Hatman1801

Rings of Fate

Newjinsland Central Square

_{Minutes are painful}

Ainra groaned audibly, sitting cross-legged on the roof of a merchant's cart, fingers tapping against the wooden roof in impatience. She was getting awfully sick of waiting for this festival to start, and several of the short round guards had started ignoring her after about the fourth time she pestered them about how much longer it was going to be. She had considered rolling one of them around to pass the time, but they had weapons, and she didn't feel like getting kicked out of the festival--or the town--before it even started.

"I came here to have fun and food, not sit around and stare at a curtain," she grumbled, eyes wandering among the crowd. Apparently some fellow in yellow had run in expecting the fun to have started also. The empathy was real as he was shushed by one of the tiny ball guards. Maybe he'd be content in kicking one of them around with her for sport later.

Rings of Fate

Cousin's gonna step in this time.

Ainra Maeti

Name: Ainra Maeti

Age: 19

Sex: Female

Appearance: Ainra stands at about 171cm and weighs in at 64kg, with a lean, muscular build. Her skin is lightly tanned, although the backs of her hands and knuckles, the tops of her feet, and shoulder blades, are marked with several scars; these areas are usually wrapped in bandages. Her hair is auburn, kept at chin-length, messy, with a few curls. Her eye-color is unique; they are prismatic, shifting colors based on lighting. Her teeth all end in sharp points. She wears a large hooded sweater with thick black and white horizontal stripes, with the sleeves torn off at the shoulder, and dark green sweatpants torn off just above the knee. Her hands and halfway up her forearms, as well as her feet halfway up her shins, are wrapped in bandages, with the fingers and toes exposed, which end in clawlike black nails. A thin green cord wraps over her right shoulder to left hip holds her weapon of choice.

Personality: Ainra tends to be boisterous, sarcastic, and often aggressive. She loves picking fights and pulling pranks, and tends to act based off of instinct. While there have been a few who have tried to teach her to be more thoughtful in the past, she's more inclined to rebel against these teachers, just because it's more fun that way. She seems almost desperate to make friends, and it seems she has few or maybe none to speak of.

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Abilities: Inhuman strength, can create solid arrows out of green fire. Fights with a focus on claw strikes and aerodynamic kickboxing, with archery thrown in when applicable.

Weapons and Equipment: A black metal shortbow, claws.

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Rings of Fate

Cousin's gonna step in this time.

Ainra Maeti

Name: Ainra Maeti

Age: 19

Sex: Female

Appearance: Ainra stands at about 171cm and weighs in at 64kg, with a lean, muscular build. Her skin is lightly tanned, although the backs of her hands and knuckles, the tops of her feet, and shoulder blades, are marked with several scars; these areas are usually wrapped in bandages. Her hair is auburn, kept at chin-length, messy, with a few curls. Her eye-color is unique; they are prismatic, shifting colors based on lighting. Her teeth all end in sharp points. She wears a large hooded sweater with thick black and white horizontal stripes, with the sleeves torn off at the shoulder, and dark green sweatpants torn off just above the knee. Her hands and halfway up her forearms, as well as her feet halfway up her shins, are wrapped in bandages, with the fingers and toes exposed, which end in clawlike black nails. A thin green cord wraps over her right shoulder to left hip holds her weapon of choice.

Personality: Ainra tends to be boisterous, sarcastic, and often aggressive. She loves picking fights and pulling pranks, and tends to act based off of instinct. While there have been a few who have tried to teach her to be more thoughtful in the past, she's more inclined to rebel against these teachers, just because it's more fun that way. She seems almost desperate to make friends, and it seems she has few or maybe none to speak of.

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Abilities: Inhuman strength, can create solid arrows out of green fire. Fights with a focus on claw strikes and aerodynamic kickboxing, with archery thrown in when applicable.

Weapons and Equipment: A black metal shortbow, claws.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

_{Giant Snake Land}

Jenso's flame wave didn't do very much to deter the snake, although it did adjust the angle, moving further down instead of just below the surface. Which didn't seem to accomplish much in the grand scheme of things, as it only took a few moments for the beast to break the surface once more, shooting up beneath a stray Diver who hadn't gotten onto some sort of higher ground fast enough, like a shark taking a surfer. For such a small bite though, it seemed like burrowing carried a lot of momentum, as it rose up several stories before swiveling its head around once more, hissing at the air, tongue flicking out between its many teeth. It was tasting the air, seeking out more of the invasive prey who were trying to work around its subterranean senses. Their footsteps were quieter now, on top of places that it couldn't feel beneath the earth.

It wasn't going to be long though. The beast would sniff them out, and take them out one by one if that weapon didn't come online soon. And if they didn't find a better way to distract it, there might not be many people left to save once that cannon was ready to fire.

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Arcadia

_{CMAS HQ - Sydney's Quarters}

Mina Neve brushed a bang away from her face before placing two fingers on her temple, closing her eyes for a moment. "Utter chaos, Sydney. The designated location was accurate, and the Xena Serpent is ravaging among their ranks as we speak. The ATV's weapon may or may not still be in order, but otherwise it seems as though they lack anything with enough power to subdue the beast before it tears them apart. Our friend is confident that everything is going well." She sighed, taking her own seat at the table. She opened her eyes as she removed her fingers from her temple, ending her psychic link with their source. She began to pour herself a cup of tea, her eyes trailing to the unnerved Joshua, and a faint giggle escaped her. "Do relax, Mr. Joshua. You have played your part excellently. You'll be rewarded well, if this all falls into place properly."

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

I was told to interrupt Luke and introduce why No-Man's Land is dangerous as fuck. Meet Mr. Snake, the Xena Serpent. Usually just a rumor to Divers and a scary bedtime story for Nations kids, small groups of people don't bother these subterranean creatures, and nobody risks being outside in a No-Man's Land storm, which is what usually wakes these beasts!

I have pushed the panic button. Have fun.

Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

Xena Rock Field

_{The Serpent's Territory}

The Xena Rock Fields were a dangerous place. All of No-Man's Land was dangerous of course, and there were reasons why Divers were seen as crazy. They spread among one another myths and legends, of treasures and monsters, each with varying amounts of accuracy. The only known truth was that leaving the Four Nations was a decision worthy of an asylum.

And there were the risks. Divers lost their lives out on their adventures plenty. Sometimes nobody would even know they died, which only added to the mystery of what might be out there. Diver's Paradise didn't exactly have a library on it, and the CMAS wasn't about to believe that it was as dangerous as it was simply deprived of resources. Anything else they heard was superstition and ridiculous. Even the Junkers couldn't confirm much.

With every force comes an echo. Of footsteps, of words, of the winds. These ring loudest on the battlefield, with the clash of weapons and the thunder of battle. This was a familiar echo to man though, who had been warring for ages. But this land was not meant for men; it was meant for greater things.

The tremors intensified, and many were beginning to lose balance. The phrase "earthquake" was moving around several of the surviving Divers, but it was hushed as they faded for several moments. Perhaps enough to get confused. Until the ground split open barely a hundred meters northeast from the site of battle, and a serpentine creature burst from the earth, cracking the ground around it and making a noise between a hiss and a roar. Thick as a house and ten times as high, scales brown as dirt, pointed snout and horns perfect for tearing through the underground, it was more than visible to everyone present. It was also spotted with blood, especially around the mouth. Human blood.

Luke's fourth squad was dead, and a monster was thier demise. It was still for awhile, tongue flicking out, before diving into the ground before it, roaring as its horned face tore apart the ground like a drill, the rest of its immense length moving in an arc as it burrowed again, from one hole to the next. Directly towards the people who had disturbed its home.

Rings of Fate

Hmmm...

One Piece: New Age

@DuthguyDuthguy, Jensoman and I were discussing something about your hornets, and how they're pretty mediocre at the moment. We're aware that you'll probably receive something like Armament Haki in the future and have the equivalent of metal hornets or something (which is really fucking cool), but since we don't want to do Haki too-too early on, especially for Devil Fruit users, we were wondering how you felt about a temporary buff for them, kind of like Chopper's Rumble Balls before the timeskip?

I know you're going for a support-type thing, and I really like that personally because I do that a lot in my RPs (Example: I did a Naruto RP not too long ago, and I made myself a genjutsu user for team support), but the moral of being a support is "You need to survive to protect your friends, and if you can't protect yourself then you die." Teamfights are sometimes hard to manage, so 1v1s like what we just did will probably precede them consistently. Which is your weakest point, and that's not a bad thing, but if it's so weak that we end up having to cater to it, well, that's just not a whole lot of fun for us.

We're bouncing around ideas of what to do specifically, but it is your character, your fruit, and your ultimate decision. I really enjoy the concept of your fruit, and its future capabilities. The issue is, you know, you've gotta survive to get to the future. So let's discuss what can be done reasonably to pump up this situation for now. We don't want to make Asus a character you don't want to RP, but we also want Asus to be a character that we, as GMs, can RP with reasonably.

One Piece: New Age

"Here you come...and here I go!" The suit surged forward and...jumped straight onto Abigail's sword. The previously impenetrable armor found purchase in the front suddenly, as cracks appeared all over the breastplate. There was an explosion of boiling steam and water around the room, as the sword went clean through, the backside of the armor gone, the boiler now fallen from the back and burst open from over expanding. No flesh though, no blood, and nobody inside.

Instead, near the exit of the room, was a short blonde in a stained Navy uniform, goggles pulled up from her blue eyes, a key in her hand, and a smug look on her face. Her left arm was burned, with a few cuts from the exploding armor. Remnants of the armor were scattered about her; the backside of the suit was also the entrance. It was apparent now that she was almost Abigail's age. Being an immature brat 99% of the time was just a personality flaw.

"Alright stupid pirate, you win. Your damn lightning got into the boiler, and conducted the water. Overheated the reserves, and turned it into too much steam. I could feel the pipes creaking as the steam tried to get out, with the vents not going fast enough. If I kept fighting, I'd burn out in minutes, with the overheated pipes expanding and cracking the armor, and as you can see, let your sword go right through." As she spoke, Sophia moved a small panel from the wall, and stuck the key inside. With a turn, the doors at both the entrance and exit slid open, and she tossed the key across the room to the pirate.

"This hallway leads to the back rooms," she explained, sighing with exhaustion. She slid down to the floor, examining her injured arm now. "And that key is universal for all of these little battle chambers. You'll be able to get into Lenny's and Captain Yami's rooms from the back, and help your crewmates. What you do with them is your call, but I'm not feeling loyal enough to save those assholes."

After a moment, she looked up at Abigail now, smirking a little. "I thought I'd be angrier about you breaking my armor, but maybe it was at least a little fun getting to use it all-out against you. Go on and save your friends. I'll go ahead and take the loss fair and square. Could you do this kid a favor though and let me live in exchange?"

One Piece: New Age

"Wait, what did you--" Abigail heard a single loud shriek as her bolt came through the smoke and nailed the barrel of the cannon. There was the desperate sound of a shot being fired, and an explosion right at Sophia's feet. A mixture of smoke and steam clouded her, and as she charged at the young marine, she just stood and parried the blade with her hammer, although the hand behind it wasn't armored anymore. She had grabbed the maul with her left, the full arm now smoldering, wet, and covered in fragments of broken armor, crushed pipes, and a rubbery foam.

Well, turns out it wasn't some helpless midget inside, considering she actually managed to swing the damned thing. Hell, she probably wasn't even a head shorter than her, proportionately. Still, she was too weak to do more than just stop the blade, and staggered back a bit, dropping the maul after the one swing and stepping back, hesitating for only a moment.

"You broke it...you...you broke my armor..." Sophia was stammering a little, a hoarse chuckle escaping her. The loud hiss of steam followed her as she jabbed furiously at Abigail with her functioning right arm. "Alright, fine. Let's go ahead and end this, pirate!"