Multiverse Crisis MUSH - User contributions [en]

3316/The First Spark

2016-01-19T04:56:51Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/11/02 |Location=Miltiades |Synopsis=Raine tries to kidnap Lumeria, but he might have got more than he could bargain. |Thanks= |Cast of Charact..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/11/02
|Location=Miltiades
|Synopsis=Raine tries to kidnap Lumeria, but he might have got more than he could bargain.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=604, 898
|Tinyplot=
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      MILTIADES - CAPITAL CITY OF GARENIA      - Several hours ago -      Two small aircrafts made their way over the floating continent of Garenia. As usual, it was snowing. It was more dense than usual today, or rather, tonight. As if to serve as an ill omen. "And that's it for the briefing. Do you understand everything, Arland?" A soldier clothed in black stealth gear and a full face mask/helmet mix asked, appearing over a visual communications screen of green hue.      In the other ship, a young man seated in the captain's seat on the bridge, as well as manipulating the piloting controls, nodded aside at a small screen where a stealth garbed soldier appeared. "Got it. Your team creates the diversion. I'll slip in while they're occupied, secure the target, and then depart. We're good?" He spoke casually, a bit of a smirk appearing on his face.      The soldier nodded, his face obscured and thus, unable to be read. "Don't screw this up. We only have one shot. And remember. The younger daughter is the taller one. Avoid the shorter one. We've...had problems with her before." There was a tone of uneasiness in his voice at that. He refused to speak any further on the subject.      Raine chuckled. "Uh-huh. Younger one is taller. Right." He replied, looking ahead out at the oncoming landscape. Though partially obscured by heavy snowfall, the lights of a city preparing for night could be seen in the distance. It was almost time. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Thankfully for Raine, he was quite unlikely to run into Rue. She only came to the presidental manor on special occassions. Still, the night watch was nothing to sneeze at. They were a mixture of different species specially assembled so there was no single means that would be able to disable all of them at once. Just reaching Lumeria's chambers would be difficult in itself. Not to mention the mage herself while getting a bit drowsy was still awake and capable of holding her own in a fight. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      - Half an hour ago -      "...Hey." Raine started, watching as a white figure floated past his field of vision. A ghostly looking woman with an extremely long tail, floating on her stomach, legs idly flailing back and forth as she read what looked to be a comic book. Her tail occasionally went into a bag of snacks, the tip bringing one to her mouth.      "You know you're coming, right?" He grumbled, crossing his arms. The woman in question turned her head, chewing for a few moments before swallowing and answering. "Me? Coming? Ridiculous. I have nothing to do with your illicit activities." She chuckled, waving an arm dismissively. Raine's brow twitched.      "Oi. You freeload and spend my money on junk food, comic books, and video games. You can at least help me with my work sometime!" Why must he always have this debate?      - Presently -      Both Raine and the stealth team met at an intersection. He nodded, and the leader of the team nodded. And then they broke off, heading in different directions. Under the cover of night, the team, consisting of about five individuals dressed in black to help obscure them under the cover of night, made their way to one side of the presidential manor.      Raine made his way to the other side, leaning against a wall and waiting for the right cue...      On the other side, one of the team members pulled a grenade, pressing a button before tossing it into the courtyard. 5...4...3...2...1...BLAM! An electrical impulse was unleashed, and suddenly the power on the property began to flicker in and out. Following that, with the aid of magic, they leapt the gates and landed in the courtyard. "Begin the operation." And they were off.      Raine heard the sound the order on the radio and nodded to himself. "Alright." A green magic circle appeared under his feet, and a short burst of wind guided him up and over the manor gates, landing him in the back of the manor property in a crouch. "...If I'm right, the target's chambers are...up there." Well that was a pain. He hoped those guys did their jobs right. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' The manor soon erupts into chaos as the power flickers off. Of course there's auxiliary lightning for times like this, but still it's darker than usual. Of course even the back of the manor didn't go unguarded, "Ugh, I shouldn't be stuck with outside duty just for sleeping on the job, nya~" A small figure wrapped in heavy clothing and with a fluffy tail sticking out was already waiting for any intruders. He's not the first one to notice Raine as he's accompanied by a much taller muscular yet femimine figure covered in fur. "Sasha squish!" The yeti lets out a loud cry to let her parenter know they have company. He turns around and claws are unsheathed and pointed at Raine, "What's with all the break-ins lately? All right, funny guy don't think about drawing any weapons unless you want to be crushed and ripped apart! You're coming with us!" 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine managed to hold back a smirk, and instead feigned surprise. "Whoa whoa! Hey! No smashing! I just really needed to see the president and I couldn't wait to go through official channels. You understand, right?" Yeah, and it involved a blackout and a sting operation. Totally legit.      While Raine stood, his hands raised in surrender, a ghostly figure faded into sight behind the two of them. Floating in the air and not making a sound, she cast a simple sleep spell, expelling a cloud of mist that would induce sleepiness in any who breathed it in. And it was gathering around their heads.      The sounds of a ruckus could be heard in the distance, on the other side of the manor. Sounds like they were doing their jobs well enough. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' The hooded figure suddenly reaches around before realizing, "Ah crap, I knew I forgot something." He's quick to submit to the cloud of mist. While Sasha lets out a yawn, it seems it's going to take longer for it to have a notable effect on the Yeti as she grabs ahold of Raine and proceeds to drag him away from the manor. Even if she does pass out, it would at least buy some time to get the attention of more guards. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Aw crap.      As Raine was grabbed and carted off, he gave Fragarach a look that said 'Do something more extreme!'. He didn't do anything himself yet. Nor was he really wanting to kill anyone. He just wanted to get in and get out without making a mess. So as much as he could, he would avoid it.      Fragarach meanwhile blinked as the larger of the two guards managed to resist falling asleep. So much for it being simple. The floating woman brought sleeve to her chin, the outline of a hand rubbing it thoughtfully. "....." And without a word, she directed her other arm forward towards the departing guard. Although it was already cold, the air around Raine and the large guard grew even colder.      "...Ah crap." He muttered, knowing full well what this spell did. At the last moment, he exerted a short birst of strength to break out of the grasp holding him and try to retreat. And in the same moment, there was a flash before a large column of ice instantly appeared, attempting to encase Sasha entirely from head to toe. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' While Sasha's resistant against the cold, it's still enough to make her lose grip on Raine as she slams against the ice to get free. The two of them better get away quick, because it's clear her makeshift prison won't keep her for very long. Meanwhile, Lumeria's wide awake now as she hears the chaos going on around her. She's clutching her magic tome in one hand in case someone does break into her room. Going out would just make her an easier target after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Indeed. It was chaos. Gunfire could be heard in the distance, Sasha was encased in ice, and for the moment, Raine was free. "Tch, this went to hell fast! Hey, get me up to the second floor hallway!" He called to Fragarach. She sighed silently and shrugged her shoulders. At that another green magic circle appeared under his feet.      Launching into the air from another burst of wind, Raine sailed all the way up to the second level, breaking through a window with his arms cross over his face. He tucked into a roll and skid further inside into a crouch. "......" He looked behind him down the hall. And then ahead of him. Ahead were several doors. Must have been closets and guest rooms maybe. But the target door, he assumed, looked to be all the way down the hall ahead of him.      He could hear rapid footsteps outside, along with gunfire and the roar of magic flaring to life. "...Better make this quick." He stood and broke out into a run, conjuring a sword and hefting it onto his shoulder in the process. He hoped he wouldn't have to use it, but just in case. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's door didn't stand out among the other doors present. In fact there was no visible guard present. All there was of note was a closed cabinet across the hallway. Though as Raine gets closer, a white flash of light can be seen glowing through a crack. Any attempts to open it normally would quickly fail. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "No guards at all...those guys are either doing their jobs too well, or the guards aren't doing theirs well enough." He shrugged. "Welp-" Thinking it was going to be smooth sailing, he reached for the doorknob and tried to open it.      It didn't budge.      In fact the entire door wouldn't budge whatsoever. "The hell?" He muttered, trying a few more times before giving up. "Damn it. Locked with magic." He wasn't great with magic more complicated than 'fling power'. This was a prroblem.      ...Well, at least for him, it was.      "Having trouble?" A voice asked. Fragarach faded into sight soon after, arms crossed as she looked on with a bit of an amused smile. Raine narrowed his eyes, but then smiled and gestured to the door. "Heeeeeey, Fragarach, why don't you do that ghost thing and take care of this lock, huh?"      Fragarach stared at Raine, and then at the door. "...Well, I don't know. Watching you struggle is so much more entertaining now." The sounds of fighting outside filled the momentary silence. And then she sighed. "Well, I do want to be rid of this place sooner rather than later. Very well." At that, she turned and stared at the door. "...Let us find out how prudent she is."      She smirked and floated aside, away from the door, and then she attempted to simply phased through the bit of wall next to it and enter the room like a ghost. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria figured the barrier would keep most intruders out and the light would repeal any undead that tried to phase through the wall. "What the...who are you?" The barrier quickly vanishes since there's no point in keeping it up anymore. Instead a ball of light appears in one of her hands as she clutches her tome with the others. "You do know I'm the greatest light mage in Militades and could easily banish you from this place right?" She sounds a bit shaken that the woman had managed to make it inside though. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Fragarach was most definitely not undead. Therefore, the barrier didn't repel her. What was she then? Who knew. She didn't answer Lumeria's demands and just eyed the girl, a sleeve raised to her mouth. What looked like an amused smile might have been able to be spotted before the sleeve totally covered it. "Hoooh? So you're the one?" Fragarach asked, looking Lumeria up and down. ...She actually kind of looked familiar. Not in a personal sense, but...      Deciding to delve a bit deeper, her eyes took on a blue glow as she stared at the girl before her. But it felt more like she was staring into her soul, if anything. "...I see." And as if she just discovered something amazing, the woman giggled to herself. "This suddenly got a whole lot more interesting." Apparently she wasn't going to share what was so funny.      "The greatest light mage in Miltiades, hm?" Fragarach floated slightly closer at that. "Why don't you go ahead and give it a try then?"      Meanwhile outside, Raine could hear muffled voices within. "...Yeah. Great. Just leave me out here." He studied the door again after that, noting that the light seemed to be gone. "Huh..." He checked the door handle again. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' The ball of light grows in Lumeria's hand as she speaks. "So all this chaos was to get to me. Still you're not certainly who I was expecting to show up. Are you after me because of who my is mother is or for my talent?" The other female was certainly odd, the closest thing she resembled to Lumeria was some kind of spirit. Finally the energy is released at Fragarach, she's not quite sure how much power to use. She didn't want to kill her but she did want to incapaitate her at least. The woman certainly be worth studying once captured. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "....."      Fragarach smiled wider and lowered her hand from her mouth. That arm was directed forward and plumes of purple and black energy began to gather. "A simple spell. This should be enough..." It was dark magic. A ball formed ahead of her raised arm, growing in size till it was about the same as the one Lumeria had unleashed.      Dark and light collided, kicking up a strong wind as both forces struggled for dominance for a few moments, before canceling each other out and dissipating into nothing. "...Is that it?" Fragarach asked after it was over. "I expected more. How disappointing." She raised a hand to her mouth this time, and yawned openly. "Boy, get in here. This has grown old."      The door to the room opened at that exact moment, and Raine sauntered in, sword held on one shoulder. "Yeah, yeaaah." He stopped next to her, and stared across at Lumeria. "Huh. So you're the one." He brought a hand to his chin, looking her up and down in much the same manner Fragarach had done moments earlier. "...Yep. That's her. Looks exactly like the hologram." He straightened up and gestured with the same hand.      "Right so, we're here to kidnap you. be a good girl and come quietly, okay?"      He didn't actually think that was going to fly. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "You're a dark mage, like my mother and Rue." Lumeria might be in a bit over her head here but good luck getting her to admit it. Her attention turns towards Raine as he enters. Where were the guards, did they all get defeated so easily, "You didn't answer my question, why are you after me? Besides do you two think you can just walk out of here with me? The millitary will be all over this place shortly." AFter all this would be seen as a threat against the president. She surrounds herself with a barrier of light in an attempt to stall for time. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Ahhhhh- god damn it." Raine grumbled, rubbing the side of his head with a hand. "Yeah, it was worth a shot." He chuckled and looked towards Lumeria. "See, we're not exactly obligated to answer your questions, so..." He glanced aside at Fragarach. "Do the thing."      The thing?      Fragarach smirked and pointed an arm at Lumeria. ...Nothing happened at first. But then after a moment she may have noticed that her body was beginning to feel a bit strange. "Advance apologies, but we really are in a rush here." And then a flash! 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "If you want me to go with you, you'll answer my questions...and what are you doing...oh no you're just like my sister..." Lumeria cringes as she realizes what's happening as begins to transform. She can feel her body get compressed and the barrier vanishes. Everything gets dark for a moment before she's looking at the floor. She tries to insult the two of them but all that comes out is, "Ribbit!" Instead she sticks out her tongue and tries to hop away only to smack straight into a wall and getting flipped over onto her back. She struggles as she tries to right herself. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "....Man." Raine winced, watching the transformation complete. "...That never looks pleasant. Does it hurt?" Note to self; don't get turned into a frog.      Fragarach giggled to herself at Lumeria, probably knowing full well that she just tried to insult them. The outline of a finger extended from the sleeve of her raised arm and she lifted it. Lumeria's currently amphibian body levitated into the air following it. "We have what we came for. Let's go now."      Raine glanced back out into the hallway, hearing rapid footsteps and yelling coming from the nearest stairwell. "Crap. Yeah." He glanced at the frog. "Sorry, girl, business is business." And then he ran forward, pulling up the room window and then diving out. While he sailed through the air, he brought a hand to his ear, speaking into the radio piece. "Target secured! Clear the area!" That was the diversion team's cue. His job now was to get the hell out of Garenia.      Fragarach followed, floating after him andd dragging along a levitating frog Lumeria. She softened Raine's landing with wind magic, and then immediately set up enough circle for him to launch off of and out of the property. He'd land in the public sidewalks and dash away alleyways and side streets. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's tongue sticks to her spellbook, if she could just get to the right page she could turn herself back to normal. Fragarach stops her before she does that, but she's not going to let go of the tome regardless of how ridiculuous this looks. There's not much else she could do at this point, but if Fragarach tries to drop the book she risks Lumeria escaping. Meanwhile, a security camera catches everything that happens until they leave. Guards flood the room a moment later but they're too late to intervene directly. Still, there's no way Raine and Fragarach would be able to set foot in Garenia without getting the millitary's attention at this point. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      This was true. One doesn't kidnap the president's daughter and then waltz back into the capital city of that very same country.      But then, that wasn't part of the plans anyhow. The mission was successful. For now. As he ran through the streets, aiming for a dangerous and ill advised unofficial exit, Raine laughed to himself. "Hah! I can't believe that actually worked! Damn it, I'm not doing that again! Hahaha!" He glanced back at Fragarach and Lumeria. "Alright. Let's get her onto the ship and get the hell out of here."      Fragarach, who was forced to remain corporeal in order to keep a telekinetic hold on Lumeria, nodded. She didn't seem to mind that the frog had managed to grab a spell book with her tongue. ...Was she used to beint turned into a frog? Maybe she should have turned the girl into an igauna instead.      Hah.      It wasn't much longer before they were scaling the underside of the floating city block to Raine's ship that was on standby. With a little wind magic, they managed to make it onto the ship, rather than fall into the great ocean below. The hatch closed, and then they were off. Off before the military could properly mobilize a force to pursue.      - About half an hour later, in neutral airspace -      "...Uh, Fragarach? You can turn her back now, you know?" Raine spoke, brow twitching in incredulity. The white woman had been messing with poor Lumeria frog for a while now. In fact, the poor thing was placed into a conveniently available fishtank, filled with water and with a grate on top to keep her from jumping out.      At Raine's comment, she sighed. "No. If I do that, she will just blow up." At some point, she'd separated the frog from her tome. Said book was floating above the woman's other arm, pages turning aas she studied Lumeria's spells casually. After a few pages, she smiled at the frog in the tank, as if she hadn't been tormenting the poor girl, and waved a sleeve. "Hello~"      Raine facepalmed from the captain's seat, busy piloting the ship. "Right, so we're not going to bother tying you up." He gave the frog in the tank a glance. "Oh, and I shut down the communications line. So no funny business on that end either."      There was a pause as he let that sink in.      "If we turn you back, will promise not to go ballistic? Because I reaaaaally don't want to have to keep a pet frog." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria nods, it's not like she can talk like this besides ribbiting. Of course that doesn't she wasn't going to chew them out, she just wouldn't destroy the airship. After all destroying it with her in it wouldn't be in her best interests. Plus, being a frog is rather unpleasant. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "...Alright." He looked away, back ahead to the navigation monitor. "Do the thing." He spoke to Fragarach as he focused on steering.      "I warned you." She shrugged and pointed towards Lumeria. The grate was levitated off, and then the frog was lifted out of the aquarium. With a snap of the fingers following, Lumeria was returned to her normal form in a puff of purple and black smoke.      And with a smile, she waited to hear just what the girl would have to say.      She probably needed a towel too. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Well, at least she's an Elfir again, but that doesn't change the fact she's wet and naked. Not to mention rather displeased as she as a scowl on her face, "Why did you idiots kidnap me?! And who's stupid enough to kidnap the president's daughter to begin with! Don't you know realize how much trouble you're in right now! Do you realize what my mother will do when she gets ahold of you?!" Of course her hands are clutched around her chest as she tries to keep Raine from seeing anything. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Uh huh....uh huh....yep....uh huh." Raine wasn't even looking. Either out of foresight, or some cavalier manner of simply not caring after the fact. He just mumbled agreements and nodded along to Lumeria's tirade as he pressed a few buttons on the navigation monitor and steered the ship through floating land debris. They were taking a low route.      "Why did we kidnap you? Reasons. Who's stupid enough to kidnap the president's daughter? Us, of course." He chuckled at that one. "Do we realize how much trouble we're in? Wouldn't have done it if we weren't aware of the risks. And yeah, yeah. Your mom's gonna have us put on death row or something. Sure." He waved a hand toward Lumeria's general direction in a dismissive manner, still not looking. "Fragarach, take her to the living quarters and get her some clothes. You've got some of that nonsense you bought with /my/ money, right?"      Fragarach meanwhile just burst out laughing. "Ahahahahaha! Oh! This is rich! Hahahaha!" And leaving Lumeria's spellbook hovering in the air, the floating woman doubled over, laughing to herself at the whole thing. Once Raine told her to get Lumeria dressed. She just rolled her eyes as she sobered up. "You want me to give this girl my clothes?" She glanced at Lumeria momentarily. "Well, we do have the same proportions. And I suppose it wouldn't do to leave you like this. Very well! Come along."      These two just kidnapped her and they were acting like they were on a field trip. Maybe that spoke more about the kinds of things they usually did. Either way, Fragarach floated off, Lumeria's tome floating on after her. The girl in question could grab it if she so pleased. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria grabs her tome, using it to hide her breasts. "No, she would see death row as letting you off lightly. She would likely do something like turn you into ants and then step on you repeatedly. Wait, did you say Fragarach...as in the goddess, Fragarach?" She double takes as she she hears the woman's name. That would explain her appearance but not what she's doing here. "So what's a goddess doing here on an airship with some mercenary?" Now she's curious how she got dragged into all of this. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Right. Ants. Stepped on. Sure." He waved that hand again, distractedly answering Lumeria's threats. He chuckled after that though. "Ants, huh. Well that's one way to go out." He mumbled, glancing at the departing two out of the corner of his eye. "...Sigh, man." Raine shook his head and looked back ahead. "Something tells me this is gonna be a huge pain in the ass."      That said, he brought up a communications screen and input a frequency once the girls left the bridge. A few moments later, a screen was pulled up. On the other end was an older man, about forty or so, looking over various documents at a desk. Upon the link opening, he looked towards the screen. "Arland." The man greeted evenly, pausing in his work. "I trust the mission went well?"      Raine nodded. "Yep. We got her. Your diversionary squad made a pretty big mess too. They can't link it back to us, but expect tightened security from now on." He looked ahead, avoiding debris and heading towards a small cluster of floating islands in the distance. "The rest is on you guys. I did my job."      The man shook his head. "No. Your job is ongoing. Keep her witth you and away from Garenia. Go to that...Multiverse. We will need time to enact the next part of the plan. That will be all." He nodded and the screen cut off, ending the call. Raine sighed after and grumbled. "Keep her with me? I knew it..."      Meanwhile, Fragarach looked back at Lumeria and blinked a few times. "Me?" She pointed to herself. A single finger outlining from her sleeve. "A goddess? Hah! You silly girl. You have the most active imagination~" She was denying it. That said, she continued floating on down the hallway of the ship, passing several doors till they got to one door with a nameplate on it that said 'Living Quarters II'. It was crossed out, and below it was a makeshift plate that said 'Fragarach' in permanent marker. Classy.      The door slid aside, opening the way and Fragarach floated on inside. It was a nice room actually. A big bed took up one third of the space. The rest was occupied by a dresser/wardrobe, likely filled with clothes, a flat screen TV with the latest game console and a bunch of games. RPGS, otome games, visual novels, and some other things like shooters and fighting games. "Now then, clothes, clothes...what shall we have you wear..."      The woman in white mused to herself, a hand brought to her chin, rubbing thoughtfully. "Oh, but first-" She waved an arm, and the wardrobe opened. Out floated a towel...into Lumeria's face with a plomf. "Dry yourself off. You people do get sick so easily." From there, she proceeded to open drawers and browse her own selection, as if she were going to choose for Lumeria. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "So if you're not a goddess, then your parents much be quite devout to name you after one of them. You're not a human or elfir, and I don't believe you're a spirit..." Lumeria narrows down with Fragarach could be as she dries herself off. "So where am I staying? I doubt you'll just me walk away after all that. I'm not sleeping on the floor." She's used to high standards after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "My parents, hm...?" Fragarach chuckled at the thought and shook her head. "Perhaps so." So she said. She didn't bother to answer Lumeria's hypothesis on what she actually was, and simple continued rifling through her drawers. "This...no...not that...Ah, maybe this....and that too..."      She glanced behind herself as she picked out clothes, blinking at Lumeria's question. "...Oh right." She kept forgetting that these /mortal people/ needed to sleep. What a hassle. But then why did SHE have a bed? It was comfy sometimes! "And here I was thinking that the floor would be just perfect for you~" That said, she directed a few items of clothing to float over to Lumeria after that. A blue dress, a white skirt with gold lining, a black jacket of sorts, and thigh high boots. Looked like mages wear, fit for travel, yet stylish enough to not be an eyesore.      "You can have these for now."      It would do till they could properly shop for her. Back at the bridge, Raine somehow felt the headache of this situation get worse. He just knew it. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Well, they're not ugly and it beats going around nude. Lumeria puts the offered clothes on carefully, making sure they fit her. "Thanks, I guess. This doesn't make up for kidnapping me though." She's still rather upset about that. She makes her way out to the bridge in her new outfit, "How do I look?" Even if only two people can see what she's wearing she's still considered about her appearance. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Heeehehe, if this made up for kidnapping you, then I would think there was something wrong with your head." Fragarach replied lazily, waving an arm as she floated over to her game console and started it up. At Lumeria's question, she looked her over appraisingly, and then nodded. "You look lovely." She smiled in a way that was actually kind of uncomfortable.      At least she wasn't leaving the room. That left Lumeria to return to the bridge by herself where would find Raine seated. He still piloting the ship, but the Central Isles were getting closer. He didn't seem to be headed above it though. He was going below the islands. At Lumeria's return, he glanced at her, noting that she was dressed. "Finally put some clothes on, I see." He looked back ahead, a smirk crossing his face. "What a shame. I almost wish I looked now." Now he was messing with her. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "If you had looked, you would be waking up in the morning with boils on your face." Lumeria responds a bit defensively. "Speaking of which, I need some sleep. I have a feeling I'm going to have a busy day tomorrow." Lumeria yawns a bit at that, "Don't crash the ship while I'm asleep." He's not the only who can deal it. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Uh huh. I figured." Raine mumbled, waving a hand dismissively. "We're gonna have to talk about this tomorrow. You're in for a long ass haul." So he said. "You're sleeping in Fragarach's room." That was final. He didn't want to have to deal with the baggage unless he really had to.      Jerk.      "If I crash, then I guess we'll all be even." Yeah. Even in heaven. He left it at that and continued flying.      Before long, they flew into a cavern under the Central Isles, and into a secret warpgate, leaving Miltiades behind.      ...This was going to be the beginning of a long chain of unfortunate events. 

}}

3694/A Shopping Trip

2016-01-19T04:45:54Z

Varrols:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2016/01/18
|Location=Urbania
|Synopsis=Raine and Lumeria's shopping trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=604, 898
|Tinyplot=
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      AN HOUR AGO      Fragarach floated along through the bridge of the Shade Enforcer, Raine's totally not just recently named ship. No, he wasn't jealous that all those other ships out there had names! No way!      Anyway, the girl in white idly flipped through a magazine, and while she did so, she randomly piped up. "You know...how long has it been since you went shopping? That girl needs various things, doesn't she?" Floating by the captain's seat, she gave Raine a sidelong glance.      Raine narrowed his eyes. "....Don't...remind me." He grumbled, hands clenching on the pilot's controls. They were sailing through the blue sky, with no destination in mind. "...I don't even want to know the mountain of shit she's gonna demand if we tell her we're going shopping."      That sounded like someone's cue. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Did someone say shopping?" Lumeria's head pokes into the bridge. "I doubt you could even afford everything I need. I suppose I'll have to make do." She sighs a bit at that. It's not like she can have money wired from back home, it would be a dead giveaway to where they're at. "Someone of my talent and stature shouldn't have to go around living like a homeless person forever." She can't believe anyone actually manages to make do. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine immediately facepalmed.      "Fucking hell. You say one word and she magically appears." His hand slid down his hand and into his lap. "Like a god damn bloodhound." Fragarach of course, looked back to her magazine, laughing to herself faintly.      Raine glared. "Hey! This ain't funny!" And then he glared off at Lumeria. "...You call this living like a homeless person? Damn you're sheltered. This is pretty moderate for most people!" Raine resented that! He could have a house, but why bother when you're flyng all over anyway?      "Anyway..." Sigh. "I guess we have to now." He rolled his eyes and pulled up the holo-map, punching in a destination; Urbania, and then got up. "Fine. Get ready. We're going to Urbania to pick some things up. And don't take ten years doing it too!" He gives Lumeria a pointed look at that. You know who you are.      And then he sighed yet again and walked out of the bridge, off to his room.      "......"      Fragarach glanced over her magazine then, waving an overlong sleeve. "Have fun~" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "It's not my fault you humans have such short lives. Hopefully, someday I might be able to change that." Lumeria's actually serious for a moment. As stuck-up as she can be, she doesn't want to have watch Raine die. "It'll be nice to be back in the city, not coming with us Fragarach? It would be nice to have someone with actual taste along for the trip." So much for her being serious. She makes her way to her room, she has to look her best if she's going to go out after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "....?" Raine paused for a moment, looking back at Lumeria. "...Heh." And then he shrugged his shoulders and moved on. "I wonder about that."      And then he was gone.      Fragarach shook her head, looking back down her piece of idle literature as she floated lazily about. "Mmmn, tempting. But no. Unlike you and him, I...have everything I need already." Suspicious.      But nonetheless, she wouldn't be coming. Besides, she had a manga backlog to work on!      NOW      The Shade Enforcer landed in port, and Raine and Lumeria disembarked, as they usually did when they stopped somewhere. But it has been a while since they stopped in to a big city. His jobs usually took him all over to the weirdest places.      Anyway, they were here now. Leaving the port and walking along a sidewalk, Raine flicked through a list on a handheld tablet. "Right, so...let's get the most annoying thing over with first. What do you want? And make it reasonable." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria does find a bit odd that Fragarach doesn't want to go with them. Then again she's not quite sure what the girl is to begin with. Oh well, that means more things for her. She stays close to him. She's not familiar with the city and getting seperate could be troublesome. "New clothing, magical tomes and some candy." She grins at the last item. She thinks that's pretty reasonable. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "...Really? That's it?" Raine asked incredulously. That sounded reasonable. So reasonable in fact that now he was just plain suspicious! "Okay then." Mumbling with a sense of paranoia, he glanced down and pulled up a map on his tablet. "To the mall then. Nearest one should be...a couple blocks from here. Alright. Let's hit it."      He turned a corner onto another block, weaving through the hustle and bustle of the crowds. There certainly were no shortage of people around these parts. Multiversal too, judging from the abundance of tails, ears, wings, weird eye and hair colors, uterrly abnormal heights, and so on. Thankfully, he's been around long enough to not bat an eye at this weirdness. Miltiades was plenty weird already.      The trip to the nearest mall eventually came to an end as they arrived in front of a large building, rising high above for several floors. "What kind of clothes are you looking for anyway? I don't know your tastes." Raine asked as they headed inside, and after studying the floor plan, up a few escalators. It was true though. He avoided the girl's room as much as possible, and just let Fragarach handle it.      ...Which should say plenty about that. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Of course Raine didn't know how expensive Lumeria's tastes can get. She's not too phased by the crowds as well and wouldn't stand out much here. "Blouses, skirts, short dresses, boots, maybe a bit of jewelery..." She trails off as they head up the escalators. She wouldn't let Raine her room anyway, a girl has to have some privacy after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Okay, Nevermind..."      Raine grumbled and thought back to how much he had in his bank account. ...This is a mission. Just think about it like that. A mission. And ongoing mission. Yeah...damn it. A sigh escaped from him and they arrived at the third floor, where it seemed a bunch of different brand clothing stores were located.      Which one looked the least extravagant? He'd go with that. After a moment of surveying the stores from where he stood, he pointed off towards one modest looking one. "Let's try there." And he immediately strode off, heading there before Lumeria went and decided to pick some place decidedly more expensive.      "Okay, chop chop. Get picking. We're don't got all day!" Raine clapped his hands together, rushing the girl like a jerk. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria glares at him as they make their way into the store, she would have to make sure he woke up with a face covered in blisters tomorrow. "Excuse me, but I can't slap on a dirty t-shirt and jeans with holes on in the morning and call it good." She's trying to find something in here that lives up to her standards. She's almost tempted to grab the most item in the store just to spite him. Still, she's not quite sure how much money he has and needs more than one item of clothing. She manages to find a reasonable priced light blue matching blouse and skirt. "I'm going to try these on, don't drool all over me when I get out." The elfir heads for an empty dressing room. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Wow, who does that?" Raine wondered aloud, crossing his arms. "'Cause that's not me." He smirked in return and followed along as she browsed the place. The prices looked reasonable for the most part. Thank the gods. He was going to have to bother /that/ man for some additional funds if this kept up. This girl was damn financial nightmare.      Once Lumeria finally picked something, he rolled his eyes. "No one's going to be drooling here." He shrugged flippantly. "But if that helps you sleep better at night, then sure. Think it." He walked over to a waiting area nearby, plopping down into a chair and picking up an outdated magazine from a stack on the table.      Damn it, he hated shopping. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria steps out of the dressing room after changing outfits and makes her way over to the waiting area, "How do I look?" She stands in front of Raine make sure he has a clear view of her. She's expecting a smart-assed remark but she doesn't know anyone else here to ask. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Flipping through a magazine he cared nothing for, reading an article about some celebrity controversy on some world that didn't matter to him, Raine looked up once he heard Lumeria's voice.      "Hah?"      Silence set in as he looked over the girl and the outfit she'd changed into. It was simple, but it was a nice look. ...Of course, he had a choice here; A. Be a jerk as usual. B. Say something nice for once? "......" He was so sorely tempted to go with A. SO TEMPTED, but...      Sigh. What the hell, why not?      "You look pretty good, I'd say." An approving nod and a thumbs up followed. "So is that enough for you? Do I gotta wait around here some more?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's actually a bit surprised and turns a bit red with that. "Thank you...I guess you're not a complete jerk. I'll try not to be too long. I could use a few more outfits." She was going to keep him waiting for a while but his complement makes her pick up the pace a bit. After finding a few more outfits, some boots, and a few pieces of jewelery she returns, "I think this should be enough." 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Huh? Of course I'm not! You know how much effort to takes to be a jerk? A ton!" Raine grinned, shrugging his shoulders after that statement. He'd poke fun at her blush, but that might get him hexed later on. Better not. In any case, it looked like he was going to be stuck here a little while longer. "Yeah, sure. Go handle that. I'll be just sitting here, flipping through this." Sigh.      A while later, and Lumeria eventually returned with all the things she wanted. Raine set down the magazine and looked towards her, and the pile she was holding. "Should be?" He arched a brow. "Well, if you say so." He wasn't going to goad her into buying MORE stuff. He stood and headed on over to the cashier, Lumeria in tow.      Everything was rung up, and then Raine, despite the comical pain in his chest, slid his card and paid the price. Ugh! Even though this was supposed to be a more modest brand store, the total price was still a blow! Oh well. This should keep the girl satisfied for a little while.      "Okay, you said you wanted tomes, now? What exactly are you looking for?" The young man asked as they stepped out of the store, him likely having to carry a bunch of bags. Damn it. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria watches as he carries the bags and grabs a few of the lighter ones, "Are you sure you can handle all of those?" She actually sounds kind of concerned, "I can always get the books some other time. I mean dropping magical tomes usually isn't a good idea." Sure, she was tempted to hex him a bit at times but she didn't want to seriously hurt himself. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Pffft, oh NOW you care?" Raine rolled his eyes, lifting the bags. "We're good, we're fine. If I can carry Fragarach's stupidly huge sword, then a few bags aren't going to take me down. Let's get going." He insisted, not at all wanting to take multiple trips. "I'm pretty sure I saw a book store on the second floor. The arcane kind anyway."      God knows Barnes and Noble wasn't going to be stocking magical tomes. And so he stepped forward, riding the escalator down to the second floor. "But no, really, what are you looking for?" He asked again as they stepped off onto the second floor. He veered around and headed off to the store he only saw in passing. It was a kind of hole in the wall looking place. No real recognizable brand or image. Just a lot of dusty old books on shelves and on display tables.      "...These places never can't look gloomy, can they?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Well, excuse me for trying to be nice!" Lumeria figured that wouldn't last. "Dark magic tomes, maybe I would have more luck with those from other worlds." She still hasn't been able to make much progress with it. She enters the rustic bookstore and looks to see what kind of selection they have. "Careful, there's no telling what might be in some of these." Even some of the books are illegible to her. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Of course it wouldn't last. That would have been too convenient.      Stepping into the store, Raine left the bags he was carrying down by his feet as he stopped in front of a random shelf. "Huh? What are you talking about?" He asked incredulously, hand paused over the cover of one of the random book he'd picked out. It had a thick strap and a lock on it. ...But the lock wasn't locked.      "Why would they stock onsafe tomes in a store? Get real." And then he flipped the book open. A flash of light followed and immediately, the tome grew innumerable amounts of teeth and leap out of Raine's hands, latching onto his head.      "GrhfhmrhfyBHSJ" He flailed around wildly as a savage living tome chewed on his head entirely.      ...Well Lumeria did warn him. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria points to the sign that has written in various languages, "Touch at your own risk." She then facepalms with her other hand even while holding the bag. After a few seconds of that a small sphere of light magic is flung from her hand as she tries to get the tome to stop chewing on Raine's face. "How have you managed to stay alive this long on your own?" 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "HBddhfjsa!"      Raine grabbed the book and pulled, and pulled, but it refused to come off! Lumeria fired small sphere of light next, and it struck the book, making it bristle briefly, but it still refused to let go.      Finally, the book was surrounded in a sickly purple aura, and 'levitated' off of Raine's head. A diminuitive young lady in tattered, dark, witch robes gave the two a tired, fed up glare as she approached. One arm was raised, which was controlling the dark levitation spell.      "Read the signs. Don't touch the books unless you know what you're doing." She directed her arm aside, forcing the book shut and locked, and then sliding back onto the shelf. After that, she turned around and walked back off towards wherever she came from.      "...God damn it, this place is dangerous!" Raine grumbled, rubbing his face. There were teeth marks all over, funnily enough. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Once Raine's face stops being chewed on, Lumeria's attention has turned back to the many tomes present. She grabs a copy of "Multiversal Black Magic for Beginners Vol. 1 and flips it over so Raine doesn't see the cover, "I think this will be enough for today, I don't want to bankrupt you." She did spend quite a bit on clothes after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Wow. So thoughtful." Raine mumbled, picking up the clothes bags and stepping over to the back counter where that same dour looking girl was seated, flipping through a tome of her own. He didn't bother check and see what kind of book Lumeria was buying. Magic wasn't something he cared about a ton. He just countered it is all.      The girl in the witch getup raised her head, tired gaze swiveling between Lumeria and Raine. She eyed the book in the healer's hands and blinked slowly. "Will that be all?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' That and dark magicians don't usually take looking through their books without being able to pay well. Lumeria's heard a few stores about that. Plus, Raine already accidently touched the living tome earlier. It was best not to provoke the witch too much. Plus, she kind of reminds her of her sister Rue. "Yes, that's all for today." She looks a bit uneasy. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      She nodded faintly, and took the book, looking through a magically conjured catalogue in one hand. "Ah, this one. The price is..." She drew a number in the air with magic, purple glow remaining to outline the price. Once it spun around, Raine's eyes widened. "WHOA-"      The witch narrowed her eyes. "Is there a problem, sir?" Raine felt a chill run down his spine and shuddered. "Uh...no. No of course not." He pulled out his card and swiped it, paying for the book. Once he had, the girl managed a tiny smile.      "Thank you for your patronage." And then she looked back down to her own tome, leaving the two to...well, depart. On the way out, Raine asided to Lumeria. "She is creeeeeeepy." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria simply nods at that, she can't help but to wonder something and turns around to ask the witch, "In case I come back here, who should I ask for?" She figures it's unlikely but given the nature of the Multiverse you never can tell. Plus it would explain the reaction she got from here. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine moves on ahead as Lumeria turns around to talk to the girl at the counter. He wasn't going to stay behind. He'd wait at the door.      The girl, whose head was covered by a tattered hood, looked up from her book at Lumeria. "...Ask for Rue." And she looked back down to her book at that, turning a page and ignoring the girl in blue before her. A lock of white hair slipped out past her hood at that movement, seemingly proving the point of familiarity.      "Good day." She muttered, signifying that the conversation was now over. Not very customer friendly, was she? She also didn't recognize Lumeria at all. Maybe this one was an only child where she came from. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's just standing there stunned. Why was an alternate version of her sister working here? And why didn't she recognize her? Still, even if she could speak right now, she wouldn't want to ask with Raine around. Besides this might be even creepy then running into the Rue she does know. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      'Rue' didn't have anything further to say, and read her tome at her leasure.      RAINE HOWEVER, had plenty to say. "Yoooo! You forget something? Let's get outta here, this place if effing creepy! Just like the cashie-BWA!" He jumped aside, right as a bolt of dark magic impacted with the wall he was standing by. The dour witch said nothing, but her raised hand suggested that she fired the bolt.      "If you try your luck any further, then I'll add you to my frog collection. The both of you." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria shakes her head a bit and begins running with that. Maybe this Rue is more like her sister than she thinks. She makes a mental note not to go back ever. "Maybe we should just go back to the airship...and get far away from here." At this point she doesn't care about the candy any more. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Yes, ma'am! Good day! Let us meet agai-GAH!" Another bolt of dark energy is fired at Raine, who scrambles out of the store after Lumeria. "Ahahahaha! Oh man, that girl was great! Did you see the way she reacts? It's hilarious!"      Laughing raucously, he went on. "Man, I need to go back there sometime. If only to screw with her." ...Someone was going to get turned into a frog. Lumeria's scared demeanor earns her an arched brow. "Huh? Go back? We can't do that yet. We've still got to pick up groceries for the ship." He'd rub his chin, but his hands were full.      "...But I guess if you want to go back, we can return, and I'll go grocery shopping myself." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "If you go back don't expect me to turn you back to normal. If she's like my sister, I can't counter her magic." This is the only warning Lumeria would give him. If he's stupid enough to go back after telling him that, then she wouldn't feel guilty at all. "Well, we should drop this stuff off anyway at least...I'm not certain if I should even open that book now. Maybe we should have Fragarach check it out?" Still after spending all that money on it she would hate just to get rid of it. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Ehhhn. Well if you say so." He had no idea who that girl was anyway. Just that she was entertaining. But he'd leave it alone. "Alright. Let's drop this stuff off. I'll handle the rest of the shopping myself." He shrugged and they rode the escalator down to the first floor. "If you want to have her take a look at it, go ahead."      He scoffed as they stepped outside into the streets. "Might actually get her to do something useful for once." He muttered after that. Damn girl just ate all his snacks and bought tons of manga, videogames, and whatever. Sigh.      BACK TO THE SHIP      The Shade Enforcer was in the middle of tune up and resupply when they returned to port. It was a simpel matter of heading in through the hangar. Once they got to Lumeria's room door, Raine just dropped the bags he was carrying. "Right. Fragarach is...somewhere. I'm out." He turned and walked back off, likely taking one of the vehicles out to make bringing the groceries back easier.      ...What kind of candy did she want anyway? 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Make sure the candy is sweet!" Lumeria gets out before he leaves. It would be be a good idea for Fragarach to check out the book before they take off. For all she knows, this book could unleash a plague of frogs or something. "Hey Fragarach? Are you in your room? I have something I need you to take a look at." She's carefully carries the book making sure not to drop it. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine rolled his eyes, and was gone.      That left Lumeria on the ship with Fragarach...who was somewhere. But it wouldn't take long to find her. A knock on her room door, and a moment later, the door clicked unlocked, and swung open on it's own. Fragarach was laying back on her bed, comic book in hand. She didn't bother looking at the doorway.      "You said you need me to look at something? What is it?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria makes her way into Fragarach's room, "Yes, I bought a book of dark magic while we were out." She holds up the copy of Multiversal Black Magic for Beginners Vol. 1 so the other girl can see it clearly. "I'm not sure if it's safe to open though, the shop was being ran by an alternate verison of my sister. She didn't recognize me but still..." She's clearly weary about the whole thing. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Is that so?" Fragarach managed an amused smirk at the girl's recounting of her shopping trip. "Well then. Allow me-" She set the comic book onto her chest, too lazy to mark her place and put it aside, and directed a sleeve towards the book.      It become engulfed in a blue light and levitated away from Lumeria's grasp. The power circulated around the book for several moments before the tailed woman said anything. "I sense plenty of dark magic at work, but nothing that would suggest that it's trap."      Another wave of her arm, and she caused the book to open up. A sickly purple aura began to mix into the blue, but otherwise, nothing else happened. "This book seems to be a catalyst, as well as a point of reference for beginners to study from." She settled her black and blue gaze onto the girl with a quirked brow.      "You want to study dark magic? I thought you were a light mage. Those elements are typically opposed." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Well, my sister's a powerful dark mage! Why can't I be one too? I study and study, but I can't seem to make much progress." Lumeria's quite frustrated. "Plus I can't beat her with my light magic. Well, it's good to know the book's safe at least." She's sure Raine would be upset if they had spent his money on a trap. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Blink.      "Pffft--"      "Ahahahahahaha!"      And Fragarach burst out laughing, holding her stomach and kicking her legs out. "Oh wow! Oh my! Your reasoning! Ahahahaha! You people really are amusing!" Well, there was that. Lumeria's reward for venting was getting laughed at. Once the lady in white had her fill, she sobered up a little, taking deep breaths.      "Phew! Okay...let me try this again." She sat up and looked at Lumeria, smirking in amusement. "You want to be a dark mage because your sister is a dark mage? Why? Because she can and you can't? No other reason?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria has a rather cross look on her face as Fragarach, "Well, she keeps upstaging me! How would you like having a sister who constantly humilates you! Plus my mother wants her to follow in her footsteps and not me!" Yes, she's rather envious of Rue if it wasn't clearly already. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Aw, how cute. Sibling envy~" Fragarach cooed, lowering her arm, and letting the book close and set itself down upon her bed. "It sounds to me as if you have some deep seated jealousy issues with your sister. Perhaps your mother as well? Let me guess. Does she not may you enough attention, and now you act out in order to get her to acknowledge you? Hmm?"      She was making assumptions based on the many stories and fiction she's read. ...Really. The tailed woman picked her comic book back up, resuming reading while speaking. "Are you even compatible with dark magic?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Yes, I can use dark magic. Stop mocking me." Lumeria's not amused by being mocked by Fragarach as she concentrates on the girl. A small amount of sickly purple aura appears from one of her fingertips. She hopes to catch her off-guard and aims at her nose creating a wart on it with the tiny speck of magic. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Mocking you? Now why would I ever do something like tha-" Pause. Fragarach felt a growth on her nose. ".....?" She raised a hand through her sleeve to touch her nose with a finger. "Hmn. How quaint. A basic curse." She lowered the comic, giving Lumeria a narrowed stare.      "Well, why don't I give you a proper demonstration?" Grinning, the white lady pointed an arm towards the girl, a much stronger aura of darkness converging on her...      ...and attempting to turn her into a frog. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Of course Lumeria knows it's coming this time and forms a barrier of light around herself to try and shield herself from the dark magic. She does manage to put up an effort for a few seconds before she's overwhelmed and the dark magic manages to pierce through. She's surrounded by darkness and her body begins to shrink a great deal. She tries to resist but soon finds herself buried in a pile of clothing. A moment later a silver-white frog hops out from underneath the pile. She tries to chant but all that comes out is a series of ribbits. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Fragarach watched as Lumeria put up a barrier and tried to defend herself. She managed for a respectable while, but then...welp, the white frog hopping out of the clothing pile soon after was clue enough of the results. "Well. It looks like we meet again, Miss Frog~"      Her fingertip lights up, through her sleeve, and she draws out several black runes in the air. It actually turns out to be a timer that begins ticking down from 60:00. "When this reaches zero, you will be restored. Have fun~" And then she floated up and casually flew out of her room, leaving Lumeria in her clothes pile.      ...Well, so much for that. 

}}

3694/A Shopping Trip

2016-01-19T04:45:33Z

Varrols:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2016/01/18
|Location=Urbania
|Synopsis=Raine and Lumeria's shopping trip doesn't go exactly as planned.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=604, Lumeria
|Tinyplot=
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      AN HOUR AGO      Fragarach floated along through the bridge of the Shade Enforcer, Raine's totally not just recently named ship. No, he wasn't jealous that all those other ships out there had names! No way!      Anyway, the girl in white idly flipped through a magazine, and while she did so, she randomly piped up. "You know...how long has it been since you went shopping? That girl needs various things, doesn't she?" Floating by the captain's seat, she gave Raine a sidelong glance.      Raine narrowed his eyes. "....Don't...remind me." He grumbled, hands clenching on the pilot's controls. They were sailing through the blue sky, with no destination in mind. "...I don't even want to know the mountain of shit she's gonna demand if we tell her we're going shopping."      That sounded like someone's cue. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Did someone say shopping?" Lumeria's head pokes into the bridge. "I doubt you could even afford everything I need. I suppose I'll have to make do." She sighs a bit at that. It's not like she can have money wired from back home, it would be a dead giveaway to where they're at. "Someone of my talent and stature shouldn't have to go around living like a homeless person forever." She can't believe anyone actually manages to make do. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine immediately facepalmed.      "Fucking hell. You say one word and she magically appears." His hand slid down his hand and into his lap. "Like a god damn bloodhound." Fragarach of course, looked back to her magazine, laughing to herself faintly.      Raine glared. "Hey! This ain't funny!" And then he glared off at Lumeria. "...You call this living like a homeless person? Damn you're sheltered. This is pretty moderate for most people!" Raine resented that! He could have a house, but why bother when you're flyng all over anyway?      "Anyway..." Sigh. "I guess we have to now." He rolled his eyes and pulled up the holo-map, punching in a destination; Urbania, and then got up. "Fine. Get ready. We're going to Urbania to pick some things up. And don't take ten years doing it too!" He gives Lumeria a pointed look at that. You know who you are.      And then he sighed yet again and walked out of the bridge, off to his room.      "......"      Fragarach glanced over her magazine then, waving an overlong sleeve. "Have fun~" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "It's not my fault you humans have such short lives. Hopefully, someday I might be able to change that." Lumeria's actually serious for a moment. As stuck-up as she can be, she doesn't want to have watch Raine die. "It'll be nice to be back in the city, not coming with us Fragarach? It would be nice to have someone with actual taste along for the trip." So much for her being serious. She makes her way to her room, she has to look her best if she's going to go out after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "....?" Raine paused for a moment, looking back at Lumeria. "...Heh." And then he shrugged his shoulders and moved on. "I wonder about that."      And then he was gone.      Fragarach shook her head, looking back down her piece of idle literature as she floated lazily about. "Mmmn, tempting. But no. Unlike you and him, I...have everything I need already." Suspicious.      But nonetheless, she wouldn't be coming. Besides, she had a manga backlog to work on!      NOW      The Shade Enforcer landed in port, and Raine and Lumeria disembarked, as they usually did when they stopped somewhere. But it has been a while since they stopped in to a big city. His jobs usually took him all over to the weirdest places.      Anyway, they were here now. Leaving the port and walking along a sidewalk, Raine flicked through a list on a handheld tablet. "Right, so...let's get the most annoying thing over with first. What do you want? And make it reasonable." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria does find a bit odd that Fragarach doesn't want to go with them. Then again she's not quite sure what the girl is to begin with. Oh well, that means more things for her. She stays close to him. She's not familiar with the city and getting seperate could be troublesome. "New clothing, magical tomes and some candy." She grins at the last item. She thinks that's pretty reasonable. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "...Really? That's it?" Raine asked incredulously. That sounded reasonable. So reasonable in fact that now he was just plain suspicious! "Okay then." Mumbling with a sense of paranoia, he glanced down and pulled up a map on his tablet. "To the mall then. Nearest one should be...a couple blocks from here. Alright. Let's hit it."      He turned a corner onto another block, weaving through the hustle and bustle of the crowds. There certainly were no shortage of people around these parts. Multiversal too, judging from the abundance of tails, ears, wings, weird eye and hair colors, uterrly abnormal heights, and so on. Thankfully, he's been around long enough to not bat an eye at this weirdness. Miltiades was plenty weird already.      The trip to the nearest mall eventually came to an end as they arrived in front of a large building, rising high above for several floors. "What kind of clothes are you looking for anyway? I don't know your tastes." Raine asked as they headed inside, and after studying the floor plan, up a few escalators. It was true though. He avoided the girl's room as much as possible, and just let Fragarach handle it.      ...Which should say plenty about that. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Of course Raine didn't know how expensive Lumeria's tastes can get. She's not too phased by the crowds as well and wouldn't stand out much here. "Blouses, skirts, short dresses, boots, maybe a bit of jewelery..." She trails off as they head up the escalators. She wouldn't let Raine her room anyway, a girl has to have some privacy after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Okay, Nevermind..."      Raine grumbled and thought back to how much he had in his bank account. ...This is a mission. Just think about it like that. A mission. And ongoing mission. Yeah...damn it. A sigh escaped from him and they arrived at the third floor, where it seemed a bunch of different brand clothing stores were located.      Which one looked the least extravagant? He'd go with that. After a moment of surveying the stores from where he stood, he pointed off towards one modest looking one. "Let's try there." And he immediately strode off, heading there before Lumeria went and decided to pick some place decidedly more expensive.      "Okay, chop chop. Get picking. We're don't got all day!" Raine clapped his hands together, rushing the girl like a jerk. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria glares at him as they make their way into the store, she would have to make sure he woke up with a face covered in blisters tomorrow. "Excuse me, but I can't slap on a dirty t-shirt and jeans with holes on in the morning and call it good." She's trying to find something in here that lives up to her standards. She's almost tempted to grab the most item in the store just to spite him. Still, she's not quite sure how much money he has and needs more than one item of clothing. She manages to find a reasonable priced light blue matching blouse and skirt. "I'm going to try these on, don't drool all over me when I get out." The elfir heads for an empty dressing room. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Wow, who does that?" Raine wondered aloud, crossing his arms. "'Cause that's not me." He smirked in return and followed along as she browsed the place. The prices looked reasonable for the most part. Thank the gods. He was going to have to bother /that/ man for some additional funds if this kept up. This girl was damn financial nightmare.      Once Lumeria finally picked something, he rolled his eyes. "No one's going to be drooling here." He shrugged flippantly. "But if that helps you sleep better at night, then sure. Think it." He walked over to a waiting area nearby, plopping down into a chair and picking up an outdated magazine from a stack on the table.      Damn it, he hated shopping. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria steps out of the dressing room after changing outfits and makes her way over to the waiting area, "How do I look?" She stands in front of Raine make sure he has a clear view of her. She's expecting a smart-assed remark but she doesn't know anyone else here to ask. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Flipping through a magazine he cared nothing for, reading an article about some celebrity controversy on some world that didn't matter to him, Raine looked up once he heard Lumeria's voice.      "Hah?"      Silence set in as he looked over the girl and the outfit she'd changed into. It was simple, but it was a nice look. ...Of course, he had a choice here; A. Be a jerk as usual. B. Say something nice for once? "......" He was so sorely tempted to go with A. SO TEMPTED, but...      Sigh. What the hell, why not?      "You look pretty good, I'd say." An approving nod and a thumbs up followed. "So is that enough for you? Do I gotta wait around here some more?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's actually a bit surprised and turns a bit red with that. "Thank you...I guess you're not a complete jerk. I'll try not to be too long. I could use a few more outfits." She was going to keep him waiting for a while but his complement makes her pick up the pace a bit. After finding a few more outfits, some boots, and a few pieces of jewelery she returns, "I think this should be enough." 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Huh? Of course I'm not! You know how much effort to takes to be a jerk? A ton!" Raine grinned, shrugging his shoulders after that statement. He'd poke fun at her blush, but that might get him hexed later on. Better not. In any case, it looked like he was going to be stuck here a little while longer. "Yeah, sure. Go handle that. I'll be just sitting here, flipping through this." Sigh.      A while later, and Lumeria eventually returned with all the things she wanted. Raine set down the magazine and looked towards her, and the pile she was holding. "Should be?" He arched a brow. "Well, if you say so." He wasn't going to goad her into buying MORE stuff. He stood and headed on over to the cashier, Lumeria in tow.      Everything was rung up, and then Raine, despite the comical pain in his chest, slid his card and paid the price. Ugh! Even though this was supposed to be a more modest brand store, the total price was still a blow! Oh well. This should keep the girl satisfied for a little while.      "Okay, you said you wanted tomes, now? What exactly are you looking for?" The young man asked as they stepped out of the store, him likely having to carry a bunch of bags. Damn it. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria watches as he carries the bags and grabs a few of the lighter ones, "Are you sure you can handle all of those?" She actually sounds kind of concerned, "I can always get the books some other time. I mean dropping magical tomes usually isn't a good idea." Sure, she was tempted to hex him a bit at times but she didn't want to seriously hurt himself. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Pffft, oh NOW you care?" Raine rolled his eyes, lifting the bags. "We're good, we're fine. If I can carry Fragarach's stupidly huge sword, then a few bags aren't going to take me down. Let's get going." He insisted, not at all wanting to take multiple trips. "I'm pretty sure I saw a book store on the second floor. The arcane kind anyway."      God knows Barnes and Noble wasn't going to be stocking magical tomes. And so he stepped forward, riding the escalator down to the second floor. "But no, really, what are you looking for?" He asked again as they stepped off onto the second floor. He veered around and headed off to the store he only saw in passing. It was a kind of hole in the wall looking place. No real recognizable brand or image. Just a lot of dusty old books on shelves and on display tables.      "...These places never can't look gloomy, can they?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Well, excuse me for trying to be nice!" Lumeria figured that wouldn't last. "Dark magic tomes, maybe I would have more luck with those from other worlds." She still hasn't been able to make much progress with it. She enters the rustic bookstore and looks to see what kind of selection they have. "Careful, there's no telling what might be in some of these." Even some of the books are illegible to her. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Of course it wouldn't last. That would have been too convenient.      Stepping into the store, Raine left the bags he was carrying down by his feet as he stopped in front of a random shelf. "Huh? What are you talking about?" He asked incredulously, hand paused over the cover of one of the random book he'd picked out. It had a thick strap and a lock on it. ...But the lock wasn't locked.      "Why would they stock onsafe tomes in a store? Get real." And then he flipped the book open. A flash of light followed and immediately, the tome grew innumerable amounts of teeth and leap out of Raine's hands, latching onto his head.      "GrhfhmrhfyBHSJ" He flailed around wildly as a savage living tome chewed on his head entirely.      ...Well Lumeria did warn him. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria points to the sign that has written in various languages, "Touch at your own risk." She then facepalms with her other hand even while holding the bag. After a few seconds of that a small sphere of light magic is flung from her hand as she tries to get the tome to stop chewing on Raine's face. "How have you managed to stay alive this long on your own?" 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "HBddhfjsa!"      Raine grabbed the book and pulled, and pulled, but it refused to come off! Lumeria fired small sphere of light next, and it struck the book, making it bristle briefly, but it still refused to let go.      Finally, the book was surrounded in a sickly purple aura, and 'levitated' off of Raine's head. A diminuitive young lady in tattered, dark, witch robes gave the two a tired, fed up glare as she approached. One arm was raised, which was controlling the dark levitation spell.      "Read the signs. Don't touch the books unless you know what you're doing." She directed her arm aside, forcing the book shut and locked, and then sliding back onto the shelf. After that, she turned around and walked back off towards wherever she came from.      "...God damn it, this place is dangerous!" Raine grumbled, rubbing his face. There were teeth marks all over, funnily enough. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Once Raine's face stops being chewed on, Lumeria's attention has turned back to the many tomes present. She grabs a copy of "Multiversal Black Magic for Beginners Vol. 1 and flips it over so Raine doesn't see the cover, "I think this will be enough for today, I don't want to bankrupt you." She did spend quite a bit on clothes after all. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Wow. So thoughtful." Raine mumbled, picking up the clothes bags and stepping over to the back counter where that same dour looking girl was seated, flipping through a tome of her own. He didn't bother check and see what kind of book Lumeria was buying. Magic wasn't something he cared about a ton. He just countered it is all.      The girl in the witch getup raised her head, tired gaze swiveling between Lumeria and Raine. She eyed the book in the healer's hands and blinked slowly. "Will that be all?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' That and dark magicians don't usually take looking through their books without being able to pay well. Lumeria's heard a few stores about that. Plus, Raine already accidently touched the living tome earlier. It was best not to provoke the witch too much. Plus, she kind of reminds her of her sister Rue. "Yes, that's all for today." She looks a bit uneasy. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      She nodded faintly, and took the book, looking through a magically conjured catalogue in one hand. "Ah, this one. The price is..." She drew a number in the air with magic, purple glow remaining to outline the price. Once it spun around, Raine's eyes widened. "WHOA-"      The witch narrowed her eyes. "Is there a problem, sir?" Raine felt a chill run down his spine and shuddered. "Uh...no. No of course not." He pulled out his card and swiped it, paying for the book. Once he had, the girl managed a tiny smile.      "Thank you for your patronage." And then she looked back down to her own tome, leaving the two to...well, depart. On the way out, Raine asided to Lumeria. "She is creeeeeeepy." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria simply nods at that, she can't help but to wonder something and turns around to ask the witch, "In case I come back here, who should I ask for?" She figures it's unlikely but given the nature of the Multiverse you never can tell. Plus it would explain the reaction she got from here. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine moves on ahead as Lumeria turns around to talk to the girl at the counter. He wasn't going to stay behind. He'd wait at the door.      The girl, whose head was covered by a tattered hood, looked up from her book at Lumeria. "...Ask for Rue." And she looked back down to her book at that, turning a page and ignoring the girl in blue before her. A lock of white hair slipped out past her hood at that movement, seemingly proving the point of familiarity.      "Good day." She muttered, signifying that the conversation was now over. Not very customer friendly, was she? She also didn't recognize Lumeria at all. Maybe this one was an only child where she came from. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria's just standing there stunned. Why was an alternate version of her sister working here? And why didn't she recognize her? Still, even if she could speak right now, she wouldn't want to ask with Raine around. Besides this might be even creepy then running into the Rue she does know. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      'Rue' didn't have anything further to say, and read her tome at her leasure.      RAINE HOWEVER, had plenty to say. "Yoooo! You forget something? Let's get outta here, this place if effing creepy! Just like the cashie-BWA!" He jumped aside, right as a bolt of dark magic impacted with the wall he was standing by. The dour witch said nothing, but her raised hand suggested that she fired the bolt.      "If you try your luck any further, then I'll add you to my frog collection. The both of you." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria shakes her head a bit and begins running with that. Maybe this Rue is more like her sister than she thinks. She makes a mental note not to go back ever. "Maybe we should just go back to the airship...and get far away from here." At this point she doesn't care about the candy any more. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Yes, ma'am! Good day! Let us meet agai-GAH!" Another bolt of dark energy is fired at Raine, who scrambles out of the store after Lumeria. "Ahahahaha! Oh man, that girl was great! Did you see the way she reacts? It's hilarious!"      Laughing raucously, he went on. "Man, I need to go back there sometime. If only to screw with her." ...Someone was going to get turned into a frog. Lumeria's scared demeanor earns her an arched brow. "Huh? Go back? We can't do that yet. We've still got to pick up groceries for the ship." He'd rub his chin, but his hands were full.      "...But I guess if you want to go back, we can return, and I'll go grocery shopping myself." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "If you go back don't expect me to turn you back to normal. If she's like my sister, I can't counter her magic." This is the only warning Lumeria would give him. If he's stupid enough to go back after telling him that, then she wouldn't feel guilty at all. "Well, we should drop this stuff off anyway at least...I'm not certain if I should even open that book now. Maybe we should have Fragarach check it out?" Still after spending all that money on it she would hate just to get rid of it. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Ehhhn. Well if you say so." He had no idea who that girl was anyway. Just that she was entertaining. But he'd leave it alone. "Alright. Let's drop this stuff off. I'll handle the rest of the shopping myself." He shrugged and they rode the escalator down to the first floor. "If you want to have her take a look at it, go ahead."      He scoffed as they stepped outside into the streets. "Might actually get her to do something useful for once." He muttered after that. Damn girl just ate all his snacks and bought tons of manga, videogames, and whatever. Sigh.      BACK TO THE SHIP      The Shade Enforcer was in the middle of tune up and resupply when they returned to port. It was a simpel matter of heading in through the hangar. Once they got to Lumeria's room door, Raine just dropped the bags he was carrying. "Right. Fragarach is...somewhere. I'm out." He turned and walked back off, likely taking one of the vehicles out to make bringing the groceries back easier.      ...What kind of candy did she want anyway? 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Make sure the candy is sweet!" Lumeria gets out before he leaves. It would be be a good idea for Fragarach to check out the book before they take off. For all she knows, this book could unleash a plague of frogs or something. "Hey Fragarach? Are you in your room? I have something I need you to take a look at." She's carefully carries the book making sure not to drop it. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine rolled his eyes, and was gone.      That left Lumeria on the ship with Fragarach...who was somewhere. But it wouldn't take long to find her. A knock on her room door, and a moment later, the door clicked unlocked, and swung open on it's own. Fragarach was laying back on her bed, comic book in hand. She didn't bother looking at the doorway.      "You said you need me to look at something? What is it?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria makes her way into Fragarach's room, "Yes, I bought a book of dark magic while we were out." She holds up the copy of Multiversal Black Magic for Beginners Vol. 1 so the other girl can see it clearly. "I'm not sure if it's safe to open though, the shop was being ran by an alternate verison of my sister. She didn't recognize me but still..." She's clearly weary about the whole thing. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Is that so?" Fragarach managed an amused smirk at the girl's recounting of her shopping trip. "Well then. Allow me-" She set the comic book onto her chest, too lazy to mark her place and put it aside, and directed a sleeve towards the book.      It become engulfed in a blue light and levitated away from Lumeria's grasp. The power circulated around the book for several moments before the tailed woman said anything. "I sense plenty of dark magic at work, but nothing that would suggest that it's trap."      Another wave of her arm, and she caused the book to open up. A sickly purple aura began to mix into the blue, but otherwise, nothing else happened. "This book seems to be a catalyst, as well as a point of reference for beginners to study from." She settled her black and blue gaze onto the girl with a quirked brow.      "You want to study dark magic? I thought you were a light mage. Those elements are typically opposed." 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Well, my sister's a powerful dark mage! Why can't I be one too? I study and study, but I can't seem to make much progress." Lumeria's quite frustrated. "Plus I can't beat her with my light magic. Well, it's good to know the book's safe at least." She's sure Raine would be upset if they had spent his money on a trap. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Blink.      "Pffft--"      "Ahahahahahaha!"      And Fragarach burst out laughing, holding her stomach and kicking her legs out. "Oh wow! Oh my! Your reasoning! Ahahahaha! You people really are amusing!" Well, there was that. Lumeria's reward for venting was getting laughed at. Once the lady in white had her fill, she sobered up a little, taking deep breaths.      "Phew! Okay...let me try this again." She sat up and looked at Lumeria, smirking in amusement. "You want to be a dark mage because your sister is a dark mage? Why? Because she can and you can't? No other reason?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Lumeria has a rather cross look on her face as Fragarach, "Well, she keeps upstaging me! How would you like having a sister who constantly humilates you! Plus my mother wants her to follow in her footsteps and not me!" Yes, she's rather envious of Rue if it wasn't clearly already. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Aw, how cute. Sibling envy~" Fragarach cooed, lowering her arm, and letting the book close and set itself down upon her bed. "It sounds to me as if you have some deep seated jealousy issues with your sister. Perhaps your mother as well? Let me guess. Does she not may you enough attention, and now you act out in order to get her to acknowledge you? Hmm?"      She was making assumptions based on the many stories and fiction she's read. ...Really. The tailed woman picked her comic book back up, resuming reading while speaking. "Are you even compatible with dark magic?" 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' "Yes, I can use dark magic. Stop mocking me." Lumeria's not amused by being mocked by Fragarach as she concentrates on the girl. A small amount of sickly purple aura appears from one of her fingertips. She hopes to catch her off-guard and aims at her nose creating a wart on it with the tiny speck of magic. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Mocking you? Now why would I ever do something like tha-" Pause. Fragarach felt a growth on her nose. ".....?" She raised a hand through her sleeve to touch her nose with a finger. "Hmn. How quaint. A basic curse." She lowered the comic, giving Lumeria a narrowed stare.      "Well, why don't I give you a proper demonstration?" Grinning, the white lady pointed an arm towards the girl, a much stronger aura of darkness converging on her...      ...and attempting to turn her into a frog. 

:'''{{#var:898|Lumeria (898)}} has posed:''' Of course Lumeria knows it's coming this time and forms a barrier of light around herself to try and shield herself from the dark magic. She does manage to put up an effort for a few seconds before she's overwhelmed and the dark magic manages to pierce through. She's surrounded by darkness and her body begins to shrink a great deal. She tries to resist but soon finds herself buried in a pile of clothing. A moment later a silver-white frog hops out from underneath the pile. She tries to chant but all that comes out is a series of ribbits. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Fragarach watched as Lumeria put up a barrier and tried to defend herself. She managed for a respectable while, but then...welp, the white frog hopping out of the clothing pile soon after was clue enough of the results. "Well. It looks like we meet again, Miss Frog~"      Her fingertip lights up, through her sleeve, and she draws out several black runes in the air. It actually turns out to be a timer that begins ticking down from 60:00. "When this reaches zero, you will be restored. Have fun~" And then she floated up and casually flew out of her room, leaving Lumeria in her clothes pile.      ...Well, so much for that. 

}}

3694/A Shopping Trip

2016-01-19T03:40:14Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2016/01/18 |Location=Urbania |Synopsis=Raine and Lumeria's shopping trip doesn't go exactly as planned. |Thanks= |Cast of Characters=604, 898 |Tiny..."

3052/WMAT A1 Metal Man vs Natasha

2015-09-19T14:24:46Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/09/18 |Location=WMAT Arena - Yunzabit Heights |Synopsis=Steel meets fire as Metal Man and Natasha duke it out. |Thanks=Thanks to Ferham for co..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/09/18
|Location=WMAT Arena - Yunzabit Heights
|Synopsis=Steel meets fire as Metal Man and Natasha duke it out.
|Thanks=Thanks to Ferham for commentating
|Cast of Characters=11, 425, 516
|Tinyplot=WMAT 2015
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man had been doing pretty well this year with the WMAT, he'd done well enough that there shouldn't be any heat form Wily if he doesn't advance further. Yet? He wants to see how far he can push things, after all winning here would show the people of his earth. He looks at teh cold natuer of the Yunzabit Heights and scans for where Natasha is going to be. He look to the nearby Camera crew and gives them a thumbs up also flagging them and any other crews as friendly to his HUD, to lessen the chance of an accident. "So Natasha's her name? I wonder how well she'll fight 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Speaking of heat, Natasha's wondering who's idea it was to have a fight in a place like this. She's at a bit of disadvantage fighting in this place but it shouldn't be too much of a problem unless it starts raining or snowing. Well, at least she wouldn't have to worry about hurting anyone here. The hoverplanes are some distance away so it would be hard to hit one of them accidently. It looks like she's fighting some kind of robot, but she figured that from his name. She wonders how effective fire is against him as she lets loose a small warning shot of flame. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      When Ferham heard that one of Wily's creations was going to be competing today in WMAT, she figured she had to take a fly down and go see if they needed an announcer. When she discovered they did, well, she was beyond amused to volunteer for the position. Ferham stands off to the side of the match perched on a high dias with a small trio of Pararoids flitting about on their dragon-fly wings emitting a localized forcefield around her. In case of stray metal blades or gunfire or energy blasts that go high and might hit the winged announcer.      "Welcome to the World Martial Arts Tournament, our contestants today are: hailing from the Wily Numbers of Skull Fortress and beyond, built by Dr. Wily himself is Metal Man! His super-grip coated gloves allow him to throw those blades of his with remarkable speeds! And in the other corner... The young and energetic fire mage Natasha! No that's not Fatale, but we'll know if she is soon enough!" she floats off the tall dias with her wings sliding out, floating about now as she surveys the match. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man is looking over Natasha for a moment. He's trying to size her up, even as she makes her first action? MEtal Man's already moving at high speed tearing across the desolate landscape. "Humm curious." He does not say more but he does pick up Ferham's announcing nad he can't help but grin under his faceplate. This was going to be a fun fight and a heck of a thing to watch later for Ferham's own part in this. He flips into into the air and then throws a lone blade at Natasha, testing the waters. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Who's Natasha Fatale?" She can't help but to wonder now that Ferham brought that up. The fire elmental is distracted for a moment before she notices the blade being hurled at her. She tries to dodge it, but it ends up cutting her exposed lower chest leaving a small gash. "Ouch..." She reminded a bit of Alexandra with that attack but for now she needs to focus on the fight. The ground near Metal Man begins to burst into flame. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      As the battle takes place, the localized forcefield keeps any of the shrapnel and stray bits of fire from hitting Ferham as she hovers a good distance above the tournament field. "As I said previously those blades of Metal Man can be thrown by him from almost any angle and at subsonic speeds--ooh, that looked like it hurt," even Ferham has to cringe a little. "Though on the other hand it looks like Miss Natasha is a little spitfire herself, I am not sure if Metal Man's design ever had a weakness to fire but it looks like we're going to find out!" the metal-winged valkyrie banks back from the action just a bit so that she's not drowned out by the sound of the fighting. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man is not quick enough this time to avioid the flames but he doesn't delay in them long. There's osme light damage but nothing that's breache his armored body. Well for the moment it may have left some of them a lot weaker. He starts making use of the terain bounding about and seeming to throw. Yet many of them are fake outs only several of the tosses are actually launching blades. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's paying attention this time and starts hurling fire everywhere to try and stop the blades from hitting her. She misses one though and it nicks her face. They both seem to be pretty good at avoiding getting hit with projectiles so she decides to get in close instead. A blade made of fire forms in her hands and she charges at the robot master with the weapon extended. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Wuh oh, looks like Metal Man may have met his match here folks, looks like that last hit barely grazed Miss Natasha and she's bringing some of the red heat down on this wily number," Ferham winced as the fireball collided with Metal, seeming to counter his metal blade. "Though it seems as if that wasn't the full brunt of the attack however, and Metal Man avoided the most of it. No trip to the smelter today for him, boys," Ferham gives a little wink at a nearby floating camera with a grin. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man is getting the idea this lady's got a lot she can do with fire, he is however used to dealing with fire. He's hit but he's never quite caught directly with the flames. He now leaps again twists in the air as he goes, keeping up with his policy in combat. Do not sit still, never sit still. At the apex of his jump he throws a blade once more. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Well, there's going to be a lot of molten metal by the time this fight is done. The blades are less dangerous to her then they would be against a human opponent but that doesn't mean they don't hurt. Natasha's glad no else is present besides Ferham and the two of them. She jumps up into the air as well and tosses a firewball downwards at the robot master. He isn't the only one who can leap around. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Oh man, Metal Man keeps going easy on her and that last hit looked like it hit dead on, ow--I hope she doesn't need to be air-tight for anything because she's not anymore, folks," Ferham winced one eye shut at that, holding her free arm up to shield her face if any stray blood gets squirted her way. "And it looks like Natasha is making a comeback here with that last strike--ow, all this fire melting metal is starting to make me a little nervous, not gonna lie!" 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man can't dodge for ever and he's not known for his heavy armour either. The firebal does a good dela of damage leaving him scorched in a number of places and a number portions of his body glowing from how /hot/ they are. It's clearly doing internal damage to his systems. He is however in the fight still. Ferham is being a heck of a annoucer, he'll have to talk to her about it later. For now most of his processor power is focused on dealing with Natasha. He leaps into the ait throws a blade, then jumps again trying to keep distance from her. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha certainly wants to win the fight but she wonders if she got a bit carried with the last attack. After all she's not quite sure how well he handles fire, she knows metal can melt easily but she knows it could also be shielded against flame too. Still robots can generally be fixed easier than organic beings so she doesn't feel too guilty about it. This kind of reminds her of watching knives being throw in the circus. "You're pretty good at that, was throwing blades what you were built for?" She tosses a few smaller fireballs, figuring he would have a harder time doding them. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Woah, and Metal Man barely connects this time again, who knew Wily used such cheap materials in these guy's construction, he definitely needs some new servos or a good round of lubrication!" Ferham blinks as the fire mage goes on what looks like a barrage attack. "By Dr. Cain's Beard! Natasha has just unleashed her fiery fury on Metal Man it seems, a total of three fire based hits and two out of three went right into him! Can he maybe turn this one around and get the LEAD out, rather than the tinfoil?" 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man knows where the focus of his budget went he can't help but smile though Ferham does know her stuff. He pulls back from Natasha for a moment he smirks a little bit at her. "Industial overseeing." He notes then he breaks into a run but Blasts of flames catch him but he keeps coming and he leaps up on to a rock formation. Snapping his fingers as he land and the ground under Natasha's feed explodes as small combat drones rise up out of the ground and will attemp to drive their drills into her. "Also commanding scores of lesser mechanloids." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Hey, I thought these fights were suppose to be one on one!" Natasha certainly wasn't expecting to bring help with him. It certainly did explain what he had been built for though. The drills spin around and are driven into her legs making her stumble a bit. Blood comes out of the newly open wounds making a bit of a hissing sound and melting everything it comes in contact with. Of course this might also include Metal Man. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "It looks like Metal Man has surprised Natasha with some of the mole drill units at his command, and yeesh, that looked like it hurt more than a bit--but Natasha is not taking that one simmering, apparently and her counter is staggering--it seems like her very bodily fluids are capable of melting right through metal! I guess this means she's a universal donor," Ferham swings back around to catch some footage of the melty blood being poured around, careful to stay above and downwind of the fumes. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man says "They are a part of me, they are weapons. Other fighters do things like mine the arena before hand." The remote weapons, drones, mechanloids they don't last long at this point. The stuff from her blood gets a suprised cry as it starts melting into him he starts throwing it off as best she can using high speed movments to try and make the wind pick it off but one blade he has is enduring the heat afterall the material they made of can take the heat but now this thing is glowing from the heat and he throws it at Natasha as he breaks off from being up close. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "How could you do that without knowing where you're going to fight?!" Natasha's curious now, after all you could mine the wrong arena. Hopefully, they've managed to find someone who could provide her with medical attention without getting burned. Of course mining the arena wouldn't work too well against her unless there was aerial mines. "Really, so if someone damages them it hurts you as well?" She does her best to stay close to him and warms her body as she does, trying to melt the robot master. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Metal Man does have a point, those drones are connected to him very fundamentally, he likely wouldn't be the same bot without them!" Ferham nods a bit after Metal Man speaks, before adding, "It looks like those mole drones don't have a ghost of a chance surviving that stuff, and that entire metal blade just shattered in Natasha's face, ow--looks like Metal is doing his best to try and turn this around, but it's still looks to be fairly close, it could go either way at this point still!" 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man smirks, "I laid out a lot of drones near by and waited for you to come to me." He Is not harmed by drones deaths, it's like a human having hair cut at worse. Either way still her heat is hurnting him directly so it's beside the point really. "You'll just have to find out!" MEtal Man calls out as he suddenly leaps into the air rising up high into the cloudy skies then dropping down like a dooms fighter jet. He's got one filts held out as he comes in for the impact hopefully into Natasha. "METAL FIST!!!!!" 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "So you picked this place on purpose?" Maybe he already knew something about Natasha in advance, or assumed that she was human. She tries to fly up to get out of the way but he still manages to make impact with his fist regardless. At this point her whole body bursts into flames, he was in for a nasty counter if he doesn't pull away in time. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "And Metal Man comes back with his fiery metal fisting--however it appears Natasha has taken his leather and given him some lace instead!" Ferham has to dodge out of the way as Natasha flies up, keeping herself out of harms way. "The fire magician appears to have burst into flame, and sent herself right into Metal Man! Yeowch, I don't think I've seen the like in quite a long time," she rubs the side of her head with the back of her gloved hand, as if the heat is getting to her too. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man just knew it was a good spot to stage an ambush most organics have issues with the cold. Given most people fighting in the tournament were such how could he not make use of such an area? "Know where your fighting, make use of the terrain, exploit a foe's weakness. This is basic tactics my dear. You were worth the time to make preperations for to fight." He is caught with a punch and it does a heck of a lot of damage to him he reels back but he's not quite finished yet. He seems to be making ready with a large number of blades which he starts throwing. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Thankfully, natural cold doesn't do much to Natasha, she doesn't enjoy it but it's not a threat either. "I just usually use fire. I'm not a tactician or anything." It's got her this far, besides thinking too much about combat is just a distraction. The blades make impact, stabbing her even further. Still, she's not going to give up after all if she wins she can help a lot of people. She rushes in and punches him with her flaming hands, it's not like she has to worry about breaking bones or anything. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Well it looks like it's coming down to the wire folks, the battle is drawing to a close, Natasha and Metal Man have been subjected to some pretty terrible trauma so far, but who knows, maybe Metal Man will get lucky and some shrapnel will get in Natasha's eyes--though maybe her eyes are made of lava too," Fer sighs a little but she doesn't seem to be rooting for either in particular. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man has a feeling this is about over but he's not about to let Natasha get off easy. He's never been one to go quietly or give up easily. He looks Natasha down he also knows he's got to make a show of all of this. HE thwos back his head and laughs. "You still fight well enough now come do you think I will go quietly?!" Metal Man now just unleashes a storm of blades they keep comming as he leaps about at high speed, even with his damaged body? He's not lost his balance once no matter how bad he's been hit. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' There's simply too many blades for Natasha to try and dodge or melt them all. She finds herself getting lacerated by them. If she was a normal human this was certainly be lethal, she's somehow still standing but she's in a great deal of pain right now. She lets out a loud scream and exhales a large flame from her mouth as she does so. The blades promptly melt along with anything or anyone else caught in the vicnity. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Holy--woah, what a hit from Metal Man, that flurry of blades seems to have taken a chunk out of the plucky fire mage! Is the wily number making a comeback!? And that last hit from Natasha seems to have glanced off him, he looks only a bit scorched!" Ferham herself is getting excited now visibly, as this whole thing is coming to a head in a bit of a suspenseful way. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man is able to just barely edoge the flame breath but he's caught in the wake and that does more damage to him. He's getting static in his field of view he staggers and throws another blade but it's weak he doesn't seem to be near the end of his rope. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha manages to catch the blade as slow as it's moving. She's quite beat up as well at this point and wants to finish the fight. Of course her is hand is burning at this point and she's not able to hold onto the weapon for very long. She promptly tosses the heated blade back at Metal Man in an attempt to get rid of it. 

:'''{{#var:516|Ferham (516)}} has posed:'''      "Well there we have it, Natasha turned one of Metal Man's blades back on him and I think he's down for this fight. Natasha wins this round!" Ferham lowers the forcefields around her and begins hovering around with the camera to showcase the area of the battle and the winner and loser. "Unfortunately in all contests where must be a loser, and that brings us to a close," Ferham fans her wings out and does a few passes around the arena before soaring off. 

:'''{{#var:11|Metal Man (11)}} has posed:''' Metal Man has just taken more than he could take. Natasha now has conrned him well at this point a stiff breeze would knock him over and the blade hits him and he just goes down /hard/. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's pretty cut up at this point but there's a smile on her face. She's never made it this far in any of the Multiversal tournaments before. She certainly plans to celebrate...right after she gets some medical attention. She leans over and offers Metal Man a hand up, "That certainly was close." 

}}

2862/WMAT AQ1 Doppelganger vs Natasha

2015-08-20T23:40:15Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/08/20 |Location=WMAT Arena - Spinach Wastes |Synopsis=Natasha takes the next step to becoming a heroine, fighting her evil twin. Can she win t..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/08/20
|Location=WMAT Arena - Spinach Wastes
|Synopsis=Natasha takes the next step to becoming a heroine, fighting her evil twin. Can she win the fight and move onto the next round though?
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=425, 726
|Tinyplot=WMAT 2015
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Another day, another fight for Natasha! She managed to defeat Celestine, now it was time for the battle she was a bit concerned. The other woman had given her a heads up to what she was up against but she's still not sure how she's going to handle it. She enters the arena smiling and waving to the audience as she waits for her opponent to arrive. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     The Spinach Wastes. Green, rolling hills. Ostrich chickens. Stands for people to sit in, and hovercars with mounted cameras keeping track of the action, and putting them up on big screens. Pleasant weather, pleasant surroundings, unpleasant opponent. A large purple magic circle forms on the ground a distance away, and darkness swells upwards, gleaming red slits in a blob of a head already smoldering as they gaze upon Natasha. The shape is indistinct within the swollen darkness, but as the writhing shadows coalesce and condense more and more, a form becomes visible. A form nearly identical to Natasha's own, but with a purple-black haze of shadow surrounding her, obscuring the minute details. And there's the glowing red eyes of course.     It's kind of creepy to see one's own reflection outside of a mirror, even with shadows surrounding it. The fact this 'reflection' may well be as the old stories say, a self that seeks to claim the original's identity through murder, adds even more creepiness to it. But this is a tournament, and this 'Doppelganger' didn't kill her previous opponent either. So maybe it's not like that. But it's still... WEIRD.     A referee will start off the match when the two are ready. As if there's ever a time to be ready to face a copy of yourself in battle. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha is indeed surprised as she sees her double. She can tell already that it's certainly not friendly, "Um hi...?" How do you introduce yourself to a copy of yourself, she's not quite sure how to handle this. Still, she should be poilte even if fighting her evil twin. She looks around a bit curiosly to see who might have summoned her twin. She certainly has some questions for them. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     There's no obvious indication of a summoner in the area, though that doesn't mean they aren't here. Or watching, at least. Doppelganger Natasha, at least, seems somewhat unresponsive to the attempt at a greeting. She just glares with glowing eyes out of her shadowy haze... And when the referee approaches, and announces the match is to begin... "World Martial Arts Tournament Qualifier Match for Bracket A: Natasha versus Doppelganger... BEGIN!"     Doppelganger wastes no time in rushing forward, flying through the air to attempt to land a firey punch upon Natasha! Her knuckles trail flames that seem more like molten blood that true fire, even 'splashing' on the ground where droplets fall. The splashes in turn burn in pools of magical fire for a time before dissipating. Though that may be the least of Natasha's concerns.     Is rushing into melee Natasha's normal fighting style? Does Doppelganger even copy fighting style? She's an imperfect duplicate... But this one seems to have her own way of fighting too. The shadowy haze about her has taken on a more crimson hue once the fight started, red flowing upowards towards the cloud about her face.     Maybe the meaning of this will become more apparent during the course of the fight. For now, defending against the opening attack may be more of a priority! 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Okay, I guess you can't talk. I know the feeling..." Natasha sighs a bit as she's reminded of the time she spent mute. She can sympthize with the double a bit, but she still intends to defeat her. Natasha is indeed headstrong but seeing what her clone is doing, she knows she's going to have to try something else. She reels a bit from the punch but steps back and throws a small ball of fire at her. At least that confirmed one thing, they can hurt each other. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     As Natasha dodges Doppelganger's attack mostly the duplicate turns to reorient on her opponent, just in time for a small ball of flame to be shot at her. The projectile skims over the Doppelganger's shoulder as she attempts to evade, burning the side of the face and shoulder both from proximity. She draws molten flame to one hand and releases it in a similar fireball (though of somehow more 'liquid'-looking flame). It still works the same as fire if hits though.     Then she speaks, her voice distant, echoing. "Can't talk. Know the feeling?"     She can speak after all! Or is she just mimicking? Is this a person after all or just a magical clone without a mind? The fact she is doing things other than what Natasha does speaks for the former, but some kind of 'programming' could be responsible for it... Who and what this enemy actually IS remains uncertain. But the fact that they can both hurt each other is, as Natasha noted, pretty much confirmed. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Did the copy just repeat what she just said? Natasha's a bit confused as hears that. Then again she didn't echo her greeting. Was she trying to mess with her head. "Did someone create you?" She remembers seeing a magic circle being summoned at the beginning of the fight. Then again that could just be her being teleported in. Getting hit by the fireball certainly hurt, but it shouldn't leave any lasting effect. She notes the cloud around the copy's face, was that what was creating the illusion. She rushes in and punches it hopefully she can confuse the other Natasha by copying it's move. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Doppelganger is struck fiercely by Natasha, and sent hurtling back a bit through the air! It isn't clear whether she felt pain from the blow, but damage was certainly done! Her crimson haze flickers and then swells as she lifts upwards, higher above the ground. She puts out both hands at her sides, producing flames in each, and then turns as though to perform a barrel roll... And then comes flying in at Natasha while spinning at high-speed, and emitting flames that engulf and swirl around her, trying to ram into the 'real' Natasha and bowl her over!     In passing, regardless of the attack's success or failure, Doppelganger chuckles darkly and asks, "Did someone create you?"     When she pulls out of her spin attack, the WHOOSHing of flames dying down, she turns to look back over her shoulder and just says one more word.     "You."     Natasha created her!? Is that what she means!? 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Whoa! I've never done that before!" Still, the fact that it barely made contact might be the reason Natasha hasn't. "I couldn't have created you though, since you entered the tournament on your own!" That means the copy must have existed before the fight, or someone signed her up for the tournament. She goes rushing at the double again, this time though there's flames circling around her as she tries to hit her indirectly. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Doppelganger seems not to have much to say back to that as she is scorched by Natasha's own charging attack. She tries to get some distance, before unleashing a brief barrage of three smaller fireballs down towards the original Natasha. "You. You. You. You." is all she says after that. Then she clenches her fist, and the three fireballs erupt in spheres of flame trying to catch Natasha in the proximity of the small explosions if direct hits don't work.     This is all really confusing. But if nothing else, maybe Natasha can learn some new moves from her... Duplicate? Is she even a duplicate? Is she able to use hidden potential that Natasha herself might not even know about? Is that why Doppelganger is doing things Natasha has never done before?     The exact method behind Doppleganger's methods of attack, origins, and so on, probably won't be easily determined in the middle of battle. Especially with her communication ability so limited. But it should at least be apparent that Natasha's established 'moves' aren't the only thing Doppelganger can use. The question is what OTHER surprises lie in store. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Did Natasha just break her double? All she's doing is repeating herself now. She wonders if anyone else in the Union has fought it before. Still she's going to have to wait until after the fight to ask. Focusing her attention on avoiding three fireball at once is difficult and two of them manage to hit her. Her copy isn't the only one who can throw multiple fireballs at once though. The fire element takes to the air letting down a barrage of fireballs as she flies upwards. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     The first fireball hits Doppelganger, bathing her face in flame that sears away outer layers of shadowy flesh. The other two are narrowly avoided, though they do damage in passing. The flying not-Natasha weaves through the barrage, trying to close the distance with actual-Natasha, and then strike with more of that weird blood-fire shrouded surrounding her legs as she flips in the air and tries to slam both heels down onto Natasha's head, boosted by elemental flame!     "Did someone create you?" she calls down coldly, echoingly, tauntingly. Natasha's own voice, in tones that she has never hear herself speak in before. Her own face, looking upon her with pure aggression and animosity.     A dark reflection in every way. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Okay, that's kind of creepy. And I guess you could say my parents made me." Of course Natasha reasons that's true for most people in the Multiverse. Natasha cringes as she gets kicked in the head. "Ouch, and for a copy of me you're not very friendly!" She notes that the other Natasha didn't do a very good job of copying her personality. She reaches out and grabs her double above her before trying to throw her back. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Doppelganger is grabbed and thrown! She falls towards the ground, bounces off after only a minor impact thanks to being just as light of body as Natasha herself, and then flies right back up! She forms what appears to be glowing-red dots on the tips of her fingers as she surges towards the fire elemental, and tries to drive the rapidly-heating fingertips into Natasha's belly in a claw-like strike.     "'Copy'?" Doppelganger asks.     Then she just starts laughing as though Natasha had said something hilarious. She breaks off the laughter as she withdraws her hand.     "Copy of ME." she asserts. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Are you trying to upset me?" Natasha was trying to be friendly here, but she's starting to lose her cool. "I don't have a problem with you taking my appearance but if you're going to be a jerk about it!" Natasha frowns as her belly gets slashed, leaving burning blood behind it. She reaches out and tries to deck the copy in the face hard. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Natasha punches Doppelganger in the face. More of that glowing, molten blood flies from her mouth from the impact, her head whipping to the side. Rather than responding to the questions being asked, she instead retaliates in kind, swinging at Natasha to try to hit her just as hard. It doesn't seem this foe is a very friendly individual. It might indeed be her intent to anger Natasha. She doesn't appear to like the real deal very much, so she might have animosity towards the woman her form and powers are based off of.     But she's also fighting just as hard as Natasha too. She too has something at stake here. "JERK!" she calls out, her voice still seeming to come from a distance even now. Even close up. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha goes flying back as she gets hit by the other Natasha. Her twin certainly hits hard as she reels from the blow. She spits out a bit of molten blood and wipes her mouth. "I guess I can't be a real heroine without fighting my evil twin at some point!" She should have expected this to happen sooner or later with all the books she's read. She focuses for a moment before releasing a huge blast of fire from her hands. Let's how her double handles her going all out. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Doppelganger is blasted with a wall of flames, engulfed in them, and vanishing into them for a time as she is thrown back. Despite it being a direct hit, despite damage being done, just as with every other attack suffered so far... She make no sound of pain or suffering. She's definitely getting beaten and burned and injured as much as Natasha, but Doppelganger doesn't seem to be showing signs of slowing down, weakening, or being inhibited by the pain of her wounds.     Then the duplicate comes zooming around the side of Natasha's fire blast, trying to get in close, and release an identical attack from her hands... Except instead of a blast, it's more like a single concentrated 'beam' of fire... Some kind of... Blood flame sword!? 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's familiar with that tactic, in fact she used it against Celestine yesterday. Of course she knows how to counter it as well by creating a flame sword of her own. Some of the flames from the other Natasha's sword hit her in the sword clash but it could have gone a whole lot worse. She tries to guide the weapon around the copy's and into her chest. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     Doppelganger is impaled on the flaming sword! Fire pours out around her injury, sparking and sizzling. Her existing injuries even have fire being forced out of them by the weapon pushed through her body. That's a pretty grievous wound there! If ever there was call to cry out in pain, this would be it. Doppelganger does not cry out in pain.     Instead, she attempts to grab hold of Natasha create a very, very large fire sword in her free hand, and ram through Natasha's own chest in the exact same manner. Then, for the very first time, she says something that Natasha hasn't said so far, using words that have not been spoken by Natasha yet in this fight.     "You can't help them. You can't help anyone. MONSTER."     Then the sword explodes in a column of red and black flame as the two Natashas grapple in the air. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Shut up! I'll win this tournament and use the money to help people! If you were really me you already know that!" Like Natasha said before, the clone may look like her but it certainly doesn't act like her. Natasha's unable to avoid the explosion but she knows all she to defeat her copy to move onto the next round. Unlike the clone she still has her sword and tries to shove it through the other Natasha's shoulder. 

:'''{{#var:726|Walter Bernhard (726)}} has posed:'''     As Natasha stabs Doppelganger in the shoulder, she is knocked out of the air, hits the ground... And seems to dissolve into clouds of shadow that fly upwards, and then come back down. And the whole time, Doppelganger just stares up at her, grinning knowingly. Right up until she ceases to have a face and becomes nothing but rapidly-vanishing shadow. Did... Natasha KILL her opponent?     That would certainly be against the rules. Was that the plan all along? To anger Natasha enough to get her to kill her opponent, disqualifying her from the tournament, and showing that she is, indeed, a monster?     The answer might never be known. But the referee, at least, doesn't appear to be clear enough on what happened to decide either way. He steps forth and shakily announces, "Winner of this match... Natasha! Medics or... Someone... To the field?" That seems to be that. But the implications, even if Doppelganger survived somehow...     That in the process of trying to help people, Natasha might hurt people instead...     That might haunt her long after the physical injuries are healed. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Of course Natasha's a bit confused as the doppelganger vanishes. She can't help but to feela bit bad for her even if she got angry, Still she figures she must still be alive if she won the fight. She would have to ask more about it later, but now it was time to celebrate. 

}}

2849/WMAT AQ1 Celestine vs Natasha

2015-08-19T23:34:15Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/08/19 |Location=WMAT Arena - Spinach Wastes |Synopsis=A creation of science fights a creation of magic for WMAT supremacy. |Thanks= |Cast of C..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/08/19
|Location=WMAT Arena - Spinach Wastes
|Synopsis=A creation of science fights a creation of magic for WMAT supremacy.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=425, 816
|Tinyplot=WMAT 2015
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's certainly excited about her fight. It seems like she's been waiting forever for it. She was busy last year and wasn't able to take part in the WMAT but she's back and intends to go further this year. She enters the arena with a huge smile on her face and waves to the audience as she awaits for her opponent to arrive. She's not familiar with who she's fighting so she'll have to make it up as she goes along. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' On the other side of the arena, Celestine walks into the area. The female raptor dragon rolls her shoulders and hops on her feet a bit to get her body pumped for this battle. She didn't do well against her own 'shadow' and that thing was still haunting her. In the depths of her own mind, she was trying to shake it off, but it was fresh-- and she can only hope it wouldn't impact this fight. She needed to redeem herself in the eyes of not only herself, but the rest of the Tyrannos. How horrible it must look that she failed, their genetic creation, to a mere clone. Once those eyes are locked on who she is fighting, she places up her claw hand in a wave, "Hey there, soft skin! You ready to do this?" Enthusiasm and fire is in her voice as she speaks to Natasha. Those red draconic eyes looking at her opponent, her dark brown, almost black scales seeming a bit dull in the light, with the lighter gray under body and hands. The feathers on her head were also black with gray-blue tips. Her tail sways side to side as she waits for the announcement to go. Once the signal was given, Celestine lets out a screeching roar, before she charges right for the young woman! Her hand reaches for the metal cylinder at her side, before she gives it a flick as it extends out to a staff, she then spins it around before slamming the butt of it into the ground in order to pole-vault into the air, before rotating her body around and then moving to slam the staff down at Natasha. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Wow, I'm fighting a dragon! This is just like something out of a fairy tale!" Well, a dinosaur-dragon but that's close enough for Natasha. In her excitement, Natasha's caught a bit off guard by the sudden attack and comment. Her skin really isn't soft, in fact she doesn't actually have skin at all. Of course Celestine couldn't see that at the moment. "Of course, I am! Heroines always defeat dragons after all, or there wouldn't be any story to tell!" She nods as she manages to block the staff with her hands. It hurts a bit but she grabs the metal and begins to heat it in her hands. She figures Celestine can't hold onto it if it's burning hot right? 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The heat generated by Natasha isn't natural and this catches the genetic soldier off guard as she can actually feel the heat for once in her life. Her reaction is to let go, but instead she holds onto it, gritting her sharp fanged teeth as her eyes narrow sharply. "What..." She hiss out, "... Are you?" At last Celestine lets go of where she holds, but instead breaks the staff in half as it is designed to be done. Her body rotates around, before she goes to use part of the staff she does have to clonk Natasha right where the shoulder and neck is to maybe get her to drop down to her knee for a moment as Celestine tries to make sense of what she is picking up from this young woman. She had never smelled anything like her before or even comprehends how this could be. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "I'm made of fire magic, it's kind of complicated! Now's not really the best time to explain!" Natasha can't really afford to go into too much detail right now. She's trying to stay focused on the fight. After all she nearly got hit the last time she took her attention off of it. She ducks after the staff aimed at her before bobbing back up with a flaming uppercut aimed at Celestine's chest. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The flame uppercut impacts Celestine into the chest and the force causes the soldier to flip in the air with it. Her sturdy chest scales across crack under the impact as she rotates her body to land on the ground. "You are also stronger than you look." She rumbles out before a grin comes over her muzzle, "Good! Means I can have some fun with you, fire starter!" The dragon-raptor then pushes off with her foot, leaping to one side, before she hops to the other leg, moving in a zig-zag like fashion, before she leaps down and slides low, rotating her body around to where her tail comes racing in like a bludgeon weapon to trip up the other female. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Most of Natasha's strength comes from magic since she's made from it after all. She notes Celestine's awkward movement but isn't it able to get out of the way in time and trips on her tail. There's a soft thud as she does so. The fire elemental doesn't weigh that much but she still feels pain as it takes a moment for her to recover from the fall. Once Natasha gets back onto her feet she lobs a fiery orb at Celestine. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The fiery orb impacts Celestine and knocks the lizard woman off her feet. She lands on the ground with a roll, before flipping back up to her feet. Her tail sways side to side as she remains in a three prong crouch. "This is when I really wish I had some water." She muses with a playful grin. "Maybe we could put out some of your heat!" Celestine says as she springs back into action, this time leading with a punch, then another punch, before rotating herself around with her speed to kick with her toe claw extended out. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's pretty sure there's water somewhere around there, but she's not going to say that out loud. She doesn't enjoy getting wet after all. Well, getting hit doesn't exactly feel pleasant either, but that's to be expected when you enter a fight. Natasha extends her leg countering with a kick of her own. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The two legs impact of the two fighters and Celestine thanks her tough scales. She uses the momentum however to roll with the block and hop around to kick in with a backward round house kick for Natasha. "Win or lose, this is a fun match! Better then that... whatever it was. Have you fought /it/ yet?" 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Doppleganger, no I haven't fought it yet! Does it copy people or is that just a name?" Natasha's still curious to how the being works. She's immune to her own fire so would she get in a stalemate with a copy of herself? She better focus on the fight though, was Celestine trying to distract her as the fire elmental gets kicked again. She clutches her hands together, and a makeshift sword made out of fire forms in them. She slashes at the dragon-woman trying to get past her thick skin. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The fire blade cuts down into Celestine's scales, and while her body can handle natural heat up to being able to swim in lava, this fire is not the same and it causes her a great deal of discomfort. The scales break under the cutting force, but the Dragon-Raptor refuses to let the pain win. Instead with a snarl and a hiss, she yanks her arm away, causing the cut to be worse, before she draws back her fist and goes to slam it into Natasha's face. She also doesn't answer the woman's question about Doppelganger, at least--- not yet. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's not quite sure how her anatomy works anymore, but she knows gets punched in the face by Celestine hurts. She's just glad she doesn't have any bones anymore or that would certainly have broke something. "Ouch!" She cringes in pain a bit as a red welt begins to form on her face. She slashes at Celestine's other arm figuring hurting would take her out of the fight even further. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' Celestine goes to block the blade strike with her arm, which once more cuts the scales and gets to her tough underskin. "Doppelganger doesn't seem to be alive. It seems like rotten flesh and decaying bone to my nose." She says with a hiss of pain, before she back flips away, using her tail to flick the rod she dropped earlier and reconnecting them to make the full staff again. "But it is smart, yet has no emotions--- I guess. The thing gives me nightmares still thinking about." Her eyes narrow. "Damn thing copied every part of me!" She then charges ahead, twirling the staff in one hand as she goes to swing, but instead spins around and goes to the jab butt of the staff for the other woman's midsection. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha cringes even further both at Celestine jabbing her in the chest and her comment about Doppleganger. Of course that makes her even more curious to how it would copy her, would it smell like burning flesh? Still if it's undead, that could also work to her advantage, the undead often don't seem to like fire. She tries to use her flaming sword to cut pass Celestine's defense with her staff. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The staff isn't so easy to cut, but as the blade goes to impact the staff, the heat of the sword does cause Celestine's staff to heat up where she can't hold it again. "Will you stop that!" She hisses and snarls out, before flipping back to land on her hands and then with a spring off her hands goes to slam both feet into Natasha. If she successful hits, she will flip off and allow her tail to follow up to maybe impact the young woman under her chin. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha manages to block most of the blow but she does get whipped in the chin a bit from Celestine's kick. The dragon wants to her stop using her sword, fine she has other ways to fight. She uses her momentum against her, as she kicks back at the woman while she's still flipping in order to try and knock her back. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' As the kick comes in, Celestine gets down low, the fiery woman's kick sails over her head, but the force clips her feathers and nicks one of her spikes. It was-- a bit close for comfort, however down on all fours, the Raptor Dragon lets out a growl, before she springs up from where she is and flips herself around to where she goes to handstand on the much smaller woman's shoulders. If it connects, she flips herself off and then goes to jam her raptor clawed feet right for the woman's backside with a hard kick force. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha gets knocked back with that, there's certainly a lot of force behind Celestine's kicks. The fire sword is snuffed out as she loses her focus on it. She has something else in mind though as fire bursts out underneath the ground below. The dragon better quickly get out of the way if she doesn't get roasted alive. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' Celestine doesn't have time to react as the inferno bursts from under her pain, she yowls in pain as the flames surround her form and seem to for a moment hide her being. It destroys the clothing she has on her and even melts her sidearm. Once the fire settles down, the Draco-Raptor is still standing there, smoke smoldering off her body, her scales glistening slightly from the heat and her eyes closed shut. There was a huff of air from her, before her eyes snap open, glowing with intense white light. "That--- Hurt." She says with her razor sharp teeth, snarling at the red head fire 'mage'. With a draconic raptor-like roar, the lizard woman irrupts with untold speed and goes to strike her hand claws right for the other young lady. She slashes and slashes again, seeming to allow her predatory nature lose instead of trying to keep it in check. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha does her best to avoid the slashing but Celestine manages to get a few good cuts as she recovers from summoning the geyser. She figures that it would hurt her more than that but it still did a decent amount of damage. She tries to get her stop from attacking her further directly by covering herself in flame. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' The flames lick around Celestine as Natasha tries to cover herself in fire, yet the genetically created Reptilonian refuses to give in and back away from pain. She already lost once, she doesn't want to lose again. This was her chance to prove she is a capable fighter! That she was worth everything that Styraco created her for! Yet, she was inexperienced and that inexperience was also showing here in WMAT. Trained fighters from all over were here, and she? She was no trained fighter, still only a few weeks old, maybe a month, but how was she ever to learn? As the flames started to burn away her scales, the Dragon-Raptor continued to push herself, she lunged right for Natasha, moving her hands to try and hoist the burning body of the woman with both hands. Even as the fire continued to burn away at her, the exhaustion of the heat starting to get to her, with blurred vision, Celestine refused to surrender. With a screech, she then goes to try and throw Natasha with all of her draconic-dinosaur strength she can muster... 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Of course Natasha's pretty easy to throw given her lack of weight. That combined with Celestine's own strength and she goes flying surprisingly far. She has a fair share of fighting experience but she generally holds back to avoid hurting anyone too much and losing control. Celestine still has to risk getting burnt as she does so though, and that alone might be enough to edge out a victory for the fire elemental even if take a bit for her to realize it. 

:'''{{#var:816|Celestine (816)}} has posed:''' Once Celestine tosses Natasha away from her, the heat from the girl's body still lingers over her. The Dragon-Raptor goes to take a step, her teeth snarly, but her eyes start to lose that glow as they go back to their red draconic color, and with a another step--- -- Celestine goes face first into the ground, out cold. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' It takes a moment for Natasha to land and get back on her feet but she can hear the crowd cheer for her. She's smiling but quite sore from the fight, now she just has to beat Doppleganger to move onto the next round. 

}}

2680/Breaking the Ice

2015-07-26T04:41:04Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/07/25 |Location=Bar and Grill at the Edge of the Multiverse |Synopsis=Raine, Fragarach and Vanessa meet up again. |Thanks= |Cast of Characters..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/07/25
|Location=Bar and Grill at the Edge of the Multiverse
|Synopsis=Raine, Fragarach and Vanessa meet up again.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=323, 604
|Tinyplot=
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' Vanessa's drinking alone at the Bar and Grill as usual. She doesn't really know a lot of people in the Multiverse and it's more to take her mind off things then to be social. She's already a bit tipsy at this point as her tails are wrapped the stool she's sitting on in order to stay balanced. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Vanessa is left to her own devices for the most part.      ...At least she was. But then suddenly two people barrel in and come sitting on either side of her. "Well, look who it is!" A younger male's voice sounded cheerfully. "It's...Van....Va....Vandeselca! Yeah! That was your name, right?" He asked, grinning in a teasing manner.      It was Raine.      On Vanessa's other side, a girl in white floated onto the stool, her considerably long tail wrapping around the legs to keep it out of the way of others. "No, no, you fool! Her name was....Va....Ve.....Rip Van Winkle!" And then she smiled broadly at Vanessa. "Aren't I right? Aren't I?"      It was Fragarach.      Seems like they just stopped in. Likely from some sort of job previously. What terrible timing! 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "Just my luck, that you two show up again. Then again I suppose it would have happened sooner or later. My name's Vanessa, I don't think it's that hard to remember. Then again you two likely think your act is funny." She doesn't seemed to be too amused by the comedy as her attention is mainly on her drink. She's not going to let Raine and Fragarach ruin things for her. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Haaaaah? Whoa there lady, I'll have you know that this is no comedy act! This is one hundred percent genuine from the soul!" Raine proclaimed dramatically, one arm outstretched. An 'ahem' from the barkeep roused him back to reality. "Oh right. I'll have two tall ones and a plate of wings! Extra spicy! Hold the celery! Extra carrots!"      Fragarach laughed at Vanessa's response, way too easily amused. "Hehehe~ It has been a while, hasn't it, Vanessa?" She leaned an elbow onto the counter and rested her chin in her palm, staring at the unfortunate fox girl. "So tell me, why have I barely seen you about? Are you literally cooped up in that frozen house day in and day out? Surely not, right?"      Pause.      "...Right?" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "I get out...once in a while." Vanessa yawns as she say that. "When I have the energy. Why do you care if I get out or not?" She's not sure why Fragarach is concerned about her social life. "And how can you stand extra spicy food? It feels like I stuck a torch in my mouth when I try to eat it." She cringes a bit at the very though. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Raine immediately whirled around to face Vanessa, aghast. "TREACHERY! The spicier it is, the closer to heaven! I-I can't believe I'm being asked this question!" Sounding almost convincingly betrayed, Raine clenched a fist and stared up at the ceiling. "I.......I........One day....ONE DAY! One day, all the people in the multiverse will appreciate the glorious majesty of spicy food... Wait for me, god of gourmet. Wait for me..."      The barkeep clonked down two mugs of beer, one in front of Raine, and another in front of Fragarach. And then he was off again to attend to others.      Fragarach meanwhile, reeled back dramatically at Vanessa's cold response. "Once in a while? Once in a while!? Is once in a while, ohh.....about once a month!? Have you been sleeping all this time?" The inhuman of the pair peered closely at Vanessa, as if scrutinizing her.      "........."      After a moment, she spoke up.      "And I care because knowing that someone out there, that I know, is locked up in their home doing nothing at all...it pains my heart!" She grasped where her heart would be with an arm, covered by a sleeve. "It's too sad! You need to get out! Have some fun! Shoot things! Plunder treasure! Live out the springtime of your youth!"      The beer arrived at that moment. "Ooh, there it is." Fragarach grabbed the mug in front of her and immediately began chugging in an unlady-like fashion.      These two were perfect for each other. 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "Do you even have a heart?" Vanessa's a bit curious about that, she figured Fragarach was some type of spirit or ghost. Then again she was drinking beer which would be rather hard without a physical form. "Well, I've been busy trying to figure out how to get back to normal. Do I look like a pirate to you? Besides, I rather that things go back to the way they were before without having to worry about people wanting revenge." She does have her reasons for acting the way she does. "Besides using my powers takes a lot of energy." 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Welp, it looked like the girls were talking. Raine ceased commenting and just drank his beer at a casual pace. Before long, the rest of his order came and he proceeded to occupy his time eating. Oh yes, it was spicy. But it was so good. He continued on, letting the two chat away.      "Ehhhhh!? How dare you, I totally have a heart! ...Maybe it's not the same as yours, but I have a heart!" Fragarach pouted, giving Vanessa a stare for a few seconds, then she rolled her eyes and leaned back, setting her empty mug down. It didn't seem like the beer did anything at all.      "Tsk, tsk. No ambition at all." The girl in white chided in a pitying tone. "If someone wants revenge on you, then that means you're doing something right!" She pat the fox girl's shoulder playfully. "Success can be measured proportionately by the amount of people that hate you as well as those who love you!"      Really? Sounded more like mean spirited fake advice.      "Anyway! You say using your powers takes a lot of energy? Weak!" She threw an arm around Vanessa's shoulder. "It sounds like someone needs to train!" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "That and I rather not be awoke from my sleep by people trying to kill me." Vanessa adds to that, "I do train, otherwise I would be a mentally wreck right now. Why do you think I'm so tired?" She tries to pull away from Fragarach, "I have ambition, I want things to be back to the way they used to be." The fox-girl does have goals just limited energy to achieve them. "I just don't have the ability to make things that way." 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Reaaaaaaally? That sounds fairly unambitious to me." Fragarach quipped, leaning back in her seat. ...Since it was a stool, she inevitably fell back, but instead of hitting the ground, she just began to lazily float in the air.      "So then..." The tailed woman gave Vanessa a sidelong glance, her humor having vanished for a moment under her piercing, inhuman gaze. "You seem to be...what's the human analogy for it..'Stuck between a rock, and a hard place.'" She smirked and the cheerful playfulness gradually returned.      "You have goals, but something is keeping you from achieving them. Your power tires you out constantly, leaving you with no energy to actually do the things you need to do." Repeating the assumed reality of her situation back to her in an even, observant tone, Fragarach's gaze turned to the ceiling.      "How exactly do you plan to address this problem? Steps need to be taken, else you will stay exactly where you are. What will it be?" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "Well, if you were changed against your will would you want to stay that way?" Vanessa wonders how Fragarach would feel about the subject. "It's not like I can turn back on my own, I don't have any magic. I just can read about what might work." She kind of is stuck in a way. "Why do you care anyways?" She's not quite sure why the ghost woman is even interested in the subject to begin with. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Hmm...well, that depends. Is it beneficial? Have I become stronger, and more capable? ...Or am I just feeling tired all the time and looking like a monster?" Fragarach answered, and then returned the question with some of her own. "There may be an upside, as well as a downside. But I suppose that depends on how you look at it."      She smirked after "You don't have any magic? But do you have the capacity to learn? Or are you completely inept in matters of the arcane nature?" She was curious now. Vanessa didn't outright say what she was going through, but she was piecing it together slowly. Suppose alcohol really did loosen people's lips.      And then she shrugged. "As for me, why do you care that I care? Hm?"      Raine had been listening to all of this casually, and glanced aside at the two, lowering his mug back to the bar counter. "Sheesh! So let me get this straight; you were magiked into that form you have now by someone else? Is that it?" And then he grinned. "Hah! Ahahahaha! Really? That of all things!? Whoever it was, they must have some kinda weird ass fetish! Hahaha!"      And there was Raine's poignant commentary.      "But like...I'm not a huge magic guy. Can't cast a proper spell to save my life. But...is transformation magic /that/ complicated? I mean, we've got magicians, sages, wizards, witches, and sorcerers across the multiverse that could probably do something. You have anyone take a look at it at all?" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "The mental fatigue is completely separate from the transformation." Vanessa's quick to point out. "Well, I can hear better than before, but even that's more of annoyance than anything. She glares at Raine and her ears go back as she hears the fetish comment. "I think it was her idea of a joke more than anything. And as much as I've been able to figure out is it's chaos magic. So it was unpredictable to begin with. So letting just anyone do something could be a problem." She's a bit more open then before, maybe because she's a bit drunk. Still, she's fairly defensive. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Oh? So what causes the mental fatigue then? Have you been doubly cursed?" The tailed woman asked, though sounding mildly amused nonetheless. Sounds like this girl's had it rough. Transformed into something totally not human and left to figure it out in some way. Fun, fun.      Raine grinned wider, ever the entertained one in all of this. "A joke, huh?" He mumbles, a hand brought to his chin. "Well, I have no idea what Chaos Magic is, but if it's that unpredictable, having someone mess with it would be kinda bad." He rubbed his chin a bit, and then added. "So what then? If you can't do it yourself, and you won't let anyone else look at it, what are you gonna do?"      He brought his mug to his lips, having a sip of his beer before biting into another wing. "Want one?" He offered, knowing full well Vanessa hated spicy foods. A thought hit him after. "This is gonna seem really obvious, but...have you found the person who did this?" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "Trying to track her down is a pain, she doesn't seem to stay in one place very long. And even if I did then what? She would likely just laugh at me again and vanish." Vanessa knows if she could find Kari-Shaba it wouldn't do much good. "Well, would you just let anyone tamper with unpredictable magic that could make your life even worse?" She's heistant to let just anyone try. "My cryokinesis, and no I certainly don't want any of those." She cringes a bit just at the thought of eating one of the extra spicy wings. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      Fragarach sighed and palmed her face through her sleeve at Vanessa's response. "So, what are you going to do then? Go home, sleep, and read another couple of books ineffectually? Is that it?"      Raine just chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. "She's right though. You've got to do something a little more proactive. You do some book research, but...what else? You gotta do a little more, don't you think? You want out of this-" He gestured towards the whole of Vanessa momentarily. "-this fetish fuel form, don't you?" Now he was totally making fun of her.      Fragarach reached over suddenly and proceeded to start teasing the poor girl's ears. "Or maybe you want to stay in this form forever, eating tofu everything and having your ears played with, hm?" 

:'''{{#var:323|Vanessa Selby (323)}} has posed:''' "Don't touch my ears! And what am I suppose to do get on my knees and beg for help?" Vanessa doesn't sound too pleased at this point as ice covers her ears. She's not going to start a fight in here since she doesn't want to get kicked out and it's too much effort. "I don't know anyone with that kind of ability...and being a pink elf lizard ghost thing is so much better?" She's getting rather defensive at this point. 

:'''{{#var:604|Raine Arland (604)}} has posed:'''      "Boooo! Cheapskate!" Fragarach pouted and withdrew her hands. "Fiiiiiiiine." She stopped at that point and went back to waiting for Raine to finish.      "Right. Well..." He shrugged. "It doesn't look like you actually have an answer yourself." He wiped his mouth with a napkin and dropped some credits onto the bar counter. "You're just coasting along with this whole thing, aren't you?"      He stood up, stretching his arms above his head. "You've got a goal, but where your motivation? Where's your drive to get out there and do the do?" He shook his head, hands slipping into his pockets. "I don't feel it."      At that point, Raine turned around and proceeded to plod off towards the entrance. "We can't tell you what to do in the end. You've got to find an answer for yourself." And then he was off. Fragarach wasn't too far behind, floating on after him. She turned around in mid-air and waved a sleeve. "See you around~" And then she vanished from sight.      ...Looks like that was it from them. 

}}

2011/Sunburnt Metal Finale

2015-04-13T14:41:15Z

Varrols:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/04/12
|Location=Colosseum
|Synopsis=The biggest trial ever to hit Elysium along with the final showdown with Alexandra.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=19, 319, 385, 425, 578
|Tinyplot=Sunburnt Metal
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' After a few warp portal and a bit of walking our heroes have arrived in the captial of Ellsium! Medvial achetcutre could be seen a large castle could be see in the distance and well as a large collesium, that's where Freya will be. As you pass thought the streets there are a few stands sellling food an other misalcious goods. They don't seem to be pay too much attention to you at the moment other than a mechrants shouting at you to come over and buy something. "It's pretty quiet today. I guess everyone at the collesum for the big show..", Chyrs says as she walks down the street. She walks over to a stand. "I'll take on of those.", she says buying some bread. "I love this sweet bread!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Was that joke intentional?" Fayt gives Chrys a slightly confused look as she buys some snacks. Fortunatly for him, Fayt's from a world likely not all that different, meaning he likely doesn't stick out much at all. Just some tiny guy with his staff and well... ok maybe the scarf sticks out, but not too badly.     Fayt for the msot part simply follows hte group, wondering jsut what kind of trouble they'll have to deal with when ti comes time to make thier move. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Given the amount of walking that was going to be necessary (and hopefully was predicted during the planning), Yuna is in a decent hiking outfit, albeit one that might not be mistaken for local garb: T-shirt, jeans, and decent hiking boots. She doesn't even seem to recognize the maybe-pun until Fayt points it out ... at which point she grimaces, resisting the impulse to facepalm. "It was too horrible to be a deliberate pun, I think," she says to Fayt. Elner is flitting along next to Yuna as usual; Erina, Marina, and Jiina are casually striding along in altered versions of their civilian guises, their 24th-century clothes (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) more befitting what they know about the world. They may be dressed in a manner largely similar to Chrys - the point is to blend in, at least for now. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' It's bustling outside of the Elysium Coliseum. Natasha's watching a pig being roasted on a stick, "No, you're doing it wrong!" She would show the correct way to do so, but she doesn't want to draw too much attention to herself this soon. Of course given the fact she used to travel with the circus means a few people here likely already know who she is. Then again she's suspected to be dead, so they're likely doing double takes. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya gets an idea of where this is going to be going and she looks over at Fayt and Chrys shrugging a little bit. May was as she normally is really looking much like she wandered out of a dance club on 20th century earth somewhere. She keeps pace with the others and hummmms lost in thought. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Oh! I didn't even relize. I'm sorry.", Chrys offers some of her sweet bread to Fayt. "You shoudn't go into battle on a empty stomach." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt blinks as he now finds himself holding a pice of bread. "Erm... thank you?"" He sort of stares at the bread for a moment, before idly nibbling on it as his follows behind the others. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "We have to go this way.", Chrys says leading them to the far side of the colliseum. There is a guard standing next to a door she smiles at him he nods and opens the door. "Quicky this way.", she says leading them inside. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya nods ot Chrys and follows along she's ready, however for trouble as she's lead inside. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' On the far side of the colliseum, one of the vendors is set up far away from the others, "Rotten vegetables, get your rotten vegetables here!" The horrible stench that fills the air would explain why this side is only light guarded, most people were staying away. Natasha pinches her nose as she walks by, sure she may be a fire elemental but she still has a sense of smell. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna was starting to wonder if she should grab a snack too - she ate a good lunch a while ago, so she's not *hungry*, but Chrys seems to think munchies would be smart. Then the stink of rotten vegetables hits her in the nose and she covers her lower face with a whimper of disgust, her eyes watering a bit. "So much for a fair trial, huh?" she asks her allies, her voice muffled and a little more nasal than usual; she's quickening her pace to get AWAY from the stink. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Either that or this place is host to some detritivores." Fayt adds as he adjust his scarf to better cover his nose and mouth. Following hte others inside, he looks to Chrys and Natasha "Where exactly are we headed anyway?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "The main floor of the collisum Fayt.", Chrys sas leading them down a hallway to another door. From the information i've gotten Freya should be out there.as well as few guard the There as well as the prosuctor for the trail, Alexandra will be there too. Thing will get pretty chaotic pretty fast.." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "What about a defense attorney?" inquires Yuna. "Or didn't they invent those here yet?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' " I doupt anyone would want to defened her or be allowed to..", Chyrs says sounding slightly annoyed by that. "You coudn't really call this a trail.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "They're selling snacks out front and I bet people brought ticks for this." Fayt says. "Odds are they're not here to see someone proven innocent." He then looks to Chrys. "Sorry if this comes off a bit mean but... if it's like some worlds I've visited... would I be right to expect lions or something similar?" a pause then, frowning. "That's... not actually a joke by the way." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "...has been accused of mass murder, wide scale destruction and being a freak of nature!" As the group approaches the makeshift court it seems like the trail has already started and the judge is speaking. As Chrys has mentioned there's no attorneys are present. Freya's been chained to the floor in front of the judge and there are a few armed guards present along with Alexandra. The metal mage looks paler and more stiff than the last time they saw her. "How does the defendant plee?" The judge awaits Freya's answer but it seems like the outcome has already been decided ahead of time. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya looks over to Yuna for a moment. "You expected a fair trial given how they are operating?" She notesd Maya expects a show trial at /best/ seriously that's what she's betting on and she's come prepared for that. She follows them down towards the floor of the arena, as she does so she listens she folds her arms listening and doesn't like where this is going. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' There is a very noticeable and unmistakable twitch from Yuna as she hears the 'judge' announcing the charges against - well, presumably against Freya. She wasn't exactly in a good mood to start with - feigning a casual smile, at best - but she can't even pretend to be relaxing any more. "Elner," she stagewhispers ... The little robo-faerie doesn't respond, though, drifting further ahead as if to get a better view or to hear better what's going on. "I believe we were going to barge in, rescue Freya, and run like the Queen of Darkness herself is hot on our heels?" Elner asks Chrys softly - possibly just confirming the basic plan before Yuna might try putting it into action on her own. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Not guitly.", Freya mutters out, she covred in dirt in grime sitting on the ground, she slumps over but on of the guard walks over and kicks in the side then picks her up by the chains around her writs and force her to sit back up. she doesn't even react to the guards actions. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "I managed ot get a ship, it'll be ready to pick us up once were out of here. you guys lead the charge, I'll back you up with my seplls." There's a pause as he readies his staff, then. "I call dibs on that guard." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "We have a number of witnesses that have tesitified otherwise to that claim. Your plea has been rejected, the sentence for your crimes is death. Maybe being vivisected will reveal why you have commited such horrible atrocities against humani..." "Shut up, stop saying such horrible things about Freya. I'm not going to stand here and let you kill my best friend!" Natasha angrily rushes into the courtroom with that. "What are you doing?! You shouldn't be in here guards restrain this woman!" As the guards approach her the girl bursts into flames in a fit of rage, "What the hell, she's some kind of demon!" The crowd lets out loud boos but they're quickly silenced as the prosecutor explodes in a geyser of flames. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya nods at the plan, she doesn't look armed but that would be a life, she's got her Fate Deck handy, she does not say anything yet she looks out at the court and thinks for a moment she folds her arms at this point. She flinches a bit, she had the means to control things and that's what she's gong to do at this point. She starts to channel into a fate card taking note of any guards whom are here and laying down a spell to basically sap them into the point of being usless in a fight she didn't want a bigger body count she just wanted to get Freya the hell out of this pit. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' That's all the cue that Yuna needs - and the same seems to go for Elner, as Yuna's civilian clothes are replaced by her armored Light Suit in a ripple of wind and light. Jiina, Erina, and Marina similarly revert to their armored forms, falling into step around Yuna as she charges out. Yuna hasn't manifested a weapon, though ... ?             "LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT *UP*!!! EL-LINE!!!!" Of course, summoning a giant robot means she didn't NEED to. "LISTEN WELL, ALL OF YOU GATHERED HERE," Yuna's voice resonates from El-Line's speakers, "AND CARRY WORD TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T COME TO WITNESS FOR THEMSELVES!! THE WOMAN YOU ACCUSE OF MURDER IS OUR FRIEND, AND A GENTLE SOUL WHO WOULD NOT HAVE KILLED AS WANTONLY AS YOU WANT TO BELIEVE OF HER!! WE WHO CALL FREYA OUR FRIEND WILL NOT PERMIT YOU TO KILL HER, NO MATTER HOW YOU WOULD JUSTIFY IT!!" Yuna was really hoping to stop the trial and get Freya out without resorting to actual violence; since Natasha went out and burned the prosecutor before she had the chance, overwhelming surprise with a measure of shock and awe is the best option Yuna has left. If it comes down to a fight, she *IS* ready to take on Alexandria if it comes to that ... but she's really hoping the display of the Matrix Figure will be enough to stun the onlookers out of fighting any further. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Y-you all came!", Freya says standing up but looking a bit unsteady as she does so. "I thought that.. mabye you woudn't...",she looks like she going to cry... 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     As soon as the Matrix Figure appears, Fayt begins to walk towards Freya. Pointing his staff stright at her. "While bolt."     A bolt of positive energy fires from Fayt's staff, a simple healing spell to hel get Freya on her feet. Which is important because there's likely going to be a LOT of running REALLY soon! for now though, Fayt jsut walks out towards her, hoping everyone will be too distracted by the giant robot to make much note of him. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Chyrs just walks over to where Freya is helping her up. "Hello there my little girl", she says. "Mom!", Freya says leaning on her. "Shhh it's okay now.", she waves her hand at appoaching guard his legs getting tangled up in vines. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's standing there in shock about what just happened, she just had intended to set him on fire. Did she just competely lose it, "I...I..." "Congratulations pyromaniac, I knew you had it in you!" Alexandra can be seen making a mocking cheering gesture, "Though I might be able to salvage this situation, after all it would look good for the council seat that just opened up!" Her attention turns to the Matrix Figure, "But first I have something to take care of." The mage starts to grow greatly in-size and the coliseum starts shake. People begin to flee in panic withe chaos that's unfolding around them. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' If Yuna was already angry (which she was, she was yelling rather than just letting El-Line amplify her voice - although it did that too), Alexandria's response to the situation seems to strike another nerve; Yuna doesn't even wait for the mage to finish growing to her full size before lashing out, trying to scoop her up and sling her OUT of the colosseum, away from the city ... and then El-Line takes to the air, turning to follow the direction it just tried to pitch Alexandria in. She shouldn't have gone all that far despite the throw ... especially if she was still growing. "You tried to murder our friend *AND* use it to step up your political power?!" Yuna snaps. "How do we know you didn't make that 'accident' in the first place, years ago?" Somehow she's refraining from further attacks just yet ... 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt Keeps camly fireing healing spells at Freya as he appraoches her. "I-white bolt-managed to get an escape vehile. It might be a good idea to-white bolt-Get a move on here!" That said, he takes a moment to look over at Alexandria and Yuna, before sending Yuna a message over Radio. "Keep her busy if you can." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Your the best Fayt!", Freya says smiling. "Don't try and take the shakles off there keeping me small.. Taking them off now would be bad.", Freya says. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya also finds tht things like this are leaving well her in a foul mood. Poltical things often. She sees what was gong on now at this point she just looks to Naaatasha and sighs there's nothing that can be done now save to keep the body count down at this point. "A long term plan wouldn't shock me." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "I can't control fire idiot! Besides your friend there was the one who just flambed the judge. Not to mention she was actually at the accident. If I had been there, I would been killed with everyone else!" Alexandria defends herself against the accusations. Her fist suddenly turns into metal as she punches the Matrix Figure angrily. It seems like wasn't going to back down without a fight this time. The flames around Natasha have vanished at this point as she stands there motionlessly staring at the burnt remains of the judge's corpse. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Cue Fayt going red in the face. "Erm... r-right. anyway, we should get going." He looks over at Maya and Natasha. "You alright there? Come on!" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Natasha!", Freya says trying to snap her out of her shock. "Let's go!" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's hand was already coming up to intercept Alexandria's punch, but Yuna didn't anticipate the transmutation - although she probably should have - and the mecha's hand is pushed back a bit by the blow. "Then WHY?!" yells Yuna as she tries to knee Alexandria in the belly, followed by a (fairly light, given El-Line's size and strength) chop to the mage's shoulder. "Why drag Freya back to the world she ran away from? Why hunt her down to put her on a mock trial for crimes she never wanted to commit? WHY REMIND HER OF HOW MUCH PAIN SHE CAUSED AND SUFFERED?!" Her questions are punctuated by an attempt to grab Alexandria and fling her *hard* to the ground - and there's a flicker of energies around El-Line's hands just afterwards, as if Yuna started to invoke a weapon and something just barely stopped her. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha comes to but clings to Freya a bit as she does so, "Freya, what did I just do?" Alexandra cringes a bit as she's chopped in the belly and shoulder. "Didn't you hear, she's a danger to Elysium! She..." That's all that she manages to get out as she's flung to the ground. She tries to struggle against Yuna but doesn't have much success. There's a loud metallic crushing sounding as she makes impact. The places where the Matrix Figure chopped her are already starting to be covered in metal. The mage is clearly having some trouble getting back on to her feet as her body increases in weight. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE A DANGER TO ANYONE!!!" howls Yuna. "If you'd *LISTENED TO HER* you would *KNOW* that!!!" El-Line's fist clenches, arm coming up as Yuna bends the Matrix Figure forward, ready to punch - /Yuna, hold./ "Elner -" Yuna starts, her voice and that of the robo-faerie not amplified any more but still audible both outside to Alexandria, and to Yuna's allies over the radio. /You're losing control of your magic, aren't you, Alexandria?/ transmits Elner. /Yuna, let her get up ... if she can. I think she's about to learn what Freya went through ... overwhelmed by magic she doesn't understand and powers she can't control./ El-Line stays where it is for several long seconds ... then, slowly, lowers its arm and pushes itself away from Alexandria. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "You were just trying to protect me Natasha that's all", Freya says she gasps seeing Alexandra turing to metal. "Oh no.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he heads towards the exit, hopefully with Freya and co in tow, as he walks he's frantically talking into a radio. "Yeah, guys, you found a spot? alright, go ahead and send coords We should be there soon." As soon as Freya speaks up however, he looks back at her. "What? What's wrong?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "She losing control Fayt.", Freya says with some sadness in her voice. "Her powers are overweleming her." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Shut up, I'm in full control here!" Alexandra's not willing to admit defeat so easily. As she slowly gets back onto her feet, her back's exposed and has turned a silver metallic color. She moves closer to the Matrix Figure trying to reach out to attack it. "I'm not like either of you, I can handle my magic!" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya has been hanging back she does not attack it's strange for a moment. Maya's normally quite the fighter however ther may be a reason she's watching for a moment as she looks at Alexandra hard and coldy she notices the mages is having problems she takes a moment to cast another spell a rather powerful curse of weakness upon Alexandra. "Power hungry, petty, and you used us as well to your own ends." Maya's own magical resave are vast and she would be very hard to miss it be like a Leyline was posing as a human woman. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line brings its arm up again, palm flat and aimed towards Alexandria. "LIGHTNING SHOOT!" Yuna calls out - It's not electrical lightning that lashes out from El-Line's hand, but a crackling bolt of concussive radiance, enough force to knock Alexandria off her feet again. "No," Yuna snarls, "you're *not* like us. None of us would drag an old friend through this kind of Hell for any reason. But I guess, you never really considered Freya a friend, did you ... ?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya runs closer to where Yuna and Alexadra are fighting. "Alexandra stop this! Your not in control! We can help you!", she know this is proably pretty stupid but she can let her suffer like this, even after all the stuff she gone throught. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Alexandra's currently quite conductive to lightning and the bolt knocks her off her feet. Maya's spell also has an effect as she starts to shrink in size quite a bit and the metallic parts of her body start to soften. "No, I won't let you get the best of me again! You already humiliated me once." She's unable to get back up this time. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he continus to Lead Freya and Chrys towards the transport. "Ok, how bad are we talking? 'Whole city turns to metal' bad? I mean... I can enchant things, maybe I could try to do SOMTHING to keep it from going-OH GODS DAMNIT!"     Suddenly, Fayt takes off, scarf disappearing in a blur of motion as it turns into a pair of blue and green wings. Quickly, he flies up towards Alexandra. "Alright you, we need you to answer for what you did and that means no karmic dying on us, now quit thrashing about so I can see to this!" TYes, Fayt is very much pissed right now. Yes, he's going to help anyway. Because as mad as he is, he's not about to let a potential disaster go off in the name of revenge.     Even if he really, REALLY hates this place. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's fists clench, but the Matrix Figure's arms fall by its sides. "She wanted a death ..." Yuna begins, then trails off into a long moment's silence. "... I guess ... making sure everyone lives - everyone we can still save - letting her live with the knowledge we thwarted her ..." She doesn't sound terribly convinced. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Of course..", Freya says. "Mom help me takes the shakles off.. If we can get them on Alexandra it might stop her from blowing up..", Chrys nods and starts to take the shakles off. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt quickly flies, aiming to land on top of Alexandria, namely, on any piece of cloths that hasn't truned to metal yet. He then bows down, places his heads on it, and focuses.     The plan is a simple one. exhant her cloths to grant hte wearer protection against transmutation, namely, to try and halt or alt east slow her turning into metal, while Freya works with her shackles. Hell if he's REALLY lucky he'll start reversing it!     There is however, one little snag. Fayt's never made something like this before, and Alexandria is HUGE. Almost immeidatly, there's a loud buzzing sound as multicolored electricty starts to build up around Fayt's head at an alarming rate. "So help me if I surge from this you will be loading crates for centuries to pay me back!"     Again, Fayt is not a happy camper. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "How are we going to get them to stay on? Stick them on her pinkies?" Natasha notes that's Alexandra is still fairly large despite shirinking somewhat "Oh no, keep those things away from me. I won't let you reduce me to some magic-less commoner!" Still she's not in much of position to resist anymore. She looks at Fayt, "I don't think making your head explode is going to help here. But I could use a good laugh right now." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "There..", Chrys says as the shakles come off Freya arms. "Thanks..", she rubs her wrists. "those things really hurt..", she turns to Natasha. "I haven't thought that far yet.. I doupt she can shrink anymore.. Oh dear." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's fists clench tighter - apparently they CAN at this point - and the armor on its hands glows, flaring and crackling with holy radiance. "You deserve far worse than to be stripped of your magic," snarls Yuna, "and if you make Fayt's head explode -" And then the Matrix Figure's hand comes slamming down on Alexandria's chest, above mammary level this time. "- then you WON'T get to gloat about it!!" Yuna finishes. "Now hold still and take your loss like a big girl! Not that you know anything about maturity ..." she adds, less shouting than grumbling. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Hey. HEY! Ease up on the bad cop routine! I don't want her thrashing around and I need her talking!" Fayt speaks up without looking up form his work. "Gods the thing this job makes me do..."     letting out a quick grunt, Fayt addresses Alexandria, "Alright, can you still if you're still turning to metal or not? and for Gods sakes cut the ego, seriously, how dense can you get."     There's a small pause as Fayt considers those words. He frowns. "DON'T ANSWER THAT!"     He then glances over at Freya and Chrys. "Any progress on that?"     and the whoel time he's working, that electricty keeps on building up... 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya looks at Alexandra still the others are doing a good job at this point. "Hubris tends to be the leading cause of death in mages." Maya notes idly it's a thing he's seen. She looks to Frya for a moment and just sighs. "Yes enough of the bad cop humm we don't want to stoop to her level also ... I didn't know you could get angry Fayt." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "We got them off Fayt!", Chrys says. Freya surpised to. "I didn't know either.. I think it best we don't itterupt him right now.. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Ack! Are you trying to kill me here?" Alexandra cringes a bit at that, "Well, I can still feel pain so I'm completely metal yet. Hitting me certainly isn't going to help though." Metal is already starting to cover where Yuna punched her. "Like I said, I can't control fire. He's doing a pretty good job of making his head explode on his own. And what I'm suppose to without magic? Do you think having me sit in a jail cell all day is going to accomplish much?" That's likely not going to reform her. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' There's no response to the 'bad cop' comments from Yuna; however, she's keeping Alexandria held down physically unless Fayt says to let her up. Neither does she reply to Alexandria's question, whether it was meant as rhetorical or not. In fact ... Yuna is completely silent right now. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Pain? right, Pain is good in this case." He looks over to Freya. "Can you get them on her?" Then to Maya. "it happens, it's rare but it happens!" Then finally back to alexandria. "Speak up if anythinh changes!" with all that said he goes back to his work. mutter mutter stupid mission mutter... 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "So you want to turn me into some magic-less nobody. Why don't you just shoot me in the head and get it over with? Oh wait, you're those types who believe everyone is worth saving?" Alexandra snorts a bit at that. "And I bet you're laughing right now even if you're trying to hide it." She clearly doesn't sound too grateful for what they're trying to do. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "I can try..", Freya says walking a bit closer growing to normal 50 foot size. "This fells a bit wierd.", she attempts to try and put the shakles on two of Alexandra's fingers.. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna tries to move El-Line far enough out of the way that Freya can do that, although it's ... kind of dicey. And Yuna STILL isn't saying anything - not to Alexandria, not to ANYONE. On the plus side, El-Line's perfectly still other than moving to make room for Freya. ... although it's possible that isn't as good a sign as it seems. Maybe. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' As soon as Freya slips the shackles which are more like finger-cuffs to Alexandra she starts to shrink and the metal that's taken over her body starts to transmute back to flesh. She lets out cries of pain as this happens but as much as she tries to free herself she's unable to do so. After a bit of time passes, the now mostly powerless mage is reduced to human size. There's still small amounts of metal visible where she was hurt but she's no longer in danger of being covered with it. She tries to conjure metal to attack with, but all she can manage is small flakes which fall to the ground. "Dammit." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya looms over Alexandra now. "I could just step on you now.. But I won't.. Just go. I don't want to see you ever again!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "You still with us Yuna?" Fayt sounds a bit worried . Though he's distracted by alexandra shrinking, as he hops off of her.     Then it happens.     There's a LOUD buzzing sound as the electricty around Fayt's head dissappears, hsi entire body glowing yellow befroe he suddnely... flops over, landing face down in the dirt.     There's a long, awkard moment of silence, before fayt, slightly muffeled speaks up. "No letting her go, we're taking her in, she's answering for this... someone please pick me up. I can't seem to move."     He's not joking either, he's not in fact, moving at all. weird. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Chrys goes over and picks Fayt up. "There are so many puns i could make right about now.. Chaos magic..." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Not worth killing." Yuna finally breaks her silence, bringing El-Line back to a standing position - and gently drawing Freya back from the shackled Alexandria ... and then, for all the Matrix Figure's power in combat, Yuna instead uses El-Line to give Freya a hug, much as if the giantess - probably older than Yuna - were a younger sister, given the height difference. "It's over," Yuna says softly, "and you're back among friends ... let's go home. Leave Alexandria to the Elysians - if she's broken the laws here after all, they'll deal with it. She won't hurt you again, Freya, that much is sure ..." She trails off, then moves to slowly let go of Freya. Chrys gathers Fayt up before Yuna can do that, though. "Let's get back to Njorun Station ... Fayt, which way is the ship?" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:''' "Don't. You. Dare." Fayt... well that was probably ment to be menacing, but that's hard ot do when you can't actually do much of anything. "The ship? It's that way." Fayt says that, but he doesn't actually point out where to go, it takes a few moments for this to sink in. "...over that hill." 
}}

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya nods lightly takingthe hug from El-line. "Yes let's go home.."

2011/Sunburnt Metal Finale

2015-04-13T04:50:39Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/04/12 |Location=Colosseum |Synopsis=The biggest trial ever to hit Elysium along with the final showdown with Alexandra. |Thanks= |Cast of Char..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/04/12
|Location=Colosseum
|Synopsis=The biggest trial ever to hit Elysium along with the final showdown with Alexandra.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=19, 319, 385, 425, 578
|Tinyplot=Sunburnt Metal
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' After a few warp portal and a bit of walking our heroes have arrived in the captial of Ellsium! Medvial achetcutre could be seen a large castle could be see in the distance and well as a large collesium, that's where Freya will be. As you pass thought the streets there are a few stands sellling food an other misalcious goods. They don't seem to be pay too much attention to you at the moment other than a mechrants shouting at you to come over and buy something. "It's pretty quiet today. I guess everyone at the collesum for the big show..", Chyrs says as she walks down the street. She walks over to a stand. "I'll take on of those.", she says buying some bread. "I love this sweet bread!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Was that joke intentional?" Fayt gives Chrys a slightly confused look as she buys some snacks. Fortunatly for him, Fayt's from a world likely not all that different, meaning he likely doesn't stick out much at all. Just some tiny guy with his staff and well... ok maybe the scarf sticks out, but not too badly.     Fayt for the msot part simply follows hte group, wondering jsut what kind of trouble they'll have to deal with when ti comes time to make thier move. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Given the amount of walking that was going to be necessary (and hopefully was predicted during the planning), Yuna is in a decent hiking outfit, albeit one that might not be mistaken for local garb: T-shirt, jeans, and decent hiking boots. She doesn't even seem to recognize the maybe-pun until Fayt points it out ... at which point she grimaces, resisting the impulse to facepalm. "It was too horrible to be a deliberate pun, I think," she says to Fayt. Elner is flitting along next to Yuna as usual; Erina, Marina, and Jiina are casually striding along in altered versions of their civilian guises, their 24th-century clothes (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) more befitting what they know about the world. They may be dressed in a manner largely similar to Chrys - the point is to blend in, at least for now. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' It's bustling outside of the Elysium Coliseum. Natasha's watching a pig being roasted on a stick, "No, you're doing it wrong!" She would show the correct way to do so, but she doesn't want to draw too much attention to herself this soon. Of course given the fact she used to travel with the circus means a few people here likely already know who she is. Then again she's suspected to be dead, so they're likely doing double takes. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya gets an idea of where this is going to be going and she looks over at Fayt and Chrys shrugging a little bit. May was as she normally is really looking much like she wandered out of a dance club on 20th century earth somewhere. She keeps pace with the others and hummmms lost in thought. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Oh! I didn't even relize. I'm sorry.", Chrys offers some of her sweet bread to Fayt. "You shoudn't go into battle on a empty stomach." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt blinks as he now finds himself holding a pice of bread. "Erm... thank you?"" He sort of stares at the bread for a moment, before idly nibbling on it as his follows behind the others. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "We have to go this way.", Chrys says leading them to the far side of the colliseum. There is a guard standing next to a door she smiles at him he nods and opens the door. "Quicky this way.", she says leading them inside. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya nods ot Chrys and follows along she's ready, however for trouble as she's lead inside. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' On the far side of the colliseum, one of the vendors is set up far away from the others, "Rotten vegetables, get your rotten vegetables here!" The horrible stench that fills the air would explain why this side is only light guarded, most people were staying away. Natasha pinches her nose as she walks by, sure she may be a fire elemental but she still has a sense of smell. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna was starting to wonder if she should grab a snack too - she ate a good lunch a while ago, so she's not *hungry*, but Chrys seems to think munchies would be smart. Then the stink of rotten vegetables hits her in the nose and she covers her lower face with a whimper of disgust, her eyes watering a bit. "So much for a fair trial, huh?" she asks her allies, her voice muffled and a little more nasal than usual; she's quickening her pace to get AWAY from the stink. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Either that or this place is host to some detritivores." Fayt adds as he adjust his scarf to better cover his nose and mouth. Following hte others inside, he looks to Chrys and Natasha "Where exactly are we headed anyway?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "The main floor of the collisum Fayt.", Chrys sas leading them down a hallway to another door. From the information i've gotten Freya should be out there.as well as few guard the There as well as the prosuctor for the trail, Alexandra will be there too. Thing will get pretty chaotic pretty fast.." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "What about a defense attorney?" inquires Yuna. "Or didn't they invent those here yet?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' " I doupt anyone would want to defened her or be allowed to..", Chyrs says sounding slightly annoyed by that. "You coudn't really call this a trail.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "They're selling snacks out front and I bet people brought ticks for this." Fayt says. "Odds are they're not here to see someone proven innocent." He then looks to Chrys. "Sorry if this comes off a bit mean but... if it's like some worlds I've visited... would I be right to expect lions or something similar?" a pause then, frowning. "That's... not actually a joke by the way." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "...has been accused of mass murder, wide scale destruction and being a freak of nature!" As the group approaches the makeshift court it seems like the trail has already started and the judge is speaking. As Chrys has mentioned there's no attorneys are present. Freya's been chained to the floor in front of the judge and there are a few armed guards present along with Alexandra. The metal mage looks paler and more stiff than the last time they saw her. "How does the defendant plee?" The judge awaits Freya's answer but it seems like the outcome has already been decided ahead of time. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya looks over to Yuna for a moment. "You expected a fair trial given how they are operating?" She notesd Maya expects a show trial at /best/ seriously that's what she's betting on and she's come prepared for that. She follows them down towards the floor of the arena, as she does so she listens she folds her arms listening and doesn't like where this is going. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' There is a very noticeable and unmistakable twitch from Yuna as she hears the 'judge' announcing the charges against - well, presumably against Freya. She wasn't exactly in a good mood to start with - feigning a casual smile, at best - but she can't even pretend to be relaxing any more. "Elner," she stagewhispers ... The little robo-faerie doesn't respond, though, drifting further ahead as if to get a better view or to hear better what's going on. "I believe we were going to barge in, rescue Freya, and run like the Queen of Darkness herself is hot on our heels?" Elner asks Chrys softly - possibly just confirming the basic plan before Yuna might try putting it into action on her own. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Not guitly.", Freya mutters out, she covred in dirt in grime sitting on the ground, she slumps over but on of the guard walks over and kicks in the side then picks her up by the chains around her writs and force her to sit back up. she doesn't even react to the guards actions. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "I managed ot get a ship, it'll be ready to pick us up once were out of here. you guys lead the charge, I'll back you up with my seplls." There's a pause as he readies his staff, then. "I call dibs on that guard." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "We have a number of witnesses that have tesitified otherwise to that claim. Your plea has been rejected, the sentence for your crimes is death. Maybe being vivisected will reveal why you have commited such horrible atrocities against humani..." "Shut up, stop saying such horrible things about Freya. I'm not going to stand here and let you kill my best friend!" Natasha angrily rushes into the courtroom with that. "What are you doing?! You shouldn't be in here guards restrain this woman!" As the guards approach her the girl bursts into flames in a fit of rage, "What the hell, she's some kind of demon!" The crowd lets out loud boos but they're quickly silenced as the prosecutor explodes in a geyser of flames. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya nods at the plan, she doesn't look armed but that would be a life, she's got her Fate Deck handy, she does not say anything yet she looks out at the court and thinks for a moment she folds her arms at this point. She flinches a bit, she had the means to control things and that's what she's gong to do at this point. She starts to channel into a fate card taking note of any guards whom are here and laying down a spell to basically sap them into the point of being usless in a fight she didn't want a bigger body count she just wanted to get Freya the hell out of this pit. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' That's all the cue that Yuna needs - and the same seems to go for Elner, as Yuna's civilian clothes are replaced by her armored Light Suit in a ripple of wind and light. Jiina, Erina, and Marina similarly revert to their armored forms, falling into step around Yuna as she charges out. Yuna hasn't manifested a weapon, though ... ?             "LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT *UP*!!! EL-LINE!!!!" Of course, summoning a giant robot means she didn't NEED to. "LISTEN WELL, ALL OF YOU GATHERED HERE," Yuna's voice resonates from El-Line's speakers, "AND CARRY WORD TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T COME TO WITNESS FOR THEMSELVES!! THE WOMAN YOU ACCUSE OF MURDER IS OUR FRIEND, AND A GENTLE SOUL WHO WOULD NOT HAVE KILLED AS WANTONLY AS YOU WANT TO BELIEVE OF HER!! WE WHO CALL FREYA OUR FRIEND WILL NOT PERMIT YOU TO KILL HER, NO MATTER HOW YOU WOULD JUSTIFY IT!!" Yuna was really hoping to stop the trial and get Freya out without resorting to actual violence; since Natasha went out and burned the prosecutor before she had the chance, overwhelming surprise with a measure of shock and awe is the best option Yuna has left. If it comes down to a fight, she *IS* ready to take on Alexandria if it comes to that ... but she's really hoping the display of the Matrix Figure will be enough to stun the onlookers out of fighting any further. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Y-you all came!", Freya says standing up but looking a bit unsteady as she does so. "I thought that.. mabye you woudn't...",she looks like she going to cry... 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     As soon as the Matrix Figure appears, Fayt begins to walk towards Freya. Pointing his staff stright at her. "While bolt."     A bolt of positive energy fires from Fayt's staff, a simple healing spell to hel get Freya on her feet. Which is important because there's likely going to be a LOT of running REALLY soon! for now though, Fayt jsut walks out towards her, hoping everyone will be too distracted by the giant robot to make much note of him. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Chyrs just walks over to where Freya is helping her up. "Hello there my little girl", she says. "Mom!", Freya says leaning on her. "Shhh it's okay now.", she waves her hand at appoaching guard his legs getting tangled up in vines. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's standing there in shock about what just happened, she just had intended to set him on fire. Did she just competely lose it, "I...I..." "Congratulations pyromaniac, I knew you had it in you!" Alexandra can be seen making a mocking cheering gesture, "Though I might be able to salvage this situation, after all it would look good for the council seat that just opened up!" Her attention turns to the Matrix Figure, "But first I have something to take care of." The mage starts to grow greatly in-size and the coliseum starts shake. People begin to flee in panic withe chaos that's unfolding around them. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' If Yuna was already angry (which she was, she was yelling rather than just letting El-Line amplify her voice - although it did that too), Alexandria's response to the situation seems to strike another nerve; Yuna doesn't even wait for the mage to finish growing to her full size before lashing out, trying to scoop her up and sling her OUT of the colosseum, away from the city ... and then El-Line takes to the air, turning to follow the direction it just tried to pitch Alexandria in. She shouldn't have gone all that far despite the throw ... especially if she was still growing. "You tried to murder our friend *AND* use it to step up your political power?!" Yuna snaps. "How do we know you didn't make that 'accident' in the first place, years ago?" Somehow she's refraining from further attacks just yet ... 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt Keeps camly fireing healing spells at Freya as he appraoches her. "I-white bolt-managed to get an escape vehile. It might be a good idea to-white bolt-Get a move on here!" That said, he takes a moment to look over at Alexandria and Yuna, before sending Yuna a message over Radio. "Keep her busy if you can." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Your the best Fayt!", Freya says smiling. "Don't try and take the shakles off there keeping me small.. Taking them off now would be bad.", Freya says. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya also finds tht things like this are leaving well her in a foul mood. Poltical things often. She sees what was gong on now at this point she just looks to Naaatasha and sighs there's nothing that can be done now save to keep the body count down at this point. "A long term plan wouldn't shock me." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "I can't control fire idiot! Besides your friend there was the one who just flambed the judge. Not to mention she was actually at the accident. If I had been there, I would been killed with everyone else!" Alexandria defends herself against the accusations. Her fist suddenly turns into metal as she punches the Matrix Figure angrily. It seems like wasn't going to back down without a fight this time. The flames around Natasha have vanished at this point as she stands there motionlessly staring at the burnt remains of the judge's corpse. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Cue Fayt going red in the face. "Erm... r-right. anyway, we should get going." He looks over at Maya and Natasha. "You alright there? Come on!" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Natasha!", Freya says trying to snap her out of her shock. "Let's go!" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's hand was already coming up to intercept Alexandria's punch, but Yuna didn't anticipate the transmutation - although she probably should have - and the mecha's hand is pushed back a bit by the blow. "Then WHY?!" yells Yuna as she tries to knee Alexandria in the belly, followed by a (fairly light, given El-Line's size and strength) chop to the mage's shoulder. "Why drag Freya back to the world she ran away from? Why hunt her down to put her on a mock trial for crimes she never wanted to commit? WHY REMIND HER OF HOW MUCH PAIN SHE CAUSED AND SUFFERED?!" Her questions are punctuated by an attempt to grab Alexandria and fling her *hard* to the ground - and there's a flicker of energies around El-Line's hands just afterwards, as if Yuna started to invoke a weapon and something just barely stopped her. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha comes to but clings to Freya a bit as she does so, "Freya, what did I just do?" Alexandra cringes a bit as she's chopped in the belly and shoulder. "Didn't you hear, she's a danger to Elysium! She..." That's all that she manages to get out as she's flung to the ground. She tries to struggle against Yuna but doesn't have much success. There's a loud metallic crushing sounding as she makes impact. The places where the Matrix Figure chopped her are already starting to be covered in metal. The mage is clearly having some trouble getting back on to her feet as her body increases in weight. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE A DANGER TO ANYONE!!!" howls Yuna. "If you'd *LISTENED TO HER* you would *KNOW* that!!!" El-Line's fist clenches, arm coming up as Yuna bends the Matrix Figure forward, ready to punch - /Yuna, hold./ "Elner -" Yuna starts, her voice and that of the robo-faerie not amplified any more but still audible both outside to Alexandria, and to Yuna's allies over the radio. /You're losing control of your magic, aren't you, Alexandria?/ transmits Elner. /Yuna, let her get up ... if she can. I think she's about to learn what Freya went through ... overwhelmed by magic she doesn't understand and powers she can't control./ El-Line stays where it is for several long seconds ... then, slowly, lowers its arm and pushes itself away from Alexandria. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "You were just trying to protect me Natasha that's all", Freya says she gasps seeing Alexandra turing to metal. "Oh no.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he heads towards the exit, hopefully with Freya and co in tow, as he walks he's frantically talking into a radio. "Yeah, guys, you found a spot? alright, go ahead and send coords We should be there soon." As soon as Freya speaks up however, he looks back at her. "What? What's wrong?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "She losing control Fayt.", Freya says with some sadness in her voice. "Her powers are overweleming her." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Shut up, I'm in full control here!" Alexandra's not willing to admit defeat so easily. As she slowly gets back onto her feet, her back's exposed and has turned a silver metallic color. She moves closer to the Matrix Figure trying to reach out to attack it. "I'm not like either of you, I can handle my magic!" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya has been hanging back she does not attack it's strange for a moment. Maya's normally quite the fighter however ther may be a reason she's watching for a moment as she looks at Alexandra hard and coldy she notices the mages is having problems she takes a moment to cast another spell a rather powerful curse of weakness upon Alexandra. "Power hungry, petty, and you used us as well to your own ends." Maya's own magical resave are vast and she would be very hard to miss it be like a Leyline was posing as a human woman. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line brings its arm up again, palm flat and aimed towards Alexandria. "LIGHTNING SHOOT!" Yuna calls out - It's not electrical lightning that lashes out from El-Line's hand, but a crackling bolt of concussive radiance, enough force to knock Alexandria off her feet again. "No," Yuna snarls, "you're *not* like us. None of us would drag an old friend through this kind of Hell for any reason. But I guess, you never really considered Freya a friend, did you ... ?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya runs closer to where Yuna and Alexadra are fighting. "Alexandra stop this! Your not in control! We can help you!", she know this is proably pretty stupid but she can let her suffer like this, even after all the stuff she gone throught. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Alexandra's currently quite conductive to lightning and the bolt knocks her off her feet. Maya's spell also has an effect as she starts to shrink in size quite a bit and the metallic parts of her body start to soften. "No, I won't let you get the best of me again! You already humiliated me once." She's unable to get back up this time. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he continus to Lead Freya and Chrys towards the transport. "Ok, how bad are we talking? 'Whole city turns to metal' bad? I mean... I can enchant things, maybe I could try to do SOMTHING to keep it from going-OH GODS DAMNIT!"     Suddenly, Fayt takes off, scarf disappearing in a blur of motion as it turns into a pair of blue and green wings. Quickly, he flies up towards Alexandra. "Alright you, we need you to answer for what you did and that means no karmic dying on us, now quit thrashing about so I can see to this!" TYes, Fayt is very much pissed right now. Yes, he's going to help anyway. Because as mad as he is, he's not about to let a potential disaster go off in the name of revenge.     Even if he really, REALLY hates this place. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's fists clench, but the Matrix Figure's arms fall by its sides. "She wanted a death ..." Yuna begins, then trails off into a long moment's silence. "... I guess ... making sure everyone lives - everyone we can still save - letting her live with the knowledge we thwarted her ..." She doesn't sound terribly convinced. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Of course..", Freya says. "Mom help me takes the shakles off.. If we can get them on Alexandra it might stop her from blowing up..", Chrys nods and starts to take the shakles off. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt quickly flies, aiming to land on top of Alexandria, namely, on any piece of cloths that hasn't truned to metal yet. He then bows down, places his heads on it, and focuses.     The plan is a simple one. exhant her cloths to grant hte wearer protection against transmutation, namely, to try and halt or alt east slow her turning into metal, while Freya works with her shackles. Hell if he's REALLY lucky he'll start reversing it!     There is however, one little snag. Fayt's never made something like this before, and Alexandria is HUGE. Almost immeidatly, there's a loud buzzing sound as multicolored electricty starts to build up around Fayt's head at an alarming rate. "So help me if I surge from this you will be loading crates for centuries to pay me back!"     Again, Fayt is not a happy camper. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "How are we going to get them to stay on? Stick them on her pinkies?" Natasha notes that's Alexandra is still fairly large despite shirinking somewhat "Oh no, keep those things away from me. I won't let you reduce me to some magic-less commoner!" Still she's not in much of position to resist anymore. She looks at Fayt, "I don't think making your head explode is going to help here. But I could use a good laugh right now." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "There..", Chrys says as the shakles come off Freya arms. "Thanks..", she rubs her wrists. "those things really hurt..", she turns to Natasha. "I haven't thought that far yet.. I doupt she can shrink anymore.. Oh dear." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's fists clench tighter - apparently they CAN at this point - and the armor on its hands glows, flaring and crackling with holy radiance. "You deserve far worse than to be stripped of your magic," snarls Yuna, "and if you make Fayt's head explode -" And then the Matrix Figure's hand comes slamming down on Alexandria's chest, above mammary level this time. "- then you WON'T get to gloat about it!!" Yuna finishes. "Now hold still and take your loss like a big girl! Not that you know anything about maturity ..." she adds, less shouting than grumbling. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Hey. HEY! Ease up on the bad cop routine! I don't want her thrashing around and I need her talking!" Fayt speaks up without looking up form his work. "Gods the thing this job makes me do..."     letting out a quick grunt, Fayt addresses Alexandria, "Alright, can you still if you're still turning to metal or not? and for Gods sakes cut the ego, seriously, how dense can you get."     There's a small pause as Fayt considers those words. He frowns. "DON'T ANSWER THAT!"     He then glances over at Freya and Chrys. "Any progress on that?"     and the whoel time he's working, that electricty keeps on building up... 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya looks at Alexandra still the others are doing a good job at this point. "Hubris tends to be the leading cause of death in mages." Maya notes idly it's a thing he's seen. She looks to Frya for a moment and just sighs. "Yes enough of the bad cop humm we don't want to stoop to her level also ... I didn't know you could get angry Fayt." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "We got them off Fayt!", Chrys says. Freya surpised to. "I didn't know either.. I think it best we don't itterupt him right now.. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Ack! Are you trying to kill me here?" Alexandra cringes a bit at that, "Well, I can still feel pain so I'm completely metal yet. Hitting me certainly isn't going to help though." Metal is already starting to cover where Yuna punched her. "Like I said, I can't control fire. He's doing a pretty good job of making his head explode on his own. And what I'm suppose to without magic? Do you think having me sit in a jail cell all day is going to accomplish much?" That's likely not going to reform her. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' There's no response to the 'bad cop' comments from Yuna; however, she's keeping Alexandria held down physically unless Fayt says to let her up. Neither does she reply to Alexandria's question, whether it was meant as rhetorical or not. In fact ... Yuna is completely silent right now. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Pain? right, Pain is good in this case." He looks over to Freya. "Can you get them on her?" Then to Maya. "it happens, it's rare but it happens!" Then finally back to alexandria. "Speak up if anythinh changes!" with all that said he goes back to his work. mutter mutter stupid mission mutter... 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "So you want to turn me into some magic-less nobody. Why don't you just shoot me in the head and get it over with? Oh wait, you're those types who believe everyone is worth saving?" Alexandra snorts a bit at that. "And I bet you're laughing right now even if you're trying to hide it." She clearly doesn't sound too grateful for what they're trying to do. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "I can try..", Freya says walking a bit closer growing to normal 50 foot size. "This fells a bit wierd.", she attempts to try and put the shakles on two of Alexandra's fingers.. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna tries to move El-Line far enough out of the way that Freya can do that, although it's ... kind of dicey. And Yuna STILL isn't saying anything - not to Alexandria, not to ANYONE. On the plus side, El-Line's perfectly still other than moving to make room for Freya. ... although it's possible that isn't as good a sign as it seems. Maybe. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' As soon as Freya slips the shackles which are more like finger-cuffs to Alexandra she starts to shrink and the metal that's taken over her body starts to transmute back to flesh. She lets out cries of pain as this happens but as much as she tries to free herself she's unable to do so. After a bit of time passes, the now mostly powerless mage is reduced to human size. There's still small amounts of metal visible where she was hurt but she's no longer in danger of being covered with it. She tries to conjure metal to attack with, but all she can manage is small flakes which fall to the ground. "Dammit." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya looms over Alexandra now. "I could just step on you now.. But I won't.. Just go. I don't want to see you ever again!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "You still with us Yuna?" Fayt sounds a bit worried . Though he's distracted by alexandra shrinking, as he hops off of her.     Then it happens.     There's a LOUD buzzing sound as the electricty around Fayt's head dissappears, hsi entire body glowing yellow befroe he suddnely... flops over, landing face down in the dirt.     There's a long, awkard moment of silence, before fayt, slightly muffeled speaks up. "No letting her go, we're taking her in, she's answering for this... someone please pick me up. I can't seem to move."     He's not joking either, he's not in fact, moving at all. weird. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Chrys goes over and picks Fayt up. "There are so many puns i could make right about now.. Chaos magic..." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Not worth killing." Yuna finally breaks her silence, bringing El-Line back to a standing position - and gently drawing Freya back from the shackled Alexandria ... and then, for all the Matrix Figure's power in combat, Yuna instead uses El-Line to give Freya a hug, much as if the giantess - probably older than Yuna - were a younger sister, given the height difference. "It's over," Yuna says softly, "and you're back among friends ... let's go home. Leave Alexandria to the Elysians - if she's broken the laws here after all, they'll deal with it. She won't hurt you again, Freya, that much is sure ..." She trails off, then moves to slowly let go of Freya. Chrys gathers Fayt up before Yuna can do that, though. "Let's get back to Njorun Station ... Fayt, which way is the ship?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya nods lightly takingthe hug from El-line. "Yes let's go home.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:''' "Don't. You. Dare." Fayt... well that was probably ment to be menacing, but that's hard ot do when you can't actually do much of anything. "The ship? It's that way." Fayt says that, but he doesn't actually point out where to go, it takes a few moments for this to sink in. "...over that hill." 
}}

1948/Sunburnt Metal Part 2

2015-04-04T16:27:08Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/04/03 |Location=Union City |Synopsis=The Union goes to confront Alexandria about where Freya is. Things don't go quite as expected. |Thanks= |..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/04/03
|Location=Union City
|Synopsis=The Union goes to confront Alexandria about where Freya is. Things don't go quite as expected.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=19, 319, 385, 425, 578
|Tinyplot=Sunburnt Metal
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' It's been roughly a week since the fight at Freya's house. Natasha's waiting impatiently for Alexandria to show at the agreed upon meeting spot. The guards said she would be at a Union City, but she wasn't quite expecting her to be so literal. They've gathered at one of the many different incarnations of Union City, New Jersey in the Mulitverse. Suddenly, the ground begins to shake and a tall figure with silver hair can be seen approaching in the distance. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "She's really big", the mercenary who you had fought at Freya's house and now was going to meet the person that payed him "So what do you want me to do? Go up to her ask for the rest of my payment.", he looks a bit nervous.. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' There's no way that Yuna wouldn't be here for that meeting ... although she's sticking with her civilian appearance, at least for the moment, rather than being in her Light Suit. Similarly, she's got the full Matrix of Light nearby - Jiina, Marina, and Erina are all in their human guises, while the little robo-faerie Elner (lacking a disguised form) simply hovers near Yuna herself, ready to activate her battlesuit if it becomes necessary. All of that also gives her one additional option ... although it's an option she's hoping won't have to come into play, even as the silver-haired giantess starts to approach. Yuna cringes a bit at the shaking of the ground, hoping that the footsteps won't set off any full-fledged natural earthquakes ... Yuna's probably within relatively convenient sight of the mercenaries' meeting-place with Alexandria (and therefore should be close enough to support Natasha, if it turns out this is going to require more than talking). Her partners are a bit further away, and somewhat scattered. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he feels the ground begin to shake. He had followed Natasha out here to help get some information on where Freya is, and he made sure to come prepaired, holding his staff at the ready, and wing scarf ready to transform at a moment's notice.     At the Mercenaries comment, Fayt tilts his head to the side slightly, then looks to Natasha. "so, we're here, what's the plan?" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya is glad the merc is coperating it's going to get him out of a lot of trouble if he lives through it and Maya is quite the healer all things considered. She's also shuffling some cards in hand that look like they are from a Tarrot deck. She's also in he normal junking gear, she mostly hear as support as she's going to let other people take the lead today. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "We make her talk, one way or another." Given Natasha's personal bias against Alexandria she might not be the best person to do the negotiating here. As the giantess gets closer more details of her started to become noticable, her exposed skin has a metallic peach tint to it and there looks be what look to be a cross between bruises and dents. She doesn't seem to be wearing any armor, just a blue tunic, a matching witch's hat which is folded over and a yellow skirt. Then again given her current state she might not need it, "I thought I told you to come alone..." A booming voice drowns out any other noise present. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The merc looks up at her. "These people? There just some other members of my workforce! You can't be too careful these days.", he says soundsing quite neverous. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt winces as Alexandria speaks up. Qucikly, he glance around at the others, then leans back slightly to look up at Alexandria, before finally turning to watch the Merc. He doesn't say anything, he's just watching. Though hopefully the Merc gets the message loud and clear: We're still here, don't do anything stupid now... 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Good thing Yuna didn't plant herself within easy and obvious view of Alexandria, if that's how she reacts to anyone besides the mercs' leader being at the meeting place. She's even more tense now, though, and a quick bit of telepathic touching-base (thanks mainly to Elner) confirms that the rest of the Matrix of Light is standing by. For now, though, Yuna takes another sip of the tea she's drinking for 'camouflage' at a sidewalk cafe within sight of the others. If they need her help, she's ready to go and pitch in ... As for who should be the one to negotiate? Yuna doesn't consider herself qualified - she's intimidated enough by Alexandria's size without trying to speak to her directly, and staying put and sipping coffee takes a substantial effort of both self-control and acting skill. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya is just looking up for a momenr shrugging a bit as she notes. She doesn't say anything as the blue haired woman is going to play along with the merc's quick thinking after all. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha remands quiet, after all if Alexandria notices her the plan will quickly go south. "And I suppose you want me to pay them as well?" Alexandria sounds like she wasn't quite expecting this, "Let's get this over with quickly then. I want to be back in time for the start of the trial." She opens her hand over the merc and giant metallic flat circles start to form in her hand. Quickly, she begins tosses them downwards with maxmium force. Natasha notices what she's doing and moves backwards as fast as she can. As the coins plummet Alexandria lets out, "Oops, I guess you got greedy." 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Oh sh..", the merc says looking up and the huge falling coins. THUD. THUD SQUISH! THUD. One of the coins now has a bit of splatter of blood coming out for the edges of it. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Surprisingly, Fayt was ready for this. As soon as the coins appear, Fayt focuses for a moment, his scarf disappearing in a blur of motion as it transforms into a pair of blue and green wings. Quickly, the mage goes airborn, wings frantically as he flies up adn away from where Alexandria is. As he does so, he calls into his radio to the others. "Hey, anyone know this place very well? We got somewhere less populated to lead her to?" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' A grim end for a guy trying to make amends even if he was under duress pisses Maya off quite a but there's nothing she can do at this point. Sje's forced to move at this point rapidly as she can, she holds a prendant and etherial wings from from her back and she takes flight. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna cringes as coins the size of UFOs start dropping from Alexandria's hands, forcing her friends and the mercenaries alike to scatter - and at least one mercenary doesn't make it. Somehow, Yuna's tea stays in her stomach despite the sight of that splatter; it helps that she averts her gaze in a hurry, but she rises from her seat and steps out into the street, Elner following as the Light Suit materializes on Yuna's body, replacing her clothes. "That's going too far ..." Yuna says softly, her voice in between a whisper and a whimper - but not for her next words, spoken as three more 'girls' leave their waiting/hiding places, transforming as they go into armor-clad androids.             "LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT *UP*!!! EL-LINE!!" A pillar of light erupts from where Yuna is standing, and the three android girls fly straight into the pillar at their current heights. Within the shaft of radiance, they expand and transform, as does Elner, before their shifting shapes merge and combine, forming a massive, gleaming shape which is revealed as the pillar fades ... The Matrix Figure, El-Line, with Yuna already seated in the cockpit. El-Line immediately moves to grab Alexandria's shoulder, never mind that the Matrix Figure is closer to sixty feet than Alexandria's fifty. "What do you mean, 'trial'?!" Yuna challenges the giantess, her voice amplified by El-Line's external speakers. "Who's being tried for what?!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt halts once he thinks he's high enough, grinning as the El Line shows up. "You know I forgot you can do that? Hear, let me help a little." He suddenly points he staff right at the el-line and says calmly. "Fortune."     A small white coin suddenly appears above Fayt's Staff, before turning into a bolt of gloying energy and flying straight towards the El line. If it hits? The el line would everything it does works better. it ca move a bit faster, hit a bit harder, as Fayt's spell takes whatever it does, and tries to push it towards the best result possible.     In other words? Yuna just got one hell of a boost to her LUCK stat. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Alexandria is caught off guard by the mecha, she wasn't expecting the hired help to have anything like that. She struggles a bit as her shoulder is grabbed, "Why do you care what happens to the coward? Aren't you just the help? Is not getting paid really that big of deal for you?" She has no clue what they're doing there to begin with. At the point, Natasha can't just stand by anymore, "Where did you take Freya?!" The fire element flies upwards until she's eye level with the giantess. She's keeping some distance between them after remembering what happened last time. "Freya...oh is that what's she calling herself now..." Alexandria's laugh bellows as she grabs the Matrix Figure with her opposite hand. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line doesn't budge as Alexandria counter-grabs it; Yuna, on the other hand, just gets angrier. "Yeah, Freya's the name we know our friend by! Now WHERE IS SHE?! Is she the one that's going to be forced to stand trial, with none of her friends there to help her?!" Yuna *isn't* going on the attack, though, for a couple of reasons. One is that she doesn't want to start a giant-scale throwdown in the middle of the city, and she's waiting for Elner to calculate which direction to try and move in to get out of the collateral-damage-is-too-risky zone, if there *is* a direction for that. Of course, El-Line CAN fly ... if push comes to shove, Alexandria could probably be grappled and carried, rather than having to go through the city. It would be risky, though - and Alexandria won't be answering any questions if she's unconscious, or worse. The spell cast by Fayt sinks into El-Line's armor and through the Matrix Figure's systems; if Yuna is aware of it, she doesn't take her attention off Alexandria to acknowledge it (although she'll have to thank Fayt later). 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya doesn't have that much to say at the moment. She looks at her for a moment. She fdolds her arms for a moment she looks at them for a moment as Natasha spills it. She just hovers there her wings flapping a bit as she hovers off the ground. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Why would I tell you where she's at? Do you know how much trouble I went through to bring her in?" Alexandra struggles with the Matrix Figure a bit, but she's certainly not going to talk so easily. "If you don't, I'll burn you more severely than the last time!" Natasha's losing her cool quickly. With that Alexandra releases her grip on the mecha and sends several metal lances flying at Natasha. Knowing what to expect from the giantess she lets loose a blast of flame. The resulting mixture of magic sends molten metal onto the street below. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "ENOUGH!!!" When the spears go flying at Natasha, Yuna just tries to grab Alexandra in a bearhug, attempting to pin her arms to her sides so she can't throw any more spears. "Do you even care that Freya's our friend?!" shouts Yuna. "Do you understand that we're going to do everything we can to help her?! You're our only clue to where she's gone - I don't care what you spent in money or time or energy to CAPTURE her ... WE'RE GOING TO RESCUE HER NO MATTER WHAT!!!" And with that, El-Line's engines start to throttle up ... not QUITE to the point of lift-off yet, but anyone who knows giant robots, or aircraft in general, should be able to put the pieces together as Yuna prepares, from all available evidence, to carry Alexandra into the sky. To do what ... ? 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt winces as molten metal falls to the streets below. Things are off to a bad start and Fayt would perfer they not get much worse.Quickly, he starts sending messages over radio.     "Natasha? We need to make sure this place is evacuated, can you od that? Maya? You're the other support besides me here, one of us needs to help with evacuations while the other backs up Yuna. Which do you think you'd be better at?" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya looks to Fayt for a moment noding in agreement to Fayt. "I can do that." ER She looks back to the other one who doesn't seem to be wanting to talk and Maya speaks up after a moment. She's move focusing on other people right now she'll leave things to deal with other people. "I'll get on that." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha figures that all the noise has likely drawn most people away by now. Still, clearing the area wouldn't be a bad idea. As much as she wants to hurl more fire at Alexandria, she would likely just counter again. The two could spend all day fighting each other and all they would cause is more destruction, "Okay, you better make her talk though or I'll do it my way!" She flies across the sky leaving a jet of fire behind her. That should get people's attention "Why should I care, what's important is that she's brought to justice before she hurts anyone else." Alexandria sees herself as right and not much could be said that would change her mind. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "You could at least tell us who's trying her, where, and for what!!" snaps Yuna - and she brings El-Line's thrusters up to full power. Unless Alexandria is a LOT heavier than she looks, she's going to get pulled into the air along with El-Line. "If you're right about her deserving to be tried for some crime, Freya at least deserves to have her friends there to support her! You'd want that much if you were standing trial for the murder you just committed, right?!" 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     As Yuna goes skyward, Fayt flies right behind her, trying to keep both behind and slightly above her, close enough to see what's going on and throw spells around if needed, but far enough away to hopefully get out ouf the way if things go south. He doesn't say or do anything just yet though, just quietly watches the two talk it out. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "I think you done enough for today Alexandra. Why don't you give up and we can call this a draw?", a female figure dressed in a green robe with a hood covering her face She says this while standing on El-line shoulder. She points her wood staff at the gaint. "If you don't I'll have serious." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Oh no, that voice...okay put me down, I'll talk!" Alexandria suddenly looks terrifed upon seeing the woman suddenly appear. "They took her to the Colosseum and she's on trial for attacking the captial...you already know how to get there." 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Well, at least Alexandria is appropriately scared of SOMEthing. Yuna reduces El-Line's engine output, coming back down for a fairly gentle landing. "*I* don't know how to get there, but presumably someone in our group does ... ?" She's not going to let go of Alexandria until somebody confirms that we can get there - even if it's the robed female who just teleported (or something) onto El-Line's shoulder. And that sudden appearance is exactly why Yuna is being careful with her maneuvering - she doesn't want to dislodge her unexpected passenger. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Almost immeidatly, Fayt takes aim at the new arrival. "GAH!" As Yuna asks that question however, Fayt gets back on Radio. "Natasha? Does 'The colosseum' ring any bells? Apparenty they took Freya there." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Yes, but I haven't back to my world since I got here. In fact I don't know where it is!" Natasha's pretty much in the dark here. "Let me go, I told you what you want to hear!" Alexandra's still struggling against the Matrix Figure at this point. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' El-Line's head turns to direct its gaze at the woman (sorceress?) on the giant robot's shoulder. "Unless the warpgates are 'smart' enough to get us there with just 'The Colosseum' in mind ... could you direct us?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Of course I could Child of light.", the socresses says looking at the robot's head. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' 'Child of Light'? That's not Yuna's actual title, but she likes it better than 'Savior of Light' - and she's certainly not about to correct a total stranger, or at least somebody who seems to BE a total stranger. At any rate, it's good enough for her to let go of Alexandria. "We'll probably see you at the Colosseum," Yuna states - actually ready to help make sure Alexandria keeps her balance when released. "Especially if you intend to be there for Freya's trial." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt tilts his head to the side as The new arrival speaks up. "Ok... thank you for the help but..." There's a long, awakwrd pause, before he finally starts speaking again, and when he does, he actually sounds a touch annoyed. "You know, I just realized, if I ask you anything I'm just going to get a bunch of cryptic non-answers, or stuff about things being revealed 'when the time is right' aren't I?"     Yes, Fayt is being snarky. His friend is in trouble and the new arrival popped up out of nowhere, so he's a touch testy at the moment. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Alexandria is a bit surprised that Yuna's letting her go but she's not going to argue about it. She certainly doesn't want to stick around while the sorceress is present. Plus, she's sore from being grappled. Natasha's almost tempted to go after her, but she's distratcted by the familar voice, "Auntie?!" She hasn't heard from her 10 years after all. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' A tower of vines grow up to the height of El-line shoulder 'Aunite' climbs on it shrinks down bring her to the ground. "Hello Natasha. It been a while hasn't it?", she says this as she removes her hood revaling a older woman with short blue hair with a few streaks of grey throught it. She looks a bit like someone you know. She turns to Fayt giggling a bit. "I'll try and answers as many questions as you have as I can. You may not like the answers thought. "Oh! I should introducce myself. You can call me Chrys. I'm Freya's mom. I think we have much to disuss..." 

}}

1891/Sunburnt Metal Part 1

2015-03-28T04:51:49Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/03/27 |Location=Freya's house |Synopsis=The Union investigates Freya's house for clues but runs into trouble there. |Thanks= |Cast of Characte..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/03/27
|Location=Freya's house
|Synopsis=The Union investigates Freya's house for clues but runs into trouble there.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=19, 319, 385, 425, 578
|Tinyplot=Sunburnt Metal
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's recovered from being slammed into the ground, and she's gathered a small team outside of Freya's house. She's ready to fight if Alexandria or anyone else is waiting inside for them. Hopefully they could find some evidence of where Freya's been taken. Sure, there's a lot of large footprints outside but those could be Freya or Alexandria's. The front door has already been ripped off so they shouldn't have any trouble getting inside. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna is here, already in her Light Suit - even though this should be more of an investigation and not a fight at all ... but she's also got Erina with her, as well as Elner. The purple-and-white-armored android is looking around as the two-plus-a-tiny-robofaerie approach; of course, Elner is scanning and presumably recording every detail that might be useful. Now if only Yuna were a properly trained detective-type. Hopefully someone here can put clues together a little better than Yuna will be able to. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Unsurprisingly, Fayt's here. The tiny timid trader pulling his staff off of his back as he approaches the others. He frows as he glances around at all teh footprints, then looks up towards the doorway. "Hmm..." 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya is a long time fiend of Freya's and isn't about this she's hear a bit behind Fayt as she arrive,s however the Junker seems pretty focused at the moment, She looks from Yuna, to Fayt and then to Natasha for a moment. She's not got anything to say for the moment. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya house is big and those that have been here before it always quite clean and ograinized, today it isn't. Entering the huge main room you can see everything is in dissary, the table is knocked over to one side, one of the chairs is broken, bottles broken on the countertop. There a large bloodstain that start from the far end of the room and ends near the doorway something big was dragged out of here.. There also a stone gargoyle near the door way that been knocked over, doesn't look like anyone else is here.. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Is that Freya's blood?" wonders Yuna, grimacing. It's ... well, when she consciously remembers that Freya is a (part-time) giantess, that much blood makes a little more sense than if it had to be explained coming from a human. "Natasha?" she asks the fire-user - a bit tentatively, partly since she's also confirming the redhead's name. "The intruder who we think kidnapped Freya ... you said she was another giantess?" Then the blonde girl looks to her android companion. "Erina, fly up outside the cottage and see if you can find a trail outside - even if it's just a general direction. Elner, stick with me, and if I need to get airborne, call Erina back." Erina nods, "I shouldn't be gone too long!" and flits outside, moving as easily in the air as the much-smaller form of Elner does ...and much more swiftly, at that. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as he looks around hte insdie of the house. "Doesn't seem to be anyone here..." As Yuna sends Erina off, Fayt nods. "Good idea, let me get a better view of things in here."     That said, FAyt woud focus for a moment, as his scarf dissappears in a blur of motion, to be repalce with a pair of blue green wings attched to a harness Fayt's now wearing. "I'll come right back if there's trouble." Unless anyone stopepd him, Fayt would take off, wings flapping frantically as he flies to to get a better view of his sorroundings. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Yes, that's Freya's blood. I think. It would be more like magma if it were mine." Natasha nods at Yuna "Though there might be some of Alexandria's in there too." She's not sure how much Freya fought back. She looks up at the hole in the roof that she was knocked through. Speaking of magma it looks like she left a bit behind up on the roof. She then notices the gargoyle and is instantly supicious of it pointing, "That shouldn't be there." She's pretty sure Alexandria didn't bring it with her either. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' There is a blood trail travels along to the nearest portal station it was getting less prounced as it neared the portal. As Fayt flies up to get a better view there a fhoosh sound and a rocket is heading towards him from the other side of the room! 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya Says "humm blood?" She moves to follow it from the ground at this point she's just keeping pace now with everyone else while she tries to keep an look out for anything of note. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha doesn't notice the rocket, her eyes are still fixed on the gargoyle and the trial of blood. She supposes they could follow it but it's a couple of days old at this point and there's no telling where it would end. Still, they don't seem to have much else to work with. "Maybe we should get one one of those teams that investigate crime scenes?" She's not seeing much to work with here. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' It may be partly that Yuna is still kind of freaked out from the incident on Shiva the other night, but the sudden *FWOOOOSH* actually makes her jump at least a foot into the air - and even before Elner calls out to draw her attention to it, Yuna's already seen the rocket taking off. Why it didn't launch when Erina took flight, she can't even guess, but - "FAYT, WATCH OUT!!" shouts Yuna, the Matrix Divider materializing. "Erina, open fire, try to shoot it down!" Yuna sets about doing the same as she just told her android counterpart to do - but where Erina has rapid-fire pulse blasters, the same ones Yuna can make use of in Flight Form, the Matrix Divider only fires single bolts, albeit more powerful per shot. Hopefully they can take out the rocket between the two of them, if nobody else was ready with protective firepower. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Huh?!" Fayt blinks as he looks over at where that noise came from, eyes going wide as he spots the rocket.     Fayt can fly, but he's not the msot mobile whle airborn, there's on way in HELL he's dodging a rocket. Which is why as Yuna opens fire, Fayt goes into a steep dive, rushing back towards the ground as fast as his wings can manage.     Somebody might want to do something to break his fall though, he's coming in hot and likely about to have a rather... rough landing. "Incoming!" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya not does notice the rocket but the gargyole is an issue at this point she pauses. Thankgully the people in the air can deal with the rocket right? There's nothing she can do from here and she's going to have to press forward. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Kaboom! Yuna blasts the missle from the air saving Fayt from it. Then Gunfire erupts, your all being shot at! The gargoyle blinks gets up and tires to slash Natasha. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha knows she had reason to be suspicious of the gargoyle and just proves her point as it tries to slash at her. She manages to partly block the blow, but it still manages to cut her a bit. Of course they have another problem with the gunfire in the background, which was a bit strange. They don't have guns where she's from meaning that some outside group must have found her home world. Still this wasn't exactly the time to ask questions as throws a blast of fire back at the gargoyle. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     With a surprsied yell, Fayt comes in for a landing, stumbling overhimself and crashing to the floor in a heap. A moment, later, the gunfire cuases him to pop up on his feet, frantically glancing around to try and figure out where hte nosie is coming from. "Gunfire? and someone shot a rocket at me? Why would somebody set a trap out here of all places?" As he says this, Fayt tightens his grip on his staff. apparnetly, they've got a fight on their hands. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The gargolye takes the hit, stone chips fall of it's body where Natasha fire blash hit, it hasn't slowed it down in the least it still lumbering towards her. The gunfire seem to be coming from the far side of the room behind the table, and some movement can be spotted behind one of the chairs. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "SHUGOSEIHEKI!!" yelps Yuna as the gunfire erupts. Problem is, her shield can only protect her from one direction at a time - but at least it's a direction she can put her back against, as the Matrix Divider is swapped out for her pistol. "Erina, get down here, I need wings!" (And she doesn't mean the sort that Red Bull claims to give you.) Erina of the Sky is living up to her name, twisting and weaving around the gunfire; Elner has to blip up to generate a forcefield barrier around her, helping her reach Yuna's location without getting shot to pieces. Fortunately, the corner of a chair makes for a semblance of useful cover - enough cover for Erina and Yuna to undergo their joint transformation; while Flight Form is arguably Yuna's most fragile mode, it's also her most agile and evasive form by far, and she's had good luck at weaving through hostile firepower with it in the past. On the other hand, once the transformation is finished, with Erina's form having converted into new armor and a flight pack for Yuna's Light Suit, Yuna doesn't waste time with a lot of evasive maneuvers; Elner is sent over to protect Fayt with another force field, and Yuna flies straight up as quickly as she can, weaving and spiraling to try and throw off the aim of anything trying to shoot at her. Her objective, right now, is to try and get a good look at the source of all the bullets - and if it's an automated turret or something, she'll happily return fire. If the shooter happens to be a live person or other creature, she'll have to be more restrained ... 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Of course, Natasha has some difficulty against any opponent she can't set on fire which certainly applies in this case. It might not be a bad idea for her to learn some other tricks when she has the time. She might have more luck against the gunman, but she can't see them. Where could they be hiding? She then notices the giant table, that would be a good place to take cover and she runs underneath it. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya has her rifle out at this point, and there's sounds of comba tnear by and she moves now to catch up to Natasha hopefully she can help with whatever is laying in wait for them. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt blinks as Elner shows up near him, jsut in time for his forcefield to catch a few stray bullets for him. "Erm... thanks."     While the tohers seem to have the gunfire undercontrol, Fayt instead decides to help deal with that gargoyle, taking aim with his staff and saying calmly. "Force bolt."     A single bolt of energy fires from Fayt's staff, aiming to smack the gargoyle upside the head. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The gunfire bounces off of Yuna's shield and armor. She spots one of the shooter dressed in black looking like a rember of a police SWAT team. He looks up surpised by the flying Yuna picking up a rocket launche ready to fire it at her! The Gargoyle keeps making it's slow and steady pace towads Natasha. The bolt smacks it in the head taking a chunck of it staggers back a bit. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Everyone stay down, rocket launcher!" Yuna yells out to her allies as she sees the launcher being readied ... and she aims her pistol, firing a single bolt at the guy's face, albeit probably from several dozen feet away or so. If her shot hits, it's going to hit like a baseball bat to the guy's face (or wherever) - and the rocket might get launched anyway. But she's sticking to non-lethal firepower, out of a combination of long-time preference, ingrained habit, and (a ways behind those two) the knowledge that a live prisoner is far more likely to provide useful information than any number of corpses. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Fire wouldn't likely take out the gargoyle on its own, so Natasha's going to have to think of another way to defeat it. She notices the table above her and gets an idea as the monster slowly lurches towards her. She flies up until she's right above the top of underneath the table and forms a flaming sword in her hand. She starts to cut off a piece of it and waits until the gargoyle is right below her. Then she promptly cuts chops it free and lets fall below. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt frowns as Natasha flies off. "What are you?..."     Then he sees what she's up to. "...Oh" wit ha nod." Fayt takes aim at the gargoyle again and sends another bolt of energy it's way. "Force bolt." He then turns and runs like hell! making his way under the table as he tries to lure the Gargoyle under the trap Natasha is making. "Come on, over here!" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Yuna's shot smacks the guy in the face he drops the rocket launcher, thankfully he didn't have enough time to fire it. He stumbles back a bit looking stunned. The Gargoyle spots Fayt running away and follows him noticing large piece table come tumbling down on it, it makes direct contact burying it in rubble. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Rather than calling out an all-clear to her allies, Yuna follows up on that advantage by going into a power dive at the guy's position - mostly because she figures that'll be the best vantage point from which to spot the rest of the gunmen, or at least to not be shot at for fear they might hurt their compatriot .... although, that also assumes that they CARE. She also needs to disable that rocket launcher, take out the live round, something. That's actually going to be a slightly higher priority for her than finishing subduing anyone. 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya has caught up at this point, she notices the armor of the people there she doesn't now move to get lethal she pause and opens up with a spell one that should slow the respondse times of the attackers which should help with Yuna's attempts to take them down, right?" 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Now that the gargoyle's down, Natasha focuses her attention on the gunmen. Noticing the rocket launcher's been dropped she swoops down to ground level and picks it up. She doesn't want any of her friends to get shot with after all, and setting them fire when they want them to talk likely wouldn't be a good idea either. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Yuna lands near the guy he starting to come out of his stun and wisley seeing he doesn't have much of a chance against a flying girl in power armor put his arms behind his head and get on his knees surrending. He has no intrest in dying. Yuna spots two others one off to the far left another up to the far right. Natasha can see the now as well They both have there guns pointed at Yuna now. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Of course Natasha's wielding a rocket launcher now, so she's feeling confident about the situation. "Put your guns down, or I'll blow you to bits!" She's bluffing of course, but do they really wanted to argue with the fire wielding girl with the rocket launcher? She figures it's pretty safe to assume the answer is no. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''      Fayt lets out deep breath as the gargoyle is taken out. He then frowns slightly as he hears Yuna speak up over the radio. "Non-lethal? Right..." quickly, he turns to point his wand at one of the gunners and opens fire. "Force bolt."     Fayt's playing it careful, Sticking to his msot basic spell so he's unlikely to outright kill anybody. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna would cuff the surrendering guy's hands, or tie them behind his back, or something - but she doesn't have anything to restrain him with, so she settles for keeping her pistol ready. Not that this is her only weapon; she looks towards one of the other gunmen, and points her left arm at him; her vambrace pops open to reveal an array of pulse blasters. If he tries opening fire on Yuna, then she'll be returning fire - and there are no guarantees a stray shot won't hit his surrendered ally .. She's really depending on her allies to disable the remaining gunmen, though. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Fayt spell smacks the the soliders smacking him in the head. "Okay okay! We surrender!", one says putting down his gun. "I don't get paid enough for this.", the other say putting down his gun as well. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "Paid, huh?" asks Yuna, lowering her gun and her arm, vambrace snapping closed again. "So who's paying you and for what purpose?" she asks, hurrying over to collect the gun that one of the soldiers just put down on the floor. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Some silver hair woman, paid us to come here and take care of anyone that entered this place..", one of them says. "If we knew they were going to be eletes would have asked for triple, and brought a mecha.", the 2nd one says. 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     As the fighting stops, Fayt makes his way over to the others. He keeps quiet, Letting Yuna do the talking for now. "..." 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' She pause at this point she keeps her weapon raised as they drop their guns. She narrows her eyes as she looked over the mercs. Thank god it was mercs, really. They had a line where the money wasn't worth it. "Your smart enough to give up." Maya pulls in a call for a transport ot pick up the mercs, this was ... going to be a thing for paper pushes to deal with from this point on. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' "The mecha wouldn't have helped you," Yuna states dryly. "So you don't know your employer's name? Anything that can help us find her - or more to the point, find our friend who lives here and got kidnapped?" Yuna glances over at Natasha. "Silver-haired woman ... that wouldn't be the one who knocked you out through Freya's new skylight, right?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The first one thinks for a second. "She did metion something about taking someone back home to face punsiment for some crime.. That's all we know. Were just paid mercs!" 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Yes, that would be her. Where did she take Freya!" Natasha wonders if they know that much at least. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The soilders look neverous. "W-we don't know! We swear! We never met her in person, she paid us up front.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     "Alright." Fayt walks up to the soldiers. "I've worked a bit with morcenary types before, so I think I know a bit about how this works." He takes a slow, deep breath. "So... did you guys set any sort of contract for this job? What kind of terms did you have?"     running a shipping company, Fayt's hired his share of merccenaries and adventuring-types for guard duty on some of his shipments, so hopefuly his experence there will allow him to make a few educated gusses about how these guys work. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "The silver hair girl wanted us to kill anyone that entered this house. The contract length was a week. She didn't tell us we have to deal with eletes, our price triples for that...", says the first solider. 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna sniffles a bit, "You guys are so mean ... do you know how much Freya means to us? She's our friend, unique and precious and irreplaceable ... and you were going to kill us just for wanting to find out if she was all right?!" And she starts crying. Admittedly it's fake crying, but she does a pretty convincing act ... maybe it'll help thaw the mercs' attitude some. And Yuna really *IS* worried about Freya - enough to put real emotion behind the acted tears. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' The soilders look a bit surpised at Yuna crying. "Lady were just doing our job... We don't question on reason beind the job.", the soilders pauses. "We get paid to kill people that's what we do. I wish we could be more help.." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt nods, slowly. "The person who lives here is a Union Elite, did she tell you that? Involving one elite pretty much guarantees more will show up, so it's a pretty big oversight."     A pause, then he continues. "If that's the case, you're client has witheld vital information and needlessly endangered you. I think that's a big enough breach of trust for you to forgo your usual stance on client confidentially, yes?" 

:'''{{#var:19|Maya (19)}} has posed:''' Maya pauses looking to Yuna she looks to the mercs for a moment. "You are interferacing with a kidnapping investation given you are giving what information you have. I'm willing to speak to the judge who handles you for some leniency. Anything you can tell us would certianly help reduce your down time, as it were." 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha says, "Wait, if your pay triples doesn't she have to come back to pay you again then?" Natasha suddenly realizes. "Otherwise you're not going to get any more money."" 

:'''{{#var:385|Yuna Kagurazaka (385)}} has posed:''' Yuna 'seems' to get her crying under control, but she's still teary-eyed as she wipes at her face with her gloved hands and looks at the mercenaries. "Freya's our friend, there's no reason we won't keep trying to help her ... do you really think money is all that matters? What if it were one of your close comrades who got kidnapped and whisked away from you? Wouldn't you go looking for him? Or -" Her voice suddenly turns a LOT colder. "- is money really all that matters to you ... ?" 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Though knowing Alexandria I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't hold up her end of the deal." Natasha points out that out to them. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "Okay I conceded.", the soilder says. "I'll give you what i got. At the end of our contract in a few day we to meet to her at a location which we haven't decied on yet to recive the other half of our payment." 

:'''{{#var:319|Fayt Ravus (319)}} has posed:'''     Fayt nods. "Alright, well, between how the job has gone soo far, and the fact that you've got several armed elites sorrounding you." He nods to Natasha, maya, and Yuna. "How would you like to let us accompany you on that meet up? I'm sure it'll help your case with intefering in our investigation, calm my friends here down and perhaps most importantly, get back at your client for attempted to pull one over on you."     He frowns. "Lets face it, she excluded several key details of your job, didn't warn you about us and likely didn't expect you to survive the job. Do you REALLY think she's giving you the other half of that payment?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "True.", the soilders says. "Your plan sounds like a good idea. YOu will come with us to meet our client then." 

}}

1879/Sunburnt Metal- Prologue

2015-03-26T00:54:39Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/03/25 |Location=Freya's house |Synopsis=Freya and Natasha are peacefully enjoying tea when a figure from their past makes an unwelcome entry. ..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/03/25
|Location=Freya's house
|Synopsis=Freya and Natasha are peacefully enjoying tea when a figure from their past makes an unwelcome entry.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=425, 578
|Tinyplot=Sunburnt Metal
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' It was nice day outside today, spring was just starting to come out for the surrounding area, there are some patches of snow still left but spring is definitely coming. Today, Freya is having some tea with Natasha having a girl to girl talk. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Natasha's sitting on a chair as she waits for Freya to make them some tea. "I'm glad the snow's melting! I can't wait for Spring already. It seems like that Winter would never end." She's not big on getting wet after all. Suddenly, there's a loud creaking sound right before the door snaps off it's hinges and goes flying inside. "What just happened?" The fire element looks confused before her question is suddenly answered. "I thought I smelled burning skunk cabbage!" A woman who's dressed in blue-colored mage garb and a yellow skirt can suddenly seen in the doorway. She's almost as tall as Freya and towers over Natasha. "No, it can't be! What she's doing here? And how did she get so huge!" The sudden arrival certainly didn't make things any more clear for Natasha. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' "What the heck?", Freya says getting up looking over the other giant. "Doesn't matter! No one breaks into my house and gets away with it!", she immediately tries to punch the other giant in the stomach. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' The giantess mage is a bit surprised by the attack. Spiked metal armor suddenly starts to form on the woman's stomach to try and deter Freya from attacking, "So the coward suddenly decides to stand up for herself. I'm a bit impressed but you don't have the pyromaniac to hide behind anymore. I doubt she could do much now if she hadn't burned herself to death anyways." She has a huge smirk on her face as says that. Natasha's face turns red with that along with the rest of her body as she charges at the giantess blazing. Before she can reach her, the woman does a flicking gesture and sends the fire elemental upwards and through the roof. "What was that, a fire ant?" 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya's hand hits the spike armor making her flinch in pain, the spikes piercing through the flesh of her hand. "Natasha!", she shouts watching her friend fly out the window. "I'm not the same person that I used to be!", she swings her leg down low as tries to knock the other giantess down. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' "Wait, that was Natasha? Dammit, I could have brought you both in. Oh well, if she wasn't dead before she likely is now. I would send her family a sympathy card, but I'm pretty sure those carnies wouldn't be able to read it." The woman seems rather dismissive of the situation that she's in. Even with the opening, she doesn't seem to be too phased by Freya's attack. "Oh look, the great pumpkin is trying to hurt me." A metal gauntlet forms on one of her fists and she promptly punches Freya in the face with it. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Freya oofs and gets knocked back a bit by the punch. She spits out blood onto the floor. She looks a bit annoyed by the name calling and teasing. "Shut up!", and brings her fist back trying to deck the name caller in the face. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Freya finds a literal faceplate blocking her attack, as it's wearer continues to taunt her. "Oh give up it already, you could punch me all day and barely scratch me. Why don't just come with me and face your crimes already? It'll be less painful for you then this is. You're just lucky, I was ordered to bring you in alive." She punches Freya repeatedly as tries to knock the other giantess out. 

:'''{{#var:578|Freya (578)}} has posed:''' Crack! The bones in her hand shatter from impacting the steel plate. "I won't go quietly...", she mumbles. The pain from her wounds and the repeated punching finally knock her out. 

:'''{{#var:425|Natasha (425)}} has posed:''' Once Freya finally goes down, the woman picks up the giantess clumsily as she has a bit of trouble lifting her. She's clearly not used to having to carry so much weight. "Ugh, lugging all this weight around is hard work. I guess being unstoppable has its price." Small metal bruises have started to form in the places where Freya actually managed to hit the mage. She seems to be dismissive as she drags the other giantess through the door frame. 

}}

1458/Sleepover at Maxine's

2015-03-23T22:24:06Z

Varrols: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2015/01/31 |Location=Maine-2031 |Synopsis=Maxine oversees Annie and Marcy's sleepover. |Thanks= |Cast of Characters=279, 437, 622 |Tinyplot= |Tinyp..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2015/01/31
|Location=Maine-2031
|Synopsis=Maxine oversees Annie and Marcy's sleepover.
|Thanks=
|Cast of Characters=279, 437, 622
|Tinyplot=
|Tinyplot2=
|pretty=yes
}}
{{Poses
|Poses=:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' Maxine's been busy getting ready things for Annie and Marcy's slumber party, She promised Annie that she would be around more now that the holidays were over after all. She's made plenty of popcorn and there are a few PG-rated horror movies already downloaded into their TV. She's not sure how much the girls actually wanted her around, but she's ready to stay with them if they want her around. 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:''' Annie's been excited for the sleepover all day. She even helped pick out the movies, figuring that Marcy might be the kind to like scary movies. She's sitting right next to the door, ready to greet Marcy when she arrives. While she waits, she looks through the movie selection one more time, wondering what sort of thing Marcy might like the best. Maybe this one about a werewolf? She keeps looking back to the door expectantly. 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' Marceline has never been to a slumber party before. She also hadn't really had any friends her own age before meeting Annie either. Her skin is kind of greyish, she has pointed ears, and two sharp little fangs... She's still actually unaware of just how unusual she would have been in a 'normal' Earth setting. Like the world before the War ruined everything. She has encountered various different people so far, all of them different from each other. Is she really more different than any person is from another? She thinks not! So her concern is not upon whether Annie's mom will think she looks weird. Her thoughts are upon her excitement at the sleep over! Simon sees her off, making sure she gets here safely, and giving her a kiss on the head and telling her to have fun. And then she's out front, walking towards the front door, in red pajamas with black bats on them. She has a sleeping bag rolled up and carried in both arms. Hambo, a pink, long-limbed teddybear-like doll with button eyes, is wrapped around her like a backpack. She has a flashlight from the early 90s inside the sleeping bag, and some spare batteries, but wasn't sure what else to bring. When she arrives at the door, she has to shift her stuff from one arm to the other somewhat awkwardly. "Hup!" she lets out as she hefts the sleeping bag and then knocks on the door with the back of her hand. She's so excited. A sleep over! A real one! For serious! 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      Annie opens the door immediately at the knock, giving Marcy a beaming smile. "Hi Marcy! Come on in!" she says happily. "It's good to see you again!" Looking over Marcy's items, she's impressed by the variety of stuff she brought. Annie isn't worried about what her mother would think of Marcy either- she knew her mother wasn't the type to judge people in that way. Turning away from the door she calls out in Maxine's direction. "Marcy's here!" she exclaims. 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' Now that Maxine's got everything set up, they just have to wait for Marceline to arrive. It seems they won't have to wait long as there's a knock at the door. "Just a second!" She makes her way to the viewscreen just to check to see who's at the front door. She's a bit surprised by the girl's appearance but seeing how she hasn't caused any trouble for Annie it shouldn't be a problem. Annie beats her to the door. "Yes, I can see her." Her head turns downwards a bit to get a better view of Marceline "You didn't tell me your friend was so adorable!" Her mother instincts kick in even if the girl looks a bit strange. She smiles at the girl, "Hello, I'm Maxine, Annie's mother." She introduces herself as she moves a bit closer to the children. 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' Marcy has decided to skip some of the slang and lingo she picked up from perusing the internet. Half of it isn't in use anymore, and the other half doesn't make her sound as cool as she thought it would. So instead she just smiles and greets Annie like a normal person. "Hi, Annie!" She enters when invited in, looking around in amazement and sniffing the air a bit. There's... Some scent in the air... It smells really good, though it's pretty pungent. "I'm really excited to be here." Sniffsniff. Then Maxine appears, and Marceline looks up at her. "Nice to meet you Miss Maxine! You have a really nice house! And it smells good too! Thanks for letting me come over." She grins at Maxine, and then Annie, displaying two rows of really, really, really sharp teeth. Annie has seen them before, but they may be a bit startling on first encounter, since they look like they're probably not meant for an herbivore. Then she goes back to smiling more cutely (mostly accomplished by just not showing her teeth) as she says, "Simon said he'd meet you when he comes to pick me up. He had to go do some job stuff or something, I think." Then she rocks back and forth on her heels, suddenly feeling awkward and out of place. "So, umm... How do these sleep-overs work, folks?" 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      Annie sniffs a bit as well, as she can tell Marcy is. "Oh yeah, we made popcorn," she explains, figuring that's what she was smelling. "I'm excited to have you here! Yeah, our house is pretty cool. But you should see Daddy Magus' tower... it's huge!" She raises her arms high over her head to illustrate. "And it's got a cool dragon on top." She grins back at Marcy.     "Well, I guess apart from... sleeping, we do fun stuff while you're here," Annie explains. "Like, Mommy downloaded some scary movies for us to watch. We thought that might be the kind of thing you might like." 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' "Oh, popcorn. I had some of that before, I think, but it was way old and kind of dirty. It didn't taste very good." What kind of living situation was she in!? Annie knows, but still! Dirty popcorn? Ick! Marceline claps one hand to her cheek in amazement when she hears about Annie's dad's house. "A dragon!? No way!-Oh, yeah. I like those kinds of movies!" She giggles. "They're silly!" When one has lived in a world full of REAL monsters, not to mention being the child of one, horror movies can seem pretty tame. Especially when Simon made sure to limited her internet access so she can't see anything a girl her age shouldn't be. 'Talking Dog And Friends' is nooooot the height of scary. 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' "Well, this is fresh. Why did you eat old and dirty popcorn?" Maxine sounds a bit concerned about that. Where exactly was she living? "This shouldn't be too terrifying, it was made for all ages." She's not going to let the girls anything too gruesome. The Multiverse could be bad enough for already at times. 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      Annie also seems a bit concerned at Marcy eating such things. "Um... do you want to tell Mommy the story, Marcy?" she asks, face a bit downcast. "It's okay if you don't." She is glad to hear that Marcy likes those particular movies, and thinks it'd probably be a better idea to talk about those than to discuss the state of Marcy's home world. "We got a lot of good movies. Like this one about a werewolf, and one with a bunch of kids who have to hide from zombies!" 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' "Oh, it was before Simon found me. We didn't have anywhere to live, but I was really hungry." She may be young, but she picks up on how this topic could be uncomfortable. Rather than explaining how she was basically homeless in a post-apocalyptic world, she focuses on the positive. She has started a new life, after all! "But Simon works with the Union now so we can afford normal food and stuff. So everything's okay! I'd really like to try fresh popcorn though! It smells sooooo good!" She listens to the movie options raptly, and then considers. Being chased by real zombies wasn't very fun. She's not sure if she'd find that one interesting. So after scratching her chin with one finger she says, "How about the werewolf one? I've never seen one of those before. I wonder if they're anything like whywolves?" 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' "Well, I'm certainly glad he found you." Of course Maxine doesn't know that much about Marceline, but a child certainly shouldn't be on their own. "Sure, I made plenty of it." Maxine pours some of the popcorn into three bowls as she talks. "I've never heard of a whywolf before." She's unfamiliar with the term. Once they get seated and comfortable she starts the movie. 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      "Me neither," Annie said, regarding whywolves. So were there whowolves, whatwolves, and whenwolves as well? Maybe even *howwolves*? It was an interesting thing to think about. In any case, she's got her popcorn, and she curls up beneath a blanket on the couch as the movie starts- offering the other side of it to Marcy, before starting on her popcorn. 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' Marcy sets down her sleeping bag somewhere it won't be in the way, smiles, and says, "Thanks, ma'am!-Oh, a whywolf is a, uhh..." She tries to remember the explanation. "...It's like a werewolf, I think, but they 'pursue scientific inquiry' or something. I don't know. Simon seems to know about them, but that's all I know!" She hops up on the couch, gets settled, and is just... So happy to be with these two. Her friend, and her friend's mom, together, eating popcorn and watching a movie. She can barely stay still in her seat as the movie starts! Warm blankets, warm house, and the warm feelings of friends. This is the best! Between mouthfulls of popcorn, she says, "Thanks, again." She means it, seriously. Without the Union... Who knows where she and Simon would have been? And without the Union... She thinks Simon probably would have kept using the Crown. But everything's okay now. They're going to be more calm and normal. They're going to change their state of mind. They're going to have more fun and be less weird than the past few years combined. Everything's finally going to be fine. 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' "So basically scientists who are also lycanthropes then?" Maxine thinks that's a bit oddly specfic but it's certainly possible. "I don't believe I've met anyone who was both." Knowing the Multiverse it'll likely happen sooner or later. "It's no problem, I could certainly stand to meet more people in the Multiverse myself. I probably spend too much time in a lab, but that comes with being a scientist." 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      "That sounds... kind of neat," Annie says, while also watching the screen intently- it seems like the tension is rising. "I might like to meet one, as long as they don't try to take me apart to see how I work!" That, she thought, would be exactly the wrong kind of science. "You're welcome Marcy. I always like meeting new friends." And she's also glad to know that Marcy is in a nicer home than she once had, and that she'll have a good life from now on. 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' The half-demon girl answers, "Yup!" She doesn't know what a lycanthrope is, but it's probably right. Maxine seems like she's super smart, and super smart people usually know what they're talking about. Munch munch munch. "I dunno'. I've never met one. But don't worry, I'll protect you if that happens, Annie!" Marceline holds up one arm, and pats her noodly little-girl bicep to illustrate her strength. "Simon is a science guy too. I'm sure you'll get along with him! You can discuss, like... Like..." Marceline gesticulates, and then finishes with, "...Science!" She's seven-and-a-half. Cut her some slack. She's still being taught how to SPELL properly. 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' Maxine giggles a bit at that and rubs Marcy's head a bit, affectionately. "Well, try not to get into any fights if you can avoid it." Of course she's unaware of what the girl is capable of, but she doesn't seeing people getting hurt especially children. "What field of science does he research?" She can't help to be a bit curious now that she brought it up. 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      "Thanks Marcy," Annie says. "I think we could be a pretty good team, don't you?" She smiles again before looking back to the movie screen. She could almost imagine herself and Marcy stopping the werewolf on a rampage, somehow. Even if they didn't fight, there were other ways to solve problems, weren't there? Of course, it'd be best to avoid looking for trouble, and she'd rather Marcy have her opportunity for peace, so she wouldn't want to plan on bringing her anywhere weird. She also looked interested in what Simon studied. She guessed it might have had something to do with the mutations that they looked at earlier. 

:'''{{#var:622|Simon Petrikov (622)}} has posed:''' Marceline's hair is ruffled. She may frown a little bit, but she doesn't really mind it. It actually makes her feel like a child. Like she doesn't have to be a survivor, and can just be a kid. She likes it. "Oh, ummm... He said he used to be an... Anti... Aqua... Antique... An-something. He studied and collected old stuff. But I think he might know more than that, because sometimes he talks about physics and stars and biowhatever and all kinds of stuff and I don't really get it. Recently he's been looking into magic too, I think, but he keeps saying, 'It makes no sense!' so I think magic isn't the same as science." Munchmunch. Around a mouthfull of popcorn, she says, "Oh mayhee itsh jusht hahd." Swallow. Not very good table manners, but given how she's been living until relatively recently that might be expected. "Mm-hmm! The best team! Man, and if we had Grumble with us-oh, by the way, Grumble is a talking dog, like in 'Talking Dog And Friends', only a pug and magical, and actually real-we'd be totally inVEENcible!" Her attention shifts back to the screen. "I don't know though. Werewolves don't seem so tough. We could probably outsmart one if we have to though." She blinks her eyes several times and then rubs them with her hands. 

:'''{{#var:279|Maxine Sandberg (279)}} has posed:''' "An antique dealer?" Maxine figures that's likely the term Marceline's looking for. "And a astrophysicist...magic? It seems he's knowledgable about mny different subjects." That's certainly an interesting cross. "Well, there can be overlap between magic and science depending on the world. We don't have magic here though." She explains to her. "A talking dog? I don't believe I've met him yet." She's pretty sure she would remember meeting a talking dog. "Well, I think it would depend on the werewolf. There's so many different types in the Multiverse it would be hard to say what exactly would be effective." 

:'''{{#var:437|Annie Sandberg (437)}} has posed:'''      "I think he'd probably get along with Daddy," Annie suggests. "He likes magic and knowledge-type-stuff like that too." Well, as well as Magus tended to get along with anybody, anyway. "I don't think I've met a talking dog either. The closest thing I know is Andyquil..." 

}}