Cog and Gear, A Steampunk RP: Reduxed, Revamped, Resteamed

[Unionhack]

Vex gasped, startled by the sudden noise. She leapt up from the bench and started looking around as the commotion began. Due to her status as a mage, she naturally got nervous when something happened like this, and she began looking out for any authority.

[Rook]

Eren winced as the noise assaulted his eardrums. Analyzing the situation, he decided to tail a random security guard, hoping that he might learn something.

[Kerr]

Lee stood up too, nervous about the whole affair. "What do you think is happening?" said Lee to the nearby Vex.

[Crepe the Ashlander]

A large thudding noise sounded from below the platform, and before anyone could respond the floor began to violently buckle and shake.

[Unionhack]

"I don't-" Vex began before the shaking threw her off her feet. She hit the ground with a thud, then tried to find something to hold on to.

Well, I wanted something interesting to happen...

[BetaB17]

The sudden chaos nearly made Mausier lose some ground, but Rin started to lose her balance. She tumbled forward, and Mausier's eyes suddenly shot towards her. He gave may to his knees, dropping quickly to a crouch and held out his long arms to catch Rin before she could hit the ground.

[Kerr]

Lee almost lost his footing and fell on top of Vex. He crouched and wobbled but just about managed to stay standing. "Are you alright?" Lee asked Vex.

[The SheoDovah]

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Name: Elisa Vario
Gender:Female
Age:21
Appearance: Elisa is 5'6ft tall woman with light blue hair that comes down to her neck. She has green eyes and a small face. Her nose is small and short. She wears a white longsleeved shirt under a brown coat with a blue shirt and shoes. She also wears purple lipstick.
Bio: Elisa vario grew up in the city of Kimmit. Her parents were merchants and they owned their own shop. They sold all kind of items. From weapons to food. They never went hungry and met a fair amount of successful. When Elisa was born, they reduced their hours to raise their only daughter.

She had a fairly average childhood, up untill the age of 10. She accidentally set fire to a wagon full of hay with magic. Her parents were both shocked that their little girl was a mage and didn't know what to do. A few weeks later, they hired an illegal mage to train her in secret. It meant having to leave her family but she understood why. She didn't want to risk burning down the shop and elected to go with the mage. It took her 6 long years but she managed to become an averagely skilled mage. She also developed an interest in taking things apart and putting them back together but did not elect to pursue a career in that. Instead, she elected to train in the other schools of magic and finished her education at the age of 21 and recently returned to her family.
Weaponry: A small knife that is kept on her for self defence.
Attribute 1:Luck
Attribute 2:Willpower
Skill 1:The Elements
Skill 2:The Mystic
Skill 3:Restoration

"What's going on!?" A blue haired woman exclaimed as she fell backwards and hit her head on the ground with a thud. She placed her hand on the back of her head and started to rub it as pain flowed through it. "Ow." She said as her eyes started to water as a result of her trip whilst she slowly sat up.

[Unionhack]

"I... I'm fine." Vex said as she grabbed onto the bench. "What's happening?"

[Crepe the Ashlander]

The floor began to fall away beneath the crowds. Entire train carriages tumbled down into the abyss. As the guard began trying to hurry people off the platform, they too were sucked down into the gaping hole that was forming as the Train Platform began to descend into to the ground floor. People could hardly keep their footing, some were thrown off the Platform and fell quicker into the darkness, most were trying their hardest to hold onto whatever they could as the ground slipped away beneath them.

One by one, Vex, Mausier, Lin, Eren, Lee and Elisa dropped down into the dark and dingy streets below the Agria Train Platform, luckily their falls were cushioned by the fact it was little under a two meter drop before those who were falling would encounter steep terraced roofs that almost carpeted the ground floor's rooftops. From there they would roll off the roofs into the bleak and mangy streets of the ground floor. The floor although clearly cobbled, was almost over taken completely by what appeared to be a dark green algae which was moist to the touch. Several buildings had been crushed by the falling debris and there were barely any survivors. Fires that raged from oil ignitions that had occurred when the floor around the Platform had first began ti give way, were the only sources of light in the veil of darkness that surrounded those lucky enough to survive the drop.

[The SheoDovah]

"Oh [&@%!]." Elisa uttered as she saw the ground breaking before her feet and fell into the darkness. She believed it was certain death and closed her eyes. She felt something smashing into her back and realised something had broken her fall and caused her to roll. She opened her eyes as she roll off the roof and saw nothing.

She felt a moist substance and opended her eyes. "I'm alive?" She asked to no-one. "Argh, my back." She groaned as she slowly got up and saw the fires. "Hello?" She called out to try and see if she was the only lucky one whilst rubbing her lower back with one hand.

[Unionhack]

Vex coughed and struggled to her feet, holding her ribs. If there were any mage hunters around, they could go to hell; she needed light and she needed to survive in this unfamiliar situation.

With a snap of her fingers, Vex lit a blue, floating flame in her left hand to illuminate the area. She looked around her immediate surroundings to see if anyone else was nearby and still alive.

[The SheoDovah]

Elisa noticed a blue flame and realised she was not alone. "Hey!" She called over to the source of the blue flame before conjuring up her own in her right hand. She noticed that her skirt had been torn in several places as well as her shirt. She was still rubbing her back with her left hand and hoped that no real damage had been done to it.

[Kerr]

Lee was lying on his back on the ground very close to Vex rubbing the parts of him that were sore. If she took a step forward she would step on him. He saw the fire she created in her hand. "Huh." said Lee quite surprised. He then looked in the direction of the person speaking.

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Do lighters exist or just matches? I'm assuming there are gas lamps in this world.

[Rook]

With a slight groan, Eren picked himself off the ground. He winced as the two blue flames appeared, but his eyes welcomed the light they provided.

"Magic? Could they have caused this?"

[BetaB17]

Mausier & Rin
Mausier caught Rin just as chaos hit. She reached up with both her arms and wrapped them around his neck, hanging from there so that he may use his hands freely. Rather than attempt to struggle, he embraced it, heading straight for it as his eyes quickly dashed around to observe all that he could. The floor fell before him as he dashed to center, and just as it started to fall on him, he catapulted himself with the aid of the added momentum. He redirected himself to what appeared to be a landing beneath, and braced for a landing. Both his feet hit hard but then started to slide just before he lunged out with his hand to create traction. He eventually came to his stop, his back to the abyss, and Rin still dangling from his neck. The duo were slightly afar from the rest, but still in earshot and visible.

Now at a temporary safety, he straighten out and looked to see who else had some luck. Rin unclasped and landed on her own as he she expected the damage "Who's bright idea was it to make the ground fall, huh?" she pouted "When I find 'em, I'm going to give them a good piece of my mind!" At the end of her statement, she posed and held out her fist. She finished her rant and looked back at her guardian "Do you think Vivi may have been a lil late on her train?" Hopeful that she was not caught in the chaos, all Mausier replied with was taking his hand and patting it upon her head, messing up her hair beneath her hat.

"Alright! Let's do it!" She said with a burst of energy, Rin unclasped her staff from her back and held it as she preformed her act. A small bud of light gleamed from the stone as a fire encircled it. The top of her staff was now alight with a flame and it's blinding light, casting away the shadows from this small magi.

[Unionhack]

Vex ignored the 'hey' to kneel down and check on Lee. "Are you alright?" she asked.

[The SheoDovah]

Must not have heard me. Then again, hey is a rubbish way to get their attention. Had better go over to them. Elisa thought to herself and walked towards the other mage whilst trying to avoid cutting her legs on any sharp pieces of debris if there was any. "Are you wounded?" she called over to the mage as she walked towards them carefully.

[Unionhack]

"I think I'm fine. Just a bit sore from the fall." Vex answered without looking up, holding her flame a bit away from her.

[The SheoDovah]

"You're not the only one." Elisa commented whilst rubbing her back whilst maintaining the blue flame. "I'm glad i'm not the only one to survive." She told the woman as she looked at Lee. "sir, are you okay?" She asked the man in a very concerned tone.

[Crepe the Ashlander]

Spoiler:

Sorry for not replying for a day, yesterday was incredibly hectic for me, in a good way though.

And yeah they would have lighters.

The streets were completely quiet, apart from the noise the group were causing with their conversation and the rumble of Keith on the terrace rooftops, you'd be barely mistaken for thinking people actually called these houses their home. To the left off the group was a terraced row of houses and to the right was another terraced row, they could vaguely make out a small mill at the end of the street that seemed to have stopped functioning. Individual fires raged throughout and slowly more and more was revealed as the roof or floor above them gave way.

If one were to focus on the ruined mill enough though, you could just about make out the glint of some shining object in one of the open windows.

[Kerr]

"I think so. On the outside at least." said Lee. He got to his feet and adjusted his cap.

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And so our heroes died of internal bleeding, the end.

[The SheoDovah]

"It would suck if we survived that just to die afterwards." Elisa said to the man and woman. "I'm Elisa." She told them as she rubbed her back.

[Unionhack]

Satisfied that he was alright, Vex turned to the others sounds that she had heard. "Is anyone else here?" she called out.

[BetaB17]

Mausier & Rin
Rin's ears perked as she heard Vex. She turned and cupped her hands like she was going to call back "Hey! You guys may want to move before some big ole' rock falls on ya'!!" A bit playful she was, but not fully social at the moment.

She turned away from them as she kept by her guardian's side, curious on what his focus what tied to. "Mausier.. what are you lookin' at?" she said in a cute manner, followed up with both her hands and staff behind her back for posture. She leaned to the side to see what he was focused on. From his field of view, his head was turned in the direction of the mill, like instinct guided him.

"Ooooh.. I see something shiny!" She said with glee. Before he could respond, she ran over and jumped at his back, arms out to catch his shoulder. Accustomed to this, she pulled herself up with ease and made her perch on his right shoulder. She held out her staff to help light their way "Come on' silly.." She leaned a bit to see his face "I know you want to see it too...?" He sighed at her teasing, and started to make his path to the mill. Rin took one last look back at the strangers, only to stick her tongue out in a childlike way.