The Fall of Arcias

Mappy | Best Dog-01/07/2017

Story Dump ??? attacks Theron!* "Bwahahaha! Silly you, little Richard... Or, should I say, Archduke Theron. You've fallen right into my trap," he paced back and forth," I've heard alot about your tactics... I wonder why you failed here?" "Gah! Nope! Of course I do! All you care about is that little daughter of yours, isn't it?" asked the man, his voice old, and just screaming evil. "..." Theron struggles for words. He begins to weep. "Exactly! You have failed her, your only true daughter, and its too late to do anything about it!" he laughs a maniacal laugh.(edited) "Its a shame to see one as powerful as yourself faulter in a place like this - your very own home!" Theron remains silent. "Let's just get this over with, shall we?" ??? attacks! Critical Hit! 46 damage! (0/60) Theron is defeated. Theron clutches his wounds, but being too severe, he falls over, out of breath.(edited)

"Bwahahahaha! No one can beat us now! Arcias - she's mine! Ethysia cannot lose now!" He looks slowly down the stairs. "Oh, its you. You little Floribian pest - Phineas, was it?" Finn stares at the man. The man slowly lowers his hood, revealing an identity anyone should have been able to recognize. The older man, deformed and ugly, stared down, "You must surely know who I am, correct?" Finn stares, blankly. After a few moments, "Yes," he mumbled. "Out with it then!" "You're... the Ethysian emporer..." The man laughs hysterically, "Of course it is - its I, Gualter! Supreme overlord of Ethysia - and Florbiar." "And now, Arcias, too!"

"Soon, all of Junith - will be mine!" "And there's nothing you puny runts can do to stop me!" A somewhat respectable looking soldier runs up to the Emperor. "Your majesty, your reinforcements have arrived outside the castle." "Perfect! How fares the oppenent outside?" "There's only 3 of them left, sir. They should be dead in a few minutes." "Great... round up these fools and toss them all in the prison." "And that girl, Noelle - execute her as soon as they are locked up." As the two exchange information while retreating to the throne, Erik runs over to Finn. "There's still time, milord. Theron gave me this map of the castle before the battle." "According to it, there's a hidden set of stairs behind that door the purple-haired archer opened. We must escape!" "But what about those outside, and in the prison? We surely cannot leave them here to rot under Gualter."

"Fear not! If I am understanding the situation correctly, that merchant man should be near the princess's cell by now. The Barentian woman and the thief have likely been working on saving her retainers. There's a set of stairs down there, too. They should be able to make it out safely." "And those outside?" "Well, they have two options, it seems. Fight through however many reinforcements Gualter may have - which doesn't seem too plausible, or they could come inside, and try to meet up with us as we escape. However, if they could defeat Fenna, they may be able to sneak out while lowering the opponent's morale at the same time. I'll make sure they receive word as soon as possible." "I suppose we have no other choice."

January 10, 2017

Mappy | Best Dog-01/10/2017

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Albion grins, ignoring her surprise. "Valerie! I'm pleased you came to help me- for a moment, I thought everyone had forgotten I was here." Without pause in the conversation, the fortune teller takes on a businesslike tone as he tends to her wounds. "The friendly one is the princess Noelle... and the one with the sword is her companion, Eva." With his free hand, he gestures towards the disgruntled swordswoman. "Finn will want to see them out of here alive." Valerie nodded as Albion healed her. "Some prisoner I helped named Dexter and myself cleared most of the enemies on the other side. Irving's with us there and some lance soldier from a cell." she explained to him. @NethaEmerald @chukl

Eva steps out of the prison cell, "You found Dexty? Where's he at?" Noelle calls from behind her, "Dexter? Where's he found himself now, Eva?" "You really expect me to know?" she turned around and answered, slightly irritated.(edited)

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"What a colorful cast of characters." Valerie mentally noted in her head. However, she spoke up by saying "Dexter's on the other side of the wall with another ally from our Army." As she motioned to herself and Albion. "And some guy with a lance; don't know who he is."

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Noelle steps out the prison cell and takes a quick peek around, "That'd be Ark." Eva quickly says, "I thought Ark was tough enough to not get himself caught. I guess that means I'm better afterall!" Noelle shakes her head disapprovingly, but the swordswoman doesn't notice.

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

Valerie looked at Eva with an unamused look on her face. "Last I heard, you needed ol' lover boy over here to help you out." as she gestrued to Albion.

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"Ugh, how many times do I have to say it? That lazy man did next to nothing!" Eva complained. Despite knowing she should be scolding Eva, Noelle can't help herself, so she puts her fingers up to her mouth and giggles.

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

Valerie turned to Albion and asked the Shaman "Is what Eva saying true?"

chukl-01/10/2017

Albion discreetly shakes his head in the negative. "Just let her have this one."

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"Okay, okay." Valerie said back to Albion before turning to the other two ladies. "Anyways, the path to what I can assume is our escape should remain clear enough for us. Only real threat is a shaman staring at us menacingly."(edited)

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Noelle chimes in, "We should be able to sneak around him and reach the stairs, right? There's a staircase that can bring us to the inside floor or as an escape route." "Yeah, the one I mentioned earlier," added Eva.

chukl-01/10/2017

The fortune teller nods. "Yes. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but... before I was sent down here, our forces- and your father, Noelle- were engaged with the enemy. If the alarm has been raised, I cannot imagine they fare well now." He folds his arms. "We should make haste- while the main force is still occupied."(edited)

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"Might be why we got lights down here, but we don't know: none of us have been up there for a while, as far as I know." Valerie added on, trying to be reassuring. "And that shaman hasn't moved since i've seen him."

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Noelle speaks, "I'm sure he'll be fine. My father is great at this kind of thing," she smiled gently. She paused, "But yes, let us not waste anymore time."

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"We got Ark, Dexter, and Irving on the other side, though Irving's coming out way..." Valerie mentioned.

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"Irving?" questioned the princess.

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"Oh: sorry. Irving's with Prince Phineas' army; just like Albion and myself." Valerie quickly corrected herself.(edited)

Mappy | Best Dog-01/10/2017

"So that's your name," Eva said, turning to Albion, "I have to admit, its a pretty disgusting-sounding name. It fits you," she smirked, almost evily. "Eva! How many times do I have to tell you?" Noelle mentioned, before turning back to the member's of Finn's Army, "Its nice to meet the both of you," she smiled.

chukl-01/10/2017

Albion sighs. "Shouldn't a retainer practice better manners? I would never disgrace myself in front of the prince."

NethaEmerald-01/10/2017

"Nice to meet you too, lady Noelle." Valerie said with a small bow accompanying it. "Anyways, let's get out of here." She added, looking towards the unlocked door.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/10/2017

"Yes, let's," responded Noelle, calmly. Eva looked infuritated but didn't say anything.

chukl-01/10/2017

---Eva will remember that.---

The Lucky Archer

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

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Valerie rushes down the dark, droomy staircase. Being much longer than she had originally expected, she ends up being out of breath by the time she reaches the bottom.

At the bottom of the staircase, however, is not a room, but rather, a latch, that seems to open into a room of sorts.

There is no ladder, so supposedly, she'd have to jump down to whatever is in the darkness.

What does Valerie do? @NethaEmerald

Going down continues her turn.

Going back up allows her to use her remaining movements.

Post here with response and RP.

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie, having gone through the effort to come all the way down here, out of breath as she was, she knew she wasn't getting back to the rest of them anytime soon. "Well, here goes..." She muttered to herself as she opened the latch and hopped on down to whatever awaited her below.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

Valerie jumps down, and lands on the hard stone that makes the floor of the room. Looking around, the first thing she notices are bars, similar to those of a traditional jail cell.

However, if she where to turn around, she'd see a young man with the the world's messiest hair and large glasses, who was scratching at the wall with a tool of sorts, and didn't notice the woman drop down.

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Once finally on solid ground again, Valerie grunted a little from the fall and looked at the iconic bars. "Did I seriously just jail myself?" She asked aloud to herself, not aware that someone else was in the room until she heard the scratching, to which she turned around and saw this man. She asked him "Are you okay? Where are we?" as she lowered her sword.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

The young man quickly turned around, and greeted the swordswoman, "Well howdy there, wasn't expecting anyone to crash in from the roof in a place like this," he scratched his head in slight confusion. "We're in the jail cells of the castle. I was tryin' to protect Noelle, but those guards captured me and took me down here. I hope she's alright..." He paused for a moment to adjust his glasses.

"I'm Dexter, by the way. Many call me the luckiest person alive!"

"Though I doubt you'll believe that, since, y'know, I'm in jail and all."

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"Name's Valerie. Also, you are lucky: you got someone armed dropping in with you." Valerie said as she looked around the room and felt her pockets. "Just sucks I don't have a key..." She softly muttered under her breath. "I don't suposse luck has shown you how to get out of here?"

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"I don't know, either," he dug through a pouch on his belt, taking something out, "But let's find out." He reached out his hand, showing two dice, "Evens or odds?"

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie just rose an eyebrow at him. "Looks like I might have to try and break this pen and try to force this lock open..." She thought to herself as this man seemed to not take her seriously. "Odds...?" She responded.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Alright, evens are mine."

Dexter quickly tossed the two dice into the air and let them roll onto the floor. He ran over to where the stopped, and knelt over them.

"Let's see what we got here..." he examined them, "Looks like a 4 and a 6."

"I guess its my lucky day!"

"Again!"

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie sighed. "You... don't have any ideas on how to escape..." She muttered before speaking up to him again with "Odds again." as she went for her Pen to examing how it could be useful.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Nahhhh, just hand me that there pen," he argued.

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie held the pen out to him. "Only small tool I got."(edited)

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Don't worry about it. This spoon aint getting me anywhere," he tossed the slightly sharpened spoon across the cell.

He quickly turned towards the wall and started shaping the pen by scratching it against the wall.

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"I hope for both of us this works..." She said back to Dexter.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Well, why don't we find out if this is better than the spoon."

"Evens or odds?"

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"... Evens." Valerie spoke in defeat.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

He tossed the dice backwards without looking. One of them bounced off of Valerie in the process. Both rolled onto the floor.

"What is it?"

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie kneeled down to take a look. "2 and a... 4?" She spoke back. "Yea: a 4."

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Well, fiddlesticks, it seems you won that time," he answered. The pen quickly became sharper... more likely to fit into the key hole. Dexter blew on the tip, and turned around. "Try using this to unlock that there door," he tossed it back to Valerie. (Valerie's Pen is upgraded to a Pen +1!)

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie nodded. "Let's see if I got the energy to." as she attempted to make her way to the keyhole.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Ah, c'mon! You can do it! I've been down here with no food for like..."

He thought.

"45 minutes!"

"You gotta be able to walk, like, 7 steps."

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"Fine..." She muttered as she eventually made her way to the locked door, moving the pen in a way she hoped would help them out.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

The door made a creaking noise, before gently opening. It made another huge squeak the more Valerie pushed it. "Aye, you did it! Its our lucky day!"

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"Heh... guess I can't give this pen up now." She said aloud, in amusement with a small laugh as she stowed the Pen away. "Well, I guess stick behind me." She added on as she drew her sword.

Her Blooming Katana.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Ah, don't worry about that, miss," he added. "I got lucky and smuggled that there bow into this very cell!" he pointed to the bow laying on the ground in the corner. "Lemme just grab it real quick."

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"Be quick about it." Valerie remarked, her tone more serious than before.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

Dexter obtains the Lucky Bow.

"Yeah, yeah, alright." "I'll be able to get even more lucky crit shots than before now... I'm feeling lucky."

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

Valerie carefully peered around the door corners, waiting, needing to catch her breath a bit.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"What are ya waiting for? Its not like we're still trapped anywhere."

NethaEmerald-01/02/2017

"Then you go on ahead then: I need a small moment still to catch my breath." She responded back.

Mappy | Best Dog-01/02/2017

"Who needs rest when luck is on your side!" Dexter called as he marched outside the cell.

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