The Devil Went Down To Vegas (Closed+Open)

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Who: DoppelRaye, the magical girl squad and anybody else who answers the call.
What: Raye's Doppelganger has gotten tired of wasting time in Germany and wants to meet her other self's loved ones face-to-face.
When: March 1st to 2nd
Where: Las Vegas
Warnings: Probably violence. DoppelRaye being a monster. Possibly to be updated.

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For a time, Raye had been content to spend her time in Germany simply observing the events surrounding her double and those around her. A few in particular had managed to catch her interest.

She ignores the human cattle milling through the streets of Las Vegas, gorging themselves on vice and sin. Senketsu gives a low growl under her black coat and she reaches up to pat the Kamui, recognizing his hunger. The creature's appetite was relentless and she'd soon have to feed him again, their partnership was one based on mutual benefit but counting on the loyalty of a hungry predator was its own level of foolishness.

Not just yet though. First, there's something she needs to do.

She made a beeline from the location of the city's teleporter to the hotel where the Precure had taken up residence. It was easy enough to get in. She was numbered after all, obviously a friend. Making her way up to the right floor, she finds herself outside the door of one Winter Adamas. Without any sort of announcement or preamble she reaches out and seizes the handle and twists. A crack rings out as the lock shatters and she pushes the door open, breaking through any kind of bolt with ease.

Smiling faintly, she steps inside.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

Open
[Another time during her visit to Vegas, a post from her appears on the network with a photo of a Las Vegas street and a text message.]

I'm in Las Vegas and feeding time is quickly approaching. Fortunately, there's plenty of livestock around.

If anybody has an issue with this, please feel free to come and find me.

Comments

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Lily doesn't respond to the explanation. She's far more... chatty than Raye would actually be in front of a would-be opponent. Thinking about her own other like that, thinking about her friend, flipping her on her head... It's disturbing to consider, but also beneficial.

Trying to circle around Lily won't get her far. She slides into Raye's line of sight, not giving her the satisfaction of being able to lock right on Winter without something in the way. Something that suddenly flashes bright, but mostly quiet, as she transforms into Cure Moonlight with the least amount of fanfare possible.

"I think we'd rather you decided there wasn't."

[peacefulwinter]

"That Kamui has a name," Winter spits out, Raquel falling into her hand, palmed Loveads already in the slot. "And I know the real you, and the real Senketsu, would be horrified that you're talking about eating people. About eating us." Not that the idea doesn't horrify her; Emilia had already given her a lot to think about, what with the whole vampire thing, and specifically using that same word - predator. Winter isn't accustomed to being on the wrong end of the food chain, and as much as she'd like to present a strong front, it's very disturbing.

Thankfully, transforming into Cure Diamond does a lot to tip the scales, and when the light of her own transformation clears without sound or complex motion, she feels... just a little bit less like a rabbit cowering in fear. "I agree. I'm sorry, but I think I'd rather we not make this a regular thing." She's not entirely sure how she's being casual while her life is threatened. It must be the stress. Or a coping mechanism. One or the other.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

She doesn't look surprised when Lily shifts back into her path, because she isn't. It was an expected move, as was her change to Cure Moonlight. Another flash and she finds herself in the room with two Precure. She sighs, a series of mechanical sounds whirring out as the Scissor Blade appears in her hand, the edge gleaming razor sharp.

"I guess this was inevitable. The Lily and Winter that I know wouldn't have caused me any trouble but I can already tell that you're not going to leave me alone." She looks up at Lily, that smile vanishing, replaced with a grim, calm malevolence. "Just know that when I'm finished putting you down, I'm going to make her scream."

[alilyinthemoonslight]

That last line sets Moonlight's eyes on fire. There's no other movement to her, really, besides the settling of her dress, but... The pure, unmitigated rage boiling in her eyes is unmistakable. It's a controlled anger, perhaps more dangerous than even that homicidal bent she'd felt from Yuri Tsukikage upon the death of her father, but... it's most definitely there.

"Should you ever bring any harm to Winter," she says, calmly and with a surprising softness in spite of the stern tone, "I will no longer give a damn about my own morals or limitations. I will dismantle you limb from limb. That is not even a threat, you bitch - with something like you, I have no compulsion to exactly hold back everything I have with my power."

Because in reality, Lily does that a lot. She has all of the grace and magnificent control of her body that Yuri did. But Yuri, Cure Moonlight... she had a lot of power. Lily felt that the very first night she became a Precure over a year ago. It was almost overwhelming, mind blowing, and... even then she very nearly hurt herself and Winter getting control of it.

She's learned over the months when fighting human, or even sub-human opponents, her damage output could be tremendous beyond what she actually does. She fights smart, and swiftly, and uses her opponents' momentum against them.

For this monster?

She does not have the slightest desire to do even that much.

[peacefulwinter]

Winter should be expecting that from Lily, really. She's expressed those feelings before, in places Winter can hear and see. But to hear them like this, with something that looks a lot like Raye staring them down with a genuine-article Scissor Blade in hand, gives her a lot of pause. Her blood runs cold, even as she appreciates the sentiment ultimately behind the words.

Still, nothing's really changed. Lily's going to turn this imitation Raye into paste for making that threat, they're going to get the hell out of dodge, and hopefully things will be all right in the morning. Probably, on all counts. Mentally, Winter makes a note to apologize to her mother for what will likely be substantial damage to the room by the time all's said and done, while preparing herself for what's about to happen.

Aloud, Winter keeps it simple: "Burn in hell, specter. You're an insult to Raye's name." Holding her hands in her lap, her Love Heart Arrow falls into it, and she waits for someone to move, tensed to jet anywhere but where the shooting is. There won't be time to activate the Mirage, which means Lily can fly, but she can't. So she'll have to improvise.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

The rage burning in Moonlight's eyes is just met with a calm, quiet smile. It's the reaction she'd expected, really, and indeed just the one she'd aimed to provoke. Although the Lily she'd known likely wouldn't have even bothered talking before going on the attack. Interesting.

Her eyes flick toward Winter when the girl speaks up and she sighs.

"Harsh words but, then, I don't suppose there was going to be any other outcome to this. We might as well begin." Something flashes through her eyes and the smile grows into something more manic, fiercer. The Scissor Blade flashes up but... not toward Lily.

It goes to her own throat.

"Life Fiber Synchronize."

One quick movement and she swipes the blade. There's a beat and then a heavy sheet of red spills from the split across her neck, down onto the Kamui which immediately begins to boil and shift, eye bulging and teeth sprouting....

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Well. Christ. For whatever she's aware of with how Senketsu functions, this is right horrifying in comparison. Still... Moonlight can't let herself be frozen in fear or horror this time. That's not going to work.

So, she answers simply as "Raye" and "Senketsu" begin to transform.

Moonlight slaps the heart brooch on her chest, a billowing, glowing cloak spilling out behind her. She suddenly then rockets back, both arms thrown out to grab Diamond before she puts full force into trying to smash right out the hotel room's window.