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Winter Tales

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Elias Gromme

"Everything’s better with a dash of sugar"

Full Name: Elias Gromme
Nickname(s): Eli

Age: 124
Birthday: October 30th | Scorpio

Orientation: Confused
Gender: Male

Species: Incubus
Species Description: A demon subspecies that feeds off of people’s attraction, love, and smexy energy

Hometown: Lemmas

Description:

Despite all the stereotypes that come from being an incubus, Elias is a quiet and kind character. He would never seduce anyone without asking for their consent first. That’s so 19th century. Elias will go out of his way to help anyone in need, even a stranger. Though most think he’s a bit of a pushover with how nice he is towards everyone.

Elias loves to bake. He will bake anything and everything. Though most townsfolk like to stay in Lemmas Peak, Eli has actually ventured out a few times to different areas of the world. One time, he spent a whole decade in France learning how to make all sorts of pastries from the best pâtissier. With his friend, Elias runs the local coffee shop where he supplies all the pastries. He also has a small catering business for anyone looking to fill their holidays with some good bakes.

Likes:

• Baking
• Coffee
• Sweets, namely chocolate
• Sweaters
• Fireplaces

Dislikes

• Pumpkin Pie
• Scrooges
• Getting cold

Winter Tales

you got my interest, hatrack

plot buddies galore! [18+]

Updated op with current cravings

Also, I'm in the mood for a fun, very casual Christmas rp. See below for plots or pitch me a cheesy one of your own.

Plot Buddies: Holiday Ed

Happiest Season Inspired:
Character A and B are visiting character A’s parents for the holiday season. However, on the way there, character A reveals to character B that they’re not out to their parents yet. How will this trip go?

Gift of the Magi Inspired:
Characters A and B have been together for years. Christmas is coming up and due to their current financial situation, neither have much to spend on the other’s Christmas present. What will they do?

The Devil Hunter Agency

Once she finally slipped away from the police, Mai had every intention of going back to base and getting her reward. What she hadn’t expect was to get a text from Mako directing the operatives to track down Da Xia because the girl had picked up two Youkai on her way back. Holding back a sigh and wondering how this night had gone so awry, she made her way out of the train station to go track down the foreign hunter.

Fortunately, she hadn’t gone too far before more texts filtered in. Mai was glad to see that they didn’t have to find the hunter anymore, though part of her still wanted to so that she could give the girl a piece of her mind. Who just brazenly drives into a warehouse and sets it on fire as a way to deal with youkai? She recognized that the girl had dealt with the giant treant, but she also helped cause a lot of damage which, knowing how Mako worked, was coming out of all of their paychecks.

Whatever, she’ll just lodge a formal complaint to the DHA when she got back to base. It was there fault for calling everyone to the warehouse anyways and not planning anything beforehand. If they were going to have that many hunters show up all at once, they should have called a meeting, especially with the number of foreign operatives present as well. This whole mission was doomed from the start.

Going back to the platform, Mai patiently waited for her train. It didn’t take her long to reach the rental shop; Japanese trains were quite punctual in that way. She nodded to a few familiar faces while she waited to get paid and pulled out a notepad from her satchel. Mai began writing a scathing complaint about tonight, detailing everything that went wrong. She even noted how she had to keep the authorities occupied so they wouldn’t get even more involved.

After Mai put her paycheck in a secure place, she ripped the piece of paper with her complaint and handed it off. “Tonight was a shitshow. We should not be operating like this.” Knowing how the Japanese branch operated, Mai didn’t bother saying much else. They would figure it out or they would not; it was their prerogative. Instead, she made her way to the mess hall to order some food. All of the action tonight had left her starving.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Mai hadn’t made it that far away from the warehouse when she heard footsteps behind her. Looking back behind her, she cursed when she saw a few officers chasing after her. They must’ve seen her leave the warehouse. Next time, she wasn’t going to linger as long as she did.

Knowing that her companions would need the authorities to be distracted, Mai weaved her way through the area. She led the police through various alleyways and other abandoned warehouses in the neighborhood. During the chase Mai would keep the police close, but not close enough for her to get caught. Occasionally, she would feint being tired only to escape when the officers got close to her.

After a while, Mai found herself on the rooftop of another warehouse, waiting for the officers to catch up to her. They were all climbing the fire escape to get up, but what they didn’t know was there was another, more dilapidated, one on the other side that Mai would use to escape once they were close enough.

Taking a sip from her flask, Mai looked in the direction of the other warehouse. From what she could tell, it seemed like the inferno had died down a bit, meaning that the fire department had arrived. She should probably take her leave as well then. If there were still hunters who have yet to have gotten away, tough luck. Mai had kept the police occupied for long enough.

As soon as she saw a hand grabbing the edge of the roof, Mai made her descent down the other fire escape. It creaked a little at her weight, but surprisingly held. Once she was back on solid ground, Mai kept to the shadows as she escaped industrial district, keeping to the shadows to avoid being detected again.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Cursing, Mai dodge the pillar of flame that lit up next to her as she slashed through another attacking yurei. She should have known that more personalities were going to show up. It seemed like the DHA had sent the memo out to anyone and everyone to come to the warehouse, and while the help was- kind of- appreciated, she was definitely getting irritated by all the new hunters. Surely, they could exercise some discretion, right?

Luckily, she didn’t have much time to think about her coworkers as another yurei decided they would try to fling a two-by-four at her. Mai jumped out of the way at the last moment, but rather than landing on the solid ground, she almost lost her footing as she landed on a black root that sprung from the ground. Following the voice, Mai turned to see a giant treant roaring as it reared its ugly head. Ah, maybe this was why the DHA called everyone to the warehouse. A real life Trevenant was certainly more of a handful to deal with than some yurei.

Cutting herself down, Mai got out of the raging tree’s way as it started to attack the catwalk. From her higher perch, she had noticed a few bodies lying on the ground and wanted to take a closer look. Hopefully, they were just unconscious, but she was quite doubtful. Even from above, the bodies looked too still to be alive. Her suspicions were confirmed when she checked the first body for a pulse. Mai was about to check the other body when another explosion rocked the night. To make matter worse, she immediately heard the tell tale wailing of police sirens in the distance. Definitely a clusterfuck of the night.

"Oi! Rocks and the wounded!" She heard what sounded like Beniha’s voice filtering through the air. Agreeing with the other Japanese hunter’s commands, Mai made her way out of the warehouse. Although she wanted to take a rock for herself, Mai watched as one spread and began to overtake the corpse near her and decided to cut her losses. Someone else could figure out how to transport those things; she had no intentions of carrying a ticking time bomb.

Before exiting, Mai looked back one last time to make sure they hadn’t left anyone behind. As she scanned the fiery building, the ominous voice came through her head to give its warning. Mai noticed the spirit on the other side of the warehouse, though it vanished almost immediately after speaking. It made her wonder if the figure had been there the entire time, quietly watching the scene unfold. Sighing, Mai sheath her sword and headed out into the night. She could ponder those things when she was somewhere safer.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Mai finished tying up her hair, watching as the other hunters made their grand entrance into the warehouse. She was almost annoyed at being called out to this mission. It was the middle of winter. Things were supposed to be slow during this time of year. She was supposed to be enjoying a tokkuri of sake right now, not prepping to storm a warehouse.

The mission already seemed strange to her. Traditionally, yurei were creatures that could not properly pass on after death. The negative emotions that stopped them from moving on twisted them into more powerful devils. But why would a group of them be attracted to a run down structure like this warehouse? There certainly wasn’t much for them out here in the outskirts of town.; this area of Siracha city was pretty much abandoned.

“Westerners,” she muttered as she watched someone explode through the bay doors of the derelict building before alighting the area on fire with some gas. Considering the current situation, Mai didn’t mind the help; the branch definitely needed to do something as more reports of devil hunter deaths filed in. However, she thought it was strange for the DHA to call them to this warehouse. It was only a group of Yurei. Surely they didn’t need everyone to deal with these specters.

Unsheathing her sword, Mai entered the warehouse from the back. Since most of the yurei were distracted by her louder, more flashy counterparts, she was able to skillfully cut down the specters from behind, dodging any items that came her way. As she made her way through the warehouse, Mai kept an eye out for anything unusual. There had to be something else going on around her.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Mai Ling

• Name: Mai Ling Huang
• Age: 30
• Division: Japanese Branch
• Class/Species: Devil Bringer
• Weaponry: Chokuto sword and tanto blades

• Personality:
Mai’s personality depends on what kind of day she’s having. On bad days, Mai is a complete drunkard. She’s useless, lazy, and utterly inefficient. On days that she's sober, Mai is kind and even-tempered. She has a tendency to mother anyone younger than her, a leftover of not being able to nurture her own child. Most of the time though, Mai is a functioning alcoholic. She isn’t ever afraid to speak her mind, especially if she thinks a plan will get someone killed. She’s headstrong and analytical. While always itching for a fight, she doesn’t jump into them readily, taking the time to really understand the situation. Mai takes her job seriously and treats everyone in the DHA with respect. Though, considering her past, she tends to keep away from Devil Feeders even if she knows they’re on the same side as her.

• Background:
Mai Ling Huang grew up in a very strict household that never let her do anything outside of school and a few extracurricular activities. This cause her to rebel at a very young age. She did everything and anything she could to piss her parents off, ranging from cutting her hair short to drugs and alcohol. You name it, she’s probably done it once, or twice. When she was 16, Mai met Genji and fell in love. Genji weaved her tales of a better life if she ran away with him to Japan. Naively, Mai agreed. Although life was hard on their own- they struggled to make ends meet, Mai enjoyed it a lot more than living under her parents. She was even happier when she found out she was pregnant three years later.

For a time, things seemed to be working out for Mai and her small family. Both her and Genji found steady jobs and were able to provide for their daughter. However, after coming home one day from work, she found her entire neighborhood decimated by a youkai. Mai rushed over to her house, only to find the bodies of her husband and their daughter. Devastated, Mai vowed to avenge her family. Eventually she was recruited into the DHA.

• Inventory:
Mai carries a satchel with her that contains basic necessities needed for a mission, a flask, and a small stuffed pooh bear.

The Devil Hunter Agency

Mai Ling

• Name: Mai Ling Huang
• Age: 30
• Division: Japanese Branch
• Class/Species: Devil Bringer
• Weaponry: Chokuto sword and tanto blades

• Personality:
Mai’s personality depends on what kind of day she’s having. On bad days, Mai is a complete drunkard. She’s useless, lazy, and utterly inefficient. On days that she's sober, Mai is kind and even-tempered. She has a tendency to mother anyone younger than her, a leftover of not being able to nurture her own child. Most of the time though, Mai is a functioning alcoholic. She isn’t ever afraid to speak her mind, especially if she thinks a plan will get someone killed. She’s headstrong and analytical. While always itching for a fight, she doesn’t jump into them readily, taking the time to really understand the situation. Mai takes her job seriously and treats everyone in the DHA with respect. Though, considering her past, she tends to keep away from Devil Feeders even if she knows they’re on the same side as her.

• Background:
Mai Ling Huang grew up in a very strict household that never let her do anything outside of school and a few extracurricular activities. This cause her to rebel at a very young age. She did everything and anything she could to piss her parents off, ranging from cutting her hair short to drugs and alcohol. You name it, she’s probably done it once, or twice. When she was 16, Mai met Genji and fell in love. Genji weaved her tales of a better life if she ran away with him to Japan. Naively, Mai agreed. Although life was hard on their own- they struggled to make ends meet, Mai enjoyed it a lot more than living under her parents. She was even happier when she found out she was pregnant three years later.

For a time, things seemed to be working out for Mai and her small family. Both her and Genji found steady jobs and were able to provide for their daughter. However, after coming home one day from work, she found her entire neighborhood decimated by a youkai. Mai rushed over to her house, only to find the bodies of her husband and their daughter. Devastated, Mai vowed to avenge her family. Eventually she was recruited into the DHA.

• Inventory:
Mai carries a satchel with her that contains basic necessities needed for a mission, a flask, and a small stuffed pooh bear.

The Devil Hunter Agency

not that you need more people, but this seems interesting.