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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Ahh post is up now! Sorry it's so long. ^^; Enjoy your hectic Saturday, Danni! :D

Meanwhile I'm off to work whoooo

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Second Floor (Elevators)

As if on cue, the elevator door dinged open - and there stood Diane and Lucy, giggling and whimpering amongst themselves like genuine terrified women would be in this situation. Diane begged to be moved to somewhere safe, and with Mordie being security, that should not be an issue. At least the two bros standing at Mordie's sides said nothing in response to the cross-dressed boys' pleas.

But Heather did.

"Kenneth, Mordie, I think those interviewees of Vasco are in on it. Do. Not. Trust. Them."

Mordie's grin had reached its limit. She clapped her hands together. "Hun, you've stumbled upon the right gal! But ah'm afraid ya can't go back down there. Ya see the fight going on ground floor? Much too dangerous. Dearies?" She glanced to both Tom and Cid, both of whom looked right back at her. "Let's escort these lovelies ta somewhere safe, shall we?"

The woman motioned for Lisette to enter in, followed by herself and the two bros after - just enough space inside to fit all six of them. Once the door shut, Mordie cancelled the first-floor order and instead pressed a different button. "Up we go, ladies!"

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Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Fourth Floor

Amy panted, glancing over the balcony to see how the ground floor battle turned out. ... Which didn't look remotely the same as when the crew burst into the lobby the first time. Everything was shattered, thrown, or otherwise broken - splayed with chunks of blood here and there, but luckily from Amy's height, nothing was in too much detail. In other news they seemed to have taken the fight to a different room. She bit her lower lip. Would they be all right, fighting one guy alone down there? Then again - Selan and Marcus were taken to the top-man, weren't they?

"Shit." If only she could be two places at once.

Trixie nudged at her companion. "Hey, Ames! We need to keep going!"

Amy hesitated, glancing over her shoulder to the elevators. "Trix, hang on a sec. I don't... have the energy you do. Come this way."

"What!? Why, what's over there?" The prankster skid to a stop, u-turned, and hopped over to Amy, careful to avoid the large hole Crimson Justice had punched through earlier. The woman had already backtracked towards the fourth floor's elevator. She mused over the two doors, pondering which way to go: up... or down?

Ding!

Before Amy could call for the lift, the door before her propped open, revealing the two bros inside, who then stepped out to reveal Mordie and three other familiar faces. Trixie gasped - but Amy pulled her close, hand over her mouth. Silently she watched as everyone departed from the elevator, Mordie leaving last. What an imp - Amy highly disapproved of the grin on the white-haired woman's lips, but she wouldn't dare risk injuring whatever plan the others around her may have thought up. At the very least, if that woman was an enemy, she was vastly outnumbered: one to five.

Only when the group was further down the aisle did Amy push Trixie inside and jammed the door-shut button. Even inside the lift they could feel the floor rumble from the chaos downstairs. Hopefully Moira and Syed were not alone with that brute. "Gods. Sorry Trixie, whatever's going on upstairs will have to wait."

It wasn't long before they arrived on the ground floor, and Amy immediately took off towards the casino - marked by its door-missing doorway and hole blasted into the wall from Bart's earlier confrontation with Don. Upon reaching the room, she noted as Xandra and Bart were locked in combat; Moira and Syed were further away, both roughened up and bloodied. Amy grit her teeth and held out her gem in their direction, casting a quick spell. The duo were encased in a familiar golden aura, a healing warmth that soothed their aching joints and helped slow their bleeding points.

Another woman - Heather - was in the room as well, but neither Trixie nor Amy recognized her. The former outstretched her guns. "Where do I shoot!?" she cried out, announcing their entrance. If Bart looked their way during his combat with Xandra, he would see her double barrels aimed right down at him.

Amy however ordered otherwise, watching the berserker arm herself with some statue. "Go to Moira and Syed. See if they have any suggestions or--"

"Ay-ay, capitan! Leave it to me!" Without hesitation, Trixie dashed their way.

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"Aaaand here we are! Into this room please, ladies!"

The three Pride members in front cautiously pushed open a pair of double doors, revealing an indoor pool. Having been completely evacuated, it was almost eerily empty, with wet footprints all along the pool's ridges and abandoned bags, clothes, towels, and the like scattered all over both the seats and the floor. Myriads of children's floaty toys bobbed in the riveting water, rhythmic to whatever haphazard miniature quakes the lower levels were causing. Locker rooms were further in the back, perhaps linked to other doors down the floor's aisle as well. The shallow end was closest to those locker rooms - and the deep end, the entrance.

Mordie entered last, requesting the two bros to remain by the entrance as she followed the other three further inside. "See, Lucy, Diane honey - ah told ya the pools here are nice. Safe too, innit? At least, there's no other folks freakin' out here. Freakin' out, runnin', slippin', knockin' us 'round - like so."

Suddenly Mordie turned to Lucien, who stood closest to the pool, and shoved him right into the pool waters - right into the deep end.

"Hope you can swim, Lucy-baby!" She turned to see the others - 'Diane', Lisette, Tom, and Cid - before resting one hand atop her hip and tutting them with her other. "Ah may not be from 'round 'ere, but ah'm not dumb. If ya wanna play fool with me, ah'll play too."

Mordie snapped a finger in Dylan's direction, locking her eyes with his own. "Lemme see what ya got, hun." With a smile as impish as ever, she winked at the artist.




Tom and Cid merely cringed at watching Lucien fall over, but immediately snapped to attention following Mordie's wink at Dylan. "Bro!" they cried out simultaneously for Lucien, running towards the water. Cid with his baton held high, and Tom with his pistol readied awkwardly. This woman - she had done something to them - and now that they were free... they couldn't let the others fall into her trap! If they could knock her into the water too (and help Lucien of course) - that should slow her down and give the others a chance to ditch.

"Oh my," Mordie cooed. She remained in place. "They're comin' right after me, Diane, darling..."

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Hello hello, I'll be writing an IC now. :) Please no one else post in the meantime~

Also lol I totally meant Ken instead of Tom earlier, but I got the names and faces confused. xD No wonder Pacman likes cast shots lol. Guess I'll keep going with Tom though for consistency's sake.

EDIT: Almost done!

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

EDIT: whoop whoop ignore this haha
I'll be back for a proper post in the morn!

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Okay post is up! Hope you guys enjoy it. And the snipe's fine Pacman, thanks for running it through with me first before posting it. Otherwise I might've had to take out your other eye xD

EDIT: PM sent! :) Gotta scoot offline now though, but I'll be back in about three hours!

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Lobby (Ground Floor)

Binoculars still kept on her eyes, Mordie slowly eased out of the bar's doorway and proceeded to watch Bart kick some shit out of a big woman and her scrawny dark-skinned friend. They flew like a slingshot following Bart's kick - which surprised Mordie in all honesty, as she didn't see Syed get attacked at all, but maybe Bart's skills have improved quite a bit? When she told him earlier that work would be less boring if he found a way to have more fun with his magic, she didn't think he would be able to pull that off.

Myriads of men were still scattered along the bottom floor, though many of them also began to trail upstairs. Mordie merely jumped ahead of their trail with her eyes and began scanning the ceiling above her. With her binoculars - heat-sensing, able to tag and highlight marked targets even through walls - she caught a couple of them assisting another female figure she had marked on her binos earlier: Lisette. As the archer took off towards the direction of the elevators, Mordie simply kept her eyes on the men she spoke with, before licking her lips lowering her micro binoculars back into their safety pouch (the strand its attached to resuming the appearance of a neck tie).

"Take care of yaself back there, Fluffy, Xanny!" she called to Thunderhawk, departing from the bar entirely. She hadn't even looked back to see if either of the two were even there, though she presumed they wasn't a part of the showdown. Leaving the lobby to Bart's handling, Mordie instead took off to the stairs nearest to her - and stopped as she came across a few bare-handed men punching around an already unconscious security guard.

Mordie whistled a single low note to catch their attention, before following it up with a bubbly wave and slow, effortless hip-swaying approach. "Yoohoo, boys! Ah have a lil' favor to ask of ya..." Once again her dress' zipper began to smoothly glide down pass her bare and busty cleavage, and stopped at her abdomen as she stopped directly in front of Don's bros. "This place is awfully dangerous for a gal like me... would ya mind helpin' me out through here?"

The moment Cid's and Tom's eyes met with Mordie's own, she winked at the duo - and their smiles turned into the sloppiest infatuated gapes ever to be seen.

"W, wow...!" Cid cooed, clasping his hands together in front of him as he gawked at the lovely sight before him.

Tom chimed in immediately after, mimicking the other. "She's so beautiful, bros!"

"Well yeah bros, she's pretty, but uh..." Jerry, who still had his stellar lifeguard sunglasses on, merely scratched his afro and looked the other way, as if embarrassed to be looking such a sight in the eyes. As he looked back to Mordie, she was already gone - walking straight passed the lifeguard with the other two bros flocking to her sides. "Hey! What-"

Mordie glanced over her shoulder with a cheeky smile. "You just stand there n' keep watch for us, pretty boy! We'll be back, ah promise."

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Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Second Floor

"H, hey look! It's Lissa! She's... standing around waiting for something!" Trixie pointed out straight ahead, as the elevators came into their line of sight - having already ran down basically half the floor and blown up any security cams in sight, with Amy trailing after her and panting excessively. The prankster spoke only a few words more before coming to a gasping stop... and tripping over her own shoelaces. Those things were never tied.

Immediately Amy lowered herself to help Trixie up, who muttered back frequent "I'm okay, I'm okay"s - but the woman halted her assistance once the guards chasing her stood within arm's reach. The suspicious girly duo were more dangerous than they seemed, with the younger one armed and having already destroyed many of the cameras set in place. They would have to be stopped.

Amy snarled at them. She flung off her purse onto the ground to fetch her gem - perhaps a little whip action would knock them back enough for Trixie to steady herself and shoot them back some more. From over her shoulder, Amy noticed some of Don's 'bros' coming their way as well, so really they only needed to stand their ground until help arrived and--

It was as if the floor above them shattered. A gust of dust took over the scene - only for a red blur to drop in from the newly-made hole from above, landing a lawful fist square in one man's face, before delivering bonus righteous kicks and legal uppercuts to the two behind the fallen man. The masked superhero, whose dusty backdrop gave him that much more of a mysterious but hardcore appearance, nodded firmly at the prankster. Without a word he then jumped back up into the hole he had punched through onto the third floor. Then into the hole he had punched through onto the fourth floor. Then...

Trixie inhaled. It was almost like a dream.

"We need to go higher, Amy! Let's go go go!" she charged off towards the closest set of stairs they had blown right passed earlier, bursting with sheer amount of energy. And the will of a vigilante.

Amy exhaled, bursting with sheer amount of exasperation. But she couldn't let Trixie go alone and trailed after her wordlessly - being sure to step atop all three of the fallen guards with her heels. Lisette was in good hands with the bros behind her.

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The bros... and Mordie, who stood in between Cid and Tom, the former weilding a stolen baton, and the latter a stolen pistol. They bantered quietly amongst one another, though with Mordie in between them, they made awkward movements in order to speak in front of - no, behind - no in front of the woman to contact each other as they walked. "Bro, I don't... should we really be doing this?" "I don't know, Bro, but have you seen her butt?" "Y, yeah Bro she's gorgeous! What a doll!" - and the like.

Standing now behind Lisette and her anxious wait for the elevator, Mordie again brought a hand to her cheek, listening closely as Kenneth's smooth and handsome voice buzzed in her ear. "Heather, Mordie, Bart. Subdue everyone who isn’t a friendly. Take them all down." The woman's grin widened. "Already gotcha' back, Kenny."

Despite the ongoing chaos and rumbling of the ground floor, Mordie was close enough to Lisette that her giggle was loud enough for the archer to hear. "Hey girlie, looks like ya got lost again. Still need any help?"

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Good luck with your tests, guys!

No one seems to be posting, so I'll go ahead and claim next post. I got some homework to plow through this morning too so hopefully I can keep it brief!

And lol yeah I like how sociable everyone is here too ahaha~

EDIT: I'm still writing, but I have a cutesy idea for next round re: Mordie and some Pride members~ I don't know if I'll have much time after I post, but Tae, Danni, Fox: expect a little PM from me later on today. :D

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

No worries Tae! I mentioned Lisette a couple of times in my post, mostly when Trixie called out earlier and her taking off towards one of the stairs (for clarification on where Amy/Trixie were headed), but if you'd like me to edit those out for your rewrite later, I can do that haha. I'm assuming there's more than one staircase to go up from the ground floor anyway, but if there's not I'll edit it between classes or something haha. orz

Anyway post is up, sorry it's kinda long. Hopefully it's coherent orz. Ball's in your court now Fox! I hope I didn't hold ya up for too long :(

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Bar (Ground Floor)

With light fingers, Mordie swept up her glass and eyed the colors curiously. She babbled on a bit more about how impressive the whole ordeal was, the talent necessary for mixing and creating and having a tongue for satisfactory drinks, before bringing the glass' seasoned edges to her lips. However, a sudden rumble prevented even a single sip.

"Hum? Ya lovelies feel that? Oh! There it is again. That's strange. We don't get earthquakes that often here. Ah'll be right back."

Plopping her glass back atop the counter, Mordie hopped off her seat and waltzed over to the door's entrance, amidst all the patrons and waitresses inside flocking about. Mordie was soon met with a cloud of dust, sending her stepping back into the room as she waved the debris out from her face. "Hoooey, looks like we got some fun times comin' up. Ah'm sure Barty-boy would love this. "

Around this time Aria had already retrieved her duffel bag from Clive before sneaking back into the bar, careful to take another entrance to avoid bumping into Mordie, who stood right in one of the main doorways. As Aria slipped Xandra the duffel bag and took off, Mordie paid the girls no mind at all, instead focusing on the brewing combat before her.

She reached for the necktie - the bottom of which was snug within her displayed cleavage - and pulled it out to reveal that it wasn't a necktie at all, but a pair of binoculars. Mordie pressed them to her eyes. From behind her it seemed like she merely stared at the fountain Bart had destroyed, but slowly she glanced around the room with them, following the trails Moira, Syed, Lisette, and the others made as if nothing was obscuring her view. Without unequiping her binoculars, she pressed one hand against her ear.

"Umm. Kenny? Barty-boy? Heather? Can ya see what ah'm seein'?"

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Los Paraisos: The Grande Diamond - Lobby

Of course Trixie's eyes were fixated on the Crimson Justice after he pulled off a super punch and vowed to take down the facility. She huffed, puffing her chest up and holding her chin high - but even then she couldn't hold her gaping jaw. This guy... this guy was... Epic. And so cool.

"Wow, he needs to meet Superbro sometime, I'm sure they'd make good--gawk!"

Amy yanked the prankster by a braid as Boss - Moira - suddenly jumped into view to punch someone out of Trixie's range. Trixie's eyes however continued to sparkle with awe and delight at how cool everyone was, now that the real fight had begun - oh the scouting and waiting was totally worth it! Boss then yelled something about going up; though it was directed at Syed, Amy took the suggestion herself and, dragging Trixie along with her, made her way towards one of the staircases.

More guards poured down them, though Amy side stepped to allow them by - after all, with the dress she was already wearing Amy looked like a woman that would be working there anyway, and Trixie was small enough to hide behind Amy in the rush. So long as neither of the two flubbed, they should be mostly inconspicuous in the rush, right?

Well... until someone questioned Trixie being there, with a gun in her hand. Or saw her looting the unconscious body of the man Moira punched aside not too long ago. "What, a superhero needs her ammo, okay! Oh, Lissa, watch out! Baddie!"

Quickly Trixie was yanked away by Amy and they bolted upstairs, opposite to where Lisette soon took to, with Trixie clinging onto one of Amy's arms. Guards continued to weave their way through the crowds of scanties and riches - though one of them stopped upon nudging by Amy. He turned to look the cleric in the eyes and gripped onto her free arm tightly. "Hey! What are you doing bringing a kid like that in w-"

SLAP! As usual, the man touching her was sent careening to the ground, though his eyes looked away from his attacker and towards something else onto the ceiling, muttering as his head lolled in a daze. Amy's eyes trailed his own sight's path, only to be met with a little box fixated up in the corner, on the underside of the floor above them. She narrowed a brow, glaring at the contraption as the lenses swiveled and focused on her. "The fuck is that!?"

She hadn't even notice Trixie walking beside her, an uzi and a pistol in hands. With dead silence she too stared down the camera - before raising her gun to it and blasting a few bullets straight through the lenses, sending it crashing to the floor in a sparking heap. Bewildered, Amy turned to her younger companion, but Trixie only returned a determined nod. "C'mon, we need to keep going! If we aren't gonna fight, we should at least look arou- uh oh."

Now that more of the staff and patrons had cleared away, either fleeing downstairs or hiding in their rooms, a few more guards stood in their path, along with the man Amy had just knocked down. Smacking their batons in their own palms, waiting to take their vantage spot.

Trixie gulped, backing into Amy. "Umm. Run?"

"Run."

Screaming wildly, Trixie turned back and ran the other direction, followed by a curse-muttering Amy and their new armed fans. The gem within Amy's purse began to glow, though she left it alone for now. As they fled, Trixie made sure to bullet down a couple more of those box-y contraptions fixed to the walls.

The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Haha no worries then. Have a good sleep!

EDIT: Please no one else post, I'm wide awake and should be done in like half an hour. ^^;