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In SPIRITUM 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay

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Some complained about their speed, some seemed mostly indifferent to it, and then there was Silje, hooting in glee from her 'seat' atop the roof. She'd planted herself directly above the driver's seat, shouting words of encouragement and pleas of acceleration down at her friend. Most of it came out a muffled mess from the wind, though.

Of course, with the roof not meant to be seating a person — a shame if you asked her, it was only the best place to feel the wind ever — Silje'd had to get creative to stay on board. But with Mist at her fingertips, both figuratively and literally, she'd made-do well enough. There was a handle in the metal by her legs, moulded from the roof with fingers made hot by Mist. She'd held onto it for a while, letting the rest of her body swing any way the wind blew. When she'd grown tired of it and her back had ached for a respite, she'd created a wall of Mist behind her to lean against — the most she'd ever used her barrier magic so far.

Now, she'd literally glued her legs to the roof with Mist as the adhesive. It made her bare, usually colourless legs, sticking out from equally colourless shorts, glow a faint, pleasant blue.

Silje tipped her head back and emptied the rest of the can down her throat. Grape soda. Justice had forbidden her from touching alcohol for whatever reason, and considering how foul beer tasted to her, she didn't mind. It just meant she had her own personal stash of drinks that the others wouldn't touch! Not that she minded sharing her stuff. The shirt she was wearing, long enough to reach her thighs with ease, had been likewise 'borrowed' from one of her friends. She hadn't asked, but she'd also not been told no, and that's what really mattered.

The unfortunate thing about her seating arrangement was that Silje barely heard a thing from the wind. When a conversation broke out over something said in the radio, though, she sure did try to listen. She caught bits and pieces; a princess, the capital, vacation, kidnapping, offing, and—

"A bomb up a dress!" was the part she honed in on, loud and amused, a grin cracking her face. She wasn't sure how much the others heard from the wind, but she didn't mind talking to just herself, either. Before she'd met the others, before she'd met Kalina, she'd done that a lot. "That's such a good idea! Oh, but, hmm, it'd be more efficient to just turn the dress itself into a bomb, I think. Like this!"

Even with a warning, it happened fast. Silje ran a thumb across the empty soda can in her hands, leaving a streak of red in her finger's wake. A deep, beautiful colour that seemed to seep into the aluminium itself, to bring the entire can into life against the monochrome that surrounded it. She pulled her hand back and tossed it forward with as much strength as she could muster — except, at 70 miles an hour, it was yanked backwards instead, detonating right above the rest of the crew behind her.

Oh. Well, at least she'd made the thing more for demonstrative purposes rather than to harm!

Silje whipped her head around to catch the last of the explosion, the quickly withering fingers of colour in the air, then let her gaze drop down to her companions. The sheepishness of her smile was ruined by the laugh that almost slipped past it. "Oopsie!"
Assuming it's too late to hop in, since both teams are full? Unless we get two more genin and a jounin to go with.

Never finished Naruto (got a little past the timeskip), but it is nostalgic, and this doesn't seem to require having read the whole series. Would probably be looking to go for an Inuzuka.
Edited post formatting a bit to show which of Joshua's Pokémon are out and which are in their pokéballs.


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Cabins → Main Stadium
@Thunder999999@Teyao and ig @anothered, but unconscious...


Joshua made his way abovedeck as fast as his legs would allow, half running, half skating his way across the frozen corridor. Even then, by the time he emerged, Klefki clutched against his chest and Shuppet giggling in his wake, he seemed to be late for— whatever the heck was going on.

He'd expected to find people in safety vests being guided across the stadium by the crew, ready to evacuate onto a waiting Wailord. What he found instead was a trio of weird men in even weirder getup, a glitching Lugia surrounded by fireworks and, before he could take the rest of it all in, the entire world seeming to spin in tune with the stadium's clockwork floor. He could make out the captain's voice through the chaos, but not her words.

Joshua was knocked off balance for the second time that day by the shaking, eyes forced shut by a blinding light. By the time he opened them again, the night sky above was gone, replaced by cloudless skies and a hot summer sun. The world had stopped spinning, but Joshua's head sure hadn't.

"Did-- did you see that?" he blurted out as he stood up, wobbling, and glanced over to Shuppet. She was gone. A few frantic glances later, he found her circling among the confused passengers, drinking in their emotions. Oh no. Hopefully, no one here was afraid of ghosts.

Joshua scrambled after his companion, only to finally spot other members of the crew among the chaos. Sugar, Garscon and Teddy, all from the restaurant. He considered calling out to them, but they'd already gathered a small crowd. No doubt people wanting to know what happened, and going to the crew for answers. He doubted they had any, but whatever was going on before, everything seemed to be fine now. Just some hiccup in the weather and the... time of day. No biggie.

Right! In times like these, as a member of the crew himself, he should be helping people find their bearings and tell them there was no reason to worry.

... Right after he caught his runaway Shuppet, who was currently circling above an unconscious, floating man and two people walking besides him. Oh, um, he should probably figure out what was going on there too.

"Hey! Excuse me, where are you taking that man?"
I'd be down, but likely only after the holidays.
𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭

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Fist met tree, over and over, harder and faster, each punch taking Duncan further away from the funeral and all that had preceded it. Or that had been the plan, anyhow; by the time his fist punched through to the other side, entire arm sinking into the hole he'd made without a tinge of pain, he realized his usual method of stress relief had been rendered practically useless by his new body. So, shit.

Duncan stepped away from the abused tree, taking a long drag on his cigarette. He knew he was supposed to preserve the last few he had, but if having to bury your dead friend wasn't grounds for a relapse, he didn't know what the hell was. This was his second since the funeral, and at this rate, he'd need a third soon.

He blew out smoke and stared at the tree. Right. So, now what? Was he just going leave it like that? He hadn't exactly set out to make firewood, but since he'd sort of started beating this thing up, he might as well. Somehow. Would he be able to grab the tree by the hole and just... tear it in two? But then it'd be in two pieces instead of one, and that didn't really fucking help with anything. Holy shit, even with all his strength, he really was useless.

... Maybe he'd see if he could find a boulder and make an axe out of it or something. Truth be told, Duncan hadn't really thought about what he set out to do when he'd left camp earlier. The entire point of his violence against the local flora had kind of been to not have to think for a bit. To occupy himself with anything else than the shit that had happened or the shit he should've been doing. Like... thanking Asahi for trying, relentlessly, to save Yuki, despite being... Duncan shuddered, remembering what he'd seen in Asahi's head. He wasn't sure what to make of the guy, but snake or no, at least he'd been useful. Duncan? He couldn't even bring himself to go back and check up on Yukiko and Daisuke.

Or — and that was the one task he dreaded the most — talk with Haruko. He probably had to apologize, which sucked, because she probably wanted to comfort him, and he really didn't want to be comforted right now. But he couldn't exactly keep avoiding her, either. She very rarely asked him for anything, and the few things she'd asked of him yesterday, to talk things through with Shun and to save Sasuke and Yuki, he'd failed. Shun was nowhere to be found and probably wolfbear food at this point, he'd nearly killed Sasuke, and Yuki was like ten feet underground.

"You’re not the sorta guy to just avoid talking about this after, right?"

He was.

... Right. Time to see if he could tear a tree in two. Duncan bit down on the cig, cracked his neck, took a step forward and— was interrupted by a familiar voice, reminding him how useless what he was about to do was.

"You think I don't know that?" he snapped, turning to face Rin, but she was already continuing as if he'd said nothing at all. Apparently, she wanted to build a tower.

"What," the question came out so flat it was more a statement. When he continued, he eyed her almost wearily. "Why? For... scouting purposes, or something? To see what's out there, right? 'Cause we ain't gonna be building a place to stay. We can't stay here."

He doubted that was what she meant, but the thought alone made him nauseous. He refused to live near Yuki's grave. Refused to be reminded of him day in and out. He wanted home. Back to...

Come to think of it, he didn't exactly have a lot to return to, huh.

Another drag, this time longer, contemplative, and then he let his shoulders sag. "... I'll help. Getting bored of doing nothing, anyway."
In SPIRITUM 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
In SPIRITUM 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Am fine with Discord too, yeah.

Probably easier to figure out relationships there, but I know I'd at least be hoping for someone to be a particularly close friend to Silje. Maybe the first one she made during training? Someone she can fuss over, listen to at the end of the way, bother endlessly, you know, the works.

Maybe someone she'd try to teach a thing or two about Mist, too? Whether because the other party asked her to, or because she dictated they need the help. She might not be entirely helpful.

Will mull over more stuff once we got our crew in.
In SPIRITUM 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Half asleep but done, edited the full sheet into the previous post!
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