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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
I dont have any peeves so far....I have been amused alot lately by those who do....reading this thread made me chuckle on a few occasions.
Keep doing you, everyone.
Everyone has been pretty nice that I have interacted with. Even when im being a loudboy in shouts.
Keep doing you, everyone.
Everyone has been pretty nice that I have interacted with. Even when im being a loudboy in shouts.
Nipsy
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Announce post #3227: Artisanal and Bardic Competition!
10/1/2021 at 0:42
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Artisanal and Bardic Competition!
As promised, the Artisanal and Bardic contest is making a return for October!
It is my aim going forward to host one of these alongside major events or milestones (yes this means you can expect another one for Year 500!) so that they are semi-frequent again.
Entries should be submitted via e-mail to support@aetolia.com with a clear subject line. The closing date for submissions is 1st November, so you have the whole month to put something together!
Please include the name of your character when making a submission, and remember that it is limited to one entry per person!
As this is Aetolia's 20th birthday month, history is on our minds and so the theme for this round is: LEGACY. Let your imaginations go wild!
HELP BARDIC and HELP ARTISANAL contain some useful information, and there will be separate prizes and placings for Artisanal entries and Bardic entries.
1st place: 500 credits, 4 points
2nd place: 350 credits, 2 points
3rd place: 200 credits, 1 point
The points go towards the Artisanal and Bardic Fellowships as outlined in the respective help files.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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All submitted works become the sole property of Iron Realms Entertainment, with all copyright assigned to Iron Realms Entertainment. The reason for this is that we wish to be eternally free to display winning works on our website. If you still have a problem with this, consider that the only works that will win are ones that have something to do with Aetolia, and you couldn't sell those anyway. We don't mind you also posting the works on your website though.
Good luck!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 23rd of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
Artisanal and Bardic Competition!
As promised, the Artisanal and Bardic contest is making a return for October!
It is my aim going forward to host one of these alongside major events or milestones (yes this means you can expect another one for Year 500!) so that they are semi-frequent again.
Entries should be submitted via e-mail to support@aetolia.com with a clear subject line. The closing date for submissions is 1st November, so you have the whole month to put something together!
Please include the name of your character when making a submission, and remember that it is limited to one entry per person!
As this is Aetolia's 20th birthday month, history is on our minds and so the theme for this round is: LEGACY. Let your imaginations go wild!
HELP BARDIC and HELP ARTISANAL contain some useful information, and there will be separate prizes and placings for Artisanal entries and Bardic entries.
1st place: 500 credits, 4 points
2nd place: 350 credits, 2 points
3rd place: 200 credits, 1 point
The points go towards the Artisanal and Bardic Fellowships as outlined in the respective help files.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
----------------
All submitted works become the sole property of Iron Realms Entertainment, with all copyright assigned to Iron Realms Entertainment. The reason for this is that we wish to be eternally free to display winning works on our website. If you still have a problem with this, consider that the only works that will win are ones that have something to do with Aetolia, and you couldn't sell those anyway. We don't mind you also posting the works on your website though.
Good luck!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 23rd of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Announce post #3226: October in Aetolia!
10/1/2021 at 0:01
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
October in Aetolia!
October has arrived and Aetolia's 20th birthday will soon be upon us! Alongside a host of events, games, and other celebrations throughout the month, the Wheel of Fates is making a return!
Logging in for at least an hour each day earns a free spin and premium skull tokens can be obtained on the Aetolia website at www.aetolia.com/credits.
Each premium spin will also award a ticket in the Iron Lottery running throughout the month for a chance to win 1000 bound credits! Tickets can also be earned in game through various means. See HELP IRON LOTTERY for specifics.
Those who obtain skull tokens can SPIN WHEEL OUTER SKULL up to three times to determine their prize category followed by SPIN WHEEL INNER SKULL to win prizes. I have cleaned up the wheel prize list somewhat and the options available include:
Outer Wheel - Credits:
Credit prizes (unbound) ranging from 30-200
Outer Wheel - Iron Coins:
Iron Coins in batches of 25 or 50
Outer Wheel - Lessons:
Lesson prizes ranging from 200-500
Outer Wheel - Artifact:
Artifacts ranging from 50 credits in value up to 800 credits in value
Outer Wheel - Item:
Morphic metal
Elemental Globes
Customisation certificates
Chocolate bags
Artifact discount vouchers
Artifact tattoos
Compendium pages including new pages*
Outer Wheel - Relic:
A selection of relic pieces, specifically pieces for: observereyes, flair_zombie, mummify, caudum, bloodyfang, goldtranslocator, and arachnida_shield.
* Alongside some of the usual suspects, there are now pages available for: Drakuum, Eftehl, Itzatl Morass, The Squal, The Volcano, Ulangi Hive, and Welto!
NOTE: Compendium Pages now trade in for 6 credits up from 3. This applies to all pages, not just the new areas!
HELP WHEEL OF FATES now has all of the up to date information! Purchases of tokens now also reward Guild and City credits!
~ ~ ~
All of the scheduled activities mentioned in Announce #3221 can now be found listed under EVENTS. Be sure to configure your timezone so that this is accurate for you!
Those of you with a penchant for history may want to head over to the Grand Library where Tegoleth is offering a themed daily quest throughout October! Acquire this quest in the usual fashion and you will receive a commemorative tome along with clues to follow that lead to a specific area (these will never be in cities). Head to this area and follow Tegoleth's instructions to complete your quest for the day!
Each completion will add a new atmospheric emote to your tome, themed around a past event. There are 31 of these to collect in total, and completing the quest 20 times throughout October will reward you with the remaining 11 to complete the set.
Fear not, if you complete the quest fewer than 20 times you will still have access to those entries that you did complete, and when the tome is dropped in a location, it will cycle through the available atmospherics!
Lastly, pay a visit to the newly opened Harpy's Head Tavern at v71087, where Hethia, the proprietor awaits your business! This tavern has several fun features as well as a shop filled with wares themed around Aetolian history. Be sure to read the sign!
Keep an eye out for my next post where I will be opening the Artisanal and Bardics contest for October.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 23rd of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Ictinus, the Architect
Everyone
October in Aetolia!
October has arrived and Aetolia's 20th birthday will soon be upon us! Alongside a host of events, games, and other celebrations throughout the month, the Wheel of Fates is making a return!
Logging in for at least an hour each day earns a free spin and premium skull tokens can be obtained on the Aetolia website at www.aetolia.com/credits.
Each premium spin will also award a ticket in the Iron Lottery running throughout the month for a chance to win 1000 bound credits! Tickets can also be earned in game through various means. See HELP IRON LOTTERY for specifics.
Those who obtain skull tokens can SPIN WHEEL OUTER SKULL up to three times to determine their prize category followed by SPIN WHEEL INNER SKULL to win prizes. I have cleaned up the wheel prize list somewhat and the options available include:
Outer Wheel - Credits:
Credit prizes (unbound) ranging from 30-200
Outer Wheel - Iron Coins:
Iron Coins in batches of 25 or 50
Outer Wheel - Lessons:
Lesson prizes ranging from 200-500
Outer Wheel - Artifact:
Artifacts ranging from 50 credits in value up to 800 credits in value
Outer Wheel - Item:
Morphic metal
Elemental Globes
Customisation certificates
Chocolate bags
Artifact discount vouchers
Artifact tattoos
Compendium pages including new pages*
Outer Wheel - Relic:
A selection of relic pieces, specifically pieces for: observereyes, flair_zombie, mummify, caudum, bloodyfang, goldtranslocator, and arachnida_shield.
* Alongside some of the usual suspects, there are now pages available for: Drakuum, Eftehl, Itzatl Morass, The Squal, The Volcano, Ulangi Hive, and Welto!
NOTE: Compendium Pages now trade in for 6 credits up from 3. This applies to all pages, not just the new areas!
HELP WHEEL OF FATES now has all of the up to date information! Purchases of tokens now also reward Guild and City credits!
~ ~ ~
All of the scheduled activities mentioned in Announce #3221 can now be found listed under EVENTS. Be sure to configure your timezone so that this is accurate for you!
Those of you with a penchant for history may want to head over to the Grand Library where Tegoleth is offering a themed daily quest throughout October! Acquire this quest in the usual fashion and you will receive a commemorative tome along with clues to follow that lead to a specific area (these will never be in cities). Head to this area and follow Tegoleth's instructions to complete your quest for the day!
Each completion will add a new atmospheric emote to your tome, themed around a past event. There are 31 of these to collect in total, and completing the quest 20 times throughout October will reward you with the remaining 11 to complete the set.
Fear not, if you complete the quest fewer than 20 times you will still have access to those entries that you did complete, and when the tome is dropped in a location, it will cycle through the available atmospherics!
Lastly, pay a visit to the newly opened Harpy's Head Tavern at v71087, where Hethia, the proprietor awaits your business! This tavern has several fun features as well as a shop filled with wares themed around Aetolian history. Be sure to read the sign!
Keep an eye out for my next post where I will be opening the Artisanal and Bardics contest for October.
Enjoy!
Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 23rd of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Announce post #3224: Classleads October 2021
9/30/2021 at 12:42
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
Classleads October 2021
An early surprise classlead round is now open!
Just to note, this isn't part of the normal itinerary that we usually do, however both myself and Ictinus think it would be good to let you all voice any ideas/thoughts you may have that need addressing. As such, we will be allowing three reports per a person instead of the usual one.
In addition, we are going to trial anonymous report submissions for this round too. Readers will not be able to tell who submitted a report when viewing new reports made this round. Unfortunately this also means I've had to remove all unsubmitted reports, just so no one can connect the dots. Please send a message to Nalus if you desperately need that information again. Archived reports will remain as they are.
Lastly, please try and keep your reports related to classes and skills for this round. Other inquiries should use their relevant systems instead (such as orgreqs).
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Information for classleads:
Submissions will be open for TWO WEEKS in which you will to submit THREE reports in for consideration. Once this time frame is up, there will be THREE DAYS to vote before we will start posting decisions. You can still vote early as per normal, but the extra three days will be there to avoid the feeling of late reports purposefully being submitted to be snuck through near the end.
For this round, you will not be able to submit classlead reports for both Luminary and Indorani, due to their upcoming mirror status.
If you're new, continue on below for more information on classleads. If you're old, please read HELP CLASSLEAD GUIDELINES at the very least.
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What are classleads:
Classleads are a two week period that allows players to submit reports about their class (or other classes) for review by the administration. Struggling to land that finishing blow as a Zealot? Then this is what you've been waiting for!
Make sure to read through HELP CLASSLEADS to learn the commands needed to make and submit your reports, and I also highly recommend HELP CLASSLEAD GUIDELINES to help avoid common potholes when creating your submissions.
If you want to keep track of submissions and results, have a look at CONFIG CLASSLEADS and consider turning it on.
Details on submission:
* Newly created reports will be marked as anonymous, your name as a submitter will not be revealed to others.
* You may submit up to a total of three reports across the skillsets of the game to suggest combat balance adjustments, new features, or quality of life upgrades. Please note that this limit is based across all characters you own.
* Reports that are based on skills you do not possess will be much more heavily scrutinized, so make sure they are top-notch before submission.
* While you must provide reasonable solutions to your report's problem, we may opt for a fourth solution instead based upon feedback.
* Once a report is submitted, -anyone- may vote upon its merit using the CLASSLEAD <#> SUPPORT/REJECT <reason> commands. If you wish to support/reject a report, please provide your reasoning and make sure to point out any shortcomings or additions you feel might be necessary. You may also simply leave a comment using CLASSLEAD <#> COMMENT <reason>, if you wish for a more neutral approach.
* Any commentary which basically boils down to 'I agree with my bud' or 'This is a terrible idea' will automatically be discarded, and will you hurt your chances at passing through reports in future rounds, perhaps even resulting in loss of ability to submit at all. If you can consistently provide level-headed thought and in depth knowledge then your opinions will be valued more highly over others, and could result in extra submissions.
* You can use REPORTS ABSTAINED and REPORTS UNCOMMENTED to find submitted reports you have not voted upon or commented.
Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 20th of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Keroc, the Starborn
Everyone
Classleads October 2021
An early surprise classlead round is now open!
Just to note, this isn't part of the normal itinerary that we usually do, however both myself and Ictinus think it would be good to let you all voice any ideas/thoughts you may have that need addressing. As such, we will be allowing three reports per a person instead of the usual one.
In addition, we are going to trial anonymous report submissions for this round too. Readers will not be able to tell who submitted a report when viewing new reports made this round. Unfortunately this also means I've had to remove all unsubmitted reports, just so no one can connect the dots. Please send a message to Nalus if you desperately need that information again. Archived reports will remain as they are.
Lastly, please try and keep your reports related to classes and skills for this round. Other inquiries should use their relevant systems instead (such as orgreqs).
---
Information for classleads:
Submissions will be open for TWO WEEKS in which you will to submit THREE reports in for consideration. Once this time frame is up, there will be THREE DAYS to vote before we will start posting decisions. You can still vote early as per normal, but the extra three days will be there to avoid the feeling of late reports purposefully being submitted to be snuck through near the end.
For this round, you will not be able to submit classlead reports for both Luminary and Indorani, due to their upcoming mirror status.
If you're new, continue on below for more information on classleads. If you're old, please read HELP CLASSLEAD GUIDELINES at the very least.
---
What are classleads:
Classleads are a two week period that allows players to submit reports about their class (or other classes) for review by the administration. Struggling to land that finishing blow as a Zealot? Then this is what you've been waiting for!
Make sure to read through HELP CLASSLEADS to learn the commands needed to make and submit your reports, and I also highly recommend HELP CLASSLEAD GUIDELINES to help avoid common potholes when creating your submissions.
If you want to keep track of submissions and results, have a look at CONFIG CLASSLEADS and consider turning it on.
Details on submission:
* Newly created reports will be marked as anonymous, your name as a submitter will not be revealed to others.
* You may submit up to a total of three reports across the skillsets of the game to suggest combat balance adjustments, new features, or quality of life upgrades. Please note that this limit is based across all characters you own.
* Reports that are based on skills you do not possess will be much more heavily scrutinized, so make sure they are top-notch before submission.
* While you must provide reasonable solutions to your report's problem, we may opt for a fourth solution instead based upon feedback.
* Once a report is submitted, -anyone- may vote upon its merit using the CLASSLEAD <#> SUPPORT/REJECT <reason> commands. If you wish to support/reject a report, please provide your reasoning and make sure to point out any shortcomings or additions you feel might be necessary. You may also simply leave a comment using CLASSLEAD <#> COMMENT <reason>, if you wish for a more neutral approach.
* Any commentary which basically boils down to 'I agree with my bud' or 'This is a terrible idea' will automatically be discarded, and will you hurt your chances at passing through reports in future rounds, perhaps even resulting in loss of ability to submit at all. If you can consistently provide level-headed thought and in depth knowledge then your opinions will be valued more highly over others, and could result in extra submissions.
* You can use REPORTS ABSTAINED and REPORTS UNCOMMENTED to find submitted reports you have not voted upon or commented.
Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 20th of Variach, in the year 498 MA.
Re: Theme Songs!!!
If you go to war then I'm going with you
Pick up my sword, yeah, there's nothing I won't do
When you sound the alarms and the chaos is rising
Leading the charge, yeah, I'm coming out fighting
Swear on the breath that I breathe
I'll never retreat, yeah, I'll be your army
Pick up my sword, yeah, there's nothing I won't do
When you sound the alarms and the chaos is rising
Leading the charge, yeah, I'm coming out fighting
Swear on the breath that I breathe
I'll never retreat, yeah, I'll be your army
Elene
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Re: Tala
Cant wait to continue on their absolutely bizarrely wonderful friendship! Adorable crazies, perhaps?Reave said:She is adorable, mischievous, and perhaps out of her mind. Reave took on the role of good Samaritan after seeing the young woman standing alone on Esterport's bridge only to be caught off guard by bizarre roguery. Looking forward to more interactions in the future!
Tala
1
Re: Drawings of Aetolia
I'm pretty much new to this game, but saw all of your cool drawings and got inspired to commission one myself. This is Shaian, who is a pretty young lad in Sapience.
If you want to check the artist, here is her instagram : @by_madel
Hope we have interesting intractions in-game!
If you want to check the artist, here is her instagram : @by_madel
Hope we have interesting intractions in-game!
Shaian
17
Re: Theme Songs!!!
Was listening to this and realized this is totally the mood I have for Xenia.
Xenia
4
Re: Announce post #3222: Languages in emotes
obligatory flex: https://forums.aetolia.com/discussion/comment/104984#Comment_104984
ty so much for it
ty so much for it
Saltz
1
Re: "A-are you my mother?"
PART 2
Delighted, a robed girl with white hair says, "I've never been here before, mother."
Her voice a silken caress as she escorts the girl into the Inn, you say, "This is a relatively old establishment. Old, but reliable."
Trusting your judgement, a robed girl with white hair visibly relaxes against your form but dares not separate herself from your touch. "What will we have mother? Will it be bitter and juicy? I like bitter and juicy."
You have emoted: "Bitter and juicy?" Elene questions the preference, before taking steps towards the counter upon light, bare feet. With a robed girl with white hair clung to her, her movements are not as fluid, and almost halting as she eventually comes to a pause before the bartop. She glances at the offerings, before grunting once. A hand slides into a stygian ritualist's satchel, retrieving several round gold sovereigns before she slams them upon the counter and empties a tall, frosted pint glass, so that it may be filled with something else. "A drink first, then."
You have emoted: Leaning purposefully over the counter to hide her actions from a robed girl with white hair, Elene slips a dose of curare into a tall, frosted pint glass, before mixing it well, sloshing the cocktail in its vessel before she straightens once more, offering the fresh cocktail to the young girl. "Here, have it."
You give a tall, frosted pint glass to a robed girl with white hair.
I saw it. I definitely saw it.
There is a pause in her thoughts, the woman taking time to consider what she saw as lightning crackled overhead. A swirl of images, the distortion of shadows that conceal what one might exactly be, a sundered and twisted monstrosity of a thing beneath the feet of the girl, next to her own normal one. Another flash, and this time, the shadows of both figure are the same as the persons themselves.
"Mm," a robed girl with white hair watches your every movement with neither complaint or delight - only that neutral, thoughtful sound. From the simple glance to the leaning over the counter to tend to your sleight of hand, the girl appears none the wiser... Or perhaps content. Her bright, emerald gaze trace over the lure-hooked fishing hat worn reluctantly over your tresses right down to the elegantly encaged miniature dangling upon your wrist. "You're very, very pretty mother." A robed girl with white hair collects the offered drink without protest with one hand while the other clings to your waist, keeping her form pressed closed to you.
A robed girl with white hair brings the glass to her lips and begins to drink. A sip that becomes a gorging slurp in mere moments until all of the contents have been drained from its container. It's a ravenous thirst that takes her as she even tries to swirl a small tongue along the rims to collect any last drops.
Darkly, a robed girl with white hair says to you, "Another."
[Author's note: This reminds me so much of Edgar, the bug alien from Men in Black
]
A robed girl with white hair just thought:
A soft fog settles over her thoughts. "Oh, no... I feel strange."
You have emoted: Elene's chest rises and falls in slow, even breaths in the warm tavern, her head tilted down as she stares at a robed girl with white hair. Nothing shifts upon her features as she examines a robed girl with white hair, her silvery tresses framing a features not too far a cry from the snow white curls that fall from the young girl's head. A scarred hand reaches downwards before fingers dig deep into the flesh of the girl's forearm, forcibly ripping away her hold from around her waist. She does not accede to the request for another, before ichored lips begin to twitch at the edges. Her eyes gleam briefly as the effects of the drink seem to take effect, before the quiet voice of the woman murmurs, "I am not your mother, girl. Tell me who you really are."
As you sunders a robed girl with white hair's grip about your waist, a sharp cry of pain escapes the young girl ina shriek. "MOTHER! YOU'RE HURTING ME!" Even the voice start to lilt downward and waver from the onset of poison coursing through her veins. The girl staggers backwards, gripping her arm and looking up in a guise of feigned horror at you. "MOTHER?!" She shrieks in exasperation.
As the girl's gaze locks with yours, you feel a sharp intrusion enter your mind.
Health Lost: 2120, psychic, none
A robed girl with white hair angrily asks to you, "Why don't you love me anymore mother?"
You have emoted: Ruthlessly does Elene continue to dig her fingers into the forearm of a robed girl with white hair, keeping that grasp iron-tight even as the sharp cry of pain echoes from her, the shriek rising into a pitch that cuts through the hubbub of the tavern. It's almost a crushing grip as she tugs a robed girl with white hair around, slamming her into the wooden surface of the counter as her head begins to spin, the other hand reaching up to her temple as she feels the sharp intrusion into her mind, tearing through her. A soft exhalation escapes from the Azudim, and she uses the rest of her own frame to pin the young girl against the bar. "You won't be able to move soon, as curare settles deep into your bloodstream," she eventually manages to form words to her disarrayed thoughts. "You are no daughter of mine. Now. TELL. ME. WHO. YOU ARE," her voice rises in tone, until it is almost a bellowing command, spurred partially by pain.
A robed girl with white hair is powerless to resist your churn of violence as she is whirled about and slammed into the bar top. "M-mother...have I not been good to you? M-mother... l-love me... please... I've been so very, very gooooood." Each word sags in tone, growing deeper and more sinister than the last as the iris of a robed girl with white hair's emerald gaze begins to freakishly split before you. "L-love me. MOTHER. PLEASE!" The girl grows limper and relaxed within your clutches.
Even as the girl grows limp within your grasp, the intrusion into your mind grows sharper. It's a piercing flood of rapid fire images of things beyond your comprehension. Heat. Rage. Blood and broken bone. You start to see twisted faces form but the blinding pain surges through your psyche to clear them as quickly as they come.
Health Lost: 3534, psychic, none
You have emoted: Her fingers against Elene's temple crunches tight as she slams them into the side of her head, the assault upon her mind rising in a relentless wave. A snarl is ripped from her ichored lips as it causes her pain, the woman scrunching her eyes shut tightly even as she struggles to endure against the endless rapid fire of images surging into her mind. "I LOVE YOU!" Comes the proclamation of the woman as the pain rises into a crescendo, and as her eyelids flutter open, she notices the sinister irises of a robed girl with white hair, the freakishly split pupils of the girl coming to hold the woman's gaze. Anger shifts across her features, the silvery tresses fluttering in a mess of strands as the Numerologist ruthlessly breaks the girl's forearm in her grasp, slamming it against the counter with a force hard enough to shake her whole frame. And then does the woman begin to gasp for breath, her fingers losing strength as she murmurs, "How good have you been, daughter? What did you do that deserve more praise?"
Heat. Rage. Blood and broken bone. A twisting, sundered shadow overlapping the girl's frame in her mind's eye. The figments of twisted faces floating just out of recognition within her mind, before blinding pain cuts through her psyche, eliminating them from her mental landscape. What remains, however, is the emotions churned within the woman. Rage. Utter rage. A thirst for blood. A thirst for violence. A thirst for.. answers, from whatever thing stands before her in a girl's shell.
Blood begins to pour from every orifice of a robed girl with white hair as she pleadingly stares on at you. The emerald eyes split uncontrollably into an unsettling polycoriac mesh of many different pupils staring fiercely onward at you, almost through your very being. "Mmmmmooooootttthhheeeerrr....." The speech slurs and dips dramatically now until the girl is utterly frozen and sagged against the countertop even as you come to shatter the girl's forearm. A dark bile spills from the laceration formed across her forearm as thick, sharp edges of bones now pierce and protrude from beneath her skin where the arm has been broken. No cry of pain. An almost gleeful indifference to the wound as she sags from the countertop and drops to the floor. "Iiiiii.....kkkkkiiilllllleeeeddd.....aaaaa......mmaaaaannnnnn......"
The images flood wildly through your mind until it is near blinding, forcing dark dots to randomly appear in your vision. Slowly the world starts to close in around you, darkening and losing its color as if the very contrast of all that is is being sapped away. Or perhaps you are losing your mind? Perhaps the girl before you is not even real? No, she must be real! You can still feel the lingering warmth of her form when it had pressed to you earlier. You think? Or do you know? Your mind reels from the flooding images as they flash faster and faster in your head.
Health Lost: 5301, psychic, none
[Author's note: I got trolled with Bohemian Rhapsody. XD]
You are unconscious and thus incapable of action.
Being unconscious, you collapse upon the floor.
You are unconscious and thus incapable of action.
When you come to, you find yourself alone in the bar with the spilled glass of orange juice nearby. The very beverage you had offered the girl... If there ever was a girl.
You have emoted: Elene eventually stirs, groaning softly as she finds herelf sprawled upon the ground, next to the countertop. She sits up slowly, wincing as her head seems to split open from the movement. Although she's none the worse for wear physically, that might not be the same that one can say for her mental faculties. As she remembers what she was doing beforehand, she whips her head so fast, glancing at the countertop, and then to the floor, and then at the spilled glass of orange juice nearby. "I.. I did not dream that," she murmurs, even as she continues to remain seated where she is.
What in the -Pit- did I come across? What is that girl?
I must be going mad.
You have emoted: Elene shakes her head violently, as if that very action would be able to erase just what she has seen exactly. Picking herself up from the ground, she exhales softly, before stepping from the tavern, leaving the spilled glass of orange juice behind.
Delighted, a robed girl with white hair says, "I've never been here before, mother."
Her voice a silken caress as she escorts the girl into the Inn, you say, "This is a relatively old establishment. Old, but reliable."
Trusting your judgement, a robed girl with white hair visibly relaxes against your form but dares not separate herself from your touch. "What will we have mother? Will it be bitter and juicy? I like bitter and juicy."
You have emoted: "Bitter and juicy?" Elene questions the preference, before taking steps towards the counter upon light, bare feet. With a robed girl with white hair clung to her, her movements are not as fluid, and almost halting as she eventually comes to a pause before the bartop. She glances at the offerings, before grunting once. A hand slides into a stygian ritualist's satchel, retrieving several round gold sovereigns before she slams them upon the counter and empties a tall, frosted pint glass, so that it may be filled with something else. "A drink first, then."
You have emoted: Leaning purposefully over the counter to hide her actions from a robed girl with white hair, Elene slips a dose of curare into a tall, frosted pint glass, before mixing it well, sloshing the cocktail in its vessel before she straightens once more, offering the fresh cocktail to the young girl. "Here, have it."
You give a tall, frosted pint glass to a robed girl with white hair.
I saw it. I definitely saw it.
There is a pause in her thoughts, the woman taking time to consider what she saw as lightning crackled overhead. A swirl of images, the distortion of shadows that conceal what one might exactly be, a sundered and twisted monstrosity of a thing beneath the feet of the girl, next to her own normal one. Another flash, and this time, the shadows of both figure are the same as the persons themselves.
"Mm," a robed girl with white hair watches your every movement with neither complaint or delight - only that neutral, thoughtful sound. From the simple glance to the leaning over the counter to tend to your sleight of hand, the girl appears none the wiser... Or perhaps content. Her bright, emerald gaze trace over the lure-hooked fishing hat worn reluctantly over your tresses right down to the elegantly encaged miniature dangling upon your wrist. "You're very, very pretty mother." A robed girl with white hair collects the offered drink without protest with one hand while the other clings to your waist, keeping her form pressed closed to you.
A robed girl with white hair brings the glass to her lips and begins to drink. A sip that becomes a gorging slurp in mere moments until all of the contents have been drained from its container. It's a ravenous thirst that takes her as she even tries to swirl a small tongue along the rims to collect any last drops.
Darkly, a robed girl with white hair says to you, "Another."
[Author's note: This reminds me so much of Edgar, the bug alien from Men in Black
]A robed girl with white hair just thought:
A soft fog settles over her thoughts. "Oh, no... I feel strange."
You have emoted: Elene's chest rises and falls in slow, even breaths in the warm tavern, her head tilted down as she stares at a robed girl with white hair. Nothing shifts upon her features as she examines a robed girl with white hair, her silvery tresses framing a features not too far a cry from the snow white curls that fall from the young girl's head. A scarred hand reaches downwards before fingers dig deep into the flesh of the girl's forearm, forcibly ripping away her hold from around her waist. She does not accede to the request for another, before ichored lips begin to twitch at the edges. Her eyes gleam briefly as the effects of the drink seem to take effect, before the quiet voice of the woman murmurs, "I am not your mother, girl. Tell me who you really are."
As you sunders a robed girl with white hair's grip about your waist, a sharp cry of pain escapes the young girl ina shriek. "MOTHER! YOU'RE HURTING ME!" Even the voice start to lilt downward and waver from the onset of poison coursing through her veins. The girl staggers backwards, gripping her arm and looking up in a guise of feigned horror at you. "MOTHER?!" She shrieks in exasperation.
As the girl's gaze locks with yours, you feel a sharp intrusion enter your mind.
Health Lost: 2120, psychic, none
A robed girl with white hair angrily asks to you, "Why don't you love me anymore mother?"
You have emoted: Ruthlessly does Elene continue to dig her fingers into the forearm of a robed girl with white hair, keeping that grasp iron-tight even as the sharp cry of pain echoes from her, the shriek rising into a pitch that cuts through the hubbub of the tavern. It's almost a crushing grip as she tugs a robed girl with white hair around, slamming her into the wooden surface of the counter as her head begins to spin, the other hand reaching up to her temple as she feels the sharp intrusion into her mind, tearing through her. A soft exhalation escapes from the Azudim, and she uses the rest of her own frame to pin the young girl against the bar. "You won't be able to move soon, as curare settles deep into your bloodstream," she eventually manages to form words to her disarrayed thoughts. "You are no daughter of mine. Now. TELL. ME. WHO. YOU ARE," her voice rises in tone, until it is almost a bellowing command, spurred partially by pain.
A robed girl with white hair is powerless to resist your churn of violence as she is whirled about and slammed into the bar top. "M-mother...have I not been good to you? M-mother... l-love me... please... I've been so very, very gooooood." Each word sags in tone, growing deeper and more sinister than the last as the iris of a robed girl with white hair's emerald gaze begins to freakishly split before you. "L-love me. MOTHER. PLEASE!" The girl grows limper and relaxed within your clutches.
Even as the girl grows limp within your grasp, the intrusion into your mind grows sharper. It's a piercing flood of rapid fire images of things beyond your comprehension. Heat. Rage. Blood and broken bone. You start to see twisted faces form but the blinding pain surges through your psyche to clear them as quickly as they come.
Health Lost: 3534, psychic, none
You have emoted: Her fingers against Elene's temple crunches tight as she slams them into the side of her head, the assault upon her mind rising in a relentless wave. A snarl is ripped from her ichored lips as it causes her pain, the woman scrunching her eyes shut tightly even as she struggles to endure against the endless rapid fire of images surging into her mind. "I LOVE YOU!" Comes the proclamation of the woman as the pain rises into a crescendo, and as her eyelids flutter open, she notices the sinister irises of a robed girl with white hair, the freakishly split pupils of the girl coming to hold the woman's gaze. Anger shifts across her features, the silvery tresses fluttering in a mess of strands as the Numerologist ruthlessly breaks the girl's forearm in her grasp, slamming it against the counter with a force hard enough to shake her whole frame. And then does the woman begin to gasp for breath, her fingers losing strength as she murmurs, "How good have you been, daughter? What did you do that deserve more praise?"
Heat. Rage. Blood and broken bone. A twisting, sundered shadow overlapping the girl's frame in her mind's eye. The figments of twisted faces floating just out of recognition within her mind, before blinding pain cuts through her psyche, eliminating them from her mental landscape. What remains, however, is the emotions churned within the woman. Rage. Utter rage. A thirst for blood. A thirst for violence. A thirst for.. answers, from whatever thing stands before her in a girl's shell.
Blood begins to pour from every orifice of a robed girl with white hair as she pleadingly stares on at you. The emerald eyes split uncontrollably into an unsettling polycoriac mesh of many different pupils staring fiercely onward at you, almost through your very being. "Mmmmmooooootttthhheeeerrr....." The speech slurs and dips dramatically now until the girl is utterly frozen and sagged against the countertop even as you come to shatter the girl's forearm. A dark bile spills from the laceration formed across her forearm as thick, sharp edges of bones now pierce and protrude from beneath her skin where the arm has been broken. No cry of pain. An almost gleeful indifference to the wound as she sags from the countertop and drops to the floor. "Iiiiii.....kkkkkiiilllllleeeeddd.....aaaaa......mmaaaaannnnnn......"
The images flood wildly through your mind until it is near blinding, forcing dark dots to randomly appear in your vision. Slowly the world starts to close in around you, darkening and losing its color as if the very contrast of all that is is being sapped away. Or perhaps you are losing your mind? Perhaps the girl before you is not even real? No, she must be real! You can still feel the lingering warmth of her form when it had pressed to you earlier. You think? Or do you know? Your mind reels from the flooding images as they flash faster and faster in your head.
Health Lost: 5301, psychic, none
[Author's note: I got trolled with Bohemian Rhapsody. XD]
You are unconscious and thus incapable of action.
Being unconscious, you collapse upon the floor.
You are unconscious and thus incapable of action.
When you come to, you find yourself alone in the bar with the spilled glass of orange juice nearby. The very beverage you had offered the girl... If there ever was a girl.
You have emoted: Elene eventually stirs, groaning softly as she finds herelf sprawled upon the ground, next to the countertop. She sits up slowly, wincing as her head seems to split open from the movement. Although she's none the worse for wear physically, that might not be the same that one can say for her mental faculties. As she remembers what she was doing beforehand, she whips her head so fast, glancing at the countertop, and then to the floor, and then at the spilled glass of orange juice nearby. "I.. I did not dream that," she murmurs, even as she continues to remain seated where she is.
What in the -Pit- did I come across? What is that girl?
I must be going mad.
You have emoted: Elene shakes her head violently, as if that very action would be able to erase just what she has seen exactly. Picking herself up from the ground, she exhales softly, before stepping from the tavern, leaving the spilled glass of orange juice behind.
Elene
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