The Nexus

[A Rooster's Flight] Once Zee is gone, the remaining flames turn into just a normal destructive fire. They soon cool down to ashes, as the fire already reached limits of available fuel. Far in the distance, the bovine skeletons collapse and disintegrate, their tiny souls at peace at last. Complete ...

[A Rooster's Flight] By now, there is very little anything that could be called solid left of the rooster. Nothing, to be exact. It is just a flickering flame, any effect it has on the material world a byproduct of sheer heat. Yezekiel's sword splits the phantasm in half again, and for a moment, it...

[A Rooster's Flight] By now, there is very little anything that could be called solid left of the rooster. Nothing, to be exact. It is just a flickering flame, any effect it has on the material world a byproduct of sheer heat. Yezekiel's sword splits the phantasm in half again, and for a moment, it...

[Little Mew's Artistic Escapades] ~Oh, I can tell what they're for. That's easier than drawing. I try and try, but despite the pictures being clear in my head, it's hard to move them out.~ [/i] LB-M pulls another blank page and starts a new, larger drawing, focused on her brain and spine. She reall...

[A Rooster's Flight] It may be the will and drive of every living thing to prevail. But has it been written in the stars that they will? Yezekiel's sword splits the loathsome bird apart, a fiery wing separated from its bulk, a hole blown through its mass. In most contexts, it would be a fight-endin...

[Little Mew's Artistic Escapades] LB-M stops drawing and stares at Khafir for a moment, head to the side like a confused kitten. ~That is a funny way to say I need to eat to grow big. Like, I understood everyone does that. You... do do that, right?~ "Something is off", the entity signals ...

[Miranda's Cabin] Eun's not completely wrong. The good news is, it's not a cancer. If anything, it is almost the opposite. One important contributor to all kinds of cancer is that the mutated cells refuse to undergo apoptosis, or programmed cell death. In contrast, Alto's body has accelarated level...

Sandels downs his second drink. "Well it sounds like you're headed to the same direction. So what are you waiting for? Shoo! Shoo!" He gestures for Michalsons and Lia to get up and leave.

[A Rooster's Flight] When the rooster feels the seraph's hold slip, it jumps and hops backwards. Wings half spread, it once again bristles its necks feathers and screeches at the creature before it. "Yield? Yield??? I will yield when the last human is ash! When my crow heralds the very last da...

Sandels laughs at Lia. "Ha! Nobody ever accepts 'mysterious Reaper thing' as an answer. Believe me, I've tried" , he says. At the thought of simply talking it through, he shakes his head. "Did you consider he might have a just reason to hate my guts even if he remembered everything? I...

[A Rooster's Flight] Hey, now. If someone looks like a common tavern wench, walks like a common tavern wench and whines incessantly like a common tavern wench, why would a bird presume she's anything else? Luckily for Zee, the rooster already had its head close to the ground, if she'd had to drag i...

[Little Mew's Artistic Escapades] The tiny mew freezes for a second when Khafir's hand near her drawing. She contemplates how to anwer for a moment. ~Oh, these alterations? I already did them, before taking this form. I'm just trying to put all my ideas of them down somwhere, before I forget. I can...

[A Rooster's Flight] The crazed animals run past and around Zee as she draws in breath. Soon, they've passed, and the sound of thundering hooves begins growing more distant. The rooster turns slowly, ready to spread its wings and go after them, when Zee demands its attention. The rooster stops mid-...

[A Rooster's Flight] The force required to lift the bulk of the beast off the ground is immense, and as Zee expected, the flap of its wings makes the trees shake like a sudden storm. Chickens are not known for their flying skills, but this one has learned to manage. It soars high and then glides ov...

[Little Mew's Artistic Escapades] Even if there was in-built drawing skill to LB-M, it would be optimized to a human bodyplan, not a mew. Geneva is watching her trying to put her fine motor skills into this use for the very first time. She remains totally focused to her task, not commenting on Gene...

[Miranda's Cabin] It's not as hopeless as Eun thought - the machine does recognize Alto's blood as human. It also confirms Alto is a boy, with blood type O negative. The component causing unusual blood coloration remains unindentified, but it does not seem to be direct cause of what's happening. It...

[Barren rock, deep in the woods] The Rooster is, indeed, a lot more substantial than before, having reformed in the bowels of earth. But it still looks like flame made into flesh as sunlight reflect of golden-orange feathers of its wings and the crimson crest on its head. It pays next to no attenti...

[Little Mew's Artistic Escapades] LB-M tilts her head. ~Inventory... spell?~ She has no idea what Geneva is on about. But she's happy to accept the writing pad! She grabs the pencil with her tail, as it has longer reach. She still has to use her paws too to control it, because the pencil is as long...

Sandels mulls it over in his head. "... it's true in the sense that she's the last of us to arrive her. Which means she has the most recent news of, ah, our homeworld. I may or may not have said something to the lunker that made him mighty interested in those" He takes a moment to accept a...

[Miranda's Cabin] "What's a mosquito?" , Alto asks. Due to time of year, Alto's yet to have much experience with those. The creature twitches a little as Khafir draws blood. "Ow." The blood is of unusually dark color, suggesting some chemical reaction with hemoglobin - but then ...

[Little Mew's Culinary Adventures] LB-M rubs her nose in contemplation. ~I have ideas. Biiig ideas. Too big for my brain. I need something to draw on to sort them out. Oh, and you said there's a book of names? I'd like that also. I can think of my name while I doodle.~ As she broadcasts this, she r...

Sandels glances at Lia. "It isn't really about her at all. It's him and me who want to fight. Womenfolk are just a convenient excuse to do it over." He weighs the detective's words and drums the table with his fingers. "... tell her that if she won't do her job, all that means I'm goi...

[Little Mew's Culinary Adventures] The little mew mulls over the question, her tail swishing from side to side. ~I don't know. Maybe a bit of both?~ , she answers. ~It just felt a little cramped inside my skin, so I stretched a little to make more room. But I think it would've happened on its own, ...

In response to Lia, Sandels shrugs. "Is it to the death? Feh, that's a bit up in the air. But it will make no difference if it is. You said it yourself, I won't have any problems defeating him." There's an odd glint to his eyes when he says that. In response to Michalson, he throws his han...

[Miranda's Cabin] Alto would look even bigger, if Alto wasn't curled up in a big whimpering white ball. Alto peeks out only a little to look at Eun with teary eyes. "And y-you a-are small... smaller..." , Alto notes. Eun might realize Alto is not crying out of pain, not exactly. Rather, t...

Sandels gives Lia a look. "...thank you for the vote of confidence" , he says in a tone signifying genuine surprise or deep enough sarcasm to be mistaken for such. Then he turns to Michalson, leaning back in his seat and crossing his hands on the table. "You know what we are. Thought ...

[Courtyard - Swordsmen] "You do that. I wish you a good and productive evening." Hoshiki bows to Wenomir and takes his leave, going to find some ride back home. Hah, home. Such a funny thing to call a house he effectively stole. But for now, it's what he has. --- [Little Mew's Culinary Ad...

[Empty Beach] Evasiveness is fine at this point, given they are not training finishing techniques yet. But Hoshiki does note the tendency. After a long bout that would've made normal people exhausted, he stops the exercise. "Very good. Let's stop and think what to do next" , he says, &quo...

[Little Mew on the Run] Ah, tiny animals coming to steal your meal, a constant threat of adventuring. LB-M stares hungrily at the food for a moment, before floating off to follow Geneva. ~I think I would like that bread for a start~ , she broadcasts, ~but I think I'd like to try a bit of every-thi-...

[Miranda's Cabin] Alto simply whimpers in response. The creature is shaking slightly, as if suffering from minor convulsions. As they wait, Miranda might notice something as she rubs Alto's arm: the flaking skin peels off very easily with touch and turns into fine dust, almost like ash. Every rubbi...