Digmata

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Ashley snapped back to reality, her face suddenly serious as she looked around around one hundred twenty seconds to prepare a counterattack and put countermeasures into place.

She could do that...

"Crow." Ashley spoke giving orders like a chess player playing a script in it's favor. "I need you to find an specific man in a suit and tie somewhere outside, he is wearing bandages which is like a white cloth that covers the skin, he is the one behind this."

She then turned to Emily as she pointed the fire extinguisher pinned on the wall. "We're going to need that." she spoke as she moved around the restaurant for weapons, she would find a metal pipe abandoned on the floor and a baseball that someone left.

She will give the latter to Luka.

"I hope you knew how to play baseball." she spoke as she waits.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Digmata, that sounds like Investigate to me. I'll give you a good bit of detail here--you played The World--but what question do you want me to focus on?

@ctrlsaltdel

One question right? I pick...

Who's in control?

Since I'm planning to see the future to see who our enemies will be.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Emily, you don't have to wait long to see the results. Diana was already standing behind the counter and looking out at the street, enjoying a rare moment of quiet to people-watch the early morning crowd. Her calm, contemplative expression tightens up by degrees, starting at the her eyebrows working its way down to her jaw. She's an older woman--a career waitress, who has worked in New York City since she in her twenties. She has learned over the years to trust her intuition when it tells her there's danger nearby. Closing the restaurant isn't technically her call, and she'll probably catch hell for it, but she's a fundamentally decent person, and it's not like it'll be the first time she's been fired. Still, she knows that the rest of the staff probably won't have her confidence...

"Gas leak!" Her voice rings out over the murmur of conversation, and just about everyone in the restaurant turns to look at her. "Everyone, you need to leave! There's a gas leak!" She starts herding her fellow waitstaff out from behind the counter, to the point where she almost shoves a young woman half her age into the lobby. "You two, get the customers out! I'll check back of house!" Diana squares her shoulders and marches into the kitchen; distantly, you can hear her animated conversation with the line cooks. At the same time, a middle-aged waiter and the young woman Diana had manhandled from behind the counter follow her instructions with equal levels of confusion and alacrity. You can tell that within a couple of minutes, the restaurant will be empty of everyone except your party. As they evacuate, neither the staff nor the patrons pay any attention to your party; it is as if they have forgotten you are in the restaurant.

However, you do not remain unaffected. You feel the psychic feedback as a rippling sensation running down your arm from your Eidolon, and when it reaches your head, you are filled with the same sense of danger and foreboding you inflicted in the waitress. You're distracted by the sudden urge to flee with everyone else; take -1 forward.

@ctrlsaltdel

Ashley watched as Emily began writing at her notebook at first she initially thought that she had a plan that she needs to list down for them only to 'feel' something is being changed. Like the world has a script it is meant to follow.

But as every single person leave out of blue, she can see the script slowly change, as the actors began to leave and stage is about to set.

Is this the gift that is given to Emily by Santana? If it is then this feeling was her gift.

Ashley closed her eyes and began to 'feel' harder, what Emily did showed her that the future can change and such process is something she could feel so that makes her wonder.

Could she see the future? There is only one way to find out.

My Hider

Whatever action you decided this move is, I use Ready for Anything so that the card used will be The World Arcana

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

@Guardian Angel Haruki Good deal, I'll write something up in just a bit!

@Digmata Ope, you're right >> hope you don't mind me giving you the next three cards off the pile. Your GEN is 3, so your Ready For Anything cards this uptime are:

The Fool - Neutral - You become who you are needed to be in this moment
The Hermit - Neutral - Your actions isolate you
The World - Positive - For a single moment, the world bends to your will

@ctrlsaltdel

I got the Hermit huh, at least I knew I won't draw that later.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Wait would this mean that were in uptime because if yes, it's time for Ready for Anything to activate

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Got it.

I'll put the fourth tie now.

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

"We need to work on your name later, I'll go call you Crow for now." Ashley decided as she conversed with the group, it appears that K-Pop guy and the crow have a history, something she should inquire for later.

Durand huh?, Ashley thought as if the surname explained a lot to her of course she will know that name. It appeared countless times in their classes after all.

There is also the news of them backing her father, god this life got more complicated.

"I would appreciate if we don't talk about my surname Mr. Durand, I've been trying to get it changed to Herrera for years and my petition is constantly blocked every turn. As far as I'm concerned I am not one those Whitlocks, got it?" Ashley's voice suddenly went colder in tone Emily never her take. The room felt it's been colder in an instant.

And Luka felt that he might actually die if he pushed further.

Seriously she met the whole family one time and any thoughts of tolerating them went down the drain. The tolerable one is Wesley, a literal infant and ironically his father not that she will say it to his face.

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Ashley opened her eyes at the counter looking at the surroundings as she listens to Luka.

"There is too little information for us to craft a quick plan." Ashley answered as she looked at the door. "But we could use precautions to take the advantageous positions when we went into contact with the enemy." she spoke as she took the coffee and obliterated it in one gulp.

"I'm asleep when we got ourselves killed to can anyone explained to me what happened that time?" she further asked to the group before tending to the Crow.

"That's coffee, think of it as a surge of energy in liquid form. It seems it is more effective on you since you typically don't drink one."

She took a glass of water and placed it near the Crow.

"Drink up, I hope this could help you."

New Ties if approved

4. She must be careful around Luka, he might bring her unwelcome developments to her life.
5. She hates being a Whitlock.

Danyel In The Den Of Lions

U R U H A
U R U H A

Faction

_{^D.O.B March 21 | ^Age 21 ^y.o | ^Sato Konoha [formerly Iron Country] | ^Region Mainland| ^Rank Chūnin | ^Caste Banha}

Mimoto
Mimoto

Aiko Muramasa

Shigoto
Shigoto

Sentry

Joretsu
Joretsu

A+

G A I D E N
G A I D E N

Flashback

_Monogatari
Aiko Muramasa is a child born from an unexpected union, one between an heir of a clan known to forge some of the finest blades in the Land of Iron and a clanless Ronin who quickly rose through the ranks by the virtue of her talent and adherence to the principles of Bushido. A figure of hope and admiration for the masses and Aiko herself. An ideal warrior of Bushido that Aiko wishes to follow in the footsteps of.

That code of Bushido however will lead to her family's ruin when they played host to a foreign dignitary, she remembers him being a rude guest and on the first night of his visit he got killed by his own guards that he insisted to keep with him along with her father. She remembered the chaos, the rage inside of her as she cut the traitors off with her mother.

It will be her first and last battle with her however, as the failure to protect the dignitary became an undeniable stain to their name, one that under the code of Bushido can only be satisfied through seppuku. She was spared because of her age and a passionate appeal but she was forced to watch her mother and what remains of her family cut themselves so that she may live with dignity and honor in accordance with Bushido. The sight will forever haunt her as she struggles to uphold the ideals set by her mother, as she finds herself questioning if Bushido is the actual way of life that she should strive for.

She found the answer to her question a month later, when the very people that her mother once protected took advantage of her naivety and looted anything of worth at what remains in her house. Despite being capable of easily escaping her ties, she tries to understand why they are doing this and why they desecrate the place where their protector once lived.

There is no reason other than plain naked greed and the belief they are powerful enough to prey on her an emotionally distraught young girl and win against her. Because as they say, the code of Bushido is an land in the sand made by the weak to deceive the strong because there is only one truth in this world, the truth that allowed the Land of Iron to once dominate the world.

That truth is that 'Might makes Right', the weak cannot fight back, protect themselves or even try to defend themselves.

So it is her right to kill all of them, when she easily escaped their binds and took the last blade her father worked on, after all they were so weak that a girl like her could easily beat them despite their numbers, right? Because she is strong, because she is not weak like everybody else. Aiko survived that night but she will never be the same.

She spent the following years wandering as a Ronin, taking the dangerous jobs she comes across and honing her skills against powerful opponents. Beast, shinobi or fellow samurai it doesn’t matter as long as she gets into an intense fight where she can throw herself and forget about everything.

She continued her life until a mission in Konoha set her blade against Yusuke Uchiha, the man that she did not know at the time will win her hand... (in progress)

S E I K A K U
S E I K A K U

Individuality

_Kokorononaka
Aiko lived most of her life as a thrill seeker, the woman who revels in fights especially the ones where her death is a possibility. For her it is an addiction, a way for her to run and cover any insecurities buried inside of her mask of a free willed woman. She had considerably mellowed out at her time at Konoha, letting herself mask slip sometimes to show the girl she was before; a fair, curious girl who held the blade to protect her family.

Kirainamono
Kirainamono

Weak People, Being given mercy, Bushido

Sukinamono
Sukinamono

Fighting, Training herself, People who refuse to give up

Mokutekiwa
Mokutekiwa

Bloodshed

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

Ashley stared at Santana unimpressed by the joke but she will admit that it lightened up the atmosphere. "Figures, you're just playing with the card you've been dealt."

She then contemplated what she felt, it felt like ripple in her heart letting her see the world more clearer. Like her sight is being cleaned on the spot.

"Well it's not like I want to die here." Ashley spoke as she turned to the crow, Emily and the K-Pop guy. Letting herself die so that Mr. Whitlock won't find her is tempting but she digress.

"But we're not going blindly or in a rush. Let's start with introductions, I am Ashley Whitlock and as Emily said I'm a college student. I'm currently on an accelerated course for my bachelor's degree in history minor in political studies. I knew how to throw a punch but I don't prefer that option, so how about you guys?"

Eidolon: Conspiracy Theory

"Santa... na..." Ashley spoke as she listened to the bartender's 'deal', so she truly died while asleep? That was very unceremonious and honestly a bit embarrassing. She doesn't know what death should look like but this is definitely now how she imagined it will go.

She briefly looked as Emily who apparently saw someone that caused their death, she would ask her on who it is later. Or maybe she doesn't need to.

She looked at the card on her hand, so she is given a chance to redo things and save herself. She knew she had no choice but to take the second chance but there questions that needed to be answered. Emily already asked the how but she also to ask...

"Why us?" Ashley asked. "Emily is correct, there are other people in the diner who will handle the situation better." she spoke.

"People who can fight, people who can scheme or won't ask questions like us and yet you picked us, why?"