forum Well, anybody up for a group RP? Medium size (5 people, max), High Fantasy

Started August 13, 2022 by Deleted user

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(Better than Bane’s papa 💀)

(Better than Nix’s dad 💀)

(Yeah, lol.)

Leila looks around at the group, now awake.

"Breakfast will be here in a bit."

Bane had been staring into space, wondering what how his life was going to change and why the heavens had mercy on him. Arcturus had put himself in a deep sleep, but Bane, didn’t have to sleep. If he tried, he would end up staying awake. If you really wanted to make a hellhound sleep, you’d have to knock them in the back of the head. Problem solved. But when Leila woke, Bane snapped out of his little trance, shaking his head and looking at the girl. Bane tilted his head, confused by her words. “Breakfast?” Did this hellhound seriously not know what breakfast was? He did, but it was just called something different: Ientaculum. Bane didn’t take in account how hungry he’d been. His stomach growled, but his kind didn’t need to eat so often. It was almost like a suggestion rather than a necessity. He looked around at the others to see nothings changed in the last hour. His thoughts had been particularly loud, reminding him of events prior to arriving in prison and, eventually, here. He didn’t really want to talk about it, much less think about it. “What are we going to do here?” Bane croaked, unsure of what this location was or resided. “It’s not like a headquarters or anything— is it?” He raised an eyebrow, expecting a least a slight answer. It would satisfy his qualms.

"You're going to stay for a bit and lay low. You can leave if you'd like, but I wouldn't advise it. Once you leave, you can't come back." Leila murmurs.

Arcturus came out of meditation, snapping awake like he'd never been asleep.
"Why are we laying low, Leila?" He asked gently, and locked eyes with her. "Why shouldn't we leave?"

"Many reasons. The first of which is you'll die if you leave this library. Another reason is that the only two-way door in and out of this place was destroyed, meaning that if you do somehow manage to survive what's lurking outside in the old castle jail, I can't guarantee that I can reopen the portal. The third - and probably the most important - reason is that the thing that killed Sardoth, who destroyed the Isles with one swing of his sword, who was nearly a living god, is waiting for the rest of you." Leila replies bluntly.

Ah. There it is. Everything clicked into place as Leila spoke. If there was ever a reason for Orome the Huntsman to speak to Arcturus, this was it.
And he had told the Elf to stay. To help however he could.
So Arcturus didn't flinch. He just took a deep breath and kept his eyes focused on Leila.
"Can you describe that danger?"

Bane stared at Leila. One emotion consumed his face and thoughts. Suspicion. He furrowed his brow, nose twitching. None of this made sense. “You’re contradicting yourself. You said you couldn’t keep us here.” He paused, playing with an umbra dagger as he kept merciless eye contact. “But now we can’t let us walk out of here. Were you going to throw us to the wolves before? And now you’ve changed your mind.” A wide grinned crossed his face. “Or is it because you’re harboring dangerous creatures—criminals at best.” Bane was semi-certain he could teleport out. After all, how hard could it be? But at the same time, he didn’t want to be the creature of death that became food for something— more powerful than him.

"I can't. You are creatures of intelligence, of will. All I can do is give advice that you won't take seriously because I'm too young." Leila growls at Bane before turning back to Arcturus.

"Have you ever heard of Joth's Tale?" she ask him.

Arcturus was quiet still, trying to keep the situation calm.
"She said she couldn't keep us, and she's saying we shouldn't leave because something will try to kill us. We're welcome to go, but we may die. She's not trying to keep us, Bane. Just warning us why we shouldn't go." He laughed softly. "And harboring criminals, dangerous people? That's us. You and me, Hellhound, as well as the kleptomaniac goblin, the girl with power prosthetics and the guy capable of pinning us all to the floor." His gaze intensified a bit. "We're the dangerous things in here, and she's not afraid of us. She's afraid For us."
He leaned forward. "Which is why I want to know what we're up against."

Leila tilts her head at Arcturus, bemused by his statements.

"I have the power to stop time itself, shatter reality on a whim. Of course I'm not afraid of you people. You couldn't even touch me." she laughs. Her tone was open and honest. She wasn't being arrogant, that much was obvious.

"Joth's Tale tells of a horror that came from the lowest pits of the Abyss, and how one lone human challenged that creature. He lost, of course. But that myth is a true story, and that thing is now after you people." she says softly.

Bane snorted, unhappy with his situation. Can you ever make him happy? Eventually. “But does that seem like—contradiction?” The hellhound never suffered through an English class in his life, so he knew next to nothing. “I just simply don’t understand. But I’m not going to leave. I don’t feel like getting murdered. I’m the one that’s supposed to be murdering, not getting murder.” Bane puffed his cheeks out, looking at Arcturus. With the click of his tongue, he tilted his head. “That’s what I said. We’re the dangerous criminals…” He trailed off, going silent. With a sigh and a quick 'whatever', the hellhound transformed into his wolf form. Some cracking of his bones could be heard, but you wouldn’t notice unless you looked over to see your friend replaced by a scruffy wolf. However, his wolf form was nearly the size of a pony with rugged black fur. His ears were flat against his head and looked annoyed. He did a big stretch and curled up against Arcturus, his tail laying over his muzzle. The hound's giant ears sprung forward, listening for any nearby danger.

(And Bane just turns into the groups pet lol)

Arcturus quirked one corner of his mouth, smiling just a tiny bit. "Yes, I was agreeing with you, Bane."
He finally broke his long gaze and looked over as Bane transformed, his eyebrows rising when Bane curled up next to him. He went back to watching Leila, just waiting for whatever came next.
One hand subconsciously ruffled through the fur behind Bane's big ears.

(Might get me killed but I must give the hellhound ear scritches)

(Lol, Leila is having the same thoughts.)

Leila sighs. "I don't expect you to undestand. All I expect is for you to believe that I'm being completely honest."

When she sees Bane shift and lay down, she har the almost overwhelming urge to pet Bane.

Her hand creeps towards the fur on Bane's back.

The library seemed to go on forever. Nix listened to the conversation with their large ears, and soon enough what the goblin thought of as mindless chatter soon became interesting to them. Finally, information that was actually useful. They turned back and crept up to to the others to listen. Sitting down, they began grooming their lion legs, combing their fingers through the fur and licking it.
Nix didn’t really think of themself as a dangerous criminal, they just liked other people’s stuff. But hey, they weren’t stupid. Leila’s words sounded strange to them, but hey, Leila was the most amazing humanoid Nix has ever met, and they didn’t have much else to go of.

(Hellhounds love being pet like any other dog lol)

Bane opened his sleepy eyes, lifting his head up slightly. His left ear flicked as Arcturus ruffled his fur. This big puppy generated a lot of heat, and I meant a lot of heat. He was basically a furnace. His hind leg started to thump when was given scritches behind the ears. He turned his head around and pressed his cold nose against Arcturus' arm, his tail wrapping around his flank. The hound started to lick his paws, which were in horrendous condition. He bit a loose fur with his teeth. Bane's teeth were large, especially his canines, but they fit his large jaws. The hellhound welcomed all the pets. All of them! >:3

(I dunno why, but I keep imagining Bane purring like a cat, XD )

Leila starts running her hand through the surprisingly soft fur on Bane's back, then buries her face in the big puppies fur, enjoying the vast ammount of heat the hellhound as generating.

(He chirps :D)

Bane stopped chewing on his paws, looking up at Leila. He stared her down for a good minute before licking her hand. Bane let out an excited chirp, his tail thumping against the library floor. Unfortunately for Leila, the scent of death clung to his fur. He was trying to sleep, but now all the attention has gotten him wound up. The pup wanted to play. He got to his paw, yipping rather loudly. A wolf the size of a pony probably wasn’t the best playmate. After all, he could destroy things without meaning to.

Arcturus continued lavishing attention on Bane's ears, until the hound stood up. He watched Bane wag playfully. Something in his head said "It's all fun and games till somebody gets hurt", but Arcturus was a Sindarin, a Silvan Elf. A chaotic, Woodland, accidentally magic-using imp.
So he sat there.
A little bit of chaos isn't gonna hurt us…

Bane started yipping louder, hopping around like the big puppy he is. He licked Arcturus on the face, whining at the elf that he wanted to play. Bane wasn’t exactly his same angsty grumpiness when he shifted. He was just dog. Hellhounds had a knack for playing, usually with dead body parts, like how dolphins play with the dead bodies of other fish. Their system might have been ridged and left no room for mistakes, but when a Hellhound was in their wolf form—playfulness. Except Bane started to tug at Arcturus satchel (I think he had one, correct me if not), his tail wagging from side to side. His wagging tail created a small breeze. The puppy growled when he found it difficult to play 'keep away' with the elf’s items.

Sutechi looked over when he was mentioned by Arcturus, just listening to him talk as he thought about the situation he was in with the whole you could get murdered if he tried to leave.
He didn't think being murdered was all that bad.
No one would really miss him would they? He was father was probably disappointed in him, his mother was dead.
He didn't have any friends anyways.
What did he have to loose?
Well, besides his life.
He figured he would stay with the group for now.
He went over to bane, and went to pet him gently, before he moved to get up and grab Arcturus bag. He got up and moved away, deciding to watch.
Emerse was lost in thought.