forum Roleplay with @Starlight-I-Love-Magic! (closed)

Started January 19, 2019 by @Becfromthedead group

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"He's not doing it on purpose Septima" said Skye, "It's just who he is."

“Then that means there’s even less point in reacting,” she replied simply.

"At least yelling at him makes me feel better!" said Skye in protest.
Arthur laughed some more, suddenly walking upside down on thin air, "Sure bro"

"Yeah, no… it probably doesn't," Septima agreed with Arthur.
She walked on, a slight smirk on her face.

At camp, Aurelius was finally able to join everyone else for a meal. He stayed close to Taurin, still feeling quite nervous, like he wasn't quite wanted here.

Skye sighed, giving up.
Arthur flopped back down to the ground, looking up at the sky as they walked.

Silver came over to Aurelius, "How're you feeling?" he asked.

Septima held up the front of the group. It looked like between the three of them, she would have to be the cautious one.

Aurelius turned to see Silver.
“I’m okay,” he said, “Not back to normal, but I’m better than I was. I’m feeling kind of lethargic right now, if I’m being honest. But I’ve been doing little chores here and there, so I think I’m improving.”

Skye watched as she took the lead, keeping one eye on his kid brother. Technically both were adults, but he still thought of Arthur as his kid brother anyway.
Arthur suddenly tensed, warping in front of Septima.
(Can't just have everything go their way now can we?)

Silver nodded smiling, "That's good to hear" he said, taking a bite out of his sandwhich.

Septima almost tripped over Arthur, but she managed to keep her cool, despite being surprised and a little frightened. She carefully dodged and walked around him.

“I suppose so,” Aurelius replied, “I’m just hoping I recover completely soon so I can actually do something useful. Not to say helping change out bedding is useless, but I’m capable of much more usually.”

Arthur held out a hand to stop her, his face hard and cold. What danger? Where?! Ahead of you. Magic Hunters. "We have trouble headed our way," he said, his tone grim. How many? A lot
Skye stared at him, "What kind of trouble?"
"Big trouble" said Arthur flatly, his wristband pulsing. Be careful, they're equipped to deal with your sort.
"How do you know?" asked Skye, his face hard.
Arthur held up his wrist, showing the metal band clearly, "He told me of course." he said flatly.

"Just take your time" said Silver, "Trust me, taking it too fast will put you back where you started, and in possibly much worse condition. That would make you literally useless." he said it gently, "Besides, I was wondering if you might be open to helping me out with something?"

Septima’s fingertips started to glow faintly as she held a stiff stance.
“Any way around it?” she asked, “Or do we have ourselves a fight?”

“I’m interested,” Aurelius said, “What is it?”

Well? No way out of it, and you'd best take them out, they're probably headed to the base camp.
"We fight, and we'll have to take them all out, since they're probably headed straight for the base." said Arthur firmly, watching as Skye drew his blades.

"I need some help replenishing some of my herb stores," said Silver, "I was hoping you could come along to help?"

Septima pulled out her two blades, and a glowing light started to shine over the length of the weapons.
“Let’s do this,” she said, her sharp, bright teeth forming a smile.

Aurelius was exhausted. He could have fallen asleep at the table, but he wanted to help still.
“Of course. I’d be glad to help,” he said, “I’ve been incredibly bored with what they’ve had me doing.”

"I don't blame you" said Silver, "I used to have to do that sort of work all the time as a kid, and later as an apprentice."

Suddenly several soldiers came out of the trees, the lead soldier pointed at them "Charge!"

Septima struck first. She sent a beam of light around head-height. It struck three soldiers, one of them in the eyes. He was left blind. She carefully looked to see if they had anyone with ranged weapons.

“Yeah, and it’s much worse when you’ve been doing other jobs for the longest time, then you’re practically demoted because you were betrayed by a friend and starved for several weeks. Thanks for taking me with you.”
Aurelius let out a sigh. This was annoying, but at least he had people still looking after him.

Skye lept into the melee, wreaking havoc in his own way.
Arthur stood there, silent, unmoving. His eyes glinted with malice. "Chaosae Ilmer" the command was simple, the effects? Disastrous. Chaos aura swept through the ranks, leaving a space around Septima and Skye. Suddenly, the ground around the men began to warp, mud and ooze in some places, burning lava or snow in others. Trees warped and grabbed onto soldiers, while others were suddenly weightless, grass became sticky in some areas, and sharp enough to cut through bone in others. Random portals began opening, dropping people in random places that were usually on the battlefield.

Silver smiled again, "Happy to. Herb collecting is light work, but it can get tedious without company…"

“Oh gods,” Septima murmured, feeling slightly panicked.
She held mostly still, but she passed magic through her safe space to smite more of the soldiers with blazing light.

“I imagine so,” Aurelius said.
He had finished maybe half of the sandwich, but he couldn’t eat any more, yet again.
He grumbled something to himself.
Taurin asked, “You okay there?”
“Yeah, I already said-“
“You know that’s not what I mean.”
Aurelius shrugged. “Yeah, I’m alright, I guess.”

Arthur smirked a little at the soldiers panic, increasing his range as more came.
Skye warped through the chaos field over to Septima's side. "Now do you see why he's unnerving?"

Silver watched the exchange silently, finishing his sandwhich.

“Unnerving is one word for it,” Septima said, “gets the job done, though.”
The glow across her blades dulled a bit.

“Um… are you ready?” Aurelius asked, beginning to get up from the table.
He stretched a little bit and straightened out his back.

Skye used an aura whip to take out the last few as the chaos field died down and things returned to normal.

Silver nodded, grabbing his bag and striding off to the edge of the clearing and out to the woods.

“Good job, guys,” Septima said.
The light faded from her swords, and she sheathed them.

Aurelius followed Silver.
“What are we looking for exactly?” he asked.

"Several small yellow flowers, with a purple tinge to the leaves." answered Silver almost automatically, distracted in his hunt.

"Don't thank me…" said Skye, "Thank Arthur, he's the one who warned us, and took out most of them."
"I wasn't the one who warned us and you know it bro" said Arthur flatly.

"Had a good outcome, nonetheless," Septima said, beginning to walk on, "So we're safe to keep going in that direction, right?"

Aurelius nodded. "Got it."
He started to search the area for the flowers, and he saw nothing of the sort when he first looked. It was mostly just moss and grasses, so he figured yellow flowers would stick out to him once he saw them.

"Yes" said Arthur, slightly surprised that she didn't ask who he'd been referring to.

Silver sighed, "We're definitely gonna have to go a lot further out to find it" he said shifting to wolf form. "Coming?"

"Ah, yes… so who's your friend?" Septima asked, referring to whoever warned them of the danger, "I mean, if it was neither of you who figured out we were headed for trouble?"
She took out her canteen and drank a little water while waiting for an answer.

"Yes, of course," Aurelius said, "I take it I'm riding?"
He shuffled up next to Silver.