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Ellise Belmont Vice Captain
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 Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 4:53 pm
 Yukikio Rieko, Etamara Vilisantra Status: Tensions Rising
Song of the moment: My Jolly Sailor Bold┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━═✥═━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Yukiko's curiosity in this stranger quickly diflated upon hearing his response to her. The way he came off was nothing short of a total p***k, and slowly Yukiko rose to her feet, standing up as she rested her arm over the butt of her LMG. Judging by his tone and attitude towards her, and perhaps his military uniform, he was Galbadian? Perhaps he had an ire for her and her mother judging by his responses. To be dismissed so blatantly because of her age, well, she was about to reply until Nyale suddenly appeared! Her expression was nothing less than surprised by her suddenly defending her from the man. Inside she was a little flustered by such an action. It had been entirely unexpected, considering she just met Nyale, but... she was quickly becoming someone fond for Yukikio.
When asked if this man was bothering her, Yukiko smiled to Nyale, speaking in a very condescending tone towards this man. "I think you should be asking if I am the one bothering him, because he clearly has an issue with me, and my mother." She replied, smiling to the man, as her hand gripped the handle of her LMG. Her eyes looking dead serious now at him as her Trabian side really showed itself in full force. "Let me make something incredibly clear to you, stranger. You obviously know who I am, well versed in knowledge, but you know nothing personally about me, and I doubt you wasted your life watching me grow up in Trabia and Unita, so you really don't know s**t either. It doesn't matter how much you experience, it doesn't matter how much suffering goes on, there is always a better place."
After stating that, Yukiko switched the safety off of her LMG, her tone remaining deadly serious. "Now, if you are finished with your observation on this roof, I suggest you leave. The only people allowed up here are staff, and whoever I give permission to be up here, and quite frankly, you have ruined that hospitality. So get the ******** out of here before I call Unita forces to remove you." She commanded.
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As Etamara passed Raeka while he muttered that she was trouble, she gave him a playtful wink before continuing on. Her voice matched the incredibly haunting tones of a siren, calling out to the crowd. Her musical aura continuing to move around her, notes playing, instruments striking, and her body began to make slow dancing motions along with her singing. She stretched her arms up wide, placing a hand on her rchest and extending the other out to the crowd in front of her, giving her best.
"His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal
My happiness attend him wherever he may go
From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan
All for my jolly sailor, until he sails home
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold."
The drums began to pick up, and what followed was a beautiful wail along the rhythm, as if calling out to the crowd. Magic swirling around her as the notes began to move like ocean waves around her.
"My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair
And I have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor that ploughs the raging sea
While up aloft in storm, from me his absence mourn
And firmly pray, arrive the day, he's never more to roam
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold."
The music then began to simmer down, quietly, leaving nothing but the sound of her voice, and her voice alone to echo across the stadium. Her musical notes spiraling around her like a tornado that extended up into the sky, spreading out in a wide burst.
"My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold"
And with that, silence as she gave her bow to the crowd, her hand extended out to everyone.
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 5:41 pm
Raeka Everett-Maris Status: Violent
Location: Backstage
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His head lifted slightly as he felt the resistance from his jacket. He turned his head enough to see her hand on the hem and he stopped. He closed his eyes for a moment as he heard the projector activate, and he turned to watch it as well. His face showed only sorrow at first, a reminder of what Mai had been through and seeing her like that again only made his heart feel heavy and cold. At least she recovered...
Tears welled in his eyes as he looked away for a moment when the 'interrogation' begin. The victim of Koyuki's was freshly eighteen, and had signed up with the Galbadian Army to use it's support systems to get a computer degree. It was only a month ago when Raika and Zed had spent his last day before leaving for Trabia for vacation just being boys, playing video games and other nonsense. 'See ya when I get back.' 'Later, man.'
Who knew those would be the last things he'd get to say to him. He refocused on the footage of his friend, when she stepped closer he took a breath; and held it. He was holding back his feelings. There was no need to act on emotion right now. 'You're smarter than that, Rae.' My leader, your mother, Koyuki, Laguna. She didn't realize her own position of privilege did she?
"Or your mother..." His stare turned into a glare, and the rest of her words sort of became white noise. He heard it but..
"World-renowned sorcerer..." "My mother...?" He muttered at first, in disbelief. She didn't know?
"...country so feeble..." "My. Mother!?" It was unfortunate that Rem had just unfortunately hit a emotional trigger that Raeka did not have the ability to endure. He lashed out, slamming Rem against the door, holding his forearm to her neck as he pressed on it. He wasn't quite thinking that he was choking her, he was simply doing his best to not hit a girl. It may be a poor job, but he was trying.
"MY MOTHER IS IMPRISONED IN ESTHAR BECAUSE OF YOURS." He roared. His voice cracked. He couldn't keep up with the emotion of 11 years building up to this. "WHY DON'T I TALK TO HER? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS SIX UNITA TOOK HER FROM ME! FROM MY SIBLINGS! MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS FOUR!" His face was ugly, tears and sorrow and anger mixed together in this horrid expression. A line appeared on his forehead, slowly splitting open to reveal a third eye, gazing down at Rem. A teamster in the back put down his gear. "Hey, man, let go of her!"
"BECAUSE..!" He had so many more reasons to shout. "...THE PRESIDENT IGNORES ANY CONCERNS GALBADIA HAS. BECAUSE US SPEAKING TO NONA IS TALKING TO DEAF EARS!!" He was losing focus. "Feeble? You'd rather sling insults than try to do a god damn thing to help?" The lights began to flicker, a supernatural darkness beginning to shroud the room.
"Dude, the hell is wrong with you, get off of her." The Teamster began to approach, going from jog into a run. "I gave it to you because I wanted help before it became clear diplomacy wasn't a option, but I see it never was... My 'feeble' country put the rest of the world on it's knees before, and put up with this 'Unita' farce long enough. And so have I."
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Eko Domini Tsurugi Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:22 pm
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Status: With NYALE OF ALL PEOPLE Location: concert Company: Nyale Thoughts: Oh What Now?
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
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Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality Every Day Vibes
Kalen only rolled his eyes at the actions of the woman. Mind you, it was supplemented with a small and giving smile that she would have been pleased to say as he acquisced to her hostile demands. It was true, he was not hard up for cash, and it was true that it would not be a bad idea of he treated three important people in his life to something on his end, as a kind of 'I'm back' gift. Even as she grasped his hand and squeezed it, there was only a feeling of content that flourished over him at the excitement the slightly older woman provided at his expense. "Only for you." He had missed her grasp, even her bullying, after having been gone for so long. Kalen knew that the monetary stuff didn't mean much, it was the people you spent it on and with that mattered the most at the end of the day.
I promise I'll do anything to protect my family...
The sudden intrusive thought crossed his mind. This...was part of it. Even hearing the words that were not just Koyuki Rieko's cross his mind, it took him back to his journey of isolation near the trabian mountains and border. Only when Nyale thought of inviting others did Kalen get locked back into the moment again, almost missing what she had said. "Ah....yeah." he replied, scratching the back of his head nervously, "You go do that. I'll ugh, find the two dualists." Words that were more apt than he was aware of sadly, watching as Nyale vanished to try and track down Yukiko before turning around towards the calvalcade of people rushing around. He hated that Nyale left him already, already missing her beaming self indulgent radiance. For now, he had to go and face one, if not two people, he hadn't seen in a while as well and one was surprisingly more prone to smacking him up on the head than the other to many's surprise.
Kalen knew the layout of this area, and knew that the dressing areas were not too far away, slowly beginning to saunter forward and looking around. Others came up to speak to him, excited that he was back in UNITA again, whilst others whispered in the background and he could only guess the rumor chain was going to be running wild. UMZ, the new and celebrity gossip channel, was going to be having a field day with the last day and a half of bedlam that the Great Concert was providing. A god damn headache. was the only description that applied to the overall situation for Kalen, thinking about and getting more antsy about the reunion with his sister Rem. Why was his overall family situation so, odd? Not that it mattered, it was going to have to happen no matter what he-
"Ah, I see the great duo already has tensions in the band. Bit too early, I'd think. Your first album isn't even out yet."
A hand clapped down firmly on Raeka's shoulder, not one with the intent of attack.
"You two just did something nice for the people, so Rae, how about backing off before you get more people chattering. Especially after such a lovely display in front of the people, attacking President Nipal's DAUGHTER in UNITA, is not such a great look, you know?" Raeka would know the voice, and Rem might be happy to see an older brother who's seemingly built in smile was evaporated with a look of cold steel. "And here I was, going to ask you to come to dinner with Nyale and I." The iridescent blues would lock onto Raeka's own, hopefully the Sorcerer knowing that he was trying to get him to stop this before he made himself and his country look even worse. Kalen had no issues with Galbadia, even though they were kind of at fault for his father's demise, but he would not let this stand. Guardian Force: none Status: Silent
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:50 pm
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〖 ??? ??? ??? 〗
╰-------------╳-------------╯ The Collector {Status}- "How Cute, UNITA."
{Location}-
{Limit State}- Dormant
{Mood}- Relaxed.
{OOC}: Let's Got!
◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤◢ ◣◥ ◤ The music was all that he was focused on, though noone could tell if he was enjoying it or not. The laser like gaze did not move or waver even as the intrusion came from behind him, absolute indifference to the sorceress that burst onto the scene. All that he did was close his eyes as he listened to the faint verbal assault they tried to deliver onto his psyche, the faintest grin failing to wither away at the precarious and unwarranted assault! Even as Yukiko retorted, he did not move towards them, did not waver in his statuesque position. Perhaps he was not even real at all and they were just imagining that he had said such sharp and procedural statements, and they were the ones going crazy? Of course not, but the thought crossed his mind as he heard the click of the safety on Yukiko's LMG. "Ah, yes, please. Fire away above everyone during the recovery section of your Great Concert. Certainly, this will be the way towards the peace and prosperity President Nipal long wishes to bring to the table. Assaulting someone for...ah yes, observing the cause and effect of people's actions have." He sharply turned, facing them with an eyebrow raised and crooked grin back in full, his eyes looking towards Nyale first. There was a slight change in the air, the arrogant tinge turning into loathing as his eyes bore into hers, his nose slightly crinkling as if her presence repulsed him. "I AM, a big man. If commenting on the actions of leaders is rude, then you are both in the wrong place...the wrong country. UNITA was built off of the languishes of others." Suddenly, like an assassin jumping to his next target, his eyes locked on Yukiko. "Ahhh...it seems the question of the day is...who doesn't have an issue with your mother? Even she seems to have issues with herself." His grin grew slightly. Koyuki was more than a hot topic today and many times prior in the news with the way Trabia had turned cold on the world ten years ago. Yukiko would know that more than anyone else. "Children and their toys, thinking they will save them from the monsters of their dreams." He languished, shrugging, "UNITA forces aren't at your beck and call, little SeeD. Day drinking seems to be eradicating what capable thought goes through your...sweet, little head." Slowly he began to saunter away, obviously not perturbed at all by what he had said or what the other two tried to threaten him with. He stopped next to Nyale, his eyes catching hers with a full on assault of disgust and condescention. An almost shadowy aura could be felt from the proximity, overall intent overpowering whatever Nyale provided. This man was not afraid of any little sorceress, she would know. "Be careful, little bird, we all know your bones are...brittle." He vanished down the staircase before their very eyes, like he was never there at all.
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'Yesterday I died; tomorrow's bleeding
Fall into your sunlight
The future's open wide beyond believing
To know why hope dies'
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Eko Domini Tsurugi Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:59 pm
Matthias Keller
Status: Annoyed.
Location: Elsewhere.
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Where the Collector arrived, Matthias was there. He looked up from his chair at the man with a frown. "There is one thing that needs to be clear, you do not threaten the Everett family." Keller let out a lungful of air towards the man, "We need that one on our side, and if he ever links that it was your dumbass who annoyed his niece, it's gonna be your a**, and I won't save you."
The Collector needed to know his presence was tolerated, not accepted, and if he put a wrench in the bigger plan it would be not be allowed. "Last warning." Only warning. "Now get out of there, Xaris will be returning at any moment, and as funny as watching you get telefragged may be, I don't need to clean that s**t up."
"Where was the threat?" The Collector asked in return.
"You had best figure it out, otherwise I'll have you removed."
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:14 pm
 Rem Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Status: Wondering
Rem stiffened when he slammed her against the plywood wall! Her face reddened under the flurry, and then from the pressure on her throat!
And in the moment of peril, Kalen arrived. The sight of that bright grin and wild hair pulled pulled Rem out of her stun!
”You will not shout at me, sir!” she declared, freezing everything within earshot. Once she had a good angle, she maneuvered Raeka’s arm back into neutral ground, working her throat.
”If I spoke wrongly of your mother, I apologize,” she said, and released his arm from her grip.
”However, I am not your errand girl! I am an ambassador of Unita. Why?” she repeated. ”If my mother is genuinely ignoring Galbadia’s needs, it’s in my best interest to set her straight, isn’t it?” There was the Princess Kalen remembered! ”I’ve sat in on meetings between my mother and President Briowitz, and most of the time she’s having to corral him to keep his troops within his own borders!”
”What is it you’re hoping she’ll do?”
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The Princess
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Ellise Belmont Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:33 pm
 Xaris Zeigmus Status: ????┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━═✥═━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ The events that had played out were something of a controversial nature. She had not expected Raeka to just outright faux kiss Rem, and the results of that were clear as she watched her daughter leave the stands in a storming fury. She sighed, shaking her head. The youthful were stupid, just like she was. Part of her wondered how she managed to survive with how she was back then. The times she wished she had a helping hand. "You get this one chance, boy." She muttered under her breath.
Vanishing from her seat, as if she was never there, she appeared behind Raeka, prior to his eventful debut with Rem out onto the stage. Her hand reached out, placing it on his shoulder and leaned into his ear with nothing but a whisper. "If you value my daughter. I would suggest you think about your actions, as you head out there and perform."
That was all he got from her, and one that was telling. She had made a move here, a move that defied reality, and one that she made on her own volition. She was not ordered to do this, but, it did allow her to get closer. But. Once Raeka left out on stage, she disappeared once more into the shadows, as if once more, she was never there.
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:19 pm
 Lost in skies of powdered gold
xxxxxxxCaught in clouds of silver ropes
xxxxxxxxxxxxShowered by the empty hopes
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAs I tumble down, falling fast to the ground
I know I'll wither, so peel away the bark
xxxxxxxxx'cause nothing grows when it is dark
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIn spite of all my fears, I can see it all so clear
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Ny smirked as Yuki addressed the strange man, glad to see she wasn't about to take his crap either. Since they had only met yesterday she hadn't yet had chance to see the girl's sweet demeanour turn so serious and intimidating. Now watching her face off with the stranger, with her weaponry and ice cold tone, Ny saw the Trabian warrior side of her coming out.
However much as Ny did not care in the slightest if this jackass exited the roof with numerous bullet holes, she did reluctantly agree with him that pulling the trigger right now might not be the wisest idea. She hoped Yuki would be practical and calm enough to realise that too, flashing the girl a careful look.
"Observe Koyuki's actions all you like, but up here right now you're really just trespassing and harassing my friend" Ny replied flatly. Whaaaat is this guys problem? she wondered, white brows furrowed in a confused frown. An actual grown man, he'd come here specifically to taunt Yuki... about her mom...for some reason? Who is this loser?
Seeing the way his expression turned to abject loathing when he looked at her made Ny smile, knowing she had touched a nerve somehow. Giving bullies a taste of their own medicine was always satisfying. He continued speaking and she rolled her eyes, sighing as if bored.
"Blah blah blah...you sure do love the sound of your own voice huh? If you have an issue with certain political leaders, make a goddamn sign and go protest somewhere, because we couldn't care less about the opinion of some creep" This was true - whatever the stranger's opinion of Koyuki, or the political climate, or Yuki, was, Nyale truly did not care. He could keep it to himself.
She met his gaze as he passed by her, noting his outright hostile expression and the way his ominous aura intensified, and just to wind him up more she countered it with a sweet and innocent smile.
"Okay thanks for your contribution Sir, lovely to meet you, bye bye now!" The girl gave a playfully sarcastic wave as he disappeared. Perhaps she was playing with fire, being so blatantly inflammatory with someone who was clearly deranged and possibly dangerous, but she wasn't about to let this guy get his weird kicks by hassling them both. And if he thought she was a meek little bird, he was dead wrong. His obvious threat at the end did little to concern her, it wasn't the first time she'd been threatened and wouldn't be the last, though the way he vanished down the staircase was admittedly...unsettling.
Ny crossed over to Yuki, giving a huff and throwing her hands up. "What the HECK was that all about? You okay?" She asked in a concerned tone. "I came up here to invite you out for dinner, I wasn't expecting to run into little Johnny psycho there..."
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:28 pm
Raeka Everett-Maris Status: Angry? Sad? Confused.
Location: Backstage.
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Raeka went slack for a moment, a hand on one shoulder, another on his arm as he just seemed disarmed for a moment. His head felt fuzzy, and he had a high pitched whine echoing this his head as the duet just a moment ago shifted in his mind. His attempted manipulation to get Rem closer to him just so he could try to have her hurt seemed distant. Xaris had warned him not too, that's right. Right? He didn't know she was here, and she was gone now? Wait. What?
"Dinner..." He muttered, focusing on Kalen. He tried to focus, Koyuki's boy, Nona's adopted child. The rage ebbed and waned within a moment. A moment earlier and there may have been fisticuffs with an male target around. Rem's voice called his attention back to her. She was surprisingly well contained despite his just recent outburst.
When she asks what it is he's hoping she'll do, he once again looked at the hologram. "He went to Trabia for vacation. He was killed for being Galbadian. Maybe Briowitz needs to have troops elsewhere to keep his citizens safe afar. Unita isn't doing it, and that's it's job." He sighed. "You're no ambassador, even now you're shifting blame. You think it was you and Ny on stage yesterday for any other reason beyond nepotism and politics? You're a pampered princess playing politics, but here's a chance to do something as a real dignitary."
"Is it too much for Galbadians to be treated equal? Hold Trabia responsible for it's crimes? Anything is a start, Princess. Prove Unita isn't a cruel joke played on Galbadia."
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:31 am
 Yukikio Rieko, Mai Zeigmus Status: Love is blooming?
Song of the moment: My Jolly Sailor Bold┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━═✥═━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Yukiko's head felt fuzzy, as if static was buzzing through her head and this strange sense of virtigo and displacement in her train of thought caused her to hold her hand up to her head. She didn't feel any pain or discomfort, more like there was something important that she had forgotten, and no matter how hard she tried to remember, it just never came to her mind. Oh man, that was going to bug her for a bit, whatever it was. Her thoughts had overtaken any care or consideration over the a*****e who was doing nothing but trying to egg her on, and agitate her. She wouldn't give him the satisfaction, she had more important things to worry about.
Most importantly Nyale!
After the man's ominous departure, Yukiko decided to drop the thoughts for aside in favor of Nyale, who had quite frankly earned a little spot in Yukiko's heart. She smiled to Nyale, raising her hand up and brushing her own hair out from her face as the wind blew around them. She was about to reply to her at first, but then she was caught off guard and blushed a bit at that. Did she hear her right? Invite her to dinner?! "W-What?" She had to process that for a second. "Well I didn't know you were so forward Nyale. We just met and already inviting me out to dinner?" She teased a bit, trying to play down the thing while trying not to scream internally.
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Mai had left the stadium stands in a storm, having leaned over the railing of the staircase as she was taking a smoke break. At first she was furious, but then, for some reason, she couldn't exactly remember why? Her good eye gave a confused expression, was it something about Raeka? Rem? The thought was there, and then... it just vanished. Gone. She rubbed the side of her own head, not feeling right. "Guess I should go see what he's doing." She thought to herself, making her way backstage.
What she came to was a shock to her, seeing Raeka's arm pressing up against Rem's neck. She didn't expect to witness such a thing, and just blurted out loudly! "The ******** are you doing Raeka?! Are you out of your godd-"
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It was difficult to hear but Nyale and Yukiko were nearby, close enough to hear a loud Bang echo from the distance, Nyale in particular able to see the risidual magic of a bullet going out and striking Raeka from a rooftop that had a clear line of view to the backstage, managing to hit the boy accurately through the boy in such a way that it missed his most crucial organs, keeping him in a dying state, but not dead.
Mai was left wide eyed seeing Raeka shot, and ran over to him yelling! "RAEKA!!!" She ran over, skidding to the floor as he collapsed down against it. Immediately, from the point of impact of the wound, every sorceress in the concert stadium, Nyale, Rem, and Etamara, felt a violent pull, causing them to feel like something was tugging at them from Raeka. Etamara, herself, was in the middle of her performance and stumbled, causing her to grunt as she felt this pull, interrupting her song and her magical effects. "What's going on?! Who's interrupting my performance?!" Oh she was seething from this, how dare someone ruin her performance!
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Ellise Belmont Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 9:13 am
Rem Estellise La Faustina Nipal
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Status: Shock
A fog passed through Rem’s thoughts. How…had she gotten face-to-face with Raeka Everett-Maris with her blood boiling?
He was kind enough to remind her.
”My mother is Galbadian.”
Kalen knew the sight well. Nothing got Rem’s hackles up faster than someone speaking ill of their mother. She squared up to Raeka, puffing up with fury!
Instead, her voice was level and her tone soft.
”I see you care about your people, Master Raeka,” she answered him. ”I admire that. But no leader would allow foreign troops to operate on their soil. It’s tantamount to giving up sovereignty,” she pointed out. Embassies- like the ones Nona had spent years getting Trabia and Galbadia both to set up- were the one case that soldiers could act on-duty within foreign borders.
”I will speak to my mother,” she said, sea blue eyes intent on his. ”After-”
Warmth sprayed across Rem’s face.
Raeka collapsed into her.
Someone screamed. Kalen slammed into her and through the door of the dressing room, hauling her behind cover inside. Rem had ahold of Raeka on reflex, and Kalen had to drag them both behind the wall into cover. She gasped for air as something inside tried to tear out of her- into the fallen man.
”D…Draw…!” She managed to get a hand onto her brother’s arm. Kalen felt the bonfire tingle as motes of violet and silver crystallized where she touched, flowing into the air. She brought it back to Raeka.
”Cure…!”
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The Princess
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 10:00 am
Raeka Everett-Maris Status: Cold.
Location: ...?
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Perhaps there was some hope for diplomacy after all, despite how amateurish it had been executed on his part. But a young man more full of piss and vinegar than sense, it was just how it tended to go.
"RAEKA!!"
Why was there blood on Rem's face? "Hhhrrrhhh!" He could only suck air as the pain caught up to the rest of him as the force of the shot propelled him forward into Rem. Yet she just seemed so far away all of a sudden. His eyes tried to focus, darting around for what had struck him. Something had struck him, right? This could just be a status effect, right? Well, that was before it finally registered that he had heard Mai scream. When did she get here?
Wait. She was just yelling at him before? His sight fell on Mai while it could, his mind still registering that he was just hurt. Shot? How did a sniper get past Unita's security, especially with the Princess around? With himself around?
His training gave away. Mai could see the fear set in. He tried to move his mouth to say something to her, but it was cut with a scream of pain as Kalen jolted Rem, and consequently Raeka through the door and into the dressing room. "Junction." Something inside of him attempted to lash out, to draw subsistence from others of his kind, but the weapon, the attack was with the intent that it could not.
Mai came sliding back into view since Kalen flung the trio into the changing room. Rae looked at the woman, his eyes trying to convey some sort of message to her. Was it a final message? A apology? It could have been a joke. His voice never made it to his lips.
As the crimson spread of his life stained more and more of his suit, the color was leaving his skin at such a rate it seemed the white was fleeing to the boy himself. Tears fell down his face as he kept trying to say something, do anything, but he had no control of himself. Raeka for a few horrifying moments was simply trapped in his body, growing colder and colder.
He had never been so cold. Faces flashed before his eyes. Ny. Nona. Dad. Mom. Kalen. Rem. Mai. D...Draw...! It was the last thing he would ever hear as he went limp. The familiar warming caress of teal and emerald healing magic hit his body, the wound closing somewhat as the magic took it's effect. But he was still cold.
So cold.
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Eko Domini Tsurugi Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 4:49 pm
┏┉┄┈┈┈┈┈⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡ ː̗̀ǁ ＫＡＬＥ Ｎ ♝ ＶＩＣＡＲＩＡ ǁː̖́┈̥-̶̯͡⌣̊┈┈┈┈┈┉┓
Status: With NYALE OF ALL PEOPLE Location: concert Company: Nyale Thoughts: Oh What Now?
Weapons: Hrunting ll Thunder Rose
Magic: Crystal Stock: Earth (x10)
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Won't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality SHOTS FIRED
Kalen's hand did not move, staying on Raeka somewhat akin to a lifeline to keeping him rational in Kalen's eyes as he and Rem exchanged rhetoric with one another. Perhaps he had came to see his sister at the most inopportune time, but alas, that seemed to part of Kalen's life no matter what. No use fighting it, right? All Kalen could really conjure from the information shared between the two was something about the geopolitical thermometer that was up Galbadia, Trabia, and UNITA's asses and was constantly in the feverish range. One thing Kalen had noticed most definitely during his trekking across the wilds of the world was the movement of troops, the ways in which all these things affected the largest cities to the smallest villages.
Killed for being Galbadian in...Trabia?
It didn't take an overly intelligent man to figure that something had happened due to a now missing in action woman. His placid face turned into a frown at that, only hampered further at the unnecessary mud slinging Raeka threw towards Rem. His eyes shifted from Raeka to Rem who had been out of focus while he spoke, only seeing the metaphorical steam rising from his sister's ears. Mom was an easy way to get Rem riled up. He'd seen it too many times in school where other kids ragged on Nona and Rem had told them off, generally with Kalen carting her off mid rant. But shockingly, Rem kept her cool, Kalen noted. Soft spoken, she went hte more amicable and diplomat route that she so aspired to be which almost gave Kalen a chance to sigh in relief. Perhaps this nonsense was over...
If only.
All he knew was a shot rang. A flash in his vision. Red painted Rem's face. Another flash.
"I will do anything to protect my family."
Another instant and they were all on the floor, the door busted down behind them. Kalen knew that he had tackled them through, immediately checking over Rem quickly for bullet holes before ascertaining that she was okay. "You're fine. You're fine. You're fine." he muttered, in shock at what had just happened. Raeka... He drew his revolver and looked around, immediately worried about a follow up attack as people ran around screaming. "s**t." he whispered, going to Raeka on a knee as Rem healed him. The sorcerer was cold. "s**t." He muttered, noting the blood flow, "s**t." He had a very faint and weak pulse, his eyes flashing towards Mai. "Stay with him! Try and get him to wake up. Rem, call mom and tell her IMMEDIATELY!" Kalen was serious, looking directly at Rem with no hint of his usual laxadasical attitude, "And stay down!"
Quickly, he went to the door frame and and looked outside, yelling for medics while shooting glances out and about, trying to discern where the shot had come from. Guardian Force: none Status: Silent
Spells 0
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2024 5:55 pm
Lost in skies of powdered gold
xxxxxxxCaught in clouds of silver ropes
xxxxxxxxxxxxShowered by the empty hopes
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAs I tumble down, falling fast to the ground
I know I'll wither, so peel away the bark
xxxxxxxxx'cause nothing grows when it is dark
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIn spite of all my fears, I can see it all so clear
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A strange fuzziness came over Ny as she stood with Yuki, and she pressed a hand to her forehead, closing her eyes. She shook her head as if trying to shake away the feeling and the high-pitched whine. She had the weirdest sense that she'd forgotten something important. Must be some equipment up here messing with me or something... She thought, putting the thought aside as the odd sensation faded.
Her attention was drawn back to Yuki, who to her surprise seemed very flustered by Ny's question. It took a moment for Ny to realise why the girl had interpreted her invitation that way and she clapped her hands to her mouth, eyes wide as she realised what she'd accidentally done. "Oh! Oh! Not just us two, I meant dinner with me and Kalen and hopefully Rem, and my cousin Raeka too!" She explained, giving Yuki a guilty look. "S-Sorry to confuse you!"
Wait...if she thought I was asking her on a date...would she have said yes? Nyale suddenly thought, tilting her head now as she seemed to see Yuki in a new light. Dating was usually the last thing on her mind...although she enjoyed flirting and teasing from time to time, she actively avoided the idea of exploring any real romantic feelings out of fear of getting hurt. And to avoid addressing that nugget of deep-seated insecurity, mostly the girl just told herself she was too busy and not ready to date.
"I...um..." Ny's cheeks turned crimson as she wondered how to handle this. The last thing she wanted to do was upset Yuki. She really did like the girl, and maybe if she wasn't so scared of her own emotions then who knows what could happen in the future...
At that moment a loud BANG made Nyale jump and turn her head, interrupting their conversation. A bullet? She thought, alarmed at noticing the streak of residual magic coming from a rooftop nearby...where she could sense a familiar dark aura...
And then she heard someone screaming her cousin's name, and her blood ran cold. A sudden strange pulling sensation made the sorceress stumble. It was as if something was physically drawing her mana downwards towards where the bullet had gone, a sensation she'd never felt before. What the heck is that??
"S-Sorry Yuki I need to go!" Ny stammered to her friend in a worried tone, then pulled herself up onto the balcony railing, flared her wings, and leapt off. A dramatic exit, but she knew it was the quickest way down. Stay calm, stay calm... She didn't have a single thought for whether she might be putting herself in the line of fire too, all she could think of was getting to her cousin.
It took only a few seconds to land on the stage, the strength of the mysterious pull causing her to land harder and faster than she intended and almost falling over, then she stumbled straight to the back area when she'd gone with Kalen before. "Calliope..." Her little rabbit-like GF appeared with its usual swirling red glow, bounding alongside her as she moved. She followed the pulling sensation, letting it draw her to Raeka's location and spotting Kalen with his revolver peering outside the door.
"Is he okay??" She asked desperately, slipping past her friend into the dressing room. She cast her gaze around in a wild panic at the occupants before she spotted Raeka laying on the floor. "No! Rae!" Nyale's expression was horrified as she took in his motionless form, his white suit marred with blood and his pale face. She felt sick to her stomach.
"Cura!" She held out shaking hands and summoned her magic, directing the healing spell alongside the warm and intense glow of her light magic over her cousin's whole body. "Rae, can you hear me?? Come back to us..."
Wake up...!
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