Ramare

From the corner of her eyes Mare could spot a disruption in the sky,though before she realized what happened she got knocked off her hooves by a series of strong energy blasts.Raindrops beat off her skin as she slammed with her back against a brick wall,causing her to gasp for air,the stone crumbling beneath her. Cringing she coughed up afew specks of blood,a thin red trail running down her upperlip from one nosetrill. The fact that she appeared so badly damaged by only afew blows proved the woman's skill to be still quite low. Thunder rumbled,forked lightning tails encleaving the dark grey clouds. With trembling lips Mare uttered some words "..n-next time..y..ya all w-wont be this lucky..i-i...shall grow stronger..m-my dears..",before her head fell sidewards in defeat,conciousness slowly leaving her.

A lonely crow let out a morbid cry in the distance,the wind picking up once more. The weather was obviously getting worse with the minute,forcing whomever was still out on the streets to retrieve themselves back into their warm cosy homes. Just below the building the group had been fighting a broken neon sign reading "Foxy Roxy Striptease & Pub" was flicking on and off,moths fluttering around the glowy lights.

(( enjoy the fight guys,im going to bring some order into the chaos soon ^^ ))

Mare smirked,eyes betraying utter excitement. As soon as the scent of freshly shed blood reached her nosetrills she would longingly lick her tongue across her lips,shivers running down her spine. "..ya can't get away from me sugar..",she hissed,tail lashing against the ground as she leaped towards Experiment whom she had marked a rival. Before the woman had reached the rooftop she curled up her body to a ball,limbs shaking and trembling as slimey green poison oozed from the tips of her spines. She then rapidly spread her arms and legs,slinging spines into every direction as they got launched from her flesh in an impressive outburst. Allthough her aim was the man on the rooftop,she couldn't care less if she would accidently hit something else in the process.

Thunder rumbled more frequently,no longer distant but quite close,rain continueing to beat down on the land. A chill wind had picked up,sending leaves and candybar wraps flying across the street.

(( yay new person joined in! Oh and sorry if i put you in any hard situations,but dont worry things will get more balanced soon!))

For the first time that evening since Mare was taking the lead on Rami's body she couldn't hide the fact that a newcommer had surprised her. Her jaw dropped at the sight of the spine appearing from his hand,eyes widening. Completely baffled she stood there in total silence as the rain beat off her inky skin. Then without a single warning she leaped up,tossing her body backwards,fingertips lightly touching the ground before she would land gracefully on her hooves. Her soaked hair sticking to her forehead like a morbid cobwebbed shroud,casting a dark shadow over her eyes. Still not spilling a single word she stood oppose the hero that had just popped up,numerous sharp pointed blades of a boney structure piercing her skin with a loud 'KACHANG' ((wolverine style mwuahahah!!! *mad cackling*))

Lifting up her left arm towards her face she tauntingly licked a drop of poison from a particulary vicious looking spine that had emerged from her wrist,eyes locked upon her 'opponent'

Ramare slowly turned around to face Antagonism,staring at him with big glossy eyes as the neverending flow of tears left wet trails down her cheeks. Her lips trembled as she whispered "p-please..take me with you..i just..i-i always dreamed of a mentor..". Her voice dropped as she continued hoarsely " i-i will do...anything",gazing intently into the man's eyes. She appeared rather desperate.

"i..i am sure that..you are the type of man that can fulfill a woman's deepest wish..",she finished,casting a quick glance over her shoulder towards nick before settling her attention back on Antagonism "to..to become a true hero"

With a cold little cackle,Mare turned around to face nick,eyes narrowed till thin crimson slits as she hissed under her breath "do ya honestly intend to shoot me suga?",thunder rumbling in the distance to empower the threatening tone sounding through her voice. "would a hero point a gun at an innocent defenseless woman? hmm? well?",she continued,arrogantly lifting her head "would a hero even THINK about brutally MURDERING a hapless citizen?"

She was now taking a big step eachtime she made a new statement till she was standing right infront of nick,poking her index finger against his chest "would a HERO engage a fight with a sweet girl that has never done anything against the rules?"

Dropping her head,pale strands covered up her face,a gasp followed by some soft sobbing sounding through the curtain of hair. With trembling shoulders she lifted her head up,tears visible in her eyes " w-what have i ever done to you..i-i thought you would..help me become a hero..i...i thought you could be a role model for me nick.."

In the meanwhile it was getting pretty dark outside,the little bit of sun that was still left covered up by a thick blanket of deep gray clouds. Lightning encleaved the gloomy sky to unleash a mighty downpour,streetlights flicking on.

Ramare appeared to be strangely amused by the chaotic situation that had formed,especially since it concerned her for a big part.Tossing her hair back on a taunting manner she elegantly walked over to the man that had appeared last on the scene. She found the dark mystery that enshrouded him extremely intrigueing. 'time to play my little prey..',she thought,ignoring the tiny voice in the back of her head that was begging her to stop. It wouldn't be the first time that she would take over Rami's body,the scent of men and trouble the perfect bait to lure her out of the dark depths of the woman's mind.

"animal lady...?",she giggled,eyes glinstering " but that does have its good side ya know sugar..",her tail flicking with the sound of a lashing whip,followed by a small wink.

"and ya know..",she continued,her voice raising as she immitated Rami's whimpering perfectly " he..h-he wanted to shoot me..without a-any reason at all!",finishing her little act with a pout.

There was nothing she enjoyed more then causing mayhem,silently enjoying the destructive power of her words.
'that silly goose came here to become a hero..growing stronger..not aslong as i am around..' she thought.

(( *cackles* oh youll find out about it soon enough... ))

The woman let out a cold cackle upon hearing nick referring to her as 'Rami',eyes slightly squinted as she replied hoarsely "Rami? Dont be silly love..my name is Mare". She playfully twirled around nick,eyes intently gazing the man over till she was directly facing him. Placing her thumb and index finger lightly against his chin,she raised his head upwards,forcing him to look up at her as she moved in closer. With her face just inches away from his own,their lips nearly touching eachother she whispered in a low voice "or..did ya rather have Rami here.."

Releasing Nick from her grasp she now noticed the Iron American standing not too far away from them,eyes sparkling deviously. "oooo..i luvva big strong man...",she squeeled. Placing her hands upon the Iron American's chest she leaned in to whisper into his ear "or..dontcha like tall women..?",backing off with a small wink.

"ugh..i thought i'd never be released..its a miracle i still have all my limbs with that girl beeing so clumsy.." Ramare sighed,seeming quite happy with the way things were now,allthough it still wasn't quite clear what exactly had happened to her.

Allowing herself to scan the area she noticed the Freedom Corps building,laughing softly "she didn't honestly intended to..."

(( i laughed my butt off at your post kao XD ..lol.. ))

Groaning loudly,Ramare slowly but steadily pushed herself up from the floor,showing off an impressively large abrasion on her forehead. Allthough the fall had seemed rather spectecular,fortunatly the damage it caused was little,still...something appeared to be slightly different,a small change that didn't feel quite right. For one,the woman didn't seem to have the slightest clue of what had just happened. She also no longer haunched her shoulders,standing up straight,head proudly lifted upwards,a confident expression visible on her face. With this sudden change of posture one would notice her true beauty,a feral like elegance bestowed upon her movements.

Running a hand through her pale mane she looked left and right asif she had never been here before,quirking her brow as she got adressed by Nick.

"did ya say somethin' sugar?",she asked with a sultry voice,a sly smile playing upon her lips as she canted her head sidewards inquiringly.

Planting one hand in her waist she strutted closer towards the man she had adressed,hips swaying seductively,tail calmly moving about. Her deep crimson eyes she held locked upon his.

((take your time. I hope more people will join too.))

((its never to late to join and you do wonderful for your first time,alot better than i did when i first started! *waits for kaolin and lord_raymond*))

((sorry guys i lost track of my topic for a bit there!))

Ramare sat frozen at the spot,staring from nick to the large man who had referred to himself as the iron american. She was glad that despite nick's obnoxious behaviour he remained diplomatic about the matter,not wanting to make the moody man (and possibly herself) his enemies. Slowly pushing herself up from the bench,asif she was affraid that sudden movements would scare both men,she whispered in a barely audible voice " h-hey now..dont fight..i-its allright..errr...nothing will uhm..will happen..i dont mean to interfere but..uhhh.."

She continued to think up every possible excuse she knew to try and soothe the situation whilst walking towards them,tail flicking nervously back and forth. Looking at the two of them she realized she lacked about everything a hero these days would need to survive this harsh dangerous scociety. They were both bold and possessed a strong personality so she could only imagine their powers to evenly match with their apparel. And then there was this woman,too tall for her own good,clumsy,fiersome appearance, and not in any way intimidating personality wise.

"uhm..uhh..i-i think that uh..i should just..i should just not be a herooOOOOOOOOO-" Clumsy like stated before,Ramare failed to notice a little gap between the street tiles,tripping over it. Wildly flailing her arms around she fell with her face flat against the ground,remaining motionless.

Ramare groaned softly as the man pulled her up from the floor,hindlegs still abit shakey,knees trembling slightly. With haunched shoulders and eyes nervously moving left and right she would seem more like a beat puppy than anything else. She protectively wrapped her arms around her chest,the metal collar around her neck shimmering in the dim light to clearly show the elegantly engraved lettering up front,reading: "Rami"

" i-i..my..my name its..its...." she stuttered,the little patch of pale skin on her nosebridge flushing red " i'm..i'm rami"

Her gaze wandered over towards the two gentlemen at the bar for a brief moment,though she couldn't possibly have heard them. ((referring to blind messenger and experiment 2.0 in this case ))

In the meanwhile the angered man whom was now released from his firey prison had noticed the demon's lack of attention for him,a sly grin playing upon his lips. His red frizzy beard appeared slightly scorched,a thin trail of smoke accompanied by the scent of burnt flesh twirling up from his eyebrows. " ye will be payin' for me foot AN' me beard ye ugly demon git!",he screamed,wildly flailing his arms around while charging at El D. A protective layer of stone swiftly covered his body,except his enormous beer gut,who just didn't seem to fit in. It jiggled like a grotesque jelly at every step,an obvious target,the only thing missing was simply a large red bulls eye around his navel.

The man which had an agressive outburst earlier didn't seem so courageous once trapped in a ring of scorching flames,small drops of sweat pearling on his forehead. His physical defense was superiour,his magical defence however...

"she stepped on me foot! darned lass she did..",he growled through his beard,pointing his index finger down towards his foot which now showed a morbid resemblance with donald duck's. His face flushed tomato-red,perhaps from the heat,otherwise probably the fact he got pretty worked up in his current state.

Ramare in the meanwhile seemed to have slowly returned to her senses,now gazing up at the demonic entity who had offered her a hand with big glazey eyes. She seemed surprised,rather that they both shared a simular peculiar appearance rather than the fact he was the only man in the pub rushing to her aid.

"..t-thank you sir..",she whispered,her voice not quite fitting a woman of her size. She slowly reached out a slight trembling hand towards him.

Blinking her eyes,Ramare listened carefully to the sudden flow of information,though her puzzled expression betrayed the fact that she obviously had no clue what Nick was talking about.

With a soft voice she replied simply with her name "r-rami..yes..i'm rami..",needlessly pointing at the collar around her neck. Though judging by her weak reaction,she would probably have agreed if he had called her Lucy or Sue. It wasn't her nature to doubt or even defy the will of those superiour to herself. Then again.. even if she DID possess the physical strenght to stand above said people,she probably would still serve them with the obedience of an abused puppy.

"errr..longbow?..." she tried,her voice slowly fading away as she cringed beforehand,asif she was expecting to be laughed at for her lack of knowledge about the going on's in galaxy city..or any city for that matter

Ramare now appeared to be confident enough to allow her gaze to drift across the pub,though she remained safely seated in her little isolated corner. She hadn't spilled a single word yet,silence shrouding the young woman like a thick impenetrable blanket,her eyes however glinstered with curiousity whilst taking in the images of the various other guests.

It wasn't likely for her to get noticed due to the fact her dark complection blended in quite nicely with the shades that were cast upon her by the walls that surrounded her,still some observant person might just catch glimpse of her.

Emitting a soft sigh she wondered to herself if she would get served a drink or if she should get up,walk over to the bar and order something herself. The latter of course would be out of the question due to her lack of courage. It was a rare sight to see her blending in with the crowd alltogether.

After having played with a beermat for the past few minutes she decided to take her chances,her throath feeling dry. With little efford she managed to get off her seat,streching out her feral-ish hindlegs before cautiously navigating through the maze of barstools and wooden tables,her expression tensed.

The closer she got to the other guests,the faster her heart banged against her ribs.

"e-excuse me..",she whispered while trying to get past serveral people,accidently stepping on someone's foot in the process. This wouldn't have been such a big deal if it wasn't for the fact that she was nearly 8ft tall and possessed a weight to match her height,not to mention the hooves..

With an angry yelp the man whom she had accidently stepped on,shoved her aside with a super natural strenght,causing her to fly backwards and smash with her back against the jukebox,which spontaniously switched songs.

Slightly dazed she fell to her knees,staring blindly into the distance asif she wondered what in the nine hells had happened to her.

Staring down at her hands her face flushed bright red while she whispered hoarsely "no..n-no..you just..s-startled me..thats all.." "it..it sometimes happens ..errr...uhm..well..it sometimes happens.."

She cleared her throath and tried to mask her awkwardness by semi nonchalantly running a hand through her hair. While doing so she now settled her gaze upon the man that appeared to be rather shocked by her little accident,perhaps even more than herself.

"i errr...i thought that they were closed",she continued,unable to cover up the fact her voice was sounding unnaturally tensed,nodding over towards the Freedom Corps building.

"not like i uhm..was interested in beeing a hero of course..ahum..not at all..i errr..i was just curious..and.."

She squinted her eyes abit,going silent as she took a better look at him,raising her brow asif she suddenly wondered who he WAS exactly.

Careful,asif the person responsible was hesitant to enter,the door to the pub got pushed open,accompanied by the soft creaking of wood,which appeared to be more suitable for a haunted house rather than a drinking fascility.Distant sounds of traffic and barking dogs steadily drifted inside along with a chill wind.

The dim lights of aged lamps were casting a faint glow upon the tattered features of a young woman,whom's dark shape seemed to be filling the entire doorway. As large as she was,as cautious were her movements,haunched shoulders betraying her awkwardness. Forced to bend over slightly to avoid bumping her head against the splintery doorpost she crept inside. Her crimson eyes nervously flicked left and right till she had found a table to her liking,seperated from the other guests by a big empty gap.

Pale sleek mane covered up part of her face as the woman moved towards her destination,mid sized hooves clogging loudly against the wooden floor. She cringed at each bang,tail swaying rapidly behind her,affraid to draw too much attention to herself.

Once she had finally seated herself upon a rather (for her size) uncomfortable stool she would just silently stare into the distance.

Gasping,the woman sat up with such a remarkable speed,that it seemed asif she was struck by lightning,obviously startled by the sudden sound of a loud male voice. With a soft rustle,numerous spines which appeared to be made out of a boney structure jolted out of her limbs,ripping and shredding little that was left of the allready tattered old cloak that she held wrapped about her body.

Her eyes widened,a faint pink hue creeping up her cheeks as she blushed out of obvious embarrassment,the bones steadily sinking back between the dark folds of cloth. The only sound that would escape her throath was a soft whimper.

The doors had OPENED (oh my god they opened..),the doors of the scary building that she would've rather avoided (i knew it all along! bad idea..BAAAD idea).And a man walked out and adressed her like an EQUAL! (has the world gone mad?)

((first of all i want to say that my main language isn't english,so please don't get too annoyed if you see a typo,i'll try to keep them to a limit Also,this will be the second day i play city of heroes,so i'm not familiar yet with any places,hence the location of this play -galaxy city-))

-RULES-

Everybody is welcome to join,wether you are a hero or a villain (or something in between)

Please dont kill eachother unless you have permission,otherwise it will get very boring when everybody is dead in the end hehe

Most important,be active please! i absolutely hate to wait for a week or more for a reply. Sorry if this offends the buisy bees among us,but i think its rude to let someone you engaged a play in wait for that long


Heavy grey rainclouds slowly drifted through the night sky,acompanied by the sound of crashing thunder as the rain fell down upon the inky black street tiles in a neverending downpour.
Ramare managed to hold back a slight crude smile as a flash of lightning cleaved through the rain,enlighting the silhouette of a rather large building,the plain font of the logo above the entrance reading "Freedom Corps". She didn't found it very welcoming to the eyes,subconciously shuddering about the thought of setting foot inside.

Emitting a soft sigh she wrapped the heavy black cloth of a tattered cape more firmly about her tall form,shoulders haunched over alittle asif she was affraid to draw too much attention to herself (which was near impossible due to her rather peculiar appearance).That was also the exact reason why the young woman was hesitant of getting involved with the Freedom Corps. They were looking for new heroes to sign up and help keep Galaxy City,and possibly other cities aswell clean and free of villains and other scum. Problem was,she didn't quite possessed the stereotypical looks of a heroine with potential. More those of a villain on the loose,affraid to get caught by whomever would be chasing her.

She sighed deeply,wiping afew strands of wet pale mane from her eyes with an annoyed flick of her hand.To make matters worse the weather wasn't exactly cooperative.
"it can't possible get any worse than this.." she mumbled to herself,cautiously creeping up to the closed doors she rather would be avoiding.
Shading her crimson eyes with the palm of her flat hand she leaned forward to try and have a peek inside the building,though the glass turned out to be blinded from the inside. Frowning she crossed her arms on a displeased manner,a small white paper close to the handle of the doors catching her attention.

- CLOSED ON SUNDAYS -

Shaking her head,Ramare angrily stomped her hooves on the ground,cracking afew tiles in the process. Pacing back and forth she tried to open the doors once more,hoping that they'd suddenly open and a bunch of tv people would come running around the corner to tell her she had been taped for Paragon's Funniest Home video's. Alas..they remained shut and there was no sign of a film crew anywhere.

With lowered head the woman dragged herself towards the nearest bench,settling upon it whilst pulling up her knees towards her chin. Allthough she kept telling herself she wanted to lead a normal,boring life without any heroic deeds she had secretly hoped for something exciting once she had recieved the letter from Freedom Corps.

But now she sad there,a patethic bundle of dissapointment,soaked by the rain,lonely,clueless..

"oh master.." she whispered "why have you abandoned me..where are you hiding now..",fingering the heavy metal collar that was strapped around her neck. Some elegant engraved letters reading "Rami"