[F1-OP] Planning, Plotting, and Possibly Even Scheming (SAFE ZONE THREAD)

[Guest Furia]

OOC: This thread will, in its entirety, take place within the No PK Safe Zone Boundaries of the Town of Beginnings. Just a head's up.

Furia stood just outside one of the many market districts in the Town of Beginnings and greedily eyed all the weapons and armor that were for sale in the various shops and stalls. Of course, she had no col to buy anything. But, she wasn't about to let that stop her. While thieving was frowned on she knew very well the effect that her assets could have on people, definitely on men and sometimes on women if that happened to be their thing. No judgement. After all, male or female didn't matter. What mattered was that their interest could be encouraged and molded to suit her needs. Right now, her need was to acquire the best gear available for a level one player and, if it came down to it, she would shamelessly flirt her way to an entirely free set of equipment. Why pay for something when there was a good chance that her assets were significant enough already that she could get it for free? Biting her lip and doing her best to look completely lost, Furia pushed back the purple visor that obscured her violet eyes and twirled a lock of lilac hair around one finger while staring longingly at all of the equipment. All it took was some patience and some willingness to play the waiting game until the right player came along, after all most of the male players would love the chance to play the dashing knight errant to her fake lady in distress.

[Hydra 0]

*Yawn*, a dreamy and half awake player examined the stalls on his left, then on his right, "Nope....nope.....nope". Hydra repeated this to himself as he wandered through the town. He was not exactly rich, especially after his excursions to the pub with Eth, but he had just about enough to survive off. "Now where's Nixon's shop again, I swear it was around here somewhere". Of course the spearman was lost, he was always lost in the town of beginnings. Glancing around the player noticed quite a large number of NPC's, either running their stalls, or shopping. "Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....................................................................", after about 2 minutes of thinking he finally realized he had never seen this part of town before. "Oh... well...now what?"..Hydra looked around for a player he could get directions from. Noticing a pink haired girl intensely viewing the weapon stalls he walked over, "Excuse me, do you know which way it is to the plaza?" he mumbled still sleepy.

[Guest Furia]

Furia looked around as the first fly to wander into her web approached. Obviously, this one was still only half awake. She gave him an appraising look through her violet eyes for a moment. He was only a level four, the odds of him having anything that he would be willing to simply give away to her were slim. Or, rather, the odds of him having anything to give away to her that she would want were slim. Furia sighed through her nose before responding, there was still a chance to use this interaction to her advantage, if she stayed in character. "I don't really know," she said uncertainly, twirling a few strands of hair around one of her fingers. "I'm so new here and I don't know my way and this town is so enormous... it's more like a City of Beginnings," she continued, offering a sort of tittering little giggle.

[Sinful 0]

Sinful looked at the pair talking, and could see past Furia's deception. 'A clever technique, but the hair twirl and speech pattern gave it away.' His brain analyzed the situation before he walked up to the two with a welcoming smile. "Hey, I noticed you two look a bit lost, do you need directions or something? Or just a place to eat at?" Sinful held out two plush toys for them, a dolphin for Furia and a cat for Hydra. "If you just need a place to stay then I can provide you with that, it's not that far a walk from here and I'd love to meet some new people." He came across as friendly, something most if not all people would call him. "Don't worry about the expenses either, I can pay for all of it." It was now evident that Sinful was indeed too altruistic for his own good.

[Hydra 0]

Hydra was rather insightful... but only when fully awake, which in his case was not often *yawn*. He felt a soft plushy pressing against his face "Mmmm". He looked down at the toy that a player had thrust at him, then at the girls. He thought intensely for a moment, staring at the fluffy ball it's beautiful eyes staring back at him and was pleased. Although he would have preferred the dolphin, he even contemplated asking if he could have a reindeer but decided it was best not to push the kind gentle man. He looked back towards the girl, unsure what to say just nodded in agreement with what she was saying and yawned again. Picking up on the plushy person's offer, he raised his hand slowly and started standing behind him "Arigatou...", he said slowly but smiling none the less.

Arigatou

[yukisuzuki 0]

Yuki was lonely once more, she only had 2 friends. One was her 'sister' and the other was her best friend that they do adventures together. She doesn't really get involved with that many people since she knows people will let her down, and trick her. Yuki walks down the street noticing a familiar person from the tavern a while back, sinful, and two other people. She notices that the girl has pink hair and really pretty violet eyes, on the other hand the boy has brown hair and grayish blueish eyes. Yuki has no one to hang out with since her friends are busy today with other things. Yuki knows this floor really well, knows where everything is since she comes down to this floor every week to check up on everything, and for supplies. She leans against a wall and watches Sinful and the two other players. She hopes none of them notice her, watching them.

[Ethereal 0]

Ethereal was doing what he usually does in a safe zone - messing around. Jumping from roof to roof, he vaulted over the crowds below before landing lightly several meters from the ledge on the other side. Athletics was really useful, he had to admit - it gave multiplied physical ability that assisted in tasks such as this. As Eth began building up speed to clear the next street, the swordsman skidded to a halt in his tracks. Before him had appeared a young child, pasty white and gazing at him with eyes like midnight. 'What do you want..?' the Blade pondered, following her eyesight to the street below. As he did, a lean man wearing a greatcoat slipped a gold trinket from a player's store into a side pocket. Frowning, Ethereal immediately leaped from the side of the building and did a breakfall when he hit the cobbles. NPCs and players scattered as he regained his feet - "You! Return what you stole in the name of the Knights of the Blood Oath!" It wasn't normally guild business to do things such as this but when his Unique Skill flagged someone it usually hinted something else was afoot.

Edited March 13, 2016 by Ethereal

[KaraMitskune 0]

Mitsu yawned, sitting down like a hoodlum in front of some shop. There wasn't anything unusual there that she could pinpoint. That was until some psycho maniac decided to jump off a building. At first Mitsu thought it was a suicide attempt, until he landed without a scrape. Out of nowhere the guy yelled something about stealing and the Nights of the Blood Toast. That just backed up Mitsu's idea that he was some crazy manaic. 'Weirdo..' Mitsu thought, as he picked a fight with some random dude. She yawned again, and put her hands behind her head, leaning against a wall. She closed her eyes, ignoring the random crashes. 'This is boring.' She thought, when she didn't feel like falling asleep. She opened her eyes, and once again saw the maniac. Maybe watching that play out would be entertaining. Not like it mattered, anyways.

[yukisuzuki 0]

Yuki noticed a guy jump from building to building without getting hurt, she wasn't weirded out by this. She was used to seeing that happen in this town. Yuki remembers that day when she got into a fist fight with some guy because he hit a young girl. Yuki is still pissed at that man, her face is full of rage, and guilt. Yuki puts her head against the wall and she watches the streets for any weird, or strange people. Yuki knows this is a safe zone but that doesn't keep her from having her suspicions. Yuki was in a bad mood, and the guy who was jumping on roofs yelling was getting on her nerves. She wanted to go up there and freaken punch him but, she couldn't. She couldn't draw attention to herself, in case people in her town or past towns might know her and get many people on her bad side. She had to suck it up like a woman and live through the annoyance of this man.

[Guest Furia]

'Jackpot,' Furia thought to herself as everything started to happen around her. A crowd was starting to develop and that always made things so much easier when your goal was to scam and cajole people into giving you things that you needed. The best loot came from the boss level monsters and with her current gear she was not going to be killing any boss level monsters any time soon. At least she wouldn't be doing that if things didn't change and things needed to change so she could begin heading out into the more dangerous areas of the first floor without fear of being killed by a mob.

When Sinful held out the dolphin plushie Furia snatched it from his hands. "It's adorable," she squealed, burying her face in the dolphin for a moment while sneakily checking to see if it had any buffs or debuffs. As luck would have it, the item was purely cosmetic. "Is this for me," she asked, batting her eyes at Sinful as Hydra thanked the other player for the feline plushie. Of course, that was right before things got interesting with a high level player leaping off one of the rooftops and accused someone of stealing something. Really, Furia wasn't quite sure what Ethereal was talking about. Still, he probably could be a most useful ally. A most useful ally indeed.

"Stole," Furia asked in an innocent sounding tone, quickly scooting away from Sinful and over in the direction of Ethereal. "Are they dangerous to a low level player like me," she asked, her purple eyes going wide as she darted behind Ethereal and then put her hands on his right shoulder and pressed herself against him just a little bit more than was necessary as she peered around him at Sinful and Hydra. Then she turned her big violet eyes on Ethereal. "I don't suppose you'd help me..."

[yukisuzuki 0]

Just as Yuki thought is was fine to leave, she saw a girl run up to the man who was pissing her off, the girl pressed her body against him. Yuki knew know that that that girls actions were only an act, quickly Yuki jumped up to where they were, stayed in the shadows where no one could see her. She knew her cover wont be blown, even if what she was doing was a long shot, she was gonna follow them to see what this girl's initial thoughts are.

[KaraMitskune 0]

The crowd seemed to part, probably not wanting to be a part of whatever the maniacal player was ranting about. Which left an open path for a strangely flirtatious purple haired player to lean on him. At first Mitsu thought she must be his girlfriend of something, but she doubted it. Mitsu guessed she was just looking to get something out of manipulating him. It wasn't going to work. Just no.

Mitsu rolled her eyes, and sighed. Perhaps a bit too loud, as a few NPCs and even a few players looked her way. Mitsu calmly ignored them, as she closed her eyes. 'That was boring' Mitsu said to herself, as she reopened her eyes. She stood up, and stretched for a second before turning and starting to walk away. Her hands were in her pockets, and she was hunched over. Standing up straight was a waste of time and effort, in her opinion. Then again, everything was a waste of time and effort to her.

Mitsu saw, slightly out of the circle that surrounded the maniac, two other distinguishable players. One had short white hair, and Mitsu guessed they was male. The other held a kitten stuffie and had brown hair. They looked rather tired, but she was sure they too were male. She walked over to them, bored. 

"Hey," She asked them, her voice scratchy, "Do you know who the heck that dude is?" She asked, gesturing to the guy who'd just jumped off the building without taking her hands out of her pockets. "And who's that weird girl?" She added for good measure.

[yukisuzuki 0]

 Yuki felt like she was to close so she jumped up onto another building hoping no one noticed. She took a huge jump and made it to the other building without getting hurt. She crouches down and is hidden, she watches the man and the strange woman interact with each other. Yuki takes internal notes on the woman does in case if someone asks or just so she can understand what this situation must be. 

 A man noticed Yuki and runs up to her and pushes her, causing her to fall of the buildings roof, before she hits the floor on her side she flips and lands on her feet. She looks up and sees the ring that was on her finger was in the mans hand. She glares, that ring was extremely important to her. She backs up, and then quick as a lightning bolt runs up and jumps onto the roof of the building. She stands in front of the man and smirks devilishly. Yuki hasn't been like this since she was out of the game getting into fights with dangerous people. 

 Yuki runs like a lightning bolt once more and is behind the man, as she was running she stole back the ring with out him noticing until stopped and showed him. Her smirk became bigger as he became more scared of her. Yuki looked extremely scary, she looked like she has killed many people, she looked like she could have been the queen of a blood massacre. The man runs away yelling "Mrs. lightning is back" He yells running down the street, making everyone panic. Yuki rolls her eyes at everyone, her cover was blown. She jumps down from the building and leans against a wall. She closes her eyes, knowing that no one will get near her. 

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2016 by yukisuzuki
messed up a sentence

[Mack 0]

"What's going on here," a booming voice cut through the din. It was accompanied by the ringing peel of carbon steel on paving stones. The owner of the voice stood in the middle of the street clad in a crimson cloak that was trimmed in white and the hood of the cloak was pulled back to reveal matching red-haired features. While his dark eyes were taking in the situation as a whole, they were largely focused on Ethereal and the tone made it clear that he expected there to be an answer to his question from Ethereal if from no one else. What the relationship of the two men was to one another was, at this point, anyone's guess. "Why are you accusing someone of being a thief, Ethereal?"

[yukisuzuki 0]

 Yuki, Mrs. lightning, opens her eyes and looks over to the man who has his whole focus on the man with the woman. She watches the way the man looks at the other man. She wonders what their relationship might be between each other. She shrugs it off and looks around the street seeing people stare at her with terror and fear. She smirks slightly, at how everyone is fleeing away from her. Yuki hasn't felt this way in a while, since she got close to a few people, but now her old self is coming back. 

 Yuki is bored, and tired. She puts her hands in her pockets and rest her head against the wall, she waits from something interesting to happen. And if nothing intrest her she will go and find someone who could entertain her for a while until she got bored with that person. She sighs as she gets more and more bored. 

 

[KaraMitskune 0]

Before either of them could answer, Mitsu heard a "Mrs. Lightning!" from behind her, and voice that yelled, "Ethereal!" It was getting confusing. Well, the random maniac knew the rather obnoxious orange dude, and his name was Ethereal. That explained a heck of a lot. Plus, there was a pink haired girl that Mitsu hadn't noticed before. That must be "Mrs. Lightning". What a funny name.

[yukisuzuki 0]

Yuki acts like she doesn't notice the stares she is getting from lots of people. She looks fown the street and sees people still scared of her. She sighs and looks around for someone to actually entertain her, but since this is a safe zone there isn't much she can do. 

A man walks up to yuki and smirks, he doesn't see her as a threat. She glares at him and that makes him smirk even more. "Why hello there, you are very alluring" he smirks leaning in only centimeters away from yuki's face. She as fast as a lightning bolt and kicks the man to the wall. 

Yuki walks off with her hands in her pocket and looks ahead as everyone gets out of her way staring at her. She takes out a lollipop and keeps walkimg with her hands in her pocket. She notices a group of people, the same group of people she saw earlier. Before she was caught. She noticed one of the players, a new one of the group was staring at her. She smirks slightly. 

[Hydra 0]

"Huh?" Hydra looked up and blinked, the words 'Ethereal' rung through the air. Caused by what appeared to be a warrior stood in the center of the street. Hydra zoning out, began to walk towards the guy that was shouting. The player was a lot stronger than him, he made the comparison to a ginger colored bear in his mind. The spearman squinted hard at his face standing directly below him before finally realizing... "you're not Eth?" *yawns* He patted his mouth with his hands failing to realize Eth had been prancing around, and that was why the larger player had been shouting. Hydra blinked a few more times, then looked down a street noticing another player "Pink hair? I thought I saw her before, didn't she say she was lost... I'd better go tell her that is not the way to beginner's town. Even I know that". Hydra begins to walk towards the other pink haired girl thinking it was the one he met before. Still half asleep he fails to recognize the bad mood she is in...

[Sinful 0]

Sinful kept his smile and said "Yup, it's for you!" He then saw Furia dash away to the next man and thought about it once again. 'Oh Furia Furia, you attempt to woo these men over as if... Oh wait, they are idiots, what am I talking about?' His thoughts were intense but he managed to keep a straight face while looking at Hydra. It took him a while but he eventually noticed Yuki. "Hey Yuki! How are you doing? I hope you were able to buy food with it, but it's fine if you can't, I still work at the tavern after all." It's important that Sinful keeps this image, lest he be executed in front of everybody.

[yukisuzuki 0]

Yuki noticed two people were walking up to her, she quickly tensed up and watched there moves. She slightly smiles at sinful "Thank you for the col, and yes i was able to buy food with it" She smiles convincing both of the boys that she was in a better mood than before. She stayed on guard in case if they do anything. Earlier she noticed Sinful didn't have the smile he usually does, she doesn't let anyone know that she knew his nice act was just an act, or maybe a plan. She still hasn't figured that out yet. The other boy with the cat doll, she doesn't know much about him, but usually when she comes down to the first floor she sees him.