Ram's Head Saloon [Mod-Sanctioned C/CLT, v4]

[Maori Empire]

Meanwhile, Aroha and two guards waltzed into the saloon.

"Hmmm, this future place, while somewhat familiar, is at the same time somewhat alien." Aroha said. "By the way, there were orange things with scary faces that lit on fire outside. They scared me, so my guards slaughtered them all. If they meant no harm, then I truly apologise." the Maori queen said as his guard held up a shark tooth sword with pumpkin flesh coated on it.

"Amiga, those are called Jack 'o' Lanterns. They're harmless, unless that coconut armour is flammable." Celaeno chuckled.

"Jacks... of Lantern?" Queen Aroha asked. "Where is this 'Lantern' you speak of? With these orange fire monsters coming from all around, maybe it's a demonic invasion!" Aroha said as she panicked. "My civilisation could be in danger? What if these 'Jacks' invaded my world!? I CANNOT IMAGINE THE HORRORS THAT COULD HAPPEN IF..." The native woman said as she screamed, the guards comforting her.

"KILL THEM! KILL ALL THE ORANGE DEMONS!" Aroha screamed in fear as the two guards shrugged and drew their spears and shields and started stabbing the nearby pumpkins stationed as decorations.

[The South Falls]

Violet watched the woman walk to a table. She knew just by looking at her complexion that she was annoyed, completely fed up. Violet didn't always have to tell stories. It was considered rude, right? So, she decided to listen to one for a while. She sat down next to Witherare. Maybe she'd just probe the newcomer, and watch for her intentions. She extended a hand to shake. "Hello. I'm Violet." She stated, matter of factly.

Vezurea noticed someone sit nearby. She didn’t say anything at first, but when a handle was extended, she took it and shook it. The woman seemed to speak...directly. There wasn’t much emotion to her voice, as though she was just stating the obvious. Obvious...the only thing obvious about Vezurea herself was that she had no idea about anything about herself at all. ”I’m Vezurea. Nice to meet you.” Her voice was...shaking, just a little. She didn’t feel afraid...or even cold...yet she trembled. Why? She wanted to say more, but..what else was there to say? She knew nothing about the stranger, nothing about herself. How could she explain herself if she didn’t even know herself?

The woman had no other words to say after her name. Wasn't that a little odd? She seemed... disheveled, and her manner betrayed her lack of togetherness and seeming lack of strength. Violet's arm twitched, a spasm on the way. I shouldn't have shaken that hand, she thought

She touched her palm, hands clasping around the folds of her skin. The twitching ceased, but she was left with a purple hue. She wanted to break the ice, but she did not know how. She decided to ask a buffer question, not too personal, yet not too distant. She prepared for whatever response she got.

"So why are you here?"

[New Castillan Empire]

"Amiga, those are called Jack 'o' Lanterns. They're harmless, unless that coconut armour is flammable." Celaeno chuckled.

"Jacks... of Lantern?" Queen Aroha asked. "Where is this 'Lantern' you speak of? With these orange fire monsters coming from all around, maybe it's a demonic invasion!" Aroha said as she panicked. "My civilisation could be in danger? What if these 'Jacks' invaded my world!? I CANNOT IMAGINE THE HORRORS THAT COULD HAPPEN IF..." The native woman said as she screamed, the guards comforting her.

"KILL THEM! KILL ALL THE ORANGE DEMONS!" Aroha screamed in fear as the two guards shrugged and drew their spears and shields and started stabbing the nearby pumpkins stationed as decorations.

"Woah, there, amigos!" Eliah called out. "Those pumpkins cost me 40 reals each! They're just a celebratory thing! They can't hurt you!"

[Kyoki Chudoku]

Vezurea noticed someone sit nearby. She didn’t say anything at first, but when a handle was extended, she took it and shook it. The woman seemed to speak...directly. There wasn’t much emotion to her voice, as though she was just stating the obvious. Obvious...the only thing obvious about Vezurea herself was that she had no idea about anything about herself at all. ”I’m Vezurea. Nice to meet you.” Her voice was...shaking, just a little. She didn’t feel afraid...or even cold...yet she trembled. Why? She wanted to say more, but..what else was there to say? She knew nothing about the stranger, nothing about herself. How could she explain herself if she didn’t even know herself?

The woman had no other words to say after her name. Wasn't that a little odd? She seemed... disheveled, and her manner betrayed her lack of togetherness and seeming lack of strength. Violet's arm twitched, a spasm on the way. I shouldn't have shaken that hand, she thought

She touched her palm, hands clasping around the folds of her skin. The twitching ceased, but she was left with a purple hue. She wanted to break the ice, but she did not know how. She decided to ask a buffer question, not too personal, yet not too distant. She prepared for whatever response she got.

"So why are you here?"

Vezurea gave the question some thought. Why was she here? Because that was where that portal had taken here. She’d been so overwhelmed in those moments. She’d been so...she recalled the sight. There was no doubt of this memory, no conflict. Those recent weeks...those she recalled perfectly well. No blurs, no distortions, no doubt. And yet, all she could find within them was death. Her killing people. People trying to kill her. Her soldiers, of all kinds, killing others. Others killing her soldiers. It had been so overwhelmingly horrible to look back in, and yet, in each memory, she’d felt only...happiness.

”I am here...because this is where I ended up. At one moment or another, it all...collapsed. That euphoria...that blissful...emptiness...came crashing down. And so...I escaped. I used my blessing....to create a portal, and escape. And here I arrived. Alone, in unfamiliar surroundings, perplexed and...missing so very much of myself.”

[Maori Empire]

"Jacks... of Lantern?" Queen Aroha asked. "Where is this 'Lantern' you speak of? With these orange fire monsters coming from all around, maybe it's a demonic invasion!" Aroha said as she panicked. "My civilisation could be in danger? What if these 'Jacks' invaded my world!? I CANNOT IMAGINE THE HORRORS THAT COULD HAPPEN IF..." The native woman said as she screamed, the guards comforting her.

"KILL THEM! KILL ALL THE ORANGE DEMONS!" Aroha screamed in fear as the two guards shrugged and drew their spears and shields and started stabbing the nearby pumpkins stationed as decorations.

"Woah, there, amigos!" Eliah called out. "Those pumpkins cost me 40 reals each! They're just a celebratory thing! They can't hurt you!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CANNOT HURT ME!?" Aroha screamed at Eliah. "LOOK AT THEM! THEIR FACES ARE A FRIGHTENING IMAGE, NOTHING BUT EMPTY HOLES CONSUMED WITH FIRE FROM THE UNDERWORLD, FUELED BY THE SOULS OF THOSE LOST AND DAMNED! I'm telling you, the evil Jack will be our downfall!"

Suddenly, as one of the guards attacked a pumpkin, his coir leggings caught on the candle and it set on fire, quickly spreading as the guard tried to stop and roll on the ground to stop it.

"You see!? They are demons of fire, and they'll kill us all!" Aroha panicked as she pulled out a sharktooth sword. "I refuse to let these orange balls of misery try and kill me." She said as she charged and butchered another pumpkin.

[The Rapture Republic]

”OH science! Mesumus(Merasmus) the Autism Wizard is back! I thought Donagher murdeered his ass last Halloween , guess not. Shame, shame.” VictorNet looking at the Leaders’ Opinion thread on his IPhone with a disappointed expression on his face.”How much would Mesumus sell on the market, in the markets in the Underworld? If I were to capture him?” He said, thinking out loud.

[Merasmia]

Conveniently, Merasmus himself suddenly rose up from the ground as a small tremor and a ring of hellfire surrounded him.

"Thank the ancient Sumerian circus god Bonzo, this elevator from Hell was taking forever!" Merasmus said with a tone of annoyance. "Where was I... Oh yes! COWER FOOLS, FOR MERASMUS HAS COME TO BRING YOU GREAT MISFORTUNE TONIGHT, AS HE-" He said as he suddenly screamed loudly as his back made a cracking noise. "DAMNIT ALL! Merasmus has once again slipped a disc... BONEHILDA!" He commaned as suddenly a skeleton in a revealing female nurse costume arrived to grab Merasmus and fix his back with a push, making him sigh in relief.

"Oh, good heavens... it's not easy being 5,000 years old... I should really see the magical Chiropractic wizard of the Thalmor kingdom. Now, BEHOLD! THE MIGHT OF MERASMUS!"

[Valentine Z]

Violet searched for Robert. She'd heard he had left, but she still wanted to cuddle him, to tell him stories and discuss problems. She wanted to have love for a little while, before going back out to fight for those she had no love for. She took a drink from her flask of whiskey. She'd lay off the vodka tonight. She wanted to have a taste of May's blood. She really wanted it. She really, really did.


So, she stole the flask off of May's belt and twisted it open. Before May noticed, she chugged it all down, her mouth blood red. She laughed maniacally, until May turned around.

May began the exchange.

"What is that you've been drinking?"

"Um... punch."

"I know blood when I smell it, violet."
.
"Fine. Fine. I just wanted a taste, that's all."

"So you drank the whole bottle?"

"Yes, yes I did."

"You know that's slightly toxic to humans?"

"I don't care."

"It's your life, not mine."

Ahh, it is you, friend! I know you! You danced with Robert that night, yes? Don't worry, he's just on a break (and the fact that the character has no character yet!). So... yep, he will come back in a week!
- Chief Aviator Gwen Tracer Hepburn “Fate” Ellen Trixie Caitlin Foxworthy Avril Evelin Celinda Sammy Wv. Oxton Arielle Lindall Leslie Allison

Witheare grinned. "I can go colder, much colder!" she giggled. "But perhaps this isn't the embrace you meant."

Witheare's form tore apart into shadows, which grew to Gwen's height. The shadows reformed into Witheare, but at Gwen's size. "It's rare I ever have to do that." she said, before hugging Gwen.

Hahaha, no no no, my friend! Please keep your coolness to Holly! We humans can't take the sub-zero temperatures.
- Chief Aviator Gwen Tracer Hepburn “Fate” Ellen Trixie Caitlin Foxworthy Avril Evelin Celinda Sammy Wv. Oxton Arielle Lindall Leslie Allison

The four of them saw the change in height. Holly wasn't that surprised, seeing how she has that power. Valentijn and Gwen were shocked, while Clarissa... was being Clarissa... she was delighted and gave a small clap.

What in the- ahh, now I feel much more comfortable with the hugging out thing!
- Chief Aviator Gwen Tracer Hepburn “Fate” Ellen Trixie Caitlin Foxworthy Avril Evelin Celinda Sammy Wv. Oxton Arielle Lindall Leslie Allison

Hahahah, that is sooo fascinating!
- Exuberant Surveillant Clarissa Alanis Star Breya « La Amoureux Chéri » Millie Taissa Butterfly Coraline Jolijn Trini Clementine Hollie Harumi

That's something I... I actually see it a few times from Holly, but not like this!
- Valentijn “De Sierlijke en Vrij Valkyrie General” Samantha Maxwell Delta Weston Stijn Angelus Tracey Mitchell Constantine Sein Lin Zaw Naing

We are cold to the touch, and we can change form too! I think we are pretty similar!
- Holly “De Stralend en Wonderbaarlijk Licht Koningin” Aurora Symantha Vreugde Lavender Astrid Lilac T. Marlie Nova Radiant Lapia Starlight

[The Rapture Republic]

Conveniently, Merasmus himself suddenly rose up from the ground as a small tremor and a ring of hellfire surrounded him.

"Thank the ancient Sumerian circus god Bonzo, this elevator from Hell was taking forever!" Merasmus said with a tone of annoyance. "Where was I... Oh yes! COWER FOOLS, FOR MERASMUS HAS COME TO BRING YOU GREAT MISFORTUNE TONIGHT, AS HE-" He said as he suddenly screamed loudly as his back made a cracking noise. "DAMNIT ALL! Merasmus has once again slipped a disc... BONEHILDA!" He commaned as suddenly a skeleton in a revealing female nurse costume arrived to grab Merasmus and fix his back with a push, making him sigh in relief.

"Oh, good heavens... it's not easy being 5,000 years old... I should really see the magical Chiropractic wizard of the Thalmor kingdom. Now, BEHOLD! THE MIGHT OF MERASMUS!"

VictorNet groaned.”Hello, Male Stripper, I believe it was the Cowboy here, who requested your lustrous dances upon his fair highed.” He smirked, pointing his finger towards the Cowboy.

[Merasmia]

Conveniently, Merasmus himself suddenly rose up from the ground as a small tremor and a ring of hellfire surrounded him.

"Thank the ancient Sumerian circus god Bonzo, this elevator from Hell was taking forever!" Merasmus said with a tone of annoyance. "Where was I... Oh yes! COWER FOOLS, FOR MERASMUS HAS COME TO BRING YOU GREAT MISFORTUNE TONIGHT, AS HE-" He said as he suddenly screamed loudly as his back made a cracking noise. "DAMNIT ALL! Merasmus has once again slipped a disc... BONEHILDA!" He commaned as suddenly a skeleton in a revealing female nurse costume arrived to grab Merasmus and fix his back with a push, making him sigh in relief.

"Oh, good heavens... it's not easy being 5,000 years old... I should really see the magical Chiropractic wizard of the Thalmor kingdom. Now, BEHOLD! THE MIGHT OF MERASMUS!"

VictorNet groaned.”Hello, Male Stripper, I believe it was the Cowboy here, who requested your lustrous dances upon his fair highed.” He smirked, pointing his finger towards the Cowboy.

"Male stripper!? HOW DARE YOU ADDRESS THE GREAT AND POWERFUL MERASMUS AS A MERE PROSTITUTE!" Merasmus yelled as thunder cracked in the distance, and a magic green aura held Victor in place. "It was only once in high school, and I was CURIOUS! Besides, how does a mere pile of wire and scrap think that it can stand up to the great likes of MERASMUS!? NO TECHNOLOGY CAN COUNTER THE POWER OF-"

Suddenly, the theme to Skyrim blared from his magical smartphone as he reached into a portal and grabbed it out, laying the spell off VictorNet.

"Hello, who is it? Koko, why a- Oh, Sabrina! Sorry, I always get you two mixed up. How's the Wicked Witch of the West going? Oh she- wait... wha... she... she melted? Oh, I'm sorry to hear that... Yes, I'm up to my old Halloween routine with the world again, zombies and so on... No, those bubbly-hearted fools from Valentine Z haven't paid me any sort of challenge yet... Don't worry, hun, I'll bring you some cigarettes and a carton of Hell pale lager... alright, hugs and kisses. Bye." Merasmus said as he then hung up.

"Sorry, it's that teenage witch again. Giving me trouble, as per usual. You know how women are." Merasmus stated before his eyes glowed green. "Now... YOUR FATE WILL COME LATER, TINMAN! I first have to deal with the Cowboy!" He said as he started to float over to the cowboy before his stomach growled. "...actually, I have to deal with the one other weakness of the mighty Merasmus; his appetite... FOR YOUR SUFFERING! And a panini sandwich... you know you actually get 15% off less in a Subway in Hell than in a regular subway? Not bad." He said as he sat down and held up a white orb that turned red as bloodcurdling screams could be heard, then turning suddenly into the aformentioned panini sandwich, which Merasmus started eating.

[Valentine Z]

(This is my first attempt at a songwriting... for NS Characters. Hope you didn't cringe up, haha! )

Clarissa accessed some of the files inside her and played a song.

Come on, Val! Sweetheart, let us sing this right here, hm hm! You know how it goes... AND GO! WOO-HOO!
- Exuberant Surveillant Clarissa Alanis Star Breya « La Amoureux Chéri » Millie Taissa Butterfly Coraline Jolijn Trini Clementine Hollie Harumi


0:00 Words cannot describe how perfect you are, Clarissa, my sweet dear!
0:05 Oh, how much I love you and your sweet, sweet, sweet character!
0:10 Always loving, always smiling, always happy! Ta-da-da!
0:15 I have fallen, fallen, fallen for you, Love!

0:19 That dimension is a Fate! Fate for the both of us!
0:24 A perfect gift for me - a lovely robot like you!
0:30 Shining little eyes, with the most advanced technology!
0:34 Along with the purest soul, to... match your happy little face!

0:41 When I first came to this dimension,
0:45 I was so lost and alone!
0:50 Everyone was so scared of me and pointing guns!
0:54 That is until you de-escalated and gazed into my heart!

One more time, now!

1:00 Oh Valentijn, what relief of you to come to my rescue!
1:05 How can I just give up such a technological wonder?
1:09 We will stand alongside each other until the end of time!
1:14 A radioactive giant and a state-of-the-art robot?

1:19 Oh what odd couple... we really really are!
1:23 We will make eternities bend to our love!
1:28 You have onboard computers! They are my second home!
1:32 We will sing the song of love... forever and ever!


And then Everyone Gwen and Holly clapped.

[Fatatatutti]

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CANNOT HURT ME!?" Aroha screamed at Eliah. "LOOK AT THEM! THEIR FACES ARE A FRIGHTENING IMAGE, NOTHING BUT EMPTY HOLES CONSUMED WITH FIRE FROM THE UNDERWORLD, FUELED BY THE SOULS OF THOSE LOST AND DAMNED! I'm telling you, the evil Jack will be our downfall!"

Suddenly, as one of the guards attacked a pumpkin, his coir leggings caught on the candle and it set on fire, quickly spreading as the guard tried to stop and roll on the ground to stop it.

"You see!? They are demons of fire, and they'll kill us all!" Aroha panicked as she pulled out a sharktooth sword. "I refuse to let these orange balls of misery try and kill me." She said as she charged and butchered another pumpkin.

"Fellow Polynesians," General Castro-Stalina saluted the Maoris with her canteen of rum. "Calm. This is a safe place - as safety goes. I have been here for quite some time and I have not been molested. Neither has my fish or my duck. And we're not even armed." She smiled to herself at the idea of an armed duck and fish. "Sit down. Have a drink. Don't make a spectacle of yourselves."

[Low bloods]

"I didn't even drink and I feel hung over. My ears are ringing." Vixen got up from the bar behind the counter holding his head one could see his pain as his eyes tightened.
Vixen sunk into his own shadow as kairi took his place.

Blood had enough rest he heads towards the door to return again later on.

"I have no clue what's going on." Kairi said with a blank expression as she looks around

[Silver Commonwealth]

"I didn't even drink and I feel hung over. My ears are ringing." Vixen got up from the bar behind the counter holding his head one could see his pain as his eyes tightened.
Vixen sunk into his own shadow as kairi took his place.

Blood had enough rest he heads towards the door to return again later on.

"I have no clue what's going on." Kairi said with a blank expression as she looks around

''Heh, I personally prefer Texas Tea - an iced tea, with a mix of good bourbon.'' Lone Cowboy laughed.

[Low bloods]

"I didn't even drink and I feel hung over. My ears are ringing." Vixen got up from the bar behind the counter holding his head one could see his pain as his eyes tightened.
Vixen sunk into his own shadow as kairi took his place.

Blood had enough rest he heads towards the door to return again later on.

"I have no clue what's going on." Kairi said with a blank expression as she looks around

''Heh, I personally prefer Texas Tea - an iced tea, with a mix of good bourbon.'' Lone Cowboy laughed.

"The pain is just terrible." Vixens spoke through a shadow.

"All he needs is some rest, that's what I do when I'm sick Kairi nods. "That and soup, soup is always nice."

[Silver Commonwealth]

''Heh, I personally prefer Texas Tea - an iced tea, with a mix of good bourbon.'' Lone Cowboy laughed.

"The pain is just terrible." Vixens spoke through a shadow.

"All he needs is some rest, that's what I do when I'm sick Kairi nods. "That and soup, soup is always nice."

''Speaking of that, cowboy soup with ground beef, tomatoes, and seasonings is good as well. Only if I could make an one right now...''

[Low bloods]

"The pain is just terrible." Vixens spoke through a shadow.

"All he needs is some rest, that's what I do when I'm sick Kairi nods. "That and soup, soup is always nice."

''Speaking of that, cowboy soup with ground beef, tomatoes, and seasonings is good as well. Only if I could make an one right now...''

"I can, if you wish. Won't be too hard to find the ingredient."

[Silver Commonwealth]

''Speaking of that, cowboy soup with ground beef, tomatoes, and seasonings is good as well. Only if I could make an one right now...''

"I can, if you wish. Won't be too hard to find the ingredient."

''Okay, we have a deal, then. I will just need bacon, ground beef, garlic, onion, chili powder, ground cumin, salt, black pepper, potatoes, pinto beans, tomatoes, green chili peppers, juice, beef stock, and corn kernels. Ohh, and it should take about 40 minutes to prepare.''

[Low bloods]

"I can, if you wish. Won't be too hard to find the ingredient."

''Okay, we have a deal, then. I will just need bacon, ground beef, garlic, onion, chili powder, ground cumin, salt, black pepper, potatoes, pinto beans, tomatoes, green chili peppers, juice, beef stock, and corn kernels. Ohh, and it should take about 40 minutes to prepare.''

"Well I happen to know a place where we can get all those ingredients." She walks over and knocks on the wall in a small little open section of the in the back corner of the bar. Revealing a hidden door "Fallow me." She said in a spooky yet goofy tone.

[Silver Commonwealth]

''Okay, we have a deal, then. I will just need bacon, ground beef, garlic, onion, chili powder, ground cumin, salt, black pepper, potatoes, pinto beans, tomatoes, green chili peppers, juice, beef stock, and corn kernels. Ohh, and it should take about 40 minutes to prepare.''

"Well I happen to know a place where we can get all those ingredients." She walks over and knocks on the wall in a small little open section of the in the back corner of the bar. Revealing a hidden door "Fallow me." She said in a spooky yet goofy tone.

''Alright.'' Cowboy said, and went into the newly found room.

[Low bloods]

"Well I happen to know a place where we can get all those ingredients." She walks over and knocks on the wall in a small little open section of the in the back corner of the bar. Revealing a hidden door "Fallow me." She said in a spooky yet goofy tone.

''Alright.'' Cowboy said, and went into the newly found room.

She flipped on a switch revealing an old dusty room it was a kitchen of sorts, there was even a button to cover the entrance to open up a middle section for a window as if to add that cafe effect to the place, but it didn't seem to work anymore the circuits rusted and old.
But there was alot of kitchenware and even a bunch of equipment for deserts and such. Seemingly unused for a long time.
"Look around for some canned goods while I go gather some of my own." She walks into a shadow and vanishes for awhile.
Most ingredients should be found all for the meats. That's where kairi went off to find.

[13 Necropolis 13]

"You can't tell?" Witheare asked, frowning. She placed one of her frigid hands over Vezurea's. "You can talk to me, tell me what's going through your mind. If you want to, that is."

Vezurea nodded. She tried to assemble those thoughts of hers into some kind of coherent speech. She took a few moments to calm herself down. At last, she stared with her one visible eye at Witheare. ”For almost all my life...I have two memories for each moment. Two realities, two histories, two lives...and I cannot tell which is real. I feel...so confused. I don’t know what life I lived. I feel...almost...euphoria, considering one, and agony, considering the other. And I...I...keep feeling so worthless. As though my entire existence was designed for one purpose, and I failed at it. As though I betrayed everything I should’ve cared about, and as though I only sought freedom, and as though none of that ever happened all at once inside my head.”

"Who is to say that either of them are fake?" Witheare said. "It is possible they are past lives, or some altered state."

Witheare smiled. "There is no fate, Vezurea. You did not fail."

[Kyoki Chudoku]

Vezurea nodded. She tried to assemble those thoughts of hers into some kind of coherent speech. She took a few moments to calm herself down. At last, she stared with her one visible eye at Witheare. ”For almost all my life...I have two memories for each moment. Two realities, two histories, two lives...and I cannot tell which is real. I feel...so confused. I don’t know what life I lived. I feel...almost...euphoria, considering one, and agony, considering the other. And I...I...keep feeling so worthless. As though my entire existence was designed for one purpose, and I failed at it. As though I betrayed everything I should’ve cared about, and as though I only sought freedom, and as though none of that ever happened all at once inside my head.”

"Who is to say that either of them are fake?" Witheare said. "It is possible they are past lives, or some altered state."

Witheare smiled. "There is no fate, Vezurea. You did not fail."

For some reason, that possibility reminded her of one very specific term. Reincarnation. Why did she feel so...desperate, when she thought about that? Such strange feelings flooded her in that instant, an overwhelming urge to just...embrace it. To forget that other world, the world of worthlessness and treachery, and embrace the reality that brought her comfort, some of of blissful, empty happiness. How could both be real? Had she died, come back? Had she been deluded, manipulated, broken? Were both of them irrealities?

There was no fate. Witheare had said that. Yet for some reason, she felt as though she were betraying her purpose by even being here. Yet she didn’t know what her purpose even was. It was so...overpowering. She had failed. Had she? Failed...failed...move on from that failure, by failing again, failing to hold back those pointless tears, why did she remember this, what was this, was this ream what was happening? She recalled a sight, and couldn’t help but speak aloud, just for a moment.

”I felt...so trapped. I...felt as though I was in some coffin, of excruciating pain and all-consuming ecstasy at once...something flashing in my head, I don’t know what, just...something, and I...that’s when I feel I failed most, yet came to live most, in all these muddled memories. How can...all of it be reality? Or is all of it an illusion? Is this reality, right now? I...”

[Umbral LowBlood]

Suddenly a loud crack of thunder struck near the saloon,
a Neko wandered in drenched head to toe he was shivering, beaten and one could mistake it for rain but a tear streaming down his face as he gritted his teeth.
He had a woman in one arm and a broken set of daggers in the other.
Hes clothes torn, his eyes darting around cautious of those around him but he had rarely anytime to spare. He had no idea what was going through his mind as he found a booth to lay his comrade in.

She got up and handed him a guitar she had strapped to her back.
With a broken voice"I'd hate to go out in a place like this." She coughed a bit of blood which ended up getting on both the guitar and the neko "Could you play me that song I taught you, your claws sound alot better th-."

She gets cut off by her comrade who started playing playing a song "Sorry if it sounds bad, I'm kinda having a panic attack."
"It's fine." She listens to the melody as she drifts off "I can't believe he throat chopped me me."

"I cant believe he took out Talon with a flick of a rock."

[13 Necropolis 13]

"Who is to say that either of them are fake?" Witheare said. "It is possible they are past lives, or some altered state."

Witheare smiled. "There is no fate, Vezurea. You did not fail."

For some reason, that possibility reminded her of one very specific term. Reincarnation. Why did she feel so...desperate, when she thought about that? Such strange feelings flooded her in that instant, an overwhelming urge to just...embrace it. To forget that other world, the world of worthlessness and treachery, and embrace the reality that brought her comfort, some of of blissful, empty happiness. How could both be real? Had she died, come back? Had she been deluded, manipulated, broken? Were both of them irrealities?

There was no fate. Witheare had said that. Yet for some reason, she felt as though she were betraying her purpose by even being here. Yet she didn’t know what her purpose even was. It was so...overpowering. She had failed. Had she? Failed...failed...move on from that failure, by failing again, failing to hold back those pointless tears, why did she remember this, what was this, was this ream what was happening? She recalled a sight, and couldn’t help but speak aloud, just for a moment.

”I felt...so trapped. I...felt as though I was in some coffin, of excruciating pain and all-consuming ecstasy at once...something flashing in my head, I don’t know what, just...something, and I...that’s when I feel I failed most, yet came to live most, in all these muddled memories. How can...all of it be reality? Or is all of it an illusion? Is this reality, right now? I...”

"It is okay, Vezurea. We can figure this out together. Such machinations are not unusual to me." Witheare stated, hoping to reassure Vezurea. "You say you felt like you were in a coffin? Interesting..."

Witheare paused, and sipped some hot tea. "You keep saying that you feel like you failed. What do you feel like you failed at? Who do you feel like you let down?"

Suddenly a loud crack of thunder struck near the saloon,
a Neko wandered in drenched head to toe he was shivering, beaten and one could mistake it for rain but a tear streaming down his face as he gritted his teeth.
He had a woman in one arm and a broken set of daggers in the other.
Hes clothes torn, his eyes darting around cautious of those around him but he had rarely anytime to spare. He had no idea what was going through his mind as he found a booth to lay his comrade in.

She got up and handed him a guitar she had strapped to her back.
With a broken voice"I'd hate to go out in a place like this." She coughed a bit of blood which ended up getting on both the guitar and the neko "Could you play me that song I taught you, your claws sound alot better th-."

She gets cut off by her comrade who started playing playing a song "Sorry if it sounds bad, I'm kinda having a panic attack."
"It's fine." She listens to the melody as she drifts off "I can't believe he throat chopped me me."

"I cant believe he took out Talon with a flick of a rock."

"Greetings, come on in. Are you both okay?"