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Avalia

Time: Evening
Location: Desert
Interactions: Jomari @baraquiel, Bandits @FunnyGuy
Mentions:

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Nuallán couldn't help but let out a cruel grin as he saw the crocodile bandit's determination faltering. With Jomari finishing the Ibis bandit without hesitating, there were only the Rhino, the Scorpion (which was still nowhere to be seen) and the Crocodile left and the Crocodile definitely felt that.

He was expecting Jomari to be stunned for a moment or even hesitating, but the fact that he was able to move on and immediately use his magic to soften the sand beneath the Crocodile and the Rhino in an attempt to disable them did make him rather surprised. If only his loyalty wasn't one of such a dubious nature, he would do a very fine warrior with only a little training.

In reaction to Jomari's magic, Nuallán was about to dash towards them, aiming to use that split second that they would take to regain their footing to attack them. However, before he could do that, the scorpion bandit, which had disappeared before, suddenly appeared from below Jomari, ready to grab him with his pincers.

"Jomari, below you!" Nuallán shouted, trying to alert Jomari.

That brief second he took to alert Jomari though, gave the Crocodile enough time to charge at him. Caught by surprise and unable to dodge his shield-bash at time, Nuallán had no choice but to use the crocodile's shield bash to push him away, intentionally letting himself being hit by the shield-bash and jumping backwards in the very last moment, to lessen the impact. Thanks to that last minute maneuver, the Crocodile wasn't able to hit his downwards slash, but his shield-bash sent Nuallán sliding through the sand, only separating him and Jomari even further.

To make things even worse, the Rhino, who was previously interrupted when he tried to use his strange skill, was able to finally complete it and as he began to glow, he seemed to be way more invigorated than he was a moment ago.

With both the Rhino and the Crocodile having their full attention on him, he wouldn't be able to help Jomari against the scorpion, at least until he dealt with one of them. The best he could do was to keep both the Rhino and the Crocodile focused on him.

"Your friends were equally as confident a few moments ago... They don't seem to be as lively as they were though... Do they?" Nuallán said with a cruel, mocking grin as he threw a throwing knife at the Rhino, aiming to keep his attention on him

At the same time that throwing knife was flying towards the rhino, Nuallán dashed directly towards the Crocodile, spinning his body and feinting an horizontal slash, aiming to only lightly graze the Crocodile's shield on purpose, only to crouch down as he continued the spinning motion, letting his blade's edge extend in a dangerous, lightning fast slash at the Crocodile's legs, aiming to immobilize him.

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

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While the initial talk Catherine had with Almira and her crew was definitely productive, giving her quite a few notes for her to study about, the conversation soon died down, mainly still due to distrust between both sides. Without much to talk about, Catherine, Srikandi, Dumas and Anki were soon offered to stay for the night which they agreed under the condition that they kept their weapons.

While many people who were more accustomed with the luxurious life of nobility and royalty would find the rooms they were offered to spend the night to be incredibly simple, Catherine couldn't help but appreciate how 'efficient' they were. There were no unnecessary decorations and no space lost, it seemed to be designed to offer strictly what it needed to offer. Enough comfort for the crew to sleep and rest.

Another thing that immediately drew Catherine's attention was how soft the beds and the clothes they were provided were. The only times where Catherine had ever experienced something that soft was when the Gremarre Royalty requested her presence on the palace and even then, it still wasn't as soft as that particular bed that apparently, all crew members on Almira's ship were provided.

Despite the fact that Almira was 'kind' enough to offer them somewhere to sleep, it wasn't enough to dismiss Catherine's distrust, especially since she was going to be very vulnerable, sleeping, inside Almira's ship. Surrounded by her subordinates. Due to that, in order to give herself a bit more comfort and 'privacy', Catherine made sure to coat the entrance to her room with a potent paralyzing potion. Just in case someone tried anything funny...

"Just in case... It never hurts to be careful. Don't worry. It's just a paralyzing agent. I'll clean it up tomorrow." Catherine said after she finishing coating the door handle and a few of the objects and walls near the entrance.

"Oho~ I might get used to this very quickly!" Catherine said to herself, chuckling as when she laid down to sleep. The feeling of the incredibly soft fabric of her 'sleeping clothes' coupled with the soft bed made her fall asleep incredibly quickly.

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The next morning, the party gathered again, but this time to take Almira to Cendana, together with a few members of her crew. The first part of the trip was made on the strange 'rover' Almira and her crew had, at least until they left Dragonspine. After that, they were met by a ship from Cendana, apparently someone Srikandi knew.

While the trip itself was rather uneventful, Catherine did raise her eyebrow, curious when Srikandi chose to remain the fact that they had indeed found 'something' on their little reconnaissance mission and the fact that she had brought that very 'something' back with her to Cendana.

"Curious..." Catherine said to herself with a smirk, taking a quick glance towards Srikandi and then to Almira.

It took only a moment until the Shipwright went to do his own tasks, after believing the lies Srikandi fed him, for both Srikandi and Anki start commenting about the reasons for her choice.

"You know... The Gremarre Royal family would definitely be interested in meeting them as well... They will definitely be happy to know my trip was successful... Happy enough to turn a blind eye to some of my more... dangerous researches..." Catherine said, clearly thinking more about the rewards she would receive after that than anything else, such as nearly unlimited funds for her experiences and researches and maybe even permission to conduct some... morally ambiguous and definitely dangerous research without having to risk becoming a fugitive...

After a short trip on board of the ship, they had finally arrived on Cendana, bringing some rather... 'exotic' guests with them. Unfortunately, since it was Srikandi's first time in Cendana and being the one that was leading the entire group, she admitted after a short while that she had lost her way, which was honestly quite obvious, seeing the alleyways they had stopped at.

Just the moment Srikandi mentioned that though, they were approached by a gang of thugs, harassing the female members of the group. Upon hearing their words, Catherine couldn't help but laugh. Loudly and making no effort to hide how ridiculous she thought that situation was. Fortunately, Srikandi didn't seem to want to try any diplomatic approach to solve that situation as well, otherwise it would be definitely ruined by Catherine's laughter.


"I could burn you all to a crisp, suffocate you in a cloud of toxic or corrosive gas... Maybe even a nervous agent...? Unfortunately, as amusing as those might sound to me, you are definitely not worth the rare ingredients and reagents I spent in these mixtures... So I will just beat you half to death, okay? I hope you all don't mind." Catherine said as she gently put down her bag, replete with dragon blood, organs and many other potions while the rest of the group members had already began to fight and looked at some of the thugs, who were slowly approaching her, probably thinking she was an easier target than the other two, who were clearly fighters.

Those who had not seen Catherine fight hand to hand before instead of using her potions would definitely be taken aback by the explosive acceleration Catherine had when dashing towards the thug and the sheer force and impact of the kick she landed on him, sending him flying towards the wall, his body hitting it with a very audible and very unpleasant sound. After a single attack, it became evident for both Almira and the rest of the group that there was definitely something else going on with Catherine.

With his friend now unconscious, probably with several broken bones, the second thug, despite being taken by surprise by Catherine's violent strike to his friend, rushed towards Catherine trying to stab her with his knife. Unfortunately for him, Catherine was quickly able to dodge his adrenaline-fueled, clumsy and awkward strike, grabbing his wrist and twisting it behind his back, making him drop his weapon and immobilizing the thug, who seemed to be several times bigger than Catherine herself was.

"Do you know why I, an alchemist, wear a red overcoat instead of a white one?" Catherine said, with an amused smile as she grabbed the immobilized thug by the back of his neck.

Planting her feet on the ground, Catherine tightened her grasp around the thug's neck, lifting him from the ground by a brief moment before slamming him down, face first into the cobblestone ground with as much force as she could muster, making blood splatter everywhere, including on her already red overcoat. The sickening cracking sound was audible from a distance, leaving no doubt that if that particular thug didn't die due to the extreme impact, he was definitely on his last moments.

"Oh shit..." Catherine said with a heavy sigh, before lifting the thug in the air and quickly inspecting his state. The thug who now had a completely broken, almost unrecognizable face, was clearly already on his last moments,gasping for air, unable to breathe.

"So... Srikandi... Is it a problem if one of them dies...?" Catherine asked, lightly shaking the thug almost as if one does with a rag doll when showing it to someone else.

After hearing Srikandi's energetic reply, saying that it would DEFINITELY be a problem if someone died, Catherine let out a heavy sigh.

"...Fuck!" Catherine said as she begrudgingly took a small vial with a vibrant, red liquid from inside her coat.

"You know that these healing potions are really annoying to make, right...?" Catherine said, grumbling as she literally smashed the vial on the face of the dying thug, breaking it in a thousand pieces as the vibrant red liquid splashed on the thug's face, before she unceremoniously let go of the thug, dropping it on the ground with a thud.

Just a second after hitting the ground, the potion started acting, making the broken bones snap into place by themselves, as the tore muscles fibers started moving by themselves, connecting with each other and quickly regenerating. After a few seconds, the bandit's face was spotless, without a single wound, despite still being covered with blood.

Avalia

Time: Night
Location: River Port
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy, Alaia @Alivefalling and Maeryn @princess
Mentions:

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Myra looked visibly relieved, nodding to Maeryn when she heard him saying they had to choose the food first, since his words meant that they would indeed eat something other than just water. That said, she wasn't really sure how they were going to do that. For some reason, instead of calling that cat-girl again and saying what they wanted, both Maeryn and Astra were intently observing a simple piece of folded paper. Unlike the papers Myra had taken before when she was searching for a 'map', these ones just had a lot of squiggly lines. After a quick observation, leaning towards both Maeryn and Astra to take a look at the thing they were holding, Myra quickly realized that both pieces of paper were exactly the same, even the squiggly lines were similar.

Despite Myra's careful observation and regardless of how much she looked at those folded papers, she simply couldn't understand what they meant or even if they meant anything at all. Fortunately, there was a much easier for Myra to ask what she wanted than to decode those strange squiggly lines. The moment Maeryn asked Astra if Myra would be satisfied with meat, followed by Astra's quick reply, Myra immediately nodded her head. She didn't really know what a 'Fulon Karni-vor' was, but she definitely loved to eat meat.

Regardless of the meaning of that mysterious word Astra said though, Maeryn seemed to quickly understand what Myra liked to eat, as he pointed towards a big, fragrant piece of meat that one of the people who worked at that place were carrying and asking if she wanted it.

"Meat, like!" Myra said with a satisfied expression, looking to both Maeryn and Astra, just before the cat-girl from earlier arrived again, carrying the drinks Astra and Maeryn had ordered and asking what they were going to eat.

Having already made her 'choice', Myra expectantly looked at Astra and Maeryn, waiting for one of them to tell the cat-girl what meat Myra wanted.

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Time: Evening
Location: Desert
Interactions: Jomari @baraquiel
Mentions:

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With both of the bandits which tried to attack Nuallán now having collapsed in the desert sand, their blood staining the sands with a deep crimson, Nuallán was able to quickly relocate nearer to where Jomari was. Despite having swiftly dealt with two bandits, there were still the Rhino, the scorpion, the crocodile and the Ibis demi-human, the latter which had dodged Nuallán's throwing knife and was finally recovering from Jomari's previous attack.

Despite having being struck by the Rhino's strange power, Jomari still seemed to be relatively unharmed, thanks to the sand shield he was hastily able to conjure just before being struck. Even though Jomari was able to deal with the first attacks, it didn't mean he would be able to resist for too long without Nuallán's help. The human didn't seem to be used to his powers yet and now that the bandits knew about his powers, they would definitely focus their attention on him.

Before Nuallán could say anything else though, Jomari suddenly shouted for him to close his eyes. Predicting the wide area sand attack that Jomari was probably about to use, Nuallán quickly shielded his eyes, just before the sand under the bandits' feet exploded, sending the scorpion flying and making both the Ibis and the Rhino recoil. Quickly regaining his bearings after the explosion, Nuallán saw Jomari sliding towards the Ibis bandit and immediately plunging his dagger directly at her back, causing her to immediately fall to her knees, heavily wounded, but not yet dead.

Leaving the Ibis bandit to Jomari, Nuallán turned his attention on the Crocodile and the Rhino bandits, which despite the initial shock from Jomari's sand attack, had recovered from it and now took a solid defensive posture.

"Well... It seems we are not being underestimated anymore." Nuallán said with a cruel tone on his voice as he looked at the Rhino and the Crocodile bandits.

"Finish the Ibis and keep your eyes open for the Scorpion." Nuallán said to Jomari as he kept his eyes on the Rhino and the Crocodile, waiting for their next move.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: The After Party
Attire: Dress
Interactions:@Reusablesword Roman.
Mentions: @Helo Callum.

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For Mayet, whom had almost finished her drink, it didn't take much for her eyes to instantly wander as Roman undid a few buttons at the neck of his shirt. At this moment, Mayet already knew there was something strange. Despite that though, half of her mind wanted to simply to give in to her instincts and literally pounce at Roman while the other half struggled to keep herself calm.

Even though Roman was speaking about what she had mentioned about Nala, about how Callum wasn't very good on the 'physical' part or how he wasn't a good fighter, due to the effect of the drink, Mayet was already having a hard time keeping herself from jumping at him. Let alone paying attention at his words. The moment he suggested them to finish their drinks and dance, complete with even a small provocation, Mayet let out a mischievous smirk as she suddenly got up, walked towards Roman until she was standing right in front of him.

"I wonder... If you are doing it on purpose..." Mayet said, looking to Roman with a mischievous smirk as her eyes focused on his once again, clearly referring to his shirt and how he was flirting with her.

"You are playing a very dangerous game, Roman. I am not a woman that is satisfied with a one night stand nor a woman that likes being used and thrown away..." Mayet said, putting her hands on the chair's armrest as she leaned forwards getting so close that her own lips were inches close from his, in a way Roman couldn't get up or escape from her.

"Are you ready? To dance with a tigress...?" Mayet asked with a mischievous smirk as she gave a step back, finishing the little that was remaining of her drink and looked back at Roman, waiting for his reply.

The Five Senses

Karina Frost

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Karina heard Chres' words in silence, nodding afterwards. Sightless Nieffar, after becoming one with the seed was proving to be a much tougher enemy than she had anticipated. The tendrils were making even defending themselves a difficult task, let alone finding any room to attack it. With brief and direct orders, Karina instructed her soldiers to focus on long range attacks to try and distract the seed, with Karina herself using her ice blades to try and distract the sightless as well.

With Týfurkh finally giving the signal he was about to trigger the explosion, Karina looked around to her soldiers and the rest of the group.

"Get down!" Karina said, warning the soldiers about the explosion, just a few seconds before Týfurkh let out a fierce, sound explosion.

Karina could feel the underground chamber they were in shaking as the sound explosion echoed within it's walls. Fortunately, Karina, the soldiers and even Chres weren't the only ones who were dazed by the explosion. A single glance was enough to tell them that the seed was in a much worse state than they were, it seemed like Týfurkh's gamble had indeed paid off.

Despite it's wounded state though, it seemed like the seed still had enough energy to resist. The tendrils that were gone after the explosion were regenerated with a frightening speed and thicker than before. Using it's regenerated tendrils, the seed immediately focused Týfurkh, swinging them and aiming to crush him. By luck, Chres had enough time to create a heat construct to stop the tendrils, although their weight and impact were so much, that it was evident even for Karina that they wouldn't hold on forever.

The moment the heat construct shattered, Karina stepped forward, calling all her four ice blades back to her, sending two to attack the tendrils and draw her attention while using her rapier, the two remaining ice blades and her agility to dodge the tendrils.

"I will keep the tendrils busy for as long as I can! Go after the heart!" Karina said as she dodged one of the tendrils by centimeters, the impact of it hitting the ground almost making her lose her footing.

"Go, NOW!" Karina shouted as she continued attacking, trying to focus all the tendrils' attention on her, while using everything she could to dodge and redirect their blows.

Avalia

Time: Evening
Location: River Port
Interactions: Astra @FunnyGuy and Maeryn @princess
Mentions:

Myra couldn't help but find a bit interested on how bubbly and happy the feline demi-human came to greet them once they entered the building Astra had talked about earlier. As the feline demi-human moved to greet them, Myra returned the feline demi-human's smile with one of her own, before going after Astra and Maeryn as they went to one of the tables.

The moment they sat down, Myra could immediately tell that not only the smell of the food was different, but even how the place was inside had it's fair share of differences as well. Thanks to the fact that it wasn't her first time eating in a place like that though, she wasn't as overwhelmed by what she was seeing as she would be before. Almost as if reading her thoughts, Astra began explaining on how the food was different on that town, consisting mostly of fish. Myra had already eaten raw fish before, but she was definitely curious about how the people prepared them on the cities and what strange, tasty stuff they put on it to make it taste different as well.

After they sat down, Myra was expecting them to ask for something for them to eat, but much to her dismay, Maeryn only asked for water, which earned him a shocked and disappointed stare from Myra, looking back and forth from Maeryn and Astra. Were they really going to ask just for something to drink and not get anything to eat? Surely it wasn't because they lacked shinies, since Myra knew that Astra always kept quite a handful of them with her. So maybe it was because they didn't trust the cat girl who was serving them? Myra didn't see any weapon with her and the way she approached them didn't seem to be hostile or threatening at all... So why were they getting only water?

"...No foo?" Myra asked, looking to Maeryn and Astra with a disappointed expression.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: The After Party
Attire: Dress
Interactions:@Reusablesword Roman, @Helo Callum.
Mentions: @samreaper Kazumin

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Mayet couldn't help but to laugh as she heard Kazumin's words as he kept using his new 'persona'. Both the strong accent, the exaggerated mannerisms and the words he used were incredibly entertaining. Even though Mayet didn't know much about Kazumin, she honestly wouldn't be that surprised if he ended up coming from a family of performers or actors. Mayet replied to Kazumin, or better, to 'Señor Chavez' with a nod as he walked away, before giving another sip at her drink and turning to Callum and Roman, who were still at the table.

At this point, Mayet started feeling a bit of the effects of the drink, feeling hotter and a more.. uninhibited. It was a bit surprising for her, since the drink didn't seem to have that much alcohol on it, but it was undeniable that she was already feeling the effects of the drink. If she found Roman amusing before, she now clearly felt much more attracted towards him. This... 'hotness' didn't pass unnoticed by Mayet, but given her natural tendencies to flirt and tease those that caught her interest, she didn't pay much attention at those effects at first. Which would prove to only make it harder for her to control herself, as the effects of the drink got stronger with each sip, little by little.

"A mask would do little to hide the identity of someone like me as well. You can't hope to shadow the light of the sun with a mere umbrella, can you?" Mayet said with a chuckle.

"They do have their charm though. I thought they could make things a bit more... interesting." Mayet said with a mischievous smirk.

Hearing Roman's praises towards her, Mayet let out a smile, raising an eyebrow as she looked at him.

"Such high praises, even though you haven't seen even half of what I'm capable of..." Mayet said, leaning towards Roman and looking directly into his eyes... Then to his lips... and when she finally noticed what she was doing, she was already letting her eyes wander through Roman's muscular body, her mind already giving her ideas of what she could do with him and his big, muscular body.

Caught by surprise by her own actions and lack of self-control, Mayet moved back to her initial position. Discreetly hiding her momentary lack of self-control. Fortunately, just at that moment, Callum excitedly greeted her, mentioning the fact that she didn't bring her other half with her today and gave her the perfect opportunity to hide what had just happened.

"I didn't know I was this weak to alcohol... Calm down, breathe and clear your mind, Mayet. You have a reputation to keep." Mayet thought to herself, before looking to Callum.

"The pleasure is all mine, Callum." Mayet said with a discreet bow, silently thanking him for giving her the perfect excuse to look away from Roman for a moment, so she could catch her breath and calm down.

"Nala would have absolutely hated this place. Even though I was interested in this after party, I wouldn't make Nala accompany me to a place she wouldn't like to go." Mayet explained.

"The loud music, the crowd, the lights and the drinks. It would be a matter of time until someone did something stupid near Nala, who would already be on edge thanks to... well... everything around here, and made her jump at them." Mayet said, laughing at what she had said almost as if she had told a simple joke, despite the fact that she was talking about a huge tigress literally jumping at someone and ripping them to shreds.

While Callum's initial greeting was already rather... intense, his exaggerated laughter was an even clearer indication that maybe, Callum had already drank too much. Just after that, he started literally bouncing to the music, before suddenly suggesting them to have a race... and bolting off to the other side of the warehouse.

"Your friend seems to have drank a little too much, didn't he?" Mayet said to Roman, looking at Callum and laughing as she took another sip from her drink. The cup was already halfway empty.

"Should we go get him? Take him to the boxing ring so he can spend all that excess energy without getting into trouble... Maybe we should do some 'sparring' ourselves...?" Mayet asked, turning towards Roman and looking at him with a mischievous smirk as she nodded towards the ring-blade, still covered in fine silk.

At this moment, despite trying to hide it, Roman was already able to see a burning 'hunger' in Mayet's eyes. With a piercing gaze, she was looking at him almost as if she was ready to devour him whole. Whether it was a good idea to play with such fire or not was something only Roman would be able to decide.

Avalia

Time: Night
Location: River Port
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy, Alaia @Alivefalling and Maeryn @princess
Mentions:

While Myra was a bit confused on why Alaia seemed to be so interested on Vrexen, but since both Astra and Maeryn seemed fine with both of them going somewhere by themselves, Myra simply didn't pay much mind to it. Even if she didn't know Alaia that well, she knew that Vrexen was more than capable of taking care of himself. Besides, if something happened, Myra had a sneaking suspicion that they would definitely know pretty quickly, given the... previous experiences they had with Vrexen losing his calm.

The fact that Astra seemed satisfied when Myra shown that she liked the disguise ring made Myra feel happy as well, smiling back at Astra.

The moment the conversation changed to food and the places they would visit though, Myra looked at both Astra and Maeryn with a curious expression. When Maeryn mentioned for them to 'feast with focused ears' though, Myra looked at him and Astra, wiggling her ears with a smug, confident expression. Despite how noisy cities normally are, Myra was more than confident in her senses now that she was a bit more accustomed with cities in general. If something happened, she would definitely know.

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Time: Evening
Location: Desert
Interactions: Jomari @baraquiel
Mentions:

The fact that Jomari was not only able, but willing to use his powers to defend himself made Nuallán breathe easier. That meant that he wouldn't have to babysit the human while fighting against all the bandits by himself. In truth, Nuallán didn't expect Jomari to be able to take the bandits down by himself, but as long as he was able to keep himself alive for a while, it was already good enough.

The first attack, made by Ibis bandit towards Jomari attack was dodged thanks to him having used his power to slide and throw a chunk of sand towards the female bandit. At that very moment, both the monkey and the hyena bandits made a simultaneous attack, trying to hit Nuallán with a combined attack. Seeing both of them swinging their weapons towards him, Nuallán immediately reacted by bending his body forward and jumping with a quick impulse, his body slipping between both attacks as they missed him by mere centimeters.

Using the momentum from his jump, in order to buy him enough breathing room to land and reposition without suffering another attack from the hyena and the monkey, Nuallán swung his sword in a wide arc around him as he landed, his blade extending into a whip as he did so, before it quickly went back to it's normal, blade form. At the same time, with his free hand, he sneakily threw two throwing daggers, one towards the throat of the the Ibis bandit, who was still dazed after Jomari's attack and the second one towards the scorpion bandit, who was approaching Jomari from behind.

"Pay attention! Keep your eyes open, always know where your enemies are and always strike to kill!" Nuallán shouted towards Jomari, alerting him to the scorpion bandit as he landed and quickly repositioned himself with a quick and agile jump back, trying to close the distance between him and Jomari even if just by a bit, so he could interfere if the human got himself into too much trouble.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: The After Party
Attire: Dress
Interactions: @Rodiak Nahir, @Infinite Cosmos Munir, @samreaper Kazumin, @Reusablesword Roman, @Helo Callum.
Mentions: @Princess Anastasia,

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After wearing the white mask that was given by the strange man, Mayet was able to take a better look around and she was quickly able to confirm that the initial impressions did not disappoint. On one of the sides of the big room they were in, attracting quite a crowd, there was a boxing ring, where two muscular men were fighting each other, being cheered by the crowd watching, most of them having bet money on one of the two fighters.

"A boxing ring, hm...? Interesting..." Mayet said with a mischievous smirk as she glanced towards the ring and the people crowding near it. Maybe bringing her blade was the correct choice after all. Who knows... Maybe the crowd might like some friendly sparring. As long as her blade is covered and no one gets hurt, it might be quite entertaining.

In the other side of the room though, there was a different type of party going on. The type of party where inhibitions, reservations and shame were left at the door as scantily clad women danced on poles and many of the guests were making out and flirting with one another.

"I see now why this after party was supposed to be a secret... The court would definitely be turned upside down if they knew what was going on here." Mayet said raising an eyebrow as she looked through some of the guests in the other side of the room, some of which were probably high ranking nobles.

"Definitely the kind of party my dear brother likes, isn't it?" Mayet asked, turning to Munir with a mischievous smirk.

After making their entrance to such an extravagant party, each member of their little 'group' had mostly gone on their separate ways. Princess Anastasia, surprisingly enough, seemed to be quite comfortable despite everything that was going on, enough even to go excitedly talk with one of the guests. Certainly quite an... 'unique' personality for a princess.

Nahir, who seemed to have already made a new friend, went straight to the bar for a drink. At first, Mayet didn't feel like drinking yet, but the moment Nahir asked her drink and Mayet too a glance at the exquisite drink Nahir had asked for herself, she simply couldn't contain her curiosity.

"Dear sister Nahir, I was never someone to enjoy alcohol that much, but you got yourself quite the drink, didn't you?" Mayet said, approaching Nahir with a curious expression as she peeked over her shoulder, looking at the drink she had gotten for herself.

Carefully decorated with rose petals and gold, the delicate colored drink swirled with an almost magical appeal. The smell of roses coming from the drink only made Mayet even more curious as to how it tasted like.

"I will have the same as she did." Mayet said, looking to the bartender with a curious expression, trying to take a glance on how that beautiful drink was prepared.

While the bartender did give her a show, thanks to her agile and dexterous hands, unfortunately, Mayet wasn't able to see much about how the drink was done, as before she even knew, the drink was already done.
Despite that, the drink was still quite a marvel. A small sip revealed quite an unique, delicate taste of grapefruit and apple, but a surprising spicy kick to it as well, making quite an interesting combination.

"'Douse the Thirst', wasn't it? Simply fantastic!" Mayet said, praising the bartender with a satisfied nod as she took another sip of the drink.

Instead of downing the entire drink in one go, Mayet was slowly savoring it, taking small sips as to completely appreciate the complex and delicate flavor.

Just as she turned and began walking towards the rest of the party, her eyes were drown to a rather familiar, 'mountain' of a man. Even from a distance, Mayet almost immediately knew who he was. With a mischievous smirk on her face, she began walking towards the table he was sitting at, talking with two other nobles, one of which had a suspiciously familiar blonde hair.

"I think you might need more than just a small mask to hide your identity, Lord Roman." Mayet said, sneaking up on Roman's back and leaning forward, whispering on his ear in a low tone before she gave a step back, revealing herself.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Mayet said to both men, pulling a seat just besides Roman and sitting down as well.

Despite the strong Spanish accent, the very familiar blonde hair was a dead giveaway for Kazumin. Regarding the other man, While not that familiar with the other man, she still recognized him as being Callum, thanks to being among the high ranking nobles back at the ball and due to the fact that he had came to the after party in the same carriage she did.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: Caesonia Castle => Stables
Attire: Dress
Interactions: @Rodiak Zarai & Nahir, @Potter Layla, @Infinite Cosmos Munir, @Princess Anastasia, @samreaper Kazumin.

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Mayet couldn't help but to laugh as she heard Munir's words, mentioning how it would be hard for her to keep the fact that she brought her weapon unnoticed.

"It's a good thing I'm not trying to hide anything then." Mayet replied with a chuckle and confident smirk as she looked at Munir.

"Things are always more interesting when there's a bit of risk involved. Besides... What's the fun in dancing when there's not blades involved?" Mayet asked, laughing as she looked at Munir.

"Don't worry though. I don't plan on spilling any blood tonight." she finished, waving her hand as she gave a small wink towards him.

Unfortunately, Layla had decided in the last moment not to go to the party and ended up returning to her room. Still, her other siblings were still with her, looking forward to the party.

It was at that moment that the same bubbly woman whom called them in the first place finally arrived, introducing herself to the Alidasht siblings after asking one of her servants to prepare her carriage.

"Princess Anastasia, it's a pleasure to meet you. I have heard quite a bit about you and your... 'unique' personality." Mayet said with an amused expression as she looked at her.

"I certainly have high expectations for this party. Especially now, after hearing your praises about it." she finished as the preparations were ready and the group was about to go on their way to the party.

In the middle of the way though, an unexpected guest came in as Anastasia made sure to stop and invite him to come together.

"Kazumin. Such a coincidence to meet you again." Mayet replied, looking to the blonde man with a raised eyebrow and a chuckle.

The moment the group arrived at the party, Mayet was greeted by quite an amazing sight. From the fog and the loud music to the colorful, vibrant lights gave the party quite an unique atmosphere. The strange shapes floating in the ceiling only made the entire party feel even closer to a fever-dream or an hallucination.

"Now this... Is quite something, isn't it?" Mayet said with a surprised expression as she looked around, amazed.

When she was greeted by the strange, masked man offering her a mask, Mayet let out a small smile as she considered the options he gave her.


"A masquerade... Sure, why not... This might turn out being much more interesting than I thought it would be." Mayet said as she grabbed a white mask.