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I am everything
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S Y N O V A
M O R T I F E R A
S h a d o w F o x || O l d G e r m a n i a n O r i g i n || ~500 y e a r s
"Syn" || "The Shade" || "That Damned Fox"
The Mortifera's Shadow
Bouncer of the Sanctum Café
> THE FOX varies in size: he is able to increase and decrease in size at will depending on the amount of darkness cast over the area. His figure can range from a small, ghost-like silhouette upon the wall, to a seemingly normal vupine, to a monstrous amalgam of eyes and teeth.
The shadow swirls and flicks like smoke every time the fox moves, not unlike a candle freshly blown out.
The darker the area and the thicker the shadow, the stronger and larger Synova can become.
> MILKY WHITE irises lack a pupil and to throw a white, lantern-like glow, which highlights a wry grin that remains a prominent feature etched across his carefully-chiseled features.
That grin,
that damned G R I N is hardly quick to fade
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> There is not much to say of his "Dweller" form, or "Stolen Skin" as he calls it, for it was taken in a time of dire need. Synova snuffed out the life, the very soul that inhabited the body and claimed the shell as his own.
This humanoid shell stands at a height of approximately 5'10", and bares ink-black hair against pale physiognomy.
He has the EYES of a Fox: they are Striking gold in color with vertical pupils when he wishes them to be.
Charismatic ✔ Meticulous ✔ Bold ✔ Determined ✔
Egocentric X Presumptuous X Blatant X Audacious X
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> IT IS needless to say that Synova is an incredibly sly, cunning, and quick creature. He will use his sharp skills to his advantage, and is known to manipulate others to his will.
He is a rather arrogant and oftentimes presumptuous individual who tends to prod at other people’s nerves using discreet tricks and sarcastic snaps to push his company to the limit. These are usually mere tests to see if they are "worthy" of his company, or could possibly be useful to him in some way, shape or form. Either that, or he simply finds you interesting.
Synova is not the sort who will easily resort to physical violence, and takes little pleasure in blood-drenched rampages. However, If one succeeds in crossing him, Syn will be more than willing to stoop to the lowest of lows to get back at them, using dirty tricks and debouched strategies to make the offender suffer sevenfold.
He enjoys the occasional cold-blooded hunt, but prefers to not waste the effort on needless activity
Synova is very intelligent and has a talent for strategic planning. Yet surprisingly, he is oftentimes incredibly lazy and bears a lack of moral motivation. He chooses to scheme, hunt, and "work" on his own, unless he knows he will be able to get something out of working with others. Never before has he helped another out of the "goodness of his heart." The Fox always has reasons behind everything he does. He lacks empathy for the most part, so he cares little for taking lives or putting others in danger to meet his own goals.
However, there are a few... particular, and exceedingly rare exceptions to this.
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Nothing answered back the shade as it traversed the maze of streets, following what was thought to be the wind, a whisper, at every corner. It disappeared, only for the fox to see another memory come into existence. Located at the dead end of an alleyway, a lady stood frozen in fear, eyes wide and trained on the young Agnes in front of her, thirteen years old and aiming a pistol at the fuzzy image of the woman. A moment's hesitation, then as if right behind Synova.-
"What are you waiting for? Finish her off." Synova would see the same Japanese man, looming behind Agnes, a devil on her shoulder. He was furious, disappointed, where did this hesitation come from?
Bam. The woman disspitated like smoke, and Agnes peered down, as if her blood was splattered all over her. She was shaking, fear of what was to come, what punishment her mentor would have in store. A miasma began to settle at Synova's paws, a sentence repeated in a whisper and grew louder in screams until the shade couldn't bare to be in the area anymore.
"Weapons don't feel. Weapons don't feel. WEAPONS DON'T FEEL-"
Not too far from the fox, two figures with an air of ill intent followed the shade as he left the area. One was a man, the other a woman. The man was relatively tall with muscular build, wearing a black tank top and town up jeans, a lynx skull situated on his face with a pair of cat ears peeking out from a disheveled head of dark blue hair. The woman was much smaller but not any less athletic, her dark eyes and up were all that remained of her face, the rest was skeleton.
Bullets whizzed passed the fox's ears, a hunt would commence.
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Locking eyes with that of Javier in a battle of wills, Robin remained steadfast in an unwillingness to capitulate, refusing to divert his gaze for even a second in case that should make him appear weak or otherwise inadequate. Not that he in any way sought the Spaniard's acclaim in this most ungentlemanly of matters, nay, he simply indulged a beastly predatory instinct to assert dominance over the man.
Meanwhile, each poisonous word spewed forth from said somebody's lips caused anger to swell in Robin’s chest, fed by memories of a more-than-a-little galling encounter some years ago, building like hot steam in a boiler, getting ready to blow if its expanse could not be contained, a seemingly failing effort as thoughts nonetheless drifted towards bloody murder and creative ways of realising such.
However, the younger vampire knew full well the penalty awaiting him should he allow a foolish notion like that to be more than just a mere fantasy – to spring into violent action and then ruin, as even if he were by some means successful in turning the object of his loathing into a pile of smouldering smoking ashes by his feet, he would still meet death in the end.
Indeed, as Robin understood it, to slay another of his kind unlawfully, even one as unruly and disrespectful as the one before him, was one of the grievest of crimes a member of their society could commit, as outlined in the so-called ‘traditions’ – rules Robin by now sadly could recite verbatim.
A queer notion that was, he thought, all things considered, having a law like that, as it happened on quite a nocturnal basis each and every night that one leech ended the existence of another. Even Robin had done so himself – slain his master thirteen years ago and freeing himself in the process.
Of course, doing the deed in broad, umm, nightlight was quite different from behind closed doors, as Robin had back then. Still, it seems that’s all his world has come to now, a web of deceit and hypocrisy spanning the night, with him trying desperately to cling to the concept that goodness will prevail in the end.
That said, Harker tried to keep his wits about him for now, no matter how loudly his heart cried out for the kill, which took just about all the willpower he had left in him, yet was it enough?
Also, to make it easier for himself, he decided to remove his being there from the equation altogether and simply gestured for his mysterious newfound companion Synova to follow in tow as he began to make his way inside the building, with mum’s the word in regards to Javier as he passed him by, attempting to ignore the man and his loud mouth odours completely.
However, as Robin positioned himself to enter through the nonexistent door, a mocking chuckle echoed through the neighbourhood, compelling him to stop despite what he’d vehemently promised himself.
"You can't hide your anger from me, hermano. Its stench is all over you, just as it was when I first met you in Prague. It weakens you," Javier sneered, feeding Robin’s wrath further. Still, he couldn’t give in – not now!
Only, he had no choice but to do so... as when Javier spoke next, he managed to melt all of Robin’s sensibilities all away with but a few words. “Oh, poor little Quincey.” he began, chuckling, “Interminably looking for the man that he killed, sucked dry like a drunkard at his wine bottle. Oh, you know, I am looking for him, too, you know? And once I find him, I shall indeed give him to you. Piece by piece, crowned by a pretty blue ribbon.” A grin formed on Javier’s lips to end his tirade, nearly stretching ear to ear.
After this, Robin did not know what happened. He had turned to lash out at the other vampire’s throat for daring to threaten his beloved Timothy with a blade raised high into the air that had been hiding within his pocket thus far. Beyond that, however, he couldn’t say, as all of a sudden, with a speed he could not comprehend, Robin found himself on the ground, in pain, with what looked like one of his ribs unceremoniously poking through his skin as well as his shirt, leaking red onto the pavement.
“Pathetic attempt, hermano,” Javier said with no attempt to hide his contempt for Robin nor his glee at seeing him humiliated and hurt this way.
Moving around like a wounded mouse trapped in a trap, Robin attempted to get up, only to feel a heavy boot pressing down on his sternum, keeping him down. “But I will grant you the favour of not taking your insolence further up the chain of command,” the other vampire said above him with giddiness to his voice, then continued, “Now, you better go on inside and take that pet of yours with you. I don’t dabble in that manner of low-effort blood magic, as it is a blatant disregard for the Masquerade. Not that I’m surprised to see such a thing from you, of course.”
At the end of his sentence, Javier looked towards Synova, though he could barely muster even as much as a smirk in acknowledgement of the tulpa’s presence, likely not believing him to even be sentient. Javier then spat at Robin and left without another word, his form disappearing behind a building down the street, likely to attend a mission of his own, whatever that be.
Getting to his feet, finally, Robin felt the heavy cloak of embarrassment fall around his shoulders, as well as the pain subsiding as he spent some blood in order to heal himself faster. Some comforts of undead life, though he could still not bring himself to form more words than the following to Synova in regards to what the shadowy fox had just witnessed; “I’m sorry you should have to see that.”
Silas & Synova
He felt like he could have stood there for hours snacking on the various samples, what with just how famished he was. Sooner or later, though, somebody would notice. He was going to be reprimanded, whether it would be by the stall's owner, an impatient customer, or some other seemingly unrelated bystander.
What he didn't expect was to feel a sudden cold, sharp sensation crawling past his ankle. It was as if a breeze had brushed past him, but only reaching so high up. It was subtle and went as quick as it came, but it was enough to stop Silas from nibbling on another sample. He let out a short-lived breath of air and shot a quick glance at his feet, entirely unsure of what he might find, if anything at all.
There was nothing unusual to be seen. No hives from a yet-to-be discovered allergy, no evidence of a mosquito bite. Everything looked perfectly normal. And yet, it was at that very moment he reached down to touch his ankle that a specific word echoed through his head.
A warning, faint but perceptible all the same.
Run.
At first he wanted to think that he was merely going mad from hunger. Hallucinating to some degree. But try as he might to brush it off as something that would fade with more food eaten, he couldn't help but feel unnerved by how little sense it would make to fabricate such urgency in his head, even subconsciously. Cautious, Silas straightened his position and rolled his eyes ever so slightly to the side, seeking an explanation for what he had not quite heard.
He caught sight of them immediately. A figure facing his direction. Staring at him a little too long for his comfort. His pale blue eyes met their narrow ones just long enough for him to catch on to their animosity towards him.
Silas kept still no longer. He heeded the disembodied not-quite-voice's advice and leapt to a bit of shade that was close to him and conveniently positioned in the opposite direction of who he could only assume was danger. Twice he shadow-stepped, putting a small amount of distance between the two of them. After the second jump, he was forced take a pause at a tree trunk and clamp a hand over his mouth in an effort to bring down a sudden, intense feeling of nausea.
Silas & Synova
Silas had worked hard all day tending to his equine friends, and by the end of it he was feeling tuckered out. He'd planned to go straight home from the stables to get some rest, but the nagging rumbles from his stomach had forced him to take a detour. The closest place to nab a bite to eat was an outdoor food market which was thankfully not too far from his workplace. Regardless, he was too weary and weakened from hunger to go by foot so he hopped aboard a bus that drove him to his destination.
The market was bustling with ravenous citizens and it proved a challenge to maneuver through them all. At least twice, Silas felt an extraordinary temptation to shadow-step past everybody but he held off to conserve what little energy he had left for as long he could manage.
There was a sandwich kiosk to his right which didn't appear to be particularly busy at the moment. It seemed like his best bet, so he made a push for its direction. But with every step he took, the more tempting the aroma of freshly baked bread became and the less patient he was able to stay.
He finally got to the point where he figured one little shortcut probably wouldn't kill him.
So onwards he leapt, passing from one shadow to another. It was fairly dizzying and disorienting, but he still managed to land on his feet. Most importantly, he was now at the front of the sandwich shop where at last he'd be allowed to sate his appetite.
Fortune struck him in the form of a plate of free samples on display, so he went for those first. He grabbed four bite-sized bits of sandwich and began to gobble them one by one, completely oblivious to the fact that someone or something was keeping a dangerously close eye on him.
" You better stop complaining when we don't have the luxury to stay in a much more comfortable hotel. "
All those money went towards the infrastructure damages she did last time and the more she thought about it, the more frustrated she gets. She really needed to efficiently scale her own power to not do that again. It was just a pain in the ass. Then again, not like she could help it. Those bastards loved sending a lot of people on her.
" First of all, we're in a hotel and I'm not planning to stay for long. Second, cut that shit out because I ain't gonna pay for it, and third, stop bothering me. "
Fucking bullshit, why was everyone out to piss her off? All she wanted was to be alone and yet these people. . . and creatures would pop themselves out just to pounce at her out of nowhere. Fucking pricks.
The giggle he chased teased his ears like a breeze drifting away. The more the shade followed it, the deeper into a maze of alleyways he went. Until...silence, the shade was left in an allyway out toward a street, however the sound of a little girl sobbing quietly could be heard behind a dumpster, curled up and shivering. What he saw was a projection, like an old movie reel being played, the image of the weeping girl flickered. She looked about the age of eleven, the projection brought in a car that parked beside opening of the alleyway, three men in suits and slicked back hair approached the girl, two of their faces fizzled in static.
Fear and rage entwined as the shadows engulfed her form, turning the small girl into a grotesque monster. The wolf skull materialized under a cloud of shadow that formed into the body of a wolf the size of an eighteen-wheel truck. In the blink of an eye, the two men with static faces were cut in half, their legs fell limply to the ground with blood dripping from her maw. The third man was clearer than the other two, a Japanese man raising his arms in surrender. The words that left his mouth were hard to hear, as if spoken underwater, but it was enough to halt the approach of the girl, her frame shrank back to her human self as the shadows left her in a cloud of smoke.
The projection ended there, leaving the shade by himself. In the distance on the road, a few blocks down, two silhouettes ran by.
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