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*um hello is it alright if I join this roleplay its my first time on this site and my friend recommended this roleplay*

Auron yawns loud stretching as he walks into the building his family sword on his hip his emerald eyes looking around happily as he spots the job board "please oh please let there be something easy"looks at the jobs trying to figure out what job he wants to take his green jacket is ruffled and his dark brown hair unkept his demeanor that of a try hard.
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Move it to the OOc, pressing the OOc botton, and you need to create a character first with the character sheet. You can't just join this without creating a character and Having it approved. Beyond that, we are not in the guilds at the moment. Please go to the OOC, mate!
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At Isla's comment, Argus would simply bring up his hands in a 'what do you want me to do?' motion. It's not like he could free her, that would put him in deep shit with the guild, and considering that she didn't seem to please with him at the moment, he doubted they could hold much of a conversation. He did feel bad for Isla, but his hands were tied in this instance. So with nothing to be done about the situation, he continued his stride out of the camp and into the park, following the trail down into the city proper. However, before he could say or do anything, a voice suddenly spoke up behind him, causing him to jump a bit as he reflexively leaped back, his Godslayer aura flaring up a bit as he instinctively prepped himself for a fight. However, he instead found himself faced with an unbelievably attractive woman, the sight of which caused his cheeks to light up a bit as he coughed into his hand, killing his magic as he took a more neutral stance.

"Uh, nothing much, just, you know, kinda bored." Argus ran his hand through his hair for a bit, trying to appear more aloof and non-chalant, putting his other hand in his pocket as he proceeded to let out yawn of feigned disinterest. "My guild went off to the Stadium for the games, but I'm not really into that kind of thing, so I stayed behind. Been driving myself up the wall with boredom and the only person to talk to is a moody, teenage girl who has a bit of a grudge against me. SO, with that in mind, I decided to wonder the city . . . which I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be doing but hey, I'll be back before they even now I'm gone."

As Argus spoke, he took a second to study the strange woman before him, and once he knocked the dirty observations out of his head, he went on to the more serious ones. First being how she was able to easily sneak up on him, something he liked to thing he was rather good at preventing, and the second being that she had a certain . . . presence about her. An aura of strength and confidence similar to that other woman he'd somewhat met, and the guild master. She wasn't just your average everyday bombshell, but a very strong mage. Part of him wanted to challenge her to a fight, the part that was really itching for an easy way to relieve some boredom, but he reigned in his impulses. he didn't want to have another Marlene situation where shit gets blown to kingdom come because he couldn't control himself. So after taking a breath to calm his baser impulses, he decided to try and converse with this woman normally, without asking her for a fight, trying to pull a prank on her, or allowing his eyes to drift towards her rather buxom chest.

So many urges, no release . . . fuck, being disciplined is hard, dammit!

"By the way, my name's Argus Leandros, and is there any other reason a fine lady sich as yourself saw fit to speak to me? My appearances tends to turn most people off from casual conversation." He said, drawing more attention to the marking on his neck, unusually blood-red hair, and demonic black and crimson eyes. "Not exactly in the running for Fiore's most eligible bachelor here, am I?"

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Jamie smiled at Amaya, giving her hand a squeeze, before rising. She took Sam's hand, who appeared curious about all that was going on, and not at all disturbed about what had happened. Jamie gave a sigh, listening to Jackie. "Well. We will have to see if we can break through the training, as we cannot allow her to continue trying to attack You, Jackie. Do you have any idea how that could be done?"

Jamie would rather try to rehabilitate the girl then do anything drastic. "I don't think it would be wise to have her close to you. Nor do I think it would be wise to have her anywhere near Angelo. Perhaps it's time to become a little bit more aquinted with Frenzy Plant. But ultimately, the decision is yours Jackie."

sasha

Sasha knelt besides Trinity, watching Karn, concerned. So much had happened, that they couldn't keep an eye on everything. On everyone. So much had happened with KArn that they didn't yet know. Perhaps it was time to find out just what was happening with him. Sighing softly, Sasha knew they'd now have to keep a watch for the boy, in case he attacked Karn again.

Weary, Sasha wanted the games over, so they could figure everything out. She wanted to be able to talk with Lazarus, without the slight distance between them. She wanted to figure out what could be done for Karn, both of them.

She wanted peace.

"I think we should go back to the hotel, so Karn can rest and perhaps eat"

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If Michael didn't know Prince, he would assume the catman was drugged or drunk, at his behaviour. But he did, and understood this was merely Prince's (and Michael figured he would have to ask about Karn calling Prince Claire) normal behaviour, if a bit more so.

"No healing magic" he agreed, more to placate Prince them anything else right then. "But you aren't staying on your own. It's either me, or the infirmary-and no doubt they'd demanded healing magic and your not in any state to fight them off"

He looked to Jarvis, "we can go to our hotel, if you wouldn't mind carrying him there" Jarvis appeared intimidating, but the big man had a soft mannar it appeared. As Balthazar appeared, and then blinked out of existence, Michael gave a soft sigh. He'd have to ask the spirit later if he'd learned anything.

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Karn sniffled and sobbed, rubbing the overflowing tears from his eyes as Trinity tried to comfort him. Ariel left to take care of another girl, and he gave a light whine as he gently caressed the lacrima. Waiting for some smart remark from his Edolan guest. He perked a little as Trinity offered a fire arrow, and the young boy gave a soft nod, opening his mouth and immediately sucked up the flame in a single gulp. "Thwanks you....." he managed to choke out, feeling a bit better after having a fire in his belly. He needed to recover quite a bit of energy. Listening to Sasha, he slowly nodded and transformed into his draconic cat form in order to both regenerate his magic and be easier to carry him. Giving a soft squeak he rubbed up against both of his friends. Like a cat begging attention and love.

Prince || Crocus || Game Stadium Hallways


The tall feline man gave a soft mrrrr sound and tilted his head as he gave a soft flirtatious grin. "Ohhh~? Then I definetly want to be nursed to health by my cute kitten." he purred before his one eye closed as he felt the stinging pain. Michael probably was right, he couldn't do much in this condition. When normally he could slip away from situations like this with ease. Hope the Master isn't too upset with all the destruction caused by this ruckus. Not like the Master would purposely get in close proximity. Prince would have to go to him for comfort and attention later.
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Trinity smiled softly and nodded. "Yeah. I'll make you another one in a little bit." She pat his head tenderly until he changed form and took to nuzzling between herself and Sasha. The minstrel picked her cat friend up in her arms and scratched behind his ear, smiling adoringly at him. "Hello, CatKarn," she spoke sweetly as she rubbed under his chin, cradling him in her arm.

Sasha said they should take him back to the hotel. She looked up and considered it. Well, she was probably right. He seemed pretty tired, and so did Sasha. "Can you do anything about a whistle attack? That's how they started. They used a whistle to agitate him." She continued petting Karn as she spoke with Sasha, rising to her feet. They should walk toward the hotel, even if she might not have the time to go with them the whole way. She was just waiting to hear her name from the receiver lacrima everywhere, announcing her participation.
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Jane Addeson|GMG Stadium



Jane paused a moment to glance back at the god slayer before shaking her head. "Big words for the man who could only match Frenzy Plant's S-Class and not surpass her. Find someone who gives a fuck to intimidate." Before Nolan could retaliate further, she had vanished into the crowd, once more seeking out Phoenix Wing's guild master, though she didn't anticipate coming across her any time soon given the pace of the day.

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Shaking his head, James joins Cody at one of the tables and sits, tapping his shoulder. "Cody, everything from your body language to your eyes says something's bothering you. Speak, and I'll listen."

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Jack didn't say much while the others spoke, instead heading into his room for a moment and returning with Council suppressor cuffs. Slapping them onto the girl's wrists, he listens to Angelo's apology and sighs. "Angelo, bowing is a very unnecessary part of apologizing, even in this setting. I know how it can be to get caught up in a battle, when I was first starting to grow confident in my magic, I did it many times. But, in the future, try to think first, alright?" He then turns to Jackie. "To be honest, perhaps letting her sit in one of the storage cellars with these on for a few hours might not be a bad idea. I certainly don't like the idea of handing her to a guild we don't know well."
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Angelo sighed when he heard master jack say that told him that he understood and that he didn't need to bow to him that made him relax a little more as he stood straight. He had all these fears about him forcing him to beg for forgiveness but it seems like his fears were misplaced. I promise to be more careful on the future Angelo told him now all that was left was to see if Jackie still felt like going on that date they arranged before they both passed out on the field
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"I've never had anyone else. Dad died when I was six,"
the pretty boy said quietly. "Rest of my life, it was the monsters and me."

Not that there was anything wrong with forest living. It had taught him a degree of self-reliance and improvisation on his feet that he would have never gotten growing up in a place like Fiore. It had taught him what was worth attaching yourself to and what was worth letting go. It had taught him how useless it was to cry over things like cold in the middle of the night, and how to grit your teeth and bear it without screaming after the sixth or seventh time in your life you find yourself being mauled in the same fashion.

But there were things every child knew that Angel would never, ever discover. And even after five years removed from Boundary Forest, people like Cyare constantly made him realize how little he belonged outside of it.

"She bears with me a lot."


Cyare Staunton


"I'm sorry." The apology, or perhaps a condolence, was much quieter than she had been. A lapse in the cool collection of her demeanor, or the faintly amused air she had emanated before. She had... Failed to consider the causes of those scars. Thoughts that made much more sense now. She could fill in some of the blanks, at least with a pretty good idea, and it wasn't a pretty picture. Something she should have taken into account. His attachment, as well, made much more sense. His friend was very important to him. With good reason.

Odd. He grew up without others, so he was drawn to them. Bonded closely with them. Cyare herself had seen too much of others, and she was much more distant. She preferred, and she was self-aware enough to know of her preference, to be alone. Or travel only with one or two others that she believed she could trust, not necessarily to have her back but to at least be consistent.

... Not the time to be looking in the mirror.

"That much have been very difficult for you. I apologize for any offense, I did not know."
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He nearly hugged her.

He was in the process of one. His face had softened past even the point of his usual gentle androgyny, and his right arm was raised to slip around Cyare's shoulders if need be. But then his arm crooked over again to fix his own wet hair, playing off the motion. Like it'd never happened.

One of the first things he had learned from the world is that people don't want hugs as much as you might think. And that sadness, when someone presents a target by getting too close, can lash out as something else entirely. Then it just went back and forth and...

...

Angel wanted to say something to Cyare about that, apologize back to her for shying away from her so much.

But it would take too long to explain.

"You're okay. You couldn't have known, honest. No sweat, okay?"
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Manami twitched slightly as 'Monsoon' reminded her of her little mess-up. Perhaps she had worded that statement wrong...The guild was very good at leaving no witnesses.
However she was quite bad at it, as she prefered to keep the killing to a limit. Plus she could've tried to kill them, but with the rune knights closing in and her using as much magic as she did to eliminate Nidhogg's posion...She had thought the prudent action was to retreat.
However this man made a good point, that brat would have already reported them to the council. He was a loose end...it was a shame really. She would have to kill him while killing the slayers, if he had just kept his little mouth shut then she wouldn't have to do this.

"That was a mistake on my behalf, I assure you the rest of the guild is better than I at leaving no witnesses. I suppose I am too soft." Manami replied with a soft chuckle "However I'm sure Georgie won't mind us being found out. She was getting bored of hiding around in the shadows, she will relish a chance to test her mettle against the so called 'light' guilds and the council." Manami added as she got up to follow Monsoon.
Nodding in understanding she paused before calling out to Shiro.
"Be a good girl and don't touch anything Shiro dear, just rest up. I'll be back shortly to pick you up." Manami then turned and left the safehouse. After walking into the abondoned warehouse she whipped out the card, which now revealed a chibi version of a little girl wearing a black and white bear outfit.

"Georgie, Manami here. We have the Absolute Defence Book ready and awaiting pick-up, also a man wishes to meet with you....is this thing on?" Manami said in a crystal clear voice...however she didn't get a response. She looked the card over carefully before suddenly a girl about half her size appeared in front of her.
The girl looked to be about 13 or 14 years old in appearance with short silvery hair that went down to just above her shoulders and sparkling amethyst coloured eyes. She was wearing a half white, half black bear onesie with a long sleeved grey undershirt.
Her appearance, to most people would best be described as 'adorable'.
A little startled, Manami stepped back but soon quickly sighed. It was just Georgie, her guild master. Manami hated it when she just dropped in like that...

"Gimme." Georgie simply stated, more like a rich spoiled brat than a guildmaster, as she extended a hand out to Manami as if expecting something. Manami sighed and handed her the fake Absolute Defence book, Georgie now pocketing it with a wide, childish grin on her face before glancing past Manami and pointing at Monsoon.
"Are you the weirdo who wanted to see me? Trust me, only weirdos every want to see me." Georgie asked with a girlish giggle. Before anyone could answer, she was suddenly on Monsoon's shoulder, swinging her legs around childishly before disappearing again and reappearing in front of him before he could remove her. Monsoon could probably see through Georgie's innocent guise, mainly due to the overwhelming magical presence she seemed to emanate.
"So, what can I do for you O-l-d-M-a-n~?" Georgie make sure to stress every part of old man to him before giggling once more. She would ask Manami for details later, however this man intrigued her. He didn't seemed bothered by her antics at all, and also seeked HER out. The least she could do was listen to what he had to say...If she didn't like it, she could always kill him after all!
She giggled again at the thought, wondering what face he would make if she tore his right arm off first...

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Jasmine felt the blades slow down before eventually stopping and now watched as Robin removed his hand from her waist and stepped off the blades. Nodding and smiling proudly as she listened to Robin, he now stepped off of the blades carefully.
She stumbled slightly but was otherwise ok as she dusted herself off and straighted up her hair to the best of her abilities before turning back to Robin.
"Then let us acquire a dress then shall we?" She said briefly before walking to the store with Robin.

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Glancing towards the paladin, Cody now let out a loud sigh. Was it really that obvious? And here he thought he was doing a good job at hiding it...
"....It's nothing really." Cody mumbled. However he had the feeling that James wasn't quite going to let him get away with such a pitiful excuse and sighed again.
"I just...feel frustrated I suppose. During that whole dome event...I was useless. I couldn't protect anyone, let alone myself, and had to be saved a few times by dark wizards from the same guild which ruined my life....I'm not sure what to feel about that." Cody began somewhat slowly as he tried to think of words to describe the chaos he felt in his mind.

"Something about what those two said before leaving as well...They were going to try and kill us because of me, then move onto the slayers. I feel like there's something important I'm missing here however. What do they mean by 'slayers' anyway? And what would they have against them?" Cody rambled on a little now as he seemed to be immersing himself in his own thoughts.
He hadn't really been around, nor read enough about magic, of people enough to know that 'slayers' simply meant someone with a form of slayer magic. In Cody's mind, the first thing which came to mind when the word slayer was used was simply someone who...well slayed things.
Not necessarily with slayer magic however.

"....However my biggest concern seems to be on the cusp of my mind. I can't seem to concentrate on it. The word 'slayer' feels important...Like someone I've met before." Cody mumbled to himself as he now seemed to have completely zoned James out. Although if James spoke he would probably still listen and register what he said.
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"She stays. Passing her off to another guild will result in nothing more then her coming back here to try and attack us again. Keeping her with us will allow us to keep an eye on her without having to worry about her escaping from another guild. Plus, if you keep claims she is my family, wouldn't it make more sense to keep her around so we can find out if that's true or not? As for your question Master Jamie, The answer lies in these." Jackie said before holding up the headphones she had taken from the girl. "My father told me these were special to the Mirror Maiden and a way to keep her calm and near emotionless. Take them away and she reverts to being a child. At least, that's what father told me, incase I ever had to deal with her."

Noticing Angelo staring at her, she turned to face the lightning mage.
"What do you want? Do we have some sort of business?"

Amelia looked up at Jamie, managing a small smile as she squeezed her mother's hand before looking at Aria.
"Family should stick together... shouldn't they?" She asked

Joshua sighed in relief once Amaya was healed up. He helped her up before looking at everyone. He said nothing on the issue, as this really wasn't his problem and he had no connection to the girl who attacked them. Instead, he turned to Amaya.
"You sure you're going to be okay? I know how much you hate fire, so being hit by it must've been a nightmare." He said to her gently.
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Angelo sighed a little at least get got one of then to acknowledge his apology. nah, just sorry for hurting you do badly. If you ever want to meet me for that coffee just use a Lacrima. Get well soon Angelo said with a smile as he turned around and started to head back to the guild making sure mark was with him and not with master Jamie...
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It seemed like he didn't have much of a say in the matter. Jess dragged him over to a table were they had a clear view of the kitchen area, for better or for worse. One of the screaming demon heads was staring at Ferris calmly, silently...It was really creepy. Ferris in turn stared back at it uncomfortably, a minute of silence passed between them. Then the head randomly began to ear piercingly loud again, causing Ferris to scream in terror and fall out of his seat. "I'm fine, I'm fine!" Ferris stood up and sat back in his seat and saw that the demon head had its mouth held wide open by the pig man yokai. With swift cuts with the pig man's human-like hands, the cheek meat and tongue were cut right out, rendering it silent.

Walking over was a very beautiful woman with long black hair, wearing an orange kimono with a red autumn leaf pattern sewed into it. The most noticeable feature however was the giant, fanged mouth on the back of her head. "Hello, I'll be your server today. I take it by the shocked look on your face young man that this is your first time here?"

Ferris cleared his throat and said, "Um, er, yeah. It's our first time here and we don't really know what exactly to get. Can we just get whatever is popular?"

"Right away." The woman walked away back to the stand.

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NOLAN and DALTON

The God Slayer's eyes widened at Jane's words and would've outright intentionally attack her if it wasn't for the fact that he needed to show some self-control or else he would get disqualified from the games. "That fucking bitch..." Nolan said through gritted teeth as he watched her enter the crowd.

"H-hey, it's for the best, ya know?" Dalton said with a sheepish grin though his cheerful disposition didn't help his partner, who had now had gone off to the Phoenix Wing stands in a huff.
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"Uh, nothing much, just, you know, kinda bored." Argus ran his hand through his hair for a bit, trying to appear more aloof and non-chalant, putting his other hand in his pocket as he proceeded to let out yawn of feigned disinterest. "My guild went off to the Stadium for the games, but I'm not really into that kind of thing, so I stayed behind. Been driving myself up the wall with boredom and the only person to talk to is a moody, teenage girl who has a bit of a grudge against me. SO, with that in mind, I decided to wonder the city . . . which I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be doing but hey, I'll be back before they even now I'm gone."

So that was why his aura was so thick and musty. He gotten into a fight. In fact, Sayatachi could've sworn she felt a similar aura yesterday, along with a faint rumble as if a blast hit somewhere nearby. Could this be the one that caused it? After all, his magic must surely have the capability to do so anyways. She puts a finger on her chin as she listens, making a soft chuckle once he finished. In addition, she also noticed a girl stuck in a cage, a mage, for some reason. Then she senses a slight aggressive feeling coming from the guy, who seems kinda itchy for a fight. She pretended not to notice, until she sees that he's trying to calm himself down.

"By the way, my name's Argus Leandros, and is there any other reason a fine lady sich as yourself saw fit to speak to me? My appearances tends to turn most people off from casual conversation." He said, drawing more attention to the marking on his neck, unusually blood-red hair, and demonic black and crimson eyes. "Not exactly in the running for Fiore's most eligible bachelor here, am I?"

Sayatachi chuckled at that statement.

"I just happened to sense that your aura happened to be illuminating a foul mood." she answers, "So I decided to see how you were doing. And your appearance doesn't faze me at all, in case you happened to be insecure about it."

"I'm Sayatachi Nijiko." she then introduces herse;f, "Member of the newly reformed Magic Council. Pleased to meet you."
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Once Jasmine had dusted herself off and spoke up for them to walk forward Robin nodded in response to her and put his hands behind his head. "Sounds good to me, hopefully they have one in your size." Robin turned to face the shop and began walking towards the store, the blades stayed where they were on the ground because Robin didn't want to use any energy he didn't have to in case something were to happen.
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Battle one: Frenzy plant vs Phoenix Wing A


As the fourth day of battles began, Games Master Sheldon was saying, "it's going to be double battles! Two on two! Amazing, huh? OOH LOOK THE NAMES ARE APPEARING!" Names and guilds were flickering across the screen, finally choosing its next victims "We Have Zander and Xyster of Frenzy Plant vs Nolan and Joshua of Phoenix Wing A! Come on, step right up and lets get these battles started!"

"Oh god damnit, why a team battle." Joshua muttered to himself. He wasn't really one for teams. Hell, the only people he could stand in the guild at this point were Amaya and Amelia. Of those two, he only ever worked with the former. Sighing, he got up and headed down, stopping just before the entrance to the Arena to wait for this Nolan person. He knew nothing about the man outside of the obvious, so this was going to be a test of patience. Then again, his was already being tested as it was.

Team battles huh? What a drag. Here he was hoping that he would get to have a one on one fight with another mage and here he was partnered up with someone he doesn't even know. Hell, even the kind of magic that Joshua used was a mystery for him so this certainly wasn't a good start to it all. Nolan had arrived at the entrace right before the arena's battlefield where he saw Joshua. Just looking at him gave Nolan the impression that he wasn't a friendly person, but then again he wasn't one to talk. "Um, hello." There really wasn't much to be said between them. It was awkward enough being paired up with someone he didn't know and the feeling was probably mutual.

Across the Doma Flau, feelings were comparatively high. Among the various smaller groups that divided the upper echelon of Frenzy Plant, the knight and the Dullahan did not form such a partnership, but this fazed neither of them. The modus operandi of Frenzy Plant was military cohesion, and to fulfill that vision there existed among the warrior guild's different ranks, created by training and cooperation, such an emphasis on teamwork that finding a pair as unfamiliar and awkward as Nolan and Joshua would be arduous indeed. As they made their preparations to go down into the arena, Xyster and Zander shared a smile, and when the pair approached the railings of the stands to leap over, they did it in sync.

A couple of moments went by before all four competitors were together in the arena. In silence Zander eyed the respective swords of his opponents, then rifled through the sack of secondary weapons he'd prepared beforehand. With a noise of approval he selected and removed a messer that he then attached to his belt beside his famous ruby blade. Xyster, meanwhile, took a couple of steps toward Joshua and Nolan, twirling her wildly-grinning head by the ribbons. "Buddies! Looks like I get to pay you back for beating me in rock-paper-scissors! Is it just me, or do you two look even more unhappy than two months ago? And here I was hoping to say something cool like 'I'll wipe that smile of your face!'" She laughed cheerfully and slung her head upward, hurtling into the air. As it fell, Xyster bided her time, and at the last second summoned her Harvester--that killer scythe she could only manifest when planning to hurt someone. Her head hung, suspended by its ribbons, on the bottom of the weapon's handle, and maintained its to-wide grin. Skipping backward until she was even with Zander, she giggled again and flourished the scythe before posing. "Well, it's been nice knowing ya!"

A black aura settled around her as the Games Master blared, "Three! Two! One! Brawl!"

"A scythe with a cackling head on it... that aint something you see everyday." Joshua said as he watched Xyster. He had no idea what she meant about rock-paper-sciccors, he had never met this freak show before. But he remembered her event. He could recall that she enjoyed getting hurt and that it worked in conjunction with her magic. So if he ended up engaging her, he would have to avoid causing her unessessary damage. Their other opponent seemed to be human though. He probably would have an easier time handling that man. "Take your pick as to which one you want. I'll take the other."

"I've met her before a few months back. I don't know what she's planning though I guess it goes without saying that you need to be careful." Her magic was still a mystery to him, but from what he had observed was that her magic seem to be ominous. It was like her magic was the embodiment of death itself. Nolan recalled that when he first met her, she seemed to be quite interested with the topic of death. Xyser could even sense death due to her being a dullahan so perhaps her magic did resolve around death? Even if that was the case as long he didn't know how it worked it would be tough to face her.

She alone was already a powerful adversary, but she was paired up with one of Frenzy Plant's elite members, Zander. A few months ago Team Powder Keg fought an S-Class mage and it took the four of them to take him down. Nolan would have to be prepared to face the overwhelming force that was the Ruby Knight. Still, this was a good chance to measure up how much he head grown in terms of strength. "I'll take the knight. You take the dullahan." He responded to Joshua just as the the game master started the match.

"Give my regards to General Sanders for providing strong mages to fight." With swift speed he unsheathed his sword and in that same motion slashed the air in front of him, releasing an arc of ashes flying towards the opponents. It was meant to separate them so that he and Joshua could split up and fight them separately.

Beneath his helmet, Zander furrowed his brows. "Split us up, will you?" he muttered, having listened to Joshua and Nolan decide who'd go where. His everpresent prudent cautiousness dictated that he would endeavor to prevent the enemy team from getting anything they wanted. A quick consideration of what exactly it meant for a tag-team pair to want to fight separately -who would turn down a chance to work together?- emphasized the idea of sticking with Xyster even further. Zander had seen the type before: the grim swordsman, gruff and unconcerned with teamwork, often with a tragic past and fearsome power but the same sorts of weaknesses. Keeping his eyes on Nolan as he wound up to swing, Zander told his comrade in a low tone, "We work as one. Respond quickly and precisely to my instruction."

The dullahan nodded in confirmation, happily accepting subordination for the sake of a functioning team dynamic. "You got it, boss."

The next moment, a curtain of ashes blazed toward the two soldiers, a cut through the radiant afternoon daylight that made the day bleed darkness. The Ruby Knight took it in stride, tightening his guard and saying, "A divider. Stand back while I deal with this. I'm going to put you into the fray." Deliberately and methodically, Zander lowered his weapon and held his gauntleted left hand outstretched toward the incoming arc of ashes. His breathing, blinking, and even his heartrate stopped completely, their owner possessed by an incredible focus. The ash collided with Zander directly, and for a fraction of a second the Ruby Knight's whole body flashed white. An instant later, all was normal, and the ash curtain gone.

Zander now held the hand against his body, a closed fist. After pivoting it ninety degrees, he through it out again, and from his palm an arc of ashes thrummed forth. This one flew horizontally, threatening to separate legs from body rather than Nolan from Joshua. Wasting no time, Zander planted the hilt of his ruby sword in the ground, and a shimmering red light surrounded it just before the blade extended upward. Xyster jumped toward him, grabbed the gemstone blade, and abruptly flew upward. Grunting in strain, Zander lifted the extended blade, which wobbled precariously in reply, and took a hundred-foot overhead swing at Joshua. As the blade came down, Xyster jumped from it, laughing in exhileration, and followed up Zander's massive swing with a devastating leap attack adjusted toward wherever Joshua might have dodged.

Joshua watched as one of their opponent's took Nolan's ash attack and sent it back at them. He simply ducked under it before looking up to see his opponent's sword grow in size, becoming massive. He whistled calmly.
"Someone seems to be trying to compensate for their lack of skill." He said before the blade came down on his head, with him stepping to the side to avoid it with ease. You couldn't telegraph an attack better then that. Still, the real attack seemed to be the laughing hooligan that was following it. Sighing, he stepped into her attack and avoided the blade and swing of her scythe all together. "So, are we still playing games, cause I can live with this a bit longer. Really, its amusing. Sure you two aren't a circus act?"

For a moment, Xyster sported a hurt expression. Ultimately, however, she couldn't hold it together, and that too-wide smile slipped through again. "Maybe! But, that means you got tricked into making me stronger by a carnie!" The Dullahan span her scythe around her in a complicated and showy maneuver, but something was wrong. Her brilliant green eyes dripped a similarly-colored fluid that flowed down her face like tears, creating iridescent stripes, but more noteworthy than that was her speed. Xyster didn't just move faster; she moved as if someone had pressed the fast-forward button. Every single motion she made went by about twice as quickly, and the laws of physics evidently bent around her to act in unison. "But," she said cheerily, her voice corrupted halfway to static. The next moment she dashed forward and stopped with her head held mere centimeters from Joshua's face, her fangs brushing his nose. "Aren't carnies scary? Underworld Emissary!"

The Dullahan ducked around behind him and ran--only, the Dullahan also appeared in front of Joshua, her formed darkened and slightly transparent. This doppelganger, no mere illusion, smiled and slashed out with bony claws to rend flesh and bone.

Joshua didn't even flinch when Xyster put her head in front of his face. He did wrinkle his nose at the smell of her breathe. He had to wonder if this thing brushed it's teeth or if doing so would even help. He didn't move as she ducked behind him and a second appeared in front of him. The claw attack was easy to follow and he simply stepped to the side and skipped back a step, keeping an eye on both the real one and the fake, keeping track of which was which. Really, this was going to be a good test, if nothing else.

-=Meanwhile=-


Nolan wondered why Zander was standing there when an arc of smoldering death flying straight towards him though his question was soon answered. A flash of white light consumed the knight's whole body for a brief moment and the ashes were gone. Not even a moment to think about what he did, the elite mage redirected Nolan's ashes straight to both Joshua and himself. Ashes erupted under his feet followed by small thick cloud of ashes that Nolan rode on into the air. He stood on the platform of ashes that hovered in the air and watched Zander create an overly the top long blade comprised of ruby-like material. Xyster had latched herself to the gem sword that was coming straight down towards Josh and then jumped off for an overhead attack with her sycthe.

Joshua was doing quite well with dodging though it looked like his main force of attacking was just smack talk. Under any other situation he would've told him to follow up his words with actual attacks, but his attention was focused on taking the perfect chance to strike. Nolan sheathed Kaso and held his right hand out to the side, a blue light flickered dimly followed by the summoning the god slaying sword, Ares. It was a double edged broadsword with a red glowing jewel in the guard and two bronze spikes protruding from the midsection of the blade.

The weapon floated by his hand and with the flick of the wrist, the sword flew straight towards Zander pommel first. The knight had created a blade that was much too long and heavy to use in close quarter combat and, fast as he may be to shorten the blade, he wasn't going to be fast enough to react. Seeing this, Zander released his extended ruby sword and reached around his belt to draw his messer. Once Ares was in range of Zander, Nolan's body flickered with that same blue light that had been used to summon the broadsword and appeared right in front of Zander. Nolan's hands gripped onto the handle of the sword preparing for an overhead slash, his physical strength increased furthed from the Ares' enchantment. The blade erupted with ashes that were so dark that it was hard to discern whether it was actually darkness or ashes. "Ash God's Crushing Saber!" He roared as he swung the blade down to Zander's head.

The ruby blade smacked into the sand as the messer came all the way around, revealed for the first time. While Nolan thundered his incantation, Zander intoned his own, not loud enough for his opponent to hear over his own voice. "Scarlet Sword: Red Slide." A crimson light flared to life around the messer's blade, moving in jagged flashes like the glinting of a chainsaw's teeth. The Ruby Knight held his choice weapon diagonally to intercept Nolan's crushing strike, pitting his strength and magic against his foe's. The blades clashed, and the force of Nolan's slash slid right down the gleaming scarlet teeth and stuck against the messer's nagel, caught in place. Though he wasted no time in beginning his next move, Zander allowed himself to say, "Child's play."

He thrust his fist forward, pushing the hilts of both swords dangerously close to Nolan's face, and altered his stance slightly. The very next moment Zander pushed with his free hand against the upper part of his messer, pivoting the locked blades downward and allowing Nolan's strike to carry on toward the ground. At the same time, an armored elbow swung straight for the Ash God Slayer's jaw.

The clang of two blades coliding rung out with great intensity though the looks of the mens' faces were far from intense. Both Zander and Nolan remained composed when both were presented with situations that needed split second decision making though the Ruby Knight was much more experienced with making choices on the fly. Nolan saw that his attack had no affect on his opponent, rather it did more harm than good. Ares was caught between the teeth of the blade's red energy and Zander was able to direct the force of the attack away from him. He expected this from someone an S-class mage from Frenzy Plant. This was going to be a hard to earn win.

He didn't let his words get to him like the knight intended to. Nolan simply was going to make him eat his words by beating him.

Nolan pushed back against Zander's thrust to keep his face distant from the hilts of the swords and suddenly his opponent shifted the messer so that Nolan's swing to move on to the ground. At that exact moment Nolan shifted into a side stance and pulled his head back to let the elbow graze his jaw. One hand had let go of Ares and he pushed forward to close the distance between them, using that momentum to carry his body weight forward and throw an armored uppercut that was enhanced by Ares strength enchantment to Zander's exposed jaw.

The sight of an incoming punch spurred an instinctive response in Zander to jump backward, but he did not move quickly enough to outdistance Nolan. A crunching noise heralded the contact of the Ash God Slayer's armored fist with the Ruby Knight's crystalline mask. Some of the force transmitted through to Zander's own head, stunning him slightly, but he did not stumble. Instead, Zander pulled off the broken mask and tossed it at Nolan, then followed it up immediately with a shoulder check into diagonal-upward slash.

-=And Then=-


The list of Nolan's problems continued to grow as a speed-up Xyster approached behind him. Evidently, the soldiers of Frenzy Plant would not allow themselves to be separated for long. After a giggle more reminiscent of a radio pulverized by a hammer than a sound of enjoyment, the Dullahan twirled her head by the ribbons around her free arm and used the other to drive the point at the bottom of her scythe toward Nolan's back.

At last! The first attack of the match to meet its mark had finally arrived and it was Nolan that dealt the first blow. However it would've been much too arrogant and foolish to celebrate landing a punch in the beginning of the match. Besides, Nolan knew that his punch didn't do the amount of damage that he had hoped it would. Zander must've been protected by the same magic that he used to augment the messer. He had to give the knight credit where credit was due; he was very well prepared.

The Ruby Knight threw the crystaline mask at Nolan as a decoy for his sword strike. To make matters worse, Xyster was behind him with a horror movie like giggle and swung her sycthe down straight to his back. Moving one hand away from Ares, Nolan postioned his arm so that his hand was over his shoulder and blue light flickered faintly in the palm of his hand just before he summoned another god slaying sword, Sol. Unlike the barbarically designed Ares, Sol was a beautiful, ornate double edged sword that was made of a gold and sturdier metals. It shone brilliantly, it's radiance alone seemed to brighten the day.

Nolan had swung Ares down against Zander's strike and held Sol over his shoulder protecting his back against Xyster's scythe coming down to reap his spine. Just what in the hell was Joshua doing?! Tch, whatever the case was it seemed like he was going to have to just fight with everything he's got and then some.

Nolan shifted his weight and then spun around, using the force to break both Zander and Xyster's stances. Ashes appeared around him and then a large dome of spinning, smoldering ashes encapsulated Nolan and hopefully his two opponents. "Ash God's Domain!" He chanted while the spell had taken affect.

Unfortunately for Nolan, an expulsion of ash and force designed to break stances was the wrong response to a two-pronged advancing attack. A metal shoulder rammed into the Ash God Slayer's back as he performed a spin, but the ensuing ashen outburst prevented the Ruby Knight's messer slice from being anything but a glancing blow. Zander, ever deliberate, wished to know how this 'Ash God's Domain' functioned before he resumed his attack, and he performed a backward hop to distance himself at the edge of melee range. He saw something new in Nolan's hand: the glint of gold. Defeat creeped into his eyes. "Oh, no."

An ear-ringing shriek of true, profound terror swept across the arena, damaging the hearing of all present. In less than an instant, Xyster the Dullahan had gone from poised-to-kill to utterly broken, and her Jack Be Nimble, Underworld Emissary, Imhullu, and even Harvester all disintegrated as well. Having fallen over into the sand, Xyster scrambled madly on all fours to get away from Nolan, kicking up quantities of stinging grains in her panicked dash. Moving like the wind she regained her feet and darted across the arena, trying to get away from that awful, deadly yellow metal at all costs. Looking back, she tripped and tumbled into the arena wall, then plastered herself against it, too incredibly terrified to undertake any movement beyond a pitiful shaking. Her head lay in the sand, eyes screwed shut. There was nothing intimidating about her now; just a quivering mess.

Zander tightened his grip on his sword. He expected no quarter from his opponents; there was no time to try and bring his friend around. Damn monster. This wasn't going to be pleasant.

He was lucky that whatever damage he took from Zander was so far minor bruises though he wouldn't get so lucky next time. He can't be careless with his opponents, especially if it was someone as strong as the knight. That thought was drowned out by a banshee scream that made Nolan's ears ring. He turned to see what the cause was and to his surprise it was Xyster, the dullahan that was so hell bent on beating them now had a broken spirit riddled with fear. She ran off as if the devil himself was chasing her, those green eyes once filled with blood lust were now replaced with panic. Just would've set her off so much?

Nolan glanced down at his sword, Sol, the golden blade glistened in the sunlight and then back to Xyster. Wait a minute, dullahans were weak to gold! No wonder she ran off such fright! The God Slayer sighed and the golden blade disappeared with a blue light. "I didn't mean to frighten you Xyster, my apologize. Now please, fight or else my honor will forever be stained if I win like this."

The overwhelming pressure faded, and with it the uncontrollable urge to flee. Still shaky, Xyster got to her feet, and picked up her head. Instead of joy or fear, her face now sported a look of resignation, one that remained as her body dusted it off. Finally, she piped up, "Talk about unlucky! I guess it's good that I don't really care about honor or dignity, eh? A heart...a soul, even a life: I don't think I have those either. I don't have much, but I think I have what it takes to beat you." She didn't mention that she had a strategy for dealing with gold that would work very well against Nolan, now that she could see it coming. Of course, she'd planned to use that trump card eventually anyway.

Zander watched with tangible relief as Xyster summoned her Harvester, created the black armoring aura of Imhullu, and refreshed the green flow down her cheeks to restore the speed granted to her by Jack Be Nimble. Normally the Dullahan was unnerving, but with her various spells active and altering her appearance, she went from spooky to scary even to her own allies. As glad as he was to see her back in the fight, however, Zander felt that he couldn't rely on her one-hundred percent. He needed help he knew he could trust completely. Lucky I came prepared.

In a single, fluid series of motions, Zander tucked away his messer, stooped to grab his now-normal-sized ruby sword, and whipped a glowing brown lacrima from beneath his armor. He chucked the lacrima at the ground and leaped toward it as it burst calling, "Buttons, to me!"

When the light died down, the Ruby Knight sat astride a tall, brown horse, lightly armored in leather. He muttered, "Ruby Knight's Alliance." and from his horse's leather armor sprouted a much more durable and protective ruby plate. On horseback, Zander's ruby sword was the perfect length and size, revealing it to be designed as a cavalry weapon. Clearly, Zander embodied battlefield cunning, perhaps more than Sanders himself. He spurred his horse and thundered toward the Phoenix Wing swordsmen, and Xyster raced forth from the opposite side.

Somehow he expected such a response to come from the dullahan and he was glad to hear it. He would rather cut off his own hand than defeat someone who couldn't fight at their full potential so honor or no honor, she was going to give it her all. "Sorry, but I've got too much on the line to lose to you and ruby. My team, my guild, crazy idiots that I would've dismissed that won me over. They're expecting me to beat you two so as long as I have the will to stand then I will fight." God dammit, Damian's stupid speeches were starting to rub off on him.

Nolan watched as Xyster return into that horrifying form, becoming even more monstrous than she was before. He could only question just how in the hell Frenzy Plant was able to contain such a beast as herself though if he were to judge from what he saw from the match with Indigo and his current battle with Zander he could understand what how they could keep her on a leash.

He turned his attention towards Zander as soon as he threw a brown lacrima onto the ground, relasing a bright white light that the knight leaped towards yelling...Buttons? Did this man seriously just yell out 'Buttons, to me'? He didn't even question the sudden appearance of the horse. Hell he didn't even question why Xyster wasn't laughing her head off, figuratively speaking, at this stoic knight naming his horse Buttons. "...I can't tell if I should find this funny or if I should feel bad for his poor choice of names."

Nolan had just stood there, waiting for his time to strike. He returned Ares into the pocket dimension, leaving him with no weapon in his hands. There was something very important that the two Frenzy Plant mages had overlooked while they were so focused on attacking their opponents. The ashes that Nolan had used before were all still lying around on the ground. They had only accumulated with each spell he casted, turning the battlefield into Nolan's most dangerous weapon. With both hands he spun his fingers in the air, causing the ashes to rise and swirl into drill like projectiles. The God Slayer swung his hands through the air and the ashes flew towards the sides of Zander and Xyster. The ashes weren't spinning just for show. They were compact like highly compact sand and spun fast enough to act as real drills. Needless to say, it would be bad to get hurt by them.

The first ashen spiral came at Zander too swiftly for him to think of a magical counterattack. Confronted with a blur shooting toward him, which emitted as it flew a sound frighteningly comparable to an industrial saw's, the Ruby Knight quickly brought his sword up to block. One hand he kept on the hilt, and the other he placed closer to the tip for reinforcement, but it was his reflexes that kept the mad spiral from corkscrewing into him. Zander gritted his teeth, holding firm against the jarring impact and noise until he could push it off to the side to fly away. When the cacophony did not relent, he noticed with a surge of terror that another spiral had busied itself trying to penetrate through the forward piece of his beloved hors's ruby armor. "Rgh!" He brought his sword back around, trusting that the spiral he'd deflected would have issues turning quickly, and leveled the point at the marauding ashes. "Ruby Knight's Precious Prison."

A moment later, the spiral fell into the sand with a whoomp, frozen in a jagged shell of ruby. Two more scarlet beams shot out to stop other projectiles in their tracks, and for the moment the onslaught ceased. Zander cast a glance toward Xyster to determine her status and found the Dullahan dealing with about four at once, using her augmented speed to put out a flurry of scythe swipes and keep the spirals at bay. "Corporal, they will not relent! Take down the source with Riot Lily!" Hearing him, Xyster nodded in response and blasted forward past the ashen spirals, headed straight for Nolan. Zander approached from the other side and aimed his ruby sword not at his opponent, but at points surrounding him in a roughly triangular formation. "Ruby Knight's Precious Prison!" Three outcroppings of ruby sprouted up, and Xyster rushed up to and kicked off of the nearest one. In the air she began to spin, the blade of the Harvester whirling at high speed, and when she hit the sand she kept on going like an insane top. The tornado of steel zoomed past Nolan, almost certain to cut into him, but Xyster did not stop there. Now laughing uproariously, she ricocheted off the second ruby outcrop, and pinballed past Nolan against and straight into the third. In no time at all, the Ash God Slayer would find himself surronded on all sides by Xyster's ludicrous maneuver, and only then did Zander throw himself off his horse, blade pointed down ward and reading to impale that little circle of safety in the Riot Lily's center.

Joshua had been watching from the side lines ever since the clone he had been fighting vanished. At the time that it had, he had glanced around and seen Xyster cowering from something. When he listened to Nolan speak, he was glad to hear that his teammate had a sense of honor. Apparently, the blade had terrified the creature and with it gone, she could resume fighting. Well, at least no one could say they had won through cheap tactics, if they did manage to win this fight.

As Nolan fought their opponents, Joshua was filled equally with respect, for his teammate's power and their opponents' skill and coordination, and exasperation at the choice of name for the knight's horse. That horse should probably consider getting a new owner, the sooner the better. Shaking such thoughts out of his head, he saw Nolan getting in a pinch and his eyes narrowed as he saw the knight prepare for add something into the mix. Well, something had to be done about that, didn't it?

Joshua dismissed his adamantine katana and equiped a . Taking a second to consider what was going on in front of him, Joshua swung the blade, creating several replicas made of pure magical energy, which he then fired at Zander, aiming to injure or distract the knight.

'Child's play,' the words that Zander had uttered with confidence earlier in the match when clashing blades with Nolan. The Ruby Knight, one of Frenzy Plant's generals, that had fought throught countless battles and hailed as the perfect soldier had probably taken back those words. Both him and Xyster were mages that came from a guild renowned for it's militaristic mindset and strategies, but now had fallen into Nolan's pace. The projectiles were relentless and certainly were aimed to kill his opponents. The God Slayer knew that his opponents were not holding back and that he would have to do the same. He couldn't hold back against S and and A-Class mages without giving it his all.

Michael


Michael indulged Prince a smile, "No pawing, you'll be resting" He said, trying to sound cheerful. It wasn't long before they were at the dragon Fang hotel and Michael opened the door to his room. His bed had been made since the morning, the window as open slightly, and the room was bright, but nothing like his room back at the guild. He had fallen off the bed twice, having quickly got accustomed to his bed=floor.

Wanting to help, but letting Jarvis put Prince down, Michael went over to a jug of water, pouring a glass. "Thank you" He said to Jarvis, giving the older man a shy smile, "I hope Karn is okay, as well." Assuring Jarvis that all would be fine, Michael let him out.

Sashha


Giving Karn a pet, Sasha thought for a few moments, thinking of a way to reply to Trinity. "Animals have a higher sense of hearing then us. In some ways, that makes them vulnerable to making attacks, particularly thoe that use magic. There is probably a way, some magic or charm that can prevent them being controlled like that again. Maybe Jarvis will have ann idea for a lacrima. Perhaps a negate one?" Sasha said thoughtfully. "perhaps we can check the library here, later" She said as they walked.

Jamie


Jamie gave a sigh, listening as Jackie spoke. "While that is reasonable, the girl doesn't seem to give a damn about family, unlike you. You needed dragon Fang, and I think if the girl remains here, it will become a prison, instead of the freedom you found it.

Frenzy plant is a more regimened guild, and would, I think, be more familiar then this, with their training. Perhaps they can rehabilitate her, and break through the training that has her aiming to kill you. The cuffs can work to keep her powers in check, and Frenzy plant rarely lets people escape.

As for handing her off to a guild we barely know, well, Jack, isn't that what you and fraquar were saying? Trusting other light guilds? Is it not imperative to learn to work together with those we may be forced to work with in a sticky situation? Sanders is not truly a harsh man, and we do need to be some sort of relationship with his guild.

But ultimately, Jackie, it is up to you."


Se looked down at Amelia, and nodded "Family should, but sometimes it can't be done, especially if Aria insists on killing Jackie. Sometimes we have to make a hard decision, to make the best one for everyone." her voice was slightly haunted, as she thought back on that day, long ago, when they had said goodbye to Antony. Of course, that hadn't truly ended in happiness, with Sam's death, but it had been the best decision for herself and Sam at the time.

Jamie sighed, "But it is important for family to be together"

Jessie


Jessie smiled at Ferris, unable to stop the thought that he was just so darn cute. She leaned one elbow on the table, cupping her chin in it and watching him. She glanced to the server, giving her a smile, letting Ferris choose. "You might live to regret that choice, Ferris, but it should be quite an entertaining meal. But I think we best get it boxed up, there's there announcement for the first battle. Excuse me, miss? Can we get it to take away?"

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Elsewhere ~

Shujin -

His recovery time had been great for him. His burns from his battle with Sasha were no longer painful. He knew he wasn't taking part in the games today, so he had taken the time to explore the back ends of crocus. He felt a dark presence behind him constantly, but whenever he turned to look he saw nothing. The presence grew further, the deeper he delved into crocus's back streets. Making a decision, he walked to the quietest area he could find, and faked to look at the bricks on the wall. He felt this presence once more, so close. It felt like pure death itself. He did not turn. "Metal make: Lance!" He brought his hands together and swung around, firing metal magic. A katana sliced straight through the lances, before the cloaked wielder advanced for an attack. "Metal make: impact!" He brought his hands together crushing the attacker, or so he thought. Being satisfied with his work and relaxed, before feeling a slight point in the back of his neck. It was the damn sword. It wasn't being pressed hard enough to draw blood though. "Dont move." The cloaked female voiced. 'A women?' Shujin thought. "Ok... you got me. What do you want wench?" He put his hands in the air. She was about to speak, before he shot metal shards from his hands at point blank at her wrist, making a direct hit. She dropped the sword as a result, and he spun on the spot, grasping her cloak, and slamming her into the ground, back first, getting on top of and pinning her. He ripped the hood from her head. She had her eyes closed and her face was screwed up, expecting a strike. "Who are you?!" He yelled, fist raised and ready.

She relaxed a little and sighed. "Don't you remember me Onii-san?" She opened her eyes and looked at him, tearing up.

She was beautiful, and he knew exactly who she was. Flashbacks of her as a child ran through his head again and again. He hesitated for only a moment, before yelling, fist shaking. The girl did nothing. "Why?!" He trembled. "Why didn't you leave with me?!" He was on the edge. Finally he let her cloak go and sat back. He couldn't hurt her. "Wither." He took a deep shaky breath. It seemed that he would be getting a visit from his past.

The girl sat up, before shuffling over to him and taking a hold of his cheeks. "I missed you." He teared up even more. "I'm not the same girl that stayed behind." He cried a little before wiping her tears and closing her eyes. Her voice switched to something different. It was dark, and monotone. "I'm worse." He grinned ever so slightly, evilly. She opened her dark, but deep eyes, and stared into his, making the required connection.

Shujin felt strange, it was as if her soul was entering his body. He was turning pale, and breaking out in a sweat all over. It felt like all the viruses had been put into his body at once.

She laughed, standing up letting shujin go. He dropped face first to the floor. "I could kill you so easily if I wanted to Onii-san." she laughed some more before getting serious. "No... I have a job for you..." She grinned again, as Shujin forced his head up to look at her. "Before the grand magic games end... you must kill a certain miss Sasha Shin..."

She paused, before his skin regained its colour, and he felt instantly better, being able to stand again. "...and it'll work out fine for you! I own you now Shujin. Disobey this command and you shall be with your parents." She laughed one finally time before placing her hood back over her head, and leaving.

Shujin couldn't move. He was either frozen in fear, or shock. He wasn't sure.

Elsewhere to elsewhere ~

Lazarus -

Lazarus had also had a similar encounter to Shujin. His attacker was also cloaked. The man who had come for him bore large white wings, sticking out from rips in the cloak. "Lazarus Rex." He grumbled. "Your time is at an end." He chuckled. "And my time is beginning." He lunged forward, preparing an attack

Lazarus whipped off his top fur piece, tossing it aside. "Not if I hit you first!" He roared. "Fist of the light..." He stopped, remembering he couldn't use god slayer magic right now.

The cloaked figure chuckled. "Fist of the light god!" His fist crashed into Lazarus' jaw.

Time inside lazarus' head stopped. 'Huh? What is this guy? He must be able to manipulate other people's magic.' Time started again, and Lazarus was sent hurtling into a fruit cart. He forced himself to his feet. "Regulus impact!" He would rely on his heavenly body magic. His fists filled with silver light. He charged forward, throwing a punch. His wrist was grasped onto by his attacker. Lazarus couldn't escape. He looked down at his arm, and the light regulus was being eaten from his hand.

"This light tastes like a loser." The figure laughed. "Below of the light god!"

Lazarus was hit full on from point blank range. He was once again sent flying, but this time into a brick wall. He couldn't muster any strength to get up. At this point he felt genuine fear. The footsteps of his attacker got closer and closer until he could see their feet right in front of his face.

"Remember this Lazarus. You will never beat me... You will die here, and never see your newborn child... and the next time you see your fiance is when I kill her too. go to the depths of hell for all your sins." He took a step back before making several hand movements. "Amaterasu - formula 100!"

Lazarus braced himself. This was where it would end. He closed his eyes as the magic was cast. His last thoughts would be of Sasha. He suddenly filled up with rage. "I'm sorry Sasha." He muttered. "I almost forgot what I'm living for." He forced himself off the ground, forming his wings and flying upwards, weakly. The blast from the magic denotation carried Lazarus into a building at a phenomenal speed, however the adrenaline allowed his to continue his escape. He did manage to escape his attacker, but he was in a bad way. Lazarus managed to make it to the grand magic games stadium, where he entered the contestant corridors, before collapsing, covered in burn marks, gashes, and bruises. Nothing was broken, but he passed out due to magic exhaustion.
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Ariel - Stadium Infirmary

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The next event began and Ariel sat down off to the side of the infirmary. Those there to help anyone injured looked over Elizabeth. Other than having expended quite a lot of magic she appeared fine. That was a load off for sure. Though Ariel didn't know why it had happened and could answer very few questions presented to her. With any luck the girl would recover before the end of the day. Otherwise Ariel wasn't sure what she'd do.

Since there was nothing else to do but wait, Ariel turned her attention to the lacrama vision. A two on two battle it seemed. And in this case it would be a dual of blades. The most out of place being the girl who's head was already severed from her body. This wasn't the first time she'd seen the dullahan, but in this fight she was a whole different creature. It sent shivers down her spine. Everyone was putting up a good fight though. They could all utilize their weapons a whole lot better than she could though. Not that she had it with her. It'd gotten left behind when she got teleported here. Blinking a bit she realized that her mind was wandering. Great all the magic usage was getting to her again.

What would it be now? Standing up she paced a bit and looked at the broadcast again. Leaning against the table next to her briefly, she felt hot. Others in the room seemed to take notice of her behavior and stepped over. "Are you feeling alright, ma'am?" The nurse looked surprised when Ariel clothes and features suddenly changed from a dull blue to a bright orange. The look went away after a moment though, clearly this was yet another mage.

"I'm fine." The air just around her began to heat up rapidly and rippled. Standing up she tried to move away from everyone else. "Damn, didn't think it could get worse." One of the nurses made the mistake of trying to touch her and ended up withdrawing her hand from the heat. "I'll be fine. J-just stay back." Bracing against the wall she began to smolder and the orange color burned away like the edges of paper. The smell of ash filled the room as Ariel now sported a ashen brown color scheme. Groaning and rolling her eyes, it was obvious who's magic she'd just picked up. "Great, Nolan's magic has such a charming personality." She said sarcastically, dispelling any odd glances she was getting with a quick glare.

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Grane Falo| Crocus, Underground
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Grane teleported underground and with his vision magic, he could see a young wizard get savagely beat by another wizard. From the magic that he could sense from the undead and the ivory dome on the surface, Grane deduced that this wizard must of been the culprit of those creations, especially since he could sense the similarly between this wizard and the magic from above. Planning to stop the current fight to help the wizard that appeared to be nearly unconscious, Grane's hand lit on fire with flames.

Before he could teleport, the unnerving roars of three Hydra heads was heard and attacked Grane. Instead of teleporting to the two wizards, Grane extinguished his flaming hand and replaced it with frosty mist. He had to quickly stop this creature so he won't be interrupted again. As the three streams of necrotic energy shot towards Grane, he kicked the ground and the earth quickly rose to form a wall that blocked the necrotic energy. Behind the wall, Grane teleported away and reappeared above the hydra's head and landed a crushing punch to the hydra's head which followed with the earth from the ceiling to also came sliding down to crush the other two heads of the hydra into the ground. To make sure it doesn't wake up or recover anytime soon with its one remaining head or create more, Grane slammed his frosted hand against the hydra's head and froze it in place with ice.

With the hydra frozen, Grane turned his attention back at the two wizards. Teleporting again, he reappeared between the two with a fist covered in blue flames that spun like a drill and tried to strike Nidhogg's upper chest. The devastating punch would send Nidhogg across the room and Grane would soon follow in pursuit when the wizard planned on doing anything else. But for the moment, Grane remained where he was to protect the young wizard.

Monsoon | Crocus, Abandoned Warehouse
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As Georgie played around, Monsoon wasn't phased by her tricks and acts. He knows well enough that although she behaves childish, she can also be monstrous. Even when she appeared on his shoulders and reappeared in front of them, Monsoon didn't show any hesitation or fear. From what he could sense from her, he had nothing to fear. But once he heard Georgie's old man comment, he stepped forward. "I may be older than Manami, but we already know that your current appearance hides your actual age which may be higher than mine."

"Now lets talk about why I wanted to see you and have this meeting. I may appear to be a random stranger, but I hope my efforts in helping Manami and Shiro escape with the book you wanted has won some trust in me. That's why I hope you will understand that I too seek a book. The magic book that I request from you goes by the name of Kleptotionap. I've researched the book's last known location and it appeared that you may be the individual that currently possesses it. I simply need to at least borrow the book from you and read through the pages to understand what it offers and how to use it."
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