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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:39 pm
The Gargoyles (1) : Even when you thought you’d seen the last of them, it seems like you’re never really in the clear. A while back, there was an infestation of awful gargoyle creatures–and while every Star Festival had its fair share of oddities, this one seems to have introduced a permanent infestation upon the city. Maybe you see them perched on the roof, or hiding in the shadows, but not all of these grotesque creatures are satisfied with just escaping their interdimensional prison–some of them still have a bone to pick. They seem stony; some of them will watch with a penetrative gaze and never strike to attack, but some of them will dive down to target anyone who gets too close. The monsters come in an array of sizes and shapes, but they are no more than half the size of their target. Their goal is uncertain, but they will crumble into a pile of rocks and dust if struck hard enough.
This RP can be used as a battle requirement as long as there are at least two powered characters involved; you must be interacting with another player’s powered character and cannot solo this with two of your own characters. This does not count as the ‘one youma battle’ per stage for growth. This can only be used as a battle requirement once per character, but there is no limitation for how many times a player can use this prompt.
And he could swear it was staring back at him.
A chill shook through him, and he did his best to break eye contact. With a statue.
"I'm losing my ********' mind," the Cosmos Squire muttered quietly to himself as he moved on to the other statues. He counted three altogether, one on each corner and another in the center.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:53 pm
Odain had decided a nice stroll was in order since fall was just starting, realistically she knew there could be a chance of stupidly hot weather butting it's head in between the crisp fall air but she was enjoying the temperature being just right - at least to her.
She'd been occasionally looking at the buildings and other surroundings as she walked and then she stumbled onto another cosmos squire. It was curious, they were staring at something and after a moment she realized what it was.... "Odd I wonder who would put an art installation on top of modern buildings ..."
There was a moment, "Everyone knows Gargoyles go on older buildings we use to be a proper country." She muttered partly speaking to herself but also speaking loud enough where the other squire could hear it.
"I don't think you're losing you're mind." There was a pause there though and she squinted as she thought she saw one of the things move. ". . . I mean after all, if you were losing your mind it would've happened shortly after you joined this crazy magical war thing going on." There was a cheeky grin when she said that.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2025 10:54 am
He sensed the aura of the other knight before he heard her, and he briefly glanced over when she spoke. Kiringul relaxed some, always a bit more at ease around other Cosmos knights. Maybe it was because generally speaking they could all commiserate around the fact that they're overdressed and under-equipped for a magical war.
"That kinda happened, too," he said, the corners of his lips upturned in the slightest smirk. "So I guess I might be losing more of it. I swear," and he paused and pointed at the gargoyle he briefly had a staring contest with.
"That thing was staring back at me."
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:54 am
Odain paused looking at the Gargoyle that he pointed to eyes squinted. "Nawh I don't think you're losing it."
She was curious but something seemed off about these to her. "I've seen a lot of Gargoyles, I don't trust these."
She summoned her arrow and waved it around a bit, "Granted I'm not sure why I don't trust them but if you think it was staring back at you . . . " There was a momentary pause, "It probably was."
She used the arrow as a back scratcher for a second before she grinned, "Maybe my Arrows could startle them into moving?" She suggested looking at Kiringul with a smirk, "Think I should try it?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2025 5:19 pm
He turned his eyes back to the gargoyle at her words, and then took a few exaggerated steps back. "Honestly I was kinda hoping you were just gonna agree with me," he said, and was starting to say more when the sound of stone grinding on stone reached his ears. Blinking, he watched as the gargoyle before them began to very slowly wriggle free from its podium.
Kiringul stammered for a second, then cleared his throat.
"Yeah," he said, glancing over at her and trying not to look more freaked out than he felt. "Yeah, I think you should try it. Before it actually comes free. Here, I'll even help a little bit." With that, he took a couple more steps back before putting his horn to his lips, forcing himself to focus on channeling his magic, and then blowing.
Squire — Kiringul takes a deep breath and blows into the horn, however no sound comes directly out of it. Instead, the sound goes directly into the ears of anyone within a 10ft radius; the sound varies between listeners. For opponents it causes the listener to become disoriented in some way (the sound and how it disorients the listener is up to the player) as their mind becomes lost in the vastness of cosmic eternity. It essentially renders them unable to focus as long as Kiringul is channeling his magic, and they can feel confused and dazed and out of place with their surroundings. For allies it gives the listener a soothing sort of clarity, as though they have come out of a peaceful eternity, and allows them to focus better as long as Kiringul is channeling his magic. The sound has a maximum duration of 30 seconds.
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:32 pm
Odain chuckled slightly, "Ah sorry about that --" She paused when the noise of stone moving made her turn her head quickly before she could respond more she was poised with her arrow just in case.
There was a nod when he said he thought she should try it. "Cover your eyes." She warned as she turned the arrow up towards the sky and a bow made of energy appeared in her head to allow her to shoot the arrow off. "Be blinded you rocky fiend!"
She called out as she let the arrow fly quickly closing her eyes until the light burst faded and quickly she looked back to the creature's location. The music from the horn of Kiringul was curious but she felt like her head was clearer.Quote: Squire: Bamboo Arrows with Star Shaped Heads At this stage Odain's Arrow's have a vaguely pointed star shaped arrow heads, basically everything's slightly rounded off instead of sharp and pointy; at this level she has bamboo arrows that can still break but not as easily as the reed arrows. Odain can throw the arrows, bonk someone on the head with them or shoot them using her Bow. -Magic: Odain can aim her arrow up into the air and shoot her arrow. At this point it looks like a shooting star/firework flying into the air, when it reaches a midpoint the arrow bursts into a bright blinding light that covers a radius of 15 foot. With in this radius anyone in the 10 foot radius of the light burst are temporarily blinded; anyone further than 10 foot range from temporary blindness* to seeing stars for a short time after the light burst. Vision starts to slowly come back after the burst of light has ended and is fully back with in 10 seconds** from the end of the light burst. (The Light burst at it's longest can last 30 seconds. Or Odain can choose to break it up in shorter bursts depending on her need. tab *Temporary blindness is considered if the target(s) aren't wearing eye protection such as sun glasses - if sun glasses are worn effects are lessened tab **10 seconds: is the longest recovery time if a character was closest to the light burst.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2025 9:46 pm
Thankfully he didn't need his eyes to blow into his horn, and so as soon as she said to cover his eyes he decided, instead, to close them. He scrunched his brows together, the light from beyond causing him to see pink for several seconds. He waited for the color to fade, counting off the seconds while bracing himself for some kind of impact.
It never came. Rather, he heard a faint cracking sound somewhere behind him, and then soon silence again. When the color faded he cracked an eye open first, followed soon by the other. The Squire blinked, glanced around, and then settled his gaze on the other knight.
"It's gone," he said, his voice an interesting mix of confused and impressed. "Nice work!"
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 12:22 am
Odain grinned when the Gargoyles had destroyed themselves. There was a satisfied nod from the squire as she hummed. Happy that actually worked she was also impressed a little bit.
"Oh good, that was quick. Hopefully that was all of them." She said as she seemed thoughtful of what to do next.
It took a moment but something slowly dawned on her, "Oh my gosh where are my manners!? I'm Odainsaker of Cosmos!" She said offering her hand out to her new acquaintance.
She was trying to think, "Since we beat that, there's a small coffee shop down the way if you want to get something to drink and patrol a bit before we split ways?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 8:45 pm
He felt like adding the word "lucky" to her description of the encounter too, but rather than do that he simply nodded. "Hopefully. Probably a good idea to get outta here before more decide to show up, though."
He was about to point in a random direction and suggest they continue patrolling when she pointed out that they had not yet exchanged names. Kiringul blinked as he replayed the events of the evening, realized that it was true, and then promptly took her offered hand. "Kiringul, also of Cosmos," said the Squire, giving her hand a firm shake before letting go, his expression cheering slightly at the mention of coffee.
"My doctor disagrees, but honestly I don't think I could ever have enough coffee," he went on, smiling. "Lead the way."
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