Lugubrious

Phoenix Wing (A Fairy Tail RP-Always Open, Open)

Cool I'll put them up soon

It amuses me that Nero things time lord used some sort of magic to figure him out, when it's just observation

And it amuses me more about the son from the future thing

@Caits

It would, because it amounts to borderline metagaming observation. Check this out...

You are all show, no real power, and I bet the word Subtle isn't in your vocabulary. Although you do have an unique sense of moral judgement, you are nothing but a child, playing with magic.

This is the second post after Time Lord first met Nero. And he has mentioned knowing all about Nero in the past, though admittedly those could be lies to make him seem like more of a threat. But it's not like anything's going to change.

Nero is glad that he was amusing, at the very least.

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Nero the Genie – Dragon Fang Hotel

From the start, Nero was dead set on exposing the Time Lord as a fraud or at least an idiot. In his eyes there was no other option: either the man was deliberately misleading Eve, or he had accidentally harmed her through ignorance of her condition. Of course, the dark mage had expected the Time Lord to retort with an assault against Nero's character -as people often did when standing atop indefensible positions- but he had not quite expected the other man's response to be so impactful. The nonsense about genies and conclusions did not affect Nero, given that they were straws reached for to try and demonize him. What came after, however, caused him to freeze, still smiling. For a split second before the word 'pretending' sank in, he was indignant and ready to interrupt, as patronizingly and annoyingly as he could. Then it hit him. Oh...dear, he thought, slowly. He got me. He figured me out. I do care about what everyone thinks, a whole lot, but since I don't know how to make them think well up me, I play up being worse than I actually am. People like to think that their per-judgments are right, after all. But how did he find out!? It must be magic!

Nero didn't move as the Time Lord spoke on, soft and menacing. A bead of sweat began to form on his forehead. He's got some kind of insight. There's no way he could have figured it out otherwise. My facade is too good. And how does he have knowledge of my doings? Sure, the Genie's kind of famous, but I've always tried to keep it on the down-low. This...poltroon is trying to make me out to be some pathetic kid who thinks he's bad because he doesn't know how to be good. Well, you're in for a rude awakening.” For a moment he forgot about Ayame and Eve, and the air began to grow tense with a rising power. Nothing, however, came of that. Instead, he fixated on the Time Lord himself, who had turned his back on Nero. Apparently the egotistical swine was so convinced of his righteousness that he didn't even think Nero could challenge him. And he was trying to attach himself to Eve! Nero seethed; he couldn't do anything decisive now that the Time Lord had involved his friends. He's a cunning dickweed, I'll give him that. After hesitating for a moment, Nero reached out with a gloved hand and took hold of the Time Lord's shoulder. He had hatched a plan. ”Hey, don't be so quick to push me away. If you think I'm not a bad man, I'd be overjoyed to prove you wrong. But with these girls I'm different. Anyone who doesn't think the worst of me is worth my good side. It'd be a lie to say I want to cooperate with you, but...maybe we're wrong about each other. We're actually a lot alike. Both fugitives from the magic council, both wantin' to help Eve, so on. And hey, maybe you're her son from the future and not just another guy tryin' to take advantage of someone with issues. As someone with issues, and who's been taken advantage of, I know the type. If you'll respect me...maybe you'll be worth it too.”

Nero's smile now was slight, barely a curve of the mouth and with no teeth exposed. A twinge of sadness had affected him, one not originating from his own heart, but the vacuous marble of melancholy in his pouch. ”Whether we like one another or not, Eve likes us both, and we can't keep hatin' one another with her in the middle. It'll only cause her problems. What you need is to wish for a truce. If you wish it, I will grant it.” He held out a gloved hand, presumably to shake. "If not...well, you don't want to be the guy who decided to choose petty conflict when it's a dark mage offerin' compromise, do ya?"

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@Amaya Tamashii Amelia'a fight is over. She lost. Other then that, nothing.

@Joshua Tamashii

Except for the Nightshade Silphilium airship that nearly crashed into Crocus.

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Man, I feel like my guild has no love. All the new people are either Phoenix Wing or Frenzy Plant XD

@Zarkun

Hm? The last new person Frenzy Plant got was Enma, I think. And that was over a month ago.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Yeesh, Prince. Is this what you do for fun?

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Ahah. I forgot about the contest completely.

I'd already drawn my stand's design and just needed to hit SAI. Should I still draw it?

@Sho Minazuki

I would love to see it, but it's your call.

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He will be angry at nero for trying to undermine him. Time lord has no evil plot with eve. He just wants to best for her, and doesn't think nero is fhe best for her. He doesn't consider having eve with him a danger, in fact time lord could do more to protecg eve if he was close. He didn't know if would cause her such distress to unstable ner so, but again if anything happened, his spells would have alerted him.

I wont be able tompost for a bit, I gotta do a few things first

@Caits

Unless his infinite and undefined powers include altering minds, like Nero's do, there's nothing he could have done to prevent a release of Eve's power. I guess if they also include surveillance then you're very right about his spells alerting him if anything happened, but then again, if anything happened, the Doma Flau might have been a graveyard.

Nero's an asshole in the way he deals with it, but he does also want the best for Eve. Perhaps both are wrong in thinking poorly of the other. Nero, however, has been thought of poorly his whole life, so he doesn't much care.

I'll be eagerly awaiting the post! Za Warudo, toki wo tomare!

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Oh.

No.

Take it back, take it back!

Cripes.

Now I have to write an angry time lord

@Caits

Keep in mind he's either angry at Nero for uncovering his evil plot, or he's mad at himself for putting Eve in danger. If he's mad at Nero because of that second one, he's shooting the messenger.

If he puts anger before reason, however, I expect my character might be in for a...

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Posted. It's about time something interesting happened with Nero.

Dudes, it's been a month since the first round of fights.

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Xyster – Frenzy Plant Camp

@CirusArvennicus

The arrival of Magni elicited a toothy grin from Xyster. She chucked her head over to him, lobbing it like a basketball. This peculiar behavior, though somewhat macabre, wasn't too unusual for her. Aside from acting as a trust fall, to test a person's reaction time and willingness to keep her noggin from bumping the ground, it also allowed her to speak face-to-face, and commonly it made people uncomfortable. Even with friends, teasing was something Xyster loved dearly. ”Hi, Magni! It's not so much you missing something, as this ship missing you! If woulda busted up Crocus pretty well if not for Salvoy here. Talk about crashing a party!” The Dullahan's body reached out a hand, signaling for Magni to throw the head back.

While this was occurring, Salvoy glanced worriedly at the Cloaked Woman. “What? Nash jumped in at this point. ”Er, you got us wrong, ma'am. It was the headless miss that said it, and she said 'present' anyhow. Either way, none of us want to keep the thing. We just wanted to find a safe place to put it. I'm guessing you're the owner of the ship? If you like, we could call the authorities to look it over and see what might have gone wrong with it.”

Nero the Genie – Dragon Fang Hotel

@Caits@Invisible Man@liferusher

As curious as he was to why the Time Lord sighed so much, and wondering if the man knew how melodramatic it made him seem, Nero wasted no time getting some food for himself and his companion. After making sure to soak the pancakes in syrup, the genie eagerly grabbed some buns for himself before returning to the table. The self-proclaimed Time Lord, having only gotten a single plate, had arrived first. Seeing Eve fascinated with the strange man's parlour trick, Nero began the search for something clever to say, but happened to witness Ayame first.

He broke out into a light-hearted laugh. ”Catching flies, Aya?” he pointed to her slightly-agape mouth as he pushed her stack of pancakes over. ”I know you're hungry, and while bugs are a great source of protein, these probably taste a lot better, heheheh!” However delightful the distraction, however, it had not totally wiped his focus away from Eve. An idea, built on a foundation of resentment itself formed of concern for the necromancer, came into his head. With little to no interest in the art of tact, Nero decided that now would be a perfectly fine time to do it. He masticated a mouthful of bun, swallowed, and leaned on his elbow, pointing a coffee spoon at the Time Lord. ”Hey buddy, I had a question for you. Been wondering ever since yesterday. You've got Eve's best interest in mind, right? What am I asking, of course you would. Why else would you interfere when Dragon Fang was on the verge of sending her to a place filled with bright lights and men in white coats?” He knew that by talking in a confusing fashion, Ayame and hopefully Eve wouldn't quite be able to follow him.

”Anyway, you've probably been asking yourself the same thing about moi. You look at me, and like all the rest, you see nothing more than a delinquent and monster. Now, I don't deny that, but even a dark mage has hidden depths. I've been looking out for Eve because since I've got a screw or two loose as well, I understand her conditions better than a so-called 'normal' person ever would.” The Genie was talking quite quickly now. ”So the way I see it, either you're a slight moron or a major monster. You took our friend here, whose soul was brimming with conflict, sadness and an obsessive desire to please everyone, and you told her to leave everyone behind to accompany you on some trip. Imagine: you want to please everyone, but one of those people will only be happy if she disappoints everyone else. Yesterday that conflict almost caused an 'incident'. Eve is a good person with bad powers, and by destabilizing her mind -the 'good person' part- her bad powers almost did something that woulda made the bombing of the old Magic Council look like a kid's firecrackers. If you're a moron, then I can forgive you for not understanding. If you did that on purpose, there are going to be problems.” The spoon in Nero's hand suddenly turned to water and splashed down on the table. He was smiling, wide and bright, but there was no trace of joviality in it.