Paulina now standing in the lobby of the headquarters with the AI that just acknowledged her as Headmaster questioned what she had gotten herself into. Artemis brought her here against her own will and she is set to be the leader of an organization of hunters when she's never hurt anyone or anything in her life. She is having to hunt creatures she knew to be fictional but in this world they're as real as she is and they are far more dangerous than your normal human being.
"I will call for the Hunters to come down." The AI spoke as it closed its eyes to channel its voice to other floors.
Paulina looked around the lobby as she waited for the others. There were weapons of all kinds hanging on the walls, some encased in glass with stories of their accomplishments under them. The symbol for the Hunters was on the floor in the center of the lobby, it was a large circle with long crossing blades and an arrow going through the middle of the blades. Hanging in each corner of the room was some kind of creature's head, though they weren't real and just replicated versions of them they still freaked her out.
The elevator doors opened and three people walked out. Two women and a man, each bowed their head to Paulina.
"I am Dimitri, nice to meet you headmaster." The man spoke.
"I am Stephany, you can call me Steph, nice to meet you headmaster." One of the women said
"I am Cindy, pleasure to meet you headmaster." The last one said
Paulina bowed back to the three of them, "The pleasure is all mine. So tell me, are you the only other hunters?"
The three of them stood straight and nodded.
"During the last hunt with the former headmaster we lost everyone including the headmaster who gave his own life to take down the former vampire queen. Our goddess decided we didn't need to take on any major tasks until we had a new headmaster and there was no rush since the vampire queen had been defeated. The wolf lord and Demon lord have been silent for a while. The reapers on the other hand… they're going to be a problem." Dimitri informed her
"Demon lord? I wasn't told there was a demon lord." Paulina worried
"Well he's not your typical, I'm all super strong kind of being. He is very powerful but he is not a real demon lord like from some anime. He is a human serving as the leader of Osiris' faction. Not really sure why they call him a demon lord, probably because he was given demon like powers by Osiris and on top of that his body alteration ability is some type of spikey hardening that permanently gave him horns." Steph explained
"So he's not actually a demon he just looks like one?" Paulina asked
"Right." all three of them replied.
"Artemis informed me we're given these things known as Cypress, which grant us abilities as hunters serving her. Do you each have one also?" She asked the three of them.
All three of them nodded.
"Yes, my Cypress amplifies my soul ability ten fold but only for one minute. My soul ability is a green type, a healing type which allows me to heal wounds from a distance. If I activate my Cypress I'm able to snap my fingers instantly healing whoever's wounds I choose. Though I haven't tried bringing someone back from the dead." Cindy informed her.
"My Cypress forms a barrier in front of me allowing me to attack through my side of but nothing can come through the other. It works perfectly with my soul ability which is an indigo type, an alteration type, allowing me to form any hands or feet into whatever I want. I use it for ranged weapons mostly." Dimitri informed her also
"Mine is able to enhance my vision to seven times stronger than it is. My ability is also an alteration type, my eyes were permanently enhanced, able to see through walls and my vision is the best there is. The Cypress boost allows me to even zoom my vision in to see miles away and see through entire buildings, even the ground. Which is why my preferred weapon is a rifle, it's upstairs." Steph said smiling as she took her sunglasses off showing Paulina her extremely white eyes. They had a shine to them that was like staring into lightbulbs.
"Your eyes are beautiful." Paulina told her
She smiled and put her glasses back on.
Now that she knew everything they were capable of she thought of what the best thing for them to do would be. "Wait… what the hell is a soul ability?"
Each of them palmed their faces.
"Artemis didn't tell you?" They asked
"No, no she did not."
Steph sighed. "That sounds like her. Well, no reason to lie about it since you're a goddess servant. The gods and goddesses use this world as a war zone to establish dominance amongst the others. They decided that using humans as their weapons would be the better choice instead of killing one another. No god or goddess is allowed to fight for their own cause, only their weapons. Like a massive game of chess our goddess being the king and you her queen. Anyway the deities caused humans to create a medical device known as a soul locator making humans unlock super power like abilities through their souls. The type depends on your color and ability also depends on your color. We can do yours for you if you'd like, Sentinel the AI on the third floor can do it."
Paulina nodded. "Sounds good."
The group of them got on the elevator and went to the third floor. Cindy informed Sentinel of why they were there and Sentinel said that's he's there for in the first place and asked Paulina to sit in the seat in front of him. She sat and looked around the room, just a typical doctor's office with some devices that were definitely tech that never existed in her time. Sentinel asked her if she was ready, holding the locator in hand. Paulina nodded her head and he stuck the needle in.
"Red." The locator read out loud.