MarsAdept

The Truth Behind the Project

Am I the only one who sat back and enjoyed the flurry of posts in the OC in response to killing off Emiri. I found it a little hilarious the reactions and damage control efforts.

On another note, I am about ready for the next day in this story. Great ending for day 1.

The Truth Behind the Project

Rose sat back and watched her anime with her contractor in her lap. When Izumi asked if anything was wrong Rose smiled, "Its nothing. though you seem eager to fight. It would be foolish to try and fight me in the middle of my domain. I have defenses upon defenses here. Not to mention the water below the glass. So put your halberd away and get into some casual attire like me. Anything you want to watch? I might have it no promises, just let me finish this episode."

A moment had passed. Rose leaped out of her seat with startling speed. The contractor was flung by the sudden movement. It twisted in the air like a cat and landed on its feet. Unlike a cat however, It did not bolt out of the room. The contractor remained emotionless. It was not insulted that Rose so rudely knocked it to the floor. "Is something the matter, Rose." It asked as it leaped up onto the back of the couch.

Rose just watched the contractor's movements but said nothing. She felt Emiri's presence fade and she did not know how to react. There was no primordial presence. She would have been able to detect the magical residue of the primordial from the water flowing below her since it flowed through all the city. Emiri was low on magic maybe she got so low she could not broadcast her presence anymore. Then, again, the message she got earlier mentioned a being hunting magical girls.

The Truth Behind the Project

<Snipped quote by KoL>

AAAAAAAAAND next channel Let's see if some Akuma no riddle or Dangan ronpa 2 is on.

Also I don't know what to post since Mars just controlled my char to bed

@Spriggs27

I am sorry about that. However, I did say, 'Once you left the room'. Perhaps, you just left to go get an apple out of the fridge. And then come back to watch anime with Rose.

The Truth Behind the Project

Rose thought for a moment before answering Izumi's polite offering of assistance. Rose then smiled nicely, "Sorry, Izumi, I will be able to handle anything that happens. Emiri's voice has just made me nervous. I didn't see that last battle, and I know she did not come out of it like normal. Now you can go to bed if you like. Try not to pollute my meditation room with nightmares. It would upset the magical balance of the entire room."

Rose turned her attention back to her soul gem. Instead of hearing Emiri like she hoped, she received a disturbing report form an old acquaintance. A magical girl hunter? That idea was not laughable but it seemed to come way out of left field. Why jump all the way to a hunter of magical girls rather a new form of Primordial? The call came from way too far off. Rose did not feel like she could or even should respond to it. She would meet up with her when she came to Miko.

The moment that Izumi left the room to go to bed. Rose felt a presence. It did not matter how many locks she hid herself behind. She knew he could get in. The contractor leapt like a cat onto the back of Rose's couch. It looked at her with the unblinking eyes, "This is usual for you, Rose. You have never let people into your lair before. What are you planning? Does this mean you have stopped being an mere observer?"

Rose took a seat on her couch and leaned back. "That is for me to know. If you want to know, then you will just have to keep watching, my beloved contractor. I could never be as objective of an observer like you, because unlike you I am actually involved." Rose grabbed the remote and turned on her tv set. She did not have cable and she was too deep underground to get the local channels. She flipped through her large selection of anime, movies and shows. She eventually put on an anime that was filled with giant fighting robots with a romantic subplot. She then listened to her soulgem. The Contractor circled up like a cat in Rose's lap. Rose gently petted it.

@Spriggs27

The Truth Behind the Project

Rose laughed as Elise acted out the role of a drunk. Because of her regenerative ability, Rose would have to drink a 'lot' in order to even get tipsy. She did not interfere until Izumi verbally asked for help. She set down her tea cup and smiled, "Hold still, Izumi. I am not strong enough to pull her off you, so prepare to take a bath. Hold your breath." Rose waved her hands. From out of the kitchen, a large ball of water came into the room. Rose levitated it over Izumi and Elise then drops it. Capturing the two girls in the ball of water, Rose uses the water to break Elise's from Izumi. Rose releases the freed Izumi by dropping her onto the couch dry. Rose allows Elise a way to breath before sending the ball of water away to the guest bedroom. Rose deposited Elise onto the soft queen sized bed then put the water back into the sink it came from. "I apologize for the rude handling, Izumi. I think now is a good time for you to go to sleep to. There is another bed in my meditation room you can sleep on. It is round so don't roll off the edges. And don't disturb the many glasses of water on the floor."

On the city streets...

Emiri was sitting at a lonely bench under a street lamp, looking like an student waiting for a late bus back home to any onlookers, in her hand she had her soulgem and was talking to Akame and Rose through it, "I'm sorry *bloody cough*, Akame, *bloody cough*, Rose, it seems that I have used much more power than I thought *bloody cough* I guess I'll be out of comission for quite a time now."

@KoL

Rose heard Emiri's call through her soulgem. It alarmed Rose. Rose immediately called back, "Emiri, Where are you? Do you need help? I can be there as fast as I can."

@KoL@Spriggs27@Ariamis

The Truth Behind the Project

I am such a good mentor, promoting bad habits and lawlessness.

The Truth Behind the Project

The perfectly circular room with the three magical girls were in had three doors. If the room was a clock and the tv was at 12, then there was a door at 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock with the door at 6 o'clock being the one they entered the room from. Rose lead the way to the door at two o'clock motioning them to continue following. "What kind of person do you think I am, Izumi?" Rose asked answering both the question of how the glass was installed and if she would make enough tea for everyone.

Through the door, the space oppened up into what one might expect of a small appartment. To the immediate left, was a full kitchen with stove, fridge, mircowave, and everything else. There was also space for a small dining room. Down a main hallway, was a laundry room. Two door were on the right side. Rose explained as she put on a pot of water to make tea, "First room on the right is my meditation room, please do not disturb it. Second room is a small guest room. I could have made it bigger but yeah... The bed is a queen so should be big enough. Bathroom is first door on the left. As for you Lady Elise, You are a little too underaged to be drinking liquor. But," Rose hesitates weighing morality in her head, "There is whiskey and vodka in the fridge. Do not touch my wine. Feel free to use whatever if you make a mixed drink."

After the teapot boiled the water and Rose was able to make hot tea, She returned to the main circular room. She set the teapot on the table and set up cups. She poured herself a glass and sat back to relax.

@Spriggs27@Ariamis

The Truth Behind the Project

Rose walked outside the high school. She flinched at the assumption that she would be so rude to a guest as to make them sleep in a drawer or box. It was a insult. Rose was able to ignore the comments back and forth between Elise and Izumi. It was mildly entertaining, however Rose silently refused to take part. She was better than that and her discipline was to speak for herself. "You do still consider your human right?" Rose asked Izumi, "I do not have very many beds so one of you will have to take a couch. Elise will have to take a bed if she is in fact as bad of a snorer as she says she is. Now, Come. My dwelling is across town. Leaping is faster than running." Rose leapt off the ground leading the way.

Once across town, Rose lead the girls to a highway overpass. There was a small abandoned lot under the freeway. It was fenced in with chain wire. It was a dirty lot with barely any grass growing. The only thing in the fenced in area were four shipping containers stacked up. Rose walked up to one of the crates and inserted a key into a lock, "Akame and Emiri do not know of this place. I like them but do not tell them please. Do not make me destroy this entrance. They think I have a studio apartment in the city's center but I only sleep there about once a week." Rose opened the place. She led the girls through the cramped quarters of a makeshift house inside the shipping containers. There were glasses full of water everywhere. This was a false front though. Getting through that maze Rose unlocked another door to a series of elegantly carved stone stairs. It looked like the stairs lead into the ground underneath the highway. "Fun fact: Water under high pressures focused at a small point will cut even steel," Rose said with some enthusiasm.

Eventually the group came to the base of the stairs and another locked door. It just went to show how paranoid Rose was. This was the door to Rose's beloved lair. The Door opened into a well lit circular room. A pendulum swung from the ceiling. The Floor, except for the outer two feet, was solid glass. A vast pool of water was below it. An ideal base for a water elemental. Two semi-circle couches formed a ring around a central circular tea table. A large tv was mounted on the wall for entertainment. Every recent gaming console was laid out on a stand before TV. "Welcome, To my Lair!!!" Rose said with unusual pride, "Please do not break the glass floor. That is the underwater aqueduct that feeds most of the city. And the glass is expensive. I will go start a pot of tea. Questions?"

@Spriggs27@Ariamis

Fate/Red Winter

Rose Andrews
Foreclosed Shipping Facility, City outskirts

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"Conventional wisdom and tradition," Rose answered her servant coldly. Her Servant's attitude was not unexpected but it provoked a defensive anger from her. She continues, "Not that I care for starters. The Master and Servant pact we have entered is out of necessity not out of want. The rules of this war were no created by me but by others. I cannot touch the grail without the hands of a servant. I would die before I could get what I desired. You need me to supply you with mana and anchor you in this age. Other than those reasons we do not need each other." Rose raises her hand showing off her command seals, "As for these markings, I shall do with them as I dam well please. Namely, In my own defense and to secure 'us' the grail."

Rose took a step back. She knew she did not really stand a chance. Rose had read up about the previous grail wars and how casters tend to be the most free of the servants. One killed her master on sight and became a master herself. One went rogue and only cared about slaughter of children. Would Rose's story in this grail war be written by her death and her servant running amok? Rose knew backing down might be a sign of weakness in the eyes of her servant, but it might also save her life. Rose spoke again, "I plan to make the best of our partnership. I hope we will be more symbiotic rather than parasitic to each other. There is much to be done before Victory can be claimed."

@Rosette Christopher

Assassin
Room 706, New Hangover Hotel

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Assassin pondered his master. She was odd, very odd. Not terribly focused from what he could tell. She seemed to have several talking familiars. Some kind of obsession with masks. Assassin put his original mask back onto his face. He had played along with his master expecting something to happen. When nothing did, Assassin was his usual silent self. When his master told him telepathically not to speak, he was kinda insulted. It didn't matter. The mental link was a useful tool for a silent killer like himself. Over the link, He replied back as coldly as winter air, "I am the White Death, Simo Hayha. I have Presence concealment as for my designation as Assassin. I have extreme focus, clairvoyance, disengage, and protection from arrows. My noble phantasm is my rifle also called white death. Range 400 meters. Anti-personnel. I don't miss. Good enough report?"

@Paradox Witch

The Truth Behind the Project

" Hmm ? I never said anything about my age being concealed, but if you really need to know, I'm cursed to look this way, not by any magic, but by my genes, I have something that doctors have no name for, something the internet calls Highlander syndrome. It effected me when I was nine and my body as you can see it hasn't changed since my ninth birthday, it was hard to see my younger siblings grow taller and bigger than me and always ask why I'm not growing. Do you wish to know any more about my unfortunate syndrome ?" Izumi asked. When the girl asked if she wanted to train Izumi wanted to train her separately and Izumi just nodded.

@Spriggs27

Rose took a sip of her tea and finished her tea, "Sorry, I see I jumped the ship. They way you declared your age. It was unladylike. It was more angry like you were defending what you have earned. I know the feeling to well. And no, I do not care to learn about your syndrome. I don't pity you and do not expect me to. You are a magical girl. You can hold your own."

Rose set her tea cup down and stood up, "I am Rea Hargrove, Izumi. I will be your teacher only so we can guarantee success for the upcoming Primordial elimination operation. Now, Elise and Izumi. The tea here is getting old. If neither of you have a place to stay. You can join me in my lair. Yes, lair. Big secret lair. My design. I am off y'all. See you another night." Rose walked casually out of the room. If they followed they followed. If not, She would find them. Sooner or later, they had to be near water.

@Ariamis@Spriggs27