We Are Our Avatars X (Closed, Ended)
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Robin would see the area mostly consisted of water, with various types of plants growing in it. These plants included the glowing flowers that Speedy had brought to the group earlier. He would also see a number of trees, some of which were slowly moving.
The bay was wonderous.
She was raised in a vault, nothing but closed walls and steel machines.
Then she learned that from the Vault she wasn't born. She was born outside the vault, in the wasteland, as her father worked to make Progect Purity alive. She finished his work.
She'd been out in the Vault for a little less than a month, spending two weeks in a disabled state. In that time, she's fought a bahemoth, killed everyone in paradise falls, activate a purifier, destroy everything that remained of the Enclave, become an "Official" member of the Brotherhood of Steel, defused a nuclear bomb, crawled through the halls of DC, met and tamed a horde of Vampires, fought an army of giant fire-breathing ants, helped a woman write a book, and a dozen other things she's forgotten. She's lucky to be alive.
And un-luky to have drunkenly fallen off the boat to this point lookout. Which... Isn't that great.
She blurbed as she flailed down, as the light above the water seemed to fade out of existence, and there no longer seemed to be anything resembling up and down. She desperately grasped, wildly, for anything, ANYTHING at all.
She felt her hand break water, grabbing onto the boat. She held on for dear life, as she climbed aboard, the feeling of Drunkess having subsided. She clawed aboard, covered in plant matter, and collapsing onto the floor of the boat, just breathing the air.
"Ow..." was all she managed, her backpack soaking down to her left, lying on the deck of the boat.
She was raised in a vault, nothing but closed walls and steel machines.
Then she learned that from the Vault she wasn't born. She was born outside the vault, in the wasteland, as her father worked to make Progect Purity alive. She finished his work.
She'd been out in the Vault for a little less than a month, spending two weeks in a disabled state. In that time, she's fought a bahemoth, killed everyone in paradise falls, activate a purifier, destroy everything that remained of the Enclave, become an "Official" member of the Brotherhood of Steel, defused a nuclear bomb, crawled through the halls of DC, met and tamed a horde of Vampires, fought an army of giant fire-breathing ants, helped a woman write a book, and a dozen other things she's forgotten. She's lucky to be alive.
And un-luky to have drunkenly fallen off the boat to this point lookout. Which... Isn't that great.
She blurbed as she flailed down, as the light above the water seemed to fade out of existence, and there no longer seemed to be anything resembling up and down. She desperately grasped, wildly, for anything, ANYTHING at all.
She felt her hand break water, grabbing onto the boat. She held on for dear life, as she climbed aboard, the feeling of Drunkess having subsided. She clawed aboard, covered in plant matter, and collapsing onto the floor of the boat, just breathing the air.
"Ow..." was all she managed, her backpack soaking down to her left, lying on the deck of the boat.
"They're alive, just like every other plant." the man told Anik. "But those moving trees are parasites. They aren't moving, but the animals whose backs they're growing out of are. That's why you need a guide to get through this place; the land moves constantly so it's easy to get lost when your landmarks are suddenly in a different place."
"It's... It's when something gives off light. Imagine it like the heat from an open fire." Robin said after a moment of thought. He was about to thank the boatman for explaining when someone pulled themselves onto the boat. He ran over, laying his coat over the newcomer to keep them warm and dry them a little?
The young woman in the jumpsuit just looked over at him, and stated at him for a while.
"How the hell are you on the boat to point lookout?" she asked, dazily, ""Thanks for the coat." she said.
She slowly stumbled up, slipping a syringe of some sort from a sown-in jumpsuit pocket, stabbing it into her leg. She lifted some sort of metal bracelet around her arm to her face, pressing buttons on it.
"Well, not drunk anymore," she said, surprised, leaning on the side of the ship for support- a very conscious gesture, like something she had to continually remind herself of or she'd forget, "Though I appear to have broken my leg flailing around, prob-"
she then noticed the other people.
"... This isn't my ship, isn't it?" she said, a sudden feeling of worry crossing her face. She looked at Robin carefully, her hand hovering over a still soaked pistol holstered.
"... Where am I, and who in God's name are you?"
"How the hell are you on the boat to point lookout?" she asked, dazily, ""Thanks for the coat." she said.
She slowly stumbled up, slipping a syringe of some sort from a sown-in jumpsuit pocket, stabbing it into her leg. She lifted some sort of metal bracelet around her arm to her face, pressing buttons on it.
"Well, not drunk anymore," she said, surprised, leaning on the side of the ship for support- a very conscious gesture, like something she had to continually remind herself of or she'd forget, "Though I appear to have broken my leg flailing around, prob-"
she then noticed the other people.
"... This isn't my ship, isn't it?" she said, a sudden feeling of worry crossing her face. She looked at Robin carefully, her hand hovering over a still soaked pistol holstered.
"... Where am I, and who in God's name are you?"
"Uhm, ahlright, ah'll give it anuther shot." Sibylla repeated her previous attempt of an impression of Timea, this time the pitch being slightly lower. It still wouldn't be very good.
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[color=9f2089]"Well, I can't really make prophecies yet, but I can see visions of the future, yeah."[/color] Cybil answered Matilda.
[color=9f2089]"Yes you are!"[/color] She excitedly stated to Topaz as she rubbed his belly for a little while longer. Eventually regaining her composure, she sat back up and cleared her throat. [color=9f2089]"So... Yeah. Definitely a wherewoof."[/color]
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[color=9f2089]"Well, I can't really make prophecies yet, but I can see visions of the future, yeah."[/color] Cybil answered Matilda.
[color=9f2089]"Yes you are!"[/color] She excitedly stated to Topaz as she rubbed his belly for a little while longer. Eventually regaining her composure, she sat back up and cleared her throat. [color=9f2089]"So... Yeah. Definitely a wherewoof."[/color]
"Hmm. That doesn't really reassure me. So how do you navigate through this place, then?" Anik asked the guide.
To Robin she wanted to say: "How ...", not really understanding how something could be like the heat from an open fire, but not have heat, but she also was interrupted by the new arrival and Robin walking over to her.
She didn't stand up, instead she just said:
"You're on a boat. In a swamp."
She also read the heart of the woman.
To Robin she wanted to say: "How ...", not really understanding how something could be like the heat from an open fire, but not have heat, but she also was interrupted by the new arrival and Robin walking over to her.
She didn't stand up, instead she just said:
"You're on a boat. In a swamp."
She also read the heart of the woman.
Robin didn't know that the thing the woman was preparing to draw was, but he knew enough to recognise it was a weapon. "I'm Robin." He replied, forcing himself to stay calm.
Aqua rose completely out of the water and moved behind the newcomer. [color=66CCFF]"I would ask who you are, first. You are in our boat."[/color]
Topaz turned back to his normal form as Cybil backed away. [color=FFCC33]"Rawr."[/color]
Topaz turned back to his normal form as Cybil backed away. [color=FFCC33]"Rawr."[/color]
"You're in the Fennwynd." the guide told the new arrival, before saying, "Well, you can navigate by the stars or the scents and that sort of thing. But you can also sense the way the energy flows through the world, and follow those paths. They never change."
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Rebecca stared at Shara for a few moments, processing what she'd been told. After staying silent for a little bit, she said, [color=446ccf]"Well... shit."[/color]
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Rebecca stared at Shara for a few moments, processing what she'd been told. After staying silent for a little bit, she said, [color=446ccf]"Well... shit."[/color]
The young woman just stared at the blindfolded woman, then back to Robin.
"Sally." she said, carefully.
She looked at the blindfolded woman, "Alright- So, I'm- AAAGH." She screamed in terror, tumbling backward at the Gem floating behind her, her left leg snapping, beinding backward. She backtracked away from the Gem, looking at it with a sizable ammount of fear.
She heard two explain where she is.
"What."
She made a run-down of what was there.
A stone person, a blindfolded young woman, and a man in a bathrobe.
"What."
She paused for a moment. "Well shit."
She leans back, looking at her broken leg. "Well. That's just... I don't know."
She pulled out a Doctor's bag, and got to work healing her leg, quickly preparing a splint, and injecting a stimpack into it.
Sally's heart is snarky, but with an unending desire to do good. One which frequently overrides common sense. She cares for people, and would be willing to walk through hell to help her friends.
"Sally." she said, carefully.
She looked at the blindfolded woman, "Alright- So, I'm- AAAGH." She screamed in terror, tumbling backward at the Gem floating behind her, her left leg snapping, beinding backward. She backtracked away from the Gem, looking at it with a sizable ammount of fear.
She heard two explain where she is.
"What."
She made a run-down of what was there.
A stone person, a blindfolded young woman, and a man in a bathrobe.
"What."
She paused for a moment. "Well shit."
She leans back, looking at her broken leg. "Well. That's just... I don't know."
She pulled out a Doctor's bag, and got to work healing her leg, quickly preparing a splint, and injecting a stimpack into it.
Sally's heart is snarky, but with an unending desire to do good. One which frequently overrides common sense. She cares for people, and would be willing to walk through hell to help her friends.
By the northern road from Calibeth...
[color=0066cc]"Yeah, that was my reaction as well."[/color] - You say, before looking down at your prosthetic again. You feel like you should say something more, but you're not sure what.[hr]
Village by the swamp's edge...
Just past the village, into the edge of the swamp, the air began to crackle. Soon lightning arched from a growing sphere that did not seem to contain anything, yet warped the light. The water beneath the sphere turned to steam, and the branch of a nearby tree was incinerated. As quickly as it appeared however, the phenomenon stopped. Within the cloud of steam a crouching figure could be seen, completely naked and with its gaze toward the ground.
[color=006d5b]"Sounds like a pretty handy power."[/color] Matilda commented, before she heard the commotion outside. [color=006d5b]"What's going on?"[/color] she asked, moving towards the others.
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[color=446ccf]"So... where are you from originally?"[/color] Rebecca asked, standing up and brushing the dirt from herself.
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[color=446ccf]"So... where are you from originally?"[/color] Rebecca asked, standing up and brushing the dirt from herself.
Anik cringed as she heard the crack of the woman's leg.
"That sounded painful." she stated, then noticing her apparent lack of pain. She did decide not to comment on it, for now. Then she got back to the guide. "So, you can sense energy flows? Interesting. How do you do it? Anything particular they feel like?"
As she sensed the heart she thought: Interesting. This might be useful.
"That sounded painful." she stated, then noticing her apparent lack of pain. She did decide not to comment on it, for now. Then she got back to the guide. "So, you can sense energy flows? Interesting. How do you do it? Anything particular they feel like?"
As she sensed the heart she thought: Interesting. This might be useful.
"Well, it depends on the type of energy. Sometimes it feels like a heartbeat, other times it's like the air during a storm, or the lightning that sorcerers can summon." he replied. "As for how I do it, it's just something that comes naturally nowadays. It takes a lot of focus when you just start out, though. It starts with you being aware of the energy flowing through your own body, and then you extend that awareness out beyond your body."
"Better, better... , but it's still off. You've got the tone right, more or less, but the pronunciation isn't right. I make words that sound more... well, not like that.", Timea commented. "Hmm... try imitating my saying these letters", she suggested, then went through pronouncing vowels, speaking more slowly so that Sibylla could follow the inflection. Of note was the A and O, which were spoken softly near the end, the E, which was spoken more sharply, and the U, which was spoken like a soft "Ooh".
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Approaching the village, Ultron looked towards the windows of the buildings upon finding no people were outside, and glanced over what people it could see, although didn't look closely enough that it could make out the features of the people.
It would have taken a closer look, but looked towards the swamp when the distortion in the space formed. What's going on, there? it wondered as it looked on, a bit cautiously, although with its rickety body, lacked the body language to show it.
When the distortion settled, and the figure emerged, Ultron kept its distance, but zoomed in on the figure.
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Approaching the village, Ultron looked towards the windows of the buildings upon finding no people were outside, and glanced over what people it could see, although didn't look closely enough that it could make out the features of the people.
It would have taken a closer look, but looked towards the swamp when the distortion in the space formed. What's going on, there? it wondered as it looked on, a bit cautiously, although with its rickety body, lacked the body language to show it.
When the distortion settled, and the figure emerged, Ultron kept its distance, but zoomed in on the figure.
All this preparation ... well, let's try something. Anik thought. She started to concentrate on her surroundings, trying to sense anything that would flow in the direction the boat was moving. She tried to use the same technique EMily had been taught before.