RWBY: Moonrise [ooc]

[Mollisol]

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Hello, and welcome to the OOC and signup thread for RWBY: Moonrise!

Plot Rules Parent Claims Character Sheet Character Index

• After Salem fell, the relics were safe, but Remnant wasn't. The Grimm under Salem's control weren't eradicated. They mutated beyond how they'd existed under her and ran wild. Now, the Grimm tower like true giants, the kingdoms are more like survivor hovels, and the silver-eyed warrior lives in legends. Huntsmen academies are no more, except tiny schools run by families. Some of the heroes that defeated Salem banded together to teach others how to fight; others became cut off and lived apart from their old friends - like the surviving villains.
  
  You were born to one of these heroes or villains, maybe even two. You're grown enough to be a good Huntsman or Huntress, but you have even greater goals than killing Grimm - locating and destroying the Grimm's central spawning ground for each region, and finding the Maidens and the silver-eyed warrior, who are critical allies for that task. It won't be easy, but you and your friends learned from the best.
  
  With the moon risen over Remnant and conditions near apocalyptic, can you find a way back? A way forward?
  
  Further info from the Interest Check:
  [spoili]Characters for this RP will begin in two groups: a group in central Vale raised and trained in a small combat school run by canon heroes, and a group outside the kingdom who met because they were all pursuing a lead about the Fall Maiden. The groups will eventually converge looking for Fall.[/LEFT]
  
  The goals for each major arc are:
  
  
  • Find and confront the Maiden (each kingdom will have a single Maiden located in it)
  • Deal with complications - villains, Grimm, limitations of the Maiden - as they arise
  • Destroy the region's central Grimm-spawning ground in a harrowing climactic fight
  
  This RP assumes Cinder is permanently dead, Raven died before the start of this RP, and OCs inherited the Spring and Fall Maidens' powers. Finding Ruby Rose will happen close to the climax of the RP.
  
  Each kingdom will present unique challenges; the details of the setting will be fleshed out if this idea gets enough interest for me to start the RP and create the thread.
  
  This RP's plot will move forward with some ideas from me and some from you. I can throw some good material into play, but I will not be throwing all of it, because I find it more fun when everyone has a hand in making the story.
  
  This RP is for you if...
  
  
  ___you're excited about RPing a new take on RWBY's universe.
  
  ___you're coming in with ideas about the plot and cool with collaborating.
  
  ___you can write 1-2 standard paragraphs per post.​
  
  I look forward to hearing from you![/spoili]
• General:
  
  Have RP common sense. Follow the site rules, use understandable spelling and grammar, don't godmod, etc.
  
  Be respectful to everyone. Don't fight in the OOC. If you are having a dispute with someone, PM me and I will mediate.
  
  The plot of this RP is discussed collaboratively, though the GM has greater responsibility to implement it due to having more control of the outside world. I will provide some ideas, but not all of them.​
  
  Play:
  
  Players are allowed to control minor NPCs. Leave major NPCs (listed in the info thread) to the GM. We can share control of Grimm, but the GM decides when they are defeated.
  
  Decide which side wins a fight OOC, preferably before the fight begins. This lets you get wilder in your writing, because you're not constrained by trying to force a win! I don't see much player-vs-player combat happening in this RP, but if it comes up, be able to volunteer to take an L.
  
  For the purpose of writing fights, assume aura is always "passively coating the wielder in a protective force field" until it runs out; it's not something you have to activate.​
• Before you submit a CS, please post a message OOC claiming the character(s) you want. You can claim two canons as parents of one character if you prefer. Any pairings - popular pairings, "crack" pairings, gay pairings - will be regarded as legitimate, as long as you can justify it in your writing. Here are the characters you can claim:
  
  Weiss Schnee - @Boredbrain
  Blake Belladonna - @Neko_Green
  Yang Xiao Long - @EmperorsChosen
  Jaune Arc - @Artorias
  Nora Valkyrie - @IceQueen
  Velvet Scarlatina - @Quincunx
  Yatsuhashi Daichi - @RedArmyShogun
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  Formatting/code is optional. Anything in parentheses is my notes to you and should not be included in the final app.
  
  
  Character Name
  
  
  ID Visage Combat Combat Personal

  • Color allusion: (detailed info about RWBY's Color Name Rule can be found here)
    Age: (keep it 15-20)
    Parents:
    Species:
    Folklore allusion: (Optional)
    
  • Emblem: (Optional)
    Description: (Describe details the picture doesn't communicate, such as height.)
    
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    Weapon: (Name and describe. Your character must have some form of melee weapon included in their weapon. They must also have the ability to reliably attack at range, whether that's through a ranged form of their weapon, an application of their semblance, and/or use of dust.)
    
    Semblance: (Name and describe. Your character's semblance should be a power nobody else can replicate; avoid vanilla stat boosts like "super strength".)
    
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    Personality: (One to two paragraphs is fine. This can be hard to preplan, and easier to develop in the RP.)
    
    History (parental): (What did your character's parents do between Salem's defeat and our RP?)
    
    History (personal): (What's in your character's own history?)
• School Crew
  Maple Scarlatina - @Quincunx
  Jin Xiao Long - @EmperorsChosen
  Celeste Valkyrie - @IceQueen
  
  Outside Crew
  Melyn Arc - @Artorias
  Ivorie Schnee - @Boredbrain
  Luna Belladonna - @Neko_Green
  Cerise Torchwick - @Uncle Legens Legentis
  Kuroi Daichi - @RedArmyShogun
  
  

Functioning links for top buttons will be added as the threads go up.

Please enjoy the RP, and each others' e-company!

 

[IceQueen]

Discord sounds great! I'll be gone all night tonight as I have my graduation ceremony but I'll be back to post my wip tomorrow

 

[Mollisol]

Discord sounds great! I'll be gone all night tonight as I have my graduation ceremony but I'll be back to post my wip tomorrow

That's fine, there's no rush. And congratulations!

 

[EmperorsChosen]

Name: Jin Xiao Long

Color allusion: Roughly translates to "Little Gold Dragon"

Age: 17

Parents: Yang Xiao Long

Species: Human

Emblem: Gold Dragon Head

Appearance: Standing at 5'9", an inch above his mother and to his dismay fitting his name. Jin has a lean, but toned build, having taken to his mother's habits of training. Jin has golden eyes and blonde hair left longer at the top and spiked and too short to style on the sides and back.
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Weapon: Gae Bulg - An ebony spear capable of compacting down into a scoped rifle capable of using dust elemental ammunition. A favorite of Jin's is fire dust for explosive rounds and frost dust for impairing enemy movement.

Semblance: Aura Boost - Jin is capable of dipping into the reservoir of aura typically reserved for the body's natural shielding, focusing it into muscles and parts of his body for a momentary, added kick, making the limb or area glow a gold translucence. He may focus aura into his arm to make a punch hit harder or into his legs to make great leaps, as examples. However, this takes chunks out of his own aura each time he uses it.

Personality: Most notably of Jin's personality is his temper and ego, similar to his mother but perhaps slightly more intense. Holding quite a bit of pride in his skills, the boy relishes a good fight and spar, even more so coming out on top of it all. Unfortunately, his mom's anger has instilled itself in him as well, leading to quite a many ways of getting his goat. Some may earn a scowl or remark, other more personal quips earning a direct target. Though, speaking on quips, Jin luckily didn't inherit Yang's special kind of humor, though he did acquire her stubbornness and the rashness she possessed at a young age.

History (parental): Following the fall of Salem, the end of the academy system and evolution of Grimm did naught to root Yang Xiao Long. While many seemed more motivated than ever to hide away in the few safe abodes that remain. She migrated around, like her mother and clan had, looking for new fights and places to see. Unlike her mother, she lived off compensation for her deeds and protections, rather than taking what she needed by force. Eventually, she acquired a companion of sorts during her time in Mistral. Starting out as a partnership, it evolved into something more during their time together. Yet despite her new relations and the state of Remnant, Yang didn't seem to be concerned with settling. It wasn't until a particularly gruesome siege of Grimm that her partner unfortunately did not make it out of that she decided to take a break and return to Vale. While she eventually planned to strike out again, discovery of pregnancy lead her to finally put down roots, adapting from life of a travelling huntress to an instructor, training central Vale's inhabitants to better defend themselves against new, more terrifying threats.

History (personal): Jin has lived in Central Vale all his life. Ironically compared to his mother's and grandmother's way of life, his own has remained rather complacent. Learning to fight from his mother and a bit from his aunt before she disappeared, he wants to see the rest of Remnant and test his mettle, though his mother appears somewhat hesitant in allowing him to roam outside the confines of the city, let alone migrating as she once did.

 

[Mollisol]

Maple Scarlatina

ID Visage Combat Combat Personal

• Color allusion: The brown color of maple tree bark or syrup
  Age: 20
  Parents: Velvet Scarlatina; Cedar Abilene (OC)
  Species: Rabbit faunus
  Folklore allusion: Easter Rabbit
• Emblem: The silhouette of a cupcake, topped with a shield.
  Description: Maple has a boyish figure, with a white puff of a bunny tail sticking out between her shirt and skirt. She is 5'8'', wears a pink and brown outfit with lots of pockets (with candies and small crafts inside), and carries the same accent as Velvet.
  
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  Weapon: Renata - Levitating Cannon Collider Array (WIP)
  
  Semblance: (WIP)
  
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  Personality: Maple gives great hugs, makes little crafts for her loved ones from of salvage and fabric scraps, and is always inexplicably carrying sweets. She's a calm type who likes to take care of people, and her relaxed nature is often a comforting presence. Basically, Maple's sisters (among others) come to her when they see how rough the world is and they want to know what it's like to feel... gentleness.
  
  She also has a mama bear (or mama deer!) type of shift every time she sees someone she cares about being threatened. Protective to a fault, it's as if Maple has pent up all the anger she never expresses whenever she's worried about someone. She can be overbearing and even have a conspiracy theorist-like paranoia about the people outside her inner circle. While Maple has a hard time trusting people, she does ultimately love them, and she's slowly understanding that this means allowing them to fail.
  
  History (parental): WIP - school group + three younger sisters
  
  History (personal): WIP

 

[IceQueen]

Celeste Valkyrie​

ID Visage Combat Personality

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  Color allusion: Celeste means sky blue, though the origin is unknown. She was named after her striking eyes like her mother.
  Age: 18
  Parents: Nora Valkyrie- Mother| Biological Father- ?????| Adoptive Father- Lie Ren
  Species: Fox Faunus, her animal trait is her ears.
  
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  Emblem: (Optional)
  Description: Celeste stands at 5'5", her hair bushing out from her head. She often ties it back in a ponytail. She often wears combat boots and a dark jacket. Her eyes are a piercing blue and she wears three small silver rings in her right ear.
  
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  Weapon: Valhaven
  Valhaven are a pair of gauntlets Celeste made herself with the help of her parents of course. They usually sit on her wrists but when deployed form large claw like structures on her hands. There is a gun mount on the top of the wrist but she uses dust as her bullets. There is a chamber up her arm where she puts in dust crystals to use as Ammo or stat effects on her claws. She also has a habit of spreading ice across the fingertips to create a razor sharp and freezing attack, but the ice wears off in a few minutes.
  
  Semblance: Shadow Pass
  Celeste can disappear into the shadows and become a puff of smoke in the shape of a person. She can move faster in the shadows and though appearing misty hits in the center of mass can and will effect her and remove her semblance. Her enhanced agility and reaction time while in shadow form allows her to dodge and move easier for a short period of time.
  
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  Personality: Celeste is know as the splitting image of her mother. Crazy as ever she shows her spunk in a little more tame way thanks to the influence of her adoptive father. She may be crazy but she can be level headed in battle and in serious conversation. When the situation is a little lighter she is joking, grinny, and loves to chow down like nobodies business. She is a good hearted person, often doing the wrong things for the right reasons. She wants to protect her teammates at all costs and become a good huntress like her mother.
  
  History(Parental): After the fall of Salem Ren and Nora finally had some time to settle in the aftermath of the battle. They went to the countryside to make a small home for themselves but along their long journey back Nora woke up feeling sore, battered, and bruised. Ren, obviously concerned, insisted that they should take a favor in getting back to the outskirts of Vale. Nora insisted on going on the journey still, to help small communities along the way. When she began to get ill about a month later Ren insisted and they took a transport back to Vale. It was hard to find a doctor in the recovering city but eventually they did. Nora was pronounced pregnant, 3 months along. Ren, who was certain he was not the father, felt crushed at first, but accepted whatever responsibility happened to fall upon his life long lover. Another 6 months later and Celeste came along.
  
  History(Personal): Celeste was born the oldest of four siblings, and she was treated like the oldest. Taking on the responsibility of looking after her younger siblings in stride. She spent most of her life peacefully taking care of her siblings in a small farm house but as she grew older Celeste grew more interested in the weapons her parents had once fought with. Visiting aunty Yang was the most fun, as she would often steal the oversized gauntlets to practice with. Living on the farm was never easy, grim were everywhere and more powerful than before. Eventually Celeste begged her parents to teach her how to fight. Knowing very well she would take it upon herself to learn whether her parents taught her or not they began to teach her the fundamentals about fighting. She went to a old friend of theirs to make her own weapons, something she treasured dearly. She learned her semblance in her first fight with a grim after nearly getting hit by a large beowolf. After making her own weapon she was sent to the academy to learn.
  

 

[MagnoliaSweet]

"The Talking Moon"
Color allusion: Luna, gray like the moon
Age: 17
Parents: Mother - Blake Belladonna | Father Sun Wukong
Species: Faunus
Folklore allusion: The Man on the Moon

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Description: Luna is around 5'5 tall (Without Ears) with short sunny blond hair that contrast her name. Luna's skin has a sight tan to it and nose curls up slightly and his a little red from ache. Her frame is well made like her mothers, but she doesn't have any notable weight on her chest. Her Faunus features come out in a scruffy long tail like her father that comes out about 3 and a half feet long. Her ears are small and aren't are perky as her mothers and retain their blonde color

Weapon: Cratermaker is a pair of two Kumas which are sickle like weapons from Japan. They have a stony marble-like appearance to the blade and the handle is a fine dark wood. When they combine at the handle, they bend inward and the curved blades turn and make a barrel of a cannon that comes down into a long hand so it can be pointed at people to shoot dust crystal rockets at people.

Semblance: Luna's power is the ability to make something look like something else to a target. She is able to make an object appear to be something totally different as long as it isn't 3* its original size. Willful opponents can see through the guise and are not affected by the Semblance.

Personality: Luna grew up a rather outgoing and cheerful little girl with many friends. From this, she had developed and love for socializing and generally she was known for being a talkative person. Luna is freethinking and rather open about what she thinks. This, as a result, has given her the reputation has not been as tight-lipped as she should as well as being rather fickle about what she thinks is right and wrong, or how she thinks about people.

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History (parental):

Once Blake defeated Salem with the rest of them she decided to head back to Menagerie to help her father run the island. Blake had made a reputation of being a hero in defeating Salem. During this time Sun also settled down in Menagerie and they remained good friends. It was later in life when they formally decided to be in a relationship. This was mostly due to the fact that Blake had been busy with dealing with the grim on the island, but she finally decided to settle down with her new Husband and they had two children. The first was Taupe, Luna's brother, then Luna.

History (personal):

Ever since a young age, Luna was told of the heroic exploits of her mother. Since she was little she wanted to be like her mother and father, she wanted to be a Huntress. Since she was a little girl she was trained in the art of combat by her Mother and Father. When she was 10 her Mother had the Menagerie craft her and her brother weapons when they were old enough to wield them. Taupe never had interest in combat he was busy with state work. Plus Taupe was a pacifist and wouldn't hold a blade up for any cause. Luna was always frustrated with him because of this.

One night, their village was attacked by Grim and Blake was wounded and her Grandfather who was the Chieftain was barely alive as he was saved by Blake. At this point, Luna rashly ran away stealing her weapon and decided to find the fabled Fall Maiden to help take out the Grim once and for all.[/hr][/hr]

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[Boredbrain]

Ivorie Schnee

ID Visage Combat Personal

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  Color Allusion: Ivory
  Age: 18
  Parents: Princeton x Weiss (Later Coco x Weiss)
  Species: Human
  
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  Emblem:
  
  
  Description:
  
  Ivorie is built small and lithe. She stands only at 5'1" and has a more nasally voice (
  ). She's not afraid to get her hands dirty, has a short temper, and will tell you how it is without worry of flak. She continues to wear a combat skirt, like her mother, and combat boots, with her guitar strapped to her back. The Schnee emblem is tattooed on the top of her right hand
  
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  Weapon: Echoing Requiem - A guitar gun/club. This guitar, which is fully playable, belonged to her father. It has the ability to fire shells from its neck, as well as the base of the guitar to be used as a club. While it looks like wood it is much stronger and able to fully withstand the constant slamming on the ground with minimal damage.
  
  
  
  Semblance: Schnee Summoning- The Schnee family semblance did not stop at Weiss. While she can not use Glyphs due to her father's and mother's semblances clashing at birth, she can still summon and summon well. Her summons come out quickly and with little energy needed, however she is still stuck with summoning that which she has killed.
  Current summons: Princeton
  Marcato
  
  
  
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  Personality: Ivorie is a snobby woman. Then again, when your parents call you princess and shower you with what you want, it's hard not to be snobby. She has a disdain for all things common, except for musicians, she even dislikes Faunus. Even though some of her family friends are Faunus, she's always seen them as lesser due to propaganda. She's horribly lonely, like her mother she's a bit isolated and had very few friends, except for one, Melyn.
  
  History(Parental): Weiss Schnee- After defeating Salem, Weiss went off on her own for a bit. She tried to push everyone away, but couldn't manage to do so as they kept coming to pester her. Weiss slipped back into her deep depression now that the stress of the SDC was upon her shoulders, but that was all changed one day when she heard a street musician playing the most beautiful melody. Princeton, his name was, and she went by him every day until he finally took notice. They hit it off and were soon wed.
  
  This fixed her depression for some time until Princeton passed away. His death was ruled under 'mysterious circumstances.' No one in the family but Weiss currently knows the truth. (Ivorie knows but has blocked it from her mind.)
  
  Coco Adel - Coco was the cousin to the musician that was killed. Always having loved her family, she attended his funeral and discovered not only did he not tell them about his wife, but he had a daughter too! She was upset, but still stayed and loved her cousin, mourning his loss. Afterwards, she kept in contact with Weiss and Ivorie.
  
  After a year of this, Weiss asked Coco to move in. Things changed rapidly and Weiss was soon in a relationship again. Never marrying, Weiss decided that they didn't need someone to officiate their love. They knew they loved one another and that was enough. Weiss still mourns the loss of Princeton, but it's much easier with someone else there.
  
  History (Personal): Ivorie was raised in a lifestyle people only dreamed of. A large house, all the items she ever wanted, famous parents, and yet she was always feeling alone. Even though she had the coolest tech, the nicest meals, the only thing lacking was family. This was noticed at a young age and Ivorie was forced to see extended family often, as well as the family friend Jaune Arc (Permission was gotten.) She found a friendship with Melyn, but they too started to drift apart as she clammed up. After being alive for only 9 years, her father passed away. That spiraled her into a deep depression which branched off to her pushing away those she'd known.
  
  Hoping to make it better, Weiss showered her in even more gifts. A beautiful set of armor, her father's guitar, dust, etc. All of which only furthered to make her withdraw. She didn't need to get herself anything, it was obviously just retrieved for her. This too changed when Coco moved in. Coco pressured for her independence.
  
  Ivorie quickly fell into a mother-daughter relationship with Coco and listened to her advice constantly. She began to gain more of her independence. Getting what she needed, visiting family on her own, etc. She even tried to use dust, however, that ended up with her exploding herself and ripping a lot of her flesh off against a tree, the recovery process and pain only made her fear it.
  
  Straying from dust she began to learn to play the guitar, a natural born musician she picked it up fast in recovery and never put it down. During recovery, she was talked to about people trying to find and destroy Grimm spawning grounds from her mother. Ivorie liked the idea, she wanted the glory, but most of all she wanted to make her mothers proud. Deciding to join this group, she hunted down Melyn and now stands beside him, ready to take on the army with the help of her armor, her father's guitar, and the love of her family.
  

 

[Legens Legentis]

Cerise Torchwick

ID Visage Combat Personal

• Color allusion: Cerise is a deep pinkish-red color, hearkening to her style of hair.
  Age: 20
  Parent(s): Neopolitan x Roman Torchwick
  Species: Human
  Folklore allusion: The Witch (Hansel & Gretel)
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  Description: Standing at 4'11", Cerise is largely the spitting image of her mother, only without being mute, and with more reddish hair than pink.
  
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  Weapon: Quiet Storm, as Cerise has titled her weapon, is a modified version of her mother's umbrella. It is similar in appearance, with a pink coloration and ornate design, but with notable improvements in function. The core of the umbrella is replaced with a working gun, and the metal from the sword was reused on the very rim of the device. When activated, the umbrella becomes a spinning saw with formidable cutting power. It carries the same strength as when its previous owner wielded it.
  Semblance: Torchlight, or the ability to erupt in a fire-like substance, is mostly a defensive tactic. It makes direct, hand-to-hand combat much more of a challenge when it's more likely to cause searing pain for her opponent. At its weakest, it makes for a good flashlight.
  
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  Personality: Cerise Torchwick takes more from her father when it comes to personality. For as much as she idealizes the man she never met, she has an obsession with becoming as feared and renowned as he was. This goal encouraged her to take up the sciences rather than organized crime. After all, her father was a mastermind; it made sense to put that natural talent to good use. She is adept in a laboratory and prefers to spend her time researching. While she does not enjoy combat to the same extent her parents did, she is ruthless against foes. The only thing that immediately gets on her nerves is her own diminutive height. It's better for those around her not to mention it.
  History (parental): Neopolitan was, more or less, forced into hiding after the fall of Beacon for a plethora of reasons. Not only was she a wanted criminal, but she also discovered herself to be pregnant. For a time she lived on the outskirts of society, under a new name and with appearances that changed semi-frequently. She was the sole heir to Roman's legacy in two ways. His criminal empire broke at the seams, and all she could do was pick up the pieces, this time remaining completely in the shadows. Secondly, her daughter was the one thing she adored above all else. Neo sheltered her from the truth about her father's death, telling her instead that Roman was killed by Ruby Rose. Thus began Cerise's first step on the path of revenge.
  History (personal): Cerise grew up in a period of confusion and calamity. The Grimm wreaked havoc wherever they could, changing their form into something more horrid after Salem's climactic defeat. Nonetheless, the young Cerise was fascinated by them. Her mother, noticing this developing interest, allowed her daughter to study the Grimm in a laboratory that fell under the "protection" of her criminal band. It was the best form of education one could ask for. With a handful of bribes and threats later, Cerise comfortably took the role of chief scientist, desperately trying to find a way to harness the Grimm's full potential. A great deal of inspiration came from the long-dead Doctor Merlot, whose experiments on Grimm proved more successful than anything she had achieved. It was up to her to create something even more diabolical.