Lemons

Iquenos: In Nomine Domini

One of the Calore bros. joins the fight!

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

@DeadDrop People really seem to dislike this, it's come up a lot recently.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

@RedGentleman The collab has a decent few people on it now. Looks like things are moving apace.

Riverswell University; Sanctuary and Learning Center for Demi-Gods and Hybrids

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Finally back in her room, Jackie rubbed her hands together in anticipation as heat rolled over her from the brilliant nexus of sunlight that floated in the fireplace. Quite the opposite of earlier, she felt her entire body absorbing the heat, slowly taking on the radiant golden glow that it always emanated when she was exposed to direct sunlight.

"So," she mused aloud, "what should I wear for the ball?"

Not many clothes appeared particularly exceptional on Jackie, looking as she did, for the most part, like a normal human being. She'd already ruled out anything black or gray; she'd seen enough of black and gray in the sky for the past few days to last a lifetime. She riffled through her closet, laying promising candidates on her bed to ponder wearing later.

"Too short, barely a dress at all, my mom would kill me, too frumpy," she muttered, totally unaware she was doing so. Her door was open a crack, letting a blazing slice of light out into the hall as a "come in" gesture to anybody feeling friendly. She'd taken off and replaced most of her heavy "wear this on overcast days" clothing, leaving her in a lightweight white tanktop and a pair of denim shorts that she was far more comfortable in. Her eyebrows raised as she pulled a particularly nice outfit out of her closet, holding it up to her body. It was a short, sleeveless, close-fitting cheongsam, a brilliant goldenrod yellow spiderwebbed with thin lines of turquoise. With it on the hanger was a pair of tight-weave black leggings and a choker—brass or gold, she wasn't sure, but quite heavy all the same—of interlocking metal plates, each inscribed with a different Norse rune. Sparing a glance at the extensive pile of clothing on her bed, she shrugged and grinned.

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Half an hour later, her door now closed, Jackie's metamorphosis was complete. Gone was the somewhat-scruffy looking teen from before. In her place was an elegantly-clothed young lady. Her hair gleamed with inner light, the cascade of long golden curls streaming down her shoulders and back. Her feet were adorned by a pair of delicate golden stiletto heels. Privately, she congratulated herself for only falling once, though she recognized that falling more would be an inevitability as the night wore on. The cheongsam hugged her body beautifully, and the golden choker—Brilliance, it said, unless she was mistaken—was wrapped around her neck. Wavering slightly in her walk, she examined herself in the mirror, grinned hugely, and nodded to herself.

As soon as she stepped out of her dorm, she felt the glow slipping away, leaving her human in appearance once more. Nodding once again, this time as though to reassure herself, she strutted—there was really no other way to walk in those shoes—off towards the ballroom

The doors were already open, so her plan to toss them open dramatically and stride into the room, gathering the attention of all present, was foiled. Instead, she settled for throwing her arms into the air and announcing,

"The sun...has arrived!"

Then, looking up at the magically-created night sky, she couldn't resist cracking: "And it looks like you all could use it!"

The Breeds

Bring it gurl

Riverswell University; Sanctuary and Learning Center for Demi-Gods and Hybrids

I'm kinda tied up waiting for Swan.

Zombie Survival

@forums I actually intended for him to be a human who'd been bitten on the leg.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

@RedGentleman GFYS. AABB has a place and time.

n e w - a g e - 2 0 5 0 :: a cyberpunk dystopia

@Aeonumbra Meanwhile Andrejs is just like LOOK AT ME I'M CLASSY

Riverswell University; Sanctuary and Learning Center for Demi-Gods and Hybrids

Jackie blinked, and just like that, it seemed like time had briefly skipped for her. Not entirely atypical for her was the feeling of dissociation with time after a few days spent in an overcast world, and today was no exception. It had been happening steadily more often over the past few days, oftentimes progressing until she’d returned to her room, at which point she would shake off the lethargy and return to her cheerful self.

This time, though, it was prompted not by returning to her room, but by sudden, massive exposure to something similar to sunlight. She blinked rapidly and realized that the girl from before had emerged from the room, and somehow, she was glowing rather brightly. Jackie’s blank face jumped to an appreciative smile. While it wasn’t quite the sunlight and fire that she required to return to her full capacity, it was enough to snap her out of her malaise.

The girl seemed to know somehow that Jackie wasn’t all there. She didn’t know if there had been other exposures to other sun gods’ children, but as far as she knew, she was Sól’s only child. “Thanks,” she replied with as much feeling as she could muster, “should be enough to tide me over.” She belatedly realized that the world suddenly smelled like the outside. That might have even been better than the sunlight. The world had smelled uniformly like rain and grayness for the past week, and she’d almost forgotten the smell of trees. She inhaled deeply, and her smile grew more genuine, more natural.

She rammed her hand out with more energy than she knew she possessed, then decided to go for it and embraced the girl in a full-bodied surprise ambush hug. “Jacqueline Brake, but call me Jackie. Daughter of Sól. Nice to meet you!”

@Hopeless Swan