.
[ Exiting to Catacombs ]
Beejoux
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Nuxaz
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:20 pm
Lieutenant Aventurine
He had been contemplating grabbing the next bottle that passed by him when someone, a very tiny someone, nudged at his foot. A dark brow arched and he looked down, the edges of his mouth curled when he laughed. There was so much laughing. He very much wanted to stop laughing.
"There are no birds here tiny one," Aventurine replied, crouching anyway, curious about how he became some small. Laughter followed his words but he held out a hand anyway. "My answer depends on what type of help you need."
Aventurine was undoubtedly skilled, in his own mind, at many things but he was relatively out of his element, even if he refused to believe it.
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Health Potion: Restores 10 HP Attack Potion: This is an attack potion. You use it by throwing it at a target. It does 50 HP DMG. Use it on some poor soul now or stash it in your inventory for later use
