Last episode on the 'What did exactly did Cailyn miss?', we found Minnie in trouble being attacked by Julius, Julius explained himself as mickey and with some conviction through Pluto, gained our trust. Anyway, Mortimer pulled out a book and it sucked everyone up. ~Tomorrow City~ Cailyn was covered in junk, and was, confused, tired, hungry, and really cranky. Everything was slightly fuzzy on what happened, but stranger things had been happening to her on her little adventure. She had twigs stuck in her hair, dirt on her face, and her nice outfit was also stained with some kind of dirt, asphalt and grass. She looked like she had just crawled through a forest and maybe a trash can. It had taken her a while to catch up with everyone, and when she finally did, she had been transported somewhere. She was really tired of that happening, she just wanted to take a nap. She look a look at the place around her. It made her sort of sad. It was really 'dark' and she felt like it wasn't a happy kind of place. She heard someone talking who was unfamiliar to her. "Waitwaitwait, wait." She paused, running at both Stratos and Luna, putting up her hand, out of breath. "Don't go anywhere yet. I'm here. Wait for me." She huffed. "Sorry, it's been a rough day." Cailyn muttered. "Anyway, this place is seriously giving me the creeps-" Before she could finish her sentence, she screamed, seeing the giant ink monster looking thing. "I'm Cailyn, and these are...." Her voice trailed off. "Well, I'm not really sure who these guys are but I'm guessing they're not bad. Thank you for saving us from that monster." She gave him a smile. "Uh, do you mind telling us where we are? Or, rather, maybe, where those monsters are coming from? Who's 'The Blot'?"
Red looked at him questionably. "I never meant that far." She said. "I don't want any entertainment from a random bloke off the street. You have an interesting personality, and I find you charming." She explained to him. "I'd like to see you again as well, as much as I tease you, I do, actually, like you Vance." She gave him a small smile. "Sometimes fate as better plans for us." She told him. "It's fluid, you know. Maybe being a boring noble wasn't your destiny." She nudged him. "Cheer up, I'm sure it'll be alright."
Red started to laugh again. "Nothing you would mind, I'm sure." She gave him a smile. "Why, what do you want me to mean?" She flirted. "You need to let yourself go a little, Vance. Have you never had a little fun with a girl before?" She teased him, biting down on her lip. Of course, she didn't want to force Vance into anything, but she would push him to his limit. "You should try being a little more free spirited, for a change. No one is here to tell you what to do or how to act."
"If she's at the Guild Hall, she should be save shouldn't she? I'm sure she's just with some of her friends." Red shrugged. "You're new to the whole father thing, but something I've learnt as a, parental figure of sorts, is that sometimes you need to let them explore. Let them get hurt, let them do things for themselves, to figure it out you know?" She explained to him "It builds up their sense of risk you know? I'm sure that she's just fine. Plus, from all those stories, you sound like you need a little rest and recreation, as The King would say.."
Red erupted in laughter. "Ugh now I have to wash this shirt, unless I want to smell like a drunk." She continued laughing. "Wine? That's rich people drink. Luckily, Florica is as 'rich' as we can get here." She rolled her eyes. She hopped off the bed, and bent over to reach under her bed. From under it, she grabbed a bottle of wine, and two glasses. She blew them, and then used her shirt to 'clean' them. She popped open the bottle, and handed it to Vance. "Here, drink up." She poured to the maximum fill of the glass. "Now will you answer my question?" She teased.
"You look quite startled. In a way." She pulled out a flask from somewhere within her shirt. "Here. You look like you're going to faint on me. You're probably dehydrated." She handed it to him. "So, what's on your mind, Vance?" She asked him, turning herself to face him as she leaned her head near his to whisper to him. She looked actually concerned, not faking it at all. She seemed to be actually worried about him, since he didn't look very well.
♥ Username: Il Matto ♥ ♦ Real name: Amadán ♦ ♣ Appearance: What this game needs is a few thrills. ♣ ♠ Gender: Male ♠ ♥ Age: 19 ♥ ♦ Weapon Choice 1: Spear ♦ ♣ Weapon Choice 2: Knife ♣ ♠ Summon: Loki, The Norse Trickster God. ♠ ♥ Race: Valkymir ♥ ♦ Personality: Il Matto is a young man of games, tricks, and luck. He is a master of rhetoric, with an advanced vocab, and uses it to taunt others he deems less intelligent then himself. He has an air of sophistication, but at the same time is someone who's sanity is not all there, and can easily lose his cool. He likes to take risks, and usually he plays fair, but when he doesn't he knows how to be a con and a cheat. He has improvational acting skills, and is witty. ♦ ♣ Bio: Amadán is a Gambler who likes to try his luck in online games. Though he usually makes money from playing games like Poker and Black Jack online, and has a lot saved from running underground black markets within his own school, he also was interested in VRMMOS, and tried to start his own black market on other games as well. ♣ ♠ Special Skill: [LOCKED] - This cant be done just yet... ♠ ♥ Past VRMMOs: SAO, ALO ♥ ♦ Other: ♦
Beucette found 50 Jewels. Calxiyn looked around, wide eyed as she heard Balthazar. "What's happening?" "Alisa has flooded one of the hallways, everyone needs to get out of here. You have to find the way out. Don't stop for dead ends, you must run." Calxiyn felt her heart pounding, as she could hear the water fill faster and faster. "Let's go." She nodded. She ran forward with incredible might. She could feel her heart pounding wildly. She couldn't drown in here. As she ran, she found the exit. She was pulling Malkira along. "I'm afraid that you might get stuck in here if the water hits you. I don't think you can swim." Calxiyn continued. She could hear other water ways start opening, and starting to flood the maze. "Why are the other ones activating, what's going on?" "I don't know. Calxiyn, Alisa, Lucia, Beucette, Mizuki, stay calm. It's going to be fine. We're coming to meet you." Balthazar told them. He then turned to Caliborn, and made a run for it. As Calxiyn kept running, suddenly, out of the blue, she saw a door. "The exit, we found the exit! We were on the right track all along Malkira!" Calxiyn cried happily. "Open the door, quickly!" Balthazar shouted. "When we get there we'll be able to leave. Lucia, make sure you run back, you still have time, let's go." Calxiyn pointed her Keyblade at the door, and a bright light flew into the lock. There was a click. "Come on, let's go!" Calxiyn ran through. "Balthazar, Caliborn... Lucia..." She looked back. "They have to make it out okay." "Welcome then." The blonde with the longer hair gave them a smile. Rho and Aias were perfectly in sync. "We've been told that you are here with your Guild, so I have to ask, what Magic to do both use?" She said, leaning on the bar. "Aileen, you can't just ask them what magic they use." The other girl laughed. "That's intimidate details for a Wizard ain't it?" "I'm just curious. We don't see a lot of Wizards you know." She put her hands on her hips. "I guess I'll start by introducing myself though. I'm Aileen, and this is Enya." She gestured to the shorter haired girl. "I get horribly embarrassed around Shani when she is flirting like that, I figured I would save you as well." Florica started laughing. "I must tell you though, there is something else. I am seeing... well I'm not sure. In your past, do you know someone of green skin?" Florica asked Conrad. She took a piece of paper out of her belt, and started to draw what she was seeing. It was a dead ringer for the women that they had seen attack Nessa. "It's like a family, of course." She smiled at Vance. "Families fight and that's what a Guild is, isn't it?" She listened to his adventure. "A daughter?" Shani raised her eyebrows. "That's very generous of you." She continued to listen. "Banned from marrying?" She thought about this. "How interesting." She continued to ponder. "There are a lot of liars and cheats in this world, unfortunately. But there are also very honest people, you know." She then said something she thought might shock him. "Maybe it's best you didn't marry her. It wouldn't have brought you here, and maybe this place has given you some insight." She then started to laugh. "And you know, maybe it just means you're meant for someone else." She gave him a wink. "Come sit down. But not on that chair." She pointed somewhere else in the room. "You'll get your clothes dirty. Here." And then patted spot beside her.
Kageyama was kneeling when Alessia did to kick him in the chest and put her foot on him, holding him at sword point. "You can play lullaby, like you can any other flute. It plays a song of death that will kill anyone within a certain radius." Kageyama explained. "I am sorry, Alessia. I want to corporate with you." Kageyama breathed heavily. "But please get your foot off my chest you're digging into my stab wound." Cassandra looked over at Ander. "I can rest when I get back to the Guild." She told Ander, trying to comfort him. She turned to him when he mentioned it was a strange place for the Guild Masters to be. "Well, it is sort of in the middle of everything, and this beautiful hall is here. I'm not surprised they would hold it in somewhere like this.." She gestured to it, though she was also breathing heavily. She didn't tell Alessia to move her foot, since she was also pretty angry with Kageyama. Kageyama coughed when Zephyr said he was hoping he wasn't that stupid. He started to laugh. "I'd rather be at sword point." Kageyama mumbled under his breath. "Well, it's sort of like a sleep. It's a death sleep." He explained to Jack. "Have you heard the tale of the Sleeping Beauty?" Kageyama asked him. "The evil fairy casts a spell to put the Princess into a sleep of death, but the fairies of light, they reverse it to add in things like love. It's the power struggle between love and death. Erigor told us about the Guild Masters, it was his plan all along to come ambush them here. It's not like it's hidden knowledge or anything." Kageyama closed his eyes for a moment, trying to think "I knew about Ren because of Erigor, he has spies everywhere. At least he did." Kageyama continued to talk. "I knew about Sapphire Eclipse, everyone does. If you mean the dark guild, then, I just found my way there. Erigor told us everything we needed to know. Maybe he found a book or something, or just heard rumors." "Aoki, Ander, Jack. All wonderful names." One of the Guild Masters interrupted as Aoki spoke. "The flute is a demon from the book of Zeref. Erigor wanted us to use it here to cause chaos with the Legal Guilds, and to get revenge." "Thank you for remembering my injury." He muttered to Zephyr. "Lullaby's true form, in the flesh, is a horrible monster." The Guild Master explained, crossing his arms. "Its forbidden black magic, living magic. Zeref's magic." "Zeref is the most evil wizard the world has ever known. He was very powerful in his day, and he's left behind his magic to take on monstrous forms. That flute is dormant, for now." "Yes, if the flute 'wakes up', it could be dangerous. Destroying it could do that, but we would need to research it fuller." "Young man, we need to get you to a doctor." The man said to Kageyama. "Alessia, do you mind moving your foot for us, pretty please." "Ah they're reminding me of when were we young wizards." "Back in ancient times?" Kageyama started to laugh. "You know when I was younger I looked just like you Kaggy." He continued. "I'm Master Bob, if you guys didn't know." "And I'm Master Goldmine." He paused. "You know, we were trouble some kids back in the day, just like you guys." "And the council got oh so angry at us." Evanora chuckled. "Evanora you haven't aged, tee-hee." "Anyway, Kageyama." Evanora knelt down to him. "Now that you've seen what it's like to be in an actual magical guild, what do you think? It's much more fun than a dark one." Kageyama paused. "I mean, it does, but I couldn't be part of Sapphire Eclipse. I need time to, reform, or something." "I'll make sure of that." Evanora said quietly. "But when you do, you'll always have a place with us, if that's what you so choose. Or maybe you'll go on your own adventure." Kageyama nodded. "Is there anything you need to ask, anything else at all?" Kageyama asked them. "If not then, well, as the Master said I need a doctor." He coughed blood this time, and his pupils went wider. “Now there’s one more thing.” Evanora spoke, crossing her arms. “What on earth are we going to do with the flute?” She asked. “Destroying it could cause a demon, one we wouldn’t be able to control. That could put a lot of people at risk. We could send the flute to the Outlands, but if Ezekiel finds it we will be dealing with a new problem.” She walked around, putting her fingers by her temples. She then sat down, and sat back up, and walked around some more, as if she were trying to think. Master Bob spoke up. “If there’s anyone who can protect it it’s you honey.” He explained to her. “It being in the hands of the Magic Council might proof to be too much for them, and plus there’s so much dark energy there the monster might reform.” “If anything, I say you should keep an eye on it at your Guild. You’ll be able to keep it safe there, and we won’t have to worry about it falling into the wrong hands, as long as you don’t give it to Mikasa.” All the Guild Masters laughed this time, as Evanora then turned to the rest of the group. She started to speak. “It’s better to ask you all, what do you think we should do with the flute?” Evanora said. “You all found it, you know what it does, and I want to see if you can make a decision without me.” She smirked. “Of course if it does put someone in danger, I’ll have to step in, I’m just curious. You’ve come this far, but now what? What do you want next, what do you want to know? What do you want to do with the flute?”
"You're easily flustered." She snorted, taking another sip of her drink. "I still insist, maybe not for the reasons you might think, but I do." She took his hand in her own, and led him up the stairs. There were many other rooms, but most doors were shut. She lead him to a room at the end of the hallway, and opened it. It wasn't ratty, but it also wasn't spectacular. There was one mat on the floor, and one bed. There was also a fire place, and a small table. There was also a closet for there things. It was shoddy, but it was probably the best they had. "The others who work in the brothel have rooms more grand, but this is ours." She explained to him, lighting a candle to light up the dim room. She locked the door. "It's quieter in here, like I said." She looked out the window, which was right up against her bed. She knelt on her bed to look from it, and from here she could see the Guild Hall in the distance. "What's it like, being in a guild?" She asked him, curiously, and somberly. The way she was sitting highlighted her figure. As she spoke to him, she undid her hair from the bun it was in at the top, so it all fell across her shoulders and down her back. "I imagine in the Guild, you stay somewhere more spectacular then this."
"Depends on what you want." She was still staring at him intently. "My pistol isn't loaded, remember?" She started to laugh. "And if anything, that should be my excuse. You are a Wizard after all, it's dangerous for a Ordinara like me to be around Wizards, but I decided I'll take my chances." She gave him wink. "Won't you?"
She whispered to him, her voice still sultry. "Never?" She raised her eyebrow. "I'm surprised." She gave him a small smirk. "Why don't we go somewhere a little more... private?" The King of Beggars' thought about this, calling the waitress over to bring Edric some more drinks. "Oh, loads. Loads and loads of things." He gestured. "But some good company helps you forget, at least more then drinks can. Drinking can make you reckless, you know. That's why I choose, other methods."
"Well then I need another drink. Please excuse me." Florica nodded. "Conrad would you mind coming with me." She said standing up and going to get another drink. "A girl has to be ready for anything, you know." Red grinned at him flirtatiously. She took the pistol out, shot it in the air to show it wasn't loaded. She then ran the pistol down his chest temptingly. "I can see you want to, I can see it in your eyes..." She licked her lips, putting her hand on Vance's leg. "And I can feel it too." She bit her lip. The King of Beggars's looked at Edric oddly, but he started to understand. Edric was having some kind of panic attack, could that be it? The more he thought about it the more he began to realize. The drinking, how he needed to drink. He made a mental note of that. "You're shivering my friend." He said, his voice dripping with concern. "Maybe you need a little rest and recreation." He chuckled. "Not one of those women, but a woman." He told Edric, not meaning the Brothel selection.
Florica nodded. "We don't come by magic users very often. Zeph is the only exception, and The King takes very good care of her. I am a Seer, but it isn't hard for humans to tap into that kind of magic ability, so I am not very special. Lots of the people have that power." "But not I." Red interrupted. "Well, we adventure. We're pirates. Sort of like how you go on jobs for money, our job is to find it. If there was enough money for me to start a Pirate Guild, I would. But most of the money we make gets split at the end of the month between us. You know." She rested her jaw on her fist, starring at Vance seductively. "Everyone has a price." She bit her lip. Florica said nothing though she looked slightly embarrassed. "Well, I've had a long time to keep it together." The King of Beggars's gave Edric a small smile. "Thank you, Edric." He nodded "Aisha will be first to go, I just don't know where, yet. Once we're able to pay off our debt here, I know that we won't be sticking around much longer. I actually would like to buy this place. These kids need some kind of stability in there life, and it isn't bad to be here. There are rooms they can stay in, it's in town. It's a bit underground but it doesn't feel so secluded. They meet people, you know." He shrugged. "The most you can do is take care of Zeph." He told him. "Zeph is full of spirit. Troublesome, sometimes, but means well, I think." He laughed again.
Florica folded her hands gently on her lap. "You're very inquisitive." Florica gave Vance another small smile. "Le Roi de Thunes, he is the leader of the Cour des Miracles-" "Florica, are ye sure we 'hould be telling them all this." Red looked at her, not with anger, but with caution. "If they were invited here by The King himself, don't you think that they're important enough to know?" Florica said to her quietly. "We are a group of sorts, you're correct. The King of Beggars is a title that is a bit insulting, though, he doesn't seem to mind. Not everyone in the Cour des Miracles are beggars in the deceiving sense. Most people think we fake our poverty in order to get money, and others think that the Cour des Miracles is an organization that assists criminals." "Aye, but that just isn't so." Red went back to her regular pose, crossing her arms. "The King is generous, he doesn't care where you come from, he just wants to help you. This isn't an organization that is rich, like most people might think. That's why there are so many of us." "But most people that are in the Cour des Miracles, are humans, who don't possess magic ability. And then there are the Roma, or Romani." Florica paused for a moment, before turning her attention back to Vance. "Red and I, are not beggars, nor are we in poverty, but we are Roma and that's why we are here. It's a safe haven for us first, that's what it originally was. There's a tier system of sorts. First you have the King, and then us, Zeph, Red, and I, and the other members here as well. You then have people who are mentally ill, or elderly, or even deformed in such a way that society doesn't want them. Then you have people who are beggars of a sort, or sometimes in need of hiding in order to make a fresh start. Humans who cannot get jobs because they have no magic talent are here as well." She then took in a deep breath. "I hope that was the answer you are looking for." The King of Beggars's looked back at Aisha. He felt pain in his heart, he knew that it was true what Edric was saying. He didn't need Edric to tell him that, but he didn't want to believe it himself. He didn't want to admit that he knew full well that she wasn't happy, it hurt him too much. "I understand. I've tried to find her a job somewhere else, I really have, but this is all I can do for her right now. She refuses to split my share with me in order to eat, she's so stubborn." He sighed heavily, rubbing his temples, but trying not to look like he was in distress. "I have many names that I go by. I don't mind 'Your Highness'." He chuckled. "How names change over the years. I struggle to remember my real one sometimes." He continued. "Spriggan is what most people might know me as. You can't be too careful, giving out your real name. Your name holds power you know, at least, for demons. But I forget that those aren't as common these days." "Anyway, as you were saying, Edric?"
"Alisa, stay with me." Balthazar then turned to see where Lucia was. "It looks like a dead end. There are two different deadends I see (13 and 14)."
"Alisa, do you hear me?" Balthazar asked. "I hear water...." There was a hole in the wall, and once Alisa got close enough to it, water started pouring out of the hole. The corridor was starting to flood. Caliborn: Blue Dot Alisa: Purple Dot Beucette: Red Dot Mizuki: Black X Lucia: Yellow Dot Calxiyn: Pink Dot Malkira: Brown Dot
Calxiyn grinned, wondering if her words touched him, but her smile faded into a frown. "It doesn't always go your way... while that might be true, sometimes it isn't supposed to." She smiled knowingly, and looked in the dead end. "Wow, we're getting really lucky." "You have a lot of dead ends you can go to Lucia (9), (10), (11), but it seems like your way out is down and then to the left (12)." Balthazar explained. "Alisa, what do you see?" Malkira and Calxiyn found 50 Jewels Alisa found... In front of Alisa, there was what looked to be Naga. It didn't seem to notice that Alisa was there. Could she be blind? Caliborn: Blue Dot Alisa: Purple Dot Beucette: Red Dot Mizuki: Black X Lucia: Yellow Dot Calxiyn: Pink Dot Malkira: Brown Dot
"Ow!" Calxiyn rubbed her head. Calxiyn looked over at Malkira sadly. Even though he did hit her in the head, she didn't think he was bad. She took his arm in her small hands, and smiled at him. "Of course I do. And maybe I can help you." She grinned cheerfully. "Come on, don't give up hope. Darkness will always find a way into a wounded heart. You have to be strong. Strength of heart will carry you through the hardest of trials.." She poked Malkira on the left side of his 'chest'. "In a world full of magic, it's powerful just to believe. No matter how impossible things seem, a powerful enough dream will always be enough to light the darkness." Calxiyn's blue eyes shone, her voice still speaking sweetly.
"I don't want to look at the deadends by myself. I'll come with you Malkira." Malkira took the Orange Route. Lucia went down the Green Route Alisa went down the Blue Route. "We can either go check out the deadend (5) or the path onward (6)." Calxiyn told him. "Alisa, there is a dead end (3) and something that looks to be another dead end (4)." Balthazar took in the breath. They were running out of time. "Lucia, you can go upwards (7), but that looks to be a deadend, though it might connected with the other side of the Maze that we haven't gotten to yet. There's also to your side (8)." Caliborn: Blue Dot Alisa: Purple Dot Beucette: Red Dot Mizuki: Black X Lucia: Yellow Dot Calxiyn: Pink Dot Malkira: Brown Dot
