Riftmancy 4

[15:50] As Eniel drifts back up to the snow covered mountains he hovers over the very same spot he once made a pact towards Belial. To serve them eternally and eve though it had been a few years since then he never found himself without questions of what Belial was and how he might serve them better. But he knew with the growing of the Sealed Ones cult it would only be a matter of time before he was truly enlightened to his Lords existence.

For now he'd turn his focus to riftmancy, Following Nyphadora's words to practice sensing the world around him. Familiarizing himself with the destination he's most attached to. Not that there was any space in Dawn so his only choice was to live in the frost mountains the vampires fled so long ago.

(Eniel Daigal)
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[15:58] Eniel sat in the snow allowed his mind to once again forge a path towards the stars. To not only feel but to synchronize with the sensations of magics that flowed within him. The Force of the lifestream could be felt but he knew already his power was not yet great enough to tap into or bend it to his will so instead he focused on merely existing In the current.

Connecting his breathing to the flickering of the stars and communicating with his dim Red Star. Eniel had succeeded in many trials where others had failed. He became a Knight of the Legion of Daybreak at such a young age he had never really taken the time to actually relax and connect more deeply towards Belial and his star.

He thought about the war Dawn faced. How it would threaten not only the existence of the life he build in Dawn so far but the chance at liberating the world of its weakness once and for all. The feeling that made him all but want to destroy Huangzhou...
(Eniel Daigal)
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[16:25] But would their destruction be enough? Would their slaughter be enough to truly crush the weakness that grows within mortals...Humanity for too long has depended on Kraus' and eve Azrael's power to solve their own. Those who rely on Angelic forces are always disappointed by the out put because...they are not perfect beings either...They share few traits with humanity despite them being our benefactors they have done nothing but found ways to shackles and bind us not only in life but in death as well.

The lifestream, Necromancy, Stars meant to purge souls of corruption so they can be recycled back onto Eternia its all this worlds fault for the suffering they endure...They've done it to themselves and...they leave behind the bits and pieces and continue to move forward in their lives after ruining so many with their shackles.

Eniel wanted to free this world from the plague that humanity and the Angels were. Kraus had proven time and time again that he is not fit to lead this world....and this followers and those who hold the words of Angels and their minions are only proof of their own corruption. Whether it be Qilin or Oscuri....Black winged or White winged all of those who have been touched by divinity are callous and undeserving of their standing.
(Eniel Daigal)
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[16:34] As Eniel drifted in the stars of his mind he allowed for the cosmic energies to flow through him. Resonating with his mind and body and he could not only feel this energy drifting within him but around him. The lifestream felt like prickling needles to his body an occultists filled with the taint of the stars was not someone who would be purged so easily however, He focused instead on improving his understanding of the flow of the world around him.

Strengthening his connection to his red star and allowing it to open his eyes. Hatred, Love, Death, Life, Anger, Excitement, Loss, All of these feelings spurred in him his anger only grew into a deeper well when he realized just how much he had to fight to get to where he was...and how much more he would have to fight to get to where he wanted to be...

His mind filled with rage and his heart filled with sorrow. How many more of the Legion would die in the battles to come? Would Dawn be destroyed? How long will they have the shadow of Huangzhou looming over them they were...Eniel's mind continued to ponder these things continued to feel the intense hatred he had always felt and this only increased it.

As he allowed his anger to flow freely believing he was alone on the mountain side he let out a passionate scream of anger allowing his magic to flow freely and as he shouted perhaps even unknown to him a small tear in the lifestream began to form. His anger his magic all invoked by the power of the red star created a hole in the veil and although it was unstable and probably let to know where it was none the less the makings of a miniature rift.
(Eniel Daigal)
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[16:44] Screams reverberated throughout the northern regions of the continent where Aspen presently traversed in search of a certain individual. Her father. No where to be found, however, the echoes of someone caught her attention.

An adversary? The fearless woman, flying via blood wings, ripped through the Lifestream, knitting together a location where she stood before and where she emerged from nearby, flooding the atmosphere of the area around her and Eniel with that familiar sensation of depravity.

Yet, she'd been below the cliff if only for a moment; Aspen's mahogany eyes glanced upward towards The Daigal child as she cocked her head curiously, ripping back through a new threshold and emerging out behind him.

Should he not have noticed her by now, even if the sensations of her own rift were far superior than his own, she idly spectated his creation. Cosmic energies radiated from the boy, along with that sensation of the minor rift formed within his enraged screaming.

"An aspiring Riftmancer?"

Her voice called out loudly, scaling over the howling winds for the North. Blackened veins pointed towards the woman's eyes - a slight rush of adrenaline that hadn't yet produced an ebony in the whites of her sclera.

And for now, she expects the boy to turn around to greet her, or however he'd react at her sudden appearance if he'd not known of her presence beforehand.

"-And why are you screaming, Eniel?"
(Aspen Thalia)
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[16:59] Anger continued to overshadow any other of his feelings, As he screams he can feel the sudden wave of depravity flood they area much more coordinated than his own. The miniature rift he was able to produce is closed and his eyes fall upon the Thalia woman not knowing much of her beyond her rank and that Gisei had spoken of her knowledge of riftmancy before.

As the cosmic mana continues to flow within any magi skilled with chaotic arts could seem within him the shadow of the Crimson Star. As if a demon manifested from the cosmic magic that hid beneath the dullness of his eyes.

He was tired of it all...The restrictions...the rules...The way the world is heading he could feel his hatred bubbling and as he faced the Thalia once more a single tear fell from his eyes almost as if he was not the strong and powerful Knight everyone knew him to be but a simple child with frustrations and challenges of his own.

" I-..I...I can't take this pressure...knowing that everyone could die...Everything I worked so hard for could be taken from me by Huangzhou...I do not know how to make things right and I do not have the power I need to become as powerful as I can be. If we lose to Huangzhou then I'll be a nobody again..." his emotions swirled and around him the corruption of his Hellstorm magic flowed freely.

" I cannot afford to lose no matter what...I cannot be rejected by anyone ever again...and I refuse to be a prisoner of this world or its angels...Damn them Damn them all for attempting to take anything from me...I will....show them nothing but carnage...I'll kill as many of them as I can bare...Nothing will keep me from doing so...nothing.."

As he wiped his cheek and his little tantrum subsided he finished his meditation session now understanding more about why he needed to do the things he did. It was all for himself...If Huangzhou were to attempt to steal form him he would bring them nothing but slaughter.

As he begins to disconnect from the rage the red star imparted onto him and the senses of his own begin to return he quickly readjusts his posture and allows himself to answer Aspens questions.

"Uh...yes but how'd you know?" he hadn't known that his own anger caused a rift to be opened it was far beyond his understanding as he was now.

" Lady Nyphadora said to come to practice meditation to understand the world better. so I figured a place closest to the stars and where I grew up would be the best place....I've lived here for 3 years now and Its the only place I know as home...Especially since Dawn is too crowded to live in." he'd only give so much information because he knew enough to know she wasn't a threat in this moment. As well as the fact that he saw her use riftmancy on many occasions.


(Eniel Daigal)
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[17:14] The ongoing explanation for why Eniel had been screaming with enragement was rendered to Aspen. The same form of an overwhelming emotion she once possessed in the past still present, yet never shown.

And again the latter explanation about his riftmancy practice ensues with an inquiry of how she knew of it. That was an easy question to answer-

"I've seen it, and I've felt it. The depravity those rifts create can be easily sensed."

For all that was the answer because that's all she could give in regards to how Aspen knew of what art he was looking into, even if he hadn't known. Just the mention of Nyphadora sparked an excitement in her, along with a rush of energy that washed through her sclera, transforming them into an ebony hue!

"Ah, my my! I can understand you in that regard, yes. But do trek carefully here. Someone of these lands doesn't like.. what he considers intruders."

"And neither do I."

The woman's wings retract, no longer carrying her above the hard layer of snow that covered the soft, fluffiness of that below it.

The Thalia steps forward, chuckling as she does.

"So you're afraid to lose what you want because you're afraid you'll become nothing but someone in the background, huh? And you don't want to lose. You want to wipe out Huangzhou because of their destructive, zealous tendencies."

"Mmh, that sounds rough, Eniel. That sounds just like I've felt for so long. Being apart of something you want to keep close without what opposes you to destroy it."

"You can always get back at them, even if it means not fighting. Perfecting your riftmancy and harming the Lifestream triggers them, you know! This is what they want to protect! And purge those who want to just.. rip into it!"

The woman's voice's volume increases, allowing it to echo throughout a short distance, quaking the land with a subtle chaotic flow! It wasn't anything masterful, but a vague sensation to prove her immense desire to harm their precious Lifestream - that of which sustains life.

She aimed to destroy it.

"Meditation doesn't involve screaming, however. There's something you can do other than screaming and giving away yourself to others that'd allow you better practice with the art I've perfected." Lowering her tone in that semblance of speech, she quiets for now to hear his own thoughts.
(Aspen Thalia)
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[17:29] The expatiation of the lifestream she gives makes an unusual snap into his mind. A triggered anger that rises out of him once more...to think of something so petty could be also be an aspect of Riftmancy. Defilation of the lifestream was a way to hurt them..to make them suffer...to throw their lives into chaos even if it did not mean destroying them directly.

'Rip into it' Those words echoed into his mind and for a moment he remembered how Gisei described Aspens own words yet again. The lifestream like tangible flesh that one can cut into to sunder with their bare hands and tear open to let the hatred manifested from the world spill into existence.

" No...I only screamed because I got fed up...As my emotions heightened so did my anger until I couldn't control all of it and...a scream was the only way I could express myself while in that trance..." His eyes drifted over towards the snow bank reaching out as if to touch something to 'harm' something.

" I know there are many ways to fight I know that my fear is weakness as well..and I've chosen the hardest role but....I will not let it stop me from achieving what I want. I have to fight for it every single step...I have to make my life matter even if it doesn't to others. I have to be the one who breaks my own chains...nobody else can. Its why I practice to perfect my Riftmancy...So I can be free of any and all chains invisible or otherwise."

His eyes grew dim after expelling so much mana but he couldn't help but feel far more connected with the world around him. With the red star that hovered over him as well he could now hear their voice more clearly...As if its feelings made their way to him by the very same force he could now sense.

" Even still I can feel the energy of the life force even if it is intangible to me right now...I've got to continue my studies and...Improve even more now." His voicereturning to a low and soft tone realizing his mistakes in showing too much of his emotions all at once. Balancing the Occultic madness and the possession of the red star all at once was difficult in and of itself but to add on the pressures of the corrupting chaos magics it only added an additional strain he was still to young to truly control.





(Eniel Daigal)
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[17:43] Silence. For now, while she pondered her thoughts on all that Eniel had spoken of yet again. About why he screamed; only to expression the build up of emotions overwhelming him. About the chains he sought to break apart and free himself.

With the finality of Eniel's portion coming to end, Aspen can't help but to stare her mahogany eyes, surrounded by the ebony sclera, stare towards him in a longing fashion. The star above of a crimson hue prompted a bite at her lip. Momentarily, an eerie silence carried among the zephyrs surrounding the ghoul.

And finally, she speaks, starting with a low tone of voice.

"Fear is weakness. The notion of it makes you weak."

"It is naught but a burden to bear."

"That is why I am fearless."

Truly she 'was.' Despite the loss of what she claimed as her own being something Aspen expected, she fought for what it was she held dear to her. The family she created with Zephixo, an Invidia vampire, their significant other and more.

"Because it binds you to many unnecessary feelings that'll drag you down. It's akin to anger, but I find it to be more of a.. hinderance than any other that I feel." Her calm tone speaks out with a wider grin briefly until it dwindles, pointing downward into a deep frown.

"Like now.. your abilities.. entice me," Not in the matter he'd assume right away if the boy knew anything about the woman. No, what she was referring to was-

"The crimson.. reminds me of blood, and I'm thirsty.."

"Will you offer your own to me?" A menacing tone draws forth as she steps forward again. The woman's silhouette stretches outward towards the boy, aiming to circle around him and detach from her person. For him, if he hadn't know about her kind, it was an unnatural, supernatural possession.

"Only.. just a little." And should he offer it? There'd be nothing it could do for the Ghoul who longed desperately for it.
(Aspen Thalia)
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[17:52] Eniel glanced at her he knew quite well it was a weakness and he would do well to crush it...Although the only thing he ever truly felt fear of was himself. Afraid that he would not live to the standard he was meant for. He sighed to himself closing his armored fist and straining to better himself in time.

" I will get to where I need to be I have confidence in the power I have and the task that I am destined for." He stood waiting for a moment wondering what he would do next. Perhaps make his way back towards Dawn before stopping at his house.

" Well thank you for the talk I supp-" Then he saw the eyes of the woman blackened even deeper than the night sky...A ghoul perhaps? As she came towards him he effectively moved away not aiming to be surrounded or touched by her.

" Unfortunately no. My blood is already spoken for by Another. Lord Vedran is the only one who can drink from me." He said with a smirk. Still he didn't know what she had planned to do and he would rather not fight some crazed ghoul.

" I suggest you use livestock for that purpose if you truly need to feed."
(Eniel Daigal)
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[18:00] "Livestock might now help. I wasn't asking for much, but.. mmh, I've to find who I've come for-- you may.. leave."

The woman tunnel visioned her eyes on the male, stepping back and gesturing for him to depart, and moving her hand about that'd signal to leave her immediately.

While the woman wouldn't attack him, the pressure to do so was immense. For a drop of blood, even if a human's wouldn't satisfy Aspen, the notion of the ichor toyed with her mind.

"But you're welcome, too."

Spoken without acknowledging or looking towards him then, Aspen's head slowly glances off towards the left side where she aimed to go, pushing a powerful flap of those blood formed wings downward to raise herself again and take flight to head off.
(Aspen Thalia)
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