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Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

New post is up! Wren is welcome to join the group below if you think he's awake by now, Sporko. :)

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

Ghost Corp Head Quarters, Inner Training Grounds

@SporkoBug, @Herald, @Qia

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VV's jaw dropped as she watched A slide to the ground, stopped short only by Mimi's quick intervention. She was immediatly as A's side, shifting her off Mimi and rolling her on her side.

”It should keep her airways open, not choking on any of that.” She mumbled quickly to Mimi, raising a frantic hand to touch A's cheek, then her forehead.

She cursed under her breath.

Before she heard scribbling behind her. ”Some kind of blood manipulation. One instance. Also seems reluctant to hurt those she regards as friends…”

Doctor Willfreed looked up from her notes, ”However, I'm still missing your subjugation.”

VV couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her hands drew into her lap, curling into fists. ”You white coats… you're all the same.”

She looked up angrily, her red eyes flaring. ”Can't you see she needs medical attention?”

”From my initial assessment, she will survive her injuries. But I need to see your response to this stimuli.” The doctor said matter-of-factly.

VV's gaze darkened. ”My response, huh?”

She threw out a hand in the direction of the doctor, and a wave of darkness rose out, smashing into Doctor Willfreed and knocking her into the wall. VV could only stare angrily, before she felt a pinch in her neck. Confused, her hand reached upward, feeling a tranquilizer dart that had sank itself into her skin. Her eyes briefly glanced to the open window on the second level of the courtyard, seeing a guard with his spider rifle leveled right at her, before she fell over, passed out.

Le Frey ran over to their corner, exasperation crossing his face as he took in the doctor moaning against the wall, and the two Umbra girls out cold. ”What in the Dust…”

Doctor Willfreed shakily rose to her feet, clutching her chest, trying to catch her breath. ”Shadow Manipulation, incredibly defensive of her allies…” She huffed, locating her pen and scrawled on her notes once more.

Le Frey only stared for a moment, before he shook his head. He whistled, and four guards with two stretchers came rushing out from the courtyard gate.

Meanwhile, the general hadn't taken his eyes off Val's center mass. His gaze flickered to Val's hand as he fainted, before his own hands moved up in anticipation. In one quick grip, he had slightly moved back, hands clutched the top and base of Val's foot. He spun the foot hard, hoping to cause Val to spin with it and throw him to his knees. However, the movement had caused him to backtrack on to his cloak. The general's tongue clicked under his mask, and in the next instance, rather ruthlessly, flames rose from his feet, eating the cloak up in a matter of seconds, freeing up his footing.

Alas, instead of attacking back, he raised a hand up. The universal sign to pause.

”Your fallaway has crossed the line, it appears. I'd ask you take a moment to teach them some manners in the barracks below.”

His chin putted to VV's collapsed figure as she was being loaded onto the stretcher.

”It's best you're with them at this point, anyways. It may be their last evening breathing the Dust-filled air…” His voice hung in the air ominously, before the general turned, and withdrew from the courtyard.

Le Frey watched him go, before he sighed, and jerked with his thumb to the gates. ”Alright, let's get them below…”

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VV woke with a start, lying on her back on a thin mattress. She was in a small cell, red lasers barred across the doorway. She, however, was the only one that was sealed, caged like an animal. As was justified for the one who attacked a non-subjugated so wildly.

The barracks was located below ground within the Ghost Corp Head Quarters. Val and and Mimi had been led down below, left to roam freely among the empty cells and long hallways while VV was the only one caged. A had been taken down in a stretcher, and was resting in a cell opposite of VV. Her door was open, and she would be free to move around the barracks upon her awakening, unlike VV.

At the staircase back up to ground level, two guards were stationed. And if Val, A or Mimi wanted to leave, the guards would only gruffly say, ”Have you taught that wild woman some manners yet?”

While VV had moved to sit at the foot of her caged door, Le Frey came down the steps, approaching the group. He had canteens of water and packages of rations. His masked face, however, seemed uncomfortable.

”I've uh, been instructed by the general to feed all of you except the black-haired Umbra girl. And uh… if any of you try to feed her, I've been told you'll ‘incur the wrath of the general’. His words, not mine.”

VV only managed an eye roll. "Is A okay?"

Le Frey didn't say a word, just held the foodstuff items out to Val and A. To Mimi, he had an open package of beef jerky he held out. It was likely made of birds, or bugs, but it was certainly some type of protein.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird The squad looks great! Darian seems to have a missing picture, though. Once that is fixed, I can add them to the NPC list.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@evierose Sounds good! After she's in the character tab, I'll see about making a short IC intro for her. :)

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

@Days No worries, we can wait a little longer. Hope everything goes well for you. :)

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@evierose I love it, she's great. There's only two things I would want to address.

1. Nocturnia is sealed off from the world, so instead of moving from some outside town to Nocturnia, you could say they moved from one district in nocturnia to another.

2. I would like to use these mechanics and limits instead for your powers. If you can agree with these, I think we can go ahead with your power. She will be ideal for short fights. What do you think of what I've written below?

Metabolism Mechanics

Heavy-hitting = Five pieces of food

Allows her to hit as hard as cracking a brick wall, or cracking a ribcage. Allows one hit before her reserves deplete. Then must eat more food to heavy hit again.

Speed = Two pieces of food

Allows her to move as fast as a bullet for about five seconds. When the five seconds pass, she returns to normal speed and her reserves are depleted. While she has fast speed for those five seconds, any injury that is non-lethal becomes healed. Must eat more food to become fast again.

Over-eating = Twenty pieces of food per day

If she reaches at or over twenty pieces of food, she will become bloated and immobile, or have great difficulty moving.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@LanaStorm Looking good! Very stylish post. ^_^ The move into Ragged Gavel looks good as well, very smooth.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird Yep, like Sporko said, take lots of rest. Looking forward to your post when you feel rested. :)

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@The Savant Yess, that's correct. She is a block off from the Kairo Skyscraper, and will be slowly making her way towards that particular building if she doesn't meet any resistance.

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

No dog can resist a good pet. xD