Vox Angelis

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Ironically, thanks to the drugs administered to Angélique and the numbing side-effects of Thi’s magic, the dismembered ex-rockstar was so far out of her mind that she did not know what was happening around her, or to her body. She could hear voices casually talking of things Angel could not piece together in her clouded mind. As a matter of fact, she was drifting between consciousness and blacking out. She felt no pain at all, but couldn’t also have any coherent thought, which was probably a good thing in her current state.

For an undetermined amount of time—time that the poor girl could not grasp in her hazy state of mind—the raven-haired girl slowly started returning to her senses. There was no voice, at least none that she wasn’t familiar with beside the ones she constantly kept hearing in her head. She was all alone, with enough lighting to discern what was surrounding her.

At first, the waking young woman was confused. Eyes not yet open, she swore she couldn’t feel anything. The only thing she could feel was a slight itching in her throat. An itching she wanted to scratch badly. And yet, she couldn’t. Why couldn’t she relieve herself of this itching? Where was the feeling of her hands gone to?

Trying to bring her hands up to her neck, sinister memories slowly began creeping into her mind.

The searing bite of a saw’s teeth digging into flesh and bone.

It hurts…

A hand digging into her stomach to remove most of her organs.

No more…

A scalpel to slice away her fat, breasts and hair.

Please … let me die…

Those memories, accompanied by the lack of sensation throughout her body, made Angel’s heartbeat steadily increase. Adrenaline began pumping through her as her mind was clearing, remembering every little detail of that sordid morning. The pain, it was unbearable. Even as numb as she was, the reminder of the pain she suffered not long ago was still fresh in her mind. Why wasn’t she dead yet?

Then, Angel slowly opened her eyes, afraid of what she will find out. At first, there was nothing but haze. She could do nothing but wait for it to subside as she couldn’t bring a hand to clear her eyes. But when her sight became clearer, she noticed she was standing upright, just as if she was standing. Standing without feeling anything of her body. Glancing around, what she saw only made her situation worse.

Rods of metal.

A metal frame surrounding her.

Tubes of all kinds inserted in her body.

The polished mirror in front of her…

What the fuck is that … no … it can’t be…

Angel closed her eyes reflexively. She suddenly felt sick. She thought she’d throw up right at this moment, but nothing would come out of her mouth. Angel simply retched air out from her throat for a good moment. Even if it was but a hazy silhouette, she could recognize a dismembered corpse when she saw one. She saw enough of those back in Wisford and Washington.

Why was she here? What did they do to her? Whose corpse was this?

Angel could feel her heart beating at an inhuman pace. It slightly hurt even. Her mind was pacing back and forth to that morning and the moments she spent unconscious.

Daring to open her eyes once more, Angélique stared into the mirror again. Despite the heaving sensation building up in her throat again, she kept going, as if some strange force, a morbid curiosity to learn the truth, drove her into looking at what was standing before her.

The mutilated torso of a human being, held up by rods of metal fused to its bone and flesh and attached to a large square metal frame. Lower body missing so much that the ribcage was exposed. Its innards were removed, replaced by a complex assembly of tubes that was pumping stuff inside and outside its body. Scars running across the torso, as if the body had been thoroughly opened then sewed back.

Angel’s heartbeat grew even quicker.

The black X mark on its neck, unaltered despite the stitches on the corpse’s neck.

Her breathing was accelerating to an alarming rate.

The cropped locks of sand and mud-stained black hair.

A plaintive shadow of a wail formed on her lips.

Those glassy emerald eyes and the tears that had started to trail down its cheeks.

No…

Her chest was hurting. She swore she could see the corpse’s heart beating so quickly, she could see it through the corpse’s inhumanely slim torso. She swore her heart was ready to explode from her chest cavity. It hurt so damn much.

This can’t be…

As to match her heart’s erratic beats, her breathing also grew so quick and shallow, Angel thought for an instant every breath she took was not enough. She could feel herself choke from her own breathing, Angel was starting to suffocate, exhaling more oxygen than her intake.

It’s impossible…

But despite her panic attack, neither her heart, lungs or brain faltered. Even if her heart was beating in a pace that would usually be dangerous to a normal human being, it simply kept on pumping more blood through the distressed young woman. Even if she was hyperventilating, the Aberration’s system seemed to handle itself well enough to stay alive. Even if the shock of seeing her own corpse hanging out on this metal frame would usually be so intense as it would make Angélique go unconscious, she remained fully awake, unable to die or avert her mind away from this living nightmare.

This was no corpse. This was a mirror. It was a reflection of her. This was what remained of Angélique Lachance.

Her lips formed a wide O. Air pushed from her lungs so violently that, despite her lack of vocal chords, the sound of a faint wheeze out from what should have been a scream of denial could be heard.

But as much as she tried to scream, no one would hear her. No one would come to her rescue.

If this was what hell looked like, then Angel sure was buckled alright for a maddening descent to the inferno.

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Jokes on you, Chris is next to die.

Celestial Bonds

Gwen

17 years old



Female



5'08''



135 lb.



Sporting the face of an alluring young woman, people would be wiser to not be deceived by Gwen’s pretty face and seemingly lithe frame. While she is indeed light because of malnutrition over the years, Gwen’s body is far from being as delicate as what her face makes believe. If one would look at her body beyond the layers of armor or clothing, they would see how well-developed her muscles are. She’s not actually chiseled, but her body is as firm as one would expect a woman hammering metal and lifting heavy materials every day to be.

She may not be as tall or as stocky as the more conventional warriors out there, but she definitely can hold her own in terms of physical strength. Years spent at working the forge assured her greater physical endurance and strength. And yet, Gwen’s skin is sickeningly pale, as if she is constantly ill or feeble.







Hailing from the Ravencroft family, Gwen had known the sweet taste of a luxurious life as a child. Although not explicitly a family of noble, the Ravencroft were renowned for their proficiency at magic, making them a very influential force of scholars. From their discoveries and use of magic, this family made a name for themselves and built their riches and status based on the hardworking generations of magic scholars. Their library of magic knowledge has become vast of the years, result of hardworking members of the family dedicated in unearthing secrets and spending their lives experimenting with the magical aspects of their world.

Gwen is the youngest of two for this most recent generation. Like every other generations of the Ravencroft, she was expected to become a scholar, along with her brother. She was barely a teen when she was introduced to the concept of magic. Whether it was because she was too young, simply too lacking in mental capacity or because of her reading problems, Gwen had a terrible time trying to learn about magic. She couldn’t read the books that contained centuries of lore, not even the most basic of tomes. Seeing the young girl was in fact dyslexic, the older members of the Ravencroft tried another approach. They started tutoring her with verbose teachings, trying to be more practical in her learnings. However, the poor girl didn’t have the mind for such things. Her mind often wandered elsewhere after hearing her tutors for too long. As a kid, Gwen was daydreaming a lot.

Seeing she was a lost cause of a scholar, the Ravencroft decided to abandon Gwen’s training and leave her out of the family business. A rift was created between the girl and the Ravencroft, but the only bridge that kept them together was Alistar, her older brother. Through her hardships, Alistar looked over his younger sister, tried his best to keep her from drifting away. But he could do nothing, seeing he didn’t have any power over Gwen’s inability to learn. Although he was unable to help her, the young boy always remained by her side, comforting her when the elders would call her out as a failure and practically abandoned her.

One day, Gwen had enough of being stepped on for her inability to be a proper scholar and spoke out against the older members of the Ravencroft. Of course, her words were met with harsh punishment as no one respectable elder would allow themselves to be berated by an incompetent child. As a result, Gwen was disowned from the Ravencroft family, since she was of no use to them if she continued to be the family’s greatest shame. Her exile would also serve as an example of what it is to fail at the family’s business and standing up against your betters. Although evicted, the Ravencroft would not be so cruel as to simply throw her out in the streets. Arrangements were made so as she would be sent to an orphanage.

Being against the idea and protective of his sister’s fate, Alistar confronted the elders about their decisions. Alistar wasn’t interested in a future where he failed to protect his sister. As such, he exiled himself from the Ravencroft and join his sister to the orphanage, to the family’s greatest shame. The Ravencroft siblings’ stay at the orphanage would be short-live, however, as Gwen blamed herself immensely for her brother’s predicament. Thinking the orphanage wasn’t the best place for both to start their life anew, Gwen fled the orphanage, looking for a place where her brother and she could call home. Alistar followed her to a ramshackle house that was abandoned outside the city.

From then on, the two children lived quite poorly. As Alistar desperately tried to look for another way to continue his magical lessons, Gwen was completely devoted to her brother’s kindness and protection. Resulting from such admiration, Gwen doubled her efforts to allow both to live on their own as best as she could. She cooked everyday what little food she managed to buy with the coins she’d earn from working at the blacksmith’s workplace as an assistant. Her teenage years were tough, but her devotion to her brother allowed Gwen to never falter in her duties. She would have her moments of weaknesses, but she was never willing to skip work or her duties.

By the time Gwen became a young adult, one could say the girl grew to become on hell of a housewife. House chores and cooking was of no secret to her. Her years spent as an assistant allowed her to develop decent skills to craft metal into tools, weapons and armors. The ramshackle cabin she was inhabiting with her brother was now in decent shape, and their lives started looking up for the better as the young lady started earning more from her developed talents. At long last, she was able to make her brother and herself live a comfortable lifestyle together.

And that’s exactly how the Kingdom heard of the two. The tale of two fallen children from a prestigious family who stuck together through thick and thin and whose love for each other allowed them to surpass hardships. Surely there was something to be made of that strong bond.



If there’s something to be said about Gwen, it would be that she is a passionate woman. Whatever she sets her mind onto something that she loves or interests her, she will give her 200%. As a result, she may come out as excessive in her way of doing things. But according to Gwen, there is no such things as “overdoing it”. She pours her heart and soul into everything she does. There is no room left for half-assing work. It’s either “do or do not”.

Outside of working or other orders of business that required her focus, Gwen is otherwise a very carefree girl. She is sociable and easy to talk to. One would say she is indeed quite naïve, as she opens her mind and heart to anyone out there without suspecting foul play or ill will. In her best of moods, Gwen is playful and loves to be in good company.

But if there is one thing that surpass any one of above traits, it is her devotion to her brother, Alistar. Being the younger sister, Gwen always looked up to her brother in admiration, for he was the better of the two at their lessons. She had always admired how dedicated he was in the pursuit of knowledge, and wished she could be just like him. However, she didn’t have the mental abilities for that. Plus, given Alistar was always so protective of her, she could only but love him for always being there to protect her.

That admiration grew into devotion when Alistar decided to cast away his own lineage to be with an exiled Gwen. Blaming herself for these circumstances, Gwen decided to dedicate her life into supporting the brother who decided to stick with her through her dark times. She could not find any other way than to return a sincere love for her brother from his protective demeanor.



Sisterly Love

With the Celestial Bond set in place between the siblings, Gwen’s love for her brother only grew to such lengths that she is willing to do anything for him and can’t bear the thought of losing him. From an outside point of view, her love might transcend mere sibling love, but that is a secret only kept in Gwen’s heart. No matter what he does to her, she will endure and continue loving her brother dearly.



Alistar A’sarel Ravencroft








Gwen has little to no training in wielding weapons or armors. What little she knows is simple rookie swings of weapons from the weapons she crafted at the smithy she worked for.

• A simple sword
• A simple dagger
• Metalworking tools (repair, mending and sharpening substances and gear)
• A lute

Gwen is dyslexic. She cannot read or understand written schematics. Everything she learns, it must be taught with spoken words or visually shown to her.

Given the nature of her brother’s spells and her overzealous nature, Gwen is often injured, ill and steadily becoming weaker. Overexertion from constantly working might be the cause of that too.










Sanguine Grasp is seemingly made of a midnight-colored metal. It covers Gwen’s entire arm and is very resilient to damage. The gauntlet has bladed spines protruding all along the arm, as if to slice and maim anything Gwen’s arm touches. Frighteningly sharp claws effectively replace fingertips on this gauntlet, able to penetrate all but the best armors there is.


This single gauntlet is made to make up for what Gwen loses the most on the battlefield: blood, whether it is by her brother’s spells or by injuries. This gruesome gauntlet’s function is activated as soon as it comes in contact with blood. When the gauntlet touches blood or any other life force belonging to a creature or a living being, it is absorbed into the gauntlet, then distributed to Gwen, turning it into her own blood. Effectively, Gwen can restore the blood she lost through this Gear’s function.

While being stabbed by the gauntlet should be pretty painful by itself, someone being drained of their blood would feel unbearable pain as they feel their blood being extracted from their body, to a maddening extent. Blood consumption is almost instantaneous when it isn’t inside a living being (puddles of blood and corpses). Otherwise, draining blood inside a living being is pretty slow, but painful nonetheless.








Her brother (above all else), physical labor, drinking, sleeping, hugs, music.


The Ravencroft



Blacksmithing, weapon training, playing music.



Amaranthe - Amaranthine



Gwen is good with her hands. Whatever small and intricate objects, she can easily manipulate such things and fix them. She is a natural when it comes to crafting metal or fiddling with objects that require dexterous fingers, such as stringed instruments or fine tools.

Being basically a servant in her last moments in the Ravencroft family and years doing chores at her ramshackle home, Gwen is good with housekeeping. Cooking and cleaning is what she does best. Repairing and maintaining are secondary set of skills she obtained.

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We sure haven't read some CC viewpoint for a while. Would be interesting to see what they are up to now.

Celestial Bonds

Posting my CS here for review.

Gwen

17 years old



Female



5'08''



135 lb.



Sporting the face of an alluring young woman, people would be wiser to not be deceived by Gwen’s pretty face and seemingly lithe frame. While she is indeed light because of malnutrition over the years, Gwen’s body is far from being as delicate as what her face makes believe. If one would look at her body beyond the layers of armor or clothing, they would see how well-developed her muscles are. She’s not actually chiseled, but her body is as firm as one would expect a woman hammering metal and lifting heavy materials every day to be.

She may not be as tall or as stocky as the more conventional warriors out there, but she definitely can hold her own in terms of physical strength. Years spent at working the forge assured her greater physical endurance and strength. And yet, Gwen’s skin is sickeningly pale, as if she is constantly ill or feeble.







Hailing from the Ravencroft family, Gwen had known the sweet taste of a luxurious life as a child. Although not explicitly a family of noble, the Ravencroft were renowned for their proficiency at magic, making them a very influential force of scholars. From their discoveries and use of magic, this family made a name for themselves and built their riches and status based on the hardworking generations of magic scholars. Their library of magic knowledge has become vast of the years, result of hardworking members of the family dedicated in unearthing secrets and spending their lives experimenting with the magical aspects of their world.

Gwen is the youngest of two for this most recent generation. Like every other generations of the Ravencroft, she was expected to become a scholar, along with her brother. She was barely a teen when she was introduced to the concept of magic. Whether it was because she was too young, simply too lacking in mental capacity or because of her reading problems, Gwen had a terrible time trying to learn about magic. She couldn’t read the books that contained centuries of lore, not even the most basic of tomes. Seeing the young girl was in fact dyslexic, the older members of the Ravencroft tried another approach. They started tutoring her with verbose teachings, trying to be more practical in her learnings. However, the poor girl didn’t have the mind for such things. Her mind often wandered elsewhere after hearing her tutors for too long. As a kid, Gwen was daydreaming a lot.

Seeing she was a lost cause of a scholar, the Ravencroft decided to abandon Gwen’s training and leave her out of the family business. A rift was created between the girl and the Ravencroft, but the only bridge that kept them together was Alistar, her older brother. Through her hardships, Alistar looked over his younger sister, tried his best to keep her from drifting away. But he could do nothing, seeing he didn’t have any power over Gwen’s inability to learn. Although he was unable to help her, the young boy always remained by her side, comforting her when the elders would call her out as a failure and practically abandoned her.

One day, Gwen had enough of being stepped on for her inability to be a proper scholar and spoke out against the older members of the Ravencroft. Of course, her words were met with harsh punishment as no one respectable elder would allow themselves to be berated by an incompetent child. As a result, Gwen was disowned from the Ravencroft family, since she was of no use to them if she continued to be the family’s greatest shame. Her exile would also serve as an example of what it is to fail at the family’s business and standing up against your betters. Although evicted, the Ravencroft would not be so cruel as to simply throw her out in the streets. Arrangements were made so as she would be sent to an orphanage.

Being against the idea and protective of his sister’s fate, Alistar confronted the elders about their decisions. Alistar wasn’t interested in a future where he failed to protect his sister. As such, he exiled himself from the Ravencroft and join his sister to the orphanage, to the family’s greatest shame. The Ravencroft siblings’ stay at the orphanage would be short-live, however, as Gwen blamed herself immensely for her brother’s predicament. Thinking the orphanage wasn’t the best place for both to start their life anew, Gwen fled the orphanage, looking for a place where her brother and she could call home. Alistar followed her to a ramshackle house that was abandoned outside the city.

From then on, the two children lived quite poorly. As Alistar desperately tried to look for another way to continue his magical lessons, Gwen was completely devoted to her brother’s kindness and protection. Resulting from such admiration, Gwen doubled her efforts to allow both to live on their own as best as she could. She cooked everyday what little food she managed to buy with the coins she’d earn from working at the blacksmith’s workplace as an assistant. Her teenage years were tough, but her devotion to her brother allowed Gwen to never falter in her duties. She would have her moments of weaknesses, but she was never willing to skip work or her duties.

By the time Gwen became a young adult, one could say the girl grew to become on hell of a housewife. House chores and cooking was of no secret to her. Her years spent as an assistant allowed her to develop decent skills to craft metal into tools, weapons and armors. The ramshackle cabin she was inhabiting with her brother was now in decent shape, and their lives started looking up for the better as the young lady started earning more from her developed talents. At long last, she was able to make her brother and herself live a comfortable lifestyle together.

And that’s exactly how the Kingdom heard of the two. The tale of two fallen children from a prestigious family who stuck together through thick and thin and whose love for each other allowed them to surpass hardships. Surely there was something to be made of that strong bond.



If there’s something to be said about Gwen, it would be that she is a passionate woman. Whatever she sets her mind onto something that she loves or interests her, she will give her 200%. As a result, she may come out as excessive in her way of doing things. But according to Gwen, there is no such things as “overdoing it”. She pours her heart and soul into everything she does. There is no room left for half-assing work. It’s either “do or do not”.

Outside of working or other orders of business that required her focus, Gwen is otherwise a very carefree girl. She is sociable and easy to talk to. One would say she is indeed quite naïve, as she opens her mind and heart to anyone out there without suspecting foul play or ill will. In her best of moods, Gwen is playful and loves to be in good company.

But if there is one thing that surpass any one of above traits, it is her devotion to her brother, Alistar. Being the younger sister, Gwen always looked up to her brother in admiration, for he was the better of the two at their lessons. She had always admired how dedicated he was in the pursuit of knowledge, and wished she could be just like him. However, she didn’t have the mental abilities for that. Plus, given Alistar was always so protective of her, she could only but love him for always being there to protect her.

That admiration grew into devotion when Alistar decided to cast away his own lineage to be with an exiled Gwen. Blaming herself for these circumstances, Gwen decided to dedicate her life into supporting the brother who decided to stick with her through her dark times. She could not find any other way than to return a sincere love for her brother from his protective demeanor.



Sisterly Love

With the Celestial Bond set in place between the siblings, Gwen’s love for her brother only grew to such lengths that she is willing to do anything for him and can’t bear the thought of losing him. From an outside point of view, her love might transcend mere sibling love, but that is a secret only kept in Gwen’s heart. No matter what he does to her, she will endure and continue loving her brother dearly.



Alistar A’sarel Ravencroft








Gwen has little to no training in wielding weapons or armors. What little she knows is simple rookie swings of weapons from the weapons she crafted at the smithy she worked for.

• A simple sword
• A simple dagger
• Metalworking tools (repair, mending and sharpening substances and gear)
• A lute

Gwen is dyslexic. She cannot read or understand written schematics. Everything she learns, it must be taught with spoken words or visually shown to her.

Given the nature of her brother’s spells and her overzealous nature, Gwen is often injured, ill and steadily becoming weaker. Overexertion from constantly working might be the cause of that too.










Sanguine Grasp is seemingly made of a midnight-colored metal. It covers Gwen’s entire arm and is very resilient to damage. The gauntlet has bladed spines protruding all along the arm, as if to slice and maim anything Gwen’s arm touches. Frighteningly sharp claws effectively replace fingertips on this gauntlet, able to penetrate all but the best armors there is.


This single gauntlet is made to make up for what Gwen loses the most on the battlefield: blood, whether it is by her brother’s spells or by injuries. This gruesome gauntlet’s function is activated as soon as it comes in contact with blood. When the gauntlet touches blood or any other life force belonging to a creature or a living being, it is absorbed into the gauntlet, then distributed to Gwen, turning it into her own blood. Effectively, Gwen can restore the blood she lost through this Gear’s function.

While being stabbed by the gauntlet should be pretty painful by itself, someone being drained of their blood would feel unbearable pain as they feel their blood being extracted from their body, to a maddening extent. Blood consumption is almost instantaneous when it isn’t inside a living being (puddles of blood and corpses). Otherwise, draining blood inside a living being is pretty slow, but painful nonetheless.








Her brother (above all else), physical labor, drinking, sleeping, hugs, music.


The Ravencroft



Blacksmithing, weapon training, playing music.



Amaranthe - Amaranthine



Gwen is good with her hands. Whatever small and intricate objects, she can easily manipulate such things and fix them. She is a natural when it comes to crafting metal or fiddling with objects that require dexterous fingers, such as stringed instruments or fine tools.

Being basically a servant in her last moments in the Ravencroft family and years doing chores at her ramshackle home, Gwen is good with housekeeping. Cooking and cleaning is what she does best. Repairing and maintaining are secondary set of skills she obtained.

Celestial Bonds

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Shitposting killed us all indeed.

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Hello, I am a dead player.

Children of The Abyss (Name still WIP)

Paint me with interest and dump me in the "waiting bin". I believe I may have something interestingly stupid for this RP.

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@Crusader Lord

Aye, the dynamics behind making our collab posts are great. I find it certainly more entertaining to bring the whole collaboration into an online pad and add to it while we are brainstorming ideas. The whole thing brings characters way closer, which is a good thing because character interactions are what drives me the most out of all this.

Also, if you are curious about reading the actual character interactions, January put the timeline in the 0th IC post. It doesn't cover the battle posts or some solo posts, but it mostly showcases the collabs that were done during a certain period of time. You can mostly get the relationships between characters from those links.