The Nexus

[Lab] And of course the very first things Skye looks into fixing are the fact that she's unable to blink. That one was a particularly heinous problem for her. Breathing out a deep sigh as her eyes gain lids once more, she looks to Libra, "... Well then. I'm going to go and find a mirror, and c...

Bypool Park "Good, because I..." Mary begins awkwardly. "I know you have a crush on me." She takes a deep breath, she's not done. "And I don't feel the same way. I'm sorry." [Bypool Park] Skye stops. She stops, and stares at Mary, mouth open. Part of Skye's training, f...

[Skye's Apartment] Asami grits his teeth as the battle unfolds. After a few seconds of deliberation, he points to his catapults and declares, "I have the guys who were loading these all scream and throw rocks and stuff to scare the horses. Annnd have all my archers fire at Skye's infantry.&quo...

Lab "Good luck!" Libra declares before disappearing through the door with Skye. They do in fact not arrive in whatever room the door actually was connected to. Instead they are in a cabin overlooking an ocean somewhere. Once Skye has entered the door slams shut behind her and Libra raises...

[Damundra Canyon] Once Emily's roars start fading what seems to be utter silence follows. Or perhaps that's since most people that heard it can't hear much of anything right now. If that includes poor Thariza is up to her player but there doesn't seem to be any further attacks. Yet as the dust star...

[The Arena] Asami's eyes look a bit tired as she yawns in the middle of Skye's counter, just stepping over the leg sweep. As for the staff, Skye would be hard-pressed to control it with that kind of grip. As a finishing move, Asami spins the staff around Skye's hand and interlocks it with Skye's sp...

[Hiep's Cove] Hiep returns the kiss, making it a bit longer, before huffing in an exaggerated manner. "Normally I'm the one flustering people and messing with them. But here you are, turning the tables on me." [Hiep's Cove] "Call a girl's heart beautiful and she'll be putty in your h...

[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...