WhiteAngel25

The Dark Beyond

@Lexisheeps@Estylwen

Stella rounded the corner of the cavern and saw the young girl with the man who must have fired the gun. Her plan was to get to the safety of a ruined building. The man threw jerky and the dozen wolf creatures stopped their chase and she stopped running. Before Stella could even thank the man for distracting the hungry creatures, the man threatened her as a target. She frowned and wondered what his problem was as her augmentations were hidden under her jacket and gloves.

"I was wondering what those buzzing sounds were," Stella muttered as she saw the drones that buzzed around. The young man mentioned her being a medic and pointed at the young girl who clutched an artifact. "I used to be. I can see what to do once we get somewhere safer."

Stella picked up the young girl with ease. She was careful to not disturb the young girl's arm. This also allowed her to get a good look at the artifact the girl was holding. "Your jerky isn't going to last them long and I really don't want to be dog chow. So, thanks but I choose life," she said to the man as she made her way to the tower in a cautious, quick manner.

Once they got to the rope, Stella gave a good strong tug as she was going to have to carry the young girl up if this was the way to safety. When the rope stayed, Stella let out a breath of relief and knelt down in front of the young one. "With your good arm, I want you to wrap it around my neck to hold onto the left side of my jacket while your legs will be wrapped around my waist. Then I will take a look at your arm, okay?" She said with a gentle smile and had the young girl get on her back piggyback style.

"Okay, here we go," Stella said as she used the rope to assist in climbing up the outcrop. She was nervous, however, she refocused and got to the top.

Stella stood up and carefully helped the girl get off her back. She had the young girl sit on an old-looking stone bench. "Let's take a look at your arm," she said as she gently handled the arm. There were a few deep punctures followed by the tearing of flesh. "You pulled your arm out. You should've waited for one of us to pry the wolf's jaws open. You made your injuries worse," Stella explained as she took off her right glove and got out some antiseptic and bandaging materials.

"What I'm going to do is sew up these deeper wounds and just bandage the others," Stella explained with a soft smile as her eyes flickered to the artifact in the girl's hands. "Something like that is very dangerous. How did a young one like you find it?" She asked, mainly to distract the girl from her pouring a little antiseptic on the girl's wounds. The needle appeared from her thumb as she began to sew up the girl's arm.

The Dark Beyond

Posted! Let me know if I need to change anything. :)

The Dark Beyond

On the other side of the cave and ancient ruins, a separate submarine dove closer to a different entrance carrying a lone young woman with long white hair twisted into a braid and piercing blue eyes.

"This is utterly ridiculous. Why am I doing this again?" Cristella muttered to herself as her submarine docked just outside the coordinates of these ancient ruins. It was just a big, dark underwater chunk of land and caves. Her current employer wanted details of the place before they decided to send down a full team. Stella was honestly surprised when they accepted her bid for the job. Of course, not many people specialized in scouting 'ancient' ruins.

Stella chose to leave the assistant on mute. She preferred her own voice inside her head as she got ready to exit the underwater craft. She slipped her cross-body pack on, secured it to her being, and grabbed what appeared to be a large piece of glass but was her digital tablet to sketch and record her findings. Stella carefully slipped the tablet into her pack before putting on the proper gear and leaving the safety of the submarine.

As Stella clicked the flashlight on the strap of her pack, she vaguely felt the ground shake, followed by the distant sounds of...chirping? What could be chirping down in an underwater cavern? She didn't know if she wanted to find out but she continued on anyway. A paycheck was a paycheck. Honestly, this way she could send her father a figurative middle finger when he learns she was the one to map the coordinates of this ancient ruin.

Once Stella came upon a stone paver in the ground, she pulled out her tablet and stylist pen. Stella began to sketch a crude map of how much she had traveled inward. She calculated the length of the large slabs that made up what used to be a walkway. Only some had been blown up. A lot had been blown up by what Stella had seen.

Stella paused in her sketching when she heard a growl that soon became more growls. She slowly stood up straight to see several wolf-like creatures coming out of the foliage and smaller cavern holes. Her heart rate started to rise as she carefully walked backward but didn't take her eyes off of the creatures.

Soon there were about five, then seven, then ten, and finally a dozen, wolf creatures stalking towards her, blocking the exit to her submarine. The creatures snapped their jaws at Stella menacingly. One of the wolf creatures actually pounced towards her. That was enough to make her turn around and high-tail it further into the ruins. Stella was running as fast as she hoped to lose the creatures when she reached the ruins then she heard a young girl scream and gunshots.

There are more people down here? Stella thought in disbelief as she continued to run.

The Dark Beyond

Stella

Name: Cristella "Stella" Desdemon
Age: 23
Gender: Cis Female
Appearance:


Augmentation: Stella's fingertips and forearms have been altered in ways that allow her to be a walking Swiss Army Knife. Her right pointer finger is a literal laser that can cauterize wounds and the right thumb can produce stitching material and a needle to sew up major wounds. Her palms have the ability to read vital signs. Her left thumb, when snapped, produces a small flame. Her eyes have also been altered to see abnormalities within environments.

Personality: Stella is a sarcastic person at first. Some may call her abrasive or a know-it-all. Once she gets to know people she can trust, she shows kindness in her own weird way. Stella is a fighter and never gives up on what she wants the most.

Defining Trait: Cautious

Backstory:
Stella is the daughter of a high-ranking general and a scientist. At a young age, Stella's parents wanted her to become the perfect soldier to help with the energy crisis. Some say they might have gone too far on their daughter. Since she could walk, Stella was taught hand-to-hand combat and how to properly handle firearms.

The first thing they altered in her was her eyes at age ten. After five back-to-back eye surgeries, Stella proved that she could see old and ancient technology on a previous dig site when she was thirteen, she started training to be in the field.

By the time Stella turned fifteen, she could properly reattach digits (fingers and toes), sew up bullet wounds, and perform emergency surgery techniques. That was when her parents altered her forearms and hands.

It wasn't too long after that her father had done the classic test of having her pick out a pet, letting her raise it for a year, then made her kill it unknowingly until she opened the crate. His goal was to kill any mercy within his daughter, wanting her to not question any authority. That would backfire on him.

All her augmentations were performed and created by her mother. Her mother loved her enough to not allow her daughter to be connected to any pre-existing servers or with the HiveMind. Her mother didn't want anyone to know about any of the experimental technology she used on Stella. Rumors have it that there was more done to Stella than what even she knows about herself.

Once Stella turned eighteen, she left the moment she could. Her father trained her so well that she could disappear without a trace and since she placed a virus on her mother's computer system, there was no way for them to track her. She did leave a reminder on her father's face that he could not break that wasn't meant to be broken. His right, dominant eye was her trophy that she crushed with the heel of her boot.

Currently, Stella does odd jobs here and there to make ends meet. She often travels around to avoid her father's goons, now learning that her mother has passed from illness.

Skills:
Stella has a wide knowledge of both field and medical medicine. She can identify various healing herbs and materials. She was trained to be a military doctor, botanist, hacker, and soldier, specifically a sniper. Stella prefers hand-to-hand combat over guns, often using environmental objects to finish the fight.

Inventory: Her black leather jacket and gloves hide her augmentations. Her cross-body pack appears small but actually holds twice the size of a duffle bag. Her bag is currently the home to her sniper rifle, a box of ammo for said rifle, and a full-size emergency medical kit.

Voidlight

Voidlight

Company Size:
30 at the administration building, field employees number 100+

Augmentation:
Many of Voidlight's employees are mechanics, IT personnel, plumbers, construction workers, nurses, lab techs, certified nurse assistants, lawyers, and engineers with various augmentations. Interestingly enough, the augmentations connect to a separate database.

Defining Trait:
Prepared

Backstory:
Voidlight appeared on the scene about a decade after HiveMind established itself. Voidlight is an employment company that serves the general public. They have contracts and connections with almost every major hospital and laboratory throughout the world. Rumors are that Voidlight is more than just a simple employment company but no one, not even HiveMind has been able to prove any of the rumors.

Skills:
Machinery knowledge
Laws knowledge
Healthcare
Medical knowledge
Technology based

Zeus

Codename:
Zeus

Real name:
Viktor Grotrovski, CEO of Voidlight

Gender:
Male

Appearance:

Age:
50

Augmentations:
Enhanced hearing and sight
Increased strength

Personality:
Zeus has always had this trustworthy air about him. He has had many random people start telling him their life stories in transit on public transportation or waiting in line in places. He has a cold-cut philosophy about life, if one of his operatives is compromised, it is expected of them to get out of the situation or die trying. Despite this outlook, he does care for those under him and does well to support them with whatever they need.

Defining Trait:
Leadership

Backstory:
At one point in time, it was rumored that Zeus was employed by [REDACTED] before they were what they are today. Once he started noticing signs in certain key members, Zeus left that company before he became too involved. He created Voidlight, a hiring company to help fill the void in the healthcare, technology, and maintenance business industries, supplying those businesses with fill-in employees.

Skills:
[REDACTED]

Inventory:
Always has a 9mm strapped under his suit coat.

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Dragon

Codename:
Dragon

Real Name:
Kai Stoick, Vice President of Voidlight

Gender:
Male

Appearance:


Age:
31

Augmentations:
Fire creation and control
Increased speed
Levitation
Daggers can pop out of the top of his hand, via his wrists, to use at will

Personality:
The Dragon is a sarcastic, stubborn man who is determined to finish his job to the fullest. He doesn't sugarcoat things and would rather others don't tip-toe around him as well.

Defining Trait:
Headstrong

Backstory:

Skills:
Technology literate
Hand-to-hand combat, he prefers an up-close fight

Inventory:
A super strong alloy chain necklace that is almost indestructible lays around his neck.

Sabrina

Sabrina Lennox

Age:
45
Gender:
Female
Appearance:


Occupation: Sabrina is the Director of Forsenics and Field Archaeology for the Louvre. Her job is to make sure the Louvre dig sites are running smoothly and that the artifacts make it to the Louvre in one piece. She isn't physically at the Louvre as much anymore and prefers working from home if she can. Every once in a while, she has to make an appearance in person at the home office. Usually, ends up running into her ex-husband (she's convinced that fate likes to laugh at her awkward pain).

She is also a professor at a local university and helps her brother run Lennox Corporation when she can.

Personality: Sabrina is a very driven woman. She tends to be stubborn and a hopeless romantic, which was one of the reasons her relationship with her ex strung out as long as it had.

Augmentations: None. Sabrina would rather shove a pipe down her throat than let a Louvre doctor touch her body.

Defining Trait: Nurturing.

Backstory:
Sabrina and her brother, Sebastian, are the only two remaining members of the Lennox family. Their family has had a history of being tied to power, both political and mystical. At a young age, Sabrina found her calling in sketching. She could create the most amazing pictures in minutes with a blank sheet of paper and a piece of charcoal.

The Lennox family is one of great wealth with Sebastian currently running the family trade business. Sabrina, being much younger, was allowed more freedom to choose her path in life. By the time she turned sixteen, she had become fluent in various languages such as French, German, Latin, Mandarin, and Greek. Driven by her family's affinity to historical artifacts and her love of creating something out of seemingly nothing, Sabrina joined up with the Louvre as an intern after graduating with her Master's degree in History and Myths. She worked her way up through the ranks, and along the way, she met her ex-husband, Thierry.

Sabrina had three children with Thierry. Aurelie is the eldest child, followed by their son, Theodore, and Cosette, their youngest, whom they lost almost a decade ago.

Skills:
Sabrina has a wide knowledge of both historical and mythical stories and artifacts. She can put a skeleton back together in under five minutes if she has all the proper bones, including phalanges and teeth. She does have martial arts skills, although she prefers a gun. Sabrina also isn't afraid to use torture techniques to get information.

Inventory: Her red leather-bound sketch pad with charcoal sticks. Her cross-body brown canvas bag, not only does it hold a flashlight, and extra sketch pencils, but also her 9mm pistol and a set of daggers.

The Dark Beyond

@Estylwen I'm interested in joining. If you are still looking for more people.

New Music with Plots and Previous Interest Ideas +18

bump, I finally have time to actively focus on 1x1 RPs again. Real life has been crazy lately.

Welcome to Vradia

Faline smiled softly when Toren spoke of the farmers they passed working the meadows as if the fear of sickness and disease didn't exist. She appreciated his attempt at lighting the load of the awkward silence. Even Simbel joined in, commenting on how comforting the howls of wolves made her feel at home.

Faline walked backward briefly to speak with the gray-skinned woman with an understanding expression. "I lived in the Evergreen Forest with my parents when I was young. There is something about being so intuned with nature that they begin to speak to you," Faline replied to the full Elvian woman before she turned back around.

It was Amandine's comment about the symbol on her quiver that made the redhead pause as a familiar feeling clutched at her heart. She gulped softly as Amandine continued to speak about the one who owned the quiver and bow before her. Tears began to bubble up but Faline shook her head for a moment to clear her thoughts. "Yes, he was a great warrior, indeed." was all she said and let herself fall silent until they got to the edge of the woods.

The morning sunlight hadn't quite reached the area yet. The tall trees still darkened this area of the meadow. This portion of the area seemed a bit more chaotic in a natural way. The variety of wildflowers turned to forest flora sporadically while the meadow's brome grass folded over in waves, indicators that the shepherds didn't graze their animals this far.

Faline was about to suggest that they stop and rest a moment when something didn't feel right. She stopped her stride and then put up her right pointer finger to her mouth. Faline cupped her ear to listen. No birds chirping or rabbits scurrying, just complete silence. She quietly took off the heavier parts of her pack and drew her double daggers.

Welcome to Vradia

Internet is down, I m currently on my phone and it will hopefully be fixed tomorrow for me to post!

Welcome to Vradia

I will be away this weekend. @Mechromancer I will wait for you to post before they ‘pause’ for a break. *cough*bandit fight*cough* 😆

Welcome to Vradia

"Off we go, I suppose," Faline said as she adjusted the straps of her pack on her shoulders before walking through the door into the main tavern hall. The tavern was empty, and the only sound was from them walking on the wooden planks to leave. It was early morning, and no one searched for mead until the evening.

The group made their way out of town. The rain from the night before rested in the pothole where cobbled stones used to be. Birds chirped as the morning sun painted the sky with beautiful shades of pink and orange hues. They soon reached the edge of town where the dirt road wrapped through a meadow. Rabbits bound away from the footpath as birds flew off while they walked by.

Faline, with the map from her uncle in hand, took a deep breath of the fresh air and smiled. "Sunrise is my favorite time of the day. Everything is fresh and ready for the day," she mentioned as she glanced down at the piece of marked parchment. "Looks like we are headed for that treeline on the other side of this meadow, and then we will be on the edge of the woods. We can stop there for a brief rest before continuing in."

Faline was trying her best to offset this odd feeling she had in the pit of her stomach. She felt as if someone was watching them. Besides the random farmer tending to his cows, they hadn't encountered anyone since leaving town. At least, no one that she had seen.