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Valour & Vale: A RWBY Roleplay

L O R R A L

^{The Town of Garen's Well
(Additional dialogue by Inkarnate)}

"You know, if you're scared you can probably turn back now."

Lorral subtly turned her head away from the Grimm to see who it was that had addressed her directly, noting the young female who happened to look about her own age. Her soft scarf and quaint choice of clothing were freshly soaked, dripping with water and giving the impression that the fabrics had gathered more weight than what they truly intended to have. Still, everyone was at the same disadvantage with the weather and it helped balance the playing field. Fortunately for Lorral with the weather had been so sour, she had heard the splatter from the woman's footsteps on the damp ground, a sound that tarnished Caro's element of stealth.

"I'm far from scared, but honestly taken back at Vyod's level of confidence." Lorral turned her sights back to the beast knowing that her statement was mostly true. Vyod, the fellow Beacon Academy student, was the first one into the fight and his opening move was to taunt the beast into attacking his direction. Lorral knew that the male had some unique skills, that his semblance was an ability that gave him a real edge over any opponent. She just worried that this aggressive move may cost him.

Within the growing mix was another individual who had entered the fresh fray, a young looking female with an aura of patriotism that one would dare not challenge. Her scream of allegiance for her nation and the begging remarks for the beast to attack her were words that could inspire one to follow a cause and to take up the fight to the enemy; it was a shame that those words held no power over Lorral, a girl from a once opposing nation. Lorral watched as Marina took a hit square on, watched as the Goliath of a beast impacted her with all it's might, and yet she didn't seem to falter, almost like her level of resolve was beyond that of a god.

A grimacing expression washed over Lorral's face knowing that her only choice was to get up close and personal with the Grimm. With the sun behind the clouds and the day drifting further into the night her Solar semblance was a skill that she could not rely on in this twisted battle. No solar slash abilities meant quite simply no ranged attacks, and under her breath she cursed the world for playing such a cruel card.

The young Vale girl turned to Caro to spout an important request, a request of, "Will you cover me? I need to get in there to aid the others."

“Yeah, let's go kill us a Grimm.”, Caro acknowledged Lorral's plea, a response that appeared eager and excited about the undertaking. With this new found sense of companionship Lorral set forth to slay the creature that was harassing the town.

As Lorral ran she could see something in the far distance, through the down pouring rain and cool mist; the silhouette of another male came steadily into view. Although his allegiance was unrecognisable through the harsh weather, his actions and motions said otherwise. He waved his weapon in the air, commanding an action that appeared to announce attack. Seeing this Lorral felt a deep sign of courage knowing that in this fight the chances of success were growing by the minute, that people were stepping forth from the hidden shadows to a common cause and challenge.

As Solar Lily was drawn across Lorral's body she closed in for her first confrontation since setting off on her adventure. The right hand clutched the grip, controlling the activation of the dust powered energy arc, while the left fingers pinched the back of the blade to form a makeshift brace. She was closing in towards the large, muscular legs of the beast, hoping that a heavy impact to this point would help stagger the fight, to draw it out and find a suitable opening for that eventual final blow.

She used the weight of her body to thrust her blade forward, throwing it from above her head and into the exposed lower limb. The downward force held enough energy to launch the footing of the girl of the ground, allowing her body to hover in the air for a brief moment in time. This sudden attack, this annoyance, caught the beast off guard and in a reactive instant it went to swipe at her, to knock away the pest that had performed a dirty sneak attack. As fate would have it, Lorral was already thinking two steps in advance.

Utilising her momentum and a powerful twist of the wrist, Lorral carefully spun her body around in order to land both of her boots upon the above knee of the titan. Where a normal attacker would have initially found an opportunity to back-pedal away, the light and nimble girl had managed to create an opportunity where she was able pounce away and plan her second engagement. Her tactics paid off as she made her leap, narrowly missing a backhanded swipe that would have easily knocked her out.

Too close for my liking, but let's see what you got!

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I've had similar issues before but it's always been solved by a page refresh. Could be a lag in the site loading and it's glitched out. Not a programmer so that could be all wrong. :P

Valour & Vale: A RWBY Roleplay

Post is about 60, maybe 70% complete. Formalities and such are sorted but need to advance the scene a little bit more. If anyone has any requests for any specific positioning, character placements or obstacles that they want let us know, otherwise I'll be throwing some ideas out there to challenge you all.

Will most likely finish the post Monday afternoon as my Sunday-Monday shifts leave me with little free time.

Also, loving the posts so far.

Hey hey

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Welcome to the site and hope you do enjoy it.

There is the Subs page that you can use to log your RPs for future reference. Mahz, our site owner, is working on some things so the way the subs work may change over time, but it's there nonetheless.

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NCQuest -- To Be Rebooted

M a d i s o n

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• Convention Center, Smith's Rest •

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"Why did she snap like that?"
"I'd feel a little more at ease without a loose cannon protecting us."
"Maybe she should be grounded..."

What happened out there on the stage was an unforeseen outburst that came out of the blue. The subtle remarks and whispers that Madison heard only left her with confusion, embarrassment and uncertainty as she regrettably made her way into the canteen with the other pilots. It was there that she drifted—like a pale ghost haunting a graveyard—to sit down by her lonesome, to mull over the events that had taken place.

With her small elbows planted firmly on the table and the left eye buried within her palm, Madison started analysing her accursed bionic. She rotated and twisted the wrist in order to examine every fine detail, every precise design choice, and hopefully every chance of possible imperfection that would explain a bit more about what she was going through. It wasn't the first time she had zoned out and scrutinised her new attachment, but it bought back the questions as to what changed to her that fateful day, what part of her was missing, and what parts of her once bubbly self had been replaced.

It was within this hypnotic trance that her attention was drawn to the uninvited shadowy figure that loomed over from across the metallic table. She tempting fate, peeking a look to once again notice the familiar star logo on the jacket of Miss Styles.

"You've come to laugh at me like the others, haven't you?" The cloud of depression that lingered around Madison was as prevalent as usual; a sad sight compared to the younger girl that once leaded the pack in enthusiasm and courage. Fewer and fewer questions had been asked about how Madison was feeling over the past few weeks, leaving the her to feel as though the others were slowly giving up on her full recovery.

Without even saying a word the shadowy woman planted her two hands down on the table with a solid, clunky thud. The sudden movement and loud noise startled the broken girl into pull her face away from her palm. With the most puzzled of expressions Madison glared down at the hands to see two glass cups hidden within Tahlia's grasps.

"What do you fancy? Scotch or Rum?" A firm and direct question, as per the Australian's usual style.

"Err... Rum...?" The uncertain reply was followed by the smooth action of Tahlia's left hand pushing forward the chosen drink. "But I never asked for a drink."

Tahlia sat down in the chair, pulling the ice filled scotch glass closer to her chest as she hugged it's cool, smooth texture within her two bare hands. A cloud of smoke pillowed its way from her slightly agape mouth, drifting across the table and covering the duo's hands in a fine mist of poison and cancer. Tahlia's right hand rose to collect the stick from her lips, plucking it away with the thumb and middle finger before using the lit end as a pointing device to aim at the grief-stricken husk of Madison Cole.

"Why the fuck do you give a rat's ass about what those ass wipes think about ya?" Tahlia spoke with a smooth tone, ensuring that Madison was actually listening to her and not about to zone out into one of her typical trances.

"I don't." A clear lie... crystal clear to Tahlia since her locked sights didn't even break away for a millisecond as she took a sip of her drink.

"Then why you looking at your fancy arm like it's rooted?"

Madison tilted her head to the side, confused for a second as to what Tahlia was saying.

"Aw Jesus Christ... Rooted! Cactus! Fucked up!" Tahlia reached forward and flicked Madison's forehead. "Use your damn noggin, kiddo. No one is gonna give ya all the answers about your Polaris Shift. You gotta work that shit out for yourself. Find out—" flick "—how—" flick "—it's—" flick "—fucking with ya."

Madison buckled under the minor pain, cowering behind her hands as she whimpered with a quiet, self addressing, "Owww." The actions of pain quickly moved on, allowing her to build up the courage to face Tahlia once more.

"I heard some of the nurses say that my emotions are currently unstable, that they could flip-out at any moment... like what happened up on that stage." It was as if Madison wanted answers to questions that she did not even know of yet.

Tahlia could hear the vocal tremor from across the table, remembering that she was at one stage in a similar position as the suffering girl when she first broke her Polaris virginity. "To me, it sounds like your emotional instability is part of your Shift. All I can say to you, Madi, is welcome to the world of an NC Pilot; a world where all of us have to deal with all sorts of twisted crap."

A small, yet warm smile washed over Madi's face. She had forgotten that what she was going through wasn't so different to everyone else. It was just that the point in her journey was different to all the other pilots, that some had already ascended to greatness while others were yet to enter their first NC. With the last ounce of courage she asked one final question. "Miss Tahlia," a heavy inhale to ensure she didn't run dry on breath, "What is your, err, Polaris Shift?"

"Mine?" Tahlia was taken back by the girl's curiosity. She didn't think Madison would become so inquisitive about her all of a sudden. "Mine makes fucking Wolf Creek look like a love story. I..." She paused as the sound of a chattering cup resonated off the clear and empty table. The former commander looked down to see her hand twitching, uncontrollably tapping away with the cup's corner. Reactively, she lifted the drink to her mouth and sculled the rest of the scotch before slamming the empty cup on the table. "You seriously don't wanna know the bullshit I have to go through."

With those conversation ending words Tahlia threw a leg over the bench she had perched herself upon, giving Madison an unintentional cold shoulder as she puffed away with the remainder of her dirty cigarette.

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@Mahz Was there an update to allow Gm's to see hidden posts in their topic? Or is this a glitch? _{Or did I miss a promotion to mod status? lol j/k}

@Lady Amalthea

That shouldn't be viewable cause I was the one that removed it for you. O.o