[IC] Portal Hoppers *REMAKE*

[Snarfulblast]

Grrrr that witch will die by my hands. Anyway I have a date with a little green witch. You two have fun now *He teleports to Amber and Clancy* Ah the prisoner. What to do what to do? Shall I kill you now or later? Don't answer all I need to do is get into your head. *he places his hand on her forehead and closes his eyes* Now tell me everything I want to know.

[Snarfulblast]

Joe:When he sees his spells aren't working he grabs a beer a pours it into Kiro's throat. "One last one till you get back eh Whipper Snapper" he says comfortingly. "Ah well when you do get back I'll teach how to get girls to like you with out being perverted. How'd you like that." as he says this Kiro's body disappears.

[Snarfulblast]

"Kyru I am leaving you will stay. Tell Fedora-man that I got a lead on the ones who cursed us." Star than leaves through the portal he took to get to Shava.

[ShadowVentus]

Michael quickly follows after Meoru and Ammi, turning into a shadow and traveling at high speeds. However, it seems this method of movement was unnecessary, for they almost instantly found Felixter, whom which seemed to be beat up pretty badly. He quickly returns to his human form and approaches him, crouching in front of him. "Can you move, Felixter?" He asks. If not, he could always heal him with a staff he decided to take along with him from back home.

[SephietheEvil]

"As far as movement...I'll be okay." Felixter replies to Michael, leaning against the wall outside of the doorway. He pushed himself off, steadying himself on his feet so he can stand. "However, I'm not alright at all when it comes to everything else about this situation. Nimika told me nothing of my sister's whereabouts or what she did to her. She only gave me images and options to ponder on, and I'm guessing that not a single one was the truth..." While he talks, Felixter takes Ammi's other bracelet, her missing seal, out of his pocket and hands it back to her. "Wicked woman..." Ammi growls, putting her seal back on. "If I get my claws on her..." "I wanna beat the slimy smile off of that witch's face too, but our top priority here is Sephie-chan, especially now that we know even less about her situation." Meora says. "Well, knowing Nimika...I don't think she would've just went ahead and killed off Sephie completely. She knows about Lucille's powers, plus she would've wanted to be able to torture her while she did it. She was definitely not given enough time for that." Ammi explains. "You think she hid her somewhere?" Meora asks. "I've tried searching out Sephie's scent the whole time I've been here...I've gotten nothing." Felixter adds. "Neither have I. It's possible that she used magic to mask the scent." Ammi suggests. "What should we do, then?" Meora frowns, crossing her arms. "Well...it's either check everywhere we can, or wait for some kind of sign, if there ever is one..." Ammi relies with a grave tone. "That might take too long. We've no idea what is happening to her right now." Felixter growls in frustration. "Yet, I cannot think of anything else we can do..." "To make things worse, if Nimika and Natasha made their way here...their other sisters can't be far behind, save for Nelodine. Nelodine should be coming here soon anyway...but I think she said she was going to help the kids get ready while Ammi was away." Meora sighs. "And then there's also Kebaratsu's OTHER henchmen...the Demon King, his assassins, other annoying people I'd like to shoot into swiss cheese..." Outside, Nimika's black apparition form floats towards the remains of the zombie bodies outside. Most of them are torn apart and burnt to ash, but there are still precious few that seem to be whole, save for some wounds. She floats into one, and the body stands up. Slowly, Nimika's appearance takes over, and the body morphs into her own, complete with the same clothes and features. "Ah, that's better..." She sighs with relief, then touches her claws to the large purple jewel in the center of her necklace. It begins to glow. "...Nimika, is that you?" A dark voice emanates from the gem, as it acts as sort of a walkie-talkie. "Yes, Master." Nimika replies. "I suppose you've got our location already?" "I've been listening in the whole time." The voice chuckles. "Shava...an interesting world with a strange ruler, it seems..." "What are your next commands, Master?" Nimika asks. "...I'm sure you can think of something." The voice replies in such a tone that you can almost hear the evil smile behind it, and the necklace jewel stops glowing. Nimika takes a moment to think on these orders, and then her eyes light up with glee. "Yes, yes...of course." Nimika cackles quietly, and shapeshifts into someone else. In seconds, she's taken to form of Sephie, and is now posing as the missing cat demon girl. Of course, her eye color stays raspberry, but with a bit of magic, they turn blue like hers also. "This should be fun..." Nimika grins, going back through the doors into the hotel. "GET. YOUR. HANDS. OFF! Don't you people know ANYTHING about personal space?!" Natasha shrieks when Fedora-man puts his hand to her forehead, and struggles a bit. "WRONG!" Clancy shouts again, and shoots her in the side of the head with another muffin. Natasha growls at Clancy, but turns her attention back to Fedora-man. She glares at him as he speaks, then starts to smirk. "Me? Tell you anything?" Natasha laughs. "Oh, I do apologize, but I'm afraid I might not be of much use to you. See...I know nothing of the Master's true intentions. I only know that we've targeted Sephie's group for years, so she's the one we're off to kill. The Master NEVER tells anyone his true plans. Not even my dear sister Nimika, his most trusted and beloved worker. So, I suppose you're just out of luck." "....WRONG!" Amber cheers aloud, and shoots another waffle at Natasha's face. "STOP THAT! IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE!" Natasha cries.

[ShadowVentus]

"Well, we may just have to split up and search for Sephie. Unless she has regenerative capabilities, she should still be inflicted with a stab wound, so keep your eyes peeled for any fakes...speaking of which, here comes one now..." Michael states to them as he turns to the sound of the hotel doors opening only to see "Sephie" walk into the hotel. He strategically puts on a smile as he advances towards her with his hands behind his back. "Thank goodness, Sephie, you're alright! We've been looking all over for you!" He states, quickly signaling to the others to momentarily play the fool and act as if this were the real Sephie standing before them.

[SephietheEvil]

"Well, upon coming back on a new life, the fatal wounds do heal...but..." Felixter glances towards the doors as they open. "Sephie! Oh, my dear child, we were so worried about you! What happened?" Ammi rushes to Nimika's side, feigning a relieved smile. "Eh, don't worry too much about it." Nimika says in Sephie's voice. "She tried to send me back off to the Demon Highlands so I could get brainwashed and become another one of Kebaratsu's puppets. Of course, she's not the only one who can make a portal...or kill a person or two." She snickers, just as Sephie would. Felixter feels slight unease at how good the imitation is. Meora tries to think of something that only a living Sephie could know or do...then grins as she gets the perfect idea. "Ne, Sephie-chan, what's going on with Kiroketsu-kun? He died when you did, right? Where is he? I feel like we should be beating him up for not protecting you. Because, y'know, that's kind of his JOB." "Kiro? Ah, I tried tapping into his thoughts to yell at him earlier, but he was still unresponsive. Seems he drank so much that he passed out on the dining room floor." Nimika laughs. "Ah...is that so...?" Meora keeps her cool on the surface, though inside of her mind, she's a bit freaked out by the fact that whoever this is knows exactly what happened to Kiroketsu, and wonders how it's possible. Quickly, she thinks up something else that could only happen with a real, living Sephie. "Well, maybe we should go into the dining hall and mess with him. It'd be funny~...." Meora suggests with a teasing tone. "You can go on ahead with that, Meora-sensei." Nimika sighs a bit wearily, with a tired smile to match. She turns around and starts heading away down the hall, back turned to them all. "I might go rest up some...I'm pretty tired..." "P-Perhaps I should check you over, Sephie. Make sure nothing's wrong. It'd be terrible if you went to take a nap, and then never woke up because of something horrible Nimika did." Ammi suggests before she can get too far away. "What? Ah, fine." Nimika rolls her eyes, and goes back over to Ammi. Ammi makes a small incision in the girl's wrist, and pumps her healing flames into it. Everything appears to be completely normal and fine. The fire has no strange reaction. "Ah...seems you're fine..." Ammi mutters. "Oh? What, are you disappointed that you don't get to nurse me back to health, Ammi?" Nimika coos teasingly. "That's adorable." "Well, you know how much I care about you all." Ammi chuckles lightly. "Here, Sephie." Felixter steps up to her side. "Why don't I accompany you to your room? Just to make sure there's nothing there waiting to kill you in your sleep or anything." "Man, you guys are all actin' a little weird now..." Nimika backs away from the group with a confused frown. "I know you're worried, but c'mon, we've faced Nimika like this before, and on much more serious terms." "Well, that is true...I guess we're just a bit on edge. A brand new world and everything..." Felixter nods slowly. "Sheesh." Nimika turns her back on the group again. "It's like you think any moment, something's gonna strike from the floor, just out of nowhere!...Something like...this?" Her voice becomes a bit deeper, and she glances behind her at the group again, her eyes flashing a raspberry color. Before they have time to react, Nimika's signature red-colored magic grabs Felixter, Meora, Ammi, and Michael from beneath them on the floor, and slams them against the ceiling. It pins them there as Nimika laughs, returning to her normal voice, but keeping Sephie's appearance, save for the eyes. "Aw, your little act was so cute, you know? But really, come now, did you honestly think I wouldn't see through it?" Nimika shakes her head. "Sorry, but that's just not the way it's going..." "W-why did you even come back here?! Aren't you finished yet?!" Meora growls, trying to struggle against the magic force. "Oh, I'm finished with Sephie for now, yes. I'm just killing time, making sure everything goes smoothly. I mean...you've wasted enough time now. It shouldn't be much longer until it happens." Nimika hums nonchalantly. "Until what happens?! What have you done, you horrible woman?!" Ammi shouts. "Yes...not long at all." Nimika turns around on her heels and starts walking away for the third time. "I think I'll just keep you up there awhile. You don't mind, do you? I didn't think so. I'm going on to check the progress of everything now. I'd say there's...a minute or two to spare." She says aloud, half to herself and half to further taunt the group stuck to the ceiling as she leaves them.

[Snarfulblast]

I didn't want to use magic but ok. *his hand starts glowing a dark purple this glow travels from his hand to Nattie's eyes* Now tell me everything. Srg who was outside with Kyru the entire time Nimika took over the zombie body and talked to whoever she talked to walks with Kyru in to the building. "Ah little girl so nice to see you again, but why are you attacking your friends?" he draws his sword prepared for trouble. Kyru:" I am going to check on Joe bye guys." she leaves and finds Joe where they left him. "Joe the others need your help." "Alright where's the problem?" "In the lobby some witch is beating up everyone me an Srg got in a little while back."

[ShadowVentus]

"Ngh..binding magic? This was not part of the plan..sorry guys.." Michael says as he struggles to even get those words out due to the force of the spell. He had thought about possibly disabling the spell, but then that would mean a possibly fatal drop to the ground. Well, at least, the drop might just leave him briefly stunned, but he couldn't tell, for his mind was working at a mile a minute.

[Snarfulblast]

"Well I better save you guys. Anti-magic shell." Srg says this and green runes appear around him. "Snow fall." he cast this on the people trapped on the roof. "If she drops you that will slow your fall." He turns to the witch and as he does this Joe and Kyru come from the dining hall. "About time you got here brother."

[SephietheEvil]

"Ugh...it's okay Michael-kun...if it makes you feel better...this is one of the least horrible things she's done..." Meora keeps a sort of half-grin on her face while continuing to struggle against the magic. Ammi attempts to use her flames to force the magic off of her, and maybe pry herself free. It looks as if it's starting to work, but Nimika spots this, and pushes even harder on all 4 of the people she's trapped. "No. Bad kitty." Nimika scolds, wagging a claw at the goddess. She turns when Srg addresses her, and cackles. "Perhaps I'm just tired of their existences. Maybe I don't want a brother, a best friend, a new friend, or a big flaming bag of fleas hanging around me." "USO-TSUKI!" Meora hisses. "Sephie would never say something like that! You're not even a good imitation- GAH!" Meora's outraged outcries are replaced with the sounds of chocking as Nimika moves some of the magic holding her to the ceiling up to her neck. After it looks as if Meora is seconds from losing consciousness, Nimika stops with a giggle. "You're too loud for your own good, you know that?" Nimika smirks. "Thank you." Felixter thanks Srg for the use of his magic. "But what if I don't drop you? It'd be much more entertaining to let you stay up there. Who knows, maybe you'd starve to death..." Nimika suggests with an evil grin. Suddenly, the doors to the hotel open again, and what comes running in is an adorable, fluffy angel cat. "Mommy! Don't worry, the others are coming, and I saw everything from the Heavens! I know where-" Cloudy halts as soon as she sees Sephie. She's about to say hi, but the raspberry-colored eyes are unmistakeable to the angel, even when in the form of Sephie. "N...Nimika..." Cloudy trembles where she stands, her big green eyes getting even bigger with fright. "You know where what now, dear? You say you saw everything that's happened from the Heavens...?" Nimika turns to face the little angel completely. She glances up at Ammi with a smile that holds nothing but the worst intentions imaginable. "It seems that your little girl here is without a babysitter...don't worry, though. I'll gladly fill the position, free of charge. I mean, after all, Ammi....aren't we just the best of friends?" Nimika says. "DON'T YOU DARE!" AMmi flares up with desperation and rage, trying once more to pry herself free of the magic to save her child. "Cloudy-chan, RUN! HYAKU!" Meora cries with some of her remaining strength. "Come here, dear!" Nimika moves fast towards the small angel, sending her magic lashing at her. Cloudy screams, and narrowly dodges through her small size and speed. She flees down the corridor and disappears down a corner. Nimika gives chase. "G-grr...!" Natasha struggles against Fedora-man's magic, but in the end, ends up getting overpowered. "...What do you wish to know, sir?" "Aw...she stopped being loud and screamy." Amber frowns. "Too bad...you think we accidentally killed her?" Clancy murmurs.

[Snarfulblast]

Good now tell all about your employer and your sisters everything including weakness. Amber,Clancy after I'm done take her to the basement every thing you'd ever want is down there. Srg: "Don't worry Ammi I'll got get your kid." he puts up his sword drops to all fours and runs after the witch. Joe:"Don't worry Ma'm my brother won't let anything happen to you daughter he loves little kids and as sworn to protect as many as he can. Now let me dispel that crap holding you guys up there." he casts a few magic dispels on them.

[ShadowVentus]

"Meora-chan! Chikusho..." Michael exclaims as Nimika practically suffocates her. Then, seeing the witch run off and pursue Cloudy, the shadows around him grow slightly thicker as he begins to slowly lose his cool. "You're not...getting..away!" He says as through sheer will power, Michael frees his hands from the bindings, makes a few hand movements and slams his hands on the sealing, causing the bindings on everyone to break. Then, in order to break everyone's fall, Michael casts Arcwind, causing a small air pocket to form below them, slowing them down. As soon as Michael's feet touch the ground, he turns into a shadow and goes into hot pursuit for Nimika.

[Snarfulblast]

Srg rounds the corner still on the scent of Nimika' when he doesn't see her he pauses,he turns his head when he hears the running and as Michael zooms past him he picks up his scent and follows him.

[SephietheEvil]

"D-daijobu..." Meora insists in reply to Michael's exclamation. "It takes...more than that...to deal with me." She maintains that weak, but determined grin the whole time. Everyone's help on the matter quickly deteriorates the magic binds, and allows the group a safe landing back onto the floor of the hall. Ammi and Felixter land on their feet, but Meora ends up on her hands and knees. Ammi is so enraged that she hits the ground running, following the others as they chase down Nimika without saying a word. "Are you going to be alright?" Felixter asks her, while he watches both Srg and Michael chase after the notorious witch. "Didn't I just say 'daijobu', Felixter-kun?" Meora pulls herself up with a growl. "I could have a bullet wound in my stomach and arm right now, and I'd still get back up and run after that witch. She's pushed me too far now. First and foremost, you don't mess with Sephie-sama, but to go ever further and start threatening Cloudy-chan...she's gonna pay." She loads up her pistol with more bullets as she talks. "I might not have magic like everyone else, but I've got extensive training. If I've stayed alive with you people this long, this witch sure as hell isn't going to take me down just like that!" "You've always had quite the admirable spirit, despite everything." Felixter smiles a bit at her. "Tch, well, if I don't stay strong and grin at the challenges...I'll just end up cryin', won't I?" Meora smirks before she takes off after everyone else. Felixter brings up the rear, in case any other enemies of theirs were to show up. The Master's forces, to Sephie's group, were similar to ants. If there's one or two here, more are bound to appear at some point... Cloudy continues to run off down the halls, searching for one particular hotel room. Nimika is hot on her trail the whole time, continuing to swipe at her with extended magic phantom claws. "What's the matter, child? You seemed so confident walking in here!" Nimika cackles. As she chases the little angel down, she morphs out of her Sephie imitation, and back into herself, as the disguise seems pointless now. Cloudy doesn't give an answer, too scared and too concentrated on flying down the hall as fast as possible. She rounds another corner, and stops in front of the very last door on the left. She jumps up, quickly grabbing the knob, turning it, and flinging the door open. She freezes in place with more shock. "S....Sephie...?" Cloudy whimpers. "...Oh no....it's...gotten worse..." Sephie is limp in the middle of the room, her arms and legs held in place by tendrils of eerie purplish-black darkness. The entire room is dripping with the stuff, actually, as veins of it branch out, covering the walls, and even the back of the door. What frightens Cloudy more than this horrific scene is where it's all coming from. The evil substance is branching out straight from Sephie's chest. From her heart. Sephie opens her eyes slightly, looking at Cloudy. She opens her mouth to speak, but all that comes out are wisps of a black color. She starts to cough, and more of the same substance covering the room drips from her mouth like blood. She closes her eyes again. Cloudy is too distracted by the gruesome scene to notice the witch now looming over her from behind. Slowly, Nimika walks up to her. Cloudy finally notices, but right as she turns around, Nimika knocks her into the room, and slams the door shut on her. She uses her magic to keep it locked. "NO! NO, PLEASE!" Cloudy gets back up and desperately tries to open the door. She starts crying with fear. "NIMIKA, PLEASE, DON'T LEAVE ME IN HERE! I'M SCARED! M-MOMMY! MOMMY, HELP ME, I'M SCARED!" Cloudy's ears perk up as she hears Sephie's breathing become harder behind her. She turns to see the girl struggle, and more tendrils of the horrible substance come out of her heart. Cloudy's pupils shrink, and she becomes dead silent. The tendrils shoot towards her. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The high-pitched, blood-chilling scream of unimaginable pain and fear spreads through the entire hotel. It goes on for at lest a minute, before the screams are stifled. Nimika stands in front of the door with a merciless grin as the screams become sobs, then muffled struggles, and then silence. Nimika can't help but begin to laugh once more... "Nimika's weakness..." Natasha murmurs. She twitches slightly while trying to struggle against the magic still, but it appears not to be working. "I....don't know...I never have...they don't tell me...I'm just a lower-level worker. We learn nothing of those on the higher level. She could be my conjoined twin...and I'd still never know a thing. Our employer....the Master, Kebaratsu...he's ruled the Demon Higlands for centuries....he created it...he controls everyone...he controlled Sephie and Felixter's lives until they left...they carry a secret...they must...be...destroyed..." Natasha continues. "Kebaratsu...is a powerful demon...a small appearance, but with frightening abilities...everything that ever happened in the lives of Sephie's family, Sephie, Felixter, me, Nimika, or anyone else....all by his direction...like actors in a play....like...toys..." "So much drama~!" Amber mutters excitedly, once again sharing a randomly-appearing bucket of popcorn with Clancy. "When do we get to the parts about who cheated on who?" Clancy murmurs with the same excitement.

[Snarfulblast]

Continue. Srg apon hearing the scream heads straight for it. And when he reaches where the scream originated he leaps straight at Nimika yelling,"Let them go witch!!!"

[ShadowVentus]

As Michael rounds the corner and spots Nimika standing in front of a door, he returns to his human form only to hear a blood-curdling scream. The pitch of the voice and the fact that the witch had been chasing down Cloudly earlier could only mean one thing. "Chikusho...There's no way...NIMIKA!" He shouts as her name as his aura becomes more intense, the light fully gone from his eyes. The look on the tactician's face is one of pure hatred. "I will show you no mercy..." He states as he creates a sword out of shadows. However, he doesn't advance just yet, for it seems Srg had beat him to the punch, already attacking Nimika.

[Snarfulblast]

Joe and Kyru being the last in the lobby decide to go after the others reaching where Nimika is quickly but just behind Michael and the others.

[SephietheEvil]

"Well, well, look how popular I've gotten all of a sudden." Nimika hums when everyone finally catches up to her. She turns towards Srg as he leaps at her, and with a flick of her wrist, slaps him backwards in midair with her magic. "Sorry, but I couldn't let them go if I tried, now." Nimika yawns. "But wow, I guess it really is true. Harm a child around people from the outside world, and they'll go ballistic! Hmph, those from the Demon highlands are much stronger. We send our children to war when they're toddlers." "CLOUDY-CHAN!" Meora skids to a halt in front of Nimika and the door, as well as Felixter. Ammi keeps right on charging at the witch, though. Nimika doesn't throw her back, but instead holds her in place by the neck, just out of reach. Ammi struggles furiously. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BABY?!" Ammi roars. "It wasn't me. It was Sephie." Nimika shrugs. "All of this is really her. If she hadn't left the Demon highlands in the first place, none of this would be happening. On a more direct note, however, this event occurring at the moment really is her fault." "What do you mean?!" Felixter demands sharply. "The Master gave me an injection fresh out of the labs. He said it reacts with the darkness of one's heart and soul. Depending on the intensity and amount of darkness the person carries within...the effects are changed." Nimika explains nonchalantly. "These effects are because of Sephie entirely." "So how do we fix it?!" Meora shouts angrily. "...Heh." Nimika straightens her witch hat a bit. "Sorry girl...I've no idea. The Master only told me what to do with it, and what it did. He most likely didn't tell me how to remedy the situation because he knew of the slight chance that you could gain the advantage and try to force information out of me. Honestly, I would have thought you expected something of that sort. He's too smart to do something so foolish." "....GRRRRRAH!" Meora suddenly lets out a cry of fury, whips out her pistol, and starts unleashing an uncountable number of bullets at Nimika. Nimika throws Ammi off to the side, and then uses her magic to bounce each bullet back. Meora manages to dodge a few, but many end up hitting her. She falls onto the ground. "K..kuso...." Meora trembles. "Meora!" Felixter cries. Ammi gets up as fast as she can to tend to the girl's wounds in time. Felixter glares at Nimika. "You're an absolute monster..." Felixter shakes his head slowly. "Do you even understand what you're doing right now, and how horrible it is?!" "What a pointless question to ask. Of course I do." Nimika huffs with a smirk. "...I'm getting rid of undesirable flaws in my Master's nice little system." At that moment, the door everyone stands around, the door that Sephie is behind, begins to shake slightly. "...nngh....ugh...g.....ungg...G-GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The scream of pain, unmistakably Sephie's, leads to the door violently shaking, and tendrils of blackish-purple coming out from under the door at a rapid pace. They move to the opposite wall of the hall, and spread around like thick, ugly vines. They continue to move around, spreading on the floor and walls like a virus. "If I'm correct...this stuff is supposed to turn the darkness into something that destroys both her, and those she loves specifically. How convenient that a large group of them is right before me." Nimika cackles.

[Snarfulblast]

"ANTI-MAGIC BUBBLE" yells Srg wich creates a giant magic nulling bubble around the group."Now try using magic which, they only magic available now is the magic of gods because that isn't an actual magic." He gets up and draws his blade. Joe pulls out his staff and charges the witch. Kyru jumps on the celling and runs toward the witch from the roof. Amber,Clancy go to the others they need help.