rakuen | Giving Bodies to the Tower, the Third

Characters: Jade Harley (AU) and YOU!
Format: Starting in Action, will change if needed.
This log is: OPEN.
Location: The tower in the arena.
Summary: Jade bought a body. We're taking it to the tower. Shenanigans happen.
Warnings: Dead people...? Potentially the threat of a boss battle/violence, I'll update it if it happens.

hi everyone :)
i hope you are having a good week
and that the people in conquest arent feeling too bad
i heard what happened and i really am sorry....
but
i actually had a good reason for making a post today

i bought a body!
a dead one
and i think if we take it to the tower something might happen like last time and the time before
so anyone that is around later today, we should take it there and see what happens
it might be fun
but it could also be really dangerous, so please be careful if you are going to come
we will look after each other :)

i am going to start walking there now
the tower in the arena!!
anyone else who wants to join me, please feel free
i will be carrying the body....
could i have someone help me, though?
its really heavy

[ Jade is walking to the tower, hopefully with some friends to tote along what looks like an unfortunately dead OU Jade, complete with ears and god tier outfit. Jade is trying to simultaneously not grimace and also not smile -- so she really did die. This is confirmation.

Once there, Jade stands outside the tower and waits. ]

[ OOC: I am going to make a thread titled ACTION with various sub-threads, to keep the action parts in order. If you want to reply to Jade's text post, feel free to make a top-level comment! ]

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Yuka watched placidly as the shadows shifted. She hadn't experienced such phenomena before, but from the stories of past Incidents she'd heard, this pointed to one thing:

A big fight coming up.

Her grip on her parasol relaxed. The leadup to this particular situation had put her on edge, but combat was something comfortable and familiar.

Yuka tossed aside her parasol to take the weapon emerging from her chest. Normally this would be an embarrassing thing to do, but there was no place for modesty in battle. And besides that, wasn't her weapon also her beloved parasol?

Yuka smiled back at her shade. "That's a lovely face. But wouldn't you say we'd look better with a bit more color?"

The only reply she received was a fierce overhand smash. Yuka chuckled, flipping open her parasol with a practiced move and deflecting the strike to one side. She took the opportunity for a quick bash, which threw the shade a little off balance but didn't do much damage.

As the exchange of blows continued, Yuka realized that the shade didn't just match her form or her weapon - it had her skills too. Was that an advantage or a disadvantage?

In the end, what the shade proved to lack was guile. Though it could dodge just as well as she could, it hadn't realized that dodging Yuka's second burst of sunflowers had set it up for a punishing melee attack. It wasn't enough to end the fight, but even though the injury didn't noticeably hinder the shade's abilities, it was never able to reclaim the advantage.

As the shadows flowed away, Yuka heard a jingling noise. It was a memory charm hitting the floor. She regarded it warily, her past experiences making her a little dubious of the things. But it did seem like this one was meant for her... She carefully picked it up by the chain and dropped it in a pocket. She'd see what sort of memory it held later.

Then Yuka realized that, with the end of the battle, her weapon had disappeared, and thus she was exposing herself to the world. She quickly grabbed her parasol and exited the tower.

She looked around, but didn't see any of the other people who had been with the group. Had they run into similar fights to the one she'd had? Were they still fighting, or had they beat their shadows faster and either left or stayed inside the tower?

Thinking to find answers to some of those questions, she turned around and went back inside the tower...

... And the whole lightshow (inverted) happened again.

Interesting.

She'd try something a bit different this time...

[Girls are pummeling each other, please wait warmly...]

Yuka's first thought upon waking up was, "That didn't work."

Her second thought was, "Where's my parasol?!"

It was turning into a rather embarrassing afternoon.

Yuka ran back to the arena tower, going as fast as she could while still trying to avoid people. Sure, she was reasonably proud of her body, but at this rate people were going to start thinking she was an exhibitionist!

As she stepped back into the tower, she saw her parasol, thankfully still right where she left it... and then the shadows came again.

Yuka began laughing, having seen the obvious pattern. Embarrassment was completely forgotten. She'd been getting a little antsy, seeing battles taking place around her that she couldn't participate in. Here, it seemed, she could have all of it that her heart desired!

Although she'd better stow her parasol in her room at some point. It wouldn't do for it to get lost.

Giving Bodies to the Tower, the Third

Re: Once the Body is placed into the tower.