Fangs9090
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Nidia and Emilia glanced at her before nodding. Emilia went for medalion while Nidia chose a ring.
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Fantasy Cursed Island
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"And for the joint account?", Samantha asked.
"Ring," Siege said without hesitation, skipping that battle.
"Alright," Samantha shrugged, pulling out another ring before closing the lid and turnning the box around, where there was a hand-sized hole. "Mr. Chimer, you first," Samantha instructed Roy to put his hand in the hole, which promptly closed around his hand while on the other side she inserted the wristband. "This is going to hurt a bit, but don't worry," Samantha smiled before the box started to burn Roy's hand, "All we're doing is synchronizing your mana signature and then applying it to the system." When the box finally freed Roy's hand, it felt raw and it was red, like that time he'd let Siege talk him into rubbing out an entire rubber eraser on his palm when they were children. "All done, welcome to Elyon Finances," Samantha smiled as she handed Roy's wistband over, which Roy found fit perfectly, more magic. "Mrs. Chimer-"
"I'm not married, he's my brother."
"Ms. Chimer," Samantha corrected herself, "You next." One by one she went around the group, "Ms. Longstrider," Emilia. "Ms. Rubio," Nidia, and finally, "Mr. Cruor," Jalin, burning their hands with the box as they were added to the system, and handing over their Accesses. "Don't lose those, now, they're expensive!", Samantha warned as she pushed some buttons and asked how many would be attached to the joint account.
"All six." Samantha nodded and five more hand slots appeared, "Stick your hands in the box, last time I promise!"
"Ring," Siege said without hesitation, skipping that battle.
"Alright," Samantha shrugged, pulling out another ring before closing the lid and turnning the box around, where there was a hand-sized hole. "Mr. Chimer, you first," Samantha instructed Roy to put his hand in the hole, which promptly closed around his hand while on the other side she inserted the wristband. "This is going to hurt a bit, but don't worry," Samantha smiled before the box started to burn Roy's hand, "All we're doing is synchronizing your mana signature and then applying it to the system." When the box finally freed Roy's hand, it felt raw and it was red, like that time he'd let Siege talk him into rubbing out an entire rubber eraser on his palm when they were children. "All done, welcome to Elyon Finances," Samantha smiled as she handed Roy's wistband over, which Roy found fit perfectly, more magic. "Mrs. Chimer-"
"I'm not married, he's my brother."
"Ms. Chimer," Samantha corrected herself, "You next." One by one she went around the group, "Ms. Longstrider," Emilia. "Ms. Rubio," Nidia, and finally, "Mr. Cruor," Jalin, burning their hands with the box as they were added to the system, and handing over their Accesses. "Don't lose those, now, they're expensive!", Samantha warned as she pushed some buttons and asked how many would be attached to the joint account.
"All six." Samantha nodded and five more hand slots appeared, "Stick your hands in the box, last time I promise!"
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Nidia made her rounds with a bit of healing magic to soothe the burns, pausing as they were instructed to do it again. "I should've waited..." She sighed as she, Emilia, and Roy begrudgingly offered their hands again.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Jalin and Siege sighed and put their hands in the device again. Siege, being the only living member of the party without a significant mana pool thanks to not being a caster, was pretty close to collapsing from mana exhaustion thanks to the draw of the box, twice now, once it let them go.
"Alright, all done," Samantha smiled and put the box away, "Naela?"
"Cofee," Naela nodded and offered a cup to each member of the party to help combat possible mana-exhaustion. Siege took it without question, drinking it to get caffeine in her system. It wasn't clear where Naela had gotten the coffee.
"Alright, all done," Samantha smiled and put the box away, "Naela?"
"Cofee," Naela nodded and offered a cup to each member of the party to help combat possible mana-exhaustion. Siege took it without question, drinking it to get caffeine in her system. It wasn't clear where Naela had gotten the coffee.
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Roy and Nidia accepted, though they made sure to sniff it first, out of habit if nothing else. Emilia declined. She almost asked if it wasn't a bit early for such things before she remembered that other races used caffeine to wake up.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
"If you have anything you'd like to deposit," Naela said as she led the group away, gesturing to the tellers, "Then the tellers at any of our facilities will be able to handle that. Make sure your stones are not in Giving Mode when they're not in use, all you have to do is slip once and possibly lose all your wealth."
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Roy nodded and checked his, as did Emilia. Nidia tilted her head as she looked at hers. "Which is giving mode again?"
Darkling0096
Me need nap
"It's when the stone is glowing red," Naela tapped her stone to put it in the mode, where it glowed red, adn then clicked it again to turn it off. "It'll only respond if it's being worn, so take it off and keep it safe if you don't trust your awareness." Hearing that, Jalin turned his ring around so the stone faced towards himself rather than away from his body.
Outside, the party found that... several hours had passed. It was nightfall, now. "Aw shit," Siege groaned as Naela went back inside.
Outside, the party found that... several hours had passed. It was nightfall, now. "Aw shit," Siege groaned as Naela went back inside.
Fangs9090
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Roy let out a sigh as he looked at the dark sky. "Well, there goes today's plan." He turned to the group. "Alright, let's make a plan. Should we spend more money on renting rooms for another night, possibly in a less nice place than before, or should we head out of the city a ways and make camp?"
Darkling0096
Me need nap
"We're broke," Jalin reminded Roy, "Opening those accounts ate a lot of our money."
"So we make camp," Siege shrugged, "It's not too hard."
"So we make camp," Siege shrugged, "It's not too hard."
Fangs9090
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Roy nodded. "Right. Simplicity isn't the issue as much as safety."
Emilia waved him off. "Oh, we'll be fine. A few feral beasts or some bandits wouldn't give us any trouble."
Emilia waved him off. "Oh, we'll be fine. A few feral beasts or some bandits wouldn't give us any trouble."
Darkling0096
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"Besides," Siege jerked her thumb towards her axe, "I've been aching to hit something since we left Lockinge."
"So are we in agreement?", Jalin asked.
"So are we in agreement?", Jalin asked.
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Roy nodded. "Yes. Let's head out and find a spot to camp."
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Through the north gate the party went, leaving town along the main road to make camp. The main road, being a major trade route, wasn't really welcoming to a bunch of kids setting up camp on the side of the road, so they ended up taking a few side roads until they found a good, sheltered spot to set up camp, setting up a fire with wood that Siege and Katsuo chopped with their respective axes, and realizing a bit late that they'd neglected to purchase any camping equipment, so they just had their bedrolls and cold rations.
"Well, I suppose we have our shopping list," Jalin noted once they realized all the supplies they lacked. "I guess we jumped the crossbow, as it were, spending our-" he stopped and reached for his cane. "We're being watched."
"Well, I suppose we have our shopping list," Jalin noted once they realized all the supplies they lacked. "I guess we jumped the crossbow, as it were, spending our-" he stopped and reached for his cane. "We're being watched."
Fangs9090
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Roy sighed. "Of course we are." He stood up and glanced around, checking for traces of magic. Nidia and Emilia got up as well.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Siege grumbled and got to her feet, drawing her hammer and scanning the treeline. Roy could sense something magical, but seemed pretty far away, at least it was moving away from them.
"Something else got it's attention," Jalin frowned, holding out his hand to get some blood out, which swirled into a spinning circle next to him.
"WE KNOW YOU'RE THERE!", Siege shouted, "WE CAN MAKE IT QUICK!" A crossbow bolt narrowly missed Siege's neck as a swarm of bandits descended on the party.
"Something else got it's attention," Jalin frowned, holding out his hand to get some blood out, which swirled into a spinning circle next to him.
"WE KNOW YOU'RE THERE!", Siege shouted, "WE CAN MAKE IT QUICK!" A crossbow bolt narrowly missed Siege's neck as a swarm of bandits descended on the party.
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Emilia hopped towards the center of the group, several small flames appearing around her on multiple summoning circles across the dress. From the circle appear an imp, a hellwasp, and a hellhound, all of which she commanded to attack the bandits coming at them.
Nidia stood next to Emilia once her summons had charged, putting her flute to her mouth and playing a song to give her allies a layer of magic armor to protect against physical attacks.
Roy brought his staffs in front of him, taking one in each hand. He launched a thunderbolt from the golden staff Shuffle had given him while he used his handmade staff to throw a fireball.
Katsuo charged fearless into the thick of the bandits, drawing his two-handed sword for wide, sweeping attacks.
Nidia stood next to Emilia once her summons had charged, putting her flute to her mouth and playing a song to give her allies a layer of magic armor to protect against physical attacks.
Roy brought his staffs in front of him, taking one in each hand. He launched a thunderbolt from the golden staff Shuffle had given him while he used his handmade staff to throw a fireball.
Katsuo charged fearless into the thick of the bandits, drawing his two-handed sword for wide, sweeping attacks.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Jalin didn't get the chance to use that blood circle he'd made as he took an arrow from behind and was pinned to a tree by his shoulder, with two more arrows locking his hands to the trunk, similar efforts to disable casters being launched against Emilia and Roy. Jalin couldn't detect projectile attacks, unlike the others. Siege jumped in alongside Katsuo to bring her hammer down.
The bandits clearly had not expected a counter-attack by means of magic. They could dodge Siege and Katsuo, and those of them that weren't wearing metal armor for Roy's lightning to chain between could get out of fireball blast range, but Emilia's demons... Imps were squishy, and cowardly, but a hellwasp was a demonic hornet as big as Emilia, and Hellhounds were known for their ferocity, and that made for trouble for the bandits as they tried to go after and disable the summoner to send them back to the Hells.
The bandits clearly had not expected a counter-attack by means of magic. They could dodge Siege and Katsuo, and those of them that weren't wearing metal armor for Roy's lightning to chain between could get out of fireball blast range, but Emilia's demons... Imps were squishy, and cowardly, but a hellwasp was a demonic hornet as big as Emilia, and Hellhounds were known for their ferocity, and that made for trouble for the bandits as they tried to go after and disable the summoner to send them back to the Hells.
Fangs9090
Total Video Game Nerd
Roy had to stay alert to avoid getting shot himself. He turned his focus to the bandits fighting from range, find cover where he could and hurling fire and lightning when he managed to work out where they were shooting from.
Whatever bandits managed to get past Emilia’s summons found that Nidia was a little more than just a passive supporter. She changed her song, using the transition to make the magic armor stay in place, and started dancing around Emilia. From afar, it just seemed unusual for a fight. But the enemies that got close found themselves getting zapped if they didn’t move in time with the song.
Katsuo quickly found that these bandits weren’t going to fight him head on. The two-handed sword was too slow, so he sheathed it and drew his smaller sword, coupled with his war axe in the off-hand.
Whatever bandits managed to get past Emilia’s summons found that Nidia was a little more than just a passive supporter. She changed her song, using the transition to make the magic armor stay in place, and started dancing around Emilia. From afar, it just seemed unusual for a fight. But the enemies that got close found themselves getting zapped if they didn’t move in time with the song.
Katsuo quickly found that these bandits weren’t going to fight him head on. The two-handed sword was too slow, so he sheathed it and drew his smaller sword, coupled with his war axe in the off-hand.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Lightning, fire, demons, and music rang throughout the small campsite. She size of the bandit group that attacked would have easily overwhelmed a group of normal people, but as this party was mostly casters... magic wasn't their friend. Roy had cover from ranged attacks, but not from a brute with a sword tackling him from behind.
Nidia was a good bardic caster, but as the fight wore on someone figured out the trick to avoid getting zapped by her magic, and brought his weapon to bear, aiming to smack the flute out of Nidia's mouth and hands, if not destroy it, while ropes with hooks were being thrown over Emilia to lock her down.
That sword was slow, but its weight on his back still slowed Katsuo down, an unfortunate weakness of being a walking armory. Size and strength count for nothing if you can't even keep up with your target, and these bandits were not nearly as heavily equipped as Katsuo, making them more nimble and less weighed down. Siege was having the same trouble, beginning to get frustrated ad wondering why she didn't have her bracelets on. Two large men tackled Siege and Katsuo from behind while ropes were brought to tie them down with.
Nidia was a good bardic caster, but as the fight wore on someone figured out the trick to avoid getting zapped by her magic, and brought his weapon to bear, aiming to smack the flute out of Nidia's mouth and hands, if not destroy it, while ropes with hooks were being thrown over Emilia to lock her down.
That sword was slow, but its weight on his back still slowed Katsuo down, an unfortunate weakness of being a walking armory. Size and strength count for nothing if you can't even keep up with your target, and these bandits were not nearly as heavily equipped as Katsuo, making them more nimble and less weighed down. Siege was having the same trouble, beginning to get frustrated ad wondering why she didn't have her bracelets on. Two large men tackled Siege and Katsuo from behind while ropes were brought to tie them down with.
Fangs9090
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Roy managed to keep a grip on his staffs. Channeling the golden staff again, he a spell to shock himself and his attacker by extension.
Even as they danced along, Nidia had the advantage of being the one playing the music, so she knew when he would have to move and when she'd need to dodge away. She also picked up the pace of the music, quickening the tempo to make it harder to keep up.
Emilia didn't have much space to dodge, so she instead summoned a couple more imps to send them after the hooks, digging them up to keep them from anchoring down.
Katsuo turned as he was hit from behind, putting himself and his attacker off balance and keeping himself on top as they crashed to the ground. He intended to at least take this one out with him.
Even as they danced along, Nidia had the advantage of being the one playing the music, so she knew when he would have to move and when she'd need to dodge away. She also picked up the pace of the music, quickening the tempo to make it harder to keep up.
Emilia didn't have much space to dodge, so she instead summoned a couple more imps to send them after the hooks, digging them up to keep them from anchoring down.
Katsuo turned as he was hit from behind, putting himself and his attacker off balance and keeping himself on top as they crashed to the ground. He intended to at least take this one out with him.
Darkling0096
Me need nap
Roy, having Blue Dragon in his blood thanks to the other side of his mother, was able to survive taking a thunderbolt point blank to the chest, though he'd definitely need medical attention. The guy on his back, however, wasn't so lucky, ad was very heavy.
As the music picked up, so did the difficulty in the attacker's efforts, but they didn't cease, until he managed to get close enough that Nidia could feel hairs being shaved off by the narrowly missed sword swings.
Emilia's imps were doing good work to get the hooks out of the ground. But when a once anchored hook is freed while it's being pulled taut... it goes back the directionn it was being pulled, which resulted in hooks embedding themselves in Emilia's carapace and limbs, not penetrating deeply enough to hit her organs but definitely to cause pain, and ultimately suceed inn the purpose of restraining her flat to the ground.
As Siege and Katsuo were restrained and tied down, out of the woods came a massive cloud of hot steam flooded into the campsite, making it difficult for the, mostly human bandits, to see, less so for the mostly beastfolk party as a large man, just a bit bigger than Katsuo, ran in, threw a pack off of his shoulder into the air to draw attention to it. As the bag fell down, it fell into a massive pair of jaws that snapped shut around it, leading down into a long serpentine neck and a hard shell. Dragon turtle. The beast roared, bringing its jaws down again around the bandit harassing Nidia and swallowing the man whole, before unleashing a directed blast of ice breath down at the bandits with considerable precision.
As the music picked up, so did the difficulty in the attacker's efforts, but they didn't cease, until he managed to get close enough that Nidia could feel hairs being shaved off by the narrowly missed sword swings.
Emilia's imps were doing good work to get the hooks out of the ground. But when a once anchored hook is freed while it's being pulled taut... it goes back the directionn it was being pulled, which resulted in hooks embedding themselves in Emilia's carapace and limbs, not penetrating deeply enough to hit her organs but definitely to cause pain, and ultimately suceed inn the purpose of restraining her flat to the ground.
As Siege and Katsuo were restrained and tied down, out of the woods came a massive cloud of hot steam flooded into the campsite, making it difficult for the, mostly human bandits, to see, less so for the mostly beastfolk party as a large man, just a bit bigger than Katsuo, ran in, threw a pack off of his shoulder into the air to draw attention to it. As the bag fell down, it fell into a massive pair of jaws that snapped shut around it, leading down into a long serpentine neck and a hard shell. Dragon turtle. The beast roared, bringing its jaws down again around the bandit harassing Nidia and swallowing the man whole, before unleashing a directed blast of ice breath down at the bandits with considerable precision.
Fangs9090
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The steam made Nidia hesitate before she stumbled back and fell as her attacker was snatched away. She watched the turtle with wide eyes, unsure if she should be grateful or just more concerned. Roy lifted his head to look from where he lay. "...what...?"
Darkling0096
Me need nap
When the ice stopped coming, the turtle scoured the area for more bandits, but the appearance of a dragon was about as good a deterrent as they came, and the survivors ran for the hills, leaving the party in their injured state. "Are you alright?", Roy and Siege could recognize Turac's voice.
"TURAC?!"
"TURAC?!"
Fangs9090
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"The hell..." Roy shook his head. "Never mind. Let's get everyone patched up first."
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