HomerinNYC (1:46:11 AM): It's finished. It took weeks of dedicated work, but you've finally finished refurbishing your father's armor. The fibers in the legs were heavily damaged, presumably from the same creature that killed your father- losing it's life in the process- but thankfully, the school had plenty enough material to help fix them. You've had some help from Jophan, a young Wood Exalt who wishes to become a summoner, who, as it happens, is working in the room next to yours, practicing his first full summoning.<br/>Tenshi Muse (2:07:13 AM): Allisara ran her fingertips along the smoothly polished blue jade.  "I can't believe it's finished," she whispered.<br/><br/>Opening a compartment, she dropped in her father's Hearthstones and listened to the subtle humming of the armor begining to power up.  She whished so desperatly that she could use it, make it one with her the way her father had.  She stared at the helmet carefuly, then looked at the closed door.<br/><br/>Blushing softly, she peeled out of her outer clothes and began to don the armor.  "This is ridiculous," she whispered, "I probably can't even move with this thing on."<br/><br/>Grumbling at her own flight of fancy and forbiden pleasure, she locked the chestplate in place, feeling it mash her breasts against her chest while it was too wide in the shoulders and waist, tight in the hips.  Naturaly it was looser everywhere than it would be if she were actualy able to atune to it.  She reached for the helmet and stared at it, wondering if her mother had ever seen her father wearing it.  She certainly told enough awe-filled tales of the great deeds he'd done in this armor.<br/>HomerinNYC (2:12:33 AM): The memories of those old days are chased away when there's a yell from the next room, and the bloody sound of a body striking a wall- something's gone wrong. And then the tales come back.<br/><br/>You see each of those stories your mother told you of, the days your father served in the glorious Seventh Legion, the angry little god Seteth Munra who your father managed to subdue after he slew a score of mortal troops, the demons who fell before his sword, and those last few moments he remembered as he cut at the creature which had already killed him, lying on the ice, his thoughts going back to his wife, and his children, and the only time your father ever wept, leaving perfect diamonds of blue jade on the ground as his men fought valiantly to stop the horde of horrors.<br/><br/>And you realize, you know how he fought, and the fight calls to you, to help your friend, and to fufill your destiny- and to help your father enjoy the satisfaction of at least one more battle.<br/>Tenshi Muse (2:24:19 AM): Without a thought, relying on instincts and reflexes not her own, Alisarra jammed the helmet on her head and twisted it into place.  Then she flexed...  Something.  Something powerful and cold and alive like a brisk winter's day.  The armor flexed and shuddered as it whirred to life.  It rippled, then clenched shut, reshaping as it sucked in to fit the body of a beauty she'd only dreamed of before, feathersteel and blue jade plates moulding to a body to live and die for.<br/><br/>For a split instant, she caught site of herself in the mirror and gawked, then the reflex hit her again and she hurled jerked the door open, shouldered rolled out it to come up in a crouch, checked if the hall was clear...<br/><br/>Experience not her own tempered her exuberance.  Either her friend was already dead, or he had a few moments yet to live.  She inhaled and assumed the Five Dragon Form and the Five Dragon Blocking Technique, and fed motes to the helmet's lens to activate their Essence Sight.  Then she kicked open the door to Jophan's study, meaning to lead off her attack with a lightning bolt.<br/>HomerinNYC (2:33:25 AM): A hideous ape-like creature, clearly an Erymanthoi, stands over Jophan's body, a massive bone club in it's hand. Jophan doesn't appear to be dead, but he's hurt- badly. It growls, and blurs momentarily, focusing itself to draw upon the principles that the Primordials forged when they built the world, moving in the most efficient ways and angles possible, body blurring as it prepares to attack you.<br/>HomerinNYC (2:34:13 AM): It moves quickly, drawing the club upwards, and bringing it down, striking the strong, jade-forged armor three times in rapid succession.<br/>Tenshi Muse (2:41:23 AM): Lightning arced up Alissara's arms as the moved smoothly, trailing snowflakes, to catch each of the three blows on her gauntlets.<br/>HomerinNYC (2:56:43 AM): The blood ape shrieks angrily as you cut at it, essence-edged fists cutting it badly. The creature growls at you, and leaps again, battering you with the bone club angrily, clearly wanting vengeance.<br/>Tenshi Muse (3:00:22 AM): The amrored girl's fists cracked into the demons belly, then sternum, then she leapt high to drive her fist up into it's chin.  Coming down she crossed her wrists to catch the hammering club, then dropped low to avoid being crushed.  She knocked a second downwards strike to the right, then to the left.  Ready now, she skipped up onto the club as it was raised up, which hurled her into the air.  As she came down, she laced her fingers together.  Frost shot up her gloves and a ball of lighting arched out of her fingers as she brought her essence charged fists down on at the demon's head.<br/>HomerinNYC (3:06:22 AM): The creature shrieks, clearly badly wounded now, taking a last few desperate swings at you.<br/>HomerinNYC (3:09:20 AM): The creature's blows have been increasingly desperate, and it throws itself off balance with it's frenzied attacks, leaving you in a perfect position to kick some ass.<br/>Tenshi Muse (3:10:55 AM): "Skum of the hells," she hissed in a voice that exuded conficence, even a sexy arogance the mousy girl had never dreamed of exuding before, "Time to send you back to the Abyss that spawne you."  She arched her fingers into the dragon claw position and long talons of lightning extended from them.  "Languish in slime tell the end of time."<br/><br/>She struck.<br/>HomerinNYC (3:17:51 AM): The creature stops dead, and blood drips from all parts of it's body, as it slowly evaporates into blood and steam, leaving Japhon lying on the floor, and slowly coming out of it. " Who..." He looks up towards the armor. " Alissara... Is that you...? How did you get the armor to work..." He then notices the powerful anima whirling around you, and his face breaks into a grin. " You did it! You exalted...." He smiles, seeming to fade out for a moment- he took quite a beating.<br/>Tenshi Muse (3:20:53 AM): She grinned and slipped off the helmet.  "I did, didn't I?  Japhon, this is incredible!  My mind, my body, my gods, I'm so alive it hurts!  Oh...!  I'm sorry, you're half dead, and I can't even touch you!  Was that the only one?  Will you be safe while I dart down to the infirmiry for help?"<br/>HomerinNYC (3:22:30 AM): He slowly sits up. " Yes... I failed to bind it." He sighs, lowering his head. " I'm ashamed- I couldn't even bind an Erymanthoi." He smiles towards you. " But you've Exalted, so things have turned out fairly well." He grins. " No worries, the infirmary will probably send someone here soon-" The door bursts open, and a teacher, bow in hand, stares. " Ah... Jophan, I believe the alarm for this room activated?" " Yes, but... Alissara saved me." He smiles, and the Teacher opens his eyes a bit wider. " Is this true, young lady?"<br/>Tenshi Muse (3:25:08 AM): She smiled and held up the blood steaming off of her crackling gauntlets.  The steam wafted away into the swirling snow surounding her.  "I had it's hart in my had for a good three seconds before it evaporated, sensei.  I'm quite confidant it didn't just dematerialize."<br/>HomerinNYC (3:26:17 AM): He smiles. " It is good to see you have Exalted..." He looks towards Jophan warningly. " You should be more careful about your summonings from now on. You won't always have Miss Ky'lilandrin here to protect you..." He grins. " I believe that you are due an admission into the school, Alissara..."