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Post by Javal Zarrias on Mar 21, 2023 19:51:14 GMT -5
It was a threat like Javal never saw before, It was something of apocalyptic levels, it was everywhere, Javal couldn’t see how they could win this one. He saw only red all around him. He only came to the capital to stop what people called a big crab threat, Javal didn’t expect it to be this bad. He thought maybe a couple of rogue crabs causing mischief but not like this, not this catastrophic event. Javal Zarrias, Nadia Sadrine, Bootsamon Pensworth, and Asleipmir were trying their best respectively against this threat. Nadia and Bootsamon covered in crabs were pulling them off and placing them into buckets, Asleipmir was stomping around trying to scare and get them off of him, while Javal was lost among the waves of crabs, Javal had lost his greatest battle against a formidable foe, the apocalyptic crab horde. He was currently on the floor covered in crabs head to toe struggling to breathe. He had hoped to draw them all in and take the attention off of his friends and the people, it had worked a majority of them were all on him, but Javal hadn’t thought much about what he would do after. He had his hand raised in the hope somebody would pull him out of his deadly crab tomb.
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on Apr 7, 2023 12:16:46 GMT -5
Once upon a time, when Cantio was very young, he recalled balancing himself upon the short, decorative walls of homes in Sol City; he thought, ‘Don’t touch the ground!’ was a thrilling game of acrobatics and death-defying stunts! He’d hop between decorative wall to decorative wall, until he ran out of space.
He would imagine the ground differently each time he played: sometimes, it was a rushing river; sometimes, it was bubbling lava; and sometimes, it was gurgling quicksand. His tiny child mind could come up with any number of scenarios until he ran out of space, and he had to conjure up a tiny victory for himself— the safe space that was his mother’s hand, and the decorative tiles of the Sol City streets as he hopped off the top of the wall, down to the earth once more.
It’s been a long time since Cantio last played that game; it’s been a long time, in fact, since he even last thought of it! And upon arriving to Sol City on this fateful day, he could have never guessed that he would be forced to play it again— but this time, with an actual threat snapping at his ankles. Cantio holds the length of his tail while he balances his way over ridiculous numbers of snapping red crabs; he can barely see the street amongst their scrambling!
“Shoo! Shoo!” He chuffs, waving a hand dismissively at the crabs, who do not know any kind of gesture language, and do not take him up on that command. “Where did you all come from, anyways!?” When his boat had first arrived, and Cantio had witnessed the throng of infinite crabs chasing around deckhands, he had thought it was exclusively some kind of dock problem. Well, it’s not! It really isn’t! It’s a whole Sol City problem! “Oh, goodness... How am I supposed to get to the temple like this?” He sighs, standing tall on the decorative, residential walls that line either side of the street.
He can’t be certain these are the very same walls he once played on, but… but… oh! Oh goodness! Someone’s drowning in crabs over there!
Cantio, stunned, bounces across the narrow expanse of wall; eloquence and practice of dance keeping him upright as he swings around, and reaches out to clasp someone’s hand— usually, Cantio is not a strong man— but using the wall to displace his weight, he’s able to pull just enough to…
“Javal!? Is that you?”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 7, 2023 21:33:56 GMT -5
Javal was resigned to his suffocation at the hands of this crab horde, after all, it wasn't the worst way to die. He expected himself to die at the hands of a fierce opponent not some sort of crab invasion. Well, it had been a good life Javal lead he just wished he was able to save the townsfolk and his friends before he left. As he waited for his fate to happen he felt somebody pull his hand from the tomb of crawling crabs. As he's lifted to his feet he's both surprised and delighted to see that his savior was his dear friend Cantio von Lumen. He tries his best to take off as many crabs attached to him but there are still some left with the standout ones being a crab holding on to his left horn, red coat, and hair.
"Cantio my dear friend, I can't thank you enough for saving me from this dastardly crab ocean, I was moments away from death. What're you up to here in Sol City, anything I could help with? What should we do against this crab threat? Is there even something we can do to save the city and its people at this point"?
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on Apr 11, 2023 20:16:55 GMT -5
“Oh, Javal, you’re… covered in them!” Cantio winces at the sight of the man covered in crustaceans, grimacing slightly as he brushes a crab off of Javal’s shoulder. He moves over on the wall, making him room to hop up if he so desires to. “Do you know what happened here? I just got off a boat at the dock, and they’re falling into the water like waves even out there!” The fellblood releases Javal’s hand, waving his arms to keep his balance between his toes and heels; he tucks his tail close to him once he’s gotten his balance, ensuring that none of the snapping crabs can get ahold of him.
“Oh, I’m… well, I’m here to talk to some people I know, actually.” He admits; that person being his father. He tries to ignore the rolling nervousness in his gut about the sheer fact. “I was on my way to the temple, but… well, it’s a bit hard to get anywhere…” He looks at Javal’s party, equally as covered in crabs as he is, before looking back to the man with a slightly surprised look. “Huh? Save the city? Well, I mean… I don’t know, actually… how do people move so many crabs at once— Ouch!”
Cantio jolts suddenly, flipping his tail up to reveal a crab who has latched onto him. “Excuse me!” He bubbles, grabbing the little thing gently by its claws and prying it off. It snaps its little claws at him, trying to get at him again. “As I was saying…” He holds the crab carefully, watching its eyestalks rotate. “I’m not really sure; honestly, I’m not all that good with animals.” There’s an audible snap that joins the rest as the crab in Cantio’s hand tries to grab at him. “I mean, you don’t suppose they’re a fan of music, do you?” He laughs, “It would be nice if we could just lead them out like a couple of pied pipers— you know, like the nursery rhyme?”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Apr 12, 2023 12:48:53 GMT -5
Javal Zarrias was currently facing some of the most excruciating pain that he’s felt in his entire life. This pain rivaled some of the great battles on the sea he had in the past like sword slashes or cannon fire however this came from one of the most embarrassing sources, the horde of crabs. These crabs by themselves weren’t very strong their pinches slightly hurt by themselves but with all of them crawling all around him their combined power was as strong as any other opponent.
“I’m not really sure where all these crabs came from they were here when I entered the city, it was completely swarmed already. Hmm we could be the pied pipers, that’s a great plan Cantio but I can not sing or play any instrument but I am a great dancer if I do so say myself”
After hearing Cantio’s response, Javal and he began giving their all in order to put the crabs into a trance. Javal danced his heart out to Cantio’s violin they both were in perfect sync. In sync enough to begin to mesmerize the nearby crabs into watching them. Every crab near them all surrounded the two just watching their performance intently.
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on May 2, 2023 21:14:45 GMT -5
Cantio laughs a little, “Oh, it’s not really a plan, it’s more like a joke, but I—” he cuts off when Javal’s enthusiasm culminates in dancing; and he figures, well… he really has nothing to lose, right? With a soft laugh, Cantio pulls out his violin; normally, he doesn’t like to play for crowds— but… well, he’s not sure if a crowd of crabs really counts towards his stage fright.
In hardly a moment of waiting, Cantio’s bow slides across the strings of a beautiful instrument— one gifted to him by Morrigan Moonweaver after the breaking of his other; at first, the melody he begins to play is a bit disconjointed— but as he studies the way Javal moves, the melody begins to meld together into something jaunty, giddy, and enthusiastic which mirrors the purple fellblood’s dance.
It’s a challenge to stay still, himself; but Cantio stands tall on the wall out of the reach of snipping pincers and shiny red carapaces. After a moment of watching Javal’s dancing, he breathes a laugh, “Where did you learn to dance, Javal?” He asks, “Was it your parents’ tavern?” It’s such a bewildering reunion; but he’d be remiss to say he’s not happy to see the fellblood.
With a slight glance to the side, he notes that the crabs are unsurprisingly not… wait, they’re actually watching this!?
Under the gaze of a multitude of little, curious beady black eyes, Cantio finds himself stunned while he pulls his bows across the strings; the motion sends small sparks of light fluttering through the air. “Uh,” he stutters, keeping up the pace to the best of his ability, “Wow, I think this is actually working.... Javal, maybe we should start moving towards the docks?”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 10, 2023 10:58:46 GMT -5
As Javal is dancing his heart out now his rapid dancing movements are wonderfully accompanied by the skillful violin playing of Cantio.
He tries to respond to Cantio the best he can as he still tries to keep the rhythm of his dancing in his head, “You’re partly right there friend Cantio, I learned from the best teachers in the world. The patrons of my mom’s tavern as well as the Black Dragon Pirates. Back in those pirate days, the crew used to throw parties that used to last a couple of days straight”. While he continues dancing he then takes a good look at the violin that Cantio’s currently using, “Hey Cantio, I could be wrong on this remark but is that a new violin”?
He nods his head at Cantio still dancing and decides to follow his suggestion. He slowly starts moving the position of his feet as he dances slowly moving closer and closer towards the docks. He notices that the curious little crabs that were only a couple of minutes ago burying him in their crab tomb were closely following the two fellblood adventurers. It seemed for whatever reason these little demons were so entranced by their rhythm they couldn’t help but follow wherever their rhythm was going. He then follows Cantio’s suggestion and starts slowly moving his dancing toward the docks. The little crabs start following behind the two adventurers still mesmerized by their playing. It seems like even more crabs are starting to follow the two.
They then reach the dock’s edge and Javal continues dancing and asks, “Cantio what do we do now”?
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on May 14, 2023 18:33:36 GMT -5
“ For days?” Cantio repeats over the sound of the melody from his violin; he keeps an eye on the crabs from the corner of his eyes. They’re sorta… swaying to the music; it’s incredibly odd to acknowledge. “ Huh? Oh! It is!” Cantio chuckles, swinging around to offer Javal a better look at the violin; his balance is oddly impeccable (1. Cat’s Grace), even as he kicks a foot off the wall to show him at a better angle. “ I uh, broke my last one! This one was a gift from a friend; it’s beautiful though, isn’t it?” Cantio twirls about, clapping his boots together at an angle on the wall with a soft laugh; with a bit of time, he and Javal begin to lead the crabs to the dock. It’s always something interesting happening when Javal’s around, isn’t it? It's been a while since he's last seen the Fellblood, but he looks forwards to catching up with him after all of this. — but as they begin to reach the dock’s edge, Cantio halts next to Javal; he looks out across the water; and realizes they’re at a bit of an impasse. The crabs are following them, so... what are they supposed to do when the land ends?
“Uh…” Cantio frowns, looking behind them at the crowd of crabs scuttling after them, almost in rhythm to the sway of his bow. “Maybe… maybe we can find a boat and keep it going? They might follow us into the water, right?" Cantio's tail swishes. "Javal, do you have a boat? Or one nearby?”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 28, 2023 1:06:19 GMT -5
“Yes it really is, its intricate design looks beautiful although I will say that I do miss the old one. What was the old violin’s name if it had one and whats the new one's name?”Javal asks as he continues dancing.
As Cantio continued playing Javal continued dancing his heart out he tried his best to keep up with the tempo using his wild and rhythmic dancing style he almost tripped over his feet a couple of times but continued forward. Javal looks forward to talking to his old friend once this crab apocalypse is over.
Javal barely is able to slow his dancing down as he reaches the edge of the dock.
“I do have a boat, it should be around here somewhere my galleon the sword of Abaddon. But how do we get rid of them once we’re on the boat? I mean sure having crab crew mates would be cool but at the same time it seems like too much of a hassle”. As Javal ponders this suddenly he realizes that there are more and more crabs coming his way, “Hey Cantio I thought we rounded all of the crabs why do they keep coming?”.
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on Jun 14, 2023 21:06:07 GMT -5
Cantio laughs, an embarrassed smile crossing his face while he pulls his bow across the strings, “ I’ve actually never named them before! But um,” He tries to think of a name; and only one crosses his mind, “ If I were to start, maybe I’d name this one Melody.” He spins around, tail swishing while he looks at the crowd of crabs. “ Well, they can’t really swim, so they’d just sink, right?” He suggests, never missing a beat in the song he’s been playing despite their small interludes to converse. The bard looks uncertainly at the other fellblood, then looks back at the crabs nervously. Now that he’s looking at them a little closer… isn’t Javal right? There’s more crabs! Why are there more crabs!? “ U-uh, um… maybe there’s more crabs than we thought there was?” He suggests, taking a step back from their snippy little pincers as they bumble around on the docks; a few of the red crabs tumble off the edges of the dock, plopping harmlessly into the water as the crowd of crustaceans grows a little more with each moment that passes. Cantio looks to where the trickle of crabs are coming from; their little pincers snip curiously at the two entertainers. They carelessly bump into their crustacean kin, and finally, Cantio spots a crab tumbling from beneath the robes of a hooded figure hiding from the mass crowd of crustaceans with a few other dock workers and civilians. …Except he must be seeing things, right?
He offers Javal a quizzical look, and nods towards the hooded figure.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jun 30, 2023 14:44:18 GMT -5
“Melody is a truly wonderful name”, Javal shouted over to Cantio as he continued to dance to his heart's content. Although he missed Cantio’s previous violin it seems that this melody would be a suitable replacement as it sounded equally as impressive and skillful when Cantio played it.
Javal yelled over to Cantio to respond to his concern about the incoming next wave of the crab army, “I think so”.
Javal is starting to sweat quite a bit his movements are getting slower and slower he is starting to exhaust himself. He is starting to worry how much longer he could hold out for these crabs seem more and more neverending.
“Maybe”, Javal responds to Cantio’s question, “I stop counting at this point honestly, but this seems weird they don’t stop coming”.
Javal starting to run low on steam yells out for Cantio, “Cantio we better figure out what's going on soon I’m starting to weaken I’m not sure how much more I can dance for”.
Javal then looks over to the robed figure that seemed to be the origin of the crab invasion; he was covered by a long brown cloak with green robes. The figure carried a long staff with a red idol on top of it.
“Hey Cantio, what do we do about them?'' Javal yelled to Cantio, pointing at the hooded figure. “We have to find out what's going on while at the same time figuring out how we can keep stalling the crabs”.
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on Jul 9, 2023 16:36:55 GMT -5
Cantio isn’t really sure what to do.
This is a strange situation, and he’s not much of a combatant… He switches the tune of his song; and although the sound remains jaunty, Javal should begin to feel rejuvenated as each note rings out into the otherwise quiet air of the port. (1. Note of Rejuvenation) Cantio looks at Javal with some quizzicality, before looking back at the figure.
“We improvise, like performers do.” He jests, a smile crossing his face as he tosses his violin into the air. Light outlines the beautiful instrument, and despite Cantio’s hands being free, it continues to play itself. (2. Dancing Instrument) A loud ‘thwrp!’ is the only thing which interrupts the music, from an ornate crimson and gold paper fan that Cantio unravels, and gestures out to the far side of the port.
Light gathers; sparks and fireflies of sunrays; and from between the cracks of the dock emerges a phoenix with its wings outstretched; it bellows, its voice strange and ethereal as it sweeps across the dock, following the direction of Cantio’s fan. (3. Wall of Light, 4. Minor Trickery) The little celebratory crabs, none the wiser, seem to be caught in the wall as it sweeps across the dock; they gather, falling on top of each other, and ultimately are swept off the dock by the wall as it follows Cantio’s chosen trajectory.
The crabs squirm and clap their little claws in the air before falling into the water with multiple plops.
“If you’re going to do something, now’s the time, Javal! Before they gather again!”
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jul 10, 2023 2:04:18 GMT -5
Javal continues to dance his heart out to Cantio’s wonderful music as his movement starts to lull and his body starts to feel large amounts of exhaustion that are before Cantio’s tune changes and refresh Javal’s body and soul.
He quickly yells over, “Thanks Cantio I was starting to run out of steam but we still need the get rid of these crabs and whatever’s making them pop up I mean although we’ve proven that we can do this for a long time I don't want to be doing this for the entire day”.
Javal nods and then laughs at Cantio’s joke and then holds his face in amazement at his quick magical movement with his violin and the paper fan.
He quickly giggles in excitement at Cantio’s phoenix technique and yells, “You got it Cantio leave this to me. That lobster fellow with the Crab Staff seems to be the problem. Let me finish this crab nightmare once and for all".
Javal sprints over to the crab wizard and charges at him with his katana in his hands ready to slash his crab staff away.
The crab wizard shrieks, “Ahahahaha you fools have finally broken out of my crab trap and think you’ve won but two can play it that way".
He then summons a red warrior entirely made out of crabs alongside a crab sword to fight Javal.
“Call me Lobster Head, and While you fellows are being defeated let me tell you my tragic backstory you see I was born into a crabfolk family I always felt like I was an outsider since I'm a lobsterfolk. I’m tired of people treating me like a joke in the magical community just because my magic is crabs. Okay, I can be a perfectly evil threat if I wanted to as we all can see”, the crab wizard.
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Post by Cantio von Lumen on Aug 16, 2023 22:26:09 GMT -5
There he goes! Doing his Javal thing! Cantio continues to play in the meanwhile, hoping that Javal will have this handled swiftly, but— he winces when the strange wizard shrieks out, instead.
“What? A... crab trap?” He mumbles in confusion; is that really what this— When the crab warrior suddenly appears, Cantio startles. “ What is that!?” He squeaks, looking stunned; the crab warrior swings out to meet Javal in a clash of swords. Small crustaceans tumble out from the crab-formed sword and scuttle across the ground to reform back into the mass. It’s strange, seeing a humanoid form made of… many, many crabs. It undulates in a way that's unsettling. Oh boy. “ Be careful, Javal!” Cantio calls. He looks fretfully at the crab wizard, “ Listen, uh... Lobster Head— that’s awful that you were treated like that— I’m a musician, the mage’s guild doesn’t take me seriously, so I get it! Mage's can be real jerks about magic! But that’s no reason to go off like this! Can’t we just— talk about things? I mean, is the crab... THAT thing really necessary!?” As more of a peacekeeper than a fighter, truthfully, Cantio would rather not fight if he could… but the way the crab warrior is swinging at Javal makes him worry that may not be an option.
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Aug 19, 2023 1:31:34 GMT -5
Javal struggles to push his katana forward as the crab knight gets bigger and bigger in shape and size as the crabs around him get absorbed into its body. The crab knight is about four feet taller than Javal and continues the tees barrage with its crane blade.
Javal shouts at his opponent, “Is this all you got crab fellow” and kicks the red knight knocking its form to the floor as it quickly reforms.
Javal smiles and says, “Javal Style: Single Slash”, and slashes the red knight across the chest with his katana; he smiles as the crab warrior falls to the floor.
Lobster head shrieks, “Oh no!”, and then starts laughing maniacally, “What a joke”, and the red knight reforms itself completely from the crabs all around and once again lunges for Javal.
He then turners his attention to Cantio and says, “Oh really Mr. fabulous fellblood musician tell me how can you relate to me? I’m a literal lobster folk who was born to crab folk and inherited the magic of crabs. My entire life is just one big joke, isn’t it? That’s what all of you think!! I know it!!! I know everyone looks down on me and my magic well no more!!! I’m tired of just standing around and being ridiculed. I will show the entire city my power”.
Lobster Head then raises his crab staff and slams it into the ground suddenly more and more crabs begin to flood the city.
Lobster Head moves his staff and motions crabs under him suddenly he’s taken up into the air by a large crab-made platform and he just sits looking around at all the mayhem he’s caused and smiles.
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