Charles Patricius

[Bloodedge]

The floating fortress and construct of Charlemagne, acting as the base of operations for the Twelve Paladins. All constructs have the potential to hold miraculous power, but Charlemagne’s is particularly amazing. This is a flying fortress packed with supplies that can be used both as a base of operations, and to attack enemies. This is a fortress the likes humanity never heard of in even Chaldea. [REDACTED] states that this construct is evidence that the old warrior kings and Holy Grail-holders are on a whole other scale.

[Apollymi]

Within the carriage, Yume seemed to be sinking into further and further comfort... even throwing a leg upwards and stretching herself out fully. In fact, one would find that unlike most people of Japanese descent, Yume always seemed a bit less inhibited than most. "I'm just gonna stretch out then. You don't mind, right Yuuya-kun? Us Yu people gotta stick together~" she teased gently more than willing to use the lad for her added comfort. In this case, without waiting for his answer, she extended her legs across his lap so she could lie in a more flat manner. "Invasive." Anais said immediately. "And you love me, wake me up later..." was the only reply. As those eyes of hers closed and she seemed content. Just the same, Anais was sure this girl was still very much herself, it was kind of comforting to see her so relaxed in such a situation. She looked at her body all stretched out and wondered how she expected to be woken up... and immediately thought of a few ways to do so. None of which she would be speaking, but the thoughts in her head of molesting her friend within this closed in space, led to more thoughts of molesting her mentor similarly. Enough of this happened that she found herself giving the elf a bit of a side eye as if it was a legitimate consideration if not for present company.

At the same time, Sakura seemed to be rather comfortable with the arm thrown around her midsection. She even seemed to relax into Charles more to give them a more relaxed travel posture. "Every one is so interesting," Sakura made the absent commentary. All the while, Martha was being treated to... Astolfo'isms. In this case, he was now behind her and using her breasts as part of his reigns. If they'd not already been on the move, she might have taken to harming him. Right at the moment though, with his manhood pressed against her rear and his current actions she only had this to offer, "When we land, I'm going to beat the shit out of you," yes, that was right. So, they could go on... and continue their travels.

[Bloodedge]

Yuuya was addressed very directly by Yume as their journey began. She seemed to be moving about with an amount of comfort he'd never expect of someone obviously sharing his nationality, but... it would only become stranger. She spoke of stretching out, and immediately did so over his lap. This girl had quite the pair of legs on her, he thought embarrassingly before his flushed face turned away. "Ah? Uhm... sure, that's fine," he muttered. He had no idea how she could be so open, but there couldn't be much reservation in that much exposed skin. All Yuuya had to do was avoid thinking about the legs in his lap.

Just the same, Charlemagne was trying to avoid thinking of things. Three of the five people within this carriage were running from deviant thoughts. Of those three, Charlemagne's thoughts were almost completely unprovoked. He'd been involved in a lot of sexual acts of late, and simply seeing the spacious interior of the carriage while in Sakura's company had his mind racing. Had this been a journey of two, or even if the carriage had some sort of partition, things would probably be very different already. "Yep... interesting. Sounds like a group of random travelers to me," Charlemagne said without much understanding of Sakura's original statement. Actually, he was mostly trying to distract himself. "Much like that response, no?" said Ailen, who quickly looked in Anais's direction to find... that she was already glancing his way. Interesting indeed.

Meanwhile, Astolfo was at the receiving end of a threat. Well... he was still Astolfo, so perhaps it couldn't be called such. "Promise~?♥" he asked in a more upbeat manner than previous speeches. A beating or twelve would be perfectly fine as repayment for several dozen squeezes and grinds. "You think it'll finish me off? I feel like I've been trying to finish all day~♥"

[Apollymi]

Yume seemed to be aware of Yuuya's embarrassed response to her openness without ever opening her eyes. In fact just a little smirk crossed her face as she allowed herself to drift off towards a peaceful sleep. "Good good... oyasumi~" she murmured as she began her peaceful descent. Just the same Anais never argued against being fond of her friend. She did love the girl, but she fully acknowledged her weird character quirks, like taking up so much space and being invasive to others regardless of their comfort levels.

Just the same, Sakura seemed to think this group of people was interesting. Charles might have been spaced out thinking inapproriate things, but Anais wouldn't judge anyone based on their thoughts alone considering how easily she'd jumped from accosting her friend at wake up to molesting her mentor. If anything, she'd blame this carriage. The enclosed space was obviously keeping all of her dirty thoughts floating closer to the surface of her brain. 'You know we were thinking all of this long before now!~' her internal dark voice claimed. She was right, 'Hell yeah, Slut Train!~' she mused as she noted that she'd caught the attention of her mentor. "Yep, something like that..." Anais managed as her own face flushed gently. She should just disappear right now... her own head turning to the side as she waited for a blush to fade. A smirk would come to Sakura's face as she gave consideration to why she thought this group was interesting. And it was because to her, it felt a bit like being around one of her father's specifically the one who was demonic and tied to forbidden knowledge. "So... what do you normally do on rides like this?" Sakura asked, maybe she was missing context for why this felt this way. Or maybe the feeling of it, wasn't related at all to the individual feelings floating around?

At the same time, Astolfo seemed quite excited by the prospect of getting beaten up later. Strangely, unlike most people, his obvious interest in physical harm wouldn't stop Martha from delivering her ultimate punishment. "I am absolutely going to beat the shit out of you!" Martha exclaimed. "That being said, anything you take from it is between, you, your body and whatever weird god you pray to," she stated. It wasn't as if she hated the lad, she did think it was a bit too forward for his own good, but he was still a good natured kid as far as Martha was concerned. Their course was taking them down into the lower world, so for quite a while, they would simply be descending and correcting course for the descent.

[Bloodedge]

And so, Yume fell asleep. It was almost as if a small cat had jumped into Yuuya's lap, as he suddenly felt moving even an inch would be a terrible idea. He would have preferred avoiding one of the least-clothed girls in this group having her legs stretched over him. As a man, he had his natural reactions to be concerned about. As one who tried to remain polite, however, he almost wanted to escape... almost. "Oyasuminasai," was all he said in the end. It was only a carriage ride. There couldn't be too much to worry about, right?

Charlemagne's mental state was all over the place as well. He had no reason to think the way he did, but he had just as much reason to never think differently again. At least there was conversation to keep him occupied, though Sakura couldn't have chosen a worse topic. What did one normally do on these trips? Normally, they were a group of comrades who already knew one another quite well. In this case, each person among eight was acquainted with only a few others at best. "Normally? We'd just chat or play a game. There's planning if it's necessary, but I don't think it's worth doing that just yet. In any other situation, there would at least be some sights to see. This might be one of the more boring trips," he said. Oh, if only it could be boring. Charlemagne couldn't consider it boring at all, considering how many angles he was seeing himself and Sakura in within this carriage. "Is there something anyone wants to do?" he asked. Yuuya remained silent. No way was he going to say whatever the first thing in his mind was, just as Charlemagne was avoiding the topic of his own actual thoughts. For some, this was probably going to be a very long trip.

Martha was certainly going to assault Astolfo after their landing. Good. He could probably get the exact results he'd been looking for if she did, though she seemed to be refusing any blame for his satisfaction. That wouldn't work. She had to remember, he was Astolfo. The moment she didn't actively stop him, she guaranteed additional strangeness for a long time to come. "Today, I pray to the goddess!" he insisted. What goddess? Well, his more pointed groping and hip-oscillating implied that Martha was the alleged goddess. She was built like one, so why not? She could easily have the worship of Astolfo, and indeed she would! They were even descending from the heavens, as the lower world would see in due time. What could possibly be more fitting?

[Apollymi]

Yume went to sleep without much provocation and Yuuya, poor lad, was left to deal with the lass being stretched out across his lap. 'Gambareyo,' Anais mentioned within her own mind space. She expected her pushy friend to be pushy, her being this way with literally everyone was surprising, but it seemed she'd gotten over what few inhibitions she had left. Given the sorts of things they'd both been through already, she likely wasn't capable of feeling anything but sure of herself, well all of that was fine.

In the meantime, Charles was answering the questions of Sakura about trips. There were usually more sights to see he claimed. And beyond that they were usually a group traveling that knew each other... so they joked, played games and the like. "Sou ka," Sakura curious about the activities mentioned, and also wondered if they had anything to do with the other feelings. He asked if anyone had anything they wanted to do... and Anais couldn't really think of anything in particular. "I don't have anything in particular in mind. I could play something to avoid the deafening silence. Oh and warn you and everyone else that if we're going back to our world you might have to pry my corpse away from a piano later..." she murmured. Actually, all the oddities of their trip back aside, she was quite looking forward to laying hands on her favorite instrument. Classical would do... "I also still have your playing cards, if you wanted them back..." Anais mentioned. She'd been going through her bag earlier and had seen the small box of playing cards. She'd reach into her bag and hold out the lad's box which was pretty elaborate all the while she was fishing out an instrument which was like a small harp... which she thought would sound good inside of this space.

Apparently Astolfo planned to pray to a goddess. It took no real leaps to understand he meant Martha. She knew he carried that reference for her, and though she wasn't one who would have compared herself to a goddess, it was still nice to hear. She also wasn't particularly naive, but she also never really felt like stopping Astolfo from his fun most of the time. "I don't need worship... I need to make sure we don't crash... it's like you forget we have jobs to do," she claimed knowing that reason wasn't something the lad had a lot of to start with. Oh well, he wasn't really getting in the way and if nothing else he would be receiving quite the beating when this carriage landed.