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 Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:38 pm
Chel and Shun made the walk to the tavern in silence. There was a lot to think over, and a lot at stake. She partially wanted to ask him if he was even a hunter, but she chose not to. That was more drama that need not be added to an already stoked flame.
When they did finally get into the tavern, Chel pulled up a chair and sat down at one of the tables. It was just her and Shun; she wasn't sure about Shun, but Chel was on auto-pilot at this point. She couldn't see past a foot in front of her.
Finally, someone had to break the silence. "So ... where do we go from here ..." Chel was the type who needed to talk things out, whether Shun liked it or not. Whether he responded or not was no concern of hers. "Just the two of us ... maybe some of the others ... Robert if he comes back ... we can't take on something like that alone." They done raid bosses and countless minor enemies, but there was no stopping something that controlled the game.
It felt so hopeless. OOC My character's username: NotAllan (Chelsea Craft) My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Current party: n/a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: The Tavern Small IC description of character: A girl with demonic horns, ridiculous sunset hair and star clips in her hair. She's a gryphon and looks pretty ridiculous. Character journal: here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:41 pm
Once arriving at the tavern, Shun plopped himself down into a seat, folding his hands over the table. Not a single word was said, even as Chel began to speak. She was right. They couldn't tackle that alone. There had to be something they could do though. He closed his eye and began thinking everything over. Scanning over every bit of information he knew. MY STATS  My character's username: Shadowstep/Shun Kuroda My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:45 pm
Chris saw Chel and Shun walk in and his face paled. He was glad to know that Chel was okay, but.. what did he say? He opted to walk to their table and take a seat, hanging his head quietly. She was talking logically, but he didn't know how to help. How would they defeat something that had literally created the world around them? He had no idea. OOC My character's username: TotallyAllan / Chris Axten My character's level: 53 Character's HP: 40 Current party: -- Current Guild: Penumbra Small IC description of character: Blonde dude in all blue caterpillar garb. looks like a dweeb. Character journal: Here ANY PERSON I AM RPING WITH I WILL QUOTE LIKE THIS
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:52 pm
"Glad to see you two make it here safely," Xiu chirped abruptly from the next table over, "I was worried that something may have happened to you guys." But seeing as they had walked right in instead of respawning as she and Chris had, she assumed that they had gotten out of there before Alice had snatched them up first. Pushing herself up and out of her chair, she moved to seat herself in one of the free ones at the table that the other two were occupying.
And then she was silent, unsure as to what she could possibly say to alleviate this thick and heavy tension that seemed to be weighing them all down. "Well," She spoke slowly, trying to maintain her optimism despite how things seemed to be panning out, "Penumbra might not be alone in this, right? I mean, you saw the other players too. Everyone is angry about what is happening."
But even then, would it be enough? Whether they had ten players, or forty, or even a hundred--how they possibly beat the AI that controlled everything about this game?
She told herself it was too early to give up, but she couldn't deny the way her stomach began to twist in anxiety at the seeming hopelessness of it all. Giving her head a sharp shake, she lifted her gaze to the girl whom she had known as NotAllan for the longest time. "So you're...Chel, right?" Her gaze slid to Shun next. To think that one of the first people she had met in this game was her big brother and she had had no idea until now.OOC My character's username: Nightbloom (Xiuying) My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40/40 Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location:Small IC description of character: Nightbloom is a petite girl with pink-tinged white hair. She has a pair of black cat ears and dons a light blue-lined black coat, while her scarf and tail are both white. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:02 pm
the0racle, once fleeing the puppetry room, took her sweet time returning to the tavern. There was a lot of information to digest, and her mind was frantically trying to work around the whole feeling of inevitable doom. It was a game of tug-of-war. If she continued to play the game, ALICE would be able to harvest the rest of her memories and experiences and use it to make the fake-her so much more realistic. But, if she sat back and did nothing, her fate would be the same. She had lost complete control of her future, and it was devastating. Never mind the fact that her future probably wouldn't last much longer.
The door to the tavern swung open, and the0racle slipped inside with a somber expression. For a little bit, she didn't even say anything, just meandered her way over to Nightbloom. She had caught the girl's name earlier, but it wasn't important now, was it? So, Nightbloom it would be. She observed her guildmates with tired eyes. "You know, either way we're sort of pinned against the wall here. Play along with the game, ALICE gets what it wants. Do nothing, and the end is still going to be the same. I'm not even sure if we can break the constructs of the game itself to do something different." It was all information they probably had concluded themselves, but the0racle needed to get it off her chest.
If there was some way to save herself, she wanted it to be known pretty quick. "This game isn't so much fun anymore..." she mused softly.OOC My character's username: the0racle My character's level: 90 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: Cheshire Cat Wraith Current party: n/a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: An oddly scaley cheshire cat, who seems to always have a distant look in her eyes, as if she's thinking of something else, or nothing at all. Character journal: here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:10 pm
Seeing as Shun was being very useful right now, Chel elected to ignore him.
Chris and Nightbloom joined them at the table and Chel just about had a second heart attack. "Y-You guys. You're okay y-" She looked back down at the table and mumbled, "Of course it has a respawn system..." Part of her was incredibly disappointed. It meant that one other option for escaping the game was out.
She refocused herself. "Yeah, my name's Chel. I'm not going to force you guys to reveal yourselves- if you want anonymity, that's okay by me."
Delph's comment got her own wheels turning. "Yeah ... it's not so much a matter of what we're doing. We know that- we're going to bust out of here. The question is once again the how.
< WHISPER TO TotallyAllan : You and I are going to talk before we leave this place. > OOC My character's username: NotAllan (Chelsea Craft) My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Current party: n/a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: The Tavern Small IC description of character: A girl with demonic horns, ridiculous sunset hair and star clips in her hair. She's a gryphon and looks pretty ridiculous. Character journal: here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:16 pm
Chris cringed as they talked about Chel's name. He'd known, of course he'd known he found out before he was sent here, but it was still a shock to the system. All this time. All the battles. Why hadn't he figured it out before? His eyes widened at Chel's message. < TO NotAllan: Yeah, sure. I guess. >He picked at one of the drink coasters on the table. "I'm uh. I'm Chris. I don't really care if you guys know." He shrugged. "Doesn't seem like it matters much, anymore."OOC My character's username: TotallyAllan / Chris Axten My character's level: 70 Character's HP: 40 Current party: -- Current Guild: Penumbra Small IC description of character: Blonde dude in all blue caterpillar garb. looks like a dweeb. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:38 pm
"Shun. Though you've all already heard it," Shun said abruptly, speaking up finally. He opened his good eye and let out a sigh, looking towards Xiu and Chris. It was good to see that they were alright. It was also a good thing Chel didn't ask about hunter stuff. He didn't need that right now. "So we know a few more things. One being a confirmation that the Legacies are involved and ready to destroy the ******** world. Again. We can't kill ALICE. Not directly. That much is obvious now. And supposedly defeating one or both queens will somehow save the damn world."He let out a breath. "Also supposedly we asked for this. I don't see how or why..."His attention turned to Oracle, slowly shaking his head. "It was never about fun."What was fun anyway? MY STATS My character's username: Shadowstep/Shun Kuroda My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:07 pm
Chris raised his hand. "What the ******** are legacies?"OOC My character's username: TotallyAllan My character's level: 70 Character's HP: 40 Current party: -- Current Guild: Penumbra Small IC description of character: Blonde dude in all blue caterpillar garb. looks like a dweeb. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:25 pm
"Powerful ancient artifacts. There's seven total. Two of them; Revenge and Protection are known as Merlin and Excalibur. I don't know the rest of the names, just their domains. The ones we deal with here are Destruction and Grief. A book and fountain respectively. Bad things happen when they try doing s**t. Let's leave it at that."Shun closed his eye again and shook his head. MY STATS My character's username: Shadowstep/Shun Kuroda My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:38 pm
Chel nodded as Shun explained. "Yeah, you weren't here but ... one of them caused this crazy a** rift in space and time and we were all sucked in to this weird world ..." She gestured around her and said, "Pretty much like this dream world, but different. I can fill you in later."
She wished so desperately that she didn't have to fill him in. She wished he wouldn't never come to Deus. He wasn't supposed to be here. That was a story for another time though.
The pink haired gryphon let out a blustery sigh and said, "We might as well go fight the queens. Our only options are to follow ALICE or to keep banging our heads against every edge of this world. Considering ALICE said this world was built to box us in ... I don't think we're going to find any answers in the world map, you know?" OOC My character's username: NotAllan (Chelsea Craft) My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Current party: n/a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: The Tavern Small IC description of character: A girl with demonic horns, ridiculous sunset hair and star clips in her hair. She's a gryphon and looks pretty ridiculous. Character journal: here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:41 pm
"I'm Xiu," She piped up quietly after the others had given their names, glancing towards Chris, "And yes. By this point, concealing our real names is probably the least of our worries." In either case, she didn't recognize any names other than Shun's. Even if there was a hunter she recognized in the group, did it really matter? Now wasn't the time to be fighting within their own circle.
She fell silent as Shun gave a brief rundown on the legacy business. What was going to happen this time if they failed to deal with the queens? Conversely, what was going to happen if they did so something to them?
Glancing over to Chel, she offered the other girl a weak smile. "As it is, I really don't see any other option either. I'm not sure what will happen if we do bring them down, but unless someone has a better plan..."OOC My character's username: Nightbloom (Xiuying) My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40/40 Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location:Small IC description of character: Nightbloom is a petite girl with pink-tinged white hair. She has a pair of black cat ears and dons a light blue-lined black coat, while her scarf and tail are both white. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:43 pm
Chris drummed his knuckles on the table and nodded. It sounded confusing, but he got to gist of it. These queens were bad news. Worse than he'd already assumed. "Cheery," he sighed. He leaned forward on his elbows and shrugged. "I don't see another choice, but you've gotta wonder at the backlash if we follow ALICE. Are we going to end up trapped here? Cause I'm not down for that."OOC My character's username: TotallyAllan My character's level: 70 Character's HP: 40 Current party: -- Current Guild: Penumbra Small IC description of character: Blonde dude in all blue caterpillar garb. looks like a dweeb. Character journal: Here ANY PERSON I AM RPING WITH I WILL QUOTE LIKE THIS
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:50 pm
A frown appeared upon his features. "Unfortunately, I agree. I... don't know what's going to happen. Hopefully by the end of this we'll be able to break out of his damn dream world. If we end up trapped, we will find a way out. No matter what the ******** it'll take."He placed a hand to his head. "Damn it all."MY STATS My character's username: Shadowstep/Shun Kuroda My character's level: 100 Character's HP: 40 Character's Job Class: White Rabbit Herald Current party: N/A Current Guild: Penumbra Location: Small IC description of character: A dark haired male wearing a black and red white rabbit herald attire. An eyepatch rests over his left eye. He generally looks unimpressed or rather stern. Character journal: Here
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:01 pm
Note of importance: Being wiped was not fun. It wasn't cool, it wasn't trendy, and it certainly was not an enjoyable experience. He traipsed into the tavern long after the others, only catching the closing snippets of their conversation.
Plunking himself down with a heavy sigh, Murral still fresh on his mind, the Horseman Gryphon shook his head. "I don't think we can ******** with ALICE at all, really. I wasn't able to escape that server swipe, or whatever the hell she called it." He groaned, holding his head as if to nurse his awful headache.
"I'm Uttam, by the way. Heard you all introducing yourself."
MY STATS My character’s username: SANDSHARK My character’s level: 96 Character’s HP: 40 Character’s Job Class: Gryphon Current party: n / a Current Guild: Penumbra Location: White Queen's Castle Small IC description of character: A tall and bony man with a gold trimmed coat and long auburn hair covering his eyepatch. Tends to have a sneer on his face and looks down his nose at people. Character journal: Here!
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