[The video network feed kicks on to capture the interior of Everglade's cathedral fully corrupted into a disturbing visage twisting the warm, inviting embrace of a fatherly deity with the cold, cruel touch of death.

At the center of it all, the Skullgirl with her gaping back spewing baleful fire sits before a piano. The camera, carried by one of Marie's floating skulls, focuses on the undead girl as she readies her hands.

Then, her fingers slowly and graceful began to dance over the piano keys, emitting a melody for all the world to hear. Despite her suppressed desires to annihilate her enemies, Marie looked remarkably at peace at this moment.

The camera slowly pans around to then capture the church filled to capacity with Marie's undead minions, sitting respectfully in the seats, listening to the Skullgirl's performance. The camera floats down the aisle, towards the doors as they open out to the yard, revealing a larger army of undead, all standing guard around the cathedral. The camera made sure to take one lap around the cathedral so the entirety of the army is seen before returning inside.

The meaning behind her broadcast is plain and simple: The Skullgirl is still here, and she is up to no good.]

[Following the "liberation" of the mayoral office in Everglade, and the broadcast that followed discussing the changes in the city, now would be a time to locate Castlevania and meet with the one who might help reveal some secrets about the world of Genessia.

Now Marie passed through the subarchway and arrived at the gates of Castlevania, without her skeleton escorts no less. She wanted this to be a simple meeting and discussion. Even if fighting were to break out, she is confident she can take whatever is thrown at her, and the Skull Heart would be safe even if defeated.

If the little flea-man was telling the truth, the "Lord Tepes" will be expecting Marie, so she didn't wait for an invitation to push open the gates and make her way into Castlevania.

Marie would only stop when she enters the throne room...]

Sunset in Everglade as of late had been something as peaceful as sunsets anywhere. A fact that had annoyed Dracula for far too long, and tonight, he set out to change it. He emerged from the gate that connected Everglade and Castlevania alone. However, before long a massive Behemoth emerged from the ground beneath Dracula who stood atop the beast as if it were a routine thing. After the Behemoth, a multitude of various creatures of the night of all shapes, sizes, and myths emerged from the shadows. The Behemoth began making its way into the city, flanked on all sides by the ever growing army of the damned.

After some time, they began to branch off, marching down the streets in a very calculated route, with all roads leading to the Mayor's office. It was not long before the army had the office surrounded. Once it was, Dracula dismounted, making his way into the building with a look of grim determination on his face.

[OOC: As far as the army composition goes, if it can be found in Rondo of Blood and/or Symphony of the Night, it's a part of his army. The only notable exceptions being Death, Shaft, Medusa, and Medusa Heads.]

|Action|

[Sakura is a medium and while it isn’t a gift she uses all the time she is using it per Fai’s request to learn about those who call Everglade their home. She’s running all over Everglade talking to ghosts, spirits; some visible and some not to get their opinion of things.

In most cases it looks like she’s talking to air and each time she always seems to have a worried expression on her face. She has a clipboard in her arms and a pencil which she uses to scribble down notes.]

Are you sure?

[She asks the empty air in front of her with a frown.]

Okay.

[Sakura looks down at and nods feeling discouraged in her task.]

|Video|

[When the feed flicks on it looks like Sakura is over thinking. She’s chewing her bottom lip and there is a second of silence before she remembers that she had turned the phone on.]

Does anyone know what it feels like when we die?

[That sounds depressing.]

I mean… I know it’s sad but… I guess I’ve been thinking about it a lot.

[The dead deserve to rest, they sounded so sad to Sakura and the princess has begun to put the weight of their happiness on her shoulders.]

WHO: Bloody Marie, OTA
WHERE: Library of Genessia
WHEN: During the age event.
WHY: Because.
WARNINGS: Possible puns

[With a odd disturbance altering the ages of other residence in this forsaken world, an uneffected Bloody Marie takes advantage of this to go to the local library in Genessia, the city she perceives as the capital of sorts.

Flanked my two skeletal minions, she strolled on into the building an towards the reference section of the library. Marie broswed the shelves, the two selektons standing behind her, arms crossed in a bodyguard fashion. The Skullgirl pulled any book that might describe Genessia, its cities and its history. Whenever she found anything irrelevant, she would toss the book away onto a nearby table.

So... I've been looking into a few things and, well... what I found wasn't good. I heard about those murders in Attleton, and since I'm not much of a fighter I started asking around and talked to some of the people that saw what had happened...

[She holds up a piece of paper depicting a magical circle with archaic runes in the outer circle. In the middle of the circle was a pentagram. It was a simple design, yet somehow carried with it a certain air of dread.]

People say they saw this mark painted in the blood of the victims, and I'm afraid I'm not the only person from my world here. That's the seal of Diablo. Diablo is a demon lord of immense power, one of the seven Lords of Hell, and one of the three Prime Evils. He has a history of imbuing those that follow him with immense power, so it is possible that one of his cultists have come to this place and has not revealed himself. That's the best-case scenario. Worst case is that The Lord of Terror walks this plane of existence.

Just, if anyone sees this seal, be prepared for a fight... and fight for your lives because your life will depend on it...

[A pod in the Bay opens to reveal a small girl in a maid dress, still sound asleep. Before long, Marie awakens, her brilliant red eyes glow for a moment as strength and awareness returns.

She sits up in the pod, baleful blue flames erupt from a huge gaping hole in her back, flames whipping past even exposed bone and settle into a ball no larger than a skull.

She was still and quiet for what seemed like an eternity, then her eyes narrowed.]

"...Lorenzo..."

[She remembers now. She had found the filth, Lorenzo Medici, trying to escape on a airship. Marie began to move to get out of the pod, but nearby box sitting next to her was pushed out and fell into the water.

Marie, now floating a couple of feet above the water, glanced at the water where the splash was heard. A skull with glowing blue eyes appeared from behind Marie and flew into the water, retrieving the box in its mouth and bringing it to Marie. She opened the box to find brochures, a communicator, a necklace, among other things. She looked around the Bay, now realizing this was not New Meridian. She briefly considers this to be a prison, but if it were, why would they release her?]

[Marie uses the power the Skull Heart in her back to search for minions and raise no ones from the Medici's victims possibly laying dead beneath the water, but nothing. She couldn't even find her own elite generals, Double or Valetine. This was troubling the girl. No corpses was one thing, but no sign of her minions anywhere was strange. And this Bay above all things was the most strange. Marie knows for a fact that there was no area like this in the Canopy Kingdom, nor did she create it like the Atrium.

Marie kept the box of items, thinking they may come in handy somehow, and left the Bay. She landed and tried to look like a normal girl in order to test a theory. However, this was impossible to do with pale white skin, brilliant red eyes and a huge hole in her back emitting blue flames.

Seeing the city she walked into, Marie knew she was most definitely no longer in New Meridian, and the hologram of a tiny girl in white prattling on about whatever the hell "Genessia" was. Now she was angry and she made it known to the hologram, not caring whether or not if she or the Medicis, could hear.]

"So this is your plan, Lorenzo? Capturing me and dumping me somewhere else in hopes I wouldn't be able to find you again? You think your new "Schnee" allies would do any better than those fools who come after me for my Skull Heart?"

[Marie stopped herself, deciding not to proceed further and just went on her way to find a scene of death. She needs new minions. She collected the items from the box she had and stuffed them away in her dress where they could be safe and not be a burden. While it would be much easier to just go about as the Skullgirl, it would be better to not flaunt her power until she knows more about Genessia.]