Crescendo

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

The water suddenly started to bubble and Sacha quickly moved back in time for the boy to heave himself out of the pool closely followed by ???. He grabbed on to her arms and gently lifted the girl out as she panted for air, quickly taking out the list and showing it to her before stashing it back in his pocket. Before he could suggest that they retreat something whizzed past him, narrowly missing and instead embedded itself inside the stone cave wall.

"Ah, I'm sorry. Did I miss?"

He spun around quickly, stepping in front of their leader who was still gasping for breath to face the brown haired girl who had thrown the… meat cleaver? Why was this girl throwing around meat cleavers? She had another knife in her left hand as well.

"Next time, I'll take your head."

Of all the types of people this group of humans could have, they had a psychotic knife wielder murderer. Great.

Discreetly he pressed the folded list into ???’s hands, not once taking his eyes off the girl. As he crouched slowly in anticipation for another attack.

"Give me the list and your head comes off."

Give her the list AND his head comes off? Well then.

Sure enough the girl dashed towards him, throwing the cleaver that curved towards him (great, it was a magical cleaver. Just his luck.) preparing to slash at him from the right. With the pond behind he had no choice but to lunge at the girl, tackling her and throwing her back with enough force to throw her back a few meters. He felt slightly sorry for doing so as she was quite a bit smaller than him, but judging by the fact that she was actively trying to take his head off felt a lot less guilt than he usually would have.
Sacha gestured at ??? who was still behind him to try to give the signal to leave now they had what they wanted. He didn’t want to spend any more time dealing with these people than he had to especially if there ended up being more than one person off their figurative rocker.

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Ehehe >:D Sorry ladies, he's taken.

And Sacchin vs. Mado... D: Not the stabby giiiirl he gone dieee

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Who be calling my baby a grizzly- \brick'd Did I ever even show you guys his picture whoops

This be Sacchin minus the wings

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Pachamac said
/boots Danni and Kathi up the arse for not posting

*rubs poor booted butt* I deserved that ; v ; Posted!

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Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond

So this was what it was like in a high class establishment. Aria looked around in wonder at the tall ceiling, gold and ivory décor and the sparkling fountain that let out a burst of water high enough to almost reach the top floor as they were led to the waiting room. She gave a short scan of their group as the passed through a short hallway monitored by the security cameras. Makeup was fine, wigs were pinned firmly in place and- what was Lucien doing?

She bit back a laugh as he strutted down the hall, hips swaying exaggeratedly before being stopped by a very exasperated Xan. He certainly wasn’t one to feel pressure, was he?

The spacious conference room was decorated in a more conservative yet still very tasteful manner. As the guilder sat down and waited for ‘Miss Lady Vasco’ to arrive, a nervous silence descended upon the group before Selan piped up.

"What kind of questions do you think we'll be asked...?"

"The basics perhaps? Name, age, address. Availability, working hours, and salary?"

Aria gave a confident smile at Xan in response to the nervous glance she received. They’ll be fine, she was sure, but crossed her fingers as well.

Soon enough their interviewer had arrived. She had an air of authority around her that made the illusionist slightly more nervous about the whole deal. The woman obviously knew her stuff- fooling her was going to take quite a bit of effort. Still, Aria maintained a steady and polite smile on her face as Miss Vasco scanned the room, gaze piercing each of them by turn.

"You're rather plain, very good facial structure though. We can work with that." Aria gave a small huff at the lady’s assessment of her friend. Sure it was her job to pick out the best women to serve their establishment, but that was a rather unnecessary remark.

Eventually she sat down and having outlined the job, started the interview.

“"So the basics for now. One at a time, I want you to walk the length of this room. As you do so I want your names, ages, and why you are applying for the job. Understand?"”

Dylan went first, doing a very good job in disguising his voice as he walked the length of the room as instructed before returning to his seat. She was next and she stood up, giving the woman small bow of the head in greeting before giving a confident saunter as instructed, making sure to sway her hips just the right amount.

“I’m Aria, age 20. I want this job because I feel it’s well tailored to my competencies, Miss Vasco.” Her tone was warm but polite. “I’m very good with handling customers and picking up on body language, so I would be very well suited to a job here.” She gave another nod before sitting back down. So far so good.

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I be done :DD feel free to post, Michi <3

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Sacha looked in alarm as one of the humans tackled their leader into the glowing water, the two quickly sinking out of sight. He quickly stepped forward, about to run over in case the two were in trouble before a page of paper quickly fluttered by him, followed by a white haired girl who seemed to be, for lack of better words, drunk.

He watched, perplexed, as the girl half-danced half-flounced past, smiling toothily and singing some tune while grabbing at the floating piece of paper that managed to evade her several times before finally deciding it was a good idea to pounce at it. He gave a small wince as she lost her balance and fell flat on her face with a painful sounding thud, the list fluttering weakly to a stop beside her.

Stepping over to the fallen girl tentatively, he stooped down and gingerly lifted the list from the ground. The girl seemed relatively unharmed, the only visible damage was the reddening bump in the middle of her forehead smeared with a trace of blood from her finger. For a moment he deliberated helping his rather pitiful looking enemy up, but after some thought tugged out a handkerchief from within a pocket underneath his robe and dropping it beside her before backing up just in case her loopiness was just a ruse. As harmless looking as she was, one could never be too careful. List clenched tightly in hand, he turned quickly, surveying the scene.

His eyes widened when he realized that their leader and the boy had still yet to surface. Hastily tucking the list into a pocket and quickly making sure nobody around was planning on tackling him but instead busy rescuing their friends from the nets, he strode towards the pool quickly, long legs bringing him to the side of the rippling water with a few strides. He peered down through the liquid, feeling slightly panicked when he couldn’t spot the two through the murky brightness. Why hadn’t they come up yet? Was there a creature living down in that pool that had grabbed hold of the two? Or had they bumped their heads and were unconscious down there? By now he was staring down at the water, brows furrowed and grey eyes scanning the water frantically for any sign of the two. Should he dive in after them? But he didn’t want to leave Gary and Luke by themselves now that the humans were free. They’d be coming after him soon now he had the list. He gave a low growl of frustration, continuously looking over his shoulder. They had achieved their goal of tking the list, but they certainly weren’t going to leave ??? behind.

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Writing up a post now C:

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Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond

Aria couldn’t help but give a low whistle when she stepped back to admire the newly made up boys. They all looked quite stunning, even under heavy scrutiny it would be hard to tell that they were actually guys. The results were way better than she had expected and she smiled brightly- perhaps they had a chance of getting in after all?

“Wait, stop right there.” She quickly grabbed Chirps before he could go change, tugging the dress he had plucked from the pile of fabric out of his hands and replacing it with a floor length one. “You, Chirps, unfortunately do not have the legs to pull of this dress unlike Dylan there.” she tilted her head at the blond who was currently waddling around in a pair of heels, giving the man an approving scan before turning back and nudging the ranger over behind a bush to change. “Lucien, you might want to have a longer dress as well.”

“So, ladies, are we ready to apply for our new jobs?”

"You'll need to get some details sorted before you go, like your names and things like that. You need the details about yourself to be watertight in case they ask, you don't want to get tripped up by the simple things."

Ah, yes. “Good call,” Aria nodded in agreement. They would need to need to iron out the small details before going in. Speaking of small details…

The illusionist frowned in thought, smacking away Chirps’ hand when he started scratching at his wig. “Now that you guys look like ladies, you’re going to have to remember to behave like one too! Take notes guys, this is important stuff.”

She smacked a fist into her palm, before whirling around and pointing to Lucien who froze.

“Don’t drag your feet around when walking! You’ve got to pay attention to your posture, so we don’t shlump like this,”

Tip from the Queen

“but instead keep your back straight, chest out, head held high. Next off, don’t scratch yourself in public!” She gave another whack at Chirps as he reached for his wig. “Doesn’t matter how itchy it gets; refrain from doing so until you can excuse yourself to go to the washroom or someplace like that. No buts.” She gave a pointed stare at Thunderhawk, before tapping a finger on her chin. What else is there?

“There’s not much we can do about your voices, is there?” She pursed her lips. “Marcus and Dylan might be able to fake it with some effort, maybe even Lucien but… Looks like you’re gonna have to keep to try to keep your mouth shut when possible, Chirps. Maybe fake a sore throat?”

She twirled back around, leaning once again on Xan. Despite the severity of the situation she couldn’t help but feel a little excited. When was the last time she had done a covert mission?

“Those are all the basics I can think of off the top of my head.” She gave a poke to the metallurgist’s cheek. “Xan, you wanna do the honors of giving tips on seduction?” She waggled her eyebrows playfully.

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Ari's totally going to join in the fun, if only for the sake of watching the guys, ehehe. I'll be posting soon, meanwhile I'll just leave this trailer here :D