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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 2, 2010 21:09:05 GMT -8
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Lazarus gave a yelp, dropping Wyatt. He stared at Sakura, unadulterated rage bright in his eyes.
"You miserable wench." he snarled, drawing himself up, a great burst of demonic power swirling about him. It was nothing to match the likes of Elliot or Shino, but it was still greater power than any human could have, "I should have ended you the minute I met you and your ruddy friends. I may as well just take you now."
Wyatt shook his head, "Y-.. you'll stay away from her." he protested. He was a bit shaken, but he still had a voice.
Lazarus smirked, "You don't have a sword." he pointed out, "How do you suppose you can protect her?"
"With anything I have." he breathed, "Sakura's been with us from the start. I'm not about to let any harm come upon her. She's as much a part of our Brotherhood as Averis or Clefina or I am." he narrowed his eyes at Lazarus, "As you were once."
"I've had about enough from you, Tellerman." Lazarus snarled, almost effortlessly knocking the boy out of the way.
"You need to be taught a lesson." he turned on Sakura, grabbing her by the arm.
"Sakura!" Wyatt cried again, only just managing to right himself this time. He was getting weak.
"Wyatt, you need to stay down." Averis hissed, "We have to think of something."
"He'll hurt her." Wyatt breathed, "By the gods, I won't see her hurt the way he hurt me. Not like that." He made a dash forward, "Lazarus you need to stop this! By the gods, the only thing that will come of this is..."
He stopped short. By the time he'd gotten within a few meters of the illusionist, the man had whipped around, thrusting out his sword. Wyatt hadn't realized what was happening until after the fact, when he found himself impaled upon Lazarus's sword, about six inches from the hilt. Lazarus stepped back, his eyes impassive as Wyatt fell forward.
Averis could only stare. Suddenly her knees felt weak. "Wyatt?" was the only thing she could manage to squeak out.
"You should have listened the first time." Lazarus spat, turning back to Sakura, "I'm sorry, where was I?"
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Post by Mina Murray on Nov 2, 2010 21:19:02 GMT -8
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 2, 2010 21:39:38 GMT -8
"WYATT!" Sakura cried out as she struggled to free herself. She grabbed onto Lazerus' wrist to try and make him let go using a pressure point. In the struggle, nobody noticed a spirit of a brown-haired young man as he appeared, frowning at Lazerus.
Name: Yuri Tsaiban Age: 19 at his death Nationality: Russian/Japanese Appearance: Light brown hair, brown eyes, fairly tall, a prominent nose and roundish face. Personality: Yuri was a very kind and shy young man who would have had his learning mission in Russia. He was very studious, shy and a bit introverted. Religion: Unknown Sexual orientation: Was straight Occupation: Was a student, now is dead. Background: In life, Yuri was third in their class. His parents were Mr. Tsaiban and his wife, an ex-Russian national named Katarina. He first saw Sakura as she was helping her mother shop, but he was too shy to talk to her. He finally started dating Sakura since the two were in a debate team on opposite sides. He and Sakura would talk after the debate. She was his first and last love, while he was her first love. He thought about it before he asked her to marry him at a graduation function, asking for her hand in marriage after she graduated. A minute after he asked and she accepted, he was decapitated while they twirled on the dance floor.
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Post by samedi on Nov 2, 2010 23:06:58 GMT -8
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The mark practically bled and Ardent threw a punch at the back of Lazarus's head, not even having to think about it.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 3:51:37 GMT -8
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Lazarus scowled at Sakura, "You've got a lot of tricks for mortal men." he said, tightening his grip around her wrist, "You'll find that doesn't always work with demons." He wound up and threw the girl across the room as if she was a rag doll. Now there was a second one attacking him. The little boy with the mark on his breast.
"You'll have to do better than that." he smirked, "I'd be careful with all that anger if I were you." He waved his hand nonchalantly and at once an invisible force wound around his throat, choking the life out of him.
"Wyatt!" Averis's face was written with fear as she approached the fallen mage. Already his face was white as blood poured down his front.
"C-.. come on Wyatt." Averis cried, pressing her hands against his chest and chanting as many curative spells as she knew, "You need to hang on!"
"A-.. Aver-..." Wyatt choked out, unable to even so much as get a full breath in, much less speak. Blood bubbled up in his throat.
"Don't try to talk." Averis whispered, "You need to focus on staying alive."
"A-.. Averis..." Wyatt shook his head, "Th-... the sword is..."
"Wyatt please." there were tears in Averis's eyes, "Wyatt you... you have to..."
"N-..no.." Wyatt shook his head, a desperate look on his face, "The s-... sword is... is an..." he gasped, suddenly quite unable to breathe. He mouthed something inaudible his as his limbs started to go slack.
"What?" Averis asked. She could barely see now, her eyes blurred with tears, "What are you... Wyatt!" she stared, horrified Wyatt's body went slack in her arms, "Wyatt? Oh ye gods, no, Wyatt!"
She looked up at Lazarus, her eyes wide with fury, "I'll kill you." she gritted out, "Ye gods I'll kill you!"
There was a spirit floating behind her now. Not Wyatt's, that would be too soon. There was something else. Someone else. Absently, she sent a bit of her magic back to it, beckoning it in.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 3, 2010 4:12:21 GMT -8
The trio could barely keep up with what was going on. They were too horrified by Lazarus's power, and his impaling of Wyatt further paralyzed them. N-no...this...this can't be happening! Brandon thought. "You...murderous bastard..." He got out. He's about to throw himself in again! Do something, Twili! Brianna thought. "You demand respect? Fear or mere power doesn't warrant that! You have to EARN it! Trying to kill someone won't give you respect! You'll only make people hate you more!!" Brandon said, not caring if he was targeted for not shutting up. Should I stop him? I-I'm not sure! Twili thought before seeing Brianna step in front of Brandon, acting as a shield. If this guy wants to hurt him now, he's going through me! Brianna thought.
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Post by samedi on Nov 3, 2010 4:40:24 GMT -8
Ardent's eyes widened and dark rings were marring his vision. That didn't stop him from kicking Lazarus as hard as he possibly could.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 3, 2010 6:34:55 GMT -8
Ardent had seemed to be doing what Brandon was going to do at first: Hopelessly attack Lazarus. Somehow, he saw himself in Ardent's actions, wanting him to stop before he gets badly hurt. It was then that he fully understood how Twili and Brianna felt when his plan to stop Ardent and Shane the night before had backfired. I don't want anyone to get hurt...just like my friends felt for me. I can't allow him to go on! He'll just end up worse off! He thought.
"Ardent, stop! He's only gonna hit you back with a lot more force than that!" Brandon said before pulling Ardent back from Lazarus. "Don't be as reckless as me! You're only gonna make things worse for yourself!" Brianna and Twili saw how he learned from last night and moved to intercept him. "Guys, wait! Just back off!" Brandon said, worried about his friends. "Brandon, we're a trio! That means we stick together all the damn time!" Brianna shouted back. "Besides...sometimes, you have to do what you did before. We'll protect them, no matter the cost!" Twili added, understanding that he had been willing to take a brutal attack the night before. "Guys..." He said, barely smiling. "Thank you. Lazarus!" He faced in his direction. "You want a shot at them? Your pathetic soul has to go through the newcomers first!"
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 8:14:42 GMT -8
"Like pigs to the slaughter." Lazarus sighed, using that same invisible force to hoist Ardent up into the air by the throat. In reality all that was was a demonic tendril, the kind that Elliot and Shino had employed, cloaked by illusion magic. They were deadly enough forces when you could see them. When you couldn't, that was another matter altogether. It looked much more impressive than it actually was.
He turned on Brandon, "I've never met a poor soul who wanted to be murdered so badly." he said, "I was going to hold off on you. After all, what threat is some poor loud mouthed sod and his two whores? But since you insist." A swirl of fog rolled in around the three, black, smokey whips that enveloped the three in a perpetual night.
"Of course I could kill you myself." he said, "but where's the fun in that. I'm rather a lover of irony myself." The trio found themselves now back in the badlands, the place of Brandon's dream, only now it was reality and a harsh one at that. A replica of each of them appeared before the trio. Same stature and build, resembling them in all ways but one, they lacked a face.
"Wouldn't it be much more fun if you all had to kill each other?"
Shane stared horror stricken at the sight of all that had happened. He'd watched his father die, Ardent was being strangled, Brandon, he wasn't quite sure what. He gazed at the figure, Lazarus, with hate boiling up inside him. This isn't happening. Shane was a master of denial. None of it makes sense. My father can't die. He's not supposed to die this way. He could remember it, his father, purple faced, body swinging slightly in the breeze. Maybe that was why he never even tried to begin to mourn. That was why he noticed how the light didn't glint off of Lazarus's sword.
"It's not real." he whispered, to himself, no longer begging as he'd been before. This time he knew, "It isn't real."
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 8:20:36 GMT -8
Sakura winced as he tightened his already vice-like grip on her, refusing to scream. She yelped as she hit the wall, before she tried to get up. "Gingkyo, no!" She noticed the little girl run over to him, stabbing Lazerus in the thigh with a hidden dagger, before running back to Sakura. The child heard what Shane said. "Sakura, Wyatt's ok." She said to her as Hana ran over to act as a furry little guard.
The spirit found itself beckoned to Averis. He looked at her through eyes that were brown. He cradled his head, before he put it back on, tightening it around his neck as though he was screwing on a light bulb. "My name is Yuri Tsaiban. I'm here to help you guys." He said to her before he started unscrewing it again.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 3, 2010 13:27:43 GMT -8
"His two whats!? Oh, now you've really pissed me off! Die monster! You don't belong in this wor-" Brianna got out before the three were engulfed in darkness. "Th-this portal!" Brandon said beyond the darkness before being swept away by it.
"-ld! What the..." Brianna finished, noticing the change in scenery. "Are we in the Badlands again?" Twili asked, noting the familiar environment. "But...how? Last I checked, illusions don't involve ACTUAL teleportation!" Brandon said. "And...how did he know where to send us?" Suddenly, the three replicas took shape in front of them. They were indeed exactly the same, except for their face, which was completely blank. They then saw helmets form around them, similar to Vanitas. ((Just a little creativity with them here, hope ya don't mind. XD)) "What...are they? Are they really us?" Twili said, frightened at their copycats. "No." Brandon stated. "They're just empty copies. They may be able to fight like us...but they'd only know how to serve under Lazarus. Guys, whatever this comes to, don't ever think of them as us. Those helmets and the blank faces underneath them show that." "Good, cause I wasn't planning on holding anything back. I finally got my wish for a good fight, and I'm not wasting it, illusion or not. Let's have at them!" Brianna said, sword at the ready. Brandon and Twili got theirs out as well. "Alright...we're all ready?" Brandon asked, getting a confirming nod from his friends. "Battle routine, set!" "EXECUTE!!" Brianna and Twili shouted. The three charged their counterparts, swords in hand.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 17:03:52 GMT -8
Lazarus grunted a little, his expression a mixture of pain and annoyance.
"Spunky little brat isn't she?" he asked as another cloaked tendril shot out and grabbed her, hoisting her up into the air. Lazarus held her out, just far enough away so that her little arms couldn't reach him.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you to mind your manners?" he asked, raising his sword and touching the girl's cheek with it, just enough so that it drew blood, "I suppose you're still young enough to learn."
"G-.. Ging..." Clefina stammered, "You're going to far, Lazarus!"
"Am I?" Lazarus asked, "I apologize. I suppose I should have stopped at just killing your friends."
"I don't know what you are, Lazarus." Clefina breathed, "There used to be at least a trace of decency in you. Now I don't know what you are?"
"Decency?" Lazarus repeated, "News to me. Maybe you should have taken that into account before you shot me in the head." his eyes darkened.
"You've had your revenge." Clefina breathed, "Take all the revenge you want on the brotherhood. Me if you like. But spare Gingkyo, she's got nothing to do with this."
Lazarus scowled at the girl, "Maybe you should have thought about that before." he said, twirling the tip of his sword around one of the girl's eyes, "Pretty eyes. Not as pretty as Sakura's, but still." he smirked, "Pity if something were to happen to them."
"Y-.. Yuri?" Averis stammered, "S-.. Sakura's Yuri? You're that Yuri?" a smile broke out over her face, "Ye gods, I thought we'd never find you! Am I ever glad to see you!"
The fight is a hopeless one. Shane thought dejectedly, If they keep trying to fight against the illusions they'll just sink further into them. The more they believe them, the less they can escape.
He glanced over at his father. His body, once covered in blood, was now completely clean and dry. He could see past the illusion. There was no sword, there never had been. The rest of them only thought there was.
You need to let them know. a voice nagged Shane in the back of his head, You need to help them, or they'll never be able to get out of this.
Why should I? They're the ones that made me like this.
Does it matter? They need your help.
Shane looked out, concentrating now on all of his strength. There wasn't much in there. He had just enough to push himself up onto his side.
"S-.. Sakura." he croaked. They didn't have much time. Even if it was an illusion, Ardent was still liable to be strangled to death, and Wyatt's body seemed to be on the brink of a shut down. He hadn't been stabbed, but his body was reacting as if he had, "S-a-.. Sakura.. A-.. Av-..." his voice was just barely above a whisper. "Averis! Av-.." he felt himself pitch forward and he promptly tumbled off the bed. He had just about enough strength to raise his head. His vision was flickering again. No, you can't go now. he willed himself, shaking his head, Stay awake."
"P-.. please.." he knew they couldn't hear him. His vision was dimming. He was fading again. The numbness was back. "S-..." he took in a deep breath of air, "Sakura!!"
In the mean time, Lazarus's illusions faced off against Brandon. As it stood Lazarus knew almost nothing about the Trio, so of course, he had to improvise. He knew he could create dolls, but it was up to them to make the setting. He'd simply manipulated their minds to make them believe they were in the setting of their worst nightmare, staring down themselves. They had already set high expectations for the fight, so the fight would be a long one, a bloody one. The mock Brandon was just as strong as the real one, and then just a bit stronger, a bit faster. Just superior enough that none of the trio could last against them. That wasn't Lazarus's doing. That was their own.
Funny what the human mind does to itself. Lazarus smirked to himself, knowingly
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 17:13:04 GMT -8
A green eye went wide when she saw the sword at it. "Gingkyo..." Sakura said as she managed to pick herself up, using a wall as support. "You let her go right now!" She grabbed the dagger and stabbed at Lazerus' stomach.
Yuri nodded his disembodied head. "Good thing about being dead, you no longer feel pain." He said to Averis before throwing it into Lazerus. He phased into him to possess the illusionist. "Let's see what we can do." Yuri said as he first made Lazerus drop Gingkyo. He then made Lazerus punch himself in the face, saying "Why am I hitting myself?" Over and over as he punched and slapped himself.
((couldn't resist. XD)
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 3, 2010 17:34:41 GMT -8
Because of the distance put between Brandon's party and their copies, he hadn't yet fully attacked. This has to be an illusion...he IS an illusionist, right? How can he know exactly what would be our own worst enemy by knowing us for all of five minutes? Wait...HE DOESN'T! Brandon thought before barring his friends passage to the copy trio by jumping in front of them and holding out his hands. "Bro, out of the way! Do you WANT them to kick our asses!?" Brianna yelled at him. "What's going on, Brandon? Why did you stop us?" Twili asked much more calmly than Brandon's sister. "Ask yourself this. How in the blue hell could he fight us when he knows nothing about us? All he can copy is strength alone!" Brandon said. "So? We have a simple tie, right?" Brianna asked. "Wrong. We've never been in a proper fight around any of the others yet. Just a couple of quick reactions. By making clones of us, what can he do with them?" Brandon replied. "...He learns us." Twili answered, quickly figuring it out. "Exactly. No one around here knows how we actually fight. Maybe got our personalities down, but that can't fully translate into a fighting style. And we'd be giving him the keys to it by fighting these three." Brandon continued. "But, if we don't fight, they'll still overpower us with that brute force. And by going on the defensive...they'll find a way around it. How can we fight this?" Brianna asked. "Well, we know it's some kind of illusion. All we have to do is find a way to break it. Think about it...if we're in this field, and we're fighting ourselves...can we think of a similar situation?" Brandon said. "Vanitas! That's it!" Brianna said, a mental light-bulb going off. "I think I get it. They're helmets resemble the one Vanitas has. That could be a clue as to how to break this!" Twili added. "And how do we break the illusion that is Vanitas?" Brandon said, thinking about Ventus's story. Brianna and Twili thought for a second before reaching a conclusion. "Merge with it!!" They both shouted. "Right! Of course, that's completely para-phrasing what actually happens...but I have a feeling I shouldn't say what that is." Brandon added. Brandon then turned to the clones, not putting away his sword, but merely holding it down. He then extended his right hand to his clone, similar to how Riku did all the way back at the very beginning of Kingdom Hearts. Let's break this illusion...
((Edit after seeing blue's: Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself! :3))
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 17:40:23 GMT -8
"Oh I'll let her go." Lazarus smirked, his sword touching the girl's breast, "Right after this goes through her heart."
"Lazarus!" Averis turned back to Yuri, "Ye gods, we have to..." she frowned. Apparently the spirit already had some ideas of his own, and phased into Lazarus's body, taking control over his limbs.
Lazarus's eyes went wide as he dropped Ardent and Gingkyo. All of a sudden he'd lost control of his body, and was currently making a specticle of himself by hitting himself in the face. He cried out through the madness.
"W-.. what is all this?"
Perhaps he was lacking control of his body, but the illusion still held at least. He'd dropped his sword, but at least it was still there. He hadn't lost control of his magic.
"Ardent!" Averis rushed up to the boy, "Ye gods, can you hear me? Can you breathe? Ye gods, please be okay."
"Averis..." Shane gasped. She was closer to him at least now, he raised a hand, reaching out to her, "Averis y-.. you have to listen to me! W-.. Wyatt isn't... he's not dead!"
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 17:52:52 GMT -8
Sakura looked up, seeing Lazerus let go of Gingkyo. As the assassin crawled to Wyatt, she watched Lazerus make a spectacle of himself as he kept hitting himself in the face and did the only thing she could think of: she started laughing. Gingkyo looked up as well, laughing at him, too.
"He's not so scary is he?" Gingkyo asked between laughs.
"Not at all." Sakura gasped.
"Stop hitting yourself." Yuri repeated out of Lazerus' mouth as he continued, a grin on his face as he heard the sound he never thought he'd ever hear again. "Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself." He repeated over and over.
Sakura heard a familiarity to the voice unlike Lazerus', but she was still unsure.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 3, 2010 18:04:42 GMT -8
Come on...take my hand, idiot...I can't possibly be a threat to myself if I don't make myself out to BE one. Brandon thought, arm still extended. All of a sudden, he could feel the environment around him change slightly, then change right back. "Is he...already losing his power?" Brandon asked. "Could be. Just...don't to anything to disrupt that." Twili answered. "Keep at that right now! Maybe it'll help more!" Brianna encouraged.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 18:30:04 GMT -8
Brandon's clone stopped dead in front of him, his blank face not quite sure of what to make of the gesture. For a second there was hesitation, but after that second the specter reached out and touched the tips of its fingers to Brandon's. The illusion shifted. It was beginning to break down.
Lazarus blinked a few times, "Ye gods, stop it!" he cried, trying desperately to take control of his limbs. He failed miserably. His heart fell. They were laughing at him. Humiliating him.
"I will not be made a fool of!" Lazarus cried. At once there was a surge of energy. The illusions began to intensify, to distort. Wyatt's entire body began dripping with blood. Brandon's specter backed away, brandishing his sword and attacking in a flurry of rage.
"Wyatt?" Averis breathed, "Bu-.. but Lazarus..." her eyes went wide as she looked back at Wyatt, realizing now what had happened.
"It's an illusion." she breathed, "He wasn't stabbed, it was an illusion!" She stood, a look of hope crossing her face. All at once that hope disappeared. The room had grown dark. All at once she couldn't see the rest of the group. Even Ardent had been swallowed up. All she could see was the cloaked specter, the one with the brand, coming for her.
"It's just an illusion." Shane croaked.
"How do you know what I'm seeing?" Averis demanded.
"I don't."Shane replied, "I'm seeing something else. But I know what it is. It can't hurt me. It's not real."
"You sound like Ratio." Averis hissed, turning back to the specter as it advanced on her.
"Maybe you should listen then." Shane whispered.
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Post by samedi on Nov 3, 2010 18:48:23 GMT -8
Ardent dropped to the floor gasping. He could barely hear, barely see. "Av-" He couldn't even speak yet, and his wound had split.
He didn't know what was going on and he could do nothing even if he knew. Vision clearing, he saw Averis's hand and grabbed it. But it was cold and unmoving.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 3, 2010 19:09:03 GMT -8
Averis's voice was stuck in her throat. The specter had descended upon her, bearing down upon her with eyes like flint. She saw Ardent and Wyatt behind the specter, they were trapped, bound up by some sort of dark force. The specter stood between them.
"Averis!" Ardent was crying, "Why didn't you help us Averis?"
"We were counting on you to save us." Wyatt cried, "What happened?"
"I'm sorry!" Averis cried out, "I didn't know what to do! I was afraid!"
"You're a necromancer." Seven's form had appeared out of the mist, "What kind of necromancer is afraid of ghosts?"
"I'm sorry!" Averis cried again, closing her eyes, "I didn't know."
"You're the one who brought this on us!" Wyatt accused, his eyes hard all of a sudden. There was a corpse like quality to his face suddenly, "You know I didn't have to die like this. I didn't want to die."
"Wyatt, I'm sorry!" Averis cried.
"You're the one who brought this on us." Wyatt went on. Every second his body was degrading. Blood was starting to drip down his face, "You're the one who summoned Lazarus. You're the reason I'm dead. You killed me, Averis!"
"No!" Averis cried, sinking to her knees. Blood was dribbling down Wyatt's front. It covered his face. Averis couldn't keep looking, but she couldn't look away. Ardent's body was starting to bleed to, his hand reaching out to her only to begin to decay into bone. Averis backed away.
"You're letting yourself get caught." Shane warned softly, "Look beyond the illusion."
"But it's true." Averis whispered, "I... I did cause all this. If I hadn't summoned Lazarus..."
"It doesn't matter." Shane replied, "You did. You can't change that." he looked up at her, "You can change this."
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 19:26:31 GMT -8
Yuri heard the cries. "I gotta try something else." He said to himself. After he made Lazerus slap himself, he began to intensify the inner turmoil, making him punch himself everywhere else, before he made him stab himself with his sword. He then decided to say through Lazerus "I'm an ugly moron with a huge butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt."
Both Iwato sisters giggled at the random statement. "Gingkyo, I have an idea." Sakura said to the girl, remembering a book and his frenzy to maintain control before he intensified the illusions. "We should continue laughing at Lazerus and keep taunting him."
"But won't that just make him angrier?"
"Exactly." Sakura grinned. "Eventually, he will be so angry, he'll intensify the illusions and eventually it will tire him out."
((a whole plate of cookies to who can guess the reference XDDD))
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Post by samedi on Nov 3, 2010 19:26:57 GMT -8
Lies..., Ardent thought, as the scene started to flicker. He was proven right when he actually felt Averis's hand move. He looked at her, she was crying. He squeezed he hand.
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 19:29:33 GMT -8
Sakura saw Ardent close by Averis. "Ardent, I have an idea. We could make Lazerus angrier with taunts, jeers and mocking. Now, I won't lie, the illusions will be more intense, but eventually the effort to keep things up will tire out Lazerus. Are you in?"
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Post by samedi on Nov 3, 2010 20:00:09 GMT -8
His ears were still ringing, but Ardent could hear Sakura. He nodded and turned to Lazarus. His initial shock melted away and smiled.
"Even in death, you're nothing more than a King's fool, Lazarus." He croaked, his voice still cracking. "He laughs at your antics and gives you a kick for your trouble."
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 3, 2010 20:54:10 GMT -8
"That's the way." Sakura said to Ardent, before she said to Lazerus "How can people respect you when you can't even control your body?"
Yuri, inside Lazerus' body, smirked when he realized what they were doing. "Let's give them more ammo, shall we?" He said before he made Lazerus punch himself in the crotch.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 4, 2010 2:39:11 GMT -8
Brandon wondered what just happened as he dodged the initial attack. "How? But...I was so close!" He said, not prepared for the clone's next attacks. Brianna and Twili helped pull him away before said clone could land anything. "Guys, run." He merely said. "We're not leaving you behind, Brandon!" Twili said. "I never said to do that, but just run. If this thing is only a bit stronger than me...trust me, it still won't be too agile across a long distance." He replied. "Wait, maybe we should try that thing you did with our clones. Only yours reacted...so why not?" Brianna suggested. "Then do that while I keep this one busy." Brandon said, then taking off. "Hey clone, catch me if ya can!" Meanwhile, Brianna and Twili went to their clones, repeating Brandon's Riku-like arm extension.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Nov 4, 2010 8:58:10 GMT -8
Averis felt something grab a hold of her hand, "A-.. Ardent?" she stared at the boy, tears streaming down her face, "Ardent. I-.. I'm so sorry." her lower lip trembled, "I.. I didn't think he could... I thought I knew what I was doing."
"Don't apologize." Shane shook his head.
"Wha-.." Averis began.
"You're running out of time." Shane went on, "You have to break the illusion. You've incapacitated Lazarus. Now you need to break the spell."
"But.." Averis stammered, "But what do I... How?"
"That's something you have to figure out on your own." Shane replied. He put his head down gently.
"Shane?" Averis called to the boy. He didn't respond, "Shane wake up! What did you mean by..." he looked up at the specter. The ghost was decending upon her now, raising its brand high. Averis closed her eyes, It's not real. she told herself, It's not real and... and even if it was real what difference does it make? she looked up at it.
"You have no power over me." she breathed, "You're just a phantom in the night. You come with a warning, but that's all it is. A Warning. Something that we can avoid and by the gods its something we will avoid." she narrowed her eyes, "I'll not be made subservient to you. I'm not going to be made a fool." she got to her feet, "And I'm not going to spend my time being afraid of what will come. For all we know it can be changed, even the Brotherhood can be changed. All we have to do is start working towards that change."
In the meantime taunts continued to bombard Lazarus. Clefina remained on the fringes, not willing to step in. Lazarus was strong, probably stronger than he'd been before, but above that, his powers were different. The conditions were different. They'd defeated him once by forcing him to overwhelm himself. Now, Clefina's only worry was that they weren't sure where his powers would end, or if they had an end at all.
"Enough!" Lazarus cried. It was obvious the illusions weren't working, but he wasn't ready to be made a fool just yet. He focused on the spirit that had possessed his body and wrapped him in a cocoon of magic, confining him down and cutting off his power. He looked around, clenching his hands into fists, back in control.
There was a dangerous look in his eyes now. The time for fooling around was over. He lunged at Sakura, catching her by the arm and digging his clawed hand into her shoulder. Blood ran around his finger tips, ready to pull the girl's arm off.
"Not laughing now, are you?" he asked.
Clefina stepped forward, "Lazarus!" she cried. She couldn't stay back any longer. She knew she had to do something. She spied the sword she'd dropped. Descretely she put Elias down and picked up the weapons.
His illusions have become too much a part of him. she realized, They might not be real to the rest of us. she brandished the weapon, but they're real to him.
The clones of Brianna and Twili didn't respond to the outreach. The intensifying illusions had brought more fight into them. They reacted to the gesture with swords drawn. Now things were starting to get serious
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Post by samedi on Nov 4, 2010 9:08:51 GMT -8
Ardent took a breath before getting up and charging Lazarus, trying to knock him of balance. He heard Averis call his name and hesitated.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Nov 4, 2010 9:50:44 GMT -8
"Uh...heh heh...good clone. Nice clone..." Brianna said, slowly backing away. "Fall back for now!" Twili shouted, beginning to follow Brandon. "Run away! EVERYONE!" Brianna shouted as well, following Twili who followed Brandon. Brandon himself had stopped once he got a good distance away from the clones once more. "Didn't work?" "YA THINK, IDIOT!?" Brianna yelled, catching up to him. "What do we do now?" Twili asked. "I almost had them before...someone's been weakening Lazarus back at that room. He's probably attempting to counter it right now, so that must be why it attacked me so suddenly." Brandon explained. "So now what, let them chase us!?" Brianna said, not willing to just run. "For now...yes. We have to wait this out without showing that guy how we fight. That means you especially, sis. Got it?" Brandon ordered. "Fine...I hope you're right about this." Brianna said. "It's our only chance right now, so let's just follow what he says." Twili said before beginning to watch the clones.
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Post by bluedemonhybrid on Nov 4, 2010 10:02:46 GMT -8
Sakura winced again as blood ran out of her shoulder and arm. "Oh my gods, you are pathetic." She said, not willing to give in. "You're going to resort to tearing my arm off just to get some respect from me?" She gulped in pain. "I may not be laughing at you, but that doesn't make you any less pathetic. I wonder, why does my laughing at you bother you so? Clefina, cut off his arm or at least throw me a dagger!"
"NO!" Yuri cried out as he was cocooned. The spirit started to weep, for he felt there would be nothing he could do to protect Sakura any further.
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