Green Hunting

**Date Started:** September 13th,
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Previous Role-Play:** N/A
**Users Involved:** User:GoldenPiece

**Setting**: Eternal Forest
**Characters Involved:**
* **Natasha Mortov**

## Natural Selection

Blankly staring at the currently attending members of the Green Mantis, Natasha Mortov the New Captain of the Squad allowed a bellow of smoke to escape her mouth as her mind began working in an attempt to recall the abilities of each current member, idly she glanced back towards the members before once again slowly letting out a puff of smoke.

"Introduce yourselves" She ordered in her usual raspy yet commanding tone of voice as her golden swirled eyes swept across the "Current" members of the Green Mantis with nothing but indifference and disinterest.

Ann looked at the woman. She was beautiful, bearing the adult type beauty that Ann herself could never possess. However, Ann was not jealous. She was a scary woman! It was no wonder people spoke of female praying mantis so horribly! With the way they bite the males heads off. This woman surely confirmed that suspicion. Ann saw many of her squad mates, weak at the knees as the sweat puddled at their feet. It was laughable. Stepping forward, she spun around, giggling before turning back to face the leader.

"I'm Ann. Raggedy Ann. 1st class Junior Magic Knight of three years. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Ann then curtseyed, tilting her head in a rather odd way, her star-shaped pupils homing in on the woman, sitting so high and mighty. Ann skipped back into the line without a care in the world. "Someone else's turn!" She clapped excitedly, throwing her comrades under the bus.

Atop a nearby tree, Papir had his head buried in a large book about the different types of natural mana present in the heart kingdom. Without removing his eyes from the page Papir declared loudly in a tone of practiced precision "I'm Papir Ollivandre the fourteenth of House Ollivandre, 1st Class Intermediate magic knight and resident magic item crafter, pleased to make your acquaintance captain".

He could see the new captain in his peripheral vision she dressed in rather flamboyant clothing however he had litle interest in that the thing that drew his eye was the grimoire by her side "That wouldn't happen to be a corpse magic grimoire would it be by any chance haven't seen one of those since i read the Grimoire Encyclopedia?" he said trying to feign only partial interest. The girl who had forced him to announce himself, Ann, her grimoire her grimoire he had always felt bad for as it always seemed to be in a damaged state he had offered to fix her grimoire before but she had rejected him multiple times.

Isabella hummed softly to herself, her hands clasped in front of her as she waited for her turn to speak. The young woman wore her usual dress, a simple dress, and comfortable shoes, underneath her Mantis robes. Standing there quietly, she gave a slight bow as the new captain reached her, "Isabella Williams, 5th Class Senior Magic Knight." She said politely, leaving it to the other woman if she required more.

"How exciting!" A high and chill-inducing voice rang out from the very end of the line, drawing all eyes and ears alike like metal to a magnet. The being behind the voice was a short figure in a black sweater, zipped all the way up to her head forming a costume like covering around the person's form, leaving their appearance unknown. The figure jumped with joy as their fellow teammates introduced each other one by one, though most left much to her imagination.

Unable to contain themselves, the figure burst around the line of knights, poking, and prodding at each and every person as they made their rounds. They lifted arms, ran through legs, and leaped over those they could. "Repulsive, repulsive, repulsive, utterly repulsive." The figure insulted each and every mantis they came across, however, something would suggest they didn't mean their words in a conventional fashion.

As the figure continued to make their rounds, they stopped in their tracks behind the knight known as 'Isabella Williams'. They crept up behind the woman, running their fingers through her hair and creeping up, under, and around her body. "How attractive." For a short second, they positioned their head directly before Isabella's own, almost as if to make eye contact with the woman through the pitch-black hoodie. However, just as fast as she appeared, she ran off once again scanning through the crowd in her previous fashion, not standing by anyone for more than a moment, just uttering the same words over and over again. "Repulsive, repulsive, repulsive."

Once again, the figure halted in its path, much like it did with Isabella. But instead, they stood before the woman known as Raggedy Anne. She crept up close to the woman, though unlike she did prior, also maintained a good distance, almost as if something was holding her from getting close. "So attractive, but yes so repulsive. Static electricity?" The voice murmured to itself, continuing to circle around the woman in an odd almost serpentine-like fashion. But once again, she darted off, leaving much to the imagination.

Much as one would expect, the figure would soon reach the end of the line. They did a quick twirl, lifting one foot quickly then stamping it back down to the ground standing almost like a soldier ready for battle. They lifted their hand to their head, gripping onto the golden zipper that dangled from their head, and for the first time, while they were there, they swiftly zipped down the hood. Beneath the black hood was pink, a sharp contrast to the shade of the hood. In the figure's, place stood a short pink-haired girl with sharp pink eyes and pale skin with pink shades surrounding her cheeks. Her clothing beneath the hood a simple white button-down and a blue skirt, a very mundane outfit considering her quirks.

"Ahem!" The girl cleared her throat as if to catch the attention of those alongside her, though she surely already had it. "My name is Imana Veles! 2nd Tier Junior Magic Knight!" Just like that, the identity of the figure was revealed. Imana nodded once and then twice, looking back down the line then straight forward again. "I'd like to make it clear, so far you all utterly repulse me but a mere two of you so far. That is all" Just as sharply as she spoke, she zipped her hood back up, leaving her fellow knights in dismay as she insulted all but two of them, making for one heck of an introduction.

After most of the members introduces them selfs. Poisly Awok on a couch near the tree base."Hello! Playfully ask, You must be the new captain. My name is Poisly Hydrangea! But you can call me Poisly if you Want. I'm a 4th Tier senior Magic Knight! I hope You're as good as the last captain? Now if you excuse I need to see Papir. I felt like he's been touching, my Grimoire again when I was sleeping.

Well in his head. Well, she was a neat person, Hope never get on her bad side. Back in the real world, PAPIR YOU WARE TOUCHING MY GRIMOIRE WHILE I WAS SSPLEEEPIINNNGG!!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO SAY IT !! DON'T TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE GRIMOIRE WHILE THEY'RE SLEEPING!! Please PAPIR!!! He also said good morning to the other squad members. Wait a minute he said! Where the hell is the vice-captain at? As he looks around the room. I guess they are on a mission or they are out of the base for personal reasons. As he's laying down on the couch. He quickly goes back to sleep. as he started Snoring loudly.

Seeing as everyone that was present had introduced themselves, Natasha nodded her head in a sign that she had heard and memorized their names and ranks. Glancing over towards the large clock that was imbedded into the thick oak wall that made up the Green Mantis base, Natsha silent mumbled too herself for a bit before returning her attention back to the members in front of her.

"I'll keep this short and simple."

She began as she summoned her grimoire to her hand, paying very little mind to the other for that moment as her grimoire emitted a soft purple glow before fading away as her hand grasps the spine of the book before she held it up to her face and glancing within it.

"I'm reevaluating each one of you to see if your worth keeping within my squad." She continued as she continued to stare blankly into the pages of her grimoire. "Unlike the previous Captains, I won't tolerate the weak, I require nothing but the utmost best and I'm more than willing to kill each and everyone one of you who fails to meet that standard."

Snapping the grimoire shut, Natasha turned her blank and dead stare upon them once more studying each of them and mentally taking notes of the ones she estimated would meet her expectation those being Anne and Isabella. The Former she held a fascination in and The latter being the former apprentice of Iolo Goch and was the previous top contender for the Captainship of the Green Mantis prior to her ascension.

Ann tilted her head in confusion. She didn't understand why the captain would go to such extreme measures to root out the weak. Anyone with a brain could see who they were! Magic sensing was easy, but Ann simply shrugged. Who was she to judge someone of her level? In fact, Ann was excited about the opportunity. She had recently gotten a new spell in her grimoire, one she would love to show off.

Clapping her hands again, Ann giggled. "Oh goody! I just can't wait." She smiled, a smile abnormal for a frail little girl. A devilish grin. Then she began to sing, a childish song in an playful offkey tune. "The losers are losing, the losers are losing! Na na na boo boo!" She blew a raspberry at the people all around her. No matter how powerful some of them seemed, no matter how strong they wanted to be, Ann was confident in her skills. She had a trick up her sleeve.

Imana was in her own world as her captain spoke, she wasn't one to care much for authority. It wasn't very appealing to her, neither were conventional rules and laws. She decided what was right and wrong for her. However, despite her daydreaming, she wasn't completely checked out, she was able to gather the gist of the situation. As it stood, she didn't feel like being tested, nor did she feel like doing anything too active today. However, apart from her initial feelings towards the testing, she felt it would be a good chance to examine her squadmates further, especially Anne and Isabella.

Imana shrugged her shoulders in indifference. Oddly enough, her captain's mentions of a test beckoned no fear in her heart. She had a sense of cockiness about herself, though it would soon be revealed whether or not she had a reason to feel as indifferent as she did.

waking up again Said So a Re-evaluation poisly In a nervous and exciting ton. In his head, thinking about if  he fail . well lost his job and if poisly lost his job .He cannot provide money for his girlfriend and 3 young Sibling that his girlfriend is looking after . In his head yell, I WELL PASS NO MATTER WHAT!!!! EVER IF I LOST MY ARM MY LEG OR MY MAGIC I WWEEELLLLL PPASSS!! THIS IS FOR THE ONE'S I lOVE!!! Accidentally yell it out loud . The other member started looking at him with confusion. He started walk quickly for that area of the base.