Those are words to live by. Words to convince yourself that not all things are as doom, and gloom as they look. But you've been sitting at the very bottom for a very, very long time now, preparing, and biding your time. With each passing day, it's getting hard to see the light.
Had a go at drawing Kai this time (or how I visualized her anyways). Scarecrow could definitely look better but I have no idea how to design a proper insignia.
[] And then you died – and then you didn't die. Once the dust settled, your 'corpse' kicked near towards Murakumo territory, you woke up, and picked yourself up, like shit didn't just happen. [Gain Perk: Beating Twice: Once a Week, when your Health drops to '0', you will be revived back up to an 'Injured' state.]
[] And then you changed – you transformed. Skin stretches, bones break, eyes pop, muscles tear – you grow, and grow, and grow. Twisting, and shifting. Terrible fangs, and scales over your skins. Talons, and fire roaring in your stomach. You thrash, and swing, and then everything dies. [Gain Perk: Warped: When your Health reaches Critical, you have the option to enter a Berserk State. Receive +6 to all Combat Related Rolls. You will be uncontrollable until all there are no threats (allies included) left.]
[] And then you heard Her whispers – Her Voice. Guiding you, step-by-step, dancing through them, escaping somehow unscathed, the Backstreets turning into your playground in that just one singular moment, fearless. You don't know her, yet you do at the same time – She's a familiar, ever-present presence. She is the City. She has guided you then, and even though you've forgotten Her language, She has guided you now still. And now you remember her. [Gain 'Whispers of the City': 'Instinct' is replaced by 'Whispers of the City' – 'Whispers of the City' starts at Rank 1, and costs twice as much XP to rank up. You are much more in turn with the City.]
Become a part of the Will of the City. The terrifying Social Option.
[X] And then you died – and then you didn't die. Once the dust settled, your 'corpse' kicked near towards Murakumo territory, you woke up, and picked yourself up, like shit didn't just happen. [Gain Perk: Beating Twice: Once a Week, when your Health drops to '0', you will be revived back up to an 'Injured' state.]
Am I the only one with an entirely different idea of how Roland and Argalia would behave regarding Lily?
Roland would probably do his best to be a good father-figure to Lily: he "adopted" her as a way of regaining happiness; screwing that up would defeat the purpose. Of course, it's only a matter of time until Lily learns that Roland is a fixer (and kind of a big deal at that), and decides that's what she's going to be; at which point the training begins. Both the physical and technical training, and the emotional training ("don't get too attached to anyone; you never know when they'll suddenly be gone").
(maybe start with something that doesn't weigh as much as you do, O Future Color)
Roland's infiltration of the Library can still work without him being a failure of a father: perhaps Lily is killed by another major distortion; she gets better, of course, but it's enough that Roland's back on the warpath*. He's not getting vengeance in spite of Lily, he's getting vengeance because of Lily. That she can avenge herself, thank you, is probably something brought up when they reunite.
*not the warpath he was on when he found Lily; I just mean he's back on the road that ends up in the Library.
Argalia, on the other hand, is probably even more enraged when he finds out about Lily. The one small consolation Argalia had was that Roland was also broken by Angelica's death. And then Roland finds Lily and starts to heal (or at least, appears to); meanwhile, Argalia still has nothing. He probably still has enough self-control not to target Lily, as doing so would reveal to the City and Hana Assoc. that Argalia is off the deep end. And why would Argalia consider Lily his niece? Lily isn't related to, and never even met, Angelica. To Argalia, Lily is just the adopted daughter of that bastard who failed to protect Angelica and his unborn actual niece/nephew.
He's probably still responsible for orchestrating Lily's invitation to the Library, just to further piss-off Roland.
