Shifter_Master

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Rally⋮:.}

Penny would waste no time handing off her passenger to one of the other girls that had followed her this far, gesturing off towards one of the corners that held some blankets. With that taken care of she would stride into the middle of the two girls arguing her extra limbs lashing out to grab hold of both of their weapons.

“Enough” She would say firmly giving both of them a flat stare. “If we start bickering and fighting amongst ourselves now we aren’t going to last through the night.”

“Yes, Elvira led everyone into a trap, but none of us knew that she was a part of the Mint” Penny would say deathly serious “None of us knew that the Penrose independent was going to make things worse and try to kick off a war by unleashing a WMD at the Rave either. Now, as hard as it might seem at the moment, is not the time to start tearing into each other. Now is when form up and learn who it is that we can trust” As Penny spoke her voice would slowly grow louder until she was addressing everyone present.

“Some of you know me, some of you have likely even met my other half, but for those of you who don’t know me. My name is Penny, and I am the one who built the foundation of this safe haven” She would say gesturing towards the walls of the Sanctuary. “I am glad that it has proven to be the Sanctuary that I wanted it to be, but now I must ask for your help.”

“Many of the girls that went to the Rave are still under the influence of Elvira’s maddening song.” As she spoke her drone would float above her displaying live feeds from the various street cameras of the riots currently going on in Penrose. “The number of them currently has Beacon stretched to capacity and I would ask for volunteers to go out and help quell these riots.”

“Now I can already tell that many of you don’t see why that is a bad thing. But you are all missing a vital piece of information; Beacon is stretched to capacity, not the Ascendency. The Ascendency is a fundamentalist group within Beacon. They are the ones responsible for the wholesale purge tactics that have become common as of late. We do not want them to have any more reason to mobilize in force.”

“So once again I ask for volunteers. I need people who are willing to go out and help deal with those that are currently tearing this city apart. I also need people who are willing to stay here and help deal with the injured. Who can I count on?”

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_{.:Home sweet home:.}

“Shh... it’s okay, you’re safe now” Monica would say to Sharron softly one hand gently laid on the still recovering girl’s shoulder. “I’m sorry you had to suffer from that dear” She would go on to say as she quietly took the girls glasses and cleaned them before handing them back. As she returned the glasses there would be a notable glazed look to Monica’s eyes.
With a warm, if vacant, smile she would stand up and look towards Ashlyn “Keep an eye on her won’t you honey?” She would ask her voice taking on a dreamy quality “I’m off to make soup for all the kids, most of them seem to have made it through that alright but I want to make sure” she would go on to say putting a finger on her chin as she spoke aloud, as if she was pondering what type of soup to make.

Ashlyn for her part would quietly curse as she watched the changes start to overtake the rather petite Cowgirl. “Don’t worry about this one sweetie” She would reply with a strained smile after a moment. “I’ll sit down with her and make sure she’s good” She’d move to sit down next to Shannon as she spoke. “What should I tell her happened out?” Ashlyn would ask, as if Shannon wasn’t there.

“Oh” Monica would seem surprised by the question and it would take her a moment to reply “Some vile wretch attacked our kids with a Psychic nuke” She would reply serenely “But no need to worry her with that, just tell her that Mom was able to rescue her from a bully okay?” She would give one last vacant smile before turning and walking off further into the house.

Ashlyn would wait a moment, before punching the wall hard enough to crack it. “Damn it all…” she would mumble rubbing a hand over her face. “You get that?” She would ask after a moment, turning to Sharron “To answer you other questions. Yes, we saved you. Because it was the right thing to do. Not going to torment you, unless you find home cooked meals tormenting.” She owuld answer with a huff as she leaned up against the wall, her legs loosely crossed in front of her.

“Name’s Ashlyn” The Oni girl would introduce herself “That was Monica” she’d go on gesturing towards the hallway that the Mino-girl had walked down. “Best get comfortable we’re going to be here for a while.”

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_{-=Ǝ Night time E=-}

“Kimble, Alicia’s not going to hate you, everyone makes mistakes.” Kyle would say to agitated girl as they awaited extraction. It was always an odd feeling, teleporting around, especially when one was low on magic; thankfully he had long since gotten accustomed to the sensation.

“Sadly not my first time doc” Kyle would say as he focused on the far wall as he waited for the first wave of sensation to die down, it was always a flashback of what caused the loss in the first place, or at least that was what happened to him at any rate.

He would let out a slow breath as he tried not to focus on the tingling in his arm, it would go away on its own time after all. He would suddenly look very tired, but he would still wave at Sally as she walked away “Go get ‘em tiger” He would say before collapsing back into the bed and letting his exhaustion take him into slumber.

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_>>Incoming<<

Deep in whatever little suburbia Viva found herself in the quiet of the area would suddenly be shattered by the sound of an engine roaring to life. Moments later Viva could be seen astride her bike going at a furious pace a look of barely contained panic on her face.

'I'm coming, don't you dare die on me, I'm on my way' She repeated in her head as she tore up the streets racing to where it was she was heading.

For only a few moments ago she had received a vision from her Mother, Viva's family was in danger, and twisted as the dark nurse was Family still was the most important thing of all.

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_{@Ariamis & @Ariamis & @Ariamis & [No one]
((I'm noticing a theme here))}

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Makes sense. People, and kids even more so, tend to feed off the reactions of those around them when they don't know what's going on. You panic, they panic, which makes you panic more which makes them panic more, so on and so forth.

Slade's just not panicking, because he knows that panicking doesn't solve things, plus prior parenting experience.

And feel free to take your time if you need it. I've just had more time then usual as of late as my work has started relaxing the Overtime requirements.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Slade will do his best at helping her find those boundaries,all the while doing his best to only silently freak out when things go wrong.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Slade watch with rapt attention as he watched Jinny begin the training task he had set forth for her. This was as important for her as it was for him. He lacked the same type of powers she owned, and were it not for the military he would lack a powers all together so he needed to be perfectly aware of what it was she could do to the best of his ability, otherwise training her in it would be nearly impossible.

It was a good plan in theory, one that had a miscalculation that he wasn’t expecting, Jinny herself. He witnessed her struggle with the 15 pound weight and made note of the changes that overcame her as well as noting how far it was that she was able to move the weight, all of these signs would be useful w ays of measuring her exertion he figured. Her exhaustion, was expected, her bleeding was not.

With skill long past mastered Slade brushed off the welling panic that bubbled up within him and instead moved into action. Smooth easy movements were used to gently pick up the young Jinyah up off the ground. Those same smooth movements lead them quickly across the underground room to a small area not far from the equipment cage. “I see we have found another thing that we will have to work on with you” He would say gently, softly, not wanting to startle the poor girl considering he wasn’t sure just how badly it was she had injured herself, something that was always an uncertainty when it came to psychically controlled capabilities.

“Your ability has potential, some of the greatest men and women I’ve met had it as well. But you must always be careful with it.” He would go on to say as he set Jinyah down on a medical table. “Straining it too much can and will have consequences, as you are now doubt experiencing.” He continued his explanation even as he pulled out a few high tech medical scanners. He always knew that keeping this little training corner stocked up with actually medical supplies would come in handy; he just never expected it to be for this kind of reason. “So as will all of your training, you must learn when to stop. You own it to yourself, and your potential to never push too far unless you need to. Otherwise you run the risk of crippling yourself forever.”

Quickly he set the scanners up and set them scanning for what type of damage it was that Jinny had done to herself, as it could be a wide category of things that caused the bloody nose, from stress rupturing a vessel in her nose all the way up to brain aneurysms. All the while he would keep his cool until he knew what it was they were actually dealing with. Once he had those answers then he could go on to treating it. And working out how to make sure it never happened again.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Jinny no T_T

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Pilgrimage:.}

It was only the mixed screams of the Ascendency’s deaths and the declaration of war that Eden broadcast that had Penny slowing to a halt. She would half turn towards back towards the passage way they had traversed. Her eyes solid pools of crimson light. “Eden is doing nothing but making this all worse” Penny would say stoically “And if she’s talking true about Cindy…” Penny would trail off and shake her head. If that was true Penny would take care of that personally.

Regardless Penny turned back to her task at hand, it was hard, to force her attention away from the video feed from her drone still in the warehouse. Of all the death and chaos, but this was above just her at the moment. Those that had chosen to follow her needed to be given priority.

“You are welcome” Penny would reply to the girl who thanked her. “You, and everyone else, are free to go your own way from here if you want. My only objective was to get as many out as I could. I’m-” Penny was interrupted by the blessed storm rushing towards her. On instinct she lashed out at the lightning with her extra limbs while she coaxed the storm to target her over anyone else with what little lightning magic she could bring about.

She welcomed the storm as well, just as she did before; she noted the blessed nature of it as well, the unique sensation of divinely touched magic. She didn’t let it stay idle for long though. “We should keep moving” She would say to the group “Seems that things aren’t fully done just yet. I know of a safe place to stay for at least a day or two. You are all welcome to follow me there” She would say before turning back to the path before her and continuing her march.

To the fact that she had just took in a storm of lightning she said nothing, and from an external view it would seem much like she was fully focused on getting to her destination. The truth was a bit more complex than that though. That boost to her systems was already being put to use. Across Penrose, Penny was slipping her way into security systems, glimmer networks, phone lines, and traffic cams. War was coming, even if Eden was wrong about Cindy; War was coming now, that was unavoidable.

And there is no tool more useful in war then information, for it is the strongest power that there can be. Beacon had its own method of gathering Intel, but so did every major power in this conflict, as The Mint was tied into this as well, alongside the Penrose Independent.

Penny was going to need her own resources, but for now having a back door into as many systems as she could get would be a first good step.

As she set up the first steps of her networks, Penny would be quite as she lead the way to the Sanctuary. She would offer responses to questions if asked, and even mantain conversations if some of the others needed wanted them, but she didn’t start any conversations on her own. For all the while she was planning. She had been built for war; she had avoided that, despised that, and hidden that. Now it was time to embrace it.

Part way there she would stumble slightly as an angry looking bleeding red crack would erupt down the length of her right arm. “Shit” She needed to get these people to safety then head to Binky. It seemed that her time was up. “You damn fool”

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_.:Haven:.

Stoically the tow of them stood on the far side of the door and awaited the door to fade away. Steadfast to the end they would protect everyone they had gathered in this home. When the knocking turned frantic Ashlyn stayed stone faced unwilling to let anything show on her face in front one who had been willing to commit genocide.

Thankfully Monica was not the same, her own composure shattered moments before the knocking, and she could feel the nuke’s echo of effect through the door. So she rushed into action in the moment she realized what was happening. Roughly shoving her fried to the side as she wrenched open the door and dragged the poor suffering girl in, before closing her dimensional home off from everyone and everywhere.

“What are yo-” Ashlyn would begin to ask, confused and the sudden turn in her friends actions.

“She’s dying! Hurry up and heal her!” Monica would scream before the question could be fully voiced before turning her attention back to the girl in her arm. Monica was working as carefully as she could, never knowing if the Spark would reject her efforts or not, but she was desperately trying to help counteract what damaged had been caused by the Psychic assault.

Ashlyn for her part knew better then to try and argue with the petite Mino-girl, not unless she wanted to get a face full of fire. Instead she just kneeled down and started using her reinforcement to heal as best she could, as she wasn’t really sure what the issue was.

When she would learn, she would be as horrified as anyone else.

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_{-=Ǝ Show’s Over E=-}

“Reality is cold that is true” Aurelio would say in the few moments he had his assailants undivided attention.“But that doesn’t mean we can’t find warmth within it, can’t strive to make bonds with those that will defend the walls with us, to grieve with us, to cherish us. After all, not everyone has the heart of a warrior.”

And then his time was up, and they had left. He let out a disappointed sigh. He hopped he would have the chance to meet that one again; he always preferred it when he had a chance to talk to people rather than fight against them.

He allowed himself to be helped up, his cane vanishing with a snap, shortly before the rest of his costume faded as well. “I don’t think I’m going anywhere without help at the moment” He would answer Sally with a weak chuckle. Geez he felt exhausted.

“The rehab for getting an arm reattached still as annoying as it always been?” he would ask the Reinforcement girl as she set about healing the numerous bruises and gashes he had acquired while being stuck in between the two attackers. His own healing spell had been purely for the wound that had been gained from the forcible loss of his arm after all.

“Tell me has it been this bad everywhere?”

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

_{.:⋮Exodus⋮:.}

Just a moment before the Angel of Hope fell completely fell into the abyss she would feel herself being picked up carefully and held gently. Penny had walked from her place just back stage in time to watch the radiant girl’s actions. And could not help but feel cold rage at how she was treated by the Ascendancy. She was done with this place, this Rave, and if she stayed any longer she was going to start hitting things and she wasn’t sure if she was going to stop.

“Everyone”

Penny would call out, her voice booming as she augmented it with her magic. “I’ve found a way out past the barrier.” Her voice would echo out barely restrained anger evident within her normally monotone voice. “And I am leaving, follow me if you wish.”

With that proclamation Penny would turn towards the secret pathway hidden away and begin moving towards it quickly. She didn’t bother with going the long way; she simply tore apart the walls that stood in her way. Any girl that tried to stop her was summarily ignored, unless they attacked her, at which point she would defend using all four of her extra limbs to deflect, parry, or block any of the attacks thrown at her. If anyone chose to follow Penny, they would find that Penny would strive to defend them against assault as well but never did she launch an attack back at anyone. All the while she continued her march.

Assuming that she hadn’t been forced to stop, the cover for the secret passage way was equally torn apart. “This leads past the barrier” Penny would speak up, for any of the girls that had chosen to follow her. They could leave at their own pace from this point of if they wanted. Penny would move slowly out, acting as a rear guard. Defending everyone she could from any attack she could. Completely disregarding who was the ones attacking or being attacked.

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_{.:Home away:.}

“It’s time to close it Monica” Ashlyn would say through grit teeth. She hadn’t been enough, not even with everyone who had helped out, they hadn’t been enough. Quietly she raged at the injustice of it all, as she kept the tears in her eyes from falling.

The majority of girls here hadn’t done anything wrong, they just wanted a chance to relax and cut loose for the first time in months. Monica and herself had come along to help clean up afterwards, and to try and keep things from getting out of hand. Neither of them had Expected Vi-chan to be such a disgusting snake and do this to all of them.

And now they had to leave, lest the small few that they had been able to help once again fall into the line of fire.

“I know…” the smaller horned girl would whisper in reply. It wasn’t hard for her to reach out mentally and listen into the thoughts of the girls who had spied the ornate double doors of her Interdimensional Home. It hurt to see all the pain that had been spread, all the chaos and loss of life.

She closed her eyes and a moment later the outside of the door would rapidly burn away leaving no way in. once they were away, Monica would rest her head against the door, and cry silently. Why was the world so willing to paint them all with the same brush? There were some of them who were not evil, even if all of them were corrupt.

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_{-=Ǝ Curtin Fall E=-}

Freya would turn around to see Aurelio sitting up already, propped up by his cane. He was exhausted, that much was obvious but never the less he was still smiling, though it was notably more melancholic. His clothes were pristine as always, even his missing sleeve was seemingly replaced, though now it was pinned up since he was missing an arm.

In his left had he held a simple looking bronze coin, but with Jelena’s declaration about them not having the right Coin, both coins would swap colors, the illusion dispelling, before the Bronze vanished as Aurelio recalled his money.

In an instant Freya would find herself looming over the downed magician ready to strike him down when a flash of light would erupt from his removed arm still being held in her other hand. “I’ll admit” She would hear him say as her world came to a stop, time seemingly stretching out into an eternity without her moving any further. “I was hoping to catch both of you with this last trick”

Then the white coin would start fragmenting in to little points of light as Aurelio used the White coin on himself. “Game over”

Love was such a powerful emotion, one of the three greatest emotions in Aurelio’s opinion, because it was endlessly versatile. His last spell, his final trick to play, was a very simple one at its concept. Stop someone and let them experience something with you and it was only possible due to Love.

So while Freya wasn’t paralyzed in the strictest sense, she would find that she wasn’t able to bring herself to move. Then as the Light of the White coin flooded out, she would get a phantom sensation of what it felt like to have used the precious Coin, of what it would feel like to have the Spark’s warmth resting within her.

It would last until the White coin was used up, and then she would be free to act however she wished. As Aurelio was well and truly spent, and had no more tricks up his sleeve.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Not fully sure how to get the pics up, never had much of a reason to upload things to the internet before now, and I realize that my definition of "Tomorrow" or "the next day" has gotten a bit skewed due to working night shift.

So sorry if this feels late, kinda forgot that midnight is the day change.

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Slade was content to simply watch the young Jinny in her first foray in to thrown weapons, and at first things seemed to be progressing much in the way that he has expected them too. That she kept getting closer and closer to matching his throws was unexpected but overall he didn’t put much stock in to anything coming from that.

And with her mounting frustration Slade was about to move in to show her the proper form and begin to actually teach her, but then he watched as it all began to click for her and with fascination saw her display a masterful throw. “You are simply full of surprises” He would say with a smile as the young girl looked back towards him.

It was much a kin to finding a diamond in the rough. He could easily tell that she had the potential, not surprising considering her parents, but to be able to display such while still so young. Slade knew she had the possibility of going very far in with these skills, for either side really.

“Again” he would say offering up another dart, but this time he would stop her at each step in her throw to correct her posture, or to shift her stance to one more stable. Explaining why he made each correction as he did them as well. Her next throw would flow easier, and faster.

“One of the most difficult parts of any training, or of learning any skill, is the constant need of repetition at the very beginning. “ He would explain as he kept them running through this very simple drill for a while still, correcting any mistake he witnessed careful making sure to explain why each time. His goal was simple, for now, it was to make sure that Jinayah could complete the throw ten times in a row without errors.

Once that was done, he would call for a halt and allow Jinnya a moment to rest as he walked off to the area with the weights and bring back a variety of them, everything from the simple one pound hand weight all the way up to a fifty pound weight.

“There is one other thing that we can work towards training up as well” he would say as he moved the target dummy off to the side and laid the numerous hand weights out “And that is your ability to make things fly” he would make sure the weight numbers were facing Jin before he would walk next to her. “Others out there also have the ability to do such, and for the world at large the ability to do that is called telekinesis. For now we are working to find out two things, how much you can hold up and how many things you can hold up.” He would go on to explain gesturing at all the hand weight he had set up. “Start with the lowest number and keep moving up until you find that you can’t make it fly”

Tiny and the Terminator [Mistress Dizzy & Shifter_Master]

Post tomorrow. Got waylaid this week due to getting a kitten and didn't notice the time slipping away(really need to work on that)