Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
After successfully forcing Steve to shift gears, Emily would quickly find out there was more than a leathery hide to the ragworm's exterior. Like in a panic reaction, blades erected from the monster's skin like a hedgehog's spikes. Steve was confused and hesitated to act, but would attempt to wrap around Emily like a snake... Although it lacked the length of one, it's blades would surely make for a nasty embrace...
Sean cursed Vignar, upon recognising his dead partner. “Who do you think you are! Don't you dare spit on that girl's grave!” He roared in great anger. “Quit messing with my head!” However, Octal couldn't even recognise her previous allies. In fact, she was a vassal to Vignar's voice.
Fran, unlike Emily or Vignar, was unable to release herself from her chains. Valor had noticed this and jerked the chain, causing her to fall over, then began to drag her in with more violent jerks of the chains. Eight ran towards Fran at Vignar's command, grabbing Fran and engaging in a tug-o-war. Unfortunately Valor had more than the edge in terms of raw strength, and the chains that had bound Emily and Vignar before were reeled back in quickly, as Valor (and Sean's) head tilted to Octal... Both the armour and the knight knew that if they removed Octal from the field, Eight would vanish also... And Octal was merely human (even in ghost-form.) With Emily and Vignar occupied, it was up to Diane to help either Fran or Octal out...
Will 'o the Piper
Kestrel vs. Alta
Sophia stared at Charles in surprise, this being the first time she had her own body. Both too taken by surprise to stop the following course of action...
Alyssa, Eidren's spirit, ignored Sigmund's warnings. The angel drew her sword and shouted; “Begone hellspawn!” To get the gorgon's attention. “You shall not lay a finger upon him!” She commanded, but rather than meeting with Medusa's eyes, Alyssa heeded Sigmund's advice not to stare directly at her.
This got Medusa's attention, but not to back off... No, she stared straight at Alyssa, which Eidren's spirit fortunately shielded herself against. The gorgon's legs had wrapped into a snake's tail and she slithered past her holder. Sigmund grabbed his spirit's forearm, “Don't.” He commanded Medusa, but she had set her sights on the Angel. Medusa's snake-tail wrapped around Sigmund ankle and swept him off his feet, to which Medusa caught Sigmund and bit his shoulder; inducing him with love-toxins... One of Sigmund's own abilities. His spirit had mastered it at a far higher level, as Sigmund obediently sank to his knees, although visibly struggling against Medusa's unfluence...
“Be still, I'll be back with you shortly.” She said, with a kind voice... Although that kindness would vanish as she swiftly approached Alyssa, yet slowing down as she gets near.
Alyssa, with sword and shield in hand, anticipated for an attack. Eidren behind her, summoned his two blades of light. “Stay back, guys, we'll take care of this.” Eidren smirked, cock-sure, not knowing what awaited him...
Rather than outright attacking, Medusa began stalking the two, circling around them. Cunning like a predator, with a poisonous tongue. “Are you jealous?” She asked Alyssa, as if genuinely concerned. “Are you not satisfied?” To which Alyssa retorted sarcastically;
“I would kill to have a man like him.” Clearly not thinking highly of Sigmund at all. After all, she thought his first instinct to break into a house was just despicable...
“No chit-chat. Two-fanged attack, Alyssa.” Eidren ordered his spirit, nudging her to move away and surround Medusa together. The gorgon however, seemed not to be bothered by this tactic at all. In fact, she kept moving, but around Alyssa only; trying to get the angel between Eidren and herself.
“You can't have him.” Medusa whispered. “You can't, he's mine.” She'd clearly not understood Alyssa's sarcastic remark, but she didn't seem to hear much either way. Not even Sigmund, who cursed her to stop (although his pleas got weaker by the second) “This will only take a minute, dear.”
Then suddenly Medusa shot forward across the ground, tangling around Alyssa's feet and pulling her off-balance. Using the momentum, the gorgon shot upright and grabbed Alyssa's head with both hands and jerked it to face hers... Causing it to slowly petrify... “He's mine now too...” She gleed, as her gaze turned to Eidren...
Eidren had rushed towards the two fighting spirits in flight, but was too late. As Alyssa turned to stone, so did his swords... And wings! He dropped onto the ground, sliding face-first across it... It was already too late for Eidren to realise; along with the petrification of his spirit, Eidren's own powers as a holder had vanished! A bloody and bruised Eidren smacked into the ground, not knowing what happened to him. One thing was for sure, the emotional and physical shock had the ex-bishop out of his mind...
Medusa meanwhile, let go of the angel statue and turned to Eidren. She forced herself upon him, picking Eidren up and embracing him tightly. “I can replace her...” She whispered, as she softly began to nibble on Eidren's ear...
“You bitch!” Eidren shouted, but to no avail. He struggled with all his might to escape Medusa, kicking and screaming to get her off. As his head shook, Eidren caused Medusa's canine to tear through his own ear. “Let me go, you ugly bitch!” He cried in pain and confusion.
That struck a bad nerve with Medusa, being called ugly. “What did you say?” She hissed violently. The rapid change in demeanor was a threat by itself. A warning the young librarian had better heed...
“You filthy, ugly bitch!” Eidren roared, ever still struggling. Those would be Eidren's last words, as Medusa slammed him against the floor and pinned Eidren down. Her tail grabbed the petrified Alyssa, and with great force broke off her arm! She raised Alyssa's fist above her head and struck down; mercilessly beating Eidren to death with the remainders of his own spirit... And then some more... Medusa beat the corpse until she'd flatten Eidren's skull... Before she'd finally calm down...
All this of course greatly upset the kappa. They grabbed the children, both those who had previously played with them as those in cages, and massively jumped into the colourful river to swim upstream... They seemed to be terrified of the chain of events, but the kidnapped kids were too important to leave behind...
