Shamitako

(OOC: Oh BTW, screw locations, too much work. From now on I'll only be using them when a character first enters a scene) Riley Arturia's reaction told Riley everything she needed to know. It was so perfect that a girl like this was given the ability to be a Light Fury. It was unfortunate that the pain Riley felt was not the kind that Light could cleanse. But at the very least she now knew for certain that Arturia would save Haley, that was the first step to ending this pain. "Lovely, now just hug her." Riley told Arturia, "Hug her and imagine a vicious storm of white hot light tearing its way through her body. If you consider her to be your ally, then she will live." Riley left out the guarantee of Haley's survival, only in uncertainty could Arturia find her path. Or at least the path Riley wanted her to find. That done, Riley moved to the other girl, her long dress making her seem to almost float over the ground. "What is happening is not important, all that matters is what will happen." She said, "And what will happen is that you will stop Natalie before she causes any more harm. This power is within you, and if you wish to unlock it you need no more than to speak these words: In the frightening dark With sheer force of will Through the furious storm And the might to overcome any obstacle Lend me your power That I may free myself" This girl was different from Arturia, she needed no testing for Riley to know what to do with her. There was no way she wouldn't defend Haley and Arturia, it simply wasn't in her nature not to fight Natalie right here. And that was exactly what Riley needed to destroy the last bit of the fallen goddess's self-confidence. Layla Arya's speech, what would be in any other situation the speech of a madwoman, was the last straw. Lilith simply couldn't keep herself bound any longer. A strange feeling washed into her. It was a soft feeling, like drinking warm milk. She didn't scream or cry as she did when she fought it, she felt only relief and freedom. The feeling washed outward, pushing back against the pressure, clearing the entire room of its oppressive force. Cautiously moving herself from between Anna and Esyllt, she stood. She looked directly at Arya, their eyes meeting. Lilith's, however, were not the eyes of a human. The whites had gone completely black, making the hideous yellow stand out all the more. Except it was no longer a fearful, hungry yellow, but a bright one that felt like it carried pure energy along it. "And as strange as it sounds, Miss Arya, you are quite right." Layla said, as calmly as she could muster, "Lilith Perditia and the Goddess Layla are identical beings. The only noticeable difference between them is the memories they hold. The less noticeable difference, is that both have separate souls. But someone with a little too much power tried to change that, resulting in the being standing before you. I'm both Lilith and Layla at once, a single mind and body with two separate souls. Up until a moment ago the soul that naturally belonged, the one born as Lilith, was suppressing the one that came from the goddess. But thanks to you, and I promise I really am grateful, I'm finally free from the pain of fighting myself." It was a lot to take in, Layla partially wished she had Alexus's powers. It was almost guaranteed that Alexus had both of her souls fused perfectly. "I'm really no different now than I was a moment ago, at l-least in terms of personality." She could already feel her forced calm slipping, "S-so feel free to keep treating m-me as if I were a normal 13-year-old gi-girl." It was really embarrassing to be a goddess who stuttered, and Layla felt her face reddening quite a bit. She wished she could say that was simply a product of being incarnated as human, but the truth was that she'd always struggled to speak clearly. "I th-think the most accurate w-way to think of me is as 'La-L-Lay-Layla Perditia.' But, w-without the stammering." Her gaze flit about nervously, she felt a lot calmer now that she was able to hold back the pressure exerted by Eden's Curse, but she was still very anxious. "Let me s-see if I can answer your questions b-before you make more." She said, "There was not a way to keep Lilith as purely Lilith. The G-goddess soul was equally attached to the mind as the h-human one. And in fact, it would have been far cr-crueler to me to try to put half of me to sleep or t-tear me apart. It's actually re-really likely that at least Alexus is a human. If I had to guess, Na-Nayru's soul is gone. She'd rather die than steal a mind. I don't kn-know about Kalli, but I hope she's alright. And then there's al-always Ethan to worry about." She twitched uncomfortably at the mention of Ethan's name. Partially because it would spawn more questions, but mostly because she felt bad for what she did to him. "Eden isn't, isn't a person. Eden is the b-birthplace of the gods." She continued, "I'm actually su-surprised you don't know that, even if you are the type to i-ignore Kallistle sermons. Eden's Curse is the b-best name for what's usually called the O-Other, which in the modern version of Kallistle teachings is s-said to be a force that wishes to t-tear apart the world of Alex. But r-really he just wants his home back. I-it's my fault, for messing it up in the first place. I just h-hope Alexus didn't find out..." She bit her lip in an attempt hold back tears. She knew Kallisto and Nayru both blamed themselves for what happened, even if they did try to blame each other. But if she had been braver, if she'd simply told the truth, then perhaps her greatest love would never have been lost. And if she had been able to control herself she might have been able to bring him back without hurting the other three. Now, some four thousand years later, she had lost him for real. "The Other, Eden's Curse, whatever you want to call it, it's come to k-kill the goddesses. It hates us, it hates me. He hates me..." Unable to keep them at bay any longer, her tears spewed forth. She missed having someone to look up to, someone she could feel safe around, someone she could truly trust (OOC: It is not fun trying to write exposition with a stuttering goddess)

YW <3 Psst, this has been here for almost a week now

Alright, so, I realized I was actually really unclear as to what the elements did, lemme try to fix that (note: I'm not including special interactions for specific modifiers here, but I'll try to mention them if a character gets them) Thunder The most damaging element when used directly. Thunder hurts. There's not really much more to it than that Ice The most precise element. When used effectively, it can even outdamage Thunder. However Ice is very fragile and not suited for direct confrontation Water Equal parts damage and defense, with a touch of healing. Water can basically do anything, but doesn't do anything very well. It's slightly more suited towards defense due to having both defense and healing aspects Fire Fire is essentially water without the healing. It has similar damage and defense capabilities. To make up for the healing loss, it gains the ability to function beyond the user's influence. Which is to say, the user can start the element going but let it continue on its own Darkness Darkness has fairly weak damage, but makes up for it by adding a "fear" modifier to all instances of damage dealt. Meaning that when a Darkness something or other hits you, they don't hurt much, but they can whittle you down by striking at your deepest fears Light Light is a healing element. With it, most instances of "damage" are replaced with "healing." It can still deal a small amount of damage, but it will generally be abysmal compared to the healing output Soul Soul is unbreakable defenses. Its offensive abilities are trash, but trying to break through the Soul element directly with anything but Hope is entirely pointless. And even with Hope can be a struggle Hope Hope is unmatched raw power. Meaning that in a battle of force it will win against even Thunder. It doesn't do all the much damage, but no other element can overcome it directly Damage rankings: Thunder Ice Hope Fire/Water Darkness Soul Light Thunder, Ice, Fire, and Darkness are all offensively oriented. While Hope, Soul, Light, and Water are defensively oriented And I have no clue what you're talking about when you say this sounds suspiciously like the way the modifiers are set up *Whistles innocently* Current special interactions Riley Callan, Eye of Hope. Loses standard Eye functionality, but can see the future (sort of) as well as show it to others Haley Lucille, Light Eye. Illusions are extremely realistic, but cannot form solid constructs. No healing ability and cannot damage directly Lilith Perditia, Darkness Vine. Attacks become incorporeal Esyllt Morrianas. Hope Vine. Attacks become incorporeal and bolster allies, but lose a bit of their raw power Arturia Eberhardt, Light Fury. A Light Fury's healing or damaging functionality is modified based on the user's perception of "ally." Those not considered allies will take damage while allies will receive the healing. A Light Fury also cannot user their storm to deflect attacks like most other Furies, but will be instantly healed from most all damage

(OOC: Other posts later, limited on time RN. Also the elements don't seem that well explained if you're not me now that I look again, so Ima try to clarify that shortly) Sharp "No, I don't have any issue with you." Sharp said to Sion, "I'm just frustrated by frivolity and femininity." He tried to clear his face of the distaste he felt for the outfits. It seemed necessary to wear them if they wished to access their powers. And supernatural powers seemed a lot more important than worrying about the practicality and comfort given by their outfits. Perhaps this would be like one of those children's cartoons where pointless outfits turned out to actually be useful. "Anyways, I think I can answer you about the powers." He continued, trying to switch to less distasteful subject, "They seem to function simply by thought trigger. I don't really know what they mean, although I can gather that being a 'Fire Adept' means I have some semblance of control over fire." "Being a Fire Adept actually means you have total control over Fire." Lexi chimed in, "The first word is the element, what you control. The second is the modifier, how you control it. It's supposed to be pretty intuitive, so you should pretty easily figure out how to work it if you just try using it. Don't worry too much, there's a tutorial battle coming up." "A... tutorial battle?" Sharp inquired. "Well duh. What you think I'm going to make your first fight the nightmare's boss? I went and dreamed up an easier fight first so you can get used to things. Oh, by the way, that's happening now." Accompanying this sentence was a sudden rumbling from under the sands. Sharp stared at the ground in surprise. "Well thanks for the warning." He grumbled. The creature that emerged was... A toad. A giant, sandy colored toad. It immediately lashed out with its tongue, or rather one of its tongues, and snatched up Lexi. "Oh noooo!" She said very unconvincingly, "Save me or I will be eaten." Sharp's jaw dropped in shock, how could a goddess possibly be this much of an idiot? "Uh, actually, please do save me quickly. Now that I think about it, this is nasty." "I'm starting to regret helping you." Sharp muttered under her breath. Still, she had no intent to lose to such an idiotic creation from an equally idiotic goddess. Her hand flared up with a fireball. Perfect control, that's what Lexi had said, she thought about it for a moment an an idea came to her. The fireball warped in shape; elongating, stretching, and bending. When it settled into form it looked vaguely like a rifle. Sharp held the flaming construct to her face, aiming for the tongue that held Lexi prisoner. The gun had no trigger, but instead fired when Sharp wished it to. The toad moved one of its tongues to block the flame, the slimy appendage finding itself burned and partially incinerated where the flame struck. Creating a tool seemed more efficient than generating an entirely new fireball each time he needed to attack, and Sharp could think of plenty more applications of this ability.

TFW both JGs take Bond of Stone thinking it's Strength of Ages

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I still need to you to post, but actually initiating conversation isn't required In fact, I get to have a little fun if you guys don't work things out~

Neither of you actually has to say anything. Eden's curse is coming

7/10 Looks a tad blurry in the face area. But otherwise great

I have no idea what you could possibly be referring to~ It's not like I randomly call Lilith Layla on occasion to hint at her state of being~ I would never use names or pronouns as a way of revealing vital character information~ (BTW, any time you think I'm revealing something about a character, you should check the NPC sheets and see if anything changed) EDIT: Oi, hey, I ain't sloppy ()

8/10 This arting, it puts me in quite the... Tizzy *Runs away*

Alexus - Nightmare "Oh snap, three for three." Lexi said, amazed at her own luck. So now she had a Light Adept, a Fire Adept, and an Ice Pulse backing her. She had to be honest with herself, not the most amazing combination. But it was better than nothing. And besides, she'd escaped these nightmares on her own, no exit could hold all four of them inside. "Alright, so, now that you guys are transformed, we can go fight the exit and get out of this place." She said happily. She marched off in a random direction, knowing that with her luck it would either be straight towards the exit or the exact opposite direction. But since these nightmares were infinitely repeating, the opposite direction just meant a little more walking so she'd get there eventually. Sharp - Nightmare Sharp watched the other two transform just as she had earlier. Their outfits seemed so needlessly complicated to her. Even Lexi's outfit seemed like it wasted effectiveness on frills. Her own outfit had actually become less complicated upon transformation, removing her glasses which might have otherwise impeded her combat ability. She hope that Nayru's outfit was more practical than Lexi's, she'd hate to worship a Goddess of Reason that didn't even have an outfit that made sense. Sharp's own outfit had little more use than to cover up as much of her abhorrent body as possible. Covering everything from her ankles to her upper neck to her wrists. And she certainly would never... She stared in shock at her hand. Nail polish. She had on nail polish. Bright red nail polish. Sharp absolutely hated nail polish, much like he hated letting his hair grow out. Both were symbols of femininity that he couldn't stand. Further, it served absolutely not practical purpose, there was zero point to having it in his combat outfit. He trudged forwards anyways, but continued to stare in disgust as he followed Lexi to an unknown destination Lilith - Dorm Room A Lilith whimpered in fear. She didn't mean to change Esyllt, she didn't want anything to change. But she also wanted everything to change. She wanted to live her life again, to not have to deal with the hardships she faced. To have to fear herself. She had already lost her mother. A mother who probably didn't love her despite her claims that she loved Lilith more than anything in the world. Yet, the bond between a mother and her daughter could not be severed merely by pain and hatred. The only way Lilith had found to destroy it, was to wish her mother away. And then her wish had come true. To wake up and find the charred remains of your lifelong tormentor was relief. But to find out that she had somehow been killed by a bolt of lightning, in the basement, on a clear night... There was only one conclusion. Discovering that you had killed your own mother, no matter how much you hated her, it was the most sickening feeling Lilith had ever experienced. Lady Opium had been so kind to take responsibility for the orphaned Lilith, to bring her to this wondrous school which she swore would be safe. Yet Lilith once more found herself hurting others with powers she couldn't control. "I- I did do that..." She told Esyllt, "I don't know h-how I did it, not exactly. The second soul isn't completely awake and I don't want it to be. It scares me, I'm worried that if I let her wake up then I'll hurt more people. Or worse, I'll simply stop existing. One mind isn't supposed to have two souls." She heard Arya and Anna's discussion, somehow it seemed they knew something she didn't. Or perhaps it was one of the things she wasn't willing to remember. "Miss Arya, Miss Anna, do you know what's ha-happening to me?" She pleaded, "To find the answer alone is to risk sentencing myself and those around me to death. So please, tell me, wh-what have I become?"

Silent Requiem vs. Strider The attack proved more successful than Adam had expected. Sure he'd taken a good bit of damage from that shotgun blast, but he'd also managed to trigger the conditions for his Signature again. He came to an abrupt landing behind Strider's position and turned to face his opponent, which to an outsider looked like he was just sitting still. Strider was about halfway through climbing back to her feet, her back seemed to be exposed. The odd construct strapped to it was glowing, perhaps that was where the shield came from. His course of action seemed obvious, take out that strange device and take out the shield. "Alpha Screech." He commanded his systems. The sound vibrations once again permeated the stadium, immobilizing the spectators and Strider alike. He charged straight for Strider's back, extending three rows of blades to ensure he got the maximum damage output. He struck the strange glowing construct with all his might, throwing both his mech and his willpower into the attack. A his scream of determination was echoed by the soundless screech emitted by his Signature. The blades ground into the presumed shield generator, driving as hard as the could at shield and armor alike. Adam couldn't really know what the attack would do, but he had an advantage and he was doing everything he could to press it (OOC: Okay, I just have to say, this fight is really, really fun)

>friends :c In other news, I found a really good gun in a pocket dimension which has significantly sped up my rate of acquiring things since I don't have to play insanely defensively to not get wrecked

Yes. Because she was unlocking Esyllt's powers for her It's the same as when Lexi turned on Sharp's powers The goddesses have sami-unique chants for activating their own powers