An Unusual Night [Nomine's/Susan's Awakening]

That was odd, very odd, extremely odd if she was to be so just to point out. Yes, yes quite odd indeed nothing seemed to make sense about it. There was no way she could of been so wrong about the sudden change, there was just no denying how odd it was. As if everything had suddenly gone black for a moment then the world was on highly slanted stilts. She could of sworn the way out of the gardens was right here. Yet there was a stupid fence in the way! Why would you have a path that lead to a dead ended fence! The symbolical sense of the path being obligated to parallel itself in a fashion to appease the screwed up guy who decided that everything had to be exactly just right or he'd have a mental break down yet didn't consider the fact that ya know fences exist in this plain of direction to block all feasible use of anything he set out to create in the first place.

Nominé would turn around and huff, considering using her scissors to cut through the fence and just leave. But then she'd end up being fined or some shit, urgh, what a drag. Where the hell was everyone else anyway? There wasn't even any people about for her to complain her woes to. Sheesh, this place sucked at night.

"Got all the supplies together. Fairly quiet tonight... Think the demons are out on the prowl tonight?"
"Doubtlessly. We must hurry on our way to East Eden. Batilde is likely expecting us."

Passing silently through the streets of an eerily quiet Sunlake Palms, Lui shuffled along the sidewalk as fast as he could. He recalled how Batilde planned on talking Lui to go train on some demons. He kept his gaze focused on his feet as he made sure no Cadets could question why he was outside. He recalled the interesting folk he met this afternoon, including the attention-starved artist Susan and the "Lady of the Trimming Shears" herself, Nomine. The two were fairly easy to sway and unique company to keep, so making friends with them should be a cinch. Maybe he could benefit from their companionship in the form of hair styling and more awareness brought to the club.

Lui's eyes flickered over to the garden to notice two girls standing in the silent grove. This concerned Lui; on the one hand, they could be normal students who could be set upon by a demon at any time. On the other, they could very well be Cadets. Either way, Lui would keep walking to the outskirts of Sunlake Palms, looking back at times to see if the girls would still be alright...

"Hm? Mayhaps these paths habit people after all..." Nominé would think to herself as she'd notice the rustling of the foliage around her, rustling back and forth in such a way that wouldn't be natural for the wind to impersonate. Oddly enough though, it appeared that it wasn't from just one area that the rustling came from... Strange, going from no one to so many, what kind of games were being played here. "Ay! If you're laughing at me for going the wrong way I swear to the stars!" She'd suddenly call out after hearing the mocking laughter coming from behind the vegetation. She'd point her scissors in front of her, wanting to threaten whoever thought they had the right to tease her in such a way a lesson.

"Wait, those girls look familiar. They- oh no. I recognize those two. Is that Susan? And she's with...Nomine?! What are they doing out here at night? Well, should be fine so long as there's no-"
Just as Lui ended the thought, he felt the wind blaze through the area. And was that... giggling? Unless one of the girls was finding the event particularly humorous instead of ominous, that was certainly cause for concern. Keeping quiet and sticking to his surroundings, Lui followed the two down the path until reaching the dead end. He laid low behind a large, sprawling tree, his rapier summoned to his side and his mask carefully cradled in his hand. Should anything attempt to ambush them, it would be on him to don the mask and sprint into the fray. Now, where was the giggling coming from...?

The giggling would begin to get closer and closer as the party seemed to get together. As the night poured on, the three would see a small fairy like figure approach them from seemingly out of nowhere. It appeared like a small caucasian woman in a blue unitard, just flapping right before them.



The fairy like creature continued to giggle before them in a rather eerie way, before actually speaking. Lets play a game! I spy with my little eye!The little fairy would point at each one of the humans before it, three little humans that think their cute and sly! As the fairy said this, more giggling from the area around them would be noticabley hearable, the little insect like flapping of wings could be heard too. As the fairy that was in front of them began to noticabley glow with an electric like aura too it. Sowwy humans, but you have to die now!

What would the group do?What would Susan and Nomine do now? Would they stand idle and succumb to the strange gathering of fairies? Or overcome them by some unusual means....

Nominé would stare forward through squinted eyes to try and make out where this infernal giggling was coming from her distaste for whomever was mocking her far out beat any curiosities she may of held for Susan to suddenly arrive. No child was going to mock her like this! How dare they think they were the tree's fleas and above it all to stroll all over her for such a insignificant mistake. These stupid kids and thei---


The stylist would raise an eyebrow, clearly not impressed by what she saw as the weird fairytale thing began talking, its voice was annoying. It's face was annoying. The fact it was still mocking her was annoying. "AY! I told you to stop fecking laughing at me! Now shut your whore mouth you demented brat!" She'd shout at it as it kept talking, not wanting to hear another word come out of its stupid little mouth. She'd have been pointing her scissors at the wretched creature the entire time from when it appeared until now as a weird energy started building up around the flittering blue tit.


For a moment, Nominé would drop her hand back down to her side, her head would fall forwards slightly as a curious feeling flooded her very being and made her whole body tingle with excitement. She'd begin grinning to herself, an almost crazed giggle forming from the back of her throat. She would see the bounds of chain that held her hands together for the first time. The stupid chains that held everyone in place and denied them from living free, but not anymore. With one quick motion, Nominé would rip her hands apart from one another, shattering the very link that held her down before. The rush of something new filled her with a feeling of euphoria before a small, tattered looking black bunny appeared in front of the stylist.


"Oooehehe, can we burn some fairies, huh? Can we, can we, can we!? Coommmm'aaannnn, ya know you totally want to!" The stuffed looking persona would call out excitedly, too into the mood of anger and hate that Nominé was feeling towards these stupid pixie things to offer a proper formal greeting quite yet. It would spin on the spot before eyeing the demon with the same cold blooded stare that Nominé was now giving it before beginning to light up with a bright orange flame.

Pixies? These fairies look pretty tame compared to the monsters of Lui's first fight. Either way, the echoing of laughter indicated that there were more creeping sprites elsewhere. The demon's comment of three humans forced Lui to roll out of his cover and run to the aid of the panicking girls. Recognizing the threat, Lui slapped the mask onto his face, letting the armor slide out from under his face and cover his body. Blade in hand, Lui sprinted into the battle, situating himself in front of the girls as they struggled, likely fighting for their new powers. Once the two had recovered with their new masks in place, the knight figure would look back, smiling under the mask.

"So you have awakened to your power as well? Excellent. Time for a crash course in combat, I suppose. Now, come to me, Shirokishi!"

At his command, a blanket of fog hovered above Lui's head as the slithering knight emerged from the cloud. The air around him appeared to become frigid as the armor of both Lui and Shirokishi seemed to be coated in a thin layer of ice.

"At your request, milord. Demons of the night, your deaths shall be swift!"

As the girls brought forth their personas, some kind of force would push back and stagger the Pixies for a moment, giving the trio an opening to act.




Both Susan and Nomine would see a gun sliding towards them, even if they looked around they would be unable to find the origin of the weapons.

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Pixie 2, Lvl.2:

As she spoke, with a creeping grin on her face Nominé would lift forth her scissors to her face, opening the blades wide as she summoned both her soul bound weapon and outfitted her new masked appearance all in one motion. Ooohhahah! She'd always wondered how she'd look as a brunet... Everything about this seemed perfect to the crazed stylist, an over confident smirk would arise as she brushed her newly fashioned hair behind her shoulders.

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