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

[Lunar Templar]

"Lucia, can you fly passengers without issue?"

"Not really, there's nothing to really hold on to except the wing nubs my Eather Sails come from, but even if you had a harness ready there's the issue of speed, a 'leisurely pace' pace for me is roughly what the humans call 'mach 2', only thing that's not an issue is load weight. Figure the first two out and I can get us there the fastest, though" hearing Johns comment " Something slower might be better in terms of team readiness, or even waiting till morning before going, no point in going out if half the team is about ready to pass out"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"You remember back the seal was released right? Sandulf coming out of his cage and everything....Well after that fight I have been able to enter where I fought him whenever I want to. The cage the being is locked in is very similar to Sandulf... I think it is an alpha werewolf. You see my father is the leader of the pack, and I am afraid that in sealing that side the two got split up. If I am correct it means that the other cage holds a being of pure werewolf instinct. And he won't agree to staying quiet after he is defeated like Sandulf." Theon looked at Seras with signs of relief on his face, he probably felt better about talking his problems to someone.

"How about you? How are you handling the whole Mileena situation?" He then asked, sounding concerned for Seras's well-being. She responded by wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug, holding it for a few moments before letting go.

"I'm handling Mileena okay Theon, she doesn't appear to be giving me much trouble, except of course from earlier; guess Mileena heard something relating to herself through me, and wanted to voice her own opinion. The flow between my powers and her's was difficult at first due to me not knowing that potential, but it seems to be flowing; perhaps over time, we'll be able to get more in sync with each other, perhaps more possibilities will be available to me." Seras remarked, before giving Theon another hug, and switching back to a worried tone.

"Who I'm more worried about however is you. Can't imagine what it must be like inside, that pure werewolf power, just itching to break out, must be tough huh?"

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

"So... what's this about trains?"

"Arzhela is in Southern Wales," John said to the newcomer, "But we need to first go to Northern Wales to get into some archieves to get a spell that will help track her down. We currently trying to figure out how we would get there."

"Not really, there's nothing to really hold on to except the wing nubs my Eather Sails come from, but even if you had a harness ready there's the issue of speed, a 'leisurely pace' pace for me is roughly what the humans call 'mach 2', only thing that's not an issue is load weight. Figure the first two out and I can get us there the fastest, though."

"Yeah, Mach 2 is well beyond the point where human flesh is ripped from bone," John said, "No skin 'iron skin' spell I have would be able to handle supersonic speeds. Also, if stealth is an issue, giant flying dragons aren't that hard to miss."

 

[Floris2123]

Seras wrapped her arms around him and hugged him, he hugger her too. After a few moments the hug was ended and Seras spoke, "I'm handling Mileena okay Theon.....Perhaps more possibilities will be available to me."Seras then hugged him again, she then asked sounding worried. "Who I'm more worried about however is you. Can't imagine what it must be like inside, that pure werewolf power, just itching to break out, must be tough huh?"

Theon let out a sigh You have no idea But he couldn't tell her that. "It isn't that bad really. I mean I have some more animal like traits, right now I have it under control. And some of the traits aren't that bad, I have more courage now." He doubt he would be here without that courage. Though it isn't easy either.. He is always there waiting for a chance to take control. If my mental defense weakens at any point, he will be there waiting.

He looked up, he had zoned out for a moment. "Uhh sorry I just remembered something. But yeah right now I have it under control, and Sandulf seems to have calmed down. I think he is beginning to realize that his anger came from the other side, and he fears him more then he disagrees with me. So we might even team up." He said forcing a weak smile, he had 2 small wolf like fangs.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"Also, if stealth is an issue, giant flying dragons aren't that hard to miss."

"They are when your straddling the Mesosphere, but I'm thinking that's probably an issue to work around as well ..." Lucia said, now starting to seriously ponder how 'passengers' would even work with a Platinum carrying them.

 

[hiei82]

"Also, if stealth is an issue, giant flying dragons aren't that hard to miss."

"On the other hand, we could avoid stealth all together and just hit the place fast and hard - let them see us coming, but don't give them a chance to react." Fiona said, making the other possibility known. She was going to use the word "Blitzkrieg", but felt that might not be the best word to use in a lounge in London England. Or is that word okay now? I can never remember how long its been for the humans. she thought to herself on a bit of a tangent. "As for the speed, I could use my magic to protect the travelers if we could make a harness." she finished, thinking about how she would bend the wind to protect them.

 

[c_westerman13]

-Lucius-

Priscilla.. Rhea.. Castoria...? Really? The Castoria he remembered had been more than a little... druidy. He wondered if she'd changed in all that time. "Castoria? The samsarian?", Lucius realised that this explained the blue skin, "Well, it has been a while... Still obsessed with nature? The fulgur bellum you're suggesting could work well, but we still need to hit the archives in wales. From there though, we have many more options. Now we still have a few more members to join us, give me a second."

Lucius concentrated on the ones he could remember from the plane, that weren't here. Zaheer, the werewolf, the succubus, the other ascended, and a couple of others. Mentally, he sent a message to them, opening the 'channel', as it were, for them to reply. "Strategy meeting still in Ritz. will be staying the night. arrive ASAP. you can reply to this by thought". Lucius paused for a second, his mind grinding out plans like there was no tomorrow, before sending a message to the two PIA agents (that he knew of), "John, Clarkson. I want to see you alone after the meeting, stay back. It's important"

-O.M.C.T.-

The facility beneath the north of wales was now fully restored to working order. The central nexus flickered a series of messages onto the screen, commands for the facility's many functions. On the surface, a previously inconspicuous rock face lit up, as a bright green beam traced the shape of a door around it, the rock within the doorway beginning to recede. Beside the door, a panel lit up, the symobols I, V, X, D, C, L, and M highlighted in green. Finally, the preparations for the Master's impending return were complete. He would be pleased.

 

[hiei82]

[HEADING=2]Fiona[/HEADING]

Still obsessed with nature? the Lich asked, before moving on. "Did you know me back then? Sorry, but my memories as far back as Rome are a bit fuzzy still; I only reincarnated last 70-ish years ago, so they haven't fully regenerated yet." she offered, still trying to remember the Lich to no avail.

A few moments later, she added. "Obsession is a strong word. Besides, most of my power comes from communion with the earth. I'm no more obsessed with nature then you're obsessed with your experiments." she said, a little indignantly. It wasn't like people became Liches for fun; they always did it to pursue some crazed obsession - usually some kind of magical experimentation.

She completely ignored the comment on her plan - it had just been an idea.

[HEADING=2]Terra[/HEADING]

Terra heard the Lich's words in her mind while waiting in the ER - now in a chair beside her love. Richard was still not awake, much to the doctor's confusion and her greater worry. The distraction was unwanted and frustrating. As a result, she snapped at the Lich in response.

"Richard and I won't be joining you. If I hear your voice in my mind again, I'll make you wish you didn't become an immortal.". She sat there for another minute, before she felt guilt - it wasn't his fault and there was no reason to snap the way she had. "Sorry for snapping Lucius, but Richard isn't waking up. I'll be staying in London until he does." she said, before closing the link and barricading her mind to further communications.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"It isn't that bad really. I mean I have some more animal like traits, right now I have it under control. And some of the traits aren't that bad, I have more courage now." Theon said after briefly sighing, causing Seras to hug a little tighter, and nuzzle his neck with her head for a moment. He then looked up at the ceiling for a moment before continuing.

"Uhh... sorry I just remembered something. But yeah right now I have it under control, and Sandulf seems to have calmed down. I think he is beginning to realize that his anger came from the other side, and he fears him more then he disagrees with me. So we might even team up." Seras had to admit, the thought of both Sandulf and Theon teaming up was a little humorous for some reason, so she let out a quiet giggle, hoping Theon didn't notice. Theon then forced a weak smile, with Seras noticing two small wolf like fangs along his appropriately named canines.

"And what a courage boost it is Theon, you certainly have become more mature since graduation, and handsome as well." Seras remarked cheekily as she smiled before giving him a kiss on the cheek. She was about to continue when she felt another presence in her mind, it was Lucius again.


"Strategy meeting still in Ritz. Will be staying the night. Arrive ASAP. You can reply to this by thought."

'Can't Lucius find a less invasive means of communication? Might as well reply to him.' Seras asked herself rhetorically, her thoughts being heard to by Theon's spirit thanks to the blood link they shared. She then prepared herself by controlled breathing before focusing her thoughts into a message.

"Lucius, it is Seras here, myself and Theon are just finishing up some private business, and will be heading to the Ritz shortly." Seras then turned back to Theon.

"It appears that we will have to end this talk for now Theon, Lucius just sent out another message, appears we may be staying longer at The Ritz than first thought. Let me just send a message to Terra, telling her we may not be able to see her today at the hospital." Seras said as she let go of Theon and climbed off the bed to grab her mobile from her carry-on luggage. After searching through the phone book for Terra, she began typing a message.

Spoiler: Seras's Text Message To Terra

Hey Terra, Seras here. Just thought I'd message you in saying that we may be longer at The Ritz than first imagined, Lucius just messaged me about it; so we may not have time to visit you at the hospital today, sorry about that. Hope to see you soon, and take care of yourself friend.

Seras put her mobile back in her bag before getting some emergency clothing together in case they were there for the whole night. After which, she grabbed her coat and put it on.

"Well, I'm ready if you are."

 

[Floris2123]

"And what a courage boost it is Theon, you certainly have become more mature since graduation, and handsome as well." Seras remarked smiling, before she gave him a kiss on the cheek. Theon blushed a bit, as he glanced sideward?s trying to hide his embarrassment. He grabbed his brain as another mental message ripped through it, the cages inside his head weakened and loud growling could be heard. "Strategy meeting still in Ritz. Will be staying the night. Arrive ASAP. You can reply to this by thought." Theon grabbed his head, trying to hide his pain.

'Can't Lucius find a less invasive means of communication? Might as well reply to him.' Seras seemed to ask herself, he could hear it though without getting feeling pain. He managed to look up, the pain slowly faded. "It appears that we will have to end this talk for now Theon....Telling her we may not be able to see her today at the hospital." Seras said as she let go of him and climbed off the bed. He was still a bit woozy, he carefully stood up and forced his mind to focus.

"Well, I'm ready if you are." He looked up to see that Seras was ready to leave. "I am ready to leave too." He said offering his arm too her, and after that heading towards the hall. He then focused and send a message to Lucius "Lucius please do not speak to me in this way again, mental messages have a bad side effect on me." His head seemed to have calmed down mostly, there was a bit of lasting damage though.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Lucius' comment about "talking to Clarkson and John privately," made him take the proceedings more seriously, although he remained in his tired and disinterested outer state. Still, he had become very aware of where his shotgun was, reminding himself the explosive rounds were in the right tube.

"Wait, back up a bit," John said, "I am sorry if this sounds rude, but what are you? What are your powers? Do you just get you power from being around nature or can you control nature itself? And how would your power able to hold against 680 meters per second of wind speed? What is a samsarian?"

John turned back to the Zombie, "You still haven't told us what kind of magical protection she has."

-Clarkson-

Clarkson was increasingly uncomfortable situation. It looked like both the Lich and the zombie knew John and him were PIA agents, other Lich had a giant army they hadn't known about. Now a Samarian comes in, who sort of knows the Lich. He knew she wasn't on the plane, of the 26 other paranormal passengers processed even looked like her. Who is she a pawn for? Still, one thing she said caught his ear.

"Experiments?" Clarkson said, turning to Lucius.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"I am ready to leave too." Theon said as he offered an arm to her. Making sure she had everything, especially the key card for their room, Seras put her arm through Theon's; linking them together and pulling them that bit closer. Seras pulled the door shut as they left, and made a brief stop at her family's suite and knocked on the door. Some shuffling could be heard on the other side, and out came Katie; noticing the Seras and Theon's arms linked, she chuckled, enjoying the moment. Seras couldn't help but smile.

"Hey sis, I take it you and Theon are off to that meeting over at The Ritz now?"

"Yeah we are Katie. Wait, how did you know?" Seras asked, looking somewhat puzzled, which caused Katie to chuckle again.

"That is simple Seras, you weren't keeping your conversation with Terra all that low key." After this not so startling revelation, Seras herself laughed a bit after mentally face palming herself.

"Of course, guess I didn't think that question through. So, beds comfy in here?"

"Yeah they are sis, I almost fell asleep twice there that good. Definitely more comfy than the air plane seats. I shall certainly sleep well tonight. Mom and Dad are busy putting things away at the moment, I'll make sure to inform them of you leaving. Good luck out there sis, hope you travel well." Both sisters soon exchanged a reassuring hug, before Katie shut the door, and the couple soon headed towards the lobby, where they called for a taxi, and were soon on their way towards The Ritz hotel.

 

[Floris2123]

Seras accepted his outstretched arm, and pulled him closer to her. She walked towards her family's room, Probably to tell her family where she is going. Theon thought. Katie opened the door, and chuckled at their crossed arms. The conversation between the two sisters was the same as usual, it must be nice to have siblings he thought to himself. "Good luck out there sis, hope you travel well." The sisters then hugged, and after that they continued on their way. They stepped into a cab once they were outside, and headed towards the meeting place.

He placed his hand on Seras, and smiled at her. There was not much more for him to say, he remained quiet for the rest of the trip taking in the sights of London. Once they arrived at the hotel, he once again offered his arm to Seras. "We both need to watch our for each other here, if we don?t one of us might snap and hit the lich." He said with an half joking expression.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"We both need to watch our for each other here, if we don't one of us might snap and hit the Lich." Theon said half jokingly as they arrived at The Ritz Hotel. Seras knew that the hotel was renowned for its splendor and design, and she didn't hear wrong; to her this seemed like the sort of place a Lich like Lucius would want to stay at.

"Indeed, no doubt that problems would arise if we were to suddenly lash out." Seras remarked as they headed to the lobby desk, taking in the view of the levels above. A receptionist noticed them and she put on a smile.

"Hello sir, hello madam, and welcome to The Ritz Hotel. Are you looking for a room to stay in, or is there something else I can help you with today?"

"You couldn't direct myself and my friend here to the lounge please? We were told to come here for a meeting." Seras asked politely.

"Ah yes, several other individuals have been called here for a similar purpose. If you just follow that corridor down, you can't miss it." The reception responded with, leaning slightly over the desk to direct them to a corridor on her left. Seras smiled in response before she headed that way with Theon in tow.

"Looks like several of the others from the plane have already arrived. Hope we haven't missed much." Seras remarked as they entered the lounge. She saw the two officers, John and Clarkson; Pegs, Lucia, and Lucius himself. However she hadn't recognized two others that were in the room. One of them looked like a zombie from an old horror film, whilst another was a lady with light blue skin wearing a hooded outfit and carrying some kind of staff with strange runic writing. Seras coughed to show their arrival.

"Hello all, sorry for arriving late, there was some private business we needed to take care of first. Have we missed much? And just who are these two who are also joining us today?" Seras asked as both she and Theon took a seat, referring to the other undead and the blue skinned lady.

 

[hiei82]

"I am sorry if this sounds rude, but what are you? What are your powers? Do you just get you power from being around nature or can you control nature itself? And how would your power able to hold against 680 meters per second of wind speed? What is a samsarian?" one of the people in the Lounge asked, one question after another. Fiona tried to answer the first question as it came, but they came in such rapid succession that she eventually just resolved to wait until he finished before trying to answer.

When he finally did, Fiona opened her mouth to answer, when another of the people spoke up. "Experiments?" he asked, a sub-textual "What" implied. Fiona narrowed her eyes at the second person, before adding "Is that all the questions or shall I keep waiting?" - a rhetorical question. Before anyone could add anything else, she began answering the questions.

Turning her attention to the first inquisitor (OOC: John), she said "I'm a Samasarian. We're a species - sort of - where every time we die, we're reborn to another human or humanoid; living in a constant cycle of reincarnation. We remember our previous lives - to a point at least - and we remain mostly consistent in our appearance over cycles. Aside from the reincarnation and memories of the past, I can... oh what's the word... "direct" the natural order." she said, answering to the best of her ability the first two questions. Explaining her nature magic was always a difficult prospect. The short lived minds always had difficulties comprehending nature in the ways required.

"The powers aren't really "mine", but that's difficult to explain. What are those devices you humans ride around in? Carriages?." she said, not remembering the term precisely. "It's something like that - I don't have the power, I just direct it. I need nature to be present to direct it, but-" she said, turning to look up at the ceiling. She muttered a word under her breath, and from the rafters a tiny spider descended, gripping onto its silk thread loosely. "-nature is everywhere if you look for it."

"I just ask nature to do something that it wants to do, and most times it responds." she said, trying to explain how the power worked. It was a lot more complicated then that simple description, but the short-sighted humans were hardly equipped to understand the complexity of nature. Moving on to the next question, she took a breath and began to explain. "I can ask nature to direct the wind - creating a pocket of slow moving air around the passengers or maybe a wind from behind us that cancels out the force that would press against us. There are a number of ways it could be done, I'd need to see which one nature prefers."

With all of the first persons inquiries complete, she turned to the second inquisitor to answer the much easier question of the Lich. "Liches are wizards who spend enormous amounts of time and resources putting their soul into an object to make themselves immortal. It can takes decades of study to create the formula to be reborn as a Lich, not to mention the material costs. Very few people have the dedication to become a Lich for the fun of it. Not even the desire to live forever is enough most times. Instead, it's usually from a desire to explore something to a depth that cannot be completed in one lifetime. This implies an obsession with something - usually something magical given the magic required to become a Lich. And, if they want to study something, then it's only human nature to try and make an experiment to test it." she said, ending her monologue and catching her breath.

 

[c_westerman13]

-Lucius-

Lucius had been trying to find a way to deal with the samsarian's 'experiment' jibe, let alone the agent's responses to it. Thankfully, she picked up the slack and explained what she had meant, which made his life easier. He didn't really want to explain anything about the Nexus, if he could avoid it - It was best held back for future use (Of course, he had designs on what use that might be). Instead of replying, he turned to Castoria, intrigued as to whether it was the same one. "I knew a Castoira - I don't recall the Praenomen, I'm afraid, In the Empire. She was a samsarian, so it seems unlikely to be a different one - You're rather rare, aren't you. Very much a druid, all natural magic and all that", Lucius thought back well into his pre-Lich days, when he'd met this Druid, "I was still mortal back then."

Messages fired into his head, in various states of irritation, from the other passengers. He relayed his understanding to the group. "The Succubus isn't coming, until the other mage wakes up. I don't really know why he's sleeping right now. The dhamphir and the werewolf - odd couple - Are on their way. No other replies.", Lucius was secretly glad the Lamia wasn't coming - he wasn't the biggest fan of them. Helpfully, at this point, the latter two arrived. Lucius looked up at them and explained what had happened so far, and awaited further input.

-Rhingyll-

Rhingyll wondered whether these agents seriously thought the Queen would actually tell even him her personal protection. Mortals were slow, sometimes. "Seriously, Agent? After all your training, you think someone that old and paranoid would tell anyone her personal protection?" The zombie shook his head slightly. Thankfully, everyone was now here - maybe they could actually set off soon.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Lucia rolled her eyes, since the conversation stalled and she didn't care even the slightest about how the blue person knew the Litch, she puled out her ipod "If you try and get my attention with telepathy again, I'm blasting you" she said rather casually, to the Litch as she put the ear buds in and started scrolling for a song to listen to when something caught her eye in the direction of the door, spotting the pair, but kept scrolling for a song.

 

[hiei82]

"...You're rather rare, aren't you. Very much a druid, all natural magic and all that."

Fiona stared at the Lich, trying to figure out what he looked like as a mortal, but the memory still wasn't coming back. "I'm the only Castoira Samasarian I'm aware of. There are only 100 of us, so I doubt it could have been anyone other then me. That said, Rome was four lifetimes ago - its too many lives ago for my kind to remember events clearly." she said, annoyed at how much time had passed. "You look vaguely familiar though... did you go by the name Lucius back then as well?" she added, trying to find some spark to her old memory.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

John mentally sighed.

"She's one of those..." He thought.

Nature spirits always the more annoying things to do with. Keeping nature a sacred thing, something to be obeyed and never tarnished, mentally assuming that they are never in control of their fate, of their lives. Every time he had tried scientifically proved that their powers either just draw the latent solar power biologically stored in all the things around them or had direct control of things themselves, the "commands" they are getting is either another sentient being or just in their heads, only resulted in another near death experience. John was not sure if the zombie or the Samasarian would be more of baggage on this mission.

"Your telling me," John turning to the zombie, "You been scheming against your Queen fordecades, if not centuries. Yet you never, not even once tried to figure out what she is defending herself with? Never sneak away with her extra notes? Never even trying get somebody to assassinate her just to see what runes would be tripped? What kind of second in command are you?"

-Clarkson-

Clarkson saw Lucius' brief moment of discomfort before the Samasarian clarified her statement, but decided to say nothing. Clarkson had to do a double take at John's statement, mind going through the implications of his last question. Still, it looked like it was starting to get out of hand. While Clarkson really wanted to just punch the zombie in the face at the moment, their was another undead that needed to be taken care of, and didn't want John to blow apart Rhingyll out of frustration while the zombie was still useful.

"Hold it," Clarkson said in a commanding voice, "STOP. We cannot fight Azehla while fighting each other. We are all tired, it's been a very long day. We will have plenty of time to talk tomorrow on the train. Right now is not the time to try to restate everything that was said in the last..." Clarkson looked down at his watch, "two hours to our newcomers. Let us all get a good night rest, so we all can be a bit more civil around each other."

In truth, Clarkson wasn't tired at all, but could see John's spell was losing it's effects and fast. He needed somebody else besides him when talking to the Lich.

 

[c_westerman13]

-Rhingyll-

Rhingyll glared at John. This guy seriously had no idea how paranoid Liches could be, especially when they knew old enemies were somewhere around. "Plotting, yes, but I didn't really want to give my cause away by causing her suspicion. The only reason I could get here is because she thinks I'm spying for her! I concur with the idea of rest, I ought to be getting back to Wales...", Rhingyll took a stone out of his pocket, and whispered something welsh at it, promptly disappearing from the Ritz.

-Lucius-

The samsarian intruiged Lucius. Had she been studying history in Alexandria when he'd visited? "Lucius Cassius Imperiosus son of Servius, was my name back then, among myriad titles. I get the feeling I might have met you in the Great Library. Anyways, I suppose we ought to continue this later, people are getting restless, and I must speak with the two humans before they fall asleep on me.", Lucius smiled, and looked around the room, "We will continue this at 0830 tomorrow, I believe breakfast starts at 0730, so you can eat beforehand, if you will. Good Night"

Lucius gestured to John and Clarkson, motioning towards the small antechamber affixed to the Lounge. "If you will?"