Fox of Spades

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Posted! :D

MUAHAHAHA, let's see if you guys can spot my clue >w<

*Cue mad cackling in the distance*

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"I'm sure she does. Go and ask her."

Harper turned to look at Jasper. He didn't want to approach the strange child and he didn't want to go into the lake. Her sudden appearance was unnerving, though to be fair, she had probably been swimming long before they had arrived. "O-Okay," he stammered. The boy took in a breath of air, puffed up his cheeks then marched towards the lake. He was going to stay calm, he was going to walk up to her and he was going to get some information. Harper wanted to go home and if going home meant sucking things up and being brave, then he'd do it.

Ace told them to relax and the boy gave her a slight smile. The lake terrified him, but it was less scary during the day. He could do this, definitely.

As he approached, Ace began humming. The girl's appearance hadn't fazed her at all and Harper wondered if Ace was oblivious to the dangers of Nowhere, or just ridiculously brave. He kicked off his slippers, rolled up his pant legs, and waded into the water. He quickened his pace so he could keep up with Ace, but the deeper he went, the more he worried. Soon, he was up to his ankles in water. Then Ace suggested she get the girl's attention and Harper watched. This girl...what was she afraid of?

Ace called out to the girl, but the child continued to sing merrily, as if she were the only person in the world.

"Hopefully, she's a good person. If not, I think I'd be kind of screwed." The words made him jump, if she really was a siren in disguise. It would be over. He could see their dead bodies floating. He could see the shocked expressions on the other human's faces and he gulped.

"Yes...let's hope she likes us." He inched closer to Ace, the girl called out to the child once more and eventually she turned her ice-blue eyes on them.

She stared at the trio and Harper stared back. It was like a game...for a few moments that was all it was then the girl broke into a childish grin, her eyes gleaming with curiosity. "Humans?" She practically screamed before she found herself laughing. They almost never got humans, the girl waved cheerily before she began swimming to shore. She dove beneath the lake only to pop out not too far from then, the broadest grin ever stuck to her face. "Oh golly, humans. I heard mommy and daddy talking about you last night." Her eyes were shining, and the lights in her hair flickered. "Mayor told everyone not too talk to you weird folks." She poked Ace's arm as if wondering if the human was real. She waved at Harper then waved both hands at Jasper, the only human still on the shore.

"We only see your kind once in a long while, so it was silly when the mayor told us to ignore you." She scrunched up her nose in displeasure. "We love getting humans." She pulled Ace and Harper into a wet hug and the boy winced, but it was hard to fear the spirited child. Her grin was cheery and she was just so full of enthusiasm.

"It's nice to meet you," he mumbled before the girl let go.

She made a face before beaming at them. "What did you want?" She tilted her head the same way a curious puppy would have. "Did you want to play?"

Harper looked at Jasper, then at Ace, before his eyes flitted to the little girl. "We could join you, but at the moment we need to know something. By any chance," he hesitated, was it okay to ask a child about the drownings. What if they frightened her? He decided to soldier on. "Do you know anything about the siren."

"Ah!" Her eyes filled up with sadness and the lights in her hair flickered off. "Serena, she was a really nice lady...we used to be friends." The girl avoided their gaze.

"Do you know what happened to her?" Harper motioned for Jasper to join them. He wondered if he was asking too much of the child.

"..." There was an awkward pause, the child fiddled with the hem of her dress. "She wasn't a witch...Serena was drowned because she saw something she wasn't supposed to." Memories of two cloaked figures came flooding back. "She died because of them." It looked as if she was about to cry.

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Best of luck with school, Aki :P come back to us in one piece!

Andddddd reply might take a bit longer. I'm going to go have dinner first.

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It's alright, Four. Glad we have that cleared up and I hope you get better soon ^^

I'll have a post up in around an hour or two.

Happy Friday from the future <3! How is everyone's day going? Anddddddd what's up (^w^)/

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No, it's fine. If you guys have anything you wanna voice out, go for it ^^

And let me clarify my own post last night. I am totally fine with Four resting while he is sick, that's not the problem. If you guys are sick, you should rest up as much as you need to. My problem is that ever since we started Four has been inconsistent. Sometimes posting once per cycle sometimes once in two weeks, but mostly around once a week. I noticed that whenever we try to interact with Leila, we either have to NPC her or wait before we are given a response and usually the cycle ends with Leila being ushered around by Dissonance.

Four can rest up as much as he likes now, the problem is if he plans to post once per week throughout the entire RP.

Thank you, Pach, and I agree that one post in one week would slow this down a lot. The rules say one in three and you guys agreed with this before you joined. What I wanted to say in my previous post was that I expect Four to post once in three days in the future and if he's busy, two to three paragraphs in three days will do, and I don't think that will take a ton of time. I just want to see Leila actually replying to someone without keeping them waiting or me having to NPC her.

Is this clearer? I don't want to sound crabby and, Four, you know I love you and Leila, but I'll reinforce the rules that have been set.

Hope you have a nice day ^^ I'm going to head for school now. Expect a surprise post for group one tonight.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Posted and oh, gosh <3 Kapi.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

“Oh Aislin no!”

The loud yell was enough to rouse him from his slumber. Lucien cracked open an eye, only to wince. His head felt like it would split open at any moment...what the hell did he drink? His throat felt dry and his head, it felt like someone had whacked him hard with a hammer. He closed his eyes shut, trying to fall asleep once more. His fuzzed up thoughts had forgotten all about the voice and why he had woken up in the first place. What he did know was that his head was hurting like hell and he needed to sleep it off. The others wouldn't mind, right?

“Dammit!”

Lucien's eyes shot open. Who was in his room--wait,wait,wait. His room had blue walls, where the hell was he? He scrambled to his feet, the world tilting as he did so. He bit down on his lip, as his head began to pound once more. His shirt and jeans were strewn about the carpet, even his cards were scattered on the floor. What happened last night? The last thing he remembered was feeling all ecstatic inside and flirting around with a pretty blonde. They had joked around, he recited his best pickup lines, then everything after that had been an absolute blur. Was he in her room? Did they...oh CRAP, had he done something he'd regret?

The summoner's eyes flitted towards blonde hair and his blood ran cold.

He and Dylan were standing in the room, both looking terrified, and in nothing but their boxers. HELL NO, he couldn't have been the pretty blonde with the sweet voice...right? right? There had to be an explanation as to why their clothes were on the floor, as to why they were both in nothing but their boxers.

"Dylan," Lucien's voice was nothing but a squeak. "Uh...funny seeing you here?" Yeah, there was no way. He just had to stay calm...Dylan would tell him everything. Maybe he had gotten Drunk and Dylan, like an awesome pal, brought the summoner back to his room...then it could have been warm so they just jumped into bed and undressed. Yeah, that was it, that was definitely it. Still, things didn't add up. Why did Dylan looked just as frightened as he was?

The summoner stared at Dylan, his face as emotionless as stone. The chaos, it was happening inside his mind. He brought his hands to his head and rubbed at his eyes. "What...what happened last night?"



Spuuhhsss! Spushhhhh!

The waves crashed against her before receding, back into the ocean. It the was the same thing, again, and again, and again.

Xan's cheek was pressed against the cool sand, half her body buried. The waves crashed against her, the cool water splashing against her now mud colored...clown suit? Xan's eyes widened as alarming thoughts of all kinds jumped into her head. Had they been ambushed? Xan let out a hiss as a sharp pain shot through her head. She only had a glass of what Aria was having...her tolerance for alcohol wasn't as good as Aria's but one glass couldn't have done this.

Xan pushed herself to her feet and shut her eyes. Why was she in a clown suit? Why was her real arm covered in marker scribbles? The girl didn't know but her face had been drawn on too. Also why was she unconscious on the beach and where was everyone...more importantly, what on earth had happened last night? Xan massaged her temples only to notice a giant, beautifully sculpted sandcastle near the shore. It was almost as tall as her and in the ground, not too far from it, scribbled in slanting, horrible handwriting was a phrase that almost made her choke. 'Ariyeaah and Churps were 'ere' Xan stared at it in disbelief.

Had they left her here? She couldn't piece anything together, her head was just hurting too much at the moment.

She needed to find the others. Xan walked across the beach, a hand on her head. A few people paused to gape at the grumpy, soggy, marker covered clown, but she didn't mind. She was a mixture of angry and confused. The usually calm girl, muttered a curse beneath her breath, this was ridiculous.

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Cycles was for when everyone was together :/ when the group split up we decided to go with the 3 day rule so no one would be kept waiting for long. And yep, group 2 has been reunited (^w^)/ or will be soon-ish.

The Quake (FoxOfSpades & RavenWolf)

I loved it a lot <3 Autumn!

Poor Scot D: I'll have a reply up tomorrow night or by Saturday evening at latest.

How goes the day?

Edit: I'll have it up by Saturday ^^ for now, I'm going to sleep.

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Awesome post Oblivon (^w^) and don't worry, Pach and Anon.

It's just, we have a three day rule and I want to keep it.

@Four - Okay, that makes sense, but it isn't foolproof since it could be a quirk ^^ but for now it's okay since Phones PMed me and told me about the specific info you guys got. Get well soon, Four :/ hope all is well and I'll look forward to your post.

Also, I'm fine with you guys being busy and stuff :/ but one post a week all the time is something I won't accept....especially not for a long period of time. Do you have time for this or not? Like I said, short posts are perfectly fine as long as the ball keeps rolling, I'm sorry. If you're that busy you can squeeze in a paragraph or two once in three days and that'd be good enough :/ better than one post in one week. Just restating the rules and expectations that have been set, I hope this is okay.

Kimchi, Aki, terribly sorry for the wait. You'll get your surprise tomorrow. ^^

After school for now I gotta work on papers. Hope you all have a nice day and what's up? :D