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The Maids Guide to Demon Hunting

It hurt.

There was no denying that. Being shot at that close range, even if it didn't even break her skin, was painful.

But it didn't compare to that. Nothing compared to that. Nothing ever would.

Elizstrazia gritted her sharp teeth, leaping back to evade the razor edge of the sword that had lashed out for her neck.

She was invited here. She had a contract.

Fuck this bitch.

Fuck this bitch.

She wanted it, she was going to get it, plain and simple. It didn't matter who she was, what she said, none of it. All that mattered is that she was going to end up a corpse.

And not one that was in only one piece, either.

"They won't even recognize your corpse when I'm done, you piece of trash!" Eliztrazia snarled, digging one clawed hand into the earth and ripping free a chunk of it, lifting it into the air and hurling it towards her opponent. But the moment it left her grasp, she was already off and running, aiming to get around to the woman's side.

All she'd need was one good hit.

Then she'd show the bitch what a mistake she'd made.

@Rune_Alchemist@Click This@AzureKnight

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

• Name: Suzuki Tomoko
• Age: 17
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human("About 88% human!")
• Appearance: A petite girl with pale blonde hair and green eyes. Due to her small size, youthful looks, and less mature figure, she is sometimes mistaken for younger then she actually is. Her right arm appears to be bandaged, and her left leg is a mundane, albeit very well-made and effective, prosthetic.
• Personality: A highly intelligent and mentally capable girl. Gifted with excellent intuition, and pride in her own mental capacity. It's undeniable that Suzuki Tomoko excels in matters of problem-solving and reason. Certainly, it appears to be one of per primary reasons for positioning herself as someone who can resolve supernatural cases for others. But this seeming altruistic intent does not change, fundamentally, who Suzuki Tomoko is.
  
  A ruthless and manipulative girl who has absolute no issue in doing whatever is necessary to achieve her goals. Blackmail, emotional browbeating, lies, it's all in the table for Suzuki Tomoko. Even if it means placing herself into serious danger in order to secure a solution, or perhaps the assistance of a reluctant party, she won't hesitate. Perhaps it's because she always plans ahead. Perhaps she places plenty of faith in her ability to think on the fly.
  
  Or maybe she's just that confident that things will work out, somehow.
  
  Playful and often prone to toying with her employees, Tomoko will amuse herself in a variety of ways. From teasing someone who has no choice but to deal with her to indulging in logic puzzles, she occupies her free time with anything she finds emotionally and mentally stimulating.
  
  Despite her manipulative and ruthless nature, ultimately Tomoko is a rather friendly and open girl towards humans, yokai, and spirits alike. All are seen equally in her eyes, and thus all are treated with the same approach. While this means she is quite outgoing, it is important not to mistake her for the kind of person who will only met out judgement towards the supernatural. If a culprit is ultimately proven to be human in nature, there is no reason to treat them any differently then a wicked spirit or yokai.
  
  Tomoko's ego enjoys being stroked, and thus she indulges in praise wherever she can find it. Her many eccentricates include playing up her own cuteness whenever possible, even when it's something such as summoning a ghost to interrogate. There's no reason she should pose like a magical girl when doing so, but she will anyways. She is also highly competitive towards perceived rivals, and can be extremely clingy if she takes a liking to someone. Combining these two traits can be disastrous.
  
  While the loss of her arm and leg was doubtlessly a painful experience, and the fact she was offered as a sacrifice should have left deep scars upon her mind, Tomoko shows little evidence of feeling as such. If anything, she's almost thankful that she was subjected to the ritual, as it has granted her capabilities that even skilled practioners of onmyodo would have to cast complex spells to achieve.
  
  In short, Suzuki Tomoko is a ruthless hellion who will stop at nothing in the name of achieving a resolution for a case.
• Abilities: The sacrificial ritual that took Tomoko's right arm and left leg was intended to create a spiritual entity from a human being, one that would function as a human-derived deity once enshrined. Though the ritual was deemed a failure, as Tomoko's entire body was not taken, her nonexistent right arm and left leg are still considered to be of the spiritual world. Rather then being killed and transformed into a spirit, Tomoko instead stands at the intersection of the spirit world and the material world, bridging the gap between both. This allows her to effortlessly perceive the invisible, and to physically interact with the intangible. Spirits with no corporeal form are like solid objects to her, allowing her to touch them. Her presence is immediately recognizable to the denizens of the unseen world, be they yokai or ghosts, though less easily understood by creatures of foreign origin. Her nature also grants her skill comparable to an adept onmyouji in the areas of exorcism and spiritual invocation, as well as anti-yokai spells.
• Skills: Tomoko is highly intelligent, and gifted at using deductive reasoning and her natural intuition. She is also a capable liar, adept at spinning potential truths if she believes they are more convenient then reality at the moment. While she is hardly the sort of person who seems capable in a fight, she is less of a slouch then would be expected. Her cane makes a surprisingly effective weapon, and due to her nature she can even strike intangible threats with it.
• Equipment: Aside from her cane, which is mostly ordinary and also useful as a weapon due to the fact that Tomoko is the one using it, her left leg is a high-quality prosthetic. She can even walk without a cane, but finds using her cane marginally easier(plus it makes people more considerate of her). Her right arm, however, is concealed entirely in bandages. No physical limb remains beneath them, and Tomoko asserts that removing the bandages is something she would only do if absolutely necessary. Finally, her bag is filled with ofuda, for use in various spells.
• Brief Backstory: The child of a faded branch of an onmyouji family, Tomoko's early life was not particularly out o the ordinary. She did express an interest in the unusual from a young age, and enjoyed puzzles, but she was otherwise possessed in the same lacking talent as her parents.
  
  This would not have lead to anything if not for the fact that the main family's bloodline was faltering too. While other families continued to flourish, they did not. And so they decided to use the branch families for the very purpose they had been created: Sacrifice.
  
  Selecting Tomoko as the one best suited to this role, they summoned her parents to their estate and swiftly snatched her away at only ten years old. The intent was to perform a sacrificial ritual, to convert Tomoko into a guardian deity with no aspirations or will of her own, whose presence would strengthen their faltering blood.
  
  Initially it seemed as if they had succeeded, Tomoko's parents at once horrified and yet unable to do anything to bring their daughter back.
  
  And yet, four years later, Tomoko was returned. At the very same time, a disaster struck the main family, their estate destroyed and many of them dying as a result.
  
  Tomoko was found in a park near her family's home. She was perfectly healthy, and yet in spite of having been gone for four years she hadn't aged a day.
  
  That, and she was missing both her right arm and her left leg.
  
  From that day forth, she was gifted with abilities much like the main family had desired, and stood at the intersection of the spiritual and human worlds. As she grew older, having involved herself in numerous incidents, Tomoko chose to establish an agency that would allow her to better handle them, carefully seeding rumors in order to better draw the attention of those who would require her assistance.

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

@Rune_Alchemist: Accepted.

@Vertigo: Glad you were interested, hope you find another good RP!

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

Character List:

• Agency Head: Suzuki Tomoko
• The Former Enemy: Shimizu Kaori

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

@Rin@Rune_Alchemist@Raineh Daze@Vertigo: OOC is up!

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

Rumors are strange things.

Rumor has it that there's a special agency that only opens at night. Rumor has it that this agency is run by a waifish, doll-like girl with only one arm and one leg. Rumor has it that this agency is specialized in handling the abnormal.

Possession.

Monsters.

Curses.

Rumor has it that this agency handles the sort of cases you only hear about browsing the internet late at night, on paranormal boards, or on strange TV shows covering mysterious topics.

But such things are only rumors, aren't they? There's no way they could exist. Ghosts filled with grudges and mindlessly exacting revenge on anyone who sets foot in their haunting grounds. Yokai that prey upon humans in dark places. Curses that bring woe to entire bloodlines. All manner of wickedness lurking just out of sight of the average person.

Realistically, such things can't possibly exist. Common sense dictates that this simply can't be the case.

But common sense fails more often then you might think.

That girl's right arm, wrapped up entirely in a bandage, not a hint of flesh to be seen beyond it. Her left leg, replaced with a prosthetic. Her petite figure and doll-like appearance perfectly matching the rumor.

Surely it had to be a coincidence, right? Surely it had to be a nasty rumor started about someone who was already facing disability due to injury. There was no reason to think there was anything strange about her.

Right?

You might even remember that news story, about the girl who was found in a park.

It had to be at least seven years ago.

She was missing an arm and a leg.

Was this that girl?

But there was no way those rumors were true.

At least, that's what you thought.

The Midnight Exorcism Agency is real. The yokai, phantoms, and curses? All of them real. The world isn't so simple as common sense would tell you, as it turns out.

It's a far stranger place then most people ever want to think about.

---

So, this is an urban fantasy RP focusing on an exorcism agency run by one Suzuki Tomoko, an unusual girl with a missing arm and leg who was the subject of a ritual that allowed her specialized capabilities regarding the supernatural. She has set about founding an agency through which to utilize these capabilities, and using questionable means("As long as it works, it's fine!") to obtain employees. In terms of what we'll be dealing with, it's going to primarily involve various different youkai and other supernatural beings(onnmyouji, ghosts, yokai, and other supernatural entities, some from the west too) as well. I wouldn't necessarily call this a mystery RP(those never work D:), but it will have some investigation and mystery elements to it in regards to figuring out just what's going on in different cases.

In terms of influences and the tone I'm expecting, I'm pretty inspired by Kyokou Suiri(which comes through pretty strongly I suppose), the Nasuverse, Yozakura Quartet, and a lot of other urban fantasy anime/manga/lns/vns/other general stuff.

I'll be accepting a total of four players, not including myself.

Each of these character slots is going to be coupled with a character concept. While I'm not going to demand anything more specific, if you want to sign up your character should fit within one of these concepts.

The concepts for each slot are as follows:

• The New Hire(Male or Female): You're a student somewhere from high school to university age. You were minding your own business, when one day something unusual happened. It was through this extraordinary and bizarre event that you came into contact with a weird girl who has only one arm and one leg. Maybe you knew her somehow beforehand, or maybe this is the first time you met. Regardless, she certainly knew about you, somehow. One thing lead to another, and she managed to forcibly recruit you into her Exorcism Agency. Perhaps it took a lot of coercion(or even blackmail). Perhaps it didn't. Regardless, you're new to this whole supernatural world, but somehow you're uniquely suited for it. Maybe you're a hanyo, unaware of your lineage until now. Maybe you're the descendent of onmyouji. Maybe you have some kind of special sight, or trait in your blood. Regardless, you're here now.
• The Child(Preferred Female): Why would any kind of business hire a little kid? That's the kind of question anyone would ask when they look at you. You're a child, at least in appearance. But maybe that's not all you are, really. Maybe you're a human, but you have some sort of supernatural capability. Maybe you're a yokai, such a zasshiki-warashi or some other form of childish entity. Maybe you're a cursed doll concealing your inhuman nature beneath your clothing. Whatever the case, you're working for the Midnight Exorcism Agency. You're probably excited to meet the new hire.
• The Shady One(Preferred Male): A lot of people would ask why you're here, but not for the same reason as the kid. Maybe you're generally abrasive. Maybe you make jokes that tend to annoy people. Maybe you're just that shady that no-one trusts you. But for some reason, Suzuki keeps you around. You might have some ulterior motive, but if you're truly secretly antagonistic is impossible to say for anyone but yourself. You might be a human, you might be a yokai, but you're the type of person that grates on the others for some reason regardless.
• The Former Enemy(Male or Female): You were causing trouble. A lot of trouble. Somebody told a certain one-armed and one-legged girl, and that's how you've ended up here. You're definitely a yokai, or a ghost, no doubt about that. It's debatable how willing this is. Maybe you renounced your wicked ways. Maybe you're seething about being forced into servitude. Maybe you're somewhere inbetween. Regardless, you're serving Tomoko now.

Also, this RP will be running on a weekly schedule. I expect at least one post a week. Please try to keep to this schedule, and inform me if you are unable to.

---

• Name:
• Age:
• Gender:
• Race:
• Appearance:
• Personality:
• Abilities:
• Skills:
• Equipment:
• Brief Backstory:

There's already been some interest expressed in a few slots, so I'll be letting those people try for those spots first.

@Rin@Rune_Alchemist@Raineh Daze@Vertigo

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

Rumors are strange things.

Rumor has it that there's a special agency that only opens at night. Rumor has it that this agency is run by a waifish, doll-like girl with only one arm and one leg. Rumor has it that this agency is specialized in handling the abnormal.

Possession.

Monsters.

Curses.

Rumor has it that this agency handles the sort of cases you only hear about browsing the internet late at night, on paranormal boards, or on strange TV shows covering mysterious topics.

But such things are only rumors, aren't they? There's no way they could exist. Ghosts filled with grudges and mindlessly exacting revenge on anyone who sets foot in their haunting grounds. Yokai that prey upon humans in dark places. Curses that bring woe to entire bloodlines. All manner of wickedness lurking just out of sight of the average person.

Realistically, such things can't possibly exist. Common sense dictates that this simply can't be the case.

But common sense fails more often then you might think.

That girl's right arm, wrapped up entirely in a bandage, not a hint of flesh to be seen beyond it. Her left leg, replaced with a prosthetic. Her petite figure and doll-like appearance perfectly matching the rumor.

Surely it had to be a coincidence, right? Surely it had to be a nasty rumor started about someone who was already facing disability due to injury. There was no reason to think there was anything strange about her.

Right?

You might even remember that news story, about the girl who was found in a park.

It had to be at least six years ago.

She was missing an arm and a leg.

Was this that girl?

But there was no way those rumors were true.

At least, that's what you thought.

The Midnight Exorcism Agency is real. The yokai, phantoms, and curses? All of them real. The world isn't so simple as common sense would tell you, as it turns out.

It's a far stranger place then most people ever want to think about.

---

So, this is an urban fantasy RP focusing on an exorcism agency run by one Suzuki Tomoko, an unusual girl with a missing arm and leg who was the subject of a ritual that allowed her specialized capabilities regarding the supernatural. She has set about founding an agency through which to utilize these capabilities, and using questionable means("As long as it works, it's fine!") to obtain employees. In terms of what we'll be dealing with, it's going to primarily involve various different youkai and other supernatural beings(onnmyouji, ghosts, yokai, and other supernatural entities, some from the west too) as well. I wouldn't necessarily call this a mystery RP(those never work D:), but it will have some investigation and mystery elements to it in regards to figuring out just what's going on in different cases.

In terms of influences and the tone I'm expecting, I'm pretty inspired by Kyokou Suiri(which comes through pretty strongly I suppose), the Nasuverse, Yozakura Quartet, and a lot of other urban fantasy anime/manga/lns/vns/other general stuff.

I'll be accepting a total of four players, not including myself.

Each of these character slots is going to be coupled with a character concept. While I'm not going to demand anything more specific, if you want to sign up your character should fit within one of these concepts.

The concepts for each slot are as follows:

• The New Hire(Male or Female): You're a student somewhere from high school to university age. You were minding your own business, when one day something unusual happened. It was through this extraordinary and bizarre event that you came into contact with a weird girl who has only one arm and one leg. Maybe you knew her somehow beforehand, or maybe this is the first time you met. Regardless, she certainly knew about you, somehow. One thing lead to another, and she managed to forcibly recruit you into her Exorcism Agency. Perhaps it took a lot of coercion(or even blackmail). Perhaps it didn't. Regardless, you're new to this whole supernatural world, but somehow you're uniquely suited for it. Maybe you're a hanyo, unaware of your lineage until now. Maybe you're the descendent of onmyouji. Maybe you have some kind of special sight, or trait in your blood. Regardless, you're here now.
• The Child(Preferred Female): Why would any kind of business hire a little kid? That's the kind of question anyone would ask when they look at you. You're a child, at least in appearance. But maybe that's not all you are, really. Maybe you're a human, but you have some sort of supernatural capability. Maybe you're a yokai, such a zasshiki-warashi or some other form of childish entity. Maybe you're a cursed doll concealing your inhuman nature beneath your clothing. Whatever the case, you're working for the Midnight Exorcism Agency. You're probably excited to meet the new hire.
• The Shady One(Preferred Male): A lot of people would ask why you're here, but not for the same reason as the kid. Maybe you're generally abrasive. Maybe you make jokes that tend to annoy people. Maybe you're just that shady that no-one trusts you. But for some reason, Suzuki keeps you around. You might have some ulterior motive, but if you're truly secretly antagonistic is impossible to say for anyone but yourself. You might be a human, you might be a yokai, but you're the type of person that grates on the others for some reason regardless.
• The Former Enemy(Male or Female): You were causing trouble. A lot of trouble. Somebody told a certain one-armed and one-legged girl, and that's how you've ended up here. You're definitely a yokai, or a ghost, no doubt about that. It's debatable how willing this is. Maybe you renounced your wicked ways. Maybe you're seething about being forced into servitude. Maybe you're somewhere inbetween. Regardless, you're serving Tomoko now.

Also, this RP will be running on a weekly schedule. I expect at least one post a week. Please try to keep to this schedule, and inform me if you are unable to.

---

• Name:
• Age:
• Gender:
• Race:
• Appearance:
• Personality:
• Abilities:
• Skills:
• Equipment:
• Brief Backstory:

There's already been some interest expressed in a few slots, so I'll be letting those people try for those spots first.

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

With the affirmative replies from her soldiers, many of them determined to bring justice to the cult that was lurking among the ancient graves and rocky outcroppings, Velvetica nodded to herself.

However, there were still others who had questions of their own.

Among them was the nem merchant, Lirrah, who had journeyed from the far south. As someone who had only rarely interacted with her kind prior, Velvetica had to admit it was easy to think of her as childlike and defenseless. But that wasn't exactly true. She was an adult, and did possess weaponry of her own, even if it wasn't exactly suited to full-blown combat so much as self-defense.

"You'd have to be an idiot to unnecessarily place a merchant and supplier directly into combat," she commented, with an idle wave of her hand, "With that being said, it would also be foolish not to take advantage of your eyesight. You'll be placed in the backlines, at a higher vantage point near our archers."

Not only would this keep her out of direct danger, but it would also capitalize on her excellent nightvision and allow her to keep the supplies out of direct combat as well. It also wouldn't require an escort.

"As for you, Lambert, I believe your skills will best be suited to the second phase of our assault," she replied to the assassin, "Which brings me to our plan of attack."

The blonde girl cleared her throat.

"While I am quite certain of our enemy's nature, it's worth noting that it would be discovered far more swiftly if they had been utilizing undead in their raids," she added, "Isn't it curious that a necromantic cult has not been doing as such?"

She clapped her hands together.

"Simply because they worship necromancy does not mean they are any good at it, you see, and I suspect they're not utilizing their undead for their raids for that reason," she continued, "The undead are likely being used exclusively as guardians for their camp, and for the purposes of labor in order to locate whatever it is that they're seeking. To put it another way, we can likely expect mortal resistance for the most part."

It was a hunch, admittedly, but for a cult that embraced necromancy so clearly, not to actually use any undead in their attacks was a curious choice. Going through the effort of collecting the bodies, but not using them for anything else, meant that there had to be a reason they chose not to.

"Our approach is thus to draw their defenders from their hole with a tantalizing prize: Strong and well-supplied soldiers in seemingly manageable numbers, carrying valuable materials. Bait, in other words. So close to their camp, it will be difficult for fanatics to ignore the new supply of high-quality dead, slaves, and necessary supplies."

Turning their raiding habits against them was the most logical choice to be made, especially given their seeming boldness.

"We will then ambush their raiding party and destroy it, before proceeding into their camp. As I mentioned, Lambert, once we've commenced our ambush, I would like for you to break off of our main force in order to seek out and slay the one raising the dead. The sooner they our slain, the quicker the possibility of raising their own dead is ended, as well as the threat of whatever undead they might possess."

@Raineh Daze@Rin@AzureKnight@Psyker Landshark@The Otter@VKAllen@Eisenhorn@Crimson Paladin@Conscripts@HereComesTheSnow@Octo@PigeonOfAstora

The Storm Cycle: Reclamation

With her conversation with Sir Ethelred concluded, Fio bowed her head politely and focused on the Queen's words.

Assigning her as leader for a mission to seek out and converse with giants? Seeking the assistance of a giant smith, for that matter?

Well, Fio could hardly contain her approval of the choice of leader. She felt entirely confident in her capacity in such a position. She was, after all, quite mentally capable. Not to say that the others were stupid in her eyes, but when it came to certain kinds of intelligence she did believe she was a step ahead of any of the knights. And that made her extremely well-suited to leadership.

When it came to giants, Fio had never personally interacted with them. What research she had done of them was also not entirely clear on all the details. She knew some aspects of their culture, their nature, but when it came to how best find a Giant Smith... Well, she was confident she would be able to figure it out, but at the same time it was important to have a good starting point.

She had some idea of what to look for, but any information helped.

"Do you have any suggestions on where to start?" asked the Sword Witch, "Not that I don't know what to look for, but the faster a Giant Smith is found, the better."

@Rune_Alchemist@Pyromania99

Bible of Ichor: Septet for the Dead

"My, an oversized chicken is our opponent, now?"

If this was Kordelia's direct doing, it was almost hilarious. Almost. If not for the rest of the situation.

The icy translucent barrier that Aleksiya had conjured served well to protect her from the winds, and any undignified results that might have come from such an impact.

"How threatening. How utterly terrifying," idly commented the petite vampire, deconstructing her ice barrier into water and drawing it into her hand, where it froze solid once more, forming an icy spear of considerable length and thickness that drifted above her palm, "I'm shaking, truly."

The fact that the beastly avian had chosen to drop and screech its presence as if there was any true gravitas to its entrance was, in all honesty, even more amusing to Aleksiya. The bird had a sense of self-importance, perhaps? It thought it had earned such a dramatic entrance? Or perhaps it was so mindless with rage and fury that it had to voice its anger? Or it was perhaps a display, in an attempt to threaten them?

It truthfully didn't matter in the slightest. The outcome would be the same. It would always be the same.

Her enemies would die.

Sooner or later, all of them would.

"But I've grown tired of loud noises, so would you kindly shut that beak of yours?"

With that, the child-like vampire snapped her fingers, sending the thick ice spear hurtling directly towards the bird's face.

@Rune_Alchemist@Click This