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Verna sighed softly as she walked to her gym class. She unlocked her gym locker and began to get dressed in her gym uniform, unaware that she was being watched.
(College AU for anyone @modernday-mages )
Unseen, a sporty girl had being doing some stretches in the locker room while waiting for the class. Her hair a long, but tamed flow of purply pink. She spotted Verna, someone she never really paid attention to, and arch'd an eyebrow up. 'Huh. Cute.' She thought.
(If I was to merge some of my cast into my main world, I’m not sure if they’d end up keeping any of the animal traits, but I still felt like giving this humanisation of Rosoline through a different Picrew animal ears as a nod.)
Elliot: "It's almost like they're beghing to be crushed by a stronger force." Mephilis nodded before he walked towards Mega, and placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Indeed.” He said, continuing to watch as Rosoline beat the group down, finding time to input an activation code into the engine before being interrupted again by Ti arriving.
“New obstacle. Removing.” She reported, starting to fight the half Timeweaver.
“You know Ast! Starting to really wish you had water or something!” Rosoline exclaimed as she narrowly dodged another attempt from the fire titan at pounding the two of them into the dirt. “How do I even take THAT on?!” She asked herself in frustration.
“Fight fire with fire?” Astella proposed, “You said it yourself that my power can beat those monsters back.” She reminded Rosoline, with the wolfhuman giving a small frown.
“Small ones yeah but I doubt it’ll work on something THAT big!” She said, before grimacing a little, “Screw it, going for it. Hang on Ast!” She warned the crabhuman, adjusting her grip and baiting in another attack, dodging out of the way and hopping up onto the fist, projecting Astella’s energy shield to protect the two of them from the heat as she darted up the arm; jumping level to the titan’s eye before propelling herself into it. With the power of Astella’s shield combined with Rosoline’s speed, the two of them found themselves being shot through the titan’s figure, leaving a large hole through its head, with its structure seeming to collapse under its own weight after the damage and fall into the molten lake below.
A shriek through the air made the two of them jump slightly, with Rosoline looking up and seeing what looked like embers being pulled towards one of the mountains. “Guess that was important.” She couldn’t help but smirk, “You OK Ast?” She quickly asked.
Astella nodded, although her panting and her pale colour told Rosoline otherwise.
“Think we’re good to take a break.” The Megalo Princess said, setting Astella down to recover her energy. Rosoline folded her arms, looking up to the sky and frowning slightly as she continued to ponder over her own potential.
Her musing was soon interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the dirt, with Mallisia and some of her squad showing up. “Ms Megalo!” The captain called out, “What happened? One of our squads reported that all the beasts disintegrated all of a sudden!” She said, with Rosoline looking back up to the air and making a small smirk.
“We smashed a giant guy, then heard a shriek, then there’s all those embers up there.” She said, folding her arms. “That your island saved then?” She asked.
“If only.” Mallisia said, sounding unconvinced, “I expect whatever you destroyed will easily regenerate. These beasts aren’t all tied to one entity I’m sure.”
“Couldn’t even play along.” Rosoline rolled her eyes, “Find anything out in the time you had?” She asked, regarding research into Astella’s power and their position relative to the Megalo continent.
“We didn’t have time to analyse the princess’ readings fully, but we have compiled all the readings we took.” The captain reported, handing over a small flash drive, “We were able to plot some maps, you head north-east, you should end up back at your... Home? I imagine?” She said, “I can’t confirm how far, but considering how fast I’ve seen you move.” She added with a small, rare smirk.
Rosoline gave a nod, taking the drive from Mallisia and securing it in a pocket of her jacket. “Thanks, you guys stay safe alright?” She said, helping Astella back to her feet. “I’ve got quite the run ahead of me.”
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(Oh hey this was a thing I was writing! Kinda gave up on what to do for the fire golem/titan/monster/whatever fight that I was thinking would be the focus of Chapter 11, as I want to get to the other plot points I have knocking around in my head.)
“Rosoline! On your left!”
The wolfhuman swiftly ducked close to the ground in response to Astella’s warning, feeling a fireball barely miss her head as she continued to run, carrying the crabhuman as securely as she could. “Don’t think I can run forever Ast, and there’s no way I can fight off an infinite horde.” Rosoline said, feeling some fatigue creep through her, “How the hell do those guys survive up here...?!” She exclaimed in disbelief, needing to dodge out of the way of another attack from one of many fiery monsters.
“I just want to know why these things are targeting me...!” Astella said, holding onto Rosoline as the wolfhuman briefly tapped into her power.
“Gotta be related to your Solar stuff.” Rosoline responded, purely out of assumption, “Fire and Solar energy kinda go together. I’m just glad that power of yours can beat these things back.” She took a deep breath, narrowing her eyes, “Hang on Ast, I’m gonna push myself a bit, see if we can’t put some distance between us and them.” She said, before picking up her pace, reaching a speed that surprised Astella.
“D-Do you reckon he was right?” Astella asked as Rosoline ran, “Maybe you have power too!” She said, “You can move this quickly and tap into my power. Maybe you ARE a descendent of a god.”
Rosoline frowned slightly, before shrugging it off as she slowed down, coming to a halt in a flat chunk of a hillside, mostly stopping for some breath. “Maybe. Doesn’t really bother me.” She said, “It’s like I said, I’d rather have an air of mystery around myself. Plus I get way too much attention as it is.” She shook her head, “It’s hard to just be myself when eyes are on me all the time... The Princess of Megalo, our future queen. I’m not cut out for that, I love adventure, I feel alive when I’m able to just coast by in my own way.” She said, folding her arms as she looked up to the sky.
“You don’t like your status?” Astella asked, getting used to being back on her feet after having being carried by the wolfhuman for a while. “And you feel like a revelation on that level will make people expect even more from you?”
Rosoline nodded slightly in response, “It’s not who I am. I’m just a girl who loves adventure, the thrill of the journey. I want to discover what’s out there. Not sit on a throne or be worshipped as a deity.” She said with a small shudder at the thought.
Unfortunately for the two of them, their heart to heart would soon be interrupted by a bit of the cliff’s edge falling away with a tremble; before a roar rose from the valley below as a large golem shrouded in flames rose up. The wolfhuman gave a small smirk in response, “Speaking of adventure and the thrill that comes with it...” She grinned, “Looks like we have an unwanted guest that wants to block that journey.”
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(The heavily delayed, due to lack of plot ideas, Chapter 10, Rosoline & Astella run from the fire monsters, have a small heart to heart, before engaging their next big obstacle.)
“So it does match up.” A researcher said, looking over the data samples Rosoline had provided from Astella, “The energy is unusual and seemingly wild, but can be manipulated, as you say Ms Megalo.”
Rosoline kept her arms folded as she mused to herself, looking out the window of the laboratory they were in, seeing a flock of what looked like flaming bats fly over, “Then why am I able to tap into it?” She asked, frowning slightly as she studied the bats.
“Sadly we can only speculate on that.” The researcher said, “By all accounts, a regular person shouldn’t be capable of handling power descended from literal gods.” They added, causing Rosoline to think slightly.
“Honestly, I’ve always wondered if there’s something unique about me too.” She spoke, with Astella glancing over in surprise, “I’ve always had this restlessness to me, this energy that I feel like I’m always needing to burn off. I wonder if it’s connected.”
“D-Do you think you’re connected to this too...?” Astella asked her, with Rosoline giving a slight shrug in response.
“Hard to tell.” The Megalo Princess replied, “Mega’s logs said stuff about Solar, Liquid, Gust and Rock & that the Gust bloodline evolved into mine in someway. Though that was purely speculation on his part.”
“Is it worth us analysing you?” Another researcher asked, with Rosoline giving a small smirk.
“Nah.” She declined, “I’d rather have an air of mystery around myself, makes things more interesting.” She said, unfolding her arms & turning back to the group. “See if you can figure more stuff out with Ast, that’s what matters right now.” She requested, with the researchers giving some small nods.
As time passed, Rosoline paced back & forth to think, musing over her own potential connection to the so-called Elemental Manifestations, before being snapped out of her thoughts with a quake shaking the building, catching Astella off guard & causing her to topple over. “The heck?!” The Megalo Princess questioned, narrowing her eyes before being pulled to the ground by Mallisia.
“Stay down.” The patrol captain advised, “We can’t have Them see us.” She whispered.
“They? Who?” Rosoline asked, keeping her own voice down.
“Those things outside....?” Astella gulped slightly, the colour draining from her more as Mallisia nodded.
“We’re fortified yes, but They can break it if They try.” She told them, checking to make sure the researchers had already hidden themselves, giving a quick nod of relief.
However, her relief would be shortlived, hearing the glass of the window above them crack slightly, before a small fiery tendril poked a hole through it, slithering through and moving as if looking around, before turning in the trio’s direction, allowing Rosoline to spot what looked like an eye on it.
“This is bad.....!” Mallisia quietly whispered, seeming terrified. In stark contrast, Rosoline threw caution to the window, springing up and kicking the tendril back, only for a small horde of beasts to pour in, seemingly ignoring the researchers and focusing on Astella; a fact the Megalo Princess quickly picked up on.
“They’re targeting Ast!” Rosoline said, fighting them back as best she could, despite the group’s protests that she was just wasting her energy by trying to brawl them. “Look! Quit worrying and act!” She ordered them, “We’ll buy you time, figure something out, secure your guys!” She said, grabbing Astella. “Hold on Ast, we’re going for a run.” She told the crabhuman, with a smirk of adventure on her face.
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(Chapter 9, the Black Rock researchers confirm Astella’s power exists, while Rosoline considers if she possesses any of her own, before the facility is attacked by the Fire Monsters that roam the island in the day, seemingly targeting Astella.)
Rosoline slowly lowered her arm from her face, having thrown it up to shield her eyes from the burst, taking in her surroundings before quickly checking on Astella, still supported by her other arm, with a quick thought shooting through her mind. The burst of energy that she felt release with her scream, it had felt warm, like sunlight on a summer day.
The Megalo Princess mused for a bit, closing her eyes and focusing for a little, before feeling another burst of energy flow through her. A gasp from Astella opened her eyes, revealing she’d conjured up a barrier of energy around the two of them. “So he wasn’t talking crap after all...” Rosoline muttered, “Ast. The doc was bluffing. He’s right, you do have power, here, read these.” She said, dropping her focus on the energy as she pulled her scouter off and handed it over to Astella so the crabhuman could read Mega’s logs, causing the shield around them to drop.
As Rosoline was idly inspecting the surroundings, her wolf ears perked up, with the sound of footsteps on the purple dirt surrounding them slowly growing closer, with her eyes narrowing as she went on the defence.
“Freeze!” A voice called, causing Astella to jump while Rosoline ran over and stood between her and a small squadron of humans with cat ears, claws and small whiskers.
“Stand down private, they’re like us.” Another voice said, with a grey skinned woman walking forward and lowering the weapon of one of her comrades. “Who are you? And how did you get here?” She asked, addressing Rosoline and Astella.
“P-Princess Astella Inea the 2nd of Corallia” Astella answered, with a small, nervous and cautious bow.
“Rosoline Megalo.” Rosoline gave her name, letting herself relax, seeing the squad shared a surprised look at Astella’s status of royalty, making her silently thankfully she hadn’t revealed her own royal title.
“Mallisia Ring.” The squad captain introduced herself, “Black Rock Patrol Captain, at your service” She said, looking to the sky and down to a pocket watch. “You can’t stay out here, not when the sun’s up.” She said.
Rosoline couldn’t help but snort in amusement, “Ooooh got some magical reverse werewolves on your island? Maybe some backwards vampires?” She laughed, with Mallisia seeming to keep her cool, despite some silent fuming from her squadmates.
“Fire Monsters; actually.” She calmly said, causing Rosoline to pause and raise an eyebrow. “When the sun shines on our land, monsters spew from the mountains.” She said, pointing over her shoulder with her thumb to a volcano in the distance.
“H-How do you stay safe then?” Astella asked, with Rosoline still unsure if she should be amused, intrigued or concerned; maybe a bit of all three?
“In the day, we mostly stay underground.” Mallisia answered, “We have a few secure labs up here that act as passages down, we don’t THINK they can survive down there? Probably need direct sunlight or something I don’t know.” She shrugged, “Come with us.” She said, before turning to her squad, “Get in touch with Team Juno, their turn for guard duty.” She said to them before leading the way to a fortified steel building. “So. How DID you get here?” She asked Rosoline and Astella, with the Megalo Princess being rather prompt in her answer.
“Teleportation. And some solar energy.”
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(Chapter 8, Rosoline and Astella find themselves on an isolated island with a unique civilisation of cathumans, while also learning that said island is not safe during the day.)
Alarms went off throughout the complex as Rosoline barrelled through every security sentinel in her path, the cocky playfulness gone from her as she stormed the facility. The fact that someone was in danger wasn’t enough, it was the fact that Astella held potentially god like powers, and the Megalo Princess wasn’t about to let strength like that fall into the wrong hands.
“Well. She’s being unusually aggressive.” Mega commented to himself as he observed Rosoline’s attack, giving a small laugh and shake of the head. “Looks like I’ll have to prepare to hand you over Solar Princess. ‘But that’s fine, I’ve got all the readings I need, for now.’” He said to Astella while thinking to himself, mentally planning out the research he would need to do to unlock Astella’s power. The doctor walked over to another terminal, running a few commands to check up on the status of a device he’d being experimenting with. “Ah good, that’s fully charged.” He commented to himself.
Rosoline soon burst into the command centre, “Mega!” She shouted, with a strong sense of rage coursing through her.
“Ah Rosoline, what a pleasant surprise.” He said, feigning ignorance towards the damage she’d done to the base, “You came all this way just for her?” He asked, tutting, “What a shame, I was just about to send her back to her island. She’s useless. Such a shame.”
His words caused Rosoline to do a small double take, with her quickly realising that she couldn’t let slip that she’d seen his data logs, “You did all that for NOTHING!?” She snapped.
“Indeed. A real shame my dear, but I guess my intellect was incorrect for once.” Mega said, releasing Astella into the lower part of the room with Rosoline. “But I hope you realise Princess, this doesn’t mean you’re free to just walk out.” He said, before slamming his fist down on a button, sealing up the lower part of the room. “Seeing as you’re here, you and this crabhuman will make good test subjects for a little device I’ve being toying around with.” He said, “It’s intended to carry out teleportation, relative to Alban’s orbit of course. But, for all I know, it could just end up vaporising anyone sent through it.” He laughed, “So if I don’t see you again Rosoline, know that your vaporisation contributed to a very good cause.”
“NO!” Rosoline yelled, having taken hold of Astella’s arm to support her, feeling a sudden burst of heat erupt from her body, prompting a seemingly genuine yelp of surprise from Mega as his teleporter prototype fired, combusting in the process.
Once the light cleared, the doctor uncovered his eyes to see the machine a flaming wreck, although Rosoline and Astella were nowhere in sight. Surprisingly, he grinned to himself. “Perfect... It’s true. She just confirmed it.” He laughed to himself, “You really HAVE contributed heavily to a good cause Rosoline, oh yes indeed.” He grinned, setting to work on his research. Now that he’d seen the Solar Princess’ power for himself, even if it was channelled by accident, he knew exactly how he could make use of it.
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(Chapter 7, Rosoline briefly confronts Mega & accidentally taps into Astella’s power.)
