[PM][All C] Week 147: Hysteria

[Nargles]

Madness had broke out once again…The sudden appearance of the alarms shocked the Assistant Director, as he stood watching in horror at the change of landscape in front of him. He looked over at this assistant, Kumakichi, as the sheer army of Titian class beings appeared in front of him.

“Go rally as many potentiated as you can and gather them at the entrance!” frantically shouted Ciro to Maeda, “Hurry!”

He watched as the intern ran down the hall, heading towards the Intelligence and Contracting floors. At the same time he headed in the opposite direction, heading towards the main Research base to find out just what the hell was happening outside.

“Mister Martelli!” shouted a frazzled intern, “Titans… energy readings… spiking…” The intern leaned back on the wall, catching his breath for a moment.

“Relay whatever information you have directly to the new Director. If anyone tries to stop you, just tell them that I sent you okay?” replied Ciro, before resuming his course to the main core center of Cerberus. He quickly slid his card key through door and entered.

A flurry of action was the first thing that he saw, as the uncountable number of researchers frantically attempted to pinpoint to source of the disturbance. However… it would take time… and that was something they didn’t have at this point.

He reached over to the P.A. System and quickly pressed the button. “All Potentiated Humans report to the first floor! Lockdown subject bay and the main server, immediately!” With that he turned on the balls of his feet and immediately began to head down to the first floor to join with the rest, ignoring the calls of the researchers around him.

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Note

Alright Cerbians, Will gave me the go ahead to post this. So, Cerb people and the NPCs in that last klab, get ready for some hollow hunting!

 

[Kehengto]

Darius was in mid-stride as he had finally completed the task he was assigned. The number of the unknown source was in his hands as he strode triumphantly towards the Director’s office, if only to be stopped by the raising of hellish alarms. Bewildered at the sound as he had never experienced it before, the business man looked around for any hint of what to do. Fire? Explosion? Gas Leak? It could have been any number of things, at least so he thought until a wave of dark energy washed over his body.

The P.A. system soon followed with instructions on where to go. Biting his lip and looking at the piece of scrap paper that he had in hand, he knew he was closer to the muster point than he was to her office. Cursing under his breath, Darius slid the paper into his pant’s pocket and made a beeline for the ground floor.

Whatever it was the announcer, whose voice he swore he heard before, made it clear this was of higher priority.

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[Thanatyr]

Colin was putting the finishing touches in the server room when the alarm sounded, lights dimmed to dim red and the bulkhead door slid across the only entrance. Fully independent ventilation systems cut off airflow to the outside; locking the Irishman in with the lone guard that was making sure he didn’t cause any problems. Colin’s sterling green eyes looked up at the steel door, cringing at the sight of the mechanical locks.

“We’re going to be here for a while Kong,” he had taken to referring to the guard as the movie ape for the last few hours, always speaking in English when he did. Colin pointed to the door and spoke Japanese for the first time in a while, “Get on your radio and see if they can open that up, or at least get us some fresh air. I’m going to try and help from in here.”

His lanky hands slid along server banks to find the right spot. Ah, there we are. Security systems.

His eyes flooded to become the utmost black sheen as he touched the server for cameras and communication. His mind flooded with security feeds, “Hello lads, I’ll try to guide you from here. If you don’t like the sound of my beautiful voice, then you’ve got poor taste. So far it seems like most of them are outside. Let’s keep it that way, ya hear?”

[233]

 

[Froggu]

Daniel turned his head upwards slightly, listening intently to the announcement that blared over the intercom. The voice – that sounded very much like his acquaintance, Ciro Martelli – told the Potentiated agents to report to the first floor; it sounded like they were under attack. His first thought was that Orpheus had made a move, but that seemed highly unlikely. If not them, though, what could it be? His inventory of the weapon stock was all but complete. The other agents that had been helping him take an accurate headcount seemed a bit worried, and Daniel could tell just by looking at them that they possessed no superhuman abilities.

“Please continue working here,” he said in his monotonous voice, directing his gaze at worried-looking coworkers. “And remove these items from the list of stockpiled weapons,” added the youth, grabbing a few things from the storage facility. One of the men looked like he might protest, but seemed to give that up in favor of not dying.

With little more than a curt nod, Daniel was on his way. His equipment was a few syringes and a number of throwing knives. It wasn’t the best wartime battle gear, but one can never be too picky with such things.

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note

please make sure to post statistics and releases on here, please. mine will be coming up in my next post.

 

[MoonlitRain014]

Zakki was already sprinting down the hallway within seconds of hearing the announcement. He only hoped Yusuke and Richard were in the building and had heard the P.A. announcement. For now he had to get to the first floor before all hell broke loose with the imminent attack. He didn't have time to carry much with him except the contents of the emergency kit that was hidden in the inner pocket of his black trenchcoat. The coat was billowing out behind him as he made the last few metres to the large group of potentiated agents who were gathered in the room.

His eyes found Ciro Martelli and the lone figure of Daniel standing off to one side. He also noted Yusuke and Richard standing around nervously. The young agent caught their attention and got a relieved look from Richard. More of the people he knew would undoubtedly be there soon. His heart was pounding hard as he swallowed nervously. I wonder what's coming after us now. Orpheus or something...else?

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[Nekomaru Kuma]

The young agent ran down the halls. The only thing preventing him from screaming was that his lungs were otherwise occupied. Slowing down for corners, Kumakichi used bursts of potentiated speed to blitz through the halls. It was a large drain on his meager reserves, but the situation seemed to warrant it.

He needed to find someone, anyone. Kumakichi needed to find everyone. With this many titans on the loose, Cerberus would need all of its agents in play.

He sent an unfortunate electrician tumbling down the hallway. The poor man was only doing his job. Unfortunately, Kumakichi did not even have time to apologize. He would have to find the man later and make it up to him. The Intelligence and Observation section was just down the corridor.

The doors nearly unhinged as the young man barrelled into them. That was yet another concern for later. He found the agents of I&O gearing up for an apparent war. They seemed to have gotten the message.

His adrenaline still pumping, Kumakichi ran back out. If the word was out, then he needed to get to somewhere useful.

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[Nero]

Plz click me, okay?

Who the heck? Intruder alert!

It's Victor Vendetta, your friendly neighbourhood superhero. He's joining the Cerberus ranks soon, so I'm getting him all wet and linked up.

Edit:

Stats and Such

Figured I would put it in the first post for ease of navigation.

As of Week 147​

Victor Vendetta - Advent Human
Reiatsu: 5,330
- Map of Your Head: 5,863
Combat: 1,100
Agility: 3,230
Resistance: 1,000
Harmony: 4,300

▶▷ Awakening ◁◀

◊ - Initial Awakening:

Map of your Head​

Form:
There are no visible changes to Victor.

Ability – Subconscious Extraction
Victor is able to reach into the mind of any chosen being and ‘extract’ a certain part of the being’s memory. Whether the extraction is a place, a person, or an object, is subject to the target in question. However, Victor is only able to access a target’s mind when the target is in an unconscious state. He will also experience the memory appearing in his dreams as it remains in his subconscious.

As the subconscious is an important part of a person’s mind, it automatically safeguards itself from any external penetration. Therefore Victor has to expend an enormous amount of energy in order to breach its defence.

Technically, 500 reiatsu will be expended in this process.

In addition, Victor is able to ‘keep’ a chosen memory in his own memory. However, as each memory requires a huge deal of ‘space’ (like a computer hard-disk drive), he is only able to keep 3.

Technically, Victor will have 3 Subconscious Memory Slots in which he will place a chosen subject he wants to remember in the slots. He has to sacrifice the current memory in the slot if he wishes to remember something else.

Ability – Subconscious Manifestation
Victor is able to manifest anything that is in his Subconscious Memory Slots in reality. The manifestations are only spiritual and are not physically present. These manifestations are but a memory of the target and will only behave in a way of how the target remembers them. These manifestations are unable to physically affect their surroundings, including spiritual beings like Shinigami and Hollows.

Technically, Victor has to expend 200 reiatsu for every 5 minutes he creates a manifestation. In addition, he is restricted to only being able of create one manifestation at any given moment.​

Victor’s eyes opened suddenly. He felt like he was choking on something – as if a person was forcing a fist down his throat. The air was stifling and dense. His eyes were starting to burn in a familiar sensation and his body felt extraordinarily heavy, like someone was pushing him down on the hospital bed. Everything else he could see was normal otherwise. He strained his eyes and he could see the moonlight streaming through the blinds, although his vision was rather blurry.

He felt like he was choking again. Victor stumbled to the side of his bed, his head craned out as he coughed heftily. It was strange, very strange, he thought as he fell back on his bed. This was disturbingly familiar. He knew all this. And then, he heard something – something dreadful.

It wasn’t like any other creature he had heard before. The roar was raucous, beastly. It came from outside the hospital where he had been staying in for the past six days. Victor sat at his bed for the next few seconds, thinking about his next move. This was definitely related to all his past experiences with the supernatural and this might lead to an answer, even if it was just a small step. Victor would take any kind of advancement towards solving this mystery – there hadn’t been anything for the past years he had suffered.

He had decided.

[ 234 / 234 words ]​

 

[Kehengto]

Skidding to a halt as he reached the primary floor and subsequently the muster point, Darius took a scan of the floor. There were many faces to which he knew he should recognize but didn’t and even more that were even less familiar. Regardless he could tell something was up and a fight was brewing.

Having the business mind that he did, the new Cerberus agent had realized the limitations of his ability and once he had saved up enough in house credits made it a point to purchase items that could aptly compliment such power. Looking into a silver case that slid nicely into his suit coat pocket which he had also purchased not long ago, the auburn brown haired green eyed man saw which arsenal he had at the ready.

Weaving through those gathered, his power was active as he purposefully brush passed them. He was quickly finding out no one really knew what was happening. It was then he sighted Zakki, a face and name he actually remembered. Sliding up next to him, Darius made an informal attempt to break the tension.

"Any idea what is going on? So far no one seems to have a real clue, but this Thanatoresonance can’t be good.”

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Stats, Ability, and Whatnot

Stats:

Reiatsu: 13,567
~ Handshake with the Devil ~ 17,637
Combat: 2,137
Agility: 5,715
Resistance: 5,715
Harmony: 7,360

Ability:

Handshake with the Devil: The ability can work in one of two ways that only Darius can initiate. Each time though must be done purely through touch, being a business man this is of no problem as he has shaken many hands.

The first way he can activate his ability is by reading thoughts or past memories of his victims. To the victim this can feel cold where Darius is touching them. Extended periods of time can induce a lowering of body temperature and run the risk of hypothermia.

The second way he can activate this ability is by planting suggestions into his victims mind. This differentiates from the first as instead of a cold feeling the area of contact begins to heat up. Extended periods of time can cause the skin to burn.

Regardless of the direction of memories, there has to be a point of direct contact between Darius and his target.

Techs:
[ Cocktail Tolerance ]

Items:
[ Corotrapine C ]
[ Singula D ]
[ Feliniac D ]

 

[Nargles]

The researcher quickly arrived to the ground floor, meeting up with the rest of the individuals. Looking around, he attempted to find the President and her shadow, only to be worried when he noticed neither was there. Sighing, Ciro attempted to make his way towards the front, attempting to find a way to break the anxious feeling in all the agents who had arrived.

"Alright!” Ciro shouted, attempting to break through the endless, nervous chatter, only to fail miserably. He frustratingly looked down for a moment before gathering even more air into his lungs, "Shut Up! All of you!”

The room suddenly hushed immediately. Well that worked... thought the red-eyed man. "As you all can see,” he started, "There has been a sudden, dramatic spike in the number of Titan class beings outside. We don’t know why or how this has happened, but the numbers are multiplying and are well into the hundreds! If left unchecked, they could cause damage to downtown Tokyo and threaten any assets we have acquired.”

"I’m not the President,” explained the Italian, "But if left unchecked, within even a few short moments, they could destroy everything that we’ve worked to create. Furthermore, they could severely harm any non-potentiated beings in this area. As such, we’re mobilizing and confronting this threat. Our main goal is to stave off the invasion of these beings, while Research attempts to pinpoint why this is happening!”

He walked towards the front doors preparing to open them for the agents to exit from. "Those confident in your ability to fight should take the lead. Those who are not should either act as backup or stay inside and protect the subject bays and the main server! In order to make this work, we’ll need some people to head a small force. Darius and Zakki, you each will take a third. I will take the remainder...”

With a quick tap of the emergency exit button, the doors automatically opened. Biting his lip, Ciro watched as the agents slowly began walk through the gates of hell themselves.

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Warning: Information

Alright, one-day rule, so let's push this along. Anywho, Zakki, Darius and Ciro are dividing the force in three to make order giving easier. The rest of you guys can chose which one of the three to join with. Treon will pop in soon to write up some hollows for us so yay. Let's make this thing go as smoothly as a mass attack can go XD.

Ability and Stats

Reiatsu: 15,000
~Tortona~ 19,500
Combat: 4,000
Agility: 1,000
Resistance: 10,000
Harmony: 13,000
Items:
Give me a sec for these @_@
Techniques:
Controlled Response
Cocktail Tolerance

Aera Cura:

To Ciro, a person is nothing more than a puppet. By activating Aera Cura, his eyes turn a deep red color and become pupil-less. The ability allows him to briefly glimpse into a person’s spirit and pick out the aspect of their soul that is the easiest to manipulate, whether it be a tender moment, a fear, anxieties, or even a personality flaw such as cowardice or temper. There is no cost to use Tortona. Every turn this is activated, depending on the reiatsu level of the opponent, the effect changes.

Enemies weaker than Ciro are instantly overcome with images of their greatest fears and flaws, causing symptoms such as hallucinations, increased blood pressure, shivers and a powerful, debilitating terror reducing their main attacking stat by 35% for 4 turns. Enemies at Ciro’s level (75%-199% of his reiatsu) are less affected; however they are constantly plagued with thehallucinations with their main attacking stat reduced by 20% for 4 turns. Enemies twice as strong as Ciro still are plagued by fleeting hallucinations; however, are less susceptible to their effects, thereby reducing their main attacking stat by only 10% for 4 turns. This ability costs 4% of Ciro’s reiatsu per turn; however, he can choose not to activate the second half of the ability if he wishes.​

Pluto:

The Tarot, to Ciro, is ruled by spirits than inhabit each of the cards. Pluto allows the Italian to pull out the spirits into a corporeal form. By expending 50% of his reiatsu, Ciro can physically summon a being of the Major Arcana from the card.

Each of the spirits appears similar to the picture on the card (however inanimate ones will be given humanoid forms) except in an eerie grayscale. A golden banner, with the name of the card, wraps around the summon’s eyes as a blindfold. Thin wire-like strings of reiatsu connect body parts of the summons in to his fingertips, giving them the appearance of marionettes. Ciro can provide them a weapon upon summoning (usually the same as what is depicted on the card).

Ciro’s stats are lowered by 50% and distributed to the summon’s stats. The remaining are based off hollow stats.
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Stats:
Reiatsu- Sum of all stats
Rage- The summon’s combat potential. Determines aptitude with the weapon that the summon possesses.
Agility-The summon’s speed
Ability- This is the stat that governs the summon skill with whatever its particular skill is.

A summon can choose TWO of the following abilities:
Lima:

Being an extension of Ciro himself, the summons can instantly transform their appearance to look like Ciro himself. All things that differ themselves from Ciro himself are removed, including any wires connecting the two, however Ciro can still control them mentally. Furthermore, he can literally speak through the summon, as if it was coming from his own mouth. At any point during the transformation the summon may activate it’s other abilities and attack. The cost of this ability is 100 reiatsu per turn transformed.​

Mania:

A summon with this ability gains all the benefits of the Earthly Law Mastery technique. Furthermore, by paying 3% of its reiatsu per turn, the summon can temporarily transmit these benefits to Ciro. This ability can last for a maximum of 5 turns.​

Antevorte:

Ciro often calls his summons corporeal ghosts because of the ghost-like properties that they possess. This attack launches a high frequency, high pressure sound wave, in the form of a painful screech, outwards in a V-shape, with a maximum diameter of 10 feet. Due to the nature of the attack, these sound waves are capable of reflecting off of solid surfaces. They travel 30 ft outwards before dissipating. The cost for the attack is 5% of the ability stat.​

Aeternitas:

Ciro’s nickname "The Trickster” is well deserved. By paying 10% of its ability stat, the summon can swap places with Ciro instantly. The maximum distance there can be between him and his puppet is 75 feet for the ability to work.​

Mors:

As a last ditch attack, a summon can choose deconstruct itself, releasing all of its remaining energy in a large pulse of reiatsu that extends in all directions. The power of the blast is completely dependent on the remaining reiatsu stat of the summon, ranging from a small shock wave to a large explosion. This ability has no cost due to the fact that the summon is sacrificed.​

 

[DarkTaren]

Click me!!

Writing up 3 different sections for the Hollows to divide them into manageable groups. Please choose which group you are going after based on Color so I can keep up with it. First group does not count towards this: It is a general entrance.

The air was tense with an abundance of aggressive reiatsu, lingering in the air surrounding the Sougi Towers. Deadly intentions made the atmosphere heavy and dark clouds gathered almost as to have a premonition of an oncoming storm. The lingering reiatsu suddenly and dramatically escalated as dozens of small slits of dark cut the sky and ground asunder before yawning open to reveal a mass of Hollows. All manner of creature emerged, varying in shape, size and color; all wearing the typical mask of the demonic spirits known as Hollows. They could feel the dense reishi rich atmosphere of Earth, and had responded in kind. A delicious odor which only a masked being could truly appreciate hung heavy all around them and they would feast to their heartless delight. The hunt would soon begin........

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Blackfur tested the air with his wolf like muzzle as he stepped forth into the world of the living. The air was filled with a delightful fragrance of souls rich with reishi. All around him, lesser Hollows intermingled, drawn by the same odor, and there to try and steal his meal from him. Like I would allow these lesser beings to take my prey. Blackfur growled to himself at the thought and shimmied his body, his unnaturally black fur coat ruffling around him as the hairs raised on end. As his own reiatsu jumped, he tipped back his head so his muzzle faced the sky before letting out a piercing howl. Close by Hollow shrieked and fled in fear and pain at the higher than normal pitched howl emitted from Blackfur. Oh yes, such weaklings would not steal his prey, he would make sure of that as he dashed forward towards the source.

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Blackfur Stat Stuff

A large and wolf-like Hollow that battles on all four. It has an incredibly strong jaw and is agile in combat. Its mask is volatile and looks positively raving. Blackfur has a very high stamina and will not tire in battle, and as such is very resistant to Bakudou and other entrapment techniques. Is said to be able to unleash a howl that renders his opponents deaf.

Stats:
Clas: Huge
Reiatsu: 5,500
Rage: 3,000
Ability: 500
Sonido: 2,000
Emptiness: 3,000

Abilities:
Death Howl –
Blackfur releases a deafening howl that can bust eardrums. However, this howl has a second effect, causing disruption in one’s reishi flow. Upon emitting the howl, those that have heard it within 20 feet of Blackfur find themselves unable to cast Kidou spells and abilities that would otherwise mimic the mechanics of kidou. Also, if the target has shikai, they will find they are unable to release it, or if it is released, it will return to its sealed state.

(Color for this group is SeaGreen)

To the west of the Cerberus Sougi Tower, another grouping of Hollows had begun to appear in response to the dense reishi in the area. This grouping was fairly small in the grand theme of things, especially compared to some of the stronger masses lingering about the battlefield. Not that it mattered to the pairing that had arrived in this particular area from Hueco Mundo. An odd pair of 'friends', Deathcap and Shackle stood next to each other as conjoining Garganta's opened up to reveal the pair to the world. Deathcap, standing at a good ten feet from the top of his mushroom cap shaped mask looked around, feigning a dim shyness to which Shackle unleashed a dry cackle. "Ahh Deathcap, the day you become as shy as you're acting is the day I find a new partner." Deathcap tilted its head making a 'poik' sound to Shackle's comment. Shackle, a gangily, ghoul like Hollow, with mottled grey skin dug his taloned feet into the earth before him. "Yes, this will make a good hunting ground for us Deathcap. Let's go find some food..."

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Deathcap/Shackle Stats

A medium sized Hollow about the size of a small tree, though with slender limbs and near spidery legs. Its body is lean and lank, even skinny. Its head is entirely out of proportions, resembling a big oval disc or a mushroom head, thereby earning its name. Deathcap has an extremely lethal poison stored in his body, which it can spew out like breath, making enormous mists and clouds of sickly green. If infected with its poison one will first feel dizzy and feverish, and eventually loose the ability to move, collapsing entirely, being reduced to nothing but Hollow food.

Deathcap is known to be associated with the C level Hollow named Shackle, a humanoid Hollow that has the appearance of a gaunt and bony ghoul. It's abilities are unknown, and therefore one must be careful when approaching Deathcap, since Shackle will almost certainly be around as well.

Stats:
Deathcap – Huge Hollow
Reiatsu: 4,500
Rage: 200
Ability: 3,300
Sonido: 1,000
Emptiness: 2,000

Shackle
Reiatsu: 4,000
Rage: 2,500
Ability 500
Sonido: 1,000
Emptiness: 2,000

Abilities:
Deathcap:
Death Spores –
Deathcap is capable of emitting a cloud of deadly spores. The spores are filled with a number of reiatsu and reishi devouring pathogens that breakdown spiritual bodies and structures for easy devouring by Deathcap. Those caught in the cloud will notice an instability in their spiritual pressure, as well as a decrease in all physical capabilities. Those caught inside the cloud will lose 300 reiatsu every turn, as well as an immediate decrease in their Physical Combat based stats(such as Zanjutsu, Hakudou and Hohou) by 4%. Leaving the cloud will allow you to fully recover stats after a round of fresh air. The cloud covers a 5m area.

Shackle:
Earth Grab –
Shackle is capable of extending his limbs to great lengths, burying them underground to catch his prey off guard. When he uses Earth Grab, he thrusts his arms into the ground below him. His arms will them track his prey and grab out at their feet when they least expect it. He generally uses this attack as a combo move with his companion Hollow Deathcap to allow the other to use its poisonous spores.

Burial –
Shackle is able to completely burrow under the ground, using this ability often as a method of escape. This ability also allows him to lay in wait undetected to attack as prey passes over him.

(This group's color is Royal Blue)

At the foot of the Cerberus Sougi Tower, the strongest of the incoming groups emerged. At its forefront strode a beautiful figure garbed in a flowing white gown. As she past into the Living World, she turned her gaze to the Hollow's surrounding her, almost seemingly appearing as a damsel in distress amidst a sea of demons. But as she passed by, weaker Hollows bowed down before her grace and she ran slender fingers gently across their masks. Long, flowing blonde hair seemed to glitter with a supernatural sheen and it seemed as though this oddity, this beuatiful figure amongst all the ugliness surrounding her, glowed with unnatural light. She smiled as she glanced up towards the upper layers of the tower before her, licking her lips gently as she spoke with an elegant voice, "Come my dear children, let us find a meal."

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Syren Stats

Syren
Status: Active
Similar to the creatures of olden lore, this particular hollow lures in it’s victims with its beautiful voice and what seems to be a kind face. Unbeknownst to those who are unlucky enough to cross its path, this creature in fact looks nothing like what it first appears to. The soulful melody that Syren sings in fact brings those who hear it into a state similar to being on drugs. This altered reality not only changes how the monster appears, but it also loosens inhibitions and brings about a relaxed and often carefree attitude to those stuck inside. There are no clear reports on this hollow’s true appearance other than its height of 10 feet.

Syren: Huge Hollow
Reiatsu: 6,500
Rage: 2,650
Ability: 2,600
Sonido: 1,250
Emptiness: 4,000

Abilities:

Altered Perception: Changes first its physical appearance to that of young lady dressed in white with flowing blond hair. Once engaged with its prey, it can alter the victims viewpoint on the world making things seem nearer or farther than they really are, and causing the victim to feel disoriented in their surroundings. If chosen to alter its own appearance or its victim’s viewpoint, it would surely choose the latter.

Death-bound Euphoria: Creates a strong sense of relaxation through heightened production and release of serotonin in the victim’s brain. Misplaced happiness, loss of inhibitions and an odd sense of trust in regards to the “woman in white” can take place. Very similar in nature to being drunk or on drugs.

Banshee’s Screech: Just as Syren can use its beautiful voice to lure in its next meal, it can also use it to violently injure its prey. High pitched screams can rupture ear drums and send excruciating waves of pain surging through its victim’s body. Rational thinking can be hard under such circumstances.

(This group's color is Dark Orange)

(615 WC)

 

[Kehengto]

Darius’ jaw almost literally bounced off the ground at hearing that he of all people was to lead a group. He had not been here long enough to even learn his fellow agent’s name, but now he was leading men into war and possibly their deaths. This was not a good business model, but he would not show weakness and doubt his leader’s decision.

Stepping up to his position, Darius smirked at the prospect of learning more about the mind of a titan. The question was, could his mind handle it? This he would find out. Somewhere in his gut he felt a need to go west, and that was where he would go.

“Alright everyone in this third from there over follow me. We are going west.”

As his voice powerfully echoed over the crowd like a politician in the heat of his campaign, he used his extended right arm and swung it over his selected third near the right wall. Spinning on his heels he stormed out the door into the streets of hell.

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[Thanatyr]

The swarm of titans at the foot of the tower flooded the security cameras field of view with all manner of grotesque forms. So many of the beasts moved about that it gave Colin a hard time to get an accurate count, even with the computer helping. They seemed to stay back from a woman with blonde hair, almost reverent to her. Colin felt an itch at the back of his mind that something was off with her.

"What is it with blondes in this city!” he yelled to nearly empty server room and went back to a quick count. Tapping into communications he broadcast only to the Cerberus agents nearest to the impending attack on their tower, or any on that face near windows.

"We’ve got... shit, at least a hundred titans at ground level that seem to be the biggest immediate towards the Sougi, but they haven’t made a move yet. What the hell is going on out there?”

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Oh right, stats and such

Colin Healy
Stats:
Reiatsu: 3050
Combat: 25
Agility: 25
Resistance: 3000
Harmony: 2000

Items:
myPhone
While Colin dislikes Apple products, he got his hands on an iPhone before gutting it and rewiring it. With the new circuitry this phone acts as his universal translator and remote access point to use his awakening. Any electronic devices within thirty feet that use any sort of wireless signal are vulnerable. Without this phone, Colin cannot understand any language but English.

Awakening:
BIOS (Basic input/output system)

Colin’s awakening can simply allow unfettered access to nearly any electronic device made by man. With this he can practically walk through secure systems with little to no notification to the system’s owners. When using his abilities the whole of his eyes become deep and black, with no detail to be seen on them.

Read-me (Passive, always active w/o eye change)
Colin can speak with computers and electronics as if it was his true native tongue. Code and program layout are his phonetics, he can break down the intended use of an item or any security flaws within a few turns at most. By then he will often have suggestions for how to improve and stream line any coding.

Security hole
While on his own an accomplished hacker, Colin can call upon this ability to amplify the intended use of his code when hacking. Simple tasks and commands become sheer instinctual movements, more intricate things such as compiling a firewall or attempting to dismantle and get through more advanced security systems take time. Using this ability costs Colin 100 reiatsu per turn it is in use. Only someone spiritually attuned can dampen its effects so long as they are in contact with the machine being assaulted.

Dominate machine
At the cost of 100 reiatsu per turn Colin can take over a machine that he is touching, but not what it is networked to. With this he can get ATM’s to dispense cash at will and erase the video evidence, open electronic locks or move about machinery. (Or see feeds coming to a machine for example in this PM)

 

[Nekomaru Kuma]

Kumakichi headed down the stairs. This time, he avoided using his thanatoresonance-enhanced movement. Too much of that would leave him helpless when he reached the battle. Plus, the boy was fairly certain he could not actually maneuver down the staircase at that speed.

Agents packed the lobby of the tower. Kumakichi found it difficult to see where he was going in the throngs of people. Given the circumstances, a little confusion was understandable, but this strained the teenager's ability to navigate his course. The flow of people nearly dragged Kumakichi out the doors.

That proved fortuitous.

When he reached the doors, Kumakichi discovered Ciro directing the human traffic.

The man had never steered him wrong before.

"Mister Martelli, what should I do?"

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Reiatsu: 4878
Combat: 1232
Agility: 1823
Resistance: 1823
Harmony: 3479

First Stage:
Form: Floating metallic spheres roughly nine inches in diameter. Kumakichi moves these spheres via mental control.

The maximum number of spheres Kumakichi may have at any time is equal to his harmony divided by 1000 (round down), up to a maximum of five. The maximum number of spheres Kumakichi may create in a single turn is equal to his harmony divided by 2000 (round normally, minimum of one). Each sphere costs one tenth of Kumakichi's total reiatsu to create.

Also has Cerberus tech "Controlled Response" and item "Immunization"

 

[MoonlitRain014]

Zakki's heart was in his mouth but he didn't let it show. He pointed to a ravening, wolf-like creature rushing towards them and spoke in a voice that was quiet and aggressively controlled.

"We've got some Titans to deal with so let's not fuck it up! Go!"

He began striding towards the group of misshapen, howling creatures and as he did so his body began to grow transparent as the light of a thousand stars was glowing around his hands. He took aim at once small Titan scuttling along and released a volley of glowing darts of energy at it. The creature gave a loud shriek and the pale young man kept moving forward with energy pulsating from his hands. Well if I can't be fearless, I'll at least look fearless he thought.

The huge black outline of the evil being was looming closer and Zakki swallowed in spite of himself at its massive form and the waves of thanatoresonance pouring from it. He raised his arm and let a pulse of energy fly towards it.

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[Froggu]

The mass of gathered Titans festering at the base of the building stood ravenously, lead by a rather beautiful woman with flowing blonde hair. Daniel narrowed his green eyes upon seeing her; very aware that only an enemy would stand so calmly amongst those demonic spawns of hatred. A quick shift of his head gave him insight into just how many had gathered.

"Tch...” he murmured to himself, waiting for any of them to advance. A mild bit of fear and uncertainty built in the pit of his stomach; he knew he wasn’t alone, but just looking at them would be enough to break even the most courageous of men.

Without making so much as a sound, Daniel produced a shadowy mass of dark energy that began to curl off of his form like dark smoke; his own reiatsu. He wouldn’t allow these creatures to have their way, devouring every human being that they came across. It was time for him to act.

Producing a throwing knife in each hand, Daniel charged at the first line of advancing Titans. A fluid twist of his body and a jab of each knife destroyed a pair of bestial creatures, and a simple upward slash silenced another. As one of the creatures sought to pierce the Advent with a bladed tentacle, Daniel became insubstantial. Befuddled, the creature retracted the appendage only to be stabbed through its mask by both of the blades.

I will defeat them somehow, he thought grudgingly.

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Statistics

Reiasu: 9,000
Combat: 3,000
Agility: 2,500
Resistance: 3,500
Connection: 8,000

True Awakening: Phantom Shift

For 10 reiatsu per second, Daniel can render himself entirely insubstantial. While in this state, he is capable of passing through both beings and solid objects regardless of nature (Spiritual or Natural). In this state, energy attacks have a slightly increased potency against him, but projectiles not enhanced by reiatsu remain ineffective.

Items:

Pyrozac C (x2)
Cortaboost Patch (x2)

Kunai Knives: Specially designed to damage Spiritual Beings and Natural Beings.

 

[Nargles]

“Come with me Maeda,” said Ciro, anxiously looking back and forth between the outside chaos and the frantic safety measures inside, “We are going to be doing some hollow hunting… You should be glad, this time you do not have to fight another potentiated human!”

With that, Ciro suddenly veered off, exiting the building and joining the others outside. A tarot card levitated from his pocket, before disintegrating in front of him. Ten thin wires appeared from his fingers, connecting to the haunting figure exiting the card. Major Arcana the Null… The Fool… Two thin daggers spun in each of its hand, before it slashed outwards at the first titan in its way.

Looking back, he made sure Kumakichi wasn’t falling behind. A sickly cloud of green particles began to slowly waft out, causing him to jump back a bit. “Do not go into the green… well… thing… Who knows what the hell is in there… It is probably best to attack from afar…” Ciro twitched his right pointer finger, causing The Fool to accelerate into the mist, slashing wildly, attempting to hit the invisible target.

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Summon Info

The Fool
Reiatsu: 9750
Rage: 5750
Agility:1000
Ability: 3000
Aeternitas
Lima

 

[Nero]

Victor pushed open the double swinging doors and they dangled freely behind him as he exited the hospital. The air was choking and pungent, as if he was trapped in a small room full of dead fish without any ventilation. He put a hand to his mouth and nose to try and curtail the stench but it had still filtered through.

He would have thought that the great outdoors would have been more welcoming, especially since Victor had been looking forward to getting out of the hospital having been ‘locked in’ for the past few days.

“Guess I’d have to make do. Skippity-do, off we go! But where to?” Victor mused optimistically, but pondered on his destination, a thin finger measuring his left cheek. “That way,” he decided very soon and although he sounded sure to himself, it wasn’t the most convincing of decisions. He was heading nowhere.

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[Nekomaru Kuma]

The young agent followed closely behind his mentor. As they ran, Kumakichi focused his thanatoresonance into a pair of orbs. He kept the metal spheres close to his side, as they were the boy's only weapons. It would be a while before Kumakichi could make more of them.

It was chaos. Cerberus agents ran in a multitude of directions, activating various potentiated releases as they sprinted.

Kumakichi idly wondered how the company would keep this a secret. After all, there were Orpheus agents in the other tower. It would be bad if they witnessed all of the strange abilities the company possessed. Of course, they might already know, he realized. The shaggy-haired teen knew very little about Orpheus.

A green fog interrupted his thoughts.

Kumakichi skidded to a halt. His orbs would be useless attacking in that cloud. The boy would have to hold the globes in reserve, and hope they proved useful.

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[Kehengto]

With very little care as to whether there was a familiar face in the crowd that was supposedly following him, Darius continued to run west. Not out of fear or the sake of saving his own skin, but because there was a titan that was standing out in his mind. Considering that the other groups were off to take care of the other two stronger forces, Darius was driven with the desire to get into a demon’s head. Whatever he could find in there would be golden intelligence for generations to come.

Coming upon the scene, Darius caught a glimpse of the titan he had sought. The creature was not as large as he had anticipated, but still the makeshift leader kept his caution. The titan looked as if it were a walking tree with an afro from some cult classic movie. Around was a sickly green haze that Darius was certain was not of natural meteorological causes.

Leaning up close to a nearby corner with eyes closed as he tried to figure out he was going to fight this thing he failed to realize that he had already been sighted. Bony tendrils rose up from the ground and wrapped tight around his ankles before slowly crawling up his legs to hold him fast. Robotically responding to the assault on his body, Darius robotically pulled out one of his syringes at random and injected it into his neck.

He could feel the pupils in his eyes turning into slits as the milky serum coursed through his body. With feral instinct, Darius shredded the creeping bones freeing himself and enlisting a roar of agony from a second ghoulish looking titan hidden behind the first.

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[lilmangoseed]

Filling in for Teron.


The wolf sauntered. One thick, black limb drew forward; brute muscles rippled with every step. Its mask, scathed by carmine matched well with the burgundy seeping from its lips. A ravenous tongue dangled and heaved. With every breath, it tasted… tasted, tasted, tasted until one particular flavor of man piqued his interest. The fragrance was fragile -- like the sick calf among a booming livestock.

“Hello,” the bestial hollow growled. Its low grumble pulsated through the air with enough vigor that the bricks and solid tar cracked to the whims of its voice. Eyes flicked back and forth from one boy to the next. Nose sniffed in delight. Both were far too skinny -- not a satisfactory feast -- but still densely delicious with reishi. They’d suffice.

And with a sudden growl, Blackfur lunged forward across the sky, claws risen, teeth snarling, hurling itself forward at the tender, more delicate youth.

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“Veheehee! This one’s a testy one!” The words cackled from the oval-headed beast that scampered across a nearby wall. As the businessman scraped and wrestled with Shackles’ bony limbs, Deathcap lunged forward, whipping its spidery legs at the human’s face, lacerating skin and flesh, and forcing him to inhale the musky, green haze. “Take it! TAAKE IT!!!!”

Shackles withdrew its arms. “You’ll pay for that.” The ghoul groaned, and with a grotesque snap, he fixed his misshapen, shattered bones back into place. Twisting his head in a three-sixty ring, the ghoul noticed a particularly useful black pipe laying across the ground. With a low snicker, the humanoid turned around and picked up the weapon. After slinging it across his shoulders, he elatedly made his way toward the suit-clad human.

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(Sorry Syren group. Gotta head out. I’ll write you a turn soon)

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