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Post by ryocker on Jan 18, 2016 1:19:36 GMT -5
When he stuck the Key into himself, Ryan froze in a panicky pit. He soon relaxed, sighing as he listened to Alex. "That means 'I accept your appology,' Alex is just hard to read," Ryan noted. He was still rather tense looking.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jan 18, 2016 1:34:49 GMT -5
"You know, he has used it on me before," Patrick meekly offered. "It was weird, but it wasn't like... the worst thing in the world..."
"Ha haaa, duly noted," Evan chuckled as he hung the key around his neck again. "But wow, man. I feel like the Danny Sexbang to your Egoraptor, if ya know what I mean. Lol. So, uh... what were we talking about?"
Kendall awkwardly rubbed his neck. "Well, Aaron had mentioned bringing Swift back... though I have to agree that now is not a particularly favorable time to do so."
"Yeah... you're... probably right..." Evan sighed with defeat. "Without her ring, she'd... probably just go nuts and eat someone's face. But... I dunno, tomorrow? ......Who's Aaron?"
"Uh... Guys?"
All eyes turned to Lagola, then turned in the direction she was pointing. The lotus time capsule had ticked down to zero and bloomed once more. A white, luminescent spirograph arose from the flower, and when it faded, it revealed a box. A box wrapped in pale yellow paper and a white bow tied in a way that almost resembled angel wings.
Patrick smiled at the spectacle, finding himself unable to resist singing that old familiar Legend of Zelda fanfare. "DA-DA-DA-DAAAAAA!!!"
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jan 18, 2016 1:41:04 GMT -5
Ace just shrugged at the conversation, then turned to watch the gift appear within the flower. She giggled at Patrick's enthusiasm. "Wow. A gift serendipitously appeared. Seems kinda redundant to wrap it, but whatever. Any guess who it's for?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 18, 2016 2:26:55 GMT -5
It looked like a certain thief had been about to punch both Evan and Kendall when suddenly the lotus time capsule once more started flashing and opened up, dropping a present in the middle of the continued discussions... All eyes fell on it and apart from a few scattered comments, it didn't look like anyone had much idea how to react to this thing... The question of who the package was for however did come up... And really, looking at it, Alex knew too well there was only one person it could belong to, the ribbon was a dead give-away.
"..... The ribbon pretty much gives away it's intended recipient..." With that said, he turned to look to Ryan who likely needed some calming down now that THAT bit of business was settled. "Go ahead and open it Ev. I'll be right here talking with Ryan."
The two god-tiers, Ryan mainly being gently guided aside, took a step or two away so they could chat without being listened to. ".... I'm sorry you had to see that... But... Yeah, the key is sort of a big point of contention right now... And that's not even bringing up the fact that he's had that key for a while and claims he's responsible for it....."
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Post by ryocker on Jan 18, 2016 3:03:21 GMT -5
Ryan looked a bit confused, like he hadn't fully comprehended the situation. But for him, that wasn't anything new. "Umm... So... A key made you freeze in time, which made yo mad and frustrated, but now the key's not yours anymore, and the guy just froze himself..." He'd really rather be playing games right now. "...I don't know what your Ryan was like, but I'm not good with information involving arguments..." He gave a yawn, wiggling a bit in place. "...I also think I'm tired..."
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jan 18, 2016 10:52:43 GMT -5
"Oh wow..." Evan's eyes sparkled at the sight of the present. "What's this all about?"
Kendall giggled. "Well, it's to my understanding that the clock has struck midnight on the island, which means that today now marks the first day of December!"
"BIRTHDAY SWAG!!!" Almost immediately, Evan threw himself at the lotus capsule and tackled the box to the ground. From behind the capsule, wrapping paper went flying as Evan tore into the gift like a dog digging up the yard.
Patrick excitedly ran up to join him. "Whadja get whadja get?!!"
"AW, COOL!" Evan stood up so that everyone could see him. In one hand was a silver and black card with a picture of what appeared to be an MP3 player. In the other was a portfolio with two green cards tucked inside it. "What are these?!"
"Oh..." Lagola scurried up to them and studied the various objects. "Well... Th-That's a Fetch Modus, which designates the manner in which you store and retrieve items in your inventory. Looks like a... 'Playlist' Modus. And that... that's a Strife Portfolio with... two kinds of Strife Specibi. Those dictate what kinds of weapons you fight with."
"Whoa-ho-hooo... Game mechanic magic," Evan chuckled.
"Looks like it came with a message too," Lagola added, digging a thick envelope out of the pile of wrapping paper. She handed it to Evan, who promptly opened it and scrawled the elegantly-written text on the card.
Dear Evan,
I can't begin to describe how happy I am for you. You've come so far and have already overcome so many obstacles. While there are still many more to come, each one greater than the last, I know that you will conquer each one with relentless hope and a courageous smile. But you'll need these if you want to go far in this uphill battle.
Enclosed is a list of everything in your Sylladex and the song lyrics you'll have to sing to retrieve them. Use them well.
You're going to do great things, my boy. Give my warm regards to the others. May Skaia's light guide you all to victory.
~SC
"Huh! Whatever that means!" Evan tossed the card aside and started skimming the aforementioned list of items and song lyrics...
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jan 18, 2016 11:29:06 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, Ace picked up the card and read it for herself. "Huh... SC? Kendall, you know what this is all about? ...Who am I kidding? Of course you know what it's about. Where'd these things come from?"
She then looked to the sky and blinked in confusion. She almost thought she heard a thunderclap.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 18, 2016 23:22:40 GMT -5
Tired huh? Yeah, Alex supposed he understood that. Today had been a pretty exhausting experience for the poor guy... Well, at least he got to have some fun with games before all of this stressful shit came up. Letting out a breath, Alex turned around and motioned for Ryan to hop on. That he would carry him somewhere safe to rest. "HEY EVAN."
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"... I'm not going to let you go back to Prospit. We have no idea what the situation was before the game paused. I'd be happy to take you by Dimensional Island so your dreamself can have a safer place to sleep when everything starts off again. Ironically enough, the Island might be the safest place you COULD sleep." He looked to Kendall, Lagola, Ace and Patrick. "If you guys have a means of getting him back to the island, go ahead, Otherwise we should get a headstart in heading back. With Swift still stuck in my Modus, I'm pretty much floating back."
Thank god the island wasn't that far. With a slightly sleepy Ryan and flying at top speed, reaching it from Skaia would take about an hour and a half of dedicated speedy flight.
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Post by ryocker on Jan 18, 2016 23:45:34 GMT -5
Ryan gave another yawn, stretching. "If you think you can even carry me," he offered. "Does anyone even know who SC is supposed to be?"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jan 19, 2016 0:04:45 GMT -5
Kendall merely shrugged at Ace and Ryan's questions, not because he didn't know, but because they didn't need to know.
"S... C... I feel like I should know that from somewhere..." Evan stared thoughtfully at nothing in particular, trying to deduce who he might have known with those initials. At one point or another, he randomly thought of Santa Claus, but it wasn't Christmas yet! It was his birthday! And he wanted cake. Birthday cake flavored ice cream. It was suddenly all he could think about.
"Yeh?" He shut down that train of thought and looked up at Alex as soon as he heard his name. He took a moment to mull the thief's advice over. "Huh... Can we do that? I'm pretty sure I always woke up in my dream bed every time I've dreamt here, but maybe that was just Clockwork putting me back to bed?"
"Wait, I thought this Clockwork guy attacked you on the island." Patrick had his confuzzled face on. "Was he there or is he here?"
Lagola anxiously looked between every member of the party, waving a hand against her throat in a desperate attempt to derail the subject. Kendall rubbed his head and awkwardly screwed up his face. "Well..."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jan 19, 2016 0:24:08 GMT -5
CRACK
All conversation came to an abrupt halt when something noisily landed on a black square on the ground just in front of them.
That something was a troll. A tall, muscular, angry-looking troll with red, black and jade stains covering his arms and tank-top. In the awkward silence, punctuated only by his growling breaths, he took a moment to scrutinize the motley crew.
The black-winged angel chick and dopey-looking human? Never seen 'em. They were the least of his worries.
The white-winged angel? Yeah, he pretty much knew who he was. If he was hanging around the brat, it was easy to assume that this was the creep she had been fawning over.
The seer and the thief... He had to give a nod to the latter in particular. Out of all the humans, he had talked to Alex the most, after all. "Yo, f***wad. Glad to know ya finally reached the point where you've screwed the pooch. Congratu-f***ing-lations."
Then there was the hope dweeb in the dorky yellow pajamas. God dang it... He could just STRANGLE that obnoxious little rogue! Did the punk even realize his mere existence was potentially dooming them all?!
And then there was the other rogue trembling by his side...
"I never thought I'd say this, but this is one hell of a mess you've gotten yourself into, b****. I'm... not sure whether or not to be proud uh ya."
"What the...?" Ace looked between this new guy and Lagola; explicit conversation aside, the similarities between the two were impossible to miss. "Lagola, who's this douchebag?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Jan 19, 2016 1:05:18 GMT -5
............... ACTUALLY PATRICK RAISED A REALLY GOOD POINT. IF CLOCKWORK WAS IN PROSPIT THEN-..........
Wait a second...
Clockwork was either halfway across the universe within two days or... He was in two places at once... His memories traveled back to when TSI experimented with his own time powers, accidentally creating a few time clones. Meeting them was... CONFUSING... But it was enlightening. PARTICULARLY IN THIS INSTANCE... If Clockwork was half as powerful as he was, and half as fast then.... His expression slowly drifted to Kendall and Lagola... An expression of growing impatience was DEFINITELY visible. THEY KNEW SOMETHING. AND FRIENDS KNOWING SOMETHING THAT THEY REFUSED TO SHARE WAS USUALLY NEVER A GOOD THING. Sure he could understand Kendall, he'd apparently seen FAR MORE THEN ALEX WOULD EVER WANT TO KNOW (Though his knowledge about Clockwork was lacking...), but what did LAGOLA know? His suspicious look only grew in intensity. He didn't need to know everything, just whatever they knew about their mysterious new.... RIVAL Clockwork...
Before he could ask however, there came the sound from nearby as something unexpectedly landed before the conversation could launch.
.... Alex could... Scarcely believe his eyes... It took him a moment to recognize the features, since he had only ever been written to about what this character looked like... But... The emblem on his clothes, the dog like features... For a moment, Alex was too surprised to say anything.... However, remembering how trolls often communicated, he knew a prompt response would sit better with this guy. "Hey Sirion. Sup." He probably sounded like a total geek, but that was okay, he just needed to keep natural.
At Ace's question, Alex responded, nodding his head apologetically to Ryan before crossing his arms and walking up. "This 'douchebag' is another member of Lagola's race, which we call trolls for simplicities sake. I believe in conversation, he's always taken to calling himself Sirion. Yeah, I know he's a bit of a hardass, but I never really found reason to think he's a COMPLETE jerk." That had less to do with Alex himself being a jerk and more because Sirion had never really said anything bad about himself. Sure his behavior was something attrocious, but hey, Orcana wasn't any better, and Aquilla was no stranger to language when frustrated. "I have to admit though, even after seeing Lagola, I was not expecting you to suddenly show up out of the blue like this... What have you been up to canine?" and yes, similarly to how Arti often called him 'Worst Thief', with Alex calling him Sunburn in return, Alex took to reciprocating the less savory nicknames with a reference to the troll's appearance. Maybe not PARTICULARLY witty, but he stuck with it.
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Post by ryocker on Jan 19, 2016 1:29:22 GMT -5
Ryan blinked a bit, trying to follow their conversation. He loosely remembered someone called Clockwork, but not really. He also thought that sending the dreamself somewhere other than back to prospit would likely be for the best- Especially with someone very possibly dangerous running arou-
"REAAAK!!!"
Ryan shook in place, his high pitched gasp an instinctual reaction to the new face- Apparently Sirion? Honestly, the only troll he was adamantly aware of was the one Arti started to imitate. "U-uh... N-n-nice of you to drop in," Ryan lightly chuckled. He then quieted down, trying to retain intel on Sirion as Alex explained. He was aware of the trolls, and aware they weren't really anything like humans in all honesty, but... what was one doing here?
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jan 19, 2016 1:40:14 GMT -5
"Whoa... Another troll, huh?" Evan wasn't sure how to react to this guy. Right off the bat, his rough attitude was rubbing him the wrong way. "Friend of yours, L-? Lagola?"
Lagola had quickly hidden behind Evan, whimpering and shaking as she peaked around at Sirion. Why was he here? Why was he covered in blood?? Why was he covered in Aquila's blood?!
"Hey now!" Patrick clearly shared Evan's hesitation to warm up to the new troll. "How about a 'hi' or a simple introduction before you go insulting folks? You're scaring Evan's new friend!"
Kendall sighed. "Sirion, there's nothing here that concerns you. At the same time, though, your activities in the outer rim have been doing more harm than good, so it's particularly difficult to offer you any sound advice."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jan 19, 2016 1:55:51 GMT -5
Sirion scowled at Alex and suddenly whipped out a knife. "Okay... FIRST OF ALL, don't go talkin' to me like we're buddies, f***wad. I ain't got any patience for someone who won't help himself. Second, and for YOUR information too, ya feathery a*****e, I'm kinda in the middle of something IMPORTANT, unlike this sorry squad of slackers you're trying to kick into gear!"
"Um, excuse me!" Ace stormed up to Sirion, sizing him up with unwavering confidence. "We happen to have important business in progress too, thank you very much!"
"Oh, well pardon my manners, b****!" Sirion waved his hands patronizingly. "I didn't mean to interrupt your early 12th Perigee's Eve gift exchange!"
"Look, buddy, I don't think it's too much to ask that we exchange information before you go accusing us of squandering our valuable time."
"Yeah, 'cause with the Rogue and f***in' ANGEL of Time on your side, it's not like you have plenty of that to waste!" Sirion frowned at Kendall. "Haven't you figured out by now that you're only causing more trouble than it's worth?! Oh, of course not! Why would I expect any second thoughts like that from the guy who recruited the most USELESS TWERP PARADOX SPACE EVER S*** OUT just because she's waxing scarlet for him?!"
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