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Kanbaru Otoko



It was supposed to be the happiest time of the year. Savoring the fruits of Christmas generosity as one lounged in the interim between the final holiday of one year and the beginning of another. They should have been bowled over at home, stuffed on left overs and enjoying the quiet of snowy days with kin and company. At least, that was what Kanbaru would have liked. Truly, she'd love nothing more then to be home, hold her sister in her arms and refuse to let her go.

Because someone had broken the tenuous rules shared between Dark Magical Girls, and when that last vestige of right and wrong is crossed, no one is left unscathed. Kanbaru was the keeper of the rules, and while that may not make her the de facto executioner of rule breakers, it meant she had to enforce them where she could.

So there she was, roaring across Miso City astride her motor cycle, her rear aching from being perched astride the seat in full magical regalia so long, she'd have made overtime pay from hunting since the discovery of Luna's death till then. The city didn't know it, but it was absent a staunch champion now, one who infuriated Kanbaru in the same way her partner did with her cavalier attitude towards their nightly work. That Luna had the ability to back up her brash ways only made the situation more worrisome, but that was neither here not there.

Riding atop a sheet of ice, her path across the rooftops was smoothed over beneath a wave of her magic that would melt without issue in her passing. The city was starting to drown in Nightmares, and even a Dark Magical girl could claim to not want every street corner to not be an all you can eat buffet of power if it meant blanketing the city in it.

They were selfish, true, but the city was where they lived. One didn't ruin the home they slept in and expect good things as a result.
Tsuruga Deishuu



Paranoia was a constant companion for Tsuruga, but even she found it novel to have it validated. After all, it's not a delusion when someone is out to harm you. Or at least, out harming Light Magical Girls, but even if they killer never laid a hand on the Dark Girls, it was inevitable the spill over would splash them in the face one way or another. Either the surviving victims would conclude the Dark Girls were somehow culpable and attack wildly, or the city would grow ponderously darker in their absence.

This of course assumed there would be more killings, but Tsuruga wasn't optimistic enough to think otherwise. Least of which reasons why being that she had no alibi for the night in question. Misanthropic tendencies made such social gatherings rather daunting a prospect for her.

However solitude was something she could ill afford for both safety, security, and the simple face that there were more Shadows then could be easily handled alone. A good thing then, to have a partner for such occasions as she needed help.

"...."

Except she'd been standing on Ami's doorstep for ten minutes now, hand raised towards the doorbell yet unwilling to take the final step. With a heavy sigh she retracted her hand and sat down on the snow dusted stoop, ignoring the cold creeping up through the stone in order to wrap her arms across her chest. "I can wait for her to be ready."



Touka barely glanced away from her spot to the acknowledgement Rania gave her. Though she did nod as the older girl gave her blessings, leaving to go hunting for her Senpai. She too had wondered what was taking Chiaki so long but figured it was nothing to be concerned for; or to care for. As the other girls sifted about in their own activities, Touka found herself staring back outside where the snow was. Her gaze lingered on Rania's departing form through the frost and ice before she suddenly blinked away, turning her head around.

^-^

The large flashing symbol reflected an eerie light on her face, one that caused Touka to "tsk". Mascots were annoying in general, but having them sprout out of nowhere was doubly so. "You things have a good track record of shooting the mood," Touka mused lowly, knowing no one else was bothering to hear her. Though it was only a matter of time before everyone else would notice the cat with a television for a head lounging around. "So what do you want."

<.<

"Welcome!" Ayumu beamed at the new girl, who'd introduced herself as Elina. "Call me Phantasmagoria, or Ayumu if that's easier. Ooh, food isn't gonna go amiss, Ami here was just asking about it." In an attempt to ease Elina's nervousness - presumably at being the only one with a Christmas hat - Ayumu took off her headband. "And don't ya worry, I can whip up some fancy headwear of my own." She passed a white-gloved hand over the headband, an illusion of black, purple-outlined antlers sprouting next to the top hat, like those of her shadow jackalopes, right down to the raggedy bunny ears that rose up on either side. "Ehh, closest to reindeer horns I could manage." Donning the accessory, she glanced around at the group.

"So! Who's up for some games?" she asked. "Card games anyone? It's ok, I won't cheat... much. Though if any of you want to learn how..."

She trailed off as her attention settled first on Touka, then in the direction the green-haired girl stared. "Ah, another new arrival," she said, the cheer in her voice wavering, to the TV-headed cat curled on the floor. She wasn't sure she fully trusted the mascots, considering how the life one of them had promised her had turned out, but this one had to be here for a reason. "What's up kitty?"

Ami sipped her coffee with a cheerful grin, responding to Jin's taunt with a simple [color-crimson]"Nope~"[/color] As she poured even more sugar in. As Ayumu commented on Ami's use as a living heater, that cheerful grin turned mischevious when Ami batted her eyes at the dark magician girl. "If you really think I'm that hot, why not come closer. Get the chill out of your bones, if you know what I mean." She licked her lips, staring at Ayumu with her sultry eyes for a solid three seconds.

She then started giggling with eyes closed, taking another sip of her coffee and waving her hand in Ayumu's general direction. "Kidding! You can't handle me at my hottest anyways~' Ami raised her glass as everyone cheered alongside Kanbaru, immediately proceeding to down the rest of it as she got ready for eggnog.

A newcomer arrived shortly afterward, finally bringing some real food for everyone to eat in a bento box. She was also dressed in full Christmas attire, making Ami wonder why she hadn't done that. What a wasted opportunity. "Alright, when we get together for New Year's Eve we all have to dress up! No exceptions!"

Some time passed, enough for Ami to stuff her face and consume even more sugar via all the sweets she had brought with her along with whatever everyone else had brought. The only time she had more fun was on Halloween, which this practically was considering the decor. She was right in the middle of bugging Kanbaru with the ever present prospect of sleepovers when she heard the magic words, those words that are sure to either kill or kickstart a party.

"No no no, we aren't doing some lame card games! Hold on now, I got something way better!" Ami rushed off to the kitchen, several loud crashes of metal against metal, along with glassware rattling as she searched for what she needed. "Aha!" And so it was found. A few seconds later a lot of liquid was emptied into the sink, with Ami strutting into the cafe with a smile and an empty bottle of sake in hand.

"A party classic. Truth or Dare! Or Spin the Bottle if you're feeling adventurous~"

The cheer wasn't as widely received as she would have liked, but there was enough that she could slam back her nog without a care and laugh with her cohorts. They were an odd bunch by nature, as being brought together by similar circumstance only would be bound to do, but there was still a warmth to be found that wasn't wholly formed by the tempermental nature of the season.

They ate, they laughed, and they did their level best to make fools of themselves without care for repercussions. It was the sort of carefree revelry that only existed in good company, and Kanbaru was delighted to take part in it. As the evening wound down Ami made the bold declaration of breaking out Truth or Dare, and Kanbaru masked a flinch behind a swig of her third glass of the evening. "Maybe next time."

She'd be a poor Oath Keeper to play along with that, and a kill joy to refuse mid-game. Feigning a case of the munchies she wandered off for more Takoyaki, determined to enjoy this party to the fullest. It wasn't often a Magical Girl got a quiet holiday, and the peace was well worth savoring while it lasted.
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@TheWindel@KoL@floodtalon

Richard Montag


That was certainly a corpse in front of them. Fresh and none too clean if Richard were to hazard an assessment of it. He could tell the sight was upsetting to his Servant, no doubt any innocent slaughtered in this war would upset the chivalrous fellow.

All Richard could see was a source of combustible gas if he needed a landmine at this master's feet.

He wasn't bereft of empathy, but he was a Magus. By matter of writ they accepted that their path was one lined with corpses and hardship, so rather then seeing the corpses as a loss of life, Richard analyzed it as a reflection of the Master.

Callous. Sloppy. Lacking in forethought. Traits ascribed to a rank amateur or someone with enough clout to afford such arrogance, and with the first words spilling from the golden Servant's lips, he knew it likely the latter. The figure before them was positively ancient, exuding a casual grace and power that was the stuff of legend. His Servant almost seemed a cosplayer in comparison, though he knew that was more a feeling from Saber's adaptation to the time's when compared to this Servant's bold faced rejection of it.

Idly he drew out a cigar, casually holding it pinched between two fingers unlit while moved towards Saber and clasped the tensed Servant's shoulder. "I thought it obvious you share the company of the most stalwart of Servants, the noble Saber. I'm sure you can understand him not waving his sword around in good company, even if makes discernment less then instantaneous."

"Perhaps you could summon your adviser so we can exchange proper greetings? A waste of precious time to repeat ourselves for the benefit of the absent."


Archer - Semiramis


Archer paused, eyeing the man before her with trepidation and something bordering on concern as lip twitched with uncertainty at the offered hand in the wake of his speech. Whatever image of the mysterious man from the mysterious conspiracy fighting in a mysterious war had promptly been shattered by his exuberance.

After a long minute of indecision, she decided expression trumped decorum and wrapped both arms around her gut as she laughed from the depth of her core into the office. It was a melodic sound, and if pressed she would deny there being an un-lady like snort when her humor got the best of her. When she finally righted herself and set her gaze upon Thompson, she took his hand and raised his knuckles to her lips in a mimicry of a knight to their favored lady.

"You are a singularly strange man, Omega. A child playing at adulthood, wrapped in sinister conspiracy with their ideals intact. I'd thought you made of stone, but instead you wear it like a coat and discard it haste in my confidence. You're either a good actor, or a desperate one, but that matters not. I'll be by your side from henceforth, so please continue to entertain me. Conquest and governance are dull tasks without passions to warm the dull nights of their tedium."
Kanbaru Otoko



An overwhelming attack met an unstoppable defense, and Kanbaru's assault faltered as reality itself strained to strike out and shatter her arctic assault. Twin waves of ice utterly ceased to be as the impacted the barriers of Bastion and were destroyed with the collapse of the veritable minefield. Having ridden one herself, the Icy Magical Girl was flung forward and over, passing the maelstrom with no opportunity for a fancy landing and tumbling into the snow banks along the lake.

She unashamedly laid there a few seconds longer then would have been prudent if Luna were still gunning for her, before rising up and dusting the powder from her coat. Her gaze leveled itself firmly upon the untouched Light girl still unmoved amidst the ground ice and snow falling harmlessly around her, and she contemplated how keen Bastion would be to remain standing there if the ground were to swallow her up and make her an ice statue.

It was amidst the debate between a slow or fast freeze that the matter was pulled out of her hands entirely. The cavalry had stopped bludgeoning each other and put their violent tendencies to use on their attackers. Kanbaru could scarcely picture a more welcome sight, and seeing as she'd done her job in holding off the Light Girls for a bit, she opted to take Chie's role of 'Fight Supervisor.'


A crushed can of green tea struck the rim of a metal trash can and tumbled inside, it's departure into the waste receptacle almost as speedy as the Light Girls from the impromptu battlefield. Whether that spoke more to the speed of battle or Kanbaru's capacity to chug while thirsty was anyone's guess, but the fact of the matter was that the evening was FUBAR and she had no orders to stick around.

"Alright people, you all did good tonight. So keep on keeping on, and I'm going to use a cat as a pillow." Kanbaru declared to the scattered masses of violent but miraculously functioning members of society. In the calm following the storm of brief but energetic combat, Kanbaru almost felt a genuine kinship towards them that would have compelled her to lend a helping hand.

"Meh." She turned and trotted off towards with her hands in her pockets and her hood down, the evening wind whipping her hair back. As an after thought she flicked her arm back and snapped, causing her icy constructs from the battle to splinter, fracture, and fall apart into less conspicuous chunks. There. I helped.

That Chie was probably patrolling in the shadow of her Shatter Point shot was pure coincidence, a coincidence that warmed Kanbaru's heart for the walk home.
Archer - Semiramis


There was a demon on the base, and it was a horror they had invited in. She walked their halls clad in regalia of ebon silk, layered plates and gleaming horns, the gait of monarch among the peasants marking her passage as she favored one and all with a disarming smile from beneath the lip of her hood. Rather then be met with terror or the veneer of cold professionalism, those she passed responded in kind, there eyes glazing with unabashed reverence in her passing. If she so desired she could have stopped the surliest NCO, man or woman, and had them at her leisure.

But such distractions, while fun, where hardly anything to be called fulfilling. There was certainly none of either to be had with what had constituted as her Master, one who had no agency and existed solely as the cog of another's scheme. This meant she herself was one such machine toiling for another's benefit. It wasn't an unfamiliar position, as what was the governance of a nation but the conspiracy of one's benefit over the advancement of their neighbors? She could understand, and she could even applaud Thomas' foresight in summoning her, but he would have come to regret leaving her idle were it not for his sudden need for her.

Before her came to be a door, the ring of her grieves turning mum as she considered it and the man there beyond. She'd seen him in passing, glances taken of the man whose command dominated this base and whose ambitions encompassed the whole of the Grail War and beyond. They may not have entirely been his own ambitions to start with, but it was plain to see the lengths he would go were only limited by the means at his disposal. A disposition that brought a pleased upwards curved to her lips.

"I believe you called for a Plan B." Semiramis, Queen of Assyria and the Servant Archer, declared in a playfully coy fashion as she entered the Free Mason's office. With arms crossed beneath her chest she crossed the distance and sat on the corner of his desk, making every effort to be comfortable and bemused in the face of such a stolid Master. "Though if you're going to be my Master, perhaps you could refer to me by a more complimentary title. I'd settle for Archer if you insist on formality."
@Noxx@KoL

Kanbaru Otoko



"I didn't know the Miso City Park had a homeless problem." Kanbaru seethed as the other Light Girls intervened faster then it took for Kanbaru to fall back to the ice. A veritable wall of greenery absorbed her shots, the leafy fronds dead and bowed under the weight of icy spikes now encrusting it's top. At the very least they'd pose a hazard if anyone else fell straight down upon them, while she'd have no issue smoothing them into ramps or platforms before being threatened by an icy patch ever again.

Of course, there was the still the matter of Kanbaru fighting four Light Magical Girls by herself. That was a tall order even on a good night, and at the moment she didn't even have her motorcycle for added mobility. Instead she was in free fall, firing like mad at a barrier of frozen vine, only for a magically constructed wall to rise on top of that and block her entirely. "Look at that. The Hobos can build their own igloos. Maybe they'll get an elementary school education ne-!"

It was then she was struck with a bright flash, far too bright to be natural but effective all the same. For all the protection from gas and wind her outfit gave, it was lacking in sunglasses and she was too focused on the ground to look away. The Icy Magical Girl cried out in alarm, the gun fire ceasing as she crossed her arms before her face to shield herself from the light and inevitable reprisal that would follow. Kanbaru wasn't disappointed when she was buffeted like a leaf hurled into the turbine of a passing plane, her body inexplicably sore before a parting kick drastically altered her trajectory.

Fortuna saw the waiting Magical Girl no doubt hoping to get her shot in while she was reeling from Luna's assault. With a snarl from behind her mask, she flipped so she flew feet first and raised the ice beneath her like a wave of frozen water, catching her fall into a controlled slide atop the crest of it. All of which still bored down on Bastion. "I'm not so easy a foursome is enough to wear me down. I've got stamina to go all night."

She considered shooting Bastion, but having seen what could only be her wall block it already, she holstered both weapons on a harness beneath her billowing coat. Kanbaru reached out and focused on fighting with her magic, a second wave of ice rising from the lake and coming in from behind Bastion. She could block if she wanted but Kanbaru would bury her for it.
Richard Montag


The Master of Saber blinked owlishly from the front passenger seat, struck still by the exaggerated response of the first Master he came across. He'd been prepared for anything from blatant psychopaths to arrogant and powerful archmagi. "On a sliding scale of one to ten, that girl managed to exceed and fail my wildest expectations."

I mean, she's not wrong. It would be alarmingly easy to kill her in such an enclosed space, but considering we'd both have Servants, that goes both ways. Richard thought as he brought a hand through his hair, eyes closed as though blocking out the Servant left in their path. With a heavy sigh he brought down his arm and propped on the open window while he stuck his head out to better address the waiting Heroic Servants.

"So, I'm going to assume your a Lancer by the whole spear and lack of horse. We're not looking for a fight first thing out of the gate, so Saber and I are going to get out of your hair. I'm sure we'll find another road to take, so don't worry about showing us out, we'll get the door ourselves." Richard said, not feeling up to watching a Servant when the opposing Servant didn't even have a Master who'd stay to watch. He wasn't looking for a fight, but he wasn't keen on being sidelined if one broke out either.

"Come on Saber, we'll see if Lancer's Master is less jittery another time."
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