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My ears are still ringing from the rumbling noise. Every sound that reaches me is heavily...
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    My ears are still ringing from the rumbling noise. Every sound that reaches me is heavily muffled, as if though I were underwater. Everything is blurry and I can barely feel anything with my arms. Everything is just deadened - at least my perceptions are. Although, with my eyes, I can make out a rough image of what is in front of me. I cough and try to slowly crawl forward to get a better look.

    I can't move. I feel an acute pain in my back. Something is on top of me. Rubble? Rocks? Possibly planks. I'm not getting out of here. Now, that I get a good look, my hands are covered in ash. Black, smokey ash. Very rough to the touch. Everything is on fire. All of the village buildings around me are burning, although the fire's origin remains unknown to me. It's probably what caused the explosion.

    I hear voices - no. I hear yells. Far away. They're muffled. They're not screams of panic, but more like war-cries. Are we being attacked? I can't hear sounds of swords clashing against each other. Has our guard been defeated? Is this a war? An organized attack? So many thoughts race through my mind that I forget just in what kind of bad life hazard I find myself in.

    Alright, if I stay here, under this rubble, I will surely die. If I crawl out, I have a chance at life. A slim, very grim chance, but a chance nonetheless, right? Worst case scenario, I move and make the rubble shake enough to make a stone from the top drop on my head and immobilize me. Best case scenario, I'm free with a serious spinal injury and I can look for help.

    The worst case scenario will happen anyway if I don't try. Try. Trying is all I need. So. Let's... Try. It...

    I reach out with my arms and grip the ground in front of me as strong as I can, then pull. I pull with all my strength, but neither me nor the rubble budges. I'm stuck here. Stuck to die.

    No.

    No, no, no. That's not fine at all. That's bad! That's extremely, very not good! I have a family and I have friends. Is my struggling meaningless? Is no one going to help me? Am I left here for death? I need to escape at all cost. I can't just give up, I have to pull up. But it won't budge...

    What to do?

    I look around carefully for anything that could be of use. An item, or, or...

    No.

    There's nothing.

    I'm dead. I'm going to die.

    I cough again. The smoke is getting into my system. I hear more war-cries in the distance as the village burns through the night.

    Everything was so calm. I was just eating supper with my father; mushroom stew, bread, and a slab of meat for a strong, growing youth like me. The table was quiet and mom wasn't here. Where was she again? I think she was by the well, to pick up some fresh water. And then it blew up. An explosion of fire that left this infernal ringing in my ears.

    And then I was here. Deities, is father still alive? Is my mom still alive? Please, tell me at least my parents got to live if I'm about to go away from this world. And if they didn't, please, please, oh, deities, tell me I'll see them again soon. I need to know what will happen. I'm...

    I'm getting weak...

    I'm falling asleep. The pain has spread, like a dull curse all around my head. I'm about to die...

    The weakness overwhelms my mind. I open up my lips in the shape of an 'o,' hoping to breathe more air, but all that meets my lungs is noxious smoke that suffocates me slowly. I try to hold onto my consciousness. I do my best to stay awake, but seconds pass. In half a minute, it becomes too much.

    I close my eyes.

    I'm dead... am I? Something moves my body while I've lost my consciousness and blacked out.

    ***​

    "Breathe! Are you alive?" A voice rings in my ears. It's unfamiliar and I find it difficult to discern its features. Everything is still muffled and deadened like it was before. I find it hard to focus on anything at all. The words spoken by the voice just pass me by and I ignore them completely.

    I feel a strong push on my left shoulder. It makes the acute pain in my back return to torture me. I wince, releasing a huff of pained air. My eyes shoot open.

    I see jets of smoke pouring from between burning... well, not buildings, not anymore. Absolute wreckage surrounds me and I appear to lie on a paved road near the village. My vision is still blurry, which means my health state, if at all, hasn't improved that much. But it's hard to ignore the fact that I'm alive, so that's a big leap.

    I feel a change in the air. "How are you feeling?" the voice asks. Whoever it is, that person is to my left. My mind is slow and lazy. The thoughts produced by the voice are being processed and conveyed, but very, very, very slowly. My eyes twitch, as I slowly move to look to my left. I see...

    I see...

    [] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
    [] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [] A sad, crying man in a black robe. He's not directly making contact with me, as he wears thick gloves and I can't seem to get a good look at his face. He has a spellbook chained to his belt. A wizard?
    [] A man, in heavy, white armor with a face covered in gashes and cuts. At his side, a shield and a sword, and on his back; a blue came from fine samite. And on his neck, the symbol of the very gods themselves.

    "You saved everyone!" a little girl's voice reaches me.

    "Thank you!" another one, male, says.

    "A hero! Hero, I say!" an old man adds to their praise.

    I support my back with my arms, almost sitting, but not quite. I look around myself, scanning the environment. And as I look, I find it that everybody's looking back. People from my village. Mom and dad, too. Everyone survived. Everyone I care about is alive.

    And I'm alive, too. I'm not dead.

    I fall on my back with closed eyes, prompting a sequence of shocked gasps from the people. The person next to me shakes me, but doesn't speak.

    I saved everyone?...

    As I'm about to black out, I manage to let out a few, quiet words to the person next to me. "What... happened?..."

    ***​

    My eyes open. Cold sweat drips down my forehead. I can't remember my dream, which forces me to focus on the now. My eyes are no longer blurry. I am fully conscious and it appears my wounds have healed. Now, I should determine where in hell I am.

    I sit and look around. I was lying down, a fairly comfortable hide serving as my bedding, and I was covered in several, other kinds of leather from what I can only presume to be various species of animals. Not that far from me, there is a campfire. There are also tents everywhere I see. A camp of some kind then. I was left here in my sleep. I'm on an open, grassy plain. Next to me is a bucket of water. I look into it...

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    [] Human.
    [] Other, humanoid. (Write-in. Don't get carried away - don't overdo it.)
     
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    Name: Lys
    Gender: Male
    Race: Human
    Age: 16

    Level: 1
    EXP: 0
    EXP Needed: 300

    Hit Points: 7
    Mana Points: 4

    Strength: 13 (+1)
    Dexterity: 15 (+2)
    Constitution: 12 (+1)
    Intelligence: 15 (+2)
    Wisdom: 10 (0)
    Charisma: 8 (-1)
    Skills are special actions that the character has experiences with and therefore receives bonus modifiers to. A knight, for an example, may have "Fencing (+5)" which means he receives a +5 on all rolls related to fencing.
    Perception (+2)
    Animal Handling (+1)
    Religion (+1)
    Survival (+4)
    Bartering (+3)
    Cooking (+3)
    Cleaning (+5)
    Streetwise (+2)
    Farming (+2)
    Herbalism (+2)
    Forestry (+2)
    Brawling/Unarmed Hit (+3)
    Traps (+3)
    Slings (+2)
    Special perks and abilities.
    Language: Common: You can speak common and read its script.
    Heroic Determination: A hero's resolve and courage. Upon failing a dice-roll, the failure of which will result in your death, you can choose to instead succeed. Can only be used once a week.
    Be it commanding the elements, or ruling the battlefield with harsh shockwaves, the list of known spells is here.
    12 Copper Pieces
     
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    • [X] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
    [X] Lys
    [X] Male.
    [X] Dalek
     
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    Umi-san said:
    [X] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
    [X] Lys
    [X] Male.
    [X] Dalek
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    No, you can't exterminate people! How would a Dalek suffer a spinal injury anyway?
     
    [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [x] Beatrice.
    [x] Female.
    [x] Human.
     
    ConsumingFire said:
    No, you can't exterminate people! How would a Dalek suffer a spinal injury anyway?
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    My plan... foiled :(

    [X] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
    [X] Lys
    [X] Male.
    [X] Nanobot-enhanced Anthropoid from Dyson-Orbital 2000199
     
    [X] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [X] Beatrice.
    [X] Female.
    [X] Human.

    Curious what a Drow's doing here. Is she part of the group that burned the village down since that's what Drow usually do in fantasy? I gotta know.
     
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    Hannz said:
    Curious what a Drow's doing here. Is she part of the group that burned the village down since that's what Drow usually do in fantasy? I gotta know.
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    You're in a treat.

    I'll mention that picking different genders will result in wildly varied interactions with her. I don't want to spoil too much, but let's just say she doesn't have an appreciation for the government.
    Umi-san said:
    Nanobot-enhanced Anthropoid from Dyson-Orbital 2000199
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    That's slightly more acceptable than a Dalek. Naturally, this choice will grant you bonus physical statistics at the cost of being cut off from magic.
     
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    ConsumingFire said:
    That's slightly more acceptable than a Dalek. Naturally, this choice will grant you bonus physical statistics at the cost of being cut off from magic.
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    As long as we can form a utility fog (*cough* and therefore form perfect armor with nano-level manufacturing, have a protective aura, extra processing power and technology-rooted 6th through 12th senses, and eventually learn runic magic *fire-y anime eyes* and form 3-dimensional runes in battle that will tower to the sky, firing thousands of magical arrows at all of our opponents, ripping them from existence and using their souls to power further works of runic technology! Rune shaped nanobots!! Fractal runic inscriptions on our armor! A levitating space elevator with a crystalline palace at its top! MUAHAHAHA *cough*) I'm willing to make that sacrifice.
     
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    You're in a treat.

    I'll mention that picking different genders will result in wildly varied interactions with her. I don't want to spoil too much, but let's just say she doesn't have an appreciation for the government.
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    A rebel -in attitude at least- eh? I can dig it. I usually don't go for characters like that since my years of grand strategy games have thought me to cherish law abiding citizens and hate rebels in fiction, but I'm thinking a nice buddy-cop duo thing would be great to read.
     
    Hannz said:
    A rebel -in attitude at least- eh? I can dig it. I usually don't go for characters like that since my years of grand strategy games have thought me to cherish law abiding citizens and hate rebels in fiction, but I'm thinking a nice buddy-cop duo thing would be great to read.
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    I mean, a) since she seems kind she's not going to get along w/ typical matriarchal, sadistic, murder-or-be-murdered drow backstabbing society, b) everyone hates the aforementioned sadistic, backstabbing drows, so she's not going to get along w/ them either.

    We'll be all she has. :)

    She might prefer men if she's rebelling against drow society but might have lingering sexism.
     
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    Umi-san said:
    As long as we can form a utility fog (*cough* and therefore form perfect armor with nano-level manufacturing, have a protective aura, extra processing power and technology-rooted 6th through 12th senses, and eventually learn runic magic *fire-y anime eyes* and form 3-dimensional runes in battle that will tower to the sky, firing thousands of magical arrows at all of our opponents, ripping them from existence and using their souls to power further works of runic technology! Rune shaped nanobots!! Fractal runic inscriptions on our armor! A levitating space elevator with a crystalline palace at its top! MUAHAHAHA *cough*) I'm willing to make that sacrifice.
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    Highly doubt it, but y'know, hoping will definitely help you.
     
    [x] A man, in heavy, white armor with a face covered in gashes and cuts. At his side, a shield and a sword, and on his back; a blue came from fine samite. And on his neck, the symbol of the very gods themselves.

    [x] Male.
    [x] Human.
     
    [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [x] Beatrice.
    [x] Female.
    [x] Human.
     
    [x] A sad, crying man in a black robe. He's not directly making contact with me, as he wears thick gloves and I can't seem to get a good look at his face. He has a spellbook chained to his belt. A wizard?
    [X] Beatrice.
    [X] Female.
    [X] Human.

    Is that some sort of a dark mage atoner? If so I'm bought
     
    Just trollin hahah
    [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [x] Male.
    [x] Human.
     
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    [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [x] Beatrice.
    [x] Female.
    [x] Human.
     
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    Adhoc vote count started by ConsumingFire on Jan 30, 2018 at 3:31 AM, finished with 22 posts and 8 votes.
    • [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
      [x] Beatrice.
      [x] Female.
      [x] Human.
      [X] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
      [X] Lys
      [X] Male.
      [X] Nanobot-enhanced Anthropoid from Dyson-Orbital 2000199
      [x] A man, in heavy, white armor with a face covered in gashes and cuts. At his side, a shield and a sword, and on his back; a blue came from fine samite. And on his neck, the symbol of the very gods themselves.
      [X] Male.
      [x] Human.
      [x] A sad, crying man in a black robe. He's not directly making contact with me, as he wears thick gloves and I can't seem to get a good look at his face. He has a spellbook chained to his belt. A wizard?
      [x] Beatrice.
      [x] Female.
      [x] Human.
      [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
      [X] Male.
      [x] Human.
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    [x] A young, dark-skinned girl. She can't be much older than me. She has white hair, long spiky ears, and distinct, cream-colored eyes. Could she be a drow? I've heard only bad things about the drow, but she seems kind.
    [X] Dûrin
    [X] Dwarf
    [X] Dwarf

    A dwarf and a drow are an unlikely, but funny combination.
     
    [X] An old, bearded man. He's wearing a brown robe with a hood covering some of his facial features. He seems to have red eyes and a gray, scruffy beard that reaches to his upper chest. Despite the eyes, he looks very friendly.
    [X] Lys
    [X] Male.
    [X] Nanobot-enhanced Anthropoid from Dyson-Orbital 2000199
     
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