The Nexus

[Shadows] The most consideration to ever go into a name! Caroline mulls that over. Cheritanni for "dark"... I've heard worse. Zareck shrugs. The new dracofemme doesn't seem convinced Vespera Caroline giggles The grey elf goddess of twilight? Hm. ---- [Pokemon Gym and Daycare] The umbreon ...

[All Over] "Oh yeah! We dressed up as Pokemon too, a few years ago," Oortka squeaks. "We live in Underside. It's a big goblin colony underground." "Is everyone in the Temple a fox-person? There's a lot of you here. As many as there's us." [All Over] Katia shakes her he...

[Foxes and Ghosts [/color] Caroline watches this altercation curiously, uncertain whether help is needed or not. Or is being accosted by not particularly scary ghosts perhaps part of the contest? Jade and that other person seem to be a bit more ... full-contact ... than she expected for donut-eatin...

The wight bows Thank you, my Lady. We are in complete agreement. It is actually in finding one of the children that we have our greatest difficulty. The nature of the contract being a ruse, they believe themselves to be heroes and champions. Unfortunately, they tend to react ... poorly ... to the cr...

[Shadows] Keiko smirks Well, I'm going to leave her new name up to the four of you to hash out. And I'll give you a tip: there's a cave about half a mile that way, the to the right. It's in the only hill you will see for quite a while so you can't miss it. Go in there and shift back, you'll be in a...

[Shadows] Keiko shrugs We got it from Inari. The thing is, there's a lot of trouble with mortals that stems from physical issues in their brains. We first get any echoes of that cleared up - since their brain is no longer present to mess things up, it's not that big a deal. With that out of the way...

Fenric chuckles and nods, his ears returning to a neutral position

I come here fairly often, yes. It's the only place that has managed to stay open the whole time and I'm old enough to not care so much for change anymore.

[Shadows] Zareck shrugs I was part of a lawful evil plane - that's how it works. I'm sure your lady there would say that I've shown precious little "Evil" in my entire life, and she'd not be wrong. As to that guy... uh, I mean, girl... I mean... um... uh... little help, someone? Please? I...

[Foxes and Ghosts] Caroline watches the donut eating with amusement, giggling at both the illusion and the attempts to eat. An ear swivels to the ghost sound but ... this is a halloween party, so surely it's just something related, right? [All Over] A young vixen in a not particularly convincing pi...

[Shadows] Keiko grins at Steven's worry He has accepted my dominion: he cannot disobey anymore than oath-bound Zareck there. Thing is... I do not believe an oath would be binding under the ancient pact anymore, since he is a little impared in the "free will" domain. Zareck shakes his head...

[Shadows] Keiko smirks It does not have to be right away: just whenever is convenient. He has been out here for the better part of a decade now, so a little while being "normal" will be good for him. If you do not object, of course: it is entirely up to you. Behind her, a very similar pro...

[Shadows] Keiko chuckles, nods, then turns back to the wraith. Steven is quite right: if I had wanted you to go to one of those places where they have never heard of the concept of having the punishment fit the crime, I'd have just let you die and not turned you into a shadow. You ran off, though, ...

Into the tavern walks a monster; one of those classic mixed up creatures. Body of a lion, wings of a bat, stinger of a scorpion, face of a girl. And on the back of the monster is riding a little black fox (with three tails, that's 200% more tail per fox!). They head up to the bar, where the fox ord...

But of course he will! That's why he came, after all.

Away they go, to wait his turn and repeat all that stuff over again, yay!

[Sanctuary] Keiko grins Yes, a live one, as a ghost is unlikely to be particularly interested in dead flesh... that's more a ghoul or ghast sort of thing if I recall correctly. Then her expression darkens Though I can give you a shot at my current target if you like. He keeps a few young girls chai...

Fenric smiles Things are going well as ever. It seems to be in good hands with Caroline and Steven, so any requests for my help have been extremely minor. The he chuckles The poetry contest continues to be very sparsely attended, with most poems being rather unskilled odes to cantaloupes or other su...

The wraith nods We have scant information on the perpetrator, but we do have a lead through one of his victims who was freed through substantial invovlement of a local magical school. My Lady wishes not only to break them on those unforunate enough to have been tricked, but to put an end to this odi...

[Shadows] The wraith looks more confused. She didn't mean to send me to hell for my crimes? Caroline shakes her head This is the Plane of Shadows, not any of the hells. he narrows his eyes at Caroline distrustfully and looks at Steven What happened? I don't question why she came after me, but the l...

[Foxes and Ghosts] Caroline watches intently, wondering exactly how the game actually goes. Between this and the constant pinging from the tracking spell she put on the kids, she is sufficiently destracted to not be doing so well recognizing people herself. She sniffs at one of the disguised donuts...

The greater shadow wight bows. My greetings. I am a servant of Lady Keiko no Mae, and I have an important matter to discuss with your esteemed leader: young girls are being tricked into vile contracts by an unscrupulous extraplanar entity. A friend of ours has requested assistance in putting an end ...

Foxes and Ghosts

Without any doubt the foxkits dressed as pokemon find the goblin kids dressed like kaiju and they all join up with the pokemon dressed as foxkits and mayhem is assured.

Oblivious Caroline arrives at the donut tree and laughs.

Oh what fun!

[Shadows]

Caroline holds still

Not Zareck… the master of the draconians. He must be one of Keiko’s mistakes.

She raises her voice

Wait! Wait! Keiko didn’t mean to abandon you!

The wraith turns back with a curious look

[Shadows] The wraith looks at Steven and Zareck, then particularly Zareck. His daughter did this to me... Zareck looks utterly baffled, but the wraith says no more and turns to leave. Caroline has managed to get back to her feet and is trying to stretch out the various pains that her tumble had cau...

Caroline stares after an espeon in a fox costume for a moment, pondering if that was one of her group or not before she begins to amble around the party. She does not see the ghosts, and only vaguely recognizes Khannie, but the tree of donuts does catch her attention and she heads that way after gra...

[Shadows] Semi-immaterial back on the Prime, they're quite "solid" at home. And Steven's breath is specifically a weapon of a shadow creature: the three lesser wraiths dissolve into sparkling dust and are no more. Meanwhile, the greater wraith has finally come up close enough to see what ...

[Shadows] Caroline huffs slightly: this much exertion a bit more than she's used to, even with magical assistance. I've heard Keiko's tales of the wild wraiths, and I am not in a hurry to meet any of the larger ones. Keiko may very well rip them up and eat them raw, that sounds very much like somet...

A wild Caroline appears! Well.. but that's the wrong intro: because Caroline is dressed in a bright yellow T-Shirt, blue cargo-shorts, a red baseball cap, and wearing a blue backpack with a few odd-looking patches sewn on. She looks fairly ridiculous. But the look makes sense because of the small co...

Fenric enters again through the mirror and takes his usual seat. He takes a loot around at the bustle and smiles

Hello again, Zee. Looks like a good crowd today! I'll have a manhattan this time, on ice if you don't mind, and not too sweet.

Tall and cloaked in ornamented robes and glossy boots with silver trim and a sigil unlikly to be recognized by much of anyone, a visitor appears at the border. He is humanoid in overall shape, of heroic build and impressive height but surrounded in swirling shadows and bearing the burning red eyes o...

Once upon a time, this grove of mystical darkwood trees was well outside the limits of Town in the darkest depths of the primeval forest. But as Town grew to become Inside, the once mighty forest was cut down and the grove became simply a park within the sprawling metroplex. A novelty and a curiousi...