05-12-2020, 10:54 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]/tw: allusions to emotional abuse in paragraphs 8-9
Though she stood there bleeding, weakened, and dizzied, Caesar wasn't going in for the kill. She met his gaze with her own, enraged, admittedly terrified, but refusing to back down. What was he waiting for, the undertaker himself? He was about five months too late for that- the Ferryman had long since been buried.
Out of the corner of her good eye, she saw the remaining crows take to the skies, ready to swoop down and continue their assault. Not taking her eye off Caesar, Rin tensed her muscles, ready to lash out the moment the exchange began. If she had to die, she would go down taking as many of them with her as she could.
The air in front of Caesar crackled, and he reared back- in shock, not in preparation. Rin stared, as before her descended- him, his good eye meeting hers, his wings extended in a glide. His expression was unreadable.
She blinked, and the winged wolf faded from her disoriented eye, leaving a winged tiger- Goldenluxury. Hearing the crows' cries around her, Rin jolted, her eye following them- following them away from herself, away from the dueling tigers, toward the center of town. You have to help them. She stumbled to the side, yanking one of her used arrows out of a fallen crow's corpse. You have to help her.
Her head swam, but she clenched her teeth, sucking in a breath. She wasn't leaving Goldie alone. Spiraling to face Caesar, and fighting off the bout of nausea that struck her at the sudden spin, Rin stepped forward and pointed her arrow at his burning form.
"This isn't your fight."
She couldn't ward off the flashbacks this time. "You are not my protector." "Aren't you being kind of selfish?" Rin gasped, struggling to regain control- but failing. Selfish. Selfish. SELFISH. You shouldn't have been saved. Goldie had... saved her.
"I wish I hadn't." Cowering, the smell of yew berries tainting the air. Green eyes boiling with venom. "You're nothing but a spoiled, selfish brat." Crying. Voice escalating. "Stop crying." A raised paw, claws out in a threat. Defenseless. Weak.
STOP CRYING.
Rage spiked within her veins, the pain forcing her awake. Rin bared her teeth in an agonized snarl and fired the arrow at his neck, realizing even as the shot was fired that her aim was just the slightest bit off- the arrow flying towards his eye instead. Sickness, guilt, and betrayal sunk like poison in her blood, dragging her down, but she would not fall. Not yet.
Warringkingdoms
health: 35%
power reserves: 10%
arrows left: 1/6
Though she stood there bleeding, weakened, and dizzied, Caesar wasn't going in for the kill. She met his gaze with her own, enraged, admittedly terrified, but refusing to back down. What was he waiting for, the undertaker himself? He was about five months too late for that- the Ferryman had long since been buried.
Out of the corner of her good eye, she saw the remaining crows take to the skies, ready to swoop down and continue their assault. Not taking her eye off Caesar, Rin tensed her muscles, ready to lash out the moment the exchange began. If she had to die, she would go down taking as many of them with her as she could.
The air in front of Caesar crackled, and he reared back- in shock, not in preparation. Rin stared, as before her descended- him, his good eye meeting hers, his wings extended in a glide. His expression was unreadable.
She blinked, and the winged wolf faded from her disoriented eye, leaving a winged tiger- Goldenluxury. Hearing the crows' cries around her, Rin jolted, her eye following them- following them away from herself, away from the dueling tigers, toward the center of town. You have to help them. She stumbled to the side, yanking one of her used arrows out of a fallen crow's corpse. You have to help her.
Her head swam, but she clenched her teeth, sucking in a breath. She wasn't leaving Goldie alone. Spiraling to face Caesar, and fighting off the bout of nausea that struck her at the sudden spin, Rin stepped forward and pointed her arrow at his burning form.
"This isn't your fight."
She couldn't ward off the flashbacks this time. "You are not my protector." "Aren't you being kind of selfish?" Rin gasped, struggling to regain control- but failing. Selfish. Selfish. SELFISH. You shouldn't have been saved. Goldie had... saved her.
"I wish I hadn't." Cowering, the smell of yew berries tainting the air. Green eyes boiling with venom. "You're nothing but a spoiled, selfish brat." Crying. Voice escalating. "Stop crying." A raised paw, claws out in a threat. Defenseless. Weak.
STOP CRYING.
Rage spiked within her veins, the pain forcing her awake. Rin bared her teeth in an agonized snarl and fired the arrow at his neck, realizing even as the shot was fired that her aim was just the slightest bit off- the arrow flying towards his eye instead. Sickness, guilt, and betrayal sunk like poison in her blood, dragging her down, but she would not fall. Not yet.
Warringkingdoms
health: 35%
power reserves: 10%
arrows left: 1/6
[spoiler=tags (06/13/20)]
[font=trebuchet ms]• Warringkingdoms Kepler-Langley
• aka "Rin"
• this isn't the name she was born with, but she's keeping it
• Magna of Elysium
• held the Pisces title while part of The Ascendants
• former cleric of The Ascendants
• female
• npc x npc
• 61 months old
• ages on the 11th of every month
• is unaware that she has a mutation causing her to not physically age beyond five years
• base form is a black-and-white bicolor Norwegian Forest Cat with one green eye
• has three green streaks running horizontally on both cheeks, and one green stripe on each front leg, still doesn't know why
• wears a green scarf with multiple tears in the fabric
• has scars from arrow wound on right front leg and right shoulder, as well as burn scars on her left shoulder, right side, and tail tip, bite marks on her left front and back legs, and claw marks on her face, neck, and chest
• is missing her right eye and her lower left canine tooth
• has also appeared in other bodies, current form will be specified in battle posts
• powers:
• telekinesis - proficient in, hasn't mastered (usually takes 5% of reserves per use)
• conjuration - proficient in, hasn't mastered (usually takes 5% of reserves per use)
• shapeshifting - not proficient in (currently having difficulty using on command)
• fire elementals - not proficient in
• health transfer - not proficient in
• water elementals - not proficient in
• clairvoyance - semi-discovered, not proficient in
• starts every thread with 100% reserves
• physical difficulty: medium-hard
• mental difficulty: hard
• used to have retrograde amnesia due to a head injury; has recovered her memories, but prefers not to think about them
• has a persona named Nemhain, who she has a mental bond with
• single, not looking
• recent events:
• lost an eye in an assassination attempt by Caesar Cipher
• helped fight off the Messenger
• recovered from her injuries
• PM @Verdigris to plot
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[font=trebuchet ms]• Warringkingdoms Kepler-Langley
• aka "Rin"
• this isn't the name she was born with, but she's keeping it
• Magna of Elysium
• held the Pisces title while part of The Ascendants
• former cleric of The Ascendants
• female
• npc x npc
• 61 months old
• ages on the 11th of every month
• is unaware that she has a mutation causing her to not physically age beyond five years
• base form is a black-and-white bicolor Norwegian Forest Cat with one green eye
• has three green streaks running horizontally on both cheeks, and one green stripe on each front leg, still doesn't know why
• wears a green scarf with multiple tears in the fabric
• has scars from arrow wound on right front leg and right shoulder, as well as burn scars on her left shoulder, right side, and tail tip, bite marks on her left front and back legs, and claw marks on her face, neck, and chest
• is missing her right eye and her lower left canine tooth
• has also appeared in other bodies, current form will be specified in battle posts
• powers:
• telekinesis - proficient in, hasn't mastered (usually takes 5% of reserves per use)
• conjuration - proficient in, hasn't mastered (usually takes 5% of reserves per use)
• shapeshifting - not proficient in (currently having difficulty using on command)
• fire elementals - not proficient in
• health transfer - not proficient in
• water elementals - not proficient in
• clairvoyance - semi-discovered, not proficient in
• starts every thread with 100% reserves
• physical difficulty: medium-hard
• mental difficulty: hard
• used to have retrograde amnesia due to a head injury; has recovered her memories, but prefers not to think about them
• has a persona named Nemhain, who she has a mental bond with
• single, not looking
• recent events:
• lost an eye in an assassination attempt by Caesar Cipher
• helped fight off the Messenger
• recovered from her injuries
• PM @Verdigris to plot
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