Ryan and Serah are tasked with investigating a rumor of a vampire group whisking kids away from their beds in the middle of the night. Some reports say it is to indoctrinate them into the group, others say it's for feeding. The likely scenario is probably both.
[ I plan on this being a multi-part mission, with at least three parts. Investigation, Pursuit, and Final Battle
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[ Current Participants ] Ryan Grayson Serah Shepard
Mouse
Evelyn Mary
Michael Johnathan
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:36 pm
Ryan Grayson | Level 1 | โ | Meister | Traditionalist | Outlaw | 100 / 100 Spirit "Nobody hurts my pride without going through me first."
"You have to experience the world yourself to know what's really out there." Serah Shepard | Level 1 | โ | Weapon | Dual Alterer | Explorer | 100 / 100 Stamina
Santa Carla, California, and London, England. Two cities that seemingly have nothing in common, but both of them hold their own dark secrets. Interestingly enough, however, they share one. In the dark alleys and seedy bars, the shadows in the corner of your bedroom, the scratch on your window in the middle of the night. All of them have whispers of the so called 'Lost Boys'. It was strange how both cities on different ends of the Earth could have such a similar set of rumors going around. Were they connected? Was it some sort of trick? Either way, it was all a matter of investigation, and if need be, elimination. This had all the telltale signs of Kishin Eggs being involved. That and the mission was posted by the DWMA faculty, so it had some creedence.
Ryan Grayson and Serah Shepard the streets of Santa Carla, dusk only about 30 minutes away. They needed to try to find some clues before the sun fully went down, but they didn't have long. The two of them knew that splitting up would most likely result in less than stellar outcomes. If rumors were correct, the Lost Boys were numerous. However, taking out their leader would allow an easier time of cleanup. The problem was, they didn't know how many Kishink Eggs were among them, and how many were not quite fully converted.
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Ryan Grayson | Level 1 | โ | Meister | Traditionalist | Outlaw | 100 / 100 Spirit "Nobody hurts my pride without going through me first."
"You have to experience the world yourself to know what's really out there." Serah Shepard | Level 1 | โ | Weapon | Dual Alterer | Explorer | 100 / 100 Stamina
"Alright," Ryan took a deep breath as he looked around the area. They were in the middle of where the last week's disappearances took place. Sooner or later, they'd see someone. They just had to find a place to hide out. "We've got two options. We can either hop up on a roof and get a high ground view, or we can stick to the alleys, and have less of a risk of being seen."
Serah stretched her arms above her head as she looked at the slowly setting sun on the horizon. "Well, we better do it fast. Sun's going to be asleep soon." She looked around, and noticed that many of the houses that had been lively just moments before were already dark and lifeless. "It seems the people here are scared. They know something's wrong." She pondered what could be so enticing to these children. None of them were taken forcefully. They were all willing to go with the Kishin Eggs.
The two of them pondered for a moment. They didn't have long, but they needed the best path forward. Neither of them were terribly good at sensing soul wavelengths. They knew that making any sort of commotion would lead them nowhere. The captors would just avoid them if they knew where they were. After just another couple moments of deliberation, they decided the rooftop approach would probably be the best bet. Their quarry would likely want to keep to the shadows themselves.
Mouse was on one of her usual, unsanctioned walkabouts, taking it upon herself to decide when breaktime was, despite Cassandraโs scolding. The older witch could be a bit much, and Mouse needed some fresh air. She had zipped away during one of Cassโ long lectures at the Conservatory and had found herself sneaking around the DWMA grounds in her cat form, [Transformation level 1] looking for some fun. She caught a bit of conversation as two students discussed a mission that had been posted. Something about vampires snatching up children? That had piqued her interest, and when she heard where they were going, she decided to tag along. Once they had portaled out of there, Mouse found a safe space away from prying eyes to do the same.
It wasnโt too hard to find the students again. She was well trained in the art of identifying targets and pointing them out in a crowd, not that there were many people about. They seemed to be disappearing with the sunlight, ducking into their dwellings as if the night brought them all danger. She trotted along after the two, sticking to the high road, using rain gutters on rooftops and tree limbs to keep a birdโs eye view out on both the students and to be on the lookout for the supposed vampires. She kept her ears alert for any noise that seemed out of the ordinary, her nose to the wind every couple of meters. The small, orange cat made sure to keep the two in her sight of her shining green eyes all the while.
Ryan Grayson | Level 1 | โ | Meister | Traditionalist | Outlaw | 100 / 100 Spirit "Nobody hurts my pride without going through me first."
"You have to experience the world yourself to know what's really out there." Serah Shepard | Level 1 | โ | Weapon | Dual Alterer | Explorer | 100 / 100 Stamina
The duo took perch atop a nearby two-story building. It was the tallest around, and unfortunately offered only a few blocks worth of survey area. The two of them took opposite corners of the building to try and survey as much as possible. Ryan took the North West corner, and Serah took the South East. They were sufficiently shadowed, so at least they had that going for them. So far, everything was uneventful. That and they had not noticed the cat that was watching them.
There's gotta be some sort of sign. Ryan thought to himself while he stood, leaning on the small wall of the roof as he surveyed the neighborhood down below. Except for the wind blowing, it was as if he was staring at a still picture. Nothing moved, not even a stray animal. But for some reason, it was like the area was awash in a wave of calm. Nothing to panic about. That just added to how unsettling this situation was.
On the opposite end of the building, Serah was busy sketching out a map of possible ingress and egress routes for the Kishins. They had to come from somewhere, and they were able to get out without anyone noticing. They had to find out what was going on before more kids went missing. And hopefully they'd be able to find the kids that were already missing and bring them home.
Before more speculation could be done, however, a commotion from the building below startled both of the DWMA students. They didn't have time to investigate before two people burst through the roof and launched themselves towards the students. It was evident that both of these were Kishins. Being separated, the two would have to defend themselves separately, at least for a moment.
Mouse had followed the duo from the rooftops the entire way until the pair disappeared into a building. She paused for a moment, thinking. If they were on the lookout for odd activity, why would they go inside? Only a few moments later, Mouse heard a sound from the roof. Oh, well duh. Vantage. Not a great vantage point though. she thought. It took very little effort to get up there from the lower roof she had been on, finding a wooden telephone pole to sink her claws into. She hopped up little by little until she was high enough to jump over to the roof the two students were now occupying. Mouse landed gracefully, making very little noise, but that didnโt mean much. Just as her paws came to land on the gravelly rooftop, the access door burst outward and two, violent beings came rushing towards the pair, each one going to a different target.
Mouse was startled at first, frozen as she stared at the aggressors, but she quickly came to her senses. She was fairly certain these two could handle a pair of kishins, but if for some reason they couldnโt, Mouseโs night would be over before it had even begun. That would not do. She jumped to the top of the access door, then with a running start leaped onto the nearest kishin, which happened to be the one attacking the girl. Mouse landed on the thingโs head and with a yowl, began to scratch at itโs eyes and face, hoping to blind the monstrosity.
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"Heads up!" Out of the doorway came an oversized cross would smash into the back of one of the kisshins should it be successful in hitting. If not, the weapon would skid along the rooftop, tearing away at the brief bit of tiling that would be in its way. Afterwards would be a small silhouette dashing after the weapon. If either of the parties were able to look, they'd see a child dressed in a nun's habit, carrying the oversized cross with a single hand, as if it was nothing. She'd exhaled and bring the weapon to rest on her shoulder. "I don't suppose either of you two have the faintest idea of what's going on?" she asked, looking over towards the the kisshin with the cat currently on top of it. Her eyes scouted across the furry form. What on earth was a cat doing up so high anyway? Didn't they usually shy away from rooftops exposed like that? Whatever, it was probably just a stray or something.
In one movement, she moved forward and went to swing the oversized weapon at the frenzied soul in question, aiming to crush it fully before it could hurt her or anybody else of the party currently still on the roof. After which, the girl shuffled back towards the other pair of souls, although on alert in case more decided to show up.
"You two are out awfully late for an evening stroll." Her voice of that of a sophisticated person. Dripping with a refined elegance that was instilled from birth almost. Somebody who had the silver spoon in the family for far longer than any normal person would have. But then again, this wasn't exactly some kid that could be found asleep below inside of the building. "If you're hurt, I can mend your wounds. Otherwise, start talking."
Ryan Grayson | Level 1 | โ | Meister | Traditionalist | Outlaw | 100 / 100 Spirit "Nobody hurts my pride without going through me first."
"You have to experience the world yourself to know what's really out there." Serah Shepard | Level 1 | โ | Weapon | Dual Alterer | Explorer | 100 / 100 Stamina
Ryan and Serah prepared to defend from the oncoming attack. However, the need to do so wouldn't come. First, a stray cat jumped one of the Kishins, and began to scratch at its face. It seemed as if even animals could tell monsters apart from humans. And following the Kishins, someone else hopped out from behind them.
Within a moment, both of the Kishins were down for the count, and neither Ryan nor Serah had to lift a finger. The two of them relaxed before they were questioned by the newcomer. Ryan took offense to it. "Hey, how about asking nicely?" Serah, on the other hand, had seen the girl in passing before. "Hey, I recognize you from the DWMA. I'm Serah, and that's Ryan. I'm his weapon. We're currently investigating the kidnapping and vampire rumors."
As Mouse worked on scratching the eyes out of the enemy she was on top of, another form burst from the roof access door and the ginger cat tensed, ready to fling herself at the newcomer, but stopped just in time. The newcomer didnโt seem to be hostile, at least not to the two students. The fight was over rather quickly, Mouse barely having a moment to take in all that had happened. The tinyโฆ What was that? A Nun? The tiny nun had dispatched the kishin quickly with a weapon that looked way too big for her to even lift. As the being Mouse had been clinging to went down, she leaped off of it and landed again on the top of the doorway to the roof, watching the trio from her own vantage.
Now that the danger had passed, it seemed the three of them somewhat knew each other, or at least knew *of* each other. They were all students at that academy? And they were all hunting this vampire thing. Well, the more the merrier,thought Mouse. She was very interested in where this night would take them all, but if she was going to be able to stick around these folks, she would need to ingratiate herself with them somehow. She could reveal herself as a witch, but it was common knowledge that academy students and witches didnโt get on well, so staying a cat would probably be the safer option. At least for now. There was only so much a small ginger cat could do in the face of danger, so the fact that she was a transformation witch could likely come out, but sheโd burn that bridge when she got to it. For now, it was time to turn on the charm. Hopefully one of them liked cats.
Mouse leaped down from the doorway and made her way over to the little nun first, turning on the purr and rubbing up against the girlโs legs. She let out a loud,โPrrrrrow?โ
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Well that was marginally easier than she had expected. Evelyn was quick to look up at the other two students from the DWMA. The tiny cleric looked pleased at both people, bringing both hands together. "It's nice to meet the two of you. I'm Evelyn, one of the support students at the academy." she said in a more comforting tone. She was serious, although hjad a fairly odd way with words, her gazing falling to Ryan. "I apologize for my urgency, but I had been told of your mission and sent to assist you should you require any aid." The child would look back at the two kisshin that had been properly dispatched to her right. The weapon was still embedded inside of the concrete as she glanced back at it in worry, then to the bodies. "It appears some of them found you instead of vice versa. But I'm glad that we can work together in this mission." The nun gave a sweet little smile before feeling something making contact with her leg. "Hm?" Her eyes shot down to see a brown furred cat rubbing against her legs.
"Oh, why hello there!" Evelyn smiled and bent down to collect the cat in her hands and gently stroke its fur. She appeared to have a love for cute animals, especially ones this adorable. That was, until a familiar voice would ring out. In an instant, she felt her body being lifted from the ground. Her weapon had seemed to forget what she had desired, now shoving her face into her chest while bear hugging the small girl and cat. "You...bloody bimbo! Put me down. Can't...breathe..." After some amount of time, Evelyn was carefully lowered back onto her feet and exhaled. The nun tried to take in some oxygen as the woman freaked out, although she'd soon almost let something private slip out, stopped only by the child's finger onto her lips. It wasn't until she removed it that she introduced herself as well.
"Anyway, we're your support, sent by the DWMA. Should you require my skills in Soul Perception, I would be happy to oblique."
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The cleric's giant cross weapon would remain idle on the rooftop as they spoke, just chilling out in the background like a good weapon would for their handler. But when she saw the cat, her heart swooned at the opportunity arose! Such a pretty kitty! But she must keep stalwart for her temporary meister being all fussy with them. It was a pretty sweet looking cat, but she could definitely keep from ruining this little moment of hers. The first actual mission she was sent on and already interacting so sweetly with other students! This would make a great report back to the other staff at the school, and maybe if it was real good, she could become an actual staff member? That would be so amazing! Wait, it was time to start paying attention again. What were they talking about again?
W-Was Evelyn just cuddling with that kitty?
"Omigod, you two are so adorable!" The giant cross reformed from its massive shape, gaining the human shape as it raced over to Evelyn carryng the cat, only to smash them both inside of her chest as she embraced the both of them. "If you two were souls, I'd gobble every part of you up!" It wasn't until the sounds of Evelyn struggling to breath would knock the woman from her stupor and quickly set her and the feline back down. "Uwaaah! I didn't mean to! Are you okay? Can you breathe? Do you need your-" A finger was placed onto her lips as she was shushed. After the hand was taken off, the crimson haired woman smiled at the students.
"DWMA Junior Staff-in-Training Member Mary, here! I wish I could offer you the assistance of a staff member, but I accidentally lost all my souls." she explained, giggling at the glare being shown to her by the silver haired girl. "Oh, I forgot that's confidential...Oopsie~" She knocked a fist against her head with a shrug.
"Don't mind me, I'll be watching and doing staff member stuff like..." she said, kneeling down to pet the kitty cat some more. Such a good kitty!
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:11 pm
Michael Whitmore Jonathan Highwind
"Santa Carla, 127,647 people live here. But now the roads are emptier than our pockets." Two figures could be seen walking down the street. They had been sent to help deal with a vampire. Only one seemed focused on their work. One was happily singing while the other seemingly on alert. "Making my way downtown. Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound. Do do do doot do dodododo. Staring blankly ahead, just making my way making a way through the crowd" He was despite appearances listening out for any unusual sounds.
"Would you mind making a passive perception che-?" He had heard what sounded like some sort of scuffle. "Up above! Quick! Get to that rooftop!" He bolted through the front door and bolted up the stairs. His partner on the other hand paced carefully behind him. "Do you think it's one of them?""I hope so. Walking around was getting boring and I wanna smack something!"
The roof access door burst open with a foot behind it. "THE PARTY'S HE-""Over. Lamesauce." They looked at the figures on the ground, and then up to the ones standing over them. Two familiar, two not so much, and..a cat? "Ryan. Serah. Dead Vamp, not quite dead Vamp.Sup. Jonathan was about to greet the others, then sensed something off "Is... Is that cat a witch?"
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Perk: Passivity The Meister's perception detects souls passively around them. At this point in their development, the Meister can determine what type of soul is around them (human (M/W), witch, demon, reaper) within ten feet.
Ryan Grayson | Level 1 | โ | Meister | Traditionalist | Outlaw | 100 / 100 Spirit "Nobody hurts my pride without going through me first."
"You have to experience the world yourself to know what's really out there." Serah Shepard | Level 1 | โ | Weapon | Dual Alterer | Explorer | 100 / 100 Stamina
Ryan and Serah both gave a friendly wave as the two introduced themselves. "Well, it's good to have you along. If the DWMA thinks this mission'll require more people, must be more dangerous than we originally intended." Serah spoke in a hopeful, yet cautious manner. It wasn't every day that backup was sent out after the fact. "Yeah, we were hoping to get the drop on them, but it appears we don't have the element of surprise anymore."
Ryan just smirked in response. "That just means they know we're coming, and should be able to concentrate on finding them instead of protecting innocents. I doubt they'll pull too many moves with us here now." The young Meister looked down at the two Kishins. He wondered if one was still alive. Interrogations would probably do them some good.
As for Evelyn's weapon partner, she seemed to be on the ditzy side. Was this a front, or how she actually was? Considering she lost all of her souls, if that was true, probably not an act. "Well, good to have you along regardless. Even a Junior Staff-in-Training's got to have some perks to it." However, before more could be said, it had seemed they had even more company.
Coming out through the same hole in the roof that the previous four did, the two newcomers would be none other than Ryan and Serah's friends, Michael and Johnathan. "Lemme guess, you two're sent as backup too?" Ryan punched the palm of his left hand with his right fist. He was about to say for them to go search below, until Johnathan had asked about the cat being a Witch. "Is that cat a what now?"
The ruse was working! Mouse was very pleased with herself as the woman took her up in her arms and began petting her, but that pleasure was short lived. There was a sudden, loud exclamation followed by a crushing weight pushing her into the gentle womanโs chest and Mouse felt her ribs constrict. Claws came unsheathed as the ginger cat scrambled to escape, but when the pressure eased, Mouse put her claws away again, hoping she hadnโt scratched through her holderโs clothes. Mouse leaped up from the arms that were holding her and onto the shoulders of the woman instead, watching the assaulter suspiciously. Her ears flattened as the redhead leaned in to pet her, but she did not hiss, nor pull away. She didnโt want to ruin her chances of following them.
She remained up on the nunโs shoulders as the four of them gathered for introductions and discussion, listening intently. That was at least until the roof access door burst open again, startling Mouse and frizzing the fur out on her already bushy tail. She managed to keep her claws from digging into the shoulders of the nun this time, but now her emerald glare was pointed at the newcomers. That glare, however, turned into slight fear when one of the newcomers pointed her out as a witch. Her ears flattened again and she scrunched up, her tail wrapping around Evelynโs neck as she thought quickly. What to do now? She mentally kicked herself for not remembering about hiding her soul. Cassandra had pretty much drilled that into her the entire first week she had come to Arcana and she still somehow forgot.
Well, the jig was up. Mouse jumped down from Evelynโs shoulders and onto the ground, transforming back into her human form. โDang, you got me. I was havinโ fun too.โ She hunched her shoulders in a shrug then gave them all an impish smile.
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Evelyn groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose at her temporary partner's little outburst. While Mrs. Skelter was already a pretty helpful adult for the mission, even if she was a little overactive in some regards. She hold told her to stay in weapon form when possible but even then, it appeared as if the ditzy woman had managed to mess up yet another kind of mission with her intervention. "Regardless, it's nice to meet you two again. I look forward to our collaboration on this urgent matter." The small nun even pumped her arm up, as if to psych herself up for the matter at hand. The door would open again as two more people would enter the fray. Both of which Evelyn hadn't seen before, and thus, had no reason to trust their word. She'd remain on edge even while Ryan would greet the people present and then launch an accusation at the cat currently in a fright on her shoulders. Evelyn would have taken the time to calm her down as an animal lover at heart, but was too focused on the mission to allow herself to expose a vulnerability like that.
That's when the cat jumped down and exposed themselves to be a witch in front of every person on the roof. Immediately, Evelyn's expression soured and the meister would jump back towards Mary as if it shift her back into a weapon, but would just keep an eye on the witch with disdain. "I don't know what you were planning on doing, but if you try anything funny, I'll make sure you'll be thrown in a pet carrier." The woman said, now into a more threatening tone that had been completely absent form the last discussion with Ryan and Serah. "What's to say you're not in league with whoever is the cause of this stuff? You could have been stalking us until we got into a position where you could have entrapped us." The girl's eyes looked to the other people here before narrowing.
"I say we take care of her now before that chance comes up."
