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[soma-crucifix.livejournal.com]

Who: Dracula/Soma, Ky Kiske, Razputin Aquatos,
When: third week of September
Where: World GGXX (Ky), Gensokyo (Razputin)
What: Traaaaap!


(Ky prompt)

The albino young man spent most of the trip asking Ky probing questions about how magic works in his world and about any known kind of 'Monsters', being rather persistent in getting answers. Once they arrived at the village, he hung back.

"I'm going to look for tracks - the people might be more inclined to answer questions from a normal looking person."




(Raz prompt)

He cursed the quirks of his world as he opened the large umbrella to block out the sunlight as his black-boned white bat-like wings curled tight against his back to avoid the harmful rays. "I forgot this world really likes to change people's forms." The young man gave a sheepish look. "The shore's just to the south, just be prepared for a hail of bullets."

He hide a little smile at that, not letting the psychonaut see it.

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[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

Raz's form has also changed somewhat; his outfit is more cute, along with his appearance. "Gotcha. Gensokyo uses what they call 'danmaku,' a dense pattern of bullets, right? I read all about this stuff. I hear it's pretty crazy," he replies, looking around. "Let's go check it out, huh?"

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

"That is correct. The ability to create aesthetically-pleasing patterns is considered a sign of good control." He explained as he started to float. "From my understanding the fairies are preventing the villagers from fishing."

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

"Man, what a bunch of jerks." He lowers his goggles. "Guess we better do something about that, huh? Boy, I hope this isn't too much of a learning curve." He double jumps, testing what he's heard about everybody being able to fly in Gensokyo; theory confirmed, he begins to head in the direction of the lake.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

He moves behind the Psychonaut, letting him take the lead. The fairies can be seen up ahead playing with fishingnets from abandoned boats and skimming over the water with the sun sinking down - turning the surface into gold.

"There they are."

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

"Let's see... take the element of surprise, or honorably announce my intentions. Hmm. What would Sasha do?" He thinks about this. "...Eh." He fires off a blast of danmaku shots. Honorable intentions are good and all, but scaring the fairies away quickly means getting back home sooner. Besides, chances are they'd just pepper him with danmaku shots, and EESH.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

The fairies squawked in alarm as Razputin's shots flew at them - nailing five fairies. The rest swarm like a hive of African Killer Bees - shrieking in anger as they fired with colorful orbs of light and arrow-like projectiles.

The young man turned and extended his hand out as his black danmaku shot out in a chain-like pattern.

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

"Whoa"!" Raz isn't naturally inclined to danmaku, but he IS naturally inclined towards agility, skimming through the bullet patterns. Although he has to admit they're pretty distracting.

He fires a few more shots of his own, dodging the projectiles. "Sorry girls, this fishing hole's dried up for you," he quips. Because, you know, heroes quip and all that.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

The sky darkens - illuminating all but Soma's danmaku. Several fairies fell onto the beach and into the water as the vampire twist through the hail. The fairies numbers keep growing.

"This is ridiculous," As the sun is behind the mountain he ditched the umbrella so he is unimpeded. "Tyrant Sign - Submit Thy Will!" A circle of red flames and black orbs appear behind him and circled out in a spider-web pattern, criss-crossing.

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

Huh?

Raz's copious research recalls something about the spell card system -- specifically, that the cards tend to be named after some theme that's close to the user. That card the guy uses... That's kind of.. dark, isn't it?

Of course, it's not like Raz hasn't worked side by side with seemingly "evil" types. Hell, look at Overlord Kaito. But something about this spellcard gives him the creeps. He shoots a few stray fairies who don't get caught in it, but he's feeling unnerved.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

The pattern speeds up the closer it got to the fairies and they disappear on contact. When the spell card expired, the danmaku vanished. "That certainly speed things up. Do not hestiate to overwhelm." He flies higher, his wings spread wide.

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

"Uh, right." Raz zooms in closer, firing at any fairies he sees. He's only got one or two spellcards he's figured out so far, and they're not that great, so he's been holding back -- but it looks like he may not even need them. Which would be fine, if it weren't for the fact that his trust in his partner has dropped. He finds himself keeping just as much focus on Soma as he does on the fairies. "Go on, get outta here!" he shoos.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

"Is something wrong?" He asked between shots of the chain danmaku and the fairies numbers started plummeting even more between the two. The creatures were too stubborn to flee.

[razthepsynaut.livejournal.com]

"Huh? Oh, no no! Why would there be something wrong? Say... just outta curiosity, what're your other spellcards called? I'm still working out the kinks in mine," he replies, slightly evasively. He wants to see if there's a PATTERN here.

He continues shooting at the fairies. Geez, they're persistent.

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

"Very well." Ky approached the village and began to look for anyone who could assist him.

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

The young man melt into the shadows as Ky turned his back. The vampire muses over his options as he explored the woods for an appropriate spot.

The villagers start when Ky approaches but soon relax as they got a better look at him. An old man approached Ky and looked over him. "Ah, Well met Stranger or that is what I would like to say, but I would suggest you start heading out, it hasn't been safe here."

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

"I know, which is specifically why I've come. I'm with the IPF." Ky dug into his clothes and pulled out a badge affirming that statement. "I'd appreciate it if you could tell me what you could about what's been going on here."

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

There's almost a collected sigh of relief as Ky's affiliation was shown. The man nodded, and gestured for Ky to follow. "Let my wife get some tea ready and I'll tell you the whole story Sir."

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

Ky nodded as he began to follow. "Very well. Thank you for your hospitality."

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a long trip to the Village Elder's house, and soon as the man went into his home, he gestured for his wife to get the pot boiling. The man sat, resting his chin on his hand. "It started about a week ago, when some of the kids said they saw a shadow man watching them from the woods. I didn't think much of it since you know how the little ones can have an overactive imagination? That was until the next night when Bill and his family were woken up by a terrible noise - they ran out and found the Rabbit Hutch of theirs torn open and every rabbit beheaded and a dark figure running away.

Every night since then everyone would see this Shadow man staring into our windows and circling the wall that separates our home from the woods. We would later hear an awful noise, and another one of our animals would be found mutilated. We don't think it's eating any of them. It has gone after anyone." There was an unspoken 'yet'.

His wife gently clears her throat.

"What is it Melissa? Oh right - I guess telling you what it looks like would help. This man is all black or dressed in black from head to toe with long skinny limbs. It was tall, taller then Harold I would guess. It only comes at night."

As the old man explained, The albino was deep in the forest already - ancient and somehow untouched by the wars, it had a sense of familiarity. He didn't find anything except an abandoned bear's den, but it was about time to return to the village entrance.

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

So it was a man, rather than what Ky had been told. Though the actions this man was taking were indeed suspicious.

"You were unable to distinguish any notable facial features, then?"

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

"That's the thing," Melissa spoke up as she poured cups for the men. "It doesn't look like it has a face. No eyes, no mouth - we just feel it's stare."

"Thanks, dear. It could be mask, or maybe it's really some kind of monster - either way everyone is too scared to leave the village, it's hurting our livelihoods."

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." Ky took a sip of the tea. "So then no other identifying features..."

Ky decided to change tack. Maybe he could get an idea of the entity's motivation. "Have you examined the carcasses it's left behind? It's possible they could have left some kind of clue."

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

The tea was on the strong side and had the hint of chamomile and lavender. "Rabbits, Chickens, Cats, and Ducks are beheaded - everything else has it's chest rip open and the organs spread out. We had to make sure that we got to it before the kids do."

A giant of a man walks into the elder's home. "Elder, someone's hanging at the wood's edge." He announced before anyone asked what he was doing.

"Is it the shadow man?" The Elder questioned as he looked over at Ky.

"No, this one is all white like a ghost."

"Oh Lord what now?"

[sacred-thunder.livejournal.com]

So it was general mutilation. That didn't tell him much. However, the man entering and his information caught his attention, though mainly because he recognized the person from the description.

"It's all right. He was the one who informed me of the problem. He opted to stay behind."

[bondofdestiny.livejournal.com]

"There is one thing you forgot," Melissa pointed out. "The livers are missing."

"They were?" The elder asked.

"If you made as many liverwurst as I do you would recognize a liver when you see one, dear." She stated with a bit of pride. "Though I wonder why a young man would choose to stay outside the village walls, especially when it gets dark so early..."