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Goblin Queen [Worm/Exalted] [Crosspost]

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My money is on the Way Grace and Cup Grace working in tandem to ship Browbert.
 
Oh goodie, Tanuki is back! *Cackles gleefully as he starts sharpening his knives* Now.. lets have us some hotpot for a welcome back party, hmm?
 
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    • Dean had always considered himself a romantic. It was why he called himself Gallant when it was time to choose a name as a hero.

    And he had been a gallant knight, clad in gun metal armor that granted him strength, speed and might beyond mortal men. More, the bolts he could shoot could bring even the most vile and scurrilous of villains to heel and tears.

    All that would have made him an effective hero in most situations. Not so in an Endbringer fight, not like his girlfriend Victoria. No, what made him an effective hero was that he could see emotions.

    It didn't matter is a person was unconscious, there was still the ambient emotions there for him to see. Which helped with search and rescue.

    And thus, he put his talent to work here as Vicky flew in the skies chasing down Leviathan with the others who were more... durable and aggressive in nature while he searched for those had fallen and who yet lived. While Panacea's enhancement meant that those who lived would recover in time... it didn't mean much if they died before they healed.

    And so, he ran and played fetch... always mindful of those things, the hungry things that disguised themselves as humans and buildings. Oh, they pretended to be normal... but he could see, his sight allowed him to see their ever hungry maws where normal humans had their emotions.

    He had watched them drink the ambient emotions. He knew that they could do so much more. And yet, he knew that there were none who would believe him, of his Cassandra-like warning.

    Despite this, he continued his mission, knowing that at least one of those things had insinuated their way into the ranks of Heroes like him. He had stayed away from that Rose Knight. It was clear that Shadow Stalker also distrusted that one and had done so from the beginning. There was also the matter of Shadow Stalker's girlfriend and her reaction to Rose Knight. There was a history there.

    Perhaps, those things with their ever hungry and unseen maws were like a variant of case 53s or the result of some freakish tinker tech or parahuman power. Those possibilities could be true and yet they felt wrong to him.

    For now, he was content to dig villains and heroes alike from the ruins of Shadow Stalker's school... it had been one of the casualties of Leviathan. It was while he was digging out Oni Lee, it was surprising that the teleporter had been 'tagged' by Leviathan, that the miracle happened.

    Butterflies where once water had been. He could only look in surprise as Oni Lee coughed out butterflies that flew upwards to paint the sky into an ever moving mural of colors.

    Despite the way that the world changed as the butterflies, that had once been water, took to the sky... Gallant was still a hero, he was still a cape, and as such, he was attentive to the environment.

    The color of amusement, wariness and... attraction warned him before he saw her.

    A girl slightly older than he or Vicky walked down the street humming and twirling an umbrella. She was attractive in a fey manner that his girlfriend could sometimes be, an impression made all the stronger by the red streak dyed in her dark hair.

    Still, he was a cape, a hero and so he spoke up. "Miss!"

    She directed her full attention at him as she pulled out a pair of earbuds from her ears.

    "Hey there, handsome." Her voice was an attempt at smokey hot and sexy... but came off as something more perky and energetic.

    The look directed at him said that the girl liked what she saw, not an uncommon reaction in truth. More, the aura of colors that denoted her emotions stated that she definitely liked what she saw.

    And yet, there was something in her that drew his attention, something that stated that she was like him.

    "It's dangerous out here. I don't want to scare you, but it's an Endbringer attack," Gallant continued on, his voice was firm and confident. "You should be in a shelter. I can take you to the command post where the healers are."

    "I think I'm safer here with you than there," the nod as she replied conveyed a sense of amusement and delight.

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    Goblin Queen | Interlude : Dancing in the Rain
    Worm / Exalted
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    Tanuki scribbles : My apologies for this late update. -_-;
     
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    • Biigoh said:
    The color of amusement, wariness and... attraction warned him before he saw her.

    A girl slightly older than he or Vicky walked down the street humming and twirling an umbrella. She was attractive in a fey manner that his girlfriend could sometimes be, an impression made all the stronger by the red streak dyed in her dark hair.

    Still, he was a cape, a hero and so he spoke up. "Miss!"

    She directed her full attention at him as she pulled out a pair of earbuds from her ears.

    "Hey there, handsome." Her voice was an attempt at smokey hot and sexy... but came off as something more perky and energetic.
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    :o What the crap is Cherish doing here?! Oh no, this is NOT good.
     
    landcollector said:
    :o What the crap is Cherish doing here?! Oh no, this is NOT good.
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    Do remember this is Raksha Hunter Cherish not canon Cherish, so they may not be completely screwed. I also find it interesting that she approached Gallant how can apparently sense Fay things (and does so by means that Cherish would be aware of) first.
     
    Biigoh said:
    Despite this, he continued his mission, knowing that at least one of those things had insinuated their way into the ranks of Heroes like him. He had stayed away from that Rose Knight. It was clear that Shadow Stalker also distrusted that one and had done so from the beginning. There was also the matter of Shadow Stalker's girlfriend and her reaction to Rose Knight. There was a history there.
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    Biigoh said:
    There was also the matter of Shadow Stalker's girlfriend and her reaction to Rose Knight. There was a history there.
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    Biigoh said:
    Shadow Stalker's girlfriend
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    Hah!
     
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