Kumbaris

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Vox Angelis@Emeth@The Muse@Mendicant Bias

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To say Mitsuko underestimated Hachiman is definitely inaccurate. Mitsuko ABSOLUTELY didn't think Hachiman would start off the battle swinging that huge Nodachi and started gunning for her, intending to slice her in half. The Hachiman she knew was someone much more... calculating, deliberate, Mitsuko would feel that she had the upper hand for a moment, and on the next one her throat would be on the edge of his Katana, or Yari, or Naginata, or Rifle. So she thought that there would be a mind-game aspect to him when they started fighting, but nope. This is someone with a clear intent to kill from the get-go, and that brings its own set of dangers.

Mitsuko could not afford to play around, and so once Illistriana was done healing her, she knew the next steps to her plan. The woman put two fingers on the wide side of her Kukri, and ran across the knife to its tip, finger sliding the Kukri's broadside, and transforming it into a blade of fire and heat. The two women could feel the heat radiating from the now-enchanted knife Mitsuko is handling. "Illistriana." The woman looked at the Moon Elf. "Lower the barrier. I think I know what we're dealing with now." This Hachiman is a monster, and Mitsuko intends to use every trick Amaterasu has taught her to win this fight, and she knows that the first step would be finding out his weak points and striking that weak point relentlessly.

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On the other side. The war god could only glance at the Lizard Woman holding a Katana against him, the deity could only laugh as he looked at the lightning sparking off of the Japanese sword. "Most amusing." He commented. "I didn't know you'd found the Katana of Project-Ko. I think Bishamonten was the one heading that project before everything fell apart. Well, no matter."

Cynthia could only barely block as the war god seemingly moved like lightning, aiming to strike through Cynthia's neck. "Such fast reactions! Good! I would hate it if you're as pathetic as the many women I've fought against."

The two would then do battle as both the Lizard woman and War god traded blows with each other, some blows hitting the armor and some blows missing entirely. While he himself couldn't read what was in Cynthia's mind, he is surely impressed by her technique and her ferocity. Seeing someone fought with such vigour against him is a sight he has rarely seen since they have begun serving the being from beyond the void. And he wants to savour this battle for as long as possible. He knows that they are weak, these are mortals, champions, scum! No less pathetic than the Chinese and Koreans his great people have trampled upon during their conquests all those many moons ago.

And then the war deity was splashed by blood from a certain conjurer, quite surprised by the 'attack'. He then realized that the blood was glowing, and when he looked specifically at where it was glowing, his face turned sour. How DARE she turn his happy hour into something to be taken seriously?!? "Bitch!" He yelled at Sybil, throwing off Cynthia for a while, and gunned for the priestess of Cetia. Only to be promptly blocked by Mitsuko as the woman held one of his hand and, using her blade, plunged it into his arm.

It didn't work, but Hachiman had to think fast in order to prevent his right arm from being disabled, summoning a lot of mana and creating a localized shield spell that barely blocked the heated Kukri from plunging into his arm. The gyaru then quickly disengaged, her heated Kukri still active. "Cynthia." She summoned her. "I think we have to tackle this warrior together, we know his weaknesses so he will be fighting much more fiercely than before. How about you do the distraction and I do the damage? That way, we'll whittle him down bit by bit."

Kumbaris' character repository

Mitsuko

Name: Mitsuko Imada

Age: 23 (Born in the 1st of June, 1995)

Gender: Woman

Race: Human. Generally considered the Tabula Rasa of the various species inhabiting this Earth, Humans are incredibly hardy creatures that can withstand a variety of climates and biomes, climates and biomes other races could not handle. Humans also have an average potential for magical abilities.

Appearance: Wearing a blazer and short skirt, with stylish boots that go up the calves, twin tail hairs dyed blonde, and painted nails on top of that. Mitsuko is the definition of what a Gyaru would look like, stylish, girly, and generally seen as 'deviant' within normal Japanese society. She's also of average height, at around 169cm's tall, and possessing a slim build for a woman of her age.

Home World: Earth. The blue planet, the homeworld of Humans, Elves, Orcs, and many, many other species. It is a planet with a highly turbulent history. From the first human societies rising from the Savannah's of Africa, this world has been transformed drastically over the thousands of years Humans and other intelligent species have been around. In the year of 2018 though, the world is a place of modern marvels and highly advanced technologies, the Internet has made communications and the sharing of ideas worldwide a breeze, the advent of the modern aeroplane has made worldwide travel nearly trivial, and the various nations of the world, long separated by mountains and oceans, have never had better contact with each other. Currently, the various nations of Earth have been occupied trying to decarbonize and tackle the issue of climate change, a pressing issue that is changing both the magical and natural world everyone lives in.

It has also been many, many years since everyone banded together to defeat the Eldritch abomination that threatened the world in 1989. An event that would be forever known as the Shattering. Mitsuko was born quite some years after the Shattering, not knowing much about what happened outside the fact that the Moon is no longer whole again, and has been torn apart for some time now.

Patron Deity: Amaterasu. The chief deity of Japan, and Mitsuko's mentor for 4 years. The woman is well known among the various deities of Earth as one of the most powerful, imprisoned from 1945 to 1979 due to her involvement in the Imperial Japanese war effort. Amaterasu has made a complete 180 in terms of her morals ever since the dark days of the last war her country ever fought. Focusing her efforts into defeating the Eldritch abomination, and, once that was over, improving Japan's economic and social conditions to make it a nation worth living under.

Champion’s Blessing: If pressed. Mitsuko is capable of sending the full heat and power of the sun in the direction of her enemy. A beam powerful enough to turn even the ground below it straight into Ash, and surely destroy the enemy in it's wake. It will leave Mitsuko extremely exhausted and incapable of fighting anymore though, since all her mana reserves would run out after performing such a spell.

Inventory:
- An Iphone with a cute cover and some trinkets of small animals chained into it.
- A leather bag containing makeup and a notebook for taking notes.
- A kukri in her bag in case she has to resort to hand to hand combat.

Magic:
- Sun spells. Mitsuko can channel in heat magic like no other, being the Champion of Amaterasu, Mitsuko is capable of doing sun blasts that can fry an enemy, instant combustion spells, and even blinding an enemy via a blinding spell. The problem with Mitsuko is that all these spells take a ton of mana to cast, and she can do no more than 10 spells at maximum until her mana reserves run out. Mitsuko's recharge rate would ensure she could be back in action after 30 minutes, but in the intervening period. She can only rely on her hand to hand combat skills or weapons if necessary.
- Regular defensive spells. Mitsuko can also channel in personal shield spells and localized shield spells (casting a shield only on her arm for example). This takes far less magical power to do, so she relies on these spells far more, the problem with these spells is that, outside of bashing, there is not much use for these spells when you're on the offensive.

Skills:
- Sense of Fashion. Mitsuko is a fashionista through and through, she knows what makes someone pop off and what sort of makeup you need to apply in order to make someone look as presentable as possible.
- Knowledge of magic. As a champion of Amaterasu, Mitsuko was taught extensively about magic and the various things you can do with it. She has a nearly encyclopedic knowledge about magic and it shows when you're battling her, she may not use a ton of spells, but the spells she uses would be very deadly if they found their mark.
- Hand-to-hand combatant. In another life, Mitsuko is a massive delinquent, she grew up in a poor household and fell with the wrong crowd during and after high school. As a result, Mitsuko knows extensively about Karate, knife fighting, and the little tricks and tips you need to know to ensure a fight ends in your favour.

Personality: An incredibly assertive woman. Mitsuko knows what she wants, and how she would get it. The woman has a history of butting heads with authority figures throughout her life, and as a result, Mitsuko has a more standoffish personality if she feels threatened, usually intimidating someone who she knows is a threat. If you are an ally of hers though, then she is someone that fits more into the 'gyaru' stereotype, someone that talks a lot about fashion, the latest trends, and girly things such as taking selfies, good food, and speaking in short form sentences that typifies the gyarus in Tokyo.

As an apprentice to Amaterasu, however. Mitsuko also can be incredibly formal if need be. But she sees this more as a necessary burden she needs to carry to get what she wants.

History: Mitsuko Imada was a nobody. Born in 1995 to Burakumin parents, she spent most of her life under constant hardship. This, coupled with the fact that the city she lived in, Osaka, is famous for its crime, does not help with matters either. Living in an impoverished household in a city famous throughout Japan for its crime rate. Mitsuko grew up very hardened and committed petty crimes as young as 14. This life of hardship did teach her many things though, the gang she was in was famous for its Karate techniques, and Mitsuko was practically a black belt in Karate by the time she graduated high school. It was unfortunately just a couple of months after graduation that the worst occurred. An armed robbery had gone wrong and all of her gang was caught by the police. She spent some time in prison until an opportunity unlike any other presented itself for her.

It was just as Mitsuko and her gang were escaping from the robbery site that Amaterasu happened to stumble upon her little group of crime doers, the deity herself was busy walking the streets of Osaka to enjoy the sights and take her mind off of things for a little while, but the moment she read on the police documentation of her. Her mind was piqued, and she presented Mitsuko, and only Mitsuko, an opportunity to be Amaterasu's champion. She would take Mitsuko under her, teach her magic, and ensure she and her family would have a place to stay and be safe.

The woman is initially very skeptical of her offer, thinking of her as just some scammer and not the ACTUAL Amaterasu, but, seeing no alternative, she quickly accepts her offer and became the Japanese Sun Goddess' apprentice.

It has been 5 years ever since she took the offer, and her life has changed significantly for the better. She's become a lot less aggressive as a human being, has actively brought economic development to her neighborhood in Osaka, and became an all-around better human being. She learned magic, and the ways intelligent beings can manipulate the magical energy present throughout the world to their advantage, she has defeated many magical criminals and ne'er do wells throughout the world, and her position as a Champion of Amaterasu was tested and proven when she fought Susanoo during her 2nd year as her Champion and won.

Humans are not supposed to fight deities and win, and yet here she is. Only 2 years, and defeating the god of thunder and storms. Amaterasu realized the potential Mitsuko has, and decided to maintain her status as Amaterasu's champion.

It is also during these years that Mitsuko changed her style drastically. Dyeing her hair blonde, and changing her wardrobe to become more stylish, the Mitsuko in her twenties would be unrecognizable to the Mitsuko just out of high school, and she thinks that this is for the better. It is also during her time as Amaterasu's champion that this world realized the potential threat of Nirvana, and the deities of the world has decided to dispatch Amaterasu, and her champion. Mitsuko, to deal with the threat.

Extra/Notes:
- She fits the Osaka stereotype to a T. Outgoing (by Japanese standards), talks a lot about money, and even has a very thick Osaka accent to boot.
- She is a senior agent under the OMR. But really, she acts more as Amaterasu's champion more than anything, only taking cases when Amaterasu doesn't have any errands for her to do.
- Amaterasu's errands for her generally revolve around catching magical criminals or doing straight-up fights in the Japanese countryside against rogue spirits and magical beasts.
- The world she's from is pulled from my original setting RP

Commonwealth of Humanity Citizen Database - Almira Gunnarsson Budiman

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Casual Outfit

Uniform

"May this be the last time our species will ever see war"

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Name: Almira Gunnarsson Budiman

Age: 347

Gender Identity: Female

Married/ Unmarried: Married to a Female, 5 children (don't ask her how)

Occupation: Captain of the Thucydides (current), Board Member at a Swedish IT Company (former), member of Indonesian Parliament 2124-2129 (former), Lieutenant Colonel serving the Indonesian 1st Cavalry Battalion (former).

Place of Residence: Bandung, West Java, Southeast Asia Region.

Appearance: Possessing dark skin typical of an Indonesian woman, Almira has a well toned body with noticeable 'red scars' running throughout her body. A result from the genetics modifications she endured as her time serving in the Indonesian army, her typical attire when working is that of a short skirt with a yellow vest, concealing a white shirt with a blue tie inside. She is also seen carrying a guitar case whenever field missions are being conducted. Inside of the case lies an Assault Rifle and various sets of survival equipment just in case.

Her formal attire consists of a two piece set of clothing, a white short and a white vest, along with belts around her thighs and the signature hat that signifies her rank as Captain. The outfit would typically be out of regulation, but times have changed significantly after her birth, and any alterations of service uniforms. As long as they indicate rank (in her case the hat) is acceptable under current regulations. Admittedly her alterations to the typical service uniform is pretty extreme, but she likes the design, and decided to keep it for now.

The short white hair is actually a result of 'natural' aging. Almira herself has been living a life for such a long time, a natural result of taking anti-aging medicine throughout her very long life. The one side effect that she cannot control is the whitening of her hair, she decided to keep the white hair for aesthetical reasons though. Not liking the various new coloured hair schemes most young people in the 2400s are into nowadays.

History:

Personality

One would expect that a veteran of the Last War would be some grizzled war veteran, with a tough outlook on life and an almost cynical view of everything. But nothing could be less true when describing Almira's personality. She is very sociable, very nice, kind to a fault, and possessing all the qualities more equivalent to an optimistic youth than some war veteran. A Social Butterfly through and through, she always assumes that people are nice by default, and legitimately cares for the people working under her, either during her time as a soldier for the Indonesian army, her constituencies while she was a member of Parliament, her staff when she was working at the IT firm, and currently, the crew of the Thucydides.

She also loves dropping random facts of her long life during any conversation, and delights in seeing the shock of onlookers assuming that she's just a simple youth from the Inner Planets. The times when people straight up don't believe her when she tells them that she's a veteran of the last war is way too many, and it never ceases to please whenever she sees the shock in their face.

History

Born in 2075 to a Swedish Father and an Indonesian mother. Almira grew up between two cultures. Her Indonesian and Swedish heritage was always a key part of her personality to this day. This mixed upbringing, going to grade school in Indonesia, and going to a high school and pursuing a University education in Sweden, made her a very worldly and knowledgeable individual. It came to a shock for her parents when she told them that she decided to sign up for the Indonesian army.

Her family's not rich, but they are definitely not poor either, and her childhood, from a purely materialistic point of view, was nothing short of comfortable. She always gets what she wants (making for a rather spoiled childhood, much to her embarrassment), she consistently gets good grades in everything, and she never expressed her interest in anything military related. Turns out, her time spent in Indonesia, living with the people and interacting with Indonesians at various occasions made her care deeply for the safety and security of her own countrymen. With the current rising political tensions in the region, she decided that she has to serve in the Army.

She was discharged in 2115. And she joined in the year 2100. 15 years of honorable service at the Indonesian army with multiple distinctions. Her first Cavalry Battalion participated in multiple battles across Northern Vietnam, Southern China, and even the Himalayas in the Last War, a nearly apocalyptic conflict pitting the powers of mainland Eurasia such as China, Russia, Iran and various Central Asian countries, against countries then referred to as 'The West'. Her time serving in the Army, seeing warfare at an Industrial Scale, and multiple deployment of tactical nuclear weapons permanently changed her. It made her more decisive when making decisions, it made her personality a bit harder, a consequence of seeing the horrors of the Last War firsthand.

But it also made her care for Human Life even more, human life in it's various forms. Her time spent after the war was spent in advocacy for the abolition of all national militaries, in which she sees some moderate success at, but more importantly, it propelled her into the halls of the Indonesian parliament. In which her positions on Integration to this Commonwealth of Humanity made her famous.

The Indonesian Parliament of the 2124-2129 session is famously dubbed as 'The Last Parliament' by Indonesians for a good reason.

After that, she spent some time wandering the Earth, seeing regions such as North America and Europe, where she sees various societies in evolution as for the first time in history, all of Humanity was united under one banner. She sees how African Americans in what is formerly the United States are dwelling with this new dynamic, how Chinese people in China is reacting to not only being defeated, but now joining the Commonwealth, and how the Europeans, their region historically the most prosperous in the world, is now just some administrative division at this new Commonwealth.

Her job at the IT firm, a Swedish company focused on making computer parts for spaceships is honestly something to pay the bills, and arguably the most forgetful period of her life. She slowly climbed the Corporate ladder, successfully managed to unionize the workplace, ensure majority worker representation at the board, and eventually became a member of the board herself. A legacy to her Political past so to say. But during her 80 years spent working for that IT firm. She eventually learned about the Explorator program from the contracts her company managed to clinch for the newly formed Commonwealth Space Force.

She was mildly interested at first, deciding to first leave the company and explore the newly colonized worlds of the Commonwealth. She saw how worlds managed to evolve from habitable but unconnected orbs into major centers of commerce for the Human Race, she met various people from various backgrounds, and she even participated in colonizing a few worlds herself! But eventually, the allure of getting an explorator ship for herself to Captain was simply too much for her. She wanted to be exploring the Milky Way Galaxy, and eventually met with a Space Force recruiter to begin her training as a Captain.

She went from just some new recruit to Captain in 10 years, breaking a world record in terms of advancement in the Space Force's history.

Now, she leads her ship, her vast experience making her a very effective, and very sociable Captain. She hopes that all her previous life experience is enough for the crew to survive in this new, unexplored world.

Cybernetic/ Genetical Enhancements:
- Red Scars: The Red Scars are a side effect from the mandated Indonesian army genetical enhancement program for the year 2100. A series of serum injections and operations done to her has made her visibly stronger and possessing quicker reflexes than the average person. Almira is more than capable of conducting feats of strength like lifting whole cars and punching robots into disrepair without no problem.
- Bunny Ears: This is just pure aesthetics on her part. She thinks that it's cute, and the Bunny ears do grant her a degree of enhanced hearing to a certain extent, complimenting her existing human ears even more.

Skills:
- Former soldier: This is possibly her strongest skillset. A veteran of the Last War. Almira is a capable soldier, able to shoot multiple weapons and also proficient with certain martial arts such as Pencak Silat. Give her a weapon, some supplies, and a task, and she will do it to utmost perfection.
- Former Politician: A master at negotiating and settling disputes, her time spent at the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta has granted her various skills in talking with people, she also highly values loyalty, and will try her best to ensure that her crew's loyalty will not shake under any circumstances (this includes annual parties in the ship's mess hall).
- Captain of a ship: Obviously a skill she will automatically get. Her time spent in the Thucydides has granted her a deep understanding of the ship's capabilities and kinks, she knows which rounds works best against which training dummy, which missile mixture is the best for penetrating shield barriers and CIWS, and of course. Know how to maintain and operate an Explorator under almost any circumstances.

Reason for joining the crew of the Thucydides: Well, she's the Captain. Obviously she has command of the ship and a task has been given to her from the Admiralty. She's not really a person to say no to yet another expedition, already doing 5 expeditions during her time in command of the Thucydides.

Miscellaneous Facts:
- Her track record as member of parliament puts her firmly in the progressive camp of the Indonesian parliament. Strongly advocating for minority rights, workers rights and integration into the Commonwealth, many observers from that time point to her rhetoric as one of the key factors for Indonesia becoming a signatory member of the Commonwealth of Humanity.
- Her command of the 1st Cavalry Battalion was instrumental during the 'Last War'. Her Cavalry Battalion was often tasked as the spearhead of many armoured pushes around Southern China.
- Her personal hobbies include playing games, travelling across the worlds of the Commonwealth, listening and understanding different people and their lives, and cute things like teddy bears and cats.
- She's able to speak 4 languages, Swedish, English, Indonesian, and Mandarin Chinese.

Bunga Kurniawan

Bunga Kurniawan

18 | Female | 168cm's | 60Kg

Majapahit Federation (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) | Egoism | Animalization

Reference Sheet

Her Story
A weird woman coming from an equally weird country. Bunga Kurniawan was the daughter of Wealthy Spice Merchants in the city of Palembang, a city established in 683 AD and continuously inhabited ever since. Growing up in a very Liberal, Cultured, and Wealthy environment. Bunga quickly became innately curious of the natural world that practically surrounds the great trading city. And this is when her brushes with the local community of Polymaths quite literally changed her.

They were a unique bunch. A group of Polymaths that spent their time in the University of Palembang complex studying the formulas of Floras and Faunas, a notoriously tough subject for even the most seasoned of Polymaths, and through her constant observation and help, made easier by the fact that her parents are very generous donors for the University. She began unofficial training to become a Polymath herself.

Combine this with a very good International education that her family provided for her, and the relatively open society she grew up in. She managed to make major contributions to the fields of 'natural formulae', not by necessarily replicating organic life, she even think that part of Formulaic studies is impossible, but by imbuing Formulae that mimic the traits of animals into the human body. she herself being a case in point.

How she got her animal ears was a little bit of a mystery even to herself. She was busy doing observations of the Red Fox at the city's local zoo, noting the animal's movements and patterns, perhaps in a bit to find the formulae that makes the Red Fox tick, she muttered some wordings, written some stuff that seemed to glow and disappear, and went back home. She woke up with a pair of fox ears, a significantly enhanced sense of smell, and enhanced agility not attributable from working out. The animal ears quickly disappeared after two days though, as do her sense of smell and agility as well.

She also did that with the goat as well, gaining a pair of Horns (that she hides with a separate Formulae, those things can be very annoying when she sleeps), along with a penchant and skill for mountain climbing. The penchant is still within her, but the goat horns that she gained quickly disappeared just as quickly as those fox ears. She is still trying to find out how to will out her animalistic traits on command.

All of that happened 2 years ago, and ever since, she has been busy trying to replicate her findings, with the help of the University and even some Governmental ministries that heard of the news and got involved as well.

And that was when the Badan Pertahanan Nasional (National Defense Body) and the offer to travel to Bermuda came to her. The BPN was highly interested in the transfer of 'Animalistic' traits into the hands of Majapahit's soldiers, potentially turning the already very trained Egoist soldiers of the Federation even more overpowered, while The ministry of Research and Development will fund further research into the branch quickly being called Animalism.

And Bunga was at the forefront of that research. Currently one of the very few people in the world that has managed to transfer whole animal traits into herself. Even if it is a temporary change, she is still nonetheless researching the bleeding edge of what egoism could be. And the offer to go to Bermuda was quickly taken by her, a chance to do research? With the best egoist minds across the whole world? Bunga would be an idiot if she declines.

Honestly, national defense aside, she's here only to talk with other potential smart kids, the quick and very kitbashed training the BPN gave to her was sufficient to make her hold her own in case of a fight. But really, as far as the bigshots in Trowulan is concerned, everyone expected her to be a passive agent, not really gunning for any active threats to the Federation at this moment.

Egoism | Animalization

Through continuous research, and a couple of accidents, Bunga has gained a couple of traits not really exhibited among most humans. The main difference between Bunga's Animalization compared to other egoists though, is that Bunga's transformations are ultimately temporary, Bunga has the ability to 'will' some part of her body in and out of existence should she need to do so, but ultimately all these animalistic traits she gained would be gone by 2 days time. Nonetheless, she has amassed quite a few traits that she can will into existence, assuming she remembers the formulae of course.

Due to the temporary nature of her Egoist adaptations. She usually incorporates Body Paint on her forearms and lower legs, since she covers those up with her socks and evening gloves, and using temporary ink as well. Hence the nature of her temporary adaptations. The patterns she writes on herself usually take on very fractal forms, with the same patterns again and again up to a certain extent, since she is attempting to copy the Formulae of nature herself. The ink she uses usually disappear after her traits are gone.

- Goat Vision (Don't laugh!): The 'goat vision' as Bunga called it, has granted her extremely sharp eyesight, able to see flies and mosquitos even at a distance of a meter or more with great clarity, and also grants her night-vision too! Her eyes that reflects light even in darkness can be an unnerving sight even for some egoists, she just finds them funny though.
- Climbing Proficiency: Perhaps a part of absorbing the 'goat formulae' when she was 16, Bunga has the ability to almost innately know the best way to climb a vertical surface to reach to the top, she has climbed rock cliffs without aid with a skill exceeding that of professional climbers. Potentially useful if she has to climb something.
- Goat Horns: A trait she kept under disguise, she can head-butt anyone she wanted to and probably come out the other end without any concussion or brain damage. Probably useful in a fight but she's not really one to find conflict anyway.
- Fox hearing: A gift and curse, her fox ears has gifted her the ability to have the hearing range of the Red Fox, an animal that can hear a watch ticking from 40 yards away. Safe to say, if she wants to hear something from afar, she would easily pick it up. It's also super fluffy!
- Fox tails: This doesn't help as much, it's just super fluffy! and a great companion when she's sleeping.
- Fox speed: She can run at a speed equivalent to that of a Red Fox, a maximum of 50km/h, and 6-12 km/h when she jogs.

Organization: Kementrian Riset, Sains dan Teknologi (officially), Badan Pertahanan Nasional (unofficially)

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Dead Cruiser@Riffus Maximus@Emeth@The Muse@Teyao@Mendicant Bias@Martian

The Gyaru looked at both the potion and the rifle, deeply fascinated by both finds and all but gushing at how they looked. The potion, while she could not feel its inherent mana, is practically glowing for all intents and purposes, something that catches Mitsuko’s attention. Before she could explain what it is though, Cynthia opened the bottle and, much to the girl’s surprise, started drinking it. “Ah…” She said, looking at the Lizard woman drinking the elixir, Cynthia was about to drop the bottle when Mitsuko picked it up from her and read the label. “Hmmm… Ki-enhancing elixir, will increase Ki by tenfold, do not consume elixir more than 3 times a day. Side effects of excessive usage include skin irritation, coughing blood, elevated heart rate, and death. Well. I think that settles it then.”

She went and grabbed another elixir bottle and gave it to Illistriana once more. “Yeah, just be careful with this stuff, this thing enhances your Mana tenfold for a period of time, and… actually, I think I want to grab some myself. Sun spells are taxing, to say the least of it, and I probably need this more than most people.”

“Oh, and Ki means Mana in my language, just in case you’re curious.”

After procuring a healthy amount of elixirs (she grabbed 3), she then went to Shin’za and inspected the rifle he was holding. The girl noticed that there is a firing range when they were looking around for the exit, and motioned Shin’za to follow her. “Alright, so… if I get this, you put this magazine into this slot right here.” She said, slotting the magazine in. “And then you power it up with your own mana, like so.”

Mitsuko can feel the rifle sucking her own energy as she focused mana onto her hands that held the rifle, and the mechanisms of the rifle channeling her Mana into its inner workings. “Now, let’s see how this bad boy rips!”

Switching to semi-auto, the woman pulled the trigger and a unique sound came out of the rifle, she then switched to full auto, and the unique sound repeated in intensity, the woman then motioned Shin’za to look at the concrete wall at the end of the shooting range, and both individuals can see the bullets have pierced through the concrete and revealed the steel reinforcements inside it. “Let’s just say it will be very hard for me to create a spell powerful enough to pierce that much concrete in such a short amount of time. Also.” She handed Shin’za a couple more magazines. “Found these, use them wisely, you don’t wanna be wasting these things since I don’t think there are manufactories anymore in this world.”

She then handed the rifle to Shin’za and proceeded to address the group, the woman was sure everyone has gathered even more equipment now, and she was pretty sure Cynthia doesn’t need a guide to wield a Katana, right? Right!. “Alright! I think that’s everything we’ve gathered in this abandoned facility, now, do you wanna see what Tokyo looks like? Well, wait no further, for Here. We. Go!”

She pushed the doors and the gang was greeted with a ruined metropolis. The sky was grey, the buildings are all crumbling, and there was no sign of life anywhere in this dead city, Mitsuko’s anticipation turned to disappointment once she sees the ruined capital of her country. “Well, this is a ruined world, I just thought that the sky would look a little bit more… blue y’know? Well, whatever. We have a job to do, and I know the way to the Imperial Palace, so let’s go.”

She lead the group and walked through an abandoned rail line, the signs all leading to Tokyo Station. “In my world, this is the largest city in the world. Some… 37 million people lived here, you can get food from any culture of the world here, and these metal things you see we’re walking on? These are guidelines for things we call trains, iron-linked carriages that can carry hundreds of people throughout the city. Let’s just say that my first experience in Tokyo was very hectic, but Amaterasu lives here so I need to take the Shinkansen sometimes to-”

The woman motioned the group to stop. Grabbing her bag and unfurling her Khukri. “Everyone.” She whispered, “Ready your weapons. Shit!”

Mitsuko can see a lone figure standing a couple of feet from her, an imposing man wearing traditional samurai armour, horns, and everything. Everything was coloured black and Mitsuko can see him unfurling a Nodachi from his back. “I think that’s Hachiman.” She whispered to the group. “The god of warriors and of war, if he’s here… then.”

The man then charged the group, Mitsuko could see the enchantments he has made to both his armour and his sword, and barely dodged the cleave from his Nodachi, its impact leaving a slicing mark on the train tracks and beyond. “Fuck! Don’t get caught in his sword! If he cuts you it’s all over, that sword can slice through ANYTHING, I know those spells like the back of my mind, and, sunova-”

Hachiman then proceeded to swing his sword straight to Mitsuko’s torso, intending to slice the woman clean in two, and she channeled all her mana into a localized shield spell to protect the side that will be initially impacted, and it barely protected her. Only through a herculean effort on her side to keep feeding the shield mana can she keep herself from being sliced in two, but in her focus, she didn’t notice the feet that quickly approached her stomach and landed, the woman lost all air in her lungs for a moment and was flung from the railway tracks and onto the road below it. Mitsuko’s impact created a small crater on the road.

“Most impressive.” The samurai said. Jumping down to the road below the elevated railway. “Are you an apprentice of Amaterasu? That type of quick thinking and… generous use of Ki is always her signature fighting style. I will admit, I have never won a duel against her, but a champion that can only channel a 20th of her skill and power? Well, perhaps I can handle that.”

“Ugh. urk.” Mitsuko coughed a bit. “A little bit of help here? I… I don’t think I can defeat this guy alone.”

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

@Martian@King Cosmos

The next morning came early for Madeleine. She woke up around 6 AM, fully expecting this day to be as productive as the last one, nay, probably even more so than yesterday. She knew they would be going into the compound, probably heavily armed, and potentially asking a ton of questions to the people in this cult thing.

And right now she is currently waiting for both Morgana and Xaviron to arrive. And soon enough, arrive they did.

“Hey!” The Demoness greeted. “I think you know what we’re gonna do here right? We will be going into the compound where those cultists were and perhaps extracting some information regarding the connection between Morgana’s witch coven, Mr. X, the Abomination, and our deceased ‘friend’ Mr. Raimund. Don’t worry about finding the lodge. I made a request to all offices in Germany to search for a cultist lodge and they found the location just 30 minutes ago. It’s somewhere in the Black Forest, the forensic accounting team discovered a bunch of transactions between this ‘company’ so to say, and a bank account located in Newcastle, so I am pretty certain it’s here.”

“So, shall we pay this lodge a visit? I need to bring a certain uhh… equipment just in case things go badly.”

And so she left, the Demon quickly beelining to the armory and returning with a rifle that simultaneously looks old and new at the same time. “I made this myself, went to a certain Italian company, and borrowed their workshops for a short time, I think it’s in… the late 1800s? Definitely after the Franco-Prussian war. Ah, gotta love Beretta.”

The demon then poured some mana into the rifle. Making the circular thing light up in response. “Fires simple magic bolts, but it fires at such velocity it can pierce through Ceramic armour, also leaves a nice hole as that bolt explodes with raw mana upon penetrating a certain amount of flesh. It’s always a nasty sight, so any bastard that gets hit by this rifle always drops dead. Isn’t it nice?” She asked, smiling. “That Greatsword I used was more of a last resort, didn’t expect those cultists to arrive so shortly, this is my typical weapon when I’m on a mission.”

Slinging it on her back, she then looked at both Xaviron and Morgana. “So, ready to go? Already packed your things?”

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@AWACS@13org@BigPapaBelial

The car Amanda managed to procure slid off the parking lot, with the Android quickly exiting and unfurling her giant axe as she looked at the Apartment Block in front of her. She saw the rest of her team coming out of the car and nodded in appreciation. “Alright.” She said. “Let's keep this tight okay? Faye, I want you to teleport any grenade they throw at us out of sight. Micheal, just do whatever it is you do with the spirits and make sure to not get shot, Scarlet, I want you to provide covering fire, just use your sniper rifle and make sure the enemy is pinned. Myself, Faye, and Micheal will be doing the clearing in the building.”

And just as the Android finished saying that. A stray bullet caught her head, scrapping off her cheeks and revealing the metal underneath her ‘skin’. “Fuck.” Amanda replied. and subsequently used her Axe’s large size to block any further bullets that came flying from the Apartment. “Micheal, Faye, on me!!”

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Dead Cruiser@Riffus Maximus@Emeth@The Muse@Teyao@Mendicant Bias

Amaterasu was fascinated by the way everyone was busy preparing themselves for the coming fight. It truly is a sight to behold when people from completely different cultures and worlds prepare for something they know is very important. Some champions even decided to return to their own universes and grab equipment there, and some champions talked with their gods in order to steel themselves for the coming fight.

Mitsuko however, has a unique form of preparation that she has rarely seen in people.

She’s meditating.

The woman she chose to be her champion has decided to choose meditation as her way of preparing. All the ornaments she would usually wear on the outside are thrown away and put aside. Her hair is fully let loose, and Amaterasu could feel the sheer concentration MItsuko’s putting on her mind by meditating. The goddess could only wonder what her champion is thinking.

Still, everytime Mitsuko meditates before the battle. They have always won the fight afterward, there is something about Mitsuko after she meditated that allows her to have a very powerful intuition when it comes to battle, perhaps a good omen? Perhaps…

“I’m ready.” Mitsuko said. Opening her eyes and looking at her deity. “Ikimashou, Amaterasu-Sama.”

Ah, those eyes, the eyes of someone completely at peace with themselves. Almost emotionless, a couple of steps before her stare is completely indistinguishable from a robot. A sign that she is in full concentration.

Good.

“Alright!” Amaterasu said. “Everyone, gather around. I trust that you’ve been good champions and gathered sufficient materials for this quest. Don’t worry, I don’t think this battle would last long at all, maybe a week at most. Mitsuko, are you ready?”

“Yeah, just give me a moment.” She replied, tying her hair and gathering all the stuff she has, before nodding. “Yeah, ready.”

“Alright then.”

The Japanese deity concentrated some magic into a certain area. She has been training for this exact scenario for years at this point, and she knows the pinpoint location where the party would have the smallest chance of being detected. And when the portal slowly opened, a small rift in reality stabilized by Amaterasu’s own mana, she knows that the party could step over and finish the job she couldn’t do herself. “Portal’s open. You will be in an underground area just to be safe but don’t worry, I’m pretty sure that there are doors that will allow you to go to the surface, just follow the direction to the Imperial Palace after that.”

Mitsuko nodded and was the first to take the plunge. But not before hugging her deity and saying her farewells. “Don’t worry Ama-chan. I will make sure this world will rest after all the chaos your alter-ego has wrought upon it.” And then jumped into the abyss. The rest of the champions followed suit, and soon enough, the door was closed.

Amaterasu then looked at the rest of the deities gathered around. Knowing their first concern and addressing it immediately. “Don’t worry, I have a link with Mitsuko and she only need to call me mentally in order for me to reopen the portal. They won’t be stranded there without some way to go back.”

“Anyway… do you have an idea of what to do now? Maybe we can talk about our worlds?” She offered. “I’m sure each of your worlds will have something worth talking over.”

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The portal that Mitsuko leaped through led the party into some form of an underground facility, Mitsuko knew the moment she feasted her eyes upon the sight that it was some sort of research facility, but she didn’t know what this facility was for.

“Hmm… interesting.” She pondered, taking into account her surroundings, the faded metal, the charred away signs, and of course the lab equipment all strewn around the floor. She then looked at the party she was accompanied by and knew they were as confused as she was.

They exited the room they were teleported to and walked the corridors, some of them pointed to ‘enchantment research’, and ‘thaumatological conceptual studies’. Ah, definitely magical research in nature. But it was until the group stumbled into the sign that indicated where they are that Mitsuko’s eyes widened.

Either her deity is mad for teleporting her here, or she is wise beyond her years, and Mitsuko knew to choose the latter than the former.

Imperial Japanese Army magical research facility, Keio University Yagami Campus.

“Ah, so this is an underground military research facility. And…” Mitsuko concentrated for a short while. “Yep, magically protected to prevent detection. Our enemies should not know where we are right now, but the moment we step out of… that door.” She pointed at the door in front of her. “They would immediately know our location, I have no doubt Amaterasu would send her minions to do her dirty work, so just prepare yourself for the worst once we exit.”

“In the meantime, why don’t we scavenge some materials in this university complex? This is a dedicated research facility for developing magical weapons, I have no doubt about it. So they should be working once you laid your hands on them, just feed them mana and they should have a devastating effect once you fire them. I’ll tell you how to work the weapons once you show them to me, okay?”

“Or perhaps, you want to step out of that door and brace for the worst? I wouldn’t recommend it, my deity opened the portal right here for a good reason y’know.”

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Martian. Accepted, I only ask that you post after we arrive in the first world. To make his entrance all that more grand.

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Dead Cruiser@Riffus Maximus@Emeth@The Muse@Teyao@Mendicant Bias

With the introductions finished, and Amaterasu feeling confident that the group can progress forward. She decided to discuss the plan to hopefully seal this phenomenon away. She doesn’t fully understand what this calamity is doing, but the sun goddess knows that they plan on spreading their taint into many worlds, and there are 4 key worlds that they will need to reclaim in order to seal the taint on reality for the foreseeable future.

“Alright then. Since everyone has gotten to know each other, I feel that we need to discuss this Nirvana anomaly.” Amaterasu said, snapping her fingers before a massive metallic table is summoned into the center. “Don’t worry, that is just me summoning something from my pocket dimension.”

The table then proceeded to light up, the extremely complex electronics and chips inside the table processing terabytes of information, eventually resulting in a 3D projection from the table’s screen upwards. “We know there is one massive anomaly in the center of… well, the space between universes. As you can see in the hologram.” She pointed at a white object in the center of the projection. “And they are tainting different universes across realities with the hopes of eventually consuming all of reality. Well, through a ton of research from myself, our fellow deities present here, as well as the OMR on my earth. We’ve found out that there are 4 key universes that are the main ‘staging grounds’ for this anomaly to spread its taint. And we will send you to one of these realities for now.”

“Don’t worry, even just reclaiming one of these realities from corruption is going to significantly hamper the expansion, and all you need to do is to just destroy the one thing that is the key of mainttaining the corruption in that world. It can be an object, a person, a corrupted deity, as long as you killed them? The world should return to normal, although I do feel kinda sad that we can’t revert the damage already wreaked though. Bah! A project for another time perhaps, right?”

She might sound optimistic, but in truth, the moment Amaterasu made that realization, that the worlds corrupted by the taint will have to recover manually, that there is no magical reset to their situation, fills her with a kind of depression she has rarely encountered. The type of depression seeing her people just after Japan surrendered feels like, the depression where you know there’s a long road ahead for these people, but… you can’t do anything to alleviate their woes and suffering.

No, she mustn’t dwell on that too much. She has a mission to complete.

“Alright, so the first world we will be going is… oh shit.” Amaterasu looked at the world, and her face paled at what this world has in store for her.

“We will be going to a… universe where… my country… won the world wars.” She said. Her voice dropping like lead as she finished that sentence. “Uhh, Mitsuko? Can you take over for a moment? You’ve already read the briefing right?”

The former criminal knew what Amaterasu was experiencing, and nodded, Amaterasu herself found a chair to sit down on, and contemplate the dark future she could’ve led her country, nay, her world should they win. Her face, if anyone dares to look at it, looks grim, like seeing a newborn child being killed in the face of their mother.

“Alright, so… things might get a little bit heavy here, but… this is a universe where Japan uhh, won the second world war. In the reality where I live. My country once embarked on a campaign of territorial conquest some 70 years ago, our fellow countrymen conducted atrocities and brutalities among our neighboring countries, and we got rightfully defeated by a coalition of nations. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki got completely obliterated by a… uhh, I guess the closest analogy you have is an incredibly powerful spell? One that can destroy cities with one blast. And we surrendered after that.”

“Okay okay. I’m aware that I glossed over a ton of history there, but let’s just say none of us are proud of what we did during that time. Even myself. This is a universe where our enemies lost and we won, and it seems that they’ve opened a tear into this Nirvana thingy and got destroyed as a result.”

“You will be dropping near Tokyo by the way.” Amaterasu interjected. “Or at least, what remains of it after the calamity destroyed the world.”

“Yes, and the target should be uhh… uhh.”

“My evil alter ego. An Amaterasu drunk on power and is focused on furthering the goal of NIrvana for just a touch more power on a throne of ashes.” Amaterasu finished.

“Uhh yeah… that. So uhh. Wow, this got dark really quickly.” Mitsuko finished. Powering down the table and leaning on it to see everyone in the face. “Listen. This world is dead, like, completely and totally dead. There are no lifeforms, no humans, no elves, and no other living beings. The gods here only persist because of the power given to them by the Nirvana anomaly, so if we kill Amaterasu, every single deity in this world should die with it.”

“You should do your preparations now by the way.” Amaterasu finished, finally standing up. “Because we gods cannot help you on this endeavour, only champions are resistant to this type of corruption, so I would recommend stocking up food, weaponry, mana, whatever you want to stock up. Because I can tell you, beating Amaterasu is NOT going to be easy, I would have a coterie of deities alongside myself, our gods of war, of nature’s wroth, of lightning, of whatever.”

“So, once you’ve finished all your preparations, come back to this meeting spot and I’ll open up the portal for you.” She finished. The face of the sun goddess lightened a little bit, but still sad at what she saw in that reality.

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Dead Cruiser @TengenUzui96 @Kumbaris @Mendicant Bias @Riffus Maximus @Emeth @ActRaiserTheReturned @Teyao @The Muse

Sorry for disappearing everyone. The past month or so has been really hard for me in my real life. For years now I’ve struggled with schizophrenia and depression, something that always troubles me. A part of that is that I do get psychotic episodes occasionally, and cannot properly function. I was in such an episode about a month ago and basically just shut down. So that was a hard thing for me to deal with, but it got even worse when I had a family member pass away after that.

Basically it made my schizophrenia and depression reach unbearable levels. However, I’m no longer in a psychotic episode and the pain of losing a family member has calmed down enough that I feel ready to getting back into life. That includes role playing, which is a genuinely positive thing for my mental health.

I’m really glad that Kumbaris got this idea up and running and that you guys are having a good time. I still love this idea, and would love to participate if you’ll have me. I’d probably create a completely new character than use the character I made for the first attempt at this. So let me know if you are still accepting characters.

And again, thanks for keeping this idea alive when I wasn’t able to.

@Martian

Hey Martian. I would be very happy to have you participate. Just write a CS and I would be more than happy to consider it.

Beyond Nirvana - The God Eater Calamity

@Dead Cruiser@Riffus Maximus@Emeth@The Muse@Teyao@ActRaiserTheReturned@Mendicant Bias

Mitsuko was awed at the sight of everyone present in the garden-in-between-worlds, she saw a veritable multitude of individuals milling around, talking with each other, and just in general being jovial with each other, from half-lizard people to elves so bizarre they were unlike anything she’s seen on Earth. It’s downright bizarre yet also incredibly fascinating and interesting, a lot of opportunities for Mitsuko to study and see new people not from Earth.

Amaterasu, meanwhile, was trying to fend off the double inquiries from Dominus and the Turtle. Assuring Dominus that no, she did not make a bad choice by choosing Mitsuko, and telling the turtle why they are here in the first place. "Didn't you get the memo? We are here to provide coordination and guidance for our champions." She told the Omniscient. "We could not let them go without imparting some wisdom from us can we? I would be a bad goddess if I did such a thing."

But, now that everyone is here. Amaterasu decided to speed things up, feeling confident that she had fended off Dominus for now, and quenched the curiosity of the Turtle. The black-haired woman took center stage, with every deity and their champion seeing the Japanese sun goddess speak on the proverbial platform.

“Alright alright. I think that’s pretty much all of you?” Amaterasu interjected, killing Mitsuko’s interest in an effort to move the team along. “I think that you all know why you are here. So I will make this as quick and effortless as possible. We’ll move on to discuss the issue of this Nirvana thingy later on. But first!”

“My name, in case you’re wondering, is Amaterasu Omikami, and this is my champion. Mitsuko Imada. She is a champion of mine for 5 years now, and arguably one of my best.” The deity turned her face and looked at Mitsuko with a certain fondness in her eyes. Like they know the hardships they endured together and what kind of grit Mitsuko has to make sure things are resolved amicably in their favour. “But that’s enough of me. Why don’t you introduce yourself, Mitsuko?”

“Me?” Mitsuko wondered, quite unusual for Amaterasu to put her into the spotlight in the first place, but whatever. “My name is Mitsuko Imada, from an island nation called Japan. I was born in the city of Osaka, a town with… I think 20 million people now? Give or take? Yeah, big… big city. Unfortunately for me though, I was born into poverty. My people were historically oppressed in Japanese society and I was a daughter born to parents within that group, so I grew up living a life of crime and general lawlessness, that is, until. I went to jail at the age of 18 with my gang over a robbery gone wrong. And while that should be the end of me, Amaterasu stumbled into my group of ne’er do wells and offered me an opportunity. Become a champion of her, or rot in prison.”

“Safe to say I took her offer, and thank goodness for that. I was taught self-discipline, culture, fighting techniques, and etiquette. I was also given money and luxuries I never imagined before, and in return? I fight evil Japanese spirits and make sure that my country does not fall into the clutches of rogue spirits with evil intent. Let’s just say that I am particularly good at my job, even defeated one of the premier Japanese deities in a duel once. So that’s fun.”

“Do you have any questions for me? What I said over there is a very truncated history of my life, so I probably omitted a lot of details there, but gosh! My life has been a rollercoaster that’s for sure.”

“Speaking of rollercoasters. Would anyone else be willing to share the stories of their life? I think it would be best for all of us to know each other deeply.” Mitsuko concluded. To the approval of the Japanese sun goddess beside her.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

@AWACS@13org@BigPapaBelial

The Android woman quickly returned with the car identification, and, sure enough. She was met with a wall of information from the other team members. From the additional car Scarlet discovered to the theory Faye put forward as to the potential origins of the spell. To Micheal’s constant insights and general smarts.

Amanda felt secretly proud that the team she assembled is working like a well-oiled machine. But first, she has to make create some order out of the madness of information she has just received. Perhaps it would be best to start with Scarlet’s insight, the black Mercedes that was spotted around the corner is an interesting piece of information, worth mulling over, but potentially useless since they are on a time crunch.

Faye’s information is also super insightful. An individual with multiple spell matrices linked alongside each other. It would be a pain in the ass to discover the true identity of the individual if it weren’t for the fact that Amanda has pinned the address the car originates from.

She’s happy about that at least.

Micheal’s insights also proved insightful, there’s nothing more to be said about that.

So we are dealing with individuals that are capable of using multiple complex spells, have a car that is reminiscent of the one the OMR uses, and has been sighted gathering intel on their arrival. This is problematic on multiple levels, but Amanda loves a challenge if she sees one. “Alright then.” Amanda concluded. “So looking at the car’s ID, we have managed to pin it down to an apartment complex in the downtown area, considering the fact that this individual is capable of stacking spell matrices on top of each other, this is an enemy we don’t take lightly. So for the moment, I need you to prepare, because I am planning a raid on this base in like, half an hour at most.”

“Just be at your best okay? We do not want screwups like our arrival here in Minsk, we want to be deliberate, and we want to be careful. I have a plan of the apartment complex right here.” She said, unfurling a map. “Typical Soviet commie-block design really, lots of hallways, lots of rooms, but our perp has the 2nd floor, specifically room 214 as his potential hideout. If there are any civilians, urge them to stay indoors, if anyone has a weapon? Urge them to to put it down, if anyone points at any of you? Kill on sight. Is that understood?”

“I have informed the office of the potential raid and the info leak, they are currently busy rebuilding the wards they thought were foolproof, so there won’t be any reinforcements present until a couple of hours from now. So bring your A-game okay?”

Amanda doesn’t like this, but the suspect’s lead is simply too hot at the moment. If they managed to capture the suspect, invaluable information on who Mr X is might be gleaned for that, although… with how sophisticated Mr X’s ops seem to be, Amanda has a working theory on who they might be.

“Just between us guys.” Amanda urged them to get closer. “But I think Mr X might be a deity. Just… think about it, near perfect knowledge of OMR SOP’s, advanced kill squads ready and waiting for our arrival. The fact that they used magic from the abomination. Either Mr X used to work at the OMR, or knows someone in the OMR to peel their brain on how the organisation works, or alternatively have traitors in the organisation itself.”

“What do you think?” Amanda then asked the group. Waiting for their opinion on her theory.

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@Martian@King Cosmos

Madeleine was happy on the thought that the cultists are gone, she has already phoned the Frankfurt office and agents are already being dispatched to the garden. She is also quite content at the thought of the rogue spirit being sent off to the other side to ensure minimal destruction of property and lives within the local area.

But she is still quite unnerved by the fact that these cultists are still out at large, probably plotting against her team as she speak. She does not like this, and has conferred both Morgana and Xaviron to discuss things. “Alright. So, first things first, we are going to the Frankfurt office and we’re doing to de-stress and get ourselves cleaned up, secondly. I want your opinion on what we should do next.”

The car ride and the literal cleanup were short, but afterwards. Everyone was in relatively tip-top shape and Madeleine gathered the Witch and the Half elf into an office meeting room. “Alright, let’s make this quick and then we can take a nap.” Madeleine said.

“We have two options right now. We can rejoin Amanda’s team in Minsk and let the Frankfurt office deal with this cultist mess. It will take some time for the local German OMR to do this, but they do have the capabilities to handle them as they see fit. Alternatively, we can continue investigating this issue and possibly find the links between Mr X and Morgana’s English witch coven. Something I’m sure our dear English friend would appreciate.”

“I’m open to both, so what do you want to do?"