Fox of Spades

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Hey, Four, best of luck with everything :/ papers suck and I totally understand *has quite a few due next week*

Have fun on the rest of your trip and I can NPC Leila for you while you're away. I decided to go ahead and NPC Iro as well. I just need to clear up one thing xD your next post won't be in 14 days will it? Leila needs to get into the action too :P

I've finished my first post, I'll work on a collab with Mandu then have a post up for Aki and Oblivion soon-ish.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

"Is everyone alright? Then how do you suppose we can get it?"

Mayor Spicy Tuna focused his bulging eyes on Jasper and he blinked again and again, he was being thoughtful but with a fish head it was pretty hard to notice. He tapped his shoe, thinking hard about the question the young woman had asked her. He observed the humans and watched as they began regaining consciousness, some were still flat on their backs but most were coughing up lake water and stumbling to their feet. Everyone was breathing and it made Mayor Spicy Tuna click his tongue in delight. "Why...now that you ask, I do notice that everyone is still breathing. Isn't that delightful." The mayor let out a hearty laugh, happy that no one would be dying in his city. The queen would have been upset if she learned her precious humans had drowned and died in his lake.

Serenade noticed the twinkle in his fish-like eyes and felt a pang of anger. He didn't care about the humans, he only cared about his town and his name. "You better be darned happy they're okay, Spice." The black rabbit's expression contorted into a scowl and Dissonance looked taken aback. The black hare was usually calm and peaceful in her dealings with others but it was clear that Serenade was seething and just about to snap.

"Calm down, sis." The white rabbit grinned from ear to ear in an attempt to lighten the situation. She walked towards the dripping wet humans and as usual went for Leila and Hakuren. The white rabbit pulled them both to their feet and practically dragged them towards Serenade. "See, see! No harm done, so just lighten up."

Iro fell into a coughing fit and Serenade turned to look at the soaked magician. He was trying to look calm for everyone else because he was the adult wasn't he and if he broke down that would have been pretty bad. His teeth chattered and he was a ghastly white. Serenade made a mental note to keep the magician in the sidelines, he needed to rest. The black rabbit narrowed her eyes at Dissonance and gritted her teeth. "It's not okay," she spoke, slowly and in an icy tone of voice. "They could have died."

The white rabbit deflected her sister's rage with an innocent smile. "But they didn't, so just relax." She hooked her hands with Leila and Haku and realized just how cold the humans felt. Maybe Serenade had a right to be upset, but she didn't want squabble to take place between the mayor and her sister. The white rabbit beamed at the two humans she held captive. "Tell sis you're okay! I mean you guys are alright, right? Haku, I know you're tough." She added in, pulling them both closer. The black rabbit sighed but looked away in defeat and Dissonance grinned even brighter. However, before she could chatter on she noticed Mado walking back towards the cabin.

Dissonance lacked commonsense, but walking in the fog and all alone couldn't be what one called safe. "Hey! No face girl! Pasty skinned human...I mean, Mado!" Dissonance waved a hand in the air and motioned for the girl to come join them. Mayor Spicy Tuna turned to look at the source of all the shouting then cupped his fins around his mouth.

"Human, do come here." He called before clearing his throat. "I've got a few important things to say." He waited for Mado then once again focused his eyes on Jasper.

"So your question miss, well, I'll be honest." The fish smiled brightly. "I, uh, don't know. It's up to you humans how you obtain the items on your list. We nobodies have nothing to do with it."

Serenade sighed, that was true though she didn't like the way the mayor was trying to get away Scot-free. She gave the fish her most convincing evil eye.

Harper fumbled with his glasses, dripping wet like everyone else. He staggered towards Jasper, figuring that she was the most sensible one at this point. He gave her a reassuring smile then voiced out his own question. "Still, this is your town." He was through with games...he just wanted to go home. "Do you have any ideas? You must, right?"

The mayor scowled, what was this, an interrogation? He eyed the humans one by one then grudgingly decided to give them the information they sought. He didn't want the queen getting upset and she'd be angry if the humans got hurt or worse. "Well...you see there was a woman accused of sorcery once. Everyone called her a witch, drowned her in this lake." He noticed Serenade's eyes widen and the puzzled expression that made its way onto Dissonance's Face. Harper wasn't puzzled, but he looked horrified, disgusted even. "Claimed she wasn't a witch, no one believed her...ever since she died people have been walking into the lake in the dead of night. It's been happening for a while. No one could stop it or figure out why."

Harper actually looked angry. "I...I've had it," he sputtered, face turning a shade of red. "I've had it with this crazy place of flying trains and talking donuts! I want to go home." He yelled and as he did so tears stung the corners of his eyes. Getting stranded in a weird place was one thing, being sirened into a lake where a woman had been drowned and nearly dying was another. On the SSF they had lost a child, but this was the last straw. "We want to go home, we don't belong here." After his previous outburst his voice had grown desperate. "How do we find the siren's song!" He balled his hands into fists. "How?!"

The mayor looked away. "I don't know, I really don't, but maybe you could investigate? Find it? Talk to it?"

Harper looked away. "I'll do anything..." His throat felt horribly dry and suddenly he found his vision blurred with tears. Why was he such a cry baby...why couldn't he be brave. Serenade placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder and the boy struggled to blink away his tears. "Thank you," he mumbled, there wasn't anything else to say.

"Why don't you all get a change of clothes and rest for tonight. We can investigate tomorrow...for now you all need to rest and get yourselves warmed up." The black rabbit focused on a shaking Iro and sighed. Tomorrow she'd ask Song for some earplugs and when the siren began singing in the evening they'd find it and maybe they'd figure out how to capture its song.

"Songbird," Serenade called out. "Brandy, Martini, thanks for saving them...you guys came just in the nick of time."

Dissonance waved at the trio, happy to see them, but she didn't go to greet them and instead focused on trying to blow on Hakuren and Leila, maybe that'd help them dry faster...

The black rabbit on the other hand approached the item hunter and Brandy with a serious expression. "Song, you've been travelling for as long as I can remember...do you know how we might be able to capture a siren's song and do you have enough earplugs for everyone? I can pay you in stars for them when we get back. Martini, by any chance did you understand that weird tune?" Serenade sighed, they'd be spending quite some time in Yonder.

"Everyone," she stated in a loud voice. "We'll need to investigate and crack the case of Siren Lake."

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Nice avatar Mandu 8D reminds me of Matryoshka and haha nevermind the one week thing. I thought it'd be hard to discuss due to the time differences, but it was done pretty quickly~!

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

The patience is appreciated ^^ and thanks. I'll add you and Oblivion to the group then a smaller chat where we can work out the group dynamics between Ace, Elliot and Froggy. We need to give them some backstory in Nowhere since you guys will be starting out two weeks after the humans arrived.

How is everyone's day by the way :D?

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Thanks for the patience, guys ^^

My exams are over, but I won't be having a weekend ;A; ahaha. Still, at least there won't be any more tests. I know, I'm late, sorry xD! Anyways, guys, meet Oblivion and Akiblue the newest passengers on our little train. Their characters are now up on the site and it's been long overdue, but I've also removed the characters who are no longer with us.

I'll have a move-along post up ASAP. Oblivion and Aki, we still have a few things to plan, so you guys probably won't be making your entrances till next week, but this is what I had in mind.

Time in Nowhere is really screwy, so we can get away with this xD. Elliot and Ace arrived on a train that came really late, they were the latest and missed the cat bus. The Queen heard about this when the party was already over and sent a guide who goes by Froggy (I'll introduce him in the future, but this is what he looks like.)

Stephen "Froggy" Croaker

Stephen is really childish and not exactly good with directions so because of him Elliot and Ace get delayed some more and by the time they reach the castle the rest of the lost souls were already sent aboard the Shakespearean Star Fisher. The Queen decides to leave Elliot and Ace with Froggy and tells him to keep the humans occupied so both the humans pretty much stay with Froggy in his knickknack shop. He probably showed them around Nowhere too.

During the human's second week in Nowhere, Froggy gets a call from Skitz stating that the first mission was successful and that the humans would now be leaving for the town of Yonder or Siren Lake, if you prefer xD. Being the airhead that he is Stephen gets the place wrong and Skitz gets pretty upset, so Cello is assigned to bring them to the lake instead. They arrived a day before the current Lost Souls but were pretty much housed in a much safer and friendly town a few kilometers away from Yonder.

I have ideas on how to bring them in though it'll happen in my next post which will be three days from now. For now Oblivion and Aki, we'll need to communicate and iron out the kinks.

Does this sound good to everyone? Also I've missed you all ;A; *Clings to thread*

Oh and Phones :D yay for music night. At first I thought it would be an AMV about Kyokai Kanata (Did I spell it wrong? xD) then I realized it wasn't though it was pretty cool~!

Lastly, the older members know this already, but I'll just say it here. We have a three day rule and I take it pretty seriously. I expect at least a post every three days, but if you guys are busy you just have to say so on the OOC and it'll be all cool. Also, I know I messed up the cycle due to this busy week, so I'm sorry for the delay ;A; hopefully now we can keep up our pace. Exams are over, so I won't be missing any three day marks now xD



Oh, wow, this came out longer than I expected xD anyways, once again, welcome! Aki and Oblivion I hope you enjoy your time on the train and welcome to our dysfunctional little group. I really hope you guys stick around ^^! Oh and because I am mean 8D suffer Oblivion!

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

The silly banter, the food, and everything was just perfect.

Lucien was glad to be out of the hospital and like the others most of his wounds were completely gone. The only thing that remained was a pink scar on his stomach, the stitches were gone though and it felt good. He watched as their Leader gobbled down her food then turned to see Moira with her wine and Syed with his plate still filled with food. It had only been a month and a few weeks since Weir and it had only been a month since Vandrell, but to be honest, it felt like he had known them longer.

The shenanigans, the crazy ideas and the weird insults, he'd gotten used to them over the month and now that they were out and about he looked forward to future adventures with the pride.

Dylan suggested they have a picnic and Nikki leaned onto his shoulder. "A picnic, huh?" A bright grin lit up his face. "Sounds good to me and sure, sure, anything for you." He gave Nikki a wink. The casual flirting was something he had gotten used to as well and he found himself enjoying the way everyone just seemed to click. He was happier with the pride than he had ever been at home. It was ridiculous, but lounging around with them, it just felt natural.

Then Dylan asked about Don's and Trent's whereabouts and Lucien had to stop himself from pulling a frown. Ever since they had gotten back Don had been different, not the same person he had been at the train or when they had picked out clothes. The summoner had aimed his best puns at the dancer, but it hadn't worked. "Well, I'm sure they'll be okay." He threw in a dismissive wave and smiled before turning to look at Dylan. The matter artist left to get ready and Lucien took a bite out of his donut.

He was good to go, so he'd eat as much as he could and wait for the others. If Tiberius was paying then he wanted to savor the moment and eat as much as possible. Between mouthfuls he paused to look at the others. "Oh, hey, hey," Lucien suppressed a chuckle. "Do any of you know why the chicken was invited into a band?" No doubt it would be another one of his lame jokes.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Thanks, guys, and good mornight. (^w^)/ I'll get a post up ASAP.

Rex, @__@ how are you still typing coherently with so little sleep? Don't catch a bug! I hope everyone who's feeling ill feels better D:

Andddd yay for custom avatars. Buns, that pikachu is so cuteeeee <3

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Guys, guys, I am really, really sorry.

I won't be able to move things along tonight. :/ I've got exams tomorrow. Sorry for the inconsistency this week :/. It's midterms, so it's been exams one after the other ;A; ahaha *crawls beneath a desk to die* tomorrow is Jap and it's my worst subject, so I'm going to devote myself to not dying. Tomorrow is the last day of exams though so after that things should go back to normal-ish. Teachers decided to take away our weekend though .__. for make up classes.

I'm sorry about the inconsistency T__T and I hope you all have a grand mornight.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Good mornight guys. Danni, Buns, Pach, I hope you're all feeling better and congratulations on your speech, Tae (^w^)/

I'm really, really sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to post today either. Sorry for the inconsistency this week :/. It's midterms, so it's been exams one after the other ;A; ahaha *crawls beneath a desk to die* tomorrow is Jap and it's my worst subject, so I'm going to devote myself to not dying. Tomorrow is the last day of exams though so after that things should go back to normal-ish. Teachers decided to take away our weekend though .__. for make up classes.

I'm sorry about the inconsistency T__T and I hope you all have a grand mornight.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Good mornight, guys. D: Get well soon Danni, Buns, Pach.

Also, I won't be able to post tonight, gonna meet up with groupmates for a proposal paper for brit lit. Just stopping by the dorm to eat, sorry. I'll do my best to post after though if there's any time.