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{ QUICK NAV } Premise ⚔️️ Rules ⚔️️ FAQ ⚔️️ Taken ⚔️️ Reserves ⚔️️ Apply ⚔️️ Locations ⚔️️ Bestiary ⚔️️ Top-Levels Only ⚔️️ A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival KERPLUNK, SPLASH! Regardless of what you were in the middle of, you and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon just above the Bay's waters. After a brief plunge into the Bay, the rush of water filling your ears and soaking up into every creak and crevice of your body, you may need to cough to clear your airways when you rise above the surface. It's still chilly, but not enough that you can't manage on your own. The Lady of the Lake is swimming around under the water, helping to rescue any wayward travelers who look like they're struggling in the water. This month's helpers are giant pillow jellies, a species of jellyfish that is capable of ballooning itself at the surface to create bouncy pads for characters to hop across to the shore, should they choose or not be able to swim. They come in a variety of bioluminescent colors, but do not seem to be very talkative even to animal magic users. Those who try may find themselves being ignored, even if they hear the jellies talking amongst themselves about this and that. If anyone tries to ask the Lady of the Lake for directions, she will direct you to Archimedes at the Rent-a-Ride. The shores themselves are littered with new arrivals complaining their way up a staircase carved into the walls of the White Cliffs. There is no railing, so be careful, but if you do fall, be prepared for a mysterious sand hand to reach out of the side of the cliffs to catch you. The hand will pat you atop the head twice before retreating back into the wall. This is the Cliff Beast; despite the name, he is quite friendly. *Reminder: Your character's familiar may or may not be with your character in their initial plunge. If the familiar isn't partial to water, it may meet your character on the beach or sit atop their head while they swim. Or if they are, they might splash about and swim alongside your character. Familiars have different personalities and body specs and we leave those up to the players. B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot Once everyone is wrangled up to the top of the White Cliffs, the handsome owner of the Rent-a-Ride, Archimedes, will distribute smart phones and a pair of special ear buds (the supplier was out of the regular ones) and tell them to "Check the Shit Box." The "Shit Box" refers to wardrobe more formally known as the Wardrobe of Finding, a hammerspace-like wardrobe that opens to each person's items and pets when the person touches the handle. It was recently enchanted by Merlin to prevent people from having to fish their waterlogged possessions and pets out of the water with them. From there, Archimedes directs everyone to settle in groups into modernized carriages pulled by horses and gives them a basic explanation of why and how they've been brought to Avalon: The rest of the universe is frozen in time and your character has been brought here by a familiar that was able to bond with them. They'll have to learn magic to help save their own world from destruction, but first they've got to get them to Camelot. It is here that you have the first opportunity to decide who they will be in their new home. You'll have about an hour to wander around here, meet and greet, and pet the horses before it's time to go. These carriages use fae technology that combats weight, so your character will be able to get in regardless of whether they're light as a feather or weigh two tons. The carts have air conditioning when it's hot, heating when it's cold, and a mystical shield to protect from bugs. There is also a mini-bar that pops out of the console with nip bottles. Characters can use their smartphones to connect to Camelot's internet service, avalononline (AOL), to chat with other characters, watch dumb videos, learn about the world, contact Camelot Support (they'll answer any questions they can for you, from how to use a smart phone to where to find quests and resources to learn more about your magic). Be careful if you decide to use your phones while in the caravan-- if you don't use those earbuds and start forcing everyone to listen to your nonsense, Archimedes may make you walk. C ⦿ The Red Spring The journey from the White Cliffs to the City of Camelot is a long one, and the first evening you arrive you'll end up spending at the Red Spring, a booming resort town. Because of the volume of new arrivals and vacationers, inn rooms are assigned two-to-a-room. The rooms have two twin beds, a bathroom, a mini-fridge and microwave, and a TV equipped with a couple of entertaining video games and a few free movies. If you don't want to relax in the room, try taking a dip in the spring for another chance to meet your fellow travelers. The waters have restorative properties that help horses and travelers recover quickly when drunk. It is known to relieve stress, improve energy levels, and mildly accelerate healing. It may be a little chilly when you get out though, so make sure you don't slip rushing back indoors when you get out! The springs are also home to a large training grounds just outside town limits, where there are teachers who will teach basic magic safety and help you discover what kind of magic you have together with other new arrivals. Try target practice, obstacle courses, meditation circles, and other ways to try to figure out just what you can do... if you didn't already have an accidental discovery on the ride there. After the new arrivals come in, they'll find that this month they came in on the middle of a rather tumultuous time... people are arguing and debating about a future decision to be made. King Arthur recently tried to negotiate with Celliwig's people to open the doors to Camelot, but they refused, and the people have been left with a decision: 1. attempt long-distance, slow wooing of Queen Elphame via the Elphame Traders of the next couple of months, 2. attempt to prove a balanced and deeper understanding of the need for both pure and impure hearts by suggesting an acceptance of trials from Celliwig, or 3. band together under Camelot's flag to invade Celliwig. Celliwig is a place of communication between Elphame and Camelot that bypasses the need for weeks of dangerous, often fatal travel, so the choice is very important in regards to how Camelot both presents itself to the fae people in the future. To that end, people with strong beliefs about particular choices have arranged gatherings to draw people in to hear their perspectives on what the choice should be. A ⦿ Honey Over Vinegar A wide variety of people have sided with this group, including the Elphame Traders, as cutting Celliwig off from them would mean a much harder journey each month to the city of Camelot. (Though commerce always does find a way.) This group is hosting a Tree-Picking Tournament! Of course, the trees to be picked are out in the farmlands, and members of the lobbying group will be giving people free one-use Farm Totems to get to the tournament. The trees in this grove are a little different than normal trees, however. For one, they don't bear fruit. This is Camelot's cookie orchard, composed of special fairy tree hybrids that grow a variety of sweet treats on their branches instead of fruits. There are your usual chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, but also little puff-like wedding cookies on bushes or checkboard cookies blossoming out of stems instead of flowers. There are even some trees that have clusters of miniature French macarons! The best part, at the end when you turn in your cookies for the count and get your participation prize (and bonus pamphlet about how slow and steady wins the race), you can totally keep and eat them, so be careful not to drop them! How you get them down from the tree is up to you, of course. Try some magic, or maybe just some regular old tree-shaking will do the trick.. just be careful you don't accidentally knock down any wasp nests. Those stings will hurt bad! B ⦿ A Balanced Approach The party of people who want to try to woo Celliwig over to smooth things over see this little political gathering with cookie-based bribery and quickly fashion their own event to make sure the fanfare isn't all for just the one idea. To gather people in to hear their side of the story, this group has decided to host a bug catching contest! Head out into those flower fields between Camelot and the Red Springs that are now thriving thanks to April's plentiful rains. Whether you use a net or figure out how to use your magic to get the bugs, it's how many you catch, not what kinds you catch that count-- so make it fast and make it plentiful! And at the end of the day, what you choose to do with your captured bugs is up to you. Crush them or free them, keep them or eat them, whatever it is you want to do... ultimately, all moral choices are valid, right? So let's go along with what Celliwig wants! Don't forget that May is the season of the frog, however, and you'll be in competition with a variety of sentient and wise members of the Frog Tribe, a group of bipedal frogs who live in the southernmost part of the lake and come up to the flowerfields to stick their tongues out for some delicious bug treats. They have no problem sticking their tongues right into your captured bug nest, hopping on heads to steal your catches, and do all kinds of crazy interferences like snipping belts and tonguing ankles to trip people. You may want someone to watch your back for this event, lest you get done in by a hopper. C ⦿ A Show of Strength The more war-hungry citizens of Camelot seek to go to war. This whole issue will be over if Celliwig itself isn't the one in charge of communication and it's just made directly between Elphame and Camelot, rather than having a mediator who refuses to mediate. They believe that a show of strength is the only way to solve this problem, and as such, they'll be demonstrating that the greatest rewards come from strength by organizing an expedition to a cave at the base of the Ash Mountains. Taking a path squarely between the Dusklight Woods and the edge of the Lands of Rot to the base of the Ash Mountains, this expedition will lead into a cave known as the Giant Cave. It's a pretty on-the-nose name, since it really is a big cave. One of the cool things about this cave is that it's filled with geodes. Those who have enough strength can use provided pickaxes and drills to dig up their own crystals and gold, both great for jewelry and enchanting. In particular, there is a large amount of: • Rose quartz: dark mages can make their love spells much more powerful and healers can use this to enhance spells that soothe anxieties and self-doubt • Amethyst: siphoners increase the potency of counter-curses and light mages will find this stone makes their hard light shields stronger than ever • Agate: strengthen cognitive abilities like post-cognition for a clearer picture of what happened by enhancing perception, and death mages will find they're able to extend their possession times by about 30 minutes by using an agate to stablize their aura • Moonstones: will increase navigation as a traveler's protection for kinetic users-- no longer will you risk tripping over a rock while going at enhanced speeds, or can be traded to fairies to potentially bring down a steep price to something more reasonable • Black tourmaline: a crystal that shields from opposition/negativity-- for technomancers and elementalists, this means that technology is more likely to side with them over another technomancer, or elementalists will find that when using opposing elements, theirs will come out stronger-- like water vs fire, electric vs rock, etc. • Hematite: can soothe blood, leaving it a good tool to enhance animal and blood magic-- animals may trust you more readily by having a calming effect on them, and blood mages may find that they heal more readily after using their abilities • Boji stone: alchemists will find that this is a good stabilizer for for particularly volatile potion combinations, and the properties of this stone leaves green mages to sense new types of plants they haven't yet encountered in passing, even if they're not looking at them It's not particularly a contest in this case-- you can keep and use what you want, and this show of strength has given you more power than ever, so why not consider the same concept for how to deal with our unneighborly neighbors in Celliwig? It may be sweaty business, but surely hitting some rocks will show you the value of strength! With the surprisingly tame day in the Giant Cave, one would think that the Ash Mountains were something of a safe place. No one really bothered the travelers, but that's because no one had been home at the time. as it turns out, the Giant Cave is home to a giant... douchebag of a minotaur. Not a giant, despite the name. His name is Simon and he doesn't like to share, and now that a bunch of people have gone and taken his rocks (he didn't even know there were crystals inside, nor does he do anything with them). Now he has to take his revenge, regardless of not knowing who actually took the crystals that were never really his to begin with, they just happened to be in rocks near where he sleeps. A ⦿ A Stone's Throw from Revenge The minotaur is a very instinctive creature, and his instincts say that the people of Camelot, the nearest settlement, are the ones who need to be punished for this. He uses his superhuman strength to drag huge rocks and boulders all the way to the north-east edge of Camelot, seemingly for no reason, until he's got practically a wall built. At which point he starts picking them up, spinning, and then vaulting the rocks into Camelot's buildings. You may find yourself inside of one of those buildings and scrambling to check if everyone and yourself is okay, or perhaps you're rushing out to stop the minotaur from throwing another. Either way, it's a sudden attack and you're going to have to act fast. Trying to attack the minotaur will be difficult, since it has superhman strength and durability, sharp horns atop its head, and can smell you coming from a mile away. Get creative, and stop the minotaur before it's too late! B ⦿ There's Safety in Numbers Once the minotaur's attacks stop, it flees to recover its wounds, promising it will come back to destroy Camelot once and for all. It's a time for reprieve and to help clean up the damage. Use your magic to help clean up broken buildings and structures, or heal and help others who were injured in the sudden, mostly unprovoked attack. Many of the uninjured citizens will be going around town and providing drinks, towels, and cups of noodles to those who are helping out. Because of the impending threat of the minotaur's return, it's recommended that otherworlder's use the (Recipe) Buddy System spell. The way they explain it, it's a spell designed to alert your buddy if you're in danger and lasts about an hour. The way it actually works is you must be touching your buddy in any way at all times for the next hour. Unfortunately, it seems like the volunteers sharing the recipe may have missed that it was created in a kindergarten class, not for adults. C ⦿ Gross Thankfully, the Buddy System wears off before the Minotaur is back for round two. When the Minotaur returns, the castle has since gathered forces to the edge of town to defend it from another attack. It's unclear where the Minotaur went to get healed, but whoever he went to apparently had some advice, however, and the instinctive minotaur gave into a different instinct for part two of his revenge. Rather than go right back to his pile of rocks, he instead travels the day to get to the southernmost part of Camelot and barrels into town unopposed, as most of the troupes are where they had thought he would come from again. After all, minotaurs are not known to be big thinkers. Instead of violently destroying this time, however, the minotaur instead heads straight to lowertown's well-- and takes a pee in it. It turns out, not only does he have a giant-- ahem, but he is a giant dick as well. Now the entire lowertown has to be evacuated due to contaminated water up to other areas of Camelot. Many people who live there are relocated to live in extra castle rooms. After all, Minotaur Urine is known to be incredibly potent and stinky. Mages who are able to handle the smell are asked to come help perform a ritual of water purification for the lowertown's water system. This ritual involves multiple groups of people performing synchronic magic, a magic type that requires you to be in perfect sync with your partner. Draw a special ritual circle with four candles at equidistant points. Chant a spell in sync with your partner, and blow a special powder made of ground jasper, charcoal, and rosemary into the center of the circle. It will be drawn into the candles' flames and with enough people doing this, all impurities will be removed from the lowertown's water and dissipate into the atmosphere. KEY POINTS New arrivals drop into the lake and have to climb up a cliff to the Rent a Ride, where they are given their device and some headphones and can retrieve their personal materials. They travel to Camelot, which is a multiple day journey, so they stop at the Red Springs along the way and stay at an inn there. There is a vote pending for Camelot and each side of the issue is trying to engage otherworlders to their side of the vote. The slow/steady approach is hosting a cookie harvesting tournament from a grove of cookie trees, the middleground group is hosting a bug-catching contest, and the group that wants war is hosting a mining expedition. The mining expedition aggros an asshole of a minotaur, who throws rocks at Camelot. Driven away, the townspeople try to help by distributing a spell called "Buddy System" which binds two people together, not realizing it was intended for kindergarteners. (Oops.) The minotaur returns and pees in the lowertown's water, so a ritual of water purification must be performed because it's gross and stinky. The minotaur is still at large. **** The above key points are a new feature we're going to start including on TDMs and Events. Since it's new, the format is still fluid, so please let us know if you have any feedback for this section here. It should just include brief summaries of each prompt to make parsing information easier and more accessible. The original prompts should still be read and referred to for complete information and details. **** MOD NOTES: • All test drive prompts are open to anyone in the game at any time to create your own logs with, but this post should have top-levels by potential new characters only. Current characters may reply to any threads, but should not top-level comment on this post. • If your application is accepted, you may accept TDM threads as game canon as long as both players consent. Characters may begin threading as soon as their journal is accepted to the communities. • A poll will go up a little later this week regarding the mentioned voting, which should be answered ICly by each character you play. The poll will remain open through the 15th so that newly accepted characters may also vote if they choose to. •If nothing here tickles your fancy, try one of this month's Quests for your TDM prompt. • The first "Arrival" prompts are present on every TDM, but contain seasonal tweaks for flavor. All other prompts will change monthly. • Questions about this TDM's content? Comment here! If you have a question about the game at-large, please head over to the FAQ.

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Our key points section is new! Please give us any feedback you may have on this so that we can improve it to best serve as many people as possible.

[facepalmchampion]

I'm trying to be a big brave boy and give this feedback because honestly, I had to nitpick to try to find something to be helpful about. I'm just glad to see this feature implemented and can't thank you enough. As much as I know it isn't a substitute for reading the whole thing, it's sure kindly to do to help summarize it.

My only suggestions would be to add it to the actual prompt so there isn't a ton of scrolling to do like this (probably this if I had to pick personally) or this.

These were... yeah I really had to turn to nitpicks to try my best to help with feedback. I think this is awesome and really, really helpful even as is. I know some of this isn't new information for oldbies but I really, really like it. Thank you so much again for taking this into consideration and doing your best for us always.

Saber Gawain | Fate/GO | Fire/Siphon

[loyalbreed]

A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival

[ Your character may be minding their own business, however when Gawain approaches - and he will rather suddenly. The Knight of another Camelot, will be absolutely drenched and his hair curling away from his face. He will give unto the other the most sparkling expression and face he can adorn. One he regularly gives to all or any who come upon him. ] Good day, traveler!

[ A firm hand presses upon his chest. Water pour out from every inch of his armor. He is absolutely drenched and the heavy armor that he wears seems to creak and pour out more contents as he moves about. You are quite certain you saw a fish fall out of his armor pieces. ]

Would you do me a favor, and help me in the task of taking off some of mine armor? I have lost the ability to send them away as I am. You see - as it were, with how heavy every piece upon me is now. I could use the help.

A ⦿ Honey Over Vinegar

[ Ah yes, we all know how much it is Gawain loves his Apples in legends!! So when the idea was made that 'Tree Picking' were to be a thing. The Knight gathered his wits and excitedly went into the orchid. Except, his excitement was diminished when he saw Cookies growing out of the trees!] Unfortunate that there are Cookies upon these trees and no apples therein. [ :*( ]

I feel rather dejected by this fact. I had hoped to sample fresh apples as it were.

C ⦿ A Show of Strength

[The Knight of a Round table would never turn away a moments haste to showcase his true strength for all. He is without shirt, and is with long pants and a towel draped over his shoulders. The sun beams upon him, and although he is not blessed by their rays at the house of 3am into noon no more. He still feels absolute unbridled strength when the 'sun' dawns upon him!

For the past several hours he has been at it, and not let up! Perhaps someone should remind him hes not exactly a servant anymore and should maybe get a drink and rest. Or maybe you will delight him and enable him to continue hacking away with his pickaxe so you can reap all the gem stones. Frankly he doesn't really care for them - he is a Knight. Knights show off their strengths, that is what exactly he is here for!]

B ⦿ There's Safety in Numbers

[ As if he were the most excited, and as if the circumstances were the most normal thing. Gawain latches onto you with his hand holding yours, and he looks beyond the horizon readying himself for this galivant adventure - OR QUEST rather. ]

Come let us help others with much haste!

[ He doesn't let go of you, his hand is tightly holding your own. Eyes veer over to you and he seems most serious about the situation at hand. ]

We must endeavor ourselves, and dedicate our help unto others. 'Less you turn a blind eye to those in need of help.

Sophia (Humanity's Companion) | Persona 5 Strikers | Light/Technomancy

[hopethatremains]

Arrival - Not the Metaverse

Sophia had never been submerged in water before. It was not a common thing in the Metaverse. She wanted to know what it was like, but as far as she could tell humans dressed properly for such things. Which her parka did not qualify for. She struggled a bit until she was pulled up to the surface on the back of a... thing. Giant pillow?

It was not a shadow, but it also did not seem to want to be friends. She looked around at her new surroundings briefly. Also making sure she had all of her hair, a sequence of floating hearts that did not seem to have been moved by her dip in the water. Then she struggled to hop her way to shore. Between her legs feeling different and her parka doubling in weight because this is not proper swimwear. Once on the shore, and after a little time poking at herself trying to ascertain why she wasn't as fast or as skilled as in the metaverse, she spots another person.

"Hello, I am Sophia. Humanity's Companion. I do not know where I am, do you know where I am?" Polite and direct, smiling very happily about all this in spite of what she just said. Not really bothered by- any of this even though she has a lot of questions.

Because she always has a lot of questions.

Arrival - The Red Spring (1)

Sophia had spent the ride from the lake drying off, and thinking about the state of herself. She wasn't in the metaverse. But she wasn't human. She was herself, but she also was not what she was. Pandora was not here, the proof of her heart. But she did not feel powerless. She didn't feel like a puppet.

Mostly she was worried about Ichinose. And the others. She hasn't been alone since- ever. Which meant it was good she was sharing a room. "Hello! You can take both beds if you like, I don't sleep."

Arrival - The Red Spring (2)

She wished she could find her friends. They would be able to tell her what to do, so she didn't do it wrong. But she wasn't going to miss the chance to do this either. Just because she was here alone. At least, she did not come here with anyone. They were communal springs after all.

"Hello, what is the proper etiquette and attire for the springs? And do you want to go with me?" She will ask this to basically anyone with zero concern for who they are. She is very excited to get into water again. But this time not in a heavy parka. Pay no attention to her floating hearts hair.

AOL - Video un:sophia137

[Sophia hums a little tune at the start of the video. Then it takes her a few seconds to figure out where the camera is to face it properly.]

Are cellular phones always this small from this side?

[Listen this is a very new experience for her!]

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Vivian Vin Esmerode | The Alliance Alive | Alchemy + Technomancy

[eccentricdaemon]

Arrival - A

[Vivian definitely doesn't know how to swim. Bodies of water aren't exactly common in a floating continent, but on the surface trying to swim is potentially lethal thanks to water devils. Thankfully the jellyfish are present. She can handle hopping on them just fine. She's moving quite quickly though since it hasn't quite sunk in that this world lacks water devils and she's not in danger of being pulled under and attacked. Hopefully there isn't anyone else doing the same ahead of her because she's really not paying the best of attention to where she's going.]

Arrival - B

[Once she gets safely ashore Vivian notes another issue. She sees a baby snow rabbit happily bouncing away on top of one of the jellyfish. While this one is small since it's just a baby, it still comes up to her knees and it's in the way if anyone else is trying to get ashore. She hops over towards it and then it hops to the next one. She tries this again and the same happens. Clearly she's going to need a bit of help convincing her familiar to cut it out.]

Network - Audio, un: vesermode

This place is so fascinating and there is so much to try. I've only recently been able to learn about human culture, but this place is so different from home. Can I ask for some suggestions of things that would be fun to try?

Also, where can a girl find someone who can teach her how to swim? I don't know if being dunked in the lake is a normal thing here, but it seems that it would be a good skill to learn in this place.

network — voice; un: ensignledo

[ferrytale]

What are you if you are not human?

[ ledo asks because he's curious, although it's likely that he could have tried to choose a better way to ask that question. at least he's direct? ]

audio; un: ensignledo

[ferrytale]

I do not understand this question. What do you mean 'from this side'? As opposed to what?

video; un: goemon

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke is visibly startled at the familiar face, but even moreso at...]

Sophia! What do you mean, "this side"? Are you not within my phone?

[It does look an awful lot like she's holding a phone, but that can't be right, can it?]

[hopethatremains]

Oh, hello Yusuke! Why would I be in your phone?

[She looks confused by this, she's never been in his phone before. Why would she be in it now?]

No, I apparently have a body in this world. I fell in a lake! I now really understand what the word wet means.

[eccentricdaemon]

[She's used to much worse since humans hate daemons in her world, not that she blames them. Her world definitely isn't a good place to be born human in.]

I'm a daemon. Wait, let me see if I can get this thing to show you.

[She'll actually fiddle with the phone for a bit to get it to swap over to video so Ledo can see her ears at least. They match the color of her hair and look much like what one would see on a fox. She's also got a fluffy tail, but showing that on video would be a bit less appropriate.]

video

[hopethatremains]

The inside.

sakyo furuichi | A3! | healing + dark

[revile]

( 1. Soaking in Your Arrival )

[ Sakyo is pissed. Understandably so, considering he's just hauled himself out of the water which he just ended up in. Once on land, he's peeling off a drenched shirt to wring out the water, then takes off his glasses to shake it dry. He's got no clue where he is, how he got here, what he's going to do about getting dry clothes, and just when he puts his glasses back on a torrent of water gets splashed upon him from nearby. He turns, ready to wring someone's neck next, but all he sees beside him is some giant sort of... dog?

His eyes can't really process what he's seeing, so he choses to obviously ignore the giant creature as he gets further up on land to investigate what he's supposed to even do now.

Except the creature follows him. Sakyo keeps ignoring it until he finds his way to the Rent-a-Ride caravans. He stops, then turns, confronting the animal. ]

The hell do you want? You're not coming with me. Go, leave, shoo! [ He tries to wave the animal off but all it does is... whine, and shake its tail. Sakyo lets out a heavy sigh as he pinches the bridge of his nose. ]

Why do I keep attracting stupid dogs like this?

[ Not only that, but for a komainu, it's rather docile. Isn't that kind of pathetic? ]

( 2. The Red Spring )

[ It seems a little too early to relax once he finds himself at this public inn, but he's exhausted, and wrapping his head around this series of events is sort of taking a toll on his sanity. Sakyo will occupy himself at the inn's bar first before taking a dip in the hot spring. He's ready to not care about a single damn thing for at least a half hour or so, but it's hard to ignore a yakuza's sharp senses, alerted to any noise of an approaching guest.

He doesn't intend to speak up, until of course, his annoying overly protective familiar makes itself known as it growls at the company. ]

Oh shut up, this isn't a private bath. [ Sakyo throws the komainu a scathing look, which doesn't really help much, considering he can't see well without his glasses. ]

Ignore him, he's not going to bite you or anything. At least I don't think he will.

[ Sorry for the lack of confidence but at least he's being honest. He's only known his familiar for like an hour. ]

( 3. There's Safety in Numbers )

[ What's that saying, that when it rains it pours? Well, rain sure would be a lot more preferable to whatever's going on in this bizarre medieval city. He doesn't exactly want much of any part in it. Not his problem or anything. Sakyo just intends to find a decent, calm place to ride this mess out, but there's so much damage to the buildings and so many people thrown into a panic about it all that any degree of peace and quiet is going to be hard to find for a while.

Well, he was told he had magic, not that he cares. All that fantasy nonsense is more Muku's style. Knights in shining armor, heroes and things like that. He's no hero.

But if you happen to be in his way or try to flag him down, maybe, just maybe, he'll offer a hand. He's got healing magic after all. Might as well practice it at some point. ]

not the metaverse

[fooligans]

[ Akira happens to be around, planning to check if a magical item he's made is working. What he didn't realize is that it's this time of the month where it starts raining new people. The things he wanted to do can wait, though. ]

It's nice to meet you, Sophia. [ It's a little odd to introduce oneself like that but Akira doesn't question it, not when she sounds somewhat serious about her role. ] This place is called the Isle of Avalon. Do you need help?

[wantsnudes]

[He has no idea why she'd be in his phone and was about to ask her the same thing, but the ensuing explanation makes much more sense.]

That's wonderful! Ah, but not the part about falling into a lake. I hope you were unhurt?

[hopethatremains]

[Sophia goes through a number of emotions in quick succession. She is at first elated that the boy she found is Joker. Then confused, because he isn't Joker. Why isn't he in his metaverse attire? She had a body, she wasn't in his phone. So this didn't make sense. And then it sank in, he doesn't know her.]

You- [She isn't quite sure how to process this, so she will stick to the other important things for now while looking very sad the entire time.]

Yes, I do not understand why I have a physical form when I am not in the metaverse.

[hopethatremains]

I would be more hurt if I didn't fall in a lake.

[The laws of physics are much more rigid and law-like outside of the metaverse.]

I would not recommend swimming in a parka. It is not designed for those activities.

[wantsnudes]

Certainly not. This is exceedingly strange... but I suspect Ichinose-san would be overjoyed if she could see you now. Were the two of you separated?

[He imagines she would have butted in by now in excitement if she were there with her, and Yusuke hasn't seen her around during his time in Camelot, either.]

[hopethatremains]

[Sophia shakes her head.]

I arrived on my own. I did look for her but she was not at the lake.

Are the others here?

2 because... because i can honestly.

[currysseur]

( a bath sounds good. it won't get rid of the explanations still ringing in her ears, but warm water will at least feel better than the lake she was dumped into. little things that keep the threads of her fraying sanity in check.

it'll be nice, right? )

E-eh?

( ... or she can be growled at by a... is that a komainu? and wait a second— )

Sakyo-san?!

[wantsnudes]

Aside from myself, Akira, Ann and Futaba are all here, but I am afraid... their memories may not line up precisely with yours and mine. We will have to explain a few things to them.

[But Yusuke can vouch for her! Whether the rest have memories or no memories, she's absolutely part of the group.]

I will come find you. Where are you at present?

Show of Strength

[colchismagecraft]

[Caster had absolutely no intention of voting for the violent invasion option in the upcoming debate. However, the prospect of getting magic gems to assist her in her magic was too good to pass up! The only problem being that, despite pickaxe in hand, her physical strength was still abysmal...

So, seeing someone who looked significantly better equipped for this sort of task hard at work and gathering quite a goodly pile of gems seemed like the perfect person to bother! Hopefully she'd be able to to talk him into giving her some of the spoils.

Of course, having not come from Chaldea, Caster didn't recognise him- so that was going to be an awkward conversation for later. For now she'll just be approaching him like the suspicious witch she always is.]

...Impressive. You've amassed quite a collection already.

The Red Spring (2) - Gosh Sophia's so adorable I can't even

[corpsewarblade]

[Since discovering her firearms now shot bees, Mukuro had spent a bit more time at the Red Springs trying to heal up from getting stung. Thank goodness for the water's healing properties.

She'd just been starting to undress when this strange girl with - wait how was her hair floating?? What?? - approached her.]

H-huh? Uh... it's a hot spring, you usually go in- you know. It's like a bath. You don't wear stuff in the bath.

... Guessing you've never been to a hot spring before, right?

[loyalbreed]

Lady Medea!!!

[ Indeed, not Caster. Rather her name from what he knew it of Chaldea. The towel laid along his shoulders is picked up and used to wipe his forehead from the sweat. Resting the pickaxe upon the floor adjusting to face her. He sees the Caster come toward him but only speaks when she has spoken to him thusly. There is a genuine smile upon his face, thinking that the other is from Chaldea as well. ]

As it were you are welcome to the stash I've accumulated, I understand you've a token for collecting Materials for thine magic experiments! I am not a magus and in truth hath only collected these items for the sake of others! I only wished to showcase my strength appropriately.

[fooligans]

When you're in the what—

[ Did he hear that correctly? Akira is almost certain that the girl in front of him said metaverse. To put it mildly, that was quite unexpected. For a moment, he thinks that maybe she's a resident of the Velvet Room before he realizes that neither Caroline nor Justine or not even Lavenza had such an issue. ]

Were you there all alone? But the shadows...

[ His brain is overheating. Just what is going on in here? ]