Chapter 15 - Nyx Zodiac

Fake elf ears? ....... SOOO COOOL! OH MY G--GRANNY SMITH APPLES!
Control yourself ____; sure this is your first time wearing something this cool, but... Your not alone.
Running around the dorm all alone in cosplay somehow seemed strangely desirable and satisfying in a way; and only a few minutes ago you thought you were going crazy when you were empathising with a door.
Ugh... Face palm time to snap yourself back to a 'normal'... Oh whoops!

You: grunting in pain
OOMPH!

You miss calculated and slammed your forehead into the bathroom sink in the process of face palming; ain't no one more graceful then you, heh?

Arthur: banging on the other side of the door
_____? Are you okay in there?

Oh snazzel! Gotta think fast!

You: mumbling through the sudden outburst of pain
Just dandy. Figuring out how to apply the ears is all.

Just dandy? .... Who am I anymore? Seriously, who?

Vladimir: chiming in
I can help you with the ears; Arthur get out of the way so I can get into the bathroom.

Oh 'N' to the 'Not in this life time bad boy look alike at first glance, but secretly a common geeky geekster .......... "Pervy piranha" '.

You stood there blankly staring at your reflection in the mirror for a second and heard someone ask what does a perverted freshwater fish from South America have to do with anything. Yep, you did it again. Your habit of thinking out loud seems to be a rather 'reliable' talent to 'lighten' any mood in any room at any time.

Lukas: cutting the tension
Just wait Vlad, if she needs help applying the ears, she will come out and ask for it.

Oh thank lord for Lukas!

You took in a deep breath and added some of the special glue onto the latex ears and fitted them onto yours, following the directions on the glue packet perfectly. You took a quick step back and admired your transformation; the full length silky swamp green ombré dress covered every inch of your body, all the way to the ankles and to your wrists. Unfortunately it had an inbuilt corset which didn't faze you as it wasn't real, only had the looks of one, except it pushed up your bust and that is a major no no. Thankfully a matching cloak went along with the attire and it masked the 'showing too much skin issue'; oddly though, your zodiac sign was neatly stitched onto the back of the cloak... Cool, but creepy of how they were able to get your star sign onto the cloak with such short notice, actually it's completely all crazy with how they had a dress that was your size just lying around.

You pushed open the bathroom and walked out to find the three of them all seated on the floor waiting.

Lukas: Offering you a piece of paper and gesturing you to sit next to him
Dungeons and Dragons is basically a role play game, that's why we insist on dressing up like this so it feels more alive. This is your sheet with your character on it, we took the liberty of designing your character, but you can make your own OC next time we play if you wish.

Arthur: pointing at the character sheet
See it has the name, race, class, background, weapons, strengths, weakne---

Vladimir: excitedly butting in
Okay! Okay! I'm sure she'll pick it up while we play. Quickly revise over your character sheet and let's start in two minutes.

Character sheet: typed out
Name: Nyx Zodiac
Title: Nyx Zodiac the Silent Sorceress
Race: Elf
Class: Sorceress
Main talents: manipulating the environment and night heavens
Weakness: verbal communication, too much sunlight, physically weak
Strengths: high health, speed, intelligent
Weapons: inner magic, small dagger hidden in boot
Background: she doesn't remember any of her past due to amnesia

Lukas: narrating
The trio continued along there way through the forest to find the broken castle and retrieve a valuable sentimental family treasure for their current employer. The journey seemed quiet; a little to quiet for the famous Forest of Aileen which is known for housing multiple troublesome groups of goblins who pray on helpless travellers. Shafire Droverson the half-Orc wizard sensed a disturbance that was all too enticing, except being the leader of the trio meant he had to be devoted to the safety of his men; he now had to make a decision on whether to investigate the disturbance or continue with their given mission.

Lukas: pulled out a 32 sided dice and rolled
If the number is 16 or over we will ignore the disturbance.

The number was 7.

Lukas: narrating
The trio all decided to investigate the disturbing sense that was unsettling Shafire; Leorry Bearcharger the Arcane Archer, roll the dice to see if you have any teleportation arrows active.

Vlad nodded his head with great seriousness and closed his eyes as he tossed the dice onto the ground, then opened them to see the number 20.

Vladimir: putting his hand on his chest and doing an impression of his character
My great leader and Dungeon Master, I indeed do have what you seek.

Lukas: narrating
Leorry summoned a golden arrow in his loaded bow and aimed into the direction that he was instructed to shoot in. They all linked their hands together and waited for there transportation to begin, but in a blink of an eye they had already arrived........ In front of a sleeping giant navy coated she-wolf; the interesting things was that the Caine had a chain around its neck and a human sized bird cage attached to it, with a sleeping maiden inside. An unfortunate change in the wind blew by and the smell of the trio began to stir the beast from its slumber; waisting no time with getting to its feet and baring the glowing white daggers that were perfectly a lined in the she-wolf's gums. Quickly, Fruorin Rubymace the human Blackguard, what do you do?

Arthur: pulling out an imaginary sword and doing an impression of his character
I pull out my legendary sword of Charious that I found on our adventure through The Land of Tinban and its three son floating Crystal islands. Legendary sword of Charious, aim for a direct slice at the She-wolf's throat!

Arthur rolled the dice and only got a 15.

Lukas: narrating
Fruorin's attack was futile, due to the beast seeing past his plan and snatched up the human, tossing him into a tree.

Lukas: waving his hand and doing an impression of his character
Le wind,
Carry Le,
Friend to,
Le groundous!

Lukas tossed the dice and got a 29; he then quickly wrote something down on a piece of paper.

Lukas: narrating
Fruorin was spared a horrible injury due to his armour and the spell Shafire casted, however a quarter of his health is lost.

Vladimir: acting in character
My dear friends, I have an idea that will bring down this beast.

Lukas: acting in character
Spit it out.

Vladimir: acting in character
Have Fruorin redo that move again, except this time I will blind the beast with two flame arrows to its eyes and you use your wind magic to confuse its sense of smell.

Lukas: narrating
The trio had came up with a grand plan, except it all depends on if the first two distraction attacks work affectively enough to make the beast defensive for just enough time for Fruorin to slay it and free the sleeping maiden trapped in the cage.

Vladimir picked up the dice with his index finger and thumb, looked away as he dropped and heard a sigh of relief as he glanced down at the 32 sided dice; a perfect 32 was rolled.
Lukas then picked up the dice and rolled it too, a 18 was rolled.

Lukas: Narrating
Leorry loaded up 2 arrows at once that were lit with a brilliant bright flame and landed one perfectly per eye; the screams of the beast's pain echoed through the forest and momentarily deafen everyone. However this seemed to have given Shafire an advantage and he casted the spell without any hesitation. Fruorin was last to finish the job, as he jumped up the wind's currents helped push him towards the beast, except it was waving its head around rapidly and viciously. Did Fruorin get a straight shot for the she-wolf's neck or was he crushed between its gnashing jaws?

Arthur picked up the dice with a shaky hand, if he roles a 15 or anything under his character would die, leaving only Lukas and Vlad to save the sleeping maiden. The dice slipped out of his sweaty grip and time slowed down as he watched it spin, then it happened...... It stopped.... Another perfect 32.

Lukas: narrating
Fruorin's legendary sword sliced straight through the throat of the she-wolf missing the chain and the bird cage. As the shining hero landed back down onto the ground he watched as the navy coated beast crashed down onto the earth and welcomed her internal slumber. The chain that carried the cage began to devolve into thin air along with the cage, within seconds the maiden gracefully descended down onto the ground and began to stir; awakening from her cursed slumber. The trio ran to her side and noticed her pointed elf ears that rested on top of her unruly (h/c) locks; then her (e/c) eyes gaped open and she sat up, smiling at the trio in a polite and confused manner. The elf maiden then uttered something to the three.

You: confused
Oh, is it my turn?

Vlad nodded at you with bit of an annoyed facial expression due to you breaking the whole reality of the game.
Well it's show time; what does one say when they are in this situation? .... Okay dumb question, just think of something straight off your head.

You: attempting to do the character
I bet your wondering why I have gathered you all here today?

Vladimir: confused and doing an impression of his character
Maiden, are you telling us that you've planned fate so that we will all cross paths?

You: trying to go with the flow
Ahh, yeah....... Physics?...

Okay now your completely confused, it was fun listening to the story and watching them play, but you weren't ready to actively participate.

Lukas: acting in character
Maiden, who are you?

You: looking down at your character sheet
I am Nyx Zodiac the Silent Elf Sorceress.... That is all I remember...

Arthur: acting in character
Nyx, please allow us to escort you to a safe village, where you may regain your memory.

Lukas: narrating
The sorceress was freed from her slumber, but she now faces another issue; what will the young elf do without a memory? Is she really the kind to shy away from adventure or was there a reason as to why she was encaged and guarded for who knows how long?

...

You: enthusiastically in character
Become my puppet withering tree! Join your comrades in battle!

Vladimir: enthusiastically in character
The eye of a bull! Poison arrows load!

Arthur: enthusiastically in character
Twin Jade sword! Aerial surprise assault!

Lukas: enthusiastically in character
Te speed,
Fast Te,
Flashing,
Onwards!

You: standing up and posing while in character
I call upon the Zodiac Sagi---

Alfred: cutting you of with a whistle
WOW! What's with the getup!?!

You blinked your eyes and looked at Alfred who was standing in the doorway of your dorm, then you noticed how dark it was outside. Were you all seriously playing for this long and missed dinner?

Alfred: chucking his thumb over his shoulder
Dudes, there is literally 5 minutes left before curfew. You all also missed out on diner.

Arthur: picking up everything and snarling sarcastically
Bloody fantastic!

Lukas: picking up the dice and rule book
I'll pick up that costume tomorrow ____, now that you've played the game you'll understand our Commerce assignment then.

Lukas and Arthur said goodbye and scrambled their way out of your dorm.

Vladimir: casually walking out the door
Night Nyx, hopefully you don't abandon that character; you play her well.

Alfred: remained in the doorway watching the last of the trio leave and then he looked at you
How come I want invited to play dress up?

You: cheekily replying without thinking
Math...

Alfred: scrunching up his face
Eww! Okay I'm gonna jet, later lady broham!

Is it wrong to admit you enjoyed geeking out like this?
Somehow it gave you a sense of closure.
... Like when your brothers and you all made it a point to watch anime all together at the end of stressful weeks and wake up the next morning in awkward position in the living room with everything ranging from popcorn to whipped cream all over yourselves.

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I don't know barely anything about Dungeons and Dragons, but I attempted my best to understand the game, so sorry if somethings are incorrect. So far I understand that it is a role play game that is built off of imagination and has no end, you design your own characters and level their abilities up through the game.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.

Thank you for reading!

~BlueTimeFly

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