Monter in the Closet

[Carter Velius (Arcane)]

Okay, thank you! Glad I don't have to rp with myself!

[Matthew Erikson]

Ehh sorry its taking so long -.-

[Carter Velius (Arcane)]

Not a problem! Not like the thread's going anywhere, at the moment, so take your time!

[Pheoniceous William Oliver]

Oh btw when do you want Pheo to come into the big scheme of things?

[Carter Velius (Arcane)]

I really don't know, exactly. A little later in the journey, preferably, but it's all really up to you. How it's planned out is he'll attack Jackie, knowing she and Arcane have been spending a lot of time, together. Arcane, in a last ditch effort to save her, will transform into a dragon and intercept Pheo. Jackie will only see Arcane turn into a dragon, though, and she'll flee, conflicted between her feelings for him and her lust for revenge and you, seeing the chance to pretty much just screw around with Arcane's emotional stability, will flee, as well, and attack her in New York in your dragon form. Meanwhile, Arcane is trying to give Jackie a short time alone, unaware Pheo is specifically attempting to kill her. He'll remain with Leon, guarding Tori and stuff and, well, then more stuff happens when he gets back. Yeah, just realized this is already written down in this thread where the entire plot is planned out, pretty much. Oh, well, I'm not deleting it! xD

[Pheoniceous William Oliver]

Ok so I'm thinking Jackie should probably get out of the car, so maybe the truck gets out of control so Irissia has to take Tori to the train whatever thingy mentioned somewhere. Then Pheo comes in with mist that Arcane recognizes as his and when everything is dark around Arcane, and Jackie (Arcane can see through it though cause they are pretty much the same xD) he tries to attack Jackie?

The truck is already falling apart anyways so we can just have the driver killed and the truck is about to crash or something so they all get out?

[Jackie Diana Robbin]

That doesn't sound too bad...Cause right now I think is when we should start splitting off. Cause Leon has to go fight Kim. Irissia needs to get Tori away and join Artemis. And that just leaves our Arcane-Jackie-Pheo thing.

[Jackie Diana Robbin]

So I crossed out where we are so we know where we are and where we are headed but this is what we have planned (I just copied and pasted xD)

So, first Arcane saves Jackie from Palmaria. He claims to be a demigod son of Nyx. Jackie reveals her past. He agrees to help hunt down the killer. The more they investigate, the more Arcane realizes the monster responsible for her parents' deaths resembles himself, which further motivates him to find the true killer. He's also trying to show Jackie not all monsters are bad and plans on revealing himself to her once they caught the true killer.

Meanwhile, Tori and Leon begin a forbidden love relationship. However, Tori's father disapproves and sends multiple assassins to kill Leon. Also, Leon's archenemy Kim begins targeting Tori to get to him. Tori's father decides to send her south to SCA to get her away from Leon and such. Leon asks Irissia and Arcane to accompany him to SCA to guard Tori during her journey down there. Irissia accepts but Arcane refuses, wanting to be sure Jackie is safe as she is building a reputation as an assassin, thus becoming a bigger target.

Mr. Sullivan, Tori's father pays Jackie the money she needs for more weapons to seek out her tormentor as long as she agrees to defend Tori. So Jackie agrees to join Leon and Irissia. When words reaches Arcane, he also joins them.

At some point midway through the journey (probably in Pennsylvania, somewhere, or Maryland), Arcane's brother, Pheoniceous, will possibly be called in by Kim?

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Jackie and Arcane accompany Tori, Irissia, and Leon. Maybe the change of scenery from the city where her parents died to mountains and fields would relax Jackie where she would become more sane. And, perhaps, there'd be a streak of peace where she and Arcane would begin their relationship (with Leon probably teasing, though I don't think we'd have to plan that part out).

Then, Kim and her forces would attack full force and Arcane would be forced to either transform or die (and risk the safety of the other members of the group). Jackie would see this and run off, conflicted because of her feelings for Arcane.

While they're still on the journey, I can rp as Pheo and attack Jackie, back in New York? And, if you do want to somehow have him connected to Kim, she could have sent word to him that Jackie and Arcane had begun a relationship. He'd attack her and she'd drive him off (just barely and probably end up injured). She would believe it to be Arcane, distrusting him even more and she would dismiss her feelings for him, intent on killing him.

Arcane would return and immediately seek out Jackie. When he finds her from across the street one night, he shouts to her, apologizing. However, the moment she sees him, she runs across the street to avoid him, in secret hopes he'd follow.

I was planning this to be at night when the streets are bare. She could be maybe returning from a friend's house or out assassinating a monster or something. But, as for the running part, maybe. She could not want to fight him, again (even though she never fought him in the first place) so she'd run. But if this happens, maybe they'll she'll be standing by the street for a moment and will turn to run just as a car comes speeding down. So, he really wouldn't have to be drunk. After all, this is NYC. A lot of people wouldn't stop if they almost hit some girl so long as she was safe. Arcane runs forward and saves her. She fakes a sprained/broken ankle. He takes her to maybe Central Park (the street scene can also happen in the central park board, since the main part of the thread will be there). Here, she stops faking and attacks. He tries to explain while dodging his motives but Jackie doesn't listen. She pins him to the ground, ready to kill him and, of course, probably spitting out insult after insult and threat after threat.

That's when Pheo and Pam come in. (Which is why I was thinking Central Park, as a house would be too small for 3 dragons and a mortal assassin to do battle.) Jackie finally realizes Arcane was telling the truth and turns on Pam, who was closest to her. (I'll rp Pam) Pheo (who you can rp in this battle) will see his chance and attack Arcane while he's down but he'll roll away and transform into a monster, again, knowing it to be useless to attempt to fight him off as a human (see, there's a bonus! You get to rp a dragon! though, Arcane can't talk. I'm not sure about Pheo, though).

Pam will die (since I'm expecting Pheo to be the type of person to just go for her for her looks and loyalty, not actual skill) and, though she'll reform, I doubt I'll bring her back into any of this, again. However, Pheo will fly off, being overwhelmed by both Jackie and Arcane. Then, maybe, he'll officially join Kim.

Afterward, Jackie will reluctantly accept Arcane for who he is and their friendship will be restored. And their relationship can come afterwards, though in a separate thread, probably. This would give Jackie some time to process everything before finally diving into a relationship with someone she just tried to kill.

[Carter Velius (Arcane)]

While they're still on the journey, I can rp as Pheo and attack Jackie, back in New York? And, if you do want to somehow have him connected to Kim, she could have sent word to him that Jackie and Arcane had begun a relationship. He'd attack her and she'd drive him off (just barely and probably end up injured). She would believe it to be Arcane, distrusting him even more and she would dismiss her feelings for him, intent on killing him.

Well, instead of me rping Pheo, then, it's Matt. And Kim is the one that has contacted Pheo, as made evident in the thread. So, I'm pretty sure this plot is going smoothly, for once!

[Carter Velius (Arcane)]

Just so I can keep track of what's happening, I'll post what is going on and about to happen since the previous plot plan has sorta gone offtrack. It's gonna be a simpler outline, too, to make it easier for changes in the little future it has left.

Jackie needs money and takes a job guarding Tori on her journey. Arcane, knowing Jackie is making a target of herself, decides to follow along despite previously refusing Leon's invitation, to be sure she isn't harmed.

The two of them kiss but their romance is cut short. Leon goes off to fight Kim, knowing she is the only major threat (he knows nothing of Pheo), and Irissia breaks away from the battle to protect Tori. This leaves Jackie and Arcane, with the few surviving Ares kids, to hold them off as they make their retreat.

Then, a black mist forms, which Arcane recognizes as one of his siblings'. He spots Pheo as he is ready to dive toward Jackie, having witnessed their kiss from afar. Arcane, having no other option, is forced to transform into a dragon - one that looks very much like Jackie's obsession for years - and intercept his brother.

Jackie, torn between her feelings for Arcane and her hatred toward her parents' killer, flees back to New York. Pheoniceous, seeing his opportunity, fakes a retreat and follows Jackie, intent on killing her to torment his brother.

Arcane, feeling Jackie needs time to collect her thoughts, finishes the journey. Meanwhile, in New York, Pheoniceous attacks Jackie. Jackie thinks its Arcane and attempts to fight but realizes she cannot win and flees.

When Arcane returns, he seeks Jackie out, but doesn't want to appear at her window, knowing it may both bring back bad memories and make her angry for showing up at her residence. Instead, he finds her on the street and attempts to explain everything. She runs, knowing he'll follow, leading him into a trap.

However, on the way, they pass through Central Park around midnight, where Pheoniceous and Palmaria attack. Jackie comes to the realization Arcane was telling the truth, and together they fend Pheo off.

Afterwards, Arcane reveals everything to Jackie, admitting to being a son of Ladon, thus being a monster. However, he also explains that he is not the one that killed her parents and that he has many siblings, such as Pheoniceous, who are mortal-eaters, while he is not. He explains that, in fact, many monsters, despite their heritage, do not eat mortals, such as Leon - the injured monster she'd attacked who was aided by a dragon, revealing himself as that dragon and explaining he did not want harm to come to either of the two participants, and was working to separate them.

From this moment on, he will vow to abandon his monster heritage, leaving his past behind him. He will go by Carter Velius, permanently, rather than Arcane.

Now for the questions:

1. Matt: Could you maybe rp as Palmaria, too, in the beginning of the thread in Central Park, until she dies?

2. Kat: Could Jackie ask Arcane if his name is actually Carter or if its just a pseudonym? I was hoping to have him tell her his 'name' (technically, he doesn't have a name), but wants her to continue calling him Carter, thus vowing to leave his monster life behind. After this, he'll ask Leon and Irissia to call him Carter, as well.

[Pyralis Demos]

Oh, and I'm pretty sure Jackie will still be uneasy around him, too, for a while, right? I think Kat and I talked about that at one point.