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A Modern Day Fairy Tale

Story

Mankind no longer sees us as reality, we are fiction. We have been humanized. Fairies, werewolves, vampires, mermaids, trolls, ogres we all have become bed time stories to children for entertainment. I remember the olden days before these buildings of steel skeletons were built, but we cope. Humans ignore us and I think we like it better this way. Welcome to our new world creatures of myth. The underground is our new territories, as well as mountainous peaks, the most dense of forests, and the deepest black pits of oceans.

Enter the Valkyrie, the supernatural police force. If your out of line, they'll put you in line. You keep it up, they'll put you down. They're the ones who keep humans from finding out about us. ( If we don't get someone who wants to play as a valkyrie cause I have a feeling we'll probably need one at some point, then I'll create a profile of one. They have to be women though, just like in mythology)

This story is set in a large busy city (I suppose it could be New York since it has the most underground places like subways and sewers) but if you and a few other characters want to have your part of the story take place in a different setting, PM me and we'll work it out. I don't want this to have just one place with one type of story. That gets old and then the thread dies. This will be an Epic Thread! All are welcome (as long as you know how to use spell check and can put more than one sentence with proper grammatical marks). Any type of creature is welcome and even humans.

RULES

1) Please PM your profiles to me, that way they wont take up space on the thread.
2) Follow the Forum rules. Minimum cursing, Pg-13 (if you want more adult situations take it to PM)
3) no god moding! I absolutely can not stand someone who does this and you will be banned from my thread (If I'm not around and someone notices a God Moder, PM me their screen name, don't do it yourself please)
4) Please....this is suppose to be about how Mythical creatures USE to be. No tinkerbells, no Edward Cullens (vampires CAN NOT go in sunlight, no exceptions. Werewolves CAN NOT shapeshift unless its a full moon. Shapeshifters however can change at will)

Character Information

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please put Yumeh anywhere in the Pm if you understand my rules.

Accepted Profiles

Username:Spitfire65745
Name: Nihm
Race: Fairy
Age: Appears at least 22
Bio: Nihm is one of the few half Seelie and half Unseelie fairies and because of it her life was hell. She wasn't accepted by either side of the Fae court so when she was old enough, she chose to live her life in the human world.
Appearance: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...5/evil_fae.jpg
Personality: Shes seen a lot of hatred in her life, so Nihm can be pretty quite and reserved at times, until she opens up to people
Special Abilities: None that she knows of

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Username: Leir
Name: Jude
Race: Vampire
Age: 90; appears 21
Bio: Jude has, and always will be deeply interested in the workings of the human world, though he cannot stand humans. He is the artistic type, so he doesn't like confrontation or fighting. He really wants to have a relationship where he is understood and accepted. He isn't one of the vampires who focuses hard on his race's hate for lycans.
Appearance: http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...FFZ/casper.jpg
Personality: Artistic type. Non-confrontational, gentle, kind. Although, he can be very sarcastic.
Any other information: In his younger years as a vampire he was pushed into the sunlight, leaving his neck, left arm and chest severely burned. He hides the burns at all costs. The burn does not travel down past his forearm.

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Username:MintyRey
Name:Natalia 'Tala' Mayari
Race: Human
Age:22
Bio: Born into a long line of albularyos (folk healers), Tala is a med student who is currently working part-time as a dishwasher at a local bar. Most of her family work in the medical field but have long since abandoned the old ways of supernatural healing for the modern marvels of science. She was pushed by her parents into entering medical school to become a doctor but all she wanted was to take up herbalism and ethnobotany. She managed to get her parents to let her take up clinical medical assisting instead, which she believed was less intimidating than becoming a doctor. She loved the stories her maternal grandfather and her paternal grandmother told her about how they healed humans and supernatural beings using the ancient ways. But her parents, uncles, aunts and other grandparents have dismissed folk remedies as rural superstition. Even after moving to this country though, she still dreams about the stories her grandparents have told her. It was only in the past two years that she had started to notice the more mystic denizens of the city.
Appearance:Tala (the girl in the pic)
Personality: Tala is very passionate about the things she likes and normally would be outgoing. She isn't used to staying up late though, so she often doesn't say much when she becomes tired. She tries her best not to be judgmental of others.
Any other information: Tala recently became an intern at a mysterious blood bank at night. She's becoming more and more suspicious of its workings but still can't figure out why.

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Username: Sugiza
Name: Mikhail
Race: Shapeshifter
Age: Unknown - appears as twenty-five years in his primary human form.

Bio: Mikhail has done many things in his lifetime. Earliest in his life, he had done many beneficial things for humans. However, this all changed about 5 years ago. It is theorized that he was changed significantly in some way--perhaps the loss of a loved one or a revelation of life-changing porportions--caused a radical change in ideals and temperment. Suddenly, all his deeds were evil and horrid - from the wanton slaughter of innocents to corruption of a semi-popular religion. It is unknown what directly caused this, or what his plans are for the future, but one thing is clear; it will be interesting. Most beings instinctively dislike Mikhail upon laying eyes on him. Over time, Mikail has mastered nearly every weapon available through rigerous training and constant motion.

Appearance: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6576/mikhailb.jpg

Personality: Extreme. Often can go from incredibly sad to exceptionally angry in just a few moments, and his other emotions are the same. He is rarely ever just a bit of something. Mikhail tends to be hostile to anyone he meets, considering them inferior.

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Username: JDClown
Name: Katerina Karnovich (Katelin Fuller on her false birth certificate, just Kate to people who know her.)
Race: Vampire
Age: 102, appears 22.
Bio: Katerina grew up in Russia with her father, mother, and older brother. Her father fought and died for the Allies in the first world war, while her mother was a lady-in-waiting to Czarina Alexandra Romanov, the empress of Russia at the time. Because of this, Katerina lived a comfortable life and was a rather spoiled child. With the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the abdication of Czar Nicholas II, however, all this came to a screeching halt. The Romanovs were placed in captivity, and along with them went Katerina's mother and several other of the family's servants. Katerina's brother, Dimitri, decided that they were no longer safe in Russia, and with their mother's savings, he managed to get them two tickets to escape to America, where things were supposedly much better. They were - for a while. In 1929, at age 22, Katerina was assaulted and turned into a vampire. Life changed for her in a big way. She committed murder that first night, it was inevitable - a newly changed vampire couldn't hope to resist the urge to feed. She couldn't go out in daylight anymore, and the thought of telling her superstitious brother what had happened was out of the question in her mind, so she ran. Over a decade later, she found her brother's name on a list of soldier deaths in the second world war, and she will always regret leaving him. Now, she has risen to a high position in one of New York's largest covens - she's not quite at the top, but she's getting there. The only thing holding her back is her age, as all of the coven's current leaders were born before the 1800's. Compared to them, Kate is very young, and according to them, far too naive and inexperienced. She resents this and wants to prove her worth to them somehow.
Appearance: She has straight light blonde hair that she likes to keep tied back in a loose bun, so it stays out of the way. Her eyes are a solemn, steely gray-blue. She's slightly taller than average, and her build is just a little on the slim side. Her face isn't really anything special; you could call her pretty in a serious sort of way, but that's about it.
Personality: 'Serious' is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Kate, and it just about sums her up. She's quiet and businesslike, and this could be mistaken for rudeness when you first meet her, but she doesn't mean to come across that way. Her main goal right now is to rise to a top position in her coven's ranks, as she doesn't like taking orders from others. She's a leader, not a follower. She dislikes small talk and rarely smiles.
Any other information: She speaks fluent English without any hint of an accent, but when she gets angry, excited, or upset, her Russian accent returns and her English grammar gets progressively worse.

Username: JDClown
Name: Nick, full name unknown.
Race: Fairy
Age: Unknown, can appear to be anywhere from 13 to 18.
Bio: Nick is one of the solitary fey. He doesn't belong to any court, and that's the way he likes it. He was tricked by Kate into giving her his true name, and now he is forced to serve her for as long as she deems necessary. From the look of things, she won't be releasing him any time soon - he's far too useful. Nick doesn't like living in the city, but he wouldn't have much of a choice, anyway, even without Kate's influence. There are very few wild places left that don't belong to one court or another, and as one of the solitary fey, he can't trespass there. For now, he doesn't particularly mind Kate's company. She feeds him and keeps him off the streets, at least, and she's fun to tease, so he's decided to enjoy it while it lasts.
Appearance: Without his glamour, Nick has mottled green skin, shaggy dark green hair, and completely black eyes - no whites. He is thin and wiry, with abnormally long digits that appear to have an extra joint. His wings are green and filmy, and at the base of one is a nasty scar from a bullet that renders him incapable of flight, as the scarred wing can no longer support his weight. With glamour, he favors blonde hair and blue eyes to match Kate, but this isn't set in stone and he'll change it however he pleases.
Personality: Outgoing and playful, with a bit of a nasty streak. He loves to tease and pull practical jokes, usually harmless, but sometimes they turn more sinister. Humans are his favorite toys.
Any other information: He has the gift of tongues like most of his kind, and he
likes to argue loudly in Russian with Kate in public. It makes people stare.

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Username: Demoncat
Name: None ( she is just called "Manticore" )
Race: Manticore
Age: Unknown
Bio: the manticore lives in a empty subway, she eats mice and other animals that come down into the subway, everynow and then she meals on a human. the manticore can change into a human, but barely, she would still keep her fur and sharp teeth which she has to cover up if she doesn't want to be noticed.
Appearance: As a manticore
Personality: Morbid, giddy, devious, silly.
Any other information: Can't stand sunlight, not a major weakness but she mostly is active at night.

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Username:MintyRey
Name:Eir
Race:Valkyrie
Age: Looks 20
Bio: One of the valkyries, sentinels of justice in the supernatural world. Despite her name, Eir is not benevolent or merciful. She enforces the law with an iron fist and is ruthless when pursuing criminals, often ignoring their well being or the well being of bystanders. As long as she brings them to the trials alive, the injuries they sustain during capture and transport will not matter to her.
Appearance: http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/t...aracter_03.jpg
Personality: Sadistic and cruel. Eir likes to play with her prey before bringing them in, often the cause of most of their injuries.
Any other information: Ironically, she has the ability to heal wounds, a gift she uses just to be able to keep her captives alive and torture them again. She has the standard array of valkyrie powers: flight, strength, speed, and invisibility to normal humans

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Username: emiko_firecaster
Name: Raina Helinniel Tûrwethiel
Race: elf
Age: looks 20 actual unknown
Bio: raised from a young age in the middle of the forest Raina quickly grew into a powerful healer. her forest life also caused her a need to train and so she has remained in great shape and looks young. around when she turned 200 she was attacked and mutilated by a group of poachers in the forest. since then she keeps her arms covered as well as most of her body. two years ago her forest was cleared out and she moved to the city where she plys her trade out of a dojo healing most who come to her aid.
Appearance: with no glamour on, glamor on
Personality:quiet and withdrawn, can be a smartass sometimes and other times she shows her age- most of the time she acts carefree and hyper though she has somedays where its better to not talk to her and to leave her alone
Any other informationcan not stand bullies and will beat on anyone who does

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Username:emiko firecaster
Name: Sumali Vanna'Elfel
Race: vampire
Age: looks 20 is about 70-75
Bio: sumali was a tomboy for all of her life, and even after turning she was a tomboy, her master turned her accidently in a case of mistaken identity. luckily her master was a kind one and took her under her wing teaching her about the faerie world and the rules of it. she lived with him for fifty years and was happy until a drunk driver ran him over in the early morning hours. seriously hurt he could not find shelter before the sun charboiled him. upon hearing of his death she went beserk and killed several people before dissapearing off the grid completely. about three months ago she resurfaced and is trying to find a coven to help her with her urges which she sometimes still has trouble with. trained in many different styles of fighting she is very athletic and retains that form in the vampires half-dead state
Appearance: before i was bitten, i now look like this
Personality: bright and cheerful she sometimes slips into a sort extreme seriousness and locks out her emotions. thinks fast and acts faster she is not one to back down from a fight
Any other information: dont challenge her she will turn to face it head on and will win it eery time no matter how long it takes.

Nihm walked down the busy streets of her city, a cigarette hanging from her lips. Some people would look at her, see her pure black eyes, but only think they were contacts. She loved this new age where science makes everyone think that the things they use to fear didn't exist anymore. She took a whiff of the air, smelling the metals and poisons around her and smiled. She couldn't understand why she didn't mind living here surrounded by things that are slowely killing her, but heck humans do the same thing.

(ok I gotta go, Leir I'll be back tomorrow)

The boy walked with light dancer's steps, his gray eyes wandered listlessly over the streetlights. It was dawn for him, or dusk for anyone else. Now was his time. This was when he thrived. He made a quick pitstop into a grocery store, buying a nice slab of steak, the bloodiest he could find and retired in the park behind an oak tree. There he ate his first meal of the day, doing away with the blood-drained slab of meat in a trash can. Where did he have money? Jude had his ways. A small ukelele was slung on his back, and he planned to play it later on for some cash. If he picked the neighborhood right, he could make a cool $100 tonight.

He smelled cigarette smoke and his lips parted, mouth watering for one. A cigarette. Recently he'd run out, and hadn't had the peace of mind to buy any. He figured he might as well try to bum one off of whoever was smoking it. His eyes flickered a bright red for half a moment, then returned to their gray. He wandered along the streets, looking down at his beloved Chuck Taylors. They looked wet, and he knocked it up to the couple puddles he'd walked through on his little "morning" adventure. His turtleneck hid what he hated most well, and that was really the most of Jude's concerns at the moment. He didn't care for living with a Coven, like most vampires did. He kicked it freestyle.

The scent of Fae blood rushed into his nostrils and he smirked, seeing her up ahead. How strange. A Fae... smoking? That was certainly unheard of. He walked up behind her, calling out. "Excuse me, Miss?" His voice was delicate, and laced with a British accent.

((Sorry. o.o;;; that's long.))

((Aww. D: Byebye! TTYL! <3 ))

She turned to the boy, not even bothering to glamour her eyes. She saw the way he looked at her cigarette and smiled, before reaching into her pocket to fish out her pack, holding it open for him," Don't you always feel kinda bad when you have to bum one from a complete stranger?"

(don't worry about it being long lol)

He chuckled and closed his eyes, shrugging. "No, not terribly." He laughed and took it from her, bowing his head. "Thank you miss." He popped it in his mouth, his eyes closing as he reached into his messenger bag. He fished out a lighter and he struck it, puffing softly as the cigarette lit up. "So, you're clearly not... human. What are you, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Half Seelie, Half Unseelie, not accepted by either so I'm here." She looked him over and smirked," Out of the two of us your closer to being human yet not. So what are you?" She loved meeting nonhumans in the city. It still shocked her sometimes

"Vampire." He chided, making sure his voice was low. He knew vampires who would kill him for walking the human world. Usually they stayed underground in their coven. Only hunters were allowed on the surface. But, Jude being the troublemaker he didn't listen. Smoke from the cigarette he smoked trailed from his lips, the boy looking distant and handsome.
"So, you live here in the city?" He asked, smirking slightly. How interesting.

can there be half-bloods al la percy jackson

( all I ask is you MUST know enough about actual demigods since thats what Percy was and you still have to PM your profile to me.

Also Leir, humans don't know anything about our existence yet, we might add that in later but for right now, humans are blind)

(( Oh. Dx Sorry. Let me edit my post so it doesn't involve humans. D; I'm sorry. ))

She smiled and nodded to him, a wisp of smoke escaping from her lips," Yeah, neither court would accept me so I moved here to the city. The iron in the building may be poison to my body, but I love it here. You'd be surprised how many nonhumans are here. New York is a wonderful place for us to hide with subway systems and what not." She looked at him with her pure black eyes, "We even have our own bars and restaurants.

"Yeah, it's a real paradise." He laughed, his eyes sparkling gently. "Hiding our existance isn't as easy as yours might be. Vampires do have to feed off of the blood of humans..." He exhaled slightly, taking a long drag on the cigarette. He looked tired, like he'd just woken up. Infact, he had.

She was looking up at the sky then back down to him," There's a small blood clinic run by a vampire nearby. They steal from large blood banks for vampires who are new or just don't want to hunt. Don't forget the Markets as well." She smirked remembering her first time to the Markets.

He laughed happily, his eyes closing slightly. "Yes..." He rubbed his arms and shifted his legs. "Mmmm." He exhaled slowly, feeling actually a little hungry. "I suppose. I forget about those..."

She smiled at him," Come on I'll walk you over there if you want, not like I have anything to be afraid of, you guys can't drink Fae blood."

He smirked, nodding as he walked alongside the Fae. "Mmm..." He exhaled, rubbing his neck. "So, how long have you been in the city?" He took another puff of his cigarette, his lips parting a little.

"Hm..." She thought for a moment," I think about 20 years. I traveled around for some time from city to city but I love it here too much." She chuckled as they kept walking.

The new intern swept her hair behind her ear as she sighed. It was only an hour into her shift and she was already feeling tired. Today had been a hectic one. She had to go to the DMV renew her driver's license early in the morning because she accidentally let her old one expire. Then she had to head over to the campus via taxi cab because her car broke down. The morning traffic did not help matters and she missed her first class. After her classes were over, she had to head straight to the Rois Rouges Blood Bank if she ever wanted to beat the afternoon traffic. She looked at the clock, wishing the hands would move past 6:13 and on to 8:00, the time she would get to go home.

Although she had already worked at Rois Rouges for a month, the place still seemed eerie to her. Most of the night staff weren't much into conversation and were rather pale. She forced herself to shrug it off, reassuring herself that it was only because they were tired or were anemic. She laughed slightly at the thought.
"If they needed more blood, they could always grab some from the fridges." she said to herself. An image of one of her pallid co-workers grabbing a pack of blood and drinking from it like it was juice flashed through her mind. The word vampire soon followed causing her to laugh once more. She wearily rubbed her eyes as she looked through the names on the computer before her. 'Vampires, pshaaa...You're a nut.' she thought to herself, yawning once more. She started making a new file for another rich patient when she overheard a conversation between two of the phlebotomists.

"I heard another batch of new blood was brought in. But security at the other blood banks are getting tougher and tougher. If this keeps up the boss is going to have to make a deal with the Council to get blood their way. We'll be attacking humans like the rest of them." said one of them in a whispered tone.

"That's not good. They'll be sending the Elites to run our place like they do every other eatery in this city. They've been known to attack even their allies if they feel they've been disrespected. Who knows if they'll leave us alone." said the other.

"That's why we have to finish our research soon. Artificial blood is the only way we can live in peace. Until then, the delivery crew will just have to figure out a way around those new security measures."replied the first one.

Tala didn't get to hear the rest of their strange conversation because the pair went into one of the elevators by the front doors. It was true the blood stored here came from mysterious donors, but what was this talk about attacking humans and artificial blood? She stared at the door of the elevator the phlebotomists entered, trying to think of an explanation for what she just heard. But her tired brain just couldn't process properly right now and soon she was busy editing patient files again. What a strange city this had become.

(ok no clue what happened to the other guy..oh well)

She stopped infront of a building and nodded to the vampire," This is the place, just go inside, tell them what kind you prefer and you should get it if they have a supply." She looked the building over and noticed for once how....creepy it looked at night.

((So sorry about my absence. With the combo of being sick and school, I've been a scatterbrain. D: ))

Jude glanced up at the building smirking as he walked towards it. This was nothing. He'd been to some pretty sceevey places in his day. He wandered inside, tapping his pale fingertips on the counter before ringing the bell. Mmm. It smelled of cinnamon inside. Nice. "Helloooo?"