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I sent you a pm question.
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I have interest. My interest is largely based on using a character from a race that I created, would such be possible?


The next morning a woman who caught the eyes of almost everyone who saw her made her way up to the apartment above the still under construction club. Her long silver blonde hair hung down freely and her slim, athletic, and well defined figure was clad in a jacket and long pants in accordance with the weather even though she really had no need of a jacket to ward off the cold. She wore a pair of plain sunglasses even though it wasn't all that bright out, sunglasses that helped keep people from noticing that the irises of her eyes were a bright orange rather than more normal human colors.

She hadn't expected to have to deal with humans for such a long period of time. The plan had been to slay Macros and put an end to the man's evil forever. But her plan had not come to fruition. She had been defeated by the intervention of some anomaly who possessed traits she had never witnessed before. And since she had taken refuge among the humans she had been forced to delay things further. Alsia had been surprised by the kindness of the human Eric who had attempted to help her though she had found it irritating when she had to delay her healing to appear as if she too was human. Otherwise she could have been ready to launch her next strike the next day instead of waiting weeks to heal at human speed.

During the time she had spent recovering the human seemed to have developed some fondness for her, attempting to enter into a relationship. The visisth had come to the conclusion that such would provide suitable cover and would ensure she did not have to find a new place to hole up while planning for the strikes against Macros. It wasn't at all due to any mutual attraction. Or so she insisted to herself even though in truth it had played a part.

The fact that she wasn't spending this day looking into Macros, building her database on his exact routine and defenses stemmed from the fact that she had accepted the offer. Eric had not returned from his 'house sitting' for several days and while Alsia had not been particularly bothered by his absence she knew that the human response would be concern. And so she was here to do what she believed a human girl in the same situation would. She raised a hand to knock on the door and continued knocked until it eventually opened.


“NOT YOUR GOD!” Came the bellowed response from within the shadows as they swept forward in another wave and the being within them moved like lightning itself.

Meanwhile the woman’s right hand moved and the white fire lashed out to consume the debris that were pinning her down.

As the shadows struck the hero the man braced himself and attempted to use his radar sense, punching with his own fist to strike away one of the massive reaching hands as he launched himself up from the ground to deliver a punch to the creature’s chest. And he felt a burning heat and slime seemingly from the creature’s metal hard skin on the hand where he had struck it. Then another hand struck from the side, leaving deep gouges in his right side and knocking him back with enough force that he would have crashed against the distant wall had another hand in the darkness not struck then from above.

The impact sent him crashing down again to smash against the floor hard enough that the concrete shattered and left an indent, but also made the already wounded man cry out in pain once more. His radar sense temporarily disabled the hero struggled to his feet in time to take another blow as something large and clawed but shaped differently from the hands struck him and sent him crashing down again with the weight of a giant over him, crushing him down into the ground again.

As the (foot?) pressed down on him one of the hands reached down, wrapping long fingers around his arms again, this time the claws/nails at the end of them sinking into the skin and leaving their own wounds as another hand did the same to his legs. As he was lifted he managed to engage the radar sense again through the pain and the vague details showed a mouth opening wide just before it snapped shut, crunching down on his left leg.

Surprisingly there was no snapping of the bones only the burning pain as serrated teeth sliced deep into the muscles there. With great effort the hero tore his leg free though now blood ran more freely from it to kick at the being’s face. But this effort earned only laughter as the hero found himself free of the darkness again, his arms and legs held by what seemed to be solid masses of shadow while he found himself staring into the mask of the woman he had dropped the roof on earlier.

“I LIKE THIS ONE.” The terrible voice of Nightmare proclaimed. “SOUL FIRE, TURN HIM.” The woman nodded and her left hand rose, black fire blooming around it as the streamers at her back flared out again. “He was ours first.” The woman whispered in her distorted voice as she stretched her flaming left hand out towards Icon.

As she did so he summoned a burst of energy and the optic beams met the fire. But they could not hold it back and his strength faltered as the dark fire rushed forward with her hand to press against him. And with it came agony of a different kind then the pain the wracked his body. This pain was in the soul, a malaise that ripped into him on a spiritual level, tearing at his will and leaving darkness like a poison within him.

But the painful process had only just begun when a crack rang out and the dark fire faltered as the woman sagged forward with a hole in the side of her head. Before he knew what had happened he was flung aside to smash against the wall of the room as the darkness engulfed the woman and people in STRIKE assault armor stormed the building.

The darkness charged forward to meet them, heading straight for a man holding a very long gun. The others were brushed aside, and while rays of light from other weapons made the darkness alter course a long tendril lashed out to grip the man and yank him up. Then from within the swirling mass came a flickering of stream white fire that lashed out to strike the man and he vanished.

As the man vanished the fire grew stronger, lashing out as scything whips of flame that left nothing in their wake, no sign that the men had ever been there. Save for one that the darkness claimed engulfing him as the screams sounded and then cut off in a pained gurgle.


Standing in the center of the room, surrounded by carnage and the ruins of the bodies of hundreds who had already been torn limb from limb in a massive slaughter the woman in gold and black seemed completely unperturbed as she turned in Icon’s direction. She bent down slightly and curtsied as he came into view, her face hidden behind the black of the mask and the golden veil.

“Am I not the one you seek?” The woman took a step towards him, stepping over a bloody torso that had nothing attached to it any longer. Her voice sounded almost normal, though there was a hint of an accent to it. “Who is to say I am not Nightmare?” And as she spoke her voice changed, becoming distorted and heavier. The two streamers that emerged from her back rose and twisted around themselves and for the briefest moment it was as if there was a semblance of wings in their place, but it must have just been a trick of the light on the shimmering streams for it was gone as quickly as it appeared.

Another step and this time the skull of a dead man broke beneath her foot. Her black hair fanned out behind her body. “Who says I did not kill all these men?” Her voice had become more distorted, and twisted.

Then from behind Icon came another voice in answer to her own, a voice that Icon would recognize if he had been shown the coverage. “I SAY SO!” The voice thundered as a tide of darkness swept over Icon and he would suddenly find himself completely blind. In that same instant the superhero was struck hard from behind by what seemed to be a massive and misshapen hand with far too many fingers and perhaps claws or long nails. In his weakened state the claws/nails cut through his skin, and the impact cast the hero forward.

For a moment he cleared the darkness flying straight for the gold and black clad woman, who jumped up into the air and as the streamers on her back flared out again seemed to hover briefly before spinning and delivering a graceful kick straight to his face with the force that snapped his nose to send the hero back into the darkness that reached out to receive him. And as the darkness took him again a hand wrapped around his legs, a hand wrapped around his arms, and another (hand?) wrapped around his waist, all of them clenching tightly with a grip that he could not break.

They lifted him up in the darkness as the smell of sulfur and the hot breath washed over him. Then the voice thundered from inches away and hot spittle that burned like acid splattered over Icon’s face, actually melting away the skin where it landed. “I AM NIGHTMARE!” Then the hero felt a terrible pulling sensation as the (hands?) tightened and began to pull as if trying to rip him apart. At first it was merely painful but then another (hand?) gripped both his arms and legs and pulled again harder. Still there was only pain, far more wrenching pain but no ripping apart.

The (hand?) at his waist moved down and another joined the ones at his arms but still the hero’s body did not rip apart as the being seemed to be trying very hard to do. Finally the hero found himself lifted up higher and then he was twisted as the (hands?) rotated. There was a series of sickening cracks as bones shattered and skin ripped. And then the (hands?) flicked forwards and released, sending him flying forward.

And as his body was sent out of the darkness towards the woman she raised her right hand and white fire billowed forth in a consuming wave to strike him full on.


A man sat in the gathering gloom as dusk began to sweep over the city of Lost Haven. The café had lights on and in truth it really wasn’t gloomy in appearance, there were twining ropes of light that seemed to have been intended to resemble vines and even though it was chilly there were a few other patrons of the café nursing drinks or eating a meal at the outdoor tables.

The man held a paper up in front of his face as steam wafted up from a cup of coffee that was set in front of him. The outside of the paper displayed a headline that read “Nightmare Killer To Strike Again?” and the man had a slight smile on his face as he perused the paper. The man wore a beaten up coat that had clearly seen better days, and his face while of uncertain age possessed a certain weathered look that spoke of experience. Dark blue eyes, so deep as to be almost black were set beneath heavy brows and set in a face that was ruddy and looked like he had a few too many drinks. His hands were scarred and weathered as well, seemingly those of a man who had spent years using them.

As the man’s focus was on the paper it appeared that the approach of another had been unnoticed until that person slipped into the seat opposite at the table.

“A penny for your thoughts?” The newcomer asked with a feminine voice laced with an English accent.

“I suspect the paper’s claims of the three day pattern are right.” The man said and lowered the paper down to reveal who it was that had joined him at the table. A woman sat there now, and the first thoughts on who have upon seeing her face was likely one of awe at beauty and then a moment later noticing how the two sides didn’t quite match. Raven black hair framed a face that could have been the face of a doll; no blemishes adorned the perfect milk-white skin, and there were no apparent flaws in the structure. But the left half of her face aside from her eye seemed to be frozen in a bemused expression, and where her right eye was a brilliant gold, her left was dark, almost black in color. Unlike the man her coat was clearly of fine make, expensive and quite likely genuine leather. “And that it has been too long old friend.” The man finished and took the woman’s left hand with one of his own. “How long has it been now?

“Far too long.” Was the answer as the woman half smiled it was the most that she could really do with only half her face able to move. “I do think you could have been more discrete. You could always have sent a card.” And at that comment both the man and the woman with the half frozen face laughed.

The man let go of her hand and raised the coffee cup, sipping at the warm liquid as a waiter came over. “Just water.” The woman preempted the query and the waiter backed away with a nod. “So what do I call you this time?”

“Jack.” He replied simply as he put the coffee back down on the table.

“A fine choice and fitting too. But perhaps a bit tired? Or was it the name?”

“The name.” came as his reply before he asked his own question. “And you?”

“Helen.”

And as she said the name the man laughed long and loud, loudly enough to turn a few heads in his direction for the briefest moment. “And you said mine was tired. Do you plan to launch a thousand ships again?”

“You know it was only 867, and that only half of them were really seaworthy.” She pointed out in return but then laughed herself.

“I have missed you.” Was the man’s reply and there was a genuine smile on his face, an expression that seemed decidedly out of place on the weathered and naturally gloomy seeming face.

“We did keep missing each other.” Helen replied with an unhappy expression of her own. “Just bad luck. We were due for this. Let’s make this one last.” She finished and then as if she had forgotten started up again. “By the way a mutual friend should be here in time for the next set. And he’s rather miffed, apparently some fool villain took his go to name.”

“It will do him good to be creative for once.”

“Perhaps it will. I picked one out. How does Soulfire sound?” The woman asked, with the half of her face that could smile shaped into one.
“It sounds grand. And tonight shall be your night.” And at that point the waiter returned with the woman’s water.
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And in the darkness a monster still prowled. STRIKE’s efforts continued to have been in vain and the efforts of more visible agencies had also had very little success. Even the fact that the brutal murderer had struck three times in a pattern had not been enough to make the city stop its nightlife. As a result despite the increased police presence and the fact that STRIKE patrols, as well as the occasional hero were out in force in the city there were still places that were not covered and it was one such place that was about to feel the wrath of the monster in the night.

The rave was going strong in the night, loud music blaring and several hundred people packed tightly into a warehouse that could barely hold them. No one there was worried; the attacks had all taken place in small group settings, a home, a car in a dark street, a woman who walked down the wrong dark alley, surely such a large group was safe. Of course they were to be proven incorrect in that assumption. The first sign that something was wrong came when a scream sounded outside of the building, but with the music so loud and blaring, and with the people inside making so much noise themselves the scream of the bouncer went completely unnoticed.

Then the doorway was broken and a man was sent flying through it, or at least the top half of a man was sent flying inwards through it. Behind the man’s corpse came a visible and creeping darkness that crept inwards slowly, herding people away from the one unlocked entrance.

Albert Johnson admitted that he had panicked when the bouncer’s body had suddenly been thrown into the middle of the crowd and the darkness had erupted from the doorway to start to pour into the room. He wasn’t certain but his guess was that it was something to do with this Nightmare and what he had heard was completely terrifying. Fortunately he thought quickly on his feet. There would be a way to escape, sure the other doors were locked but the guard would have had the keys and there was a chance he would still have them on his body.

Albert didn’t really think there was any other option, especially as he watched a man who tried to run through the shadows be thrown back out in little pieces like so much confetti. And so shoving his way through hysterical and screaming people who were scrambling towards the locked doors he attempted to make his way to the half of the man. He had reached it and was thanking a god who he rarely believed in for his luck as the darkness continued to spread when someone tapped him on the shoulder.

“I’m afraid you can’t let them all out.” The voice was slightly accented and sounded like the speaker was enjoying herself in the terror of the situation. Albert turned around and looked at the person who was speaking. The woman was wearing a costume of some kind, a large pointed cone of a hat, half gold and half black was set atop her head and from the sides came a neck guard of fabric that flowed downward, the left half of her face was covered by a black mask of metal and the right half was covered by a golden veil. Two long streamers, one gold from her right side and one black from her left side hung down her back, the chest of the costume seemed to be armored with thin scales of metal under a layer of fabric that still managed to cling tightly to a generous figure. Her lower body was covered by what seemed to be a long skirt like garment that went down past her knees made of the same sort of armored fabric as the top part of the costume. Both of her hands were left free.

He cast a worried glance as the shadows that were drawing closer and the terrible gurgling screams continued to sound every time they shadows closed around another of the people in the crowd who couldn’t push far enough away. That glance was the last he got as a hand gently brushed against his face and then he burst into flames. “Nothing personal.” The woman said as she laughed and fire lashed out around her in a storm, white fire that seemed to cause those struck by it to simply flicker out of existence.

And from the shadows came an answering laugh, deep and inhuman as the darkness poured forwards, no longer slowly creeping but sweeping through the warehouse like a flood of death.
Due to real life issues, such as illness, and trying to find a job for the summer I have been inactive here. I hope to change that in the next few days. I know this happens way too often with me. I am not just going to disappear this time. I will post!
Faction Name: The Palm Springs Crew

Allegiance: Independent

Location: Palm Springs

General Information: The Palm Springs Crew is a faction that has been around for a considerable length of time and it is a faction that has been forced to hide its nature in almost all interactions. As one of the few if not the only old Tzimisce domain in the new world the vampires who run the town have long been incredibly secretive and cautious. Most dealings with outsiders are done through ghoul emissaries or through the member of the crew known as the Emissary who is of unknown bloodline. The leaders of the crew were never seen by outsiders for nearly 60 years since they first took up dominion over the small resort town.

However in the last two years things have changed slightly. During the chaos that followed the assassination of many anarch and camarilla leaders several groups attempted to seize the town, viewing it as a sign of weakness that the vampires in charge had hidden behind ghouls. This belief was mistaken and the incursions were smashed but the force and means used to suppress the incursions have led to the rumor mills churning and some of the veil of secrecy was damaged.

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