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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:14 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:52 pm
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When she spotted the other troll, Odette had to quickly stop the gust she was riding on. She didn't know how to process this, but she was having a hard time keeping up with the horrible night in general. This man was strange and terrifying, but he was another troll. A real, tangible troll, simply one with very powerful psionics. Odette gasped softly, making a realization.
"The Helmsman," The words fell out of her mouth without thinking. She quickly covered her mouth with a dainty hand. She had so many questions. What was he doing here? Why was he alive? Was he living here all this time? If so, how had no one found him?
That didn't matter for the moment. She needed to take action, not wonder in her own thoughts. She cleared her throat to speak.
"So sorry, so sorry..." Odette took her foot off of a garbage bag, trying to be polite. She fluttered her eyelashes, trying to look dainty and non-threatening. "We've been hurt and we're running away... There was something awful chasing us. It's destroying the mansion..." She explained, gesturing vaguely to where the mansion would be.
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:08 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:09 pm
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Acteon peered over Guo's shoulder to look at the loud, smelly adult man. Wild hair, completely dirty, not wearing proper clothes. They frowned, confused. The pulsing, crackling energy hurt their spongeclots, filling them with a sense of pressure, like being up too high, or having a cold. "Ow..." they whined quietly. Their lusus had warned them once their power would make them feel much more sensitive to psionic energy, and watching the red sparks was... strange.
Odette's words made them realize this really was the Helmsman, Tigwyn. The lightning patterns, the ghostly energy... it must be him! The orangeblood had survived and had been here this whole time? Smelling like trash, and losing his goddamn mind, apparently. It was a bit of a shame to see someone like that...
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:15 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:27 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:29 am
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Everything went so fast, Guo could barely process it. Almost as if like a second-by-second sequence, the lowblood grabbed him, they got hit by some wind, and barely avoided some major psionics.
Without thinking, Guouli crouched when Odette did. He moved an arm the best he could to shield his eyes from the blast.
As it dissipated, Guo couldn't help but whistle in appreciation of the display. Impressive s**t.
Still, that lowblood better not touch him again.
"So," he spoke up, voice low, "we've got a ghost blob below us, and right in front of us a psionic losing his s**t and tossing lightning around. So now what the hell are we supposed to do?"
And a knife wouldn't solve either problem. Bummer.
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:48 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:52 pm
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Odette thought for a good moment. The lightning struck hard and terrifying, decimating the area where they stood prior. It took her some time to quell that primal fear that lingered after such a loud and bright force. She was surprised Guouli seemed much more nonchalant.
"We need those cigarettes— the ones he used to smoke. Ones that inhibit psionics." Odette instructed, and looked up the cliffside towards the scuttleway. "Can you see if you can get some from the man in the scuttlebuggy? You can get patched up, while you're there." Odette almost felt like asking for something for her eventual migraine, but Guo and Acteon's lusus both had more pressing injuries.
"I'll give you a boost up," she offered, certain that it was a stupid idea to try and climb a wall with a child on one's back. She gave them little time to protest— she needed to continue talking to Tigwyn, after all. "Ready? On three," she gave a countdown, and on three, wind-pushed the three of them upward toward the scuttleway. As soon as they were safe on their feet, Odette shouted after them one more time, with a kind "Thank you!"
When she turned back around, another child had made their way onto the scene. The little reporter, she remembered her from the seance with the mutantblood. "Careful!" Odette cautioned the tealblood once again, this time with more earnest fear than disappointment. Still, a part of her felt bad for chastising her so much. "He's the source of the lightning, you'll want to keep your distance!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:39 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:02 am
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