Evil Ghost Note

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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The Outsider stood there as she was trapped behind the bubble with merely a blank look on her face as she tapped it. "̷̯̉.̸͔́.̴̪͘.̷̳̿ ̸̥͠Ḭ̶͝s̴̖͠ ̴̟̉t̴̖̔ẖ̷̾i̴̛͈s̴̤̾ ̵̙͑y̶̯͆o̸͔͠u̸̼̾r̴͖͛ ̵̘͋ŕ̴͙e̸͉̒a̵̤͝ḽ̶͝ ̵̩̽p̴̻̆o̸͚͐w̴̲͗ė̵̻r̸̢̂,̴̧̔ ̶̙͌B̶̩̂ü̴͍r̵̯̕n̸̨̅s̵̼̏?̵͉̀"̶̧͂ The Outsider asked as she put her hand against it. "̵̭͐I̷͉̍ ̵͇̀s̵̞̋ȁ̵̹w̶͚͂ ̵̛̰y̴̘̿o̷͚͋ú̶͓r̷̖̍ ̴̬́a̷̛̺ṋ̷̕c̵̜̈ë̸̘́s̸̫̚t̴̖̃ô̸̝r̶͙̈ ̶̭́s̷̗͐u̴̗͠m̸̼͝m̷̯͗ô̴̧n̵̟̔ ̷̟͊a̴̛̟ ̷̮̐m̴̟͂o̴̮̿ü̷̺ǹ̸͜t̵̳̽a̶̢͒ǐ̵͜n̴̡͝ ̴͈̃ǒ̶̦f̷̭́ ̸͓̃f̶̡͝l̶͍͋ĕ̷͖ș̸̆ȟ̶͔ ̵̮́ã̷̜n̴̙̑d̴̛̳ ̵̝̂b̶̬͒o̶̲̐n̵͎̂ē̴̢ ̴̢̅t̸̳́o̷̬̔ ̸̡͌b̷̪͊a̶̜͆t̸̼́t̴̰̅ḽ̵̽ẽ̴͕ ̶̞̒ḿ̶̻e̶̻͗.̶̧͑.̴͋ͅ.̸̡͠"̷͍̈

A wave of dark bluish-green energy came out of the Outsider as she decided to fight fire with fire. It pushed against the barrier however, the real attack was towards Lyss. Her hand transformed into a scythe-like claw that was long as she was tall. The scythe was pointed at Lyss and was launched at her in hopes that it'll kill her. The Burns had it coming, they all did.

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Babylon summoned another sigil of flames and the area burst into flames and warded off the monsters. The room was filling up with smoke as Emily couldn't help but cough. The smoke was irritating her lungs, but the monsters were being kept just outside of the range of the fires. The flames dissipated and in the span of a second, they all lunged at her and completely covered her. She felt their claws and teeth slash away at her as she screamed, falling backward.

Then she felt like she was falling... and felt the rain against her bare skin. She took in hurried breaths as she seethed... she grabbed her side as she was bleeding. What didn't help was that she was naked but she was out of the chaos. She looked up... to see Ellie. The girl that she treated like garbage all this time, saving her. A tear almost ran down Emily's cheek as she felt so appreciative.

"Ellie, thank you," Emily started, almost laughing. "I'm... I'm so sorry for the way I treated you all this time. I promise I'll do better."

"It's okay," Ellie answered. "I'm-"

Babylon appeared behind Elise with an ornate blade and quickly brought the blade to her neck. She grabbed onto as much hair as she could as she just yanked it so hard that she almost pulled off her scalp. The blade slashed her throat with much, much, blood splashing all over the place. The blood dripped... off the knife as Emily merely screamed.

"BABYLON!?"

Babylon laughed as she threw Ellie to the side as she looked down at Emily. "... They're easier to work with when they're dead." Babylon started.

"What the fuck?!" Emily screamed.

Babylon flew into the open wound on Elise's throat and then it sealed itself shut as Elise's eyes opened. She pushed herself up to her feet as she had a wide smile that was mildly disturbing. Emily felt Babylon leaving... or more accurately, the void that she left inside of her. "Elise" held the knife in air as she tapped the blade and looked down at the wounded Emily.

"I'm sorry, Emily," Babylon started, "I'd rather cut and run than take my chances with the Outsider of all things."

"I... is this what you wanted all along?!" Emily shouted.

"Yes and no," Babylon started... it felt wrong since it was in Elise's annoying voice, "When I first laid eyes on you, I saw a monster. One that was wrapped in chains... and one that was perfect for my empire, Ms. Reed. I just needed to give you that push to break your chains, the first taste of power in your hands... I did everything I needed to."

Babylon kept tapping her finger against the knife as she continued monologuing, "Because you know what I wanted, Ms. Reed. An empire of sin and hedonism... and for that, I need loyal minions. And you had potential and you know how elated I felt when the Coven was formed...? And how disappointed I was when they wasted that potential?"

"... Babylon..." Emily trailed off as she climbed up to her feet. She was in agonizing pain... even taking one footstep was enough to send a shock through to the rest of her leg and fell to the ground.

"Look at yourself, Reed, you're about damn ready to die," Babylon started, "Just do yourself some good and cut and run. If you do survive, then..." Babylon just shrugged as she turned off to the side. "You're free to seek me out."

"I won't let this happen-" Emily hissed as she lunged as Babylon... only to meet the handle of her knife. Emily saw stars as she always fell forward... however, Babylon yanked her forward. Her vision was blurry and her ears were ringing as she could barely hear what Babylon was even saying.

"... That's why I liked you, Reed," Babylon said, "Stubborn as a mule."

And then she planted a deep kiss directly into Emily as she was barely conscious... and still confused as to even what the hell was going on at this point. She tried to resist as she pounded Babylon-in-Elise's shoulder with her fist but she was so weak that it barely did anything. After she was done, she pulled back... and tossed Emily to the ground hard as she could.

"Ciao."

Babylon said as she walked off with a skip in her step... and Emily watched as she couldn't do a thing about it...

Damn it.

How could I have been so stupid?

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"Jesus, sugar" Taylor saw the damage that was done to Quinn and the new chick... and saw that Quinn wasn't lying when she said that she was a summoner. Greatest? That remained to be seen but it ain't like Taylor knew a whole lotta them. She shook her head as she continued, "We need to get that patched up ASAP or you could get an infection, sugar."

"Izzy can handle it," Claudette said as she looked on... Alyssa seemed to be the one trying to hold the Outsider off. For that, Claudette applauded her, however, Claudette knew that some of them would be better off regrouping and coming up with a different strategy. To Claudette this was shock and awe... but she was going to keep herself composed. Worse comes to worst; they'll have to completely cut and run and think of a new strategy. She was confident that they could defeat the Outsider - or at the very least stall it - but what Lyss and the others said gives her a very... poor perception of what's going on.

"Fuck it," Taylor said as her hand was coated in a fire, she turned towards Quinn. "I'll burn it shut if you want, sugar. It'll just suck."

Recollections: The Othergrounds [Complete]

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"Wait! Wait I...I k-know this place! Trent! I only live a...a block away! And my n-neighbor has a telephone in his house we can use!"

Finn

"Huh?"

Zoey said as Finn grabbed the other kid and just walked on out like all of this shit was normal. Some shit didn't add up, and it took Zoey another second for it all to register.

"Huh?!"

Okay, that didn't make a lick of sense to Zoey. This place looked straight out of some kinda movie, and she's way, way, too youn-

There was some supernatural fuckery involved here. Again. It felt like every fucking day of her life was going to be dominated by this shit... maybe that friend of hers was right. Zoey shook her head as she realized that she had to stay on task. The kids were wandering into what could be a trap.

“Do you think we should follow them, or just leave them to go on a stupid adventure?”

Isla

Zoey narrowed her eyes at Isla.

"... Was that a fucking question, sister?" Zoey flatly asked as she pulled out a cigarette - her last one - and lit it. Because she's going to need it. She couldn't believe this girl thought that was even a question, to begin with. The last thing that Zoey was going to do was-

Wait?

Where are Penny and Odessa? God damn it, god fucking damn it. This was going to hell in a handbasket, and Zoey had to keep cool. Okay, so, Penny's gone. So that meant that they were down a leader and the closest thing they had was here. Because giving Isla or Stacey a look, they weren't going to be able to find their ass with two hands. Okay, she had to think rationally... she had to go after the kids as fast as possible, but she also didn't want to separate further. There's already like a few of them as it is - also she thought that leaving Hagan with Stacey was a bad, bad, bad idea so he should come with them.

"Hagan!" Zoey screamed at the top of her lungs. "We gotta go!"

And Hagan came out of the office looking like he was about to fistfight. Hagan looked around and looked down at Stacey as he decided to just walk past them. Hagan looking at Stacey reminded Zoey... well, he looked like hot shit right now, but so did all of them. They would all be able to have a nice break when they find Penny and get the kids on a nice little leash.

"Stacey..." Zoey trailed off, restraining from letting venom seep into her words. "... Come with us, please."

Honestly, if he didn't want to come along, that was on him. With that first Apparition gunning for his ass... and Zoey shook her head in guilt as she realized that Caelea's death was all her fault. Still, they have a chance to avoid someone else's death and they needed to do it. Like now. Zoey followed after Isla who was following after the two and Hagan were right behind her.

Zoey ran through the people like they weren't even there, they were ghosts like the rest of them. However, Zoey didn't watch her step and found herself stumbling forward. "Shit!" Zoey hissed as she fell onto her hands and knees and shook her head... but one of the people that were phantasms stopped. And looked at her. It was a tall man with brown slicked back hair, wearing black pants, and a blue button-up shirt with a tie and dress shoes. He smiled at her... as people walked by.

"̷I̶n̶ ̷P̵a̸r̴a̶d̶i̶s̴e̶,̶"̵ He started off, "̷D̶e̸a̴t̴h̸ ̴c̶o̸m̴e̵s̸ ̷f̸o̵r̷ ̵e̵v̸e̴r̵y̷o̶n̶e̷,̸ ̷l̶i̸t̸t̴l̸e̷ ̵o̶n̴e̴.̷ ̴I̷t̴'̵l̶l̷ ̶t̶a̷k̸e̶ ̵y̷o̷u̸ ̶l̷i̵k̴e̵ ̴i̴t̸ ̸t̸o̶o̵k̷ ̵y̶o̴u̸r̷ ̴f̵r̴i̴e̴n̶d̴.̶ ̷A̵n̵d̸ ̶t̵h̵e̵ ̵f̵r̸i̵e̸n̸d̴s̷ ̷b̷e̶f̸o̴r̸e̴.̴ ̸A̶n̵d̷ ̸y̵o̸u̶r̵ ̵d̵e̴a̷t̵h̵ ̴i̷s̶ ̷l̸o̶o̸m̷i̴n̸g̵ ̷o̵n̶ ̷t̸h̵e̶ ̷h̸o̶r̴i̷z̶o̵n̶.̶ A̸r̴e̴ ̸y̸o̷u̶ ̴r̸e̷a̸d̶y̶ ̸t̵o̶ ̷g̵o̷,̶ ̷l̵i̷t̵t̷l̴e̶ ̸o̵n̶e̴?̸"̷

Zoey was frozen in shock... before a white-hot rage overcame her as she stuck her hand out and screamed at the ghost, "Fuck you!"

A stream of snow came out of her hand and collided with him... but he was gone and the snow just hit the ground.

"... Who the fuck was that?" Hagan asked.

The Surtr Archives

Jaden A. Raldo

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⦋ 24 || USA || He/Him ⦌

OVERVIEW

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APPEARANCE

Jaden certainly has a presence to him. He's tall (at six-five), muscular, and confident. He can draw the attention of an entire crowd with his voice alone. Though, he has that cockiness to him, from that shit-eating grin to the way he walks. Jaden is a loud, and a spastic person that hard to predict, yeah. One could easily identify him as a Nomad from his attire - mostly the blades that he carries around on his being, and pouches. He has two katanas strapped to his back, his two mainstay weapons, and a larger katana at his waist, a sword given to him by a friend. And the most important weapon on his other hip... his mic. He looks like trouble, but fortunately, he's on the side of the good guys (in his special way). Jaden usually wears jeans, or slacks of some kind, with a T-shirt. Jaden is African-American, with his dark-skin, thick lips, and African skull shape. He speaks with a thick urban accent.

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

The story of the Ronin Rapper begins in Philadelphia, baby! Where they signed the Declaration of Independence, fitting for a dude like Jaden who loves his freedom! Jaden started as some nobody hoodrat kid that went around causing trouble while experimenting with music. You see, Jaden dreamed of becoming the next big thing in the rap game, and like hell, he was going to let that dream come to him. Nah, brah, seize the day, every opportunity Jaden was practicing making beats, or rapping out some lyrics. He was a young rapper that put his music where ever he could put it, even selling his CDs on the corner. Until he made it... an underground rap competition, and boy it was some stiff competition. He was up against veterans of the underground rap game and... he got demolished. Still, he made a huge impression on the people there, enough to attract the attention of a record deal.

It was incredible at the time... but he was still some nobody rapper. No matter how hard the nighty Jaden tried to shine, he just couldn't get the traction he desired (At best he got one of his songs in a fighting game). Which he thought was bullshit, super bullshit. Whenever Jaden checked the news, it was Nomad this, Nomad that and he... got a great idea. No matter how hard Jaden looked, he couldn't find anything about a Nomad Rapper (a buncha fuckboys were fighting with guitars, but that shit dumb). However, becoming a Nomad seemed harder than it sounded. He needed to find an excellent teacher... and that lead him to the land of the rising sun.

More specifically, Sensei Hirokazu. He was an old ninja master dude that was legendary... for his fucking greed. It took almost all of Jaden's money to get under his wing and boy it was some crazy shit. It sounded fun... but a lot of it was boring shit, like sitting around meditation in the woods, to the dojo, to the side of a mountain, and all that shit. He said it was for "discipline" but Jaden thought that he was bullshitting because he had all of Jaden's money. However, he didn't realize that it was all ki-building exercises and throughout the years he built up a huge ass supply of that ki stuff! And then the cool ninja training began and Jaden became the world's greatest rapper slash ninja (Mostly because he was the only one with a horse in that race).

However, Sensei Hirokazu, in the past, told Jaden about an artifact known as Murakumo. The Legendary Japanese blade that was used to defeat the legendarily powerful Oni clan but sealed away just in case it was needed again. Some fucknut named Jotaro stole the sword but Sensei Hirokazu knew that, while Jotaro was his rival, the blade was in safe hands.

Yeah, it was.

Jaden was sick and tired of sitting around in some ratty ass dojo in the middle of Japan, so he decided to snatch this ancient artifact from Jotaro's ninja clan. He first wondered why the fuck were there like five ninja clans in the middle of modern Japan. Then he found their super-secret ninja compound in the mountains (what Ninjas they were). Infiltrating his compound in the mountains was easy... but, he blew it at the last second, and revealed himself to Jotaro. He got viciously thrashed by the ninja master until he grabbed the legendary blade Murakumo for himself, and slashed Jotaro with it. The overwhelming power of the sword allowed Jaden to defeat Jotaro with one slash... only to lose himself to the sword. He went on a rampage, destroying the compound with the blade. After his rampage was cover, he managed to collect himself, and realize what he's done.

Jaden decided to fuck off out of Japan after that... and found out that Jotaro, in the ultimate bitch move, blamed Jaden for the stolen sword. So Jaden was hauling ass all over the world, being chased by various fuckwits and some little girl tryna shove her staff up his ass. This was what Jaden called his "world tour". He used these battles against the bounty hunters, assassins, and that weirdo with a stick to boost his popularity and then he preformed rap concerts (which were almost always crashed by the bounty hunters, except for like one time. Which was a very boring concert).

Then that was when Jaden decided to become a bounty hunter himself! He went around catching and cashing bounties... and fighting in cool ass tournaments. He was set to fight in the Brazilian Fighting Cup or whatever, for that cool ass power stone, which he was going to make a chain out of. Unfortunately that fucker Oh-One showed up. And unfortunately, he nabbed the Power Stone. And unfortunately that nut with the staff finally caught up with Jaden and she successfully shoved her staff up his asshole in what was probably the most painful experience of his young life. It felt like it was going to pop out through the top of his skull, that's how hard and swiftly she rammed it up his ass.

And she took Murakumo back to Japan.

Afterward... Jaden had to sit out a majority of the battle against Oh-One, however, he too joined the chase to get that power stone after realizing how fucking incompetent Jonas was. Like it wasn't rocket science getting a fucking pebble, so, to bring an end to this foolishness, Jaden joined the chase at the last second and fought Oh-One in Antarctica with the rest of them.

While the rest of the Nomadic Fist "retired" to Gold City (which he thought was fucking stupid), he went on a world tour. Rapping all over the world and fighting Nomads, putting in that work baby!

It ended in Gold City because reasons.

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

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SKILLS & ABILITIES

Jaden is the Ninja Superstar himself, baby! Ain't nobody on Earth can match his skill. To be specific, Jaden is a trained practitioner of Ninjutsu. He's supposed to be the master of stealth and mobility and all that shit and Jaden just throws all that nonsense out the window for some flashy, direct action. Jaden uses it to zip around the battlefield, doing hops, flips, and even teleporting! To put it simply; Jaden possesses a lot of high-mobility techniques that let him close in on opponents while having plenty of hard-hitting moves that take the enemy out quickly. Jaden fights with a mixture of hand-to-hand and his three trusty katanas to whoop some ass when necessary. Slashes, kicks, grabs, you name it. Probably his most famous technique is teleportation, baby! He can pretty much instantly teleport anywhere insight by doing his ninja pose and he uses this to link a lot of his attacks, dodges other attacks, and also cut n' run when shit gets too real for him. Expect him to teleport all over the place while beating you up.

SIGNATURE MOVES

■ Teleportation

Jaden's main method of getting around. By focusing, doing the Japanese salute, he can teleport to a specific point in a poof of smoke. Should he teleport behind an enemy, he can follow it up with an attack or a slash of his blades. He can chain teleports but he can only teleport a few times in a row before he gets tired.

■ CD's Nuts

Jaden pulls out some CDs of his various mixtapes and albums and charges them with ki bullshit and tosses them at the enemy like a shuriken.

■ Smokescreen N...

Jaden tosses a smoke grenade onto the ground to give him cover.

■ Judo-Flip

Jaden can suddenly flip up into the air, rolling as he comes to the ground. In the middle of this technique, he can follow it up with a kick, a grapple, or a downward slash of one of his swords.

■ Disguise

Jaden can disguise himself as a random object if he makes himself small as possible, and focus. He can only maintain a disguise for a few moments.

■ Whirlwind

Jaden grabs both his blades and spins around while jumping upward. It's enough to take enemies out that are above him, while also getting enemies up into the air.

■ Wall-Bounce

Jaden can leap off the walls (or any surface) that he can get to. If he can get to another wall, he can keep wall bouncing, as he overwhelms his opponents with speed. He can quickly lead wall bounce into any other move, to confuse foes.

■ The Ninja Grapple Slam Thingy

Jaden will grab his opponent, teleport into the air holding them, and bring them down to the ground head first.

■ Wall-Run

Jaden... runs on the wall. Does it need a description, you crayon eater?

■ Drop The Mic

Jaden pulls out his microphone and throws it at the ground... and it explodes, launching any enemy nearby in the air. And even after it explodes he can somehow pull out another one.

■ Houdini N...

Jaden poses and if he attacks he'll disappear in a cloud of smoke, appearing somewhere else.

■ Ninja Balance

One of the Ninja's famed abilities is to pose dramatically while maintaining perfect balance... and Jaden uses this ability to do shit like stand on an enemy's weapon/hand, rockets, etc while posing dramatically.

■ Shit, Wrong Smoke

Jaden throws down a smoke grenade... and then realizes it's his weed grenade and gets the enemy high. Slowing them down for a period.

■ Anus-Guard

Jaden has perfected this technique after being attacked by that psychopath with a stick. His anus is perfectly guarded and nothing can enter.

SUPER MOVES

■ Rap-God

Jaden grabs the mic and begins to feel like a Rap God... he drops a fire diss track to his opponent that debuffs their durability for a short amount of time. Allowing the real rap God to whoop their ass.

■ Ninja Ninja Ninja

Jaden grabs the opponent before teleporting them away into the sky... and then they see thousands of CD's flying towards them. It's not explained or clear how he does this.

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

Jaden's attacks, while fast and damaging, leave him open, as he's trying to use a fighting style that wasn't meant for upfront fights. If he misses, or an opponent blocks, they can capitalize on it and string him into a combo. Jaden is also very cocky, and the type to rush headfirst without thinking. Not exactly a thinker, but more of a doer.

OTHER

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The Surtr Archives

Sabrina L. Vanburen

"Everyone loses themselves once or twice."

Large View _______________________________________________ Sabrina Lydia Vanburen She/Her | 28 | British & African-American | 6'4ft | 162lb _______________________________________________ Lugubriousness _______________________________________________ Skills & Talents "I can make you smile." ___________________________________ [+] Basketball ⫻ Before Sabrina transitioned she joined her school's basketball team only because she wanted to hide it. She didn't realize that she would have so much fun doing it and it's something that she sticks to. Sabrina plays basketball every now and then. Fashion ⫻ Sabrina has a master's in fashion design and has all sorts of experience designing clothes and picking just the right outfit. Dancing ⫻ Sabrina took a few dance classes back in the day and despite her size her coordination and footwork is nothing to laugh at.

Appearance ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "Whatever I wanted to be, I already am." Sabrina immediately gives off wallflower vibes. She doesn't really raise her voice - which is a bit deep and husky - and usually keeps herself out of trouble. There's perhaps a touch of sadness in her eyes, a bit of tiredness. Sabrina's posture isn't exactly that great because she's hunched over most of the time and usually takes small steps. Usually, she gives off the aura of "keep your distance from me, please" and a person that's mindful of their environment. Sabrina is like the rabbit, gracefully hopping through the streets of Araminta... or where ever she is. In terms of appearance, she's one gal that's hard to forget about once you see her. Primarily the fact that she's tall at six-four and has a very skinny build. She works out to stay skinny and nothing else, there's a bit of leg definition on her legs from running but that's it. Sabrina has some relatively broad shoulders that would belong on a man and sadly, her butt's flat. There's a bit of masculinity to her body, and her 36B cup size definitely doesn't help. Let me just address the elephant in the room and come out and say it: Sabrina is transgendered. She transitioned in a later point in her life and James covered all of her surgery costs. She's had reassignment surgery and had a bit of facial reconstruction surgery to make it a bit more convincing. Sabrina doesn't want any more surgery and likes herself as she is, feeling like it's a slippery slope as is. Now, Sabrina is a mixed-race gal, and that should be obvious on first glance. Her mother provided the African, and, obviously, her father provided the Caucasian. She's lighter skin, almost off-white, and her body is covered in brown freckles that she inherited from her mother. Sabrina's got thick lips and African hair texture. Speaking of her hair, her hair is a brown color and pretty thick... and she notably keeps it in two massive ponytails that go down to her knees. That's because her mother naturally grows a lot of hair and she passed that down to her. Usually, she keeps it in a very dramatic bun or ties it in a knot or two to shorten the length. And if you're wondering; yes, it's a bitch to maintain. As for clothing, well, Sabrina is affixed to an Apparition that is literally comprised of clothes. She can take the shape of any form of clothing and it'd be a perfect fit for Sabrina. Usually, Sabrina is seen wearing fancy and elaborate outfits. She wears all sorts of clothing, but she likes light-pink and red color.

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"I'm thankful for everything he did, regardless of what I find out about him."

MAIN GOAL ⫻ Sabrina guesses her main goal is to become a model, but deep down she wants to escape from her father's shadow and to that extent the Vanburen family's. All her life she was just known as one of his children and then the little publicity stunt. Sabrina wants to step out of that shadow and establish to the world that she is her own person and that she isn't some publicity stunt.

PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Sabrina is a very spiritual person, despite the fact that she doesn't really believe in any religion (it's still a fun little hobby of hers to research them). She believes that everyone needs to explore their own spirituality and find a deeper meaning in things. Sabrina believes that there are so many layers to a person's soul that it's impossible to decipher in its entirety. The world is a big place, bigger than all of them, but to Sabrina, it's much smaller and less daunting if she connects to other people. Sabrina just loves to explore the symbolism and meanings of animals and even the most mundane things such as colors.

SEXUALITY ⫻ Sabrina is pansexual. Before she transitioned, Sabrina thought that she was attracted to just men but realized that she's attracted to people. All people regardless of what they identify as or even look. The idea of a relationship is kind of daunting to her because she has never been in a serious one... and wonders if she even wants one.

FEARS ⫻ Sabrina constantly fears the growing looming thought that society would reject her for what she is. Sabrina just desires the ability to step out of Vanburen's shadow, but when she gets down to it; they are what made her into what she is. And she will always find herself crawling back to them when she needs them the most.

REPUTATION ⫻ Sabrina's known in Araminta as that one child of James that transitioned. Her reputation varies as some people who are a bit more archaic see her rather poorly (and at worst, a freak). However, the newer more forward-thinking citizens of Araminta see her as brave, as a shining example... and that doesn't really make Sabrina think any better of them. Online Sabrina is seen a bit more positivity among the LGBT and other such people.

THOUGHTS ABOUT FATHER ⫻ Sabrina loves father unconditionally and with all of her heart. James accepted her with open arms and paid for everything that she needed to be the best person that she wants to be. Sabrina is very taken back by his death... but she asserts that she's going to love him regardless of how many skeletons they find in his closet.

FLAWS ⫻ At her worst, Sabrina is very naive and it shows in her decision making. While she sees herself as an open-minded free thinker, she's very green in a lot of ways. She doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with situations that put pressure on her and she's quick to crack. And the result will end in her fleeing from the situation or exploding in rage towards the aggressor. Sabrina tries a bit too hard to ignore the ugly parts of life and focus on the good, even when it comes to people. Because of this, she's quick to trust people, far too quickly, which can be very dangerous. At the end of the day Sabrina is only trying to do the right thing, even if it can cloud her judgment to doing the more aggressive, harsh things in life.

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"The caterpillar died and became the butterfly."

Sabrina Vanburen was born as Tyler Vanburen in Araminta... to his wife Willow Price, the daughter of a football star that hit it off with James. They married and had one child... Tyler Vanburen. The family was nice and snug under their father's care, as he provided everything for them. Although he would go on trips abruptly for months at a time, he made sure his children were happy, well-adjusted people. The family was close-knit and most of the time, the Vanburens only interacted with each other. But, the young Tyler already felt like an outcast among his peers growing up.

It started as a fascination with femininity - the color pink, their clothes, and their toys. It started relatively harmless, but he felt like an alien in his skin. The Vanburens forced conventional gender norms on Tyler but he didn't exactly gel too well with it. The Vanburens had a lot of power and influence in the city of Araminta and, thus, that meant Tyler was sent to the best schools that Araminta had to offer. Of course, it was private intuitions and other such places. It was there that Tyler learned that these thoughts of his had to be... suppressed. Mainly because acting like a girl in public only meant that he was seen as some kind of a weirdo and ended with him being bullied.

This was where Tyler put on the facade of being one hundred percent male and merely hiding his interests. Tyler started growing up to be fairly tall... and thus the most logical conclusion was for Tyler to join his school's basketball team. Sports wasn't exactly in his interests, but man, he sure found it fun. Joining the school's basketball team he found himself getting closer to his fellow teammates and thus met a man that would change a huge chunk of his life: Zachery Gordan. Zachary and Tyler just vibed... they were both two shy rich kids that just got along. Throughout the months, they got along more and more... and eventually the two shared a kiss. This threw Tyler into disarray... was he just gay or something, or what? The one thing that he had to keep in mind was that he had to keep this a secret from the Vanburens and the school.

Unfortunately, life wasn't that simple when word got out... and it was relentless bullying and other such mean pranks. It was a huge weight on Tyler, but his only comfort was the Vanburens... and father. James Vanburen himself got involved and decided to take it up with the school and when that didn't work; Tyler was plucked out of the academy and sent to an international boarding school in France. Where Tyler was free to learn about himself as he chose and the one person that he made bonds with was a girl named Linda Liu. Now the Lius were a loose associate of the Vanburens, they attended each other's parties. Linda was Tyler's closet friend during his time in France... and eventually helped Tyler discover himself.

Or more accurately, herself.

With the help of Lin, Tyler realized that he had gender dysphoria and everything that came with that. Tyler was profoundly uncomfortable in his skin and didn't like being something that he was, well, not. It was not possible, not even in the slightest, for Tyler to go on like this. Even if people were to hate him for this, make fun of him, he would still be in a better place than before. He began to buy female clothing and started using female pronouns as he demanded that people call him... Sabrina. And this was where Tyler Vanburen "died" and Sabrina Vanburen was born anew. Like a butterfly that broke free of its cocoon.

Going home for summer vacation was a doozy as they were expecting Tyler but got Sabrina instead. This was when she came out as transgendered and expected the worst, but with the feeling that, whatever happened, she would be happy with the choice. James Vanburen took her in with open arms, and so did the rest of the family. James paid for everything that Sabrina wanted so that she would be happy... even if he didn't entirely understand it. James paid for Sabrina's Estrogen therapy and then paid for her surgery almost a year later. It was daunting going under for the first time, but Sabrina knew that she would be happy.

And that she was officially Sabrina Vanburen, her name was legally changed to that and now she was a very happy woman. There were some comments from the general public that she was merely a "publicity stunt" but Sabrina didn't care even in the slightest. Sabrina had graduated from high school, but she didn't know what to do with her life afterward. Sabrina wanted to go into the fashion world, and not just that, she wanted to become a model. James would, naturally, pay for everything that she wanted so the world was her oyster.

Eventually, Sabrina went into school for Fashion and intended to become a master's in it. She kept her past a secret as she lived a glorious life that was new and renewed. On the side, Sabrina found her true calling: being a model. The first thing that she did was try to get herself in shape... to mixed results but she wasn't some fat slob. It started as an amateur thing on the side but eventually became more and more of a free time consumer. It was to the point where Sabrina would pass out in class due to being so tired.

Most of her work was posted on Instagram and other places where she gained a following, but it came out that she was transgendered. And that was when the hate comments started to the point where she had to disable them... however, she also gained a following in the LGBT community. So hey, at least it was something. Sabrina, after many painful and stressful years of college, earned her master's degree in fashion and entered the insane, insane, world of the fashion industry. As a stylist for a modeling company in LA, she came up with kooky outfits for these models. And it was a fun, stressful, time for Sabrina.

On Christmas Eve, Sabrina went home with the rest of the Vanburen family to enjoy a nice time in the Vanburen estate before they went home. Tensions rose and eventually a fight broke out but Sabrina went back to her old room. She fell asleep and that morning, she found out that James... was dead. She was devastated by this. She took some time off, got her head straight... then buried James along with the rest of the Vanburens.
She got some time off to grieve and spent it in the Vanburen estate... and wandering it she got to learn about Jame's rather colorful collection. She was confused by the existence of them... magic and ghosts and shit aren't real, why is this locket talking?

Sabrina went outside to get some air when she saw a shirt flying through the air... and then it attached itself to her like some kind of parasite and understandably freaked out. However, it introduced herself... as Mary Roberts. And it introduced itself glowingly: like a total pretentious twat. Mary called herself the spirit of high fashion and wanted to find James for personal reasons. However, finding out that he was dead was not good with her plans, but she knew James personally... and latched onto his daughter. She saw Sabrina as a fellow connoisseur of high fashion and worthy of working with her.

Mary's ability was incredible... except not like shooting lasers or being supergirl. Sabrina made use of it as she practiced and made herself acquainted with an apparition from the God damn early nineteen-hundreds. Of course, this apparition knew James a bit personally... and then told her some stuff that she isn't comfortable with sharing with the rest of the family. Sabrina didn't feel the effects of the curse as she stuck around in the Vanburen estate...but she was the one there to coordinate her family coming home and heard all about the curse of the Vanburens.

Maybe she'd get to the bottom of this.

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"I could live without magic or any of this craziness."

TYPE ⫻ Aberration (Affixed)

ABSTRACTION ⫻ Clothing Manipulation, Sabrina is affixed to an Apparition that has the ability to manipulate clothing near limitlessly and even generate it.

ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Mary Roberts in her life was a red Adept that focused on the manipulation of fabrics and after her very untimely death she returned as an Apparition. One with similar abilities that changed and altered in time, but remained as the manipulation of the materials clothing is comprised of. Mary Roberts is an apparition that inhabits clothing and thus has the ability to manipulate herself. Her favorite thing to do is be the clothing for her current host that'll constantly shift depending on their form. And she and Sabrina are really close and thus she can more or less channel Mary Roberts power (Something like that, it's really confusing). This allows Sabrina to change her outfit on the fly.

Now to begin, Mary's ability at its basest is that she can telekinetically manipulate all fibers/fabrics (wool, silk, cotton, etc), denim, nylons, polyester, rayon, flannel, leather, feather down, linen, and spandex. Naturally, she can move large quantities of this along with the ability to more or less create all sorts of constructions out of it. It's limited only by the materials that she has on hand. This is fairly versatile... just not in a combat setting. She can create barriers, ropes to swing with, and a kickass wardrobe. This ability is naturally on the lower end of the scale, but it has a large amount of versatility... and can still take on the strongest Extra-Normals with a bit of versatility.

One aspect of Mary Robin's abstraction is the ability to create fabric from her body, and also absorb this fabric. She can create several meters worth of cloth near instantly from her body, and it appears that Sabrina's outfit stretched. This ability mainly allows Sabrina to have an outfit for any situation, at any time.

AURA-SENSING ⫻ In life, Mary Roberts was a very egotistical and vain woman that took far too much pride in her handiwork as an Adept. Which is why she can sense the auras of any outfit or piece of clothing she creates while it's being worn. Now how far she can aura sense depends on how much of an outfit she created for a person, if it's just a shirt (or pants) then she can sense them in a fifteen-meter radius. If it's something insignificant like a hat or shoes then five meters. If it's a full outfit, on the other hand, she can sense them within a fifty-meter radius.

LIMITS ⫻ Emotional-Fields are a very difficult thing that hampers her ability... normally, Sabrina could use Mary to strangle anyone, but with the existence of the Extra-Normals, she has a hard time penetrating emotional fields. To make it short, she can't do anything like strangling someone with clothes (Unless they're into that). Sabrina/Mary can manipulate large amounts of clothes at a time in an effective range of around fifteen meters, outside of that her abstraction is a bit harder to use. Mary Robins can instantly create around six feet of cloths, but at the very most she can create around thirty-six feet. After she reached that limit she has to retract it and it'll take her a while to "replenish" her supply. Finally, her abstraction is limited by her stamina.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ There's not really a whole lot of weaknesses to her abstraction due to it's relatively low nature. Regardless of how much she changes the textile strength clothing can still be destroyed by fire and other corrosive materials. Also getting clothes wet is not ideal as it makes manipulating clothes a lot harder and heavier.

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"Let's go, I'm tired of this place."

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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Ah, it seems the Outsider missed. Right when her attack was about to hit, a lion appeared out of one of their male members' hands. The finger collided with the wall and went right through it... when it was meant to go through young Maya. No matter. One failed attacked doesn't mean that young Maya will survive the rest of the attacks. However, the Outsider turned towards the massive beast that had transformed right before her eyes... She smiled as the tail came right for her and merely raised a hand...

The Outsider was slid back a few feet but stopped when she firmly planted herself on the ground. With the tail still in hand, she took a step forward and swung the massive creature around, and... the sound blast from Maya caused her to let go prematurely and sent Leviathan off in a random direction. The Outsider's mouth went agape as she looked sideways at Maya.

"... Moral support my ass," Emily hissed to herself as Vashti fucking transformed. Okay, this was something new that she should have been made privy to, but hey, she looked like she was about to kick the Outsiders...

... Oh, and she just got tossed like a ragdoll. Jesus Christ. How powerful even is the Outsider? Unlike the rest of these sluts, Emily is starting to realize that just throwing firepower her way was not working. They needed a plan and a good plan. And right now. That was probably apart of Blake's plan; attack them before they could formulate a plan. While Mr. Schmidt was a lot of things (a manwhore being on the top of that list), completely stupid was not one of them. Emily felt the raindrop leak through the ceiling and realized it was raining.

Madison would have been a bit more impressed by that little middle-eastern girl (?) turning into a giant monster if it didn't have the same result as her punching the Outsider. The Jaw's manifested wings as the Outsider chucked "Vashti" a bit prematurely and realized that maybe punching her over and over again was not working. The Outsider had to have a weakness, everyone does. Madison took to the skies as she figured that she was the toughest person here.

Kayla, where are you?

After all of that chaos, the Outsider merely sighed.

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She pointed at Madison, but... A red liquid that looked suspiciously like blood pooled on the floor and it quickly stretched outwards until it nearly filled up the entire room. And coming out of the pooling blood were creatures that were seemingly like infants of various sizes and shapes. Except made out of blood and demonic-looking with horns, claws, and razor-sharp teeth. Dozens of them leaped out of the blood as they attacked the Coven, scratching and knawing at their flesh.

"The fuck?!" Madison shouted as she was completely covered in the demons almost instantly. Fortunately, the Jaws protected her, but there were some gaps left in where the creatures got in and began attacking her. Madison screamed as she felt one tear her open. Then the Jaws disengaged. For a moment, Madison was wondering what in the world was he doing; before he reforged the barrier explosively and sent all of them flying. Madison took a deep breath as she felt the pain of the open wound that just one of them made. It was oozing blood. Okay, this wasn't going well.

"We need to get away from her!" Madison shouted as she just flew through the flimsy roof... but it didn't feel right leaving he Coven behind like that. So she stopped and looked back.

"Babylon!" Emily shouted as the beasts hopped on her and began brutally ravaging her... and it didn't take long for Babylon to apply the curse of unending flames to Emily and the surrounding area went up in flames. It burned the creatures that were on her to death while it made the others retreat. It incinerated her clothes but she would rather be naked than eaten alive. Unfortunately, when the flames faded her wounds were bleeding, and, yeah, she was naked.

Okay, they needed a plan but fortunately, Emily got one...

... and it went up in flames when her clothes did.

God damn it. Fortunately, Emily has a backup... except it's in her moped. Along with a change of clothes.

"One of you!" Emily shouted as she made a break for the door. "Distract her!" She screeched.

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The Outsider was... terrifying. Reminded Claudette of the Apparitions that used to haunt her, but Claudette was going to stay strong. She's stronger than she was before, fortunately, and she was going to stay that way. She sighed as she immediately did the most logical thing: Protected Izzy. Claudette hopped in front of Izzy and pointed her hand at the ground and then brought it up. Creating a wall of darkness that covered herself and many others and protected them from sight. Claudette grabbed onto Izzy's hand as she said.

"Mademoiselle!" Claudette shouted... looking at her Apparition with a bit of revulsion for a second before she said. "You must come with me! We must get to safety!"

Taylor still had no clue what the fuck was going on... she decided to stick with Claudette because she seemed to be prioritizing that one chick that came with them to the strip club last night. If anyone needed protection, Taylor would be there to give it to her. Though part of Taylor wanted to protect her because she was so damn hot.

"I got your back, sugar." Taylor's hands began to ignite with flames as she decided to put herself right next to Izzy. However, she turned towards Lyss and then asked, "I hope you have an idea of how the fuck to handle this, sugar. You seem to know what you're doing." Don't prove me wrong, though, sugar.

"The first thing we should do is get Izzy out of here!" Claudette said as she pulled Ms. Sasaki towards the exit and Taylor followed. They needed to get the healer out of the line of fire. "Then we come up with a plan." Claudette said as she kept the darkness up.

Strangely enough, none of the Outsider's minions penetrated the darkness.

Nomadic Odyssey: Fallen Virtue [Cancelled]

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ALRIGHT LET'S BEGIN!

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Sonic Adventure DX Music: E102 Gamma

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> Booting systems...

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> All systems are at 100% operational levels.

> Inquiry?

> Open new document file.

> Rename file?

> Yes.

> Final Test Log.

> Backup file?

> Yes.

It was a midsummer day, however for beings like Oh-One they were hardly affected by the raging cold winds. It was difficult to see given how thick the fog was, but again, for beings like Oh-One, they had other ways to circumvent it. The mechanical monster approached his magnum opus, constructed in secrecy by hundreds of drones while he hunted down the power stone. Which glew a green color in his hand as he walked up... he activated his Hi-boosters as he took to the sky. Floating up towards his creation... a massive mechanical tower that scratched high enough to touch the heavens. It was still having the finishing touches applied to it, but otherwise, it was complete. If he could feel anything, it would be pride. Or perhaps even joy. And that was the problem. And that was why Oh-One was doing all of this in the first place.

To finally feel.

Oh-One floated to the exposed core of the machine... and pulled out the power stone. The strange artifact floated into his machine and then the thing began activating. The gears turned as it spun and started glowing with red energy. The machine's core closed as it began to charge... but it won't be long until it's fully charged and the lines between man and flesh will be blurred. And in that blurring of the lines, Oh-One will finally be able to feel...

However, he would have to defend his perfection. Oh-One made plenty of enemies, but they'll appreciate him when he evolves them past the limits of flesh. Past the limits of their magic and technology... on his sensors he detected something. And he turned around to see a fleet of massive planes with the MAVERICK symbol on the side approaching rapidly. They'd probably be here within minutes... of course...

> Overclock systems? Y/N?

> Y.

> Overclocking...

Oh-One placed both of his hands together as he began to brightly glow with a red light... he aimed them at the fleet that was heading his way. The sheer heat he was giving off instantly melted the ice around him before he fired an enormous beam of red energy that cut through the air at lightning speeds. The red light was absolutely blinding and the ground shook and rumbled as the beam finally made it to the planes. The first one it hit instantly exploded as it burst into flames and hit the ground hard and Oh-One brought the beam to the side as it vaporized the plane next to it.

The other planes attempted evasive maneuvers but the plane immediately to the right was blown in half and crashed into the plane next to that one. Bringing it down. The beam faded... and left an enormous path of destruction straight to him. And Oh-One didn't mind one bit. He could detect Nomads on the horizon, heading towards him.

> Let them come? Y/N?

> Y.

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It wasn't quite a routine mission, but the boss put a whole lot of effort into saying how fucking important this mission was. They had like a fleet of planes that were loaded with MAVERICK soldiers... including himself. He had on his full gear and had a rifle in hand. Ready to fight the robotic menace known as... Oh-One? Honestly, he didn't know. He just did whatever the hell they told him to do, that's how he kept getting paid. ^{But never laid.} Just had to wait... the plane was approaching-

"Hey, who the hell are you?" He heard in the cargo decks... followed by the sound of metal pounding against each other. He saw another MAVERICK trooper sliding against the floor as he heard footsteps approaching. A blonde-haired cyborg walked up with another blonde-haired chick in another dress. Immediately, he aimed his gun at him.

"Freeze!"

Before he could pull the trigger, the cyborg ran up and kicked the rifle out of his hand with an ax-kick assisted by some kinda blue energy. The weapon hit the ground with a thud as the last thing he saw was the kid's fist.

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"... Couldn't we have picked a better way of getting here?"

Justin asked as he gripped his wrist with his other hand... which was a bit bloody as he stood over the dead guy. This plan could have gone a bit better. Well, no, it could have gone a lot better. Justin looked at Oh-Seven who stood to his side with a smile on her face. Justin shook his head as he continued.

"Like maybe you could have done your little jet thing and I could have ridden you."

And Oh-Seven giggled like a twelve-year-old that heard their first dick joke.

"Oh, not like t-that," Justin shook his head. "What are you? Twelve?"

Oh-Seven's eyes flew a bright blue color as she laughed,

"Well, I am only a year old," Oh-Seven chuckled as Justin rolled his eyes. She gave the unconscious guy a good kick as she said, "Now, let's stuff them somewhere and find somewhere to wait out-"

"... We got intruders!" Another pair of MAVERICK grunts shouted as they aimed their guns at them.

"Oh, you were saying?" Justin said with a catty grin as he turned towards them. "Shoot those guns, we're both doomed, bud. So, it's your funeral." He chuckled.

The second that last laugh left his mouth he closed the distance and threw a kick at one of the MAVERICK agent's stomachs and sent him flying backward. His partner tried to hit him with his rifle but Justin caught the butt with his hand and punched him in the face. Before he grabbed him and chucked him. Justin glanced over his shoulder to see Oh-Seven... doing nothing.

"Hey, why are you just standing there? Do something?!" He said.

"Sorry," Oh-Seven chuckled as she did finger guns. "If I shoot these guns we're both doomed, bud."

Justin sighed.

A group of a lot more MAVERICK soldiers approached... then there was that red light coming from the window. The massive laser beam that cuts through the planes like hot butter. Oh-Seven covered her mouth as she said.

"... Oh-One."

The plane flew to the side to avoid the chaos but they couldn't avoid being hit by the adjacent plane. The wing was completely snapped in half and the plane began its descent. While spinning. Justin was being knocked all over the place along with the MAVERICKs... but Oh-Seven merely activated her jet-boost and floated. Her right hand transformed into a rocket launcher as she fired a red-tipped missile which blew them an exit. They were sucked right on out due to wind pressure and Justin was falling to the ground, wondering what the hell he did in a past life as he fell.

However, he felt Oh-Seven's arm around his as he stopped falling. He looked up to see Oh-Seven's gentle smile and she assured him with, "I got yo-"

As it turned out, she didn't. A cargo box hit her and the two were sent falling towards the ground and Justin couldn't help but roll his eyes. They were sent downwards spiraling, but Justin grabbed onto Oh-Seven with one hand and stuck the other hand out. He fired a blue blast of energy that was powerful enough to shoot him in the other direction for just one moment... before they hit the ground much lighter than before.

The plane that they stowed away in crashed and loudly exploded in a wreath of flames. The two looked on.

"Wow," Oh-Seven said, "... I hope they got out of that before it crashed."

Justin had his arm still wrapped around Oh-Seven... as she warmly nuzzled her cheek against his and made him a little bit uncomfortable. He quickly rolled off and hopped to his feet as he looked around. He saw it... Oh-One's machine, as he called it. The one thing that they had to destroy before he, well, destroyed the world. Sounded easy? Well, Oh-One was a murder bot that could take on even the strongest Nomads... and they were going at him with a half-baked plan.

Justin dusted himself off as he looked on.

Well, at least Justin knows if they die, in the middle of an arctic wasteland, at least they tried. Maybe the grim reaper will pin a medal for participation on his chest. Justin sighed as he put his hands in his pockets... before he felt Oh-Seven's hand around his.

"... Let's go, Justin."

Justin shook his head as he faced the tower.

"Yeah, we got ourselves a robot to fuck up."

Oh-Seven crossed her arms and pouted.

"... Uh, an evil robot."

"That's better."

Justin and Oh-Seven sprinted off towards the tower.

Nomadic Odyssey: Fallen Virtue [Cancelled]

@DragAccepted

Nomadic Odyssey: Fallen Virtue [Cancelled]

@Savo Accepted

Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

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“Wait, weren’t you there?”

Vashti

"Was, sugar," Taylor said with a shrug. "My body mighta' been there but my mind's in a state of confusion."

Even with all the explanations about the Outsider, Taylor was still fucking confused. She just showed up here the other day and watched as where ever the fucking Coven went mayhem followed. It was honestly fucking incredible, like watching a train wreck that just kept piling up and kept getting worse. Taylor just wanted to see when this fucking roller coaster would stop.

Either way, Taylor patiently and quietly listened as Lyss gave her big heroic speech and then she wondered where the other fire crotch was. Lyss seemed to be more of a leader than she was, but again, it wasn't her place. It was still standard stuff but nobody explained what the fuck it could, you know, do. Taylor shrugged as Lyss ended her speech with the classic, "If you want to leave now, then leave". She was tempted to be a smartass and walk the fuck out but she was committed to Kim's little request. And she wanted to see what else they can fucking ruin.

Babylon, meanwhile, looked bored as Lyss was talking. She was floating in the air with her hand against her head as she looked at her nails as if she was lying down on nothing. "Let me just add that a lot of you are probably going to die. Horribly, but that's par for the course," Babylon floated upright as she looked at Lyss, "Personally, I would rather that we jump ship to another dimension and let whatever happens here, happen. There's lots of wonderful places out there, you know."

She shrugged. However, Emily was quiet the entire time as she crossed her arms, letting her apparition speak. Still, a grin formed on her face.

"... This is my fault," Emily forced out the statement, her voice was low and anyone with a brain could tell she wasn't sincere. "I should have done better to make sure the deal didn't fall through like it did, but-"

"It ain't fucking important, sis," Madison cut her off as she took a swig of her alcohol. She was getting tired of this pity party finger-pointing bullshit. The only Madison wanted to do was get the sacrifices that the Outsiders have freed out and then go the fuck home. And get high. After the whole thing with the Hound, she wasn't exactly in a good place. And what was worse was the fact that "Molly" was, like she expected, far gone with her roomie also missing. Madison blamed herself for that, but she wasn't going to let the failures keep piling up like this.

"What is important is that we stop bulleting and stop the Outsider," Madison spoke before she turned her head towards Lyss. "Which is why I'm with you, sis. Even if no one else is."

"I'm with you, Mademoiselle," Claudette said... resisting the urge to sneer at Vashti for her outburst yesterday. "I wish I was there last night, things would have gone far differently."

"It's my mission to stop beings like the Outsider, anyway," Emily shrugged. "... And dimension-hopping is a last resort."

Babylon crossed her arms.

"... And when the outsider kills you all," Babylon started, "I'm going to be laughing at you."

Before their conversation could continue, Sin came back and... brought a friend. Madison couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Oh boy," She mumbled, "They're multiplying."

She received an elbow from Claudette who heard her, but Sin introduced her new friend... Grace. What a pretty name, but Claudette thought it was a horrible time to be introducing new members to their group. Like quite honestly horrible.

"Um, Sin..."

"It's Quinn," Taylor said because she couldn't help but cringe at that nickname.

"We been knew that," Madison rolled her eyes.

"Whatever!" Claudette said to the group, "Sin, bringing her here right now was not a good idea. At all."

"I think it's a wonderful idea," Emily said with a grin. "She brought another thing for the Outsider to shoot."

Claudette facepalmed and Madison shook her head... just before the Jaws manifested the three skulls again and Babylon's expression changed to fear and they both spoke in-universe.

"... She's here!"

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Dead by Daylight - Doctor Chase Music

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"̵̜͖̫̜̻͗͆̓͂͊͠.̸̨̟̪̜̩̮̩̓͛̆́͒̈́.̵̡͙͙͚̣͓̈̌̈̅͌̽͊.̶̨̨̛̙̩͈̿́̋̉̄͘͜͜ ̵͕̱̓I̶͖̞͋̊̇n̶̨̬͔͖̰͑d̷̤̉͗̃̏e̵͙͓̳̱͓̱͇͆̀e̴̗̳̩̅͂͜ḑ̷̱͉̪̀̆̅̾̉͋͘ ̵̢͕͙̙̔̑̄͌͠I̶̖̿̿̏̆ ̸̛̰̭̥̼͊̀́ȧ̴͕̖̏̍̉͒͜m̷̢̺̘̘̹̝͖̉̈́̊͑̚,̷̗̥͎̖̹͍͛̋́̌͝"̸̺̽̇

They heard the otherworldly voice of the Outsider as she merely descended from the ceiling. Landing on one of the tables in the center of the Coven's little meeting as if she was not even there. Merely a phantasm. The Outsider grinned as she looked around.

"̷̢͎͉̝̬̓͜A̴̛̛̙͌̄̀́̑r̶̨̞̭͙̞̗̈́̃͝e̷̻͉̟͙̝͕̹̐̌̀́̀̎͌ ̷̫̜̾̈́̏̅͗ỳ̶̛͉͆̈́̄͘o̷̧̦̗̊̈́͗͌͂u̴͍͓̯̹̝̪̓̔͜ ̸̢̻̰͕̌t̵̞̝͗̂̕ả̸̠̰̬͂̋͝l̸̙̬̩͛̃͗̈́͑̈k̷̰̞̙̘̻̫͇̍̈ì̵̳̱͛͆͝ń̸̡̰̞̳͓̝̤̈́͛͌g̷̡̱̖̬̬̬͎͒̓̂ ̶̨̤̻͛̍̈́̑̚̚a̶̧̢̘̘̱͓͈͌͠b̴̙̌̌̈́ȏ̷̤͖̘̦̟̯̈û̷͚̗͋t̶̢̧͍͖̪̟̥͗͑͐̑̉̔ ̸̛̞̦̲͑̀͑̅͜ͅm̴̪̻͔̦̱͆͋̊͑̍͜͝ę̸̥̯̜͔͕̑̾̚?̶͍͇́ ̶͖͍͝Ḑ̸̬̺̖͠ͅö̷̭̠͍̦́̏͜n̶̪̹̮͙̪͔̰̾̏̿̃̌̕'̴͖͎̺͆͑̽̂̃͠t̸͓̖͔̂̈́̐̚ ̵͎͓̹̘͊͐̓͝y̷̡̛̬͍͂ọ̸̡͍̰̭͐̏̀̉̿́̒ͅu̴̟͕̮̅́̉͂̅̾̈ ̵̻͓̲̦̃̽̅̍͘͘k̸̢̛̰̲̰̩͔̈̒̅n̸̜̄͋͋̓̚o̸͎̤̟̺̩̺̘̍́̎w̷̪̩̩̏̍̋́̂͜ ̶̗̼͙̩͆̇i̷͙̰͖̗̝͍̿̋́ţ̶̝̖̞̭̜̓̃͋̓͗̄̓'̴̹͎̒̋s̶̹̿͒̋̏̀ ̵̛̤̯̠͉͖̒͊́͋r̴̮̖̮͖̖͚̍̿͗̐̎̎͑u̶̟̤̾̎ͅd̴̼̣͚͕͂̎̎̌̃͆̉e̵̘̹̺͎͇͙̋͗̑ ̵̨̗̺̀͊͌̏ţ̶̥̟̮̙̺͊͑̒̌̽ơ̸̦͙̈̂ ̶̨̫̟̟͇̺̋̃̅̿t̴̛̟̣͍͉̙̔̒̂̂̋̚á̴̖̫̱͔̏͗͜l̷͍̩̱͖̆ͅk̴̯̝͍͇͐̔͛͆̕͝ͅ ̸̨̜̲̦̦̀́a̴̡̫̱̖͙̍̐ͅb̵̹̪̓̀̈́̀͐̑ö̶͍̹̱̩͈́̆̽ų̷͚͉̗̲͎̑͘t̷̪̫̱̭̝̄͐͘̚ ̸̜̝͕̈͐̊͗͑̓͗p̶̥̭̥̻̄̽̌͝ͅe̴̢̬͈̻̗͑̒̃̈́̃ǫ̵͔͐̈́̈̒ͅp̶͉̻͚̱̅̈́̾̆l̷̮͙͙̎̒ě̵̥̽̃̀̋̈́͠ ̶̱͍͙͍͂́͊͋͂͘ͅb̶̨͕̜̠̝̭͒̊̄̾ë̴̖̘̭̀̈́̒̌͠h̵̙̗̎͗͑̽͑̕̚i̴̙͉͐̈͝ṇ̴̠̣͎̬͓̇ḓ̴̢̛̲̺̙̒̐́͒̆̾ ̵̯̝̞̝̒̾̌͛͑͠͝t̴̨̥͕̥̠̃͛̆̏h̶̻̩͕̹̙̯̱̋̌̐͆ȩ̴̞̰̍͋̑̇ͅǐ̸͍̺̱̀̈́̌̏̿r̸̛̪̫̹͗̊͑̄ ̸͓̦̬̱̑̏̅͜͜͠ḅ̴͙͓̣̆͊̈́͗́͒͜a̶̗͎͕͎̘͈̋̈́̉ĉ̴̝̖͕͗̒̚̕k̴̬͔̼̥̝̈̇ŝ̸̡̨̭̰̮̹̜̏?̸̢͇͎̠̍"̵̝̭̮͋͌̔̇̄͑̿

The Outsider said as they walked around.

"̷̙͈̩̰͙̅͜E̵̢̹͈̭̠̐͒͠ş̴̛͔͍͍̹̼͋́̾p̵̢̭͕͈̼̪̉̈́̀̒̇͝ė̶̤̞͔͂̏͒̓͘͠c̶̡͉͎̟̱̳̈́̾̇͝i̷̺̺̫̮̯̲̗͂͊͗ả̷̭͖̈́̽̅̎̚l̴͉͐́̚͘l̶̪̬̿͛̈́̽́̉y̷̡̧̰̮͊͆̈́͗͝ ̴̥͇̠̳̫̯̗͗̆̈w̷̩̲̣̬̐̏̀̉̑͜ͅh̵̖̪̼̎͠e̴̫̅ñ̴͇̾ͅ ̶̲̈̚y̴̢̰̌̀̇͋̔̅̊ọ̷̢̼̻̞̲̞̀̈́̈́ú̸̡͈͙̦̙̪̃ ̵̲͔̠̦͍̒̀͘h̴̯̣̘́̉̊a̸̲͚̓͆v̷̺͕͎͍͇͛͋͂ȩ̸̮̞͆͛̈́̇̐͘͜͝ ̸̧̱̫͍̖̬̈̈́̏̊͝B̷̩̬̝̼̭̳͕̃ã̴̛͔͎̗͍̱̂͊̅͘b̵̯̤̀͗͑̌͂͂y̶̘̾̇̒̓l̸̨̡̗̯͇͖̯̄͗͂͛̚ŏ̸̘̺͎̅͘͝ņ̶͈̓́ ̸̡̟̯̝̞̘̤͊͂͒̉̎̇̂t̶̼͖̠̩̦͆h̸̭̞̹͍͕̙̐̂̄̓ę̵͙̩̩̥͎̂̈́͋̈́͂̐͜ ̶̭̣̆̈́͌͝G̵̤̲̺̩̀̓̔̃̿̌ͅŗ̷̲͙̣̺̽͒ȩ̴̹͚̦͊̀a̵͇̼͔̓t̸͖̪͆̍͐̍̎͘͜͝ ̸͈͎̹̫̀̓̏̍͛ä̶̗̐́͌́n̵̖͎̎̈̈͐̓͐́ͅd̵̢̰̟̹̦̯́̓̀́̇ͅ ̶͉̲̱͂̎̓̎́͐̕ȃ̸̢̜̗͓̻̎̈́̽̇̌̚ ̶̡̡̮̥̫̘̬̎̎B̶̙̄͌ù̷̻͉̃̊̅̀r̶̬̀n̶͕͔̱̜̾̂̈́̕s̸̢͚̹̫͚̹͓̓̈́̓͛̇ ̸̧͍͓͚͙̖̑̔̀̎̍͝ĩ̷̹͍̤͔̊̌n̵̨̨͚̲̱̞͎̈́́͌͐ ̷̲̠̱̲̮̃̊̏̂̚͝ỳ̸̞̗̺̟̱̀̈́̾o̴͈͖̰̺͓̦̣̎̅͛ṳ̴̱̗͖̓̀̕r̷̪͈͎͉͓̈͑̃̈́ ̵̝̹͋͝ͅm̷̝͙̙̫̙̠̈̕ë̴̢̠̦̻͎̽͗ṃ̵̛̠͍̔̿b̶̻̬̖͚̜̪͈́̊͝e̶̠̩͒̇͐̚̕r̵̹͑͝ś̸̺̗̟͈̙̾͠͝h̷̗̽̈͒̓͂́͝i̵̼̊̆̔̾̎͝p̸͔̳͆̊.̸̼̤͈̯̟̒͛͋̄̒̇̃.̷̪̻͋̇̎̀̋͠͝.̴̘͇̥͚̀̓ ̴̧̛̗̟͑̋́ņ̶̦̪̺̑̽̀̕o̵̘̐̔͝w̷͙̗̻̟̝͌̊͛͗̒̚͝ͅ ̶̨̢͇̍̄̂͐́̊͝I̸̛̻̤̙̲̫͚̫͘ ̶̙͖̈́̒̉̀͜͝ḱ̵̺̅͝n̶̬͈̽͜o̶̪̓͌́̕͝ẘ̴͎͖̱̓͒̎ ̵̥̠̞͎̺̱͍̈̀͂̓̉̑y̶̫̳͉̱͎̍ǫ̸̨̢̯͎̬̿͒ú̷̩̮̫̮͖̯͎͑̌͂̀̚'̴̜̫͌ͅr̶͓̔͋̐͠ĕ̵̢͍͙̜̰ͅ ̵̖̈́́́̕a̸̘͎̦̳͔̋̾l̵̫̙͕̠̾l̷͙̬̓͂ͅ ̴̝̠̩̺̀̅r̷̘͇̿́͘ë̴̘̝̹̹̙͔̱́̀á̶̛̯̆͋̎̎̚l̸̰̀͋̌̚l̸̡̗͚͈̰͠y̷͓͑̂̂͐ ̸̞̙͖͍̀̈́͊̊̃̌̕ͅm̶̡͊̽e̴̡̨̨̯͕̬̙̊̇͊̀̋s̶͕͚̒̔̒̐͛͌ŝ̷̩̈́e̶͕̿d̷̡̗̗̞̗̓̽̈̍͑̽ ̸̣̄̔̾̒͝u̵̢͍͓̾̓̎̆͝p̶̢̢͉̖̼̈́̿̽̚͜.̶̖͕̳̮̀"̷̨̞̹̜͛̈

"... Jaws."

Madison muttered as she was not in the mind or mood to listen to this abomination ramble on and on. The Jaws fully manifested a barrier of ghostly bones around Madison as she flew forward and punched the Outsider right across the face. The Outsider was sent flying backward, spinning as she hit the ground again and again... before, in the blink of an eye, she appeared right back on her feet. The cracks that had formed on her face gradually repaired itself as she grinned.

"Fuck, why does that keep happening?!" Madison said as she grabbed one of the plastic chairs and tossed it at the thing... however, Babylon's sigil hit it and the chair exploded in flames mid-flight... and was melted before it even hit her.

"Watch it, Mads!" Emily shouted as Babylon had a sigil in both hands, prepared to launch them. However, the Outsider focused her attention on Maya... and merely pointed a finger at her.

"̴̫̤͇̭̇̉͋̅͑͘̕M̵̧̡͙̳̞̽́͐r̸͈̰̫͓̙̦̆̑͑̽̚.̵̬̘̹̒ ̴̰̠̩̠̯̔̈́̂͋̅S̸̡̪̜̟͕̠̀͌͗͛̅̅̚c̶͕̪̮̼̫̒̄͑̐̚ẖ̸͙̥̰͇̰̾̈́́̇́͘͜m̷̻̋̊̚i̷̖̭͍̭̰͑̀ḍ̸̮͖͐t̷̢̝̲̤͕͍̎̍̃̃ ̶̡̨̲̤͈͇͑̑͌̇͘š̴͚̗͉͆́͋ạ̴̧͚̈̍̓̈͘i̸̪̝͕̗̦͌̊̍̈́̚͜ḑ̴̠͝ ̸͚̞͊̈̅̀̈́͌̈́͜͜ḥ̷̖̑̒̀̆̚ȅ̷̱̠͎̤̑̾ ̴̱̮͙͇̉́̕w̵̰͔̅͌͊a̶̤͝ͅn̶̜͖̠̦͔̎̍̃͠t̷̖̉̆͊͘e̴͕͒̂̆͜d̸͓̳̿͐̽̾̐͠ ̵̧̫͑̌͛y̴̜̬̅̋̄͆̈̅o̶͈̩͚̣͠ú̴̬͑͋̿͒̎́ ̶͔̱̺̲̬̌͘d̷̛͕̩̩̟͉̋̀̿͛̊̚e̵̖̝̗̳̅͛̓̅̚a̶̗̲̫͉̎ͅd̵̰͈̫͓̖̓̈́͗ ̶͇̙̃̅̉ṱ̶̭̬̯̎̂̍̈̾͋h̵͈̙̕̕͝ḛ̴̢̫͖̺̙̑̈́͜ ̸̧̞̜̮̩̪̀̾͆͝͠ḿ̷͓͉͋ǒ̶̬̖͚̿́͠͝ͅs̵̭̰̣̼̀̔t̵̢͎̟̦̆̔̍̆͘͠.̷̛̳͎͕̺̫̗̤̆̀̾̿"̵̪̮̿̃͊

And that finger quickly extended at lightning speeds towards Maya.

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Zach Hemsey - The Zoo

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"... They pulled another body out the wreckage."

Maximilian said to Meifeng as she stood in front of the wreckage of the compound with her hands in the pockets of her suit. She heard him speaking but honestly, she couldn't listen anymore. She just stood there, staring at it with a completely blank face. The entire building was collapsed in on itself and the entire place within miles was destroyed. Shredded to bits as there were craters every other step, entire buildings cleanly cut in half, and bodies everywhere. The bodies were covered with a black cover but... they weren't pretty.

"This is not good," Maximilian said in an attempt to get her attention.

"... Who are you telling?" Meifeng asked as she pivoted towards him and took her hands out of her pockets. "Dozens of people, dead. And with the Extra-Normal incidents popping up..." She shook her head.

"We'll do what we can, Agent Liao," Maximilian said.

"But are we doing enough, though?" Meifeng asked as she looked at her feet. "The fate of the world is in our hands but... I'm not acting like it. If I wasn't fooling around... I could have stopped this." She sighed as a tear welled up in her eyes. She would never let Maximilian see it.

"... We're human, Meifeng," Agent Keagan walked up with her hands in her pockets and stepped between the two before she said to Meifeng, "We need to have fun. Enjoy ourselves... you know it's only a matter of time until, well..."

"You're right..." Meifeng sighed she pivoted on her heel as she turned towards the wreckage of the Forgiven Compound. "We need to devote all efforts towards finding Annabelle Heart. We need to end this at all costs."

"There's something I wanted to talk to you about, Agent Liao," Maximilian sighed himself as he closed his eyes. "It's about the Coven."

And Meifeng's mood soured even more, "And what about them...?"

"Last night... well, it's a long story," Maximilian made sure to sidestep some kind of fooling around he did. "But, the Coven pissed off Blake Schmidt and he's sic some Apparition on them."

Meifeng was silent for a few seconds as she opened her mouth to say something but stopped.

"... That's their problem."

"Agent Liao," Maximilian said as he walked up but he stopped not too far away from Agent Keagan. "We can't just let this happen."

"And we can't just rush to their rescue every time they fuck up," Meifeng hissed in between her teeth as she kicked a stray piece of rubble. "They're all grown women when I was their age I was fighting my own battles. Not just by myself, but with pride."

"There's only so much they can do on their own," Maximilian said.

"Do you see this, Maximilian?" Meifeng pointed.

"I do, but-"

"Do you see it?"

"Agent Liao, this is what we're supposed to do!" Maximilian shouted.

"What we're supposed to do is stop shit like this from happening, Agent Cornell! We have to stop Annabelle Heart because God forbid I'll let my children get killed by that monster!"

Meifeng shouted... and that last bit was completely unintentional. Just a slip on her part. Meifeng sighed as she put her hands in her pockets and walked past Maximilian. "We prioritize this, Agent Cornell. And that's an order, got it?"

Maximilian sighed.

"... Got it."

𝒟𝒪𝒪𝑀𝒮𝒜𝒴𝐸𝑅𝒮 - Duality in the Land of the Dead

don't wait on me i'm busy af