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@gravity-lord-rises
Hewwo! I may do some occasional indie RP on this blog. He may still come back to Isola someday, but for now I’ll just enjoy him without a post requirement. Feel free to unfollow. And of course, people are always welcome to hang out with Gwyndolin if you want to thread with me in the group!
venomousreaper:
Sand is a little amazed at the control Lotus has over… well being able to just toss what they are fighting with away with ease. If the creatures were at all smart they would probably stop trying to fight Lotus. As long as they didn’t get some kind of way to resist that power.
Slyria on the other hand, doesn’t seem as interested in the white-haired Spirit. The large Chimera huffs a heavy breath on him, before speaking “And if I don’t want to tell you about me?” Seems Lotus still looks too human even if they are a Spirit for the large Chimera to even start to trust them.
Sand keeps his eye out for other Monsters while the two talk, just so none of them somehow sneak up on the ground while Lotus is trying to get some information out.
“Why not? I'm Sand's friend, and you look pretty!” Lotus huffs, looking around. If the chimera's going to play it cool, he just has to be cooler. Fine! He'll show off for Sand and all of his friends. He floats up, putting his hands on his hips. He doesn't really care about the small fry running around, no... the target he's interested in is Essair.
The dark lord sure is big, but that just makes him easier to hit. The spirit holds his arms out, creating angry orbs of dark magic which fly towards the massive beast, hitting it and even erupting on contact!
...Except it doesn't seem to do much of anything! But how? That's Lotus's strongest attack! He's even more annoyed now, tossing an endless amount of flame spheres in Essair's direction. Even if it doesn't do much, it's a pretty good punching bag for his rage.
“I'm helping.”
venomousreaper:
@gravity-lord-rises (raid part!)
Sand had stayed rather close to Lotus for the time leading up the the biggest battle. Perhaps he was looking over him a bit too much but Lotus didn’t seem to mind. Though if it was up to him he would have avoided fighting as much as he could but Lotus brought him with all the others.
Mostly he wanted to protect Lotus, even if he knew they didn’t need to be protected. Even more with the gift of returned power, he knew that Lotus could handle himself, yet he kept close while fighting with the other.
He had lost his tail returning fully to his normal self, but now he was able to summon all three of his Demons. Latn kept flying around near to Lotus, being able to keep up with him as long as he didn’t go too far. The other two, Nyrlous and Slyria stuck around Sand keeping any of the strange same-faced monsters from getting too close.
“Hehehe, Lotus you better show me what cool things you can do while you can.“ Latn spoke to Lotus as they flew around the other, tiny wings keeping up with them well enough.
It might be a sad fact that the devilish tail, wings, and horn were gone, but Lotus is just as entertained by the appearance of the newer demons. And of course, completely overjoyed that his mastery over gravity has returned! It's been so long, truly... Now he doesn't have to bother with walking, having his preferred method of travel: levitation not limited by time!
“Go away! I'm trying to talk here!” Lotus yells at various monsters coming near, tossing them away with ease. He's trying to focus in on Slyria, who he hasn't met before. When he's satisfied with figuring out who they are, then he'll go for the big guy.
“We haven't met before... Right?” the spirit stares, wide-eyed. “I want to hear about you. Oh, and don't worry, Latn! I've got plenty up my sleeve.”
venomousreaper:
Sand is slightly amused by the way Lotus is acting, his wings giving a very small flutter. Hes missed seeing the other since his time in the forest, but some part of him expected Lotus to find him.
The crack of thunder however was a little unexpected at that time and Sand’s wings fluff up a bit more. He turns back to look up at the sky, and what was going on.
“I guess… its the same thing from before… trying to get into this area… but the tree is in the way?“ Of course there was that voice before that did confirm this but Sand still wasn’t sure what it really as like closer to that tree.
“I guess… we will have to fight… for real soon enough…“
“Oh. I remember that now. That big thing with the eyes was annoying. It thinks it's really strong, or whatever.”
That much was obvious, considering it nearly obliterated them all. But whose fault was that? Obviously the people that took their power away – Lotus could have killed that hole monster with both hands tied behind his back! Or that's what he believes, anyway.
“I think I'm going to beat it up whenever that soon is. Do you want to help? It's going to regret everything for thinking it was stronger than me!”
hylocereusfruit:
Dragonfruit flinches a little when Lotus takes his hand, still not used to being touched at all. Yet the other hasn’t done anything to really hurt him, spook him a bit yes but nothing harmful. For now he will keep from pulling his hand out of the other’s hold.
“F-fish…. I heard there was some back in the city in the lake but i-it was too misty to see any a-and i wasn’t sure about flying in that mist as well…“ So hes never seen a fish in a pond, but he is rather curious.
“W-well if the circle is safe… then there isn’t much reason to leave?“ though that doesn’t change that they could get bored. Though Dragonfruit had always kept to keeping around the same safe spaces.
“Oh, yeah. You should be careful around that lake or a big koi will come out and eat you,” Lotus says matter-of-factly, despite that it sounds horrific and also impossible. Apparently there were awful creatures in there, but he's never seen any. But thinking on it, now the devilish boy has an idea.
“You're so funny sometimes, minion!” Lotus giggles as he speaks, “Hey, I'll show you one of the ponds. And when we get there, you should grab one of the fish and give it a hug. That will add some excitement to their lives, don't you think?”
He's already heading towards the closest one he saw. If Dragonfruit actually does it, he'll remember such a moment forever.
hylocereusfruit:
“O-oh… well… I guess its cool?“ Dragonfruit guesses that the other did change a lot more than he did. The most that showed on Dragonfruit was the more flowers on his tail but he thought that was a rather nice change.
As for the offer to show him around the forest Dragonfruit couldn’t help but want to take that. Besides if hes with the other they wouldn’t sneak up on him again right? It would be safer for more than just one reason then.
“O-okay, I would like that..!“ His wings give a little flutter pleased that he will have the other around him at least for a little bit. It might help him get over any fear he has over what else could be in the forest too.
“Alright!” Lotus considers that a win for now, seeming pleased with himself. Unabashedly, the spirit takes Dragonfruit's hand and begins to lead him along, looking around for things to point out. He's got 'fruit' in his name, so maybe he'll like seeing some of the fruit trees he's found. That's how that works, right?
“This place is pretty big! I've found a few ponds and stuff around. You seen fish swim around in one before? It makes me wonder how they don't get bored, swimming around the same circle over and over...”
venomousreaper:
Sand had only decided to come closer to the town to stay safe when he started to see the misty figures deeper in the forest. At least he hadn’t spotted any that looked like himself yet, but he doesn’t want to get dragged into too many fights.
Though what he doesn’t expect is someone to run right up to him and cling to him. His wings do spread out in surprise until he hears the voice,and relaxes as he knows its Lotus now.
“You changed a lot more than I did… “ Sand gives him a small pat to the head, “… Cool like me?“ Sand didn’t think of himself as cool after all, and Lotus still fit more in a ‘cute’ area than cool. Not that Sand would tell him that when Lotus seemed to be happy about looking cool. If Lotus wanted to be cool, then Sand wasn’t going to say anything against it.
“Yeah! Because you're cool! Like, your wings and horns!”
Lotus grabs a hold of his own horns, trying to look up but failing to do so. He can only see them in the water's reflection, it's no fair! Ah, but Sand mentions barely changing, and the boy realizes it's true. There's barely anything different about him, now that he takes a look. Except for one stark addition...
“Hey, is that a tail you—” he begins to ask, before he's interrupted by a new crack of thunder. Should he be asking about that instead? Maybe... “So, uh, do you know what's going on over there?”
@venomousreaper
Lotus has spent far too much of his time looking for his friend. That is why, exactly a week later, when he spots black wings and horns, he jumps forward and bounds towards Sand to cling onto him like a sloth to a tree. Hopefully he won't be too surprised... he just couldn't help it, after he's been in such a good mood!
...Meanwhile, there's lightning and thunder over the world tree, a tell tale sign of the dangers to come. But Lotus doesn't seem to care about it, acting like he's not even noticed it at all. He's not even perturbed by the newer fighting he saw flying over here.
“Saaaaand! Look at me, look at me! I'm all cool like you now! See, see?”
foxfiresfancy:
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Aysha, upon reuniting with Sand, gains her bearings in the forests of Airaisal in the best way she knows how: romping around it as a fox. It goes much more slowly than she’d like, what with the very limited time frames she’s allowed to stay transformed. So she normally saves her transformations for areas with lots of roots to crawl under and over.
It’s as she’s busy climbing over a group of large and gnarled roots that she notices a figure with long white hair. She gives a loud yelp at the sight. Could it be?
-Poof-
“Lotus??”
The newly turned devil boy has been prancing all over the forest ever since this became reality. He has no idea what the heck was up with that big evil monster, but he doesn't really care. The island should just stay like this! That way, he can be by his friends and also live in the forest! There's no need to have all those cars, or all that technology, or any of that mess!
But as Lotus is enjoying his day by examining some fruit in a tree up close with his levitation, he hears a very familiar voice. One he thought was gone, saying his name...
“Aysha?” He spins around immediately, one wing hitting a branch. Oof, he really needs to get used to how much space that takes up. “Ow... oh, never mind that, wait, how are you here?! I thought you disappeared, because you weren't in the contacts list anymore...”
hylocereusfruit:
“A-ah!“ Dragonfruit can’t help the yelp he lets go when there is suddenly a person next to him and they are rather close. His wings flutter as he hops back, though he knocks into something to keep him from really taking off.
What was the other person saying? Minion? His wings flutter a bit more, nervous as they look at the person. Tails… wings and horns, wait! They look a lot like their Master florist.
“M-master…Florist? Y-you don’t look the same…“ Dragonfruit doesn’t move closer, still not sure if the other is the same. What if they just looked like that person?
“Yes, that's me! Isn't it cool? Whatever happened gave me a devil makeover! What about you? You don't really look different...” Lotus looks his plant friend over, checking to make sure. No, there didn't really seem anything that obvious. He completely ignores the fact he should be apologizing to sneak up on him.
It's very apparent to the spirit that his minion is an absolute wuss, so he'll have to press to get him to move. Lotus has been flying around here for a few days, so he's confident he can keep Dragonfruit safe on this venture.
“But anyway, you remember how we were talking about the Mistwood? Well, now there's a giant forest here, obviously, and this is way more convenient, so do you want to go see it? I'll protect you. That way you can do something other than stare at it!”
hylocereusfruit:
@gravity-lord-rises
Dragonfruit felt like he wanted to be brave, at least braver than normal as he looked outside of the town and into the deep forest. Here he could see just how far the trees went, and he wondered just how the sun would feel if he got to the top of any of them.
Just the idea excited him as his tail wiggled a little bit with his wings. Though he still thinks he would need someone to join him in the large forest since he doesn’t really know he could protect himself a bit better.
Dragonfruit though doesn’t know if hes seen anyone he really knew enough to ask about that.
Poor Dragonfruit, Lotus thinks to himself.
That's because the second after he thought that, the boy poofed into view directly next to his anxious friend, or 'servant,' as he calls him. Looking so different, he'll probably be stunned beyond the obvious sudden appearance. He certainly was taking much fun in being a devil.
“Well, if it isn't my minion! I knew I'd find you around a place like this!” He had no idea. “You look like a cat that just found a mouse. What are you waiting for?”
Fantasia War Info
Lotus has become a demon! After first waking up from the catastrophe that struck the city, he realized he's now got... a tail, wings, and horns. Of course, being Lotus, he finds it really cool. Not that he cares about any of the four kingdoms, just as he never cared for any in Maple World. He has no alliance to any, only the select few friends he's made in the city.
He lurks in areas of nature, especially the forests of Airaisal which remind him much of his birthplace. Despite being a demon, he's not actually too malicious – his trickery tends to extend to childish pranks only. He may even be helpful to those he finds lost, but only after making fun of them, of course.
From his original arsenal, he retains his gravity levitation abilities for an hour, two charges of lightning terrain, and the ability to drag others with gravitational pull five times a day for five minutes. But now he also has access to the new magic of Eclipse, Paralysis, Sleep, Slow, Levitate for longer time, and Invisibility. No prankster should be able to do this!
lux-transcendent:
His brow raised.
“Evan is the one you should be thanking. If he ever sneaks in here, I hope you repay him the kindness he has chosen to show to you.”
The young dragon master had been insistent in his desire to see the captive spirit practically inundated with books. While Luminous had shared the same sentiment, if only to keep the spirit busy and out of trouble, Evan was of the opinion that letting Lotus read about the stories of Maple World would make him more sympathetic towards those who shared in the same world as him.
A noble sentiment, but the light mage had doubts. Spirits were fundamentally different from living beings, their morality just as alien to the other. Luminous didn’t think a few educational texts and fables would be enough to fundamentally alter one’s moral compass.
Still, it didn’t hurt to try. Especially when it seemed as if Lotus had already internalised the concept of human manners.
“Hate is a strong word,” Fingers moved to twine the cord of his pendent around his fingers. “If you think we should hate you, do you recognise that your past actions were deserving of such ire?”
The blood on the boy’s hands could not be forgiven so easily.
So it was Evan's idea. The only one that really showed Lotus much kindness other than was obligated was the demon, probably because he related. Maybe it'd be... worth it to give these two a chance. Whatever that really meant. He could easily tell them all to go away, which would be easier, yet he doesn't entirely want to do that.
Of course... then the Mage lookalike brings that bucket of worms up. His first thought is that it's annoying. The spirit has tried to go through everything in his head, but it just ends up being confusing and painful. What is he supposed to say? 'Yes, Mage Lookalike, I was bad so you should execute me'?
When he looks bad, he feels that regret thing. But he hadn't felt anything at the time. Whether it was a commoner, a doctor, the empress, there was nothing. He's still debating if it was all because of whatever the White Mage did to him, or if he's simply trying to rationalize doing such horrible things.
“...What?”
“I’d be sad if someone hurt Orchid.”
...that’d been all he had to tell him it was wrong other than humans stating that’s just how it was. That others had people they loved as much as he loved his sister, that they were as angry as him upon seeing them harmed.
heksevillehero:
@gravity-lord-rises
I took my time navigating through the Cotes district, simply strolling through what apparently had become my new home. The accommodations were nice, I figured… but it couldn’t beat my home back in Hekseville. Still, it was a very pretty place, and some fresh air and quiet sounded nice after the long day I’d had.
After a couple hours of wandering, it led me to a lakeside grove, with tall bamboo shoots surrounding me. It almost felt like a rift plane, with an otherworldly aura filling the air, but thankfully, I had nothing to fight or defend myself from here. I was joined merely by an old stone shrine, and quite a few wild animals.
“There sure are a lot of rabbits and foxes around here, huh? Not something you’d see every day back home…”
As I walked into the shrine, though, the crinkling of leaves behind me set me on high alert. Maybe I was being watched? Or worse, maybe I would have to fight my way out of there? Regardless, anxiety took hold in an instant, and before I could even realize, I had shifted myself directly onto the ceiling of the shrine, attempting to hide… and failing spectacularly, as I made eye contact with the thin, long-haired stranger.
Letting myself back down to normal gravity after a mortifying moment of silence, I stammered over my words, more than embarrassed for the unnecessarily defensive move.
“S-sorry if I startled you there! I was… a bit on edge. This place reminded me of somewhere else.”
Lotus is just staring at this jumpy stranger, occasionally blinking now. Once upon a time, he might've responded in a similar manner... He'd been idling here for a while, and seeing the rabbits get riled up told him someone else was around – but he's got confidence in knowing most people don't have their strength. Now, he's only amused and sees an opportunity to tease.
“Me? Startled? Don't you mean you?” the boy quips back, absently going to pick up one of his friend bunnies in his act of pretending to be indifferent.
She could fly, huh? And the way she did it... wasn't she manipulating something he himself was very familiar with? It wasn't certain, but it certainly felt like a disturbance in physics.
“What did it remind you of? A killer rabbit? That'd be pretty scary, I admit.”
lux-transcendent:
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“…Lotus. It has been a while.”
The magician stood in the doorway of the Resistance’s small infirmary, the shining rod held at his side. His tense shoulders were indicative enough of his wariness towards the spirit, the memories of the crimes he and his sister had committed under the Black Mage still weighing on his mind.
Unlike Guwaru, Luminous could not be certain as to their allegiance. It had been easy enough with the nature spirit, its figure no longer discoloured with dark magic. It was harder to tell with literal spirits of darkness. Orchid may have saved the infiltrator and Edelstein, but were those genuine acts of goodwill or done out of mere spite for Gelimar? It seemed only time would tell.
Eyes were trained on Lotus as the mage left his stave at the door, his other hand going to slide a leather strap off his shoulder. The satchel, filled almost to bursting at the seams, would be placed on the edge of the hospital bed, its lid opened to reveal spines of books. They were all of varying thickness and age.
Alchemy 101, A Beginner’s Guide to Foraging, Monsters of Victoria Island, The Magic Porridge Pot….
“I was told you wanted more reading materials. We were unsure as to which genre you preferred but-” He pushed the satchel closer to the spirit. “We thought your namesake might point us in the right direction.”
Evan’s idea. The boy had wanted to deliver it himself, but Luminous was not going to let the last Onyx Dragon and dragon master walk into danger so foolishly.
Lotus immediately sits up, hearing someone enter and speak his name. He's initially rather shocked, seeing who it is – calming down a little when he realizes it's not the White Mage. Of course, it couldn't be. That's impossible a million times over... but then the boy's mind turns to why Luminous cared enough to pay him a visit.
He listens quietly, watching as the mage showed off how many books he'd brought. It's true, he did make it known he was running out of new books; he'd finished off everything the Resistance had around in barely any time at all. But... Lotus didn't expect another of the heroes to be the one to come offer them.
...This is that 'awkward' feeling that humans feel. He'd at least been around the Resistance members for a while now. But all the heroes also knew what all he'd done, and he's got no idea what their opinions about him might be. For all his paranoid mind knows, maybe they were actually planning to end his life. This guy is friends with Phantom, right?
“O-oh...!” Lotus speaks up, trying not to sound too nervous as he looks through the titles. Then, he remembers the proper response to something like this. “You brought all this for me? Thank... you.”
“I didn't know you were the one getting them. I, ah... thought you all would still hate me.”
hylocereusfruit:
“L-like me?“ Of course they have to be talking about his looks more than what he was. As well as rounder? Dragonfruit isn’t sure if he can think of a clear picture of them but they sound rather nice. Mostly the part of them wanting to stay in tune with nature, Dragonfruit would have loved to meet one.
“D-do you have to treat it like a human body?“ Dragonfruit expected a yes, but it didn’t hurt to ask.
“W-what do you think you would have rather looked like?“ His wings gave a little flutter, curious what his Master Florist would have wanted to look like if they got to pick.
“Yeah, like you. But you know how a dragonfly's wings look? Think like that, but not long!”
Lotus traces the shape of a round fairy wing with his finger in the air. Maybe he's just making a distraction while he takes the time to think about what he'd actually choose to look like. It's not so easy, now that he's actually trying to figure it out...
“That's right, though. It's an annoyingly regular human body. I bet you'd have laughed if you saw the first time I got hurt. I had no idea people with bodies feel pain and get tired. I was... confused! But, well, uh... are you good with colors, minion? What if I had some kind of foresty hair color? Also, I wouldn't be this short!”
hylocereusfruit:
“F-fairies? What are those?“ Dragonfruit softly questioned, though he also did wonder how the forest the other was born in must of been a wonderful place. He would of loved to be able to see it.
Dragonfruit returns to his own work, though most of it was just checking if all the plants were healthy. Even on new plants he could tell pretty well how healthy they were.
“Pure D-darkness? and you came from it? Y-you don’t seem very dark…“ No his thought Lotus’s white hair was rather bright. Crystals didn’t interest him as much but they must have been beautiful for the other to speak of them.
“Well, a fairy is like... sort of like you, but smaller! They all have wings, but they’re transparent and round. The forest ones, anyway. Fairies that live in the sky have feathered wings. And, they stay in tune with nature where ever they live. That’s why they don’t like others coming in and messing with things.”
Dragonfruit brings up something that makes Lotus consider... what would he have chosen his image to look like, if the White Mage hadn’t been the one who got to make it? Both him and Orchid resemble the Mage, and while she’s incredibly adorable, would she have went with white hair? How would they both look with black hair? Or maybe dark purple or something?
“This is a human body, but I’m not a human. I’m a spirit! I’m not the one who made the body. I would’ve chosen differently, of course.”