That took me entirely too long, but tonight's chat group was AMAZING and I totally got to run Maxwell through the wringer. Also CUBS WIN *screeching*

Just in case any of this is relevant, the girl (Seline) in the corner is an illusionist, and she's not actually in the corner. In fact that is a trap, and if Wolf goes after her he'll trigger a stun spell with sensory impairment, and Sini and Lucius will double-team him immediately after. Seline is actually standing on the bar. Feel free to injure her severely, possibly kill her. Sini (flame hair) is an elemental spirit with a bond to combat and war in addition to her native elements (lightning and fire). She's actually something like a very /very/ minor goddess (in the proper setting they're a separate class from deities called kami, and basically powerful spirits with governance over some sort of aspect (war for her) and a realm of their own, though I don't know that she has her own realm here). Lucius also has an association with war, as he serves Sini, and he is a demon, mid-level normally but in your rankings probably minor. The pair can and do teleport as needed, with in a short range of each other, to help them get the jump on people and maneuver around. A favored tactic is popping behind someone as that person moved to engage the other. Sini might be injured a little, Lucius moreso, but I'd prefer they survive. Curly is a therianthrope or therian. Just learned the word today! Basically a were-creature, but since I dislike the usual forced change but only at full moon, I needed a different term. Also lycan means wolf, so that's inaccurate because he's a bear, though he's not shifting into a full bear form. If you want to carve him up good that's fine. Death is also fine. Zane is the one with the golden eyes, and I explained his power and my desire for his death. ^.^ Four copies of him are illusions, done by Seline -- and the real one is actually one of the middle ones and /not/ the one lacking the proper scent.

If the fight lasts too long, more people will show up, but not just yet. Grimly might be around, I suppose, but he's not out. And there is at least one proper human around, but he's in the kitchen still, and won't come to fight.

@theminorfall headinout shortly, but in an hour and a half or so I will be on the bus, and there will be wifi~

@theminorfall has Seline isn't mobilizing openly, and there are noncombatant staff in various states of composure, so she's not all that out of place. I focused on the fighters. ANYHOW time to start writing! *wriggles*

EDIT: on second thought,the mere two hours' sleeps got last night is hitting me hard now. I had to retype this five time just to be coherent. See yalateew!

Bus WiFi had a fit. Dunno how solid it will be for the two hours remaining g, and then there's a train ride, but I will probably post completely sometime tonight. For now, have what I wrote over on subetea. For some reason subeta worked but RPG did not. O.o

@TheMinorFall DONE WITH POST. *collapses* Off to bed for shy. It's been a long day.

@theminorfall <3 Yes, yes she would. And I trust you quite a bit, which means I tend to be more flexible about things even when I hadn't planned them. *glomp* Yee, my turn!

Hm. Sini would teleport Lucius away before Wolf had enough time for a huge bite, most likely, but even if he's fast about that, she wouldn't let her underling go flying. Gonna switch Lucius for Curly, so things still work. <3 It's possible to hit them, and badly, but actually /holding/ them is extremely hard.

@TheMinorFall

@shylarah abandoning Orion for a post or two

@TheMinorFall Okay~ *sits on*

@TheMinorFall huh, I didn't even know that was possible. I'm guessing that's a higher-level technique and not many woudl know it, from what you've said. I don't think Amune even knew it was a thing -- wait, she might have. There is /one/ person who has been able to hide himself completely, and rarely shows up in her visions. Thta'd be the owner of the Upstairs, as I mentioned earlier. But I don't think she knew anyone else could. *nods* ...out of curiosity, is there a way around this technique, other than fighting half-blind?

@shylarah yeah, it's some higher-level stuff. At this point, Amuné hasn't tapped into her full potential, so no. There's no way for her to counter the gold she is in currently.

@shylarahalso, Orion is actually a blood demon who fathered all ghouls...

@TheMinorFall so eventually, but not yet. Excellent. Also Orion what? I thought he was rather young, at least in the old thread...huh. Does he know? I think he had a passing thought that was related....

@TheMinorFall Whatever's needed to ensure a ghoul stays dead, Sini does that. If Wolf has the ability to come back from the standard finish, then he's welcome to come back.

@shylarah lol, there's a story to it, you'll see

@TheMinorFall I look forward to it. <3 By the way, do you really intend on having Amune being a super powerful Seer in the end? I imagine that she's far below her potential, what with not trusting herself and needing to focus on control so much -- plus only knowing techniques directly related to her Sight, and future being what that group kept pushing her towards. They really messed her up. <3 I didn't build her as anything particularly strong compared to other Seers, but if you want her to be, that's fine. *wriggles*

I remember that I planned on letting her use force abilities -- giving things a push or a yank. Defending her mind is definitely a yes, and she can certainly do better at that. She has a little bit of indiscriminately offensive ability there, and I don't know how much she'd be able to learn. Also eventually I sorta see her learning to block herself off so people can't tell she has magic, even with the whole perception of chakra and stuff. Ziika freaked her out when he was able to tell just by looking at her. That is /not/ something she wants people able to do. Anything else I'd be flexible about.

Jareth might -- /might/ -- already exhibit some of his earth abilities. I think the whole tingling fingers is part of it, but it's always been so low key as to be unnoticeable unless you really look. He might show it a bit more strongly now, with the repeated dream indicating the start of growing into them.

@shylarahi was thinking of teaching her to teleport and stuff like that. Seers don't usually tend to have crazy super powers in my lore. Even Nunque is pretty vulnerable. He can't focus enough to hone his abilities, so although they're strong, they're also limited.

As far as Jareth, I was going to try and coax him into staying and learning the ways of tech, and maybe tapping into his ability. Thing is he is obviously not the combat type, so I would give him more of an assistant position while tying him emotionally to one of the females. That could prove a fruitful and exciting story.

@TheMinorFall I'd prefer to use force to move things around instead of teleportation. She's far more combat oriented than most Seers would be, I'd think -- even if she doesn't have powers to back it up. She never wants to be unable to defend herself again, and the force style of fighting fits her well, and also allows her to get the contact for reading a foe for weaknesses. I could definitely use teleportation if we go with that, but I know some ways to totally abuse it and I dunno how well I can restrain myself. That's why I don't plan on using Sini and Lucius overmuch for this, though they are limited to within a couple yards of each other for 'porting. And yes, they can totally scale a building that way, or get passed a locked door.

Most everything Amune can do is directly tied to her Sight. Visions -- past, present, future, alternate versions of those, assessing weaknesses, "reading" an object associated with a person or event and using it to connect to that person or event...mental shielding is fairly standard, and with that it makes sense that she'd be able to lash out, though she can't make contact on her own. The only truly offensive power she'd have would be force (or teleportation, I guess?) and really it's not what causes damage, it's what you slam someone into that does the hurting. It's more of a way to control the flow of battle, which is something a Seer would excel at. Teleportation is basically a perfect defense, especially if you can see most attacks coming slightly before they hit. If I limit her to physical avoidance, then she's far more susceptible to damage. <3

OOH I had a few ideas. let me write 'em up~

Right so! Firstly, the owner of the Upstairs. I know he's /crazy/ old, and Amune can't sense him or read him at all. She's not had much to do with him, but she does know him. Dunno if she knows he's the owner, might just think he's some random dude, and probably doesn't connect him with the guy that finally managed to bring her back to sanity.

Coodaudu has been around for a while. Might he have maybe run into the owner guy before? I'm thinking owner is probably the sort for enchantments (such as on the Upstairs), and glamours/mind magic -- so changing people's perceptions of things, and how things are perceived. Glamours, illusions, concealment, with a side of being able to touch their thoughts and /possibly/ dreams. Actually, if he's fey he might just be a variant of dream-eater. Dunno if Coodaudu would know the specifics, just that he's old, though. And I think maybe owner guy knows who Coodaudu is, or at least a little something from one event in the past. Might be interesting. Probably only a passing meeting, but still.

More details on owner guy is that he's ancient. Like, centuries if not millenia. And he's sick of people fighting. Maybe he did once, maybe he never did and now tries more actively to provide a sanctuary, I don't know. He doesn't often get directly involved, certainly not in fights. He'd be more a behind the scenes sort, if not someone who just gives gentle nudges in the right direction instead of trying to shape events.

Also. I kinda want the Ring or someone with loose ties to the Ring to turn up and start causing trouble at some point. The one base of operations was destroyed, but the chances of getting every last person from the organization isn't good. Maybe this dude wants revenge. Maybe he wants to complete the Ring's ultimate goals (which I should figure out in greater detail). Maybe...Iunno. I'd like to play with the idea. ^.^

And...hm. There was one other thing....Guh, I can't remember it right now. Ah well, take a gander at these two for the moment.

@shylarahso, this will be... better explained later in the story, you MUST know that it isn't going to make sense at first, but it will later. Tsitua is, in my lore, over 600,000 years old. There's a fluctuation of the fabric of time in his story. For this story, I'm willing to reduce that to maybe six thousand for the sake of our lore making sense and still maintaining Tsitua's lore. The Owner should be around seven to ten thousand y/o, so he would know what Coodaudu used to be, compared to how tame he is now. Here's a little run down...

So, Coodaudu used to be a calamity to the humans and humanoids of the earth. He possessed people like Vlad the Impaler, and Adolf Hitler. As a fire demon, all he knew was destruction, but finally the [owner?] had a battle with him during the Cold War era that left him too weak to maintain a possession, so he had to latch onto someone else to survive. No souls would accept him until he happened across a thirteen-year-old boy in a crashed car. A piece of his soul was missing, so Coodaudu fit right in, staying dormant until the boy was recruited by the Circle and was taught to access his chakra. Over the years he learned to use Coodaudu's power and eventually taught the demon what it was to be loved.

... so that's a thing. I put the owner in there because I think that's a good way for the stories to mesh. I don't have to know things about the Owner, all I have to do is write it so Tsitua knows nothing but hint at the fact that Coodaudu does.

Concerning the Ring, Kabuto could find a member and entice him/her to become active again. That's something he would do if he felt he could use them. What would they have to offer such a devil?