State of Mind

[Leiton]

((Well, it has been almost a week, so I'm afraid Cami is out of the story. I'll decide what to do with his character later. For now, let's start up the fights ))

-Cifero-

"Alright. Joan, you will be fighting Henry. He controls earth as well, so it's a fair fight. Theragorm, I'm going to have to ask you what your element is. Same for you, Deim."
Joan huffed again before standing up and walking over to a tree, resting back on it. Henry stepped away from Cami, who was now untied and rubbing his wrists.
Theragorm answered quickly, "My element's electricity, though I haven't actually been trained. I'm pretty good with me sword, but it's somewhere in Jasper's jail."
"Hmph. Jasmine." He turned back to Jasmine, who had joined the pair by the satellite. "I need you and Jenny to go back to Fnorgan's Guard warehouse and pick up any lost supplies."
"Sir."
"Considering the attack going on, they probably didn't have the time to actually put them in storage, so it shouldn't be hard to find them." He turned back to the group. " What weapons are you all missing?
Theragorm answered first, "My greatsword. Nothing special, but it's served me well."
Joan answered next. "My bow, arrows, and hunting knife. The knife has a rock handle."
Jasmine nodded and walked past them, into the woods, followed closely by Jenny.
Finally, he turned to Jayce. "Well, it seems you might as well go first, since you weren't arrested. You'll be fighting me."
The rabbit and the fox both looked over, surprised.
"Not to the death of course. Just so I know how skilled you are. Nothing dirty or fatal. Just like a training session, got it?"

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-Sigcutio-

Deirx and Krystal quickly finished packing the bags. Deirx tossed one to Grant and pulled two over his own shoulders. Krystal grabbed one and then walked out the door with Sarah.
"That's all I need. Leiton should know where the encampment is. He always does." He ran out the door and kept going at a light jog, heading along the edge of the woods, circling around the city. After a few minutes, they noticed a clearing further in the woods. There were shapes of people there, but there wasn't a campfire or anything. Even as they watched, the figures disappeared. The area around them seemed to grow even darker, speeding up the night.

[Cifero Windtail]

Jayce looked up.
"O-kay..." he said. "You wanna borrow one of my weapons?"

[Leiton]

"I have my own."
Chris walked over to the center of the clearing and crossed his arms.
The pair by the computer stopped what they were doing and watched intently.
 He didn't have any visible weapons. He wore only a dark t-shirt, jeans, and a smile.

[Cifero Windtail]

"Okay..."
Jayce put his mask back on and, removing all of his weapons save his dager and rapier, he walked over and stood opposite Chrism also crossing his arms.
"So... how do we start?"

[Leiton]

"Simple. First, dull your weapon so it won't stick me. Then we fight."
He knelt over the ground and placed his palms on the ground. After a few seconds, he slowly lifted his hands. Under them, a thick, metallic stream followed. He took the stream and compressed it between his hands, creating a sphere. He then took the ball and molded it into a katana, though the blade was completely rounded. Grooves formed around his fingers, creating the handle. Finally, a small section rose above the handle, creating the hilt.
"Do you need me to dull your weapons? You didn't seem to have any problems removing the prisoner's chains back at Fnorgan."

[Cifero Windtail]

Jayce stepped back in shock... then stepped forward.
"No need... I carry dull weapons just in case," he said, removing a dull dagger from his satchel.

[Cifero Windtail]

  (I'm confused... who an I fighting?)

[Suzumibachii]

((just gonna post a quick reply since im not sure if ill be able to connect this weekend))

Suzumi was in the basement of her house, her parents were out and she was using every minute she was alone to practice her magical talent. She pulled out 5 small pebbles from her pockets and dropped them to the ground but before they could hit it they seemed to levitate and start to orbit her body. She moved her hand in a sweeping gesture and exhaled, the pebbles spun around and  rapidly accelerated towards the wall hitting it with some force. A small smiles crossing her face. "They are moving faster now."

[Cifero Windtail]

(good so far... keep it up!)

[Sigcutio]

Grant was feeling uneasy. He noticed the lack of people around and the growing darkness was all the more ominous. Could they really trust Deiryx to lead the way? Grant wanted to ask more questions, but intuition told him now was not the time. Right now they needed to escape and questioning anything would slow them down and put them at jeopardy. After what happened in his home town, there was no question further punishment would await.

[Leiton]

((I'll just put Viola on hold for now, since she's muted again. Also, sorry it took me so long to reply. Had a lot going on the past few days ))

-Suzumi-

"You."
The voice was sudden and came from everywhere. The pebbles she had thrown lifted off of the ground smoothly and came back to her and began orbiting her again. The voice sounded again, this time seeming to come from the pebbles swirling around her.
"You understand."

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-Sigcutio-

Deirx suddenly skidded to a halt, and Krystal nearly tried over him. He turned and eyed the clearing, which seemed to grow darker by the second. He began to walk closer to the clearing, his eyes settling on what appeared to be a small spinning orb floating in the middle of the clearing. It was inky black, with splotches of dark purples and blues.
"Krystal, run!"
Krystal took off with Sarah just as the orb shifted, expanding quickly. It enveloped the clearing and spread a little ways further. The sphere passed around them harmlessly and continued expanding. After the sphere passed them, however, they seemed to be enveloped in black world, devoid of all color. The entire world had shifted to a black nothingness. The ground was indistinguishable even from the sky. Though, he could still see each Deirx, his white fur showing plainly off of the dark surroundings.
A dark figure swirled out of the darkness and came to rest in front of them. It appeared to be a demon of a sort, though it was in the form of a beautiful woman. She was floating slightly above the ground.
"Don't let this fiend touch you, and don't touch it."
Suddenly, as if to reinforce what he said, the woman shrieked an unholy shriek and thrust her arms at them. They turned into long spears of swirling darkness as they hurtled toward the pair.

[Suzumibachii]

Suzumi was taken aback by the first noise spinning around quickly to make sure that there was nobody behind her, she quickly scanned the room with her eyes as the second response came she shifted her hands and let the pebbles orbit in a  ball floating above her hand. She struggled to find words to say still shocked that the pebbles were communicating.

"I only understand that this is a gift i shouldn't be forced to hide" She responded sternly focusing a little more small tendrils of sand and dust started lifting up around her feet slowly coiling around her legs.

[Sigcutio]

Any doubt Grant had held towards Deirx was lost as the situation took a turn for the worst. Some strange  illusion had been conjured in front of them all, but Grant was not certain what exactly was going on. As darkness grew Grant noticed a female figure just ahead of them.


"Don't let this fiend touch you, and don't touch it."

Grant didn't need to be told twice; the training with the guard had tempered and adjusted his reflexes to be battle ready. Thinking quickly, Grant rushed towards Deirx and pushed him out of the way of the swirling spear of darkness. However, the spear managed to slide across Grant's right arm and nearly cut him. That was too close.

Having never experienced this sort of magic before he had misjudged the creature, but it would not happen again.

"Deirx," Grant spoke placing a paw on his sword hilt, "how do we get rid of this creature?"

[Leiton]

-Suzumi-

The voice echoed again, this time in a deep chuckle. "But there is more it than that, isn't there..."
The sand coiled around her legs, rising slowly, becoming a thick, earthen shell around her legs. Across from her, where she had struck the wall, a man slowly materialized. He was short, not an inch over 5 feet tall, and his face was obscured by the dark cowl he wore.
"You must understand, Suzumi. Understanding is key."

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-Sigcutio-

During the brief moment that the darkness touched his arm, Grant could feel an uncontrollable sense of pure, unadulterated fear. The feeling left just as soon as it had come, however. The demon cackled and began to walk lithely towards them.
A voice sounded throughout the darkness, shouting at them. "You have no idea what you've done! You're going to ruin everything I've worked so hard for! Just stop now! Just... DIE!!!" The last word was almost a shriek, and seemed to echo around them.
Deirx rolled and rose to his feet, taking off his own pack. He quickly undid the tie-string at the top and opened it. His hand was over the top for just a moment before he pulled it away, a sheet of silvery, liquid metal following. It was quicksilver. He yelled at Grant, not taking his eyes off the demon advancing towards them, almost tauntingly. "You wouldn't happen to be able to control light, would you?"

[Suzumibachii]

Taking a step back and taking a deep breath she focused on the figure  emerging from she shadows, the sand slowly making its way higher up her body, the pebbles starting to orbit her much faster than before. taking a more active stance she raised her hands and bared her claws.

"Who are you?, and How did you get in here?" Her tail swiping from side to side,  stirring up more dust from the floor.