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Post by Ninmast on Oct 14, 2007 0:34:17 GMT -5
"Just curious," the girl answered with a shrug. "Usually, when people are really tired, if they dream of anything while they sleep, it's that they're sleeping." A grin came to her lips, though. "Personally, I'm planning of dreaming of a nice, hot jacuzzi that I can sit back in and just soak for eight hours ..." She let out a contented sigh at the thought.
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Post by Giant Brother on Oct 14, 2007 7:11:39 GMT -5
The tent's walls were full of many different colors, purples, greens, blues and reds, the atmosphere was very low lit, sa various candles glowed softly near the edges of the tent. Thanks to those same candles, the atmosphere in the room was very warm. A green rug led to the center of the tent, where an table covered in fine silks and linens resided. Behind the small table, a small old woman was sitting shuffling cards. She appeared to be human, but a powerful magic aura surrounded her. Upon closer inspection, she was wearing red and white robes, her most distinguishing feature however, was the blind fold she wore around her eyes. She calmly shuffled, dealt out seven cards, then shuffled them back into the deck, repeating the process. Although she did not look up from her activities, she acknowledged Cassandra. "Welcome young one." The old woman spoke, in an aged yet smooth voice. "Please, do come in out of the cold." She invited. (Sorry for the delay everyone.) "Um, thank you..." Cassandra said, she stepped inside. "You're, special, aren't you?" She asked, trying to find the way to best describe the aura around the tent.
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Oct 15, 2007 11:09:51 GMT -5
The Aura inside the tent was quite different however, it was made up of enegies that seemed to be based with one's alignments such as good and evil, it was very mellow, calming, collected.
"We can all be considered special." The teller said, as she read some of the blank cards that lay upon the table.
"Do tell me though, I do not know which you preffer to go by, is it Cassandra or do you preffer to be called Collin?" The fortune teller asked, her blindfolded eyes not looking up from the cards.
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Post by Giant Brother on Oct 15, 2007 11:21:33 GMT -5
Cassandra looked uncertainly at the woman, drawing her head back in slight shock. "It... changes with who's addressing me. Uh, I don't really know which one a prefer anymore. Colin, I guess." She said.
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Post by Kagetsuki on Oct 16, 2007 21:47:06 GMT -5
Mother and Father weren't helping.
It hurt. His skull was pounding, his bones and muscles ached, his eyes stung, protesting against their state of constant wakefulness. It wasn't to say that he was terribly injured--Strife was in fact in a state that many of his comrades would probably envy, his wounds consisting simply of a nasty headache (accompanied by a bump to the head) and a few bloody cuts. But the fact of the matter was that the child was just that--a child, and a spoiled one at that. His reactions to his injuries were a child's reactions; his thoughts a child's thoughts.
And Mother and Father weren't helping!
"Mutter," The boy said under his breath, just barely a whine, "Mutter, my skull feels like it's going to split! Next time--next time I'll make sure this doesn't happen again--but you need to grow stronger too, Mutter, we both need to grow stronger. You agree, yes? Gods--my head!" A pause as the boy scowled. "Why isn't Vater saying anything...?"
The woman's corpse walking silently behind him, animated only with the tiniest bit of magic, said nothing. As usual.
Standing in stark contrast to her older brother, Erie wasn't speaking at all--she had sustained injuries, her black dress was bloodied, she walked with a limp that was just visible, but her mouth was shut tight and her dark eyes were on the ground. The girl had lost her little doll during the battle, and where her arms would usually be clutching the soft thing to her chest they now hung limply at her sides, making her look even more listless than usual. Her ghost hadn't appeared for a while now, not since the battle at least...
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Post by CHANGEME on Oct 17, 2007 0:03:13 GMT -5
Outside the fortune teller's tent and a short distance away, a young man stood in shadow, effectively cloaked but for a mint glow from one eye, which rather ruined his hiding place altogether.
Judas has been watching the weathered dwelling for some small time, nervous of any aura so obvious, however inviting. He was about to cave after the young woman went in, when he caught sight of three misshaped creatures traversing the village by rooftop. Even without his magic eye, he could see the energy trailing from them.
Monsters killed people sometimes. The young man cast one last glance toward the tent, marking it in his head, before winking his mint eye. It only took three to get the Cat's eye he wanted.
In a short time he'd scrambled up to a rooftop, giving chase to the red monsters, but keeping what he judged to be a safe distance.
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Post by Subtle on Oct 17, 2007 0:31:49 GMT -5
The monsters noticed him right away though, two of them hopping away, faster than normal, ducking out of Jude's sight, while the one at the back of the pack turns around and ducks after Judas, it's massive arms digging into the rooftop, ripping into the tile as it launches itself foreward, its snarling, barely formed face heading straight twards his new target.
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Post by LotusBlackfire on Oct 17, 2007 0:41:46 GMT -5
Julis flew above the group, keeping an eye out in the skies to make any early warnings that wuold be needed, he occasionally flew ahead to see how far they were from town to make more accurate estimations on their time. Julis quickly spotted the town and flew back to the group landing and telling them that they were close.
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Post by Kainus Maximus on Oct 17, 2007 0:56:24 GMT -5
The group walked into the town. Nothing seemed special immediately. However somewhere in the more distant part of town, a slight commotion could be heard.
"Something is amiss..." Veon pointed out, being suspicious of the loud noises.
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"Well Collin, I'm sure your situation is very annoying. What if I told you, I knew of a means in which to get it reversed?" The teller went on, shuffling and dealing out more cards...
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Post by Subtle on Oct 17, 2007 1:03:44 GMT -5
In the distance Julis can see the outlines of two of the massive red constructs skeeting from rooftop to rooftop around the town.
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Post by LotusBlackfire on Oct 17, 2007 1:14:42 GMT -5
Julis directed his attention to Veon,"When i was flying by the town i could see some large red entities jumping from roof to roof."
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Post by Red14 on Oct 17, 2007 6:42:34 GMT -5
It was only just now that graham looked up from the ground, he noticed the red demons running around and put his hand to his sword muttering "Save Some people it is." Graham jumped a little into the air, soon beginning to fly. He flew about ten feet behind one of the demons, landed and began running along the rooftop yelling, "Stop demon!"
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Post by Giant Brother on Oct 17, 2007 10:55:21 GMT -5
Cassandra immediately raised an eyebrow. "...Really?" She asked. She lowered her head for a few seconds.
WHAT!? So... you're going to question an old woman that we've JUST met on how to lock me away!?[/color]
I never said I was going to change back...
You were thinking it....[/color]
Good, if we had to wear one more skirt, I would go beserk.[/color]
Well, it's not THAT bad...
...Whatever, so we ARE going back to normal, right? I mean, you're not just gonna stand there as the lady explains how to fix you and then pass it up, are you?[/color]
I don't know... I... really don't know. This is going to sound utterly crazy, but... I think I might actually like myself the way I am.
And so, Cassandra's masculine and feminine sides starting warring again, and the girl was completely oblivious to the young armoured man that had just stepped into the tent.
"Erm... I'm sorry if I'm interrupting anything. Terribly sorry, in fact." He said quietly, throwing a confused glance at Cassandra.
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Post by Ninmast on Oct 17, 2007 12:24:51 GMT -5
Star looked toward where Julis had come from. "Well, demons are my specialty ..." She glanced toward Veon. "Want me to go on ahead with Julis and see if we can find out more?"
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Post by CHANGEME on Oct 17, 2007 14:16:35 GMT -5
Jude danced to side, nearly to the roof's edge to get around the lunge and slid up again, a man's length behind the animal.
"I didn't intend to be rude-" He protested honestly, the silver ring on his left hand shifting, molding into a glinting, heavy spear as he slipped into a defensive stance. "Would you mind telling me where you and your company were headed?"
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