Unmasked

Citizen of the Pelago Islands | 83,500G

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Emoji Ask Meme

👻: Do you cover your eyes during the scary parts in movies?

🤦‍♀️: What's the most embarrassing thing to happen to you in public?

👀: Do you think [Insert name] is cute?

👎🏻: What's your least favorite nickname people have given you?

💋: Who was the best kisser you've ever met? Worst kisser?

😘 : Who is your current crush?

👶🏼: Do you want to have kids? How many?

🙊: Write a short, anonymous letter to your crush/significant other.

🐍: Who is someone that you genuinely hate? Why?

💍: Describe what makes someone husband/wife/spouse material.

🙂: Who, out of the people that you know, has the best smile?

🍴: If you were a food, what food would you be?

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Activity Check

- 1,000G for living in Shade Apartments

+ 1,500G for working at the Arcadian Explorer’s Guild

+ 1,000G for working at The Wall Market

New Balance: 83,500G

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⋈ What was the last thing you lied about? Why did you lie?

Rylan just...laughed. For a very long time.

“Oh dearest...” he finally stopped, grinning from ear to ear, “If I explained anything, we would be hear all day. And I dare say that something awful might happen if you hear the tale...so I’ll spare you the details.”

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♤ If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?

“Absolutely nothing,” Rylan answered with no hesitation, “Well, perhaps I would change one little detail, though honestly it doesn’t come up often enough to even mention.”

The one detail being what remained of his sensitivity. Honestly, sometimes it would be better if he wasn’t so...effected by certain things. Such as the mental strain it took to possess another body - and remove or suppress the occupant. 

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☾ Do you believe in fate and love at first sight? Why or why not?

“Absolutely not,” Rylan’s words were clear, an answer given with no hesitation, “There are those who would say that things such as fate exist - and there are beings who believe they can create fate as though we are the puppets to their whim. And I can firmly say that I reject that manufactured reality. Humans are meant to carve their own destinies and create their own fate, not be bound to the wishes of a being with too much power that they should be allowed to handle.” It was why he became this, after all. To free humans from the wills of ill-tempered gods who could destroy them all with one little temper tantrum.

“As for love at first sight...I find that concept to be amusing,” Rylan chuckled, leaning back in his chair, “After all, how can one fall in love without knowing a single thing about the other? All you know is what you see on the surface level, and whatever you’re acting on is a healthy combination of projection and lust for that projection.”

“But still, I find it amusing to watch.” A sly grin appeared on his lips. “After all, if someone were to go following a wolf in sheep’s clothing because of this ‘love at first sight’...then it’s certainly an entertaining thing to watch. I imagine that several people would find that kind of feeling to be quite...advantageous, at the very least.”

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❧ Would your younger self be pleased with who you are right now?

Rylan laughed.

“That’s quite a funny question to ask. You should go into comedy, my dear,” he grinned, leaning back in his chair. After all, he could remember parts of who he used to be - though some of the memories were beginning to fade with time. The person he used to be, though...he would hate what he became.

Imagine, a devout dragon priest becoming the monster who he was now. Even if Rylan told his original self of the reasons why he became this - the reasons why he had to do this - he imagined that his original self would desperately search for a way to change his fate.

Of course...there was no way to change that fate. Not when it was another that caused this fate. Nothing Rylan ever did could change that.

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❅ When was the last time you cried, and why?

“Uh...” Rylan stood there for quite a while, staring off into space as he tried to think about it. When...was the last time he cried? He could fake a good cry - he’d done it a few times in recent memory - but an actual cry? Honestly, he couldn’t remember the last time he did something like that. Something like that was probably many, many years ago. When he was a much weaker man, more sensitive to the little things. 

“I honestly don’t remember,” Rylan chuckled, “I’ll let you know if I ever do remember, though.” Doubtful.

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Inner Secrets Ask Meme

✧ How do you want people to see you?

❅ When was the last time you cried, and why?

♚ What is a habit that you don’t want people to know you have?

♤ If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?

♡ If you could change one thing about your physical appearance, what would it be?

☾ Do you believe in fate and love at first sight? Why or why not?

↝ Have you ever had your heart broken? What are the details?

✠ What is something that you hate? Why?

❖ Where do you go/What do you do when you are angry?

❧ Would your younger self be pleased with who you are right now?

⋈ What was the last thing you lied about? Why did you lie?

◈ What is your ideal relationship like?

⊙ If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be?

➳ Without saying who it is about, what is something that you want to say to them that you normally wouldn’t say to their face?

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Activity Check

- 1,000G for living in Shade Apartments

+ 1,500G for working at the Arcadian Explorer’s Guild

+ 1,000G for working at The Wall Market

New Balance: 82,000G

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What? Me? || Alicia & Rylan

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“Perhaps I do.”

As she had much better things to do throughout her day, Alicia welcomed the opportunities to hire help. While she was far above petty theft that didn’t mean others were, which was why she kept them close - if they were any good. Like the common phrase said: the best things in life were free. And stolen jewelry and goods just so happened to be free.

“I would like to see more ability, however. Could you bring me something of more value? Consider it a test before the honor of working with me.”

Rylan chuckled, “Oh, then I shall do my best to earn that honor.” There was a slight twinge of sarcasm in his voice, along with amusement. Honestly, such an offer was very interesting to Rylan, and one he intended on earning to the best of his ability. If anything, it may prove to be a nice way to pass the time.

With just a parting smile, Rylan stepped back into the crowd, trying to find a nice target. Well, if the woman wanted something of more value, then he should aim to impress, right? A wallet had value, but there was no fun in that. It was typical. Boring. And had a higher risk of being empty and worthless. No, if he really wanted to dazzle, he had to get something better than a beaten up wallet. 

Perhaps a necklace for the trustworthy lady?

Rylan grinned as he waited for a nice target. A woman with a thin necklace. Something light enough that it wouldn’t be noticed if it slipped away. A thin gold chain with a small diamond hanging off the end. That certainly fit under his criteria. 

It wasn’t long until the necklace was stashed tightly in his gloved fist, and he walked away in the other direction. He waited to return to the woman for a while, just so he wouldn’t draw any suspicion. But then, he walked back to her, gently taking her hand with the one holding the necklace, silently delivering it to her.

“Valuable enough for you, dear?” Rylan asked.

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🐎 - “I can list several off the top of my head…” She responds, eyes narrowing at his term of endearment… of course, coming from this guy, it felt anything but. Georgia had never seen this cookie snatcher before, but definitely she didn’t have a good feeling about him. 

She purses her lips, “Your hands were hoverin’ pretty close to my cookies there… seems like a lot more than just admirin’ to me.” Georgia walks over and snatches up the plate with a pointed glare, setting it inside and out of his reach. “Maybe if you had asked for one like a decent person, I’d want to share. But now? Nuh-uh. Nope. Shoo! You won’t be gettin’ any goodies from me.”

There was no need to reward bad behavior, after all.

“Well what if I ask like a decent person now?” Rylan smirked, chuckling a little bit, leaning on the windowsill and peering inside, “Would you care to give me a chance then?” Unfortunately for Georgia, it looked like it would take much more than shooing to get this man to go away. Especially when it was so fun to mess with her.

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Familiarly Unfamiliar || Danny & Rylan

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“Hmm…” Danny hummed. Interesting people, huh?

He couldn’t say that Rylan was wrong. Say what you will about Kathy, but she was the probably the most ‘interesting’ person Danny had ever met. Fritz was also interesting, in a way. However, he doubted that those two personalities were what Rylan meant by ‘interesting’. 

“Arcadia’s weird,” he said, finally. “No one really winds up being what you expect. You get a couple of stereotypical scumbags here and there, but a lot of the time, the people who show up on the shadier side of things are the last one’s you’d expect. I guess you could call that interesting.”

Rylan chuckled, “You’re certainly correct about that one.” He stood up tall, stretching a little bit and grinning.

“Though, I imagine it would be quite easier to delve into the shadier side of work if you’re...unsuspecting looking,” Rylan walked over to one of the shelves, pretending the admire some of the wares lined up, “After all, if you look exactly what you intend, like some kind of scoundrel, then it’s just too obvious. And too boring, for that matter. People look upon you and just know that you’re up to something, and that’s bound to get attention. But if you just look like a regular person, or even someone with a crystalline moral pedestal, then it’s easier to just keep those shady dealings hidden in your shadow. And it certainly makes for a more interesting life for us, I believe.”

“It almost makes me wonder just how many people on this island wear masks to hide exactly what they really are,” Rylan chuckled.

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Burn Baby Burn || Open

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Lest was starting to get pretty good at patrolling. He now new Arcadia well enough to actually help lost tourists, and had once actually saved a cat from a tree. There wasn’t actually a whole lot of crime- not that he’d personally encountered, at least. Patrolling was actually starting to turn into an almost leisurely activity. It was still work, as he had to keep a sharp eye out for trouble- but it could be somewhat relaxing, nonetheless.

That tranquil mood evaporated, however, as Lest rounded the corner.

“Wha-?! Is that a fire?!” 

He hadn’t been trained for this.

Ah, a helpful police officer.

That wasn’t a fireman.

“Well you are certainly astute,” Rylan chimed, extremely unbothered by the fact that he accidentally lit a tree on fire, “Are you a police officer that also puts out fires? We certainly could use one right now.” Oh, what if it spread? Wouldn’t it be a shame if the entire island burned down?

Well, at least it’d be a nice spectacle.

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Activity Check

- 1,000G for living in Shade Apartments

+ 1,500G for working at the Arcadian Explorer’s Guild

+ 1,000G for working at The Wall Market

New Balance: 80,500G

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Burn Baby Burn || Open

Huh, well he didn’t mean to do that.

Rylan watched as the tree in front of him burned, looking as nonchalant about it as ever. He was just practicing some fire magic and lobbing some fireballs around to make sure he could get his aim right...and he accidentally hit a tree. Which was now burning. Quite a lot.

Huh. That’d be a shame if it spread.

Ah well. Not like he could do anything about it. What was he going to do? Burn more of it?

Ah well, this island probably had a fire department. 

Right?

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[🐎] — “What in tarnation are you doin’?”

From inside her kitchen, Georgia’s voice rung stern as she glared at the person standing right outside of her window. Her eyes then shifted down to the hand suspended only a few inches above the plate of freshly baked cookies she’d set on the sill to cool, and her impatient foot tapping made one message abundantly clear: explain yourself, or else.

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Whoopsie. Looks like someone might have gotten caught.

“Just...admiring the cooking?” Rylan chuckled, quickly withdrawing the hand to hold both arms behind his back, “Anything wrong with that, dear?” Honestly, what was with this woman and letting fresh baking sit so precariously on the windowsill? Didn’t she learn from last time not to let it just sit out like that? Could attract rats like him.

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Excuse You || Rylan & Forte

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When the culprit began cutting a path into a more heavily populated area, Forte subconsciously clenched her jaw. With this much of a crowd, it would be much harder to keep an eye on him, but she knew she couldn’t give up. Even if the purse itself didn’t mean much to her, it was the principal of the thing. Allowing the thief to get away was simply unacceptable.

Moving through the crowd was probably not her best option, so she tried to stay toward the edges. Figuring they still hadn’t caught on since they hadn’t taken off running, she kept a reasonable distance between them thinking it would help her to go unnoticed. All she needed was either a clear shot to take them down, or a secluded area where she could confront them.

Tch. Too bad that she would have to spend her day off tracking down and arresting some pickpocket. Better her than some unaware civilian, though.

Man, she was persistent, wasn’t she?

Still wasn’t going to go directly for him, huh? Well, that was her choice. He could walk through the crowds all day. Rylan just hummed to himself as he stepped around all sorts of people milling around, hoping that at some point, she would lose track of him.

Of course, while he was focusing on her position...he wasn’t paying too much attention to his own surroundings. 

Suddenly, someone larger knocked right into him, sending him tumbling directly to the ground. Jeez...having a weak body like this was definitely taking some getting used to.