Character Meet and Greet

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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

I. Exploring Main Street! Take a trip through a little town taken straight from 1890's America. Visit the shops, dine at the restaurants- but don't forget you are here on a mission. As an Apprentice, you will need to gather some supplies. A weapon, or tool for producing magic.

But we understand if that corn dog cart on Market Street is your first stop.

II. Apprentice Class 101! Practice your spell casting and weaponship on the open commons behind the Firehouse. Sparring, casting or just general confusion abound here. Try not to hit anything or...anyone, the paint on the infirmary is still drying.

III. Look out! A level 2 corroded monster has managed to get onto Main Street! Protect the citizens and defeat the cur, and please watch the damage, the paint is still wet!

IV. One Little Spark! Go ahead, show us the strength of your imagination and come up with your own scenarios. Just, stay out of the Corroded Lands...if possible.

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Kohaku | Wish | Book 4 spoilers.

[amber_angel]

IV. New arrival in the worst possible way. For Kohaku.


To say Kohaku was confused would be an understatement of immortal proportions. Like Madam Hisui, Kohaku had defied God and had fled Heaven without permission after having fallen in love with someone who wasn't an Angel like them. The Angel Masters had come down to Earth under orders to give Kohaku and Hisui one last chance to come back to Heaven, and to pass on their punishments if they refused. Madam Hisui refused and was stripped of status as an Angel Master and banished from Heaven. Which was more of a gift than a punishment, all things considered. Kohaku had turned, waiting to hear what punishment would be coming for the one who like Hisui had fallen in love and come to earth against God's commands. Kohaku's eyes closed, awaiting punishment, hoping... deep within.... that god would be kind and that the punishment would be the same. Kohaku would give anything at all to be allowed to stay with Shuichiro. Especially now that he finally had a wish that Kohaku could grant.

But the words never came. Kohaku's eyes opened slowly, then widened. No longer was Kohaku in full form with long wings flowing freely. The Angel was now in cherubim form despite the bright sun. More, Kohaku's wings seemed to be gone. And without them just standing was a difficult task. This form wasn't really meant for much use. Generally Angels only wound up in this form at night, and then only until they learned enough spells to keep their full form at all times. And Kohaku always had wings. But the worst thing of all...

Kohaku seemed to be alone in a strange place. No Shuichiro. No Hisui. No Angel Masters. No one. Alone, tiny, unable to fly, and as Kohaku soon found out, without spells. Not even a single cantrip. The small Angel plopped down on a bubble butt and started to bawl. Large sloppy tears ran down a chubby angelic face. If not for the crying., Kohaku looked like a baby doll. The sort of thing you'd pick up and give to your child. If that child happened to be a pudgy infant, Kohaku would even be of a size with the child. Which was part of why those little baby fat legs couldn't keep the Angel upright very well....

Angel, meet not--quite-demon

[takeitsleazy]

Michael hadn't heard that level of pain in a while. It actually warmed his black Eternal heart a little, until he remembered that it wasn't supposed to, anymore. His hand twitched with the muscle memory of writing "humans = good" on a blackboard thousands of times under Chidi's stern tutelage, and he headed toward the sound. By the time he'd found it, he was fully convinced that concern was the way to go. He had to be better, after all, it was the only way to help ... well, everyone. He'd had to retool his personal manifesto a little since arriving (and that had meant a few days curled up in his new living space in a bright red hoodie with yellow accents and a black hood from the Emporium, with the hood up and the strings pulled tight while he sulked it out).

"Hey, there, little guy," he said, putting on his most gentle tone and smile, squatting down next to Kohaku. Michael reached into his coat and took out a pocket square that matched his impeccable bow tie, holding it out in offering. "What's the matter?"

Oh this is going to be FUN!

[amber_angel]

Kohaku's eyes overflowed with water. The small Angel took the offered cloth and applied it to those tears. A sympathetic ear was appreciated though what Kohaku really wanted was to be back home with Shuichiro and not be in trouble with God.

"God sent me here as a punishment for leaving Heaven and coming back to Earth without permission," Kohaku said, fighting with fresh tears. Kohaku was many things, and one of them was that Kohaku was painfully honest.

[takeitsleazy]

"Did He, now?" Michael tilted his head. "That's a new one. They didn't opt to give you the Eternal Scream? ... I wonder if this is an experimental thin--"

He gasped suddenly, clapping a hand over his mouth.

"Did they steal my idea? An experimental neighborhood, but for ... well ..." He gestured between the two of them. "Wouldn't that just figure. And why do they make such a big deal about us not being allowed on Earth, anyway? It's not like any of the humans seem to give a shirt, am I right? They just figure we're like them."

[amber_angel]

Kohaku sniffed, so confused. "The Eternal scream?" Kohaku asked. What was that? It didn't sound pleasant. "Did who steal what idea? How can an idea be stolen? A shirt? Most humans I have met are very kind, though. Shuichiro welcomed me into his home and takes care of me. He even lets the others stay with him. And his grandfather is very kind. So are the children at the hospital where he works."

[bigbadrose]

"Heeeeeeey," Rose instantly crouched down giving the tiny person a hug. "Don't cry! It'll be okay. My name's Rose Tyler, what's yours?"

[amber_angel]

Kohaku curled into those warm arms. "I'm Kohaku," the small Angel said in an adorable little voice.

[bigbadrose]

Rose smiled softly and gently pat her head. "Nice to meet you Kohaku! I guess you've never really traveled before, yeah?"

[amber_angel]

Kohaku sniffled. "Of course I have. I've been to Earth and the Bridge plenty of times. And on Earth I've been to the park and the cigarette shop, an amusement park, and back and forth between Shuichiro's house and the hospital."

[bigbadrose]

"Those sound fun!" Except the cigarette shop, what even? "Been to Earth, so where are you from initially, yeah?"

[amber_angel]

Wasn't that obvious? "Heaven..." Kohaku said, confused that it wasn't obvious.

[bigbadrose]

"Oh," blandly. "Is that where you expected to be now?"

[amber_angel]

Kohaku's small head swiveled swiftly. "I was on Earth with the others, even though I knew I wasn't supposed to be," Kohaku admitted.

[bigbadrose]

"Why not?" she held a finger up, "No, sorry, wrong question. What were you doing there then?"

[amber_angel]

Kohaku looked down, hands wringing a bit. "I... my heart hurt so much being away from him..." Kohaku whispered. "I knew it was wrong, but I had to see Shuichiro at least once more."

[bigbadrose]

Well. That was the quickest way to pull on Rose's heartstrings. Given she was pretty much borderline sobbing uncontrollably herself about missing the Doctor.

She protectively cuddled Kohaku, even while throwing a tantrum herself. "And heaven said you couldn't?! What kind of rubbish is that?! That's not heaven then! I'll kick whatever God thinks he runs that place in the face!!" she will, just watcher her. "Come on!" She set the tiny angel on her shoulders. "Let's find him!!! And if he's not here, then we'll kick our way to wherever he is!"

Working on icons.

[amber_angel]

Kohaku's eyes got wide and that little head shook so fast it looked like it would come right off. "You can't attack God! Please! Don't! You;'ll get hurt, the Angel Masters will have to try and stop you and they might get hurt! i don't want anyone to ever be hurt! Please!" Those tears were coming faster now.

o7

[bigbadrose]

"No hurting, I promise," Rose acquiesced easily enough. "But I'll give 'em a piece of my mind. If I ever find 'em." Which was not her highest priority. Stopping the darkness > finding Shuichiro > finding the Doctor > kicking God's face very firmly telling God that they have to be fake because true love was never wrong.

"Shuichiro might be here though. And if not, we'll find a way to get where he is, I promise."

Re: o7

[amber_angel]

"Shuichiro.... might be here? Then.... this isn't punishment from God?"

[bigbadrose]

"No," Rose reached up gently to pat the angel's head. "But fighting the Darkness, I mean corruption, might be a test you have to face together. Or to get back to him."

Rose's stomach lurched. Now she wanted to cry. Solving the Darkness would just eliminate her way of getting back to the Doctor and possibly endanger him and a couple of universes. Blech.

[amber_angel]

"I'm not one of the Angel Masters though, I am not supposed to fight. I know some defense spells, but I can't even use them in this form."

[bigbadrose]

Rose shrugged. "So? I don't know any magic, I won't use weapons, and I'm just a human. But I've been looking for allies for years, and if all I can do is provide experience and stories, then that's what I'll do. I don't think fighting corruption is a physical war like anyone thinks. It's more like your heart. What you do. And no, love is never wrong. No matter who's it of." She'll fight a billion universes and tell every god in all of them the same thing.

[amber_angel]

"In my... heart?" Kohaku whispered, chubby hands going over that small chest. "My heart... hurts," the Angel admitted in a whisper.

[bigbadrose]

"Mine too," Rose looked up at the sky. "It doesn't matter where I am. What universe, what dimension. If I'm with him, then everything is fine. If I'm not, then I'm not okay. It's the worst feeling there is. Dying would be better. It's existence past death, just being a ghost. But if we don't keep pushing, if we don't get back to them, they won't find us. They might not even survive if we don't save them first! So we gotta, yeah? Men are pretty dumb like that. No matter what species. Want to tell me about Shuichiro while we look?"

[amber_angel]

"Shuichiro is the one who always saves me... not the other way around," Kohaku said softly. "He saved me from a Devil's servant when we first met. That's why.... more than anything I want to grant his wish. Whatever it may be."