[center][h2][color=92278f]Bonesword[/color][/h2]~Intermission~[/center][hr]
With a new body in tow, the skeleton pressed forward, his little stump-minion coming with him. Stumpy hung around to carry the needless stuff with him, like booze, fruit snacks, and spare swords (despite these being ordinary swords). He stood in front of the teleporter, observing the thing for a minute. He was told by Eos that there was a series of 4 challenges awaiting all those who were willing, and by god was the swordsman willing. Bonesword crowded into the teleporter, sitting on top of Stumpy, and pressed the button that sent him directly to the castle of the Alchemist.

Once there, he rode Stumpy and waited as he heard the challenges being announced. They weren't actually all that bad, in the skeleton's opinion. It was largely just a bunch of trials that he couldn't even break the rules for if he wanted to. He continued listening to the Alchemist explain the rest of the challenge as he sipped his bottle of whiskey, the booze dripping down and being collected in a plastic bag the swordsman taped to his ribs prior to coming. Who knows when someone needs a drink that wasn't really drank?

After the alchemist finished speaking, the swordsman looked for any fellow Machina that he could group up with. Not before long he found a soldier for the Machina. He approached her and spoke to her. [color=92278f][b]"Hey, fellow Machina soldier. Care to team up with this swordsman for this? Strength is within numbers, after all."[/b][/color] Bonesword was closing his bottle of whiskey as he said this, and he gently placed it within a knapsack tied to Stumpy.

[@KoL][@Flamelord]