#the horror from the skies - shrika magpie

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"So this Fyodor guy...what he's like?"

A question is posed to Shrika as she sips her milk bubble tea. Shrika hums and tells him. "Interesting! He's potitle to talk to and he is very smart. Very smart. His ability is secert. But he gives me a hint...." Shrika recalls it. "Something about anything he touch, he can erase from existence." She said.

"Huh. He sounds a guy I can have fun talking to!" A young man chuckles as he has medium-lenght black hair, has red eyes and dons scars. One jagged scar across the bridge of his nose and another wrapped around the back of his neck. He wears a sleeveees hoodie with a grey long-sleeve shirt underneath.

"And he's friends with your new friend, Nikolai?" He asked. Shrika nods. "Indeed." She messaged Fyodor and Nikolai that she and her leader, Matt Knack are at a convenience store. She told them that Matt wants to meet Fyodor in person.

Killer Night wants to meets with the Demon @clown-demon

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As for Shrika, she goes for the most cunning and secure way to gain some points to start off. First, she pickpocketed a wallet from an older gentleman swiftly without anyone noticing, that is part of a tour group. Then after a moment, she will take the wallet to a security booth where she can let a guard know, someone who keeps people and artifacts safe, that someone lost their wallet. She would play a good tourist telling the guard that she also lost her valuable as well. After all, they must have a lost and found in this place, don't they?

It's a good thing that the security guard is so gullible and so easy to manipulate~

With a charming smile that coaxes the guard into thinking he has a chance, the guard takes the young woman to the back. Right away, where the guard turns his back. She stabs him in the neck and covers his mouth. The guard is slain and she drags him to the closet.

After that, she knows that there's another guard around. Soon, they're going to take a quick shift. She needs to go back to the scene where the man notices that his wallet is gone and ask other people if they seen it. She will play the goody two-shoes telling the gentlemen that she found the wallet and directing her to a guard. Now, she needs to follow the two to the lost & found where she kills them both in the closet where nobody is looking.

Ah...she needs to mess with the cameras, oh well. Time to take pictures of it. Good thing, she has the keys to the office where they held some of the things in the archive room. Maybe some things aren't on display, hopefully.

She soon joins her friend at the entrance of the castle. "Sorry! Did I make you wait too long?" She asked.

Stealing things was an easy task for Nikolai.. All he had to do was make sure no one was around. He pushed his hand through his cape, where his hand would emerge in the little glass exhibit the goods were held, and he'd take it out and keep it in his overcoat. He did this multiple times, being sneaky.

Once he had a good collection of goods, he looked off at some of the scattered groups that were around. He'd make a person from each group go missing.

Being the chatterbox he was, he easily struck up a conversation with someone in the group. Talking about the items in the castle and how neat they were. He would soon steer them off to chat, wanting to show them something exciting. And that's when he'd make his move. When he was alone with them, out of sight, he'd trap them in his cape, he'd then transport himself to an off limits room to dump the one he captured.

The person was confused and disorientated, he quickly slit their throat with a knife to silence them, and then he took a picture with his phone, and went back.

He killed one person from each group, until people started to wonder where their friends went. One even questioned Nikolai since they were last seen with Nikolai. In which he informed they were ahead or had to exit to use the bathroom.

After the two hours were up, Nikolai was out of the castle with his shoes back on, waiting for his companion to join him.

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Ever since the death of Fyodor, Shrika decided to bring Nikolai to the States during his grief within these few days. At first, Shrika didn't understand. Ever since Nikolai told her about his desire to be free. It also includes killing his best friend so...why isn't he happy?

Shrika has some guesses but she doesn't want to assume. So right now, she got him a place to stay. An apartment with the basic essentials and whatever he needs. The place is really well-kept. The Lovely Horrors took over this building after killing a slum lord. Cobin's men are in charge of the upkeep.

"Here we are!" Shrika smiles at him, showing him where he would be staying. "Here's where you would be staying, Nikolai. You got a kitchen, living room, a bathroom, and two bedrooms." Shrika informs him with a smile.

@clown-demon

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Shrika, do you like Nikolai at all? You two seem to get along

"I do. I really do. Nikolai is a loving person. I find him very special. To me, he's like a shining diamond. He's always happy and cheerful for a fellow killer. I really enjoy his company whenever I hang out with him. He knows what he wants and I actually like that part of him." He said.

"I find his personality...a happy-go-lucky and very eccentric! That said, I like giving him rides on my back whenever he asks as a way to return the favor." She said.

@clown-demon

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I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I bet even if he's tough, he's a sub all the way through. But wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Good point but I should really ask first," Shrika asked, if Willie really is a sub then she would be happy to give him all kinds of pleasure to receive.

After all, it's all he deserves for being at her side. Maybe she should be true to her feelings like Matt said. Shrika chuckles, "Let's do it. I will go and ask!"

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Running for cover, Shrika narrows her eyes at what Ember exclaimed before more bullets rain down. She takes out another dagger, ready to throw until she senses something is wrong. "!!!" She widens her eyes and looks over her shoulder to see Ember behind her and sees flames coming towards her.

The young woman is engulfed in flames, she lets out a loud noise. Not a scream but a dark chuckle.

"Ability, The Birds....!!"

The flames were batted away by the sheer force of dark wings. Shrika transforms into her demon bird, and she starts to take flight while looking towards Ember with glowing crimson eyes.

"You know... a friend told me that I should be nice to the locals even in places like this." Shrika speaks with a flap of her wings, "We could have done this the easy way. But! This gives me a good excuse to kill time!!!"

Then she lets out a powerful supersonic screech towards the Port Mafia members who were firing upon her. The fierce shriek ruptures the eardrums of the Port Mafia members, incapacitating them. As for the bullets coming towards her, Shrika flaps her wings like a great clap, creating a mini wind draft to change the trajectory of bullets downwards from their paths.

Bullets hit the other Port Mafia members on the ground or some ricocheted all over the area, resulting in further chaos.

@eternalstarlights

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Shrika reacted very quickly, a lot quicker than Ember thought she would. Even as Shrika killed two of their men already, they continued trying to shoot her down.

As the man that Shrika killed, fell down, bleeding from his neck, Ember quickly ran over to where Shrika is while dodging all the bullets that were specifically aimed at Shrika.

“Listen! I don’t know what is happening but I have a plan to get out of here! It is best that we leave before more of them show up. The plan is… Gah!”

Before Ember could tell her the plan, more bullets came down. Perfect. Shrika was distracted and she was close enough and behind Shrika to attack her in surprise.

“Ability, Hellfire!”

Fire was summoned from her hand as she threw her flames at Shrika.

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@clown-demon from here

"Of course. The more, the merrier!" Shrika smiled. She wonders who Nikolai's friend is. She looks forward to this. "We have some things to do. Like putting fear into the people, an escape room and other things..."

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Willie was not sure if his mistress will like the gift but at least he was trying. "Hello Mistress, I have something for you. Merry Christmas." He shows a very cute wrapped up box with holiday theme and a nice bow on it. He got her some fancy items and they looked really expensive but he had the 'money' to get them for her. Even got a new set of hand made throwing knifes for her. He had them personally made just for her.

"Oh, Willie~ That's so thoughtful of you." She takes the present in him. "Come to think of it. I also have two presents for you." She said. One small and one big. Both are wrapped in red with Christmas ornaments with pine trees. "For the small one, I saw what you look like before. I decide to get you some good quality glasses." The glasses were geometric and wooden. "It's wood, it provides you some warmth to your face." She said. "It will compliment your face quite well. Glasses make you smart and sophisticated." She tells him with a small.

"And I got you some clothes." A leather jacket with a red hoodie, gloves, and boots. Plus, there's a necklace of a bird skull and a crow.

@the-silver-peahen-residence

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"Yep! They can live for a long time without worries and just keep swimming." Pete smiles. "Just like jellyfish, I think they can live on forever longer than turtles," Pete said as he thought about it.

"Hey after we see penguins and beluga whales, let's grab a bite to eat, yeah?" Pete asked Yumeno. "Is there anything you want to eat?"

While he and Yumeno are spending a great day at the aquarium, something is happening in Yokohoma.

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Somewhere in Yokohoma, a raid is being prepared between the Lovely Horrors and Port Mafia as they are ready to take down any anti-pro-heroes working with Cobin.

"Shrika...what is your status?" Sid asked.

In the skies, Shrika is looking below the compound where Cobin and the others reside. "Nothing yet but I still see movement as if they are moving something."

Sid nods. "I see." She turns to Matt, "Matt, it seems like they are here but no sight fo Cobin, should we move in?"

"Hmmm...not sure. I need to ask Ryunosuke first and that executive of his uh...Chuya, right?" He turns his head towards Ryunosuke.

“Wow; that’s really cool!” He keeps following Pete to the next area. His hand holding his own when seeing the next tank. His eyes spots the creatures inside as he was seeing them. “So pretty big brother..” he smiles seeing them gracefully swimming around.

“Huh? They can!?” he gasped looking up at him.

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@galacticxstorm​ from here

“That make sense so they won’t try to fight back. But breaking their fingers is more and watching them try makes it more fun.” The bird chuckles. 

This man must be imposing due to his tall and thin stature. She heard that this man is the strongest around these parts. Of course, Shirka’s definition of strongest differs. Despite his crude speech, Shrika understood and she didn’t mind it. 

‘Ha??”

A gangster? Shrika would take offense to it but she let that slide. For now. She hates being called one. Although...a fraction isn’t that different from a gang. Especially theirs. Although...they don’t shoot up places or sell drugs for profit over dumb reasons. No. They kill just because. For fun, for pleasure, for coping or for distraction. They killed other gangs who go around thinking they’re powerful. The Lovely Horrors are a reminder. She needs to know what makes this man tick. 

“Do I look like one of those weaklings who go on about being tough and all that which they’re not? That’s not me.” Shrika replied back as she spreads her wings wide before she flies and perch on a street light, looking at Nnoitra. “Call me Shrika and I heard that you’re a gangster but different. The strongest one from what I heard. I heard they gave you a nickname. Is that right???” 

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@infinitexmuses from here

Shrika waits for the other to answer but she didn't expect the girl to shoot at her like that. She widens her eyes at this. She evades the dart just by ducking. She hisses narrowing her eyes at the little girl. "Little ..."

"Didn't your parents teach you NOT to shoot at people when they ask you a question??? It's rude..." The demon bird spoke, now approaching her as she is on somewhat fours. Wings on the floor and tapping her talons on the floor like a prehistoric terror. Still...something intrigued this avian. Shrika can tell from her expression.

"You're not afraid, are you?" She cocks her head at her, looking down at her with red eyes.

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Hey to Shrika, whatever happened to that telekinetic member you found from gotham. What was his name, Willie right? Whatever happened to him? Did you kill him? Or did you turn him into your new lapdog to do errans and things for you?

"To answer your question, I asked Matt to let me keep him and I had to come up with a good reason to convince Sid-so she can convince Matt that Willie is better alive than dead," Shrika explains, sighing how that meeting go when Sid is handing down her punishment and trying to figure out what to do with Willie. They were seriously planning to use him as material or for Jason to use him as a punching bag.

"He wanted to test him out for himself after watching me thanks to Pete's bugs, and knowing him, he might kill him by accident if it went too far. I told him about his powers and that got him excited. So he says to me that if he lives after beating him, Willie can stay under me." Shrika speaks,

"And by beating him, I don't mean Willie beating Matt, it's the other way around." She said, sighing, "I thought it was a close fight but no---Matt won, using his Killer Night on him and Willie did live after getting a beating of a lifetime. " Shrika saw the wounds on him when attending to him after Matt said that he is hers now. Though....it's a good thing that Shrika gets to keep Willie to herself. At times, Willie did bow his head whenever Matt walks by. Even with his telekinetic, he wouldn't dare to challenge him after his defeat. Still...Willie is happier here than in Gotham so that's a good thing at least.

"So now, he's mine. I wouldn't think of Willie as my lapdog. I think of him as my lovely partner whenever I go on missions solo." Shrika smiles, "He made to keep order in my flock since we Horrors run packs in the fraction. Each upper member controls their own pack that answers to us and us answering to Sid."

@the-silver-peahen-residence

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"Well...yeah...I mean...it's really HARD to ignore someone's presence like that. It would be dumb of me NOT to notice."

Matt can't help but laugh, "By 'entertaining' mister, you mean you want to kill some time with me?" He said, twirling his knife while grinning with sharp teeth, looking at this giant with a glowing red eye. "So how do you want to do this?"

The beast monarch is bored.

Eyes look down, the over towering structure of the humanoid form is one that was forced upon the poor vessel he inhabited.

"Oh, you can see me?" his voice revealed only boredom as he looks down on every level at the person in front of him.

He smiles, revealing teeth that were not human at all. The fangs of a predator.

"Can you entertain me? perhaps."

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"Of course! I might stand out from the crowd but I managed to make it work by considering myself an exchange student." Shrika smiles with her head tilted up, crossing her arms and shifting her weight to the side. After all, similar to back home, Yokohoma or rather outside of her are her new hunting grounds.

She nods, "Like you said, it's a pain if they are in Yokohoma, but at the same time, it makes it a lot easier not to care about the mess afterward," Shrika says with a shrug. After getting that thumbs-up, she activates her ability and transforms into a demon bird. She flaps her wings gently and looks toward Nikolai.

If there is one thing that Nikolai likes, it is flying.

"Then get on," Shrika said in her deep voice as she lowered her neck so Nikolai could get on her back. Once he gets on, she will take flight.

"Oh~? You even know where their hang outs are? That's amazing~! You really get good information~!" Nikolai said as he pressed his hands together and placed them against his cheek.

"Ah, so they're not in Yokohama? That's good to know. I am glad they're not stationed IN Yokohama since that could be more of a danger~." He wouldn't like it if thugs or people who had it against the Agency were close and in Yokohama, since they could get to his family easier.

The man's grin stretched a bit and he gave her a thumbs up. "I'm GAME for it~! I would like to take them out before they cause any harm to anyone I like~. And don't worry if it gets free that I am the one who ended them, well... I have full authority to kill those who are a danger to others~. I just cannot kill innocents or those that are not life threatening~."

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"That's something I can do." Shrika smiles. She already has some targets in mind. She might kill a few while knocking some of them out with a simple hit to the neck. It would be fun to mess with groups who can't find the people that are with them

"Good." She lowers her voice as well so nobody will hear what these two plan to do to this castle. "Ready!" She sees Nikolai raced off and Shriuka smiles, going to find a target. Alright, how to go about this. Shrika begins to wonder then an idea pops up.

A simple wallet should do. She looks at the displays and other artifacts where people are over. She quickly swipes a few where they aren't looking and are too obsessed with their lives. And then...she goes to the security guard telling him that one person missed a wallet, prompting one of them to call over. And that's where she makes her move.

"Great~! We'll add that to this little game~! But how about this, it might be harder to show the people who go missing and it was our doing, so how about we just take pictures of their scared faces or dead bodies~? And we can count them that way~!" It'd be too suspicious if they came back to the crime scene to show how many they killed or made go missing...

"And yeah, we can do that. Two hours is MORE than enough time to make this all go down~!" Despite his energy, he was keeping his voice low, not for anyone else to hear. However, he was bursting his excitement.

"Ready~? Let's go~!" And the clown raced off. Looking for something to steal and a victim.

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Shrika hums as she looks to the side, thinking about this bonus. She smiles, wondering if she can make people disappear. She doesn't have the same ability as Nikolai but she might find a way to do it. She wonders how many people would notice if people had gone missing or rather security for that matter.

"Okay~!" Shrika smiles. "Let's do it! I would love to take on that challenge, Nikolai." Shrika smiles, accepting the bonus. She had some ideas but she needs to pull them off.

She won't transform. Not yet. She wonders if this castle has a blind spot or such. "That said...let's do a head count and appraisal of the items we get after it's done! Like taking items from the people after they go missing by our hands? I said...let's do a timer. How about...." Shrika thinks.

"Two hours at best?" She asked. "Seems enough time, right? It's fair, right?"

"Dos-kun is my BESTEST friend~!" that he tried to kill.. But that was water under the bridge. Fyodor and Nikolai were equal now and considered each other best friends. Nikolai sometimes got worried Fyodor would kill him.. but the rat promised him he wouldn't since he saved his life.

Nikolai looked to her socks and made a cute face at them. He thought those socks were adorable!

He padded into the castle with the other tourists. Looking around for anything to steal. So far it was just the entrance, so there wasn't really anything to take...

When Shrika asked him how many he can do, he smiled to her with his eye gleaming.

"I bet I can make ten of them go missing by the end of the tour~," he replied with a smirk. However, he didn't say HOW he'd do it... That came to creativity~. And he had ideas on how to make them go missing.

"So, wanna add the bonus to it~? Or do you wanna go with the original plan~?"