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Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

Anya sniffed, cuddling closer into Lily. Her sobs became a little softer as she heard the alraune's words, though her body remained tense, and she was still too delirious to notice the new pirates, Azure getting blown out, and their surrender to the Wet Bandits.


"I love you too" she said, almost reflexively.
 
Richter dramatically flew through the ceiling as he encountered the Kitsune, who was dripping quite a bit of blood, and looked rather delirious. She hissed at him, as three Elf gunners aimed their rifles towards Richter and began firing shots at him. The other Cannoneers of this level were seemingly absent...


Robin glanced at the hole Richter made, "Well that is certainly one way up. And as for the other information Zhuoru has found, nothing particularly useful for our endeavors." Espinosa looked through the kitchen as she smirked at a section devoted to hanging meats. She removed the chunk of, well it was some sort of flesh, from an iron hook and chain. "Well, waste not want not." Espinosa tossed the hook up as it, failed to get stuck there. She then tried again, and again. "COME ON YOU STUPID HOOK GET A GOOD GRIP ON IT!" She howled out as she tossed it again, finally making it. "Finally! Alright, we've got our way up there now." She began climbing up the chain.
 
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Rose's eyes nearly popped out of her head as she watched Azure's head hit the floor, rolling in that thick coppery scent that continued to fill the room. Dead. He was dead. A fellow student. A human. Her friend. If only she had been quicker to react. If only she had actually helped him. If only she hadn't been so scared just a while ago.


Her mind went blank as her eyes could only see the color red. Gripping Fail-Not tightly, she was ready to kill them, forgetting her disgust at the corpses earlier. That didn't matter now. It didn't matter if she'd be going against her morals. It didn't matter if she was ready or not. Someone had killed her friend and he had to pay.


Rose was ready to lash out, recklessly sending herself to die in some feeble attempt of revenge. What stopped her was Curtis. Not physically, but something he said made her stop and come to her senses.


That's right. There was a necromancer on their side. They could resurrect Azure, right? Okay, think rationally. Azure was dead. They had a necromancer and outnumbered them in men and power. Plus, they only wanted the pilot, right? What obligation did she have to protecthim? For all she knew this was entirely his fault. Stealing from pirates, escorting children though he knew he was wanted and not surrednering himself when they first met trouble. Why should she save him?


It'd be wisest to follow their demands for now and if they showed any signs of going back on their promise, well, Rose would just have to fight tooth and nail to protect as many people as she could. But this was not the right time to act. She tossed Fail-Not into the corner with Skyia's spear. "I'm getting that back when this is over right? It was a gift from my father and since the makers are dead, it'd be impossible to get another one."
 
Snake kept out his spear towards Anya and Lily. "Hey, I kinda want to see what new collectible weapons we got. Ooho! Heirloom, those are always interesting ones." Snake turned his head around towards the Necromancer, who was comforting the Abomination. Snake narrowed his brow, as he directed his attention towards her. "Hey Susie!" The Necromancer glanced back, "Y-yes?" Snake kept his attention on Lily and Anya as he spoke again to her, "I'm going to collect the weapons, you watch the hostages for now." Susie blushed a bit as she nervously touched her two index fingers together, "But Snake you are really good with peo- ER I mean hostages..." She then glanced towards the ground as she muttered to herself, "And I-I'm not."


Snake glanced at the Gecko Zombie and nodded, "Fellow, well former reptilian brother, we are going to collect the weapons." Susie nodded at the Gecko Zombie, as the pair went to collect the vast array of knives, and other weapons discarded by the others. Snake took the Fail Not, as the Gecko took the Spear, as they began heading towards the back.


Susie meanwhile walked towards the crates with her abomination that she comforted earlier. Alright, don't be scared. You are just watching them as hostages... You won't need to talk to them at all. She thought to herself as she involuntarily sweated at the idea as her face grew red. The Abomination peered at her, "ARE YOU ALRIGHT, DID YOU GET A BOO BOO TOO? BUT..." The Abomination paused for a moment in deep thought, "WHO WOULD KISS YOUR BOO BOO?" Susie just smiled at the abomination, "I'll explain it when you are older." Susie then stared at Lily and Anya, with her abomination by her side. Why couldn't Snake just deal with the hostages?!
 
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Reggie caught the cured meat, beef jerky, and took a quick bite to go with the cold soda as he watched Richter explode up the roof to continue his search for a kitsune. To each their own, he supposed. When Espinosa decided to follow the man up, however, he figured Robin and this other rifle guy, a pretty good shot to be honest, would be fine on their own. "Well, you guys go on up if you'd like, not much of a point to me following if two teachers are gonna be there. I'm gonna ask around for the bridge, see you there".


And with that, he headed back towards the messhall, stopping by the woman he'd knocked out before. Making sure she had no weapons handy, thought it was unlikely she had recovered from the punch enough to fight back, he emptied a good deal of the very cold cola on her head, trying to wake her up so he could find out where the bridge was. "Hey, I need you up now, tell me where the bridge is so I can sort out this mess and we can all be on our merry way. You're interrupting a schooltrip".
 
Victor nodded, and looked over towards Robin.


" So should we head up along with the teachers? Or go along with him... by the way, I apologize for the chit chat, and that this is a improper moment, but what are your names, I wouldn't want to be someone to call someone mage, and swordsman while we are on this boarding party. "


He stepped around in his place a bit, making sure to keep his perception up, listening for the slightest hint of anyone coming.


" I should actually introduce myself, since there is a bit of time before to continue moving on. " Pausing for a bit. " Victor Brenzkof, a marksman from Russia, attempting to learn a bit at the school, and to see if I can hone my marksmanship further in some form. "


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Skyia pulled herself up, still covered in tears, she slithered over next to Rose, they probably wanted them to stay close together, since she was a hostage now in this situation, slumping against the wall just waiting for this all to end.


She wasn't crying anymore, sniveling a little, and her face still covered by the stream of tears she let out, looking up over to the crate fortress that was still there with the plant girl, and the neko, along with the necromancer, trying not to look over at Azure's corpse.


She wondered how they were dealing with the scenario so far... since she couldn't really see them from this angle with all the boxes blocking the way.
 
Richter gave out a harsh, malicious laugh as he rolled out a cannon in front of him, deflecting some fire.


"Looks like I found you, Fluffy. Your tails are mine, all nine of them." he stated, lifting the cannon up. With a heave, he tossed the mass of iron at the elf gunners.


"Just let me get rid of these three, and I'll attend to you personally."
 
Lily didn't say another word to Anya as she continued holding the girl close and patting her back. She couldn't let Anya escape from this particular hug, lest she witness all the blood and gore. Even dead, that green boy was an annoyance.


Oh but he was a Human, thus Rose probably liked him unconditionally and Skyia was somehow fond of him as well. Neither could see Lily from where they were, but she would have to act more upset about it than she was when they reunited. Which wasn't to say that Lily was not upset- the death of a student reflected poorly on her as student council vice president.


Lily let out a relieved sigh as the trigger happy Lamia left to look at the weapons, leaving the necromancer in his place. She was surprisingly cute and seemed nice enough for a sky pirate, so Lily decided that they would become friends.


"Hello," said Lily, smiling politely, "Susie, is it? That's a very cute name."


Lily then nodded in the direction of her abomination, asking "You have a little one too?"
 
The Abomination just stared at Lily, "I AM NOT LITTLE. I AM BIG." Susie blushed as she tapped her two index fingers together, "Er uh yes... it's Susie." She said mumbling at the very end of it. Her eyes dilated a bit, as Lily brought up the abomination. She smiled as she gestured towards the abomination, "This one is Chauncey. And the other one is Elizabeth. She is the older one." Chauncey stared at Lily, "WHY DO YOU THINK I AM LITTLE?" Susie glanced back towards him, and tilted her head to the side as she spoke "She is referring to your age." The abomination nodded with understanding, "OH. YES. I AM THREE." Okay, maybe as long as all discussion points are just about the undead... everything will be fine. I am sure Snake will return soon, to keep an eye on them. She thought to herself.


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Back on the ship, the Elf began coughing as she moved up. She placed her hand on her hair, "... Great sticky, please don't tell me it was tha-" She blinked at Reggie. "S-school trip? And why should I tell you about the bridge?!" She hissed out, as she was struggling to get fully upright.


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Robin glanced at Victor, "For now I will give you a rather brief introduction of myself, I will give a full introduction when we are finished with our task here. I am Robin. Now then, as for following anyone, I suppose following the teachers would be the best plan. After all, our strength is ranged, not melee. As for Reggie, he will find his own way. I am sure we'll hit the same destination. We should find the bridge of this vessel. Capturing the Captain, or the Helmsman, or even better both, will secure an end to their transgressions against us. If time wasn't as big of an issue, there are other areas I would look for and strike at. However, efficiency is key, so getting to the Bridge is the most opportune course of action." Robin then grabbed on the chain and began climbing upwards.


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The Kitsune growled towards Richter, as she ran backwards through the gunnery. Richter easily tossed the mass of iron at the Elf Gunners, and with a loud cracking sound, took two of them out. The other one aimed his shot, before being attacked by Espinosa, as she disarmed the gun, and then grabbed the stunned Elf in a front face lock. She smirked, "AND NOW FOR THE SUPLEX!" as the honestly, quite terrified Elf, as she lifted him up and slammed him down to the ground.
 
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Reggie shrugged, dropping the piece of jerky on the floor and putting that hand back on his sword's pommel. It was a fairly obvious gesture. "Yes, school trip, we were going to Egypt and we have no idea why you shot our plane. As for why you should tell me about the bridge, well, I didn't cut off your head for one, wasn't worth it. Didn't really mean to kill the others, you just weren't my match. And, really, if we just keep going through the ship without any proper directions we're going to end up killing everyone in it first, then damage it enough that it'll crash and burn while we teleport away. Not a threat, it's a fact, check out your surroundings. I'd really rather just beat up the captain so you people go away and we can go to Egypt as planned. So, pretty please?"
 
"I know I made a bad first impression." Richter called, running a curved sword along the walls.


"But I really feel like if we sat down and talked it out, we could reach a mutually beneficial agreement."


He tapped the blade on his shoulder as he walked down the halls. "Like, you let me stroke your tails, and I'll probably let you live. Tell me where your treasury is, and I'll not lie about letting you live."


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Anya pulled her face away, rubbing her face partly dry.


"Oh." she said, looking at Susie.


"They have names? I'm Anya. What's your name?" she said, her voice slightly shaky.
 
Curtis looked around for an icebox for a bit, eventually settling for just placing Azure's corpse in a nearby crate where it wouldn't roll around or anything. Also nobody had to look at it, so that was a plus. He wiped some blood, both from Azure and from the zombie, off of himself and sat down next to Skyia, giving her a friendly pat on the back that may or may not have knocked the wind out of her.


"Don't worry, kid. Long as he's intact, they can bring him back once we touch down, okay? Trust me, I've seen it happen before back on- I've seen it happen before. Might be a little traumatized, but he'll get over it."
 
Victor nodded, making to keep track of the names, wrapping around the strap of his rifle around his shoulder once more, swing it around to let it hang, and grabbed onto the chain, following behind robin up. Keeping check where his pistol was, sounded like there was a bit of combat above.


Climbing up and out, he scanned around, seems the teachers cleaned this up, and the girl with the fluffy tails, man his fascination with them was odd, but he shouldn't be one to judge. He just pulled off his rifle again, holding it in front of him scanning around. . . odd, why was this level so empty? The're should at least be a few more members of the crew in here to ready to fire the cannons when given the order. Strange...


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Skyia wheezed a bit from Curtis's pats. Trying to take air in again, before sniffling again looking up at him. " Y-you " she sniffled. " You sure they can do that? "


She just wiped her face off with her arm, before looking back up at him. " You really think they can bring him back? "
 
The Elf stared at Reggie incredulously "R-really? You... they were taking you on a Field Trip to Egypt?" She glanced around, as she felt some bile come up. "Yeah, no, I am not letting the rest of the crew die for a wanton slaughter. Bridge is a few floor upwards, towards the the back of the ship."





The Kitsune glared at Richter, "I'll let you have neither of those options!" She waved one of her tails, as a fog began rolling through, and waved a different tail as she began blinking in and out of reality again. If Richter was keeping a close eye on her, which, he probably would. He would notice that she was trying to flank him from the right side with her claws as she tried to hack and dash his torso.


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Susie glanced Anya as she nodded. "Y-yes, that one is Chauncey, and I am Susie." She then glanced back towards Chauncey, who peered at Anya. "WHY DO THEY HAVE CAT EARS?" Susie glanced back at Chauncey, "Well, she is a Neko, a breed of creature from a Cat Beastman and Human." Chauncey pondered for a moment in deep thought, "WHY DO THEY ONLY HAVE CAT EARS IF THEY ARE RELATED TO CAT BEAST CREATURES?" Susie glanced at Lily, "So... what is your name?"
 
"I- you've really never seen it happen?", Curtis looked at the girl incredulously, "Where are you from?"


He regained his composure and looked ahead, "Anyway, yeah. As long as the body is intact and he wasn't, like, drained by a wight or whatever then yeah-", he scratched his head absentmindedly, "-yeah, they can. Shaves a couple years off your lifespan but hey, kid's young, shouldn't be an issue."
 
Skyia nodded. " N-no I haven't seen it before. " she said, listening, and nodding to him as he explained it slightly.


" As long as he can stay alive, that's fine. . . it. . . kinda was his fault he needs it in the first place. " she said thinking over the scenario. " I-... I won't deny that. "


She thought to herself, just looking down towards the ground. " Magic is really useful, if it can even bring back someone death. " She idly said in a softened, quiet tone to herself.
 
Reggie nodded. "Yup, we're from Oriens Academy. We were going to Egypt to explore ancient tombs n whatnot". He let his hand slip from his sword when it became clear the elf had no will to fight and wasn't lying about the bridge either. "That's a reasonable gal. I wouldn't move around too much if I were you, liver shots play hell with your everything. It's perfectly natural to pee a little bloody too. Just a little, any more and you should probably see a doctor". He then went up to the hole in the kitchen roof, yelling up into it "BRIDGE IS UP AND TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SHIP". He then made to leave from the opposite door, looking for the normal way to go up floors, before stopping and nodding at the elf. "The name's Reggie Quinlan, disciple of Antonio Aldebrandi. Become stronger and challenge me again whenever you wish". And then he left, trying to find his way to the bridge.
 
Richter grabbed the kitsune's wrists, pressing her against a wall once more.


"GOT IT; JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE TO FINISH UP HERE." he shouted down through the hole in the wall.


"As I was saying, I'm willing to give you a chance to save your life here." he leaned in closely once more.


"Maybe you'd be willing to tell me where you keep your treasury? Gold, forbidden tomes, things of that sort. Maybe a sister with a fluffier tail."
 
Victor heard the location of the bridge, he stepped over and looked outside one of the cannon ports, looking side to side figuring out which ways which. Quickly bringing his head back in. " Stern of the ship is that way. " pointing over towards a door, waiting a bit for Richter to finish, or for Espinosa to lead the charge right now.
 
"WELL THAT CERTAINLY MADE IT EASIER." Robin shouted down, "Let's see who gets there first eh Reggie? Want to make it a bit more interesting, we can bet on it." Zhuoru you got that? Go head in that direction, determine the fastest path. As you request, so it shall be. The Kitsune glared at Richter, as Espinosa headed towards the door.





"Sadly I don't have much choice in the matter, now do I? After all, I am not going to use all of my tricks, I won't give you that satisfaction." She glared at Richter.
 
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Just as Lily had imagined, even though Susie seemed shy she was more than willing to talk about her undead friends. She seemed to treat them like kids, after all. Thankfully Curtis cleaned up before Anya turned around to address the necromancer, which made Lily kind of appreciate the giant.


"Perhaps I was wrong about this one too. I guess he seems alright... for a boy."





"My name is Lily," replied the Alraune, "And Anya is the 'little one' I was talking about."


Lily rubbed Anya's shoulders to get her to calm. She was still probably upset about their little spat. And maybe having her best friend threatened with death.


"You don't look very old, Susie. If Chauncey is three, you must be very talented. Especially considering what a strong young man he is. It's a bit difficult when their curiosity gets the better of them, isn't it? But I think that nothing is more rewarding than the affection of those you hold dear."
 
"O-oh... I didn't know you were referring towards the little one of yours." Susie said as she tapped her index fingers together, and blushing a bit. "Hello Lily, Anya." She said nodding at the pair. Smiling a little, at Lily she spoke again "T-thanks! Usually people don't want to discuss Necromancy, well apart from other Necromancers. It is... nice to have someone else to talk about it with." she said feeling a bit calmer and relaxed about the situation. "Oh yes... He is curious about all manner of things." Chauncey paused for a moment, "I AM STRONG, BECAUSE MOMMY IS THE BEST!" Susie smiled as she patted Chauncey, she then looked towards Lily again. "Er so... uhm." She coughed, and began tapping her index fingers together.


Meanwhile Boris was keeping an eye on Rose, Skyia and Curtis. Snake began looking at the various weapons, that he and the Gecko Zombie had collected. "Oooh... ah, new weapons. Always fun."
 
"It's good you agree with me." Richter smiled warmly.


"So... 'fess up."


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"Necro... mancy?" Anya asked, hiccuping. She didn't know what that was, but it sounded neat enough to take her mind off things.


She also noted that Susie was acting notably withdrawn, trying to avoid conversation. She must have been one of those 'silent criers'.


"What's wrong. Are you sad?" she asked, reaching out to grab Susie's hand. She wiped her face again, and stared at the elf with a more focused expression.
 
The Kitsune stared at Richter, and in a defeated and reluctant tone spoke "I have a younger Vixen, not on the ship, but her tails are fluffier. There, is that all you wanted?"


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Susie had her hand grabbed by Anya, "Er no, I'm uh... not sad, just uhm uh..." Chauncey looking down, deep in thought, pondering and musing as if he was pondering the meaning of life, or rather unlife. Snake, why can't you go back to dealing with the hostages? Chauncey then glanced at Susie, "WHAT DOES CURIOUS MEAN?" Susie couldn't help but giggle a bit, "It means when you wanting to learn about new things, like what you just did."
 
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Skyia looked up to see the necromancer over talking to Lily and Anya. Huh... that's... a little cute. Being honest, if it wasn't for the decaying flesh with metal sticking out of it, but... huh.


Made her wonder a bit, did necromancy usually have this? It sounded like it was it was bad taboo, since anything she read at the school would say negative things about it, reanimating the dead and making them mindless minions, though here, well aside from it killing Azure, it sorta was kinda cute, acting like a little kid. If it could bring someone back to life too, huh... made her think a bit.


She just leaned a bit, trying to look what they were doing in the meantime, her curiosity was starting to egg at her a bit.


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Victor stepped forward and began to follow Espinosa towards the door. Just pulling up his rifle ready to aim quickly in case someone hostile bursts at them.
 
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