Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

[MechaGhoul]

"Oh... W-well, they hired me straight out of the University because I had such a good work ethic."" Susie said, as she tapped her fingers together. She picked up the tea-cup and had a small sip. "O-Oh!" Her eyes glimmered with wonder, "This is really pristine tea." She wafted the aroma of it with her free hand as she took another sip. "S-so uhm... what do you do?"





Meanwhile Boris continued piloting the plane. Ah the calming oceans of the Pacific... It is relaxing. As is looting.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

Anya squealed in prospect at the thought of learning magic and swords. She bet her father would be the coolest sword teacher. They'd have a Japanese styled dojo and yell praise at each other while they slice through increasingly tough objects, and maybe fruit.


Oh, what fun she would have.


"This is good. I like milk in mine, though." she said, taking a swallow of tea to calm herself. "We're students too. We're in the best school ever. Everyone's super smart."


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"Guys I think the gems are a weak area. Extra credit for breaking them." Richter said, raising his open palm. The blood under his control swirled and condensed into an increasingly small sphere.


"Toh!" he cried, as multiple barbed spikes whizzed out, striking a number of random places along the crab's body.

 

[Parsnip]

"University? Which one?", Curtis asked as he wandered over and graciously accepted a fresh solo cup of tea from Anya before sitting down at the edge of the enclosure.

 

[MechaGhoul]

Snake hissed as he pointed his barbed spear at Curtis menacingly. "Hostage, retur-" Susie glanced back at Snake, "Well it seems to me it'd be much more useful to have all of them gathered together wouldn't it? Easier to watch, and keep an eye on. Come down Snake and have some tea." Snake returned his spear back, as he glanced back at Skyia and Rose. "Move to the area where Susie is watching the others. ... You may have tea if there is still any. Also Susie you know I love CIGARETTES more than tea. Ah that nicotine rush! But I suppose there is also coffee, which is a better drink than tea." He slithered on to the area. Susie nervously glanced at Curtis as she asked, "O-oh..er, my university was the


Université de la potence Eternal in France. Er, if you couldn't tell by the name."

 

[Ixacise]

Exiting the room and back to the lounge like main area he mosied over to the bar and got a drink as he sat on comfy chair and began playing. Leaning back he took a sip of his drink and then replied back to her, "Oh I see... Many apologies for I didn't exactly go through it thoroughly. And as such I have landed in Cairo which is way north up."


Meanwhile as he talked his opponent had succeeded in taking advantage of his lessened attention. By combination of good rolls and simply maneuvering his pieces to where he needed them be; before Josue could react and rectify such maneuverings. "In my haste to just get some extra rest due to time zone differences I went ahead. But fear not for I have found myself in a Backgammon tournament and now am drinking and playing my time away." He played while sipping on his lusciously refreshing cocktail.

 

[CSA]

That was the reason she hung out with these ruffians? Because they happened to hire her straight out of university?


"Ah, well I understand that this job may provide excellent work experience but..."


Lily shook her head. They weren't close enough for Lily to be questioning her life decisions just yet. What did the Alraune know about Susie? She may have a perfectly valid reason that she can't explain at present.


Lily ended up nodding at Anya's explanation. That was about the gist of it, after all. They were all schoolchildren on a field trip before sky pirates happened. And now their current occupation was hostages. Anyways, Curtis joined in the fun and other students began to follow soon afterwards. Lily had sort of wanted a semi-private tea party in which she could befriend Susie, but privacy was a luxury that Lily just didn't seem to have. The Alraune was not surprised.


"No, that sounds pretty French to me. Have you gone to tour the catacombs in Paris? I bet they're a big attraction for aspiring necromancers."

 

[MechaGhoul]

"Oh yes! They are a fascinating place! In fa-" She clapped as her eyes glimmered a bit. Snake spoke up, "Oh yes, this job does provide excellent work experience, it keeps up the body and mind. I used to be military before this. AS for why I am no longer military... It is a long and arduo-... But, eh, I suppose you don't want to hear about my story. Oh I understand, as well, threatening to kill you and all. Ah apologizes, sorry for interrupting you Susie." He rubbed the back of his hand, "Y-you don't need to apologize Snake." Snake shook his head, "I do, you were going to say something far more important than me. I apologize. Won't interrupt again, after all we finished the work we needed to do, so I don't really have a reason to interrupt."





Susie glanced back towards Lily, "It is fascinating at how long those Catacombs have been around for! Oh and the scene, and the architecture of it is just wonderful! Oh I need to go back to tour it again!" 
Espinosa rolled her eyes as Josue explained his situation, At least the kid is safe. She thought, well she could have yelled at him for not even reading the fliers and the important details within, but she had more important matters at hand, mostly involving giant crab golems trying to kill her and the others. "Well, just make sure you are at the landing site when we get there. Oh! Well have a fun time at the tournament. I wish you the best of luck." Espinosa said as she kept holding onto her phone, while Richter quickly ran underneath the crab and activated the bloody buzzsaw. "HEY STOP TH- ... Shooty Guy, I WILL BE REBUIIIIL..." As Richter struck an inconspicuous pearl, the crab fell apart, turning into an incredibly vast amount of sand which was filling the floor, as the dangerous mixture was neutralized from the impact. Robin glanced towards Richter and Victor and nodded, "Well done, now that we finally finished off that. Onwards to the bridge, after all I need to beat Reggie there, I believe we established a bet on who would get there first. And even if not, we need to get there to quickly finish this operation. A shame that the creature did not drop any items which we could have used... If we come back this way, I will analyze"


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The Neko's eyes widened as he fell prey to the pulling guard. The Neko found himself grappled, still stunned from this revelation, he found himself unable to do anything in the grapple. He was a sitting duck now. Reggie was easily able to get the Neko's sword arm into the proper position as he extended it into an arm triangle choke hold. The Neko then passed out from the result of Reggie's magnificent grappling skills.

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Victor dodged the laser attack that it shot before the thing finally came down. Letting out that final statement.


" Come at me with more guns, less lasers. " before giving him a wave of the bird, then looks over to robin. " If any of the guns survive, or something that can be used for one, I want them, I hope this is alright with you. "


Then he got his rifle and pulled it up, waiting to continue moving.

 

[MechaGhoul]

"Well, if we come back this way I shall notify you on any loot regarding guns or anything that could be used as a gun. I am much more interested in studying the nature of this creature." Robin said nodding towards Victor. Espinosa glanced around, "Well, anyway, call again later if you need anything. Bye." she said as she hung up her cellphone as she returned it to her pockets. "So, is everyone ready to go on?"

 

[ComradeSenpai]

Richter threw his fluffy captive over his shoulder once more.


"Yes. Yes I am." he declared.


"So, you lot wanna head straight for the captain, or take the fun route?" the vampire asked, idly twirling a blade between his fingers.

 

[MechaGhoul]

Espinosa just stared at Richter, "Why do you have a Kitsune on your shoulder? But, as for the question you asked, it would be most efficient if we just made our way to the bridge." She then stared again at Richter, "Why did you bind and gag that kitsune?"

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"Aurora, my friend." Richter put his free arm around the Salamander.


"You have to stop looking at things through the suffocating prism of law and morality. I liked this girl's tails, I wanted the fluffy tails... what other reason need I consider?"

 

[MechaGhoul]

"You sound just like..." Espinosa gave a quick glare to Richter, as she threw his free hand off, and stepped in front of him. "There are plenty of other reasons to consider! S-" Robin sighed as he glanced at them, "We can discuss the morality of the situation when we aren't on a hostile airship."

 

[Zerohex]

"Wait. Crap. The rondel" were Reggie's last thoughts before he hit the floor and slammed the small of his back right into his dagger's octagonal guard. The rest was a blur of horrible pain and a shrill cry as he mechanically went through the motions of the chokehold and pulled the neko into it with the mindless, brutal frenzy of a berserker, rapidly strangling him unconscious with little thought or reason. He came to staring right at the defeated ronin's face, though by that point his body had already loosened the hold not because the beastman was already out but because his body had stopped acting altogether. Good thing his gamble had worked, then.


Well, that was a win, even if his back was killing him. Standing up with the same difficulty old people with bad backs have, he paused to check his opponent's now discarded sword, Tora. He made to bend over then grunted and crouched instead, picking the blade up and holding it close to him. A magnificent sword indeed. A few basic swings confirmed it, but it simply wasn't the sword he could call his own. "A shame, but you're just not my type. Good thing your owner has potential" he said to the blade as he drove it into the floor in front of the neko. "My back is killing me", he muttered to no one in particular as he relocated his dagger to his left side.


His back really did hurt worse than the wound he got from the sword, the worst part about that one was that his clothes were all messed up now. Still, hell of a sharp blade and a fast swordsman to boot, they made a good team. Grunting, he picked Belarios up, slung his discarded jacket over his shoulder and trudged along towards the bridge with some difficulty. Maybe he should've just used a secret technique to end it quickly.

 

[CSA]

Lily didn't care that that dreadful Lamia interjected. The guy was about ready to kill her and Anya before he was held back by the Bugbear. Needless to say, Lily did not like him much even if Susie was somewhat nice to him. Probably because it's best to get along with one's coworkers.


"Well, at least the guy seems professional about his lust for murdering little girls. And he apologized for interrupting Susie. But not for the almost murder, so I still don't like him."





"Well they do sound amazing, I think. I've always kind of wanted to tour them some day, and your enthusiasm is making the prospect that much more appealing."


Lily took a long sip of her tea.


"But this is my very first trip outside of the Americas, and... I don't know. So far travel hasn't been very fun."


Lily looked down, seemingly dejected.


"Come on, Susie. You know you want to give the poor little girl a hug. And once a hug happens, friendship isn't far behind."

 

[MechaGhoul]

Susie took another sip of tea, "I would highly recommend visiting it if you ever have the chance!" She then saw Lily look disheartened. S-she's been so kind to me... Er uh... Chauncey spoke up, "SHE LOOKS SAD MOMMY." Susie quickly placed down her tea-cup, as she realized what she needed to do, as Chauncey inspired her. She moved closer to her and gave her a hug. "I-I'm sorry your first experience so far hasn't been an enjoyable one." Snake stared at Susie, befuddled. D-DID She just get SUSIE, SUSIE OUT OF ALL PEOPLE TO HUG HER!? ... Well done kid. Well done.


Snake paused as he simply nodded, just processing what was going on."Eh to be fair... I know I played a part in it. Er, apologizes about earlier. Oh I'll understand if you never forgive me, I get that. Just doing my job. But, well... let's just say my mood has been lightened a little, and I feel that I should offer the apology, and well, my first trip outta the home country sucked for me too. So, maybe a little empathy there. I guess." All the while, Susie continued hugging Lily. "Er uh... sometimes hugs make people feel better...s-so uh... The idea just came to m-mind., i-i-if you want I can stop." Susie said, as she was very clearly blushing at this point.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

Anya, having decided to sit on Lily's lap, found herself caught trapped inside the older girls' hug. The cat popped her head up between Lily and Susie, caught between their arms and chests.


"Susie, are you alright?" she asked, looking at the elf's face. "Your face feels kind of hot. Maybe we should have had cold tea?"


As she said this, her ears reached up to brush against Susie's own, and flicked in response.

 

[CSA]

Lily quickly returned the hug, extremely happy about the results of her allurement. Lily had grown to like and expect hugs, and this was a very good one. The Alraune found herself somewhat satisfied.


"No, don't stop," said Lily, her voice barely above a whisper, "I like it."


Lily peeked out to the side while hugging to eye Snake. He had wanted to kill them, but really it was basically that one kid's fault. Besides, Lily was unable to feel angry at the moment.


"...Alright, Snake."


"I'm definitely not going to forgive you. I would never forgive anyone who would even consider harming Anya."





"Apology accepted."


"But I can at least accept his apology, if for no other reason than to keep the mood calm and keep the others relatively safe. Besides, he seems to have had it hard. I can empathize a little too."





Just then, Anya popped up in the middle of the hug and Lily couldn't help but giggle a little. She looked at Susie intently when the Neko mentioned that Susie's face was hot, and smiled.


"I think it's OK, Anya," said Lily, looking down at the Neko, "She's just blushing because she's a little shy."


She looked back at the necromancer and continued, "But even so, you did all this because I was sad. You really are sweet."

 

[MechaGhoul]

Espinosa clapped her hands together, "Alright! Let's head over there!" She quickly headed towards the giant crab shaped hole that was left behind, before noticing another door. She quickly moved over there, and opened the door, and noticed that there was a large stairway, and began heading up. Robin quickly followed. The stairways did not have any pirates who would try to attack from there. The stairs continued upwards and spiraling for several floors, before reaching the left side of the upper-most level. There were large black iron doors, with a sign above it with "BRIDGE" marking it.


Espinosa glanced back towards the others, "Alright. We've made it. So, are you all ready to go in?" Robin nodded in affirmation.


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Susie glanced towards Anya, "Eep!" she shouted surprised as the neko's ears brushed against her own, providing well a unique feeling, and as she was releasing from the hug, she found herself moved by Lily's statement and continued on hugging. "I er...uhm...thanks." She continued hugging for a little bit longer, before releasing the two of them, and moving back. "I think I'd like to continue drinking the tea." She said as her face was returning back to its natural shade. Susie grabbed the tea cup and took another drink of tea. Chauncey paused for a moment. "YAAAY!" he exclaimed clearly happy with the situation. Snake couldn't help but crack a small smile, at Chauncey's outburst. "Ah, he's truly a goof. Good to see the boy still has that innocence to him."

 

[TenaciousTinkerer]

Victor nodded. Prepping up to run into the first piece of cover he found to start supporting the group from there. There wasn't much to say on the entire situation, just being cramped into a hallway, be really ****ty if they expected this and prepped up a ambush to attack them. All cornered up into a single doorway, could be rather bad.


So again, why he wants to run to the first piece of cover. " Just prepare for a ambush, we're all bunched up and it be easy to try to focus us out on the way in. "

 

[Zerohex]

Reggie saw the group run up the stairs but couldn't quite catch up, his back was playing hell on him and he felt like he was 90. Walking rather pitifully, he slowly made his way up, yelling for the group to wait for him.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

"Shy?" Anya asked. The cat leaned forward, and wrapped her arms around Susie's waist, looking deeply into the necromancer's eyes.


"It's okay to be shy. I'm shy too without a friend. So I'll be extra nice to you, okay?" she smiled.

 

[Advent Azure]

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away... Kylier was just sitting on Azure bed, wonder what a good use of her time would be for today, considering Azure was gone...


"Hmm..."


-I've ventured into Riff and Mel's rooms already..... And I believe that they are likely to still be there...-


She got up stretching as she went over to leave Azure's room to wander the halls, taking one of his bangs before he left.


-Perhaps now would be a time to see if I may enter Bunnies room... And learn something about her.-


A smirk grew on her face


-Maybe my exploration will shed some light on the situation at hand.-


As she went to her door, she cloaked herself, and unlocked her door using the key to her room, and peeked inside.

 

[amdreams]

Bunny's room was rather . . . normal, to say the least. White walls with no pictures or posters. Soft yellow curtains trimed with lace adorned the windows. Her furniture was all white, with quite a few items on their surfaces. A few stuffed animals, a small vase of flowers and quite a few small boxes, filled with candy and simple pieces of jewelry. All gifts it would appear.


Bunny herself was not there. Instead the angel was currently in another room, enjoying her little vacation from prying eyes in the manner most normal of her. Tutoring a member of the Rabbit Enthusiast Club in science.


End of Day

Sunday, February 2nd

~~~~~ 11:00AM ~~~~~

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Rose had perhaps never been so happy to be at school, stuck in her office with some paperwork. The usual monotony of life which she had taken for granted earlier was so wonderful today. With the recent events of murderers, death and pirates, Rose had enough excitement for a year. A student had died, and even if he was resurrected, it still didn't make it any better. It was obvious that the rest of the trip was cancelled and everyone was forced to go back as soon as possible.


Once back, Rose tried to report the ruffians to her father, But though he promised he's try to deal with him, he also said there wasn't enough resources to make it a top priority. This was stupid. Why wouldn't they have the resources to find those jerks? They were the largest kingdom in the world. It couldn't possibly cost that much right?


But her father must have a point, right? After all, he was king. Ugh . . . thinking about this was not helping her. It'd be best to get some fresh air. So she took her leave of the student council room, remembering to lock the door behind her, and made her way to Azure's room. He may have seemed fine the other day but she needed to make sure that hack cleric did a good job. Otherwise, she'd hunt the guy down and punish him to the full extent of the law.


(Sorry for sucky post and I'll post for the others next time.)


@PicaPirate @Cressy

 

[Advent Azure]

Azure hadn't moved much at all since his death, or even awake for long since that moment yet...


"....."


Kylier looked on over from the wall she was leaning against, growing ever more impatient...


"Azure... won't you ever wake up..."


She went over toward him, and began flicking his nose repetitively... only earning a reaction out of him after half a minute


"Hmm... must be quite a deep sleep then..."


~..... ugh... why is it so dark still... when am I going to wake up.....~


~..................~


Something... massive is before Azure, floating along with him in the nothingness


~....... compatible.....~


~What.....?~


The figure began fading away, following a torrent that began washing over Azure, not being pushed anywhere by it, yet running itself through him...


~This..... what.....~


Kylier couldn't help but sigh...


"Guess there's nothing I'll be able to do I guess... its probably still trying to take root in him, maybe even keeping him like this in an effort to exploit his state of weakness"


Kylier went out of Azure's room, not even bathed in her usual illusions. It might of been her own way of being territorial over Azure's room, or maybe she simply didn't care to do so, who could say.