WAOA Arena

[DotSlash]

Ness nodded a small bit. [color=666666] "That's especially true when you might end up using alchemy in the middle of a fight... Maybe I'll take you up on getting something ready made.... though I'm not really sure about tattoos. I hear they hurt quite a bit if you're not thick-skinned." [/color] She said after a bit of time, cringing at the thought of being pricked by inked-up needles for a good few hours. Seeing the node on Solaris' glove, she tilted her head a small bit. [color=666666] "I understand the circle... but what does the node on your glove help with? Focusing the energy to put into the transmutation is the first thing that comes to mind." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"That's true. It's partially the reason I modified the gloves, rather then just tattooing my arm. That, and that I don't want to end up as some tatooed freakshow. I do have my image to think about." Solaris commented. UponNess' second question, she closed her eyes, and shook her head. "I'm not really feeling comfortable with revealing the speciffics about my means and methods before I have my research patented, especially to someone who I've just met." She answered, opening her eyes again. "I'm sure you'll understand."

 

[DotSlash]

Ness blinked a bit before sighing and nodding. [color=666666] "Now you're just being mean. I'm gonna be up thinking about this all night." [/color] She said, feinting annoyance and chuckling a bit afterward. [color=666666] "But yeah, I understand what you mean." [/color] Rocking around on her stool for a moment and taking another sip, she looked back over to Solaris. [color=666666] "So what would you suggest for a ready-made circle then? Maybe a glove somewhat like your own?" [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"What you put the circle on doesn't really matter, in most cases. So, yes, having it drawn onto a glove works." Solaris answered with a nod, picking up her glass of wine, and taking a sip again. "You may need to have it drawn in two parts, on a pair of gloves, however, depending on how complex the transmutation you'd be preforming." After finishing her wine, Solaris set the glass back down, and sighed slightly. "Now, while I don't mind discussing alchemy, the fact that I was just abducted and am expected to fight is a little more pressing... Has whoever is running this operation ever shown themselves?"

 

[DotSlash]

Ness nodded a bit, taking a mental note of Solaris' suggestions. Noting her question, the girl hummed a small bit and shook her head. [color=666666] "The only thing we've got close to contact with them was when one of the contestants went berserk and start smashing things up. A grunt was found in the locker room and the rest of the people here tried to get a few things out of him, to no real avail." [/color] She said after a while before pointing toward Carmen, who was still trying, along with Lapis, to wake the sleeping Jerrog. [color=666666] "I wasn't transported here during that event and the woman with the silver hair and long tail told me about this when I asked a similar question. She may be able to tell you more." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

Solaris glanced towards Carmen, Lapis, and Jerrog when Ness pointed towards the trio, then back to Ness once she continued speaking. "So, there is actually personel here, rather then that everything is operated remotely. That's good to know..." She commented. "One more question, I wasn't told any rules for fighting in the arena, which lead me to assume that there are none. Am I right in thinking that?"

 

[DotSlash]

[color=666666] "The only thing they want is for the fighting to only happen in the arena." [/color] Ness replied, finishing off her soda. [color=666666] "Other than that, yes, I don't think there are any rules. You can withdraw, forfeit, fight dirty, whatever suits you, I suppose. You just need to fight once a week to keep your lounge privileges. They've got a pretty nasty way of locking you out..." [/color] She said, rubbing her arm idly.

 

[Chungus]

"Yes, the rule of fighting once a week, I've heard when that Ragnar was demolishing the place." Solaris responded, giving a nod. Hearing of locking a person out of the lounge, Solaris raised an eyebrow, the concept not seeming very threatening to her by how she imagined that would go. Just to be sure there wouldn't be a nasty suprise, however, she decided to ask about it. "How would they lock a person out?"

 

[DotSlash]

[color=666666] "Ah... good to hear. And that means Ragnar was that large fellow you were speaking with earlier. Did you know him before you ended up here?" [/color] Ness asked curiously. Her enthusiasm waned a bit as she recalled her being locked out. [color=666666] "Um... well.... I wanted to come in to get a drink and I hadn't fought when they had announced the fight I was required to take. As soon as I stepped into the door frame, my body froze up and a few metal antennae popped out." [/color] She continued, sighing a small bit. [color=666666] "And I was promptly electrocuted and left as an unconscious heap on the floor. Luckily, someone helped me back into my room after the fact, but for obvious reasons, I'm not going to try that again..." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

Solaris shook her head in response to the question wherther or not she knew Ragnar beforehand. I? Ascociate myself with a barbarian like that? Not likely... "No, I didn--" As she spoke, and heard Ness recall being electrocuted, Solaris trailed off. "I see..." Solaris was quiet for a moment, looking down to the floor, and tapping it twice with the hell of her boot. I can survive being electrocuted like that, but if the electrify the floor... That will be unpleasant. Very much so... "Well, then. I suppose I have no choice but to play along. For now." She commented, looking back up to Ness, her eyes filled with disdain. At the very least, it'll let me have a little fun without anyone caring too much. "That's all for now. Maybe we'll speak again later. Goodbye."

With that said, and after giving Ness a small smile, Solaris walked away, and approached Carmen, raising her hand to get Carmen's attention. "Excuse me?" As was the case with Greed, Carmen would sense tens of thousands of souls within Solaris, although she too, lacked one herself. Other similarities they shared were their eyes, and of course, Ouroboros tattoo.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness waved goodbye in turn and sighed a bit as she looked to her watch. [color=666666] It's about time for me to fight again... [/color] She stepped off of her stool and walked into the hallway, coat flapping behind her as she quickly turned a corner.

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Carmen paused her knocking on Jerrog's skull and turned to Solaris' voice, her cross shaped pupils narrowing a small bit before returning its normal size. She had noticed the woman long before she had walked in, but paid her little mind before now. She blinked a bit as she noticed the similarities between her and Greed and gave the woman a small smile as she turned toward her fully. [color=bb0066] "Yes? You're a new entrant, correct?" [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"Yes, that's right." Solaris answered, giving a single nod, and wrapping her arms around her waist. Having only seen Carmen's eyes being red before, Solaris' own eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing Carmen's cross-shaped pupils, but this didn't last long. And here I was thinking you were some kind of hybrid, but with eyes like those? Interesting. "I was told you captured a member of staff here at one point. Can you tell me about that?"

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen sighed a bit and shrugged. [color=bb0066] "There isn't much to tell... But before that..."[/color] She leaned forward a small bit and smirked at Solaris. [color=bb0066] "Don't you think it's customary to introduce yourself before you start your little interrogations? The woman in the fedora may not have minded, but I do." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"I've already introduced myself twice, and you were both times I did. You already know my name." Solaris answered casually with the faintest of smiles. "Furthermore, asking a fellow captive a question isn't much of an interrogation, is it?" With that said, Solaris lowered her head by a small amount, but kept eye contact. "Oh... And if you don't know my name, wouldn't you say it's impolite to lean so close to a stranger like myself? I would say so."

 

[DotSlash]

[color=bb0066] "And who said I could hear you over this big lug's snoring?" [/color] Carmen said, kicking a heel into Jerrog's side a few times before turning back to Solaris. [color=bb0066] "Regardless of the intensity or parties involved, an interrogation is an interrogation." [/color] She said casually, tail swishing from side to side slowly. [color=bb0066] "Well, I'll be nice then..." [/color] She said leaning back a minimal amount. [color=bb0066] "Regardless, like I said before, there isn't much to tell. The grunt knew nothing, and seeing as we're not getting out of here, seemingly anytime soon, I wasn't about to jeopardize free drinks just to make a statement." [/color]

 

[Chungus]

Solaris watched Carmen prod Jerrog in the side with her heel, but didn't give much of a response other then a look of curiousity at how Jerrog was able to sleep through it. Looking back to Carmen, Solaris sighed, letting her arms hang by her side again, and lightly rubbing the bridge of her nose. "I suppose a underling holding any form of useful information was too much to hope for... Oh, well." Lowering the hand with which she rubbed her nose, she extended it towards Carmen. "Anyway... Since you didn't catch my name the first two times, I'm Solaris. Who are you?"

 

[DotSlash]

[color=bb0066] "Carmen St.Luna. A pleasure, Solaris." [/color] Carmen said, shaking the hand for a moment then tilting her head a bit as she looked her over. [color=bb0066] "Ah... Do you have a brother by some chance... goes by the name of Greed? Apologies for being so upfront, but you and he seem... very alike." [/color] She commented stepping back a bit.

 

[Chungus]

Solaris' smiled brightened by some degree as she shook Carmen's hand. "Likewise." She said, hiding her thoughts on Carmen. Once Carmen stepped back after asking her question, Solaris tilted her head, bringing an index finger to the corner of her mouth while raising an eyebrow. "I have a brother, yes, but he doesn't go around calling himself Greed." She commented, her facial expression returning to neutral. Is Greed here? It would make things a great deal more complicated if he were...

 

[DotSlash]

[color=bb0066] "Ah... I see." [/color] Carmen said casually. [color=bb0066] "Apologies for bringing it up then. So I'm to assume you're not a Homonculus like him either, correct?" [/color] She said next, the smile on her face not fading a small bit. [color=bb0066] Hmmm.... Regardless, those souls of yours.... [/color]

 

[Chungus]

"A Homonculus...?" Solaris questioned incredulously, then chuckled lightly after a pause. "Like I said to that other woman, a Homonculus is just a theory, a concept. No one has ever made one. If this "Greed" person is from the same world as I, and claimed otherwise, he lied to you." She responded, crossing her arms once more. "Did he happen to say where he was from?"