Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Listening to : Beauty of Anihilation The redhead smiled gently and made a light reverence after Lilith's compliment. "charming as ever mother. I'm quite flattered, but please, do not spoil me that much." She asked respectfully as she turned her viridian gaze upon the newest arrival. "Janus san, You look... smaller." Melanie added with a frown, mostly out of confusion as she tried to figure out her place in this space and time. Nonetheless, she was actually moved after watching the rook bonding with Setsuko, they held a nice ring to it. "I see, then house Orino is as lively as I remembered it." She appeared to be pleased by this and with a soft smile turned over to Lilith who kept working on with Janus about forging teams, and helping Setsuko fit into her new demon life.
Her soft smile however faded, back again with that fierce indifferent face as she was addressed back by Lilith. "Yes mother?" She asked gently, before Lilith would ask her about her powers. Melanie's face became puzzled by this question. With swift steps she took a rather gently yet invasive approach at Lilith, holding her face with tender care between her hands. Melanie staring straight into her eyes with her piercing viridian irises which allured as bright gems even when she was giving her back to the nearest light source. "Mother are you alright? ... You know me already, after all, you made me. didn't you?" Melanie kept inspecting Lilith, but nothing seemed to hind she got hurt, or traces of a trauma that could explain the succubus "memory loss" Her hands fell upon Lilith's shoulders, yet never her grasp was strong enough as to hold her. It was almost like her touch was a misty that caressed your body but never truly holding someone at all. "I do...some footwork. An infiltrator class." She commented, her hands leaving Lilith's exquisite silhouette before she slowly turned away from the succubus, walking with elegance to earn a safe distance. Before Lilith could feel an ominous presence behind her, as if someone was about to strike. The moment She would turn however she would see Melanie by her side, rising her arm with delicacy before placing it over the succubus's shoulder, with her signature silky touch. "I go to places fast."
Since Janus and Setsuko were away from Lilith, and more likely looking at the succubus's back while this happened. They would be able to see how some sort of dimensional rupture formed behind Lilith when she felt the ominous presence.
While at it, the tail would whip out from it and sink its tip upon the floor. And while Lilith was turning over her shoulder, the tail pulled Melanie vertically into the ground, disappearing on some sort of dimensional rupture which quickly faded as she disappeared from sight, just enough for the tail to pull her out from the first rupture, placing her behind Lilith, about to place her hand upon her shoulder. "I've been studying your chessboard lately and decided to develop my fighting style upon the chessboard pieces. This helps me get used to every possible role I may perform while in a game. Of course, once I get a rank, the moves which correspond to it are stronger. This, is my Knight step." She explained, trying to be as clear as possible. Since she was forced to mature, she assumed Lilith already knew about all her abilities. It was a common mistake. "I have at least 1 move per chess piece." She added, smiling softly before placing a kiss on her king's cheek. "Don't worry mother, we'll take is slowly so you may have enough time to remember me."
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:32 pm
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"Nice... You're a show off, but nice." Lilith took a sip of her Mercury drink as Melanie finished her explanation of the "Knight Step." It was as if she was a new person. The ability itself was interesting, sure, but what Lilith really struggled with was the surprise Melanie felt when she'd asked her about all this in the first place.
"Don't forget, you owe all this" She gestured to Melanie's new figure with an up and down motion, "to Setsuko, and more directly to this." Lilith held up the kanji with Maturity written on it. "You grew up all at once, didn't you?" She said putting the pieces together. "Since you remember and I don't, we can assume your memories of 'learning' all this came rushing into you at the same time. That makes sense; and it also makes sense that I, outside the--for lack of a better name--spell, didn't get those memories because the I that is me hasn't taught them to you yet." She tilted her head back as if to contact a quantum muse for the solution. "I wonder if in some strange universe I've taught you everything you know, and you don't remember a thing." Eventually she shrugged and got up to stretch.
"Either way, I'm glad you've grown into such an exemplary Succubus." For some reason or another Janus was barely able to contain her laughter over there, even with a hand covering her mouth! Lilith shot her a quick glance, and instant message for "SHUT UP." From some of the clutter Lilith pulled a ledger and began flipping pages.
"Ah! Here we go." She said as she found her place, then walked over to Melanie to let her in on the big secret. "Do you remember this?" If Lilith'd taught her anything about keeping the quota, she'd know exactly what this little book was.
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Listening to : Beauty of Anihilation Observing the book she was presented to, Melanie waited for a bit, looking at the strange object as if her body understood what it was, trying to hold it but her mind revealed hesitation, confusion as if it was the first time she saw the object itself.
"I-... I don't know mother... it's weird. Have I hit my head rescently? Please forgive me."
She pleaded, her voice as sweet as always.
"I can't seem to remember anything of it. What is it?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:47 pm
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Nebbia d Argento
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{Hello~?}
"That's interesting... Your face looks like it wants to give me two answers." After a thousand years or so the Succubus gained such people reading skills many times over in her line of work--people work, that is. Tapping on her chin, Lilith began pacing about the room. "I must've shown it to you at some point, but why don't you remember?"
"No, I don't think I like this." She continued her semi-aloud musings until something his her. A very interesting idea indeed, and it might've solved a lot of problems. "This is the quota," she began at last with the book held in her right hand. Behind her was a giant dry-erase board, formerly obscured by a seemingly misplaced curtain on one of the den walls.
"Each day, because of history I'm sure you're familiar with, I must forfeit one hundred souls of my demon children to Heaven or Hell or whoever is in charge on that particular day in order to stay alive. Just so you aren't confused later, yes, this is the reason why I've been hesitant to expand the house." T'is better to error on caution's side than to, as they say in Vegs, let it ride. This only deepened the dangerous image of Lilith; in the way the Angels thought she was dangerous enough to warrant this, what might they do if she became the head of a prominent house?
"One of the best ways to go about this," She said drawing two dots and two lines which came to an intersection. The dots were labeled "Succubi" and "Food." "Is to turn those humans we find fit for dream stealing into Succubi and offer them as part of the quota. Simple reuse of resources, but would you believe it took me over a thousand years to figure it out? I used to do it the hard way."
"Now, when we apply the hard way to all those out there struggling to climb up the ladder, it looks a lot like a pyramid scheme. This is not the case..." And so Lilith's voice trailed off and out of the attention span of many a reader, reticulated over itself until its immensity suffocated it into the traditional sense of the graduation "trailing off." Suffice to say the operation, despite the aforementioned predictably divisive structure, was complex, lightly. "... That should do it." The Succubus capped her pen and turned to Melanie, pointing to a circle she'd drawn somewhere in the middle.
"Now that you're part of this house, I trust you can be a working part of this economy of souls." She smiled at her daughter, really proud of the Succubus she'd become. And it was Lilith who raised this? Mozel tof.
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
((My bad I could swear I replied to this two days ago))
Melanie took the book and nodded. "You can count on me dear mother. I'll make sure to ensure your survival" She added, stroking her cheek with her hand. "I'll make as many currency as I can."
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:47 pm
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(It's cool)
"Atta girl." There was pride in Lilith's eyes now. She'd have little problems if Melanie were this stellar all the time. Taking her hand, Lilith made one last request for the night. "Take care of Setsuko, won't you? She's still adjusting, and I won't have any of our team feeling alienated... It's, not a good feeling." Her eyes ran away quickly to avoid the beast of memory. After it was gone, Lilith rejoined her luscious pawn. "I know you can do it, but good luck." WIth a smile, the Succubus would send Melanie off to her next task.
And as she shut the door behind her Lilith would promptly destroy that kanji. Although it was nice, Lilith wouldn't expect a girl like that to pass as a high schooler. After that she would immediately hide the pieces with a place Melanie could not find (NOT THERE). Soon after the page was ripped Melanie would start returning to normal. Would she even remember anything?
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Listening to : Beauty of Anihilation "Of course Dear mother, I'll look out for Setsuko san on your behalf" She smiled gently, taking her mother's hand before placing her lips over her knuckles in signal of respect, honored that Lilith would entrust her with the newest generation of House Orino. Once she was set on her way, Melanie did not loose a single second, walking towards the portal in pursue of the newest member, she wished to inspect her from far away, just to get a picture of how Setsuko handled herself, see what she would need to work on. But before she could do so, the kanji was destroyed. "Eh?" Melanie felt as her body lost suddenly all of it's strength and she fell without warning over the floor, she whited out without a warning. Her wings, just like before grew big enough to cover her body on the infamous cocoon. Which presented the same cracking noises. But this time the winks aged, shrinking and filling themselves with wrinkles until they were as fragile as dust. Actually fading away with the wind, leaving Melanie remarkably the same as she was when young, but her appearance was a little more mature. It would seem the effects of the kanji would take a little longer to fade away completely. There she laid, over the floor, unconscious. With no hint of waking up or guarantee she'll remember what the book she held was. Or if she'll remember all what had happened.
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:02 pm
Domina Mortem
Nebbia d Argento
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Chaos_wolf12
Storm ll Ororo Munroe
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{exit Janus}
"Oh boy..."
Lilith knew what that sound was. Melanie just bit it.reverted to her human form in order to keep the experiment up and dashed out the door. There was the redheaded pawn, sprawled out like a strawberry plant in early Summer. Mother Lilith scooped her up to a reclined position and had a bottle of water waiting for her upon her return to the waking world. Of course she made a mental note of the effects of tearing the page on her subject. It was like she was on Mythbusters!
"Melanie..." She called softly through the butterfly veil of moe dreams. Couldn't even make the jump... Wow.
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Listening to : Beauty of Anihilation Exhausted by her sudden transformation, Melanie found herself held by Lilith. By far it was a blissful experience. Slowly she began cuddling against the mother. As if it was just natural to do so. A pair of tattoos over her hips would glow through her clothes to show her still undeveloped wings reacting towards her mother's presence.
Holding onto Lilith, Melanie found herself relieved from pain, worry, or anxiety. The tail would begin to emerge, vipering around them both, but never truly closing the spiral as if to wrap them. It was more of a curious scout of the familiar place. Of course, as Lilith had experienced first hand, the tail was not to be taken lightly given it's easy inclination towards violence.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:09 pm
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Nebbia d Argento
Zarud Helviiryn
Chaos_wolf12
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Oh... Wow--ok, really? That's... Kinda sweet, actually. Lamia and I never had this going on. BAH-WHAT AM I SAYING! Yes, it's cute, but you've got a job to do, Lilith. Figure this piece out. There's a lot more here that I'm not getting yet.
At this point the Succubus received a text from Lamia saying there was trouble at Matsuda-hama's. Something about angels and a holy sword. That, needless to say, would rend a part of her mind from the situation at hand. Hopefully it was the potion of thought involved in appreciating Melanie's adorable-ness as a child Succubus. I mean, come on!
"Come on, now... Hey... You alright?" She would coax Melanie back awake as the tail seemed to envelop certain---areas---of Lilith's form. What a curious thing it was. "That was quite a fall you had."
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Listening to : Beauty of Anihilation With soft grunts, the cuddly demonette fought her right to remain asleep by her mother's side. Until Lilith's sweet voice called upon her eyes, which slowly made their effort to open. "M-mom?" She asked, her vision still blurry. Clinging against the succubi's clothing tightly as if afraid she would fall again. It took her a while before her vision was restored. Her eyes finally revealed Lilith, which startled the young offspring. "L-Laura's Mom!" She called, stepping away from her grasp. Flustering in embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't wanted to make you worry about me. W-what happened?" Apparently there was some sort of revertion this time. As Melanie behaved a little more similar to how she used to be, before she was transformed into a succubi. However she did remember Lilith as "Laura's Mom."
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:31 pm
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Nebbia d Argento
Zarud Helviiryn
Chaos_wolf12
Storm ll Ororo Munroe
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"Whoa, easy, you don't wanna fall again." The Succubus giggled. "Silly, you were studying with Laura. You'd finally had enough and were headed home when this" she gestured toward the railing which made a terrible clang earlier, "apparently happened. I came as soon as I heard it." Taking a hand, the Succubus stroked Melanie's cheek gently, briefly.
"You've got to be more careful! Laura, poor girl, she thinks the world of you already. Says you're like a hero to her or something." Here another giggle. Who would honestly believe that! Lamia, bewitcher of Zeus, charmed to fandom by a high schooler? "... Just--be careful, ok? Here, let me drive you home." And by "drive" she meant "warp." The Succubus would take Melanie through an illusion of a normal apartment, down the steps, and out to a "car," which we all know would be a teleportation circle.
Such an interesting little girl. I should ask Setsuko to draw that kanji again soonji.
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
Guided by the succubi, Melanie stood on her feet, before hearing a convincing explanation, followed by a deceitful secret. "S-she does?! But... wait. ghh.." She winced, her head still hurt from that fall. Then it hit her, just when they were in the car. "Oh no!..." She turned worried at Lilith. "I can't remember what we studied at all...I-is it by tomorrow? Did I wrote any notes?" She was now nervous. Especially after knowing how much "Laura cared about her". "U-um... Laura's mom. I-It's alright, you don't need to burden yourself with me... I could just call a cab."
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:58 pm
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Nebbia d Argento
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"Oh, that's alright. I remember you saying something about it being next week." Lilith smiled at Melanie on the way down to let her know. A few of the demons who were out would give her funny looks. Melanie would see fellow tenants going about their business. "But of course Laura was so excited to get to hang out with you she decided it'd be fun to study anyway... Although I will admit you barely got any studying done up there." With a giggle they would be in the "car."
"Oh, don't be silly! I always make sure our guests are treated right. No friend of Laura's is riding home in some smelly old cab and that's final!" She said putting her foot down--gently--on the accelerator. That pedal, as it so happened, would be the warp drive for this late night express to take Melanie back to Shinseiji.
Melanie Du Coteau Sacred Gear:Vritra's Tail: Devil's spine.
Stealthy, strong, long reach and flexible. The black dragon's tail was one of it's many deadly assets. The tail itself is a wonderful yet terrible weapon. You see, the tail feeds on the host's spine until it completely devours it and takes it place. This not only grants the bearer full use and potential of this gear, but if the tail breaks... well you may get an Idea of that would happen to your body.
It it said that the tail holds a personality of it's own, vicious and vindictive, it requires constant dotting and spoiling to keep it at bay. Legend tells Vritra made people squirm and screech their lifes out of their lungs to ease it's tail and lead it to a tranquil slumber.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to distracter her... it's just that, she's such a nice person. Both of you are." Commented Melanie just a bit embarrassed. But even so, that would not keep Lilith from riding her back hom. "Thank you" It was all Melanie could say at the moment. Sitting by the copilot's chair. She buckled up and be on her way home.
