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My post is up now too :p

Awwwwww maaan, I tried to find the site for the gourmet marshmallows I had at a local festival last year (since I referenced it in my post) and I think they closed their business, I can't find it anymore. ;A; They were really, really good. =_=

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Thaum: Bugtanical Gardens

Lisette fanned her flushed face, exhausted from helping Estelle catch more bugs. It was fun in its own unique way, but she hadn't used up so much of her stamina and magic in a pretty long time. At least it was good exercise for their mission later on.

Poor Trixie wanted to take "Leggy" along with them, and Lisette had no choice but to back Xan up. "Miss Xandra's right, Trixie. I think these gardens are sort of like a sanctuary, we shouldn't take them from their home, right? And Leggy'll be much happier in a web than coming along with us..."

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Time is up and the competition is over. Please head towards the garden's entrance."

The award ceremony was short and sweet, but Lisette would always remember balancing the big trophy between Estelle, Trixie, and herself...

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Thaum: Coliseum

When Selan thought Lute was going to help, her initial idea was that he would keep her safe from any rioters or beasts that came near. But amplifying her voice was an amazing ability indeed -- Like Moira, she might not have realized he was even responsible for it if Selan wasn't so certain of her volume capabilities. So far, Lute was impressing her more than she would have guessed, although there was still the extremely odd way that he seemed to be talking to himself every so often. Presumably to "Delilah", Selan figured.

They readied themselves for their departure, which couldn't have come too soon after the mayhem they just experienced. After slipping in a word to Robin about safety precautions, they followed after Amy to the exit.

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Thaum's Square: A few hours later...

"What would be keeping them so long...?" Selan asked, placing a hand on her hip.

"Maybe they're late like that rabbit?" Lisette asked, taking another marshmallow out of a bag and popping it into her mouth. The mixed bag of flavored marshmallows were the only snacks she had left after waiting for hours. She sat on a bench with Kapi in her lap, her new bow and quiver strapped across her back.

Selan rubbed her temple, beginning to grow frustrated with their repeated insistance that the talking, watch-holding rabbit existed. How many times had they brought it up since they've been waiting? She certainly hadn't seen it, and was quickly becoming convinced that they were simply making it up to try and fool everyone.

Lisette, however, was pretty sure she saw and heard it just as Lucien had, and would have followed it if not for the others' request that everyone stay together. It wasn't so strange an idea, considering they had all seen giant insects in Thaum. Right?

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Ello everyone~

Calling the next post after Fox :>

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Haha, your enthusiasm for Neil the Cat pleases me 8] He doesn't summon portals... as far as I know... :0 But I'll get you guys a video ASAP!

Aaaaaaaaaand I'm done with all of my finals!! Huzzah! I'm gonna sleep for a few hours and then I'll post, lol.

Also omg Rex I'm soooooo sorry to hear that and also good luck with your midterms! ;o

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Huuurrmmm... I'm really just kinda burned out today after today's finals and studying for tomorrow's. I may or may not get a post up for Lisette tonight, and I'll wait for Kei tomorrow before I make a post for Selan.

Last weekend we bought Neil the Cat some cute catnip toys:



It's so funny how he reacts to them, he drools on it and kicks it into the air, haha. I keep forgetting to take a video of it for you guys, maybe I will on Friday (since tomorrow I'll be in class when he's around during the daytime).

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Thaum: Bugtanical Gardens

"We have a bit more time until the competition ends." Xandra pointed out as they walked back to the red zone just in time for Trixie to be freed from being trapped underneath the enormous leech.

"Awww you guys scared him."

"Looks like it liked you, Trixie!" Lisette giggled, although she was secretly relieved to see it go. "Are you alright?"

Lisette looked toward the other zones, and she could the silhouettes of other massive bugs in the distance, moving through the trees. Several dejected, dusty, saliva-covered participants were also dragging themselves toward the exit, having returned their nets early.

"Umm... I think we probably got enough points to place... Hopefully...?" she shrugged, clasping her hands behind her back. For all her talk about liking bugs, she'd had her fill already. They were just too big!

Kapi and Isaac trotted along behind the others. Kapi seemed to forget that Isaac had hitched a ride and toppled over to lie down, only to cause both of the small animals to tumble over each other instead.

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Thaum: Coliseum

Jeff helpfully cleared a path for Selan, allowing her to simply follow behind him. With the massive bodies surrounding her, all she could really see was the tail of the giant scorpion twitching high in the air. As they neared the scorpion, the fighting seemed to get increasingly more out of control, complete with even a giant iron boomerang hurtling through the air and bouncing off the scorpion's hard tail.

Before taking off, he brought her close enough for her to be able to see Lucien and Lute, who had used the ladder to reach the spectator area. Likewise, there was no missing the songstress, as she was the only woman wearing robes of the whitest white. She and Lute walked towards each other, but the poor man was forced to wriggle out from between two brawlers, throwing himself to the floor. Selan rushed to his side, offering him a hand and gently pulling him up.

"Yes," she replied to his question, looking him over to check that he was okay. "But what do you mean 'you can help'?"

"Aaargh! Watch out, it's gonna...!"

A wave of shouts erupted as the scorpion brought its tail down in the middle of a group of people, and when they scattered in all different directions, an enormously muscular man was left standing at the point of impact. The tail was deeply embedded in his heavy wooden shield, and he cursed the bug while simultaneously trying to shake it free. The scorpion instead whipped the shield out of his hands and flung it off its tail in another direction, while scanning for another cluster to target.

"There's no time..." Selan murmured, her already-pale face draining of color as the scorpion briefly looked in their direction before rotating to face another. "I don't know how well this will work, but if you can help then please do."

The songstress took a deep breath, and began belting out a louder, more high-pitched version of her aria, meant to invigorate and strengthen those who hear it. It wasn't going to be pretty for the men and women who were fighting each other, but it would certainly aid in the fights against the beasts and creatures scattered around the arena.

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Yeah, what Pach said, Kei. Everyone's asked on occasion to make a little adjustment here and there, it's not really a big deal. ^^

I'm gonna catch up and get a bit of a shorter post up, I lost track of time while finishing up my homework =_=; Have a good day everybody!

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Happy Tuesday to you too Danni! How are you today?

Bah, I'm procrastinating on studying for my math (I'm already in the clear as far as passing goes) and accounting (ehhh) finals tomorrow. I'm currently doing laundry and I had to ask a stranger to help me with THE BIGGEST SPIDER EVER because it was seriously trying to crawl into the washer with all of my clothes in it. Ewwwgh! It looked like someone shrunk down a tarantula, I've never seen a spider like that in the 13 years I've lived in California. Considering what's going on in the IC right now, that is so not fair ;A;

But other than that I'm good, haha. Next week I have to register for my fall (not summer) classes, and if all goes well, I'll only have classes from noon-6 on Mondays and Wednesdays with plenty of time in between, so my posting should be fairly regular for the rest of the year :p

Lately I've been wanting a new Katamari Damacy game =.=

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I'm in agreement with Pach on this one. I personally don't feel comfortable with there being so many characters at one time, but the fact that every single one of those characters, even the two new "NPCs", have a regular-sized post (or longer) dedicated to them is making it take much longer to catch up on the IC than I'm used to. Like, a lot longer.

As for Delilah, I'm okay with being able to see her dialogue with Lute, but considering Lute should be the focal point and the other characters can't hear Delilah anyway, I could see how it would be simpler to not write out her dialogue at all. It's the exact same outcome but with less writing, right? And it might be favorable to Lute as a character to hear his responses out of context.

I wouldn't mind guests being in the OOC if it was just Neobullseye, but I'd hesitate to allow it because I wouldn't be okay with more than, say, two guests being semi-active in our OOC. One post a day max would be alright with me. /shrug

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Thaum: Bugtanical Gardens

"Look out!" Xan cried, running towards them

"Whoa, whoa, waah!!" Lisette screeched, dancing backwards to avoid the blobs of goo descending upon them. When she looked back, the giant millipede had compacted itself, then immediately launched itself forward.

"Estelle!" she cried, impulsively reaching out to tackle her friend out of harm's way.

She grabbed onto something and wrapped her arms around it, and was immediately whipped sideways, causing her to drop the net; Estelle had already dived out of the way in the opposite direction, meaning that Lisette was now clinging onto the very end of its thick tail.

This is scary this is scary this is scary--

"Lemme go!" Lisette cried, clenching her eyes shut. Her palms were pressed against its tough exoskeleton, and she channeled a small amount of magical energy into her hands.

The force was similar to a beesting, and the millipede reared its tail upwards as if in pain, flicking Lisette off like one would, well, a bug. She somehow managed to land on the heels of her boots, pinwheeling her arms and falling onto her rear end.

The millipede was close to Dylan and the spider's position, but just needed one more push...

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Thaum: Coliseum

Pandemonium broke out, and Selan was at a loss as to what to do or where to go. Fists, swords, axes, and whatever was available was being flung and flailed about. Even Jeff was quickly swept up in it, and a well-placed punch staggered him backwards in mid-sentence.

To add to the confusion, it seemed as though the beasts being used for the battles were somehow released, and before Selan could even blink, a giant scorpion scuttled forward, whipping its tail dangerously in the air. The audience members caught in its path were taken by surprise, and those who were uninjured quickly refocused their energy and their anger toward the massive beast.

“Jeff, you can’t take that thing down by yourself!" Robin called, walking briskly towards them. "I had Lil call Ruana. Don’t try anything drastic, hey? I am not stitching up your mangled hand again, you hear me, big boy? Maybe we should get you two out? Do any of you know the healing arts because we’ve got a room full of wounded back there,” She jerked her thumb towards the back of the Coliseum where people were being wheeled in left and right.

"Amy, can you try and help those people?" Selan asked cautiously, knowing that Amy hadn't been required to tend to so many people at one time since they started travelling together. "And I'll see what I can do out here," she said to Robin, who raised an eyebrow. Pick any one person out of the coliseum and they would easily outweigh and overpower the delicate-looking songstress, and many of the largest spectators were having trouble keeping the beasts at bay.

Selan retreated back a few rows to keep away from the fighting. She took a deep breath and began singing an aria, intending to imbue the surrounding people with increased strength that would aid them in subdueing the loose monsters. Initially, it appeared to be an ideal situation, for her magic seemingly had no effect on non-humans. But the new problem was that the din created by the shouting, screaming, and growling by both man and beast alike as well as the clanging of swords against the scorpion's exoskeleton made it impossible for those furthest to hear her. As loud and clear as her voice was, it was simply lost in all of the chaos.

"It's no use, I'd have to be right next to the scorpion for anyone to hear me," she called over to Robin.