The Nexus

[Aiko's Bad Day] Bloodplunder Residence "Hey!" Koko objects as Stinky-chan's search turns up a leather pocketbook, tucked into her blazer. "Stinky-chan! That isn't yours! Leave it alone!" Almost instinctively, she pulls away toward Darko, interposing him between herself and the ...

[Paternity Problems] Miranda frowns. She definitely touched a nerve there, somewhere; Atya has the look of someone trying very hard to be pleasant after stubbing her toe. But, whatever she said, it's a little late to withdraw it. Especially since the room's collectively moved on from the subject. S...

[Miss Hesperos Goes to Heaven] "A very long walk, yes." Grace replies with a sigh. "Even the bus takes most of the day to get there. I'd guess it's... well, figure a twelve hour drive, at an average of twenty-five kilometers per hour, so three hundred kilometers. That's gonna be a fe...

[21F] "...Don't look at me, I'm not buying." Yorumi crosses her arms and gives a little shrug. "And in all likelihood, if there's still anyone else in this tower somewhere, they aren't, either. We just don't do that." The star frowns. "Hang on...did you say you were able to...

[For Whom The Bell Gnolls] Yes! It's working! They're drawing the gnolls toward their position. ...Oh. Shit. They're drawing the gnolls toward their position. Now, Octavia gave him an invocation to use if the gnolls got too close. He remembers that part. He does not, however, remember what that inv...

Ecbatana "How interesting, how fascinating, how marvellous! I must make my apologies, my amends, and beg for your forgiveness. This is more important, more vital, more urgent than my tutor's lack of tea. Or perhaps it isn't, but he still must know, must discover, must learn. I should tell him ...

[6F] "You sure? I still have a few intact pages." Oniko offers, shrinking behind her hands. "It's not all gone, there's just... probably less of it left than you'd like. And those aren't exactly, ah, bound..." She grimaces, holding her hands over her eyes. "I shouldn't even...

[Abandoned Motorway - Alice's Camp]

Alice looks down at Harmony, then up at Khannie, then down at the chest wound she's treating and the heated knife she's using.

"...Is it not o'vious?" She asks, half sincerely, half mockingly.

[The Battered Shield] Mia widens her eyes at that number. "That many?" She says. "How can we miss so much." "It is a different. Sure there are more preferable combat trained member, but I chose to be one as well. I even went through Wenomirs training. It s hard to find an e...

[Outten Inn] "Yeah, it sucks but as I said, it was a long time ago and I was young. Maybe just eight or so. Besides, you see stories like that all the time in my line of work and I'm sure you do too." She takes a quick look at her cards and throws out two. "Honestly, I figured you bo...

Skybase "Oh, I just meant how to use them." Surely Vlad knows that much at least. The sail he looks at with curiosity. He's definitely impressed. "So it's like a one-way wall? That's pretty crazy. I wonder how that interacts with folks like me being able to pass through solid things?...

[Outdoor Movie Place] Well, if things are going to get better for poor Buttercup, it looks like they're certainly going to get worse first. Koko can hardly imagine what it would be like to lose one's lover. Add being engaged more or less against her will to it, and then subsequently being kidnapped...

[Miss Hesperos Goes to Heaven] Jaahlyn like to think that heaven probably on fortunate coincidences like this. The residences probably had enough of experiencing the exact opposite while alive. Since she did indeed consider herself fortunate to see these familiar faces and greets them with one of h...

[6F] Asami nods along with the informative explanation. Then, the subject of Asami's memories comes up again. Oniko still seems guilt-ridden, so Asami shoots her a reassuring smile. "I'm really not upset at all. This is all new to me, so i'm excited!" Asami declares comfortingly, "I'...

[Outdoor Movie Place] If Darko ever needed proof that he was capable of more magic words than "alakazam" or "abracadabra", he would have it right here. Because the moment they hit Koko's ear, it turns that telltale shade of orange and stays that way for a solid minute, culminati...

[Aiko's Bad Day] Brignole Manor As soon as Aiai spots the mat for shoes, she quietly deposits hers, as is only polite for a guest. Babaz, however, passes it without comment. Aiai's veneer of politeness drops, however, as soon as Asami mentions what her counterpart is doing. "She what?! " ...

[Aiko's Bad Day] Bloodplunder Residence "Hey! No! Bad Stinky!" Koko scolds, seeing the goat munching on the ear of journal. She looks over to see the damage herself, and of course, in the intervening time; stops fussing over the goat. And as such isn't paying a whole lot of attention when...

[Outdoor Movie Place] Koko beams. She might have had a hard time calling herself cool, but cute? She's a small succubus that says hello by hugging people. She can totally see people thinking of her as cute. " Arigato. " She smiles, leaning her head against his shoulder. "I agree. Goi...

[Paternity Problems] Braon stiffens at Rein's question, and from the look on her face makes it clear she has the same concern. Fortunately, Miranda does not. "If their genes were going to cause a massive problem, they already would be." She begins, giving them a small, reassuring smile. &...

Outdoor Movie Place "The cooliest!" confirms Darko, grinning at her reaction. But his smile fades into thoughtfulness as she talks about her father. Well, he knew that she was supposed to be an empress, so it makes sense that it's hereditary. Still, he hadn't fully considered what the tit...

[Skybase] "As in, the specifics of the sensors?" Vlad shrugs. "Not entirely sure. Something about ferrofluid, I think? I'm hazy on the details." He chuckles. "Ask me about the one piece of equipment where I haven't read the manual, why don't you. Ooh!" He pulls out a s...

[Aiko's Bad Day] Brignole Manor Sekhmet should have no trouble recognizing Aiko. Or noticing that there are two of her present, even if one of them looks to be older than Sekhmet herself (if only going by physical appearance). A fuller explanation can wait until they get inside, but it should still...

[For Whom The Bell Gnolls] Blanktavia lets out a low whistle as the bombardment begins. Octavia could do that? Wow. ...Oh. And she seems to expect him to be able to do that. That... seems like a tall order. And probably not an altogether comfortable sensation, turning his head into a cannon and eje...

Skybase Henry leans in curiously. "Hm. Those are pretty cool. I don't think my work will involve sending secret messages much but I'm sure this will be cool for the field agents." Do they have those? "You said you can work with ectoplasm? Do you have any sort of sensors for it?"...

[Aiko's Bad Day] The trip up to the house is mostly made in silence by the two Aikos; neither of them seem to be really absorbing the surroundings, apart from a few polite bows directed at passersby from sigil Aiko (or Aiai, as the older Aiko took to calling her right after getting off the phone). ...

[Aiko's Bad Day] Bloodplunder Residence "Oh, no, of course not! ...At least she's never bitten me. " Koko offers, continuing to fuss over the goat, giving her scritches back behind her horns. "Besides, goats don't bite anyway. They butt. " She giggles, apparently finding the tur...

Outdoor Movie Place The nose boops get a giggle from Darko, and face flushes slightly. Koko is clearly just trying to be polite, but it's nice to be called cool regardless. "Look who's talking, cool kid Koko. I saw a couple movies as a kid, but I don't really remember them. Something about a g...

[Paternity Problems] "Well, thanks to the miracles of modern medicine and beyond, you're looking at... about five minutes, if you're willing to trust an AI to do all the heavy lifting. We can do a more conventional test concurrently, if you would like; that'll be three to five days, probably.&...

Outdoor Movie Place "Huh, Asami asked you to come here too? That's weird," says Darko thoughtfully, "He told me to come here too, because he wants me to be cooler and watching movies is cool? I haven't seen many so maybe he's right." Weird coincidence! And it's not even that col...

[Aiko's Bad Day] "...You say that, of course, with the full knowledge that she will not." Old Aiko points out, retrieving the sudoku book and returning it to her sigil-covered counterpart. "Quite." She agrees. The rest of the ride to Brignole Manor will probably prove to be pret...