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You know how this goes by now, right? Pick one of the characters below and post a comment to start a thread with them! Some of these are being voicetested and others I've played for years, so speed may vary! There are also a few things to keep in mind about these characters:

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Aranea:

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Fire Emblems:

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Berserias:

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Dezel:

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Lunarre:

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Rossiu:

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Naki:

decim death parade	logan fable
ryuunosuke uryuu fate/zero	aranea highwind final fantasy xv
gangrel fire emblem: awakening	nowi fire emblem: awakening
beruka fire emblem: fates	charlotte fire emblem: fates
shigure fire emblem: fates	xander fire emblem: fates
frank archer fullmetal alchemist	isaac mcdougal fullmetal alchemist
eizen tales of berseria	magilou tales of berseria
shigure tales of berseria	yeager tales of vesperia
yuri lowell tales of vesperia	zagi tales of vesperia
dezel tales of zestiria	lunarre tales of zestiria
rossiu tengen toppa gurren lagann	naki tokyo ghoul

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[To say Camilla had taken Corrin's decision poorly was a gross understatement among gross understatements. Losing someone she mothered over so much and wanted to protect...it left a gaping hole in her heart. She felt betrayed. The girl she had spent so much time with, making sure she was loved and adored...if only she'd taken her axe to that wretched mage when she saw him. She could have taken his head easily, and Corrin would be back in her arms where she belongs.

As it stands, she knows she can't mope forever. Which is why she's at that very fateful area again--there had been sightings of more Hoshidan soldiers trying to occupy the area, and with the war officially commencing, there was no need to hold the treaty up. There were quite a few, but they clearly saw no need to bring their best to the area. They may have had numbers, but Camilla had mobility and strength on her side. The corpses that littered the area proved it well enough.

Father didn't even know about these nuisances, did he? Maybe he'd be pleased that she showed some initiative for once. There wasn't much that would please her father nowadays, but maybe if she appealed to bloodshed it would go fine. As it stood, she had some salve out for both herself and her darling wyvern for their injuries. There'd be no use in them if they only got themselves injured, after all.

...She probably had to worry about someone coming eventually, didn't she. Well, hopefully it was an ally rather than an enemy, then.]

Shh, don't worry...just let me take care of you. You worked so hard for me today. I'll have to give you something delicious once we go back to the castle...

[Beruka doesn't announce her presence as she approaches, but she doesn't go to any effort to hide it either. That's how she always approaches Lady Camilla, though. She stops once she's close enough to give her report and bows before she begins.]

Lady Camilla. Selena and I have secured the area. There is nothing for you to worry about now. We will take turns keeping watch while you and your wyvern rest. Please leave everything to us; we'll keep you safe.

[The words are as flat as ever, but there's a determination in Beruka's eyes that usually isn't there. Lady Camilla is a very strong fighter, but seeing anyone hurt her is something of a personal failure for Beruka. After all, Lady Camilla wouldn't have been harmed if her retainers had been able to hold off the enemy on their own. Unfortunately, they aren't nearly as strong as their mistress.]

Is there anything I can do for you now?

...There's my darling retainer.

[Camilla should have expected that they would have dutifully followed her, even when she snuck off. That's something she appreciated about them, really. Their loyalty was beautiful and absolute, much like their strength. Her words sound so distant, though, as if her mind is miles away from the situation at hand.

As if she hadn't gone and slaughtered a meager army. She doesn't turn to look at Beruka for a little bit, but her smile seems pleasant enough. And that's probably the scariest part.]

Did you two find my dear Corrin? Is Selena dragging her back by her adorable little ears as we speak?

[It makes perfect sense why Camilla would start this crusade if her objective was to find Corrin. Unfortunately, that doesn't change the outcome any and Beruka shakes her head. She's never been one to shy away from reporting bad news.

(That might actually be why Selena didn't show up to report, actually.)]

No, we did not. There was no sign of Corrin here.

[It would make most sense to keep Corrin secure in the Hoshidan capital, but Corrin doesn't usually make sense in Beruka's opinion. Why would Corrin side with Hoshido in the first place? There's probably much more to the story than Beruka has been told and it isn't her place to question Corrin's motivations in the first place, but she can't help but wonder. After all, Corrin's betrayal has hurt Lady Camilla deeply.]

[...ah. Of course they didn't. Corrin's with her new family in Hoshido. With a new big sister who's likely stroking her hair, singing her lullabies, hugging her close, and making her favorite foods. Replacing her with every second.

Or maybe that redheaded brat wasn't, and Corrin was sitting there in neglect...Camilla's not sure which is worse.]

...Of course she wasn't. They're keeping Corrin away from me. I won't be able to see her again, unless I...

[Camilla shudders at her own thought. It's definitely unfair to her retainers to expect something like this of them, but Camilla wants her darling back. Her axe is close, and she grips the handle again.]

If that's all of them, we shouldn't stay here. We have to report back to Father.

[She wonders if he's angry. He likely will be, won't he.]

[Beruka stands in silence for a moment, watching Lady Camilla's grip tighten on her axe. It's obvious that Lady Camilla is hurt by Corrin's betrayal, but this isn't the sort of thing Beruka knows how to deal with. She can fight and she can kill, but emotions are something she's never going to fully understand. How do you heal someone that doesn't have any physical injuries?]

Lady Camilla...

[She starts stiffly, but after a moment she shakes her head. It isn't her place to remind her mistress of such a silly thing.]

Never mind. We will return once you're ready.

[...there's a bit of a pause, before Camilla's expression shifts back into a vacant smile. She's slaughtered those who tries to take back the fort. She's been successful in one regard. She just has to continue with that. Soon they'll all die, and soon she'll have Corrin back in her arms. Maybe she can steal Corrin and run away. To a place where no one could reach them, and where she'd never leave Camilla's sight again.

She's still got some cuts on herself and her darling wyvern to take care of, and if the area is secure...well, there's no harm in taking pride in her work for a little while longer. Camilla lets go of her axe and gestures Beruka over next to her.]

Come sit with me, Beruka. You must be so tired after surveying the area, and there are still a few wounds on Marzia I have not patched up.

Would you like me to take care of Marzia?

[She's approaching already though, because as far as Beruka's concerned, that was an order. She stops beside the wyvern, looking up at her in acknowledgement before gently (and awkwardly) patting her side where she won't agitate any injuries. Beruka likes wyverns, as much as she likes anything, anyway.]

I am not tired though, milady. A battle like this is nothing to me. I will always do everything in my power to ensure your safety.

You have always have been a hardy girl. That's why you're my darling retainer...and we would both appreciate your help.

[It's not entirely, and they both know that. It's simply a good aspect of her that Camilla wanted to remind her of.

Marzia doesn't mind, though--she sniffs at Beruka when she feels her come up, but she allows the contact readily. She's fairly worn out, and it looks like she took quite a few sword and shuriken wounds. Nasty little things, but nothing that'll require drastic measures.]

There shouldn't be anything debilitating...they sent a rather sorry bunch to reclaim their fort. Now they're nothing more than bloodstains that will need washing. Just as they should be!

[If there's one thing she can look forward to, it's that much.]

Of course, Lady Camilla.

[They really were dispatched effectively, though Lady Camilla's become more erratic in her battle movements than usual. Selena and Beruka will just have to compensate for that as best they can. Considering that this is about Corrin, that makes sense. She'll let Selena know and... probably get yelled at for not doing anything more to help with Lady Camilla's feelings, but that's just how things go between them.]

I'll get to work right away. Selena is on guard duty, so you have nothing to worry about.

[Beruka's already got a bag with her full of salves and ointments; she has to patch up her wyvern as well. Selena's lucky she got out of there uninjured, but Beruka's main concern had been her liege. Camilla seems to be fine though, so Beruka sets to work on Marzia's injuries. She's very careful with what she's doing and she checks the wyvern repeatedly to make sure Marzia won't lash out and hurt her. She's had a few bad run-ins with her own wyvern over the years, so she's learned how to handle them better than she can handle people.]

[There isn't much that can be done, short of turning back time and trying to be an even better sister to Corrin. Maybe that would have made her stay with them. If they hadn't been so careless, maybe--]

...I trust you, Beruka.

[Camilla keeps a watch as well, as she sees Beruka go to work. Marzia, to her credit, won't snap too much--if Beruka hits a particularly bad spot, she'll growl a bit to let her know, but otherwise she keeps herself calm. Which is good for Camilla. This'll allow her to focus a little more on her other injuries, making sure that they close up and are disinfected. When they get back, she has no doubt some of the castle maids will be on them and making sure they're healed.

Looking back over the field of corpses, Camilla speaks absently.]

Do you still trust me?

[Beruka doesn't look up from her work, but she does absently pet Marzia a bit to try to calm her whenever she growls. Surely the wyvern knows that it will be just fine, it'll only sting for a bit.

But when Lady Camilla asks that question she does turn to her, staring.]

...Lady Camilla?

[It's a prompt, waiting for her to elaborate on the question. As far as Beruka's concerned, her answer goes without saying.]

[It probably should, but...Camilla seems frustrated when she answers.]

Do you still trust me, Beruka? Above all others?

[She knows Corrin did. At least...she hopes she did? What if she didn't trust her, after all of this time? What did she do wrong? It's not likely to be the elaboration that Beruka needs, but...]

[It's strange that Lady Camilla needs an answer, but it's best to give her one. Beruka nods once, stiffly.]

Of course I do, milady. I trust you more than I trust anyone else.

[Perhaps even more than her fellow retainer, though obviously some amount of trust is required there.]

Why do you ask? Have I not made my devotion clear to you?

[It's uh. pretty obvious that Beruka has no idea how the conversation got to this point.]

That's all I need to know.

[That seems to placate Camilla, at least, and her expression is back to...well, not normalcy, but it's back to the placid expression she held prior.]

I won't lose you. I already need to cut down all of Hoshido if I want to see my precious Corrin again, after all...I had to know if there were contractors to take care of as well.

[She remembers how they met after all. To think, if she hadn't hired Beruka...just where would they be standing now? Who even knows? But she knows she would be without someone precious and dear to her.

Camilla won't lose anyone else.]

[Beruka stills for a moment, her muscles going rigid even while her face betrays nothing. She then quickly turns back to Camilla's wyvern to continue her work. It takes her a moment to find the words she needs.]

...Lady Camilla, I will not betray you. I understand your concern, but you do not need to worry. I can find no reason to even consider turning on you.

[Her motions are just as stiff as her words, but she's still careful not to hurt the wyvern.]

[There's a bit of a pause before Camilla answers--whether it's the words catching up to her vacant mind or something else is a mystery, but she'll turn to watch Beruka work on Marzia before she speaks up.]

I just don't know where I went wrong. I was a good big sister, wasn't I? I loved and supported Corrin's every endeavor, and she knows I would kill every pesky intruder if it meant letting her be happy and safe. I would give her anything...why would she choose those them? What do they offer her that I can't?

[It's been frustrating her for a while now. But...something hits her, and she speaks more to Beruka.]

You wouldn't lie to me. I thought I might understand her reasons if I asked you.

[Oh, that actually does explain it. Beruka tips her head a bit and pauses her work to glance back over at Lady Camilla.]

I'm afraid I don't know why Corrin acted the way she did. If I could find out, I would. I wish I could help you, Lady Camilla.

[But her strengths are in killing. Assassinations, fighting... that sort of thing. Even if she's good at keeping to the shadows, she's not good enough at information-gathering to figure that out and return to Lady Camilla with the reasons behind Corrin's betrayal. It's frustrating being this useless to her liege.]

...Then we'll just have to kill every single Hoshidan until I can ask her myself.

[Camilla gets up at this point--mostly to stretch her legs a little before she looks back down at Beruka. Marzia's head turns in her direction while she does so.]

When we see them again, Beruka...cut them all to pieces. I don't care who they are to their kingdom. They took my darling from me and destroyed our happy family...they don't deserve to live.

But...leave Corrin to me. Is that clear?

[She can afford to run away if she can find an opening to do it. She's not the one who has to bear the weight of the crown. She can take Corrin and her retainers and fly as far as the winds will guide them.]

Understood. I will not harm a hair on Corrin's head.

[That's for Lady Camilla to decide. Should she want to drag Corrin kicking and screaming back to Nohr then Beruka will provide the restraints. Should she decide to kill Corrin for her betrayal, Beruka will be her support. That's what she's good at. She can follow orders better than she can heal emotional wounds.

It doesn't take much longer to finish patching up Marzia's wounds and Beruka pats the wyvern in a way that might be affectionate were it coming from anyone else. She steps back after putting her things back in the bag.]

All done. We'll be ready to leave whenever you'd like, Lady Camilla.

Good girl.

[...it'd probably be patronizing from anyone else. And it likely still does, considering how Camilla tends to be. But she means that with all of the affection in the world. Camilla walks right to Marzia and pets her gently while softly giving her praises. She did promise her wyvern something nice for all of this, after all.]

Go retrieve Selena from her position. We're done here, unless those pesky Hoshidans haven't learned their lesson. I imagine you darlings are going to be out like a light when we get home!

Edited 2017-03-29 06:51 (UTC)

Right away, milady.

[She dips her head in a bow again before heading off to locate her fellow retainer. Selena's all too happy to be getting back home and as usual, Beruka makes room on her wyvern so the other retainer can sit with her.]

We're ready to go whenever you are.

[Beruka's wyvern has already been patched up as well, so they won't have to waste any more time here. Lady Camilla's going to have to report to King Garon about this and surely a blow like this won't be ignored by the Hoshidans. Maybe Lady Camilla really will get a chance to take Corrin back soon.]

[ Aligula's found there's only two arbiters she can actually genuinely stand hanging out with. One is, obviously, Ginti.

The other is Decim, hence why she's lounging in his bar today. Usually she's mad about something, or has questions, but today she's just here, kicking her feet and sitting at the bar counter instead of on it (because Decim deserves that much, probably, and Ginti deserves like none of it most of the time).

Actually, considering the way she sort of tilts her head, she probably has questions. Anyway. ]

Decky, [ WELCOME TO NICKNAME HELL ] do you have any favorite things? Liiiike... like gifts or colors or anything like that!

[You know, of all the questions he was expecting to be asked today, that wasn't one of them. Then again, predicting anything with Aligula is tricky. He's learned that during her stay here.]

I do not have anything I would consider a "favorite". Arbiters do not have favorites.

[Ah yes, this sort of thing again. Did you expect anything different??]

[ WHY DID SHE EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT. ]

So there's absolutely nothing you like, prefer over anything else.

[...]

There are things I find interesting.

[THAT ISN'T HELPFUL AT ALL]

[ INTERESTING god that word is annoying but GUESS WHAT IT ISN'T AS ANNOYING AS DECENT, WHICH IS GINTI'S ACTUAL FAVORITE WORD if he had favorites. which he obviously does. ]

So you'd totally want those things more than stuff you don't find interesting, right? [ ......WAIT. ] Wait wait wait noooo before you answer that one, like, is there anything you totally don't find interesting?

[...you can practically see the gears turning.]

Yes, there are things that I do not find as interesting as others.

[ ooh like what— NO NO keep on topic, aligula!! ]

Okay, good! Soooo, back to the first question! You'd totally prefer the things you find interesting to the totally not-interesting stuff, right? Becaaaaaaause, if so, then like, those things are your favorites! ...Comparatively!

[...]

Yes, I suppose that would be accurate.

[WOW ALIGULA YOU DID IT]

[ SHE DID IT!!! ALSO: DECIM'S HER FAVORITE STUDENT. ]

I knew you could do it, buddy. [ That'd be condescending if it wasn't Ali no it's still kind of condescendingly-said, this is Aligula. ] What're some of your favorite things then? So I toootally know what to get you for like, your birthday! ...That we'll totally decide a date for sometime! I did it for Gintiiii, like, I could totally do it for you too! Birthdays are super fun!! Like, they're almost the best thing ever.

[ .........is it the mannequin people. please don't be the mannequin people. she has done a real good job of not staring at any of them for too long because they Kind Of freak her out. ]

Edited 2017-03-30 00:05 (UTC)

Arbiters do not have birthdays.

[SO NATURALLY HE GOT STUCK ON THAT i'm so sorry]

[ NATURALLY HE GOT STUCK ON THAT why is she still spending time being surprised about what arbiters will get stuck on. why. ]

...Aaaaaaaaaan-y-waaaaaaay, like I said, we'll decide a date for your birthday! [ yeah she's just going on like he didn't say anything I'M SORRY??? ] Like, I dunno, in a couple of weeks! That's like, two weeks from now. We'll have a party, and you'll get a cake and gifts and I'll even make certain grumpy people be nice to you!

[............but why]

I don't see why this is necessary.

[??????????????????????]

[ but why do you arbiters get stuck on why why why ]

It's not, but it's totally fun. [ |T ] You got somethin' against fun, bub?

[...this seems like a trick question.]

Arbiters do not have "fun".

[is that the right answer????]

[ mdsmgdsgjfj

she's actually kind of doing the verbal version of a keysmash. ]

I'm totally not giving you a crash course in everything I totally got into with that dumb-dumb in two months. [ ... ] Arbiters can totally have fun though. I mean, what's the point in doing anything if it's not fun?

[ . . . . ]

And don't say it's because you were like, totally born or... created or whatever to do it.

[...well that's what he was going to say, but alright. fine!!]

What do you find fun?

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Xander or Beruka! (Or anyone if you'd like) We Birthright now

THIS WON'T BE PAINFUL OR ANYTHING

TOTALLY WON'T, NOPE

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gimme that bartender swag

holla holla

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guess who gave in and bought a paid. it's me. i hate my life

i understand........ i understand all too well..........