Jasmine Lockwood, Cody Bloodstein and Shiro Hime
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Before Cody could explain what his magic did however a large dome made out of what seemed to be bone erupted out of the ground and surrounded them. Fearing the worst Cody took a deep breath.
"Absolute Defence: Activate." He muttered under his breath as a small gust was now emitted from his magical power being released. Just in time too as some loud person now began to count to ten in their heads. Ten huh? Long enough then.
Stepping in front of Dawn defensively he held both hands out.
"Absolute Wall." He said as he drew a line in front of him with his fingers. It was a spell he had learned a while ago. By concentrating his magical power across that line he could create a shield made of his magic power.
As the explosion now occurred however his shield cracked all over from the shockwave alone. The heat now began to pour in as the shield was barely holding together...but by some miracle it did hold.
Only because Cody had also simultaneously used Absolute Defence to cancel out the some of the heat which had come their way. However such a combination drained him slightly as he was now panting.
He listened to the man in the sky above before narrowing his eyes as more shadow creatures appeared. Drawing his sword now he realised he would have to fight them properly.
Shiro was surprised as her scythe cleaved cleanly through the creature before disappearing when she noticed Nidhogg coming. Best to get out of his way when he was attacking. When she reappeared she saw a man in the sky above them? With the dome closing in around of him she saw a silver twinkle coming their way....oh dear. Teleporting as quickly as she could she only just managed to escape the radius of the explosion, but the shockwave caused by it also caused her clothes to ripple. The heat was intense, even from so far away, but bearable.
Watching rather calmly as the master revealed himself and made more she simply twirled her scythe before giving chase to the nearest beast, going to cleave it half as she did the original. Even if they were in the air, she could teleport after it.
Jasmine meanwhile was outside the dome without a clue as to what was going on inside and was still in shock at what she had seen.
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@rivaan for the night of the third day/early fourth day
Angela Arthur James Jessica
Angela nodded excitedly at the prospect of going to Janna's place for dinner.
"
Yes please!" Angela said as she hugged Puppy-Arthur close to her chest. Arthur was not amused by this situation at all.
"
Sounds like a solid plan." Jessica nodded in agreement to this satisfactory arrangement. Arthur was their cook usually, but depending on how long it took for the magic to wear off....
James simply followed behind the group silently. He however did nod his approval of the plan, even if he didn't Angela would probably kick the crap out of him.
"Hehehehe... I'm glad you guys decided to come indeed!" Janna stated with a smile as she began slowly leading the way through the town towards the temporary home." It's not the grandest place, but it has an outdoor kitchen with a table and chairs in the backyard that can be used." Janna explained as she kept an eye around for shops and stands that sold food ingredients.
"Ahhh... just a moment!" Janna said to the rest as they passed a grocery store where she quickly ran to buy a bunch of stuff and a few minutes later she returned with a few big bags full to the brim with food. She then threw a quick glance at James, who stood there. From the way she looked at him, she made her intention for him to grab a few bags to carry quite clear."Ahm..."
James glanced over at Janna when he noticed her looking at him. She looked like she wanted something....but what? After a moment of pondering, he realised that she wanted his help to carry the shopping and thus now grabbed a few bags as the group continued it's walk to Janna's place.
"Well took you long enough to notice." She said as the man took some of the bags." Still at least you realized it, I've had cases where they simply stood there staring at me blankly, unable to realize the simple thing I require from them. So for that you have my thanks~"
"By the way, does any of you suffer side effects from your magic?" She asked while they walked. Having her side effects was very annoying, so she was wondering if there were other people out there with similar problems.
Angela pondered the question for a moment before shaking her head.
"
Not of what I can think of, no." Angela shrugged her shoulders as she glances down at Puppy-Arthur. He also shook his head for no, his magic may be different and weird but it didn't have any side effects. Of what he knew of anyway.
"
Magic side effects? I am told that my magic has twisted my personality somewhat, but I don't understand how." Jessica replied as she now stroked her chin thoughtfully.
James followed behind as he silently listened to the others answers. It was true, her personality had been warped. Before she had been 'justice this' and 'justice that' but now, her 'justice' had become quite sadistic.
"
Neither do I." James chimed in from behind. He wasn't sure anyone heard or really cared, what with their girls chat going on ahead, but he decided to answer nonetheless.
"Well it seems that then I'm not the only one experiencing some kind of side effects..." She said with a sigh as they walked. Usually her sense of direction was extremely bad, but luckly this time her place to stay was a straight line from where they were so it was simply a matter of walking down the street
"My magic makes it so my very touch cuts in addition to making my body have the properties of a blade aka durability and things. Problem is that sometimes after I stop my magic the effect lingers and I cut things without wanting to. Most my scars I earned that way." She said with another sigh." I'm not actually sure if it's really a side effect or some kind of error in the magic part. Since I can't even remember how I got this magic, I have no idea where to start searching."
"Ahh, we are almost there!" She finally said, pointing a building in the distance." That building over there with the green tiled roof
It was at this exact moment now however that Arthur suddenly transformed back. Due to the way Angela was holding him as a pup, when the smoke from him transforming back cleared he was now on top of her in a rather
compromising position.
"
Ow...you're heavy." Angela groaned to the man now on top of her. She was completely oblivious to the awkward position the two now found themselves in, much to the amusement of James who was now trying to stifle a chuckle.
However a huge grin broke out on his face and you could see the edges of his mouth twitching. Jessica meanwhile didn't have the same self-restraint and broke out in laughter. In fact she fell to the ground holding her sides, that's how much she was laughing.
"Glad to have you back, Arthur. I was wondering if you would stay a cute puppy forever~" Janna said with a whistle as she watched amused the sight before her eyes for a few moments, before she reached a hand out to help the man get of her cute little Angela." Come on now, my place is just a few dozen meters from here." She said and one again led them forwards to the building with the green roof.
Opening the door on the side of the building at the fence, she led them at the back yard where there was a big table with many chairs and a big outdoor kitchen that was already stocked with wood." I have permission to use this place since I rented a room here. So I will now get cooking."
"Ahh Janna, will you be cooking now?" An elderly woman showed up from the building, with curious expression on her face." I see you brough friends. Do you need help?" The older woman asked, but the former theif only shook her head and the woman with an understanding nod went back into the building.
"Well, make yourself at home for now. It will take a little while before the first food get's ready. So till then here are some appetizers~" She said and started to prepare salads and to cut dried meat
Arthur frowned as he mumbled under his breath as he let Janna help him up. Angela laid on the ground like a flattened pancake. Her eyes were just swirls at this stage.
"
I'll kill that genie when I see him again..." Arthur grumbled angrily as he scooped Angela up and proceeded to carry the little girl the rest of the way.
"
Look mate we know you like girls like Georgie but don't attack little girls like that." James said with a wide grin on his face. The look Arthur gave him quickly made him shut up and move ahead quite quickly.
Once there James placed the shopping where Janna placed the rest of the shopping before pulling out a chair for Jessica, who simply nodded and sat down with the grace which had abandoned her just moments before.
Arthur was still mumbling under his breath when he placed a still recovering Angela on a chair as well, glaring at James the entire time.
~Unspecified ammount of time later~
"Ohhh... my head..." Janna moaned as she slowly tried to stand up. Everything was spinning and she had one hell of a hangover." What time is it?" She asked the people around her who were in similar way spread on the floor of her humble abode. The simple dinner turned into more of a party with lots of alcohol and at that point she kind of loses any memory of the event. From the looks of it, it was already late into the next day." Oi... anyone awake?" She asked the rest, moving with great efford to the small sink in the bathroom and splashing herself with water to wake up.
Arthur grumbled some sort of reply to Janna's question but otherwise continued to lay fully spread out on the floor. Jessica had fallen asleep with Angela in her lap in the corner of the room, both girls sound asleep.
Meanwhile James was at the table...still drinking. He looked completely calm and unaffected by the alcohol. He now glanced up from the drink he had just opened and waved towards Janna.
"
Yeah I am." He said before taking a swig from his newly opened drink. It would seem that James had a very high alcohol tolerance.
"How come you are unaffected like that?" She asked, taking a glass of water." You drunk just as much if not more than most of us... that's not normal no matter how much of tolerance you have..." She said and sat on a chair, keeping her hands on her eyes for the light hurted like hell." What's the time...?" She asked.
"
Of course I am human, not my fault you guys can't hold your alcohol." James chuckled before taking another sip. He had been drinking even after the others had passed out, he had probably drunk more than them combined yet was still unaffected. Why?
Who knows. Better question, how and why did they have so much alcohol?
He glanced around at all the empty bottles and made a sheepish grin.
"
Sorry most of that was me." He said before taking yet another swig. Unlike Arthur, who had pretty much died after three drinks much to James' amusement, James could handle alcohol obviously.
Noticing that the light was hurting Janna's eyes, James now clicked his fingers and the light around of them dimmed slightly. His magic wasn't powerful in the combat sense, but this much he could do.
"
None of us are what one considers 'normal', after all we are from a dark guild." James replied as he leaned back in his seat. He knew that Janna knew, she had pretty much declared that yesterday at the stadium.
"
The time? I believe midday. Should be the fourth day of the games as well if I'm not mistaken...we did meet the third day right?" James paused slightly as he tried to remember what day of the games they had met before shrugging. Either way everyone had only been out for a few hours. Or in Arthur's case, several.
"I see..." Janna replied, slashing some more water on her face. That man was not normal by any way... no normal human could take that much alcohol as if it was nothing. Janna herself while having poor health was able to carry her drinks to an extend, but his was inhuman. She sighed in relieve as the light dimmed.
"Alright let's start waking up the others, we all will sober up and go have a walk around town. I just don't feel like going to the stadium... my head will cut itself off in protest and run away if I do that. The flashes and noise will kill me if I go anywhere near there." She said as she ran to wake up Angela and Jessica.
"
Yeah, yeah leaving me with Mr Sunshine." James mumbled as he drained the rest of his drink before throwing the can at Arthur's sleeping form. The can made a resounding, loud clanging noise as it rebounded off of his head.
Almost immediately afterwards Arthur leapt up and cried out, holding his head gingerly before looking around to try and get his bearings. Noticing James waving at him, he started glaring towards James. Of course it was him.
Jessica woke up quite easily, as soon as Janna approached actually her eyes flew open and she now started to nudge Angela awake. While this was happening Angela made a strange purring noise as she was stirred, brushing away Jessica's hand.
"
A little longer..." She mumbled tiredly into her shoulder, causing Jessica to sigh.
"
I didn't want to do this..." Jessica said before simply standing up and dropping Angela on the ground...only for her to remain completely asleep. Well damn.
She decided to leave the matter to Janna, and as soon as Janna awoke Angela they would move out.
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