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'ɓเɠ ɠαყ' รσ૨εყ ([personal profile] monolike) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-09-07 10:59 am

/muffled dragonforce in the distance

Who: Sorey ([personal profile] moonlike), Mikleo ([personal profile] nerdeology) & YOU!
Broadcast: n/a
Action: Solrius’s surface, scattered
When: 9/6 thru 9/10

[Some people are saying that Solrius is cursed. There’s a powerful storm moving around, with wind that screams and tears roofs from houses, rain that floods roads within minutes and lightning that ignites voracious fires which devour acres of forest. Some people can hear the beating of wings and roaring. Some people even swear they saw a damn dragon breathing fire and ice.

Fewer in number are reports of a boy with the dragon, but when questioned, nobody could say what his face looked like.]



(( Please see the OOC post for details! ))
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-07 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nightingale never really thought of her magic as spiritual. But it seems to be close enough, and just approaching makes her feel like she's going to be sick. Even moreso when her path to find the source takes her through animals that have been corrupted, their attacks met with huge plumes of fire to dispatch them. It's not purifying flames, but just fire enough to kill the animals. It's regrettable, but she can't just let herself get attacked.

It's when she catches sight of them that she feels even more like she's going to be sick. Not just because she's used up all her MP just getting to them, though that doesn't help her. It's when she sees Sorey's face, or lack thereof, that she really gets that she's in over her head. And she has to wonder- Did she do this? Her harsh words to Sorey, her pushing Mikleo to find him... Was this her fault?

But she won't just give up on her friends. Not again. Even if it kills her.]


Sorey! Mikleo!

[She has her staff stowed in her inventory, and her arms are raised. She's unarmed, or so she wants them to think- She wants to talk before fighting.

... Of course, then she realizes she has no idea how to start this off. What should she even say here?]


... Fancy meeting you here?

[Nailed it.]
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Nightingale's blood runs cold at the sight of that sword. She knows already she can't win, and that makes it more obvious. Her only possible course of action is to stall him, but... What can she do? If he won't listen, if he won't talk to her?

She lowers her arms, and rather than her staff, what appears from her inventory is... a green bottle?]


Wait, hold on! I want to talk. Please. I brought drinks?

[THIS IS NOT GOING AS PLANNED.]
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Nightingale takes a couple of steps back. Her mind is racing- She can't fight. She really doesn't want to get eaten. But she can't run away. She can't leave her friends.

All she can do is talk.]


Does that mean if Mikleo decides not to eat me, you'll talk? Please. If I can say my piece, you can kill me or eat me or whatever afterwards, so...

[... She doesn't mean it, though. She's hoping someone will arrive if she can keep talking long enough.]
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Choose your words carefully, Nightingale. She can tell that this is going to be the line between life and death here.]

... Aren't we already leaving it up to him? After all, whatever the relationship between you was, I always got the impression you were equals... You care about him, you don't control him.
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She almost laughs at how ridiculous this is, suddenly. Did it work? He's approaching her with his sword out, but he seems to be willing to talk? If it's a bluff- He might be using her plan. Get in close by talking, then sneak attack. Or is it true? If he's being honest, and she backs away now, that's the end.

It's scary, but she holds her place this time.

And she smiles, though as he says, it's a pained smile. She didn't think it was always, but... He's not wrong. She does hurt a lot. Physically, and emotionally. Even if it's getting better, it's still there. But right now, what pains her the most is not being able to help her friend.]


... I would like that, I think. If I became your 'Squire', I could help you, right? You two wouldn't have to suffer like this. That's the kind of power I want, it's true.

But Lailah's not here. [That we know about, anyway.] It doesn't matter, right? So now I just have to think about how I can help you with the power I have. Because... I can tell. You're in the same position I used to be in. But you're still you under there.

So, please... Will you let me try to help?
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The bottle she had out gone, she reaches out to take his hand with both of hers.]

"Dezel" and "Zaveid"... I don't know who they are. Are they friends of yours? I'll call them for you.

... Are you in pain, too?
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
... Okay. Let me get my communicator out, okay?

[She lets go with one hand to pull out her communicator, as she says.]

But... I don't know them, and it seems like this domain of yours wreaks havoc on wireless signals.

[Does it? Who knows, but she's lying about it. If she pretends to be looking while talking to Sorey, she can probably extend this for a bit longer...]

So it'll take me a few minutes to find their numbers, okay? And... It'll take time to settle, right? It'll take a bit to get them this close, that's all.

... Hey. Did I ever tell you about Bluebird?
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
It's not a matter of concentrating.

[She holds it up to show him, with the spinning circle showing. She's trying not to show how on edge she is, though the sweat forming on the back of her neck is as good an indication as any.]

No matter how much focus I pay to it, I can't make it load any faster.

Anyway, you'd like Bluebird. She was a teammate of mine, back at the castle. She liked ruins and old things too. She especially just liked adventure, I think. Then again, it turned out she was like a thousand years old herself, so you'd definitely like her... She had so much history to her, you'd never get tired of her. She was part of this underground city.
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[That lack of a reaction honestly breaks her heart more than anything else here. She's just going to slowly bring up the index of communicator numbers. she's flicking through them, but pausing from time to time to gesture as she talks.]

I bring her up because... After a while, it turned out Bluebird was a vampire. I fed her, from time to time, but she was always worried she'd attack someone, or that she was a monster now... But none of us really cared, you know? Vampire or not, she was still her, and we could tell. She was still a weirdo who liked wrestling dinosaurs and could probably punch me in half if she tried, undead super-strength or no.
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[That actually gets her to look up from her communicator, giving Sorey her ever-familiar 'are you an idiot' look.]

If I thought she was a monster, I wouldn't have fed her my own damn blood all the time.

... Or kissed her that one time, but that was more about trying to win a fight. And I probably shouldn't have, since her boyfriend was right there. But she was ridiculously attractive, vampire or not.

Anyway, no, she was still herself. She was a dumbass who wanted to be a superhero and save everyone she could, no matter what it did to herself.
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[it was to win a fight ok. let her have dirty fighting, it is all she has.]

... You know, when I first met her, I would have agreed with you. My team wanted to save everyone, and only I didn't agree. Only I thought saving ourselves was more important.

Bluebird and Sparrow are the ones who convinced me otherwise. I had been in a... a fog, I guess? I was so deep in despair, I'd become totally unable to feel. Happiness, sadness, anger, I was just an idiot only concerned with my own selfishness to get through another day. But they... My team are the ones who gave me hope again.

[She sounds distant, but fond. Her team is important to her, after all.]

You have to take risks if you want a happy ending. And they don't always work. But sometimes, when those risks pay off... It's the most amazing feeling in the world. When we managed to save everyone, through their efforts and everyone's trust in them... It's hard to describe, you know? It made me realize, it's not stupid. It's reckless, sure, but... Everyone was so happy.

I think it's worth trying to make that happen, even if you don't always succeed.
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-08 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's true. There hasn't been even a flicker of malevolence... To the contrary, in this kind of situation? Fighting with all her heart, no matter the means, to try to protect and save her friends? Even steeped in the domain's malevolence, this is the most pure she's ever been. This is the kind of situation she's most suited to- To sit, and try to talk things out, for her and her friends to bare their hearts to each other.

Even if it's raining, even if she's scared, her resolve is firm. Even if all she can do is stall until someone with actual power gets there, she'll do everything she can.]


Oh, sorry... I didn't mean to ramble on. Ah, I should hide my communicator, I don't think they're water-proof... Can I hide it under your cape?

[She looks rather embarrassed now. She's still lying, and stalling, and she doesn't like having to lie to him like this, but it's for a good cause... Her determination is keeping her strangely calm, despite everything. If this is the only way she can help Sorey, then she will.]
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[personal profile] experiencepoints 2016-09-09 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Though she doesn't remember it herself, Nightingale's been an adventurer for several years now. She was never as serious about it as some others, never as good at it as those she knew, but she was still an adventurer who fought and came close to death, and actually died, many times.

Her instincts and reflexes and senses for danger were honed through fighting and exploring, having to pick the optimal course to protect her friends on instincts when she couldn't consciously process information fast enough. And her time at the castle only served to hone those instincts further, brushing with death so often it's always in the back of her mind.

As soon as Sorey moves, danger flashes through her head, and she leaps away, comm vanishing into her inventory. Skidding, digging her heels into the wet ground, and equipping her staff, she's turning to face them.]


Go to sleep!

[She thrusts her free hand out, fingers curled, in Sorey's direction, The time for pretenses is gone, and her cover is blown. She's just hurling a Sleep spell at him and praying.]
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