Everflame: The Shard

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin allowed himself to smirk just a little as he kept his gaze on Nero. "You are both wrong and right. I used to be one of the Queen's men, even one of Seeker's Chosen, but I have recently been banished for "going mad", which is admittedly the more lenient of the punishments that my gender can suffer for being a danger to that society." He partially wondered why he even bothered speaking with this shard of a god, but he did keep his blade drawn and ready to skewer or decapitate Nero.

[x]

"A few years now," Listy said, her feet tangling under her though she still managed to keep upright as she ran. "Ever since my old guardian found that doll and gave it to me." A spring of confidence, stemming from the initial acceptance and assistance she was recieving, was steadily replacing her nervous gait. The gate drew nearer and a sudden pang of fear made her icy. She shook it off.
 
Deep inside her, an odd smelling and powerful energy grew jittery, as if excited. Instantly, a shot of painful, strange electricity shot through Listy's arm and hand and into Akela's.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Aman turned and bowed to his master, creeping at his side as Nero spoke to the intruder. He stepped forward while toying with his exposed innards.
"My lord," he said. "Should I eat him?"




Andreya scowled at Leo until she sighed and a sense of resignation overtook her.
"You know what? I am not under any orders any more. I am not obliged to protect you anymore." She shook her head and looked out into the shadowy room. "Come on, we won't hurt you, or at least I wont." One of the minks peaked his head over one of the tables at the back.
"Please don't," he said and was yanked back down again. Hurried whispers poured out while the General crept over to them. Eventually the other mink, a slightly more controlled and clean appearance stood with raised arms.
"We'll help," he said. "We made a mistake and are I doubt Seeker will forgive or protect us so we are at your mercy." He bowed to them and Andreya nodded back with her gun raised. "What do you want to know?"





Every time Aria spoke, it melted through Dim Lane, and no matter what she said, she would smile. He smiled even more once he realised what she said.
"Oh excellent," he replied, and hopped along beside her, occasionally flying at a quickening pace toward the city. He looked around as he  flew, scanning the area. He caught something flit among the thicker trees. It slid through the foliage in an effortless flow, a large green wisp. He squinted at it, but couldn't get a clear look, then dropped down to Aria's side again. "Though we should keep on our guard, I'm sure. Never know if anything decides to follow."





Neesa kept her back to the wall. Her ears kept track of the digging, and the sound on pattering paws and scratching claws. She looked up and down the alley in the early morning light. She was on edge and crouched, ready to face any enemy.





Chosen Akela nodded, and hummed over the comprehension of such an object. "Right so that's the only, or at least main connec-aarh!," She shrieked and ripped her paw from Listy's grasp, pain burning through her muscles. She looked at her palm and visible cracks seared red. She gripped her wrist and looked down at the girl wide eyed. Taking the girl's hand again, the pain returned, growing and stabbing through her . She shrieked again and pulled away, exasperated breaths heaving from her. "What was that?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin turned his gaze to the underling of Nero's, and chuckled. "If you so wish to come at me, I will not mind... though I would rather just finish up here then go get a better blade for my travels." He did not notice his own hair was turning unruly, curling and spiking up with each breath he took.

[Cifero Windtail]

Viola shook her head. "No.. why don;t we go for a walk, and we can talk about it, okay?"
Feuilly nodded. "Sure."
Getting up off the rock, the pair continued down the road.
"So.. what is the Army of the Abased, exactly?" Vi asked.
"Well," Feuilly said, " it's... OH MY GOD!"
Feuilly stopped short and stared at a form at the side of the road.
It was another furry.
Viola rushed over and checked the man.
"He's still alive," she said. "Help me bring him to that tree over there."

[tangletail]

After taking notice of the scowl from the woman, Leo gave the general a questionable look before placing his hands on his hips. In response he simply scoffed in a humorous manner, “Well, I don't blame you. Someone's pay roll or not, I wouldn't want to look after myself in the next month. His head turned to the two minks who rose and spoke to them both.

 
The seemingly twins responses didn't seem to reveal any form of informative use from the two to the cat. “The Seeker,” the cat questioned in almost disbelief as he looked to the General once more hoping that they actually meant Nero himself. But alas, it didn't seem to be as he turned back to the doorway, tossing a hand up to grab the door it's self by the corner and rest his head against it. He remained like this for a minute, having a low hushed conversation with himself.

 
Eventually, he pulled away from the door and swung it open to enter the hall.

 
 “Well then, follow us I suppose. If you don't know any place of viable interest, like Nero's new birth place or some lore or a way to kill the immortal bastard then could you enlighten us on how you betrayed seeker per-say?”

[Entaru]

Nero put his hand up to Aman, gesturing for him to stay back.  "Allow me to speak bluntly then, fallen Chosen.  Leave now...let us wipe Seeker's followers off the planet unhindered and there may be a reward for you at the end game.  Otherwise I will drain your being into the hungry mouths of my angels and fill the shell with the nightmares of this world that lick the heels of my boot for sustenance."  He walked up close to Talin, unafraid of what he may do to him, and held out his hand in offering.  "Do you accept my offer, damned Chosen?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin growled, the fur around his head taking a spiked form that would remind Nero of Chronin. "The fact that you would bother to bargain with me is a testament that I am a threat to you. Though as far as draining goes, I think your pets should find out how well their "God" tastes after I've force-fed them your severed limbs." He then sank his blade into Nero's chest, making sure it would go through the heart.

[Entaru]

Nero slumped forward on the blade as it pierced his heart and came out of his back.  He was still for a moment, then he spoke, his speech impaired and labored by the blade partially slicing through his lung.  "A th..hah..threat..hah...no, ehehehe..."  He stood up straight again, sword still in his chest as a mad grin crawled over his face.  His tongue lolled out of his mouth, hanging to the side as he walked forward, plunging the sword deeper into his chest.  "...you..hah...are not...ah..a threat..hah.  Hah...you...ahah..are a..hah..distract-hah-ion.  A..ah...waste of..hah..energy."  Nero was now standing close enough to kiss Talin as black ooze covered the sword and dripped from his mouth.  "You..ah..remind me...hah..of someone.  Half...hah...breed.  I'll enjoy..eheh...destroying you...hah...in his...ah...place."
 
Reaching up to his own face, his grin doesn't waver as his nail pierces his eye.  "So..hah..bothersome.  I cannot..ah...see you..hah...clearly..ah...with...eheh...these."  Curling the finger in his eye, he slowly pulls it out with a sickening pop and severs the optic nerve with his claws before crushing the eye in his hand.  "So...ahahah..much better."  His grin becomes a snarl as he grabs a hold of Talin's head and he locks his gaze on him.  From the black of his eye socket emerges tiny black spikes, spliting and running through the air like veins before reaching Talin's eye and pushing into the black of his pupil.  Nero could see inside of him...the swirling colors of his soul tainted with the light of Seeker, Chronin, and Vuranin. 
 
He would fix that.
 
The black veins pulsed as a tiny droplet of black splashed across the colors, overwhelming them for a moment before disappearing into the swirls.  It would grow with time...which is exactly what he wanted.  The veins retracted from Talin's eye and back into Nero's eye socket.  His snarl turned into a grin once again as he let go of Talin's head.  He stood for a moment before ramming his fist into Talin's gut and knocking him into the opposite wall, causing it to break and crack at the impact.  "You...hah..will..ah........hah..."  He sighed as he gripped the sword's hilt and ripped it from his body, tossing it aside.  "Ah...so much better.  As I was saying...you will leave now.  Run...hide...survive while you can, for when we next meet...it will be the last time."

[kivabunny]

everything was nothingness. sound, thought, taste, touch, smell, hearing, and sight were nonexistent. as thought slowly came back, aeron began to fight the void, he did not know why he fought, he did not know who he was, all he knew was that the void would not have him. struggling and fighting for himself trying to find, what, he did not know, he began to sink into the void, nothingness reclaiming his soul, then he found a thought, it said
 
                                                               aeron
 
all of a sudden the nothingness shrank back and was overcome by darkness, but there was something in that darkness, and it came to him.
 
it was pain.
it was the scent and taste of blood, long dried.
it was hunger and thirst.
but most of all it was pain.
 
aeron tried to speak, but when he did a firey lance peirced his side. finaly aeron felt through the pain, he got the sense he was moving. aeron opened his eyes, ignoring the dazzling light that met them he squinted, he was laying down and the ground was retreating, moving away, he was being dragged. he looked up seeing one fur pulling his right arm, he knew there was another on his left, but he or she was not in view and turning his neck made his dulled pain flare up. aeron observed the fur he could see with his dulled senses, some kind of feline he guessed from the blurred outline, and were those, wings?
aeron felt himself being laid down, and attempted to sit up, coals were thrust into his lungs causing him to cough, blood came up with air, a flaming coal was thrust into his core, causing him to cry out in pain,
 
 
and then all was black.(im still alive just unconsious)

[Cifero Windtail]

"Hmm..." Viola said, looking the wolf over. "He's been injured... and pretty badly, at that..."
"I have some medical supplies," Feuilly said, rummaging in his bag. "Just give me a few minutes..."

TEN MINUTES LATER...

"There!" Feuilly said, taping the bandage down. "That should hold."
He stood back and looked at the wolf.
"The question is," said the crat, "who beat him up in the first place?"
"I believe that's a question for him," Viola said. She yawned deeply. "It's getting dark... we'd better rest."

[kivabunny]

It was nightfall when aeron awoke once more, painfully he pushed himself into a slumped position against the tree behind him grunting in pain as he did so. He instantly scanned his surroundings out of habit, noting every rock, tree, and landmark, each one bringing back memories of the cowardly ambush that had given him these near-mortal wounds. He saw the other two furs with their backs turned to him, facing the small cookfire, aeron tried to call for water, only managing a cough.

[KittKat chunky~]

Between shadows cast from the first morning light the beasts ran, claws raking the ground as their tongues flicked from fanged maws. With hisses and roars the pack burst into the alley in front of Neesa, surging past her towards the entrance of the tunnel. They ran with a single-minded ferocity and scrabbled to get past each other into the darkness. At the center of the pack the leader stopped, long tongue flicking out to taste the air, then turned to face the girl. For a moment the creature contemplated her then with a bristle of dark spines across its back the beast leaped.


Hisses and scrabbling filled the tunnel as Imshi clawed her way to the surface, pulling herself up over the lip of the hole with dirt in her eyes and fur. She stood and, disregarding the pain in her shoulder, pulled Yenchi roughly up after her. Without a moment to wait she shoved him into a run and shouted, authority back in her voice "Just run! Don't turn to fight!"

[Grace.E]

Aria smiled but then nodded at Dim Lane's comment about them might being followed, she looked around slowly before she said softly again, not wanting to hurt her voice more.
"what should we tell the queen? what if she doesn't believe us?" she thought about Talin, she began to wonder if he was alright...

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Talin could feel his heart thundering as he felt a part of Nero go into him and momentarily violate his very existence. The sensation faded, but his heart did not let up as he beheld Nero. When once he held him with contempt, now he held him with fear. He didn't want to get up, simply because it would put him closer to Nero. He felt his body take a deep breath, then he was suddenly outside the town of the Shard. He quickly thanked whoever 'rescued' him from Nero, and ran with all of his strength to Tina City, not knowing if he would run into Aria or Dim Lane.