The Nexus

[The Maze - Exit] "Ah, well, in any case, nice to meet you, Asami! The name's Micah," Micah earnestly greets Asami. It looks to him like if they aren't really friends, she didn't get the memo. That's probably a good thing - after all, most friends start out as just friendly strangers. &qu...

[The Maze - Exit]

Micah breathes an involuntary sigh as he steps out into the exit lobby. Spotting Cheasadh and some girl he hasn't yet been introduced to holding hands, he asks "Hey, Cheasadh! Uh... who's your friend?"

[The Maze - Brinika and Micah] Micah does instinctively move his arm in front of his face to shield himself from the oncoming slimesplosion. When he realises it was just an illusion, he puts his arm down and blinks awkwardly. "...Right, let's move," he agrees, looking for and moving towar...

[The Maze - Brinika and Micah] "Uh... alright then," Micah says before grabbing the bottle of clear liquid, attempting to stylishly spin it around his finger, and fumbling and nearly dropping it. Defeatedly, he holds it with both hands as he sprays the monster with it. The reason for Mica...

[The Maze - Micah and Brinika] Blinking as his eyes refocus, Micah looks around at the stock lab setting he's in. For how clichéd it is, he admits it's fairly well put together. Quickly realising what Brinika's doing and deciding it wouldn't hurt to play along, Micah asks "But whatever shall w...

[The Maze - Micah and Brinika] "Gah, this is obnoxious!" Micah seems to only barely be doing any better than Brinika is in here. "I'll look for the exit. These lights are annoying, but I'm good with the dark." Holding a forearm over his eyes to keep the light from getting into t...

[Play Area] Micah raises his arms defensively in response to Khannie sticking her tongue out at him. "N-nothing! You can be a unicorn if you want, I don't judge! So, uh... congratulations?" he says, since it seems like Khannie views becoming a unicorn as some kind of an achievement. And, ...

[Play Area] Micah turns around, confused as to why none of the others are moving. "Hey, what's the hold up-oh. We're, uh... inviting the little kids?" Micah regards the swarm of babies with an unsure expression. He himself generally prefers to avoid interacting with anyone below the age o...

[Play Area]

Micah notices Khannie making her way to the haunted maze. Waving "See ya on the other side!" to Sekhmet and anyone else staying behind, he moves to follow her.

[Play Area] "Well, I suppose real ghosts could be spooky enough. Only one way to find out," Micah says, fairly hopefully. Of course, he isn't afraid of ghosts or spirits, especially considering his past with them. "Mary's here too?" Micah asks. He hasn't seen her in a while eith...

[Play Area] "Right..." Micah replies, not really getting the joke Cheasadh was trying to make. Her costume is starting to look familiar, but he still can't quite place it. "Oh, the haunted maze? Yeah, I noticed that sign too. Didn't seem very impressive, but who knows? We might be su...

[Play Area] "Hi, Khannie! It... has been a long while, hasn't it?" Micah admits sheepishly. "I wasn't exactly sitting at home the whole time, though. There was a whole adventure, involving Duel Monsters, and Ancient Rome... and saying goodbye... " A sadness is visible in Micah's...

[Play Area] A short teenager wearing a tattered hooded cloak wanders into the play area, passing by Asami on the way. His boots, thick clothing, many-pocketed belt and the toy dart blaster at his side all give him the appearance of some kind of futuristic assassin, while his big amber eyes leave hi...

[Empty Beach] TASBot shrugs at Hoshiki's question, not actually sure how to answer. When the swordsman asks him to give the day's pay to Aaron, TASBot obliges with a "Sure thing, teach," putting his hand up to his screen and lowering it to reveal and hand to Aaron a couple of pink diamond...

[Empty Beach] "That makes a lot of sense, probably," TASBot says in response to Hoshiki and Aaron. "Mostly the stuff about repelling in the same direction with equal force," he adds quickly. The robot notices Hoshiki's arm and hand, but doesn't say anything about it. Not underst...

[Gaul DeGalles' Mansion] "Old knight, is that right? Well, Sir Ser... slayed any dragons in your time? I only ask because dragonscale's always going up in value - and, either way, a horde is a horde is a horde." As Gaul says this, he considers what it would take to have the same suit of a...

[Empty Beach] "Got it!" TASBot moves a safe distance away from Hoshiki and crouches low, getting ready to watch the impact. "Whoa!" he says, instinctively raising his arm to deflect a piece of gravel flying in his direction. After that, he stands up and begins to move towards Ho...

[Gaul DeGalles' Mansion] Upon hearing the disappointing click of a gun that didn't fire when the trigger was pulled, Gaul frowns. He is about to vocally express his displeasure when the gun begins to speak. "Alright, alright," Gaul says, still none too pleased about the gun refusing to fi...

[Empty Beach] "That's cool. Awesome work upholding the law, I suppose," TASBot says, giving a small salute after having just remembered that that's another thing paladins are supposed to do. "Alright then," TASBot says, nodding and standing back to give Hoshiki some space, "...

[Empty Beach] "Oh, well, a paladin is basically someone who promises to be loyal to some god in exchange for cool powers... smiting, for example," TASBot explains, drawing from his own limited understanding of what a paladin is. After considering for a moment, he continues, "I guess ...

[Gaul DeGalles' Mansion] Gaul doesn't take notice of the horse's continued staring. Instead, he takes the gun in his hand, feeling its weight - "Heavy sort, isn't it?" - before clearing it and filling its magazine with regular 9mm bullets he procured from inside his jacket. "Time to ...

[Empty Beach] TASBot waits for Aaron to finish speaking before turning to Hoshiki and asking "On a half-related note, how did you do that? The lightning attack?" The robot continues, "I heard you chanting, so I guess it must be some kind of divine... paladin power? Are you a paladin?...

[Gaul DeGalles' Mansion] Having heard the sound of the hooves coming towards his mansion, Gaul was peering out of one of the windows on the top floor, cupping his hands around his eyes like binoculars. Now, Gaul appears in the mansion's front doorway, dressed in his usual outfit including his disti...

[Empty Beach]

TASBot dutifully provides a running transcription of Hoshiki's words on his own screen. Once he's done, the robot adds "Ooh, quick question - can you smell anything through your barrier at all?" subtitling his own words with blue text to differentiate them from Hoshiki's.

[Junkyard] "That teleportation is done pissing me off, for now." The blue beam from Zeeland's finger cuts out as TARBot's fake is fully enveloped in a static turquoise glow. Looking to his side and sensing an oncoming Wenomir, Zeeland reflexively stops time just long enough to grab the du...

[Empty Beach] TASBot moves ahead of Hoshiki and towards Aaron, where he does a 'not so loud' hand gesture and begins to say "There's no need to yell, we can hear... " He stops after remembering that spoken language wouldn't be very useful to someone suffering from an auditory issue. Quick...

[Empty Beach] "Whoa..." TASBot watches the sky around the beach begin to change, almost transfixed by what he assumes to be Hoshiki's strongest technique. The great clap of the thunder snaps him out of his awe, and after shaking off the weird tingly feeling he had right before the flash, ...

[Empty Beach]

TASBot moves behind Hoshiki, clearly feeling quite excited.

"This is gonna be awesome..." he says to nobody in particular, leaning over to get a better view of what's about to happen.

[Empty Beach] TASBot almost starts to explain why he thought it was different, but stops after Hoshiki's interjection. Taking a few steps back and looking up at Hoshiki, he nods and admits "You're probably right. On both counts," with a more excited tone in his voice to the second sentenc...

[Junkyard] Since the fake TARBot never entered the firetruck, neither does Zeeland. Instead, he spits more curses and turns toward the fake's new position, looking and feeling seriously irritated. "Alright!" the robot exclaims, pointing his right index finger in the air. Beginning to walk...