Gremlin

RP blog for Sora Takigawa (Gremlin) of Kamen Rider Wizard. Affiliated with Città Alveare 

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Is It Easier To Fight Greed Or Despair?

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[ ◐ ] –     Gotou was shocked speechless, hands curling tightly around the weapon in his hands - if they’d been visible, his knuckles would be visibly white.

“You’ve made your point,” he hissed through gritted teeth. He raised the shotgun again, aiming directly at the monster. “What are you?”

He wasn’t expecting a clean-cut answer, but he was hoping the question would distract the creature long enough for Gotou to get a good shot in, and as long as he was distracted with Gotou, he likely wouldn’t go for the civilians again - at least, until he was dead. Which he prayed, to whatever god might be out there, wouldn’t happen.

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"Aahhh. Let's see, what aaaam I?" The green hand stroked his armored chin in a mocking fashion. 

He could answer this question several ways, but just answering it would be boring. He had to tease this new figure as much as he could. 

"A Phantom?" He said as if in question, before moving in the blink of an eye next to the other. 

"Or am I human? That's a question people love to ask. Hihihihi.” 

As if he had always been there, he slid down the railing of a nearby set of stairs, without a care in the world. When he landed, he put his arms behind his back and leaned slightly. 

"Recently 'monster' seems to be a crowd favorite. Hihihihi. But, it really doesn't matter what I am!" 

And once again as if he teleported he was back to the group of people, holding the face of one in his hand, as if he was inspecting a precious material. Both gentle, yet frightening in his hold, he tilted the person's head to each side while still talking. 

"What matters is what I do! And that is bring despair to all Gates! Without Misa-chan, I can't tell a gate from a normal person though. So I just have to make everyone despair. Hihihi. Wouldn't you say I'm far more fair this way? Hihihihi~"

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Threads of Despair

Every moment more and more chaos spread through the city. People that on one side were symbols of peace and justice were the leaders of the push, just kings were brutal tyrants, and courageous heroes were reduced to cowering piles of uselessness.

And through all the fires, explosions, and destruction of beloved fast food chains, the brightly dressed Phantom skipped along in his human form, as if it were a normal day. Despair was abundant, and it fed the Stone well. Every moment it made the Stone, and by proxy himself, stronger.

In the distance, Sora heard the wonderful screams of people fearing for their lives. With a small giggle, he turned his direction slightly and skipped his way casually towards the sound.

What he found, was a girl holding blades eerily similar to his own aside from the coloration, confronted a group armed with weapons. Normally one would expect the group pointing guns to be the party at advantage, but the fear in their eyes showed otherwise.

And so, like the ‘courageous’ being he was, he bounced his way between the two groups, and turned to the female, wiggling his fingers in a greeting.

“Hello~ If it’s not too presumptuous of me, might I ask for the situation here? The despair is soooooo thick, it’s hard to tell which side is the attacker. Hihihi.”

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“That isn’t an answer,” Ankh snapped, watching the small creature suspiciously. But before he could pry further, a question was asked of him. He couldn’t help but jolt at the sudden movement of the creature, stepping away from him to avoid their sudden proximity.

“I am Ankh,” he said, drawing himself up to his full height. “And I am a Greeed.” Which probably meant nothing to anyone uninvolved in the entire situation back in his world, but it was what he was. And he wasn’t planning to be at all forthcoming with personal details, so long as this man held back similarly.

He surveyed the man a moment longer, before turning on his heel and looking at the scene around them. “Perhaps you can make yourself useful to me, even if you aren’t going to be forthcoming with your identity.”

“I’m looking for the me that resides in this city. He has something I need. Have you seen any creature in this city resembling me?”

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"Of course it is~" 

Once again within a moment, he was gone from where he was a moment before. In a single moment he at atop the overhang of a store off a bit to side, wiggling his fingers in a "hello" gesture. 

"I'm who I am, nothing else matters. Hihihihi." 

He leaned forward, resting his head on hit arm, which was also rested on his legs. The free leg swung back and forth though the air without a care. A form of provocation to get more of what he wanted out of the other. It was likely his nonchalant attitude would grate on the other, especially as he continued to dodge questions. 

"Well Ankh-chan, if you want help, I can certainly do that. I aaaalways love to be of help when I can." 

Hopping down from his position, he once more turned to a casual skip, coming in between the tall being and his horde of creatures. 

"But, I'm ashamed to say I don't have a clue where your other could be. Why don't you give me a bit of an idea how to bring them out? I'm sure I can find a way~. Hihi. Hihihihi."

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Is It Easier To Fight Greed Or Despair?

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[ ◐ ] – In all the chaos, with hostile NPCs and doubles with varying degrees of morality, Gotou couldn’t tell who was originally from their version of the city. Not that it mattered much - monsters attack and innocents need to be protect, the same as always.

He wasn’t sure what the creature he spotted was, only that it seemed to be indiscriminately attacking civilians on the street. 

Gotou was glad he’d picked up a shotgun at the armory that opened up; he was still sub-par at hand-to-hand, even with the CLAWs, and there was no way to get the Birth Buster back at the moment. 

He had aimed his firearm at the creature and fired the two shots loaded into it, landing the hits, but not doing any damage. He’d gained it’s attention, however, which was enough.

It - he? maybe? - said something about the people “falling to despair”. At this, Gotou scoffed, reloading his gun.

“We’ll see about that,” he said to the other, and then turning to the crowd of cowering citizens he yelled, “Go and hide, I’ll take care of this!”

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“Ah, but what fun would a grand battle be without an audience?”

Within a moment, Sora was no longer where he previously stood. Instead, he was now ahead of those that were trying to run. They were told to get to safety, but they were far too slow to escape. He couldn’t let them get away, they had to be here to watch the hero fall. The imagination was strong when it came to hope. They needed to see it.

And the best way to make people obey when they were scared? Make them fear more.

Picking up one of the civillians into the air, he held them by their neck with one hand. In the other, he wiggles his green armored fingers in a wave.

“Hello~”

And suddenly that open hand once again held the scissor half blade he used as a weapon. There were plenty of people that could give into despair around, he could waste one. So with a short push, the blade came out the other side of the body, red liquid dripping down it.

“And goodbye~”

“Hihihihihi, I hope no one else was thinking to try to run away now~”

Skipping in a casual movement back over to the armored figure, Sora continued his laugh. With the blood of a human on his hands, he gave no care, and carried on as if he had simply picked a flower.

“So mister hero, what are you going to do now? Everyone’s eyes are riiiight on you~ I hope for their sake you don’t mess up~ Hihihihihi.”

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What a baffling creature. On second glance, he certainly didn’t feel like a human, but he didn’t feel like a Greeed or a Yummy either. Then the question arose… what was he?

Watching the man warily, Ankh tilted his head to the side, curious despite himself. He allowed the Yummies to wander out of his sight, going to wreak havoc wherever they pleased, as he observed the man. He could sense a strange desire, a deep, dark wish for hopelessness. It was a little unnerving to the Greeed.

“…Suit yourself,” he said finally. If this man got in his way or became an irritation, he could just kill him.

Ankh wasn’t really in a hurry, thinking that it would be a quick and easy task to find his other self. He could already tell that he was in this place from the way his medals resonated, calling out to the others that resided inside another him, somewhere yet unknown to him.

So, he figured he could satisfy his curiosity right now.

“But first… Tell me what manner of creature you are.”

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“I’m Sora!” He said dodging the question for the moment.

What he was was not a simple question Very clearly, he was a Phantom, a creature of Despair that lived to spread more of it. Yet he retained the mind of a human, with the same thoughts and feelings he had before. He was not truly on either side, nor against either. Like he said, he was himself. An anomaly among Phantoms. And oddity among humans. He belonged to neither, so why call himself either?

While he looked at the other, Sora bounced up and down on his feet. It was certainly an interesting thing. The more he looked, the more he questioned. For someone who usually had all the answers, it was a different experience to be in the dark. Even when Wiseman kept secrets, they were not far from what Sora knew.

“I’ve told you what I am so now, one for you. What,exactly,-”

Within a moment, he was gone from his spot. He did not simply move, it would seems as if within a single moment he disappeared and reappeared. Where he ended, was behind the not-Phantom’s figure, leaning over its sholder in a casual position.

“Are you?”

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Is It Easier To Fight Greed Or Despair?

The wight of Rapture felt so good to have again~

As those around him screamed and ran, in the armored green form of the Phantom Gremlin, Sora gave chased in a casual skip. It wasn’t as if any of them could escape him. No one had the speed to escape him.

“Aah, the fear of death  is so boooring.” he said with a put, his arms thrown down in protest.

It was a simple method of bringing despair, one used by many Phantoms. Usually, Sora scoffed at those who used this method. But what was he to do? With everything that was happening, if he took his time for more fun methods, they would probably die before he could finish.

However soon, from the side, he was met with a few shots from a gun like weapon. They did very little of course, but it was enough to make him stumble.

That stumble seemed to be enough to give hope to those that had tried to flee. And that made this so much more fun for Sora.

“Hihihihihi. I see, so you’re going to play the hero this time! Ah, you don’t match up to the last one, but sure, I’ll play along!”

“Once I kill you, aaaaall these people will fall to despair at once! This way seems muuch more fun~”

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What We Could Have Been

A Phantom could tell another Phantom apart from others easy. While only Medusa could see those that were Gates, once they evolved to a Phantom, they were not hard to distinguish.

Even if their form was that of the Ring Bearing Wizard Sora knew so well. So this was what the WizDragon would have been like? And Haruto called him a monster.

The carnage and destruction around the would have been Wizard’s form was immense. No one would dare come near it And yet skipping with a bounce to his clothes at each landing was Sora, completely unafraid. Nothing but a smile on his face.

Once he was close enough, he raised his hand, and with a wiggle to his fingers said the phrase he always opened with

“Hello, Haaaruu~”

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In one Sector of the Hive, a horde of Yummies was spilling from the strange parallel city into the invaded one. They attacked senselessly, as though only driven by the desire to slaughter.

At their heels, the bird Greeed followed after, practically strolling leisurely through the chaos and ruin. It had been a long, long time since he’d been able to wield power like this. But to what end did he attack this city? Well, despite the full form of this Ankh, he still lacked completion. His other self… If he could find him, he could reclaim his medals, and then… He would be complete.

His only goal was completion, really, and he truly cared very little for the state of either of these miserable cities.

Ankh slowed, pulled out of his thoughts by the sight of a figure near him. One who didn’t run or scream like the other in the area were. He changed his course to step a little closer to direct a question at the figure.

“Will you not run? These creatures don’t show mercy to anything in their paths, you know.”

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At the question given to him, Sora put his arms up in a gesture of ‘I don’t know’. With nothing but a smile on his face, he looked at the creature in front of him, as well as the smaller ones behind that.

“Running’s not fun for anyone, is it? Why should I leave when there’s such a good sight to see going on? Plus aaaaall the danger and despair makes this, aaah, how did he say it.... Ah, right, an opportunity!”

The Phantom in human skin skipped around a bit, stopping at one of the lesser creatures. Running his hand along its chin, he began to laugh a bit. They were very similar to Ghouls. But unlike those husks of mana, he felt there was more to these, another step they could take. More and more he found himself interested in this. He felt as if he had heard of these creatures before as well, as if this was an event that had already occurred.

Spinning on his heel, he removed his grasp from the creature to look back at the humanoid bird. If those were like Ghouls, than this was like a Phantom. And he certainly fit the look. But not quite the feel

“So nope~ I’ll be staying riiiight here, watching everything you do~” Sora leaned forward, holding his hat with one hand, and one finger of the other over his lips. “So don’t let me down, ok?”

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“Hihihi. hihihihi”

From atop a building, Sora looked down at the normal city. Then, he tilted up to gaze at the one that had arrived anew. This was interesting, this was new, ah how exciting it was.

And so he looked to the side of him. And there it stood. It returned, the thing he craved, that he needed. The purple stone glowed in the darkness, as if calling for him to act. He grabbed the stone, and held it up to the air. Within a moment however, it dissolved. As it disapeared, the hand that held it was no longer that of a human’s. Instead green, almost armored like fingers hung in the air, before soon, seemingly without movement, held a blade of green to match the hand.

“Ahaha, I guess I should start feeding you now shouldn’t I? Misa-chan’s going to be very happy with this~ Hihihihihi.”

And so he set out. Set out to do what Phantoms were meant to.

Cause Despair to all.

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//You didn’t think I’d leave this dick out now did you?

As I haven’t done much on him, I’ll mostly be keeping him normal, though I do have an alter planned.

As he thrives of Chaos and Despair, this is the perfect time to spread him outside the other Wizards. so Ima try to do what I can.

If you’d like to interact with him for the event, like this post. If you’d like him to interact with your alter, please instead leave a message on this post, otherwise it will be defaulted to normal.

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Long Dream | Intro

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    Defensively. Reflexively. Koyomi turned around,taking an involuntary step back at hearing the person behind her. No. Not a person. A Phantom, and one that she remembered very clearly.  Their voice carried a friendly tone, but all it did was set her further on edge. 

    “Gremlin…” 

    Maybe she was hallucinating? Was that possible for her? She looked the phantom over, her hand closing even tighter over the ring on her finger. No, Without a doubt it was Gremlin, and the worst first encounter she could possibly have. Run. Run. Run. Run.  Explore? To her heart’s content? How could, she now? If one phantom was here…   

    Despite her thoughts, she remained frozen in place, and quietly managed to squeeze the words from her throat.  

   “Why are you here..?” 

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“Why wouldn’t I be?” he said with a curved smile “If you could be here, why wouldn’t I be?”

The Phantom lightly skipped around the girl with the vigor of a child. Hair and clothes bouncing with him, he stopped in front of her, with his back facing her. 

“You don’t seem happy to see me, Ko-yo-mi-chan~”

Spinning on his heel, he now faced her. Leaning over a bit, hands behind his back, he looked her over. She seemed... fine. No visible cracks, not falling apart. With that taken from him, he had to know, was it still within her? 

“Shouldn’t you be happy to see someone you know? We wouldn’t want you getting lost. That could be quite dangerous for someone like you~”

“Ah, and it’s Sora~”

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No Welcome Party?

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   First Phoenix. Now this. 

   It was a worrisome thought that kept crossing his mind. ‘What if they bring someone else in?’ ‘What if they bring him in?’  He knew better than to needlessly frighten himself with mere possibilities, but Hive City had proven anything could happen. 

   And it did. 

“…” Silence was his first choice. He didn’t want to acknowledge him. Didn’t want’ to face the fact that the monster he spent so long trying to destroy was back. At the most, he’d turn his body slightly to the side, as though both recognizing Sora’s presence but also not. 

“What brings you here, Gremlin?” He’d make sure to drive the name in. The Phantom always did have a particular hatred for it. “Did the afterlife get tired of having you around, too?” 

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“It’s Sora!” the Phantom replied immediately. “Haaaruuu, I’d think you’d have remembered it by now.”

“I’d almost think you’re trying to mock me. But you wouldn't do something like that-”

In a moment, instead of being in front of the Wizard, Sora now leaned against his shoulder from behind him. Not a movement of air, nor a moment of blur, yet what he did was not teleport. It was a special kind of speed that Haruto would be oh too familiar with.

“-to someone like me, right hero?”

Removing himself from the other’s shoulder, he put his hands together behind his back. With a half skip he moved in a slow circle around Haruto. The final word hung in the air. Mocking, provoking, and implication he was anythign but just sitting in between them. And all that his face showed as a smile, as if greeting an old friend.

“You were having fun without me Haruto-kun. How could I not come running when something this exciting was happening?”

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Long Dream | Intro

  Koyomi took an anxious step out of the room she was in, looking around. The city reminded her much of Tokyo with its high buildings and busy streets. The board nearby had, much like the scientist on the monitor said, where she was to be housed during her indefinite stay. 

  …Indefinite. Would that be okay? she wondered. Without Haruto around…   

  An anxious feeling shot through her. Actually, it was incredibly likely none of her friends were here. Why would they bring them here too? Bringing her hands to her chest, her fingers closed over the ring resting on one of her hands.  If anything bad were to happen, would she be alright?   

  “What should I do…?”  Koyomi looked around once more, hoping to catch sight of a familiar face. Or at least someone to help her find her apartment. 

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“hehehe. hehehehe”

The small laugh came from the Phantom as he overheard these words. But the words itself weren’t what he laughed at. No no, it was the who. The lovely doll, the one who housed his goal. Or used to. It had been a bit of time since he took that piece of her, the only thing of worth in that false body, out.

Was it irony that this was their meeting? She had been the first of that group he met once apon a time. He was the reason for her end. So for her start here, for him to be first for her to see here? Well that was just fate spinning it’s cruel thread.

“Anything you want, right?”

He said in response to her words, walking in a line behind her, hands joined behind his back. spreading his arms to the side, he spun around once while saying

“It’s a new world, one to explore to your heart’s content. If you can make it that far. hehehe.”

“Hello, Koyomi - chan~”

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Phantoms in the System

The slamming could probably be heard from a district over with how much there was. From chairs being thrown at walls the the total destruction of anything not nailed down, it was quite the commotion.

It had been a bit of time since Sora had heard that sound of this level of destruction. The recognition of the person capable of making such a brazen racket caused a laugh to utter from his mouth. It should have been obvious honestly. If Sora could be back, why couldn't he?

From an overhand, Sora looked down at the fellow Phantom, one leg over the railing dangling, the other placed on top of it.

“Sometimes I have to wonder if all you can do is smash things. It’s aaaaalways the same with you isn’t it. 

Hey, hey, what’s with that look? Aren't you glad to see me, Yuuu-goo-chaaan~?”

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No Welcome Party?

He didn't need coincidence in life. Even if it seemed like random events, most of what he did was planned out. And yet this was something he could never have planned. 

He was good and thoroughly beaten, erased from the world. Truly there were an infinite number of ways he should have no longer existed in any world. There were plenty who would hold hope for that as well. 

And yet here he stood. Bouncing slightly, rocking his feet back and forth. He didn;t exactly feel like his full powered self, but it was better than nothing. He once again stood in a city filled with people going about their lives, completely unaware of the m o n s t e r walking right next to them.

And yet as improbable as this was, it was not the coincidence that shocked even him. No, the coincidence, was who he should see walking by. The first face that caught his attention was one he knew very well.

And one who wished to never see his own again.

With a small saunter that was normal for him, Sora appeared in front of that ring bearing wizard.

“Heeeeello~, Ha-ru-to~kun~”