#the horror from the skies shrika magpie

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Willie held Shirka's hand to kiss it but he was being a good boy for her while smiling.

"Good boy..." Shrika had to pet Willie's head and strokes his chin, giving him love. She leans in and kisses him on the forehead. "I really adore you, Willie. I really do." She smiles, takes his hand and now kisses him on the lips before pulling away.

She continues to caress Willie's head as she loves pampering him.

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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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"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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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.

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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.

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Shrika is clicking one of her talons against the ground. She sees several men fall to her side. But there were just small fries. The bigger threat and most likely a worthwhile prey is the Ember. She sees Ember use her fire to burn the reflected bullets.

A dance, hm? With red glowing eyes behind the darkness of her mask, the bird grins, showing pearly sharp teeth. "Then let's have some fun." She opened her wings fully, showing her great wingspan when Ember unleashed the flame crane. With the flap of her wings, she bats the fire away from her and she sends out two daggers from her plumage, launching at Ember.

Shrika charges in with her wings folded and goes for a sharp thrust using her beak.

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Well… that was unfortunate. For the other mafia men, not her. She loved a good battle and she was glad this one was not ending soon. However, she wondered how she was going to fight an opponent in the sky. If only Chuuya was here… But if he was, then she won't have any fun.

"Is that so? Well, lets have a fun dance, just the two of us!"

As Shrika let out a supersonic screech, she had to quickly closed her ears. Not that it did her any good because she could feel her eardrums rupturing from the sound. After all of this, she will need to see Mori to check her ears. As bullets were shot back at them, Ember used her fire to burn any bullets that were coming her way. She wasn't sure if the other members could hear her but she made the signal for them to leave. This was between her and Shrika.

"This is going to be a lot of fun!" She said as she summoned a huge flame crane that flew straight to Shrika.

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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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@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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"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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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.

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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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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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"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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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."

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Shrika smirks. "You're not wrong...." Japan is indeed a perfect place for tourists. Tokyo is one of the most famous cities for tourists to visit. Yokohama is right next to it. No one would expect a tourist to help out the Armed Agency, especially a killer.

Shrika smiles behind her bird form when told that this is her favorite part. "Consider yourself special~. Not many people have the privilege to ride me when I fly."

There were three that were allowed to fly on her back.

Nikolai. Sid. And there's Matt.

The ones who are unlucky will be taken by her talons and will be dropped to their deaths. With the clown on her back, she flaps her wings and goes to take flight as she runs then jumps and ascends to the skies. She goes to do something fun as she dives down and goes near the water of the bay and starts to tilt towards the right where the reflection shows Nikolai on top.

"I bet this is your favorite part," Shrika tells him before flapping her wings to go up again.

"Either saying you're a foreign student or heck-- even just a tourist I think no one would really say you stood out. Japan is quite a touristy place, it attracts a lotta foreigners," Nikolai pointed out to her. So many people from around the world came to Japan for other reason. Hell-- even Nikolai was a foreigner, he was from Ukraine.

Fyodor even wasn't from Japan, he was from Russia and even had his accent, even when speaking Japanese he'd carry his accent, which folks native to Japan found very interesting.

Nikolai laughed and nodded his head in agreement. "Yuppers~! Taking them out makes it easier~! But eh-- I've cleaned up messes before after having duties to do. Did it quite often when I was a secretary for the government here in Japan~!"

He hated that job... he was abused by his boss quite often. He knew that man was still alive but-- he hoped that man didn't know he was alive and well... Or else there'd be trouble certainly...

When the woman shifted to her bird like form, Nikolai clapped his hands in an applause before tossing them into the air, skipping over to her in delight before he jumped onto her back with glee.

"This has got to be my FAVORITE part of traveling with you~!" he giggled as he secured himself on her back.

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She kept walking with her hands behind her back with a soft hum. She is thinking about what to do with him. Shrika had something in mind but she didn't mind killing time.

Huh? Oda?

No way. That's not right. Is he messing with her? Was there a name Oda within the Agency?

"Daphne." She smiles, turning to face him. "By the way, are you sure it's a raven? Or is it a much bigger bird that stole your ring, Oda-san?" She chuckles a bit, "I mean it's hard to believe a raven might steal something like that. It makes me wonder how that's possible."

"Can you tell what that bird really looks like, Oda-san?" She smiles at him, hoping he can get straight to the point without anyone interfering. "Because I might know what kind of bird it is."

Dazai followed her with a 'clueless' look on his face. He acted like he was truly just looking for the raven that stole his ring. But in truth, he knew exactly who she was, what group she was part of. He had targeted her from the get go.

The detective looked up at the tree where there was the pile of leaves. He smiled as he looked up, seeming happy that the raven would be there. But when the woman spoke again, he looked at her. Tilting his head to the side.

"Oh? My name? It's Oda," he answered without any hesitation. He was using a fake name, just to avoid anyone knowing who he really was.

"What's yours, miss?"