Karasuma suddenly felt the presence of that someone who she was drawn to, approaching her. "Ahhhh what do I do? Should I say hi? Should I at least see them?" She didn't really have much time to think because soon enough Feon was there in front of her. She looked at the girl and noticed something strange and gasped, "W-why...do you have my legs?"

Artholath sat in his chair, leaning back and thinking for a few moments.

He had not seen the creation of a demon for literally a thousand years... yet how could he forget his very own birth and that of his brethren? Forgetting one's own creation would be unthinkable.

"Some steps are simple enough - particularly when it comes to the creation of the body, although that must be done correctly or... nasty flaws may happen." He almost winced when he remembered some of the atrocious creations that his creator insisted led to his own creation.

"Others, including the capturing of a soul that is appropriate for the job, charging the host with power, and teaching it, could be more complicated. For now, a body would be suitable. Most components can come from creatures right out of a forest - even a spider has body parts that are useful. It is putting them together to form the body and then charging it that I will likely have to assist on, since later stage steps are more difficult and can be easily... botched."

"For now, gathering materials is the first step. There's a lot of room for creativity in this."

Diego watched as the guard died. Diego decided to go and warn the king and gather his reward. He ran to the castle and approached one of the guards. "I am a messenger, and I have news about an ambush. Over a dozen guards are dead in the street. Please alert the king immediately!" he told the guard.

Lance turned around to his desk and grabbed a book with reports of some of his experiments and turned to a page of an experiment he had done successfully recently which was a creature made up of the front of a bear and the back of a spider made of human arms and flesh. "What your describing sounds something a bit like this, though I will admit that it doesn't exactly have a soul, would these souls make them smarter though?" Lance asked as he handed Artholath the book.

Feon turned her attention to the slightly transparent girl who had just addressed her about her legs. Feon's eyes went wide when she realized that this was the spirit of her legs. "Well that is a bit of the story lass." Feon said as she calmed down a bit and scratched the back of her head. "All I can say is that it was the bad doctor Dr. Steinburg, and please don't blame me for your death." Feon added now being blunt.

Artholath took a look at the experiment. It had a fairly appropriate body, and would only need to undergo some conversion and purification to be suitable. Adding in the soul of a dead warrior would amplify its capabilities.

He repeated as much to Lance.

"I'm Ixi, what about you?" Ixi asked, she didn't know Feon's name either. A kinda important fact of you think about it. But hey she was on her way to get rid of Dr. Steinburg.

Tears were welling up in Io's eyes as the eyepatch was cut. His ears twitched and Io was shivering slightly. Then he began to feel the changes. Starting from one part of his body, shifting it over to it's female counterpart.

As Zeke was removing the eye patch from the boys face he noticed something odd happening to his volunteer. Zeke didn't know why but the boy started to give of a feminine smell instead of a masculine. A devilishly grin appeared on Zeke's face as he picked up Lo. "Stein is gonna love this new pet!" Zeke held Lo/La underneath his shoulder. He made sure to hold the creature tight so any false movements would end in the breaking of one of its ribs. Zeke headed towards Lance's home to show his old friend something that might peek his interest.

Io felt uncomfortable in Zeke's grasp. He was aware that struggling could potentially harm him. Io stopped struggling as he felt Ia's change reaching almost entire control. Io sighed as he lost control. Ia was finally in control. And she was stuck. Oh, how Ia wanted to fight back, but she just had to be stuck.

Lanced was starting to like this idea of using souls to make his creations a bit smarter. "Well since I have no idea of how to capture souls your welcome do so for me. And if you like you can bring some of my creations with you to aid in your pursuit of souls. If there is anything else you need to do this please let me know." Lance said as he started to turn back to his papers.
((you get to make up what ever kind of monster you wanna bring with you))

Zeke reached a small cottage and opened the door with his spare hand. He walked through the building until he arrived at a room that was very lab like. Zeke knew Stein was in there working on something like he always does. He opened the door and walked towards Stein holding La by the neck like a chicken possible chocking the girl. "Stein! Look at what I've found! This thing managed to alter its gender when I removed its eye patch!" Zeke ignored everything else in the room and focused souly on how Stein would reply.

Ia struggled against the grip, swinging and kicking. Cursing at her captor. She didn't like being restrained. It constricted her movement. But Ia would valiantly struggle and curse to try and escape.

To acquire a soul in these times would be a difficult task; he only knew of three ways and only one would actually be available. The first was the method his master used; a secret one that even Artholath never knew. The second was to convince one of the Fae Folk to help him; they were not stupid and would immediately notice his dark nature. That left a manual method; phasing to demon form to convince a soul to join him right after said person died. Also difficult, but perhaps not impossible.

His musings were interrupted by a man barging in carrying a struggling female into the room. What is it with sacks of children and kidnappings these days? He decided to pay attention to this new conversation before taking up the offer of having an assistant in his travels.

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The castle was fairly quiet, a little more so than usual as nothing was happening. The king was down with a cold, and the guards were overly bored and not in a helpful mood. Thus, when a traveller claiming a massacre had happened came by the gate, the guard on duty was only half attentive to his words.

“...a what happened?” it was obvious that the guard had been sleeping on the job and only half-heartedly corrected his position.

"Dr. Steinburg..." Karasuma gasped. "Please, tell me everything you know. I don't remember my death or how I came to be like this, if you have any clue of why you have my legs and who that doctor is, tell me, I need to know," she begged.

Feon took a step back from both of the parties talking to her. "My name is Feon I was the Dr. Steinburgs former assistant until he said I was useless and got rid of me." Feon said introducing herself to both of them. "And I'm afraid I can't reveal much about why he chose your legs, I have no idea why he chose your legs either." Feon said to the ghost. "But if you like we will be heading to the Steinburgs lab to put and end to him, you are welcome to come with us, as well as your fea friend." Feon offered. Alot of people were starting to look at her weird because of the bolts on her head and she wanted to leave as soon as she could.

Lance turned his attention to Zeke away from his papers again. "This one will make a fine specimen." Lance said with a crazed smirking crawling onto his face again. "But you should have separated it from the sword before you entered the lab." He said looking at Zeke with a bit of annoyance in his voice. "But I can say this to you child." He said turning his attention to the gender bending child. "Welcome to my home! This will be the last place you see!" Lance said as he started to laugh maniacally again. His madness was starting to take hold again.

Ixi found the ghost intriguing. She was pretty. And they shared a common enemy, or goal. Whichever one fit. It would be fun to have another companion on their journey.

"I like you. You're cool. I mean, Mr. Crazy Gauntlets is cool too, but you aren't afraid to show your inner madness," Ia said, grinning. "Though I would really prefer not to have my movement restricted. It's uncomfortable."

Diego was slightly annoyed that the guard had been half asleep. If only he could be paid to take naps! Nevertheless, he repeated himself, providing more details and speaking more slowly.

"I am Diego Lumu... nevermind. I'm a messenger. I've been sent to warn you of a wicked massacre. Several guards lie dead or dying in the street. If you act quickly, you may be able to save a few of them, but I'm almost certain it is far too late. More importantly, you need to protect the people and warn the king. I don't know what or who killed them, but it must have been powerful and I think it used magic," he paused to take a breath, " You should go and alert the others. I'll just collect my reward and be off," Diego added. A simple reward for a simple task.

Now that he was thinking about it, it might be best to get out of this damn place. The kidnappings had gone up to a somewhat concerning level and although nobody would be desperate enough to try and kidnap him, he knew that guards were getting more alert, which certainly didn't help. He also owed a ridiculous amount of money to that mafia boss, probably more than anyone. Not to mention that, in general, he was running low on luck, food, and resources. He was thinking of heading off to a larger city farther south, but he needed a horse. Hopefully, the reward would be enough to cover for most or all of the horse. It would be much easier to commit crime in a more populated place.

Zeke wore a frustrated look on his face as Stein scolded him about letting the gender challenged creature keep its weapon. "I already told it if it tried anything I'd snap its neck." He pouted letting his grip on the girl go. Zeke walked towards the door of the lab and looked back. "Good luck." He said shooting a fixed look at La. Zeke walked around the cottage tinkering with his gauntlets. One day he's gonna prove to Stein that he's one of the best mad scientist this world will ever see.

Lance put his hand to his face as Zeke let go of the child. "Your more trouble than your worth sometimes Zeke." He said to himself before going to grab the child hoping she wouldn't try do anything. "Vernika I need a bind!" Lance shouted out as he called out for his assistant. Vernika seemed to appear out of no where as a bind spell started to wrap the kind in what seemed like rope made out of pure energy. "I hope this one taste good." Vernika said as she licked her lips blood lust in her eyes.

Ia pouted as Dr. Steinburg grabbed her. If they were going to experiment on anyone it should be him not Ia. As the rope slithered around Ia she sighed once more. She didn't like this stuff. She would much rather be the one watching than receiving. The one harming instead of being harmed.

Karasuma shyly glances at Quint, though she didn't even know his name yet. "A-ah... okay I'll tag along. I'll try not to be a burden," she said with her eyes on the ground.