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The curious woman that introduced herself as Tattletale was a talkative sort. And not like Pate had been, only to cover his own ass while trying to con me at the same time, even if her interest was obviously not born out of selflessness or genuine preoccupation.
While she kept covering me in her inane chatter, we strode across the city that I had once known, in a time that seemed at once emptier and brightier than the one I spent in Drangleic. In this Tattletale, there was little to none of the feral grace that I had learned to recognize in experienced warriors, while the way in which she carried on the conversation, interpreting most of my answers before I could utter them, kept reinforcing the memory of Sweet Shalquoir.
Still, her words were welcome. It was something to listen to the repetitive speeches of those that had lost too much to the ever-encroaching Darkness, this... this was what it used to feel like. Walking in Majula, with the illusion that things were going to get better on their own was exactly that: an illusion.
"This is where me and my team live." she changed topic suddenly, and I tilted my head towards the lacklustre building. I didn't know what I had been expecting, it had been so long since I last witnessed uncursed humans go about their own way. A part of me remembered that this city was where I was born, where I had once walked, but it felt... hazy and grey, lifeless and meaningless.
The brighter the flame, the deeper the dark. I remembered with a sudden realization: but it didn't seem to be true here. Here, where the moon shone with the bright reflection of a very present sun, here, were time spun constantly and reality was empty. Here, where a Monarch such as I... no.
"Okay guys!" she crooned as we entered a loft: "She can be trusted! She also saved me from the PRT, and we'll all be safer with her!"
A man with dark skin seemed to almost take a step forward, his hands twitching as if with the barely repressed urge to strangle the blonde woman that led me here, while his companion remained unconscious on a couch, his head bleeding a bit from a cut hidden in his hair.
I took a step forward, the Dragon Chime sliding into my hand, and I knelt next to the wounded. Is it really faith if I've walked into the First Flame without surrendering myself to it? Is it faith if I know of the faults and failings of those that came before us?
Yet, I had faith in myself, and in those lost people that I had brought together in Majula, from the thief to the wayward scholar. From the daughter of the smith to the chieric that had lost her way. And apparently, it was enough: warmth that I could feel within me, so close to the one of the First Flame, echoed in my catalyst as it chimed, a golden wave blossoming as I healed those around me.
I rose from my seat to notice that Tattletale had slapped a hand over Grue's mouth, and that another had walked in. She seemed wary, but as she didn't make any move towards me. I turned my attention back to the blonde woman.
"Well, you know that I'm Tattletale when in costume." she said as she removed her purple mask, "But my name is Lisa. Nice to properly meet you!"
"That is Hellhound or Bitch when in costume, and her name is Rachel, the one you healed is Alec, but with a mask he is Regent, and..."
"I'm Grue." the dark skinned man spoke, "Thank you for helping us with Lung. My name is Brian."
My eyes lingered for a few seconds on the one that I had healed. Such a lofty title. "I..." my voice felt far away to my own ears even as I lifted my Heide Mask with my free hand, "... am Taylor."
"Uh." Alec blinked in surprise now that he found himself looking upside down to the knight that had messed up Lung, "Hi."
Taylor's head turned down even as she took a step back, leaving the recently healed parahuman some space: "Greetings." she nodded.
"Well..." Grue scrambled as he tried to recover some sembiance of control over the situation, "Lisa brought you here, and you helped us a lot. So... I guess we only have to make it official."
He looked around trying to gauge the reactions of the rest of his haggard team, and while Rachel was blatantly against someone else joining the Undersiders, she kept quiet, her eyes not quite meeting the ones of the new cape. Lisa grinned her usual grin, making it clear that all of her efforts were to bring this girl on board, while Alec quickly sat up from his sprawled position, indifference plastered on his features even as he turned towards the TV, turning it on with a click on a remote.
That was a yes if Brian ever saw one: "Welcome to the Undersiders? If you want to join, I mean."
Taylor tilted her head even as she overcame her surprise for the sudden images and sounds coming from the television, but her focus remained on the weak souls around her. Lost, each one of them, broken, in one way or another, just enough for them to be open to the wider world, but there was something...
She crossed the room with a couple of strides, siting down at the table in the kitchen, where she gently laid down her Heide Mask. Her fingers then dipped in one of her pouches, finding what she hadn't even realized she had taken. After the battle, she had been looking for some object that she could use, or that could at least give her some inkling as to what those strange humans were capable of.
A couple of small souls rested in her hand, making her widen her eyes in surprise. They didn't look special. They barely qualified as souls at all. Greysh-white, the both of them, a bit cracked, with something moving underneath, in their core. Something paradoxically larger, something...
A loud thud made Taylor rise her eyes towards the source of that sound: Tattletale was on the ground, unconscious.
It looks like following the Way of the Blue will keep me busy with this girl.
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Topic: Knightly Parahuman
In: Boards ► News ► Capes ► America
Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy In The Know) (Veteran Member)
Posted on February 16, 2011:
So we've got another new cape in Brockton Bay. I don't know what they put in the water over there but they seem to crawl out of the woodwork. At least it appears that this one does not belong to a gang (yet). However, she's not a member of the Protectorate, given that she had to be saved by Armsmaster (RIP). In any case, they have way too many capes in Brockton as it is, on the bad side, apparently this chick disappeared after the DragonSlayin'.
Here's what we know so far:
-She's a knight, armour, shield and giant stone sword.
-Straight up she is an upper-tier brute
-Not a hero, since she barreled through the PRT troops that were cordoning the battle between Armsmaster and Lung.
I think that about covers it. Not a lot of footage of this one, so I'll try to provide links to videos and pictures as soon as they pop up.
► Lolitup
Replied on February 16, 2011:
I saw that news broadcast live, there his half of footage made with a low-quality cellphone, not really enough to identify her, but the Protectorate released a picture of her (LINK HERE) not much to see.
► Insect Inspector
Replied on February 16, 2011:
They say she set up a camp fire in a cemetry, that's her 'base'? I don't know, looks like a creepy statement to me.
► Antigone
Replied on February 16, 2011:
Insect Inspector
Dude, give it a rest already with the paranoia, who are you, XxVoid_CowboyxX?
► HOTH3AD (Temp-banned)
Replied on February 16, 2011:
She's likely E88, with all the shiny armour and whatnot.
► Camera Shy (Film Fanatic)
Replied on February 16, 2011:
The point is that apparently she is being left largely alone, maybe the PRT will wait a while before reigning in this one, there is the fallout of the A vs L battle to consider. On one hand, big hero gets done in by the one that fought Leviathan, on the other, said hero killed Lung. So void of power in ABB ranks, and the Empire is already starting to push for territory.
► Out of Nothing (procrastinator)
Replied on February 16, 2011:
Armsmaster was the best of them all.
► Specific Protagonist (Cape Groupie)
Replied on February 16, 2011:
I heard that she killed both Lung and Armsmaster.
► GreatMan
Replied on February 16, 2011:
No way man. It would be on all the news.
► Not Banned Yet
Replied on February 16, 2011:
GreatMan
Dude, that was crazy even for you. In which part of this madness does it look like she is strong enough to do that? I mean, Amrsmaster plus Lung are basically Triumvirate level.
► spekulator (Power Guru)
Replied on February 16, 2011:
So what do we think about her ratings?
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Topic: Something's Fishy
In: Boards ► News ► Capes ► America
DockBorn (Original Poster) (Veteran Member)
Posted on February 20, 2011:
So, apparently she was fighting Lung, and Armsmaster jumped in to bail her out, then she escaped with one of the Undersiders, so what is that, a message?
She has steel balls, I get the occasional fight, but baiting both the gangs and the Protectorate? Bad Idea.
► Lolitup
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Dude, have you not read? Lung was targeting the Undersiders and their new member jumped in to cover for them, once Armsmaster arrived, she bailed with Tattletale, who remained behind for some reason.
► DaBomb
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Lolitup
Brockton Bay was a shithole anyway.
► Insight
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Is it only me, or we should all be concerned about the random new cape that throws herself at Lung long enough for her criminally inclined friends to escape?
► Antig3n3
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Insight
Dunno, but if the Undersiders are upping their game, sooner or later they're going to make their own gang.
► GreenWoman
Replied on February 20, 2011:
So it is confirmed, she's a criminal?
► Seer (Not a Cape, just a pair of Binoculars)
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Besides scuffling with the PRT, Rose Knight didn't do anything outright illegal... so we're still looking at a potential rebranding.
► Out of Nothing (procrastinator)
Replied on February 20, 2011:
People, look at this: Link
That is her creepy bonfire in the cemetry, the whole place is surrounded by PRT, apparently there's a dangerous shaker effect involved.
► Specific Protagonist (Cape Groupie)
Replied on February 20, 2011:
What kind of shaker effect?
► Insight
Replied on JFebruary 20, 2011:
Master effect, more likely. One that forces people to stay calm so that Rose Knight can -0000000000000000000000000-
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► SuperSquire (Not A Cape)
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Bullshit, Rose Knight prances around and scuffles with Lung, only to be bailed by Armsmaster, who died as the actual hero he was. -0000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
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► spekulator (Power Guru)
Replied on February 20, 2011:
Holy shit she actually -00000000000000000000000000000-
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► DockBorn
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► Out of Nothing (procrastinator)
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