Just about ready for apping @ Dragonhaven!

[stormsprite]

Huh? You think you're ready? Well, that's great news! See, it's not so hard when you put yourself to it, and—

[Alright, now you need to get ready.]

Wait hold on what? You're thinking of sending me? Sora mea, I thought you were planning on letting that Sara girl go! What prompted this change in plans? I mean, come on, isn't this kinda sudden?

[Sara's too loud. Besides, Celia, it'll be an adventure! I thought you liked adventures?]

Hey, hey, hey, shut up with that, I know I like a bit of excitement and all, but a girl has to draw the line somewhere, and I'm drawing mine at "being sent completely unprepared to weird mishmash worlds"! At least gimme a little time!

[You've already had plenty of time, come on, let's go!]

Have not! Oi, slow down! Slow down!

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[the_tv_is_a_lie]

No point in convincing them now.

[stormsprite]

I'm not tryin' to make him stop, I just—

He's springing this on me outta nowhere and I just need a bit of time, that's all! [Now she knows how it feels; she used to do the same spontaneous "LET'S DO THINGS!!" thing to her friends.]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

You don't always get that luxury, though.

Mine's sent me to two other places already. I've learned to just roll with it at this point.

[stormsprite]

Wha—? So that means you're stuck with three places? That's— Sora mea, that is nuts. How do you "just roll with" something like that? If there's a trick to it, I wanna know!

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

Honestly? I'm not entirely sure how he manages it myself.

It probably has something to do with those activity checks he frets over so much.

[stormsprite]

Three places with quotas? [You just made it sound even crazier to her, good job.]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[Ahahahahahaha. It's not in his intentions to make it sound outrageous, honest.]

All of them relatively easy, yes.

[stormsprite]

How easy is easy? [She wants an idea of what sort of mess she's being thrown into, here.] I mean, if it's too easy to handle one then I'm just gonna get bored.

[Boredom is bad.]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

They're simple...but it's not the quotas that are the problem.

It's what you'll be faced with when you're allowed in that is.

[stormsprite]

I'm not likin' that implication~ [That's a half-truth, to be honest. While what Souji said sounds...questionable, she's actually on the fence with that rather than completely against it.

On one hand, problem. On the other, STUFF HAPPENING. Which means no boredom. Depending on what sort of things she has to face, she can deal with it!

Maybe.

Might be a little rough without Raven and Aera there with her.]

[vandaeron]

He probably should have asked BEFORE doing all the paperwork, but it could be worse.

At least he's the one between us that goes through with things. I've been in the "Yeah I would probably join and use such-and-such character" step for years, between like billions of games.



...Am I even supposed to be on this side? Whatever.

[stormsprite]

I dunno, but define "worse". [Lia, no. Don't challenge him you don't know what you're getting into just— No.]

[vandaeron]

I could say one word that would probably either horrify or enrage Mike, but nah.

Anyway, I could totally introduce someone to join in at the same time. There is one person who I've put into so many universes in so many forms already that it wouldn't really be a stretch to have her join in a form more similar to what you're used to, and she's definitely... adventurous enough, but nowadays I'd mostly want to put her with another character of Mike's who's come and gone from there already, much to Mike's chagrin.

Even though I've already said that I never go through with these things, I'd probably go through with it with a bit of verbal prodding, or if I got a good inspiration or reason.

1/2

[stormsprite]

[There's an incomprehensible sputter and a shout from a blue-haired girl in the background, before Celia turns and—] Hey! You go sit back down, this is my post, go make your own if you wanna yell at the guy!

2/2

[stormsprite]

[Followed by a brief pause.]

I'm good at verbal prodding. Like, really good. [Hoo boy. You might want some duct tape.]

Re: 2/2

[vandaeron]

shut up mike

That's basically it. I have characters I'd been interested in introducing, but never really had the followthrough to go through with it, even when the possibility of the character I'd just mentioned came up once.

I guess if the idea is that I'd be looking to bring someone in at the same time as you, I should give you some input on the characters I had in mind.

*ahem*

Re: 2/2

[vandaeron]

There's...

A swordsman who's part demon, who's out to stop an all-out war between demons and angels, whose eventual goal is to slay the demon goddess and angel goddess. Though he is pretty gruff, he means and acts in favor of the people. His mission is to protect and guide a child of the dying goddess of balance, who is effectively sister to the goddesses the both of them are out to slay.

A swordsman who's aligned with the night, who's out to destroy the vampires that're dominating the planet. Though he is pretty gruff, he... does things that are beneficial to the people. He fights alongside a boy who's aligned with the sun, though it would be more accurate to say that he tolerates the boy's presence.

A swordsman who's a bounty hunter with high-tech weapons and armor, who's out to destroy a goddess that seeks to take over the world. Though he is extremely blunt, and acts exactly as the bounty hunter he says he is, his actions are for the good of all, and he's ready and willing to support people with his extremely straightforward morals and reasoning. He's married though, and will talk about his wonderful wife and booze and such at every opportunity.

...No, they aren't all gruff swordsmen that mean well.

Next is a man who's been labeled a madman by his society. In his dreams he's seen visions, visions of his future, bleak and desolate from the neglect of people in his time. As he tries to tell people that they're on the path to destruction, and promote better treatment of the world and environment, he gets put in a cell and is regarded as delusional and in need of psychiatric therapy.

There are more, but my mind is blank right now.

[stormsprite]

I was about to say! [That's in response to the gruff swordsmen comment. Seriously, swords are way too common. And not her style at all. Not that her style has anything to do with things here.] But um—

I dunno?

Re: 2/2

[vandaeron]

Or uh, if you had an idea for a type of character you'd like more, it might jog a memory somewhere.

[skyknightone]

You'll manage. At least you have experience with the whole magic thing. Try going into it without even that. Talk about a culture shock.

[stormsprite]

Are you serious?

[Dead silence. For all of five seconds. Then after accepting Manfred's expression as the answer:] Ew. It's already bad enough that I'm gonna be thrown into gods-know-what without the rest o' Thirteen, but that'd just be a freakin' nightmare. Without the rest o' the team and without my Variants? I'd be practically helpless.

[Beat.]

Maybe a little more than helpless, I dunno. I'm not exactly great with physical stuff an' hate working alone.

[skyknightone]

I more meant... without even seen real magic before.

Still, I doubt you'll be alone for long. Most of the people there are pretty friendly.

[stormsprite]

Huh? Haven't seen— Oh, wow. Wow. I've got no idea how to even respond to that. [That's so unheard-of to her, wat do??]

[skyknightone]

You wouldn't be the first, as it turns out.

[stormsprite]

Sora mea, that's just— [Strange? Weird? Awkward?

help how to describe her thoughts without being offensive

...

Wait, she's got it!] That's kinda interesting, actually! How d'you even manage?

[skyknightone]

Well, without magic, we developed technology and science. That's how we got by. And ending up at Dragon Haven? Well... just takes adjustment. Still working on that much.

[stormsprite]

Ehh? [In contrast to the other girl this mun already has in the game there, those concepts sound mostly-foreign to Celia.

Oh well, she'll try not to question it too much.]

I could imagine! Havin' to go and deal with stuff you haven't seen before? Sounds like a trip and a half when y'think about it, but it sounds like it could be a really awesome experience too! [Her tone suggests that she finds that much to be an idea she's actually more than okay with.]