Melus was a little grateful that question was answered fairly quickly, and she liked the artwork for the cat quite a bit. It was a better scavenger hunt than looking for the word "cat" or something. Melus quickly made a note of their coordinates and listened to his question and she looked towards him and sighed, "If you want my honest opinion, we should try and take out one of the coats. Not because I think the other guy is stronger necessarily, but because I do not know anything about him or his power level. Sure, it would be easier to isolate the Echo lookalike since his partner is a Red. But the problem is that we could end up painting more of a target on our backs if he poses a challenge. We could get rid of one of the coats, oooor, we could go after some of the newbies. That still has the same complications as going after the Echo lookalike. Soooo, I either recommend we tell Luther to op-stay on the illing-kay and wait until we have a better vantage point.. we could take out one of the coats, maybe Aeira or Vallus. Or we can try and take out the lookalike now with a probability of failure. Your call at the end, I'm not exactly a run-and-gun type." x
"Shit. Well. Guess it is." The boy quickly tied his hair back and grabbed his blade and sliced is across his palm as a bit of blood dripped from it and he dropped it towards the ground whispering, "Tadael os si madyrn, shaelysti ti ail os jhylol aestali. Koli ti si mael sai vyraes syri Ai taesor. Shyr thys si byr. Byr thys si shyr." as soon as he finished the prayed, the blood on the ground seemed to vanish first and slowly but surely Zelph began to disappear as well. It took a couple of seconds but soon there was a screech heard from the human child zombie in the back as it was cut to the ground seemingly out of nowhere. Then a dagger appeared in the crawler's head as the creature went still. The blood filled the dagger and slowly worked it's way up to form a crimson shape, that of Zelph, who looked up to make sure the Goliath did not decide to turn it's attention towards him yet. Just in case, the half-elf flung a second dagger at where it's back presumably would be. The fairy covered her mouth in horror at the sight inside the house, she shifted her weight to break a small piece of the window and slip through, going slowly closer towards the child's corpse. She hoped it was too far gone for it to become a crawler, but it also pained her inside to see a child in this state. She summoned out a staff, which to the unstrained eye could probably look like a toothpick or a small bit of tinder from how small it was. And she attempted a purifying ritual prayer for the child. Hoping to help it's soul move on, but kept her awareness up in case it jumped at her. Spoiler: translation of Zelph's chant "Maiden of the shadows, welcome me into your embrace. Allow me the power to protect those I cherish. Blood for the void. Void for my blood."
Once the group had managed to set sail and away from No Heart, and managed to get themselves away from the realm of darkness and back to the realm they belonged, Kaida had not spoken much. If at all, for that matter. The blonde certainly was the furthest from a burden when she could be, taking turns rowing the boat on their journey with no clear destination. But she did not speak, tending to keep most of her thoughts to herself, and the only words she shared were just for clarification with others. Kaida had a lot on her mind, as she was sure others did as well. A lot of the time, but not most of the time, she was worrying about the others on their boats. She had no idea how separated they were and how long it would be before she saw them again. With what happened with No Heart, she did not know the status of everyone after the fight, and she hoped they would be able to heal up and get stronger as soon as possible. she knew if they were still kicking that they would make it through, they always did. Her mind was mostly on who was not living anymore. Her grey eyes focused most of their attention on slowly whittling a block of wood into the shape she desired. When it was not her time to row, she had been working on these charms. The pastime brought her comfort in a time of great mental anguish, and she found herself whittling more creatures than she intended and carefully stowing them away in her bag for later. At that particular moment though, her mind was a-rush with memories of Hikaru. She thought of the first time they met, when he was carrying an overwhelming amount of equipment and she was hiding away in the shade of a tree in the courtyard near the infirmary. The time Hikaru stopped Aux and Kaida when they first met and got into a fight. She remembered random walks she and Hikaru would take, usually when she was down. She remembered the day she got officially placed in the Order and how excited he was for her. She remembered... she remembered when she was called to his room and found out he was in a coma. Kaida was whittling the wood into a shape of a wolf while these thoughts lingered and she found herself looking at Aux. Though, whenever he looked her way, she would divert her attention so he could not obviously tell she was glaring at him while focusing on her thoughts. Her memories of Hikaru in the coma did not anger her, it was when he woke up that angered her. For now, a moment that seemed like a miracle once upon a time now was an intentional and calculated plan. One that had driven a wedge in this friendship before she would even be able to know why. She knew now what Hikaru's true identity was, and she knew now what happened to Aux and how he turned out to be their enemy. But it was not enough to comfort her mind. In a moment where they both were scared for Hikaru and did not know what to do... it was one of those moments where Kaida felt the closest to Aux. She remembered how the two of them were distressed that day, and how through that pain they both somehow grew closer together. And then Hikaru woke up... and Aux became distant. Kaida knew Aux was not under control in the moments where Hikaru sacrificed himself for them. But she still blamed Aux. If he had trusted her and explained how he felt... maybe they could have worked out a way to get Hikaru to wake up together. A way that would make it so Hikaru could still be with them today. A way that would have kept Aux from being driven away from them in a quest for power, gained though the use of darkness. Kaida was convinced that if Aux had just talked to her, back on that day, they could have solved everything. Hikaru would still be alive! As Kaida thought that, anger rushed through her and the knife sliced across what was probably her best sculpting work for a wolf's face she's ever done, and she sliced straight across the eye, messing it up. Kaida let out a grunt of disappointment at herself before she closed her whittling knife and put it away and stared at the wolf a long moment, dusting away some of the loose wood shaving and letting it disappear into the wind. Then she quietly tucked the wolf into her fist and brought it up towards her heart, with her eyes closed, as she struggled to hold back tears. She managed it though, and took a deep breath in when she felt the boat finally reach a shore. The blonde stared curiously at the alien creatures on the beach, and for a long moment she refused to get out of the boat as she processed the situation a little longer, looking towards the others to see how they were reacting. Kaida placed the wolf carving gently into her bag next to the other carvings of animals and climbed out of the boat. Once everyone was out of the boat, she noted how quickly it seemed to vanish before kind of sunk down to her knees and played with the sand slowly. Land. It felt good to be on solid ground and not on a boat. And this beach all things considered was gorgeous scenery. She did not care even the slightest at the aliens looked out of place. She was grateful to be on land, with soft sand under her, and the smells a tropical scent she was definitely not used to, considering her homeworld was the least bit tropical. Kaida drew a little heart in the sand with her finger before standing up and dusting sand off of her knees and sorts. She saw Aux seemed confused as to how to approach the situation, but Kaida knew it was best to just go with the flow at this rate. Especially if the boat was no longer existing as a means to disappear. Kaida walked over towards the bigger alien of the two and simply waved.
The size of the crawlers was more than a little concerning to the fairy, and she really didn't know how to approach the situation otherwise. She decided to try and camouflage herself and get closer to the house to see if there was a window she could sneak in to try and find anyone who may be hiding in the house. She tapped very lightly at first, as if trying to politely knock. Zelph sighed defeatedly and said, "I just... really don't want to lose someone else. So I guess I'm not." he looked over at Tellia and simply gave her a reassuring smile and said, "We'll go for her." and he went on ahead just in case. Stealthing quickly through some of the brush. When he got a good look at the Goliath size of the crawler he bit his lip and turned towards Hedgrit and said, "So Gruff. Have you had the pleasure of taking down a Goliath before? Other than say in a drinking contest?"
As soon as a hole was blasted through the wall, Take was all on that like flies on glazed donuts. He jumped through the hole and taking after Torrin decided to have his glider vanish into his keyblade, and using his forward momentum Takehiko slashed in the direction of Xerek. Once he was standing upright he stood up straight and yelled, "Aha. You thought you could best us, but no one ever expects to be dealt justice by..." Take stared off as he tried to think of what his superhero name even would be. Kronk stared back at him while Take stood over Xerek and his response was to see if he could startle the guy by holding his hands out and yelling, "Bwam!" Kronk blinked and rubbed his chin saying, "Bwam huh?" He snapped his fingers in approval and fingergunned at Take, "I like it. Superhero name with that onomatopoeia. I was expecting your name to be something like Falcon man or Keylord. But Bwam. It's got energy. I like it. I like it a lot..." Takehiko stared at the man before pointing the key at Kronk and saying, "Release the heroes from the hats!" "Weeeeell I uh. Can't do that Bwam." Take sighed a bit only to immediately be tripped down by Xerek. Take let out a yell in surprise as he landed flat on his back and Kronk grimaced a bit and commented, "Yikes."
"Now now. Let's not eat the souls of the damned today." Zelph replied mostly to the demon while patting Tellia on the shoulder, "Keep fighting him though, I know it's hard. But he can't come out and play." "Ignoring whateverthehell is going on with them, I'll go in and warn then." "No. Don't. We need to go." Zelph replied as he began standing up. Iridia's skin and hair started turning bright red and said, "I want to help them!" "Chill." "NO." Iridia screamed as she began darting off. "Can we just leave her to die? I say we leave her to die." Zelph huffed as he unhooked a dagger from his belt and it flipped slightly as he grabbed it to ready it.
As the plan seemed to kick into place, Take also got on his glider and just kind of sat there and waited without much response, just in ready mode to go when they were told it would be best to head in. He still didn't know how he felt about this plan and he was worried they were gonna leave the warehouse and find Tinarah, Boreas, and the duck in those hats. He just hoped he was proven wrong. As he stared at the distraction he blinked in realization and looked over at Torrin and asked, "What if they want us to go in the warehouse and we get trapped? Remember the last time we followed their obvious lead and ended up the dolls exploding in our faces."
Iridia got a look at the creatures and clicked her tongue slightly in annoyance before she flew back towards the group and confirmed, "Yeah, there's a couple. But they haven't caught our scent yet and seem to be invested in a house nearby." she looked nervous and rubbed her hands together, "Maybe we should try and get to the house first and let those inside know? We could offer help fortifying their place and have somewhere to stay the night. It's been a while since we had a bed." "No way. We are underarmed as it is. We should be using their house distraction to our advantage and trying to keep heading west. It is probably just a human home anyway. They would not have any offered magic." Zelph rolled his eyes. "Aren't you a half-elf?" "I'm just saying, humans make a lot of noise. We could use them basically as the bait and head on out. I am not going to risk my life for more strangers. Not after what happened last time..." There was a pause of silence as Iridia chimed in, "Last time... you saved me." "And I am grateful for the help and advantage you have been able to give us. But I almost lost Tellia and nearly got eaten. I say we move west." Iridia crossed her arms visibly upset and said, "I'm not saying we take them with us, I'm saying we help them out and have a place of refuge for the night." "I'd feel much safer further away from the undead. Thank you."
"Maybe. Oooor, you could save it for a day you feel really sad or really scared." Zelph suggested, "Isn't it nice to have treats on days you feel a little bad?" he kept braiding her hair and tried to sit down and get her to sit on his lap so they could keep low. As he did, Iridia flew on forward to go and check out the area. She found herself a spot in the trees and tried to hide more in the leaves. Her body camouflaging slightly to the color. While some trees retained normal health, a lot of the exotic trees in the area were dying due to lack of care from those who used to treat them. It pained the little fairy to feel how they were dying or getting sick, but she had to be more worried for herself and her group for now. Zelph kept his eyes out looking behind him, ready in case they were flanked somehow. He kept himself in a good position to restrain Tellia if she got out of hand, but hoped for the best there.
"She's not sick." the black haired elf replied bluntly as he calmly looked forward at the view to make sure there weren't any creatures trying to sneak their way over while they were defenseless. Zelph placed his hands gently on Tellia's shoulders and said softy, "You need to be quiet. So does your friend." the elf took strands of Tellia's hair and loosely braided them as he whispered, "Or he won't get bacon later. And we have bacon." "Should I fly ahead and scout?" a small voice managed out before she flew out of a bag Hadgrit was holding and hovered just above his shoulder, "I think the kid's gotta watch the baby so we can't have him scouting the place." "Hey, who are you calling a k-" "It could have just been injured travelers. And I'd rather not be on high alert if it's not a crawler after us." the fairy flew slightly higher as dust trailed behind her, making the dwarf's shoulder sparkle like it was covered in one of those types of glitter that just never quite washed out.
Yo it's the girl below's birthday everyone hug the turtle!
And another voice actor in the "yeah I did kingdom hearts" role call
ooc: please stop posting these really short one sentence posts please, there should be more substance and you can ask more than once question in a post. "My homeworld is just filled with huge mountains, probably bigger than any mountains you've seen on your world or any other world. The bottom is very barren so most of the vegetation grows on the mountains. It's rather cold, but the village is built in a part where it's just below the snow caps and is still a bit too cold for snow to form. Everything is built with the idea of it being fireproof but also easily replaceable should it need to be, most of the houses are built into the mountain, but many of the people on the disposable end of the village live in houses that are freestanding and aren't the most invulnerable to fire."
"I don't usually have leisure time anymore, but when I did I would go 'adventuring'. Ya know, when a little kid would explore a forest near their home and find small things to get entertained by? I also liked to just take someone's stuff and just move it over somewhere else. Like if someone had their keys on the desk, I'd move it on top of the dresser. Or move someone's pocketwatch from their right pocket to their left pocket. I still do that. Sleight of hand I think that's called? I'd say my family was an average size for my homeworld, I have two parents and had four brothers. So including me it was a family of seven. My uncle lived with us briefly for a while too, but that was only when his house was destroyed. Now he lives on his own again."
"Oh. Sorry. My name's Takehiko Hidaka , but you can call me Take. I'm 16 years old and I'm male. Not really the most amazing with introductions I'm afraid."
1. What's your Hogwarts House "I... wasn't entirely sure what this was about, so I did some research and took a test and. Well, apparently I am a Hufflepuff or something? I like badgers." 2. What do you like better, dinner or dessert? Or breakfast? XD "Eating food is always good no matter what meal. That said, I find myself quite really liking sweets now that I have the chance to try them. I'd probably pick dinner though, because its the only meal I feel full." 3. Do you enjoy music? What kinds? Do you play any instruments? Do you sing? "I like music, but I don't go outta my way to listen to it. I think the type I listen to is classical? It's whatever my friends are playing at the time. And I can't sing. Well, more like I don't sing. I can probably carry a tune I just don't like to." 4. Do you like to read? Or do you prefer a life of action? "Well, I can't read. Teaching... litter race sea? It wasn't on the 'need to knows' of my homeworld. So I'm always for a life of action, might as well learn on the field."
This is inspired by Tale's "ask me about my DND bard" thread. I'm currently having problems where I think of too broad concepts and the world building and don't think much about basic kinds of questions that should be on the simpler end of things. Or even just questions that may be irrelevant when thinking about what kind of a person they are. I'm also gonna try and answer the questions in character as if talking to a very trusted friend with some of these deeper questions. Since realistically the character might not answer them but I wanna get a hang on realistic dialogue writing too. Thank you in advance!
As the machine shut down, the portal fell apart and the darkness began to quickly spread out across the world and return to the hearts of which it was stolen. The darkness no longer lingered in space, instead the seemingly perpetual mist of darkness was finally gone. Some birds began to chirp happily outside despite it being the middle of the night, and everything seemed to finally be peaceful. Like the aftermath of a long and windy storm. Slowly, but cautiously, the black haired girl in the cave was lowered to the floor and she began to stir, sitting upwards and looking around for the others, groggily, "Ugh... what happened... did you guys finish it?" Mora shifted to try and find the spot she was shot in by Ria. The wound was still there, leaving a scar that might always linger there, but it wasn't sucking away her energy and that made the girl sigh in comfort as she tried to stand up, stumbling a bit because of how weak her body was since her strength was still returning to her.
I don't actually know how I missed an entire talk about ASMR but I've been listening to it for years! Um... 5 years actually. But what I didn't realize was that I've enjoyed the feeling of ASMR for years before I knew what it was. So before I found ASMR I found myself watching unboxing videos because the sounds made me feel really relaxed. I watched makeup tutorials before that for the same feeling. The earliest memory of any "tingles" I can think of is 6th grade, when my math teacher would put on these video math tutorials for us and the instructor in the videos would click his tongue I think? (Maybe it was a lip smack I don't know). I would get excited for the tutorials because of how relaxed I felt... don't remember learning anything else though. Might be why math classes put me to sleep now actually. Here are some of my personal favorite channels/videos that I sometimes go back to regularly. Heather Feather (she doesn't really post as much anymore, i believe it's irl stuff. here's her sksk video) Goodnight Moon (she has a fantasy style series on her channel with her own world and characters, here's the first one of her's I found.) Ephemeral Rift (his stuff is a little out there and might wig someone out who might not be into the concepts. here's one of his more relaxed concepts. but it has eating sounds if you don't like that!) FredsVoice ASMR (I love his stuff but his channel has kind of begun to be consumed by the 'rude english gentleman' character he plays, so if you don't like being talked down to, I understand. There's also some videos for helping with asmr immunity which I don't think I've gotten yet but they might be helpful for someone.) yanghaiying (I really like her stuff because of how... unpolished it is. I know a lot of people like background noise taken away and keeping it polished. but I really like how these videos flow. here's my favorite of her's though warning there is a random phone ring at 8:56 so if you get super relaxed and that makes you jump I'm sorry) Anyway, I don't actually know if I have specific triggers but I definitely know when the ASMRtist gets all up in my left ear it works. I don't know why my left ear yet and I may never know. I find myself more into the RP ones because it distracts me from my thoughts and helps me sleep a lot more. I guess I like paper sounds, but not overwhelmingly so.
Hello everyone, welcome to the month of June, kupo! We hope you're getting ready for that summer weather wherever you are, but before we get ready for that, it's time to roll our last month's lottery... if i May... ...kupo? Anyway, as is always the rules, everyone who has posted in this month gets a chance a ticket, which means everyone has the same shot at winning. The only exception is that the person who won the previous month's lottery isn't pulled. So AJ is out this round kupo. Everyone has been sorted in alphabetical order based on the way of the first post. Let's get rolling, kupo! And the winner is... Steel! Steel wins 30 crowns. See you next month (or well, the next weekly lottery, kupo!)