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The Midnight Train to Nowhere

I'll probably get a post later tonight and see about Inadi rescuing Jasper.

In other news I think it's safe to say my other rp I started up has died. That's two on this new site. I've got some bad luck I think. XD

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Just posted myself. Rather long one and definitely one that I am going to feel proud of as I hit the hay here. Night all!

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Inadi watched as the cloud covered his arm and he felt a great surge of energy and relaxation go over him. What a strange thing this was as he felt his previous pains and spasms all but dissipate into memory for him. As the clouds left he looked at the arm and saw the wounds had gone and he let out a smile. He turned to Harper and held his arm out at the young man. “I guess you can say it's better than ever now to answer your question. And good timing too.” He told him as he noticed Jasper also coming over to check on it. Though he had to say there was a suddenly rough smell that developed around him. He rolled his eyes in his skull adjusting to it and tried his best not to breath it in. It smelled like someone had gotten sick recently to be honest. He waved it off though, thinking it was more than likely some random soldier finally settling down a little too much.

The dragons continued their discussion and Inadi began listening with a scowl on his face as he took a seat nearby Harper. Here these giant and great beasts were arguing and bickering it seemed like some pissed off attendant in an apartment complex because the neighbors upstairs were playing their music too loud. It was starting to give him a headache to be honest. That headache though went away as soon as Harper seemed to throw out the group as volunteers to go and defeat the witches. At first Inadi wanted to shoot out and protest, but then he saw that the boy was shaking again and realized this was him trying to be brave for not only himself, but the group. Inadi instead stood up slowly and threw his spear on his shoulder while taking a spot next to Harper. Without saying a word he was showing he would provide whatever help he could to keep Harper's promise to these dragons. He gave him a quick smile and nod as he waited for the dragon's to finish their speech to them. It seemed like they didn't trust human's to hold their oaths that often. Considering how fantasy novels painted the relationship between humans and dragons, Inadi wasn't too surprised by that wariness.

All of a sudden a paper shot out of Harper's bag and made Inadi step back. He had yet to see the living list in person and the idea of a scroll just shooting out in front of the group was still a bit alien to him. Although a lot of things in Nowhere were alien to him to be honest. When the words “witch's heart” finally finished writing itself on the paper, Inadi had to pinch the bridge of his nose. Talk about a tough task stacked onto another. But instead of showing frustration or fear, he knew he needed to give Harper some sign of support. He slammed the heel of his spear to the ground. “Well I guess that means we got some old crones to put down now.” Inadi said giving a confident look to Harper and others that were around to see the scroll's writings. In his mind, he was petrified. Outside, he was showing a warrior's confidence. One of his greater acting jobs since coming to Nowhere to be sure.

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The funeral for Vincent was a hard one for Inadi to take. He stayed for only a short time and didn't say any words at the service mainly due to the fact that he was realizing just how serious it had become now. Someone he knew was dead here. They had died and there was no coming back. And of all things they became a statue! Regardless of how painless the guides had described it being, it didn't change the fact how unnatural it was. He stayed to himself when they were in Sol and he had actually found a sharpening device for his spear since he had mentioned to a soldier he needed to repair it. After getting a lesson on how to use the device, Inadi spent most of his time repairing his weapon rather than sleep or think about the witches themselves.

Luckily the steel was still good enough to use and the wheel of stone did a great job of restoring the point of the weapon. However, Inadi began expanding on it and sharpened the section directly beneath the hook on the spear as well, something that had remained dull since he had received it. Now suddenly it wasn't just a jabbing weapon, but also a slashing one. Almost a halberd to be honest, and while maintaining the hook that was there the thing Inadi could now use against his enemies were going to be cut, stabbed or eviscerated now it would seem. The thought made Inadi cringe a bit but it wasn't as bad as the first time he thought of the damage the weapon could do back in the Chocobo pen. Once he had finished, he began practicing some motions with the halberd to see what all he could do with the blade. He hardly slept much, but then again not a lot of people in the group did either.

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Inadi stayed near Harper while watching Ace continue to try and lighten the mood it seemed by singing a classic little tune in a terrible looking place that surprisingly fit the mood. Though to be honest Inadi at this point wasn't sure if Ace had taken the job of morale booster or if she was just always this cheery for no real reason. He chuckled lightly to himself fearing just how much of a morning person she might be back home. Probably would drive him mad personally. The song continued for a while and Inadi eventually found himself humming along with her. Once she stopped singing he picked it up himself, whispering another verse without even realizing what he had done.

“In this town, we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song.....dammit. Remind me to get mad at Ace for getting that damn song stuck in my head now.” Inadi joked as he continued to whisper at Harper, mainly keeping quiet due to how uncomfortable he felt in the forest. It was dark, filled with trees that look a hundred years past dead and echoed with sounds he had only heard in the worst parts of parks late at night. Definitely not his preferred place for a Sunday stroll. Harper eventually pointed out a tree and to his despair it did in fact look familiar. “Yeah I think I recall this one. Had the really ugly looking batch of leaves on the third branch from the right I think. This whole forest is a damned maze to be honest.”

Everyone began discussing how the compass worked a minute ago and now seemed busted. Just a shame there were no owls in the trees. At least with that Inadi would have some idea of how to get through the bloody forest without much hassle. Thinking about the game where that trick came from, he caught a few words of Hakuren's suggestion to sacrifice someone in the group, though he didn't see who he pointed out. He turned slowly and pointed the steel side of his spear at the ice mage and gave a very agitated look.

His brow furrowed as he took a few steps towards the man, but still keeping a good distance between them. Inadi's arm was still exposed as he had refused to repair his robe back in Sol, and gave a quick look at Avian who bashed Haku for his comment. “Or perhaps we can just provide the witches with a statue of a man made of ice, since they were so kind to give us one made of stone just a few days ago.” Inadi said coldy, knowing the only way to affect Haku was to approach him with the same kind of attitude as he showed constantly. He turned his attention away from the others and went back to lean against a tree that was nearby and somewhat close to where Riley was as well. The two of them had joined up with Vincent as well as Lesley, and it still bothered Inadi that he was gone.

He gave her a quick look and smiled at her. “So you think you got enough fire magic in those hands of yours to go one on one with a witch? Cause I don't think they are limited to how much juice is in a necklace like we are,” The frame wearing man said as he reached up to his neck to pull out his necklace, still full and reflecting what little light there was in the forest. “Plus they probably have a better understanding on how to use their stuff. I mean, you would think if they dedicated their whole life to the 'boil-boil-toil-and-trouble lifestyle that is.” Inadi laughed as he let go of his necklace and watched as the others began working out Jasper's plan to mark the trees to show what path they had been going on. Now with the sudden news that the forest could be moving around them it forced the lightening mage to let out a long sigh. Could things just stay normal just long enough to just get some progress in this journey for one damned day. It was a hopeless request, but one that Inadi felt had to be said in his mind so at least he could hear someone say it.

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I'll probably look to get a post up today so we can continue the connections. I may see about either continuing to make Harper and Inadi like a big brother-little brother thing or I may try to connect a little bit more with some of the other girls in the troupe besides Jasper and Lesley (who is not a girl but I figured he was close enough to one to rope him in that situation). I can't believe how few guys are really left in the group here. TAKE YOUR PICK LADIES!

Also in other news, Caitlin Glass is coming to the convention that is in my little college town this November! This was my face when I read the news.

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Oh Anon, I'm not just looking out for it. I'm counting on Les to make a move. I'm gonna stretch this love triangle angle for all it's worth. XD

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In honor of Inadi's recent run in with pain, here is a video that symbolizes his feelings towards the whole situation.

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Done and done. Finally got that post up. Man relatives can keep you hanging out for a long time. XD

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Inadi watched as the dragons continued to cause havoc to the group and felt a great collection of nerves begin to well up in his chest. While he wanted to just forget his idea of spearing the non poofy dragon in one of the wounds Jasper had opened up and shock the thing internally, he knew that he had to get something done to try and settle the thing down and make it stop all the thrashing. As he was getting closer to the beast he noticed that both Riley and Jasper had gotten near him at some point. And now all of a sudden he noticed that Riley began charging after one of the dragon's and seemed to think that jumping on the tail was a good idea. Inadi dropped his spear to his side and let out a sigh. As much fun as it sounded riding a dragon was, this was a bad time to live out childhood fantasies.

“Honestly, this whole gung-ho thing is just causing more trouBLE!” Inadi said to himself as he felt a sudden lurch in his body as Jasper began pulling him towards the scene that Riley had gotten herself into. He was getting pulled in so many different directions it was starting to make him as sick as he bet the rest of the group that had jumped onto the dragon felt as well. It was actually quite surprising just how nimble and fast the healer was as she tried to figure out exactly where to go to collect the red head on the tail in front of them.

At this point it seemed that Riley was going to let go of her grip on the beast at any second and Inadi tried his best to guess where they needed to be to catch her at least. Suddenly the girl started flying out towards them and at first Inadi wanted to reach out for her but realized one hand was still being held by Jasper and the other was holding his spear. Inadi noticed that Jasper had caught Riley's shirt and decided it would be best if he tried to cushion the fall and positioned himself to catch the two with his body. Turned out to be a big mistake.

As they all landed, the first thing that hit was Riley. The fire mage landed shoulder first on Inadi's chest and rolled over a bit to the point where her opposite elbow knocked him in the chin. While the pain in his chest and face was evident, the next sting came and made everything else very minimal. Jasper seemed to find a way to have her head rest on Riley's chest when they first landed and her hip found itself resting on Inadi's pelvis.....a very low part on his pelvis. And even though she was on the ground with him and not flying, she had leaped slightly to catch Riley's shirt so she was airborne and had collected some of the other girl's momentum. Inadi's eyes went wide and a slight twitch showed on his face as he kept in his would-have-been high pitched squeal. He waited for the girl's to get off of him and slowly let air enter his lungs again and tried to let the pain pass on.

He slowly rolled over and began brushing him off, a limp noticeably evident when he walked off the incident he did not want to bring up. He already had a very embarrassing moment earlier and he didn't want to add another one to the list if he could help it. As he did so he began hearing a very loud roar turn into what reminded him of his father back home on a bad day. Raising an eyebrow he turned to the sound and noticed the large dragons were speaking to them now. In pure English. While he was taking it all in he saw Jasper shoot him a look asking what was going on. He quickly threw up a shrug to tell her he didn't even have a clue.

As the rest of the group conversed with the dragons and got them updated on the situation as it was, Inadi found himself sitting down on a rock close to the dragon they had now identified as the mother of the small dragon they found back at the cave. Inadi spent most of his time looking at his spear, brushing off specks of rock and dirt that had collected on it throughout the hike and let out a sigh. He noticed the point on the spear was beginning to dull slightly due to him using it as a crutch. He lifted his right arm up to see just how dull it was when he noticed the large dragon was looking at the scarred limb up and down. Seeing where her eyes had fallen he let out a smile and surprisingly, even to him, began just talking with the great beast.

“Don't worry, this wasn't your son. At least not all of it,” Inadi said as he poked at the tip of the spear. It was still sharp enough to make his hand feel a slight sting, but didn't immediately make him jump back at just the touch like it used to. He looked around and picked up a small rock and began trying to sharpen the blade with it. Whether or not the rock was actually the right kind to do it with was beyond his knowledge, but it at least gave him something to do. Returning to the dragon he let out a chuckle. “Most of it was my fault as it was anyway,

“Before we saw your son I had an accident with my magic and shocked my arm up pretty bad. Our whole goal was to collect a dragon's laugh supposedly so when we saw your son in the cave I tried grabbing him to tickle him or something stupid like that,” Inadi said as he gave her a quick look, taking his attention away from the spear. “He didn't take too kindly to me and told me off with a big gust of wind. My arm took the brunt of the damage.

“He's a strong dragon though for his size. His attitude though seems like he can become quite a handful when he gets upset. Almost flooded the whole cave when he started crying back there,” Inadi said as he began getting frustrated at the stone he was using. It didn't seem to be doing much and it had already made about two scratches on the metal. It was clear this wasn't a good whetstone. “But he should be find. He seemed like a quick little guy. We'll get him before you know it as long as we hurry.” Inadi said to the dragon as he began bouncing the spear on his knee. After a short while of sitting there quietly he began feeling like he was being watched. He turned to see Jasper and Lesley together, though the two of them seemed as if they were avoiding eye contact with him from a distance. He picked himself off the rock and began walking towards Harper to check on him, all the while shooting quick glances at Jasper and Lesley.

Finally getting to Harper he gave the boy a pat on the shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile. Every time a big event took place the kid seemed to be in the thick of it. And maybe to Inadi he was still a kid due to his youth compared to himself, but he was proving to be quite the proven man when the chips were down most of the time. “So have you heard anything for that Tobias guy yet about the next move? I get the feeling the parents here want the kid back and before they find him in a stew.” Inadi said with a worried look as he looked around the area to see soldiers collecting themselves after the devastating battle. They were going to be short a lot of man power, and their magic was running low. There wasn't great odds in their favor, but hopefully they were due for a miracle considering all they had been through prior.

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I'll get a post up here in a hour or two once I get back home in a bit here. Gotta say I love how sought after Inadi is. Never thought he would be my most desired character in my career when I made him. XD

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Phones I have to say that I am going to miss you and Haku deeply. Your posts were always fun to read and I consider you one of my first truly great RP partners going back to our days in The Promise We Made rp on the old guild. I wish you the best in future endeavors and hope that this is not a permanent retirement so that we can rp again sometime in the future. :)

In Train related news I will put up a post sometime soon here pending the guild doesn't freak out again.