The Second Annual Winter Ball Commences

[RaZoR LeAf]

The RPG Board of Governors decided that last years site for the Winter Ball was far too small a space. It was a difficult choice, picking a new location for the ball, but eventually one was found. A perfect venue with an already fully trained staff, easy access from the parking bay, wheelchair access, and head space to fit in all manner of creatures. Cracking sound system, and a stage large enough to fit an orchestra. The only thing that stood in the way of setting up there was the owner. Who, suffice to say, was not as happy to hear of the change of venue.

"My Club!?" he yelled "You want to host the Ball at my club? I've heard some stupid ideas in my time, but this one is by far the worst."

"Look," the RPG Council representative told him "The fact of the matter is that your club is the best venue we could come up with at such short notice. You've had the invitation yourself, and look at the date on it. October thirty-first. That's today. The day of the ball and no venue. You were going to be in charge anyway, at least you can be in charge of a place you know as well a the back of your hand."

"You RPG people are all the same. Slime the whole bunch of you. Evil, vindictive, vicious.."

"We'll pay you."

"..lovely, kind hearted, beautiful, money giving, super people. Leave it with me I'll sort it out."

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The club was big. Nothing massive you understand, but it was big enough to house a family of Gnn'gyrrth demons, which were the size of Indian Elephants, and usually consisted of two mothers, three fathers and eleven children. Per parent. So it was big enough. That's not including the roof area and the stage. The club was a classy place, but for the next month or so it'd been redecorated to match the theme of the ball.

"Halloween. It's one of those holidays I like, if only for the reason I can scare the **** out of children without feeling bad afterwards." Vernogoth said. His assistant Marie turned to him.

"Vernon you do that anyway."

"That's very true Marie. I guess I don't know then. Are you sure this costume is appropriate? A demon dressing up as a demon seems to defeat the object of the Ball."

"Trust me boss, it'll go down like an orphanage on fire."

"Excellent."

Vernogoth called in the redecorators, who at such short notice were happy enough to be paid with the knowledge that if they ever asked for more money again they would be murdered over the course of several painful months. They polished the marble floors, marble pillars and made sure the furnishings were clean. The warm red and gold was replaced by sombre grey-green and silver, while a black trim was added around just about everything. Lights were refitted to produce a moonlit effect, and a smoke machine began to pump an eery fog across the floor. The usual cobwebs were hung from every available place, while the bar was stocked up on colourful and exotic foods and drinks from across the known realms. The outside of the club was given an aged look, mostly using spray on mould and replacing some of the brick work with older pieces of stone. Every step of the redo was watched by Vernogoth and his staff, who were quick to point out faults along the way and get them fixed immediately.

Marie handled the music, calling in favours from across the globe, getting bands who owed money, children, blood, sweets and souls to Vernogoth or his rivals. In exchange for playing they'd either be let off their debt, or at the very least what they owed would be cut down. As they set up the stage, a background music system was set up to play spooky sound effects. Above the club, where the roof was found, there would be no music, but the spooky atmosphere would continue, with realistic phantoms floating around. They were real phantoms, hired out of course and being paid well. Since Vernogoth was billing elsewhere there would be no price to small.

"Sir you have a phone call." Marie said, handing him a phone.

"Yes?"

"Vernogoth I presume?" The voice sounded like a computer "You have no idea what you are getting yourself into. Take my advice and drop out now."

"Oh for goodness sake, you're that idiot Porygon that hosted the ball last year aren't you? Look, I know how to handle a party, that's why I'm running it this year and not you. You had your chance, now shut up and keep taking your pills."

"Oh you think so do you? Well just you wait until I.."
"Who are you talking to.. I thought I told you not to call him!"
"Get out my head you freak, stop getting in my way"
"Your way? Let me explain something to you, you stupid jumped up Tamagotchi.."

Vernogoth hung up on the argument and went back to work. He took a cocktail glass from the bar, sniffed the blue liquid inside and took a sip. He spat it back out and crushed the glass in his hand.

"Perfect. Lets see, it's mid afternoon. If we open the doors now, it should get busy when the sun sets. Marie, are we sorted for the two months of darkness and full moon?"

"Yes sir, your excellent negotiations with the Brotherhood of Nyte have once again set us up for a perfect set up. Though to be honest, I'll be glad to see the set up for Christmas rather than what we've got going on now."

"Keep yourself free for a dance then Marie."

"Yes sir. I'll go open the doors then."

Vernogoth smiled and grabbed another glass of a green liquid. This one he downed in one go and smiled. His staff were ready, his club was ready. All it needed now was people.

 

[The Doctor]

OOC: First post!

BIC: 'Glad I'm wearing leather now,' The young man thought sarcastically, 'It's so damn hot in here it's like I'm in a sailor's chest.' His hair, usually amethyst, was now tucked uncomfortably inside in some weird mage's hat, its appearance like two narrow tubes jutting out on either side ending in two short horns that arced down slightly, gilded with pale violet and a blue gem in the center. Behind it was a wig of long black hair, stapled to the back of the hat. The leather bodypiece was covered with dark-and-purple belts around the arms, legs and chest, the collar connected by a fake metal ring. His pale face bore strange black arrowlike markings under his eyes. Had his face been blue, Aaron Kairyu would have looked like the Dark Magician of Chaos.

Only his staff, the same colour as his hat, was real. Aaron was a sorcerer-in-training and acquired his staff a while ago. Called Relic of Chaos, like Aaron's speciality, inside was a miniature planetary model, moving only slightly faster than the actual Solar System. Depending on what planet was in the middle (and that was when Aaron forced it to), the basic spell would be that element. So if Mars was in the middle, it would be a Fire spell. Jupiter = Thunder, Venus = Wind, Mercury = Ice and Saturn = Chaos. This also did the same thing to his Grand Cross incantation.

He had wanted to cast Mercury the moment he walked in and maybe merged it with Venus; as it was chilly outside as Halloween was, the heat had been turned up and suddenly Aaron hated the leather. The invitation to this came out of the blue; a season-long event that would chronicle Halloween, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving and Christmas all in one fell swoop. Thinking it might be a time to try out some spells and incantations and whatnot, Aaron replied instantly.

Not much was known about the Winter Ball, only that it was given to the best and that the owner of the club he was now standing in was offered big-time bucks to rent it out. A Porygon had run last time, but it disappeared off the face of the earth...so it seemed. Phantoms had been hired to boot, and the whole club was specially themed, with several bands coming to perform (There was some talk of children or blood, Aaron didn't know). So far there wasn't much people, but he needed to keep cool.

Aaron was no novice sorcerer and could create some spells complicated for his level (By some, read '3'). Clicking his fingers and muttering the phrase 'Glacius', an orb of ice appeared in the clicked hand. This was Gubraithan ice, everlasting in other words, and was a must in sheer heat. Clutching it tightly, he felt the cold run through him gladly accepting it. With nothing else to do, he went over to a drink table, poured himself some Coke, and drank deeply. This was gonna be a looong night.

 

[Ledian_X]

M'anta
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I arrived at a strange mansion from the air and scratched my light blue cheek with my webbed hands. It had been a long journey and I hated to be away from Dastara City. More importantly, I hated to be away from Jenna. I decided to give her a quick call on my cell. Each Starbolt had a cellphone-like communicator.

"This looks like the place." I said after someone at H.Q. picked up.

"Okay, maybe now we can get some answers about why you got the inviation." a female voice belonging to my girlfriend, Jenna replied. "Just be careful okay?"

"Aren't I always?" I retorted.

"Maybe. But, I'll see if I can be there soon." Jenna started to end the conversation. "Ya A'mas ti."

"Ya A'mas ti." I replied as I turned the device off. Ya A'mas ti is Aquan for "I love you."

My name is M'anta J'arrsti. I'm one of three heirs to the throne of Aquarius, a watery world forty light years away from Earth. I was gifted with bio electric powers and flight and using those powers as well as my natural Aquan abilities of telepathy, breathing under water and being three times stronger than peak humans, I became one of the two leaders of the Starbolts. The Starbolts is a group of young metahumans fated to be the next generation of Earth's heroes. And now, I was invited to some holiday party.

I straightened out my green jacket with my family's royal crest on it. My blonde hair was slicked back except for one curl resting on my forehead. Even though I was a prince, I didn't like wearing my royal attire often. That rebellious nature I got from my dad. Gods rest his soul. He was a good and kind leader to my people. We Starbolts couldn't save him from Terra Nova and now Aquarius is under the rule of my mother and my twin brother.

I walked quietly to the door, sensing lifeforms inside with my telepathic powers. I could sense someone or something in there. Maybe he had the answers I seeked. I knocked on the door. Someone had to be home.

After a few minutes the door opened and a strange creature emerged. He looked like some sort of demon. He was also dressed as such.

"Nice costume." He showed me the way inside. "You're the second to arrive."

"I'm...not in costume, yet." I replied. He looked familiar. I've seen demons before. Being a superhero, you get exposed to all kinds of things. "I'm Prince M'anta of Aquarius."

"Nice of you to come by." He smiled a big toothy grin.

I looked around and saw a woman nearby fiddling with a soundsystem. The place was big and it definitely had room to fly around in. Judging from the host, it looked like we were going to be in for a long, long party. I had to keep my guard up. There was no telling what these people were up to.

"Thanks." I replied.

Yeah, this was going to get very interesting.

 

[Blivsey]

From the west, a large snakelike creature was squirming toward a mansion, though for squirming it was moving rather smoothly. Or rather, she was moving smoothly, and she was a thirty-foot steel creature called a Steelix, one of a variety of species classified under the name of "Pokémon." Atop the head of the aforementioned Steelix were two humans, a young man and a young woman; and a small pink catlike Pokémon by the name of Mew was floating alongside them.

The teenage boy, Chrom, was dressed in a long black cloak, black boots and black gloves, and had spiky blond hair. The girl to his immediate left, Kaylie, was dressed in a costume that looked as though it was made from the forest itself. The two were talking excitedly about this and that, though they weren't talking about many important topics yet. Mostly, they were saving the important conversation for the ball.

Chrom had attended the annual ball last year, and he had enjoyed it so much that he jumped at the chance to go again. He had taken a while, however, to ask Kaylie to the ball. Although he could talk very comfortably with women during normal conversation, he had always been very shy and often too timid to ask any girl to go anywhere with him on a date. Thankfully, though, he had gotten over himself for once and asked Kaylie. He and she had been good friends for almost a year, ever since they met at the ball last year.

Finally, they arrived at the mansion where the ball would be held. Chrom was amazed at its size. He had heard that the RPG council had been looking for a larger estate to accomidate all the various attending people and creatures attending this year, but this was beyond his imagination. Perhaps he would be abe to allow Titan out of her ball this year... no. He would scout out the building from the inside first, he decided. Even so, he was simply amazed. He patted Titan, the Steelix, on he head to let her know to stop. Tey could walk the rest of the distance, which wasn't far.

Titan lowered her head to the ground, and Chrom climbed off the flat top of her skull. Courteous as he was, he immediately turned around and helped Kaylie off. She was a bit shaken, obviously not being used to riding a Pokémon in a manner such as that.

"I'm sorry if that was uncomfortable," Chrom apologized. "I don't have a proper car right now, so this is the best I could do. But we can walk the rest of the way, now." He smiled slightly at Kaylie and reached into a pocket, pulling out Titan's Pokéball. He tapped the iron snake lightly on the head, and she was consumed by a red light and suched into the device. Chrom returned the Pokéball to his pocket, promising to himself that he would let Titan join the festivities. He turned and offered Kaylie his arm.

"Shall we?"

 

[cdra1617]

Lihn stood at the door to the club that would serve as the site of the Winter Ball. She straightened out her long, sky blue hair and folded her ears back nervously. She had never been to this kind of thing. In fact, the whole thought was rather exhilarating, but it made her anxious.

The fox girl's tail was hanging limply from beneath a short white skirt with a rapier stowed in a side loop and her legs were covered in high red boots, so she wasn't cold. She wore a white cape over her folded wings and a short sleeved red top with golden armor on the shoulders and chest area. On her hands were fingerless red gloves with different bracelets on each arm. Her eyes were dyed sapphire by a pair of contacts she had found for this costume.

She was, if not for her wings, tail, ears, whiskers, and claws, Princess Eirika.

Lihn didn't know what business she had coming to the Winter Ball, but it had sounded like something fun to do. She was being very self-conscious, though; no one would care if she was coming. There would be all kinds of people, demons, dragons, half-breeds, etcetera at this party. She didn't need to worry about her oddities.

Maybe it was the costume that concerned her. The poor girl had never worn a skirt this short. Gathering up her courage, Lihn entered the club with her invitation in had, just in case.

Inside was very... Halloween-ish. The colors were those of a dark night, silver and black all over the place. There was fog, cobwebs, and very nice Halloween music. Lihn strode quietly over to the bar and scanned the drinks. She may have only been eighteen, but... in her world, that was the legal drinking age. Of course, that may not work with the people in this world. D*mn.

Nonetheless, the Queobe wasn't about to ask. She just picked up a drink and wandered around the room, waiting for the crowd to arrive.

 

[Knightblazer]

…Halloween…?

That came from the rather astonished-looking, big and frightening wolf named Lucied as he padded alongside a teenage of about fifteen years old. The wolf was huge, with seven blood-tipped spikes bursting out from the back of his head. Its size was about one of a tiger’s, and a blood-tipped tufted tail swung behind it. Isn’t Halloween supposed to be the day where we get to have some real fun, young master? The wolf asked, a smirk crossing his face and lighting up his crimson eyes as he did so.

The boy sighed, a hand rising up to ruffle up his –already messed up- flaming red hair. “Shut it, Lucied; besides, Masta’ is there – he’ll be enough… and ‘sides, I did get permission from Madame…” he half-snapped, half-muttered to his wolfen compatriot. The boy was about half-a head taller than most fifteen year olds with a very strong build, shown off by the measly unbuttoned shirt he wore, the sides dropping. The shirt itself was a dark red in color, with loose, ruffled collars of dark maroon. He wore a pair of black jeans, the ends rolled up to reveal his less-appropriate footwear- dark gray beach sandals with maroon straps. He also donned a pair of fingerless, black leather gloves on his hands and a golden ‘L’ charm around his neck. Garnet eyes dulled as the wolf besides his continued to ramble on.

You asked her a day off to attend this… Halloween ball?! He almost shrieked, and here I thought you were going to scare some people!

Lucifer Leonheart sighed yet again. It came as a total surprise for him when the letter from the… RPG council came, inviting him for this ball. Of course, the boy only saw this as a chance to get out of work… and away from the ‘institution’ that was the Hellsing Organization. A party without Integra’s snapping, Alucard’s constantly annoying remarks, and so on and so forth. But then again…

-and then we should go and scare the lady next door, and also take some treats from the children and-

“ARRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” yelled the boy as they neared the club, “SHUT IT, LUCIED!”

That action only resulted in a wolf’s snicker and several stares from the others inside or outside the place. Lucifer sweatdropped, grinning sheepishly (and inadvertly showing off his fangs while at it).

“Eh… Happy Halloween?”

Knightblazer ;262;

 

[Psychic]

OOC: Nice opening, Dan! Ah, but it’s such a shame our old host Dantoo/Dan is on the drug…I quite liked the whole ‘two personalities in one messed up body’ thing.

And fwee, Oblivion’s here! Nice intro, by the way, and it certainly makes traveling easier.




Kaylie held on tightly to the rock snake as it sped along, teeth clenched as the pieces of dark blue material from her costume flew out behind her, somehow not getting tangled up in her long blond hair. Her earth-brown clothing was being whipped about, but she knew that it wasn’t about to fly off her body and expose her.

Mew on the other hand, seemed to me having a ball. She was holding on to one of the spikes protruding from the Steelix’s head with her two paws, the rest of her body just in the air, flapping like a flag. ‘WHEEEEEEE!’ she cried in glee, but could only be heard in the minds’ of the present creatures, but was purring “MEEEEEEW!” with her voice, sounding light and carefree, making Kaylie smile despite her slight fear of falling off the huge creature, appropriately-named ‘Titan’.

Finally, the club building loomed into view, and Chrom patted the snake on her head. At the movement, she slowed down and, once at a complete stop, lowered her head, catching Kaylie off guard, and not for the first time tonight. Chrom got off with relative ease, quickly giving Kaylie a hand to help her get off. Blushing slightly, she allowed him to help her down, getting off shakily. Some ride!

Chrom was quick to apologize for the bumpy ride, causing Kaylie to blush futher. She hadn’t minded at all, and despite her fear, had found it fresh and invigorating. Mew giggled, coming to float beside Kaylie after thanking Titan for the lovely ride. ‘He really is quite the charmer.’ Mew told Kaylie privately, eyes bright as she glanced at the young man. Kaylie shot Mew a quizzical look, but before she could utter a word, Chrom had finished returning Titan to her Pokéball and had turned to Kaylie.

“Shall we?” He asked, offered her his arm. Kaylie could almost feel Mew giggling behind her. “Yes, we shall.” The young girl replied, placing her arm in his and together, the two walked the rest of the way to the Winter Ball.

As they walked together, they passed by a few other guests. Upon seeing a boy younger even than she with a wolf at his side, she inedvertedly huddled a bit closer to her ‘date’, nervous around all these new people. She couldn’t help but remember last year’s Ball, though, and how she had spend a great deal of it practically hiding in a corner. If it hadn’t been for Mew starting a conversation with a half Mew, half human girl named Lady Myuu and her double-minded dragon friend CD, not to mention Chrom being bold enough to go up to her, Kaylie probably wouldn’t have even considered going back.

And now it was her chance to start again. She had told herself before the Ball that she would try harder to make new friends this time, but she would probably reply on Chrom and Mew to start introductions. Shy from birth, shy for life.

Chrom glanced at Kaylie as if to ask her as if she was all right. In reply, she smiled, squeezing his arm gently, letting him know that she was fine, just a bit nervous.

Mew of course, as usual, was already flying about, inspecting the other guests curiously, but still keeping her distance. Kaylie smiled at the Legendary- always so outgoing! Why she, of all people was Mew’s chosen human, she would never understand…

“We’re here,” Kaylie suddenly found herself saying quietly as they arrived at the door, which creaked open to reveal what must usual be a nice, stylish club that could probably house Groudon, but was now filled with the usual – but still scary – Halloween decorations. But no zombie staff members this time. She even saw a dance floor, but wasn’t sure if this was to her delight or horror.

‘And so begins the Winter Ball…’ Mew announced grandly, arms open and tail swinging excitedly, the materials of her costume swishing from a wind that seemed to come from the pink cat herself.

 

[Desert_Rose]

OC: All conversations between my good self (nicknamed Ona) and my evil self (nicknamed Rho) are in my head. No one can hear them and I'm not speaking aloud when I talk to Rho, unless stated otherwise.

BC:
I stood outside the doors and looked around curiously at the various people and creatures waiting to get into the Winter Ball. Everyone was dressed rather casually in a fashionable sort of way. I took out the invitation to the Ball I had received and read it again for the shimillionth time.

"I can't believe I'm actually going," I thought to myself.
"Yeah Ona, I can't believe you're going either," said my other self in my head.
I glared at my other, eviler self and thought to her, "See, I'm getting better Rho."
"Whatever Ona, you're still a weak loser to me," said Rho.
"....." I sighed and walked through the doors.

The place was huge. Even bigger than I had expected. It was full of the Halloween colors with various candies and chocolates in bowls and drinks being served all around. The music was loud and there were already many people.
"Wow.... Pretty nice," said Rho.
"Yeah," I thought.

I headed over to a nearby table and grabbed an orange-ish fizzing drink I assumed was Orange soda. I leaned against the table and began to watch the other guests. I then noticed a man beside me who was holding a staff and looked sort of like a magician.

"You should say something," said Rho.
"I don't know. He looks sort of deep in thought," I replied.
".....You're useless. I get no fun at all in this state." Rho sulked in my head for a little while. ".........There's still some hope for it to be an exciting night," commented Rho. ...She was being nicer than usual, and it was seriously worrying me.
"Well, it will definitely be an interesting night," I thought to her as I took another sip of my drink.

 

[Ledian_X]

M'anta
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"Kaori'd have a field day in here." I thought to myself.

Kaori was the Starbolts' resident anime fan. She would have loved to see these creatures people on Earth called Pokemon. Was this place some kind of multi reality nexus point? I wasn't sure but I had to keep myself on my toes. There was a strange creature with telepathic powers like my own and several other new people here. Suffice to say it was an odd collection.

It was time to slip into my uniform. No one noticed as I ran to the nearest empty room and undid my regular clothes to reveal my green armor with earth manta ray symbol, gold belt, boots and braces. Now I had to top it off with my helmet. It was a frayed helmet with large white goggle-like lenses. It was my dad's armor and it was an honor to wear it.

My regular clothes were under the armor and I flew out into the banquet hall and landing next to the young woman who had just arrived. She had a strange pink creature following her. I hope I didn't startle her.

"Sorry if I startled you or your animal." I smiled. "Name's M'anta. Any idea what's with these creatures people have?"

 

[Psychic]

Kaylie yelped in surprise when a man wearing green leotards seemed to appear from nowhere, landing right in front of the poor teenager who was already nervous as it was.

“Sorry if I startled you or your animal,” he said from behind a big yellow helmet with white goggle eyes that reminded Kaylie of a Flygon. She stared at him for a moment with no idea what he was talking about, but still a bit freaked out. He looked like he should be some great, feared beast, but he came across to Kaylie as looking a bit ridiculous- a nerd in a superhero costume? But then that didn’t explain the flying. Of course, like last year, anyone, from dragon to half human, half Pokémon could attend, so…

“Name's M'anta,” the person who’s name was M’anta continued. Not exactly a human name, nor one a nerd would easily come up with. “Any idea what's with these creatures people have?” he added.

It took Kaylie a second to realize what the man meant. He seemed to be studying Mew carefully, who in turn cocked her head from her position floating in the air at shoulder height.

“What? You…you mean Pokémon? You don’t know what Pokémon are?” She asked, dumbfounded.

Kaylie turned to look at Mew, wondering if she had heard right, but the Legendary didn’t seem to be paying attention. ‘Odd.’ Mew said aloud in her telepathic speech, saying “Mew?” quietly using her voice at the same time, seemingly lost in her own world of thought. Mew changed position and flew over to the M'anta person, floating right in front of him like she usually did with strangers. But her gaze seemed fixed on him, bright blue eyes locked on the Flygon goggles as if studying an ancient text filled with many meanings.

Mew then flew around the stranger, circling him slowly from head to toe, but when she got too close to the ground she immediately pulled up and, doing a little loop in the air, landed on Kaylie’s shoulder.

‘How very, very odd.’ Mew added with a bubbly laugh. The teen found this much less amusing and squirmed in her costume, blinking, eyes heavy with makeup. Chrom turned to see what was going on, and Kaylie immediately blushed. She didn’t like this situation, and would much prefer to go over and talk to someone else right now. Yet she was still somewhat curious as to what this man’s story was…plus she probably wouldn’t be given the option of sticking around or not, anyways. Maw was interesting, so it looked like they’d be staying.

 

[Knightblazer]

The boy heaved a huge sigh of relief as he took a sip from the glass of Bloody Mary in his hand. Luckily not many people had noticed Lucifer’s sudden burst, leaving him quite free to slide into the club and grab the glass of wine he was sipping now. Reaching behind, the vampire grabbed a bowl of prawn crackers from a random spot on the table and began munching on it. Meanwhile, his wolfen familiar was grumbling rather loudly for the young boy.

…and it’s so boring! Nothing but dance, food and party? UNGH! I’d rather bite their throats now and eat em’ up! Yeah… that’ll teach em, and I’ll-

“I told you to shut up, Lucied,” growled the vampire from the corner of his mouth, crimson eyes flashing in annoyance. The wolf grumbled mentally before lying onto the ground again, sulking. Sighing again, Lucifer drank up the rest of his wine and went to the corner for a gracious refill and searched for some eggs to eat. The boy was always head over heels for eggs. A small, delighted squeal came from him as he spotted the whit and yellow protein chalked item. As the boy digged into his ever-favorite food item, the wolf softly trailed out to the entrance, when he spotted a superhero-looking guy, another guy and a girl. The wolf’s eyes widened when he saw the pink kitty floating about the trio.

KITTY! Roared Lucied mentally in excitment as he leaped towards the cat. It was then when Lucifer turned and exclaimed out, “NO!” and raced towards his familiar.

Knightblazer ;262;

 

[Blivsey]

OOC: Yikes. Only gone for two hours and I already have two posts to catch up with. Just keep going, I'll catch up.


Kaylie took Chrom by the arm and replied, "we shall." Chrom smiled, for one because he enjoyed being around Kaylie and for another because apparently she didn't mind riding a Steelix for that much distance very much. He liked that, though she was shy, Kaylie wasn't afraid to try new things or bear them f she didn't like them. But then Chrom stopped these thoughts, remembering that there was a Pokémon in the immediate vicinity that could very well read his mind and relay thoughts to Kaylie. So, moving on, he took the time to look around on his way to the party.

Chrom quite enjoyed seeing all the people and things that showed up to the Winter Ball. Last year, he had viewed such things in a single October hour that he didn't know even existed, then was surprised to find out that they weren't in costumes at all. Even now, he was viewing many foreign Pokémon, a water-based creature (alien?), a boy and his wolf (at which sight Kaylie moved closer), and a fox-human hybrid with wings. The Ball always attracted many beings from different worlds, universes and even dimensions. It was a chance for people whose planes of existence would never otherwise cross to get all together and have a good time, regardless of appearance or nature.

When Kaylie moved closer to Chrom, he looked over to see if Kaylie was alright. She smiled, a bit red, and she squeezed his arm gently. He saw that she was fine, just nervous, so he went back to his observations to see what new types of life forms he could spot, though that wasn't the only reason. He was also trying to hide the fact that, as much as Kaylie was blushing, Chrom was equally red. He had only been close to one other girl in his life (who was long-gone by now) and so felt really awkward going to a party with a girl as he had not done in years.

In regards to the time the Ball would last, that was another thing about how the festivities ran that made it very unique. Somehow, it only seemed to encompass a few hours and yet, at the same time, last the whole Winter season. Chrom had just assumed that it was part of the atmosphere, though he was almost certain that he had spent three whole months in the crowded mansion last year. Though this year, he could already see from the property gates that there would be more than enough room this time.

As the couple approached the door, they both saw what looked like it was likely a club up until recently, but was now decorated into a spooky mansion, complete with cobwebs, phantoms that could very well be real and hired and (to both his surprise and dismay) a dance floor. Chrom was alright at choreographed dancing, but slow dancing had never been a forte of his, nor did he think that it would ever be.

"We're here," Kaylie said quietly. He nodded and walked with her into the mass of the Ball, which although it was sparsely populated was already in the swing of things. They hadn't gotten more than twenty feet from the entrance, however, before the blue alien from earlier, now in what seemed to be a green-and-gold superhero costume, jumped down from somewhere above, startling both the teens. He was built large and intimidating, but his beaten and torn costume and bruised helmet with an out-of-proportion eyepiece made him look like something from a comic convention. Chrom thought that the boy might be nice, though, and stepped forward to greet him before he was bypassed for the girl dressed in a bush.

Chrom left them to talk, not wanting to interrupt, though he felt that the boy was ignoring quite a bit. He pulled out two red-and-white pokéballs let out Titan and Vector, his Steelix and Metang, respectably. Chrom gave them the run-down on the Ball and what their restrictions were. Titan was told because she had never yet seen the ball, and Vector because he would need reminding after his reckless behavior the year previous. Chrom let them know just to be respectable, but to have fun, and let them loose for the party. He turned around to see Kaylie squirming in her costume (which made him feel uneasy) and Mew floating around the anthro-Golduck-like boy's head, both examining and teasing him in the cute little way he knew that the legendary Pokémon would.

Chrom laughed to himself, though Kaylie seemed embarrassed, and he immediately made a mental note that such a thing was inappropriate for future situations like this. As for Kaylie... by now, Kaylie was bright red. Obviously, she was very startled by this boy, and, knowing her, more than likely confused. Chrom became a little frustrated at this and looked at the boy and the Mew, still staring at each other. Chrom saw that the blue one didn't have a clue about the Pokémon world at all, so Chrom explained, still trying to keep his manners.

"Ah, you've met with Mew," Chrom said, talking to the boy, who was still locked in a staring contest with the pink one. "She's a Pokémon, one of many species that live in the regions we do. They're very powerful, but most of them are very tame and get along well with humans and one another. As for me, I'm Chrom." He hoped that he had given a sufficient explanation, though he had only briefly touched on a few aspects.

 

[Ledian_X]

M'anta
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Pokemon? The creatures Kaori like are real here? I didn't think it was a good idea to shatter this young girl's world and tell her those creatures in my world are in a game and tv show. Had to play along.

"Yeah." I smiled. "Pokemon. Right. I got you."

The pink creature circled me. I felt it's telepathic presence. It seemed sentient, capable of making its own thoughts and ideas. But, if it did that, why would it be subserviant to humans if it can think and feel like humans? Then this guy named Chrom explained things to me while his friend just stood and waited,

"I can sense your thoughts, Mew." I spoke telepathically to the creature. "You're a strong telepath to be sure. I sense you are curious about me. Please feel free to ask."

I turned my attention to Chrom. I wasn't sure what to make of the Pokemon version of Earth. It was better left to anime fans on Earth to understand. Perhaps even write stories about. (OOC: Little zing to Fanfic Writers)

"Nice to meet you, Chrom." I responded. "I think I understand things a little better. Pokemon seem like fascinating lifeforms. But you see..."

Now I had to explain myself to these two. I looked human but I wasn't. The world where I come from, things are very, very different.

"I'm not from Earth." I started to explain. "I'm from a planet several light years away called Aquarius. I've come to Earth to help humanity. Kaylie, Chrom, I sense your confusion. You have nothing to fear from me."

The two exhanged a look. Their thoughts were pretty open to me. They weren't sure about me being an alien and I had a feeling if I told someone on their world, I'd end up on some operating table.

"I'm a member of one of Earth's teams of heroes sworn to protect it from any threats." I explained. "I lead a team known as the Starbolts and I was no older than you both when I first started out-trained by the best the planet had to offer. The armor you see me in, is no meer costume."

I removed my helmet after the mew poked at it a couple times. She liked seeing her reflection in it for some reason. Carefully, I placed it under my arms. I could tell the two were studying my face. They probably never saw an alien before. I had to keep things simple.

"My armor was my Dad's." I explained. "He ruled my people as king and sadly he died. I've worn this armor as a sign of respect and now it is for his memory. My race is called Aquan. I can breathe underwater and I am telepathic. Apart from that, I can shoot electricity and fly."

Yeah. That kept things simple. I wasn't going to get into how exactly I got my powers. That story was confusing. With any luck, some of the others could arrive. Jenna did say something about possibly coming. I had to wait and see.

 

[Sonozaki Maya]

Sylpherius was decked out in rather outlandish gear, resembling a set of pale purple pajamas, complete with nighty hat. It was rather poofy, and the hat had a rather large seal shaped like a crescent moon. His hair was unusually long, and was dark purple. Hidden inside Sylpherius' set of night wear was his personal weapon, his katana Hinokahime. In actuality, he was holding a fake book titled the Necronomicon, which had a black cover with an oddly scary spine binding it together. Sylpherius' height made it a hindrance to him being a replica of a witch by the name of Patchouli Knowledge, who had slight case of anaemia and a severe case of asthma. Sylpherius had none of those conditions. The invitation was embedded within the fake book, which Sylpherius could whip out at any moment's notice. Sylpherius appeared to be hovering, when in fact he was merely walking - due to his wear, it covered his feet and made it look like he was hovering - along the way to the venue of the event. The person he was supposed to be imitating was a master of magic, though Sylpherius would rather take the chance to use his blade than opt for magical means. Sylpherius had been walking to the Winter Ball for some time now, balancing studying sorcery along with training with his use of the blade time and time again beforehand. He had heard about the Ball from some of his friends. Sylpherius felt a feeling of bravery for committing the act of crossdressing, but in any case, no one would be able to tell the difference unless Sylpherius announced it or told it himself. It was a very mentally distraught method of thinking for him, but Sylpherius honestly didn't really care. When he arrived at the entrance, he was amazed at the utter size of the mansion. He had heard the stories. Perhaps this experience would serve to improve Sylpherius' social life, when he had shut himself from the rest of society after suffering from an event causing depression. Sylpherius sighed to himself.
The venue had been redecorated to suit the theme, which was Halloween. Halloween... Sylpherius thought to himself. The good ol' days. he continued and took some steps forward. The floor was marble. Sylpherius sighed, went to a near secluded area and leaned against the wall, taking a flip through the fake copy of the Necronomicon, which actually had some content in it, though as nonsensical as it may have been.

 

[Psychic]

OOC: Once I learn it’s not all about me! …Myself and I…
I already have three characters trying to get to Kaylie. Ah, Matt Dusk, do you have any songs I can’t relate to?

Anyways, let’s sort this out…



Kaylie couldn’t help but feel a bit ridiculous. Chrom, bless his soul, took over explaining things to this M’atna guy. Of course, in exchange she received enough information to make a person faint. But of course, despite the sudden dizziness that came over her, Kaylie knew that other people from other world attended this world, and she shouldn’t be so surprised…but this was certainly something.

“My armor was my Dad's. He ruled my people as king and sadly he died. I've worn this armor as a sign of respect and now it is for his memory. My race is called Aquan. I can breathe underwater and I am telepathic. Apart from that, I can shoot electricity and fly.” Still, he sounded like some kind of superhero a little kid would dream up. One with enough powers to lift a truck that had sunk underwater and was filled with panicking people and a bomb. That was certainly a lot of power for one man. Heck, none of the Legendaries even had so many powers! Granted, Mew had amazing telepathic powers that were rivaled only by her clone, and she had the powers of Transform, and she could use any possible attack. But she didn’t run around saving the world, and she had used those powers to create all the other creatures inhabiting the Earth.

Kaylie suddenly looked back up at the…Aquan before her. “Wait…your dad…ruled…as king?” Both Mew and Chrom turned to stare at the teen. “Doesn’t that make you…a prince?” she asked, dumbfounded. She had no idea- were alien cultures anything like human ones? Did sons still become heirs?

Sensing her human partner’s unsettled thought, Mew was quick to speak up, getting off from Kaylie’s shoulder to float once again, in front of the M’anta person. ‘I too, can sense your thoughts. You seem to think that all Pokémon merely submit to humans’ commands, do you not?’ Mew said, quickly changing the subject to something Kaylie knew, and, not even waiting for a reply - and Kaylie didn’t think this man had replied telepathically – she continued. ‘Pokémon and humans live together in peace and harmony. It isn’t always this way, for at some points in time there have been horrible feuds between humans and Pokémon. But we have together reached an understanding, or an agreement, you might say.

‘Pokémon wish to become stronger creatures, but on their own, they can not live and grow to their fullest potential. Humans need companions and friends, not always human ones. Humans and Pokémon bond very easily, but often, to test their bonds, the Pokémon will battle, relying on the humans for instructions because humans have the quick-thinking minds required for battling different opponents. Still, some humans do this for glory and fame, but for many, their friendships are much more important than anything else.

‘If you wish to know how I know these things, well,’ Mew smiled, noticing that Kaylie seemed to untense.

“It’s because Mew is a Legendary Pokémon. She witnessed the birth of the Earth, and she is known as the Mother of the world. She, along with many others, are the gods of the Earth, its protectors, its guardians.”

Mew nodded, gazing at both humans with a love she had for all living creatures. She still managed to look adorable, while her true power seemed to emanate off her, and everyone in the room could feel it.

“So you see-” Kaylie began, but was suddenly cut off when a voice cut through the air, “NOOOOOOOO!”

Everyone immediately turned to see what the commotion was, and they were all faced with the large figured of a wolf, sprinting right for them, tongue lolling and teeth gleaming.

Before anyone could even react, the creature leaped straight at Mew, catching her off guard and sending her sprawling to the ground under its huge body from which large spikes exploded unnaturally. It growled menacingly, saliva dripping from its huge maw as it stared Mew down hungrily.

The Legendary was quick to recover, however. ‘Bad doggie!’ She yelled telepathically, somewhat peeved. More from reflex than anything else, Mew sent a wave of psychic energy at the overgrown wolf, blasting it off of her to land near the feet of a boy who looked even younger than the teens. After getting over this shock, Kaylie realized that these were the boy and wolf she had seen earlier.

Kaylie was unsteady on her feet, shaken from one ordeal after another. She began to loose her balance, her knees starting to buckle. This was soooo not going well…

 

[Knightblazer]

Lucifer winced as he saw the familiar slamming hard to the floor, skidding only to end lying inches near his feet. Slapping a hand to his face, the boy sighed as he pulled it down, a finger caressing over his scar as he did so. Muttering several colorful words under his breath, the young-looking Median grabbed Lucied and helped the wolf get onto his feet.

That… hurt… was all that the red and black wolf managed to say.

The Nosferatu rolled his eyes in annoyance. “That’s why I said not to chase floating cats around, idiot,” he boy hissed to his familiar as a response. With only an audible groan as a response, Lucied steadied his steps and hung his head low as the boy walked up towards the three. There were indeed two boys and one girl, although one of them was dressed in a strange get-up.

The non-human was dressed in some weird superhero costume that Lucifer couldn’t really lay a finger on. The other two were obviously human – the boy could just sense the fresh blood flowing through them. The human male was dressed in a long black cloak, black boots and black gloves, and had spiky blond hair. The girl had fair skin, wore a dress which Lucifer could almost swear came from the forest outside and had long blonde hair (which distinctly reminded him of Integra).

Lucifer grinned sheepishly, his pearly white fangs flashing as he did. “Uh… sorry ‘bout Lucied,” he started as an apology, “he gets kinda…” he paused for an awkward cough before continuing, “excited around cats… to put it mildly…” Pausing for a moment, the vampire then grinned once again, rising out a hand for a handshake as he introduced himself.

“Oh. I forgot to introduce myself. Name’s Lucifer. Lucifer Leonheart.”

Knightblazer ;262;

 

[Ledian_X]

OOC: M'anta doesn't think the creature's susbserviant. Just sentient.

M'anta
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I glared at the demon that charged at us. Any closer and I would have pushed Kaylie and Chrom out of the way and showered the maniac with enough electricity to fry a fully grown elephant. I did sense it coming and I was about to get them out of the way when the creature landed nearby.

I helped the red and white demon to his feet, thinking of something to say. He did manage to create a scene. People were looking at him, Kaylie, Chrom and me.

"Bet that really did hurt, buddy." I remarked. "Just be careful. Another inch and I would have instinctively turned you into a nice flashing neon sign. This isn't a threat."

"I just like cats..."he responded.

"Yeah, bet you do." I laughed. "Next time, go to an animal shelter or pet store. I'm sure you can buy a hairless cat that looks JUST like Mew here."

I turned my attention to Mew. Mew was a God? To each their own I suppose. Who was I to judge some other peoples' religious beliefs. We Aquans have our own Gods and Goddesses. I did sense this being had a tremendous amount of power. It was contained in such a small body. God size didn't matter though. The Native Americans of Earth worshipped animal spirits. Were these people similar in that regard?

"Well, Mew." I said telepathically. "It's an honor to stand in your presence."

Now, I had to respond to Kaylie's question. She had asked if I was a prince. That was true.

"Before we were so interrupted, Kaylie, I was going to say that yes I am a prince." I remarked. "Though, I don't desire the crown. I merely serve it. My brother Shrall is ruling the planet with my mother. I have an other sister who like me is also a Starbolt."

I sensed Kaylie getting uneasy on her feet. She was about to faint and I had to do something quick. Right before she was about to fall, I quickly caught her. Seemed lik all this was a bit too much for her. But, I didn't even go into that much detail. Oh well, there was time to worry about that later.

"Chrom is she always like this?" I asked.

"Not really." He shrugged. "She just had a lot of your info to take in."

"Demon-boy over here did startle her good." I checked her pulse. It was steady. She just needed to lay down.

I picked her up and motioned for him to follow me to the nearest couch. I saw a large red one across the room and placed her on it. Slowly, she began to stir. The mew followed us and appeared curious about what I was going to do. I wasn't going to harm her. I'm not a vigilante who killed the wicked for sport. Some so called heroes do that. Not me.

"You know, Kaylie if we're going to be friends we can't have you fainting every five minutes." I sensed her slowly reviving. Her eyes quickly opened.

 

[Lemurian]

"Be afraid. Death has come for thee." The demon turned to see a hooded humanoid guy standing there. The scythe was ready for a swoop. Behind the mask, Ketten grinned like a madman. He loved this costume. "Invitation?" the demon asked and Ketten lost his grin. He then pulled out the small card that he had got. "Right," the demon said and returned the card. "Hope you enjoy yourself, mr. Keisathlen."

Inside, Ketten swished peacefully between the other guests, who were slowly filling the room. One and another got a real fright from seeing him, but it never lasted long. He sighed once he had arrived at the bar. Maybe he had to find a better costume next year. He jumped up on a barstool and got the attention of the bartender. "The Reaper Man honours you with his presence. Give him a large gin and tonic," he tried, but again the bartender just smiled and appeared later with the drink. He seriously should have thought up a better costume.

 

[Yami Ryu]

"Why did I have to come again?" A mewtwo-ish creature whined as he followed after someone somwhat shorter and in a dress- said someone was learning not much in a dress outside of walking as she had to keep a good grip on the skirt least it drag.

"Because no one else would." She said as if it was the most simplest thing in the world to understand. "And before you start, shut up Shinigami, or I'll eat you."

"Ooooh," Shini said, nearly having it dead on, but it still had a mocking tone. Which was shone as he tried to say, "Someone's tou-" he didn't get to speak any more as Ryai shoved her sceptar into his mouth, effectively silencing him for the moment. Leaving the Mewtwo behind as he struggled to get the item out of his mouth, Ryai had already finished getting to the doors, flashed her invitation and went inside. Swearing, if a bit muffled, he charged after, just able to snap out, around the sceptar, something sounding like, 'I'm with her!'.

Ryai seemed to be ignoring Shini as he came up behind her, and finally pulled the sceptar out of his mouth and offered it back to Ryai.. after drying it unknowingly to her on a trailing edge of her dress. She shot him a look while making sure he hadn't ate any of it before accepting it back and looked around with a small sigh. "Think I'll head to the bar."

Shini trailed after, "And get drunk and end up in a ditch?" His answer was an 'oh do shut the hell up now.'

 

[Zephyr Flare]

Karu Locketre:


From what he had heard, the previous year was an utter disaster of an affair. Two beings came, the purple one and a Dragon beast. Given how reclusive the Dragon had now become, Karu did innocently wonder what may have happened.

Then savage muffins claiming to be fighting for the empire the night before the ball attacked Chikarma! Hopefully he should be allowed to come if he ever gets away from those fluffy little morsels, being what he is, he would still be inclusive for the invite...

Unless the jaffa cakes attack as well.


So here he was, sitting on the roof with his wings on full, watching the odd commotions of coming guests from a giant steel beast, wolves and others. For Karu, it was fascinating just watching all the different multitude of beings but alas, there is no way he can sit as he is for days on end before having to go in sometime…

Better late than never I suppose?


Adjusting the odd contraptions he is wearing, belts supposedly, he quickly makes himself scarce from being friendly with the birds to being welcomed by a guard’s men, or at least he can assume. You can tell he doesn’t get out much can’t you?

‘Invitation, if you please’ the Demon enquired, holding out a hand in a hurry up gesture.

Frowning slightly, Karu quickly produces the card before being allowed through.

‘Enjoy your visit, Mr Locketre.’

Blinking a moment, looking a tad sided with baffled; Karu dips his head a slight before the Noctria darts into the room before being promptly baffled by the sheer size of where he just walked into.

Judgign from the way his ears are tuned, wings swiftly redisguised and the tail flickers, he could be standing here some time.


OOC: I don’t let him out much Feel free to bump into him or say hi.