Crusader Lord

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

Annabelle Irons

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Now the mummies were fighting back?! And the guys had still be transporting a buncha people too, but she hadn't been able to really stop them....but why hadn't boss let her?! Then, of all things, some of the last few original guys in this area had been snagged up by the mummies protecting her? What was going on! The void-touched magical girl had no idea, somewhat lost in thought and out of awareness of her surroundings for a moment. However, the inky black orb floating near her pushed against her suddenly, as if trying to move her out of the way of-

THUNK

-....of something. The fired projectile of Rina grazed Annabelle's right side, slamming into the ground behind as it dripped with some of the horror magical girl's blood. It wasn't a serious wound, but all the same it was a distinctly wide "gash" of some description that had resulted from the attack regardless. Annabelle nearly fell over at the sudden disruption and injury, if not for the orb keeping her held up seemingly under the control of her "boss" still.

Shock was written into her face as she looked up at where Rina was, disbelief written into her face as if she was surprised Rina did such a thing to her. Slowly she looked over at Amaryllis, then at Rina, then at herself. Realization began to dawn on her a bit about the entire situation as she grasped her right hand on the nearby railing and steadied herself standing again as the shock did far more than Rina's arrow could have done to shake Annabelle in this situation. The horror girl's left hand, having come to her side, was pulled up to look at, covered in her own blood. HER. OWN. BLOOD.

Oh no. OH NO. NONONONONO....

"W-Wha? W-w-wait! I didn't come here to be the villain!!! There's gotta be some kind of mistake here! Boss never told me he was gonna grab up these people!!! I-i-i just want to stop these mummies, i wanted to help people here!" Annabelle said with her blood-covered left hand stretched out and waving defensively in the direction of the other two magical girls, panic and fear tainting the tone of her voice, even as the warm feelings of pleasure coursed through her body at the sensations of physical pain from the attack, creating a more confusing dichotomy in Annabelle's mind that left her feeling more off-kilter than she was right now.

However, as she noticed the squirming mummies out of the corner of her eye, whilst looking back again at what had otherwise happened, a pang of worry about them rang into her head. They had managed to take on individual grunts rather well....no, too well. Her mid a blur of activity, ranging from the oozing physical pleasure from the wound to the panic and sudden realization of her position, to the idea of the threat of the mummies setting in, the void-touched girl acted on her instincts in the blink of an eye. She put her left hand on the railing next to her, extending her right hand at the mummies. Perhaps in a panic, she felt doing something to these mummies would help her case? Perhaps it would make the others not attack her?

Regardless of potentially futile thoughts, Annabelle's magic kicked into gear, an array of dark, magical chains appearing around the mummies. Many of them wrapped around the limbs of the creatures, their bodies in general even, binding them, grasping them, clinging to them even tighter and stronger than before. Other chains at the same time rose up along with hers, grasping onto the lances, seeking to pull them out. Annabelle's eyes opened even wider than they already were, even more horrified that....those chains pulling out the lances weren't hers! Was her boss...was he messing with her magic too right now?!

As she wasn't paying enough attention to the matter, a second inky black orb formed near her, in front of her and hidden from sight as it sunk down through the stadium floor below. Down it moved an slinked and snuck, even into the shadows of one of the dugouts below. Seeming to merge with the natural shadows there seamlessly, as if made from the same fabric, another portal formed. Quickly, out from it poured more minions, rushing onto the field towards the mummies and remaining people, and others climbing up into the stands and rushing at the other two magical girls. Reinforcements. Limited, but reinforcements.

As she witnessed the additional "allies" rushing in to her defense, the swarm against spreading out with eager, devoted haste to Lord Soth as they also rushed towards the mummies and any remaining civilians, she felt stupefied. Why had boss stopped her from disciplining the guys? Why had he just fiddled with her magic when she was just trying to bind the mummies? She'd been afraid of other magical girls jumping in to stop her doing something good, not.....why was she the villain here?! Why now?! If nothing else, she was glad Regina and Elroy were not here, not in danger of what was going on around her. For all she knew her boss woulda' attacked them as well, though right now she was trying to mentally grasp a lot of what was going on in truth as disbelief overcame reason and logic.

But right now....right now she wanted to get out of here, go back to base, talk to her boss if nothing else. He would be reasonable, right? ....Right?

@Ariamis@BrokenPromise@Rune_Alchemist@ERode

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Nina Kujo and Alice Honorsby

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It didn't take long for Nina to get down the contact information, and to pick up Alice as the other girl explained to her what had happened on her end and vice versa. Though there didn't seem to be bad feelings from Alice about things, Nina had admittedly felt...guilty about what had happened. For not being there, for not getting there sooner to help, just in case. Of course despite her usual demeanor masking such things her senpai had managed to figure it out anyways, before lecturing her and buying them out some pizza for dinner. But that was one thing Nina appreciated about Alice....the fact she could loosen the hell up after crap like this, where some might hold grudges or get petty. Hell, where some might have actually fallen for a metaphorical or literal "deal with the devil" as the saying went.

In all honesty that other girl from the previous day, not the one who gave her the number but the other one, had felt familiar though. Like some part of her, almost like family of some kind just from looking at her alone. What indeed did that mean? Was it memories from her previous life kicking in or something? Yare yare. Was it something else? She had no idea, but she felt compelled to meet that person again, maybe talk with them if possible. Yes, that seemed rather right in terms of ideas, and even Alice had agreed after she'd explained the feeling. Maybe they had similar power or something?

Regardless, the new day seemed to be starting off chaotically, though not before she could stand on the roof with Alice, both in magical girl form, and contact the other duo:

"Ey, where are you two headed to right now? There's two incidents, one at the stadium and one at a cathedral," Nina said over the phone in her usual tone, having used her "spirit-possessed phone" to make regular phone calls after some tinkering the previous night, albeit almost sounding annoyed if not for the words she was saying communicating otherwise.

Alice merely rolled her eyes for a second internally, though felt a small pang of joy in her that Nina had finally found some added contacts around here. Not that the seemingly "odd" connection at first sight thing for one of them was kinda strange, potentially suspicious, but then again she'd seen far odder things happen to good...and bad....ends. To her, this Chloe was an odd individual, depraved and sadistic in many ways, willing to indulge a manic state as she'd apparently pressed all the dark magical girl's "buttons" in the right way. It was kinda creepy, but at the same time kinda sensual as well in the end...er, an odd thing that was. At least she had more of an idea of this perpetrator of the prior day's spirit incident now, and more of an idea that this person's Patron and themselves were on a mission of sorts. What was their method? Recruitment of magical girls to them seemed to be one strategy, if her experience wasn't super-distinct in regards to that.

Whatever the case for all of these things that had been running through her mind, she knew that taking down these monsters at two key locations would be necessary before doing anything else. Question is, where were their potential allies going to be heading off to? Surely the stadium was a task that couldn't be handled alone, but even the cathedral area was a potential risk depending on the strength of the monsters there as well. It would be sound to meet up with allies to do better work, though her and Nina's patron had contacted them with a reward promised if they could help get at least one of the situations under control. Not that they needed the prompting in this case, as the goddess fully knew about them.

@MadManMoon

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

The Bates and Annabelle: THOT Night Boogaloo The Reveangance

A @BrokenPromise and @Crusader Lord collab

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~Last Night~

The Darkness-wielding magical girl felt the tingles of excitement dance just under her skin and over the top of it as she sat at the table. It was a circular table, booth style, something that would likely be associated with being in a restaurant….a fancy one at that. The leather covering the crescent seat was painted a nice color of gold, complimenting the light brown table with a yellow ring in the center of it nicely. The back of the seats were covered in a lovely, diamond-shaped design pattern, with yellow and thin hints of gold combined with something like a lighter silver or light grey. A chandelier hung above the modest table, its gold-colored frame and high-class design being a thing that only seemed to add to the fine air of the place overall. However, the entrance to the room was blocked by a thick set of curtains, making it that much more private and intimate without hitting the point of “creepy” as it were.

Annabelle herself was also dressed for the occasion. A cute pair of gold earrings with a gold necklace, which she’d bought after helping that one girl to get to a pawn shop earlier, as well as a little sexy black dress that covered her non-transformed figure and accentuated its features rather….rather well, hmm~ Though despite this, her trademark smile seemed brighter than normal, like she’d become a tad more energetic than her usual. It was nighttime of all times, but she’d reserved this place in advance, hand-written and sent invitations to her new friends along with a couple sets of fine clothes for the evening for them, and had come here early in great anticipation of what was to come.

But that was the key word in her mind, the one that stood out a good bit. Friends. How long had she been working for Lord Soth, and how long had she been exposed merely to enemies, neutral magical girl groups/factions, or even creatures of other planes of existence without end? She’d always wondered what some friends would be like, to be able to talk to each other, rely on each other, and other things like that! Perhaps they could have a sleepover!!!

A pair of boxes sat in Annabelle’s lap, though her legs were swinging a bit under the table. By all that was good, she had done her best to find what she hoped were some good gifts for Elory and...and especially Regina. Ah. The thought of seeing Regina again brought a small heat to her cheeks for a bit, almost making her squeal in girlish delight. Smart, cute….ah, she wanted to get to know her better, trully! It would be amazing, and…..maybe she’d feel a little more whole after this, eh?

It had been…...it had been a long time. And lonely, walking a road with a horror talking to you and monsters at your command. It left her feeling empty….like the husk of a human being, like some tumbleweed sitting on the side of the road, being blown about without control from place to place by the dry, arid winds. She….she couldn’t even remember who she had once been even!!! And as much as she seemed ok it was something that hurt….hurt quite a lot. Did she have family, parents, sibling? Had there been anyone there to love her, and her to love them with all her heart? Did she have a pet dog, or a bird that at least didn’t quote poetry when annoyed?

Truthfully…..if she had a wish, it would be for a good life one day. A happy life. Friends. Family. Someone to love with all her heart genuinely. Something “real” to grasp onto.

But for now, she tried to chase out those thoughts, hoping her guests would arrive soon.

Annabelle didn't have to wait long before her guests showed up. The first to part the curtains was Elroy. He was disguised, so there were no horns on his head or otherwise tell tale signs of him being anything but a normal boy. His clothes weren't anything special. But as a monster, he only had one disguised form he could readily appear in. He held the drapes apart so that Regina could enter. Like Elroy, she looked perfectly human. Unlike Elroy, her outfit for the occasion was what someone would expect to to wear to a nice dinner. She was wearing a red cocktail dress with feather-shaped frills that raced around her neck line. So also wore a silver bangle and necklace, but neither had any special markings. Upon entering the small room, her eyes expanded a bit. Neither of the twins said anything, and promptly took their seats.

"Nerine vista." Elroy said before folding his hands together. "I didn't even know such a place existed."

Regina's eyes move all over the small space. It took her a moment to process everything before letting her eyes rest on Annabelle. "Thank you for having us." She bowed her head. "I'm not really use to any of this. If we had another disguise artifact, I'd have made Elroy a bit more presentable."

”A-Ah….ah, its ok, Regina! I just wanted to treat you both well is all, and you look a-amazing!” Annabelle said, her surprise briefly overtaking her at a couple of moments as she attempted to process the visage of a human-looking Regina in a cute red cocktail dress.

A light heat came to her face at the time, though eventually she seemed to get her footing back again before continuing with her smile still in place….but more gentle now than it had been, actually. Rather than excited, it was more genuinely happy, really. Though she didn’t yet signal for a waiter to take their orders, had to make sure she took care of her new friends first!

”Well, i wanted to give you both something….it’s, well, it’s been a long time since i had the chance for friends! So i wanted to let you two know i really do appreciate it! I….er…..i really hope you like them,” Annabelle said, before shly pulling out the boxes and handing them out to each of the Bates siblings.

Unlike her own professional appearance for this, the boxes seemed…..personally wrapped rather than professionally so. As if she’d taken time, rolls of tape, and a few rolls of gift wrap to get things done right on her own. However, her inexperience with the task was more than apparent, nearly embarrassingly so for Annabelle as a sheepish tint came into her smile for a few seconds as she handed out the gifts. He heart was racing at all of this, nerves wanting to get the better of her for the first time in….how long had it been? If ever? It was an unfamiliar feeling, but she welcomed the emotions with open arms, much like opening a new gift of her own in a sense on Christmas day.

"Well." Elroy shook his box. "At least we know santa's elves didn't wrap these."

"Elroy, please!" Regina's face had contorted into a snarl, but it was quickly swept away by her fascination with the gift she had received. "I..." She placed the box in front of herself. Regina folded her hands together in her lap and avoided making eye contact with Annabelle. "I didn't get you anything. Is it really okay to-"

Elroy bit into the corner of his gift and sheared off all of the wrapping paper with his teeth. He then pulled the lid of the box off and placed it beside his seat. "Hmmm." Elroy looked in the top. "A tiny RC car?" He looked up at Annabelle. "I expected to be disappointed. Does that mean I should be disappointed anyway?"

After watching Elroy open his up, Regina slowly dug her way through the wrapping paper. "I feel kind of bad about not getting anything you anything." When she pulled the lid off and peaked inside, she blushed and looked off to the side.This allowed Elroy to peak into the box without Regina interfering.

"You guys are on the jewelry phase already? I'm sorry, Regina, you're done." He reached inside the box. "You're so done." He pulled a gold pendant out of the box and fastened it around her neck. "So, totally, done." Regina's face continued to brighten into a lovely shade of red.

"Um." The necklace had disappeared, as it was not part of Regina's disguise. But with a simple though, it soon showed up for everyone to see. "T-thank you very much." she closed her eyes. "I don't think I've ever been treated this nicely by anyone before."

Elroy pointed at his sister. "So done!"

Regina pushed a strand of hair over her ear as she opened her eyes up again. "Was there anything you wanted from us?" Regina blinked before looking directly into Annabelle's eyes. "Anything you needed?" Regina pushed her lips together.

As Regina looked into her eyes with pursed lips, Annabelle felt the heat in her own face grow exponentially stronger. Ahh….what was this feeling, what….what was this growing inside of her? It was….warm, like a fire, but comfortable like her bed was in the mornings when she needed to get up. It made her kinda….heh, kinda happy? That word seemed to fit what she was feeling, somehow. But why did it only happen when she looked at Regina? That was the odd thing to the mind-bent magical girl, and yet for some reason it also felt...right in some manner.

“A-a-a-ah….y-you didn’t have to g-get me a thing, truly. Y-You don’t have to given anything back. I-I just wanted to help make you….feel happy, Regina. It’s even got your name engraved on the back!” Annabelle said, summing up some courage she looked up at Regina too, looking back in the other girl’s eyes sincerely, “I….i guess i’m kinda stupid. It’s been...i can’t really recall how long since i became a magical girl.

I don’t remember anything before that, no faces, no names, no….nothing. It’s all a blank, and i don’t know if i wanna remember or not... But i guess….i suppose….i’ve always wanted to get close to someone one day. Make friends, a-actual friends….and maybe find that someone more special than that one day too...

...Everything’s just been...just felt kinda empty, actually, for a long time. I’ve...I’ve felt empty for a long time. Just….i just never had anyone, not even just friends to talk to. Other magical girls, they avoided me….or attacked me. I...ha, i live around monsters even! I had no family to see, no pets that didn’t report to my boss…...nothing, no one.”

"I see." Regina tipped her head, "That's very sad. It sounds very lonely." She folded her arms. "But as sad as you think things are now..." Regina lifted her head to look at Annabelle. Her brow was furrowed "I think you are better off without those memories."

Elroy was making car noises while driving the car through the air. "Man, I can't wait to play with this thing when I get home!" Elroy set the toy car aside as soon as dinner showed up. "We won’t leave you. We’d be crazy to leave someone who showers us in so much stuff" He picked up his fork and knife. "Speaking of empty, let’s all fill our stomachs’ now."

Regina sighed. She ran her hand through her hair before picking up her utensils.

Set before the trio was an array of food, a virtual italian feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. Giant meatballs slow cooked to tender perfection, filled with a rich and delectable array of spices and coated in various sauces and cheeses. There was a large salad, tossed with tasty peppers, chopped tomatoes, a fine layer of cheese grated over the top, and a lovely italian-style dressing to compliment it alongside in-house made croutons. A couple large pizzas, the smell of the old brick oven they had been cooked in wafting from them, were topped with an array of meats and veggies that could seemingly boggle the mind atop their already great width. These were all paired with things like fresh, buttery breadsticks whose fluffy center was to die for, amidst other things.

However, Annabelle at first took a moment to think on what Regina had said. Did it really leave her better off to not have any sort of memories of the “before” she became a magical girl? To not know how she was back then, or anything? Considering Regina’s own seemingly hesitant behavior in making contact, it didn’t take long for Annabelle to piece together some guesses as to how this played into those words potentially. However, she didn’t seek to bring that matter up, more or less beginning to get some food onto her plate in a half-thinking/pondering state.

“Heh…..thanks, both of you. Though i hope you don’t mind the small feast! You can bring any leftovers back for the others if you want!”

As she spoke, it was obvious Annabelle had made a large pile on her plate, not something abnormal to her perceptions at least. Always hungry, she was.

"You think there's going to be leftovers? Challenge accepted!" Elroy dove into his food like some ravenous beast,

Regina hesitated, shifting her eyes between the magical boy and magical girl who were sitting at the table with her. "Well." She speared one of her meatballs with a fork. "Maybe next time we could order out and eat with everyone in your hideout. How does that sound?"

Annabelle let out a small giggle at Elroy’s antics for eating, before getting in a bite of one of the giant meatballs she had put on her plate. Though as Regina spoke Annabelle’s movements seemed to grind to a halt, as if something had come to her mind. Or rather….as if something unpleasant had arisen back up. Swallowing her food, she looked over to Regina, trying to keep things pleasant, but worry evident in the void-touched magical girl’s eyes.

“Ah...perhaps we could meet away from my boss’ hideout next time, actually, like tonight.

It’s...well...boss is working on something, something big and it’s starting to worry me more and more. Some kind of ‘grand ritual’ it sounds and looks like from what i’ve gleaned, but he won’t tell me about the details at all.

So unless you are dropping off more stuff, you might wanna keep some distance….ah...i just want to make sure both of you stay safe, ok?”

After speaking, her tone deliberate as if trading off a secret of some sort and putting some emphasis on it, Annabelle gave a small but sincere smile to Regina. The herald of Soth then briefly returned to her own meal, using another larger bite of meatball with some breadstick to try to soothe the nerves a bit more. Though after doing so she tried to look back at Regina again with a brighter, happier look, trying to lighten the mood overall again.

Regina stared back at Annabelle for a moment. "If that’s how you feel, then I will take your advice." She resumed eating shortly afterwards.

Of Blood and Magic

Arianna Dracul Eve

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Arianna almost grinned at the sound of Lilie catching herself in her words, virtually able to smell the nervousness emanating from the mage girl as if it was a sort of perfume. Not that the smell of the blood pumping underneath the girl's veins wasn't somewhat intoxicating enough, her favorite flavor of element even at least! Predatory thoughts oozed into Arianna's mind as she pondered the matter for a second internally, the thought of caressing Lilie's neck with her fangs, pulling her into a sensual embrace....mmm, but soon these thoughts were mentally shaken off much like an aristocrat of old might have easily shaken off the presence of a pest. No no no, that would not do right now. For her darling Lilie, she needed to treat her well! Oh, and she was so adorably meek-seeming as well...so cute how she struggled to make eye contact!

But yes, they would have to work on that confidence in the future, hmm....well, that was to be thought about and meted out in the years to come. No immense rush here.

The vampiress let her hand gently leave Lilie's hair, the last few strands falling from her fingertips softly before she turned to face the Water Mage. Arianna's smile has shifted into a soft, gentle sort of expression, yet regal and proper in its airs all the same. It wasn't the look one might give a pet, instead being like the manner in which one might look upon a valued partner or a good friend. Before she spoke, Arianna let a small chuckle escape her lips as well after briefly examining Lilie. Albiet, she did notice others beginning to leave for their dorms. Ah.

"It is ok, my darling. Such an occasion as this can easily warrant a spot of nervousness coursing in the veins of those with a beating heart. My mother did note such things about her own experience, when she was stil around...." Arianna said, her words flowing off the tongue as sweet as honey, yet as softly as soft footfalls sneaky about in the night, though all of it was rather genuine in tone to boot, though the light pause after mentioning her mother seemed....off, like it had something behind it that only flashed visible briefly for Lilie to see before the vampiress continued, "Ah, but come, let us away to our dorm, get adjusted and have a bit of conversation as it were. Perhaps it would help with any nerves you might have to get some practice! And perhaps as we walk there, you can tell me more about yourself first? I would be most interested to hear about you~"

With her sweeping words and a grand gesture, Arianna then began to walk at a modest pace, gesturing for Lilie to follow alongside her so they could converse.

@Hero

Of Blood and Magic

Arianna Dracul Eve

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The gathering had been interesting upon arrival, keeping a quietness as she had hung about the middle of the crowd of vampires, mages, and families. Of course her own father hadn't been able to make it to this occasion, though she hadn't been phased by the lack of his presence. Actually, it had become rather refreshing for her personally, and the smells of mage blood for her seemed to enrich the air a bit in the delicious sense. Ah, what would humans compare this to, standing near a kitchen cooking food for them and smelling the scents upon the air? That much she could say they probably had in common, in some manner. Haha.

But more enchanting was the visage of Princess Ryner standing there at her pulpit, silver accessories glinting in the moonlight, the bloody red rubies set into her tiara and pendant glistening like a fresh cup of blood. Mmm, to this Arianna had only to grin devilishly at the sight, to imagine how she herself would look one day donning such attire for occasions. Even though not a mage, she felt the minor compulsion to flirt with the princess, to flirt essentially in the face of danger for the sake of a forbidden tryst. Ah......but not tonight. No, as much as it felt disappointing to not grace the ears of such a cute one with soft words of sweet nothings and passionate caressing, she was here for the entrance ceremony....and to finally meet her mage. She had put in a request to the school upon learning she had been invited to enter its hallowed halls, you see, and hoped personally that the request had been met.

As the seals on their handed-out envelopes opened up finally, a glint could be seen in Arianna's eyes as her smile became more subtle and she opened her envelope up. Much to her delight and pleasure, the picture and name seemed to strike a chord with her. "Lilie Dionne", a truly adorable water mage (a good blood favor by the way) who had cute white hair and blue eyes like little oceans lie within. And that hair as white as snow, how it seemed like it could be as soft as the expensive silk garments Arianna herself owned! Mhmm, this was definitely an answer to her request, and lovely answer that plucked at her heartstrings....and excited the blood within her. Yes, she could virtually smell the blood of the water mage from here, that intoxicating aroma that sang like a siren's song.

Arianna, as smooth as a vampire could glind underneath the pale light of the moon, made her way through the crowd looking for her darling little partner. Some turned their heads among the seemingly "faceless" members of the crowd, the regal air about the blue-haired vampiress seeming to draw their eyes to her like a radiant jewel. One could even say, with a solid level of certainty, she had the same sort of bearings and atmosphere as the princess who had just spoken to them all not long ago. Eventually, however, Arianna found herself locked in on her darling little target, but....oh? What was this?

Had her darling little Lilie already found a friend? Mmm, no, the boy's look seemed to say "deer caught in the headlights", perhaps stunned at her darling mage's beautiful appearance? Ah, she could not blame him, not one bit, but all the same....she had to assert that this was hers, her beautiful, pale-skinned partner. It was nothing personal, at least.

"Ah! There you are, my darling!" Arianna said as she approached the duo, addressing Lilie as she almost seemed to snake about behind her and then to the girl's right side, the vampiress' left hand running over a few locks of the mage's lovely white hair before she continued on, "Ooh, you are even prettier than you looked in the picture! I'm Arianna, and i do feel we will get along splendidly, my dear partner. You will not have to worry in my care~"

@Obscene Symphony@Hero

From the weakest goblin to the Strongest god

@Jangel13 Ooh! So Barth and Nina finally get evo's? :O

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

Annabelle Irons

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The raucous noise of slain monsters and the sudden entrance of another magical girl caused Annabelle to look over, only to see a face familiar to her. Smiling somewhat obliviously at what was going on, she began to wave in a friendly manner to the other magical girl as she made an entrance. Though a swath of the grunts sent with her had been cut down. Maybe Amaryllis thought she was trying to kill people? Eh? That sort of action might explain it, perhaps. One could perhaps consider the swarm of beasts sent here to nab up some mummies as a killing force anywho. Oof, this was an awkward situation she'd have to explain.

Still friendly, Annabelle tried to approach Amaryllis, speaking aloud to the girl with not even a shred of offensive or harmful intent in her.

"Hey there! Good to see ya again, eh, Amaryllis i think? My boss sent me here to gather up the monsters! He also said to gather some injured people to safety, i guess to heal em' up back at base or something? He really didn't give me the details!

Oh! And about last night! I forgot to correct something, heard my boss wrong! Majora is actually a deity, and-....eh?"

Annabelle stopped in her ascent very suddenly towards the other magical girl as she came across several corpses to her right. As she looked at them she could tell they were HUMAN corpses that lied between some seats in a row, like some sort of struggle had happened. But weren't the mummies on the field or something? Looking to her side she noticed the corpses of a few of the grunts she had brought in, like....wait a second. What were the guys doing!?

Not looking at Amaryllis, Annabelle pouted and looked back at the other beasts still moving about.

"Hey!!! You guys were told to bring back the injured for healing, right? Why are ya killing some of the people here? Boss didn't say a thing about doing that to me! Put em' down, we just came here to stop the other monsters, ok?"

Some of the creatures stared back at her that hadn't seemed fazed yet by their companions' deaths, a few dropping whilst some almost seemed to shrug and continue on as they had been. At this Annabelle's brows furrowed, her hands coming to her hips in some indignation, still seemingly utterly oblivious to her position in this as seen by likely others arriving at this location.

"Guys! I said stop! Don't make me kill some of ya to make the rest of ya listen!!! Sheesh, what's gotten into you guys, you normally listen to me...." Annabelle said, concern beginning to take hold, and as a minor bit of frustration crept in she pointed her orb at a couple of the lesser horrors trying to cart off a couple bodies, before-

-...her orb didn't do a thing? She'd even willed it to fire a beam at the lesser horrors, but the only one who could stop that orb so easy was...Lord Soth?!

"Boss? What ya stoppin' me for? I just wanna' get the guys back in line, sheesh! You told me we were here to bring people to safety and get the monsters!"

Raising her eyebrow at it after uttering her complaint aloud, Annabelle lightly shook her head as she pushed the orb aside and extended her hand again. Here she was hoping to be able to fire off something personally this time to avoid more trouble. She had to get the guys in-line, even if boss didn't want her killing em' right now. He'd understand, right? She didn't wanna turn out to be the villain or something, eh?

...she wasn't the villain right now, right?

@ERode

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

Annabelle Irons

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-At Penrose Stadium-

If Beacon still had eyes on the scene at the interrupted baseball game, then what came just after into the stadium not too much later would potentially set the alert level even higher. From the entrances onto the field to the entrances into the stands, something like a....a small 'swarm' seemed to begin to push into the area. Panicking humans were swallowed up within the wave of creatures that moved onto the stadium's grounds, coordinated, as if under some kind of orders. A myriad of eyes, some with multiple mouths on their bodies, some sporting tentacles, and some floating, flying, or running on some number of legs. They were horrid to the eyes, literally maddening to the senses of the already fleeing and screaming and terrified humans going about.....in fact, they were clearly lesser "horrors" of some kind. The servants of a truly greater "horror" of some kind.

Several of these monstrosities from who-knows-what dimension or plane of existence began to grab up the humans, though the ones who tried to fight back were swiftly dispatched before their corpses were collected. Said corpses, and any living target, began to be passed off to other lesser horrors within the building itself. From here the bodies of the living and dead humans they had taken were being run by the swiftest ones, into the shadows, away from the stadium....perhaps in the direction of their "home" around here? Perhaps some portals had been set up nearby for faster transport that was concealed from view nearby? The latter, in reality, was the most true....though perhaps the former had credence to it as well?

In truth these monsters, these lesser horrors, were behaving much like...."ants", actually. Ants who were gathering food, and seeking to bring prey back to the nest. It was coordinated, with even some creatures standing on the top wall of the stadium, or in the parking lot on cars or slinking about hidden in shadows....protecting the perimeter. So perhaps more like army ants then, making a trail and setting the larger ones to guard the smaller transporters. But such a menagerie of monster types, twas' like a book of faerie tales and Lovecraftian lore had been spilled into the area.

Meanwhile, others among the "grunts" of this more modest and small force that had been brought in were zooming down to mummy-like monsters themselves. Entangling, seeking to pin them down, sometimes attempting to be using their bodies to hold them down with weight, far more attempting and trying to keep them "alive" it seemed. But then another figure seemed to enter, something human sized, actually....was that a-...?

"Ok guys, you're doing fine trying to get em' tied down for me! So sweet! But maybe let more of the people get out, ok? Boss said only grab a few if we can, alive too at that if ya can. Besides, they're just mummies! At least i think they are....meh.

Anyways, gonna try to get these guys tied up so they are easier to transport!"

-...a magical girl, who wasn't fighting the horrors or being attacked by them.

Annabelle walked over to any of the monsters her grunts could manage to pin in place enough, casting magic upon them. Darkness seemed to twist up around the bodies of those she cast her magic on, the bodies of the mummy-like monsters being bound up in chains made of darkness magic. Darkness with a small infusion of void at the center for the "just in case" situation. Then the same as the human corpses and captured living ones, these bound monsters went along the same chain as they were passed along by lesser horror to lesser horror, then to the swiftest runners who would cycle away to the shadows of a nearby building or two before coming back for more.

Yet beyond this binding of the "prey" before her and her squad, Annabelle kept her eyes on the sky, and entrances, as if waiting for something...or someone(s) to come. Her boss had warned her that other would likely respond to this, do something to try to stop her. Or maybe some to get a chuck of her prey for themselves. The horror of this being done to normal humans was not something that could phase her even if she wanted it to, but...at the same time it gave her a funny feeling. A strange feeling inside, like this whole deal was kinda "wobbly" somehow. Like it wasn't quite right, or that perhaps something frightening was looming over her, or something like that in the end.

For the first time in a long time, Annabelle almost dropped her usual sense of cheer and positivity. Almost.

"Eh, wonder if those two from last night will show. Oh! If they didn't hear me last night i can tell them about Majora being actually a goddess! I really didn't mean to get that classification wrong her her..."

....well, at least her optimism was also intact. Hell, she actually felt bad about the accidental misinformation, as noted by a small pout that temporarily took over her face as she had last spoken.

@Ariamis@BrokenPromise[@Anyone else coming to this scene]

From the weakest goblin to the Strongest god

@Guy0fV4lor Liked the above for the profile pic. Sweet, sweet crusading memes. lol. XD

Of Blood and Magic

Arianna: "Ahh! Why are there so many guys! I asked for a cute, non-Fire girl!"

Tired, so this IC thought of how Arianna would react to the roster so far of mages. Lol. XD

Of Blood and Magic

@Achronum Hmm....an odd question, perhaps coming to mind because it is spooky month proper.

Could a mage have an element like "bone", without being locked away and the key tossed into the river?

sadly i know a skeleton mage couldn't be a thing because blood and all...waah