Prologue: Howl and Bite!
Royal_Sword13
I Am A Sword. A MAGIC Sword!
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[X] Check out the Ember in the alleyways.
You decided to go for the Ember in the alleyways, and flew towards where your senses would lead you to them. You could sense the Ember flickering, dimming and brightening chaotically. Embers were usually far more stable, and for one to be acting like that, meant that something bad was happening. You tracked down the fluctuating Ember into an alleyway in the southeastern part of the city, a half dozen blocks away from the hospital you landed at after crossing through the Gate of Infinity. Looking around, your silver eyes fell upon a girl in somewhat ragged clothing stumbling as she ran from something. Suddenly, a chill ran up your spine along with a surge of pure HATE as caught the scent of ash and shadow. It took only a few seconds for a beast, some twisted mockery of what had been some kind of bird, came barreling out of the darkness from further down the alley. You acted without even thinking, your form igniting in celestial flame as you crashed down like a meteor into the thousand damned servant of the Accursed, howling with rage and hate. Your golden fur changed into a window into the cosmos with stars, planets, nebulae, and galaxies dancing to the unheard symphony of the firmament. Your eyes became twin Suns of silver flame, with more eyes like them appearing on your wings, which had doubled in number. Your fangs and claws grew sharp and deadly like spears and swords, ready to pierce and rend the putrid flesh of the Dreg that dared to show itself before you, and you would be all too glad to sunder from the face of existence!
Do-Gi's Attack: 94 (Roll) + 10 (Surprise Attack) + 10 (???)=114
Vs
Dreg Beast's Defense: 58 (Roll) - 10 (Hyper Focused)=48
Do-Gi Wins
Vs
Dreg Beast's Defense: 58 (Roll) - 10 (Hyper Focused)=48
Do-Gi Wins
The spawn of the Accursed was too focused on the girl to notice you until you were already tearing into its fucking throat with your fangs after slamming onto its spine, it's shrieks of pain and the sound of its breaking spine only served to fuel to battle frenzy that had taken over your mind. The Dreg Beast tried to fight you off, flailing its corrupted wings and talons to try and strike you.
Dreg Beast's Attack: 12 (Roll) -10 (Pinned)=2
vs
Do-Gi's Defense: 16 (Roll) +10 (???)=26
Do-Gi Wins
vs
Do-Gi's Defense: 16 (Roll) +10 (???)=26
Do-Gi Wins
It's attempts to remove you were futile, it's limbs barely having the strength to reach you as your jaws put more force on its neck, slowly crushing it as you could feel the life force of the blighted shade born of your hated foe drained away as your fangs pierced deeper and deeper, a sense of vengeful satisfaction filling your heart as you pushed just a bit more…
Do-Gi's Attack: 50 (Roll) +10 (???)=60
Vs
Dreg Beast's Defense: 24 (Roll) - 10 (Pinned)= 14
Do-Gi Wins
Vs
Dreg Beast's Defense: 24 (Roll) - 10 (Pinned)= 14
Do-Gi Wins
CRUNCH
You pulled your jaw away from the crushed and broken neck of the Dreg Beast, and watched as it began to disintegrate into black smoke that quickly dispersed until all that was left was a small crow, looking around in confusion before seeing your combat form and getting spooked into flying off. Part of you felt good, better than you ever felt before after killing the Dreg Beast, but part of you also felt your mind becoming clearer as you realized that something was wrong. You might have hated the Accursed and their minions, everyone in Sanctum did, but it was never so… vividly felt before. In fact, while part of you felt satisfied by killing the Dreg, it also felt partially like you were disappointed you couldn't make it suffer more.
That was… mildly concerning, though you had to admit, getting the first Dreg kill yourself instead of having it be a Champion was going to be something you'd probably take pride in for awhile…wait…
You almost completely forgot about the girl!
Looking around, you spotted her hiding behind a dumpster with one of your wing eyes (so those are functional) staring at you with a wide pair of grey eyes. You meanwhile looked deeper and found her Ember was still fluctuating but was starting to settle down into the brighter range. If she was fleeing from a Dreg, there was a chance that it had tried to possess her or tried to use some dark Magic on her, or something else you didn't know about. You knew that trying to interact with her in your current state would probably not work all that great, so you pulled the mental trigger to turn back into your 'cute' form, instead of the cosmic wolf with four eye-studded wings. It felt strange, like you were putting on a suit that was two sizes two small and your body was compressing itself to accommodate the suit instead of the suit being stretched or torn.
Blinking and checking your wings to make sure you didn't have any extra eyes, you walked over to the stunned girl. "Sorry about that violent display, but I think we both can agree it would be better than letting you be caught by that beast." You spoke in a calm voice and tried to sound soothing. The grey eyed girl looked at you for a few seconds before blinking once and then blinking again a second time after another few seconds, before she reached out and… poked your nose.
"Oh…" She said, as though coming to the realization that you were not some kind of hallucination. "… are you going to eat me?"
"What!? No, why would you even think that!?" You asked, being thrown off your plan for how to interact with her as she asked you that question. "That would be extremely counterproductive and morally wrong to eat another sapient being! And I don't even need to eat anyway."
The girl seemed to take your outburst rather well, simply nodding before looking off into the distance. "… What now?" She asked after staring off into nothing with a blank gaze for a moment. Well, that's mildly concerning.
"Ah, right." You composed yourself as you mentally went over how to pitch the idea to her. "Well, you see there are more creatures like the one I just took care of and saved you from, and they have masters who are coming to this very city in search of a set of very powerful and dangerous relics of a time long forgotten and lost to history." You started off with a basic summary of why you were here. "This is not the first time a crisis has occurred, and beings like myself are sent to the world of humanity in order to rally together and recruit a group of Champions to help fight the threats to the world and save the day."
"You looked like you could handle yourself." The girl pointed out, and you puffed out your chest and flared your wings.
"I am an exception to the norm." You said, before getting serious again. "However, I am but one being. In conflict, quantity and quality of both sides have to both be considered. By myself, I cannot hope to achieve victory, but with a team of Champions working together alongside me, I have confidence that there isn't a foe that couldn't be toppled." You tried to sound inspiring at the end there, though it was hard to tell with the mostly blank expression you were getting from the girl.
"Why help me then?" She asked, and you smiled as you reached towards her. Suddenly, a small mote of light and flame emerged from her chest, the Ember of Magic within her. You studied it while she looked at it with wide eyes. The Ember had continued to stabilize and was now solidly burning bright, with a monochrome gradient coloration of white, grey, and black. It was also quiet, so much in fact that you could only 'hear' total silence from it. While your senses weren't keen enough to predict what kind of Magic she would have, it wasn't going to be anything that would be weak.
"Because you, my dear, have an Ember of Magic." You said as you began the explanation. "The spark of potential that can be kindled into a flame of greatness, the thing that would allow you to become a Champion." She seemed almost mesmerized as she stared into her Ember. "And that's where I come in, I can kindle that Ember into a proper flame and make you into a Champion. I think you also call them…Magical Girls, in your case."
"… Okay, do it."
"Now, this is a very important decision so I understand if you feel hesitant-, wait what?" You blinked as her words registered to you after a second. "Just like that, no thinking about it at all?"
The girl nodded. "Yes, I'll become a magical girl." She said, and you were left kind of stumped.
"… Any particular reason you're so okay with just going along with this?" You asked, curious.
"No where else to go." She said, and you were surprised.
"What about family?" You asked, and she shook her head.
"Dead." She said, rather bluntly to your shock. "People I was staying with didn't want me either, weren't good at it. Then they died too because of the bird monster."
… Oh, she's in shock isn't she? Her brain hasn't actually processed everything yet.
Right, how do you handle this situation?
[ ] Kindle the Ember: Hey, she's already agreed to it, even if it's not in the best state of mind…
[ ] Hold off: Yeah, maybe you shouldn't give a heavily traumatized girl magical powers just yet.
Either way, you would also have to address another issue… neither of you had a place to stay. And it wasn't like you could just Magic up a house out of nothing, so you'd need to find a place for the girl to stay at… speaking of which, you actually don't know her name.
"My true name is a bit too majestic for mortals to understand, and is physically impossible for you to actually pronounce anyway, so you can call me Do-Gi." You introduced yourself properly. "What is your name?"
"Kuuhaku Chinmoku, though just Kuuhaku is fine." Kuuhaku said, and you blinked as your innate translation ability rearranged the naming conventions to match your own.
Well then… you should see what you could do for shelter.
[ ] Look for Abandoned buildings, there's got to be one somewhere right?
[ ] Did the Dreg damage the apartment? You could use that, you just have to do some… clean up.
[ ] This was an important mission, maybe you could call for some assistance?
[ ] Some Other Ideas? (Write-In)
Discovered "???": +10 to Combat when fighting Dregs and Accursed, ???
