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Post by Malefio on Feb 4, 2020 6:56:21 GMT -5
---ADMIN---
"Well, I have to admit that my first thought when I saw a harpy was that you were hostile, but the moment you spoke, I gave you the benefit of the doubts...
I personally don't care what your allegiance is though, as long as you're not threatening my existence of this world's existence.
Anyway, I think it's time to go."
Admin walks towards Malefio and Jolteon, looking once again at the destruction around him. As he looks into the fiery pieces of metals and bones, he thinks to himself that it's almost impossible that nothing other than the harpy showed up yet...
He starts trying to drag both the yellow dog-like creature and the bony mage, but even if his current tall white-haired form has the strenght to do it, it should take a while... He lets go of them, glances at Aria, then puts Jolteon on his shoulders.
"Excuse me, would you be able to transport my skeletal friend, please?"
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 4, 2020 18:56:41 GMT -5
“Sure! Let’s see, how to do this...”
Aria circled around the skeletal mage, closely examining him and weighing her options before finally wrapping her talons carefully around his shoulders and flying up into the air.
“I’ll go fly up higher and keep an eye out for anything sneaking up on us!”
With that the harpy soared up until she was barely visible, flying off in the direction she had pointed earlier. The two of them traveled this way for some time, until a conspicuously Malefio-free Aria landed with a wing outstretched near Admin, a wary look in her eye.
“Hang on, we’ve got company...”
Almost immediately after a horrible shriek could be heard from above, and a flying monkey dive bombed straight at her. The winged girl made no attempt to dodge, instead letting the creature fly straight through her and face plant into the dirt after failing to account for the lack of a solid target. As if on cue the real Aria flew down from the illusory cloud cover hiding her, tossing Malefio off to one side as a sudden updraft slowed his fall to a gentle descent while Aria’s talons now wrapped firmly around the flying monkey’s neck. The force slammed its face back into the ground right as it was beginning to get back up, dazing it as she flew back up with her victim gasping for breath and unsuccessfully trying to escape her grip. Soon a second ape came flying in, but rather than save its comrade it opted to aim straight for Admin instead.
(Considering these are essentially fodder rather than actual characters you’re free to control the other flying monkey and determine exactly how you want that battle to go down, I just wanted to get you set up with one in my post for convenience’ sake.)
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Post by Malefio on Feb 7, 2020 6:53:49 GMT -5
Admin, confused at the enemies whom just appeared, but fully knowing that it'd take a simple pebble hitting for himself to go down since he wasn't healed yet, simply searched for any way to defend himself from the second monkey dive bombing him.
There was no time to analyze whatever Aria just did, the flying monkey just a few inch from colliding into the tall white-haired man. Admin raised his hand in direction of the ape, as a glyph appeared in his hand. The monkey hit some invisible force, which also seemed to launch Jolteon from the shoulders of the tall man.
Admin had the reflex of trying another glyph, but nothing happened as if they had to recharge, but he immediately turned around to run as fast as he could and try to catch his Pokemon before it collides with the ground.
The ape slowly stood back up, certain it had hit it's target, then noticing it seemed unscathed and was running like nothing happened. It screamed aggressively, then took chase on foot.
Admin catched Jolteon, then turned around to see the enemy coming his way, but not running straight, probably from receiving a minor concussion. Unaware of how fast the glyphs of his current form recharged, Admin grabbed one of his gems. The gem started to flash and a small greyish creature appeared in front of the entity in witcher form. It had tiny pointy ears, an evil grin, one hell of a fleshy chin and some long pointy nails. The creature known as a Nekker simply jumped at the monkey, and hold it by it's shoulder to stop it in it's track, then disappear. The monkey confused didn't have time to process what just happened before realising Admin was right in front of him. The tall man grabbed a sword made of grid-like green energy, blocked the half-assed punch the monkey tried to do by instinct with it, then retaliated by slashing the knee of the ape, then seemingly instinctively cut it's head off.
"Oh no... That wasn't intentional... I didn't know I had a finishing move in this form..."
Admin still ran towards the other monkey that attacked Aria, sheated his digital sword, then picked up a crossbow and aimed at the creature, waiting to see if it moved.
"Do you know what these monkeys are?"
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 7, 2020 16:30:51 GMT -5
Admin’s attempt to back Aria up with a crossbow following the death of his own opponent proved unnecessary, as after a few choked shrieks of pain the beast fell limply out of the sky (notably missing a few chunks from its wings and ribs) and crumpled into a heap, the harpy following closely behind as she landed far more gracefully than the corpse she had dropped.
“Yeah, they live around here and attack anything they think is an intruder. They’re why I wanted to scout around from up high, they love their ambushes.”
As Aria was talking the bodies of the two monkeys dissolved away into a faint wind, drawing her attention.
“Also they do that when they die. Not really sure what that’s all about, but it does make them pretty crappy prey. Anyways, with as close to town as we are we should be right at the edge of their territory, so we won’t need to worry about any more attacks. Speaking of town...”
Aria held her wings out to the side as a strange ripple effect passed along them along with her legs and scalp, soon leaving her looking like any normal human.
“How do I look? Non-threatening, right?”
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Post by Malefio on Feb 26, 2020 6:56:58 GMT -5
Admin observed Aria for a few seconds, trying to understand if that was an illusion or if she could shapeshift like he does. A question came to his mind, about why Aria didn't just go into the town in this form the first time she approached it, but he decided to keep the question for himself. It was none of his business. He proceeded to look at himself, his current form. A tall scary man full of scars and armed to the teeth.
"Definitely... Maybe I should do the same. I look intimidating in this form, I don't want to give a bad first impression. Anyway, I don't know the full potential of this form. Accidentally killing hostiles is fine, but if I have one of these accidents on a bystander, that's a different story. Better to take a form I'm comfortable with."
Admin puts his right hand up, as the gem that transformed him earlier appears in his palm and starts flashing. The tall man becomes a bright white light, suddenly becoming way shorter. As the light form into a new humanoid, it looks like a young kid with a dark blue tunic with a hat housing a big V on the front. He now has pointy ears, some leather boots and a really tiny sword that almost look like more of a knife. On his back, Admin now also have a wooden shield with a red V on it. (Young Link)
"So... Now that we look like a non-threatening duo, we need to come up with our story... Are we just two adventurers whom crossed path? Mother and child? Travelling companions?"
As he finished talking, Admin tried to put Jolteon back on his shoulders, realising that his new form might not be strong enough to transport it... With confidence, Admin grabs an empty bottle from his belt, hits Jolteon with it and it just seems to become small enough to stay inside the bottle. Neat.
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 26, 2020 17:11:02 GMT -5
Aria shakes off the bizarreness of the now youthful foreigner somehow placing the yellow thing in a jar much smaller than it, setting that aside as just one of many weird things she’s seen him do so far.
“Well, even like this you’re nowhere near young enough to be my kid. Almost wonder if I should be offended you even suggested that,” she added playfully, “but I’ll let it slide for now. Aaaaanyways, I’m pretty sure we don’t know each other nearly well enough to pass as old friends anyways, so let’s just stick kinda close to the truth with just enough changed to not get throw out of town or stabbed. I was passing by and found you and your buddies hurt, so I helped you make it to the nearest town. Sounds like a good story, right?”
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Post by Malefio on Feb 27, 2020 6:42:33 GMT -5
"Stabbed? What kind of town are we going to...
I'm fine with the truth..."
Admin started walking towards the town again.
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Post by Digi on Feb 29, 2020 19:57:03 GMT -5
Jasoer is a bit awestruck by Morgan's transformation, but remains silently. His legs are a bit shakey. The prospect of talking in front of all these people... Well, it's not like he has much to show off. Although...
He checks his pockets, and makes a strange, high-potched noise like a "eep!" He pulls out four cards, each one with a human imprinted on it.
Despite his anxiety he did hear what the woman, (Glinda?) Or something like that had said. So... these must be people he could summon....
He loathed the idea of meeting 4 new people who were, for whatever reason, tied to him through these cards...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 22:06:23 GMT -5
Morgan's Demonstration
Morgan looks around and notices that no one has any questions. Lana is still staring intently at Morgan and is just waiting. Morgan waits a couple of seconds before continuing with her demonstration.
"Okay then before I begin allow me a quick explanation of the soul key itself,”. “So the soul key will absorb most blows I might take from any damage from attacks,”. “Yet the Soul Key isn’t infinite and it will break after taking too much abuse,”. “Or if I take a particularly huge amount of damage at once,”. “If the key shatters then I lose the form you see now,”. “Plus it does knock the wielder of the Soul Key unconscious,”. “Yet it’s not anything life threatening per say it’s more like being exhausted,”. “Yet it does leave the person vulnerable so it’s definitely something you don’t want to happen,”. “The key can repair itself overtime even if it’s completely destroyed,”. “Thankfully, there are plenty of moves and techs to help restore health,” Morgan tells the group.
"Right first things first if I can get a couple of training dummies, to show you some of my more basic moves". "These moves I can show off on my own for now,". "So umm if you please," Morgan asks one of the soldiers.
The soldiers bring her a couple of training dummies and set them aside next to her. Morgan proceeds to show the group a couple of her more basic moves first whether it's slashing wide to hit more than one target at once with the blunt end of her sword.Morgan then raises her blade in the air and firing bullets into the air striking each of the dummies with a couple of bullets. Morgan then aims her Gunblade at the dummies and shoots a fireball towards them. The fireball destroys the dummy that was struck and two smaller fireballs splash onto the surrounding dummies. Morgan's feet are surrounded by a light and she proceeds to attack the dummy five times.
"Okay so some of my abilities involve just basic attacks with my Gunblade,". "There are still other things I can do while in this form,". "These techs involve more than slicing with the blade or gun,". "In fact some don't even involve the Gunblade at all,” Morgan tells the Outlanders as she sheathed her sword.
Morgan before she begins holds her hand into the air and snaps her finger. A wind begins to blow from behind her and she starts moving quicker. "This move increases the speed of me and anyone I am with,". “Next I can use this move to temporarily blind any foes,”. “Umm please don’t look at the light it cold maybe blind you briefly,” Morgan tells everyone. Morgan places her hands on her head and a brief flash of light illuminates the area. (Picture Morgan setting up for a solar flare.)
“I also have a move where I can clone myself and use it to scout or confuse my foes,”. “Allow me to demonstrate,” Morgan says before she begins to chant something. As Morgan begins to chant a light appears next to her and it begins to take on the form of Morgan. "This is my light clone,". "She can only do basic moves,". "She also disappears in one hit also,". "Yet she is also highly effective when it comes to scouting or confusing the foes,". "I can also summon a ferret made of light for scouting,". "Same deal but not as powerful as this cloning move," Morgan tells the crowd.
Morgan then pulls out a normal looking Brown Leaf to most people but when Mario spots it he seems a little surprised that Morgan would have one. Morgan tosses the leaf into the air and goes to touch it. When Morgan touches the leaf, she disappears briefly in a poof of smoke. Morgan then reappears and she almost looks the same except she now has a pair of pointy ears and a floofy tail. “The leaf I held was called a Tanooki Leaf and this is well my Tanooki form,”. “While I have this tail I can repel most projectiles,”. “Also with this tail I can jump longer because I can use the tail to slow my fall,”. “If I build up enough speed I can actually fly for a very short distance,”. “This also allows me to take a bit more damage because the blows will be deflected from the actual key and seem to be absorbed by something else,”. “Once I take enough damage the tails and ears disappear but they can also be dismissed by me at any time,”. “I think I will keep this for a bit I sorta of like these,” Morgan tells the crowd.
"Okay well now then let me show you my favorite move that I love to use," Morgan tells the crowd excitedly. Morgan holds the blade upside down by the hilt. Morgan then says a small chant. Her blade begins to radiate and glow. Morgan after finishing her chant says Banki. Morgan drops her blade which sinks right into the ground. All of a sudden about 20 to 25 blades surround Morgan and they form a circle around her. Morgan then says Scatter Divine Display of the Cherry Blossoms and snaps her fingers. The blades begin to melt away into a bunch of tiny flower petals.
“Now then with they may look like simple flower petals,”. “But these flower petals are actually tiny blades that I am able to manipulate,”. “Here allow me to demonstrate what I mean exactly,” Morgan tells her fellow Outlanders. Morgan asks the soldier to move the training dummy towards the center. Morgan proceeds to move her hands and the petals begin to move. Morgan then moves her hands as if she is directing the petals to surround the dummy. Finally, Morgan closes her hands and has the petals slash the dummy at once.When the petals recede their is nothing left of what the dummy is nothing but dust.
“Each of these petals is about as sharp as a blade,”. “The petals are connected to my will as such they can’t be turned against me,”. “The blade petals can also be used for defensive purposes and not just offensive purposes,”. “Another thing is that this technique requires a lot of focus and energy,”. “As such the less focused and tired I become the less Blade Petals,”. “The other drawback is that any moves which use the gunblade are now unable for me to use,” Morgan tells the crowd.
“Finally there is one other technique I want to show to everyone,”. “This move though requires me about a turn to charge the move,” Morgan tells the crowd. Morgan then goes ahead and lifts her hands into the air (Picture Morgan doing the same pose Goku does when preparing the Spirit Bomb.)
“While I am charging this move I am unable to move or defend myself,”. “So I am highly dependent on my friends to protect me,”. “Yet when I am finally done charging,” Morgan tells the crowd before dropping the completed ball of energy to the ground. A dome of light explodes from where Morgan drops on the and expands outward. Morgan seems unaffected by the light though as well as the soldiers who were also caught in the move. The explosion causes moderate damage to all foes caught in it but also heals any of my allies caught in the explosion,” Morgan tells everyone.
“Well that’s all for my demonstration,”. “Does anyone have questions before I leave the umm demonstration area?” Morgan asks.
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Mar 6, 2020 17:54:35 GMT -5
“Idunno, like I said I didn’t see much before... Oh hey, we’re here!”
Before long a walled-in town came into view. A bit more walking brought the pair up to the gate, where a guard stood with a spear at the ready.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
“Hi there!,” Aria replied without so much as acknowledging the guard’s tense behavior. “I’m Aria, and this is... uh...”
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Post by empireoffire on Mar 22, 2020 20:35:58 GMT -5
Training Grounds
A fair distance away from the other Outlanders, Glinda and her guard observed Morgan's demonstration.
"This is one of the Outlanders Lana found, yes?" Glinda commented with her voice low. "It appears she's already befriended her."
"Yes, well, about that," Alvis said. "The princess wishes to appoint her as a personal retainer."
"What?!" Glinda kept her voice down, so her exclamation came off more as a loud whisper. "But they have only recently met! They must not be that well acquainted with each other, and Lana is quick to entrust such an important position to her?"
"It might be best for you to speak to her yourself," Alvis replied. "As for Morgan, I intend to evaluate her abilities and character a bit more rigorously than usual, on account of her lack of recorded history in this world. She does appear to be capable and in the right mindset... for the most part, but you and I are both well aware that initial appearances can be deceiving."
Glinda frowned slightly before clearing her throat. "We shall continue later. We must focus on learning what the Outlanders are capable of, and understand how they would be most efficiently deployed."
"Yes, milady."
Somewhere in Eastern Oz
Hugh and Emma both winced and looked away as the dragon crushed the stranger underfoot with a nauseatingly loud crunch sound. Hugh has heard bones breaking before, and it manages to be one of those sounds he will never get used to.
"Psstt!" Emma hissed. "Is that what I think it is?"
Hugh looked back at the dragon in time to see it scrapping it's dirty foot against the rocky ground, leaving a smear of blood and small pieces Hugh did not care to identify. Hugh grit his teeth, backing away slightly as the beast drew his gaze at him. He wasn't sure if the chill he felt was a result of the frozen beast and it's Cryogonal cohorts muttering to themselves around him, or simple fear.
"Kyurem," Hugh said.
The Boundary Pokemon stepped forward, leering at the two humans and Espurr. "What're you two looking at? Wanna join this one as a paste on the ground?"
Hugh raised his weapon up in surrender. He looked back, and Emma squatted down to put Mimi on the ground before doing the same. The cat glanced between them a few times before putting her own paws in the air. "We mean no harm," Hugh said. "We... kind of just got here."
Kyurem scoffed. A few of the Cryogonal hovering around him flew downward and floated around the humans, seemingly observing them. "You're dressed oddly," Kyurem said. "You're not Nova, are you?"
"Couldn't be anymore different", Hugh hissed.
Kyurem glared at the two, growling to himself, before drawing his head away. "Well, don't bother me, and I'll let you live. Deal?"
Hugh nodded as he lowered his arms. He exhaled sharply, now realizing up until that point that he was holding his breath. The dragon stepped back and now began to look around. Aside from the tablet and a cave much too small for him to fit inside, there was nothing of note. "So where the hell are we, anyway? What's an Oz?"
Hugh slung his rifle behind his back before crossing his arms, scowling in frustration. He had woken up in a good mood that day, too. Emma, meanwhile, removed her helmet with a sigh. A Cryogonal zip up right to her personal space, speaking to her in Pokemon words she would have no hope of understanding. She backhanded the thing away in annoyance. "That guy you killed said something about bringing us here to another world," Hugh said. "...With dark magic?"
If SOMEONE didn't immediately kill him, maybe we could've wrung some answers out of him, Hugh thought, though he didn't dare push his luck against the Pokemon with an notoriously short temper (if half of the stories were true).
"Dark magic, you say?" Kyurem replied. "You mean... this world's got mages and brave knights and muscle-brained warriors and all that stuff?"
Hugh gave an exasperated shrug. "I don't know, maybe?"
Kyurem angled his head in a way that his frozen expression almost seemed like it was smiling in response, with a low, murmur of what might've been a chuckle. "Excellent." The dragon looked back that the Cryogonal floating around, taking in the landscape, and chattering among themselves. "You heard 'im! It's vacation time!!"
"What?!"
The dragon began stomping it's way forward, leaving patches of frost wherever it stepped. Hugh, Emma, and Mimi had to back away to the side quickly, lest they get pushed down and possibly even trampled. The Cryogonal that was bothering Emma followed it's brethren behind the dragon.
"H-Hey!" Hugh shouted. "Where are you going?! We should stick together!!"
"Come on, you humans need to live a little sometimes! I'm gonna hole up somewhere and wait for some brave and daring adventurers to come and slay the dragon! Do me a favor and spread some rumors about me, will ya!?"
Hugh grit his teach. "Why you...!"
Emma slapped a firm hand on Hugh, holding him back from charging after Kyurem. "It's not worth it," Emma told him.
Hugh stared back at the girl, then looked down at the path Kyurem stormed through. He was a deceptively fast walker. He sighed. "Alright.... Let's... uh... Look into that cave. If that dark wizard person lived here, maybe we might find some clues."
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Post by Vitsheep on Mar 24, 2020 21:45:03 GMT -5
"If no one else is going to volunteer, I'll go next," June announces. "Let me see... I don't think I can really follow up that last performance. I never learned to read runes, so my talent for magic is... extremely limited, to say the least. I have been able to pick up a bit of the healing arts after some tutoring, but please don't be reckless. My skills are rough, to say the least. So far as weapons are concerned... I am proficient with daggers and bows."
June signals for some targets. When they're set up, she takes the bow from her back, taking aim at one target and driving an arrow into it. She quickly changes to another target, and another, striking them all but not all shots in the perfect center. She breaks into a run and fires at the last three targets, striking one with an arrow. She throw her bow aside, pulling the hatchet from her waist and throwing it into the second target without breaking pace. With a flick of her wrist, she produces a dagger from her sleeve and hurls it into the last target. She leaps into the air, raising her hand. The hatchet embedded in the second target disappears and reappears in her hand. As she lands, she drives it into the last target, slicing deep enough that it almost reaches the knife in its center.
"I'm most experienced with the axe... and I've been told my strength can be a bit, well, freakish." June unslings the large battleaxe from her back, revealing a blade almost half her size and easily as wide. She hefts it over her shoulder with one hand, then suddenly turns and slams it into the target. She grabs the handle with her other hand and quickly reverses, slashing back the other way. She steps past the now ruined third target, bringing her full weight into an overhand swing that slices through the 2nd target. She takes a moment to recover, then springs back to the first of the targets and cuts through it for good measure.
With her targets in pieces, June slams Armads' handle onto the ground with a clang. "I'm also able to fight on horseback without any real difficulty, though I'd prefer to let my mount rest with all the excitement. Um... I can't imagine anyone is overly curious, but does anyone have a question?"
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Post by empireoffire on Mar 27, 2020 16:18:55 GMT -5
Training Grounds"I've got a question," Gawain began, "Is it just me, or is the power scaling here imbalanced? I can feel my host here's nervousness, and I usually suck at being empathic."
Nervous? Grant mentally replied. I'm not nervous! We can definitely hold our own! ...Probably.Next to him, John Doe raised his hand. "What kind of horse is your horse?"
Outside the Royal PalaceAlrighty, back in the saddle.Pausing only to take a urine break, Sterling jogged outside, back to the wagon he came in on. "Brent!" he said. "...It's Brad," answered the driver. "Whatever," replied Sterling. "I'm done here. Mind doin' a return trip? Rather take the scenic route than teleport right now." "Hop on," the driver replied. "By the way, we have reception on the public radio again. Feel free to pick a station." Sterling climbed aboard the wagon as the driver passed an electronic radio behind him. It looked a bit old-timely compared by modern-world standards. Lounging on a seat as the wagon's horses got moving, Sterling extended the antenna, flipped the power switch, and turned the dial to his station of choice. The sound quality to the radio was a fair bit better than one would expect from appearance. His timing couldn't be better; he recognized the start of his favorite song and smiled.
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Post by Vitsheep on Mar 27, 2020 22:53:58 GMT -5
"A... brown horse?" June suggests. "I may be a knight, but I was raised in a dirt-poor farming village. We didn't exactly have the luxury of worrying too much about how we bred the horses... But I do know his pa was a quarterhorse. At least partway."
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Post by empireoffire on Mar 28, 2020 2:28:36 GMT -5
Training Grounds
"A... Quarterhorse?"
If it's brown, I would've guessed a Mudsdale, but I don't know what a Quarterhorse is... Not that it's particularly helpful information if I don't know the mother.
"Well, surely you know what your horse's type is? Ground, possibly?"
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