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Trace barely has time to take in what just happened. "For Sandpoint!" He cries, following the combat crazy girl to save the dog and the man he presumes is the owner. He moves to take out another goblin, to give the dog a chance to help it's owner and hopefully them against the the dogblin.
Trade really wished he had more magic. Weapons sucked.
Trace cringes as the two boys try to assist Emmy by lying horribly. Though when you set things on fire often enough, you learn how to keep a poker face. "Emmy's right, with all the adults fighting, the sheriff wasn't against us trying to help others who can't reach the garrison. Goblins are cowards, the bigger groups people travel in the less likely they will attack. We know where the local kids hide, and can get there easier than adults. Those fighting will be better off if they don't need to worry about defending people running in every direction. We'll just spread the word that everyone's collecting at the garrison, and collect anyone along the way. Why would we be given weapons if we were going to stay here?"
"No way I'm sitting here with Venice and my Mum out there. But I'm not charging off to go find them either. We should be stealthy about it. We know this town better than those green snots and will have a better chance making if we use all our advantages. I feel better with a weapon, cruddy as it is." Trace looked at the rusty shortspear in his hands, the poor thing looking like it would fall apart in his hands at any moment. "We should make a meetup place in case we get separated. Somewhere safe to wait out the raid."
Trace lunges at the goblin with his new dagger, fighting as best he can given the closest thing to combat he's ever gotten was fencing with Venice using cooking utensils.
It slowly dawns on Trace that he has no chance against these goblins using a dagger. It's heavier than it looks, and his grasp of it is clumsy and awkward. He really has no idea how to use it.
Trace pulls his dagger and approached the goblin. He shakes from the adrenaline and shock, and a little from fear. His home and friends and maybe even family were under attack. He had to help. So there he stood, holding the dagger out inn front of him with both hands, it visibly shaking and his knuckles white. "Sandpoint has defeated worse monsters than you! So bring it on!"
GM Sappy - a Happy by Pharrell parody It might sound crazy what I'm bout to say.
GM SAPPY! Its been so since we've done anything within the group GM SAPPY Its been so long since we've heard from you GM SAPPY Its been so long, but after all that we've been through GM SAPPY Its not too long to keep on writing if that's what you want to do.
Sorry for the inconsistent posting everyone. It was my first week at uni this week and I go 4 days so I've been pretty overloaded with getting assessment schedules and study and traveling there and back. I still want to play, but I'll let everyone know if it gets too much for me to keep going.
"I'm out guys. I gotta go find my family and make sure they're ok! Emmy, you should come with me, we'll find yours too! Leave the adults to handle this stuff!" He kneels down, interlacing his fingers to make a step. "We'll take the horse. It'll be faster." Trace is clearly rearing to go, but he isn't about to leave his best friend behind. He needs to go to his family though, so he won't wait long.
Trace turns around to see Empheria let out another burst of flame at the (blue) Goblin. Still in a bit of a shock, he points at that same goblin, a fiery ray of elemental energy bursting from his fingertips.
Naw Trace is 12 but if you feel that way then thanks for letting us know and not leaving us in the dark.
Ouch Andi! Lol, Venice is only a year younger than you you meany XP I like Andi's personality though. Even if she's a bit chaotic. Make's Trace look bad, he's meant to be the Chaotic one! I wonder where the other two went? They were meant to be fighting in a tournament. Reckon they got bored of our group not being with theirs?
"Hey Emmy, you should bring that cake over after the festival with your brother and sister! Mum loves having you guys over! It'll be easier to cut up then! Do you need help carrying it? I've got a spell for that. Plus it'll make the cake look like it's floating, which is always fun to surprise people with. If Talsin wants, he can bring his too and we can have a... a something-tea? I dunno, mum puts out fancy cups and warm drinks and biscuits and stuff. Then we can all have cake and tea or cocoa, or maybe iced tea if it gets hotter... And Andi, Venice loves playing with you and Licorice! I'm sure if I asked really nice Mum would even let you all stay for dinner! But that's like, ages away. Still, easier than cutting cakes on the ground with our new daggers." Trace once again goes off on his own idea train. His house wasn't very big, but they could fit them all in and it'd be nice to have somewhere to sit out of the sun, and with drinks. He'd probably wind up making everything anyway, his Mum would be tired after taking care of Venice all day. He hoped the others would come though, taking care of Venice wasn't something he resented, but being able to play with other kids while she played with her friends all in one safe space would be something to look forward to. "Anyway, I'm with Vorin. I think I kind of owe to Ameiko for the chocolate. Besides, all the other stuff we can get all year round. The stew is festival only!"
I wouldn't mind getting raffle results and meeting up with my family for lunch :P Trace did promise to get Venice a cookie if she didn't get one.
"Alright! That means more money for Venice's birthday present!" Trace looks at the ticket he received.
"So it looks like I'm 93. What did you guys get?"
"Awesome! I didn't know that. Serves goblins right that what they hate should crush em! Oh can I have the Bear one! And don't worry guys, I have a silver, I think. I saved it up from a bunch of chores and errands. The tickets can't be that much, and we have a better chance with more tickets! I'll give you each one cookie if I win. If any of you win, I just want one for my sister. I wonder how the tournament went?"
Trace bursts out laughing. Gut holding, bent over laughing. It's the funniest thing he's seen in a long time. After he wipes the tears from his eyes, he walks over to Talsin. "Don't worry, I've got you. Andi did a good job but I think you'll like my methods better. " With that he casts prestidigitation to clean and dry the poor kid in front of him.
Trace pats his horse, kinda bummed no one thought making a fully grown horse appear out of thin air was impressive. "Good girl, Nickel." he says quietly, giving her a pat. He had been tempted to drop her on the pumpkin, but this mount helped his family a lot and since he didn't know the ins and outs of the spell, he didn't want to risk losing it.
I wanted to summon the horse in the air and drop it on the pumpkin so bad but I already killed a dog while it was sleeping in one game, I can't hurt a horse too! I'm worried it would hold a grudge XD
"Aww man. I want one!" Trace makes up his mind, and after a bit of focusing, summons a light horse into the pumpkin patch. "Smash that pumpkin." he says triumphantly, pointing at a medium sized pumpkin with a particularly ugly goblin painted on it. If I need to roll it:
Trace looks like he is thinking, which is never a good sign. "So as long as we destroy the pumpkin, it counts?"
"Sweet! That's more like it!" Trace grabs a sling and some ammo and begins firing at the targets once more.
Trace throws his arms up in defeat and frustration. "This sucks! Not my day, I guess. Hope I have better luck at the raffle! Anyone else wanna try with the sling?"
"Well done Emmy! We hit the target the same amount of times, though you were more accurate. Not sure any of us are getting any prizes. I want to go buy raffle tickets before they sell out!" Trace was happy with his success. He'd never used a bow and arrow before, so it was better that the first prize went to someone who would use it.
Trace watches the other two boys to get an idea of what to do. Right thus is all just for fun. As long as I hit at least once I'll be happy. Trace lines up his shots, trying to mimic the way Vorin is standing.
Trace stops to watch the boys shot Tyne targets. "Can I have a go next!? What can we win!?" Trace enjoys games and competitions, especially if it means he gets to tell Venice about it later and reinforce just how awesome her big brother is.
Trace gives his trademark mischievous grin as he jumps forward to Andi and yells "Surprise Attack! Colour Spray!" and turns her hair a violet colour. He turns to the rest of the kids, giving them the same look. "Who's next?" he says, grinning and wiggling his fingers for added effect.
"Hey now, it was your idea Andi! We're just combining it with an altered version of mine. Though I still want to try it, cause I want to see Old Quinn's face when I can down it. Plus I want to enter the raffle to win cookies for Venice. And I'm eager to see if this other spell I know can be used to smash pumpkins." Trace looks a bit too enthusiastic, but he just really likes using his magic to out smart people. DM: Just wondering, Unseen Servant says that they can exert 20lbs of force. If Trace ordered it to like 'jump' onto the pumpkin as he hit it, would that force transfer into the pumpkin?
There are spells that say 'force' and all that, but I don't know if this counts as attacking, cause Unseen Servant can't attack, and I'd like to know how you'd rule it's abilities before I try only for it to do nothing. I don't want to know if it's enough to smash the pumpkin, just if it would even contribute at all. Rant over lol
Trace laughs at Andi's comment. "Of course there's a prize for guessing who wins. That's called gambling. Adults do it all the time to make competitions more interesting." Trace's face goes serious for a bit as he reflects on what almost happened. "You know, everyone in the village is going to try that stew when it's done if they can. It would've been funny to watch the adults, but my Mum's due soon. What if that stuff had hurt her?" Not wanting to bring the mood down he smiled mischievously. "If you can think of someone specific who deserves it, though, that spell might be able to get rid of smell but keep the taste. If we can get some more before the stew gets handed out, I'm sure one jug is enough to make at least 3 or 4 people feel very sick. The four of you can think of at least one person each, am I right?" Trace was the eldest there currently, and normally too busy with family things to notice the looks he got or the names he was called. He did, however, have a knack for noticing when others were upset or being picked on. He used to call it his big brother sense, and supposed it did develop from the watchful eye he always kept on Venice. He wouldn't mind taking the fall if it meant some of the younger kids got some payback.
"We were going to check out what all the drama was about, but it looks like its stopped " At Taldin's comment her looked down at Emmy, her arms still full of food. "Aw, sorry Em. Ameiko looked really happy to get you're veggies too. We'll go back so you can give them to her."
I would never!
That's one weird neutral character you have right there lol
"You know I dont care much for the taste of food, seeing as I can change it. It's all about texture and smell! Speaking of, I was thinking of taking that drinking challenge and reflavouring it a little, to make it easier! What do you think?! He asked, before tossing the rest of the Dark Cocoa bar he had into the pot. He'd seen his much cook with it a little before, on special occasions. And this occasion was special too right? No sooner had he mentioned the challenge than a cacophony of shouts, screams, and hisses echoed from the direction of the Hagfish. "Come on Emmy! Looks like we're missing out on all the action!" Trace pulls at his friend's sleeve under and the vegetables, encouraging her to follow him before he takes of into the streets towards the source of all the commotion.
"Pfft, boring. Well you have a good time, I'm gonna go get some real candy." As he is heading off he turns as he is walking past her, putting on an accent. "Don't stare to long or it'll rot yer eyes. " He laughs and runs of after Emmy.
Trace has taken off. He can hardly believe it! His parents said he can go off on his own to enjoy the festival with his friends! He loved his little sister but having some free time was something he hardly ever got, and with his new sibling only a month away, this might be his last "Trace only" time for ages! I have to find Emmy. Thought, bounding through the crowd, before stopping and doing a double take. Riiiiight after I figure out what Shay is smirking about He changes course to slide in next to Shayliss, looking in the direction she's smirking. "You look like you know something interesting. Care to share?"
He couldn't se a thing through the crowd
Right on! high fives Emmy
Ah. Sorry for misunderstanding a bit. Its totally fine. There was literally no way you could've known he would act any different than how he answered XD
Trace a bit smoother around her than he is talking about her. He can thank his high charisma score for that. He doesn't really know what he feels, just that it's different from what he feels for Emmy and for Venice. He does that typical thing of being all about whatever they are about then needing to read up about it when they get home cause they have no clue what it is. Plus side is that he is learning to describe things to her using emotion and feeling instead of colours, sizes etc. Figuratively and literally. So it's forced him to read more to find out more words XD He's also practicing making more tactile things, instead of just pretty things, so he can show off to her as well as other people. I can see them just being good friends in the end, depending on if they get to go adventuring or not. But whenever anyone asks about her, he gets really awkward cause he doesn't know how to say the answer properly. It's moments like that when he is glad she can't see how red he goes :P
Trace is 12 though :P Whoops, put 9 in the profile. He started out 9 but as I worked his background that made his sister too young, and the parents third pregnancy weird with how I wrote it, so I made him older. Hope we can still be friends! D: lol
For some reason I can see Trace having a big crush on Maralis. It's funny though cause he's a bit of a show off in front of kids his age but she can't see anything he's doing so he is forced to be interesting in other ways, like conversation XD Trace on Avienus:
He's really strong but kind of over keen about being a soldier. He's a bit older than me and it's cool seeing him train with weapons! I've seen some other kids pick on him. I'm surprised he doesn't beat 'em up cause it would be super easy for him but he doesn't. He's nice like that. So I might have pranked them with George cause bullies suck. We haven't really talked, but when all the kids get together we play sometimes.
Trace about Andi:
She's more my sister's age so I've seen them play together but I think she prefers animals. She's nice enough but it's hard to talk to girls about girly things. I know fire scares animals so I can't do any of my tricks for her either, cause she's always with her cat. I heard she can see in the dark though! I haven't met many other people who can do that! She's ok for a girl, and so long as Venice likes her then so do I.
Trace about Minodora:
Minodora is awesome. She's super talkative like me, and bounces all over the place person to person. But that's fine, is way more interesting that way. She's as keen about new things and people as I am, and is really good at keeping people's attention. Though not many people are good at keeping hers, which is super cute. BUT DON'T TELL HER I SAID THAT! She's a bit older than me, but not by much. She's fun to be around and never boring. She can be a bit pushy, but I'm ok with that cause her ideas are normally really fun. I don't mind being out done by her cause she's good at performing, I just like showing off :P
Trace about Vorin:
He's Andi's friend right? He's pretty cool. Doing something different everyday. I can gel with that. Plus he can do magic, like me. I saw him showing some of the other kids once. He's younger than me, but grew up in Sandpoint so is way faster than I am running around the streets and roofs. Seems cool, but we only hang out when all the kids get together, and don't really talk. It's nice to not be the only strange skinned kid in town.
Trace about Empheria:
Only the single coolest gnome in Sandpoint. What can you expect from my bestie? She likes watching me set things on fire, I like watching her blow things up! We always do it near the tip though. Sometimes we freak the goblins out that rummage there. It's really funny. Plus she says she can talk to fairies. Fairies! I like to joke that I could lift her with my magic cause she's so tiny (but I can't. Cause I tried. Don't tell her though) She won't tell me how old she is. But that's ok cause we get along really well so that's not important.
Trace about Aurora:
Aurora can kick your but if you aren't careful. She's super pretty but not my type. I like her commitment to hard work though. She works on the farm outside the town and I heard rumors that she got kidnapped by slave traders and then rescued by a priestess who taught her secret powers and is still training her! That's like a hero origin story! Its good for girls to know how to fight. I want Venice to learn but Mum and Dad aren't on board. I wonder if she can get that priestess to teach Venice too?
Trace about Isaac:
Issac is super weird. Like super. weird. He's amazing. I really like talking to him. It's like he doesn't know how to be a kid but it's really nice. He has no filter and no idea when he's saying the wrong thing and it's hilarious. I might be sounding mean, but I really do like being around him. He's really honest and eager to learn about things. He's one of my favorite kinds of weird. I see him like a little brother, so if people aren't nice to him I singe their eyebrows or move their stuff when they aren't looking.
Trace about Ashling:
Ashling is reeealy pretty. Minodora is cute, Aurora is pretty. So I think Ashling is beautiful. If you get too close, you can feel a little bit of crazy coming off her. That's all right. Makes her really interesting. Normal people are boring anyway. She's older than me too. Maybe I like older girls? Anyway she and Avienus get along. I've seen them sparring together. It gets intense sometimes, she can get a bit full on.
Trace about Meralis:
*stiffens up* She's nice and cute and can do whatever she puts her mind to. And... and... and I'll beat any one up who tries to trick her or... or anything mean!
Trace about Quiin:
I've been trying to see this kid for ages! A boy my age finally moves to Sandpoint and he won't talk to anyone! I heard rumors that people are kind of scared of him but no one will tell me why! I mean, people are afraid of me cause I set things on fire. They're afraid of Emmy cause she blows stuff up. He can probably freeze things or something. He can't be weirder than Issac. Maybe I should bring Issac to his house so he can feel less weird? I love Emmy to bits but sometimes you just need another guy to do guy things with that isn't really into being a soldier or, well, Issac.
It may sound like Trace doesn't like hanging out with Issac but he does he just wants a guy friend his age XD I don't know what off-site repo means so I didn't do those guys. Feel free to correct Trace's opinion on your character if it doesn't feel with how you imagined them :P Figured even if we don't all get picked, I'm cool with Trace and his family making appearances as NPCs, so his relationships with every kid is important.
TheoreticallyYours here! Hey so here he is (except imagine with read hair) Best image I could find, which is understandable given that child characters aren't a common thing.
Here is Juniper so far. Just basic build of class and race stats s far but I'll be bulking her up so no worries :3 |
