Fantasy The Hidden; Main Thread IC {Closed}

[Shining Wizard]

Lucy flinched away, both from the droplets and Prince Manwhore's utterly creeptastic proposition. Yeah, he was an incubus- coming on to people was, like, fully half his conversational skillset. Even so, how broad did your strike zone have to be? Even an actual, literal sex monster had to understand that sort of thing was a crime, right?

Right?

(Better let him down gently.)

Taking his hand in both of hers and wincing at his awful, rotten taste, Lucy looked down at Azazel with her kindest obviously-forced grimace.

"That's very nice of you, Azazel, but... I'm twelve."

Lucy was interrupted by a screaming, human-shaped projectile headbutting her solar plexus, stunning the succubus and sending both parties flying into the lake- which, Lucy discovered, wasn't a lake at all, but an ankle-deep layer of water overlying a dense bed of muck that now covered both parties from head to toe. Brilliant. Lucy attempted to pry her assailant off herself- they had sort of an earthy taste, like onions and potatoes, but Lucy couldn't be sure if that was their natural flavor or just the swamp mud.

"Whoa, whoa, okay!" She shouted, pressing both hands against Madeline's forehead in an attempt to avoid any possible tongue action going down, "Hands off the merchandise, alright? I gotta make a living with this- did you say snacks?"

(Not really the time, hot stuff)

"...Er, nevermind. Just get offa me!"

Radio_Rat66.6 KnightOfNight TeikiFox Zerohex littleberry

 

[TeikiFox]

Artemis​

I glanced back at Madeleine, who was busy offering snacks to the newcomer. Although the newcomer was quite cute, I didn't understand being right next to her. Probably would make her uncomfortable. At least, she seemed really uncomfortable.
"Madeleine! Pay attention! The teacher asked who turned the lake into a swamp!" I exclaimed, smiling at the winged girl. I grabbed Madeleine's arm and dragged her away from the girl. The teacher would do better at teaching the newcomer than I would. Of course he would be! You know nothing! Well, of the human or hidden world. So nothing, basically. Glancing back at the teacher as he examined the pond, his black eyes startled me.
"You have- how? Wait, that's rude. Sorry. But how?" I stuttered, staring. I glanced around at my teammates, who didn't seem too surprised? Maybe it was just me.

Shining Wizard Radio_Rat66.6 littleberry KnightOfNight Zerohex

 

[Duwang]

"YOU BROS GO AHEAD TO THE MEETING PLACE. I'M GONNA GO GRAB GENIE BRO." Leon excused himself. He grabbed one last orange from the cafeteria, then through his trash away before taking off at a mad dash with a smile on his face. Abnormal about Leon was that he did not open his mouth while running, breathing entirely from his nose. There seemed to be a good distinction between his wolf form and human form, though he had yet to reveal the former.

He did not stop to greet his genie companion. Instead, he picked her up by the legs, lifted her onto his back and ran toward the meeting area carrying her along with him. His human form wasn't quite as fast as his wolf form, but it had the stamina advantage along with the ability to sweat. It may have made things a little grosser for Sakari, but he was getting to their destination. He ran until finally he caught up with the rest of the group and he finally put the genie down.

"WHAT'S UP!" Leon greeted as the trio met with their instructor. He pat himself down and it looked like his sweat had dried off during the walk and he was still full of energy somehow.

 

[Radio_Rat66.6]

Azazel chuckled and offered a hand to both girls.
"Be careful, you two."
Heis wings tucked back into position on his back.
"And, Lucy, you're a succubus. I know you're not twelve years old. I'm not eighteen. So don't say anything about pedophilia."
Shining Wizard KnightOfNight

Martyr finally made her way over to her group. She had finished her food and slowly maneuvered through the tables and such to the area she had been told to go to. She slid her cane along the floor until she tapped someone's foot. Unknown to her it was the teacher.
"I'm sorry. I know I'm late. I simply had a bit of trouble getting here."
She hoped her explanation was enough so she wouldn't get in too much trouble.
littleberry​

 

[Zerohex]

"Well if you've got places to be then why d'you have a class now?", was Teddy's immediate response to his new teacher's pompous ass introduction. Either the guy was lying to try and make himself seem important, which was just sad, or he wasn't lying and he actually couldn't even schedule his first class, it was bad either way. He could tell he just wasn't gonna like the guy, looked like a jackass that thought he was hot shit 'cause he had a decent faced and styled himself a little. Some types of folks were always the same and race didn't play into it at all. "And how are we supposed to know who touched the pond if we weren't even here? Thought it was meant to be this way, I don't know how you do things".

And all the while, the brash young fistfighter eyed his classmates and took stock of them. They seemed kinda sorta fine, not the type he'd run with but nothing egregiously awful so far, except for that one guy that was just...getting awful close and personal with what looked for all the world like a preteen. They had actually shown up together and seemed friendly so Teddy decided to just sit still for the moment, besides watching the two girls tumble into the mud was real funny, but he didn't like that one kid's air...Azozo, was it? Whatever, he looked like a creepy poof and messing with little kids was just wrong, so at the first sign of that Teddy was gonna sock him in the brainstem.

KnightOfNight TeikiFox Radio_Rat66.6 Shining Wizard littleberry

 

[Shining Wizard]

Lucy had managed to get an elbow between her face and Madeline's, and was currently using her free arm to search for a handhold in a blind panic. Her hand wrapped around Azazel's ankle, dragging herself into a squat.

"Shut up and help me, you freakin'- gah!"

Lucy slipped on swamp muck, bringing Azazel down with the force of her and Madeline's combined weight and sending him flying into the bog with an unflattering SPLORCH.

"WHY ARE YOU SO USELESS!?"

Zerohex KnightOfNight Radio_Rat66.6 littleberry TeikiFox

 

[TeikiFox]

Artemis
​

I let go as Madeleine, flying girl, and flying boy fell into the swamp. As some of the droplets of mud and swamp flew and jumped back from the edge, wobbling and trying to regain my balance.
"How are we going to survive as a group?" I groaned into the palm of my hand, looking at the three teammates currently flailing around. I glanced back at Madeleine as she still seemed to be trying to help the flying girl- her name was Lucy? I hope memory is correct.. Yesterday wasn't too long ago. She could fly, though.
"Madeleine. Give her some space. Do any of you need help?" I asked, looking at Madeleine, Lucy and flying boy- Aza? Azal? Azazl? Despite the fact that yesterday wasn't too long ago, I don't remember unusual names very- Azazel! That's the name... I think. He seemed to also be making Lucy uncomfortable. I glanced back at Lucy, feeling some sympathy. It must be hard having people crowd around. Especially strangers or something.

Shining Wizard
KnightOfNight
Radio_Rat66.6
littleberry
Zerohex

((Artemis is oblivious))

 

[KnightOfNight]

A lot happened in what felt like just a second, Madeleine was slipping and sliding and was at just about every angle but the correct one before Artemis helped pull her out of the muck. She wasn't really sure how it all happened or why it even happened but it did and was not going to be talked about. "So... What's going on with class now?" And with those simple words, her most powerful spell was cast: Ignoring the problem. It was a very tricky spell to use as it took quite the mental gymnastics and obliviousness to even consider using it, luckily Madeleine had all that and more in spades. Picking up her staff that she dropped at the water's edge, she walked over to the other teammate and the teacher. "I, Madeleine of the Evil Eye, am ready to begin." She was doing a great job at ignoring the silly events she may or may not have caused and she even carried herself with an almost obnoxious level of confidence. However, that confidence wavered for a brief moment when she noticed water leaking from her bag. That problem would be much harder to ignore.

TeikiFox Zerohex Shining Wizard Radio_Rat66.6 littleberry

 

[Radio_Rat66.6]

Azazel hadn't expected to fall into the murky water. He just managed to catch himself before his head went under. He felt the terrible squish beneath his hands and knees. He registered Lucy yelling about him being useless. He sat himself back on his haunches and frowned softly. His clothes were thoroughly drenched.
"You were supposed to take my hand, not my leg. I'm not mad at you for it, though. I understand that sort of panic."
He shrugged and stood up from the water, shaking it off his arms. He felt his feet sinking further into the bottom. He opened up his wings and picked Lucy up. She was fairly light as he flew up and then down on the ground away from the water. He set her down and smiled softly.
"There. Now we're out of that yuck."
KnightOfNight Shining Wizard​

 

[sophie.]

As Evelyn approached her advisor with the rest of her group, her nerves calmed a little. They carried power in numbers, and the advisor didn’t seem to be a horrible person. She smiled in relief, letting her shoulders drop in relaxation a bit. The teenager had a tendency to tense up without noticing, so frequently she found herself having to manually relax.

“Goodmorning, ma’am!” Evelyn seemed like a little bit of a kiss-up, but she was genuinely electrified with anticipation for her first mission. A few strands of her hair stood on end, like she had just slid down a fully charged slide. It didn’t occur to her that other students were not aware of the fact that she was an elemental, so she didn’t even realize that it could be weird for them.

 

[littleberry]

Ms. Aleva Bryning
Interacting with:
Snow Kindrick: @littleberry
Leon Adar: @Duwang
Torrin Sarenich: @AGent87
Evelyn Lemaighe: @-sophie-
Mentions:
Sakari Akiak Hitkar-Bear: @Kasime
**Was moved to the NPC group**

​

Looking at the shifter girl as she called out a strange hello… Dude Bros. Ms.Bryning would have to look this term up later. With all her students before her she looked them up and down with a slow smirk on her lips. The Wolf Prince seemed very energetic indeed running with that genie. "Oh yes, Miss Sakari Akiak Hitkar-Bear, you will be moved to group F with some other students." She waited till she was gone before looking at the remaining students. The other girls with white blonde hair and white gray hair seemed to only share that in common. One was nervous and excited and the other shy and out of place. Well Elementals did have more standing than witches of course.

“I need to test your endurance today before I give you the assignment your king has decreed fit for this group… Your endurance. I see the wolf prince has a lot of energy so, Leon, you may go first. Than the Elemental prodigy, Evelyn. Next the brave shifter Torrin and last but not least the sweet witch Snow. I know your abilities to an extent but you can never truly know anything without seeing it first hand. You will go to the track and battle me. Not in any fist fights of any such but with whatever magic you possess. We will see how long you hold out protecting or out running from my deadly phoenix fire. If you feel your defense coming down, shout ‘Done’ and I will cease fire. Fail to do so… and I might have less students to go on this mission. Which would be a shame.”

 

[littleberry]

Mrs. Alice Evanora
Interacting with:
Martyr: @LittleBlindKitten
Sorya Shuhali al Belka: @DrBones
Krrr: @Scion
Galynthia Aash: @girl_on_fire

​

The witch stared at the Fae laughing and tilted her head. They certainly were a funny creature. “Y’na leavin tis place Krr. Dese Outsiders may na be y’kin but yer life do depend on em. And we bout to pass a good time t’day friend.” She laughed, not taking offense to the creatures wish to leave or not head her warnings. She simply waved her staff, chanting as she poured a vial onto the floor… except the liquid vanished into air as it fell to the tile. A bright green light whisked across the floor and up the walls. “Now nu one leaves til Ah say so. After all, tis my class. T’me in charge dere.” She looked at Soraya and smiled sweetly as the young girl voiced her concerns.

"What kind of things are you going to be showing us?" Soraya asked, raising her eyebrows suspiciously. "I'm not that good at magic unless someone gives me a... commission. A wish. Something to work towards, you know?"

“Oooh I’ll be showin tu a lot lot. How ta Harness ya inner magic and channel it. T’rol ehs flow wit’n yahself. T’en… and only t’en… will weh be goin tuh da desert tor da mission.”

With that ominous note, Alice headed to the stage. “Nu swamp in ta desert cher,” she said to Krrr. “Tu might feel a bit outta place.” Looking at Martyr she smiled as the young witch tapped her foot. “All understood cher. Now we be startin da lesson. Oh tis gunna be fun fun. Yes… we bout to pass a good time today meh friend.”

 

[littleberry]

Sen Alvra
Interacting with:
Madeleine Collingwood: @KnightOfNight
Artemis: @TeikiFox
Azazel Minaz: @LittleBlindKitten
Lucy Venus: @Shining Wizard
Theodore "Teddy" Greco: @Zerohex

​

Sen watched as his supposedly wildly gifted students lost their shit over a small child. Sen ruffled he hands through his white hair and tugged on his pointed ear. Well what could he expect with TWO Succubi in his class. Hormones were bound to fly outta control. At least one person was listening to him… maybe there was chance..
"You have- how? Wait, that's rude. Sorry. But how?"
Nope she was so insensitive about his NATURAL appearance. “Just my looks kid. I’m Fae, not human. Did you expect normal shit to happen?” He scoffed and turned to the witch dude in his group. Rolling his black eyes he put his shades back on. “I have class now because I was forced too. So if I feel this is a waste of time… You all can go back home and dishonor your clan. Now can I have some order while I clean up this pond MESS?!” The little succubi and the big incubi fell into the muck. “Guess not…”

Sen turned around, cracking his neck as his tattoos began to glow. His large dragon like wings glimmered into view as the pond shivered, slowly casting off the muck around it, the water gleaming clean, the vegetation returning to normal and the flowers blooming. Sen had powers over natural order. He could turn landscapes into what they once were and what they could be. Very powerful gift for a nature fae.

"So... What's going on with class now? I, Madeleine of the Evil Eye, am ready to begin."

Well FINALLY.

“Great. So… today kids we are going to be working on agility and stress control. I want to see complete calmness as we train. Steady heart beats, keen focus and of course… a cool mind in the face of imminent demise.” Snapping his fingers, his tattoos glowed again as the ground beneath them fell away, eroding into a giant chasom. Everyone only had a square of towering land to stand on. Surrounding them was a bottomless pit of molten earth. “Welcome to this spot as the earth was slowly turning this island into an island and not an underwater volcano. Now. I want you all to work calmly and effectively to escape and make it to the safe side…. Which is me of course.” Sen hauffed, his wings buzzing behind him. He stood on a large area of land, trees and flowers behind him. There were fragile land bridges beneath all of them, foot holds and other towering columns of earth to jump on. To escape would take focus and extreme agility. “Now don’t worry. If you fall and I notice I’ll open a fairy door and catch you and put you right back where you started.” He said in what some would say we SUPPOSED to be a reassuring term. “Let’s see what ya got huh kids?”

 

[littleberry]

Mr. Bliez Ingouf
Interacting with:
Yumi Koizawa: @Fluffer
Charlotte Paige Rhodes: @Scion
Aeri "Hope" Happael: @CallSign
Axus Windico: @Hubub101
Dro Sicarii: @EasternGhost

​

Ingouf liked the mute kids spunk. So excited to fight who Bliez could only describe as the color hot pink come to life. “I skinned someone but it was not a puppy.” Was the only growl Charlotte got from the aggressive professor. He really didn’t like this Vampire. He respected most… but this girl? How the hell had she gotten in thinking this place was somewhere that had general P.E. classes? When she protested sinking in on any warm blooded slab of meat, Bliex smirked. “Please Miss.Charlotte. We both know your past. I could not assume with your… upbringing… you weren’t taught to kill whatever got your fangs to come out.” He watched as the useless brat began to do yoga… God give him the patience.

“I have been in more bloody battles than you will ever know that would make your sire look like a pansy ass bitch. So when I want to make sure you are even capable of holding your own, you better respect the decision and realize this ain’t no high school where you’ll get to fly by on your bitchness and attitude. You would die right now on the field if that witch boy wasn’t waiting for you to hurry it the F*** up Ma’am.”
He nodded at Axus, done with this girl. “She ain’t taking it seriously so why don’t you see if she is a bigger badass than you and your gadgets Witch or if she needs to be sent home. I don’t want Barbie’s lifeless corpse on my hands.”

 

[TeikiFox]

Artemis​

"I didn't really expect anything. It's all new." I said in response to Alvra's response to my question about his eyes. Keeping it simple, huh? Once Madeleine had announced her readiness, we all began. Stress control and agility. Agility, sounds fine. Stress control? Umm no? Can I skip that part please? I shivered as the ground around us fell, showing a thin line of possible hope. He continued talking for a bit longer, but I kept looking down at the falling ground.
"Wait, if you notice? What if you don't?" I muttered, shaking. Basic: Don't look down. Not so Basic: Don't think. Well, think enough to let your instincts take over. I glanced down again, looking at the land bridge instead of the abyss.
"Are we supposed to use teamwork or not? Or both? Or it doesn't matter? Or... umm.. something else?" I asked, glancing around at the other land bridges. They all looked to be equal in stability which was... uh... not at all. I sat down on my square, stress coming in.
Yay... Happiness. I'm going to fail stress control.

KnightOfNight
Shining Wizard
Radio_Rat66.6
littleberry
Zerohex

 

[KnightOfNight]

While Madeleine seemed to be paying attention to the teacher, inside she was panicking about a good percentage of her supplies being ruined by the water. What was she going to do if she found herself attacked? The only thing that kept her from screaming was knowing that she trapped the vampire in her room and who could possibly be so dumb as to let her out? No one, that's who. Feeling a little relieved, she turned her focus outward and saw that the ground was seemingly missing. "Huh, that's not right... Wait!" She slowly brought her left hand over her right eye with her thumb extended below her left eye. "I, Madeleine of the Evil Eye, have already seen through your tricks! Your fancy 'floor is lava' spell is merely an illusion!" She loudly announced this as she thrust her staff into what appeared to be an open chasm. "There's no fooling this witch with such simple tricks! Everyone knows volcanic islands are significantly different from non-volcanic islands! First of all, the rocks I've seen aren't the type you'd see on a volcanic island. Second of all, the trip from the mainland wasn't nearly long enough for the seismic activity of a volcano to go unnoticed. And finally... I didn't see a volcano during our trip here."

littleberry TeikiFox Zerohex Radio_Rat66.6 Shining Wizard

 

[M03M03]

"I'll catch up with you Sephoriah, I have a few things to finish up before I get something to eat."

Once the graceful succubus had left the room, the Phoenix sat down at her desk, chronicling the day before down in a simple black journal which she would place upon the shelf directly above her desk almost fifteen minutes later. Surprisingly, the night before had gone quite well...she and Sephoriah had been able to get a rough idea of how their dorms would be set up. Even better? They had a few similar tastes in color and style making it possible to merge their respective decorating plans together.

Glancing at the clock, Marci noted that she was getting a little short on time. If she was smart, she'd grab something to eat and head straight for the classroom...but nerves were starting to wind their way through the Phoenix once again only to build in pressure once she realized she was becoming agitated. And by what exactly? The thought of interacting with others...and living up to or failing to live up to...their standards. The thought of hidden intentions behind a smiling facade or a friendly word. Quite honestly the Phoenix felt like an unsuspecting songbird waiting for a cat to jump from the bushes. The thought was frightening and made her left leg...the one that stopped at the knee only to join with a prosthetic, throb with a dark reminder.

Convinced she had no real choice but to meditate or lose her facade altogether, the young woman convinced herself that she would only take a couple minutes to calm down.

Unfortunately, when opening her eyes what seemed to be only a minute or two later after contemplating her thoughts through meditation, Marcilyn realized her mistake. A mistake that already had her 5 minutes late to class. With a spike of energy that had the ends of her microbraids alight with a bright deep blue flame, the woman sped down the hallway expertly moving through the twists and turns before trying to collect herself outside the door (putting out any flames that might have shot up along the way) after an extra thirty seconds of trying to calm her fast-paced heartbeat, the woman walked into class.

Scarlett Wyverne
(Sorry I didn't respond earlier, midterms threw me for a loop but I should be more available now!)

 

[Duwang]

"SEEYA LATER" He said to Sakari, then took the orange out of his pocket to toss at her. "THOUGHT YOU MISSED BREAKFAST. TAKE THIS. YOU CAN EAT IT ALONG THE WAY."

With that, he listened to what his new instructor had to say. The first task seemed a bit... simple. He had done similar training before and in sparring with the other wolves he had come to realize that fights often came down to who lasted the longest. Thus, Leon knew perfectly well how to pace himself in combat. Still, he had already been tired out from the run to the track after not having sufficient sleep. Leon had gone through long days before, though never in such short notice. Still, he was strong. No bird was going to tell him what to do.

For the most part, he felt like choosing Leon to go first was a poor decision. In his wolf form, he was quicker and stronger; in his human form, he had more stamina and could throw things. As a handicap, he was already choosing not to use his true, wolf form. Still, he couldn't underestimate her, not to mention, Leon had no experience fighting against phoenixes. Meaning this was a good experience for him. Leon stepped onto the track and stretches, a good bit of gusto in his movement. There was nothing on the track that he could quite expose. The track itself seemed to be made from quite well-compacted dirt, which made it easy to run on. This was all the better for Leon, who decided he'd keep his shoes on, not wanting to shift.

"LET'S GET STARTED."

 

[Shining Wizard]

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I guess you're expecting me to thank you, too? Bah."

Lucy slid out of Azazel's hands and scraped the muck out of her eyes just in time to see Stickman make an ass of himself again, huffing and puffing like he had a net worth of more than forty thousand a year. The ground fell away around her to reveal some very intimidating lava and a number of shaky-looking pillars and convenient rock outcroppings across the surrounding walls. It was all quite threatening and looked set for a challenging ropes course that would require all of Lucy's climbing skills and quick thinking to accomplish.

Or at least it would have been if she couldn't, you know, fly.

Lucy simply hopped off the edge of the stone platform, catching an updraft and gliding over the entire course to land, untouched, in front of Sen Alvra. She dried her sludge-covered hands off on his nice cream-colored polo shirt for good measure and looked up at him with lazy contempt.

"Didn't really think this through, did ya?"

Zerohex littleberry Radio_Rat66.6 TeikiFox KnightOfNight

 

[Scion]

Charlotte Paige Rhodes​

"Did - did - you really SELF CENSOR yourself pussy?" Charlotte remarked rather casually as she stood in the tree pose, "But like oh like totes thanks for the compliment!~ Cause like we all know Barbie is the most successful role-model ever. Like she's a doctor-princess-veterinarian-supermodel-really-like-UH-EVERYTHING! Buuut guess you didn't know that or like your barbs are totes weak-sauce, like Sparky's tastes -if it could even be called that." After all, Charlotte Paige Rhodes was a horrific creature of the night, a frighteningly devastating creature. Though while this whole thing seemed a bore for her, this had given her some useful information to act upon later; that nerd who killed his own dog was clearly partly responsible for the photo pranks upon Aeri and herself!

Charlotte soon switched out of tree pose, with her left leg holding it, and alternated legs. As soon as she did a stint with the other leg she dropped it down and began stretching out her arms.

"Hey, Eliot Rodgers, you aren't a supreme gentlemen for trying to let the lady go first if you uh like intend to punch her. You realize that right? So like get a move on with it you dweeb or get off the pot. I'm totes not like gonna cheerlead you into action..." With that said the vampiress continued doing stretches, again not all that interested in the ordeal. There was no point to this spar. There was no true victory to be had. This lacked essentials for anything worth fighting for, blood and an amusing challenger/target. If this was that wretched Madeleine, sure it would've been a time for that type of sporting affair!

But this was not the case, so Charlotte just idly watched the mute while performing her stretches.

Hubub101 CallSign littleberry Fluffer EasternGhost

Krrr​

The swamp creature was very much not happy about this situation, for a variety of reasons. "Livin er dyin t'da re-spun-ca-billeteh u t'un livin' it. An y'aint moi ami." remarked Krrr plainly as the creature tried to insinuate both that Savage Outsiders would hold the fate of Krrr's head and that they were friends with them. Krrr did not have the time to discuss philosophy with Savage Outsiders who didn't have much of a shred of crocodilian ethics to them. Krrr knew the ways of the swamp, the proper ways and even when stuck with these Savage Outsiders, Krrr was sure to find the way.

The other reason it was not happy about this situation was due to an ominous green light that manifested itself in this shed. Snorting loudly, Krrr did the only thing it could do. Push as hard as it could against the structure to see what exactly would happen.

littleberry Radio_Rat66.6 DrBones girl_on_fire

 

[Hubub101]

You can say anything you want to Axus about him, and he'll take it. But insult his coat? No one gets away with that.

He had received his signal from the instructor, and he responded with a grin. In an instant, be broke into a dead sprint toward the vampire, far faster than a human should be able to. It was his boots, aptly named the boots of haste. Even though they were footwear, they made every part of him faster. In less than a blink he was upon her, right arm poised for a haymaker with the canister in the hand emitting more and more shadow. However, a moment before impact, he changed corse and used the momentum to summersault past the princess so that he was behind her. A perfectly executed feint. Stretching or not, Axus knew not to underestimate the reflexes of a vampire.

From a crouched position behind her, he pressed a button on the canister and from it came a line of shadow that coalesced and solidified into what appeared to be a blade. The appropriately named shadow saber pulsed with eldritch energy. Still accelerated by his boots, he spun and delivered an upward slash with the weapon. It wasn't like a regular sword however. The shadow saber was an illusionary weapon. It attacked the mind as opposed to the body. If and when the blade made impact, it would trick the victim's mind into thinking they had taken an injury at the point of contact, and thus would feel the pain of the blade. He didn't have to worry about edge alignment or strike location (though he was proficient with blades such as this thanks to a saber fencing class he took way back) as in addition to the pain at the impact site, the victim would experience a disorienting headache. He wouldn't be able to use his weapon or his boots for a while after this, as they would need to recharge, but this was well worth it.

If his attack went though and if there was no counter for him to dodge, then he would use his augmented speed to sidestep to her left side and swing again, aiming for her leg. The shadow of the blade fading behind it as it swung, oddly similar to the dark saber from Star Wars, but still vastly different.

Scion CallSign littleberry Fluffer EasternGhost

 

[DrBones]

Soraya could understand maybe a third of what her teacher was saying to her. The gist of what she could catch was... something about Krrr leaving, his life depending on the Outsiders, having a good time, and also about harnessing your inner power and going to the desert. Best guess, they were about to get a brief lesson about self-control and then... fly out a few hundred miles to the nearest desert? This island couldn't possibly sustain a genuine desert; the water nearby was far too cold, it was too close to the mainland, and you obviously couldn't get this much greenery or those cliffs in a place as weathered as a desert.

"Alright," Soraya mumbled to herself, "magic. Don't ask questions, it's just magic from here on out." A thought came to mind. Her family had been working for humans for so long, that keeping things under wraps was second nature to them. But in a place away from prying eyes, she could make anything and nobody would mind!
She perked up. "Does this mean we won't have to conceal things so that they don't look magic anymore, since we're away from the humans?" Soraya smiled cheerfully, "That actually makes my job a whole lot easier! I'm ready whenever you are, miss!"

Radio_Rat66.6
littleberry
Scion
girl_on_fire

 

[Scion]

While Axus might've thought he came up with the perfect plan to attack the vampiress, there were several mistakes he made. First was forgetting the speed at which a vampire would react, but this step was not as important quite yet. That would come into play a bit later. Axus attempt to rush in to a haymaker did not startle Charlotte Paige Rhodes in the slightest, after all this was a sloppy and spazzy display of fighting and Charlotte could easily take a punch thanks to her vampiric lineage.

So she reacted like any fighter who has been around would act, with a side step. As she did this motion she noticed the complex, but very un-necessary art of tumbling. Somersaulting, while it looks cool, is not as practical as people would like to believe. As he began the motions to tumble down, Charlotte lazily watched how he motioned backwards. Then he made the fatal flaw of swinging with a weapon that, in all honesty, had a weird heft to it considering it was forged in shadows and most of the weight was in the hilt of the canister.

As Axus' began swinging upwards in an attempt to strike her with the sword, Charlotte went down and quickly unleashed the vampiric upper-cut to his testicles, while giving a couple of cursory glances towards her nails making sure they were well polished. Of course this, this was going to be rather painful, and boy it'd help keep Axus' from having children any-time soon.

"...Like I'll give you a minute, I need time to file my nails anyway. Oh and B T DUBs hand-santizer like nowsies."

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[Hubub101]

Axus' perception of time dilated as the magic in his boots really kicked in. A plan hit him long before the undead did. The opening in his assault was a little embarrassing, but the fashionista was not the only one who felt underestimated. So, instead of swinging upward with his shadow blade, he used the hand that held it to parry the oncoming uppercut. He moved the oncoming fist only enough to not strike his genitals, so instead it would strike his thigh. This did two things. First, it would hopefully catch her fist in his shadow blade, and second it would give him a chance to deceive the aloof combatant. He would crouch down as if he had been hit in the balls, when in reality he was using his rings to carve symbols in the ground beneath him. A mute make the best lier, and while he had a certain distain for runic and circle based artifice, it would certainly help here. Even if she saw his work, she had no way of knowing what it could do. He then stood, revealing his farce and took a step back, standing at the edge of his carving. He raised his left hand and, with a snap of his fingers, a bolt of energy sprung from his rings...

Aiming to completely shatter any one of her fingernails.

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[Scion]

As soon as Axus collapsed to the ground from her strike, perhaps at this point the artificer was kicking themselves that they packed a sword and not a shield, a primal urge had washed over the vampiress. Over the course of the brief time that she was here at Prapos, she had dealt with too many nerds and dweebs without indulging herself in true and honest bullying beat-down. Now lying before her here was a perfect receptacle for some of that pent-up aggression built up from missed opportunities and the schemes against her - this nerd who tried to step against the popular, the beautiful, the elite being that was Charlotte Paige Rhodes.

It was time, finally and truly time, to demonstrate to these nerds exactly what the status quo was, and why the great philosophers of her time sang of the virtues of sticking to it.

She couldn’t help but smile, not in any warm peppy way that the vampiress would use or had used at times, in a way that barely hid her lust for carnage. This was absolutely a predatory smirk, emphasized by a cold and undying stare showing off the whites underneath her pupils.

So as soon, as soon, as Axus hit the ground, Charlotte began to knee the witch-boy over and over and over and over on their downed body and she sure was not offering him an inch for retaliation. The vampiress was not going to stop this routine until either one of two things happened; either that boy puked out his own viscera, literally not metaphorically, or until the referee, really whoever was willing to fulfill that role, pulled her off.

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