Under the Hill - Second Circle: Lust

[Ragnar]

"That's not true!" the young artist strongly objects. Ixidor simply adjust his satchel on his left side and snuck his left hand underneath it as he prepares himself.The pale lady steps forth towards him, the artist was slightly intimidated. Ixidor steps back as he saw two giant snakes manifest from the dirt.The artist quickly draws a sketch. Ixidor reveals his sketchpad and like magic, a Giant mongoose appears. It was big as a horse with beady red eyes, sharp polish claws, fluffy fur and its cat-like structure. The huge mammal turns feral as soon as it saw the serpents.

without any hesitation, Kayle and mongoose protects the artist as they nimbly attack the two snakes in front of them, The Angel takes a leap, she strikes from above with her blazing sword come crushing down on one of the snakes. As the mongoose quickly maneuver itself and went straight to swipe the earth snake's neck with its razor sharp claws, hoping to decapitate it.

[Supernovae]

Mr. Taylor gasped loudly. The world seemed to rush back to him, just like the oxygen rushing back in to his lungs. He opened his eyes and looked around, noticing the masked man from before. It was strange, the man had plunged him into that hospitable environment, then pulled him out to save his life. He was clearly trying to protect Mr. Taylor, something the masked man had done before. But why? He didn't seem interested in traveling with anyone, nor was he interested in anything Mr. Taylor had. Everyone else traversing hell had a clearly defined reason to be down here, but what was this masked crusader's? Was he here for money? Power? Retribution? To restore his honor? These questions and more filled the head of the recovering man, but there was one thing Mr. Taylor could be sure of. He trusted this man.

For whatever reason this man had gone out of his way to help Mr. Taylor numerous times, and not once had Mr. Taylor repaid the favor. In fact it almost seemed a theme for him. Almost everyone here had struck there neck out to pull Mr. Taylor from the fire, and Mr. Taylor could only respond by getting in the way. It was infuriating. Despite all of his knowledge and skills, when it came to combat, Mr. Taylor was essentially a child. Something that needed to be protected and cared for, but not something that could really fight back. Sure, he'd held his own on a few occasions, but it never lasted. And yeah, Mr. Taylor did bring Ethic back from the brink of death once, but in the end that decision only ended up with an attempted kidnap. Mr. Taylor knew he'd have to travel with this man, he seemed like he had secrets, secrets Mr. Taylor wanted to know. But, there was more than that, this man seemed so lonely, so lost. Mr. Taylor needed to do the only thing he could do to help at this point. He'd have to be his friend.

Mr. Taylor looked up at the masked man, "Well, my boy, I believe a thank you is in order," he said with a jolly smile on his face, "But, I do believe it'd be quite foolish to dawdle here much longer. You wouldn't happen to be so kind as to help an old man reach, well wherever the hell we're supposed to go?"

[Flux]

Phantom looked at the man for a while, his emotions hidden behind the mask. He hadn't expected the man to want to travel with him. He'd never really traveled with anybody before, until Meridian had come along. He wanted to search for her, to believe that she had returned to this world in some place. But this man had asked for his companionship, and he was not sure if that was a chance he wanted to deny. It would be different having a companion, and unfamiliar. But friends were what he sought, right?

Phantom stood, walking over to pick up his sword, where it had fallen before. He sheathed it and turned back towards the man, his eyes ablaze once more.

"...Okay."

[K_H]

"Agreed."

Kenny then followed Rose and Byron down the Stairway, keeping the same pace as them.

[Notus]

Ixidor

Kayle's blow landed squarely on the snake, and it came down crumbling in a cloud of dust. The mongoose wasn't that lucky. When the giant viper saw it coming straight at it's direction, it simply turned it's head a bit, and opened it's mouth. As the mongoose came in, the snake closed it's jaws around it with a sickening noise, at the same time that the mammals claws ripped through the back of it's head.

The viper turned into dust, and the painter's creation hit the ground with two huge holes from the opponent's fangs oozing blood and a purple liquid - poison.

All the while, Mia was standing still, with wide eyes and open mouth, between terrorized and shocked.

"You say it's not that, boy, but you're not true to your word. My daughter is naive and did not learn the truth of this world yet, so I will not blame you for this. Actually I have to thank you, as you have shown it to her yourself : Love is a lie. People do not want equals, they want subordinates. A person can say he loves another, but at the first sign of defiance he will leave whoever it is for his own selfish reasons. No, there's no Love. There's only Lust, be it for flesh, power or acknowledgement."

Lilith now was face to face with Kayle, and a wicked smile appeared in her face. "So, you're this boy's toy and bodyguard uhn? I don't know how much of free will you have, but I will not forgive a woman who blindly follows her "Master" no matter how wrong he is. Die, angel."

Saying that, huge stone spears came down from the cave's roof towards the white-winged girl.

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Byron, Kenny and Rose

As the group progressed in the stairs Byron started to hear some loud noises from below, which started to make him worried. When he finnaly arrived at the last step, the shooter took a moment to absorb the scene before him.

It seemed there was a battle going on. He recognized the boy he had seen on the first circle - Ixidor, Minos had called him - plus a blond girl with a terrified look and the shadow of a woman that were unknown to him. The air was thick with dust, so it was hard to him to tell what was going on exactly, but there was also some kind of big animal in the floor and a silhouette that looked like a woman with wings floating in the air.

Shit, it's another succubus. Byron's mind started to race. It seemed the fighters had not noticed them yet, and if they could take that creature out by surprise it would be the best. With that in mind,the marksman pulled the Preacher from his belt and aimed carefully for the winged figure's head, sparks gathering around the gun as it loaded with electricity.

"Rose, Kenny, sorry for asking you this after what we passed, but you need to get another spear ready, and quick. I'll immobilize that thing." And saying that, he pulled the trigger, releasing the lightining bolt towards the back of his target.

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Annie, Enya, Ellaria & Ethic

"Ahmn ok then... Take care." Ellaria told Ethic, a little frightened by the tone of his voice. Then she seached for Annie's hand and said. "I've heard something from up ahead, maybe the others are there."

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Phantom & Mr.Taylor

Both men heard a noise of moving leafs from behind them, and looking back they saw a new passage open where it had been only trees and vines a moment ago. Right after it was a stairway, going down through the ground, a disturbing fighting sound coming up from it.

Edited July 27, 2014 by Notus

[Ragnar]

Kayle barely dodge the boulder from above as she quickly rolls over and flaps her wings and lazily dangles her sword as she floats.The angel turns her attention to Lilith without saying a word. "Stop poisoning the mind of your daughter!" Ixidor yelled. "you know nothing Lilith! you're too shallow to understand love" the boy paused "i'm only deciding whats best for the both of us. it truly pains me to make this decision but it needs to be done." Ixidor sighed "I truly care about her and won't hurt her for as long as i breath, unlike you who manipulate your own daughter's feelings just to get what you want."

Kayle eyes was filled with determination as she feels the rage of her master. The flame on her sword grew brighter and brighter as she dashes forth with her sword ready to thrust Lilith. But before the Angel was able to get close to the demon, a gunshot was fired, a jolt of lightning struck the Angel knocking her out of the sky and into the ground. Ixidor was shock as turns around and he notice the Gunman along with Kenny and the girl from the library.

"NOOOO!" Ixidor's tears came falling down as the boy panic and rush in to check on his fallen creation.

((dammit Byron.))

Edited July 27, 2014 by typhlosionrulez

[Rosesong]

Rose looked at the fight they had entered in horror. Watching Byron's shot zoom toward the winged creature, Rose lifted her spear from the ground. She no longer needed to to walk and would now have to use it again on an aggravating demon that wouldn't quit. But before that...

Glancing around the area, Rose noted that Ixidor and another girl were there, looking shocked with the fighting. Another, older woman was there as well, but it was difficult to make out her features. For a split second, Rose wondered whether they were aiming at the wrong target before deciding there was only one way to find out. She heard a thump further away on the ground, and knew that Byron must have hit his mark.

"Freeze," she said quietly, to where only Byron and Kenny could hear her. She had her eyes closed, and hoped to freeze all three of the women, but was really concentrating on the unknown woman who was hidden by the dust.

"Kenny, Byron," Rose muttered, hoping that her spell was working, "I'm going to stay here and hold them for a bit, find out more about them. You all go help Ixidor." She knew that Ethic didn't like Ixidor, but the kid had saved her life and she would do the same for him. Slowly she moved backwards into the staircase, trying to avoid being seen by the others that were fighting.

[Flux]

Phantom turned towards the rustling sound, seeing the staircase that had appeared. He turned to Mr. Taylor, wondering what the man would think of such an event. It would be risky for sure, judging by the sounds coming from within, but as of now, it was the only clue they had. He turned back to the staircase and began walking slowly down the steps, hand on the hilt of his sword. Without turning back to Mr. Taylor, he spoke simply as his head disappeared from sight.

"...Come."

[K_H]

Kenny slipped in and out of the darker spaces of the area that they had just entered, trying to use his Sooty Coating to help him blend in with the Shadows as he headed closer to Ixidor and the fallen Angel.

Edited July 29, 2014 by K_H

[Notus]

Byron

Byron realized what Rose was doing and nooded. Keeping his gun ready, he rushed straight to Ixidor. "Hey boy, are you all right? Did you get hurt by this..."

Angel?

Only now he took a good look at the girl he had shot. Her wings were covered in white feathers, unlike the succubus bat-like ones, and she had no tail, claws nor fangs. For improbable that it was, it seemed he had hit the wrong mark.

"What the...? What is happening here boy?"

If the fliying girl wasn't the enemy, then it should be one of the other two, or both; but after what just happened Byron wasn't shooting at anyone without being sure.

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Lilith

Lilith was as surprised as Ixidor when the angel fell down, aparently struck by lightining. Not that it would change much, as she was flying to her death anyway...

She tried to laugh, only to realize her muscles didn't obey. She saw a man with a gun appear, and realized there were more people coming down. Why they weren't killed by Aighan, Lara and Meridian was beyond her, but it didn't matter. She assumed one of the newcomers should be immobilizing her somehow, and by the looks of it, Mia as well. Luckily, she could be deadly without having to move. It was about time to stop playing around.

Lilith's eyes started to shine, blood red. The moment it happened, columns of earth burst from the ground and wrapped around Ixidor, Kayle and Byron, leaving them immobilized. Making a great effort (more than she had expected, actually) Lilith managed to open her mouth and speak.

"You who are holding me still, unlock me and get out of the shadows or your friends will die. I don't need to move to kill you all, you know." she said aloud, her voice sounding more bored than angry.

[Rosesong]

Rose opened her eyes into slits and stepped out of the staircase slowly and into the open. She had thought of a backup plan in case this happened, and was ready to put it in motion at a moment's notice. Speaking aloud for a moment, Rose replied to this angry woman, "Fine, I'll do as you like only if you keep your word."

She slowly dropped the magic of the Freeze "charm" and tensely waited for her friends to be let free. Rose was well aware that what she was going to do next would piss this demonic woman off greatly, and wanted everyone in the clear before she struck.

Movement caught her eye, and she assumed it was Kenny, who had slipped off into the shadows. /Hopefully he can improvise,/ Rose thought to herself wryly, knowing that because no one knew what she was going to do, great improvisation and skill would be needed in the next few minutes.

[Ragnar]

Ixidor was quivering while blankly looking at Rose trying to negotiate with Lilith .Being helpless and confuse, the boy could barely speak. Everything happen so fast. First his angel got shot and now they're wrap around and held as hostage along with Byron. "that angel, she's my creation!" the artist rudely interrupts the two "This pale old lady, she call herself Lilith, she a demon in disguise! she holds the key to our way out this place!" Ixidor warns Rose of what she's dealing with "as for the other girl" Ixidor pause. "she's innocent! don't hurt her!" Ixidor yelled at the group.

Kayle gains consciousness as she shows signs of life, slowing tilting her head, still wrap around in the earth cocoon. Ixidor take a glimpse at the walls. it seems distorted, like someone is camouflage in there. Ixidor kept his silence as he squirms around still imprison by Lilith.

((come on Kenny be the hero, lol))

Edited July 29, 2014 by typhlosionrulez

[K_H]

((Ask, and ye shall Recieve.))

Suddenly, a shadow that was close to and behind Lilith Flared up in Blue light, and a Sphere of Aura went rocketing towards her and the bases of the Pillars of Earth. Then, the shadow flared up in a vivid Turquoise, and the Angel started glowing as well, visibly recovering from its' wounds, and then ceasing to glow. A dark shape in the shadow that had flared up twice could barely be seen to get and recover from a headache, before it started darting between the shadows in an attempt to keep itself as a moving target, and therefore be much harder to hit.

Edited July 29, 2014 by K_H

[anethia]

Annie let out a shaky breath and got up.

"Let's go." She picked Enya up, leaving her in her arms with Ace, and took Ellaria's hand. She walked forward in the corridor, when she heard a lot of commotion upstairs. "I think we should hurry." She then picked up her pace, hopefully not dragging Ellaria however. She had to find some way to get up there, somehow. She could feel her wounds getting better by the second - rapidly healing, through some strange way. She couldn't tell if it was someone else's power, her power or just the hill's strange ways. She had to get up there.

Edited July 29, 2014 by Alatreon

[Notus]

The Second Circle Battle

Lilith had only the time to turn her head towards the blue sphere before it hit her, generating a huge explosion. Dust and small stones went flying everywhere, and for a moment all stood still. The pillars holding Byron, Ixidor and Kayle went down crumbling, and after they took the fall, they were free.

Byron got up slowly, an annoying pain starting on his back. He should have hit a rock in the fall, but for now he had more to worry about.

"Everyone okay?" the shooter asked, loading his pistol. Kenny's shot had struck the woman squarely, but he had the impression this fight was far from over.

...And he was right. A moment later, the dust was thrown away by a strong gust of wind, and in the middle of it stood... not a woman, for sure.

The creature had the face of the Lilith they'd seen, but the rest was not nearly as atractive as before. Her body was now covered in scales, and huge dragon-like wings had grown on her back. More than that she now had multiple "tails", which revealed to be vipers.

"Very well." she said, a glint of pure anger in her eyes. "Now you've pissed me off, scum. Stop hiding in the shadows and DIE!"

A burst of energy went off from her, like a shockwave, covering the whole area of the cave and sending everyone in it's path flying towards the walls.

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Ellaria, Annie, Enyia, Mr.Taylor & Phantom

Ellaria kept going quiet, until they turned a corner and arrived at the place Ethic had come from. Then she heard the sound of leafes moving and a low, quiet voice.

"...Come."

"Who is there?"the girl asked, and as she did so, two people stepped in the place they were in. If she could see, she would have recognized Mr.Taylor an Phantom appearing from the middle of the jungle, near a staircase. She was about to ask again when she heard - and felt a huge explosion coming from below. The quention imediatelly changed. "What was that?!"

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Ethic

Quincy started breathing again, and opened his eyes. "So that was death? It's kinda boring." Only then the rat-man seemed to notice Ethic standing before him. "Oh, hey Ethnic, how you doing?" he asked with his traditional crazed smile.

Edited July 30, 2014 by Notus

[Sutoratosu]

"It's Ethic, not Ethnic..." The young Black man snarled as he stared down at Quincy, disgust in his eyes

"Tell me,You do realize that when two parties make a truce, that it also means that no one can attack any allies of the other side, right?" he asked angrily as he routed more of his life into the saber in his hand, the glow becoming blindingly bright as it cast a glare around the surrounding greenery "Because when you attacked those two young women, Elaria and Annie, and that little girl, Enya, a few minutes ago, you broke our treaty; They were friends of mine, you see..."

Ethic then took a step backwards, throwing out his left hand as an identical saber of life force materialized in his other palm, this one glowing just as brightly as the one in his right. in the back of his mind, he could sense a familiar limit, he knew he was playing with fire, putting nearly all his life force into these two constructs, knew that he would be in big trouble if he were to lose control of them and they, along with the life force he used to sustained them, were to slip from his grasp...but he didn't give a damn about that right now. ever since the group had gotten into this hell-hole, this...this Rat thing had been an issue since the first circle... he was a recurring antagonist, a threat to the group's safety...

And God Damn it, Ethic was done with it. he was going to end this Bastard for once and for all, here and now. and as he thought on how he'd come at Quincy and begin, he couldn't help but think back to a TV show he'd watched before he had left the surface world behind to come here... and now that he thought about it, his resolve right now in the face of an obvious threat to the majority made him a lot like a certain character from the series...

"Guess I'm the Carel of the Group" he said simply, laughing a little at the thought "Alright then, I'll do what's necessary to protect the others... I'll accept that as my role down here... that said then..."

He Crouched low into a viciously aggressive fighting stance, life blades held out to Either side of him as he brought them up, forming an X in front of his face with his arms.

"LOOK AT THE FLOWERS QUINCY!!" he shouted in a war cry as he called upon the little excess life force he had that wasn't currently in use, and sent out a small burst from his heels as he leapt into the air, the momentum of the blast shattering the stones of the walkway and propelling him towards Quincy as his Sabers withdrew back into his palms... he knew this freak could probably shoot lightning like Byron was able to, and he wasn't going to get himself killed by Quincy calling up his shock abilities by reflex and blasting him out of the air, causing him to lose focus and break the connection with the weapons...no, it was best to sheath the blades for now, call them back into himself... these were the thoughts that raced through his mind as he flew across the air, reaching out his hands, one with the palm facing outwards, aimed towards Quincy's face, the other aimed for the heart, his hands ablaze in a rainbow of color as he grew ever closer to his target. the moment he was within range, he intended to reignite the sabers with his hands in direct contact with Quincy's face and chest, which would impale the bastard to the Tree and kill him... after that was done, Ethic could get on with the rest of his plot...

[Rosesong]

Rose gasped in pain as she flew back into a wall before falling to the floor. I'm really tired of injury, she thought angrily, struggling to her feet. Even with Kenny's healing, Rose's shoulder still wasn't in too great of shape and split open from the impact. Quickly she retreated into the shadows and focused on the succubus. The first thing the young woman did was to send a high power pyrokinetic blast toward the demon, though she didn't bother looking to see if it had worked or not. She then began to run, drawing pencils from her bag and quickly turning them to daggers with her sleight of hand. Each left cuts on her arms that bled freely as she silently navigated the circumference of the demon's realm. As Rose ran, she flung daggers toward their opponent with only a brief glance to ensure where she was aiming.

I hope this works, she mentally huffed. Rose had calculated that the only way to kill this foe would be the same way that she, Kenny, and Byron had killed Aighan-- a stab through the heart. However, her current goal was just to incapacitate, so she aimed anywhere she could-- eyes, wings, the viper-like tails--unsure if she was making hits or merely annoying. Taking a double take, Rose gulped. Oh great. I thought she'd be tough enough without snakes. The young woman stopped for a minute in the shadows and backtracked a ways, so that her location might not be given away yet. We have to get close to her heart, she thought in a panic, yet she'll see any of us coming from miles away. There's no way that this will work, unless-- Her eyes widened as she realized a way to distract their foe and give the others what they needed most-- time.

Summoning every bit of courage she had, and knowing that it would probably end in her death, Rose ran toward one of the viper-like tails and, at the last second, used her spear to vault over the viper's head. As she was in the air, the young woman shut her eyes, thinking one thing. I hope this works.

[K_H]

After being thrown against the Wall, where his Sooty coating absorbed the Shock and broke, Kenny saw Rose start to Attack the Creature, and knew he had to help Rose. he did so by creating hundreds of minuscule Aura Spheres, sending them around the Cave, and then Launching them in Waves at the Creature from different Angles, aiming individually at every part of the Creature except the Upper Torso, making sure to not aim at a location at which Rose could be hit. as he finished creating the Spheres, he got and recovered from a minor Headache, and continued moving around, this time without any regards as to whether he was in the Shadows or not.

Edited July 30, 2014 by K_H

[Ragnar]

After Ixidor and Kayle got freed, a huge shockwave comes forth out of Lilith's anger, sending the artist flying to the wall leaving him unconscious for a while, Kayle established her sword into the ground and to avoid being blown away like the rest of the group. The angel stood her ground as her eye glow like she was invoking something, she spread her wings and hold on to her sword as it faintly glows while half of it was buried on the ground, small debris came flying around the angel's feet while casting this spell. "Your time has come foul beast!" Kayle said with straight out anger

An enormous sword manifest from above(like a size of a small airplane), like it was sent from the heavens, it came crushing down on ceiling with such force and into the same spot Lilith was standing hoping it would hit the demon.

Ixidor is still banged up from the impact he suffer, the artist slowly opens his eyes as he saw Kenny and Rose attacks the transformed Lilith. "Mia!" the boy picks himself up and yelled out, searching for the girl despite of commotion going right infront of his eyes.

Edited July 30, 2014 by typhlosionrulez

[Notus]

The Second Circle Battle ((By the way, I added some music on the last post))

Lilith closed her huge wings around her body, leaving only the snakes out of it, and the flames and knifes that Rose sent towards her dispersed harmlessly.

She smiled when Rose made her move. Yes, come at me, daughter of Eva...

As she prepared to finish the red-haired girl, however, Kenny and Kayle made their moves. Forced to change strategy, the demon only opened her wings, hitting Rose hard in mid air and sending the girl flying away. As the attacks from the other two struck, dust rose in the air, and when the air cleared only a big hole could be seen in the ground.

"Did we get her?" Byron asked after a while. His gun was still in position to shoot, and he looked around carefully.

Suddenly Mia's voice sounded, shaky and loud. "N-No! Stop that, mother! Leave them be!" she shouted to the air, looking terrified.

Byron suddenly felt a presence near him. Lilith had seemingly came out of the earth itself, and now held him in a tight embrace from behind, her serpentine tails wrapping around his arms and legs.

"Sorry dear, but I'm quite serious here." she answered. Then, speaking smoothly at Byron's ear, almost like she was making an invitation. "Now you, gunman... Return to the earth you've been made off."

Shit, I'm done for. Byron thought. This time he didn't think he would return, but for now he was kinda... calm. He'd been distributing death for so long, and he'd finnaly learn what it was about. The final thing one had to learn in his profession.

He looked calmly to his companios of the Hill, and opened his mouth, hoping to give them some last words.

Lilith bit his neck, blood splurting on her face. The snakes also bit him all over his body, and as the marksman screamed he started dissolving into dust, started from his feet up to his head. In a moment, the only thing that remained of Lord Byron the Third was his guns on the floor and his blood on Lilith's face.

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Ethic

As Ethic started forward, Quincy jumped up with inhuman agility, grabbing the first branch that got into his reach and using it to propell himself higher up.

"Oh, you're fast Ethnic! This is gonna be fun!" the rat started, laughing. Then all of a sudden, he stopped and for the first time looked serious and distracted. "What..." he managed to say, starting to look sick and letting his guard down.

[Ragnar]

Everything change as Ixidor frightfully watch Lilith devours Gunman's flesh, hearing his scream of pain, dismembering Byron right infront of his eyes like a cannibal. Kayle was devastated as well and barely have time to react. The Angel pulls out her sword from the ground,as her spell wears off .The enormous sword disappear from the cave leaving a huge crate on the ground.

While Lilith was distracted from her feast, Ixidor rush in to his succubus friend. The boy grabs both of Mia's shoulder started to convince the girl.

"Mia, listen to me, we need to stop your mother, our lives is at steak! please help us! tell us what to do." Ixidor catches his breath as he pleads to the troubled girl.

The Angel went after the boy and guards her master, Kayle takes a battle stance as she holds her sword, protecting the boy at all cost making sure they wont suffer the same fate as Byron.

Edited July 30, 2014 by typhlosionrulez

[Rosesong]

Rose screamed as she flew into the wall, followed by the ground again. It took her a lot longer to get up this time though, for she still hadn't healed fully and wasn't helping the process. As she slowly returned to her feet, she saw and heard something she wished she hadn't. Byron was slowly disappearing to dust, and his grisly screams of pain echoed off the walls.

As the demon ended Byron's life, Rose silently made her way to Kenny. "Kenny," she whispered, as to not alert the enemy, "if I hold her still, do you think you could get a good shot at her?" Spotting Ixidor and the young woman who had called the demon mother, Rose wondered, /If they're on our side, even the girl, then maybe they can help./ with her mind made up, she quickly motioned them both over when she thought they were looking.

[K_H]

Kenny heard rose ask him whether he could get a good shot at the Demon if it was held still, and Kenny hurriedly whispered his reply back, keeping quiet enough for the Demon to not overhear him.

"Yes. as a matter of fact, I could probably do quite a number on it if I got off a good hit on it."

He then started Charging up his Aura, glowing faintly as he did so.

Edited December 21, 2014 by K_H

[Notus]

The Second Circle Battle

Mia looked at Ixidor almost crying, her mind racing like never before. "I-I don't know, I never saw Mother like this... A-and she's still mother!"

At this, Lilith turned her head towards them. "You. Stay away from her." she said, starting to walk in their direction and completely ignoring Rose and Kenny.

[Sutoratosu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTU4wWVqKiU

"No, You will not escape this time!" Ethic shouted as Blind fury began to take over and his thoughts turned to a darker side of his psyche. He didn't care about anything right now, the only thing that mattered was that this thing would die by his hands, and he would stop at nothing until that happened. he retrieved his dual sabers from deep within the tree, which had become lodged deep within the massive Thing when Quincy had dodged his initial assault, withdrawing both of them into his palms and staring up at the Man-Rodent in the canopy of the tree's branches.

"Oh no..." he called as he backed up a good two dozen feet or so "That little tactic won't save you!"

Without warning, Ethic began sprinting a hard and fast as he could, headed straight for the tree's base, and leaping up, placing his foot firmly on the bark and forming his life force into a miniature hook construct, which then manifested out of the sole of his foot an into the bark of the tree, then he recalled the hook and placed his other foot and did the same thing, and again and again, each instant not more than a second or two as he sprinted vertically up the tree, still at the same speed he'd been on the ground, until finally he reached the canopy level around where Quincy was, pulling himself onto a sturdy branch and conjuring his blades again, their glow as blindingly hot as ever as he combined them into one.

"It's past time that someone do something about you, you demented Psychopath!" He shouted, pure wrath lacing his voice as he steeled his resolve and pooled his focus and concentrated, swinging his now combined sabers with both hands, the life blade lashing out in a whip like fashion, severing several branches as the construct cut them out of the way, Ethic's will guiding the thing through the air, directing it to arc and coil and bend as it arced with increasing speed towards it's intended target... Quincy.

Edited July 30, 2014 by Stratos