Consciousness did not return to Steliana slowly, but instead with a rapid flash of a million different images and thoughts. Six months of running stacked up together, overlapping. Feet pounding against the treadmill over the course of one hundred and eighty-two training sessions, all playing out at the same time. Weights, her sword exercise, and so much more.
Testing out different ways to use her magic, creating spells, and mastering them all for the sake of more efficient training. The utterly crushing weight of six months of pure dedicated training finished crashing into her consciousness with the weight of an elephant sitting on top of a bed. For a brief moment, her mind cracked, split open like someone had taken a hammer to it.
Vibrant blue eyes glowing with power slid open, and a laugh bubbled out of her. "Not today, I'm afraid." The pain faded in an instant, and she shot up from the ground, seemingly defying gravity with how she moved to stand up. This is a bit more than anticipated. Her fingers on both hands flexed, hand signs for a Youjutsu technique forming, before the air shifted, growing heavier, more dense. It was a barely there drain on her now comparably massive reserves. Mhm… that rare candy alone gave me just over a tenfold growth in my magic, stacked on top of my two weeks of training, it's more than enough.
The fact that she had over twelve times her original amount of magic and was STILL a Low-Class was utterly absurd and just showcased how pathetic a state she had truly been in. This is curious, though. Her tail popped out from sheer instinct, and it was… tingling? Yes, it was tingling. Oh? Focusing on it with her sixth sense, Steliana found something truly curious. Her Youki was flowing through it now and being purified. No, not purified. Just growing denser, more powerful. Running her hand along its length, it was clear that her tail was longer now. If it was cute and quite stubby before, it was now fully formed and quite prehensile, based on its swaying.
Interesting, so that's the point of the multiple tails. So one's magic does get inherently more powerful in this world, instead of just using more of it, mastery of spells, and better control. It was an interesting fact that she hadn't come across in her search of the board, and one that, from her overlapping memories of her rare candy training, she hadn't quite realized. Although she had thought something strange was happening.
Then again, in her time training with the rare candy, her power growth had happened over six months. In reality? It had just been a few seconds. Perhaps there's more reason than I thought for the Devil's class system. Or why a common theme in this world was multiple extra appendages that grew suddenly based purely on power. That does make me wonder if the Devils are incomplete, though. If the purpose of the Angel's and Fallen Angel's extra wings is something similar to my tail, then does that mean the reason the Satan-descendants are inherently stronger is because of their wings?
The thought of Sirzech and Ajuka getting stronger would probably be a nightmare for literally everyone in the Supernatural world, so much so that it made her smirk. Now wouldn't that be a sight? She licked her lips, eyes narrowed in thought. Okay, that's definitely going on the list to figure out. If they are incomplete, they could explain the fertility issues and a few other things. The chances of her ending up as a Devil seemed relatively high as of now, so it was only a matter of course to figure out if they were incomplete. I can't believe I'm about to think this, but somehow I'd lose even more respect for Satan of all fucking people if that's true.
Perhaps it was her inner artist, or maybe Steliana was just a bit of a perfectionist. But the thought of leaving one of her creations incomplete? It had her stomach roiling. But enough of that. Clenching her fist, her eyelashes fluttered in joy at the feeling of growth, at the raw power that now flooded through her with just that motion. Oh, I did miss this. Even if it's still so weak. She had often regretted having so much power that she just couldn't control it. It was so bad that it had gotten to the point that there was no one even remotely powerful enough as a frame of reference, or to help her control it all.
But having power itself? No, only in moments of pure darkness and depression had she regretted being born to witchcraft and the supernatural world. Not once did she ever not love the magic flowing through her veins, and the freedom such power gave her.
Clenching her other fist, a smirk spread as one of them was coated in darkness, and the other in light. Nice. It was easy, and barely a drain. Dropping the light and darkness coating her fists, she spread her arms wide. Mist filled the entire apartment, and then it felt like reality twisted as she commanded it. Horrifying screeches and roars filled the apartment, as if a thousand monsters unseen since the dawn of time lurked in it. Space seemed to bend as in her view, the walls grew further and further away before she couldn't even see them.
Her vampiric magic surged as her body split apart into hundreds of bats, circling the mist, only to reform on top of the countertop. Perfect… Her hands flexed as handseals formed for a Youjutsu Spell. She froze. TerrorhorrorDONTDONTDONT
Her instincts SCREAMED at her to not use the spell she had finally managed to create on the last day of her rare candy training. The one she had been anticipating the most. Her Youki fizzled out, spell half-formed and something in her body untensed, her instincts going calm. She flexed the same hand seals; her Youki formed the same way. DONTDOITNONONONO
Her Youki fizzled out again. Strange… Even a regular human's body had instincts. Wretching at moldy, rotten food, flinching in shock when they touched their body and found blood, and so much more. A supernatural's instincts? Far, far greater. There was just something… well, supernatural about the way the body knew things that even the mind couldn't comprehend.
So I shouldn't cast this spell then, or maybe… In curiosity, she modified the spell, casting it so that it would bend around her, not enfolding her in its grasp. Her instincts didn't flare, and the spell went off without a hitch. The mist warbled around her as gravity out of nowhere increased its presence inside her apartment. Interesting. She twisted her Youki again, forming the movements that would change the spell so that it would affect her too. NONONONO
An intrigued smile replaced Steliana's insane smirk. Well, isn't this interesting? For some reason, her body was desperately trying to stop the gravity spell from being placed on her. Which is a problem. Considering that was the entire purpose of making the spell, because gravity training was a classic. Bending the spell once more, she walked over to her sword and went to pick it up, and without any warning from her instincts, did so.
The increased weight fought against her enhanced strength, but she ignored that. Interesting indeed. So something will go wrong if I use the gravity on myself? How curious that her body would know that. I wonder what it is? Organs not being able to handle it? Bones or tendons? Perhaps my muscles are too young? She didn't know the answer, but if her body was that insistent, she'd listen to it.
Such a shame, though. I spent so much time trying to create that spell, and I won't be able to use it to its full potential. Oh well, at least she wouldn't need to buy new weights, and could now better use her sword for training.
One letdown isn't enough to ruin such growth. Setting aside her magical growth, her physical one had also exploded. Six months of magically-enhanced training was more than enough for her body to not only set its foundation and begin honing instincts, but also to rapidly grow. Especially when her body was considered to always be in an optimal state of sustenance, apart from blood, which she had an infinite amount of to drink.
I forgot how easy it is to control such little strength, and I never knew how easy it was to control such an amount of magic. Because indeed, even still after all this growth, her magic still hadn't even reached the level she had as a toddler. I guess I really was the Sirzechs of my world.
Well, considering her age, more like the actually talented and only mildly horny version of Issei. But comparing herself to that creature would be a shame of the highest order. Not to say she hated him or anything, no. If anything, she felt sad for him. What a shame. Clearly, there's a spark there if so many people were attracted to him and his charisma. It's just such a shame that the world and everyone around him bent over backwards to just not teach him. 'Hey, Issei, I really like you. But can you NOT fucking look at me and make horrifyingly lewd noises every time something happens with my body? Or maybe you know, stop non-consensually peeping on a bunch of girls that just want to change?'
Then again, half of the heroic cast would be sex offenders in any sane world, and she'd have to basically just ignore that. Well, I won't have to deal with that for at least a couple more years, so no point in dwelling on it. Luckily, it seemed like the 'background' characters were much more… reasonable.
Even if clearly still far lewder then she was used to. The things she had seen and heard on her third 'home visit' were just… No! Black it out. It doesn't exist. Putting her sword back down with a shudder, Steliana pulled out her phone.
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Faction Boards > Youkai > Honshu > Kuoh City > Introductions
Introduction & Services!
Saint Nekopire (Verified Saint) (Verified Underage)
Hello everyone! I'm new to Kuoh, so I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Nekopire! (Don't ask me why the Saint thingy worked, I don't know.) I've only interacted with two of you so far, but I hope all future meetings go as well as the second one!
So, about me. Let's see, I can conversationally speak like a dozen modern languages and fluently speak about half a dozen of them. I can read, write, and even speak more forgotten languages than that! (I get bored very easily.) I like to paint, draw, cook, garden sometimes, and I've been known to sculpt once or twice! My favorite food type is anything fried pastry, preferably with as much powdered sugar as possible.
I'm originally from America, but I've been all around the world! Personally, my favorite thing was seeing the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
This is where we start to get into the services part, so a bit of bragging will take place here. Sorry!
I can use any of the six primary elements. (Fire, Water, Lightning, Ice, Light, and Dark) My species is my screen name, and I can teleport, summon, and fight as well! (Iykyk sadly) I'm quite skilled with hand-to-hand combat, swordplay, and daggerwork!
Do you need someone to purify your house? I'm your gal. You need to summon your uncle cause he's stuck at the bottom of a lake? I'm still your gal! Need to change the ambience and need a little help with darkness magic or some mist? Come to me! I must admit, my most impressive work is one that this world needs more of in general! You want a portrait done? Or perhaps your business/home needs a drawing/painting? I'd be more than happy to help!
While money is great, of course, my main goal is that hopefully one of you can help me get into Kuoh's All Girls Academy! That escalator school system seems really fun, and I'd rather not have to figure out how to tinker with human minds on such a scale to get in if I don't have to :(.
That said, if you don't have either money or that, trading services are possible! Also, if I think it's a good cause or just interesting, I'll do it too. :D I'm obviously not racist *blegh* so if any of you supernaturally aware humans need something, feel free to post here! Since you should all know by my underage tag, I can't be DM'd unless you're a moderator. (*shakes fist*)
Also, if you're going to be weird, please don't. I will shove you in a body bag.
Mod Note: Please don't threaten people, but also lmao. Just a warning. #Killthepedos (gives warning to self)
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Kuoh City Moderator Team
Welcome to our city! Thank you for ACTUALLY doing an introduction on top of asking for what you need and are offering, unlike SOME people. Also, cool. We finally have a light magic user in town again. First time we've had a saint, though.
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Blinking at the almost immediate response and mod note, Steliana let out a curious hum. Interesting. That's a very fast message. Then again, this was Kuoh City. Having some unusual people wasn't that surprising. Oh well, time to get me some snacks, it's been six months after all!
She could check her post out later, surely it would take some time to get responses, right?! Where should I get them this time? That stall was pretty good, but there definitely has to be better. It just feels like everything I try is missing something… Her memories niggled at her, and she tried to reach in, to figure it out.
But it was a black void filled with the echo of a remnant of music, arts, and a vibrant city. She sighed. Well, guess that would have been too easy. Putting her phone away, she pulled her hair into a ponytail and left her apartment.