10-07-2015, 04:30 PM
"Holy mother of fucking God."
That sentence is more or less the best description of the combination of awe and astonishment and a lot of other emotions as he stood just outside the Carnival surrounding the awesome structure of the Colosseum. If his red scarf wasn't completely covering his mouth, it would be noticeable to all of that his mouth was completely agape. Looking up at the Colosseum, he takes in a nervous gulp, saying "Damn, that's... a really big building." This was THE most biggest building he had ever laid his oval eyes upon. At least back in the world of eternal winter, there were occasionally mountains you would sometimes see that could rival this building, but a building?! How the hell do they stack shit that high?
Ballad had been travelling on foot throughout Camelot ever since he caught word of the Prime Tournaments from a Bartender in some village. Taken him literally hours. It had caught his interest if only because he thought winning would equal, you guessed it, more omnillium for himself. However, he wasn't a retard. He wasn't just going to just walk in, revolver in hand, demand to be added, and expect to win. That might've worked back home, but this isn't home. Instead, his strategy was something different. He was going to take a look around, see who's applied, and try to judge their skill and, if he fought them, how easily they could beat him. If he thinks he can win, he will apply.
"But this is a damn impressive thing, I gotta say. Never seen anything like it..." said Ballad as he finally looked back downwards to the scene in front of him. As he walked forward, it seemed the land itself had changed from the ten seconds it took to walk towards the Colosseum through the Carnival. He didn't plan on taking a detour through the Carnival, however. Like it has been mentioned already, he had a plan.
Taking in the scenery for a few short moments, Ballad quickly set to work. As he walked, he would look around the area he was in, looking for more out of the ordinary folks. Occasionally, he would stop at various stands to watch people do various games. One particular one involved people tossing rocks at a pair of mugs. Whoever knocked three down in a row would earn some kind of prize. Whatever the prize was Ballad never managed to figure out, considering absolutely no one managed to get it. At first, he didn't really understand why it was so hard until he realized that the mugs were heavily supported on stilts, and those stilts were the only eligible things to knock down. Sadly, it was nigh impossible to do so. Ballad wanted to call them out, but went against it. Didn't want to go off-focus over some stupid swindling crime disguised as a fun piece of entertainment.
Eventually, he manages to catch sight of about three other individuals within the Carnival that didn't appear to be like the rest. Moving towards a stand selling food, he leaned against it, staring at them from about ten meters away. What he saw goes as follows.
One looked to be a red, humanoid shaped lizard creature. He wore some kind of leather armor, and had an odd looking blade strapped to his person. He also seemed to sport a pair of wings. Doesn't look too bad..
Next was looked to be a teenage girl, who for some reason wore nothing but a skirt and a shirt too big for her. Seriously? No armor at all? Not even shoes. If she plans on competing, she's surely getting her ass kicked.
Then there was... a really.. big.. blue.. lizard.. thing.. with horns.. and some scales and.. crap. It took a few moments for Ballad to fully comprehend exactly what he was seeing here, but it was obvious, to him anyway, that of the three, the horned lizard thing was going to be the toughest. The girl hardly had any armor, so if he went up against her, it was already game over for her. The red, winged lizard looked a little tough, but he could remain at range and still be fine. But the blue lizard?! He might as well kiss his ass goodbye.
Sighing, he turns his head away from the trio, holding his right hand upwards to get the guy running the stand's attention.
That sentence is more or less the best description of the combination of awe and astonishment and a lot of other emotions as he stood just outside the Carnival surrounding the awesome structure of the Colosseum. If his red scarf wasn't completely covering his mouth, it would be noticeable to all of that his mouth was completely agape. Looking up at the Colosseum, he takes in a nervous gulp, saying "Damn, that's... a really big building." This was THE most biggest building he had ever laid his oval eyes upon. At least back in the world of eternal winter, there were occasionally mountains you would sometimes see that could rival this building, but a building?! How the hell do they stack shit that high?
Ballad had been travelling on foot throughout Camelot ever since he caught word of the Prime Tournaments from a Bartender in some village. Taken him literally hours. It had caught his interest if only because he thought winning would equal, you guessed it, more omnillium for himself. However, he wasn't a retard. He wasn't just going to just walk in, revolver in hand, demand to be added, and expect to win. That might've worked back home, but this isn't home. Instead, his strategy was something different. He was going to take a look around, see who's applied, and try to judge their skill and, if he fought them, how easily they could beat him. If he thinks he can win, he will apply.
"But this is a damn impressive thing, I gotta say. Never seen anything like it..." said Ballad as he finally looked back downwards to the scene in front of him. As he walked forward, it seemed the land itself had changed from the ten seconds it took to walk towards the Colosseum through the Carnival. He didn't plan on taking a detour through the Carnival, however. Like it has been mentioned already, he had a plan.
Taking in the scenery for a few short moments, Ballad quickly set to work. As he walked, he would look around the area he was in, looking for more out of the ordinary folks. Occasionally, he would stop at various stands to watch people do various games. One particular one involved people tossing rocks at a pair of mugs. Whoever knocked three down in a row would earn some kind of prize. Whatever the prize was Ballad never managed to figure out, considering absolutely no one managed to get it. At first, he didn't really understand why it was so hard until he realized that the mugs were heavily supported on stilts, and those stilts were the only eligible things to knock down. Sadly, it was nigh impossible to do so. Ballad wanted to call them out, but went against it. Didn't want to go off-focus over some stupid swindling crime disguised as a fun piece of entertainment.
Eventually, he manages to catch sight of about three other individuals within the Carnival that didn't appear to be like the rest. Moving towards a stand selling food, he leaned against it, staring at them from about ten meters away. What he saw goes as follows.
One looked to be a red, humanoid shaped lizard creature. He wore some kind of leather armor, and had an odd looking blade strapped to his person. He also seemed to sport a pair of wings. Doesn't look too bad..
Next was looked to be a teenage girl, who for some reason wore nothing but a skirt and a shirt too big for her. Seriously? No armor at all? Not even shoes. If she plans on competing, she's surely getting her ass kicked.
Then there was... a really.. big.. blue.. lizard.. thing.. with horns.. and some scales and.. crap. It took a few moments for Ballad to fully comprehend exactly what he was seeing here, but it was obvious, to him anyway, that of the three, the horned lizard thing was going to be the toughest. The girl hardly had any armor, so if he went up against her, it was already game over for her. The red, winged lizard looked a little tough, but he could remain at range and still be fine. But the blue lizard?! He might as well kiss his ass goodbye.
Sighing, he turns his head away from the trio, holding his right hand upwards to get the guy running the stand's attention.
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