Lady Absinthia

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

@Sigil lol was about to ask for an edit lol You're clear to edit.

🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

@rivaan Yes, yes they do

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

@Sigil Good lord... okay, will pm you to deal with skills, possessions, and so forth.

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

@Dragoknighte @Sigil @Morose @Nallore - Okay as you can see the first post up and going. Morose if you can manage to get in a first post before your hiatus that would be awesome but if not, totally understand. No worries, you can start your posts when you return. Everyone else, you are on 7 day counters starting now. ^_~

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

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"Where do I begin?" This is a question many ask and a wise, or mad, man once said, "at the beginning and when you get to the end, stop." Oh if it were only that easy. For here we start at the end and work our way back to the beginning, or to another ending. It can be a bit confusing for those that are not used to this continuous loop of never ending days and nights between the veil of life and death. How does one explain it? I wish there was a way, yet if you give it time experience will allow you to understand or at least accept it. That is what this is about, acceptance. Accepting what you have been through, what brought you to an end, what brought you here. What happens after that is up to you. Do you move on or do you continue here? The choice is yours, in a sense. You have some control but in the end everything is in the hands of The Dice. Eventually the decisions you make will lead to you moving on, how you chose to go out though is your choice. On your feet or on your knees.

Yes, it is tough. Leaving all you knew behind. There has yet to be one that I can recall that awoke here and was at peace. Those at peace never cross our borders. We do not bother those that feel they have nothing left, unfinished business is what tends to bring them about. Oh, no they did not chose to come here. They were brought. Why? Oh now, that is not yours to fret about. Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die. Or die and live in this case. Shh, don't weep young one. It will be alright. All is not lost, The Cards will show you where to go. No, you can't go back. Of all the rules you must learn of this place this is the most important...

"You must NEVER go back."

I know you want to. You want to let those you loved that you are alright. You want to ensure they are alright. I know, I truly do. While I have never felt the rip between life and death, I have lost. I wish there were things I could know but some questions do have to remain forever unanswered. It is a sad thing but that is part of living and live you must now. Do not worry, you will be shown how. We have been here long enough to know the way of traversing the years, decades, and even centuries. Are you immortal? Or how I wish I could answer yes but you are in fact not. Neither am I. None of us are.

What happens if you die now? I am afraid I do not know, not for sure. All I know is those that pass here never appear elsewhere. Their story comes to a close when the final chapter is written here. Oh, it is not such a bad thing. It is a chapter you would not have had otherwise, perhaps many chapters. So why not make the most of it. You will learn so much here if you chose to, we have much to teach. Worry not about what you no longer have, more will be provided. The Hat will ensure you have all you need. Now, onto other matters. Today is a grand day indeed. It is All Hallows Eve. Quite an exciting night of us all here and we get to relive it time and time again.

Why this night? Because. Oh no I won't leave it at just that. Tonight is a night where the veil is the thinnest and I have found over the centuries that this night allows me to let you cross into our world with the least amount of effort. With as many duties as I have, as all we Emendators have, it is good to be able to reserve our strength. Especially these days as our numbers have dwindled. Why? Oh, let us not worry about that just yet. You have plenty of time to learn everything. Right now, let us talk about today. No, you don't need a costume. In fact you seem to be dressed rather differently than when you took your last breath. It will feel enough like a costume for now until you grow accustomed to it.

As I was saying, this night is very special to us. We get to interact with the living on this night, see bright faces, and well... There are a few here that do enjoy scaring the bejeebus out of all that come and visit. Watch your step we have a few pranksters among our flock. Who visits? Just the locals. I know, it is a risk to allow them here on this day but there are so many ghost stories and hauntings in this area, if we did not freely open our doors they would come and poke around. Hiding in plain sight is a skill you will need to learn. It will keep you safer than any other.

I must admit, the ambiance of this night is very refreshing to me. The smells in the air, the flickering candle light from various gourds, the cooler air setting in, the crisp sound of leaves crackling beneath the feet. Do not worry. If you are not ready to deal with it all, you need not stress. Many of your kind prefer to stay in their room for the first few days until they can get their mind wrapped around everything that has happened. It is a lot to take in. It was a lot for me as well. Oh no my dear, I am nothing like you. What am I? I will explain that later, or actually I will let another. Now, if you do not mind. I will be off. So much work to do and so little time. I dare not fall behind in my schedule, The Watch would have my head.

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Letting out breath of smoke, she huffed. Things were getting more and more complicated as they days and weeks ticked by. Normally those within Ville au Camp did not worry about the smallest of things but more and more was showing up where it shouldn't. Ingredients were vanishing in places and minds memories were changed to what happened. Items were being taken from place and brought to another. Little things, nothing that should have drawn attention but it did and it was beginning to become worrisome. If this continued it could snowball into an avalanche that even the Emendators and Paradoxes could not set right.

Those damned Destruere. Was it not bad enough that they had ripped one of their own life from limb? It had been several years since that fateful day, when The Glasses perished, but to at least one of the remaining Emendators it seemed as if it was only yesterday. How they had found their home is still a mystery, one that needs solving. One that has to wait though. Thankfully since they left their last home and set up Camp in the Deep South of the United States they had not been found again.

So many Paradoxes were forced to move forward at that time, many of which had been with them for an age. Two remained after the move, one more had joined them since. Three, such a paltry number compared to what they once looked over. More would come, more would come soon. Things were shown, a path was laid out, chances had been decided. It was done.

That was enough, or so one thought. That was until the last couple of weeks in the loop. How could he? It was a simple mission. Go, retrieve an item, set it back where it belonged before it was discovered. Yet he refused to return and was lost outside of the loop as the portal closed. This wasn't some accident, this was on purpose. Breaking the first rule of a Paradox - you never return!

And now another was sent to retrieve him... Would that work out? What was happening to cause more ripples in the timeline? One could not tell. They would not know the level of disruption until it was over and done with. All one could do now was wait. Pray? To whom? Sure, some prayed. Paradoxes tended to have an affinity to holding onto the beliefs of their former life but the Emendators knew better than to ponder such existences. What lay beyond was not of their concern. What lay before them right then was. The time they had in their hands was what was most important but if this was not corrected quickly, what time would be left?

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Evelina Lucas

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Location: Ville au Camp: Main House (Room 201 -> 206)

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Today is the day but isn't it always the day here? The clock keeps ticking but the days never change. It is better that way. It allows us a safety we could not obtain otherwise. No, we are not completely safe. More and more is happening out there that let's us know there is a storm coming. Where and when we do not know yet. For all our knowledge of human history, for all our abilities, I still feel blinded. If only you were still here, to see what we cannot perhaps we wouldn't be as shortsighted as we currently remain. Why did it have to be you? Not that I wish your fate on any of the rest but losing you has left us more vulnerable than ever. We never suspected in all our millenniums that it could happened. We have to be able to see and yet we cannot anymore. Perhaps if it had been me things would have changed. We need to see the future, we need the time, we need the supplies, we need our sight. Chance, that is something we could have done without.

A quill placed back in the ink well, a book closing, a sigh escaping the lips. Tightness in the chest. It was always how this day began. The sun not yet having risen and yet The Dice had been up for an hour already. Lady Lucas never slept much these days, her mind constantly moving, trying to plan out three steps ahead. How she was. Far too many things in life were left to chance, left to her. She had to make sure that as much of her life and the lives of those around her was as ordered as possible. It was a difficult task and she swore some days a few around her were bent on causing her to scream.

Feeling a prickle in the back of her mind, her hand aimlessly wandered into her pocket. She could feel the worn and ancient dice in her pocket. Pulling a single one out slowly she closed her eyes and braced herself as she let it fall from her fingers onto the wooden desk top. It clicked as it turned over and over again. It wasn't until it fell silent did she open her eyes. Eve stiffened slightly as she looked down and her lips thinned. "No.. no rest for you. We need you here," she said as she snatched up the dice from its death roll and shoved it back into her pocket.

Standing she lit her pipe and took a few quick puffs off of it before opening the door to her room. There was work to be done. Today they would not welcome just one to the fold but many. There was work to be done, rooms to be prepared. Rooms that had remained unoccupied until this day. Checking the chart on the wall that hung next to her door she ran her finger over it. "Ahh yes, room 107 should do nicely," she said to herself as she picked up the pencil that hung next to the chart and wrote in a name next to the room number. "Sophia Harris."

Stopping she let the pencil drop from her fingers and looked around. This would be interesting. Turning she made her way across the Hallway, over the Galley and towards room 206. Rapping her knuckles against the wood quickly before she spoke. "Miss Gonzalez? Are you awake?" she asked. There was no answer. Sighing she rapped again. Still nothing. "Oh fuddle, do not tell me you are still slumbering..." she said in slight frustration as she reached down and turned the knob of the door. Pushing it open her brow quirked in the slightest.

Alicia was not there. "Peculiar," she muttered to herself, noting that the woman's bed was unmade, her clothes strewn across the floor. Did she forget to have a conversation with the young woman about her habits of untidiness? No, she was sure that she had yet the room looked as tumultuous as ever. At least she was awake from the looks of things. Yet, where was she. Eve needed to have a word with her before anyone arrived.

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Alicia Gonzalez

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Location: Ville au Camp: Oak Tree

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"Oh come on..." Alicia said in a huff as she sat beneath the old oak tree and glanced around. The sun was starting to rise and she looked down at the clip board she clutched in her hands, her fingers drumming along the back side. It was first official day of welcoming to new comers and she was beyond excited. Sure, she was the equivalent of a bastard child between a Wal-Mart Greeter and a Museum Tour Guide now but she didn't care. This was going to be fun. Yet still no names had appeared on the paper that The Hat had given to her.

"You broke or something?" she asked the damn paper as she shook it a few times, like it was an etch-a-sketch. She had been told how it worked. A name would appear on the list, with information about the person, when The Dice chose. She had been assured that today would be the day by Evelina the night before. She wouldn't tell her who to expect but she had given her word. The very thought had made it nearly impossible for Alicia to sleep the night before and she had been hanging out beneath the Oak since shortly passed midnight.

The Oak was the place the main portal was, it was maintained by The Watch and kept open at all times. It was a different portal than the others, this one designed to only allow Paradoxes to pass through on their initial journey to the Camp. There was the most gentle of shimmers to the oblong portal that was located beneath the Oak old limbs. A one way passage into a new life. Alicia remembered the day she crossed over as if it was yesterday.

It wasn't and she had been there nearly a year now. A lot had happened. She had met the most wondrous people. Learning she had lost much of the knowledge and skills she had had in her previous life was upsetting at first but the new ones she had developed were beyond amazing. She would make due and she was learning more and more as each day replayed itself. She had no plans on leaving anytime soon. She was going to make the most of the time she was given, not waste a single minute. Yet right then she felt like she was wasting hours as she waited.

Glancing back down at the paper again she squealed. "Oh Shit! Yes!" she exclaimed as she jumped up. Words slowly scrolling across the paper as a name appeared. "Sophia Harris," she said to herself as the name completed. The writing was not coming quick enough and she hopped around as she kept reading. Then she stopped in her place as her jaw went slightly slack. "You gotta be fucking kidding me..."

"I see the first name has become clear," Lady Lucas said as she came up from the house and over towards Alicia. Alicias eyes darted over towards Eve and she nodded. "Marvelous. I wishes to discuss this first arrival with you."

"Yeah, no shit," Alicia said as she rolled her eyes a bit and crossed her arms over her chest, jutting her hip out slightly as she did.

"Language. You are our representative. Our first impression. Make it a good one. Oh why did you have to chose such an ensemble today? Could you not have chosen something more befitting of the time? Never mind, it is too late now. She will be here shortly. Now as I was saying," Eve said with wave of her hand. She went on to explain a few things to Alicia about this first meeting. She was rather sure it had gone in one ear and out the other but there was no time to repeat what she had just said. She needed to gather a few things from The Hat. Even just hoped that he was already at the Mill. It was early but she had told everyone to be up early and prepared this morning.

Eve started towards the Mill and then stopped and turned, heading for the kitchen instead. Knowing him he was eating them out of house and home already. Alicia watched Eve for a brief moment before looking back at the portal. She could hardly contain herself as the portal shifted. "Hot damn!" she exclaimed as it turned and lowered to the ground. As it rose again and went back into place there was a freckle faced one handed woman in a brown dress laying on the ground as if she was asleep. Turning her head to the side Alicia bent at the hips and leaned over the woman, tucking the clip board behind her.

"Well good morning to ya chica. Names Alicia, welcome to Thunderdome!" she said in a giggle. Oh yeah, Alicia was a great choice for the welcoming committee.

🦄 Darker Than Black - Merged With T.S.

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Date: Monday May 22nd, 2017

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@Sigil @Morose @Dragoknighte @FantasyChic @Scallop @Nallore @Natsu

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La Hacienda: Maria looked over towards Caesar and groaned a bit. It was more than obvious that she actually enjoying the conversation she was having with the doctor who was sitting on the bench. Natasha on the other hand rose a brow to why Caesar would want to be talking with her. Was Cecily alright? Maria though nodded as she picked up Liam from the blanket on the ground and brought him to her shoulder. "He could use a change and I need to place a call for that prescription," she said before looking over towards Natasha. "Don't let him push you around," she said with half a smirk on her face before brushing passed her ex-husband and waltzing back into the house.

Natasha nodded slightly as she sat there. Waiting for Maria to leave before she said anything. "Sorry for ducking out of funeral but needed some air. Then Maria wanted me to have a look at Liam. He's got the start of a respiratory infection. Nothing serious but to be safe prescribed him some antibiotics," she explained before coughing slightly as she covered her mouth. Opening her purse she had to shuffle through the numerous medications she had for her recovery before she found her pack of disposable Kleenex. Pulling one out she hid her face as she spat out what she had coughed up.

"Sorry again," she said as she wiped her mouth and balled up the tissue in her hand before she turned back to Caesar. "Everything okay? Does Cecily need me?" she asked with a concerned expression on her features.

Diamond District: "Sounds perfect for you!" Wayne exclaimed as he turned to his assistant and took the tablet she had brought over. Making a few notes he instructed her to take Mali over to one of the massage rooms and call for Helga. "She is the best, a little strong on the hands but it's worth it doll. Just follow Genny down the hall and get undressed in the room. There will be a sheet on the table for you to get under until she comes in," Wayne explained before excusing himself in a rather colorful manner, going on about duties to do and such before she was finished so he was ready to take care of her when she was done.

"This way Ma'am," Genny said as she motioned back towards where Zoie had walked off. "Any particular scents you would like in the oils? Candle scents you prefer or don't like?" she asked as they walked, wanting to get the room set up for Mali just as she wanted it.

Police Department: Station 54: "Goddammit," Roy muttered under his breath as Priya walked away from him. Taking a quick sip of his coffee he steeled himself. He was hoping to avoid his new partner a bit longer but it looked like that wasn't fucking happening. Wait she had evidence to review? Son of a bitch. What had she found out?

Rushing over to her he came up to her side. "Well shit, my bad. I'm Gregory, you new ball and chain," he said in an annoyed voice as he walked next to her. Her desk was right across from his and he eyed Riley as they headed over that way. "What evidence is that?" he asked as he set down the other cup of coffee in front of Riley as he continued her phone call.

Justice Asylum: "De rien," Risa said without thinking as she kept her eyes on Jaina. "Tenez-vous tranquille jusqu'à ce que nous puissions obtenir cela regardé," she added.

Risa didn't let her eyes leave Jaina. It was no wonder she was locked up in an insane asylum. The woman had just attacked the doctor, taking a hit, had her knee dislocated and she was acting as if it was just good old fun time. There was no way she was underestimating this woman. She smirked slightly, two could play at this game. "Врачи не продержались долго в моей работе," she said as she crouched down slightly and gave her a wink. "я убийца."

Translations

French Translations - You're welcome. Just hold still until we can get you looked at.
Russian Translations - Doctors don't last long in my line of work. I am an assassin.

Club Afterdark: Outside of the club there was still evidence of the mass shooting that took out so many earlier. Blood stained the concrete and chalk outlines were still visible. Inside the place was pretty quiet. The usual bartender was there cleaning glasses. Scott was a tall ebony colored man who seemed to dress for comfort instead to impress anyone. There were a handful of patrons sitting at the bar and dotting the tables and booths. No band was playing yet so the usual 70's style punk music was being pumped over the sound system. In a corner booth was an older woman. Her skin tone was coffee with just the right amount of cream. Her hair looked like something out of a 80's music video. Hair, bleached blonde. She was older, probably in her sixties. She dressed in a starched button down white dress shirt with fitted jeans and seven inch spike heels. A pair of reading glasses rested on the tip of her nose as she kept looking over papers. Her eyes darted over towards the door as Bart entered, giving him a moments attention before going back to her paper work.

🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

@rivaan Okay Riv you are up.

🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

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Hooded Figure

Location: Tower - 2nd Floor
Interacting With: The group
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The hooded figure turned around slowly as the door was crushed open. He seemed to be dressed simple enough; black trousers, knee high brown riding boots, a cream colored button down tunic, and a dark green coat with a hood. Pulling the hood back he revealed a face that was middle aged and middle of the road as far as looks went. There was nothing spectacular about him but he did look vexed as he eyed them. Though the expression on his face changed slightly as Thomas came into the room and yelled out towards him. His dark brow arching deeply as he looked the man over.

"What nonsense is this that which you speak half clothed one?" he asked as he looked down at the revealed portion of Thomas' form. A spindle like finger pointing to the hard to miss flesh. Bringing the finger to his lips he pressed it there before he spoke again. "Quiet, my friend is terribly ill. He needs not this disturbance. Get out," he demanded before turning back around and looking back at the figure in the bed as he remained on his knees. Reaching out to the friend he tucked the covers higher. One could not see the figures face in the bed, the blankets pulled high and nothing but a matted form of blonde hair poking out from beneath them.

The friend in the bed moved slightly, a low groan coming from beneath the sheets. "Rest, it is nothing. Just rest," the hooded figure told the one in the bed, patting the friends shoulder area slightly before his head turned sharply and looked back at those that had come into the room. "Out before you are exposed and befall such as my friend here has. Out!" he said harshly but in a quiet voice.

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

@Nallore Yeah go ahead and edit that.

🦄 The Paradoxical Emendation - Merged With T.S.

@Nallore Okay, move her over to the CS tab. Once she is there you can work out her relations. For this, you won't put in for the other Paradoxes yet or the Emendators. Fill in the 5 from her previous life and add herself to the paradox list and thoughts on herself.