Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 17, 2016 21:31:21 GMT -8
"Back in the ethereal realm, the man who saved my life was named Dirk Lockless. He was a brave guy. I miss him. And all I could think was, why couldn't it have been me? Why can't I be the one putting my life in danger for other people? I mean, ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to be a vassal or a knight. Huh..."
Mina took a deep breath. "I may be a stupid farm girl... But I'm also a hero!"
Whoosh!
There was a sudden gush of wind. The stand appeared fully formed next to Mina's bed. It was about 6 feet tall and lightly armored, with a big heart chest plate. It was also ripped.
"What the, it's you! You're the one who helped me." The stand nodded approvingly and reached out to her, holding a pair of ethereal dice. "Dirk... Dirk was a gambler. He used dice. Are you..."
Luftballoon.
"Luftballoon. Its name is Luftballoon!"
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 17, 2016 21:54:39 GMT -8
"Well done! Excellent!" Doobie comes closer to examine Luftballoon. This had been the 6th Stand he'd ever seen, and it was unique like each other. "Hm! It's similar to my own, being humanoid, it has an athletic physique, not overly powerful I imagine. Of course with you just recently obtaining it, it's power won't be very high, but as you grow as a person, Luftballoon will also grow."
Doobie smiles at Mina, "You've passed! Top marks, young apprentice. With practice you'll be able to bring out Luftballoon completely of your will."
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 18, 2016 11:40:15 GMT -8
Mina smiled. "That's amazing!" She looked up at the mighty 「Luftballoon!」. The stand gave a salute and faded away. Mina rubbed her forehead. "That takes a lot out of you. Doobie, I have a question. I've never had any sort of talent for magic, ever. So why did this thing choose me? Is it alive? She... she kinda reminds me of Dirk. Is that a coincidence?"
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 18, 2016 18:13:51 GMT -8
"There are some possibilities. I will ask, have you been struck with an arrow-like thing? There's is a thing called the Spirit Dart which I am looking for, it makes Stands. Even in somebody who has no magical affinity whatsoever." Doobie asks about the Dart. "I do have a theory, it's starting to seem more plausible as I meet more stand users. Stands may be created from actual souls of dead people, bound to the body of a living being. You've said this Dirk fellow died saving you, what color was his skin?"
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 18, 2016 19:12:14 GMT -8
"Uh let's see. I've been pricked by nettle, stung by bees, bitten by a snake, sprayed by a skunk, hit on by a traveling broom salesman, uh... No. No dart."
Mina was wide eyes when she heard the bit about souls. "I... I think his skin was grey. He was a drow. And he was a gambler and that thing had a pair of dice. You think my stand has something to do with dirk?"
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 18, 2016 20:19:24 GMT -8
"When I was healing you, I noticed that on the left side of your body, around your side and back, there are patches of grey skin and there were char marks around the patches. I'm not absolutely certain, but I think it may be a plausible theory that this Dirk fellow's soul combined with you as you were in transit through the portal and has mutated into this new form as a combination of your two personalities." Doobie has his arms crossed holding his chin in one of his hands as he explains his theory further. "Uh, I hope I'm not upsetting you more, you've been through a lot in a short time frame."
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 19, 2016 17:20:56 GMT -8
... Mina passed out again.
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 19, 2016 17:28:35 GMT -8
"Ack!" Doobie caught Mina with his Stand and placed her on the bed. "I see, that may have been too much for her. I hope she'll be okay."
By the time Mina came to, Doobie would have brought in food for the both of them. Mina will also find that her cumbersome armor was removed.
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 19, 2016 21:47:34 GMT -8
"TRAINING!" Mina woke up with a start a few minutes later. Foggy eyed, she looked at the food Doobie had brought them. She smirked and started picking at it. "Oh, thanks. Sorry about that... wait, why did I faint again?"
She blinked. "Oh, right, I'm two souls now..." Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she swayed back towards the bed. But then her fist slammed into the mattress. "Nope! Not fainting again. I'm ok. I'm ok..." She sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I... I guess we should start training soon."
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 19, 2016 21:56:32 GMT -8
"Yes yes, two souls. Training will be best on a satisfied stomach." Doobie noms into some peppered chicken. "*gulp* While you're eating I'll share with you my own experience of how I got my powers:
2 years ago I was a mundane, stupid Kobold like every other Kobold in the Moorlands. I was searching the dry plains for food when I found a dying magician. I arrived and our eyes met just as he passed. I went over to loot his body and upon touching him I felt a surge go through me. I inherited the magi's aptitude and talent, my intelligence had increased greatly, and I believe it is his soul that is inside me and is now Starman."
Doobie resumes eating.
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 20, 2016 20:19:15 GMT -8
Mina nodded attentively to everything Doobie was saying. My, what an interesting life.
"I see, so, Dirk is a part of me now. I guess there are worse things that can happen to someone. He was a good man. And so far he seems to be encouraging me to become the hero I've always wanted to be." Mina ate more of her soup and stared out the window. "I can't believe my life has changed in such a short amount of time. Just last year I was mastering the art of growing multiple kinds of potatoes in a single patch of land, and now I'm traveling to other towns, fighting murderous villains. I really do feel like a vassal now. Heh."
She turned to Doobie again. "This sounds wrong to ask but do you think the town will give us a reward or something?"
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 20, 2016 20:54:32 GMT -8
"Ah! They've already given it to me while you were asleep!" Doobie jingles a sack of money! $$$ "Heehee!"
"The constable lost his leg, but he's alive! He can get a peg leg or something. Everyone is relieved they can grieve the dead in peace now. Hopefully things will return to normal here." Doobie gives a briefing on everything Mina may not know since her fainting spells. Then pulls out a florescent colored book, colored in crayon!
"After killing Kath Kul, while you were passed out, I searched his body and found this... ゴゴゴ(menacing), it's his 「diary」. It's filled with mostly disturbing things, I wouldn't suggest you reading it yourself, this man was quite 「unsavory」. Apparantly the jar he had with him contained 「brains」 from all his victims and he recorded the properties and differences of each brain. This also all seems to be written in 「crayon」, but he didn't have any crayons on him." Doobie shoes the notebook scribblings, there were some odd doodles on each page. He then starts flipping through the book. "But there was something useful in here, pertaining to my 「quest」. One month ago he wrote here,
'Today while I was at the 「Steelscape」, I bumped into a Katashiman man. I cursed at him and told him to watch himself, made fun of his hair, and started to walk away, next thing I knew I had been 「stabbed」. I looked down at my chest to see something that looked like an 「arrow」 head, but smaller and ornately decorated. Next the thing was pulled out through my back and I passed out. When I woke up, I discovered 「something」 was with me that wasn't there anymore. When I looked at it, it felt familiar, like we were family. It told me its name is 「Big Squeeze」 and that its a part of me.'
"So now it seems the one who carries the 「Dart」 and 「Atlatl」 stabbed this man with the 「Spirit Dart」 and made him into a 「Stand User」 like us. It was then that he began to kill more frequently. What's important here is that now my search parameters have thinned, I now know that I'm looking for a human male from Katashima, and supposedly he may have an unusual hair style. He was also last seen in the Steelscape." Doobie burns the book with magic. "Nothing else important written in here."
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 20, 2016 21:34:13 GMT -8
Mina looked bemused at the crayon diary. She would never be able to look at crayons the same way ever again. She listened to Doobie recount the man's sordid history until finally he came to the part about the Spirit Dart and a place called Steelscape.
"So this dart thing can turn people into stand users. Sounds dangerous. I mean if a guy like that ass wipe who tormented this poor town can become a stand user, anyone can. I can see why you wanna find it so bad."
Mina playfully batted her hand towards the gold sack. "When I get better at fighting I wanna buy myself some new gear. I'm gonna save up for that."
"So, I guess we're off to this Steelscape place. I wonder where it is. I've never heard of it before. It sounds scary."
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Doobie du Shoobie
Dedicated
The Premier Stand Master!
Roleplay posts: 397
Age: 18
Physical Description: He's a Kobold with green scales and long hair that has recently turned platinum colour.
Clothes and Equipment: Blue Mage Robes with gold trim and the Heroes Guild cape draped over one shoulder.
Allegiances: Heroes Guild, Jun of the Celadine
Player's online availability : Every Day, noon to 2am eastern us time
Registered: May 28, 2015 14:51:50 GMT -8
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Post by Doobie du Shoobie on Sept 20, 2016 21:58:23 GMT -8
"I've never been there, but I've heard about it. It's in Isran territory. I've heard all sorts of dark characters lurk there. So when we do get there, we'll need to keep our wits about us. But in the mean time we can train." Doobie hands Mina the sack of money to hold onto, Doobie himself doesn't have much use for money except for buying stylish clothes and maybe a really nice meal. "Come with me, I have to meet back up with my mate and tell her where we're going next."
Doobie would exit the inn and head back toward Yee Hua Hua
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Mina the Vassal
Dedicated
A future hero in training.
Roleplay posts: 104
Age: 23
Physical Description: About 5'4", average build, Caucasian brunette
Clothes and Equipment: Some bargain bin, but well-kept chain mail, a paper-thin horsehair gambeson, and a decent longsword
Registered: Nov 27, 2015 17:47:38 GMT -8
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Post by Mina the Vassal on Sept 21, 2016 5:24:39 GMT -8
Mina nodded. "Gotcha." She'd get dressed. But at some point, if she got the chance, she'd raise up her shirt to examine her side in a mirror, where she'd see patches of grey flesh. "Dirk..."
<Exit>
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