[19:27:20] <Giantree> (OP THEME BEGINS PLAYING)
[19:27:36] * Firespitter is now known as Adrianne_Lavender
[19:27:41] <Althaia_Atrum> (*Eats popcorn and points out how the OP lies*)
[19:32:23] <Adrianne_Lavender> When we last left off, Adrianne was pinning down the girls upper body with solidified shadow tentacles.
[19:33:08] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia rushed forward with both blades angled down, aiming to stab into the hostile girls feet and keep her trapped for the time being.
[19:33:15] <Giantree> Pain. It felt like pain. The woman's black hair hung over her face as she laughed a bit— but not more than that. The blades that stabbed into her feet were stopped in their tracks, as though the blood running through them had the consistency of tar. Taking a deep breath, the mass of the sword seemed to instantly vanish, and all of her subsequent breaths were much more calm. But that…
[19:34:02] <Giantree> … didn't stop her from chuckling. "Oh, you're good. Really good. Really goddamn good." With another sigh, "alright, let go. I'll talk." Her will to fight seemed to vanish… or did it?
[19:35:55] * Adrianne_Lavender keeps her hold on her steady, "We can talk like this…Althaia, take your blades out of her feet." She orders
[19:37:13] <Althaia_Atrum> "Umm… Ok Adri!", the girl in the Victorian dress complied, gripping the hilt of both swords and heaving them out of the mysterious woman's feet… One of the blades dissipated into a veil of white mist while the other stayed at the ready…
[19:38:08] <Giantree> That didn't stop the loud scream of "SAAATIIIIIIIIIN!" from yards and yards away, as a much smaller girl spewed out from the vortex in the dome's 'ceiling' and glided toward them, skidding into the ground. Instantly, she jumped to her face and kept screaming the name - apparently that's what it was - over and over, even seeing the scene that was going on. Her run was definitely one that one…
[19:38:38] <Giantree> … could call 'girly,' and from that distance all that was blatantly obvious was the fact that her outfit was white and she was wearing glasses. Some kind of glasses.
[19:39:22] <Giantree> As Sa- well, the black-haired woman opened her mouth to speak, she instead noticed the screaming and closed her eyes, waiting for the girl to approach as though she felt she didn't even need to say anything herself.
[19:40:15] * Adrianne_Lavender 's eyes widen, "It looks like you know her, care telling us why she would like to kill this girl?" She says with quite a hint of surprise at the situation.
[19:42:12] <Giantree> As the much smaller girl caught up with them, she panted for a second, completely out of breath. "I'm… I'm sorry, Satin likes to get herself into trouble so much and…" she received a glare so painful it was like she could feel it. It was clear what the assailant was known as now, at least. Cutting her supposed friend off, 'Satin' sighed and began to actually speak. "You, mouth-arm."
[19:42:13] <Althaia_Atrum> "Hmm…. ", Althaia seemed lost for the moment… completely mesmerized by her sword, which she seemed to know how to use thanks to all those training sessions with her brother.. But it wasn't a fencing saber, it was a long sword… Holding the broadside of the blade toward her face, she looked at her reflection…
[19:42:25] <Giantree> "You saw that thing come from out of there, didn't you? Where do you think it went?"
[19:43:46] <Adrianne_Lavender> "No clue, but this girl." She points with her left hand, teeth clearly visible, "Is just like us isn't she?"
[19:44:10] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Even if she wasn't a few moments ago"
[19:45:16] * Adrianne_Lavender keeps holding this 'Satin' girl with the shadows.
[19:45:31] <Giantree> Satin glared and started to shout. "No damnit, that thing took over her bo-" her speech was interrupted by an interjection, like an "Oh!," from the girl in white next to her. Her glasses, upon further inspection, were crooked and actually had butterfly patterns on their rims, despite said rims being as white as her outfit. "That's what I came down here for— the thing you were chasing isn't
[19:45:48] <Giantree> here, it's back there! Y'know, in the Scape!" She pointed backwards and up toward the vortex as she said it.
[19:46:04] <Althaia_Atrum> Squinting her eyes and focusing on the sword, Althaia clinched the hilt tightly… until a rush of steam blasted from her feet and up into the air, generating an upward rise of wind that sent her dress flowing up, revealing her undergarments…
[19:46:43] <Althaia_Atrum> From the long sword extended hundreds of blades, although proportionate enough to not look absolutely ridiculous.. or not.. The sword now looked like a silver pinecone, barely able to tell it was a sword… "Wahhhh!!!"
[19:47:12] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Scape? Thats how you guys call it? I just call it creep city." She turns to Althaia and sighs.
[19:48:04] * Adrianne_Lavender loosens her grip a bit on Satin seeing that the white girl is dissuading her.
[19:49:12] <Giantree> Satin showed a look of… well, it was sort of surprise to the average onlooker. She muttered a "What the hell" under her breath, but it was pretty obvious at this point that she knew she was wrong. Though, she was still being stabbed and it wasn't pleasant. Meanwhile, her partner looked toward Adrianne with a look of puzzlement. "You've been there before? So you aren't newbies?"
[19:51:32] <Althaia_Atrum> "AHHHH!!!!", the whirling white steam blasted again, causing more wind to rise as the pinecone sword transformed into a blinding white light before exploding right in Althaia's hands… The explosion didn't cause any major harm, it basically just caused the sword to vanish… "Ahhh……..", Althaia fell back onto her rear with a thud, looking up…
[19:51:49] <Althaia_Atrum> At Adrianne and Satin with a distraught face… "Mmmm…"
[19:51:57] * Adrianne_Lavender now completely releases Satin, "I've been using it to travel between domes for quite some time. I haven't really found much trouble in general until today." Her shadow spear vanishes into dark dist and joins up with the rest of her shadow.
[19:53:11] <Adrianne_Lavender> "I can't speak about her though, she froze when time stopped though."
[19:54:00] * Adrianne_Lavender turns to Althaia and urges her to come closer.
[19:54:01] <Giantree> The smaller girl in white, hat on her head almost about to fall off, walked up to Althaia with a mousy "What are you trying to do?" Meanwhile, Satin brushed herself off. "Thanks. I was wrong about you two— there must be a reason why she got that power. The thing we're after's back up there." Bending over, she grabbed a small object from the ground where her sword once was and stuffed it in…
[19:54:06] <Giantree> was it a pocket? It may well have been.
[19:56:09] <Adrianne_Lavender> "So, how do we get up there anyways? I can't think of any way up." She says while looking up to the sky. "No shadows I can move through on the way up."
[19:57:01] <Giantree> Satin's tone of speaking was still awfully gruff and unpolished, as if everything she said sounded like an insult even if it were a compliment. That's just the kind of personality she had. Right away, she turned around and started walking toward the vortex. "You really are new to this, aren't you? Sky is no obstacle if you're really one of us." With a leap, gravity seemed to cease as her…
[19:57:08] <Giantree> … body shot like an arrow into the vortex.
[19:58:52] <Althaia_Atrum> "Where are we going… Up there?", Althaia held out an open palm as steam flowed forth, gathering in her hand as it formed the long sword again… "Oh! I'm finally getting the hang of THIS!" Spinning the sword in her hand in a circle motion, Althaia gripped the hilt quickly and stabbed it into the ground…
[19:59:35] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright.. HERE I GO!!!", as she finished speaking… The blade extended and grew at an incredible rate, acting as an elevator, pushing Althaia up into the air and after the smaller girl. "AHHhhhhhh! YES!!!!!"
[20:01:20] * Adrianne_Lavender hadn't really thought of going up into the sky before, seeing that she has lived all her life on the ground. She decides to gather up the shadows of the nearby artificial trees beneath her and with a lound oomph she is launched into the air and into the vortex, her witch hat mysteriously staying on her head.
[20:01:47] <Giantree> The smaller girl in white saw that the group understood their rush to get back to the Scape, and… wanted to go with them, apparently, which made things much less difficult. Instead of explaining herself like she had just opened her mouth to do, she instead held out her arms and white strings which were wrapped around them untangled themselves and shot into the vortex, pulling her forward like…
[20:02:00] <Giantree> … a magical grappling hook. "Aaaah, Satin, wait for me~~"
[20:02:24] <Adrianne_Lavender> When she reaches Satin's side she says, "I never thought about doing that before, never needed it."
[20:04:03] <Giantree> And with some sort of bizarre "VWOOP" noise the vortex closed behind them as they all barreled into a city square which all but one of them had seen at least once before. Satin brushed herself off again and the smaller girl finally adjusted her hat, which looked painfully uncomfortable. Looking them over, she started to talk. "So… you'll help us find it?"
[20:05:11] <Giantree> Thinking for a second, she snapped her fingers. Her glasses sparked when she did it too, for some reason, but it was at least a cute flashy effect. "Oh right, sorry! You can call me Silk, by the way." A smile beamed on her face… sort of. It looked like a frown at the same time somehow.
[20:05:16] <Althaia_Atrum> "Wait a second… I'm forgetting… BRO!!!!", Althaia stopped the elevating blade as the vortex closed and materialized it into the air… "DANG IT!"
[20:05:25] * Adrianne_Lavender looks up to the sky at the closing vortex, "Its not like we have much choice now do I?"
[20:06:49] <Giantree> Satin put a hand at her hip and Silk - as she was now known - looked at Althaia and shook her head. The latter spoke. "Oh no no, don't worry, anybody in that world is safe… as long as we stay in here, anyway."
[20:08:12] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Yeah, you'll be able to get back to your brother without much trouble…unless you end up getting dragged away." She says with a grim look in her face, petting her toothy arm.
[20:08:59] <Giantree> Satin, hand at hip, walked off. "Quit dawdling. We're going."
[20:09:41] <Althaia_Atrum> "I need to make sure he's alright later though… I don't need to lose someone else…"
[20:09:54] <Adrianne_Lavender> "She's a bit impatient isn't she?" She asks Silk.
[20:11:03] <Giantree> Silk looked at her for a second and nodded… then paused in her tracks as she remembered something. "Oh! How terribly rude of us, we forgot to even ask— what do you two call yourselves? Have you been weavers for long?"
[20:12:05] <Althaia_Atrum> "Weavers? … I… uhh… my name is Althaia Atrum! And that's there's Adri!" Althaia pointed to Adrianne with an innocent smile.
[20:13:19] <Giantree> "Y'know, Spellweavers! That's what we've got used to calling ourselves, anyway." She seemed puzzled that they were using their real names, but… it wasn't a big deal. There was no need for secrecy in a world like this one. "But nice to meet you two, sorry for all the trouble," she said with a smile. And Satin with a cough, ahead of them all.
[20:13:24] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Weavers? If you mean being to use these powers then, yeah for a while."
[20:14:12] * Adrianne_Lavender moves forward, matching Satin's pace.
[20:14:55] <Althaia_Atrum> "Spells? I just… thought of…. wait.. a second… You were using shadows orrrr something, weren't you Adri?"
[20:15:09] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia followed closely behind Adri, trying to keep up.
[20:15:43] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Yeah, they're more useful than what you would think. They make moving around much easier."
[20:16:13] <Giantree> Ahead of them, magical force gathered. All of them could feel it. Satin took the head of the group and stopped in her tracks before looking down to notice she was standing right on the edge of solid ground next to… what looked like a sort of puddle. But the puddle was expanding and contracting rapidly, like it had the consistency of something that wasn't even liquid. "Here it comes."
[20:16:47] <Althaia_Atrum> "Here what comes… I'm confused… "
[20:17:15] <Adrianne_Lavender> Tendrils of shadow stream from Adrianne's shadow forming themselves into a much larger spear than the one she used before.
[20:17:23] <Adrianne_Lavender> solid black
[20:18:30] <Adrianne_Lavender> "A monster." she says, no explanation whatsoever
[20:19:32] <Giantree> The pool expanded at Satin's words and she was the first to fall into it— though, she did so as gracefully as she could muster, eyes closed. During the fall she reached to her side and pulled something out, which immediately transformed into the 12-or-so foot long blade she had wielded earlier. Silk… didn't do anything similar at all, instead flailing and screaming as she was swallowed into
[20:19:34] <Giantree> the 'puddle.'
[20:19:34] <Althaia_Atrum> "Like that blob that ate me…Adri?", the girl gripped the hilt of her sword with both hands, angling to sword horizontally away from her and toward the strange puddle.. "Anyways… I-I'm ready!"
[20:21:16] <Adrianne_Lavender> "…huh? Yeah kinda I guess?" She wasn't really sure how to classify that thing
[20:22:52] <Giantree> Instantaneously, the 'puddle' expanded to a width far beyond one to encompass where they were standing. Upon landing, however, the two found themselves standing atop a walkway that wasn't walled-off. Though plenty of pillars protruded from the ground, all that was visible below them was blackness. And of course, the torches attached to the pillars provided plenty of shadows as well.
[20:23:36] <Althaia_Atrum> "Eeep!" Althaia screamed.. She was close to the puddle and was swallowed up and fell forward and into the hole… "Ahhhhhh NOOOO!!!", Althaia closed her eyes as she descended… The double tailed scarf flailed and wavered in the air.. Forming into wings?… The scarf flapped, keeping Althaia floating in the air… "Eh…?"
[20:23:37] <Giantree> The problem, however, was that the two landed… but that was it. The other two were nowhere to be seen. The walkway ahead of them had plenty of twists, curves, and forks however— almost like a sort of maze.
[20:24:40] * Adrianne_Lavender landed a bit harder than what she wanted to for her taste. She quicly notices the darkenss around her and makes her spear longer.
[20:26:41] * Adrianne_Lavender looks around and notices Satin and Silk aren't there. "We'll see them later, we're heading to the same place after all.
[20:27:06] <Giantree> Ahead of them is a well-lit path, but no sign of Silk or Satin anywhere. The walkway they stand on is made of solid stone of some type, curving a bit but for the most part branching into multiple paths every few feet.
[20:27:09] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia landed softly on the ground with the aid of the scarlet wings that the scarf had became… "I'm… alright?" The scarf settled down, resting back on her shoulders and fell down her back. " We are? I… am kind of scared…"
[20:29:25] <Adrianne_Lavender> "We're in its lair, keep your eyes open Althaia, it might attack from anywhere." She starts walking on the path, "Keep close and keep your guard up."
[20:30:27] <Giantree> To each side, every path looks the same. It almost feels like there's no reason to keep walking forward, but in the same way it feels like there's no reason to walk to the sides either. The maze is constructed in such a way that it seems impossible to not get lost— but something told them that was what they had magic for.
[20:31:03] * Adrianne_Lavender holds her spear up in the air with an open hand to find the right way
[20:31:36] <Adrianne_Lavender> The spear slowly spinning like a compass to show the right direction.
[20:32:12] <Althaia_Atrum> As Althaia walked, the scarf… came alive again, forming into large, hard claws as they rose up into the air, floating above Althaia at around two or so feet… The girl looked up at the scarf, eyes widening… "AHHHHH!!!""
[20:33:07] * Adrianne_Lavender is deep in focus sensing the energies around her.
[20:36:07] <Althaia_Atrum> One of the scarf claws opens its palm and comes lightly down onto Althaia's head, patting it.. comforting her?… "Eh… Eh.. Don't hurt m-me… Ok?" The red cloth, again, pats her head and rises back into its open clawed position…
[20:37:48] * Adrianne_Lavender 's spear starts spinning slowly, then faster and faster until it looks more like a helicopter blade than a spear and Adrianne quickly dissipates it out of fear of it hitting her.
[20:38:27] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Damnit I can't find the way out of here."
[20:39:36] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Lets just pick a random direction and try it later, maybe there's too much interference or something."
[20:39:40] <Althaia_Atrum> "Eh? Umm.. Well uh…", the scarf raises its hand into the air, pointing into some random direction… "I don't think.. you know what you're doing…." The scarf appendage hangs its hand down, in utter shame.. Just trying to help.
[20:44:27] <Althaia_Atrum> "I think Mr.Scarf knows the way out…", Althaia looked up to the garb which pointed forward into some direction… "Alright… I trust you, ok?" Althaia walked in the direction the scarf pointed…
[20:53:48] <Giantree> Burning with enthusiasm, the scarf points in a direction which Althaia follows, Adrianne obviously not far behind. The path leads them to a ramp downward… and more downward… until it seems like they're walking on what would have been a wall from where they just were. It's as if gravity shifted. The myriad of pathways are still there, and all of them look identical.
[20:59:42] * Adrianne_Lavender kneels on the ground and pulls out a a dagger out of her shadow, "Alright, lets try this again." She says as she strikes the ground hard with the hilt, it supernaturally stays upright…not falling even after a whole minte has gone by, "You know, I was never good at this whole finding the right way thing." she says bitterly
21:01:36] <Althaia_Atrum> "I'm not good at much besides fencing and .. homework… Haha…", the scarf formed back into its defensive position, both claws upright and ready to disembowel anything that harms Althaia…
[21:02:39] <Adrianne_Lavender> The shadows dagger dissipates and the shadow motes return to their rightful place.
[21:05:55] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Well, I get lost really easily normally, this place just makes it worse."
[21:08:46] <Adrianne_Lavender> After pacing around a few times she matrializes another dagger and balances it on her index finger. "Lets see if it works this time." and with that, she started focusing and the dagger immediately and assertively pointing to the leftmost path. "Aha, see, it works!" She says excited tarting heading on, the dagger guiding the pair.
[21:09:42] <Adrianne_Lavender> starting*
[21:10:23] <Giantree> And on the leftmost path they went; along it, the other paths seemed to blur and fade from existence, even though they were most certainly visible before. Instead, there is only a long walkway with torchbearing pillars at the side, leading them into a room that looked like what was essentially a large stone box floating in midair. A crude door was in place leading into said box..
[21:10:30] <Giantree> And familiar voices could be heard from inside it.
[21:12:35] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Looks like they beat us to the punch."
[21:13:23] <Althaia_Atrum> "I didn't know we were in a competition…", both tails of the scarf dart forward and twist and serve until they come in contact with the door… Both grip the slit and pull violently to open it up.
[21:14:09] <Adrianne_Lavender> "I'll explain everything later."
[21:15:11] <Giantree> The door opens and inside the box is a massive space with what looks like a… floating head in the middle. A mask, even. However, this mask looks finely crafted and is made of the same stone that the walls are. Speaking of which, Silk is standing straight up on a wall to the left and Satin the ceiling— both pounding on the mask. The latter shouted first. "What took you so long? Hurry up!"
[21:16:08] <Giantree> The mask itself looks like some sort of design that could only be described as "ancient," for lack of a better word. Two gemstones set in its eye sockets glowed red as it turned to stare at the two entering the room.
[21:19:02] <Althaia_Atrum> "What is… AHHH!!", the red garment claws blast forward and grow and expand until they're about 12 feet tall… The massive claws close in on the mash and begin to slash at it heavily with a veil of flaming hot steam.
[21:20:38] * Adrianne_Lavender quickly makes a black javelin from her own shadow and quickly tosses it at the mask yelling "SHADOW MISSLE!". The Javelin is actually expelling small pieces of itself behind it at high speed making it like a pseudo rocket.
[21:22:35] <Giantree> The steam is repelled by the 'mask,' as its red gemstones in its eyes glow even brighter. Like heat isn't going to harm it. Or… at least, that's what it feels like, considering the scarf bounces off the stone creature and quite possibly does something along the lines of smacking Althaia herself in the face.
[21:25:12] <Althaia_Atrum> The red claws flew back and stopped themselves short of Althaia's face… However the force from the push caused Althaia to fall back and tumble onto the hard ground… "Ouchh…. "
[21:25:43] <Giantree> The shadow missiles hit the stone creature and… do nothing, essentially. Instead, it turns toward Adrianne and shoots "missiles" of its own from the gemstones in its eyes, which look similarly goofy but are still just as magical.
[21:27:41] * Adrianne_Lavender is pounded by the missles and barely hides on the inside of her hat's shadows to prevent the worst of the damage. She pops our rubbing her gut and oughing, "I almost dodged it."
[21:28:07] <Giantree> As its gemstones fire though, the statue stops moving and said gemstones slowly begin to rotate. As they do so, the side that becomes revealed through its eyes are blue, like deep sapphires. And the head rotates itself upward toward the woman with the massive sword…
[21:33:06] <Giantree> Its eyes began to glow as… some sort of psychic force shot out toward Satin, but instead of standing in place she rushed forward, holding her sword out so as to deflect the invisible blow— dashing across the entire room she slashed the creature's face and was then positioned on the other side of the room, wordlessly.
[21:36:37] <Giantree> "I-It's my turn!" The small girl shouted out loud from one of the walls as she extended her right arm, 'wires' untangling themselves and instead of attacking the statue, latching on to one of the walls… it was difficult to tell between wall, floor, and ceiling anymore. Propelling herself forward she delivered a kick into one of the eye-gemstones, cracking it a bit, then bounced off.
[21:41:33] * Adrianne_Lavender tries an attack with a large shadow boomerang, but it fails to make a dent. Seriously whats up with this place? Its making Adrianne's powers feel wonky.
[21:43:18] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… THAT"S IT!!!!", a large cluster of steam blasts forth from the girls feet as she stands, holding her long sword out as the scarf rises into the air, both hands opened up ready to attack. The steaming white aura twists around Althaia as two massive swords form near the scarf's hands… The claws grip each hilt of each sword…
[21:44:11] <Althaia_Atrum> And in the next instant, both of the scarves slash in an X-formation, firing off a large beam of energy toward the mask before Althaia herself leaped after it, bringing down the sword into one of the mask's eyes.
[21:47:34] <Giantree> The sheer force from the attack not only dug into the blue gem and shattered pieces of it across the room, but shook the mask enough to make the crack in the other one - from Silk's attack - deeper as well. Spinning so as to push the girl off of its body in frustration— well, its head, the statue's eyes again rotated once more, revealing green emeralds in its eye sockets.
[21:51:20] <Giantree> All its fury directed at Althaia, the statue charged straight at the girl with all its mass.
[21:53:42] <Althaia_Atrum> "TAKE… THIIIIIISSSS!!!", holding the sword into the air, it expands and blasts up until it almost makes contact with the ceiling… At the same time, a cluster of white energy and steam swarms around the blade. The girl slashes it down at the mask with all of that energy and force behind it, causing the very ground to shake upon impact.
[21:55:08] <Giantree> … That is, if it's even possible to tell where the ground is. Still, all the walls of the boxed room tremble at the force of the slash and the statue head's eyes completely shatter on impact, causing the entirety of its form to slowly crumble into dust. But through the slow crumbling Silk and Satin lie in wait, as if they know what's going to come from it.
[21:56:39] <Adrianne_Lavender> "You landed the final blow, go claim the seed." She manages to say, still gripping her stomach.
[21:57:18] <Althaia_Atrum> The sword retracts back into its normal size as Althaia takes in a deep breath… "Seed? What seed?……"
[21:58:11] <Giantree> As the statue finishes its routine, 'gravity' seems to shift again, sending all of them tumbling to one specific 'wall' which is apparently the floor now. As Satin steps forth to say something Silk instead extends her left arm in front of the older girl, shaking her head. "These are their souls, their hearts. What we collect after our fights… to fulfill our mission." And with that, alongside
[21:58:19] <Giantree> a 'clink,' a small black orb hit the ground.
[21:59:17] <Adrianne_Lavender> "With thirteen of those you can get any one wish you want."
[22:00:05] <Althaia_Atrum> "Any wish I want…? … … That sounds… … too good to be true…"
[22:00:33] <Giantree> As Althaia approached the seed - or at least looked at it - the room fell apart, revealing instead the city block they were standing in back at the Scape. The seed was sitting on the street, now.
[22:01:49] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl approached the seed and looked at it for a moment… The scarf, as if knowing what Althaia wanted to do, moved slowly forward and gripped the seed, picking it up from the ground… "Oh, thanks Mr.Scarf!"
[22:02:31] * Adrianne_Lavender sits down on the sidewalk, "Well, you have to earn it, and it ain't easy. After I got this" She holds out her left arm, "I decided that I would find home the old fashioned way."
[22:02:41] <Giantree> But Silk looked toward Satin and immediately back to Althaia, as if ther had some sort of telepathic communication happening. Or at least, they understood what had to be done. "But before you start gathering them, there's one thing I wanna ask…" she looked at Adrianne, shaking her head. "No, both of you. There's a reason we're collecting them and can't do it ourselves. Will you help us?"
[22:02:52] <Giantree> Her hands were brought to her chest pleadingly. "Or at least hear us out?"
[22:04:23] <Althaia_Atrum> "What do you say Adri… Should we?"
[22:04:27] * Adrianne_Lavender looks at them weakly, "Don't know, but it seems that something serious is going on around here."
[22:04:50] <Adrianne_Lavender> "I'll hear you out at least."
[22:05:22] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf brings up both hands as claws form… They move in at both Silk and Satin, letting out… a roar?
[22:07:28] <Giantree> Right away Silk let out a scream and ran behind Satin, who remained stoic at the scarf's "attack." Sword disappearing and being placed in a pocket, she closed her eyes and turned around, ignoring the small girl at her side. "If you're going to do it, then follow us. There's someone who can explain it better than we can."
[22:08:53] * Adrianne_Lavender lets out a sigh, "But before that." Is all she says before a pulse of shadows emanates from her feet making all the shadows change to the opposite direction they would normally be.
[22:09:04] <Althaia_Atrum> "Mr.Scarf! BAD! BAD!", Althaia brought up her long sword, smacking the scarf with the blunt end of the blade and it complied… Retracting back and folding over and resting on Althaia's back… "I'm really sorry… Hehe.."
[22:09:57] <Giantree> Well, at least, that seemed to be the intention— but, in the Scape, shadows were something hardly visible thanks to the lack of things like sunlight so it was something that could barely be noticed at all. Still, it seemed like elsewhere it might've had some sudden effect, Adrianne felt.
[22:10:49] <Giantree> As Satin walked off, however, Silk was shaking where she stood but still tried to make a point to creep forward, extending a hand. "I… I-It's okay, Mr. Scarf… I-I'm not gonna hurt you… see?"
[22:11:18] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Okay, I'm done getting rid of buildup. Lead the way Satin." She says in a more relaxed tone of voice
[22:13:33] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf, again, let out a growl as one of the tails curved upward, forming into a five fingered claw once more… It moved slowly toward Silk, hissing…
[22:13:38] * Adrianne_Lavender stretches before following closely after Satin.
[22:20:27] <Giantree> The four did their fair share of interaction— Satin keeping mostly to herself even still, they still shared some moments and made quite a bit of smalltalk on the long walk to what eventually became a flight of stairs leading underground. A subway, although it was difficult to tell considering how much debris was everywhere. Satin decided to go off on her own again toward a console, while Silk
[22:20:32] <Giantree> was left alone with the two.
[22:21:52] <Althaia_Atrum> "Mr.Scarf, BEHAVE…", the scarf growled and turned toward Silk with an open claw… However, it listened to Althaia… Reverting back to its lifeless state… "I'm sorry about all of this … What's your name again?"
[22:23:51] <Giantree> She proudly stood up. "It's El-" realizing what she almost just did - a newbie mistake - she shuffled around frantically then cleared her throat. "No, no, it's Silk, call me Silk. It works just fine, I don't need anything more than that," she covered up with a nervous laugh. As she did so, one of the walls slid open as Satin herself 'slid' out from the console room. Beckoning, she walked
[22:23:52] <Giantree> inside.
[22:24:01] * Adrianne_Lavender looks around, her arm apparently asleep after all that magic power usage, "So there is this dome where they make all the food out of insects. YOu would imagine my surprise after they told me what one of their protein bars was made out of."
[22:27:54] <Althaia_Atrum> "Eww.. Bugs… … … That reminds me… I wonder how my Dad is doing…"
[22:28:38] * Adrianne_Lavender walks behind her, "Whats wrong with using your real name? I've never had any problem with it."
[22:29:27] <Giantree> Conversation going along, the group traveled down a winding staircase. The staircase itself, however, was fairly fancy-looking— extremely fancy-looking, in fact, as it looked like it was some kind of crystal. Whether it was artificial or not was almost impossible to tell, as well, but it had an amber tint to it. Walking down, Silk sort of laughed it off. "Well I'm not sure really…
[22:29:50] <Giantree> The nickname just kinda stuck. I think it has to do with these things." One of the 'wires' on her arms was raised and jingled a little.
[22:31:05] <Althaia_Atrum> The jiggling wire set off the scarf… Causing it to slightly arch into the air, ready for anything… "Calm down…"
[22:32:11] <Giantree> As it wrapped itself around the girl's arm again, she let out another giggle. "Maybe we do have a lot in common after all, huh?" It almost sounded like she was talking more to the scarf… or maybe she was.
[22:32:12] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Althaia, are you sure you can keep that under control?"
[22:33:59] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Silk, what is this place? I didn't even know people stayed in here for long."
[22:34:16] <Althaia_Atrum> "I-I'll try… Mr.Scarf, CALM DOWN NOW…", again, the scarf literally whimpered and went back to its lifeless state… "Alright… That works!"
[22:36:05] <Giantree> Beaming, she turned from facing Althaia behind her and instead looked toward Adrienne in front. Satin was far ahead of the group, showing no interest. "Apparently down here where it's calm is where our l… our friend is most comfortable. Like us she doesn't go by her name either, but we don't even know what i-" Cut off, Satin started to speak. "We're almost there. Be on your best behavior
[22:36:12] <Giantree> around her; she doesn't get guests often."
[22:38:25] <Althaia_Atrum> "I really don't know what I'm going to do.. I need to get back to my brother soon.. That's all I have to say… Hehehe… And how do I turn.. back?"
[22:40:10] <Giantree> Silk turned around and didn't stop. Despite Satin's words, they still had a while to go. Silk herself was still beaming, however. "Don't worry, when you come here like this, time doesn't flow there at all. I'm sure your brother won't even notice you were gone. And…" she looked over Althaia's costume, ignoring the scarf. "It appears when you come here. That's what kind of place this is."
[22:41:44] <Adrianne_Lavender> "I don't think you can while we're here, I never tried it though, seeing as I always tried to get to the next dome as fast as possible."
[22:42:36] <Althaia_Atrum> "So… … ", Althaia looked down at her red and blue dress and her armored knee high leggings, finishing with the metal boots that were surprisingly comfortable. "I noticed something.. about.. well you guys… You seem to have an attribute or.. something like that… Adri is darkness and.. you are… wires?"
[22:44:03] <Giantree> The fancy staircase ending, the group was now proceeding through a much more normal-looking corridor; if anything, it just looked like a fairly fancy house. Though, nothing holographic or common where they came from— only well-polished floor and walls. No windows, of course. Silk kept beaming. "Wires… I'm not sure if that's what you'd call it. Actually…
[22:44:36] <Giantree> … I'm not sure what to call it myself either, I just know what they do. Feel them. But oh, Satin's is a lot cooler, she can control b-" "We're here." A door creaked open.
[22:45:04] <Althaia_Atrum> "Control b-what? … … … I think I'm energy or… steam.. or .. something… and…. huh?"
[22:47:41] * Adrianne_Lavender raises an eyebrow, curious.
[22:48:19] <Giantree> Silk shut herself up, for good reason too. The group was led into a much more elegant room - even moreso than the hall alit with chandeliers and such they came from - in which sat an equally elegant table in the middle. Curtains of bright colors draped across the room, and the atmosphere was certainly fancy. But it seems like there was something missing. Something that made everything.. dull.
[22:50:06] <Giantree> "Quartz," spoke Satin almost rudely, or maybe it was just something she knew she could get away with. Without lifting a finger to reveal the new group, her face instead changed completely as she walked forward, toward a blond girl wearing a rather plain dress in a wheelchair. A lost technology, if anything, but she didn't show incentive to get up from it. "How are you feeling?"
[22:50:16] * Adrianne_Lavender looks surprised there is even a place this fancy in creep city.
[22:50:44] <Althaia_Atrum> "Huh… Mr.Scarf, what do you think of this place?…" … The scarlet garb rose up in the form of its two claws again… They were calm and at the ready to attack anything… "Oh my… what is… "
[22:52:01] <Giantree> The girl coughed and attempted to use her arms to push herself off the chair, but was instead held in place by Satin who shook her head in a way that showed… concern, which seemed awfully out-of-character at this point. The girl, Quartz, scanned over the group and almost immediately opened her mouth while looking at Silk, who saluted goofily and ran off before a word could even come out.
[22:52:16] <Giantree> "Aye aye! Chrysanthemum tea, right on it!" Of course, she ran off.
[22:53:36] <Giantree> Another cough and another. Clearing her throat, the girl looked up as Silk left the room. "You are… new Spellweavers, yes?" There was a bizarre sense of elegance to her voice.
[22:55:19] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Well, I'm not sure what you call yourselves, but I'm just a wanderer, trying to find a way back home." She says as a matter of factly.
[22:55:26] <Althaia_Atrum> "Yeah! My name is Althaia Atrum! Pleasure to meet you.. And this is my friend Adri.. And Mr.Scarf… Say hello!", the red scarf wormed forward with one of its claws, patting the sick girl on the head lightly and in a comforting manner. "Aww.. He likes you!"
[22:56:48] <Adrianne_Lavender> "My name is Adrianne Lavender, nice to meet you."
[22:58:30] <Giantree> As the scarf came closer, the girl let out a giggle— a refined one, much unlike Silk's goofy kind. Satin almost lurched forward but held herself back, like she knew better, but didn't move from the girl's side still. As Silk returned with a big tray of tea, Quartz extended an arm. "Please, make yourselves at home." The table she was sitting at was awfully fancy-looking, but there wasn't…
[22:59:46] <Giantree> … a whole lot on it besides a tablecloth. Nothing at all, actually. Considering what tables looked like on the outside world, it and even the chairs were a fairly rare sight. Silk passed out the tea as the sickly girl coughed once and spoke again. "As I'm sure you know by now, I'm known as Quartz. That's.. the only name I've kept, to be honest. But still, pleased to meet you both."
[23:02:41] <Giantree> Chrysanthemum tea was something that didn't exist commonly in 2072 either, but in the Scape there was plenty of it, as evident by the sheer amount placed on the table. More than the number of guests, even, but that's probably just Silk not bothering to count. With a big grin she joined the table and took a big gulp. Quartz took a sip herself. "I'd like to get straight to the point: You know
[23:02:46] <Giantree> what this world is, yes?"
[23:03:35] <Althaia_Atrum> "Well… My name is Althaia Atrum as I said… My brother is Avlein Atrum… My father Ronald Atrum and my mother … was Ambrosia Atrum… and… I don't know what this world is, I'm sorry."
[23:04:17] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Not really, I just use it to travel between places, "I've had some spare time and I thought it was maybe an…alternate dimension or something like that?"
[23:06:43] <Giantree> Sip. "You're partially correct. This world is… let's call it a ghost of what your world once was, shall we? There was once a land that thrived, but due to an unfortunate accident it was forgotten by the world. That's what we call the Scape, or the City of Silence. As I'm sure you've seen, the people here look and act… quite strange." At this point she saw it fit to draw attention to…
[23:07:21] <Giantree> … a certain aspect of herself and looked into their faces. Her eyes, much like that of the citizens', had no pupils. Only irises filling the entire eyes. And they were an amber color, much like the staircase from earlier.
[23:08:06] * Adrianne_Lavender shifts unconfortably in her chair, "…oookay thats a bit wierd."
[23:09:44] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ohhh… Pretty….", Althaia began to exhibit an aura of steam from her eyes that flowed into the air and began to heat the room…
[23:11:34] * Adrianne_Lavender stares at Althalia as if she was retarded, but then remembers this is her first time here and probably hasn't seen the crrepy people closeley at all."
[23:11:45] <Giantree> … But Quartz paid it no mind. The room being a little less chilly wasn't going to change much. "I'm sorry. That's all I can do to explain what happens when you have too much exposure to this place." She began to cough wildly, being calmed down only by Satin's help. A few seconds later, she went on, "Spellweavers coming here are not many. They are only so important because they have…
[23:12:38] <Giantree> … one ability that nobody else in any world does. That ability is to defeat malicious creatures who safeguard amazing power, and compress that power into 'oblivion seeds' formed from their thoughts. 'Guardians' are the only thing I can see fit to name them, though they have been known to have others…" hack wheeze.
[23:14:46] <Giantree> Satin interrupted, sensing her condition worsening. "I'll continue. Gathering these oblivion seeds are what we're here for, because thirteen of them means a wish can be granted to whoever holds them. Our wish is-" Quartz extended a hand, silencing her. It was almost as if she was waiting for a response before letting the explanation continue.
[23:15:50] <Althaia_Atrum> "Wish… I just wanted this power to protect my brother and now I'm being swept into something… much bigger… Umm…"
[23:17:09] * Adrianne_Lavender again shifts unconfortably in her seat, "You just gave me a good reason to avoid being in this place for too long." Adrianne says nervously while pullin on the collar.
[23:19:06] <Giantree> Quartz smiled. "That's exactly why we want to use the oblivion seeds to recreate the Earth. This land is hardly habitable anymore, and from what I hear your world is gradually decaying as well. The unlimited power in the seeds would make it possible to grant us a new, perfect Earth, in which nobody has to suffer." A sip of tea, finishing the cup. "And for that purpose I ask.. will you help?"
[23:20:13] <Althaia_Atrum> "… … … No one having to suffer? … … That's impossible… …"
[23:22:39] <Giantree> The sickly girl admired Althaia's perception. "You may be right. But if people live their lives on your world, won't it eventually become inhabitable, forcing them to look for other planets to settle on? The seeds can let us birth a new, healthy world to support as much life as possible, to minimize suffering as much as we can. These two joined me because…" Satin cut in. "Because it's
[23:22:48] <Giantree> better than wishing for something selfish."
[23:22:55] <Adrianne_Lavender> "…I don't…really know how to respond." She says and then ruffles her hair under her hat, "…man, I can't really say no to that
[23:23:56] <Althaia_Atrum> "It is selfish though… … …"
[23:24:51] <Giantree> Satin took a step forward. "Wishing for people to have a future is selfish? Even compared to people who want infinite money, infinite happiness for themselves?"
[23:25:04] <Giantree> Silk joined in. "Or even wishing for more wishes! We don't wanna do that, right?"
[23:25:49] <Althaia_Atrum> "But forcing your own wish on other people, regardless if it helps them or not is .. kind of selfish…"
[23:27:45] <Giantree> Satin growled and started to speak before Quartz silenced her again. "I understand how you feel— that's why we're requesting. While it's certainly beneficial for us to have cooperation since there will be less competition for the seeds among the Weavers, we can't force anything upon anybody. If you choose not to help us, then we cannot change your mind."
[23:28:11] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Alathia, I don't think its too bad. It would definetely make moving around the between domes easier."
[23:29:16] <Adrianne_Lavender> Althaia*
[23:29:23] <Althaia_Atrum> "I… really want to know what it's like to breath fresh air… … And that rain… and those clouds from that dream… where amazing… … …"
[23:30:43] * Adrianne_Lavender stands up to look at both of them from a different angle, "But I have a few conditions…"
[23:30:47] <Giantree> Quartz looked down, almost like she was about to cry. Assuming she were even still capable, that is. "I think… I think I used to know those feelings. They're only distant memories now, but the reason I want this wish is so that nobody has to live their lives without knowing joys like that."
[23:32:47] * Adrianne_Lavender turns to Satin, "You live in the same dome we were fighting in, right?"
[23:35:08] <Giantree> Satin started to speak, but then turned away. Silk, noticing it, chimed in again. "Nope! Actually, we're pretty much like you— our home is here. Our family is here. We have pretty different reasons for going to that world," she said matter-of-factly.
[23:36:55] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Well, as you can see, all I have with me is what I carry on my back, so I was wondering if you could help me settle down in there. With money or somesuch."
[23:37:27] <Althaia_Atrum> "I have a home with my brother and dad… so I'm set… if that matters at all."
[23:40:53] <Giantree> Quartz smiled, but Silk interjected again. "We'd be happy to have new friends here! I'm sure Quartz gets pretty lonely when we go of-" Satin's violent glaring made her stop her sentence and start shivering a bit instead. Eyes as blood-red as hers were pretty unpleasant to stare into for so long.
[23:42:35] <Althaia_Atrum> "Something… doesn't feel right… I can't put my finger on it… … … Just … … … "
[23:42:44] * Adrianne_Lavender seems a bit put off by Satin's display of anger, "You know…I think I'm staying with Althaia." She turns to her, "Is that ok with you?"
[23:44:00] <Althaia_Atrum> "Me and my brother would be happy to have you Adri!", Althaia smiled as she stood up from her chair.
[23:44:40] <Giantree> Quartz didn't display any more emotion than she had been the entire time, except for a fierce determination. It most certainly didn't change the tone of her voice at all, though. "What you choose is up to you. We will continue to pursue our goal to achieve the purposes we desire. There's nothing we're hiding from you; all we want to ask of you is to be our comrades."
[23:45:43] <Giantree> She smiled softly again. "Don't worry— you don't have to decide right away. You're welcome to spend as much time here as you feel necessary." Looking up, Satin nodded and began pushing her wheelchair into another room. "Please come see me if you make your decision," were the girl's last words.
[23:46:13] <Althaia_Atrum> "I've already made a decision…"
[23:48:08] <Adrianne_Lavender> "So have I…"
[23:49:00] <Giantree> She was already in the other room by the time they spoke, but Silk wasn't. She pepped up and looked downhearted at the same time. "Don't be a rush or anything, you have as long as you want to think about this. We'll always be here, y'know! Or… at least, we'll be around."
[23:49:59] <Althaia_Atrum> "No, it isn't something that hard to think about… but… one thing I have to ask… What's your real reason for doing this…?"
[23:51:00] <Giantree> Silk tilted her head. "Whaddaya mean? We heard the same thing you did and that's why we decided to help— we want a new Earth where people can be happy. That's all there is to it!"
[23:52:32] <Althaia_Atrum> "… … … … … I was always taught to not judge a book by its cover… … … "
[23:52:52] <Althaia_Atrum> "And the way Mr.Scarf was acting before… … "
[23:53:22] <Giantree> Silk shrugged and took a gulp of tea. "Dunno! I was always taught that people living is good, people dying is bad. And people will be dying if we don't do something, right?"
[23:55:07] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Whatever their reasons are, as long as the result helps me get back home, It's likely I will help you.
[23:55:10] <Adrianne_Lavender> "
[23:56:23] <Althaia_Atrum> "People dying… That's something that can't be stopped… … "
[23:57:42] <Giantree> The girl sit back in her chair. "There's no reason for anybody with hostile intentions to come this way anymore— we'll leave our door open. As for me…" A vortex instantaneously opened in the air, which she slipped inside. "See ya later~" It closed as soon as the last syllable was spoken. Was it something urgent? Or just an excuse to get out of the gloomy atmosphere?
[23:58:46] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia wondered why the girl left so quickly as if in a haste… This only raised her suspicions further. "Why did she leave so quickly?"
[00:00:01] <Adrianne_Lavender> "No idea, lets go back to the dome, we can think about this a bit better once we cool ourselves down a bit." She says as she makes a wave with her hand and a portal appears.
[00:00:05] <Giantree> The only clue to answer that question was the completely empty teacup by what was her chair. It, at least, seemed like she did all she could do to try to convince them.
[00:06:03] <Madobe_Nanako> _
[00:06:15] <Althaia_Atrum> Lines lines line.))
[00:06:24] <Madobe_Nanako> (Transition)
[00:12:35] <Giantree> "Haa!" The most generic of sounds to make while striking was definitely a sound that was… made. The practice sword of Avlein Atrum had a clear strike at Althaia's stomach, and it took it. A few seconds of breathing later the boy removed his mask and looked at her with a passive smile. "What's the matter, sis? It sure feels like you've been out of it lately."
[00:13:31] <Giantree> It's been five days since the traveler Adrianne started living with them, and for four of those days the news have been plastered with comments and paranoia theories about one terrorist act in a nearby dome— despite it being thousands of miles away. It had nothing to do with them. But still, it was unsettling.
[00:15:07] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia took the blade to the stomach, still thinking about the Scape and that girl in the wheel chair… It was unsettling for her and she couldn't focus what so ever… "Eh..hehe.. Sorry Bro! Just thinking is all…"
[00:17:19] <Giantree> His face became more serious. "Think about your opponent. If you can't even focus on that, you'll be in all kinds of danger!" Sheathing his sword and stretching, he let out a bit of a yawn. "I think that's enough training for today, though. Shall we go back and get some grub?"
[00:18:29] <Althaia_Atrum> "I'm fine… You go on ahead… I wanna explore the forest some.. .If that's alright…"
[00:20:37] <Giantree> He shrugged. "I suppose so. Adri's still out getting the groceries, so it might be a bit late tonight anyway. But don't take too long, alright?" The bulky gear moved with his legs back to the house. Bulkily.
[00:25:05] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl sprinted in the opposite directions, tossing of her gear as she went… Leaving it lay in the field as she approached the darkness and protection of the trees.. Protection from sight that is… She ran faster and faster into the trees, away from anyone or anything that may see what she was about to do…
[00:27:35] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia leaped into the air, performing an aerial front flip as her legs began to glow a bright white, materializing forth those armored boots… Shortly before her dress formed on her upper body and finishing the attire was the living red scarf…
[00:27:47] <Althaia_Atrum> "I have to get the hang of this if I'm going to fight… … …"
[00:29:53] <Giantree> Though, there wasn't much of an opponent for her in a place like this. While there was definitely nobody in the woods, the only thing that could've made training her powers easier would be somebody to train them with.
[00:31:37] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia meant to work on her powers and abilities and expand on them… and some privacy was the best thing that came to mind… Materializing her sword in a veil of steam, she faced a tree. The magical girl swung her blade downward, causing a sword to fling forward from the original blade… The sword spun and pierced into the tree perfectly,..
[00:35:50] <Althaia_Atrum> "I… don't know what to do Mr.Scarf….", the red cloth rose into the air and patted Althaia's head before lunging forward, gripping the hilt of the stuck blade and pulling it out of the tree, materializing it into thin air… "Maybe I can… … turn my body into… steam…?"
[00:37:01] <Giantree> Could she? It seemed to be instilled in her head by the other group that flight, transformation, all things were possible provided she just had the will to do it. But how would she utilize a power like that? And even more of a question, how would she do so without getting stuck inside the tree?
[00:38:44] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… Just focus… Just focus… ", steam reared up from her feet and spun around in a spiral motion from her legs to the sky… Althaia held her blade diagonally with both hands at the hilt… The more time passed, the far more violent the spinning steam became.
[00:41:02] <Giantree> As she began her exercise, of ALL ridiculous things to happen, she heard a noise. Noise of leaves rustling nearby. And the noises were getting close and closer.
[00:42:55] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia began to feel a bit uncomfortable… She took in a deep, calming breath to calm the swirling steam down but… that didn't happen.. Instead.. The steam literally spun and retreated into Althaia's mouth… Her eyes widened at that moment… and then she exhaled, causing a massive flurry of hot steam to rush out of her mouth…
[00:43:37] <Althaia_Atrum> It was a powerful breath as it shook the leaves and the branches, even causing weak trees to give way to the power of the move… but afterward, Althaia had better things to focus on… Like the noises drawing closer and closer.
[00:45:29] <Giantree> And closer. And closer! Branches and leaves were stepped on and something was approaching to see her in her transformed state until…. it happened. From behind a nearby tree popped out a canine. A bulldog with a hoverboard in its mouth, actually. It stood in place staring at Althaia, then continued onward through another path.
[00:46:39] <Althaia_Atrum> "Uhhh… huh?" The magical girl blinked at the sight of the dog… Wandering where she saw it before… And then it hit her… Days ago when that blob devoured her and the day she became a Spell Weaver… "Wait a second.. Come back here!"
[00:48:38] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl sprinted after the dog while still in her magical girl clothes… She obviously forgot to revert back to normal…
[00:49:18] <Giantree> It… acted like a dog would, actually. Feeling threatened it broke into a run, past seas of trees— and after a brief while of chase escaped through a bold leap in between some trees, outside of the forest and into the city's limits. Hoverboard still in its mouth it attempted to trot off.
[00:50:53] <Althaia_Atrum> "Heyy…ahhh!", Althaia stumbled forward but one tail of the scarf blasted forward, contacting the ground with an open palm to keep her from falling… "Thanks…", the red garb retracted and patted Althaia's head as she continued to run after the dog.
[00:58:11] <Giantree> And she did, with the few people who were out and about on that city block stopping to stare at her outfit— and even moreso, at the dog. But that didn't last long, as a few seconds later she found herself struggling to keep her footing and not trip over said dog. A grayscale dog, with its hind legs stuck behind it and hoverboard still in mouth, not moving. But something nearby definitely was.
[01:00:06] <Giantree> It was, specifically, a 'VWOOP' noise behind her and a not-so-heavy object that collided into her back. But that object didn't skip a beat to start screaming. If it sounded like words at all, it was certainly something like "HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP," jumbled together with an explanation that seemed to be a run-on sentence or maybe even some new attempt to break the world record
[01:00:34] <Giantree> on longest single word. Obviously, the white outfit she was wearing was nothing new. Hoo boy. What could she want all of a sudden?
[01:01:03] <Althaia_Atrum> "Eh? Oh hello the- AHHH!!", The girl flailed her arms to save herself from falling.. and luckily it worked… Turning around to face the girl in white… "What…what is it? Ahhh…. Stop yelling…"
[01:06:14] <Giantree> Bouncing back and standing up, the girl who was known only as Silk's eyes started watering; her butterfly-rimmed glasses definitely made tears look ridiculously unusual. "I-I dunno who to ask anymore, i-it's Satin, she just went to fight this thing a-and then she disappeared and oh god I can't go back and tell the story like this help help help" it continued along something like that.
[01:06:27] <Giantree> But for the most part it was pretty incomprehensible— maybe the word "disappeared" wasn't.
[01:07:20] <Althaia_Atrum> "Dissapeared… What happened?… … ", Althaia looked around at the local people which were definitely staring at them… "Let's go Sil! Lead the way…"
[01:09:44] <Giantree> At least, their still bodies were; there wasn't much they could see considering how grayscale they were. But the girl sniffled instead of even attempting to wipe her tears. "O-Okay, thanks, let's go!" Grabbing Althaia's arm by the wrist, she leapt back into the portal which disappeared with a VWOOP.
[01:11:11] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf didn't react to Silk as it knew that Althaia wouldn't be pleased with it… For now, the garb let Silk make contact with Althaia… Althaia, on the other hand, was taken by Silk into the portal with determination in her eyes… She wanted to know what happened…
[01:14:20] <Giantree> As they emerged into the city square like usual, Silk stared up at the air and looked about frantically until she finally saw something. "Over there," she pointed to what looked like… it was difficult to tell what it was, actually, but it was almost rectangular and it was definitely floating in the sky. "That thing! That's what took her!" The cape attached to her outfit started to blow in
[01:14:28] <Giantree> the wind… or a wind that was newly created, anyway.
[01:16:59] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia looked at the box, slanting her eyes in anger… The scarf surrendered to the wind as it whisked too and fro in the strong gust… "Alright… I'll take care of it for you Sil, you wait here, okay?"
[01:24:18] <Giantree> She pouted. "What, d'ya think I can't fight or something? There's no way just ONE of us can take on something like THAT alone!" Thinking about what she said and what she'd do, her cape acted as wings and fluttered as she took of after the girl. "I-I'll provide backup!"
[01:27:24] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright, just stay out of anything dangerous and if it gets to bad, run!", the red scarf readied itself in its winged form again as it flapped… Althaia leaped into the air and flew fast at the floating shape… She readied her blade as a aura of steam flowed from her body.
[01:32:04] <Giantree> She nodded, though Althaia was already too far ahead of her to see it. Catching up she tried to speak as the two flew straight toward the… whatever it was. "By the way… I'm sorry for asking you to do this." The wind was strong, she swirled around to girl's other side to keep her momentum. "I know you still don't know if you want to help us or not but…" Swirled again. "Even if you say..
[01:32:56] <Giantree> .. you won't, I think that's fine. All I really want is somebody to be able to call a fr-" Of course, the speed and the altitude weren't the greatest combination— right at that second they reached the left side of the monstrosity, which was now moving forward straight toward the direction they came from.
[01:34:01] <Giantree> The intricate golden patterns on the otherwise dull gray ship's hull made themselves clear as it pushed forward, forcing them to what was the ship's right side. The only way they could go from here was up.
[01:38:04] <Althaia_Atrum> Looking at the ship … Something didn't feel right… The scarf wings flapped again, causing her to accelerate, going faster and faster toward the ship… She had her blade at the ready and a steaming aura ready to attack…
[01:39:23] <Giantree> As the ship started to descend a bit, the two found themselves face-to-face with, unsurprisingly, a wall of cannons. You know, considering it was an airship and all. The cannons stood in place menacingly and began charging magical energy from nearby as the two struggled to keep their position midair.
[01:48:28] <Althaia_Atrum> "Not on my watch…" Althaia flew higher into the air as her sword began to glow with a radiant white light… Slashing downward, a gigantic stream of concentrated, heated steam fired like a beam… Swirling and twisting as it smashed into the cannons with such heat and power, it caused them to explode, leaving only one left when all was said and done.
[01:55:20] <Giantree> "Alright! My turh!" Fierce determination burning in her soul, the smaller girl in white stretched out her arms as all of the 'wires' - which were built like sleeves - on them were unwrapped at once, now more or less telekinetically under her control. Focusing, her glasses' butterfly patterns began glowing and the wires arranged themselves behind her so as to form an identical pattern trailing….
[01:56:35] <Giantree> .. Behind her cape. As the butterfly wings spread her own orb of magical energy began being conjured, which was released with a quick movement of the 'wings' and straight into the final cannon, which exploded on impact. Wires wrapping themselves around her arms again, the cape returned to being her method of flight as the began ascending. "Alright, let's go in."
[01:57:44] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf wings beat the air below the magical girl, causing her to gain more altitude above Silk. "Alright… I'll head in first…", with one thrash of the wings, she sped toward the entrance…
[01:58:30] <Giantree> … But found herself crashing against some sort of hexagonal object. It flashed in the sky for a split second but disappeared upon contact— like a barrier.
[01:59:29] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ehh?", Althaia hovered back, away from the invisible barrier and began to think… "How can we get through this thing…?"
[03:00:27] <Giantree> Silk had no idea either. Seeing the flash of the barrier she gave off a pretty terrified look— in fact, she actually bit a nail but she hoped it was behing Althaia's back enough to not be noticeable. "We… We can't try to break through it, can we?"
[03:06:17] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… I got this… ", Althaia closed her eyes as the blade dissipated into a veil of steam that became one with Althaia's aura… A small, thin blanket of steam coated her skin and out from her eyes came forth a smog of the hot vapor… "Huff…huff….huff….huff……huff…", taking in deep breaths… She focused…
[03:07:09] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia's body began to vanish into thin air… Starting from her legs up to her head.. Within only ten seconds, her entire being was replaced by a barely visible steam silhouette…
[03:07:23] <Althaia_Atrum> "I did it!"
[03:08:21] <Althaia_Atrum> The now invisible vapor Althaia flew forward and through the barrier with no difficulty… Air made it through so why couldn't a simple vapor?
[03:09:28] <Giantree> .. But all Silk did was panic more as Althaia made it past the barrier. "B-But… !" Taking a second to calm herself, she understood what was going to happen. She couldn't do much besides provide encouragement now, but that was definitely the easiest way through their problem. "Pr.. Promise me you won't get lost or hurt, okay?" The 'wires' had more or less forcefully untangled themselves…
[03:09:50] <Giantree> .. and were trying to whack at the barrier to no avail since the transformation started. "I'll take care of things out here… or at least I'll try!"
[19:36:31] <Giantree> April 8th, Year 2072— EARTH PUBLIC SOLAR PROTECTION DOME #47: Residential block 236. Hailey approached the door leading to what she had heard from the holonet as the residence of the Lyons— Skye's family. There were supposedly 4 of them; two parents, two siblings. The holobell was only a button press away from alerting them. She knew what to tell them.
[19:36:42] <Giantree> Or at least, she desperately tried to convince herself that she did.
[19:37:46] <Hailey_Markane> She has an idea. Not sure if it will convince them…but she has to try. Slowly, she will ring the holobell. Hope for the best, right?
[19:39:38] <Skye_Lyon> The door opened, and a young girl with long blonde hair stood there, staring blankly at Hailey, "…Can I help you?"
[19:40:50] <Hailey_Markane> "Hi…" Hailey paused. How could she put this? She needed to buy more time. "is your mom or dad home?"
[19:42:57] <Skye_Lyon> The girl stared at Hailey as if she were an idiot for having to ask, "Why would they be home? They're out of dome with robotical work."
[19:43:36] <Hailey_Markane> "right…thing is, it's about Skye…" that would hopefully get a reaction.
[19:44:42] <Giantree> It was plastered all over the news - throughout all of Earth, in fact - that there were very few survivors after the school explosion, and alongside the information a list of all the survivors. Skye Lyon and Nanako Madobe weren't included.
[19:45:18] <Skye_Lyon> Her face turned slightly pale and her eyes narrowed, "If you've got some kind of card, you can… just leave it."
[19:46:05] <Hailey_Markane> "no. It's not like that." Hailey took a deep breath, knowing this news would rock the family's world. "she didn't die in the attack."
[19:47:47] <Skye_Lyon> The young girl's face contorted, "What? We watched the newscast like a thousand times. Everybody's sure she's… Maybe you should just come inside."
[19:48:56] <Hailey_Markane> "right…" Hailey will step inside furtively. She is walking a fine line here…and she knows it.
[19:51:24] <Hailey_Markane> "if you have a way to contact your parents…they should here this."
[19:54:38] <Skye_Lyon> Inside, a much older girl with short, dark brown hair looked at the unfamiliar visitor, "Our parents should hear what?"
[19:57:49] <Hailey_Markane> "it's…a long story. Short version, Skye survived the attack."
[19:59:03] <Giantree> 'The attack.' Even all the news reports were completely vague about it, describing only the fact that there was a blast. Most claimed that it was the work of terrorists, but everything else was seemingly nonsensical claims. Conspiracy theories, for the most part. The world didn't know anything about it, so how could Hailey?
[20:00:05] <Hailey_Markane> "i was with her…when it happened. Thats how I know."
[20:00:57] <Skye_Lyon> The older girl's eyebrows shot up, "Uh-huh… I'd like to hear your story before I go bothering our parents in a time like this with a story that could easily be just a cruel prank. I'm Tara, and I figure Celeste's already introduced herself."
[20:02:05] <Hailey_Markane> "right…my name is Hailey. Not sure if Skye mentioned me to either of you, but the two of us had a…" she tried to pick the words carefully "a professional relationship, I guess."
[20:02:56] <Skye_Lyon> The younger sister, Celeste, piped in, "What kind of 13 year olds have professional relationships?"
[20:03:57] <Hailey_Markane> "ones that get paired up in class for a project worth half your grade, that's what."
[20:06:06] <Skye_Lyon> Feeling sufficiently told, Celeste shut her mouth to allow Hailey to continue as Tara shot her a glance
[20:08:14] <Hailey_Markane> "anyway…the two of us were working when…a bully trashed her part if the project. Ran through the whole school trying to find him, because we really didn't want to start from the beginning…" She is lying through her teeth, but hopefully her confidence and emotion will sell it.
[20:09:10] <Hailey_Markane> "then a dog ran off with my hoverboard so we went and chased it. By the time I got it back…we were off campus."
[20:09:20] <Skye_Lyon> Tara's face looked rather concerned, "Was she being bullied often? She never mentioned anything about it…"
[20:11:25] <Skye_Lyon> Apparently ready to push her luck again, Celeste cut back in, "What kind of stupid story is that? A stupid dog stealing a stupid hoverboard? We're not STUPID."
[20:11:38] <Hailey_Markane> "she didn't mention anything to me either. I like to think that this was an isolated incident, but I can't be sure. And then…" Tears welled up in Hailey's eyes. Whether it was an act or not was anyone's guess.
[20:13:20] <Hailey_Markane> "does it matter? I could tell you a million different stories. Maybe we were teleported there. Maybe I can spontaneously sprout wings and flew there! What matters is that we were outside the school. And then…and th-the-then…"
[20:14:59] <Hailey_Markane> "and then it happened." Hailey's voice was very quiet. Tears rolling down her face, her hands balled up…it was too real. Too much to take in…
[20:16:41] <Skye_Lyon> As Hailey's attitude apparently shifted to become more sad, that of Tara became more confused, "Let's say you're telling the truth and she survived, why wasn't she identified as alive? Where is she, now?"
[20:18:48] <Hailey_Markane> "she wasn't in the building. They didn't find her remains either. If I had to guess, they probably assumed she was right next to the explosion and there would be nothing left to identify her." it was a guess, but at this point guesses and lies were all she had.
[20:20:27] <Skye_Lyon> Tara's line of questioning continued, "Wasn't she with you? They noticed that you were alive, and you still haven't told us where she is, now."
[20:20:34] <Hailey_Markane> "but that's all I know. She took one look at the scene and lost it. Fainted away. I left to go find some help…but she was gone when I got back. All she left was this note…I found it where I left her."
[20:21:27] <Skye_Lyon> "Do you have the note, still? What did it say?"
[20:22:28] <Hailey_Markane> "i have it at home…but I remember what it said."
[20:24:32] <Hailey_Markane> "it went like this: 'I need to be alone, I've seen too much death here. Please tell my family that I am okay and I will come back when I discover myself.' that was it." was it a ling shot? Abso-fucking-lutly. But she had backed herself into a corner and had to grind it out.
[20:25:51] <Hailey_Markane> "and besides…if I had been lying about all this, then how would I know…" Hailey paused to catch her breath, speaking now with a whisper. "how would I know that she's color blind?"
[20:26:44] <Skye_Lyon> Celeste broke out laughing, but whether it was at the note or being happy to find that her sister was alive was unclear, which was probably how she intended it to be. "I can't believe that's what passes for DEEP at high schools!"
[20:28:22] <Skye_Lyon> Tara, on the other hand, was more serious. She nodded at Hailey's mention of color blindness, "It matches up, well enough. I still have questions, but Skye's probably the only person who could answer them. We really appreciate you telling us this; it means a lot."
[20:28:58] <Hailey_Markane> "my only wish is that she could tell you herself."
[20:30:01] <Giantree> At least, it seemed believable enough that nobody at a time like this would be willing to go through with a cruel prank as lying about such a thing. Or even if she was fabricating the story to calm them down, it was still a stranger going out of her way to do it— the two seemed to be appreciative enough.
[20:31:35] <Hailey_Markane> "I can't imagine what you guys were dealing with the past couple days…and I can understand if you're skeptical. People grieve for a bit, then they move on. But I swear to you by all that's holy, your sister will walk through that door. Unharmed."
[20:32:20] <Hailey_Markane> "I only wish I could tell you when."
[20:32:40] <Skye_Lyon> The older girl nodded, "I don't think I caught your last name. If you like, we could let you know when she returns… And so you know, you're welcome around here whenever."
[20:33:30] <Hailey_Markane> "It's Markane. And yeah, let me know when she comes back…although we won't have a project to work on anymore…"
[20:34:49] <Giantree> … Which was probably the biggest of lies she'd told that day. But this one was the most necessary. They had a bigger 'project' to work on together than anybody could've ever imagined…
[20:36:30] <Hailey_Markane> "I will show myself out…thank you." Hailey will close the door behind her and sigh.
[20:37:39] <Hailey_Markane> There was a lot on her mind. The girl just needed some time to allow her thoughts to figure themselves out. With a practiced motion, she left this world behind, crimson wings guiding her whims now…
[20:39:24] <Giantree> She soared through the skies, letting her thoughts and feelings roam free— and the skies smiled down on her. Those same skies passed and passed, through hours which became days, to a time where the girl was no longer in their midst. Instead, a row of cannons destroyed, a large object which was now only blatantly apparent as some sort of flying vessel, continued its descent.
[20:41:40] <Giantree> "… or at least I'll try!" A high-pitched voice screamed as the two approached the hull— whatever the source of it was it was definitely pretty far away. Or rather, the figure was apparent, but the details couldn't be made out. The same went for the one that landed on board and began running for the entrance to the bridge… or what seemed like the bridge.
[20:45:30] <Skye_Lyon> Flying behind Nanako inside her bubble, Skye called, "I can't believe it just attacked us like that. Is this thing some kind of superyouma monster?!"
[20:46:02] * Madobe_Nanako was still watching the ship. She shook her head.
[20:46:07] <Madobe_Nanako> "I don't think so>'
[20:46:10] <Madobe_Nanako> "
[20:46:38] <Madobe_Nanako> "At least, it doesn't look alive like the others."
[20:47:35] <Skye_Lyon> "Well, it still tried to blow us to bits, I say we take it apart."
[20:47:52] * Madobe_Nanako nodded. She could agree with that
[20:48:32] <Giantree> In front of them, there was a vague outline of a somewhat small figure who… seemed to be attacking the ship. But it was dozens of feet above the deck where the was floating, and swinging at what seemed to be nothing.
[20:49:56] <Skye_Lyon> Skye kicked up her speed and took off towards the mysterious figure, releasing eye spies for a more complete view of the surroundings
[20:50:08] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako did the same
[20:51:15] <Giantree> But what they found was a girl who looked a bit younger than both of them, pounding away ahead of her with cute little shouts every time. Each time she did so, a hexagon about the size of her body lit up in midair and disappeared a split second later.
[20:51:25] <Giantree> And of course, she didn't seem to notice the two with how… busy she was.
[20:52:42] * Madobe_Nanako observed the girl for a bit. Watching her actions, it seemed she was attacking… a barrier?
[20:53:02] <Skye_Lyon> Skye shouted down at the girl, "Hey, you down there! What is this thing?!"
[20:54:41] <Giantree> In the middle of attacking she heard the voice and jumped in shock, 'wire' from her arm jumping back and whacking her in the face. "Aagh! Wh- who the heck're you?" Her surprise spoke for her, but then realizing she was asked a question she looked back down and prepared the 'whip' again. "I-I dunno, this thing's just… attacking!"
[20:55:08] <Althaia_Atrum> The young magical girl landed on the deck, the scarf flowing in the wind… The brown headed girl turned and looked toward the commotion she heard from behind her.. "Sil, are you alright?"
[20:55:40] * Madobe_Nanako watched both of them. Seeing as they weren't attacking them, she flew down.
[20:57:03] <Madobe_Nanako> As she flew down, she landed on top of the barrier the girls had been attacking
[20:57:18] <Madobe_Nanako> "hmm"
[20:59:17] <Madobe_Nanako> Seeing as normal attacks were useless, as shown by the girl whacking at it, Nanako placed her palm against the barrier.
[21:00:21] <Madobe_Nanako> Creating a vacuum, the space that part of the barrier occupied became empty, and she dropped through it
[21:00:23] <Giantree> As Nanako stood on the barrier, the green hexagon lit up and stayed in place. Placing her palm against it, nothing changed… but doing so off of where she was standing, an adjacent hexagon lit up.
[21:00:50] <Skye_Lyon> Skye had an idea in mind on how to get past the barrier, but Nanako seemed confident in her method, so she dropped down behind her, in case it worked.
[21:02:02] <Madobe_Nanako> The action worked as planned and Nanako found herself on the deck
[21:02:12] <Madobe_Nanako> Skye followed it seemed
[21:02:33] <Madobe_Nanako> Was trying to follow at least
[21:02:43] <Madobe_Nanako> And succeeded.
[21:02:44] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia looked forward, blinking as she raised her blade diagonally into the air, gripping the hilt… "Who are you…?"
[21:03:52] <Giantree> At Althaia's shouting, and the… new girls easily making their way through, Silk bit her nails again. "A-Aaaah! I'll… Uh, I'll make sure it doesn't hurt anyone else! Be careful!" She had no idea if the others could be trusted, but wasn't close enough to stop them in time.
[21:04:24] <Skye_Lyon> "We're puelli… puello… oh, right! Puella magi."
[21:04:56] * Madobe_Nanako nodded at Skye's response
[21:05:22] <Giantree> As the two were too far below her to be heard without shouting, Silk wasn't able to say much anymore. But she was certainly watching to make sure they didn't hurt her… new friend, and also paying attention for if she yelled for help. Or Satin did, even— though that was grossly out-of-character for her.
[21:06:06] <Giantree> Calming down, she extended a 'wire' attempting to get through the cracks of the hexagons, assuming there were any. Nope.
[21:06:35] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… So let's tear this thing APART!!!!!", Althy raised a fist in utter excitement and determination as a veil of steam caressed her body, raising into the air before dissipating… "CHARGEEEEE!!!"
[21:06:57] * Madobe_Nanako made a deadpan expression at her yelling
[21:07:00] <Madobe_Nanako> "Hah…"
[21:08:50] <Skye_Lyon> "Maybe you should be a little more careful, last time I watched somebody get wreckless with their powers was… unfortunate."
[21:09:00] <Skye_Lyon> *reckless
[21:09:32] * Madobe_Nanako gave a small glare in Skye's direction
[21:09:45] <Madobe_Nanako> Before turning her attention to the girl in front of them
[21:10:17] <Althaia_Atrum> "Reckless? Am I being reckless Mr.Scarf?", the red garb rose into the air in its clawed state, patting Althaia's head… "Aww… Come on!"
[21:10:26] <Giantree> Despite Althaia not knowing the term they referred to themselves as, it… apparently wasn't that important. What seemed to be more important was the ornately-designed door in front of them, with a similarly fancy black-and-gold color pattern for the rest of the vessel. It was the only door they could see from there, though.
[21:12:17] * Madobe_Nanako turned her eyes to the door. "Do you know what's behind this? Actually never mind, I have a feeling you don't."
[21:13:26] <Skye_Lyon> Skye whispered to the girl with the cute scarf as subtly as she could, "Don't worry about her, we're trying to find her master and another girl who was with us before."
[21:14:24] <Giantree> Above them, Silk was trying to take a deep breath and turn into steam or something herself, squeezing herself in between two hexagons. Did nothing.
[21:15:41] <Skye_Lyon> Skye walked over to the door and attempted to open it
[21:16:16] <Madobe_Nanako> "By the way…"
[21:16:23] <Madobe_Nanako> "Who was that girl up there?"
[21:17:17] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ahhhhhh… Ok!", the girl blinked.. "Oh! That's my friend Sil.. She came to me for help so I could rescue her friend.. but I'm glad I have some help now… Hehehe…"
[21:17:42] <Madobe_Nanako> "I see."
[21:17:54] * Madobe_Nanako made no attempt at helping her. Maybe if she was asked
[21:18:19] <Giantree> With a loud squeaking noise, almost like a screech, the door opened— despite that not being the appropriate sound for the material the door was obviously made of. And as it did so, all that was inside was the stuff that the 'puddles' they had seen earlier were all made of— black and all-encompassing. And it shot out, attempting to swallow all of them.
[21:21:45] <Skye_Lyon> "Hey, Nanako, I thought you said there wasn't any youma here!"
[21:23:07] * Madobe_Nanako hovered back a bit. "I only said that the ship wasn't a youma!"
[21:24:54] <Skye_Lyon> Skye pushed through the doorway, "Well, let's go find it, then."
[21:25:23] * Madobe_Nanako nodded. She hovered her way through the door
[21:26:01] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright, let's go!", Althaia sprinted after Madobe and Skye with the scarves two tails hovering above Althaia with open claws, ready to strike if necessary.
[21:27:54] <Giantree> Inside the 'ship' were shifting shapes. Different sizes, colors— it was impossible to tell what was a walkway and what wasn't, considering all they could actually see in any direction were the shapes. There was no consistency to them, either. From a direction that seemed to be in front of them they could hear faint noises like the purring of some… machinery, however.
[21:30:31] <Skye_Lyon> Skye held up her crystal staff and eyes flew out of her body, scattering off inside the ship, "I spy with my little eyes…"
[21:32:23] <Giantree> Despite their ability to usually be able to phase through walls, after moving a few feet forward there was nothing. As though it were a large, solid wall. The same happened to the sides after a certain length. A bit to the right and then the direction behind them, however, one of them 'felt' a path— however, they still couldn't see anything besides shifting shapes no matter where they went.
[21:32:39] <Giantree> And it was especially a pain considering they couldn't see any of the bizarre shifting colors the others could, only shapes.
[21:34:03] <Skye_Lyon> Using her eyespies as feelers along the walls, Skye set off deeper into the ship
[21:34:22] <Skye_Lyon> "Follow me, guys, I think I can get us through here!"
[21:35:01] * Madobe_Nanako chased after her.
[21:35:10] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright, I'm coming!" She followed after Skye.
[21:37:15] <Giantree> Walking down, Skye was the first to notice it was difficult to keep her footing because as she made her way down the path, it led down— not like a ramp, however. More like a staircase. Behond the staircase the eyespies felt another wall, making it fairly clear that the halls were fairly cramped. But was there anything else they could do to make it easier to see?
[21:38:59] <Skye_Lyon> As Skye's eyes, both the spies and those all over her body, lit up like lanterns, she summoned up her eyebubble again, in case of a sudden drop in the invisible staircase and began to float down the path
[21:39:45] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ahh.. Ok… Ok.. This is hard to… AHHH!!", Althaia fell forward into a flip, almost about to smack her head but… The scarf formed into a sled and curled under her dress and rear and under her feet… She was sliding after Skye…" We…WEEE!!"
[21:41:50] <Giantree> The eyes gave off strange glows… or at least, a few of them did. The bizarre shapes continued, but only along what were now visible as the walls. The floors were slightly lighter, though they still displayed shapes, but the shapes didn't shift as fast. Even lighter were a few rectangular patches lined alone the new corridor they turned into, after taking yet another right. The machinery
[21:41:57] <Giantree> purred in the direction that was now where they were facing again.
[21:45:09] <Skye_Lyon> Charging onwards, Skye called to the others, "Hear that? We've gotta be close!"
[21:46:21] * Madobe_Nanako nodded. It's times like these that Skye is useful.
[21:46:40] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… LET'S… GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!", Althaia's loud yell and emotion caused her powers to rile up once again… The girl pushed herself off the scarf sled and flipped into the air… The scarlet cloth lashed out into two wings, flapping once and then again… Whirling up an immense amount of wind the first time and then the second unleashed it…
[21:46:46] <Althaia_Atrum> Causing the girl to fly ahead of her two comrades.
[21:48:30] <Giantree> And the narrow hallway proved a formidable foe, but flying ahead of Skye Althaia was able to continue her dash through the air…. until she crashed into a wall with no obvious pathways to either side. The light rectangles along the walls were the shape of doorways, but the purring was close— like it was on the other side of the wall now right in front of them.
[21:49:56] <Althaia_Atrum> BAM! She smacked head on… The scarf may have protected her but it was unaware of the approaching wall… "Ouchhhhh…", the brown headed girl fell backward and onto the ground.. But luckily Mr.Scarf cushioned the fall…
[21:50:18] <Madobe_Nanako> As Nanako appoached from behind, she sighed
[21:50:50] <Skye_Lyon> Skye sent her eyes up, down, left, and right in an attempt to find the continuation of the path, "I'm struggling a little bit, here…"
[21:51:18] <Giantree> Along the hall, there are three 'rectangles' on each side. All they look like are lighter patches of distorted shapes, but not like corridors by themselves. They may be possible to push or pull, upon further inspection.
[21:51:33] <Giantree> Along the hall that's now behind them, that is.
[21:51:56] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf uncoiled and lifted Althaia to her feet… The girl stood, shaking her head, attempting to get herself back together. "Ehh…. I'm fine! I'm fine!"
[21:54:36] <Skye_Lyon> "Nanako? What do we do now?"
[21:55:56] <Madobe_Nanako> "Looks like some sort of puzzle. I'm not quite sure how we'd be able to bypass it with our powers. We may be forced to solve it."
[21:56:43] <Skye_Lyon> "They're just stupid shapes."
[21:57:39] <Althaia_Atrum> "Let's let Mr.Scarf solve it!"
[21:59:52] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf curved into the air with both tail ends in the claw state… Both moved forward and pushed into the door in the center of the left wall…
[22:02:00] <Giantree> The discolored patch of twisting shapes moved forward- well okay, it moved forward in a much different way than expected, probably, as it fell straight over like it had no hinges. Past it, as Skye's lantern-eyes showed, there was another walkway that looked almost identical to the one they came from. Great.
[22:05:28] <Skye_Lyon> Skye was getting pissed off at the puzzle, with an entire dimension of clues all but lost to her. She pushed onward through the door, hoping to continue making progress
[22:06:41] <Althaia_Atrum> "What exactly is going on.. Mr.Scarf.. Do you know?", the red garb hung one of its hands down, almost as if in shame… "Oh… I'm sorry… Well.. Uhh.. What are we gonna do?"
[22:10:11] <Skye_Lyon> New idea. Skye backtracked and took the first door on the right side
[22:10:32] * Madobe_Nanako observed the doors. Nothing came to mind
[22:10:46] <Madobe_Nanako> Puzzle used confuse!
[22:10:56] <Madobe_Nanako> It's super effective!
[22:11:01] * Madobe_Nanako is confused
[22:11:36] <Giantree> Skye gently pushed the door open, which revealed… a lot of flashing shapes. It was the same as the walls, except darker, and looked infinite. Was anything actually in there?
[22:12:50] <Althaia_Atrum> "Oh.. I got it now!", Althaia perked her head up and walked back to the first hallway.. Walking out the door she previously opened, Mr.Scarf lashed forward with one of its arms, forcing the right wall , left door to open.
[22:24:54] <Madobe_Nanako> Regaining her bearings, Nanako decided to try out the other doors.
[22:25:01] <Skye_Lyon> Feeling defeated, Skye returned to follow Althaia's lead
[22:25:21] <Madobe_Nanako> She opened the right middle door in the second hallway
[22:27:08] <Giantree> Althaia's adventurous move bestowed upon her another hallway… though, a stranger-looking one. It was a bit easier to tell than the last time that there was a staircase leading downward, though it still took a couple extra glances. That is, assuming the lanterns were nearby, anyway. Nanako's door fell to the ground and revealed another hallway, exactly like the one on the left.
[22:28:20] <Giantree> It may also be worth noting that the door Skye opened slowly began to fall out into the room that was opened, and spiraled away into nothingness. The wind inside blew in the direction of the door… wait, wind? Inside? That sure wasn't a good sign.
[22:28:22] <Althaia_Atrum> "I think this one is it… It's more of a straight path… so… Mr.Scarf, AT THE READY!! PREPARE FOR COMBATTT!!!!!!", Mr.Scarf rose one of its hands, performing a saluting motion as it went back to its offensive, opened clawed position with both hands at the ready…
[22:32:41] <Skye_Lyon> "Keep your eyes peeled, something strong must be here to have this kind of ship."
[22:33:49] <Giantree> Althaia stands before an apparent downward staircase there are hallways to both sides. So many doors, so… well no, there was probably plenty of time. Maybe.
[22:36:20] <Skye_Lyon> Sending eyes down as many paths as possible, Skye calls out, "I spy with my little eyes…"
[22:37:08] <Althaia_Atrum> "Mr.Scarrf… I'm really confuzzled…", the scarf, feeling Althaia's disappointment, hung down in shame…
[22:38:03] <Giantree> As somebody finally decides to do something clever, every single door is explored by the eyespies— well, the ones in range anyway. The ones entering the first door on either side of the left-right hallways suddenly display nothing anymore, and those entering the middle doors reveal MORE HALLWAYS again. Something seems to be an AWFUL familiar pattern here. That said, the one that jumps ahead…
[22:38:37] <Giantree> .. Of Althaia down the staircase she's standing at the entrance of sees another hallway going toward the purr and is then unable to continue due to range, but feels as though it's probably the closest.
[22:39:05] <Giantree> On the other side of that staircase is another staircase leading upward. Maybe that one was close too? All that's blatant is that the purr is in front of them.
[22:42:59] <Skye_Lyon> "…More hallways. Down the stairs is a hallway that looks like a good bet."
[22:43:21] * Madobe_Nanako nods. "We'll go that way then"
[22:44:00] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright.. Let's go!'
[22:44:28] <Skye_Lyon> Skye takes off down the staircase towards the door below
[22:45:00] <Giantree> As they make their way down the staircase, they see a hallway in front of them, going the same direction as the first one— there's the same amount of doors, but from the one at the end to the left seems to be coming a single color that doesn't shift with the rest. It's hardly noticeable to poor Skye, but everybody else sees it. Red.
[22:45:21] <Madobe_Nanako> Hovering quickly, Nanako goes over and opens it
[22:46:04] <Skye_Lyon> "Got a good feeling about that one?"
[22:46:33] <Madobe_Nanako> "It looks off compared to the rest."
[22:46:41] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako has recovered from confusion!
[22:46:47] <Althaia_Atrum> "That has to be a good thing… right… ?"
[22:46:55] <Madobe_Nanako> "Hopefully"
[22:46:56] <Giantree> The door approached, the red looks fresh… like liquid. It's not quite too difficult to tell what it is.
[22:47:21] <Skye_Lyon> "What is that stuff?"
[22:47:41] <Madobe_Nanako> "Looks like… blood."
[22:47:52] <Giantree> Pushed open, the red is everywhere— floor and walls are still as difficult to tell apart as in the rest of the 'ship,' but it's spread out across the entire room. Or what seems to be a room, anyway, To the right is a body, from which it all obviously came from.
[22:48:31] <Giantree> And to the left is a large, pulsating orb, with plenty of wires and mechanical parts circling around it like it has its own gravitational field. Or maybe they're just part of it?
[22:48:56] <Skye_Lyon> Skye hurries over to look at the body, "What was this person doing here?"
[22:49:00] <Althaia_Atrum> "Is that our enemy?", the girl focused for a moment ,drawing up an aura of steam and materializing her long sword into one of her hands… The scarf raised both of its claws , ready for anything… … ..
[22:49:31] * Madobe_Nanako took a close look over both the oddities.
[22:49:34] <Giantree> The body to the side is familiar to Althaia. Or at least, the sword taking up the length of the entire room that's on the ground next to her is.
[22:50:32] <Althaia_Atrum> "Wait… … … SALIN!", Althaia went into a panic, running forward and dropping down to her knees to the body… "Are you alright? COME ON!"
[22:51:01] <Skye_Lyon> "Is this… was she your friend?"
[22:51:31] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako watches the scene. She doesn't know the girl, but decided to leave them alone for now. Instead, she approached the orb.
[22:52:40] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ye-…yeah.. I guess… but… ", Mr.Scarf bent one of its arms down, cupping around Salin's neck to elevate her up so Althaia could get a closer look… "What happened… here…."
[22:53:05] <Giantree> Just as red as the blood on the ground, the body's eyes opened. There were plenty of cuts all over her body, but considering the shape of the… orb it seemed almost impossible that she got them in the fight. With a scream the streams of 'ketchup' along the ground shot out like spears into the orb, then converged back through the cuts in her body. Afterward she fell over forward into Althaia,
[22:53:33] <Giantree> overexerted. She was mumbling something that barely sounded like words, like "Son of a bitch" and various profanities, but there was hardly much energy to them after that.
[22:54:22] <Skye_Lyon> "Looks like the orb's our youma. Let's smash it."
[22:55:14] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… You lay down here Salin… I'll check on your after the fight.. Ok?…", The scarf, gripping Salin's body lightly, set her down at a 90 degree angle on the wall.. Hoping it'd keep her steady… Althaia stood up, readying her blade…
[22:56:01] * Madobe_Nanako nodded. She held out her arm in the direction of the orb.
[22:57:37] <Skye_Lyon> Skye's body was already glowing from the eyes like lanterns, but the brightness soon changed from a glow to a beacon, "Beauty's in the eyes of the beholder."
[23:01:54] <Madobe_Nanako> This time, Nanako created a vortex that collapses in on itself, crushing whatevers in it.
[23:04:11] <Giantree> The nature of the vortex and the orb seemed to be the same, yet the vortex had the effect of reversing the direction in which the metallic objects spinned. That seemed to throw its balance off a bit, as there were static noises coming from it that didn't sound all too pleasant.
[23:06:41] <Skye_Lyon> The light coming from Skye was blinding. It swelled into the shape of an eyeball, and glowing eyes from within her body orbitted it. At once, they all begin draining their light into a ray straight at the orb as the ball surrounding Skye flew from her body into the target
[23:08:35] <Giantree> Plenty of the parts within the orb exploded on impact, provoking more sounds from it. But immediately afterward it became much more apparent why it was 'purring' of all things, and said parts converged to form themselves into an object that looked like some sort of box. A hole opened in it as the magical energy that seemed to be emanating from the room after the girls' attacks flooded inside.
[23:11:09] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl focused on the long sword, swirling up a torrent of steam and energy into the main sword as Althaia slashed downward, firing off a stream of white hot energy and steam at the target…
[23:12:13] <Giantree> … which was blasted away by a laser from the 'box' that was now purring mechanically like an engine, despite not looking like one at all. It's doubtful any of them even knew what an engine was, anyway. The laser, cutting through the projectile, slammed into Althaia and sent her on her way back into… well, it seemed like a wall anyway.
[23:14:16] <Althaia_Atrum> The scarf whirled up and absorbed most of the blow but eventually gave way, letting the rest of the attack hit Althaia bluntly… The surge sent her smacking into the wall with a fierce thud… The girl slid down the wall and sat there for a moment.."Ahhh….", mustering up her strength, she stood up, ready to fight once again.
[23:19:51] <Madobe_Nanako> Seeing the attack coming, Nanako summoned up a vortex. This time however, it was immensely concentrated, causing the winds to turn into plasma. It easily absorbed the laser but the resulting energy had the effect of reversng and re-entering her body.
[23:21:32] <Giantree> At the same time, the plasma was absorbed by the 'engine' inside the orb and reversed, shot out instantaneously as a sort of railgun toward Skye— but, immediately afterward, the machine exploded, orb dissipating with it. The ship around them instantly began fading, as from Nanako emanated something much more than ominous…
[23:21:56] <Madobe_Nanako> The enormous excess energy began to gather inside of her, and despite her efforts, a magic infused tornado began to surge outwards from her body. It was laced with plasma and emitted an immense amount of heat.
[23:22:30] <Althaia_Atrum> "I can't fight anymore… I've got… to get out of here…", Mr.Scarf blasted its hands forward, grabbing Satin within its comforting grip… Althaia looked at Nanako with her eyes widened and a terrible fear crept up her spine… "No…"
[23:23:56] <Madobe_Nanako> The tornado was slowly growing in size as lightning circled around it.
[23:25:05] <Giantree> With a burst of power, Satin released herself from the grip of 'Mr. Scarf' and forward into the exploding orb, hand outstretched… when everything fell apart. Nanako's body remaining in the air, the others fell as if they were in the sky instead of standing on solid ground all along… with one exception, who had already been devoting all her energy to flying.
[23:28:06] <Madobe_Nanako> The plasma tornado was sucking in and taering through the surroundings, hungrily devouring everything around it
[23:28:10] <Madobe_Nanako> tearing*
[23:28:31] <Althaia_Atrum> "NO! SATI!!!!", Mr.Scarf instinctively curled up, forming a steaming aura of energy around Althaia with one purpose.. To protect the girl as they descended…
[23:32:06] <Madobe_Nanako> As the other girls took cover, the tornado continued to expand as it grew vertically, tearing through the upper portion of the ship
[23:32:14] <Madobe_Nanako> Along with the lower portion
[23:32:45] <Skye_Lyon> Seeing another Nanako explosion coming, Skye fled into her eyebubble and curled up tight as she flew away, hoping to escape in one piece
[23:33:16] <Giantree> With a smile, Satin clasped her hand around something she dove for. An awkward smile, but there was nothing she could do to risk Althaia's grip now as she'd done what she came for. Silk noticed the tornado forming and changed her direction of flight as well, as the tornado finished off the disintegrating process of the 'ship.'
[23:35:25] <Althaia_Atrum> Mr.Scarf quickly uncoiled from around Althaia and cushioned her fall to the ground quite easily… Althaia looked up and smiled as she saw Satin… "Sati… is alright… ", the girl smiled but.. she felt something strange… she felt excess power… Althaia breathed in a veil of steam and energy before exhaling it into the air in the form of a concentrated..
[23:35:29] <Althaia_Atrum> Pure white steam blast…
[23:40:14] <Skye_Lyon> Floating down to the surface, Skye stumbles onto the ground and stares up at the tornado, "Why is she so strong? And why can't she control it?"
[23:41:24] <Madobe_Nanako> As the tornado finished vaporizing the ship, Nanako had already fallen unconscious. Her body began to fall.
[23:44:30] <Madobe_Nanako> The tornado continued to rage
[23:44:53] <Madobe_Nanako> Luckily, it did not move from its arting position
[23:45:15] <Giantree> With a scream, the smallest of the group spun around and let her cape propell her past the myriad of fallen magical girls toward Althaia's direction. Tears exploding through her eyes she landed - on her face - and ran over to Satin. But she didn't stop crying.
[23:46:17] <Skye_Lyon> Spotting her falling friend, Skye took off again, hurrying to catch Nanako on a big floating eye
[23:49:40] <Althaia_Atrum> It still didn't feel right… Steam began to cluster around her body without her even calling it.. She looked about in a panic and the steam continued to leak from her body… causing the view of the entire street she was on to become distorted and hot…
[23:52:14] <Giantree> … Although not for long. The steam leaks off somewhere after a few seconds, though there's a sort of bizarre aura about it. That said, Silk doesn't stop her crying fit at her friend. It's not even worth mentioning the things she said because they most certainly weren't words or even anything resembling them, but the fact that she couldn't control herself was awfully clear.
[23:54:58] <Althaia_Atrum> "Sil! Sati!", Althaia began to sprint toward the two as the scarf flowed in the wind behind Althaia… She was relived they were all ok.. For now, at least…
[00:08:05] <Althaia_Atrum> "I was nearly killed… What..what was THAT!?"
[00:10:07] <Skye_Lyon> "That was… my friend Nanako. She's really strong, but has no control. Third time she's almost killed me, I think. She seems dangerous and all, but she means well… As for me, I'm Skye Lyon, pleased to meet you."
[00:11:41] <Althaia_Atrum> "O-ok… My name is Althaia Atrum! And this is Mr.Scarf…", the red scarf rose one of its tails, forming into a hand as it waved toward Skye… "And these two are… Sil and Sati… "
[00:12:12] <Skye_Lyon> "Are you all working together?"
[00:12:38] <Giantree> The former was off screaming and crying something at Althaia's side, but the latter lie on the ground with her hand clenched. The bleeding seemed to have stopped from the wounds she had.
[00:13:43] <Althaia_Atrum> "Yes, we are… ", Althaia smiled as she looked toward Sil and Satin… What she just said meant she agreed to help them in their cause…
[00:14:29] <Giantree> The screaming and crying caused itself down, but there was certainly still a sniffle or two. "D-Does that mean…"
[00:15:35] <Althaia_Atrum> "Yeah, that's what you think it means… …", Mr.Scarf let out a growl or two as the same hand that greeted Skye formed into a dragon head, breathing out a smog of steam toward the crying girl… "Who-whoa.. Calm down Mr.Scarf!"
[00:16:09] <Skye_Lyon> "I wonder if that's common around here… Nanako and I are, there's a third, too, but we haven't seen her since Nanako's last explosion left us both comatose. That's… not important, though. What wish are you all after? We're trying to bring the Scape back to reality."
[00:16:57] <Giantree> Cough after cough, it was… at least better than tears probably. The two went on almost as though they were having conversation, paying no mind to Skye. Though, some sounds of movement made it evident that somebody nearby had different intentions.
[00:18:30] <Althaia_Atrum> "I really don't.. want anything… but I'm going to help these guys out because.. they want peace.. and that's something I can believe in… Hehehe… Right Sil?", the dragon headed scarf turned its head toward Sil, letting out a low hummed roar…
[00:20:29] <Giantree> "N-Nice Mr. Scarf…" she said hesitantly, though definitely with a nod. 'Peace' was a relatively simple way to describe what they wanted.. but for Satin it wouldn't suffice. At the sound of the sword dragging along the ground she walked toward them, hardly able to stand. She was glaring at Skye and the girl in her arms, with a growl. "Are you both out of your goddamn minds?!"
[00:20:31] <Skye_Lyon> Skye scanned all around her for the source of movement, "Peace? That's a nice wish. I'm glad you guys are after something for the good of people. I'm the weakest in our group, but I see you guys as allies, even if our exact wishes are different."
[00:21:54] <Skye_Lyon> "I don't think you should be walking yet!"
[00:22:20] <Giantree> She still struggled to stand up. "You're risking your lives to do THAT? And even moreso, what the hell are you doing traveling with somebody so goddamn dangerous?" The sword was held at her side, and in her eyes it was pretty obvious she didn't trust them at all. But the kind gesture made it fairly difficult to feel much beyond that.
[00:22:55] <Althaia_Atrum> "Who's out of…", the scarf rose again and .. the head begin to steam up.. "CALM DOWN ALREADY! BAD MR.SCARF! BAD!", the scarf didn't calm down as it turn its head toward Skye… "Oh..oh no…"
[00:28:04] <Skye_Lyon> Skye was getting slightly ashamed because of the girl's verbal barrage, "I don't know, I mean… it feels like I'm doing the right thing, and she's my friend…"
[00:29:04] <Giantree> The sword dissipating, Satin put a small object in her pocket. Looking over Skye she found it increasingly difficult to feel angry. "You don't seem like a bad kid… but your friend's a liability doing things like that." She began to walk off in the other direction… toward their 'hideout.' "If you know what's good for you, you'll get rid of her before something like that kills you."
[00:30:08] <Giantree> The woman didn't wait for a response nor for silk. Recruiting people for their cause wasn't a job she could handle, and she was pissed off enough as it was. Of course, she didn't walk off, the hobbled off. There were so many cuts it was almost impossible to believe a normal person could be moving at all like that.
[00:30:26] <Giantree> (-the +she)
[00:31:21] <Giantree> But at the same time, poof. Silk's crying stopped… as did her presence altogether. It felt like a vortex opening, but nobdy could see one anywhere.
[00:31:46] <Althaia_Atrum> "… … … Mr.Scarf, please… calm down… please… … … …", this time the scarf surrendered to Althaia's desire… The red cloth lost its dragon form and went back to the hand once more.. Hovering above Althaia… "Alright… I'll head back with you guys… And Skye, I wish you luck! Next time… let's hunt yamou together, ok?"
[00:31:59] <Althaia_Atrum> "Umm.. ne-nevermind…"
[00:32:22] <Skye_Lyon> "It was nice meeting you g…uys… What just happened to her?"
[00:33:00] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl sighed before walking over to Skye.. "On second thought… I'll help you out, after all, that's one of the reasons I became a .. magical girl!"
[00:34:51] <Skye_Lyon> "Then, help me help her? I don't think she should've vanished like that."
[00:35:16] <Althaia_Atrum> "Wait.. huh?..That wasn't her power… What.. was that?"
[16:47:04] <Giantree> The grayscale world was a taunting place. With some… future-containers that really aren't even possible to describe containing food ingredients in her arms at Avlein's request, Adrianne found herself now dragged down by them. The flow of time, even though it felt frozen, still seemed to pass in bizarre ways. And that's when a small girl in white fell from the sky, on top of Adri.
[16:47:08] <Giantree> And probably her groceries too.
[16:48:40] * Adrianne_Lavender is knocked down, the croceries freeze in time the moment they leave her hands, they're gonna make a mess later. "Ah! What the hell?"
[16:50:29] <Giantree> The "What the hell?" was said simultaneously by both of them. Okay, in Silk's case it was more like "What the heck?" because that style of speaking didn't suit her all too well, but at least the surprise was something both of them just showed. Tears poured out of her eyes. "W-What just happened? Are you alright? I-It doesn't hurt or anything, does it?" She was about to burst into tears…
[16:50:34] <Giantree> … completely again, from the looks of things.
[16:52:45] <Skye_Lyon> "That… wasn't intentional, was it? Has this happened before?"
[16:53:08] * Adrianne_Lavender looks back at the girl now sitting on her back and instantly recognizes her, she still looks angry at having another person fall on top of her, "Silk get off me before I push you off. How did you get here anyways? I don't feel any portals."
[16:58:21] <Giantree> After the way she was spoken to, the girl felt offended. Well.. she didn't have much of a choice, as she sniffled and tears poured out of her eyesockets and through the mask of her butterfly-rimmed glasses, streaming down her face like waterfalls. "I-I don't even know, I was just in the Scape after helping Satin and Althy and some new girl and suddenly-" Baaawwww. Incomprehensible from there.
[17:00:35] * Adrianne_Lavender sighs "Well, why don't you fill me on what happened? I'll help you find the others." She says, "I'm sure its not as bad as you make it out to be."
[17:01:15] * Adrianne_Lavender pats her on the shoulder.
[17:01:47] <Giantree> All she said ran together like a run-on sentence until she got to the interjection "BOOM!" At least, from her last sentence, mention of the Scape stood out, but everything else just seemed to be whining.
[17:05:30] * Adrianne_Lavender was getting close to her trying to listen in until she imitated the explosion, the surprise of which knocked her on her ass. "Thats…worse than I thought." she says while standing up. I'll help you find everyone." And with that she raised her hand into the air as bands of shadows draped over her, transforming into her other outfit.
[17:06:01] <Adrianne_Lavender> Her outfit is a short sleeved, knee length stereotypical whitch's outfit with a pentagram inscribed on its chest. Two diagonal red lines starting at the bottom front of her skirt , looping around her outfit intersectining on her lower back and underneath the pentagram amulet. Horizontally striped red and black stocking with black shoes. It seems to be made out of a rather light material. She also wears a pointy witch hat.
[17:07:40] <Adrianne_Lavender> She also wears a pointy witch hat.
[17:08:58] <Skye_Lyon> For the meantime, Skye took the unconscious Nanako and set off towards the mansion, hoping to check for Mister Japan's return and leave Nanako safe.
[17:09:24] <Giantree> The girl nodded, but her emotions didn't seem to be letting her stay calm enough to open a portal on her own. Someone else would probably have to do the bulk of the explaining.
[17:10:14] * Adrianne_Lavender sighs, points her hand in the air once again and opens a portal.
[17:12:03] <Adrianne_Lavender> and comes out on a town square on the other side. She immediately notices Althaia, "HEY!" she yells out rying to get her attention.
[17:12:05] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl's red scarf was again, in an offensive position over Althaia's head… Both claws at the ready as the magical girl walked around the town square, looking around in her typical magical girl dress, armored boots and scarf… "Huh… Umm…", Turning her head she saw the opening of … a portal? "Eh?"
[17:12:31] <Althaia_Atrum> "ADRI!", Althaia sprinted forward and toward her friend.
[17:12:47] * Adrianne_Lavender is actually pulling Silk by the hand that girl is an emotional wreck.
[17:13:57] * Adrianne_Lavender walks towards Althaia as fast as can confortably lead Silk, "What just happened?" she sayw when they're both in confortable speaking distance.
[17:14:17] <Giantree> Silk didn't resist, but the force of the pull ended up with her landing flat on her face upon exiting the portal. It seemed figuring out what really happened was up to the two of them together, now.
[17:14:44] * Adrianne_Lavender pulls silk, up, "You alright?"
[17:14:55] <Althaia_Atrum> "A lot… I showed up to save Sati with Sil.. I phased through this barrier and then two more magical girls showed up… We went through KICKING BUTT.. and then… we fought the youma and … one of the new comers.. exploded… and I almost died…"
[17:15:55] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Whoah, first off, what is a Youma?"
[17:16:10] <Skye_Lyon> Skye butts into the conversation, "What happened to you when you just disappeared? And… I'm really sorry about that accident, Althaia."
[17:17:44] <Giantree> Silk pushed herself up and took a deep breath, calming down slightly. But then she shrugged. "It came out of nowhere… and it hurt a lot when it happened too. I-I think I mighta overstrained myself fighting that barrier or something." She bowed in the manner that Quartz had taught her. "Sorry."
[17:18:43] <Althaia_Atrum> "I think… that's what the monsters are called… Skye said it a couple times while inside the airship… And I hit my head a lot.. maybe that beat some sense into me… Hehehe…"
[17:19:51] <Skye_Lyon> "That's what my friend's master, Mister Japan, called them."
[17:21:12] <Giantree> Silk tilted her head. "Mister… What?" A tear poured down again, but just one.
[17:22:12] * Adrianne_Lavender looks at the newcomer and then back at silk and then to Althaia, "Okay, all of this sounds tough, why didn't you look for me if you needed help?"
[17:23:08] <Althaia_Atrum> "It was kind of spur of the moment and … I really.. .wasn't thinking… Hee…", Mr.Scarf looked up toward Adri with its hand and pointed to Althy's head, making a loopy motion, implying Althaia was crazy… "HEY!"
[17:23:45] <Skye_Lyon> "Japan. This old country, it's the scape now, that we're trying to bring back to the real world and save the people of."
[17:24:57] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Well, whats over is over." She turns to the newcomer, "So that means that there are more people living inside here? Thats just plain creepy."
[17:25:52] <Skye_Lyon> "Yeah, they're trapped in here. Most lost their willpower or something."
[17:26:36] <Althaia_Atrum> "Lost.. will power? That's SOMETHING NO ONE CAN LOSE!!!!"
[17:26:37] <Giantree> Silk approached Skye with a weird look as if she thought she was just making it all up. "I never hearda that before.. just that the Scape is 'part of the earth.' You're… not just making it all up, are you? Because if you are…" she burst into tears again. Well, there goes that conversation potential.
[17:26:57] <Madobe_Nanako> "Urgh…"
[17:27:01] * Madobe_Nanako groaned
[17:27:09] <Madobe_Nanako> "Master…"
[17:27:28] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako's eyes began to open
[17:27:48] <Skye_Lyon> Skye pointed at Nanako, "I'm not making anything up, just repeating what I've been told. Ask her, she's waking up!"
[17:28:08] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Looks like someone's finally up, is she the one that almost exploded?"
[17:28:49] * Madobe_Nanako manged to wake up
[17:28:51] <Skye_Lyon> "Yeah, but it was an accident…"
[17:29:07] <Madobe_Nanako> Taking a look around, she saw the previous girls from before.
[17:29:17] <Madobe_Nanako> She stood up
[17:30:52] <Madobe_Nanako> "I…"
[17:31:01] <Althaia_Atrum> "I don't think you should move!"
[17:31:06] * Madobe_Nanako still felt rather qoozy
[17:31:09] <Madobe_Nanako> woozy*
[17:31:45] <Skye_Lyon> Skye moved to help support Nanako standing, "Are you alright?"
[17:32:16] * Madobe_Nanako nodded.
[17:32:21] <Madobe_Nanako> "I'm fine"
[17:32:28] <Madobe_Nanako> For the most part
[17:32:59] * Adrianne_Lavender scratches the back of her head, "You know girl, using that much power is bad for you. It comes with a price."
[17:33:12] <Adrianne_Lavender> says the girl that nanako has never seen before
[17:33:45] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako tried to glare at the girl, but due to her current status, it looked more like a pout.
[17:34:05] <Skye_Lyon> "We learned that the hard way. We just came out of some kind of coma because of her last explosion."
[17:35:15] <Giantree> Silk was listening, but it seemed like the reason why she wasn't speaking anymore was because it was impossible, if anything. In addition to that she backed away a few steps at Nanako's awakening, as if she feared another explosion or something despite knowing the ins and outs of how magical bursts work.
[17:35:42] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Its not just that." And with that she puts her left arm in front of her, which promptly opens up at her palm all the way up to the elbow revealing several rows of nasty teeth, looks like the thing is breathing too.
[17:35:49] <Althaia_Atrum> "R-really… Uhh… … … Well… I don't know if this is related.. but… after attacking that ball..I felt stronger for some reason… Then I spewed out steam which… I couldn't control.."
[17:39:58] <Madobe_Nanako> Having regained some of her bearings, Nanako turned her attention to the girl that just spoke.
[17:40:54] <Althaia_Atrum> "I don't know what it was… it just felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders."
[17:43:20] <Madobe_Nanako> "A…. mutation?" Was the first thing that came to mind.
[17:43:56] <Skye_Lyon> "There are mutants here? Are they like youma?"
[17:44:33] <Althaia_Atrum> "I'm… just going to try and keep myself from doing that again… I didn't like that feeling… Not at all… Mr.Scarf didn't either….", the red garb raised one of its hands and patted Althaia on the head… The girl smiled afterward…
[17:45:05] * Madobe_Nanako turned to Skye
[17:45:29] <Giantree> Terms like 'youma,' which still weren't explained, and a lot of bits of information like magical bursts and mutations were obviously things the groups saw differently. There was probably a lot of explanation forthcoming.
[17:45:30] * Adrianne_Lavender sighs, her arm closing with a snap, "No you idiots, if you use too much magic something like this" She hold up her now closed hand, teeth clearly visible on the side, "might happen to you."
[17:45:33] <Madobe_Nanako> "A mutation is… one side effect of building up large amounts of magic in your body."
[17:46:37] * Adrianne_Lavender is satisfied at least miss explosion gets it.
[17:47:57] <Althaia_Atrum> "Alright… so don't over exert yourself… … Got it… Mr.Scarf, got it?", The red garb nodded with the use of its two hands… "Good.. So let's not use any magic we don't NEED…Right?"
[17:48:13] <Skye_Lyon> "I thought magic caused fallout?"
[17:48:36] * Madobe_Nanako felt that statement was directed at her…
[17:49:18] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia was still talking to Mr.Scarf for the time being since Mr.Scarf often used magic without even letting Althaia know…
[17:49:23] * Adrianne_Lavender is already getting the gist of what youma means seeing that there isn't much else here other than creepy people and monsters
[17:50:26] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Using too much magic causes too much side effects, when you release it they manifest themselves in different ways." The girl with black hair and eyes clarifies
[17:51:26] <Adrianne_Lavender> "By the way, my name is Adrianne."
[17:51:34] <Skye_Lyon> "Oh, that explains… stuff. Anyways, I'm Skye Lyon."
[17:52:24] <Althaia_Atrum> "You all know me and Mr.Scarf~", Althaia curtsies toward the girls as Mr.Scarf performs a pseudo-bow maneuver… The best it could with only two scarlet claws for an appearance.
[17:52:53] <Madobe_Nanako> Seeing as the rest of them were doing it, Nanako decided to go along with it. For now.
[17:53:00] <Madobe_Nanako> "Nanako Madobe."
[17:53:17] <Giantree> "A-And you can call me Si-" poof. She'd been introduced as 'Sil' already, but now she apparently gets to be 'Si.' Because she was suddenly nowhere to be seen anymore.
[17:53:52] <Skye_Lyon> "Is this disappearing thing a mutation or fallout, then?"
[17:54:22] * Adrianne_Lavender backs away from where Silk dissapeared. "What the-"
[17:54:28] <Althaia_Atrum> "I think… a .. mutation?", the red garb bent down and scratched Althaia's head for her… "Oh… thanks… uhh…"
[17:55:00] <Adrianne_Lavender> "It must be."
[17:57:07] * Madobe_Nanako nodded at Adrianne and Althaia's conclusion
[17:57:13] <Giantree> At least, she didn't show any sign of coming back with some new stranger again. At least not this time.
[17:57:57] <Althaia_Atrum> "I kind of guessed.. because I have no clue what a fall out thing is… just a mutation happens to your body that it's not supposed to… like … .. uh… fungus in your… area…", Mr.Scarf rose into the air and slapped the back of Althaia's head… "OUchhh…"
[17:58:29] <Giantree> What was more important, though, was that the whole of the group now knew each other and maybe the tiniest bit about each side's goals. Why the two sides hadn't met and decided on a compromise a long time ago was another thing to wonder about… as well as if they even know the other group existed before at all. At least, the girls meeting now knew that THEY hadn't.
[18:00:06] * Adrianne_Lavender puts a hand on her chin and sits on the sidewalk, "This is strange, in all my time travelling I have never seen this many people like us together in the same place. I have met maybe one or two, total."
[18:03:56] <Althaia_Atrum> "I'm new to this kind of thing… but at least it's been a smooth ride for me since I've met you guys… aside from.. the explosion.. that is…."
[18:04:50] * Madobe_Nanako would've winced, but she didn't actually seem to care as much as she should have. At least, as much as a normal person who nearly killed her allies should have.
[18:05:10] <Skye_Lyon> "You'll get used to it, I guess. I stayed awake this time, at least."
[18:07:36] <Althaia_Atrum> "This time… I don't want risk a second time… … …"
[18:08:04] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Its better if you avoid that kind of thing altogether."
[18:08:33] <Skye_Lyon> "Don't tell it to me, I'm not blowing up!"
[18:09:19] * Adrianne_Lavender asks what she thinks is an obvious question, "By the way you two, what dome are you two from? Its not strange to find people from other domes in here." She says, her being the prime example of this.
[18:10:08] <Madobe_Nanako> "Forty seven"
[18:12:25] * Adrianne_Lavender hmms.
[18:14:24] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Isn't that the dome that had a terrorist attack a few days ago? How are things hanging on over there?" She asks the pair.
[18:14:43] <Madobe_Nanako> That caught Nanako's attention.
[18:14:49] <Madobe_Nanako> "Terrorist?"
[18:15:00] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako didn't know~
[18:15:04] <Althaia_Atrum> "Terrotrist?"
[18:15:10] <Althaia_Atrum> "Terratrist…Terra..bist?"
[18:15:32] * Adrianne_Lavender facepalms at Althaia, "You never see the news?"
[18:15:56] <Skye_Lyon> "I told you, we've been unconscious for an unknown amount of time. I don't know anything about terrorist attacks."
[18:16:41] <Althaia_Atrum> "The holo stuff isn't my thing… I'm mostly studying or fighting my Bro~… And what's a terragrist?"
[18:17:55] <Adrianne_Lavender> "There was a huge explosion that practically wiped out a school! Its been causing a lot of noise." She says confused, amazed residents of a dome haven't even heard about such a huge event
[18:18:38] <Skye_Lyon> "A school? Like, a high school?"
[18:18:53] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako's eyes widened. If she recalled, she'd lost control at a school…
[18:19:10] <Madobe_Nanako> She made a "Tch" to herself
[18:20:21] * Adrianne_Lavender tries to recall, "I think it was, I think." Seems like her detail retention isn;t that great.
[18:21:11] <Skye_Lyon> "N-nanako… did you…?"
[18:21:18] <Althaia_Atrum> The red scarf brought up both of its hands forward and … began to play patty cake with Althaia… … "Weee~… OH… We're.. still… umm.. sorry…"
[18:23:15] * Madobe_Nanako didn't turn to look at her.
[18:23:20] <Madobe_Nanako> "Possibly."
[18:28:30] <Skye_Lyon> "This is… really bad. Do you realize you're wanted as a terrorist, even if not by name? Don't you remember all our friends that you… killed?"
[18:28:44] * Madobe_Nanako shook her head.
[18:28:52] <Madobe_Nanako> "I didn't have any connections there."
[18:29:49] <Althaia_Atrum> "He… Sorry… I'm.. uh… easily distracted…"
[18:48:06] <Althaia_Atrum> "… So what's our next… thing…?"
[18:50:09] <Skye_Lyon> "No connections at our school? Where we saw our classmates and friends every day? Those aren't connections?!"
[18:50:59] * Madobe_Nanako didn't react.
[18:51:09] <Madobe_Nanako> "My only connection was to master."
[18:51:13] <Madobe_Nanako> Master*
[18:52:03] <Skye_Lyon> "What if I died? What if Hailey's dead? Would you be so uncaring?"
[18:52:56] <Madobe_Nanako> "…"
[18:53:05] * Madobe_Nanako remained silent
[18:53:15] <Madobe_Nanako> She wasn't sure what to say at this point
[18:53:22] <Althaia_Atrum> "Shouldn't you guys.. calm down…."
[18:55:11] <Skye_Lyon> "I've done nothing but try to be friends with you and help you. Time after time, you almost got me killed. And you know what? I stuck up for you about it. Am I just some pawn with no connection to you?"
[18:55:58] * Madobe_Nanako grimaced. "I…"
[18:56:03] <Madobe_Nanako> She looked down
[18:56:07] <Madobe_Nanako> "I don't know"
[18:58:32] <Skye_Lyon> She was the one yelling, yet Skye felt terrible, but also terribly mad, "Look, it's… it's not ok. This is too much for me, right now."
[18:59:08] <Althaia_Atrum> "… "
[19:00:38] * Adrianne_Lavender walks up to Sky and puts a hand on her shoulder, then turns out to face Nanako, "You're messed up."
[19:01:08] * Madobe_Nanako had no counter for that
[19:02:49] <Althaia_Atrum> "You're name is Nanako… isn't it?", Althaia walked forward with a smile, placing a hand on Nanako's shoulder.
[19:03:04] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako nodded and turned to face her.
[19:03:45] <Skye_Lyon> Skye watched the two with a mix of anger and sadness written across her face
[19:04:17] <Althaia_Atrum> "Now… open your mouth… I have something to give you!"
[19:04:22] * Adrianne_Lavender then turns to Skye and continues, "I know how it feels to be separated from the people you care about, I have thought that I would never see any of them again." And with that she hugs her.
[19:04:29] <Madobe_Nanako> "Eh?"
[19:07:25] <Skye_Lyon> Skye hugged Adrianne back, "I thought Nanako and I were friends…"
[19:11:37] <Althaia_Atrum> "Now… SURPRISE!!!", Althaia yelled as she brought her fist forward and into Nanako's face with a slight hint of steam swirling around it.. The fist directed to smack the girl into the ground rather harshly…
[19:13:17] * Adrianne_Lavender flinches a bit at the sound of impack, that looked like it hurt.
[19:13:26] <Madobe_Nanako> "Kuh!"
[19:13:33] * Madobe_Nanako fell backwards onto the ground
[19:14:31] <Althaia_Atrum> "You blew up a goddamn school and nearly killed us but… you know what.. Fuck that! Just be more careful next time! You're still alive and some others aren't… Honor their lives, alright? Damn."
[19:15:33] <Giantree> But… what of the actual people there? Who was alive in the outside world, and who was as fortunate as Skye was? There was only one way to answer that question…
[19:16:22] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako rubbed her face tenderly. Not particularly painful, but not harmless at all.
[19:17:31] <Althaia_Atrum> "You want another one? Now straighten yourself out… "
[19:18:28] * Madobe_Nanako frowned. Picking herself up, she steadied herself. The fact that her Nu legs allowed her to hover helped too.
[19:18:39] <Giantree> The secret out, the group now found themselves more or less ganging up on Nanako. While her reasons and objectives weren't unknown, it was starting to feel like she was the only one who truly understood them.
[19:18:55] <Skye_Lyon> Skye watched Nanako fall, "I didn't mean to start a fight. Nanako, you're some kind of a… a sociopath, but you're trying to do the right thing. Even though, that doesn't excuse heartless slaughter."
[19:18:55] <Skye_Lyon> Skye watched Nanako fall, "I didn't mean to start a fight. Nanako, you're some kind of a… a sociopath, but you're trying to do the right thing. Even though, that doesn't excuse heartless slaughter."
[19:20:00] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia cocked her head toward Skye without moving her body to face her direction… The magical girl glared at Skye as if telling her to shut up…
[19:20:45] <Madobe_Nanako> "There's no need."
[19:21:25] * Madobe_Nanako looking away from their direction, her halo began to spin as a small vortex formed within it.
[19:21:33] <Madobe_Nanako> "It would be better…"
[19:21:39] <Adrianne_Lavender> "I think its over for now," She lets Skye go.
[19:21:40] <Althaia_Atrum> "She didn't mean to do it but she did it… Nothing can excuse murder, stealing another person's future is … Hey, where the FUCK are you going?"
[19:21:51] <Madobe_Nanako> "If we seperated."
[19:22:03] <Madobe_Nanako> Nanako flew off with an enormous gust.
[19:22:10] <Althaia_Atrum> "You'd get ki-…"
[19:22:32] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Althaia, it was an accident! Someti-"
[19:22:51] <Althaia_Atrum> "Dammit!"
[19:23:35] * Adrianne_Lavender sighs loudly. "Just great." She said sarcastically
[19:24:49] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia's eyes changed angry back to the former clueless klutz she normally was… "… … Why?"
[19:24:56] <Althaia_Atrum> *Changed from
[19:24:58] <Skye_Lyon> "She's… gone. Gone to try to find her master, probably. At least she isn't hunting youma alone…"
[19:25:49] <Althaia_Atrum> "That's… a good thing I guess… but I only tried to help… … …"
[19:26:25] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Punching people in the face is not the best idea of help." She sounds tired.
[19:27:43] <Althaia_Atrum> "Ever heard of smacking sense into a person? … Well I thought it'd could work that way… too… ", Mr.Scarf began to move again, curling up with both hands in the air and open, ready to attack if necessary… If one noticed, the scarf hadn't moved at all for a while and just perked back up after Althaia's sudden personality change.
[19:28:36] <Madobe_Nanako> At this point, due to the speed she was traveling at, Nanako had already arrived at her Master's house.
[19:28:48] <Madobe_Nanako> "Master?"
[19:28:52] <Madobe_Nanako> She tried calling out.
[19:29:46] <Giantree> Nanako's call was more than likely not loud enough… that or, he wasn't here. The doors, however, were left open for some strange reason.
[19:29:50] <Skye_Lyon> "There are better ways to handle it, but I think Nanako could use some sense."
[19:30:21] <Althaia_Atrum> "I.. guess so… … … but I hope we don't become enemies… …"
[19:30:29] * Adrianne_Lavender sighs loudly again, "what a troublesome bunch"
[19:30:35] <Madobe_Nanako> "Hm?"
[19:31:10] * Madobe_Nanako looked around. Doors were open when they weren't supposed to be. Feeling a small sense of dread, she began to search the house.
[19:31:15] <Madobe_Nanako> "Master?"
[19:31:40] <Giantree> Something seems a bit… odd about the house. Out-of-place. But it's nothing extremely strange, only a minor unusual feeling. From upstairs there seems to be some brief presence. Magical presence? Maybe or maybe not, but there are sounds loud enough to obviously be able to drain Nanako out.
[19:32:23] <Skye_Lyon> "So do I, I'm… worried about her. Adrianne, I'm sorry we've been all this trouble for you. You shouldn't have to deal with our… issues."
[19:33:08] <Madobe_Nanako> At this point Nanako wasn't quite sure who was here. With both a presence and random sounds, she deicded to investigate.
[19:33:19] <Althaia_Atrum> "… Adri, I really don't .. know what I can do at this point…"
[19:34:31] <Hailey_Markane> There is an audible rip above Althaia and the others' heads. A portal from the outside being made, an explosion of crimson flames rocketing through it as it closes.
[19:34:51] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Its alright, I could really use a change of scenery right about now."She turns to Skye, "If you want to we can help you find her."
[19:35:11] <Hailey_Markane> A single scarlet feather floats down to the ground as its owner takes to the air…or would, had she not seen something.
[19:35:11] <Giantree> On her way up the stairs, something throws off Nanako's balance by dashing under her feet. Whether or not she's harmed by it is a different story, but it certainly releases an audible "mrrow." At least, gravity feels like it's pulling her backwards.
[19:35:54] <Madobe_Nanako> "Huh?"
[19:36:24] <Madobe_Nanako> Glancing backwards she sees what appears to be… a cat?
[19:37:30] <Skye_Lyon> "It means a lot to me, but she might need time, too. I think I know where she is, thou-that had to have been Hailey? What's she doing?"
[19:37:37] <Giantree> Behind her is a feline. A white-furred one, covered in some small… objects. Books. But, in the present day they aren't quite common. Of course, Nanako's Master was known to have a collection of them, but it was also well-known to her that they weren't left lying randomly around the house. There was only one place they could be found in.
[19:37:41] <Giantree> Only one room.
[19:37:47] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Looks like we have another one join the party."
[19:37:48] <Hailey_Markane> "woulda thought you were still out cold…how you holding up Skye?" the voice comes from above adrianne and althaia, its owner a girl who seemed to be about their age. Her hair and clothes were both a vibrant red, a strapless top and short skirt.
[19:38:19] <Madobe_Nanako> "?!"
[19:38:24] <Madobe_Nanako> "Those are-"
[19:38:27] <Hailey_Markane> But the most striking feature of the girl are the deep red-stained wings, effortlessly keeping her afloat.
[19:38:55] <Althaia_Atrum> "Huh?", Althaia peered up to see the new girl… "Oh.. Umm.. hello!!!!", Althaia's scarf raised one of its clawed hands and waved to the newcomer…
[19:38:55] <Madobe_Nanako> At this point Nanako was decideing whether to chase after the cat or go upstairs to see what damage it's done.
[19:39:01] <Madobe_Nanako> deciding*
[19:39:21] <Hailey_Markane> "made some friends skye?"
[19:39:25] <Skye_Lyon> "I'm… not holding up as well as I wish. What about you? I was afraid Nanako's blast killed you…"
[19:39:33] * Adrianne_Lavender gently waves at the newcomer.
[19:40:17] <Giantree> The cat, however, wasn't running. It stood in place and purred, as though it recognized her. But how did it get in the Scape, anyway?
[19:40:18] <Hailey_Markane> "no. But you owe me BIG. You know how hard it was convincing your sisters you didn't kick it?"
[19:40:25] <Madobe_Nanako> For now, she decided to retrieve the books from the cat, then return them to where they belong.
[19:40:45] <Skye_Lyon> "Yeah… they're friends… but I've lost some, too. The blast, Nanako's explosion destro-you met my sisters?"
[19:41:58] <Giantree> The cat didn't move. Instead, Nanako pulled at the book but as she soon found out, it took a lot more effort than expected to beat the feline's vacuum. So much so that when the book finally came off of its fur, it rocketed into a wall! But… as it did so, the book fell open, revealing writing on its pages.
[19:42:02] <Hailey_Markane> "yeah. A bit late, they were almost about to declare you dead. Now either you come back at some point, or I become a massive bitch who would use a terrorist attack victim as the basis for a prank."
[19:42:27] * Madobe_Nanako eyes were drawn to the open book
[19:42:43] <Madobe_Nanako> She picked it up.
[19:43:03] <Hailey_Markane> "by the way, not sure if you know but Nanako is the most wanted criminal on the planet. Good thing no one knows what she looked like."
[19:43:39] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Oh she knows, its been all over the news a few domes over."
[19:43:41] <Skye_Lyon> "I wasn't sure if you knew, or if you were even alive. How long have I been unconscious?"
[19:43:53] <Giantree> The book is filled with writing in a strange language… one that Nanako herself had only briefly learned. She had been taught not to mess with Master's research, but her initial glance made it difficult to not notice that throughout all the writing on the page there were two connected characters that were in nearly every single line. The second one looked like the number 7 with a line through
[19:43:54] <Giantree> it.
[19:44:41] <Madobe_Nanako> "Seven?"
[19:44:55] <Hailey_Markane> "hmm…well the explosion was what…two days ago I think? Not sure how that translates."
[19:45:39] <Althaia_Atrum> Althaia listened to the girls chatter, not entirely sure how to respond or talk…
[19:45:54] <Skye_Lyon> "Everybody thinks I've been dead for two days? No, you told my family… thank you."
[19:45:58] <Madobe_Nanako> With a morbid sense of curiosity, she began to try and read it.
[19:46:18] <Hailey_Markane> "I just saw her go nuclear and made a break for it. Found her knocked out, figured the scape would be a safer place. Found you, and…well I couldn't just leave you face down in the square, could I?"
[19:47:59] <Giantree> Nanako couldn't read much.. the language was somewhat familiar to her, but she hadn't learned how to actually read it. A dead language, if anything. The only thing she knew about it was that Master had told her how to write her name in it— and that of all reasons is why those characters stood out.
[19:48:50] <Madobe_Nanako> "Nana…ko?"
[19:48:53] <Hailey_Markane> "so I put you in the only safe place I knew. And I don't want to admit it but…I kinda missed you." Hailey says sheepishly. "hard to imagine it was only two days…"
[19:49:19] <Skye_Lyon> "Y-yeah, I guess I owe you a lot. Come here, for a sec."
[19:50:33] <Hailey_Markane> "what's up?" Hailey will scoot closer to Skyr, her eyes still shifty…she isn't sure what to expect.
[19:50:49] <Giantree> Mrrowing, the cat ran off. Her Master's presence didn't feel anywhere nearby, only the constant reminder he'd given her that nobody was allowed to see his research. Not even his beloved daughter. A better question, though, was how did the cat get ahold of it?
[19:51:05] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Actually, Its been a much longer. They started sending holo's almost a whole week ago"
[19:51:35] <Madobe_Nanako> Seeing as she couldn't read anything else, she went up to where the book belonged.
[19:52:07] <Hailey_Markane> "a week? Well shit…well I know I told your family either the day after or two days after the explosion."
[19:52:19] <Giantree> And sure enough, the room was wide open. It kept ringing in her head how she wasn't supposed to go inside, but her own logic at least told it that was where the book belonged.
[19:52:52] <Giantree> The research room being 'the room,' anyway.
[19:53:04] <Madobe_Nanako> While feeling rather unsure, Nanako felt that returning the book to where it belonged was important enough.
[19:53:07] <Skye_Lyon> Skye reached over and gave Hailey a tight hug, "You've been a lot better friend to me than I've treated you, and that matters to me. Maybe if… if your offer hasn't expired, then… we could go get ice cream or something."
[19:54:00] * Hailey_Markane 's cheeks will light up as she returns the hug. No passion or crazed emotion…just thanks.
[19:54:03] <Althaia_Atrum> The girl simply watched, blinking to herself as Mr.Scarf loomed about above in the air…
[19:54:45] <Hailey_Markane> "yeah. We can go get something. After you make sure you let your family know I wasn't bullshitting them.
[19:56:02] <Skye_Lyon> "Yeah… I can only remember a couple hours since I saw them, but it still feels like a long time."
[19:56:38] * Adrianne_Lavender just looks, not wanting to interrupt
[19:56:49] <Hailey_Markane> "it's been a week."
[19:57:13] * Madobe_Nanako enetered the room. It was the first time she'd been there.
[19:57:33] <Giantree> The room was taunting. As much as she tried to not notice it, those symbols were everywhere. All over the floor, on the monitor screens, on the sides and fronts of books, not to even mention on the insides. But that was enough, the book had to be left there… what if she got caught? Or was her curiosity more important than her Master's trust?
[19:58:09] <Hailey_Markane> "oh…" Hailey looks up. This might be awkward. "normally we aren't always like this…just a big reunion. So, I assume you two are also pu…puella magi? Was that what the old guy said?"
[19:59:10] <Skye_Lyon> Skye released the hug, with a final thanks, "They are… Nanako almost killed some of them in another explosion."
[20:00:28] <Hailey_Markane> "she had another one?!?" Hailey is just dumbfounded. "you'd think she likes it or something. Maybe if i can find a totally empty area i should try…"
[20:01:13] <Adrianne_Lavender> "No way you shouldn't!" She interupts
[20:01:25] <Madobe_Nanako> Looking around, the same 七 seemed to be all over the room.
[20:01:55] <Madobe_Nanako> It felt as if she was slowly being choked but something pushed her to continue forward.
[20:02:48] <Hailey_Markane> "well the way she burns through…she might like what it does to her. Fuck if I know though…"
[20:02:50] <Skye_Lyon> "It was in a closed area, too. I have no idea how we all survived."
[20:03:31] <Hailey_Markane> "magic?" Hailey will offer the almost obvious guess.
[20:04:03] <Hailey_Markane> "by the way, I never caught your names. You are?" Hailey will inquire the other two
[20:04:34] <Giantree> No luck finding anything in Nanako's search. Nothing besides what was obviously the name he gave her plastered on every single thing at least multiple times, although everything else just looked like nonsensical writing. Was obsession the only thing he was trying to hide?
[20:04:59] * Adrianne_Lavender extendds her left arm again, "How many times do I have to show my arm?" her arm opens at the palm till the elbow yet again momentarily exposing rows of theeth before closing again, "Name's Adrianne by the way."
[20:06:18] <Hailey_Markane> "I'm Hailey…and can I be honest? I did NOT need to see that…"
[20:06:25] <Madobe_Nanako> As she looked, the same words èœã€…å showed up everywhere.
[20:07:52] <Hailey_Markane> "so did the old guy give you the whole lecture too?"
[20:08:46] <Skye_Lyon> "Oh, Hailey. Mister Japan vanished."
[20:09:58] <Hailey_Markane> "huh. He wasn't there when I dropped you two off…I figured he was either in one of the upper rooms or something. But yeah. That does seem odd."
[20:10:03] <Adrianne_Lavender> "What old guy? I just got to these domes a few days ago?"
[20:10:40] <Hailey_Markane> "the guy who explained how the puella magi work? The youma and all that shit?"
[20:11:40] <Hailey_Markane> "oh yeah, and the oblivion seeds? Did he not go over all that?"
[20:12:05] <Adrianne_Lavender> "Never met him."
[20:20:32] * Madobe_Nanako took a glance at the monitors but they were all covered in japanese.
[20:20:40] <Madobe_Nanako> Nothing of help there.
[20:21:29] <Madobe_Nanako> She took a look at the rest of the room, but didn't seem to find anything.
[20:22:00] <Giantree> … But she certainly heard something. A sliding door— from downstairs.
[20:22:07] <Madobe_Nanako> "?"
[20:22:35] * Madobe_Nanako stepped out of the room. Hovering, she went to investigate.
[20:23:16] <Giantree> But the door behind her was still open. At least the book was returned to its proper place. Downstairs, there were familiar footsteps— and Nanako herself knew there was only one person who they could belong to.
[20:24:56] <Madobe_Nanako> Not realizing the state of the room behind her, Nanako called out "Master?"
[20:26:46] <Giantree> As though he didn't expect her to be awake at all - without implying he even had the slightest clue of what put her in that condition - his voice showed much more surprise than expected as he entered the living room. "Nanako? Is that you?" There was also something strange to his voice.. and the way he was walking. But in Nanako's excitement, that was almost impossible to notice.
[20:27:12] <Madobe_Nanako> "Master~!"
[20:27:27] <Madobe_Nanako> Hovering quickly, she entered the living room.
[20:30:30] <Giantree> Arms outstretched, the man seemed overjoyed to know she was safe. At least for now. He was almost hunched over as he stood, and seemed to struggle a bit to even move his arms at all, but he embraced her nonetheless. As though he didn't need words to express how he missed her.
[20:30:56] <Madobe_Nanako> "Master… Master~!"
[20:31:13] <Madobe_Nanako> She hugged him tightly as she buried her face in his chest.
[20:33:35] <Madobe_Nanako> "Where were you Master~?"
[20:33:55] <Madobe_Nanako> Small tears seemed to form at her eyes.
[20:34:27] <Giantree> With a sigh of relief, he smiled. "That's what I wanted to ask you… what happened?" For the briefest of seconds he winced. Just a bit. But he didn't let it draw away his attention from her.
[20:35:23] <Madobe_Nanako> "I… I think I lost control. Of my magic."
[20:35:42] <Madobe_Nanako> "It caused an… explosion."
TO BE CONTINUED…