Some dumb roleplay thread, I guess (Warning, it's not dumb)

[Digital Hazard]

Pit: "...That's fair enough, yeah. But it's okay. Merlin brought her here so it's totally fine, right?"

-even Pit had trouble believing his own words, solely because Merlin is very much taking Hades's spot when it comes to teasing him- :V
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Alear: "Not even a single friend?"
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Celica: "I can do that. Any pose you want me to take?"

Lucina: -nodded at that while... I assume EMIYA is cooking?-
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Byleth: "You mentioned being able to... bend things, right?"

Ana: "That makes it the more suspicious"
Oriko: "I'll admit I have a few reservations, however, I trust on the judgement of the ruling body of this place being okay with it"
Mary: "You're going to love it here!" :D
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Suzune: "...No, I didn't have any..."
Tart: Why are you lying? You told us before
Suzune: But they don't have to know
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Jeanne: "I'm fine with a neutral stance. But I would still like you smiling!"

-EMIYA is cooking-
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Fujino: "That's correct, it's what my Mystic Eyes of Distortion allow me to do. To twist and distort anything"

Ho ho ho! Thank you! I taught it to me myself and Susie taught me how to make it more menacing!

-I don't think I've even ever posted what Lancer's laugh sounds like here before, so here's a clip of it-

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You ain't seen nothing yet! We haven't even seen Gensokyo itself yet.
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Thankfully, all of them have been destroyed, their Sparks extinguished. Only two Cybertronians who were forced into aiding them facing the threat of termination otherwise were spared.
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-Since the fox Pokemon seem well fed and cheered up for now?-
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The true end of most good fairy tales!

Nanoha: "Really? I thought you were trying to make a Santa laugh..."
-Thanks-
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da Vinci: "Speeeeaking of~" -opens one of the doors-
Kazumi: "We're about to~!"
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Steeljaw: "Trust me when I say, this is an improvement over being with that crazed guy"
Scorponok: "That's fair"
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-Indeed, though doesn't means she can't visit later-
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Jack: "That's why there are so many good ones!"
-Andersen groans wherever he is-

-Okay, I'm actually surprised that she didn't get a Santa alt. sooner if it's her birthday-
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Star: "M-More reason? What the heck did we miss...?"
Marco: "I-It obviously can't be good news..."

Soul Gems exist in few dimensions beyond the ones the Incubators have visited, child. This dimension is a polar opposite to another. And accessing it was merely a test for accessing dimensions home to far more dangerous monsters...

-Following the Lich's answer, several more of these creatures walked or crawled out of the portal, growling at low volumes-

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// That itself reminds me of how little the game references BotW outside of interactions with the Champions and Link's previous visits to town. Maybe I'm overexaggerating, but I miss the Guardians and Divine Beasts damn it lmao

-Alphys sighs in relief, wiping sweat from her brow and forehead-
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Claptrap: "Who?"

// About 2 and a half years since she was added but only 4 months after getting the chance to show up in the main story proper. I'd say those numbers aren't bad. Especially when non-Fate characters typically DON'T get seasonal alts so the fact that she has a Santa alt at all is already exceptional.

Soren: "So deities and literal eldritch horrors can be Santa but not vampires? That hardly seems fair."

Lucina: "It's nice to see you carry the holiday spirit regardless."

Emblem Corrin: "Happy birthday, Phantasmoon. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for your gifts. As a Santa, the other people should come first."
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Kanna: "They got Ruby so you're our only way back home to call for more support."

Epimenides: -as much as he's concerned for the Lich, he's very intrigued by these creatures-
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// I can respect them wanting a story without that old Sheikah tech, I think that's more than fair enough and helps Hyrule not feel samey. But erasing all traces of it as if it was never there wasn't the way. I feel like seeing broken remains of all that stuff laying where it once was would've gone a long way. Imagine using a now disabled shrine as shelter during a Gleeok fight. Or climbing a tower where the top half is now gone for a cool jumping point for gliding.

Riju: "Apology accepted. As long as she keeps my advice in mind, that is."
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Shez: "Chaldea didn't have me or the Ashen Demon back then. I'm sure just the two of us alone could be big problems for those Demon Lords."

//Also, this alt of her got released exactly in Christmas and yeah the whole plot of the event is that she's trying to be a Santa LOL

Arcueid: "Alright, will have to earn it first! And I see you also stopped the evildoer just now, thanks! Won't have to waste any energy~!"
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Iroha: "Please stay still..."
Tart: "They also can now become the Doppels that were mentioned by Iroha, as well as we have witnessed them having given Evil Nuts to turn others into fake Witches"

Ayase: "Oh my, that means some more could be hunted for our collection~ Nice~!"
Airi: -Very much disturbed by the creature's appearance- A mere test...
//So here's a fun fact from the Transformers fandom about Stranger Things: In an episode of the latter were many toys come to life, a toy of the character Ultra Magnus is amongst them, which is funny because the episode takes place in 1985, but that toy only came out in 1986
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//Alas, it wasn't meant to be...

Tamamo: "...I suppose I should..." -good, so they won't get in trouble with her...-
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Spadamon: "That overconfidence might end you some day"
Ophanimon: -Giggle- "She really sounds a lot like BeelStarmon"

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Susie: "Or being captured. Or the fate of least two entire worlds being at stake. But meh, we'll worry about that when adventure calls again."
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(Please tell me that they're not gonna ignore the sign's warning...)

-Sprig and Polly only appeared annoyed by the falling rocks, as Sprig sarcastically tells Polly "Well, end of the line, Polly. There's no way we can dodge a couple of li'l pebbles." This causes both of them to laugh mockingly and confidently again before carrying on and having Bessie continue down the trail...right up until one large boulder falls only a few yards away from them, landing with enough force to cause a small quake that makes Bessie and the fwagon bounce into the air a short distance. Sprig and Polly fall silent for a few seconds, wide-eyed with shock and understandably frightened. Sprig rather fearfully remarks "Well, that's a big rock..."...before looking up to see an entire avalanche's worth of giant boulders, also filled with amphibian skeletons, falling down towards them. Sprig, Polly and Bessie react accordingly-
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Fire, huh?! (Now this is something I actually have to worry about...) -Standing amidst the flames, taking care to avoid getting caught in any of them...At least while no other attacks are being launched-

-Papyrus is hit by some of the flames, but they're less damaging to him due to being a skeleton, so he tries to immediately counteract by launching waves of bones at Camill and Hinoka-

Ruby: "Yeah. Right now, you should focus on your homework."
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Weiss: "...They ignored the sign's warning."
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-they just try to fly around them-

-Hinoka's mount is very agile and fast so it's no issue but Camilla needed to break a few bones with her own weapons and magic to make it through-

Ana: "That makes it the more suspicious"
Oriko: "I'll admit I have a few reservations, however, I trust on the judgement of the ruling body of this place being okay with it"
Mary: "You're going to love it here!" :D
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Suzune: "...No, I didn't have any..."
Tart: Why are you lying? You told us before
Suzune: But they don't have to know
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Jeanne: "I'm fine with a neutral stance. But I would still like you smiling!"

-EMIYA is cooking-
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Fujino: "That's correct, it's what my Mystic Eyes of Distortion allow me to do. To twist and distort anything"

Pit: "Oh yeah, the more the merrier, right?"
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Alear: "So you were completely on your own, at the mercy of the world..."
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Celica:

Lucina: "And what are you making? Not that I could really taste it..."
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Byleth: "That's impressive. Can you also unbend them?"

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Nanoha: "Really? I thought you were trying to make a Santa laugh..."
-Thanks-
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da Vinci: "Speeeeaking of~" -opens one of the doors-
Kazumi: "We're about to~!"
---
Steeljaw: "Trust me when I say, this is an improvement over being with that crazed guy"
Scorponok: "That's fair"
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-Indeed, though doesn't means she can't visit later-
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Jack: "That's why there are so many good ones!"
-Andersen groans wherever he is-

Susie said the exact same thingt!
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-What does Gensokyo or the specific location they're at there look like?-
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-Anything's better than that omnicidal planet-eating monstrosity...-
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-Wanting to volunteer at Pokemon Center again?-
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(Well, emphasis on "most"...)

Claptrap: "Uh, is he alright?"
-Sigh- Someone probably mentioned a Disney adaptation of one of the books he authored again...

Ruby: "Yeah. Right now, you should focus on your homework."
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Weiss: "...They ignored the sign's warning."
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-they just try to fly around them-

-Hinoka's mount is very agile and fast so it's no issue but Camilla needed to break a few bones with her own weapons and magic to make it through-

Susie: "At least Noelle and Berdly have been studying with us..."
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(GET OUT OF THE CANYON, YOU TWO!)

-Sprig cracks the reins, causing Bessie to floor it and frantically try to steer around the boulders, narrowly dodging each one while she, Sprig and Polly scream in fear. Meanwhile, Anne and Hop Pop, still out cold, are being tossed around by the shaking fwagon. In an old-fashioned cartoon gag, this somehow eventually results in Anne landing perfectly in a chair at the wagon's dining table, a fork and a knife perfectly landing her hands, Hop Pop perfectly landing on a plate with lettuce on it and an apple in his mouth, and several vegetables falling neatly alongside him on the same platter, all to cartoony sound effects. Neither of them wake up from any of this-
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-Then, however, Papyrus mixes his strategy up, as he starts summoning waves of bones from the ceiling as well-

-Some of them also bob up and down at different intervals, meaning Hinoka and Camilla will either have to dodge them or attack them with more precise timing-

// About 2 and a half years since she was added but only 4 months after getting the chance to show up in the main story proper. I'd say those numbers aren't bad. Especially when non-Fate characters typically DON'T get seasonal alts so the fact that she has a Santa alt at all is already exceptional.

Soren: "So deities and literal eldritch horrors can be Santa but not vampires? That hardly seems fair."

Lucina: "It's nice to see you carry the holiday spirit regardless."

Emblem Corrin: "Happy birthday, Phantasmoon. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for your gifts. As a Santa, the other people should come first."
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Kanna: "They got Ruby so you're our only way back home to call for more support."

Epimenides: -as much as he's concerned for the Lich, he's very intrigued by these creatures-
---
// I can respect them wanting a story without that old Sheikah tech, I think that's more than fair enough and helps Hyrule not feel samey. But erasing all traces of it as if it was never there wasn't the way. I feel like seeing broken remains of all that stuff laying where it once was would've gone a long way. Imagine using a now disabled shrine as shelter during a Gleeok fight. Or climbing a tower where the top half is now gone for a cool jumping point for gliding.

Riju: "Apology accepted. As long as she keeps my advice in mind, that is."
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Shez: "Chaldea didn't have me or the Ashen Demon back then. I'm sure just the two of us alone could be big problems for those Demon Lords."

//Also, this alt of her got released exactly in Christmas and yeah the whole plot of the evnt is that she's trying to be a Santa LOL

Arcueid: "Alright, will have to earn it first! And I see you also stopped the evildoer just now, thanks! Won't have to waste any energy~!"
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Iroha: "Please stay still..."
Tart: "They also can now become the Doppels that were mentioned by Iroha, as well as we have witnessed them having given Evil Nuts to turn others into fake Witches"

Ayase: "Oh my, that means some more could be hunted for our collection~ Nice~!"
Airi: -Very much disturbed by the creature's appearance- A mere test...
//So here's a fun fact from the Transformers fandom about Stranger Things: In an episode of the latter were many toys come to life, a toy of the character Ultra Magnus is amongst them, which is funny because the episode takes place in 1985, but that toy only came out in 1986
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//Alas, it wasn't meant to be...

Tamamo: "...I suppose I should..." -good, so they won't get in trouble with her...-
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Spadamon: "That overconfidence might end you some day"
Ophanimon: -Giggle- "She really sounds a lot like BeelStarmon"

// I wasn't sure if she was just recently released in-game or just recently making her debut here, either, but in hindsight, it also makes sense that few non-Fate series characters have gotten Santa alts at this point since most of the earlier ones are from Fate...

-Was that the only evildoer around?-
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-Star and Marco both try to stay still, hoping Iroha's healing spell works-
Marco: "They couldn't turn into Doppels before?"
Star: "They captured Magical Ruby?!

...Are we sure that's a bad thing?" -Honest question- :V

-The creatures all initially seem curious, while others are seemingly looking for food...But then without him even having to lift a finger, all of them walked towards The Lich-

// Stranger Things has made similar historical and continuity errors with Dungeons and Dragons characters. In it's defense, alternate history involving interdimensional monsters, psychics and another dimension entirely can be excused as having slight historical differences like those as well lol
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// All of that would've been a solid way to keep it and it's legacy around, imo. As it is, it's only implied that some of it remained to be reverse-engineered and reused by some of the Sheikah scientists (the Puirah Pad itself and the mechanical arms in the Skyview Towers, for example) and the only remaining Guardian shell is in Hataeno Village. It's a big waste of a plot point and a lame excuse to just remove it from the story, imo.

Lapis: "Knowing Tamamo? I'm sure she will!" (At least I hope so. The last thing anyone needs right now is more trouble...)
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Claptrap: "Again, WHO?!" -Referring to BeelStarmon-

 

[Digital Hazard]

Pit: "Oh yeah, the more the merrier, right?"
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Alear: "So you were completely on your own, at the mercy of the world..."
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Celica:

Lucina: "And what are you making? Not that I could really taste it..."
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Byleth: "That's impressive. Can you also unbend them?"

Alice: "the more the merrier~!"
Oriko: So the other children are innocent...
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Suzune: "...I guess you could say so..."
Oriko: You won't tell them of your mother either?
Tart: I really think you should, even if little
Suzune: Can you four shut up?
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Jeanne: "Like that" -pulls out her sketchbook and pencils-

EMIYA: "Oh, this is a simple stew" -the ingredients don't look too simple-
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Fujino: "Hm, it's not something I've tried..."

Susie said the exact same thingt!
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-What does Gensokyo or the specific location they're at there look like?-
___

-Anything's better than that omnicidal planet-eating monstrosity...-
___

-Wanting to volunteer at Pokemon Center again?-
___

(Well, emphasis on "most"...)

Claptrap: "Uh, is he alright?"
-Sigh- Someone probably mentioned a Disney adaptation of one of the books he authored again...

Nanoha: "Oh, is it a bad thing?"
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-Right now they're at a green forest-
Kazumi: "Pretty... Where are we?"
da Vinci: "Hm, according to the map Lady Yukari gave us, we're close to a lake where fairies live"
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-Sometimes they don't understand how he had willing minions to serve him like how Bludgeon wanted to be one-
Sideways: -Would sneeze if he wasn't a robot-
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-Wanting to volunteer at the Pokémon Center again Iroha is-
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Jack: "Hm, it was still a good read!"
Kiara: -Smug- Ah yes, the improved versions of those tales.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

//Also, this alt of her got released exactly in Christmas and yeah the whole plot of the evnt is that she's trying to be a Santa LOL

Arcueid: "Alright, will have to earn it first! And I see you also stopped the evildoer just now, thanks! Won't have to waste any energy~!"
---
Iroha: "Please stay still..."
Tart: "They also can now become the Doppels that were mentioned by Iroha, as well as we have witnessed them having given Evil Nuts to turn others into fake Witches"

Ayase: "Oh my, that means some more could be hunted for our collection~ Nice~!"
Airi: -Very much disturbed by the creature's appearance- A mere test...
//So here's a fun fact from the Transformers fandom about Stranger Things: In an episode of the latter were many toys come to life, a toy of the character Ultra Magnus is amongst them, which is funny because the episode takes place in 1985, but that toy only came out in 1986
---
//Alas, it wasn't meant to be...

Tamamo: "...I suppose I should..." -good, so they won't get in trouble with her...-
---
Spadamon: "That overconfidence might end you some day"
Ophanimon: -Giggle- "She really sounds a lot like BeelStarmon"

// I wasn't sure if she was just recently released in-game or just recently making her debut here, either, but in hindsight, it also makes sense that few non-Fate series characters have gotten Santa alts at this point since most of the earlier ones are from Fate...

-Was that the only evildoer around?-
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-Star and Marco both try to stay still, hoping Iroha's healing spell works-
Marco: "They couldn't turn into Doppels before?"
Star: "They captured Magical Ruby?!

...Are we sure that's a bad thing?" -Honest question- :V

-The creatures all initially seem curious, while others are seemingly looking for food...But then without him even having to lift a finger, all of them walked towards The Lich-

// Stranger Things has made similar historical and continuity errors with Dungeons and Dragons characters. In it's defense, alternate history involving interdimensional monsters, psychics and another dimension entirely can be excused as having slight historical differences like those as well lol
___

// All of that would've been a solid way to keep it and it's legacy around, imo. As it is, it's only implied that some of it remained to be reverse-engineered and reused by some of the Sheikah scientists (the Puirah Pad itself and the mechanical arms in the Skyview Towers, for example) and the only remaining Guardian shell is in Hataeno Village. It's a big waste of a plot point and a lame excuse to just remove it from the story, imo.

Lapis: "Knowing Tamamo? I'm sure she will!" (At least I hope so. The last thing anyone needs right now is more trouble...)
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Claptrap: "Again, WHO?!" -Referring to BeelStarmon-

Emblem Byleth: "I suppose we can resume our duties now. Any idea where the chicken that was stolen might be hidden?"
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Kanna: "Yeah, they did... We're gonna need some backup if we want to get it back."

Epimenides: They serve him, I see...
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// Every Zelda sequel is like this. It's just that all of the others have either the convenience of being in a completely different location (Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask, Phantom Hourglass), having a large enough time gap that it's reasonable that the original barely has any impact (A Link Between Worlds) or both of these at once (Spirit Tracks). Tears of the Kingdom is egregious because it had none of these excuses to justify the nonexistence of its predecessor but it's far from the only time the Zelda team failed to deliver on making a sequel feel like a sequel.

Riju: "In the meantime, make yourselves at home in the town... but not the actual palace. Even if you are friends of Link, I can't just let anyone and everyone live under my roof."
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Shez: "Trust me, I wouldn't be this confident if I wasn't keenly aware of just how crazy strong I am." "After all, a mercenary's career and their life ends as soon as they show they their ego get to them."

Alice: "the more the merrier~!"
Oriko: So the other children are innocent...
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Suzune: "...I guess you could say so..."
Oriko: You won't tell them of your mother either?
Tart: I really think you should, even if little
Suzune: Can you four shut up?
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Jeanne: "Like that" -pulls out her sketchbook and pencils-

EMIYA: "Oh, this is a simple stew" -the ingredients don't look too simple-
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Fujino: "Hm, it's not something I've tried..."

-Ana seems less trustworthy tho... deservedly so-
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Alear: "...I know what that's like too... to have nothing but yourself to rely on. One mistake and it's the end for you. It's... a heavy burden to carry alone."
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-and so they draw-

Lucina: "Not to different than what would be seen at Ylisse."
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Byleth: "When you think about it, it wouldn't be too different than bending in the opposite direction, right?"

-that... makes a lot of sense?-

Susie: "At least Noelle and Berdly have been studying with us..."
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(GET OUT OF THE CANYON, YOU TWO!)

-Sprig cracks the reins, causing Bessie to floor it and frantically try to steer around the boulders, narrowly dodging each one while she, Sprig and Polly scream in fear. Meanwhile, Anne and Hop Pop, still out cold, are being tossed around by the shaking fwagon. In an old-fashioned cartoon gag, this somehow eventually results in Anne landing perfectly in a chair at the wagon's dining table, a fork and a knife perfectly landing her hands, Hop Pop perfectly landing on a plate with lettuce on it and an apple in his mouth, and several vegetables falling neatly alongside him on the same platter, all to cartoony sound effects. Neither of them wake up from any of this-
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-Then, however, Papyrus mixes his strategy up, as he starts summoning waves of bones from the ceiling as well-

-Some of them also bob up and down at different intervals, meaning Hinoka and Camilla will either have to dodge them or attack them with more precise timing-

Ruby: "More friends could lead to better studies... or easier distractions."
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Weiss: "...Okay, that was good."
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-Camilla keeps trying to use sheer brute force-

-Hinoka actually starts to show off a bit by doing things like flips while dodging-

-the air truly is their domain and the best way to get an upper hand would be to get them on the ground-

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Nanoha: "Oh, is it a bad thing?"
---
-Right now they're at a green forest-
Kazumi: "Pretty... Where are we?"
da Vinci: "Hm, according to the map Lady Yukari gave us, we're close to a lake where fairies live"
---
-Sometimes they don't understand how he had willing minions to serve him like how Bludgeon wanted to be one-
Sideways: -Would sneeze if he wasn't a robot-
---
-Wanting to volunteer at the Pokémon Center again Iroha is-
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Jack: "Hm, it was still a good read!"
Kiara: -Smug- Ah yes, the improved versions of those tales.

She gave me advice on how to laugh more menacingly and evily! I was just trying to copy my dad'ss laugh.

-There's probably emphasis on a "trying" in that sentence- :V
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Fairies, huh? They the trickster jerk kind or the helpful and friendly kind?
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-The reason is probably that they're bat**** insane?- :V
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-Will Atalanta ask her about how her day the Pokemon Center went?-
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A truly epic but wholesome tale! Thanks for the idea of reading it, Jack!

Ruby: "More friends could lead to better studies... or easier distractions."
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Weiss: "...Okay, that was good."
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-Camilla keeps trying to use sheer brute force-

-Hinoka actually starts to show off a bit by doing things like flips while dodging-

-the air truly is their domain and the best way to get an upper hand would be to get them on the ground-

Susie: "Like what? It's not like we're studying in the cafeteria where it'd be easy to start a food fight."

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(...What the...How the heck was that even possible?!) -Question marks are floating over her head-
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STILL NOT HITS LANDED? THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR MY FABLED BLUE ATTACK!