The Escapist Avatar Adventure: An Open RP (Now Re-Opened!)

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri

Rugal's eye-sockets stinged a little when the light came in and above his sunglasses, prompting him to push them back up as the sounds of burning undead reached him.
He also felt the energy drain out of Slindis's younger self before she fell on the floor.
Moving to assist her, something big was incoming, he wasn't sure what, but he didn't want to find out.
Keen to clear house quickly, He added onto the property damage that she caused by firing off a few Hado-Kens around the breach, widening it slightly.

He then rushed over and picked up the passed out paladin before shouting "Something is happening. We need to get out of here, Now!"
He then went to make his way out, holding Slindis's younger self as he did.

 

[bluerocker]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Teri finally made her way to the Terminal and wasted no time in plugging in her Tablet; calling up Dimitri in the proccess,

[color=0E59E4]"Everything holding up alright in there?"[/color]

Dimitri shot a glance at the wrestling lich and dragon; as well as SEIRYU attempting to spread it's cloying effects on the lich. Whether or not this was successful, Dimitri was not certain; but he didn't like the threat the woman had sent a moment ago,

[color=3897E0]

"Some more aid would be nice! Preferably more range, if you'd be so kind!"

[/color]

Teri wracked her brains at the thought of what weaponry to give the AI, and then thought that perhaps upgrades would prove a bit more fruitful than out right creating new things; and worked to typing up what her ideas were in mind...

A moment later, Dimitri noticed that the BARRETT had somehow gained a clip that stuck out of the side; and a SCOUTER materialized over one eye.

Spoiler: but does it tell us anything about her power levels?

[color=0E59E4]"I think zombies hate fire; so I gave you some flame rounds; aka, concentrated firewalls. Hopefully, if you get enough in her, they'll start freezing up her processing cycles and you'll be able to shove her into ATOMOS. As for the SCOUTER, you should be able to use that to exploit whatever weaknesses she has about her. Just weaken her and get her into ATOMOS. Then we should have this under control. Lemme know if you need anything else!"[/color]

[color=3897E0]

"Right!"

[/color]

And with that, Dimitri took aim again, and began firing off the Flame Rounds at the lich; in hopes that it would do as Her Ladyship said...

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

After David was dragged to the side of combat, training resumed again; Ton Ton finding himself under assault of Devon; and noticed that his footwork had greatly improved; as well as his swings! While the Tonberry was used to hurt, it was a tad unexpected from Devon; who he had known previously to use weak but quick strikes. Add a bit of power, and the Tonberry knew he was getting a run for his money. However, this did please the little green guy; as it meant Devon had vastly improved!

Cadolbolg, on the other hand, moved to fight in conjunction with Ton Ton; not knowing if Melethia would take his side or not. Reverting back to lightning, Cadolbolg opened his maw and began zapping whereever he could manage.

 

[Moros]

Matt had gotten his fill of adrenaline and was ready to get back on the ship. The problem was that the ship was about 250 feet above the ground. Just then someone who's face was hidden behind a black helmet with an atom design on it pulled up next to him on dirt bike. "Hey man, nice riding out there. Especially the move you pulled while in falling through the sky,"the guy told him. "Thanks; of course now I can't get back on the ship," Matt told him a, little distressed.

"No problem. I have some powers that could help you out," the stranger told him. Just then a very large but thin platform made of some material that was constantly moving appeared in front of Matt, instantly making him cautious about the stranger. "Just drive your ATV onto the platform and I can take you to the ship," the stranger said as he himself drove onto it. Matt slowly drove his ATV on it and when it didn't give way or explode beneath him he relaxed a little. Then the platform began to lift off the ground and move toward the ship.

Matt directed him to the hangar where he got off the platform. "Come inside with me, I want to get you a drink for helping me out greatly," Matt told him. The stranger agreed and drove into the hangar, the platform disappearing behind him. He got off the bike but didn't remove the helmet. When Matt asked him about it, he said he liked his anonymity. Matt shrugged off as some eccentric CEO wishing to stay hidden. Matt led the stranger to the canteen. What he didn't see was the mysterious man planting a small device out of sight.

 

[bluecrimson]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Rugal and Slindis were able to flee with the Younger Slindis to see what exactly Rugal had sensed earlier - a fairly large magical shockwave followed by a young child with forest-green hair badly wounded by multiple slashes to her body. The two immediately recognized the girl for who it was - Melethia.

In addition, Rugal could see some text through his Aura Sense, and there was a rather large amount of magical energy behind it. The Aberration returning to the Tomb coated in the blood of allies heralds the return of Death.

---

Meanwhile, Erandis' strength was being drained by the Nidhogg, and she conjured up another Acidic Rain spell. It did rather well at eroding the casing of the Firewall bullets, but those that got through hurt Erandis quite a bit. There was also the Cloying effect of Seiryu quickly taking hold making it even harder for her to conjure up more necrotic blasts. Those she did fire off had much less potency now, although getting access to her followers again would only serve to revitalize her.

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

Melethia jumped in to face Cadolbolg, more than willing to test her reflexes against the lightning while the Bard still had the energy to fight Ton-Ton. That and it was a lot of fun to see what her Allies would work with. They were good, that much was certain.

Devon continued in that trancelike dance for a minute, striking Ton-Ton with a sizable amount of force and taking a good bit of damage as well before he finally wore himself out. The main thing was that Devon had finally learned the technique that he'd been working on since he'd started with Caim. After that, he plopped Down and Cast a Cure Serious Wounds to patch up his injured legs as he took a breather.

Devon has mastered the Snowflake Wardance! For a number of rounds equal to his Dance Ranks (12, or a minute and 18 seconds), Devon adds his Charisma modifier as well as his Strength modifier to attacks while using a one handed slashing weapon! Afterwards, though, he becomes fatigued for the next ten minutes.

Uses one Bardic Song.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Rugal stopped dead in his tracks in awe of what the message said, it WAS all just a set up and she was right in the middle of it.
But most of all, the fact Melethia was involved.
"...the blood of allies...heralds the return of Death..." He repeated to himself, Slindis being able to hear it.
He then quickly doubled back to pick up the young elf as well as still holding her soon-to-be mother, carrying the pair together in his arms as he and Slindis made their way out.
"...I think I understand now...Whatever Melethia had...they needed you to awaken..."

 

[StormShaun]

Storm (and

[color=nvayblue]Alpha[/color]

).
Location: AA universe | Rising Dawn | Archangel Wing | Room 1789.
Time: ???.

After a large numerous hours of sleep. The superhuman Spartan known as Storm-178, who is not of this world opened his eyes to a non-shocking image of his AI partner, Alpha (Who was Hatsune Miku) was lying on the bed next to him. "

[color=nvayblue]Morning sleepy head.[/color]

" She grinned but somehow her cheeks were pulled by a sleepy Storm. "

[color=nvayblue]Mmmmnnnnnnnnn[/color]

" She moaned as her partner fell off the bed and got up from the room's ground.

"Good, I thought you were a dream." Storm said with an angel like smile and he strode into the bathroom to get ready. In a few minutes the Spartan and AI began to walk to the ship's canteen, "I wonder if they have miso soup?" Storm's apatite began to come forward in his mind.

Yu Narukami.
Location: Personaverse | Japan | Tokyo/City.
Time: 3 Pm.

The sun was starting to lower and Yu Narukami (Protagonist from Persona 4) looked upon the city landscape and then back onto the ground. He had started missing Inaba a long time ago, not just because he misses his friends, girlfriend, the adventure or the super meat bowl challenge, but he missed the landscape and peaceful setting too. A sigh emerged from our protagonist's mouth, though a small calling came into his mind.

"[sub][sub]I am thou ... Thou art I... The time shall come once again.[/sub][/sub]"

Yu quickly shook the thoughts off quickly but some how naturally his fist was clenched just like when he summoned his Persona, he only wanted to never repeat those events again. "We were lucky. Those Persona could cause more trouble then good." He said coldly to himself as he began to walk to his family home.

Shaun and Tomoya.
Location: Key Universe | Japan | Hikarizara (Tomoya's hometown).
Time: 5 Pm.

The sun was at the border of the horizon in this growing town. The blue haired man and the younger boy were looking outside the balcony. "You are really lucky. You have a great child, a great wife and was granted mercy, I wish I could at least get the second one!" Shaun's head started to hang but was comforted by Tomoya who laughed quickly.

"Don't worry, one day you shall find the one you seek." Tomoya offered these words. The boy author and writer known as Shaun nodded towards his first creation and smiled with determination. In the next couple of minutes and Shaun was now outside the Okazaki family's door and the small three person family were saying goodbye. Shaun was glad to meet the people who Tomoya cared about.

"Shaun-san have a nice trip." Nagisa, Tomoya's wife said.
"Shaun~" Ushio their daughter said as she pulled the author's top.

Shaun offered a smiled as Tomoya decided to walk him down the stairs.
"So, are you going home now?
"I'm going to try, though I have no idea what can happen. If you need to get some protection you can get it from my room."
"See you later." Tomoya said with a smiling face as the author began to disappear from sight.
"Indeed~!" Shaun gave a thumbs up as his partials had finally faded from that world.

Shorn.
Location: Fire Emblem Universe | Ylisse | The Ylisse Army camp (Outside Fort Steiger).
Time: 7:45 Pm.

The Ylisse camp was quiet as camp came around.
People trained.
People learned.
Families gathered.
And husband and wife were having a romantic evening together.

Though for one person in the Ylisse army, the work was never done.
"So if I combine these two that will ... good." A smiled appeared on Shorn the grandmaster tactician, as he had finally formed his plan for tomorrow. A rustle came from a near by bush.

In a blink of an eye a silver blade was pointed at the bush, and a person who looked almost like him came out of the bush. "Who are you? Shorn said to the boy. "Umm ... wrong dimension ... and a bad one at that." Shaun sighed as he got up slowly. "Dimension? Did you come here with the others? Shorn asked him another question.

"This may seem weird but ... I kinda created you. The name is Shaun."
"Huh, Shaun ... but I am Shorn." Shorn said back to his creator, he could sense the truth coming off his words. "Let me explain."

30 minutes of explaining later.

"That ... is a strange story indeed, I must take you to Chrom."
"Wait ... WHAT!?" Shaun said as he was dragged along to war.
A sigh spat out in both men's minds.
Shorn wanted to see his wife.
And Shaun didn't want to be involved in this war from this perspective.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Canteen: Jenny, Angelus, Caim, Matt, ???, Storm, Alpha

After some idle chat with the Pact Partners, Jenny was enjoying a rather nice salad when Storm and Alpha waltzed in.
"~Mhmmmm-hello you two~ *Glup* Have a nice rest?" she asked with her mouth full.
It was also around this time that Matt and his unknown guest took a seat towards the back, she dismissed it as him just talking business with a client, she met a few merc types before, though it was mostly for help with Shellshock back at her clinic.
"So Tell me...How have you two been?" she asked as she kept eating, hoping to start a conversation.

 

[Moros]

"So tell me what else you can do with your powers," Matt asked the stranger as he handed him a beer. While Matt thought he was going to remove his helmet, he instead only removed the part that was covering his mouth, still leaving his face hidden. "Well I can make simple weapons like a sword or an axe without too much effort," the stranger said as a sword and an axe appeared between them. "I can also make miniature monsters that require all of my attention," the stranger said. Just then a small orb appeared before them on the table. It then began to take the shape of a monster no taller than a beer bottle. Every 20 seconds it would change to a different one. Of course if anyone was paying attention to them, they would recognize the monsters that someone had unleashed on the world.

 

[bluerocker]

Canteen: Jenny, Angelus, Caim, Matt, ???, Storm, Alpha

Caim had wandered off at this point, animatedly sending messages to Furiae on the PDA while Angelus maintained cordial conversation with Jenny. Upon the sight of the new arrivals, the dragon gave a nod of acknowledgement, and kept an open ear to any response.

"As always, this ship has it's tendencies to draw in all sorts of men...."

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Teri watched with held breath as NIDHOGG and the lich continued wrestling about; as well as Dimitri firing off the rounds, he finally got a readout on the Lich:

Strong against acid, cold and electricity. will regenerate if just killed.

[color=3897E0]

"Uh oh... Milady? There seems to be a small issue... It says on the scouter that she won't remain permanently deceased."

[/color]

[color=0E59E4]"Shit! I forgot about the phylactery..."[/color]

Dimitri's brow furrowed in confusion as his mind went through the common defintions of the word, [color=3897E0]

"A Jewish prayer scroll pouch? why would this being have one?"

[/color]

Teri shook her head as she began typing vigorously, already beginning to feel the toll of Authoring on her, sweat beginning to bead on her forehead, [color=0E59E4]"Different meaning. Liches keep their souls locked away in seperate objects, called phylacteries. They're a real ***** to kill cause of that; cause they'll regenerate if it's not destroyed. Now, I'm going to give you an upgrade.... It requires a command word to activate, destroys ANY data it hits; so be careful about that; and has a 15 second recharge. Be careful with this...."[/color]

Dimitri felt a surge of power wash over him, as well as an itching feeling in his throat as the command words for the attack filled his mind... WHAT KIND OF COMMAND WAS THAT?! With indigination, he called out to his Lady,

[color=3897E0]

"You cannot be serious! This is... So undignified!"

[/color]

Teri wobbled a little after the upgrade was Written into existence, and growled, [color=0E59E4]"Deal with it. It was the first thing I could think of. Now get NIDHOGG off of her and use the command!"[/color]

Shaking his head in disbelief, Dimitri did as he was instructed; as well as directing PRINCIPALITY and YAMATA_NO_OROCHI in herding the armies to ATOMOS; and commanded NIDHOGG to get out of the way. When the dragon releneted, and the lich looked at Dimitri in confusion; the AI had already begun reciting the command words, his mouth hanging a bit wider than usual when he cried out:

[color=3879E0]

"Activate Upgrade: [u]Data Killer - Shoop da Whoop[/u]; Access Key: '[b]IMMA FIRING MAH LAZER[/b]'!"

[/color]

Upon the activation of this command; a brilliant light began to build from the back of the AI's throat; and a shining LAZER began to speedily make it's way to the Lich's path; and quickly.

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

Cadolbolg matched blades with Melethia; using his sharp tail as an adequate blade, using his airborne status to keep up with the elven child. After another close parry; Cadolbolg breathed in deep, and shot a bolt of lightning at the girl.

Meanwhile, as Devon patched himself up, Ton Ton wandered over and gave him a pat on the back, [color=15650D]"You did very well, Mr. Devon. That dance of yours was the key to your victory there. Tell me, where did you get the idea?"[/color]

 

[bluecrimson]

[
Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

The blast from the LAZER completely annihilated the Lich, simultaneously deleting her followers in the process. Dimirti's fellow programs had been rather injured, but it was nothing that couldn't be healed off in time through that newly found CHANSEY.EXE doing her magic. With that, the simulation began to stabilize again, bringing a semblance of peace to that mess.

---

Slindis took a moment before speaking up as they moved over to a small campsite that had been made. Nothing too extravagant, but it was still somewhere safe.

[color=c20000]"Rugal, thank you for doing what you did there. And since you're going to be her father, it's time that you know a bit more on her. Now, I know it's odd, but what I am about to discuss can't leave here. Don't even tell Teri."[/color] She gave some time for Rugal to think on it as the younger Slindis faded off to leave Melethia there.

[color=c20000]"Now, this had happened at separate times, but this is where I found Melethia. And the Death you're speaking of probably refers to her Mark. Take a look here on her left shoulder blade. See that design right there? That's the Dragonmark of Death. I didn't know it until I did some research in the older libraries of Thrane when I was called there on official business, but it's a bit like my own in that it would make her known in some circles were she not careful."[/color] Some time was spent healing some of the various injuries on Melethia, and it was amazing that Melethia had even lived through all of this.

[color=c20000]"I would have spent more time keeping an eye on her in Stormreach, but it was right after that when the Emerald Claw made a huge presence in the city - looking for her, no doubt. I never found the connection, but whoever it was had an incredible amount to gain through gaining it. Thanks to their presence, I couldn't keep a good eye on her, either. Considering I'm here with you right now, you can guess how well that turned out..."[/color]

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

Melethia was able to instinctively dodge the lightning bolt and went in for some more swipes, showing Cadolbolg that maybe using his breath weapons wouldn't be good with such a dodgy opponent. SHe also went in for a few more slices which were again parried by Cadolbolg's tail. It was a fun little test of Cadolbolg's abilities, and Melethia also got an idea of how to fight a flying opponent that wanted to stay in close.

Devon finally finished healing himself up and started patching David up as he talked to Ton-Ton. "Well, I wanted to find a way to use what Caim taught me, and somehow I think I overthought the whole thing. I was looking for the tells when I realized that just like everything, battle has a rhythm. It's a bit tiring to focus on that rhythm, but while I can keep it up, I think it could catch people by surprise." After taking a bit, he picked up Ton-Ton and put him on his shoulder.

"Feel like wrapping this up and getting a bite to eat?" He spoke loudly enough so the others could hear him, and he felt it was a good idea considering how much was put into the training.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Rugal seemed unfazed by the confession, They had stranger encounters, that's for sure.
All he could think about was Melethia as the Holograpic copy in his arms also faded.
"...I see...and I understand. Thank you for telling me, For showing me all this. Couldn't have been easy..." He said as they sat in their simulated Jungle camp.
He offered his hand to hold hers for a moment before he added "Know this, nothing that occurred then was your fault. It was their, no one elses. Remember that. Now...We can't change the past, but we still have our future ahead of us."

The Jungle then faded back into the metal confines of their training room.
"Now then...about those memories we planned on making..." He smirked as the pair of them left the training room, his arm wrapped around her.
As they left, They saw a tired looking Teri slumped on Garm.
"Oh, Evening Dear. Miss us?" He asked, completely unaware of what she and Dimitri just went though.

 

[bluerocker]

Training Room Simulation: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

"Oh, Evening Dear. Miss us?"

Teri snorted at the question, and waved a weak hand to Dimitri's Tablet, [color=0E59E4]"If you'd be so kind?"[/color]

The AI easily took to the task, and explained in full the recent turn of events whilst Slindis and Rugal were in the training room,

[color=3897E0]

"...So as you can imagine, Her Ladyship and I have been quite busy while you're away."

[/color]

Teri laughed at the AI's comment, and answered sarcastically, [color=0E59E4]"Oh, you know, just destroyed a digital lich, no biggie! I gotta start somewhere, right? Speaking of, Dimitri, use the Scouter to find the phylactery. If she functions like the real thing, then we need to get rid of that too. Otherwise this whole BS will start up again...."[/color]

[color=3897E0]

"Understood... Also, there appears to be a new member in our ranks. A CHANSEY.EXE; which is a repair program. I've already scanned it, and it has no malignant attachments or functions outside of repair and a high tolerance against deletion. It's actually quite friendly..."

[/color]

[color=0E59E4]"Noted. Let her in the Tablet if you'd like."[/color]

Turning to her parents, she gave a tired smile, [color=0E59E4]"You two holding up alright yourselves? Gimme a sec and I can call up the Aura...."[/color]

Before they could protest, Teri had already burned the turn attempt, and positive energy began to seep into their wounds. However, it looked like it made the Cleric feel a little bit worse in the process....

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

"Feel like wrapping this up and getting a bite to eat?"

Ton Ton gave a happy grunt in the back of his throat, [color=15650D]"One of those submarine sandwichs sounds yummy... I could go for a footlong myself. What about you, Cadolbolg?"[/color]

The turtle dragon baby gave a polite bow to Melethia after the sparring ended, "You are very good at weaponry Friend Melethia. I can see why Father likes being around you."

After that, he flew over to Devon and Ton Ton's side and landed on his favorite spot on any person (the head) and gave a yawn; "Hmn... I want something hot and spicy. I wonder what applies?"

 

[bluecrimson]

Outside the training room: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

When they got out, Slindis heard Teri and Dimitri's story and calmly said, [color=c20000]"Teri, we're fine. The Vampires hardly touched us... Still, I don't know why you were fighting Raiyum in the datascape."[/color] Dimitri already knew that wasn't the same person he'd fought and could see it was a barefaced lie.

She stood near Rugal and put a hand on Teri's shoulder. [color=c20000]"You should get some rest so we can train you properly. Is there anything else we need to talk about?"[/color]

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

Melethia nodded while she lifted David up. "Thanks for trainin' with me, Turtleskin! It helped with me an' seein' how we can make that gun better." With that, she carried him to the Medbay, and he was more bulky than heavy. Until he woke up, she stayed near him while doing some work on the gun bracer.

---

Devon nodded. "I was going to invite Mel, but I think we could get some spicy toasted subs. Sound like a plan?"

 

[000Ronald]

Boss raised his hand. "I like subs!"

The other five battered, bruised, and injured people with unspeakable contempt.

"Well...I...don't like fighting. Food is good, though."

 

[bluecrimson]

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg



Devon calmed down after the man brought up the idea. "I'm up for it. Thanks for watching at least, man." He was still more than a bit worn out after the fight, but otherwise in a good mood.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Outside the training room: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Rugal watched as Teri grew more and more faint-looking.
"Teri, just go and rest up. If you have been using your powers, you should give yourself the chance to recover before doing anything else." He said as he helped to steady the cleric, hoping she didn't over do it.

Medical Bay: David

Melethia worked on as David rested, a large bump now on the back of his head from getting whacked so hard.
Anyone with even minor first aid training could see he was alright, His pride took more of a beating then he did.

 

[bluerocker]

Outside the training room: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri
"Teri, just go and rest up. If you have been using your powers, you should give yourself the chance to recover before doing anything else."
[color=c20000]"You should get some rest so we can train you properly. Is there anything else we need to talk about?"[/color]

Teri could already see Dimitri's silent protests on her Tablet screen, and she took them into account quietly. However, as she forced herself onto Garm's back again to avoid falling over; she remembered the staff in her hands, and the questions that came of it. If Melethia felt a connection to Sadei, then there had to be something with Slindis... Right?

After finding secure seating on Garm she gave a small nod and released the concentration of positive energy from herself, allowing her aura to revert back to normal.

[color=0E59E4]"Okay... I'll go to bed then. But first, Mum? Can I talk to you for a little bit? I'll give her back soon, Dad, promise."[/color]

With that, she patted the wolf's side lightly in a motion to go, and looked to Slindis to follow her.

In the meantime, Dimitri set to work fixing up the bit of a mess he made in the digital scape; the Scouter working effectively in locating the Phylactery to destroy. With that out of the way, CHANCEY made things a snap; and Dimitri soon found himself at the surface of the programs, where CERBERUS waited faithfully. Re-storing the dog with the rest of his old companions along with his arsenal, Dimitri closed the hole to the core of the programming, and began his digital wandering of the ship once again... Perhaps he'd visit Vermillion and give her the story on what had recently happened?

Training Room: Devon, Melethia, David, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

The two Cuties gleamed happily at the thought of food, and waited impatiently for Devon to take them to the Canteen.

 

[000Ronald]

Boss and Edge's Quarters

Precisely what it sounds like. Rejuvenating water, when used properly, has the power to heal all wounds.

Requires cool, clear water to preform.

There was no better cure for a hangover than Heal. Literally none. Edge would know, he tried all of them. Not for years, not since...well...but nothing had ever come close to actually curing a bad hangover like Heal.

Edge was sitting on his cot; his bandolier of throwing knives, a pair of daggers, and several other sharp things were lying on a small table beside his cot, his swords were leaning against it, and his mask and gloves were sitting on the cot next to him. A large basin, three-fourths full of water, was at his feet; Edge was leaning over it, and a glowing tendril of water appeared to be going from the basin to his forehead.

The day did not get off to a good start. He had woken up with the mother of all hangovers, and had thrown up twice before actually getting enough water to heal himself. Beer had always been his one weakness, especially terrible beer. He should have healed himself before he went to bed, and maybe he shouldn't have drank as much, but...

Edge looked down at his hand. Bright purple tattoos, arranged in a beautiful waving, looping pattern, ran from his fingertips to his forearms, and maybe longer; his sleeves covered the rest.

Some wounds just can't be healed. Not by time or fate. Edge thought. He would remind himself of this from time to time, although he wasn't sure why. Maybe it was just moping. Maybe it was The Tree. Maybe it was Master; his death had hit Edge pretty hard. It was almost like the end of an age, even though it technically wasn't, and that age had ended maybe 400 years before.

It doesn't matter. Edge thought. Learn from the past, don't regret it. There's work to be done, and soon. I just have to get rid of this damned hangover first. Just a couple more minutes...

 

[bluecrimson]

Outside the training room: Slindis, Rugal, Dimitri, Teri

Slindis let Rugal go off to catch a break as she went to a side hallway with Teri. [color=c20000]"What do we need to talk about, Teri? Me and Rugal just had our fair share of fighting in that memory simulator, but I'm not so tired that I can't hear you out."[/color]

Training Room: Devon, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

Devon walked with the Cutie Bruisers and led the way to the Canteen. "Thanks for helping me with bit, guys, I was stumped on that, but you didn't give up on it. It means a decent bit to me, and I'll return the favor by getting you something good to eat."

 

[bluerocker]

Outside the training room: Slindis, Teri, Garm

Slindis let Rugal go off to catch a break as she went to a side hallway with Teri. [color=c20000]"What do we need to talk about, Teri? Me and Rugal just had our fair share of fighting in that memory simulator, but I'm not so tired that I can't hear you out."[/color]

Teri gave a grateful nod to her teacher, and waved a hand for Slindis to follow her. After a few minutes of walking, they eventually ended up at Teri's quarters, to which the trio entered without difficulty. Sitting on the bed, Teri patted the side for Slindis to follow suit; and Garm took his usual spot at Teri's feet, head sitting on paws instead of it's usual spot on the bed.

Teri took a look at Sadei, and sent, [color=0E59E4]"Here goes... Hey buddy? I need you to do me a favor. I want you to talk to somebody with me. I'll be here the whole time, promise. Just trust me, okay?"[/color]

That was when she rested the staff on both of their laps, and motioned for Slindis to grab on, [color=0E59E4]"Hopefully, she'll listen... But the reason I brought you here is because I think there's someone in this staff who knows you. She seems to recognize Melethia, and the applied to Mel herself. Since you've had her long before I did, I figured the two of us could try to work this mystery out. However, I'm gonna need you to grab a hold of the staff to talk to her. She can't communicate otherwise. Isn't that right, friend?"[/color]

Training Room: Devon, Boss, Ton Ton, Cadolbolg

As they wandered towards the canteen, Ton Ton and Cadolbolg gave happy cheers at the thought of treated food; and Ton Ton turned back to the stranger who did not spar, [color=15650D]"You know, you never answered my question, Mr. Boss. Are you friends with anybody on the Dawn? Your presence seems well received..."[/color]