The new Seraph's

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row.
Seraph's house.

Lief was bored, she had tried watching primal earth tv, but it was.... Difficult to get into, maybe she was to young to get it? She was only five. She sighs and looks up as there is a clatter at the window.

Caroline was climbing in the window in full costume. "Oh... Hey short stuff." She says and pulls her mask off and lets her hair down. "What's wrong?"

Lief sits up. "I got nothing to do."

Caroline smiles. "Well, guess what time it is?"

Lief looked confused as she looks at the clock. "Um... Later than noon?"

Caroline takes Lief's hand and leads her to her room, pointing at three large glass cases. "Feeding time."
Lief was confused, till she saw movement, rushing over, she pushed her nose to the glass, there where animals inside! Praetoria had almost no animals with out licences and government oversight, but here was three cases. 

"What are they?" Lief breaths.

Caroline walks to the biggest case and opens it, reaching inside and pulling out a large animal. "This is an iguana, it is from Florida, he eats bugs, chicken." She walks over with the lizard to a fridge and opens it, pulling out some diced chicken, feeding the iguana.

Lief was enthralled, she tip toes to the next tank where three fat things sit there, slowly blinking. "And this?"

Caroline feeds the iguana another bit of chicken. "My rain frogs, fat and cute."

Lief walks to the next tank, a long thing was there, before she can even ask, Caroline steps up next to her. "A hognose snake, aren't my animals so cool?"

Lief just nods in awe, so strange and new.

"Here, hold Gogi." Caroline hands the iguana to Lief, the small girl stumbling as she looks wide eyed, holding the large lizard.... Today has become the best day ever.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's house.

Neph returns from her ventures into Praetoria's past and collapses on the couch in full power armour, springs groaning under her weight, pulling off her helm she lets out a long sigh.

Caroline hops up next to her. "Still in a shit sandwich?" The younger girl asks.

Neph groans. "Fucking Oroborous, they say I need to maintain the time line, but man is it hard, everything I do leads into some new fuck up."
Caroline looks her over. "So that's why you had dad make you power armour?"

"No the armour is because my nice clothes kept getting full of bullet holes."

Caroline shakes her head. "This is why you get a costume from the beginning, like me."

"Oh, miss "spadex is fine till it rides u-"

Caroline cuts her off. "We do not speak of the spandex time, we only acknowledges the era of moulded Kevlar."

"Still think a secret identity is stupid in this city, what when you have to register with the government and all that."

Caroline shrugs. "Some of us like having private lives.... I mean, I beat the shit out of the skulls, you think they leave this building standing if they knew I lived here?"

Neph thought. "Nah, they be more pisses a 16 year old stopped their drug empire."

"Nearly 17." Caroline whines.

"What ever, less talk, more big sis trying to unwind from shit show time travel" Neph shoos her off.

[Dark Seraph]

Neuropolis.
Neurons lab.

Girtruide slowly tapped away at the computer, humming to try and block out the blaring alarms as she tried to find files about the Olympiad Guard, there had to be something on these computers.

As she tapped away, she spotted her own name and smiled, opening the file and started reading.... And was confused. It mentioned brain scan and DNA, of multiple primal earths.... Paragon Protector?  Crey  industries? Looked like Neuron was keeping to his habit of stealing others tech for his own... Even if it was flawed compared to some of the stuff Antimatter made.

As she read the file, it was like chunks of her memory where unfolding, Girtruide Seraph, wife of Patricia White, mother of two.... But something happened, that version of primal earth was cut off some how, but there was plenty of data on this Girtruide.... She had friends, family..... But she was a copy of this woman... And by the looks of it, heavily flawed.

There was mentions of Tiliaman's attempts at psycho surgery, but something went wrong, she was taken off the guard and given PR duties.... Was she brain damaged? She chewed her lip and kept reading.

She had to get out of Praetoria, maybe meet these Seraph's.... If she could get to the right Primal Earth. Hearing footsteps, she put her first through the computer and turned as several of Neuron's clockwork filled in. Putting her helmet back on, she waved her hand. "You just missed the resistance members, they where hear to steal top secret data!"

The clockwork scanned the room, then as one raised their arms, miniature flame projectors folding out.

"Well..... Worth a try." She muttered as they opened fire, flames licking at her super suit as she stepped and brought her first into a hammer blow on the first clockworks head, crumpling it as she stepped into the midst of them.... Maybe she could tell her lie to a PPD member if she saw one.... Assuming she still had a good rep in the loyalists eyes after this.

(This is something to tie Homecoming back to Live, I just couldn't let my little girl go.... and also in memory of Ran-san, who played Patricia White and sadly passed last year.)

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row

Noelle was walking up to visit the Seraph's when she paused, the street outside his house looked like a war zone, craters in the road and side walk, at least two wrecked cars and his front door was a series of splinters.
Nervously, she entered the home, heading upstairs and seeing more damage before entering his home and looking at the dining room, her heart leaping into her throat as there was one of Berry's Olympiad Guard, it took her a moment to factor in the guard was unhemmed, sporting a black eye.

Sitting across the table from her was Neph, the cyborg sporting a large bruise on the side of her face while at the head of the table was Seraph with a bottle of whiskey and a shot glass. "Hello Noelle." He said tiredly. "This is Gir." He waves at the Olympiad Guard who gave a nervous smile.

Noelle took a deep breath. "Soooooo, what happened here?" She asked.

Gir coughed. "Um, I can sort of explain.... See, I am Seraph's daughter.... Not this Seraph. A Seraph from a dimension labled Primal Earth L, this is Primal Earth HC, I came here to talk when she." Gir motions to Neph. "Punched through the door and attacked me."

Neph snorts. "I would of won."

Gir rolled her good eye. "What part of invulnerable did you not get?"

"That black eye says otherwise bitch!"

Seraph slammed his hands in the table. "Girls! We are hear to talk about this like adults, right now we need to pay for the street repairs and the cars you two smashed.... And also talk to Gir about what she wants." He downs a shot of whiskey. "Need to talk to Tish about this....."

Noelle looked at Gir and found it odd, during her time in the resistance, she had heard rumours of Preator Berry's pet incarnates, made to fight and kill the heroes of Paragon.... But she also remembered hearing Cole scrapped the project... Yet here was one sitting here.

"Seraph, how about as you think about this, I take Gir to get some civilian clothes.... As a immigrant from Preatoria, I'm sure Vanguard gave you some credit to buy essentials till you are situated?"

Gir nods and pulls out a bundle of papers from her utility belt, among them a Paragon ID card and pre paid credit card, Noelle looks them over and nods. "Seraph, we will be back in a while, you can talk to your family about this okay."

Seraph nods, just as the door is kicked in and Caroline pops in. "NEW SISTER?" She shouts.

Seraph refills his shot glass and sighs.
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[Dark Seraph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM5khBveVok&t=2151s

Someone told me Seraph is down this path......

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's House.

Gir walked into the lounge room, bullet fragments fall out of the gaps in her armour as she looked for somewhere to collapse. Neph was currently face down on the couch.... So Gir faceplanted on the floor.

Neph raised her head. "The fucks wrong with you?" She barked tiredly.

Gir rolled onto her back, rumaged in her shirt and pulled a dented bullet from her bra. "I just stopped a Praetorian invasion, you?"

"Stopped the unleashing of an elder goddess and some how got War Witch a new body."

Caroline enters with a tea tray, the two tired girls looking at her.

Caroline bit her lip. "I... I fought some Skulls?"

The two tired girls stare harder.

"Hey, it's not fair, I have school you know, I can't hero as much as you." She says as she puts the tray on the coffee table.

Neph gains an evil smirk. "If mum finds out....."

Caroline pailed. "You wouldn't."

Neph sat up. "Hey ma-" she was cut off as Caroline tackled her to the floor and into Gir, starting a three way brawl.

Seraph came in to see what was up and smiled, ah the energy of youth.

[Dark Seraph]

Praetorian refugee camp.

Neph walked through the crowds, ever since she finished her time hoping to the first ward and the night ward, there was someone she needed to apologise too.

As she looked, she spotted a familiar shock of grey hair over by the flower garden and walked up. "Er... Hey Katie, how's things?"
The former Seerer looked up from picking flowers and grinned. "Isn't it wonderful Neph? All this green and no fear of the Devouring Earth! I can touch real grass, see real trees... And the animals." She beams.

Neph let out a slight sigh, she was expecting her to still be pissed about the ordeal with the network. "So.... You like Primal earth?"

"Oh I love it, me and the remaining seerers are talking about getting like an apartment block or something..." A slight twitch tugs at her smile. "And.... I'm sorry for the shit I did when you unplugged me a second time, I have had time to think over what I pulled from your head.... You saved my life, my soul.... And I treated you like mother would."

Katie threw her arms around Neph's neck and kissed her. "Sorry, kayIgottogonow, by the way your ass looks amazing in those pants." She blabbed before floating off to talk to another group of Seeres.

Neph gingerly tapped her lip... Did Kattie just hit on her? Surely a mind reader could tell Neph was ace? Maybe that was the panic at the end there?

She sat there, feeling slightly confused by the events that just happened.

[Dark Seraph]

Atlas Park.
Vanguard HQ.
Hospital ward.

Neph took a deep breath and stepped I to the room, laying on the hospital bed, leg in a cast after Calvin Scott's attack on the Praetorian refugee camp, was Katie Douglas, head of the freed Seerers of Praetoria... And source of some very confusing feelings she had talked to her family over, moving to sit in the chair next to the bed, Neph gave an awkward smile. "Hey Katie.... Doing okay?"

The Seer opened her eyes and smiled. "Hey, thought I scared you off with that kiss, had someone explain the whole LGBTQ+ thing you have going on in Primal earth.... So snogging an ace person, not my smartest hour."

Neph shifted in her seat. "No, not smart.... But that is sort of why I'm here, see I am asexual, not aromantic.... If that makes sense."

Katie screws up her face as she goes over it. "That means you don't like sex.... But like romance?"

Neph nodded, chewing her lip.

Katie sat herself up and grinned. "So... You are saying you want romance... With me?"

She nods again.

The seer reached over and took Neph's hand. "I think I like to see how that works."

Neph let out her breath, then pulled out a small chibi plushy of herself. "Also got you this.... Apparently they make them if you get popular enough.... Gods knows how they got one of me seeing all my hero work has been Preat side, but thought you might like it."

Katie squeezed the plush, a little voice coming out. "I wanna fight." The seer bursting into laughter. "I love it, now I can kiss you." She quickly places a kiss on the head of the plushy.

Neph coughed. "Not totally out of the cards." She muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

[Dark Seraph]

From the D
Archivist Mu'Kartesh: "Gertrude, germanic for Spear or Strength. Seraph, means Angel."
Gir feels special.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row

Seraph's House.

Tish was sitting in bed, reading a book when Seraph entered, shoulders slumped. "Hard day?" She asks with a smirk, turning to a frown as he pulled off his shirt. "What is that?" She asked, pointing at his chest.

"What's what?" He asked sleepishly as she climbed out of the bed and walked up to him, poking him in his heavenly bandaged chest.

"This, why are you looking like a mummy?" She asked, peeling the bandages off to reveal a nasty burn scar that ran from Seraph's left shoulder to his right hip in an unbroken line of twisted scar tissue.

"Oh... Well I was in Cimoria, helping with that time loop again, was to close to Romulus when he got back up and he slammed his shield into me.... Do you know Nictus energy can burn like napalm? I didn't... More respect to Terr for tanking that shit."

Tish drags him to the bed and shoves him onto it. "Hey hun, not sure if we should-" He started but Tish cut him off, climbing on-top of him.

"Looks like a rush heal.... Did Rhea do this?"

"Who's that?"

"Legendary healer, has a stuffed cat, might be insane, dating Terr."

"No, someone else, didn't get the name."

Tish placed her hands to the scar, a slight vibration running through her as she used her power to accelerate the healing process, the twisted flesh smoothing out to become a more natural looking scar. "There, now it won't feel like hugging beef jerky." She says before rapping her knuckles on his head. "Be, more, careful.... I don't know what I would do with out you.... I be a horrid single mother to your growing family."

Seraph smiles softly and reaches up to stroke her cheek. "One, not dying. Two, you would do amazing, just how many young heroes have you sponsored in the decade we have been married?"

She sighs and lightly slaps his cheek. "That damn smile, you could charm the devil himself with that smile." She teases and lays down on his chest. "Now shut up, I am comfy." She reaches over for the night light. "Love you."

Seraph kisses the top of her head. "Love you too."

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row.


Seraph's house.

Seraph stares at the shirt his girls gave him, a picture of a phone, calling Alfred with the words underneath reading. "Call the guy."

He looks at his daughters. "I.... I don't get it."

Caroline sighs. "It's a meme dad, here." She cues a video up on her phone of a guy acting as Batman adopting many kids with the tagline. "Alfred, call the guy."

Seraph wrinkles his brow. "I.... I am not that bad, just you Caroline and Gir."

Caroline rolls her eyes when Tish enters. "Hey Seraph, there's this kid I am thinking of sponsoring, names Aura, a oni paladin! How cool is that? Think she fit in real well here."

Caroline grabs the shirt and gives it to Tish. "This might suit you better mom."

Tish looks at it and laughs. "Oh I know this meme."

Seraph facepalms slowly and feels old.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's House

Seraph and Tish are laying in bed when Seraph has a thought. "You know.... Paragon protectors are clones sort of, right?"

Tish doesn't look up from her book, simply nodding.

"So in theory, there are clones of us."

Tish puts her book down. "Shut up."

"Or mixed DNA to make illegitimate kids."

Tish has a pillow in her hand. "Shut up."

"So we could have kids out there and never-" Seraph is cut off as Tish smothers him with a pillow. "Fuck you, I'm gonna be thinking about this all night now." She shouts.

Seraph laughs...or tries to.

Tish starts punching the pillow. "I banish you to the couch you jerk."

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's House.

Neph slowly blinked awake, aware of a weight on her, blinding grabbing for her night stand, she found her glasses and turned on the light, looking down to Katie asleep on-top of her.

This was something new, cute.

She gently rocks the seer. "Morning there."

Katie rose her head, blinking as she squinted. "Hey... I think I drooled on you shirt... Sorry."

Neph laughed. "I got other shirts, breakfast/face the music?"

"Music?"

Neph nods. "My parents are early risers, so have to say hi to them."

Katie blushed. "Ohmygod, I did not plan that far ahead."

Neph ruffled her hair. "Well better late than never." She says as the seer rolled off her, the cyborg pulling her shirt off.

"Oh wow." Katie floated over and touched Neph's back. "This is an amazing tattoo, where did you get it?"

Neph looked over her shoulder, the robed angle holding a sword in one hand and a scroll in the other took up most of the cyborgs back. "Got it while working for the resistance, always wanted some ink and they where not picky about me being eighteen."

Katie's fingers trail along Neph's back, up to where her shoulder joined her cybernetics. "This... Must not if been easy..."

Neph sighs. "I was born with birth defects, some form of muscular atrophy, my arms and legs could barely move.... For eight years I was effectively quadriplegic.... Wasn't till we came to Paragon I was finally able to have arms and legs that could move, to take care of myself."

Katie rests her head against Neph's back, wrapping her arms around the cyborgs waist. "I know what it's like to be a prisoner in your own body.... We got that in common."

Neph let her stay there, hugging her from behind, a faint smile on her face. "But now we are free."

Katie let's her go and starts getting changed herself, grabbing her crutches and hobbling to the door, Spike now awake and hoping around. "Breakfast you said Neph?"

The Cyborg nodded and follows.

Seraph and Tish where indeed at the kitchen table, Tish going over her daily planer while Seraph looked up from his newspaper. "Morning Neph, morning..... Tish, did you recruit a new kid?"

Tish looked up and sipped her coffee. "I thought you did the adopting?"

Neph coughed. "Mum, dad, this is my sort of girl friend Katie Douglas, she is from Praetoria.'

Seraph chuckled. "We seem to attract many from there, can I get you some waffles?"

Katie nodded and hobbled to a chair, Neph helping her to sit before grabbing a spot for herself.

Tish watched over her PDA. "So miss Douglas, tell us about yourself?"

Katie explained how she was a seer, how Neph helped free her, about their adventures in the first and night ward, about her coming to Paragon, all the while Seraph got them food and drinks, stopping the seers story to ask questions.

As Katie talked, the rest of the Seraph's shuffled in, joining the breakfast table and listening in, Caroline despite being half asleep looked interested, while Gir looked guilty.

"Well miss Douglas." Seraph says as she finished. "Welcome to our home, I hope you enjoy your time here, welcome to the family."

[Norgarth]

the robed angle holding a sword in one hand and a scroll in the other took up most of the cyborgs back.

was it an Acute, Right or Obtuse angle?

I'm pretty sure you meant 'angel'

[Dark Seraph]

this is what I get for writing on a tablet.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's house.

Neph looked up from playing with Spike, seeing an exhausted Noelle and Gir walk in. "You two look like shit, hard day heroing?"

Gir looks away, but Noelle squeezed her shoulder. "Her first therapy session, Vanguard offer it to all Praetorians, to deal with the temporal slip and the stress of a new world, Gir also has some issues to get over, don't you Gir."

The Olympiad Guard nodded. "My brain is broken, the Therapist thinks it is a detach, as my body was grown fast, the brain struggles to keep up with all the input."

Neph's face softens. "Sounds like you need something to take your mind off it, like a therapy pet."

Noelle gasps. "Oh I could never afford to get government clearance on a companion animal."

Neph blinks, them remembers, Praetoria was extremely strick on animal ownership. "Guys, this is Paragon, you don't need to fill in government paperwork to own a pet."

Gir and Noelle look at each other, the lightbulb clicking on.

"But how would we even star-" Gir started, but was cut off as Caroline ran into the room.

"Wegoingpetshoping?" The teen said breathlessly, before grabbing Gir and Noelle's hands and dragging them to the door.

"Well that solves that Spike." The cyborg chuckles as they leave, patting the Bulldogs head.

Atlas Park
Spencer's pet emporium.

Caroline practically bounced as they entered the pet store. "I love this place, it is like a mini zoo, all sorts of pets from around the world, even digital pets for the tech savvy."

Gir and Noelle follow her, looking around in awe, there where more animals here than the two had ever seen in Pretoria combined, animals hooting, hollering and cheeping.

"It... It is a bit loud." Noelle said, rubbing her ears.

Caroline waved a hand. "That's just the animals asking you to take them home, now I'll let you wander and see what you like."

Gir found herself gravitating to the reptile and amphibian section, marvelling at the root of colours on display, in her short time being alive, she had never seen anything like this.

Meanwhile Noelle was examining the birds, smiling at their songs as they flittered in their cages.

Caroline smiled as they wandered off, the look of wonder on their faces amazing. Eventually both came back. "So.... Find something you like?" Caroline asked, both women nodding. "Good, I'll find a staff member to help us."

King's Row
Seraph's House.

Neph was still on the couch, Spike now asleep on her lap as she heard them come back, Gir near hidden behind a glass enclosure and supplies, while Noelle carried a simple box. "What ya get?" She asked.

Gir giggles. "I got a Packman frog, he is fat and full of love." She declared proudly before heading to her room.

Noelle blushed and held out.... A Roomba.

Neph tilted her head. "If you wanted a cleaning bot... Why not just get a clockwork? There are tons of them now with nothing better to do."

Noelle frowned. "Neph that is very insensitive, I work with several clockwork, it would be rude to own one." She says before carefully applying a pair of googly eyes to the Roomba.

Neph shrugged. "Kay, not exactly what I call a pet, but you do you."

Noelle nods and heads to her apartment, humming as she carries the Roomba home.

[Dark Seraph]

So because some one on Tumblr (where I also post these) asked, here is the lay out of the Seraph home.

It is a 2 story apartment block in Kings Row.

Ground Floor is made into Seraph's workshop/Shop front, he has a license from MAGI to craft magical arms and armour.

First floor is heavily renovated into a house and it is large, good thing with his growing family XD

Second floor is 10 Apartments, 3 of them occupied by Aura, oni paladin. Noelle Minnet, Praetorian refugee and Trinity Minnet, sister of Primal Earth Noelle. All three are owned by Echo of Light, a cool chick I have been RPing with on Tumblr for like... 5 years?

[Dark Seraph]

And Mary Goblin, my widow just moved in.

[Norgarth]

You're British, right?

I get that impression because in North America the ground floor IS the first floor. And we'd refer to your build as being 3 stories

[robkelk]

You're British, right?

I get that impression because in North America the ground floor IS the first floor. And we'd refer to your build as being 3 stories

Correction: in English-speaking North America the ground floor IS the first floor. The "first floor above ground floor" convention also applies in Quebec.

[Dark Seraph]

Australian actually, hence the typos at times

[Norgarth]

well it seems I was in error on 2 counts then 8P

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row

Seraph's house.

"And that, is how you save Cimoria." Tish declared proudly as she kicked in the door, Seraph following her as he pulled his helmet off.

"Yeah, almost felt immortal.... Save the time the beast surrounded me." He gently takes his wife's arm and starts inspecting it.

Tish blinked. "The hell you are doing?" She asked

"You went down multiple times, checking for bruises or cuts."

Tish laughed as he lifted her arm. "Seraph, I am a kinnetisist, I do not bruise or cut, I heal faster than they form."

"So I should stop?"

She gave him a wicked smirk. "Being all hands on with me? Hell no."

Seraph moved to start unbuckling her corset when there was a gagging noise from the couch, looking up he saw Caroline averting her eyes. Seraph felt a blush spread over his face as his hands drop.

"Caroline, patrol." Tish snapped, the teen leaping to attention and running off, she then turns to Seraph and grabs his hands. "You, back to work." She purred, leading them back to the bedroom.

"Yes ma'am." Seraph said with a grin, fidgeting with the clasps on the front of her corset.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's House.

Seraph collapsed on the couch and smiled, looking up at his security clearance, 50.... He did it. Took months of hard work and loads of prodding from Tish, but he did it.

"Snazzy card." Tish purred as she draped herself over his shoulders. "I'm proud of you."

He nods. "Yeah.... Maybe I can take it easy now?"

"Oh hell no, we need to unlock the power of the incarnates."

Seraph frowned. "I do what now?"

Tish grinned. "The near god like power from the well of the furies, get you real super."

Seraph pales. "No rest?"

She shakes her head. "Nope, get up and let's get going."

Seraph sighs and slowly gets to his feet.

[Dark Seraph]

King's Row
Seraph's House.

Katie was draped over Neph's lap, the cyborg playing with the seers hair. "Neph.... I know you don't get along with Gir."

Neph snorted. "Understament."

"Yes well, I was thinking, Gir is pretty child like despite looking to be in her twenties.... I have Seerers living under me that are still child like despite having adult bodies.... What if I arrange a play date?"

"And what do I get out of this?"

"Your sister out of your hair for a day?"

"Deal."

Katie jumps up and goes in search of Gir.

Later.
Steel Canyon.
Vanguard Safe house.

Katie opens the door and calls out. "Girls, I'm home and I brought a visitor." She steps to one side so Gir can enter.

Immediately the hall is filled with former Seers, a wave of psionic energy rolling forth as they mind speak.

Katie raises her hands. "Girls girls, remember, that creeps out people, use your voices."

The whirl of psyonic asks where replaced with croaky voices, the Seers still not used to using their natural voices after years in the network.

Gir nervously waves. "H-hello?" She mutters.

Katie pats her back. "This is Gir, she is from Preatoria like us, though she might like meeting you guys."

Gir cringes as she feels mental finger tips poking her mind before many of the seers look at each other and leave. Gir sighs. "They know I am part Cole, they don't want anything to do with that."

One seer remains, looking to be in her teens, her brown hair shot through with grey, she steps forward and smiles. "You are like me.... Broken."

Gir blinks as Katie smiles. "This is Amanda, she is sort of like you... A kid in an adult's body... Well not adult but you get what I mean?"

Gir nods and steps forward. "Hello Amanda.... Um... What do you do?"

The teen smiles and takes Gir's hand. "I watch the ponies, come, it will be fun."

Katie smiles as Gir follows Amanda into the TV room and fistA pumps. "I am the best den mother ever."A