Rune_Alchemist

Botanist And Bards

Well, she had to admit the castle was bigger than it looked. Through her sneaking about, she got a good idea of the castle's layout. A good idea for any working thief to know. She had come up empty so far, though. She found an area that seemed to be where most of the nobles would be staying, but it was more or less fairly well guarded and she didn't want to take a chance just yet. She could hear Zavra's voice, though, and as beautiful as it was she still couldn't get what happened at the dinner out of her head. She was not going to be on the receiving end of something like that.

And last were what she could only describe as a prison - she grimaced at the sight of it. Disgusting, that's what this was. Even back home on the streets, she had better than this. At least a room only shared with a few others at most. Not to mention, the slave quarters she did see, they were...cramped, but at least they weren't shoved together like this. She quickly moved on though, wasn't none of her business.

When she finally reached a door that looked like it might work, she was reached into her pocket and -

shit

She quickly looked around, immediately paranoid. Where was the key? No no, time for that later she had to get out of here. Lana walked quickly back to the others, though made an effort not to appear in too much of a hurry before finding Valora and the others.

~Isabella~

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The next day, Isabella had a bit of an easier time waking up. She had spent most of the rest of the day yesterday simply lounging about doing nothing. It was a little...boring, to be perfectly honest. Finding something to occupy herself with proved difficult. She didn't have books, so she couldn't read. She didn't have the gardens to get lost in either, so all she could really do was just walk around the castle for awhile and spend some time with her guards, who mostly were busy doing their jobs.

Today though, she had something she wanted to do. Dressing up in the armor, she finally decided Valiant had enough of a timeout and pulled him out of his corner before sheathing him at her side and carrying him out the door. With a quiet wave to Gracie, Isabella found a quiet place in the castle that she wouldn't be interrupted in before finally speaking to Valiant.

"Uhm...Valiant?" She spoke quietly, making sure to take a quick look around to see if anyone was watching. "So...what can you do, exactly?" She questioned.

Pokémon: Start

@PlatinumSkink

Alright, there we go. For once in my life, I didn't roll natural 1's! Huzzah!

Hopefully I covered all my bases on those trainer battles.

Pokémon: Start

~Claire Blackwood~

@PlatinumSkink

Current Team

Ralia, Ralts
Level: 14
Status: 100%


Ritz, Ledyba
Level 14
Status: 100%


Lure, Combee
Level 12
Status: 100%


Del, Beedrill
Level 12
Status: 100%


Zeal, Chimchar
Level 10
Status: 100%
Held Item: Focus Band

Inventory

6220P
Antidote x1
Great Ball x6
Super Potion x2
Focus Band x1

Important Items:
Castle Medal

Badge Collection:
Challenge Badge - Redcoast Town, Hector. Minor League.

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Claire made a beeline for route four, stopping only to let Zeal fight a few geodude's and other rock types along the way. With power-up punch, he had a pretty easy time of it. Zeal of course, took a few blows to start with. He was a little on the low level side compared to a lot of the other pokemon around here, but after powering himself up with the new move he had a much easier time of it. Several geodude's later, and he had gained a few levels. He even learned Ember! A good thing too, heading out onto route 4 would be much easier then. She even managed to find a Soda Pop someone dropped somewhere. Hah! Usually if you found a shiny item in video games, they were gearing you up for a boss battle, but her luck couldn't be that bad, nope.

After heading out onto Route four, Zeal made short work of some grass types for training. Without disturbing the oddishes that were sleeping, Claire found several shroomish and other grass types in the area to train against. Far easier than the geodudes, with their rock-type moves not doing much for Zeal's health. He even learned Taunt - a good move to use in certain situations.

"Annnd cut the training montage!~" Standing just a little off the path, Clare stretched, Zeal following the motion as they took a quick break from training. "Whew, you're doing great boy." Claire said, picking up Zeal and giving him a pat on the head. "We're about halfway to Stillwood, I think! Making good progress so I think we can take a break." She pulled the recently found Soda Pop out of her bag, giving it to Zeal. As she did so, she found another item stuffed in her bag that she completely forgot she had. A focus band! "Oh hey, I forgot I Had this." Claire mused as Zeal gave her a curious look as she pulled the band out of her bag. She looked at it for a few seconds before nodding, and tying the band securely around Zeal's forehead.

"Ahaha, looks good on ya! You'd win any Cool contest just by being there, heh." She giggled. "Anyways, break time's over! Resume training montage!"

Running into the hiker was a bit of bad luck, so it was a good thing she had that soda pop on her. Well, might as well see how well Zeal does against this Geodude, then.

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Hiker battle:

Running into the hiker was a bit of bad luck, so it was a good thing she had that soda pop on her. Well, might as well see how well Zeal does against this Geodude, then.

She didn't want that thing getting off many attacks on Zeal, so an all-out attack on it before it could raise it's defense or seriously injure Zeal would be best. Use power up punch on Geodude until it's KO'ed. If that fails and it looks like Zeal is about to be KO'ed, switch to Ralia. Proceed to use Double Team and confusion to KO the Geodude.

For Machop, if Zeal is still in the fight continue to use Power-Up Punch, hopefully maxing its attack before KO'ing the fighting type. As power-up-punch is his strongest move, continue to use it. If Zeal was KO'ed or switched out when fighting the Geodude, keep Ralia on the field and use confusion until Machop is defeated.

Upon switching to Onix, same strategy applies if Zeal is still up. Assuming Power-up-Punch has raised his attack to max by now, it should make quick work of the rock-type pokemon. If Ralia is up, use double team again for a little extra insurance, Growl to lower attack if he uses Curse, then use Confusion until KO'ed

Assuming none of her pokemon have been KO'ed, use Super Potions to heal Zeal and Ralia after the battle. If one of her pokemon has been KO'ed for any reason, immediately head to Stillwood to get them healed.

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Moving onto the Aroma Lady:

Zeal against Shroomish. As grass types are known to make use of lots of status-inflicting moves, Zeal starts with Taunt. Proceed to use Ember until Shroomish is KO'ed, using Taunt again if it wears off. If for some reason Zeal is KO'ed or becomes low on HP, switch to Ralts. Double team and then use Confusion until Shroomish is KO'ed

Assuming all goes well and Zeal is still in play once Shroomish is KO'ed, following previous strategy, use Taunt only once, then followed by repeated ember usage until KO'ed. If Ralia finished off Shroomish, switch out Ralia for Beedrill at the start of the turn. Use a combination of Poison sting to deal damage, and String shot to prevent it from running until Cerubi is defeated.

If Zeal is still in play at this point, use Taunt again to prevent usage of status-type moves. Try dodge the poison stings to prevent poison. If he is poisoned, immediately swap for Ledyba. Otherwise, use Ember until Roselia is KO'ed. If Beedrill is on the field, swap for Ledyba immediately and have him use Safeguard followed by Reflect. Once defense are set up, use Supersonic to attempt confusion once followed by Comet punching until defeated. If Ledyba is low on HP or KO'ed, switch to Combee. After some arguing on Claire and the bugs part, possibly allowing the Roselia to get in a free hit, she will repeatedly use gust until Roselia is blasted into the next route over.

Once the Aroma lady is defeated, immediately head to Stillwood to get her pokemon healed. Use Antidote on any pokemon that was poisoned.

St. Sappho Academy, Medieval Magic Academy (Invite Only)

Sorcha & Black fox

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"Ps. Master should not be so angry when teaching someone. It only makes the student feel worse. People learn at their own pace. I you can't handle two idiots, you won't get anywhere in the teaching business. Since most people are in fact, idiots, just like you." With that last mental note from the fox, she simply continued to enjoy the pets from Katherine.

"Aha, yes yes!" Sorcha replied brightly. "Arthur's first weapon was not in fact, the long-lost legendary sword known as Excalibur. Some of you may not have known that, since there are conflicting theories of that but Caliburn was his first. As Merlin liked to put it, the Sword in the Stone was the sword of a promised future where he would be king, and Excalibur itself was proof of his kingship." Sorcha gave her students a few seconds to process this information. Ah, she wished she was in her natural, true form. She could tell such better stories like that.

"Now, does anyone know what he did after he received the sword from the stone?"

Avaline

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Oh, it was upside down.

"Yes capitan!" Avaline raised a claw to her hand and began repeating the letters of the alphabet A through F. She easily fixed her mistake with having the 'E' upside down and went on to copying the rest of the letters repeatedly. As she did so, the wyrm hummed a pleasant tune to herself, tail swaying back and forth quietly as she worked, focusing entirely on the task at hand. By the time she was done, she had at least six different rows of letters done.

Except

Each one had an entirely different mistake of varying ridiculousness. The first one had the bridge on the letter 'A' moved to the top of the arch. The second had the letter 'C' had an extra arm making it look more like an E. The third had the letter F entirely replaced with a scribble of some sort. The rest had similar, though small mistakes but it was noted she didn't mess up putting the E upside down again so she hadn't made the same mistake again. She showed her handy work to Selvina, seemingly proud of what she had now accomplished.

Cocoa

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As soon as Otille had been lifted over her head, the cow grinned eagerly. She made a motion that made it seem like she was about to toss the human before she conveniently slipped, ending up falling over and making sure the human ended up on top of her.

"Oh no, I have been tipped." Cocoa replied in a mildly comical deadpan fashion as Otille began asking if she was alright. The cow sat up, and for the most part she looked fine. "Huh? I'm fine! Otille is just really super strong, yep!" That was a really bad lie, but the cow didn't want to end up hurting Otille. Besides, she wasn't entirely sure if she should have won in the first place.

"Eeeh? Childish?" Cocoa tilted her head curiously to the side. "No it wasn't. Otille isn't a child so therefore not childish!" It was simple, very bad logic but the cow seemed to believe it.

Lyssa & Ritsa

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"Waaaah? Atlantis?" Lyssa enthusiastically bolted over to Ritsa, giving the small Hydra child a full 360 degree inspection of the Hydra child in front of her before immediately turning back to Fia, rubbing the back of her head in a mildly embarrassed manner. "...Aha, wait, Fia called me a friend."

"Hmmm..." Ritsa herself was staring at Lyssa, squinting her eyes as she stared at the demon in front of her. The Hydra didn't seem to fully process everything, but if the pretty red liked her, then she was fine! "...Ah!" After a few seconds, Ritsa pointed at Lyssa. "Messy-hair!"

"Huuh? My hair's not messy! It's stylishly wind-swept!" Lyssa replied with a giggle. The two seemed to be getting along, at least.

Livia

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"Well, you are my student starting today." Livia replied. "If you would be willing, I can have a room arranged for you there easily enough." By now they had come full circle, back to Livia's villa. She opened the door, letting Astrid enter the building first. "If you wish, of course. Though I would recommend it. Being my student is going to be...rather strict, mind you. I doubt you of all people would want to run halfway across the city from wherever it is your staying to here every morning before dawn, fufu." She chuckled lightly, but there was a definite seriousness in her voice. She meant what she had said - she wasn't going to go easy on the girl as far as actually training her went.

In other ways, though...well, she could have a bit of fun with her.

"Today though, feel free to get adjusted to the rest of the city today. Or simply loiter about...I certainly won't mind it if you do." As she walked back towards the couch, she continued. "Ah, I should inform you there's a dinner tonight involving a few high ranking diplomats. Even Atalantis' princess will be joining us...as well a few people from the underworld. The seat of Wrath and the seat of Envy will be joining us tonight, as well as a few high ranking mages. Do be on your best behavior, hm? I was hoping the seat of greed would show up so I can use him to bother a certain dragon, but i couldn't even tempt that princess with free food...tsk~" She mused to herself.

Miren & Khira

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"Oh-oh..." Miren enjoyed the embrace, though having her face be at level with Khira's boobs was a bit embarrassing.

"Ahaha, if there's one thing I am confident of, it's that my Alpha will always be a shameless glutton." Khira teased after the embrace.

"Yes, I'll make us something delicious, Eith." Miren said, quickly moving about the kitchen, preparing some well cooked and seasoned chicken, turkey, and steak for the three of them. The rabbit was happily hopping around the kitchen in a quick fashion, obviously in a good mood. Meanwhile, Khira and Eith were left alone as they were. The Chimaera didn't say much, though she seemed to be in a similar good mood.

Botanist And Bards

Well, whatever this key was, it was for something important. An intricate design, likely made to prevent lock picking from happening easily. Not to mention the material - it likely cost a bit of money to create well. Well, first things first, she'd test the key on the large set of double doors. If it fit, well, then why not? She'd go in and take a look. She'd need to be careful of course - lock the doors behind her and then see if there was anything of value beyond those doors. If it didn't, she'd casually pocket the key and then walk away. She'd spend the rest of the night seeing if she could find a lock to fit the key.

Legacy of Harena

"...Fine," Charlotte sighed. "I'll look myself." She was at least hoping Himeko could use that brain of hers to maybe find something helpful, but if she was going to leave her to do it herself, that was fine too. She was used to it. Charlotte soon disappeared behind the bookcases, pulling down some books and other things that looked relevant.

"Ah, Himeko," Marise greeted the Tengu brightly. "Didn't find anything relevant? Though, I suppose it might be hard since you don't know to read the script used here." She mused. "Leaving it to Charlotte then?" The blond leaned against the desk lightly as she studied the Tengu. "Perhaps you can tell me of the land you come from in the meantime?"

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"S-sister in law?!" Odette stammered out, a faint blush overcoming the ghost girls face and causing her to shrink behind Livia a bit.

"Don't tease her dear," Livia said nodding a brief thanks to the ghosts. She cast a glance to the ghost quietly. "She's had a rather difficult day as well...and it seems you might have embarrassed the poor thing a bit." She chuckled, Odette seeming a bit wary of Katherine now. "Besides, I think I like her as mine, dear sister." Livia offered her sister a playful smirk as she took anotehr sip of the tea that had been offered to her.

"L-livia?!" Odette blushed harder, hiding her face behind her hands a bit.

St. Sappho Academy, Medieval Magic Academy (Invite Only)

Sorcha & Black fox

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"Ah?" Fox rolled over on Katherine's desk, looking up at the woman curiously for a few seconds, using a paw to scratch her ear. "Well, at least one human here knows who to show respect too." She mused loudly. Well, why not? She certainly didn't mind this womans attitude. So she hopped off the desk, trotting over to where Katherine was sitting and hopped onto her lap, walking in a circle one before seemingly getting comfortable and using Katherine's lap as a bed.

"Master," Sel would hear the foxes voice echo in her head. "If a maid comes and asks my whereabouts, please don't ask. Also I am feeling a little under the weather. Please only use me should your life be in immediate danger." There, that should be good enough to hopefully have that dolt of a mage leave her alone for a bit. "Hmm...yes, right there just scratch a little more to the leeef-"' The thought was abruptly cut off.

"Yes, well," Sorcha continued, mostly ignoring the fox for now. "Whether he was male or female, King Arthur is quite the heroic - and tragic figure. Rose to power, leading Britannia to a golden age, only to be betrayed by his most trusted knight, Lancelot, and their child Mordred." She turned to face Luna, giving her a smile before turning to the rest of the class. "Lets start with Arthur's rise to power, then? Does anyone know how his tale started?"

Avaline

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"Hmm..." Avaline attempted to pick up the quill carefully. She first pinched it between two of her claws, only to have it slip and fall to the ground. She then attempted to mimic Sel's writing technique only to minimal success. She was a giant lizard, after all. A giant lizard with big claws and...well, big everything. She tried grasping the thing higher on the quill, but it just ended up being clumsy and the words that were written were sloppy and messy.

"Ah!" With a sudden seeming stroke of inspiration, she discarded the quill entirely, instead taking to dipping one of her claws in the ink. Carefully, she started writing the letters presented to her - and by all accounts she seemed to be succeeded somewhat, though she had flipped the 'E' backwards before showing it to Sel, grinning brightly at her own perceived success.

Cocoa

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"Bwuh?!" Cocoa was wholly unprepared for the cow tipping. "Cow tipping is cow abuse! COW ABUSE!" She shouted playfully as she was knocked off her towards the center of the pool. Did Otille really want to fight though? She wasn't sure about this. Otille was so weak, fragile, and...human. She was a big strong cow! She didn't want to hurt the human...ah! Wait! Could this be a thing? She should let Otille win, yes?With a grin Cocoa returned the action, stomping a hoof in the water - cracking the floor in the process - and grabbed Otille by the arm and waist, intent on lifting her clean over her head.

Lyssa & Ritsa

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"Ah?" Ritsa took the drink, sniffing it a few times at first before taking a sip of the contents of the box. "...huh?" She seemed thoroughly confused by the flavor. Whatever it was, it wasn't something they had at home! Enthralled by this wondrous new taste the Hydra promptly forgot all manners that Nitsa had tried teaching her, and quickly drank the rest of the contents in one big gulp.

Followed by the rest of the box.

All of it. Shoved it in her mouth and ate it.

"Ah! Pretty red! What was that?" She asked curiously and excitedly. "Nothing like that at home!" She didn't seem to realize that what she had just done would likely both be considered odd and rude.

"Ehe," Lyssa of course, just giggled. "Well aren't you two adorable. So who're you anyways?" Lyssa asked, hoping for Fia to introduce them.

Livia

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"Oh my," Livia chuckled. "Flattery will get you everywhere up here, darling." Livia mused as she continued to walk through the streets. Astrid certainly was a rare one. Cute, adorable...smart, and have limitless potential. Even if she wasn't human, Livia could work with that. She'd just need to...mold her in the right direction. Could she? no idea! But she was going to very well damn try. "Here, you go, dear." Livia said passing her an item she had bough while they were out. "A parasol - it can be used to help protect one from the sunlight, since I know you and your kin are particularly fond of the darkness." It was a white, slightly frilly thing. Perfect for being shaded under.

"I suppose that does conclude the tour, though." Livia continued, slowing her walk. "So, Astrid, my favorite new pupil...do you have a place to stay for the duration of your study here?"

Miren & Khira

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"Hmph, such a sentimental Alpha I have." Khira chuckled lowly. "You are sick, and this will heal you. You are my Alpha and I will stand with you until you are no longer worthy of that title." Khira stated simply, and rather bluntly. "And I won't touch your rabbit either, fufu."

"...aha Khira please don't joke about that." Miren replied with a mildly tired tone. "B-but yes, we'll both be there when it's over with, Eith. No matter what happens if you need a place to stay, my home is yours." It felt a little embarrassing to say it so casually. She had never really had a roommate before these two moved in with her. Now it seemed she was going to become part of some pack of demon beasts or something.

...haha, she really wasn't cut out for this sort of thing.

"Don't worry so much, little rabbit."

DigimonStory Hackers: Resurgence of Jormungundr

~Fumi~

"Grah!" The last of his blows sent the Ogremon's club flying, having disarmed his foe. He wasn't paying too much attention to the others on the field, however - far too focused on the single enemy in front of him. As he made to land the final blow on the now disarmed Ogremon with his blades, the opponent was suddenly pushed back by another Ogremon causing his finishing blow to miss entirely and give the opposing digimon a perfect opening to hit the lizard digimon right on the noggin'

"Tear Arrow!" Almost immediately, Lekismon pulled an arrow from its back, the icy projectile aiming right for Ogremon's midsection. "Ehe, Watch yourself Dino-dino!" She giggled brightly, launching a second arrow at the Ogremon's head.

"Humph!" Not bothering to reply, Dinohyumon would take both of his swords and slice cleanly into the Ogremon before swiftly moving onto the one that had been pushed back, hopefully taking both of them out in one, fluid motion.

"Aha, you guys are doing great! Keep it up!" Fumi hopped in the air, landing on one leg and giving his partners a word of encouragement.

St. Sappho Academy, Medieval Magic Academy (Invite Only)

Sorcha & Black fox

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"Aha, that rumor still persists after all this time?" Sorcha rather cryptically stated, chuckling lightly to herself. Well, she should at least give them an answer. "Ah, Merlin told him he should never attend that party if he...ahem," She cleared her throat, swiftly changing her line of thought. "Well, all I'll say is that history gets many things wrong at times." She mused lightly, though perhaps revealing, didn't give either of them an entirely straight answer either - just as the door to the room opened.

"...Ah, I suppose my Master isn't here." The fox commented lazily. "Ah well. I can say I tried and failed then." She chuckled impishly, walking into the room only to quickly change into her fox form, landing on top of Katherine's desk. "Ah, don't mind me, do keep talking about some old history or whatever. I'll be here doing the important things." She rolled over onto her back, paws sticking lazily in the air. "And by that I mean being cute."

"...you're quite the rude little thing, aren't you?"

"Ah, rudeness is only rude if you take it as such. Maybe you shouldn't be so easily offended." The fox rolled impertinently over back onto her stomach.

Avaline

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The Wyrm didn't seem to either get that Meowka was misunderstanding something, or didn't care. Boy, she was learning a lot though! F came after E, which came after D, which came after C, B, and A! Ha! Knowledge! And they called her a stupid lizard. She was now, factually, 600% smarter than she was when she slithered in here.

"Ah, ah, familiar small kitten." Avaline grinned, holding the doll against her chest once more. "Knowledge is great, isn't it? Ehe, I feel learned already!" She made another confident pose. "I could show that dragon what-for in terms of my vast historical knowledge and reading ability now, ha! eeerr..." She quickly coughed into a claw. "N-not that I didn't before, no, hahahaha..."

Cocoa

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"Ah!" Cocoa furrowed her brow. "B-but you were gone and I didn't know where you were! Something could have happened while I was sleeping!" She refuted. She didn't understand how exactly she could have done wrong there. She didn't actually hurt anyone. Almost didn't count! Sure, she maybe startled a few people but she didn't actually do anything else. The cow frowned, trying to make sense of it and failing, but her attention was quickly diverted to something else - the mention of Lady lightsword and the word 'date'...and the fact she was supposed to stay here.

"...Ah." Cocoa deflated a bit more. "Okay. I can stay here. Really." The cow replied, obviously not exactly the happiest to hear she was told to stay somewhere while Otille would be out somewhere. "I can behave and be a good little calf, promise!"

Lyssa & Ritsa

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"Aha...did I say that?" Lyssa's eyes shifted to the side, chuckling in a mildly evasive manner before she wrapped an arm around Fia, pulling her in close, speaking in a low voice. "Yep, royalty. Sorta. My mom's a demon lord. But don't go telling anyone, I'm not supposed to tell." Lyssa pressed a finger to her lips, indicating silence before releasing her and returning to her drink, sipping it happily. Fia would only have a few seconds to contemplate Fia's words before there was a familiar voice calling her by a somewhat familiar nickname.

"Pretty red!" Before Fia would have much of a chance to react, Ritsa came bolted through a crowd of people, latching onto the girl with a tight hug, rubbing her face against Fia's in a mildly overly affectionate manner. "Ehe, red is still pretty."

"Eeeh? Secret admirer, Fia?" Lyssa giggled.

Botanist And Bards

~Isabella~

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"Humph. I don't need a noble blood who can barely wash herself without a servant worrying over me." Valora grunted. "Just keep your eyes and ears open, Gracie. You're closer to the Lady more than we are." There wasn't else much to be said on that front. She'd do as the Princess asked, as her station required of her. Really, why did she take this 'job' again? Bah. "As long as those ruins don't have anything foul in them, then we shall likely be fine as long as we're back before these odd storm continues."

Isabella, content after seeing Turnip finally decided to leave. She was still tired, after all and seeing the stallion made her feel better. As she closed the door to his stable, he bumped the back of her head with his, whinnying softly.

"I'll be back soon." Isabella reached over, petting his ears as a final goodbye before walking over to Valora and Gracie - they seemed to be speaking about the storm or something?

"Gracie...Valora..." Hm, what should she do now? They probably didn't have a garden here. Oh, an indoor garden, perhaps? That'd be beautiful...though she had no idea how to go about it. She quickly shoved the childish thought out of her head.

"Turnip doing well, Lady Calder?"

"Mhm." Isabella nodded quietly, starting to walk out of the stables and back towards her room. Maybe she'd explore another part of the castle? She had little else to do and she wasn't sure what passed for 'entertainment' here. Normally she'd find one of the court bards, walk the gardens, maybe visit the royal sculptor or painter, or visit the cathedrals and listen to the religious ceremonies on certain days.

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Sleeping on the job? Hah, this is why Valora constantly nagged the other guys. Lana chuckled quietly, using light steps to approach the now snoozing guard. He was a guard right? So he had to have some key's or something on him somewhere. Valora would first make sure there was no one watching, Lana quickly would go through his pockets with a light, dexterous hand, seeing if she could find anything of value.