Rune_Alchemist

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

Location:
Airedale
Mid-morning
Airedale Keep

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@A Lowly Wretch@Guy0fV4lor@Pyromania99@Crimson Paladin@VitaVitaAR

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“You have my utmost confidence in your abilities, Reinhardt.” Sorcha replied to her appointed proxy as she’d turn her head towards Ethelred. “I sent her to a village that was most recently sacked. As far as I am aware, no more have been razed since then but it could simply be resting or laying low since it has brought attention to itself.” She’d point to a post on the table. “I’ll be sending you to that village first. See if there’s some clue of her there since that is where she was seen last. Any other information…I am not sure I have. And Od,” She’d look up from the table towards the other knight. “To be clear, Reinhardt is your superior officer in this endeavor. Treat his words as you would mine.”

Taking one last look around the room, she’d give them all an affirmative nod.

“That will be all. I have faith that you three will be able to bring Elnith back…or give her a proper sendoff if that is what is needed. Now then,” She’d turn to Luna and Fio. “Grab anything you two need. We’ll be leaving the once we send a courier to house Lightsword.”

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@A Lowly Wretch@Guy0fV4lor@Crimson Paladin

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Location:
Redwater Point
Mid-Morning

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And so the trio of knights set off. Ethelred, Od, and Reinhardt. They would head west - heading between Hrelskins’ Fall and the Southern Sea. It wouldn’t be long until they would be out of the cold temperatures of Airedale and into the much more comfortable of southern Albion. Thankfully the first leg of their journey was done without any interruptions or trouble. They would reach a comfortable spot to camp on the edge of the lake…only a few fairies attempting to bother them.

The second was a bit more eventful. The start would be easy enough, but as the day dragged on and noon would turn into evening, they would find themselves attacked by a small band of Fomorians. Small, goblin like creatures and a few odd many-headed hunting dogs with scraggly, black fur that vomited plague. Dispatched with ease, but…they had come from the direction of Redwater Point.

Overall, It would take the trio of knights two and a half days to reach their first destination of Redwater point. They would be greeted by the sight of a lively village from their vantage of approaching from the eastern end.

Wooden walls had been constructed around the village, nothing unusual. Most villages had some manner of walls, though Airedales were one of the few that were actually fully fortified. As they’d approach the gate, a guard would halt them - concerned with Ethelred’s appearance it seemed, but after a brief discussion they’d be let into the town proper.

“Make no trouble,” One of the guards would say. “By the way, Fomorian attacks have increased around here recently. I’m sure the Mayor would pay well for their heads if your lookin’ for some work.” A guard would off-handedly mention as they’d pass into the city. “And stay away from those ruins if you know what’s good for you. Place is full of bad stuff. And if your lookin’ for a place to keep your steeds,” He’d motion to a Tavern and Inn near the gate. “The soggy pumpkin can probably take you…” He’d look at Ethelred’s horse. “...might want to keep that uh, steed of yours out of sight though. I don’t want to have to deal with spooked civilians any more than I have too.”

The town otherwise seemed fairly normal. They could see the place ‘soggy pumpkin’ he had mentioned just off the road. The central market was lively, people selling fish, jewelry, and it seemed like one could probably find a number of things here. A large stone building set on a slightly elevated piece of near the western end of the town. Likely the mayors place.

Well, they were free now. Maybe they could find some rumors or information on Elnith or maybe even Harzelslack if possible.

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Location:
Southern Giants Rest
Late afternoon
@Pyromania99@VitaVitaAR

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The Queens’ entourage would have a far less eventful journey. No fey or Fomorian would cross their path. The first leg of their journey would see them traveling North West, between Mt. Sliabh and Hrelskin’s Fall. They would first make camp in the foothills of the mountain where the Queen would tell a few stories around the campfire to the both of them after drinking quite a bit - namely about the old king and about a particular battle he had with a very angry rabbit. It was hard to tell if that was fact or fiction from how much she had been drinking though.

The next day would take them west around the Mountain, where they’d pass a few Tuatha hunters. The two would flee at the sight of the humans, but otherwise was uneventful. Soon, trees and rolling hills would give way to a warmer land…or at least, it should have. A subtle chill still hun in the air. Rising above the trees one could see monolithic stones, thrust into the ground like spears in the distance. A mist hung over the air. They had made it to the southern edge of Giants rest…and as evening would fall upon Albion they would near their destination. Sorcha had let Luna lead the way since she was more familiar with the land than she was.

“So tell me, Luna, what is your family like?” Sorcha asked the knight as they’d slowly travel along the path. “I hear they are fairly honorable people and brave warriors and that I have them to thank for taking care of many of the bandits in the region.” She’d look to the knight. “I’m curious about this Elder Beast that supposedly blessed your family, too.”

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Post edited cuz I am dumb and paul reminded me of something

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

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@Hammerman@PaulHaynek
Ah, she needed that. Tomi was quite entertaining to speak with, and honestly being so far away from Kyouko-sama was starting to wear on her just a bit. Shizuka was well, nice enough all things considered...the other males, though? The...what were they? Goblin and Orc? Crude and lacking any sort of class. Honestly she wondered if they were useful at all, but well, no matter. Nyla would listen quietly to the proceedings and thoughts of the others. She had half a mind to go with Tomi since she was going with one of them, but...well, she'd decide her talents would be better suited elsewhere.

Hm, come to think of it, wasn't there something Lady Kyouko wanted her to do?

Ah-wait a minute!

Something about the Oja clan, right!?

Oh goodness, and didn't the young man here introduce himself as being from it? Oh dear oh dear how was she so distracted? She supposed she must still be feeling rather despondent from being away from Kyouko-sama for so long.

Right, well, she'd have to be tactful about this...

"I could continue watching after our prisoner, if need be." Nyla responded. "If it is uneeded though, then I will accompany Lord Oja." She'd smile at the young man, a certain 'I will be going rather you like it or not' sort of smile. "I do hope that isn't a problem? while I dislike fighting if nothing else, if something goes awry my body is fairly durable..."

Urban Starlight Wonderland: A Magical Girl RP

@FrogRFlowR
Hey friendo. Thanks for giving me another bulli target~!

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

Location:
Airedale
Mid-morning
Airedale Keep

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@VitaVitaAR

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“What’s the matter?” The queen would start to respond, a smile forming. “Stunned by my beauty, hm? Or were you thinking about - gwuh~” The sword came swinging downwards, smacking the queen right in the head. Not that it hurt, or even phased her at all, really. Most other rulers might find such an action the peak of insolence…but well, she didn’t think rulers that thought like that were true rulers.

So, instead, Fio would be treated to laughter as the Queen would start to leave, following behind Fio as they headed back towards Airedale.

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@Pyromania99

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“...Okay! Please take care, Lady Luna!” The crowd, would slowly start to disperse. Even if they wanted to pester Luna more or talk with her more, they at least understood that getting in her way would probably be a bad idea. Lugh would give a small frown at being pat on the head, shaking his head a bit to protest as he and Luna would start to leave.

“But you fought a lot-mweh.” The young Tuatha recoiled slightly from the poke on the forehead, and proceeded to pout just ever so slightly. “Luna mean…” The two would have no more problems back on their way to the meeting room.

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@Crimson Paladin

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“A-ah!? H-hey you just gonna leave?” The fairy blinked, seeming a bit surprised. “Hah…well alright! Guess I’ll just hang around then! See ya ice-butt!” The small fairy would laugh as Ethelred left…well, it would probably be fine. This fairy didn’t seem overly dangerous to start with, now did it? Still, maybe that’s what it wanted Ethelred to think. Regardless, the Ice Knight would soon find himself heading back to the keep to meet with the Queen.

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@A Lowly Wretch@Guy0fV4lor@Pyromania99@Crimson Paladin@VitaVitaAR

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As Od made her curt reply, Vyrell’s face, normally bereft of any emotion other than a friendly smile, would falter ever so slightly as his lips would turn downwards just slightly. It was barely noticeable, but it happened nonetheless. He’d look away from Od, turning his attention back towards the map he was looking over as Luna and Lugh would filter into the room.

“Lets say the Queen tasked you with putting out a fire, Od.” He’d begin as he’d start making a few more marks on the map, making a line marking the extend of Harzel’s easten territory. “But when you did, that fire kept returning the next day. Would you merely keep putting it out daily, or look for the cause of it?” Not that he assumed that Od would catch the meaning of his words so he’d continue, the telltale cold that Ethelred brought with him signaling the other knights arrival. “Similarly, say, for instance, you arrive on scene but Elnith is nowhere to be found? Only dead Harzel knights. Or you do find Elnith, yet the Fomorian she’s fighting is impervious to her unavoidable blade?” He’d look up from the table. “Learning the cause-”

“That’s enough, Vyrell,” Before he could finish his statements, however - a voice, commanding and heavy in its presence fell upon the room. “You can finish lecturing Od later. We have more important matters now.” Heavy footfalls soon followed, the Queen calmly walking into the room. Her gold armor somehow, seeming to shine even in the interior as she’d pass by Reinhardt’s seat, moving to place herself at the front of the table. It was a stark contrast, Fio would note from her casualness earlier. The laughter had stopped by the time they had returned to Airedale, and had instead been replaced with what could only be described with a firm, commanding presence...though it was slightly hampered by a small mark on her forehead where Fio's blade had bonked her, but it was probably best not to ask.

“Apologies…I have set everything up, but you can probably explain better.”

“Very well.” Sorcha would say, turning to face and greet her Knights.
“Everyone is here…so we shall begin. About, mhm, two months ago, there was an attack on a village near Harzelslack’s eastern border. Nothing unusual about that, even if…it was particularly devastating.” She’d point to the northernmost village that had been marked by Vyrell. “Merely a day later, a second village was sacked, razed to the ground similarly as the first. For the next three days it seemed whatever it was, had left or decided its had its fill. However, three days later…a village on the very southern edge of Albion was razed in a similar fashion. Two days later, another village a bit further north had been razed. Silence for another four days, then another village had been razed, then only two days later another village in the south met the same fate. I sent a few scouts to gather information after the fourth village had been razed. The territory there may not be under my express domain as of yet…but they are people of Albion regardless, and I can not turn a blind eye to such blatant attacks and disrespect.” Sorcha would state calmly, making sure each and every one of her words carried as much weight and as much clarity as the last, ensuring that every knight here understood.

Marked Map

“As soon as they returned. They informed me of what they had gathered from the villagers that had managed to escape. A terribly powerful fomorian is apparently the culprit who possesses the ability to command fire and feasts on humans with a skin as black as night. Needless to say, I immediately dispatched Elnith to deal with this threat. That was two weeks ago.” She would pause, letting the information sink in for a few seconds. “I’m sure you are all aware of Elnith’s condition. I do not believe it has consumed her…at least not fully. But we do not know what has happened and she has yet to send word of what has. As such, I will be sending three of you int investigate that matter. I was originally going to go myself, but the attack on Airedale this morning has disrupted the plans.”

“Speaking of the bandits,” Vyrell interrupted. “I’ll send a courier to the Lightsword family for information on their operations in the area around the Giants graveyard and and Ithica lake.”

“Ethelred, Reinhardt, Od. I will be sending you to find out what happened with Elnith. As its so close to Harzel border, I don’t need to tell you to be careful. I do not seek conflict with them as of now, at least. Reinhardt, I am putting you in charge for that endeavor. I myself will be taking Luna and Fio to see if we can’t find out something about these bandits.”

“Me and Lugh will stay behind to ensure Airedale’s safety.” Vyrell continued. “And you three looking for Elnith…be careful. Whatever this thing is, its highly dangerous and potentially incredibly fast as well, seeing how far it is able to travel in barely a few days.”

“Unless there is anything you need, my Knights, then we should move sooner than later. No doubt if Elnith has run into trouble with Harzel knights, they would not care if she is in the service of myself. Nay, if anything, they would see it as an easy excuse to disparage me.”

Epic of Beginnings - Dawns Cradle

A girl dressed in white, wearing fairly little considering the temperature, would quietly hurry past a few men only stopping when they’d shout. Strong looking men shoveled snow out from around the doorway of a completely buried house, just enough for someone to slip inside….a body had been found…

A quiet statement followed.

The men collectively fell silent.

Another one for Achel, then.

The man inside would climb back out, shaking his head, taking their shovels and moving to the next unchecked house. Even after a week not everyone had been fully recovered. If they were lucky, they’d find someone just on the verge of death…unlucky? Not even a body would have remained. The beasts kin, nasty little spirits that couldn’t be seen in the blizzard having run away with their fair share of residents.

The village girl would shake her head, run over, and give all the men a big hug before quickly continuing on her way. The chief had asked everyone to come to the old temple…and well, normally she herself might have shirked some sort of lesson or work…well, now wasn’t really the time for that, was it? She’d slowly shove open the large doors to the old stone hewn cathedral.

Oh good, she wasn’t late…

She’d pass the crowd of people…two, ten…thirty…fifty…sixty? Not counting those that were doing recovery…she didn’t want to think about it. She’d give friendly hellos but she’d move quickly into the back rooms…

“...chief?” She’d knock lightly on the door, slowly pushing it open…

He rubbed his weathered fingers against the bridge of his nose. A tired strain, cold weariness creeping into his bones. In all forty odd years he had been in charge of Dawn after inheriting it from his own grandfather, this was…well, it was unprecedented. The cold was nothing new. Dawn, sitting upon the shores of the Towren Coast, had survived such conditions before. A blizzard, had it been just a blizzard…would have survived.

“Chief?”

He leaned back in his chair, shoulders slumping as the voice went unheard. Poor Achel hadn’t slept in days, it feels like, even with Atzi’s help. Calra had been doing her best to heal those she could with magic and keep those that had survived fed and healthy with what little they had. Bolcha and his boys had been working tirelessly to clear out snow and find others that had hopefully survived. The fifteen odd hunters left had quickly checked food stores, only to find that much had been taken by the Elder Beast and its kin. Akala had been using her divine arts to heal those that she could and to keep spirits up, but…

“Enli!”

“Ah! O-oh. Lazhira…it’s you.” The young girl responded with a bright grin, who would release the old man from a tight hug.

“Ehe, sorry you weren’t responding and you were starting to look like you were gonna start spiraling.”

“Spiraling…?” He’d echo with a frown. “Oh, is it time already? Is everyone here?”

“Uhm, I think so. Bolcha, Akando…Achel is still in the catacombs, I think…I might bring her something later. Akala-”

“Right here.” The voice of the priestess would say, quietly entering the room. “Enli…I think its time we start. The people are getting a bit anxious.”

“Mhm. Lets get this over with then.” Enli would say, rising from his chair. “The sooner we do the sooner we can start rebuilding.”

“Mhm, okay…and hey…make sure you get some rest, okay?”

“When I can, Lazhira.” Lazhira would respond with a small pout, but would say nothing in return, leaving the room and heading back out into the main hall with them, Enli and Akala trailing behind as he’d make his way to the front reception hall. It was fitting, he supposed, a place most in the village had never given the time of day would be the safe haven during a disaster such as this.

As Enli approached the back of the hall, near a small podium the quiet murmurs of the gathered crowd would slowly die down, all turning their heads towards Enli.

“...Truthfully, I don’t know how to even start speaking.” He would say, a long, drawn out sigh. “Describing what has happened…trying to even talk about it feels like I couldn’t grasp the full scope of this tragedy. A week ago…Dawn was thriving. Nearly half a thousand people…and today there’s barely a hundred of us left.” Enli leaned on the Podium, shaking his head. “Our food stores are low. The sea, frozen over, making fishing difficult. Homes, shattered and buried under meters of snow. The kin of Elder Beast Azral Suralng took much. Our friends…family…I would not blame you for being angry, and for desiring revenge on such a beast…” He’d exhale, casting his eyes down towards the ground. “But I, I can only blame myself. I know, no one could have predicted this, but as the leader of Dawn, all of you…this land, this village…is my responsibility. And this tragedy happened on my watch.” He’d turn his head back towards the gathered crowd. A few silent murmurs. “As it stands…Dawn is hurting. We hardly have the manpower to feed ourselves, now, let alone defend ourselves if the Kyrnith or some other threat makes itself known…” He’d inhale sharply. “But…this, this is not the end for us. Legend says that Dawn was founded at the end of the Moonless Era, by humans, surviving the Goddess Wrath for our transgressions built it here. We survived the machinations of a plot by the God of Knowledge that would have led to our ruin. We survived the Kyrnith constantly at our doorstep. And we…those of us left…have survived still. And this, I promise…Dawn will continue to survive, no matter what. For that is what humans do - we will survive, and we will rebuild this village to even better than what it was before.”

It was really, a simple speech…but it seemed to work, if nothing else. The small crowd would give a determined affirmation, shouting in agreement.

“But…we will need to work together. We will need to put all of our efforts into ensuring that we do. Everyone, will need to do their part. I do not care how small it is or what…Akando, what is the status of the hunters?”

“Fifteen of us left…maybe fourteen.” The leader of the hunters would step forward, having been listening quietly from the side, arms folded against his chest. “We Haven’t seen Maira all week, and she lives by herself out in the forest.” He’d inform Enli, stoic as ever. “Hunting is good, though…as long as we don’t run into the Kyrnith and are careful not to antagonize it we should be fine.”

“Hm…we’ll need someone to check on Maira, then. Bolcha? Whats the villages resources look like?”

“Wood’s all frozen.” A gruff man would respond. He’d shake his head. “My boys are out in the village helping with diggin’ and clearin’ the main village out of snow. From what we can tell most peoples houses are good, but we’ll need more sturdy wood for construction.”

“I’ve got plenty of Iron, for now.” A short man…a dwarf? Would speak up. “My forge is as hot and ready to be used as ever.” He’d continue. “Little Rael’s takin’ stock of everything we’ve got now. Say the word chief - or anyone - and we’ll make whatever ye need to get things done.”

“Thank you, Asvar.” Enli would nod. “We’ll need to know how much we have to use.”

“We’ll probably need to buy more from Mie if she shows up,” Asvar would grunt. “Though…I guess we could always head to Sky’s Reach and barter with the Dwarves there if we have enough that interests them. I might know where there could be a good place to mine in the forest thanks to my stone-singin, but…that’ll be dangerous if the Kyrnith shows up.”

“...we’ll probably need to barter a lot from Mie supposing she does come. We’ll need proper money and goods to barter with her, with.” Enli held his hand to his chin, frowning deeply. “Have we made any headway with the ice on the sea, either?”

“A bit.” Bolcha would say. “Odd though - something’s been stealin’ our fish. Not much, mind ye. Just a few catches every day go missin…not bitin’ as much either, as if somethin’s getting them before we are.”

“If I may, Enli.” Akala would chime in. “While I’m able to heal many with my divine healing, Calra has mentioned that she’s running low on herbs to heal others with. I can only do so much myself.”

It seemed the meeting was mostly going off without a hitch. Enli was taking stock of resources, seeing what people needed and attempting to plan things accordingly, and likely more discussion about problems that were occurring were happening, and what could be done to solve them. Perhaps it was time for those chosen by the Moon to make an appearance?

Current Happenings

A little chibi version of the Moon goddess is sleeping at the top of the screen, a little dialogue bubble with Z’s gently floating up…

Current location: Dawn
Time: Early morning

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Potential Events:

• Asvar has mentioned a lack of Ore and that he might know where more are.
• Bolcha has mentioned something spooking and eating his fish
• Bolcha has mentioned someone going into the forest and securing more wood
• Enli mentioned not having enough coins or goods to barter with the merchant Mie, if she comes.
• Akando mentioned Maira not being seen all week.
• Maybe someone could help Akando with the hunting.
• Akala mentioned Calra needing help tending to patients.
• Perhaps there's something you, personally, feel that needs to be done?

Urban Starlight Wonderland: A Magical Girl RP

M-me? Magical girl? W-what the hell is up with that lame crap!

Name: Kokoha Hisaishi
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Kokoha is a bit of your stereotypical highschool gal. Fashionable, popular, upbeat and it can typically show in her appearance. Long blond colored hair, typically seen wearing the latest modern fashions outside of school. Jewelry and looking 'mega-fabulous' is just par for the course...at least, as far as she's concerned.
Personality:
As one might expect from her general appearance, it also plays a lot into her general demeanor. Truthfully? She's a selfish gal who doesn't give others the time of day, outside of her close circle of friends and even then if she doesn't wanna do something she won't. She likes what she likes, and only does what she likes. Can be something of a bully, though she honestly doesn't do it intentionally half the time since she rarely thinks before speaking. At least her grades tend to be above average and she takes the magical girling thing fairly seriously despite her constant complaints about how girls should not be put into this sort of danger.

This, contrasts slightly, perhaps to her love of more occult things. Her ideal friday night is actually curling up and watching some cheesy dumb horror movie...or on occasion egging her friends onto joining her in a haunted location to film it for her various social media accounts.

Her thoughts on her magical girl transformation is rather mixed. On one hand? She thinks its pretty cute. On the other? Why the hell does she have to be here? Why the hell can't she just blast them with a giant hammer or something? She can become easily agitated, especially when fighting shades due to her lack of consistent offensive options since she plays more of a support role most of the time.
Skills:
-Any good gal knows best way to get on peoples good side is to be able to cook!
-Want a free Tarot reading? No? She didn't want to give you one anyways.
-Want her to do your hair? Nails? Makeover? She's gotchu fam.
-No you can't stare at her thighs, even if she knows they look good. What? looking good IS a skill!
-could probably talk your ear off about urban legends, cryptids, and some mythology.
Brief Backstory:
Living in the lap of luxury can give one quite an edge in life, and Kokoha is not any different in this regard. Her father, a wealthy writer, journalist, and TV personality made it far in life with his career, making enough money for him, his wife, and Kokoha to have quite the rich lifestyle. Going to an all-girls school, being something of a spoiler princess, and generally being her parents golden child...well, its easy to see perhaps, why she turned out the way she did. A selfish girl who takes what she wants, does what she wants, and doesn't have much of a problem stepping on others toes. For all intents and purposes, everyone knows Kohoka as a popular, attractive, highschool girl.

At home, though? Well...you know what her father made a living writing? Investigating? Being a TV personality for?

Writing and hosting shows and traveling for various conspiracy theorists, urban legend, and similar such topics. This has, well, colored Kokha's own tastes a lot even if she doesn't wanna admit it and thinks its mega cringe to believe this stuff in public. While she doesn't believe in obviously unscientific can definitely be disproven things...well...Aliens? She believes in em. Bigfoot? Definitely. Urban legends? You bet your lipstick she at least, in some part believes in it. Not that she'd ever admit this...and she'd probably make fun of you a bit for believing in it too.

Eventually, though, all good things must sometimes come to an end. About three years ago when he was out doing a shoot for a segment on a TV show where he was going to announce a new book...the plane, crashed. An engine malfunction, apparently. His body was never recovered and Kokoha could be said to have never quite gotten over it, and her mother eventually started going out less and less.

So, when she first became a magical girl? Hell yes! This just proved everything about every urban myth and legend right as far as she was concerned. But also, hell no because this meant she was going to have to go around beating up things with magic! Totally uncool! And they didn't even give her something she could just whack things to death with! What's up with that crap!? All she had was her fathers old Tarot Deck! Guh, this is making her more pissed off just thinking about it...

Magical Girl Appearance:

No no no I am not wearing-haaa...at least I look nice...

As a magical girl, her attire is fairly...traditional witchy looking. A pointy hat, dark colored hair and bright blue eyes replace her usual blond hair and hazel colored eyes. A frilly dress may not be her usual sort of attire, but hey, at least its cute?

Concept: Tarot
Archetype: Arcana
Abilities:
Kokoha's abilities, are loosely based off the cards of her favorite Tarot card deck. Each card produces a wide range of individual effects from barriers, a small bit of healing, to those with offensive capabilities. Many though, are for more utility and support purposes. You could say, its a bit ironic that a selfish girl that has never taken the time of day to really get to know others very well takes a more support role typically.

The cards must be 'drawn' to be used, often taking a few seconds of setup in order to use them, and she may only use two at a time without having to 'draw' another from the deck unless otherwise specified like the Death Arcana.

Uuuugh...couldn't ya have just given me a giant hammer to smash things with?!

The fool - The zeroth card in a deck. The card which has unlimited potential and the start of a journey. In her deck, depicted as a carefree girl standing near the edge of a cliff, about to fall into an unknown journey. This card itself does nothing, and is always present no matter what even in her untransformed state. Acts as the catalyst for other cards, triggering the magical girl transformation.

The Magician - The first card in a deck. The fool meets a powerful magician on their journey, helping them achieve the first part of it and acts as a guide. When drawn, allows the user to manifest blasts of pure magical energy. Can be sustained as beams of bluish-white light, or fired as more rapid-fire blasts of bluish-white 'bullets' of energy. A very basic offensive card.

The High Priestess - The second card, and second meeting. The fool meets a priestess, who tells the Fool of the dangers of the world and how to avoid or find them. When drawn, allows the user to feel the presence of shades and negative emotions in a wide radius in order to track them.

The Empress - The third meeting. A kind empress shields others from harm that the Fool unknowingly brought about. Once drawn, allows the user to create a powerful barrier spell onto others at the cost of leaving oneself open.

The Emperor - The fourth meeting. A powerful Emperor tells the Fool that no amount of protecting others matters if one can not protect themselves. Once drawn, allows one to place a powerful barrier in front of oneself.

The Heirophant - The fifth meeting. A wise sage teaches the fool of the world, as well as the joy of teaching itself. Once drawn, allows the user to share their magical energy with any number of allies present, giving them a substantial boost to power and energy reserves.

The Lovers- The sixth meeting, where the Fool meets a pair of lovers. The peaceful tranquility and bliss of love washes away negative emotions. Once drawn, allows the user to place down a protective zone that heals minor wounds, disperses negative emotions and feelings and chases away lesser shades.

The Chariot - The Seventh meeting whereupon the fool learns to steel their determination from all negative thoughts. Once drawn, negates mental interferences in a small area, and destroys illusions in the area.

Strength - The meeting of the Eighth. No amount of determination can help if ones body is weak. Once drawn, strengths ones body as long as the card is drawn making the user physically strong.

The Hermit - The ninth. Some foes, however, can not be met head on. One must find other routes and inspect one self. Enhances the users speed and agility for as long as it is drawn.

The Wheel- The tenth. Even so, luck sometimes refuses to allow one victory. If drawn, allows the user to see roughly two seconds into the future. It does not allow time to change fate, merely potentially defy it.

Justice - The Eleventh. Justice can be cruel. Justice can be harsh. The fool learns that sometimes, one must mete out justice themselves. Once drawn, the card takes the form of a sword that cuts evil in twain.

Hanged Man - The Twelfth. The fool learns that sometimes, to save something, you must sometimes be willing to sacrifice everything. Once drawn, immediately begins to overloads ones magic reserves, multiplying it exponentially. Once critical mass is reached, releases the pent up energy in the form of a massive shockwave from the users body. Almost certainly will destroy most things in a large radius - including the user. Without immediate medical treatment, there's a good chance the user won't survive. The selfishness of such an act, however, makes this incompatible with Judgements Trumpet.

Death - The thirteenth. Staring at the precipice of death, the Fool decides that perhaps, she must change in order to better oneself. Determined to continue their journey, they set out with newfound determination. Once drawn, the card does nothing by itself. However, if activated it can immediately be swapped for any other Arcana without needing to draw it.

Temperance - The fourteenth. Upon the fools journey, she learns that in all things, there is moderation. Desire must be tempered with reason, and reason must also be tempered with passion. Once drawn, allows one to use chains to bind and restrain foes.

Devil - the Fifteenth...but all the same, rejecting sin and evil as unnatural will only bring ruin and misery to those pure souls who know not how to deal with it. Once drawn, the card will pull upon all the negative emotions and desires the user possesses, manifesting a powerful shade that will indiscriminately attack anything in its vicinity. Taking the form of a massive, many armed, horned demon. Once killed, the user will strangely also find themselves free of any negative thoughts and emotions...one must be careful not to over-indulge.

Tower - The sixteenth. A card of sudden upheaval, change, and chaos. Once drawn, allows the user to counter weaker spells and physical attacks by absorbing them with a barrier contained in ones hand. It will then, retaliate appropriately as either a strike of lightning for magical attacks or a phantom blade for physical attacks.

Star- The Seventeenth. The fool watches others lose all hope after the chaos ensuing from the tower. Yet, when others are at their darkest, one must sometimes shine even brighter. Nearly taking all of ones magic in the process, creates a shining star overhead. All who see will feel a gentle warmth as their fatigue is washed away and their magical energy refilled.

Moon- The eighteenth. The fool nears the end of her journey. Behind her, a lifetime of adventure, and ahead...who knows? They are beset by the fear of what could be. Once drawn, allows one to manifest and use minor illusions, such as a fake attack or an illusory doppelganger feint.

Sun- The nineteenth. At the precipice of defeat from fear, a warm hand guides them forward. Once drawn, allows one to manifest a fire-based magical attack as either traditional fireballs or in another manner. A fairly straight forward offensive card.

Judgement - The twentieth. At the end of their journey, the fool stands in front of a being that judges all...and judges them for every action upon their journey. Once drawn, the card must be paired with either the Magician, Justice, Devil, or the Sun. Once they have been paired, judgements trumpet shall be hers, and shall sound the judgement of a foe. Judgement enhances the aspects of one into what can be called a 'finishing move'. Using any of these will typically mean the user is pretty drained afterwards, and not all can really be use effectively in any given situation.

Judgements Call

Magicians Astral Spark - Coalescence's all magical energy within the user to a singular point in front of them...and then unleashes it in a torrent of stars towards the target, bombarding them with innumerable magical projectiles along with a massive stream of magical energy. Do you seek self enlightenment, power above all else as the magician?

Judgements Truth - The combination of Justice and Judgement. Justice's disappears from the users hand, before reappearing some distance above the user, now gargantuan in size. The blade will swing down upon the foe in front. The weight of the blade alone would crush most things. Works best out in the open or in larger indoor spaces...or if collateral damage isn't a concern. Do you seek to become an arbitrator of justice, regardless of what you may have to do?

Coronal Ejection - The combination of Judgement and the Sun. A pillar of sunlight smashes into the foe from above, setting them aflame and smashing them into the ground where their sins and negative thoughts will be quite literally, burned away. Will you become an emissary of righteousness, standing against the dark even if alone?

Devil's Revelation - The combination of Judgement and the Devil. This...is not an option one should consider easily. Instead of just taking the negative emotion from the user, it will drain all negative emotions from everywhere around it effectively creating a very power, very dangerous Shade that must be dealt with eventually. The user themselves will often be engulfed in this tempest of negativity. Or perhaps...the Devils Temptation shall prove your destiny.

The World - Finally, passing judgements trials...the fool stands at the top of the world. A lifetime of journey and learning behind her. Here, at the top, what does she contemplate? This card, unfortunately, can only be drawn by one who has 'completed' their own journey. Whatever that means...well, who knows. It does, however, allow one to use all the other Arcana without needing to rest or draw them individually, letting very briefly all be used without restriction.

Kokoha, however, has no idea what this means and she can not use this card.

Urban Starlight Wonderland: A Magical Girl RP

@VitaVitaAR

Okaaaay, here we are! A more supporty type mage with some more explosive one-time attacks for most of her offense. I got a bit wordy when describing the Arcana, but I think it got my point across well enough, I think? Feel free to tell me if I got anything wrong or if something is a bit much.

M-me? Magical girl? W-what the hell is up with that lame crap!

Name: Kokoha Hisaishi
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Kokoha is a bit of your stereotypical highschool gal. Fashionable, popular, upbeat and it can typically show in her appearance. Long blond colored hair, typically seen wearing the latest modern fashions outside of school. Jewelry and looking 'mega-fabulous' is just par for the course...at least, as far as she's concerned.
Personality:
As one might expect from her general appearance, it also plays a lot into her general demeanor. Truthfully? She's a selfish gal who doesn't give others the time of day, outside of her close circle of friends and even then if she doesn't wanna do something she won't. She likes what she likes, and only does what she likes. Can be something of a bully, though she honestly doesn't do it intentionally half the time since she rarely thinks before speaking. At least her grades tend to be above average and she takes the magical girling thing fairly seriously despite her constant complaints about how girls should not be put into this sort of danger.

This, contrasts slightly, perhaps to her love of more occult things. Her ideal friday night is actually curling up and watching some cheesy dumb horror movie...or on occasion egging her friends onto joining her in a haunted location to film it for her various social media accounts.

Her thoughts on her magical girl transformation is rather mixed. On one hand? She thinks its pretty cute. On the other? Why the hell does she have to be here? Why the hell can't she just blast them with a giant hammer or something? She can become easily agitated, especially when fighting shades due to her lack of consistent offensive options since she plays more of a support role most of the time.
Skills:
-Any good gal knows best way to get on peoples good side is to be able to cook!
-Want a free Tarot reading? No? She didn't want to give you one anyways.
-Want her to do your hair? Nails? Makeover? She's gotchu fam.
-No you can't stare at her thighs, even if she knows they look good. What? looking good IS a skill!
-could probably talk your ear off about urban legends, cryptids, and some mythology.
Brief Backstory:
Living in the lap of luxury can give one quite an edge in life, and Kokoha is not any different in this regard. Her father, a wealthy writer, journalist, and TV personality made it far in life with his career, making enough money for him, his wife, and Kokoha to have quite the rich lifestyle. Going to an all-girls school, being something of a spoiler princess, and generally being her parents golden child...well, its easy to see perhaps, why she turned out the way she did. A selfish girl who takes what she wants, does what she wants, and doesn't have much of a problem stepping on others toes. For all intents and purposes, everyone knows Kohoka as a popular, attractive, highschool girl.

At home, though? Well...you know what her father made a living writing? Investigating? Being a TV personality for?

Writing and hosting shows and traveling for various conspiracy theorists, urban legend, and similar such topics. This has, well, colored Kokha's own tastes a lot even if she doesn't wanna admit it and thinks its mega cringe to believe this stuff in public. While she doesn't believe in obviously unscientific can definitely be disproven things...well...Aliens? She believes in em. Bigfoot? Definitely. Urban legends? You bet your lipstick she at least, in some part believes in it. Not that she'd ever admit this...and she'd probably make fun of you a bit for believing in it too.

Eventually, though, all good things must sometimes come to an end. About three years ago when he was out doing a shoot for a segment on a TV show where he was going to announce a new book...the plane, crashed. An engine malfunction, apparently. His body was never recovered and Kokoha could be said to have never quite gotten over it, and her mother eventually started going out less and less.

So, when she first became a magical girl? Hell yes! This just proved everything about every urban myth and legend right as far as she was concerned. But also, hell no because this meant she was going to have to go around beating up things with magic! Totally uncool! And they didn't even give her something she could just whack things to death with! What's up with that crap!? All she had was her fathers old Tarot Deck! Guh, this is making her more pissed off just thinking about it...

Magical Girl Appearance:

No no no I am not wearing-haaa...at least I look nice...

As a magical girl, her attire is fairly...traditional witchy looking. A pointy hat, dark colored hair and bright blue eyes replace her usual blond hair and hazel colored eyes. A frilly dress may not be her usual sort of attire, but hey, at least its cute?

Concept: Tarot
Archetype: Arcana
Abilities:
Kokoha's abilities, are loosely based off the cards of her favorite Tarot card deck. Each card produces a wide range of individual effects from barriers, a small bit of healing, to those with offensive capabilities. Many though, are for more utility and support purposes. You could say, its a bit ironic that a selfish girl that has never taken the time of day to really get to know others very well takes a more support role typically.

The cards must be 'drawn' to be used, often taking a few seconds of setup in order to use them, and she may only use two at a time without having to 'draw' another from the deck unless otherwise specified like the Death Arcana.

Uuuugh...couldn't ya have just given me a giant hammer to smash things with?!

The fool - The zeroth card in a deck. The card which has unlimited potential and the start of a journey. In her deck, depicted as a carefree girl standing near the edge of a cliff, about to fall into an unknown journey. This card itself does nothing, and is always present no matter what even in her untransformed state. Acts as the catalyst for other cards, triggering the magical girl transformation.

The Magician - The first card in a deck. The fool meets a powerful magician on their journey, helping them achieve the first part of it and acts as a guide. When drawn, allows the user to manifest blasts of pure magical energy. Can be sustained as beams of bluish-white light, or fired as more rapid-fire blasts of bluish-white 'bullets' of energy. A very basic offensive card.

The High Priestess - The second card, and second meeting. The fool meets a priestess, who tells the Fool of the dangers of the world and how to avoid or find them. When drawn, allows the user to feel the presence of shades and negative emotions in a wide radius in order to track them.

The Empress - The third meeting. A kind empress shields others from harm that the Fool unknowingly brought about. Once drawn, allows the user to create a powerful barrier spell onto others at the cost of leaving oneself open.

The Emperor - The fourth meeting. A powerful Emperor tells the Fool that no amount of protecting others matters if one can not protect themselves. Once drawn, allows one to place a powerful barrier in front of oneself.

The Heirophant - The fifth meeting. A wise sage teaches the fool of the world, as well as the joy of teaching itself. Once drawn, allows the user to share their magical energy with any number of allies present, giving them a substantial boost to power and energy reserves.

The Lovers- The sixth meeting, where the Fool meets a pair of lovers. The peaceful tranquility and bliss of love washes away negative emotions. Once drawn, allows the user to place down a protective zone that heals minor wounds, disperses negative emotions and feelings and chases away lesser shades.

The Chariot - The Seventh meeting whereupon the fool learns to steel their determination from all negative thoughts. Once drawn, negates mental interferences in a small area, and destroys illusions in the area.

Strength - The meeting of the Eighth. No amount of determination can help if ones body is weak. Once drawn, strengths ones body as long as the card is drawn making the user physically strong.

The Hermit - The ninth. Some foes, however, can not be met head on. One must find other routes and inspect one self. Enhances the users speed and agility for as long as it is drawn.

The Wheel- The tenth. Even so, luck sometimes refuses to allow one victory. If drawn, allows the user to see roughly two seconds into the future. It does not allow time to change fate, merely potentially defy it.

Justice - The Eleventh. Justice can be cruel. Justice can be harsh. The fool learns that sometimes, one must mete out justice themselves. Once drawn, the card takes the form of a sword that cuts evil in twain.

Hanged Man - The Twelfth. The fool learns that sometimes, to save something, you must sometimes be willing to sacrifice everything. Once drawn, immediately begins to overloads ones magic reserves, multiplying it exponentially. Once critical mass is reached, releases the pent up energy in the form of a massive shockwave from the users body. Almost certainly will destroy most things in a large radius - including the user. Without immediate medical treatment, there's a good chance the user won't survive. The selfishness of such an act, however, makes this incompatible with Judgements Trumpet.

Death - The thirteenth. Staring at the precipice of death, the Fool decides that perhaps, she must change in order to better oneself. Determined to continue their journey, they set out with newfound determination. Once drawn, the card does nothing by itself. However, if activated it can immediately be swapped for any other Arcana without needing to draw it.

Temperance - The fourteenth. Upon the fools journey, she learns that in all things, there is moderation. Desire must be tempered with reason, and reason must also be tempered with passion. Once drawn, allows one to use chains to bind and restrain foes.

Devil - the Fifteenth...but all the same, rejecting sin and evil as unnatural will only bring ruin and misery to those pure souls who know not how to deal with it. Once drawn, the card will pull upon all the negative emotions and desires the user possesses, manifesting a powerful shade that will indiscriminately attack anything in its vicinity. Taking the form of a massive, many armed, horned demon. Once killed, the user will strangely also find themselves free of any negative thoughts and emotions...one must be careful not to over-indulge.

Tower - The sixteenth. A card of sudden upheaval, change, and chaos. Once drawn, allows the user to counter weaker spells and physical attacks by absorbing them with a barrier contained in ones hand. It will then, retaliate appropriately as either a strike of lightning for magical attacks or a phantom blade for physical attacks.

Star- The Seventeenth. The fool watches others lose all hope after the chaos ensuing from the tower. Yet, when others are at their darkest, one must sometimes shine even brighter. Nearly taking all of ones magic in the process, creates a shining star overhead. All who see will feel a gentle warmth as their fatigue is washed away and their magical energy refilled.

Moon- The eighteenth. The fool nears the end of her journey. Behind her, a lifetime of adventure, and ahead...who knows? They are beset by the fear of what could be. Once drawn, allows one to manifest and use minor illusions, such as a fake attack or an illusory doppelganger feint.

Sun- The nineteenth. At the precipice of defeat from fear, a warm hand guides them forward. Once drawn, allows one to manifest a fire-based magical attack as either traditional fireballs or in another manner. A fairly straight forward offensive card.

Judgement - The twentieth. At the end of their journey, the fool stands in front of a being that judges all...and judges them for every action upon their journey. Once drawn, the card must be paired with either the Magician, Justice, Devil, or the Sun. Once they have been paired, judgements trumpet shall be hers, and shall sound the judgement of a foe. Judgement enhances the aspects of one into what can be called a 'finishing move'. Using any of these will typically mean the user is pretty drained afterwards, and not all can really be use effectively in any given situation.

Judgements Call

Magicians Astral Spark - Coalescence's all magical energy within the user to a singular point in front of them...and then unleashes it in a torrent of stars towards the target, bombarding them with innumerable magical projectiles along with a massive stream of magical energy.

Judgements Truth - The combination of Justice and Judgement. Justice's disappears from the users hand, before reappearing some distance above the user, now gargantuan in size. The blade will swing down upon the foe in front. The weight of the blade alone would crush most things. Works best out in the open or in larger indoor spaces...or if collateral damage isn't a concern.

Coronal Ejection - The combination of Judgement and the Sun. A pillar of sunlight smashes into the foe from above, setting them aflame and smashing them into the ground where their sins and negative thoughts will be quite literally, burned away.

Devil's Revelation - The combination of Judgement and the Devil. This...is not an option one should consider easily. Instead of just taking the negative emotion from the user, it will drain all negative emotions from everywhere around it effectively creating a very power, very dangerous Shade that must be dealt with eventually. The user themselves will often be engulfed in this tempest of negativity.

The World - Finally, passing judgements trials...the fool stands at the top of the world. A lifetime of journey and learning behind her. Here, at the top, what does she contemplate? This card, unfortunately, can only be drawn by one who has 'completed' their own journey. Whatever that means...well, who knows. It does, however, allow one to use all the other Arcana without needing to rest or draw them individually, letting very briefly all be used without restriction.

Kokoha, however, has no idea what this means and she can not use this card.

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

Location:
Airedale
Mid-morning
Airedale Keep

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@A Lowly Wretch@Guy0fV4lor

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“Hmm…not exactly. The Queen asked her to look into a fomorian causing trouble near the Harzelslack border, and she has yet to return even after a fortnight.” Vyrell would respond, leaning over the table, observing the map below as he spoke, reaching for a few pieces of carved wood and slowly placing them on the map. “I’m sure you are aware, that is unusual for her at least not to write or otherwise send word. If not to the Queen, then to me.” He’d look up from his position, fixing Od with a narrow gaze. “Thoughts, on the situation, Od? Do you believe her curse to have taken hold or would you surmise she has been having some other difficulty?”

Reinhardt and Od, if they cared to look, would see that Vyrell had placed markers on several villages. Had they been the ones Elnith had been dispatched too? Perhaps, though they almost covered a wide range of area from Southern Albion all the way to its north while a lot of villages near the central regions weren’t marked.

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@Pyromania99

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The crowd didn’t seem entirely impressed by Luna’s talk of the other knights. Shouts of her just being modest, shouts of her clearly doing better than the other knights, as well as generally just saying it was nonsense that she didn’t deserve the praise. Lugh wasn’t helping either, though the boy seemed to be doing it entirely unintentionally.

“O-oh…” The girl Luna’s hand had taken, blushed…and the entire crowd fell a bit silent. “...are you single?” That was promptly followed by a torrent of other questions, entirely unrelated to the queen and entirely related to Lunas relationship status, questions of how she remained so pretty despite being so good with a blade, if it was true she killed a giant with her bare hands, and other general somewhat, nonsensical questions.

Ah…she had been completely surrounded by a crowd now.

“Luna.” Lugh would bounce in place. “Castle. Meeting the Queen!” Making sure she wasn’t going to forget.

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@Crimson Paladin

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“S-sir Ethelred! Are you sure that’s safe?” Ethelred would reach down towards the friendly feline, who’d meow a bit in complaint as it would be shooed away from the fairy. It would make a valiant attempt to bat at Ethelred’s hand, only to realize that was a bad idea, for Ethelred was very cold. It’d run off some distance, out of the shade and watching the fey from a distance as she’d get up.

“Guh.” The fey in question would stand to her feet, barely a few inches tall and stretch her back and give her wings a test flutter. After making sure everything was in working order, she’d turn to Ethelred…and then promptly start laughing. “Pfft, ahaha, what kinda dumb human are you helping a Fairy?” She’d flutter up to Ethelred’s eye level. “I’d give ya fun present, but looks like you already got one. Boy whoever did that on you was a nasty little bug, huh?”

“It’s talking…”

“Don’t listen! It might charm you!”

The fey’s eyes would slowly turn towards the two Militia.

“...Boo!” She’d shout, while sticking out her hands. The two militia promptly screamed and ran off shouting something about a fairy. “Ahaha, man you humans are dumb…still…” Her gaze would fix back on Ethelred, studying him for a second. “...hmm…you know, I’m feeling generous. Here.” She’d pass Ethelred a small, silver colored token about the size of a button. “Lose it and I’ll turn you into a proper icicle.”

It was…definitely magical of some sort, and Ethelred would be aware that refusing such a gift would probably be seen as both a sign of rudeness and likely give the fey some easy motive for doing something. The small silver button itself seemed somewhat unremarkable, save for a simple engraving on it of some sort of small plant like sigil. It didn’t seem…outwardly malicious. Might be a good idea to have someone look at it though, just to make sure.

“What’s it for? I have no idea!” She’d continue with a laugh before he could ask. “Dunno, just something I found in the Laughing Wood! Your problem now though, frosty butt.”

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@VitaVitaAR

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“Hm…” The queen would raise an eyebrow. A small smile as she’d lead the three of them through the forest, hand still gently resting on the beasts tusk. “A far more measured take than most others would have, you know. I suppose I shouldn’t have expected less.” She’d respond with a light chuckle. “Personally…I’m rather fond of the beasts…I know most can never truly exist with humans, but…”
They had arrived and a small grove, not far within the forest. A gentle falling of snow that the sun had yet to melt, hidden under some shade. She’d release her grip on the Beasts tusk - its trunk was already starting to regenerate and was mostly healed by now.

“...hm, no, its nothing.” She’d turn to ‘Shabbi’. “And you, I know can understand me…so go on, get out of here before someone else sees you. Or stay here, if you want. Just don’t cause trouble or I’ll have to be the one to give a beating next time, got it?” The beast would trumpet in response, looking back for a moment before taking a more deliberate, route with its slow, careful steps north.

“...mhm? Oh is it just the two of us now, Fio?” She’d smile at the smaller mage. “Well now that I have you alone, maybe you’d want to ask me a question? Its only fair. Yes, I am free tonight if that’s what you were going to ask.”

Urban Starlight Wonderland: A Magical Girl RP

Stating my presence

I have an idea but I'll probably be DMing vita because I need all the help I can get lol