post-impocalypse: a field trip

[farfromgrace]

Vengeance is a Hell that cannot forget the past. Places of violence sometimes waver and reveal their old scars, bullet holes reappearing in fixed tables. It hasn't even forgotten the fall-- white chalk outlines in some of the alleys show bodies bent and crumpled at fatal angles, bodies that if stared at long enough show the pale shadow of wings at their backs. Some of the damned have claimed these angel bodies, hoping for a patron in hell or a weapon against it should they ever stir-- or a favor from Asmodeus, if they bring a waking one to him.

Beyond that, the cramped jumble of a city has the look of a place that belongs in a film noir, the light that's cast from the sky here washes out colors, and at night the fog comes in across the dark water and envelopes the city. So, in opposition to that, the occupied buildings are garish and loud on the inside and with their neon advertisements on the outside, demanding attention and refusing to bow to an environment that seems to want them silenced.

Space suddenly shifts, in a jarring, nauseating way, and you're falling into a landscape that's definitely a city, but not your Tokyo-F.

And land, unceremoniously, in an alley, the portal closing behind you. Nothing special about it, covered in peeling advertisements, full of shadows, littered with broken bottles and crushed cans and other kinds of garbage.

No one seems to have noticed you yet...

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[dragonheartedgirl]

[ I have antlers and a tail..... Well at least the tail she can tuck up against herself but dragon horns is a whole other level of difficulty. ]

... Well, at least... I never had a chance to take a bath, so surely with all this ash and black tar on me, that should be... something of a change of appearance, at least.

[ She will also see to... trying to braid her hair so it appears shorter and uh. other doable efforts to disguise her appearance. ]

[backstory]

[ LET LEVI HELP YOU MASTER...! HE CAN HELP WITH YOUR HAIR AND OTHER THINGS. ]

Even with all of that you are still radiant, Master.

[ But now he's wondering if he should smear some dirt on himself or something... he managed to clean up before leaving to help others again. ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ levi plz

that earns him a headpat, but also ]

It's okay if I'm not radiant right now. I'd much rather just blend in like anyone else. You might want to call me something else here, too.

[backstory]

[ Mumbled ]

You are always radiant.

[ . . . But he reaches down to grasp her hand. ]

If things get bad here, Master...

[ Leaning forward to rest his forehead to her own. ]

Please allow me to protect you. I won't stop you from fighting... [ He knows her abilities are built for this sort of thing after all. And she wouldn't listen if he asked her to anyhow. ] But be careful, and let me defend you as I am always desiring to.