Harry in the Skies of Arcadia (197 posts)

  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    simple flex 12 + 15 = 27

    You’re slowly comming to with a gentle swaying of the wood like thing you’re on.

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    “Oi my head…”

    I open my eyes.
    If it’s safe, I sit up.
    If I sat up, I look around.

    “Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods, he wasn’t kidding…” Twitch. Twitch.

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    You open your eyes and see blue skies above you, it appears safe enough.
    You sit up and look around; there are about twelve sailors in age of sail era cloths standing around you.
    You see several floating islands in the distance.

    “Who are ya, and how did ye get on our ship?”

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    “I am I. I am me. As for how I got on your ship… that’s a hell of a story, best told to your captain, I imagine.” I take my glasses off, rub my eyes, put the glasses back on. “Did anybody see? Did I appear out of thin air? Was there a loud *BAMF* or something?”

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    “Ya just appeared there. Did ya get a mage angry? If so, ya’r lucky. Most mages just teleport ya to the deep sky. Captain Dyne will know what to do with ya.
    get up and let’s go.”

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    (This is pretty much how my time on Mary PIper Alpha began too. :) )

    “Sure, sounds good…” I push myself up and go to meet their captain.

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    OOC: Sorry. but your swordsmanship screamed out “SWASHBUCKLING ACTION” . Hopefully, It’ll be a bit more interesting for you

    As you walk to the captain’s cabin, You catch a look over the side of the ship. Even if you don’t have acrophobia it still scares you to the core.

    You see nothing but air below the ship. It appears that you are a few miles above a layer of dark and stormy clouds that is impossible to see though. That layer appears to extend out as far as the eye can see at about the same altitude

    The ship appears to be moving with a combination of sails and fin/oar things.

    You enter the Captain’s Cabin and see a tall man with dark brown hair and a gentlemanly manner about him.

    “First things, first. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dyne, Captain of the Albatross.”

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    I am, in fact, cripplingly acrophobic to the point of not being able to stand on a chair without a bit of vertigo, so I reel back from the edge until I can’t see any of down at all. And probably grab onto one of the sailors walking with me until I don’t feel like I’m seconds from death any more.

    At the captain’s introduction, I strike a showmanly bow, one leg bent, the other forward, bent at the waist, both arms slightly extended to the sides.
    “My mother called me Harry. My friends call me Jack. I’m… no one of consequence.”

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    OOC;well this is awkward… this is basically a hell dimension for people with acrophobia. well one of two things will happen, ether the constant confrontation will cure your verser of acrophobia or he will turn into a nervous wreak.

    The sailors think it’s funny. They say “Haha The landlubber act like he hasn’t seen the deep sky before!”

    Dyne takes in your showmanship with a slightly raised eyebrow.
    “So Harry, How did you get on my ship?”

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

    “Damned if I know,” I say, taking some pains to make sure I can’t see out a window from here.
    “Er, sorry, sir, if I may speak freely? Someone explained it to me, but the explanation didn’t make a whole pile of sense even when he gave it to me. It involved words like ‘magic’ and ‘immortality’ and… well I could go on but you see how I’m not exactly sure what I’d be telling you. I don’t suppose I could just apologize profusely, beg you not to throw me overboard, and offer to work for my passage?”

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    The Captain’s Cabin has a many windows in it, so it is not really possible not to look out one. But thankfully your position prevents you from looking downward, which helps a lot.

    “Working for passage will be acceptable. Blue Rouges are nothing if they are now honorable. Although, I still what to hear your tale. I also want to hear what you can do.”

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    I continue to try my best never to look down. I keep my eyes on the floor and don’t go too near the windows.

    “I was playing dice with my friends, and someone spilled a drink on me. It felt like I got struck by lightning, then I woke up on an island where a little boy and his talking cat told me they were immortals and that I could learn magic. A volcano erupted and I woke up on your deck. On my honor that’s every word the truth, even if I myself would more easily believe someone spiked my drink.

    “As for what I can do, well, I’m a swordsman of some skill, and a musician of somewhat smaller skill. I can tie just about any knot you’ve ever heard of, and I’m a pretty good cook. As to whether or not I could learn magic, I dare say I’ve never tried.”

    I don’t, however, wear makeup very often, so I might not fit in with the Blue Rouges.

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    ….
    …
    That’s the kind of snarky correctional comment MJ would make. I feel like a bad person now.

    It is actually true that I can tie every knot in the Boy Scouts Handbook. MJ gave me 2@s in Knot-Tying because of it, and that’s a pre-MPA skill.

    It’s also true that I am a very good cook and an even better baker. In fact I’ll probably be doing a work shift in the kitchen when I go LARP’ing this weekend.

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    yeah, I meant it to be Blue Rogues. English writing botch.
    Your comment caused me to come up with some disturbing enemies, You should feel very bad.

    Do you happen to remember the exact SAL MJ gave you for knot tying?

    “That is a strange tale… What is a cat?
    Our current cook isn’t that good so we’ll try your cooking.
    Most people can do a bit of magic with the aid of a appropriate moonstone.It might be worth it to check if you can do higher magic.
    Hmm swordsmanship… Would you mind a sparring session with one of my crew members so we can see how good you are?”

    OOC Would you like to play out the sparring session or do you a general overview on how it went?

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  • Profile picture of johnosevens johnosevens said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    (RE: Knots – No, but I can try to look it up. I’ve never improved it above what he gave me, that I know of, so whatever it ever was is what it always was.)

    “Small, furry animal, about so big. They’re cute, but don’t usually talk.”
    “Sure, I’ll see what I can whip up. I’ve got some experience cooking for big groups.” This, likewise, is actually true. It wasn’t true when I Versed out the first time, but since then I’ve taken up working in the kitchen at the LARP that I play so I do have experience cooking for 60-200 people.
    “If you have a moonstone and somebody who knows how to use it, I’ll see if I can at least be taught, and as for sparring, well, I’ve got my sword and dagger, so I can go a few rounds.”

    (I’d like to play it out. I still have no firm grasp on how MV combat mechanics work, so…)

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  • Profile picture of Magnus Magnus said 6 months, 1 week ago:

    You have 2@5 Knots T2@1. How good are you at cooking for the large groups? are you as good when you cook for small groups?

    “So it is a bit like a small Huskra.”
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    “We’ll teach you when we get too our base”
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    They find your metallic sword and dagger odd, There weapons are mostly made of a translucent material that glows with a soft inner light. The material looks like it has the smithing properties of a metal.
    Each weapon glows with one color. there seems to be six colors:Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, and Silver-white.

    You are on the deck with a circle of people around you to watch the fight.
    A young man that is about twenty years old enters the circle.
    He is fairly handsome and has a roguish scar under his left eye.
    He is wielding two cutlasses, one is small and looks to be made for parring and blocking, the other is large and is made for slashing..

    “Greetings Harry, My name is Vyse. May the moons bless our meeting and keep us safe while sparing.”

    OOC: I’ll try to explain the mechanics the best that I can during the fight. Feel free to ask questions.
    But first what are your plans for the sparing session?

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