Raptra

Twisted Tales ~ Once Upon a Nightmare

Roxana Tolbert

Roxana flashed the small man a smile as he responded with a nod and bowed back. In spite of the slightly irritable demeanor she had observed him to to project earlier, he seemed polite enough towards her. She had expected that he would introduce himself as well, but another individual then arrived - a worn, disheveled older man who did not look quite well. He first addressed them with an apology, speaking in a way that was not reflected by his appearance. He too, was polite, and gave them his name before asking her and the other man for theirs.

She raised an eyebrow at the short man when he refused the handshake offered by the newcomer, admitting his supposed paranoia. Was a handshake not a common gesture performed by the 'normal' folk upon meeting for the first time? He did not elaborate on that, and she could not help but wonder what his story was. Perhaps she was not as out of place as she initially though she would be, though, it was still rather difficult for her to tell what kind of 'quirks' were considered socially acceptable and what were not, for she had not spent nearly enough time in such situations.

"Roxana Tolbert," she said, taking 'Robert's' hand before stepping closer to him out of curiosity.

The smell of alcohol hit her as she did so, and she tilted her head at the condition he appeared to be in. She stared at him for a moment, non verbally expressing some sort of care for his current state. Doing so felt rather strange for her. As a performer, she was rarely affected by the well-beings of the people in her audience. The 'normal' people were merely strangers who would toss her coin when she did her job, and that was to entertain. Now that she had to actually interact with them on a personal level, such things will begin to be of concern.

'Harry' then introduced himself to them and she nodded in agreement when he suggested that it was time to start work, grinning in amusement at the humorous way in which he had referred to the old woman's cats.

@Fallenreaper @Darth Shadow

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Will be dealing with report submissions and a final quiz for the next two weeks, but will be making short posts to move you peeps along till then. Hoping to make things more interesting here after the RL craziness is over.

Ban the Person above you

Banned because, how long have I been away from here?

Word association Game!

Trip

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Rainna Rivera

Rainna listened as the boy, who after disagreeing with her suggestion that the boy could be the headmaster's son, rattled off more possibilities. While she mentally considered each one, she managed to also catch the part about someone not being in his life. The implication was obvious, and it did not take much thought to conclude that he was referring to his own father. She was slightly caught off guard by his decision to share something she considered to be rather personal with a couple of people he did not quite know yet, but appreciated the fact that he thought enough of them to do so.

"Oh I see. Well uh, I'm sorry," was all she could think to say in response to that bit. She then proceeded to address his suggestions about what they had seen. "Those are all possible, and what I'm finding most suspicious about all of this is that it happened this late at night when no one's expected to be around, and that those two are most definitely nowhere close to being friends."

She let out a chuckle when at her invitation, the two revealed that they had actually come from the party. The situation which the boy claimed he would be in if he went back there seemed rather amusing, and the mention of it helped to slightly ease the current tension. However, they both agreed that they should head back in, with 'Davarius' deciding to introduce himself before that, adding that they might have seen one another around. Right, she had been too caught up in the whole situation to think about introductions.

"It's a pleasure. I'm Rainna," she replied, as they made their way back in. "It's understandable. The academy takes in kids from all over the world. It isn't possible to get to know everybody."

She was slightly stunned when the pyrokinetic pushed the ball of fire way ahead towards the girl with the purple earrings she had spotted earlier. There was another behind her, who prompted an even more puzzling reaction from Fire Girl. What did she mean by 'You'? Why was she starting to get all worked up? What concerned Rainna most, however, was the fireball, which was beginning to behave in an increasingly erratic matter.

The Hispanic teen cautiously place a hand on her shoulder, hoping to calm her down. "Uh, I think you can put that out now Love."

@King Tai @PokimKyOshi @Ken @OliveYou @Cerces22 @Eric Horst

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@Rabidporcupine The weaknesses kind of balance it out, so he's in. Dr. Roy is gonna love him lol.

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@Rabidporcupine Yeah that's not a problem, was mostly referring to the skill set when I mentioned the character. Sure, I'd be up to see what you've got.

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At Ratte's words, Kai began frantically glancing around, hoping to get some idea of how to hide them while they made their escape. That was when, to his astonishment, Isago pulled out some smoke bombs to use as cover. Hopefully he could get the older man to introduce him to his supplier when it was all over. He could make out Isago running in his direction and took it as a cue that it was time to go, besides, that female assassin in the basement was most likely on her way out after him. However, he then heard Isago addressing some 'girl', and he looked back to see a teenage girl who looked not much older than himself. There was something rather menacing and unsettling about her, and what she did next only justified his discomfort.

She did not seem like she was on the side of the group that was attacking them, but he saw the trail of fire, registering that it might blow the entire building up. Panic struck the boy. What were they supposed to do? Was there anything they could do? Every single person in that tavern was most likely going to die if they let that happen, along with their own group if they did not ditch the area at once. Sure, they were thieves who would not hesitate to take out people who were in their way, but were they going to take cover and let this mass murder happen, or attempt to find some way to put the fire out? He looked to Isago and Ratte, wondering how they were going to respond.

@KatherinWinter @King Tai @FalkiThomas @xXSINXx

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@Rabidporcupine So almost like DC's Victor Stone/Cyborg? That'd be interesting. We could see the backstory you'll give this one :)

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@Cerces22 Awesome, move her over to the Characters tab yeah? Thanks!

@ItMeGritty Hi welcome!