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Post by Exuro on May 30, 2016 23:35:19 GMT -6
itsbeen3000years.gif Without a Competition to keep it busy, the Test Reality doesn't get many visitors these days. The once-bustling hub that is Castle Oress is no exception, the uncharacteristic sense of calm and lack of flaming rubble and/or corpses somehow managing to seem creepier than usual. Said silence was only interrupted here and there by the sound of far-off voices, which soon gave way to footsteps. A green, rather reptilian-looking woman dressed in a vaguely steampunk-ish navy blue coat and beret rounded the curve leading up the pathway to the castle's signature sliding glass doors, hesitating for a moment before turning to her traveling companion in tow. "Seems terribly empty for such a place as Vi described. Now, do we just'-"The lizard-like lady took another step forward towards the door, causing it to open as any sliding door should. "-Oh. Well then, isn't that convenient? I wonder how this works..."
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Post by Tayl on Jun 8, 2016 4:36:10 GMT -6
Upon opening the doors, the guests would find themselves in a glorified living room-lobby hybrid. The inside of the castle seemed even more empty than the outside, despite the fact that, well, it wasn't empty at all! There was a very pink woman in a poofy coat sitting on a couch in front of the TV, the tiredness in her eyes matching well with the strawberry sammich crumbs on her face. A rabbit with a :3 face was sitting next to her, and together the two were watching an anime-haired man badly attempt to play an electric guitar while making vocalizations that could have been perceived as singing. ♪ My name is Thyx!! Gonna get all them chicks With my sick awesome jams!! Uhh... something something pants!! Original song, Do not steal!! Wait, that doesn't rhyme... ♫He paused briefly before finishing with even more passion than before: ♪ TOTALLY METALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!! ♫The pink girl looked a little more awake now, but still very much dead inside. "Heh, pretty awesome, right? What'd you guys think?" the man asked, already looking pretty assured that he was about to get nothing but praise. "Umm... it was definitely very you?" the pink girl offered unconvincingly. "I thought it was TOTALLY METAL!! :3" the rabbit answered, applauding. "Aww yeah, I knew it! I'm really on a roll with this album! Alright, for you guys I'll let you in on another sneak peak. This one's called... uhh... The Most Metal Song Ever!""Wasn't that what that last song was just called...?""Huh? Oh, right! I was just seeing if you were paying attention! Congrats! Okay, for real though, this one is called, uhhh..."He scanned the room for inspiration before noticing the new arrivals, which caused him to jump. "Whoa, check it out! Guests! You guys were totally drawn in by my sick shredding, right?!" he asked enthusiastically before turning back to the girl and the rabbit. "See, guys? I really am hitting the big time!"The pink girl immediately leapt up and wiped the crumbs off of her face, brushing off her skirt and trying to tone down her frazzled expression to no avail. "O-Oh, err, hello! Umm, are you guys lost or something? I know that forest can be kinda winding! Is there something we can help with?"The rabbit, meanwhile, just kept smiling. :3 :3
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Post by memeduchess on Jul 21, 2017 3:07:27 GMT -6
((iou pics b/c timelines and i dont take ref screenshots enough ♥))
"Well," the companion pondered aloud as she glanced at the sliding doors, "I suppose these can't be any more complicated than magitek. Certainly not as convoluted as any of that Allagan nonsense..."
She was clearly another woman of the same reptilian race, albeit with lighter scales and a somewhat... different fashion sense. She wore a rather unkempt set of reddish-brown leather traveling clothes, with a katana sheathed on her left hip and an ornately-bound tome in a harness on the other. She stood with her arms crossed and looked towards the other Au Ra, a smug, confident grin on her face.
"But perhaps we should be more concerned with what lies beyond the door than with the door itself!" she teased, chuckling to herself for a moment (perhaps a little too proud of her ~sick burn~ than she had any right to be), but trailed off and coughed as she heard the man singing within. For one reason or another, the loud, spirited shouting of the word 'metal' made her uneasy. Not in any sense of the word that might imply that she felt threatened, but perhaps... tired?
Shrugging, she shook it off and attempted to make sense of what she just witnessed.
"... That was certainly something," she said to nobody in particular. She couldn't quite find the words, but she was tempted to make comparisons to the songs of a certain wandering minstrel of no small reputation back in Eorzea, and how this man's performance was slightly less traumatizing, but she elected to hold her tongue on that matter as if not to make a poor first impression. To the extent that a heavily armed out-world stranger could, at least.
"Altuun, perhaps you should address our hosts? I'm... finding myself at a loss for words."
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Post by Exuro on Jul 21, 2017 3:48:08 GMT -6
Fortunately(?) for Altuun, her implacable urge to disassemble the door and see how exactly it functioned was abruptly cut off by Thyx's... totally metal performance. She remained just as silent and still as her traveling companion for a few moments, one hand still raised in mid-gesticulation and the other braced against the castle wall, only coming to shortly after being prompted to speak by Suzume. Said lizard might have a clue as to why she looked rather like a deer in the headlights, the serenading of their spiky yellow host aside, but that's something to be addressed after they get what they came for.
"...Oh, yes! Please, forgive me for being incourteous. My name is Altuun Dalamiq, and to keep a long story short, I'm trying to find someone, you see, and the problem is that me and my companion here are totally new to the area. To make matters worse, I only have a few tidbits of information to go off of, and most of them have proved to be fruitless. Anyways, before I keep on rambling, I'm searching for one Violet Blackborn, though I know she goes by the name Violet Yoshi back where she's from. About 6'5", dark complexion and blue eyes, inexplicable aura of some weird feeling... you'd know her if you saw her."
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Post by Tayl on Sept 25, 2017 2:38:08 GMT -6
[cel] [thyx] [bunny :3] Before Cel or Bunny could do anything, Thyx saw Altuun's silence and Suzume's vague response as an opportunity. Their minds were totally blown! Yeah, the green one kept talking, but they were both clearly stunned by his TOTALLY METAL performance. Now all he had to do was go in for the kill. He produced a comb out of nowhere and slicked his hair back (or, rather, up,) strolling toward the two with all the swagger of a turkey during its first November. "Heh... don't worry, ladies, you've found exactly who you're looking for," Thyx began, striking a cheesy pose. "I might not be no Violet, but I'm everything you gals need and more," he continued, lowering his shades and winking. "Please, please ignore him," Cel insisted, shoving Thyx away from the visitors. "I'm sorry, Thyx is just very... he's very himself." she apologized. Bunny took over Thyx-shoving duties once Cel was front-in-center before the two. "Well, it's very nice to meet you, Altuun and friend! Welcome to Castle Oress!" she greeted, though not as warmly as she would have if not still haunted by Thyx's existence. "As for who you're looking for, I think I know who that is! Violet's the daughter of one of our friends, Black! I'm not sure where she would be at the moment, though... but Black stops by here sometimes, so he might be able to help if he shows up!"She jumped, "A-Ah! Where are my manners? Can I get you guys anything to eat or drink? I could whip up some more strawberry sammiches... Oh, feel free to make yourselves at home, take a seat anywhere! If you have any questions we'd be happy to answer them! And we kinda know the area okay, so we can help you out there, too! So, are you friends with Violet? I haven't seen her in forever!"It had been so long since Castle Oress had any visitors that Cel couldn't help but be frantic... she was secretly hoping she could convince them to stay for a while so she wouldn't be stuck with her only company being Thyx. Well, and Bunny, but one always assumes that. Bunny is always there. Always. :3
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