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Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

@LuckyBlackCat

Does Reverb work in the same way Overdrive does? As for Distortion, does it only work on ally projectile moves?

Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

@SimpleWriter

She's fine by me. Wait for @KoL's opinion when she stops being lazy.

Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

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Sharp, deadly slashes scored themselves across Fortuna's palm, digging into the ice and threatening to tear it asunder. The wires splurging from Red Wire's maw acted almost like vomit, quick and without focus. Each one vibrated and tensed with dark energy, Wire's rage spilling forth hatefully as she continued glaring at Yui. It was only through Fortuna's quick thinking that the motions slowly died down, negativity being siphoned off towards her. Even so, the sheer force of darkness entering into the ice girl was potent and manic.

At once, thoughts of deathly, disturbing actions would filter into Fortuna's head. Thoughts of mania, bloodshed...these temptations found the easiest target they could latch on to. A young girl who sported hair similar to Fortuna's. As soon as she came into view, the thoughts deepened, goading her on to perhaps commit terrible acts. Be it murder, ruination, or perhaps worse. But whatever forcible ideas the darkness had in mind for Fortuna, it was all halted by the actions of the sole light girl among them.

With Fortuna wretched away from her, Wire was free to rage once more. Almost instantly the negativity feeding into her had reflected right back into Wire, bolstering into a well of darkness. Though it seemed Gaia had other plans in mind, swiftly using her own magic to restrain and incapacitate the two dark girls. As she gave her little speech, pointing her blade right at Wire's head, the dark girl sputtered and gasped, sharp teeth finally curling into a sentient smirk.

Fortuna would feel it before anyone else, and there was no doubt Gaia could hear it; the sound of cracking ice, bursting into shrapnel as Wire's severed arm emerged from its icy prison. Wires still holding it, the limb swerved once before snapping itself around Gaia's throat, clenching in an inhuman fashion. "An....eye for an eye," Wire finally spat out, some form of intelligence leaking in. Be it from Kanbaru's intervention or Gaia's, it hardly mattered now. "And who the hell are you to tell me what I should be responsible for," Wire sneered, strangling Gaia just as hard as the vine around her throat.

The sound gave what would follow away, but the light girl was too slow on the draw. A vine did wrap itself around Wire's arm, but too late to have any real effect. Stuck in the awkward web of metal and plants, there was a small moment of silence where you could only hear the crackling sound of the 'ropes' tightening. Through the pain of being choked, Yui managed to break the silence with a smile. "I'm only someone who doesn't want any more pointless loss of life..." she answered, her free hand holding Touka's arm at her throat. "I also don't seek...conflict." Taking a risk, Yui released the binds that were holding the blue haired Dark girl against the wall. Her 'calmness' had impressed Yui earlier, and while the light girl did not know who she was to Touka, they seemed to be close enough that she thought now that the Dark Girl's leader was a bit more mentally present, her companion might be able to defuse this whole thing.

Kanbaru hadn't been certain that it would even be feasible to siphon off Touka's power but it was working beyond her wildest expectations. Too well, perhaps, for the power lacked the aimlessness of Nightmares that was so easily absorbed. Tainted with the President's psychosis that had terminated their partnership, the bluenette ground her teeth as images flashed into prominence before her mind's eye. The ache to return home after a long day magnified by malevolence, a twisted desire to wrap her hands around her sister's neck and claim the power she long denied. She wanted to reject the violent impulse but the more she siphoned off the stronger it grew, till Yui's intervention snapped the connection between them.

"You dumb bitch!" Kanbaru screamed, not grateful in the least to be snapped free from Touka's influence when it entailed full on vine bondage at the most precarious of times. True to form Touka showed a complete disregard for her own body and reacted with a savagery that overcame Yui's vines. The bluenette was about to burst the gauntlet of ice she formed and slip free of the vines to shoot her way free as well, only for Yui to panic and free her as soon as the vines had settled. There was no relief to be had when she could already feel her restraining ice fracture under the pressure of a slightly more intelligent but still rampaging Touka.

"You've got a hilarious way of showing it." She scoffed with excessive bitterness, moving into Touka's field of view and wrapping her gauntlet around the vine at Touka's neck. It steadily froze over before growing brittle enough to snap under Touka's own strength. "Oi. Boss. Eyes on me. If you can talk, you can think. Now quit throttling the idiot and cut yourself loose. We can sort out this shitty night at your place, but not here."

An animalistic hiss bubbled out from Wire's lips. The strings of black veiny wires that had been barraging out of her maw were still leaking out in shreds, and they only streamed forth more now that the pressure around her throat was ceased. Ignoring the bruising on her neck caused by the vines, Wire whirled her hateful stare from Gaia to Fortuna now. She spent a good moment or two glowering at the other dark girl before finally evoking yet another hiss. "Fine. We'll do it your way," she snarled. Almost immediately the arm holding Gaia let go and flopped to the pavement like dead prey.

There was no telling what would have happened had Fortuna not been present; no, that wasn't entirely true. Even now as her arm was slowly being reeled back to her body and she was hacking away at the remaining vines with a chopping hand, Wire replayed all the bloody scenarios she could have enacted over and over again in her head. The bolstering negativity was dying down again, this time for good as Wire settled back into an apathetic state of disregard for their enemy. "You're lucky I'm hurting like a bitch, you bitch. I have half a mind to break that pretty face of yours into a wall," Wire spat towards Gaia.

The lack of thanks did not bother Yui. Not only was she used to this kind of behaviour but, here, she expected it. While it was easy to see her intervention as hardly any help at all, she knew what she saw and what she felt leaking from Touka and the effect it had on her friend. She did not regret her intervention. If their words and attitude wounded her in the slightest, they could never guess just from looking at her.

Gaia's sword disappeared into thin air as she looked in the distance, feeling like the night was dying down. She was glad to have saved those she did, even those dark girls, but couldn't brush off the feeling she could - should - have done more. Her stare fell back onto the duo, more so the leader of the two."This anger that you bear towards me..." she began while straightening herself and dusting off her costume "...What is it's origin, truly; the fact that I was right, that you lost a fight or simply because you know you were slipping away?"

In the absense of conflict Kanbaru could breath easy, dispelling her icy constructs as Touka disentangled herself from the vines grasp and ended the standoff before any more bodies littered the Miso City Streets. This rising ease staggered a touch as Yui offered another sanctimonious rejoinder to end their confrontation upon, causing the bluenette to flinch from Touka to Yui and expect a haymaker to follow. "I'd think it obvious someone would be pissed when they are literally backed into a corner and confronted by an enemy. Touka's the amputee here. What's your excuse?"

With her coat whirling behind her she stepped past Yui and straddled her parked motorcycle, a flush of magic starting the engine and setting it into a low rumble. "Get on Touka. I'm taking you to your place and I'm not taking no for an answer."

Had she been in any other mentality, she might have mangled Fortuna here and now for letting slip her real name to the enemy blatantly in front of them. But Wire chose to bemuse the light girl's sentiments with more sneering reproaches. "For someone on the opposite side of the spectrum, you do like worrying about your enemies. Who knows why you piss me off. Probably because you don't have any idea what you're talking about." As Fortuna moved to mount her bike, so too did Wire step forward until she was inches away from Gaia. As much as she would have loved to, she didn't make to tear apart the other Magical Girl.

"Maybe it's cause you smell funny. Your magic really, really pisses me off and I don't know why," she breathed, uncaring if her iced breath was blowing directly into Gaia's face. "It's an itch that makes me want to mangle you more and more so there. That's your answer. Why don't you crawl back to your so called friends and think it over for the both of us, eh?" With those words spoken, she shoved past Gaia before taking the space behind Fortuna on her bike. Soon enough the two of them were speeding away, leaving Yui left alone with her thoughts.

The Light girl was quick to regret her words. Simply because it was unnecessary and aggressive, which was unlike her. She was about to answer the icy one, but Touka's answer came quick and sharp before she found an answer. Again, nothing surprising. As much as she tried, Yui was not able to grasp Touka's logic of pure hatred, it seemed. She was reminded of the other dark haired opponent she faced in the park some weeks ago; she remembered feeling the same madness in her.

At the very least, the idea given was not a bad one. Gaia spread her wings to the sound of the Motorcycle driving away and took to the skies, heading back to where she had previously left Tama and Soma, hoping they were unhurt.

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Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

We are now allowing people to make a third character if they can handle doing so. Consider it a trial; if it becomes a problem, we may revoke this.

Fire Emblem: Conflict

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Lost in the meander that was blood-drenched thoughts of violence, Shirley was rather enjoying herself. The day may have been colored a bit boring, but that was the price of peace. Soon, very soon, the Red Branch Company would be engaging in combat once more, and it was that reality that had Shirley’s fingers twitching. She could almost feel the hilt of her blade sliding into her hand, ready to cut short the life that needed to be spilled…but alas, all good things came to an end.

Such was the case of her daydreaming, disrupted by a very familiar, very chirpy voice. Shirley sighed loudly, making it known to Chiyuri that she didn’t want to be bothered right now. But she knew more than anyone else that the swordswoman would not leave people alone unless explicitly told so. As she opened her eyes and dully stared up at Chiyuri’s beaming face, she accepted this fact as reality.

“Fine, I’ll humor you. What do you want,” she asked, eyeing the fruit held in Chiyuri’s hand. Apparently Chiyuri just wanted to sit around. With her. Shirley almost gagged at the thought but didn’t make a motion to budge. Laziness was more potent than any high from a bloodlust. “I don’t see why not, I suppose. And that apple is rather shiny and red…” Not liking one bit of it, Shirley flickered her gaze to her side, a notion that Chiyuri could sit where she pleased.

“Yeah, sure. Whatever, give me an apple.” Arms crossed behind her head, Shirley sighed; soon enough, one arm was freed and held with palm splayed out to accept the fruit. It was healthier than bread and broth certainly. “Did you just come here to watch the sky or something? That’s a bit nostalgic and kiddy. Or did you just want some peace and quiet too?” Shirley said, chomping into her apple with munching teeth and mutters.

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Jigokuraku Academy

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The Hag’s speech about nobility was lost on Houki; honestly, who cared? It was evident this school clearly didn’t play by the rules so it would be hard-pressed for them to expect Houki to start caring now. Case in point, the girl smirked internally as she heard the teacher cry in pain from her attack. Hopefully that would be enough of a distraction for Kaito and Hikari to cycle for a counter-attack. Unaware if that was the case or not, Houki only had a few seconds to react before the Hag was upon her.

And honestly, the option was clear in her mind. If it wasn’t broken, then why bother fixing it? That was the logic running through Houki’s head as she furrowed her brows and blasted another red hot barrage of beams in the Hag’s direction. It wasn’t like the teacher was doing much efforts to conceal herself, not when she broke down to gloat and monologue for every five minutes.

She didn’t know it, but Houki felt herself agreeing with Hiraki’s own sentiments. This teacher talked too much and too long; but that wasn’t the skin of Houki’s problems. Instead, she focused on aiming her beams point-blank at the Hag. If the teacher simply tanked the attack, then there would be a problem. But Houki was banking on the luck this Hag wouldn’t take so kindly to laser beams shot at a point-blank range.

[Shooting the Hag vehemently.]

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Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

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“This is boring.” Palis’ grumbles fell layway to the shrieking chaos overtaking Miso City’s night winds. Since her encounter with the dark one and her recently acquired prey, she had settled fit to watch over her work from above. Sitting atop the edge one of the city’s skyscrapers with legs dangling into the night, she looked down at the invisible forces at bay, the many denizens of the town scrambling about for safety. Their panic only caused her frown to deepen.

“Am I overthinking this? Because this got old real quick. Or maybe I’m doing something wrong here….” Still in her transformed state, she didn’t care if Rania or the recently corrupted Alara had tagged behind her to follow. They were both none of her concern and beneath her notice. What wasn’t, though, was the clash of magical energies thriving at the other end of the city. Palis casually stared at the abandoned construction site before turning her gaze back to the endless night below her.

“No, no. It’s childish to sit here and pout. This is exactly what I wanted.” Staff in hand, she raised herself to literally stand above the rest of the girls. Her frown curved into a sneer as she took in the stench of darkness. “This is what real justice is. People need to learn through hardship and turmoil if they want to persevere, and this is exactly what I gave them. Only the strong can be allowed to carry out their justice,” she said. “The night is ending, but I think they got the message burned into their souls.”

Indeed, the endless dark would be concluding soon, but that didn’t mean the scars inflicted upon the city would close and heal. If anything, the open wound struck upon Miso City seemed to spill out more and more like a festering disease. A wave of negativity flowed through the streets, and their source came from a dark alleyway that was soon to be coated in ice.

When Gaia arrived upon the scene, all she would get as a response from Red Wire were more hateful screeches of anger and rage. In response, the wires spiraling out of the dark girl’s shoulders and arm instantly lashed towards her in retaliation. It was only by choice or chance the girl was saved by her enemy, Fortuna snatching her away from the sharp wires cutting the air itself.

So enthralled in her self-sustained madness was she that Wire didn’t realize her magic was being neutralized. The alleyway soon dropped in temperature until finally, all of the spread-out wires had been frozen in place. Some, however, showed building cracks along their lengths, as if they were ready to burst at any moment; so great was the darkness that spilled out Red Wire.

By the time Fortuna had closed the distance to her former partner, Red Wire had lowered some of her screeching. Her sharp teeth continued to bite the air in front of her while her deranged sight snapped from the dark girl to the light girl, uncaring who was friend or foe. A madness all too prevalent was still present in Wire’s aura, one that was no doubt causing a rapid spike of aggression into Chie on the other half of the city.

Still, Gaia was the first to arrive and the first blood to be drawn. Snapping her gaze sharply at the Magical Girl, Red Wire roared anew. It soon sputtered out into a wet gasp as wires suddenly spurted from her maw, each one as violent as the other to tear apart Gaia. They didn’t care for Fortuna, only for the fool who had showed up first practically asking for a death wish.

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Fire Emblem: Conflict

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It had been some time since Shirley had felt this excited. Getting orders directly from the Nuniel Empire had to mean they had placed some good amount of trust in the Red Branch Company. Or they were just the cheapest the Empire could buy out for their services. Whatever the case, it mattered little to the Mercenary. Gold was gold, no matter what hands it had to slip through to be acquired. Their mission alone promised there would be a fine amount of it.

But that was for another day. No, on this day, there was nothing going on. No sparking events happening; at least, not that she had heard of from their leader. Shirley had spent her last hour dozing off a few yards away from the main camp, sprawled along a grassy hill. Hands behind her head and eyes to the sky, she pondered the kind of missions they would be sent out to accomplish now that the Empire was running the reins and controlled them.

Not that Aria would ever admit it of course, but surely everyone knew they had sold out, right? Though was it really selling out if they were on the winning side? “Who cares,” was the answer Shirley gave to herself, yawning as the cusp of a nap almost had her dozing off. It was only by the heavy beating of wings and the gallant, tell-tale winds of flyers that kept her from doing so.

Gaze already upwards, she would spot the flyers Aria had sent off to spy on the city, likely their next target. “Either that or they’re flying in for supplies. Not sure if it makes sense to be sending scouts on horses with wings.” A snicker escaped the bloody Mercenary and she finally did close her eyes. There was no harm in resting now, was there?

“If the leader needed me, she’d have made a request for ground troops. Guess this means I get the day off, heh.” Stretching out a leg, she crossed it over her knee and positioned herself into a more comfortable posture. With luck, this would be an overall easy-going day without much fighting. But should combat need to be required…she was dying to paint her coat a new shade of red.

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Jigokuraku Academy

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If there was ever a feeling of intense, literal edge, this was it. One moment Houki was staring at the confrontation between Kaito and the old woman and the next she was…staring at the ground? It seemed the most logical conclusion. Her senses seemed to each shut down on her, the air around her body getting denser, warmer. She swore there was an itch that kept biting somewhere at her back while her lungs pumped harder and harder. It was beginning to get harder to breathe, her pupils dilating slightly.

Whatever this was, this crushing feeling pushing deep against her chest, it was coming from the direction of the teacher. She would have liked to turn her back on that direction but whatever the air was turning into, churning into an invisible soup of malice, it was preventing her from-a buzz nearly made her jump on the spot. At once she turned heel in the opposite direction, fishing in her pocket for her phone. What she saw was a mass text sent from Mari. But that was the least of Houki’s problems.

“Huh?” It took her some moments to process what Hikari was saying, let alone the full details of his plan. Though eventually she nodded. She had nothing to add and, frankly, he had a clearer head than her at the moment. The rush or mania was beginning to creep down the further away she got from the sight, feet already taking her to Minami. “Don’t do anything reckless. I’ll be right back,” was what she told Hikari, turning towards the cat girl.

Once she had explained what she needed to for Minami, Houki turned right back around to the direction Hikari had went off to. With the dense fog clogging her vision, it was hard to say what was happening, aside from the distant clank of metal and the monotonous speech belted out by the teacher. Crouching down to avoid sight, Houki tried to steel her breath and make her way closer and closer to the target.

“Honestly, this test is a waste of time,” she muttered, feeling a bit of annoyance bubble inside her. With luck, it would hopefully turn to anger, the girl getting in range from the teacher’s right side. Hidden among the rubble just like Hikari, she removed her glasses and began to angrily glare. At once a burst of red hot beams shot forth, Houki making sure not to hit Kaito along the way. Although truth be told, she wouldn’t have minded too much.

[Got close to the Hag, firing a laser.]

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Fire Emblem: Conflict

Isn’t that their first character?