The Darkest Corners: A Modern Fantasy RP (Interest Thread - Closed)

[Evrant-Knight]

"I am happy to hear that, I am sure she could use some support right now. And don't worry Seras, I will take you there in style." Theon had that mischievous look on his face, similar to a child as he spoke; he then gave Seras a quick kiss on the cheek, then literally fell apart, changing into a liquid like state. Seras wanted to touch the liquid, wanting to feel Theon in his most basic form, but didn't fearing that it may cause problems.

The liquid soon began to take shape after pouring out of the clothes. Wings and claws soon appeared, which was proceeded by a head and an array of feathers. Seras could see what was taking shape in front of her, a majestic Gryphon. With one of its claws, it grabbed Theon's clothes, whilst it offered another to Seras, acting as a stepping stone onto its back. Seras noticed the rather smug looking expression on his face, showing that deep down, it was still Theon in there.

"Well aren't you handsome." Seras remarked with a cheeky smile as she walked around to the front of Theon, a look of amazement on her face at the sight that was presented before her. She gently ran a hand across the feathers and fur, noticing how soft they were, which made her feel warm inside.

"I must say Theon, this is beautiful." Seras said as she kissed the beak, before stepping onto the offered claw, and gently climbing onto his back, taking another moment to feel the softness of the fur. She soon found a means to hold on for the eventual journey.

"You can go whenever your ready."

 

[Cybele]

Roland had been able to overhear most of the conversation going on in the next room but didn't understand a lot of it. He was wondering what the PIA might be, some secret agency or something like that it seemed, when the doors opened and the two agents walked out.

Roland stayed frozen above the door, trying to be as small and as quiet as possible. The agents and the lich probably wouldn't appreciate him spying on them.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"Beautiful night, isn't it?"

Lucia turned to see a person, sitting in a tree. she was some what surprised to see some one come up to her, let alone talk to her, usually her dragon form was enough to keep people away when she didn't wanna be bothered.

"Yeah, Jade doesn't have nights like this, but then the 'beauty' of Jade is more an acquired taste" Lucia decided to roll with it. "So, what brings you to a park with one dragon in it and another one monitoring from a roof top" Lucia pointing toward a building with her 'thumb' claw.

 

[Floris2123]

"Well aren't you handsome." Seras said with a smile as she walked around him. She a looked amazed, hecould feel Seras running her hands through his feathers. He could feel the love she felt for him, and respond in kind by sharing his feelings through the link.

"I must say Theon, this is beautiful." Seras said as she kissed his beak. She then stepped on his claw, and gently climbed on his back. "You can go whenever your ready." Theon opened his beak and let out a loud chirp, before flapping his wings and flying off.

He ascended slowly though, not wanting to scare Seras. "Am I going to fast for you Seras?" he asked her mentally, sounding a bit worried. He then flapped his wings again, and began heading towards the hospital.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

-John-

"Roland?" John said, looking under a table, "Where did that bird go? ROLAND? Must of went to the room..."

John grabbed his backpack, taking the elevator to his room. John stepped into his room, put the bag down (making sure the shotgun's safety was on, and it was pointed at a wall), took his revolver and the grenades off (also making sure safeties were one and pointed at the wall), set the alarm to 7:30 then just collapsed on the bed, not even caring how cold it was from the open window.

-Sally-

Sally turned to where Lucia pointed, seeing an agent duck down. Sally knew another PIA agent was observing from a dark room from across the river, she wasn't entirely which one though.

"I will get right to it," Sally said, turned to Lucia, "The people I work for have taken an interest in you."

"Humans haven't always been like this," Sally said, waving her arm around to the lights of the city, "We used to cower in the dark, afraid of the things that lied within. Only a tiny amount of us were gifted with magic. Most of the ones that are think they are superior beings as well. So many of the rest of us have been looked on as play things, meals... slaves. We were not equals, we were rats."

"It has taken us thousands of years to get to where we are," Sally continued, wrapping her arms around her legs, thoughts slipping into memories, "To the point where we can actually be respected by some of the other sentient creatures that exist in this universe."

Sally turned to Lucia, "Many people have died to get us where we are. Still, we still are not able to stand up to many things that are out there without resorting to... extreme measures. You, of the highest order of dragons, could save many lives from being lost, and help us just have peace."

-Clarkson-

Sitting in a pub, one head on forehead, the other on a mug, Clarkson looked down on the drink he so desperately needed.

"What the @#$^ have I gotten myself into?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

Lucia Listened to the Agent talk, whom ever she worked for wanted to recruit her? She wasn't expecting that. "You still don't treat each-other as equals, not counting the non-human problems your race faces, humans STILL judge each-other based on the most meaningless part of a person, they're skin color. Though your race has gotten better about it even if it took a few century's, so theres tha at least"" Lucia said laying down and and rested her chin on her front claws.

Spoiler: OOC

like Gendo Ikari from Eva

"But this begs the question, why me? Barring the problematic nature of what your asking for a moment, what exactly makes 'me' so interesting to your bosses that they have sent personnel to recruit me? It can't be just because I'm a Platinum, if that's all you wanted you could likely work out an 'agent exchange' of some kind with The Inquisition." She said, in a neutral, but curious manner, it was an odd request to be sure, and she wanted to know more before expressing any interest.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

"True," Sally admitted, "But they are becoming more and more of a minority. The US president is an African. Besides aren't dragons social standings defined by the metallic color of their skin?"

"But this begs the question, why me?"

"Trading agents is always a risky business," Sally admitted, thinking on her feet "We don't ever want a conflict of orders, and if either side is caught being a double agent, it could ruin the races of both people for a long time. A life time for your kind can extend longer than entire civilizations of ours. The UN is only considering "Non-Member Entity" just today to Queen T'mat's government, because of how much news is buzzing about how you, a Platinum dragon, saved an airline. If our agents or the Inquistition's agent does anything wrong, we could lose all progress made to build relations between humans and dragons. Besides, what does a single human give to an agency of dragons"

"You, however," Sally, turned back to Lucia, "You aren't an agent. Your just a citizen, as far as we know, somebody that can be trained and have no training that we would have to undo. Your loyalty wouldn't be as questioned, and less people would be paranoid about your every move. If make a mistake, it wouldn't come with nearly as many diplomatic repercussions. Your also the first Platinum we have seen since the great migration. All I ask ."

Sally got up, looking in her jacket. "If you ever want to know what kind of people we have become, to see how much we have evolved as a species since what ever bigots you must of met centuries ago," Sally pulled out a DVD, levitated it, "Watch this."

As the copy of "The Princess and Frog" had landed on Lucia's hands, Sally had pulled her Iphone and vanished.

-Clarkson-

Surrounded by three mugs, two bottles, and a bar keep monitoring his intake, Clarkson downed another beer.

"That bad huh?" The Bartender said.

"Worse," Clarkson said, before filling his cup again, wondering if he should skip right to the whiskey.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Theon let out a loud chirp as he began to flap his wings and take off. Seras smiled with delight as she saw the lights of the London nightlife from above; it was like they were stars amid a cloudless sky. This was the way she wanted to arrive in London, flying high above the clouds. Seras could sense a question entering her mind, but this time it was from Theon instead.


"Am I going to fast for you Seras?" Theon asked, sounding worried for her. Seras smiled again before responding.

"Everything is just fine Theon, its all just perfect, just like you Theon." Seras remarked, wrapping her arms around him, but enough to hopefully not cause him problems with the light.

 

[Floris2123]

"Everything is just fine Theon, its all just perfect, just like you Theon." Seras said wrapping her arms around him. If Gryphon's were able to smile happily, then Theon would be smiling very brightly right now. "You are the only truly perfect person I know Seras." He said using their mental link. He then looked around, it was too bad London was this busy. If it hadn't been he would have showed Seras something even more interesting, but he would have to save it for later now.

The hospital appeared in the distance, he began flying toward it. He was a bit saddened that he would have too land soon, still he was more worried about Terra. He began descending in front of the hospital, a few people stopped and looked surprised as the gryphon. As soon as he reached the ground he looked at Seras, and once again offered her a paw to get off his back.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"You are the only truly perfect person I know Seras." Theon said to Seras through mental link. It caused Seras to blush a rather deep shade of red, feeling a little overwhelmed by the comment, enough that she couldn't think of the right words to say in response. The sight of the hospital soon took her mind off it as it came into view. It was a shame that the flight had to end so suddenly, she could of spent hours up here gazing at London, but there was more pressing matters at hand.

As they came into land, Seras could make out the surprised face on a few people as they saw a Gryphon come flying in. Seras couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of stunned face. She soon saw Theon look at her, and then a paw she could use to get off his back. Making sure she was gentle, Seras carefully got off, and stood somewhere safe; she then spoke to Theon mentally.

"Thank you Theon, that was... magical."

 

[Lunar Templar]

Lucia looked at the DVD case in her clawed hand, wondering what it was about this movie that was supposed to change her mind, but decided to head back to the hotel and give it a go. Lucia slid the DVD case in to a small sub-space pocket she used to store her most valuable items and took off.

--On The Roof--

"What the situation with our 'hero'" the same dark hair agent from early asked a female agent with 'brass' colored hair as he walked across the roof toward the watching post "She had a visitor, Inquisitor Theodor, a female agent from some earth based organization, who ever they are, they seem interested in getting Lady Draken to join them" she said, drawing a 'really...' expression from Theodor as they both watched Lucia take off and fly back to her hotel. "Send the recordings gathered here to the Princess, with everything that's happened in the last several hours, we shouldn't rule this offer out" The female agent was surprised by this "But, wouldn't it be an act of Treason for her to accept this offer?! We'd have to hunt her down and kill her as a Traitor" Theodor paused, the young agent wasn't wrong in the assessment of what would happen "That's true, but as we speak Earth's UN representative is talking to ours, and talking about bring us into the UN. The Queen is about to get her wish, and Lady Draken saving that plane was the final shove to get us there, so hunting her down as a Traitor is no longer an option, in fact we may have to encourage her to accept." The female agent's expression still expressed concern, but still had her team gather the recording of the conversation and prepare to move out.

--Jade--

T'mat sat in her quarters watching several news reports from Earth relating to Lucia saving the plane that ad been record and sent with the report of the incident, as the early morning light peered through her window, next to her a message from one of her ambassadors about the UNs offer to bring them in and what they would have to do when they did. This rapid turn of events concerned her, not just because of the accelerated pace, but the pressure that was now going to be on Lucia, while she was proud of what she'd done, she still wished some one else had been the one to save the plane, some one who wasn't historically irresponsible.


--Main Base for The Inquisitions Earth based operations--

Princess T'mat the second, or 'Denice' as she went by on Earth was also watching the news of Lucia's actions, even lifting a glass of whine in toast of what she'd done, next to her, two reports, one being the one on the incident on the plne, the other regarding 'seals' in Italian alps. Denice pause the video feed as a call came through "Pardon the intrusion ma'am, but you need to hear this" an agent said over a video only channel before playing the conversation between Sally and Lucia. Denice didn't really react so much as thought on the implications. "Do we know which agency is propositioning her?" "We believe it's the PIA, several of their agent are in the area due to the on going issue of that female Litch" Denice took a sip of her whine "Thank you, I will handle this matter from here on, I want you to finish up in London and head to Italy, there is a matter there we need to stop before it starts" The Agent on the other end acknowledged the order and closed the line, Denice then pushed a button on the table, bring up a line to communications "Get me in contact with the PIA, we have a couple matters to discuss"

--The Hotel--

Lucia sat in her room, in the early parts the animated children's film, one she found her self liking so far, although what ever point the agent was trying to make with it was lost on her thus far.

 

[Floris2123]

Seras carefully got off his back, Theon was happy that the trip had been without accidents. The sweet voice of Seras then appeared inside his spirit. "Thank you Theon, that was... magical." He was very happy that she had liked it, there were more then a few people who were scared of his powers. He fell apart once more, chaining back into a bleu liquid.

The liquid seemed to flee within the clothes, and then began to rise. Within less then a second it had already taken a human like form, and after precisely a second Theon had appeared. "There we go, as good as new." He said dusting his jacket off, he then looked up and smiled at Seras. He offered her his arm, ignoring the looks that were cast at them. "Shall we go inside now Seras?" He asked smiling.

 

[hiei82]

[HEADING=2]Terra[/HEADING]

Terra sat in the cafeteria, staring at the gelatinous cube that was purportedly Jello. She found herself disbelieving the claim, based on the fact that a similar cube had bounced - when dropped - from the floor to a table. No food could possibly be safe for consumption when it had the same elasticity as a rubber ball. Then, none of this was unexpected. It was hospital food; not fine dining.

Terra stared out the window. She'd seen a Gryphon fly over head some time ago; she suspected it was Theon and Seras. They would be with her soon if she was correct, so all she could do was sit and wait.

"Come back soon Richard; I need you." she called out silently, but receiving no answer.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"There we go, as good as new." Theon said as he dusted off his jacket after returning to his regular form, if such a thing can exist for a shape-shifter. He then smiled at Seras as he offered an arm out to her. "Shall we go inside now Seras?"

"Might as well, no doubt Terra is already at the cafeteria waiting for us." Seras said as she accepted the arm, ignoring the still stunned expressions on the people that were nearby. The couple soon entered the London Royal Hospital. They asked at the reception desk which way it was to the canteen, after explaining to the lady the reason why they would be going there so late at night, she kindly directed them towards it.

Entering the canteen they saw Terra sitting all alone at a table, she looked rather sad, and who could blame her; her boyfriend was laying comatose after injuries that looked rather severe. Seras smiled as they approached her.

"Hey Terra, its great to see you again in person." Seras said as she offered a hug to the lonely Succubus.

 

[c_westerman13]

-Lucius-

Lucius floated in his room, equipped to none of a Lich's needs, for a couple of hours before trying something he hadn't tried in centuries. He just hoped he'd be in range. He glanced to the door - he didn't need people watching this - and muttered to himself "Magi Domum". For a couple of seconds, a faint white Aura enveloped Lucius' form, before an ancient chamber appeared in front of his eyes. It had worked - he hoped flawlessly, though he'd have to check his wards - a Teleport with no magical signature. The system had taken him decades to perfect, and it only ranged to 300 miles, but it was far enough for his purposes right now. Maybe with some time - some PIA resources - he could extend it. Lucius looked around his old Haven, happily noting that little had changed. A magically powered automaton, a little decayed in areas, but functional, rolled past the doorway. Lucius wandered aimlessly for at least an hour, before he came to his old map room. The names were a little outdated, but it would do - Arzhela's lair was still marked, and its previous configuration plotted on one of his charts. Now how to persuade them to come along? Of course, he could just activate the system and include them, but the incantation would be long and obvious. After another thirty minutes or so, he began forming a spell trigger - old technology, detectable if looked for, but reliable. He muttered the words to the device, the incantation to bring the entire group here without warning. As a precaution, he added a few clauses - time no longer a limit to the spell. Firstly, he added that all teleported beings would revert to their natural state, as close by as they could fit; Secondly, no weapons would be transported with their wielders - they would all be moved to his armory for the time being; Thirdly, and finally, any spells in effect on any persons transported would be cancelled. Happy that his plan would work, Lucius set the teleport target to his map room, locked all of the doors, activated his traps, and muttered "Magi Reditus", blinking back into his room. A quick examination of his wards proved his teleportation to be without signature.

Spoiler: OOC

@Lunar Templar: If Lucia's natural form is considered the dragon, she'll appear in the closest large enough space - a mustering hall about 30 meters away, where she'll have to wait, unless she gets out on her own wits/devices.

@Evrant: This was planned before your last post, though in light of it, I'm intrigued as to what you'll decide his natural form to be.

 

[hiei82]

"Hey Terra, its great to see you again in person." Seras said as she offered a hug. Terra didn't hesitate to take it.

"It's great to see you too Seras. You too Theon; thanks for coming." she said, not really sure what else to say. She wasn't sure what else to do really. With all the confusion and frustration and exhaustion, Terra was truly running on empty; and no amount of not-jello would change that.

"So... how was the meeting?" she asked, trying to avoid thinking of Richard and the plane as much as possible.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"It's great to see you too Seras. You too Theon; thanks for coming." Terra said after accepting Seras's hug, to which the young Dhampir smiled in response, feeling good about helping a dear friend.

"No problem at all Terra. Your a friend to both of us, and well we couldn't leave you behind, it wouldn't feel right."

"So... how was the meeting?" Terra asked, probably not wanting to talk about Richard at the moment.

"It was an interesting discussion, though Theon and I caught the tail end of it due to use checking into our hotel; luckily for us, Lucius in one of his more civil and less egotistical moments managed to fill us in on the details. Apparently according to one of his contacts, Arzhela the She-Lich from before is amassing an army, which currently stands at 1000 strong; however he is unsure of the intention, no doubt a conquest of some sort, which is troubling.

Fortunately for us, we have a man, or rather undead on the inside. A double agent for Lucius, who is a zombie named Rhingyll. I don't trust him at the moment, though seeing as how he is the only source we have for Arzhela's activities; we can only but trust him.

There was a another person there, a lady named Fiona Dubois, who comes from a race of beings called Samasarian's; some how they are able to reincarnate. According to her own testimony she was on the plane as well at the back, but I don't recall seeing her, both before and after we got on the plane. There is something about her that doesn't fit properly." Seras said, giving Terra a shortened version of the most recent events.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Lucia lay in her hotel room, staring up at the ceiling and thinking, less on the racial implications of the movie, IE, the richest white girl in town is both best friends with and willing to give up what she wanted for her fiend whom happened to be a minority. seemed like a bit of a stretch to her, as the subject of Tiana's race really only came up once, in passing.

It's was a cute movie, and Raymond's death made her tear up a bit, and the death of the Shadow Man seemed rather, brutal, given this was a children's movie, what got her attention was the song about what you want verse what you need, so she lay on her bed staring up at the ceiling, The Ancient One's Tear, in hand, what little light there was in the room causing the beautifully crafted tiara to shimmer. She stared at the Tear, for a good hour, lost in thought, remembering things she'd been told over the years

"Fine, you win." she said to her self as she returned The Tear to it's hiding place

Spoiler: The Ancient One's Tear

I've mentioned this a few times know, but here's the run down.

The Tear is what turned Lucia into a dragon. It picks the Brood based on character traits of the person, weather the person is aware of these traits or not is moot. The actual Transformation process is incredibly painful, blacking out, or vomiting from the pain of bones shattering and muscles tearing then reforming while it feels like the persons soul is on fire is both normal and expected.

but it's a total and complete rebirth, you could run all the tests you want on the transformed dragon and find no trace at all that dragon was ever human.

as for what it looks like, it's a Tiara, made of bands of Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron and Platinum. At the front there is a tear shaped stone, as well as another smaller tear shaped stone hanging by the temples, the color of the stones changes depending on who's waring it.

 

[hiei82]

Seras finished giving her a recap, which left Terra with but one comment. "Sounds like quite the group and quite the mission. I hope you all stay safe; you and Theon especially" she said, a little concerned for her oldest friends safety. "I could try and see what they're up to if you want?" she offered, pointing to her head to suggest the telepathy.

Though Terra didn't much like the idea of breaking into other minds, she didn't want to leave Seras and Theon in danger. It was hard enough with Richard in a coma, she if Seras or Theon were hurt - or worse - she didn't know what she would do.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

In a back ally, two agents talked in hushed voiced

"Here is frequency of transmission, only will work for three hours..."

-EU PIA headquarters-

Director Bowl sat in a darkened room, waiting for the last precautions to be finished just to make sure the signal couldn't in anyway be used to track the location of this facility. Some clarity would be lost, and their would be a slight time delay in the transmission, but it was small and was a small price to pay. It was rare for such a high ranking member take any calls, but they need to send a friendly face.

"Opening communication channel... now," A communication officer said in French, before switching on the sound and video.

"Hello Queen T'mat," the director said in German, hoping the translation software wouldn't come out with an insult, "I been expecting you."