Crescendo

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Interrupting all you crazy shipping people with Zephy's image which I think a lot of you have already seen but meh: (Still have problem with drawing anything other than chibis so apologies)

Zephy

And let's not forget the bestest ship here yeah? Though InadixLesley... Ehuehuheuhe.

Another reminder

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Posted before you did, Tae, but I don't think it'll affect your post ^^;

I was really stuck for ideas so if something doesn't work out tell me please :'D And now I head to bed, I had forgotten how tiring choir festivals were ahaha.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond- 9th floor

“Not your fault…”

Aria shook, both enraged and distraught as the blond ranger collapsed to the ground. She was not only angry at Kenneth for turning her attack against Chirps but much of that aggravation was directed to herself as well. How had she not sensed such an illusion being cast on her, or even realized that their places had been switched?

Her mind was working on overdrive, trying to think up a solution to this problem. Chirps was down, her usual illusions were all but useless, and to top it all off not only was her opponent stronger in his magic but in strength as well, promising defeat if she faced him head-on. Judging from the pandemonium downstairs she presumed there was no help coming, yet her stubbornness prevented her from even thinking about retreating without Selan and Marcus (both of who were, unknown to her, no longer in the room which she was trying so desperately to reach. But nobody bothered to tell her that now did they?). Perhaps she could try using her incomplete technique she was working on, but…

A glance at the ranger’s prone body made her clench her fists. There wasn’t much of a choice, was there?

Aria darted towards Kenneth with a snarl. He was caught slightly off guard at this unexpected action, but only watched on with mild amusement as he quickly cloaked himself once more, only to have his sight plunged into darkness.

So it had at least worked this time. Aria struggled to focus on keeping up the illusion, feeling her magic ebb away steadily as she kept it up. It was her strongest illusion that she could pull off occasionally, but unfortunately it occasionally failed, took up too much energy to use and while it plunged an enemy within five meters from her into complete darkness it did the same to her as well.

Still, the loss of sight side-effect was hardly too important against an invisible enemy, and Aria charged towards Kenneth’s position ready to strike, honing on the man using a specific little detail she had realized before when the other illusionist had her pinned down.

The faint smell of cigarette smoke.

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What's this about hot men where's mine

It's raining men, hallelujaaaaaaaaaaaaaah~

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Goshdarnit Pach gET MOVING SHOO GO TO WORK

And yes, Lute is the cutest darling right after Kapi \brick'dforbias

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond- 9th floor

“Chirps?”

Aria stared incredulously at the blond-haired ranger who seemingly popped out of nowhere while rubbing her sore arms. Who would have expected him of all people to come to her rescue?

“How-When did you…?” Her eyes darted to where Kenneth had been thrown against the balcony railings, but quickly widened when she realized that the man had already managed to recover and disappear once more. “Never mind, there’s no time for that right now.” She hissed in frustration, grabbing the ranger’s arm and tugging him back so their backs were close enough to the pillar she had been hiding behind so Kenneth wouldn’t be able to sneak up on them from the back, something illusionists were prone to do.

She scanned the area through narrowed eyes, looking for any telltale signs that illusionists often missed while hiding themselves- any indents on the carpet, missed reflections or remnants of shadows, but spotted nothing. Chirps was giving her a questioning look and she quickly explained under her breath, never stopping her surveillance of the area around them.

“He’s an illusionist like me. Only stronger.” Her lips twitched in distaste. Admitting this had left a sizeable dent in her pride, but it was crucial to convey the situation. “Meaning my illusions are next to useless against him, but I’m susceptible to his.”

Sudden screams from the floors below made her press her lips even tighter and she shut her eyes, trying to block off the sounds and instead focusing her mind on sensing for his illusions. If only a certain Virtuoso was here-

Her eyes snapped open as she abruptly ducked to the left, hand shooting out to grab at what looked like empty air. Her fingertips brushed cloth for one short moment as carpet-muffled footsteps quickly moved away. Two knives were quickly thrown in the direction Aria thought the man had retreated but only hit the wall, blades chipping as they hit the wall.

She stared even more intently now, taking deep breaths in order to keep her ever rising frustration under control. She hated feeling helpless. If she didn’t come up with some idea soon she swore she was going to start chucking knives at random areas in the room, courtesy be damned.

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D8<

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Pft Pach :'D Maybe I should give these films a try too ehehe.

Also I lied about waiting for Friday to get the next book *evil cackling while stroking book two* Funny thing is, when buying the first book the cute guy at the bookshop commented on it, and today while getting the second book a cute guy at the Starbucks commented on it. I eagerly await the purchasing of the next twelve books.

/brick'd

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Everyone's posts are so awesome /o/ and gosh, Inadi's adorable :D

Oh, Vince. At this rate you're gonna die before reaching the castle you silly man ||D

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos : the Grande Diamond, 9th floor

Aria coughed, partially winded from being unexpectedly thrown to the ground so roughly. It didn’t help that he was kneeling on her back to hold her down either, and it was mighty uncomfortable to have her arms held in such unnatural positions.

She subtly shifted her arms, trying to figure out if she could potentially wrest her arms away. Unfortunately they were quite firmly held back, and it would be difficult to reach any knives she had stowed away on her person not to mention if she forced it he could very well break one of her arms. How had he managed to sneak up behind her? And he just melted away, like her own-

Oh. Well then.

If she wasn’t in quite the bind already she might have succumbed to the urge to thud her head against the floor. Out of all the freaking possibilities of what Kenneth’s magic could have been…

“You’re an illusionist, aren’t you?”

She glared up as best as she could at the man almost accusingly. An illusionist just like her, only stronger and more experienced. It certainly explained how he managed to see through her own illusion so easily while casting one on her without her sensing anything out of the ordinary. In other words, she was at a great disadvantage.

Wriggling her hands that had started to feel slightly numb, she just sighed, body going lax. Perhaps he would loosen his grip a little if she showed less resistance.
“As much as I want to go with the first option, I’m afraid I’m not very keen to- wait, Guilders?” They weren’t supposed know that! How did he find out?

“Who said we were Guilders?” She wriggled around, wincing when he dug his knee harder into her back. She needed to somehow get out of his grip. Was there anything around that could distract him?