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Entry tags:
- !intro,
- !job,
- allelujah haptism (mobile suit gundam 00,
- anakin skywalker (star wars),
- artoria pendragon (fate/),
- bolin (legend of korra),
- captain phasma (star wars),
- caren ortensia (fate/),
- cirno (touhou project),
- ema skye (ace attorney),
- gareki (karneval),
- gilbert nightray (pandora hearts),
- gilgamesh (fate/),
- jae-ha (akatsuki no yona),
- jiroutachi (touken ranbu),
- josuke higashikata (jjba),
- juzumaru tsunetsugu (touken ranbu),
- kaede (elfen lied),
- kaito kuroba (dcmk),
- kasen kanesada (touken ranbu),
- kija (akatsuki no yona),
- kojirou sasaki (fate/),
- lola pacini (degrassi),
- lord light (original character),
- minato arisato (persona),
- misaki yata (k),
- namazuo toushirou (touken ranbu),
- natasha romanova (avengers academy),
- noir (letter bee),
- nora (nora),
- one (drakengard 3),
- professor weissman (trials in the sky),
- setsuna f. seiei (mobile suit gundam 00),
- shin-ah (akatsuki no yona),
- shinoa hiiragi (owari no seraph),
- shunsui kyouraku (bleach),
- sion astal (lolheroes),
- slaine troyard (aldnoah.zero),
- sorey (tales of zestiria),
- taiwan (axis powers hetalia),
- tieria erde (mobile suit gundam 00),
- vivienne stanbury (bloodborne),
- wukong (league of legends),
- yoon (akatsuki no yona)
intro ♚ april
We’ve all had those dreams: you wake up on a table, to blurry, ominous images and the certainty that you are absolutely buck-naked in a room full of strangers. This is not quite it.
Instead, you come awake to the sun on your face. The soft burble of water nearby. The hustle and bustle of a busy street and the faint, fortifying smell of bread. You open your eyes and there’s no one there at your bedside, but there is what appears to be the end of the world happening just beyond your window.
There’s a crack in the world across the sky, the “sun” is the totally unnatural light spilling from that crack straight into your eyes, and someone’s left a neatly pressed and folded uniform at the foot of the bed that isn’t yours. Somewhere in the room, there’s a strange clatter like beads, the click of claws on the floor.
Something’s in here with you.
Also, you are naked.
Instead, you come awake to the sun on your face. The soft burble of water nearby. The hustle and bustle of a busy street and the faint, fortifying smell of bread. You open your eyes and there’s no one there at your bedside, but there is what appears to be the end of the world happening just beyond your window.
There’s a crack in the world across the sky, the “sun” is the totally unnatural light spilling from that crack straight into your eyes, and someone’s left a neatly pressed and folded uniform at the foot of the bed that isn’t yours. Somewhere in the room, there’s a strange clatter like beads, the click of claws on the floor.
Something’s in here with you.
Also, you are naked.
ONE ♟ CAPABLANCA & AIRY
As much as Blanc’s capital welcomes its Heroes, new arrivals such as yourself won’t have much time to settle. Get dressed and pick up your weapon and Carrier, because sometime in the afternoon, all floor nannies and Carriers will broadcast an announcement by Commander Lisbrand. She delivers a brief greeting to their new members, but gets straight to the point: they will be headed for Capablanca and the open sea beyond, in order to restore the fortress of Graupera for battle with Noir looming on the horizon. All new Heroes are expected to report to the Airy at the Caissa aeroport on the 8th along with their seniors.
On the morning of the 11th, Airy alights on Graupera, an island about two hours away from Capablanca by ferry. From here, you can either help the navy with Graupera repairs or assist in Verdoni’s investigations and head for Capablanca proper. Heroes will be staying in the (in)famous Hotel Caruana: they say you can check in anytime you like, but you can never truly leave. Nobody will quite meet your eyes or tell you what it means.
Wherever you are, the Airy will remain parked at Graupera.
On the morning of the 11th, Airy alights on Graupera, an island about two hours away from Capablanca by ferry. From here, you can either help the navy with Graupera repairs or assist in Verdoni’s investigations and head for Capablanca proper. Heroes will be staying in the (in)famous Hotel Caruana: they say you can check in anytime you like, but you can never truly leave. Nobody will quite meet your eyes or tell you what it means.
Wherever you are, the Airy will remain parked at Graupera.
TWO ♟ GRAUPERA, CAPABLANCA SEA FORT
What was once a heavily fortified island rests a ways off the coast of Capablanca; it looks a little too much like one of the thunderclouds slowly swarming on the horizon. Graupera has seen many battles and withstood the ebb and flow of wars. Formerly the city’s first line of defense until it was abandoned after the Reclamation, its dilapidated condition is the current bane of the Blanc navy. Blanc needs to bring it back to its former glory before it can face a single warship, much less Noir’s fleet of magical cannons. Blanc’s government has no doubt Heroes will do a fine job at returning the fortress to its former glory!
A ♙ The great stone and iron wall facing the wide open ocean has seen better days and is full of holes overgrown with stubborn clinging vines; cannonballs used a lifetime ago litter the grounds. The vines are extremely thick and may tangle the careless beyond hope of escape, not to mention filled with a pungent sap that will seep into your clothes and hair for days. It makes a great adhesive, though? Conveniently, parts of the wall are strewn across the floor, so at least some of the cannon holes can be repaired with enough improvisation, desperation and a bit of spit. The rest need new material provided by our helpful Heroes in Option C. Furthermore, the lingering damage from a previous attack and old age have turned the floorboards weak and unstable. The wood creaks ominously beneath the mass of even a single average-sized person, so watch your step.
B ♟ You might want to get your weapon before you descend into the dank depths beneath the castle. Once you make it down the steep, slippery stairs, you’ll be meeting the gigantic, hostile rats that infest the castle cellar from top to bottom. It looks like magical residue from long-ago battles has seeped into both the foundation and its inhabitants. The cellars have become a huge warren filled with strange mana currents, and sometimes flooded with water. If you're going to start an extermination campaign, you may want to recall the magical residue: chopping off a rat’s head and limbs will barely slow it down. It will keep going for hours unless you either lop off all its limbs or pierce its heart.
If you manage to make it all the way up into the castle’s two intact towers (the other two are half-collapsed), the uppermost levels are utterly covered in bird crap. You’ll be encountering the kings of this castle: the unusually large, grey-feathered sea birds that have taken up residence here. Albatrosses, gulls, pelicans, even sand pipers: they all share nesting and pooping space here. The feathers of each bird seem to have taken on stone-like properties not unlike the castle’s walls. They’re extremely ferocious and protective of their nests, which are filled with all kinds of things: twigs, shiny things, coin money, Option C’s supplies, feathers of all kinds, and some completely ordinary tools that seem too small for human hands, and much older than anything else in the place save for the walls. If you look closely, you might be able to see a few baby rats scattered in amongst the eggs and the peeping chicks. They’re being fed, too.
You’re meant to be moving the birds out of the place, but you might have enough trouble just moving their offal.
C ♙ Don’t feel like dealing with pest control? No problem! Blanc will need materials for rebuilding and other supplies for the coming battle! Everyone knows how important it is for the fortress to remain standing, so Heroes will be provided with gadgets and weaponry that should make it difficult for enemies to penetrate the walls yet again. Word has spread that the Heroes are transporting valuable goods, though, so you might have to fend off the occasional hopeful man or annoying mouse (rat) who wishes to borrow much-needed material.
Of course, all this rebuilding will be for naught if you are not prepared to defend the stronghold! Ammunition such as cannonballs, bullets and arrows needs to be transported to Graupera en masse, pronto. Equally important essentials include first aid supplies and enough non-perishable food and water to last a small army (you) a month or two. You wouldn’t want to have to scavenge for rat meat.
No one knows just how long this battle is going to last.
A ♙ The great stone and iron wall facing the wide open ocean has seen better days and is full of holes overgrown with stubborn clinging vines; cannonballs used a lifetime ago litter the grounds. The vines are extremely thick and may tangle the careless beyond hope of escape, not to mention filled with a pungent sap that will seep into your clothes and hair for days. It makes a great adhesive, though? Conveniently, parts of the wall are strewn across the floor, so at least some of the cannon holes can be repaired with enough improvisation, desperation and a bit of spit. The rest need new material provided by our helpful Heroes in Option C. Furthermore, the lingering damage from a previous attack and old age have turned the floorboards weak and unstable. The wood creaks ominously beneath the mass of even a single average-sized person, so watch your step.
B ♟ You might want to get your weapon before you descend into the dank depths beneath the castle. Once you make it down the steep, slippery stairs, you’ll be meeting the gigantic, hostile rats that infest the castle cellar from top to bottom. It looks like magical residue from long-ago battles has seeped into both the foundation and its inhabitants. The cellars have become a huge warren filled with strange mana currents, and sometimes flooded with water. If you're going to start an extermination campaign, you may want to recall the magical residue: chopping off a rat’s head and limbs will barely slow it down. It will keep going for hours unless you either lop off all its limbs or pierce its heart.
If you manage to make it all the way up into the castle’s two intact towers (the other two are half-collapsed), the uppermost levels are utterly covered in bird crap. You’ll be encountering the kings of this castle: the unusually large, grey-feathered sea birds that have taken up residence here. Albatrosses, gulls, pelicans, even sand pipers: they all share nesting and pooping space here. The feathers of each bird seem to have taken on stone-like properties not unlike the castle’s walls. They’re extremely ferocious and protective of their nests, which are filled with all kinds of things: twigs, shiny things, coin money, Option C’s supplies, feathers of all kinds, and some completely ordinary tools that seem too small for human hands, and much older than anything else in the place save for the walls. If you look closely, you might be able to see a few baby rats scattered in amongst the eggs and the peeping chicks. They’re being fed, too.
You’re meant to be moving the birds out of the place, but you might have enough trouble just moving their offal.
C ♙ Don’t feel like dealing with pest control? No problem! Blanc will need materials for rebuilding and other supplies for the coming battle! Everyone knows how important it is for the fortress to remain standing, so Heroes will be provided with gadgets and weaponry that should make it difficult for enemies to penetrate the walls yet again. Word has spread that the Heroes are transporting valuable goods, though, so you might have to fend off the occasional hopeful man or annoying mouse (rat) who wishes to borrow much-needed material.
Of course, all this rebuilding will be for naught if you are not prepared to defend the stronghold! Ammunition such as cannonballs, bullets and arrows needs to be transported to Graupera en masse, pronto. Equally important essentials include first aid supplies and enough non-perishable food and water to last a small army (you) a month or two. You wouldn’t want to have to scavenge for rat meat.
No one knows just how long this battle is going to last.
THREE ♟ Training
It’s time for you landlubbers to learn how to swim! Commander Lisbrand won’t be tolerating any sinking stones on her task force. The upcoming battle will be fought on the sea so your instructor, one of Blanc’s many fine captains (when she isn’t intoxicated), will make every single individual who hesitates at the sight of the open ocean walk the plank. She’ll even give you a helpful kick if necessary! Once that’s over, she will show you how to steer a ship. However, wandering eyes that land anywhere on the inebriated captain’s assets will be swiftly and spectacularly dealt a large bottle of the harbor’s best swill right where it hurts.
Blanc has also provided training dummies dressed suspiciously like prominent figures of the Othellian underworld. Now might be a good time to branch out and learn about your affinities. Heroes who have recently been promoted in Rank might want to set some time aside for getting used to their new abilities, too. Power and responsibility come hand in hand, after all!
Blanc has also provided training dummies dressed suspiciously like prominent figures of the Othellian underworld. Now might be a good time to branch out and learn about your affinities. Heroes who have recently been promoted in Rank might want to set some time aside for getting used to their new abilities, too. Power and responsibility come hand in hand, after all!
INFO ♟ Welcome!
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nice nice nice
Uh- Hello?
[ Turning toward her, he steps away from the door and reaches out a hand, finger out, like he's beckoning a butterfly. ]
Who are you?
[ Meanwhile, he can feel Haneul stirring inside his jacket, and then a little rat nose peeks out from beneath the collar. There's a small, questioning squeak. ]
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A few seconds pass before Jae-ha comes even remotely close to where they are, and Yoon probably hears him before seeing him, his voice tired and whiny. ]
Two strawberries! Two! That's how many I've got on me right now, Song-chan!
[ Suddenly, Song seems to be having a dilemma. She flies forward and clings to Yoon's shirt collar, because she likes him a lot, but she's conflicted.
She wants a few more moments of freedom before begrudingly going back to Jae-ha, wants to get to know this boy better, but...
Strawberries...
She loves strawberries! ]
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[ Maybe not? Yoon doesn't know a whole lot about other carriers yet. They can be used for communication, but maybe they can't communicate on their own because of that. ]
Are you lost? [ he prompts gently, leaning in close to watch the little fairy, and then gasping in surprise when she suddenly flies closer to cling to his collar. ] Hey, hey, it's okay!
[ Is she scared?
And--
Oh, wait a second. Is someone down the hall?
Yoon curls his fingers protectively around the fairy clinging to his shirt, wondering what's wrong with her and what he should do with her, and heads toward the voice to peek around the corner. ]
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Jae-ha is ready to consider this search a lost cause. He's almost about to turn on his heel and head back to his room when someone approaching catches his attention.
Another Hero, undoubtedly.
He expects to see an unfamiliar face (some new people had been summoned here, apparently), or even a familiar one, but he never expects to see--
Yoon?
Yeah, he's pretty much dumbfounded. ]
Eh? What? [ How? ] Yoon-kun?!
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Jae-Ha! You're really here!
Shin-Ah said--
[ He reaches Jae-Ha, and reaches out, so excited he's stumbling over his words.
Those first two days all by himself on the ship were torture. ]
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wait, is he going for a ...
a hug? a shove? a tackle?
Sadly, he's so caught aback he stands there uselessly.
Song is startled too, and she flies off to the side, eyes wide. ]
How long have you been here--?!
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A- A few days.
[ Yoon mumbles against Jae-Ha's jacket. Even though he knew the others were here, it's still a shock, and he's still so happy to see his friends.
...now he needs to make sure his eyes aren't leaking before he pulls away. Crap. Yoon sniffs, hopefully discreetly. ]
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He'll keep embracing him until Yoon pulls away, lightly patting his hair with the palm of his hand. ]
I'm sorry. If I had known, I would have attempted to contact you earlier, with the carrier network. But, I'm glad to see that you're safe.
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[ It's not Jae-ha's fault at all, but Yoon still mumbles it, sniffing softly, trying to calm down before he can pull away. Jae-ha's arms around him and the hand in his hair, however, are more comforting than expected. It's good, feeling something familiar, though-- knowing he's not alone. Shin-Ah had told him Kija and Jae-ha are here too, but it's different, seeing someone in person.
Yoon squeezes him tightly for a few more moments, not sure what to say.
His rat sneaks up from beneath his collar to perch on Yoon's shoulder, sniffing suspiciously. ]
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So they made you go through the whole thing, huh? The waking up naked, mysterious letter on top of your uniform type of scenario?
[ His eyes widen when he catches the rat giving him a good whiff. ]
Is this guy yours?
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[ Killua sniffs again, finally pulling away slowly to scrub at his eyes with his sleeve. Deep breaths. It's silly, getting worked up like this. ]
H-huh? Oh, Haneul... yeah. He's mine.
[ ... ]
I'm trying to train him, but it's slow going.
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What a baby.
Jae-ha won't say anything, but his smile does widen. Just a little, as they pull away. ]
Well, at least it's going at all. [ Speak of the devil. In those moments, Song has figured out what's going on, and is very quietly and subtly trying to slink away, out of sight.
She isn't slick enough, though! Jae-ha points at her accusingly, already beginning to chase after her. ]
There you are!!! I already saw you, so stop trying to run away! [ His life is pain. ]
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Yoon sniffles again, gathering Haneul up in his hands to snuggle him against his cheek. Soft. The rat bears with it, apparently, but it's staring at Jae-ha. ]
Ah... Is the little butterfly girl yours?
She was clinging to me. Is she okay?
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[ In Song's mind, she belongs to no one, much less a fuckboy.
Song makes a small sound of defiance-- a huff, before zipping back over to Jae-ha's shoulder. She sits, but presses her palm firmly against Jae-ha's cheek, demanding something. ] Right, right... [ Obediently, Jae-ha reaches into his pocket to retrieve a strawberry, which she greedily takes once offered. ]
Ahaha, that means she likes you, actually. [ Since Song is busy chowing down, he moves closer to Yoon, or rather, close to Haneul. ] Hello, Haneul. Nice to meet you.
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Aw, she's pretty cute, isn't she? I thought she was lost. What was she doing over here?
You should keep better track of your carrier, Jae-ha!
[ Yoon scolds gently, while in the meantime Haneul sniffs at Jae-ha's fingers. And then licks, curiously... ]
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[ Song is... so happy that Yoon seems to have been worried. That makes him such a babe in her eyes, and she actually stops eating for a second and turns as red as her berry.
Happily, she saunters over to sit on Yoon's shoulder. Jae-ha watches Haneul cautiously, not quite sure what to make of the carrier yet. He's been bitten before (even by Song), so he's wary.. he looks at Yoon bleakly. ]
You say that as if she isn't constantly trying to run away. She knows exactly what she's doing.
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Hey, Song...
[ Yoon laughs uncertainly, patting her head with a fingertip. ]
You should go with Jae-ha if he's your master, y'know.
[ At least Haneul doesn't seem interested in biting. He sniffs Jae-ha again, fluttering his wings and stretching them out before relaxing again. Apparently, he's decided Jae-ha isn't dangerous, at least. ]
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Song simply stares back at Yoon, mid-bite.
She then shakes her head "no", and continues to eat. She'd go back to Jae-ha, she always did, eventually. Her Hero might be embarrassing, and a pervert, but she knows that he's kind and treats her well.
But she always goes back on her own terms.
Jae-ha waves his hand dismissively. ]
It's fine, Yoon-kun. As long as I have some idea of where she is, I don't mind. She seems to like you, so maybe she'll stick around here for a while.
[ He diverts the topic for a second. ]
Have you ran into Shin-ah or Kija yet?
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[ Everyone's carriers seem so ill-behaved... Is this just how carriers are? Can he train Haneul out of it?! He's damn well going to try.
Haneul scoots forward on Yoon's shoulder, teetering a little, and turns his attention to Song now that he seems to have decided Jae-ha is fine to have around. More importantly, he turns his attention to the strawberry in Song's hands.
And then, he's skittering across the back of Yoon's shoulders and neck to get to the other side. Yoon shudders, ticklish, and immediately makes a grab for the rat. ]
Haneul, no! I'll feed you later. That's not yours. Leave her alone.
[ As for the question... He nods, tilting his head toward Jae-ha to indicate he's paying attention even if he's still trying to pull the rat off the back of his neck with a wince. ]
Yes! I saw them earlier. Shin-Ah mentioned you were here too but he didn't know where.
[ ...and then, more quietly: ] He also mentioned it's just us.
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[ He reaches into his pocket and retrieves the second, offering that one to Yoon's rat. Song makes a sound of protest at having her berry offered to someone else, but given that she isn't even a quarter of the way through her own, there's not much she can do.
He frowns. ]
It's true. It's been over a month since we arrived, and we haven't spotted Yona, Hak, or Zeno anywhere.
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...is this his life now? His shoulders are a prime means of carrier transportation, apparently. ]
I- I see.
[ Yoon frowns too, crossing his arms over his chest and looking down. ]
But at least... if they're all together, they'll be okay.
[ Right?
Wait. ]
Hold on.
[ He looks up, staring at Jae-ha with big eyes. ]
You said it's been a month?
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Longer than that, actually. It's closer to a month and a half, now.
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[ Yoon's frown deepens, confused, a little disturbed. ]
But I've only been here a handful of days, and you, Kija, and Shin-Ah were there when I went to bed the night before I woke up here...
How the heck does that make any sense?