The Weaver of Destiny (Part XXII)

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Soul Reaver	Dark Trickery	#21	[-]
Posts: 1675 Nov 6 02 5:44 AM The Immortal Brigadier General More My Recent Posts	Soul Reaver watches with surprise as a shadowy duplicate of himself appears beside him. With Fei having killed one Legionnaire, there are now eleven left hopefully these sudden reinforcements will allow the warriors to fell the remaining opponents. Yet even with the aid of his mystical double, Soul Reaver only slowly begins to drive the Legionnaire back. The situation worsens almost immediately when a small sphere of energy hurled by another Legionnaire smashes into the side of Soul Reavers knee. Soul Reaver curses as his leg buckles beneath him, and he only barely manages to deflect a blow from the Legionnaire in front of him. Rolling out of the way of further attack, Soul Reaver returns to his feet. But if he doesnt soon do something, he might still be defeated Meanwhile, the Elite Legionnaire facing Tamrissa has its cautious battle stance upset as the energy blast slams violently into its back. The Legionnaire is thrown forward, but rather than being taken off-guard, the creature already improvises, forcing Tamrissa onto the defensive as it sends its blade slashing towards her neck Elsewhere, two missiles roar through the air towards three Legionnaires. The Elites all turn their heads to face the oncoming threat yet instead of leaping out of the way, each extends their hands in the direction of the projectiles. Two mighty explosions rock the chamber, causing small pieces of rock to fall from the ceiling. However, as the smoke clears, the Elites are unharmed, standing safely behind a crackling white barrier. At the same time, the Legionnaire seized by Tukedo stumbles backwards, appearing disoriented, but apparently still not dead despite receiving two bullets in the face at point-blank range. In fact, it is mending itself rapidly in the shadowy recesses of its hood. A mace-wielding Legionnaire quickly leaps in front of it to give it time to recover, swinging at Tukedo in an attempt to crush his metallic skull. At another point on the battlefield, Fei begins to hear the distorted sound of two Legionnaires speaking. Their hands glow a sluggish, eerie yellow colour and suddenly a terrible weight seems to descend upon him, as if he were trapped entirely beneath a slimy quagmire that sucks and pulls at his limbs whenever he tries to move. The two Elites instantly hurl themselves at the warrior, their two Slow spells having more than countered the Vampires unnatural speed The other warriors are faring little better. Kitharsis foe fights on unhindered by his attack, since it feels neither pain nor fear. Kawanuas opponent leaves the warrior little chance to observe his tactics not that it would help. The Legionnaire fights almost flawlessly, pressing its offensive posture to beat the warrior back, nimbly avoiding Kawanuas double whenever possible. Yue find herself sorely pressed by the Legionnaire, who now leaps towards her, its weapon coming down in a deadly, glittering arc. Near the pillar of swirling smoke, Asakis summoned warriors claw and slash into the darkness. The ethereal, insubstantial smoke proves to be no barrier to their attacks but finding the foe hiding within it still proves nigh-on impossible. However, Asakis Dispel finally succeeds. She feels the mental pressure opposing her efforts suddenly ease, and the Aura of Shadows is shredded apart by her will. The moment the Aura disperses, her warriors fall upon Nothing. Khora is gone. But not for long. While the other warriors were engaged, the ribbons of shadowy energy that left the Aura of Shadows have gathered together behind Clutchfiend. With a horrifying laugh, Khora the Black cancels his Discorporate spell. Immediately, he rematerialises behind Clutchfiend, and violently stabs his venom-coated dagger into the warriors back to disrupt his spell. Sera, shouting in dismay, brings her sword down on Khoras location, but he disappears like a shadow before the blow connects. His laughter still ringing through the room, Khora taunts Asaki. Oh foolish child! You would try to wield the shades of the dead against me? Have you forgotten who it is that you face? Like an icy lance, Asaki feels a mental intrusion into her control of the summoned warriors. A terrible numbing corruption seems to flow from Khora into her own spell, subverting it, defiling it, twisting it. Before her eyes, she sees her warriors begin to stumble struggle and then turn towards her. An insane hatred burns upon their ghostly features as they swarm towards her, wanting nothing more than to warm their own chill existences on the flickering flame of her life-force...
Fei Serumen	Re: Dark Trickery	#22	[-]
Posts: 2848 Nov 6 02 9:48 AM Prince of Nooses Colonel More My Recent Posts	Slowed, Fei finds himself fighting at the same pace as the others, which is a bit too slow for him. "Damn it..." he curses out as he has to readjust his timings to parry, grabbing ahold of 2 swords as they come down around his shoulders, his the steel leaving scratches and gouges in his silver talons. Fei quickly goes to one knee under the pressure, then he see's Khora using shadow play. "heh heh... indeed...." A drop of blood spills from Fei's right hand as the blade reaches his palm. The moment it touches the ground, it evaporates. The same instant, a circular area in a 15 yard radius completely around Khora is silenced of all sound. No sound can be heard within, and no sound leaves it. With a sudden black flash of his eyes, The legionairre's swords strike the hard ground, as a shadow slides passed them stretching across the floor. Materializing infront of Khora, Fei brings both arms up, not a word spoken as nothing can be heard. No footsteps, no swords clashing, not a sound. The instant Fei pulls his arms back, the shadow of Khora ((if he leaves off a shadow)) comes to life from behind him undetected and sprouts sharp blades that shoot out from the wavering pool towards his backside. Just as that happens, Fei's shadow envelopes him, taking him into a Tenebrous form, his figure a standing, semi-transparent shadow. Sharp tentacles of the abyss sprout from his hands and arms, turning into a glossy opaque, light absorbing black towards the tip of the tentacles, with a flush transition. Fei Serumen §¤§
Asaki Masako	Re: Dark Trickery	#23	[-]
Posts: 513 Nov 6 02 12:45 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	(ooc: if there's a problem with this post, please let me know.) Asaki follows Khora with her eyes as he comes up behind Clutchfiend and stabs him. She flinches as the vile enemy intrudes in on her spell. She raises her hand to her head then looks on as the ancient warriors all turn against her. She hovers backwards slightly then flies towards Clutchfiend. She kneels next to him and cradles him in her lap. "Are you ok?" The warrior shuts her eyes and begins to concentrate on two different spells. She holds her right hand above Clutchfiend's chest, drawing out the venom and begins to chant a counter spell to her own spell. As her hand begins to glow a soft green color, Asaki begins to breathe more shallow, being torn between two different spells. "....too...much..." She brings out more of her energy, her aura builds up a little more. She opens her green glowing eyes and stares directly at the dead souls. A tornado like mist swirls around the spirits as they're sucked up into the air. The funnel grows faster and smaller as it starts pulling back into the ground. The swirling maelstrom quickly vanishes back into the depths of the crater, under the stone floor, and Asaki concentrates her entire energy on Clutchfiend. Kasei comes into the room and sets Gulver down on the floor. It roars ferociously and leaps at the Legionnaires, tearing into them with its claws and teeth. Once Asaki finishes drawing out the venom she raises her hand towards the Legionnaires; her voice echoes eerily in the air. "...Letum lues aboleo legio abs creperum." Bright green beads of energy shoot up from her hand and dart towards the ceiling. The beads start coming down like rain over the entire room. The warriors find that it has no effect on them whatsoever, but they can see a strange affect on the Legionnaires. Swelling, puss filled boils form on their bodies. They begin to rot, becoming weaker with every minute that goes by, giving the allies the upper hand. As Asaki brings her arm back down, she cries out in pain. She looks at her hand, cradling it. The veins in her arm pulsate, purple and deformed. The trobbing pain running up the nerves in her arm is unbearable. She breathes deep, waiting for the pain to die down. After a few agonizing seconds, the veins stop pulsating and her arm looks normal once more. She tightly holds onto Clutchfiend, protecting him as she looks at where Khora used to be then down at the floor, warily and ashamed. "...I failed." \|With chaos as my guide, I walk the plains in search of a worthy battle....\|
Unregistered(d)	Re: Dark Trickery	#24	[-]
Posts: 0 Nov 6 02 3:30 PM More My Recent Posts	Tukedo stares on in awe as his missiles are simply sheilded away... Not realising the legionair behind him still lives, the mace comes smashing down on his skull.... In an instant the mace is pulled to Tukedo's hand by the organism... "Ouch... Pain... How... Pleasant..." Before the Legionair can react, Tukedo turns and smashes the mace reapeatedly on the head area of the supernatural being.... "Machines Can't die! No matter how much you damage me, I will be mended!" Tukedo unloads many rounds into the fallen legionair, filling the air with the smell of gun powder, burnt flesh, and sulferic discharge created by Tukedo's mechanisms... He gasps for breath and turns towards another of the many legionairs.... "WILL THIS MADNESS EVER CEASE!!!!!" Tukedo fires several heated nets into the groups of legionairs, hoping to hack them to tiny threads....
Kitharsis	Re: Dark Trickery	#25	[-]
Posts: 978 Nov 6 02 7:22 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	Kitharsis backs up with a grimace on his face. The legionaire has the upperhand of having a weapon. A smile crosses his face as Kith concentrates on the weapon. In a lightening quick movement he grabs the sword and yanks it out of the legonaires grasp. Now that the talbe is turned, Kith smiles evilly. His aura turns a dark tone of red and flames burst out from the sword. "Lets go!" Kith swings at the lego's head, only to be blocked by its forearm. A sizeable chunk of bone flies away from the impact though. He brings his fist up, aiming at the legos midsection, but is blocked once again. As a follow up, the sword is brought across the lego's chest. It catches bone and scrapes through the undead's torso. Now we finish it!!! The voice in his head screams. With his free hand he places it on the legos head. Kitharsis can feel an eerie energy flowing through his veins. His hand glows white, burning the legos head where it touches it. A scream wrestles itself out of Kiths lips without his consent, and he crushes the skull of the lego with his hand. A flash of white energy courses through the undead and disintigrates the body of it. The dust left over absorbs into Kitharsis's gem, much to his surprise. What was that?! You will learn... Soon enough....The voice responds. A lego leaps on his back as Kith distracts himself with his inner deamon, knocking him off balance and tumbling to the floor.
Unregistered(d)	Jihon Returns... For the moment at least :-P	#26	[-]
Posts: 0 Nov 6 02 8:18 PM More My Recent Posts	As the others fight, a warp gate opens in the center of the Legos. It is very large... A familiar silhouette appears in the gate and steps through with a loud metalic clank and a puff of releif steam... As it steps on some legos, it is clear that is is all black and has a set of white, metalic, feathery wings placed evenly on it's back. The machine looks at the others fighting and a loud speaker begins to blare across the din of battle... "You fellows look like you could use a hand from an old ghost!" Somewhere within the black wall of metal lies a man, a pilot, a husband... and a friend... He is smiling... He leans back in his pilot chair and bares his teeth with the intensity of his smirk... He mumbles to himself.... The Triton kneels To accomodate to the space inside the room... "It feels good to be back...." "It is not the fear of death that drives us.... It is the fear of eternal life...."
cLuTcHFieND	Re: Dark Trickery	#27	[-]
Posts: 3771 Nov 6 02 11:38 PM Angel of Redemption God-General More My Recent Posts	((OOC: I made this big ass post, and then ezboard fucking ate it. I'll post tomorrow. Fucking lame EZBoard........ ))
Soul Reaver	Final Spell	#28	[-]
Posts: 1675 Nov 7 02 5:27 AM The Immortal Brigadier General More My Recent Posts	(ooc: Can't have Khora get into a scrape yet... that comes later. Oh, and Kawanua, I'd like you to post how Sera handles this.) Soul Reaver roars in fury as Clutchfiend falls. A sizzle of red power sparks over his body. His muslces seem to bulk up from the surge of energy, and Soul Reaver begins to drive the Legionnaires back. The green droplets raining from the ceiling seems to weaken his foe, and the Legionnaire is now forced to back off steadily, suffering numerous small cuts from Blooddrinker's whistling blade. A grin forms on Soul Reaver's face as the Triton suddenly crashes into the chamber - it seems that an old friend has come to help out. Meanwhile, the moment that Fei excersises his powers, Khora's body momentarily flashes with a dark pulse of magic. Strangely, he does not move to avoid the shadowy blades behind him. They slam through his body, emerging from the front of his chest. Still, the body does not move. From some indeterminate location, Fei can feel a voice entering his head. I am perfectly aware of your powers, Vampire. In fact, I know about all of you. Khora steps from behind a pillar nearby, as the body on the blades turns to look at Fei with its vile skull. It seems to grin. No, it is not me... just a Pestilental Decoy. The body on the spikes suddenly evaporates into a cloud of acrid green fumes, which blow straight at Fei's face. The cloud hisses as it makes contact, corrupting whatever organic matter it touches, causing it to slough off in lumps of black bile. Khora leaps back out of sight again, laughing hoarsely. Meanwhile, the remaining Legionnaires are hard-pressed to defend themselves against the overwhelming odds. Another one of their number, slowed by Asaki's spell, fails to completely avoid Tukedo's net, and is badly damaged as the net carves a large chunk out of its back is it tries to flee. The Legionnaire stumbles as it tries to back away... and a blazing blue crossbow bolt slams through its head. Staggering and blinded, the Legionnaire is helpless as Sera's shadowy double cuts it down. With only eight of their number remaining, the Legionnaires change tactics. Each of them makes an agile retreat from their opponents. As one, they begin to chant words of magic. The rot overwhelming their bodies slows and begins to regress as dark magical energies play and flicker over them. Soul Reaver tries to chase after his foe, but it feels as if the air in front of him had become thick as lead. No matter how much he struggles, he can move forward only at an agonisingly slow pace. Soul Reaver realises that the Elite Legionnaires are combining all their magical powers into one... their magical strength is more than he can hope to Dispel at such short notice. Cursing, he sends a message to all his companions. Whatever the Legionnaires are about to do, it is going to be bad! Brace yourselves! The Legionnaires quickly arrange themselves into a circle, their hands outstretched. The dark energies flaring from their hands spiral and twist together as their chanting increases in volume. Suddenly, their voices go quiet. Only a faint sizzling can be heard as a large sphere of deep purple gently rises from the midst of the circle of Legionnaires. It floats about four metres into the air, then hovers there, occasionnaly spitting out a random arc of bright blue lightning. Then... WHOOSH! The Black Orb suddenly pulses with a dark intensity that is almost blinding. Then, it fires hundreds upon hundreds of fist-sized bolts, each leaving behind a trail of lazy, smoky energy. The bolts seem to have a mind of their own, twisting and whirling through the air, each seeking a target to call its own. Soul Reaver makes a massive backwards leap away as several of the Black Orb Bolts are about to strike him. Yet they rapidly change course, curving away and turning to follow his trajectory through the air. Soul Reaver sees with some horror as his shadowy double is struck from all sides by more of the bolts... each smoky blast rips a sizeable piece out of it, until it evaporates back into pure magic. The other doubles fare no better - lacking the speed, intelligence or magical powers required to defend themsleves, each of them are annihilated by a barrage of Black Orb Bolts. Soul Reaver only prays that his companions are capable of defending themselves in time as he breathes a hasty spell of Protection and holds Blooddrinker ready. As the bolts begin to whizz towards him, the sword becomes a blur in the air, shattering a countless number of the projectiles into harmless sparks... yet despite his best efforts, Soul Reaver receives many wounds from the evil spell. Stavarus and Sera, who is standing further away at the end of the chamber, both see a vast mass of bolts coming towards them. Stavarus remarks, "It seems these creatures will stop at nothing to keep me from my revenge. But I will not give them the pleasure of this victory!" With this, Stavarus leaps into the air, cartwheeling and spinning as the bolts rain around him. His amazing agility allows him to dodge most of the attacks, the bolts harmlessly striking the floor, walls and ceiling of the chamber as Stavarus gets out of their way. Yet several more still slam into him, causing him to gasp in pain from every impact, dark blood spattering over his clothing. The other companions too are faced with similar difficulties as the armour-piercing Dark Orb Bolts hurtle towards them...
Tamrissa Roshan	Re: Dark Trickery	#29	[-]
Posts: 1297 Nov 7 02 9:38 AM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Tamrissa swings her upper body down into a ducking crouch as her enemy's sword flashes towards her neck. The blade whips through a lock of her hair as she goes down, narrowly missing the top of her head. A wrist dagger is in her hand as she moves and she slams it into the leg of her attacker. With a curse, she brings herself back up into a standing position and swings the Kuru at it. She briefly recognizes the shadowy mirror image of herself fighting another Legionnaire. Giving a confused furrow of her brow, she throws another swing at her own opponent. It is blocked, showering sparks between them. The sound of the triton stomping through a warp gate widens her eyes and the voice makes them grow even wider. She tries to turn her head to look, but the attacks of the undead warrior are growing more fierce. When the attacks suddenly stop and the foe retreats, she tries to give chase. Her legs refuse to cut through the air, muscles pumping worthlessly slow. She stops struggling to move as she watches the dark sphere rise above the circle of Elite Legionnaires. Her jaw drops. No kidding, she replies to Soul's mind message, knowing she is in danger. As the sphere almost blinds them all, she anticipates the attack and pushes all of her power into the magical shield around her. She shifts uneasily as the massive amount of bolts come shooting out of the spell. Her double is quickly shot to hell, unable to defend itself with the amount of magic she herself possesses. The first bolt whizzes past her head, brushing her shield and making it flare visibly. She brings in a breath through her teeth as she twists to avoid another and is hit in the shoulder by another, tearing a sizable hole in her flesh despite the limitations her shield put on it. The one that missed her the first time turns and takes her in the back of her thigh, causing her to fall to the floor. A few pass over her as she falls, finding other targets, but others move to come straight down at her like lethal balls of hail. She rolls, a sharp eye saving her this time. Many hit the ground, while others are slapped away by her sword. Two manage to get past her defenses and wound her further...
Unregistered(d)	Re: Dark Trickery	#30	[-]
Posts: 0 Nov 7 02 10:08 AM More My Recent Posts	Thje chest of the Triton opens up and Jihon leaps out. As he falls towards teh ground a red flowing cape strings behind him. As he lands, a large clank can be heard. He is wearing black armour with the shoulders covered by spikes. A smile can be seen throough the mask as Jihon takes his first steps towards battle. "It is not the fear of death that drives us.... It is the fear of eternal life...."
Yue16	Re: Dark Trickery	#31	[-]
Posts: 545 Nov 7 02 3:31 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Yues eyes widen as the Legionnaire leaps at her. As it comes down onto her, Yue quickly grips her sword and stabs it through the Legionnaires chest, the sharp blade penetrates through its chest plate and into its flesh underneath. She than rolls out to the side and out of the way, letting the creature hit the floor, where she used to be. The Legionnaire growls loudly at her and stands back up. Clutching its wound with one of its large clawed hands. She glances over to her side and notices her double beside her, willing to help out. She gives a nod and smiles at it. Closing her eyes, she begins to concentrate on her own energy and on that of the Legionnaires. A small wind whips around them both and her body gives off a faint glow as she begins to collect some of the creatures energy and that from around it, forming it and turning it into her own. Her double acts as defence and attacks the Legionnaire as she works on transfering the energy. Once she has gathered all she can hold she opens her eyes and looks up at the Legionnaire. The creature growls in annoyance and shoots an energy ball at Yue, striking her in the upper arm. She flinchs and glares at the Legionnaire. Alright than, you can have it back! Yue forms all the energy she stole into her palm and hurls the ball of crackling energy back at the Legionnaire. It looks like a glowing blur as it travels towards the it and slams itself into the creatures unprotected chest, it burns its way painfully into his stomach and with the force of the blast also sending the creature sliding backwards a ways. As the Legionnaires begin to retreat, Yue watchs as they begin to chant a spell. Already prepared for the worst, Yue watchs in awe as all the Black Orbs start flying around, quickly annihilating their doubles. Yue ducks down as she barely misses being hit with a couple of the orbs as they fly over her head. As she straightens up again, shes just in time to jump over yet another Orb. Ack!! We are not living, but merely existing out of the fear of dying. ~Yue Kurine
Kitharsis	Re: Dark Trickery	#32	[-]
Posts: 978 Nov 7 02 3:56 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	Kitharsis grunts as the lego takes him to the ground. He growls and hits the undead with his elbows, creating just enough space for him to roll over. Once he lands on his back, Kith punches upwards into the lego's chest. This simply aids it in getting up, as it simply flips away and joins its companions. Confused, Kitharsis sits up and looks around. The group of legos chants a spell, then releases it. Cursing, Kith puts up a quick barrier. The dark energy balls crash into it. The first few are blocked, but the barrier is quickly fading, not being able to hold back the energies from the blasts. Clutching the gem, Kitharsis lets his barrier drop. A energy ball is absorbed into it as it comes barrelling towards him, but another crashes into his back, sending him sprawling. Midfilght he is hit by more energy balls, not having time to capture them in his gem. He hits the far wall and lands in a heap. His wounds sizzling from burns. He uses the gem to construct a barrier around him. The barrier is much more sturdy than before and will not waver this time. "While they are in a big group we could get rid of them all at once! We can't let this oppurtunity go by!"
Fei Serumen	Re: Final Spell	#33	[-]
Posts: 2848 Nov 7 02 7:43 PM Prince of Nooses Colonel More My Recent Posts	"I thought you'd be a little smarter then that..." Fei speaks in his tenebrous form, the green acidic substance passing through his shadowed body, crackling with green pops as they neutralize, fizzling away. "Though I must say it was rather clever..." ((Obviously a shadow isn't organic.)) His Shadow form stretching across the chamber, Fei finds himself in the midst of the room, his body still in shadows. In an attempt to find Khora, the shadows begin to rip themselves from the walls and hidden places of the chamber, exposing them to light that bends and wraps around in their place. Sliding across the ground the shadows continue to crawl towards Fei's shadowy figure, absorbing into the base of his legs. His one ear perking up, Fei leaps into the air a trail of shadows clinging to his back as he ascends. Several shots trailing him. "What do I have to lose?" Fanning out his tenebrous form turns into that of a large sheet of twisting black shadows. Upon contact with the orbs, his body is ripped into, but he dispersed himself so much that no serious damage is done. One after another the orbs rip into him. Closing his eyes, he lets them take course as they disperse. After what feels to be several minutes into the air, the writhing shadow full of holes lands on the ground, pulling itself together. Upon becoming opaque and reflecting the light instead of absorbing it, Fei comes into view, his body full of small 2 inch holes that once were fist sized. Fei Serumen §¤§
Asaki Masako	Re: Dark Trickery	#34	[-]
Posts: 513 Nov 7 02 8:47 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Asaki puts her head down as the giant orbs begin to head her way. Thick shields of chaos energy appear every so often when an orb gets too close, doing her best to protect Clutchfiend and Gulver as well. A few of the orbs manage to crash through the shield and strike Asaki's arms and hands. At the same time, Kasei does its best to dodge the assault. It quickly takes the form of a massive broadsword gleaming with chaos magic. It slices through the air and cleanly dicapitates one of the Legionnaires... \|With chaos as my guide, I walk the plains in search of a worthy battle....\|
cLuTcHFieND	My turn.	#35	[-]
Posts: 3771 Nov 7 02 9:08 PM Angel of Redemption God-General More My Recent Posts	Suddenly, Asaki is pushed to one side as Cameron returns to his feet. Moving Asaki behind him, he raises a pure energy forcefield in front of himself to shield the blasts away from Asaki and Gulver. Cameron waits till the last of the blasts have struck the energy shield and then lets it drop, begining to work a powerful incantation as he does so. It only takes a few seconds to complete the spell, and then Cameron stretches his arms towards the Leigonairres. "EVERYONE!!!! GET DOWN!!!!!!" As Cameron yells, flames begin to materialize from out of nowhere around the grouped Leigonairres. The flames manifest themselves into four fiery phieonixes that swiftly launch themselves into the center of the group. The resulting explosion is enough to send Cameron himself flying backwards. He lands flat on his back, his armour grating across the floor. He returns to his feet as quickly as possible, sword drawn.
Unregistered(d)	Re: Final Spell	#36	[-]
Posts: 0 Nov 7 02 9:54 PM More My Recent Posts	Jihon leaps into battle sending peices of Legionairs flying in almost every direction. His muscles flex as he slices away using the famos Pain Saber... It is clear that he has got a lot stronger... "Looks like Relk's trainging paid off!" Just then Jihon hears Clutch's shouting and he falls to the ground with a loud clank. "Jesus!" "It is not the fear of death that drives us.... It is the fear of eternal life...."
Soul Reaver	Two Can Play with Shadows	#37	[-]
Posts: 1675 Nov 8 02 5:21 AM The Immortal Brigadier General More My Recent Posts	The Legionnaires, having expended a vast amount of power from the casting of their spell, are unable to muster a defense against the companions. The roaring explosion from Clutchfiend's spell throws them through the chamber, crunching into pillars and walls. Most are killed instantly, literally torn to pieces. One of them lands near Soul Reaver. All its limbs except its right arm are useless, yet it still attempts to crawl towards Soul Reaver with it. Showing no mercy, the warrior cleaves its head in two. Meanwhile, Khora decides he has had enough. Still hiding himself, his voice calls out to the companions. This time, it sounds angry. "Vampire! You are not the only one with power over the shadows... perhaps it is time to show you what the Art can truly do!" Khora suddenly reappears near the end of the room. He is gesturing rapidly, the words of a mighty Necromantic spell oozing from his lips. With the last word spoken, Khora gets into a combat stance. Around him, the chamber darkens, the shadows lengthening and twisting strangely. Soul Reaver looks around in concern as hundreds of glowing red pinpoints of light appear amidst the shadows... hundreds of malevolent eyes, all staring at the companions with immense hatred. "Shadowcall! Defend yourselves!" The shadows suddenly leap forward, each possessed by a life-hating, soul draining spirit. Their very presence chills the air, and their insubstantial claws are easily strong enough to rip a man limb from limb. Stavarus, stumbling in pain from his previous injuries, watches in horror as the shadows coalesce around him. He fires another enchanted bolt at the shadows, only to see it pass harmlessly through. In return, a slashing claw leaves four parallel cuts in his arm. Dark blood runs freely from it. He looks at the wound in disbelief "That is impossible!" Soul Reaver knows better than to fight physcally against the Shadowcall spell - the undead spirits are barely half-real, extending their hatred for the living into the Mortal Plane. Instead, the warrior leaps around and dodges the attacks as best he can. Even so, fully avoiding the wrath of the spell is impossible - Soul Reaver grunts in pain as yet another pair of icy claws rake his body. His magical Protection spell seems to offer little defence against the black appiritons. The Shadows whirl and flail about themselves madly, seeking only to destroy the targets of their master's ire... (ooc: Fei, I know that your character has powers over shadow, but currently the shadows are being manipulated by Khora's Shadowcall spell. Until the spell is ended in some way, it's doubtful you'll be able to wrest control from him. I'll leave it to you guys to handle this situation. No God-modding Khora, though!)
Sera Poi	Visions	#38	[-]
Posts: 54 Nov 8 02 5:44 AM Alter-Ego Character More My Recent Posts	Kawanua continues to defend himself throwing parries at the legionnaires attacks. sparks fly off the swords as they grind against each other. Shenba growls and hisses as the sword scraps along her blade. the legionnaires sword slowly cracks and bends. With one roar magma consumes the sword melting it down to a pile of gunk. Kawanua turns his attention as Clutchfiend yells out for everyone to get down. His eyes widen as Clutch fiend's spell is casted. Fire Kawanua can withstand. But the impact and force of the explosion he won't be able to. " Oh fuck. Well... I'll be off " Kawanua smiles as he quickly sheeths shenba, Swinging his arm he planes marks out of the explosions way. watching the Legionnaires weapons slide through his body. He watches the explosion pass through him and the legionnaires thrown all over the place. returning to back to the chambers he unsheeths shenba as quickly as he sheethed her. Kawanua's body stiffens as He hears Khora cast a spell, His eyes widen in disbelief as he hears Soul yell out he spells name. " Shadowcall!? Oh great. he knows shadowcall! perfect! how magical! " Kawanua begins to run towards the doors. Only after a few steps he stumbles over in pain. He clutches his head, crying so loud it echos in the chamber. He begins to scream, curling into a ball. the screams begin to sound the same as when he was reborn in Inferno. " NO! God please no! Stop! STOP!!!! " Kawanua lies on the ground screaming and rolling around. Blood trickles down his hands as his finger nails dig deeper into his skull. ((BLARG! GOD DAMNIT! I KNEW I FORGOT TO LOG OUT! BUT NOO I STLL DIDN'T LOG OUT!! BLARG! HUMBUG!))
Fei Serumen	Re: Two Can Play with Shadows	#39	[-]
Posts: 2848 Nov 8 02 7:27 AM Prince of Nooses Colonel More My Recent Posts	((i have no problem with that.)) "Well... if that's the way you want to play, coward... then fine..." Fei shrugs him off, despite the blood squirting from his wounds spilling out to the floor around him in fountain like patterns. As the shadows approach, Fei remembers exactly where Khora stood at the end of the chamber. "Heh... Heads up.." With that, Fei brings his hand to his side where his sword stays latched and pulls it from it's small buckle in one quick movement. The sword flips into the air several times taking on a Golden, Light Absorbing Hue. "You forgot about the sword...." Bringing his leg around just as the shadows approach, Fei spins sideways in a hard kick, knocking the glowing gold blade instantly at Khora, ripping through the shadowy mass with a blazing trail of light that saturates in the air behind it. Fei Serumen §¤§
Tamrissa Roshan	Re: Two Can Play with Shadows	#40	[-]
Posts: 1297 Nov 8 02 7:51 AM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Tamrissa rolls to her back, neck arching as she turns her face to look towards Khora's voice. She brings one leg up, putting a hand to the wound at the back of her thigh. Knowing it is better to stay down until it heals, she watches the shadows begin to crowd towards her. Her mouth moves as she mumbles a spell. The aura that is always around her flares again, but this time a bright light begins to shine from it. Beams of green-white light filter up from her, but the shadows still circle around her. From the outside, it might look like a paper lantern, her light being contained by the dark forms whirling around her. A few claws come slashing down across her arms and legs. Containing her cries, she tries to think, panic bringing her thoughts into the minds of the others. Light makes shadows...shadows can't live without light... she whispers. Can shadows live in complete darkness? Fear crawls its way up her throat, a remembered darkness making her hesitant to even try out her theory. Can shadowcall live without light?! she finally speaks formally into her companion's minds. Can we dispel them with complete darkness?! We need to do something!