Fireshard 2:The Crystal Experiment [video]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[Faris appears in the frame tossing a red-tinted crystal shard.]

Y'know, if we were all chosen for this I figured I'd try something.

See this crystal shard here?

Well, long story short it lets chosen warriors get powers and skill from long-dead heroes or something like that. I dunno whether it'll work for everyone, or anyone really, but why not?

[A few seconds of silence later...]

...Oh yeah, I've only got five of 'em so act quick if you want one. An' I expect 'em back.

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[frankensteins_moe]

dead heroes?

[Boy, that sure sounds familiar.]

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[She doesn't have the best writing. Lenna and the staff of Castle Tycoon tried their best to prettify it...]

Yeah from my world

Didn't get their names, though, just jobs

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[frankensteins_moe]

jobs? like classes?

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[hmmm...]

...uh, kinda? Ninja, Ranger, that kinda thing.

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[frankensteins_moe]

i see

[blessed_by_the_world]

Wow! That sounds really cool.

.........


Can I have one?

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[...this girl looks really young.]

...How old are ya, kid?

[blessed_by_the_world]

Eleven....

[People keep asking that. She's starting to get a little defensive.]

1/2

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[She things for a minute...]

2/2

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Eh, that's old enough. I started being a pirate when I was younger.

[So really, who is she to judge?]

[blessed_by_the_world]

You're a pirate?

[She keeps meeting such impressive people.]

That's so cool! And you started when you were just a kid?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Had to, didn't have a say in the matter.

[Accidental parental abandonment can do that to people!]

[blessed_by_the_world]

[Hmm, she supposes that being a pirate in reality is probably a lot more complicated than in the movies.]

You didn't like being a pirate? Couldn't you have just quit?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Nah, that's not it. Love bein' a pirate, hard as it is sometimes.

Short version is, I was dropped from a wind-drake as a babe.

[this is not a normal childhood]

[blessed_by_the_world]

A... wind drake? What's that?

[It sounds like a pretty terrible experience whatever it is.]

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[stridercentric]

hero is a pretty subjective term.

im guessing it only applies to heroes who actually accomplished something. like saved the world from big bads or some shit.

if thats the case youve gotta wonder where the limit is. just your world or anyones world? and if fictional heroes are real in other worlds would they count too?

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[Faris is bad at typing. And writing. So really this is kind of a mess.]

Hero coulda been the wrong word.

I sure don't have any intention to lose to whatever it is we're being put up against though.

And that just makes everyone heroes-to-be or something, I dunno

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[stridercentric]

no but. what kinda skills am i supposed to be picturing?

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Kinda varies

Some were really good at magic but I don't have any of those

Others were really good with certain weapons

and a few are just hard to explain like beastmaster and dancer

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[stridercentric]

[... Beastmaster? Dancer? That's sounding an awful lot like RPG classes. Hang on...]

how about thief? you got thief powers in there? or uh. ninja.

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Thief was one of the other crystals

i've got ninja though

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[stridercentric]

sweeeet. can i try?

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Sure

where can I find you?

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[stridercentric]

pisces 6-05

not to be confused with pisces 6-03. kid who lives there looks so much like me he might as well BE me but he aint really me.

[unbroken_chain]

"Ooo! What kind of powers?"

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Depends on the crystal.

[She picks up a different one.]

The ones I got with me are Geomancer, Ranger, Bard, Ninja, and Beastmaster.

[And, focusing slightly, redresses into her ninja gear. Which should be familiar to her, sort of.]

Also, they come with outfits. That's part'a the cost.

[unbroken_chain]

...Kotoha is just not going to remark on the ninja outfit. At all.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED AND YOU CANNOT MAKE HER ACKNOWLEDGE IT

"...Geomancer? That actually sounds kind of interesting..."

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[Good. Meanwhile, she changes into the definitely pajama-looking Geomancer outfit.]

That one's a little hard to control. It's about makin' the land work for you, and part 'a that is making sure it can't hurt ya.

That said, it'll take a little less time to fully learn from it.

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha blinks a few times as she processes that and then proceeds to look something up.

"...I can get to your place in five minutes. Libra 12-01, right?"

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

...How'd ya...

[She is kinda squinting.]

...Never mind. Just... come on then.

Video -> Action

[unbroken_chain]

Slight pause as Kotoha decides to drop an explanation.

"I work for the government as a Visitor greeter, so I just did a search on your COMP ID. Things like apartment addresses are public record. And can you open a window? Thanks!"

With that, she shuts off her COMP.

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True to her word, Kotoha's there five minutes later, riding on the back of a giant moth. The moth is just hovering near the window.

"Hello the house! May I come in?"

No point in being rude, after all.

Action and suddenly prose

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Faris is puzzled by that, but does it anyway. Why the window? what would-

And then she sees the huge friendly monster. It looks nothing like her own former large monster friend but it kind of reminds her of Syldra anyway, now immortalized in plushie form (and as a summon spell, but she can't use those).

Oh. Still, moth scales in the bedroom are a pain to clean, not that she really grasps how to vacuum anyway.

"Jump in, I guess, but your friend isn't gonna fit through. She got a name?"

If she could already do this she didn't need Beastmaster, so it's a really good thing she picked Geomancer...

[unbroken_chain]

As Kotoha finishes clambering through the window, she draws out a small green sphere and stores the moth in it.

"His name's Solar Logos!"

[jonathandammit]

[...long dead heroes...?

He doesn't feel that great about taking up limited space, buuut-] May I try? [Because it's powers why not right]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Don't see why not.

[He's actually the first to ask that so directly... that she doesn't immediately have questions for.]

So, tell me a little about you.

[She's gonna try to get the best matches for each, though, people tend to do better at things they like (not that she can cover every base imaginable, of course).]

[jonathandammit]

[Okaaaay then-]

My name is Jonathan. I hail from the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, where I was a Samurai. [Not that kind of Samurai, technically.] I fought demons in my home world as well.

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[Not that kind of Samurai, indeed.]

Samurai, eh? Used to hearing that pronounced a little differently, but whatever. Never took that one myself, and that particular shard is with Krile...

Just in case, though - how much bodily harm can ya do with money?

[jonathandammit]

[...what]

I'm... not sure what you mean by that. [He can bribe demons to join him with money and command them to do grievous bodily harm, buuut...]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Yeah, doesn't sound like it. They throw coins, but other than that they're good at dodging and good with katanas.

[Also, they could attack things without waking them up, but she missed that part.]

If I get that one back, you'll be first to know, Jonny.

[Yes he just got a nickname.]

[jonathandammit]

Oh, I see. Thank y-

...Jonny? [Nicknames aren't really a thing rather than being kinda subtle insults. Amongst the Unclean Ones, at least.]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Didn't mean anything by it, just used to people with shorter names.

[jonathandammit]

[Doesn't remove the surprise much, but okay.]

Which reminds me. What's your name, miss?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Name's Faris.

[jonathandammit]

It's nice to meet you.

When should I come receive the shard? Assuming you have one for me, of course.