(ooc: Armina, Kodel, Vera, Ruri, Hijinx, Nighthand, Kaisamyuu, Gingitsune & Rayo = the ones that should/could be arriving by my count.
Arg! *laughs* I was waiting to find out from Nall what the deal was (am I a leader-type now, etc) so I didn’t post yesterday & now I don’t want to wait anymore but you’ve written me out after he said I talked there! *pouts* So I’m going to figure out a way to work it all together again. Bear with me!)
Nall wrote:
To Armina:
Armina, with your cunning and wit... I have a mission for you. Only if you are confident in your abilities should you accept... If you are still confident in my guidance go to Hidden Ghostly Holy Ground and retrieve the key that is hidden there. It is blue and will be in a statue of a dragon. I met up with someone while I was away. His name is Rayo and he will be waiting for you and joining the group. He's a strong wavemaster and will be a good asset.
-Nall
Armina was sitting, trying to understand what the FlashMail implied.
hmmm... "with your cunning & wit..." "if you are confident..." His guidance? Does this mean Nall is not coming with us? No matter! We’ll get that key! Bouncing up from behind the rock she was leaning against Armina startled her companions, causing a few of them to jump slightly. She thought it was the new girls & that BladeMaster she met just before they left Mac Anu.
Kodel, right? Yeah, Kodel. “Sorry, ‘bout that.” Armina blushes as everyone looks at her. “I didn’t mean to keep you waiting… or to scare anyone.”
From where he’s leaning in a shadow out of sight Kaisamyuu harrumphed, probably implying that she had not startled
him. Armina keeps right on talking, giving him only a silly smile. “Seems Nall wanted to split us up for something… & except for finding a blue key I’m not sure why.” Her gaze passes over those around her & she spies a new face.
A male WaveMaster? Rayo?“Rayo? You
are Rayo, right?” His hand clasps his wand tightly, obviously prepared in case of an attack, but he nods at her.
hmm… maybe I startled him. I could have sworn I heard him speak a moment ago. (ooc: I couldn’t think of what you might say there, so I improvised! *laughs*) “I’m Armina. Nall told me you would be a good asset.” She beams a smile at him. “Glad to meet you!”
“Whoever said we had to go to the Dragon statue was right.” She grins again & her ears twitch. “Nall said as much to me in his flash mail. Sorry I didn’t say anything about it sooner, but I had to do some thinking once I saw this place.” She looks at Gingitsune hopefully. “Any chance you’re going to lead us?”
The violet-eyed vixen shook her head, cream ribbons swaying with the motion. "Guide, maybe. Not lead."
She gives Armina a reassuring smile. The Long Arm sighs. “I didn’t think so.”
“Hey! Wait a sec! We’re pretty WaveMaster heavy here, aren’t we?” Armina counted heads 4 WaveMasters, 2 HeavyBlades, 1 TwinBlade, 1 BladeMaster & herself as the resident LongArm. “I guess we do have lots of melee classes too.” She shakes her head in wonderment. Nighthand was here, without Ramza.
How odd. “I wonder what Nall could be thinking?”
Taking in their expectant stares it finally dawns on her. “um… did Nall tell you to come to me?”
Whoa! Wait a sec, Armina! That’s exactly what Kodel said Nall told him back in Mac Anu before we left! You just weren’t paying enough attention! A flood of affirmatives assails her eyes & ears. “Well, okay then! I hope you’re not expecting much though cuz all he told me was we should get the blue key from the dragon statue & that Rayo here would be joining us. Other than that we’re on our own as far as information goes.”
“How are we going to get there?” Vera pipes up.
“I can only say we’ll have to try crossing the platforms or bridges” Armina throws up her hands. “Or whatever these things are called!”
“All I know is that this is
definitely a hacked field… & that means about anything can happen.”
“Which hacker?”
“No clue.” Armina grins. “But that’s not stopped us before.”
“Vera, Ruri, Kodel, Rayo… I don’t know if you’ve ever faced hackers or their monster creations before, but I’m gonna have to ask you to be strong. Try not to be scared… but most importantly try not to die!” She gives what she hopes is a reassuring smile. “This isn’t going to be a walk in the park, that much I would count on.” She sighs heavily, gazing out where the dragon statue can be seen in the distance. “Hacked fields never seem to be.”
Suddenly she does a typical Armina-about-face of mood. “But lets cross
that bridge when we come to it, shall we?” A few of them groan audibly at her bad joke. Gingitsune smiles. “First things first: the portal that stands in our way! Melee classes, guard the WaveMasters!”
“Hijinx?” The TwinBlade stops mid-pounce & looks at Gingitsune mischievously. Nighthand looks up in trepidation, having not known Hijinx was there. “No buckets of water on people from
this water, okay? I have a bad about it.”
Hijinx grins & nods, then continues her pouce. Poor Nighthand had thought he was safe for a brief, fleeting moment. Chuckling Armina shakes her head.
Well, at least our venture is starting out with a few laughs! (ooc: long post, I know. *grins* I went ahead & said people where there if they got the FlashMail to join. I hope I did okay.)
(*edit* oops! By FlashMail Kais was supposed to be joining us, but it looks like he posted in "Hidden Ghostly White Devil" already. I might have to fix that in a sec. If I do, Nighthand will be the one who "harumphed"!)
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Level 33
Skills: JukRepulse (WoodL2), RaiWipe (ThunderL2), RueKruz(1:S:Water), DekGanz (dec. Earth), RaiRom (1:Thunder), Repth, RipTeyn
Specials: LifeDrain
Items: 4Antidote, 2Restorative, 23Health Drink, 10Mage'sSoul, 5Ressurect