Pow Right In The Kisser

21:00:53: <Lorkhan> As the trio in stands dashes off to meet Ebony in the locker room, she finds herself stopped in the usual place by someone waiting. God, is there a sign or something saying 'Harass competitors here'? But the figure stands in shadow, the lights in the hallway turned off for some reason... and suddenly Ebony feels /fear/. Almost terror, like she felt down in <>
21:02:53: <Lorkhan> the dark with the monstrous Grimm. A pair of eyes gleam in the light, bright yellow but lacking the Faunus slit, as a voice rings out. "You kept your eye on your opponent, no matter what. Just like I taught you." The figure steps forwards into the light, clearly a woman in her thirties... dark skin like Ebony, a narrow and soft face like Ebony, but <>
21:04:34: <Lorkhan> pitch black hair where Ebony's is white. She's clad in a trenchcoat that you /know/ has an emblem of an Elephant Skull imposed on a broken moon, but under it she wears a suit of black metal layers that covers her entire body from the neck down. "But your form was sloppy, and you almost lost because of it. Fix that."
21:07:27: <Ebony_Muddhauser> Ebony's eyes widen as she felt herself break out into a cold sweat. She knew who this woman was just from the eyes alone. Those piercing eyes that seemed to look through you. Ebony was frozen in place, unable to move or act due to this woman's presence. "...M-Mom.." She managed to whisper, barely audible. Her hands clenched her broken weapon tightly, even though she couldn't move otherwise.
21:09:34: <Lorkhan> "...Daughter." The woman, Ivory Blackwell, nods. "I... was in town. And thought I should watch you fight. You... could do worse." She pauses, her eyes suddenly narrowing in on Ebony in a way that she /distinctly/ remembers. "You *will* do better."
21:13:58: <Ebony_Muddhauser> Ebony flinched visibly from the stare of her mother, really wishing she was anywhere but here. She swallowed hard, more than a little afraid of this woman. Even though she hated her guts, she knew that right now she was no match for her. Just from a observation she could tell the woman left zero openings. All she could do was nod quietly. She would do better.. she HAD to if she wanted to face her.
21:16:16: <Lorkhan> The woman looks Ebony up and down... no, /through/ Ebony, as thoroughly as if she were reading her mind. A faint whisp of a grin graces her face, looking like a dragon about to swallow a knight. And then she whips around and away from Ebony, snapping her fingers as the lights flicker on and a trio of Yin, Xia, and Sienna round the corner and suddenly find <>
21:18:36: <Lorkhan> themselves faced with the same force of sheer /personality/ that pinned Ebony so flawlessly in place with a single glance. The woman takes you all in in a moment. And then a crack rings out as she's suddenly holding a gun, a trail of smoke from the barrel. "For your crimes, I condemn you."
21:23:06: <Xia_Yu> Xia wasn't expecting it --- couldn't have expected it. The round hits and the Tiger Faunus crumples without so much as a whimper.
21:23:48: <Lorkhan> "A traitor's fate." The woman looks... emotionless, as her eyes seem to flicker like someone gazing into the distance.
21:25:33: <Sienna_Shahrazade> "Ebony y-" Sienna started, only to be startled at the flicker of lights and sudden bang as Xia's body jerks and falls to the ground. A single beat and Sienna let out a yell, swinging up her poncho and RAINING noxious chemicals down on the woman from vials hidden on her person. "OH YOU CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF YOU BITCH!"
21:28:39: <Ebony_Muddhauser> "STOP!" Ebony finally shouted, glaring at her mom after Xia dropped. That was enough to jump-start her brain. She stood protectively in front of her team, holding up the broken Perfect Puzzle defensively. "Don't. Touch. My. Team."
21:37:57: <Yin_Sun> The instant the shot rang out, Yin reacted, launching himself outwards with a flying kick!
21:41:48: <Ebony_Muddhauser> "Yin! Wait!" Ebony called out, her eyes widening when she realized Yin shot past her.
21:42:26: <Yin_Sun> ... Or not, as Miraj suddenly flared up, boosting him backwards instead as he slid to a stop, teeth grit. T-This pressure... j-just what the hell was this woman?!
21:43:09: <Lorkhan> The countless vials fly towards Ivory... and promptly slam into the walls all around her, not a drop touching her. Where there was a gun, instead an intricate chain with a stylized blade for a head spirals around her outstretched arm. It shifts like a snake, moving without any visible input as it coils around her hand. At the words though, her eyes flutter.<>
21:44:50: <Lorkhan> She blinks rapidly, shaking her head, raising her free hand to press a black-armored palm to the side as she gives a groan of... of /pain/. She snaps her gaze back to Ebony, murder in her eyes... and blood, too, staining the whites and a faint bit trickling out the corners. And then she's gone, turning in place and dashing away down a side hall, vanishing.