The Nexus

"Which one is your normal bar? And... ah, it's one of those sorts of someones, is it?" She nods. "Yes, I can understand the feeling. How bad would it be if you did run into them?" " The Battered Shield . And it would be awful! Just awful, she- ... not that bad, I guess, in ...

[Skullfort] "Practice turning. You can get better at it than you think." Leah teases. "But really, you should focus on how much faster you are now. Unless you're going into closed-in, unknown territory, you can outmaneuver a lot of threats, you can rush in with a lot of force, you ca...

[Skullfort]

Probably not, no. Their gods are for them, not for other people.

And hey, Mist got what he wanted then.
"As for fighting, well, fighting against what?" Leah slips her knife into her hand and flips it around.

"I needed a drink, and I can't go to the normal bar. I might run into...someone." Someone in particular that is. Obviously she's run into someone here.
"And this place is better than nowhere."

[Streets] "You are... A nuisance." That's a no. The cold eats away at Eidolon as well as the fire did at first, but quickly it becomes less effective. Until. "Take this!" A beam of red light lances into Eidolon from the other direction, searing off more of it from the other side...

[Streets] "Augh!" Kiun drops a bit in her flight, from both the stinging pain and the fact that one wing has a hole dissolved in it - but it did protect Hoplite while he does...whatever he's doing with that gauntlet. But she steadies herself enough to land once again between Hoplite and E...

[Streets] Oh. What a way for it to move, just sort of...shaking its way over and up. Right away, she dives to the side, trying to catch the red bolt with an outstretched lower wing, even as two smaller blasts of fire shoot from her towards Eidolon, following where she looks. As in her last battle, ...

The bug-lady shakes a finger disapprovingly at the shadow. What is it up to, pantomiming on its own? It's a shame, is what it is. "A victory lap, huh?" Most of what Konstanze is saying is confusing. Trog's Tavern, charming? Inconceivable. But...celebrating even small things after a big suc...

[Streets] On the one hand, that's not right. It wanted to destroy everyone who was a threat. And if burning someone isn't a threat, what is? On the other hand, Hoplite has an energy shield and Kiun doesn't, so it's definitely better to let the flesh-tearing claws aim at him. On the balance, Kiun ha...

[Streets] Oh. That really doesn't sound like Eidolon is interested in a peaceful solution at all! In fact, it sounds like it plans to become a problem for lots of other people. And Hoplite can stop it, at least potentially. Because of his high-tech fighting gear and ability? Or is there something s...

[Skullfort] "A lot more people in the nexus are resistant to fey influence compared to father's world. I think it's because there are all these active gods, but it's not really consistent." Leah shrugs. "Speaking of gods, don't be carried away just because you have incredible powers....

"But what do you want?"
The bug-girl can't relate. It's always been about things she wasn't able to do at all. Not as a matter of freedom, but as a matter of lacking capabilities.
"Visiting this lame bar?"

[Skullfort] "Well, I wouldn't have had to do it on purpose . I haven't always had as much skill and control as I do now." Sure, in this case it was harmless. "And yes, today things are different. I could only change things that leave them coherent with your history, and with other im...

[Streets] Obviously it's dangerous. It just threw an armored man through a wall and ignored being cut with a beam of light. Hearing Jason say it again doesn't make it seem any more dangerous than it already did. However, Kiun does step to the side. "Maybe you have the wrong Hoplite from Phalan...

[Dancing Fox Fort] Leah has to hurry a bit to keep up with the new, long-legged Mist. Once they've disappeared behind the fort's teeth, she speaks up. "The thing is, on that higher level of existence that lets you know things...most people don't have any cosmic significance. I could change the...

The bug points both her right hands at Konstanze's shadow accusingly. She sees what it's up to there! Right? That did happen and wasn't just her imagination and the alcohol working together to cause confusion? "One can't expect Hell to be romantic, but then, it's still a little sad. Anyway, wha...

[Dancing Fox Town] Leah nods, glad that he's being careful with them and that he trusts them with this. "I know that. But it would have been me anyway. We can't talk about the details out here." Affecting a whole cultural zeitgeist through time is more than possible. She waves a hand to i...

[Dancing Fox Town] Yes, it can get very confusing if your nature is something very confusing. "And by the way, don't give these to anyone, and be careful with lending them either." It would be probably terrible if something happened to them. "Yes. It helps you do things the Mist way,...

Well, that's a real obvious signal of not caring about this lady. Maybe too obvious. "Did you have anything for her? Or was it all just things you did to get free?" The bug-lady would like think that she wouldn't do anything like that. But then, she'd probably like not to be in the 9985th ...

[Inside Streets] Kiun hops up over a few incoming bricks, and takes in the unfolding spectacle. That thing doesn't really look alive, but it's still talking. While the other man is...just a man. And what place of great power does it mean? She is supposed to be looking for those, eventually. That bu...

The bug-person manages to make it onto a nearby barstool. No spinning around for her though. "Oh, your wife didn't send you to hell-prison, did she?" That would be about the worst way to end a relationship, but Konstanze seems fine. "I, uh- several someones?" The bug-person flush...

[Dancing Fox Town] Leah considers that for a second and nods. "Try not to use your eyes and ears so much, and just to feel things, and then check whether you were correct." It does take time and experience, that's true. "The Cup defines things. It holds everything that makes you your...

[Dancing Fox Town] "Oh, these are really good questions." Leah comments as she looks them over. "All the knowing of stuff comes from the same place, which any fey can do somewhat. A living creature observes the world through their senses, and changes the world with their body. But yo...

[Inside Streets] There's so much going on now. Demons planning to steal a whole planet. Angels coming to destroy everyone. Sekhmet has a pair of kids. The power of gods is within their reach. Another world behind mirrors. The Thinker coming back to them. The warp. It's all too much for Kiun. Even d...

"You were married when you were in normal Hell? Or when you were alive?" Wait, what she's up to? More ghost or more demon? Maybe missing Konstanze terribly. But people usually don't do great in Hell. Perhaps better not to wonder about her in too much detail. "I've never had...uh, any...

[Dancing Fox Town] "Good morning Mist!" Leah will, at this point, hop over a bench and give him a hug. I don't think Mist has much particular way to tell, but the preparations were successful . So he'll be able to tell his parents about that soon enough. "Of course I have time for yo...

Okay. So ghosts can ghost-bleed. And drink.
And this lady doesn't seem to mind too much that she's a ghost. That's comforting.
"Oh my! Trains are scary enough when they work right..."
"So, did I hear, I heard you went to Hell and then came back? Congratulations."

[Dancing Fox Inn] Divine sheep, presumably. Or the same things as anyone else. Leah has no need to eat breakfast, so she usually doesn't, unless it's an occasion where she's sharing it with Mist or someone else. Saves time that way. Mist will probably catch up to her at the temple, where she's just...

"Does that mean you can't bleed?"
And she can still drink ordinary beer, so maybe being a ghost isn't all that bad.
"And, uh, if you don't mind, uhm, do you remember dying?" Is that rude to ask a ghost? She thinks, after asking it ,that it's probably rude. But too late now.

Once existing in relation to larger fortresses and more important cities, the Skullfort and its associated village are, at least, still here, while no one from those other places has been seen in years. The [Skullfort] itself takes the shape of a black stone skull several stories high, with weapon e...