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Post by leon on Feb 15, 2012 16:23:23 GMT -5
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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,10,true][rs=2][atrb=style, background: #1d0001; width: 475px; opacity: 0.8; border-left: 2px solid #1d0001; border-right: 2px solid #1d0001; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -o-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -ms-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; border-right : 2px solid #1d0001; border-left: 2px solid #1d0001, bTable; ][STYLE= background-image: url('http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww280/shiojisan/grungy-hearts-and-flowers-8.jpg'); -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -o-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -ms-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font: 7pt verdana; color: #aeaeae; text-align: justify; width: 290px; float:left; padding: 10px; margin-top: -1px; border-left: 3px solid #5a0d0e; border-right: 3px solid #5a0d0e;]The winged Cupid had gotten on Reno’s last nerves. After being abandoned by the Turk, the icon of love made his way dejectedly towards one of the other members to get his or her help with the letters. After a bit of walking, Cupid stumbled across Leon leaning against a wall with his eyes shut, note clutched in his head as if he was brooding over what it read.
“Err… Monsieur Leon?” Cupid edged up to Leon.
Leon didn’t even open his eyes “What?”
“Well I hatez tu be a bothur and all but… err… Monsieur Reno dezided to… err give up on helping moi.” Cupid fidgeted with one of his wings, glancing nervously at Leon’s unmoved figure and opened eyes. “So I waz juzt wonderingz if you could-”
“Not interested.”
Cupid at this point sobbed “BUT ZE HAVE TOO! ZE HAVE TO HELP-” Cupid had attempted to cling onto Leon finding Revolver pointed at his face making the winged icon of love shut up pretty fast.
Steelblue eyes locked on Cupids a look of annoyance dancing across his face. “I said, not interested. Now get out of here.”
“B-but-”
“Leave.”
“P-pleaze! Zee letturs!!”
“Get out of here!” Revolver jabbed forward a bit, causing Cupid to jump back. Leon’s eyes narrowed. “Does it look like I care about your stupid letters?” Leon spat. “I have more important things to handle, get out of here.” and Revolver withdrew from its pointed position as Leon turned his back on Cupid to walk away.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOON!” Cupid clung to Leon’s feet “Don’t hurt me! But but! Aerith and Vivi and Rude and Cloud need zer help with zee letturs!”
Leon had raised Revolver again, the look of killing the winged brat in his head when he sudden stopped. “… Cloud?” the other hand tightened around the letter in his fist. “… Fine.”
Cupid sobbed a bit not realizing the true words Leon just spoke at first . “Wait… wait YOU SAID-”
“Once. That’s it. Now shut it. Hand the letters over and get the heck off of me.”
Each team will have one week from the start of this post to decode each of their letters without Cupid making a bad excuse for not delivering them on time. The letters all contain words that make up some secret phrases Cupid needs to remember in his travels so he can give good love advice to those who need it. The Scrambled letters need not be 100% correct, but be warned that if the phrase is wrong, you will not win. The first team to successfully complete their phrase will win 150 munny. Second place will recieve 100 munny, and 3rd place 50 munny. Post your finished poems and final phrases in this thread.
Lastly, there will be one word or phrase in each of your letters that the dreaded Queen of Hearts has stolen from Cupid. One or two members from each team will have to "woo" the Queen into getting the phrase out of her. This means you will be making an appearance before her in her own court and have one post a piece to convince her to give you the piece of poem. While it is completely acceptable for you to attempt to figure it out on your own, she might offer you better hints to the coding if you take her on before you figure out the other poems. If you are ready to proceed to her court, the member(s) who are going should post this:
[size=5][color=red]OFF TO THE COURT![/color][/size] [blockquote][[b]MEMBERONEHERE[/b];[i] Anyone else[/i]][/blockquote]
Rules are simple. Follow the rules of the board. You may use any tool you wish to decode your poems, but it will be more fun to guess it yourself. You are a team! Work as one! If you know the code to your fellow teammates's poem, don't be afraid to help them! Remember EACH of you are earning this reward! Roleplaying giving the poem back to the NPC or Leon should be interesting as well...
"... This is your secret phrase, don't lose it."
_1_ / _2_ / _3_ /, _4_ / _5_ / _6__ / 7_ / 8_ / 9_
Leon first approached Cloud. He stared at the blonde in silence for a moment before handing him a letter. "Good luck, Cloud." he said quietly. "... And thanks for the note." and with another awkward silence, Leon turned away.
Cloud's Letter Reads:
20-9-12-12/ 20-8-5/ 5-14-4/ 15-6/ 20-9-13-5/, 5-22-5-14/ 9-6/ 23-5/ 8-1-22-5/ 14-15/ 13-15-14-5-25/ 25-15-21- ‘-12-12/ 2-5/ 13-9-14-5
With the following Code attached:
7=1 9=7
Next was Aerith. Leon approached her with a slight smile. "Kind of assumed either you or Tifa would be here with Cloud for something like this. Good luck, alright? Stay strong."
Aerith's Letter Reads...
Zpv lopx xibu? J mpw zpv! Xf nblf b hsfbu qbjs! Zft xf ep!
With the following Code attached:
7=5 8=2
Vivi was next for a letter and Leon approached him slightly confused. "Right... you're a ... what now?" Leon shook his head "Whatever. Here's your letter, kid."
Vivi's letter reads...
O ktqssn rgf’z wtnotct O’d ziqz wsofr Zg dqat ngx ytts ziqz O iqct fg dofr
With the following Code attached:
7=4 15=8
Leon finally approached Rude. "Thought that you might be the kicker to get Reno to do this again for Cupid, but I guess not." he handed the Turk a letter "Good luck to you." Rude's letter reads...
-- ..- ... - .-- . .-. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- ..-. .. --. .... - ..--.. .. -.- -. --- .-- .-- .... .- - .. ..-. . . .-.. --..-- .- -. -.. -.-- --- ..- -.- -. --- .-- .-- .... .- - .. ... .-. . .- .-.. ... --- .... .- ...- . .-- . .-. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- .-.. --- ... - ... .. --. .... - --- ..-. .-- .... .- - .. ... .-. .. --. .... - ..--..
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[/b][/blockquote] With the following Code attached: Code: 1=6 14=3
"HURRY! THE LETTURS NEED TO BE ZIVEN OUT SOON! PLEASE I BEGZ YOU! HURRRRRRRY!"[OOC: CUPIDS WHERE HURT SO MUCH IN THIS THREAD! No Cupids were harmed in the making of this thread][/style] [newclass=bullcrap]font: 20pt georgia; color: #53504B; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: -2px; width: 100px; float:right; padding-right: 7px; -webkit-transition:all 2s ease; -moz-transition:all 2s ease; -o-transition:all 2s ease; font-family: georgia; font-size: 30px;[/newclass][newclass=bullcrap:hover]font: 20pt georgia; color: #C2BEC0; text-align: justify; letter-spacing: -2px; width: 100px; float:right; padding-right: 7px; -webkit-transition:all 2s ease; -moz-transition:all 2s ease; -o-transition:all 2s ease;[/newclass][classy=bullcrap][STYLE=font: 20pt georgia; text-align: justify; width: 100px; float:right; padding-right: 7px; color: #FFFFF0;]Team Two V-day Event![/style][/classy] [STYLE= font: 7pt arial; color: #5a0d0e; text-align: right; letter-spacing: 2px; width: 100px; float:right; padding-right: 7px;]CLOUD; AERITH; VIVI; RUDE[/style] [/td] [/tr][/table] [atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,10,true][rs=2][atrb=style,width: 458px; height: 100px, bTable; ] [STYLE= font: 20pt arial bold; color: #FFFFF0; opacity: 0.9; text-align: center; letter-spacing: -4px; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -77px;]good luck ^.^[/style] [STYLE= font: 7pt courier; color #eee; text-align: center; margin-top: -20px; opacity: 0.6;]made by prism of btn and ote[/style] |
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Post by reno on Feb 15, 2012 23:07:54 GMT -5
Reno kicked Cupid. "How the heck did you give them the wrong code! Urg. I'm so done with you."The winged icon of love hugged himself. "Zo sorry, Mademoislle Aerith!" and he handed her a different letter. You're corrected Letter is
Zpv lopx xibu? J mpwf zpv! Xf nblf b hsfbu qbjs! Zft xf ep!
5=2 7=5 [I'm so sorry about the mistake, I'll be looking for any others. If you come across another, please PM me ASAP! Assume human error above you being wrong. ~Reno~]
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Post by mrstrife on Feb 15, 2012 23:11:37 GMT -5
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The last member of Cloud’s Valentine’s team was Vivi, a young mage ignorant of the true meaning this day held. So why did Cloud pick him? Simple: he gave a different perspective than the adults could. While they may over think things, he could keep it simple to make sure they solved whatever problems were to come as quickly as possible. More importantly, between the four of them was a powerful team that if needed could put up the fight needed to overcome any obstacle shall the unexpected happen.
Cloud took it upon himself to lead them to their designated area, glancing as Cupid as he flew by to whomever was before them. With a small snort Cloud turned and leaned against a wall, crossing his arms over his chest while he closed his eyes. He kept his orders short and sweet, bowing his head as he began talking to the other three while they arrived.
“No matter what happens, the point’s to have fun. Worry more about that than winning... But don’t treat this as a joke, either.” Cloud said quietly, before he heard footsteps approaching them. His mako blue eyes opened to set within those of the proud lion. Neither of them said a word, the blond’s heart pounding hard in his chest until Leon finally broke the silence. He took the letter into his hand, a slight flush coming to his cheeks as Leon thanked him.
“Of course,” he replied silently, watching Leon as he walked towards Aerith before slowly opening the note to look over what was inside.
Tch, just a simple replacement of letters with numbers. Shouldn’t take too long, Cloud thought to himself, taking a small pad and paper out from the pocket within his shirt before trying to scramble possibilities down for the first word. Kiss? Writing down the code, he crossed out letters, replacing them with possibilities... No, none of them worked. He sighed, shaking his head as he started over again. After a few tries he smirked, pleased with the results of his numerous attempts. As Leon stepped back from them, Cloud took a few steps towards the others while he completed his puzzle. He placed the pad into the letter, bringing it down to his side while he looked at the others/
“Alright, so we’ve had some time to figure out how to decode our letters. What’ve you come up with?” he asked quietly, “I think the code on the bottom relates to the secret phrase, the first number is the word in our poem while the second is its placement in the phrase. So let’s get this over with and go visit the queen.”
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Post by aerith on Feb 16, 2012 1:29:12 GMT -5
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[/b] Aerith trotted happily along behind her old spiky headed friend as he lead the group to their assigned spot. It was almost like old times. If only the rest of the group was here... Well, Rude was a familiar face at the least, but Vivi she was still quite new to. Of course, the Cetra was happy enough to make new friends. As they waited for further instructions, Cloud had took it upon himself to give a small pep talk to the group. And she couldn't have agreed more with his words. "Of course! We're all here to just have fun... We still would like to win though~!" She chimed. This was exciting! Something new and refreshing from normal duties that took place in Radiant Garden. Bright emerald orbs quickly fluttered over to the approaching figure, a smile spreading over her lips as he came into view. First he approached Coud as the two exchanged a few words as Leon handed him his letter. Her grin continued has he approached her next, handing her her own letter and offering words of encouragement and even a small smile. "Thank you. I will~"As he continued on, Aerith took the moment to look over her letter, a confused look rushing over her face. This.. this was just a bunch of letters! Aerith bit lightly on her lower lips as she turned the paper sideways, hoping it would magically make sense... But as she studied the paper carefully, she began to figure out a pattern.. You. That was the first word! So it was making sense! Each letter was just written as the letter after it. So.. all she had to do was keep going with the pattern! You knor rhat? "Oh dear.." She stated quietly, as she gently scribbled the letters down on a piece of spare paper. This.. This wasn't making any sense! Maybe if she kept going it would sort itself out? I nov you! Re make a great pair! Yes we do! The flower girl stared at her translation, the look of utter confusion spreading over her face now. I 'nov' you?? That.. That didn't make any sense! But.. part of it had made sense so.. why had the rest not followed suite? It was then the small winged man had given her a new letter, apologizing for the mistake. Of course, she wasn't mad. She only smiled and patted the bringer of love on the head gently. "It's alright~" She reassured, taking her new letter and opening it up. This time, though, it made sense as she followed her pattern and the words fell neatly into place. Well, that was simple! As Cloud spoke again after a few moments of silence as the group decoded their messages, Aerith quickly finished writing as she went to announce hers first. "Here's mine. It reads... You know what? I love you! We make a great pair! Yes we do! She read it off as she quickly underlined two words on her sheet. "My code is 7=5 and 8=2... So my two words would be we and make." Her eyes shifted over to her other team mates as she handed her small scrap of paper to Cloud. "What about you?"[/style][/center][/td][/tr][tr][td][style=font-family: Arial-Black; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #E15E6E; text-align: left; margin-right: 5px; background-color: #F4F0E5; width: 90%; margin: 5px 30px -5px 5px;]And each day we strive to save the light[/style][style=font-family: Arial-Black; font-size: 6.9pt; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #E1918E; text-align: left; margin-right: 5px; background-color: #F4F0E5; width: 70%; margin: 0px 180px 0px 5px;]With hope in our hearts[/style][/td][/tr][tr][td][style=font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: lowercase; color: E15E6E; text-align: justify; background-color: #F4F0E5; border-bottom: 1px dotted #C3E6D4; border-top: 1px dotted #C3E6D4;]♥ ♥ NOTES: HERE ♥ ♥[/style][/td][/tr][/table][style=font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: lowercase; color: E15E6E; text-align: justify; background-color: #F4F0E5; border-bottom: 1px dotted #C3E6D4; border-top: 1px dotted #C3E6D4; line-height: 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;]Credited to BOSS from OTE[/style][/center]
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Post by vivio on Feb 16, 2012 1:31:11 GMT -5
The tiny black mage looked up at Leon as he approached, asking exactly what Vivi was. Sighing gently, Vivi tilted his head waaaay back so that he was looking at Leon's face rather than his knees.
“...Black Mage, sir. I'm a Black Mage. But that's ok. So long as you don't call me a Heartless, I don't mind being a 'whatever.'”
Gingerly taking the letter, Vivi opened it, a little confused. Thinking back on the little Vivi knew of this holiday, it was about giving cards to the people you felt strongly for, or so some people Vivi had overheard had said. The little mage had simply assumed that they were playing cards... after all, that's what made sense, wasn't it?
Vivi looked over the garbled message as Cloud spoke, looking over it like trying to decipher a new spell from a spell book... 'This is gonna be hard...'
Mr. Cloud had invited Vivi to come play a game today, and since it was a day where people gave cards, Vivi had assumed they'd be playing a game like he used to on Gaia... Vivi had loved collecting those monster cards and playing with them! So he joined right in happily, glad that someone had thought to invite him. Looking over this puzzle, Vivi felt a little nervous. This wasn't really what he had expected...
Vivi immediately recognized certain parts of the code. One letter words and small words... those would be the easiest to figure out. The one letter that kept being capitalized was easy. Vivi's eyes glowed as he read the letter intently, feeling almost as if he were trying to read one of the many cryptic spell books he'd encountered in his journey recently. Many of them were magically coded like this to only be understandable if you were strong enough...
It was easy to see that “this” equaled “that,” but the next part stumped Vivi. For some reason, “that” didn't equal “this”... So what was the pattern then? Vivi wracked his mind for any code patterns he could think of and, using the pencil and paper provided by Cloud, he filled up three pages, front and back of different ciphers, turning the alphabet this way and that, forward and backward... but it never lined up... the small words would make sense... but then when it came to that pesky second word... Unless it was a very obscure word, Vivi couldn't figure out the code enough to determine what that word was...
But Vivi was completely absorbed, no longer hearing anyone else as he studied the code and worked it over in his curious mind. He used the apostrophes as his next clue... There was a very limited amount of words that those could be... He rewrote the message on his scrap piece of paper substituting the letter he knew for sure...
“Looks like it's going to be process of elimination...” Vivi muttered to himself, still totally absorbed in his game. Vivi didn't often get the chance to be a kid and enjoy it anymore, but when he did, good luck pulling him back to reality before he was finished with whatever he'd taken on.
'Z is used a lot in this code... how strange... I wonder...' Vivi began substituting a more popular consonant for the z and his eyes glowed victoriously as it began to come together.
“I...I've got it...” Vivi whispered excitedly. “I figured it out...!”
Vivi held up his completed poem for Cloud and Aerith to see. Looking back down at it, he began to digest what it said.
“...it's... kind of dark, isn't it?” He asked quietly. For some reason it kind of sounded like it was directed at Vivi himself... Like someone had written down a stray thought Vivi had allowed to escape his head during the trying times he was experiencing.
Vivi then proceeded to look at the others' poems. Looking at Cloud's and Aerith's he tried not to show disappointment. The patterns in these letters were easy to figure out...
'...How did I end up with the hardest cipher to crack..?' Vivi wondered as he cast a curious glance at Leon.
“I really don't believe I'm that blind To make you feel that I have no mind.”
7 = 4 15 = 8
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Post by snowrokosho on Feb 16, 2012 22:02:18 GMT -5
Valentine’s Day…the day of love. A day were all the lovers showed off just how much more they loved their partner than the next guy or girl…and the day where trying to buy anything made you feel like the poorest person alive. The amount of money the shops were charging for everything was ridiculous, but who paid attention to prices when they were so in love? No one really…accept Rude. He didn’t have anything to distract him from the hiked prices or the attitude ever shop owner had decided to give him today. If the clerks weren’t bad enough, the couples…or rather last minute shoppers were even worse. The Turk didn’t know how many times he had to deal with people bumping into him and attempting to shove him out line to get to their all so important date on time. He even had to deal with a guy trying to steal a bar of candy from him because he was convinced it was the last one in the store. A bar of candy for crying out loud!
While the Turk did not hate Valentine’s Day and can actually handle it pretty well being single, today's events just happened to make him begin to hate everything about the holiday. It was simply amazing how ridiculous people were acting right now. You would think the end of the world was coming the way people were fighting in the stores. Anyway, the older Turk had managed to survive most of the day without lashing out anyone that decided it was their turn to tick him off. He had actually found a quiet part of town and had managed to relax a bit when his phone rang. Hoping it was Tseng or one of the other Turks he had answered the phone with ease. Imagine his shock, when the voice that replied back was Cloud’s. It had been a long time since he seen Cloud, so hearing the ex-Solider voice was surprisingly nice. While they had clashed in the past, Rude didn’t have a problem with the guy, so the call was not treated as threat. Still, he was curious as to what he wanted.
When Cloud told him what he wanted, Rude was not exactly jumping for joy about it at first. Valentine’s Day had already gotten on his nerves, so dealing with some event dealing with the day wasn’t exactly at the top of the Turk’s list. Still, it couldn’t be worse than what had already happened to him today, so why not? Agreeing to meet with him, Rude had left the quiet area and made his way around the town to find the guy. It took a while, but he finally found Cloud with two others. One was an unfamiliar form. Some strange looking kid with a yellow hat and blue robes. He wasn’t sure exactly what the kid was considering the only thing he could relate the robes to was a Tonberry, but the shadowy stuff that made up the kid was telling him a story. In any case, the Turk’s eyes moved from the kid to the other there. Aerith, the gentle flower girl that was thought to be dead a long time ago. It was nice to see her among the living again. Her smile alone made the day that much better. In any case, Rude joined the group, listening to Cloud telling them to have fun with the event and not worry about winning. He simply nodded, but agreed with Aerith comment about winning. Winning was always nice. Well win or lose, he was up to anything that would take his mind off the annoyance the day had caused thus far.
A few minutes after the pep talk, they were approached by a young man with brown hair and a scar across his face. While he had never met the one called Leon, he was very certain this guy was who Tseng had told him about some time ago. Unfortunately, now was not the time to get the know the guy. No, he had come to simply come to deliver notes? As the young man made his rounds, handing everyone a folded note, he finally came to him and spoke of Reno. He shook his head.
“I am afraid he left me out of this one,” he responded back and then nodded at the good luck comment before unfolding the paper and looking it over.
This note was….dots and lines. He knew what that code was easily enough, but for someone to take the time and actually write something in such a code was shocking to the Turk. Shaking his head, he took a seat at one of the nearby tables and began to decipher the code. Using the pencil he was given, Rude had to dig through his mind a bit to remember what all those dots and lines meant again, but once he did remember he began jotting down what it said. He was half way through when he noticed that someone had forgotten about spaces. Sighing inwardly, he used the extra paper provided via Cloud to spread the words out so that it made sense. He made good progress only pausing once when the Cupid came flying by with a correction for Aerith’s note. Not surprised the fictional character actually existed, Rude went back to his note and finally finished it off. When he was done, he listened as everyone read or showed their results, except Cloud, giving their pair of words along with it. When it came his turn, Rude followed suit.
“Must we really fight? I know what I feel, and you what is real. So have we really lost sight of what is right?” the Turk read off his paper. Someone had really hit the nail on the head with that one. Why were people fighting on a day like this, anyway? But that was not here. Back to the note. The Turk looked at the code below the note. “1=6 and 14=3…making the two words I have “must” and “is”,” he placed the paper back on the table, revealing the strange code to anyone who looking at it before leaning back in his chair and looked up at Cloud as Aerith asked what Cloud had gotten for his note.
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Post by mrstrife on Feb 18, 2012 15:57:53 GMT -5
[atrb=style,background: url(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/GullwingVegeta/lifestream.jpg); width: 500px; border-radius: 10; -moz-border-radius: 10; box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #989898;,bTable][atrb=border,0,bTable][atrb=colSpan,3] [STYLE=font-family: times; font-weight: 100!important; letter-spacing: -2px; font-size: 60px; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #661904; color: #cccccc; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 35px; padding-bottom: 10px;]Be mine...[/style] | [atrb=vAlign,top][STYLE=padding-left: 20px; font-family: helvetica neue; font-weight: 400!important; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 18px; color: #cccccc; text-shadow: 2px 2px 0px #000000;]THERE ISN'T ANYONE ELSE AS PERFECT FOR ME AS YOU.[/style] | [STYLE=margin-left: 5px; opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8; width: 90%; background-color: #030b0e; border-left: 1px solid #18e89d; padding: 10px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify; color: #0ab2d7;] Watching as the others took the papers and pencils he offered to aid in their solving their poems, Cloud couldn't help but let his gaze wander back to Leon. He couldn't help but feel relieved that Leon had responded so well to the Valentine, and started to wonder if Leon responded to it with his own. His attention was drawn away from the prideful lion as Cupid flew by with his correction to Aerith's letter. The blond shook his head, the little cherub obviously didn't have a clue how to run things. It didn't matter, after Cloud asked the others what their poems were one by one they started to tell him. Cloud wrote Aerith's down on his paper, and took Vivi's when he finished. He then wrote Rude's down as he told him, then Cloud nodded towards the Turk as he wrapped up.
"It all sounds like you got it, though Aerith... I think your words are we and love, though Cupid messed you up so don't worry about it. Anyway... My poem says "Till the end of time, even if we have no money you'll be mine." My code is 7=1 and 9=7, making my words If and have. Meaning, if we add everyone's together, our phrase is..." Cloud quickly scribbled on the paper, making sure he was right before he nodded. ""If love is blind, then we must have no." Since we weren't given the last word, I'm betting that its eyes, but... I'd rather be safe than sorry. So we're all going to the court, just to be safe."
With that, Cloud turned and walked back towards Leon. "I know you've been listening... We figured it out, but I want to make sure we're right. So I guess its time we moved out."
The imaginary SOLDIER could only hope it wouldn't take much to make the queen spill the beans, especially when they already knew the answer. At least if things went south they were all together, he doubted there was anything she could throw that the four of them couldn't handle.
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OFF TO THE COURT![Cloud Strife; Aerith; Vivi; Rude]
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Post by leon on Feb 19, 2012 22:47:29 GMT -5
Leon was actually enjoying this. Cloud’s reaction… was… hmph, it explained his letter to a tee. Aerith was her confident self, which gave Leon a nice feeling inside for a change. The Prideful Lion even smirked at the “Black Mage’s” response. Rude’s response issued a nod as if the former SeeD knew more of Reno then he should have.
He let them get to work, noticing Cloud’s frequent glances in his direction. … Hmph, amusing, Cloud. Cupid’s messup was the only thing that prevented Leon taunting Cloud out loud. Probably for the best, Aerith would only pester Cloud afterwards…
The scarred man listened carefully to what the people before him were saying. After a while, Leon figured it out with them, hmphing at the simplicity of it. It was then that Cloud approached him, calling him out on what he was just doing. “… If you’re so sure then why…? Nevermind.” Leon just let it drop, signaling for Cupid to get his butt to where Leon was standing. “To the point might not work for her, Cloud. My advice? Let Aerith handle it.” Cupid had arrived at that point hovering near them. “And… be surer of yourself, Cloud.” double meaning leaked into Leon’s words as he stepped past them allowing Cupid to transport the to the Queen’s world.
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Post by mordred on Feb 27, 2012 10:34:00 GMT -5
"... I don't see why Reno and Selena had a problem with this thing."Out of a Corridor of Darkness walked a blonde man in glasses, wearing a cloak. It was none other than Mordred, who bore his usual indifferent and emotionless frown. As he looked around at the team that had been working on decoding the letter, he cracked his neck and massaged it, as if he just got up from lying down in a recliner. In his hand was the throat of Cupid, who seemed to not enjoy having the life choked out of him. "Monsieur! P-Please... l-let go... Gurk." The fat cherub managed to choke out. Mordred looked down at his hostage and frowned a bit. "No. If you wish to continue living, then I suggest you still your tongue before I still it for you." Mordred stated matter-of-factly and for once, Cupid complied, figuring this wasn't an idle threat. Mordred then turned his scarlet gaze to the team. "I seemed to have stumbled across this cherub as it was trying to assault me with arrows. I'm not entirely sure why, unless it has a death wish..." Mordred began, unperturbed by the struggles of Cupid. "Either way, it doesn't matter. He informed that he apparently has letters that needed decoding and that he already had teams commissioned for the task. He would then deliver these letters to their recipients. I'll free this cherub if you can guess the phrase correctly. I don't really know why these letters are so important, but I'm sure the fate of the world doesn't hang in the balance of these useless pieces of paper.""H-Help... me..." Cupid choked out. "Also," Mordred continued, revealing a few pieces of paper. "I stole these hints from the Queen of Hearts. Unlike you or any of the other teams, I did the smart thing instead of trying to convince the imbecile. You bearers of Hearts also complicate things so needlessly. Whatever, let's get this over with. I have plans to enact and Hearts to gather."------------------- Team Two! Your hint is... "What... you don't have EYES to see this?" ------------------- "Right, I give you all until noon tomorrow to finish decoding your letters. Remember, should you win, Cupid continues to exist, so there is precious little time to waste."
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Post by mrstrife on Feb 27, 2012 23:48:51 GMT -5
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...Or at least tried to. His eyes first fell upon the hooded figure as he appeared, the blond nearly toppling over him as he screeched to a halt. The man had spiked blond hair much like his own, but it was held down by the hood of the cloak he wore. His glasses seemed to shine in the sunlight, their edges almost sparkling as he cracked his neck. Cloud snorted as he took a step back, crossing his arms over his chest while he glared into the eyes of this unexpected visitor. He almost seemed to ignore the pleas of Cupid, even muttering “Not interested,” as he glanced at the cherub before returning his gaze back upon the clocked Nobody before him.
“Guess that saves us the trouble. Was only going to make sure we were right anyway,” Cloud said quietly, taking a piece of paper before glancing down at it. ‘EYES’, just as they’d suspected. He nodded, before looking back up to Mordred. “If love is blind, then we must have no eyes. That’s the secret phrase, so we’re done here.” The One Winged Demon turned his back on Mordred, walking passed his team to stand beside Leon. “Do what you want, I don’t care. Not my problem, though I’m sure they’ll try to stop you. As for me, well... I have more important matters to attend to.” With that, Cloud glanced at Leon before walking away.
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Post by mordred on Feb 28, 2012 14:43:58 GMT -5
Mordred merely stared at Cloud's serious way of speaking for a rather long time. A very long time. Long enough for crickets to chirp. Mordred then adjusted his glasses and tossed Cupid at Cloud's feet, who gasped for air. "Nice guess, I suppose, even if it is a terrible and pointless statement. Whatever. I suppose this cherub will now reward you or something." A Corridor of Darkness opened up and Mordred turned to go through it, but not before looking over his shoulder and saying, "We shall see each other again real soon, I predict. Prepare yourself." The Nobody then walked through the Corridor and closed it behind him.
Cupid, on the other hand, jumped for joy and cheered. Well, after he caught his breath, of course. He immediately took the letter and fished his wallet out. "Ze payment, oui, oui! Zank you all so much, I'm glad you all could help me! Merci beaucoup! Merci beaucoup!" -------------
Congratulations on helping a fat, squat cherub deliver his letter! Cloud, Aerith, Vivi and Rude have been awarded 150 munny!
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