Powder Miner 4 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Satomi started a little as something started talking to her -- a dark blur sitting on one of the rooftops, which in the darkness of night, Satomi was only just able to resolve as a humanoid silhouette (and if he had been wearing something greyer, she doubted she'd have been able to do that). Her response to his words, though, was defensive and immediate -- "No, I know perfectly well where I'm going!" She didn't need directions, of course she wasn't just... well... okay... maybe she WAS lost, but that didn't mean she didn't have it under control! She could totally figure out somewhere useful to go, she didn't need to be... led around! There was a long pause. "But... if I were to theoretically need directions, to some sort of issue or threat that needs solving, or maybe hypothetically to a clock tower, what would you say?" Link to post Share on other sites
StormLord 2 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 The figure reached up one hand under their hood, Satomi figured it was to scratch their chin by how the blur moved. "Hypothetically..." He took another long breath off the pipe, causing a feint red point to appear for a second. "The path to the light, while comforting, will lead you astray and end in a hollow facade." Satomi caught a feint wisp of the smoke from the pipe. It was heavy and sweet, almost oppressively so, with distinct fruity notes she couldn't place."The middle path has served you well up until now, but ultimately will not take you where you need to be." The figure reached out and pointed towards the quiet dimly lit path on the left. "Your path will lead you into the darkness." They took another drag off their pipe, sending a ring of light grey smoke out that Satomi could barely see against the night sky. "This worlds have a mind of their own, they'll guide you to where you're needed most. But stick close to any lights you find in the night, lest you get swallowed by the darkness." Link to post Share on other sites
Endlessblaze 0 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 --------------------- Leo --------------------- Leo moves over to examine the machine, and speaks his analyze spell over it, examining and its functions carefully... Spoiler [93] Analyzing the device with his magic Leo picks up numerous advanced mechanical designs all miniaturized beyond reason. Many of the designs shouldn't physically be possible, or otherwise show up on his spell as extraneous or non-functional. Without a doubt this is the work of a Mundanus Extremis. Leo receives 1 point towards his Unification Hypothesis, and a: Scrap of Knowledge: Obtained from studying a machine that manipulates time without using magic. Grants a minor bonus to a relevant check, consumable. Spoiler Antibonginator: a mechanical device designed and created by a Dr. Heinz Doofenschmirtz. Its intended purpose was to stop the annoying ringing of a nearby clocktower by stopping it mid-tick and making it skip an entire hour at a time thus preventing it from ever reaching the hour mark. "Oh man, look at this, manipulation of time using completely mundane construction. Anomalous miniaturization, Structures....I can't even begin to understand what half of these parts do! Its been a while since I had a product of an Extremis to pour over. It seems a little overkill to use something like this to skip Intervals on a clock but it could be useful, not to mention great research material." Its easy to hear the mix of rampant eagerness , slight befuddlement (Probably at the aforementioned overkill) and genuine respect in his voice. This was the product of someone who had mastered their craft to such an amazing degree time could be touched with plain machinery. Manipulate time with magic? Leo could DO that with the right materials. The simple things mostly, but he could do more with some time, spellwork, and work building the right golems. But this was a product of pure engineering and machining. He couldn't find any enchantments ANYWHERE in this. Even the materials where, as far as he could tell, completely mundane, except perhaps some anomalous forging? He would have to look closer later. "Here, help me get this off, CAREFULLY." --------------------- Takumi --------------------- Takumi looked at the sharks. He recognized them as sharks instantly. They had been extinct on Ar Ciel since the Grathnode Infertia, up until the recent restoration, where they started to turn up again, but its not like he had never seen pictures or read about them. He shouldn't really be surprised. If other worlds could give birth to humans, they could surely give rise to other familiar animals as well. Granted. These were talking and playing poker which was not at all a trait he expected sharks ANYWHERE to have. He stared for a moment as he tried to figure out how to react, before he decided to just not question it anymore."Sorry to interrupt, but do you know where vacant rooms a bath is? Im exhausted" Link to post Share on other sites
kj1225 5 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Francis looks around, eyeing up the rest of the patrons as he walks towards the "bartenders". It was an odd place, having a mix of space men and Texans and mushroom people... But he quite liked it! It was very lively! Before he could let himself get distracted, he approached the two at the pot, shouting to be heard over the music. "Excuse me, sirs! Could you tell me what exactly is this place!? This is my first time here and I'm a bit... confused." Link to post Share on other sites
Powder Miner 4 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Satomi had a lot of negative qualities to her (stubborn to such an extreme point that "to a fault" doesn't adequately describe it, xenophobic [if less than most in her homeland], and possessed of a very fiery temper), but she wasn't stupid. So when this man began speaking the way he did, mysterious and his words practically dripping with double meanings, her little defensive blustering fell away and she fell silent, just listening, just contemplating what he was saying. After a few moments of silence, she eventually spoke up. "...you're being literal and figurative at the same time here, aren't you? I would wager that if I were to go down that dark path I would in fact end up... either at the clocktower or I guess somewhere there'd be a problem to solve, but... I... think that this sounds too fitting to be just a coincidence." Satomi had been throwing herself fully into her pursuit of protection of worlds from the Trespassers, and she'd been fully aware that she was sacrificing some things to do so -- the time to perform mundane good deeds like save a deer from the collateral damage of her siege weaponry, for example. She knew that a simple light-hearted path of festivity was not one that could be trod at the same time as the path of Duty. These were things that she'd already decided, of course. But something he was saying, about getting swallowed by darkness? Was that a path that she could potentially be facing? So many threats came from evil and darkness back in Rokugan... to be consumed by it would be a terrible fate indeed. "How is it that you know enough to say something like that? Who are you, precisely? Are you involved with the battle against the Trespassers, perhaps?" Was he telling her the truth about her path? Was it a warning or an encouragement? And if he was involved with the fight against the Trespassers... was he a friend? Link to post Share on other sites
StormLord 2 Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Leo and Ena obtain one "Antibonginator: this device can be attached to any sufficiently large clock and through the use of anomalous time manipulation it will cause the clock to skip back in time every few seconds, effectively putting it in stasis." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bruce" sets his cards face-down on the table and swims up from his chair and over to Takumi, smiling broadly with a mouth full of teeth. "What's this a little fish? If it's a bath you're looking for you might check the Yellow room." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am Fungosio!" "And I am the Mycomagus!" "We seek to return to the sauce! That glorious primordial ooze that brithed us all.""But the trip is long, so we serve refreshments.""Want a sample?" The second of the wizards(?) pulled up a cup ladle full of the glowing liquid in the pot and gestured at Francis. "Professional's guarantee, haven't given a bad trip in centuries!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Think of me as a...concerned third party. It best serves both our interests for you and your friends to continue to do well in preparing the worlds. Even if sometimes we feel our mutual acquaintance in management is a bit too...impersonal." Satomi watches him take yet another puff before turning on his rooftop and dropping down to her level, landing upright a few feet away. "I do not expect to be taken on my word alone just yet Miss Kaiu, and I know you are a woman of action. Such a quiet world does not suit you." He reaches into his coat with his off hand and pulls out a small notebook wrapped with twine and old torn brown paper."Take this to the man in the Accessories shop, it will give you something more productive to do." Link to post Share on other sites
kj1225 5 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Francis eyes the brew for a few moments, before looking around. Seeing as no one seemed to be too... affected by it, and besides, it'd be rude to refuse a free sample! "Well, I was supposed to be doing something, but if you're offering I might as well!" Link to post Share on other sites
Endlessblaze 0 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 ------------------- Leo -------------------"Alright. Next on the list is those powerlines. That shouldn't take long to fix at all." Assuming no objections Leo starts to head down towards the location of the frayed powerlines. ------------------- Takumi ------------------- Takumi looks up at the shark and nods"Thank you, sorry for interrupting." And makes to close the door and check out the yellow room. Link to post Share on other sites
StormLord 2 Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Francis: As Francis takes the drink he can quickly feel the glow permeating his body, causing everything around him to gain an unnatural glow, something harsh and almost painful at first but that fades with time. After a few moments to adjust he notices the various fungi in the establishment retain the most of the glow in veins and mesmerizing patterns, and the two Fungimancers altered similarly. The other patrons however aren't left quite as similar. Of the two cowboys closest to Francis the one dressed in black is like a cold shadow, a colorless blank in a room of vibrance nearly choking out the man next to him. Glowing red blood drips from the hilt of the knight's sword, but not the blade, and a snake wraps around his arm. The lizardmen each glow a different almost blinding color, crimson with smoking eyes and black horns, blue with a single horn and sparking haze, and white with a misty crown of diamond shaped ice crystals. The Norseman's arms appear etched with glowing runes in a myriad of colors while the old fashioned woman has spider-like legs and features over her own that glow a feint purple. The being made of stars seems to expand into an impossible vastness that covers everything and yet remains calmly seated and contain, while the little creature beside it despite being dwarfed are ever-present. Lastly the images of skulls overlay the heads of each of the astronauts, with glowing skeletons visible through their suits. Leo: Leo finds the damaged powerlines easily enough. Given the obvious yellow caution tape and bright orange cones in front of a loudly and brightly sparking segment of cable. The cable appears to be insulated and bolted to the bricks along the backmost wall of the district, running from a building on one end to another catty-corner from it. Takumi: Surprisingly enough Takumi finds an unused room nicely furnished and decorated with blooming yellow flowers. Inside there is a second door leading to a small stocked bathroom. Link to post Share on other sites
Powder Miner 4 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 "Well, that's certainly much less subtle." Satomi digested what she was being told with a predictably wary look, giving the cloaked figure a little bit of a side-eye as she listened to him. But she was by no means showing open hostility, or even really hostility at all -- more simply the somewhat grumpy paranoia of someone who feels she's been personally on the losing end of things far too many times recently. "I would think that by "mutual acquaintance" you would mean Ebon, but being a 'third party' would draw that into question... I can't think of anybody else, however. I suppose that's worth considering at some point. However..." Satomi took the notebook from the mysterious man, and turned it over a few times in her hands, looking it over carefully. "You are right on my stances on action and quiet, and to a degree on trust -- the circumstances are certainly suspicious, after all. However... let it be never be said that a Crab let an opportunity to better fight the necessary fight go untaken simply due to squeamishness around a stranger. The accessory shop, you said?" There was a brief pause as Satomi remembered the circumstances that led to her current position in the first place. "...er... where would I find that?" Link to post Share on other sites
kj1225 5 Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Francis looks around, his eyes adjusting to the various sights slowly. After a few moments he turns to the fungimancers. After a few more moments he shakes himself out of the trance their fungus put him under to finally speak. "Whoa.... What is this stuff? And if you have extra could I have some to take with? I could see this being useful for for some experiments..." Link to post Share on other sites
StormLord 2 Posted October 17 Author Share Posted October 17 Spoiler Before moving on to actually fixing the wires, Leo starts looking over the area to try and figure out what frayed them this badly to begin with. Leo's inspection of the area surrounding the wire is quickly interrupted when a large grey-blue and white house cat with no obvious collar comes stalking up on its hind legs holding an...pesticide-smoke gun? With one paw stretched out at roughly Leo's hip level to push him aside the cat eyes a small crack in the wall with a death glare as it jams the business end of the gun into it and starts pumping like mad. A moment or two later and Leo can already see smoke wafting from the seams of the siding with no sign of the cat slowing down. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is a solution to bring one's mind closer to the primal creation." "Indeed as close as we can make it." "We could part with some of this precious potion, but what do you have to offer us hmm?" "Money is well and good, but something rare from the worlds beyond would be...better." Link to post Share on other sites
Endlessblaze 0 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 -------------Leo ------------- Leo watches the cat pump more and more toxins into the crack, as the smoke begins to pour out from the building seems. How much were they putting in? May as well ask. If he knew what kind of pest it was, maybe he could proof the wires against it."Pest Trouble? Whats in there that needs that much?" -------------- Takumi ------------- Takumi heads into the bathroom and prepares to cleanup, removing his armor and sitting it by the bath for rinsing, and laying his clothes haphazardly on the counter. He takes the the cufflinks into the bath with him, and while relaxing tries to examine them, and get a feel for using them. What do they really even do? He also cleans himself and his armor as best as he is able, washing the metallic surface and quickly drying it off. Link to post Share on other sites
StormLord 2 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 The man gives Satomi a slow nod of confirmation at her reasonable deductions before replying. "The first building you see at the entrance to this world, small, two story, in the middle of a courtyard. Hmm....Well I'm afraid that's all the time I've got left." The man shrugs as he takes the last puff off his pipe and taps the smoldering ash off onto the cobblestones. He turns towards the pathway Satomi had just come from, taking a step that direction. "I'm sure we'll meet again." He walks away with a wave, ignoring any further questions and seeming to melt away with the darkness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After nearly an hour of wandering attempting to track Satomi and realizing perhaps too late that this town's layout is a bit more non-Euclidean than it first seems. Kusuke finds himself staring down a narrow alley particularly darker than the others he's been through. Buildings nearby are either windowless, empty, or boarded up. While the periodic gas lamps that have been dotting the area appear dimmer than usual, almost oppressed. Even the starlight is impeded by the patchwork of roofs, awnings, and clotheslines. Up ahead he faintly hears voices, Satomi's and a deep voice of someone he doesn't recognize. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cat either doesn't hear Leo's question or just opts to ignore him as they continue to saturate the wall with poisonous gas. Leo notices some movement in a windowsill nearby, just above where the cat is applying poison. From another small rodent hole in the crease of the window Leo watches a small brown mouse wearing a full-face gasmask complete with tiny oxygen tanks. It glances up at Leo briefly before glaring down at the cat, whom has yet to notice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [20 vs 12] Takumi takes to the magic the cufflinks let him tap into quite adeptly, finding the rhythm and flow of it within just a few minutes and successfully casting a simple spell. Some of the magic seems to linger with him. Spoiler Water(Trick): A simple spell to allow the user to create and control several small orbs of liquid water or manipulate several gallons of existing water. If the water changes phase or becomes significantly diluted control is lost. Link to post Share on other sites
kj1225 5 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Francis rubs his chin. A problem this indeed was, for what could he offer that they might find... exotic enough a payment? After a few moments to consider, he reaches into his coat and pulls out what appears to be alligator skin, though shiny and grey with some dents in the more scalelike parts of it. "What do you think of this? It's Cybergator skin. Infused with nanites to be nearly as strong as steel, while still being nice and flexible. Usually I use it when clients want a limb that's still got some feel to it but either want extra protection or just think it looks cool." Link to post Share on other sites
Chevaleresse 40 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Kusuke peered into the darkness as he continued to move forward. "Satomi?" He was pretty sure that was her voice, even if he didn't recognize the other. "Is that you?" This place had a bizarrely oppressive atmosphere; not shocking, given what he knew of Traverse Town, but it was still at odds with the rest of the patchwork city. "This place is getting me turned around a little." Disconcerting, that was. Kusuke was a good navigator in most cases, a skill necessary to avoid unfortunate incidents when skipping about through time and space. He didn't often get lost, and doing so was not exactly comforting. Link to post Share on other sites
Powder Miner 4 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Satomi put her hands on her hips, staring just a bit frustratedly at the vague darkness where her erstwhile conversational partner had one been. "Well, that was quite the mix of cryptic and straightforward, wasn't it? Still, on the whole, I suppose that that was helpful." She started almost imperceptibly at the sound of Kusuke's voice, and then turned to him. "Ah! Kusuke-san. I admit that I had temporarily become lost myself - it's quite the maze of a city, to be sure. Still, my quest to find something useful has turned out to be a success indeed. I met an individual who, though perhaps somewhat suspicious, claims to be from another organization that is also a foe of the Trespassers, or at least has some manner of interest in the strengthening of worlds against them. I cannot know their ultimate goals, and he was very clearly intentionally vague, but it is useful to know that the force we belong to is not the only one that is acting in defense of the multiverse." She nodded and crossed her arms, giving Kusuke a very much triumphant look. "And, it should be noted, by the by, my attempts to find a worthwhile activity to pursue ultimately met with success! I was given this package," here she waved it with a little self-satisfied flourish, "and told that if I deliver it to the accessory shop, I will be given a task that is more productive than what we have had offered to us here. We will... simply have to make our way back to the entrance, a point from which I have been given directions." She realized that that was still perhaps somewhat daunting, but not enough not to press onwards! "Would you care to join me, Kusuke-san?" Link to post Share on other sites
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