Conscripts

Hikari Academy

@KoL Just for confirmation, because the fight turned pretty unexpectedly. Did Aria telepathetically tells Yurius the opening speech? Because if she does, then he will have to stick with Havish until he delivers the info to him

Hikari Academy

I'm wrapping up my collab with Roccan, and I hope to be posting it maybe today or tomorrow.

Innocence Lost: An RP of Child Soldiers and Science Fantasy

((Collab Post between Letter Bee and Conscripts))

Five Days Later

Five days later, John Green would wake up the rest of the group, saying: "It's time to go on the trip! We'll be taking a freighter to Planet Cobalt; it's not going to be a Spacewarper, so we'll be flying the mundane way through a wormhole."

The cast of geniuses might need to review what they knew about space frieghters and wormholes, aka the poor man's method of FTL travel. The majority of non-military spaceflight involved sending goods and cargo on large space-borne vessels, whose engines were strong enough to head to interplanetary orbit. There, in the middle of space, awaited the wormhole, a rip in space-time that connected different planets to each other. This route was profitable but dangerous, especially as pirates might wait to ambush vulnerable ships on their way to their destination.

Basically, they were going to take a large ship, be carried there alongside cargo, and perhaps get ambushed by pirates on the way. Fun.

Timeskip to the Frieghter

The perhaps quickly turned for the worst though, as mid-way, as the cargo freighter was steadily heading for the wormhole, a ship, equivalent to the size of a cruiser, suddenly emerged from the nearby meteor belt, in utter discretion. The ship was painted black all around, shaped like a combination of a flying saucer and a cross, with guns placed messily all over the ship. At the head of the ship was a large skull, ornamented both for ramming purposes and for intimidation. The insignias on the ship was all too clear for anyone who came into contact with it.

The ship quickly exited the asteroid belt and caught up with the cargo freighter. Its engine was roaring with ferosity, and the thing would be easily able to catch up with the freighter if its captain decided to make a run for the wormhole. There, the space pirate ship's captain made his announcement.

"This is captain Kulora of the Simone, the pirate group in the region! We demand you, surrender your ship and offer all your cargo on your ship to us!"

In response, the Frieghter tried to veer away, attempting to return to the ringworld that was the Galactic Bazaar. Its engines were firing at full speed, taking advantage of the frictionlessness of space to accelerate faster than expected, jolting the cargo, which by now included the band of geniuses. But they would keep themselves steady among the boxes, containers, and other passengers that filled the cavernous cargo hold of the spaceship. Turning towards the group, John would say, "It is time to fight."

"Very well..."

The pirate captain handed down the order, as the targetted cargo freighter tried to drift away, ignoring their warnings. Their engines roared with mightiness, unbound by friction, as they began catching up with the cargo ship. Despite its initial outlook, the engine, bought from the most discreet but with utmost quality of black markets, was significantly faster than the cargo ship's. The ship quickly caught up with the cargo ship, drifting steadily nearer to the vessel.

And then suddenly, the pirate ship made a sharp turn towards the freighter. Seconds later, the front skull of the ship rammed onto the back of the freighter, sending the ship off its current trajectory, and sent the cargo onboard a tremor. The pirate ship then open fired their weapons onto the hull of the cargo ship, quickly tearing apart its shield and significantly damaging the hull and engine. As the freighter began to falter in terms of momentum, the pirate ship began to pull the cargo ship towards them, preparing to dock with each other. And finally, when the ship was near enough, a boarding party, consisting of hundreds of space pirates began pouring onto the ship.

Their target: the cargo bay.

Hikari Academy

I was gonna make the fight like one or two minutes only. And no KO or anything. But is it ok?

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@Conscripts hmmm. That may be a question for @Mahz.

Have you tried removing all the temporary internet files, clearing the history and just giving the browser a good old cleanup? You may be running off cashe information and it may be bugged, so removing and redownloading from the site source may resolve that issue.

@NuttsnBolts

I'm not entirely sure what is the cause, but it is resolved now. I followed it and got my browser a complete wipe of all data, making it brand new again. And when I logged on again, the problem disappeared. I'm not entirely sure of the cause, but thanks for your help.

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Good day everyone. So this is the problem that I have very recently. I think I got that only today. When writing my post on this site, I seem to be unable to find the toolbar above the New Post section. I feel like the entire page's interface has changed somehow. Also, I was unable to open any hiders, in any post, in any topic that I look at, even my own hiders. So I am wondering if this is because of my computer or the site's problem. Is anybody having this problem as well? And thanks.

Here is the picture of the problem: the toolbar is gone. The Edit option directs to a different page, also with no toolbars

Hikari Academy

@RoccanIronclad If you do not mind fighting now, we can collab our fight together. I prefer via Google Doc, but whether PM or Doc is up to you.

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Yurius Diencrade

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Combat Arena

Yurius's eyes widened considerably as he heard the young man's proposal. The vampire glanced at him again. He was surely more well-built than his previous challenger, but still not enough to not be called thin. Nervousness and anxiety were written all over his faces, only managing to get determined at the last minute. And he was trying to enter his class. His name was not on the list that Yurius got from the school's staff. So he was definitely trying to enter through unconventional means. Was he even serious with this?

He did have a mention of Martin Greyson, one of the graduates of Hikari, and an old student of Yurius, as his father. Assuming that was true, it would be natural for him to suggest his son to attend his class. But the thing was this. Martin Greyson was a skilled elementalist, a great fighter, and a person who fought for a good cause, who struggled to better himself. A worthy student. A worthy warrior. But him?

His nervousness got him not a good impression. To worry and flounder is the privilege of the weak. Nevertheless, the aged vampire knew many other students like him, walked in a pygmy, and left a giant. What mattered would be his current understanding of combat, and most importantly, whether or not, he could keep up with Yurius's teachings.

And that would be something Yurius would find out, for some part. Today. Right here. Right now.

"So you are Greyson's Junior. You wishes to enter my class? Your posture doesn't prove you capable of doing so to me. But fine, I will give you only one chance."

The vampire pointed downward, to the floor, his two eyes still locked onto his.

"Right here, right now, we will battle. One on one, no rules, no timer. If you can prove yourself in this fight, I will consider you worthy enough to attend."

Yurius tilted his head, while still staring at him, waiting for him to reply. Such a one-sided battle would bring him little joy, but this was his job after all...

@RoccanIronclad

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@RoccanIronclad Sorry if I pull Havish away to the Combat Arena without your permission. I feel that it would be more reasonable and realistic to do so. If you mind that, then I can change it

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Yurius Diencrade

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Combat Arena

"Ow ow ow! Teacher, you truly are strong."

The student that earlier challenged him was already kneeling in front of him, as the old vampire, after victoriously humble his adversary, had his two hands placed inside his pockets, mocking his student in his friendly and familiar tone.

"You are stronger than the last time we met, but you are still weak."

Normal people would be whispering about the vampire mocking his students like that, but he had no intention to discourage him from his studies of combat. Anyone who had studied under him would know that.

"Come again."

He said simply, as both combatants left the arena.

Some of the teachers and students there were already occupied by the time Yurius was done with his fight. Some were busy advertising their classes by talking to students. And personally Yurius didn't care. He had a flowing of students from the beginner class that graduated at the end of the last school year. Some even skipped beginner class and headed straight for Intermediate, or even Advanced. Of course, they were all young frogs who were a little bit over their heads, thinking that they were on the top of the world or something. That was why Yurius's job was not to trail them into the path that he wanted them to be. Those who were genuinely willing to learn and improve would do it, naturally. And those who didn't, would not.

The long-haired vampire stood boringly in the middle of the field, his two hands still in his pockets. There was nowhere to go, or anyone to talk to. His class was right here, at this Combat Arena. Soon, the teachers and students would be heading towards their respective classes, and the students under his class would be gathering here for an introduction.

All of a sudden, Yurius noted two silhouettes coming to him. At first, he did not pay much attention to them, but as they got near, and their countenance was aiming towards him, he couldn't help but look at them. Two young humans, a male and a female. The female one Yurius knew because she was a teacher in the academy. She and Yurius did not have much history together, but his reputation was very likely to be noted by the school's staff. The other one was a slender blonde boy, who apparently looked more of a student than a teacher. Hopefully so. Yurius had once got confused of Aster being a student, because of his youthful appearance.

"E-Excuse me. Professor Yurius." She said. "There is this young man who wanted to see you."

Then, she walked away. Leaving the boy with the vampire. At first glance, it was quite a contrasting scene. An old, tall and muscular teacher, and a thin man, looking at each other. The first thing that Yurius did after seeing him was looking at him up and down a few times. And finally he asked the blonde man.

"Greetings. What do you want from me?"

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