What Even Is Adventuring?

Subject: What Even Is Adventuring? Wed May 20, 2015 1:33 pm

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It Jaehaerys very little time to travel from his kingdom, westward to the westernmost region of the Dawn. In truth, the kingdom was more Northwestern than strictly North anyway. He arrived at the En Gulf with the one and only person he would ever allow to act as his escort, Modana.

Walking along a cliff side of the En Gulf and heading South by Southeast, Jaehaerys wasn't actually sure where he was going. More than anything, he had only wanted to stretch himself out, loosen up, and adapt to whatever changes to the world may have occurred during his time asleep. For as beautiful as Eshsira was, she was equally as infuriating and Jaehaerys rather not be bothered with her pettiness if he could help it. He wasn't that weak-willed little drakeling she'd ushered to the throne after usurping power from his absentee father.

"You're lightly dressed, Jaehaerys. Not expecting trouble?" Modana asked, walking alongside her emperor but lagging behind him only slightly. Even though she was his right hand woman, and his most prized advisor, she didn't think so highly of herself that she could walk adjacent to him.

Jaehaerys ran a couple of fingers through his long silvery white hair, allowing the winds to caress it gently with the easy breeze. "Whatever do you mean? I have my most powerful shield and sword with me." He casually brushed her question aside for now. He wasn't actually sure what she was actually getting at. Modana was a practical woman and didn't worry about the way he dressed himself. There must have been something she was worrying about.

Modana breathed deeply, placing a hand to the pommel of the blade at her hip. Unlike Jaehaerys, she was in her fully armored grab, as she usually was. "I meant for negotiations. They tend to trend sour when you're looking to acquire brides." After all that was the reason for what Jaehaerys had set out on this adventure.

Jaehaerys chuckled quickly after she spoke, "Oh that was a lie. I have enough, there aren't anymore treasures in this world that I wish to collect...." He turned his eyes to Modana briefly, slyly. "Save for one..." before closing them and folding his arms. He'd prefer just to walk in silence for a while.

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The Silver Prince of the North ~ Jaehaerys' Theme

The Bringer of Death ~ Modana's Theme

You Try My Patience! ~ Jaehaerys' Battle Theme

For His Glory! ~ Modana's Battle Theme

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Mon May 25, 2015 8:15 pm

Aeragon stroked the heads of his children, gently as it were as not to startle them. Once the dome thing came down, Aeragon's eyes flashed behind his mask, concealed from view by the helmet, and he began reverting the Imperium to its normal state and transported it here where everyone was, getting a visual reaction of awe from his two wards. The actual feat, in and of it, wasn't very impressive though.

Casually, he knelt down, to look into the faces of his children, Tama specifically, as he focused on rubbing her head while Jaehaerys, like a shy younger child would, just cling to his cloak with one of his small hands and the toy figure in the other. "Nah I think it's for the best if I take these kiddies elsewhere so they can play their game. I'll feel better about it. Just a gut feeling really."

After that, once the Imperium was reduced to what could almost be mistaken as a lego style play set or something of that nature, it dropped into the palm of Aeragon's free hand as he rose to his feet. "Agreed as well." He remarked to the Judgemaster.

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Mon May 25, 2015 8:39 pm

"Then, So Be It." With the Judgemaster's Judgment passed, the Decree was set as it would be. It seemed that it wouldn't come to those terms, though, considering that the two of them were resolving this peacefully. The only thing she could think was that perhaps, there was still much for her to learn about being 'Judgemaster' that her father hadn't warned her about. Knowing both how to pass Judgment and how to withhold it were two very crucial parts of having accurate judgment. Perhaps she wasn't doing as good a job as she previously believed. She wondered if her father would be displeased or ashamed of her. "..." Her eyes lost all forms of expression, as if undergoing a traumatic experience in her own head, yet showing no signs of it on her face or beyond her own mind. Like him, she was hardest on herself whenever things ended up going downhill on her watch. It reflected poorly of herself in more ways than many people even conceived. She would simply wait and watch how the lower restrictions handled everything from here.

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Mon May 25, 2015 8:54 pm

She closed her eyes and lowered her arm from her face, placing the both of her hands upon her lap, remaining quiet for a while. "You don't have to do this every time we fight," she finally said under her breath, "... I don't even know why it always ends like this with us." Seemed like after they crossed that border from 'subordinates' to something like 'lovers,' everything just completely fell apart for reasons she still didn't fully grasp. At first, she thought it was her father and his shit. Then it turns out that the Veritas was the best thing for the entire family. Then she thought it was Koudo. Now she was starting to believe that it might also be her, and yet she couldn't figure out why.

She promptly turned away from him, crossing her arms decisively, "If that's really how you feel." She furrowed her brow and bit her lip, "... As usual." Turning her nose up thoroughly, she wouldn't see him off, since he decided to continue this unnecessary course of action, in the first place. It was clear what he wanted, and whether or not he knew, she could very clearly see it. "... You only come back to do this every time. One would think you were trapped in a Loop." One that she just so happened to be stuck in, as well, messing with him. Then again, that was how her father and mother got together... Yet, somehow, she didn't feel like she'd be all that lucky, nor would things be as magical for her. "I mean, if you've nothing left to say to me, then, certainly, be on your way. No one's stopping you." It wouldn't be very polite, after all. It is his decision, as it had always been.

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Absolution; Absolute Influence

Etherlightning; Plasma And Light

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Mon May 25, 2015 9:20 pm

Aeragon said nothing, for a time at least. He stashed the imperium play set on his person somewhere, his hand holding it disappearing behind his back in between it and his cloak before reappearing empty, and scooped up both his children in his arms so that he could take them with him safely when he made this final jump.

"Just a little knowledge, so you don't wonder what whore, or slut, or bitch, or ho went on to become the mother of these children. They don't have one at all. They're my children no doubt, but were just spawned from me without the need of a woman. Mana never comes back, Maina and Naina fuse but end up dead in the end, my gun is all that remains of them, and I outlive everyone else. At the end of it all, these two are really the only things I have left and I wanna watch them have fun, and I realize it should be free of someone else's rules. I think they should live out their wildest dreams the way they want to, and this isn't the best place for that."

He stopped talking, letting himself begin to fade away from the bottom of his boots and traveling upwards, "At the end of it all, I think I might have just realized where we actually stand. Some things are so beautiful for the very reason that they are unobtainable. There always needs to be a chase, or the game would end." With that, the fading finally caught up to the necks and heads of Aeragon and his children before they were spirited away back Aeragon's hub in the center of the Multiverse.

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Greatest Change
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Exceed Limitation
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Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Mon May 25, 2015 9:59 pm

"... Have fun," were the last parting words shared between them before he faded off. "They could have had fun here..." She finally lowered her head, gritting her teeth, "... But no one can just do whatever they want haphazardly..." She wondered if this would reflect poorly on herself, her land and her father as a whole. She couldn't believe how terribly she was running this place so far.

"... Failed," she muttered decisively, "... Once again." It was unclear whether she was referring to the scenario, to him or herself, but perhaps it was all three, and she simply had to watch it, knowing it could have been salvaged, but realizing it wasn't going to be. Being able to see both sides was sometimes a curse; to see how things could have gone better if things were bad, or could have been worse if things were well. She stood there for a while, still trying to figure out just where everything went to hell and why she wasn't doing an exemplary job of being a village leader. "... Certainly, shamefully so," she added, marking up every bit of her Critical Self Evaluation after the events finished transpiring, "Low Scores on Composure and Handling..." She sniffled a bit, "... Mediocre Management and Decision Making..." Her eyes began to water, "And... Worst of all... Unsatisfactory Customer Service and Interactive Exchange." She was actually doing completely horribly at everything, and it nearly made her want to cry.

"... Well. I didn't do very well at all...? *sniff* ... Did I...?"

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Absolution; Absolute Influence

Etherlightning; Plasma And Light

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Tue May 26, 2015 8:22 am

At the leave of another anomaly, which had caused a great deal of Spacio-Temporal Disruptions all throughout the Veritas and basically weakened the structure of the environment by displacing Time and Space in crucial points where it had already been stabilized, the resident anomalous figure had to step in and cancel out the inevitable collapses in Reality via his own distortions, of which would recalibrate and remedy the prior calamitous events before they could spiral out of control and cause a large scale collapse. Starting with, the Tensei Daughter's broken heart. "There, there, sweetheart..." the distorted voice said, a light cast from the distance halting before her as a shining white mask,

"Daddy knows..."
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The masked face took the form of a shimmering crystalline wolf or fox of some sort, with a body of stars that glittered like stars in the night sky. He would swiftly scoop the young girl from her feet and start to flicker again, "... Don't worry, Daddy will take care of it..." These kids were playing with powers that were far more destructive than they seemed to fully comprehend the severity of, wherein it was left up to people like the Phantom, who understood the sheer magnanimity of it to resolve without destroying everything. It nearly reminded him of how he once was in his youth, on Vescrutia... Though now, looking back in from the eyes of an elder who knew how destructive and dangerous these abilities they toyed with casually were, he was more wise to how to deal with them. He'd have to give his daughter a lesson later, especially to watch out for others who do not take such destruction into account when they decide to move or act. Immediately, before she had the chance to shed a tear, the wolfox would leap into the air over the En Gulf, as if he were about to dive into the water, and flickered away after grazing the surface with his paws a few times, taking Shiniere with him to the Water Sanctuary down below.

Subject: Re: What Even Is Adventuring? Tue May 26, 2015 9:01 am

All parties had been finalized in their decisions and the severe distortion that overshadowed this section of the En Gulf had been neutralized and resolved with the passing ethereal figure. Once the Phantom came and took his leave with Shiniere, all that remained at the scene of the resolved displacement was the lone Judgemaster, who still stood there with blank eyes. She's already seen how this was going to end, regardless of how she didn't want it to. She saw it the very moment she made that move outside of the game board; when she moved her own piece. "... It was the best decision..." she muttered to herself, having no doubt that every decision she made was that of accuracy toward victory, and yet... "... Perhaps my failure was agreeing to play the game at all." The point where she should have reserved judgment. Gambling was wrong for a reason, and despite how she may have won the game, she lost something more important just because she had to do her job the way it was. That's always the risk and the price of a gamble; a seen or unforeseen misfortune that could occur because of the chances taken being too high. "... Stupid restrictions..." she said, emotion returning to her, "... This is why everyone has a place. Otherwise..." she shook her head, not trying to dote on it. Sometimes, when one makes a single incorrect decision, yet makes a series of correct decisions afterward, they only further the first incorrect decision by making more correct decisions in order to prolong that wrongness in the first place. She couldn't believe that she overlooked that for friendship... for love.

"... Maybe this is why those of 6 and below cannot be allowed that sort of compassion," she declared, eyes returning to their cold blankness, "... Because they will abuse those rights in their lack of understanding about them, or how they could potentially backfire." This was an important lesson to her. She could not fall into her emotions again; not for anything that was below the 7th. No. All things below the 7th needed to be dealt with only in Absolution; with Logic and Judgment. They could not handle the complexity nor understanding of the emotions of any higher beings... Hell, they couldn't even understand or control their own as individuals, so there was no way POSSIBLE that they could of anything higher than they were. The logic behind it was flawless. And that was why they were of the 6th and below. "... Well. Better seal the deal and let the Phantom finish the rest of them..." She opened the book, which began to glow, then called out,

"Consecration."

When the Seal was set and the Reality was decreed Stable by the Judgemaster, she would depart to her own realm again, waiting for when she may be needed again. Besides... She should probably go work on herself and her dimension, too. That's why her father gave it to her, after all.