The daemon stumbled back surprised the tiefling could survive much less strike back. It roared as it came in for another assault. Yet again nearly all strikes land but the half breed still stands.
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"It's covered in mental protections as far as I can tell. I can understand the need for my little cousins to have their necklaces, but I've fought creatures with mental powers before, and I'm no weakling when it comes to willpower."
"But I want to know why mine has the symbol of Chronos on it."
She sighed. "I asked him not to tell you how it did what it did, not to not tell you what it did or why I made it."
"There's mental attacks and then there's what Madness can do. Whole different caliber altogether. I'm immune because I'm a Champion, but you're not. Now, the thing is, I have this thing about fighting my own family. I managed to come back from it sanity mostly intact, but it's a weak point, mentally speaking. So if he managed to get to you, even if you don't succeed at assassinating me, Madness would still see it as a win. Not to mention the possibility of a two for one deal considering who else you have access to. Madness is crazy not stupid, and you're the most obvious target."
"The reason it has the symbol on it is pretty simple. I needed to create a magical resonance. That was the easiest way. The charm lets you use a small portion of my power to protect you from a direct attack from Madness. Not completely, but hey, partly crazy is still partly sane. And curable albeit with really high level magic...." she hesitated, not wanting to finish, but pretty certain he wasn't going to accept a partial explanation.
"The thing is that giving that to you leaves me partially vulnerable to those types of attacks. That's what I didn't want ton tell you. Because I didn't think you'd wear it if you knew. Look, whatever your title is, you're part of my family now and I am not going through that again."
"So you don't..?" Lysander trails off as he visible relaxes. "Never mind. Thank you for your concern, even if it does leave you vulnerable."
"So I'm family now?" He asks with a small, rare grin. "I thought I wasn't your cousin?"
"So you don't..?" Lysander trails off as he visible relaxes. "Never mind. Thank you for your concern, even if it does leave you vulnerable."
"So I'm family now?" He asks with a small, rare grin. "I thought I wasn't your cousin?"
She laughed in spite herself. "Oh, my gosh, you thought...idiot," she said, still laughing as she shook her head. "And I'm not sure which of us I mean. I totally should have thought that through more."
"And you're not my cousin. I'm not sure what you are. You're kind of tangential family. But still family. Anyways, if cousin is the title you prefer, I guess I can work with that."
Wait, you think that I thought that you..." Lysander covers his mouth to hold back his laughs. "Why do I have a feeling we were thinking of completely different things?"
Wait, you think that I thought that you..." Lysander covers his mouth to hold back his laughs. "Why do I have a feeling we were thinking of completely different things?"
She shrugged. "Yep , a regular comedy of errors. Oh well. We'll figure out how each other thinks eventually. If for no other reason than so we can entertain the rest of the family with the arguments at holidays," she said with a wink.
"Anyways, it doesn't matter. So did you happen to run into any other surprises in here? So far it's been a prety concerted assassination attempt, and I'm doubtful that it's really over. Oh, and by the way, thanks. Obviously the training paid off," she said, waving in the general direction of the large pile of parts.
"Nothing but a spiked wall trap so far. The training wasn't meant to do anything but pay off, though you seem to have gotten the hang of weaponizing it."
"Your martial skills have improved greatly. The time flicker was an excellent touch, not to mention accelerating his decay. So you've inherited Hunter abilites as well? That body of yours is amazing."
"Nothing but a spiked wall trap so far. The training wasn't meant to do anything but pay off, though you seem to have gotten the hang of weaponizing it."
She shrugged. "The advantage to literally having all the time in the world. I had plenty of time to work on it until I got it right. I tried lots of different types of blades, but those just felt right."
"Your martial skills have improved greatly. The time flicker was an excellent touch, not to mention accelerating his decay. So you've inherited Hunter abilites as well? That body of yours is amazing."
Ephebe looks a little flustered, not quite sure how to take that.
"Ummmm......thanks?"
"Your martial skills have improved greatly. The time flicker was an excellent touch, not to mention accelerating his decay. So you've inherited Hunter abilites as well? That body of yours is amazing."
Asch remains motionless on the ground his eyes are open but it seems he is completely gone. But in his mind he recreates his attack over and overcondemningg himself to a personal hell. And no matter how hard he tries he can't forget the euphoria of blood.
"Your martial skills have improved greatly. The time flicker was an excellent touch, not to mention accelerating his decay. So you've inherited Hunter abilites as well? That body of yours is amazing."
Ephebe looks a little flustered, not quite sure how to take that.
"Ummmm......thanks?"
Looks perplexed
"Ummmm......you're welcome?"He looks at Lysander
"Did I miss something?"
"Your martial skills have improved greatly. The time flicker was an excellent touch, not to mention accelerating his decay. So you've inherited Hunter abilites as well? That body of yours is amazing."
Ephebe looks a little flustered, not quite sure how to take that.
"Ummmm......thanks?"
Looks perplexed
"Ummmm......you're welcome?"
He looks at Lysander
"Did I miss something?"
Ephebe blushed.
"Well, from most guys it would be a compliment with er, sexual connotations. However, I know that's not the case for you. But your interest in bodies tends to be more...er...post-mortem...like dissections and stuff....so I really didn't know how to take that....oh gods, I'm making it worse. I really need to stop talking now."
"I see. I compliment your form all the time, that's all I meant."
He dips his head down and to the side, the universal dragon body language equivalent to blushing.
"I don't dissect stuff anymore, anyways."
"I see. I compliment your form all the time, that's all I meant."
He dips his head down and to the side, the universal dragon body language equivalent to blushing.
"I don't dissect stuff anymore, anyways."
"I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot! I just say stuff before I think. Can you forgive me?" she asked putting a hand on his shoulder and looking up at him anxiously.
"I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot! I just say stuff before I think. Can you forgive me?" she asked putting a hand on his shoulder and looking up at him anxiously.
"It's not that big of a deal Ephebe, no apology necessary. I probably should not voice every little thing that pops into my head, either."
"I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot! I just say stuff before I think. Can you forgive me?" she asked putting a hand on his shoulder and looking up at him anxiously."It's not that big of a deal Ephebe, no apology necessary. I probably should not voice every little thing that pops into my head, either."
She gave a small giggle. "Well, at least you're not a running joke. My brothers have been saying for years that if you want everyone to know a secret just tell it to Ephebe. I can't bluff for anything and my habit of saying whatever pops into my head...well, you get the idea."
She leaned her head against his shoulder. "I'm sorry if I overreacted with the apology. I haven't really had friends before, so I'm not always sure how to act."
Rests his head lightly on top of hers
"Just be yourself."
Rests his head lightly on top of hers
"Just be yourself."
She smiled.
"Okay, I guess I can manage that."He gets a quick telepathic impression of happiness from her.
She sighed. "So I guess now we gotta continue doing a sweep of this place to make sure there aren't any more nasty surprises."
"We're pretty much stuck here for a while," she said to Lysander. "It's not really safe for Krays to be in Avalon like this and he can't change back until he finished molting. Although that should be sometime soon. Anyways, I had to put up the magical barriers around the pyramid thanks to some super nasty swarms flying around the jungle."
Kalesril attacked again determined to be rid of the annoying daemon once and for all. Kalesril tears him apart, what is left of him quickly vanishes back to Abaddon. Now only that elusive one was left, he could tell the direction but nothing more. His wounds heal over as he walks off after the last.
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"We're pretty much stuck here for a while," she said to Lysander. "It's not really safe for Krays to be in Avalon like this and he can't change back until he finished molting. Although that should be sometime soon. Anyways, I had to put up the magical barriers around the pyramid thanks to some super nasty swarms flying around the jungle."
"I have time. I can use any attacks to sharpen my skills anyway." Lysander replies. "And as for my title, I think 'Cousin' is a step up from my last title."
"We're pretty much stuck here for a while," she said to Lysander. "It's not really safe for Krays to be in Avalon like this and he can't change back until he finished molting. Although that should be sometime soon. Anyways, I had to put up the magical barriers around the pyramid thanks to some super nasty swarms flying around the jungle.""I have time. I can use any attacks to sharpen my skills anyway." Lysander replies. "And as for my title, I think 'Cousin' is a step up from my last title."
"Aagh, run away, he's scary' is a bit long for everyday use," she said with a wink.
"It's better than 'Oh no, not you again!' though isn't it?" Lysander coolly fires back. "No, my last title was 'Wanu-Caluht Cmyoan', it roughly tranlates to 'Zero-Second Slayer' in Common."
"That scary enough for you?" He asks with another small grin.
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"I like 'Krayskopiusthexum scourge of the living and spoiler of flesh that soars in shadow' myself..."
"What? I used to be an a#!+#$*..."
"Unless Ephebe has a scary or @$$^&!* title, she's the odd person out." Lysander says as he starts walking through the halls. "Not a bad thing, not having a title..."
"I think after that display 'Fireblade' would be a good starter."
"Too many who could call the Fire took that title. It became a joke in my Clan before our fight with the Shadowstrikers."
"Ahh, well titles shouldn't be a joke, although mine certainly is."
"It was a joke when every single Sandwalker could do it. Though Ephebe may be the last to use it as things are now, so it may be more fitting than I first thought."
"I suppose it can still be a cool title if it's just an inside joke..."
In his mind everything is dark…but it's not like the darkness he has come to know as Umbral's darkness. This is a darkness with a malevolent mind. It chokes out his life worming it's way into his heart. The voice of his father cuts in tormenting him laughing. ::Isn't it delicious Asch?:: "What do you want? Just let me rest..." ::The blood of a loved one is delicious to one like us isn't it?:: "I said leave me alone!" He yells back his eyes shining. ::You can't hurt me Asch you already killed me once.:: "That's right I killed you that's all I do I kill things I'm no good to anyone.…What about those students…they'd be dead if you hadn't stepped in… "Wha who else is here?" (Oh my son. You think just because you are a part of your father you forget your also your mother's son. If you were only good at killing do you think Amada would love you the way she does?)
"Mother...? What why?" ((Why do you hold your self to such a higher standard than others? You tell everyone whom you've helped that you only helped to enjoy the fight when the truth is you hate to see others suffer.)) ::NO YOU CAN'T BE HERE! HE IS MINE!!:: ((Be silent you foolish specter!)) At this point Asch's father bursts into motes of darkness and blows away. ((There that will keep him away for a while. Of course he will be back I'm not strong enough to banish him fully, only you can do that.)) She kneels down and lifts Asch's face and forces him to look at her. ((My son you can't blame yourself for everything. No one else does only you. Now why is that I wonder? You even blame my death on yourself I can't imagine what kind of a burden you've carried for over ten years. Now Asch stop blaming yourself and wake up Amada needs you.)) "but…" She silences her son with a simple look and the next thing he sees is the stark white ceiling of the healing center.
"So…I really am alive…" he says as he stares at his black arm. "So much help you were…you let me die... Amada!" He says as he rushes across the floor to check on her. At this point he sees Michael laying on the floor and vaguely remembers seeing him help Amada. "When he wakes up tell him… I'm truly sorry for before…and…I…errr I owe him…" He tells some girl who was sitting protectively near him. She seems vaguely familiar but the moment passes and he can't recall her name. "Wake up my love…I'm back…and I'm sorry…"
She silences her son with a simple look and the next thing he sees is the stark white ceiling of the healing center.
Michael dreams of being back in Anderail hanging out with his friends and of walking with Kitty down a beach in her seaside hometown.
After he's been determined to be fine, Alton returns to his room to start working on healing the injuries his fire rats had gained during the earthquakes. Luckily none of them were killed.
Taron spirits Kam away to their room, moving it again so it will take longer for students to find. He'd heard some people thinking Kam may have been behind the invasion.
Ryo scans the mind of each student thoroughly, searching for the signs of possession.
Keaton inwardly smiles as he works at the fact his own brother hasn't recognized him yet.
Sits in his room, having one clone straighten it up a bit while the other washes the devil blood off of his gi...
"It was a joke when every single Sandwalker could do it. Though Ephebe may be the last to use it as things are now, so it may be more fitting than I first thought."
"Huh? Why would I be the last? I mean, sure Ryo's kids might not use it, and maybe that's a bit of a dead end....but there's still you, and if you ever have kids someday they might have the ability to use fire like that.......not to mention that I was kind of hoping at some point in the future when I actually do have a mate that I'd have kids of my own, and there's a pretty good chance that at least one of them would have the Swiftspark abilities. I mean, sure if you're being pessimistic and all I may be the last, but I think that it's more likely I won't be."
Filne makes his way to the Headmaster, waiting to one side until his work is finished. The winged armored being standing next to him drawing more then a few looks, or rather its huge axe.
Lysander stops and turns to Ephebe.
"How do you know about the Swiftspark and their abilities? They died out long ago."
Lysander stops and turns to Ephebe.
"How do you know about the Swiftspark and their abilities? They died out long ago."
"Well, we'll start with the fact that the time demon loved irony. I mean, really loved irony. Really, really."
"Then we'll move on to the fact that the Swiftspark clan was rumored to have gold dragon blood, which wasn't true, and that they were the ones who initially accepted the contract against the amethyst dragons from the gold dragon emperor, which was true, and where exactly do you think she got the DNA she used to alter me?"
"Once I got that far, it wasn't too hard to look up the history of the Swiftsparks in the Pool of Reflection."
"Then we'll move on to the fact that the Swiftspark clan was rumored to have gold dragon blood, which wasn't true, and that they were the ones who initially accepted the contract against the amethyst dragons from the gold dragon emperor, which was true, and where exactly do you think she got the DNA she used to alter me?"
"Once I got that far, it wasn't too hard to look up the history of the Swiftsparks in the Pool of Reflection."
"You have a... strange life, Ephebe Sunwake." Lysander replies, walking down the hall again. "So, other than the golems, what has attacked you?"
Bluff:
Lysander does not feel comfortable talking about the Swiftsparks. It's possible he knows something.
David moves along with the other students. Mortals had a bad habit of thinking in restrictive terms. As far as anyone would be able to tell he was David, he had everything that was David. His mind, body, and soul were all there.
Kalesril stopped mid run, it had disappeared yet again. This was one slippery devil, his form floated apart. He did not want to be seen by the people of this place just yet, they would not think a tiefling could have nothing to do with the recent fiend activity, much less helped stop it. He would keep moving in the last direction that he sensed it.
"Well, first a tree...actually I think that was a mu spore, not a proper tree at all. And then there were two swarms. Not ordinary swarms, really nasty. And then there was a pseudonatural troll...lots of tentacles, but thankfully not lots of smart. And then the golems. That's it so far."
She made a mental note to ask him again about the Swiftsparks another time. There was obviously something there that he didn't want to talk about, and she suspected that there was a good chance it was something important.
"Since your still alive, I'm guessing you didn't have to much trouble with them. Not many people can confuse a mu spore for a tree though."
"Since your still alive, I'm guessing you didn't have to much trouble with them. Not many people can confuse a mu spore for a tree though."
"Well, we were flying pretty fast at that point. The fact that it coughed spores at me was a pretty big giveaway though."
Lysander makes a little sound in the back of his throat as he opens a door and finds a spacious area on the other side: a dining room.
"Are you expecting any more attacks?"
Lysander makes a little sound in the back of his throat as he opens a door and finds a spacious area on the other side: a dining room.
"Are you expecting any more attacks?"
"Yeah, I'd be shocked if there weren't. This was a pretty unique opportunity for Madness to get us off by ourselves."
"A pity." Lysander replies, reluctantly slipping the amulet on. It clinks against the one under his shirt.
"What's really worrying me though is that I don't think these things are getting through the barriers. I think they were placed here in order beforehand. The placement of the mu spore and the swarms too...just a little too good. There seems to be a high level of familiarity with the terrain...and the habits of the people who visit. Honestly this has been bugging me for a while. The attacks that have happened have all had too much familiarity, way more than just good research..."
Her musings were interrupted by a strange sound coming from a storeroom down the hall.
Follows along just listening to the exchange...
"Oh, great. Now what?"