The Beginning
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The Beginning
Coolpikaaa had just finished his request to The Sommelier when yet again, a flash heralding a new arrival lit up the room. He rubbed his eyes, then took to staring at the black duvet cover. What was this? Some kind of bed monste-?
"WHAT THE F-!"
"Raven?" He blinked in surprise, as the sheet was tossed off to confirm his suspicions and reveal the Queen of Smut.
In her Pajamas.
"Raven!" He smiled, eyes lighting up at a familiar face. "Welcome to-!"
“YOU!â€Â
Uh-oh.
Coolpikaaa didn't even have a second to move before the woman had leapt, torn him off the ground, and begun throttling him mercilessly.
“YOU LITTLE, <big>UNGRATEFUL,</big> <big><big>ANNOYING RODENT!â€Â</big></big>
"I - dun- kno - Wha?" He managed to say between his head repeatedly smacking the rock wall and trying not to drop his charm.
((Oh hai!))
"WHAT THE F-!"
"Raven?" He blinked in surprise, as the sheet was tossed off to confirm his suspicions and reveal the Queen of Smut.
In her Pajamas.
"Raven!" He smiled, eyes lighting up at a familiar face. "Welcome to-!"
“YOU!â€Â
Uh-oh.
Coolpikaaa didn't even have a second to move before the woman had leapt, torn him off the ground, and begun throttling him mercilessly.
“YOU LITTLE, <big>UNGRATEFUL,</big> <big><big>ANNOYING RODENT!â€Â</big></big>
"I - dun- kno - Wha?" He managed to say between his head repeatedly smacking the rock wall and trying not to drop his charm.
((Oh hai!))
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Getting slightly bored of shaking the rodent, she dropped him back on the ground. Her right eye was still twitching, she was cold, and she still didn't know where the hell she was. "Well?! Where the hell have you summoned me too you little rat?" She demanded, glaring down at the rodent.
Thankfully for her, she was naturally an extremely pale person, so no one but herself would know about the embarrassed blush that stained her cheeks. Trying to ignore everyone else, and the fact she was in her nightclothes, she put one of her hands on her hip in an indignant way. The other, she raised, and summoned a fireball. "Unless you want to be flame grilled, I suggest you start talking, rodent."
Her eye still twitched. 'I'm in the middle of no where. In a pathetic excuse for a dress. With none of my equipment or supplies.'
That was when she realized that her dignity, just may have died a little.
((How're you? 8D ))
Thankfully for her, she was naturally an extremely pale person, so no one but herself would know about the embarrassed blush that stained her cheeks. Trying to ignore everyone else, and the fact she was in her nightclothes, she put one of her hands on her hip in an indignant way. The other, she raised, and summoned a fireball. "Unless you want to be flame grilled, I suggest you start talking, rodent."
Her eye still twitched. 'I'm in the middle of no where. In a pathetic excuse for a dress. With none of my equipment or supplies.'
That was when she realized that her dignity, just may have died a little.
((How're you? 8D ))
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Coolpikaaa was dropped, and managed to stumble around for a few seconds before collapsing on his back, head spinning. Summoned her? He couldn't summon anything! She probably had just ended up over here by the flashing lights like everyone else....
Seeing triple Ravens, the electric mouse tried to steady his head to no avail, but did manage to see her ignite a fireball aimed right at him.
Ok. Time to get serious. He needed an intelligent response in the next three seconds, else end up Pika-Pancakes...
So he stopped, looked right at her face through burly eyes...
....and fell back with a thump.
((Pretty good. 'cept everyone keeps trying to kill my characters! XD))
Seeing triple Ravens, the electric mouse tried to steady his head to no avail, but did manage to see her ignite a fireball aimed right at him.
Ok. Time to get serious. He needed an intelligent response in the next three seconds, else end up Pika-Pancakes...
So he stopped, looked right at her face through burly eyes...
....and fell back with a thump.
((Pretty good. 'cept everyone keeps trying to kill my characters! XD))
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Raven's eye twitched. Then it twitched again, and again, and again, until it was a full blown spasm of irritation and twitching. "Damned RAT!" She yelled, anger reaching new levels at the rodents incompetence of staying lucid.
With a frustrated cry, she lifted her foot and dropped it down onto the rodent. "WAKE UP!" She shouted. She had momentarily calmed down a bit, but once again her face was an angry mask of rage.
She also sprayed a bit when she yelled. Grace, thy name is Raven.
(( That's what you get for having a rodent as your character.
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(( Also, for when you read this 3Kul; CP and I have officially ruined your character over MSN. I'm terrified of Sommelier now. XDD ))
With a frustrated cry, she lifted her foot and dropped it down onto the rodent. "WAKE UP!" She shouted. She had momentarily calmed down a bit, but once again her face was an angry mask of rage.
She also sprayed a bit when she yelled. Grace, thy name is Raven.
(( That's what you get for having a rodent as your character.

(( Also, for when you read this 3Kul; CP and I have officially ruined your character over MSN. I'm terrified of Sommelier now. XDD ))
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((You guys are weird, what's so scary about The Sommelier? ^o) ))
"It's getting frightfully uncivilized in here..." The Sommelier noted, stating the obvious. He had been hoping to serve his highly enjoyable beverage by now, not witnessing such uncouth behaviour. He immediately recognized the scantily-clad female as another Blackstar legend, a member of the Evil Council who's high ranking eclipsed even that of the Blue Lady. Unfortunately the Queen of the Night lacked the same kind of composure that her compatriot possessed, and she seemed to be incapable of burying the hatchet with old Council enemies.
The Sommelier sighed, for he knew that he would not be able to solve this in a civil manner. She was too enraged and too powerful for him to approach safely, so he would instead have to resort to more... underhanded means. His hand slipped into his jacket once more, this time pulling out a small crystalline bottle along with a surgical mask. With a skilled flick of his wrist he hurled the bottle (labelled "WARNING: Contents are extremely mellow.") to the ground near the raging Queen's feet. The fragile container shattered easily, spilling it's contents, which immediately turned to vapour.
"Breathe deeply and calm yourself: it's time to relax."
The Sommelier spoke with an odd, almost commanding tone, one that would hopefully be reinforced by the powerful vapours quickly filling the cave. The mask was already strapped to his face, for he knew that if he inhaled this potent mist then he'd be incapable of gaining any semblance of control over this situation.
"It's getting frightfully uncivilized in here..." The Sommelier noted, stating the obvious. He had been hoping to serve his highly enjoyable beverage by now, not witnessing such uncouth behaviour. He immediately recognized the scantily-clad female as another Blackstar legend, a member of the Evil Council who's high ranking eclipsed even that of the Blue Lady. Unfortunately the Queen of the Night lacked the same kind of composure that her compatriot possessed, and she seemed to be incapable of burying the hatchet with old Council enemies.
The Sommelier sighed, for he knew that he would not be able to solve this in a civil manner. She was too enraged and too powerful for him to approach safely, so he would instead have to resort to more... underhanded means. His hand slipped into his jacket once more, this time pulling out a small crystalline bottle along with a surgical mask. With a skilled flick of his wrist he hurled the bottle (labelled "WARNING: Contents are extremely mellow.") to the ground near the raging Queen's feet. The fragile container shattered easily, spilling it's contents, which immediately turned to vapour.
"Breathe deeply and calm yourself: it's time to relax."
The Sommelier spoke with an odd, almost commanding tone, one that would hopefully be reinforced by the powerful vapours quickly filling the cave. The mask was already strapped to his face, for he knew that if he inhaled this potent mist then he'd be incapable of gaining any semblance of control over this situation.
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Fade sat on the floor, still clutching the broken pieces of the Ruby Dagger like she was a afraid someone would steal them from her and still with that odd, highly unpleasant glint nodded a little at The Sommeliers explanation of his talents. Maybe he'd be able to take the mixture that was breaking through away and she could regain some control over her bothersome emotions.
However, shortly after that point there was another flash, and to her great surprise suddenly Raven was standing in their midst, covered in a black duvet which she quickly threw away, revealing herself to be clad only in a nightdress. Fade tilted her head slightly, watching the high ranked EC female stalk over to Coolpikaaa, immediately losing her temper along the way. What was more puzzling, was the pikachus look of happiness at seeing her. What the hell was going on in here?
"Err, Raven?" Fade said, but her voice was drowned out by the scantily clad womans yelling. Fade shrugged, and went back to trying to contain the internal tide-although her urge to laugh at the electric mouses predicament was growing at the sight of him being bashed against the wall in Ravens fury, before being dropped, getting up and promptly passing out-then being stomped on.
Fades disturbing smile turned into a dark frown however, and she looked up towards The Sommelier who'd just commented on how uncivilisied this place was becoming. Even with the degenerating mental block she had to agree here, besides, CP hadn't actually done anything. Then there was a tiny bottle that released vapours thrown right at Ravens feet, quite obviously meant to do something to her. Of course, since Fade was on the floor and currently didn't have the tools or the presence of mind to prevent herself from breathing in the mist that was filling up the dragonmade cavern, she too inhaled the stuff... just as the wall inside her mind shattered completely.
But, it didn't seem to matter, right now. For she felt calm, calmer then she'd ever felt before in her life. It chased away fear, sadness, remorse, regret, shock, confusion, irritation, annoyance, relief and the dark humour which she'd never realised she possessed 'til now, all of which had been conspiring to break down her barrier just for today. Although the Sommeliers command was directed at Raven, relaxing seemed like a very good idea indeed. Very carefully she slipped the Ruby Daggers pieces into one of the many useful pockets of her jacket and leaned back against the cave wall, watching everyone else, the smile back but not twisted-although it would still look highly disturbing to those who knew her normally cold, calculating and heartless ways.
However, shortly after that point there was another flash, and to her great surprise suddenly Raven was standing in their midst, covered in a black duvet which she quickly threw away, revealing herself to be clad only in a nightdress. Fade tilted her head slightly, watching the high ranked EC female stalk over to Coolpikaaa, immediately losing her temper along the way. What was more puzzling, was the pikachus look of happiness at seeing her. What the hell was going on in here?
"Err, Raven?" Fade said, but her voice was drowned out by the scantily clad womans yelling. Fade shrugged, and went back to trying to contain the internal tide-although her urge to laugh at the electric mouses predicament was growing at the sight of him being bashed against the wall in Ravens fury, before being dropped, getting up and promptly passing out-then being stomped on.
Fades disturbing smile turned into a dark frown however, and she looked up towards The Sommelier who'd just commented on how uncivilisied this place was becoming. Even with the degenerating mental block she had to agree here, besides, CP hadn't actually done anything. Then there was a tiny bottle that released vapours thrown right at Ravens feet, quite obviously meant to do something to her. Of course, since Fade was on the floor and currently didn't have the tools or the presence of mind to prevent herself from breathing in the mist that was filling up the dragonmade cavern, she too inhaled the stuff... just as the wall inside her mind shattered completely.
But, it didn't seem to matter, right now. For she felt calm, calmer then she'd ever felt before in her life. It chased away fear, sadness, remorse, regret, shock, confusion, irritation, annoyance, relief and the dark humour which she'd never realised she possessed 'til now, all of which had been conspiring to break down her barrier just for today. Although the Sommeliers command was directed at Raven, relaxing seemed like a very good idea indeed. Very carefully she slipped the Ruby Daggers pieces into one of the many useful pockets of her jacket and leaned back against the cave wall, watching everyone else, the smile back but not twisted-although it would still look highly disturbing to those who knew her normally cold, calculating and heartless ways.
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"Ah... My apologies Blue Lady, that was not meant for you but I suppose that you lacked the warning to know better." The Sommelier said, noticing that she was now feeling it's effects. "Well, I don't imagine that this will bother you... For now at least." He returned his attention to Raven, wanting to make sure that it was affecting her just as well as it was affecting Fade.
((Sorry for the short post, I just realized that I never explicitly said what the vapour would do, but Swix has got it right. It will basically make you feel very calm and relaxed, and should mellow out all who inhale it quite nicely.))
((Sorry for the short post, I just realized that I never explicitly said what the vapour would do, but Swix has got it right. It will basically make you feel very calm and relaxed, and should mellow out all who inhale it quite nicely.))
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With the creaking and clanking of heavy plate armor, and the sudden smell of rusted chainmail, a young woman with golden skin and bright white hair walked into the cave, with very heavy plate armor resting on her relatively dainty frame. She was only about five feet tall, but she was smiling faintly, a hand on the hilt of a great-sword on her back.
"Hello. I heard some angry yelling from the campfire, and so I decided to come see what I can do." She said softly. "My name is Aster. Are there any problems?"
"Hello. I heard some angry yelling from the campfire, and so I decided to come see what I can do." She said softly. "My name is Aster. Are there any problems?"
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Raven's continued assault on CoolPikka slowed as she began to inhale the fumes. Her twitching eye slowly stopped, and her face went from a terrifying, raging snarl to a slightly bored expression. Her tense shoulders relaxed as the troubles she had, such as being interrupted and having assumed the rodent was the one to do it, disappeared. With one last half-hearted kick, she sighed and went to lean against the side of the cave.
She was invariably bored.
Glancing at the rodent with a half-hearted glare, she turned to Fade. "Hello there darling, I'm sure you've been well in my absence?" The long drawl, although in her usual tone, held none of her usual... personality. Raven was simply not a mellow person.
"Can someone please tell me where I am? That pathetic rodent over there doesn't seem very forthcoming with answers."
With another sigh, she leaned her head against the wall of the cave and closed her eyes.
'I'm so very bored.'
(( Let's just say 3Kul, that it had something to do with us wondering why he was at a 6 year old's birthday party. xD ))
She was invariably bored.
Glancing at the rodent with a half-hearted glare, she turned to Fade. "Hello there darling, I'm sure you've been well in my absence?" The long drawl, although in her usual tone, held none of her usual... personality. Raven was simply not a mellow person.
"Can someone please tell me where I am? That pathetic rodent over there doesn't seem very forthcoming with answers."
With another sigh, she leaned her head against the wall of the cave and closed her eyes.
'I'm so very bored.'
(( Let's just say 3Kul, that it had something to do with us wondering why he was at a 6 year old's birthday party. xD ))
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((It's a different bottle Raven, the bottle that forces 'joy' onto others is a liquid at this point in time, and can only be drunk. Trust me, the 'mellow' stuff comes from a completely different source to the 6 y.o.'s birthday party 
Also Tav, if you wander too far into this cave you'll probably wind up inhaling this stuff too, so be careful
))
"There is no problem, simply an unexpected visitor." The Sommelier replied, his stoic face suggesting that he had no intention of getting into the real details of the matter. The Queen of the Night, unlike the Blue Lady, was quick to anger, and she would undoubtedly create new enemies here in no time at all without his assistance. For her own sake as well as that of the people around her, he would lend it to her... for now. "You are in a new realm; prior to coming here I was informed that it's name is 'Pax'." He bowed deeply, deciding that he could now formally introduce himself. "It is a great honour to stand before yet another legend of the Blackstar Dojo; the Queen of the Night herself! I am The Sommelier."

Also Tav, if you wander too far into this cave you'll probably wind up inhaling this stuff too, so be careful

"There is no problem, simply an unexpected visitor." The Sommelier replied, his stoic face suggesting that he had no intention of getting into the real details of the matter. The Queen of the Night, unlike the Blue Lady, was quick to anger, and she would undoubtedly create new enemies here in no time at all without his assistance. For her own sake as well as that of the people around her, he would lend it to her... for now. "You are in a new realm; prior to coming here I was informed that it's name is 'Pax'." He bowed deeply, deciding that he could now formally introduce himself. "It is a great honour to stand before yet another legend of the Blackstar Dojo; the Queen of the Night herself! I am The Sommelier."
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Fade dipped her head slightly to The Sommelier after his apology, but she didn't interrupt or say anything as she was content to watch them both. If it wasn't for The Sommeliers bottle of mellow vapour, she might have done something far worse when the mental block shattered than just leaning against the wall. To tell the truth, she was actually grateful he hadn't warned her-this was certainly the better of the two possible outcomes.
Fade lightly frowned at yet another newcomer-one who apparently didn't have a clue on how to take care of her armour, judging by the smell of rust-then ignored her as The Sommelier explained there was no problem. Instead, she looked up to Raven, who'd begun leaning on the caves walls looking vaguely bored and had started talking to her. "Sure Raven, I've been fine" Fade replied, waiting until after The Sommeliers introduction to do so, he'd beaten her to it and it was only cousteous after all, then frowned slightly again "until I got here that is. I already owe a certain 'Markus' a knifing for free. By the way, this planet is called Ana, the one above this world blocking out all the stars is Kata, and our lovely resident dragon is here too. So, how've you been, my lady?"
Fade asked, she glanced at the Pikachu, currently lifeless on the cave floor, and figured she should probably go check on him at some point-just to make sure he hadn't died just yet. It would spoil two plans now, after all.
Fade lightly frowned at yet another newcomer-one who apparently didn't have a clue on how to take care of her armour, judging by the smell of rust-then ignored her as The Sommelier explained there was no problem. Instead, she looked up to Raven, who'd begun leaning on the caves walls looking vaguely bored and had started talking to her. "Sure Raven, I've been fine" Fade replied, waiting until after The Sommeliers introduction to do so, he'd beaten her to it and it was only cousteous after all, then frowned slightly again "until I got here that is. I already owe a certain 'Markus' a knifing for free. By the way, this planet is called Ana, the one above this world blocking out all the stars is Kata, and our lovely resident dragon is here too. So, how've you been, my lady?"
Fade asked, she glanced at the Pikachu, currently lifeless on the cave floor, and figured she should probably go check on him at some point-just to make sure he hadn't died just yet. It would spoil two plans now, after all.
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The Beginning
Coolpikaaa just laid on the ground, remarkably quiet as everyone shared pleasantries. Being pretty much right where the "mellow" gas had been deployed, and having a smaller stature than what was recommended, he was quite content staring at a fixed point in the ceiling.
One one hand, he was fairly certain Raven's last stomp had broken a couple ribs. On the other, he never really wanted to move again. It seemed like a fair conclusion.
"Nah.... I think everybody's fiiiiiinnneee..." he said, speaking to someone, somewhere else.
He wasn't all too concerned about anything at the moment.
One one hand, he was fairly certain Raven's last stomp had broken a couple ribs. On the other, he never really wanted to move again. It seemed like a fair conclusion.
"Nah.... I think everybody's fiiiiiinnneee..." he said, speaking to someone, somewhere else.
He wasn't all too concerned about anything at the moment.
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(Ana Mary)
Mary tilted her head when she notaced how small Shadow was, She was unsure ether to be scard or to adore the small Dragon.
(Shadow)
Shadow rooled her eyes then sighed
"What have you ever seen a baby Dragon before?"
(Mary)
Mary was still nervius but was a little curious
"Um... who are you?" She asked confusedly
(Shadow)
Shadow giggled then notaced she is doing somthing her parents told her not to do, She then growled
"I don't talk to surface dwellers"
(Mary)
Mary tilted her head again, She then saw Athena come out of the cave.
(Shadow)
Shadow looked at the cave curiously then whisperd to herself
"The way that cave was dug up... I guess there is another dragon here..." She then sighed "If my parents find out I'm on the surface they are going to kill me..."
(Mary)
Mary's ears flickerd and she ran to Athena then asked
"Are you ok?"
Mary tilted her head when she notaced how small Shadow was, She was unsure ether to be scard or to adore the small Dragon.
(Shadow)
Shadow rooled her eyes then sighed
"What have you ever seen a baby Dragon before?"
(Mary)
Mary was still nervius but was a little curious
"Um... who are you?" She asked confusedly
(Shadow)
Shadow giggled then notaced she is doing somthing her parents told her not to do, She then growled
"I don't talk to surface dwellers"
(Mary)
Mary tilted her head again, She then saw Athena come out of the cave.
(Shadow)
Shadow looked at the cave curiously then whisperd to herself
"The way that cave was dug up... I guess there is another dragon here..." She then sighed "If my parents find out I'm on the surface they are going to kill me..."
(Mary)
Mary's ears flickerd and she ran to Athena then asked
"Are you ok?"
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With a languid stretch and a bored yawn, Raven nodded to 'The Sommelier' in greeting. "Queen of the Night? Who came up with that? It's a new one." Not that she really cared. At this stage the amount of titles she had was bordering on ridiculous. Queen of Smut, SiC of the Evil Council, Leader of the Smutketeers, Black Ops leader of Blackstar, Chuck Norris... What was another one to add to the collection?
Raven turned again to Fade with a slightly... dopey smile on her face. "I'm goooood." The words came out slightly slurred, as if she'd been too lazy to use proper pronunciation.
At CoolPikka's outburst, she started giggling, and kept at it. It was as if his simple, slightly out of place statement was one of the most riveting and hilarious jokes there was, because soon she was gasping for breath and on the ground of the cave laughing her pretty little ass off.
"We're all fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne." She cooed between a laughter bout, her body shaking violently in giggles.
(( We're not talking about that, we're speaking about how you GOT the 6 year old's joy. We have some rather... disturbing theories. xDD ))
Raven turned again to Fade with a slightly... dopey smile on her face. "I'm goooood." The words came out slightly slurred, as if she'd been too lazy to use proper pronunciation.
At CoolPikka's outburst, she started giggling, and kept at it. It was as if his simple, slightly out of place statement was one of the most riveting and hilarious jokes there was, because soon she was gasping for breath and on the ground of the cave laughing her pretty little ass off.
"We're all fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne." She cooed between a laughter bout, her body shaking violently in giggles.
(( We're not talking about that, we're speaking about how you GOT the 6 year old's joy. We have some rather... disturbing theories. xDD ))
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Fade very slightly raised an eyebrow at Ravens lazy, slurred wording, but it never got to it's usual spot. Instead, it almost immediately came back down as, quite frankly, she couldn't be bothered. In fact she could empathise with Ravens reluctance to pronounce the word properly. She returned the mildly dopey smile though-another thing almost guaranteed to unnerve people, as it was entirely out of place on her-then looked mildly confused as the current EC S-i-C collapsed onto the floor, giggling at the rodents out of place statement so hard that it became infectious to the blue clad woman. Fade felt a smirk become bigger, then that become a giggle until she couldn't stop herself. The assassin pulled her knees up towards her, hugging her legs as the giggling fit wracked a body not used to it. "Everybody's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnneee" she too repeated, the statement directed to noone in particular, and continued giggling in the corner.
((O_O *runs and hides*))
((O_O *runs and hides*))
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