Letter Bee

Re: Zero: The High Council

Flame Brooks

Flame chose to ignore Chieko calling Ashton a villain, although the latter was a rival. Instead, with another "Goa!", he put up a wall of fire behind the Demon Beasts' rears in order to cut off their line of retreat as well as obscure the view of any observers, hostile and allegedly friendly.

Two more fireballs aimed at the Wolves themselves later, and Flame thought he'd bought enough time to say to Aerith and Chieko once more, "Here's a brief primer of the situation - The Cultists don't follow the actual Witches. Instead, they artificially made their own so they can have something to Worship."

He rolled away from the Wolves' next attack, then said to Chieko alone after buying more time by launching fireballs at the wolves, "If they made an Artificial Witch of Envy, we're going to need a Sword Saint, a Sage, and a Dragon. The Murderer is already filling the Sword Saint slot - Long story - so we'll have to discuss who gets to be the Sage and the Dragon!"

Ashton Andrews

Ashton nodded, satisfied that Belrigger wasn't going to die any time soon, and made his way out of the abandoned warehouse complex... Only to see that the Witch Cultists had already entered the Noble Quarter, mixed with a scattering of Demi-Human bandits, all of who had already had killed their share of innocent people. The boy, still in his 'ideal form', gnashed his teeth and said to Belrigger, "It seems the moment of truth has arrived sooner than we thought - Let's cut through these people like a scythe through wheat!"

And with a loud, "Jiwald!", Ashton charged at the nearest band of invaders, hoping, no, knowing, that Belrigger will be behind him and that he'd give the order for his troops to move out and support the boy in his assault on the Witch Cult.

Nevertheless, Ashton felt a tinge of... Dissonance as he cut the throat of the first person he was deliberately trying to kill permanently. As the Cultist fell, followed by a Demi-Human bandit who ended up in the wrong way of his next cut, the boy put up a wall between himself and his regrets - The latter had no place in this fight. Instead, he let the adrenaline flow through him as he hewed and cut, taking a moment to gesture to Belrigger to follow him as he made his way to the same place the largest forces of cultists were advancing towards - A random Noble's estate!

Suffice it to say that even if Cultists weren't heading there, Ashton would still be going to that place as it looked secure enough, and then await Flame's coming...

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@Solaris, can you post here to say that your character has been approved in PMs next time?

Noble Arms: Restoring Hope - With Gratitude to TheHangedMan

@Masakado1, Tell me when you've made the edits I asked you to do on Discord!

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@Letter Bee :O secrets and lore

okay, with that, i'll write my first post! should be done within, like, the next 3 hours. but probably sooner than that

@Zoey White

Yes.

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@Letter Bee so, is my character Jehenne one of the nobles being sold? i'm very excited to start, I just don't know what i would write. Just her inner thoughts and behavior as people bid on her and those around her?

@Zoey White

She is. Yes.

Also, you would know there are rumors that someone or something has manipulated the Nobles' Rebellion for a mysterious end...

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Posted the first post of the IC! Note that you guys don't have to start out in the slave market - You can also start in other locations.

Also, I am recruiting for a Co-GM!

@Smike@Stern Algorithm@Overlord Thraka@Aqutanama@Rune_Alchemist@Zoey White@Landaus Five-One:

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City Event - Mostly for the Main Party

It was a warm, but breezy day in Venedig, and the rich, in their carriages and lavish gondolas, were making a rare trip to the open-air slave market, a circular space whose northern half was ringed with wooden exhibition platforms, beyond which were the stone buildings where the chattel was 'processed'. As the sun shone brightly in the clear sky, the merchant-aristocrats of Venedig would walk to the open space facing the exhibition stands, where chairs and miniature pavilions were already set up. Then, once all seats were full, the auction masters, smiling men and women clothed in bright silk, would then emerge from the buildings and onto the stands, before announcing, in clear tones enhanced by World Magic:

"Ladies and Gentlefolk of Venedig, we would like to announce that Karl Maximillian V of the Reich des Goldenen Grahles has given the city this opportunity, an opportunity to be the instrument of punishment to traitors, and profit from such use. Thus, beyond these stands, the former nobles whose treason had reduced them to the status of chattel are being sorted and processed, with those who are above eighteen years of age being stripped and bathed for exhibition. The first of the batch, the men and women of the Edelweiss family, known for their renowned beauty and skill in both Change Magic and Medicine, will be sold...now!" And with that, the doors to the 'centremost' (from the seated people's perspective) stand would open.

Walking out, escorted by guards, would be a set of five extremely handsome men and women, their entire bodies shaved and waxed except for their eyebrows, eyelashes, and head hair. They were fully naked and exposed, but they did not bow their heads, nor did they avert their eyes from the crowd, nor try and cover themselves. The rich merchants of the land whooped and jeered at the ex-nobles, though a few felt pity, even shedding tears at the Edelweiss' family's plight.

The oldest man of in the group, a tall, muscular man whose hairs were only showing streaks of grey, was bid and sold first, then the women, leaving two males, brothers whose dark hair and eyes, as well as tall, slim, and lean bodies caused the crowds to whoop, leer, and jeer harder.

"Fredrich and Heinrich Edelweiss, nineteen and eighteen! The first is a fighter-paladin, the second is a doctor, but already a savant in his field!" said the auction officials. "Will they be bought as a joint item, or will they be separated?! What is your choice, crowd?!"

One of the frontmost merchants, a surprisingly young man with short-cropped hair, whose thin build was bedecked in gold and crimson silk, got up from his chair and miniature pavilion, which was made from the same stuff. He would then say:

"I wish to bid twenty million thalers for the both of them!" in a voice that was authoritative, another surprise, at least for the Edelweiss brothers. The younger, Heinrich, would then recognize the merchant as Kaspar Ridolfi, one of the richest men in the city, newly come to his inheritance.

"Going once...going twice...sold!" shouted the nearest auction master, a slightly fat, jolly-looking man who seemed to enjoy this job a lot. "Now that we've gotten our audience's appetites whetted, time for the auction proper to begin!" And with that, dozens of naked people, escorted by guards, would be led out of the processing buildings, few of them having the dignity or beauty of the sold Edelweiss family.

And among them was one Rote Kaufmann, stripped of all rags to expose his body to full view. As bidders swarmed to pay for the privilege of owning 'the fairest youth in all the land', his only thoughts were this - That he had to warn the Church of Existence that all was in danger!

@Smike@Stern Algorithm@Overlord Thraka@Aqutanama@Rune_Alchemist[@Zoey White]@Landaus Five-One:

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@Zoey White, I like it! Accepted.

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@Letter Bee sure! i suppose i took "Short bio" too literally, lol

@Zoey White

Yeah, you did, sorry about that.

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@Zoey White, The bio is a bit short, but the app is otherwise fine. Can you extend the bio?