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Nexus Campus Town
« on: May 20, 2019, 04:38:04 PM »
NEXUS CAMPUS TOWN

There are as many avenues of learning in the Nexus and inequalities between them as the districts of the sprawling city-state differ from one another, but most of its prestigious higher learning institutions gather in one place: the complicated and lively Nexus Campus Town. Workshops, investigation labs, student housing, shopping streets and entertainment centers fill the gaps between campuses and their lecture halls, archives, and department buildings, with newly risen technical schools across from ancient art academies meeting in shows of frankensteinian architecture repurposed by students for any amount of reasons.

Nearly every field of education and academic research has a notable presence in the district, including magical ones that offer alternatives to the insular atmosphere of the Citadel of Magic. Invariably high tuition fees and exploitative student loans allow the institutions of the Campus Town to maintain some of the most modern resources and equipment, and encourage the continued activity of highly experimental clubs and courses with dubious safety standards. All in all, the variety of schools lends itself to some pretty wacky stuff.

Student-organized events are a common occurrence, whether their goal is funding, recruitment, or simple entertainment, but district-wide events are organized by each of the biggest universities on a fixed rotation. Each institution contributes to law enforcement and security in some way, with management of these aspects also periodically rotating, not between the biggest institutions, but between those that train and possess the most pertinent assets to the tasks.

Mundane activities in the district are frequently broken up by minor incidents involving demons summoned at frat parties, overenthusiastic magical girls interrupting public disputes, susceptible sentai heroes fighting crime, and magical girls fighting sentai heroes, with students and staff for whatever reason often finding themselves tangled in convoluted magical plots along with these characters.

Albeit a hotly debated topic, the female dress code in much of the Campus Town’s faculties mandates skirts that end halfway down the thighs and shirt size limits that don’t quite accommodate bustier individuals.

Notable Residents

The Headmaster - A cloaked, cryptic young woman who serves as the Chief of the Nexus Campus Town, whose hands are perpetually stained with blood. She has been the sworn protector of the district for many years, and its de facto premier authority figure, despite being largely hands-off in the majority of its decisions. By default, she has a place in the directors' board of every university in the Campus Town, and tie-breaker rights in its communal administrative council.

Despite her mysteriousness, she speaks pleasantly to everyone, and occasionally sponsors or mentors a handful of students elected by standards only known to her. She is fond of advising people as much as her experience allows, but it seems that due to a reckless promise, she is obligated to speak vaguely of important information and not address it directly unless unavoidable or speaking to someone who is already in the know.

Strength: Amazing
Agility: Incredible
Durability: Amazing
Magic: Extremely High
The Headmaster's magic allows her to animate and control any inanimate matter within the Nexus Campus Town, and magically reinforce it by one or two ranks, up to Heroic durability. This is a kind of instantaneous enchantment, which allows her to take control even of materials that are already imbued with magic, unless it is of at least Very High potency - and with the creator's consent, she can control even these things. Controlled matter can change shape in an instant, and when in need, she transforms the very brick and stone of the streets into giants primed for battle, and grants such things limited autonomy based on her purpose.

A powerful contract ensures that she cannot physically leave the boundaries of the Campus Town, but within it she is effectively immortal - she is not immune to injury, but endlessly recovers from conventional injuries in moments, and even if she were decapitated or reduced to ash, she would reappear somewhere in the district within an hour.

She can also magically project her senses anywhere in the Nexus Campus Town, and magically link any two passageways within it, allowing her to travel basically anywhere there in an instant provided there's a door or something similar to use. In order to attend meetings outside the Campus Town, the Headmaster creates a half-solid astral projection that she can control as her own body.
 
Instructor De La Fontaine - A popular professor from the Institute of Modern Magic Research, whose charm and availability for seemingly free consulting on her extensive knowledge in magic theory have made her beloved by students and colleagues alike. She doesn’t show up with the same hairstyle or eye color twice, and her honeyed, tranquil words have the reputation to compel people to open up about a great many deal of things.
 
Places of Interest

Library Island - In the middle of a lake occupying a small portion of the Campus Town is an island entirely occupied by a castle, which serves as an incredibly extensive modern library. Many people come here daily for some book or another, but most steer clear of the innumerable underground floors, where the bookcases grow taller and the curation of the library less reliable. But documents allegedly dating back to the earlier history of the Nexus lie in storage somewhere in these labyrinthine depths, attracting adventurous historians and explorers willing to brave traps and other obstacles to rescue information valuable to many.

The Clocktower - A elaborately decorated clocktower where much of the administrative services of the Campus Town operate from, it also doubles as the residence of the Headmaster. The highest floors, where light passes dimly through obsidian windows, are always open to anyone who wishes to consult them, provided they can be found, and from the balconies over the great clock one can look over nearly everything in the district.

The Faculty of Robotics - A few highly angular buildings of smooth, unassuming construction make the front of this university. The expensive but plain reception halls and classrooms, however, conceal extensive underground installations laden with hangars and blast doors, where advanced machinery, electronics and computer science are put into practice to their utmost by the most eager of tinkerers. Of interest to many enterprises in the Nexus, a burgeoning cybernetic research scene has a home here, but members of the faculty have also created a lot of automated security, for the Campus Town in particular. And they’re working on giant mechs, of course.

The Institute of Modern Magic Research - Students of magic of all stripes and practices gather here, in a hybridized enclosure of buildings with aged lecture halls and shiny laboratories that hosts (at least on paper) open discussion and studious breakdown courses on wizardry, sorcery and theurgy. Its courses focus on distilling a myriad of traditions into unified theories, experimenting with the combination of wildly different schools, and integrating traditional magecraft with advanced technology tools and methods, such as app programming.

Seto Kaiba Achievement Center - Supposedly created after a brown-haired billionaire managed to have the entire board of education fired for refusing to include deck building as a graduate degree in one of the colleges. It is an after school center focused on teaching students study skills for higher education.  In addition, the entire staff is required to be at least "a second rate duelest with a third rate deck."  Naturally, the duel monsters club gets the funding priority, but somehow the center has some of the best facilities among the graduate prep schools.

Neighbors

The Nexus Campus Town has a long-running relationship and business arrangement with its closest notable geographical neighbor, the Citadel of Magic. Aside from a small amount of interchange borne of overlapping education fields - although officially, the management does not condone the Citadel's isolationism and cutthroat policies -, the university city regularly imports homunculi and summoned slaves as labor to maintain the grounds and experiment on, such as for medical studies (after all, who needs cadavers for dissection when you have a fully functioning tool that is a perfect 1:1 for the human body?).

It also seems plausible that the magical incidents that frequently trouble the Campus Town's public order spill over from the Citadel's more unruly parts, but its government disowns any association with these events.

Other than this, the Campus Town provides promising professionals straight out of training to many places in the Nexus, and receives funding to pursue advancements in primarily the areas of science and technology.

« Last Edit: September 14, 2019, 11:29:07 PM by YOLF »
[13:38:37] Helligator: Depends on the god, but gods by definition in Nasuverse are strong because they have divine authority.
[13:38:48] Kat: Even the toilet god?
[13:38:56] Helligator: No one worships toilets.
[13:39:00] Helligator: Don't be a shitlord.

[04:32:08] Helligator: I can't make dragons in power armor like this

[19:50:12] francobull III: [...] why are you being all assive aggressive?

[23:32:37] Helligator: use the narrative as a means to convey an interesting story and cool conflicts with the openness you're allowed
[23:32:43] Helligator: not to CHEAT stories and conflicts

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2019, 02:30:55 AM »
Sakura and Shirou

3:30 PM

Sakura clung onto the horse as it sped towards their destination, anxious to meet her beloved and ensure that he was safe. And, soon enough, they arrived at the Nexus campus area and headed for the clock tower in the centre, where her beloved would be waiting.
As they approached, she desperately looked around for his distinctive red hair. Until, finally, she saw him, standing next to the clock tower as he had promised he would be. Immediately, she shouted out to him.

"Senpai!" she shouted, the joy clear in her voice as the horse ran towards him.

As soon as she got close enough, she jumped off and ran towards him, grabbing him into a firm hug.

"Senpai! I'm so glad you're OK!" she said, hugging him tightly, tears of happiness forming in her eyes. "What did she do to you? Did that bitch hurt you? If she hurt you, I'll...."

Shirou sighed as he returned Sakura's hug, relieved that the whole thing was finally over.

"No, I'm fine, she didn't hurt me", he said, before looking at her companions.

"Are these the people you recruited to rescue me?" he asked.

"Yes, I called Nanako, then I met the other two and I offered them a bounty for helping me rescue you", she said, before turning to the two newcomers. "Would you like to introduce yourselves?"

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2019, 03:27:39 PM »
Justice
3:30 PM

He felt out of place here. Their whole group did, but Justice in particular felt irritation seep into his mood, events at the edges of his memory as though nails pressing painfully into a swollen pimple. The records of Ulthar, the library of Alexandria.

The rider dismounted and offered the young man a gloved hand. "You can call me Justice."
« Last Edit: July 15, 2019, 03:33:47 PM by YOLF »
[13:38:37] Helligator: Depends on the god, but gods by definition in Nasuverse are strong because they have divine authority.
[13:38:48] Kat: Even the toilet god?
[13:38:56] Helligator: No one worships toilets.
[13:39:00] Helligator: Don't be a shitlord.

[04:32:08] Helligator: I can't make dragons in power armor like this

[19:50:12] francobull III: [...] why are you being all assive aggressive?

[23:32:37] Helligator: use the narrative as a means to convey an interesting story and cool conflicts with the openness you're allowed
[23:32:43] Helligator: not to CHEAT stories and conflicts

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2019, 06:11:10 PM »
Suerte

The cowgirl found herself tilting her head back, a hand pushing her hat down onto the crown of her head.  Her hazel eyes locking onto the grand tower shooting upwards into the heavens.  It was at once spectacular and offputting, similar to how she felt with Vanilla truthfully.  Then, her gazed returned to the earth and she took in her company.  Firstly there was the mage couple, greeting each other like two lost pups.  They actually did not look out of place.  In fact, their modern city garb made more sense within the context of the school.  No the odd one were her, Justice and the bimbo.  She was wearing a top and bottom that broke every school dress code, while the bimbo somehow wore even less.  The cowboy hats Suerte and Justice were wearing probably weren't helping.

"Suerte," she said, hopping off the butt of the horse.  Her breasts made one last final bounce as her feet touched the ground.  "You don't have to pay me though.  I hardly count this as a job when we didn't actually do any work."


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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2019, 09:17:43 PM »
Nanako

Nanako looked around curiously, a little surprised by what she assumed were the uniforms around here, before finding her gaze drawn to the skyscraper of a tower. A little part of her wondered what she might find there, but she put it aside for now, deciding she'd check it out later. Despite herself, she couldn't help a small smile at the sight of Shirou and Sakura together again. For all the squishiness, they were pretty cute together.

"Heya Shirou, good to see you're still in one piece!" Nanako piped up, hopping off of Punishment with a bounce in her step and her chest before zipping over to Justice, wrapping her arms around one of his and pulling it up against her chest as she waved to the couple, tail swaying excitedly behind her as she glanced back for the briefest of moments at Suerte before returning her gaze to the reunited pair.
« Last Edit: July 15, 2019, 09:22:52 PM by Panda »
[8:49:50 AM] Daniel Mahan: He can still get RAEG
[8:49:52 AM] Daniel Mahan: Just better at not loosing his marbles over it.
[8:50:09 AM] Helligator:> losing his marbles over it
                                      I seeeee what you did there


[11:00:22 PM] francobull III: elf, will you do rin?
[11:00:33 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I would love to do Rin!
[11:00:39 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I'd bend her over and . . .
[11:00:45 PM] francobull III: woah woah

francobulli'd - Today at 4:53 PM
i litterally
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FORCE
not penetration
sheesh



Sakura Today at 7:09 PM
don't see anything that triggers my gm senses

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2019, 12:09:16 AM »
Shirou and Sakura

Shirou took the offered hand and shook it.

"And I'm Shirou", he said. "Nice to meet you. And you too, Suerte."

Then, he turned to Nanako, smiling at the hyperactive squirrel's antics.

"It's good to see you again, and thank you for helping my wife", he said.

Then, he turned back to the cowgirl.

"Well, you did help nevertheless, so I feel like we should pay you something, at least", he said.

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2019, 04:54:14 PM »
Yusho
7:00 PM

Yusho languished. He famished, cursing his weakness for wanting to so quickly end the last meatbun stored away in his flowing jacket merely because of his lack of progress. Who could have imagined that there were hardly any scripts he understood to be found among those employed in Nexus City? He understood the language (several languages, in fact) just fine! What sigh of sense did that make? Truly this world operated on some convoluted rules.

Now, good deeds through martial might were all well and good, but there was only so much he could do in Valerie's domain without breaching propriety, and at least for now he did not see it as a fair effort to test that. Just this morning he had crossed more than a couple of her bloodsucking brethren when he witnessed them accosting workers seemingly returning home from their shifts. Their predatory intent was barely hidden behind the polite assumption that the human citizens owed them whatever they were asking for.

He waved his left hand slightly in the air, reminding himself of the quickly fading soreness and the vampires' almost comical outrage. At least it had been relaxing exercise.

The reminder he had taken from that was that there were more ways to help ailing communities than fighting. He'd jumped into it quite often the last couple of days, to be honest, and like a capricious storm, he'd forgotten his usual ways a bit. Teaching, healing and public services were more common to his routine through the lands than duels, and there was almost certainly no lack of people who wanted for these things.

If only he knew how to fucking write! Yes, that was how he'd ended up here, at Valerie's recommendation, after realizing that neither the contents nor the manner of her personal library were useful in the slightest because they might as well have been the unknowable scriptures of a drunk foreigner. She'd quite loudly taken him as illiterate then, and offered to teach him for a price. The gall of that woman!

Well, she hadn't opposed his decision to learn for himself, merely being stoically puzzled by his insistence in taking the long road. And in one point, he had to admit to that. It would have been faster than the time he had spent here to finally find a script he understood among the many volumes of this public (public, wholly open to anyone to consult, it was both a fun and surprising thought) archive. Volumes written in the sacred and ancient language of Old Realm, of all things. There was at least one accompanying volume with translations, and he could work with that.

It was progress. Progress free of Valerie's charming and grating grin over his shoulder. The dragon-blooded took another look at the bright, high ceiling-built space of the library, and its free space over many meters of lacquered floors, and launched himself back into it, the air around him lighting up as his mind and brush - pen, it was a pen - raced.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2019, 03:39:05 AM by Sinib »
[13:38:37] Helligator: Depends on the god, but gods by definition in Nasuverse are strong because they have divine authority.
[13:38:48] Kat: Even the toilet god?
[13:38:56] Helligator: No one worships toilets.
[13:39:00] Helligator: Don't be a shitlord.

[04:32:08] Helligator: I can't make dragons in power armor like this

[19:50:12] francobull III: [...] why are you being all assive aggressive?

[23:32:37] Helligator: use the narrative as a means to convey an interesting story and cool conflicts with the openness you're allowed
[23:32:43] Helligator: not to CHEAT stories and conflicts

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2019, 12:39:57 AM »
Justice

He took Nanako's proximity in stride, and gave a single pat to her furry tail before refocusing on the reunited couple. His voice rumbled with assurance.

"Knowing where to find help if the need arises is a reward," Justice said, glancing at Suerte. "But there's no reason to refuse small offers."
« Last Edit: July 18, 2019, 12:40:46 AM by YOLF »
[13:38:37] Helligator: Depends on the god, but gods by definition in Nasuverse are strong because they have divine authority.
[13:38:48] Kat: Even the toilet god?
[13:38:56] Helligator: No one worships toilets.
[13:39:00] Helligator: Don't be a shitlord.

[04:32:08] Helligator: I can't make dragons in power armor like this

[19:50:12] francobull III: [...] why are you being all assive aggressive?

[23:32:37] Helligator: use the narrative as a means to convey an interesting story and cool conflicts with the openness you're allowed
[23:32:43] Helligator: not to CHEAT stories and conflicts

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2019, 03:02:44 AM »
Suerte

Suerte stood next to Justice, staring at the purple-haired client.  The sight of her with her happy husband and Nanako wrapped around Justice's arm forced a disgruntled groan from her lips.  Her hazel eyes ran over the cowboy, before her eyelids closed ever so slightly, her chest heaving in and out with a sigh.

 "Well than give my partner here the entire reward.  It was his horse that took you to your husband," she said, wrapping her arms around the cowboy's arm.  Her giant breasts completely engulfed Justice's, squishing those beefy arms between two soft orbs.  "Besides he is my new partner, so i'd like to give him a little bonus for putting up with my silly games.  That is a fight in of itself."

That was about as upfront as she would get.  The fact of the matter was that she knew what she was doing.  In fact, she knew he knew that she knew what he was doing, and he appreciated him putting up with her.  However, it was also a statement that assured him that she wouldn't stop anytime soon. 



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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2019, 04:14:58 AM »
Nanako

Just as Nanako's move hadn't gone unnoticed by Suerte, the cowgirl bimbo's move hadn't been missed by the squirrel girl either. Even if Justice patting her tail was a little distracting. Nanako frowned for a brief moment, her tail going still for a moment as hugged Justice's arm tighter to her chest for a moment, glaring over in the blonde's direction for a moment as she was briefly tempted to take another shot at giving the bimbo a tour of suplex city. She quickly decided against it, however, less because of getting into a fight in front of the couple, and more so because Justice would probably get between them again.

Still, she definitely wasn't going to take that lying down.

"Hm. Seems fair, seeing as he did most of the legwork. Anyway, looks like we're done here, so I'm off," Nanako noted before releasing Justice's arm and stepping away, pulling her jacket back on and giving the Rider a quick wink, "I'll see you tonight, then."

Locking eyes with the cowgirl still hanging off his arm for a moment, Nanako zipped off, being careful not to accidentally knock anyone over.



Some distance away, in a nearby park, Nanako sat among the branches of a densely leafed tree, lounging about and enjoying the breeze filtering through the leaves, tail flicking behind her as she tried getting in contact with Carin. The little goddess had mentioned praying, but Nanako had never really paid too much attention to that sort of thing growing up. She'd never seen the use of it, really, and after that it was a matter of not being in the habit of it. Still, she remembered what she saw from her parents, and from a couple of the newbies she'd caught in the locker rooms back at her promotion.

Frowning a bit as she thought it over, the squirrel girl clasped her hands, weaving her fingers together, and focused as much as she could.

Hi Carin, just wanted to let you know I'm out of the Dojo. A lot's happened, and...what you did really did help. Thanks.
[8:49:50 AM] Daniel Mahan: He can still get RAEG
[8:49:52 AM] Daniel Mahan: Just better at not loosing his marbles over it.
[8:50:09 AM] Helligator:> losing his marbles over it
                                      I seeeee what you did there


[11:00:22 PM] francobull III: elf, will you do rin?
[11:00:33 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I would love to do Rin!
[11:00:39 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I'd bend her over and . . .
[11:00:45 PM] francobull III: woah woah

francobulli'd - Today at 4:53 PM
i litterally
said
FORCE
not penetration
sheesh



Sakura Today at 7:09 PM
don't see anything that triggers my gm senses

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2019, 04:26:55 AM »
Joseph

7:00 PM

How does one siege a district with such a stalwart defender? Even assuming proper numbers it would be so simple to neutralize any concentrated force, so dispersing his gaggle of monsters was rather necessary. He was so lucky those plucky young blood drinkers had asked him to attempt this! Martial arts were always quite fascinating, the capacity to regulate the flow of energy in one's body was one of the many keys he had attempted to solve his condition. There was no shame in trying again.

At least he had a head start. A little mutant rat here, a twisted up insect there, Joseph flickered as a shadow is prone to do across the campus, and wherever he stopped his shadows twisted open wide, and horrors poured out. While most of them were too stupid enough to do anything but kill, a few more specialized creations were prone towards capturing. Whether it was their ribs opening up and yanking people in before sealing themselves shut or the unhinged jaws of serpentine aberrations that swallowed someone whole, they would move to flee the district by whatever means possible. But as for the major specimen himself...

The castle was quite fantastic. It shouldn't be said that Joseph had no appreciation for architecture! Serpentine, chiropteran, and draconic all at once, the monster tore itself through the wooden floors right before appearing before the prospective research subject himself.

It was a horrific chimera. While its body appeared roughly similar to that of a western dragon, there were too many deviations to mistake it for such. Fur jutted out from the scales, large paws took the place of the front claws, its neck was overly elongated and its head was a freakish malforming of man and bat. Although... there was almost something recognizable in the features to Yusho. Upon its back was Joseph, an easygoing smile on his face as he waved. His shadow stretched out, bloated in its monstrosity and vomiting forth horrors down into the hole the creature had made as well as alongside him.

"You're Yusho, yes? These lovely gentleman," he patted the creature's back, "asked me to deal with you. I don't usually do these kinds of jobs; I'm a researcher, you know. But there were so many curious things they had to say about you! Just stand still and let this child take care of you. They've never been much use for anyone even until now, so I think it would make them feel better if they could do at least one thing right."

It opened its mouth, and needles like javelins thrusted out towards him.
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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2019, 03:19:52 PM »
Sakura and Shirou

Shirou and Sakura watched on curiously as Nanako and Suerte seemingly fought to woo Justice. They didn't know exactly what was happening, of course, but it was obvious that something had happened between him and the two girls previously. Before they could say anything, though, Nanako simply said her goodbyes and left.

"See you later, Nanako", Sakura said with a smile as she wrapped Shirou into a hug once more, relieved that he was safe.

Then, they addressed the remaining two.

"Sure, if that's what you want", Sakura said to the cowgirl.

"Anyway, I guess we'd better get going, and leave you two alone for a while", Shirou added. "Unless you have something else to discuss."

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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2019, 05:27:33 PM »
Nanako
Some distance away, in a nearby park, Nanako sat among the branches of a densely leafed tree, lounging about and enjoying the breeze filtering through the leaves, tail flicking behind her as she tried getting in contact with Carin. The little goddess had mentioned praying, but Nanako had never really paid too much attention to that sort of thing growing up. She'd never seen the use of it, really, and after that it was a matter of not being in the habit of it. Still, she remembered what she saw from her parents, and from a couple of the newbies she'd caught in the locker rooms back at her promotion.

Frowning a bit as she thought it over, the squirrel girl clasped her hands, weaving her fingers together, and focused as much as she could.

Hi Carin, just wanted to let you know I'm out of the Dojo. A lot's happened, and...what you did really did help. Thanks.

Carin

The response was immediate. In hindsight it made perfect sense to Nanako - the presence had been with her this entire time, watching over her. And now she felt as if arms were wrapped around her from behind, a soft face against her back.

Most of that is just you, silly.

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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2019, 07:08:51 PM »
Nanako

Nanako sat up a bit straighter, her ears perking up as she felt a soft presence behind her, wrapping around her and pressing against, her bushy tail flicking back and forth just a bit faster.

Then realization bit her, the squirrel girl going stiff and still for a moment. That presence...it felt like it had been with her the whole time. Did that mean she knew...

Wait, don't think about it, she shook her head quickly, Ah, I guess. Turns out a friend on mine got kidnapped while I was sleeping, but we didn't end up having to do much to get him back. They just...let him go. Bit weird, really...
[8:49:50 AM] Daniel Mahan: He can still get RAEG
[8:49:52 AM] Daniel Mahan: Just better at not loosing his marbles over it.
[8:50:09 AM] Helligator:> losing his marbles over it
                                      I seeeee what you did there


[11:00:22 PM] francobull III: elf, will you do rin?
[11:00:33 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I would love to do Rin!
[11:00:39 PM] Jennifer Bratcher: I'd bend her over and . . .
[11:00:45 PM] francobull III: woah woah

francobulli'd - Today at 4:53 PM
i litterally
said
FORCE
not penetration
sheesh



Sakura Today at 7:09 PM
don't see anything that triggers my gm senses

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Re: Nexus Campus Town
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2019, 11:26:10 PM »
Library

7:00 PM

The island was in total chaos. While the mundane students fled, the land and castle was quickly thrust into a war zone. Burly adventurers, resting from their latest excursions into the depths of the library, engaged clashed with the writhing abominations. Whether it was by fist, whip, or rope, they wrangled with the abominations with everything behind them. Bespectacled scholars and historians supported their comrades, unleashing magic from their materials. Alongside more traditional mages, they unfurled scrolls and unleashed books written in long dead languages. Curses of lightning, fire, and withering spilled out from them while other cared for the wounded.

Yet it still wasn't enough.

If the creatures were consistent, if some general rules could be applied to them, the inhabitants of the district might have been able to mount a proper counter attack. It was too varied. Some exploded upon death. Others spat poison or had venom in their claws and fangs. Some blended in with their environment while others charged forward armored with spines. They flew, they crawled, they ran, they slithered, they burrowed. Despite their relative lack of strength, their sheer number and unique abilities began to overwhelm the defenders slowly but steadily.
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