Lonewolf685

Tower of Fable

@ShadowSunRisen

Into the rapidly emptying bar emerged a figure of such immense beauty and charisma, mortal eyes would melt in their sockets just from staring at her exposed abs. Or so Lola would say with a wiggle and a bark of laughter, both of which she did as she formed mid swing of her arm. It curled around Riku's neck, pulling her alongside the decidedly canine woman who led them towards the bar.

As the holder of her card, Riku would know that Lola's greatest strength wasn't in raw might or magical power, even if she possessed both in spaces. It was unfettered confidence that had her swagger up to the bar, commandeer a chair, and pull the princess across her lap to sit with an arm supporting her back.

"Hey barkeep, we'll have the sweetest drink we can chug down in a hurry, and keep them flowing. My summoner as finally figured out how to use me, and we are going to celebrate to her cherry being popped!" She crowed, one hand slapping the counter excitedly before coming up to brush aside the hair shielding the princess' dour face. "And you are going to drink with me for all the times we missed out on, and I won't accept any complaints or you'll be the one sleeping at the bar."

"You already know my name, and I know yours, so we're hardly strangers. That means let's drink, be merry, and make some regrettable decisions that we will have no recollection of come morning. Trust me, I've been where you've just come from and it's not all rollicking Hellhounds and angels bound in chains. Can be a real downer, so you gotta live it up afterwards or there isn't a point in coming back at all!"

Ark Riders, Race Across the Stars

"Bob, stop staring. You are sooooooo much better and I'm not thinking of replacing you!" A voice rose, high and panicked, as the floating red companion normally just over her shoulder had floated off to seemingly glare intently at one of the many drones. It was only natural there would be cameras on the racers, maybe even a few pre-flight interviews to drum up some interest, so the pirate swallowed her nerves at the idea of millions of eyes on her and tried to wear a wan smile as she gave the Dogma a last minute check.

Then Bob had to go feeling inadequate next to the bulkier drones, and Claudia screeched in alarm as the red ball charged up it's Kinetic Strike Module, or to anyone sane, it planned to ram it. Making a sudden lunge and leap, she flung herself upwards and enveloped her own drone against her chest, leaving her face to lens with a very public camera.

The captain is going to flay me.... She thought miserably, Bob straining to keep her aloft with an audible Brrr! of repulsors that saw her slowly creeping down to the ground with the camera following her.

"Umm, don't mind us, we're just so excited for the race. We're gonna, uh, take home the gold!" The redhead gave out a half hearted cheer, hoping the crowds would think she's eccentric. Eccentric was far better then being a crazy woman with an unstable robot operating her ship.

Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

As confusing a conclusion as it was at least the Tower floor was more or less cleared, throwing the two groups back to their inn. A perfect time for Kanbaru to release a sigh from the day's trials and promptly stiffen as a wash of electricity shot up her arm and did it's level best to make her heavy hair shoot out like a silver sea urchin. Far from a lethal shock and done more as a protest to still possessing her, the Serei card seemed keen to make her displeasure known in spite of all threats made against it.

"Guh, what a headache I've picked. And don't think I didn't notice you trying to jump ship." Kanbaru grumbled, a intensely baleful eye turned her spectral companion, the faint curdle of disgust brewing in her gut at it's moment of telling cowardice. She dismissed the feeling and the nun with a grunt, instead plastering on a wan smile as Annabel marched up to ask for her card back.

"Hmm, you want the card back. Somehow I don't think you'd be returning anything if the situations were reversed, and frankly, you owe me for poaching Riku like that. I had her dead to rights and you freed her from me. So I'mma sit on this card for a bit and think on it more in the morning." With a careless shrug the whale made to move past her, pausing briefly to whisper in her ear, "Unless you have something to make me feel more....generous~"

With an airy laugh to the room and a wave to Ami and company she mounted the stairs to the private rooms with a stride unbroken by Castle rising from her shadow to deliver a message. Curious but not entirely not unexpected given who weird Akiko was about it. "Sure, sure. I'll be waiting for your call, kitty."

By that she meant she'd be waiting outside Akiko's door, eyes dancing merrily as she heard the raunchy dealings of a knightly Serei and her cat girl summoner. And I thought I was the horny one here!

Ark Riders, Race Across the Stars

Claudia, the Incidental Pirate

appearance

• Name: Claudia
• Title: Incidental Pirate
• Species: Human
• Age: 24
• Background:
Piracy ensured two things in a pilot; Quick wit under pressure and a willingness to do whatever it took to get away with their payday. Whether it was exotic cargo or living cargo, Claudia was a dab hand at hauling them to waiting buyers and disappearing beyond the Lagrange point before law enforcement saw the first hint of her engine's exhaust. She had to be or her Captain would be selling her ass and getting a different pilot.

Still, such a lifestyle had ample downtime waiting for work to spring up, and her grouchy Captain didn't care if Claudia took the ship to make money on the side with some professional racing. And hey, no one would mind a few racers going missing, would they?

• Ark Gear: Dogma

Ark Gear

The Dogma is bulkier then the average racer, but trades the armor plating and defenses of ships of similar size for raw engine power and armaments. Technically Claudia is listed as the only crew member, but that is only because the androids and her beloved drone are listed as equipment.

Bob is a spherical drone Claudia is never parted from, it's simplistic AI still capable of performed tasks as Claudia directs him. It's hardened chassis and anti-gravity propulsion makes it a reliable companion to navigate the cock pit even in the most harried of situations. Makes a terrifying bludgeon in a pinch.

The androids are humanoids models, lacking in any complex emotion software, though Claudia suspects they've developed a deadpan sense of dry humor since acquiring them. Naturally boarding actions aren't looked fondly upon, but if no one questions missiles fired then she shouldn't be penalized for firing something less lethal.

No interstellar vessel would be complete without missiles. Low yield, decent range, and high maneuverability for chasing down someone's engines without blasting apart anything that matters. Because a damaged ship is still one worth selling for more then just scrap metal.

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Ark Riders, Race Across the Stars

@TheWendil

Claudia, the Incidental Pirate

appearance

• Name: Claudia
• Title: Incidental Pirate
• Species: Human
• Age: 24
• Background:
Piracy ensured two things in a pilot; Quick wit under pressure and a willingness to do whatever it took to get away with their payday. Whether it was exotic cargo or living cargo, Claudia was a dab hand at hauling them to waiting buyers and disappearing beyond the Lagrange point before law enforcement saw the first hint of her engine's exhaust. She had to be or her Captain would be selling her ass and getting a different pilot.

Still, such a lifestyle had ample downtime waiting for work to spring up, and her grouchy Captain didn't care if Claudia took the ship to make money on the side with some professional racing. And hey, no one would mind a few racers going missing, would they?

• Ark Gear: Dogma

Ark Gear

The Dogma is bulkier then the average racer, but trades the armor plating and defenses of ships of similar size for raw engine power and armaments. Technically Claudia is listed as the only crew member, but that is only because the androids and her beloved drone are listed as equipment.

Bob is a spherical drone Claudia is never parted from, it's simplistic AI still capable of performed tasks as Claudia directs him. It's hardened chassis and anti-gravity propulsion makes it a reliable companion to navigate the cock pit even in the most harried of situations. Makes a terrifying bludgeon in a pinch.

The androids are humanoids models, lacking in any complex emotion software, though Claudia suspects they've developed a deadpan sense of dry humor since acquiring them. Naturally boarding actions aren't looked fondly upon, but if no one questions missiles fired then she shouldn't be penalized for firing something less lethal.

No interstellar vessel would be complete without missiles. Low yield, decent range, and high maneuverability for chasing down someone's engines without blasting apart anything that matters. Because a damaged ship is still one worth selling for more then just scrap metal.

• Sample Post:
• Other:

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

For all that Lorelai had tried to be productive in her Kyoto trip, the righteous fire still burning in her buxom, she still found herself easily sidetracked with a day of tourism and snacking alongside the affable tengu. True, Sakichi had exterior motives for being here, but she was so in-the-moment that Lorelai couldn't find a regretful bone in her body the entire day they had spent.

That being said, the blonde found her spine straightening with a rigid anticipation as the Tengu led her to a cordoned off castle. The fruits of her scouting told them both that whatever plot unfolding in the revered city would be raising from the shadows here, and after pointing out the concealed Otis, Lorelai had to agree. She waved Sakichi off to carry out her official duties further ahead, the Dutch-Japanese student certainly more a hinderance when it came to a quiet infiltration when compared to the youkai.

That left her to whistle from above the waiting classmate meaningfully before putting her legwork to use in quickly leaping down to his level. With her weapon wrapped and concealed behind her back, looking like little more then a particularly long poster tube, she was as ready as the revolver toting Otis.

"So, you here for a second round too?"

The Devil Hunter Agency

Rufus

The scattering of feather's he'd rebounded to the hunter encroaching upon them were the worst sort of projectiles in Rufus' opinion. Discriminatory projectiles that just refused to harm their creator were truly unfair for anyone who relied on an ounce of misdirection to sort out their issues. That didn't even begin to describe his frustration over being denied really ironic methods of murder!

Beniha was charging an impressive attack amidst the haze of darkness, no doubt something indiscriminately firey to burn away the bugs, the rocks, and the most noble personages of the two demons directly before her. Rather rude of her, and he was contemplating how best to abort this attempted infanticide when a crash and a shimmer bloomed from the corner of his eyes.

Well, well, they brought a dragonkin. Really firebugs, this crew is. Rufus rolled his eyes, taking in how the air between them was occupied by thin yet layered membranes. Odd to realize those were meant to protect him and he felt his lips tug upwards unbidden at the idea Lumen was concerned for him. "Thanks Moon Man, but I think I need that punch unobstructed."

Still, an obstruction would only make the brute act with greater force, so it was a net positive he'd reap shamelessly. He turned his back on Beniha and faced the dragon, radiating demonic energy in open challenge Kaze as he hid a portal behind the first layer of barrier between them. His back beneath his cloak shimmered, a portal forming to let the cannon blast of force strike unseen and blow Beniha away regardless of the darkness.

"I've got these two for the moment, so I'll leave you the kids." He said without breaking contact with Kaze, knowing better then to give them any indication of Lumen's hiding place or needing to specify that Haruka was included.

Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

"No one told me cards could backfireeeeeeeee-!"

It wasn't the most poignant of final words but they just had to be said when the Bastion card rejected Kanbaru, burning against her palm as her dive turned into a flailing pinwheel directly into the snakes maw. Then darkness enveloped her, wet flesh pressing against her from all sides backed by dense muscle. Blind within the lightless snake, she felt herself sliding down as the snake's throat contracted, shooting her along it's colossal length, only for the card that had betrayed Kanbaru to decide it preferred her to being digested.

Muscle paralysis was a beautiful thing on the scale of a kaiju, especially when it ended in the snake exploding around her without blasting her to bits.

She yelped gracelessly, a wet splat ringing out as her saliva coated ass hit the castle floor and left her feeling intensely grossed out by the heavy goop dripping off her hat and enmeshed with her hair. Catching sight of Ami standing over a cute ex-person, she thrust a shaky, indignant finger out and barked, "You're vore fetish sucks Ami! Next time you can get munched while I pummel a-"

Because the universe loved interrupting her, the princess she was about to mention chose then to spring back from the dead, scampering away to huddle against a pillar and shake off the reasonable trauma of being formally alive, dead, then alive once more. "Well, that's new. Speaking of new..."

She turned a glare down to her palm where she imagined the Serei card would have set her aflame if it could burn any harder. Tightening her hold on it she held the card threateningly over a puddle of snake slobber and hissed, "If you don't cut that out then I'll be dunking you before feeding you to my favorite nun. So settle down and I'll let you out when I've had a chance to take a much deserved bath."

Silver Gate Academy [Accepting New Players]

Lorelai De Windt

The prospect of not immediately jumping into action put a pout on Lorelai's face, far too caught up in her own spirited words to be mollified by something like the constraints of other's schedules. At least it would give her time for her spear to be ready and to have some familiarity with its weight. Given they would be dealing with youkai terrorists, it's....unique properties, seemed well suited for the job. Till then, though...

"Tell you what, if I can get that leg technique of yours down, I'll cover the cost of wherever you want to eat. If I can't, we split the bills like normal folks." Focusing on her great loves, training and feasting, Lorelai hopped to her feet with a fire in her eyes, determined to make the most of her newfound friendship!

Tower of Fable

Kanbaru Otoko

Kanbaru, having extensive experience fighting giant monsters, was not one to be kept down merely because chainsaw like scales slapped her with the force of an oncoming truck in the pilot episode of isekai anime. The lack of gravity meant she flew back fast, but it was just as easy to redirect that momentum with the help of her spectral companion as she was spun by an outstretched hand, body whirling rapidly along an unseen axis as she braked to a stop in mid-air.

It took all of her will to swallow down the bile rising from her throat as the world still spun long after she stopped, leaving her disoriented and turning vaguely towards the throne as someone cried out for the strongest there to take something. That unknown object was a Serei card of all things, and it promptly smacked Kanbaru in the forehead.

The knowledge that came with the card left her in more of a daze then her trip through the invisible tumble drier, as it was a face the nun was intimately familiar with and keenly interested in. She pressed against Kanbaru's mind, nosily reaching over her shoulder only for hands to be brushed aside so Kanbaru could peel it from her brow and eye it with an alien sensation of avarice.

This was a card she knew she'd be using in the privacy of the inn extensively if her parasite had anything to say about it, but first Kanbaru was going to put it work against the snake targeting them...

"Waah, did I miss something?" Blinking, she looked down and noticed that adorable princess was rather deceased and, furthermore, that boy Thomas had come from the doorway, effectively pinning the snake between both sides. "Umm, less thinking, more stabbing!"

Springing off from her favorite nun, the card in Kanbaru's hand flashed, garbing her in a brown trench coat and giving her a dreadfully cliche katana. Honestly it made the ex-magical girl think of all the Light Girls she'd found swinging similar weapons and cringe, but it's properties were nothing to scoff it. Bracing her free hand on the pommel she dove down towards the snake one more in a vicious stab with all her body behind it, knowing she only needed to pierce it's hide for the weapon to work it's magic.