The Nexus

Raiders of the Lost Fox
"That'd be perfect," Jade replies, pushing the makeshift rollers out of the way. A cart would be much better than trying to roll a large block across the rollers and into the wedge.
She just needs to find some rope in this pile of junk...

Raiders of the Lost Fox
The wedge and the boulder do not budge.
"It's too heavy. We need more force " Jade grabs a handful of wooden poles off a stack nearby. "Let's line these up as rollers and then put one of the big blocks on them," she suggests.

Shapeshifter Club There are a few things happening as Asami looks around. A group of students are playing hide and seek, but instead of just hiding normally, they're transforming into objects (in various ways) and scattering around the room. Mary is talking to a black cat with a white spot on its c...

"Yeah, dragon princess," Mary confirms. She's using a judicious amount of succubus magic to keep the dress the right shape for her dragon form. Finding clothes in this size would be a nightmare. "I knew you were doing a dragon thing but I couldn't just be a dragon, shapeshifting does...

"I'm fine, I'm being careful!" Mary protests... "Oops!" her unconscious tail lashing just knocked a few branches off one of the trees. "Okay, I'll get smaller..." Her bulk rapidly reduces until she's about the size of a horse. "Better?"

Raiders of the Lost Fox "All right. Then help me move this wedge," Jade gestures to a large stone triangle about three feet long, one high, and two wide. Once it's muscled into place next to the stone sphere, she dusts her hands off and looks at the other objects. "Now we need to ste...

The Stealth Section
"We had a run-in with a... Thing," Vinny explains, vaguely. "Do we just... Step through?" She questions. She's not sure how traveling by locker works.

A shadow passes over the grove. It's indistinct due to the fog, but then it passes over again and descends. It still can't be clearly seen, but it can be heard and felt, a rush of wind that sends the fog swirling. Then huge talons pierce the fog, followed by the folds of the biggest pink dress anyon...

Raiders of the Lost Fox "All we need to do is get the door open," Jade points out, "The big rock is probably the best way to do it, but I don't think the mystery fox would hold it against us if we created an alternative." . She gives the boulder an experimental shove. "That...

The Stealth Section Vinny doesn't really care what Khannie thinks Yog-Sothoth looks like. She can't explain it anyway, the only way for Khannie to learn that would be to see him for herself and that isn't especially pleasant. Vinny waits for the two ninjas to pass before reappearing. "As I was...

Raiders of the Lost Fox Up the stairs they go, exiting through a secret door hidden behind a fox statue that leads them to a large room. The room slopes upwards from their position to the top of the chamber, where an odd array of objects are positioned at the top of a ramp. There are stone blocks a...

Raiders of the Lost Fox
"That..." is mildly disconcerting. Jade sets Jiro down.
"Thanks. I'm ready to move on," she says. It's time to go find out about that fox.

The Stealth Section
"It's okay... It's just... He's a thing. Like what we just banished... But worse"
Any further conversation about Yog-Sothoth will have to wait because someone's coming.
Vinny fades back into invisibility and presses against the wall next to where Khannie disappeared.

Raiders of the Lost Fox "Designated Tanuki?" That seems like a phrase that deserves more explanation. After all, it would seem to contradict the earlier statement about Jiro always being a Tanuki. It also prompts another question. "How often do people come through here?" Jade ta...

Raiders of the Lost Fox "Thanks, but that's not really what I wanted to know," Jade replies, "Obviously there was a temple built to her, so what did she do to merit that? And you said I could learn fox magic here, what kind of magic did she have?" She gives a strange expression ...

Raiders of the Lost Fox Jade quirks an eyebrow at that statement. That's a rather abrupt change for nonmagical booze. Maybe it's just psychosomatic. Hopefully Sensei also hands her a glass, because she's not going to drink straight out of the bottle. "You keep saying 'we,' and the temple upsta...

Raiders of the Lost Fox
"There's no way any of that stuff is still good after all these years," Jade points out.
...
"But if there's a good white wine, I'll take that," she concedes. Not too much though, she needs her wits about her for the dungeon.

Raiders of the Lost Fox Jade winces as Jiro rapidly gains a bunch of weight. That looks unpleasant. And the switch is under his butt? Seriously? "Of course," she rolls her eyes and then finds and flicks the switch. "There are an awful lot of mechanisms in this place. I don't think th...

Raiders of the Lost Fox
Jade stays quiet. Now isn't the time to interrupt the conversation.
She does, at least, approve of that last statement. Her warm smile is anything but subtle.

Stealth Section Vinny fades back into visibility, once again looking like a real person and not a horrible alien monster. She doesn't like being questioned about her origins, shrinking away for a second. But Khannie is one of Mary's friends, right? And Mary is nice. "I... Don't really like to ...

Raiders of the Lost Fox That is not what it sounded like he was saying to Jade, but she'll accept that. "Taking care of yourself is a responsibility too," she concurs. Still a little annoyed, she adds, "How was I supposed to know that he never slept? ... Do you really not sleep?"

Stealth Section
Vinny invisibly pulls open the basement shutters and slips inside, the whippoorwill following her. "Coast is clear inside, come on. Let's get to the locker quickly!"

Raiders of the Lost Fox Jade looks rather hurt by the Tanuki's accusations. "So what? None of that has to do with my responsibilities!" The nine-tailed fox puts her hands on her hips in indignation. "Don't call me a hypocrite for having taken care of my business enough to have some f...

Raiders of the Lost Fox Something's up here. Jiro seems to be shrinking every time he burps. And Jade's not sure she likes what's going on. It resembles some other faerie trickery she's familiar with a bit too much. "I know he promised to be your disciple, but that doesn't mean you get to turn...

The Stealth Section The invisible Vinny uses this opportunity to slip past the guard from behind. This of course brings her face to face with another guard. Fortunately, she's invisible, so she just has to squeeze past him... He's not moving. And the narrow passage between two hedges isn't wide eno...

Raiders of the Lost Fox "He does seem magical, but he's way too straight-laced to be a Tanuki," Jade responds. There's no way a normal soldier could get that bright white uniform all the way through the damp forest to reach this temple without getting it dirty. That lantern doesn't seem t...

Stealth Section "A few," Vinny replies. "I can get past them pretty easily." If Khannie looks, Vinny is nowhere to be seen. This isn't exactly true, but it's close enough. A better description is that her visage is so unnatural, so horrifying, that it not only denies description...

Raiders of the Lost Fox "Wait don't...!" Jade immediately sees that the wager is a trick, but her warning comes too late. She sighs. "Are you all right?" she asks Jiro. She just hopes the Tanuki makes good on his word and shows them the way out at least. They're notorious tricks...

K&M "It wouldn't have corrupted you so much as killed you in a very gross way," Vinny replies. She's not going to provide more details unless Khannie keeps pressing. As to the question of the somethings? "I don't think so. I've dealt with others before, they want to recruit me, n...

Raiders of the Lost Fox "What the..." Jade gets up from her hands and knees at the edge of the dry channel. She looks suspiciously at the Tanuki, then around at the wall decorations. "I didn't expect anyone was still around," she comments. Politely, she adds, "Is this the r...