(So, I wanna break out Valadic. He's a N Aspect so obviously he is a bad guy! Before you jump on in to meet him, I want to include a warning though! Valadic does not play fair. Where ever he goes, he uses his Pheromone power. Please read what is below so you are fully aware of how it works. I will not dictate how his power affects your character. That is totally up to you. Though I will warn he will make a few suggestions once he feels he has Enthralled you. Valadic is more of a 'Buy me stuff and fawn on me' kinda bad guy in this aspect XD )
Valadic has the ability to release scentless pheromones in his general presence. The longer Valadic is in an area, the stronger they grow. When the pheromones are inhaled, they are absorbed through the nostril membrane. This airborne chemical has a direct impact on the brain of the subject. It causes the brain to release a chemical element that gives the target the feelings of attraction towards Valadic. The longer the individual is exposed to these pheromones, the stronger the feeling becomes. A heavy dosage of pheromones may cause some difficulty in the brain's processes. The target may forget their priorities, families, or even their lives beyond service to Valadic. Due to the different natures of different people, this attraction may take on different elements and may take longer to effect, or wear off. Should the individual inhale the pheromones primarily through the lips, the chemical takes a bit longer to affect the brain. The stronger the attraction the target feels, the more susceptible they become to Valadics suggestions. Once Valadic is untransformed, the subject is freed from this state. However, should Valadic hit them again in the future, it is possible the will fall under his influence far more quickly then had they broken free on their own.
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:17 am
The transformation was freedom. Freedom from expectation. From protocol. From responsibility. It was as seductive as a pillow after spending two days awake on your feet. Nathan's transformation was less about reaching in for his inner desires and more about surrender to them. When he became Valadic, all the concerns of life just melted off his well dressed shoulders. He felt as liquid as water.
It was late on a weekend when Valadic strolled into the Kings City Mall. Yes, he was aware of the glances he received. Yes, he could hear the snickering comments about Halloween having come early. Yet Valadic didn't so much as bat one of his crimson eyes at them. He swung his tail back and forth with every step. Sure in step and confident that he didn't give a ******** what the lesser people were thinking. They were nothing. Inconsequential save for what they were useful for.
Valadic chose to head to the food court. As it was the most densely populated place in the mall as far as he could tell. Casually he hooked a table with one hand and dragged it over to a bench settled between two large potted plants. With a slow smirk on his face, Valadic sat himself down on the bench, lounging upon it really as he settled in to let his pheromones permeate the area around him.
(( Forgive me... But this popped into my head with that blasted southern twang of Marabella))
Just back from her extended family visit that wasn't at all planned, Marabella was perusing the food court for anything not deep fried. The din of the area barely registered as she was deciding between a fruit smoothie or that weird salad thing that looked kinda okay--if only it didn't come with those icky croutons.
Then a scent drifted over the area.
It caught her attention almost instantly. Food was still important, but it was set aside until she figured out the source of the scent. Then she spotted what looked to be some sort of weird horned thingy person man being. With a tail? She tilted her head in thought, absently playing with the end of her braid.
There was this awful urge to just run and tackle this creature. There was also the urge to stuff its face with grain and see if it was a cow thing. Horns. Y'know, it was most likely a cow. She mulled over the possible ramifications of just flat out tackling the reclining thing. Mary Annabella decided to slink off out of this thing's sight for a bit. Yes... That would be a good idea, look at the other food places and see what they had.
Her plan lasted not too long. No sooner did she manage to get around to almost where she started, she couldn't stand it no longer.
With a running start, so did the tackle hug occur, "Cattleboy!" she said with a huge grin. No doubt people gave her stares. Really! How could she think this vampire looking thing looked like a cow...
Video games are bad, m'kay. They teach you to hug strange, scary things with horns and tails that smell sweet like wet hay. Then again, it was probably Valadic's pheromones that caused the scent reaction. Yep. Gotta be that.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:37 am
The best part about the mall was the french fries.
Caleb could live on french fries if he was allowed, so it wasn't that much of a surprise to see him carrying around a container full, looking for someplace to sit. Not exactly easy.
While he was looking, he noticed Valadic, or rather the fact that he didn't look human, and he stared for a moment. Lucky. If he tried to come out all wolfy there'd be a riot. It was kind of odd though, why weren't more people freaking out? Hmm.
He walked over to the boy, but before he could reach him, a girl had come out of nowhere and glomped him. Okay? Wierdo. Maybe he didn't want to go over and talk to him. Or maybe he could just sit over here and wait for her to get done with whatever she was doing. Yes that would work.
The boy sat down on a nearby table, watching what was going on with amusement. Maybe he shouldn't have been staring, but then again, when you came out like that, perhaps that was what the other person wanted.
It took Valadic a few moments to find just the right angle to sit at which was comfortable. The dark green plastic covered cushions were clearly cheaply made. Inwardly Valadic growled about how he could have found better seating...but there would have just been too much effort involved. Once Valadic managed to curl his tail over his knees, and cup his chin in his hand...he proceeded to simply lounge away. What was his grand master plan? Oh...nothing at all really. Well...maybe he was going to see how quickly and how many simple minds he could enthrall. Then he would see what fun he could---
Clearly...his pheromones worked with far more success on some people then others. Valadic had seen Marabella gravitating in his general direction. Yet he paid her little mind when she seemed to hide. At first he assumed she'd be a sort of shy thrall. It would have been good practice for him to draw her out. So while she 'hid' he had turned his red eyes out towards the rest of the food court. Caleb was possibly easier to spot, what with his blueish hair and all. Valadic had started to reach for his own dark purple hair. to tug on the tips when Marabella's tackle came.
Normally Valadic would have been amused to have a girl come running towards him. His amusement quickly turned to shock when she tackled him. "Uhah!?" he cried out with some surprise. His hands snapped up immediately to grab at Marabella's shoulders, his red eyes wide with his surprise. "C-cattleboy!?" He repeated with vague disdain. "I am not cattle. I am Valadic." He corrected the girl. Perhaps she had very little self control? He was going to have to be careful in the future that he did not go to any places with excitable girls!
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:50 pm
If there was an audience, Marabella just didn't notice. She was enthralled and currently blinking back mildly confused when the cattleboy ( lovingly nicknamed such) told her flat out that it had a name. She blinked a few times, tilted her head to the side in thought and decided that 'Valadic' was not a good name for an adorable cattleboy.
She was smart enough to remember about those sharp looking horns.
Marabella smartly kept her mouth shut for a few seconds while she tried to remember why she just tackled this weird costumer out of nowhere. Oh right, he smelled like hay. "This is going to sound absolutely crazy, but you smell like hay. " Realizing that this person she was still kinda clung to was probably not going to take this well, she tried to grin as embarrassment set in, "I like hay. It's a compliment. " By the lords of science, she just tackled someone because they smelled like hay and looked like one of those fancy cow things from a game!
REPENT! REPENT!
"I... I am so sorry! " She managed to clear her throat and sit up, scooting to the very opposite side of the bench and brushing her skirt and adjusting her jacket. It was then that she noticed eyes staring at them from across the way that were attached to oddly blue of a lighter hue hair. "I really don't know what came over me. I'm just going to... go... find a shop to wallow in shame now if you don't mind. "
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:25 pm
Kali was bored as she wandered through the mall, she had only come because her brother had left his phone at home and used his works phone to ask if she would bring it to him. Her task complete she had no reason to hang around, malls didn’t usually have many cats. She wandered over to a sign to see if they had a pet shop. "Ooh, there's a new place that sell seafood at the food court?"
Kali headed over to the food court and was going to get in line for the fish place when she noticed a boy in a Halloween costume. She watched him curiously for a second before noticing his tail move. Ooh was that a real tail? She hadn't really seen anyone else with powers since the grave yard and she hadn't seen the boss dude since then.
She left the line and moved quickly over towards the bathrooms, she took notice of where the cameras where place so she could avoid them. With a whisper of “Ater Feles Tenebris." she transformed. Black Cat grinned and flicked her tail before slinking out and heading back to the food court. She stopped walking and frowned slightly, the air had a weird taste. She opened her mouth a bit more as she pulled her lips back a bit and breathed deeply, there was defiantly something odd in the air.
She ignored the looks she got from her outfit and her attempt at a flehmen response. Noticing Caleb siting down near the interesting one she slid next to him on the bench with a short hello. She grinned this trip might just end up interesting after all.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:30 pm
Caleb resisted the urge to laugh, and forced his gaze back down to his french fries. He should not enjoy the other boy's suffering, even if he was a monster. It was tempting though, and he did keep taking peeks to see just what was going on over there.
Just because he could.
When a familiar face joined the area, he couldn't help but be amused. Was he the only one that didn't go parading around as his alter? And would this be problematic? They were in a public place, and if one of the ones who had been around on Halloween showed up, well, this could get messy. Oh well. They'd deal with things as they came. Only thing to do.
He grinned at Black Cat, wondering just why she was powered. Would it be rude to ask? Perhaps, and so he remained silent for the moment, his fingers toying with the end of his scarf.
Paige was in a good mood. She didn't really like going to the mall by herself, but she needed to go. She needed to run a few errands and as her friends said "get a make over." Spa day, they had called it. The spa was weird, but the mud bath was the best part. It left her skin feeling smooth as a baby's bottom. And after getting her hair done, it was soft and bouncy, almost unheard of to her. Now she waited... Her friends would show up soon to pick her up and take her to that party, right?
In the meantime, it didn't hurt to check the food court. Some unhealthy food was always goon once in a while. But it wasn't the food that was of the most interest at the food court. As soon as Paige turned a corner, A man on a bench was tackled by... His girlfriend? She called him cattleboy. Weird...
As she walked by the "performance" she couldn't help but notice the horns that guy sported. Not to mention the odd why he dressed. Probably another reason people were chuckling and staring. Now there was another one? It must have been a skit she thought, shaking her head. Then she caught a whiff of something... Sweet. It drew her closer to the two. She couldn't help but sneak a bit closer. Her cheeks flushed red as he stopped a few feet away. Pretending to do something besides blatantly stare at the weird guy on the bench.
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:59 pm
He was waiting...waiting...and the girl was still just sitting on him. Well. This was clearly the sort of practice he needed he guessed. He'd never had this sort of a reaction to his pheromones...actually...this was really the first time he had decided to test them out. Clearly he was more effective then he had anticipated. Did it maybe have to do with the fact he had a dual sort of nature to his power? "I'm sorry...Hay?" There was absolutely nothing about him that should have smelled like hay! He did not know how that could have been a compliment though. His red eyes glanced over Marabella as she finally scooted back from him. Well..the brain did register things like smell right? He was sure he could remember reading that somewhere. Valadic watched as she wavered between such extreme emotions. With a flick of his tail he made a gesture with his clawed hand. "Ah no. It is okay my dear." Valadic sat himself up on the bench and moved his hand next to his hair. Carefully he brushed a bit off the curl of his horn. His voice smooth as he continued. "Though if you do wish to make it up to me...I really would love a mocha chilled latte from the Coffee Bean over there." Valadic's tail flicked and pointed off towards a mall kiosk that specialized on coffee drinks.
Casually Valadic began to smooth out some perceived wrinkles in his shirt. His eyes shifted to look towards Caleb as he considered coaxing the boy closer to him. He already knew that girls were affected by his power. Now he wanted to see if the boy would fall as...well? Yet when Valadic turned his gaze to Caleb, he found himself staring at...a black cat girl. His eyes moved from Kali's ears down to her little flicking tail. Well...this would be a good test too he guessed. Some unknown Mahou to test his enthralling powers on. Though why she was sitting next to the boy playing with his scarf was a curious question indeed. Perhaps...they knew each other?
Valadic shifted on his seat so he could lean back against the bench. Paige's approach drew his attention, so Valadic found himself rather pleasantly distracted. "Oh, you don't need to linger over there deary. Come over here and have a seat." He coaxed Paige with a little pat on the bench next to him. After that, he turned his attention on Caleb and Kali.
"It is surprising to see someone else just as bold to wander out into the open too. My name is Valadic, what is yours my dear?" He asked Kali while letting his gaze settle on Caleb. "And would I be mistaken in assuming you two were friends of some sort?"
"Hrmph. Well, alright. " she didn't even question the tail when it pointed to the specific little stall. Marabella had just jumped the poor thing, it was only fair to at least get him something for the trouble. Still, she really should probably explain why she jumped him better. The problem was she was pretty simple and the explanation, ' Oh, I really like cattle and horses, and I don't know why but you really smell like sweet hay' probably wouldn't go over well with someone as fancily dressed as he. And it hadn't. Plan B? He wanted food? He'll get food.
Guys liked food.
The pointing tail was a bit creepy. Tails shouldn't articulate like that on a costume. Unless it was some amazing new animatronic stuff out of the vaults of KingTec or whatever that robotec place her father was gushing about last Tuesday. But what if it was from the next city over? With internal sciency rival battles dictated in her father's voice ( minus the really exciting presentation he always gave), she bought the said mocha whatchamathingy and started wandering back.
Oh! Other people with Cattleboy! "Hi there. " she said with a grin, setting the frozen treat in front of Valadic.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:06 am
Marabella's return was greeted with a grin. It had worked! His suggestion to her had been completed. Of course... that didn't mean it was his power working on her. She could have just been feeling bad over saying he smelled like hay. Valadic reached his hand towards the drink once it was set down, and with his other hand motioned to the other side of him opposite of where he had coaxed Paige. "Why don't you come have a seat next to me Sweetie. Tell me your name. After being tackled I think some for of familiarity is owed, don't you think?" He murmured in an attempt to coax Marabella back in close to him.
Black Cat's tail swayed a bit as she watched Valadic, he was intriguing she had been expecting him to be light the rude idiots from the grave yard and attack on sight and here they were having a nice civil conversion. She grinned at him before replying. "Valadic's a neat name, I'm Black Cat. What can I say? I was bored and what's the point of having power if you don't do anything with it?" She wondered if the boss dude was going give them something to do soon. Her grinned widened into something akin to the Cheshire cats’ at the mention of her and Caleb being friend. "Maybe we, of course I might just be a friendly kitty cat."
And she was well not really a cat but friendly, she wasn't the type to start fight most of the time. Unless you were like that guy in her old school’s math class and say in a serious tone that you hurt a cat then you get hit upside the head with a text book or punched. “Oh Valddie, you should be careful wandering around powered up, there are some who would attack you for simply being powered. Honestly can you believe some of them don’t even bother to introduce themselves?”
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:03 pm
Valadic casually sipped at the drink Marabella brought him. As he did, he listened to Black Cat ramble on a bit. A friendly kitty cat? Perhaps. Valadic was starting to realize that there was something of a draw back in his decision to test his power here. He had nothing to gauge these peoples reactions against. He didn't know how they really reacted, so how could he tell what was normal for their character and how potently they may have been affected?
Valadic nearly choked on a small piece of crushed ice when Cat would call him Valddie. That sounded like some sort of housewifes mini vacuum cleaner or something! His red eyes flickered around the food court as Cat would warn him about being attacked. "Oh I'm not worried. I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just here to have a few drinks and enjoy some pleasant company." He paused and looked at the small group that was currently around him. "Besides...none of you would let anything hurt me. Right?" He murmured with a slow grin.
Marabella, at this point, tilted her head to the side and snorted. Hurt? It's in the open and the mall cops were giving them weird looks. Chances were they would be kicked out before anything even happened. And 'sweetie?' Oohboy~ "Mary Annabella. " she obliged as she took a seat next to the Cattleboy.
Really, she didn't have much to contribute to the conversation. Though, she was kinda getting the impression that Cattleboy was better than that weird sounding vacuum cleaner name. Off in la la land, the conversation finally made some sense, "Aside from tackling you? Nope. Don't think so. "
(So, I wanna break out Valadic. He's a N Aspect so obviously he is a bad guy! Before you jump on in to meet him, I want to include a warning though! Valadic does not play fair. Where ever he goes, he uses his Pheromone power. Please read what is below so you are fully aware of how it works. I will not dictate how his power affects your character. That is totally up to you. Though I will warn he will make a few suggestions once he feels he has Enthralled you. Valadic is more of a 'Buy me stuff and fawn on me' kinda bad guy in this aspect XD )
