Old Amsterdam

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Verum Autem Ex

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"You'd be surprised. My entire life I tried to be one thing. I tried to build myself up to be something awesome and amazing. And my family did their best to break that." She paused, looking into the distance. "They succeeded. My life is forever tainted by the hits and boulders, I am forever broken. I made peace with this, embraced it, but it is not a life you want to choose. My life is hardship, pain, suffering, and death. You don't have to go down this path, and I'm giving you the choice to move on. To build that cliff, to be great, to be everything you could hope to be. And all you need to do is take that first step with me. Let me do for you what no one did for me. Please."

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

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Things were going well, all things considered. Sure she was a little slow and it was dark and cramped, but this beat dealing with whatever hell was going on up top!

At least until she broke into the pool.

Water flooded in and she instinctively dug her claws into the dirt beneath her. But this wouldn't last long, especially not with the increasing amount of water flooding in. She needed to act fast.

The easiest option, of course, was to dig up. Hopefully she could hold her breath long enough for this, though she had at least not gone very deep into the ground on her first foray.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

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At last.

She was free.

At last.

With an experimental twist, she tested her new body. It was better. Stronger. She was more flexible and now she had proper claws. And she was a deep green tinged with blue.

She huffed, looking at the crystal with mild irritation. She could remember a sense of determination and a desire to.... Go down? It was hazy, but she could remember being watched and.... Blue? She shook her head, turning towards the digging goblin.

Casually she patted his shoulder with her tail, speaking as she did so. "I'm leaving now. Outside. This cave is not safe after everything. I don't like what I've seen. Come, or don't I guess." With that she began to burrow, her claws digging in. She turned herself towards the direction of the entrance and began to dig her through and back into the main portion of the cave.

She'd go a ways before surfacing, trying to get as close to the cave entrance as she could manage, and from there she'd just need to take her time and stealthily exit. Maybe she could find somewhere safe for a bit and then.... Something. Something. She could survive alone, but a group was better...

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

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Such.... Odd words. Why would she bring someone else here to take what she saw? She's the one who saw it, not them. Even if it was just investigating....

But she was done here. There wasn't anything else of interest. She needed to be back down where her body was. Is? Whatever.

She struggled to return, growing angrier the longer she was delayed, until she was fighting just as hard mentally as she had been physically against Rattle.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@Zeroth
Heads up, but from the 2nd until the 11th I'm not sure how active I'll be able to be. Flying out to Oregon to spend time with my girlfriend.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

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Everything was - she could see everything. From this core to the cave to the - Crispy was coming and she wanted, no needed him. She knew it. With him and maybe some others they could stop everything. They could learn and grow.

She needed more.

She could even see down into the depths of the central pool, down, down, down...through solid rock and packed earth, into a hollow chamber shimmering with the water’s reflection…

Something with blue eyes looked back at her.

She was taken aback, between knowing she could go higher, that something hidden was down there, and that this thing was looking at her.

And then it started. She was praised. It was hard to tell, but she knew it.

And then she was stuck, with this thing looking at her.

Nothing else to do, so she tried to look at it. Find out what it was. See anything she could of it. Inspect it, learn. What was it? Why was she being watched? How?

...and that cavern. The message had said she could borrow? Could she burrow down there? Was this thing down there?

She needed to know.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

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Lillian watched on anxiously, very much aware that there wasn't anything she could do to help. She sat there, gently tugging on Alessa's hand when she stood up, avoiding looking at Ev. She couldn't help but connect her current mental state to that thing, especially after that Glow earlier.

She was ashamed to admit she was scared.

And then everything seemed to settle. The incident was over, the discussion ended, they were dismissed.

Lillian looked around a little dumbstruck. She hadn't expected it to end so soon. She leaned into Alessa, releasing breath she hadn't realized she was holding, and quietly whispered, "Meet up tomorrow?" It was a request, and she waited just long enough to get her answer before standing up and approaching the Director.

"I'm sorry for the trouble, sir. I was wandering and I didn't think before getting involved," she said quietly, glancing at Decoy. "I actually needed to talk to Decoy about something and I kinda got lost in thought. Do - Is there somewhere private or a meeting we could make or something, please?" She ended on a stressed note, emphasizing the please in her desperation. Decoy had worked with Ira. He would know what happened to make her leave, wouldn't she? And... Maybe Decoy could tell her she was crazy for her doubts.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Verum Autem Ex

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Having taken note of the odd Stand, Blue opted to ignore the apparent lack of effect for the time being. Focusing on the user would do her more good.

Blue smiled easily, nodding at his initial question before glancing casually at the laughing man as she helped pick up the cards. "Y'know, I wouldn't worry about people so much. They're not worth it, I've learned. Heck my own family tried to make me something I'm not. They kinda succeeded, though, but I learned that people who don't help and understand themselves are the broken rocks from the cliff side that have fallen all the way down to the bottom. They're beneath people like us." Her words were light, genuine, but mildly firm. She handed him the last card, helping him stand straight again, and brushed off some dirt from his front. She stayed close for a moment, adding, "Now, with that said, can you be the bigger man? Will you be the cliff or the rock that falls down? I'd love to go sit and talk and maybe see some more of your tricks. But I need you to be the better here."

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

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Unspent Skill Points: 12
Current Skills:
Stun Fang II (2.225)
Poison Spit I (1.6)
Muffle II (2.75)
Poison Glob I (1.35)
Poison Breath I (1.3)
<UNUSABLE SKILLS>
Crafting (0.2)
Alchemy (0.4)
Alert (0.4)
Stealth Kill (0.5)
Fireball (0.325)
Warcry (0.3)
Poison Fang (0.1)
Blunt Resistance (0.5)
Smash (0.1)
Rabid Fit (0.9)
Scale Shift (0.2)
Magic Break (0.1)
Suppress Presence (0.2)
Overwork (0.2)
Curse Word (0.6)
<UNUSABLE SKILLS>

System: Rain

Rain looked on at the corpse as the bastard finally died, breathing heavily.

Quickly. Quickly. No time.

7 points into Fireball, 5 into Stealth Kill, Rain thought quickly.

This gave her Fireball, finally, and what was the best way to test it?

Ideally she would burn the bastard body, but others were working at it. That wouldn't do. She turned, instead, looking up. At the ceiling, then.

She stood there, concentrating, before attempting a Fireball.

Regardless of success or not, she followed Jason and the rest. As they neared the... Thing... She moved to the safest spot in the little cavern area she could reasonably manage.

"I'm going to change." Simple words that she didn't feel needed more explaining.

With that, she made her choice.

Lesserwurm.

Pokémon: Start

Alice

Inventory

500P
1 Potion
5x Pokeball

Team

Cici
Appearance:

Species: Horsea ♀
Type:
Water
Personality:
Lax
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:
N/A
Level:
6
Moves:
Bubble
Smokescreen
Ability:
Sniper
Boosts power of Critical Hits
Held Item:
N/A

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With a light wave to Rhyperior, Alice moved back to Vivia and Skylar with a smile on her face.

"Great! Traveling with friends is always better than walking alone," she said brightly. "Maybe we could start heading towards that gym the Professor mentioned, if no one else had any ideas. Maybe we'll find some new friends along the way?"

Assuming everyone was agreeable, Alice would set off with Cici in her arms. First stop, the Pokecenter! And then... Things could begin for real!

She was excited as she stoked Cici's head softly. This was everything she had wanted, and she couldn't hold herself back anymore! She was going on a real adventure with friends and there was nothing that was going to stop her from meeting that mysterious champion and seeing Rhyperior again as promised.