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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66  Posts: 1968/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| The uber-blast attack rushes over the Prism, eradicating it in one shot. The light clears, and Yiusi's girl-form is standing saftely where the Prism used to be. Her Yiusi Ball is in her hand again, and it is no longer glowing. It is a dark orange, dull-colored, lifeless ball of gel. "Wow, you're strong. Now..." She pauses and walks forward. "You were saying something about dinner?" Meanwhile, crowds of people have gathered around the bottom of the building, looking up. It looks as if there may even be a riot pretty soon. Humungo-bright light flashes CAN sometimes unnerve ordinary people. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82  Posts: 3154/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Janus completely ignores the riot below. Other, more important things start going through his mind as Yiusi walks toward him... Like where to go to dinner, and whether or not he should pay... Janus: "Of course, my lady. I know this excellent restaurant at the end of the univer---" SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!! A flare gun whizzes past the rooftop, unleashing a deafening screech and scattering sparks everywhere. It looks like the riot's begun... "Whoa! What the hell?" He looks down. SWAT teams are forcing back an angry mob of people that have amassed in front of the building Janus and Yiusi were fighting atop. They seem to be trying to rush the building and find out what's on top. Looks like Janus went a bit too far. In fact, even the government must be wondering what's going on, which means Janus and Yiusi are about to have some company. That riot below was just barely being quelled, too... "Ah, crap! It's the feds! What do we do?" |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 1971/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| Yiusi rushes over to the edge and looks down. "Uh-oh... Okay, I'm thinking..." After a 7 or so second pause, she speaks again. "Got it! The Stardust Speedway! We can use it to get outta here!" She points upward and behind her at an angle; sure enough, the Speedway is still just as active as ever. "Satchel can morph, right? All we do is this: You fly us up to the rail and Satchel morphs into something that can glide along the rail. From then on it's 300MPH+ all the way to Sansalot, or wherever there's a good restaurant along the way. It's perfect!" Just then, a spotlight from the ground lands on Yiusi, bathing her in white light. "This is the FBI. Don't move." "Uh... This is bad, isn't it? I'm not familiar with these things..." Looks like a chopper is coming in as well. Why so soon? They may have discovered something was up thanks to the sheer amounts of Oracle Energy emitted from Yiusi's Prism form earlier. Not good... |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3159/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Janus: "Ha HA! Finally, some REAL excitement! Come on! Satchel can't morph, but I've got a better idea!" He grabs her about the waist, jumps on Satchel, and the two of them take off into the night! "Alright, this is gonna be a bit risky, since I know your last experience with Stardust Speedway left you falling in the night, but here goes!" Satchel lands, still in bag form, on the speedway and blasts off down it, with Janus and Yiusi standing along for the ride. The FBI choppers are in hot pursuit of them, and it looks like they're about to catch up, until... "Now, I'm gonna trust you to have some courage here... And whatever you do, don't worry about me, at all. I'll see you again, I promise." At the utterance of the word "courage", a soft blue light begins to glow around Janus' body. He smiles, and squeezes Yiusi's hand gently before doing a brief crouch. He jumps, and Satchel zooms forward with Yiusi in tow as Janus takes off into the night. He's flying, not even riding on Satchel now, but flying of his own accord... Behind Yiusi, as she whizzes further forward and down the speedway, the sounds of police radios can be heard... Radio: "What! What's that?" "Enemy approaching from the left! The left! Bravo 1, he's attached himself to the side of my chopper! He ---KZZT!" "KZZT!---- Eject, EJECT!" "Roger! Bravo 2 safe! Bravo 3, Bravo leader here, we've got a 664, unidentified flying object assaulting our choppers!" The battle was on, and Yiusi was off to Sandsalot... |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 1983/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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OOC: Booyah! RP style, unleashed!  "Courage... Okay, good luck..." Yiusi whispers. Janus can't hear her, but that's kinda the point. Zoom! NOW Yiusi has the full chance to experience Stardust Speedway. The whole thing is nerve-wracking, split-second descisions on which route to take, as some routes lead to loop-de-loops or the wrong cities, some may even lead to dead-ends, and on a rare occasion a midair collision has occured. Yiusi isn't aware of any of the major details, but it's still an eye-watering flight. "Turn! ...okay... Turn!" She seems to be handling herself well. That is, until she sees some grey rectangles embedded in the track ahead of her... "What're those?" she wonders. She finds out. CRACK! Instantly after hitting one, the Satchel hits 500MPH, just in time for the triple corkscrew up ahead and huge loop-de-loop to follow! She hangs on, though, seeming to enjoy it after a while. "WAAAHOOO!! Go, me!" Up ahead on the track is a red springboard tilted at an angle. She fast approaches... She has room to miss it, and it wouldn't be there if it were harmful, but... does she hit it or not? She'll find out soon... OOC: Wherever you're going with this one, I don't want to ruin it by accident... I'm guessing the point is to improvise. ^.^ |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3161/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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OOC: Schwa, you're directing this one alongside me... We're both masters of this story, not just you or just me. You have to decide what happens  Janus blazed through the night skies, chasing furiously after Yiusi... Janus (thinking): 'Holy shit, I'm flying! I can't believe it, I never knew I could do this, but I'm really flying! I... Nijote must've really brought some good stuff out of me. I'll have to thank her someday. But now... I have to find her... I have to make sure she's safe. But that speedway, it's so fast! She'll get to Sandsalot far before I do. Especially...' Whoosh! An Apache chopper missile zoomed past him! They were sending MISSILES! And the National Guard! Janus turned sharply upward, and whirled around in midair, diving down and punching the chopper's blade center with a fist that looked almost like... Well, almost like it was coated in blue ether. But he didn't think about that now, he acted almost from instinct: He had to make sure Yiusi was safe. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 1985/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| OOC: Ya know what? I've always adored these kind of stories... *Teeth grin!* TWANG! "Whooah!!" She hits the spring, sending her and Satchel flying upwards and forwards, landing on another rail on the Speedway and in another direction. At about this time, the Yiusi Ball flickers back to life, still in Yiusi's right hand the whole time. Yiusi notices. "Ahh, where am I going?" "What happened to that... guy?" "Janus? He went back to, uh..." She thinks. There were crashing noises behind her earlier, and that could only mean one thing... "Holy cow! He's back there fighting the FBI!" "Leave him, then. They'll make short work of him." "Guardian, I can't leave him! I just... I just can't do that! He saved my life for one thing, and for another thing--" "Don't tell me you like that guy..." "I do! He's strong, witty, and he understands me." "Okay... I'll try to understand... I was created to protect you, so that's my alpha thought for now, and I'll try to remember that you feel safe with him, but sometimes I can't control myself." Yiusi thinks. "We need a way to turn this thing around. Can I control Satchel in some way? Help me think." "Okay, just steer. I'll do the social work..." The Yiusi Ball attempts to open a communication link with Satchel, if possible. "Satchel... Talk to me if you can. Who am I?" A slightly patronizing start, but it's not like Yiusi or the Ball even know if Satchel is sentinent or not... |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3162/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Satchel: "Hey yeah.... Fuck you, Ballsie. Janus gave me strict orders to get Yiusi the hell away from here, and I fully intend on doing so. Leave me out of your petty squabbles and just sit along for the ride." At that, Satchel actually sped up. 500 miles per hour suddenly seemed a whole lot slower... Meanwhile, Janus blazed through chopper after chopper: Parachutes littered the air as the FBI's elite helicopter squad tried in vain to catch Yiusi. If the Yiusi Ball was acting as a guardian angel, then Janus was like a guardian Seraphim. All the while, Janus' blue aura grew brighter and brighter, going from a soft glow to a beacon in the night... He was a fool for such destruction, but was no novice to danger. In fact, he relished it; it empowered him to know that he was charging into the face of death and protecting someone, and his drive was heightened ever further by the fact that it was, of course, an innocent young woman. Kick. Ass. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 1988/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| "Ouch! No flaming!" Guardian says back. "If you won't turn us around, we will. You forget, Yiusi is the one steering which paths to take." "Yeah... I'm..." Apparently, Yiusi is blacking out from the heavy speed combined with the dizzying path of the rail. And there's a worse problem... There's another character on the Speedway, a mile away and on a direct collision course with Yiusi and Satchel. A mile may be a lot, but at 500MPH+, it should take in between 10 and 20 seconds to reach the collision. There are no rails to switch to, either; just one track that speaks the word doom. And with Yiusi blacking out, things look even more dire... When Yiusi hit the red spring, she probably landed going the wrong direction. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3180/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Satchel: "Ka! Of course she'd have to blank out... Guess this one's up to me..." The speedway gives way to open sky as Satchel unzips himself and actually places the blanking-out Yiusi inside of him in almost an eating motion. He rises into the air, and flies off into the night, following the Speedway to a forward-facing section of track. He lands roughly on it, popping Yiusi out and back on him again, this time slowing down to his previous speed. One thing was for sure: After an experience like that, Yiusi'd be wide awake, and Satchel had no qualms whatsoever about jumping another few sets of track to keep the three beings alive. Janus was having his own breed of fun with the choppers, which had finally begun to lighten their assault. He rocketed through the air, a stream made of a strange combination of blue ether and light energy flowing freely behind him as he explored this new set of opportunities... Janus: "So, this is ether... Ethereal energy? I must've picked some up when I got hit with that Yiusi Ball. Huh, now I know how Schwa feels. All happy and giddy and stuff. Like I wanna throw up everything that's bad inside of me and start eating flowers and cotton candy and milkshakes." He did a few twirls in the air and decided he rather liked flying without Satchel's help. However, he lacked focus. There had to be more to this than just simple aerial maneuverability. As the last of the choppers tapered off, deciding he wasn't so much of a threat if they just left him alone, Janus resolved to figure out how to use this power... Maybe he'd go pay Sensae a visit and ask to be a Psi Warrior! "...... Nah, screw that. I'll just go find Yiusi." So, he did. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2006/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| Yiusi is wide awake by now, just as predicted. "Okayokay! I'm awake! Where's Janus, still back there?" "Satchel, you've got a bond to Janus... He's okay, right?" Meanwhile, far far away up in Crystal Psipalace, Schwa and Sensae are talking when suddenly Sensae bursts out laughing. "Sensae! What's so funny about a Giraffe Demon attacking three tanks, may I ask?" "Hoohoohoohoo... Oh, it's not that... I've just been looking forward to this moment in the timeline. Something I heard Janus say." Schwa makes a face. "Eesh, you scare me sometimes, man..." "That's my job, child. You should be in bed." "Oh! Right." |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3194/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Satchel: 'Yeah, he's fine... I'm a little more concerned about YOU being fine at the moment. About how much further do we have to go to hit Sandsalot? And what DIRECTION?' Satchel continued to zoom along. Sparks lined the edges of the track as an object that was clearly NOT meant to be moving along them continued to move. Janus did a loop, a swerve or two, and a few rolls in the air... This was cool! He liked flying quite a bit. But he didn't have the time to spend learning such a thing... He had to keep going along on the tracks, or he'd never catch up to Yiusi! As it was, Satchel was already moving at a high enough speed so that if Janus wasted any more time they'd be in Sandsalot before he even started to catch up... He had to focus. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2023/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| The Yiusi Ball makes it possible for Yiusi to understand Satchel's telepathic communications with it, and vice versea. "Okay, Guardian, which way's Sandsalot?" Pause, then... "Funny... My senses are saying to go to Pentalipse instead. Weird..." "What? Really? So, we don't go to Sansalot now?" "Well, the same thing that told me we should go to Sandsalot is now pointing to Pentalipse. What do we do?" "Tell Janus, of course. Satchel, let's let Janus catch up. There's been a change of plans." OOC: My friend, we officially have our plot. ^.^ |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3198/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Satchel slowed to a direct stop, floated off of the Speedway tracks, and waited... A few moments later, Janus was floating in the air alongside him. Janus: "I see... OK, so what's at Pentalipse? A good restaurant, I hope? I'm not going to start an epic journey on an empty stomach, there's just no spirit when you're concentrating on hunger pangs all day." |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2026/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| "Glad you're alright, Janus!" Yiusi says as he approaches. "Every major city has a restaurant, of course. Think! Anyway, what concerns me is why Guardian would feel the urge to head to one place one moment, and then the feeling changes to somewhere else. That NEVER happens. I think we should go to Sandsalot first, just to be sure nothing dangerous has happened. Besides, they have an Oracle Temple there, and I need to stop and recharge a little. Oracle thing, you understand. "By the way, why do you suddenly remind me of a Psi Warrior?" Yiusi adds. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3200/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Janus: "Ya know, somehow I knew you'd ask that..."  Crap, I'm even getting the Psi Warrior accent... Soon I'll be adding in apostrophes to my regular speech, Janus thought. He appreciated the power that Ethereal energy offered, but really, this was a little too much. "Your ball thing, when it hit me, I think a bit of Ethereal energy was bounded with my body. I'm currently giving off a Psi Warrior's energy signature, which could be a good or a bad thing. Personally I'd go with "bad thing", since I know what Schwa tangles with on a daily basis, but for the time being, I can deal. It's not like we're going to be attacked by a Garuda or anything. We'd better not, or I'm gonna be breaking down some walls." He made it sound so simple, but it really wasn't: In fact, the ethereal energy was changing Janus' body from the inside and out... The blue aura that had brightened so highly before was only a dim glow now, barely discernable to most eyes. However, though Janus was more or less relaxed now, it had yet to actually turn off. In fact, it seemed to slowly, almost unnoticeably get brighter. "So then, I vote for a continuation of a current path. You can pray, I can take you out to dinner, we can go to Pentalipse, all's well? Or do you want to make dinner a regular thing?" |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2029/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| OOC: Nice, you just hit Post #3200! That's 16 x 200, you know, which in turn is 8 x 400. "Sounds good! Guardian, you'll take us, I presume." With Guardian leading the way, Yiusi now knows exactly which directions to go. "See, if Satchel follows this rail and turns only left on all 3 splits... we should get there in less than half an hour. Yes, I'm sure of it. Guardian's never been wrong." From the ground, a few people notice the dim trail of ether in the sky, and salute in respect for the Psi Warriors... not knowing the details. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3201/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| OOC: Let's disregard the numbers for now. Janus: "Then if Guardian's never been wrong, let's test how right it can be." Satchel skidded far and skidded true along the lines of the track. With Janus flying by their side, Yiusi, Satchel and the Ball were in safe hands. Once they reached Sandsalot, however, the entire world was open to them. Where would they go? What would they do? Was Janus going to tip the waiter? How well? If Satchel and the Ball were with them did it count as a party of 4? These questions raced through Janus' mind as they traveled, but one stood above them all... "Hey Yiusi, what's Sandsalot like, anyway?" |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2032/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| Sandsalot is a village built over a shady oaisis on the edge of a desert, hence the name. The south end of the village has a place for Stardust Speedway to end, and from there on it's walkways alongside a peaceful desert river, lined with small buildings and crowded with people from all over the world, a lot of turbans and sombraros visible among them. One guy plays a mexican-style guitar song nearby and people are putting coins into a bowl next to him. And yes, there is a cool little restaurant nearby as well. The place doesn't look so dark, even though it's evening. Yiusi follows the main path, excited. "Wow! So THIS is Sandsalot... This is exciting! There's a lively atmosphere out here." She makes sure to put a coin in the guy's bowl while walking by. "It's warm, too... very warm for the evening. That's probably because it's on the side of the desert. "Okay, Oracle Temple..." She begins heading to where the Temple is located, following the wooden signs on the road. |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82 Posts: 3202/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Janus: "Huh, I guess dinner can wait... I'm more curious about this Oracle Temple, now that I think about it." He looked around at the city: The cloudy night sky of the city that the Acmlm's Board building was in gave way a long time ago to open starlight. The moon shined brightly in the sky. With the city built over an oasis, it felt cool and breezy, yet somehow nice and warm in the summer night. It really was an almost perfect place to live. Maybe he'd hang around here for a while if he didn't choose to go back to Grey any time soon. His adventuring days were certainly experiencing a strong revival with a place like this... "I can't wait to see it! This city must have so much to offer, so many new things to try, people to meet, places to go, things to do!" Janus flips a very strange looking coin into the bard's case, and he looks at it carefully, before staring open-mouthed at Janus and Yiusi as they walked toward the temple. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he got onto his knees, looked to the sky, folded his hands, and began mouthing "Thank you, thank you so very much...". "So what do you DO at these temples? Pray to Kyr'Shei? Donate? Go to sermons?" He gave her a playful tap on the arm with his fist. Friendly conversation was good. Check the likes, check the dislikes, keep it simple. |
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