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Fate/Prisma Connections (the reboot!)

Now, as far as Aoi knew, she was the only one in the student council who knew how to use any form of magic. In fact, she felt like it would be safe to assume that she was the only one in the group knowledgeable enough to recognize it's use. So when she saw an older man she'd never met before suddenly crash through their meeting room's doors, his flesh and clothes suddenly turning to stone right before all their eyes, the Director of School Events felt that it was her duty to protect her fellow classmates.

Of course, such a thing would be easier said than done if they weren't dealing with an enemy that seemed perfectly built against the magic she knew. There was no point in risking their lives and swearing them to secrecy about knowing she was a mage when these things probably wouldn't blink at the sight of a flashbang.

Prioritize. One person at a time. That's how you save as many as you can. By this logic, that meant some people wouldn't be saved, only her fellow council members that could save themselves or she helped first. Aoi tried not think about this, but it ate at the back of her mind as she ran first to Kuremi. She seemed the most shaken by the older man's appearance. Did she know him? "Please Kuremi, we need to get moving. We'll try to help them when we can, but that won't be possible if we get turned too," she told the president, trying to pull her toward the window where Rebecca was waiting.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

Forgot tags. @The Irish Tree, @Awesomoman64, and @Suku

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

Cayde Selmy

Sitting up and rubbing his aching head, Cayde slowly returned to the land of the living. "I'm not sure if that was the best or the worst flying I'd ever seen in my life," he said, finally getting up off the ground and readjusting his armor. There was a question on his mind, but he knew he didn't want to hear the answer. No matter what Perkeo would say, it was going to hurt to hear it. To delay the inevitable, he decided to test his sword and adjust the sheath's placement on his hip to leave it in the optimal position in case of a fight.

With nothing else to possibly distract himself, the nobleman let out a sigh and turned to Perkeo. "Any clue where we might have end up? I don't know Ziggurat or it's surrounding islands very well," he asked. There was a moment of silence before anything else was said as he mentally prepared himself to ask his next question. It was clear by his expression that he wanted to say more, but was taking great effort to get the words out. "And how many did we lose in the crash?"

As he awaited an answer from the bard, the nobleman turned back around as he heard something clatter down the hall. Someone had opened the hatch to the bottom deck where they were located. Another survivor or possible scavengers? Either way, Cayde would play it safe and place a hand on the hilt of his sword as he waited to see who it was that had joined them.

A pirate was the one who had stepped out from the darkness, which left the warrior uneasy. Outlaws didn't tend to travel alone. Though it seemed his enemy were the same people that had imprisoned their small band, so perhaps they could find some common ground. "It's stolen," Cayde began, not bothering to prevaricate or be ambiguous about what they had done. "We needed it to escape from Ziggurat Prison." Considering the island's legacy as being inescapable, that should hopefully prove to the newcomer that they weren't to be underestimated.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

I'll get a post up before tomorrow.

Fate/Prisma Connections (the reboot!)

That's dumb. Don't bother suggesting it.

"Well, uh, maybe we could..." Aoi began, her pause sounding more like she had begun suggesting something before she actually had a concrete idea down, rather than the truth that she had just scrapped the first five that had come to mind.

That's a terrible idea too.

"Err, how about..."

Stop right there before they laugh at it.

"Uhh... Oh I know! How about we get the Sports Club and Body Improvement Club to put on some sort of game? Like flag football or something."

What were you thinking?! That was so dumb! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Despite how critical her inner thoughts were, Aoi's face did not betray a single clue to her fellow student council members. She looked as enthusiastic and happy as ever, a big smile on her face and her hand raised in the air like some sort of cheer.

Kuremi's right. We're going to fail so hard. I wish my sis were here to help. She's so much better at this kind of thing than I am.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

Cayde Selmy

Success! The creatures, whatever they were, reacted just as he had hoped to the thrown torch... That is until Perkeo was grabbed by one of them. Dammit! No matter his suspicions toward the Draph, Cayde wouldn't let him die. The question though was what he would do to save him. These things had tossed around other prisoners and guards that looked to be twice the nobleman's size. Even with his experience with the sword, there were five of them. He didn't like his chances against just one. Racking his brain for ideas, Cayde pressed his wrist against his forehead.

Then he remembered. Earlier, Satirra had attempted to use her connection to her element to dig through the floor, but couldn't because of the collars they'd been wearing. However, in his case, that might just work in his favor. Usually, most weapons would bend or sometimes melt entirely when he attempted to use his power. With his currently weakened connection though, the mass-produced sword he now held in his hand might just be able to withstand his flames. Now with a plan, Cayde leaped out from his cover and charged toward the creatures, lighting his sword aflame and severing the tentacle that was holding on to Perkeo.

Raising his sword up to keep the pyrophobics back, the nobleman turned to his companions and shouted, "Everyone move your feet if you don't want to get eaten! I don't know how much longer these things will blind for!" Once the party was safe behind the door that led to the stairway down, Cayde would follow, sprinting down the next several floors together.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

<Snipped quote by The Irish Tree>

You used that same image only a single page ago.

You're a sham. A shell of your former self.

@Ammokkx

At this point, it's a running gag that he uses that image every time he reviews a character sheet. Every. Time.

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

Y'all got room for one more?

@Awesomoman64

One of us. One of us. One of us. One of us. One of us.

Fate/Prisma Connections (the reboot!)

Please leave me alone.

"And then I heard that the two of them..."

I don't care.

"But out of nowhere, this cop shows up and..."

I'm late. Please just let me leave.

"So after all this, he took her back to his place..."

Just stop. I don't care about your stupid gossip. I just want to be by myself.

"And that's why she didn't show up for school today."

"Man, I would have never guessed she'd get into that kind of trouble, Hana. Listen though, I've got a student council meeting to go to right now so how about we continue this tomorrow?"

"No need, I can just call you later tonight."

"Great. Talk to you then."

As Aoi walked away from her "friend" she could hear Hana begin spreading more hurtful rumors to another group of girls, and she wasn't sure if it was her imagination or not, but she was pretty sure that Hana mentioned her name as well. She wasn't surprised. Aoi was used to this sort of treatment, but like all of her other life problems, she ignored it with a smile. Why bother making a big deal about it? She should just focus on getting to the meeting. Definitely not think about whatever hurtful stuff Hana is saying behind her back.

The girl let out a sigh, giving herself just one opportunity to express her actual hidden feelings before forcing on a bright smile and opening the door to the student council. "Sorry I'm late, I got held up by foot traffic. I didn't miss anything did I?"

Granblue Fantasy: Rhapsody in Red

@GarlandDaHero,@The Irish Tree,@AdmrlStalfos19,@Hyyde322,@Kal-El

Cayde Selmy

Hearing the rest of his companions discuss the need of a strategy against Warden Derrick, Cayde decided to throw in his own thoughts on the matter. "While I agree that a plan for dealing with the warden is certainly in order, I don't think we can do so now. We don't have enough information on him like strengths and weaknesses or possible environmental hazards on the fourth floor that we or he could take advantage of. We could try and find a guard to interrogate, but I don't believe we have the time nor the privacy to conduct anything of the sort. Our best option may be to perform our own recon before engaging him ourselves."

Soon after he finished speaking though, the group would find themselves ambushed by a group of eldritch horrors that seemed like something right out of his uncle's tales. "Hold that thought," he said, peeking around the corner with Perkeo to avoid being hit by one of their water-y projectiles. "I'm no marine biologist, but..." Cayde had begun to say before one of the creatures spit out a ball of slime at the wall he was hiding behind. "I believe it's safe to say these things prefer water over this stone tower. Deep water most likely."

Looking over to a nearby scone that held a torch, one of the few sources of light in this prison, the nobleman began to hatch a plan. Removing the torch from it's fixture, Cayde tossed it around the corner to see how the five water-aligned monsters reacted. He had a feeling that their eyes would be extremely sensitive to the light as they would be meant for depths far below where the Sun's light could reach their habitat.