Raineh Daze

Fate/Illuminate Histoire

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Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Kitchens

With the newcomers settling down, some of the participating knights backed off to watch as Parvan started shuffling the cards.

What became almost immediately apparent was that there was no way the two childhood friends weren't cheating like crazy. The deck itself was well-worn enough that it was almost certain that the two of them could identify the cards from the damage alone... and the shuffling itself was near enough impossible to follow when it was one of their turns'. About the best that could be said was that they were somewhat keeping one another in check, for all that there was clearly another entire deck stashed in their sleeves, at least.

All of which made something of an odd contrast with the furrowed brow of the Hundi, who both seemed to be entirely honest... and completely unable to maintain any sort of poker face.

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Library

"Mmm, yes, I'm sure we can find some spare clothes... Randon, come along?"

It was only a few minutes later when they returned with far too many spare clothes--at least that meant anyone looking for something less militant to wear had options--and set out for the city. Quite in comparison to its modern day status as the black pit, this Talderia was a city of gleaming white marble, one where Florian was all too happy to play the tour guide, attention flitting from one of the Iron Roses to the next rather than leaving anyone too left out.

For the most part, it was a normal city, sheer size alone. Aside from the occasional odd fact, like how it was unfortunate there wasn't a festival running today, but there'd no doubt be one along in a few days 'to pass the time'.

"... and obviously, this road leads to the castle. It isn't as if there's much of a kingdom to rule, so the various kings and queens collected there don't have much to fight over. Prince Erion likes to meet newcomers, and he's usually keen to explore with Thrinax, so he might be able to help with your obstacles."

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Garden

Seated in the garden, flipping through the pages of a tome on her lap, was a green-haired figure that might seem oddly familiar to Amy--not just by ancient portraits, but from having been seen in and around Candaeln these past few weeks. Although she glanced up at their passing, Lilette's eyes drifted back to the book--but she hadn't turned them away.

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Saria scooped the girl up without effort, taking some care to not jostle her too much, and followed along.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

"Ed was right, you are a grumpy sort," Parvan said, "Though you're only half right. All of this is definitely Merilia's domain, though I'd like to think we're more of an entertaining terrarium than a playground."

"The first rabbit."

"Point. Mostly a terrarium. Still, who said this was a dream? It's not quite... real, those of us here can't leave, nor any object of particular power, but it's quite physical, and her witchiness comes in occasionally to collect food that nobody outside remembers how to make. She might be keeping you all from dying, but I wouldn't test how starving yourself might stick."

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Saria

"Don't move," Saria stated, kneeling beside the girl, "I have to check if there are any other injuries."

It might have been made as a joke, but Joyce was correct that Saria didn't have anything in the way of bedside manner. Honesty and forthrightness weren't too bad on their own... but nobody would ever say that the vouivre had anything other than an intimidating presence when she was focused.

But maybe that was actually preferable when you wanted to get a complete stranger to co-operate, especially one that had no frame of reference for your abilities. Not that there was much that needed heavy attention--the head injury could be properly cleaned as soon as they something to do it with (her own supplies needed conservation), and she didn't want to accelerate the clotting too much given that. Addressing any fractures... well, that was easy enough. She could give head injury instructions later.

Not that most of this looked like Saria was doing much except staring intently.

"We need to clean that as soon as possible, but everything should heal."

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Entrance

"So, now that's done," Cyrus said, smiling at them again, "Is there anything the rest of you want to get to?"

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Library

"Safety? It might be a big city, but it's just... people," Randon said, vaguely outlining the shape of a person with his hands. "Even if you keep getting robbed in Aimlenn, it's not like anybody's going to start something with Flori and me with you."

"Yes, the city is quite safe, your challenge can only lie beyond it," Florian said, nodding, "If you leave your armour here, then I'm sure a servant will take it to the rooms assigned to your cohort. Or I could show you to a room myself, if you'd like...?"

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Kitchen

With a sigh, most of the players placed their cards down, the small pile on the table pushed over towards the blue-haired man--on closer inspection, and once he started eating one of them, it seemed that they had been betting with some form of layered pastry, cut into small squares, slightly oozing honey and... that was probably cheese. Now busy chewing, Parvan didn't immediately respond, just giving Gerard a jaunty wave.

"Not really the response I was expecting..." Edwin muttered, visibly rolling his eyes at Renar's interjection, "That's more like it. Don't worry about me, it's Cyrus who's going to get on your case if you're not careful."

"So, you're the knights we're supposed to help?" Parvan picked up, mouth now free of the sticky cake, "We could work something out once you've eaten. Or you could join us."

He gestured towards the cards, off-handedly knocking the now-pouting Hundi's hand away from the cake pile, "Most of the food the cooks have should be familiar, but they like to experiment with Talderian recipes."

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Saria

That last beam... it was extremely rare that something would be able to directly pierce through her barrier, and yet the horned woman's attack had definitely threatened doing it. It wasn't something that she wanted to test again without a better idea of the properties of the attack--maybe then she could specifically counter it. Throwing up a weaker barrier as quickly as possible to obscure her position wouldn't work every time; the enemy would catch on and it would turn into a coin flip.

That was a consideration that would have to wait for another time, now that everyone was fleeing and, while she could have picked off a few stragglers, Sanae seemed more interested in doing search and rescue.

Understandable, most of those brought here weren't soldiers. Neither was Saria, although her experiences made that a moot difference.

"I have experience running rescue operations," And the number of them that were a response to her own company's actions was a damning reminder, "But that seems unnecessary. These buildings are all much smaller than any modern structure... if you find anyone alive, I can perform first aid."

Although, it seemed unlikely that her supplies would be able to be replenished, so any of the more useful things in those would have to be rationed carefully. At least her arts couldn't run out, which should at least be better than nothing at all.

Of course, she couldn't refrain from helping with moving any rubble out of the way herself. It might be straightforward and safe compared to a collapsed concrete structure, but that didn't mean that moving long beams of wood out of the way was going to be easy for anyone without similar strength.

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Entrance

The blond man ducked briefly to look outside, gauging the position of the sun in the sky. "Maybe still in bed...? I don't know what sort of night he had. I don't think anybody will have gone down to the city yet."

Fate/Illuminate Histoire

Yup to both.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Library

"Oh? No, no, she's never done something like this before, or hasn't since long before our time," Florian answered, shaking his head, "I hope you won't mind if I show you the city first? Merilia didn't tell us anything about how your goal is to be accomplished, and better to make a day of exploring Talderia than to rush headlong into the wilderness."

On Fleuri's entrance, the hundi left the famous knight's arm, energetically darting from place to place to examine him before giving a satisfied hum. "This is the tournament knight, Flori?"

"Yes, that's the one."

"He doesn't look that impressive."

"Randon dearest, I've told you time and again that creativity and willpower are at least as impressive as technique. All the skill in the world may give you excellent results, but a repeat performance quickly grows stale without a willingness to thrust yourself into something novel.

"Now, I was just offering to show your compatriot around, Flower; you're more than welcome to join us. Perhaps you would like to remove that armour first? It looks to be a hot day."

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Entrance

"Ericht visits occasionally, but I think someone could show you to his townhouse. Shorty would be the best for that, but she's out..." Cyrus stroked his beard, "I can't say I've ever visited myself. I'm more interested in his countryside estates."