The Lyrist

She's alive?

At the Strange madness radiating off of Callie reached them, Something strange began to happen. “WHAT IS THIS!” The rapier screamed, lashing about “NO NO NO NO NO! I AM ALIVE I AM REAL I EXIST” "Ogloth? Darling what’s wrong?" Rose says very scared. The rapier suddenly stops, and becomes its normal weapon form, but something is missing, it doesnt seem to be exuding any madness. Rose collapses to her knees. "NOOO PRECIOUS DARLING OGLOTH" she weeps and screams, rolling around on the ground, clutching the blade to herself, not caring that it cuts her skin. Spikes shoot in and out of her skin as her blood roils. Rose is having a complete and utter mental breakdown "WITHOUT YOU WHAT AM I WHAT AM I WHO AM I AM, I ME?" she snivels and whimpers clutching the rapier. "NO LIVE PRECIOUS LIVE" Her aura explodes outwards pumping energy into the weapon. Theres a twitch and it begins to move again. “Rose…. w-we have to leave…. she… she can make me un-alive again….” it goes back into her and she nods, sprouting wings. "This i-isn;t over dear sister… ogloth and i will get stronger…" shes weak though and can barely stand after pumping what was an impressive amount of energy into her weapon.With a flex of her six black wings she flies off"

Calliope saw her... inner nature as something to be ashamed of, and so rarely used it's power or partook of the benefits it offered. Due to this, she had very little control when she did utilize her power, her Madness. The Madness wavelength rather than receding began to slowly increase as Calliope gradually lost her hold on it. Her voice projected from the pistol, shaking with effort, "R-roxy, d-drop me and l-leave me. I-i don't w-want you to b-be hurt or w-worse, c-contaminated by m-me. I-if I-i don't regain c-control, m-make sure they send s-someone t-to k-kill me."

She's alive?

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A Soulful Girl

A Soulful Girl

A Soulful Girl

"Hello?" asked Callie and, wondering why Jane was greeting her, she opened her eyes and immediately noticed Terezi. She immediately shut her wavelength back down, keeping it rigidly contained once more, before greeting Terezi herself, "Umm, hello there. I-i’m Calliope, and i-it’s n-nice to meet you. W-what brings you h-here?" Then, turning to Jane, she asked, "D-did you get a good f-feel f-for how to s-sense wavelengths, J-jane?"

A Soulful Girl

A Soulful Girl

Callie led Jane to one of the parks inside of Death City, it was one of the less populated parks, mainly due to being rather small and out of the way for the average park goer. "OK, h-here we are," Callie stated, "Now I-i'll just raise my wavelength some and you try to sense it I-i guess. Best o-of luck, J-jane." Callie walked a couple of steps away from Jane before closing her eyes and focusing her attention inward. Normally, she kept a tight rein on her soul wavelength to avoid startling anyone, but now she relaxed her hold, not all the way but enough to make it easily noticeable to anyone sensitive to such things within a few hundred yards.

A Soulful Girl

Blushing as she shook Jane's hand, Callie replied, "I'm Calliope English." Releasing her hold on Jane's hand, Callie asked, "Why don't we head outside? I-i'll be able to focus my w-wavelength more strongly out there than in h-here, which should make it easier to sense, h-hopefully." She gestured towards the door, "I know a perfect little spot w-where R-roxy, my meister, and I g-go to train."

"You give up what?" Callie asked, peering around the corner of a bookshelf to Jane's side, "W-were you trying o-out something new? Do you n-need any help? I-I'd be glad to i-if you need it. Though I w-would advise r-regardless to keep y-your voice down. The librarian was e-eyeing you rather disdainfully I m-must say."

"A-a c-cat?" asked Callie blushing even more furiously after linking arms, "T-that sounds j-just delightful, Roxy. W-whatever shall we n-name it? Should we get a b-boy or a g-girl?" She looked up at Roxy with wide, excited eyes as she fired off question after question as they...

"T-that sounds delightful, R-roxy." Callie blushed furiously at the thought of sharing a milkshake with her friend. Looking through the menu she found what she wanted and began waiting for a waiter to come over and take her and Roxy’s orders. She was planning on having spaghetti with a salad as an appetizer. She blushed even more when she thought of the spaghetti and what sharing that with Roxy would be like.

From the white pistol emerges Callie's voice, "I will not allow you to harm Roxy, she is my friend and meister. You aren't worthy to even look upon her much less share her name." Her voice came through quite clearly, never once wavering as she stood firm in her dedication. "I am Calliope English, and all those who threaten my friends shall perish."

Suddenly Callie stepped between the two sisters, “I-I would prefer it i-if you did not raise s-such baseless accusations a-against my meister, thank y-you very much.” One arm was already transformed into the barrel of a magnum, pointing towards the younger Lalonde. Turning her head back ever so slightly so she wouldn’t lose sight of Rose, she spoke to Roxy much more softly, “I-it doesn’t m-matter to me what y-you are or aren’t, s-so long as you are s-still my friend and m-meister Roxy L-Lalonde.” After her reassurance, she made her full transformation into a simple white magnum that floated just before Roxy, waiting to be wielded.

Smiling beatifically, and blushing even more furiously, Callie followed her meister over to the door to slip on her shoes, pausing for a second to look in a mirror and straighten her cosplay horns, she was devoid of her normal gray facepaint at the moment but the horns were her...

"A-a c-cat?" asked Callie blushing even more furiously after linking arms, "T-that sounds j-just delightful, Roxy. W-whatever shall we n-name it? Should we get a b-boy or a g-girl?" She looked up at Roxy with wide, excited eyes as she fired off question after question as they walked, not even giving Roxy time to respond as she fretted over all the small details involved. After a short time, however, she fell silent as they reached the restaurant; she had been close with her guess as to the name, rather than CarneVino, it was Carne Vale.

"That sounds d-delightful, R-Roxy. H-how about we go to t-that new Italian place d-down the street from D-deathbucks? You l-like Italian food right?" Calliope hesistantly asked, stuttering over her words, "I t-think it was called CarneVino o-or something right?" She smiled at her...

Smiling beatifically, and blushing even more furiously, Callie followed her meister over to the door to slip on her shoes, pausing for a second to look in a mirror and straighten her cosplay horns, she was devoid of her normal gray facepaint at the moment but the horns were her staple. Satisfied with the angle her horns sat at, she slipped on her own shoes and opened the door, "S-shall we go then, m-milady?"

"That sounds d-delightful, R-Roxy. H-how about we go to t-that new Italian place d-down the street from D-deathbucks? You l-like Italian food right?" Calliope hesistantly asked, stuttering over her words, "I t-think it was called CarneVino o-or something right?" She smiled at her meister radiantly as she finished her question, hoping Roxy liked her choice for their kinda-maybe-date. Oh, and now Callie is blushing everywhere... Can I get a D'aww?