Rune City Ramblings

Open Starter [EO]

“Indeed. If we had been in the fourth or fifth stratum…that would have been much more difficult.” Gemma gently helped up Lueur, who took out a notepad and wrote before showing it to Rosetta. [Thank you for helping us!]

Marion smiled. “Now…I guess we should go back. Marco will be waiting, and he’s the guy who can get you home!” The group started walking towards the entrance, Gemma supporting Lueur, who was still a bit shaky from her wounds.

#rp tag #eo tag #//sorry for the delay #//time to bring this 'thread' to a close?

“That makes sense.” Rosetta frowned, but nodded politely at Lueur’s message, though quickly turned to the Moa’s corpse to see what materials could be gathered from it. Settling for a long piece of plumage, she plucked the feather and followed the rest of the Tutela guild towards Etria.

Open Starter [EO]

Gemma frowned after the blow, since the moa then turned to Rosetta with a dark look in its eyes. Niku glanced over. “Gemma! Desirae!” The two nodded.

Desirae then concentrated, and her wings began to glow with strange patterns. Dust came from her wings when they flapped, which settled upon Niku and Marion, and seemed to fill them with some sort of power.

Quickly, Marion dashed over and sliced at the moa, and seemed to do more damage than any of the others. Niku then sliced at the bird’s neck…which made it close to being beheaded. It glared at every one of the explorers.

Niku gave Rosetta a look, as if trying to say ‘finish it off’.

#rp tag #eo tag #//Lightning rune

The Runemistress nodded, then invoked another rune. This time Volt energy seemed to build up along her weapon, though she merely tapped the ground to the Moa’s side with it. Lightning spewed sideways from the point, shocking the bound FOE until finally it went limp.

“...that felt too easy. I think even without me you would’ve been fine. Unless it explodes or something on defeat? Or is it that the weaker monsters also live closer to the towns?“

Open Starter [EO]

Lueur nodded, still not making a noise. She calmly opened her book and concentrated before star-like shots surrounded by electricity came from the book and shot towards the moa. The bird shrieked before rushing towards the zodiac, ramming into her and sending her back a bit.

Quickly, Quan ran to her and focused, doing his best to heal her. Gemma quickly set up a Snare Circle. Vines came from the ground under the circle and wrapped around the moa’s legs. The bird struggled, but obviously wasn’t escaping anytime soon.

#rp tag #eo tag #//For what it's worth I think I spent an in game week in the HoD and didn't run out of TP thanks to this. |D

Rosetta smirked when Lueur was hit, but otherwise ignored the others for now. ‘Bloody Zodiacs... always thinking they’re above damage.’ Noting the lull in the battle, she lunged at the creature’s wing with her blade.

As the weapon moved through the air, it seemed to crackle with it’s own static power, even moreso as it struck the synthesized weakspot. Despite the monster’s protests, it didn’t seem noticeably weaker from the blow, though some of the sparks from the clash had absorbed into Rosetta, replenishing her energy.

Open Starter [EO]

The group stopped and looked around, also feeling the gust of wind.

Marion shakily nodded. “Uh…uh huh…it does…” Tori hissed, obviously sensing something bad nearby…

A shriek that sounded like that of a large bird then sounded, and a Giant Moa ran from the bushes towards the guild.

Quickly, Marion and Niku drew their swords, Quan seemed to go into a fistfighting stance, Lueur took out a book and had what seemed to be a blade of light emerge from both sides of her left hand, and Gemma held her staff tightly.

#eo tag #rp tag #//Volt Rune #//if it wasn't obvious. :"D

Rosetta frowned when she saw Lueur's light blade and promptly ensured that she was on the other end of the Zodiac's line.

Her own Drive Blade at the ready, she spoke a word in runic and some of the inscriptions on the weapon seemed to glow as she invoked them. Shortly afterwards, the scent of Ozone was now heavy in the air and each movement seemed to be tinged with an electric warmth.

"You should find Volt techniques more effective now."

Trixie began to ignore the one examining her with fascination and stratched her head, as if to remember something . “Y’know…I was originally coming here to tell you something different…”

As she thought, the group could hear a low rumble and shouting in the distance. Then Trixie’s eyes dialated. “Oh yeah, there’s a FOE chasing us and we kinda need Alchemist firepower. JUST a suggestion.”

Yu squinted in disbelief of his guildmates forgetfulness of such a dire situation. “A suggestion? ! Trixie that’s very important!” He was beginning to get red in the face before taking a moment to calm down and turning to Gigi and Contralo “Could we ask for a little help? We’re not exactly the best monster hunters…”

#rp tag #eo tag #//see this is what I mean when I say I RP like an imperial fights. :'D

Contralto shook her head. "Oh! T'en why don't we step t' the side? Let it go right past like 'Hooosh!'" She swept one hand past the other to demonstrate the sound, though the Arcanist only cleared her throat. "And let it continue on to our camp? ... I do not think it wise, though I would prefer to avoid a fight..." She fell silent, trying to listen for any more sounds that could tell her more about the approaching enemy.

A few moments past before she realised Yu was still awaiting a reply. "You may ask..." She prompted, before adding "...oh, if you meant to actually request our aid... then yes..." She withdrew a longbow from behind her back, and stood it on the ground like a staff; complete with circular material attached to the top. "Binding circles are my speciality... though my mentor taught me much about the bow. Gigi though..." She looked around, before spotting the dancer a little ways in front, moving to the rhythm of the approaching monster's footsteps. "Her Dances have a... curious effect on Morale... and on her blades."

Noting her partner was alone, she frowned, then addressed the Hexer. "Young one... you mentioned an 'us'. Are there more to your group? Mayhap a Fortress or Landsknecht?"

“Oh! No need to thank me! I really had just found it and was looking over!” Yui replied with a sheepish tone.

Trixie remained silent for a moment as she gave the dancer a look of puzzlement. “Er…thanks for the compliment? The chains themselves don’t need any care at all, now that you mention it.”

#rp tag #eo tag #//want to add a monster or something to the mix?

“Ooh! Do t’ey ‘ave a special material t’en?” Without waiting for a response and oblivious to the Hexer herself, she suddenly became mesmerised by the caster’s instrument. “T’at must make t’ prettiest sound, it’s beautiful~”

Gigi shrugged, folding the map neatly and placing it within a pouch. “...As you wish... the sentiment remains... but the thanks are withdrawn...”

Yu quickly looked up at the sound of voices, looked back at the map, and then his gaze finally met the owners of the voices, who were asking for their map back. “Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t know this belonged to anyone…uh…living.” He stammered out, before handing it to the dancer. “My sincerest apologies if I caused you any trouble…”

"Waaaay to go, genius. Take any notes?" From a nearby corridor emerged a hexer that was merely 3 feet tall, who the swiftly kicked Yu in the shin. "That’s the idiot kicking leg. There’d be blood all of it if the owners were dead , and then I’d be examining the bodies. Sheesh, buddy."

It was Gigi who accepted the map, alongwith a sidelong glance to her partner. "...I thank you nonetheless... for keeping it safe... and intact..." If that was a jibe at the Dancer, it fell on deaf ears: Contralto had quickly been distracted by the way the firelight reflected off the Hexer's chains.

"Do 'tu take special care of t'ese? T'ey're quite pretty." The Arcanist sighed and checked the map to ensure everything was as it should be.

#eo tag #rp tag

The person reading the map was none other than Yu Gadamdo, who had found it on the ground while looking for something himself. He was obviously pretty caught up in examining it - as he had not recognized the two that were approaching him, when in any other circumstance he probably would have.

#eo tag #rp tag #feel free to throw in more of your guild if you want

"I... don't think he's... noticed us..." "Great! We can pretend we spirit's an' take 'im by surpri-" "...Contralto, stop." Though quiet by nature, the Vessel known as Gigi was quite firm when she needed to be. Contralto (the Dancer) shrugged and lead the way into the firelight, not waiting for her companion to follow suit.

Gigi made sure to crush a few twigs with her boot, so the human would know they were coming. "...Excuse us-" "Hi t'ere! Sorry t' int'rupt, but t'at map is ours, would 'tu please be giving it back t' us?" Gigi frowned at being cut off, but as she shared the same view she didn't object.

Closed RP for beware-the-foe.

"How can you dance... at a time like this?"

"Relax! We do not need t' worry! We'll be back before t' others wake an' realize we're gone~"

The Arcanist and Dancer raced through the forest under the cover of darkness, forced to re-trace the route they'd flown over earlier since the Dancer had somehow lost their map over the side of their airship.

Just as they'd reached the clearing where the map was last seen, the Dancer came to a sudden halt. Before them was the glow of a campfire, and sitting by it was an unfamiliar human. More importantly that someone was reading their map!

#eo tag #beware the foe

//Hey, if you're an Etrian Odyssey RP blog then today's your lucky day. If you wanna start an rp with me then just like this post!

Because coming up with open prompts is a pain in the rear, I'll instead come up with a more specific starter for each like, better tailored to your characters.

Oh and if you wanna specify which character(s) you want to play from your blog, please leave them as an answer below. Else I'll assume you're either undecided or using your whole guild.

Got all that?

#untagged because followers only #also this doesn't apply for guildoftutela because I've already got an RP going on with em

Open Starter [EO]

Marion laughed. “I guess that’s one way to put it! And that would be cool…and yes, we do! His name is Marco, and he’s pretty good with stuff like portals, like Gemma said!” A squeak then sounded, and a small, purple and white cat-like creature ran up, looking at the Runemistress curiously. Marion smiled and picked it up. “Oh yeah, this is Tori. He’s my little companion.” Tori squeaked again, this time as a hello to the other.

Gemma, meanwhile, was distracted with a small fairy with wavy blonde hair, wearing a flowy shirt and skirt, with pink dragonfly wings on her back. She seemed to be freaking out a bit, Gemma trying to console her. Marion laughed. “The fairy is Desirae. She’s Gemma’s companion, and…a bit overprotective.”

Marion then turned to the rest of the guild. “The ronin is my older brother, Niku…” The man nodded to Rosetta. “The monk is Quan…” He waved towards the girl with a large smile. “And the Zodiac is Lueur!” Lueur padded over and bowed to Rosetta, still making no sound at all.

#Just around the corner it's a F.O.E.!#eo tag #rp tag

'When in Armoroad indeed...' thought Rosetta as she was introduced to the foreign guild (and companions) in turn. She peered at the purple-headed caster with a polite, but wary smile. "Hm. You seem like a very diverse and friendly team. It is a pleas-"

A sudden gust of wind caused her to stop mid-sentence. Eyes scanning the surrounding foliage, she remained still except making ready to wield her weapon at a moment's notice.

"This... 'Labyrinth' of yours..." she spoke in a much lower tone, "...is also home to creates of the 'Formido Oppugnatura Exsequens' sort, yes?"

Open Starter [EO]

Gemma looked at the sword with a curious and fascinated look in her eyes. “Amazing…”

The redhead grinned. “Yep! I’m Marion, a landsknecht…although since you seem to come from Tharsis, you might think of me as a different kind of that…oh, I’m also the leader of Tutela, our guild!” She then blinked. “Huh…why ARE you here, anyway? We don’t normally get people from that far out coming to Etria.”

Nearby were three other people: a male ronin with black hair in a ponytail, a male redheaded monk boy, and a female zodiac with long purple hair who seemed extremely silent. Obviously these were the other members of Tutela

#eo tag #rp tag #//by the by.. they're spending so much time standing around and talking... one wonders where all the FOEs are~

"Yeah they both use swords, I think ours also use Rapiers, yours also use Axes and neither has the skills to harvest wood from trees?" She grinned at the joke, though was soon pausing to wipe the sweat from her brow and silently thankful her attire was in such dark colours.

"Excellent question! I believe it was some kind of anomaly with the geomagnetic fields, but beyond how to use 'em, I don't know anything about their function. Runes are much more interesting anyway. Still... If we could replicate it though, just think what it would mean for travel! Let alone trade or tourism!!"

"Oh. Your Arcanist said something about a portal master staying at your residence. I was hoping either she or your guild would introduce me to them, so I could formally request their aid in returning home."

The lost Runemistress nodded at the rest of the guild, though kept a wary hand on her blade, especially when she saw the Zodiac. Something about her seemed.. odd.

Open Starter [EO]

Gemma smiled. “That’s amazing…I take it these ‘Imperial Ships’ have advanced technology, then?” The world Imperial seemed to familiar to her…but why…

The arcanist chuckled at the other’s reaction to the jungle’s heat. “You get used to it after a while. I know we did.” She then shook her head. “Not really. We made it a place we’re all familiar with.”

After the two walked a bit, a voice called out to them. “Geeeemma! Heeeey!” A red haired landsknecht ran up to the two. “We’ve been waiting for you…hmm?” She glanced over at the runemaster and tilted her head, a bit curious. “Who are you?”