Thread: Shin Megami Tensei: Apocrypha (Saber Arturia and Rhia)

Hidemi stepped down from the makeshift podium set up behind the bar, and a tall blonde woman stepped forward from the sidelines to replace him, her tall, heeled boots clacking against the ground. A few scant murmurs were raised in the crowd--some recognized her, a hotshot upstart hunter operating out of Shinjuku named Rieko. Surname unknown. She stood there, still, for a dramatic moment, and even those hunters who'd paid precious little attention to their own leader turned their eyes to her--more than a few just to undress her in their minds. Not that it was particularly a stretch to imagine--the biggest article of clothing on her was a pair of fishnet stockings that stretched over her long legs and disappeared beneath a tiny black miniskirt that clung to every delicious curve of her hips, even threatening to wedge itself in the crack of her rear. Some looked her in her heavily-shadowed eyes, but more fixated on the black tubetop that stretched over the sumptuously ample curves of her breasts, a size too small, laced up at her sides, the strings seemingly threatening to burst at any moment. More than a few hoped they would. She cleared her throat and dramatically tossed the tiny leather waist-jacket hanging over her shoulder to the side. Most of you, she began, no time wasted with greetings and platitudes, have heard of me, in one form or another. You know me as Rieko of Shinjuku, a prolific tamer and hunter. But that identity is a fiction. Before I warn you of the coming danger, I must dispel with it. Unease filled the expressions of the crowd. The woman lifted her arms and held them aloft at her sides, and a bright yellow light immediately drowned the room. A great many hunters scrambled to cover their eyes those that squinted through were treated to a brief glimpse of Rieko's naked form, glowing brightly as her clothing burst off before an equally skimpy white outfit took its place, only describable as lingerie--leaving the majority of her best assets on display and clinging to her form elsewhere. White feathered wings unfurled from her back, stretching halfway across the room. My true name, the guest intoned, almost melodically, left bathing in her own subtle yellowish light, is Rhaela . Originally, I was sent by the armies of Heaven to keep tabs on the Hunters' Association... A task I have long since abandoned, despite keeping up appearances with them, upon learning the motives of the Archangels. She paused and took stock of the crowd, many outright glaring at her or regarding her with clear suspicion. In my last missive from them, they requested I leak the news of their upcoming invasion of Shibuya. Eyes widened throughout the crowd. Some gasped. Others murmured amongst themselves. Rhaela only gave them a couple of seconds before she continued. The invasion of Shibuya is but a distraction. They intend to bog us down with a battle there in order to send an elite strike force to Ikebukuro, in the hopes of carving out more territory for themselves in the Northern dome. Their gambit relies on Ikebukuro being understaffed, and once they have claimed it as a foothold it will become their forward base for a full-scale assault on the Hunters in the East, who are already busy, as you know, with the demonic enclaves to the South and their allies in Ginza. In short, the Hunters are now considered a bigger threat to the angels' superiority than the demonic forces themselves. The only option... As soon as she paused to draw breath, the crowd started up again in various states of disbelief. Rhaela snapped her fingers with all the sonic force of a thunderclap and continued after the startled crowds settled down once more. A strike team must be sent to Ikebukuro to mount a covert defense. With their strike force defeated, they ought think twice before mounting further assaults. Rhaela clasped her hand shut, and in an instant--with another brief flash of light and wonderful nudity--Rieko stood once again before the microphone, for only a moment before stepping down.