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In Pokémon: Start → 4 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

Rose’s eyes practically glew with excitement as Erika told about her journey.

‘Wow, there’s so much one can see and experience outside this city… I’ve been missing out!’ Rose giggled. ‘Sure, what I’ve been doing has been important, but still!’

Eventually they arrived before the Dream World, and…

‘Huh, maybe. I haven’t heard of them putting people to sleep just for entering, but maybe!’ She then gave a curious look at the EXP Share Erika took off from Tara, and then when she used Safeguard. ‘Ooo, that’s handy!’

‘Maledy can wait!’ Rose said, despite being so excited about seeing Maledy before. ‘They told me to escort you! If you were to walk in there and end up in danger on your own, how would I live with myself? C’mon, let’s go!’ she said, definitely not hiding that she really just wanted to accompany to see what the goggles were actually leading towards.

So, entering the building…

There’s a decently sized reception area, with three doors and stairs, up and down. The door to the left was to the sleeping rooms on the first floor, the door to the right was to a cafeteria, while the door straight ahead was to the staff area. Up the stairs were more sleeping floors, down was staff only. There’s chairs and tables for waiting around and talking, or perhaps napping straight here by the entrance. There were a substantial number of people in here, sitting or standing around, waiting, looking happy for no discernable reason. If Erika equipped the goggles, she’d see the lines going down the basement. A round Pokémon was standing on the reception next to the staff member, smiling at all customers.



Pokédex Entry #39 – Jigglypuff, the Balloon Pokémon. Looking into its eyes causes it to sing a lullaby which, due to its unique vocal cords, are able to find the exact frequency at which the opponent cannot help but fall asleep. This is its defensive mechanism, and will sing to the point it cannot breathe against an enemy that won’t fall asleep.


‘Hello, and welcome to Dream World. Here, we promise you nothing but the deepest of sleeps, regardless of how stressed you may be,’ the receptionist bowed. ‘You can order Dreamless Sleep to simply wake up refreshed. A Happy Dream will bring you joy for no discernable reason. Adventure Dream is a special option; it will allow a Hypno to manipulate your dream to let you experience whatever you wish. You could also order a Nightmare, but it costs more because our Pokémon enjoys it less. Also, why would you?’



‘Oh, but if you’re just here for Sleep O’Clock, then you’re just in time. Simply wait five minutes, and it’ll be upon us,’ the receptionist said. Jigglypuff winked.

Rose was looking around excitedly for now. What does Erika do?









Connected areas:
Route 12. A long, peaceful plain stretching far west towards Redcoast City.
Route 13. A route of eternal night, leading east towards Worldedge City.
Route 26. The calm waters north of Bigfjord City, leading towards Ironcliff Town.
In Pokémon: Start → 4 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Remram

There was a moment of silence as Uxie considered what Basil was asking. The legendary Pokémon tilted its head somewhat forward, and Anise looked between them, seemingly holding her breath.

Then, Uxie ope

osed its eyes. The eyelids definitely were open a moment ago, but Basil had no memory of it. He did have new memories, however, that he didn’t have before.

For one, he’s not in a rush. The people down there in the building were trying to get something from the girl, but they were working with a mistaken assumption. They would not make progress anytime soon, so if Basil wanted to, he could take his time and train to become stronger, until the day when he would so feel ready to take it on.

For the second. Simply progressing his journey would be plenty in order to grow stronger. To grow in levels, challenge strong opponents, learn new moves… it would all help in simply growing stronger. Most people didn’t get strong enough Pokémon to challenge the Pokémon League, simply reaching that strength would put him above most common bad guys as well.

But, there is one more thing he can do. Other than getting experience through battle, they could also train specifically to get stronger. One can get better at deflecting attacks, or dodging under an incoming blow. There is more a Pokémon can do than simply their moves. Many Gym Leaders have practice doing this, where their strongest Pokémon are able to battle on their own if so needed, because they’ve trained to be creative during battle and have the experience to do so. A more experienced human should be able to teach Basil how to do so.

Or, if he wanted a more experienced Pokémon, then there was another option. Four different locations were recorded in Basil’s memory. A hidden cavern in Gold Cave. A dangerous section in Unforgiving Cavern. A glade in Sparse Forest, located west of Route 19, south of Route 18 and south-east of Cycling Outpost. A pond in South Silent Forest, west of Highhill Town. In each of these locations was a skilled Pokémon, who might assist his Pokémon, to train them in ways beyond what humans could.

This was Uxie’s answer.
In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 4 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay


As the Queen lifted her sword and swung, an excessive amount of artifacts in Taihei’s skin suddenly sprung to life. A giant shield swung up, clear white, to shield from any harm that was to come to Taihei or Josefin or the mirror. As someone who lived with constant horrible misfortune, Taihei had devised an excessive amount of artifacts meant to reduce the chance of death to nothing. A meteor could land upon it, reducing the very apartment to dust and leaving a crater, but Taihei and those under her protection would still be there. As someone fate tries to kill every few hours, this came as natural to her, and it would protect from physical as well as mental attacks…

And for the moment, it even opposed the strike of the Storyslayer.

Taihei, shocked at the power of the blow that suddenly came through the opened portal, raised both hands and staff to amplify her artifacts, to keep the shield intact, her eyes widened. The attack wasn’t even coming from in front of her, it was like it came from within her. Yet, despite this, Taihei’s artifacts still defended her, even against the most unnatural of blows…!

Next to her, Josefin immediately collapsed. Taihei but grunted, unable to provide the same protection to her ally. While alarmed at the collapse of her friend, she didn’t have the time to focus away from the attack currently striking at her very existence. It was strong, so strong, and yet… yet her defense was working. She was holding it at bay.

‘Heh… hah!’ Taihei let a rare smile spread across her lips. She knew who was on the other side. The Queen of Wonderland. Not even her power could break through Taihei’s defenses! … Was what she was thinking while they were barely holding together, but at this moment, tentacles flaring and her shields holding firm against the Storyslayer’s strike, Taihei felt invincible.

Josefin slowly stood up next to her. Taihei chuckled in relief. Figures someone as lucky as her wouldn’t fall to a random slice like that. She didn’t know what convenience allowed the supernaturally lucky girl to survive, but right now, she didn’t care. The strike at her existence still remained, but it was waning in power.

‘It would seem even the Queen can’t strike through our defences!’ Taihei shouted, emboldened. ‘Come, Josefin, it’s time to mount our counter-’

SLASH

Taihei fumbled, unprepared for what had just happened.

There stood Josefin, giant sword in hand, eyes wide with small pupils. She’d just slashed straight across Taihei’s body. The thing was, Josefin’s strength and her sword was no match for Taihei’s superior toughness; it had inflicted no physical damage whatsoever.

But the slice had come filled with the full might of Josefin’s Mana specialization, struck directly to Taihei’s magic defense. No matter the defense, it uses mana to materialize, and being in close quarters with Josefin could cause any such magic to destabilize, if but for a moment. Josefin’s strike had cut the slightest, tiniest hole in Taihei’s protective magic shield… and the Queen’s strike passed through.

Had the Queen somehow mind-bent Josefin with her strike? Or had Josefin been a traitor in their midst, the entire time? Regardless, the fact that the one and only one who could make a hole in Taihei’s defense was next to her the entire time, and that when it mattered the most she turned her sword on Taihei… Her own closest, most trusted friend, of all people… There could be no other culprit than…

‘Tsk… fucking bad luck…’ Taihei cursed her own Soul Mutation, just as the Storyslayer’s slice broke through and cleaved into her identity…

She expected to die.

…

Taihei gasped, staggering as a new clarity flushed her mind.

What… what were these thoughts?



Taihei’s gaze flashed quickly over to Josefin, the determined blonde breathing in sharply as she gazed earnestly at Taihei, and…

‘AAAAAAAAAAAAH!’ Josefin cried as she hugged around Taihei, clutching tightly. Her giant sword had been dropped, falling clanking to the floor.

‘I KNEW IT! I knew I had to be here for a reason! It’s finally time! Taihei, you’re finally free…! I’m so happy…!’ Josefin shouted out, Taihei supremely confused, but also frowning at dark thoughts…



… The Queen broke into the moment to tell that she would see them truly liberated. Taihei had her doubts, this could just be replacing one master with another…

‘Taihei,’ Josefin clasped one of Taihei’s hands, smiling so eagerly at her. ‘Believe in me. It’s going to be all right. Trust in me. It will solve itself somehow. I promise,’ Josefin said, looking happier than Taihei had ever seen her.

… but at this point, who cared? If there was any chance it was better than Asengav, it was worth it. Taihei wasn’t hopeful, the curse of misfortune was still imprinted into her soul, just like good luck was imprinted in Josefin’s, but what the hell. Josefin looked so happy.

‘… Alright,’ Taihei merely said, nodding, and eventually the both stood up to look upon the Queen and those who followed her. In Taihei’s mind, questions about the circumstances of Asengav’s recruitment of her still swirled, and a hot, burning rage slowly started to glow within as she pieced various pieces together…




‘…’ Mariette didn’t really have much to interfere with in that whole scene, so she simply walked in through the portal, walked past the two un-mind-bent followers, and then put a hand on the mirror. With that, as the swirl into the void began again. She knew, the effect would be unmistakable on the surface. This would be the time when normal Magical Girls would have risen to oppose them, and they’d likely have lost. But, now…

‘This is the last mirror surface mirror,’ Mariette said, to the Queen and to Su and Mika. ‘All that remains now, is the Black Mirror itself, and the ritual that should take place there…’ she said. A shudder went through her, knowing who was guarding that one. And also… what they would have to do there.

‘No portal there is necessary…’ Mariette said. ‘We can head there directly if we go through the mirror,’ she said, gesturing to the mirror in front of them. The time of the ritual was approaching…

… She needed to find the time to send a message.
In Pokémon: Start → 4 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

Erika sent her message to Joshua. It did not take long at all before she received a response. A decently long one, at that.

Oh, thank goodness! :D
We’ve been held up for a bit by this guy called Bladestorm, apparently a member of the City Guardians of Bigfjord City. He found us in front of the store, initially assumed we were the robbers and fought us, but now we’ve explained ourselves and now he’s leading us to their HQ and telling us all about what’s going on in this city.
I feel a bit uncomfortable, but Ewan seems determined to help out with the criminals in the city. I kinda just want to continue my Pokémon journey and have fun? This serious stuff can wait until my team is stronger. :3
Ah, but if sweet lady Erika says that she will need my help, then I will of course stop at nothing to come to your aid! Just tell me when! I’ll watch Ewan in the meantime! Good luck!

Then, Erika told her plan to the rest. Part of which included a big heist on Rukh HQ. As long as they didn’t mention that it was an attack on Rukh’s HQ. Hush brought a hand to her chin as she considered.

‘… The biggest players would be Naiad of Silver Scale, Static of Neon Dream and, well, Maledy of Maledy’s Menagerie. And Granite of the Automatons,’ Hush murmured. ‘Then numerous smaller teams like the Clovers, Mammoth Squad or the Vices…’

‘Or us!’ Chime raised a hand and exclaimed happily.

‘Yeah, the Night Owls are unfortunately not a major name with not a lot of contacts,’ she admitted to Erika. ‘but we can make an effort. Yoink, you know the guys at Neon Dream,’ Hush said, turning to their red-haired member.

‘Er, well, I do,’ Yoink scratched her head over her beanie. ‘But they just mainly hate the Agni group in specific.’ The members of the Agni noble family, that is.

‘Try speaking to them. Gauge interest in meeting. We have a big target,’ Hush said. ‘Myself, I know Onyx of Mammoth Squad is good friends with Naiad, and I have partnered with Onyx in the past. So I can work myself up. If I were to get Naiad to join us, plenty more would join for free,’ the leader continued. ‘GW, try to come up with a plan. That’s your area of expertise.’

‘It sure is…’ GW sighed, as he crossed his arms and gazed off at the tower, the weight of his new task apparent in his tone. ‘Hm. I should also be able to contact the Automatons… and some more. I have a couple contacts, actually…’

‘Good. As for Maledy…’ Hush turned to look at Chime, who was positively beaming through her mask. ‘Chime, I think you’d match her aura. Would you like to go make the request?’

‘Leave~! It~! To~! Me~!’ Chime chimed with a melodic tone to her voice as she spun around. ‘Aaah, it’s a dream come true! I’ve always wanted to have a reason to meet with Maledy myself~!’

‘It seems we all have tasks to do, then. Chime, escort Erika to Lovesick Lane. I wouldn’t like her heading there alone,’ Hush said. ‘I’ll contact you later. I… don’t want you heading to Renaud without us nearby to possibly bail you out, just in case,’ the leader said with genuine concern in her voice. ‘Regardless of what may have been on his mind, he has fought against our kind so far…’ And that was reason enough why he could be their enemy, and Hush wanted Erika to have some form of cover.

With that, their plans were made.

‘Alright. Then, until we meet again,’ Hush would say, because she’d now go off and try to negotiate with other teams. Block, who hadn’t said much, would head with her simply to make sure the leader of the Night Owls wasn’t heading somewhere alone, either. Yoink and GW had their own tasks… but Chime was sent to Lovesick Lane with Erika. So…

A couple of steps after separating, Chime just gladly pulled her mask off and smiled with her real face to Erika. ‘’It’d be weird to be seen walking with someone in a mask, right? So, hi! I’m Rosemary~ Call me Rose~’ she happily presented herself, waving to Erika. Also, she let Chimecho out, and the Wind Chime Pokémon dangled along with them on the way.

They headed across the city again, walking across most of the city. They crossed Gemstone Skyline, which was a lot of tight streets with plenty of shops around and lots of blinking lights, and the whole time Rosemary was chatting. Talking about various things. The shrine they briefly visited? She worked there, for a measly sum, but she likes the place and as such doesn’t mind. She then went on to ask Erika plenty more, like about the journey she was going on, what she likes, etc, and far more things that would cover the entire screen if it was written down.

After following the lines seen with the Goggles, and passing by a lot closer to Rukh’s tower, they could head by the perimeter of Safehouse Docks and arrive towards Lovesick Lane.



What does Erika do now?







Connected areas:
Route 12. A long, peaceful plain stretching far west towards Redcoast City.
Route 13. A route of eternal night, leading east towards Worldedge City.
Route 26. The calm waters north of Bigfjord City, leading towards Ironcliff Town.
In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 4 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay




‘Haha… Sorry…’ Ronin quenched her smile when Connie indirectly reprimanded her for laughing. ‘It’s just that the silliest things can go wrong…’

‘Right. But if you’re done… Let’s think of a solution…’ Miko demanded. ‘It’s not like we played by the Queen’s rules in any of the other puzzles…’ Miko questioned. They could break through a wall?

‘I don’t really see the need to complicate it,’ Ronin told, then advanced towards… ‘Who the heck would claim a door in a wall…’ She said, grabbing the left door from their point of view. ‘… Is on any other side than the way you’re facing when you’re opening it!?’ So she said, as she decisively opened the left door!

‘T-trickster guards, that’s who!’ Miko replied in horror.

‘Possible!’ Ronin shouted. ‘But we can handle anything this door might throw our way! Now c’mon, we can’t spend eternity here!’ Ronin waved to the rest, and was definitely intending on going through that door.

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Becoming a giant dragon (well, her original form, that is) while being launched faster than she’d ever been launched before…

It was glorious.

Mayra had intended on attacking after MDP’s shot, but Rachel shot her so fast she ended up hitting into the Jabberwock’s sword before it hit MDP before she fired in the first place. Unable to comprehend at the moment why this might have been really good, the dragon went on an assault against the giant monster, and then the pastel princess shot her magic and their enemy was reduced in size, all while dragon Mayra swiped and swiped and breathed fire…

Until eventually the great fire dragon Mayra had taken the great Jabberwock’s place upon the castle.

Mayra roared loudly, victoriously, extending her wings to become as large as she could. Show her dominance. There was nobody under the skies as mighty as she was right now. If this was the fairy-tale, she was the dragon. She was the embodiment of fire, shadow, and-

In the edge of her consciousness, Mayra noticed MDP suddenly dropping through her cloud. The dragon turned, stretching out a claw, but having been preoccupied with celebrating her timing was late. Again.

… But Penny had managed to crash her truck and come flying to catch her. Mayra turned fully around, staring down at her. She was reminded of something. She… very much wanted to fight Penny. Ever since the briefing where they had been presented all the threats to Asengav in Penrose… she’d very much wanted to fight Penny. … And that was the glare she was aiming down at Penny at this moment…

… But not while she was holding Violet. Mayra had enough sense to recognize her too, and also enough object permanence to know that was where MDP had been. While Mayra very much wanted to battle Penny, seeing her holding their mutual friend, which Mayra did not want to harm, stayed her instincts. Instead, her second concern…

Mayra growled, and then pointed with a claw and a nod of her head. At Brittany. Who had taken an arrow from Gryphon because Mayra’d been a fool. Was she alright? If not, could someone help her? Mayra was somewhat unable to articulate her concern as being a giant dragon did, in fact, not come with the ability to speak, and also lowered her sense of reasoning to that of an animal. In this case… a concerned, if giant and very dangerous, animal.
In Pokémon: Start → 4 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘Sorry~’ Chime said to Erika saying they should feel silly for not trusting her. ‘I could tell you my name when there’s just the two of us~’

‘Oo, almost the champion, huh,’ Yoink noted, crossing her arms. Looking like she was considering something.

Erika went on to explain about the goggles she had. And that they maybe point towards…

‘Legendary…’ Yoink stared at her in shock.

‘… Pokémon…!?’ GW finished, as so did he, too.

‘Wooow~’ Chime called in, arms raised in amazement.

There was a moment of silence as Erika went on to tell them to please not tell anyone about that.

‘Yeah, no duh!’ Yoink sounded out.

‘If anyone even slightly shady hears about that, they’re gonna waste no time at all plotting how to steal them from you…’ GW said. Hush nodded to that, definitely agreeing. Erika continued what she was saying…

‘We’re not equipped to head for Rukh’s HQ,’ Hush replied quickly. ‘If he’s got a legendary Pokémon in there, then it is likely out of our reach and in a very secure position, possibly in a Pokéball for all we know. We’re not making it past the reception without getting the entirety of the cigs on us,’ she stated plainly.

‘So, we could examine what it is you’re seeing in the north-east. In fact, if it is something that could help us, then I say it would give us a stronger case that we’re worth being invested in if we’re bringing something legendary. So I would say going north-east first.’ So the leader of the group says.

‘Right, uh. But you’re not heading there alone. Right, what’s there, you have no idea about anything…’ GW said, as he started walking towards Erika while taking something out of his bag. It was a large folded piece of paper that he unfolded and held over to Erika. It was a map.

Erika obtained Bigfjord City Map!




‘Pffth, paper,’ Yoink made a noise over there. ‘Things are supposed to be technology nowadays. Keep with the times.’

‘They’re not gonna be able to send a Porygon to hack my paper map, Yoink,’ GW replied, unimpressed. He then started pointing at the map.

‘Anyway, were here, Sunset Slums. The parts ruled by the cigs are Gemstone Skylines, Brighttown Boulevard, Evergreen Avenue and Safehouse Docks, and also parts of Foxhole Foundries and Steppingstone Streets. Sunset Slums, Afterthought Abodes and Tightrope Allies… all look like this, and we’re usually not bothered here,’ he gestured at the state of Sunset Slums.

‘But if you’re saying north-east, then that’s-’ he pointed. ‘- Lovesick Lane. It’s, uh. Lots of weird people there,’ he said.

‘Lots of people who believe in fairies~’ Chime chimed in.

‘Right. Most famous for Maledy’s Menagerie, which is a circus… and the participants of the circus are one of the teams doing just like we’re doing and robbing stores, and for them it’s to distribute money to the people of Lovesick Lane,’ GW said.

‘… Which they all then spend by going back to their circus,’ Yoink looked uneasy. ‘I swear, something feels off about the people there…’

‘Just because it’s magical doesn’t mean it’s distrustful~’ Chime called happily.

‘Right,’ Hush stepped forwards to also look at the map. ‘Besides, Lovesick Lane does feel like a place where one might find something mystical.’ She then pointed at a couple more places on the map. ‘Most factories are in Foxhole Foundries, warehouses in Safehouse Docks next to the actual docks. Rukh’s HQ is there, right between Gemstone Skyline and Brighttown Boulevard. Renaud’s gym is in south-east Brighttown Boulevard, and his influence spreads over Foxhole Foundries. We met you in Steppingstone Streets, then here in Gemstone Skylines we saw the fight between Daybreak and the Clovers, where Daybreak is a team of mercenaries hired by the noble families, and the Clovers are a team from Afterthought Abodes…’

‘Hey, by the way. Whatever happened to the friends you had, back in Steppingstone Streets?’ Yoink suddenly asked.

‘Given where they were, I would assume the cigs met up with them in front of the store. They’ve likely received the other side of the story by now,’ Hush said, very simply.

What does Erika do now?







Connected areas:
Route 12. A long, peaceful plain stretching far west towards Redcoast City.
Route 13. A route of eternal night, leading east towards Worldedge City.
Route 26. The calm waters north of Bigfjord City, leading towards Ironcliff Town.

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@Remram

Basil asked his question and awaited his answer… then he remembered said answer. As if he knew it all along. But as further affirmation…

The vision transported him out of the facility, through the walls, and he saw the grey, not particularly noteworthy building… completely surrounded by the billowing smoke, deep within the Industrial District of Worldedge City, among the city’s many factories and warehouses. Bottom section of the southern side of the city. This would be the front entrance of the facility.

There was a second entrance, which Basil was suddenly brought past routes to be shown. In Mt. Strength, there was a secret tunnel that went down, far down, until it was no longer Mt. Strength at all. There was an underground system of tunnels, and one path there led to an elevator surrounded by a small encampment. That elevator also led to the same facility.

Regardless of the path taken, there would be guards trying to oppose any sort of intrusion. These were bad guys. However, a note of caution was requested. For there are those who support the darkness of Isson, and should too many allies be called, then the bad guys would catch wind of it before any rescue operation could take place.

There was also a request which he remembered, despite never being told. Do not tell anyone what hides here in Ancient Stillwood. For that is exactly what it is doing there… hiding. From what, it couldn’t tell.

…

Basil could suddenly blink awake, back in the forest. In front of him was Uxie, whose eyes definitely hadn’t been closed a moment ago.

Anise also stood here, and judging by her gasp she was also just shown something. Regardless.

What would Basil do now?

In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 4 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



‘…’ Miko stared blankly at the sad Tweedle as he answered. ‘Okay. So the idea with that question is, regardless of which one you ask, whichever door they indicate with their answer is the wrong door, and we should pick the other. I just-’ Miko took a second to feel incredibly, incredibly stupid. ‘I don't know if he means his own or our right.’

Ronin stared at her sister for a couple seconds, and then started laughing.
In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 4 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



‘Ouugh…’ Miko made a noise as she watched the nonsense that the Super Map was giving her. She put it away to then focus on the new scene in front of them.

Ronin and Miko came to a stop with the rest as they arrived to this lavish room. That, and then there were the two guards at the front. After delivering their riddle, Ronin smiled, knowing she wouldn’t be able to figure out the answer.

‘Hey, what if we just grabbed two busts of the Queen, opened a door each, and then threw the busts in, and we’d see what kind of traps we trigger?’ Ronin suggested. Though, Gaia said that something like that was not going to work?

Alicia was about to leave, when…

‘Wait. Alicia. I… I know the answer to the riddle,’ she said, thinking there was no point in leaving because of this. … And then she turned to Ronin with a frown. ‘… And so should you!’

‘Wait. me?’ Ronin asked, looking confused.

‘We watched Labyrinth together! The riddle is in that movie!’ Miko said, incredulously.

‘Aaa,’ Ronin looked away for a bit. ‘I do vaguely remember seeing that movie… but nope! I got nothing!’ Ronin smiled back at her sister.

‘Honestly,’ Miko sighed. ‘But even without that, it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out. You only get one question to one guard, so obviously it’s going to have to concern the other guard AND the door,’ Miko said.

‘Sure. Absolutely. Go get them, sis!’ Ronin chuckled, then cheered on her sister to go show off.

‘… I’m just concerned it’s a trick. Like, if the Queen actually put a third door that’s the actual way and the only way to get it is her secret password. Regardless, here we go.’ So she said, and then advanced on the two.

‘You,’ she said, directing to the sad one. ‘Tweedled- uh,’ she hesitated, as she realized she didn’t know which was which.

‘Tweedledeepressed!’ Ronin helpfully supplied.

‘Right,’ Miko shook her head. Then she refocused, and gave the actual question.

‘If I were to ask him which door to go through to reach the Queen’s chambers,’ she said, pointing to the happy one while still asking the sad one. ‘What would he answer?’

The one who tells the truth would accurately say that the one who lies would give them the wrong door.

The one who lies would know the one who tells the truth would point at the right door, and as such give them the wrong door as the answer to the question.

Either way, pick the other door.

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‘Now then…’ Mayra landed back down, and did some minor stretching. Bent down on one knee and extended the other, then the other, pulled one arm back to rotate her upper body, then the other direction.

She absolutely could leave it all to MDP. Mayra was nigh-convinced that girl was invulnerable. It wasn't like Mayra would turn down a fight. Now, if MDP on her own was able to take down the opponent herself, that’d be cool. But if not…

The power of fire charged at her feet as she bent her knees in preparation. She unleashed the power at the same time as she extended her legs and blasted off the ground.

If Rachel was still there, standing behind her shield at an elevated position, Mayra was heading for her. Once again… ‘LAUNCH ME AT IT’ she’d request, intending to get her feet on Rachel's hammer so she could be launched directly at their giant enemy. Otherwise, Mayra’d just go the direct route herself.

Now, she'd taken a second stretching to allow time for MDP’s attack to happen. If it did the job, and there's nothing left, great. Mayra would use fire to slow herself down and then freeze herself in mid-air with a Darkness curse next to MDP and congratulate her on a work well done. If there’s something left, anything left, even if it has turned into a big friend or something because of MDP’s nonsense…


In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 5 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



Mika had some accurate observations there. Then, her mom could beat Mariette’s mom. Mariette didn’t exactly have an answer, but it was cute.

‘… There is,’ Mariette said about there being a reason she hadn’t told all of this before. The less that knew the better, if Ronja just decided to read the mind of the wrong person then Mariette’s life would be forfeit. When Su talked about how this was simply replacing one tyrant for another, Mariette’s expression grew pained. ‘I am aware. This was not how these events were originally supposed to take place… In the original plan, Mother wasn’t here. But… we will adapt.’

Mariette did have a response to how important her revenge was. That it wasn’t revenge, it was to free those Asengav had enslaved, and to prevent him from hurting or enslaving anyone else in the future. But, that was when the others were done…


The magical girl human warrior and the were-lamia monster-girl both charged into the freezer at once. Freya swung her sword, and noticed the magic that had been previously used to restrain Shelyn was now back under her command. With her swings, she cracked the walls, slabs of dirt came up as shields, before she sent boulders hurtling at their opponent, and then, disguised by the boulders, came Freya herself, swinging her sword.

Shelyn, independent from Freya, darted around with intense speed, much more of a brawler or a hunter than Freya’s balance between the defensive and offensive, launching herself at the exposed identified weak points of the giant brute to try to tear them assunder. However, there she suddenly discovered an issue. The giant sent blasts of ice, mountains of ice formed from every slam… and even though they did not hit, Shelyn found that they hurt.

Freya realized with a start. Of course she’d known about it, her previous bane. Ice was her bane. Because the were-lamia could not stand the cold. Freya had been excited, that she could now fight without being held back by such a weakness… but Shelyn could not. In fact, she was confused, why she hurt from even being close to the matter. The were-lamia felt her power draining, her speed slowing, and it looked like the giant would crush her with a slam of its icy club…

When instead it struck stone. Shelyn looked up in surprise, and there was Freya. Defending her, a sword supported by rock blocking the attack, barely. Freya glanced back with a serious frown. Shelyn understood, albeit growled. They would have to work together.

The fight continued, and Freya took the front-line, blocking ice attacks and fighting the monster head-on… but the monster was obviously stronger. But, here and there, Shelyn flashed in at the right time to cut its ankles, or throw a spear of rock that Freya had given her from a distance. Eventually, just as Freya looked like she would be crushed under the club, a rock thrown by Shelyn struck the icy monster square in the eye. Freya then summoned the greatest stalagmite she could and slammed it up into the air… where Shelyn grammed the stalagmite and with her superior strength struck it directly down into the chest of the monster, caving in its ribcage, shattering its lungs, stomach and heart. The beast fell with a great thud, and only because the two had worked together.

Shelyn fell, gasping, still hurting from all the ice scattered around that still acted as her bane, while Freya ran over to try to care for her…

‘Right, we got to get you out of here… Great fighting. I suppose you won that,’ Freya said, trying to pick Shelyn up.

‘Ssshhhhh…!’ Shelyn glared at Freya, intensly frustrated the only reason she survived the fight was because Freya defended her… the one who had kept her locked away for so long. Yet… yet she had defended her. … Shelyn would have to sort out her feelings on the matter later. The Queen was approaching them, and…

Placed her sword on the shoulders of Freya and Shelyn, and pronounced them princesses. As she did, magic surged through them… deeply, deeply satisfying magic, and both of their eyes widened out of the surprise at the sensation.

‘Wh-whoa-’ Freya got a bit dizzy, this felt like luxury and she hadn’t experienced luxury… ever. Neither had…

‘Shh…’ Shelyn held onto Freya, who was still close, eyes deeply, deeply confused. ‘Vashal… Pinsheshesh…?’ she attempted to pronounce the words she didn’t understand. But, whatever this woman just did to her… she wanted more of it…

‘…’ Unlike Shelyn, Freya had been paying attention during the briefings, and was aware who the Queen was… but better follow, and see what happened for now. She wasn’t exactly the princess-type…

Meanwhile. By Mariette.

‘… After the one in the freezer, one left on the surface. After that, it will be the main one…’ she replied to how many mirrors there were left.

Then the Queen came by and lifted her chin, and Mariette did her best to not show her fear. She did her best to nod to her words.

‘… Yes, mother,’ she said. Now, first she had to walk over to put her hand on the mirror in the museum, because she hadn’t, and start that one. Seen for the first time by Su and Mika was the a whirlpool appearing in the mirror, nothingness swirling in the center of the mirror on display as magic from the outside world was starting to be drained into it, and each person present would feel a tug on them. Mariette would then turn, to head for the next one…


‘Hey, so, sorry I gotta ask, but are we not following the plan, then?’ Suzette asked, pointing at the mirror and then looking over at the Queen and Mariette. ‘Because she sort of told us to follow her,’ she said, meaning the Queen.

‘The protectors of each mirror were to stay by their mirrors when the ritual started, to protect them,’ Ronja explained to the Queen. ‘Me and Suzette by this one,’ indicating the one in the museum.


‘Y-yeah, and me and Victoria in the freezer,’ Tullia added. ‘albeit how we were to be there when the uncooperative monster was there is beyond me’

‘We were supposed to jump out and finish off the exhausted attackers after they managed to take down the monster,’ Victoria chuckled thinking about it.

Suzette nodded. ‘Yupp. And then Mayra and Jelena on the warehouse one, albeit I guess both of those are out…’ Jelena because a bomb had hurt her badly, and Mayra because… well, Suzette didn’t know, honestly. Wasn’t she with Mariette last she knew? ‘And Freya’s supposed to be backing up Esther in the little forest.’

‘Yes, that was the original plan…’ Mariette confirmed. ‘But, do as mother said. Follow… unless?’ she’d throw a glance at the Queen to see if she changed her mind hearing this.

Regardless, after that was determined Mariette would walk into the freezer, past the corpse of the giant monster, and then put her hand on the mirror in there. The same swirl started there, in this freezer located in the often monster-infested sewers of Penrose.

With that done…

‘Alright. You can open the portal to the last mirror now. And… keep your distance from it,’ Mariette urged.


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@Pirouette

Erika’s question of who they were triggered a little giggle from Chimecho’s trainer, while the guy in the gas-mask crossed his arms and the red-haired lady put a hand on her hip and probably smiled under her mask.

‘Yeah, we were keeping the details light just in case you decide to run off and tell the cigs all about us,’ the red-haired one said.

‘Trying to send spies to infiltrate the teams stealing from them would not be beyond the nobles,’ gas-mask guy said.

‘I’m Chime~!’ Chimecho’s trainer immediately stuck a hand up and happily announced. The other two immediately turned to stare at her, after which the gas-mask guy put a hand on his mask akin to facepalm and the red-haired chick snickered.

The leader looked to Erika.

‘We won’t tell you our names. But, as a team, we’re the Night Owls,’ she said.

‘Featuring zero actual owl Pokémon!’ the red-haired one kept snickering. ‘Anyway, call me Yoink!’



‘As said, I’m Chime~!’ Chime still held her hand up.

‘Yepp, the Chimecho trainer calls herself Chime,’ Yoink is still snickering.

‘Chiiiime~!’ Chime positively beamed as she spoke like a Pokémon saying their name.



‘I’m Geewee. As in, G-W, two letters,’ the guy in a gas-mask said…



‘Uh…’ The big guy that had commanded Quilladin earlier spoke for the first time since the battle. ‘I’m Block,’ he said, before awkwardly looking away.



‘And I’m Hush, founder and leader of the Night Owls,’ the leader said.



‘We originate from the Sunset Slums, and we’re trying to bring fairness back to Bigfjord City, one way or another,’ she continued, ‘which at the moment is by robbing company-owned stores and bringing the money back to the Slums where it’s actually needed. Along with bringing the noble families down, somehow.’

‘I can share numbers with you,’ Hush continued, in case Erika wanted.

‘Cooldome City, huh… Does that mean you’re good at Pokémon Battle?’ Yoink asked, peering over.

‘… The building over there is the HQ of Rukh Group Corporation, the Rukh noble family conglomerate. They handle logistics and trading and vehicles… but also got their fingers in everyone else’s pies in Bigfjord City. They’re the biggest sponsors of the city, and the ones with executive control. They’re the ones that fund the City Guardians. If you’re looking for the biggest fish to fry, that’s them,’ Hush said, looking at that tower.

‘Which of course makes them the best defended in the city~!’ Chime called.

‘Kinda like having the final boss just looming in the background at all times,’ Yoink chuckled, joining them in looking at the tower.

‘And the big boss himself has his office somewhere in there,’ GW continued on that particular likeness.

So what does Erika make of this?




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