Midori huffs and puffs, trying to catch her breath as she lays on her back on the hard wooden floor of her room, tears in her eyes dry and the practice dummies and walls of her room are covered in new shuriken and kunai holes. Midori had venting all of her unhappiness and frustration with herself the best way she knew how - as intense a training session as she could muster. She was getting better, bit by bit, but more importantly, it gave her something on which to focus other than her apparently-ruined friendship with Hew-kun and Zilla-chan.
She doesn't think about that though, laying on her back and staring at the ceiling, clearing the sweat from her brow and gently wiping her horn clean as well.
Goes into the lunchroom, and walks right up to the trays. Someone points out there's a line, and he grumbles then goes to the end of the line. His stomach audibly grumbles...
Fieri may notice that Ardiente does appear to get starry-eyed during their brief bits of downtime between each outing, drifting off into short day-dreams. While on 'sortie' though, he is entirely focused, discipline from years of training and soldiery assert itself.
a anthropomorphic dog walks up and stares at Rex, wide-eyed for a little while, before realizing that she was being rude and shifting her gaze elsewhere.
"Umm, ok..." is all he says, seemingly focused on getting his stomach to stop rumbling.
"Eh, sorry about that. Still getting used to the whole demons thing."
"Bah, don't apologize." he says waving his stone hand dismissively. "I get that a lot when I come up here. I also keep forgetting that coming to the material plane means I have to eat and sleep. Still getting used to that..."
he is not in a good mood about the food. His tail twitches like an annoyed cat.
Nearby to Casseus and Marcell's conversation (slightly ahead in line), a curious gnome ear is turned to the conversation, and Repp glances over at the pair, though does not do anything so rude as interrupting, merely eavesdropping at a polite distance, looking especially at Marcell with curiosity.
"Really? How does that work? Why do you only need to eat here?"
she asks, quite curious.
"Unless I am needed here, I will go with Tryko'Sam, just to be sure. If this demon affected Rena... and may have been the culprit responsible for Tryko'Sam's..." Vare's hand suddenly goes to his chin, returning to the absent-minded-yet-thoughtful look as he stops speaking mid-sentence. "Hm." he says simply. "Do you mind if I join you Tyrko'Sam and Maya?"
Tryko'Sam grins at Vare's manner saying with a grin,"I ain't got a problem with your company, Wizard Vare. Appreciate your asking. I do assure you, however, I'm feeling pretty chill at this point. No Terrasquing, if I can help it."
Maya looks Vare over and shrugs, a smile on her features. Then, glancing amount the remaining, she asks, "Anyone else? I won't promise it's fascinating, but, I certainly won't mind meeting new people."
Maya moves towards the door at this point, ready to step out.
Vare does get a small smile at Tryko'Sam's somewhat 'playful' attitude, reminded a little of Rena in some of her more fiesty moments. "That's alright, I had a few more questions for you anyway, though I can wait if you'd prefer to distance yourself from all this right now, which is understandable." Vare says soberly, though after another lost-in-thought moment, he smiles at the space between Tryko'Sam and Maya, attempting to be friendly but instead having the effect of looking at though he was smiling at thin air. "Lead the way." he says simply afterwards.
Vare does get a small smile at Tryko'Sam's somewhat 'playful' attitude, reminded a little of Rena in some of her more fiesty moments. "That's alright, I had a few more questions for you anyway, though I can wait if you'd prefer to distance yourself from all this right now, which is understandable." Vare says soberly, though after another lost-in-thought moment, he smiles at the space between Tryko'Sam and Maya, attempting to be friendly but instead having the effect of looking at though he was smiling at thin air. "Lead the way." he says simply afterwards.
Walking along to follow with Vare, and to catch up to Maya at the door, Tryko'Sam says, "Hey-- I got all the time in the world, so, ask away, I can even walk and talk at the same time. Don't be shy. I prefer to think, truth be told."
He gets up to the door and opens it for Maya, smiling at her then looking back to see if any of the girls are tagging along. "After you, Maya-- I'm sure there's a better term, but I don't know it yet, I think.
Maya grins just a touch and saunters on out, "Oh, hopefully, we can straighten that out soon enough. This way, gentlemen." Maya, at least, finally steps out heading for SIM Room 6, along with the others at their pace.
Seeing Vare going with Sam and the others, he thinks its over kill for him to go as well.
"Well all seems well, I will carry on my walk around the school"
He bows to all then makes his way out the sim rooms.
Seeing the multitude of enemies now Lang looks for something he can do to help.
[dice=DC 15 concentration]1d20+13
Lang unleashes a barrage of condensed air/ice balls at the multiple sorcerers.
as each blast hits another image vanishes.
soon there is only one.
Best I coulod do for ya
"Great work!" Hew shouts to Lang. He locks his gaze on to the sorcerer climbing to his feet from the gust of wind. After a quick chant Hew runs his hand across the length of the blade. Leaving a light blue glow.
The sorcerer rolled to his back and raised his staff toward Hew. A fiery glow grew in intensity before launching out.
With a slash of the glowing blade the fireball dissipated away, leaving only a few embers floating to the ground. Quickly Hew charged ahead and slashed at the sorcerer. The blueish glow splashes out, as a frost spell, snap freezing the sorcerer's chest.
Dom Keeps his eyes open making sure to lash his whip out at the infected to give time to the uninfected to get away. After his third time one of the infect set it's sight upon Dom himself.
"Crap." Dom cursed in a normal tone. The rage fill peasant charged forward toward him. Quickly Dom lashed out with his whip wrapping his leg and yanking it out from under him.
"Really? How does that work? Why do you only need to eat here?"
she asks, quite curious.
Shrugs
"Dunno. When I'm home, just being there seems enough to sustain me. I don't get hungry, and I don't need to sleep. Awfully hard to tell what day it is too, though..."Finally close enough to grab a tray, he eyes what's available to eat, and asks for meats...
::The girl walk to Ginni. she stands at most 4 and half feet tall. she is carrying a book on particle physics.::
:: "I am Melody," she says to Ginni in a soft voice but loud enough for Ginni to easily hear. ::
::After a second or two of examination "You are called Ginni, you are a...companion." the statement seemed like a question but the tone could also be interpreted as a statement of fact.::
::Yes, I'm Ginni. Melody is my friend. We have a psychic connection...but it's not working right now...and how can you be Melody? You look completely different. And Mel likes music. I mean, she's smart and stuff, but I don't see her carrying around big textbooks like that...And the way you're using the word companion...like it means something else that I don't understand. Please explain to me what is going on,:: she pleaded.
::Yes, I'm Ginni. Melody is my friend. We have a psychic connection...but it's not working right now...and how can you be Melody? You look completely different. And Mel likes music. I mean, she's smart and stuff, but I don't see her carrying around big textbooks like that...And the way you're using the word companion...like it means something else that I don't understand. Please explain to me what is going on,:: she pleaded.
:: the girl looks at Ginni as though she is studying her. "You have not lost any Psychic connections, exactly. more precise, there is currently no available psyche to connect with. It was currently..." she searches for the right word. "in storage."
"To answer your next question, I am Melody, 3rd regeneration of the current timeline. Your confusion lies with your lack of understanding, you wish to speak to Melody, 2nd regeneration. she is over there." the girl points off in what is apparently an unknown direction given the lack of spacial reference in here.
but soon Ginni can focus and plain brown door comes into view.
"Melody, 2nd regeneration will have the necessary answers."
Belsayv - Vanguard (Yrrin, Belyu, & Anahita?)
The group follows the trail which ends in what was probably originally a natural crevice-type formation, but has been widened - either by magic or by tools, to accomodate the humongous contained which was dragged here. It is now some thirty feet wide at the base, and another 20 or so feet tall. A daunting entrance to be sure, which could service a fully grown dragon if they took a liking to that sort of thing. The cave has rocky unworked stone for walls with a sandy floor. No vegetation is immediately apparent within the cave, and there's a small circle around the entrance where the grass simply stops.
An unnatural cold seems to emanate from the cave outward, leaving behind a distinct chill in the bones of those present.
Belsayv - Vanguard (Yrrin, Belyu, & Anahita?)
The group follows the trail which ends in what was probably originally a natural crevice-type formation, but has been widened - either by magic or by tools, to accomodate the humongous contained which was dragged here. It is now some thirty feet wide at the base, and another 20 or so feet tall. A daunting entrance to be sure, which could service a fully grown dragon if they took a liking to that sort of thing. The cave has rocky unworked stone for walls with a sandy floor. No vegetation is immediately apparent within the cave, and there's a small circle around the entrance where the grass simply stops.
An unnatural cold seems to emanate from the cave outward, leaving behind a distinct chill in the bones of those present.
Following close behind the vanguard is the rest of the group, emerging from the foliage to the same scene - a cave as described, which appears to be emanating an almost unnatural chill.
"Yes, I can do that." Rena says, breaking gently away from the nuzzle she had been giving Vare to look at the enchantment Professor and nod her massive head and a glance to Professor Sunwake."And... you're still okay with being my roommate?" Rena asks of Asha, turning her massive muzzle on the Firebird and then gently 'slithering' through the air to nuzzle her as well, grateful that her friend was so understanding of her true form. So many wouldn't have given her that chance. Tryko'Sam had given her that chance as well, and so when he speaks her bulk turns towards him, and there's a curling upwards of her lips, which might be a smile - albeit a somewhat toothy one. "Yes, we should meet up again later. Maybe it has something to do with the attack yesterday? I was with Shaypeer almost directly before the attack." she adds again thoughfully, unconsciously wrapping the tip of her tail around Asha's hand as she had done earlier with Tryko'Sam - practically holding hands, since she has none.
"Well, yeah. I mean, okay, you're a really big winged snake. I'm sometimes a bird. We all have our quirks, right? I will admit to being a bit partial to your other form and I'm kinda hoping you can get it back at least part time. But even if you don't, you're still my friend, right? I mean...I'm not just imagining that? We are friends?"
She looked a bit torn as she looked back and forth between the departing Tryko'Sam and Rena and seemed to come to some sort of decision. "I'll stay with Rena while she has to stay and help the Professors. We'll catch up with you as soon as we can."
She walked over to Ehos, her heels clicking loudly against the floor as she walked. "I have your permission to examine your memories and correct any tampering with your emotions that might still be in place?"Ehos simply nods stiffly, and displays with his datapad: 'Please do.'
Miss Jones once more closed her eyes to help increase her mental sight as she examined Ehos's mind, looking for signs of tampering, magical or otherwise, and sifting through his memories for anything pertaining to the demon that had been spoken of.
:: the girl looks at Ginni as though she is studying her. "You have not lost any Psychic connections, exactly. more precise, there is currently no available psyche to connect with. It was currently..." she searches for the right word. "in storage.""To answer your next question, I am Melody, 3rd regeneration of the current timeline. Your confusion lies with your lack of understanding, you wish to speak to Melody, 2nd regeneration. she is over there." the girl points off in what is apparently an unknown direction given the lack of spacial reference in here.
but soon Ginni can focus and plain brown door comes into view.
"Melody, 2nd regeneration will have the necessary answers."
Ginni had a lot of questions, but she didn't think she'd get answers by standing there. If the weird little girl said her answers were through the door then she's go through the door.
::Thank you,:: she said, trying to be polite at least as she opened the brown door.
settro doesn't really notice, his preserved body doesn't feel cold. He takes the infected back to the group. He takes the body and holds it behind his back, wrapping his six strong wings around the infected, pinning it in place.
"So...."
settro takes some tools from his suit and takes a sample with a syringe.
"Yarrin, please do what you need quickly, i don't feel comfortable in contact with someone infected like this."
Shrugs
"Dunno. When I'm home, just being there seems enough to sustain me. I don't get hungry, and I don't need to sleep. Awfully hard to tell what day it is too, though..."Finally close enough to grab a tray, he eyes what's available to eat, and asks for meats...
"Wow... You're very interesting."
"I suppose so..."
Gets a heap of whatever meat dish there is, grabs a fork, and sits at the nearest table an starts to devour his food.
Ginni had a lot of questions, but she didn't think she'd get answers by standing there. If the weird little girl said her answers were through the door then she's go through the door.
::Thank you,:: she said, trying to be polite at least as she opened the brown door.
Ginni goes to open the door the little girl lightly grabs her arm.
"I must warn you. Once you enter that room, you will no longer have connection to your physical body and that body will enter into a comma."
The little girl has a look of concern for Ginni, but also a look of desperation. Like she is pleading you to help her,
"That room can be dangerous, but can also be exhilarating, You must save Melody, save both of us." the girl's, low tone voice shows little emotion but somehow Ginni can sense a touch of concern in it.
"then do the second one, were they blind they would be much less of a danger to the others"
Dave casts detect compulsion
and skeets casts collapse on the attacker
"then do the second one, were they blind they would be much less of a danger to the others"
Dave casts detect compulsion
and skeets casts collapse on the attacker
"then do the second one, were they blind they would be much less of a danger to the others"
Dave casts detect compulsion
and skeets casts collapse on the attacker
...
She looked a bit torn as she looked back and forth between the departing Tryko'Sam and Rena and seemed to come to some sort of decision. "I'll stay with Rena while she has to stay and help the Professors. We'll catch up with you as soon as we can."
Tryko'Sam paused, nodded, smiled and then waved, "Until later, Asha. Be well."
With that, he and the others walked out, into the hallway, heading for SIM Room 6, as requested.
Maya appears to be watching Vare with interest, while Tryko'Sam lead the way.
Maya asks Vare, "So, actual magic, is it? Is there a short version of how-- or, does that require years of explaining, Wizard Vare?"
The old woman hit the ground with a sickening thud, but it didn't seem to stop her as she clawed her way upright again, her limbs bending at impossible angles with no sign that she felt any pain.
"Th-that's just creepy. To bad grandma, but bender is not for dinner." He retorts before freezing the whip still attached to her leg to the ground.
"Tell me we can do something and soon please." Dom yells back to the group hoping for a quick answer while keeping his attention on the old woman contortionist.
"Keep them back while I work." With a vial of blood to work with, Yrrum puts his crossbow away and starts pulling what looks like equipment of a miniaturized floating lab. He begins his analysis quickly.
Vickory slides up in front, "Allow me, I'm immune to coldness."
Assuming no one stops her she will stealthily move ahead.
Vickory slides up in front, "Allow me, I'm immune to coldness."
Assuming no one stops her she will stealthily move ahead.
Be careful!" Yrrin whispers... "I do not want to lose any alljes
Peering at the opening and such, comes into view again, yet remains roughly thirty feet or so apart from others while reviewing the opening.
::Immediate thoughts lend to the touch of undeath, due to the chill and lack of life at the edge, perhaps even a profane presence.:: Her clear unaccented comment sent through the Collective.
She stands crouched and ready, not letting her guard down.
She glances at Yrrin with a light brow furrowed at his whisper, then to Vickory slithering ahead towards the cave.
Vickory flicks her hand in some unusual fashion, but it seems to be an acknowledgement of Yrrin's warning.
Vickory will face the group, "The cold is healing energy, except for the elf. Well, now that I think about it, I don't rightly know what energy you others are, but this healing hurts elves for some reason."
Royston go's to find tybolt by places his hand on the wall.
Soon he's there with a cold cat
Royston's trip does not take long.
In fact, it takes a few feet. The arrows locate Tybalt in sim room 5.
When you enter, there is a humanoid shaped being working at a table with its back to the door. It appears to be wearing only a white t-shirt. From under the shirt come two shortish legs and a tail all of which are black, but end with a measure of white. It doesn't wear shoes and its white feet are more like wide paws.
Its arms are more human-like ending in small hands with short fingers with pink pads on the fingertips.
It has black hair that sticks up and ears that stand just above that on top of its head.
It is working on knitting something concealed behind it.
It hasn't noticed you yet. Past the table there is a man watching a simulation of two people fighting hand to hand.
Royston coughs politely to gain his attention
He still hasn't noticed, attributing the cough to Renkai.
Ginni goes to open the door the little girl lightly grabs her arm.
"I must warn you. Once you enter that room, you will no longer have connection to your physical body and that body will enter into a comma."
The little girl has a look of concern for Ginni, but also a look of desperation. Like she is pleading you to help her,
"That room can be dangerous, but can also be exhilarating, You must save Melody, save both of us." the girl's, low tone voice shows little emotion but somehow Ginni can sense a touch of concern in it.
::Thank you for warning me. I'll do my best to help,:: she said to the girl. Her form in the mental realm seemed to get somewhat ghostlike for a moment as she let her focus drift a little.
"Ace, things are a bit squirelly in there. I need to help her. But I'm going to lose consciousness if I go deeper into her mind. So, catch me so I don't fall over. And don't worry. I'm sure I'll be fine," she said out loud, before refocusing on Melody's mind, her form there becoming solid again.
As she stepped through the brown door in Melody's mind, her body standing beside Melody's bed went limp.
Miss Jones opened her eyes. "Well...that was not directly productive, but I did learn a few things. Your memory has certainly been modified. Whoever did it is very good at what they do. If it weren't for the pieces of your memory that don't quite add up I wouldn't have spotted it at all," she said to Ehos. "In your memory, it is simply a tawdry affair of no great remark. However, that doesn't match your own statements about what happened, or your memory of Phaezeriel's analysis of the demon mark, or the memory of someone telling you some important information telepathically...there's no trace of the communication in your mind, but you told others about it afterwards, and of course the psychic link that temporarily existed between yourself and Rena. One of my best students is a half-succubus, and once she establishes a psychic connection with someone they are permanently weak towards her enchantments and telepathic powers. If that's what a half-succubus can do, it stands to reason that a full succubus of no small power would be able to do that much more. You will likely always be weak towards her interference and it would appear that she can affect you at any time she wishes, even from a distance. It would also appear that your are affected by others who were also affected by her. Almost like a network. It's not full enthrallment, but certainly heading in that direction. Also, much like Rena over there, your personality has been altered in a subtle yet destructive way, increasing your natural hedonistic tendencies to a truly absurd level." She didn't say aloud that it made him smell like prey, so very, very easy to influence. It was a good thing she still had a few hours until sunset. "I think I can block or at least reduce that influence if you wish."
"Unfortunately, your mind was wiped entirely clean of anything that might have given us any clues as to how to find this demon. If I were less talented at sifting through minds, I would have thought you made her up as an excuse."
Once Ginni passes through the door it closes behind her.
the room is not much different than a SIM room when there are no Sim's running. the first thing Ginni can feel is a strange sensation of every mental block she may have removed. the room seems to filter out Psychic "white noise" allowing complete and uninhibited flow of her psionic energy.
Ideas and answers to things she has been pondering or wondering about start to come together. though she cannot fully grasp them.
A quick scan of the room she can see the Melody she knows dancing with someone. she cannot make out who even though she is only a few feet away.
As Melody circles around in her dance she stops when she sees you.
"Ginni? I didn't bring you here." Now she can see the person Melody is dancing with is Kai, but slightly different. he seems less armed, and nicely dressed and no mask.
"Wait a sec, If I didn't bring you here then you found a way in. " at that instant Kai vanishes.
"Is something wrong?" she asks, completely unaware of everything going on outside her mind. but a look of worry on her brow
He still hasn't noticed, attributing the cough to Renkai.
Royston walks slowly around you stoping in front about 10' away he looks at your work.
"That's very nice work"
Ace nods "Of course I'll catch you. Be safe" He gives her a quick kiss on the cheek, and then has to catch his girlfriend when she goes limp.
He lifts her up, and gently lays her on a nearby bed. He sort of stands guard over Ginni, and will only let Nala near to check on her.
Those in the room with Melody and now Ginni...
after a few minutes Nurse Julie makes her way back into the room. she looks over Melody's chart then glances over to see Ginni in another bed.
Oh dear, another patient. she says in a timid quiet voice.
Nurse Julie goes toward Ginni to examine her.
Ace shakes his head "She's fine, just unconscious, by choice. If you think she needs to be checked on, Nala can do so. Nobody else." He says in a quiet but stern voice.