Bunanigans

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus - Outside
"That was very rude," Poppy sighed. "What on Ddaear are you too?" It actually hurt how far he had flung her foot away! She had already began to draw it back to herself, but she couldn't exactly stand here waiting for it to come back. She leapt forward onto her hands, flipping forward towards them.

And this time she kept her eye on Marcus. So he was a wind user? Hopefully he could just do streams of wind like that, she could possibly dodge those. And if he could do more? She this time decided to target Amy. See if he was willing to attack her when the other woman was in the way. She skidded across the floor, aiming a sweep to take the cleric's legs out from under her...!

Meanwhile, she altered the trajectory of her returning foot - this time aiming towards the back of the wind mage's head.


"Wait, we aren't terrorists!" Syed exclaimed, holding his hands out before him. As Moira pinched the top of her nose - bloody hell these three were cut from the same cloth. He glanced back at the main tent. "...Okay... I can see why you think that... what with the fire and all... but we're Guilders! AH!"

The ground shook as suddenly the undamaged stiltman began charging towards him. His hands began moving in retaliation - not to attack, but to defend.

Electricity suddenly swarmed around the mage, and the next second the foot was decending upon him... before suddenly jolting to one side, crashing into the ground mere inches from a very much flinching Syed. He didn't halt his movements however as the dust billowed around them, his eyes darting from the foot to the main body of the stiltman all the way up there. Ready to pull at her and take advantage of the top-heavy centre of balance, should she move to attack again.

"Haven't you seen everywhere?" He asked as he weaved at his spell, the electricity moving with every finger movement much like a conductor with an orchestra. "If you'd just let us we can prove there's something up! We'll show you!"


Simultaniously, Moira's eyes contracted as she spotted the other charging his laser. Well, she could feel the twin buffs of Marcus and Amy washing over her. She dove to one side and not a second too soon, feeling the massive heat of the beam flash past. Crap! Ooh ya bugger that actually hurt, and it didn't even touch her! How much would it hurt if it did?!

And impacting a bit too close to Marcus and Amy. Oh. She scrambled up, whipping her head back towards them. "Go!" she yelled. "We can deal with this shit!"

Of course, not if Poppy had anything to do with it.

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I wasn't actually going to post this round, since my Nan fell seriously ill last night and we need to visit her. My aunt and uncle are living it up in America atm so she needs some family with her, you know? My cousin needs some support too, she's like the only one there =[ But it turns out the hospital's visiting hours don't start til 2pm so I had time to whip something up. I can't guarentee a post next round though, since I don't know either how long I'll be there or how bad my Nan is. I'll try my best though. Just a heads up.

Good luck with classes and stuff everybody!

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Phillis Circus - Outskirts
Moira rolled her eyes. Oh, fantastic. Now these two and the creepy girl were getting involved too. And one of the stiltmen in particular looking pretty battered. She made no move whatsoever to dodge the laser.

Instead, Syed simply stepped forward, his eyes flashing a brilliant yellow as he threw his hands before himself...

There was a flash of electricity, followed by a deep boom as the white-hot laser was deflected to one side and exploded harmlessly on the ground. "That won't work!" he shouted. To be honest he had no intention of attacking these guys at all, he didn't want to destroy their work even in a situation like this. Especially with one of them already damaged. "Please. Let us actually explain why we're here!"

"What the hell Sy! THESE ARE BAD GUYS! And you, what about this situation makes you think we give a shit about your rules?!" Moira pointed to the stiltmen. "Rules are made to be broken, especially if they're made by a bunch of creepy maybe kidnapping stalker freaks!" She unsheathed her sword, adjusting her grip, then leapt forward and charged with a yell...


...Only to blink as the Poppy went to charge straight past. Her hands seperated at the wrists, and the next thing Moira knew her feet had caught on something and she was sent tumbling to the ground.

The girl narrowly missed her blade, seperating at the waist allowing the blade to harmlessly travel through the newly created space. She quickly rejoined up again, hands and all, before flipping forwards into a cartwheel towards Marcus and Amy. "You two are really pretty," she said in mid-flight, much in the same way someone would make idle chit-chat while waiting in line for the bus.

At the last second her feet seperated, aiming to kick the staff out of Marcus's hands. Using her own body as a decoy. While she knew these magic types weren't the sort you could easily disarm - that was running using the assumption that he was a magic type, since his staff certainly implied it - she hoped the act would in turn allow her to get another shot in.

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I've had several.

Like the one where my school was in a post-apoloyptic nuclear wasteland, and we all slept in tents. Oh and I was a ghost because I was already dead. I ended up punching out a witch. Fuck knows how that works.

Or the one where my parents wouldn't stop chasing me and hounding me so I jumped into a phone line and suddenly it was like this level.

Oh and the one where I broke into some little old lady's house on the run from... someone else, I think I'm just a major criminal in my head. And the lady was just like "oh hi person who broke into my house" and served me tea and biscuits. Then the people chasing me broke the door down so I smashed through the back window and leapt over the fence.

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Phillis Circus - Outside
Moira was quite suprised that Marcus didn't descend with two black eyes, to be honest.

"We're having a demonstration of Sod's law," Syed clenched his fingers through his hair, although he certainly looked pleased to see the pair. Although when it came to Amy he wasn't sure if he should be happy or worried, thanks to that stalker room. His voice took on a cheerful, somewhat sarcastic tone. "The good news is we found the secretary's son! The bad news is he decided to set the place alight and now we're all public enemy number one."

"Yeah, and they ain't listenin' just attackin anyone they don't like the look of. I wasn't even the first person to attack! No really!" she protested. "I wasn't!" She looked back to Amy. "Wouldn't say no to a heal, Aims."

"We still don't have any evidence of any kidnapping, other than Crispin's word. Yeah, that Crispin," he added in response to Marcus's raised eyebrow. "But they're all just being so aggressive that they're not giving us a chance to sort this out normally. We've tried. Although... Crispin did set fire to a tent full of spectators, so I can see why they would be mad. I mean heck, I am." Syed scratched at the back of his head. "They're okay, they're okay, we evacuated them all," he added hastily, raising his palms.

"Either way one of the fuckers flew me right up above the clouds and dropped me, I ain't having that shit." Moira made no effort to explain how they survived the fall. She spat to one side. "Come on, we'd better get back before he tries to drop Lute too and the git deafens us all screaming or somethin'."

"Amy?" Syed turned to her and walked backwards, giving her a small awkward bow. "If anyone makes you uncomfortable in there, don't hesitate to tell us, right? I...uh... I know you don't want to be here, and... um..." he didn't finish the sentance, going almost luminous red before spinning around to look back at the circus. Although even his ears had gone red too so it didn't really help matters much. "...T-thanks you two. For coming. We definately could do with your help."

Moira seemed oblivious. "FUCK YEAH LET'S SMACK SOME SHIT UP!" she bellowed, barrelling forward through the crowds into the circus itself. Knocking a fair few people over while she was at it, leaving Syed to apologise profusely as he stumbled in her wake.

After all, the others were relying on them. And maybe, just maybe, they'll be able to get to the bottom of this. Maybe.

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If you finish Avatar then I'll watch that. Deal? :P

Not that I'll probably be able to keep up with many hours a week anymore, what with how hard my manager works me and working 6 days a week every other week making me pass out after my tea every single day pretty much without fail. And christmas coming up leaving me even more exhausted than usual. Urgh. Maybe in the new year, March or so when my schedule stops being so shit?

He wants me to do a week of overnights soon. Might just say no, not doing overnights anymore. The last time about killed me off, lol.

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Outskirts
Poppy sighed as yet another plume of smoke enveloped them all. It didn't even work on Lily and Stevie, so she didn't know why they bothered. Just because of her? Actually, that was quite flattering.

Nonetheless things went very quiet, as she turned her head this way and that. The girl was so noisy... she couldn't actually tell what direction they were in anymore. Oh well.

She extended her arms out, once more splitting her body apart at the joints. She extended the segments out, before pushing herself into a fast spin on one foot. The action wasn't particularly effective, but it was enough thin the smoke to the point where she could see shapes. And she certainly couldn't see the shapes of Xan or Trixie anymore.

She shrugged, joining herself back together. What mattered right now was that Stevie was down. Lily was asking about him, but with her up in the air and a security issue going on she probably couldn't do much.

"I can help," she stated. "If you need it."

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Phillis Circus - Outside
And with that, he was gone. Like he had suddenly lost interest. Syed let out a small sigh of relief, laying on the floor and letting himself catch his breath and calm down a little. He grimaced. "If... if they just listened..."

And with that he scrambled back up, heading towards the tents they had damaged to make sure there was nobody in them. Mostly for his own peace of mind.

Moira followed him, although she had her teeth bared as she watched the commotion in the distance. The roars of animals and the screams of people... well, they had tried. But how can you stop an impossibly fast person from getting back to the others if they decided? You just couldn't. Not with their skillsets. And like hell were they going to get there fast enough to stop him fucking anyone else's shit up.

"Sy, fuck this," she growled. "Come on. I'm gonna need my sword."

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Outskirts
Argh! Poppy recoiled, clutching at her nose. Oh good, it wasn't broken. Little did she know how Xan had a history of going for the nose.

And with that, she was gone. Running off. Poppy shrugged. She had to give the woman credit, she sure knew how to be quiet when she wanted to be. Unlike the girl, who continued to be noisy throughout. She'd have to trust Lily to keep an eye on her with that fancy visor of hers. She still hadn't actually seen Stevie, she didn't know how exactly he fell.

And in return...

Poppy charged through the fog, following the sound - and shoulder barged Trixie once more to the ground.

"Oh... there they are," she said blankly, spotting her legs a short distance away. They jumped in the air and clicked their heels together in response, before jogging forwards and rejoining the rest of her. She turned back to Trixie. "Please stop shooting her. It's rude."

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Phillis Circus - Outside
Damn damn damn he really didn't mean to do that! He was really in no place to accuse anyone else of arson today, Moira was right. All you need to start a fire was a spark... and he had plenty of experiance with that. The evidence spanned right the way up his leg. His eyes widened with worry. Please let nobody be in that tent please please please...

Focus. Focus. Wait no now he was on the ground. Argh! Holy poop that hurt! The air burned as he passed! He cautiously touched his arm, hissing a little with pain. It'll be ok. Just a mild burn.

“Hoooooee, pardner, that was sure somethin’!! Where’d ya get that fancy light from? You a mage or somethin’?”

"Nothing fancy about it!" Syed shouted back hoarsely, scrambling back to his feet in a somewhat wobbly fashion. "Not like your ability. It's some kind of energy manipulation, right?" His hands moved swiftly, leaving intricite trails of electricity in their wake. "Guess we have something in common!" He fired into the air, the bolt going wide. His electricity was fast, but his reactions just couldn't keep up with this guy. Damn it!


"What the fuck?!" Moira screached. They were in a fight! Who the fuck has a chat in the middle of a fight?! She grabbed Syed by the collar just as he began to cast another, throwing him physically to the ground behind her. And not a second too soon.

Boom!

A shockwave hit as Max flew right them... and was blocked by Moira's pipe, held firmly by the berserker and driven into the ground. It wasn't quite enough though, as the sheer force sent her skidding back at some speed anyway - Syed being sent tumbling after - the pipe carving a deep track into the earth and her heels kicking up plumes of dust...

...At least until the pipe gave away, crumpling and bending under the sheer force before being ricocheted high into the air. Shit!

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Doneeeeeeee. Actually got done a while ago but forgot to update lmao. Leaving Poppy for now if that's ok, she's being a bit sneaky right now.

LARPing sounds fun. I need to get around to it sometime. I ain't been doing anything all that exciting so have an old screenshot of us breaking into someone's house.

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