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"I don't care, who needs powers? Honestly, you people are lame if you rely strictly on your powers to fight!" Nova said, before turning towards the Hulk. "Leave this to me, I've got this!" she said, before she set her stuffed rabbit on a chair, and she unhooked her hammer from around her belt. Anyone who could see it could tell that the hammer was Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, and she ran up to the Hulk. She tried to jump onto him, but slipped and only landed on his foot.

"Nova, wait! You'll hurt yourself!" Bruce said, looking at Nova with shock. Sure, he knew perfectly well that Nova could probably handle herself, but that didn't mean that she could just run up and try to pound on the Hulk of all people. "You know, if our powers weren't screwed up I'd suggest that Astrid summon a swarm of puppies or something..." he said towards Myth, not too sure what to do at the moment.

Despite her brother telling her not to, Nova was not deterred. She was perfectly fine with the idea of fighting someone, the wedding stuffy atmosphere was getting annoying anyway. This time, she managed to jump up onto the Hulk's shoulders, she used her legs to hook herself around his neck so that she wouldn't fall of, and then proceeded to hit him in the head. "Bad grandpa bad! You don't get to hang around with puppies anymore!" she said, before she hit him again and this time he dropped Myrus to the floor.

Valda saw this chance to go grab her brother and pull him away from the green monster. This was not a good thing, not a good thing at all, and she wasn't too thrilled at the idea of a little girl jumping into the fray, but there wasn't much she could do about it at the moment. She managed to get over to her brother and pull him away from the carnage, mainly concerned with helping him. "Myrus? Are you alright?" she asked him, looking a bit worried.

Sylvi was not too sure what to even do, as the beast was currently right next to her and had been a normal looking person a few moments. "What's going on?" she asked, stunned. This was not something she had expected, and was trying to remain calm at the moment. She got an idea though, and it might help calm her own nerves at that, and she started using her music to try and calm the Hulk down, at least somewhat. At the moment, he didn't seem to be attacking anyone else, so she didn't know if it was working or not.

"What? But father, I can help too!" Zekarra protested when Richard handed her the little girl. She wasn't even sure what just happened, but she did know one thing. She could help in a fight, and she hated the fact that her father was basically trying to shove her out of the way. Actually, it made her mad more than anything. Though she was going to get the little girl out of the room, and she took Navi and took her out of the room. "You need to stay here, okay?" she said, giving the girl a smile.

"Really Richard? How dare you assume I'd leave you in a fight," Thalia said to him with an eye roll as wings popped out of her shoulder blades, and claws appearing on her hands. There was no way she'd be able to fully shift in this room there just wasn't enough space, so she would have to stick with more of hybrid mode. She flew over to where Richard had landed, "Are you alright Richard? Perhaps you should stay out of this fight... Since it seems that a little girl whose powers aren't working and who has a hammer is doing more damage than you are..."

"...I also was referring more of to Chthon before Myth... As for the Hulk, also known as my grandfather, well... As I mentioned, usually our solution is summoning a swarm of puppies, since for some weird reason the Hulk will calm down almost instantly... We can fight the Hulk though, we've done it more than once in our lifetimes... As for you," he said, turning to the woman who walked over, "We could use your aid if you would be willing..."

Back upstairs, Lance was a bit pissed off. How dare this man even remotely think about trying to burn his wife to death or something, and the anger wasn't going to really be helping Rhys' case at all. He tried to punch Rhys, but Chthon seemed to be helping out Rhys in protecting him, at least from the first punch, and he slammed his fist into Rhys this time, getting really really mad. Then he heard Chthon's voice in his mind, and that made him pissed off.

He tried to punch him, but yet again, Chthon was protecting Rhys. As his anger started getting the better of him, Lance slammed his fist into Rhys, and this resulted in Rhys starting to fall down the stairs. "Puny god, stay away from my family," he muttered, before he went after Rhys, not wanting to let him anywhere near the Great Hall at all.

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Cuyler didn’t get a chance to protest against Halley’s denial of his help. An errieness settled over the great hall and Cuyler looked around, seeing an inky blackness seem to come from the ceiling and slide down the walls and around all of them. Within one blink many of the people in the hall disappeared. Including all of the Asgardian gods on the right side of the aisle. It didn’t end there. After the gods disappeared, there came the sudden appearance of a giant green monster and Cuyler’s eyes widened. Legends and well, truth if Cuyler believed everything of his culture but he never thought… never. The Hulk grabbed the crown prince of the Castle and retreated, strangling the life from the boy.
He looked back at Halley, hearing her whispered comment of the Four’s power being gone. Cuyler was fearful for them all but he couldn't let the fear and shock stop him. He was no stranger to battle or defending and he had an excellent constitution but he wasn’t stupid enough to be completely fearless.
”Seems you could use my help now,” he said.

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Amarantha didn’t have time to ask the gods the many questions she had. The Darke energy swept over the room, not the typical she was used to and took with it half the guests. She swirled around, her people needing no other signal than the gods disappearing to unsheath their swords and look around, ready to take on the threat. Except there was nothing to fight. Amarantha narrowed her eyes, frustrated by the lack of objects to hit until one man stumbled forward and changed into something rather large and rather green. Amarantha couldn’t put into words what she saw. Her training didn’t cover large green beasts. Sure there were trolls and other such creatures but they were slow and easy to dispatch. This creature, did not seem to be that way as it grabbed up Mryus and clamped his hand around his neck.
Amarantha’s eyes shot to Lennox and Titan who moved with precision in front of the remaining royals.
”Get Princess Luna to safety,” she said. She had a feeling that the Queen would be useful in this situation. She looked over to a guard who tossed her a sword and Amarantha approached the Queen, twirling the sword once, twice while she surveyed the creature.
”A distraction, we need a distraction,” she told the Queen. Whether she provided or Amarantha did, it needed to happen.
However, it seemed the four had a plan of their own and one particular didn’t need her fancy power as they went after the hulk of a man. Between a few of them they got the creature to release Myrus. Valda hurried forward and pulled Myrus back. Titan, Lennox and Amarantha moved in front of the three royals, ready to defend.
”Prince Myrus, are you well enough?” She wasn’t entirely sure if he hit his head or damaged anything on that fall but if he had it in him, they could use a little blasting power. If only Antonije had those bombs for Amarantha ready.

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Arnora stepped up with Ahote, moving to try and take out Rhys as well. She watched as she tried to work her ice as she did before but nothing came from it. He smiled a little but shook his head.
”Try again,” he encouraged her. Not everything worked on the first try and although they were in a battle, everything could be used as a learning experience.
Ahote looked forward again, ready to try something for himself when Runa made a moved. It didn’t stop the man from making his own and the girl surrounded in purple disappeared. Ahote’s eyes widened as she completely vanished. He had never seen such a thing before. Her aura lingered behind and Ahote hoped she wasn’t too far and would be alright.
He focused back on the man and charged forward. Ahote’s hands moved to wrap around the man’s neck but he didn’t get close enough. Cthon blasted him back, sending him through every wall until Ahote was outside and free falling from twenty floors up. When he landed on the ground he lost his breath and was overtaken with immense pain until his body went completely numb. Ahote coughed and tears of pain filled his eyes. The only reason he was still breathing was because his enhanced condition was helping him heal and keeping him breathing.

Thia was in the shadows of a building, watching Wizard Tower silently. Her keen ears picked up on most of the noise coming from inside. Although she didn’t know exactly what they were saying, she knew something was up.
She heard the crash from the twentieth floor and watched Ahote fall from the massive height until he hit the ground. Rising from her seated position, Thia padded over to the man and sat beside him. He was in poor condition but Thia’s nose tingled from an air of Magyk although different from this land but it told her that he would be okay. So Thia sat with him, keeping guard over him.

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Luna looked up at the ceiling as some weird dark energy started to come from there, it seemed to affect those within the room, as the main group of Gods that Myrus had pointed out earlier all had disappeared. Only leaving the rest of them alone, her eyes instantly went wide as one of them suddenly turned green and instantly went for her brother. "Ohhhh, this has certainly gotten to be interesting now, everyone gets to fight!" The Voice in Luna's head started to laugh as Luna watched helplessly as her brother was strangled, only for one of the other guests who seemed to know him started hitting him over the head with a hammer and the others started to help out as well.

Luna quickly moved over to her sister and brother to try and make sure that he was alright and quickly hugged him once Myrus was dropped, she certainly felt like she was helpless. Her sister had her own magyk, her brother as well, and Amrantha also knew a lot of ways to kill someone. She only knew a little bit of sword fighting, but she felt scared and helpless, as Luna backed up slightly looking over at her brother. "Are you okay?" Luna asked Myrus looking over at her brother with a concerned look.

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Arnora looked over at Ahote for a moment, as he told her to try again and nodded slightly as she looked over at Grims who was still a bit injured. Though he made some bandages for himself, he would need to get the bleeding stopped and quickly made her way over towards him as Arnora tried to freeze the wound again. Groaning loudly to herself again while looking over at Grimspound again and gave him a slight shrug, she wouldn't be able to completely stop the bleeding for now. "Just try and not do anything stupid." Arnora said, as she turned to look over at the man named Rhys.

Then he used whatever powers he had and suddenly the woman with the purple magyk disappeared in front of her completely, and the Rhys tried to use his powers on Runa only to have it get all sucked up by her staff. "I'd love to have a staff like that." Arnora said towards her, and the Ahote tried to attack him only for him to be flung down the stairs of the tower which made her start to worry she wanted to go and help him. But Rhys seemed to be a pretty big threat right now as well, as the big green guy tried bashing Rhys a few times before being sent down a few stairs.

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"My wedding day is all but ruined so someone is going to pay for it." The woman that came up to them let out a soft hum of a laugh. "Oh spunky. I like you. Well it seems the room full of powerful gods are now powerless. Save for me because obviously. And I have a name, handsome. Well, many names, but I usually prefer Hecate. Or Millicent. Take your pick. As for our big boy here, I think your future wife has more up her sleeve to help."

Myth nodded and knew. "You want puppies, you get puppies." She hadn't used her Magyk for a bit now, but she knew she still had the skills. She began to sing a lovely tune, harmonizing well. In an instant, a swarm of 20 flying puppies came around her. They were of various breeds and colors, but all were flying and adorable. "Go get him!"

The puppies zoomed off towards the Hulk. But they did not bite or claw. Instead, they liked and played, spinning around his head and being cute. The Hulk could only stare. "Not the way I would have handled it, but effective."

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Fleur could feel the pain behind the words launched at her. Chthon was aiming to hurt her. Fleur dodged the fire coming at her. "If he's behind this then it stands to reason that me destroying him will end this Sicknesse. And even if it doesn't, he has annoyed me, which is a death sentence in and of itself."

Fleur stood to face the apparition now. Her face showing no emotion even though she was hurting inside. "You seek to wound me with visions of her, but they only make me more powerful. The mere fact you tried means I won. Resort to underhanded tactics if you must, but I will have none of them. Fleur summoned fire around her hands. "You like fire so much? Then have it!" Fleur unleashed a fire wave directly at the apparition. The figure was consumed in the fire, but not dead.

Fleur stood her ground. "End this now and die."

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Runa grimaced, her eyes darting over towards Lance. One of the combatants had been thrown off of Wizard Tower by Chthon. Another was seriously wounded. And then the woman, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard... Runa bit her lip. She knew that a spell that strong, one cast by the Elder God of Chaos himself, there would be no undoing it. There was no coming back from a Vanish. No one who had ever been Vanished had ever been seen again.

"The ExtraOrdinary is in Valhalla now. She made her ancestors proud," Runa said. The Sorcerer Supreme took a moment, making an ancient sign for warding off of evil. However, it did little good - Chthon was already present. The Elder God was snarling inside of Rhys' mind. It would feel like Rhys' insides were crawling with snakes and Rhys would be able to sense that he was losing control. Chthon was becoming stronger and stronger.

Foolish boy, you are NOTHING! You dare to challenge my decisions?! Chthon spat. Rhys' arm flung out involuntarily, allowing Chthon/Rhys to catch themselves on the stairs and not topple over. We are here for the Mistress of Chaos - for the woman called Halley! These are all distractions! The Elder God then started to prepare another spell, aiming to have it target Halley downstairs but it missed, hitting someone else instead...

Runa glanced back at Arnora, giving her a slight smile. "I'm borrowing it for the moment - but it was given to me originally by my grandfather, forged by the Phoenix for him," Runa explained. She tried using the cast to create a barrier, sealing them at the top of the stairs, but it was no use. There was too much Chaos Magyk in the air for her to do anything.

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"No," Halley repeated, looking Cuyler dead in the eyes. "I know that you think you can help here, but you can't. One punch from the Hulk and you won't feel it - your spirit will fly out of you and go straight to Valhalla before you could even blink. Know your place - just because you are related to us does not mean that you have the strength or worth to be one of us," Halley snapped at him.

The Hulk was a bit dazed with each one of Nova's hits with the hammer, roaring and screaming as he tried to fling her off of him. So many people were coming at him at once, however. Sylvi began to play a tune that calmed him for a moment and then Myth had sent in the puppy brigade! There was one thing in the world that the Hulk loved no matter what: puppies. The green monster seemed confused at first, before he started to gently try to pet the little dogs and slowly began to shrink back down, until Myth's soon to be father in law was standing there.

Completely nude.

"Ugh, Grandpa, put some clothes on!" Astrid shrieked, covering her eyes.

"...Sorry..." Banner mumbled, frantically looking for something to cover himself with. This was really awkward.

However, Banner wasn't the only one experiencing changes. Upstairs, Chthon had attempted to cast a spell on Halley and he missed. It instead had hit Sylvi and Antonije's eyes widened, looking at where his girlfriend had been. There was now an adorable puppy. Silvija?! His siblings sped on over, cooing and giggling a bit.

"Wow, I always said your girlfriend was a bit of a bitch!" Marya giggled, petting the dog/Sylvi calmly.

"Not funny, damn it Marya!"

Meanwhile, Myrus nodded slightly. He was incredibly shaken and every breath hurt, but he was otherwise unharmed. "What.... what was that?" he asked, his red/pink eyes darting over towards Banner and instantly regretting it. "Lennox, can you get him some clothes? Please? It's... disgusting," he said, regretting the word but there was nothing else for it. He had come for a wedding, not to see a man turn into a monster and then end up in the nude.

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@KazAlkemi@BlueSky44: Navi had suddenly decided that it was time to take a nap. She was a little kid after all and it was waaay past her bedtime. Falling asleep in Zekarra's arms, she was hugging her and making little sleepy snores. Rainbrook had gone outside with Zekarra as well, scared that he was feeling like ice. "Zekarra... Something is happening to me," he whispered to her.

He then peered out into the darkness and saw Ahote with Thia. "He's hurt - did he fall?!" Rainbrook exclaimed, forgetting his own plight as he ran over to the man. It didn't help that as they passed outside, the Floor had told them IT IS A LOVELY EVENING instead of its usual insults. That only happened when the situation was truly dire.

@LadyRunic: Emma nodded, escorting Skaoi out of the room and locking it up again tightly. "Will that be all, miss?" he asked her softly. He didn't want to get in trouble, but she was a bit of a strange one and he wasn't all too certain what exactly she was looking for. "Is there anything else I can do for ya?"

@FantasyChic: Jadis was about to retaliate, only she had forgotten that Wanda was also present. Wanda used her own powers to tie up Jadis with a scarlet sort of magical energy. "I take it you would like the honors of getting information from this harlot?" Wanda asked, nodding at Fleur. She had a good grip on Jadis and the woman wouldn't be going anywhere.

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Rhys winced as his mind was rocked by the force that was the Elder God. Most notably a pissed Elder God who had seized control of his body. Deciding that a limited silence was his best option was silence as of current, the rogue wizard kept his tongue in check. After all it did not seem at all as if Chthon was going to be accepting an apology or allow him control. Seeing how the fight had been going until recent, Rhys didn't see that as all to bad a thing.

Considering his life and his goals, Arya had been ripped away from him. His revenge, something he had desired for years, had been destroyed by this being. So what did that leave him? He had left the Wizard's Tower from desire and fear. Desire for that coveted position of ExtraOrdinary Wizard. A position he wanted and craved like nothing else. Then there was the fear. Fear born of rage. He had killed his old mentor when a word had been ill spoken about his newly, then, dead mother. A mother he had loved, when he was still capable of it. Love. Was he still capable of it? He supposed so. Else he wouldn't have gone storming off after a Queste for a son he never knew existed. Gone looking for a cure for the apprentice he didn't know was his son yet. Pah, this is why he didn't meander down these roads, they were too... turbulent for his liking.

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Grimspound gave a weak chuckle. "My dear, not doing stupid things seems to have hit only me in my family." The man admitted, as he gave Runa an annoyed look. "Then again. I may be wrong." He shook his head in annoyance. "Only death cannot be challenged! The wizardress was vanished, not dead and in Valhalla yet! And when we get done shoving this annoying puffed up rooster back to whence he came- or sending to my grandmother to pluck, gods help him- I will prove my point." Jazen rolled his eyes, perhaps it was a foolish notion, but there was nothing in life barring a few things that could not be challenged.

"Of course, it's only a theory but there is some reasoning behind it. I'm not quite as daft as you." Grimspound noted with amusement, giving Runa a boyish grin and impish wink. Turning his attention to the host of the grouchy Elder God, Grimspound sighed and limped towards the battle. "Forgive me, Arnora, but I may be doing something stupid." The man noted with a growl, as he attempted to use his magic to snag onto the Elder God and pull him hurtling towards the great green man. While a wall would hurt if this worked, the green man would hit back.

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Skaoi gave a small smile to the lad. Emma had risked a good deal by allowing her to see the girl, but she had needed to see. To make sure the girl was not a threat to the Castle or that she had the Sickenesse. Yes, people were aware of the symptoms and such. But they did not work around the ill and dying every day. To watch hope and life slowly drain away. She had a more imitate knowledge of it, for better or worse.

"Could you take me back to the Darke section, please? My apologies for distracting us, but I wished to make sure all was well." She whispered softly, with an apologetic look. Giving the lad a slight bow, she gestured that he should lead her on. Hopefully as well this would go unnoticed by the terrifying Young Army woman. For all the esteem that she had built up, and good will, Skaoi was still terrified of her.

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Richard growled in annoyance. "I don't need to sit things out. Mind you, Thalia, I was fighting long before you were a twinkle in your mother's eye." While it wasn't strictly true, he had been fighting before Thalia was. Or at least as far as he knew. "And little girls with hammers are terrifying! Besides the fact, the fights over. We've won. Now I'm going to go find who got 'Grandpa Green-Bean' all riled up and kick their ass back to Ayita's time so she can tear them a new one!" Richard groused.

Having shift back to his proper form to say all of that lacking his sister's telepathic nature, the Adder was dusting himself off as he stomped towards the door way. Pausing to give Halley a glare. "Girl, you watch your tone. He may be only half Asgardian, but lest you forget that Asgardians have been beat before by regular humans before. And you- Puppy with the strange hair-" Richard pointed at Cuyler. "Don't challenge things bigger than you. I don't want to explain to whoever your mother is you are dead. I value the pieces of myself, the wife likes." His lecture over, the former assassin stalked off towards the exit to find the trouble and put a stop to it.

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Cuyler glared back at his sort of cousin. Maybe he was sticking his nose where is didn’t belong, he had been doing that a lot lately but Cuyler felt like he could do something here. He was about to show her exactly what he could do when a swarm of flying puppies entered the room and went straight to the Hulk who seemed placated enough to shrink down to his regular human form.
Hands shaking, Cuyler worked to calm himself down when Richard came over and chided Halley along with Cuyler. That seemed to do the trick though and snap Cuyler out of his own self-righteous mind. He looked at Halley, knowing he should apologize but he turned away from her and the naked man to look at the altar and who summoned the dogs. Singing, he had heard singing before the dogs showed up and it was feminine. He didn’t know any of the four to sing so that only left a couple of people. Cuylers’ eyes finally rested on the bride and his eyes widened.
”Ravyndra? Is that you?” He took a step towards Myth, knowing her by the former name from days of past when they had grown up together in a sense.

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Luckily, Myrus, the Queen nor Amarantha had to take any action for as ready as Amarantha was to defend, the situation was diffused downstairs. The puppies were an adorable sight, even Amarantha’s heart stirred as she saw the cute things flutter around the green monsters' head until he started to shrink to his former self. Slowly, Amarantha’s eyes dropped to inspect the man, getting a nice view before he moved and tried to block himself.
”At least this wasn’t a complete bust then,” she said to no one in particular before handing Titan her sword.
”Prince Myrus, how are you fairing? I do suggest returning to the Castle,” she said looking at Luna then Valda before looking back at Myrus.
There was still something in this tower. The source of that dark energy that caused so many of the special guests to disappear. The threat was still strong but the immediate threat had been dealt with. It was time to get to safety. The main priority still, was the royals safety. It seemed the guests in this room were more than capable of defending themselves so she no longer had concern for them. Amarantha turned around to address the royal family as a whole.
Lennox sheathed his sword and hurried off to find clothes for the naked man at the Prince’s request. Hoping that his task would be easy was short lived and Lennox did not return quickly with clothes for the naked man.

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Ahote saw the dog, despite the limited lighting with the sun having gone completely down. As it came closer though he realized it was a wolf and wondered if this was going to be the end for him now. The wolf however, simply sat down beside him and monitored the night around them, seeming to be guarding Ahote. He relaxed and let out a noise of pain. He blinked several times, watching the stars and tried to focus on his breathing rather than the numbing pain he could feel over his entire body. On occasion he would get shocks through his body that caused him to grit his teeth or let out another sound of pain and discomfort.
The wolf shifted beside him, growling and lowered its ears to an incoming threat. Ahote simply shut his eyes, not wanting to see who or what was coming for him now. He only prayed that his friends were faring better than he was.
Thia scented the air at the incoming intruders and relaxed as she smelt something familiar. It was a scent that reminded her of Cuyler and Ayra so she ceased her growling but didn’t move away from the man she was guarding. There were other scents with this familiar one and she was unsure of them.
Ahote opened his eyes again when the wolf quit growling, apparently realizing it was no threat. The few stars blotted out as someone, a boy by the shape of him, leaned over and looked down at Ahote. He merely blinked at the boy, not willing to try speaking in this state.

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Zekarra was wondering what it was that Rainbrook was going on about. "What's wrong Rainbrook?" she asked, concerned for his well being and adjusting the way that she was carrying Navi. She was wondering if he was alright, when he raced over to Ahote. Seeing him, she walked to the side, setting Navi down on the ground, against a wall of sorts that she could find, and headed over to them. "Are you okay? What happened?" she asked him, as she assessed his injuries.

She took a slight deep breath, she wasn't very good at this sort of thing. Her mother had been teaching her how to manipulate time, but her powers were relatively weak compared to Thalia's. She wasn't even sure that she'd be able to do it properly. After a moment, she held her hand out, and a ghostly looking sort of clock appeared on her hand, "Not sure that this will work, but we'll see..." she said a bit uncertainly. Moving her hand over Ahote, the hands on the clock started spinning faster and faster, and soon, her powers managed to heal Ahote, or move of speed things up considerably. "So, mind telling us what exactly happened?"

Nova had jumped off of the Hulk when he had started shifting back. Hooray for swarms of puppies! But this time it wasn't her sister summoning the hoards, her mind instantly remembering the 101 Dalmatians incident and she had to stop herself from giggling at the memory. Seeing that her grandfather had lost his clothes, yet again it seemed like, she simply pulled the cape off of her shoulders that was attached to her armor and tossed it to him. "You really need to learn to keep your clothes on Grandpa... I thought you would have made it so that all of your clothes didn't get destroyed or something when you shifted by now..."

"Alright... So that solves part one of our list of problems... Since am I the only one wondering where everyone else went, not to mention the fact that our parents still haven't exactly come back here yet," Bruce said, glancing over at his sisters. It was a bit worrisome, the fact that both Lance and Runa were still upstairs. It made him wonder what exactly was going on up there, but he didn't know what they could do with their powers currently all screwed up.

"You know Richard, I would like to see you try to lift Mjolnir," Thalia mused with a bit of a smile, before she heard what else he said to the group with a slight frown. Alright, sure, Richard did make a point or too to Halley, but there were clearly a few things he did not know about her. "You know... You shouldn't make comments like that to her Richard, you have to remember, they aren't exactly your typical Asgardians..." she whispered gently to him. That was true, the siblings were more powerful than your standard Asgardian after all.

"Nice job though Myth..." Bruce said, looking at her. He hadn't expected someone to react straight away with a swarm of puppies, since usually that was Astrid's job after all, as opposed to anyone else's. Klara could do that sort of thing in a pinch, but it didn't really make too much sense in the long run about it.

Valda looked over at Amarantha, and was not too thrilled at her making the suggestion that they return to the palace. That was a dumb sort of suggestion in her mind. Why the hell would she leave the area now of all times? There was a threat to the entire Castle, so why would Amarantha think that she'd abandon the group now? The woman was insane, and why did she think that she would just do nothing? That was the dumbest thing that she had ever heard!

Her eyes almost flashed with a sort of anger and she took a deep breath, before addressing Amarantha. "I do understand your concerns, and I would be much happier if you took my siblings back to the palace. However, I myself am not going anywhere and am staying here until this entire situation is resolved, no matter what it is you may think."

Meanwhile, there was Sylvi, the person who had been a person only a few moments before, but was now a little puppy instead. This certainly was a new experience of sorts, and it wasn't like anyone would be able to understand her, since all that would come out of her mouth was a little bark of sorts. This was a bad situation to be in, but hey, at least the giant green monster was back to normal.

Hearing Tate's voice in her head, and trying her best to sort of ignore the twins basically being their usual selves, she thought for a moment before responding mental to him. That was really really weird... What happened? And can you get your sisters to leave me alone for a few minutes? They are getting to be a little annoying, she said softly to him.

Now to the group upstairs, Lance was pissed off that Rhys was basically trying to run away from him, at least it seemed like that in his mind. He threw a punch at Rhys once more, his giant fist slamming into him once more, injuring him quite a bit, then, as if out of nowhere, there suddenly was a sword sticking through Rhys, before it was yanked out again. "Sorry I'm late cousin," Klara said with a smile towards Runa, "This is a very long staircase."

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Luna watched as a swarm of cute adorable puppies flooded into the room and swarmed around the Hulk, they were actually really cute and wanted to pick one up and cuddle. That seemed to calm down the green giant of a man, and shrank back down to normal, and instantly regretted seeing him naked and turned away. "Ohhh, I saw everything!" The Voice said in Luna's head as she shuddered slightly, and agreed with her brother. She was gratful when Astrid gave him her cloak to cover himself up, as Luna turned her attention towards Valda, Amarantha and her brother. There certainly was something very wrong down here since most of the gods that were in the room were now gone before them.

"I'll stay or go whichever you want to do Myrus." Luna said towards her brother, she did not want to stay there was something wrong here and one of the guests was turned into an adorable little puppy as well. Luna looked towards Amarantha if she was going to have Lennox and Tritan who were assigned to protect the two of them as well. Luna though did not want to leave if both her brother and sister refused to stay, and knowing Valda she had already made up her mind.

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Arnora looked towards Runa as she told her about the staff a bit and smiled a bit, she'd certainly would love to have a weapon like that at some point. "Well if theres a way to forge a weapon like that for me i'd love one." Arnora said, as she turned her attention towards Grimspound and shook her head slightly. "Yeah your gonna get yourself killed one day." She said jokingly as The Hulk went forward and punched Rhys, and injuring him pretty badly she was starting to worry that he might suddenly change bodies or whatever as well.

And then Rhys got a sword to the gut, as another woman came up from the stairs, and looked at her for a moment and then Runa as well seeing that they were related somehow. "Might I suggest freezing him, I am pretty good with turning things to ice so maybe we can restrain him?" Arnora suggested, she also was worried about Ahote as well he was knocked out of the tower and wasn't sure if he was alive or not either.

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Myth gave a small bow at the knee. It was one of the few instances she demonstrated her own Magyk and Bruce seemed impressed. The results spoke for themselves really. The hulking beast reverted back to his normal form and Myth saw....quite a lot of her father-in-law. More than she would have liked. "Well, like father like son..." she thought to herself, giving Bruce a side-eye glance.

And then she heard her name. Not her stage name, the one people over here know her as. It was a name she had not heard since she was young, back in her village before its destruction. She turned to face the voice and the man in front of her caused her to lose her breath. Even though he was much taller, more rugged, and admittedly more handsome, it was none other than Cuyler. Myth rested a hand on her stomach before stepping forward to meet the man. "Cuyler? It can't be. I thought you were dead." In truth, she assumed she was the last remaining resident of her village. The man before her seemingly survived too and now they found each other.

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Fleur was prepared to end it, but Wanda had nicely wrapped the being down. "Some questions, but more so some demands. This Chthon is surely responsible for the plague in my time. My questions are thus: Why there and why now? Magykal abilities are the ones who suffered. IS it to prevent anyone powerful from stopping you? Because, in case you hadn't noticed, we did."

"However, I am not without compassion. So answer truthfully and we can see about this matter. My only concern is that my family stop being ill. I have lost too many from it and I shall not lose anymore. And answer me nicely or I will end you painfully. Even a being such as yourself can see that two powerful witches have done more against you than you might have thought."

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The Manuscriptorium - @LadyRunic

Emma hesitated, before he nodded and started showing Skaoi the winding path back through the bowels of the Manuscriptorium. He didn't know too much about the girl or why the CHS was so interested in her, but he had overheard some pieces of gossip. The walls in this building were thin and as Emma glanced back at Skaoi, she seemed so nice and sweet he couldn't help but confess something.

"Can you keep a secret, miss?" Emma asked, as they reached the Darke section of the Manuscriptorium. Some of these books, if opened, would shriek and scream due to the Charms that had been used on them. Emma hated being in this place, but there was something he wanted to get off of his chest. "I-I overheard Ms. Rincewind speaking with the CHS a few weeks ago..." Emma paused for a moment. Ms. Rincewind in this case didn't refer to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, but instead the Castle Alchemist - Arya's mother.

"They were talking about the ExtraOrdinary... I think the CHS knows something important about her... Something about her, y'know, wellbeing."

Wizard Way - @eclecticwitch

Wizard Way - a bustling and busy street in the southwestern portion of the Castle. This beautiful road directly connects the Castle's two most important locations: Wizard Tower, a gorgeous silver building that seems to take on a purple haze, and the Palace, home of the Queen of the Castle. Along Wizard Way there is also the Manuscriptorium, essentially a mixture between a business and a library. The knowledge of the Castle and the Small Wet Country Across the Sea is located here, guarded by specially trained scribes.

Of course, Wizard Way also conveniently has a stable near the Gothyk Grotto. This store is where those kids in their rebellious phase, wanting to mess with the Darke and break their parents hearts, go to gather. Mona's horse will be able to stay here for the night. In order to leave the Castle, you would need to go over the drawbridge and since the sun has set, those bridges won't be lowered again until first light. She'll have to stay in the Castle.

Witch's Road - @FantasyChic

Fleur will notice that the Sickenesse seems to have left her. In fact, it has left everyone with Magykal abilities. Her efforts on the Witch's Road, combined with the battle in the real world at Wizard Tower, had weakened the Elder God considerably. She hadn't just found a cure for the Sickenesse - she had destroyed it. The Elder God, for the moment, seemed to be at her and Wanda's mercy.

"It was to break free of my prison," Chthon answered her cryptically. "What you call the Sickenesse... I call an extension of my being. An attempt to leave my world and enter yours. And bah! I was Summoned!"

A memory would then come to the front of Fleur's mind - Jadis' efforts to call on Chthon at the Port Witch Coven House. Jadis had failed to hold that power for herself, but it would make sense now to Fleur. Jadis had been successful in bringing out Chthon. She had unleashed a portion of him into the world. The Sickenesse was a part of the Elder God attempting to break through, using Magyk users in an attempt to get a host. But none of them had lasted - and some had died from his attempts at manifestation, from the Sickennese.

Wizard Tower - 20th Floor Landing - @BlueSky44@LadyRunic

Runa turned her head, looking at the pesky mortal who continued to so openly insult and challenge her. He continued to act as if he knew better, treating only her like this and not her husband. In her long lifetime, she had dealt with more than a few sexist pricks and she did not have any notion of entertaining these slights. "Give me a moment, cousin," Runa said. She turned her weapons on Grimspound for a moment and a blast of darkness went out, hitting him and sending him flying off of the tower in the same manner as Ahote.

"If you would like, young one, I can teach you," she then offered Arnora with a smile. She really liked the girl. It probably helped that she had such a distaste for the young man she had just sent flying off a twenty story drop.

As for Rhys, Chthon was reckless and chaotic, but not stupid. GOODBYE, the Elder God told him, before abandoning his host. Rhys was solidly beaten by those in Wizard Tower and Chthon had come no closer to securing Halley. There was no sense in continuing to inhabit a feeble and broken form. Rhys' features would then return to how they had been before Chthon possessed him, the beaten ex-Wizard looking pitiful on the staircase.

"...Chthon is gone," Runa said, recognizing the signs. She was worried, however. The Elder God was probably looking for a new host - and there were dozens of people in Wizard Tower for him to choose from.

Wizard Tower - the Great Hall - @BlueSky44@KazAlkemi@Nallore@LadyRunic@FantasyChic

Banner nodded, taking the cloak from Nova and he tied it around his waist like a towel. It covered up all of the important bits, so it was better than nothing. It was a shame that Astrid didn't have her powers, as she could have summoned something for him. However, there was a blur of silver and suddenly, Banner was fully clothed. Marya smirked from the corner and waved at him, and Banner nodded in thanks.

"Everything hurts but... I'm fine," Myrus said softly. He didn't know if they should go or stay, but he didn't want to leave Valda here by herself. He really wanted to be around his big sisters at the moment - both of them. "I don't want to go if Valda is staying," he said, sounding like he was whispering but it was because of the pain in his throat.

"Hey, can someone help?!" Antonije called out, before he paused for a moment. He coughed a bit and his eyes seemed to glow for a moment, as if some dust or something had gone into them, but then he shook his head like nothing had happened. He was still holding little puppy Sylvi, hoping one of the Magyk users could come and help. "Tetka... Please?" he called out to Myth.

Halley stared at Richard for a moment, before she just laughed in his face. "I'm older than you are. And I don't need to take orders from some time displaced mutant," she told him quite frankly. She then turned to look at Cuyler for a moment. "But, by all means! You both are right. In fact, I'll arrange for you to have an arena match with my grandfather, Cuyler. No weapons, of course, since you clearly are powerful enough to hold your own. I'll even have Brucey blip back to the twenty first so that way we can have some popcorn to watch with."

The Mistress of Chaos smirked at them for a moment, as if she was saying your move. She then looked at her siblings for a moment. "I'll go find Mum and Dad," she told them, before heading out into the entranceway after Richard.

Out in the main entrance way, the Floor had a message for them, but it lacked its usual rainbow colors and cheek:



But back inside the Great Hall, something extraordinary and unexpected happened - Myth's water broke.

Wizard Tower - the Courtyard - @BlueSky44@KazAlkemi@LadyRunic

Rainbrook shook his head slightly at Zekarra. His own problems could wait. Ahote looked like he was in bad shape, though thankfully Zekarra had managed to heal him. He then glanced up, seeing someone else start to fall from the top of the tower and Rainbrook grimaced. This wasn't how he had been told the versions of events would go at all. And who was throwing people out of windows?

Casting a spell, Rainbrook looked up at Grimspound and managed to slow his descent for the most part, causing the half Asgardian to hit the ground and only break a few ribs, rather than die. "Someone's angry up there..." Rainbrook muttered.

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Luna closed her eyes a bit and sighed slightly she was glad that her brother said he was alright and gave him a very tight hug, and gave him a slight smile. Before turning her attention back over towards Amarantha for a moment, it seems that the threat whatever it was now was gone, and the big green hulking man turned back to normal. "Everything seems fine for now.." Luna said softly as she looked to those around the room for a moment everyone seemed fine, except for Antonije seeing her friend looking a bit distressed as she started to approach him. Looking at the cute puppy that he was holding was actually adorable, but she remembered that the puppy was Sylvi a few moments ago.

"Maybe my sister can help?" Luna asked him, as she looked over towards Valda, she wasn't sure about all the magyk she knew exactly or if she could turn Sylvi back. Her attention turned towards the front of the room a bit, as Halley and Cuyler were arguing by the looks of it she gave him a bit of an annoyed look. He did destroy her room just a few hours ago as well, so she already didn't like him to much right now either. Luna then turned her attention towards the entrance of the tower and looked down at the floor, as she watched what it said, and bit her bottom lip at it's announcement. Luna did have some respect for Arya, even if she did think that magyk was really weird in her opinion still and felt really bad now as well.

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Arnora watched Runa suddenly throw Grimspound out of the tower, and winced slightly he probably did end up deserving that he did find his comments a bit annoying as well. "Could have just magykally removed his mouth, or give him lady parts instead, throwing him down to his possible death was a bit overkill even if he was a bit annoying." Arnora said, then she looked over towards Rhys and noticed that he wasn't all, old gody looking anymore and felt slightly bad for him, but not really he did kill the ExtraOrdinary Wizard as well, as she shifted slightly where she stood.

Arnora then turned her attention back over towards Runa when she offered her to train her, which she wasn't expecting at all and started to smile at the offer. "I'd certainly would be interested, been meaning to connect to my mother's side of the family more as well." Arnora said as she looked over towards Rhys once more when Runa said that Chthon had left him. "So, how do we look for him anyway?" Arnora finally asked.

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Valda, hearing both Antonije and Luna's words, she turned to see what they were talking about. She had been more concerned with her own family, she hadn't even noticed what was going on with everyone else. There was one thing that she did know, and that was that the little puppy he was holding had once been a person, and clearly at the moment was not. So she figured that it would only be the right thing to do to remedy that problem, and hopefully turn Sylvi back into a normal person.

She focused her Magyk on Sylvi, before she managed to pull it off, and now Sylvi was standing there once again. That was when she noticed that while using her powers, she hadn't felt weakened, or anything that was caused by the Sicknesse. What could have possibly caused that to happen? She was feeling better suddenly, and it wasn't like she could easily explain things like that. She did wish that her brother would actually go back to where it was safer, but she didn't exactly want to argue with him.

Sylvi had been getting really annoyed with being stuck as a puppy, like really annoying. No one was able to understand her at all, aside from maybe Tate, and that was because she was able to talk telepathically to him. It also was a little annoying when the twins started petting her, that sort of thing was annoying and she had no clue how any sort of dog was able to deal with it and seem happy about it! The experience certainly made her question a few things about the world.

"Thank you..." Sylvi muttered in thanks to Valda, before looking over at Tate. "...That was a really weird experience, not going to lie about that... Not wanting to repeat that experience any time soon..." That was an understatement, it was ridiculous, being stuck as a dog, though she did like puppies, she did not want to be stuck being a puppy.

"Halley, be a bit nicer okay?" he said, shaking his head a bit at his older sister. She was being a bit rude, that was obvious, why couldn't she just get along with people? To think that he usually was one of the ones who had problems being around people, though at also was because he inherited a few other issues, like anger. He was currently wishing that things could calm down at least somewhat anyway.

He just watched as his sister left the area, letting out a sigh, before he turned to look at the others in the area. He was glad that Marya had been nice enough to go find clothes for his grandfather, so that was appreciated. Turning, Bruce looked over at Myth, about to say something, when her water broke. Thinking about how stressful this entire situation was, it shouldn't have been too surprising that it had happened, but he had no idea what to say at all now, or react really.

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Thalia followed after Richard, wanting to see where exactly he was heading off to. Though the fact that it seemed like he was picking fights with someone who could probably easily take him out without too much difficulty. "She does have a point, you shouldn't be picking fights with everyone, this entire situation is likely not an easy one for her, so you need to learn to be nicer Richard," she said softly to him, following along with him. Sure, Cuyler shouldn't be picking a fight with Halley either, but odds were that he wasn't going to listen to her, so she'd have to make do just with telling Richard off.

Zekarra glanced over at Rainbrook, still a little bit concerned, but not too thrilled when he basically just brushed her off as if it was nothing. Why wasn't she allowed to worry about him? Of course, she also couldn't help but notice the fact that people seemed to be falling from the sky for no reason. She had been able to help the other one of course, the one that they hadn't expected to calm down, but at least Rainbrook had managed to make it so that the man's descent was slowed down, but not enough to make it so that he wasn't hurting at all.

She decided that she might as well try to heal him, but when she pulled up the clock again on her hand again, it flickered before going out. "Damn it..." she muttered under her breath, looking at Grimspound. "Sorry, but um... My powers don't seem to want to work to let me heal you at the moment... Do you mind telling us what happened to get you knocked down out of the tower?"

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Lance was perfectly fine with Runa knocking Grimspound out of the tower. He was not too thrilled at what exactly the man had been saying to Runa, so he deserved it in his opinion. Hearing Runa's words about Chthon made him look over at Rhys, he was not going to heal the man, or even try to, as he had basically threatened and attacked his family, so the man deserved to die in his opinion.

"Runa, you shouldn't knock people off of buildings just because you feel like it," Klara said, shaking her head before her hand surrounded with water and she went over to try to help Rhys. Unlike those two, she felt a sort of sympathy for him, so she might as well try and heal him. However it was too late, Rhys was dead. Letting out a sigh, she stood up fully again and looked at Runa, "We need to find where he has went..." she commented, referring to Chthon.

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Skaoi followed the young lad along the winding trail back through the Manuscriptorium. The girl had been a curiosity and one she could ill afford at this current point in time. The Sickenesse was in dire need of curing, and she had been distracted. Though the reasoning behind it was sound, Skaoi would give herself that. As Emma asked if she could keep a secret the pale Eastern Snow Plains native nodded slowly.

"I can keep a secret." The pale woman agreed. Goodness knows she had a good few herself. Secrets that would never been told and taken to her grave. Though as Emma continued, Skaoi found it rather useless. So this Ms. Rincewind and the CHS were arguing over the Extra Ordinary Wizard? With that status and grandeur it seemed things got interesting. But in all reality, what did that information do to help her. "I hope she is well." Skaoi admitted, worried herself about the ExtraOrdinary Wizard.+-

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Richard turned, raising a brow at Thalia. "Thalia, my dear..." The Adder chuckled darkly as he studied the group they had left. "Do I look as though I care she is 'older' than myself? Age is nothing in the grand scheme of things. It is what you do with it. Halley may well be older, but that does not excuse rudeness." It was a true enough fact. Richard never did bother with the small details.

Turning back to his path the man sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I was nice, dear." The mutant noted with a forlorn sigh. "Or as nice as I can afford to be. I need my edge right now, wife. There is a threat and I will see that it is dealt with. For you, our child, and all you both hold dear." And he would. Richard was protective, but he was a father and a husband first. Unless you tossed in his sister, then you tacked brother right up there with the rest.

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Grimspound watched the clouds above him as he mussed on the fact he had been foolish enough to press a woman to this length of annoyance. But then again it wouldn't have been the first time. Goodness knows why his mother hadn't developed grey hair yet! Looking up at the woman who was knelt next to him, Grimspound flashed a shaky and pained grin. Crossing his legs at the knee and with a good deal of effort and pain hooked his hands behind his neck.

"Learning to fly. It's all very exciting." The man wheezed as air was introduced back to his lungs. Chuckling to himself, Grimspound winked at Zekarra and tip a faux hat that was not really there. "Grimspound is the name. And I may, or may not, have annoyed one wielder of Gandr. Rune, was it? Lovely woman if a bit set in her ways and stubborn, but that's hardly her fault. I just tend to think outside the box." Wincing the man's smile faultered. "Know anyone who can Heal? I think that may be a pressing matter right now."

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Cuyler couldn’t help the brilliant smile that crossed his face. He had always thought he was the only one who had survived. Years and years of roaming alone led him to that conclusion. He looked her over, needing to confirm it was her. Her eyes were the same, facial expressions all in tact but her beauty and that belly was most definitely not her. How far they both had come.
”For years I thought I was the only one left and yet here you stand, destined to marry one of the four and carrying his child!” He shook his head in astonishment. He would have liked to hug her but the belly was a bigger obstruction than one would think.
Halley’s voice went up and Cuyler turned his head back to listen to her taunt him. All he did was offer help, which apparently coming from someone who was less than her was a laughable manner. Cuyler was not a child and did not appreciate being treated as such and did not want to stand by while others fought his battles. Perhaps he shared that in common with Ravyndra, who had been the one to tame the Hulk.
Both he and her had been helpless when their village was ransacked and destroyed beyond repair. They would not be helpless no more. Cuyler’s hands shook as he watched Halley smirk before walking away. He turned back to Myth, a confusing combination of joy and anger working its way through his body as questions filled his head on where she had been all these years when an unmissable puddle formed under her. It seemed her water had broke. All questions flew from his head as he simply stared. Childbirth was not something taught to the men of his land.

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The royal family of the Castle was an infuriating one. Some people thought bravery was an admirable thing. One to cherish and be proud of having but it was stupidity in its purest form in Amarantha’s opinion. Still, she was also in a position to protect and be subservient. At least in public.
Lennox came back with clothes in tow but the big green man was now covered. Once he handed the clothing over to the man, he returned to his former position where Amarantha nodded at him and Titan who fell into step behind the royals, rather than in front of.
”Merely a precaution. In past experience, the initial wave of fighting is never the only,” she said. She took the sword back from Titan before she turned to take in the whole of the room again.
She met Luna’s eyes for the briefest of moments. She had a feeling her friend would rather leave this place but Luna was loyal and loved her family. She wouldn’t leave them if they didn’t leave. Luna moved around and approached Antonije who was holding a puppy who wasn’t supposed to be. Amused, Amarantha watched as Valda approached to offer assistance that Luna already volunteered her for. Amarantha had taken a step forward to express caution, the Sickenesse after all but Valada already cast her spell and Sylvi stood in front of them once again. The Queen seemed stable, better even than she had at the beginning of the day. Amarantha turned her head, curious as to what had happened to suddenly make the apparent Sickenesse disappear.
”If you drop dead on me, I will not be held responsible,” she said but was smiling. If one thing was going to go right today, let it be the sudden eradication of the Sickenesse.
Amarantha looked about the room, searching out the ExtraOrdinary Wizard who she for sure thought would come out of the shadows announcing she had done it, found the cure and dispatched the Darkeness but when her eyes reached the doors to see the Floor, shining its brilliantly boring words, her thoughts faltered. There was no time for morning though, for the bride-to-be’s water had just broken. Oddly, Amarantha’s mind shifted to Dawn and the unique circumstances she had been born into.

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Talking was difficult for Ahote and at this point it was taking everything in him just to remain breathing.
”Fight….angry...thrown.” Was all he managed to speak to the pair who had come upon him. He would be able to tell them exactly what happened though after the girl healed him by the works of some healing clock. Ahote didn’t take the time to dwell as he felt the power of her and his finish healing him whole. He took a moment before he shifted and stood on his feet. His body popped and cracked in response but it was all with relief and he sighed gratefully.
”Thank-you,” he expressed with a brilliant smile. He looked at his wolf companion who had moved off a few feet and simply watched them before her ears twitched and she looked back up at the top of the tower where the Ahote sized hole was. Ahote looked back at his new companions.
”There was a fight within the tower. Someone named Chthon, lord of Chaos I believe they said, attacked and a few new and old companions of mine were trying to stop him.”
There was another loud crash and they all looked up to see another man being thrown from the building much in the same way Ahote had been. He saw that it was Grimspound and moved to get ready to catch his friend when his rate of descent slowed rapidly but not enough to spare him from some injury when he hit the ground. Ahote looked at him with a slight chuckle.
”You should have waited for me to return to tell you that flying, is not everything it is cracked up to be,” he joked. He walked over and looked down at Grimspound as he relayed his tale. ”I suggest you choose your words carefully from now on.”

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Myth felt on the verge of tears for a number of reasons. Her wedding was almost ruined, her family was more or less, safe, and she had just met someone from her long destroyed village. "Yeah, seems we both adapted quite well. Allow me to introduce my soon-to-be husband. Bruce, this is Cuyler. He's from my village. The one I told you about. Cuyler, Bruce, one of the big ones."

Myth felt her feet grow wet and glanced down, noticing her water had just broke. "Oh, all right. Good time for that to happen. Umm...Tate, seems I have business to attend to. Think you can handle it on your own?" She clutched her stomach now. "Baby is coming now, whether anyone likes it or not. This is usually the part where the father freaks out and helps his pregant wife, love."

But, and of course it would happen, someone else came into the tower by means of Magyk. Millicent rolled her eyes. "Oh, it's you."

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Fleur's mind was flooded with a memory long forgotten. In it Jadis had tried to summon Chthon and she assumed it a failure. But, as evidenced by the god himself, she had succeeded, just not in the way she wanted. He tried to use Magyk as a means of manifesting, but the Sicknesse was a side-effect. And he ultimately failed.

"Well, seems like you failed. You and Jadis both. And I got to see it. The job is done, it seems. The Sicknesse that plagues my time is gone, but you. No, you need to stay. I sense that you are still part of my world. Still manifesting in someone. So, you live. For now." She turned to face Wanda. "Witch of Scarlet, it has been a pleasure to walk the road with you. I ask for a favor and I will make haste. Could you hold him for some more time. I have business to take care of in my time. If I succeed, you won't have to worry about him for long." She bowed before she hopped out of the Witch's Road and back into her familiar old home. She knew what she had to do. Summoning her Magyk, she Transported herself right into the Wizard's Tower.

"What are you doing here?" Millicent asked. Fleur merely side-eyed the woman. "Believe it or not, I am here to help. I have just done everyone here a great favor. The Sicknesse that plagued this land is no more and Chthon is all but gone. But he is not dead. No, he lives." And Fleur turned and stared at Antonije. She pointed a finger at him. "He lives within the boy. I have the means of getting him out and the boy will live, but if anyone tries to intervene, they will have to answer to me. And it seems like there are more pressing matters." she said, gesturing at Myth.

Millicent looked at Antonije. She could sense darkness. "I believe she is right. I can watch over the boy and help aid him, but I can not do much with possession."

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The Manuscriptorium - @LadyRunic

Emma seemed a bit disappointed in Skaoi's lack of reaction. He had been hoping that she would know something or get an idea from that, but he figured that not all grown ups were able to spend their time gossiping. They arrived at the Darke section and Emma just stood by the exit, nodding at Skaoi. "Let me know if you need any help, miss," he told her quietly. He wasn't too certain what exactly she was looking for - the entire thing with the CHS had him rattled and he was drawing some blanks.

Wizard Way - @eclecticwitch

Will update here once Mona is posted for.

Wizard Tower - 20th Floor Landing - @BlueSky44@Nallore

"Watch your tongue or I might throw you off as well," Runa told Arnora. Her face was completely expressionless, so there would be no telling if she was being sarcastic or not. Still, when it came to dealing with a goddess, Arnora would know from her culture that questioning the divine never ended well. It was a shame that Grimspound had not learned that lesson in his own upbringing. "And I assure you, cousin, he deserved it. It's a sad fact that Midgardians have not yet evolved beyond sexism."

She knelt down next to Rhys' corpse, putting her hands above it and she began to use her own Magyk. The staff pieces gave off a glow and suddenly there was a projection of the energy inside of the body, as if made out of sand or dust. "We may be able to follow Chthon this way," Runa explained. "Magyk is unique to the individual - think of this like his fingerprint. It will take some time, but I believe we can put a Trace on Chthon and find his next manifestation this way before it is too late."

Runa then rose to her feet. "Come, we have a wedding to attend to and I will not allow it to be delayed a second longer," she said, before getting onto the staircase. Once Arnora, Klara, and Lance were on the stairs as well, Runa gave the command for them to go down at double time, depositing them in the entrance way.

Wizard Tower - Entrance Hall - @LadyRunic@BlueSky44

The message on the Floor faded away, but all of Wizard Tower seemed to be a bit subdued. The staircase, normally gleaning and energetic, ready to zoom you off to your destination, was somehow depressed. The lighting darkened, becoming a soft purple hue rather than the natural light Wizard Tower usually enjoyed. Of course, the gloom was temporarily abated as Runa and the others made their way down.

"Mother...Father... Auntie..." Halley greeted, seeing the individuals. She looked incredibly relieved to see that they were all in one piece.

"Thalia, Richard," Runa greeted, not surprised at all to see them there. She had met them ages ago, back in a very different time and in what was now called the Big Wild Land Over the Ocean. "Chthon's host succumbed to his injuries - and Chthon Vanished the ExtraOrdinary Wizard. If you would not mind ferrying the children to Asgard, Thalia, I would appreciate it." Runa was the Sorcerer Supreme. Wizard Tower recognized her authority and the goddess knew that she would be expected to give input to the Tower on who to make the next ExtraOrdinary Wizard.

But at the moment, she just wanted to see her son and his fiancée.

Wizard Tower - the Great Hall - @BlueSky44@KazAlkemi@Nallore@FantasyChic

Antonije gently set Sylvi down, feeling a bit dazed. His palms were a bit sweaty and his skin was looking paler than normal. It most likely wasn't anything more serious than a fever, but it still brought the rogue to pause for a moment. "...Glad you're fine..." he mumbled, putting a hand to his head. His head had started to pound too and he could barely see, as Antonije stumbled and collapsed to the ground. He didn't even register that Myth's water had broken. He was too weak.

The twins, meanwhile, had zipped over to Myth. Between the two of them freaking out, they were running in circles and accidentally creating a little tornado around Myth out of nerves. "Tata, her water!!!" Marya screamed, her voice sounding a bit distorted from how fast she was running. She was nothing more than a silver blur around Myth, as was the quieter twin, Medea. It was fortunate that Bruce's grandfather actually knew a fair deal about medicine and forgetting his own shame, he hurried on over.

"Stop running around her!" he snapped a bit and the twins slowly down, the wind dissipating as Banner went through and knelt down next to Myth. "Myth, deep breaths, you're going to be okay," he promised. He then hesitated, as Fleur came into the room and their situation became a little bit worse. Turning his head, he had to take a calming breath.

"Valda..." Myrus mumbled, a bit freaked out by all of this. "Maybe we should go home now," he said quietly. Fleur had been the one behind Luna's abduction. One of her witch's, Nera, had killed Myrus' mother. He had seen enough witches to last a lifetime and then some. His hands started to shake and Myrus quickly made sure he wasn't touching anything, just in case it exploded.

Astrid meanwhile went and stood defensively in front of her brother, grandfather, and Myth. "Guys, any chance anyone has any epic powers they've been holding back?" she asked.

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"...The Goddess of Lies?" Rainbrook asked, his eyes widening a bit. "Are you, erm, alright? You really... wow, just... that is very bold," he said, rambling a bit. He was culturally from the Land of Long Nights. He knew that gods were not people that were messed with and from what he could tell, Grimspound was lucky to be alive. Some of the gods and goddesses would have killed him without any mercy, as much as mercy could be seen as being thrown off of a tower.

"The erm... the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, how is she?" Rainbrook then asked.

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Mona leaned gently forward as she stroked the nose of her beloved and most trusted friend. Constance stood as the tall tower of muscle that kept her safe and moving in this world. The dapple mare nickered quietly and pressed its head forward, carefully not to knock her companion over. "I've paid 'em extra, yeh see. Ye'll get the best o' care these pups can offer." She was loathe to leave Constance in the hands of strangers who might do her wrong. There was always that anxiety in the pit of her stomach whenever she came into a town. More often than not she couldn't go trotting about with the giant of a horse. Despite her mild manner, she tended to terrify people.

With one last apple and a kiss, Mona made her way from the stables to explore the area. She needed to ensure safety as well as plan escape routes should they become necessary. However, the young woman could not stay focused on such a task for very long. In fact, she had become distracted within the first ten minutes of her mental mapping. There were a series of stalls on either way of the walk that had her zig-zagging between them. She touched fine silks and look over exquisite pottery. It wasn't until she came to a gem dealer that she truly stopped to peruse.

Her well-trained eye moved over the different gems, both precious and semi-precious. Some had been polished and cut. Some merely polished. But the one that caught her eye was a raw chunk of labradorite. It sat among its brothers and sisters, happily gleaming in the sunlight. Because it was raw the color of it was dull, but still, the rainbows that lived inside of the stone still glittered with self-pride. Mona lifted the stone carefully and turned it over in her hands, considering the weight, coloration, and damage from its having been cut from its rocky home. "Oh gentle stone, speak to me," she whispered to it. She felt the vibrations of it rattle her hands. Confidence, importance, and a great deal of positive energy. Yes, this chunk of stone was quite special.

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"Well this is certainly a shotgun wedding now." The Voice in Luna's head said, as she could hear the laugh going on in her head, when Luna looked over seeing the bride to be water broke. Luna quickly shook her head a bit trying to ignore it as she, she was glad to see that her sister was able to break whatever spell that was that turned Sylvi into the adorable little puppy. The speedster twin were freaking out about Myth and stared at the small little tornado that they made, and one of the other guests told them to stop running around her. Luna quickly backed away from her friend Antonije when he ended up collapsing onto the ground. She was pretty worried about him as well, and she wasn't sure what to do about it or what made him suddenly ill.

Luna then turned her attention towards Fleur who Transported directly into the room, and quickly backed up away from Antonije even more and back behind her friend Amarantha and her other two guards. Luna did not want to see Fleur again, the woman and the witch Nera caused so much misery to her family, as well as jump starting her descent into madness as well. "I'd rather go home now as well.." Luna said softly now, as she looked over towards her sister.

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Arnora looked over towards Runa when she snapped at her, and quickly shut herself up the last thing she wanted was to get thrown out of the tower like Ahote, and Grimspound did. "Sorry." Arnora simply said, as she looked towards the body of Rhys for a moment, at least he wouldn't be hurting anyone else anymore. As she watched Runa doing a Trace on where chthon had gone to, she bit her bottom lip for a moment. "I'm pretty good at tracking as well if you need help." Arnora offered as she looked towards Klara and gave the woman a slight nod towards her, then Runa suggested going down the stairs so that they could find and defeat Chthon.

Arnora got onto the flight of stairs and started to go down it rather quickly, as she looked up at the top once more wondering if the boy would be alright as well. She then hopped off of the stairs the moment that she was at the entrance hall, noticing that the tower seemed to be a bit more somber now at this point. There she spotted Halley at the stairs addressing Runa as well as Klara and gave the woman a slight nod and looked at Thalia and Richard to.

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The Floor’s messaged faded away and although the feeling of the Tower was changed, not as welcoming and friendly as it had seemed earlier, Cuyler took no notice. He was far more fixated on his old friend and the fact that she had just gone into labour. Not to mention she just personally introduced him to Bruce, her future husband. How many times had they ran around their village, playing the Myth of Four and defended Midgard before they settled around the fire for their nighttime meal and storytelling?
”Um, should you sit down or lay down? Can you move? Um….” Cuyler looked around, unsure of what he was doing when Bruce’s father came over. Cuyler relaxed, well as much as one could in the presence of a god. He stepped back, giving ample room and turned his attention to the sudden appearance of a new person.
He knew this one though, Fleur, the Witch Messiah. She started speaking of the Sickenesse being eradicated and Chthon being almost out the door as well. Witchcraft had gotten ridden of the Sickenesse. What was being destroyed was what was needed to dispel of the evil. Arya it turns out, had been right.
Arya.
Cuyler finally looked up and around the room. She still wasn’t here. Was she upstairs still? Surely not… She would know of all the destruction going on in her own home, surely. He stepped off the altar, completely ignoring the others in the room and the fact that there was about to be another stand-off and he made his way into the entrance hall where his mother and the others now were, along with a few newcomers.
”Mother, have you seen Arya?”

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The stillness of the Tower settled over Amarantha like an old friend. She was no stranger to death. No, none of these people were but she had seen and done things far more than any of these people she protected had. The somber feeling of the Tower however was subsided for the breaking of the bride-to-be’s water. Amarantha twirled her sword a bit impatient but that was short-lived as well. Fleur, the Witch Mother, now Witch Messiah, appeared in front of them all, preaching that she had taken away the Sickenesse from the Castle and that Chthon remained inside someone here and that someone, was one of Amarantha’s recent ally’s. Wonderful.
Amarantha took a step forward and over, effectively blocking the royals behind her and the two guards who added further protection. Myrus commented on wanting to leave now along with Luna. Perhaps now they would listen to her the first time until waiting until it got worse. Fleur’s determination was something to not be outmatched though and Amarantha found herself believing her. Still, she had a job to perform.
”Titan, Lennox, take Luna and Myrus home now,” she said. Her eyes remained focused on the Witch Messiah though while she stood bold and proud in the Tower of the late ExtraOrdinary Wizard. How long would it be until she found out? Amamrantha didn’t estimate long and once Fleur knew, what would become of this place?
Amarantha twirled her sword around again, the epitome of calm but her energy was agitated and full of lethal rage.

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Ahote was looking back at the Tower so he saw the shift with the purple haze, it dampened and he felt it within his very bones. That could not bode well. He looked back to Grimspound. His friend would be well enough and now that Ahote was better, he wanted to return to the Tower and see what had become of everyone else. He looked at the young man when he questioned the health of the young ExtraOrdinary Wizard.
”Chthon “Vanished” her, whatever that may mean to you.” That was all the information Ahote could provide to these people. With that, he started walking back to the entrance to the Tower. He had a shadow however and looked behind him to see the wolf following him at a slow prowl but her eyes were intent on the doors ahead of her. Clearly there was someone in there that she wanted to see.
Ahote wouldn’t make it to the door though. There was an intense pressure build up behind his eyes, followed with a bout of dizziness and then narrowing of his vision. Something was clearly wrong with the healing process he had undergone in a quick time frame. He slowly went to the ground and laid himself down, looking up at the dark sky. What next?
Thia stopped her purposeful stride towards the Tower and looked back at Ahote. She went over and sniffed him over before she sat down and looked back at Rowland and Zekerra. Clearly something was wrong.