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the-iron-tipped-quill · 7 months

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Introduction to the Twisted Rose

iron here with my longest writing piece yet

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and now, the longest thing I’ve ever written:

“I forget Dorren has multiple children, not just Maiya.” Izumi said, taking smaller steps to not trip on the uneven pavement.

“What’s this one’s name again?” Aria responded, draping her long blue coat over her arm, sewing tools in full view. A small group of about five or six pins poked out of the left side of her mouth as she adjusted the needle and seam ripper to a more acceptable size.

“Elias, he is an almost identical copy of Dorren, minus about 5 or 6 tails.” Elise responded, clinging to her archival book, the one bearing the information needed for the meeting today. She was visibly on the verge of having a full blown panic attack.

Kyoka walked with Izumi, silent as usual.

Aerylyn strolled along, lost in thought about a woman she called Evie to the other members. Her twin tendrils were fashioned into a bow on the back of her skirt.

Izumi was the one to knock on the door, eyes narrowed as she steeled her nerves. She was going to meet the man known as the iron rose. A figure with barely any information known about him. The leader of the cult-like circus troupe of The Twisted Rose. Well, any information she was able to access from Elise’s archives was little to none at all.

The first thing the 5 of them noticed was a man who looked exactly like Dorren answered the door, with a few minor differences. Namely that he looked much younger than Dorren and seemed rather on edge. He seemed to be gripping at some kind of blade that wasn't there.

“You must be the people that Raven mentioned.” The brown haired man said, eyes surveying the group in front of them. The group of 5 that shouldn't have been able to access the estate. Nobody besides Him and two others should have had access to the estate.

“That would be us, Izumi Mika, Priestess and head of the Midway Point.” Izumi said a minor glimpse of her true form showing as she bowed respectfully.

“Elias Rosen, head of the eastern branch of the Rosen Family.” Elias said, motioning them to enter. “I hear you have good relations with both my sister and father.”

“That would be correct. Miss Hisau and Mr. Rosen have good ties to our organization.” Elise said, trying her hardest to calm her nerves.

“And you would be Miss?” Elias said, eyes on Elise.

“Kimi, Kimi Welton.” She responded out of habit.

Elias’s eyes narrowed but he didn’t press further. The woman seemed.. Familiar.. Maybe a little too familiar for his liking.

“Kyoka Mika. The knight.”

“A woman of few words it seems.” He quipped, looking directly at Kyoka.

“Mhm.” Kyoka nodded.

“You will call me The Seamstress.” Aria said, glaring at Elias.

“Aerylyn, pleased to meet you.” She said, twin tendrils extending from her back Unfolding from the bow she had fashioned out of them on the back of her dress.. Elias took note to be more friendly to her. Aerylyn smirked as she tasted his intimidation.

“Is there a particular reason you have shown up here?” Elias asked, sitting down at his desk looking back at the 5 women in his office.

Elise placed her book down, motioning for Elias to read it. As his eyes scanned the text, his demeanor changed.

“You know that I am a Sinworker. That changes the meaning of this meeting completely.”

“We all know a great deal more than you think.” Aria said, pin twirling in her fingers.

“You want my help then. Is there anything you will do for me?”

“I am the archivist of time. I can change things in time to a degree. I can remove all traces of you being there from memory.

“All traces? So you're like the perfect version of Miki’s program then.”

“Miki?” Kyoka asked, head tilted to the side.

“Mikiya Casey, my assistant. Creator of a program called The Diamond. A program that can wipe the data of anything. Any government database, books, files. Anywhere you get information.”

A woman entered the room, brown hair tied in two neat braids. A pale pink shirt peeked out from her blazer. A simple pair of glasses on her face, round golden frames.

“Speaking of you and you appear Miki, a lovely sight.” Elias said, seeming more at ease with someone he trusts. Aerylyn pouted as she wasn't able to feed off of Elias anymore.

Miki only nodded at him, sitting next to him silently.

“You seem to have very few employees you keep close to you.” Izumi noted, motioning for Elise to continue the conversation.

Elise picked up her offer. “Mr. Rosen, If you help us you can stop an extinction. You will have the support of one of the most powerful mage associations in this universe.”

“The Point. That's who you people are.”

“Yes, I mentioned that when I entered.” Izumi said, her expression changing to that of relief.

“I must have missed that. I would say employing a Sinworker is a bad idea but we are already too far into this discussion for that to be a disadvantage.” Elias responded, thinking over the offer.

“If memory serves,” Aria said, pausing to think. “You are the only remaining Sinworker to have survived the war of ruin.“

”Correct. Me, Elias Rosen, The Arrows Eye. That's what the League designated me as anyway.“

”The Arrow's Eye?“ Izumi asked, tilting her head to the side, looking slightly confused.

”Indeed, it is a strange title to have, despite my weapon being a blade.“

Miki poked at Elias and made some vague gesture, Elias understood this as her wanting an explanation.

“Miki, as I have refrained from explaining the War of Ruin to you. Allow me to explain how I fit into it.” Elias said, turning to Miki.

The War of Ruin was an event that happened around i think 200 years ago. The War of Ruin was a war happening between the Lady of the Void deciding to have her own army of sinworkers and the Lord of life not particularly liking that. The Lord sent his army, I only know of them as the Daybringer, the others in the void refused to tell me more. Into the Void of oblivion, the lady of the voids domain. She retaliated with her army of sinworkers, humans who had been sucked into the void and gifted abilities connected to a random weapon. I fit into this story as I was a literal child at the time the void took me away from Dorren and Echo. for a century I wandered the void, forced to grow, adapt and survive in it. I was given a single sword as my weapon, and I had to force myself to use it to keep myself alive. Then the daughter of the lady herself found me. Lady Divinia, already late into my 20s by this point, Divinia took a liking to me and kept me within her palace, until I slowly began to go mad from the twisting iron walls whispering to me to become one with them to escape.

Izumi spoke up, “Apologies for the interruption, I believe this Divinia you speak of is still alive. She works as one of Lady Liliths harbingers. Seat 8 of the 14 if memory serves.”

Elias only nodded before he continued.

I managed to escape before the end of the war of ruin. However in doing so, I remain the only Sinworker left alive. If divinia is still alive that puts an interesting predicament on our hands. From my understanding both the lord and lady were slaughtered during the war. Meaning if Divinia is here on earth, the void has no lady to rule it.

The room fell into silence, and Elias paused, returning his thoughts to the offer at hand.

”What do you say Mr. Rosen, Do you accept our offer?“ Izumi said, switching conversation topics back to the main reason for their visit.

He paused, and you could tell he was thinking it over.

Miki, who had been sitting silently for most of this meeting, piped up with how she felt, using the little information she had at her disposal.

“Elias.. I think it would be a good idea to accept the offer.” Miki said, voice barely above a whisper.

“You think so? Should we get Raven's input on this?“ Elias asked, turning to face Miki as she rubbed her hands together nervously.

”I think Raven will go along with whatever we decide.“

”If you would like, Ms. Casey, I can show you the benefits you would receive from this offer. It is not just Mr. Rosen who benefits from this. It is all 3 of you.“ Elise stated, understanding that both she and Miki were anxious.

”H-how do you know my name?“ Miki asked, staring at Elise with her eyes wide.

”As unfortunate as it is, my job is to know things.” Elise said as she handed the book she clutched closely to her chest over to Miki. “Besides that, Mr. Rosen has also mentioned you as his greatest asset.”

Miki read the text with a fear in her eyes that gradually turned to pure terror as she realized just how much this strange silver haired woman knew about her and her talent.

“You... You know what I've done... H-how do you know?“ Her voice was shaking, she was terrified, the things she had done in her past, the things she worked so hard to remove from her history.

Aerylyn who had been unusually silent finally spoke up to break the silence.

”Darling, as much as your fear is quite a treat to feast myself upon. Your mistakes and actions cannot be truly erased away. I have done much, much worse actions in my lifetime.” She paused, smiling as she reminisced in the glory of what unspeakable acts she had done. “I know the power you wield so closely to you, I know that fear you have of it falling into the wrong hands. I can help you, all of us can help you. You just need to trust us to help you.” Aerylyn said, extending her hand to Miki.

Elias just seemed to nod, and Miki understood that as there was no underlying motive.

Both Elias and Miki in unison said, ”We accept your offer.“ Elias continued talking. ”You have the aid of both the eastern branch of The Rosen Family, and the aid of the Twisted Rose.“

Izumi smiled, clasping her hands together, almost as if she was praying. Her mouth moved silently. She picked up a single ward, and placed it against the wall, it vanished instantly, and she returned to her seat. ”You now have the blessings of the creator itself, and our aid and support.“ Izumi said, a smile coming over her.

”Miki, If you would like, I am willing to teach you to best wield your power, but you have to be willing to let me teach you.“ Aerylyn said, focusing her attention on the brunette.

“...” Miki froze, silently staring at Aerylyn. “Are... Are you really willing to teach me? to help me learn the limits of my power.. to... to not fear it anymore?” Miki asked.

“Indeed I can. You just need to let me help you learn.” Aerylyn replied, dragging Miki off to another room.

The only ones remaining in the office now were Elias, Izumi, Kyoka, Aria and Elise.

Kyoka motioned that she wished to leave and wander the estate grounds. I saw Elias wave his hand, motioning her to go ahead and do so. Izumi seemed to just walk out, Aria had vanished a long time ago, leaving only Elias and Elise in the room.

“ You evade my puppeteer's gaze, how does one manage to evade the gaze of something that is all seeing?” Elise asked, staring at Elias, the unnatural blue of her eyes missing, replaced by an obsidian black color, the mark of Azaka, The Archivist of Time, a title Elise also held, controlling someone.

“Your gaze cannot reveal someone who is as inhuman as he is supernatural. A Sinworkers job is to remain hidden and work for the lady of the end.” Elias said, pacing around the room. Slowly collecting soulforce as a precaution.

“My eyes see everything Sinworker. I see into the void your power calls home. You cannot evade me fully.” The voice coming from Elise no longer sounded like her own, it was raspy, it sounded like it was hissing out the words, and it spoke in the language of the Sinworkers.

“So Azaka does speak the language of the great void. A welcome sound to hear.” Elias said, body pulsing with Soulforce. Keeping his eyes on Elise to make sure nothing would happen.

Elise coughed up a black fluid, eyes returning to her natural blue. Elias released the soulforce flowing through him and went over to help Elise, seeming very worried about her.

“Are you alright?” Elias asked, any anger he felt towards her vanishing instantly, replaced by worry over this strange figure nearly collapsing in front of him.

“I am… I am unsure. I am slightly cold and I feel as if I missed the past couple of minutes.” Elise said, pulling a pack of tissues out of one of her jacket's many pockets, and wiping away the black liquid that she coughed up. It reminded Elias vaguely of blood, but it seemed almost alive.

“What exactly is… That?”

“I will never understand it, Azaka refuses to tell me despite being bound to my body.” Elise replied, gathering her thoughts and sat up again.

“You seem… Familiar somehow… I cannot seem to place it.” Elias said, looking carefully at her attire, it reminded him of a uniform, but for an organization whose name he had long forgotten.

Elise stood up, stepping away from Elias, eyes full of panic and horror, almost as if she was worried he knew something he shouldn't, and vanished in a single flash of blue, gone from the room and the estate entirely.

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Aerylyn and Miki walked over to the area of the house dedicated to Miki specifically, the right side of the basement held what looked to be a storage closet tucked behind a single unassuming door. Miki picked up her ring and pressed the metal rose against the door lock and it popped open. Miki just seemed to step inside without a second thought, entering the space practically was like stepping into another world. It was oddly clean, but it looked lived in, a comfortable world away from the world around them.

“Nobody really thinks that anyone lives down here, but it does help that if you lack the key to this place, it just looks like another unfinished area of a long abandoned basement.” Miki said, bringing Aerylyn around, kind of giving her a tour.

“Interesting.” Aerylyn said, making a mental note. “Does this work as another facet of your abilities?”

“It does indeed, If I tint my glasses into certain colors, I can change the variables I manipulate.” Miki explained, leading Aerylyn over to what seemed like a kitchen, and snapped her fingers and the room seemed to get bigger, leading to a small breakfast nook in the corner, replacing the sink near the stove.

“That seems incredibly helpful to just be able to do.”

Miki only nodded, seeming like she was concentrating incredibly hard, she sighed as the breakfast nook took hold into the kitchen, motioning for Aerylyn to sit down. Miki pulled something from a cabinet and placed it on the table, it appeared to be a small tray of homemade cupcakes.

“I wasn’t actually the one who made these, but I did code in the ingredients so Raven could make them.” Miki explained, sitting across from Aerylyn.

“This little area, it’s like a virtual paradise.. but it’s real..”

Miki only nodded, and slowly ate one of the cupcakes prepared for her by her girlfriend. The lenses to her glasses were a baby blue color, and Aerylyn could not figure out what the lens color meant.

“What does each color of your lenses change to mean?” Aerylyn asked through a mouthful of cupcakes.

“Blue is the color they turn to when I’m here in my area of the house, though I do not know why. Lavender is when I code something into the world, more specifically something insignificant, clear means nothing, green means I can code in life, red means I am deleting code from the fabric of reality and pink means I am manipulating the code relating to feelings.” Miki explained shifting the lenses through each color.

“Interesting, now what is that Diamond program Elias mentioned you made?” Aerylyn asked, still through a mouthful of cupcake.

“...” Miki paused, obviously caught off guard by the question. She paused, clearly thinking about if she could even tell Aerylyn what it was.

“Elias explained it a bit but I want the full details.” Aerylyn said, using a tiny bit of her power to influence Miki to tell her everything.

Miki was a fountain of information following that little push, explaining everything. “Well… the diamond is exactly what it sounds like, it's a singular diamond that when destroyed, due to the fact it's relatively weak in structure, as it is a false diamond. It will erase Elias from wherever it is he appears. Erasing him from all magical archives, all databases, all records. As much of the areas he can be recorded in as my programs can access. I cannot access every single archival book your archivist keeps, however I can access your library. I need to keep the fact that a Sinworker lives out of the question.” Miki finished, and Aerylyn withdrew the power she had used to get the information out of Miki.

“I suppose I should take leave now, I can practically hear Izumi screaming in my head that it's time to go.” Aerylyn said standing up to leave.

“Goodbye..” Miki said, waving as Aerylyn seemed to just fade away out of the room.

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Kyoka wandered the grounds, finding a place to organize her thoughts, hidden in an area that looked like a greenhouse, she organized her thoughts about the figures she had met today. Without thinking, she had made the plants and everything around her begin growing, taller and taller they grew. Months, if not years of growth happened instantly. Kyoka opened her eyes and walked out, changing her current mental objective, before she ran into Izumi, who had been frantically searching for her for the past couple of minutes, as it was time for the 5 girls to return back to the point.

“Kyoka! There you are, I've been looking for you everywhere!” Izumi exclaimed, running over to Kyoka, who seemed very confused.

“Izu, it’s only been a couple minutes no? Why do you seem so frantic to search for me?” Kyoka asked, looking up at Izumi, her armor clanking loudly.

“It's been an hour since we were set to return to the point, I've been worried sick.” Izumi said as they left to return back to the point, a new alliance was secured, and another card drawn to her hand.

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wasted-women · 4 months

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ROUND 1 BRACKET LISTINGS

Welcome to Round 1 of the Wasted Woman Poll, the tournament to see which fridged woman deserved better!

Thank you everyone for your patience for Round 1 to begin. Now that the semester is over, I finished the list of match-ups for the Round 1 bracket.

There were 89 contestants for this tournament. Anyone familiar with tournaments knows that it doing a 89-contestant, single-elimination tournament would be annoying. Rather than cutting out 25 contestants to make it a 64-contestant tournament, I opted to use the format of a 64-contestant tournament, just with some of the poll in Round 1 (a majority of them, actually) being three-way polls with a single winner rather than solely two-way polls. So out of the 89 contestants going into Round 1, only 32 will go on to Round 2. Many of the listings in Round 1 will be characters from the same series going against each other, so that the future rounds will be more varied.

The tournament will be split into 4 sets of 8 polls each, with every poll running for a whole link. Below the cut will be the list of match-ups for each set and when the polls will premiere.

If there are any mistakes at all (spelling, if a character appears twice, if the media someone is listed under is incorrect, etc.) please let me know! I did double-check it, but I'm only human so errors do happen.

ROUND 1A (Will be queued to be posted on Tuesday, December 26th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Jiang Yanli (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling) vs. Wen Qing (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling) vs. Qin Su (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling)

Trisha Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Misaki Unasaka (Buddy Daddies) vs. Madam Lan (Mo Dao Zu Shi / Chen Qing Ling)

Kaede Akamatsu (Danganronpa v3) vs. Kuina Shimotsuki (One Piece) vs. Akane Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph)

Maiya Hisau (Fate/Zero) vs. Four Masamune (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) vs. Safu (No. 6)

Sherry Polnareff (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders) vs. Nobara Kugisaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Maria Robotnik (Sonic) vs. Captain Molly (Sonic X)

Serena, Rin, and Ruri Kurosaki (Yu-Gi-Oh!! Arc V) vs. Cyndia Crawford (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) vs. Amber (Pokemon)

Rachel Bronev (Professor Layton) vs. Anna Irving (Tales of Symphonia) vs. Grandma Rosiepuff (Trolls)

ROUND 1B (Will be queued to be posted on Thursday, December 28th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Storm (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans) vs. Bumble (Warriors: Dawn of the Cats) vs. Bright Stream (Warriors: Dawn of the Cats)

Spottedleaf (Warriors: The Prophecies Begins) vs. Brindleface (Warriors: The Prophecies Begins)

Sky Young (Arcane: League of Legends) vs. Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY) vs. Allura (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Lisa Tepes (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) vs. Sara Trantoul (Castlevania: Lament of Innocence) vs. Julia Belmont (Castlevania: Nocturne)

Beru Lars (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) vs. Padme Amidala (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) vs. Satine Kryze (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) vs. Tasha Yar (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Bill Potts (Doctor Who) vs. Freya (BBC Merlin) vs. Mary Watson (BBC Sherlock)

Jessica Moore (Supernatural) vs. Mary Winchester (Supernatural) vs. Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)

ROUND 1C (Will be queued to be posted on Saturday, December 30th between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Allison Argent (Teen Wolf) vs. Jenny Calendar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Amber Volakis (House M.D.)

Lady Marian (Robin Hood 2006) vs. Irene Adler (Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows) vs. Belle Gold (Once Upon a Time)

Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Mako Mori (Pacific Rim) vs. Daenerys Targareon (Game of Thrones)

Cordelia Chase (Angel) vs. Darla (Angel) vs. Winifried "Fred" Burkle (Angel)

Julia Johnson (Walker) vs. Andrea Cantillo (Breaking Bad) vs. Lyanna Stark (Game of Thrones)

Kathy Stabler (Law and Order) vs. Joss Carter (Person of Interest) vs. Shannon Diaz (9-1-1)

Eo (Red Rising) vs. Evi Kholin (The Stormlight Archive) vs. Teresa Moreno (Sharpe)

Julia McCullough & Sarah Borden (The Prestige) vs. Rachel Dawes (The Dark Knight)

ROUND 1D (Will be queued to be posted on Monday, January 1st between 12 PM and 1 PM)

Laurel Lance (Arrow) vs. Vanessa Carlysle (Deadpool 2) vs. Eudora Patch (The Umbrella Academy)

Gamora (Avengers: Infinity War) vs. Natalia Romanoff / Black Widow (Avengers: Endgame) vs. Jane Foster (Thor: Love and Thunder)

Magda (X-Men: Apocalypse) vs. Frigga (Thor) vs. May Parker (Spider-Man: No Way Home)

Jean Grey (X-Men comics) vs. Jean Grey (X-Men: The Last Stand)

Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man comics) vs. Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

Karen Page (Daredevil comics) vs. Holly Granger / Hawk (Teen Titans comics) vs. Mary-Jo Altman (Young Avengers comics)

Martha Wayne (Batman comics) vs. Sarah Essen Gordon (Batman comics) vs. Stephanie Brown (Batman comics)

Alexandra DeWitt (Green Lantern comics) vs. Sue Dibny (Justice League: Identity Crisis) vs. Lois Lane (Injustice: Gods Among Us)

#wasted women poll #poll bracket #poll tournament #character polls #round 1

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