forum "Loud Thieves, Clumsy Princesses, Kleptomaniac Witches and Pyromaniacal Knights"

Started April 25, 2023 by @lord-of-the-carnival group

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Caladium closes their eyes, clearly annoyed. “Shut up.” Great. Another one that can hear me.

Maria pounced. She sprung from behind her cover and into Asami, stabbing her knife, killing her in seconds. Then she turned towards the readers, saying, "Well, who else here is evil?"

Asani gasped, not screaming. As I said before, she can't die, she ain't got an heir yet. She glanced down at the knife, before her legs gave out, and she started silently sobbing on the ground.

Caladium’s expression flickers to fear for just a moment as they zone out again.

Oh, dear Megabird…

They shake their head and stare at Maria, wide-eyed. “Why— why would you do that?”

(Personality switch again Lmaoo)

"The readers encouraged me to. They said she was evil. I guess we will never know, but better safe than sorry. And don't pretend you weren't about to before your personality switch. I see the knife in your hand."

(….you can't. THe only way for her to die is if she has a child, AND the child has her powers. She's less than 10 years old.)

the grass around asani turned blue, and started making a whistling sound. "n-no.." asani whispered, glimpsing it before closing her eyes.

Caladium flinches and drops the knife on the ground, stepping away from Maria. “Personality switch? I- I don’t know what you’re talking about-“

Juni stares at Salmook for a moment. That’s what I used to think about Cedar. “Well…” She shakes her head. “I’m… sorry for bothering you.” She glances at Naveil again, visibly nervous.

Something was wrong. Naveil could feel it in his bones.
This glaring match with the wind-making forest-vomit could only go so far. He thought should check on Salmook, probably.
He backed off, starting to take the long way to where he'd last seen Salmook.
The kid wasn't on the rock anymore, probably cowering behind it, as usual.
He huffed.
He didn't appreciate being yelled at for supposedly being a subpar foster-pater. The sooner they got home, the better.
"Salmo, where are you?"

(….you can't. THe only way for her to die is if she has a child, AND the child has her powers. She's less than 10 years old.)

the grass around asani turned blue, and started making a whistling sound. "n-no.." asani whispered, glimpsing it before closing her eyes.

(Reposting this cause nobody seems to have seen it)

Juni tenses. If Naveil finds her talking to Salmook, he’ll probably be pissed. That isn’t good. She glances around, hoping to find a way to leave unnoticed.

Resh continues to watch Naveil, silently sliding down from the tree. He grips the hilt of his sword, just in case.

Juni tenses. If Naveil finds her talking to Salmook, he’ll probably be pissed. That isn’t good. She glances around, hoping to find a way to leave unnoticed.

Resh continues to watch Naveil, silently sliding down from the tree. He grips the hilt of his sword, just in case.

Salmook was panicking, too. He didn't have anything on him that could help. He hardly knew the stranger – not even a name, now that he thought about it – but he didn't want her to get hurt. Not because of him, at least.
The treeline looked so far away now. Why didn't the clearing look this big before?
He looked up and around for somewhere the stranger could hide.
…There! He was about to point it out, but… there was a voice. A voice Salmook wasn't sure if he should run towards or away from.
"Don't. Move."

Juni flinches and looks at her daggers, now regretting leaving them aside. “Uh— I-“ she could barely get any words out. She stayed rooted to the spot, petrified with fear. “I- I wasn’t-“

Resh growls and unsheathes his sword, stalking closer to them. If he tries anything, he’s dead.

Naveil wasn't exactly in a striking position, but he hadn't expected this. He dragged himself further up the half-green rock and stood tall – relatively – over Salmook and… someone else. They looked like the stranger he'd shoved aside earlier, but smaller. A kinsfolk, maybe?
Regardless, he brandished his dagger at them, somewhat proud he had the foresight to make a detour for it. The metal glinted a bit in the sunlight, and he spun it in his hand. Maybe he was in mood for a fight, after all.
"I said 'the kid was fine.' And yet, here you are."
His eyes drifted down to Salmook. Scared stiff as always, but scared of what, exactly?

Juni flares out her wings and backs away, glancing at her daggers again. “I was only talking to him. What’s so wrong about that?” Her voice is shaking, and so is she. Something about Naveil reminds her a lot of Cedar, and it scares her. A lot.

(Gonna stop narrating Resh for now so google maps has a chance to actually uh. Say things. So he’s just stalking around for now)

Only talking…? Yeah, right. When the Everchill melts, maybe.
She appeared to be unarmed, but Naveil didn't let his guard down for a heartbeat. It'd be a nice trick, if he hadn't seen it a couple hundred times by now. A bow and arrow, maybe? That'd explain the nervousness.
Salmook tried to splutter something… in Common-tongue? Whatever it was, though he didn't seem to know the right words. It sounded like someone had grabbed a sentence and smashed it under a rock a few times. Naveil leaned in, almost daring him to keep trying.
"Don't hurt! Uh, please..?" Salmook finally blurted.
It took a moment or so to fully set in.

Juni stares at Naveil, her breaths shallow. She was obviously scared of him. “I- I didn’t mean any harm-“ She stammers. She starts to reach for one of her daggers, hoping she’d have time to defend herself. Tears already threaten to fall, and her hands are shaking so badly she’d probably drop her dagger if she got hold of it.

Salmook grabbed the stranger's arm, shaking his head "no." Well, if you added his facial expression, it'd be more like a "NO!"
Naveil might left her go with a loud yelling-at if she stayed unarmed. It's happened before… twice.
But armed..? He didn't want to think about that possibility.
Salmook got to his feet shakily. Maybe Naveil could be reasoned with. He listens… sometimes.
"Uh, uh… Not… danger. We… um, we- relax! Safe, yeah!"
Naveil quirked an eyebrow at him, and Salmook couldn't tell whether it was intrigued or incredulous.