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Ginni, I don't really know what to say, can you believe it? Me? speechless? maybe I could just sing a song
melody waits to see what the others say. having finished tuning Ginni's guitar for her.
you come up to what appears to be the river Styx. The chaos cannot breach this place, ans it looks as if it doesn't change with the rest of the abyss.
"They aren't dead, I wasn't going to kill them, just trying to break his leg a bit so he can't get away and heal himself again, tell you the truth I'm kinda pissed at them for pulling ignance's hair"his skin reforms around his face just before he turns to you though his hands, tail and wings still look as they did "plus I'm reasonably sure I can fix him if it gets to that point, you want me to stop, get them to put her down!!"
"Very well then."
He takes Mara on a very orderly tour of the school. As part of the tour, he explains how the arrows on the walls work, the self-arranging rooms and class rooms, etc.
Jen bows to Professor Genosuke at the end of the tour, more deeply and respectfully this time. "Thank you, that was a wonderful introduction. Is there some sort of teacher lounge or meditation chamber in this place? Five minutes with these kids have already given me a headache."
"its no problem. she told me about it just a minute ago.
"Alright... Should i be going now?"
"Yes, you're free to go. Good luck figuring this out. Ten to one it's some sort of magical talent. I bet you'll be a big hit in the transmutation class," she said, trying to be encouraging.
you come up to what appears to be the river Styx. The chaos cannot breach this place, ans it looks as if it doesn't change with the rest of the abyss.
Jen sneaks along the river bank, careful of the departed spirits in the river. She watches out for any demons lurking nearby that might be fishing for the spirits or strolling around, stalking them like a crouched tiger.
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there's.... Nothing. You hear a voice from nowhere-
"Still working on actual opponents. One second..."
"I'm sorry, Melody. I didn't mean to miss our meeting time...I just..." she swallowed hard trying not to start crying again. "I found out about some nasty rumors about me that are going around school. I'm used to that. People tend to assume the worst since I'm half demon. But I can't stand it that people are using that to hurt my friends."wait, what rumors? I never heard any such rumors. and your half demon?
Mel thinks for minute, notices Ginni's guitar sitting there. Ginni, and everyone come on have a seat
Ginni there is no need to be sad. no one is hurting any of us and I doubt Ace would dare let anyone hurt you or your friends.
as she talks Mel instinctively is tuning her guitar.
"The rumors just started this morning. That's why people were staring at me at breakfast. And yeah, my mom was a succubus. I never met her. She abandoned me as a baby. I guess that's pretty normal for a succubus. I don't even know who my father was....but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want me. If he was even still alive. Nobody wants to admit to having gotten it on with a succubus," she said glumly.
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Ginni, I don't really know what to say, can you believe it? Me? speechless? maybe I could just sing a song
melody waits to see what the others say. having finished tuning Ginni's guitar for her.
Ginni seems tense and her fingers keep curling involuntarily as Melody tunes her guitar.
"Well, according to what someone told me earlier, i have minor magic of every sort."
"Ah, here we go..."
nothing in preticular happens. After a little while, a legion of dreches (abyssal slaves) come to the water edge, fishing out damned souls one by one to drag back to their abyssal master.
Ephebe laughed. "I do look young for my age," she admitted. "I have occasionally been mistaken for a student....of middle school age. While I am young for my species, I am not that young. I am 27. Here, let me show you," she said turning around a picking up a hologram of the family from a couple years previous. "This is my mother," she said, pointing out a woman who looked to be in her late teens. "This picture is a couple of years old so she was only 51 when this was taken. And this is my grandmother," she said, pointing out a petite woman of indeterminate age who appeared to be somewhere in her thirties or forties at most. "She's over six hundred years old. We just don't age very quickly in my family."
The Tsuyomi family looks considerably impressed - even Midori, who before this knew nothing of her Headmistress' age or her family. "I see Blackscales-sama. We wanted to thank you personally for accepting our daughter to learn in your school. Her abilities are unique - even for us shinobi who have a variety of powers and techniques, we have never seen anything like her power before. We were not properly equipped to help her, and we are very glad for your assistance in this matter." Koizumi bows again, deeply and respectfully. "Do you have any questions for us at this time? If not, would you please tell us how Midori is adapting to the school?"
During all this, Midori seems rather stoic. Quiet and respectful perhaps... perhaps even a little overly so, even for her. Given that Ephebe knows that Midori is somewhat afraid of her abilities, her parents speaking so openly about their own troubles with them is likely difficult for her... but she bears it well.
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Ginni, I don't really know what to say, can you believe it? Me? speechless? maybe I could just sing a song
melody waits to see what the others say. having finished tuning Ginni's guitar for her.
Ginni seems tense and her fingers keep curling involuntarily as Melody tunes her guitar.
sensing a bit of unease, something new to melody, she has always shared instruments with others.
Melody hands her guitar back. here ya go all tuned. she smiles, trying to set her at ease. don't worry music is my life I never would harm the musical instruments of others. only make sure they are in good order
Ginni, music always made me happy, either singing or listening didn't matter which. now we promised a little jam session and here is as good a place as any. lets hear what ya got
"Very well then."
He takes Mara on a very orderly tour of the school. As part of the tour, he explains how the arrows on the walls work, the self-arranging rooms and class rooms, etc.
Jen bows to Professor Genosuke at the end of the tour, more deeply and respectfully this time. "Thank you, that was a wonderful introduction. Is there some sort of teacher lounge or meditation chamber in this place? Five minutes with these kids have already given me a headache."
"Well, the chapel is where I meditate, but if you want a portion of your room to be used for meditation, it will change to suit your needs. The teacher's lounge/staff area is near the classrooms...here."
He gestures to the entrance of the room he spoke of.
"The gardens of the school, and the extensive grounds of the school are also good places to 'take a breather' or meditate. I hope you enjoy your time here."
The priests were effectively trapped in the corner with Ignace by the vortex. The head priest traded places with one of Ignaces's captors holding her tightly with his arm around her neck. Now she couldn't even really scream anymore.
"Do you think I am an idiot? I don't know what your game is but I have served in this temple my whole life and I know the names of all of Avatar Voltair's descendants. This little girl is not among them. Now stand down!"
And I am warning you. I am the Avatar release her now! Lang is starting to get visibly angrier at the latest maneuver. the air vortex increasing in intensity. Lang has never used his powers in anger and these priests are pushing him to that limit.
those in the vortex start finding it harder to even breathe.
Lang starts to rise off the ground under his own air currents and starts to draw water from his water skins. forming several small water balls hovering around him.
Ryuzo can sense Midori is putting up an air of fake stoicism, but smiles and gives her a nod of approval. She is handling this well for one so young.
Jen transforms the fiery energy of her whip to ice and leaps out from being cover during her surprise round.
"Drop everything, those don't belong to you!"
She uses toppling strike against one of the dretches. If one trip succeeds, then get to trip another one. After the things in her immediate range (15 ft) are killed, she starts chasing after the ones nearest to the river to keep them from harvesting anymore.
(Attacks are against touch AC, but trips are just against regular CMD)
Grim looks pissed and throws his next bone breaker at the man's arm and hand he looks positively demonic "put her down!!!" he stalks foward, not quite in range yet with his scythe but closer, he looks at his scythe, possibly contemplating throwing it.
The Tsuyomi family looks considerably impressed - even Midori, who before this knew nothing of her Headmistress' age or her family. "I see Blackscales-sama. We wanted to thank you personally for accepting our daughter to learn in your school. Her abilities are unique - even for us shinobi who have a variety of powers and techniques, we have never seen anything like her power before. We were not properly equipped to help her, and we are very glad for your assistance in this matter." Koizumi bows again, deeply and respectfully. "Do you have any questions for us at this time? If not, would you please tell us how Midori is adapting to the school?"During all this, Midori seems rather stoic. Quiet and respectful perhaps... perhaps even a little overly so, even for her. Given that Ephebe knows that Midori is somewhat afraid of her abilities, her parents speaking so openly about their own troubles with them is likely difficult for her... but she bears it well.
"Midori's abilities are psionic in nature. I can understand how overwhelming it can be suddenly trying to deal with a child developing new powers you can't understand or help with. That's what we're here for. For now we've been working on settling in for the most part, although Midori has already taken some steps on the road to gaining full control of her abilities. It will take time, but I have no doubts that she will be able to master her powers. It is just another sort of training."
"I would say that Midori has been adapting quite well since she arrived here. She's been making friends with her classmates and is a bright, respectful student. There have been some...hiccups of course. It is after all a school full of children who are of course always known to follow the rules and do exactly as they ought," she deadpanned, her eyes twinkling with amusement.
they can't really even resist.
"They belong to our master. The damned souls. We take those that are meant to be in this plane. None other. Take others, we are punished."
Grim looks pissed and throws his next bone breaker at the man's arm and hand 13d6+1 he looks positively demonic "put her down!!!" he stalks foward, not quite in range yet with his scythe but closer, he looks at his scythe, possibly contemplating throwing it.
they can't really even resist.
"They belong to our master. The damned souls. We take those that are meant to be in this plane. None other. Take others, we are punished."
After killing the majority of them, Jen goes invisible and heads back to cover. Stealthily, she follows the Dretches as they head back from the river to their master, to try and understand who is commanding them.
sensing a bit of unease, something new to melody, she has always shared instruments with others.Melody hands her guitar back. here ya go all tuned. she smiles, trying to set her at ease. don't worry music is my life I never would harm the musical instruments of others. only make sure they are in good order
Ginni, music always made me happy, either singing or listening didn't matter which. now we promised a little jam session and here is as good a place as any. lets hear what ya got
At first Ginni seems relieved to get her guitar back, her hands caressing the instrument as she held it. It was obviously something very important to her. But when Melody suggests a jam session she freezes in utter terror. Her eyes dart back and forth between Melody, Igni, and the open door.
"I...I c-c-can't," she stammered, literally shaking with fear.
the plane eats most of them. Only two are left by that time. When you get to stable ground again, you see a huge, heliostats castle, with two balor standing in front of it.
"Of course you can. Just act like we aren't here."
(+20 from invis if they don't have a way to see invisibility)
upon sight, they both cast dominate monster at you. Dc 27.
Curious about his newfound spellcasting ability, Gareth goes to his room and looks for what he saw during his flight with Vriskra. He reads it outloud, gesturing as he reads... and promptly ends up in the infirmary in critical condition right after a small explosion destroys his room.
sensing a bit of unease, something new to melody, she has always shared instruments with others.Melody hands her guitar back. here ya go all tuned. she smiles, trying to set her at ease. don't worry music is my life I never would harm the musical instruments of others. only make sure they are in good order
Ginni, music always made me happy, either singing or listening didn't matter which. now we promised a little jam session and here is as good a place as any. lets hear what ya got
At first Ginni seems relieved to get her guitar back, her hands caressing the instrument as she held it. It was obviously something very important to her. But when Melody suggests a jam session she freezes in utter terror. Her eyes dart back and forth between Melody, Igni, and the open door.
"I...I c-c-can't," she stammered, literally shaking with fear.
sure you can ginni, I'll start and you join in ok?
Melody pulls out her own guitar and starts to play a happy upbeat tune. the notes seem to swirl all round ginni (not literally) as she listens to the music a touch of inspiration starts to enter her.
"You. Me. The Dance Floor. Let's tango."
Jen leaps thirty feet into the air towards the Balors, icy whip flickering into and out of reality around her.
"Of course you can. Just act like we aren't here."
She bit her lip, trying to fight with the fear. "can we at least close the door?" she asked in a small, terrified voice.
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[dice=Will Save]d20+30"You. Me. The Dance Floor. Let's tango."
Jen leaps thirty feet into the air towards the Balors, icy whip flickering into and out of reality around her.
roel closes the door for her.
Renkai moves silently, somehow passing through the wall and reclines on one of the rafters, wanting to hear her song
Grim looks pissed and throws his next bone breaker at the man's arm and hand 13d6+1 he looks positively demonic "put her down!!!" he stalks foward, not quite in range yet with his scythe but closer, he looks at his scythe, possibly contemplating throwing it.
The head priest ignored the commands of both Lang and Grim. Ignace was barely struggling anymore and blood was starting to drip from her nose.
seeing Ignace barely moving now I warned you, I gave you the chance, You hold only disrespect for what this Temple represents.
lang's voice speaks like several voices at once his very body begins to glow. as he begins to hover above the floor. the water balls swirling around him form shards of ice and with a sudden flurry the ice shard fly toward the priest. the vortex parting to allow passage.
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simultaneously Lnag actually parts Ignace's flame preventing it from healing the priest
and so now a mermaid is swimming aimlessly through the air around the school, having a lot of fun just swimming.
roel closes the door for her.
Once the door is closed, Ginni closes her eyes, trying to pretend like there was nobody else in the room but her and Melody. Like she had done with Dom before.
[i]After a few deep breaths, she started to play
Lang's attack completely obliterates the head priest, leaving a lifeless frozen husk. At some point during the attack he had dropped Ignace who lost consciousness, the flames around her going out. The other priests are all pretty much terribly wounded and very few are still conscious.
Ignace no longer in danger Lang turns toward the other priests
and with a voice of many any more doubt my words?
lang's wind vortex begins to die down. and Lang settles to the ground his glow fading. once gone lang falls to the ground fatigued. Grim, see to Ignace quick!.
igni seems to like the music.
roel is utterly entranced. He forgot to Focus for a second, and a small hole was melted in the floor.
roel closes the door for her.Once the door is closed, Ginni closes her eyes, trying to pretend like there was nobody else in the room but her and Melody. Like she had done with Dom before.
[i]After a few deep breaths, she started to play
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Melody quickly adjusts her playing to accompany Ginni and compliment her playing yet still let her have center stage.
after the performance Ginni that was truly amazing, I can honestly say your teacher before did not have a clue about real talent