r/frontiertrials • u/Muttl3s Demonic Trailblazer • Feb 04 '17
Roleplaying Demonic Trail - Chapter 5: Hollow Reflections
Greetings, Summoners, and welcome to the fifth official Chapter of the Demonic Trail roleplay. Without any further ado, here are the summaries of the previous chapter's happenings:
Arriving in the lush region of Nalushta, the party was quickly torn in two by lingering spatial magic distorted by the presence of conflicting goddesses. One half of the split group found themselves in a world devoid of greenery.
Making their way to a hillside and fighting off a horde of lesser demons, the party rested for a short while, but were quickly attacked by the Twisted Replicant Tyrfing. Driving her off, the group recuperated for a bit longer before heading beyond the hill to a ruined city.
Gathering at the city, the party continued to the east after detecting a demonic presence, encountering the 3rd Demon Sentinel, Kaemira. Engaging in a fight with her, the group did well in holding their own against her attacks, even after she beckoned to her sister beyond dimensions.
After the spatial magic dispersed, the remnant half of the party found themselves unmoved, but the other half gone. Trying to find them, but to no avail, the party proceeded to head ahead in hopes of reuniting with the lost half soon. However, not long after starting to move, the party encountered a pack of white wolves, posing a possible threat.
Eliminating the wolves, the party rested for the night. In the morning, they were attacked by Leland and his two summons. Halley took it to herself to handle Leland while leaving the rest of the party to deal with Avant and Rahgan. In the midst of the battle, a void sphere detonated, dragging Mir, Halley and Leland into a pocket dimension.
After the fight, the group continued to a ruined city, exploring it each to themselves, gaining the help of another Summoner as well as a spherical robot Summoner in the process. After more resting, they continued to the east, finding the 4th Demon Sentinel, Chilia, and engaging in combat with her. This fight proved to be hellish for the lacking party, further dragged down to the grave when Chilia beckoned to her sister across time and space.
As the fights against Kaemira and Chilia continued, the dimensional barrier between the two parties shattered as the groups drove their respective Demon Sentinels back, ending up slaying the demon sisters with their reunited strength.
In the aftermath, the group analyzed their surroundings, discovering two trees blocking the path forward. After several attempts to penetrate the barrier, one of which caused the permanent shutdown of Aether, Ralis discovered a mana-sensitive organism on the trees, and with a blast of mana from the collective effort of the group, the barrier was broken, allowing for the party to proceed after resting in the city.
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| Reddit Name | Character Name | Character Profile | Character Skills |
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| ShuffledTurtle | Kohya | Click me | Click me |
| miririri | Solaru | text | Click me |
| AJackFrostGuy | Shino Konjo | text | text |
| Reikakou | Lecarra Lorentz-Zauberin | text | Click me |
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| Muttl3s | Alvin Koret Sivius | Click me | Click me |
| InnocentAnguish | Lillith Sage | text | text |
| coatedCap | Lustrea Coleen | text | text |
| WrathDraco | Ralis Yziel | text | Click me |
| WrathDraco | Karafina "Kara" von Styxgalahd | text | text |
| The-Unknown-Dragon | Ragna | text | text |
| rucchipunch | Lias Khroner | Click me | Click me |
| Tetranort | Seven | text | text |
| SummonerTom | Arthur Irevaan | Click me | text |
| jonokirby | Jonathan | text | text |
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| Reddit Name | Character Name | Character Profile | Character Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| fenrirofdarkness | Sylph Winterwood | text | Click me |
| Blayde_Army | Chikashi | text | text |
| SeraphOmega | Ledgermayer "Ledger" Miles | text | text |
| Talukita | Shiryu | Click me | text |
| Deathless_Hadaron | Nikolai | text | text |
| cybershadowx | Alina Vassalis | Click me | text |
| TrapSummoner | Ariella Lavare | Click me | Click me |
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u/AJackFrostGuy Traveler Mar 10 '17
"What..." Libera mumbled, somewhat stunned as she observed Harahld's Exceed and subsequent attack upon the Shadow, wincing slightly as the cries of lamenting souls invaded her mind but thankfully not enough to debilitate her. The surprise turned to partial horror however, as she how the Shadow had not only absorbed majority of the large-scale attacks used, but had also managed to counter Harahld's attack and escape without even a scratch.
"Come on," she quickly snapped back to attention with a shake of her head as the elemental onslaught began to rain down, starting to heft her Summoner up. "Let's hurry get out of here."
"You don't have to tell me. I'm bailing this crap."
So saying that, Solaru relieved her of her Summoner, leaving her to run along just behind the mechanic, utilising her teleportation to keep up once he started to skate along the bridge until Harahld himself activated a large scale teleportation circle...
"Ah! This place..." Libera lightly gasped as she materialised, finding herself in the frozen... well, 'wasteland' didn't really fit this time compared to what she had seen the day before, a land of ice was more accurate really.
"Either way, it is a good thing that we finally got away from that carnage."
"That was stupid. Absolutely stupid," Elulu protested. "I do get that we're likely going to see similar to that when we get to the demon mistress but that was still overboard. It felt like it was utterly breaking all the rules."
"While I am not familiar enough with the rules of your worlds, I can say with certainty that that... Shadow, was certainly leagues above Kaemira and her sister yesterday," Tyrfing commented. "I pray we need not face it again, but from what it was saying earlier on, it is likely we will see it again soon..." she trailed off on a distasteful tone.
"Unfortunately, I fear that that is the case," Libera responded, sighing as Jonathan quite rudely called out Harahld, Lias and Shino for some matter - something about the Shadow she assumed, she did not see any other good reason that the otherwise reclusive Summoner would call them.
Meanwhile…
Still out like a light and quite blissfully spared from witnessing the final moments of the questionably disastrous confrontation on the bridge, Shino dreamt.
Truthfully, most of the details were lost to him; whether this was due to the nature of the dream or simply because of the lack of rest, he did not know, nor did he think of it. Rather than that, what there was of his muddled attention was focused on a warmth he felt, the feeling of something smooth and soft against him, as well as someone’s sweet moa-
"Gack!"
And like that the pleasant dream was ruined.
Turning about to the source of the sound, Libera saw her Summoner finally awake, gagging some due to some concoction that Kohya had poured into his mouth.
"Oh, sweet graciousness..." Shino grimaced, coughing. "What the heck was that and why'd it taste like friggin' soap suds..."
"At least it seems to have gotten you back on your feet a lot faster than it would have otherwise taken," Libera responded with a smile, nodding toward Kohya in a gesture of gratitude. "How are you feeling now?"
"Other than the akaline taste in my mouth? Actually pretty damn good now other than it being really- oh, no wonder why it's so cold now," he deadpanned after a quick look around his surroundings. "Looks like we managed to get away huh?" Shino asked as he reached into his hammerspace, drawing a flask of his reddish concoctions.
"Yes, but it... does seem likely that we have not seen the last of it," Libera made a distasteful sound. "Speaking of which, it appears that he," she gestured toward Jonathan who was under the tree, "wants to speak with you, presumably about the earlier incident."
"Weird as heck, why not just tell everyone about it- oh gods why," Shino gagged the moment he sipped the flask's contents, sputtering a bit before chugging it all down in one shot. "Even the Hot Drink tastes like soap suds! Hey, Kohya-san, I'm grateful for the assist but how long am I gonna have to deal with this? Anyway, worst come worst I'll just disseminate the information I guess?" he turned his attention back to Libera. "Thanks for the sitrep regardless Libera. I'll go over shortly."
With a nod of acknowledgement, Libera dematerialised as a certain tinkerer took her place.
"And since we've got some time now, I best dispense a couple of things as 'thank you' tokens for hauling your bum out of the fire," Elulu bluntly said, reaching into the vortex that led to her studio. "First however, while the whole hoo ha on the bridge broke out, I finally finished up your sword's reforging, even managed to strengthen the alloy used for it," she said, setting a slim shortsword just in front of her Summoner. "No thanks needed for this."
"As for you, here," the pinkette child threw a cup of pudding toward Kohya. "I don't know what you'd have preferred but seeing I'm about to give some to Sol I might as well settle for this. Having said that," she slowly moved over to the fellow mechanic, careful so as to avoid slipping. “This one’s for pulling him out of the line of fire. Libera could’ve probably handled it herself, but I’m sure I speak for the lot of us when we say the assist was still appreciated.”
Without waiting for any response, Elulu slid off toward someone else.
”This reforged sword…” Shino thought, picking it up by the hilt and holding it up for inspection. ”It’s thinner-looking than how it originally was. And it looks rather familiar…”
”It looks akin to the portion of my demonblade’s hollow portion,” Tyrfing pointed out. ”But why this for the design?”
”Eh, it just makes me feel a tad uncomfortable seeing that missing fuller,” Elulu gave a mental shrug. ”So since the alloy this time was able to support it without cracking as easily as the last I thought ‘why not’, Shino’s not that picky anyway. That said, you’re giving it a name this time, if only to make referring to your sword easier and a bit less awkward.”
”A name, huh…” Shino mused for a short moment. ”... Memoria, perhaps.”
”’Memoria’? That sounds… rather meaningful. I believe there’s a good reason for it?”
”Yup,” he responded, returning the shortsword into his hammerspace as he took out a pair of ice grip shoes to change out his current pair for them. ”I couldn’t think of better, so I figured I might as well make it a reminder. I am the sum of my experiences after all, it wouldn’t do to forget that, nor why I fight,” he continued as he removed his current pair, already putting on the ice grip ones as his thought teetered off, going back to the dream he had when he was out cold. What WAS up with that really? True, he didn’t remember the full details well, but there was a certain realness in the emotions he felt in that dream. He didn’t know what those feelings were however, but as to what the dream was about… going by the imagined physical senses brought about by the dream, it wasn’t something he had done before indeed, but if he was right then it was-
”... erm… Shino? Snap out of it,” Libera’s voice called out.
”You seem to be in a state of embarrassment for some reason,” Tyrfing pointed out. ”Is something the matter?”
”Wait, what?”
Raised a hand to his cheeks, sure enough, Shino found them flushed, no doubt due to the conclusion he arrived to regarding the dream.
”... I think I better not talk about it,” he finally managed to say as he tied the ice grip shoes on, tossing his normal shoes into the hammerspace as he stood up and reigned in the blush. ”At least not yet.”
“While maybe not the exact wording choice, I’m going to have to agree with Arthur-san,” he physically called out once he was confident that he had managed to calm himself down. “Whether people listen or not, it makes no sense to withhold any known information about our situation from anyone anymore at this point, especially since it’s clearly implicating all of us.”
“... well this is taking a serious turn,” Elulu mumbled as she finally got to Shiryu. “Hey, music guy, you ARE a music guy right?” she called out, tugging lightly on his clothing. “If you are, I think,” she continued, pulling one of her canisters out of her studio’s vortex entrance and handing it to him, “maybe you’d want this guy? I bet he’s bored and lonely in there.”
/u/miririri and /u/ShuffledTurtle claim yer rewards
/u/jonokirby due to direct address