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The Book Of Thoth (A Shin Megami Tensei Inspired Roleplay)

@Eviledd1984
I mean, if you're giving us anything from SMT, I'm down for that. It's been a while since I've had to choose a favorite, but I can figure something out.

The Book Of Thoth (A Shin Megami Tensei Inspired Roleplay)

I'll throw in an "on the fence" as well. If you decide there's room for another player or if Scribe doesn't want in once the OOC is up, I'd be down to join. Gonna need to see the demon list and have a little more general info though, but as a fan of Devil Survivor (and SMT as a whole) I have to at least throw in some interest, lol.

Reincarnation Wars : Fighting Again (Recruiting)

Nyx Nebula

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"I cannot be destroyed! You are all damned!" The thought reverberated through Nyx's mind. This on top of the red-eyed people? How was she supposed to-

Fight! Bite! Tear! Strong, strong, strong!
Hate to agree, but that's right. We're going to have to fight our way out of here.
But I don't want to kill anyone!

It was about the time she thought this that she saw one of the red-eyed people bash its way through a nearby wall.

BITE! Strong foe!
I don't think you have to worry about killing these things.
Good point. I doubt that sword of yours will be enough to kill these people anyway.

Nyx felt herself go limp. She was in way over her depth here, and if she did accidentally kill someone, she'd never be able to get past it, she knew.

You need to grow up. If you want to survive, you might have to kill something. That's part of life. Something has to die for another to live, it can be as simple as eating. Something died for you to live. So fight back!
Be that as it may, fighting is different. The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed. And our host doesn't fit that category.

Nyx was struggling to breathe as these thoughts raced through her. She tried to grasp at the hilt of her sword, but couldn't get a grip on it.

Screw this. At that moment, the voice that declared itself 'Archer' took control of Nyx's body once more, taking advantage of her muddled mind to do so.

"He who runs away and doesn't fight, runs away first!" Nyx heard herself say before feeling her body run far beyond her top speed up the nearest stairs to the next level above her.

Wh-what are you doing!?
Saving your ass!

When they finally arrived at the highest level of the convention center Archer, as Nyx, scanned the area below to get a grasp of the situation.

H-hey, maybe we can talk to them? Or the others might be able to-
You've been wanting to fight people recently, right? So you don't want to kill them, fine. But now that you're finally given a fight you're cowering? You need. To grow. Up.

With that, Nyx found herself holding a much more impressive bow than the fake one Archer had shot at Lucian, and she felt her body obeying her again.

Now focus. I'll handle the arrows, you just aim and fire. If you want to survive, you have to fight. And if you want to avoid killing anyone, you'll just have to be stronger. Now get to work!

Nyx gulped down a deep breath of air, and pulled the string of her bow back experimentally. As she did, she thought back to when she was in middle school and they taught archery in a gym class. She was lost a moment in reminiscence, and when she focused on the present again she found that an arrow was notched on her bow.

She looked down at the floor below and towards one of the red-eyed people -- how was she able to tell that they had red eyes? She could never see that well before, she had to be well beyond 20/20 vision at this point -- that was approaching the other girl who had been in the Expanse with her.

Breathe in. She did.

Breathe out. She did.

And show them hell.

She let loose the arrow at speeds that left behind a burst of air around her straight into the leg of the would-be attacker. As she was knocked down by the force of loosing the arrow, she had a single thought in mind: hopefully that girl would be able to react in time now.

Kurai Majokko

"Water? No thanks, don't touch the stuff. Fish fuck in it."



Gotta love short posts that take too long to make.

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Tsubomi watched the display in front of the group with a bored expression. On the one hand, she knew what Oros was like by now, and on the other, Tsubomi had a terrible case of resting apathy-face. Besides, the important battle was still being fought in her mind, but not for long. By the time the bra came out, she was already texting an order for takeout later in the night.

Soon enough the group arrived at their destination, what could charitably be called "Suki's home." Sure, Tsubomi could have had the food delivered here, but to be honest, she wasn't really hungry yet. Which would probably get a better reaction out of her partner than openly eating other food than what she had made. And- oh, there was beer here. Despite being four years below the legal drinking age, she had no interest in it, having had more than enough for a lifetime already. As soon as Suki finished pointing at the drinks, the harsh smell of her cigarette filled the air. Ah, yes, the easiest to attain and worst smelling narcotic there was, tobacco's scent on her clothes would be hard to explain away to Tsubomi's aunt and uncle. Oh well.

Normally, a person might spend the time given to them in such a situation to reflect on life, or to strike up a conversation with someone, especially with the new girl. Unfortunately, Tsubomi's mind was totally empty, almost like she was in a trance, or a meditative state. It was her normal state, not conniving like some other Dark Girls or even like she herself was when transformed, not excitable or depressed, just... empty. Blank. And she wore a fitting expression for this fact as she sat at one of the picnic tables and drank a soda. She would drink a water, but she'd long since sworn off the stuff.

Reincarnation Wars : Fighting Again (Recruiting)

Nyx Nebula

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"Tsk." came from Nyx's mouth just before she regained control of her body.
It was only once she did that she noticed the other people around were now frozen in place, as if time around her had stopped.
Check the clocks.
So she did. Nyx turned towards the nearest clock and watched as the voice counted upwards to sixty. But there was no movement on the digital screen.
Looks like someone has stopped time, somehow. Get outside.
Nyx ran as fast as she could towards the nearest exit, and soon found herself outside, where she watched a car pass by and many people standing around, confused.
Of course. Nobody can stop time, not fully. I wonder if this is a Geass, or something else entirely.
Oh so you know about magic existing too, good to know.
I suppose one could think of it that way.
What do you mean by that? You literally said 'geas,' that's a type of magic.
We can discuss this later, right now we need to focus on surviving.
Nyx ducked back into the center, when the animalistic voice in her mind spoke.
Hear. Hear something. Listen.
Good idea. If everyone is frozen but us, then any movement you hear is an enemy.
So she did. She listened intently to her surroundings, hoping to hear footsteps or speech with her enhanced hearing.

What Are You Listening To?

Everyone should get into MILGRAM.

Augmented Machine Mobile Armor: A Gundam and Armored Core-inspired Mecha RP

Fallen Angel

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"Comms squad, listen close. Here's how we'll do the attack run. Heavy kinetic cannons're our biggest problem, so knock them out first. Following that, pick targets of opportunity, but try to focus on the MAs if you can. I'll take the lead and draw their fire. FA, you'll follow after and clean up while they're distracted. Watcher, you've got free reign to go wild. Everything clear? Good. Break!"

Oh thank the gods, something easy. Stel thought as the commands from Banshee came through. In the few moments since launching, she'd gotten a bit more into the groove of things, now that her stomach had calmed down from the roll and her mind adapted to the situation. There was only one problem.

"I told you we're not playing cleanup here, Stel."

"I don't think that what you mean by that is what she means by that."

Adam seemed to be about to respond when Watcher single-handedly collapsed the platform the cannon that Adam had intended to draw the fire of, and Banshee took out a kinetic cannon and an enemy Mobile Armor. Stel barely had time to process what had happened before Platzragen's attack took down the antenna and an entire squad of MAs. She blinked, and something inside her snapped.

As if it could predict Stel's next words, Adam spoke up. "Diverting power from Brimstone. Switching targets from enemy weapons to enemy Mobile Armors. Non-lethal combat approved, since I know you'll try for it anyway."

"Perfect. Listen up. We're going to get down there and save a few lives."

Red Power took a diagonal beeline straight for the sole pack of MAs that had been left alone by the other two AUGs, moving at speeds that would put most other mechs to shame. Stel found herself holding her breath as she dove towards her target, only breathing out when she nearly hit the ground and pulled herself and her AUG horizontal. Unfortunately for them, most of the MAs didn't notice her before getting their heads and weapons cut off by her high-vibration blade. Much more fortunately for them, none of them took fatal damage from the attack, leaving most of them in barely more than an intact cockpit. But one of them did notice, and had already put up a rather sad, small shield on its left arm. Red Power simply thrust through it, the vibrating tip of its sword cutting through the metal with ease, and further still until it hit the MA's power source, cutting it out from its innards in a few simple strokes like a master butcher.

"That's all I'm picking up in this area. Take a minute to calm down and get prepared for a counterattack." Adam told its pilot as it redirected power back to its Gatling, and Stel returned them to the sky. Maybe their first real mission wouldn't turn out in the disaster she had expected.

Reincarnation Wars : Fighting Again (Recruiting)

Nyx Nebula

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Nyx, over in the Fantasy section, could only just hear the fighting thanks to Dorumon's enhancing of her senses. She happened to have stopped near an area for a medieval game.
Hey, Nyx.
Huh? That was the first time that this voice had ever called her by her name. Um... what is it?
Lemme borrow your body for a second.
What? Um... okay, but how?
I'm not exactly clear on that either, but just relax and if you feel your body moving, don't try to stop it.
Uh... okay?
It took a few moments, but soon the voice was in control of most of Nyx's body. And so she walked in and grabbed a replica bow and an arrow, against the commands of the ones running the booth. "Calm down, I just want to see how well this works before I consider buying it." the inner voice said from Nyx.
I'll bite, what are you doing?
Bite!
Not literally, of course.
Showing you why I'm called 'Archer.'
You're called 'Archer?' You never told us that.
Well, I have now.
Nyx felt her body drop to one knee as she pulled the arrow to notch on the bow. Sure, it was just plastic, but it would serve "Archer's" purposes. A moment passed as she took aim. "Excuse me, but get out of the way, please." Nyx heard herself say to those standing in front of her. Luckily, they did move and she could see with her enhanced eyesight that there was someone missing an arm on the center stage.
What's going on? Who is that?
I'm about eighty-percent sure that's our target.
You're going to shoot someone you're only eighty-percent sure is who you should be shooting?
Relax, it's a plastic arrow.
And with that, Nyx fired the arrow at breakneck speeds towards Lucian, aiming to embed it in his shoulder.

Reincarnation Wars : Fighting Again (Recruiting)

Nyx Nebula

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New plan, get away from the psychotic child with lightning blasts.
Seconded.
BITE!
Do not bite the girl who throws around lightning!
We're very lucky that she missed, and that nobody seems to be panicking. I wonder if there's something to that?
Ugh... this was getting really bad. Nyx decided to follow the advice of the old man and turned towards the Fantasy games section. Maybe she could find something there to help? An Excalibur or something to vanquish the evil guy... Or at least something cool to look at while the others did the fighting with their superpowers, or whatever they had.

Reincarnation Wars : Fighting Again (Recruiting)

Nyx Nebula

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And suddenly they were back in the food court. Immediately the scents of food started to overwhelm her. Something was different. It was as if leaving that "Expanse" place had sharpened her senses immensely. Willing to bet that's Bitey's doing. Nyx listened as the other girl, the goth, told her a plan. Wrong plan. Listen, we were told the old man knows where to look. Don't lose sight of him. Also, don't assume it'll be someone 'important' either, it could be the assassination of a regular person that sets other things in motion. As these thoughts went through her head, Nyx followed the gaze of the other girl to the ceiling. She wasn't confident she'd be able to stop a killing, but at least she was armed, unlike most the people in the convention. Scarlet was talking to a younger girl who seemed to have noticed them reappearing, unlike most people around them. Did that make this girl the problem? Or an ally? Nyx decided to listen to her inner voices and stay close to the old man for now.