The Nexus

[Hiep's Cove]

Verity leans forward, and gives Hiep a quick kiss, her extremely soft lips most likely leaving a tingling sensation on the Sidereal, "I'll hold you to that, then. You're fun to mess with, you know that?"

[Damundra Canyon] The tiny shapes dash forward. Thariza's shield seems to have been enough to discourage them as she finds only dust coming at her. But Emily isn't so lucky. Practically ignoring her sword they come for her legs. Each one of the three attempting to stab their sides with unnaturally ...

[Hiep's Cove]

That gets a sly smile out of Verity, "Oh? You promise I'm allowed to study every inch of you, hmm?"

[The Arena] Of course, Skye's gambit is limited by Asami's staff be held at arm's length away, passively blocking wide hits. The smaller surface area makes the knockback less effective, too, I think. Pressing the advantage, Asami quickly shoves Skye back with the staff, aiming to briefly daze. From...

Bypool Park "I do!" Mary quickly, desperately affirms. She doesn't want to seem reluctant. "But I have something I need to say to you and I'm worried it might hurt our friendship." The demon princess awkwardly looks away over at some ducks on the lake, not meeting Skye's eyes. B...

[Hiep's Cove] Hiep blushes, grateful that Verity probably can't see it. She's normally very difficult to fluster, yet here she is. "...thank you. I'm called hot pretty often, but rarely beautiful. And most people can't look straight into my soul. I don't really know how Exaltation works. Few p...

Lab Libra shrugs. "Uh, it's a snake isn't it? They're all... kinda the same, right?" Libra's expression suggests she already knows she's in wrong though. "Maybe I should fix that-" Then Skye starts shouting at her which makes her raise her hands in surrender. "Oh geez, rela...

[Skye's Apartment] Skye, for her part, ends up maintaining a group of cavalry that flank Mary's forces from the rear, harrying them without ever really engaging on the backline, but otherwise chooses to disengage once it's clear Mary is going after Asami. At which point she decided to hold back her...

[Bypool Park]

"That's how I've been thinking of you, certainly," Skye says, frowning, "I would hope you feel the same. Do you not?"

MARY WAS WRONG.

[Skye's Apartment]

Skye, meanwhile, constructs her army out of a balanced array of infantry, cavalry, ranged, and artillery...

... And then lays them all extremely close on the board to Mary's area. Uh oh.

[Bypool Park] Skye herself is in a cable-knit sweater and a pair of jeans, comfortable for the weather and the cold. She looks... nervous? Nervous and excited, certainly. She'd agreed to meet Mary out here fairly readily, but there's more than one way this could go. Moving towards Mary, she says, &...

Lab

This is about when Skye starts to panic.

"LIBRA!" she shrieks, reaching out to grab the 'wish granter', "I can't- my legs! And I can't close my eyes! Change me back! Change me back!"

[Hiep's Cove] Verity gently reaches out, laying her own hand over that spot as well - which no doubt means it'll be on top of Hiep's own hand, "I'm fairly familiar with materium magic, and my family specializes in it, but this is well beyond me. I really do believe this was the work of an incr...

[Skye's Apartment] "Mary is correct," Skye says with a nod, "As for how to tell what unit type they are, it's written on the top of each of the pieces." Skye is correct there, of course. The problem is that each piece's unit type is written in Old Realm, a pictographic language ...

Lab "Yes, please," Skye says, mollified by the return of her luxurious locks, which she has a hand in already, "I am not a cobra. I don't appreciate being turned into one against my will. It's even just scales on my skin! If it was more, maybe I'd understand it, but I just feel incom...

[Undertree Manor] As Skye is winding up, Lex takes another deep breath and blasts a wave of freezing vapor out of his mouth again! It isn't quite as spectacular as the first batch since he had just chugged the potion. This is just the leftovers. But it should still be enough to freeze the mummy's f...

[The Arena] "Small, huh? Ok, I'll try." Asami approaches Skye, her form loose and flexible. She purposefully gets too close so that Skye can pull off a swift thrust to Asami's chest. Of course, if this happens, Asami will attempt to parry the blow by bringing her staff, held horizontally ...

[Damundra Canyon] As they start moving forward, going especially slowly since Thariza is forced to keep up the rear, Emily will suddenly feel that her next step seems to be out right out into nothing. While her eyes tell her there's nothing but solid ground, her feet tells quite the different story...

[Hiep's Cove] "Exaltations are... unique." Hiep is still transfixed by the sight before her. "I don't really understand them myself. Not sure if anyone does anymore. But Mercury, the Maiden of Journeys, gave up a part of herself to create it. Others carried it before me and others wi...

[Lab] Skye takes very good care of her hair. She has silky black curls that hang around her head, given great attention and a thorough brushing every day as part of her morning routine. When she came to the Nexus and was introduced to hair care products and all these things claiming to improve your...

[Hiep's Cove]

Verity nods, her eyes closed with a smile on her lips, "It is. I've spent a very long time on learning how to see the structure of souls, and I've never seen anything so pure and divine. Even the one half-ascended man from my world I saw wasn't anything like this."

[The Arena] Asami gulps at Skye's suggestion, shooting a nervous smile. "I, uh, guess that works. Want me to go easy on you?" she asks, getting into position away from Skye and extending one foot forward, holding her staff mostly horizontally, a slight tilt to it. Asami clearly knows to u...

[Damundra Canyon] There are more howls, sounding like some kind of exchange. But there's nothing attacking them. Do they continue walking or do they stay put where they are? Furthermore, where is their attention aimed at? Since it feels like they're in danger here. [Damundra Canyon] Thariza turns a...

[Hiep's Cove] "I can't say I've ever heard of its being attempted, but your magic is different from anything back home." Hiep catches herself trying not to hope. Obviously it's not something anyone else can use... but any person who can remember her is a welcome gift. She reaches out to t...

[Damundra Canyon] With a frown, Emily pulls out her own weapons as well; while she's normally one to fight unarmed, whatever these are sound big . Way bigger than she's prepared to deal with with punches and grapples. The sword is curved more strongly than the sort that Ambrosia usually uses, but o...

[Hiep's Cove] "It's a memory, crystallized and saved for later, and then placed under wards to keep it stable and reinforced. Assuming I'm correct, a reminder will let me remember all the details of past interactions, so long as I actually process what's been edited. The structure of your soul...

[The Arena]

"Well, you haven't tried sparring with me, now have you?" Skye says, "I'd be up for trying my luck against an ace like yourself."

Admittedly, Skye is puffing Asami up a bit, but it's all in the name of good fun.

[The Arena]

"That's a poor position to take. There's always more to learn - if you think you've reached the limit of your current combat style, why not adopt a new one, to cover the problems of your current style?" Skye asks. It's a reasonable position; she's even done the same herself.

[The Arena] Skye will offer Asami a hand back to standing if she wants to take it, but won't be bothered if the younger girl doesn't. "I'm not sure why. I haven't precisely made a secret of the fact that I'm a warrior. A group like this is perfect for me. It's good to see you improving yoursel...

[The Arena] Skye is here as well, dressed in her ornate armored jacket. There's a teasing smile on her face as she looks at Asami, "Come now, are you really that tired? No excitement at all for combat?" She joined the Battle Club because, frankly, she just enjoys combat. At worst, it lets...