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Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:51 am | |
| "...I'm someone who tries to be a hero and, and I fail at it. Miserably. Four years of 'experience,' and two was technically just–" She lifts her head up but keeps her gaze to the ground.
"Yeah, a job. A shitty one, at that. And the other two?"
"...I didn't even do all that much saving. There was always another hero there saving the day and I was just... in the background. In the end, I never actually did anything that was heroic. So when I got to Eagleopolis and the riots began..." Lucy buries her face in her hands again, mortified that she's admitting this. "...all I am is a kid with a gun and no way of using it."
"..." | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:56 am | |
| Moving up behind her, a hand flies down from his massive form and onto Signal's shoulder. Head angles itself down, and he moves to whisper into her ear.
"You have been broken down, and torn apart-you have been made to feel worthless, and awful. Do you know why you need to be a hero? Why you want to be a hero?"
Lifting her up by nothing but her shoulder as though he weren't even holding her before turning her around to have her stare him directly in the face-Christ, Zealot, what is it with you and keeping people so close to your face? Anyway, after getting a bit too close, he speaks directly to her.
"Do you?" | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:04 am | |
| "...yeah, I do. To get stronger, to prevent these things from happening... to protect society like you do."
Virgilia watches on in silence. She noted Zealot's use of 'torn apart.' Lucy didn't tell her about the laser that tore off parts of her body, so why—
"...Zealot. Did you...?" Virgilia glared at Zealot.
"I'll answer that for you: this isn't the first time I lost my right arm."
And here is where the accent of her hometown starts rearing its head. "...why I never...harming a lady, how could you...!" | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:16 am | |
| Giving Signal a genuine smile before moving her down to the ground and letting her go, he turns to Sigil and sighs. Shaking his head and looking down, his expression seems near condescending; his manner as though she just couldn't understand.
"She's not a lady. She's a hero. Besides, your sensibilities seem so odd when actually examined; are you to suggest that a person of the strength level which I possess could have a physical match in a normal human being that would rank within the realms of fair? Or do you simply find it in your way to claim that, because she is a female, I should act differently from how I would a male? Despite that...it doesn't matter."
Moving, slightly, to look at her, the smile pulls itself off of his face, a contemplative look overcoming it.
"She has a very interesting position relative to me, as it currently stands. Would you like to elaborate upon that, Lucy?" | |
| | | Synapse
Posts : 346 Join date : 2012-05-26 Age : 30 Location : New York City
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Synapse Alter Ego: Nicholas Eniac / Project S.Y.N.A.P.S.E. Mk III Main Power: Cyber Mind
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:18 am | |
| SUDDENLY
DICKS EVERYWHERE!
IN MY MOUTH!
MPH BMPH GMPH! | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:29 am | |
| "It's one thing to fight as a hero; heroics is gender-neutral. But..."
Lucy hushes Virgie.
"When he tore off my arm, it was... for a reason. That aside, I..." Lucy takes a deep breath; a meaningless exercise but it helps her focus. "I belong to Zealot now."
This statement shocks Virgilia into silence. "...you what now?"
"I belong to Zealot."
Now Virgilia looks utterly mortified. At least back in her epoch, 'belonging to someone' meant... well, it meant marriage, children, the whole package! To imagine someone like Signal—brash, confident, thick-headed—willingly admitting she belonged to a... to a brute like Zealot...
"...honey, you are going to get a divorce so quickly, did you know that?"
"...what?" | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:37 am | |
| Blinking, an act that; fuck, I have no idea if he needs to do, anymore, but he still does; blinking and turning around to look at the water, Zealot's facial expression shifts to one of...well, distaste.
"I also concur with the what." | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:44 am | |
| "Honey..." Virgilia puts a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "From my time, to belong to someone is to be married to them. Probably with a dowry somewhere, too."
Signal glares at her cousin with open eyes; even in the light of the moon you can see that her eyes still hold their post-mortem gloss. And... if she could blush, she would. Lucy looks away. "..."
Wow, that event just got even MORE awkward now.
Virgilia looks at Zealot now, confused that he didn't know this. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:49 am | |
| Crossing his arms over his chest before looking at Sigil and...frowning. Fuck; he couldn't tell how old she was. He always liked that power, it was a killer at parties. Judging from the accent...nothing. Accents in that region had remained relatively static for the past few hundred years. The sensibilities, per his reflection, also seemed relatively modern for the area.
"What do you expect from me? To know everything about your customs based in marriage? Besides, I don't think I'd get divorced very quickly, I-wait, alright, we're still talking about this. We're not married. Signal, why didn't you inform her of that? "
Of course they weren't married; he just told her that he owned her, took her to his magical fucking moon, did a bunch o-y'know what, fuck this. Zealot can do his own narration, the mentally unwell fuck.
Fine, I'll keep doing it. Dicks. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:00 am | |
| Lucy looked at Zealot, again with that beady stare (it looked more like it belong on a bat's face), and then back at Virgilia. "I... with you being able to browse the internet and neither nuke it due to downloading viruses nor being inherently scared of it, you'd think 'belonging to someone' means something very different nowadays!"
Virgilia simply looked at Lucy more seriously now. "...so it's that kind of relationship now, isn't it? Hmm, I didn't know you liked that..."
"Wha... NO!!" Lucy grabbed Virgilia by the shoulders and shook her hard, not even realizing that she had put extra strength into both her grip and the shake. "Why!?"
"What's it supposed to mean, then!?"
"It just means...!" Lucy stopped shaking Virgie, pondering on what it did mean. "...it means I'm under Zealot's care. And guidance."
"If tearing off your arm is caring, I'd hate to see what's not."
Lucy whispers, "...honestly, me too."
Virgie frowns. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:10 am | |
| Sighing before sallying forward, closer to them, Zealot shakes his head while looking down at them. His eyes are the same utter blue that they always are, open wide with that odd look. It seems as though it belongs less on the face of a human or even an animal, more at home on the face of a monster.
"I have no idea what either of you are talking about. Liked what? I want to be in the loop. As for what not caring is..."
A slight look down, and Zealot glances off over the horizon; eyes that can see the center of a black hole find themselves a graveyard and set themselves upon it, thinking for a moment; well...Signal would be dust, were she to fall from his grace. I suppose it doesn't matter, really. Moving his hand down and onto Signal's shoulder with an utterly cosmic grip, slightly and obviously uncomfortable with the act he's about to perform, he nontheless performs it; lifting Signal up and bringing her into a hug, the sigh falls from him as though on cue.
"I do care about you."
Really, Zealot cared for all human beings. He's just a creep. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:18 am | |
| Embraced in a hug, Lucy is also shocked into silence. Then she starts babbling... if any words could come out of her mouth, so her head is shaking and looking around and her mouth is moving but she looks more like a panicking mute. He cares? Really?
...maybe even enough to...?
Lucy puts her hands to her face and sits down. A slight tinge colors her pallor face. Virgie watches with fascination and then acceptance. If this is the kind of man she likes... what's done is done.
"I assumed that, perhaps, Signal was into you because of, um..."
Lucy swept Virgie's mind and immediately spouted, "Virgie no."
"You were into stuff like..."
"Virgie please."
"...BDSM?"
"Virgie noooooo." Lucy covers her face in shame.
"A man who oozes power and control, and likes—"
In a flash, Lucy gets up, looks Virgie in the eyes, and her own flash green. "Stop."
And so Virgie stops. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:26 am | |
| BDSM. Welp; Zealot hadn't had sex with anything in at least...I don't fucking know, I don't keep track of this stuff, an amount of time. He certainly hadn't had sex with Signal, despite what internet comics would have you believe. Fuck you, Japan, with your...sexualizing everything, just be-yeah, I'm not doing that again. Moving himself forward at the flash of her eyes and Sigil's mid-sentence stop, his hands go to Signal's sides in a rough grab, and he pulls her up to look him in the eyes.
"I saw what you did. Don't do that."
Ugh-could she...dominate him? Those...blue eyes. Eugh. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:37 am | |
| "Aaah!" At suddenly being grabbed by Zealot (and by the hips, no less, sweet mother o' god) and forced to look into his eyes, she...
Well, quite simply, she lost her shit.
Now Lucy was squirming further and trying to look away, not touching his hands to try and push herself away but... wow, those eyes, that is seriously too intense.
And then she begins to have a horrifying flashback: her at fifteen years old, utterly obsessed with anything coming out of this island, finding a payload of superhero doujinshi. Including some of Zealot. With... and...
Oh dear. This is just like one of my Japanese animes getting way too ridiculous now.
"Zealot... please put me down!"
Meanwhile, a couple of older ladies are walking home and pass by the park. It's late and their husbands must be so worried, but... the sight of Zeratto and some younger lady with him makes them stop and stare, one of them pulling out a cellphone ridden with cutesy charms and taking pictures. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:43 am | |
| Kneeling slightly and placing her down on the ground, he nontheless does not take his right hand off of her right hip, holding her where she is. Stupid Zealot, with his mental state hindering his ability to understand romantic impulses in the same way a normal human can. Or maybe he's just a stupid, sexy, hate-filled person trying to fuck with Signal. Maybe both. The world will never know.
Holding his face against hers still, but...well, at least her feet are touching the ground, he continues speaking.
"Good. Please. That's a good word to get people to do what you want; eyes are bad, to get people to do what you want. Do you understand?"
Jaw clenches, the jawline jutting out as his eyes stand utterly stalwart against her. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:53 am | |
| "I... I... yes?" Looking at his eyes, then his cheeks, then his lips, back to his eyes, and...
Lucy's eyes cross; she has officially gone unresponsive.
Virgilia watched with disgust and amusement at what was going on—either like reading a good horror book or a bad romance novel—but then noticed the three ladies taking pics and ogling the two. So she ran up to them and greeted them. Intimidated by this foreigner and possibly her large breasts, they walk away clucking at each other quietly. Virgie shakes her head; the nerve of these women. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:59 am | |
| Sneering slightly as she goes unresponsive, he stands himself up to his full height, allowing her to fall into a groom's carry. Staring down at her boredly before looking up at Sigil, he shrugs.
"I got angry at her for attempting to dominate you mentally. I never really get why the female heroes always pass out when I get angry at them-I guess I'm frightening, but still, the males don't do it. Well, except for that one from the East Village, but I never really counte-alright, talking time over."
Walking over to Sigil while continuing to hold the utterly spaghettied form of Signal, he looks down at her and sighs. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:04 am | |
| "I can think of a few reasons, actually... and." Virgie looks at Lucy. "It's not domination. I've seen the other vampire use it; unless he specifically allows it, the person being dominated ends up losing their will to him. That... what Lucy did was persuasion. Or, that's what I'd call it.
If what the other vampire does is pushing someone to do something, what Signal did is... a mild nudge." | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:08 am | |
| Looking down at Lucy and bringing a hand down through her hair annoyedly, as though trying to wake her up, he glances back u and regards Sigil with a bit of confusion.
"The reasons being? As for that, I'd rather she persuade with words." | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:09 am | |
| "Well... heh." Virgie scratches her head. Oh, to be admitting this... let's hope Saho doesn't find out. "To be honest, you're quite the looker; that cover in the comic book store should alone be proof of that. As stated before, you practically glow with power and control; many women like a man who can take the wheel and believe me, this hasn't changed in the +200 years I've been alive." | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:16 am | |
| Zealot's expression remains deadpan; in all honesty, his form had been superbly attractive in both incarnations, though each appealed to...different tastes. Sighing and attempting to look down at the ground before just seeing Signal, he frowns.
"Physical attractiveness. Well; the fetishization of myself by the populace has been something I've attempted to ignore for 30 years. It hasn't worked well. Drawings of myself in...annoying situations have never concerned me a horrifying amount. They are the thoughts of weak, lonely people, convinced that I can love them in a way they'd find emotionally satisfying. So, Sigil-let me explain something to you. I love you. I love Signal. I love every human being. Each is important, far more than the last; I'm not sure why that should be fetishized. As for my...power, the glow it has, it's never something that I've found particularly of worth, romantically."
Sitting down on the pond's edge and waiting for Signal to wake up, he sighs and stares out at the river. | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:25 am | |
| "Not even the fetishization, Zealot. There are some who genuinely love what you do and who you are, even if your methods are... uncouth. As for the kind of fetishization going on here... there's not much I can say on it. Signal might, though. Her mother's told me that she used to know everything about this place. But no matter. And please." Virgilia chuckled. "Call me Virgie."
Lucy wakes up, again entrenched in that horrible dream. She looks at where she is, looks up at Zealot, and quietly realizes the only thing to do here.
Like a fish out of water, she hops out of Zealot's arms and straight into the river.
Straight into natural running water.
.... "HISSSSSSSSSSSSS" Lucy jumps out and clings onto the side of the river for dear life, looking for all the world like a cat who refuses to take a bath.
Virgie sees this and bursts out laughing. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:30 am | |
| "People can love what I do and who I am; they find me to be a necessary entity. I believe so, as well."
Continuing to stare out at the water even as Signal decides to jump off of him and into it, Zealot just...doesn't say anything; moving out at superspeed to grab her and bring her back to the exact same position she was just in in his lap, he brings a hand to her head and pats her like a dog that's just done something stupid.
"Learn your own weaknesses. You're a vampire. Don't hop into water, it's bad for your health-next you'll want to see a sunrise." | |
| | | Sigil
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-06-20
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Sigil Alter Ego: Virgilia Balentine Main Power: Symbol Magic
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:39 am | |
| "..." Lucy looked at Zealot with shell-shocked eyes, still trembling at what just happened. "...I...yeah. Yes, of course, right. It's just... ah jeez..."
There goes Lucy again dropping her spaghetti. Now on Zealot's lap, she could do nothing but fidget, and the petting...
Lucy shoots Virgie a stare begging her to help.
Virgie decides to help. By playing Cupid. Hue hue hue.
She takes out her black book, pulls out the symbol for Venus, and gently guides it towards Lucy's head.
The good thing about that symbol is that it also represents femininity. Maybe now Lucy can be less awkward.
It reaches its destination and disappears in a translucent pink puff. Lucy blinks for a moment and looks up to Zealot, now with more... what was it... affection? Yes, that's it. | |
| | | Zealot Admin
Posts : 229 Join date : 2012-05-26
Ultimate /co/niverse Character sheet Hero Name: Zealot Alter Ego: Main Power: Superhuman Physiology
| Subject: Re: Japan: Tokyo Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:43 am | |
| "Vampires are weak, typically, to things like garlic, wood, silver disrupts your healing, the sunlight directly hitting your skin, manifestations of religious fai-"
Looking down at her instead of at the water, his expression remains, as always, that semi-angry, kind of depressing one. It switches to one of confusion quickly, but he doesn't actually move.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" | |
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