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Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

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As much as Touka would have enjoyed seeing the light girls be rightfully put in their place, it was not to be. Ironically, the building tension had been diffused by one of their own. The blubbering fool Tsuruga; Touka was much too annoyed to distinguish friend from foe right now. But she supposed it would have been too big of a mess had Ami been allowed to blow up. She hardly cast a glance at Tama, giving her secondhand hatred. Her full negativity was directed at Yui.

Before she could insult the traitor and the paragon, they had both begun to escort Soma out of the classroom. Good riddance then. Touka’s demeanor visibly calmed and she pinched the bridge of her nose with her fingers. “Tch. Morons…” The normal students would have no clue what was going on, unaware of their short, very short lives being spared by a denizen of the dark. Soon enough they went right back to eating their lunches and chatting away. The indifference of it all almost made Touka sick to her stomach.

Almost. Another surge of light bubbled past the door a few minutes later. Such a conflict in magical property made Touka realize that at some point, Ayumu had also entered the room. But that wasn’t what she was concerned for. With an exasperated sigh, she turned a low glare at the transformed Allegra. Thankfully Seyrun had left to rummage for an item in her bag, leaving nothing standing in the way of the Club President and Allegra.

“And what do you want, little light.” There was less rage in the dark girl’s voice but it was clear she was annoyed. For Allegra, that only meant there was less chance of being strangled in wires and more a chance of meeting Touka’s shoe in her face. Lunch was ending soon but she had enough time to follow up on that threat.

At least she had a distract from Aegis walking the school grounds. Speaking of which, the Angel was closer than expected thanks to her goals.

Outside the school, the Mascot shrieked as much as it physically could, caught in Aegis’ grip by its feline scruff. As the scary girl began questioning it, several marks flashed on its televised screen. !!! <.<! ??? >.>? It wasn’t talking but it was probably easy to figure out the creature had no idea what Aegis was talking about. Sister? What sister? It didn’t know of any sibling…

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Neo Sorairo

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Where once there was confidence in the Invader’s steps, now lay a fear and hesitation dormant of their DNA. Now that the majority of the Psycher teams had all converged into one place, the odds of victory were becoming slim. Those who weren’t decimated by the efforts of the students were instead slowly backing off in retreat. And those unfortunate enough to run into the Big One were smacked aside by its metal paws and roared at. By the time it burst through the buildings, it was already seething with an animalistic anger.

On sight, the smaller Invaders immediately fled, running past the Big One, as little as their number was. Those that did remain were already engaged by the other teams, though they didn’t last long. Indeed, Yui’s swordwork made quick scrap metal out of the Invaders charging at her while the ones attacking Team Afterglow were dealt with just as fast. Riyame made sure to cover Cellica and Fiore’s flanks, doing what she could to defend the injured Gunner and team Linker with an array of flurrying bullets.

Mavis’ landing of course put a halt in the action, and Riyame looked over at the short shield girl with a puzzled expression before sighing. “Only you would be having this much fun right now. Well, you and R.R. I suppose,” she said to Mavis. A bellowing, metallic roar drew her attention back to the Big One. By now, it was the only real threat in the clearing and its alien eyes snapped back and forth with a desire for blood. Having already sent an energy shot from its tail at Raphael and Hiro’s positions, it now scanned the area for more lifeforms.

Specifically, its tail swiveled in motion before suddenly snapping in a seemingly random direction. With a flick of its tip, the Big One fired off an energy round right at Mila’s location, as if the appendage had a mind, or perhaps camera, of its own. Meanwhile, the main body kept low to the ground, stalking about and creeping slowly towards the group of students like a hunting predator. Its eyes glowed faintly, staring dead on at its soon to be prey.

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Neo Sorairo

@Sync

Fine by me. Put them into the Character Tab. You can join the Discord if you so choose to; the link should be on the 0th post.

Neo Sorairo

It doesn't have to be a guantlet, really. I wanted it to be like an iron man style laser healing effect more than anything without saying he can magically cast it from his finger tips because that wouldn't really fit the setting. Perhaps a drone that he can input the tether and do the same effect I have in mind without the idea of a guantlet.

@Sync

I like this. Do this. Become the team's Mercy.

Neo Sorairo

@Sync

I dislike the notion of his drone turning into gauntlets since that seems more to the aesthetic of a Striker. That said, can I assume his gauntlets only help him to shoot out his tethering light coils and don't actually work in combat?

Neo Sorairo

@Sync

I will be looking at your character tomorrow.

Neo Sorairo

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How curious it was to see each student’s reaction to the large Invader, who until now had remained crouched and inquisitive of what was happening. As it turned out, Mila was the first to make a move, launching herself up and over the Invader before firing off a single Gravity Pull rod. The round landed squarely into the Invader’s back, making its legs buckle slightly. The sound of wrenching metal on metal filled the air as the round was activated.

The gravity around the Invader suddenly became augmented, forcing the creature not down but kept in place. Slowly, with shuddering effort, it turned its alien face towards first the cyborg and then Mavis. More sounds of metal moving were heard as it trained the turret on its back right at Mavis, firing a round of fire with messy precision. All the same, its tail snapped in wild abandon, throwing out energy projectiles at Mila. Both had been deflected by Mavis’ shield, right until the human had decided retreat was the best approach to engage.

Or rather, disengage. As Mavis and Mila ran in the opposite direction, having completed their sensor task, the effects of the gravity field finally began to wear off. Its legs shifting about, the Invader lowered itself on its haunches before suddenly leaping forward in hot pursuit. It ran with all the ferocity and bloodlust of any wild Earth animal. Only this one was fitted with heavy gunfire, each moving left and right to spray forward onto Team Arizona’s path.

It would be chasing the two girls into a clearing, unaware of the other converging teams either nearby or rapidly approaching their position. The explosion was heard by everyone so there was no doubt the sound of gunfire and trees being cut apart by the Inavder’s attack would go unmissed as well. Certainly not for Team Afterglow, of who Riyame nodded along to Tian-Gui’s orders.

Although they would be bringing reinforcements to Team Yui Gang, the sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer to the point where Riyame felt a fight would be breaking out with the big one regardless. The same could be said for her other teammate, R.R. pointing her head towards the direction of the chasing Invader. “Holy shit, whatever that is, it sounds like it has fucking power!” she said aloud to no in in particular. The gleam in her eyes and the way she snapped her jaws probably gave Team Novae an idea of what she wanted to do…

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Neo Sorairo

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Riyame felt…unnerved by the brooding silence of Team Afterglow. She glanced over from first Cellica and then Fiore, noting how each girl looked downright miserable. Maybe it was because she was used to R.R.’s brash persona, but the tension was running deep among her temporary team. It was why she felt more grateful to the behemoth of armor that was Tian-Gui, who broke the moody silence with his occasional whistling. It made the final stretch to their second sensor more bearable.

Standing at her post as Team Afterglow’s Gunner, Riyame kept a lookout for any Invaders that might sneak up on them while the actual team patched up the sensor. With luck, the rest of the teams were swiftly on their way to their final targets as well-a loud crack in the air turned her head in another direction. “That doesn’t sound good….” she said, looking over at Team Afterglow’s Linker. “Fiore, is there anything near us? What direction did that explosion come from?”

So powerful were Falk’s bombs that even Team Novae could hear it faintly. R.R., initially relieved no one would blow her cover, turned her ears to that direction as well. “Hey, uh, you’re the Linker again, right? Can you find out what the hell that was,” she asked Kuni. Both Linkers would find the explosion had come from Team Yui Gang; indeed, even Raphel’s Linker, if their team chose to do so, would find the cluster of Invaders that had funneled at that location suddenly gone. But there was something more.

The massive blip on everyone’s radars shifted drastically. Despite the large humanoid Invader having successfully been blown apart by Falk’s attack, the blip remained ever present. But instead of being anywhere near Team Yui Gang, it was now surprisingly, dangerously close to Team Arizona. The moment Mavis and Mila stepped through the portal it would be too little, too late for Subaru to warn them of the sudden blip that appeared on her radar.

Stalking the area just a few feet away from where Mavis and Mila stepped out of was a large Invader. True to its appearance, it scuffled low to the ground like an animal, snarling at the smaller of its kind. In turn, these smaller Invaders would scurry along elsewhere, as if being ordered to. Even so, nothing could explain why the blip had moved from one side of the map to another. Was it a jamming signal? Either way, both Psychers had walked openly into its territory and it would take no longer for it to notice both girls.

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Kurai Majoko: Dark Magical Girls

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There went Ami again, causing a ruckus in the middle of glass. Though at the very least, she had enough common sense to transform before decking Soma for all to see. True be told, Touka could give no cares if it was a light girl; it was why she made no move to stop Ami’s actions. Not like anyone could see her after all. To the few students who still ate their lunch in class, it would have appeared Soma was smacked in the face by an invisible force, followed shortly by threatening said ghost.

Ironic since, given with her half-transformed state, Soma looked like a spirit herself. Only now had Touka realized the light girl was stuck in a limbo of sorts. No wonder she hadn’t noticed her on her radar. All the same, she turned back to Seyrun in the efforts of ignoring the tussle. Ami could handle herself and she was encouraging of Soma being put in her place. Yet before she could continue her conversation, two presences suddenly spiked up her spine. One was very familiar, almost making her clench her fingers into the desk out of immediate bellowing rage.

Aegis, that bitch, was back. Touka snapped her gaze back outside to the window where the snow fell. The holy aura that inspired fear, dread, but most of all, spite, plagued her like a heat glowing in the icy storm. That holier than art thou Angel was roaming the school, her school. She didn’t need to tell the other Detention Club members Aegis was here because they would all feel her presence eventually, light and dark girl alike. It only made Touka bristle more when she sensed the second interloper.

The three transformed girls in the room would notice it quite clearly, though the sight to behold was meant for Angelite. A maze of wires had been delicately placed, stretching from one corner to the next. How long had they been there? Regardless, most of them seemed to sway in Angelite’s direction. Seeing as she failed to notice Touka in the room before, she would most definitely feel the burning aura of anger and hate that was the dark girl’s leader now. No words were said, not when Tama was transformed as she was.

But the Detention Club President didn’t need to, not when her angled glare at both Tama and Soma was enough. If Ami was an inferno of darkness, the negativity sprouting from Touka was enough to eclipse the room. Sensing Aegis on school grounds had more been more than enough to set her on edge and she was almost itching for a reason to maul the two light girls where they stood. And maybe leave some pieces for Ami. The intent was clear; they could either stop ruining her lunch or get out. This time, it would be through the efforts of the Black Knight and Red Wire.

Across the other side of school, Chie would feel the surge of darkness flowing from Touka. In consequence, it too would bolster her irritability and aggression. It was perhaps good conscience of choice, in hindsight, Kanbaru had visited her partner. There was no telling what sort of havoc Chie would cause if Touka decided to break down into a maddening fury in the middle of the school.

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Neo Sorairo

@Skyswimsky

Fine by me. Place her into the Character Tab. You will be placed in Team Yui Gang.