Carmilla rolled her eyes. “Ah, condescension, vague yet vaguely clever cliches, and murder threats. All the hallmarks of a stable, likable man.”
AKA Nixer
Spirits & Such Consultation Office
"Ah-ah-ah," Reigen placated the pair with a slightly nervous chuckle. "No need to bicker like children. You are perfectly right, sir, a minimum is utterly preposterous for a person of your stature. So..." he trailed off, scribbling down a rather large number onto his paper and pushing it towards him. "Will this suffice? Feel free to alter it if need be."
He inwardly wiped the sweat off of his brow, despite his cool and collected exterior, before feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket, flicking it on and reading what was presumably a text. Eyes widening slightly, he shifted to Carmilla leaning over to her and speaking in an undertone.
"If you see Mob on your way back, do you mind checking on him for me? He might be having a little trouble on his job," he requested.
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Near Devin's House
The Doctor breathed easier when he saw that the two psychic kids did not tear into each other (and the neighborhood.) Instead they seem to be getting along. God bless children.
Speaking of which, he felt Magpie "sending" emotions to them unbidden. He would have warned against that, but too late now. Might as well put it to use.
"Maggie, why don't you catch up to those kids and just have a friendly talk with them?" he said smiling. "but act natural. And don't mention me yet."
Spirits and Such
Ghost's phone suddenly sounded.
It was his squad leader at S.C.A.R.
"Ghost, were the hell are you!? We are having a mission tonight, and you might be needed!" he snapped. "We are after a vampire nest, a nasty bunch, So bring the right weapons and medicines ASAP."
An Ordinary Oddball
Making First Contact With The Psychics
Magpie nodded at the Doctor's statement and started walking towards the two boys. She made sure to crunch some leaves on the ground so as to not alarm them.
"Greetings and salutations! I suppose you must me new here," she said to Devin. "I've never seen two psychics of such caliber in the same location at once! But then again, this is New York. All sorts of strange phenomena congregate here. And that'd include me! Teeheehee~!"
She very pointedly ignored the mother.
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
AKA Nixer
Near Devin's House
The only visual indication of Mob's surprise at hearing Magpie's voice was a slight widening of his eyes, halting the other two walking beside him with a sweep of his hand.
Progress to Mob's Explosion: 40%
He relaxed somewhat after her aura shifted as she revealed her core, shyly watching as the young girl the aura belonged to approached the pair and enthusiastically greeted them.
"Ano... Devin-san's the amazing one here. He's got an incredible aura," he stated with a small smile, flicking a look of genuine admiration towards Devin before looking back at Magpie. His brow suddenly furrowed as he studied her, and his voice gained a somewhat steely, cautious edge.
"Wait a second. Are you a spirit? Are you trying to possess us to get our powers?"
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edited 12th Apr '18 6:36:41 AM by Enirboreh
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An Ordinary Oddball
Near Devin's House
Magpie's eyes widened at Mob's accusation.
"What? No! I'm an entity embodying people's dislike for corrupt authorities. My name is Magpie. I detected a strong aura of oppression and psychic energy from this area, so I came to investigate."
"I'm completely solid!" she added, and thumped her chest to prove it.
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Blood Mage Apologist
Spirits and Such
"Ah, dick jokes and eye rolling. All the hallmarks of someone too big for her britches," Ghost shot back with a grin. It had been a while since he'd had a verbal sparring partner.
He looked at his new employer, and then at the paper. "Good enough. I'll be available most nights, save for Saturday's. Otherwise, I shouldn't be too preoccupied. It's a pleasure making your acquaintance, boss."
And then his communicator rang. Surreptitiously taking a few steps away, Ghost held the black object up to his ear and listened. "Damn it, Central..." He hissed. Conflicting interests, he supposed. No one had told his squad leader he was undercover. Still, his team was his main priority.
Slinging his medical bag over his shoulder, the man threw a piece of paper with his contact information on the desk before dashing out. "Vampires... Would be them, of course. Well, time to torch the buggers," he muttered as he quickly sprinted somewhere to change into his armor, before heading for the rest of his squad.
edited 12th Apr '18 5:49:00 PM by Cwest5538
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Carmilla avoided looking at Ghost as he left the office, blathering about slaughtering vampires.
Sooner or later, he was going to try and kill her. She wouldn’t let that intimidate her; better people had tried to kill her and she was still alive (ish).
Of course, she still had her self-preservation instinct. Once Ghost was out of earshot, Carmilla got out of her chair and took the address written down.
“If I see him, I’ll say hi,” she said to Reigen before leaving the office.
Carmilla ended up at a nice enough house in the not-quite-suburbs.
Besides Mob, there was a kid his age, a woman, a little girl, and a guy wearing a frankly ridiculous scarf. Not a particularly threatening bunch, to say the least.
“Mob? Your boss sent me to check on you.”
By now Proteus was clutching his head, trying to hold back what he knew was probably going to happen by now. All this chaos had broken out, first Mob trying to explain something to him, and then all this, people just appearing outta nowhere, cluttering up his attempt at a new first day.
Heads hurts...head hurts...
She talks way...way too much...! I don't care what you're the embodiment of!
Suddenly the ground around Magpie's feet started to take on the attributes of lava, due to Proteus' confusion, anger and emerging migraine.
Gloria could see what was going on now, and hurriedly grabbed her "child" as the trees around the house started bending, warping, twisting and distorting. She took him into the backseat of the car and started driving - not sure where she was going, but anywhere but there sounded good.
"Are you okay, Dev?"
Somehow she sounded like she cared this time. Devin moaned, "Head...hurts..."
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Near Devin's House
Turning as Carmilla arrived, wondering why his master didn't just text him, Mob was about to respond to her question before he finally noticed Devin, watching in barely registerable shock as the ground beneath Magpie's feet began to bubble and heat up like lava, the trees around them beginning to warp and stretch.
His aura flared up...
There was immediate danger. He'd have to use his psychic powers.
Mob's Explosion Meter: 50%
With a burst of wind, a kaleidoscopic aura flared up around Mob, making his hair levitate and blow around as if caught in a strong draught. A blue-tinted field materialised around Carmilla, Magpie, and The Doctor, lifting them up a few dozen feet into the air and out of the way of the carnage.
Shifting his focus back onto the reality warper's accident, Mob stretched out his hand towards the epileptic trees, the same bluish field coating them as they immediately halted in place, wobbling back into their original state as if being molded by clay.
The only thing left was the lava, and with a crackle of multicoloured lightning he raised it up, squashing it into itself until it congealed and cooled into a boulder of volcanic rock, to which he let it go with an anticlimactic thud on the ground, slightly embedding it into the earth in the process.
Gently lowering everyone back down, the blue field fading away, Mob turned to see Devin hastily getting into a car with his mother, clutching his head as they drove off. With a feeling of sadness bubbling up within him, he walked back to the group with his head ducked low.
"Are you... are you all alright?" he asked tentatively, before looking back to the ground in shame. "Gomenasai, I... let him get away. I just thought..."
...I could be his friend...
Progress to Mob's Explosion: 57%
edited 13th Apr '18 4:21:56 AM by Enirboreh
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An Ordinary Oddball
Near Devin's House
Magpie was struck silent, and took off her top hat in apology.
"I really, really didn't mean for that to happen. How'd he get spooked so easy? It was probably too many people..."
She hung her head in shame.
"I honestly thought that I could be friends with him...he seemed so sad, I wanted to help. This isn't helping..."
Magpie sniffled and wiped tears away from her eyes.
"Please nobody start yelling at me..."
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
The Doctor gave Magpie a sad smile. "Its OK Maggie. You did nothing wrong. It was just probably the wrong time to approach him... I had no idea he was so unstable." he explained.
Secretly, he realized this child may be too dangerous. Like the one who took his entire town into another dimension. That had been a particularly hard case to solve.
He would probably need the other boy's help. "Greetings. I'm The Doctor. I- research the unknown, you might say. This is Magpie, my assistant."
He also noticed the pale woman. He could tell she wasn't normal either (but not that she was a vampire, not yet)
"Madam" he tipped his hat at her.
(Meanwhile, Carmila's phone beeped, and she could read a message saying You have been invited to have dinner with David Xanatos, owner of Xanatos Industries.)
A house, somewhere in the suburbs
At first sight, you could have thought the scene was your typical teen party: lots of boys and girls making out, loud music, etc.
One in particular, older than the others, sat by himself in a couch, overseeing the whole thing. He dressed snappier than the others, and grinned sinisterly.
Kneeling before him was a punk in leather with white hair.
"So... the legendary Carmila is in town, eh?" the sitting young man mused, grinning even more. "Well, don't just stay there. Go and ask her to join us!"
The punk nodded, and, transforming into a bat,, flew out a window.
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Carmilla watched the car speed away. As much as she wanted to deem this “not her problem,” Devin had almost killed her. Letting him go was, in all honesty, a stupid move.
“You know, I could probably catch up to them,” she said. “Anyone want to tag along to make sure he doesn’t melt me?”
(Her phone beeped, and she checked it before returning to the events at hand. The name Xanatos was only vaguely familiar to her, but it was intriguing nonetheless.)
AKA Nixer
Near Devin's House
Looking up as The Doctor addressed him, Mob nodded, seizing the chance to make a new friend.
He wasn't giving up on Devin yet though. Not by a long shot.
"Hai. I'm Shigeo Kageyama. Most people call me Mob," he greeted, stiffly shaking The Doctor's hand and watching with slight confusion as his psychic presence made the older man's colourful scarf twitch. He hastily pulled away lest it transform into a knitted boa constrictor, walking in an awkward fashion over to Carmilla.
"He's heading to a school I've been transferred to. My brother's there as well, plus I need to get to class anyway," he stated flatly, looking up at her with his blank eyes. "I'll go with you, Carmilla-san."
Finally, he turned to Magpie, only to freeze in place. Mob had no idea how to deal with a crying girl. He barely knew how to deal with a crying boy.
Or a crying him, for that matter.
Nonetheless, he trotted up to her, placing his hand on her shoulder like he had seen his master do with some of his more terrified clients, albeit with his characteristically stiff movements.
"Ano... I didn't know he would do that either," he admitted uncertainly. "It wasn't your fault if no one saw it coming."
He looked down, his expression unchanged yet exuding an aura of self-disgust.
"I wanted to be his friend too..."
Mob's Explosion Meter: 60%
edited 13th Apr '18 11:02:47 AM by Enirboreh
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Carmilla rolled her eyes. Had children always been this preoccupied with press-ganging people into friendship, or was it a recent development?
“Come on,” she said to Mob before dragging him away.
She had to stop on a street corner at one point so Mob could give her directions, but they made it to the school quickly enough.
Carmilla leaned against the wall of the school and said “Now what?”
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School
Mob paused, shutting his eyes and feeling out the area before turning to Carmilla.
“I don't think Devin-san's arrived yet. But I've found my brother Ritsu, so we can all be ready for him. Ano...” he hesitated, looking her up and down then back towards the school building.
“I... don't think you'll be allowed in, Carmilla-san. Unless you go in disguise...?”
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"I don't think that's a good idea. We adults should stay away for now. The last thing we need is to crowd Devin again, in a school of all places" the Doctor said, his tone uncharacteristically serious. "I think we should let Mob handle this, for now. We'll wait outside, in case of emergency" he added, fiddling with his sonic screwdriver.
Then he smiled. "Magpie, you may follow in, BUT. Disguise yourself as a common student first. And avoid discovery at all cost. And follow Mob's lead- don't tell Devin any 'weird stuff'. It might make him nervous."
An Ordinary Oddball
Undercover Magpie
Magpie wiped her eyes and nodded.
"I think I'll do that. Lemme just...change into a uniform."
She ducked into an alleyway and sounds of clothes being moved around could be heard.
When Magpie emerged, she was wearing a uniform ensemble, a black wig, and brown contacts.
"This'll fool him. I hope he doesn't pick up on any brain signals of mine..."
She turned to Mob.
"I'll follow you. Go on right ahead."
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
As he watched Magpie infiltrate the school, The Doctor sighed. He hoped this wasn't a mistake.
Then he noticed Carmilla was still standing next to him.
"So... what's your interest in all this, if I may ask? Me, I'm a- parapsychologist, you might say. I explore the unknown. And those kids are certainly all an unusual bunch."
[HELLISH DUBSTEP INTENCIFIES]
From the top a bulding,Eddie watched the city in search of any criminal or strange activity.
edited 1st May '18 4:33:32 PM by ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES
There is a point where we needed to stop and we have clearly passed it...but let's keep going and see what happens
From his perch, Anti-Venom could see what appeared to be a SWAT unit storming a suburban house. Then, shots and screams could be heard from inside!
(If he enters the house, he will see the 'cops' shooting and stabbing a bunch of teenagers and young people)
This is GHOST's SCAR unit, massacring a vampire lair
[HELLISH DUBSTEP INTENCIFIES]
Hearing the screams, Anti-Venom launches himself to the bulding,busting down the wall, he sees the carnage and screams: "WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?"
edited 2nd May '18 8:21:21 AM by ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES
There is a point where we needed to stop and we have clearly passed it...but let's keep going and see what happens
Back at the school, Carmilla answered the Doctor’s query with a roll of the eyes.
“I’m pretty unusual myself. But my only interest is in not dying. That kid almost murdered me. I don’t have the resources to leave the city, so this is the logical course of action.”
‘Parapsychologist.’ So he was either a fraud or a lunatic. Possibly both.
Still, he wasn’t covered in weapons and hadn’t alluded to murdering members of her kind, so he wasn’t the worst person she had met today.
AKA Nixer
School
Mob nodded, politely looking away from the alley even though Magpie was well-hidden until she came out again. Scanning her clothing, he nodded in approval, albeit looking a little flustered in the process.
“Hai. I can help shield your brainwaves if you like as well. Let's go find Ritsu. That way we can look out for Devin-san together.”
With that, he entered the school, blankly staring ahead even as they began pushing past the throng of students. Feeling Magpie's aura beginning to slip away from him the thicker the crowd got, he hastily grasped her hand from behind him so he didn't lose her, a slight blush on his cheeks.
He hadn't ever held hands with a girl before, and the only one he had ever even thought about holding hands with was Tsubomi-chan, his crush from Salt Middle. He had been saddened once he found out he and Ritsu were to be transferred without her, but he still thought of her everyday nonetheless.
But this felt different, and weird, so as soon as they were in the clear of the crowd he released his grip, his cheeks still feeling a little red.
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Thankfully, he was saved from this awkward feeling by his sudden spotting of Ritsu, who was happily conversing with a small group of students who were all watching him with starry-eyed expressions. He nudged Magpie lightly, nodding to him.
“There's Ritsu-otouto. Do you want to say hi to him first? I'm not very good at... introducing people,” he admitted embarrassedly, looking back at his brother's exceptional people skills.
He still found himself wishing he could be in his shoes for a day to see what it was like to be popular, even after the brief feud they had over that exact issue with his brother's own jealousy towards Shigeo himself. He couldn't understand it. Was it his clothes? His hair? His personality? His hair?
He didn't know, but he wasn't going to give up on his goal either.
edited 2nd May '18 4:07:50 PM by Enirboreh
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Ghost glanced at the woman. "Do yourself a favor, darling," he drawled, putting on a surprisingly good accent, "and let me give you some advice. Ignore anyone who tells you to be yourself. After all, sometimes its better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression you're stupid than opening it and removing all doubt."
And then he looked back at his employer. "I'd prefer being paid by the job," he countered. "I don't think either of us want to sit around doing nothing until something happens. And as for a more specific price... I can think of at least five ways to kill you with my bare hands, and substantially more with the weapons I have on me."
He paused for a split second to take a breath, and continued. "I also have practice banishing a restless spirit with my shotgun, provided I fill it with salt, I've killed werewolves with a silver knife, I've staked and shot vampires, and I'm trained in advance medical techniques."
Ghost leaned back. "So forgive me if I think to ask for a bit more than minimum wage.
edited 10th Apr '18 3:44:54 PM by Cwest5538
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