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Worlds Collide - A Futuristic Fantasy RP

Alice flinched as the rocks shot from the ground- though they were clearly illusory, they’d caused her to hesitate for that crucial second, more than enough to destabilize her. She flailed, managing to catch herself before smearing herself all over the ground.

“Fucking illusions…” she grumbled to herself, eyeing Lily venomously. As the pent up magical energy coursing through her system once more made its presence known, a grin came to her face.

Folding her wings and dropping to the ground she lunged into a slash with her sword while in the air, funneling raw power down the sword as an arc of flame shot out from the end towards Lily. She flared her wings out just before impact, catching her fall. She charged up another shot of the same flame as she did so, putting less raw power into it this time, it wouldn’t do for her to lose control.

The illusory spikes had the intended effect of stopping Alice in her tracks, and keep her from dive bombing Lily once again. But it didn’t stop her entirely, as evident by the fact that Lily found herself enveloped in her own tails, a barrier of fur between her and the blast sent her way.

It had come too fast to dodge entirely, so better to try to block it. She was blown back, landing on her back with a grunt of pain, a dismayed look in her eyes as she looked at the damage wrought to her tails; charred and blackened fur on some of them, but most whole.

“That’s it,” she snarled, standing up. Her slitted pupils staring death and destruction at the Valkyrie. “Gloves off.” Like a wolf or a lion would, a growl emanated from her throat even as the air started to hum with energy. Raw, destructive power might be something she lacked, but she was by no means weak. “One on one seems a little too balanced, don’t you think?” She asked, a venomous smile on her lips. “Let’s… make the odds a little uneven.” Each of her tails made a whipping motion behind her, and from each whip came an identical copy of herself, even with the blackened fur.

“Good luck,” she mouthed, the real one retreating into the group of her clones. Then, as one, they ran towards Alice, splitting up once they were halfway, and started circling her, each running almost as fast as they could.

Alice regarded the clones with a raised eyebrow, sword erupting in flames once more as she built up power for another arc of fire. She bunched her wings together, giving a strong flap as she expelled herself from the circle, traveling close to the ground.

Before she had gone far -maybe three meters- she whipped around, sword whirling with the centrifugal force as the blade unleashed a tongue of flame in the direction of Lily and her clones, before Alice lept into the sky once more.

Lily—the real one— grinned, watching Alice spew fire at a couple of random clones. She let the fire pass through two of them, but had a third one appear to have been struck, adding a few burn marks and sending it tumbling backwards, groaning. It stood up somewhat shakily, teeth bared in an angry snarl. The rest of the clones had stopped, just watching Alice.

An orb of blue energy materialized in each of the clone’s hands, both of which which she subsequently threw up at Alice, one after the other. But instead of just hitting her, the orbs flew up and above her before splitting into several smaller ones, all of them raining down like a carpet of death.

Hoping, or rather assuming, that a carpet of death would distract her, the real Lily started gathering energy, taking only a little from the grass and other greenery surrounding them, making sure that none were outright killed but only lost a bit of its colour to further lower the chances of being discovered. A smile that was mirrored by every other clone spread across Lily’s lips. Good luck, little bird.

“Fuck.” Alice swore in an even tone as the balls of blue light sailed into the sky and detonated, raining down smaller balls like a magical cluster bomb. Poised to either make a break for it, or trying and blast her way through, she caught sight of the grass, and the rather prominent lack of dead grass.

Thoughts raced through her mind, primarily that the imminent danger above was an illusion. Which meant… which meant a real attack was coming.

She swore again, pumping her wings as hard as she could, oblivious to the small blue spheres as she sailed through them, nonetheless subconsciously trying to avoid them.

She conjured a small ball of fire, lobbing it halfheartedly in the general direction of the Lilies as she began to twist, turn, corkscrew, make sudden drops and do anything possible to make herself hard to hit.

Lily couldn’t help but grimace a little as Alice flew through the illusory orbs, getting hit by at least five of them but with no effect, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise since they weren’t real, after all. She sighed, not even bothering to move as the fire blast from Alice hit some of the clones a little way away from her. Can’t she just be a good little Tank Buster and fall into my trap?

She glanced around her. The grass was still slightly darkening, but it was starting to become noticeable. Reaching beyond what she currently was, she extended her reach and drew from vegetation farther away to avoid suspicion. This is about all I can do, she used and used a little of the power she had gathered, cloaking herself in a field of invisibility, and erased the other clones from existence, except the one which had previously thrown the illusory orbs. With that, she stepped back, away from her precious location. She didn’t want to risk being blasted by sheer luck born of suspicion.

It’s a trap. How stupid does she think I am? Glaring at the surrounding terrain, Alice pursed her lips, pausing for a moment in her erratic movements.

“So, guess there must have been some scary monsters when you were a little girl, what, did mommy and daddy starve you?!” she bellowed across the ground, “Or did you have to hide from the monsters because mommy didn’t tuck you into bed enough?” she hovered in the air, varying her location enough to make her a harder target but not as extreme as the aerial acrobatics just prior.

Lily grit her teeth, knowing it was a barb the second it was said. Still, it didn’t keep her from reacting. She dispelled the last clone but remained out of sight, standing still. When she spoke, there was a definitive edge to her voice, even as she cast it out to make its source be from all over the place.

“Monsters? Starving? What do you know of any of that. Are your monsters perhaps a beating? Going to bed without dinner?” She was silent for a moment, then threw away the invisibility, coming into full view. She was standing on the ground, tails swishing behind her lazily. As she looked up at alice, she didn’t seem angry nor sad. There wasn’t a shred of malice.

No. She was smiling. A Trickster’s smile. “So what’re you waiting for?” She asked, almost excitedly.

Alice shrugged, “I don’t know. I suppose I’m waiting for you to get over your childhood trauma. I guess mommy didn’t tuck you into bed enough.” she smirked, “Or did you sleep on the ground too?”

Ah, shit. She swore in her thoughts, Of course I fucking give away information. Damn it. She bluffed it off, unsheathing her sword and setting it ablaze once more, “Here! I help compensate for those cold nights!”

“Seems like I hit the mark, then?” Lily shouted, grinning. “So which is it? Sent to bed without dinner? Daddy bringing out to belt to punish your naughty butt? Perhaps he went farther than that? ...Who knows. I bet you do.”

She was silent for a time, gauging Alice’s reaction. She’d seen a reaction before, a small one but noticeable. She just hoped that the barbs worked and she took the bait. Had her father beaten her? Hell if she knew, but it was either that or petty starvation which didn’t seem like something Alice had suffered from. Still, she wasn’t done yet.

Her smile turned from mischievous to downright malicious. “Do you perhaps want to see all those things again? I can make it happen, you know. Just a,” she raised one hand and snapped her fingers, “snap, and you could experience it all again.”

“While that sounds like a delightful offer, I think I’ll have to pass. If you can’t even hit the mark, I doubt you’d even be able quirk an eyebrow.” She called back at Lily, “Though it sounds to me like you’re haunted by your past, maybe you should take a break, see a therapist. I guess you must’ve been hungry, hmm? Stealing from dumpsters and pickpocketing people’s spare change?” She folded her arms, “Maybe you should give yourself an illusion, eh? Pretend you’d tasted a hot meal before you came here? Imagine the possibilities for yourself!”

Keep. Calm. Lily breathed deeply, the same smirk staying plastered on her face. It wasn’t strained, not yet, Ikari had taught her that much, but any more bulls eyes and she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to keep her cool. Anything? Anything I can use? What has she said so far, she… Rusted door. No reaction, no admission of the accusation either… possibly?

“Say…” Lily started, looking at Alice with an inquisitive eyebrow. “Remember when we started? You never did answer my question. You made it pretty clear that you weren’t gay, but you avoided the question when I asked if you were straight. Why’s that?” From an outsiders perspective it would look quite ridiculous; two enemies locked in battle, and suddenly one of them asks about the others sexuality as if asking how the weather was. Scratch that. Wouldn’t just look ridiculous, it sounds ridiculous to even say it.

Alice’s eye twitched. That one had hit home, and painfully so. She scoffed, shouting back, “You seem rather focused on sex, don’t you?” she unfolded her arms, placing her hands where her hips would be if they weren’t covered in armor, cocking her waist to the side slightly, “What, your mom never give you a hug, so you went looking for other sources of warmth? Surely you must have, it gets cold in the winter just about anywhere!” she paused for a moment, “Hell, did you even have a mother? What with how you act I wouldn’t be surprised if she dropped you on a street corner the moment she could!” she pulled her hands off her hips, “Can’t say I blame her!”

It was only through a mountainous effort that she did not fly off that handle at that comment. You could say many things to Lily without her reacting at all, a grin being the most you got in return. Perhaps an insult thrown back. But this…

The glare she shot Alice was one akin to a dragon’s baleful glare, the one only those who dared challenge it received. She bared her teeth, canines glimmering in the sun. “You know nothing,” she said, almost at a whisper, and yet it still carried to Alice.

And then she let loose.

Everywhere around them the grass blackened; a circle that continued to spread around them until the edges of it was out of sight. The energy gathered in Lily’s body was enough that it arced off of her, small blue sparks dancing between her fingers, tails, individual strands of hair. The air itself seemed to hum with the energy of a million dead flowers.

“Fuck your rules.”

Worlds Collide - A Futuristic Fantasy RP

Alice flew lazily over the fields and valleys of the training center, coasting on any warm updrafts she could find. She eyed the terrain, checking regularly to make sure she was on track.

She eyed the landscape admiringly, it really was beautiful viewed from the air, nothing could quite compare. Sure, she could always climb into a hot air balloon or visit some grand vista and gaze from a tower, but there was nothing quite like the bird’s eye view that flying over it all on her own gave.

She angled forward, bleeding off some altitude for a small speed boost- the designated area was coming up. Raking the ground with her eyes again, she noticed what appeared to be somebody waiting. A small ping in her mind alerted her that this was the place she needed to be and she folded in her wings, spiraling down like a heavily armored arrow.

As she neared the ground she flared out her wings, slowing herself down to more comfortable speeds. Tucking the wings behind her back she dropped the remaining couple feet, dropping and rolling to kill any extra velocity before standing and looking towards the other girl- or rather, the same girl from yesterday. Interesting… she mused, she looks a bit peeved, she noted with a flicker of amusement.

She coughed awkwardly, rasping out a, “Sup?”

Lily caught view of her incoming opponent the corner of her eyes, but didn’t move until she had landed and addressed her. She turned to face the Valkyrie—the wings, the sword strapped to her hip and the metallic looking armour adorning her body made it all too obvious—and gave her a half-smile, a hand on her hip.

“Took you long enough,” she commented casually even as she looked her up and down, measuring her. Valkyries are a Demon Class. Can’t be anything else. At least, I’ve never seen a Titan that small. “Been waiting here a grand total of one minute. You must be Alice, I take it?”

Alice looked back at the other girl, who clearly hadn’t shifted yet, so any real appraisal of her abilities beyond “little balls of fire” would have to wait a bit, “Clearly. Unless I’m her secret identical twin sister.”

“Well, a pleasure to meet you then… You are a Demon, right?” She gave Alice yet another cursory glance. “Can’t help but wonder… that armour. Looks like something a Titan might wear. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of Alice “Ironclad” Blackwood.” She shrugged, not really giving alice a chance to reply before she continued. “At any rate, I suppose we’ll have to punch each other and—”

”Lily, I want you to continue your exercise from yesterday. Avoid reality bending as much as possible, focus instead on direct attacks.”

Lily had stopped paying attention to the outside world for a moment as Ikari’s message was transmitted. By the end of it, her eyes was almost twitching. “What?!” She exclaimed. “You can’t be serious! I’m no match for her without those!”

”Yet you will do without them.” The link was cut, ending the telepathic conversation between Lily and Ikari.

“Great,” she mumbled. “Better get this on with.” She closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath, letting it out after a few seconds. As she did so, she opened her eyes to reveal a pair of summer blue irises with slitted pupils, the first of many changes. A pair of fox-like ears poked through her hair atop her head, almost immediately turning towards Alice. Her facial features softened, though the structure of it became a bit sharper and pointier, but far, far more attractive, and from behind her sprouted nine white tails, each as long as she was tall.

She looked down as some of the last changes were about to happen, watching with a widening smile as her breasts grew to twice their previous size, filling her her shirt. As did her hips and posterior widen and grow respectively, giving her a figure that most women would envy.

When she looked up again, it was with a toothy grin, elongated and pointy canines glimmering briefly in the morning sun. “Forgive me for being narcissistic, but I love seeing them grow… so, you ready?” She asked.

Alice had been about to ask what exactly Lily was no match for her without, but held her tongue as her opponent began to shift, answering the question for her. To most anyone it would be obvious that the main strength of a Kitsune was their illusions… and without those…

“I’d offer to handicap myself but in an actual fight nobody would be so noble.” she commented, “But I can definitely see the practicality of something like the magic rifles Endola uses now.”

She drew her sword, idly twirling it in her hand as small wisps of magic began to dance on her fingers, augmenting her already considerable strength and endurance. “Could certainly do with a decent ranged method of attack, anyway, I’m ready whenever you are.” she shrugged at Lily, adopting a relaxed pose that she could nonetheless spring from at a moment’s notice.

“You must be straight,” Lily said, an eyebrow raised. “And very much so. Most people, even girls, tend to comment on my change… Well, whatever.”

“I prefer to think of it as hiding any impressions I may have.” Alice replied, “And my door in any case is either rusted tight or has so many directions it can swing it doesn’t know which way to go.”

“So bisexual. Alright.” She chuckled, a brief and almost musical sound. “Fine with me. As for starting, it’s already begun.” She smiled and waved her hand, disappearing from view as she bent the light around her, and started walking in a slow circle around Alice. “Only question is,” she continued, her voice seemingly coming from every direction. “Where am I?”

Alice idly glanced around, shrugging. She sheathed her sword and stretched out her arm languidly, yawning slightly.

Straightening suddenly, fire swirled around her fingertips as she blasted the area around her in a full circle, launching herself into the air on the heat generated.

Hadn’t expected that! Lily thought as she jumped back, avoiding the fire with relatively little effort but still feeling the heat, albeit briefly. She had shed her invisibility when she jumped, instead focusing on keeping her eyes on the now airborne Valkyrie.

A small grin returned to her lips, replacing the surprised expression from before. She stretched out a hand, a mass of energy quickly gathered in it before she flung it at Alice, a ball of blue fire quickly homing in on her.

Alice drew her sword, launching herself higher in the air she dove under the ball of flame, and spiraled towards Lily. Her sword began to emanate flames of its own, and Alice slammed into the ground, feet embedding themselves in it slightly, lunging with the flat of the sword towards Lily. Her left hand was cloaked in fire as she prepared to follow up with another close ranged blast.

Even as Alice started her descent, Lily cloaked herself in another illusion, leaving behind a copy of herself to act as a decoy. She couldn’t quite help but wonder why Alice would stoop to such simple tactics, knowing that a blatant charge wouldn’t work.

She had gone far enough away to stand behind her when she landed, watching the sword go through her clone with no resistance. Meanwhile, she had been gathering energy, arcs of blue lightning coursing along her right arm, sometimes jumping from elbow to wrist, or shorter or longer distances.

“You shouldn’t be so predictable!” She called, unleashing a blast of lightning at Alice’s back at the same time.

Alice hadn’t really expected it to work, and was completely unsurprised when her sword passed through the clone with no resistance.

Keeping the energy for the blast contained for later use, she heard a small crackling from behind, pushing off from the ground and rolling to the side. Flaring out a wing she rapidly rose and unleashed her own magical blast, throwing all her energy into a rapid dash to follow up, sword blazing like an elongated inferno.

Lily found herself getting thrown through the air, the blast coming unexpected and powerful enough to push her off of her feet. She somersaulted through the air, hands momentarily extended to push her off of the ground and into a controlled fall.

With one last backwards somersault, she landed on her feet, a baleful glare aimed at the now charging Valkyrie. She bent down in her knees and set off, charging towards Alice, ducking beneath the blade and delivering a powerful punch in her abdomen, though fuelled by nothing but her own strength.

Alice grunted slightly as the kitsune punched her, though it was considerably negated by the armor. She brought around her sword, using the pommel to strike between Lily’s shoulder blades, and smashing downward with her elbows as she simultaneously brought up her knee, catching Lily between the hammer of her arms and the anvil of her knee.

She charged up another blast of fire in her free hand, springing back and blasting it before Lily could also escape.

Lily cursed at the beating she received, letting out a loud grunt. Even then, it didn’t deter her. She shifted and grabbed hold of Alice, keeping her in place so that she couldn’t jump back. She raised her head and looked the Valkyrie dead in the eyes, teeth bared in something akin to a victorious snarl.

Blackness spread out around them, the grass withering away and becoming nothing but black husks in a small area around them. Lily’s tails turned, their tips pointing directly at her. “Gotcha,” she snarled, unleashing a powerful blast of raw power at point blank, the blast divided into nine; one from each tail. She let go of Alice, too, jumping back with the help of the blast, landing in a crouch.

Alice stumbled slightly from the blast, but grinned nonetheless. “We taking off the kiddy gloves, then?” She called, launching herself high into the air once more. Building up energy in her entire body, she took a breath and dove. She wasn’t holding out any hope of hitting Lily directly, she was too fast for that. But she felt like breaking something.

Sword held back as she streaked towards the ground like a feathery comet, though she struggled to maintain all the energy she’d built up.

Doesn’t she ever learn? Had she had time, Lily would have shaken her head, but as it were she did not have the time. Rather, she decided to do as Alice had suggested and “took the kiddy gloves off.” She locked eyes with the Valkyrie and extended her will, taking hold of her mind. She then called upon her magic and lifted both arms as if pulling something from the ground. In response, illusory, rocky spikes shot from the ground, shooting up to meet, and spear, Alice should she keep diving.

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

Figured as much, still wanted to tease you, though :p

Regardless, no need to apologise. We know you're busy atm and are waiting. Patiently :3

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

Lots of pictures... Could you throw it all in a [hider] [/hider]? :3

Worlds Collide - A Futuristic Fantasy RP

Don't worry, Nim. Things are busy for the rest of us, too, so things are moving slow.

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

Just kidding xP Mostly. No need to apologise.

Also... you got married? o_O Or was it a sibling who got trapped for life? xP

Beacons (A Post Apocalyptic RP Interest Check)

You misspelled "Bacon."

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

Aeonumbra said
Hey guys! Just a heads up we'll start Friday at the latest. Got it written just gotta go over it. Busy few days coming up (yay for a wedding i have 0 faith in).

Hmm... *Looks back through the posts*

Aeonumbra said
Well I like that :P I was only teasin anyways. (Most of the time I am). Just another day or so folks, had to help my mum out today so I'm pretty beat. I'll see about finishing the noble houses soon.

That's a long "Just another day or so" ^^

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

You're welcome :P

If it's any consolation, you'll know when our patience has run out by the torches and pitchforks visible over the horizon, and rapidly approaching x)

Shadow's Solace [Fantasy Epic]

"obviously avoid permanent mutilitation, disfiguring, permanent changes (I.E Polymorph) and death."

...One of those is a bit too late to rectify, in my case xD