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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:12 pm

Cathleen tried not to think of the danger in Destiny City too much. It was easier to focus on things that seemed more important, and when she spent more and more time outside of the city, it was easy to pretend it didn't matter at all. The monsters, the fighting... she hadn't wanted a part of that, not really. She could take care of her daughter, focus on her career, get her to where she needed to be, and never think twice about the secret war that raged in the shadows.

She could ignore it. Well, most nights she could. And maybe not even on purpose. Easy enough to miss the muffled shouts, the distant fighting, the strange happenings. She tucked her daughter in and said to herself she had an eye on the situation, that she wouldn't let anyone get hurt, that she'd take care of it if she had to. And well, she never had to. This night felt different though. Almost as soon as she left the grocery store, her senses tingled and she felt on edge. Cathleen wanted to hurry home as soon as possible, try to avoid once again the sense that something was coming. Dark corners of the streets were that much more menacing, and Cat walked at a slightly faster pace.

A scream, close by this time. Cat held her groceries close to her chest and sighed. This time she couldn't ignore it, could she? If someone was in danger, and she was the only one to take care of, what was she going to do? Run home? Someone needed her.

Duat... a voice sounded in her head. That was her only choice, wasn't it? Cat put down her groceries carefully and closed her eyes. It had been years now, since she had done this. She summoned her weapon, and the small blue pendant appeared in her hands as she took on the form of Duat. A page, but stronger, and faster, and better able to deal with the fighting. Another thing, she could tell what was nearby - the energy signature of a youma. She gripped her weapon and ran towards the scream, towards the youma that was threatening an innocent person.

"Stop! Get away from them!" she shouted at the youma, a dark mass of fur and tangles, like a bear that had fallen in a pit of burs. It was clearly feral. It looked up at the page, abandoning the human it was terrorizing long enough for them to run. It rushed her suddenly, knocking her to her feet. She hadn't fought in so long, but she knew she couldn't leave this be. She pounded her fists against the beast. She wouldn't run away.

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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:30 am

Patrolling was an entirely normal occasion, though it was rare these days that Celsus patrolled on his own. Under normal circumstances, he would have asked either Corvus or perhaps Emrys - and maybe grudgingly even Eurydike - to patrol with him, since doing it solo was rather lonely at times, in spite of the fact that Celsus did like to have time to himself every now and then.

But for now, he was on his own, and he could sense a youma.

At least, he thought it was a youma. There was a darkly Chaotic signature lurking somewhere off to a side street, something rumbling and large and unpleasant. Celsus made his way steadily closer to it, feeling his way through the streets, careful to be wary of anyone who might be nearby who might see him like this.

A scream echoed dimly, then a little louder. There was a crashing sound - and then, quite unexpectedly, a power signature flared into existence. It was starkly Order, a contrast to the grimy feeling of the Chaos one, but less powerful, something simple and inexperienced; Celsus felt his pulse speed up, and he took a sharp breath, picking up his steps.

Chances were, whoever it was would not be able to take on a youma on their own. The youma’s signature was too strong, stronger than the Order one, and Celsus did not want to take the chance of leaving whoever it was there alone without any chance of being able to surpass it.

He rounded a corner and caught sight of it - a hulking, enormous thing, shaggy fur and glittering eyes. A crumpled form lay a few feet away from it, unmoving, and on the ground beside the youma’s feet was another form, this one still fighting, arms thrown up as though to protect herself, pushing and shoving, fists pummeling with a desperate, angry effort.

Celsus leapt forward without thinking, the coins on his uniform jangling loudly. A hand shot out, bangles glittering, and there was a flash of golden light and an enormous owl shivered into existence from the ends of his fingertips, flapping its long wings and soaring immediately over to where the girl was still fighting. The whip materialized in Celsus’ other hand, its tails clicking together, and Celsus drew his arm back and snapped it through the air.

It slammed into the youma, which gave a shriek of protest and lumbered towards him. Celsus felt the rush of displaced wind as he gave another whack, hissing through his teeth.

The owl had stretched out its wings and was protectively hovering over the girl on the ground now.

“Hurry!” Celsus shouted. “Are you all right?”

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:16 am

Duat's eyes moved immediately to the approaching figure: a man, probably around her age, decorated in coins and a familiar symbol. The same symbol she wore on her clothes as well. She watched in awe at the golden light as he summoned a beast and his own weapon.

With a crack, the whip hit the youma and drew its attention away from the downed page. The large owl flapped overhead and she scrambled to stand again, hitching in a deep breath. She hadn't expected to see anyone else nearby... "I'm fine!" She moved to her knees, then stood once again. Gripping her necklace in her hands, she needed to help him.

"It was attacking someone, but I managed to stop it from hurting them so they could run away," Duat said, purposefully not noting the similarities between her "rescue" and this knight's rescue. She was grateful for the help, having not checked nearby energy signals in her rush to save that person. "We just need to get rid of it now. What can I do to help?"

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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:50 pm

The coins jangled noisily with every movement, Celsus' feet skidding a little on the pavement as he gave the cat o'nine tails another swing, the many tails snapping as fast as a bullet against the youma's side. It gave another scream of fury and crashed around a bit more, but at least had seemed to step away from the figure on the ground - both of them.

The owl summons made a soundless caw and flapped its enormous wings, soaring back into the air as, out of the corner of his eye, Celsus saw the girl clamber to her feet again. It remained over her head, however, where it would circle protectively for another few seconds before the magic ran out and it dissipated once more.

"Confuse it," said Celsus, dancing sideways to avoid a swing from the youma's heavy arm. "Start yelling at it. Try to overwhelm it with too much noise and yelling, and when it's befuddled enough, I'll take it out - don't worry, we'll get him."

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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:44 am

Duat could do that. She nodded firmly to the red-haired knight. "Got it."

She had no magic, no strength to her weapon aside from the power it granted her. She remembered, even after all these years, the speed, the ability to jump, to give her an advantage in fights like this. Duat would just have to use it. She kept the delicate necklace close to her, and shouted to the youma.

"Hey, don't forget me!" she said, tossing a rock toward it. When it turned to her, she ran again, shouting and yelling whatever she could to distract and confuse the beast. The youma screeched angrily at the knights, and Duat could feel her heart beat in her chest. Pounding, with fear and excitement both. She almost missed this, fighting alongside her people - and he was one of her people, wasn't he?

"Furball, this isn't over yet," Duat called to the youma, trying to keep her quick steps behind the beast, so it had to keep looking for her. It snarled grotesquely, but didn't charge.

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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:24 pm

He cracked the whip once more, letting it cycle violently through the air. The very sound of it shivered across the youma, a tangible thing, and it gave a confused wailing sound, crashing sideways, as though it was about to tip over, dazedly swaying from side to side. Celsus skid along the ground, diving under one of its flailing appendages.

"Not so fast - " he said grimly, and snapped the whip as hard as he could.

The youma exploded.

Glittering dust cascaded down around all of them, showering both Celsus and his companion with it, but at least it was gone now. He shook his head to get some of it out of his hair and slowly coiled the whip back around his hands, gathering it back together.

"You all right?" he called, peering down the street to see if anything else was coming.

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