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Post by Vapovile on Nov 1, 2020 20:21:50 GMT
“Ok, everyone prepared?!” Elyssa asked, standing in the middle of a large room with light wood wall paneling, and several maps placed along the sides. Several pictures of the team also hung on the walls, depicting Elyssa and a few others in daring poses in various locations. In the middle was a long rectangle table with several pieces of paper strewn about. Elyssa stood at the front of the room, a long telescoping rod in her hands pointing at a projection screen that held a map on front.
“Always!” Ariana cheered. She had grown again since her last adventure, taller than the older girls in the room even in her base form. She made Kasumi feel overdressed, clad as she was in a simple striped t-shirt and cargo shorts. Her own outfit was carefully picked out for adventure, with the toughest jeans she had guarding her legs from thorns and a camo shirt. Her usual sword was joined by a heavy knife at her hip, something she had picked up on a whim at a hunting goods store. “Is… is this what I need?” She showed off the various gear she had picked up, flashlight, first aid kid, extraneous things she thought would be useful for adventure. There was even a compass, and she wasn’t sure compasses even functioned within ruins.
Elyssa pointed the telescoping rod at Kasumi, looking on with confidence. “You came prepared! I keep similar stuff in my bag here…” Elyssa pulled a large black bag off her shoulder and opened it up, showing the items inside. “But that can also be useful! Though maybe not the compass, since these are pocket dimensions. If we ever go camping or something, I’m sure we’d need it!” Pointing the rod at Ariana next, Elyssa looked at her with a smirk. “So have you briefed Kasumi on what we can expect here yet?” She asked, having already interviewed Kasumi about this position, but tasked Ariana with giving roughly what to expect in these.
“Yep! Told her about giant spiders, and REALLY giant spiders, and sea serpents, and doom divers, and wormhole warriors, and-” “I think she meant the things that are probably going to be in this ruin in particular. Yes, she told me. I’m a good swimmer, don’t worry.” Kasumi interrupted before Ariana hammered her with all of the many absurd breeds of monster and trap she had encountered. Again.
“Perfect!” Elyssa proclaimed, retracting the rod into itself and shoving it into her shorts pocket. “Rachel, you got the preliminary scans?” She asked, turning to a purple-haired girl who was sitting a little further away from the group with a large white laptop in front of her, several stickers along the outside. “I scanned the area, and it seems like most of the actual Ruin is out in the ocean. So your first objective is to get some method of getting across water.” She stated, adjusting her glasses.
“We get to make a boat!? Awesome!” Ariana cheered.
“An ocean again? Well I can help with that.” Kasumi winked. They were still more experienced than her, so she felt she had something to prove, but she could do it!
Elyssa smiled and placed her hands on her hips. “It sounds like we have a plan! Move out!” Kicking off the carpet, Elyssa did a front flip over both Ariana and an empty seat, holding out her hand for Ariana to slap. Ariana met the hand with thunderous force, cheering as she did so. The ruin team was the best.
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Miami, Florida
The summer sun beat down upon the city below, with many people lined up along the beach enjoying themselves on the sand and water. Elyssa and company walked through the beach, the leader wearing a pair of large brown sunglasses that masked her eyes. “Just a little more…” Elyssa looked at a small round device in her hand that was glowing light green. When they got to the shoreline a ways away from the general public, she stood with confidence.
“This is it! Remember, nobody outside the Hidden World can see there, so I wouldn’t worry too much about this.” Elyssa explained. Holding up the stone, a large grey door began to appear out of the sand, made out of wood that was clearly ancient and worn by water damage. Elyssa grinned and grabbed the leather handle to the door. “Let's go!” She whispered to the group, beginning to open it.
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Post by TimePuppy on Nov 1, 2020 20:46:35 GMT
"Heeey, you weren't going to wait for me?!" Loveline showed up on the beach in the nick of time. Elyssa's call was really last minute, she barely had time to grab a few essentials and pick out a stylish yet adventurous outfit before she had to get to a teleporter, but Elyssa was already going inside! She lifted up her sunglasses with a pout. "Rude!" She looked at the party that Elyssa gathered up this time. The first teammate, besides of course Elyssa and Love themselves, was Ariana. She should've seen that coming, of course. Maybe she had, subconsciously at least. They were on a break and Love was already starting to feel bad about it. But she couldn't just stay there in silence for long. "Hey, Riri." She smiled awkwardly.
The next girl wasn't someone Love recognized. She would know. She recognizes everyone. "I don't think we've met before," she said, extending her hand to Kasumi. "Loveline. Cromwell."
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Post by othus on Nov 1, 2020 20:47:59 GMT
After hours of discussion, Yui was dragged to the family Vacation, she had no time for that! Between school and her job at Kodokan, there was hardly any time to be fooling around overseas! And it's not like this was supposed to be precious family time, Yui knew her parents were here for business. She and her family rented two rooms at an extravagant hotel, as soon as 6am hit on the clock, Yui got on her fighting attire and went for a morning run at the beach. If she couldnt stay back in Okinawa, they at least wouldnt ruin her training.
"20 mile run, then i'll hit the gym"
She kept repeating herself as she began to dash on the beach. Before she realized, there was nobody on sight, the hotel was Lost in the distance, and there was not a soul around...or so she thought.
Looking from a distance, there was a group of girls around her age, that was weird, what were they doing all the way here?
"Hi!"-She couldnt speak much English but she was able to form small sentences with proper pronunciation
"What are you doing..."-Yui stopped once she saw Kasumi, maybe she could understand her better
"You are Japanese, right? What are You all doing here so far from everything?"-She told her in Japanese. she had her guard down, despite the obvious HW stuff going on.
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 1, 2020 22:09:18 GMT
“Yeah, running on sand is good for working out your legs and your balance! Dan really recommended it, so I do it whenever I can!” Ariana was running serpentine on the beach simply for fun, keeping just clear of Kasumi running after. “Come on, pick it up!” She taunted.
“I’m saving my mana!” Kasumi gasped. It didn’t help that she had never run on the beach before. She had barely even been on the beach, even in Japan. Her father preferred the mountains. They both skidded to a stop where Elyssa indicated, waiting for her to open the way. The ground shook, and both a door and a buried girl.
"Oh hell." Ariana blushed. "Uh, hi Love." She shuffled awkwardly, looking anywhere but Love to find something else. "Oh hey, somebody we don't know saw!"
"Pleased to meet you. Akiyama Kasumi, call me Kasumi. You're her ex, right?" Kasumi said and offered her hand, ignoring Ariana's yelling until Yui walked right up to her. “Huh? Yeah, I’m Japanese. We don’t know her, we’re just… well I guess if you’re not freaking out, you’re Hidden World? We’re with the HWIC, Ruin Explorer team.” She explained, still a little confused. "Kasumiiiiiii!" Ariana pulled her back, a form of horror in her eyes. "Don't just call her my ex! She's... it's complicated, but nobody wants to be called the ex! Especially not Love!"
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Post by Vapovile on Nov 6, 2020 6:38:20 GMT
"Is that so?" -Yui raised a brow when she heard the full name "What's a member of that thug family doing with the HWIC?"-She flat out said, not inspecting her particularly. She knew she was being rude, that was exactly the idea.
“Piss off, I’ve got nothing to do with them anymore!” Kasumi’s fists immediately clenched before she took a deep breath. “I’m emancipated. Totally cut them out. Got the scars to prove it too.” Kasumi pulled off one of the combat gloves she had grabbed from a thrift store, revealing that her pinky was silvery, chrome even. She waved it for display before pulling her glove back on.
Yui got slightly red when Kasumi showed the hand, her being hard headed was always her Demise. She did a straight bow as she apologized.
"I'm deeply sorry! I was too quick to Judge!"-She said still looking at the ground waiting for Kasumi to Say anything.
Kasumi pouted for another second before extending her hand. “Ah, I don’t care about something like that! Fuck them anyways, eh?”
"Osu!" -Yui energetically replied as she took her hand.
"I'm Shimatsu Yui, pleased to meet you!" Yui looked around at the rest of the girls, she lightly tapped Kasumi's arm, signaling she would introduce herself to the rest.
After looking at the group, her attention was caught by the larger girl of the bunch. She seemed uncomfortable for some reason, but that wouldn't stop her at all from making an introduction
"Hello! Pleasure to meet you!" -She told Ariana in a rather informal tone.
"And You as well!"- She told Love, who was just as uncomfortable.
Sliding up to the two, Elyssa turned to Yui and placed her hand on the warrior’s shoulder. “Sooooo...Yui, was it? You can see this door, so you’re obviously Hidden World. What’s your deal?” Elyssa asked, mouth turning into a grin and pointing a thumb toward her own face. “Elyssa Miyata, by the way. Head of the HWIC Ruin division and an all around amazing person. No need to hold your applause.” She said jokingly.
Yui clapped confused "My deal?"- she tilted her head for a moment "Oh right! I was just jogging here! What's the door for?"-she replied puzzled by the situation. She really didn't travel much, so everything Elyssa said barely Made sense to her.
The clapping made Elyssa beam slightly, not expecting for Yui to actually clap but appreciating the praise regardless. “Your deal as in what makes you special! You shoot fireballs out of your hands? Turn into a dragon? Are you actually an oni with a special charm that makes you look human?” Elyssa asked jokingly once more.
Yui stood completely frozen for a second, looking around. They could do that?! "Ehhh I do Martial arts! I'm a sensei at Kodokan!" She then moved closer to her in order to whisper to her "So um, who's the oni?"- She replied fully seriously.
Elyssa stared for a few seconds, looking at where Yui was referring to and letting out a chuckle. “Oni? I mean, she might be as strong as one, but she’s just a human. That’s Ariana Harper, our group’s muscle.” She backed up and extended her hands out, like she was presenting Ariana as a car salesman would a new car. Ariana proudly raised her chin and flexed, showing off her biceps.
Yui's eyes widened in surprise
"Oohhh, that's not half bad!- she said as she quickly moved to feel her arms.
"Have you considered doing martial arts?! You have plenty of muscle!"- she told Ariana as she moved to feeling her legs.
“Wo-woah! Permission first!” The red already tinting Ariana’s cheeks blushed to a full sunset bloom.
Sliding up once more, Elyssa snapped to get Yui’s attention once more. “Hey uh, mind not touching my employee there? Anyway, if you’d like to come with us, you can. This door leads to a pocket dimension we call a Ruin, where there is a tiny world that hides treasures within. We take those back to the HWIC to get studied, and have fun in the adventure along the way! So, you in?” Elyssa cocked her head, folding her arms across her chest as she awaited a response.
"Ah My Bad! I'm used to touching students to see their muscle development"- she said as she immediately let go of Ariana, the idea of going to a ruin wasn't so bad, it would sure help with training more than a regular morning jog.
"Sure! Count me in. So, do we go now?!" Yui exclaimed. Elyssa took her hat off her head and twirled it on the tip of her finger. “As a matter of fact, yes. Right this way, ladies!” And with that, Elyssa placed her hat back on her head and flung open the doors.
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The group were immediately met with a ray of sunshine, but not the one to their backs coming from the real world. It was blinding now, bouncing off of pure white sands. As they blinked, the world came into view. They were on an island, surrounded by a patchwork of other islands dotting a painfully blue sea. Theirs was one of the few blank patches of sand, the world around them built over nearly entirely. Jungle and ramshackle wooden buildings rose all around them, some of them towering nightmares that swayed alarmingly in the breeze. Rope scaffolding connected buildings, levels, and even islands, and across them ran rats. Human-sized or nearly so, they ran on four legs but stood on two when they rested. Their clothes were as ragged and patchwork as the buildings for the most part, but the ships lining the leaky docks were utterly exquisite. Some were massive, big as buildings, coated with azure enamel. Others were small but still beautiful, fleets of little boats with sails in every color.
Looking around the area, Elyssa stepped forward confidently, craning her head back at the team. “Any of you know how to sail a ship, by chance?” She asked, grin spreading across her face.
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Post by othus on Nov 8, 2020 1:21:11 GMT
"Ohh! what the hell!"- Yui's eyes widened as she looked around, what kind of world was this?!
Elyssa's question made her scratch her back
"I've been on boats plenty of times, but no, I know nothing about that really! are we gonna be riding one of those?"- She said as she pointed at one of the ships in the distance, Yui began to stretch a little and took a deep breath.
"Alright, I think I have warmed up enough, let's do this!"- She said as she took off her vest, leaving her only with a sports bra. As Yui dropped the vest, it immediately sunk into the sand, just like dropping a weight on the floor, she walked around and stretched for a bit more before moving back with the group
"Sorry, I didn't fully catch your name, I'm Yui, but you already know that, what's your name?!"- Yui asked Love with a big smile as she stretched her hand.
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Post by TimePuppy on Nov 8, 2020 16:29:42 GMT
Ouch! This new girl was way too blunt! Ariana went to correct her right away, though her statement might have been even worse. "H-hey, you're making me sound like a crazy girlfriend! I just think it's very rude to say that, especially to someone you just met..." Oh man, she hoped she wasn't going to regret showing up for this.
At least the other girl seemed fine. Yui introduced herself like a normal person so Love could do so as well. "Hi. Loveline Cromwell. Welcome to Elyssa's merry band of ruin explorers!" Well, maybe Yui's introduction wasn't quite normal... Who goes touching people's bare legs without asking first!? Love was sure of one thing now. This group was a lot more colorful than the last one! As to whether that's a good thing... The jury is still out.
The inside of the ruin was also very different from back then, even though this one also had a lot to do with water. Love was glad she had her sunglasses on, because the sun was really bright on the beautiful beach stretching before them. She looked at the ruined building inside the ruin. "Heh, ruinception." She commented to herself. In contrast, the ships were in tip top shape. Or at least they seemed to be from the outside.
"Uh, boating never grabbed my attention, no. I'm surprised you don't know how to though, with your swashbuckling attitude. Oh! Ariana might know something, she spent a lot of time with actual pirates."
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 9, 2020 2:38:57 GMT
Ariana was still a little blushy as she stepped through the Ruin’s door. Yui had really felt her up there! Kasumi was also really physical, but even she didn’t do that! She was even more stunned when Yui took her shirt off. She was ripped! Ripped and hot! Ariana only gawked a moment before the promise of adventure drew her eyes away. “Woah! Coooool!” She stood on her tiptoes to peer at everything around her. She wanted to climb on the ropes, but also swim, but mostly she wanted to go boating. “I never got to ride a pirate ship! Warden, uh, he never let me. Eve didn’t either, she hates boats.” She shrugged at Love and hopped towards the boats. “Ah well, learn on the job, that’s the way we do it!”
Kasumi took another moment to admire Yui’s body. “Damn, what’s your routine? I can never put on bulk.” She asked, throwing an arm over Yui’s shoulders. “I mean, I don’t necessarily want to be shredded, but if I’m not getting curves I’ve gotta become big some other way!”
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Post by Vapovile on Nov 17, 2020 14:26:36 GMT
Strolling along the sandy bank that gave way to the wooden docks, Elyssa shrugged her shoulders when it seemed like nobody had experience with ships. "Me? Swashbuckling? I merely go where the adventure calls my name! But lucky for you all, I did study up on this a little." Elyssa replied to Loveline. Elyssa whistled when she saw how ripped Yui was, but decided to let Kasumi handle that conversation.
Elyssa casually sized up the array of wooden ships on display. Sizes ranged from small dingy boats, to massive ones that towered over the shacks and precarious buildings on shore. "Rats, huh...? Fitting." Elyssa remarked, chuckling to herself.
The adventurer immediately noticed how the eyes slowly began to turn to them. Suspicious stares watched the group, the area getting noticably quieter than it had been. Suddenly a large rat person stepped out in front of them, a large scar clearly visible through his open brown shirt.
"Hold it, lassie. What's a buch'a kids like ya doin' in a town like'ere?" He asked, looking down at the adventurer. She could smell the alcohol, salt and general BO coming from his body, but pushed through. "Us? We're just looking around. Is there a problem?" She asked.
"Jus look'in? Right..." His eyes narrowed. "Never seen 'our type 'ere. Clearly not a Nezu like us, less ya fall into a vat of hair removal..." He looked at Yui briefly. "Let's just say we come from a far off land, alright?" Elyssa stated, walking to the side in order to get around the rat, but he steps in her way again.
"Now now, I din't say we was done, aye? Didn'st you know there be a tax for your kind? Le's see what's in those packs, or..." Suddenly, several nearby Nezu stepped toward the group, hands at their sides that held sheathes and gun holsters. "...we might 'ave ta send youse back out ta sea, aye mate?" He said, flashing his own sword from its sheathe.
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Post by othus on Nov 17, 2020 15:52:35 GMT
Yui smiled at Love, they all seemed to get along just fine, given the way they joked around.
"Well, I hope we can get along!"- She told her while holding her hands, it wasn't long before Kasumi reached for her, Yui grinned and whispered at her
"Ohh? wanna know?! I can definitely show you, why don't you come visit me at Okinawa one of these days, I'm sure you'll like it!"-She said lying, training was hell.
Their small chitchat was interrupted by what were essentially giant rats, Yui was clearly not paying attention, this seemed to be their home! she immediately went pale at the sight of them, up close they were a lot bigger than expected! why were they so gross and so many?! She immediately retreated behind Love the moment the rat leader began eyeing at her.
"So um, I know this is a bit embarrassing but, can you not let them get close to me?"-She said as she set her hands on Love's shoulders, peeking at the creatures from a safe distance.
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 17, 2020 21:27:29 GMT
“Oh, Okinawa! I never got to go there! Bet I’d get a sweet tan!” Kasumi smiled. She hopped easily back and forth between Japanese and English. Despite being her second language, she had become more comfortable with English over time. It was what she spoke with friends, as opposed to Japanese, which she spoke with her family. She was back to English when the rat man approached. “Looks like trouble.” She glanced at Ariana and saw the grin on her face, a good sign. “We playing this diplomatically, or…?” She left the sentence hanging and looked to Elyssa. Her hand twitched near the hilt of her sword, ready to slash on Elyssa’s word.
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Post by TimePuppy on Nov 17, 2020 23:03:45 GMT
The ruin really wasn't much of a ruin. The ships weren't just magical remnants of a long lost civilization. This place was actually populated by rat people! Yui, despite her hot chiseled body, didn't seem up for a fight.
"Are you afraid of rats?" Love asked. "If it helps, I can make them look like something else. Oh! That gives me an idea."
She looked at the leader. "I have a different idea! You let us through and I won't transform you into our kind." She pointed at a rat next to him and used her illusions to make him look like an ugly, scrawny man. "Or we can just fight if you want. I promise you it won't go well for you though." She raised one arm and transformed her fingers into sharp claws to emphasize the point.
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Post by Vapovile on Nov 18, 2020 9:07:54 GMT
The rat leader looked at Loveline with a sidelong glance, then at the pirate she ‘turned into a human’. His eyes widened. “Oi, what’s goin’ on there?” He drew his cutlass and pointed it at the pirate, who felt his body with his hands. “I ‘unno, I feel fine…” He stated, gripping some fur and trying to show the others, but the illusion was still up. The leader turned back to Elyssa.
“So you’se got some magic tricks, aye? Let me tell ya, I’av seen the pits of Hell in those waters. You think I’m scared?” He asked, looking Elyssa directly in the eyes. The adventurer shrugged her shoulders and stepped forward. “How about we make a deal? We need to get out there, and if you haven’t noticed…” The adventurer pulled out her pockets, revealing they were empty. “We don’t have many valuables. So if you have some competition you want us to take a boat from…” Elyssa twirled her hat on her pointer finger, looking the leader in the eyes.
The rat burst out laughing, followed by the rats surrounding the team. “You’se want to steal a pirate boat?! Oh well, how’s we show ‘em the finest ship in the land?!” His command rang out, the rats closing in and grabbing the team by the shoulders and forcing them to the docks. They were then tossed into a tiny, rocket wooden boat one-by-one, with one rat climbing down the dock and forcing the boat out to sea with the strength of his legs. “If you lot return, we’ll ‘ave the entire town ready for ya! Ahahahaha!” Hearty laughs rang out as the team drifted further out to sea. Elyssa stirred, getting herself up from under the pile of her teammates and getting a sense for the boat they had been tossed into.
The boat was little more than an old dinghy, with the wooden planks having grown dark with exposure to the sea water and rain. One paddle lay along the right side, which Elyssa decided not to pick up for now. “Well that could have gone better…” She muttered to herself. Her thoughts were soon interrupted when water touched the bottom of her shoes.
“Oh no, of course this boat has holes in it. Ariana, mind freezing those up?” Elyssa turned her attention to the sea. There appeared to be 2 nearby islands, each different distances away.
The closest island was crescent shaped, with a large cove facing the team. Several ships were docked at its shores, but the buildings seemed to be made out of stone, rather than the wooden ones of the town they had been kicked off of. The island further away seemed less accessible, with tall cliffs looming toward the team. Up top sat a large complex of wooden buildings with iron reinforcements. A menacing aura seemed to radiate from it.
“We’re getting nowhere fast with this oar, sooo...could you gem girls pull us toward one of there islands? What seems more fun to visit?” Elyssa asked excitedly, taking a glance at the fortress on the cliff.
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Post by othus on Nov 20, 2020 3:53:30 GMT
"Don't ask in front of them"-Yui whispered to Love, her body still stiff as a board.
Yui kept a poker face right until they were on the boat. why were they grabbing her?! she wanted to kick them away so bad, but then her feet would have touched them too!
"Ughh I hate rats so much!"- She said as she hugged her body tightly. hopefully that would be the last of them. Yui scratched her head when Elyssa mentioned gem girls, but didn't pay much mind to it.
"So um, why don't we go to the one closest to us? we can probably borrow something better than this" -She said as she felt her feet underwater.
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 20, 2020 5:41:16 GMT
Ariana shuddered at the rat’s manhandling. They were a lot less clean than the cute pet rats she had admired in pet stores. She ran her hands over her body when she was released, rubbing away what grime she could. “On it!” Ariana pulled a sparkling blue gemstone from her pocket and the water around their raft rippled in response. In a flash, she turned to ice, a sculpture that reshaped itself, growing a foot in height so that it towered in height, arms broadening, body maturing, until the ice shattered and a huge girl in a sailor’s uniform stood amidst them.
“Sapphire Sea, at your service!” Ariana posed for Yui’s benefit, pointing her thumb at her chin. “Now just let me plug up-” She glanced down, only to find the hole in the raft already filled up with ice. “You took too long.” Kasumi shrugged. “Heh. Fair enough. Let’s go to the cool island!” Ariana pointed at the imposing cliffs. “Nah, let’s get ourselves a better boat first!” Kasumi pointed at the more accessible island. “Alright, two for boring boat island. Love?” Ariana winked, then blushed and looked out to sea. “You can choose whichever you want, don’t need to impress me…”
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Post by TimePuppy on Nov 20, 2020 21:06:48 GMT
Ugh, the rats stunk! And now they were putting their filthy hands all over them! She forcefully suppressed a shudder and focused on think of a way to spite them. Unfortunately, nothing came to mind by the time they were thrown into a boat and sent afloat. Love looked back with a scowl. "When they said the rest of the town, do you think they meant to fight us? Not that I don't think we could take them, but if Shimatsu-san is so scared of them, we'd be a woman down."
Not that their current situation was particularly enviable. They were given a ratty boat and pushed out to sea before they could protest and they even had a hole in the boat already. Ariana transformed to patch it up, but the new girl already fixed it. Love chuckled at their little comedic sketch. Kasumi had solid logic there! But now they had the big question ahead of them. Which island to sail toward. Yui and Kasumi preferred the town while Ariana, and Elyssa though Love only gleaned her thoughts from the way she looked at the cliff, preferred the more difficult island. The tie breaker was down to Love! Though Ariana had to go and ruin it all by saying Love didn't need to impress her!
"Hey, I don't do everything just to impress you!" Love turned her head and curled her hair. "That said, we don't know the other town will be more welcoming or that they'll lend us a ship. And since already patched this one up... Mostly..." She cupped her hands and tossed some water out. "I think the cliff is the safer bet. Let's just get rid of this water first."
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Post by Vapovile on Nov 26, 2020 6:21:49 GMT
Elyssa listened to the group respond one by one, making a note of everyone’s choices. “I think they’ll be expecting us, Love. Lots and lots of guns I’d imagine.” Elyssa noted, looking toward the cliffs. “But with your vote, looks like we’re headed up there! Either of you gem girls want to give us a little boost with your ice?” Elyssa asked, continuing to row with the one oar they had, alternating between left and right side.
“Ice? That’s no way to really get going.” Ariana closed her eyes and the boat began to pick up speed. “And there we go. I’ve just got the water doing the work for us.”
Yui adjusted her stance as soon as the boat began moving faster “Hey that’s not half bad! Is there something you can’t do?!”- She said as she looked at the water.
“Use some people’s shampoo, apparently.” Ariana rolled her eyes, giving Love a pointed look.
"It was a limited edition Casey Williams Bubblegum Drop! It was a collector item!" Love defended herself from the sudden scandalous accusation!
“I didn’t use all of it! And what’s the point of having something and not using it? You said I smelled nice so it did what it was supposed to!” Ariana pointed.
“Now, now, let’s not get carried away...we are all friends here, right?!”-Yui said as she nervously laughed, looking at Elyssa as if telling her to do something about it.
Love ignored the interruption, "You always smell nice! You could've used one of the opened bottles!"
“There were so many, I didn’t know which to use! I panicked!” Ariana was interrupted by someone else.
“Wait, you were in her shower?” Kasumi asked.
“Th-that isn’t important here!” Ariana blushed. “I was just over and I, you know, it’s not unusual, shut up!”
Suddenly, both Ariana and Loveline would feel the back of their necks grabbed by Elyssa, slinging her arms behind their necks. “Now now you two, don’t make me regret inviting Love to this!” Elyssa commented, turning to Yui.
“Sorry about this, they have some history. I don’t know if we did proper introductions, so let’s start!” Elyssa took her arms off the two and held out her right hand for Yui to shake. “Elyssa Miyata, group leader and expert Ruin explorer! Nice to meet ya!” She stated confidently, grinning. *History?* she thought to herself not quite sure what that meant. Yui smiled and stretched Elyssa’s hand, she held a crushing grip but was too happy to notice.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you...Again!”- She said as she scratched her head. Elyssa met the hand crushing with her own strength, but she knew it didn’t match up. But Elyssa bore the pain until the two separated.
“Strong handshake, I like it! So, while we have a minute, how about you tell us about yourself? You said something about martial arts, right? And apparently a fear of rats.” Elyssa jokingly ran her two fingers across her arm, mimicking a rat scurrying along.
“Oh wow, that’s...embarrassing. Y-yeah, I’m an instructor at Kodokan, we train all kinds of people, a girl from the Musashi joined not so long ago, apparently she wants to enter the HWBC or something like that. It's a pretty cool job! I think...”
"You think? Sounds pretty cool to me!" Love said.
“Wait, the Musashi? They go to you for training? Damn!” Kasumi yelled. “Uh, if you didn’t know, they’re a big deal in Japan. Fought my family a few times.”
“Well, I haven't had any other job, so I have no point of comparison”-Yui replied to Love, she heard about the Musashi a couple times, but didn’t have a full notion of them
“All I know is they have money, and have been wanting to buy the dojo. Can you believe them? Money isn’t everything you know?”-She said as she crossed her arms. After getting some air, she spoke
“My job is slinging ice cream. Not quite as cool.” Kasumi shrugged.
“Well nevermind them, what about you two? You seem to get along quite well”-She told Ariana and Love.
“We don’t.” Ariana said. “I don’t know what I keep seeing in her!”
"A nice body and a charming personality," Love retorted smugly.
Elyssa let out a hearty laugh. “Don’t worry about them Yui, they get along more often than not. But yes, these are all the regulars in my Ruin team, besides Love anyway. We work for the HWIC and bring relics back for them to study. Sooooooo...sorry, we can’t let you take anything home when we get out.” She said, shaking her head.
“I...really wouldn’t know what to do with those, I’m not the brightest I’ve been told”-She said as she shrugged. Weird objects were not among her list of interests for sure.
Elyssa shrugged her shoulders. “You seem pretty smart to me, especially if you teach cool clan leaders how to fight! I couldn’t do that!” Elyssa shadowboxed a few times, looking back and seeing the cliffside approaching. “Well would you look at that! We’re here!”
The cliff was flanked by large jagged rocks along the coast, waves crashing against them violently. The boat slowed down as they approached, Elyssa jumped off onto a nearby rock. “Hey, can one of you freeze this boat in place? We don’t exactly have a rope to tie it down with.” Elyssa asked Ariana and Kasumi.
“My powers are made for this!” Ariana summoned up an anchor and pinned one end to the boat with ice before tossing the other into the water. “There! That’ll stick around as long as I’ve got this form going.”
“Nice work, Ariana!” Elyssa called out, giving Ariana a thumbs up and smirk. Looking up at the cliff before them, Elyssa motioned to the others.
“It would take ages to climb this, soooooo…” Flicking her hand down, a small ball of light appeared and morphed into a small gun-looking object with a triple hook at the end. “I have a grappling hook! Since we have two people that can fly, I could bring someone up with me and Ariana can the other. Any takers?” Elyssa asked, looking at Kasumi and Yui.
“Well I can fly, just not for long. I think I’ll take your girl over here for the flight”-Yui said as she pointed at Ariana while moving next to her.
“Looks like I’ll be in your care, just don’t drop me, okay?”-She told her with a grin as she jumped on her.
“Wha- oh, okay!” Ariana mumbled. “Don’t wiggle!” She stooped, scooping Yui into her arms. Oh she felt so fit! Well she’d make the best of it. She stuck her tongue out at Loveline before rising, receiving a grumpy stare back.
“Well it looks like I’m going with you! Unless…” She leaned towards Love. “Wanna make her jelly back? She loves my abs.” She whispered.
"Gladly!" Love said, transforming into Rainbow Garnet and putting an arm around Kasumi. "Let's beat them to the top even!" She blasted off as fast as she could.
“Wheeee!” Kasumi yelled, actual desire, to get a ride from a flier, fulfilled.
Seeing everyone else fly up, Elyssa puffed out her cheek slightly in annoyance. They all ditched her! Shrugging, she fired her grappling hook high up on the cliff, hooked it on a tree branch, and began to retract it quickly to send Elyssa barreling upward.
Once everyone had gotten to the top of the cliff, they would see an old stone building looming over them. Three stories tall and shaped like a giant plus sign, with a center point that all the buildings met at. Moss grew between the cracks in the stone, looking slick to climb onto. Elyssa saw the iron bars on the windows and immediately knew what was going on.
“Ooooo...I think this is a prison. I think we should scout this out; Ariana and Yui, you go to the left building and see if you can spot anything inside. Love and Kasumi, you go right and do the same. Be as stealthy as you can, and listen to the guards if you can. Maybe one of these guys can help us out if we can get them out. I’ll take this front building, and we all meet at the back one. Everyone clear?” She asked, grinning as she readied herself for the operation.
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Post by othus on Nov 27, 2020 8:00:04 GMT
"Hey they are getting away! go go go!"-Yui told Ariana while holding her even more tightly the moment she saw Love and Kas speed up.
Up close the place looked even worse than from a distance, odd building, to say the least. The plan was simple enough, just have a look around without being found out.
"I think we'll do just fine, now let's go get lost!"-Yui told Ariana as she set her hand on her shoulder.
Having split from the team, Yui looked at the bars inside the building, then back at Ariana
"You know, bringing someone all the way here seems like a pain, It definitely has to be full of dangerous people! let's take a look"
Yui moved closer, attempting to peek through to see what was inside.
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 28, 2020 4:56:54 GMT
“Ohhhh, jailbreak! Breaking into jail though!” Ariana called out, standing on her tiptoes to examine the building. She approached with Yui, making no attempt to sneak towards the building, just walking right up to it. “You see a way in? I probably shouldn’t punch a hole in the wall.” Ariana flew to peer into the windows of multiple floors, considering ripping off the bars if she didn’t see anybody.
Kasumi took a different tact. She led Love through the shrubs and rocks, keeping them out of sight most of the way. She also had a plan to get in without noise. As soon as she was close enough, she checked out the windows low enough to crawl into. Skinny as she was, could she fit through the bars? Love could probably shrink down a little with her powers, so she wasn’t worried about bringing her along. "Hey, can you shrink people? Like, just a little, not mouse sized, that would freak me out." She asked Love.
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 1, 2020 14:48:23 GMT
Followed behind Kasumi, using her illusions to make up for the difference in their stealthiness. They eventually stopped in front of some windows closer to the ground. Luckily it didn't seem to have glass, but the bars were still a deterrent for escape and for sneaking in. Though not for this team.
"I can't add or remove a lot of mass, but I can squish us a bit, make us more tightly packed. And I can give us lankier shapes so we can fit through, but if I do that we should make sure there's nobody on the other side first. It would make it harder to fight."
She created an eye on one of her fingers and stuck it through the bars first to make sure the coast was clear before the now misshapen girls crawled in.
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