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Jul 3, 2017 22:04:04 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jul 3, 2017 22:04:04 GMT -5
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Jul 3, 2017 23:25:18 GMT -5
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Jul 3, 2017 23:07:05 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jul 3, 2017 23:07:05 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again Off they went to another dungeon run. This time they were doing it in the second floor, the one that had been recently opened. Naomi couldn't exactly say that she was getting used to these outings, but she was becoming less hesitant about taking them on. As long as she had Carlo with her that is. The soldier seemed to make everything so simple, and his wild explosions always seemed to come just when they needed it the most. As stressful as being here was, she would still join them. For Carlo's sake. At least it was a lot more warmer here compared to the freezing climate in the first floor. But she didn't like all the creepy looking plants all over the place, and jumped with fright whenever she accidentally hit a vine or whenever a twig snapped off somewhere in the area. A city girl like her had never really been to any forest before, and it sucked that her first time had to be in here. The moment she spotted Carlo standing outside some gates, she lifted off and flew faster in his direction. Landing in front of him, she scooted closer until their bodies were pressed up side by side and she wrapped an arm around his waist. Having him close by made her feel a lot better in this place. And safer too. "Another dungeon huh? What are we going to do here?"kingrex raynauld akeno drakka
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Jul 4, 2017 5:25:32 GMT -5
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Post by raynauld on Jul 4, 2017 5:25:32 GMT -5
Another day, another excursion with the Devils. Little surprise there; they'd started to become more common as of late. There was a period of time where tasks (work, as Rex would've called it) seemed to have dried up, but now they were returning to task (Hah! Joke). Another floor of the dungeon opened its doors in the interim between their last trip and now; hopefully this one wouldn't end with him creating a whole new set of armor. Raynauld walked through the forests reminscent of Lebanon, guild armor in hand and weapon combination ready. Rex was already there (little surprise) but so was Papilion. He gave the two a side-eye look before he spoke, looking out at the wilderness ahead of them. "Rather fecund here," He said, "Sure hope this doesn't go like the last one you put me through." Was he still mad about that armor? It sure seemed like it. This was preferable to his attitude back at the house at Izanami, at least... kingrex papilion drakka akeno
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Jul 4, 2017 14:21:19 GMT -5
Post by akeno on Jul 4, 2017 14:21:19 GMT -5
"Hey, little shits!" Akeno was in the middle of breaking up a fight between two rather young looking individuals. To be particular, they seemed to be at least in single digits of age. Stepping between them, she pulled her knife out of her bag. "If you two dummies don't stop knocking each other on the head..." The Cannibal grit her teeth. "You might lose your own."
Probably one of the less ethical ways to halt a conflict between two youths, but it had certainly been effective. And just as the guards were about to step in towards the crazed girl, she twisted around, attention stolen by a message notification, as well as a party invite.
Soon winding up where the others had already gathered, Akeno skipped along until she reached the meeting point. She came to a halt, smiling, and counting each of her companions on her fingers. "Armor guy, gun guy, pinkie hat, and... Where's-- erm--- What's her name..." It suddenly became apparent that Akeno never used people's real names, and often forgot them, favoring nicknames that she could easily recall based on physical appearances. "Wolf girl!" The Cannibal glanced around. She had expected to be the final arrival.
While probably the least appreciable guild member in terms of personality, it seemed Akeno was always in her guild attire as of late, #reppingthesquad.
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Jul 5, 2017 13:02:53 GMT -5
Post by drakka on Jul 5, 2017 13:02:53 GMT -5
The others arrived in the heated forest rather quickly, each with their own opinions. Drakka, meanwhile, was at home in the stifling forest. She trotted over vines like they weren't even there, ducked under particularly low reaching branches, and generally navigated the area like she was born to...and it was so warm! After the icy hell that last floor had been, this might as well have been heaven to the Lobisomem, even though her fur she was much happier right now...so she did take her sweet time actually getting to her Guild. She would arrive decked out in her Guild Armor, padding high and tall and sniffing the air with great interest in the world. " Right her, nice dungeon. Hope it stays this way." Was she mellow right now, yes she was. kingrex papilion raynauld akeno
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Jul 5, 2017 20:24:18 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jul 5, 2017 20:24:18 GMT -5
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 | Rex had been caught up in his thoughts bad enough that he didn't even notice Naomi up until she scooted up on him and got real chummy. She tugged him by his waist and he finally sprung back into attention, sharp blues tilting towards her with a bit of shock.
With a breathing laugh he looked away, “Kind of a dumb question..We're going to kick some ass of course.” He teased. It wasn't but a few seconds later did Ray join them, and the soldier filtered his gaze towards the crusader, giving him a grin, “If you do your job right, we'll have nothin' to worry about.” Rex taunted before he reached to pat Naomi on the leg before he slid from the root and landed sluggishly on the ground with a sigh.
Akeno was third to join, and the soldier gave her a decent greeting with a wave of his hand before he nudged his chin behind her to Drakka not but a few seconds after she'd asked about the wolf-girl's whereabouts. “Alright, everyone came....I'm impressed.” Rex muttered lowly before putting a hand on his hip and turning his gaze towards the dense jungle before them....
“...I'm sure you guys know this floor is fresh territory for everyone, not much mapping or scouting has been done here...It's a wild fucking paradise of danger.” He stopped to turn his gaze back on his guildmates, “So we're doin' a little recon work...Everything we can map out or catalog is something we can sell to other dungeon groups later...Twice the loot if we get lucky enough to find anything out here...”
The soldier reached behind him to pull out his drone and toss it into the air, the small aerial machine quickly buzzed to life and hovered around the group, “My drone should be able to map as we go...but you guys should probably keep notes yourself just so we don't miss anything.” He paused again to give them all a look, “So...we good? Anybody got somethin' to add or say before we get goin'?” They were a team, as ragtag as they were...
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Jul 5, 2017 20:53:37 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jul 5, 2017 20:53:37 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again She rolled her eyes at his answer but was smiling as she kept leaning on him. "You ass, you know what I meant," she muttered with a light jab of her elbow to his side. Eventually the rest of their group arrived one by one, most of them in good spirits. Or at least in a tolerable mood. At least they weren't arguing with each other the minute they all spoke. When Carlo slid down to the ground, she let go of him and remained standing, though she stayed by his side. As they all gathered around Carlo, Naomi felt a lot more safer. There was strength in numbers and all, and these people were reliable in killing anything that attacked them at the very least. Carlo began to explain their plan, and Naomi felt even more relieved to hear that they were only doing reconnaissance this time. No deliberately hunting for danger. On his final question, she shook her head with a smile. "I'm good."kingrex raynauld akeno drakka
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Jul 6, 2017 19:56:05 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 6, 2017 19:56:05 GMT -5
Reconnaissance? Did you really need five people just for that? That seemed like complete overkill. Even the frigid wasteland that was the first floor wasn't nearly that bad; indeed, all it seemed to do was attract more monsters to them then. Raynauld just shrugged his shoulders and then put the helmet to his guild armor on. Artistic merit was not his forte, and cartography even less so; while it probably wasn't anyone's forte (Akeno and Drakka seemed particularly illiterate), the fact that his class was the one with the Defender meant that he got to pretend he was the bodyguard while their own little Tadataka Ino in the skies drew the boundaries of this dungeon for them. "Right, then. Ready when the rest of you are." Come to think of it, this was a video game despite all its attempts to say otherwise. Who was to say the dungeon wasn't randomly generated or some such? It wasn't like Raynauld spent a lot of his time here, after all. If it turned out they were going to scam people out of their money... Well, he would be rather cross. But they could cross that bridge later. kingrex papilion drakka akeno
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Jul 7, 2017 14:13:28 GMT -5
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Jul 7, 2017 14:13:17 GMT -5
Post by akeno on Jul 7, 2017 14:13:17 GMT -5
"Wolfie!" Akeno hopped over and gave a pat on the head of the wolf girl. "Nice to see you again, ol' buddy, ol' pal!" Twisting her head, she glanced back towards the commando, who seemed to be the leader of this little expedition. "I'm ready to set out, as long as note taking is not mandatory."
Then, The Cannibal shifted an unexpected smile towards Pinkie and her guild leader. As much as relationships were totally not her thing, it was nice to see that there was a good dynamic between the two. Their interaction even bubbled a chuckle out of her.
"Hey!" But of course, all good things come to an end. As the chuckle faded, The Cannibal's crimson irises spun towards her armored guildmate. Akeno remained completely oblivious to anything she could've done wrong previously. "Lil' less pessimism, would-ja? We're all friends here." Stepping towards him, she'd attempt to pat her knuckle on his arm. Though knowing her, perhaps it might be seen as an incoming attack. "Gotta problem? Say somethin' bout it, ey? Speak, don't dwell. Use your big boy words."
Her final statement came out much harsher than the nice, insane girl intended, but at least it had some sort of point to it.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:08:03 GMT -5
Post by drakka on Jul 7, 2017 15:08:03 GMT -5
Akeno's blatant disregard for a little something called "personal space" was kinda expected, but it could still surprise Drakka that she was pulling out her eccentricity in a damned dungeon. " Um, no, "buddy"." She mumbled, ducking out of the pet and letting a shiver tremble up her spine as she shook herself out and noted with satisfaction Ray the movement had looked her fur out until she looked stupidly dangerous...not that that would do much against Akeno's irritating pats. " So...we're mapping a forest? That's gonna be pretty tough." She added a particularly obvious sentence into the conversation, but didn't really seem to upset about their predicament, something would try to kill them here and she'd kill that thing later, simple and at least she wouldn't be bored or tired today. Of the group, she took residence under Papilion's flight path, padding forward wth soft steps and only becoming visible when she poked her head out of the undergrowth, sometimes comically coated in thorns and leaves. " You know...tch, I don't got fucking thumbs in this form, not gonna be writing anything anytime soon, capiece?" She mumbled as she tore through another bush, looking like for a moment she wasn't going to be useful except as a guard before more words kept leaking out of her mouth, " But this looks easy to remember...it's like the alleys, I don't know, but I know for damn sure you guys better write what I remember." That seemed to be that, and she resuming her crackling voyage through the forest. kingrex papilion raynauld akeno
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Jul 7, 2017 18:01:25 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jul 7, 2017 18:01:25 GMT -5
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| Everyone agreed well enough to the Commando's game plan. Though Drakka and Akeno both got a sort of flat expression from the soldier. It wasn't like they were -just- doing recon work anyways...whatever they encountered on the way was free game too. This was just an additional spot of work that could net them some extra money, so what was the harm in that? “Alright, let's go.” Rex demanded before turning his back on the group and heading forward into the tangled mess of greenery.
It was muggy and just about as miserable as you'd expect from a giant jungle, another reason to hate this game for being far to real with it's sensations. Rex was sweating bullets, machete drawn from his backside and used to hack away plant life that was blocking their path, getting a boot stuck under a tangle of vines, “Damn it..” He muttered in a hiss before yanking it out.
Hell even Papilion would have a hell of a time trying to fly through this crap, it would be just as risky as walking through it. He'd flick a look at Drakka when she popped out from the brush like some kind of trailing pet in the woods, laughing under a breath, “Someones gunna need a bath after this...” He joked before giving her a thumbs up, “Wont forget a thing.” With that the man pushed himself forward.
So far they hadn't hit any mobs yet, which was strange. The frigid wasteland was pretty easy to find tangos to dance with, but out here it felt like part of the enemy was well...just the jungle itself. Eventually Rex did stop when he heard something in the distance, looking over a shoulder and holding a hand up, “Hey...You guys hear that? Must be a river or something nearby.” Carlo stated, curious if anyone else had eyes on the water source..
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Jul 7, 2017 21:15:47 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jul 7, 2017 21:15:47 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again "He didn't mean you all have to do it," she said, turning her gaze to both Drakka and Akeno reassuringly. "Just help out with pointing unique landmarks or suspicious areas and objects. Otherwise you can focus on looking out for anything that might attack us." That was what they did best after all. As they began moving, Naomi chose to fly in the air. Much easier than walking through the jungle and accidentally tripping or stepping on anything unpleasant. But that didn't meant it was easy either. She had to duck and swerve around trees, vines, and branches that were all clustered together. Unlike the ground, there was no clear path in the air for her to go through. And she couldn't fly too high up either, or she'd lose sight of her party. When Carlo mentioned something about a river, she moved further ahead to see. Flying through more trees, she eventually heard the sound of running water and landed on top of one of the larger branches. It was quite a wide one, with small stones scattered in shallow areas. Using their group chat, she spoke to it to avoid making too much noise. "Yup. It's a pretty big river. Lucky for you, crossing it wouldn't be a problem with me around."kingrex raynauld akeno drakka
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Jul 8, 2017 0:19:47 GMT -5
Post by raynauld on Jul 8, 2017 0:19:47 GMT -5
"A river?" Raynauld repeated, "I figured these would have been single-type biomes." It was true that there had been a lake and apparently a few caves in the first level, but outside of that it had been almost entirely snow and ice from what he could've told. Come to think of it... "Who in their right mind creates an entire ecosystem confined to a single location in a single floor of a massive tower, anyway?" He kicked some brush out of his way, "Seems like overkill." If this whole tower ended up being a ruse for them to have something to do in their prison, there would be hell to pay. Focus. There was a more pressing thing at hand. A river, right. Raynauld suspected that while Rex probably weighed more than he did normally, his heavy armor would have made it far more difficult for him to cross. But right now, they'd barely been moving... "Might as well mark everything on this side of the river first." That seemed much easier than running around like chickens missing heads. Of course, that defined this whole group rather well... kingrex papilion drakka akeno
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Jul 8, 2017 1:39:52 GMT -5
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Jul 8, 2017 1:37:43 GMT -5
Post by akeno on Jul 8, 2017 1:37:43 GMT -5
Seemingly ignored by the crusader, Akeno scoffed, shrugging it off. Pulling her knife from her bag, she walked over to a nearby tree. Temporarily lagging behind the group, she took a lean back, before stabbing her knife at the tree. This, an attempt to gauge her own strength versus the power of wildlife, was an embarrassing display.
The blade of the knife, barely breaking the surface of the thick, tough bark, rattled off to the side. Akeno, carried forward by the momentum of her swing, collapsed onto the large mass. "Eugh! Damn!" Stepping back, she chuckled nervously, hoping no one saw that. Seeing as they had already headed forward a bit, she nodded proudly to herself. This little embarrassing occasion would not rear it's head again in later conversation! Hurrah!
"Woah, water!" Sprinting back up towards the group, Akeno stowed her swift dash into a walk. "I like it, I like it." She glanced left and right, as if a child preparing to cross the street, before looking towards the group. Her mind only saw one answer to the situation. "Well! If The Oregon Trail taught me anything..." The animation team suddenly cuts the camera to an intense angle on Akeno's face, looking all sharp and shadowy and intense. "It's that we've got to ford this river!"
"OFF WE GO!" Spinning around, she promptly began... Fording the river. Stomping her way into the water, she began to make her way across. Though her brutal, obnoxious tromping technique worked in the shallower waters, it seemed to strain her a bit more as the waters got deeper, the current splashing against her shoulder harshly.
"Well?!" Twisting her head back towards the group. "C'mon in! The water is warm!" Genuinely, a pinnacle of wisdom.
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Jul 8, 2017 23:49:28 GMT -5
Post by drakka on Jul 8, 2017 23:49:28 GMT -5
Drakka was generally ignoring everyone and...actually enjoying her little excursion in the forest. Even Rex's sheer insult only got him a snarl followed by a " I'm not a dog, bastard!"...but it was said in a seemingly good nature, or at least as good nature as Drakka could get in any sort of situation. She at least agreed with cleaning herself s little, sometimes had literally hook in her scales and required her to nip it out with a snap of her jaws. She heard the river first, and emerged as Papilion raised her announcement to the rest of the group, " Nice, gonna give me a both here?" She giggled into the air, looking over her shoulder just in time to see what the hell Akeno was going to do. She was trying to swim over the river with her scrawny little body. " Geez, Papilion, I'm not gonna be the idiot here. Can you get her, we're not having our first casualty over a damn map!" kingrex papilion raynauld akeno
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