13org

The Five Senses

Oh, you didn't need to change it at all. I was just mentioning bcos Karina is in a tough position right now as she doesn't trust anyone in the group (and with what just happened, it's even worse).

The thing with her age is fine! as I said, you didn't need to change anything from the start XD
Karina is a bit sensitive about the whole 'being called a kid' part because other officers look down upon her due to her age, despite her undeniable talent and intelligence.

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Maeve Katz

Maeve Katz

^{Played by @13org}

Character Age: 24
Character Gender: Female
Profession: Surgeon/Medic
Appearance: With only 1,65m, Maeve has a small and delicate frame. Coupled with her beautiful eyes, hair and her stunning looks, the name Maeve couldn't be more fitting for her. Just like her name, her appearance can be described only as 'intoxicating'.
Nationality: Martian

Strengths:

• Surgeon: Coming from a family of renowed physicians, surgeons and medics, it was no big news when she showed natural talent towards medicine. Called a genius physician since she was young, despite her 'unique' personality, there is no one better for the job, be it complicated and complex surgeries or simple medical consultation.
• Singer: Maeve has an enchanting and intoxicating voice, fitting with her name. Coupled with her appearance, she was considered almost an 'idol' around the Martian military when she sang to them in parties or just to raise the morale. It always came as a surprise that such a beautiful and delicate woman as her was in the military.
• Agile and flexible body: Since she was young, Maeve practiced gymnastics and due to that, she has a very fit, agile and flexible body. Coupled with the CQC training she had to take when serving the Martian military, she might be pretty, but she is no pushover and her kicks are no joke, even to big guys.
• At least you need to know CQC: One thing she learned when serving the military was CQC. Even though others deemed her a completely hopeless case regarding to actual firearms, she was still agile and dexterous enough to learn CQC. Using her flexible, dexterous and agile body, she was able to counter (for the most part) the obvious disadvantage she had on CQC due to her size. Learning to wield small, light knives offensively was also something a bit more that she had to learn in order to not be 'useless' as her instructor said to her.

Weaknesses:

• Notoriously bad with guns: Maeve's lack of skill with firearms was famous back in the Martian military. Ironically enough, even though her aim is very good when throwing knives, she is simply unable to hit anything even when wielding a pistol and rifles are too unwieldly and heavy for her. In any situation involving guns, Maeve is next to useless unless it's only one person and standing next to her.
• Flirt: Maeve often enjoys teasing others, especially if she sees they are attracted to her.
• Curiosity killed the Katz: Maeve is... very curious. In many aspects.
• Cunning: Maeve has a sharp tongue... some say that it's too sharp for her own good. Once again, her personality proves to be too fitting with her own name as her words can be as poisonous and intoxicating as her appearance.
• Indifference: Be it for the good or for the bad, Maeve is completely indifferent to all the situation that the humanity is in or even any previous hostility between factions. Due to her being raised literally running from a wasted country just to go to Mars, where she would only find more war, she developed this trait almost as a self-defense mechanism in order to not lose her mind. She is most of the times with a tranquil expression or even with a smile on her face, but this can also be seen as offensive by some who still have resentment with past conflicts or wars.

Personal Effects:

• VR Kit: Recently bought specifically to be shipped to the Vitae, it's the latest technology on VR on the market. She spent a decent amount of money on that, but she claims it's just 'something she had laying around'.
• A personal laptop: Her personal laptop. It is a customized model, made mainly for gaming to be used with a VR kit. She is actually a bit embarrassed of showing that she enjoys gaming to others.
• Books: Ranging from romance to fantasy and ficction, reading is one of her hobbies.
• Daggers: Two small, thin daggers. Their light weight and superior handle are perfect for Maeve's light and agile frame. They were a gift from the medical team that she used to work with while in the military.

Bio:

Having to face every day the potential threat of the Devastators, Maeve never knew a world before them. All those things contributed for her to become quite indifferent to the ongoing crisis that the humanity was facing. Much like many other children born in the middle of the biggest crisis the humanity had ever faced, she always had an positive outlook and simply lived her life normally, like any other child would do before all that started. Many people often said that this new generation and their outstanding capability to grow, adapt and even thrive in such a situation of crisis was exactly what the humanity needed to raise their heads and fight for a better future.

Maeve's family, the Katz, were originally from the Fifth Reich but they saw simply no future in the Fifth Reich, suffocated, living completely isolated from the rest of the world while resenting over the past instead of looking to the future... For the Katz, that saw no future or even an desire to evolve and grow. It was almost like the Fifth Reich was just... waiting for it's own death. Leaving the Fifth Reich with the help of the Red Cross, they knew that even though they would lose part of their considerable wealyh, it would be worth it, since they would still be wealthy enough to afford a good lifestyle on Mars.

Adapting themselves to the way that the life was in Mars took a considerable time for them and e after living for more than a decade on Mars, they were still seen as foreigners, mainly because they didn't have any 'deep' connection to Mars or displayed such sense of duty towards it. Despite that, it was undeniable that they were pretty much one of the best surgeons and medics, contributing to save the lives of many Martians, be them civilians or not.
Coming from such a family, it wasn't a surprise when Maeve choose to follow her parents steps and become a surgeon. Graduating on the top of her class with only 17 years, she was considered by many as a genius with an unsurpassed knowledge of the human body, she was certainly someone that would save uncountable lives.

A few years after she graduated, Maeve would find herself serving under the Martian Military. There, she would become very respected as one of the best surgeons there despite her very young age. But ironically enough, what made her even more respected and had an even bigger impact than her skills on medicine was something entirely different... After the Three Day War, the biggest crisis that the humanity had ever faced, both morale and hope were very low. Millions had lost their lives on that day and a tragedy of that size wasn't easily forgotten even many years after that event.

On those dark times, people needed something to make them raise their heads, to make them stop looking back to the past and instead look to the future... That was when Maeve made her biggest contribution to the Martian Military, something that ironically had nothing to do with her medical skills. It started in a small talent show, organized by some members of the Military, hoping to raise the morale a bit and relieve all the stress that most people were suffering with. After some convincing, Maeve agreed to sing for them. After that evening, Maeve quickly became known as the 'Idol' of that unit. Her beautiful voice coupled with her intoxicating appearance and her carefree expression made the soldiers instantly fall in love with her. Even amidst such crisis, she was there on the makeshift stage, singing with a carefree smile on her face as she looked to the open-mouthed crowd, and she was having fun. On that moment, even if it was for a little bit, people stopped thinking about the Devastator threat, stopped thinking about those who lost their lives and instead simply looked at that young woman, who had just graduated herself, shining like a ray of hope amongst all that darkness. Even though it was just a small thing for Maeve, for many people on the military, that small and delicate girl, who couldn't even hold a rifle and was notoriously bad with a rifle, showed them that everything was not over. She proved them that they could still laugh, sing and be happy, that they could still enjoy their lives even after that happened. Initially, Maeve planned to stay on the military only for two years, but after that evening after discovering her newfound passion for music, for singing, she ended up staying, helping not only to heal the body, but their spirit and mind as well.

Years later, on 2215, when Maeve completed 18 years, she received an notification that she was selected to be aboard the Vitae, the Ark from the Genesis project. Even though the Genesis project was something that was made public some time ago, Maeve herself never cared too much about it, but now that she was one of the people that were selected, she knew that there was only one option. As much as it saddened, she knew she would had to leave her parents behind, as they were already old and probably wouldn't be accepted on the Vitae. The day she embarked on the Vitae was a silent day for Maeve. For one week, her beautiful voice remained in silence as she devoted herself completely to her work and playing VR games to pass the time. It was painful to leave her parents and all the friends she made on the Martian military behind, she knew their destiny, she knew it very well, yet, she also knew that the survival of the human race was more important... It was just after one whole year on the Vitae that Maeve's carefree smile returned to her face. She had yet to find an opportunity to sing to the people there, but she knew that she was doing her job as a medic as best as she could. Once again, the capability of the younger generation of adapting themselves and thriving even under situations where the hope seems completely lost would prove incredibly valuable.

Relationships:

Audrey Knight: Audrey is one of her patients. Since she has a habit of isolating herself, Maeve often has to search for her in order to check on her due to her fragile health.

Melanie Denise Larson: A friend and a psychologist, Maeve often sends her patients to Melanie for them to have a psychological check up.

Keith Sullivan: First met him in aboard the Vitae. As soon as he knew that she sang, he has been trying to set up opportunities for her to sing.

Code Word: Spaghetti

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Nina Ruadh

𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎:

Nina Ruadh

𝙰𝚐𝚎:

21

Gender:

Female

Ocupation:

Information Runner, but actually does a little bit of everything.

𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎:

Fiery red hair, hazel eyes and a delicately white skin coupled with an cute and pretty face, Nina is surely an eye candy. Standing at 1,68m, her athletic body has almost perfect dimensions, so much that it's almost that it was carefully calculated. An agile and compact build. While some say that it's not as pretty or 'alluring' as other women with big breasts and large hips, those who know how to look can see the beauty behind her body.

𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢:

Nina is a happy girl, despite everything that happened to her. Always with a smile on her face, she loves company, has a tendency to always see the good side of everything and is rather flirty regarding members of the opposite sex who earns her attention. Just like her hair though, she has quite the fiery temperament. With strong opinions, she isn't the type of woman who would go back on her own words or flee from an argument. Despite this fact, she is extremely smart and very rarely looses her temper enough to impair her logical thinking. Ironically enough, the best way to extract information from her is by being friendly. Around those whom she considers being her 'friends' she is sometimes careless regarding information that should be confidential.

𝙱𝚒𝚘:

Born in a relatively wealthy family, Nina was always an incredibly smart girl. Being gifted with both a healthy and athletic body and smarts, she quickly made a name for herself in the academic community due to her innovative ideas of using bioware technics, concepts and technology together with cyberware. Due to that, as soon as she graduated herself, she was almost immediately showered with offers to work in megacorps. The young Nina, not knowing how serious was working for a big megacorp, simply accepted the one that paid a good amount of money and gave her a bit of freedom for her to tinker with expensive tech without taking it off from her paycheck.

Fortunately for the big megacorp that hired her, Nina didn't care much at all about anything other than simply having enough money to buy all the high tech 'toys' (aka: very expensive and potentially dangerous stuff) to tinker with and to have enough free time for her hobbies (that, excluding things that were related to her work, included gymnastics, swimming & etc.) All in all, Nina was just a young, naive girl in the cruel, ruthless world of the megacorps. Being purposedly left in the dark regarding what the company was doing with her technology, for a relatively long time, she didn't really care that much. It wasn't like she didn't suspected her technology was being used in weapons (she even designed some weapons herself in her free time) but she never expected it would come back to bite her one day.

For a long time, Nina managed to live away from the dirt and corruption that were everywhere. Protected by the very megacorp she worked at as a way to keep her just as naïve and oblivious to what was happening and simply continue creating new tech, she only came to realize that there was something wrong when she was kidnapped one day when she was on her way to the work and ordered to reveal the secrets of her technology to a rival megacorp under gunpoint. Obviously, to have such valuable information given to others would potentially mean the downfall of any corp. So instead of trying to save Nina, they instead... tried to silence her by sending a samurai to get rid of her by exploding the building she was being kept hostage at.

The assassination was believed to be successful, resulting in a big explosion that was masked as an accident related with fuel/gas. Unknowingly to the samurai, Nina was somehow... still alive. Awakening after a long time unconscious, she found herself barely alive, bleeding profusely and unable to stand up. In shock, Nina tried to shout for help, but nothing came out from her mouth. Crawling her way out of the ruined building, she tried her best to get some help, but she passed out due to the blood loss the moment she got out of it.

Some time passed and she found herself waking up in a hospital bed. Fortunately for Nina, she somehow managed to survive, but not without grave injuries. Metal shrapnel and the explosion itself completely ruined her legs beyond repair, severing nerves and breaking her femur to multiple pieces. Multiple metal fragments had also penetrated her chest. Amongst them, two became deeply lodged within her heart, damaging it and making it able to work only with a fraction of its previous efficiency. Although she was not in risk of dying anymore, her condition was still... very bad. Walking was simply impossible due to her wounds and any physical effort would quickly cause further complications due to her debilitated heart.

The following months after the accident were incredibly tough for Nina. With her own body ruined, she spent all her savings in the black market. Getting tech now that she wasn't affiliated with a megacorp anymore and was believed to be dead wasn't that easy. After some time, Nina managed to rebuild her legs and replace her heart. Finally after months of agonizing mental and emotional torture, Nina could finally feel 'whole' again. All the nerve wrecking stress that had piled up those months was finally going away. But that wasn't the end of all that. Nina couldn't go back to her old life anymore. She wasn't supposed to be alive and she had just enough credit to feed her for a few month after all the modifications... The only two things she knew to do were parkour and gymnastics and being a cybernetic specialist. Selling her tech on the black market wasn't an option because she was afraid someone would recognize who she was so she turned to the only alternative that she had found... Working as an information runner... She knew that being an information runner in the underworld was a dangerous job, so she started training on how to defend herself. Unarmed combat by using her new legs and her speed, hand to hand combat with knife and marksmanship with the crossbow of her own design.

After all that happened, Nina wasn't a naïve, defenseless girl anymore... The accident, being kidnapped and living in the underworld changed her. She knew how cruel the world could be and she would do whatever she needed to do to survive. Little by little, she became known as a very reliable information runner, able to deliver even dangerous and highly sought after packages. The few people who tried something funny to her also were quickly dispatched, making those who knew her to not let her cheerful behavior and pretty face to fool them.

𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗(𝚜):
» Combat Knife

A normal, military type combat knife. Extremely sharp and reliable, but other than that, no special features.

» Custom made Crossbow

Semi auto, magazine fed crossbow built by Nina herself. The custom made parts and the exotic design makes it easy to wield and move around with. Silent, accurate and deadly, it boasts an unusually long range for a crossbow, being possible to use it even in long range shots without loss of accuracy due to the elongated barrel. All in all, it resembles a weird hybrid between a rifle and a crossbow.

𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛:

» Lightweight armor plating resembling a suit. Aiming to offer a good protection without weighting down the user.

𝙲𝚢𝚋𝚎𝚛ware:

• Speedware (Sandevistan) reflex booster + Boostmaster.
• Muscle & Bone Enhancement (Grafted muscle, bone and muscle lace.)
• Variable-Chambered Heart & Hemological Replacement.
• Gyro-Stabilizer.
• Bio-cybernetic legs (Made/modified by herself, based off speeding bullet legs) & Talon feet.

» Cyberware Explanation

Focusing more in speed and agility than brute strength, the main point of her bodily modifications is to further enhance what she was so proud of before suffering the accident that ruined her legs: her agility, dexterity, balance and speed. The talon feet give her legs a surprisingly high combat capability while also helping her to climb & run through difficult terrain.

The custom made legs are part cybernetic, part biologic. No one knows why she didn't just amputated her legs and simply made a fully cybernetic legs, some say it was just a whim. Maybe as a way to say she didn't completely loose her legs and technically, they were still her original legs, which she was so proud of.

While her legs aren't affected by EMPs or jamming due to their bio-tech design, they are significantly 'harder' to repair than normal cybernetic legs due to how complicated their construction is, requiring something akin to an 'operation' (unfortunately, Nina is basically the only one who knows how they were built so it's improbable that others can fix them). The fact that her own blood runs through the bio cybernetic legs only make things worse, as blood loss can and will be a problem if left untreated. The light armor she uses on her legs protect her against some things, but anything bigger than a smg will probably go straight through them.

Thanks to her variable chambered heart, hemological replacement and relatively fast metabolism, especially when running, toxins, poisons and drugs are incredibly effective on her, acting and spreading much faster on her body. Lack of oxygen can also become a problem to Nina, especially on areas with too much smoke.

Karina Frost

Karina Frost

General Information

• Gender: Female
• Sexuality: Heterosexual
• Age: 21
• Home Nation: Half Hearing, Half Touch

Appearance

Penetrating green eyes, a delicate and elegant face and immaculately white skin and hair give Karina quite the unique and exotic appearance. Her body although small and apparently delicate hides a surprisingly agile, dexterous and flexible frame, fruit of her training. Usually wears an military style uniform with her hair tied and a cap. On formal occasions she unties her hair and prefers to wear dresses.

Bio

Karina was born out of the unusual union of a scholar from the Nation of Hearing and a general from the Nation of Touch. By the choice of her father, she went to live on together with her mother on her home nation as he wanted her to have a peaceful life, away from the chaos of war. On the Nation of Hearing, Karina would show her love for knowledge as her and her mother often passed their time studying together.
But unfortunately, having a life away from the was wasn't something that Karina would be able to enjoy for much longer... When she was only 10 years old, her mother fell ill with a very serious, contagious disease. Without any other option, Karina had to go to live with her father on the Nation of Touch.

There on the Nation of Touch, Karina's father became cold and even more distant, dedicating his entire time to his work trying to forget the pain from losing his loved one. Karina on the other hand was literally raised amongst soldiers and other high patent officers. Her education was already very good, in fact, it was better than most people, since she was herself the daughter of an scholar, but there were some things that her mother couldn't teach her in the pacifist Nation of Hearing. It was only natural that being so instructed and intelligent, she would learn certain military knowledge fast as she heard her father talking with other officers. But another one of those things was Fencing. After seeing two high patent officer sparring, she immediately fell in love with the Rapier. It didn't resemble violence, it was almost a dance. The way the officers moved almost effortlessly through the room, their rapiers singing as the edges kissed themselves... It was the perfect balance between violence and art. Since that moment, fencing became another one of Karina's hobbies, other than studying and debating with other officers about military strategies & etc.

As she grew older, as the General's daughter and after proving herself to be knowledgeable enough that not giving her a patent was deemed an absolute waste of talent, nobody dared to mistreat her. Known as the 'flower' of the military due to her beautiful looks and because she was always walking around the headquarters, either reading, talking with seasoned officers (often surprising her due to her intellect) or practicing her fencing, her influence grew both by her father's position and her patent.

Maybe because of her mixed blood or maybe due to her spending half of her life on the Nation of Hearing and the other half on the Nation of Touch, when Karina turned 15, a very unique magic awakened on her. Completely the opposite from the usual Tempraisionism magic that was common to the Nation of Touch, Karina was able to use the humidity and the cold on the air in various forms. Incredibly dangerous against other Tempraisionists due to her strength being their weaknesses, it was almost an irony that an officer from the Military of Touch having such magical talent... After that fact became known by the others on the Nation of Touch, she started being referred by some people as "The Ice Flower of the Nation of Touch".

Personality

Despite her nickname as 'The Ice Flower', Karina is actually not that cold when around friends. Enjoying a good conversation and often seen with a mysterious, but enchanting smile on her face, she is a real treat to look at.

Despite her quiet demeanor, she certainly has a very strong personality, maybe due to her father or to the fact that she was raised in the military, but her enchanting smile can turn into a real cold stare when angry and her cold but firm words are famous around the army for being able to frighten even a seasoned soldier.

When amongst other soldiers or in a combat situation though, Karina is almost a completely different person. Really living up to her nickname as the Ice Flower, she is practical, logical and cold both regarding strategizing or fighting herself.

Quirks:

Karina has a soft spot for sweets and hot beverages such as hot chocolate.

Skills

• Fencing: Karina developed her own style of fencing. More agile and elegant than the normal fencing, it's characterized by it's high mobility, deadly lunges, feints and extremely fast movements. While it lacks brute, raw strength, it more than makes up with agility and dexterity. Hence why the Rapier is the perfect weapon for her.
• Adept of Hearing: Just like her mother, Karina is an adept of hearing. Unlike her who used it for music and to distinguish the small difference in musical notes, Karina uses it in a much finer and complex way. By concentrating herself, she can go as far as hearing someone's heartbeats or their movements in order to be able to react much faster than she normally could.
• Natural Resistance to cold: Due to her magic and the fact that she trains so much with it, Karina developed a certain resistance to cold. Enough to allow her to use her magic for some time before she needs to stop.

Magic

Cryomancy:

Using the surrounding air temperature, or even her by lowering her bodily temperature, she can create ice in a myriad of ways. Be it creating blades made of concentrated ice to control through the air and cut her enemies, lowering the air temperature in order to counter Tempraisionists or even by lowering another person's bodily temperature in case she hits them with one of her ice blades or with her rapiers. Coupled with her fencing, it is incredibly dangerous as she can overpower opponents much stronger and tough than herself by lowering their bodies' temperature with each cut.

The drawback is that if the air temperature is high, she will have to resort to lower her own body's temperature and depending on how much time she does it, she can even pass out with hypothermia. Using clothes that preserve the bodily temperature like gloves, coats & etc. can allow her to use her magic even when the temperature of the air around her is a bit higher than the necessary for her to use her magic. In the other hand, when the climate is cold, Karina can use her magic almost freely.

Weaknesses

• Heat: Exactly the opposite from normal Tempraisionism, if the air around her is too hot (for example... if she is around a fireplace or something like that) She will need to use much more energy than normal to use her magic.
• Brute Strength: Karina is not that heavy or tall. In a contest of brute strength, she will most likely loose. This also means that if someone pins her down, she won't be able to get out by herself without resorting to magic.
• Too many blades: When creating concentrated ice blades, Karina can only create and maintain a maximum of 4 blades at the same time.

Equipment

Rapier

Almost a piece of art, this rapier's blade was forged with an special method. It's dark red colored blade has an intricate pattern, formed naturally due to the way the steel was forged. It was a gift from her father when she became an officer. A little something he did trying to redeem himself for being such a distant father.

A Guild Adventure: An RP with Monster Girls! (ENDED)

Sorry guys, some things happened here that left me pretty busy but i'll post tomorrow. promise.

Bloodrose Irregulars - After The Fall (Dark Fantasy Adventure) -=Remake=-

The Five Senses

Ouch... Chres just struck a nerve calling Karina a 'kid'

Saying things like 'I couldn't die because I had to protect you' also doesn't help (she has a small complex about the whole age and size thing.)

There is also the fact that that Karina simply cannot trust Hark anymore. He pointed his weapon at her first. The 'group' is honestly breaking apart right now. Karina won't trust Hark, it doesn't matter what Chres says, and now that Chres said all this, including basically throwing on her face that he did 'save' them all she is even less inclined to stay with the group.

The situation is already very bad, having to worry not only with the Cultists, but with people who are supposed to be your allies is too much. The dangers far outweighs the benefits for Karina.

A Guild Adventure: An RP with Monster Girls! (ENDED)

Will have my post done tomorrow :-)

The Five Senses

Karina Frost

It was obvious that Chres was wounded. Even if he said that he would somehow deal with it Karina still kept looking at him with a serious expression. Things would already get harder from now on. Taking care of wounds was something neither of them could have the luxury of doing right now.

As Chres started to make another heat construct though, he turned to Octavio, asking about familiars. It was then that Karina realized that the little annoying familiar that was with him wasn't there with them. By what Chres said, something had happened to her. But before Octavio could answer Chres, or even before Chres himself could end his sentence, a small movement on the corner of Karina's eyes caught her attention. Karina wasn't the only one that noticed, but Chres was faster in telling her that there was someone climbing the roof. But this time, Chres forgot to use her 'nickname', the one that Gin gave her, instead calling her by her name...

Karina's attention was divided between looking at her own group, watching their reactions after Chres said her name and looking at the dark skinned girl climbing the roof. Karina's rapier was unsheathed as she looked to both sides. Although she was paying a bit more attention at the dark skinned girl, whom she considered to be a bigger threat, she also had an eye on her group. Fortunately for Karina, or maybe unfortunately, she wasn't wrong in doubting her own group. Hark was quick to pull out his knife, pointing it at her throat.

Immediately pointing her rapier towards Hark, she simply smiled as she heard his words. Her expression didn't show surprise, fear or anger... It was a frighteningly calm and cold expression, her eyes focused on Hark with a piercing stare as the air around her started to get colder and colder. Her rapier's blade was so cold that a white mist could be seen getting out of her blade.

"Bigger problems?" Karina asked as Hark turned his back to her to speak with Chres. The second he did so, Hark would see two ice blades forming behind Chres, pointing towards Hark as the other two were nearby Karina, pointed towards the direction where the dark skinned woman was coming from.

"You shouldn't turn your back so easily to a person you just threatened." Karina said with the ice blades ominously pointing towards Hark.

"Do you think you can simply point your dagger to me and expect me to do nothing? You just made an enemy, Hark. Even though we are surrounded by enemies on all sides, you choose to make another one. Foolish choice. I can't keep working together with someone that might stab me in the back at any moment." Karina said.

Without taking her eyes from Hark, she pointed the two remaining ice blades towards the dark skinned woman.
"Someone, keep an eye on the dark skinned woman on the building behind us." Karina said. She could only hope someone would understand their situation and do that... Both Hark and the dark skinned woman were potential threats now and she could only trust Chres, who was currently wounded... She couldn't focus her attention at both of them at the same time.

Everyone on that group was a stranger to Karina. Ironically enough, the one she suspected the most was the closest thing to an 'ally' she had. Chres knew who she was and choose to stay quiet about it. Either he didn't care or he knew how to evaluate their situation at that moment and realized that it would be better for both of them to work together.

"I am Karina Frost. Cpt. Karina Frost. Military of the nation of Touch. I am here to gather more information about the cult. That is all that you need to know regarding me for now." Karina said, loud enough for everyone in the group to hear. She expected that they understood what her words meant. If her intentions were other, she would have brought an entire division to invade this town.

"We are- I am already surrounded by enemies in all sides. One more won't make a difference. I can either kill you right here, losing a potential ally, but also eliminating a threat or we can work together to get out of this mess alive." Karina said. Her words and her expression indicated that what she said wasn't an empty threat. She was giving a real choice to Hark.

"Look around you, Hark. The Cult already has its roots deep within your country... If it's still your country and not the Cult's country that is..." Karina said, still pointing her rapier and two of the four ice blades towards Hark.

"They are a far bigger threat than any of the sides of this war are to another... I am here in this mission to try and make my superiors realize this..." Karina completed. She hoped that the others on the group would hear her. They all needed to work together if they wanted to have better chances to get out of the town alive... Starting a fight amongst themselves was a quick way to drop their chances of survival to near zero.

"Now... How we will solve this predicament, Hark? I can't trust you anymore. We have little time until the cultists realize what happened and come after us." Karina asked, with a cold, emotionless voice.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

Nina

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^@Hekazu

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Nina simply smiled after she saw the waitress looking at her up and down, deciding if she should trust her story or not. Nina had already made business with other gangs before, so she was kind of accustomed with that. It was always somewhat a tense situation when an outsider was on a gang's hideout. She still remembered how nervous she was on the first times she made business with other gangs. With time though, Nina learned that keeping a smile on her face was the best tactic to disarm any possible hostile intentions and to simply made negotiations easier overall. Differently from the waitress though, the barkeeper was much more talkative, not only complimenting her saying she didn't look like a 'combat zone' girl but also trying to sell her a drink.

"Well... Appearances can be deceiving..." Nina replied to the barkeeper, giving him a mischievous wink. As she looked at him though, she realized that indeed she indeed didn't looked like someone who would have business on the combat zones, especially thanks to the pretty clothes she was wearing. Not even her biocybernetic legs could help her a bit to look more like a 'combat zone gal' as the barkeeper said.

"I thank you for your offer, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be a good idea to drink before making business." Nina said with a chuckle after he asked if she wanted to buy something.

After a few moments, a bare chested man with diving goggles came to take her to his bosses, whom one of them was probably Ribby, she supposed. Following the limping man, Nina was careful to make a mental map of the bar and where he was taking her. Not only that, but she also noticed that the handgun he was using was the same model the police used to give to their lower ranking officers.

Upon being introduced by the limping man, who promptly left her alone with Ribby and another man, Ribby went straight to the point, asking her about what she knew about Lt. Davison. Nodding towards the other man and sitting down on the chair he offered her, she simply listened as both men talked.

"Lt. Davison..." Nina repeated, sighing.

"It wasn't easy to get any information about that man, you know? It's almost like he completely vanished from the face of the earth... Nobody seems to know anything about him and if they know, they never say it wanting to monopolize the information for themselves... One thing made me curious about him though... It seems that a lot of things someway or another are connected to him... Especially regarding classified equipment... Not the kind that you would find laying around anywhere..." Nina said, carefully watching the men's reactions as she spoke. Albeit she was being delicate about all that, she knew very well that not only their, but the situation to all gangs was like a powder barrel... It would only take a small spark for things to turn into complete chaos. Ribby as well, probably knew that.

"Regarding the payment... Money is always welcome... A girl needs to have some spare money not only to buy some clothes, but some... 'accessories' as well, am I right?" Nina said, looking to both men with a cheerful smile and a small laugh as she analyzed their reactions.

Ascension 3: A return to Chaos

Lila Moriarty

^{@Rai @13org}

The servant's words left a bitter taste on Lila's mouth as he simply left, locking the door behind him. She knew it was unavoidable. If she wanted to have her own life, if she wanted to change how her life was until now, she would have to make enemies. But still... It was a difficult situation to deal with, since the servant was kind to her when they met.

"At least I'm not alone anymore..." Lila said with a sad tone, gently caressing Virais, who was on the bed nearby her.

Virais himself didn't know what was happening. He didn't know why Lila was on that dusty, dark room or why they were locked there, but he could feel the sadness within Lila's voice. Unfortunately, the only thing he could do for her was trying to comfort her with his presence.
Nudging Lila's hands with his snout, he walked closer to her, resting his head on Lila's lap as he laid down on the bed nearby her. But that calmness, that comfort Virais presence brought to Lila wouldn't last for much longer...

One hour later, the door opened once more. But this time, instead of the Nayu servant from before, the ones who came for her were Nero soldiers, with their blades drawn and with crossbows on their hands. After chaining Virais to one of the stone walls on that room, they turned to Lila, finally speaking with her. Their only word to Lila was for her to go with them. Lila herself didn't have much choice. Even though she wanted Virais to be with her, it was improbable that they would hear her, especially as they had their weapons drawn as they came closer to her.

Leading her through a dark, narrow hall, Lila knew that there was something wrong... Why would they escort her like that, with weapons drawn, like a prisoner? Her thoughts would only be confirmed after she arrived on her destination. Behind big doors, Lila was led by the soldiers inside a big hall, where many Nayu elders sat on rows of chairs, one higher than another, all of them looking straight towards Lila, watching every movement she made. Amongst them, Lila could see Anui, sitting besides his mother, who had a wicked smirk on her face.

After a few moments of silence, the elders spoke to Lila.
"You are under trial for the accused murder of dozens of Nero royals whilst under the banner of the Aion. You are also accused of manipulating a royal with intent to extort. How will you plead?" they said, making Lila look around with a confused expression for a moment before her blood started to boil.

Why were they doing that to her? She was with Anui the entire time, she didn't lift a finger on that night that the Aion came... She wasn't even notified that something like that would happen...

If that wasn't enough, she heard Dextra's voice, under a wicked smirk, saying her blood would flow that night.

With her emotions going wild on her mind, she could only look at Anui, who was simply sitting there besides his mother, in silence, without saying anything. Why wasn't he saying anything? He knew what happened... He saw everything, he was with her...

"Anui... Tell them what happened. I was with you the entire night..." Lila said, with a mix of confusion and anger on her eyes.

"I... I didn't lift a finger that night... Why...?" Lila said, looking down for a brief moment, before looking to Anui once more. This time, her eyes were hard and cold. Was she wrong in believing him? Why... Was she really not allowed to be happy? Was her only allowed to be a weapon, a tool her entire life? Why was all that happening to her.

"SAY SOMETHING!" Lila shouted, looking to Anui.

"Please... Say something..." She said once more as tears rolled down her face. Her vision was blurred due to the tears, her skin, red and hot with anger... Her tears felt like they were made of flames as they rolled down her face, a painful reminder of how foolish she was, of how naïve she was... Everything that would happen that moment onwards was only her fault... Her fault for believing she could be happy... Her fault for believing she would be accepted by others... Her own fault for trusting others...

Dark thoughts flooded her mind, almost like there was a small voice on the back of her head, mocking her for being such an idiot. While what was happening, the situation that moment was as clear as ice, Lila still didn't want to believe... She still had hopes Anui would say something... He loved her... right? He said he loved her... He promised he would stay with her...

"You... promised... me..." Lila mumbled to herself, biting her lower lip making a drop of blood roll down her chin.

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Sophia

^{@Rai @13org}

Even though Sophia didn't have much time to sate her curiosity regarding some of the kings and queens at the meeting, or even get to know better the group who would be responsible for fetching the godsmith's hammer, things went in a satisfactory way. They now had a plan to fight back the threat that approached them and for the first time in many years, the kings and queens were joining forces.

But as Sophia's mind went back to the Temple and how things went while she was away, unexpectedly, Vrondi interrupted her. His figure floating in front of her with his arms crossed, blocking her path as he apologized for not being able to give her the respect she deserved, while saying he needed to speak with her in private.

"Difficult and trying times approach us, there is no need to apologize." Sophia said, looking at Vrondi with a curious expression, uncertain what he had to speak with her.

His next words were honestly... Surprising. Even if it was Vrondi, Sophia wasn't expecting he would say something like that... He wanted to test her, to see if she was able to defend herself or he would keep her there to protect her.

Without more words, Vrondi erupted in light as he hurled a massive orb of energy towards her, glowing like a second sun. Letting out a fearsome breath attack, a beam of concentrated plasma got out of her mouth, clashing against Vrondi's attack. After some time, her chaotic magical energy clashing against Vrondi's pure light energy, fighting against multiple clones, Vrondi slowed down, apologizing for his actions. Sophia knew Vrondi was holding himself back, as Sophia herself was. Both of them were incredibly powerful, Sophia herself didn't know who would win if they fought seriously, but both sides would be incredibly wounded and the land would suffer if they indeed clashed seriously.

While Sophia could, in part, understand his desire to 'test' her power, she couldn't hide her disappointment. It seemed that even Vrondi, after all, respected only power. Sophia wouldn't back down after he challenged her like that, but she strongly disagreed with his actions. They should be conserving strength for the oncoming conflicts they would have to face... not fighting against each other...

As Vrondi started talking, Sophia said nothing, simply looking at him with hard and cold eyes, clear indications that she was disappointed and strongly disagreed with what had just happened.
Sophia heard as he continued talking, while she knew that there were cold places on both ends of the world, she always thought they were empty, desolate places. So Vrondi's next words surprised her. He claimed that on one of them, there were crystal structures of unknown origin or design. While he said he couldn't feel life as he stood far from it, he said that once he approached them, he saw that inside those crystal structures, laid dormant an unknown being, likely summoned ages ago... and on the very core of this unknown being, he could still feel signals of life... Almost like if it was simply in slumber, waiting for it to be awakened once more.

Sophia looked at Vrondi with her eyes wide open, as he said to her that that 'thing' tried to communicate itself with him, speaking in a chaotic, unknown tongue. Even though he moved it to the moon, the thoughts of merely trying to communicate with it once more filled Vrondi with dark, twisted memories. While Nuxta, despite his dark, twisted ideals, was still a divine, that thing Vrondi found wasn't divine. It was simply chaos. Chaos Enigma, as Vrondi called. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, Vrondi left Sophia with her own thoughts.

While in part, she was extremely curious about that... Chaos Enigma, she felt inside her a weird feeling... Something inside her was saying that this Chaos Enigma was completely different from the confrontation with Nuxta... If somehow that thing freed itself, not even Nuxta would be safe...

"This... needs to remain a secret... Nor Nuxta nor anyone should know about it..." Sophia mumbled to herself. It was almost like the very Grimorium Verum knew that the Chaos Enigma should remain forever asleep, lest they wanted to face complete, unavoidable chaos.