The Nexus

Japaraita Sekhmet spends some time swimming around the lake then gets up onto a nice flat rock to sunbathe. She has to admit, the sun feels wonderful on her scales. "So, uh, June. You're a mermaid all the time," she wonders, "Why are you on land and not down in the oceans? There's go...

Japaraita "I wouldn't mind swimming out in the open and, uh, doing a little sunbathing, but I'll pass on seducing passersby." Sekhmet could do that. She'd be very good at it. Too good. She doesn't want to use her succubosity like that. She saves it for her husband. [ Japaraita ] "Oh,...

Port Valdez Henry plops himself down onto a nearby slightly-submerged crystal big enough for him to sit on without getting out of the water. "I got cursed into a shark guy and then died. I MOSTLY came back. So I've got one foot out the door, really. It's fine, really. The house cursed the rest...

Port Valdez Henry does have a kind of electro-chemical sense that some sharks have but that would not let him identify a magic crystal unless it was charged somehow. Some of the crystals might make his nose tickle if he gets up close to them but he wouldn't be able to identify precisely which ones....

Japaraita Yes, definitely a fire sword. It's not because silver reacts to Sekhmet's presence. The treasure room is buried, right? Sekhmet doesn't really feel like digging through the muck, and she doesn't need treasure. But she also can't enter the chapel. So she'll search around for the jewelry bo...

[Airbase] It's next to impossible to make out facial expressions through Vlad's helmet, but the way he's standing certainly seems to imply surprise. These two had pretty much the opposite responses from what he would have expected; Maria didn't really strike him as the adventurous type, and this ot...

Port Valdez Henry wants a ghost suit but he hasn't been able to acquire one that's also waterproof. Or that looks flattering on his shape. "Sounds good to me. No need to get greedy, but we can take a thing or two." Henry reaches over and goes to break off a piece of one of the glowing cry...

Japaraita Sekhmet's not going to find out that the dagger is sentient, because she's not going to wield it. She intends to put it in a safe place where no one will stumble over it. "Huh? Oh, that should be safe." it's a nice sword she supposes. "It's a display piece. I wouldn't use i...

Japaraita Sekhmet takes some scraps of chainmail and wraps them around the dagger. "I, uh, don't know exactly what it is, but it's dangerous. So, uh, don't unwrap this." [ Japaraita ] June nods, and says, "Huh, I see," she says. Actually, she doesn't really get why it's so dange...

[ Riftline ] Violeta wasn't that girl with the sect following her around and worship her like a god? I think it is a good feeling, since his opinion is even worst. He would kill those people worshiped as gods in most cases because most gods he know are just humans that became 'god level'. It's a bi...

Port Valdez Henry could get through by passing through things but then he'd be naked and nobody wants that. "Aw, this is nice. Definitely worth the trip. Are you okay? I think I smelled you get cut back there." Which is a weird thing to say but he's a shark after all. "Do you want to...

Japaraita "Let's look around a bit more," Sekhmet suggests, "I'm not quite done with this yet." she indicates her mermaid tail when she says that. This time, however, it's up to June to decide where they go. [ Japaraita ] "Hmmm....okay," June says. She swims around the...

"I don't know what an evo-stone is. And I'm trying to stay calm and collected because I'm in town. I've been trying to avoid places like this, because I'm hazardous to be around, but... I'm hungry and need to stock up on some supplies. Which is also why I'm looking for jobs." She needs mo...

[Titania Park] Mogzoku is relieved the mushroom-capped pixie doesn't hate him, knowing full well the risk drawing ire from fair folk would bring. "It does look nice, yeah," he says sheepishly, "You have a great fashion sense, kupo." With that, he waits and sees how his complimen...

Japaraita Once June is out, Sekhmet carefully sets the remains of the wine rack down and then follows her. "Sorry about the mess, that's my fault." At least she got two bottles of wine out of it. [ Japaraita ] For the short time Sekhmet was still in there, June waits at the trapdoor's ent...

[Maid Café and Book Signing - Catgirls and Eye Candy ] Rachel's eyes spend a little time watching the help leave. Maybe a little more than necessary before returning their attention to June. "Well, a lot of things have value specifically because they aren't used for their intended purpose. Hec...

Japaraita Sekhmet doesn't accept June's help. "No, no, no, you need to get out of here. With all the wine in the water you could poison yourself really easily." Will June leave after this warning, or will she be too stubborn to? [ Japaraita ] Sekhmet's idea is correct, the only thing June...

Port Valdez Henry tries to get June's attention and points to the crystalline tunnel first. There is some risk of getting cut but the water is more clear than the other tunnel so it will be easier for June. And the tunnel full of fish might have something equally pointy but alive. So he thinks that...

[ Maid Café and Book Signing ] It's true! There's cultists waiting to get their hand-bound (and sometimes hand-written!) books signed. The biggest give-away that they're cultists is probably their matching robes with stitched designs along the hem and other parts. There's quite a number of them. See...

Alice looks a little bemused. "No, I was just speculating, not trying to pry. I've got some pretty tightly wrapped secrets of my own, so you'll get no pressure from me in that regard." Her lips purse as she thinks on the dream lady. "Well, regardless of what she is she sounds pretty ...

Japaraita "Oh that's terrible!" Sekhmet is infertile herself, although you wouldn't know it by looking at her children. She needed significant magic to have them. Well, to have one and convert the other. "Have you considered adopting?" And then the wine rack falls. "June wa...

[Intact House] "...A-aren't you, though?" Mallory asks nervously, turning her back to Zophiel as requested, albeit with some visible reluctance. "Trying to break the deal? I... I mean, whatever you're going to do, that's the point, right? To get me out of the deal?" She catches ...

Japaraita "Don't worry, it's just a little and you're all the way over there." Sekhmet, you're literally immune to mundane poisons, including alcohol. You've never opened a wine bottle underwater before. You have no idea how strongly this will affect June, don't pretend you do. "It's...

Meanwhile, on the stage! With Puck flying off to fetch the Love-in-Idleness blossom a new duo enters the stage! It's Demetrius and Helena! Demetrius walks ahead, hand on the hilt of his sword while Helena trails behind him. Demetrius plans to SLAY the man who stole his love and win her heart! Helen...

Talah laughs: "You're just saying that because I told you I have a tail, but also I told you it's a secret that I won't let you see," she says. "And, nope, telling me my dreams disagree with me won't change my mind." She thinks. "Well, we don't know for sure she's a demon, m...

Port Valdez "Well, when I turn all ghostly I can't take stuff with me so I'll lose everything. We should try not to make it come to that. Especially since I wouldn't be able to help you with it." He wouldn't want to have to abandon her! Once they're underwater it should become obvious tha...

[ Riftline ] The first and last time Violeta Escarlate was on the Riftline, it wasn't exactly the best day of her life, though it really had felt like it started that way. In fact, one could argue it was the worst day of her life. Honestly, she should've taken everything leading up to it as a sign. ...

[ A singular hallway ] Somewhere in HALO , there's an intersection between hallways. One hallway goes away, slanting downwards: farther out into the ocean, going deeper and deeper along the ocean floor. It seems like the lights haven't been replaced in a long time, as many of the lights have gone ou...

Japaraita Sekhmet examines the wine racks and picks three bottles of red wine off of one of them. "This one looks good. One to make sure it is good," She uses a claw to pop the cork out of one of the bottles, and lets the wine filter out into the water so she can taste it, trying out the ...

Port Valdez "Oh. Um. Well I think I'll worry about that when I get back." He looks around at the shelves of supplies. "Well, I can see in the dark, and pass through walls, and my teeth are sharp if we need them. So I think I just need the bag? Am I forgetting something?" Henry's...