Shisa

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Alice's eyes widened as the stranger revealed himself to be a Human rather than a masked demon. A foreigner, even! Alice, still trembling, started to get excited. She was always happy to meet real foreigners, after all, even if they did seem kind of scary.

"Ah! You are a foreigner," replied Alice, grinning as she took his hand and proceeded to get up, her legs still trembling, "I do not plan on returning home just yet, as the Chasers would likely be interested in hearing about this situation. A renegade Youkai-killer is something of an interesting subject, after all. I think I've even heard hearsay corroborating such."

Smiling proudly, Alice decided to try out her perfect English on the man.

"HOO IZU YOU NAIMU? AYE AMU ARISU!"

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Alice grinned as she admired her handiwork. Her heart was pounding with courage, and her legs were shaking with the indelible confidence of someone as big and powerful as as the titans of Greek myth. She had beaten all of the assailants almost singlehandedly, as expected of someone as great as she.

Then, she let out a fearful squeak of triumph as the masked giant barked at her, and whimpered bravely as her body shrunk to something a little less huge in order to not intimidate the newcomer. In short, she stepped away from him and crouched down, guarding herself tightly with her arms.

"K-k-kukuku~" she laughed as her eyes darted back and forth like a magnificent lion or, less likely, a frightened rabbit, "Y-y-you address the great Alice in such a tone? A-are you blind, boy? I can t-take care of myself! I did that!"

Alice pointed proudly at the banana cream pie on the ground.

"S-so you can go away and not hurt me now."

Eastern Fantasy

All things considered...yokai are generally a bunch of assholes, with the 'good' ones being rare exceptions. I mean, with humans as the majority and a bunch of shape-shifting, human-eating almost-immortal monsters as the minority, yeah, no shit humans would want to have a way of keeping track of them. It's not some secret police tasked with picking out ethnic minorities. It's a bunch of murder-hobos tasked with killing monsters who want to stay invisible and unknown for some edgy, possibly dangerous reason.

Just my thoughts though. Don't know why everyone else is so enamoured with a clean, happy fantasy world without discrimination. Maybe it's the modern sensibility.

@Ashifili

It really has nothing to do with modern sensibility or not wanting any discrimination in my fantasy, and I think it's disingenuous to assume that most Youkai within the context of this world are baby-eating monsters who could only ever want to hide for nefarious purposes. Whether you're a Youkai or some other race, you don't want to be branded by some visible mark that actively segregates you from the rest of the population, especially considering that Youkai would have no trouble fitting in otherwise. This is proven by the fact that everything was fine until they were discovered.

In fact, considering that they had to be discovered in the first place, I think it's safe to assume that most were/are harmless.

And now they have a mark that, in a world that actively dislikes and fears them, shows them to be what they are when they probably just want to get along with everyone.

So, as Bee suggests, I'd like to explore the repercussions of that idea if we do go with it. Though to be candid, I would not throw my hat in with the magical Nazis come game time.

Eastern Fantasy

I'll go ahead and post my interest as well. I've been wanting to get in on an eastern fantasy game, so whatever ends up being decided will probably be enjoyable for me.

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

Alice was, for the most part, ignored by both sides of the combat. One demon threw a half-hearted kick at her as an afterthought, sure, but this was easily dodged using her incredible powers of spacial awareness, AKA seeing the Youkai close the distance, slash a gun in half, and kick an action movie hero before even considering assaulting her.

Also super speed. Super speed helped.

Though she managed to get out of the way of the attack, Alice was patently unhappy. Nobody was taking her seriously, even though she was the biggest and best ever. She grit her teeth as she saw a fireball created and aimed in her direction. A fireball. How cliche could one be? Certainly they seemed to be using canned provocations on the one they called Executioner, but handling the great and magnificent Alice by throwing a fireball? They hadn't even the sense about them to properly address her before attempting murder! Absolutely infuriating.

Stomping her little feet in a mini-tantrum, Alice ran out of the way of the fireball which, upon exploding, had its shrapnel dealt with by way of an invincible tea tray.

"Treat me like a joke, will you?" growled Alice, "well the joke's on you!"

Immediately, Alice waved a hand and created a slippery banana cream pie below the Youkai who was being forced back by this Executioner's sword skills. This would slip up his footwork, which was the only thing keeping him from being cut in two, and allow the Executioner the fraction of a second he needed to kill the thing.

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Vincent needs some character interaction, and what better character to interact with than the magnificent Alice?

Chasers - Boundary of the Crimson Sky [remake]

Alice casually grabbed a doughnut from Aria's box, and took a dainty bite. They really were quite good, though certainly not the sort of confection she would usually choose to munch at tea time. It was a commoner's pastry, whose appearance was so ubiquitous that it could never be elevated to a proper dish or even be divorced from the filthy little hovels that they usually poked their frosted, oily rinds out of. Trapped as it was in a sort of limbo of profound classlessness.

It would be irredeemable if it wasn't so dashingly western. Like cheeseburgers and apple pie.

"Yes, you really must keep a tighter leash on the girl," said Alice, shaking her head, "she's quite bothersome. If I was less mature than I am, I might have actively boycotted this establishment. Believe it or not, most patrons come to a cafe expecting good food and service, and a distinct lack of molestation."

Alice nibbled on the doughnut a bit before continuing.

"Anyways, no. Ellie explained nothing and, clever as I am, I am no mind reader. It's nice to finally get an explanation, though I don't know why we're so scared of this 'Cataloger'. That's why I was called? Well don't worry too much, Aria. I could take care of it on my own if I wanted."

Alice gave Aria a reassuring smile as Lucille, an older woman, stepped in to give Aria a report of some kind. Alice was about to continue with her pleasant tea time (if Ellie ever decided to bring their actual tea) when the succubus began raising a stink. Of course, Alice could not allow any action that lead a girl to scream 'No! Stay away! I don't wanna die!', and thus slid her chair back as one of the patrons who had just entered ran outside.

"Apologies. I must excuse myself, Aria. There are injustices to correct."

A teacup appeared in Alice's hand, seemingly out of nowhere, and she laid it on a saucer in front of Aria. It was full to the brim with a hot, steamy earl grey of the highest quality.

"For you. I shouldn't be a minute," said Alice, quickly departing.

And so she ran, quickly stuffing her face with scones of speed, to where she thought the Stock Exchange was.

But it was not. Indeed, Alice had a storied history of accidentally getting lost, and had managed to run at an inhuman pace in the exact opposite direction. Instead, she found herself looking at an incredibly large man shooting a gigantic gun at a raging Youkai. Her eyes widened in fear and amazement.

She had just walked into what looked like an American action movie.

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I've honestly never been a fan of collab posts. They usually end up a huge block of text, jarring to read due to constantly switching perspectives and writing styles, that encompasses a series of events that no one but those writing in it can interact with but everyone has to read anyways (if they're in the area, at least).

I'll just wait, or go if that is acceptable and react to what I have so far.

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Alice rolled her eyes as a particularly talkative and obnoxious individual rushed into the cafe and began blabbering about nothing. How could one talk so much and say so little? Nothing like Alice, whose each word carried the weight of the universe in its expulsion, drawing people in with its sheer mass and its... its profound bigness. Her words alone made satellites of their observers, and were fantastic not only in hugeness but elegance. He could learn a thing or two.

With a self-satisfied smirk on her face, Alice began setting a table up. Her tea set had a variety of things, including a beautiful lace tablecloth which Alice draped over the table, making one small portion of the cafe far more elegant and far less low-class. Sitting down, she waited for Aria to finish her work and looked over at Ellie.

"Kukuku~ obviously, every second not in my lovely presence would feel more like a year. How you last without me, I'll never know."

Her eyes narrowed, however, after considering exactly what sort of 'greeting' Ellie was planning to give her. Alice snatched the letter away from the woman with one hand, and tapped her noggin using a saucer with the other.

"Bad girl," she said, affixing Ellie with an imperious glare that carried the full weight of her bigness, "how often must I scold you before you learn? You shouldn't go around touching girls like that. Get on your knees and apologize properly."

Alice looked down at her letter and opened it, depositing the card onto the table.

"Hmph. Doubtless, the first part of a fifty-two part gift from one of my adoring fans. Ugh, we shan't be able to play a proper game with just this! Really, what must they have been thinking?"

Indeed, it was a card with a significance that went completely over Alice's head, for the girl had never actually read Alice in Wonderland. Nor had she seen any of the hundred adaptations. In fact she was waiting until her English was good enough to read it in its native language because, although she was a westaboo, her English was absolutely dreadful.

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@McFazzer The gracious Alice would not decline such a plea, were she asked politely to assist.

However, her greatest concern right now is on whichever matter was so dreadfully important that she had to be contacted psychically. She's fairly certain that a dinky Kappa territory dispute isn't severe enough for such an urgent calling.

@Ashifili Perfection, to Alice, is feeling secure in one's own abilities. This does not mean that there is no room to grow, nor does it mean that there are no weaknesses. It is the matter of becoming as proficient as one can in one's own strengths for that moment in time, so that those strengths eclipse the weaknesses, and so through experience one can grow and become even more perfect.

The opposite of which would be the insecure need to tear down an obviously emotionally needy little girl who just wants to help people (despite her relative weakness) to artificially raise oneself up, even though one might be over 100 years her senior and would thus be expected to be a degree more mature than a 15-year-old girl.

But hey, I'm certain that she and Rui-Ling will get along swimmingly.