Tulpamancing Roleplay: An exercise in visualization.

[Jax]

The ranger gave a flat look at the girl. I don't think she understood the concept of how much people can change. One moment they were your friend, the next they had a knife against your throat for a scrap of bread. Self-preservation is the highest of instincts.

 

"Yes," she replied, " if it's all the same to you, I would prefer my trees to an inn's mattress any day. They're much safer. 'Prefer the devil you know,' as the saying goes."

 

Then the man spoke up. He wanted the pony to stay with her. Miah would have prefers otherwise, but she wasn't going to make a fuss over it.

 

"Fine, but I hope you enjoy sleeping on branches. Normally I would stay awake until just before dawn, but seeing as how you'll be present, we'll sleep in shifts. Just do try to not do something stupid."

 

((Also, how many here are on board with the Skype chat idea?))

[G+3]

[branches? Pfft, I sleep on clouds. And I think I'll be okay, I apologise I had no chance to swing an eight kilo slab of wood to defend myself, while a giant dog's teeth are going for my face, just so I could prove myself.] Retaliated, rather than replied, the huffy pegasus.

 

''Okay... you girls have fun...'' Said the man, instantly cursing his own tongue, ''Chloe, I'm not sure we have much time before it get's dark; you know the way.''

 

((Yeah, I'm cool with the Skype thingy-ma-bob, though scheduling will be a pain. Miah, Chloe what time is it where you two are? Both myself and Wrath are GMT, it's quarter past three here.))

[Jax]

((Yeah, I'm on GMT -5:00. You know, because I have to be a pain like that. It's currently 10:18 AM for Miah and I.)

 

The pony's tounge was sharp. Miah rather liked that. It made things more interesting. She locked eyes with the little horse, Pruia or something along those lines.

 

"We'll, if your eight kilo slab of wood didn't weigh so damn much, maybe you would have been able to do something." She smirked. "Besides, since when are brave little horses such as yourself thrown off balance by some mutt and it's teeth?"

 

She swiveled around and made for the nearest tree.

 

[Roll for Agility (D6): 1]

 

With astounding grace and speed, the ranger seemed to fly up the tree, rather than climb it. Perching herself on a branch, she shouted down, "I'll keep pace with you from up here. Shall we get moving?"

 

((Going to grab a bite to eat. Be back in a flash.))

[G+3]

[Ho, ho, ho.] Belly-laughed the pegasus, in a low I-think-like-this manner, [if it wasn't for this bass I'd be twice as fast as I am now.] She said, after opening up her wings, jumping from the ground and acceding at

 

Roll agility, d14: 9

 

normal speed. (( [screw you're crappy rolls] ))

 

The pegasus eventually matched level with the ranger, and, in total defeat, kept her composure, [Carry on, so!]

 

((Oh god, I got a few slaps for that post. I just rolled nine times there before I got a seven; I'm just getting out my real dice and spinners. Sorry 'bout that Joal.))

[Jax]

Once the Pegasus came level with her, Miah was off.

 

[Agility roll(D6): 5]

 

She leapt from the branch onto the next. From that branch she swung to another, then another, then jumped to another, slid though the split in a tree, and continued to move through the forest as if it was easy as jogging for her. It was both impressive and beautiful.

 

She called back to the horse, "Race you, slowpoke!"

[G+3]

Pruria only groaned, and then chuckled in preparation for a long evening. She peached on the branch and lept forward for momentum,

 

Roll agility, d14: 10 ((Even the dice forbid me!))

 

The strap around her shoulder snagged on a branch slowing her push to a slither, [God damnit!] Pruria drifted to the next branch and re-tried,

 

Roll agility, d14: 3! Success!

 

Finally seeing something turn her way, the pegasus launched from the branch and began pumping her wings, to catch up with her rival. The two were quickly neck and neck, neither showing any give-up.

 

''Okay, that was a giggle, but we really should go, Chloe''

 

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Okay, I have some work that needs to be done, and we still havn't done much forcing today. Assuming Chloe and her brother are occupied—and that there's nothing else that can be done right now—I'm just going to go ahead and say that we're walking to the town, as in, right this very moment; don't want to be locked out.

[cruse]

"Alright then, Follow me!"

 

With that said, her shadow armor shifted into a huge black wing of a raven. Chloe jumped, and took off with her wings.

 

"Destination: ABANI TOWN!"

 

Chloe made a roulette spin and shot through the woods. The leafs of the ground was blown away leaving a trail of bare ground much like how moses walked through water in the bible.

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Wrath shall decide whether we made it before the town set up the barricade or not. The meeting with Vixen will be different just so you know.

 

Oh, and being able to fly does not simplifies things, as the town also have a few anti air installment made by a revered engineer in the town. If the condition are right, he'll make an appearance. He is also another one of my tulpa.

[G+3]

''You're leaving me alone?! I've got nothing but this dagger!'' Called G, beginning to run and holding up his, relatively, puny weapon. ''Everyone- and their damn flying- stupid wings- and magic- and agility-.''

 

His satchel began to fall from his shoulder, the man thumbed it back into place in preparation for a long evening.

 

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No, I'm not getting much done on my work. I hope no one gets the idea—though in my short time knowing you guys: I have a lot of faith in the reverse—that I'm excessive posting; just need to remember I'm accounting for two characters.

 

And Curse, what do you plan to do for your other tulpae when we leave this area? Or is anyone having ideas that Abani town is going to be a hub of some sort? Don't matter to me, tbh.

[cruse]

And Curse, what do you plan to do for your other tulpae when we leave this area? Or is anyone having ideas that Abani town is going to be a hub of some sort? Don't matter to me, tbh.

 

Three potential party member will be there, if you satisfy certain condition.

 

they're all badass

[Wrath]

Announcement style:

The party of adventures eventually arrive at the edge of the forest, by now the sun is just setting. Behind them the forest grows still, like the calm before the storm. Shadows are cast long across the floor and the forest is bathed in a dark silence. Up ahead there are no trees but rather the tree stumps of an artificial clearing made by villagers, putting a healthy distance between the forest and the town of Abani.

 

The town of Abani was once a charming, thriving woodland community, but in recent times has become somewhat militarized in order to fend off the night terrors which surround it's walls. It's buildings consist mainly of wood harvested from the local forest, often carved with intricate designs. But the first thing that strangers notice is the two man high reinforced wooden palisade erected in recent times. It was re-enforced with a second horizontal layer of wood and the odd metal cuff, behind the wall was a wooden walkway patroled by a night guard. Around the wall lights are hung, some electronic, some magic, mostly kludged into place with makeshift engineering and thaumatology. In addition to this, a few high powered spotlights were mounted over the wall, they were effective in pacifying any large hordes of creatures under shadowy control.

 

A river runs through the town from the east, over the river is a watermill that produces electrical power, though not enough to power the lights, that is done by the generates owned and built by vixen.

 

One of the men patrolling the all spots the party, he cups he hands together and shouts "what are you doing! get inside before dark!" he waves you over. Meanwhile birds scatter from the trees behind the forest, for a few seconds all is quiet. Then howls rang out, there was at least 20 wargs amassing behind you some 200 meters away. Far away you can see glowing red eyes of the possessed animal stalking forward. There are far too many to possibly fight.

 

(Note, the lights shone by the night guard will break the entities control over the wargs and send them running in fear. Later on there will be a blackout, not this night but the night after)

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Edit: The town has a distinctly japanese feel to it, with lanterns often hung on architecture.