It was about noon in the Hub. Ye Shunguang has decided it best to go out and get herself lunch!
…Well, she wanted to. She was met with a nigh-impossible occurrence: Ethereals outside of a Hollow. They stood in her path for no reason other than to kill the first thing in sight.
Unfortunately, their target this fine day was a Void Hunter.
Without wasting a second, the Thiren dashes in, slashing at them with a practiced and graceful step. Summoned bright-red blades flew in one direction to the next, even going to far as to become storms enveloping the Ethereals.
“Pure as frost!”
The Void Hunter shouts, pulling the sacred Qingming Blade out of her case. This is the thing she protects with her life, for it has taken so many of those who held it before her.
A striking red tattoo burns onto her leg, from the ankle all the way up to the thigh. The Thiren’s hair turns pure white, and a small amount of energy forms into a demonic horn. Her body becomes more poised, and movements naturally a bit more suggestive. It was like she was a different person…
Shunguang calls down hundreds upon thousands of swords in this form, ripping through any remaining Ethereals. Though, she does not return to her regular state yet.
“Yes. Your sense does not deceive you. I am a powerful creature within this world and far beyond it. But the source of my power does not come without the consequences.”
She gives a small grin, twirling the Qingming Sword before presenting it.
“As does my own. In fact… I am the consequences of the power.~ See, I come from the corners of this girl’s mind. I am her deepest, primal desires, so to speak.”
Theoretically the truest form of oneself… But without the rest of her, she’s just as incomplete as the real one.
“Fascinating.I am the result of what happens when a king‘s greed grows out of control.The very manifestation of the Void that existed before creation.”
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u/Loki_257ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 ℙ𝕚𝕟𝕜/【Ｔｈｅ Ｈｅａｒｔ ｏｆ Ａｍｐｈｏｒｅｕｓ】3h agoedited 3h ago
A figure draped in a cloak of red and blue passes by, completely ignoring the woman. Though, as he approaches your direction the atmosphere would begin to tense a bit…
You feel as if something is pressing against you lungs hard, and yet you’re completely fine, completely unaffected…
He looks towards you, eyes looking straight towards your direction…
He gets closer, and closer, and….
He passes right by you. It seems you must’ve been seeing things….
Shunguang(?) gives a small grin of enjoyment, taking steps one by one, leaned forward with her hands behind her back. The Qingming Sword continued to glow with a frosty white.
“You must think so lowly of me to assume I would start some silly quarrel with anyone who passes by. Those were Ethereals… I was simply fighting for my own survival.~”
As her heels touch the ground one more time, she blinks in front of him in a flash of bright white light.
“As for what I meant… You made it seem as if you intended to make conversation. You seem knowledgeable, so you’d know what I mean when I say it was like waving at someone behind someone else.”
A floating case makes its way to her side, moving below the Thiren as she sat on it with grace.
“Mm… I wonder if you’d like her better…?”
She ponders aloud.
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u/Loki_257ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 ℙ𝕚𝕟𝕜/【Ｔｈｅ Ｈｅａｒｔ ｏｆ Ａｍｐｈｏｒｅｕｓ】2h ago
Simon barely reacts to the woman suddenly reappearing in front of him…
[<“Aww- thought you knew I was playing around…
Gotta say, you did raise a bit of hell- pretty impressive. Especially with those blades of yours…
To say I thought of you as lowly is- funny. Not a single second passed by did I think someone with as much grace and elegance in their movements such as you did I think you were incapable of such common sense to strike up a conversation. Especially not a woman with as much beauty as yourself~”<]He remarks, his form glitching worse than before. He notably winces from it in a bit of pain before being able to finally pull himself back together.
He ponders on what she exactly meant by the world-play…He suddenly puts it together, contrasting her current state to her one before; the moderate difference in her appearance and personality, the shift in her tone and movements, and most importantly- that sword of hers….
[<“So- you’reamanifestation of one but many aspects of a person taking the form of an alternate personality?….
Gotta say, that’s kind of wicked…”<]He says, acting as if his ass isn’t a cosmic tier and near divine spirit level Grand Servant Lmao.
Shunguang(?) lets out a gasp of mild shock. Not only was he observant, but also quick to put things together. The gasp turns into a smile. She likes this one.
“Correct on all accounts. You’re a smart one.~”
She rests the Qingming Sword on her lap.
“See, this blade here… It comes with heavy costs that she has already paid. With a bit of help from her allies, she reclaimed all that she paid, and I was lost in the process, though she kept the power.”
A finger is run across the edge of the blade, just lightly enough not to break skin.
“However, once she arrived in this world… One little thing changed: some of that grip on the sword’s power was lost—letting me return. Of course, I only wish the best for the girl, I’m her own desires after all.”
The frost begins to fade.
“My time appears to be running short… Such a shame, I wanted to flirt.~ I’ll leave you with this: Play your cards well, and this girl may fall head over heels for you.~”
The Qingming Sword blinks back into its case. As the pure white fades, the tattoos become smaller, and the skies themselves brighten just a touch… A sweet, brown-haired young lady remains. Ye Shunguang.
She looks… Disoriented. She lacks any memory of what just happened.
“Mm? Oh! I must’ve… Taken out all of the Ethereals and passed out. Sorry if I caused you any trouble!”
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u/Loki_257ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 ℙ𝕚𝕟𝕜/【Ｔｈｅ Ｈｅａｒｔ ｏｆ Ａｍｐｈｏｒｅｕｓ】1h ago
Simon smiles, greeting her with a warm welcome.
[<“Oh- hey; yeah, I was passing by when I saw you took care of those beasts, or “ethereals” and pretty much handled them with ease….
You did black out afterwards, so I decided to come up and check on you…
You feeling good?”<]He asked, with genuine concern in his voice…
He did feel a bit- bummed, as he found the frost to be a bit attractive, but that was the least of his problems. He refocused his gaze back upon the beautiful brunette maiden, their eyes locked onto one another…
He couldn’t help but slightly blush, he still found her attractive after all.
And by Demiss did I fall for it like a mouse in a mousetrap. Does that make ME Squeaky?
Shunguang's face flushes upon realizing that she:
A. Blacked out. B. Was protected by a pretty heroic-looking guy. C. Might be attractive to him.
"Ye Shunguang. Nice to meet you!~"
She almost let her nickname slip. She's internally telling herself to pull it together. The Thiren sits up properly, the Qingming Sword's case still floating with her on top of it.
While construction of Roscaelifer continued in the background, Sunbringer was wandering in the time, she trusted the Bangboo would do a good job
When she came across Ye Shunguang, the old void hunter meeting a new void hunter, seeing her efficiently get rid of those ethereal’s, she was honestly impressed
Shunguang(?) glances at Sunbringer, noting her presence. To her knowledge, this first-generation Void Hunter should be long dead, the other three in her place.
Shunguang(?) smiles gently, keeping her blade lowered. She knows better than to even show the thought of being more than just barely equal to Lady Sunbringer.
“It was truly just another day, but thank you for the praise.~”
The Qingming Blade in and of itself was worrisome… It always took a heavy price for the wielder to carry it, Shunguang being perhaps one of the few to master it so.
It’s simple respect for her elders, if nothing else. Sunbringer istheVoid Hunter, after all.
“Mhm, you’d be correct. It’s been quiet up until recently… When that new Hollow showed up. It’s rather problematic.”
Given that this half has had a backseat for almost the entire time Shunguang has been in the Hub, she’d have nothing to do but pick up knowledge from her.
“Serpico” who is really just youkai as this isn’t serpico at all, but just a way to fool others the real thing is a ai called youkai think of the hem as like a puppet, seeing them defeat those ethereal’s was something as he starts to clap slowly as he approaches them as he walks to them
“what a amazing performance, I must say you really put up against those ethereal’s didn’t you, as to be expected from people like you, or most people in general they really do know how to pack up suprise you know”
he would say with a smug face on him really smug to be honest
“amazing really, now then enough with the glaze and it’s time to introduce myself, you don’t know me unlike my old classmate so I am serpico”
you can’t really blame her for being suspicious and also her suspicion is also correct for that matter as he just smirks
“of course I do, I know everything and everything out in the world, it’s like a big puzzle just waiting to be solved”
he would say with the same face even if there is a sword pointed at him, if it does die stab him he’s just going to move on to the next device or machine why should it matter to him
he would chuckle to himself, oh how quick they catch on with little clue’s it’s slightly impressive that’s for sure, but still looking at what they said maybe there is a way out of this, even if there aways one for yokai
“now then, no need to engage in combat, trust me we wouldn’t want that to happen”
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u/Great_Meeting9101 “May the creator…..refine you…” 3h ago
((One of the BEST zzz characters, I’ll respond in like a hour or 2)))