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    Sunshine or Mirage

    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 26th May 2023, 3:14 pm

    ACTIVITY: PARK PICNIC or something like that....




    Despite the war in Bellum and the related hostilities across the entire continent of Ishgar, the world kept turning. It was both humbling and centering to realize that no matter how dark things seemed for a person or group, the universe did not revolve around them. If, due to some weird catastrophe, which Nita did not doubt could happen with the way things were going with the war, all life on Ishgar was wiped out, Earthland would still continue its journey around the sun, albeit a more quiet journey. It was best to thus just attempt to move forward. Other things did not stagnate because one did.

    For this reason, Nita had returned to Hargeon. Because she intended to have some closure. The last time she had been here, she had said an unexpected and heart-wrenching goodbye to a good friend. What, so far, seemed to be a permanent goodbye. The streets of the seaside town brought back memories, painful ones. But the memories needed to be faced, sorted through, or Nita feared that she would stagnate. Sometimes it was necessary to face the pain and push through it.

    The park looked different from the last time she had been here, probably because it had been winter then. Still, it was no less crowded, with people bustling about and setting up their own picnic areas where they could find enough space on the grass. Nita wasn't here to picnic, so she didn't attempt to get ground space. Politely declining the offer of being given a picnic spot by the organizers of this event, the Pergrandian mage obtained a sandwich and some fruity punch, and found the exact same bench where she had seen Tim Timson the last time.

    There she sat, looking at the merrymakers as they milled about and settled on the fresh green grass, her mind in places and times which now seemed so far away.

    @Rodadnuf


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 27th May 2023, 3:07 am


    Despite everything, the world kept turning. Everything—the guild he was a part of, the missions he took and what little impact it made across the nations, and the power of gods he held in his fingertips—it felt like a lifetime away now. He fought, died, then fought to live again. After all that? The world didn’t even bat an eyelash and went ahead without him. He was back in this simple town making his own way back to a quieter life. The world would not stagnate because of this decision, but being left behind was a small regret he didn’t mind carrying.

    But stagnating on a world stage was not the same as keeping himself from moving forward. It was because of this Tim was going back to the place where he was killed. He just wanted to stand there and set himself free of whatever happened to him. Ever since he came back he avoided two places in particular; the church and the park. He already spent some time in the café overlooking the church, mulling over while the owner walked him through what happened that morning. Now, all that was left was the park.

    Slowly limping by the stone pathways made him smile. The place was bustling with children running on the well maintained grass while the adults and young couples made their way to picnic spots and settled in. It was a far cry from the dimly lit horror the last time Tim had been here. There were hardly any signs of his last fight. That—coupled with the cloudy sunny day—made him let out a breath, one he never realized he was holding. He rested his body over his right leg to let his left limb relax. His left leg was missing from the knee down, the rest was sitting on a stiff wooden carving that felt more like a stumpy peg-leg than a new limb. Tim didn’t want to complain, but he knew his mentor could make a better one—heck, he helped fit more than a few of those lacrima prosthetics to his old co-workers! But, magicless as he was now, there were few immediate alternatives. So, there he was, stuck with a very visible limp as he walked while his trousers were folded halfway on one leg. Then again, it wasn’t as obvious looking as his arms. His dress shirt’s right sleeve flimsily waved at the mercy of the wind, clearly missing a limb to keep it in place.

    “Tim!” Someone called, sucking him out of his thoughts. “Glad you could make it!”

    One of the organizers, a shorter boy in his late teens, was running towards him. Tim chuckled when the newcomer was catching his breath. “I’m not going anywhere, Jun.”

    “Right,” Junior heaved, wincing slightly at the joke. “Sorry.”

    Tim laughed again, this time a bit louder.

    “Don’t worry about it,” He smiled at the younger man.

    The organizer then offered him a spot over the picnic areas.

    “I’ll just sit by my bench,” Tim tilted his head over the row of benches along the park close by, some of which were empty. “It’s not like I have the company to have a picnic with.”

    “Here,” The boy gave Tim a rolled up magazine. “It’s Sorcerer’s latest. That might be a better read than just sitting around.”

    “Anything interesting inside?”

    “Dunno, haven’t opened it.”

    “How would you know if it’s better then?”

    “Even watching paint dry would be better than seeing you brood.”

    Tim flicked the boy’s forehead, earning a sharp yelp from him. “The heck?! I thought you lost your magic?”
    “I did.”

    The boy shot him a glare, but it quickly melted into a worried frown. “If you ever change your mind, just holler, okay?”

    Tim gave him another smile, but this time it was a lot warmer. “I will.”

    After saying goodbye to the boy, Tim slowly made his way to his favorite bench whistling along to a tune. Now that he actually thought about where he was going, he remembered saying his goodbyes there to a certain blonde wizard he made good friends with.

    “Hope she’s doing well,” He walked along, holding the rolled up magazine like a bat and patting it over his shoulder. “Who am I kidding, she was always better at magic than me.”

    He laughed out loud, not caring who’d overhear him.

    Tag:
    @Fraag


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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 28th May 2023, 5:05 pm

    There was an almost persuasive attribute to the cheer that the sunlight of early summer had on the minds of those who sat under its spell. It was almost as though it was nature's way of suggesting that everything would eventually be well, that the tough times would pass and the bad news would be replaced by more heartwarming tidings. Still, there was little reason to believe that this would be the case, as the world seemed to have an imbalance of more darkness than there was light. For all intents and purposes, those who fought for the virtuous ideals seemed to be outnumbered and fighting against almost insurmountable odds against the forces of malice and chaos. It was quite telling to note that things always seemed to more easily degenerate into chaos without much effort, while great travail was expended in order to maintain a good situation, and greater effort expended to improve it.

    Perhaps the message that the bright and cheery day was giving was not so much one such as 'things will get better'. Maybe that was just a human failing: the almost automatic proclivity to see everything in the light of one's own biases and opinions. The intoxicating cheer could mean anything. It could simply be an invitation to seize the day, so to speak, as just like daytime, life did not last forever, and thus it was best to 'make hay while the sun shone', as the old adage put it. Whichever the case, Nita had decided that her presence in Hargeon would be one in which she would manage to shake off the past and move on. Of course, one could not forget. But one, at the same time, could not allow one's past experiences to cripple them and prevent them from moving forward.

    The Pergrandian remained alone on her claimed bench, taking a sip of the drink in her hand and idly listening to the ambient sounds of the picnickers all around her. And then she heard a loud laugh. There was something rather haunting about the laugh, for no other reason than the fact that it sounded awfully familiar. And it sounded like that of someone who was dead. The very reason she was here. She stiffened momentarily, wondering whether it had been an illusion, whether someone had laughed, and her mind had jumped to the assumption that the voice had belonged to Tim Timson, simply because the owner of the voice probably had a vocal range very similar to that of her deceased friend. Still, she could not refrain from turning to look over her shoulder, in the direction of the sound.

    And then she saw him. It was the very same man she had come to say a final goodbye to. What sort of cruel joke was life playing on her? Surely it wasn't real; this was some look-alike that was simply passing by. And yet, if it had been a doppelganger, whoever, or whatever was responsible for this wicked trick seemed to have created a nearly perfect simulacrum of the man Nita Fortune had interacted with and grown close to. Nearly perfect, for when last she had seen him, Tim had all his limbs complete. Or had he? The last time she had seen him, he had been a vanishing ghost. And now, she was staring at a laughing man who did not seem in any danger of disappearing soon, even though he stood on a wooden leg, and had only one arm with which he held some form of document at his shoulder. It could not be real.

    Transfixed by her chaotically swirling emotions, confusion, fear and hope, Nita just stared at the man in shocked silence, her large eyes wide enough that one would have imagined her to have been horrified at the sight of a one-legged man laughing the darkness away.

    @Rodadnuf


    Last edited by Fraag on 30th May 2023, 10:49 am; edited 1 time in total


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 28th May 2023, 9:28 pm



    Out of anything he wanted to happen since he came back, seeing Nita Fortune again was the last thing he expected to come true. But there she was, sitting by the bench with a dumbfounded look on her face. But despite that, she was still as beautiful as he last saw her.

    “Nita?” He couldn’t help but blurt out.

    It wouldn’t be an impossibility to think that his death affected her, he did went out of his way to call her before his last fragment was taken to the afterlife. But the timing was impeccable. From the way she was looking at him, she knew the odds of meeting him here was completely zero. Was it his fault? After all, he didn’t give her a call—or anyone else, for that matter. A pang of guilt shot up his chest as he stepped in front of her. There was a hurricane of emotion behind her gaze, one he finally noticed more of the closer he was.

    Tim didn’t know what to do. Was she thinking he was some trick? Another ghost? Or was she thinking of how he didn’t tell her he was back? A thousand thoughts fired through his mind, but his mouth opened to say something—anything—that could fill the pregnant silence between them.

    “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” He tried to make some small talk, but quickly winced at himself when he realized his poor wording. “I…that was horrible. Sorry.”

    But he quickly shook it off and tried again.

    “Really though,” Tim gently clasped her shoulder as he smiled at her. “It's been a while, Nita.”

    Tag:
    @Fraag


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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 30th May 2023, 11:25 am

    Their eyes met, and the man called her name. It was Tim! But how? The last time she had seen him, he was dead. And now he appeared alive and well (sans the missing limbs). What had happened? Perhaps this was an illusion. It was not unheard of to be in a place which cast personal illusions on those who ventured within its perimeters. Maybe this was something the organizers had prepared, to infuse those who came to enjoy in the park with feelings of nostalgia, as they remembered their most moving memories of this place. If that was the case, it was an impressive magic, albeit in rather poor taste.

    Even as the 'ghost' drew closer, Nita remained frozen, her expression one of bewilderment and disconcertion. And then he spoke again, cracking a very Tim-esque joke, although yes, he was right, that wasn't the most epic thing to say in a circumstance such as this. There were more likely proofs to suggest that this was no illusion, or maybe it was simply her heart hoping stubbornly that the man before her was real. If this was an illusion designed by magic to adapt to what the observer expected the apparition to say or do, then recognizing her and cracking jokes similar to what the real person would do was....

    All attempts to rationalize the possibility of an illusion flew out of the window the moment Tim placed his hand on Nita's shoulder. He was alive. The Pergrandian girl drew back sharply, which would appear initially that she was trying to avoid his touch. But it would almost immediately be revealed that the only reason she had drawn back was so that she could give herself adequate space to leap onto, and then over the bench, in order to tackle Tim. Okay, it was supposed to be a hug, but with the effort put into it, the hug almost seemed violent, as she wrapped both arms and even legs around his torso.

    Perhaps this show of unbridled joy was in a way an attempt to ensure that Tim was not a specter. A good number of people, as expected, stared in surprise at the apparent lack of decorum shown by the blonde mage. People weren't supposed to behave like that in public, and even if they were, sundresses were not exactly the best outfits in which to do such things. Nita did not care. The only thing she would probably think about agonizing about later was the fruit punch she had flung aside in order to attack-hug Tim. No words were spoke,; she just clung to him as though if she released him, he would disappear once more.

    @Rodadnuf


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 31st May 2023, 10:03 pm



    She’s mad.

    His heart sank when Nita drew back from his attempt at consoling her. He really should’ve expected this reaction, shouldn’t he? It was one thing to come back alive, but it was another matter entirely to not contact her in any way after months on end! Tim didn’t want to weird her out, though—again—that was more an excuse than an actual reason. Looking at her now, all he really wanted to do now was just explain everything. She can yell at him all she liked after.

    Nita then went from recoiling in reaction and into positioning herself like she was about to do something to him. Tim took a few steps back. He couldn’t see her expression clearly, but he knew damn well enough he would be the one getting hurt over this one way or another.

    “Nita? Listen,” Tim raised his hand forward placatingly, as if he was appeasing a pouncing beast. “I can explain. Wait—!”

    What happened wasn’t too far off: Nita did pounce on him. In fact, she sent both of them flying! Tim didn’t know how far back they were flung, he was busy feeling the pain over the back of his head. He also felt his pegleg missing, along with the magazine he was holding. But what he was worried most about was the tightening sensation of something—or someone—coiling around him like a serpent.

    “Urgh…” He let out a grunt, silently begging for the human-bullet to let him go.

    But when he finally opened his eyes he saw Nita on top of him clinging so desperately, he froze, then his expression quickly softened. Tim's heart sank for the umpteenth time since he came to this park, but this time it was for a completely different reason. He wrapped his arm over Nita and rested his hand over her head, stroking it as gently as he could.

    “Shh, it’s okay…” He said softly, lifting his head slightly to whisper over the distraught Nita's ear. “I'm here. I’m not going anywhere.”

    Tag:
    @Fraag


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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 1st June 2023, 1:02 pm

    It was in times like this that Nita was made aware of the absence of the entity she had known as Maria. Well, to be more accurate, 'absence' was incorrect. Maria was still there, or more correctly, she was now Maria, and yet Nita at the same time. A confusing thing that she often did not bother to contemplate, because it was a bewildering thing to think about, to put it very mildly. Still, before she had fused with Maria, the latter's correspondence would have quickly made Nita adjust herself due to self-awareness.

    As there was nothing to make sarcastic jabs at Nita's exuberant joy on seeing Tim again, she simply held on to him for quite a while, feeling his hand on her head. Slowly, the conflicting emotions in her head began evening out to delight. And hope. Hope was almost an alien feeling, but one that Nita was quite pleased to feel again. She'd simply had ill tidings following themselves repeatedly for a while, and it was so great to have a break from all the negativity, even as she heard the Silver Wolf mage state that he wasn't going anywhere.

    "Well, it is going to be hard to do that with only one leg," she quipped, finally disentangling her arms from around him and placing them on his chest so that she could look down at him. Okay, that statement about him having only one leg was not in the best of tastes. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be insensitive...." Although she was adjusting well to her new... existence as being a complete fusion of human and Primordial, as opposed to having the goddess riding around in her head, Nita was yet to reconcile with the many changes that had come with it. One of these was the fact that her behavior seemed to have become a tad more snarky, as though it had moved to sit somewhere between the playfulness of Nita and sass of Maria.

    It was then that Nita realized that almost everyone in the park was staring at them. Even if she liked attention, straddling a young man in the middle of a park would daunt all but the boldest of minxes. Quickly sliding off Tim, her face flushing furiously, the Pergrandian bashfully tucked a lock of hair behind her head. "Okay, I shall take a deep breath and try not to overwhelm you with questions, but, by the Light, have I missed you, Tim-Tim. How did you return? What happened to you?" There was a pause, as she cast a glance to the side, and then hurriedly pulled the wooden peg leg closer.

    "Do you need help getting up?"

    @Rodadnuf


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 2nd June 2023, 3:25 pm



    Tim didn’t know how much he misread Nita’s feelings until he slowly realized she wasn’t letting go anytime soon. She practically melted in his arms, not even noticing how their little reunion was a heck of a head-turner. People by the benches were already staring while others further by the grass were gawking. Tim wasn’t one for making a scene in public, so the attention was a bit new. But he didn’t want to take away Nita’s moment, so he waited. After getting her fill of the hug, Nita got up to straddle him instead. Tim slowly sat up, careful not to accidentally push her off.

    “You’re alright,” He snorted at her joke, shaking his head when she tried to apologize. “I’m made of sterner stuff.”

    It looked like their little display finally caught up with Nita; he never saw someone’s skin go from fair to beet red in a flash before. Tim crossed his legs—or as close as he could with only his knee up with the other one—when she finally got off him completely. She gave him his wooden pegleg and offered to get him up, and he accepted the help happily enough.

    “Thanks, Nita,” As he slowly stood up with her help, he thought about her question. “Both of those questions are a bit intertwined, and long…”

    Tim then saw the remains of the colorful fruity punch, now a wet stain on the walkway, and thought of an idea.

    “My buddy’s son saved me a picnic spot, he’s an organizer. I didn’t plan on having a date today so I just said no,” He said, smiling her way. “But if you’re free for the day, I can bore you all you like with the story if you’ll let me pay you back for the fruity punch.”

    Depending on what she’ll say, Tim would call his friend and help them set up.

    Tag:
    @Fraag


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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 3rd June 2023, 7:30 pm

    Tim was glad for the help needed to get to his feet, and Nita assisted him to rise. It was going to be difficult, she imagined, performing feats of balance and such other things, while lacking an arm and a leg, or to be more precise, half of a leg. Even as the Pergrandian provided support for her friend, it was difficult for her to finally accept that this wasn't an illusion.

    Apparently, the answers to Nita's questions seemed like they would require quite a bit of time to answer. Nita followed the dark-haired mage's gaze to the spilt drink on the walkway, but felt little to no regret for its fate. Okay, it wasn't the wisest thing to waste food, but she was to be excused. It wasn't everyday that your friend, whom you shed tears over and imagined dead and gone, showed up out of the blue like he had just gone for a walk and had come back. Except, as Nita noted silently, said walk cost him two limbs.

    "At present, I'm absolutely fine with being bored, if it's by you," the Pergrandian girl said with a laugh. "And you're in luck; I just came here to cry the day away, but since that has been mysteriously denied me, not that I'm complaining one bit, I've nothing else to engage myself with for today. So, lead the way to your buddy's son!"

    @Rodadnuf


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 5th June 2023, 1:36 am



    If there was one thing Tim was very confident about this little event the park set up, it was that he knew most of the people involved. He knew that most of the staff around were doing their job to the best of their ability. Sadly that doesn’t translate into manpower. They were understaffed to the point the mayor had to pitch in a sponsorship to get some of the local boys to help, Tim’s old co-worker’s son included. The boy was giddy enough when Tim called him to set up whatever he had planned in the beginning.

    By the time Tim and Nita arrived at the place Jun specified, he was close to done in setting up the whole ensemble: picnic mat, a table low enough for someone to pick stuff up even if they’re sitting down, and even a large basket with food inside. It looked like Jun was alone doing everything, but when Tim tried helping the younger boy was eager to tell him otherwise. So he and Nita were left to wait till he was done. Granted, he was very quick with setting it all up, and in a very good location to boot. They were by a slightly inclined slope overlooking the rest of the main stone structures of the park; Tim didn’t even remember having a spot this scenic.

    “And…done!” Jun said with a satisfied huff. “A picnic for two.”

    “You’ve definitely upped your taste since I last saw you, Jun,” Tim agreed. “I thought you were just pulling my leg about the location.”

    “Heh, you won’t get to call the chief on me after a job like this, Tim. This is as romantic as this park can get.”

    “I don’t know about romantic…” Tim trailed off, looking over the view again. “But it’s a nice spot.”

    He groaned. “Are you really gonna start getting all broody? Here?”

    Tim shrugged, but he couldn’t help but smile slightly.

    “C’mon, you even have a date this time around!” Jun said, turning to Nita. “I apologize on behalf of Tim here, he’s honestly a lot less grumpy when he’s with the women in his life.”

    “Junior…” Tim winced, a rush of embarrassment washing over his face. “You made your point.”

    Tag:
    @Fraag


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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 5th June 2023, 6:24 pm

    Tim had made a phone call, and began to follow the directions he had been given to his designated picnic spot. Nita walked alongside him, deciding to patiently wait until the picnic was underway, before she would demand his reply to her two questions. She had initially felt like peppering the dark-haired mage with questions as they walked, but had thought better of it. She would just enjoy the cheerful ambience of the day as she walked alongside her once-dead friend.

    Eventually, they arrived at what seemed to be a prime picnic spot, with most of the setup already laid out. The lad who worked was quite industrious, it seemed, having handled all the preparations. Nita would have offered her help, but upon seeing how he refused Tim's, decided not to venture it. The boy seemed to be quite capable, after all.

    It didn't take long before he had finished. "This is some splendid work, if I do say so myself," the Pergrandian said in admiration, as she studied the whole setup. Not only was there enough food, and even a small table for convenience, the situation of the spot was probably the best, if not one of the best in the park. With an amused expression on her face, she listened to the back-and-forth between Tim and the boy he called Junior, although she visibly shifted her gaze between the two in mild alarm when the boy mentioned romance.

    When the boy turned to Nita to apologize, she responded with a bright smile and a little wave of the hand. "There's no need to apologize, Junior," she replied. "Though the important observation of his behavior around 'the women in his life', with emphasis on their plurality being recognized, is noted," the blonde mage finished with a sly smile. Of course, the women did not have to be romantic interests; even if they were, Nita did not think she would be offended. But she was just realizing in a long while how much she had missed teasing Tim.

    @Rodadnuf


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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

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    Post by Rodadnuf 6th June 2023, 2:01 am



    Lovely, now the two of them were becoming a horrific tag team hellbent in tormenting him! Tim could hear Nita’s teasing tone and, as much as he liked her getting along with the people close to him, he knew she would jump at the opportunity. Junior, however, didn’t expect her quip at all.

    “That was a horrible way of phrasing it,” He laughed, shaking his head when he realized his mistake. “But I guess that wasn’t too far off from the truth?”

    “Jun, please…you’re gonna send me off an early second death at this rate,” Tim groaned.

    “Alright, alright!” Junior raised his hands in surrender, but his smile was wide. “Jokes aside, I really do hope you enjoy your time here, Miss Nita. From what I read in the magazines, you’re a pretty busy wizard too. And now that Tim’s no longer one, I hope he can get you to relax a bit.”

    “Magazines?” Tim quirked a brow.

    “And now that I’m talking about relaxing,” Jun sighed. “Tim, please, enjoy the peace and quiet for a change.”

    “You know I will,” Tim answered incredulously.

    Jun paused, looking at Tim closely, before nodding contentedly and waving him and Nita goodbye. Tim sat down on the picnic mat, looking over the younger man going down the slope. Just last year, Jun wasn’t this pushy and active. He mostly spent his time around his shop, or with his father by the docks.

    “He’s gotten a lot more reliable since I last saw him,” Tim said, mostly to himself. “Guess I was gone too long, huh?”

    But then he remembered what Jun said about Nita. He smiled her way. “You’ve been busy since then too, I bet?”

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    Post by Fraag 8th June 2023, 4:24 pm

    It seemed she was getting more and more popular as time passed. While Nita had always desired to be known across Fiore, and perhaps Earthland, as a force for good, it still did feel a bit strange (but not unpleasant) to see people recognize her. Tim seemed a little confused about Junior's mention of magazines; it was to be expected, seeing as he had been out of the loop.

    "Magazines," Nita echoed with a light shrug, refusing to give any explanations for what Tim's young friend had mentioned. Eventually, Junior gave his farewells and headed off, leaving the two together. Something the boy had said had made Nita curious, but she was unable to ask the question on her mind before Tim commented on being gone for so long. He also seemed interested in what she had been up to.

    Nita returned Tim's smile. "Well, I couldn't just sit there and pine away, all miserable and forlorn, could I?" she asked. "The world still turns, life still continues, and the darkness still broods. For those of us who attempt to keep the forces of evil at bay, sitting around doing nothing could be dangerous. So yes, I've been quite a bit busy."

    The Pergrandian's voice became softer, more introspective. "A great deal has changed since your temporary absence. But you don't know how glad I am it was temporary."

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    Post by Rodadnuf 9th June 2023, 1:22 am



    It was easy to get distracted by junior’s antics, but now that it was back to just the two of them Tim mindlessly opened the picnic basket–putting the food over the low table–while Nita recounted some of the things she had been doing while he was gone. Keeping things at bay–from the forces of evil to something as conceptually foreboding as darkness–it sounds like she has been doing well for the most part. A smile escaped his lips.

    But before he could say something witty his friend spoke about his temporary absence, saying she was glad it was only temporary. He suddenly remembered earlier how Nita said she planned on crying the day away.

    “It shouldn’t have taken me this long to let you know I was alive,” Tim, brows furrowed, looked up at the blonde wizard. “I’m so sorry, Nita.”

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    Post by Fraag 9th June 2023, 11:40 pm

    As Tim placed the food from the picnic basket on the table, Nita sat cross-legged on the picnic mat, picked two cups and poured iced lemonade into both, placing one near Tim and the other beside herself, before picking a sandwich and helping herself to it. The food was really of good quality. Seemed the organizers of this public picnic had outdone themselves, a fact for which the Pergrandian mage was grateful.

    When Tim apologized for keeping her out of the loop longer than he should have, the blonde girl's chewing slowed, as she stared at him with narrowed eyes. "Is that so?" she asked, looking annoyed. "And just how long had you planned on hiding from me? Am I that scary? Or wait-- there is another woman, isn't there?"

    There was a pause, before the girl broke into a fit of amused giggling, as she fondly punched Tim's shoulder gently. "Just kidding, Tim-Tim. But that doesn't mean I'll let you off the hook so easily, and I'm not joking about that." Her expression became more serious. "When were you planning on telling me, though? Because for all intents and purposes, it didn't look like you were planning on doing that today. You are so going to have to appease me."

    She raised an eyebrow. "You are yet to answer my questions, of which you promised to bore me, if I had this 'romantic' dinner with you. Well? I'm waiting to be bored. What happened to you?"

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    Post by Rodadnuf 10th June 2023, 8:44 am



    After Nita said her piece–well, multiple pieces–he let out a long sigh followed by a sheepish smile. Tim knew her for quite some time now, and as much as he believed she wouldn’t hate him for it there was always that small part of him that expected the worst in people. And that part of him seemed to always convince him to do its bidding. The sigh was less about her understanding him and more like a one of relief that he was in the wrong, and that Nita was as reliable as ever.

    Now that he felt some of the weight off his shoulders Tim hunched forward, letting his arm rest over the table.

    “Before anything else, two things,” Tim raised two digits. “One, I don’t think I’ll have the guts to two-time anyone, let alone someone as amazing as you. And two, I didn’t snub just you. I kinda went AWOL to anyone and everyone I knew concerning magic. The reason–?”

    Tim almost choked in his words; he didn’t expect it to be hard to admit, but here he was.

    Hesitating.

    “I…can’t do magic anymore.”

    He said it. He never admitted it to anyone outright before.

    “And, no, it’s not like a performance problem,” He chuckled at his horrible joke. “It’s…like I never knew it in the first place. I can’t detect anything magic related anymore, I can’t use SE-plugs to save my life—heck, I can’t remember ever knowing how to do magic!”

    Tim didn’t even notice his voice rising. He quickly cleared his throat, muttering ‘sorry’ as he sat straighter.

    “The only reason I never doubted being able to do it before was because of these,” He tapped his temple. “I remember my deeds as a wizard, and I remember my misadventures with other wizards like you. But I don’t know how to step back into that life anymore, not with the way I am now. If the worst parts of me would be given back, that’d be a different story. But for now? I'm just me, just nobody.”

    He finished with a breath and a smile. He looked at Nita, thanking he left the house today. Admitting the truth was a lot heavier than anything he had done in his life. But this time, it felt good. He always wanted to be free of his lineage, and the magical horrors it chained him into. This was the first time since he came back that he truly felt that he was free of everything. That he was just…Tim.

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    Post by Fraag 10th June 2023, 7:08 pm

    Nita made an amused sound when Tim stated his inability to cheat on someone else, though she couldn't help but smile warmly when he specified that such a thing was much less possible if it was her. But even as she listened to him, her amused expression changed to one of concern when Tim confessed that he was unable to use magic anymore.

    "What do you mean, Tim?" the Pergrandian asked softly. It seemed, from his words, that he had been stripped of his magic when he had returned to the world of the living. That had to be painful in a way. Nita wasn't sure how he felt, but she knew how it felt to have no magic. And she had been comfortable with that until her encounter with the Primordial, which had launched her into a mage's life. Tim's case seemed to be the opposite.

    Apparently, he had lived most, if not all his life, being saddled with a strange power he did not ask for, and now it was all gone. Even if magic was something Nita had found alarming at first, she would be the first person to acknowledge that it had been more useful than regrettable to have such. With Tim being stripped of what magic he had had, Nita wondered how he would feel. The realization that one was just an ordinary person now, incapable of summoning the feats they were able to do some time ago. He sounded uneasy talking about it, which meant there was pain there somewhere.

    As the dark-haired youth finished, Nita threw her arms around his neck and quickly pressed her lips to his cheek. "You aren't just nobody, you silly goose," she said fondly. "You may not be Timotheos T. Timson, the forty second of his name, long may he reign, but you're still Tim-Tim, and that means something. To me."

    She let him go, and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Still, 'performance problem'. Really? And you haven't yet gotten to how you came back from being dead. Unless I missed the memo, dying and coming back to life isn't some 50 Jewel bus ride. So, what happened to you? We can worry about your missing magic later, and I will do what I can to help you find your magic again, if that's what you want. But I will do something nasty to you if you make me repeat myself about how you came back."

    The threat, of course, was quite toothless.

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    Post by Rodadnuf 13th June 2023, 7:13 am



    Tim froze. Where he usually made a throwaway joke to ease some of the tension of a situation, this time he could only crane his mouth shut to stop it from hanging in a dumbfounded expression. He didn’t know which made him so drawn, so enamored by Nita at that moment: her quick but ensnaring peck over his cheek, or her short but purposeful confession.

    “To you…?” He parroted, still wrapping his head over those words.

    Tim became flush. Though he hated it, his lineage and its magical burdens were a part of him all his life. Primordial deities and godly entities pulled him into their troubles and their whims, all because he had a sliver of their kind within him. He couldn’t even remember the first time he wished to be rid of such a burden, he’d been wishing for it since the beginning. And now that it was all gone, he thought everyone would’ve understood how much he wanted to get rid of it. But the people he knew usually end up reassuring him that he would ‘rise up to the occasion’ or ‘find a way to be whole again’. They mean well, he knew at least that much. But they expected him to somehow return to be that young man again, that wizard. As if he wasn’t already whole like this! But Nita didn’t need him to be anything more, did she? Not unless he wanted to. Even now, she’s with him, and all he needed to become was himself.

    “I always love this part of you, Nita,” He closed his eyes in a resigned sigh. “By the gods, I do.”

    But that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to ask how he came back to life. She was adamant in knowing about it.

    He laughed nervously. “You don’t suppose I can just peck you on the cheek too and we can call it a day?”

    Tim half-expected to be let off with that explanation alone, but then she threatened to do something if he stalls any further. He knew she wouldn’t do anything too horrible to him, but even with an empty threat there was the very real consequence of a harmless nasty thing she would end up doing.

    “Okay!” He raised his hand forward in surrender. “I give, I’ll tell! You are a very scary woman, you know that right?”

    Where was he going to start? It wasn’t really a question of who, though…

    “My resurrection was the result of a collaboration between my mentor, Dr. Schwartz, my spirit wolf buddy, and Hemera.” Thinking about how this team-up came to be made him chuckle. “I don’t know how they did it. Not the resurrection part, Dr. Schwartz is a miracle worker when it came to lacrima work and applied magic, I mean how they came to work together. If there’s someone who outright hates the concept of deities more than me? It’d be the doctor.”

    “From what he told me, he used the soul trapping properties of a siren’s crystal globe—they’re like natural lacrima that sirens use to trap their victims' souls. I’ve never really seen one, though I guess I have one in me now? But I’m getting ahead of myself,” He waved dismissively, trying to get back on track. “Anyway, Hemera and Wolf took one from a siren queen and fused it with the company lacrima I’ve been lugging around since forever.”

    “By company, I mean Dr. Schwartz’s. Most of us who worked for them were given these lacrima, easier to attune to specific spells that way, no matter how horrible you are with actual magic. You remember those funny spells I use that aren't light magic? Yeah, those are from that lacrima,” Tim felt a little weird talking tangent after tangent, explaining to Nita things about his life he thought she didn’t know yet. Then again, she asked to get bored. “Since my company lacrima had been bathing my magical presence for more than a decade, they repurposed it as an ethereal beacon of sorts so I could find myself from wherever my pieces were thrown into. The siren gem, meanwhile, acted as a net for my soul. I don’t really know how those things work, I can’t feel anything magical now after all. But that’s what the doctor explained to me.”

    Tim paused. “And the reason I don’t have magic anymore is…well…the only part of me that came back was the 'Tim’ you met last time, the smallest part of me that didn’t want to end things terrible with you. My regret. The other parts of me though? They don’t plan on returning anytime soon.”

    “Hemera told me that Delight took a big chunk of me and hid in some deity’s domain, she said she didn’t want to give me back.” He sighed. “I guess she took my death pretty hard. Hemera said Delight apparently beat up the Valkyrie who was tasked to take my soul.”

    “All in all, other than my body that was left to rot I’m now separated into thirds: My soul which is with Delight, then there's me right now…the fragment of my regret. And lastly my domain, the part of me that’s been a pain the longest. You probably remember that part of me when we went against that cultist, or that time with Samsa.” He then shuddered. “I don’t know if I should tell you this. But that part of me? Nobody could find it. Delight swore that wasn’t the part of me she took, and Hemera couldn't even get a whiff nor a trance of it from any of the realms she knew.”

    He stopped.

    “And…that’s about it! The hows and whys of my death,” Finally, Tim stretched his arm out. When he finally relaxed he craned his head to her. “I know you love me so much that you’ll be willing to bore yourself to death listening to me, Nita. But if this is going to be the figurative hill we’re both gonna to die on? You can tell me anything too.”

    “I won’t do something nasty to you if you don’t tell me though,” Tim slid his hand over to Nita’s cheek, caressing her with utmost care as if she was made of glass.

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    Post by Fraag 13th June 2023, 5:12 pm

    Nita said nothing to Tim's rhetoric question; there was no need for a reply. Still, the Pergrandian, in her usual manner, decided to do a bit of goofing around when Tim stated that he always loved that part of her. "Am I allowed to infer that by 'this part', you insinuate that you don't like other parts of me?" she asked, although the sly smile on her lips was enough proof that she wasn't taking herself seriously. Her smile faded to an expression of mock wide-eyed innocence, when he stated that she was scary. "Well, that's the first time I'm hearing that," she lied. But actually, she didn't hear that often.

    Nita listened silently as Tim spoke of how he had been brought back from beyond the figurative wall that separated the living from the dead. It was quite an interesting and surprising tale, though not too out of left field, especially as Nita had encountered a siren's crystal globe before, and knew what it did. She did have to agree though, that this Dr. Schwartz was quite the genius, to be able to use such items to achieve such a daunting task. Of course, praise went as well to Hemera and Tim's spirit wolf as well.

    If Tim feared that his pieces of trivia were boring Nita, his fears were unfounded. They allowed her to put tidbits of information that she had gathered about him into better perspective. Yet, one of the things that concerned Nita was the fact that the Tim that was here was just a fragment of himself, without making reference to his physical state. And there were still quite a lot of other questions that she thought might need answering, but for now, she would not ask them.

    Nita leaned into Tim's hand as he stroked her cheek. "I am confused about something, though. Did your physical body have to be pieced back together? I recall, the last time I saw you, that you suggested that your murderers did awful things to your body after you'd died. Secondly, if your murderers are still at large, we will definitely have to do something about that... as well as Delight's holding onto your soul. I understand her clinginess, but it's not hers to keep." Just as he had requested, Nita had not attempted to see what had been done to Tim's corpse, even though the item of a gruesome death in Hargeon's park had been on the news feeds for a bit.

    "After that, you can ask me any specific thing you'd like me to tell you."

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    Post by Rodadnuf 14th June 2023, 7:39 am



    “You’re right about Delight. But I can afford to wait for her to calm down,” Tim stroked her cheek with his thumb when it went puffy after she melted into his hand. “I don’t think just being a fragment’s affecting me much. Other than the lack of magic, at least.”

    He didn’t want to delve too much about that day, but the short and numerous moments he allowed himself to look at what happened was just the push he needed to tell her. Judging from what she’s saying about what happened to him, she didn’t take the plunge to see the reports. Telling her would be a favor rather than outright showing her those videos.

    Tim let go of her cheek, setting his hand down. “About my body being pieced together though…obviously not all of it could be saved. But for the rest of me that Doctor Schwartz could save? It left some marks.”

    Tim pulled up his dress shirt from behind. It didn’t completely come off, but it should be enough to show her the stitches. “You can pull it higher up if you want.”

    From his shoulder blade down were bare and two parallel pitchblack remnants of stitching could be seen grafted vertically along the sides of his backbone. “Something tells me they weren’t that gentle, because Doctor Schwartz said they included the ribs over my back too when they pulled it out. He had to graft it back together. They latched hooks over them so it could spread from my back like wings.”

    “Apparently it’s a form of ritual execution, they even have it written over their Sagas. I’ve been reading some of it after I came back, one account said they did it to two Iser men in retaliation to the murder of a father. Sounds familiar?” Tim couldn’t help but chuckle, but it didn’t reach his eyes, which only kept staring into the far distance. “And as for doing something about those guys…unless you know how to destroy a literal god for good? We’re out of luck.”

    Tim let go of his shirt and laid on the picnic mat, staring into the sky. “Trust me, I wasn’t being lazy in the afterlife. But all they end up doing afterwards is hiding until they recuperate and plan another attack.”

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    Post by Fraag 14th June 2023, 8:55 pm

    Tim did not seem too bothered about not having a complete soul, although he was understandably affected by the fact that he could not use magic. Even though that was a problematic issue, Nita did not think it was absolutely without remedy. After all, as he had mentioned earlier himself, there were people in his workplace who had absolutely no connection to magic, but could cast some spells due to lacrima. For people like Tim presently was, lacrima were the way to go, if he wanted to regain the ability to cast spells.

    Nita felt a mixture of sorrow and rage seeing the stitches on Tim's back, and she did not take Tim's offer to pull his shirt higher, though she gently ran a finger along one of the stitch marks trailing his back. As Tim explained what had been done to him, the sorrow diminished and the rage increased. "By Arcanos! What sort of depraved behavior is this?" she muttered quietly, one of her hands balling into a fist. The more she learned of Tim's ordeal, the more she was convinced that someone had to answer for this.

    When Tim asked if the method of his execution sounded familiar, Nita was about to reply that she was not Iser by birth, when she remembered that he had mentioned in their last meeting that the offspring of a god he had killed had been the ones who had done this to him. Retaliation for the murder of a father.

    It seemed Tim was unsure of how to deal with the gods that had mutilated him, seeing as they were just that, gods. But leaving them free would simply mean that they could return and perform the same horrors they had done to him, when the time was right for them. "You killed their father before, did you not?" Nita asked in reply. "And for all intents and purposes, seeing as they came to have revenge, he did not return. Well, you're in luck, because as matters stand, I am a God Slayer. And that has got to account for something."

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    Post by Rodadnuf 15th June 2023, 7:31 am



    Tim remained sprawled on the mat, listening. “It does count. Apparently being a ‘god slayer’ was the only reason I had been able to properly destroy my murderer’s father. But don’t throw yourself headfirst into danger on my account, Nita.”

    Before he felt somber again, he added: “I’d rather waste your time asking you to dinner instead.”

    At this rate, Tim could've sworn he was slowly turning into one of his old co-workers with the amount of horrible jokes he was throwing. He didn’t know if this was him trying to distract himself or if it was because he knew Nita shrugged stuff like this easily, but thinking about the concept of god slayers made him wonder.

    “I know it’s a bit late to deep dive into god slayers, seeing how I don’t have that part of me anymore,” He leaned his head to face Nita. “But how’d you become one?”

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    Post by Fraag 15th June 2023, 9:18 pm

    That seemed to be the secret to permanently killing a god: God Slayer magic. For this reason, Nita was sure she was one of the most perfect candidates to attend to a matter such as this. And she was not going to be dissuaded. When Tim had died, he had told her not to go seeking his murderers in an act of revenge. That she had done. But now that he was back from the dead, and there was the possibility that the gods that had killed him might want to make sure he stayed dead, then surely, they were fair game.

    "Unfortunately, I intend to throw myself into danger on your account, because...." There was a pause. Nita knew that the reason she was willing to risk herself for Tim was because she would readily do such for a friend without the slightest hesitation. And Tim was a friend... or was that the case? Was he just a friend? Or more? She had not paid attention to such matters of the heart, and despite her outward confidence, her lack of experience in such matters frightened her. Maybe she would ignore it for the time being.

    "Well, because!" the blonde girl finished with a huff. Then she folded her arms and gave him a glare of mock annoyance. "And I'm wondering why you aren't wasting my time with your intended proposition." Was she being too forward? Maybe. But if Nita was anything, she was honest, at least as much as she could afford. And she was sure she wouldn't mind a dinner with Tim. Perhaps such a thing could raise his spirits even more. He didn't seem particularly dejected, but Nita was sure there would have to be the blues of not having magic somewhere.

    The question about gaining slayer magic was one that she could answer confidently. "Oh, you'll be surprised, Tim-Tim," the Pergrandian girl answered. "And don't give up hope so fast. Even though I gained the ability to use magic, none of the magics I developed were of any slaying type. I found lacrima, though, and presto, a God Slayer was born. It's just like the work lacrima you have; such things can be used by people who don't have magic. And while they are kinda esoteric, I'm sure with the proper means, you could find one that will suit you just fine."

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    Rodadnuf
    Rodadnuf

    Player 
    Lineage : Anathema to Divinity
    Position : None
    Faction : The Ironheart Pact
    Posts : 248
    Guild : Silver Wolf
    Cosmic Coins : 100
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 2,561,089

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Rollins & Schwartz-Brand
    Second Skill: Heaven God Slayer
    Third Skill:

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Rodadnuf 17th June 2023, 7:53 am



    In the end, she also wanted him to get his magic back too. But it didn’t come off as patronizing, unlike when everyone else consoled him. Was it because those words came from a fellow wizard? Or it could be because it was Nita who was reassuring him. There definitely might be a part of him that took their kindness the wrong idea; Tim wasn’t immune to overreacting, after all. All that aside, what Nita said about the birth of god slayers was interesting. Esoteric was the right word to use–Hemera and Baldr alluded to that being that case–but knowing becoming one only boiled down to planting lacrima? It made Tim’s whole process in understanding Hemera’s domain feel like he took the annoyingly long way around to solve the problem.

    “That definitely sounds like the better route,” He muttered. “I remember it took me nearly getting killed by Hemera to become one…not that it matters now.”

    He didn’t dwell too long in his memories though. There was a lot more to unpack to what Nita said for him to drown in the past. There was her flimsy attempt at a ‘reason’, and the fact she practically said she didn’t mind him asking her out. It made him chortle, but because of the way she said it, he hoped she wasn’t just talking for the sake of talking.

    “That’s a pretty solid reason: ‘because’,” He tried, but failed, to sound like he wasn’t enjoying himself just talking. “But why not make this a win-win sort of thing for the both of us? I’ll let you try going after them, but only if I get my magic back so I can help. And while I’m still just ‘Tim-tim’, as you put it, how about we just go on a trip? A little getaway without the pretense of a job, just the two of us? I’ll even let you pick where we’ll go. That beats a dinner invite, right?”

    It was probably the most forward Tim has been in a long time.

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    Sunshine or Mirage M7VWYFe
    Fraag
    Fraag

    Player 
    Lineage : Progeny of Arcanos
    Position : None
    Faction : The Luminous Covenant
    Posts : 1038
    Guild : Luminous Rose
    Cosmic Coins : 60
    Dungeon Tokens : 0
    Experience : 3,401,904

    Character Sheet
    First Skill: Arcane Fate Magic
    Second Skill: Night God Slayer
    Third Skill: Relativity God Slayer

    Sunshine or Mirage Empty Re: Sunshine or Mirage

    Post by Fraag 19th June 2023, 1:44 pm

    For a while, if Nita remembered correctly, the only way to gaining a Slayer type magic was to somehow be taught by the respective being that the Slayer magic was targeted at. Which was quite ironic, seeing as no one would really want to teach someone whose destiny or lifelong occupation would be to kill the members of their kind. Somehow, though such entities existed: dragons who took pity on humans, demons who somehow gained a conscience, gods bent on revenge but unwilling to do it directly; even if other scenarios could be imagined to give rise to why someone would be taught Slayer magic, the fact remained that it was actually a small company that would be willing to teach humans that kind of magic.

    Until lacrima. Sometimes, Nita thought they were some sort of cheat devices designed into being by deities to piss others off. But then, even deities were getting the short end of the stick, as enough lacrimas that could kill their kind existed as well. Elder gods, then, glad to piss off the younger generation. And yet, even elder gods could be killed by such. Maybe it was just the universe's way of leveling the playing field....

    Nita's expression, when Tim called out her reason for endangering herself for his sake, was pure innocence, an expression so irreproachable that it could not be anything other than ironic. "Of course," she answered, as if that made absolute sense and did not require any more explanation. The condition that Nita would be allowed to go after them if Tim had regained his powers was a reasonable one, and the Pergrandian was nodding her head when the offer of a trip hit her.

    "J-just the two of us?!" Nita echoed, her voice and expression nothing but utter shock, although there did seem to be what sounded like excitement there. And then her face slowly turned red. "Do you know how... how suspicious your offer sounds?" she asked, trying, but failing miserably, to hide that the offer had flustered her, albeit not in an unpleasant way. "But uh... well, especially as it might be dangerous for you to be wandering about alone by yourself, I don't see why I shouldn't agree to your offer." There was a pause. "It does sound better than a dinner invite, though...."

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