Fear the Dark

[18:26] Kuro says, "So in summary Seth came here to look for you but ended up hurting the Neth behind you, these two kids came looking for Seth but once they got here they started insulting people and thne they were asked to pay tribute but didn't Jikanu wanted to talk things out but people were offended that he tried to stop them from gathering tribute so now he is fighting Hush."
[18:26] Kuro did not stop to breath once as they said all that.
(Kuro)
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[18:26] Nanzo cast a sidelong look upon Diety, not exactly what you'd call a pleasant one either. Then his focus shifted back to Hush's battle.
(Nanzo)
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[18:26] "...I gotta find him myself?"

A sigh escaped the kitsune, the male slowly shaking his head. "So this is a wasted trip. I thought he'd be here, outside or something. I'll just send him a letter later on--"

His glance shifted towards Ira and Mayumi, brows furrowing with obvious annoyance. "What are you two doing here? I told you to stay put..."

And once more, his attention was taken away, as the man he wished to see finally emerged from the house. The Dullahan was finally here, and he had Seth's full attention.

"...Finally." he muttered, staring directly at Sir Crimson. "The one that'll help me reach that next stage."
(Seth T. Taiyang)
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[18:26] Nanzo says, "He is besting Hush."
[18:26] Kuro says, "Shit..."
[18:27] Nanzo says, "I'm going to break him for interfering with my commands Kuro."
[18:27] Nanzo says, "You need not fix him afterwards."
[18:27] Sir Crimson says, "Nanzo handle things with hush"
[18:28] Anti-Magi asks, "Can I handle it?"
[18:28] Kuro looks really really distressed staring between Nanzo and Jikanu.
(Kuro)
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[18:28] Nanzo asks, "Oh? Why is that Anti?"
[18:29] Anti-Magi says, "I mean.. I prefer to preserve your strength for our spars."
[18:29] Valamandos turns the gaze of all of his eyes onto Kuro. How curious at their concern for outsiders.
(Valamandos)
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[18:29] Anti-Magi says, "Plus , I need to strech my body a little."
[18:29] Ira Dei says, "I must admit. I've lost track of things."
[18:29] The Dullahan would nod its head.

"Right right."

The Dullahan heard enough it needed.

"Seth your friends I am going to hurt them. You have a choice. You hurt them for me or I do much worst to them. Then we can do whatever you wanted to do. Make your choice now."
(Sir Crimson)
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[18:29] Nanzo says, "I find your reasoning... Pale."
[18:30] Anti-Magi says, "It depends on the perspective you look on it."
[18:30] Nanzo says, "Break his sword-arm, his scream will be tribute enough."
[18:30] Sir Crimson says, "Sounds good to me"
[18:31] Sir Seems to doesnt care as he use to
(Sir Crimson)
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[18:31] Nanzo says, "As for the children? Diety, Hush has failed you may have their full tribute. Simply take it."
[18:33] Nanzo seemed detached from the chaos unwinding around the Dreadwoods. It was a lovely thing really, to breath in the spark of chaos. His gaze trailed to Kuro for a brief time having noticed their distress. A triplex of crimson orbs seemed to look upon them expectantly.
(Nanzo)
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[18:34] "The Divine had intended too from the start."

A louder voice echoed out as blue essence began to whisk and slither their way through the air. Baleful claws releasing themselves along it's sides in anticipation.

The violence of the recent fight was fed upon, was drawn upon. It was ravenous. It seemed as if another wanted to take what was it's.

Merely a race if that was the case.
(Deity)
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[18:38] Nanzo says, "These children... I am shocked that it was only Hush who wanted at them. Perhaps these young monsters lack a sufficient want of violence."
[18:39] Kuro says, "I am just trying to figure out what is going on..."
[18:39] Ira Dei says, "We're just here for our friend, but let it be known: I'm not willingly giving you anything."
[18:40] Nanzo says, "It will be taken."
[18:40] Nanzo says, "Rest assured, your bravery is noted."
[18:40] The Nyxhthradin snarled as one of their supposed allies got in the way of them collecting the tithe for Mother. A simple vile of blood would have been all, but they all made it difficult!

"Out of my way FILTH!"

Chains and spikes of earth erupted, and hush weaved through the first round narrowly avoiding the worst of it. but as a second barrage of stones came hurling at them, the dust struck their eyes and before she knew it, chains slithered around her legs, holding her down, allowing spikes to pierce their feet.

A cry of pain left the Nyxthradin and tar of acidic nature dripped from the wounds, as they hissed, slithering away. Upset, she'd definitely remember this robbery of her honor, her wish to fulfil Nyx will of tithe. Jianku would be her target.
(Hush)
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[18:40] "A choice."

Slowly, Seth shook his head, keeping his full attention on the Dullahan before him. To hurt his own friends to earn the right to do what he wanted with Sir Crimson?

For a moment, it looked as though he may have considered that.

At least, until a small smirk made its face onto the young teenager's face. "That--"

Brilliant flames, akin to the ones Sir Crimson gave him a taste of a year prior, began to surround his body for a moment, the kitsune staring directly towards the Dullahan before him with an expression of pure determination.

The others around them mattered not.

He was still fatigued from his prior battle with the Nethradin he bested, yet that was only temporary. Though in Sir Crimson's case? Maybe he was in the same boat, if not worse. However, surely something like that wouldn't stop him when Seth's intention wasn't to kill or even maim him.

"--Would be like betraying their trust. I simply can't do that to people I care for. I came here to find you, so that you can once again help me attain those brilliant flames you showed me I had the potential to reach before. Through you and I facing off against one another."

A pause, then he pricked his own finger, allowing droplets of his blood to fall for a while. "If you want tribute...? Here it is."

"All I want is to face you again at the same intensity as before. One versus one."
(Seth T. Taiyang)
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[18:41] Kuro asks, "You come into our home after attacking one of our own, insult us saying we aren't people, and then can't even pay a measly drop of blood?"
[18:41] Ira Dei says, "Yeah, just about."
[18:41] Nanzo says, "Don't question it to hard Kuro."
[18:42] Nanzo says, "They are young heroes, burning passion within their hearts. "
[18:42] Kuro says, "Young heroes who are assholes."
[18:42] Mayumi says, "I assure you, you will not be taking anything from me except the sting of my blade."
[18:42] Nanzo says, "Burning passion."
[18:42] Nanzo says, "I, personally, will not be dealing with you children. You are beneath me."
[18:43] The Dullahan would look at Seth and then look at Kuro.

"Capture the child and beat the blood out of them."

The blood Seth coming to the Dullahan.

"Anyone else has a issue good? No. Right. Lets do this boy." The Dullahan say with a thirst for battle anyways. It grown tired of the insults and by far was not the same.

Seth would realize the Dullahan flames were much more from Hel now than ever.

"They don't pay tribute you just take it."
(Sir Crimson)
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[18:43] Ira Dei says, "I could care less about what you think."
[18:43] Jikanu says, "Look kids just hand over a drop of blood. I stopped them from doing something rash /"
[18:43] Whispers emanated, a jumbled mess of displeasure. One had already engaged it, it did not have it all to itself to play.

Ravenous flames curved themselves around, with new intent. The blur of hungering black and blue flames barreled straight towards Mayumi.
(Deity)
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[18:43] Jikanu says, "Its not even bad."
[18:43] Nanzo says, "No, break something of each. Send them out of these woods crawling if at all."
[18:46] Nanzo watched the battle, judgingly.
(Nanzo)
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[18:49] Nanzo says, "Oh? Oshiro, good. Do you see the Shenlong with the straw hat? Use what you've been taught and maul them. "
[18:49] Nanzo says, "I would move quickly if you want the rush, however, before the Nethradin eats both."
[18:49] Nanzo says, "Oh run... Strange dog."
[18:51] Ira wasn't going to sit by and watch his friend get inflamed, but the aforementioned flames were moving at a speed that was far too fast for him to react to. Something that fast was unprecedented to him! Flames weren't exactly capable of being diverted with a blade either.

A thunderous sigh, brimming with utmost exasperation slivered past the blonde's lips, and in one swift motion; he'd wrest his rapier from it's sheathe, aiming it towards Deity!

Ready for whatever were to come, be it an attack from another person or even the Nethradin itself.

Something within made Ira react in a contumacious manner in response to being asked to offer a tribute. Perhaps it was pride, perhaps it was something even more menial than that.

Who knows? He surely didn't.


(Ira Dei)
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[18:54] A nimble thumb popped the first click. The sharpened edged of Mayumi's katana was released from the onyx sheath. A step was taken to the side, leaving an afterimage where the young girl once stood. Quick on her feet and potent in her magics, the quick stride easily dodged past the flames of Hel threatening to consume her.

"You will have to do better than that if you wish to defeat me again, spirit. In such a short time, my blade has been sharpened and is ready to strike you again."

Umbral essence cloaked around Mayumi, dispersing the child's form into nothingness. Around Deity she danced, threatening to strike with her blade from any direction.

Once her positioning had been confirmed, an arcing slash came in from the side.
(Mayumi)
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[18:55] Nanzo looked upon the duo for a moment. Recognizing their fighting styles from a thousand battles of the past. Still, it was a lovely showing.
(Nanzo)
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[18:56] Deity says, "The dog was all bark, it held no bite to it. It was a useless thing."
[18:57] Nanzo says, "Such is a sad truth."
[18:57] Nanzo asks, "Kuro, how did Crimson fair?"
[18:57] Kuro says, "He won of course."
[18:58] Nanzo says, "..."
[18:58] Nanzo says, "The child could have been a victor here. This Nethradin plays with its food a great deal."
[19:00] Nanzo says, "Eleana you reak of purity."
[19:00] Nanzo placed a clawed finger upon their forehead and simply pushed them back a step.
(Nanzo)
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[19:03] {Item} You drop Frilly Maid Dress.
[19:04] {Item} You picked up Frilly Maid Dress. Dropped by Nanzo..
[19:04] Nanzo says, "Much appreciated Eleana."
[19:05] Elaena Viserys exclaims, "No problem!"
[19:06] Nanzo says, "Boy."
[19:06] Sir Crimson says, "You"
[19:06] Sir Crimson says, "Your next"
[19:06] Nanzo says, "Tell the girl, she needs to work on her battlefield spacing. She nearly snatched a victory."
[19:06] Ira Dei says, "Bring it."
[19:07] Nanzo crossed his arms, looking back at Crimson. Though, if the younger champion wished some fun he would not stop them.
(Nanzo)
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[19:07] Deity says in telepathy, Falsities... the child fell easily as it did before, and again it will.
[19:08] The Dullahan would look at Ira.

"You do not realize but the me from before. It is long gone. You remember child. We fought before with your little friend. So here is what is going to happen."

The young one would understand clearly this individual was not the same from the Hellish flames that seem to want to burst from it.

"You do not pay Tide you will eventually. Now then come let me show you the punishment."

The Dullahan would look at Hush.

"Stay out of my hunger affairs or I will eat you." Something definitely was not the same anymore. "Mother game me the power to handle things you let me handle them."
(Sir Crimson)
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[19:09] Nanzo says, "You play with your food to much Nethradin."
[19:09] Deity says in telepathy, It is amusement.
[19:09] Nanzo chuckled.
(Nanzo)
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[19:10] {Item} You drop The Death Knight's Death.
[19:11] {Item} You picked up The Death Knight's Death. Dropped by Nanzo..
[19:11] Hush Growled lowly at Crimson, feeling incredibly alone in the moment. Her fatherfigure mistreating Mother's gifts in her eyes, and threatening to eat her.
(Hush)
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[19:12] Hush exclaims, "Hypocrit.. Hypocrites all of you!"
[19:12] Sir Crimson says, "After i am done with this"
[19:12] Nanzo says, "Don't slander me."
[19:12] Sir Crimson says, "Your getting another beating"
[19:12] Nanzo says, "Calm yourself Crimson. Hush has done nothing deserving of such."
[19:12] Sir Crimson says, "I handle things my way Nanzo."
[19:12] Nanzo says, "Careful young one."
[19:12] Hush withdraws. Their soul twisted, their form wounded. They were severely upset
(Hush)
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[19:13] Of course he'd remember Sir Crimson. The Dullahan was the boy's first real opponent after all. The rematch would surely be a lot more arduous than the first granted it'd be on even grounds unlike the first bout.

"Sure, sure. Do you still go on temper tantrums regarding old helpless men or..?" The blonde jested, reaching for his rapier and unsheathing it. Afore attacking, Ira would take a moment to scrutinize Sir Crimson for any flaws. There wasn't anything apparent this time around.

With all that said and done, the blonde charged towards Sir Crimson without a second thought! Swinging his blade at the armored man once he managed to abolish the gap between the two.
(Ira Dei)
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[19:13] Oshiro Emiri says, "Fool"
[19:13] Hush says in telepathy, Fell that fucking 'knight who missuses Her Gifts.... Something changed, He's wrong, wrong wrong...
[19:14] Elaena Viserys asks, "Who, me?"
[19:14] Nanzo says, "If he opposes me."
[19:14] Anti Mage stiffened his helmet for a second before starting to fight and stared at Jikanu. Was he smiling, angry, sad or not, it wasn't clear what kind of expression he is currently due to his helmet.

He was just staring at him with keen eyes and suddenly started running towards him. He had watched Jikanu fight a few times before.

Jikanu in the past was a lighting magi with a sword and he usually lost quite a lot fights to begin with but with the current change and their journey on Earth Magic allow them to overcome Hush and showed everyone that he still room to grow but..

Still with his current level he was not exactly ready to race with anti-mage.

"Ah.. Jikanu.. Very well then."Anti-Magi keep jumping on the earth attacks of Jikanu by creating a iceblocks that come out from his gun until a point where whole forest just like a labyrinth that made of Ice blocks.

Keep Jikanu trapped inside.

Then.. Slowly..

A voice echoes through inside the ice block labyrinth, perhaps a little teasy voice to make Jikanu angry a little , make him distracted.

"Is that all you can do?" -- "That's all Jikanu?"

and.. Before even Jikanu got a chance to talk, one of the iceblocks that behind the Jikanu got cracked up from the bottom side and hit him on the back of their leg make them fall into ground by force.

Then a voice heard from above "--Hello Jikanu. Are you realy laying down in middle of battle?" Anti-Magi simply tossed on him and places his hand on his head , start to visualizing their mana circuits then start to visualze his own until a moment where.. Jikanu start to feel like something taken from his circuits , something that draning him , invading his circuits.

With each passing second Anti-Magi invade Jikanu circuits with his own where he simply gain more power to himself even if it's temporarly or not. "Right..."

but of course ..due to all those high ice blocks , what Anti-Mage doing can't be seen and few seconds later a rather high cracking sound echoes through to ice blocks and to forest itself.

CRACK!

He didn't exactly break the arm of Jikanu but instead of that just makes it look like and sound like it break.

Due to capabilities of Anti-Magi helmet he change the sound of the helmet a little and mimic it with his own voice while bending jikanu arms a little.

"It's all done."

After that some of the ice blocks either melt quite fast or just fall down into ground until it finally showed both of them.


(Anti-Magi)
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[19:14] Oshiro Emiri says, "No "
[19:15] 'You will have to do better than that if you wish to defeat me again, spirit.'

It was an invitation to prove those words wrong. They held no backing to them. No merit. Nothing of worth was seen by a Divine, and nothing of worth would still be proven.

The young swordswoman approached it, unafraid of it since their last encounter. Weaving within and out of sight and into the shadows to avoid whatever onslaught the Deity wrought her way.

But the spirit was borne of Hel, it's very nature was the shadows. Even if it's assessments were not perfect, it was observing movements from her silhouette.

Blades struck it's skeletal frame, shuddering it but there was insufficient force to sunder it's protection. Judgement at the blows laid upon Divinity would be harsh, a diving claw slamming her into the ground as she drew near again for another attempt at marring Divine perfection.

"Low was the impudent, the reprobate brought to."

Words backed with the power of the Occult.

"If it was such lowliness the foolish sought to seek, sought to wallow around like a pig in the mud in, then the Deity would grant the swine it's wish, it's triumphant decree manifesting into reality itself..."

Words that brought themselves to reality and spread themselves far and wide within the girl's mind.

"Swine will roam an example, it's downtrodden mind to remind it of the wrong that was punished."

The Deity had been satiated, feasted upon the essence it had stolen forever away from the girl's soul. Like all essence, it was delicious. The massive spirit drifting itself back towards the darkened wood, satisfied.
(Deity)
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[19:17] Nanzo seemed to be content with this showing of raw violence. Without so much as a cursory check of Jikanu's condition to see if they had truly been crippled. The Tryant left it in the hands of his disciples.
(Nanzo)
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[19:18] Kuro whispers: Crimson won again.
[19:18] Nanzo whispers: It was never doubted.
[19:20] You knocked on the door of .
[19:30] The two engaged in combat, their make-shift battlefield suffering from the effects of the elements. Singed grass from the missed bolts of lightning, uprooted earth. It was a genuine mess. Having prior experience to Sir Crimson's fighting style surely helped, but it didn't matter in the end.

With each projectile that was thrown at him-- the blondie would utilize his heritage to it's upmost potential. His skin hardening in response to physical trauma. It certainly absorbed a majority of the damage, but everything had it's limits.

The boy's scales started to crack, eventually shattering and dissipating afterwards. It left him vulnerable which would be Ira's downfall. Crimson appeared behind Ira at breakneck speeds. A potent slash being delivered to the boy's backside.

The pain was excruciating, and the side effects were even worse. However, he wouldn't fall down here. He had to make it out of here alive. For her, and for his friends.

Gritting his teeth, the Drakanite mustered the last amounts of stamina afore running away to shout out one last remark.

"You're strong, Crimson. I'll give you that, but I won't allow you to terrorize who you please! I'll be back in a years time for our rematch, I can assure you of that." With all that said and done, the blonde turned on a heel! Sprinting off into the opposite direction!
(Ira Dei)
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[19:30] Oshiro Grabs his head in pain as he is controling his feelings towards these ignorant people
(Oshiro Emiri)
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[19:34] The Dullahan would look at Nanzo.

"The other children been dealt with. So then Hush was trying to handle things but Jikanu got involved correct?"

As it was trying to understand. After all Hush was getting involved while the Dullaneth was hungry and it wasn't having any of it.
(Sir Crimson)
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[19:36] Nanzo says, "I had things handled. Hush was to extract tribute from the children. Jikanu intervened and in turn I allowed Anti-mage to discipline the wretch. Diety dealt with the last one, reaping the spoils of battle."
[19:36] Foox exclaims, "KURO !"
[19:36] Kuro asks, "What?"
[19:36] Foox exclaims, "follow me now !"
[19:36] Foox exclaims, "fast !"
[19:37] The spirit's occultic flame burned just as hellishly strong as it did the last time they fought. With each gap closed, the heat rose around her. The ground rumbled and toiled as the child's katana swung against the ethereal spirit encased by its bony form. The precision with which she struck, the patience required for each strike to be properly aligned was not enough.

Mayumi was eventually forced back from her attack, at the threat of being consumed by Helfire.

The mithril edge was brought before her features. For a moment, time would stand still. Collecting her breath, the air was taken and exhaled as she found the resolve to press through the battle.

Shadows effortlessly carried her across the battlefield, throwing herself back at Deity once more. Umbral strikes accompanied each proceeding swing, fighting in unison with the swordsman's display of time magic. A multitude of strikes barraged against the bony casing of a shell. As the final strike came in, a temporal pulse echoed from the tip of the blade. Suspended by the strings of time, the Nethradin was open to the blow that would even the fight.

The blade was thrusted forward, poised to bring Deity down. The slithering form of essence sprung back to life before her eyes, the words of Occult sinking in just before the blow could be landed. Their umbral claw struck back, deflecting the blade from its true aim..

Once more, Mayumi found herself defeated at the hands of the creature.

"You talk too much for one that claims to be a God and our battle was drawn much closer. The next time we meet, my blade will send you back into that Helish pit that spit you out. The taint you bring to this land will be brought to an end."

Doubt plagued her mind, but at least she could walk away with her honor intact.
(Mayumi)
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[19:38] Deity says, "Naturally, the Deity was glorious, it was victorious."
[19:39] Nanzo says, "Be sure to use the harvest wisely."
[19:39] Deity says, "THe Deity uses it's spoils with the upmost planning..."
[19:40] Nanzo says, "In my experience deities are rarely wise with their possessions."
[19:43] Jikanu already having his anger at its peek and overflowing at this point because he saw the ones around him, people he considered allies try and try attack kids for their blood instead of talking it out like he wanted. He started to look more like a wild animal. He would throw spell after spell in quick succession with little to no thought put behind what he was doing the exact opposite of when he fought hush.

"Why is it always the same! Every time I try to get people to talk it out it leads to a shit show and someone gets hurt!" As he says this he starts throwing's spells at Anti-Magi. He makes spikes appear under Anti-Magi but he just uses Ice to walk over them and this pushes Jikanu further in the abyss of his anger.

He quickly throws out as many spells as he could in quick succession first making boulders pop out and being thrown at the man. Then he quickly brought up to more but used the chains around his arms that seemed to have no end to wrap around them making makeshift flails and tries to use them to break the mans ice the man had made a maze with but they just bounced off. Then a voice could be heard. As he looked for the voice like a confused animal. A iceblock behind him cracked from the bottom side and hit him on the back of their leg knocking him down. Anti-Magi appeared on top of him and started to drain his circuits. Then in a brief moment of clarity Jikanu remembered something. Then he screams in pain and agony loud enough that those outside the ice could hear them he grabs his arm holding it.
(Jikanu)