[EVENT/CLOSED] Hot Rails To Hell

[Capsule]

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Hot Rails To Hell

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Enchanters OP.

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Renai

Capsule would have been content with staying in for the day and goofing off, but fate had other plans in store for the redheaded Enchanter. This all started when Fiver, her faithful Frenmic Rabbit, kicked her full on the face and woke her up from a rather pleasant dream. "Fiver, gerrouf." Fiver bopped her again, this time with a forepaw and a nose wiggle of agitation. The rabbit continued to harass her until she was standing up, and then moved behind her to shove her in the direction of the window. Did he want to show her the people participating in the cleaning event? Cause she was pretty sure that's all there was out there -

"Eh?!" There was a solitary booth boasting a large banner, which was advertising a variety of carrot based treats and drinks. Capsule tossed the rabbit a weary look. "Really...?" Fiver nodded his head enthusiastically. If she wasn't so addled from her sudden wake up call, desummoning the rabbit and going back to sleep would be the logical response to Fiver's shenanigans. Too bad Capsule was half asleep and willing to make bad decisions. "All right. Come on." She donned the maid outfit she had failed to return from her first tango with the cleaning event, leaving the apron very much askew. Drinks and snacks were given out to blah blah blah after blah blah blah…

Capsule came close to dozing off while on her feet, but the recruiter she inadvertently walked into clapped the girl hard on the back. She gave the man a half-assed salute. "Agent Capsule at your service." She wasn't entirely sure what happened after that, but found herself standing near the entrance of a tunnel with a bunch of crap blocking it off. Why was this one guy asking her if she had Nightmare Sphere? "Of course I have Nightmare Sphere." Fiver poked and prodded Capsule, probably impatient with his lack of carrot goodness. "Little rabbits will get squished without their hardhats," she said as she desummoned the beast and summoned Dobby in his place. A few Adventurers yelped in surprise as the Golem Sentinel with socks on his head appeared in their midst. Someone thought it would be cool to stick a maid's apron on him, though, for which they had Capsule's approval.

The man in charge of this cleaning crew was yammering on and on about clearing away the rubble so that they could explore the railroad tunnels, and how they would need proper lighting and damage control once inside. Capsule could provide both things, which made her semi unique in the group. Everyone else was either burly or some kind of summoner, from the looks of things. More than a few of them had golems or other summoned beasts prying at the pile of rubble, while others were digging away with pickaxes and shovels. Capsule sent Dobby to help, seeing as how she lacked the physical strength to do anything directly.

As the amount of rubble from one tunnel lessened, the man in charge divided the clean up crew more and more to help with other areas in need. Some people were delegated to retrieving supplies and rations for the soon to be exploration teams. Capsule, on the other hand, took a spot among a pile of rubble that was tall enough to conceal her from three sides, and settled down for a little catnap. The amount of junk barring access to the city's labyrinth of underground tunnels seemed too great to just chuck out anytime soon, and there was bound to be a big hoopla by the time that was accomplished. What she failed to take in mind, however, was the determination and eagerness her fellow Adventurers shared in unearthing the secrets beneath their feet.

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[Renai]

Life was difficult when you were as elegant and perfect a maido as Renai was. That was to say that the pile of rubble that Capsule was resting on began to rumble and shake slightly before parts of the rocks rolled off to reveal a hollow inside. The hollow in question held a calmly smiling Renai, dust caking his workshop hat and his sleeves.

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He let out a light cough and pushed more rocks out of the way, elegantly stepping out of the hole created in the pile of rubble. He turned gracefully to greet Capsule, bowing lightly and waving slightly. As if he had timed it perfectly, Renai glanced at the hole he had climbed up out of before pre-emptively casting Nightmare Sphere on Capsule. A moment later, the whole cavern of stone fell to rubble and collapsed under its own weight, although Capsule would have the benefit of a soft fall. "I apologize for that." It had technically been his fault the pile of rubble had gotten that big at all, as he had engaged in his housekeeping duty and started cleaning the rubble. As if he'd let people just dirty up St. Pancras for no reason. The housekeeper had ended up stacking the rubble carefully in a box-like fashion until people seemed to forget someone was in the sans ceiling structure. So they just started dumping rocks on him and ignoring his pointed complaints to the point he had had to forcibly throw up a wooden structure via Quick Construction.

As he secured the structure and made sure it wouldn't collapse on him, the stability of the structure became indicator to dump more rocks on the cube. Great. The result was that Renai became trapped underneath rubble and had to carefully excavate his way out of a pile of rocks instead of in. He had managed rather well, but he knew his own structures could not hold when so quickly constructed. Thus the Nightmare Sphere and the elegant escape from eventual death. It was rather pleasant to see his fellow Enchanter, considering the scarcity of the class. Still, he kind of preferred it that way. Less people to ruin the reputation of Enchanters and such and he didn't really want a hundred Enchanters running about. Well anyway, Capsule was a pretty swell gal. One might even say that she was a dynamite gal. If they were Fix-It Felix. Or a tiny forest sprite that named people based on their usage of swear words and hair color.

Renai was clearly neither of those things, but he was courteous. He was, in fact, so courteous that he glanced at Capsule's resting spot and dipped his head in apology a second time. "Sorry to have disturbed your nap." He bit his tongue before he said something like mi'lady or ojousama, and instead turned his gaze on the tunnels being unearthed. Quite some time ago, he had wanted to get the train system running once more. That was why he had gotten involved with Hirosame and the great, grand airship building adventure, but... Well, it seemed like world-changing events had to be perpetrated by some higher force or a majority of individuals. His lone efforts could only do quite so much. It was a good thing that Capsule did not strut her higher levels around in Renai's face or the housekeeper might have become just a little bit surly and clumsy. He knew very well he hadn't been quite as active lately, but something else had been tugging at his attention. At any rate, it seemed things had progressed somewhat since everyone decided to trap Renai underneath a pile of rubble. No, he wasn't bitter at all.

[Capsule]

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Radioactive

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I started this when I was a little drunk, so uh...

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Renai

The redheaded Enchanter was just lying there, all nice and comfortable and already dozing off into a pleasant slumber, when the rubble that was her temporary bed began to stir. She was only vaguely aware of this, however, too enamored with the possibility of catching a few Z's before the rest of the cleaning crew could catch onto her lazy shenanigans. "Bed. Onegai. Stop shaking…" While she appreciated the slight vibrations that massaged her back, she would have preferred to be allowed to sleep undisturbed - hey hey hey now her entire bed was falling apart.

Capsule made a face, still too stubborn to wake up and prevent herself from falling - which soon became unnecessary. She figured that the ground would ultimately betray her, and to taunt it she threw up her arms and called out "Trust fall." As it turns out, someone (or something) answered her call, and caught her. To the sleepy minded Cap, her fall felt incredibly delayed, as if she were falling down a never ending pit, though this sensation came equipped with déjà vu; this was not the first time her fall had been broken in such a manner.

And boom. Suddenly her incredibly long fall ended, leaving her sprawled out on the ground, arms akimbo. There was someone standing nearby, seemingly having popped out from under all the rocks and blurb. There was a silvered haired maid - waitagorramminute. She new that maid with the apologies and the sophisticated air. "Heeey Renai!" She grinned and waved at him from her spot on the floor. They were Enchanter buddies from that time the two of them helped out in a Sarum combat mission. Capsule gave the pretty man a thumbs up. "It's alright."

She rolled over onto her side and shoved herself onto her feet. It seemed that there would be no rest for the wicked today. Maybe she could make Dobby carry her around on his shoulders for another shot of napping? 'Or you could force yourself to stay awake.' Like a responsible adult? Pfft. You see this gif? Do you see how Ragyo casually ignores the responsibility rocket sailing over her shoulder? Ye. To hell with responsibilities. But whatever; Renai was here and it would be rude to just make a pillow out of some rocks and nod back to sleep.

"I like your outfit," she said to the guy wearing a similar one to hers. It actually looked better on him than it did her, which was kind of funny (she was the one in the dress, here). There was no questioning of the man's involvement with the pile of rubble; she just assumed that he had just finished doing Renai things, which was close enough.

There was a loud sound of rocks shifting from the tunnel, followed by many feet shuffling out to the entrance. A short, stocky woman covered from head to foot in soot (was there a fireplace or something around here?) came jogging over, a fine trail of black dust puffing up behind her. "Ladies," the woman started, and then did a double take on Renai. She squinted, squinted at the male Enchanter with her special eyes. "...Enchanters." She gave them both a proper salute, though never eased up on her squinting. "I'm Mole, and I'll be supporting you today." Oh, look - Mole was a Cleric.

It was Capsule's turn to be squinted at, as she could not stop giggling at the idea of being supported. She was so used to being the only true support in the group, and this was only the third Cleric she had run into so far. Mole placed her hands on her hips and increased her squinting at Capsule, which… only made matters worse. "Hmph! When Ms. Gigglepants-" The woman was cut off by a soft fwumping noise as Capsule plopped down onto a small chair of rubble. She was flat out guffawing now. Mole shot Renai a lot of exasperation. "Is she high…?" She shook her head, sending a cascade of soot raining down her shoulders. "Never mind it. ANYWAY - the entrance to that tunnel has been cleared off, and they've delegated teams of three to investigate and clear it out." She pressed a thumb into her muscular chest, and then swept a hand out to encompass Capsule and Renai. "We're the 'Maintenance Crew'. Got it?" If Capsule wasn't too busy giggling, she would have been a smartass and said that technically all the teams were on maintenance.

Dobby, Capsule's semi forgotten golem, trundled over to the trio, arms laden with garbage. The golem almost dropped the lot on the dirty Mole, but stopped when he realized that it was an actual living thing. "Me no like tiny golem woman," the golem said to Capsule, who was far too lazy to not leave Tongue of Nature continuously on. "But me like golem husband even less." That was said to Renai. Dobby fussed with the ends of his apron, flicking away stray clumps of dirt or dust. Wasn't he (or she?) quite the lady?

Mole, who was suddenly equipped with what appeared to be a cart supplied with a few necessary tools, waved at them to follow. Capsule shrugged at Renai. She wasn't the sort of person to confront and complain, and Mole could do without the ceiling collapsing too hard on her. That and she was genuinely curious as to what the state of the London underground was in. Dobby, making a constant stream of comments that probably sounded like creepy growling and groaning to anyone else, waddled beside Capsule as she followed the soot covered woman.

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[Renai]

Oh, his outfit? That was kind of her to say and Renai thanked her in return. "Oh, thank you. Actually, it's a twist towards my old work uniform..." Renai's lips turned upwards into a polite, almost classic grin as he reminisced slightly. He had made himself a bit of a job collecting things and such thanks to all his work in housekeeping when he was much younger, and as a result, he had gotten rather good at the upkeep and repair of every kind of knickknack in the book. His knowledge about random things like that was pretty high and it had somehow become his trade, but with the amount of dust those old fossils collected... well, the head covering and work apron was a somewhat unique but effective approach to keeping his regular clothes clean and stain-free. Especially in light of his... ahem... condition.

It also helped that he was fairly careful as far as hygiene went, but his little trip down memory lane had been interrupted by the call of some dust creature. Probably a good thing to, because his thoughts were starting to lead towards his suppliers and... well, that was a story for another time. The problem Renai had was that this woman was downright filthy. His awkward, fumbling smile strained as he attempted to keep from saying anything. He had already gone and said something unnecessary to Capsule, the last thing he needed was to go and flip out on some random Adventurer he had never meant. But there was dust trailing behind her and Renai was having a hard time believing this wasn't some strange genderbent mix of another Mole from a certain movie and well... Pigpen from Charlie Brown. The next thing he knew, she'd start saying things like "you have disturbed the dirt!" or something. Oh, he was apparently a woman. Well, that was a rather strange impression to be getting. He thought he was usually pretty manly and most people didn't exactly make that mistake, but after Janus... ugh. Janus. Moving on from that subject immediately.

Although Renai did share Capsule's sentiment on the subject of being supported (what was this, Watchmen? Who supports the supports?), he was a touch more polite about it with his casual smirk and calm, amiable expression. He took a moment to bow at Mole as well, seeing as she was apparently going to be part of the party, but... Okay, well, Capsule was being kind of rude. But was she high? No, no she was not. Renai indicated as much with a calm shake of his head, opting to stay rather quiet on the subject (and every subject) thanks to his previous verbal mistake. The confusion for the woodcrafter was what a maintenance crew even entailed. What exactly were they going to end up doing was a question that seemed to linger on Renai's mind, but since it wasn't as though Mole knew he was a woodworker, it was obvious that it wouldn't automatically involve building things. And... actually, Renai was enough of a smartass to say what Capsule had been thinking. "All crews appear to be maintenance. Am I incorrect?"

The arrival of Dobby prompted a raised eyebrow from Renai, but the golem's act of cleaning up its own apron prompted a small thumbs-up from Renai. Nice one, you oversized dirt clod that could only make Renai's clean rooms dirty. Go you. Why was he surrounded by a 67% majority of dirt creatures? Renai's hands twitched as he stepped down the figurative rabbit hole, his interest in the improvement and reparation of the train system of Londinium taking quiet priority over his need for ultimate cleanliness. This and he could somehow clean everything afterwards. So Renai walked straight into the rabbit hole and glanced around, but he didn't exactly have the Magic Light skill. Instead, he had... well, nothing. He kind of just looked around at the proper torches lighting the way as his hands continued to twitch. The path seemed to split in two directions to start and Renai glanced off to the right. Right was good. Still, if Mole had a direction that she wanted to go, that was fine too. Renai really wanted to put Mole in a box though. Must... not... quick construction. No but really what were they going to do? Renai twitched and prepared to cast Astral Bind or Nightmare Sphere just in case.

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Ghosts

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/messing with Mole & Renai

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Renai

Mole was a rather… strange woman - assuming her game gender was the same as her real life one. Capsule had to wonder what kind of woman would allow herself to be so filthy, though. That was just gross. 'I guess she's living up to her namesake -' Capsule jumped as something small and furry ran over her foot. Ew. Rats. Ew. So the little plague spreaders were able to survive down here, eh? At any rate, the danger of falling debris was greater than some aggressive rodent. Capsule summoned up her Magic Light for a stronger source of lighting, and tied back her long hair. The last thing she needed was something clinging to it and yanking her around…

The small group was led down the left path at the split, Mole humming to herself along the way. She seemed awfully chipper for someone who had short legs; the railway was corroded, but still a bit of a hassle to traverse. Capsule imagined that they would be repaired after the underground was cleared of garbage and - was that graffiti? The redheaded Enchanter came to an abrupt stop, bumping into the back of the Cleric's cart as she truly observed the walls for the first time. There were some elaborate graffiti staining the wall, all train related and finishing with the warning of "Don't be a twat." Capsule knew all too well how people could be twats; she often took the U-Bahn when she did not feel like walking or biking.

A mop and a bucket were shoved into her hands. "If you like those crude drawings so much, you can wash them off."

Capsule squinted. With a mop and a bucket of water? She handed them over to Dobby, and shooed the golem off the platform. "I'll pass, thanks-" A pair of gloves smacked her in the face. Gee thanks, Mole. Apparently Capsule got to collect junk and toss it into the junk mobile cart. That was fine, too. Her crafting class wasn't exactly cut out for repair and the like. Plus, her first few seconds on the job netted her some pretty useless but interesting junk, like a broken pocket watch and a bra, the latter of which she affixed atop Dobby's head.

Mole was being weird and examining the walls, possibly for signs of weakness or damage. There was a soft squeak from the woman as the wall she was pressing against decided to crumble inwards. Whoops. That solitary squeak soon became numerous as a nest of living creatures (bats or rats?) sounded from the other end. Capsule really did not want to go over there. The way Mole kicked and flailed made the Enchanter wary, so she sent Dobby instead… which may or may not have been a good idea, as debris from the fallen wall and lots of furry little bodies rained onto the platform when Mole was yanked out. Mole did not seem to appreciate the extra dust coating her body, which was weird. Maybe she only liked being coated with soil and ash?

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