Blooming Lotus [Invitation Only]

[Naughty Dog Jak]

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[xDeaMagickax]

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Location → Blooming Lotus main hallway
Kimono → Pictured
Music → Elements


Wood creaking underneath her feet, Mistress felt where she was going not only be feeling, but through sensing tiny spiders that were walking around her feet. She was graceful and careful not to step on them as her home was burned under her fingers' light touch. She was devistated, her heart screamed, yet she continued on within sound to follow her except rubble moving underneath her feet. The sounds of battle raged outside, but it was so far in the distance... it was as if it weren't happening. She didn't want to believe this was happening to her home, her family, her friends. A large explosion of white in the distance as Suiteki unleashed the energy within the amulet, the explosion of color as everyone's aura's worked to take out the viscous elemental energies in the area. "Suiteki-chan.. "Mistress said in a low voice while searching for her energy signature.

Being able to see the battle's energy through the walls of Blooming Lotus, Mistress was trying to locate the little kappa's form to no avail as a surge of power coursed through her while something or rather someone got thrown through and into the Sitting Room. Whipping around to see Nolan's energy through the wall, Mistress reached out only to touch wood and see a large kappa's essence come into play. The place Mistress' hand touch began to frost over as did the radius of the ice forming around her feet, the white streak in her hair expanding. One of Suiteki's friends had stayed behind to help, they had taken orders from their lord and Nigorimizu's note and brethren were most helpful, except the one's Scratch had taken and used against Mistress and her house guests. Thinking on the pouch within her obi, Mistress clasped her hands over it and the power within the pouch radiated through the crimson floral fabric. Suiteki was kind enough to read her Lord's message the night before to Mistress the night before, the gift he had sent her from the remains of the Nue that had possessed Ryuu.

Snapping her head up, Mistress smelt the air... her sensed sharper after that blood magic Nolan expelled throughout the area making her instincts flare as the Jorogumo hissed. It was as if he were all around her, the tainted being that came for her, he was getting closer and it made Mistress uneasy. The magics that cloaked him made the air smell like cigarette smoke and sulfur, he was phasing in.... snarling, Mistress began spinning webbing within the Main Hallway of Blooming Lotus, the room frosted over and her power even drifted slowly into the Sitting Room and Kitchen. The roof of the second floor was covered in icicles as a large ice web was created to stand between the rest of the room and the front door. She wanted Scratch to stop in his tracks and there was going to be hell.

Suddenly, a power filled the air, it was coming from the Sitting Room Nolan was in.. what did he do? His aura was distorted, it was him, but it wasn't. The feelings that swelled in her chest, Mistress stopped lining her ice chamber with purifying threads to step up into The Sitting Room seeing the aura of what was left of Nolan go out back into battle in an icy wake. Mistress, herself frosted over, approached the powerful form of Nolan as he looked out over the battlefield. Placing a chilled hand upon his bare shoulder, his clothes torn off for the most part, she wanted his attention for just a moment. That may have been the last moment she'd ever have with the necromancer. "Nooolaan," her voice echoing softly from the power radiating in her veins, "Lissten to mee, I know you are ssstill in in there. Please, be careful. Should He come for me.. don't. I cannot let you die by Hisss hand." Her hand moved from his shoulder to his cheek as Mistress moved to stand in front of his ghostly form. Their power mixing and mingling for a moment, "I care too much for you," her powerful yet soft voice. Mistress then moved up to stand close to Nolan's bloody and battered form and kissed his lips. As her frosty lips remained on Nolan's in such a short moment, it felt like a lifetime as their cool breath chilled the air around them once parted.

Mistress was the first to pull away, but she kept her hand on his cheek for a moment longer before letting her pale fingers drop. A tiny blue spider then hitched a ride on Nolan's shoulder when the frosted jorogumo returned her hand to her side. Mistress then stepped to the side and let her dear friend pass going into the sitting room and back into the hallway of the Inn. It was a prison of ice with a couple of little surprises for Scratch when he arrived. Mistress was going to make sure he knew that she was suffering... that she was hurt, but she wouldn't let that stop her from doing what she needed to do. He could come at her with an entire army and she still wouldn't allow him to use her like a puppet. Climbing up into the webbing, Mistress shrouded herself in an ice cocoon in one of the corners. The entire ceiling covered in ice, the shroud was infused with Mistress' mystical energy to make her hide her aura for the time being. It was as if she stopped her heart and was nowhere to be found.

O O C
I didn't read new addition just now, but I'm going to edit if there is something random I missed in Mistress' direction

[Naughty Dog Jak]

Spike Spiegel

● Current Location: Garden
● Current Objective: Defend the inn
● Status: Defensive.

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NEW ADDITIONS
Theme: What planet is this?!
Current Company: Jet Black, Faye Valentine.
Providing air support: Edward (Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV), Ein (The dog).

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Once the ground began to shake violently, Spike automatically crouched once again in an effort to keep his balance, wincing at the increased pressure on his damaged ribs. Jet on the other hand was not as quick to react, looking somewhat mystified at Spike’s reaction at first, he followed suit some seconds afterward when he found retaining his balance too difficult. Faye stumbled to a stop beside Autumn when the ground started to shift, extending her hand and offering it to help balance the other woman as she attempted to do the same, quickly shooting with her free hand at a dying earth oni attempting to lash out at them from where it lay upon the ground.

Barely offering any reprieve, as soon as the vibrations of the earth ceased the oni seemed to bolster their ranks, swarming toward where all were gathered. Isshu and Himiko seemed set on attempting to ease Hanyo’s bloodlust and had ventured further from the group to approach her, allowing the oni to effectively cut them off as yet more approached; in spite of the number felled by Edward’s efforts in the Bebop overhead they were numerous and certainly disgruntled. Straightening from his crouched position with another wince and reloading his pistol, Spike blinked upon hearing his name and looked to where Autumn stood alongside a somewhat disgruntled Faye.
”Suiteki? Wait, you’re right. I haven’t seen that annoying little frog for a while either...”
Preparing the AK that had been slung over his shoulder by his comrade,Spike then followed Autumn’s gaze toward where the exceptionally large tree once stood. Not even ashes seemed to remain now, to which he looked quite concerned. Jet stood from his crouched position also, looking over the weapons he carried and eying the approaching mass of monsters warily. Hearing Autumn and Spike converse however caught his attention, to which he raised a curious eyebrow and glanced toward Spike.
”Hey, is she...?”
Turning to look at his comrade and noticing the speculative look on his face, Spike’s eyebrows rose with a look of genuine surprise.
”What? No! Autumn’s a friend, Ryuu is...”
Trailing off on that thought, Spike’s expression immediately changed, recalling the events from earlier before the oni forced him on the defensive, the colour seemed to drain from his face. With that he immediately turned back to look upon the main building, only to find the roof was empty, only some rubble seemed to be sliding onto the ground as a more spectral form of Nolan emerged from the building. Looking all the more unnerved, his eyes darted from the roof to the surrounding area and noticed there did seem to be some fox-like creatures in the vicinity, as well as multiple other individuals, Ryuu included and still in one piece. Still concerned but glad to see her moving about once again, Spike heaved a relieved, if heavy sigh, met with a bemused expression from Jet whom attempted to follow where his comrade was looking and establish who he was focusing upon.
”So Ryuu’s her name, huh? I was starting to wonder, you were always vague ab-”
”Can’t you guys save that talk for later?!
Turning in unison to look toward Faye, she had already stood from her crouched position and remained beside Autumn with her pistol at the ready, aimed at a horde of oni charging toward them, bellowing loudly.
”You know how to use this, right?”
Glancing at Autumn and raising her free hand to pat the barrel of the shotgun the other woman carried, she spared Autumn a concerned look; judging by her nerves she wasn’t too comfortable with the situation. But then, Faye couldn’t say she felt any better about it either; the fact there were what she could only describe as monsters running about and weather conditions verging on fantastical were just two factors that took her apprehension to another level entirely. Much as Faye would never admit to it; if the bounty was big enough she didn't ask questions. Gripes aside she could only wonder what would have happened to Spike if they had not arrived when they did, not to mention all the others present. Starting to run in the other direction to gain some distance from the approaching electric oni, Faye encouraged Autumn to keep up as she fired random shots behind them, waiting for Edward to pick some of them off as she noticed both Spike and Jet were gradually being surrounded also.

When the newly arrived group of oni increased the numbers of those still continuing in their charge onward, the creatures rapidly began closing in on where the four were standing, although the same shadow went by overhead, peppering the creatures below with an array of lasers and heavy machinegun fire. Unfortunately however the element of surprise had passed and the trawler was met with a considerable amount of projectiles from the surviving oni in retaliation, rapidly building quite a great deal of damage to its worn hull.
“Owie! Bad creepies! They really don’t like Bebop-Bebop!”
“Woof!”
Scowling as the space craft took quite a great deal of sustained damage, Jet shook his head as Edward’s voice rang loud and clear with Ein’s worried barking from the loudspeakers at the base of the ship. True enough a couple of waves of oni had been decimated by their efforts, but at the rate it was going the Bebop wouldn’t last much longer, to which Jet pulled a small radio from his pocket and began shouting orders to the young girl piloting the craft.
“Ed! You’re taking too much damage! Fall back!”
The ship however continued to circle regardless, randomly firing upon oni as the damage to its outer hull increased.
“Ai-ya, what are we going to do, Ein?!”
“Woof!!”
Grumbling loudly as he glanced up at the ship, Jet shouted into the radio once again as Spike opened fire on the oni nearing their position, smirking slightly.
"Some things never change..."
“Edward!”
“Oo-la-la! Aye-aye, Jet-person! Up-up and awayyy!”
Sighing irritably but clearly relieved the see the space trawler soar on after its last sweep, Jet paused to watch as it flew on out of range and presently out of sight; if Edward did as she had been told they’d be waiting at another location in reserve until they were called back again.

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OOC: Hmmm. Only if it can take me around the universe, Emo. xd
Will make an addition for Scratch tomorrow.

[xDeaMagickax]

MOKONA

'Hehehehe~! Heeeey Spiiiiiiiiike hehehe mwahahahaha!'


The the cockpit of Swordfish II, a black ball of fur was chuckling to itself as it stood in the middle of the two navigation handles on the dashboard area. The visuals around the little black creature made him smirk, there was another aircraft also above the inn upon the Swordfish II's approach at an alarming speed. What made the cheery face of the creature drop was what he saw left of Blooming Lotus... the building had holes and smoke coming from all around. "Yuuko is not going to be happy when she sees this, Mokona is nooooot gonna be the one to tell her," shaking it's head, the black fur ball zooming over the garden at an amazing speed, it forgot to stop...

The red craft then halted in the distance and did a loop turning upside down, the cockpit visible to some bellow as black Mokona stood on the cockpit glass and maneuvered the Swordfish II unsidedown. It's red scarf and goggles making Mokona look the part of a pilot, the creature was yelling in excitement as he neared the smoking battlefield and got a glint in it's closed eyes. "C'mon, MONO! Let's boogie!" The Machine Operation Navigation of Outer space software in front of the little creature was auto-targeting demons on the monitor the creature was facing. This baby was locked and loaded beyond any capacity Spike's limited funding had allowed him. Spike Swordfish was being controlled by a little black fur ball.... and one the gunman happened to not like heehee.. Now the creature had his ship with ammo up the tail end, this was going to be fuuuunnn.

Suddenly a thump made the ship waiver as Mokona flew in to cover for the Bebop craft making a retreat, "Woah, what the heck fell on Fishy Sword?" he said aloud as the red wings had long range missiles ready. "Bwahahaha!" Mokona's laugh could be heard to all on the Blooming Lotus battlefield as the little black creature pressed a red button to fire. Blasting off, the missiles were headed for the ice oni trying to shoot icicles. Zeroing in every second then detonating making the ice oni powder, Mokona's maniacal laughter continued as two slots opened in the belly of the Swordfish II, a pair of machine guns as the aircraft descended upon flaming oni with Mokona's boss pilot skillz. Jumping around the cockpit, the black fur ball was steering the ship and avoiding most fire balls coming their way, but one of the missile loaders was damaged as the machine guns showered bullets at the oni coming closer and closer to the ground at an alarming rate.

[HanyoWolf]

♔Location: Outside♔
♔ BloodLust Level: Unfathomable♔

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Blood.
Blood everywhere.
Delicious. Intoxicating. Enthralling.
Yes, yes yes... more, more more...
Kill... Devour... Repeat....

She had no thoughts but these. She saw nothing but splashes of crimson. She felt no pain. Her arm had broken off at the elbow now. It lay shattered somewhere among the pile of bodies. Her hair was singed in places, uneven and rough. A few ribs had been cracked, though this didn't impede her one tiny amount. There was a gash across her forehead that looked as if, were her heart still beating, should be gushing blood.

An ice oni moved. Behind it, stood Himiko. That scent triggered something. Yes, the succubus recognized this smell. It smelled good... it reminded her of pleasurable times. Yes... this scent was delectable. Different than the rest. The vampire vixen sauntered over, teeth bared. Delicious woman. Better than the oni, for sure. Yet delicate, too. Instinct told her to be slow, gentle... no need to waste a drop of this blood by being to hasty...

Kill... Devour... Repeat....
Kill... Devour... Repeat....



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[xDeaMagickax]

Warning
Hanyo, you need to edit your post when you have some time sweetie. You completely ignored Jak's post and I can't let that slide.

[Naughty Dog Jak]

OOC: Signing in today I would have to agree with Mission.
Won't make a Scratch addition tonight on that basis. Sorry guys.

[ruroken darkblade]

Listening to:

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Now I lay you down to sleep. For your soul is mine to keep...

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Nolan stood still and looked around with an intense look on his now green eyes. His fists were clenched as he seemed to be in a state of perpetual fury. Those lurkers were everywhere, along with the big ones. One of them must have been what slung him threw that window and cut him up so bad. He seen the flame lurkers launch their fireballs as Amano played with them.
This caused him to bring his hand up to his shoulder which was, along with his black, mostly charred skin. The nerve endings were either dead or screaming and he wished they were all just dead.
He bared his teeth and cracked his knuckles, preparing to get out there when a hand was placed on his shoulder. The necromancer whirled around and froze when he seen the Mistress staring into his eyes. Something about her was causing him to buzz inside. He couldn't quite make it out until a few seconds later. " noooolaaan." yes that was the name of this body.
Nolans eyes softened and went back to their blue state for a moment. Before he knew it, her lips were pressed against his and his eyes slid shut for a moment. Her kiss...like his...was so cold. So icy and wonderful. When it broke he gave her a slight smirk trying to show her he was in at least a right state of mind. " like venom..."
She told him not to come for her if she was to be captured but if he wasn't going to do that then he might as well not fight at all. In his head anyway. " alright" his soul rang out in her. It was a lie of course but she didn't need any more pressure at the moment. " we will talk about this when this is all over" he said optimistically and watched her go.

Whatever was possessing nolan couldn't be held back anymore and there was another flash of red as another wave of blood battery hit the field. HIs eyes went back to green and angry. and his lips once again into a snarl. The necromancer turned around just in time to see some form of....thing.....it was all he could make of it. 'land shark? even worse....sewer shark...Nobody fired any chum did they?'
Jokes aside he stared at it angrily and spread out his finger tips. What looked like dark lightning cackled around them. Nolan was really wanting to have a go at the oni and the lurkers but this thing would do for now. And behind that thing even more oni sprang up which annoyed him that much further.
"Enough of this!" he roared as large humanoid fleshy masses began to work their way out of the ground. Between them, smaller and more grotesque and abnormal skeletal creatures crawled out with them. Nothing about them seemed right. Heads where twisted. alot had extra limbs or their limbs in the wrong place. They all let out a loud eerie screech almost as if they were in constant pain.
And for the thing in the ground. Whatever the hell it was. he stuck his hand out in its direction and a black mass of dark energy shot out like a lightning bolt at it.



Meanwhile Amano was still playing with the flame lurkers. He was going to go check on the guy in the mech but this big oni smashed the lurker he was about to fight and was comming right at him.
" eeh s**t!" The cat jumped up onto its head and took its eyes out with the claws on his back legs. Then run down its back taking a bit of spine with him as he kicked off its rear and flipped around so he landed facing it. " oooh c'mon thats gotta be a fatality b***h!" he laughed. " Who else wants some!" the cat was all pumped up, though he wasn't even sure of the oni was dead or not. He hopped around in all direcions making huffing noises daring any of the creatures to come at him.


( what do you guys think. Not to flashy is it? It took forever to color. millions of stray pencil marks and all that. Isn't there a button in photoshop that cleans all that up for ya? oh and anybody else want a battle pic? i got the drawin' fever! have a rather badass one of autumn wielding heavy artillery in mind lol )


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When you die, you will wake. Now your bidding is mine to make...

[Zelic Frobe]

[[yeah, i cant do a himiko post without an Isshu post.]]

[[also, finally broke 200k out of the 900k needed for masquerade]]

[xDeaMagickax]

I will post for Isshu when Hanyo has edited, Zelic. Hanyo being so close to Isshu since the elder is directly beside Himiko at this point in time would make it too easy for her to strike to incapacitate. I would rather wait and give Hanyo some more time to read over posts to beef up her post with the stuff Jak laid out for us. Please be patient 3nodding She is a very busy girl like many of us.

[Enthusiastic_Emo]

PANIC

Panic, gave a bone-chilling laugh that all could hear on the battlefield, even over the sounds of battle. It was good to be free. He whirled around The Oracle like a whirlwind for a moment before darting to those immediately surrounding him, infecting their minds with chaos and disorder. It did so in no particular pattern, but seemed to very efficiently destroy their ability to think clearly. The spectre that personified Panic usually entered like a mist through the vicitim's eyes, nose or ears, and bounced to its next victim in only a few seconds. It whispered into the center of their minds, their very conscience, so to speak.

YOUR PLAN HAS FAILED.

YOU HAVE NO ALTERNATE COURSE OF ACTION.

YET YOU MUST ACT.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

DO SOMETHING.

ANYTHING.

[Enthusiastic_Emo]

Patient 001: Dr. Edward Aristide

Edward felt that he was immune to Panic's curse for a few reasons: For one, he had released him. Secondly, as a Chaos Mage, he doubted Panic could do much to his mind. And lastly, he was already panicking. Edward struggled to close the chest, and was making little progress. As far as he knew, if he closed the chest, it might stop Panic. He had to try though. He had to try something.

The Oracle stood before him. His expression deep curiosity.

"Are you just going to stand there?!" Edward scolded through gritted teeth.

The Oracle became very still and appeared to be struggling with something inside himself. His eyes shut tight, and he began muttering to himself, as if he was trying to convince himself of something.

"The universe is constantly expanding. In turn, the amount of chaos is ever-increasing."

"The amount of entropy in the universe is ever-increasing. One cannot reverse it."

"The amount of disorder in the universe is ever-increasing. One cannot reverse it."