「Emote」 「OOC/Started/Not Taking More Reserves/PG16」

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

Once again, her powers are really iffy. "Memory Manipulation" is, to be completely honest, broken in most to all circumstances. I feel like that sort out ability should be left off the table.

 

To be completely honest, I have NO CLUE what Framed does from that description, let alone the context in which it could be useful.

 

In Memorium has been briefly discussed in the Skype chat, and we came to the conclusion that it really is ridiculously powerful.

 

 

 

I know that you have been having trouble coming up with ideas for powers, and I apologize for my blunt response the first time around, but these really aren't going to work. The RP will likely be starting soon, but I will keep your reserve valid for a short time after it does, so hopefully you can get your character to work.

[Cosmo.]

I really have no idea with the powers, maybe i could even just find a new emotion.... but still no ideas even on that

[Maeriberii Haan]

Actually, Giga, In Memoriam was not broken. We apparently came into the wrong conclusion regarding on how it works. The only problematic thing is the memory manipulation and reading deal, which gives her a lot of room to do questionable things in regard to RPing.

 

As a suggestion, I think just make Remember me only giving the ability to manipulate non-Emote users on the condition that it won't be used to powerplay or metagame. In memoriam could just give a random event instead of allowing her to read everything and choose one.

[Cosmo.]

ok, seems fine, Framed was meant for idk maybe if someone throws a knife at her, now the knife is gone.. UGh idk anymore too! I think i'll have to drop out...... again........

[Maeriberii Haan]

You just need a small fix, don't worry much about it.

 

I think Giga has understood on how Framed work now, so just slightly edit Remember Me and In Memoriam, and your app will be fine.

[Cosmo.]

I know but it's also that in this month i have an insane amount of test at school and i'm tense af and i also have to keep up with other Rps, so yeah i have to drop out, i'm sorry, hope it's fun for everybody else on it.

[Merci]

That's a shame to hear. Oh well then~

My own applications should be finished pretty soon. Sincere apologies about how they're taking so long ^^;

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Kay, I changed up Louise a bit. Her powers have shifted to just the monster summoning. Which is something that I've already been saying but I forgot to actually fix it on the app.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Aaand, we're officially started now, guys!

Rejoice, and happy posting~

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

So just checking. What is it we're supposed to be doing exactly...?

 

Also, the character roster, seems there is...12 characters but that's not right...right?

[Maeriberii Haan]

The roster's outdated, and I think we're supposed to go to the church.

I'll wait for giga for this.

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

The roster's outdated, and I think we're supposed to go to the church.

I'll wait for giga for this.

 

This. We are doing this.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Alright so just have the characters arrive at the church.

 

I'll make a post tomorrow after I sleep. Poke me a few times to make sure I do by the end of the day.

Just a heads up the first 3/4 is probably not going to have anything to do with the plot and it might be kinda long. ^^;

[Merci]

[spoiler=The Amazing Noble Knight of the False Sea]
 

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"Ahh, it's hard to get what you want, isn't it~?"

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Name: Sir Taylor Everest

Age: 17

Emotion: Longing

Place of Birth: Towcester, England (stowed away onto Roughs Tower, Sealand, for about a day)
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[spoiler=Appearance:]


Apart from the piercings, there's also a dragon tattoo on the back, and chain-shaped tattoos along the arms.
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[spoiler=Biography:]

Once upon a time, there was a boy and a girl.

Their parents were neighbours, so the two of them used to play together all the time, sometimes even having to sneak out to do so. At first they were wary of the other, but they soon came to bond together. Most of the time, since they had a lot of free time on their hands, they would play pretend. The boy would be a knight who fought away monsters, and the girl would be a princess who needed to be protected. Once, the girl was tired of being a princess and wanted to be a knight, so the boy let her. It turned out to be pretty fun.

Of course, there was no way those peaceful, innocent times they spent would last forever, as the boy had to move far away due to his parents' job. Saddened by this, the girl made a childhood promise with him - that someday, they would meet again. At the time, it didn't occur to either of them that something might happen in the future. Really, they were but two silly kids unaware of the cruelties of the world, so who could blame them?

They stayed in contact for some years, their parents helping them write letters to each other. The girl always longed for the letters from him, but more importantly, for the time that she would see him again. Patiently, she counted away the days, even knowing that she would have to wait a good long while. She resolved to study hard so that she'd be worthy of him when the time came.

However, after some time, the letters stopped coming.

Once over three months had passed without a response, she had wanted to ask why, but then her parents told her to stop sending more letters, saying that she was too young to understand. The girl was both confused and saddened by this, and while she bore it at first, it soon became such that she had to know. Hence, she set out, wrote a letter and sent it on her own, without their knowledge. Every day afterwards, she would check the mailbox before her parents, waiting for a reply...and at last one came. And yet, it wasn't from the boy, but from his father.

The paper itself was in pretty bad condition, and in it, he had tried his best to explain what happened in simple terms - a drunk man had been driving in the middle of the night, and crashed into both his wife and child. The former, fatally injured to the point that she was currently in a hospital. The latter, killed instantly.

In other words, the reunion that she'd been waiting for would never happen, because he, the boy, had 'died'. For the ten-year-old Taylor, this was just too much for her to take.

Suddenly, she wasn't about to stand being around her friends, her grades began falling, and during the crucial time of puberty, well, her mind became quite a mess as she became uncertain about what she wanted to do or where she wanted her life to go. Both her direction and her determination, every dream she'd ever had of the future, all of it seemed so impossible now. She had always been waiting to meet that boy again, impress him, maybe even marry him, and move on from there, but like this...what would she possibly do now?

After being a total mess for quite a while, she decided that she was going to try out different things, and seek out the kind of things she wanted most. Wishing to be more special than anyone else, over the next several years she would dedicate her life to doing 'different' things, to accomplish things and make herself stand out more.

The kind of fashion she was wearing became more radical, and she would involve herself with groups of people she'd never even dared approach before, though somehow, her mind remained innocent throughout it all.

In one notable incident, at the age of 12 Taylor spent all her savings to buy a knighthood from Sealand to make herself seem more 'special', before proceeding to stow away all the way to Harwich, Essex, then taking a boat out to HM Fort Roughs, in an effort to reach the supposed micronation of Sealand, hilariously misunderstanding what exactly her knighthood meant. While she succeeded at first, in her moment of triumph she was promptly caught, kicked out and sent back home. Even so, she got to keep the knighthood, so it was all fine in the end.

Still, for her, the biggest leap was when the girl decided to become a boy. Maybe it was on an impulse, or maybe it was out of a subconscious desire to replace her childhood friend, maybe she was a closeted lesbian without knowing it, but for sure, she wanted to be a boy. Hence, she cut her hair short, set out to master the art of crossdressing, and over a period of years developed a convincing enough persona to fool many.

...

Her antics were not without consequences, for she alienated practically all her old friends and put her parents under a lot of stress, and even for herself, the emptiness that she'd felt since her childhood friend had first lost was still there. It seemed that despite her attempts to move onwards, she was only destroying her own life, culminating when her parents started blaming each other for how she'd been raised, fighting for days without end before finally ending in a divorce.

Piece by piece, her life fell apart, everything she'd ever done backfiring on her, and she soon came to long for another life. If she could, she would turn time back to when she was still a kid and do things differently, or if not, then she would at least want to go someplace completely different, where no one knew her and she could start over from the beginning.

When Taylor discovered her Emoter abilities, fairly recently, she wasn't sure what to make of it. Common sense was telling her to hide it, that it would only make her life even worse.

But, after doing more research into her own powers, how people like her were called 'Emoters', and so on, she begun to realize that there may be a chance, however small, of actually being able to start over just like she wanted...

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[spoiler=Personality:]

Taylor has a bit of a playful, somewhat flirtatious exterior, and a lot of the time she goes out of her way to make herself act like a playboy, making advances towards other girls whenever she feels like it. Of course, she's never actually serious about those kind of things, and things tend to end up a little awkward whenever they respond in kind. Whenever her real gender is outed, she tends to be a little annoyed about it. Overall, she has a rather casual, if boastful attitude, having a habit of making inappropriate jokes even in the face of danger, making up random things about herself on the spot, and just being a plain ol' whimsical shopaholic who can't resist trying to get things she takes an interest in.

Although, she also tends to be serious a lot. She dislikes being alone, and at various times, she'll find herself reminiscing about the past. In her mind, none of her efforts actually mean anything, and if she gets too attached to something, then it's destined to be lost. The only thing she can do is wait for it to come to her, whatever this 'it' is. While she keeps these feelings suppressed, under some circumstances, she can be triggered to go into a panicking, crazed fit. Such as when the life of someone she cares about is in danger, or when she's outright abandoned by others.

In truth, it could be said that all her efforts are merely attempts to fulfil the void that's been in her heart since she was a kid. The longing for a childhood friend whom had lost and would never come back again. And with it, she longs for all the other things that she'll never have.

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[spoiler=Abilities:]

Lost ~ For Most Of This Life: A form of presence detection that works by singling out the sound of human heartbeats, making Taylor aware of their positions and overall shape, as well as notifying her of their heartbeat rhythm. However, the further away they are, the harder it is to detect and identify them, and varying factors like environment can also interfere.

Seize The Day ~ Regretting The Times I Lost: Creates long, strong metal chains around Taylor which can be controlled remotely and utilized in various ways. Most commonly, she will launch them towards her opponent, usually to wrap around and trap them. The chains themselves cannot see, but they home in on the heartbeat of their opponent. The more she desires to catch her opponent, the faster and denser the chains will be, but if her motivation is weak, then chances are they'd be soft enough for even a human to break through.

So Far Away ~ Will You Stay Away Forever?: Allows Taylor to move about at high speeds by forming chain-like bracelets around her wrists and ankles, then shooting herself forth. Can also be used on other people to move and throw them about.

Dear God ~ Because I'm Missing You Again: If Taylor is to concentrate extremely hard on her Longing, she can generate a number of metal golems to act out her will, representing what she longs for most - normally in the form of a person, but hypothetically could be something else. These golems are both highly dense and unusually quick, and depending on the intensity of her feelings, they might even be able to combine to create a much more massive mega-golem. Even so, it takes up all of her concentration and energy to maintain each of them, and it lasts around five to ten minutes depending on how many she makes and how much she pushes herself.

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Gender: Female

Miscellaneous:
>Favourite Colour: Gold

>Main Theme Song: Want To Be Close ~Persona 3 Reincarnation~

>Battle Theme Song: Mass Destruction ~Persona 3~ (Lotus Juice Remix)

>Sexuality: Unsure

>To an extent, Taylor dislikes using her Emoter powers due to the fact that hers relies on the emotion of Longing, which in truth she would much rather suppress. Perhaps due to this suppression, relying on her Emoter powers might lead her to do unpredictable things.

>Is also trained in the arts of swordsmanship, carrying around a sheathed, medium-length blade around inside her backpack.

>Used up all her savings to get to Seattle, so she currently has nowhere to stay.

>Adjusts and lowers her voice most of the time to make her masculinity more apparent, but when she's panicked, she may accidentally slip back into her normal, girlish voice.

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[spoiler=The Kid]

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"Urgh, you smell horrible... Stay ten feet away from me at all times, understand?"

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Name: The Kid (real name unknown - refuses to tell)

Age: 11

Gender: Male

Emotion: Disgust

Place of Birth: ?????? (was raised in New York City, New York)
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Appearance:
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[spoiler=Battle Attire][/spoiler]
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[spoiler=Biography:]

When he was a baby, mere months old, he'd been abandoned on the steps of a church at night.

It didn't need to be said why, whether it was due to financial reasons, whether his mother had been too young for it, whether the pregnancy itself was unprecedented, whether he was simply perceived as an ugly baby and that the nine months spent carrying him around had turned out to be a waste... The reason itself was irrelevant, and even if he were to find out, it wouldn't change anything. After all, the fact was that he had been abandoned by his parents, left either to rot and die, or to be found and raised in the hands of those unrelated to him by blood.

Then, when morning came, he was found by the various members of the church. At first they were panicking and weren't sure what to do with him, since they'd all become accustomed to their own daily, uninterrupted lives, but one of the members, a slightly odd but diligent young woman who worked there as a , saw an opportunity and volunteered to look after him. It must've been surprising to the others, since it was really out of character for her, but they ultimately came to allow it under the impression that she wanted to act out the will of God.

It must be made clear at this point that the mother who had chosen to adopt him had been suffering from a kind of mental disorder which magnified the attention to uncleanliness in each of her five senses, which naturally drove her to seek Jesus Christ, believing that this was a result of humanity falling into sin. Not once did she realize that she was the only one whose senses acted this way, and she became determined to cleanse away . Day after day, she sought to become more perfect than anyone else and cleanse away all the inadequacies, working hard in her own twisted manner. Thus, her motivation for adopting the baby was simple - to 'save it from the world'.

She raised him in a strict, clean environment, not even once letting him out of the house or play with anything, and whenever he made a mess, she would go absolutely hysterical. Food, sleep, cleaning, and education were the sole things that dictated his life, and she made sure to pass on her beliefs about the world to him as well. But of course, there was no way that an individual like that could last on her own for long. What with her sanity slipping and her health worsening, even after all her supposed attempts to remain as healthy as possible, she ultimately ended up suffering from a stroke.

The day after this had happened, the Kid was removed from his home at the age of five, and his twisted mistreatment soon came to be evident, the woman's mental illness being immediately brought to light post-mortem. At his age, he was a genius and diligent in ways that other kids his age never were, paying close attention to detail and making sure to keep his surroundings clean. It was quite apparent that his mentality was twisted, and the things that had been drilled into his head drove him to speak out to everyone near him, in efforts to save them just like he himself had been saved by his mother. The clearest sign of his twistedness was the act that he didn't even seem saddened by her death at the time, since, to him, it was her own fault for straying from the norm of how a parent should be.

Although he was a hardworker, his attitude frustrated those around him who had trouble taking care of him over the next few years, his social skills being too impaired for any kind of school, and his behaviour making him too dangerous to put near other children except in a controlled environment. He never ceased to make observations about unimportant things, and everyone around him appeared so disgusting and repulsive to him.

Even so, it was thought that he might be useful since not only was he a hard worker but he also possessed a great determination to achieve the things he wanted to. Shortly after it became evident that he wasn't ready for foster parents, he was instead raised in a controlled environment by a team of people who'd rotate and change with each other every few weeks.

Slowly but surely, the Kid's distorted mind seemed to fade away as he grew up, and his position gradually moved to a more passive one as he began to learn more and more about the world, realizing that since reality would never compensate to adjust for him, the only thing he was able to do was adjust to reality. Being raised in New York City, the city that never slept, must've affected him greatly. He also became more tolerant of other people, and on the outside, it would appear as though he was finally beginning to take steps to be a more normal person.

However, that wasn't actually the case.

The truth was that he'd merely become conscious of the futility of his insignificant efforts, compared to the immenseness of the world as well as the sinful attitudes of mankind. His own childish opinions, handed down by a delusional mother, were becoming disillusioned, yet at the same time they were far too ingrained to be let go of. Thus, his only choice was to find ways to compensate for reality's flaws. Therefore, he decided that since he couldn't save all the people who looked so hopeless in his eyes, he would push them away and live in his own little world. The place he lived, the people he met, and the places he needed to go for necessities, he calculated it all and set out to keep it as maintained as possible.

As if triggered by this, the Kid started to discover that he had a kind of...supernatural power of his own. An irregularity. It was here that his dreams of such a life faded away. At first he panicked and thought it was an imperfection, and indeed the perfect life that he had established for himself began to crumble. Suddenly, the stable future that he had envisioned for himself collapsed into dust, and the people who had once tolerated or even admired him for his age were now shunning him in fear, believing him to be a child of the devil or something. At the same time, he was moved to some facility, the people who looked after him switching to unfamiliar, specialized individuals who sought only to study them. In the mirror, he saw himself as a disgusting individual, and that only served to increase his powers even more.

But over time he learned that this may actually be useful, and came to accept himself. He'd always been disgusted of the world, and when he learned that humanity was beyond saving, he had nearly lost his purpose, but as though refusing to give in to the cycle of disgust, he escaped from the facility in which he was decided to seek out the only hope of stability in the world.

The Church of Salvation, where those with similar powers awaited him. The people there were bound to be flawed and disgusting, even more so than the 'normals' that he had become accustomed to, but perhaps he could find something there of meaning.

And somewhere, deep inside his mind... a new, rather childish emotion began to rise. One that was neither disgust towards humanity nor aspiration to save it, but the petty desire to punish all those whom rejected him.

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[spoiler=Personality:]

The Kid has an exceedingly clear image of what the world around him ought to be like. People with questionable interests, or preferences, or relations, are all to some extent unacceptable. Adultery, incest, and homosexuality most notably are as unforgivable as murder. In this modern world where everyone is intelligent enough to think for themselves and has the capability to learn whatever they wish, they should work their hardest to contribute to their nation and worship the One True Lord, whilst keeping themselves in standard shape as well.

'Every human must be, or at least try to be perfect' is his line of thought. 'Social standards set by humans themselves should be faithfully obeyed by humans without question'.

However, the very fact that there are an innumerable people stemming from the norm in some way or other disgusts him to no end. Apart from his own room, there is no one place in the entire world that he can be perfectly content with, so it's easy to imagine just how frustrated he is. To begin with, a mindset like this is ridiculously twisted for a mere ten-year-old boy. He has unusually high intelligence as well, able to rationalize and discuss matters with great detail, but he's so stubborn that even now, he's finding it difficult to reconcile his beliefs with that of reality, even after being repulsed by humanity in more ways than one.

And yet, despite all these beliefs, ever since he'd discovered his powers and society rejected him for it, he's begun to think about things that had never occurred to him before. An unknown feeling welling up within him, to oppose normality and determine the truth.

Along with this, he's started to hone a strange, rather unknown fascination with individuals that he considers so far gone that there's no point in expressing disgust towards them anymore. As in, feeling so much disgust for someone that it actually somehow transforms into curiosity towards these lost souls...

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[spoiler=Abilities:]

÷ The Law of the Clear ÷: A passive ability in the form of a soft barrier that's constantly around his body, which he has no control over. Anything foreign that is not 'The Kid' which comes into contact with his body will be immediately repulsed or, if not possible, at least blocked out. If dust were to fall into his eyes, they will be repelled by an invisible force, and if poison were to be injected into his body, then it will be expelled back outwards the same way. While things with a decent amount of force like a punch can't be stopped, any sensation that results due to them (such as pain or pleasure) will be involuntarily blocked out from his mind.

- The Law of the White -: The Kid expands and strengthens his barrier, emitting a magnetic field from his body that repels all who attempt to approach. Within this field, he is also capable of generating pure-white geometric shapes called Erasers that can be controlled to move about. They can either be used for defensive purposes, to defend him against any oncoming attacks, or to ram into others, primarily those who disgust him to some extent.

+ The Law of the Black +: When the Kid's emotion of Disgust rises high enough, he becomes capable of dissolving his white Erasers into a black substance he likes to call Paint. It embodies the level of Disgust that he is feeling at the time, and anyone who sees or comes into contact with it may be revolted at its disgustingness, depending on how strong they are mentally. It is capable of materializing as either a liquid, which also happens to possess acidic properties, or releasing his magnetic field to disperse it through the air as a gas, the effectiveness of which depending on the size of the room.

x The Law of the Void x: The culmination of the Kid's emotion, and his ultimate move. Should his Disgust reach its pinnacle and he has given up entirely on any chance of salvation, he will iron his resolve to make one last attempt against the world. He does this by absorbing all the Paint into himself, eroding his consciousness and bodily functions and converting his body into a ticking time bomb. The process takes one minute all in all, at which point he'll explode and incinerate the whole area around him.

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Miscellaneous:
>Favourite colour: Either 'transparent' or white, although black is acceptable, and metallic colours are tolerable.

>Carries around a Swiss army knife with him at all times, and is also very well capable of using his small size to his advantage should anyone come near to him.

>Has a strong Christian faith, but doesn't actually believe in the vast majority of the Bible, thinking that they're merely symbolic.

>Looks down on most other Emoters, not telling them his name purely because he thinks they're impure and disgusting.

>He's both highly intelligent and distorted to the point of sociopathy, but in the end he's still just a kid.

>Random trivia: While Disgust is indeed an emotion, its origins do not come from expression (like joy and sadness), but from reaction (like fear and surprise), and this one in particular in explicitly linked to the presence of death, whereas fear and surprise only suggest it. Potential hazards for humans can be found everywhere in nature, and it becomes necessary to avoid them. For example, rotting food, bodily fluids, animals (including parasites and insects) and signs of infection can all be hazardous to a human, hence why they bring about a reaction of disgust.

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I have an idea on where to go with the abilities and such, but right now, I'm kinda pushing my fever a bit too far, so I'm gonna take some rest. Quite some birthday xD

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Edit: The Kid is finished. Sir Taylor should come a little later today, hopefully~

Edit 2: Aaaaanndddd that's both of 'em~

Finished at last~

While I'm a co-host here, it'd still be appreciated if you could look them over, and if I could be provided some insight here on how my two characters fare. Whether either of them may be a little too OP'd in any way, or something along those lines, since it's not easy for someone to objectively judge themselves. 'Course, when it's a shota and a reverse trap we're talking about here, what's not to like?

That aside, I should be working on my post pretty soon now.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I'm gonna assume that the person Taylor is talking to is Louise? Seems like it but since Louise has more lilac hair I'm not sure. ^^;

 

Edit: Well I should sleep anyway, but I can get a post up tomorrow as long as I know for sure. ^^

[Merci]

Yeah, it's Louise~

I wasn't exactly sure how to describe her hair colour since it looked white to me xD

[Maeriberii Haan]

So, we're still not dead.

 

Hopefully we can all start posting again~

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I shall try to post right after Merc does. Tomorrow I'll be gone for a big chunk of time but I'll try and post asap.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I hope this is alright to say. Gonna post basically little information things regarding Louise's monsters when it's important.

 

The ones in her post now, the Ashen-Skin Zubera (Yeah I'm using MtG cards for all the monsters).

Six feet tall.

Razor sharp claws. Not horribly strong but still at least as strong as a strong human. A bit more durable than humans as well. Despite their appearance. But still not the toughest things.

They sense fear, and hunt by that, sound, and vibrations.

When one dies it lets out a horrible shriek that mentally debilitates anyone within arms reach for several seconds.

[Merci]

Jeez Louise, you couldn't keep it in for just a few more minutes? xD

Welp, this'll turn out to be interesting. I wonder how many people will die~

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Apparently they at least killed one person, poor pregnant woman.

 

Anyway, I talked about this with Giga before. I should've made it clear, sorry.

 

The monsters that Louise summon. When they are actually physically in the world they are...well, physically in the world. They're material creatures. So powers such as Yuri's wouldn't do anything unless.

1.) It targets Louise herself, since breaking her fear will weaken the monsters.

2.) They aren't fully physical yet.

[Maeriberii Haan]

You might want to PM people to see whether they're still in this to be honest.

 

I'll def post today though. This time for reals.

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I shall do the posting thing after a couple others have.

Sheesh Yui, our characters like to get together for pseudo-dates often. Hopefully this time a demon doesn't attack.