"My Second Chance..."

[D&D OC] Glehri Rosario [Cleric Lvl 10] Affiliated Isola HOUSE 135

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⚙️ - Several says spent wanderingthe city, which was easier with Glehri being able to fly so they could tag higher up locations without risky their lives. It was tedious work, and it was tiring, but they had bonded over it in time. Such as Paprika revealing that she is good with her hands and has impeccable memory, to the point that she’s considered a savant for her age back in the academy.  That she’s a gadget maker, and can make a fine blade with the proper materials. That her father was the elf in the parentage.

“-And that makes seven. Anyone else feeling a butning in their calves or is that just me?” She wasn’t as athletic as one would think. “Unless you guys want to press on. Only a matter of time before phase 2 starts.”

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Glehri didn’t mind stopping to break, after all.. While he could still go on, didn’t mean the kids could. But the Things that came over to announcements. “Even if only Bluffing. Great.” Nice to know it was a lie. 

The ‘Functional’ city appeared before vanishing from sight. And clearly something went wrong. “Well. Too bad they didn’t have Paprika helping them.”

Glehri’s weapon appeared before him, A surprised look as he took his quarterstaff and crossbow. Apparently they were serious about the monsters bit. “So.. I’m all for Hacking at some monsters, but what about you three? We could head to the beacons that are still lit. and come up with a plan there?” A nicely aimed shot from his cross bow at one of the mosaic monsters before it fell over dead. “Regardless we should stick close.”

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Glehri pats your head, immediately calming your worries. Churro often calls you out for your habit of sticking to others who show you kindness but he’s not here right now and so has no right to call you out on anything (besides abandoning him but that’s a train of thought you’d rather not follow at the moment).

Your anxiety returns when introductions begin. You’re not going to have to…? Right as you think that, Glehri finishes. You notice that right after he’s done speaking, everyone’s eyes are on you. Well, there’s no getting out of this.

“Celes… is my name. I…” 

You close your eyes and your fists as hard as you can. “I can use magic! I don’t… I don’t like to… so I hope… we don’t have to…” 

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Ray looks to the other girl, taking a moment to think before it clicks. That’s right, she was the girl who had helped find the hidden cameras in your living quarters. Paprika, he believed her name was. Good, he thought. Already she proved that she was capable enough to be aware of her surroundings. She also implied she was pretty good with tools as well, which would definitely come in handy in the future. He took a moment to nod in her direction in acknowledgement. 

The other two… Seemed to have even more… Unique? Skillsets? The angel, Ghelri, he introduced himself as, actually declared himself in league with a goddess. If it weren’t for those wings, Ray would have struggled to believe that. What’s more, Celes apparently had access to magic, of all things. Even in the world Ray was familiar with, which was crawling with demons and extraordinary wildlife, everything about this island seemed more fantastical to him. 

In comparison to those two you were… 

“I’m Ray. I’m pretty good on my feet. And if I get a proper gun, I could actually stave off enemies.” 

Damn it. This was probably the first time that Ray had been the youngest of a group. Or so out of his element. 

“But hopefully it won’t come to that. We’re just supposed to be putting up beacons, right? 

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“Paprika. Princess. Gearhead. Artificer with a speciality in gadgeteering. … We don’t need things to be fixed and I don’t have my essential tools so I can’t really get a good high ground but…” She offered the beacon gun to Ray. “You’re likely a better shot than I am. I can pinpoint good spots and magical things currently. Everything else is… Now working. .. I also have a wrench shoykd we need to hit someone or fix a pipe.”

⚙️ - She was being blunt. No would care she’s a princess it seems.

“So… What she we call ourselves? And we need to hurry. People are getting these things done faster than we are.”

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“Right. So.” Now that was out of the way. It was true, they needed a name and- Selune. No.

『 Dad Angel’s Daycare~ 』

“We are not calling it Dad Angel’s Daycare, Selune. Furthermore, I’m not an Angel.”

『 I’m sure to others you appear as one~ 』

“That would be your fault, Selune. I didn’t ask for wings.”

My, my, it would seem like the kids are witnessing Glehri having a one sided conversation with his rather.. er.. annoying goddess. However it was a name, regardless of how tacky it was.

“Also, Paprika. There are others far more behind than us. The more you urge for rushing, the more chances there will be to screw something up. Patience.”

『 Said the Dad, not dad, Dad angel. 』

Glehri bit the inside of his cheek with a great annoyance just to prevent himself from stringing together many swears in front of children..

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“Oh.”

…Oh! He wants you to…

Oooh! You nod and take the lead. You’re not really a leader but directions were something you were a bit more comfortable with: after the mess when first meeting Glerhi, you made sure to memorize how to get to important places so you’d never have to awkwardly ask someone else for directions again.

You eventually find the place you’re looking for, the Houses. No one was around, oddly enough. But as you got closer, you noticed a pair, including one with familiar wings.

“Glerhi!” You wave at him. You turn back to Ray and nod. You rush forward, ready to greet a friendly face, when you notice the other person with him.

You immediately remember that face. You bumped into that girl before…  She’d seemed nice enough, but awfully distracted. You look between her and Ray warily. This was the team? Was this okay? You look up at Glerhi worriedly, waiting for his approval…

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Thankfully, it seemed like Celes knew where she was going. In the meantime, Ray made sure to pay attention to the route they were taking, committing it to memory. As the rubble became more spaced out, rows of houses took their place. Soon after, your guide stops, her face breaking out into a smile for the first time since you’ve met up. She called out a name, Ghelri. So, the person he had just spoken with over that device. His eyes followed after her, towards the pair waiting, but he stopped, taken aback. 

The girl looked normal enough, she couldn’t be much older than Ray. But the other was a different story. He seemed old enough to be an adult, but that wsn’t what made him stand out. 

Were those… Wings? 

Ray had definitely seen angels in stories and picture books before, but he had assumed that’s where they stayed. But clearly, he didn’t know much about the world at all. 

He crossed his arms, eyeing the man cautiously, but choosing not to show outright hostility. He wasn’t the one in control here, after all. 

“Four people. I’m guessing everyone is here, then.” His eyes flicked to the girl once before returning to the angel. 

“Have you learned anything more about the situation since the first announcement?” 

⚙️ - She didn’t question the wings- some of her upperclassmen and the adventurters that brought in more material had them, albeit not was covered and feathered. From her viewpoint, that was impractical, but she stayed her opinion on it- he probably wouldn’t like the attention. She also recognized the smaller girl who came with a familiar face- one of her dormmates here.

“No updates beyond week should start searching for places to fire this beacon thing off.” That said, she fired in at the house they were meeting at, making sure to get the wall. It was safer they still least have a bread crumb trail to establish landmarks in case they got separated.

“… Don’t we share a living space?” She asked Ray, tilting her head to the side.

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He saw the other two approach, though he wasn’t sure what he did to illicit such a cheerful response from the Celes. Regardless he returned a wave to her in a manner of humoring her. After all, her communication skills weren’t the greatest from, what he could assume was anxiety. Though acknowledging Ray and seeing how much smaller he was than the girls.. He was on a team full of children. Selune was positively laughing at the irony. Ah, fuck his life.

He simply patted Celes’s head, merely accepting his fate to be with 3 children. She seemed worried about his response but he simply opted to keep his mouth shut about the apparent age of everyone. After all, he knew better to judge the age of someone. He did watch a 12 year old at one point completely cripple a 50 year old way back when. 

“We should probably introduce ourselves, beyond from the person we traveled with to meet here. I’m Glehri a cleric Elf stuck with a nuisance of a goddess.” Might as well get the reason why he’ll grumble to Selune out of the way. “And before you ask, yes the wings are real.”

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ravenpawn:

You’re not sure how, but that mess of words you made was actually understood? Amazing, that boy must be good at reading others. Churro probably wouldn’t like him, but it’s a helpful skill to have at the moment!

You see him do something on a device like yours (but much more competently than anything you’ve done on it), and then he introduces himself. “Oh no, I’m sorry…! I mean, nice to meet you…”

Your device starts to vibrate again.

Oh, Glerhi knew that you found the boy! That must have been what you saw Ray typing. “Um, he said to follow,” you say, holding the device up again, “do you know… where they are?”

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“Sort of. He told me to meet him at House 101.” He replied, glancing to his phone again to see if he could pull up a map or something. It was all well and good to act like he was in control of the situation, but it seemed like he gave his unknown teammate the impression that he knew where the hell he was going. Maybe it was a bad idea to run away from that driver after all. 

After a minute or so, and only getting as far as an “unable to connect” message, he sighed in frustration and turned towards Celes. 

“I might have to be the one following you. I don’t really know how to get to the residential areas yet.”

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⚙️ - Fibonacci… That was the first ward, with the houses in 100. She had not been there prior, but it was a start. Taking the beacon launcher, she set on at their current location, to be safe and test the device. Oh how it glowed- if they had time she would gutnitnout of curiousity. But now was not the time, watching the Warforged set things up at the spot.

“We better get moving. I don’t know how fast I’ll be able to keep up, don’t have my grappling hook on me, but I’ll go as fast as I can”

⚙️ - With that said, she set the metal lengths in her purse and the beacon launcher by them, making sure her bow and that big pipe wrench she found earlier were secure on her back. There no telling if there were hostiles in the city…

“Lead the way.”

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He lead the way from their current location, walking. Making sure she was following. He didn’t see the rush exactly, and he wasn’t about to make what look like a kid try and keep up with him by going too fast. While she also lugged around ... what appeared to be an array of odd items.

It didn’t take them long to reach the Houses. Seemed they got there first. no problem. He was easy to spot with wings on his back. “Now we wait...” For the other two.

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ravenpawn:

You look back up at the man — Glehri, he said — with wide eyes. A tall man with wings, with a goddess in him? What kind of world did you find yourself in?

You blush a bit at the compliment, and then the name finally gets through to you. Selune… you’ve heard that name before, in passing. Your family was never religious, but perhaps you saw a temple or something in Neverwinter. Maybe not a full church, Pelor has a pretty big hold on the Church—

—Wait.

He pats your head and you pull yourself back. You heard him, yes, but you can’t help but worry about this. No one is fond of your powers, the Church being one of the more vocal dissenters… you clench your fists. You can still feel the magic within you, the death and decay that flows in your veins acting as the terrible oxymoron that is your life.

You shake your head. He’s helping you. This is fine. You just have to be careful, to not let him — either of them — realize what you are.

“Um, its… Apartment 342. Is that… is it close?”

She seemed to pull herself back from him, as if she was now... worried of something. Not unusual. How many people were fond of Avatars? He was scary to most. Most feared if Selune, Watching though his eyes, would smite their existences for being... less than worthy because of their actions. In reality, the wanderlust goddess was more curious to observe the world and go on adventure than she was to pass judgement. After all, she wasn’t passing judgement onto Glehri himself despite how badly he felt he deserved it.

It was also likely something about the goddess scared her beyond just unpleasant actions. Well.. Nothing he could do to ease her worries. He didn’t know her situation and unlikely she would tell him. He was just a measly Cleric after all. “Apartment 342... So the Golden ward.”

She was kinda close. Not by much considering they were just outside of the Fibonacci Ward. “We’re in the Cotes Ward. Next to the Fibonacci Ward. So It’ll be quite the walk. I’m in house 135 in the Fibonacci Ward.” And he was Not flying her to her ward.

“Also.. I’m not sure if this will ease your worries but.. I’m not one to be fearful of. Selune has yet to pass judgment on me and insists she won’t despite what I’ve done... So I doubt she’ll judge you.” He tried reassuring but.. he doubt that was helpful.

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The young…wait no, he was older than him, man was right on that aspect. But Emil was used to pain, compared to everything else in his past a small migraine was nothing. Though that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt, just…..not as much as it could have been. Despite the warning, he did walk a bit closer and felt a short sharp pain in response. 

“I was trying to circumnavigate this island and ended up walking through the mist.” He was a bit embarrassed with himself for walking diagonally into this part of the city however. 

“I know…well sort of. A lot of people have been disappearing and reappearing with no memory of walking through any parts that have been mist-covered. Or at least, that’s what I heard. If that’s the case shouldn’t you be careful as well?” 

Glehri stared at the kid. This kid didn’t seem to get it. “Precisely why I’m sitting instead of trying to wander forward... Like you.” He bluntly stated. He sighed, standing up. “Do you need help going back? I purposefully came out to the mist, I know the way back... and I could possibly help you navigate to where-ever it was you were trying to head to. Also.. The mist covers around the city, and as far as I can tell the city is circular.” he shrugged. “I have a death wish, so not particularly. Worry about your own safety before others though.”

This boy seemed quite young.. and quite hopeless. Then again, there seemed to be hundreds of children in the city without parental guidance and some who seemed.. a bit too independent for their own good. Perhaps this boy was one of them? No, the unsure demeanor the other was casting off showed a lack there of independence. “Perhaps it’d be wise in the future to turn around the second you notice you’ve walked into mist.”

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((Edited Sandalphon images from Granblue Fantasy. Glehri has lavender hair and pink eyes so.... Brown hair and red eys turn into that easily and Sandalphon has wings... sometimes...

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⚙️ - Curious eyes scanned the device for a moment, feeling the seminary shaped item in her pocket as she thought. So much could be done with it and yet it was off so different from the Sending Stones her upperclassmen used.

“Paprika.” She said, before giving a formal bow. Just like she was trained. “Princess Paprika Legiana-Greensleeves, 2nd year student of the arts of the Artificiary. A pleasure, Brother Glehri.” It wasn’t hard to tell he was a man of the cloth, given his robes. And wings. Which… Made her quizzical. But now was not the time- people were ahead of them by miles.

“We need to meet with those people and fast- rather not get left behind by entire who had already started seeing these… Beacons up.”

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He felt the device buzz in his hand and then a few more buzzes. Peering at the phone real quick. 

To: Ray [Text:] Right. Meet by House 101 at the Fibonacci Ward.

To: Celes [Text:] Follow the boy you found.

Not that he doubted Celes, but seeing as her last text was a train wreck, easier to tell her to follow the boy. He then regarded the girl putting the phone away. “Paprika.. I doubt you should announce your royal status in an area where it will mean very little, and even if it did mean something to someone... well.. The chance of them being a friend will probably be nil. We’re headed to the Fibonacci Ward to house 101. It’s easy to locate and it’s the first house in that area.” 

He started to lead the way before pausing slightly “Also. It’s just Glehri. I’m not part of a church.” and for good reason. He continued on.

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Team Angel Dad’s Daycare~

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Ray @cunningbrat

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⚙️ - She looked curiously at the device, head tilting as she started to think. A scrying device with invisible parchment that could receive and send messages like Message and Sending? This had her intrigued, moving to look at it clearly. She muttered in a low tone in Gnomish, starting to think on it before he spoke which woke her from her thoughts.

“[Myowp plroe myetbto bltag-] I mean, okay. What a curious device though.”

Wings ruffled slightly as he awaited a reply from his cell and the girl he stood next to. He heard the strange utterance of a language he was unfamiliar with. Si it was possible to break down the auto translate of what this world seemed to possess. That, honestly, was a relief. 

He sent the text back to Celes with the reply.

To Celes: @ravenpawn​

text: He can join us.

“It’s not too hard to use after a bit of finagling.. don’t know what the round button does though, doesn’t seem to respond when I press on it.” of course, Glehri didn't realize it’s the internet button which currently doesn’t function. 

“I’m Glehri by the way.”

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ravenpawn:

You’re busy freaking out as usual when a vibration suddenly appears in your bag. You clumsily pull out the strange device and see Glehri’s name, with a message. This world really had some convenient magics… 

Ah… you’re conflicted. You don’t want to die, but there was that boy… You try your best to reply.

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[txt] um [txt] a boy wantedb to ask me i think  but he left beofre i asnwered [txt] i dont want to leave him alone in case someone alone dies lik ethe girl said [txt]  so if we find him can he join us? [txt] sorry this is probably a nuisance???

Glehri looked at the reply that... took a few minutes “Celes will join us, but wants to have a boy join as well. Particularly I don’t care.” @artificist​ To Celes:

text: I have someone with me. I’m asking their opinion. Particularly I don’t mind.

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“Teams.. Of four. Great, aren’t I fucked. Who the hell am I supposed to team up with?” Glehri huffed.

⚙️ - Has quietly raised her hand which has a few metal straights because she needs actual arrows instead of these suction cups.

“You’ll do then.. Now two more...” He recalled a girl from earlier and.. truth be told it was mostly just a want to help her more than wanting her as useful member. “There’s this girl Celes that could perhaps join.” 

He pulled out the phone from his stuff and, with SOME finagling managed to send a text to her.

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From: Glehri Rosario

To: Celes

Have you found a group yet? You can come with me if you haven’t.

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ravenpawn:

You feel yourself droop a bit. Right, of course you wouldn’t be able to find him that easily. If you could, he would just come to you. 

But what the man said was surprising. Left behind, you could see. Churro wouldn’t like it, but it would make sense. But confiscated? Why would whoever owned this place confiscate a crow? Sure, he could talk, but only to you. Other than that, he’s just a normal crow.

You open your mouth to ask these questions, and then a gentle hand rests itself on your head.

You look up at him, the few words you would usually be able to conjure up, gone. You can feel the tears welling up yet again, and your breath hitches just a bit. If Churro were here, he’d probably admonish you for getting caught up in a few kind gestures from some stranger.

But Churro isn’t here, and at your lowest point, this total stranger is showing you kindness, of all things—

You hear some intelligible grumbling and flinch. You quietly mutter, “….Celes,” before shrinking back into yourself.

Did he say something wrong to her that she looked like she was on the verge of tears? Probably the fact he grumbled. He sigh. “Sorry.. I have an annoying goddess in me who likes to randomly speak what’s on her mind. She’s quite.. distracting. It wasn’t directed at you.”

Her eyes had to be sore from so much crying “I’m Glehri, Celes. Also, not sure if it’s a blessing or not, but Selune thinks your adorable.” Might as well mention the nuisance of his deity. 

What to do. A girl missing her crow. “Do you remember where you were assigned Celes? I can help you if you’re lost? Or you can crash for my place and we can ask someone where you belong? Sooner or later you’ll probably end up crashing from too much crying.” He patted her head again before standing.

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“Teams.. Of four. Great, aren’t I fucked. Who the hell am I supposed to team up with?” Glehri huffed.

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You’re so focused on the man’s wings that you don’t immediately notice he’s paying attention to you now. You stare at him dumbfounded for a moment before you snap back into reality.

He’s talking. To you.

Okay, okay. This is fine. 

So you don’t have Churro to help you with talking? 100% fine. This is definitely. 

Totally. 

Fine.

“SORRY!” You wave your hands around wildly, backing away. “I didn’t! I mean! Yes! No, no! Um! I!” You don’t stop moving back until you’re a good distance away, even though you almost trip on an uneven part of the ground.

You take a few deep breaths, looking back at the man. “Uh…” How much could you trust him? If only Churro was here to help! 

…Oh, that’s a good place to start, actually. You inch forward slowly. “I’m… I’m fine… Um… Have you, seen a crow….?”

『She’s Adorable...』  Ah great, The girl has gotten the adoration of Selune. He inwardly sighed as the soft voice spoke inside his head. He didn’t need the personal commentary. Really, he didn’t. The wings folded a tad more by his own will, not enjoying how distracted she is by them.

“A crow?” Has he seen a crow here? No, he doesn’t believe so. “I have not. Perhaps he was left behind like my friend Eve was. Or he was confiscated by the would be owners of this place just like many peoples abilities were.” Perhaps she was crying over the crow?

He crouched slightly to her level, she is quite short compared to him, him being 6′5, and patted her head. “Have you been crying? Your eyes appear swollen. What’s your name”

『No matter how annoyed you become, you naturally incline to help everyone. If only you could see it for yourself.』

“Selune, quiet down.” he grumbled at the goddess speaking in his head. How annoying.

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It took him a minute to get used to this new world. It hasn’t even felt like its been long since all those things happened and it didn’t feel weird. But the smell of smoke and wingpack full of alcohol proved that it wasn’t. All he had left to do was to figure out how to explore this city with the limited resources that he had on him . 

The housing was bigger but the city felt empty in a way- the hole in the middle of the entire place didn’t help with that feeling. There was a headache that accompanied his walking even further into the mist and a feeling of relative discomfort, the fear of the unknown spurring him to fall back for another day. That was, until he saw someone wandering through the fog as well.

“Hey, its dangerous out there! Its too risky to go alone!” Pot calling the kettle black, but his head was splitting so he couldn’t think properly. 

He had wandered out into the fog mostly in curiosity. However, He was beginning to think traveling too much farther beyond it wasn’t so wise. Even Selune voiced her concerns of him going too much farther. So he had planted himself. Far enough that he could still see the city in the haze but that the fog also gave him a striking headache. Perhaps this is what made them all collapse before entering the city. It could explain it. He didn’t think it was possible to purposefully knock a Elf out, however if it was mental strain that interrupted their Trance states, then it was possible..

He heard a voice call out to him and he looked back at a blond with an obvious arched eyebrow. “Then why are you out here alone?” He might have a splitting headache, but Glehri has suffered worse with a piggy back goddess residing in him. He stretched his wings after having them folded for nearly a full day, making them ache. Brilliant brown hawk wings with a wide wing span. Too bad he couldn’t use them anymore. “I don’t suggest going beyond this point.You’ll likely pass out any farther.”