After she got the store room cleaned to her satisfaction she uses her 'new' clairvoyance ability to scan for her car and the other items that got left behind.

What she finds is a group of very skievvy sorts gathering up all her left behind stuff and taking it all to this heavy cart with some strange symbols on it.

She watches them load all the loose stuff in to it, before locking on to the cart and gating just the stuff in the cart to herself. Then she opens a gate under her car and pulls that to herself. They saw it starting to disappear though and two of them jumped in to the portal to.

She is frowning at them as they appear, one looks at her, "HEY This is Our salvage, you have no right to it." one of them yells at her.

"Its Mine to begin with you assholes." she growls. They have very evil feel to them and make her skin crawl.

The second jumps on to the floor, pulls a knife and attacks her. She just causually raised her hand and blasted him with a lightning bolt even as she brought her other hand up and did the same to the 2cd man.

Then, after they are down, she tk opens the door, and tosses them out of the storeroom, also with her tk.

Several of the guard, who were sparing in the fight rink, get to see this and as such come over. The man from earlier ask, "What is going on ?"

"I was teleporting my broken carrage from the forest to here. Those two jumped in to the gate and then attacked me. Yelling at me that I was stealing their salvage. Its My carrage and all the stuff I could not carry with me originally. So I did not steal anything. But they just drew weapons and attacked with no more provocation, so I blasted them." she holds up one hand, sparks jumping over it.

The guard sighs, "They have a cart or the like ?"

She nods, thinks about it, then ports the cart in to the excercise yard, "That is it."

They all look at it, and a few start to swear. Cosmic looks confused.

The men look to the spokesman, "What the hell captain."

He sighs, "These men are from the enemy. That is there mark." points to the symbol on the side of the cart. "Probably scavaging your carrage and anything else they can find to help in the war effort. Explains why they are finding more of those who have been appearing in our world if they have groups like those two searching the region."

She slowly nods, "There were about 10 of them including this skinny man in a solid black outfit. I scried the location before pulling my stuff to me. If they are the enemy, I can remove them if you want."

The captain looks at her, "Remove them how ?"

"I am thinking teleport them a few hundred feet straight up. If they are mortal, splat. Though undead ones may live through it." she states as she is getting a 'target lock' on the now overturned ant hill kind of feeling she is seeing from these enemies.

One of the other men ask, "How are you doing that ?"

"Warrior MAGE." she points out.

The Captain, "He was not here when you all mentioned that last night." he is staring at the wagon, "Fine, they are outside of the city, so making them one with the forest floor is probably a good thing."

Sing song kind of tone, Cosmic sings the stanza 'Its Raining men, Hallaluya, its raining men.' even as she opens gate pit traps all around these evil people, dropping them in to her previously made 'clearing'. While doing that she spots the rediculously large sword her original foe had before she blew him up. So she pulls that one to her to, "HA Found it. This is the sword that second nightstalker I killed was using."

Every single person there stares at that sword. Its a well known weapon, more of a long iron bar with an edge than a proper sword. Its half again as long as a normal claymore (two handed sword) and the only enemy they knew to carry it was Traylor the Terror. Fellow was a monster Before he became undead, no one is sorry he is dead.

Now distracted, Cosmic blesses the sword, cleansing it from all the dark and evil vibrations before hefting it up like it weighs Nothing and smiling, "Cool." looks at the captain, "I collect weapons and armors as a hobby. Cause of the accident I lost my old collection so this is the start of my new collection." she carries that monster sword back in to the store room. It is not lost on anyone there just how easily she hefted the weapon. Really puts forth that she is impossibly strong. The few there that had heard she defeated Zene in single combat are starting to understand that her claims of holding back were probably very true.

The guard ask the captain, "What level warrior is she ?"

Watching the elf, "Level 9 warrior, level 10 mage. Something the elves call a chi master."

Half elf recruit, "Oh well that explains alot. Chi Masters are sort of like monks, but more emotional and they tend to scare the crap out of most elves cause chi masters use those emotions to increase their fighting power. Given elves tend to, as a people, work on muting their emotions, Chi Master scare them a lot."

The few who were there when the elves came in that morning are now nodding in understanding. They think the elves are going to be coming around more to pester their newest weapon, er comrad. Someone Suine chose to aid them in their war and they are really understanding more on how she can help, beyond her power to Bless the enemy.

Renee sighs, "I hope she can teach us some of that stuff. I asked her this morning and well she says she does not know as she has never tried to teach others."

They all nod about that. Always good to learn of others fighting styles and if she can teach them even a little of her peoples skills, that may help them become stronger to.

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In the store room the cheerful expression fades and Cosmic slowly looks over her car and the few things she got back from the scavengers. She is morning her losses and working through the strong emotions that come with it.

In her old life, many of her emotions were muted do to her illnesses and such. She had been a withdrawn, slightly cold hearted person who faked at being a nice guy. Now she is healthy and strong and her new body has some potent emotions, she is Feeling things more than she did before. It occures to her that this is probably a little like how it is for some of the high passion vampires. Having emotions unlocked and then having to learn how to deal with them all over again.

Part of what she is doing now, is using her telekinesis to 'knock out' dings and dents, straighted the metal and pull out the broken glass, as well as carefully removing the used airbags. The irony through it all, the front and rear windows are intact, the door windows are not. But most of the interior is fine just needs cleaning and she works out the engine is a loss. Looking it over several of the hoses and wires are broken, the timing belt has some wierd bird creature fused to it and there are large white feathers in the fuel intake manifold. The only salvagable part is the radiator and battery and she has no clue what to do with either at this point.

She is pulling out things and sorting the items that got left behind when Edora finds her. She walks around the car, looking it over and noting how its in even more pieces than it was before. "Your good at making a mess." she observes.

Cosmic looks up at her, "Well part of that was working out why the engine did not work. Turns out some stuff I passed through on the way here, was solid enough to fuse with the car. I found a bunch of large white feathers, stuffed in the fuel manifold. That is like the cars digestive track, I think. Also there is a strange bird fused with part of the timing system." she points to the bird, which is brightly colored but has almost fanged looking ridges along its beak. Its was good sized to. Edora stares at it, "Yep that is a strange and mean looking bird alright. I can see why your machine no longer works, all these birds feathers, bodies and such fused in to it.

So anything salvagable from it ?"

"Sort of. The carpets are in ok shape, the seats are fine, but it will take work to use them outside of the car. Have to build legs for them, something to use my carpentry skills on I guess. Got 3 working wheels and oddly the front and back windows are in good shape. Though I don't know what use they can be at this point. Probably some other parts useful for things, but I don't know what at this time. On things that I had in the car, well you dumped a bunch of them out of the chest for some reason."

"It was junk."

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"It was Useable junk, I just did not know how to carry it and my main box at the same time. Had not realized I was telekinetic at that point. Suine has been teaching me how to safely use the gifts she unlocked in me, when I sleep. That is why I can use them so well now." she tells the Brawn.

Edora slowly nods, "Well that is good of her. Only thing my beast taught me is how to be a crying mess and kill people."

"Mine is a goddess, not a beast. But I think I understand about the heightened emotions now. I am very emotional and its taking most of my training not to let all these emotions just run my life. Cause I want to laugh and cry and scream and hide and run around all at the same time."

Edora slowly smiles and nods, "Yeah that sounds like what I went through to. Every emotion going off at the same time and trying to control them and not just run around killing everything while laughing and crying about it." nods some more, "So we have something else in common. "

"New life, new emotions, having to learn what it means to be the new me while not accidently killing someone or breaking things." sighs Cosmic. Definitely sounds a great deal like a fledgling vampire. "Though the big difference between you and I on that point, you have to actually physically grab someone to hurt them. I can make things burn with a thought."

Edora shrugs, "Mage vs Brute really. Ok your a holy mage psion so more available fire power, but I get it. Still if you need to talk, or just want to fight someone, I am good for that. I heal pretty fast."

Cosmic smiles at her, then with one hand, lifts the front of her car till its over her head, "This is pure brute strength, no tk. I am physically as strong as a storm giant now. IF I lost it and punched you ..."

Edora slowly nods, healing may be a bit moot as she can see an instant kill if she did not pull the punch. The flashy combat techniques she heard about make more sense. They were more for disipating the force than actual combat techniques.

"IF you just want to word spar, I maybe up for that. Its a much safer way for me to deal with some of what I am going through. I do appreciate the offer for talking things out though. I will need that. I got a lot I am working through and I think in some ways you more than most can understand some of it." Cosmic sighs as she puts the car down.

Edora nods, "We both lost everything at a sudden point in our lives. Given the option of live or die, but to live we had to give up our humanity in some fashion. Give up a chance at a normal existance. Yes I believe we have a few things in common. But I am a lot older than you. I am over 200."

"This go around at least. I remember past lives, some of which I was immortal to. I recall one lifetime when I was a Salubari, stupid tremere killed me in an experimental ritual trying to steal the power of my potential." Cosmic sighs about it, "Don't recall a lot of that life, save it was the one when I unlocked my first spiritual key. And it set up my souls true purpose from then onward. Seeking to learn the spiritaul keys and the secrets of the universe."

Edora nods, "Makes sense that would be a strong memory in your souls journey. I can also understand why you would not mention that one to Esmerelda. Though, ah, those Veneficus, don't exist."

"They exist, just not in this world. He did not come in to being till the period the wolves called the age of Apocalypse."

Edora slowly nods, "Ok far distant future from our perspective then ?" Cosmic just nods on that. "So why are you here ?" she ask.

"Es is off doing priest stuff at the temple today. One day a week minimum she works in the temple itself. I tried asking her what it is she does, but really it sounded like house work more than anything."

Cosmic nods, "Yeah, priest have to help care for the temple. Often cause no one else will otherwise. So her working their makes a lot of sense. Though that did not answer my question."

Edora shrugs, "They don't like me to wander the temple. The Goddess may accept me, the church not so much. So I tend to find things to do when Es has to do her duty in the temple. Mostly fighting boredom and not giving in to the urge to go and argue with the Paladin General. He is a useless sort, won't let those of us with the powers and skills, just go and wipe out the cultist nest. We know where a lot of them are but he seems to think we would not stand a chance and he won't let us even try. So we are all hold up in the city."

Cosmic looks up at her, "Want to see if I can exorcise him ? He sounds like someone who may have a few fear demons nesting inside of him. Otherwise, given the mood I am in. Just show me where these nest are and I can take out some of my overly destructive emotions out on them."

She chuckles about that, "You would catch hell from him if you did that."

"I don't care, I don't answer to him. I am not a member of this church, have not taken any vows to that effect. Suine recruited me with the express job of helping you all in this war. At the most I am an ally, at the least, I owe the Goddess for my new life. But I don't owe her church much of anything."

Edora nods, "The church owes you a bit though. You make a good point, really I am in the same situation. But I have limits you don't and well I got to live here. I tried living in other places and well here there are people who know what I am and don't really care. Provided I don't try and eat them."

Cosmic shrugs, "Suine told me, cause of the concentrated holy in me, any blood drinker that tries to feed on me will likely be on fire while doing it. So I am not really worried about That."

Edora chuckles and nods, "Ah good point. Bite and burn, good defense."

"Also if they manage to turn me, I will keep all my powers and be a daywalker no matter the nature of what turns me just because of my understanding and imbued Holy nature." Cosmic informs her, "Of course the only way I would get turned, well I would need to be unconscious, cause awake." evil smile that has Edora chuckling and nodding. Lots of elemental type power, not a lot that can stand up to that. She understands. Cosmic slowly sits up, "Ooo I just thought of a new way to kill someone. I can teleport, but I use gates to do it. Sort of crossing a dimensional door and teleport spell, but its a psion ability. Open a gate around part of a person, then close it, one part stays near me, the other where ever I opened the gate to."

And Cosmic just went another couple notches up the scary scale, Edora is amused by that really. She gets it, her emotions are up and a big one is fear. So she is coming up with violent ways to protect herself with her new gifts.

"Ok so, totally different topic. I was curious about your sexual preference." Edora states.

"I like girls. The mind in this little body is a mans. On a purely physical side I have rather strict guidelines I like. But otherwise its just a combination of personality and if they can stand to be around my wierd self." Cosmic tells her.

Edora nods, "I like girls to, as does Es. But she and I are not lovers, just really good friends. Some people think we are lovers and we did try it for a bit, but " she just shakes her head.

"Not that kind of connection." Cosmic observes as Edora nods, "I will admit I get attached to people pretty easily. Not always in a healthy way either. I get jealous of other people taking up the time of people I am attracted to. Or I did before, not sure now. Less brain damage now, so I am working out lots more about the new me there as well."

Edora shrugs, "That is not all that uncommon a trait. On the sex thing, I just thought to tell you, partly because your a really pretty girl and I find you interesting. No idea if we could have anything there, but I try to be honest about such things."

"At this point, I can not really say. Only been like this a few days after all. So still working through things. But I can state, you and Es are very pretty, if strange people. You have an interesting kind of relationship to say the least. Your fun people to watch." Cosmic states with a grin.

Edora nods, "I know and I think I can understand some of that. Don't know if anything will come of this confession, but I try to be honest with myself and those around me as much as I can. Oh, on that. Outside of the Inn, most people around here don't know about our special nature. Only a few persons in the temple, like the High Priestess and a few others of rank."

"Makes since. So only those around here know about me to, in that reguard." Edora nods to Cosmics observation.

Cosmic holds up her old shirt, then cast a cleaning charm on it till all the blood and dirt is gone. Then levitating it, she uses a mending charm she just learned and happily watches the rips in it fade away till its whole. She puts it on and nods, "Now I got a new dress or night shirt."

Edora chuckles, "You were a rather large man weren't you ?"

"Born early, several things did not work right, so I have been large since I was a small child. Around 8 years old, could not lose wieght no matter what I did. So by the time I arrived in this world. I was 6'3" and weighed around 300 pounds. And had the youthful face then to. I think its worse now cause I keep getting mistaken for being a teenager, elven style."

Edora nods, "Sometimes that is good, but often annoying. So glad I don't have that problem."

"I got huge breast for my build to, but because of the styles of clothing I found, it does not really show. Problem when shopping and all they have looks like childrens wear." Cosmic sighs.

Edora nods, having seen her topless, she knows pretty well how well endowd the girl is. Had she been human, probably close to her size really. Elves, as a general rule, tend to run on the small size in that area, the few like Cosmic are rare and often thought to be older than they are. But then Cosmic has that baby face and it makes for a strange combination.

Cosmic looks up, "Thought occured to me. How many of the troops here actually answer to this Paladin General person ?"

Edora thinks then shrugs, "I don't really know."

Cosmic gathers a few things, like her newly cleaned shirt, and stuffs them in her box, "Lets go ask someone. I got a feeling we may be able to do something about this war if what I suspect is true."

Edora follows, curious as to what her dangerous new friend has in mind.

Cosmic heads over to the Captain fellow, "Pardon me sir ?"

He turns and nods to her as his people train, "Something I can help you with ?"

"Yes, trying to learn a few things really. Who is in charge of the Elite Guard ?" she ask him.

He makes a face, "Not sure anymore. The upper ranks are either dead or undead. The start of the war was a vampire raid on our high rankers. The head of the Paladins, called the Paladin General, was 3rd in command at the start of the war. He only got his place by being good at politics really cause he sure is not much of a leader in my opinion."

Edora ask, "So who was the original leader of the Elite ?"

"Traylor actually and he was a right bastard to. Hated the wolves and anyone different or not human enough. Tended to treat us as less than human. Truthfully there was not a lot different about him as a vampire as a human, except he was harder to kill. Till you came along miss."

Cosmic shrugs, "I killed him more by accident than design really. Put to much oomph in to the attack. Edora can tell you how well that worked."

Edora nods, "Took out Traylor, and a few dozen trees to. Made her own clearing. The other vampires that had been with him ran after that. She screamed 'Cowards' at them. Es and I were on the far side of that battle, watching from the tree's. First one she took out, she did it with a kick to the head as she was channeling her holy aura, his head burned off. Traylor was the second one she took out."

She nods at that, "Dark infused nightstalkers are highly combustable if struck with light based holy attacks. Makes them burn." Cosmic explains to the people there, "Such attacks really just take faith and focus. Nearly anyone can use that sort of thing really. Suine's power works Very well for such things."