WAOA Arena

[Chungus]

Solaris nodded slightly, running a hand through her hair. While noting Pix's forced chuckle, she didn't think much on it. "I wouldn't mind giving it a try, but who to fight? Even with you with me, I'd really rather not fight that psycopath of a beastwoman..." She commented. When Ness came in, however, Solaris added, "Well. That's that dilema settled."

Turning to Ness, Solaris returned the wave. "Hello, Vanessa. Awake already? And no. This is... Well, let's not ruin the suprise." She said, tapping onto the Pix-breastplate slightly.

 

[DotSlash]

Pix giggled a small bit as she was tapped on but did nothing else as she looked toward Ness, though the face on the plate had seemingly vanished. Hearing the giggle, Ness thought it to be her imagination and sighed as she walked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. [color=666666] "...No, I'm not really awake... I just wanted to get something to drink." [/color] Ness scratched the back of her head a bit as she unscrewed the cap. [color=666666] "...A surprise?" ...I'm not really looking forward to finding out what that is. It looks icky... [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"Yes. It's a little something to move the odds in my favour in battle." Solaris responded, clasping her hands infront of herself. She humed softly, before tilting her head slightly. "If you haven't had enough sleep, I suppose you wouldn't want to humour me with another practice battle?"

 

[Drakmorg]

Lapis then entered the lounge, followed shortly behind by another figure. The figure following behind her was quite small in comparison to Lapis, only standing about 3 and a half feet tall, and was overall quite less humanoid in appearance compared to her. The creature had canine features, a long face, large, droopy ears, and a tail, along with a white tuft of fur covering the top of its head, and fur of a more sandy tone covering it's tail. All of it's other features were covered up by it's clothing, which consisted of a set of fanciful robes.

Spoiler: Pickcha tiem

Lapis and her companion stopped and waved to those that were in the lounge. "How do you all do?"
The creature beside Lapis seemed absorbed with reading a book that it had carried in with it at the moment, and failed to speak up.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness waved a little lazily toward Lapis and her companion. [color=666666] "....A little" -yawn- "...tired, but alright... May I ask who you are...? I don't think we've met..." [/color] Looking back to Solaris, the woman shook her head as she took a small sip from the bottle. [color=666666] "Right... Hopefully that.... gel will be of help to you. I'll help you test that out once I've actually gotten some rest, if you haven't already..." [/color]
She tilted her head a small bit as she noticed the smaller person stuck with its nose in its book.

A gooey hand extended from the center of Solaris' breastplate and waved at Lapis and her buddy silently before retracting back inside.

 

[Chungus]

"I haven't, yet. But alright." Solaris said to Ness with a small nod, giving her a small smile after.

Once Lapis and her companion made their way to the lounge, Solaris moved her gaze from Ness, to the duo, and raised an eyebrow quizically at the sight of the two. "Hello again. I'm doing well." She said, looking to Laspis specifically, then to the smaller induvidual reading the book. "I haven't seen you before. Are you new here?" She questioned.

Again, Lapis, and likely her companion as well, would feel uncomfortable around Solaris at the inhuman pressence she emitted, although the exact reason for this apprehension would be unclear to them.

 

[Drakmorg]

The smaller creature continued to be consumed by his book until Lapis gently poked him in the side with the butt of her staff. "Hmm? Oh, yes, right, introductions and all of that. You may all address me as Luistorg. I'm afraid I was recently brought here, same as the rest of you." He replied, shutting his book and holding it to his side as he introduced himself. Luistorg was preoccupied with looking at Ness, though Lapis took notice of the gooey hand seeming to grow out of Solaris' chest and wave to her. Her head tilted quizzically to the side and she raised on eyebrow in response, caught off guard by the action and the resulting attention it drew to the slime-covered Solaris. Lapis shuddered and clutched her staff tightly as she felt a tingle run down her spine from looking at Solaris.

Looking over to Solaris, his reply was, "My goodness madam! You appear to have been accosted by a Flan! Perhaps you would like to take a moment to adjourn to the washroom?" The only discomfort Luistorg seemed to show regarding Solaris was obviously due to her current appearance.

 

[Chungus]

"A flan?" Solaris questioned, looking somewhat confused. "I can safely say this isn't a dessert clinging to me." Although I don't doubt Gluttony would see her like that. "No, this is... Well, let's call it an experiment for now." She responded, then paused. "Oh, and I'm Solaris."

Solaris considdered challanging either Lapis, or her companion, now identifiable as Luistorg, now that Pix would be taking the blows for her, but held off on it for the moment. She noticed Lapis tensing up out of the corner of her eye, but said nothing on it, having a good enough idea of what caused it.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness gave both Lapis and Luistorg a small wave. [color=666666] "Nice to meet you both. I'm Vanessa, though people call me Ness. So... how... loo---" [/color] She said before eventually finally getting too sleepy to speak and ended up falling over to the side and, luckily, onto a waiting couch. She slept silently for a long period of time.

As Luistorg equated her to something that needed to be washed off, Solaris' gel suit quivered a bit angrily as Pix fought the urge to verbally tear into the small creature. However, regaining her composure, she sighed internally and the gel stopped vibrating.

 

[Drakmorg]

Luistorg shook his head at Solaris. "No, not a dessert flan, a Flan monster." He put his book in a pocket of his robes, then reached into another and drew another one, this one bound with leather with the image of a fierce creature depicted on the cover. With practiced manner, Luistorg opened the book and quickly thumbed through it. Finding the page he was looking for, he held it out for Solaris to see. The page the book had been turned to had a picture of a blob-like creature. Having been busying himself with his book, he once again failed to notice the slime covering Solaris doing anything.

Spoiler: Moar Pickcha

"Nasty creatures. They debilitate their victims with slime or oil released from their bodies before they move in to kill. I hate having to hunt the things, you so rarely get away without needing your robes specially cleaned." Luistorg explained. "Though you say it's an experiment, what kind of experiment?"

Lapis had decided to leave Luistorg to his own devices for the moment and walked across the lounge, away from Solaris and over towards Jerrog, who was seeming to kill time by counting the various objects in the satchel he kept by his side.

 

[Chungus]

As Pix began vibrating while clinging to her, Solaris couldn't help but chuckle at the sensation, biting down on her lip slightly to not do so out loud. Once Luistorg stowed the book he was carrying away, and retrieved a new one, Solaris leaned forward and looked towards the illustration Luistorg presented with feigned interest. "I see." She responded, before rising back to her full height. "As for what I meant by it being experiment, this slime covering me will absorb blows dealt to me, like a suit of armour. How well, I'm not sure yet." She explained, looking down to Luistorg, then paused a moment. "Hmm. Would you mind helping me test it by having a friendly fight?"

 

[Drakmorg]

"Seems like quite the hazardous experiment." Luistorg replied, closing the book and stowing it back within his robes. "Though I'm afraid I'm not much of a fighter, at least in the one-on-one sense. Would you object to me having a partner? You could bring someone else along if you would allow me the same courtesy."

 

[Chungus]

"Well, I wouldn't object to it. However, my partner isn't in very much of a fighting state..." Solaris responded, motioning over to the sleeping Ness, then looked back down to Luistorg, pausing for a momentas she thought. Although there is that tart... She has no way of knowing I replaced her moments after her appearant death. "Hmm. Let me try and find someone else to fight by my side. Excuse me." With that said, Solaris left the lounge.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Spoiler: Size and kinda flashy light spoiler

After the arrival sequence or whatever, a man began wandering around the Arena. He stood approximately 6' tall, with a broad chest. His almost grey eyes slowly moved from side to side, and would fixate on any sign of movement or life.

Spoiler: Looks sort of like this

[small]devArt [http://giallodih.deviantart.com/art/Reiner-Braun-403734904][/small]

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Hello, sir. Pleasure to see someone else here. Such a strange place." said Mordin Solus.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The man stopped and stared at Mordin. "Yes, it is... what is this place, exactly?"

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Appears to be some form of arena. Likely still in use, but not recently." Mordin said as he tapped his finger against his lip.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The man raised an eyebrow. "An arena? Interesting."

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Yes, wonder what kind of sport or even is held here. No seating in sight, very strange. Perhaps seating is hidden? But why? Safty? *inhale* Perhaps." Mordin said, mostly to himself.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

"Right... So, is there anyone else here?" the man asked.