On the winding path that lead to Corvus a lone male figure ventured towards the city. His name was Zephyr and he wore two red gloves on his hands and on his back was what looked to be some kind of long sword. Both of these items definitely weren't cheaply made especially if one ever got the chance to take a closer look and examine the craftmanship of them. If one were to say sell one of these items, then they could make quite a bit of money. Which meant that it was very possible for any bandits to rob him. Speaking of which, as the man got closer to Corvus, Zephyr found himself surrounded by four men. Judging from the looks on their faces, they likely weren't going to let him pass without a fight. "That's a nice sword you got there, why don't you leave it here with us. Who know, if you throw in those gloves of yours too and we might let you live. Might." The leader of the bandits said which was followed by his underlings chuckling like they'd already won. There was clearly only one way out of this predicament. So Zephyr sighed before getting into a ready stance. If that wasn't enough to show that he was ready for a fight, then what he did next definitely would. He took his left hand and had it facing the head bandit and using his middle finger, he made the 'bring it' motion. A noticeable vein had appeared on the bandits forehead. "You asked for it now you cocky little fucker. Kill him were he stands!" Zephyr's attempt to rile up the man had worked like a charm as his lackeys all rushed him from each side. The first one had tried to slice his neck with a knife. Zephyr promptly ducked the attempted and counter with a swift punch to the mans gut. To follow up, he grabbed the man's collar while he was stun and moved him in the path of the of the other man.They two collided headfirst and went down in pain. In a matter of seconds two of the three goons that had attacked him had been dealt with and were now on the ground. That definitely was enough to hurt the morale of the last two guys still standing. Though despite all this Zephyr didn't make the next move. He wanted to see what the other guys would do. The one holding his sword was clearly shaking as a result of what he'd just seen happened and it didn't take much longer for the fear to take over and his running away with his tail between his legs. Now it was just Zephyr and the head bandit left. Smirking, he decided to taught the man. "Last chance, you can either end up like your friends on the ground or run. Either one fine by me." "Bring it on, I can handle you on my own!" He may have been able to still talk big, but his ability to actually do something was questionable at best. No matter, Zephyr would still allow him to make the first move. The seconds that passed seemed to go on forever before even an attempt to make a move was made. The attempt was for the head bandit to grab a throwing that was attached to his side and throw it. While the attack was dodged, the blade has grazed his cheek, causing some blood to trickle down his cheek. Not bad for a fear induced attack. In response to this, Zephyr rushed the bandit, not giving him any time to grab his other weapon. Right when he got into stringing range, *clap* The sound of two hands clasping together resonated in the area. Instead of punching the man, Zephyr had clapped right in his face. it was still more than enough to not only shock him, but bring the bandit down to his knees. Well as unnecessary as all that was, it was a decent workout given that he didn't use any magic, which might have ended this a lot faster if he did. Note to self: Think about that possibility next time something like this happens. Zephyr walked past the trembling man and continued on his way into Corvus.
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Zephyr Xross Despite everything that had transpired with the attempted murder and the apparent other guy appearing out of nowhere. This library sure was a great hiding place. Maybe this guy would be so bad. *cue sadistic laugh from new guy* So much for that thought. Moving on Lucien, in all his rainbow glory, went on to reveal the next set of worlds thus answering the question that Zephyr had asked earlier. Now the which of the four world should he go to. Normally he'd be able to narrow his choice down to one world quite easily, but in this case there were told worlds that had mentioned a hero. One world trained future heroes and the other one had a hero ascend- wait if the hero ascended then wouldn't that mean there'd be only like records of what she did? As he pondered this, he thought back to all the legends and tales on heroes that he read back on Solucia that basically were along the lines of a hero ascending into greatness. With that in mind, maybe he shouldn't head to Land of Dragon despite how cool of a name it had. That left Olympus Coliseum which probably was the better place for him to go, especially considering his reason for seeking the hero. "I'll head to Olympus Coliseum." Not going to lie, most of these worlds didn't sound all that appealing to Xross, especially The Great Forest. Though he had to go to some world so why not the one with the foreign sounding name. "I'll take Cite des Cloches"
While discussing plans may not have been the highest thing on what Veilen would like to do to pass the time on the boat, it would still pass the time and thus it was good to him. Plus speeding things up wouldn't be the only benefit that came from this. "I guess we could act depending on what they tell us. Since we're going to be looking for the source of the curse, we could try asking were it originated." Veilen said. His suggestion was pretty straight forward, thus there wasn't a whole lot that he could add to it.
Before Alisa could reply to the two girls that hand spoken to her, the concert had started and the crowd around the fountain had gotten a bit more close together. here was still room for her to see the stage were the concert was going on and enough space for her to not be uncomfortable, but the real issue for her was that it made it harder for her to find her brother within the mass of people. She knew that he was some where in the crowd, after all he wouldn't leave her along unless he knew that she was with someone that they both could trust. Nonetheless she would have to worry about that after the concert for the show and the music had begun and Alisa'a attention was immediately drawn to it. As some of the musical notes floated over heard of the crowd, Alisa tried to reach out and grab one. They always popped into brilliant lights before she could, but she didn't stop trying. The concert eventually ended and the crowd thinned out a bit, thought it was still hard to hear with all of the people who were still lingering talking. Sasha, one of the people she'd met before the concert had started, proceeded to give out her number which Alisa made sure to give her her number before she'd gotten to far away. "Any of you staying at the Inn Harmonia nearby? That's where my parents made reservations for me. It would be nice to walk with anyone if they're going that direction." "Me and my brother are. Speaking of him, I need to find him so that I can get my jacket back." The blue hair girl replied, scanning the crowd for any signs of her brother.
After enough people on the boat had started to question his reasoning for taking them this S-Class mission where they clearly weren't S-Classes, Dale finally decided to explain himself. Though it turned into more of a pep talk, which was surprising seeing as how it was coming from Dale. In short he said that together they would be able to handle this mission if they worked together. Made sense. I mean Team King managed to defeat Orpehus because they worked together. Though that only made him more curious as to what they would find on this curse island other than the demons. Afterwards Gaius and Dale got into a verbal debate that didn't last long. Which was followed by Ander interjecting. "I don't think telling them to kill each other later is the best thing to suggest. Anyway are we going to get to the island soon, there's only so much that we can do on this boat. Unless someone brought some playing cards or something?" The bored side of Veilen was coming out as he waiting for them to get to the island.
So it turns out that knocking three times was the magic number to Annika to open the door for them. Well third time is the charm as they say. The princess then went ahead and sat in front of the fireplace that was in her room, which was a strange thing to have in your own room but he wasn't going to judge her. She was clearly still sadden about the whole thing that had just happened with her parents and had asked how could she be like them, which depending on who she asked could get her a wide variety of answers. "She could try learning magic for starters." Zwei suggested.
The group had been silent for most of the duration of the walk, some more silent than others were. Hopefully they were getting close to wherever the princess was being held at. Assuming that that was were they were headed to in the first place.
Well the end result of trying to convince them had ended with the princess running off to her room. Not the best of end result but better than them being executed. Hasu was the first one to chase after her and after a few moments had passed, Zwei followed behind. By the time he'd arrived Hasu had already knocked on the door and was waiting a response. Maybe if someone else knocked on the door, then the odds of her opening it could increase. So that exactly what he did, he knocked on the door and said. "If you could open the door, we could help." Eventhough he wasn't entire sure on how to help her, if she believe that and opened the door for them, then they could cross that bridge when they got to it.
Xross's attempt to cut through the barrier was making some progress. He might have gotten through if not for the burst of wind that sent the Stratos back, thus increasing the distance between the two of them. Despite that however, his blade did land a hit. Wasn't the deepest of cuts, but it was a start. Unfortunately that was likely as best of a injury as Xross was going to inflict given that the number of people fighting has lessen. Whelp, that sucked. The dagger in his hand vanish as he gave his response. "Might as well." He didn't say it but he was starting to get tired a bit. That was probably the one problem with consecutive portal spamming, he wears him out faster. It was fine if there was time in between then he be fine. Speaking of which, he still needed to make an exit of his own. So he opened a portal and walked through it, effectively leaving Beast Castle and returning to Disney Castle, specifically the outside of the castle.
The captain didn't have much more to add on the curse of the boat and left them to do whatever. There wasn't much for them to do up here until they go to the island and who knows how much longer that might take. Next thing Calxiyn mentioned something about the contrast of the sky. At first Veilen thought she meant that part of the sky looked darker due to the clouds or something along those lines. However when he looked in the direction that she had pointed in, he saw just what she meant. Not a single cloud was over the area where it looked dark, yet it was a clear difference compared to the sky that they were under now. "I dunno, could be the curse, could be magic from whoever's on the island, assuming that the people there have magic. Guess we'll have to wait and see." Veilen said. Since they weren't really told much about the mission, all they could really do was to speculate till they actually got to the Island.
"Wow." Was the first thing that Veilen said upon seeing Bobo's arm. If not for the fact that it was a curse that had cause it and that the whole purpose of the mission was to get rid of said curse, he might have been a lot more interested in the arm. Oh well, he could only wait for them to get to the island. That was when Dale had pretty much exploded and made a damn good impression of a sailor at Ra and Gaius. Not going to lie, he'd forgotten how Dale would react to the fact that they'd just stole a boat, but it worked out in the end. Unfortunately Dale didn't see it that way. Maybe we should've left him while we had the chance. Maybe, probably would've ended badly as well too. While the parents bickered over what to do about their barbie daughter, Zwei choose to stay out of it. Plus Ren had already gave his piece, which could end with either a good reaction or a not so good one.
Character Name: Dr "Grim" Faust Age: 23 Appearance: Totally not ripped from an anime Personality: The once sane doctor has been driven to a state of mental instability due to his curiosity and fascination with the dark arts. As a result it has to his personality taking a dark turn. He'll often lull people into a false sense of security and should they prove interesting to him, kill them when they least suspect it. Still he talk in a polite mannerism most of the time. Brief Bio: In the past he was a revered doctor, in fact he was one of the best in the village he was in. He thirst for knowledge was unquenchable and unfortunately that lead to his descent into madness. He gradually started to get more interested in the dark arts, namely the revival of dead human. His motivation wasn't to revive a deceased lost one or anything of that nature. Instead he did it to quench his thirst for knowledge. The end result was a series of disappearances from where he resided leading to his own disappearance. Rumor has it he wanders around, looking for more subjects. Magic/Powers (Does not have to know any magic if you prefer that) : Necromancy Weapon (Again, optional) : A cane that doubles as a death scythe Additional Information: His scythe has the power to reanimate and control corpses, but is limited to one corpse and a time and is currently in use. Character Name: Yatsu Age: 22 (Age of death) Appearance: Totally not ripped form an video game Personality: Despite retaining all of his abilities from when he was living, he's no more than a puppet. Only doing what Faust commands of him. Brief Bio: "A corpse has no use for a past" - Dr. Faust Magic/Powers (Does not have to know any magic if you prefer that) : Shadow Manipulation Weapon (Again, optional) : none Additional Information: He's the first and most perfect corpse that Faust has resurrected.
Galuna Island Veilen was surprised to hear that Dale was taking them on a S-Rank mission, though it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. An S-Rank mission would be the perfect opportunity to get in some valuable experience and then Gaius and Ra hijacked the boat. Well that certainly was something. No matter, Veilen went ahead and got on the boat just as the captain had shown himself. The captain proceeded to ask them questions that Calxiyn answered. "Who would've thought that stealing a boat would go over without any consequences." Veilen said, chuckling/ignoring the look that Ander gave. Astedia So they found the princess on there first try, yay them. Least they were lucky on that part, which only left the rest of the mission to do. "So what happens to these other guilds your royal highness?" Four guilds in one week was quite the news to here and yet here the princess was ice skating with no one keeping guard over her. Were they that confident or were they just plain stupid?
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It sure was a good thing that Renju had defended Alkes when he did, for the spear took on a blue form this time and attack rapidly. "Right." He said, strike at Erza with his sword.
So apparently the heavy spear weaken their attacks, not sure how that works but she changed it back to the magic cutting form so that didn't matter at the moment. Hearing Zephine call out of him, Renju nodded before using Friend Block on Alkes.
Another weapon change that she did pretty much nothing with. The less she did, the easier thing were for them he figured. So he just went ahead and attacked her with his sword.
