Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-29739190-20170218181253/@comment-26892768-20170218201731

(Now then, while I wait for Jedha to find this thread, I'll be getting to work on getting my other characters to Gotham.)

Somewhere in the Otherworld, Sasha breathes in, and out. Focus...focus...

She pulls down on the chain that, by all means, should open the door in front of her.

It doesn't, and a symphony of growls reaches her ears as several disturbing creatures appear out of nowhere. Sasha takes a moment to assess her opponents.

A large, demented caricature of a human head; skinless with coral growing out of the holes where it's eyes should be. It opens it's mouth breifly, revealing orange crystal covering the flesh connecting the upper and lower jaw. Enhanced durability, enhanced speed, defended against magic.

A large, dark blue humanoid with a freakishly large left arm covered in spikes and no right arm. Instead of a head, there's an opening on it's chest covered in orange crystal. Enhanced strength, self-regenerating.

A freakishly large eye with an eyelid that's a disgusting shade of green. Four curved blocks surround it, two covered in orange crystal. Enhanced speed, enhanced durability.

A small monster with purple arms, covered in a blue bedsheet. Enhanced attack, enhanced speed, enhanced durability, self-regenerating.

First matter of business: Devour the enhanced attack and the self-regenerating boosts from the creature with a blue bedsheet. The mouth covering Sasha's armor opens up, and the magic enhancing the monster's natural skills goes into her. Second order of business: kill the head fast so that it doesn't have a chance to enhance it's allies. Sasha charges up her sword with magic, breaks the orange crystal, and tears into the head-like enemy with gusto.

Sasha then notices the eye getting a little too close to her liking, so she uses two more charge slashes to break the crystal, breaks the blocks underneath, and slices at the eye until it's at a safe distance. She resumes her attack on the head, until, at last, it's dead - but moments before it dies, Sasha slices off the lower jaw, which drops to the ground as the rest of the body explodes into bloody pieces. She grabs the lower jaw by habit, and turns to face the monster covered by a blue bedsheet, who happens to be currently charging some magic.

Third order of business: stall attacking that monster in particular for as long as possible. And so, Sasha uses Blind, completely immobilizing the three monsters, before turning to the eye again. Seeing as it's been forced into a vulnerable position thanks to Blind, she focuses on the thing that is currently functioning as her left arm and taps in to her inner Rage. With a snarl, Sasha lunges at the eye, remembering the painful memories of how she got to the Otherworld, how she was forced to mature in the Otherworld, and with each strike she grows stronger, until at last the beast is dead - but not before four arms flail out from the eye, allowing Sasha to dismember the monster before it dies a painful death.

A soft blue glow emits from her necklace, and Sasha cools down before her Rage can overtake her. Her mother's memento: Sasha has two others, her father's compass, which keeps her focused at all times, and her brother's rocking horse, which allows her to heal completely by eating any of the mysterious fruit in the Otherworld that could heal her injuries, though she hasn't tested it on any other healing source. Sighing, Sasha turns around to a grunt, and quickly holds back an attack from the large humanoid with several strikes from her sword. The opening opens up, revealing an eye and a mouth...that quickly get attacked by Sasha. But she doesn't bother for long, now facing the bedsheet monster, who has just recovered from the effects of Blind. Fourth order of business: kill this thing before it becomes a problem. Without any hesitation she slices into the thing, but just as she starts doing significant damage to it, the best roars in fury. It throws off the bedsheet and grows in size, revealing it's true form - a hideous, muscular beast with disproportionately small wings and two arms resembling two halves of a dragon's head.

Just like all the others before it.

At this point, Sasha doesn't bother with the other beast, even as it attacks her, focusing solely on deflecting the giant beast's attacks and attacking it's exposed innards whenever she deflects three hits in a row. Eventually, the thing dies, a bunch of bodyparts fall, and she turns to face the humanoid...only for it to be impaled by red bones and die instantly. "Sasha." A raspy voice calls. "You must come with me."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Sasha turns to where the voice is coming from to see a familiar face - The Stranger; the one who had told her what to do and gave her the tools to do it in the first place. Admitting, she hasn't interacted with him much, but Sasha goes along with his request. The Stranger ends up leading Sasha to a fractured mirror.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"For some reason, the destination of the mirror has changed." The Stranger explains. "I have no idea where it leads now, but the mirror must think it's important for you to be there. I'll be heading with you, too, actually - like I said, I'm not sure where it leads. I would perfer for you to be intact so that you can resume your quest."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Sasha frowns, but nods in understanding. And so, she heads through the mirror, followed by The Stranger, leading them into an endless maze. But then Sasha notices symbols appearing every now and then, and starts to follow them, leading to...

<p style="font-weight:normal;">...the front entrance to a store in Gotham.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"A human city?" The Stranger asks. "Interesting."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Sasha looks around, and spots where Den-O, Morrigan, and Neon and Company are. That's definitely not normal. Sasha quickly assesses the crowd. No magical enhancements, thankfully...well, except for the one with the masks on his armor...

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> Momotaros, ''  Urataros,   Kintaros,   Ryutaros,   and Seig. ''

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Sasha blinks in confusion. That...wasn't a description of enhanced qualities. That sounded like a list of names.