[IC] Portal Hoppers *REMAKE*

[TheGodofTacos]

Thinks really hard to the point you can see red. "Yeess?".

[Snarfulblast]

Then that might have been the one they call Nimika.

[TheGodofTacos]

Just gives up with all this non sense "I'll be sleeping if you need me." I walk into my room and close the door. "Goodnight."

[Snarfulblast]

Alright. Hey you guys apparently Nimika might have some new allies. *when he says this he has teleported to Felixter and the others*

[ShadowVentus]

Meanwhile, as Michael fights his own battles in the dream world, another Corridor of Darkness appears. This time, it opens up in the room Michael is currently in. Another hooded figure wearing the same apparel as him exits from it, the corridor closing with a flick of their wrist. They move towards Michael's side of the bed, and gently wipe the tears away from his face. "Please be okay..." The unknown tactician states before she leaves his side to join those still capable of fighting.

[Snarfulblast]

"Who are you and what do you want?" Srg says as he stands up blade at the ready.

[ShadowVentus]

The mysterious figure's progress grinds to a halt as the stand by the now open door, only just now overhearing Srg. They turn around, not meaning to show any disrespect. "I'm a friend that's here to help out..." They state before turning around once more and attempt to leave the room once again.

[Snarfulblast]

"I asked your name kid, the only reason I'm not attacking is because you seem to know Michael." Srg moves quickly in front of the door.

[ShadowVentus]

"My name is of no importance. All that matters is that I'm here to fill in for him for the time being. However, I can't really be of much help if you continue to stand in my way." The figure states, trying to deal with Srg as tactfully as possible. If he still wouldn't budge afterwards, they'd be forced to simply to move elsewhere via the Corridor of Darkness.

[SephietheEvil]

Sephie, buried mostly under the covers, still shakes and shudders a bit in her sleep. Though she's stopped pseudo-sleepwalking, the nightmare rages on inside of her head. In the dream plane, she finds herself standing in a black room, surrounded by about 10 or so different people, all different ages, sizes, all with no face. "Why did you kill us?" "Why did you kill us?" "Why did you kill us?" "Why did you kill us?" "Why did you kill us?" "Why did you kill us?" Over and over, the multitude of different voices repeat themselves. Slowly, wounds appear on every single person except for Sephie. She's stuck on the ground, as if glued there. The people move in. Sephie isn't horrified by the fact that they have no faces...but, rather, their voices. They're cruelly familiar. Once upon a time, Sephie and Felixter had 10 or so siblings...but then, shortly after they made the monumental step to flee their homeland...their siblings and mother were taken from their homes, brainwashed, and sent after them. Sephie was forced to kill them all. They only attacked when she was alone. By the Master's orders, for sure, to make it as personally painful as possible... Back in the real world, Sephie, still locked in a merciless sleep, suffers quietly while stabbing her claws into the mattress. Outside of the room, Kiroketsu has taken on an uneasy and regretful look while glancing over at the door that holds Sephie behind it. "Aw man..." "Eh? Nani?" Meora searches the big spirit's expression. "Seph's thinkin' about her siblings in her sleep again..." Kiroketsu explains with a heavy sigh. "...Unsurprising..." Felixter looks down with a bit of a grave tone. "Should I go in there, you think? Try to soothe her?" Ammi frowns. "No...it won't do any good." Felixter shakes his head slowly. At that moment, there are footsteps from down the hall. The group turns to see a demon witch in blue clothing approaching them cautiously, mostly because of the new people she spots. "Are these strangers friends...?" She asks carefully. "Ne, Nelodine-chan!" Meora grins. "O genki desuka?" Nelodine walks over to meet up with the group, pushing her glasses back up her nose. "I'm sorry for not getting here sooner...something weird happened with the portal we used to get here." "Cloudy told us. Where are the other kids?" Felixter inquires. "Ah, they stayed behind with a few others this time around. Kayori and Mirui are still at hime getting some things in order." Nelodine explains to them. "As long as they're in safe hands." Ammi nods. The group is alerted by the presence of someone new once more as they see Lucas enter the hall and greet them. "Ah, hello." Felixter smiles lightly. "Nice to meet you. I'm Felixter. This is Ammi, Meora, Kiroketsu, Cloudy, and Nelodine." "So many new people around here..." Nelodine murmurs. "Well, they're definitely friends. They just helped us fend off a vicious attack from Nimika. Sephie and one of them are resting in that room right there. Both of 'em got knocked around pretty bad." Meora huffs. At the mention of the name, Nelodine freezes in place with a frightened expression. "M-my sister's already made it here?!" Nelodine squeaks. "Seems so...her, and Natasha. I wouldn't be surprised if more are on the way." Meora mutters. Her and the rest of the group snap into attention when Fedora-Man appears to tell them of Nimika's possible new allies. "See? What did I just say?" Meora puts a hand to her face with a long, exasperated sigh. "N...Natasha..." Nelodine trembles a bit as bad flashbacks assault her mind. "Worry not. If we can help it, nothing bad will happen to you." Ammi purrs to reassure her. Though, soon, she hears a female voice conversing with Srg inside of the room that Sephie and Michael are resting in. Because they have just been talking about witches, Ammi's mind immediately floods with worry, and she goes up to the door. The voice, upon closer inspection, doesn't sound like any of the other 5 witch sisters...but, since they can shapeshift, that's not saying much. "Hello? Should I come in and help? Who's there?" Ammi calls through the door. "Yes, the woman in green you just saw was my sister. I have 4 other sisters, but one of them...one of them is a little sick. She's joined the wrong side, it seems. It's my side-job to bring her back." Nimika explains to Karl as they go. She willingly follows him to the house, and again, takes to watching his behavior, as well as the new being's in front of her. "Strange people...but still...promising..." Nimika smirks, muttering under her breath. "Okay, girls. The Master has just issued his new orders out." In a small, hidden cave partially underneath the ground in the woods, Natasha is meeting up with 3 other people like herself. Her sisters, to be exact. "He wants us to get her, right?" The witch in orange, Numirra, yawns with an expression of boredom. "Yes. We just have to get her, and then take her back down here. With our powers combined, there's no way this can fail." The smallest witch in lavender, Noruani, grins with malice almost comparable to Nimika's. "Grrrrraaaawwwwrrrr...!" The biggest witch, wearing brown, lets out a feral growl accompanied by a rabid grin.

[ShadowVentus]

The figure blinks in surprise at the familiar voice intervening between her and Srg. "Who could that be..." She mutters to herself before turning into a shadow and slipping out of the room, now traveling until she's behind someone she recalls seeing once before. As they return to their human form, the figure instantly recognizes Meora. "Meora-chan!? Is that really you?" She exclaims, unable to contain her excitement over seeing her friend after so long.

[SephietheEvil]

Ammi steps away from the door in slight surprise as a shadowy form floats out. For a minute, she's worried that it's some kind of creature like Amber and Clancy, and that if she dares to go in and check on Sephie or Michael, they'll be a bloody mess...but, soon, the form has turned itself back into what seems to be a regular person. "Eh...?" Meora's ears perk up, an she turns to look at the cloaked tactician near her. The sound of her voice is very familiar. "...Morgan-chan?" Meora asks. "Is that really you? Or is this a trick? Because I swear if this is one of the witches..." "I honestly doubt it's a witch...they'd wait until they had regrouped a little more before attacking us again. shooting us down while we're still sort of recovering isn't enough fun for them." Felixter says. "Hmm...yeah, that does sound like the kind of thing they'd do...treating us like toys...ugh. Sick witches..." Meora agrees with a disapproving look at the thought of the witches. "Except for this one. This one's on our side." Ammi puts a paw on Nelodine's shoulder. "Of course." Felixter chuckles. "A-anyway, gomenesai, Morgan-chan." Meora turns back to the tactician girl with a sheepish grin. "I'm a bit more on edge than usual. Just got attacked, and we're expecting more fairly soon..." "Where is she now? Has she arrived in this world, yet? It's called Shava, right?" Noruani giggles in anticipation. "She's here. She's with Sephie's little group of rebels, but that can easily be fixed." Natasha answers. "What do you think we should do?" Numirra mutters. "Easy. Go in there with different forms, and infiltrate the way we know how to best. Noruani, you can be our seer, knowing what everyone's doing and all. Numirra, you mess with lights and appliances as directed for distraction. I'll see if I can't infect someone with a curse somewhere along the line, and have a little fun with them while we go after our real target." Natasha lays out the plan for them. "...What about Nymne?" Numirra inquires. The other 3 witch sisters turn to look at Nymne, who's curled up at the edge of the cave. She appears to be napping. "Perhaps it's best if we leave her here. The animalistic witch might do something recklessly violent if we let her up." Natasha decides. The other two sisters agree, and soon, all of them except for Nymne leave the cave. Once they're out of earshot, Nymne opens her eyes, and gets back up onto her feet. A sly grin crosses her face. "Fools..." Nymne sneers. "Soon enough, you'll stop writing me off as a crazy savage...but, not yet. I've got work to do, concerning your targets, dear sisters..." The witch climbs out of the cave, and follows her sisters through a different path in the wilderness...

[Snarfulblast]

"Grrrawr, If can't stop one person how can I protect these two." Srg opens the door seeing that people recognize the stranger he puts up his sword."Well if you had said your name I would have let you go. But you had to be difficult." ANOTHER PERSON HOW CAN I STOP PEOPLE FROME GETTING HERE I THOUGHT THIS PLACE WAS SECRET BUT APPARENTLY IT'S NOT. *Fedora-man walks off seething with rage* THEY ONLY WAY I KNOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM JUST WALKING IN IS TO LIFT THE HOTEL. *as he says this the hotel rumbles and shakes then slowly everyone feels the hotel slowly rise from the ground.* Running to a window Lucas looks out and sees the trees in the distance slowly go down."The hell he is actually raising the hotel up."

[TheGodofTacos]

The man opens the elevator there is nothing exciting to see except an creature who just started chuckling at one of his own jokes."Going down?" The thing almost bursting with laughter, The man slaps him upside the head leaving a red mark. "No one has time for your jokes" turns around almost seems like he wan't to kill the little hell spawn. "He isn't that bright." The creature sticks his tongue out at the man then replies "At least I have a soul." as soon as he said that the man rushed him and picks it up by the neck, as he was ripping its head of it was screaming. "NO please Im sorr!..." The things body drops and turns to ashes.

[Snarfulblast]

Karl jumps up and down on the pile of ashes."FROM THE FIRES OF EARTH THE DEMONS SHALL DIE." he goes into the elevator and sits down again bobing his head up and down.

[ShadowVentus]

"Daijoubu, Meora-chan. I could tell you guys have been through a rough patch already, since my father is currently resting and all..." She states. "Oh, I guess I don't need this anymore huh?" As she says this, she removes her hood, revealing a young black-haired, brown-eyed girl with a happy-go-lucky smile gracing her features. She then turns to face Srg. "Yeah, sorry about that. I've never met you before, so I had no idea if you were the enemy or not. The more you know, right?" She jokes.

[Snarfulblast]

"I am the only one here you should not want to fight." Srg says grumpily. "I mean if you had said you where a friend of Mikes I would have moved but all you did was wipe some tears off of him and try to leave the room." He goes back into the room and sits down. "Im glad the hotel is going up it means we won't have to deal with strangers just walking in." "I just can't believe Im in a flying hotel." Lucas just sits on the ground an astonished look on his face. "Well at least I can try to practice magic." he moves his hands in the way he read in the book and a small blue orb appears."Holy hell it worked." He jumps up and starts dancing."And it's my birthday that makes it even better 16 and casting magic or at least learning magic."

[SephietheEvil]

"Yeah, well, he did a pretty good job in the fight. I definitely respect him for those skills." Meora grins at Morgan. "Sephie-chan's resting too. She was the target of the attack. Wasn't exactly a pretty scene. You should be glad you missed it." "It did get pretty bad." Ammi agrees with a slow nod, looking down at her little daughter. "It was really scary..." Cloudy nods quickly in agreement. "I'm...sorry about my sisters. I-EEP!" Nelodine cuts herself off with a surprised squeak when the hotel starts feeling as if it's moving. The group rushes to the nearest window to look outside. "Is...the hotel really being raised?" Felixter blinks in surprise for a bit. "Hai. That's certainly what it looks like." Meora laughs. "Wow! Y'know, I've been a lot of places with Sephie-chan and you guys...but this is my first flying hotel." "I'll agree, this is new to me as well, as many places as we've been..." Felixter backs away from the window with a light smile. "Oh...good, we're not in any real danger. I was worried for a moment there." Nelodine lets out a sigh or relief. Back out in the lobby, Kiroketsu is crossing his arms with an indignant look. "Hmph...I wish Sephie was awake. She'd help me out here!...Or...wait...no, no, she wouldn't." He sighs miserably. Nimika boards the elevator after Karl, still a bit uncertain of the choice she's made to follow along with him. However, it doesn't seem as if he's going to be out helping Sephie and her friends anytime soon...so perhaps she could still work with this strange one. "Hah! I enjoy your style of cruelty...very nice..." Nimika purrs, watching the little elevator attendant creature's ashes sprinkle to the floor after the man has killed him. "Little subordinates like those should know not to talk back..." "Though...I have the sudden urge to ask, sister," Noruani begins while following Natasha and Numirra back out of the woods and in the direction of the hotel, "...If this 'Fedora-man' is the ruler here...do you think he could've done something to protect the hotel after Nimika's assault?" "What could he have done? You think he has some sort of magic, or-" Natasha comes to a complete halt when she peeks out of the woods and sees the hotel suddenly floating. "....Or that..." "Tch, your information sensory is as good as ever, lil' sis..." Numirra smirks a bit. "It's almost a bit scary." "isn't that the point?" Noruani giggles happily. "...Hmph. Well, no matter! We can shapeshift. All we have to do is become something as insignificant as..flies, or something, and make our way in that way." Natasha grins. "Butterflies." Noruani tells her. "We should be butterflies." "What? But regular flies are smaller, and less noticeable!" Natasha looks back at her youngest sister. "There are small butterflies." Noruani replies simply. "Besides...which do you think has more of a chance of getting squished if spotted? A fly, or a butterfly? Let's not forget the time you snuck over to Cloudy that one time as a spider, and she saw you..." "...Point taken." Natasha mutters in agreement. Nymne, in the form of a moth, has already found a way inside of the hotel through a slightly cracked open window. She makes it to a closed off room, and transforms back into her regular self. She listens from the door, but hears nothing, and opens it slowly. She's in an empty hall. Nymne walks out, and starts strolling down the hall by herself. She doesn't look like she's planning to attack anyone. "I wonder if they have any good books in this place..." Nymne murmurs under her breath, humming a bit. Though she's calm on the surface, horribly cruel and deceitful plans flash through her mind. They aren't focused on Sephie's group, though. No, they're focused on Nimika, and how Nymne might someday be rid of her. Possibly her other sisters too. They all wrote her off as a savage from the moment of creation, just because of the DNA used to create her. She was never given a chance. As a result, Nymne cares not about ridding herself of Sephie's group. As far as Nymne is concerned, they have a common enemy. In fact, the only reason Nymne rushed to get to the Shava Hotel first, before her other sisters did, was to possibly mess with them...

[ShadowVentus]

Morgan's eyes seem to light up at the mention of her father's combat skills. "Really!? I wish I could've seen you guys fight alongside each other!" She says cheerily. "Sephie was in there too? I didn't notice." She honestly states, not having seen hide or tail, no pun intended, of her whenever she had entered the room. She then turns to face Srg again. "I said I was sorry!" When he mentions the hotel rising, she holds in her surprise at this truth as she contemplates what he said about not having to worry about people "walking" in. "Well, if I may be honest, I don't think that'll stop the witches from getting into the hotel. They might just shapeshift their way in." She states.

[TheGodofTacos]

The man flustered quickly shakes the comment out of his mind. "No i'm not the boss I just run the place" Ignoring Karl he closes his eyes. The elevator closes its doors and starts moving down "The Dead Zone is a city that has openings every were, but you can't find kind any of them by accident." He explains wiping his suit off. "The city consist of three floors whelplings and ghouls, Death knights and lesser ghost, and the last floor holds Liches, greater demons, Witches of high power, and the council." He moves his fingers in a spherical fashion "depending how you die determines what level you get to live in." pulls out a flask of strange green liquid. "If such as poison you get the bottom floor" Puts it up and then pulls out a rope with a noose at the end of it. "If for say you get hanged for trying to kill anyone important or you were hated by most people that meet you and so on " The elevator suddenly stops when the doors open all you can see is a city of gold. "This is my haven." Waking up to strange noises I open the door and peek out my own room. "Hello? any one there?" Taking a steep out of my room and takes a look around "swear I heard something."