Crusader Lord

Re: Zero: The High Council

Aerith Hastings

So Much Death, So Much Salt, So Little Time

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It was a hell of a situation, and each new death had brought both hope and a greater sense of frustrations. So many tries, so many people, but never the right timing. Never the right protection. Never the right solution as of yet. It was like hitting one's head into a brick wall and trying over over to overcome the shitshow that was this situation. Then this brown haired son of a bitch began mouthing off at them, as if he was their babysitter and wanted to force them along. Then at the least the super (albeit more chill than this asshole) duo of Flame and Ashton had tried to figure out some kind of plan, which the dark-haired girl had begun to try to at least organize everyone. It was a better measure than some people seemed to be suggesting, and yet....her own hopes that things could start to go more smoothly were dashed upon the rocks.

Chieko.

Scared chuuni of a girl, who had refused to work with them in the first place. No, even if she hadn't gone with them she hadn't even taken the time to listen to anyone but that asshole who had first called out to herself, Hiro, and co as if they were naughty delinquents who needed a lecture.

Did she want to help this girl, whom she had helped avoid death once already with alongside Hiro in their impromptu group effort? Yes.

But was she mouthing off like that same asshole, with that cocky, shitty attitude that set Aerith's blood ablaze. Did these worthless....these retarded little dipshits think they had the superior plan? Did they they would all be safe at the damn papers place? Did they think ascertaining the danger of an enemy who could very well still hunt them down regardless of the place was a terrible idea? Were they so angry at herself and Hiro and company that they felt the need to do this sort of shit to try to for them into the "hive mind's choice of options" and such?

These people.

Ashton and Flame seemed intelligent.

Hiro wasn't stupid.

She also wasn't stupid.

This brown haired asshole (Yuuki) might have been wanting safety above all else, but ignorance was also just as foolish.

And Chieko was wanting to ass like a little bitch, fleeing when anyone wanted to just share information and talking down on people when she felt like it. The arrogance was incredible.

And at least Alistair seemed to have a brain on his shoulders.

"At least we were gathering some kind of information as we kicked the bucket a few times over, just in case anyone among us runs into those other goons again. And who is to say something else won't happen if everyone gathers into one specific place? Maybe something worse could happen if we are all lumped into one place, and maybe not. Hiro is right that just attempting to avoid these issues, and people outside of the law, won't likely make us all suddenly safe in the near future or beyond either.

Now i don't blame you two coming over here and arguing for wanting to go what seems to be the safest route so far among what's happened so far. Hell, it makes sense. Keep everyone alive, avoid trouble, and we don't keep coming back here over and over again. Its a shitty situation, and frankly we all have a right to be pissed at one thing or another.

But when you refuse to communicate, to share information, or anything of the sort, and then talk down on everyone like you are our caretakers and try to force us along, you kinda make people lose you and care less about your opinions. These acts are laughable, at best, in the long run, and if you want to communicate feel free to join us in actually talking about things in the future. We'll probably be willing to talk with you in turn then, so we can all properly listen for once.

But overall, organizing this mass of people from another place, it doesn't seem to be totally feasible. It doesn't help we all seem to be at a random whim of a random person croaking and all of us being forced back again and again. As opinions clash, all of us go about whatever we do around here, and otherwise we will likely clash over and over and over about this stuff at times unless it has a limit to 'coming back' to this place....or any other 'places' later on to be honest."

Aerith delivered her lines aloud for just all the other-worlders to hear, as calmly, properly, and clearly as could ever muster. Yet in her delivery her voice was leveled by a sense of experience and chillingly blunt analysis. Aeirth was making it as clear as she could her feeling and such on the matter, even as she sought to point out the group's big flaws in all of this. No immature tones, no sassy backlash, no whining, none of it carried over in her voice as she had spoken. To lash out, she knew that invited further ego stroking and fussing. And she was sick of those kinds of things. Sick to her stomach of them at home, and now this crap here.

If things were this bad this time around, the future was bleak. But she didn't say no to going to get papers right now. Not at all. She would go this time around, for what little empathy she had left for Chieko in this matter. She didn't want to hate the girl, or Hiro, or Yuuki, or anyone else. But at the same time, if they all became enemies it would likely eventually trap them in a loop of repeats. Endless frustrations, ceaseless arguing, constant foolish behavior as Yuuki and Chieko were showing as plain as day right now.

As much as she was pissed, it wasn't like Chieko and Yuuki had no points at all about going the safe route. To this end, Aerith without waiting shifted mental gears and approached Aer before speaking again.

"I'll be happy to come with you all as well, shall we set off? I would feel terrible if we held you for too long...," the girl said, seeming genuinely apologetic and polite in this instance, albeit a tad shy with a tint of embarrassment in the process. An eerie ability to change masks at the drop of a hat, though a thing that hadn't been performed in the visible line of sight of the in-worlders as Aerith had taken into account in things.

It was the others' move now. She had made her choice this time, and called out what she saw as the overall situation. If they became belligerent, mouthed off, or the like right now...it was on their heads. They would be acting the part of the fool, prancing upon the stage and wasting everyone's time. As for Aerith, she couldn't care less right now for anything but moving on to get papers. To her, things would improve on her end mood-wise if they just did something right now and got on with it.

Children of Hyrule [Zelda AU - LF Din!]

Zelah

Deity: Hylia

Time/Date: Day 1, Morning

Location: Next to the Inn, near the developing situation next to Bugut's wagon

Tagging: @Holy Soldier@ilovepapa@Rabidporcupine

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As the two children approached the wagon she was next to, Zelah felt a sort of small smile come to her face as she watched attempt to be "subtle". The blushing on one of their faces, the hushed whispers her keen ears (so used to listening to the desert sounds at night and picking up on the little things) could just barely make out a bit of, the strange looks, it all reminded her of her brother when the two of them had been younger. Gerudus just running around, the two being rather silly and admittedly getting on the nerves of the head guard in the process.

It was hard for the golden haired girl to stifle back any giggling entirely on her part as the boys approached the wagon and her, one trying to put on the "tough guy" act and sound like he could do something to her if she told on them whilst he kept a watch. She could hear the other clambering into the wagon as well, almost able to imagine the struggle of such a small body trying to get under the tarp.

"I won't say a thing, but if you two make too much noise then someone might come over here," Zelah said to Darton, playfully getting in on the situation and putting a finger to her lips afterwards to show her 'vow of silence' about this as she gave a wink.

Admittedly seeing young boys was an odd thing, though between seeing other children about Gerudo Town, and her experiences with her brother, she felt comfortable enough chatting with the boys in this situation. Though admittedly these kids were a fresh ray of sunshine on her day after a long night of travel. Just a bit of positivity, she assumed. Yet after both twins snuck into the wagon, she felt herself listening a bit more...and her interest rising at the sound of a third voice piping up. Who else was already in the cart anywho? Was this merchant traveling with a child of their own or such? Not a very safe practice, at least based on what she'd seen so far traveling to this place.

Curiosity getting the better of her, Zelah stood up once more and turned towards the wagon, golden bow jostling on her back as it glimmered in the sun much like her hair had been. It was a curious sight, much like her Gerudo-style attire, as the initial seeming lack of a quiver on her person made it seem like she had no ammunition in the first place for it. Had she used it up recently perhaps?

It was then instincts kicked in, the girl feeling a presence also near the cart now and hearing their...'his' sudden shouting about food before the sound of a growling stomach came to ears. A hungry amateur thief perhaps? Underneath her cloak Zelah kept a hand near her sword's hilt as she quickly but calmly walked around to the other side of the cart. Apparently, the new figure seemed to be slumped onto one of the cart wheels, now talking to what she assumed was the new voice coming from the cart...wait, were they a Zora?!

"Hey, thief, you need to be quieter with matters like this. That being said, i will ask you once to please leave this cart and its occupants alone, or i will act. I can give you what was going to be my breakfast, though, if that is any compensation," Zelah said to Cid, looking the boy down with a steeled but compassionate gaze. Didn't seem she was lying about "tasking action" or the giving of her breakfast, at least.

Children of Hyrule [Zelda AU - LF Din!]

Zelah

Deity: Hylia

Time/Date: Day 1, Morning

Location: Next to the Inn, near Bugut's wagon

Tagging: @Holy Soldier@ilovepapa

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The long, dark, heavier traveling cloak hung about the hylian girl's shoulders, concealing her visage and protecting it from the rays of first light that had begun to shine over the land. However, Zelah felt a shudder run through her shoulders briefly, a small shiver at just the thoughts of how different it was in these parts as compared to her home. The desert nights were freezing, yes, and the days rather burning and unforgiving. Around here it felt more consistent since leaving the desert a ways, and the humidity was an odd thing to experience for one who had lived in a dry area for all of her life that she could remember. Albeit, at least her circlet was keeping her perfectly comfortable in the current temperatures. That, at least, was a nice thing to have in her mind.

As she had approached the stables, the sign of a fire and nearby merchant beginning to set up seemed to bring fresh air into her lungs and more energy in her steps to approach the place. The prior night, she had been forced to defend herself from about three red bokoblins who had wandered in her direction. Running, shooting arrows, eventually having to draw her blade, it hadn't been a fun journey by any means. But she was Gerudo...no matter what her body was like, she was tough enough to handle these things! She had to be...or how else would she be able to figure things out about her past? It wasn't like a miracle was going to fall from the sky...though such a thought felt oddly familiar to her in a way she couldn't describe.

Though instead of moving right to the fire to warm herself and maybe cook a meal with what little she had on her person, as many travelers might have done, Zelah decided to find a somewhat more isolated spot to sit.

Trying to not draw any distinct attention, she walked around the side of the inn near a wagon with a tarp over it. Then after taking a brief look to her sides, and thinking she was suitably out of the greater line of sight of most, the Hylian girl collapsed to the ground on her butt. It slightly hurt to plop down to sit like that, but....she was rather tired. She had gotten some sleep, but had yet to really wake up properly since.

"Perhaps i can lodge here for the night....should i still have enough coin for such. Though at least i have enough on my person to cook a good breakfast," the girl said to herself quietly, not knowing if anyone was nearby to hear her or not as she pulled down her hood and let her styled-up golden hair fall out and almost shimmer in the lovely morning rays.

Zelah then drew in a long, slow breath of air before letting it out gradually and calmly. Had her parents enjoyed the same air she was now, whomever they were? Did she even have any relatives alive for that matter who could tell her about her parents? She had come out here, and would keep traveling at that, until she found the answers to her past in this land of Hyrule.

But today....hmmm, perhaps in the meantime she could get a nap in to boot, and do some training a short distance away to keep it private once breakfast had been consumed to boot.

A Certain Eucatastrophic Apocrypha (Index/Railgun Roleplay)

Hanako Sterner

Front Door, Zero Degrees Lounge, District 15

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Finally, that glorious time of day had come! Oh even amidst the sweltering heat of the summer sun, beating down upon herself and others like the constant tests and in-class assignments had done for so long! How sweet this opportunity was, how great this craving of hers could be fulfilled after she had slipped out of the school building early to make her way over here! Judgement duties for the day could wait, if only briefly, for her to come to this place of saucy worship and enjoy the crown achievement that none of all else in Academy City could match! Truly, she was in awe of the splendor, gratitude streaming down her face....

...oh wait, that was just drool coming down onto her chin from her agape mouth. Drool that was now dripping down the glass of the Zero Degrees Lounge front door. Because...Hanako actually had her face was pressed against the glass front door like a small child trying to look into an aquarium at the pretty fish.

What the hell was wrong with the espers in this city?!

And then she saw the sign moved to show this place of perfect proper polar pizza purveying palace was "OPEN". She pulled her face back, wiping it with a sleeve of her school uniform and cleaning up her mess a bit before hurriedly grabbing at the front door's handle. Despite her haste, however, as she walked in she tried to neaten herself up as if the prior thing she'd been doing hadn't happened at all. Clearly she wanted to make herself more presentable as she came about her wits once more. After all, she'd been waiting all school year for this treat for herself, and she would not be denied!!!

"...Do you have any specials today, my good man?" the judgement member asked as she approached the front counter, a confidence in her voice somewhat hiding a childish glee tucked away behind it.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Mina Kreiger (Alloy)

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Alloy found herself blinking in confusion as she witnessed what seemed to be an attack, the torrent of burning wreckage and death not being comfortably easy to see despite her time on the streets. Honestly, she never wanted to be comfortable with it, even if she had done a lot of work in the past. Yet in a heartbeat the scene disappeared to a normal scene once more, as if nothing had happened. It was much like the flashbacks she had seen in TV shows, but....in the real world and in her face this time around. As the metallic girl looked about, mixed crowd reactions and confusion, fleeing, and some being utterly calm left a strange feeling in the member of the Jacks' gut. Her mind raced back to experiences, things she'd learned about parahumans in her practical experiences and such. Terms, words, descriptions and rumors among such things. Maybe she'd read a few books in the past as well after her initial "triggering"...

Regardless, Mina looked to her phone and listened to the group's comms as things progressed. At Thunderbolt's words a thought or two popped into her head.

"I am going to move to my gear location as well," the girl spoke where none of the people around her in the airport terminal could hear, "But if they are messing with our heads, a Master targeting the nervous system using a gas, maybe someone good with illusions even, could be trying to stir up chaos before they actually strike. A diversionary tactic. Gotta be pretty powerful to affect this many people though..."

Perhaps a basic guess at best on her part, but it was something she had thought about. If this was a Master, heaven forbid certain people she'd head about on the streets and such, then this would not be good for them. At all. This being said, at best she could only guess. Chatter hadn't said anything yet about it, it seemed, and in the meantime she began to calmly make her way towards where her gear was stashed. Albeit, she wouldn't change just yet. She didn't want to jump to a conclusion before the group overall decided on a move.

Because what if someone was trying to get them to gear up and expose themselves? Thought that'd be silly unless they had the reach, tactics, and power to know the Jacks were set up here ready to spring into action. How in the world could that even be possible in the first place?

Children of Hyrule [Zelda AU - LF Din!]

@Holy Soldier I'm here, i'm here!

Your worries are understandable though. Seen that stuff happen a few too many times in the past. So the paranoia is understandable. :T

@Rabidporcupine Agreed that a starting post is the hardest though. Gotta get the OC's voice and such right, as it were. XD

Re: Zero: The High Council

@Letter Bee How about everyone else just sneak into the back of Pepin's House, and we rush them like zombies?

Clearly we need to set out Think Tank to the "Wumbo" setting to figure out this big problem. Hmm...

A Certain Eucatastrophic Apocrypha (Index/Railgun Roleplay)

Appearance (Big Pic; When Not In School Uniform)

Name: Hanako Sterner

Nicknames: “The Hot Chocolate Queen of Judgement”, “Protagonist-chan”

Gender: Female

Age: 13

Birthday: (14/02)

Height: 170.7 cm

Weight: 56.699 kg

Nationality: ½ Caucasian (American), ½ Japanese

Appearance: (see top hider)

Personality: A person with energy to spare when she gets worked up, excited even, over various things, though whom can be relaxed and even lazy in her personal time. She is the sort who would drag off a good friend on a “grand adventure” over buying a new cookbook or seeing some cute new swimsuits in a store window. Someone who would get bored and occasionally drop in on friends unexpectedly or out of the blue, even climbing fire escapes and scaling walls without blinking an eye at the craziness of it. Further, she is somewhat clueless of the true potency of her cooking skills, save that this originates from a sense of humility she maintains about this area of her skills.

This being said, she absolutely adores her favorite local place to get ice cream pizzas, set into a delicious chocolate chip or sugar cookie crust. The one time it was closed close to her birthday two years ago, she cried due to how emotionally attached she’d become to the place. She one day wants to get their recipes even, to make her own one day.

Her tenacity is such that she will pursue a “target” of her interest all over the place, should she remain interested or feel it is worth doing. Chunni tendencies are also a given for her at times. Yet whilst in all of this she comes off as a “pretty annoying but energetic person”, her intelligence is actually not bad. Actually, the opposite of what some people joke about her. Her grades are stellar, her mind like a whizzing machine when it comes to learning and acting and processing information overall. In fact, she can come up with plots and strategies and such, even go through with deceptions with shocking ease.

Biography: Born the daughter of Akari Takahashi and Jason Sterner, scientists who moved to Academy City, worked in the same lab, and eventually fell in love and married, Hanako was always around an educational and vividly bright environment. Her parents were always excited about their scientific passions, but were not always the best socially despite their skills. Hanako turned out similar in that she was awkward at times yet incredibly smart, though from “as young as possible” her parents had her get involved with the Power Curriculum Program. For years she went through school, always ahead of most peers but not wanting to “skip grades” for the sake of enjoying being around people her age.

She eventually joined Judgement when she could, fascinated by the idea of getting involved with a group of students to keep the city safer. In fact, upon joining she became one of the more “notable” faces in Judgement due to her hot chocolate and her at times unorthodox nature of parkour-ing about to get to suspects or pursue things. This being said, whilst many think her dumb and annoying, many others among Judgement members have become fond of “our little smart goofball” in a sense as if she was their beloved younger sister. Regardless of the various opinions about her, some she is aware of but hasn’t spoken about, Hanako has continued to pursue her desires and dream towards the horizon, not ceasing even in the face of adversity.

Question is, where will she ultimately end up in this city full of dark sides and threats unseen to the general public?

School: Tokiwadai Middle School

Grade: 7th Grade

Skills:

Cooking – Skilled in matters of cookery, her abilities are only surpassed by the Great Demon Lord (her mom)! Truthfully, it is a hobby of hers that turned into some pretty high-tier skills over the years. She’s never put them to the test or fully realized how good she is at this, but unbeknownst to her the “gourmet hot chocolate” she can make is a sensation among many Judgement members. Some who have heard rumors of it have even traveled to taste it, somewhat to her welcome but sincere confusion.

Swimming – Her Middle School’s Star Swimmer on the Swim Team, or at least one of the top two, she can swim fast and skillfully when in the water. From this she has also built a very notable breath-holding capacity, in part from....stupid dares to hold her breath at the bottom of the pool for a long time. With the latter thing once almost causing her to drown when someone jumped into the pool and landed on her head as she was coming up to finally get air.

Parkour – She has spent many an evening moving about the city, doing her work as a member of Judgement. Albeit, in a manner that has led to her being rather lean yet very physically active. She boasts a high physical stamina for someone her age, and a level of robust-ness from...accidents she’s had over the years.

Faction(s): Judgement

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ESPer:

Ability name: Breakdown Bomber (due to its conversion effects and resulting applications)

Level: 3

Premise: The fact that matter and energy are two sides of the same coin, essentially one and the same, with matter being able to be converted into energy.

Description:

When making physical contact with other things/objects, the user uses this power to destabilize the molecular structure of them, essentially alter the state of the matter to be "riding the line between matter and energy". This is basically priming the matter composing affected things to be transformed into and unleashed as energy in a heartbeat. This in effect generates an explosion, and results in the targeted thing's complete destruction due to it having been now fully converted into energy. Affected things do not visibly seem different or strange, even with physical contact, retaining enough of matter's solid state to not stand out oddly. This being said, these affected things essentially sit about as bombs, and scientific equipment used to detect energy can get strange readings from these affected things.

Then, at the user's will alone the affected things can be detonated manually, or alternately at the time of creation can be set on a "timer" after which the transformation occurs. Likewise the manner of detonation can vary as well.

This user at times has taken to closing their fingers in, and press their thumb down as if pressing the button of a small detonator in their hand in order to "detonate" affected objects. This has led to the rumor and general belief among peers of hers that this is required to make her power work. Of course simply willing to detonate affected things works equally as well and faster, and other actions could be used as an imagined catalyst for "detonation" to boot. Multiple objects can be affected at the same time, even, and detonated at different times at the user's will. The user can also blindly choose to "detonate" everything they've made into a bomb (which is dangerous).

This being said, mentally keeping track of the location of everything they've affected becomes...harder and harder the more things they use this power on. Simply put, affecting a few objects that are easily remembered by the user would be better than priming a lot of objects (unless one wants to mass detonate at once).

Making physical contact with an affected object allows the user to revert them back to normal again as well if they want to.

Children of Hyrule [Zelda AU - LF Din!]

@Holy Soldier I thought you said the healing or the buff?

Regardless, changrd the ability entirely to a "can only use once every 24 hours on the dot" offensive effect.

Hope this works better! ^^;

Children of Hyrule [Zelda AU - LF Din!]

@Holy Soldier ...This week has had my brain on the fritz, i swear. @_@

The song only goves the "regenerative healing" buff. 5 minutes bit changed to 5 turns.

Added talents, First Aid and Archery.

Did these edits in car. Still in middle of graduation celebrations, won't be back until tomorrow. Very tired ATM. XD