My life for yours, I will not give up.

[09:09] Reunan Volos whispers: Where have you been?
[09:09] Ashley says, "Sleeping..."
[09:09] Reunan Volos whispers: Come with me a minute.
[09:09] Reunan Volos whispers: Please.
[09:09] Ashley says, "Okay..."
[09:09] Reunan offers a hand.
(Reunan Volos)
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[09:10] Ashley doesn't take it, is a miserable, bloodied and greasy limp biscuit still. She just kind of meloncholy float. Waiting to be guided or turned.
(Ashley)
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[09:11] Reunan purses his lip, seemed she hadn't changed much, though there were bags under his eyes from restlessness, moving to shepherd her away.
(Reunan Volos)
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[09:18] Reunan moves to his shop a moment, grabbing something from his stall and pulling a fork from his satchel.

Slowly he would pull her down towards himself, looking slightly haggered, his left arm seems.. completely made of mythril.

He then tried to feed her a slice of pumpkin pie.
(Reunan Volos)
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[09:18] {Item} You drop Pumpkin Pie.
[09:23] Half-lidded, between a state of awake and asleep. She wasn't really sure where she even was or how she had gotten there. A loud sniffle following suit whilst he gripped at her and managed to pull her down with the utmost of ease. After all, the gravity magic was always pressing down upon her.

Endlessly...

Thus such a small gesture ends with a slight plummet to the dirt, landing upon her knees with a soft crack and a hiccup. Least she was utterly used to the pain right now, her eyes criss-crossing when..

Oh, oh he was feeding her.

That was quite nice, actually. Her mouth barely managing to force itself open to accept bite after bite of pumpkin pie slice. Slowly, and lethargically. It was rather cathartic honestly! The healing potion brewed pie repairing a more serious wound.

The swollen, blackened blue skin around her collar bone slowly simmering away, the sound of bones crunching together as the damage repaired itself harmlessly...

"Thank you..."

She didn't deserve it, her shoulders slumped slightly. But she had enjoyed it.
(Ashley)
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[09:34] Reunan slowly finishes feeding her the pie before lowering himself down to her level and putting away the fork. His body was lacking any sort of expression of his power as he seems to power through her gravity with an increasing immunity to such oppressive power as his diamond bulwark simply shrugged off the shackles that bound her.

His still flesh right hand moves to shift her hair as he seems to force a smile, his eyes showing exhaustion from recent events.

"You deserve it. Though you should tell me what happened to your neck.. We also need to talk about a few other things, if you have time."
(Reunan Volos)
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[09:39] A mithril arm, exhaustion- she took it all in miserably. Somehow looking more melancholy over what she saw. It was her fault- somehow, she knew it was her fault. He seemed fine when she had first met him, but now? Now he had a prosthetic arm and looked exhausted, miserable.

Misery loved company.

She sniffles afterwards, ignoring his question about her neck. Opting instead to shrug her shoulders lethargically.

"What happened to your arm..."

She sniffles and rubs at the blood dribbling from her nostrils, the grease, dirt and grime in her hair thick as Reunan's real hand shifts her hair, likely leaving a somewhat foul and gristly feeling upon his fingertips.

"Okay... I'm not doing anything now..."

A soft, sad little grumble. When was her time worth anything anyway?
(Ashley)
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[09:47] Reunan reaches further down and lifts her up from the ground, pulling her against himself as he then turned towards the river and carried her over to the water's edge.

"A monster attacked me and took my arm. Now it's your turn, what happened to your neck? I promise I won't hurt whoever did it, I just want to know why my friend was hurt."

He slowly kneels beside the water's edge with her held against his chest, the girl was always so compliant and defeated, he would have to try his best to edge her away from complete subservience to at least able to express her desires and choices.
(Reunan Volos)
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[09:49] "I jumped off a cliff near Gaiar and the beach..."

A partial truth, the miserably failed attempt at suicide was what lead to the injury inevitably. That and grating on someones nerves with her inadvertent gravitational force keeping them there...

She doesn't indulge further, merely acting like the proper limp noodle and letting him carry her towards the waters edge. Carried, and of course lacking the will to bother trying to stay upright.

It was.. Pretty much all on him to ensure she didn't flop over.

"But I'm okay now..."

She wasn't sure HOW she was okay, but the pie was nice and her body wasn't hurting as much. Least that wound wasn't.
(Ashley)
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[10:02] Reunan sighs softly and holds her head against his chest lightly, his collar bone the most exposed skin that the young man allowed himself, his mythril hand seemed somewhat soft, but more notably metal than flesh as it curled protectively through her hair.

"Don't you ever do that again.." Less than a request, more of a demand from the ookami. He cared for the young girl's health enough to show a small aggression.

His right hand moved to his satchel and pulled forth a cup, dipping it into the waters of the river, swiftly then moving to douse the girl's hair with water, his mythril fingers combing through her hair to remove the thickest clumps of dirt and grime. It was time for a mini-bath for the girl.
(Reunan Volos)
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[10:13] Needless to say she was still... Greasy, so the hold of her head against his bared chest was likely a bit.. Gross. She did look slightly uncomfortably. Yet not enough to do anything in regards to action. Her eyelids drooping lazily when his hand curled protectively through her hair, sighing with acceptance as bits of dirt, grime, and grease clung to his fingertips. She was.. Of course, unresponsive for the most part.

Some things never changed.

"Okay..."

Perhaps at least that held some truth, she was too tired to ever try that again- and it'd proven fruitless. She couldn't even die right. How pathetic.

And now she was being cleaned. Sort've. Least it was slowly and surely cleaning out the grime and guck that clung to the locks. Her shoulders sagging in defeat.

She couldn't even keep herself clean like she'd promised another friend. How pathetic...
(Ashley)
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[10:21] Reunan runs water through her hair repeatedly, metal fingers untangling the largest parts of the mass. His right hand then going for a comb in his satchel and starting to comb through her hair, his focus on getting her hair clean. Sometimes people just needed a little help at the expense of others, digging himself deeper into a hole to fill her own with a bit of dirt.

"So, why did you try to jump off a cliff?" He left the comb in her hair a moment and pulls free a small bar of lye soap and scrubbing it against the bulk of her hair before beginning to massage her head to really get that grime out.
(Reunan Volos)
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[10:28] Someone was washing her hair. Literally washing her hair, because she couldn't bother with it due to a lack of energy and the unending lethargy she was assaulted by. Her eyelids remained drooped however, for as miserable as it made her feel to have to rely on people to.. Even clean her HAIR for her, it was a pretty overall nice sensation.

Plus it meant even less of something she had to worry about.

"I was tired..."

She says it as if that'd explain it all, and as if she had nothing further that she needed to say about it.
(Ashley)
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[10:36] The Unison had transcended. What once was a large cocoon demon would now be a beautiful, but also terrifying butterfly demon. Two massive gold wings, each covered in dark purple markings that resembled stars would be seen stretching out. Their body was now fuzzy, yet incredibly stern, eyes that were once lidless now contained lids with long thick purple eyelashes. The creature looked like something out of a nightmare, yet with a feminine touch.

The sound of wind being whipped could be heard as the creature quickly approached a familiar figure, having no trouble whatsoever identifying her, especially in their new form. Their vision was now a lot stronger then ever before, now being able to zoom in on targets several feet away from them, which is initially how they spotted their soon to be prey who went by the name Ashley.

"You tried your hardest to elude us child however we still remain triumphant. Your friend fought valiantly to protect you yet still she was no match for the collective. The Unison!"

Dark orbs of energy that were the same color as the night sky would begin to surround the butterfly demon, whirling around it at high speeds while letting out a wicked crackling sound, almost as if they were moving so fast that they generated electricity.

"PERISH!"
(Unison)
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[10:42] Reunan was well and truly able to understand her words, to be tired. To reach the bottom, truly there was nowhere left to go but up from the bottom, it was simply a matter of getting her to reach for the ladder he was offering her.

He pulls a small cloth from within his satchel and places it against her forehead to avoid having soap fall into her eyes as he began to refill the cup of water, rinsing her hair slowly, trying his best to keep from soaking the collar of her clothing. Where the girl was an embodiment of inaction and pessimism, the young man was unyielding and selfless on a self-destructive level. Two sides of the same depressed coin.

The moment a demon had spoken of elusion the boy simply rose large wall of repelling marble behind himself. Did it really think it could encroach upon Eiphraem's turf? With the snake demon so close and it's master, TRAGEDY having been stolen from death's grasp?

"I'm tired too.. but you make me less tired. You and others like you give me purpose. Others who need help even if they don't know it.. You are worth helping, you always will be Ashley." His head rises slowly as his hand began running the cloth over her hair, drying it.

"Begone demon, this realm is Eiphraem's, this girl is under his protection. Attempt anything, and you will face the wrath of the Archon of Creation and the may who uphold his law. Do you want to risk your annihilation?" A pulse of exorcising energy floods the area, solidifying around the two in a golden orb on it's reverberation.
(Reunan Volos)
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[10:49] Sigh

The Demon was unrecognizable- why, she'd been midway to dreamland when a demon started talking to her friend. Least she'd been sure of it. Droopy eyes slowly shut once again. The last time she'd slept when Unison was around, someone got hurt. Least, that's what the demon seemed to be implying. Her shoulders were slowly growing slack and lethargic when its crackling noises raked against her ears and it told her to perish.

Of course she deserved it, she'd done something to bother the demon. Miserable, how miserable.

The sorry sack of child would just let her shoulders go lax fully. The intense gravitational surge around her becoming a heavier and heavier burden as her eyes slowly shut. Whatever the demon intended to do, evidently, was fine by her.

It'd likely take a while for Ashley to even defend herself... IF she even defended herself, and honestly that was a pretty big 'if'.
(Ashley)
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[10:50] Unison whispers: (Would you like to move into the field for this?)
[10:52] A fight seems to be breaking out by the river.
(Reunan Volos)
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[10:56] Unison says, "Mkay."
[11:22] The corrupted ethereal orbs that initially were targeted at Ashley would now be directed towards the ookami whom rudely tried to berate them.

"You would dare speak to us in such a manner? Do you not know who we are child? We are Unison! vast in number and intellect."

The voice that was once ominous and dark was now feminine, yet a tad raspy. The demonic butterfly would begin to claw at the boys mind with its horrific voice, scolding him for his foolish decision as it relentlessly assaulted him.

Blast after blast of occult energy combined with ethereal orbs would see to it that the victor of the match was no other then The Unison though it wasn't an easy earned one.

"Impressive human. Impressive indeed, but you are still limited. We are many, you are but one."

And just as the demon prepared to deliver the finishing blow something happened. Something completely unexpected and out of the clear blue.
(Unison)
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[11:28] Reunan kept his defences up heavily, distracting the demon away from the one whom he was attacking. His body surging with a protective desire, a near divine geas that demanded his full attention. He HAD to protect her, she was so much like him.

His shields plowing through the attacks, leaving blow after blow that seemed to shrug off the pain until he was knocked to the side, rolling back as he was knocked out of the way of the demon. He couldn't quite muster any further force to attack again, all he could manage was a loud howl into the air, trying to get someone's attention to the attack that was under way, a warning call as he started to quake and tremble, he was at his limits with the new powers that he needed to get used to using.

"Help!"
(Reunan Volos)
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[11:30] Together, Reunan and Ashley could have likely defeated the Kaor.

Unfortunately for Reunan, Ashley was proving to be obnoxiously consistent. Her inaction remained as she watched the brewing battle between the Demon, and the Ookami. All because of her- miserable, little her....

It was strange however, as she tilted her head. Not once cheering, not once egging anyone on. She just.. Watched miserably- how much wasted time did they have? How much nonsense were they going through, just for her...

How miserable, utterly, utterly miserable...

In fact when the Demon even looked like it was preparing a finishing blow upon her friend, she...

She didn't even bother to try and stop it. It was inevitable anyway, wasn't it? Either someone else would kill him, or he'd die of old age or-

Excuses. Excuses to not move, to remain immobile and utterly sweltering in her own pity party. She lowers her head in defeat, watching the grass instead.

Awaiting the inevitable.
(Ashley)
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[11:36] Ah, just a normal day in Crafthold.

As Perseus exits the tower for a brisk morning walk, the first thing that he hears is combat. The first thing that he sees... is combat. This is just a normal day in Crafthold.

The main difference, of course, being that a demon is involved this time; as Perseus arrives, he's not all too happy to see it at all. Especially an unfamiliar demon on his territory fighting a familiar face of Crafthold.

He unsheathes his blade with a sigh; as low as his food supplies are running, he's feeling far too old for this.

A clear blue line strikes through the distance as Perseus bursts forward, interposing himself between Reunan and Unison, with his blade pointed up, right at the center of the demon's mass as a growing sheath of cyan light fills the air surrounding him.

"I think not.

Cease. Explain why this is happening on my territory.

If you refuse, you will be detained."

The Fun Police is unamused.
(Perseus Kang)
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[11:39] Juliet for reasons yet unknown to her, was sleeping by a random house around Dawn. She was pretty sure that she didn't fall asleep there, but around Crafthold a few hours ago... Oh well, might as well make her way back to find someone that is able to allow her to get into the Stinnox cave, so she can train her Daemons and such! She didn't even have interest on the ores.

Same sight as usual. People buying things, Eiphraem sleeping, Reunan being murdered by a Demon while Ashley simply watches...

Wait, what.

She rushed towards the scene, her eyes wide open at the beautiful sight of the SPACE BUTTERFLY, hiding behind a tree as Perseus seemed to have everything under control. Yet, her urge to engage at the Kaor creature was increasing within time- She wanted to protect her friend- Friends? Who knows.
(Juliet Vel'Heim)
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[11:42] The little dragon-bird is fluttering around his uncle. This completely normal child is radiating a lot of fairy energy for whatever reason. His golden gaze shifts from the beat up doggo, to the lazy girl, then to the demon.

The Fun Deputy is on standby.
(Leland Lelhua)
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[11:45] Sees the cute baby bird and steals him for herself.
(Unison)
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[11:45] Abbigail Anilis says, "Hello again Perseus."
[11:46] Saved by the belle, the ookami staggered his way over to Ashley's side, slowly crawling over her in exhaustion. Easily knocked aside, yet he would protect her with his life if need be. To him, anyone else's life was more important than his own.
(Reunan Volos)
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[11:56] "The gall of you humans. You question us as if you are on a frequency greater then us."

PATHETIC!

The wings of the butterfly demon would seem to resonate with the mans aura, almost as if they were attuned with each other, resonating from being in the others presence.


The raspy feminine voice would echo through the tone, intensifying with the frustration it currently was experiencing
"What is this? You too are capable of drawing on such power?! Impossible! You are but a singular being, how can you draw upon the power of many? The collective?! THE MAJORITY?!"

The raspy yet feminine voice belonging to the demon would echo throughout the town, furious at the sight of what appeared to be another utilizing its power on a frequency equivalent to its own. No! It was using it on a better one, and such a sight was painful to behold.

"State your name human! Be swift!"
(Unison)
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[11:57] Leland coves his ears.
(Leland Lelhua)
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[11:58] Tilted her head slightly as she looked between the flamboyant demon and the.... flamboyant human.. She grinned her normal wicked grin as the two interacted.
(Abbigail Anilis)
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[12:01] Nyphadora stares sceptically at Perseus. So youthful suddenly...
(Nyphadora)
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[12:02] Absolutely miserable...

So many people wasting their time because of her. Even with Reunan moving to exhaustedly remain protecting her- like a meat-shield, all she wanted to do was hide in her cloak and vanish...

Slowly tugging the cloth over her head and tightening it quietly. She'd felt like a useless sack of trash before, but never to this extent. If she had just done something and helped Reunan- or even Valda when the demon attacked her, this could have all been avoided...

But, all she'd do was mess it up, wouldn't she? Miserably, miserably screw it all up. Probably end up hurting everyone around her instead.

Inaction was better.

Lethargy was more accepting...

It would keep away all the strenuous strains of stress without having to deal with this. So, without a word, she just tucks her cloak over her head and lets out a dreary, exhausted sigh. Her eyes slowly drifting shut.

Everyone elsecan deal with this. She'd just let them. A nap was much easier to do than dealing with the madness.
(Ashley)
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[12:03] Unison says, "dddd"
[12:07] At the questioning, Perseus gets just a little irritated. His expression, underneath the growing shell of moonlit mana, prickles just the slightest bit.

At the very least, however, he must remain professional as he addresses the unfamiliar demon. His aura swells at his feet and his back, before a burst of light shoots out from below him, sending him up to the demon's height, facing it eye to eye as wings of the midnight sky break open his shell, dripping with light like molten glass.

An unearthly chill fills the air around the undead as his aura escapes; it's like the last kiss of cold upon a freezing hiker's lips. It promises the removal of pain and the erasure of hopes and dreams -

it is the first grasp of death upon a man's soul.

As he waves his blade, violently shimmering and oscillating with the power of moonlight, it draws a line of ice-tinted cyan through the air, drizzling motes of cosmic power to the ground.

His voice slides through the quickly-freezing air, slipping in-between sheets of harsh, icy winds; it's a stark difference from the tone used just moments prior.

"I am Perseus Kang.

Peacekeeper of Crafthold. The Champion of the Moon. This is my territory.

I will repeat my order. Explain yourself, or you will be detained."

Green eyes dye a piercing blue as moonlight pours overtop them, and as old wounds glow with that pulsing energy.
(Perseus Kang)
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[12:08] Leland flutters towards the fairy.
(Leland Lelhua)
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[12:09] Leland Lelhua whispers something.
[12:09] Abbigail steps to the other side, she didn't like looking at demon butt.
(Abbigail Anilis)
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[12:10] Nyphadora whispers something.
[12:11] Leland shimmers bright. The little fae next to him could feel his blessing. Fairy power!
(Leland Lelhua)
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[12:11] Leland Lelhua whispers something.
[12:11] Leland Lelhua whispers something.
[12:12] Nyphadora says, "Hm..."
[12:12] Nyphadora whispers something.
[12:12] Nyphadora whispers something.
[12:13] Nyphadora whispers something.
[12:16] Reunan acted pretty much like both a flesh shield and a slightly warm blanket over the girl, it likely didn't help as the ground beneath them slowly began to glow as the faint magics that flowed though his body, drained, converted the earth beneath to protective marbled stone.

For the first time he couldn't keep up his defensive stance, the weight seemed to affect him slightly opposed to when he had the power to call forth his diamond bulwark. His body began to relax over her in exhaustion, his eyes slowly closing against his desires and falling into a nap himself.
(Reunan Volos)
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[12:17] "We will not be ordered by a singular being! We are attuned with the eternal, the infinite, the endless! We owe an explanation to none! It is you who will explain. Your magic is derived from the many, just as ours is. We haven't seen such a thing before in our existence. We will return at a later date and deal with you."

The feminine voice would begin to intensify as its wings began to glisten, the millions of spots on them shining like stars in the night sky and if one looked too hard it would almost appear as if they were moving. The light would become brighter and brighter to the point that the butterfly demon was no longer visible. The light would shine for about ten seconds and when it faded the creature would be gone.
(Unison)
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[12:18] Perseus Kang says, "... ah."
[12:18] Perseus Kang asks, "So, who knows that demon's name?"
[12:18] Abbigail Anilis says, "Butterball."
[12:22] Perseus, rather unfortunately, allows all of his intense energies to slowly melt back into his form, pouring into barely-visible wounds and through his eyes, sliding in-between flesh like the molten glass that it is. His skin shifts and slides as the mana is absorbed back into his body, and as he slowly descends.

After the fact, however, all that's left is to figure out what happened.

Perseus slides his gaze over to Reunan and Ashley, with an expression that is perhaps less than friendly, freely showcasing his jaded attitude. A tone filled with the feeling of 'why the fuck does this always happen in Crafthold' asks,

"So, why did this happen, and why am I going to have to hunt that demon down and devour it?"
(Perseus Kang)
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[12:23] Abbigail raised an eyebrow and said "Devour it?.. You intend on eating an entire demon? I'd like to watch that."
(Abbigail Anilis)
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[12:27] Reunan was a light sleeper at least. The amount of cosmic pressure got deep in his subconscious with the last attack by Neo and his cosmic powers, though this seemed.. much heavier. His eyes slowly opened as he looked up at Perseus, arm pulling at Ashley with a sense of 'don't you dare' until he noticed who it was, and somewhat of what the man said.

"It.. called itself.. unison.. it was trying.. to attack.. Ashley.. it didn't say.. why. It didn't.. respect the law and ask.. for a duel.. it just attacked.."
(Reunan Volos)
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[12:27] Ashley is such a loser that she's too busy napping to reply to Persus. Nice.
(Ashley)
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