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Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

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Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

This here is my last character application. Afterward, the next additions will be improvements to my existing characters and no other character will be added on my end.

A Sheep and A Wolf in Human's Clothing

"A gentleman’s job is to protect his peers. Now then, allow me to lend you all a hand."

Name: Willard Sterrennacht
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Race: Noble Arms Master
Nationality: Netherlands (birthplace), United States of America (jus sanguinis), United Kingdom (citizenship)
Personality: Willard presents himself as an overly amicable and sociable person, being very caring and talkative with his peers. He gives the aura of someone reliable and to easily confide in, as a sort of bigger brother. He also passes the vibe of being understanding of people’s differences and being really accepting of any notions from the present world.

This personality, while not entirely, is a facade to hide Willard’s nature of someone who’s highly observant and one who collects information, personal or professional, to aid his own work as an agent of the MI6. He can also be very intimidating and has no fear of using his collected knowledge to his favor in whatever scenario he finds himself in.

Willard’s also a “charm magnet”, whether he likes it or not. He’s the center of attention, to any interested males and females, although he does nothing to actually call that attention to himself. This becomes a hassle during his missions to collect information because he always gets dragged on a date or has to conform with anyone forcefully pushing a gift onto him.

Another trait from Willard, and one that works against him, is the fact that he somewhat cares for the bonds he forms during his missions. While his field of work tends to ask for his neutrality towards anyone without reservation, he sometimes slips because of this trait, which ends up causing problems because he’s put into situations where he has to choose between emotion and reason.

• Likes: iced coffee, white flowers, winter, ice cream, the sea, ice skating;
• Dislikes: corruption, social class abuse, hot food and beverages, unclean and unkempt people;
• Fears: being dismissed by the MI6 for failing a mission.

Bio: Willard Sterrennacht was born in the city of Eindhoven, in the southern province of North Brabant. While born in the Netherlands, his father Andrews hails from Virginia, USA, while his mother Carolien is dutch, so he has more than one nationality.

He lived his childhood in his hometown before his father got a transfer from his workplace to Bristol, in the United Kingdom. He moved with his family right when he was 6 years old, so he lived not too much in Eindhoven, to the point where his memories are all but really distant and vague to him. Once arriving and with all procedures done, the Sterrenacht family became citizens of the United Kingdom, adding even one more nationality to Willard’s shoulders.

During most of his time as a kid up to his teen years, Willard was always charmed by spy movies, from the classics to the newer ones. That drove him to pursue a dream of becoming an agent for the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, which was a surprise to both of his parents since they never imagined that he would ever choose such a path, despite his love for spy movies.

Having that defined as his goal, Willard started some “self-training” on how to become an agent amidst his studies. He also decided that he wanted to be a different type of agent, one who could use his charisma to obtain information outside of the usual spy routine.

When he graduated college at 24 years old, he applied to become an agent within MI6. After taking all the necessary tests and interviews, Willard was accepted, although just barely because of his rather charismatic point of view. Still, he was excited to begin his life as a trainee agent and to serve his country.

And so, that excitement turned into valuable effort because Willard showed impressive progress from all the selected trainees and started to climb up the ladder at a quicker rate than one could have ever imagined. By the time when he completed 29 years old, he was already a Senior Agent, which surprised most of his superiors.

By the time it happened, the already existing problem with Noble Arms became more significant and alarming in Europe, with the number of Arms Masters growing by the day, as well as the rise in the power abuse coming from these wielders. While the MI5 already had their hands tied with the internal problems in the country, the MI6 was ordered to send their agents outside the country to investigate how the problem seemed to be taken care of and relay that information so that the United Kingdom could diminish these issues at hand.

Willard was employed to observe any suspicious activities in the neighboring countries to the United Kingdom, with the objective of seeing if there could be a risk of any insurgences close by, which would allow the military force and allied Arms Masters to prepare for conflicts between the UK and other countries.

Being sent to Denmark in the middle of the winter, he had to experience harsh cold temperatures. During a mission where he was following activities from a group of rogue Arms Masters at Helsingor, he ended up getting caught. He had a gun, but the conditions were so severe that the weapon was frozen and ended up not working. At that time, he heard a “call” offering him the power to escape. He accepted it, and so his own Noble Arm awakened. Using his newfound power, he defeated his opponents and gathered the information he came after.

As he returned to the MI6, he gave the information collected and also revealed his own Noble Arm. The shock was big, and they decided to put Willard onto “observation” so that he could be assessed as an Arm Master. This period allowed Willard to train his Noble Arm while helping his superiors to know about the potential behind the weapon in question. After the observation period was over and Willard’s power as an Arm Master was assessed, he was let go, as his data was now accessible.

Just as he was freed, China declared war on the world. The ASEAN War began and its initial sparks began to affect the world.

Willard is called to the office and is hit with a new mission. Apparently, a military force has been sent by the British Army. However, while the investigation is still in process, the MI6 is convinced that the documents to order this force were all forged by someone in the military with connections to Ashnard Meitner, a famous ex-strategist of the British Army. Not only that, but both his children, Regil and Regina, were involved in this “black ops” and had already departed. Under these circumstances, the MI6 was ordered to tackle a full investigation on the Meitners and gather as much evidence as it can in order to start a full case against them.

With those orders, Willard departs to the Phillippines, where he is tasked to “assist” and observe Regil and Regina Meitner, and gather evidence to help with the case...
Current Goal: To observe and gather information on the Meitners by “assisting” Regil and Regina.
Misc. Abilities: Willard has a sharp and silver tongue, so he is pretty able to gather information easily with his words and “pretty looks”. Other than that, he also excels in espionage routines and has a good hand for first aid procedures.
Military or Civilian Rank: Senior Agent of MI6, currently placed on the International British Military Affairs investigation.
Main Theme: Elegant Summer
Battle Theme (Playful): Secret Circumstances -KOF XIV Ver.-
Battle Theme (Serious): We Are Finally Cowboys (Golden Brown Mix)

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Bullets From the Lands of Absolute Zero

Noble Arm Name: Aureus Stella
Noble Arm Rank: B

• Power: B-
• Speed: C~B
• Range: B~A
• Persistence: B
• Precision: D~C
• Potential: B

Noble Arm Type: Rifle (Sniper)
Noble Arm Element: Cold
Noble Arm Range: Melee/Ranged
Noble Arm Description: Aureus Stella is a Noble Arm that allows Willard to generate and manipulate cold. Despite itself being a rifle, Willard can also attack with ice projectiles instead of simply shooting bullets. The Noble Arm is always generating ice energy and is constantly at low temperatures at all times. The ice created with its energy is more resistant and sharper than usual ice, making it deadlier than usual. It also gives Willard, as its wielder, immunity to ice attacks and higher resistance to freezing attacks, meaning he can easily get himself out if he ends up being frozen.
Noble Arm Abilities:
Cryokinesis: As stated before, the basic ability coming from this Noble Arm is the ability to generate and manipulate cold, meaning Willard can create cold constructs whenever he wishes to, as long as his Noble Arm is manifested and at his hand. Willard can also change the size and shape of the constructs he generates outside of the cold mist from his weapon.

As a cryokinetic fighter, Willard also has immunity to cold energy and temperatures, so he is completely unbothered if placed on a mission to a location where the temperatures are low, and has a higher resistance to negative temperatures. He also has a colder touch and presence, meaning his own temperature is lower and he can freeze objects and people. Because of the lower temperature of his body, he can cause hypothermia and frostbite by touching people who aren't used to really low temperatures.

However, as nature would have it, Willard is naturally weaker to heat and fire elemental attacks, receiving double damage if attacked with those elements. Heat radiated by fire does count on this prospect. While he doesn't get weaker if fighting under direct and natural sunlight, his own attacks will deal half of the damage they are supposed to if the enemy is able to create a heat or fire area to trap him.

Areas can also hinder Willard’s power, depending on the terrain and climate. While he can be very powerful and flexible in areas like a lake, a mountain, or a humid forest, places like beaches and deserts are completely detrimental to Willard since they are naturally hotter in temperature and sand is the worst type of terrain for a cryokinetic fighter. When it comes to artificial settings like streets and buildings, that becomes entirely dependent on the day’s temperature, meaning hotter days aren’t optimal for street fights.

It’s also important to notice that Willard’s cold isn’t extraordinary so the same slippery physics applies to his attacks. In case he decides to use it as some terrain trap, others must be mindful that it’s still ice at the end of the day.

Artistic Sculpture: Willard has the ability to shape the cold he creates to become additional weapons, such as swords, daggers, etc., as well as other objects if he so desires such as chairs, tables, etc. He can also use this power to shape the ice into ammunition, such as bullets and arrows, but he can't create rockets or any ammunition that needs to be used by a tank or any heavy artillery, because the firing method behind these machines involves heat, which makes the projectile melt faster.

Defensively, Willard can create portable shields made of cold or even large cold crystals in order to defend against area attacks.

Another useful power is the ability to change his mobility by creating cold skating blades under his shoes, allowing him to slide and go faster. The skating blades can also be used offensively whenever he wishes, serving as additional weapons to use whenever Willard is attacking with his foot.

The problem is that this is still cold, so handling it is still a problem because of its temperature, its slippery nature, and its fragility. While they can be strong and sharp as a normal weapon would, they aren't exactly durable and sturdy so a real weapon can break anything it creates in 1 to 3 hits max.

Glacier Drop: Willard is also able to create glaciers and drop them from the sky. By focusing on a determined area, he can gather cold and shape said glacier, which can take up to 50m in diameter and can be shaped as a cube, sphere, stalagmite, etc. And because of the nature of this attack, this ice is very resistant and can take more hits than usual, as well as melting far slower in case the fight is being taken on areas that are hot.

But this power is less immediate than his ability to shape cold. It takes up to 30 minutes for Willard to actually be able to shape a glacier, whether it is in the sky or in the ground. He has to concentrate really well and not be disturbed by anything, otherwise, the shaping will stop and the ice will rise or fall as it is, meaning the attack can be made weaker by enemy disruption.

Also, because of the destructive nature of the power, it’s completely imprecise and it can harm allies just as much as it can harm enemies. If Willard doesn’t plan where to drop the glacier before using his power, he could easily commit “friendly fire” and hinder his allies in the process. Even if he plans, however, because of how fights naturally go, he might hit someone even if he never intended to or warned them before because of them getting in the area of effect during the course of the battle.

Also, because the glaciers are big and really heavy, and laws of physics are applicable all way around, it comes down really fast from the sky and it crashes so heavily that the glacier can even cause a tremor. This can disrupt both his enemies and his allies.

Mist of the North: While the Noble Arms is manifested, it'll keep releasing cryokinetic energy in the form of a blue-colored mist around Willard, tracing every movement he makes.

He can absorb back into his own weapon to further enhance his attacks, such as shooting cold lasers from his rifle or shooting a lethal freezing bullet, as well as stacking them for reserve usage (explained in the next ability). He can also instantly freeze the mist into icicles. This means that the mist is more than a visual effect and allows him to execute various additional attacks in unpredicted formats since the mist can be shaped into various forms.

The mist itself, however, doesn't do any damage if Willard doesn't actually freeze it. Also, while it is cold, it doesn't freeze people by itself and it isn't exactly useful on that end either since it mostly follows Willard around.

Also, Willard cannot decide to shape the mist as he wishes since it has motion tracking, specifically his own. It may be possible to shape it into various forms, but what form it will become depends entirely on Willard's movement.

Fragments of the North: As stated before, Willard can charge his attacks by absorbing the cold mist back in his weapon, but it doesn't mean that it needs to be immediately used. He can save this additional energy in the shape of floating small crystals that circles around him, allowing him to create a reserve of stacked energy that can be used afterward. Once he reloads these crystals into his Noble Arm, he can instantly release a charge attack.

However, these crystals are physically present in the field and are destroyable. Despite their small size, they are still visible to the human eye and easily fragile, taking only one hit to destroy them. Each generated crystal also has a time limit of 1 hour to be used before it breaks apart into a mist that, in this case, cannot be re-utilized, meaning that Willard needs to absorb his Noble Arm's mist again to create another one.

Gate to the Arctic: By concentrating all of his power on the spear, Willard can use a last resort move which he calls Gate to the Arctic. This move is a fierce cold storm around him and affects the wind, terrain, and sky, with a 100m radius. Once he uses the move, the temperature drops below -50°C and he deals severe damage to his enemies surrounding him, as well as having a higher chance to freeze than his normal attacks.

Willard has to concentrate all of his power on Aureus Stella for it to work. The more power he concentrates, the more powerful the storm will be. Its range can also change, as Willard can use it as a frontal attack with a frontal 100m~200m arc range, or a surrounding attack with a 100m~200m diameter circular attack.

However, because of the destructive and immediate nature of this power's release, it’s highly imprecise and it can harm allies just as much as it can harm enemies. At the moment Willard releases this power, “friendly fire” is unavoidable. This move doesn’t select who it hits even less than his attacks normally do, so allies need to stay far away from him if they don’t want to get hit. And because of this move’s attack property, it instantly disables Aureus Stella and Willard cannot summon it again for 8 hours.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

Location: Lingayen Beach, Municipality of Lingayen, Lingayen Gulf
Interactions: Regil and Regina > Qingshe (@Lewascan2)

A violent explosion of hissing sand erupted behind Huo Ren, a ringing thump of impact thundering out in time with the dying eddies of a sharp shriek and flash that had torn through the air overhead faster than the eye could blink. With a spray of crimson mist, Huo Ren... went flying, his entire body abruptly ragdolled away from the impact site, tumbling for a brief, uncontrollable moment through the sands.

Spitting sand furiously, the sun wielder staggered to a sense of composure on his knees, his spear having been flung away to pierce the war-torn beach like the grim gravestone of a battlefield from a medieval time. The heat was no longer quite as oppressive in the immediate area, but that didn't mean the sands weren't still hotter than the hottest desert wasteland.

@Letter Bee

The blinding light was finally gone. Regil and Regina uncovered their eyes to see Huo Ren on the ground, lying there as he seemed in shock that he actually got attacked by something. It was surprising even to them because he was so strong, it felt like defeating him was impossible.

"H-How did they... how did they hit him?" Regil asked.

"Ask yourself that later! Here it comes the riposte!" Regina warned him.

Success or fail, Huo Ren grit his teeth in fury and spat. From his lips, an eye-searing burst of blue flames spilled forth like a tsunami in the direction of Fuyuko and Rin. Thankfully, the stream was thin enough at the start that it could still be dodged narrowly by both girls, even if it would still result in nasty burns just from the proximity. Like the Dragon he was bestowed with the title of, Huo Ren exhaled powerfully. Veins of effort and strain bulged on his forehead, and his own skin reddened and flaked from the heat that he had not the concentration to fully protect himself from. The stream of blue fire then blazed white-hot, crashing into Ari’s weakened barrier in a tidal wave of destruction. Superheated sand shone like the sun all around, as the glowing barrier shuddered… cracked… and then shattered.

@Letter Bee

As the barrier finally shattered, the last bastion of protection against Huo Ren's powers was finally gone. Now there wasn't exactly any method of blocking his attacks effectively.

"N-No... t-the barrier!" Regil couldn't speak properly.

"Let it go already. The battle isn't nowhere near being over." Regina said.

"B-But... but...!!" Regil tried to argue, but no words came out.

"This is normal in battle. It just means we have to go through with it not having a barrier. Get used to it and stop being a kid." Regina warned him.

"This is Lotus Squadron. We will soon commence an attack on the target at sector D1. Stay out of his position."

As soon as the broadcast stopped, all aircraft turned simultaneously towards the spearman on the beach, the one SU-30 diving down on his visually estimated position. Very soon, multiple ear-splitting noises of automatic cannon fire rattled the air, stacking on top of one another creating a long chain of auricle-menace, as the sands surrounding Huo Ren burst up in columns. Once the shooting stopped, two explosions reinvigorated the sand column.

@Conscripts

With the Lotus Squadron bombarding the field around Huo Ren, one would think he'd be dead at this point. However, the Meitners knew he wasn't a joke. This alone wasn't going to stop him. Even though he was weakened, it wasn't possible to beat him like that.

It was a stupid thing to think while running, but the burning sands created by the Dragon’s Noble Arm made the thought pop up all the same. Then he saw Huo Ren manage to get up from the cannon shot. It was as terrifying as it was baffling. Even though Nico hated that his fears were realized, the Dragon being monoplegic made this seem almost like a fair fight. Even if the railgun wasn’t enough to kill the Zodiac, he’d at least try to finish the job.

At the sight of the Noble Arm appearing inches from him, he used Helios Rod’s guard to bat away the tip of the burning spear. There was no hesitation this time, only his instincts guiding him. Trying his best to keep his momentum, he aimed a full force kick at Huo Ren’s chest. He didn’t think about getting hurt, or even death. All that mattered was making sure the Zodiac finally stayed down.

@Creative Chaos

"That idiot... is he seriously considering that a dropkick will work at that bastard?" Regina questioned.

"... I think he knows. He knows that it won't work. Just as these guys up there know that their weapons won't work too. Even so..." Regil said.

"'Even so' what, Regil?" Regina asked him.

"This works. I don't know why, but I have a feeling. Someone has something to make this guy lose. And that someone is going to act. We just need to buy time for this someone." Regil answered her.

"Buy time? Someone? Are you seriously going to apply an 'unknown factor X' to help us? Is that seriously your strategy? Don't be stupid. We don't have that 'factor X'!" Regina nagged at him.

"I'm not going to waste my chances... I'll believe in this 'factor X' and in this someone. I don't care if you believe me, but I will place my bets!"

Regil closed his eyes for a moment and ignored the world. Then, he left out a prayer.

"Please... if you can hear me, whoever you are... help us. We'll buy you all the time that we can... I just ask of you: help us!" He prayed.

BGM: Yggdra Sortie! -Arrange- (Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone)

Opening his eyes once again, he opened Chess Imaginarium and summoned a Piece from it.

"King, lend us your aid!" Regil commanded.

From a sigil in front of him, the image of an experienced knight appeared. He had a crown on his head and looked as prideful as he could be. He rose up, summoning a sword and a shield to his aid. Proudly, the King appeared to finish the job left to him by his "wife" and command his master's new allies to victory. His proud stance and his aura could be felt by the others, as their physical strength and senses were now enhanced thanks to the King's presence.

"Take the offensive with that other soldier and fight that man!" Regil ordered.

In a burst of impressive speed, the King ran toward Huo Ren. While Nico was going to fight him directly with a dropkick, the King went in the left direction and swung his sword toward the spearman Arm Master. Regil somehow knew the King wouldn't win, but that wasn't the reason why he summoned the King. Sure, he could've summoned the Knights and attacked together with a tri-directional pincer. He could even have summoned a Tower in order to protect Nico from danger. But he saw Huo Ren's power. No simple Piece would last long against him, and even then, the strategy wouldn't work. That's why the only option was to go with the other strongest Piece on the board. After all, if anyone could hold the fort up was the King right now. Because it was time to attack back.

"Get ready and in position! We'll need the bullets soon enough!" Regil spoke on the radio.

"Understood! Men, all in position!!" The pilot spoke through the radio.

The soldiers hiding in the building got up from hiding, took their sniper rifles, and aimed at Huo Ren. They were waiting for the order to shoot at him, as Regil previously planned with them. All they had to do was to await the order and they would shoot at will. Regil looked back at them and held himself tight and attentive, radio in the left hand, Noble Arm in the right hand. There was no moment to waste, and the first opportunity that it would present itself he would take it.

*BGM fades*

"So... that is your plan in the end." Regina spoke to herself.

"Sister...?" Regil asked.

"Hmph. If this is how you want to order my soldiers around, fine. I'll play along." Regina said, preparing herself.

"Play along? Wait, do you mean...?!" Regil questioned her again, a little happy that Regina was trusting his idea.

"... Just. This. Once. Get over yourself and keep your eyes on that man." Regina scolded him.

"F-Fine. Just be careful." Regil returned to his senses.

"Worry about yourself first before worrying about me." Regina spoke.

She held her own Noble Arm tightly. She knew that she wasn't feeling courage. No, far from it. She felt fear. That man, Huo Ren... he was anything but some child's play. He was the real deal, the type of enemy that she hated the most. But if anything, turning back was impossible. She'd never live down to it. And it's not like she could do it anyway. Running wasn't an option. It never was and it never will. Her only choice was to go down with it. So she closed her eyes and prayed to this "factor X" too.

"I don't know who you are, you 'factor X' that my brother mentioned. But if you do exist, just do something. Some attack that will make this guy finally stop, some ground-shaking pulsar... I don't know what you have in your power, but we'll give you time! So please... if you exist, just help us!" Regina prayed to the best of her heart.

BGM: goldenslaughterer (Umineko No Naku Koro Ni)

"Are we finally going to do it? For real this time?" The Witch asked her, interrupting.

"Aren't you happy? This is what you wanted, isn't it?" Regina said, opening her eyes.

"Finally... Finally! I get to kill someone, I get to kill people! Hehehe... ehehehehehe...!!" The Witch laughed, ecstatic.

"Obey my orders and just follow what I say. Otherwise... we'll never kill him. And we're the ones dead." Regina said.

"Then just do it! Order me... yes, order me... let the slaughter BEGIN!!" The Witch spoke.

Suddenly, from her dark cape, four long and grotesque hands branched out of it. Regil was caught by surprise and jumped away from her. They moved erratically, without any coordination, like an animal hungering for food, a hunter ready to chase its hunt... no. A murderer ready to strangle one's life out of it.

"R-Regina?!" Regil exclaimed. He had never seen Regina's power up close. He only heard about it through her letter, nothing more.

"... On four." Regina ordered.

The hands pummeled themselves on the ground, lifting her body in the air. She looked at Huo Ren. At Nico charging with the dropkick. At the King going at him with his sword. She breathed and let out a sigh... alongside her order.

"The man with the spear... that man... kill him!" She ordered.

"Hahaha... ahahahahahaha! AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! TIME TO DIE, YOU WORTHLESS SACK OF MEAT!!" The Witch cackled. If she could be heard right now, it'd be a crazed kid, laughing at the sky.

The hands charged like a horse. A demented, crazed horse filled with bloodlust. Its movements were so immensely unpredictable. Sometimes it moved to the left. But then it changed to the right. It jumped, it crawled... nothing made sense. But when you're wielding a spirit that wants nothing but to kill others, what is supposed to make sense? It didn't matter, because she was closing in fast. Any moment now and she'd be toe-to-toe with Huo Ren. And once that moment came, either she kills him or she's dead. Whether the others were present or not, it made no difference. To her, it was her and him... alone. So Regina had to do it. For her own sake.

"To the right!" Regina ordered.

The Witch obeyed her and jumped to the right, the only open direction. Then, it rose its front right hand.

"I'm gonna do a nice painting now. AND I'LL GET THE COLOR RED FROM YOUR HEAD!!" It screamed.

The arm stretched itself towards Huo Ren and the hand became a ferocious claw, going right to his head. The Witch wanted to grab him, as Regina stood suspended in the air, waiting for what it could happen next.

Royal Rumble: Rumble over the Heavens

Lambda Lazuli / Kurogane Ookami

Location: The Grand Library
Interactions: Lambda > Darla (@AtomicNut) and Alrune (@Dezuel); Kurogane > Alrune

The Power of Lambda Lazuli

"It's not that kind of dog." She said. "It's a wild wolf. As he had said. The kind that makes good trophies and is fun to shoot at." Darla replied, a smirk in her face. However there was no warmth behind it, as she sized Kurogane up and down. The smile of the predator known as man, apex of all predators. "And with the same kind of social graces at a table"

@AtomicNut

"Yeah, yeah, I'm dumb as a knob, rude and all that shit..." Kurogane nagged at her, not caring about how her eyes looked. It seemed like a predator aiming at his target but he wasn't scared of her.

She sighed as she rummaged on her possessions, producing a couple of black credit cards. One for Alrune, and one for Lambda. "Moving on. I did offer two million. Here's one for each of my knights. In Rhean currency. Tax free. A Drake always pays her debts. She frowned, as she cracked her knuckles and began typing on her phone.

@AtomicNut

"O-Oh no, I-I couldn't possibly accept this, I really don't need it." Lambda said, awkwardly.

"Why not? I know yer a Laurel's pauper boy, but ya can't just refuse one grand bucks, my guy." Kurogane asked him.

"Well... I'm a noble too, for starters... and I can't just accept it, I didn't even help." Lambda responded, a little shy.

"Argh, geez, you're something..." Kurogane complained.

He took the black credit card and forced it into Lambda's hands. The noble boy was in shock.

"B-But I just said that I can't-" Lambda tried to argue back but Kurogane interrupted.

"Just turn the saint switch off for once and take it, damnit. She's giving it to you stupid and she ain't takin' it back." Kurogane nagged at him.

"W-Wait, I really shouldn't-" Lambda tried to talk.

"Zip it with the melodrama, Lamb. We ain't interested." Kurogane nagged at him again.

Feeling that he had no chance to win over the wolf, Lambda awkwardly took the credit card and put it in his pocket. His biggest worry is how he was going to explain to his dad that he got a 1 million black label credit card.

"Your collar huh?" The young man said aloud, looking at the outstretched han- paw... it was like a dog making a trick wasn't it? The guy really was like a dog after all. Alrune's facial expression began to change, from looking irritated and uncertain to sniffing, and then he burst out laughing. Reaching up one of his hands to his mouth to attempt to cover his amusement, but to little avail. Nothing was stopping his laugh from being heard.

"Hahaha! You are just like a dog aren't you?" Al smiled after collecting himself momentarily and tilted his entire body slightly to the side, his hair and jacket following along with his every move. Before he took a pose to mimic how a dog would reach out to shake it's paw. He never did reach out to shake Kurogane's paw though.

"Woof woof. Oh catch!" Al said aloud as he did his best impression of throwing something past Kurogane, but there had been nothing in his hand.

@Dezuel

BGM: Despair Syndrome (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

Kurogane tried to be patient, but he was triggered by the fact that Alrune was mocking him in the same exact way when he was a captive at the circus, back in Izumo. That immediately ticked him off, because his past was in no way fun and it was only filled with pain for him. He didn't want to remember what he went through, and Alrune did it, despite him being innocent. He turned with the most dead expression at Lambda, and immediately grabbed Alrune by his neck.

"... You have five seconds to take it back before your skin changes to meat red." Kurogane spoke.

"K-Kurogane, stop!" Lambda tried to hold him by the arm and pull him, but Kurogane just tossed him back at the stairs.

"I don't care if I'm gonna be banned from this place, I'll end you." Kurogane said, holding him even tighter.

The librarian was ready to intervene at the scene. However, Lambda felt responsible for solving this issue since he was involved. With a hand signal, he asked her to stay back and not intervene.

*BGM fades*

"Maybell, bloom and bring joy." Lambda conjured.

Lambda's Theme: Romantic Children

From Lambda's hands, a small leaf with a twig of maybell flowers bloomed. The flower began to shine as a gold aura covered it. As the flowers dispersed their aura, positive energy started to flow around the area. The students and staff around the vicinity started to feel more relaxed and happy as if any signs of anger and stress began to dissipate from their minds. And this aura began to affect Kurogane, Darla and Alrune, so Lambda grasped this opportunity to calm Kurogane down even more.

"Grrrr... I... wait... huh?" Kurogane let go of Alrune's neck while starting to calm down.

"I don't know what happened before, but please calm down. I don't want you two getting yourself into trouble with the staff." Lambda asked.

"I... fine. I don't even feel like it anymore." Kurogane spoke, in a much calmer tone than before.

"Phew... that's good. Kuro, can you please go upstairs back to our table and get our stuff?" Lambda asked again.

"But what about that plant stuff you were trying to get?" Kurogane asked him back.

"I'll continue researching it some other time. For now, I think we should start heading out." Lambda answered him.

"If you say so." Kurogane said, going upstairs.

The extent of Lambda's power. A power created to understand people, given to him by the Goddess of Compassion and Trust. Unusable for battle but useful in these situations. He really wanted to settle things peacefully and this was a way for him to actually do it. As Kurogane finally left the realm of sight, he finally approached Alrune, still holding the maybell in his hands.

"I didn't have the moment to say this earlier, but I really wanted to thank you for helping my senior. I also want to apologize for not helping you earlier, when you confronted that man." Lambda said, bowing to Alrune.

He then extended his hand for a handshake.

"Let me introduce myself properly. As Miss Darla said, I am Lambda. Lambda Lazuli, 1st year student at Laurel's. And what's your name?" Lambda introduced himself, smiling.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

After a tad bit of discussion on Discord, I edited both Regil's and Regina's backstories to fit the lore of the RP in accordance with what was discussed. If there's anything else that needs addressing, please let me know.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

Location: Lingayen Beach, Municipality of Lingayen, Lingayen Gulf
Interactions: None

In the meantime, Huo Ren had taken up Princess Fukuyo's challenge and lashed out with a spray of superheated hydrogen from his left hand that would result in serious injury if they hit the Princess, but if they did not, the heat they gave off would empower her Noble Arm. But it was clear from his eyes that he had a plan.

His next move was to raise his spear, and a sudden flash of light blasted the battlefield, bright enough to temporarily blind even those who closed their eyes and didn't have specialized eye gear or protective powers; would this affect Lucy's 'charged' attack? And were Lotus Squadron away enough to avoid the effects of the bright light?

Either way, Huo Ren would move to cut at Fukuyo's shins with his spear's head, hoping to capture a precious scion of the Japanese Imperial House; his superiors and his troops wanted to do so for... historical revenge purposes.

@Letter Bee

A blinding light suddenly hit the field. Regil quickly covered his eyes as soon as he could, while the Witch shielded Regina with her dark hands. This could only mean that the battle was already starting fiercely against Huo Ren, and he was ready to throw whatever he had at his disposal to finish all of them off.

"Such blinding light...!! Is this also part of the power of an A-Rank Arms Master...?!" Regil spoke, while blocking his eyes.

It was impossible for him to uncover them right at that instant, but he still summoned a pair of Bishops to stand at his side as he still awaited for the light to dissipate. He was going through with his plan, and he will place himself forward to distract Huo Ren so that the others could shoot him.

"Bastard...! He did this on purpose to take us all off..." Regina complained to herself.

"What an annoying light. I want to destroy it. Can I destroy it?" The Witch asked her.

"How do you expect that if I can't even see where we should go?!" Regina questioned.

"Easy. Just stab yourself with the knife and let me take over you." The Witch proposed.

"Like hell I will, you bitch. Just shut up." Regina denied her request.

The soldiers hidden in the buildings behind them cowered at the ground in order to not be blinded. It was impossible to hit him with the lights going so fiercely on the battlefield. However, they reminded themselves that neither Regil or Regina ordered them to attack, so they stood on standby, waiting for the order to shoot.

Royal Rumble: Rumble over the Heavens

Lambda Lazuli / Kurogane Ookami

Location: The Grand Library
Interactions: Lambda > Darla (@AtomicNut), Maverick (@Aqutanama) and Alrune (@Dezuel); Kurogane > Alrune

Trying to End a Storm but Another One Might Start

Well, another one had come to her rescue. "Merci, messieur Lambda. Both of your efforts shall not go unrewarded."

@AtomicNut

"Please, don't mention it, Miss Darla. I'm actually sorry that I didn't come earlier." He answered.

It was around this time that Al's attention became better, she was actually defending them? The lady which they had rushed in to defend was now defending them? What a twist. "S-she didn't do anything wrong! Honest! This is just a big..uhm..." He began as he stepped up to one of the staffers currently grabbing Darla's shoulder. He was at a loss of words however, why now of all times? All these words used by politicians and other grown ups, he needed one of those words.

"...a case of Accrusifixication." Al waved with both his hands in front of the staffer, one hand still holding unto his magical guitar, which was clearly something not appreciated in the library. Also that was an actual word right? The blonde girl proceeded to request her knights to deal with the pervillain, at least that's as far as Al understood as the rest of her words seemed to be how rich people talk. But how? He couldn't use his powers inside of the library, much less to harm someone with it?

@Dezuel

"Umm... that's not the word for it. But I digress..." Lambda said, nervous.

What made him relieved was that Alrune seemed to become more confident from before, which was pretty much something necessary for his own sake. Lambda thought about another idea to calm him down but that should be left for another moment. For now, dealing with Maverick was more important.

“It seems that you just can’t laugh. Furthermore, I didn’t mean to make people laugh at him. I had assumed that they were laughing at my cracking voice and terrible acting. I mean I’m only thirteen and have about zero experience in acting.” He admitted as he looked at Alrune. He only shook his head not really knowing where to go from here. He made sure to reaffix his hololens making sure that it was secure. While ignoring the new irritant that forced his way into this conversation. All points of speech seemed to have been cut off by Darla. It didn’t matter what he said she would just twist it into something else. Even if it was untrue. He looked around the room to the females and when they noticed him looking at them they covered themselves up. His face only brightened as he smiled at everyone. Soon after he took out his phone and threw up a movie of sorts. It was sped up and showed his interactions with everyone. There was an orange dot indicating where his eyes were looking. The video split in half and showed the recording of the females shifting back and having a scared reaction. Then he showed the part with Darla on the other side.

“I don’t know about you but when someone feels threatened then they usually act like the females on the left. Furthermore, I did stare at her breasts. While it wasn’t why most people think, people will draw their own conclusions. Filthy minds live in the gutters.” Mav informed them all as he pulled back his hood.

@Aqutanama

Lambda had watched the video but was still standing on Darla's side. Mostly because, to him, Maverick still looked at her inappropriately. To him, there was no excuse.

"Even if that was the case, you still admit to have looked at her inappropiately. Whatever the reaction, it isn't good for you to stare at a woman, especially if she has no connection to you whatsoever." Lambda answered.

“Staring isn’t against any laws and I am not one to touch without permission. Even though I found through research that those are just pains in the back when they get too big. I honestly wanted just to talk and have a conversation but now I’m being crucified here and I see why. A majority of you are from the same school or share the same sex with her.” He couldn’t help but feel actually hurt and trapped in this situation. He didn’t like this feeling so he opted to do what would help him best.

@Aqutanama

"Of course it is. You are invading her privacy. Furthermore, might I add that publically humiliating this young man could definitely lead you to a serious problem with the police?" Lambda answered, serious.

“I see. You were using me, so that someone who I thought got up to use the restroom could do something bad.” He informed the library staff. Their motion to capture Darla faltered after that and they started to move to check on the no no zones.

@Aqutanama

"And you fell for it like a complete moron." A voice spoke.

"Kurogane?!" Lambda spoke.

The wolf boy, who was already being targeted by the staff because of his previous antics, finally got downstairs and faced all of them right beside Lambda. He knew his new friend was going to get himself in trouble pretty soon if he kept up defending Darla and Alrune.

"Ya got some giggles outta that stupid idiot, good for ya. But in the end, the one who fell for it was you. The horny dumbass who couldn't hold on his little junior to his panties." Kurogane spoke.

"T-That's going too far, even to him..." Lambda said, unsure.

“It seems that she would throw herself into a possible dangerous situation for one person. Understandable when someone is in love. Are you?” He asked Darla as he looked around the room.

“Furthermore, what do you look for when looking for a significant other? You look for looks, money, status, upbringing. In the end you look for someone you can spend your day with that provides extra security to your already secure lives. You call me a pervert and a villain but I’m neither of those things. Only dirty minds will think of that. I believe that she has the dirtiest mind of all.” He mentioned as he looked at the quest.

@Aqutanama

"Dude, quit it. Ya got your laughs but ya lost in the end. Ain't got nothin' to do with love or some other sentimental bullshit." Kurogane spoke.

"Please leave. Everyone is uncomfortable with your presence. I will call the authorities if you don't." Lambda threatened him.

As he made the door he started yelling.

“YOU FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT GODS!” He lamented loudly as he walked over to his vehicle. His Chief of Staff Sir Gideon Glover was waiting and knew exactly what was going on. Gideon knew that words would only take time away from the young master. After that Mav got into the vehicle and they drove off. The Video was fully uploaded to the Library’s computer as he had access after they connected his phone to upload his books. It should clear him mostly and condem Darla for all wrongdoings.

Maverick Majere Takes His Exit From The Library.

@Aqutanama

BGM: Beautiful Dead (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

"Phew... I'm glad we could sort it out rather peacefully." Lambda commented.

"And ya had to play hero and come to the rescue? Seriously, don't ya know when to NOT poke yer nose in someone else's business?" Kurogane nagged at him.

"I'm only regretting not having come to help them sooner. I should've just gone downstairs when everything started to help Miss Darla..." Lambda commented.

"Speaking of you Goldilocks, whatcha gonna do about the video that guy left? Pretty sure it picked the moment ya baited him." Kurogane asked Darla.

"I'd rather not bother her with this if I can. But I do wonder one thing about this." Lambda answered.

"And that thing is?" Kurogane spoke.

"Miss Darla, did you see where Reverio went? He was with you, wasn't he? Why did he decide to leave?" Lambda asked her as well.

"A-and you! Bad dog!" Alrune pointed an accusing finger up towards Kurogane, as if he had practiced the role of a lawman yelling out objections.

@Dezuel

In these situations, this would be the moment where Kurogane would snap and jump at Alrune. However, the boy was still sounding pretty nervous at his attempt to call the Kiburi delinquent a "bad boy", as if he was talking to a dog. Instead of getting angry, Kurogane smugly scoffed at Alrune.

"Oi, if ya want to insult me, it ain't working. Next time, be a man and not a jellyfish." Kurogane said.

"Kurogane!" Lambda said.

"What?" Kurogane complained.

"You need to apologize to him for laughing at him earlier." Lambda scolded him.

"Not gonna happen, I have nothing to apologize for." Kurogane answered.

"Just cooperate. Just this once." Lambda spoke.

"Aight, aight, I get it, I get it, geez!" Kurogane complained.

He went back downstairs and stood in front of Alrune, extending his hand for a handshake. Lambda was getting happy that Kurogane seemed to agree with it, but the reality was something else entirely.

"I AIN'T sorry for laughin' at ya and I DON'T take back anythin' I said. But for the sake of Lamb here naggin' at my collar, can we just make it so that nothing happened and just move on?" Kurogane did not apologize to Alrune.

"Hey, I can hear you." Lambda reminded him.

"I know ya can, stupid. It's intentional." Kurogane laughed.

"That's not nice, you know? Both to me and to him." Lambda kept nagging at Kurogane.

"Who said I was nice? I'm a wild wolf, not some domesticated pet." Kurogane answered.

"Can you please just apologize properly? Just this once? Please?" Lambda asked, bothered.

"I'm already up for leavin' this as water under the bridge, for all that I care. It's the kid over here that's gotta let go of any beef he has." Kurogane smirked.

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Zephyr Regrard

Location: Sir Clausewitz's School for the Militarily Minded, Faculty Office
Interactions: Zephyr > Wolfram (@KillamriX88)

The Menace, the Bottom-Barrel, the Students and the Executor

"This place is going to hell."

"What this time?"

"Zephyr, of course. Two more victims."

"Must be his favorite number. You know, I bet he's responsible for the other night, too! Two girls!"

"No, they actually caught who did that. It wasn't him for once."

"Isn't that even worse!? I mean at least they got the guy, but how many things do we really need to worry about?! They said those girls might not be able to ever come back to school. Y-you don't think-?"

"I'd rather not think about it at all!"

"Did they sat how they caught him?"

"That's just it. At first they thought he was another victim. He was all messed up..."

@KillamriX88

"Are you having fun spouting nonsense about me?"

BGM: GEMINI RETORTA (Alice: Mad & Hopeless)

Unfortunately, for both the students who were commenting on the incident and for Wolfram, Zephyr was walking by the corridor. He seemed as cold as he ever was but there was something else: red dots on his shirt.

"Add a number in your list, why don't you." He spoke, passing by the commenting students.

Then, he looked at Wolfram, who was also passing by.

"... Not worth it." He spoke, leaving him be as he left.

Then, a loud groan could be heard from afar. There was a crawling man coming out from a corridor far from them. He was badly injured, bleeding from the head. He was going through that hallway so groggy, it almost felt like he was going to faint. But if one were to look closer, he had a special pin on his body: a pin belonging to the school's Executors, the staff made to discipline the students in the way Clausewitz was famous in Rhea for. However, the Executor was the one injured. Which could only mean one thing...

"Z-Ze..phyr... you in... solent..." The Executor spoke, before passing out in the corridor.

Magus' Little Den of Misfits

Welcome to my little den of creations! In this place, you'll find out about all of the characters I create, whether original or fanmade! I plan to update this as soon as I can, so keep on the watch for updates!

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Tsukihime/Melty Blood

The False Ancestor

Eltrino Brunestud

"I may not be a true vampire, and I may have been created by the Dead Apostles... but I know whom my allegiance solely lies."

Basic Information

Eltrino Brunestud is a homunculus created by Michael Roa Valdamjong from a hair strand and blood from Arcueid Brunestud, the True Ancestor. Despite being a creation from a Dead Apostle, he is defeated by both Arcueid and Shiki Tohno, as well as freed from Roa's control. He's then adopted by Arcueid as her twin brother, considering the fact that his existence comes originally from her, and starts living at the Tohno Mansion.

Characteristics

Age: 17 (registered by Akiha Tohno)
Gender: Male
Height: 167cm
Weight: 52kg
Race: Homunculus
Blood Type: Unknown
Sexuality: Aromantic
Alignment: Neutral・Good
Likes: Pop culture, working, mystery novels, writing
Dislikes: Blood, vampires, not being able to work, Burial Agency

Personality

Originally, Eltrino had no personality, being a puppet controlled by Roa to fulfill the purpose of defeating Arcueid Brunestud and taking her place as the True Ancestor. He lived without having emotions. Initially, he had no perspective of life, or what to even think. This is reflected during his first battles against Arcueid, Shiki, and Ciel. After being truly defeated and taken away by them, once the spell controlling him was broken, he finally felt his first emotion: fear. And from then onwards, he began to experience other types of emotions and became as close as his sister is to be a human, although not quite.

Now, Eltrino is considered the inverse of Arcueid. While she is extremely happy-go-lucky and extroverted around people, he tends to be far more reserved and composed. His professionalism is considered remarkable by Akiha Tohno's and Hisui's standards, which is exactly a contrast to Kohaku's own likes. However, it isn't as if he has nothing to enjoy in life, but knows about how much of his past can be a problem around others, even if people consider him a victim of Roa's own shenanigans. Because of this, he tends to be far more reserved and relatively distant from others when it comes to socializing.

Eltrino has inherited from Roa a vast amount of knowledge belonging to the Dead Apostles regarding the history of the world while being created. In regards to this knowledge, he makes sure to constantly go after more things to know and learn about the current state of the present world and how life goes around. He also loves to share it with others whenever necessary, especially when it comes to facing vampires and other monsters existing in the world.

Unlike his sister, Eltrino doesn't suffer from Vampiric Impulses due to not being a true vampire, but a homunculus. However, because his composition grows weaker by the day, he's offered blood to keep himself strong whenever he's about to hit the limit, which is something he also detests.

Crossover Town

Hey, is this still accepting applications? I wanted to join a crossover for quite some time now.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War [Moved to New Thread]

Location: Lingayen Beach, Municipality of Lingayen, Lingayen Gulf
Interactions: None

"The enemy Arms Master we know for sure is after us is Ren Huo - Or was it Huo Ren?" Noel responded to Regina punctually. "His Noble Arm is a Spear which allows him several Sun-themed powers - That means he's most likely the one projecting that Artificial Sun above us. Thankfully, Princess Fukuyo here is strengthened by fire and heat in general, meaning that she can counter him long enough for us to stab him in the back. As for the other Arms Masters... I don't have anything yet."

@Letter Bee

Hearing Noel's rather "unprepared" response left a bad taste in Regina's mouth. She wasn't fond of working without a good basis for her enemy, even if surprises were supposed to happen during war. With the enemy's Arm Master approaching fast, everyone was starting to go on edge. Regina's squad, who had been just looking from afar were reunited with Regil at the helicopter, thinking about the next move they would make.

"Well, with this basic information, there's little we can actually work with. All that we know is that he's projecting the artificial Sun. And even if Princess Fuyuko can benefit from this situation, that doesn't mean we have his weak point identified." Regina spoke.

"Fireteams one and two - All of you but Nemo can reach him with your powers!" Noel shouted, clearly remembering Regil, Lucy, and Fukuyo's abilities in particular. "Prepare to attack; fire at will when we get the enemy's position through the comms!"

@Letter Bee

(So... the enemy's getting closer and closer...) Regil thought, looking at the sea in front of him.

"You're not thinking of attacking him directly, are you? We're gonna get bombarded without a chance to retaliate!" One of the soldiers questioned him.

"Of course not. That's suicidal. And we don't have all the time in the world, either. As Lieutenant Alonso said, the enemy's Arms Master isn't some joke. Once he gets to the comms' range of detection, this battle will get even more fierce than usual." Regil explained.

"If that's the case, shouldn't we just surrender and let them do whatever to us?! We're going to get killed anyway!" Another one questioned.

BGM: Friction by Mili

"No. I think I have an idea of how we can surround him with projectiles and keep him occupied. Even if his rank is right as an Arms Master, we can still overwhelm him with numbers." Regil said.

"How?! This Huo Ren guy just blasted everything! How do you plan on making it so that he's busy?" A third one asked.

Regil looked behind them. Despite the beach being a mess, the city was behind them. And empty. The buildings near the beach were all unoccupied since all the civilians in the vicinity had been dispatched to rescue shelters far away from Lingayen Beach. It was a good place for the soldiers to hide and attack.

"Here's the plan: we'll leave the front line to any Arm Master still capable to fight. We can't risk you all going on full commando against someone who's literally capable of burning you to cinders. Grab the sniper rifles and station yourselves inside the buildings. Once you are in position, you're going to shoot as many rounds as we have at our disposal." Regil explained his strategy.

"But young lord Regil, what about you? Are you planning to really go up front?" The pilot asked.

"I may not have my strongest long-range Piece at my disposal now, but I still have a backup that can remedy the situation. And if I call his attention as one of the distant assailants, he won't think about noticing you all hidden in the buildings." He answered.

"This is a strategy we're not used to. Normally we'd go full throttle on the enemy. That's how it works with Specialist Meitner." A fourth soldier told him.

"This is all so you can escape in case the plan goes wrong. I'm not going to jeopardize your lives when I know that you can't defeat him on your own. If it goes south to us, I want you to abandon this battle and run. Go wherever it takes for you to reach safety and warn the main army about the enemy's potential." Regil answered.

The soldiers were surprised. They were so used to Regina's almost suicidal stunts that seeing the exact opposite strategy was nothing short of news to them. They were, to Regil, a chance on getting a better view of what the enemy can do, so that other Arms Masters who haven't joined the operation can know what they're dealing with.

"... Alright, we'll follow your plan. Let's get armed and hiding, boys!" The pilot spoke. The soldiers nodded and went to grab the rifles inside the helicopter.

"Remember, in the first sign of loss, run away and don't look back. I don't want you to think about the consequences of abandoning us. Prioritize your survival before the victory." Regil warned them.

"We do hope it doesn't come to this, young lord Regil. And whatever you do, don't you die either." The pilot said, grabbing his rifle and running.

From the distance, Regina could see her soldiers running away to the buildings. She grabbed her radio and called Regil directly.

"What did you just order my soldiers to do, Regil?" Regina questioned him over the radio.

"It's a strategy I just came up with." He answered.

"And can you please explain why they are running away to empty buildings? They should be stationed here and ready for the enemy." Regina complained.

"It's certain death if they go right ahead at the Arm Master, Regina. I'm at least ensuring that they have a chance to escape." Regil spoke.

"... Regil, order them to return to the front this instant. That's an order." Regina ordered.

"No, I won't. This is imperative for a chance of us winning, or for raising the percentages of us getting a second chance in the future. Just trust me this once." Regil said.