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The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy *squeaking* I thought I was gonna hafta figure out what she saw (if anything). This is cooool.

I see Astraea's wolf! And a hospital, with people who need healing. A lady talks to Rodion, hm. Lanostre? I wonder... And the stars, too. Dragon's a bit odd, but eh. *shrugs* I don't know how Tatiana's first time at the Black Glacier went, but it is interesting that she's hearing it speak of love, when the demons and their glacier really exude hate. Maybe because she's a summoner, and has a connection.

Ziotea...I don't know that Omestrian eyes would bother her more than the rest, actually. then again, refusing to identify that way even though she clearly has their blood...I think it's a personal rebellion, because she's good at that. AND GODS YES THAT'S AWESOME. She's definitely a destroyer, and then everything exploding, and burning heat? Is she due to destroy everything? Was that her, eventually going rogue (or insane) and committing wholesale slaughter? She would have been uneasy, to say the least!

Clarification -- I'm not asking, I'm indicating what she would have wondered. ^.^;;

Does each nation have a particular eye color? Or is it only certain groups? Or is there a specific cause...? I thought it was only Omestrians, but then you did Lanostrans, and now the Varyans and T'saraens too.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy oooh~ this should be good!

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy@deathbringer Aaaah! *flailing* AAAAH! *screeches* I mean, I figured that they'd kinda note that inquisitor instructors are that, but...hm. Then again, Lady's Anger...I can see why they'd doubt, and be biased. AMAZING POST, DEATH!

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@Tracyarmav Ahhh, I see you found it! ^.^

@Redward I may have pointed him this way -- with a strict caution not to break too many thigns.

Pariah Online | Season One

E l i a n

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~ Dungeon ~

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Once they'd started moving, Elian stayed alert. But still, she had to check. "Yo, you doing alright?" she asked Graves, leaving off the insulting nicknames this time. "The new patch or whatever...can't be easy, given your equipment. I mean, I'm gonna keep you in one piece and all, but I don't exactly have anything for--"

Graves cut her off as the gate they'd just passed closed behind them. Well fine, if he didn't want to talk that was his choice. She'd be here if he changed his mind, and he'd have a chance again later when she tried to ask him what was going on outside the game, that his mood was so off. She'd not forgotten that little scene with the new archer.

A sudden light heralded a game-wide announcement, with a projection of one of the devs' characters that they used for the job. To the best of her knowledge, it was an empty account, and she was fairly certain any one of them could jack in to use it. Probably with just a regular computer, instead of a full VR rig.

But the news was always in character. Always. It was puzzling, to see the false persona drop and be replaced by what looked much more like a programmer put out of their depth, or maybe a PR guy trying to handle a problem he didn't have a plan for. A sentence or two more and she understood why. As the image vanished, Elian found herself gaping at where it had been, unable to get her mind off the idea that they could all die. What the hell?

She knew freezing in a dungeon was bad, but all the same she couldn't move. Landon's voice rang louder than it should have, but the words might as well have been some incomprehensible buzz, with how much of them she processed. It took Graves punching her shoulder and making a comment about explosives to bring her back to the present, and then she quickly moved back with the rest. The noise of the explosion was deafening, even with her fingers in her ears.

When the smoke cleared, the gate wasn't even dented.

No. No, no, no!

"This can't be happening," she whispered. "This, and us stuck in a dungeon?" They didn't have a way out except through, and that with this one being atypical to begin with -- why was everything lining up just right to destroy them? "Oh God, oh God." She knew enough self-defense that even creeps didn't particularly frighten her. The real world was rough, sure, but you kept your eyes open and you learned to roll with the punches. Sure, some people were awful, but a lot weren't, and there was no point in worrying your life away.

But the number one rule was that you avoided taking stupid risks. And staying in a dungeon where the monsters could actually /kill/ them seemed pretty stupid. They were designed to give players a challenge. Even the mobs that could be spoken to or negotiated with weren't pushovers.

And they couldn't turn around.

Not only that, but she was the group healer. If she fell apart, they all paid for it, and that was not the kind of responsibility she wanted. She looked at the other players around her, in varying states of fear and shock. Even Graves looked less than certain.

Two choices to deal with this. "Either way, we're going to need to face the monsters." Her voice wavered, but she was too shaken to care. "I don't...I don't know if I can do this. I know I'm the party healer, but...I'm no hero. I'm just a dance instructor and a gamer. This--" she waved to the dungeon "--is a hobby. If I wanted to be responsible for people's lives I'd've been a surgeon or something." The shock was still there, but the sharp edge of fear was starting to cut through it. They were well and truly fucked.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Drakey plus being sheltered? yeaaaah. *amused* Unless you think he's been having affairs Ziotea somehow doesn't know about?

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy *snickers*

To both you and @Drakey, my thought was actually more that /Rodion/ might end up interested in /her/. She's his age, she's really into mechanical stuff, in a way that Ziotea just isn't. She's super smart, and even if Rodion likes her just as a colleague, Ziotea could totally be jealous. She is a bit of him hanging with Astraea, after all. I never assumed Devo would have interest in Rodion, nor even vice versa (though that seemed a stronger possibility).

I'm very much into organically developed relationships, though I don't mind defining them as having already developed in the past to account for a certain present, as with Rodion and Ziotea.

And yes, I could definitely see Rodion being confused. He likes spending time with her...I've no clue what he likes in terms of appearance (other than, apparently, Ziotea? But that might be she's lovely because he likes her, since that's a thing that happens), but that might be a factor. He's a teenager, a virgin, and doesn't really understand love...I can't think of a better recipe for drama. <3

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy It would be fun for someone other than Ziotea to get Rodion's interest, though. the kind of relationship they have...it can go very wrong if they just assume it's strong enough to handle anything without it ever being tested.

Plus it'd kick her in the butt and make her figure out what she wants.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Drakey OOOH I like this idea.

Also check your PMs.

Pariah Online | Season One

*runs through screaming* NANOOOOOO