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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

omg what has this ooc become lmfao!

And wow is it me or is the forum really bugging out atm? It's barely letting me post at all, I keep getting white screens and it hasn't sent. Urururrrrrrgh

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Big Top
They were running for it! Poppy altered her course, running at the fastest she was capable of in an attempt to intercept them. Seperating her legs at the hips, knees and ankles to give her a larger, faster gait, much like the stiltmen. Her hands were still seperated at the wrists - she simply altered their trajectory as well. She balled them up into fists, and aimed them at the back of both Aria and Lute's right knees.

"Who are you people," she said flatly, her inflection more of a statement than a question. She was partly genuinely interested to know, partly trying to keep the attention away from what her hands were doing. This was more than just being mean. "I don't understand what you mean to achieve."

She leapt into the air, spinning as she went. She had done it, she had managed to get in front of them! She prepared herself to give another spinning kick towards the dark haired girl in particular, as she seemed to be the most aggressive of the pair.

What she wasn't prepared for was the illusion suddenly drop - revealing their true target. She halted, two feet handing once more on the ground directly in Aria and Lute's path as she turned to Guinevere. "MISS PHILLIS!" she yelled in warning, and for once she actually sounded with it. Shame she was actually distracted at the time.

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He couldn't... there was no way Max was in any state to continue fighting! Syed involuntarily took a step back in fear, his hands immediately moving as swiftly as he could. Max may be badly injured, but that didn't make him any less dangerous, any less overwhelming to fight. If anything, this would make him more so. The only reason Moira had hit him before was because he had put himself in a position where he couldn't evade. He doubted he would make that same mistake twice.

Plus... even amongst the chaos, he could pick out the screams of his allies. His worry, his concern for the others... he couldn't focus on this man properly, not when the others were in so much trouble. He didn't know what was going on, he couldn't afford look around to check. He didn't know who was fighting who, he didn't know how everyone was faring... all he could do was assume the worst.

He fumbled his gestures, the spell suddenly coming to a halt. He could do nothing more than unintentionally spark up in distress, frozen to the spot in horror. There was a terrific flash, and suddenly Max had launched in the blink of an eye. It was too late.

BOOM!!!!!

He recoiled from the shockwave, crossing his arms to protect his face as the ground cracked. He peered between his arms, squinting against the wind and debris... and he couldn't believe what he saw. In the middle of it all was Max and Moira... the latter having miraculously brought her fist down between the former's shoulders and slamming him into the ground.



"Stay down," Moira growled, her scarf flapping behind herself. "For yer girlfriend's sake."

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Oh man I'm pants at chapter names. What chapter names have we had so far, you remember? So I sort of know what to aim for haha.

Gonna sort out the PM now before work woop woop woop I'll try and be fast.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Big Top
So now Isabella was getting involved... she really didn't seem to like the dark haired girl. Poppy continued in her assault, running towards them - and getting a soft toy hit her right in the face. Ouch! In her suprise she fell back onto her backside.

Owwwwww, she was getting really sore now. At least the toy was more pleasant than the back of Xan's skull. Or being thrown through the air by a wind mage. With a sigh, she flicked her hands - them once more seperating at the wrists.

Her hands flew through the air, going wide around them to minimise them being noticed. She readied herself. Should Isabella's knives miss, she was ready to push Lute and Aria into one another to open up another opportunity for either the more experianced acrobat or Lidya to attack.

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Moira promptly spat to the floor, glaring in Max's direction. So her head was harder! Unlucky for him. She found herself hesitating regardless, however - at least until he started moving again. Okay he was alive she didn't care anymore.

Syed's hand grasped at his hurting chest as his eyes cast across the tent, rapidly switching from one thing to the other. Chaos. Animals ran rampant, creepy toys dragged themselves across the floor, people were attacking their allies... and the little girl was still here, lying on the ground with two toys on top of her.

Of course he had to prioritise her. He trusted everyone else to handle themselves just a little longer.

"Come on, come on love," he said as he scrambled to her side, his voice still rough from earlier. "We need to get you out of here..." he had reached forward to grab the blackbird and pull it from her head, only to falter in suprise by how heavy it was. He hesitated, looking around at the swarms of toys in the area. This... these toys... there were so many of them too. They were in serious trouble.

Well, what's new. He forceably pulled the toys off her, tossing them to one side as he went to help her up, quickly scanning her for injuries. Wait... didn't this girl fit the gushed description Eric gave way back earlier? The only reason he remembered it was because they were all looking for her for so long.

"...Is your name Balti?"

Meanwhile, Moira glowered down at the fat lizard toy. With one smooth moment she span her sword and stabbed it into the creature. "Stop moving you creepy little shit," she hissed, before refocusing her gaze on anything nearby.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Sup guys, writing this at the barbers lol. I'll be skipping this round too I'm afraid. That does mean since Tuesday is my non-posting day I'll be missing two days in three which sucks balls, but it's not a regular thing thank fuck.

In terms of response to the npc thing, thanks everyone for offering lol! Kei though, don't feel obligated if you don't think you'll be able to. I want everyone to get the most out of it (like everyone does with their chappies) so I don't want you to force yourself. I'll probably send out a group pm in the next couple of days so you can decide from there.

I need to do some more talking to Pach about it too to hammer out the details and fix a few issues with it, since he's guiding me through the whole thing lol. Thanks for helping with it!

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Actually I want compensation for you showing me a Mr Blobby vid, that guy horrified me even as a kid. Just listen to that heavy breathing oh my god.

Don't ask me about maps lmfao, I'm terrible at that kind of thing haha!

Oh quick question, would anyone be up for making a NPC for my chapter? Since I think it's coming up fast now lol. PM me if you are, and I'll give you some details you can work from :)

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Big Top - Performance Ring
"Ah!" Poppy cried out, smacking her hands over her ears. What with the blow she had gotten just moments prior, this was certainly not welcome. Neither was Lidya in her own suprise pouncing upon her instead. Luckily, Poppy saw her last second, splitting her body to allow Lidya to jump right through. Or perhaps unlucky, depending on your perspective.

"Lidya, Lidya, burning bright," she cooed towards the lioness in an attempt to calm her, although she kept her eyes fixed on one person and one person only amid the chaos.

Her hands detached at the wrists and flew forwards, seizing a hold of Lute's ankles and pulling them back towards her - as she herself began running forward after the Virtuoso. He had given himself a head-start, sure. But she wasn't going to allow him to keep it if she had anything to do with it! She span in the air, aiming a flying kick at that mermerisingly fluffy head of his...!

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Big Top - Air
Moira was once more reduced to grasping desperately at Max's hands, trying to reduce the extreme pressure he was forcing upon her. It felt once more like her stomach was being crushed, like her heart was going to burst from her ribs thanks to her curse. She coughed. And yet, thanks to her armour... she could still breathe.

A small smile spread across her lips. "Sure I'm too dumb..." she whispered. While ordinarily her whispering was loud enough for anyone to hear anyway, it was carried away by the air which whipped around them. The smile spread as her grip tightened - her gauntleted hands digging into his flesh.

"COURSE I AM TOO DUMB!" Moira bellowed suddenly as she whipped her head up to lock her gaze with his, her arms suddenly switching position from pushing to pulling. Pulling his arms apart, twisting as she went. "AND YOU'D BETTER FUCKIN' HOPE YOU'RE DUMBER THAN ME!"

And with that she drove her head back, before driving it forward with alarming force to hopefully meet with his.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Blaaaaargh back to work tomorrow uuurgh.

And yeah I have no idea what kind of business i'd start either. I'm sure as hell not doing all the work though you can sod off lmfao

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Phillis Circus - Big Top
Poppy whined with her eyes screwed shut, rubbing at her head. Ow ow ow! That wind mage was really powerful, she had underestimated him. A natural danger of going against a stranger, she supposed.

She heard a whipping noise, however. Slowly, she reopened her eyes, only to be greeted by... by...

Her cheeks reddened slightly at the sight of the pale haired boy she had collided with. Then without hesitation, she reached out... and started patting his head. "It really is that soft," she breathed, patting Lute's hair some more. This boy just reminded her of a puppy and she didn't know why. "I'll fight you in a minute," she said simply, clutching at his wrist with the other hand to allow her to get closer.

Only for a roar to remind her that perhaps she should be fighting now. She looked up to see a lioness racing towards them, although she didn't flinch in the slightest. "Oh, hello Lidya."

Her grip tightened on Lute's wrist, preventing him from getting away that easily.

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Outside
Those deadpan expressions though. Moira's expression changed to that of a wide smirk at the sight of Marcus and Amy staying put with their own signature stances. They weren't going anywhere either. "Oh I fucking love you guys!" Moira laughed, before turning back to the two stiltmen. Let's go!

Meanwhile it seemed Lily just wasn't willing to listen. She wobbled from the disruption of her balance, before regaining herself. The laser charged once more as she raised a foot... except the main body of Lily's suit was suddenly wrenched to one side as Syed electromagnetically pulled at it, causing her to stumble. She tried to save herself, her leg extending out.

"Marcus! Give usSSSSS TAH!" Moira yelled, Marcus launching her high into the air before she even finished - and narrowly avoiding yet another laser from Stevie while she was at it. She pulled her sword back, driving all her power into her arms. "RRRAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

There was a flash of cold steel as Moira tumbled through the air - dragging Syed along with her - severing the leg clean off. And with no second leg to stand on anymore, Lily was sent falling uncerimoniously to the ground.

"Moira!" Syed exclaimed in horror once they had landed, the golden glow of Amy's buff flashing and preventing them from being hurt. So much for avoiding damaging them! Moira smacked him round the back of the head, causing the golden glow to flash up once more.

"Hey, you gave em a chance." Moira instead turned back to the two stiltmen, now looking very much a sorry state. Neither were capable of really moving anymore, one with only one leg and the other not much better. "Do us a favour and stay here," she said bluntly. Her eyes rested on Stevie in particular, lifting her greatsword to point towards him. "Don't try any shit, you hear?"

He seemed in no rush to do any such thing. If anything he just seemed to panic. Satisfied, Moira turned back to Marcus and Amy. "Let's go," she said, looking back towards the Big Top.

Syed hesitated as they left, looking back to the stiltmen. "I'm sorry. But I'm sure you can fix them when this is all over, right?" He flashed them an apologetic smile and gave them a small bow, before hurrying away.

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Yeah I get like that sometimes lol. Sleeping always helps my writing mojo.

The good news is that my Nan isn't as bad as we had been lead to believe. The hospital is looking at discharging her, although... to be honest none of us are really happy with that because we don't think she's really fit to live on her own anymore, her health has just gotten too poor. So we're still really worried hahahaha. And her house is pretty much worthless because my Nan and Grandpa did an equity release thing way back when so we can't exactly sell it to get somewhere better.

WORRIES WORRIES WORRIES anyway I'm off to hang out with my bestie again lol. I hope everyone's weeks get better and nobody works too hard. Hey Pach maybe we should just make our own company and be self employed, then we don't need to worry about all the crap we get atm.