"Before the creation of the Exorcist Project, the Hunters had served as the Council's primary attack force. Back then, while the paladins had fought the threats we could see, the Hunters battled the unseen evil that threatened to consume the world of old."
The priest paused momentarily to decide how best to arrange his words. "I cannot tell you yet the exact details of that story." Vincent raised an eyebrow at that but the old man merely gave him a sideways glance. "Don't give me that look. You know very well how these things work." Vincent did indeed understand. Which was why he remained silent and let the man continue at his own pace. "Due to certain classified circumstances, a few of the less righteous members of the clergy were able to obtain some information on a subject that possessed... extremely powerful regenerative capabilities." 'Regenerative abilities?' Vincent repeated in hiSeptember 15th, 12:15 AM Starlight Bay, Somewhere within Starlight Forest... The pale white glow of the half moon shone down on the beautiful city of Starlight Bay. Even at this late hour, the city was still dotted with brilliant and often multicolored lights that illuminated the night sky. The air was cold enough that most people out in the streets had to wear jackets to block out the chill as they went about their businesses. But while some people slept, and some people indulged themselves in all manner of activities, in the woodlands that formed a natural border around the city, a fierce battle raged on... Both figures blurred back and forth. Their blades clashed loudly, hardened metal against crystallized blood, each time releasing showers of bright sparks into the air. The fight had been going on for over five minutes and Alaric had to admit that he had t
September 17th, 1:35 PM, Starlight Central Academy, Veronica's room in the dormitory assigned to the Vampires. Two days. It had been two days since the counter strike orchestrated by Alaric Dorerra on the assassin that had been responsible for the deaths of multiple members of the vampire faction in this academy. And in those two days Veronica had managed to find absolutely nothing on the person or persons who were responsible for the grievous crimes committed against her people. The memory of that night was still very clear in her head. She had been on her way to her scheduled feeding session at the time. It was something that most of the upper class Nobles in the academy did both to save face and to avoid the stress and risk involved in hunting normal humans. An arrangement of equivalent exchange between the vampire and the blood donor that benefited both parties. Veron
September 17th, 4:15 PM, Starlight Central Academy, The Magic Brew Cafe. Bliss. That was the only word that could accurately describe the current state of mind of Mia Delgado as she let herself lean back on her end of the plush long seat that was in each of the booths of the Magic Brew Café. Her long brown overcoat covered her almost like a blanket and she drew it around herself like it was one. There was a cup of steaming hot chocolate in her hands as she stared out the window to watch the beautiful evening sunset. The Magic Brew Café was one of the most popular spots among the student body of SCA. A big reason for that beyond the amazing food and service was the fact that the café was built at the top of a three storey building that stood on a small land elevation that looked over the western part of the Starlight Woods. For the fi
'Where are you right now?' 'The coffee shop at the end 'of Sixth Avenue.' 'There's a coffee shop at Sixth Avenue?' 'Where is the Sixth Avenue?' '🤦' 'Right, exchange student...' &nbs
A clear feminine voice resounded throughout the forest. "Tehnica Sângelui: Dansul Reginei Păianjen!" Eight solid spikes of crystallized blood pierced through the airborne Chevy like needles through paper and impaled the ground and trees firmly to anchor the car in the air in an instant. The vehicle ended up being held up on its side less than two meters above the ground. Two more blood spikes ripped through the side of the car and Leva leapt out with Lisa in her arms. Her appearance had changed quite noticeably from before. The pale skin of her arms up to her elbows had gained a red hue and a shiny texture not unlike hardened steel. Her fingernails had elongated into hard pointed claws and her palms now had strange holes in them. The color of her irises had turned blood crimson and there were two more pairs of closed eyes above and below her actual eyes. Her hair had undergone the most change, having turned from its pitch bl
When Lisa had first entered the mage academy at the Arcane Circle's headquarters in Salem Oregon, she had been completely terrified. She had been eight years old back then, with a short frame and a weak body that did her no favors whenever she got sick, which unfortunately turned out to be quite often. Intimidated by the superior skills and strength of her classmates, Lisa had never really tried to compete with anyone else in both social standing and magic prowess. She had been born with a relatively large magic reserve within her soul but she had not possessed the required constitution to properly learn and master elemental magic, a basic which was usually used to determine where the talents of a young mage lay. Luckily for her the current headmaster of the academy had been a wonderfully kind and considerate man, not to mention scarily intelligent. Upon realizing what her problems were, the man had refused to write her off as a failure like so many other te
September 15th, 9:18 PM, Starlight Central Academy, Carson Boulevard. Lee felt like he had had a very eventful week so far. First he had gotten to kick the shit out of two uppity young upstarts. Then they had brought him even more fun by getting him a fight with a Rougarou. Well, it was more of a slaughter than an actual fight but hey, it was still a good source of catharsis. Michael then had to go and send all of them on a bounty hunt for some mystery girl with crazy eyes. Although it sounded boring as all hell, he was sure he could find a way to make it fun. After all, the alpha had not exactly given them orders not to kill the girl if they found her. As far as Lee was concerned, she was fair game. The Asian Hunter was aware of the kind of reputation he held among some of the members of the supernatural world in the school. Which was why he had been honestly surprised when Elena Jo
9:10 PM, Outskirts of Starlight Bay, The Marino Safe House. Ever since the day a young man had sat in his office and called himself a werewolf, Antonio had realized that the world as he knew it had fundamentally changed. Soon after all sorts of crazy impossible things had started popping up in his radar. Things that must have been there previously, but he had not noticed them in the past simply because he had thought them to much of a stretch of the imagination to be real. Even later when he had been quite rudely introduced to the world that lay beneath the visible through the attack on his daughter and her subsequent kidnapping by a demon of all things, Antonio Marino had thought that he would be able to resolve the whole thing by using a tactic that had never failed him in his past with the mafia's dirty business. If you can't kill it with a knife, get a gun. Followin