"Quiet..." She sighed, furrowing her eyebrow as she looked over the landscape of Penrose from atop her lofty position. Frowning, Katarina walked away from the roof of the building and back to her little 'apartment' if one could call it that. She didn't own it, no, she was a squatter more than anything. The top floor of some janky looking apartment complex in the poorer part of Penrose. Wasn't exactly comfortable, but it worked. Most people would probably be terrified of staying in some shady looking place, but she took what she could get. Wasn't like anyone was fool enough to try anything with her anyways.
It was almost too quiet, really. Ever since that stuff with some dark magical girl a few weeks ago things had died down a bit. That was good, wasn't it? Quiet was good. Call it paranoia perhaps, but she didn't feel any more at ease. When things got quiet, that was simply because whoever was up to no good was planning something and biding their time. That's how it usually worked, didn't it?
A quiet rumble of her stomach pulled her out of her thoughts. Ah, she should probably eat breakfast. Might as well treat herself a bit. Not like she had a lot of stuff to do here anyways. Grabbing her leather jacket, she slipped on her shoes and headed down the stairs of the apartment and onto the street below.
A small girl wearing nothing but a white tanktop, black jacket, tight jeans and athletic running shoes. She was getting more than a few odd glances from people. After all, she couldn't be older than ten or eleven, right? And here she was dressing so adult like. Some people might assume the kid was up to no good, but it was difficult for anyone to approach a kid and accuse them of that, wasn't it? So most left her alone to do her own thing. Not when she had a resting bitch-face to boot.
"Yes yes, I'm eating soon calm down..." Katarina yawned, stomach growling in complaint again. Ugh, it was unfortunate she had missed out on that cleanup a few weeks ago. She could have made a serious amount of profit from that. Not that she particularly cared too much about money, but hey, heroes gotta eat too. Eventually she found her way into a small place called 'Pitstop'. Wasn't particularly crowded from the look of things. Good, less questions as to why a kid barely over the age of ten was coming in to eat alone.
Taking a seat a few tables away from a gloomy looking teenager and after a small few questions from the staff she'd successfully ordered a simple breakfast of milk, pancakes, and bacon. Hmm, maybe she could find some work today...she glanced over to the gloomy looking teenager again.
...It was probably nothing.
"It hasn't changed a bit, hehe." High above the city of Penrose, was a girl standing in mid air. One of her feet seemingly balanced on a small dark sphere, the other pressing against the back of that foot. A smirk crept across her face as she observed the bustling city of Penrose below. She heard some big kerfuffle happened here or something during her absence. Ah, how annoying that she had to go help lord Iesud with something outside the city. Oh well, at least she had been compensated for her trouble.
"Remember what you're here for, servant." A voice echoed loudly in the air around her, causing the air to vibrate and crackle with violet and red streaks of energy.
"Purify these animals!""Of course, of course, Lord Iesud!" A smirk slowly crept across her features as she replied, holding the side of her head with one of her hands.
"Ahahah, oh it shall be so much fun to return here...Oh, I wonder how dear Penny is?" She did so miss her. Now that Isana was off doing her own thing she could use a new...target of her affections. Isana shall always be number one, but what would she be if she didn't play around a bit? Fufu. She'd look her up later. Or perhaps she'd return to her love nest to find her waiting on her? Hehe, perhaps, perhaps.
The air vibrated again, a deep, rumbling roar assaulting the air around her. Ah, he was really impatient wasn't he? Not that she could really blame the crotchety old dragon. Since she had been here last, he had gotten nary a single soul to devour! They were too busy focusing on something else...an insurance policy of sorts should anything unexpected happen.
Time to get to work she supposed!
Letting the orb used as her floating perch fall from under her, Chloe fell. Large crystals began growing from her legs and lower back, the violet crystals reflecting whatever light there was and crackling lightly with movement as they grew into two, beautiful crystalline wings. Giving them a mighty flap, the girl stopped her descent right before she hit the ground.
Upon landing, she didn't give the humans around her the time of day, not even sparing them a glance as the orb fell into her hands. The dark orb pulsed with violet energy, the air around it growing colder as she placed her other hand on it. Taking a deep breath, Chloe drew upon the power of her weapon. Wispy trails of magical energy flowed from the orb, following her hand as she pulled it off from it. The magical energy began blanketing the immediate area.
A crackle of magical energy was heard, briefly flashing purple light lit up the area as a portal was forcibly linked between the mortal plane and the one of spirits. A claw like, shadowy, wispy hand seemed for pierce the air from the other side, making a long, tearing rip through the veil and tearing open the rift before pulling itself through the tear, the portal closing behind it.
"Dance, spirits! Take your anger, frustrations, and malevolent feelings out on these humans!" Chloe cackled as the process was repeated, a dozen or so more spirits manifesting upon the mortal plane in the crowd of humans. The ignorant humans, not realizing the danger didn't flee at all.
Not until the first one screamed, the claws of one spirit tearing right through their chest.
"Or feel free to take one home or something, I certainly don't care. I hear possession is quite fun!" She laughed again. Now then - relinquishing her magical girl attire, Chloe began walking away from the scene. For all intents and purposes, she'd just hopefully pass as a normal girl with slightly eccentric fashion choices by the time those so-called heroes showed up.
"...acceptable." Iesude rumbled again.
"But I grow impatient, servant.""Ah, dear...perhaps we should work on recruiting more girls, my lord?" Chloe mused.
"Working alone is so tiring." Iesud didn't reply, presumably thinking on the matter or deeming it a non issue. A complicated matter that would be, and it would maybe put a kink in her own plans...but oh well. She'd deal with that when it happened. For now, Chloe simply walked down the street, away from the scene behind her.
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