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The Book that is Hyakuji's Story has come to a close. However, there are still plenty of stories left to be told in the madcap Anime Universe it inhabits. As one book closes, so too does another open. Presented by veteran Hyakuji Staff Members, check out the next generation EVOLUTION of "Anything-Goes" Anime Roleplaying at Senki Academy
The Book that is Hyakuji's Story has come to a close. However, there are still plenty of stories left to be told in the madcap Anime Universe it inhabits. As one book closes, so too does another open. Presented by veteran Hyakuji Staff Members, check out the next generation EVOLUTION of "Anything-Goes" Anime Roleplaying at Senki Academy
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| Erin | Apr 5 2010, 12:33 AM Post #1 |
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Now, let's play together...under the clearest of blue skies.
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Erin Lynette Oasella ![]() "...I'll always remember this place..." Powers and Abilities Spoiler: click to toggle Equipment Permanent Items Necklace of Wind Elemancer Club Elemancer Club Uniform Protomateria Arcadia Arcadia Uniform Soul Weapon Persona Personality Erin is a very busy person - one could almost say that she isn't happy unless she has too much to do. Between her undergraduate research, college courses, and being a mother to a young dragon, it's a wonder she gets any sleep. Early to bed and early to rise, she starts every day knowing what she needs to get done. On the off-chance she has a moment to herself, she's usually seen reading some academic journal, usually physics, but sometimes from other fields as well. Occasionally, though, she'll be caught with a stray fantasy or sci-fi novel - she owns far more than she could ever finish on her crazy schedule. She came to Hyakuji as a shy, self-conscious girl - and after five years, she left it a confident woman. She went through a lot, during that time...battling her own weak will...even sinking into depression, at her lowest point. But her friends pulled her through. They were with her, every step of the way. Without them, she never would have grown up to be such an extraordinary woman. History Erin’s experience as a high schooler at Hyakuji was definitely not what she was used to. In her childhood, she had ignored the supernatural side of herself. Truthfully, she felt a little guilty about having powers, even though it wasn't a choice of her own. She felt like she had an unfair advantage, and she would have rather been the same as everyone else. It wasn't that she didn't like being abnormal - she didn't like being 'special'. At first, she had been a little apprehensive about going to Hyakuji, a place where that side of her would flourish, far more than it had in her quiet hometown. But in a way, it turned out to be exactly what she was looking for. At a school where everyone was special, she ended up being comparatively normal. She had been somewhat younger than other students, due to the fact that she had skipped two grades in middle school. She was actually a rather intelligent girl, who enjoyed reading and spending time in libraries. Even at Hyakuji, she excelled in most of the basic classes, especially mathematics. Her first year was filled with new experiences in a new place, and by the end of it, she was more than ready to take on her second. Unfortunately, the world ended. Due to an invasion by extraplanar beings known as the 'Heartless', the existence of Hyakuji's world itself was destroyed, and Erin found herself in a place called Traverse Town. Eager to reconnect, she quickly put up a flyer, urging any other survivors to come back together. Out of that gathering, an organization known as 'Neo Arcadia' was born, with the intent of fighting back the heartless. Erin did join, but generally tried to stay off of the front lines, sequestering herself to more of a supportive role. Instead of joining the 'Fire Division' which handled field work and combat, she was part of the 'Wind Division' which handled investigation and reconnaissance. Erin was scared of fighting. It wasn't just that she was afraid of being hurt - she was afraid of being a burden. She was an extremely poor combatant, and more often than not ended up being nothing more than a moving target. It took a lot of support for her to overcome her feelings of inadequacy. She would constantly compare herself to other students who could destroy heartless all on their own - while she could barely take on the weakest of them. It was the organizer and leader of Neo-Arcadia, Jameson, that helped her realize her path - a man who could come to be her mentor for many years. As smart as she was, Erin simply wasn't a fighter, no matter how hard she tried to be one. And at the end of the battle with the heartless, she had finally come to terms with that. Her path was different from theirs - and that was all. Once Hyakuji was restored, she settled back into her relatively normal routine - joining a club with Chizu and Damon, who came to be her best friends. All three of them were elemancers, and they trained together, at the club, strengthening their powers. Throughout her journey through the multiverse, Erin had tried her best to hone her abilities offensively - but even so, they were hardly stronger than a mundane weapon. Chizu was nearly the opposite of her. While her own attacks relied on blunt trauma and decompression, Chizu was able to directly cut through with blades of air. If she had the right mindset, maybe Erin would have been able to do such things as well...but the thought of hurting someone to that extent held her back. Her offensive abilities lacked focus, because she simply couldn't muster a fighting spirit. It made her a little jealous. She had settled on her own path, but even so, she couldn't help but wonder, seeing how strong Chizu was. Erin looked up to her...maybe a little too much. Nickle, another one of her friends at the club, had manufactured a special item called 'Materia', which was supposed to increase an elemancer's powers. Erin picked a yellow one, which would increase the sensory abilities that she had begun to refine, in place of her strength. But she couldn't decide if she was truly satisfied, or merely resigning herself to her fate. From the moment she allowed the corrupted materia to merge with her, it was too late. Throughout the next few days, it slowly bound itself to her, digging into her soul and flesh - until it was finally able to take over completely. The power Erin had always seen in others flowed through her. She was stronger than she'd ever been - probably stronger than she would ever be again. Her mind was broken down, insanity taking hold. And in her aberrant state of mind, all of her deepest feelings came to the forefront. She came to show Chizu how powerful she was now, with a warped smile across her face. The battle was short. Chizu was blown through the wall of the Wind Tower, leaving a gaping hole in the stone that would remain for months to come. All she had wanted to do was make Chizu proud of her. Erin had never realized...she had always been proud. Unleashed into the city, the corrupted girl slowly made her way to her next target - Damon Ark. The other club members quickly mobilized before she could reach him - and for the first and last time, Erin became their target. She still remembers vividly, the time when she attempted to kill her friends by slowly suffocating them, crushing them under domes of compressed air. When Damon finally arrived on the scene, she was thankfully distracted long enough for Nickle and a partially healed Chizu to enter the scene. The club's instructors managed to disable the rogue materia using a 'black materia' that suppressed its effects, and she was able to expel it from her body. In the process, however, she went through an unimaginable amount of pain. Her body was torn apart from the inside out. Even with all of the wounds she had suffered throughout her rampage, the internal damage was far greater. At the end of the ordeal, she laid on the ground in a puddle of her own blood, completely broken. The physical damage healed, after some time. But the destruction of Erin's psyche was deep. She refused to use her powers. For over a week, she simply laid silently in the infirmary. Her prom dress sat in her closet, unused. She knew that Chizu and Nickle would be there together. If they saw her there, and they were reminded of those horrible things...all it would have done was ruin their night. All of the things she had kept inside...they had been growing inside of her. Festering. It was all so stupid. All that time, she had thought herself to be weak - it was only her friends who saw how strong she really was. If only she had realized it sooner. She started her third year less energetically than before. She didn't talk as much as she used to, and she spent more of her time locked in her room, studying just to keep her mind occupied. She rarely smiled. It took her a lot of energy simply to get through a normal day. She could no longer face the people who used to be her dear friends. Even if they forgave her, she had much more trouble forgiving herself. It was a few months before she started meeting them face-to-face again. They had organized a birthday party for her, to show her how much they cared. She kept the presents she received from all of them - a book from Damon, reference manual from Kaede, a flower petal snowglobe from Lavender, a scarf from Nickle, and a photographed picture from Chizu, depicting all of the aeromancers together, under the undamaged tower. And finally, from all of them, the elemancer club uniform - to tell her that she was still one of them. It was only then that she truly began to recover. She started going to the club regularly again, and seeing and talking with her friends when she could. As her third year at Hyakuji came to a close, she steadily began thinking about the future again - what college she'll go to, and what she'll do with her life. Later that year, Hyakuji's troubled began anew, with threats from across timelines. Accepting a request from her old mentor, she accompanied Jameson on a mission back in time, to retrieve one of the pivotal 'time stones' from the age of knights. It was as they were trying to quell the war between King Arthur and Sir Lancelot that they visited an enclave of dragons, who had been at war with the humans of that age. She was tested in a vision, and shown the horrors of war - and when her sense of peace prevailed, she was given a single egg, chosen to bear the future of dragonkind. She didn't quite know how to deal with it at first. But she came to care for it deeply, taking care of it as well as she could while she kept up with school. The egg sat quietly for months, before it finally began to hatch - Erin called Jameson over to her dorm room to help her through it, as she became the 'mother' of a silver dragon wyrmling. She named the baby dragon Argent, and has been taking care of her ever since - the dragon soon took a human form, as a little silver-haired girl, whom Erin loved, and still loves, with all her heart. Attempting to balance raising a dragon, schoolwork, club activities, and even a part time job at a daycare...it was a busy life with a full plate, but Erin wouldn't have it any other way. She was accepting the responsibilities of an adult, and growing up. Her graduation date approached, and for once in her life, she felt ready for anything that would come ahead. The others had all graduated already. She had always been the youngest of them, the one who relied on them the most. And through it all, Damon had been the one closest to her. He was the one who spoke to her when she was depressed, the one who organized the birthday party for her...and the one person she cared for the most. She had realized it long after her feelings had first developed, and she didn't quite know when it had begun. But it was then that she finally realized...she liked Damon. Even now, she still thinks about him, wondering about those feelings - if maybe it was just a crush, or if they were still truly present, after everything. But even so, she could never say anything. She had kept quiet when they were together, and taken her secret with her. Her friendship with Damon and Kaede was something that she could never tarnish. As her train arrived at the station, she left the city, and all of the wonderful friends she had met there, with an earnest, heartfelt smile. "...I'll always remember this place..." ![]() In a small café, in one of the quieter parts of Hyakuji's bustling downtown area, a woman slowly stirred her tea, light wafts of steam rising from the cup. Her train would arrive in three hours - just enough time to have tea with an old friend. All of her friends had made their own way, one by one. Chizu and Nickle were married, raising an elemental of their own. She imagined Kaede and Damon would follow suit eventually. If nothing else, they had Kage to take care of. And of course, she was caring for Argent on her own. Even if things had gone differently, she doubted she would have had the time to pursue a romantic relationship, in addition to everything else. Even she had her limits, when it came to responsibilities. "Where's the guy with the cool hair?" The child asked impatiently, legs swinging in front of the windowside seat of the modest booth. Argent had wanted to see him, too - and maybe Kage, one more time. Erin simply smiled, looking down into her tea. "I invited him, but..." Her voice paused as she finally picked it up, blowing on it to ease away the heat. "...I guess I expected that he wouldn't come." The woman took her first sip, as her child looked up at her with a disappointed frown. "He isn't coming?" She asked, unusually stoic as always, but with a slight hint of sadness in her voice. "Why not?" Erin merely set the teacup back down onto the small plate, turning her head towards the window. "...That guy hates saying goodbye." She said quietly, gazing out at the city she had spent so many years in. Throughout all the good and the bad...she was grateful that she had come here. Even with all of the pain she had gone through, there had been happiness in equal measure. She couldn't imagine what her life would be like, if she hadn't met them all. Damon...Chizu...Kage...Nickle...Chizu...Lavender...all of them had been so close. Even though they were all parting ways, she was sure that those bonds would remain for the rest of their lives. "Do you think we'll ever see them again?" Argent asked hopefully, looking up at her mother again. Erin slowly drew out her wallet, opening it to a photograph that she had kept with her for years. The picture of herself, Chizu, and Lavender, standing outside of the Wind Tower, on the first day she had joined the club. She could almost picture the others behind them, standing beside her. An image where they all stood together. A memory that she would cherish for the rest of her life. "...Maybe." Edited by Erin, Aug 22 2014, 10:32 PM.
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| Hiro_Tsukasa | Jun 3 2013, 01:28 PM Post #2 |
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NICE DRIVE!
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| Captain | Aug 22 2014, 10:36 PM Post #3 |
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