AtomicNut

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Love your post, you are aware it says 'that mare of hers' though, right?

@Ryougu

Hmm, again english late hour failure. What a day. Fixed.

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And posted.

Ally's such a viper.

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Ally smiled sheepishly, as she let the routinely tasks wash any hint of animosity. She took the blows in stride, having failed to provoke an amusing reaction from the too-strict-for-her liking princess aide. She did what she know and what she could, which was just nod and smile like a moron, not reacting to the jabs. However, the incompetent maid seemed to flinch negatively at the invasion of her personal space by Anatole, who proceed to throw her insult back at her.

"Yeah, a dreamy prince. That'd be nice. Ah well." She let out, sighing in bliss and holding back the temptation to engage in japes with what had become her self-appointed chief of staff. She was more like a little tyrant, but castle servants were such a spineless lot that they flinched upon her orders, and lapped up her obligatory compliments, who looked more like generic moral boosters of a squad leader rather than genuine ones. Even if they were really genuine. Still, Ally allowed her clumsy disguise a reprieve, and decided to act somewhat competently serving the breakfast.

Besides, that old fart of the Captain of the Guard was there, with that eerie sword. She dedicated a gentle smile at him, as she served him his food. A well fed dog was a complacent dog. And given her state of affairs, with her black raven hair and actual skills, it was better for the all the hounds of the kingdom to be so lazy and intoxicated that they would be unable to catch a cripple as he tried to run. She needed to be beneath notice in order to have a chance of success.

Still, she decided not to dwell into much about it, and she just kept to her breakfast duties, partly because she didn't want to be the center of attention, but also in order to catch any piece of juicy information from the gossip that could further her goals. She didn't need to wait too much. Apparently, his majesty the Crown Prince, had visited briefly the kitchen rather that sitting down and having the juicy meal someone of his stature deserved. Then, as servants had recalled, the second prince had failed to appear. And Anatole, his loyal womanservant had wasted no time in excusing herself, before heading towards the exterior.

Weapons training again, most likely. Alecto sighed to herself, as she picked up a tray and several dishes, and she skillfully arranged a breakfast set. "That boy he's far too dilligent. No matter if it's the second prince, he can't be skipping breakfast." She said, feigned concern in her voice. Even so, the denizens of the kitchen considered the token statement good enough, and she deftly paced towards, following the path outside where Rowan and Anatole were.

Such a playboy, he's got already the poor little girl wrapped around his finger. Alas, she's bound to disappointment. Rowan does not love anything but the power that he craves. So wonderfully disgusting. The black knight in disguise thought as she advanced with the tray, in a rather bold stance. "M'lord, here is your breakfast. I personally saw that you got a ration befitting your stature. Please try the apples, miss Anatole spent a good deal of time cutting them. It would be an honor for her if you were to delight yourself in such dish." Ally said, full of bootlickery, as she placed the dishes on a table nearby, skipping a couple of steps. Her sight lingered on the blades and the sparring dummies, as she impishly picked up one of said contramptions and, as clumsily as she could swung it, while making rather comical sounds.

"Swoosh! I killed the dragon, and saved the kingdom!" She said, before adding. "By the way, the Crown Prince also missed today his breakfast. I think he's going to dote that mare of his. One would say he cares more about his steed than his kingdom at times..." She let the jab or invective without remorse, in a playful gossip. But the motivation was far darker.

I wonder, prince, what kind of music will you produce when I tug the strings of your heart?

Imaginary District: An Urban Fantasy RP reboot

That's also a bit of a weird area because of how the soul works. ^^;

You could say something like they lose stamina through the wound until it's cleansed and healed.

@VitaVitaAR

Somewhat like that.

Imaginary District: An Urban Fantasy RP reboot

Hmmm.

I'm not sure bleeding mana entirely works with how mana functions in-setting, though the other stuff works well enough.

@VitaVitaAR

Well, life essence or whatever substitute they have.

Imaginary District: An Urban Fantasy RP reboot

@AtomicNut: Thinking on it I'd like to know what spiritual wounds actually do in this case.

@VitaVitaAR

They cause damage on the spiritual form and manifestation (which manifests as a cut or a torn), also cause the target to probably bleed mana at a trickle rate.

Imaginary District: An Urban Fantasy RP reboot

Alright, updated.

Imaginary District: An Urban Fantasy RP reboot

• Name: Shinosaki Shiki AKA Shishi
• Age:17
• Gender:Male
• Race:Human(Onmyoji)
• Appearance:Not the most handsome lad. His voice matches his appearance, being soft and raspy.
• Personality: Shiki is a rather soft-spoken, introverted lad. He is not the most emotive nor socially skilled kind of guy, and more than often fails to notice his gaze is perhaps a little too penetrating. Intellectual and mature, Shiki rarely speaks without thinking things three times in his head, and he tends to enjoy investigation and discovery, even though he can be unaware of bounds sometimes. For those who get past his usual unsettling demeanor, Shishi lives up to his namesake, being fiercely protective of his friends and acquaintances, and he doesn't make a distinction between humans and youkai.
• Abilities: Shiki comes from a family of onmyouji, and as such he's versed in the art of using Ofuda for various purposes, such as exorcising, healing, summoning and barriers. He also uses the Ofuda to augment his physique when fighting. Shiki's affinity is Yin, which theoretically makes him more effective at causing negative effects than positive ones, but he loathes to admit it. This is what makes him to be able to use Youkai as Shikigami summons aswell. Currently, he has managed to successfully contract a couple of youkai under his orders. These are Yamabaka, a dimwitted but eager oni and Aohime, a very haughty Yuki-onna who styles herself as a princess (and she has the power to match) that nevertheless has a soft spot for Shiki (not that she'll ever admit it!).
• Skills: Shiki is a dilligent student and he excells in most academic subjects. He's also rather fit and athletic, practicing swordplay regularly. While not a sword-freak, he can actually hold his own in a fight. He is also a great listener, and he can do his house chores acceptably (he excels at sewing and cleaning)...except cooking. His cooking is his strongest debuff.
• Equipment: Shiki carries a set of tags to make his ofuda,and his clothes are also lined in several of them aswell as well as special tags for summoning on his person. The katana he carries is actually imbued in one of his strongest curses, which he calls Stigma. This curse essentially creates a spiritual, as well as a physical wound on a target. It affects incorporeal beings, and one must lift the curse before allowing the wound to heal. Fortunately, the curse can only be effective within a limited timeframe, namely minutes, because it has an absurd mana consumption, although wounds caused by the curse will persist afterwards, until each wound is purified individually.
  He also carries a pink cellphone (it was a gift from the Yukionna). Really.
• Brief Backstory:Shiki was born as the middle child on a semi successful family of Onmyoji. Ever since he was a kid, the lad had an air of creepiness around him. Nevertheless given that his family found out his affinity early enough, this wasn't much of a difficulty during his upbringing. Except the fact he could never get to befriend anyone. Guys either tried to bully him or shied away from him. Girls just found him gross. So he found solace in the family job of punishing evil spirits. And he was a good shot at it.
  
  But he still had no friends. Shiki just resigned to his fate, and spent his last summer vacation travelling alone, roaming. Turns out that humans did rebuke him, but youkai did not. He was not creepy for them. And so that's how he managed to create lasting bonds, which culminated in recruiting a couple of them as shikigami after several misadventures. It was then when he heard about the Miura district, and how the Miura Youth Organization was recruiting. Perhaps there was a place in the world for the likes of him after all. And he could probably make more friends.

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Yay: multilinguals! :D What are the other two? And would you be able incorporate some of their style into the way one of your characters talks (since neither of them are necessarily fully Hiertanian in culture), or would that not be worth the effort?

@AAB

Galician and Spanish. I was born in one of those places in Spain with two languages. Then I started English at age 10. I still slip up a lot when I am tired and i almost never proofread.

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@KiwiBaer

AAAAAANDD you could write the whole thing, then see someone has posted and have to rewrite it all over again because you took too long~

@AtomicNut

For english to be your third language is amazing! I'm still on my second language (Japanese) and the best thing I can write is, "I went to Sapporro to buy some souvenirs. The souvenirs were really tasty!"

@AimeChambers

I cheat because the other two are romance languages. Consider as if English was my second language.