~*~CLAYMORE~*~

[Slythe]

Mr.Dark stopped walkiing and stood still. Then, not turning and/or looking at Cela, he took out his last 2 cards and put them in his hand, like playing cards, then threw them up into the air. He quickly slashed them to pieces, but to the naked eye, it looked like they were suddenly torn to shreds by an invisible force. Then the shreds were on the ground before Cela. They were arranged in words that said:

13 NIGHTS, 1 YOMA, 7 YEARS, 2 HUMANS, AND A BETRAYAL. SOLVE THE PUZZLE.

Mr.Dark's feet were on the air, and he walked off upside-down again.

[3velynn]

Puzzle? Cela never really did puzzles. It was annoying, always trying to figure out the exact way to think about it. Always either too real, or too abstract, never got it right. Here? this puzzle hardly made sense.

13 nights? didn't ring a bell really, one night less than a week?
1 yoma? well that was obvious, it was standing right in front of her
7 years? her village was attacked, wait, did that take 13 nights? could have, it didn't happen at once
2 humans? well there was her, and... her father?
and a betrayal... so who was betrayed then? It had always seemed straight forward, yoma attack people and kill them, so the village got attacked. Some riddle, shouldn't it be obvious once you know the answer to something like that? There had to be something she wasn't seeing. She shook her head, looking down. But what the hell was it.

[Slythe]

Mr.Dark somewhat read her mind and put his hands in an X.

"....4/5 wrong...Stop thinking about your past....And ask a Claymore...."

[3velynn]

A chill went up Cela's spine, shaking her around. She looked up at the Yoma. Did he just say that? What...? He was reading her mind? He was in her thoughts. Then he was probably trying to play her, trying to turn her against them, but wait, but why would he? What did she mean? She was weak, essentially powerless against any of them. Why was he taking this interest in her? And how did he expect her to ask Clare if they were about to try and kill eachother? Why couldn't he just tell it to her straight? Clare was over, it looked like helping Eline with her wounds, leaving Cela there with the yoma, alone. "Well you're in my head 'Mr. Dark'... want to clear a few things up for me?" she thought in her mind, looking up at the yoma.

[Slythe]

Mr.Dark stood there, upside down on the air, and sighed.

".....Let's just say....The Yoma....Was the one betrayed.....Betrayed by the Claymores after 7 years of cooraperation....."

[3velynn]

*thinking in her head towards Mr. Dark* Are you saying that the claymores were there? That they attacked my village and killed my father? How could I believe that? And don't sigh at me like I'm dumb for not understanding, I didn't have a clue what you were saying to begin with, and your vague riddles don't help me any. There's no way to reason through this, you're not telling me enough.

She was clearly frustrated. Probably because the situation dealt with her father, her family that was all dead. She had a great life before that happened, it was ruined. Since then all she had done was kill. And hearing about the whole situation from a Yoma who was making some kind of game out of it only made it that much worse.

[Claymore]

Clare turned to Cela after tending to Eline's wounds. "Numbers 6, 5, 4, and 41. All had partially awakened, and they were sent to destroy a voracious eater. That voracious eater is the yoma you see in front of you. You see, he SAYS he cooperated, but the truth is, he really didn't. People still died, their innards ripped out. No, this yoma, Mr. Dark, did not cooperate with us. HE betrayed US." She looked at Mr. Dark. "Cut the shit, monster. You were always one to twist the truth around. Now you will pay for the deaths of her parents and many others." She lifted her claymore, and just...vanished. Before he knew it, his left arm lay on the ground, cut off above the elbow. "Do not underestimate Number 1, Clare." She made a stab at him, and then her sword seemed to move on a will of its own, so fast that no one could see it. This was Irene's Quick Sword arm that had been attached to Clare's right shoulder. Her eyes hadn't even changed from silver to gold yet.

[3velynn]

Cela nodded at Clare's words. She should have known, should have figured that the yoma was lying to him. But it didn't matter, he would get what he had coming to him.

She thrust up with her katana, straight for his heart. He would be quick enough to dodge her attack, but, Cela doubted he would anticipate how fast she was. The yoma had never seen her fight, he would be surprised. Especially with Clare there attacking him, if she missed him, he would not react quick enough to Cela's attack. He was done.

[Slythe]

Mr.Dark stared at Clare.

"....My arm....Oh well....I could mend that....."

Then he looked at the factors against him. He quickly blocked both attacks with the staff part of his scythe, for he was in human form, then spun his scythe around at inhuman, no, impossible speeds. This sent the weapons flying. Then he got down and continued to spin his scythe around at impossible speeds, and he warily approached te two, his scythe still dangerously spinning as a shield and a weapon at the same time.

"....You were lied to by your elders....They betrayed me for I was so dangerous, and I was injured. Now that they know that I am still alive, they sent Claymores after me. Now I trust none, for I have now been betrayed by Claymores, Yomas, and Awakened alike. I have always been betrayed, ever since the Darkness incident, or as I call it, the Betrayal...."

[3velynn]

Cela reacted surprisingly well for a human. As her weapon was knocked from her hand, she gripped it tight, allowing herself to spin around catching the katana with her other hand. It was a trick she had developed. Yoma would always try and disarm her, her katana was her power, and her defense, she could do little without it. So, Cela had practiced, at first knocking a stick against a tree, just grip tight, light on the feet so she would spin, and snatch it with the other hand. She began using on yoma, it always caught them by surprise. Yes she was a human, but she did have speed.

She started backing away from him, spinning his scythe around, trying to follow it, catch exactly what the pattern was, there was a pattern, maybe she could sneak in an attack.

She almost felt sorry for the yoma. He was kind of pathetic. Seemed to feel pretty sorry for himself about the whole thing. And he was screwed. One way or another, if everyone was against him, he was going to get it. It seemed that maybe, he wasn't really like the rest of the yoma, like it wasn't his only desire to kill and devour human flesh. Like he was against it, but some issue of pride kept him from siding with the claymores. She didn't know the exact situation, but that's what it sounded like. Cela laughed to herself a little, wondering if he was reading her mind again. Probably not, probably concentrating on battle, but if he was... he'd be upset.