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       #Post#: 13907--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Raven Tepes Date: March 29, 2022, 11:47 pm
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       Rosetta feels bad a bit for possibly making Hei feel
       uncomfortable when she hears his remarks. Then Kindron's words
       have her realizing that the three of them have something in
       common. Rosetta: Sorry if I made you a bit uncomfortable, Hei.
       She says to Hei with an apologetic look. Rosetta then takes a
       breath and sighs as she speaks to both Hei and Kindron. Rosetta:
       I do know how you feel and what it's like not to communicate
       well with others.. for me, outside of family. A lot of students
       at the Celestian academy were pretty much scared of me and those
       who didn't run tended to bully the hell out of me. A lot of
       Celestian people avoid me like the plague because they're afraid
       I'll take over their minds like some long dead Dark Time Lord.
       The experience kinda pushed me to find places of solitude like
       Frank's place when I could take leave from school. I would say
       hanging out with Vladimir, but he's a bit of an ass. It wasn't
       until I joined Starfleet and Torchwood that I started trying to
       make friends. She then takes a swallow of her drink. Rosetta: I
       also get unnerved sometimes when I can't read someone's emotions
       which throws my social interactions off. It's kinda like being
       blind to psychic.
       Zelpharia frowns a bit as she remembers some of the times
       Rosetta had called or come home upset because of the bullying.
       It was one of the reasons why Zelpharia eventually pulled
       Rosetta and enrolled her at other academies for psychics. She
       remains quiet and sips her drink.
       Laura: I never mentioned my sisters before because they be the
       black sheep of the family. Not evil though. They be what some
       call Gold Diggers or Stepford wives. They snub the family and
       the Coven for money and luxury, and Mama never forgave them. So
       we never spoke about them unless they plan to visit which be
       rare.. She then takes a sip of her drink. Laura: ..and usually
       mean they need something they can't do or seeing if one of them
       can steal or borrow something I got.. She then takes another
       drink and ends with a more sparky finish. Laura: ..which is
       usually my spell books or the man I be with.
       #Post#: 13908--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: March 30, 2022, 12:17 am
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       Though Hei doesn't change expressions much, he does think for a
       moment. Hei: I spent a long time avoiding befriending others
       when I was the guardian of Hell's Gate... The price for my power
       was that others had to suffer for me. That was the cost of my
       contract. So I got used to having no one, knowing they'd die if
       I had to use my contract. It was easier to push people away. And
       then at some point, I had pretty much turned most of the world
       against me when I became an assassin. He explains. These days,
       my contract with Hell's Gate is fulfilled, so I no longer have
       to worry about it. But I know what it's like to have no one
       accept you. I don't know what being psychic is like, but I've
       always been closed off emotionally. I just had to control the
       pain, the anger, and the hatred... Or else I knew it would
       devour me one day. That control became even more important when
       I became a dracopyre after I died and was brought back. I have
       to control my emotions completely because if I let my emotions
       get out of control, my dracopyre emotional amplification will
       cause major problems. So I have to stay the way I am.
       Kindron: Wow... Rosetta sounds so much like Dufort. I'm pretty
       sure he told me similar stories of those kinds of things
       happening to him because he had so much psychic potential.
       Something about how people either tried to use his psychic
       potential, feared his psychic power, or they just outright
       wouldn't bother befriending him unless they had something to
       gain. It became the reason he closed himself off to people and
       no longer trusts people. He says to Zelpharia, not really
       knowing how much Dufort had told her about his past, and not
       knowing that Zeph had pretty much already made that observation
       previously about how similar Dufort and Rosetta were in that
       regard.
       Qrow sighs. Qrow: Why do I feel like that meeting is going to go
       south? He says after Laura explains her sisters.
       #Post#: 13912--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Raven Tepes Date: March 30, 2022, 12:45 pm
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       Rosetta listens to Hei and feels bad for him. She only worries
       about dark spirits finding out about her relationships whereas
       he has to worry about losing himself to his emotions. Rosetta:
       Wow.. now there's a past that sounds rougher than mine. Bullying
       was horrible while I had a problem with the Pleaideans trying to
       use my powers to their power grab advantage in the solar system.
       I never had to deal with anything like Hell's Gate contracts and
       being so emotionally controlled.. except anger. She says to Hei
       as she thinks about her past. Rosetta: I have a big problem with
       anger and my powers. The more angry I get then the bigger
       chances of me getting very destructive which combine telekinesis
       with my elementals can get really ugly. I discovered that after
       one particular bully in the Celestian academy finally pushed me
       to my breaking point. I ended up levitating him by his underwear
       to the top pointed spire of one of the academy's dorms while
       zapping him in the ass with white lightning. The kid has been
       scared of heights since. She grins a bit as she thinks about
       that incident as she's not getting to graphic in what had
       happened. Rosetta: Mom removed me from the academy not too long
       after that incident and put me in a Pleaidean academy for
       psychics. Not like that was much better. The Pleaidean
       government thought I would make a great weapon against the
       neighboring planet and tried to use the facade of kindness and
       acceptance to lure me to their cause. They were f*cking c0cky
       about their confidence in their own psychic powers by thinking
       that I wasn't strong enough to get past their mental barriers. I
       got angry about the manipulation, and according to witnesses,
       ripped the Pleaidean government building down with dark fire and
       telekinesis. Though the funniest time I got mad was as a kid
       when Vlad p*ssed me off and I forced him to turn into a
       hellhound version of a platypus.. but yeah, I really should
       learn more about emotional control from someone like you.
       Zelpharia looks to Kindron and nods a bit. Zelpharia: Dufort has
       told Rosetta and I some of what he's been through, and it's
       eerie how similar their pasts really are when it comes to
       treatment. Dufort did get lucky though with the Wykoth of his
       universe. Rosetta still needs more training but that has been
       hard since psychics of hers and Dufort's caliber are so rare in
       this universe. Then compound psychic abilities with elemental
       powers of the Darkfire family and you have a recipe for either
       fear or obsession with manipulating the kids for power hunger. I
       just wish I had remembered about that night in Paris sooner so
       at least your father could have helped in her training.
       Zelpharia's eyes go wide as she hears Rosetta begin talking
       about where she gets her anger from and start mentioning Zeph's
       untrained ability of distortion lightning.
       She then smirks a bit as she notices that Kindron has gotten her
       mother's attention and continues with talking to Hei. Rosetta:
       You could say that I got Mom's temper because when she gets
       really mad then she gets all sparky with distortion lightni...
       Rosetta is quickly cut off by Zelpharia with a soft elbow jab to
       the side and a glare that says Zelpharia doesn't want anyone
       knowing about her distortion lightning outside of the family.
       Laura: Because this type of family reunion in my family usually
       does go south. Laura says with a sigh and then takes a sip of
       her drink. Laura: My sisters claim they're visiting to meet you
       and see our parents for their 3,oooth wedding anniversary, but
       it never be that simple with those two as they always need or
       want something and things tend to go very wrong while they be in
       town. She then thinks of something when it comes to her sisters.
       Laura: As a matter of fact, I would like for Hei to take one of
       my books back to Black Sun for safe keeping. They caused the
       Last Island Hurricane of 1856 the last time Fiona and Avril got
       a hold of it for a fortune spell, and I think that between Hei,
       Alice, and Kendrix that Livre des Arts Sombres will be kept
       safely away from the troublesome duo.
       #Post#: 13920--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: March 30, 2022, 6:36 pm
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       Hei: I'd say emotional control is definitely where you should
       start. I can't say much about psychic powers, but Darkfire
       abilities take discipline and mental fortitude to control.
       Without it, your powers can go wild, which is why many in our
       family practice mental training before they start using
       elemental abilities. It's a fundamental skill in our clan. My
       use of it is just more advanced since I've had to control
       stronger thoughts than most. He explains to Rosetta.
       Kindron ignores the comment about the distortion lightning, even
       though he figured out what Rosetta was going to say, but decides
       not to mention it since it was obvious Zeph didn't want people
       to know. Kindron: Yeah... Dufort did get lucky. But because he
       did have a mentor who helped him control his power, I'd say he's
       the best person to train you. I'd say, having him teach you what
       his mentor taught him may be a way for him to teach you, but
       also for you guys to bond as brother and sister. I know Dufort
       has the ability to overpower psychic shields to read people's
       minds, and he has the ability to copy most psychic powers as
       long as they don't require powers he doesn't have. He thinks for
       a moment. I'd be happy to help with your training too, but I
       don't have psychic power, so I can't really help too much there.
       But if you want to learn about lightning, I can definitely teach
       you lightning tricks most people won't know. I developed my own
       lightning alchemy. It would take a bit of effort to teach you
       some of the techniques without magic, but I think I could manage
       it. He says to Rosetta, being careful to avoid talking about
       distortion power since he figured Zeph didn't want that part of
       the power discussed, and knew time lords often had
       electrokinesis power.
       Qrow: Actually... If it's a magic book, give it to Wolfboy. He
       can store it in a safe place only he can access using his
       alchemic magic training, and he understands magic so that he
       won't accidentally activate anything in the book. With his
       discipline in magic, I'd say he's better to guard the book and
       keep it secret.
       #Post#: 13940--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Raven Tepes Date: April 1, 2022, 1:35 pm
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       Rosetta listens to both Hei and Kindron with a thoughtful look
       as she sips on her drink. She does send a quick telepathic
       message to Zelpharia. Rosetta: "Damnit, Mom. That elbow hurt.
       Plus Jack and I have been bugging you forever about talking to
       the Darkfires for training with the distortion lightning. I will
       say something one way or another if you don't. End of story."
       She then picks up the bottle and pours a more in her glass as
       she speaks. Rosetta: Mom has me training with Dufort because of
       his level in skill and experience. She says it's better than
       letting me anywhere near this universe's version of Wykoth. When
       it comes to anger control though, it sounds like Hei is the Kung
       Fu master in that department and perhaps someone else I should
       train with as well. She caps and put the bottle down. If anyone
       is paying attention, then they would notice that Rosetta is
       drinking faster with bigger swallows than Qrow, Zelpharia, and
       definitely Laura. Rosetta: Lightning I definitely could use help
       with since I can use white lightning. I can probably adapted
       white lightning techniques to be used with the raw purifying
       psychic energy that I can produce. In which I definitely want
       more purification training considering what I do for the
       Federation from time to time, and Pops says you're the best for
       that kind of training, Kindron. Sounds like I'm going to be
       getting plenty of quality time with the family. At least this
       quality time won't involve Vladimir and his painful pranks. She
       says as she takes a swallow of her drink.
       Zelpharia sighs as she hears Rosetta's telepathic message to her
       and takes a long swallow of her drink. Zelpharia then picks up
       Rosetta's bottle and pours herself another drink. She then caps
       and places the bottle down with a look of hesitation as Rosetta
       speaks to Hei and Kindron. She knows that Rosetta wasn't going
       to make things easy on her about this subject and mentally
       curses Jack for ever say anything about her distortion lightning
       to any of her kids.
       Laura takes a sip of her drink and thinks as Qrow explains why
       Kindron would be a better choice. She thinks about how he might
       be able to not just protect the book better but might also be
       able to protect others from the book. Laura: Actually you be
       right about Kindron being a better choice to protect the book.
       He could also set up a protection to protect others from the
       book. The Livre des Arts Sombres is a book of coven forbidden
       black magic and has mighty powerful evil spirits attached to
       it.. not dark spirits.. evil witch spirits self-imprisoned in
       pages to be used as servants and advisors. She says the last
       part to clarify about why the spell book should have two types
       of protections instead of just hiding it. She knows that Qrow
       would know the difference but also knows how much he's been
       going through.
       #Post#: 13948--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: April 1, 2022, 8:22 pm
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       Kindron: I can definitely help with the purification training. I
       actually got some really good training from my mother's spirit
       not long ago. She taught me the best ways to attack with spirit
       purification and it's boosted my ability to take down dark
       spirits pretty heavily. So I'd be happy to help on that front.
       He says cheerfully to Rosetta.
       Hei: Actually... I hate to say this, but Kindron is the one you
       want to learn from in terms of emotional control. Where I can
       control my emotions and remain cold, Kindron controls his
       emotions to the point where he can let his emotions out without
       it affecting his power. He says to Rosetta. I don't like to
       admit it, but in that regard, he's a better tutor than me for
       that kind of training if you want to keep some of your emotional
       capabilities. I can control myself, sure, but Kindron controls
       himself and can still use his emotions.
       Qrow: I didn't know it was an evil book. The book doesn't have
       any dark arts in it, does it? If so then we may not be able to
       give it to Wolfboy... He's got a dark spirit in his arm that
       absorbs dark arts, and we don't want to make his arm any worse
       than it already is. If it's just evil energy, then he can handle
       that, but dark arts are the one thing he shouldn't be around. He
       explains to Laura. The reason why Kindron always wore bandages
       over one of his arms was due to the fact he had a dark spirit in
       his arm that he couldn't get rid of, and purification couldn't
       remove it completely. And once Kindron learned spirit
       purification, the spirit became immune to purification energy.
       Whenever Kindron was around dark arts, his arm would absorb dark
       arts powers (even though Kindron tried to keep it suppressed as
       best he could).
       #Post#: 13952--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Raven Tepes Date: April 2, 2022, 1:57 pm
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       Rosetta listens to Kindron and Hei as she sips her drink.
       Rosetta: So basically Kindron is the guy to go to for most of
       the things I need help refining my training in from what I
       understand. It seems like people are having me avoid becoming
       apathetic when it comes to controlling my emotions. She says the
       second sentence with a bit of a laugh. She then addresses Hei
       with a teasing smile. Rosetta: At least tell me you can help me
       with dark fire and learning more about stealth and combat or
       should I also go to K for that too? She says with a jocular
       tone. Rosetta: I figure the whole Assassin's Creed demeanor
       comes with training in that field after all.
       Zelpharia drinks her drink as Kindron, Hei, and Rosetta speak to
       each other. She snickers a bit as Rosetta teases Hei a little.
       Zelpharia can tell that Rosetta is just trying to find out more
       about the guys in her own special way.. and glad that Rosetta's
       focus is back on the guys.
       Laura: Witches call black magic the "dark arts" because it is
       evil, dark magic meant for greed, lust, and harm and often
       involves summoning and working with evil entities like demons,
       undead, and dark gods. It have nothing to do with dark spirits
       themselves. She says as she places a comforting hand on Qrow's
       hand. Laura: The spirits attached to it are three witches of the
       Geotia Gods, aka over half of Hell's nobility including King
       Satan. They sacrificed their bodies and souls for their evil,
       dark coven to make the Livre des Arts Sombres. It's literally
       their flesh turned into pages and binding and written in their
       blood, and their spirits protect and serve the book and its
       user. Sort of a more evil version of the Key of King Solomon.
       It's wrapped in white silks blessed by Pope Benedict II
       currently and locked in a blessed safe. Laura then thinks about
       Kindron's arm after describing the Livre des Arts Sombres.
       Laura: Could that still be a problem for Kindron because I could
       take it to that priest version of Hei? Though Father Hei might
       try to destroy it and find out the same thing I did when I tried
       to destroy it.
       #Post#: 13955--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: April 3, 2022, 9:32 pm
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       Hei: Honestly, you'd be better off training with our family's
       butler. He's the one that trained me in assassin techniques and
       combat. He stops, realizing it sounded like he didn't want to
       train Rosetta, which wasn't what he intended. Sorry if it sounds
       like I'm trying to avoid training you, I've just not had the
       best luck with training people, and honestly there are better
       people to train with than me.
       Kindron: I'm sure it will be fine. You can train with both of
       us. It's not like I've had the best luck with students either,
       but we still gotta try or it will never get better. He says,
       putting his hand on Hei's shoulder.
       Qrow: Okay... As long as it's not dark spirit-based power. He
       says in response to Laura's first comment about it being evil
       energy. We've already tried almost every manner of purification
       on Wolf-boy's arm, and he said he tried going to the Iscariot
       and the White Council. The dark spirit became immune to spirit
       purification after Kindron learned magic. It would take spirit
       destruction to completely destroy the dark spirit, and that
       would most likely destroy Wolf-boy's soul too. The only holy
       purification that works only purifies the dark spirits generated
       in the arm by the main dark spirit, and not the actual dark
       spirit. That's all Kindron can seem to do for now. He hasn't
       figured out a way to cast out the dark spirit. It's partially
       bonded to his soul at this point, and we can't remove it safely.
       The Werewolf Alchemists are supposedly working on a way to try
       and remove it safely. He says, looking down as he explains.
       Kindron's dark spirit in his arm was not a good subject for
       Qrow, as Qrow worried that Kindron will one day be overtaken by
       the dark spirit in his arm.
       #Post#: 13970--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Raven Tepes Date: April 5, 2022, 10:27 am
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       Rosetta: It's not just training for me, Hei. It's spending time
       with brothers and a father I just learned about and learning who
       they are. I've felt different than everyone else even my own
       family for my whole life because of not knowing. Now I get a
       chance to learn why. She says to Hei with a sigh and a soft
       reassuring smile. Rosetta: Besides you can't be any worse at
       training someone than my either of my other brothers, and as
       both Mom and Jack always say, you can't get better at something
       if you don't actually try working at becoming better at it. Her
       look then brightens up as she thinks of something. Rosetta:
       Instead of thinking of it as teaching, think of it as spending
       time with a younger sibling and having fun even if it's sparring
       and helping me refine skills. Isn't that what big brothers are
       for other than scaring potential boyfriends and playing pranks?
       Zelpharia sits quietly and sips her drink until towards the end
       of Rosetta's response to Hei. Zelpharia stifles a snicker by
       taking a sip of her drink as she has never been sure if Hei
       actually knows how to have fun like other people. She's not even
       sure if he even played games like hide-n-go-seek when he was a
       kid, and Hei's controlled emotion demeanor doesn't help with
       figuring that out.
       Laura listens to Qrow as he talks about the dark spirit in
       Kindron's arm and how it's difficult to remove. She has known
       both Anna and Keir for a long time and has learned quite a bit
       about dark spirits from them along with what she's learned from
       her spirit user family and friends. Laura: Dark spirit arts are
       strictly forbidden in both the Coven and in my family. An evil
       ancestor of my Papa had been a dark spirit arts user and went
       insane from it becoming a serial killer in France in 1432 so
       understand why you were apprehensive about the Livre des Arts
       Sombres. The last thing I want to do is put Kindron in more
       danger. Laura then pulls her hand back as she thinks about Keir
       and what she's learned of his abilities including removing
       possessing and attached spirits, including dark spirits, from
       people. She then frowns a bit as she thinks about something
       else. Laura: Thinking about Kindron's little dark spirit
       problem, why I be the last one to hear about this? And why no
       one ask me if I know a way or someone who might be able to
       remove it? I may not be his mama, but I still care about Kindron
       as family.
       From the Peanut Gallery at the other end of the bar, Jax lets
       out a noticeable laugh as he hears the familiar tone of a wife
       with hurt feelings. Jax: I may b*tch about my wife, but at least
       I to talk to her about family problems of life and death
       circumstances. He says aloud to himself about what he just heard
       of Qrow and Laura's conversation.
       #Post#: 13977--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Zelpharia's Little Secret 
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: April 5, 2022, 4:56 pm
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       Hei: I never really got much chance to do anything like that.
       When I was a kid, I thought I was an only child, so the only
       company I had were my parents and our butler Alastair. I didn't
       actually meet any of my siblings until after I was an adult.
       Kindron shrugs at Hei's response. Kindron: Hey... At least you
       knew dad and your mom when you were little. I didn't even meet
       anyone in our family until I got to London and met you and dad
       here. Hell, I had to learn which of my parents was the werewolf
       and which was the vampire because my memories were so messed up
       from when I was a child. All I know was that I was a werepyre,
       and I only knew that because I was born looking like a werewolf
       with vampire wings. He says jokingly. Those that knew him or
       heard him talk about his past would probably know that Kindron
       had suffered some sort of trauma during the Darkfire/Darkwolf
       battle that had left his childhood memories fuzzy or sometimes
       even wrong. No one had been able to figure out what happened to
       his mind as a child, though it seemed that Kindron wasn't really
       affected these days by it, since he was able to make jokes about
       it.
       Qrow shrugs. Qrow: Sorry. I thought everyone knew at this point
       about Wolfboy's arm. He doesn't exactly keep it secret, and
       groups like the werewolf alchemists are actively researching a
       way to remove the dark spirit from his arm. I honestly figured
       he'd have told you about it at some point. He'd said he looked
       into almost every possible solution. Keyword "almost" I guess...
       He explains to Laura.
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