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Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

Kanbaru, having extensive experience fighting giant monsters, was not one to be kept down merely because chainsaw like scales slapped her with the force of an oncoming truck in the pilot episode of isekai anime. The lack of gravity meant she flew back fast, but it was just as easy to redirect that momentum with the help of her spectral companion as she was spun by an outstretched hand, body whirling rapidly along an unseen axis as she braked to a stop in mid-air.

It took all of her will to swallow down the bile rising from her throat as the world still spun long after she stopped, leaving her disoriented and turning vaguely towards the throne as someone cried out for the strongest there to take something. That unknown object was a Serei card of all things, and it promptly smacked Kanbaru in the forehead.

The knowledge that came with the card left her in more of a daze then her trip through the invisible tumble drier, as it was a face the nun was intimately familiar with and keenly interested in. She pressed against Kanbaru's mind, nosily reaching over her shoulder only for hands to be brushed aside so Kanbaru could peel it from her brow and eye it with an alien sensation of avarice.

This was a card she knew she'd be using in the privacy of the inn extensively if her parasite had anything to say about it, but first Kanbaru was going to put it work against the snake targeting them...

"Waah, did I miss something?" Blinking, she looked down and noticed that adorable princess was rather deceased and, furthermore, that boy Thomas had come from the doorway, effectively pinning the snake between both sides. "Umm, less thinking, more stabbing!"

Springing off from her favorite nun, the card in Kanbaru's hand flashed, garbing her in a brown trench coat and giving her a dreadfully cliche katana. Honestly it made the ex-magical girl think of all the Light Girls she'd found swinging similar weapons and cringe, but it's properties were nothing to scoff it. Bracing her free hand on the pommel she dove down towards the snake one more in a vicious stab with all her body behind it, knowing she only needed to pierce it's hide for the weapon to work it's magic.

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

The blonde gave the tengu a deadpan look, conveying exactly how much weight she put in the idea a bird who had just stolen her food would now put in following the rules with any stringency. "Well, scouting is all about getting information for others to act on, right? You can't have clearer information then getting right in the thick of it with me! We'll take the initiative and you're bosses can be super impressed with how much of a hard worker you are getting where no other tengu dared to go!"

Disbelief had given way to the fires of passion that danced like a madman's candle before her eyes, an arm snaking out to grasp Youkai's shoulder. "Oh, you've never heard of Silver Gate Academy? You'd like it! I think we even have another youkai in our class, though he's real handsy. Can you believe a guy would just come over and braid my hair without saying a single word or asking permission?"

"But yeah, it's a great place, and they let me work in the fields tilling it whenever I want. Primary school never let me work there outside club hours and they had so little space to actually work with, but now I've got work for the whole semester!" The blonde with peculiar ideas of enjoying her free time beamed, then roused herself from her memory to poke the tengu in a conspiratorial fashion. "I bet we could get you in if you help me out on this. Come on, you can basically help save a princess and get bragging rights for years!"

The Devil Hunter Agency

Rufus

"A real shame these youkai don't share our tastes. Begging for a meal when they should have asked the wizard for a brain!" Rufus sneered, contempt oozing from his every pore as mindless insects surged from the woods to consume all in their path. Locusts who would and could never aspire to be anything but pests, they were lower then the DHAs in his view. It was almost enough for him to release his moral restraints, but the presence of the humans stayed his hand from unleash wholesale carnage upon the swarm.

So the first of the bugs to try a claim only found itself flying into the scything claws of it's nearest kin, rather then being launched into the caldera of an active volcano. Like an irate conductor his hands whipped about, slivers of un-reality opening to swallow one bug and launch it into another in the moment of their attack, locking both into an instinctual death spiral as they struggled and tore at one another. That they had no other response only cemented their view as lesser beasts. "Pfft. At least you can teach a dog a few tricks. If the bugs aren't pollinating flowers, to the flyswatter with 'em!"

And while he would have done that in time, the humans had finally come face to hood with Rufus and his latest associate. An associate who zipped about in a fashion that was distinct from portals and teleportation. He laughed his approval as Beniha charged, a rain of feathers falling before him. Slashing both hands upwards, a tear rose before him from the ground to the crown of head, swallowing the burning flight before a second portal opened it, disgorging the attack back the way it came.

"What's this, attacking without introducing yourselves? No witty banter? Where's that famous human empathy and compassion you use to judge your lives above all others~? Let me have a taste of that delicious hypocrisy!"

Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

Annabel had a head for banter that Kanbaru could appreciate, the orca lamenting this wasn't a more private brawl so they could cut to the good part right then and there. Fortunately she wasn't to be satisfied in that regard, as having friends about made the sudden intrusion of a gravity nullifying serpent far easier to handle. Her pillar of water, now lacking any resistance, flew out of her control and slammed into the ceiling, only to scatter in sheets and droplets of loose water before hanging in place like ornaments amidst the rafters.

"Alright, I hate to say it, but near kaiju sized monsters warrant a cease fire. So, Princess and Witch, consider this a get out of jail free card if you don't run away before it's dead." Kanbaru barked from her place floating in mid air. A flick of her finger froze an errant sheet of water, micrometer thin yet ample space for her foot to make contact and launch a Dash upwards to orient herself against the rafters themselves.

It offered a great view of the gravity orb streaking by where Annabel had been, as Kanbaru found herself far too close for comfort and dashed away to rest over the snake's head. Movement revealed Akiko finally taking the stage, hurling herself by that funny looking Serei's of hers in a surprisingly bold move from the group's resident fence-sitter.

"Not a bad idea..." Kanbaru reached out her hand for her parasitic compatriot to give her a boosted throw, all the while tightening her grasp upon her recalled whale plushie, eager for a spinning overhead smash to snap the serpent's jaws shut.

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

A conspiracy. Not just a random act of despicable violence, but a full blown conspiracy was weaving itself amidst the ancient power structures of Kyoto and their class had unknowingly stepped in it. "No wonder our teacher wanted us to stay away, but..."

Her blood boiled just thinking that some deviant hanyou would shatter their peace for the sake of needless upheaval. Turning a determined eye to the tengu beside her, whose chatty nature was worming its way into Lorelai's good graces. "My legs? Ah, there nothing special, really. I just practise a lot of vaulting with my spears. Anyone could it with enough time, probably quicker then me if they tried for it."

Waving off the compliment with a flattered smile tugging at her stern lips she shifted closer. "Your, umm, your king doesn't want anything bad to happen, right? Maybe we can work together on this and provide some extra security. No trigger happy exorcist is gonna slap a talisman on you if they see you with a student. Probably mistake you for part of our field trip or a familiar."

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

The Tengu was an odd one, even by Lorelai's estimation, and though her thieving rankled the blonde's sense of propriety, her outrage was muffled by the yokai's assumption she'd murder her for it. "W-Why would I kill you? You may have stolen snacks, but it's not like your possessing an umbrella or strangling men with your hair. Aren't Tengu noble messengers anyway?"

Finding it a bit bothersome to crane her neck upwards just to keep talking to her, the blonde eyed the nearby surfaces before darting forward. Powerful kicks launched her upwards and side-wards, bouncing from signage to reach level with the avian brigand and plopping down with her legs over the edge. Closer now, two things occurred to her that made her view Sakichi with greater intent.

Otis was just as liberal with personal space and property as her, so maybe this was actually typical avian yokai behavior.

And she mentioned events going down in town, events Lorelai had a sneaking suspicion she was familiar with. In spite of their instructors demands, a spark of wrath was still nursed in her buxom for the assassin who humiliated her and nearly took an innocent's life so callously, prompting Lorelai to ask, "This business with your king...it wouldn't happen to be about someone trying to kill an...important heiress, would it?"

The Devil Hunter Agency

Rufus

By ear alone Rufus could tell the forest was certainly lively today, and it brought him no end of amusement to distinguish it was the DHA cause the more widespread devastation. It was a crying shame about all the trees they were burning down amidst the cry of a rampant motorcycle, the police cordon that was inevitably going to section off this swathe of woodland was going to really hamper people's enjoyment of the walking path.

All those romantic walks between couples and stress relieving excursions of Japanese crumbling under the pressure of constant work in a cold, hard, unfeeling city would now go up in smoke for weeks. How such simple, short sighted actions could cascade outwards to bring forth misery never fail to bring a spring to Rufus' step even as he hobbled around, back bent steeply to pick out the singing fragments of rock. There was the echo of a tune wanting to work itself from his lips in response, but he swallowed it and offered them a cheery hum instead.

It rather dramatically rose in pitch as her found himself confronted by an unfamiliar demon that had his eyes crossing taking her in. His eyes lied to him, but then, all eyes lie and take in the world as an inverted picture the brain had to flip in real time. Such was the same for demons as it was humans when they chose the same foolish ocular orbs.

"I see a kindred spirit, though your tastes would appear to be far more refined then my own. A shame you deprive yourself the full experience, but I won't be getting into any fancy restaurants myself either." Rufus straightened his back, flicking back his hood to favor her with a rakish grin as he rolled a dirt laden stone in his palm. "Ah, but to answer your question, I collect them because they ask me to, as a child cries for an adult to help them when they have neither the hands to grasp or the mind to know the world around them. These stones are as seeds, waiting to bloom in fertile soil and birth with remarkable potential new life."

"I'm quite curious to see what comes of that potential, yet by the racket getting closer, I do not think those guys and gals at the DHA share my views. Nasty lot they are. Don't suppose you'd like to help me keep these rocks from their hands?" He said, turning towards the coming clamor of mortals and contractors, his hood pulled up once more to mask his face and his hand outstretched. A portal formed along the ground, passing over grass and root like a smear of reflective paint, yet it zipped about and swallowed the precious rocks without issue wherever his fingers directed to clear them from the coming conflict.

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

There was something pressing upon Lorelai, carrying that implacable sensation that reminded her chillingly of the run-in with the gutless assassin who hadn't the decency to fight the students arrayed against her. It was softer then that, however, more a gentle nudge to try somewhere else, but that previous experience had her ignoring such impulses and press onwards.

It immediately cost her the dango she had remaining. If this kept up she'd develop a phobia of barriers.

Her search turned upwards- More out of exasperation then a genuine belief some bird had swooped by with more grace then a swallow and snatched the dango- one to find...that was actually the case. A bird of an entirely different breed, to be clear, but a Tengu, plain as day. Lorelai had the misfortune of being assaulted with what could only be called a southern twang in the Tengu's voice, it's affable drawl countered by the dango being plucked from Lorelai's stick.

"What are you doing here, just laying about waiting to rob tourists of their food? How shameless! Are you going to steal the offerings from the shrines as well?!" The blonde barked, shaking a rueful fist up towards the avian youkai and wishing yet again she had her spear, if only to discipline her with a whack across the back of her hands.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Rufus

The group of Devil Hunters before them didn't strike him as the sort weak enough to be contained by a few hasty barriers, but Lumen seemed confident he could delay them, if nothing else, and at the end of the day that was all they needed to do. He wasn't a glutton liable to lose himself to a hunger induced bloodlust, so it wasn't like he needed the extra meat for his freezer from all those hunters.

"Alright, just don't get yourself killed while I'm rock picking. The others may get some dirty ideas about me if I leave my partner for dead on the first mission, and I don't need that kind of rep without actually earning it. It's really no fun being accused of a crime if they don't let you do it, just for funsies~"

He favored Limen with a raised thumb before falling through a portal at his feet and rising smoothly further ahead in the forest, locating the rocks by their siren song. Or perhaps it was more apt to think of it like a baby crying out for an adult? Children did have that uncanny ability to draw all sorts to their care, even lion's would rear a gazelle if the circumstances were right. Such flights of fancy amused Rufus as he stooped down, scooping up the first such rock littering the forest. "Hey there, little guy. Now, if you don't go blowing my hand off, I'll get you home real soon."

Looking about at the scattered singing rocks, he pocketed his first into his cloak and made to do the same to the rest.

Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

The huntress proved ready for the challenge that Kanbaru presented, matching her bullet to bullet to create a brief storm of sparks where ice met melt in mid-air between them. It was only her indifference to projectiles that would cleanly miss her that saw Annabel's perch collapse, and given the convenient broom nearby, it wasn't a great loss either.

She kept her eyes cast upwards even as Ami continued the fight against Riku. Or, rather, she started the fight with the hooded girl, as she hadn't put up much of any defense the first time around. Arrogant though it was, Kanbaru didn't see Riku doing any better without this huntress helping her significantly, and found her beliefs validated by the smoke grenades that melted her ice constructs with insane speed.

If she was still limited to her magical girl power set, that would have been a deal breaker for her to deal with, but the Tower had more then accounted that. Dropping the revolver she summoned her plushie once more and slammed it to the floor before her. An orca's cry rang through the room as a wave of knee water shot forth, sweeping across the room and the two girls still fighting along the ground. More important to Kanbaru was them sweeping up the smoke producing objects, heating the water to a boil before the wave converged on a single point Annabel and rose with a geyser of force to smash through her and the ceiling above.