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xxxxxPlot [Part I] : During recent storms, a power outage left Audrey in a fit of insecure fear. Being afraid of the dark, her sanity dropped to the point that she had nearly gone insane. This time, however, the things she saw in the dark were unlike anything she had seen before; they were real. Her newfound power allowed her to bring preminitions to life; and apparently in lapses of sanity she was able to make things from her dreams and nightmares reality as well. Though she had no recolection of how she did it or how to do it in the future, she knew one thing for certain; that there were five beasts that had become real from her nightmares, and they were lurking around Megalopolis during the night waiting to get her. Audrey has decided to higher three or four heroes that can help her defeat the creatures and put an end to her over-extended nightmare. They will be meeting in her apartment in the eroes base, and will be heading out to an abandoned asylum to confront the beasts. She will supply each hero with a flashlight, but other than that they will be on their own.




xxxxx Staking her claim as the "rookie" hero, Audrey has taken up her fair share of missions to make herself fairly known within Megalopolis as a hero, using her alias "Lady Limelight". As a child she grew up with an unnatural fear of the dark, making her grow a horribly high anxiety level during periods of extended lapses in darkness. When she gained her ability of mediumship, her fear of the dark took on a whole new role as the spirits and creatures she thought she would see in the darkness became real. She attempted to work past it, though, not wanting to be the bum that couldn't do any missions for the heroes became of a fear. Now that her fear has unleashed a horrible number of beasts over Megalopolis, she is going to confront her fears and head to a place of darkness to defeat the beasts and send them back to her nightmares.




xxxxx James is the spirit of a young man who was brutally murdered when he was in his early adulthood. This spirit first met Audrey during one of her earlier missions, and helped her by being her eyes and ears for places she could not get to. Since then James has stuck to Audrey, helping her out and warning her in times of need. He has agreed to help Audrey and her friends by wandering the halls of the abandoned asylum and warning the group when one of the creatures is near, among other things. James is one of the first spirits to open up to Audrey, and is the only spirit that Audrey is able to stand and not fear. He takes everything seriously and ignores things that are not relevant to current goals.

☯☁ Luciana ❦ ☆Tian Li ♬✦Alverstein
Known to all as...ϟPhoenixϟ
There is no such thing as a lost battle☮ There is only a loss of heart

The rain slapping on the ground outside sounded like people running heavily along the sidewalk. It almost gave Phoenix the delusion that she wasn't the only soul that was hurrying along the streets at the late afternoon hours. Her leather gloved fingers had a death grip on the umbrella that was precariously blowing around, protecting her from the onslaught of rain.

Shivering, she pulled the wool scarf wrapped around her neck tighter against her skin. Both the rain and the oddity of this particular mission had led Phoenix to take some liberty on her outfit. Instead of her usual 'no jeans or hanging clothing' policy, she had taken the clothes from her wardrobe that would cover her best from the rain but wouldn't suffocate her in its fabric. Aside from the scarf, she had a black, button up shirt with ruffles near the collar and tight, waist length bell shaped sleeves that normally would drag her down in a fight should an opponent grab it. Unfortunately, in weather like this, it was appropriate. Long blue jeggings ran down her legs, taking a beating from the rain. Phoenix didn't want to wear normal jeans-they'd slow her down while running-but she wasn't about to put on some hideous brown Capri either, so this was the best she could settle for, even if it wasn't very fashionable.

As Phoenix ran, she thought over the strange mission that had called her out on a stormy day like this. Normally, in weather this bad, Phoenix would gladly have taken the day off from work and stayed at home, snugged on her couch with a cup of tea and the television for her company. This sort of mission though, didn't come all the time, and it was curiosity that had driven her to accept Audrey's request and plunge through pouring rain to her house and the asylum that waited beyond.

The pitch black sky around her only lengthened the jog even more. Every second felt like ten minutes had passed and by the time Phoenix arrived at Audrey's apartment complex, her black hair, normally lush, was hanging limp against her side and forehead, and she was panting like she had ran a full scale marathon. Standing outside the door, she gulped for air for a second, willing herself to regain most of her composure, and stepped inside. Audrey had already given all the heroes the number of her apartment, and it didn't take long for Phoenix to find it, even if she did trot around for a few minutes trying to get her bearings. Standing outside the door, Phoenix raised her hand and rapped slightly against the wood.

"running the game
xxxxxwhat am I saying?"


Ahhhh, the rain. While most people looked at it as if it were the work of the devil, created solely to ruin plans, Smith had always enjoyed the feel of the cold little droplets on his skin. They reminded him of a time when he didn't have to choose between going out and killing someone or saving their life, a time when he could wake up in the morning and all he had to worry about was the choice between bacon and ham, a time when he only had to worry about shadow monsters in video games. Simpler times.

Sure, he had volunteered for the mission, but at the same time if he had refused it would have destroyed the trust that he had tried to set up back at his condo a few days ago. Pfft, Women and their trust issues. So as Smith glided just above the rooftops, going just above 15 miles per hour, he started practicing for the big fight, one practically tailor made for him. Slice, Slice, Stab ! The Dark Lord himself would be proud of his killer lightblade skills. Sure he wasn't the best at it, but for some one whose only practice is Wii Sports Resort sword fighting, he wasn't doing to shabby. Plus he had a trick up his sleeve. Since it wasn't as if the blade was real and he created it himself, it could fire off projectiles at will. Take that zombies of Audrey's imagination!

Smith had already been to her apartment a few times, so it was no problem finding it from the outside. Pushing up the window, which was purposefully left unlocked for him, he waltzed in a shook all the water off of himself like a dog. In an attempt to lighten the mood, he doned a huge grin and shouted, "Doors are for noobs!"

shirt + pants + mask + glasses + shoes

☯☁ Luciana ❦ ☆Tian Li ♬✦Alverstein
Known to all as...ϟPhoenixϟ
There is no such thing as a lost battle☮ There is only a loss of heart

"Nice to meet you Audrey. I'm Phoenix," Shaking off the remnants of water from her jacket and jeggings, Phoenix stepped delicately into Audrey's home, being careful to not tread unnecessary rain and mud into her house. For a moment, she had thought that it was rather odd that Audrey would have a deadbolt barring her front door, but she decided to wave that thought off. These were certainly dangerous times, and those who took extra precautions came a lot better off then those who slacked off and made no move to guarantee their safety.

Taking the flashlight that Audrey offered her, Phoenix bounced it slightly in her leather gloved hand and flicked it on and off to make sure the batteries were operating correctly. The last thing that the young heroine would want was to be stuck in a room with no natural illumination and a broken flashlight. Before Phoenix could get the chance to ask Audrey anything about this peculiar spirits they were hunting down, a racket came from the other side of the room.

Spinning around, Phoenix was surprised to find a man clambering through the window like it was the most natural thing in the world. She blanched slightly at the mask but otherwise showed no reaction to the strange and bold entrance. Audrey seemed clearly annoyed, and Phoenix couldn't exactly blame her. She certainly wouldn't want a guy announcing himself by throwing himself through a window. It only screamed 'attention' and that was the last thing they needed in a mission like this. Deciding to not let the odd man disturb her, Phoenix turned to Audrey and asked, "I know you already gave us a brief idea of what we're going to do...but can you tell me a bit more about these creatures?"

☯☁ Luciana ❦ ☆Tian Li ♬✦Alverstein
Known to all as...ϟPhoenixϟ
There is no such thing as a lost battle☮ There is only a loss of heart

Sounds like some bad Disney movie with a horrible and twisted producer at its head Phoenix thought wryly as Audrey began to describe the monsters in vivid detail. All too realistic images of the beasts began to form themselves inside her imagination, and she gave an inwards shudder. She absolutely hated bugs, and it was just her bad luck that two of these uncouth beasts had to be some insect thing. Old men-cannibals or not-and normal aliens had never left much of an impression on her. As for banshees? Those were something that Phoenix had often stumbled upon in storybooks, nothing else. In her view, the only place they inhabited was in the smooth words of her Father on long lazy summer nights, telling her tales of the other world's fantasies.

Grinning slightly back at Audrey, Phoenix turned towards Carson and addressed his abrupt outburst mildly. "I don't know about you, but I would rather have a plan to go by rather then charging in blindly," She wasn't criticizing, neither was she being unkind. Phoenix was simply trying to maintain a levelheaded environment despite the turbulence around her. Leaning back against the wall, she ran her fingers down the smooth surface. Feeling nothing beneath the tough black leather of her gloves, she stopped and turned towards the others. "Any ideas?"

While she was extremely sensible, Phoenix was a doer, not a planner. Strategy had never been her strong point. In those lazy summer months in China, she would often remember engaging in chess matches with her father and losing horribly. No, Phoenix didn't have a head for sophisticated plans. She was simply the one who obeyed orders and tried to keep disarray from forming.