Raineh Daze

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

also what does venom-snake-pretending-to-be-big-boss bring that... big boss doesn't?

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Gisela

Gisela turned when the door opened, giving Liletta a small smile, "Oh, I had just been planning a new summoning circle. But Krysia and Mr. Antiac here were certain that one would be a bad idea."

Crossing the room, the Hundi lowered herself slightly to inspect the doll. Definitely the same Anisette as before, she didn't seem to have been harmed in any way, so... "She can speak, but I don't think she wants to. Or maybe she just didn't want to talk to you?"

Maybe a bit like dealing with an intelligent but surly child. She'd had to deal with some of those when she was still around the college, although mostly in passing--Gisela had very little talent as a primary instructor for anything. Although, this one was a lot cuter than most of those. Probably because she was a doll? And doll-sized?

Reaching out, the summoner waited for Anisette to be transferred to her instead, then started absent-mindedly patting the doll's head. Still, now there were more people around... "Are any of you any good at architecture? I'm trying to design a cottage."

"Indeed, common sense is in terribly short supply. Mages, especially, don't seem to have it." Krysia noted, stage-whispering and smirking at the flick of Gisela's tail.

If she was going to keep being so easily distracted, why not tease?

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Now Accepting)

Well then.

Lappland or Saria...

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

A slight tilting of the head, listening to something that wasn't there--

And small fingers closed around Gerard's wrist. Strong for only a second, but only the strength of a child after.

"You needn't do that, not here," Tyaethe said, eyes flickering over to meet Gerard's for a second, "Anyone still breathing can be healed. Will be healed.

"Rest. We have the time."

@HereComesTheSnow

From Realms Beyond — An Isekai Crossover RP (Interest Check)

Maybe.

As with any crossover, dependent on finding the right person.

Shadow Contract: A Demon-Slaying Action RP

Akira and Andrea

A girl...? Well, they were close to the entrance, that should make this an easy one to get out then. If it was a girl. There was, after all, a distinct lack of any nearby demon to have caused the bloodstain, or any remnants of a body here. It could just be that she was lucky and overlooked, or an errant contractor. Or maybe this was a disguise, by possession or consumption or... honestly, Akira didn't really want to think about the number of ways that somebody might be impersonated by a particularly smart demon.

She'd rather take the ones that were confident enough in their power that they didn't bother hiding. Even if they were right about that, it was less of a headache on her end, and it wasn't like the boss was generally that far away, so at least those cases were simple... well, unless something even more powerful showed up.

Then they might be screwed.

"Andrea here could show you to the barrier, then you could leave," she suggested. If they were a demon, then they'd be unable to leave. Hopefully, even if they were meatpuppeting a girl. If she could leave... well, the fact that it was Andrea doing the escorting ought to be a clue, right? That meant their team's strongest combat asset had been (temporarily) sent away on a routine job. It ought to get picked up on, if the demon tried anything after.

And if escape wasn't an option, then having Andrea in the firing line was better than anybody else.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

As the healer finished the bulk of their work, Tyaethe waved for them to carry on and... well, stood there. Fionn had called for her attention for some reason, but aside from not having a clue what relevance she was supposed to have, it seemed that had resolved before she could have contributed anyway. Besides, what relevant skill did she have? "I'm somewhat resistant to curses by dint of regenerating and having far too much mana" wasn't a transferable talent. The only other thing she could do would have just been to put the man out of his misery, and that didn't seem to be the goal anyway.

What should she do now? Nominally, she was guarding these prisoners, but that didn't really count as doing anything. They were too scared to run for the most part, and even if they did it would be pointless to chase them. There were going to be enough other knights spreading out to do that.

Search for some trace of their missing evil? It probably wasn't here. Now that the fighting was over, Cae Mayl felt... normal. There was the pall of death and black magic, but it hadn't been changed fundamentally, and would probably clean up entirely once the moon properly rose. If there was anything here, it had to be gone. Even if it was, what good would she be in finding it? "Hey, can you find something when you can barely see what's going on?" It would be the fort again.

Same for finding Haelstadt's head (and how had that happened? Odd), the scent of blood was too ubiquitous to point out one person's missing body part.

She'd just stand here and wait for the moon, then. There was nothing else for her to contribute.

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Gisela

"Oh, I couldn't stay in the cottage forever," Gisela answered, continuing to work on the rudimentary plan--absorbed enough that Krysia seemed perfectly happy to now set the offending circle on fire, holding the smouldering page without a care in the world, "If I saved long enough, I might be able to manage a few decades before needing to work for someone... but magic can get expensive."

Ritual ingredients, access to books (where they were even traded), supplies for enchanting... all of it added up. Plus the basic matter of sustenance and maintenance; focusing all your time on magical pursuits didn't really lead you to managing a secondary life as a farmer on the side. Certainly, magic could help, but was it really that interesting to research? Every time anything went wrong, that would still cost money anyway. Magic could draw the process out, but she'd need to eventually stop being a recluse.

"The rumours are definitely true. I've thought about how you could try to trap her when summoning, but I haven't thought of a working method yet."

Krysia let out a boisterous laugh, wiping her hands together now that the circle had burnt out. "If you live as long as I have, you have to develop some common sense about these things. There's only so many times even demons can make mistakes before there's consequences."

@Eisenhorn

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

Picking her sword up, Tyaethe's form seemed to waver, the armour looking more and more like smoke by the second. "Here? We fought a bit, I asked them to surrender."

It was... true, but it couldn't exactly be called an informative statement. As soon as she was done making it, the cloud dissipated entirely, leaving the paladin stood there, looking off into the distance. Specifically, where the moon was rising, even if the treeline around them made it a little bit on the impossible to see side.

"It would be nice if the rest of them gave up, there's not really a point to this," the girl added, glancing down at her stomach briefly. No holes in her clothing? That was good, sometimes the trick to stop it getting damaged didn't work, "One curse monster isn't very dangerous."

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Gisela

... using her magic to deal with drunkenness or hangovers would be wasteful, but if someone were to ask, she wasn't going to say no. For one, Velvetica wasn't paying for her services on a case-by-case basis, so she was going to be available. Secondly, any excuse to cast some sort of spell was a good one in her mind. Maybe she could refine it some more? Selectively purging toxins wasn't the sort of thing she needed to do much, but it might make for an interesting challenge, if she could scale it up that might allow for a large-scale sobering spell to affect an entire group.

"I was thinking more of a small cottage..." the mage mumbled, eyes going to the demon for a minute, "Maybe quite a large one. With headroom. Oh, and I'd need somewhere to keep books."

"Permanent circles have their uses, if the mage casts the same spell often enough. They can use magically conductive materials to make it easier to cast, and get to it at a moment's notice. It's generally only useful when the effect is very draining, or the circle is very generic," the demon took over the explanation, Gisela having grabbed a spare sheet and apparently decided to start sketching out a floor plan, "A less proficient summoner might make one when they arrange something with a more powerful demon like myself. This one put something like that in her staff to cut down the time it needs.

"Which is why we're not leaving one around that would let every average mage accidentally summon Merophayal because they were frustrated." The hundi whimpered at that.

@Eisenhorn