BurningDaisies

Shattered Reflections - A Pokemon RP (OPEN FOR APPLICATION)

@The Bork Lazer@Kymera@Innue

There we go~

It's not much, but I got something up for you guys.

Shattered Reflections - A Pokemon RP (OPEN FOR APPLICATION)

Burgundy

Perna Rockwood

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Every. Single. Time. Perna thought. She heaved a calm, quiet sigh, neatly folder her letters, and stowed them in her satchel bag. Her expression remained soft while her mind ran wild with anger.
The one time I feel like being anti-social, and have a few minutes to myself, someone has to go an' ruin it. First, a bunch of rascally lil' kids try to flip my skirt, and now some blind girl with a surly bodyguard wants to chit-chat? Nuh-unh. No way! Go find some weepy bleedin' heart fella to listen to your sob story. I want none of it.

Although she'd probably regret her selfishness later, she was too peeved to feel guilty at the moment. Not that it was easy to tell. A bright, inviting smile with happy dimples in just the right places fools most everybody. Perna grew up learning the best way to hide things from her parents, especially since they rarely saw eye-to-eye on anything.

She stood up in one graceful motion--the very picture of prim and proper--put on her best smile, and greeted them all properly with a casual curtsy. "Perna Rockwood." Living in a major city for a few years allowed her to hide her rustic accent, but bits of it always leaked out. "This is one here is Brutus." She gestured to him. "We're from Saffron City as well."

The tauros huffed grumpily behind her and stirred the hem of her dress with the wind from his nostrils. He didn't bother getting up, but glared daggers at everyone. His body was already tense after having been paraded around town all day, and he looked ready to impale someone for daring to bother him.

"Sorry, he's not in a good mood today. Too many people."
More like never in a good mood...

She directed a quick, sympathetic smirk at Willis. More than anything, Perna just wanted the graduation ceremony to be over, so she could properly enjoy being a certified trainer all by herself, but she would soldier on for the time being. One more dose of healthy conversation couldn't hurt, right?

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

Selena will want to go towards civilization for sure, especially now that she has "superpowers" 😛

@Hammerman

Same for December most likely~

Although... the reasoning is probably much different.

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

December

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The confusion settled quickly as December stared idly at Lexus. All of her senses told her it was real. No matter how much she might have liked to reject this reality, writing it off as some kind of mass hallucination, but with her senses being persistently assaulted in every possible way, she couldn't refute it.

This is real isn't it?

As she watched the surreal events unfolding around her, she briefly wondered if her old life was a dream all along. That the family she thought she had was as fictional as she believed YGGDRASIL to be.

The thought alone made her expression grim and distant.

Even as the beholder was dispatched and her newfound friends fled for safety, she sat quietly. She looked up, her gaze was trained on the ceiling, and watched as jagged lines snaked their way through several columns and archways, all of which trembled dangerously as the hall fell to pieces. Rubble and debris hailed down from above while exquisitely carved reliefs and statues crumbled. She moved not an inch as massive chunks of marble and stone burst against her tough hide like clumps of loose dirt.

In that moment, she half-wished the building would collapse and kill her. She knew she would survive, but it seemed somehow easier to be spared the trouble of dealing with this new reality. However, some part of her still ached to makes things right and return home--the same part that was determined to see her son again. It filled her with unwavering resolve and a singular focus. She knew exactly what she had to do. The only question now was how to do it?

"It wasn't supposed to happen this way." She turned to face Lexus. Her voice was sullen, but resolute. "This isn't the apocalypse I wanted."

The supports finally collapsed and the vaulted ceiling began to cave in. With a few powerful beats of her peregrine wings, she soared upwards, and unleashed a pulverizing sonic roar at the falling debris. Destructive waves of sound blasted a hole in the stone allowing her to escape into the sky above.

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@Stern Algorithm

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

Alright...a post.

Sorry if it's a little...Meh.

There was just a lot going on and I wasn't entirely sure how to appropriately respond.

@Rune_Alchemist

I'm writing a post now, and I feel the same way.

Shattered Reflections - A Pokemon RP (OPEN FOR APPLICATION)

On it~

I should have something up tomorrow or the day after.

Shattered Reflections - A Pokemon RP (OPEN FOR APPLICATION)

@The Bork Lazer

Given how its been quite a while since there's been an IC post, can we forgo the posting order? Y'know, just to move things along?

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

December

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December was at a loss for words when she turned around to see the girl's concerned expression. She hadn't expected anyone to chase after her. She hesitated, unsure of what to do as Selena held her hands tightly and entreated her to stay and chat. The demoness approached and introduced herself as well. They both seem sincere. Not wanting to cause anymore trouble, her first instinct was come up with some excuse to decline their invitation, but none came to mind. December knew she couldn't flatly reject their earnest bid for her company, and part of her want to join them anyway. Perhaps talking about it might calm my nerves? she thought.

"It... It's nice to meet you both." She said with a smile. "My name is December-"

No sooner did the words leave her mouth than the world around her seemed to explode with dozens of new sensations. After the server's clock finished its countdown, every bright color in the room seemed hot and lively; they popped out towards her like an intensely vivid 3-D hologram before blurring heavily as her vision drifted in and out of focus. Sounds filtered into her keen ears; many she had never heard before, but instantly she knew what they were: the impossibly soft thud of Senna's blinking eyes, and the fast, rhythmic beating of Selena's heart. She could feel the acoustic resonance of every moving thing nearby as they sent tiny vibrations through the cool marble floor and into her feet. The taste of burnt sugar in the air told her their was strong arcane magic nearby. She watched as the world unfolded in slow-motion. As her faithful golem made his approach she could feel the low thrum of gravity magic holding his rigid form together and with it came the faint scent of ozone and the taste of thunder.

December visibly shuddered and jerked her head strangely as if having smelled something foul. The hyperawareness of everything around her was overwhelming and her mind flashed white as her consciousness began to fade. She felt herself falling upwards. In reality, she was growing... and changing.

White fur and feathers sheathed her skin like grass growing at staggering speeds, while her hair became a rough mane that stretched along her spine. Her body bent forward onto all fours as enormous wings erupted from her back and spiny horns like those of a dragon curved out of her head. Her jaws grew long and her teeth sharpened, terrible fangs brushing against her lips. The legs bent and fingers turned to wicked reptilian claws with obsidian black talons. A skirt of feathers coated her flanks and a thick, lumbering tail unfurled beneath it, knocking away Emile's helmet. All these bestial features melded into a single gargantuan frame, no smaller than an elephant's.

Her transformation now complete, her senses settled down and her consciousness returned. Slowly she opened her eyes and staggered clumsily to her feet. Her eye level was so high, she immediately thought she was standing on a platform.

She tried to speak as if to ask what happened, but only a confused growl escaped her. It rumbled through the air like thunder. She stumbled backward frightened by the sounds she was somehow making. Her claws gouged the marble floor without resistance as if scratching soft earth, while her ungraceful tail knocked over a table behind her.

December had no idea what was going on. She didn't remember transforming. And since when could she feel, hear, smell her surroundings so intensely? Her avatar's perception was high, but that just handled in the background by the game engine. Did they do an update instead of shutdown?

She smelled aberrant, foul magic like a fetid nest of snakes coiling on a mound of filth. When she turned her attention to it, the simple beholder that had been floating idly before was unleashing crackling red lances of ruinous power from its great eye. The beams had already cleaved through the floors and walls, but an armored knight appeared to be engaging it combat.

As she desperately thought about wanting to speak and question her surroundings, she felt the muscles in her throat writhe, contort, and give way to accommodate a few rapidly growing nodules. She coughed with a deep, husky voice that she knew was her own, but was still altogether alien and strange to her.

Looking down at the two girls she was talking with before, and her divine construct kneeling in reverence, she began to realize her predicament. "Lexus?!" She turned to the other two girls. "What's going on?!" The alarm in her voice unintentionally sounded more like barely contained anger, as the predatory rumble in her throat pounded the air. She could scarcely control her own body as it reacted to her thoughts and mood.

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@Hammerman@Rune_Alchemist@Stern Algorithm@Lugubrious

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

(oops it posted twice...)

Overlord : Advent of the Gods

@Stern Algorithm
I will forever hear the auto-tuned voice of Keith David any time I read Lexus's dialogue....

Seriously, I can't stop imagining that voice. xD
Like Goliath from Gargoyles awakening for the first time.