It was
way too goddamned late.
The stars had been floating through the night sky for hours now, with the moon shining its faint light down from its position high in the sky. Most people were deep asleep inside their houses, and those that weren't had just climbed into their beds to join them. The creatures of the night had long since begun their prowl, and the sounds of nature continued to echo off the trees and rise into the darkened sky.
All this served as a reminder to Severa that she had had a very,
very long day.
She knew that bounty hunting was tough work, of course, but today, it had been less "challenging" and more "infuriating". Not only had it taken her damn near half the day to find her target in the first place, but once she
had found them, they'd decided to waste hours of her time by leading her on a pointless wild goose chase around town. Apparently, they were competent
enough to stay out of her reach, but too stupid to actually slip away. Though perhaps that statement was ill-warranted, as they'd
eventually managed to escape her, long after night fell.
To make matters worse, she knew she could've easily caught her target, had her cycle not been trying its damnedest to distract her and slow her down. Midara, crusader, midara, crusader...for the past few days, it was like it couldn't make up its mind.
And so, when Severa
finally got back home, she wasn't exactly in the best of moods. As she walked inside, it was all she could do to not collapse on the couch and call it a night. She was tired, she was annoyed, and overall, she was ready for the day to be over. For the moment, she made her way over to the kitchen to make herself a little something to eat before bed.
That's when the faint scent of lavender wafted into her nostrils.
Her blood turned to ice.
She heard the quiet
click, click, clicking of heels behind her. A soft, melodic voice drifted along from behind her.
"Oh, dear...did you have a bad day, little one?"At the sound of that beautiful voice, images flashed unbidden through Severa's mind. Huge bat wings, long jet-black hair, skin as white as snow, and those
eyes...Oh, those eyes......Such soft skin...those warm lips, that sweet tongue...an overwhelming aura, one that made you submit to her over and over again...Squeezing everything out...making you scream.You want that again, don't you......my delicious little half-breed?——
-The old ruleset applies: the rolls are 1 to 100 even rolls are a success, uneven rolls are a failure.
-Characters are allowed 1 free action, but must otherwise stick to their movepools.
-Instead of VIRTUE and VICE, the adventurers have WILLPOWER and the midara have STAMINA.
-Encounters that use characters from the OpenRPG may cause a re-appearance of said midara, depending on outcome.
Paralyzed Status- Character will be unable to move next turn and will be unable to dodge the next attack
Charmed Status- The next attack dealt by the midara does +1 Willpower damage
Bind Status- Character will be unable to move and continually suffer 2 Willpower damage each turn unless they roll a 50 or higher and escape
Downed Status- Character's next action is skipped, allowing their opponent to attempt a follow-up
Dazed Status- Character must roll two successes instead of one in order to hit
Even rolls higher than 85 are considered critical and allows the attacker to follow up with another move
Odd rolls lower than 14 are critical failures, allowing the opponent's next attack to be a guaranteed success
Naedra starts with 30 Stamina.
Severa starts with 30 Willpower.
"That time of the month, eh?"