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Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

Seeing that Ashewell had promptly proven him wrong after his failure to catch the goblin, Lin couldn't help but feel slightly relieved. Hitting his antlers as the humanoid creature had, regardless of how light they were, would only serve to reduce the force of hitting the ground by so much. A pliable web, on the other hand...

Well, even putting aside how it had managed to reduce the remaining impact to almost nothing, the possibilities that stemmed from what may as well have been an inexhaustible supply of what might otherwise be categorized as 'magical silk' seemed to run wild within his mind. Ideas that he had never considered—nay, not even seen before—began to flood into his mind. It was not overwhelming, per se, but the dragon found it odd to have such things in his mind in the first place. That being said, the value of such knowledge was not lost upon him as the group began to move through the forest in turn.

By the time they had reached a river to work at, Lin had been given enough time to consider the possible routes that they could take. Logically, the question of if civilization existed or not within this new world was the largest of questions in mind, but the realization that the residents of this world might be hostile to them (especially the spider-girl, who seemed more monstrous than the rest of them) caused him to reconsider their priorities.

"Mmm... Shelter is a priority," he said as Lena announced her intentions to create an ax. Tools, of course, would get them a long way, but there was only so much exploration that their group could do in having to support two children.

"I wonder..."

Musing to himself, Lin began to experiment; given how his original form was a Eastern dragon, the possibility of flight while in this form was not entirely out of the question. Snaking through the air was obviously out of the question, though, and thus came attempts at other methods of flight from xianxia novels.

It took a few minutes thereafter for the dragon to learn that he could 'climb' the air as if walking up stairs, and it was at this point that he nodded before turning towards the people who had yet to move.

"I shall handle scouting the region from above. Can I request that the rest of you begin to form other things that may be useful for us in the near future? Baskets, traps, nets... Anything to catch, carry, or move food would allow us to get two birds with one stone," he asked, not waiting for a reply as he began to walk above the treeline. Step by step, Lin rose up into the air, slowly watching at the scenery around him was revealed.

"Mmm... I wonder how far this forest stretches for, anyhow. Logically, if there is a river, it leads to the ocean downstream and likely a mountain range upstream, right? But how far would those be from our current position...?"

@Rune_Alchemist@VitaVitaAR@Suneli@Pyromania99@Archangel89

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

With Ashewell's cooperation settled for the moment, Lin nodded and, deciding that leaving the two children to be looked over by the relatively friendly drider was a good enough decision for the moment. If the worst that she did to the two was hug them, then that was acceptable; putting that aside, though, having someone else who could manage the heavy lifting alongside him would most certainly prove useful.

Vladlena's summary of the situation was also far more succinct than his, though a fair bit more blunt in phrasing. He couldn't deny, though, that this 'second chance' was something to make full use of. Whether or not that would mean that his new life would be more hellish, though, remained to be seen. With that said, though, the doll had a point; talking about such things would be much more efficient if they were searching for shelter and supplies in the interim.

Before the group could proceed too far into the forest, though, the sound of a rapidly approaching scream from the sky caused Lin to involuntarily glance upwards. Given how the rest of them had reached their destination now, that sound was most certainly an ill omen.

To some degree, he was right; given the rapidly approaching object falling towards them, there was no sense in letting the children witness a death by falling, and so Lin quickly shifted back into his dragon form and moved to catch whatever it was that was fast approaching the earth.

Of course, given that he didn't quite understand how to 'fly' yet (though the mechanics behind it were made clear in his mind), the best that he could do was use his antlers to break the fall and attempt to catch what was now apparently a green humanoid of some sort (a goblin?).

"Mmm... I certainly hope that nothing larger than you attempts to fall onto us," Lin remarked, barely failing to actually catch the creature before sighing changing back into his human form. "It seems like I remain the only one with the capability to catch someone without injury among this group..."

With that settled, Lin nodded and turned back towards Vladlena.

"We can begin exploring whenever; introductions can be handled as we search."

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The Nameless City — Invite Only!

The Ruins

Upon seeing the bow that Link had drawn, one of the skeletons, wholly clad in heavy armor, moved directly towards both him and Suzuka, while another two moved to flank them in turn. The rest of the mob, which had quickly come to the realization that a new threat was upon them, were only barely able to register that the fox-eared girl had already leaped overhead, out of reach of their own weapons. A few of them aimed their crossbows towards the air as they tried (in vain) to shoot at her, but by then she had already reached a small opening behind them.

Under the assumption that their assailant was more of an uncannily agile assassin of some foreign origin, the cloaked beings shifted their focus away from raising soldiers; at this point, they had all turned towards the girl who had split herself off from her companion and pointed the palms of both of their hands towards her. The ground nearby began to split, and soon enough a torrent of bony hands began to reach for her, in an attempt to drag her down into the depths.

The armored giants facing against Link, on the other hand, seemed to be working in similar unison, attempting to strike at him in coordinated motions as if they were members of an organized crew of elites well-versed in the art of combat.

It was very possible that that could have been such in the past, but no more.

@Crusader Lord@Rune_Alchemist

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

Given how the newcomer had been reacting and Aries' own fear regarding the situation, Lin had (somewhat discretely) moved to stand in front of the other two girls. He had no real intent to get into combat, given how unsure he was about if he could even handle himself in a fight, but some part of him compelled him to act as a bit of a protector. When the spider-girl began to rush towards him, though, Lin adopted what felt like a combat-ready stance for martial arts.

Of course, when the end result was Aries being hugged like some sort of plush toy, Lin stared blankly at the pair for a moment before dropping the stance entirely. Hearing the words that came out of the spider-girl's mouth soon after, though...

"What the heck are you saying?" he asked in Cantonese, baffled enough to lapse into his mother tongue as he tried to make sense of the situation. "Did you land on your head when you fell?"

After a brief pause, though, Lin quickly regained his composure and shook his head, deciding that the spider-girl—Ashewell, given her own comment—was not someone to actively harm the children. Her subsequent petting him on the head, though, caused the young man to take a step back in mild annoyance. Being treated like a child by a complete stranger was not something he liked all too much.

"Hm. Well, in any case... Moscow?" he finally asked, turning back towards the doll and nodding. "I grew up in Guangzhou and went to America for further education, but I do think that your comment about 'being alive' when I was clearly... Not after that accident would give a reasonable theory about our current situation. Reincarnation, I would think, would be an apt descriptor. Or, rather, the transmigration of the soul into a new body...? But yes, we are alive now, and I do agree with your sentiment; travelling as a party would likely cut down on possible issues regarding safety and manpower. How about it?"

If she was like them—in short, a recently deceased person in a new body—then the moral standards of Earth would likely apply. Hopefully, that meant that they were normal enough to work with...

@VitaVitaAR@Suneli@Pyromania99@Rune_Alchemist

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

Lin stood by as he listened to the three girls in turn, nodding his head in response to each introduction. While the girl with the horns and tail—Revy, her name was—seemed to have calmed down to some degree, none of the three had any better of an idea than he about their current situation. As things were now, the four of them were rather out of luck when it came to information about this problem.

"Ravy, Aries, Vladlena... All right, I should be able to remember that without much trouble," he stated, glancing around the forest before sighing. "Well, I can't say that your hypothesis seems that far off the mark. Given the name and your manner of speech, I'm going to assume... Russia? You certainly are taking this entire ordeal quite well, though..."

The lackadaisical attitude that Vladlena was displaying was a bit jarring in its own right, but immediately heading out did seem to be the best course of action to take in his eyes. With a slight nod towards the other two, Lin began to follow off after her, making sure to keep a keen eye out for anything helpful. Ideally, they could find an unoccupied cave or something of that sort to reside in for the moment before moving out to find civilization, but then the problem became supporting all of them.

Before he could walk too far, though, the sound of someone else speaking up—an unfamiliar voice all its own—caused Lin to turn around, only to see what could only have been described as a drider approaching their position.

Despite that fact, though, Lin didn't seem particularly fazed, and had instead simply turned around, walking closer to the two who hadn't left the area yet. The expression that the newcomer wore was not one of aggression, but it didn't hurt to be wary despite that fact.

"Hello there, ma'am. Hm... Are you, by any chance, a resident of this forest? Or were you unfortunate enough to have also been unceremoniously thrown down from the heavens like the rest of us?"

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The Nameless City — Invite Only!

Zeke von Genbu

Proceeding further into the streets, Zeke found the same sight that the other two had seen, and was just as equally appalled by what he saw as the other two were. Seeing dead monsters lying around from defending a town or looking for materials to sustain a livelihood was all well and fine, but given what beasts they had just killed combined with the sheer irreverence for life...

This went beyond what was by any means acceptable, and the expression on the Driver's face showed his disdain for it all.

"Well, I guess if that's any indication, they're all probably going to be this rude," he remarked, readying his weapon as the other two dove forward. The riflemen were dispatched in short other by his allies, though, which left the rabid dog that was biting at his face to be dealt with.

"Oh, on me, huh?" he asked, casually sidestepping the dog as it dove for his face before cleaving through the center of its body in midair. "Sorry, but putting you down's my only choice here. I don't think you'd meet any cleaner a fate hanging out with masters like these."

With the dog handled, Zeke chased after the other two in order to help disarm the rest of the unruly mob—if there were any left to disarm, at least.

@RolePlayerRoxas@Raineh Daze

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

Given his own less-than-stellar landing, Lin found himself somewhat pleased by the fact that his efforts had not all been for naught—moreso after the little girl who had been hanging off of his face for dear life had finally let go, but pleased nonetheless. The mild soreness that reached throughout his body (which, upon closer inspection, was notably longer than he was used to), coupled with the remarks from the child who had been screaming moments earlier, caused him to glance behind himself.

It was fairly obvious now given that he was no longer falling through the sky, but as far as he could tell, he was a dragon. An Eastern dragon, obviously enough, but a dragon nonetheless.

"Mmm... So it seems," he said, lifting himself off the ground to get a view of the forest around them. "It is quite odd, given that I was most certainly not one minutes ago... What was it that Zhuangzi about whom the analogy of the dreaming butterfly was penned? Well, whatever the case may be, it certainly seems that this is who I am now."

Being lost in his thoughts for a moment (and ignoring, to the best of his ability, the child who was rightfully panicking after being placed into such a situation), Lin Quan calmly shook his head and nodded towards the other girl—one who, by all means, was taking this far better than either of the other two had.

"I would think that skydiving with one in the first place would be something to remember," he replied, a single eyebrow raised as he glanced at the group around them. Small as they were to him now, Lin could only assume that he was the only one not not look in any way human. For better or for worse, that had been their salvation, but as things were now, it was far too inconvenient to attempt to move about again.

As he contemplated the matter to himself, though, Lin's body began to glow, and after a few moments the dragon had been replaced by a young Chinese man with long, black hair and a set of robes. It was altogether particularly convenient for him, and with his arms crossed, Lin nodded in acceptance.

"Hm. Interesting; so I can shift forms at will? Something to remember for the future," he said to himself, nodding before turning towards the three girls in front of him and bowing.

"In any case, before I forget: my name is Lin Quan. Given these odd circumstances, I would like to ask if anyone else had any clue as to what has just transpired, but..." he continued, trailing off before glancing around once more. "Maybe it would be wiser to seek a safer place than the middle of these woods for the moment?"

@Suneli@VitaVitaAR@Rune_Alchemist

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Lin Quan

The last thing that Lin could recall was fading into unconsciousness, the feeling of every one of his ribs stabbing into his organs burned into his memory.

Now, though, there was none of that. Instead, the feeling of falling endlessly was what met him. Though he had not yet opened his eyes, the young man found it odd that the wind was blowing against his face. No, more than that, the fact that he was falling at all was too odd to ignore. Opening his eyes, in turn, had led to an instant realization of two things.

First: that there was a long, lizardlike mouth that extended from where his own was, complete with a pair of whiskers.
Second: that he was ACTUALLY falling through the sky, with a few other people(?) in a similarly unfortunate position.

Panic would have ordinarily been the first reaction, and Lin found it odd that instead of frantically trying to process what to do, his mind was telling him to simply ride the wind... Whatever that meant. There was a brief moment thereafter that he seemed to hang in the air for a moment, though, before another part of his mind, instinctual or not, told him to try snaking through the air instead of simply falling.

Following that instruction, facing downwards as he was, caused his descent to accelerate; ordinarily, this would have been far worse for him, but the general "idea" on how to handle his descent had already rooted itself in his mind.

Snaking downwards through the air, Lin immediately glanced at the others falling and made a move to try and help the ones who were most likely to become red stains on the ground. One of them, a girl with white hair, he barely caught the clothes of with one of his newfound (and comparatively stubby) arms; another, a child with horns, had landed onto his face and promptly used one of his new whiskers as a makeshift rope. Given how close the group was now to the ground, the last thing that the dragon could manage to do was grab the small child who was screaming bloody murder for aid with his remaining spare hand and attempting to slow the group's descent towards the ground.

The weight of the three of them at once, though, proved too much for him to sustain on his own, though, and despite his best efforts to stay afloat, Lin began to fall towards the ground. His pace was considerably less than terminal velocity, though, so by the time he "landed" the worst of the damage was from his own body hitting the floor.

"That... Could have been less painful..." Lin groaned, letting go of the two in his hands as he lay on the ground. "And to you, hanging from my face: could I ask if you could please let go before you tear that off of my face?"

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Fate/Eternum

Jason Liu

Though Jason had no particular reason to make remarks about the situation he was in, being able to barely catch what his overseer had said under her breath caused him to pause, if only for a moment. It was not his place to pry into the matters of others (doubly so given his current position), but at this point there was nothing to be done other than follow the Master and her Saber as they left the building.

The address provided with the transcript was not too far from their location, for better or for worse, and soon enough the group of three were standing in front of a Buddhist temple, its exterior stylized to fit in with the rest of the city. Opening the door inside, of course, would cause the smell of incense to rush out from inside. To Jason, the scent was not particularly unfamiliar, though it was a bit too overpowering for his tastes.

"Oh?"

From inside the temple itself, the woman who had requested Hakuno's presence—one Sesshouin Kiara—promptly got up from her prayers in front of the Buddha statue in the center of the hall and gestured for them to enter.

"Please, come in; I am happy to see you responding to my request so soon."

@RolePlayerRoxas@VitaVitaAR

Life in another world as a Enemy Mob! - An Isekai RP

Name: Lin Quan
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: "A simple affair."
Though he is most often seen with this appearance, Lin's true form is far closer to what one would expect of a Qinglong—in other words, a large serpentine dragon of about 7.5 meters in length covered in azure blue scales, with deer-like antlers in the place of horns and a pair of 'whiskers' extending from near his nose.
Personality: Compared to what one might expect of a 'dragon' in context of the 'New World', Lin Quan is far less greedy and self-serving, often acting to benefit a whole rather than just himself. Though he is not wholly selfless in his mannerisms, those who he deems as allies can expect aid should they ever desire it. That being said, he is not necessarily the most outgoing of people, often taking a more distant tone in conversation in most scenarios. However, when issues arise, Lin is often one of the first to posit possible solutions or answers in turn.
Despite his apparent lack of relevant social skills, he can read people to an extent and is more than willing to continue conversations should he be prompted. Often times, he demonstrates by means of actions, not words, and thus gains relevance like that among his peers instead.
History: A college student from China who had traveled overseas for his studies, Lin had never stood out by any means other than his own studies. Even as a student, Lin had mostly kept to himself, mostly engrossing himself in exam preparation and experiments during his free time. His own successes then had led to his subsequent eligibility to study overseas, and the young man had gladly taken that opportunity when it presented itself. Once he had left the endless cycle of examinations and studying, though, Lin found himself with far more free time than he had expected; one thing led to another, of course, and soon enough he had come to engage himself with the global presence that was the internet far more actively, and with it all of the cultures of the world in turn. He did not stray from his studies despite this, though, but being dragged left and right by classmates who wanted to introduce, watch, or play things with him made that far less of a priority.
Though the world had opened up to him, Lin found his time cut abruptly short due to a particularly nasty car crash; the details of the incident were never fully known to him, of course, but all that he knew before his consciousness had faded was that his death was all but certain. Imagine his surprise, then, when he found himself as he was now!

Inventory

• One (1) set of clothes, currently being worn.

Tier Zero Skill

World Encyclopedia: More of a mental construct than a physical one, this skill allows Lin to freely access the plethora of scientific information available to the people of Earth at the time of his transfer. As a skill without a physical medium, though, only Lin can access this database (but can obtain information so long as he desires it). Of course, having such information does not necessarily mean he can use it to its fullest potential, nor does it mean that he can explain the necessary contents to others.

Skills

Tier One

• Flight: As a Qinglong, Lin is able to fly throughout the air (as one would expect of a dragon), though doing so does tire him out. While maintaining human form, however, he is able to 'walk' on air instead, which, while slower, is also far more energy-efficient.
• Affinity towards Nature: Plants have a tendency to grow faster when Lin is near them; additionally, magic involving the manipulation of plants comes easier to him in turn.
• Serene Mind: Unlike Western dragons, Eastern dragons have a reputation as a wise and collected race; this is reflected in Lin's mentality, as it takes a great more mental pressure to cause him to panic.
• Weakness to Fire: As a herald of spring and the represenative of the 'wood' element, Lin is naturally weak to offensive uses of fire.
• Weakness to Anti-Dragon: As Qinglongs are dragons, Lin is also naturally weak to anything intended to harm or kill dragons.

Tier Five

• Human Transformation: This skill is what allows Lin to adopt a human form rather than be forced to maintain his draconic appearance. Though he is naturally able to hide his antlers and tail as well, exerting any manner of power may cause them to reappear in turn.