#interaction. caoimhe

[liesthehead]

@nomadhqzstarters | Caoimhe (ft. Niamh) and open

Perhaps it was wrong of her to laugh- but she cannot help it. Watching her daughter run through the freshly fallen snow had been enough to make her smile- but when the little redhead stooped to pick up a handful of the snow to form it into a ball, Caoimhe made no move to stop her. She should have expected the girl to throw it- but the laughter still escaped her when it was thrown at the other. "Niamh! I'm sorry, she's just a little excited." The queen looked to her daughter. "Please apologize, we do not throw things at people."

[hauntgrowth]

muse tags 4

° caoimhe !

《 ° caoimhe halloran ; visage 》

《 ° caoimhe halloran ; study 》

《 ° caoimhe halloran ; meta 》

《 ° caoimhe halloran ; interaction 》

° frae operia !

《 ° frae operia ; visage 》

《 ° frae operia ; study 》

《 ° frae operia ; meta 》

《 ° frae operia ; interaction 》

° talbie !

《 ° talbot gray ; visage 》

《 ° talbot gray ; study 》

《 ° talbot gray ; meta 》

《 ° talbot gray ; interaction 》

° hecate !

《 ° hecate anaisywa ; visage 》

《 ° hecate anaisywa ; study 》

《 ° hecate anaisywa ; meta 》

《 ° hecate anaisywa ; interaction 》

[caoimhe-oconnor]

♧ INTRO POST ♧

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-> 16+ Blog

-> mun's 18

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-> Caoimhe O'Connor

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-> She/Her

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"Alright, let's do this one last time...

My name's Caoimhe O'Connor. I was cursed by a petty spider goddess and for the last four years I've been my world's spiderhero.

In my world it's 1974 and I've saved the city, the world, the local businesses... I saved my great-aunt but I... Couldn't save my parents.

Between attending several protests, a few riots and getting arrested, I've made a few friends, more enemies and gotten way more wrapped up in the Old Myths than I ever thought I would. My homework? Uh... Don't ask.

Then, a little over a month ago, something weird happened. I mean, really weird. I stumbled over a leyline and into a completely different universe. Found out there were more spiders. Like me.

I'm still working stuff out. The whole 'canon' thing for one, what a load of bullshit. But it's been... Going better. Mostly.

Here's hoping it stays that way."

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-> Spiderwoman of Earth 1703. Doesn't have an official name for reasons, but several aliases.

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[ APPEARANCE ]

-> About 5'7 with long, ginger, curly hair and green eyes. Her hair's very thick and usually pulled into a ponytail. It comes roughly down to her waist when tied up and her hips when down.

-> Pale and freckled with two lobe piercings on each ear and a lip ring. She has several tattoos, all which seem to be written in gaelic or latin. They're practical, but she won't explain what exactly they're for.

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[ ALIASES ]

-> For... reasons, she refuses to give anyone a name for herself. As a result, there've been many nicknames and Aliases used. Here are some:

- Arianrhod

- Arachne

- Clover

- Shamrock

- Spirit

- Ghoul

- Taibhse

- Banshee

- etc.

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[ EARTH 1703 ]

-> Earth 1703 is a universe where all of the folktales, urban legends and other myths are very much real. While life goes on, it does make for some very key differences. For example, 'Doc Ock' is a minature Kraken that lives in the Thames and Venom is quite literally a demon.

-> Caoimhe's timeline takes place in 70s London after her parents left Ireland in an attempt to get away from the family business. The family business is not one to be left behind, however, and has taken an interest in their daughter, the fated spider of this Universe.

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[ CAOIMHE O'CONNOR ]

-> Caoimhe O'Connor took up the mantle as her universe's spider at thirteen and promptly became a key feature in the mythical side of the world. Her parents died when she was fourteen under questionable circumstances, and Caoimhe was left under the care of her great-aunt, Maeve, who had zero interest in looking after a child. After some debate and several events, they came to the agreement that Maeve would handle the paperwork and send Caoimhe money until she was eighteen. Caoimhe suspects Maeve is aware of her extra-curricular activities, but the old lady seems to have no interest in putting a stop to it.

-> Caoimhe gained spiderlike abilities after being cursed by Arianrhod for trying to avoid fate, or what would later be referred to as her 'canon events'. Despite this, Caoimhe doesn't believe in the whole canon event thing in the slightest and will do what she can to help the other spiders avoid or minimise their own. She doesn't talk about the curse and instead lets the others assume she was simply bitten like the rest of them.

-> Caoimhe knows when a canon events is about to happen because she'll hear a banshee wail before it.

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- mun's 18

- 16+ blog

- asks and interactions are encouraged! go wild <3 start shit, help her, hinder her- do whatever !

- DNI if you're homophobic/transphobic/racist/ableist or otherwise a bigot.

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ooc: @rh1a

dc ocs: @your-local-shapeshifter , @crime-alley-cat , @psyche-mariposa , @eden-byrnes

mcu ocs: @icarus-avion

other ocs: @3cl-pse

[starlightsuncrow]

#18 and #20 from the commander ask game!! 👀

x @/scourgeblooms

Hiiiiii you picked one of the funniest questions ever to me :3c TYSM

18. Is there anyone your commander idolizes? If so, what is the root of this idolization? Have they ever met their idol, and did the meeting change their perception of said idol?

Fun enough, they never were someone that idolized people! He looked up to the Firstborns when he was a sapling, sure, but it went away quite fast after some time out of the Grove and seeing the world outside, so to speak.

I think it's people who idolize him... He was too full of joy and love for the world to put someone on a pedestal, when everyone was so fascinating to him.

20. How is your commander depicted in popular media (i.e. Snargle Goldclaw's novels)? Do they approve or disapprove of this depiction?

Now to one of my favorite things to explain: how out of touch is Cardamomo's image to the public, compared to how he truly is.

Depicting him as way more assertive and charming than he is, an extrovert hero who navigates social interactions easy, who's never timid and quiet.

This comes mostly from Caoimhe's early years as a Commander, a figure to idolize , no more a person. This is what Snargle picks usually to write his books, with just a smidge of what I say next. Momo reads those novels , he shakes his head and closes the books really fast << continues to read in morsels.

After s4 and with that... Cardamomo being the front, depiction started to split in two, creating now a group of people who are scared of what the Commander is, not who, but what. It went on for a while, to the point it affected how he interacts with people sometimes.

Nowadays he's got a divisive figure, but media usually picks from both sides, making them a hero with a brutish side.

Those rare interviews he can't avoid are always made to dig too deep into things, twisting his own words and such. He's...not a fan of it, it pokes to the bigger hornet's nest he doesn't really want to poke! ( spoiler. it will happen)

More than disapproving or not...he's eternally confused on HOW they reached that idea of himself. No one tells him.

[liesthehead]

"I had not given much thought to being cursed," Caoimhe replied with a laugh. She stepped into the room, giving a cursory glance around before her eyes landed upon the other. She did not often seek out healers- far too stubborn to fall prey to some cold or even a curse. "How does one get rid of curses?" she asked him. She had heard of those able to divine one's entire life from the stars or find meaning in the choosing of cards- it had always intrigued her, even though she had met few in person who could. "Do know much of magic?" If he did Caoimhe was more interested in a conversation than she had been- her original reasons for searching out a healer forgotten.

@nomadhqzstarters

the news of impending snow seemed to throw some people into worse distress than the constant rain. he could hardly blame them. but distress led to hysterics, which meant he had his hands full with a lot of nothing. "if you are also here convinced you have been cursed, i'm afraid i cannot help you beyond recommending a hot bath." carus turned, having heard approaching footsteps. "if it is a problem less magical, though, i would be more than happy to assist." unless, of course, they were willing to pay a bit extra for a bit of magic, for discretion. it had been some time now since he'd communed with a god. he should probably read up on some of the other pantheons, expand his services a bit.

[liesthehead]

@1910560 || any <3

"I think that's high enough, darling!" Caoimhe called up the tree she stood under. She had watched the little girl climb up but had not thought she would go so far. She waited a moment before adding, "I won't be coming up to get you." Nervousness growing in her stomach, she turned to the nearby figure. "Do you know if there's a ladder nearby? Or a skilled climber to go after her?"

[belamew]

If I were to make a rp blog similar to this (but about a chef who came to the poke world through a wormhole or something) what’s some advice youd give or blogs you’d recommend?

Also can I reserve swablu #4 for this future blog I’m gonna do?

All of them besides 4 are still open!

This one electric powers (ignore my mess up if you saw it lmao) - but if you wanted to change one of the other babies to an electric type, that'd be chill!

As for advice, my biggest advice is just to post like you've always been here and you'll find your crowd! Don't be afraid to interact with others. There's also a GOOD number of discord servers you could join (i personally run an 18+ one) to help make connections.

I don't follow a ton of blogs since I don't want my dash to get buried but !

@professor-amaryllis was one of the first blogs I followed. This blog is involved with several high stake plotlines, but there's also a lot of fun light hearted stuff too!

@realpokemon is a staple. Me calling this blog "normal" feels like an insult, but I swear I just mean it in a sense of its very "just a regular guy" sorta blog. Also v funny! The reason why I made MY account 💕

@caoimhe-from-hoenn gym leader blog! They're lovely 🥺

I'm afraid to @ any more blogs in case it looks like I'm forgetting people ashdjfkf

[frostbite-yinny]

//are we. Doing opinions now

Swallowing my fear and asking what you think of @caoimhe-from-hoenn

OOC: ESPICIALLY YOU DO NOT NEED TO FEAR LASKDJFHGFDSJKKDFJGHFJDKSL FIRST OF ALL THATS WHAT I WANT SECOND OF ALL I LOVE CAOIMHE AND ITS A CRIME WE DONT INTERACT THAT MUCH I mean they did have a fistfight with Yinny but- Water under the bridge. First of all, I LOVE the way your character names and you really shine with the 'Weird pokemon of the day' posts becuase they are my FAVORITES I still wonder how you actually came up with those names and firmly believe that kids on the pokemon world would a hundred percent actually use those names XD Also Caoimhe's fucking gym stories???? AMAZING I always laugh whenever I look at your blog, it^s honestly a vibe XD

[tewwor-moving]

Everything comes into focus like a neck snapped over a curb. No, wait — maybe that actually happened. Heaven knows the ache on either side could kill a horse, if not ten. Yet unfortunately for Hyeonwoo, they remain incredibly resilient to the threat of death. For now.

“Been better..” They barely croak before a groan interjects. Tilting their head any which way was a big fat mistake. “Been worse— how… Did I get here?”

OPEN TO MUTUALS » rusalka.

❝ oh! you’re awake! ❞ RUSA SETS DOWN THE BASKET OF CLEAN CLOTHES she was carrying and trots over to her new guest, dropping unceremoniously to sit on her knees next to the bed where they lay. ❝ now, i’m no healer, but i did my best… how are you feeling? you’ve been asleep for days. ❞

[caoimhe-from-hoenn]

[[Hi! Mun here! So as some of you know, Caoimhe has been mostly inactive for quite a while. Last month was because my brain was... not great. But this month, brain is also Not Great, and I need to recover some thoughts and ideas NOW I have been brewing an idea for Caoimhe's leg of the world where she goes Mostly Inactive for a few months, with intermittent updates to assure everyone that they are alive. Basically Shit Goes Down in the Culai region. However, right now, they are going through the Pokemon Kidnap Arc, where some ne'er-do-wells have kidnapped a bunch of Pokemon, including their own Meteor.

So I can just end the current arc and return to regular posting, OR I can segue into the whole Culai Gets Fucked For A Few Months arc. Of course, I could do whatever I want, but having Culai Get Fucked would lock people out of interactions with them, and I like keeping things somewhat temporally coherent. Plus, if I set Caoimhe to technically inactive, I could think about what to do with Cyrille (@cyrillian-rhythm) SO do you have any ideas? Opinions? Do u want to interact with Caoimhe before Shit Goes Down?

Also if u want to get involved somehow or just plot my DMs are open c:]

[midnightglcss]

hello, hello!!! welcome to midnightglcss; an independent and selective multimuse with OC/AU muses for infold's love and deepspace. my name is hailey, and i hope i cause the least trouble for everyone as i can! ( current progress: chapter 7 or 8 i forgor )

the rules are below the cut!

1. i'm 21+ (if we REALLY want specifics, i, the mun, am 24), as will 99% of this roster. considering the content of L&DS, i will not be writing the more suggestive/NSFW content with minors.

2. i have a full time job AND a part time/on-demand job, so i may be too busy to do much here. my discord is open to anyone who wants to plot or just chat since i'm there more often (and write on discord, too!)

3. anon hate won't be tolerated. if i see it, it gets deleted. i won't bother gracing the sender with a response other than that.

4. if you condone the actions of donald john trump or elon musk, kindly stay away from me. <3

5. please DNI if you willingly interact with:

sav (asimplemulti)

deus (noircisaint)

wolfe (noctechoro)

shelb (thx-crxscxndo)

as for my gaggle-

original!

elizabeth kleiman

gabriel ardelean

arya thelkeld

delaney carmichael

tsurumi mitsuhide

caoimhe macneary

AU/crossover!

ophelia phamrsolone [ fate ]

natasha harrower [ honkai star rail ]

robin oak [ honkai star rail ]

dorothea arnault [ fire emblem: three houses ]

lumine [ genshin impact ]

[septic-selfships]

Now that we have more background on Marvin's schooling, I'm thinking about Valerie interacting with some of his classmates.

Non-magicians aren't meant to be in Ebon Hall, so Marvin has them stay close to him and not breathe a word to anyone while they're in the building, which they're happy to do. They occasionally stop and marvel at other people doing magic, but Marvin quickly pulls them away.

I think Caoimhe would be really curious and ask the most questions. She hasn't seen them around, after all, so why're they in the library with him? Val would try to deflect as many questions as possible and eventually Marvin pulls them away, but she doesn't mean any harm.

The unnamed illusionist would feel a bit of kinship with them I think, since neither of them really speak. Valerie doesn't give her any more than their name and probably goads her into talking about her magic before she can ask questions.

They have a DEEP hatred of Rory because of him beating Marvin up and their autistic strong sense of justice. He approaches them and they shut down immediately, which he's confused by until he realizes that they're there with Marvin. He's probably the most dangerous because he has a vendetta, but I don't think anything would come of it.

They already know Sunday, Sonja, and Avery and like all of them, they usually crowd the area enough when they're there to make Val seem less suspicious.

[liesthehead]

@glorivious || Gráinne

She had sent her daughter off to bed for the evening, all tucked into her new bed in the Scottish castle. Free time was a treasure to Caoimhe- most time not spent ruling was spent out of doors or with her young child. "Have you read this?" she asked the high queen from her seat near the fire, holding up the sheet of paper. "It's been running around the country and I can certainly see why." A laugh left her and she read out one of the bawdy lines. "Quite the poem, no wonder half the women and a third the men at court have all gone mad for it."

[tewwor-moving]

Probably the nicest way to put a such horrific find — if that’s truly how they were presented. Guilt would’ve surfaced if past them were in this position. Then again, past them definitely wouldn’t have survived even with a miracle worker.

“Rusalka..” They try the name slowly, fumble a little with the unfamiliar curve of tongue. “Pretty name. I think.. my name’s still Hyeonwoo.” And it takes a second of genuine thought before they groggily double down. “Yeah, sounds right. So, ah, where am I again?”

@tewwor — min hyeonwoo. continued from x.

Everything comes into focus like a neck snapped over a curb. No, wait — maybe that actually happened. Heaven knows the ache on either side could kill a horse, if not ten. Yet unfortunately for Hyeonwoo, they remain incredibly resilient to the threat of death. For now.

“Been better..” They barely croak before a groan interjects. Tilting their head any which way was a big fat mistake. “Been worse— how… Did I get here?”

SHE'S NOT SURE SHE COULD FORGET IT, EVEN if she tried. ❝ i found you in the road... you looked awful, and honestly, i wasn't positive you would make it. thank goodness you did. i'm rusalka, but you can call me rusa if you like! what's your name, love? ❞

[shdwtouch]

What was the first muse that you’ve written? & How do you create an OC? What are your steps for developing an OC?

oh goodness, the first muse I wrote on tumblr was an alternate universe clint barton ! but first muse is general ? I don't remember. but considering I was roleplaying on a forum before I came here... it was most likely some sort of original character ?

I didn't write a lot of canon characters, since threads were usually organized around a central plot or location with multiple people playing one or more character, all of which were usually created specifically for the thread. however, I do remember two relatively clearly. one was some sort of... mutant ? he had been experimented on in a lab alongside a bunch of other kids, which ended up escaping and were basically being hunted as fugitives. the other was a professor at a magic school a la x-men, but he was actually like... secretly undercover investigating the school because there was some shady stuff going down ? I'm sure I could still find them on my account... but oh, the cringe. I did. and yes, it was very cringey. also the first guy was a vampire, not a mutant. all in the distant year of... 2011. I was eleven years old lmao

as for how I create an original character ? it kinda just... happens. at least, in regards to original / fandomless characters. others are a product of the fandom I made them in. Shade was created because I really liked the lore of the shadow-cursed lands and wanted to make a character that was involved in it. my (currently fandomless) original character Kaey started out as an antivan crow oc in drag-n age. my oldest original character, Lorence J Harving, started out as a team fortress 2 oc ! then I have muses like Zhu Dai and Yew, which were inspired by mythology and folklore. Wyn started out as a random picrew design I made ! Indi and Caoimhe were made for roleplay groups that were abandoned. it really just depends on what the inspiration is ! so I don't really have a tried and true method for original character creation. but trust me, if I did I would be bottling and selling it XD not to blow my own vertubenflugen, but I know people have expressed interest and envy towards my creative process... and I genuinely wish I could offer advice other than embrace the process !

as for developing an original character ? again, it kinda depends. with Shade just being able to talk about her to others and see how she interacts with other characters has done wonders for her development ! Zhu Dai was embracing different mythologies, cultures, and religious ideologies. if the muse is there then things will come somewhat naturally, but muse can also be fickle and wishy-washy so. it can definitely take time ! but I honestly believe that some of the best development does happen in the cooperative process that is roleplay. yet, I have other methods. music plays a lot into my muse and development, as does the media and content I consume ! I take inspiration from a lot of different places !

but if we want to talk nitty gritty... I don't know. I tend to walk my developments around quite a bit, feeling them out to make sure they're what I really envision / want for the character. I change my mind a lot, go back and forth on things. and tend to write very cryptic late night notes in my personal Discord server that awake and lucid me must then decipher for optimal impact. uwu; but in general... yeah I have no idea. it happens. sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. Kaey in particular has been victim to that indecision and, dare I say, overabundance in ideas. lets just say I can't kill my darlings. I cannot. but I also hate recycling ideas, so. make it make sense.

idk but here are my general steps / points I like to hit

character name [ex. shade]

what is their basic story ? [ex. a fugitive assassin doing their best to survive]

appearance [ex. long black hair, gray eyes, short]

cultural heritage / identity [ex. jewish + indian ]

notable features or characteristics [ex. spooky eyes, always wears a hood]

general personality, defined by arc / period in life, i.e. how has this characters personality, habits, etc developed and evolved through their story up to their current point ? (asking questions like why is my character like this now ? etc can help you figure out important points in their history that may have influenced their current state, basically providing a skeleton to work a timeline off of)

asking random questions. whats their favorite ice cream ? do they listen to podcasts, if so what kind ? do they celebrate holidays ? etc. (knowing basic details can help you paint a better understanding of your muse, and help you find their voice, especially in terms of decision making !)

important relationships, whether they be past or present, or even the optimal / wishlist relationships you would want to explore. (this can really help set a foundation for creating meaningful dynamics through roleplay !)

what does your character want ? what is their goal ? what is their optimal ending ? is their optimal ending what they want / expect ? if the character doesn't have a perceivable ending then consider how this journey impacts them ! do they have a turning point ? etc

alternate universes. ask all the "what ifs" you can think of, silly or not ! (even if you don't use these for rp, they can help you find your characters voice !)

turn them around and around in your head until you are either obsessed with them or sick / frustrated. if you are obsessed then you have succeeded in making an original character, congrats ! if you are sick / frustrated take a step back and come back to it later; go through the steps again, rework things as needed, but if you still end up frustrated... keep the things you like the most, discard anything that makes you go eh or nah, take a step back, then return with inspiration !

hope that helps ! ; w ;

EDIT: I have had a very long day so I don't know why I thought answering this now would be a good idea owo; but I just want to say... the gist of my approach to writing any character is this: we are all a tapestry of what we have experienced, the people we have met, etc and a good, dynamic character will reflect that. humans are also flawed and full of contradictions, so don't be afraid to embrace those !

but yeah. if you're ever stuck developing a character, figure out what about them ticks, then find out why it ticks. your character is really gruff, certainly they weren't born that way. did they have a rough home life ? were they in the military ? did they get their heart broken, did they watch a loved one die ? how has that impacted other aspects of their life and story ? have other traits / experiences interacted with this gruffness ? is this gruffness a product of an interaction between traits / experiences ? are they aware they are gruff ? do they care ? do they secretly wish like they could be less gruff ? do they need to be gruff ? what would it look like if they weren't ? I could literally go on and on listing questions that could lead to a thousand different tangents. point being: cause and effect. explore it. your character is a product of what they have been through, of their world. embrace it.

[miracleweaponhunt]

Miracle Weapon Hunt Chapter 35: A Truly Heroic Tournament

Roxanne looked up at the gentleman above her and Julian, with Cassandra slowly walking off to the side. A bald shirtless man with a wonky left eye looking at her, with the working one fixated on Julian. The only thing we was wearing seemed to be very worn out black sweatpants, his shirtless body having a host of tattoos ranging from swords to skulls to…a horse with the tail circling his left nipple, for some reason? There was something about him that was oddly…attractive?

Nope. No way. Roxanne couldn't even indulge herself there. If she was even capable of actually liking people, he certainly was not what she was looking for.

"Okay, what gives there?" Julian screamed as he tried not to choke, pushing his glass eye back in.

"Sider it a small test." The man replied in his gruff voice. "And you two failed."

"Wait, what?" Roxanne asked as she scrambled to her feet. "What do you mean we failed?"

"You look like an idiot." He replied without looking at her. "You can enter, but you're almost deffo gonna hurt yourself."

"Don't listen to him, Luca and Gavin failed too."

Caoimhe helped Roxanne up and waited for her to dust herself off. "Not exactly the type of thing you'd expect, but…"

"If you can't expect one attack, how are you meant to expect the onslaught of the Legion?" She and The large guy said in unison.

"He's done this twice already."

"Do I not have a point?"

"Anyway, sign ups are that way?"

In contrast to the hotel, the basement looked like a mess. Wooden floors and a faded blue paintjob., with streamers and balloons dotted around the room. A couple circular wooden tables for registered teams to sit at. And at the end, a wooden desk that almost blended into the wall.

The three walked over to it, with all three writing their names down.

Name: Julian Torres. Ability: Life Transfer. Fighting Style: Bear reanimation.

Name: Cassandra Torres. Ability: Regeneration. Fighting Style: Relic Axe.

Name: Roxanne ?????. Ability: N/A. Fighting Style: Undecided.

The three sat at a table at the corner of the room. The battlestorms would need to sit front and centre to catch the attention of everyone else, so whatever unnecessary interactions could be avoided were all the better. Seeing as the large guy was approaching them with an annoyed look and the sign up book in his hand, that failed.

"Right." He started calmly. "Which one of you is Roxanne?"

"M-me?" Roxanne asked. He looked at her calmly, but Roxanne already felt his contempt quickly melt her insides.

"Mind asking why your fighting style is 'undecided?'"

"Well, I haven't made up my mind yet."

"You even got a fighting style?" I know about the axe girl, but I don't know much about you two."

"Mind explaining who you are, anyway?" an irritated Julian asked, clearly trying not to snap at this guy.

"Me? Name's Cutter, and I'm the one looking after you runts while Zach's with the corro squad."

"Corro?" Roxanne asked.

"Coronation." Julian answered. "Look, she hasn't made her mind up yet, why does that matter?"

"Because not being sure of something before a fight is how you get killed. We got people for injurs or limbs, but we got nothing for lives."

"She's probably boxing!"

Cutter looked over to see Caoimhe looking over the table with a flashy purple drink in her hand.

"Trained with her back in Saoloro, she at least knows the basics."

"You box?"

"I mean, I dabble in a couple things, and boxing is one of them." This was one of the biggest lies she's told yet. She had to get grieving kids off her a couple times back in Miracle, but she resorted to either calling someone else or pepper spraying them if she absolutely had to. She's never directly laid a hand on a kid outside a quick shove.

Cutter opened his mouth to question her, but some more people entered the basement. Cutter immediately leapt to slam them all to the ground. The first one ducked underneath his arms, cartwheeling into the crowd and leaping back onto her feet with a series of finger snaps. The second more muscular one actually managed to throw Cutter's arm back and get behind him. The last one merely got slammed into the ground like Roxanne and Julian did, only for him to chuckle and slowly get back up.

"Yo guys, I think your stairs are uneven. You might wanna look into that."

"No Gam, you just got…" The muscular guy started.

"We can let him figure it out." The girl said calmly. "Our introductions are more important."

"Oh hey, it's the clowns." Julian whispered.

The girl pointed towards the couple dozen people sitting down. Her hair was blonde in the centre but the ends were magenta as they stopped at her shoulders, the same magenta was used for her face paint, which had a spade on her left eye and an upside down one on her right. She wore neck ruffles and fingerless gloves, only the white gloves looked more like a cartoon character's. She wore a short magenta jacket, opened to reveal the cartoon frog on her purple shirt. The outfit ended with just ordinary jeans and skater shoes.

"Salutations, asshats!" She said loudly. "Now, I hope you are all prepared for the festivities!"

"We didn't set up any?"

The girl placed a gloved hand on Cutter's mouth.

"You invited us, that's good enough! So, I would like to introduce the third ranked hero group, the Kerobons! To my left is my buddy Zee, and behind us is Gam. And I am your immaculate Capri!"

She held for an applause that didn't come, and Zee casually picked up Gam and sat them both down at a table. Both were dressed more like traditional clowns instead of the streetwear type outfit Capri was rocking. Gam was a scrawny looking weirdo wearing a neon blue jester's outfit with the same cartoon frog on each sleeve, with neck ruffles and a neon blue top hat, with straight dark blue hair underneath that went down to his shoulders. Zee was an incredibly muscular guy with a green afro style haircut and green clown pants, with a plain white t-shirt. Gam had a blue heart painted on each eye while Zee had green diamonds.

"I am begging you, keep your heads down until the next team arrives." Julian asked the other two.

This didn't take long until the next two players emerged. Cutter did his thing, only for one of the girls to deflect his attack and move past him, carrying the other past him on her shoulder to the sign ups.

"Well well well, if it isn't Miss Stone herself." Julian asked from behind her.

The woman turned around with a contorted grin.

"Well well well, if it isn't Julian. How's the dead bear going?"

"Not bad." Julian grinned. "Still rocking the rocks?"

Roxanne got a good look at the two women in front of Julian. A short woman with blonde hair and some attempt at a royal demeanour, dressed in a black gown that looked more suited for mourning then fighting crime. The woman behind her was a hulking muscular figure in a cyan dress that clearly needed to be replaced with how worn out it was. her black hair was sorted into a ponytail, and her nostrils were flaring from behind her partner. Both wore ordinary rocks on their necks as if they were fancy necklaces.

"The rocks are great around here, I thought you'd know that in your infinite wisdom."

"What can I say, I know about it about as much as you know about not losing thieves in alleyways."

"At least I'm respected enough to stay in the hero business."

"At number two."

"Not if you wanna help me during the tournament."

"Oh, you know I'm ready."

The two had the backs of their hands hover by each other for a second, before clapping them together and quickly turning them and slapping their palms. The two girls were about to go to their tables, before noticing a woman in a pristine white dress sitting alone. The short one gave a knowing smirk to Julian, who smirked back, before they sat down.

"Short ones Fiorella, big ones Gisella. Second ranked hero group, they're a riot."

Over time, more people arrived. A lot failed at Cutter's impromptu exam and left holding their necks. The fifth ranked hero group didn't seem to turn up, but a lot of intimidating looking fighters arrived. After the room started to fill and one table was left unoccupied, cutter moved to the book, tossing it in the air in front of him and violently punching it to the other end of the room. Julian just looked at Cassandra with a look of complete bewilderment.

"Okay." Cutter started with his arms folded and a tilt of his head. "Two ninety six contestants have entered for today, with the last four already 'cided. Now, normally old Zach would explain how things work, specially this year. But he's out on 'portant Lux things. Luckily, the man managed to make a video and upload it through that internet thing, so here's that being shown to ya."

A sheet came down where the sign up book was, and Zach's face came from the projector.

"This on? 'Kay, thanks honey. Welcome, all my current competitors! Now, the Fightston games have, since the beginning of the Skyspace, the games have been a show of strength between each Grand. But now we need that more than ever. We have made the heavy decision to temporarily suspend the other aspects of the game besides the tournament, to show the Legion that we are not backing down, not when the new generation is preparing to fight as we speak! But now, for the main prize. Second, third and fourth get cash prizes, as per usual. But for first place deemed most worthy of wielding it…the Gauntlet of Fightston! Well, hopefully I'll be back soon to start everything. See you in a few days."

The assistant turned off the projector, leaving just Cutter in front of a horde of shocked faces.

"I hope you liked that. Anyway, there's the prize. Zach'll explain it when he gets back, I'm off to bed."