The Nexus

[Chaos] "Little spirit - or whatever you are. I won't be responsible if you're harmed here. Leave us in peace," Mensei pleads with Asami. The little girl gets no respect! No respect at all, it seems. While these aren't the most trusting people under the best circumstances, they're certain...

[Crash Site] Jade The stranger rises from the cracked hole he's just made in the vessel floor. He brushes off bloody knuckles with short, gruff motions. "Nanthu acht," says the stranger, muffled by his mask. His voice is wet and guttural. "Huh-huh. Chimera. G'thai ai acht ouh!" ...

[Fourth Tower Compound]

"I'm willing to offer something in exchange, whether it be tools for sorcery, my knowledge as a former Wizard at Court, or my own precious materials. What of them I can offer, anyway," Sticks smiles disarmingly.

[Crash Site] Jade The man shakes his head suddenly, emphatically. "Not my ship." He glances around, the oily skull that hides his face swirling with strange shadows. "Nexus." He wants to ask what lords are here - what gods rule this place, what Mythrad hold sway. But the girl ha...

[Crash Site] Olympia The woman stands up straight and turns her attention to Olympia. Her flesh continues to repair itself, damaged chitinous plates flaking away like healed scabs. The many fine plates of her brow wrinkle, beleaguered, perplexed, but curious. For a moment the pale blue orbs of her ...

[Chaos] Riacan is, for the moment, kicked down, plowed over, and buried. The poor fellow disappears into the rockslide. Then the slide is melted, to make matters worse... Lidoro flits from his perch to the ground in a puff of smoke, seeking Riacan, calling the other man's name. With another puff, a...

[Crash Site] All approaching will find the ship-beast crashed on its side, the wings on its left flank crushed into the ground, the wings on its right protruding high into the air. They wave like tattered banners, ten stories high and forged from shiny waxen cuticle, dark veins traced through them ...

[Fourth Tower Compound] Sticks bends at the waist, and his reedy body squeaks and whines with the exertion of a courtly bow. When he's vertical again, he eyes Jaahlyn. The Toy Tinkerer of Riverside? Well not... inaccurate, he supposes, and certainly not the strangest thing he's ever been called. It ...

[Fourth Tower Compound]

Sticks taps his bident-stave lightly against the ground as he peers around, his eyes tracking unseen things.

[Fourth Tower Compound]

Sticks follows along behind the couple, listening intently. The very tall, very thin wizard is all swathed in his patchwork cloak, though beneath it he wears a tweed vest, trousers, and a pale blue undershirt. His fae-light eyes scan the compound curiously.

[Skies over Riverside --> Crash Landing] (Limited Open scene) It begins with a storm... or what looks like a storm. Clouds congeal over Riverside seemingly heedless of the wind, holding in one place for several minutes. They form a vaporous heap the size of a mountain. Several tendrils or streamers...

[Chaos] Savath, still holding Sineran by the arm, turns his gaze on Asami. The teeth lining the outside of his mask seem to ripple and clack in uneven rows. "I have been chasing this girl - this skaela - for five days. Five days afoot. Without sleep. When you spend that long away from your bed...

[MERC Offices] Fettina rolls her eyes and flops down so her face lands in the center of Dena's chest. Muffled, she sighs. "You and Kirk are so... so..." Ugh. She shouldn't say anything. It's not like it's somebody's 'fault' if these two don't really understand affection, proper relationsh...

[MERC Offices] "Oh, no no no , young lady, you do not get off that easy," Fettina says, pushing up so she can prop herself over Dena, one arm across the gorgon's body and the other holding her aloft. Her long braids drape, almost touching Dena's cheek, and their faces are almost parallel....

[MERC Offices] "Hey! I could put some more definition on them if you and Kirk helped me get toned up," Fettina pouts. Clearly it's their responsibility to show her how to get jacked. Everything stops once Dena says that though. Hey, she was all for just watching the movie! But now Tina th...

[Running --> Chaos] Sineran is actually looking around for another angle of escape when Asami scoops her up, depositing her by the wall of flame. The girl flinches away from the sudden heat, especially as it reignites, clutching the bag of soft green material closer to her stomach. One eye winces s...

[Running] "You should go before you're hurt," Savath, the warrior with the mask of teeth, warns Asami. His tone is stony, but there's an undertone of pleading to it, as though he'd genuinely rather not Asami be hurt and believes it's a real possibility. Savath turns as the fighting betwee...

[MERC Offices] "Too late," Fettina replies to the pedestal comment, snuggling up to Dena's side, the arm around her middle tightening. She closes her eyes happily. Her smile grows as Dena goes on, and sprouts into a giggle. "Well, I'm glad you liked it. But I think that'd get pretty ...

[Running] The cervine folk all reel from the sheet of flame, all give a start at the voice that issues forth and the... peculiar child's casual disregard for the heat. Savath exchanges a meaningful look with Mensei. At the feel of the heat and the power of the voice, Savath's armor immediately erup...

[MERC Offices] "You feeling sentimental babe?" Fettina asks. Truth be told, she was too. Maybe it was the scary and horrible things she'd seen in Riverside earlier tonight. Maybe she needed to get away from that - maybe escaping into the past was the best way. Or escaping into Dena's arms...

[Running] The pudu suddenly changes, unfolding into the shape of a rather small, slender young woman in dark clothes. She clutches a bag of soft green material with a dangling strap. Her clothes are torn and ragged in places, her arms and feet are bare, and she sports a boyish haircut shaved very t...

[The Toy Tinker] "Ah, I remember better now! I was having the teddy dream again. And we discussed this, and I... and I..." Sticks runs his hand through his reddish, coppery hair. His voice unwinds for a moment like a broken accordion. "Oh dear. Ahem. Er. I may have offered something ...

[Running] The pudu's ear flicks. It looks wildly around, as though hearing an invisible voice. If its invisible benefactor can sense its thoughts in turn, the pudu is certainly intelligent, and certainly very frightened. It doesn't seem very believing that help is coming... At least until that meta...

[Running] - Open Scene The underbrush stirs and erupts with motion. A small, darting shape with dingy brown fur streaks through the forests of Outside, trailing snapped twigs and fallen leaves as they run. They unknowingly travel in the general direction of civilization - Inside and Riverside somew...

[The Toy Tinker] "That was... a visit?" Sticks blinks. "I... vaguely remember something about your needing help, Jim. But it sounded so ridiculous that I was sure it was a dream." Sticks scratches his head. "You need to win a race... or catch a faeish being? Or both." ...

[The Toy Tinker] Sticks is already hard at work selling something. He hands off a partly stuffed, partly mechanical butterfly to a little girl who most resembles an upright, semi-humanoid cricket. The little creature chirps, grabs her mother's hand (who looks much the same) and toddles off with her...

[Beginning to look a lot like Thanksmas] Blue hunches over her oranges and cloves as she continues to make funny little designs - and a couple of very silly faces that she claims resemble her siblings. She doesn't have much more to add than that. No doubt by the end of the day the camp will be fest...

[MERC Offices] "W- hey!" Dena calls out as her laptop is snatched away. She rubs her nose tiredly as she gets up from her chair and wanders after Tina. "Maybe if you didn't act like a teenager there'd be more." Tina might be disappointed to find that Dena has barely watched anyt...

[Beginning to look a lot like Thanksmas] Blue smiles at Cheasadh when she mentions they're having fun. "Yeah!" Blue's eyebrows rise a bit at the soap comment, but as a little girl, she doesn't find it overly strange. Then Khannie returns! Khannie's display of equestrian agility and quadru...

[MERC Offices] Dena shakes her head in response to the giggle. "I mean, we could always go down there and watch whatever those couch-potatoes are watching if you wanna. The TV is usually their rallying point when they're not on the job and they're always watching something stupid." She's ...