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 Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:44 pm
In a busy street corner of Rasetsu rises a crystal tower. It's not some wimpy skyscraper, but an actually honest-to-goodness wizard's tower. An archaic wooden sign outside it's wide double door proclaim it the "High Arcana" magic shop.
Inside, various magical components are sold. From individual ingredients like Magicite, unicorn horns, mandrake seeds and bat guano to healing potions, burning salves, explosive alchemical grenades and vials of one-time-summon elementals, this place has it all. Consistently scoring ten out of ten Mokonas on the Interdimensional Travelers Guide ("A must for any self-respecting magic-user traveling through the worlds." -- Yuuko Ichihara, Dimensional Witch), the High Arcana sells things at practically nothing. Run by a short guy named Cleff...
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:06 am
(enters)
The door was slammed open with a kick, revealing a hunched over Boyd Falconer, muttering darkly about the cross on his back. In the back of his mind he could feel Wolfwood snickering.
Walking up to the front desk (ignoring the curious looks he was getting from the other customers), he slammed his hands down onto the table, staring the keeper straight in the eye.
"You sell possessed stuff here?-" He glanced at the name tag "Cleff?"
The keeper opened his mouth to speak.
"Great, I'm looking for something related to Phoenix Wright." Falconer interrupted. "You know, like his badge, an old grape juice bottle, his hat..."
Cleff opened his mouth to speak again.
"Hell, I'll take something related to Apollo Justice even! That guy seems like Wright's Nobody..."
Some dark cloaked individuals in the back shifted uneasily.
"But it matters not! SHOW ME TO GOODS! Oh I'll take some of that...some sodium...a couple of those scrolls there...and everything you got related to gravity, pink or the element of Earth or flowers. Maybe lightning."
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:36 am
[came from Unlimited Blade Works]
The Pontiac Solstice screeched to a halt as they stopped near the entrance of a monolithic crystal tower. Zero stepped out of the vehicle and was immediately struck by a sense of awe as he stared at the gigantic structure, amazed that he didn't even notice that there was such a towering structure like this one in Rasetsu.
"Looks like here we are. Hey, Sorce-san, are you sure this is the right place? It looks more like a tower from that Cefi--whatever place."
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:55 pm
[came from Unlimited Blade Works]
Sorce, meanwhile, was trying to get his shaking hands to open the door. "Land! Sweet land! I'll never leave you again!" he cried as he fell onto the sidewalk.
Inside his head, several spirits rolled their eyes, or the equivalent thereof.
After a while, Sorce managed to get up on his shaky legs. "Yeah, I think this is the place," he said. "Shall we?"
The two of them entered the definitely magical-looking tower, and were awe struck as they looked around.
Oh, gods... Medea said, sounding breathless. We're in heaven...
"Whoa..." Sorce said, staring at one particular part of the store. "There really IS such a thing as sex magic!"
Rin, Arturia, Medusa and Gilgamesh leaned forward in interest, while the pocket Zero was keeping the Arcana Orbis seemed to twitch...
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:58 am
With a bright flash of light, the woman suddenly appeared, still naked. She walked over to the place where numerous items for sex magic were displayed and rubbed them as a smile came to her face.
"Of course; sex magic is one of the oldest forms of magic in the world. Back then, people believed that the best way to call out the forces of nature was to have intercourse while chanting magical incantations since the act of sex was not only considered sentimental, but also, magical. Up to now, sex magic is still used in some occult rituals."
Zero smiled and took off his jacket as he approached the naked woman. Immediately, he put the jacket onto the girl which was long enough to cover her breasts down to her private part. "Yeah, but this isn't a ritual sex orgy, you're out in public, so it would be nice if you could put some clothes on, eh?" The boy said and muffled the woman's hair, making her blush.
"Y-yes...as you wish, master."
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:59 am
Sorce, whose head had looked away so fast he was afraid he'd gotten whiplash, determinedly looked at a poster ("Who Wants To Be A Magic Knight?" showing on 8pm on the Cephiro channel, hosted by CLAMP). "Um, they seem to have a line of magic clothes over there. Magical girl standard, according to the sign. Maybe you should get her some of those?"
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:33 pm
"Good idea. Come on, let's get you some clothes." Zero said and the woman nodded, following the red-head's lead to the part of the store full of magical clothes.
"So, what do you want?"
"As long as it meets your taste, I don't care how it looks, master."
"Me!? Oh no, I don't know anything about fashion and I think it would be better if you pick the clothes that you want to be wearing."
The woman bowed. "As you wish, master." And she walked off, trying to find the clothes that best suited her. After a while, Zero noticed the woman carrying a large bundle of clothes as she went inside the store's dressing room and a few minutes later, she came out.
"How about this?" The woman came out wearing a tight, leather dominatrix outfit.
"Too extreme, try something a little more casual." He said and the woman nodded and went back to the dressing room and changed into something new.
A few minutes later, the woman came out once again wearing a skimpy magical schoolgirl outfit like the ones from Sailor Moon, with matching staff, and asked. "Master, is this good?"
"Not unless you want to cosplay as Sailor Moon, it's not."
The woman nodded and returned once more to the dressing room. A few minutes passed and the woman finally came out. Zero stared at the beauty in front of him and smiled.
"It looks good on you." Zero complimented the woman which made her blush slightly. She looked like a cyberpunk/goth/urban hipster princess.
The woman wore a black cyberpunk dress with tribal/ oriental designs; a frilly shezeldaire skirt; white, thigh high lace stockings; and urban techno-pop shoes.
"Thank you master."
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:30 pm
Meanwhile, as this fashion show was going on, Sorce was going through the store's other selections.
"'Nethicite'," Sorce reads from one of the displays. "Never heard of it... but at these prices, how can I resist...?"
By the time Zero and the still unnamed weapon got back, Sorce had filled up three shopping carts worth of stuff.
"Oh, good timing," Sorce said, who has digging into several big bins. The had a sign reading 'Bargain!' above them. "Help me find some good deals, 'kay? Thanks."
As Sorce dived back into the bargain bin, Zero looked at the shopping carts-- filled with nethicite, several bottles of age pills, various potions in various colors, magical materials and other stuff-- he wondered what else Sorce hadn't possibly bought. The carts looked like they had everything in the store!
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:31 pm
"Are you sure you can afford all of that, Sorce-san?" The young boy asked, giving out an awkward snicker while pointing at the things inside the carts.
"Can your bank account handle it? I'm sure those weapons you just bought -- the Excalibur, Rulebreaker, Gorgon Chains, and whatnot -- weren't cheap."
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:54 pm
Sorce just grinned and pointed at the signs above the cash register. "Apparently, I'm entitled to a 25 percent student discount and a fifty percent 'magical protector of mankind' discount as well as, for some reason, a 20 percent... brrrrr... be...bi... bre... no, I can say this... bishounen... whew... discount. It's at practically nothing! " Sorce cheerfully returned to going through the bargain bin. "Let's see... what are apparently second-hand Amazonian Bracelets... slightly used Dwarven Mithril Vest, Ring-Bearer Quality... a mildly acid-worn ring of regeneration once owned by a Succubus Paladin who after a traumatic experience with an gelatinous cube never wanted to see it again... Materia... hmm, this might be hard to fit into my wallet, there's so much of it... hey, what's this?" Sorce reached in and opened a flat, square case, the kind a woman would put her really expensive necklaces in. Opening the latch, the cover came up to reveal a slightly tacky-looking hunk of gold in the shape of a circle, with a triangle in the middle emblazoned with an eye..."Hey, this looks interesting..." Sorce said, touching the gold thing. He could feel it exuding a weird aura...
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:52 am
Zero observed the young mage who was holding a curious looking necklace that looked like something out of an egypt-themed anime from a distance with a worried look etched on his face.
"Master..."
"Do you feel it as well? The foul and murderous aura that emanates from the necklace?"
Yes I do, but I think it would be relatively safe since it's power is weak due to it having just been awakened from its containment. So long as your friend doesn't wear it, it would be just a harmless accessory."
"I just hope Sorce-san realizes that fact, and soon. But if worst comes to worst, I'm gonna break that thing into a million pieces."
The woman smiled. "I expected that answer from you, master."
Zero jested. "Oh really? I'm that predictable, am I?" As both of them laughed afterwards.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:38 am
The laughter stopped however, when they saw that Sorce, like an idiot, had just put the thing around his neck. "Sorce! NO!" Zero cried. Too late. The thing seemed to flare with a golden light, and Sorce stiffened. They watched in horror as his hair seemed to come to life, writhing as it changed styles. It seemed to get longer, its shade getting lighter... Zero's hand reached for the gold thing... Sorce's form shifted, becoming... shorter? And... why was his chest sticking out more? Reached... " HI!" the terrifying, shorter, browner-haired, fuller figured being said as Zero suddenly found himself being engulfed in a two-armed grip. " I'm Mana, the High Priestess to the Pharaoh Seto the First! How are you?" Wait a minute... Something was wrong here... was he being GLOMPED????? Somehow, this did not seem like 'foul and murderous'... " Wow, things sure have changed a lot since I last got out," 'Mana'/Sorce said, letting go of Zero and looking around. Meanwhile, Sorce was somewhere else and confused as heck... [Heh he he... who says it was Bakura?]
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:03 am
"Hey, what the heck just happened!?" Zero shouted in disbelief and proceeded to reach for the young priestess named Mana in order to ask her some questions, but just as the boy was about to take a hold of the girl, a small, nearly undetectable pulse of unknown energy ripped through the air. Zero's eyes grew and he fell down to the floor, and soon after, the woman followed the same pattern as she, too, fell to the floor with wide open eyes, pupils dilated. It was obvious that they were in a state of overshock.
(( I just naturally assumed since it was the Millennium Ring after all. ))
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:48 pm
"EEP!" Mana cried. "I'm sorry! I don't know how that happened! The Millennium Ring used to do that all the time too, and..."
Suddenly Mana stiffened, and seemed to convulse. Her hair shifted, became darker and shorter, her body seemed to get taller...
"Well, that was an interesting experience," Sorce said as he swayed, one hand on his head. He blinked as he looked down at the fallen Zero and ...whatshername.
"Hey, One!" he called, considering. He never really heard what the woman called herself... "Um, hey, Ensis! What happened to you two?"
{Ensis is Latin for sword, since Sorce doesn't know her name. Next stop, the toy store for yugioh cards!}
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bengervasquez Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:58 pm
The two of them just lay motionless on the floor, almost dead, not even bothering to answer Sorce-san's question, or rather, didn't have enough energy to answer back Sorce-san's question.
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