Xaltwind

Iskah And The Incubus Knight (Xaltwind and PaulHaynek)

Pagras

@PaulHaynek

Vanessa, despite having put herself to sleep with a spell, had been surprisingly easy to wake up with very little actual fuss. The travel from that point, through most the morning, had been uneventful and filled with very little actual actually contextual or notewrothy events. Though it seemed Iskah and the foreign monster girl were getting along fairly well, chit-chattig and small-talking to and fro. The dark mage, on the other hand, had adopted a more laid-back, non-invested approach and was apparently absorved in her own little world to pay much attention.

That is, of course, until they reached the new town. Yet another place Vanessa was not familiar with. Just like with other town though, the locals weren't what you would call 'welcoming'. Side-eyes, tense faces, the air of suspiscion and distrust. Yup. This sure was a human town too! Oh well, at least the guardsmen milling about in their pretty formations weren't stopping to harass them or demanding they explain their reason for visiting or some other nonsense. So, in that regard, perhaps it wasn't such a bad place. That didn't neecessarily make it a good place either though.

Then, a sudden waft of energy suddenly hit the trio of girls, and their cart jerked to a halt. It was like the sensation you got when opening a warm oven inside your kitchen during winter. The unnaturally hot air just rolls out and slaps you right in the face. That was, essentially, what it felt like to Vanessa. A wry smile spread on on her lips and she placed a hand on one cheek, tapping it gently with her index-finger.

"...Oh my..."

She didn't really have time to say anything else though, for in the next blink of the eye, Iskah leapt from the wagon in true action-movie-hero style, doing a sick front-flip with the camera doing one of those cool, horizontal spinning cuts to keep her in focus, and then she was off. Shrtly after that, their merchant-friend also threw herself off the cart... A... Dubious choice to make, considering she was, y'know, a merchant and had just abandoned her entire wagon of goods in the hands of some stranger she'd just met the night before... Not that Vanessa was the pilfering type, but you would've though someone who makes a living by selling things would be more... Concerned? For their wares.

As she watched the crazed hens run off in search of this incubi knight, the raven-haired bombshell let out a exasperated sigh. Before she could do more though, a voice caled out to her. As she lifted her eyes and turned her head to face the source of the voice,she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. A handsome young man, wielding some kind of polearm, or axe...? Vanessa couldn't really tell, weapons weren't exactly her field of expertise. After all, who needed to know the difference between a long sword nad a rapier when you could just throw fireballs the size of pumpkins at anything that gave you the stink--eye?

It appeared this man was exuding the aforementioned spirit energy though. As in, it was leaking out of him constatnly. He apparently had a desire for Vanessa to move the cart... Wait... How could that lizard-girl and raccoon-fool not tell this guy was right here? Were their sesnses so overloaded by his musk that they lost all ability to think and sense the presence of magic? The irony that he would've come straight to Iskah, delivering himself on a silver platter, if she'd stayed put for a few more seconds was almost enough to make the dark mage laugh. Luckily, she managed to reel it in. Still, this was a good opportunity, all she neeed to do was stall him out for a bit... Or failing that, she could always take more forceful measures. But for now, she would at least try to not cause a scene.

"Hail to you too, good sir. I wish I could respect your request, but this isn't actually my wagon, it belongs to a very recent acquaitence. I'm not sure she'd appreciate if I just up and started to roll off with her precious luggage, trade goods and, well, everyhting she owns." Vanessa explain, in an overly long-winded fashion. She'd also chosen to speak more slowly and deliberate, giving herself one of those sleepy air-head kind of vibes. "Besides... I... Don't really know to handle a... Um... Well... Horse." That was a lie, of course, but he didn't know that!

Iskah And The Incubus Knight (Xaltwind and PaulHaynek)

Ortusian Wilderness

@PaulHaynek

Thus, through the power of commerce and trade, Vanessat the Dark Mage exchanged her single, small magic crystal for a total of ten slips of paper... With weird... Moonrune-scrawls... On them. Yes! Truly, this was the bartering of the century!

Regardless, the dark mage seemed pleased with the arrangment. Holding the bundle of paper slips in her hands, she shuffled through them as she stared down at their surface. Her hand movement and overall technique at handling the Zipangu-scrolls were very remeniscent of someone who was skilled at shuffling a deck of cards... Was Vanessa secretly good at, or addicted to, gambling!? Perhaps an intervention was needed? But that was neither here nor there.

Instead, the black-haired monster looked at her newly acquired goods. Her eyes sparkled and her mouth was spread into a big, silly but nontheless charming smile. The kind of expression a child would wear, filled with wonder and excitement, whenever they got a new, fascinating and interesting toy that they just couldn't contain themselves to play with. But, of course, Vanessa was an adult and thus knew how to excersise both restraint and control. ... Maybe... She at least had the decency not to start flinging the ofuda around at random or without warning. Instea,d once she was done looking over each and every one of the paper talismans, she opened the starnge brown pouch from before, and then gently slid all of her new goods into it, after which she tugged at the string and sealed the bag once more.

... Then promptly returned it to its rightful place inbetween her massive mammaries.

Looking up, she only caught the tail-end of what Iskah and Rei had been talking about. Her big goofy smile retrated a bit, being replaced by a more casual and polite face. She was still smiling, but more so out of habit than anything else. After the question was posed and her opinion was asked, the dark mage merely shrugged.

"I don't mind, so do whatever you want, Iskah. Slowing down our pace with a day or two shouldn't keep you from meeting up with your honey-bunny."

Of course, Vanessa's true feelings on the matter were likely different. But, Iskah was the one in charge here, so she was the one to make decisions and calls in situations like this. If the Lizardman wanted to drag around an extra head who wouldn't be helping in any way when it came down to confronting and pulling her future husband from the clutches of the Lot Knights, then that was her choice to make. The raven-haired beauty just found it strange that Iskah had been in such a hurry back when they first met, but was now content to slow their roll... Was it because they'd made extra time by not stopping back in Shinbid or whatever that place had been called?

"I'm gonna get some rest now though, staying up too late's bad for your skin." The dark mage commented. "Just wake me up whenever you're ready to get going. Or if something happens."

With that, Vanessa rose, stepped back a bit from the bonfire, sat down in a cross-legged state and placed her staff over her lap. She then extended one hand, pointing her fingers back towards herself and... With a bit of magic, made her fingertips start to glow a dim, azure light. And then...

"Invoke: Sleep."

... Her arm slumped down along her side, her head became limp and tilted slightly to the side, her eyes closed and, the other two monsters could hear a consistent, rhytmic breathing. It would appear the spellcaster had forcefully put herself to sleep using a rather powerful sleep-spell...

Iskah And The Incubus Knight (Xaltwind and PaulHaynek)

Ortusian Wilderness

@PaulHaynek

"What a silly notion... Magic being tied to The Order." Vanessa scoffed, though was she still smiling. It was more like a dismissive reflexive reaction it would seem. "Our fuzzy-tailed friend has the right of it though, sometimes humans need to be educated I suppose." She added.

When the tanuki-girl offered and asked about what Vanessa was looking for, the Dark Mage laughed heartily.

"A certain spell? Now, why would I know what spells and magic you use in Zipangu if I've never been there, silly girl? I'm just interested in the type of sorcery you use in the far away east. Just call it morbid curiosity." She stated, rather cheerfully.

While Rei was busying herself with the scrolls and other magic items, Vanessa proceeded to... Reach... Into... Her... .. Uhm... Cleavage...

...

... Yeah...

... And withdrew... A ... Bag? A small pouch, actually. A rather mundane-looking thing, brown in color, with a strange, silvery string tied around it to keep the container shut. Gingerly undoing the string, which oepened the bag, Vanessa put one hand inside and dug aroud a bit, before pulling her hand back out. And in said hand, she was now holding a strange, irregularly shaped... Gem? Jewel? Crystal-thingy? It was azure in color and slightly sparkly, giving off a soft, dim light. The thing was also roughly the size of your standard ping-pong ball, well, maybe a little larger than that, but around that size regardless.

"I don't have any money on me, mind you. But how about this mana crystal? Would you be interested in trading goods, Miss Merchant?" The dark amge asked. It appeared Vanessa wasn't really too bothered about which scroll or spell she was trading for, but rather, just seemed to want to get her hands on some Zipanguese magic in general.

She then turned her head over to Iskah, who seemed to be hard at work thinking and brooding. It was all very cute, but hardly a healthy way to spend the evening.

"Don't worry. I told you I'd help you get your man, and I've every intention of doing just that. I really don't like breaking agreements after all." Vanessa said, attempting to be... Comforting? Reassuring? It was a bit hard to say, but her smile was at least genuine and warm, not like the usually playful or mischievous expression she carried on her face.

Iskah And The Incubus Knight (Xaltwind and PaulHaynek)

Ortusian Wilderness

@PaulHaynek

At being corrected for mispronouncing the name of her new acquaintance's species, and then being negatively commented upon her physical appearance, one would perhaps have expected the Dark Mage to sling an insult or two back in retribution. However, Vanessa displayed an uncharacteristic degree of maturity when faced with the obstinate raccoon-girl, smiling all the while as she next to the fire and listened.

"Aww, you noticed them. Thanks~ I guess they are a bit on the big side, huh?" Was all she said in response, looking down at her own chest, giving them a quick squeeze and jiggle to confirm - just to be safe and for no other reason at all. "But exotic goods you say? You wouldn't happen to have spellbooks or magic scrolls from this far-off Zipangu, would you?" Vanessa inquired, curious about one thing and one thing only as usual.

Other then this though, she remained mostly quiet and listened with... Moderate... interest as the other two monster-girls discussed the situation and plight in which Iskah found herself. Apparently these Lot Knight-gents were popular enough to attract a recurring flock of monsters who wanted to snag one of them. But when the topic got slightly more grim and dark, Vanessa raised an eyebrow. This seemed as a strange factor to her, but then again, not all monsters were equally forceful in how they obtained a husband. So, she simply assumed that, like Iskah, most of these would-be-brides didn't have the ability to overcome their intended significant other in physical proweess - for whatever reason - or weren't willing to take more morally questionable avenues in order to secure their mate.

"Oh, so they're that type of men." The dark sorceress commented simply. [color=ightblue]"I guess that means we made the right call in pushing on, rather than staying back in that village. Wouldn't want to waste time if your hubby's the kinda guy who'd throw his life away at any moment, for the silliest of reason."[/color] Vanessa continued. "Humans... Hah... Always so wasteful and careless with their lives... Even though they only live for such a short time. I never could understand that." She finished off, eyes gazing off into the distant nightscape, seemingly not focusing on anything. It was mroe liek she was staring off into space while absorbed in her own thoughts for a bit.

Iskah And The Incubus Knight (Xaltwind and PaulHaynek)

Falkran

@PaulHaynek

After they'd passed through Sinjid, Vanessa's playful antics towards Iskah seemed to bcome less and less frequent, until they eventually stopped. Perhaps the dark mage had grown bored of it, or perhaps she'd picked up on Iskah's distress and discomfort? Regardless, the lizardman was at least free from pokes to the ribs, blowing in the ear and tickling of the sides - which was probably a welcome change of pace.

With the setting sun on the horizon and the town of racists humans behind them, the hour grew late and daylight grew dim. Of course, being that they were both monsters, a lack of sunlight was hardly an issue for either of the girls. In fact, both of teem more than likely saw just as well, if not better, at night anyway. Still, it wasn't good to stay up too late - the skin tended to be the one who had to pay for such poor habits, so perhaps it was time to find a nice place to plunk down for the night?

But, that's when they saw it. Ort well, Iskah saw it at least - Vanessa's view was kinda obstructed by the lizardwoman's head. A small campsite by the side of the road. As they approached ontop their trusty steed, a voice rang out and greeted them.

Coming to a stop, the dark mage looked at the unfamiliar girl before them. Some kind of... Weasel-girl...? Was it a ratatoskr? No, her tail and ears were all... Wrong... Truth be told, Vanessa had never been to Zipangu, notr was she overly familiar with any of the various monster-species form there. She had read some about foreign monsters back at the academy in her human days, but those were more related to the big names, like Youki or Ryuu or Ushi-Oni... This... Raccoon-person did not seem to click or trigger any sort of recollection though. Oh well, she seemed friendly enough. Feeling the effects of having been on horseback for several hours without any real break, Vanessa gingerly slid off the mount's back and onto solid ground with a quiet thud.

Stretching and arching her back... Backwards! She let out a content 'Nnnnnnnnnhh!'-noise, then looked around the area. A fire, a tent, a cart and a small girl with a bushy and big tail. Yeah, sure, this could work. She listened to the exchange between Iskah and this stranger, and was pleased when the latter offered them a place to rest. Honestly, if she hadn't offered, vanessa might've just brazenly requested to share the raccoon-girl's camp anyway.

The comment about husbands and keeping warm made the dark mage snicker.

"Aren't you the forward one. I'm Vanessa, a stray wandering mage, helping this love-struck maiden get her prince so she won't have to be lonely or cold at night anymore." She introduced, and esplained her purpose, to the tanuki. "As for your offer, I think we should accept. Its not good for beautiful ladies to stau up too late, after all." She added, looking over at Iskah and smiling.

Of course, in reality, Iskah didn't have much of a choice, unless the lizardman intended to walk. Since, at that point, Vanessa snapped her fingers and, with a soft ghostly neigh, the steed that they'd been riding on began to... Fade? It was like he was losing opacity at a dangerously quuick rate, becoming more and more see-through until he at last vanished, just like water vapors. At that point, the saddle and reins which Iskah ad put onto their mount sort of just... Felll onto the ground... With a soft leathery thud and metallic jingling-clinking noise. Oh, and iskah also fell off, if she was still sitting on the horse... 'Cuz Vanessa was considerate like that.

With her horsey gone and her magic now slowly beginning to regenerate again, the dark mage turned to their hospitable host.

"I don't think I've ever run into one of your kind. You were called a ... Goober Danyucky? What's someone like you doing so very far away from the far east? Oh, mind if I sit here? Thanks." Vanessa sked a few simple questions, and then plomped her plump butt down next to the pleasant fire, taking off her hat and beginning to fix her long, glossy black hair. She rested her staff ontop of her lap as she did.

We Aren't The Hero's Party - Fanrasy Anime RP (Cancelled)

I have some unfortunate news for everyone.

I'm going to have to to cancel this RP.

The main reason has to do with a current RL situation which involves my family, which has become inreasingly mentally and emotionally draining. To the point that I simply don't have the energy or motivation to run an RP right now. The progress I've managed to make on the OOC over this past week has been laughably little, and one of my most important rules whenever I run an RP is: Have fun. Now, that applies to me myself as well, and if I'm not having fun when I'm creating the world and lore for you guys to play in, how are you going to be able to enjoy and have fun in it?

Sure, I could force myself to finish things up and keep writing, I've done gone down that road in the past, but it never works out particularly well. As such, rather then subject myself to having more on my plate and doing something that, at the moment, I'm not able to enjoy or give my all to, I thought it better to shut things down before any major effort or time was spent on something that won't even be mediocre.

I'm terribly sorry and feel really crappy that so many of you showed interest, asked so many questions and were genuinely excited to join this RP, only for me to go ahead and say: "Haha, nope." out of nowhere. ALthough I did mention I was having some issues in an earlier post (I think?). Still, all I can do is apologize and ask that you understand. I don't want to make a roleplay that isn't fun for you to play in, or for me to work on. It's not that I didn't have fun thinking it up or creating it, but in my curret state and situation, well, nothing really feels fun at the moment.

Enough excuses though.

I hope you'll all be able to find another roleplay to join and enjoy instead. Maybe someday in the future, once this whole crapfest that's going on right now is over, I'll come back to and give this another go. For now, I wish you all good luck and and hope you'll have fun in whichever new RP you join.

Yours sincerely,
~ Xaltwind _{the Gloomy Git}

We Aren't The Hero's Party - Fanrasy Anime RP (Cancelled)

@Xaltwind

I made some edits to my character sheet, let me know if I need to make any other changes.

@Eviledd1984

You can probably think up a basic idea or concept, but you should most likely hold off on posting a "finished CS" or prototype. To save yourself some grief, that is.

We Aren't The Hero's Party - Fanrasy Anime RP (Cancelled)

@Xaltwind

That is fair i was originally going to have it so he changes careers so he can do something meaningful with his life. Would that work? I can also change his age to being in his late and or early thirties so I can include the older timers still giving him a hard time. What do you think?

@Eviledd1984

That'd be perfectly fine. :)

We Aren't The Hero's Party - Fanrasy Anime RP (Cancelled)

@Eviledd1984
While I don't particularly see any reasons to denounce this character, there are a feq things about him that seem off.

For one, if he quit wrestling because he suffered too amny injuries... Why would he pick up adventuring? He traded being an entertainer and athelete for becming someone who needs to genuinely put their own life in danger to make money and survive day-to-day. In addition, he's a tank, the most physically demanding and intense position anyone can have in a party - how does he manage to walk around in heavy armor and take bone-shaking attacks from monsters when he's suffered injuries that forced him to retire?

I'm not saying you can't be a wrestler, I find the concept amusing. I'm just saying that, at this point, his background and choice of swapping careers seem ... Counter-intuitive. Also, if he's in his 40's, he would be one of those alleged older adventurers who think poorly of him. Most human adventurers don't really keep doing the whole adventuring-deal much past that age because of various physical reasons, unless they're blessed with skills that can alleviate those issues.

@Vlad Tepes
Septic-truck cat says No.

As @ERode stated, it is fine that you're all submitting ideas and concepts for characters here in the Int.Chk, but it's probably best if you all wait and see what the lore and specifics of the world are like. I'm currently working on a list of available, playable races and, unfortunately, vampires are not among them.

Vampires, in this setting, aren't created by biting and letting others drink their blood. They're born, much the same way as any other living being. The only thing that'll happen if you get bit is that you either suffer bloodloss, or you get turned into a vampire thrall, which is just a creature that's fallen under their influence and magical control. You can't "become" a vampire in this setting, and the same goes for werewolves/lycanthropes. Of course, you all had no way of knowing this, which is why I again stress what @ERode said:

I appreicate your enthusiasm, but try to hold off until you got all the information and specifics you'll need to create a character. Otherwise, you might just spend a bunch of time and effort on a character who simply won't work or fit with the setting. And I'll feel like a totalitarian jerk who shoots down your work and crushes your dreams becauswe I didn't have everything set up in advance. :(

We Aren't The Hero's Party - Fanrasy Anime RP (Cancelled)

@Birby

What @ERode said.
While I'm not gonna turn anyone away from showing interest or applying when the OOC is done (which, I'm sad to say is still a ways off due to various RL-related speed-bumps), there will be only five slots open once it does get done.
This is both to fit with the theme and story I'm trying to set up, but also to keep me from having to run multiple simultaneous adventures in one story. 'Cuz, as it stands, I'm not confident enough in my GM'ing skills to juggle two entirely different groups of people at the same time, nor handling a group of people that's way too large.

As for an actual update on the OOC;

I've more or less finished up the framework and basics. Right now I'm just working on filling out some hiders with world-building and mechanics which should help everyone get a sense and feel for the world and what can, and cannot, be done/known and/or etc. But as, mentioned earlier, its taking a bit of time what with work and family-business eating up a lot of my time and energy.