Flood

Tower of Fable

Infrared isn't exactly something that one can explain. You don't just begin seeing things in shades of red depending on how hot or cold they are, that was just how human's processed the data when looking at things through infrared sensors. No, an insect like species like Suparna didn't even "see" infrared at all. It was an sense entirely separate from the usual five humans used to experience the world, you didn't see, smell, touch, hear, or taste heat. You simply felt it. And in this moment, Rose could feel an immense heat building up in this creature's maw, and she could feel that it was going to come at her in a matter of moments. She could feel the path it would take, almost like she was seeing just a second into the future to see where it was aiming. Or maybe that was just the instincts of the finely trained warrior who was currently occupying her. Or was it the other way around?

Clair's knife clips the creature's jaw and it falters, the energy is just slightly destabilized, slightly weaker than it should have been. A sphere of purple luster shoots directly at the pirate paladin, but somehow Rose just knows that she'll be fine. This shield has stood up to far worse in the past, so something as simple as this was like throwing a tennis ball at a brick wall. Rose's arm swings out in the direction of the projectile and she can feel her muscle memory screaming at her to bat it away into the wall, but something else is telling her otherwise. The energy is just slightly destabilized, slightly weaker. This opens up the opportunity for more damage. She adjusts her angle of impact accordingly, the ball of dark light slams into the shield with the force of a sledgehammer yet Rose's arm doesn't even tremble. It only continues forwards and out, the energy ball distends and warps for a brief moment before rocketing right back at this dumb snake's face to send it crashing through the wall.

"Hey! Who the hell said you could attack me huh!? Get out of here before I go grab Victoire and have her make you into a steak!" Wait what? Rose touches her lips with her free hand as she wonders just what the hell she's talking about, for a moment she's totally off guard as her shield lowers a tad out of sheer confusion. She didn't even notice Thomas charging in to join the fray, a welcome addition to be sure but... who was just talking right now?

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Ami rolled her eyes at Riku's question, everyone knew who Sherlock Holmes was. And while she didn't read any of those long ass boring books, she would always skip to the end to find out who the killer was, she could definitely say she enjoyed that one Sherlock Holmes movie where his answer to every situation was to just beat the shit out of everyone. Hehe. Discombobulate. "Yeaaaaaaaah, I don't really feel like answering your stupid questions. You give your alibi first, how about that." Riku's first mistake was assuming she was dealing with a rational and polite human being who would be more than happy to cooperate in an attempt to find the true thief. Ami was none of these things, she was just here to kill her way up this Tower and get stronger.

Now Kanbaru-chan, she definitely had the right idea of things. "Yep, I like that plan." A beastly smirk adorned her features as she cracked her knuckles and stared right at Riku, before vanishing from sight nearly in sync with Kanbaru. The two former magical girls knew exactly how the other thought after fighting together for so long, even if they were never a part of an official duo. A moment later she would reappear behind Riku as she backed away from Kanbaru defensively, fist cocked back and wreathed in dark flames. "Yeah yeah, tell it to the judge!" Her tone communicated boredom, but the look on her face was anything but. It was with great joy that Ami donkey punched Riku directly in the back of the head, a smooth knockout if it landed cleanly. Her first mistake was assuming Rose was rational and wanted to talk things out. Her second was assuming Kanbaru would be the same. Her last was taking her eyes off of the Demon Knight for even a second.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Gods Play Dice With The Universe
It's Your Turn Now
Carnage One
Let's Samba!

Maria looked incredibly amused at Mai's obvious attempt to get rid of her, but the woman wasn't going to get Maria off her back that easily. Not if she had anything to say about it, and she most certainly did. "What a great idea Mai! We can all tour the building as a team building exercise!" She exclaims as she throws her arm around Mai's shoulders, a more than friendly smile on her face as she forcibly pulls the woman in closer to her. "I can already tell we're going to be great friends, si si!" This is the price you pay for ignoring Maria, she just latches onto you even harder. Pettiness at it's finest, and also how she made some of her best friends!

Ah, but here comes Major Party Pooper. Instantly Maria takes on a somewhat confused expression as she touches her index finger to her lip and tilts her head slightly, looking up at Hoshio with innocent eyes as he attempts to lecture her for the previous debacle at the warehouse. "I sorry, not familiar with ah... nihongo! Please be patient, speak Española!" She of course understood every word that he said just now, but he also had no way of proving this considering she was a foreigner after all. Thus she once again dodges the consequences of her actions. She just gives Hoshio an innocent smile as he reiterates his point about no fire, the look of someone who didn't understand a word he said but was doing her best to pretend she did understand! "Si si! No fire, got it!" She gives him a good ol thumbs up quickly and then stands from her chair, dragging Mai off to wherever she felt like so she could continue tormenting her new senior.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Gods Play Dice With The Universe
It's Your Turn Now
Carnage One
Let's Samba!

Of course work was gonna get in the way of Maria talking to a cutie, it always did! She honestly wanted to reach out and throttle the weird little youkai just for this terrible timing, but by the time she had resolved herself to grab the thing's neck it was already gone. Another loud sigh escapes her lips as she gets up and heads for the meeting room, this one much more genuine when compared to her sigh from just a few moments prior. "Maybe I should have stayed in Mexico... ah, it's fine. Just need to get this meeting over with fast, right-?" She looks back to the table and the person she was just eating with hoping for some kind of conversation starter, only to realize she's already gone. Were all the Japanese this rude? "Well that settles that, I'm sticking by her until she starts talking." Maria nods to herself firmly as she heads off to find the meeting room, priorities set and goal clear in mind!

It actually took a minute for Maria to find the meeting room in question, she didn't exactly have anyone guiding her after all, but she made it eventually. Last one in it seems, just in time for the very tired looking man in charge to assign her to a team! "Perfect, I was just looking for her!" Maria called out cheerfully as she walked over to the seat next to Mai and plopped down, kicking her legs up onto the table and reclining in her chair as she looked over at the older woman with a carefree smile. "So it looks like we're going to be working together huh? I hope you'll take care of me, show me around town so to speak. All these streets look exactly the same, it's so easy to get lost! I have no idea how you people do it honestly."

Tower of Fable

Rose blinked in confusion as she looked around, Clair was definitely right. Seems like everyone had decided to go deal with that boring old mystery or whatever, leaving just Clair and Rose to rob the theatre for it's treasures!

"I mean yeah sure, I guess this is finding research material. It's like uh... archaeology! Which is just stealing from dead people!" An interesting take on the profession of learning about the past, one that Rose would be happy to enter into a dialogue about were it not for the sudden intrusion of one very long boy. Rose yelped as the duo was thrown across the room, having just barely held onto Clair's cloak in her fairy form. But the assault didn't stop there! Thankfully Clair was ready for the next strike, which gave Rose her own opportunity to recover.

The fairy pirate scrunches up her face in cute frustration as Clair attacks, this was supposed to be a fun stealing things adventure! She already had her big fight adventure last world! "Alright then, let's do this fast so we can get back to stealing- I mean archaeology!" She hops from the thief's shoulder and transforms in midair to her regular form in a burst of smoke, landing on the ground in a stylish crouch as she draws her dagger and tosses it directly at the snake's eye. It wouldn't hit, but it was all she needed to buy enough time for her next transformation! "Transform! Form of... person with a really big shield and a sword!" The smoke clears, and the hero is revealed!

"Oh man, this feels so gross! I'm made of... of maggots!" Rose groans in disgust as she raises her shield for the next attack, face scrunched up as she squirms in her skin and steps in front of Clair. "You stay on the offense and I'll defend. Need to figure out what this card can do for myself, aside from have a big sword and shield."

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And with Ami and Akiko? Well, things had gotten a little chaotic in the throne room. Just a tad really. Little Red seemed scared out of her fucking mind by something, Big Blue showed up out of nowhere, and now Haughty Yellow was demanding they all start fighting to see who the real thief was. That's a full color spectrum of chaos right there! Honestly Ami was about ready to just start swinging and see who stole what, thankfully their resident bard was ready to step in and talk things out as bards are wont to do. "Yeah, my face is pretty friendly I guess. For now anyways, we'll see how I'm feeling in about five minutes after something goes tits up inevitably." Ami planted her sword into the ground and leaned against it, yawning in a bored manner as she let Akiko do her work.

And her solution was... threats of violence! "Maaaaaan, if I knew you were just gonna threaten to dismember her I would've just skipped the threats and done it myself." Ami complained in the background, eyes lilting towards Castle unconsciously as she felt... something. She wasn't looking at the apparition by any means, or at least her eyes weren't focused on it, but she could feel some kind of threat coming from that direction.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Gods Play Dice With The Universe
It's Your Turn Now
Carnage One
Let's Samba!

Where had Maria gone in the chaos, what had she done? It was a mystery that would persist through the ages, as there was no way such a freespirited young woman was gonna subject herself to some mundane bs like a mission report. That was for people who were boring, definitely not her. But she would go back to base on the orders of Mako, if not to see what shenanigans her subordinates had gotten into then at least to pick up her paycheck for the night.

Admittedly, she was super late. Not entirely her fault, finding her way around town was hard! These Japanese streets were so much tighter then Mexican streets, she considered it to be a reflection of how uptight they were. But I digress. After a quick look through the video store to see if there was anything interesting to rent, she didn't know how to read Japanese so there wasn't, she headed on down to HQ to collect her pay and maybe screw around with some of her juniors. Maybe even screw them, depends on how bored she was. Best place to find someone like that was definitely the mess hall, she could try some exotic Japanese cuisine and tease some cute kid who had gotten in over their head!

"Wow, and I thought that warehouse was a graveyard." Dead empty, aside from one lady eating by herself. Maria let out a loud exaggerated sigh as moved on over to her table, sitting down across from her and planting her face directly into the surface of the eating area. And then she would sigh again, this time even louder. And she would continue to do so until Mai either asked what was wrong or got up and left. She better not get up and leave, Maria hated being ignored.

Tower of Fable

"Of course you're getting payed! You get to listen to my wit and repartee while I hang out!"

Perhaps Clair's shoulder was just that comfy, perhaps she was just bored, perhaps whatever god that decided her actions suddenly got very busy for a while, whatever the case may be, Rose kind of dozed off for a bit. But she jolted to life at the sound of something large hitting something heavy, or perhaps it was something heavy hitting something large. Whatever the case may be, they were now in some kind of opera house/theatre/whatever fancy word you wanna use. Rose let out a little "Oooh..." as she sat up on Clair's shoulder and looked around more properly at her surroundings. Place was dusty as hell, but most of this stuff looked pretty expensive. "Ok so, I know we said we weren't the thieves or whatever, buuuuuuuut... this stuff looks really stealable right? Like, totally valuable and worth snatching while we're here. Whoever owns this place barely even uses this room anyways, they probably won't notice it's missing."

And meanwhile with Ami and Akiko? She was busy dragging the weird chimera girl off towards the throne rooms where she had heard a bunch of noise happening, walking in through the open doors and staring at Riku and Victoire. And by dragging I do mean literally dragging, presuming Akiko is trying to fight whatever is happening. Hopefully not, Ami was trying to do their job after all. "Alright, what the fuck is going on around here. Some kind of wolf dude who wasn't wearing a shirt sent us over this way to look for a thief or whatever, so I'm gonna assume one of you is the thief and one of you is the owner of this dusty old shithole. Which is which, first to answer decides who I'm beating up."

Monster Federation Force (Monster Girl RP)

Utena Soriyu

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A glint in the sky heralds the entrance of a falling star.

Energy missiles pound down on Hyper Fang like a rain of hail, disrupting whatever plans she may have had as ex-MFF lieutenant Utena Soriyu makes her stylish new debut! And hail is an apt metaphor, as the first thing Hyper Fang would feel would be the bite of a chill wind as the water all over her suddenly began to crystallize when exposed to the cryogenic energies Utena was firing. "Nooooooo moooooooooore fiiiiiiiightiiiiiiiing!" She roars, audible only to the GMGs as she reaches chest height to the hostile feline and begins rapidly circling around her from every direction.

More cryogenic energy missiles meant to freeze her in place, a sudden jet of steam fires from every wing to deploy 6 energy spikes which dig into Hyper Fang's fur, entangling themselves within her pelt and then freezing into her bare skin. This alone would be painful, but what is important are the thin lines of light connecting these spikes to Utena's wings, Utena who is still circling Hyper Fang to continue her assault.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Gods Play Dice With The Universe
It's Your Turn Now
Carnage One
Let's Samba!

Many might complain of the cold on a night such as this. It was absolutely freezing, below 0 Celsius even as snow rained down from the sky onto lovely little Sriracha city. Maria liked that name, Sriracha City. Was like a little slice of home so far from home. She was dressed in her usual combat attire as she walked up the warehouse, nothing but the fiery passion of her own soul keeping her warm as she crunched through the snow, a slight hiss following every step as it boiled beneath her feet. She was a little late apparently as all the chaos had started without her, screeching motorcycles trailing flames and snipers on the roof picking off demons, god it made her want to one up them all and just blow the whole warehouse up! But there were still people inside unfortunately, her own coworkers too, so that was no bueno. Instead all she could do was draw her relic and smack it against the metal wall of the warehouse, drawing the flames from Da-Xia's little pyrotechnic show to her and amping them up to 11 as she smiled a shark-like grin.

"Ay ay ay... who said you kids could start the party without me?" She clicked her tongue in disappointment as she raised her macuahuitl into the air, a pillar of flame soaring into the ceiling and crashing into the yurei above, just barely avoiding the injured girl. The wings of a phoenix sprouted from her back as she crouched down and then leapt up to the catwalks, landing right beside the injured civilian and grabbing her before she inevitably collapsed. A slew of yurei surrounded them without warning, and without warning each of them had their skulls smashed in by obsidian edges without mercy or remorse.

"Alright then bastardas! Let's samba!"

The Devil Hunter Agency

Maria Zacarias

"Yes, yes! I'm going to make this a beatdown that we'll remember for the rest of our lives! Let's samba!"

Maria Zacarias, Amada de Hunahpu

• Age: 23

• Division: South American Branch

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• Class/Species: Devil Bringer

• Weaponry:
Hunahphu and Xbalanque: Hunahphu and Xblanque are a macuahuitl and round wooden shield respectively, both adorned with almost molecular sharp obsidian blades and spikes sticking out from the flat sides. At first glance they only appear to be decorative symbols at best, objects that have never seen battle and belong in a museum more than they do in the hands of a warrior, but in truth both Hunahphu and Xblanque have been enchanted with powerful magic from an age long long past. Hunahphu channels the power of the Sun much like it's namesake, flames roaring to life along it's obsidian edges to scorch the flesh of any demon or monster that would make the mistake of crossing Maria's path. Meanwhile Xblanque is an incredibly powerful shield channeling the power of the Moon, taking the full force of whatever comes it's way and throwing it back ten fold at the attacker in a transient moonlight beam. And finally, both Hunahphu and Xblanque have the ability to enforce mortality upon the immortal, both weapons designed to deal with the demons known as the Xibalba and other immortals of their ilk.

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• Personality: A thrill seeking woman with little shame, Maria acts like she fights for the good of humanity, but many can easily tell that the only reason she's fighting is because it's more fun than simply working a 9-5 desk job for the rest of her life. She's outgoing and easy to get along with for most, the only exception being those who are exceptionally dour and are actively opposed to being happy. And even then she's not gonna leave you alone so easily, that kind of attitude just makes her want to try even harder.

Beneath her cheery exterior however, she often worries if anything she does truly matters. Maria feels she makes much more of an impact as a Devil Hunter than she ever would as a normal person, but she still worries about the legacy she'll leave behind after she's gone, and if she'll be remembered by future generations. Heavy stuff.

• Background: It was a rather gloomy evening when Maria had her first encounter with the entities known as the Xibalba, monsters long ago sealed beneath the earth by the Hero Twins of legend. A lot of things happened that night, up to and including the unsealing of a pair of legendary artifacts, the near destruction of all of Mexico City, and a vicious battle that would surely go down in history if anyone was around to witness it. But nobody was around to witness it, nobody save for one man from the South American branch of the Devil Hunters.

He saw potential in this crazy teen who was willing to fight to save her city, so he gave her the classic option. One, he could wipe her memories and she could go on living a normal life, unaware of what lurked in the shadows. Or, she could join the Devil Hunters. The choice was easy for Maria, who was so dissatisfied with her mundane life that she probably would have punched the man out if the choice wasn't offered. And so 8 years of this kind of life went by, traveling all over South America to slay demons and monsters, saving the innocent and having a good time while doing it. Definitely beat sitting behind a desk for eight hours a day.

Recently the call went out for Devil Hunters to begin gathering in Japan, large amounts of yokai beginning to overwhelm their meager numbers. And well, Maria was getting pretty tired of South America. So she bought a plane ticket to Japan and headed out, only just remembering to tell her superiors after having landed in Tokyo. Whoops?

• Inventory: Wings of Kukulkan: An intricate snake pendant hanging off a necklace around her neck, simply focusing on it summons a pair of fiery wings from her back that allows her to take flight.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Maria Zacarias

"Yes, yes! I'm going to make this a beatdown that we'll remember for the rest of our lives! Let's samba!"

Maria Zacarias, Amada de Hunahpu

• Age: 23

• Division: South American Branch

---

• Class/Species: Devil Bringer

• Weaponry:
Hunahphu and Xbalanque: Hunahphu and Xblanque are a macuahuitl and round wooden shield respectively, both adorned with almost molecular sharp obsidian blades and spikes sticking out from the flat sides. At first glance they only appear to be decorative symbols at best, objects that have never seen battle and belong in a museum more than they do in the hands of a warrior, but in truth both Hunahphu and Xblanque have been enchanted with powerful magic from an age long long past. Hunahphu channels the power of the Sun much like it's namesake, flames roaring to life along it's obsidian edges to scorch the flesh of any demon or monster that would make the mistake of crossing Maria's path. Meanwhile Xblanque is an incredibly powerful shield channeling the power of the Moon, taking the full force of whatever comes it's way and throwing it back ten fold at the attacker in a transient moonlight beam. And finally, both Hunahphu and Xblanque have the ability to enforce mortality upon the immortal, both weapons designed to deal with the demons known as the Xibalba and other immortals of their ilk.

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• Personality: A thrill seeking woman with little shame, Maria acts like she fights for the good of humanity, but many can easily tell that the only reason she's fighting is because it's more fun than simply working a 9-5 desk job for the rest of her life. She's outgoing and easy to get along with for most, the only exception being those who are exceptionally dour and are actively opposed to being happy. And even then she's not gonna leave you alone so easily, that kind of attitude just makes her want to try even harder.

Beneath her cheery exterior however, she often worries if anything she does truly matters. Maria feels she makes much more of an impact as a Devil Hunter than she ever would as a normal person, but she still worries about the legacy she'll leave behind after she's gone, and if she'll be remembered by future generations. Heavy stuff.

• Background: It was a rather gloomy evening when Maria had her first encounter with the entities known as the Xibalba, monsters long ago sealed beneath the earth by the Hero Twins of legend. A lot of things happened that night, up to and including the unsealing of a pair of legendary artifacts, the near destruction of all of Mexico City, and a vicious battle that would surely go down in history if anyone was around to witness it. But nobody was around to witness it, nobody save for one man from the South American branch of the Devil Hunters.

He saw potential in this crazy teen who was willing to fight to save her city, so he gave her the classic option. One, he could wipe her memories and she could go on living a normal life, unaware of what lurked in the shadows. Or, she could join the Devil Hunters. The choice was easy for Maria, who was so dissatisfied with her mundane life that she probably would have punched the man out if the choice wasn't offered. And so 8 years of this kind of life went by, traveling all over South America to slay demons and monsters, saving the innocent and having a good time while doing it. Definitely beat sitting behind a desk for eight hours a day.

Recently the call went out for Devil Hunters to begin gathering in Japan, large amounts of yokai beginning to overwhelm their meager numbers. And well, Maria was getting pretty tired of South America. So she bought a plane ticket to Japan and headed out, only just remembering to tell her superiors after having landed in Tokyo. Whoops?

• Inventory: Wings of Kukulkan: An intricate snake pendant hanging off a necklace around her neck, simply focusing on it summons a pair of fiery wings from her back that allows her to take flight.