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‘Ah...!’ Solia looked up in almost surprise seeing the two shining lights which were the two summoned heroes. They’re really coming. They’re really coming! The princess felt an unsure smile cross her expression, suddenly all nervous about the impending encounter. What will she say? How will they take it? What if they absolutely refuse her and simply want to go back home? What if they are not as powerful as she thought and will only be put in defeat’s way by being called here? All those possible situations swirled around in her head as quite a bit of doubt suddenly gathered in her head. She was on the verge of panicking again, as she was reaching the top of the stairs… Wh-what would she…?

Deep breath. Another deep breath as Solia brought her hands up to her face as she walked along the pavement towards the circle of summoning. It was already done. The heroes had been summoned. There was no true protocol of how to greet them from here, so Solia would simply have to trust her princess training to take the act. That’s right. They NEEDED these heroes. That’s why they should get the most prim and proper introduction possible. The princess smiled, adjusted her hat and clothes a bit and clutched her hands together in hope as she smiled forward, just in time for the two heroes to descend down and land in the midst of the circular altar with artistic pillars around it, mounted up here on the Isle of Summons hovering in the skies…

As the heroes hit the ground in whatever manner they preferred, a magical rose-bud would envelop them and magically absorb any and all impact or damage the hit should have. After a few moments after the impact during which the newcomers would be allowed to regain their bearings after the long fall the flower would bloom, revealing themselves being on this said altar where Solia stood a number of meters away clasping her hands and looking at them with a happy smile and straight posture. The two dogs which had brought them would jump over to her away from the heroes they had summoned, and Solia would lean down to them and pat them happily with the words ‘Good job, Kiwi, Peach~! You’re both a really good boy and girl~!’ to which Peach happily answered ‘Waf!’ with a wagging happy tail while Kiwi merely turned around to stare back at the boy she had brought… rather forcefully. Alam may still imagine the grin being in-place. After that, Solia would stand up, look at them with a happy smile and varying confidence before saying.

‘Hello. My name is Sfogliatine Zucchero Graelian. I am the princess and ruler of Graelian, a nation in the world of Fralanthe. Heroes summoned from another world… I bid you welcome!’ Solia curtsied before the two of them, the two dogs which had summoned them on her sides. In fact, she felt kind of unsure. What would they think of her? Did she do a good introduction? Oooh, she’d have to do a ton of instructing, and a battle was looming! … Yet, despite all that, the princess was really happy and her black dog-tail was waving quite intensely behind her in excitement…

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If she hadn't gained any official rank but gone through all the training which the backstory appears to imply, Solia would not hesitate to give her a position with the right to protect her on the spot should it be brought to question. The reasons being the undying loyalty and great dedication she has shown as well as having proven over the years to be more than just highly capable for the position. That and afterwards flashing a happy smile in the direction of Sera.

Maybe it never happened because Solia never heard of it (the princess will not be happy with any resentment taking place behind her back...), but that would be her immediate reaction.

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Awwwwwwwwwwww. Poor Sera. I'm sorry, I probably completely failed to consider your feelings on that matter... *pets her head in apology*

... So, you're simply a Royal Guard, not the Captain of the Royal Guard? *snicker* I'm not entirely sure what the difference is, but wouldn't that mean there'd be some superior to you you'd have to follow the orders of in order to protect me, now? *snicker* I'll leave that detail to you and Xalt.

Another small deeeeeeeeeeeeeetail. Seeing how nobody has said it, I suppose it falls to me. You can't be human. This RP is based on a world where everyone is some kind of animal-person, meaning the only humans can be the ones summoned from another world, the heroes. The heroes have already been picked, so unless you have a really... ... Nameless orphan, you say? One with no mention of her birth? ... What? Do you have some really complicated backstory reason that you omitted to keep as a plot-twist to finally reveal how you could possibly be human? ... I'll leave that to you and Xalt. *snicker* If whatever you thought up is denied, you can still use the image, we'll just imagine her with ears and a tail of some sort~

Otherwise, she looks good and cute~ Note that I am only saying that as a player and the GM has the final word~

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... *snicker* I am quite amused by your post, Neko. *snicker*

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No worries, Koma~ Take the time you need, just as long as you don't abandon us~

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What? She was merely told to go summon the hero. She wasn't told HOW she was supposed to summon the hero~

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A deep breath. Eyes closed. Focus. This is it. The people will love it. This is the hour of change. The hour when everything would be turned around. There had been trying times since… since… since they died, since her parents died and gave her the throne. There had been disturbing reports of monsters, the entire nation had been feeling like it was on the edge of its seat with these repeatedly worrying news. But today… today all that changed. Everything felt so right. There was a piece of doubt still harboring deep within her soul, but determination had already flooded her. She was going to do this, and there was nothing that was going to go wrong! Everything was perfect…!

‘Waf! Waf!’ Just by her feet, a tiny, brown and REEEEAAAALLY happy dog was jumping around. He was way over-eager, with the knife which would be used for the summoning bound around his neck for easy access by his mouth. ‘Waf! Waf!’ The little thing bounced up at her, and she caught it with a giggle in midair, holding the happy creature in her arms. The dog wasted no time looking around happily with mouth open and tongue hanging. She carried him along while another, darker dog was walking at her right. A lot calmer than the tinier one, this one strode with a sense of purpose and somewhat of a hint of laziness, but still, the knife similarly bound around her neck was there for the summoning as well. These dogs were the tiny Peach and the dark Kiwi, ready to do their duty happily/calmly for their nation.

The girl herself was Sfogliatine Zucchero Graelian. She was a young and suitably short girl of fourteen summers with long white hair reaching just beyond her hips. Her expression at the moment was smiling with determination, carrying the tiny brown Peach up the long stairway on the floating island. While a princess, she wasn’t wearing exactly royal-looking clothes, but they were certainly distinctive. Alright. The princess looked up the stairs. Her young eyes looked in awe at the pillars and altar. This entire place… it was just screaming destiny. And the princess knew she would answer. Biting her lip for a bit, praying silently that this wouldn’t miss-match the timing of the battle too badly, she did her job.

‘Kiwi! Peach! Go!’ She let the brown little Peach go down on the marble road, where he along with the dark Kiwi dashed up the remaining starts at an impressive speed while Solia whispered her little chant, focusing on what she had learned. Soon enough, the two dogs were far ahead of her and reached the structures… where a flash of green light shone and the two canines disappeared up towards the heavens, Solia watching from a part away. Much of the preparation had been done beforehand, so what was needed was simply to activate it. … OK. Done. The princess breathed out in relief. … Now she merely needed to hope for the best while she ascended the stairs and towards the summoning altar. She had sent the summons for the heroes. She had told Lucrezia to prepare for their arrival, and left command of her forces to Anisette. They and her other followers would be able to lead well enough even without the princess’ input. Th-this would work… right? So, Solia stepped upwards the stairs one step at a time, her tail wagging from the excitement of summoning heroes…

The dark and calm Kiwi would be the one to appear before Alam, while the tiny eccentric overly happy and friendly Peach would be the one who appeared before Yui. Both dogs would appear before them at some time when they were on their own (and possibly heading in a direction suitable to them). Kiwi would take maximum advantage of whatever situation occurred before her and place the portal somewhere where Alam was heading for, possibly. Meanwhile, the moment Peach saw Yui he’d jump at her to attempt befriending and general cuddling before putting the knife in the floor/ground to make the portal appear right underneath her if possible. Should they be dodged or otherwise, I’ll take personal control of the dogs and we can have fun figuring out how the two of them gets you.

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Eh. I should stop being so undetermined. I'll just post it and accept any yelling and edits I have to do afterwards.

Nice one, Koma~ She's beautiful~ Good job~

Edit: Also, for the record, my posts might be stupidly long at times, but that's because I want to write them like that. This is in the casual section, so please don't anyone be frightened by them. I don't mind if anyone makes their posts a great deal shorter. ... That said, I know there are those probably capable of making way longer posts than I do, I don't mind that either... haha...

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... So, um... I wrote a post, but I am unsure if it is OK. I mean... er... it looks like this?

Post

A deep breath. Eyes closed. Focus. This is it. The people will love it. This is the hour of change. The hour when everything would be turned around. There had been trying times since… since… since they died, since her parents died and gave her the throne. There had been disturbing reports of monsters, the entire nation had been feeling like it was on the edge of its seat with these repeatedly worrying news. But today… today all that changed. Everything felt so right. There was a piece of doubt still harboring deep within her soul, but determination had already flooded her. She was going to do this, and there was nothing that was going to go wrong! Everything was perfect…!

‘Waf! Waf!’ Just by her feet, a tiny, brown and REEEEAAAALLY happy dog was jumping around. He was way over-eager, with the knife which would be used for the summoning bound around his neck for easy access by his mouth. ‘Waf! Waf!’ The little thing bounced up at her, and she caught it with a giggle in midair, holding the happy creature in her arms. The dog wasted no time looking around happily with mouth open and tongue hanging. She carried him along while another, darker dog was walking at her right. A lot calmer than the tinier one, this one strode with a sense of purpose and somewhat of a hint of laziness, but still, the knife similarly bound around her neck was there for the summoning as well. These dogs were the tiny Peach and the dark Kiwi, ready to do their duty happily/calmly for their nation.

The girl herself was Sfogliatine Zucchero Graelian. She was a young and suitably short girl of fourteen summers with long white hair reaching just beyond her hips. Her expression at the moment was smiling with determination, carrying the tiny brown Peach up the long stairway on the floating island. While a princess, she wasn’t wearing exactly royal-looking clothes, but they were certainly distinctive. Alright. The princess looked up the stairs. Her young eyes looked in awe at the pillars and altar. This entire place… it was just screaming destiny. And the princess knew she would answer. Biting her lip for a bit, praying silently that this wouldn’t miss-match the timing of the battle too badly, she did her job.

‘Kiwi! Peach! Go!’ She let the brown little Peach go down on the marble road, where he along with the dark Kiwi dashed up the remaining starts at an impressive speed while Solia whispered her little chant, focusing on what she had learned. Soon enough, the two dogs were far ahead of her and reached the structures… where a flash of green light shone and the two canines disappeared up towards the heavens, Solia watching from a part away. Much of the preparation had been done beforehand, so what was needed was simply to activate it. … OK. Done. The princess breathed out in relief. … Now she merely needed to hope for the best while she ascended the stairs and towards the summoning altar. She had sent the summons for the heroes. She had told Lucrezia to prepare for their arrival, and left command of her forces to Anisette. They and her other followers would be able to lead well enough even without the princess’ input. Th-this would work… right? So, Solia stepped upwards the stairs one step at a time, her tail wagging from the excitement of summoning heroes…

The dark and calm Kiwi would be the one to appear before Alam, while the tiny eccentric overly happy and friendly Peach would be the one who appeared before Yui. Both would appear before them at some time when they were on their own (and possibly heading in a direction suitable to them). Kiwi would take maximum advantage of whatever situation occurred before her and place the portal somewhere where Alam was heading for, possibly. Meanwhile, the moment Peach saw Yui he’d jump at her to attempt befriending and general cuddling before putting the knife in the floor/ground to make the portal appear right underneath her if possible. Otherwise, I’ll take personal control of the dogs and we can have fun figuring out how the two of them gets you.

Specifically I am worrying about my mentions of the other characters and how I did the sending of the dogs. I mean, there is no time we actually see HOW the animals are sent or anything... geesh...

Also, speaking of animals, here you go. I created two.

Kiwi

Name: Kiwi
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Race: Dog

Appearance: This is her
Height: 0.6 meters
Weight: 15 kg
Eye color: Purple
Furr tone: Dark
Misc: None

Personality: Kiwi is a calm type dog which has nothing against lying about resting most of the day. She’s quite open to strangers and is quite reasonably, most of the time. For walks she usually prefers to take it easy, but when different things catch her attention she can sometimes charge ahead to make sure it doesn’t get away. Living small things get her attention easily, and she starts to guard them. While she’s usually quite inactive, sometimes Kiwi just gets up to do something, like assist in a Hero Summoning or deliver exactly the item which masters needed at the time before they realized it…
- Likes: Beings younger than herself, calm afternoons with people she knows, randomly being of use when she wasn’t expected to.
- Dislikes: Being bothered when she doesn’t feel like moving, regardless of reason. Touching her collected young ones (no, she doesn’t have any pups, why do you ask?)

Background: A dog living in Graelian. She grew up near the castle, and has been trained to be of use to the nation. Usually she is of use on her own, though. The princess is fond of her.

--- Powers and Abilities ---

Position: Dog

Affinity: Wind

Physical Fitness: Dog
Magic Potential: Dog

Weapon Specialization: Teeth, claws and summoning swords.

--- Special Attacks ---
Name: Hero Summon
Type: Short Range Magical Circle Portal
Desc: The animal takes the summoning weapon which they brought to the human world and inserts it into the ground. Upon being placed, a large magic circle will take shape which includes its instructions and terms of service in the language of Fralanthe (meaning nobody human can read it). The center of the circle will be a portal capable of being fallen through. Should the hero in any way end up falling through, the hero will be summoned to the summoning spot of the nation that summoned him or her. Upon arrival falling into Fralanthe, the hero’s impact with the altar will be softened by a large magical flower which will then open its petals and let the hero out.

Peach

Name: Peach
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Race: Dog

Appearance: This is him
Height: 0.3 meters
Weight: 5 kg
Eye color: Black
Furr tone: Brown
Misc: None

Personality: Peach is a male dog that is overly fond of barking at people he likes and running up and sniffing and jumping on absolutely everyone in the vicinity. New people especially. People would describe him as rather cute, but Peach is also rather strong for his tiny size and can jump rather high. He loves attention and loves to be praised, and will do anything for those he can get it from. And does he love every single person he has ever and will ever meet, no matter what.
- Likes: People, praise, petting, absolutely everything
- Dislikes: …

Background: A dog living in Graelian. He appears to have been a runaway from somewhere, and was brought to the castle by Kiwi where he was then kept after many failed attempts to find his origin. Now he does random necessary tasks for them by Kiwi’s side, like summoning heroes and what not.

--- Powers and Abilities ---

Position: Dog

Affinity: Fire

Physical Fitness: Dog
Magic Potential: Dog

Weapon Specialization: Absurd cuteness, paws and summoning swords.

--- Special Attacks ---
Name: Hero Summon
Type: Short Range Magical Circle Portal
Desc: The animal takes the summoning weapon which they brought to the human world and inserts it into the ground. Upon being placed, a large magic circle will take shape which includes its instructions and terms of service in the language of Fralanthe (meaning nobody human can read it). The center of the circle will be a portal capable of being fallen through. Should the hero in any way end up falling through, the hero will be summoned to the summoning spot of the nation that summoned him or her. Upon arrival falling into Fralanthe, the hero’s impact with the altar will be softened by a large magical flower which will then open its petals and let the hero out.

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Excuse me, Xaltwind. I need to ask if you have a description of the magical animals that will be preparing that summoning on the other side, assuming we'll be using that method of summoning. Either that, or I could make them myself if allowed to, if you don't want to. Barely appearing animals and all.

Edit: ... Or am I getting ahead of myself?