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Jazrael

Character Info
Name: Jazrael Songravos
Age: 20 (Host)
Alignment: CN
Race: Demon
Gender: Female
Class: Adventurer
Silver: 3012
Jazrael had never really appreciated the powers her position in the Reaper’s realm had afforded her until she was unable to use the majority of them. She had defied Dalanesca’s orders more times than she had been welcome to, and the goddess had finally made good on her promise to make the demon pay for the wrong doings she had committed. The worst of which was now her lack of movement, so to speak. No longer was she able to leap from one body to another, exiting just as her host expired, or when she grew tired of her appearance. Fortunately for the demon, the body she found herself in now was one of her favorites that she had ever inhabited. A pretty face, a slender frame with curves in all the right places, and long, beautiful hair falling to the middle of her back - in fact, the hair of the woman’s body she had taken over quite reminded her of Lady Dalanesca’s, and the Siren was someone she admired, even if she had committed a few acts of defiance.

While she couldn’t blame her employer, so to speak, for punishing her. She had been given multiple warnings and had continuously gotten away with nothing more than a few harsh words from the goddess - but that had changed with her last transgression. The goddess had finally had enough,and her punishment had been swift, yet just. Jazrael still retained many of her defining characteristscs and powers. Her eyes still changed if she wasn’t careful, but she couldn’t leave her body. She was still much stronger than any mortal, which allowed her to defend herself - which was rather important. She didn’t heal as quickly now, and she was afraid that she would perish along with her bodily vessel if she was wounded too badly.

The fear of that, of death, was enough to give her caution. WIth that, she had decided that she would do her duty as Dalanesca had told her - help undo other wrongdoings that contradicted what the goddess stood for. One of the many wrongdoings that irked the goddess to no end were senseless murders. While Dalanesca was the goddess of Death, she hated senseless killing. It flooded the underworld with more souls than were meant to be there. So, naturally, when a string of dead clients began popping up at a brothel in Vilpamolan, she found her way there and decided she would get to the bottom of who, or what, was behind the deaths.

It had been rather easy for her to find the brothel, and even easier to get a job there. Many of the girls were scared off when clients began dying, so the madame running the place had found her short staffed. After a week or so of employment, Jazrael had begun to suspect that it was not a human behind the murders, but rather a succubus - and this pushed her to want to solve the mystery even further. Dalanesca would be furious when she found out that one of her succubi was sending undeserving souls to Inferos, and if Jazrael brought the culprit to justice, there was a chance that the goddess would see this as a redemption and put her back in her good graces.

Under the guise of the name Ana Maria, affecting an Adelunan accent, Jazrael sat on a chaise lounge in the parlor of the brothel - one of the finer establishments in Vilpamolan. A glass of a sweet southern wine sat on the table beside her, nearly untouched. She had grown rather tired of the taste in the time she had been there, but it was more for show than anything. She hated the attire she donned - she wore a large necklace with many silver chains that hung down low, covering her chest, and a thin silver chain around her waist with many sheer scarves hanging down in the manner of a skirt - an effort from the madame to entice the clients with her Adelunan charm, no doubt.

This was her routine. She’d handle clients for a part of the day, and after the last she would snoop about a bit, trying to sniff out the culprit behind the murders - but she had only gotten so far, and seemed to hit dead ends at nearly every turn.
Lazarus

Character Info
Name: Lazarus Black
Age: Unknown
Alignment: TG
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Class: Sable Cleric
Silver: 315
Scents of exorbitant wines, heady perfumes and muffled sounds of carnal zeal caused Lazarus to hesitate in the entryway. He felt rather sheepish for being so disproportionately  averted to such a place as a brothel, given the many other precarious situations he had found himself in over the years. If it were not for the absolute certainty that something preternatural were at play in the string of murders here, the cleric would have taken a hard pass on this case. The madame here had many connections outside of the flesh business, and had heard word of him. Thus, at her insistence, here he was…

It was only now that he was here that it truly dawned on him how dangerous a game this could be. This was supposedly a succubus he was tracking down. Like any other predator of mortal essence, he expected her to immediately be drawn to his abundant and enticing energy. That didn't make things any easier. In any other scenario with a different creature, Lazarus would feel confident in his abilities. He was resistant or even completely immune to the most accursed things his quarry could offer…but he was still a man - an inexperienced one at that, in this realm of life. How close would he have to let the devil get to him before he could find her out? By then, would it be too late? He didn't fancy the idea of his first time being his only time.

Glancing at a dark-haired woman reclining nearby, Lazarus thought he had felt a twinge of familiarity, and perhaps something else, but he let it go as the madame rounded the corner. Smoothing his long dark coat and taking off his hat, he held it to his chest as he nodded to her, giving a childish too-toothy grin in display of his anxiety. "Afternoon, ma'am," he began. "I-"
He was cut off and startled as the woman rather boldly took hold of his face, peering piercingly into his eyes. Her ample, curvy frame brazenly draped only in sheer colorful silks suddenly being so close made him squirm uncomfortably, and he was relieved when she at last released him. She spoke with a boisterous, rather heavily-accented tone. "It is true what I've heard. Your eyes are like a tree-lined autumn sunset. Young and dishy to boot. You won't have any trouble at all with your investigation. Many of the girls here appreciate oddities and novelty. It will all be free of charge, of course, given that you can show me some results, yes?"

Lazarus chuckled nervously at this and ruffled his hair. "Not to say that magnanimous prospect of depravity couldn't make most men grin like a possum chowin' on a sweet potato," he quipped. "But I will respectfully have to decline the offer."
This response caused the madame to shake her head vehemently, her curly auburn-blonde hair ruffling out like a lion's mane. She quirked an eyebrow at him. "Priest or no, how do you expect to shadow such a deceptive and sensual creature without being hands-on?"

"Some of Adeluna's finest found the wily thing well enough…only to be sailed back in boxes,"
the cleric shot back bluntly. "I have my own methods of becoming…acquainted, let's say. For now, I need only a room with a little privacy."

Though offended and highly skeptical, the woman nonetheless acquiesced to his request, showing him down the hall to an unused room. The fact that only curtains and strings of beads would be what separated him from any interruption was admittedly more than a little unnerving. Sadly, it would have to do. He couldn't risk any more lives being lost by falling from the graces of his hostess due to complaining about particulars.
Lazarus sat calmly on his knees upon the blankets in the center of the room, and brought his mixture of herbs from his duster pocket. He did not intend to smoke them directly here. There was an incense burner upon the low-lying table here to make use of. With this atmosphere of distractions, full immersion would be necessary to project himself.

Inhaling of the fume deeply, Lazarus closed his eyes. Within a few moments' time, what his other senses could perceive seemed to gently wash away. Moans that still echoed from other rooms now sounded as though they were submerged in water.

Another deep breath.

He could only hope that the succubus was not meticulous enough to send the souls of her victims onward.

Upon exhaling a third time, his breath hung in the air as vapor, and frost began to form in his whiskers and on his clothing.

All he needed was one lingering ghost…




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