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Obligatory Introductory Fiction

The two little girls walked hand in hand inside the Neo-Scarlet Magical Amusement Park. As usual, it seemed like half the Scarlet Empire was stacked in that place. They probably weren’t too far from the truth. People didn’t seem to get tired of the Water Dragon Splash Experience, the Hall of Uber-Kawaiiness and the bazillion other sillier attractions (“Shoot the Catgirl”, “Hot Date with the Virtual Bishonen”, “Aquatic Dodgeball” and “Beat-Them-With-A-Stick-And-Run”, among others). The two girls looked at the far corner of the park where the “Insanely Scary Tepes House of Scary Things” remained devoid of visitors, as usual. The girls had to suppress a snicker.

Stupid Tepes pretenders.

As if controlled by one mind, the two girls looked to the front and up, at their target. The most amazing ride in Creation: the Imperial Mountain Roller Coaster. Eight miles of vomit-inducing twists and turns at one-tenth the speed of sound, including twenty-four 360 degree-turns, a half mile of travel in complete darkness and a fall 2500 feet long. Now that’s entertainment. But they weren’t there to amuse themselves, were they? They were on a mission. But they would have fun……in their own way.

The two tiny girls were identical twins, save for a few differences. They both had milky white skin, crimson eyes and long hair that flowed to right under their ribs. They both wore huge ribbons on their hair and plain dresses that covered their entire bodies, as well as plain shoes. Only two very notorious details differentiated the twins. One wore a black dress, the other a white dress. The girl in black had dark hair, the girl in white had hair the color of the purest snow. There was another difference, which could only be detected after interacting with the two girls. However, the looks on their faces were enough to give an idea of this third fundamental difference between the two. The girl in white had a devilish grin on her face, while the other’s face couldn’t possibly be blanker.

They were twins, and even their names were almost identical. They were addressed by those who knew them as the Black and White Succubus of H-Rated Dreams, Gothic Lolitas at the service of the Lord of No Fun known as The Slayer Who Wields Sharp Things and Is Surrounded by Crazy Chicks. Those acquainted to the twins simply called them Black Ren and White Ren.

They made it to the roller coaster. The waiting line dissolved at their presence, allowing them to reach the front with ease. They were just that cute. However, the man in front, with a smug look on his face, pointed at a cardboard next to him with his left thumb.

“You have to be this tall to get on this ride.”

“Damn.” They thought in unison.

There was no time to lose. Black Ren moved a step forward and looked up at the man. There was a sudden silence. White Ren quietly waited for the inevitable, the smug look now on her face. Black Ren simply stared at the fat, bald man; her huge blue orbs breaking apart the man’s will. With nothing better to do, White Ren wondered why Speech Charms were called that. Her sister was just using one of them, the Cursed Mirror of the Soul Method, and she had yet to open her mouth. In fact, White Ren knew her sister would open her mouth at all. She didn’t need her voice to be frighteningly effective. She wasn’t the Lord’s favorite for no reason. White Ren bit her lower lip in jealously.

Finally, Black Ren finished the mental assault with a fulminating blow: she batted her eyelashes. Then man almost fell on his big ugly butt.

“Ah…b-but……we c-can make exceptions!”

Black Ren didn’t say a thing, she simply stepped forward to one of the many available seats. White Ren, a little more condescending (not really, she’s just a mean bitch), mouthed a silent “thank you” to the poor babbling idiot and followed her sister.

The Imperial Mountain Roller Coaster is so big that there are always between four and seven railcars running through it at all times. The two girls could see and hear the other visitors to the attraction already traveling at insane speeds through the course, screaming their lungs out. Their target was among them.

They slowly started to move, and White Ren hadn’t even finished fastening her seatbelt. She hurriedly did so and turned to her perpetually mute sister. “Sis, I’m shooting the needle.”

Of course, Black Ren didn’t respond. White Ren didn’t mind: she was shooting that needle no matter what her sister said. She wouldn’t take her THAT. And when they returned home she’d report her success to their Lord and maybe, only maybe, he would pamper her a little bit more. But her imagination could run wild later, she had things to do.

She had to admit that roller coaster was as interesting as she’d heard. She would have joined the other screaming girls if she didn’t have a reputation to protect. If her sister was enjoying the ride, she didn’t show it.

“You’re so uptight at times!” White Ren yelled at her sister’s ear. Black Ren either ignored her, or simply couldn’t hear her sister’s voice.

Finally, they saw their target. Together with a group of fellow Otome, the Magical Girl known as Tokiha Mai yelled in utter glee as she made a 360° turn. Why were they sent to strike down Tokiha Mai? For one simple, yet rather stupid reason: because she has big breasts. It seems their Lord’s sister, the Lady of No Fun known as the Crimson Mistress of Endless Hair and Brother Complexes (addressed simply as “No-Breasts Akiha” when she’s not within earshot) has begun a crusade to eradicate all big-breasted women from the face of Creation. Both Rens are well aware that’s just a stupid whim and the Crimson Mistress will eventually forget about it (just to restart it six months later), but she had her brother’s support, so they had to do as they were told. Of course, they also knew the Slayer was only indulging his stupid sister’s breast complex.

White Ren closed her eyes and chanted a obscure prayer to the NeverCute, declaring the eternal damnation of those who oppose her. She was completely certain the noise of the ride would hide her voice. Eventually, the Black Feather of Demises took shape in her right hand. However, it wasn’t really a feather. White Ren had made a slight alteration to the Charm when she learned it. Her weapon was a two-inch-long needle the width of a cat’s whisker.

Black Ren nodded in approval and her sister looked away, annoyed.

‘Who does she think she is? I don’t need her approval, or her guidance, for that matter! I’m the ranged combat specialist here!’

White Ren bent slightly forward, her feline sight focused on her target’s back. They were on a particularly curvy section of the ride. It wasn’t the best place to try the shot, but it was the best chance they had. The underground tunnel was looming closer and closer. Shooting in total darkness would be insanely difficult, even with their sight-enhancing Charms. Besides, White Ren knew she only had one chance. Tokiha Mai was a particularly skilled Otome. Not that she was scared of a lowly Magical Girl. The six or seven that accompanied her were another matter.

A sudden turn to the right, and White Ren narrowed her eyes. She had to concentrate……

‘I can do this……I CAN DO THIS!’

She could feel her sister’s piercing gaze to her right. ‘Sis, you’re not helping!’

Another turn to the right at insane speed…a little bump……physics does its job and Mai’s body if lifted up by the Law of Action and Reaction………

‘Now!’

White Ren shoots and the needle goes in a perfectly straight line to the Mai’s back.

Mai’s Word of Warning Charm triggered. The Otome turned around to face the incoming danger……and her right breast was pierced by the needle, which immediately buried itself under her skin. “Ow!”

‘Alright!’ White Ren would have laughed her ass off……if she weren’t a Gothic Lolita. Her amusement disappeared when she realized Tokiha Mai was looking at her. Six more Otomes soon followed her. “Uhh…sis, we’re getting out of……” White Ren muttered as she turned right to face her sister……

Black Ren wasn’t there. White Ren leaned to the right, enough to see a small black cat leaping away with amazing speed. She jumped off to follow, ignoring the flashes of the Otomes’ transformations behind her. “Damn you and the day you Exalted, sister! And damn you too, No-Breasts Akiha!!!!”

“At-choo!!!”

The Slayer Who Wields Sharp Things and Is Surrounded By Crazy Chicks stopped taping the right arm of his seat and looked up.

“Something wrong, sis?”

The Crimson Mistress of Endless Hair and Brother Complexes turned to face her brother and smiled.

“No, not at all, onii-chan.”

Silence.

“I’m booored.” The Slayer finally stated. The Mistress frowned.

“Uhh…isn’t that the point?”

“Shut up, Akiha.”

The White Succubus of H-Rated Dreams (White Ren - Elegant Euthanizer)

Attributes

• Physical: Primary
  • Strength: 3
  • Dexterity: 4
  • Stamina: 4
• Mental: Tertiary
  • Perception: 3
  • Intelligence: 2
  • Wits: 2
• Social: Secondary
  • Charisma: 2
  • Manipulation: 3
  • Appearance: 4

Abilities

(Bold are Favored)

Elegant Euthanizers: All are Caste Abilities

• Martial Arts: 1
• Thrown: 4

Priestesses of the Night:

• Presence: 2
• Resistance: 2
• Survival: 3

Keepers of Shadow Lore:

• Lore: 1
• Occult: 3

Dancers of Death:

• Athletics: 3
• Awareness: 3
• Dodge: 5
• Stealth: 1

Backgrounds:

• Allies (Black Ren) 1
• Artifacts 2 (The White Dress, Cat's Whiskers)
• Lolita Lackeys 3 (50 Elite Troops, 10 Ghost Riders, 100 Zombie Infantry)
• Resources 2
• Spies 1
• Sugar Daddy 2 (The Slayer Who Wields Sharp Things and Is Surrounded by Crazy Chicks)
• Underworld Manse 3

Charms and other powers:

Anima Power: Taking Out the Garbage. You kill off Extras even more efficiently than other exalted; burn 5 motes to do one extra wound to every Extra you hit during the scene. (IE, if you hit an extra, you always hurt him or kill him.)

Thrown:

• Thrown Insight of the Lolita
• Angry Lolita Bite
• Hands in the Bonfire Defense Style
• Confusing Lolita Thrown
• Black Feather Descent
• Demon Lady Black Feather Attack

Survival:

• Creature of Ill Omen (White Cat)

Awareness:

• Awareness Insight of the Lolita
• Perfect Prana of Neural Perception

Dodge:

• Dodge Insight of the Lolita
• Dance of the Shadow Loli
• Awaken the Dark Side – Respect

Nature, Essence, Willpower, and Virtues

Nature: Master of Sarcasm

• Permanent Essence: 3
  • Personal: 15
  • Peripheral: 36 ( 2 motes committed)

Willpower: 6

Virtues

• Compassion 2
• Temperance 3
• Conviction 1
• Valor 3

Possessions

Equipment:

• White Ribbon (works as a whip – Spd 3, Acc -2, Dmg 2L, Def 2): Spd 9 Acc 3 Dmg 5L Def 7

Artifacts

• Ren’s White Dress (works as a Starmetal Breastplate – Commitment 2 motes)
• Cat’s Whiskers (Starmetal Throwing Knives – Spd 0 Acc 3 Dmg 3L, Rate 3, Range 15): Spd 6 Acc 11 Dmg 6L

Miscellaneous

• Lethal Soak: 2 (10)
• Bashing Soak: 4 (10)
• Dodge: 9 dice
• Health:
  • 1 –0
  • 2 –1
  • 2 –2
  • 1 –4
  • Incap.

The Black Succubus of H-Rated Dreams (Black Ren - Keeper of Shadow Lore)

Attributes

• Physical: Tertiary
  • Strength: 2
  • Dexterity: 3
  • Stamina: 3
• Mental: Primary
  • Perception: 4
  • Intelligence: 3
  • Wits: 4
• Social: Secondary
  • Charisma: 2
  • Manipulation: 3
  • Appearance: 4

Abilities

(Bold are Favored)

Elegant Euthanizers:

• Martial Arts: 4

Priestesses of the Night:

• Enduranced: 2
• Presence: 4
• Resistance: 2
• Survival: 1

Keepers of Shadow Lore: (all are favored abilities)

• Investigation: 3
• Lore: 2
• Medicine: 3
• Occult: 3

Dancers of Death:

• Awareness: 2
• Dodge: 5
• Stealth: 2

Backgrounds:

• Allies (White Ren) 1
• Artifacts 2 (The Black Dress, Hand of the Slayer)
• Resources 3
• Spies 1
• Sugar Daddy 5 (The Slayer Who Wields Sharp Things and Is Surrounded by Crazy Chicks)
• Underworld Manse 3

Charms and other powers:

Anima Power: Narrow-Eyes Scary Glance: You narrow your eyes to slits, spend 5 Moe and look at someone in a scary way. The target immediately believes that, first, something horrible is about to happen to him; and second; that you know his deepest, darkest, makes-you-wanna-puke-if-you-hear-it secret. You don’t have any divine insight into his secrets or what’s about to happen to him, but damn you look scary. This effect may be resisted by beings with Moe higher than yours by spending a Willpower point.

Marital Arts (Four Aspects of the Lolita Style)

• Marital Arts Insight of the Lolita
• Inexplicable Respect Kata
• Elegance Based on Prudery Method

Endurance:

• Amazingly Petite Body Technique

Survival:

• Creature of Ill Omen (White Cat)

Investigation:

• Dream Walker Style

Dodge:

• Dodge Insight of the Lolita
• Dance of the Shadow Loli
• Awaken the Dark Side – Respect
• Gothic Lolita Instant Step Technique

Nature, Essence, Willpower, and Virtues

Nature: Silent Observer

• Permanent Essence: 3
  • Personal: 15
  • Peripheral: 36 ( 4 motes committed)

Willpower: 6

Virtues

• Compassion 2
• Temperance 3
• Conviction 1
• Valor 3

Possessions

Equipment:

• Black Ribbon (works as a whip – Spd 3, Acc -2, Dmg 2L, Def 2): Spd 10 Acc 5 Dmg 4L Def 8

Artifacts

• Ren’s Black Dress (works as a Starmetal Breastplate – Commitment 2 motes)
• Starmetal Razor Claws (Hand of the Slayer – Spd 1 Acc 2 Dmg 4L, Def 2 – Commitment 2 motes): Spd 8 Acc 9 Dmg 6L Def 8

Miscellaneous

• Lethal Soak: 1 (9)
• Bashing Soak: 2 (8)
• Dodge: 8 dice
• Health:
  • 1 –0
  • 3 –1
  • 4 –2
  • 1 –4
  • Incap.

Appearance

The twins are young little girls that would be taken as ordinary twelve-year-olds save for their unusually mature look that clearly says they’re not innocent at all. White Ren has long white hair and milky white skin. She always wears the same clothing: a plain, long, loose white dress and plain white shoes. She has big cerulean blue eyes.

Black Ren is White Ren’s exact twin, except for hair (dark blue) and eye (same as her hair) color. She wears the same clothes as her sister, only black.

A pair of white cat ears show up whenever they’re angry (which is quite often) or very pleased.

Fetishes

Their Moe 2 fetishes are their Elegant Euthanizer and Keeper of Shadow Lore status; their Moe 3 fetishes are their cat ears.

Personality:

White Ren is quite expressive for a Gothic Lolita. She speaks for two people, after all. She’s extremely blunt, which often draws the ire of those around her, especially those she should respect. She cares little about other people but herself, and enjoys stating their faults and defects, which is another reason she might not be very likeable. She’s extremely possessive of her Lord of No Fun, and openly expresses her jealously towards her sister, whom The Slayer favors over her. While she didn’t come up with the name “No-Breasts Akiha” for The Crimson Mistress of Endless Hair and Brother Complexes, she’s the one who uses it the most. The Slayer is probably the only reason The Mistress still hasn’t killed White Ren.

Black Ren is her perfect opposite. She’s the epitome of quietness: the number of words she says on a normal day can easily be counted with one hand (“Good morning” and “good night”). She thinks a lot, though. It could be said she’s the smart of the duo. Most people find her attitude cute rather than annoying; hence it’s not much of a problem. White Ren’s self-centered; Black Ren is so even more. White Ren loves the Slayer; Black Ren is utterly and completely devoted to him. Her adoration towards the man who saved her is boundless. Of course, nobody knows the extent of her love for the Slayer, since she’s so inexpressive. She finds it hard to display her emotions, her affection included. But she’ll be the first the draw weapons, should her bond to her Lord be endangered. Se doesn’t give a damn about The Crimson Mistress, just like she doesn’t give a damn about pretty much anything else.

History:

White Ren and her sister are one of the few exceptions to the rule of Gothic Lolitas being created from tainted Bishonen Exaltations. Born from a nameless family in a nameless village in the farthest east, they were taken at an early age by the Houri gang, who assaulted their thorp on accusations of heresy (which was nothing but a lame excuse to get more cuties from their crazy, crazy parties.

They were taken to the Kawaii Isle at the age of four, three years before the minimum age required of them to be of “any use” to the Houris, so they were kept aside in one of the many households until they became of age (“age” being seven years old). Unfortunately, Houri guards are not really attentive, and the two little girls escaped on the first chance they got.

However, they soon found themselves hungry and alone, with nowhere to go. But they persevered, and as a reward, they Exalted as Cat Girls. That didn’t change things much, though. Not only were they hungry and alone, now they were hunted by the Cat-Hackers. The barely managed to leave the Kawaii Isle in one piece.

They were wandering throughout the cold lands of the North when they met a “wandering traveler”. He was none other than the Slayer himself, in one of his many “escapades” from the Not-You-Too Mansion. He was immediately smitten by the twins, and didn’t waste time taking them with him. The twins didn’t mind at all. He was cool, he was rich and he treated them like goddesses. First it was an arrangement born of convenience. Over time, the two girls have grown fonder and fonder of the uber-cool former Bishonen. Currently, they barely remember their lives before meeting him, and cannot conceive a life without him. True, they have to deal with No-Breasts Akiha and the many other chicks that are after him, but they know they’ve got something the others don’t have.

They’re Lolis.

White Ren spends most of her days amusing herself at the expense of whatever unlucky soul she finds in her way. She particularly enjoys making fun of Magical Girls and humiiliating Cat-Hackers at the end of a long and pointless chase. Black Ren is the first Gothic Lolita to delve in the obscure arts of Dream Charms. She still has a long way to go, but it certainly seems she and her Master have already found some......"interesting uses" to the little girl's new ability.

Storyteller's Notes:

White and Black Ren always travel together and with nobody else. Since they don’t go on missions often, they spent most of the time entertaining themselves and their Lord at the expense of the Scarlet Empire.

peanut gallery

Wait... if they exalted as Cat-girls... how did they convert to Gothic Lolis? Not that I mind the Tsukihime (Moon Princess) conversion and all... but I'm kinda curious. ~ haku

Let's just say Shiki's one creative Bishonen.......or maybe Kohaku did it, she's the craziest one in that house. I don't think Gothic Lolitas (and Abyssals, for that matter) should be restricted to "tainted Bishonens (Solars)". Why couldn't a Cat Girl (Lunar) or a Helping Goddess (Sidereal) be tainted, too? Of course, the direct Caste transformation wouldn't apply, but is that even important? What I'm sure of is that Magical Girls (Dragon-Blooded) would never be able to withstand Gothic Lolita/Abyssal Exaltation. To angstty for them :) --Wings

That works for me... which does sort of means that the Kawaii Exalted all can be swapped about if you have someone powerful and strong enough to do so and naturally crazy enough to do so. Of course, this might mean that the Devious Demonesses would and should have their own splat with their own variant charms... and every one of them is one of the more powerful Kawaii Exalted given a make over... one that involved tentacles... ^_- ~ haku

The Deathlord equivalents are the Lords of Cute Angst (The Not Fun At All are trapped in Ralph'Malpheas). So where are The Slayer Who Wields Sharp Things and Is Surrounded by Crazy Chicks and The Crimson Mistress of Endless Hair and Brother Complexes based in the Underworld? I'm not familiar with the source material, so I know nada and must know more :) Oh yes, Black Ren uses a charm in the story that she doesn't have in her writeup. (I liked the story; it gave a very strong sense of the two characters. Nice job.) Overall, looks good, though it seems a litlte odd for them to be named Succubi when neither of them seems to seduce people. ^^;; -- JohnBiles

I can answer all those questions, whoa! I seem to be getting quite good a this...it worries me :) Anyway, I plan to expand on The Slayer and The Crimson Mistress very soon. As for Black Ren using the Cursed Mirror of the Soul, that's because the two writeups are for them as starting characters. The "canon" Black Ren has a LOT of Presence Charms and the Dream Weaver Style Charm, and she's well on her eway to Reality Revision: Walking on the Palm of the Loli. White Ren is a Thornw specialist, hence she has pretty much all te Thrown Charms, as well as the "offensive" Occult Charms (Eyes of Death Perception, Raging Wraith Attack, etc...) and a little bit of offensive Necromancy. As for the names, they're both succubi in Tsukihime. White Ren was born from the feelings and emotions Black Ren is incapable of expressing. Black Ren was dying, being a demon familiar without a Master. She managed to survive when Tohno Shiki (cool guy with a very cool knife and the most bizarre harem in existence) agrees to become her source of energy. In the world of Tsukihime, succubi aren't necessarily seductresses, but they do feed on people's energy through dreams and moments of ecstasy. --Wings