Raineh Daze

Urban Starlight Wonderland: Tokyo Stardust, a team-based magical girl RP!

Laser Sword will come later

• Name: Abigail Hood
• Age: 19
• Gender: Female
• Appearance: Obviously, she's not Japanese. And at 185cm... well, Abigail finds the local notion of a tall woman quite amusing, to put it mildly.
• Personality: It would be easy, from her manner of dress and demeanour, to come to the conclusion that Abigail is... well, a gentle pushover. Maybe someone a bit too exuberant at trying to make friends, but more of a calm background voice in a crisis. This is half true; she is very calm in a crisis--or as a magical girl. But very much in a dominant, "someone needs to take charge" type of way, her bearing all "Protecting People Is a Duty". That also tends to show through if dealing with bullies.
• Skills: Abigail is talented with languages and looking after dogs. She's also rather good at mathematical problems... in the more complicated sense, since her mental arithmetic often leaves something to be desired. If frivolous spending of money on friends was a skill, it's also one of hers.
• Brief Backstory: A British girl from a wealthy background, Abigail nevertheless had high potential as a magical girl. Unfortunately, she wasn't the only one in the area... which, obviously, wouldn't be a bad thing most of the time. Except for the part where this lead to two girls who mostly lived in the countryside having to contend with a comically small number of Shades.
  She was, however, willing to take suggestions from where to go for higher education from a fairy and narrow it down to locations that would make some sense to travel abroad for--and thus wound up in Tokyo. Of course, arranging to bring your dog with you makes things a bit more complicated, but it wasn't like she wanted to leave her behind anyway...
  
  • Magical Girl Appearance: What changes is less colouration and more a surprisingly notable change in size. It's kind of like ageing backwards, and she doesn't have a clue why that is. It still leaves her taller than most of her Japanese peers, though.
  • Concept: King
  • Archetype: King Arthur
  • Abilities: Abigail's abilities are, obviously, tied to the items and skills typically associated with King Arthur. Of course, as a starting point, this only leaves her with two, and one of those via a loophole:
    
    • The Sword in the Stone: The sword that Abigail currently uses and a wonderfully straightforward piece of equipment. It's a sword that magnifies the force of its impacts more and more the longer a fight drags on--but it can also be damaged, and it doesn't get any tougher as this happens. She's quite concerned about what would happen if it were to break, as Abigail has the idea that it won't just be fixed next time she transforms.
    • Cavall: A hound with the strength and speed to bring down magical boars, Abigail can't summon it (or its compatriots)... but she does happen to own a dog herself. The result, then, is that Lucy transforms alongside her. Although, actually getting to the fighting if they were separated is a matter of some time. She also seems vastly more intelligent than a normal dog in this state.
    
    Passively, of course, as a magical girl whose archetype is so physically inclined, she's also reasonably physically advantaged. And knows how to wield the sword. That would otherwise be quite the problem.

Might do a new version with more to it later, but the character's not going to change any.

Urban Starlight Wonderland: Tokyo Stardust, a team-based magical girl RP!

Just reposting to make sure i don't lose the thread too much

Urban Starlight Wonderland: Tokyo Stardust, a team-based Magical Girl RP!

Will see if I have a new idea or if I can scavenge one of the old ones.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Any innuendo present in Cecilia's statement went flying over the spider lady's head, with a cheerful acquiescence to the idea of more company as the ball went on--and, with her other companion now being dragged off, she carefully turned around to join in (as much as possible) with Lilette's conversation.

On the other hand, Lilia's startled reaction to being dragged around was hard to follow. Although the elf half-drew her sword, the speed with which she stopped and sheathed it made it seem like nothing more than a trick of the light, the tall girl recovering her footing and stepping onto the dance floor with polished grace... and then standing there looking ever-so-slightly puzzled. Clearly, although she was every bit co-ordinated enough, she had no idea how to actually go about dancing. Or, from the luminescent blush, any idea of how to admit this.

Hopefully her partner was better at leading despite the height gap.

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Tyaethe

"It's easy to follow but you would be very surprised how many have trouble grasping the laces," the vampire answered, drinking the glass in her hand. Hmm, she'd probably have to go back for another one in a second... well, these two were nearly done, so that wouldn't be too hard. Although, they did display an incentive to never bother with such articles of clothing, and Tyaethe did her best to avoid anything that would get too restrictive if a fight broke out. Even a long dress ilke the one she was currently wearing could be easily adjusted without decency issues.

Not needing one more than half the time was another bonus.

There was probably something insulting in the Hundi's words, but really, did she want to waste the effort? Honestly, the paladin hadn't any clue where the animosity came from; 'stop trying to cart things out the front door where I can see' was not a difficult restriction to get around, she wasn't that much into discipline. "Oh, if anyone important works out who you are, I'm sure there'll be gossip."

Echoes of a Moonless Night

Sato and Sato

The stream of civilians gradually slowed to just a trickle, and then stopped entirely--the park could only be so full at this time of day, and now everyone had been directed together, it seemed that the evacuation step was finished. Or, at least, any evacuation that didn't require going in to rescue someone.

The central visuals got the driver's attention, and she quickly doffed her jacket, calling out to the others (although it seemed that the bloodthirsty one might have gotten too into it), "There's some sort of nest spawning them in the centre. Aomori, you keep an eye on the laptop for any changes."

Suzume had clearly decided that she was going to join in the clearing up, giving Lily a tap on the shoulder as she followed into the somewhat slowed stream. Of course, even with the crowd control and Kyozan's impressive clear-up attempts, there were still a few to get through to catch up properly... not that they presented a problem in low numbers. A strong left hook, with all the strength of the Contracted behind it, followed up by even one of Lily's modest fireballs could clear these up no problem.

Eyes still scanning for anyone trapped in the mess, Suzume was now close enough to Kyozan to check, "You know what we're looking for?"

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

Morbidly curious over what sort of mess these two would make of a clothes change, Tyaethe drained one of her glasses and wandered after them, offering a silent audience to Fionn's delicate disassembly of the corset. "That was remarkably fast. Do you have some experience with noble girls, MacKerracher?"

"Also, I'm not banned from balls," she added, shooting a warning glance at Lein, "Much like you aren't a member of the nobility."

The white-haired lady gave that a few moments to settle in, swishing the remaining glass a few times as she leant against the wall, before smirking at the two of them. "Do you know what sort of rumours would come from my sneaking off like this? It's a good thing MacKerracher is here."

@The Otter@PigeonOfAstora

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

The second glass of wine disappeared almost as quickly as the first, being replaced by an identical looking glass as the vampire gave a vague comment about that particular ball having been particularly bad. Instead, her attention seemed to have drifted over the various guests--lingering a little longer on her former companion than any other with a frown--before having alighted on Fionn and his glowing fingers.

She knew these were boring, but doing magic tricks in a corner was a sure way to get awkward questions. While you were very unlikely to be accused of improper training and being a potential threat to the public, what was more likely was getting some sheltered noble who only knew about magic in the abstract asking too many questions... which Fionn had absolutely no knowledge to answer.

And speaking with him... her eyesight wasn't perfect, even with correction, but even with an effort made, the voice was definitely...

Strolling over with a fourth glass in hand, for when the third was inevitably emptied, the vampire proved just how stealthily one could move when dressed for a ball if desired... provided the trail of hair fluttering behind her wasn't a giveaway. Mostly, of course, it relied on everyone else being taller than you are.

"You really should have had a proper tailor look at that dress before the ball," the vampire said without preamble, looking Lein up and down now that she was closer, "Being ashamed of your choices to the point you show up to an event in ill-fitting clothes is a mistake."

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Ithainne's pleasant smile grew only more confused, the dressmaker not-so-subtly comparing their relative heights. Of course, if one were only factoring in the torso, they weren't badly matched for size at all--but she was consistently quite high off the ground. Perhaps not insurmountable... if the blonde had professed any knowledge of dancing that would allow accounting for the completely different range of motion. "I must thank you most graciously for your offer but I cannot accept."

Lilia, on the other hand, seemed to have paused, expression going very even. Perhaps, on first glance, it might seem that the elf was offended in some way by the request, but the rising blush was unmistakeable as the thoughts ticked over inside her head. A knight was asking her to dance. A knight of the Iron Roses was asking if she wanted to dance.

"Y-Yes please!" Turned out you could make an elf squeak.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

"I... you... that's..." the elf replied, struggling for words for some reason... although from the embarrassed look on their face, that was more to do with Cecilia's flirtatious comment than hero worship.

"My name is Ithainne," said the spider lady, a slight blush gracing her cheeks as she returned a polite smile, "I do not think we can dance? I do not... know how?" Frowning, she turned to the elf and exchanged a few sentences in an extremely unfamiliar language. "How to dance with humanoids. You are too small. We move differently."

The sudden name outburst got the other elf looking over her shoulder curiously, although it was the uniform-wearing one that responded first, pointing a finger at their own face. "Me? Not quite, that's Mum. I'm Lilia."

Well, at least that answered the question; that was a girl's name.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

As she approached the small group, the gazes on Cecilia became almost suffocating, even if it was mostly the pair of elves studying her. Whilst the taller one, wearing the uniform, was openly fascinated by the knight that had come over to talk to them, it was the oddly familiar elf in the gown whose analytical gaze seemed to have an almost physical weight to it. Whatever assessment she was making promptly finished, and she went back to focusing on her own conversation with a noble of some sort with a practised ease.

"My... name...?" the spider lady wondered, tilting her head. There was a lilting, musical tone to her voice, part of a very strong accent, one almost entirely unfamiliar in Thaln--definitely not from any of the surrounding countries, nor the harshness associated with Barukstaed in the far north. "No! I do not... I dress make--I make dresses. I do not need announcement."

The unoccupied elf butted in, with all the obnoxiously regal beauty that the race as a whole seemed to carry. This close, it was still hard to tell their apparent gender, particularly with the sword strapped to their hip drawing attention. Long and slender, the jewel embedded in the pommel seemed oddly plain in cut, covered in small runes that indicated the entire weapon was also some sort of casting focus. "So, you're one of the Iron Roses? What's the order like?"

At least, unlike the spider-bodied lady, this one didn't have anything of the same accent--if anything, they had a touch of Ithillin about the way they spoke.

@Rune_Alchemist

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Tyaethe

"Avoid attacking the other guests, you can't wait out a decades-long ban," Tyaethe said absent-mindedly, eyes flicking between two glasses of wine and then downing the red in a single shot whilst keeping hold of the rosé, "We are here as attendees, security should be left to the guards unless it can be helped."

She turned around with the glass in hand, giving Lucas a sidelong look, "A few hours at least. You could maybe excuse yourself after one, if the princess doesn't require your attendance any longer. They usually pick up with the dancing, if you can find a partner." She inclined her head at the thanks, but didn't say anything else about the matter.

@Saiyan