Crusader Lord

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Annabelle Irons

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Annabelle paused as she was called out to, by a young sounding voice at that. Maybe another magical girl? Then again it could be the odd random background sort of person who needed directions, or who was traveling through the area, or such things. But regardless of who it was...why would they want to chat to her? Turning to look around, Annabelle blinked a couple times as she looked back at the rusty-colored eyes of the other girl. It was kinda odd, but not exactly an abnormal look, and it wasn't like the girl's question was abnormal anyway. Hair color was kinda nice tho, somewhat like a shade of red....unless it was some shade of red?

Eh, at the moment the redheaded magical girl herself was more mentally concerned with buying gifts for her new friends. She'd already found something nice for Elroy after going into a pawn shop, or at least maybe something that'd fit his personality. Maybe. Hell if she knew for sure, she was trying her best here! Though despite being thrown off by the new person, she threw on a happy smile regardless. Maybe this could be another friend? One could never know. Though....a pawn shop! Aha!

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, i just got out of a pawn shop near here, not sure if its the same place you might remember. I'm kinda new here myself anyways~," Annabelle said, giving a light giggle before continuing on, "Sorry, its been a long day. I can show ya there if you want!"

She didn't mind, personally, not that it would have been hard to give a flat "no" as an answer in the first place. Regardless, she had been about to turn around the backtrack, before going the other direction down the street from the Pawn Shop. Figures being new hadn't helped when it came to finding that jewelry store...ugh.

@FamishedPants

-Back Near The Abandoned School, Soth's Neighborhood-

Creatures slithered about the surrounding, abandoned buildings. Three had been secured for their lord, and not many more to go before things could begin. Runes were being carved into inner walls and underneath roof tiles, sigils being scrawled in blood acquired from....various sources, and chanting in alien and unfathomable tongues was concealed to a hushed volume and tone to avoid 'making a scene'. Shadows filled with indeterminable horrors within slinked about in shapes abounding, moving about more and more as the night would get closer and closer, and they became less and less able to be noticed by any potential passerby. They patrolled the grounds, the rooms, the chambers, and streets like bloodhounds, seeking resources nearby, subtly gliding about like silent predators on the prowl...

Other monsters weren't safe here, not at all, as they had the status of merely being but the harvested crops for these horrors' lord without a second thought. Work had also been moving along rather well, all that was needed was...well, their Lord knew what was needed for what was to come. Such a grace that would be granted to this mundane world, a boon of unimaginable magnitude to their kind and all who stood alongside them. It would be an honor, a privilege many would merely be lucky and blessed to witness in all these millennia....and it would in the end be-

'....glorious.

Yet so radiant, even...-

-...that it would blot out the sun in comparison...'

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Nina Kujo and Alice Honorsby

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The person before her seemed to shift in a manic mood, building and building then...stopped in an instant by a seeming pain. Red Rifle....no, Alice had seen this sort of person before, this sort of twisted mind that latched upon a fancy like a predator's fangs dug into upon the butt of a prey animal in flight. Was this girl's patron a Horror? Perhaps. It could also be something else, even though horrors were usually the sort to result in such a mental state. Yet some could, as well, be twisted by their own accord without the need to be bent by a horror or some other power.

The world could really be a sick place when one saw enough of it, witnessed enough events, and watched the worst happen at times to those who didn't deserve it.

She been about to deliver more witty lines and bravado, maybe to entice this girl into a manic frenzy and distract her, but as Chloe changed so did Alice in regards to her expression. Where once was teasing, flirty attitude there was now more of a concerned look then before. A rather serious look, even, as it could be said. The lines she was delivering sounded like a movie-villain's monologue to get recruits from some place.

It was not an invalid question to herself, though, which was the scary part. She'd seen the suffering of many, and things that she'd dare never want to recount to others. Some had called her "jaded" for it, but...if one couldn't adjust to this way of life after getting stuck in it, and without a bonus way out of it all, then they would die. She'd seen it so many times, it could have made a normal person maybe lose their mind, or suddenly turn sick as their insides churned at what a magical girl like herself had witnessed.

"...Heh, not a bad question to use for this sort of stuff. Cheesy, but effective. So then....what's your offer? What is this solution to the world's suffering you propose, patron of Chloe?" Red Rifle said, her tone not wavering, giving her cheeky trademark grin as she waited for an answer.

It wasn't a trap, or a refusal. Merely a question, a desire to "get to the point" of it all hear this out. Surely someone looking to recruit could do that much, just to answer a little question in some manner, eh? Though instinctively her body was already ready in case of a sudden attack, or a surprise ambush, or such things to occur. The air of this "encounter" had changed, and that wasn't always a good sign.

@Rune_Alchemist

Fate/Factitious Paradigm

Saber: Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer

(Lost) Badass Shades, DDD Hotsprings, Foreigner's Lowlands

His cool glasses were....gone. It almost felt like a part of him he didn't know was lost, like some long forgotten article of clothing he'd worn in some other universe....or perhaps he was just imagining things. Regardless, the shades were gone from all of them, but so was the madness that had been used as well. Regardless, the others seemed to be stopping or slaying their foes as well, but even so Sigurd continued to maintain the "Clairvoyance" as well as continuously keep using his Monstrous Strength skill. He began to run at speed, to follow Gilles even as the other servant brought out maddening sorts of things at his disposal.

Because if he could get "there", to the epicenter of this, then perhaps he could do something about it all. Perhaps he could do what was necessary to save the world along with the others here. It was worth a shot, to end this as fast as possible, to do something, anything, and as he kept his eyes on the future he would be able to keep up with what was going on in general as well. Because it was there, lingering just beyond the horizon, that thing which allowed humans to weather all the storms thrown at them:

Hope.

@GreenGoat

Adventure! - Stories of different worlds and realities (Private)

Diana Firebrand

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The door...hand't broken in the face of her amazing voice?! Drat. But at least a new guy had come through the door, that was good! Or maybe not, depending on the situation? She wasn't some idiot, even if she'd jut blasted at this door to test it out....and had teased Scar earlier with a jail door encounter of the close kind. Regardless, the man seemed to hand a set of keys he had over to Kris, perhaps the keys to this door or other ones and such? Regardless it was a good turn of events in the dragonkin's mind, meaning she didn't need to try to 'fus' her way into other doors in this room. Not that it might have turned out well based on prior results...

Though the skittering and buzzing sounds emanating from the corridor behind the new arrival did not seem to be a good sign. It was strange and ominous, and considering the sounds were greater than any normal bugs....Diana decided to do something about it.

"Er, i'm gonna see if i can board up the passage there a sec. Those sounds don't seem to be rather good, and i kinda need my armor to put back on and my weapons back just like the others."

Walking over to the entrance of the corridor, Diana made sure no one was jumping in front of her before-

"Fo Krah Diin!"

A torrent of freezing cold assaulted the corridor, whipping winds flowing down the passage and a sheet of thick ice forming to block up the corridor itself just matter of feet in front of her. After finishing, Diana turned around and looked at the others with her usual smile, walking over to where Kris stood and giving her a part on the back. Was she expecting praise? Was she just trying to assure her teammate things were maybe fine now? Whatever the case was, at least she seemed to be trying to keep positive in all these things.

Re: Zero: The High Council

Aerith Hastings

Shopping and Chunni's and Animal Girls (Oh My!), Center Road, Golden Quarter, Priestella

@Ryofu@Rune_Alchemist@Althiel@BrokenPromise@Tenma Tendo@liferusher

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Aerith gratefully took the bag of offered coins from Irene, smiling but not all too sure how to say "thanks" properly in this world. It was kind of an odd feeling, but at the same time she had...well, she had to say something! Even if she was surprised at this act of kindness, to complete strangers with an "evil" aura of some kind at that. But the gift was welcome, though thoughts of conserving cash properly entered her mind at the same time.

"A-Ah! Thank you very much, Irene! We'll spend this as wisely as we can!" Aerith said, pushing through the things she felt to give a proper thanks as a small but genuine smile came to her face. She then turned to the wolf-eared girl who had been speaking to Hiro, before continuing on as the admittedly cute but somewhat unnerving (due to earlier) worker at this emporium asked for their names and such-

"Ah, my name is Aerith. As for attire, i am myself interested in one of the casual yet majestic outfits you talked about! About how much would it be for something in a darker color? Say, this one?" Aerith said, her free hand running its fingers very gently over the fabric of a dark green dress, good in style yet modest and casual enough to perhaps pass off in any part of the city as had been said. After all, they didn't know if they ever needed to step into the 'Noble District', and despite the higher price it could help to be prepared for the occasion.

Besides, this shade of dark green was a nice compliment to her own hair and eyes! She knew this for sure, at least from a friend's meddling during shopping in the past...er, back home in her original world anywho.

But still, they could get clothes to blend in! This was a perfect first step, though something gave Aerith mental pause. She had no idea what Chieko and Hiro would want to buy! Aerith hoped they had some sense about them, though between Hiro seeming to change oddly around the animal-like girl, and....wait, someone ran into Chieko? Aerith raised an eyebrow at the situation as it unfolded, albeit only briefly, though things only got somewhat stranger. As in, Chieko going into that "odd" sort of mood and patting the human girl on the head, and the other girl seeming to...enjoy it?! Chieko also seemed to be getting excited, and that, well, she had no idea what this could cause really.

"Ah, pardon me. I need just a second, and i'll be right back with you!" Aerith said to Fritzi, almost a tad sheepish in her behavior before moving to the other matter at hand.

Mentally sighing to herself, Aerith reached over with her one free hand and grabbed Chieko's ear, tugging at it a little bit to get the other girl to stop. Aerith's own face was nearly deadpan in expression at first as she moved to address her fellow otherworld companion.

"Chieko, please come pick and outfit. And please don't pet random strangers without permission please, we might seem rude," the dark-haired, green-eyed girl said, before letting out a small actual sigh, before looking over to Eiko and giving a respectful nod, face brightening up into a normal expression of pleasant politeness as she then addressed the dove-winged girl, the free hand letting go of Chieko's ear and coming back to hold the money bag as well, "Ah, i think my friend here will be fine! We're foreigners to this place, along with Hiro over there, so please forgive us in the case we have offended you or your companion here somehow."

Clothes, attempted damage control, shopping, bandits, animals girls, Hiro's seeming fetish, Chieko's odd behaviors like this....yeesh this first day in a new world was going oddly. Not as poorly as the "last life" here, though, that was most definitely for sure. Even the thought of that matter in general still crawled up and down her spine like a tingling spider, or a sudden shudder of the body during cold months. She wasn't even sure they had time for a second life, much less if they did live again....where would they appear? In the same muddy alley? Having to play pretend again to seem utterly new to all of this? She had no idea, and it did somewhat scare her.

But at least she could try to get the group focused on the matter at hand, in case this entire situation has the equivalent to "checkpoints" like some sort of video game. Though whilst the comparison seemed odd, they had already "respawned", so maybe the concepts applied somewhat? Ugh.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Annabelle Irons

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"....WAIT A SECOND, MAJORA IS A DEITY, I HEARD MY BOSS WRONG ON THAT ONE! MY BAD!!!" Annabelle yelled aloud in the direction the other magical girl had left, all after her 'boss' had sent her a correction to something she had said to the Rose Knight, feeling a bit embarrassed at the mix-up of words and hoping her speaking had managed to get through. Maybe...

Rolling her eyes at herself, Annabelle walked away as front doors formed upon the old, metal hinges that had once held a pair in the past. It seemed her boss was wanting to close the door....er, "just in case" anyone else wandered into here. Again. To make the third visit of the day, as it were. Though for now, Annabelle left her magical girl form and continued walking down the hall, a hunger for loaded french fries lingering in her mind. Oh! Maybe that thing she'd heard about called "Junkyard Fries"! Could the "chef" make that, though? Hmm....

'My servant, a key component has been finally acquired, and Nevermore will be returning to your side.'

Annabelle stopped in her tracks as the voice of Soth rung within the wall of her skull. A smile came to her face at the thought of Nevermore coming back, though-

"Sweet! But....eh, you never told me the details of what you wanted to do here, boss. How much do ya need to do whatever it is you said you got in the works? What is going on anyway?" the magical girl said, brief joy transforming into an inquisitive curiosity that seemed to take root at the time.

'All in good time, but for now you have leave to go into the city. Do as you will, and i shall call you back when i need of you again.

Annabelle raised an eyebrow at this, but gave a small shrug. She didn't have the best feeling in her gut about whatever her "boss" was up to....but she at least had friends now, right? Two of em', and one was an absolute cutie to boot! Besides, this was her chance to get gifts for them when they met again, eh? She had the cash for it anywho, even after handing over the thousand to the two.

An inky black orb appeared in front of her before expanding into a portal, courtesy of her patron, before the grinning, casually dressed redhead stepped into the portal. Soon after, much as had been before with Nevermore, the portal ate itself up and disappeared entirely once more.

-In The City-

Landing in an alley was not her first choice, but it had gotten her here to where all the stores were! Nearly jumping out of giddiness, Annabelle took off onto the sidewalk. Where would she visit first? What would be next? She had no idea overall, but all she knew was she was getting her new friends gifts!

Perhaps a friendship bracelet? Ooh, a ring could be nice! Though that could send an odd message....hmpf. But what might most compliment Regina's appearance, though? Hmm...yes, that was the most important question of the day for this instance of shopping!

Regardless, unless interrupted by anyone she had the rest of the day for this at least.

@ERode@Rune_Alchemist

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Nina Kujo and Alice Honorsby

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"Ah! You strike my heart! I wasn't even looking for a fight, heh, though i never got your name," Red Rifle said, before giving a cute wink to Chloe and putting one hand on her hip, the other remaining on her gun, her hips jutting out in a seductive manner, a toothy grin of her own showing, "Though if you wanna' tussle at your place after a nice dinner, i might consider its~ I kinda like the teasing, cute type whose got some fangs, maybe has that kind of 'spirit' that makes a relationship spicy~"

She could do this kinda talk, or other types of acts and behaviors, all day long if she wanted to. She kinda enjoyed this kind of banter, and throwing in the pun almost made her crack a legitimate laugh out even amidst this pressuring situation. Not that she had lost tracks of things, or her awareness for that matter. Experience and time had left her gaining a lot of skill that someone like Nina might not have, though this girl was definitely dangerous to more than just the eyes. To Red Rifle a viciousness seemed to lurk in this individual, a sense of cruelty, and the scene from last night was something this person had created as well. All this pointed to more than shady morals at work, in the most obvious sense possible.

"Alice, you idiot..., Nina said under her breath as her spirit and herself bounded over rooftops toward where Alice and the earlier event's perpetrator were lurking.

The rooftop was a bad place for this, since Red could see essentially anywhere from anyplace with that scope. Nina nearly cursed under her breath at what was going on, if not for the fact Red had years more experience and skill than herself. She couldn't even perceive the location of where the two were yet, not close enough for them to even notice her at all. Crap. that perpetrator, they needed to go down. All those people dead, it was unforgivable! And if she hurt Alice, or worse, the pain train would be coming to that perpetrator's face even faster than Nina felt it already had been.

Honestly, it had been a long time since she'd met Alice, and that was hard to believe. Years of working together, actually, since they had first met. Heh. Nina could almost recall the day the veteran had run into her, or vice versa, and really it had been the first time another magical girl had extended that hand to her in camaraderie at all. It was something that,well, had become truly "hers" in regards to life experiences. Because all of "those" memories, those were not hers.....they were not "her" at all in regards to what they felt like. But "that" woman had been real, living, having a life and all before it all had collapsed into nothing. Nothing but Nina herself. It was odd, like an existential crisis of some sort, but if there was one thing that "useless goddess" had done right in her mind it was saying this-

"Look, you dummy! The only person that matters right now is you! You are yourself, Nina, my champion, and if you think otherwise i'll....i'll smack some sense into ya!"

-...the childish manner of that line delivery aside, at any rate.

@Rune_Alchemist

Fate/Factitious Paradigm

Saber: Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer

Badass Shades, DDD Hotsprings, Foreigner's Lowlands

He had donned the provided shades Gin had brought, and Gudrun was there too, and these monsters attacking the spring.....so it was time.

It was time for the King of Noble Heroes to battle again once more! And through Revelation, and the use of his runes to again gain "Clairvoyance: A" future sight, and what was going on, he could perceive just what not to do...and what would work best. Gram dissipated away from his hands, and the warrior's hands clenched into proper fighting fists. He did not have to say anything to Gudrun, for she would know the same. There was a lack of need present in regards to speaking, merely action was needed. And it seemed the other servants were ahead of him by a good bit already in their efforts thus far.

Skill Activated- "Monstrous Strength: E"

He would shatter "that" fate with his own two hands, and bring to heel this enemy that threatened all humanity.

That was the role of a proper hero, after all...

...To bring salvation to mankind, even if they didn't want it!

Sigurd moved at immense speed, aiming in this case moving in from the side to send his fist into the skull of the Lyaeus fighting Achilles. Full punching power, no rune boost. He knew how it would move, what it could or would do, the possibilities laid out in front of him like a children's picture book. And he....would...not....LOSE!!!

@Paradox Witch

Winds of Change: A Re:Creators-Inspired Multiverse RP

Alien Invasion

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...More beings trying to harm this city and its beorc? Already?!

Not that she should be surprised, but she had been enjoying that dinner rather thoroughly after all of the prior mess today. It had almost taken her mind off of the desire to get back home, not in the sense of properly getting rid of it though. It was more along the lines of numbing the feelings of homesickness that had begun to creep into her since her arrival. However, this instance sent a vibe of rage coursing through her blood.

How dare they interrupt a meal like uncultured swine! But more importantly, attacking innocents in the first place even was enough to get her blood boiling and her fury roused like a bonfire!

Sanaki leapt from her chair, and charged toward the door as fast as her legs could carry her.

"To me, heroes! We must stop this threat, first by halting their advance here!"

A tome came out from within her robes as she moved outside, the red-covered book's pages flipping as if moved by some nonexistent wind. If the others from earlier knew anything, and saw anything, about Sanaki's actions earlier....they would know which tome this was the "big guns". And its name was-

"Cymbeline!"

Aiming away from where the swordswoman named Youmu was beginning her rampage, the Empress dropped a fiery meteor out of the blue upon where another area where the enemies were thick and rushing down the street in numbers. Including many of the ones who seemed to be using the innocent to multiply. Indeed, they would feel the power of her might, the sting of her wrath, and the vehemence of the Empress of Begnion who would not stand down to these cretins!

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Li Shuwen

Ikebukuro, Tokyo

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"Haha! Then perhaps this beast is pursuing prey? Circling like a vulture upon its quarry....or perhaps seeking to keep check on whatever is in the center of this area as has been mentioned. Truly, you can only hope to go there, to the center of all of this, if you seek to find the truth!

Regardless, perhaps at the center of that earthquake is a foe most worthy of fighting, if it poses such danger as to compel this beast to actions like this!" Shuwen said, giving a hearty laugh after speaking about the situation, after having listened to the others speak or communicate otherwise before his turn arrived. He seemed to not care about the sudden arrival and insertion of himself into the situation, though prospects of a good battle were second to none for him in getting him on board with this current situation. Even

He then looked over at the wolf before continuing, speaking directly to it, looking it directly in the eyes, his intent and warrior's passion nearly glowing. Indeed, perhaps he hoped his fighting spirit and intent would be more easily communicated to this animal than mere human words? There was perhaps only one way to find out, in his mind, the intent to assist it in this "hunt" and strike down the foes they met along the way.

He then turned his head toward Hibiki, eyes cool and collected as a true martial arts master, before continuing once more-

"Ah, but on another note, you seem to be a fellow student of the martial arts. My name is Li Shuwen, a master of Bajiquan. What styles have you been taught, girl, and what sort of master taught you what you know?"

-only to seek to finally sate his interest about this girl here. Her fists, her stance, all spoke of experience and training, of having been drilled by a master. Such a thing was nostalgic, if not already getting his blood surging at the thought of a potential spar or battle at least.

From the weakest goblin to the Strongest god

O_O

I hope things work out for ya, Jangel!

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Annabelle Irons

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"Eh, i guess somethin' like that would work better. Boss' wanted to try to keep this place hidden, but he might take the suggestion," Annabelle said in response to the Rose Knight's first suggestion, before giving a casual shrug in the face of that, "Cool name you have though!"

"Eh, you mean the girl from earlier, if i heard ya right? One who seemed ta kill you?

No wait, that wouldn't be it....hmmm....nah, i don't recall a thing, actually. I didn't make it there in time to see who was causing the incident, but my boss had some guesses since whoever did that obviously dealt with spirits. And there's a few patrons around here that could deal with that, at least among the ones he knows are actually in this city so far.

There's a couple of Lesser Forces here he found the presence of before i got here, who might fit the bill with spirit stuff. Then there's ol' Asgenav, a horror who for all i know coulda' done something....boss sensed his presence in this city too.

Eh, though i guess the Lesser Forces might be more likely since Asgenav uses mirror or somethin'.

One of the two is some dragon, doesn't like Horrors, so Boss had heard some passed on word about him in the far past. Iesud i think is its name? Supposed to have a magical girl around here.

Other is some modern goddess, someone named "Majora" who has powers related to the dead. Got her two girls holed up in some apartment yesterday maybe.

So if you wanna take a cool, maybe seek them out and-"

Before she could continue further, Annabelle seemed to pause all of a sudden . Ah, that was...eh? So that's where he had sent Nevermore! Then why was he telling her now though? It somewhat made no sense, but at least she knew where her familiar was now. Had kinda missed the talking parrot of a raven, cheeky as she was at times. Though boss using it as a messenger for something "discreet" was kinda odd, since he had a lot of others who could have just delivered a message through the shadows.

Annabelle looked back at Amaryllis again, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly with a stupid grin on her face.

"Eh, sorry, boss was tellin' me a little more. Anywho, that's as much as i and boss know on that matter.

Though honestly, if whoever did that was goin' that public, she could be wanderin' about town for another location for all we know. Eh, just a thought~

But if ya want info on the one eating bodies, which is kinda disgusting and rude actually, boss has info on her. Though he says you might wanna come back tomorrow for that info, since we gotta do some repairs to this place on the inside tonight. Haha!"

Annabelle was earnest enough in her speech, or at least she wasn't lying, that much was potentially assured in her behavior in this situation. At least...to herself. No telling how others might take all of that, at least in her mind, though the sudden interruption of Soth talking to her mind had been kinda off-putting with the seemingly random information. All in all, she did personal enjoy the attention a bit, the conversation as well to boot! However, like earlier she felt that someone else could be hiding out there whilst looking on.

Oh! Speaking of which she had wanted to go find her new friend some gifts! Not that the cash and food, plus a meal for the three of them, hadn't already been a lot to give. Ah. Maybe later then she could go do a little shopping? Yeah, actually, that didn't sound bad at all!

@ERode @Rune_Alchemist

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Nina Kujo and Alice Honorsby

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One sentence was said again by Alice before comms were finally cut.

"....I think she may have noticed me. She's moving towards my location."

Nina felt a chill down her spine. So the target had noticed Alice, eh? She had told Alice before all this to find a better hiding position than the rooftop, just in case. Then again, the veteran magical girl could handle herself normally, though in this case if spirits were again employed...hmmm, she needed backup for that then. And who better than a user of spirits like Nina herself? It was better to be safe than sorry in all of this anywho, at least in her mind, and she didn't want Alice getting holes punched through her like she'd described those victims earlier as being like.

"Yare yare....come out, Platinum Star!"

Platnium Star

Summoning one of her large array of spirits to her side, its translucent body appeared floating in the air beside her and just behind her back. Good for physical attacking and dealing with spirits, this particular spirit had a nice ability as well in Nina's eyes. At least, a power that might work well in facing a foe in the air or such. She didn't know for sure, but still.

Her strength revving up, Nina launched herself up from the ground. The concrete cracked and buckled under the strength, making a loud and distinct noise that cut through the air. As Red Rifle would have noted if she saw the scene, "eh, Stardust Crusader isn't one for subtlety". A few heads of locals near enough the scene;s location looked around themselves as the sudden cracking noise, lightly worried at the sound. But by this time, Nina would have begun starting to blitz toward Alice's location. Stardust Crusader was going to back up Red Rifle, and she meant it.

-Meanwhile-

Red Rifle had backed up a little upon seeing the orb held out toward her direction, muscles tense with trained and experience instincts kicking into gear. And in this case, her instincts seemed to be right as a beam of energy cut through the sky right towards her. Leaping to the side, Red Rifle's magic flared up into a "flight" spell, wind cushioning her body and allowing her to float there in the air near where the roof....or what remained of it perhaps, was. A small, yet distinctly cheeky smile came to the magical girl's face at the "close call" of sorts, before flying up to match the elevation of the crystalline-winged girl. Her rifle was in her hands as well.

"Ah cmon'! Can't a girl appreciate seeing a cute little butt like yours from a distance these days? Unless your being a little tsundere....huhuhu~" Red Rifle said, throwing back a bit of her own banter as she kept an eye on things carefully, continuing on as she adeptly multi-tasked things on her end at least, "In the end i'm just a Red Rifle lookin' to nail some cuties like yourself~ And you are?"

@MadManMoon@Rune_Alchemist

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Nevermore

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'Find the local contact for The Ebon Mint. Then, once you have her attention, make that request for me.'

The raven nearly rolled her eyes at all of this. All her eyes. In War Mode. But that would have made a big scene for nothing, and she knew the boss would be on her tail feather in a heartbeat if she did that. Honestly, she'd rather have stuck with the kid back at the school! Annabelle was likely there now, and as annoying as that black-hole-stomach magical girl could be....she was at least kinda nicer than some others the raven had been around before in this world. Lord Soth had chosen well, it seemed, for a herald in this world.

Er, not that it was this world's time to end or anything. That would have been a far different story, with a lot more drama and enough action to sate her for the next hundred years!

Regardless, she'd been searching for this person....er, what was the name again? Veronica! Yeah, that was it. She'd been searching for this Veronica for hours on end, before her other 'master' had arrived proper in Penrose at least. One location to another, mentions of a name here and there and such, but she couldn't back down on her mission to make contact with The Ebon Mint's local rep for Lord Soth. But at least she now she knew what she'd say next time, the next the boss asked her to do something like this again that is-

"Quoth the raven: NEVER. MORE."

....What could she say? That one poet this world had who wrote that, albeit more "poe"-etically than she could, was a nice read.

Albeit, she had managed to scrape up some road kill off the local birds in the meantime. Score!!!

@BrokenPromise

Fate/Factitious Paradigm

Sophia von Einzbern

New Base, Shinto Outskirts, Shit-Hitting-The-Fan (Maybe)

Wait. New information coming in from her maid at the hotsprings? Hmm...wait, yes. And the network was sending her messages from familiars headed toward the cave area. Oh no. OH NO. She had to adjust her plans to this, right now. Maids and other homunculi were instantly called back, before they had even left the grounds proper of her new base. They were using materials that had been brought here, as well as magecraft, to form sudden fortifications. Sophia herself and the Lesser Grail were being fortified in their position at the center of this new "base". Familiars were in place, guards dogs put in place, and other advantages being leveraged to reinforce her position.

All because she had no idea what these things could do.

As for her servant-

'Ilya, get back to my side this instant with all of your speed. Enemies inbound to my location. We have to stop them before we continue on, and i need you right next to me in case they attack me directly.'

-she had messages him before too much ground would likely be covered to prevent his timely return.

The first instant possible, with information in tow, Sophia had sent that message to her servant. She needed him back. NOW. Reinforce their position, deal with the enemy, then move on. Drat, she couldn't even get her husband to her location at this time probably. But if the Grail, yes the grail. She didn't know what was going on. It didn't have any souls in it so far, which was impossible by normal standards, and she didn't know if whatever had "awakened" and probably caused all in the city to feel its presence wanted it. For whatever reasons it could, she didn't know.

Really, in regards to the Grail all she knew was that the Grail was important, and it was a strong habit around this time to keep at least the Lesser Grail safe with her at this time. Ugh. More than that she wanted Hideyoshi to remain alive, safe even, but at least that maid was there with the others. Yes, that would work nicely.

@Paradox Witch@Kyuuzen

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Cute Meido #102

Main Lobby, DDD Hotsprings, Foreigner's Lowlands

In reality the maid stopped the instant she had begun to get to the front door, before turning around and going back to Hideyoshi again promptly. It was odd, cold movement, sudden like a machine, and yet for this maid this was a normal as breathing air. Or rather, one could say it didn't care about how it looked as long as it happened.

Then there was that other man who gave everyone sunglasses, and going along with her mistress' orders to "assist the masters" she had put on her pair of sunglasses too. In fact, with her calm expression, she looked really cool and kinda "badass" if she herself had any thoguhts about the matter. Wait, personal thoughts? She would have to report those to her mistress later, but if she had a grasp of her mistress' character then it wasn't perhaps a bad thing. Yes, that would be nice.

"Master Hideyoshi, your wife is under attack. She is reinforcing her position now, rather than the prior announced plan. She says to tell you to 'be safe no matter what you super-baka....wait, don't you dare tell him that last part!', and that she will be fine until you arrive home again. End message," the maid relayed to Hideyoshi, before walking off toward Gin and looking up at him, "I shall assist the best i can. My mistress wishes to tell you that you have her support as well once she is free of her own attackers."

@Cu Chulainn@Kyoka[@OtherHotspringsPeeps]