[Song Inspiration]
Zara had taken hold of the Norae'thuls and company, along with imprisoning the Solarnleafs and her own daughter as she deemed to take control and 'correct' the wrongs she felt the two opposing families had done to her. The house of Cindergleam was under the young woman's control and none dared opposed her, all believing that Lady Mirith had killed herself when Darian had broken the items containing her memories. Word claimed that the memories had overwhelmed the head of house, but no one could find what happened to her.
Zara had ordered for Maron and Darian to be strung to the walls and prepare the rest for live entombment. Clouds charged with shadow and void had begun collecting over the Cindergleam land and a purple tint had polluted the waters. The beautiful gardens began dying out and panic was arising as no one could solve what had caused it. Soon spirits began appearing around the land and Zara's wrath only grew as she looked out from one of the walls.
Amongst the darkness that had begun to stir and ensnare the land, a shining relic of the past emerged. Glowing with the fury of the Holy Light, Mirith stood, having dawned ancient ancestral armor. Zara's lips curled into a snarl, arcane weaving around her as her armor appeared on her body.
"Let them go, Zaranea. Do not make me fight you, sister." Mirith's voice boomed over the land.
"Like hell." Zara spat back, "Guards, prepare them for execution."
I send a pestilence and plague
Into your house, into your bed
Into your streams, into your streets
Into your drink, into your bread
Upon your cattle, on your sheep
Upon your oxen in your field
Into your dreams, into your sleep
Until you break, until you yield
I send the swarm, I send the horde
Thus saith the Light
Mirith began to tread towards the walls, arrows raining around her but any that would hit would be turned to ash. "Once I called you sister, Once I thought the chance to make you laugh... Was all I ever wanted."
I send the thunder from the sky
I send the fire raining down.
Tears burned on her cheeks as hail came from the sky and flames rose behind her steps, "And even now I wish that Light had chose another. Serving as your foe on its behalf is the last thing that I wanted."
I send a hail of burning ice
On ev'ry field, on ev'ry town
With an upturned hand, the gates of the estate were sent flying off with a blast of Light, causing civilians and guards to scatter to hide. "This was my home. All this pain and devastation, How it tortures me inside. All the innocent who suffer, From your stubbornness and pride!"
I send the locusts on the wind
Such as the world has never seen
On ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalk
Until there's nothing left of green
I send my scourge, I send my sword
Thus saith the Light
Treants began to rise from the falling garden to begin attacking from behind, trying to take down guards. "You who I called sister, Why must you call down another blow?" The doors of the manner were thrown open by shadow charged winds.
I send my scourge, I send my sword
"Let my people go." Mirith ordered, staring up at her sister who was at the top of the stairs with her bow. "Thus saith the Light."
Zara grit her teeth, eyes glowing blue with arcane energy, "You who I called sister.. How could you have come to hate me so? Is this what you wanted?!"
I send the swarm, I send the horde.
The huntress unleashed a volley of arrows before shadows consumed both the sisters and took them out of the house and out into the gardens where flames rose, treants and guards fought. Seeing the chaos Mirith had wrought, Zara felt her anger rising.
"Then let my heart be hardened! And never mind how high the cost may grow! This will still be so:
I will never let your people go!" Zara shouted at Mirith as arcane arrows and both Light and Shadow began to twine and fight.
Thus saith the Light...
"Thus saith the Light." Mirith stated as her expression was grim as Zara was backed onto the edge of a cliff.
"I will not-" Zara began, gripping her bow with shakey hands.
"Let my people go." Mirith ordered, a hand rising as Zara felt her body no longer her own, forcing her to her knees and to drop the weapon.
Guards tried to run to stop Mirith but their bodies suddenly froze too. The clouds and poisoned water began to Lighten and purify. Treants moved to unlock the cells of those imprisoned and Light and Shadow wrapped around the Paladin and San'layn and helped them down from their chains.
"You fell to corruption, Sister. I will set you free now." Mirith raised her scythe, tears escaping and blackened from magic. The Light from the ancestral relic grew and burned before summoning a pillar of Light around Zaranea's body.
"Mirith no!" Darian shouted, though kept far from that which would burn him.
As the pillar collapsed in on itself, Zaranea's body fell limp and her eyes closed. The two women's crimson hair began fading into platinum blonde as shadows fled into the air from Zara before being absorbed into a ring on Mirith's hand.
"She will live." Mirith called to Darian, "Hopefully I can do right, this time."
With that, the priestess fell to her knees and all could move again. Blood pouring from her nose, ears, and eyes. Magic comes with a price.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Fall of Enzeciel
[Inspiration and Battle Tunes]
Backstory: Lissi is the youngest of twelve siblings that grew under a power hungry father. This father went so far as to use his children as experiments, leaving only Enzeciel and Lissiana alive as 'successes'. Driven to insanity, Their father and Enzeciel set to kill the noble families of the Silvermoon court. Failing, and later dying the maddened duo were thought to be a distant memory. Sadly was not the case. Enzeciel in a last breath of defiance had placed a spell on Lissiana- or more importantly, the control chip that she had been 'gifted' by their father. Having caused terror and panic through it, it had finally reached a dangerous point... How will it go?
The battle against the C'thraxxi had been bothersome and left the group sitting back to recover after skirmishs the last few days. The city that held their old god master was festering with shadows and faceless ones and leaving little promise of comfort.
"How are you boys holding up?" Lissiana inquired as she peered around a corner, checking the way was clear.
"Just about as well as you'd expect." Replied Centari with a tired breath.
"Reassuring." Liss snickered, "We're almost to base then you can all take a nap."
The group kept quiet as they grumbled amongst one another. Slowly slinking along the ruined stones as they tried to make their way across the city outskirts. As they came into view of the hill that hid the rest of the force, they felt a pit in their stomach as they saw a group of faceless ones and a C'thraxxi stomping towards it.
"Crap." Annette cursed, "We gotta hurry! Fixit is still there!"
"He's not the only one." Lissi clicked her heels together, activating the mini rockets to jump and fly towards the incoming enemy.
Anne began to sprint before jumping over a crumbled wall and down through a black shadow on the ground, disappearing from sight. Centari sighed at the special theatrics of the two women before sprinting after them, moving a hand to the hilt of his sword while Light began gathering around him. Daen'niell let his head drop because Light Damn It More Sprinting? Before racing after.
"Hey Ugly!" Lissi shouted before slamming her foot into a faceless one, causing it to stumble.
The marching group turned as the sin'dorei woman landed after backflipping off the creature's face.
"I'm stressed and angry, let's dance." Lissi flipped her hair over her shoulder before drawing her blades.
"You're always stressed." Annette stated as she appeared behind a faceless one, blades stabbed into its back as she hung on.
"Can you blame me? I gotta keep saving your asses." Lissi jumped back and away from a slam attack. "We're still saving people!"
Gunshots rang out to pepper the faceless beside Annette.
"Hey careful where you're shooting!" Anne shouts up at the camp before ripping her blades out of her ride and quickly moving backwards.
The sound of Fixit rang out in response, "Sorry!" Before another round of gunshots rang out, causing black blood to spill everywhere from the minions of the Old Gods.
"You two are such children." Lissi rolled her eyes, cutting across the chest of a faceless one.
"And you need to pay attention." Centari snarked as he jumped down from a rock to slash a holy blade down on a creeping minion to guard Liss' back.
"I had it." Lissi huffed at the man, "But whatever, thanks."
Centari chuckled as he blocked a blow, "What did we say about admitting you're wrong?"
"That I clearly need to punch you again for thinking I'm wrong." She laughed in return, backing up against him as she tried to block another slam.
"I hate you both." Anne grumbled as she kept trying to avoid being hit.
"Love you too." Centari called to her before shoving the minion back.
Lissi let out a yelp, falling to a knee as she tried to keep the Faceless One from crushing her, having forced her to drop her daggers to just hold up it's slimy tentacle fist.
"Getting cocky again?" The familiar voice rang out before the crush was lifted as the minion fell to its death.
"About time you showed up." Lissi spoke as she took a breath,"What were you waiting for a heroic entrance, Van?"
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Y̵̫̝͓̮͓̱̔͗̽̀̈̑̇́͑͜͜ͅo̸̩̣̲̯̦̙͕͂̊́̓͐̕̚͢ṵ̶͔͔̱̤̦͈̭̒͋̋̿͘͡ w̴̰̘̹̮͇͌͛̄̿̔͘i̸̢̠̞͒́̉́̓͊͊͒̋̇͜͜l͉͖̟͉̺̠̳̝̊͛̅̃͆͋͆͆̓̃ͅl̜̙̯͕̾̐̈́́̌͢ à̢͚̞̗̬̟̐̇̓̾̄̀̆͘l͈͎̮̖͚̥͉͑͋̐̾͌̿͊̕l͙̩͓̮͔̯͔̅̍̔̑̾͌̚ͅ f̠̼̪̆̽͑̀̅̎̏͜͢͠a̵̡̩̦̙̹̪͕͙̙̾̂͛̒͗̾͘͘í̢̭͉͖̿̑̕͜͟͡ḽ̶̢̨̬̗̻͖͛́̂̐̔͂̚͜.̷̢̛̺͔͖̲̓͗͗̅̀
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Lissi couldn't hear Van as she gripped her head, feeling a spark in the chip as she grit her teeth. "Not now."
"Heads up!" Fixit shouted, landing with a goblin pack on a cliffside to get a better aim.
"That thing is charging!" Daen'niell shouted as he slammed a smite into one minion.
Glancing up, the C'thraxxi was seen building up void energy.
Anne's ears pressed against her head, "We gotta get to it!"
"On it." Lissi, Van, and Cent rang out.
Van began dashing in between the faceless ones, cutting them at the legs while Centari charged his blades with holy light to cut at their heads. Lissi clicked her heels again, activating her boots as she shot up and over. The trio paused when they heard screams behind them, heads snapping in the direction. Some Faceless Ones had slipped past them and made it to the camp.
"Valarin!" Daen'niell shouted in fear.
"Arnois.." Lissi whispered in silent horror before calling down to Van and Centari, "Go protect the camp, I'll try to neutralize the blast."
"You got an invention for that?" Centari shouted but began running back.
"Something like that." Lissiana muttered to herself.
"You can't take it alone." Van began to argue.
"Drizz, Arnois, and the others are back there. The injured can't fight and not all of them can protect themselves. You're gonna have to just listen to me for once, Van!" Lissi shouted as she focused her flight again.
Van growled angrily but knew he couldn't argue since Drizztan and Juel were there. He quickly began fel rushing back to camp. At the camp, Valarin and Anning were busy trying to mend and protect the wounded from the onslaught. Arnois was encircled by Arcanists as he tried to set out orders to both defeat and protect. Magic flew and battle ensued. Members of the Phoenix were both in camp and down to help Annette, Fixit, and Daen'niell.
The C'thraxxi continued to gather it's spell while maddening whispers filled Lissiana's head. Her eyes searching for a weak point to disrupt.
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Y̢̧̠̼̯̟͛͐̃̄̿͒ơ̡̛̜͖̙͕͉̙̜͍͒̓͗̐̚ǔ̵̢̹̞̮̟͉̻͙̓͑͊̌͒̍͜͡ ẘ̷̠̬̫̤͔̂̒̑̆̉͘͝͞ǐ̶̜̭̩͔̺̰̬̽̐̚̕͜͜͠ḽ̷̢̹̗̲͈̔͆̏̿̅͂̊́͜͟l̡̜͉̣̠̜̊̈́̌̽͗̄̂̉͝ d̯̬̲̠̹͍̍̇̀̍̂͂͊̉͟i̬͇̞͕̹̙̥̰͂̈̉̿̆̃̄͗̏́e̴̢̫̼͍̲͇̯͑̽̎̽̈̆̈͑̕͡,̷̛̤̫̘̲̺̼͈͆̈̂̇̏͟͜ å̶̤̹̣̖̩̾͂̇͢͜͠n̪̤̝͈͇̋͑̀́̐͝͞͡͝d̶͍̩͎̟̗͙̿͛̃̈́̏̃̋̓͢ I̱͉͇̮̪̞̿̏̒́̊̇͘͢͝͝ ẉ̘͚̗̦͔̄͆̌̿͊̔͟͟í̸͕͎̹̠̪̪̥͕̈́̌͗͠ĺ̵̛͔̞̜̝̜̞͌̈́̀̑̚l̴̡̯̦̜̭̀̉̓̊͒̆̂͗͟͝ l̶̨̮͍̰͙͚̋͒̍̓͋͋̚͜͜͠͡i̠̣̻̮̫̩̳̻̯̓̊͋̒͂̍̄̒͛͠v̸͖̻̦̠̙̔̿̾̉͗̑͋̂̈́͜͝e̴̘̤̤̼͕̫̞̗͗̾̔̒̎̈.̢̢̞̣͚͈̝͖̇̄̐̋̉̅͘͢͡͠
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"Shut up, Enzeciel!" Lissiana shouted angrily before her eyes went wide, "Crap!"
The C'thraxxi shot the spell, and the rogue maneuvered quickly. Her hands on a device as she moved between the beam and camp. Holding up the sword device and with nothing but the rockets to catch her, shadows began wrapping around the blade to absorb the magic as it tore at her armor and skin. Screams and shouts of fear and shock were a mere buzz in her ears as blood dripped from them. Feeling pure spite and rage fill her, she clutched the sword with shaking hands and lifted it overhead. The sword charged with void magic expanded and grew until it was nearly equal size of the C'thraxxi before she brought it down with a scream as her eyes turned black. Dust and rubble flew everywhere before settling on a fallen general and the faceless falling. The blade broke and fell before her body couldn't take what she had done. The rockets fried, puffing out a smoke and letting out a pop before the jets died and she began falling back towards the ground.
Light chained through several people before reaching out to catch the falling elf and help her land safely on the ground. Arnois called out more orders as he made his way through the camp to help begin pulling people free of rubble and shove away corpses of the Faceless Ones. Between those gathered, wounded were recovered and the rest of the enemies killed.
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Ŷ̵͚̥͖͖̙̻̟̍̅̽̔̆ͅó̲̮̳̜͎̥͕̓̇̑͆͗͜ụ͙̳͓̬̼̟̳͇̒͊̇̋͑͢'̭̞̹̳̯̉̽͗̓̂̒͘͢v͕͚̰͍̈́̆̽͌͒̈́̀̕͞ͅe̸̖̣̫͎̗̔͐̾̌̽͒̇ ļ͕͎̙̙͇̲̍̑́̀͐̒͆͆̈́ǫ̵̝̭̯̬͉̭̭̫͌́͗̒̀́̆̈s̟̼͎̘͔̩̙͋́͛̆͗͝ẗ̮̹͇̹͙̫̲͚̜̊̀̑̕.̢̙̳̝̓̿̅͊̅̆͗͛̽̓͟.̡͓͔͎͎͈̬̾̅͐̅̋͠ ...... Sister.
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The voice became solidified in her head as she found herself trapped in blackness, staring down the spirit of Enzeciel. The mad grin on his lips, blood dripping from his hands, the bruises on his face and bullet wound to his chest all lingering from when she last saw him alive.
"You won't control me again." She growled, though found her arms and legs bound by the blackness of her subconscious.
"I already am." He cackled.
Upon the battlefield her body pushed itself up as shadows collected, stitching the wounds close and beginning to heal them. Her head rolling and neck cracking as she flexed her hands.
"Lissi!" Called Fixit behind her as the small group came running.
Annette was the first to notice and instantly grabbing Fixit and Val to stop them, "No!"
Daen and Cent glanced at Anne confusedly but then looked at the ground and saw the moving shadows.
"Look out!" Centari shouted, moving to tackle Arnois.
Val and Daen made bubbles of light around themselves, Anne, and Fixit. Shadows shot out and grabbed Van by the throat and impaled Centari in the back as if made of steel.
"Well well well.. What do we have here?" The dark voice spoke as she turned to look at the group, eyes black as the void.
Val, Anne, and Fixit began to shake and instinctively took a step back.
Coughing in pain, Cent shattered the shadow with Light before turning to face 'Lissi', "Damn it woman."
Drizz cut down the shadow around Van.
A quiet chuckle escaped, "How cute. Sadly this time I am ready."
Silence extended as a frozen wind began to blow around them. Anne and Val exchange a glance as Van and Drizz stared in confusion and betrayal. Centari narrowed his eyes.
"Everyone back u-" Centari began to order before being cut off as in a blur Lissi was in front of him, narrowly he caught the shadowed blade with his Light's hammer.
A wicked grin crossed her face, "You got faster." The dark voice let out another chuckle, "I will have fun tearing you apart."
The group backed up, Anne grabbing Fixit and moving quickly to get him some distance. Valarin grit his teeth, knowing too well that too many were around but he began gathering his shadows. Van scooped Drizz up and began jumping backwards, sensing the magic building in the air. Daen gripped Lok'nor to create a bubble of light around himself and Arnois.
A loud string of laughter escaped her lips, shadows raising from the ground, "None of you are going anywher-"
A set of explosions went off around her, causing her to stumble backwards and away from Centari as her arms instinctively raised to guard her eyes. A maniacal laughter echoed around them before dropping from above in a red and black harlequinn attire and wolf mask stood the infamous Jestah.
"Oops. Hope you don't mind if I DROP in." The lunatic grinned.
"Oh joy.. The madman is here." The voice scoffed harshly, gripping their shadow blades before throwing them at the joker.
Jestah peers the rogue woman over, a brow quirking momentarily as he moved out of the way, "I know ya were into ghosts but I think ya took it a tad bit far!.. Seriously who actually get's a ghost to go inside them?"
Lissi heard that and laughs in her mental prison, still struggling against the shadows, "Oh I'm never gonna hear the end of that one from him.."
Her body however grimaced at the joke, "I should cut that tongue from your mouth." Enzeciel growled quietly, momentarily forgetting their fight with Centari.
Jestah eyed the possessed body, noting the blackened eyes. He gripped his jester blade and threw it, causing it to fly through a shadow and attempt to hit them from behind while he rushed forward to slice with his normal blade.
"Hmph. Child's play." The being held a hand up, grabbing his normal blade with her hand, causing it to cut and draw blood while it's shadows stopped the flying blade.
"Don't be so smug." Centari let out a growl as his wings expanded, causing light to ripple out, causing the shadows to smoke.
"This trick again?" Her teeth clenched, Enz in full control as he quickly grabbed Jestah by the arm and threw the harlequin towards the light warrior.
Centari brought a hand up to catch Jestah, skidding back a few feet. Balls of Light shot out, hitting the shadows to begin dispersing them. Enz began flexing their hand in annoyance, shadows turning to blackened flames and rushing out in every direction at everyone.
"All of you will perish for interrupting me." The voice continued growing darker and hostile.
A glaive came flying, causing Enz to leer angrily as it cut Lissi's cheek. "Bastard, let her go!" Van shouted angrily.
Several gunshots began to unload around her, shooting through her hand and shins. The shadows quickly closing in to patch the wounds. Shadows shot out to try and penetrate the blackened cage holding Lissi in her mind. Enz continued growling as he glanced around at the group working together.
"So annoying." Her hands flexed, shadow flames creating a circle and beginning to expand, "Like gnats."
The scorched earth began shifting and moving and rising as shadowed smoke. The smoke solidified and charged at members of the band, eyes glowing red and claws reaching to claw.
Daen's brow twitched as he began expanding his bubble of Light to push back the shaowfiends. Van continued slashing through the fiends as gunshots rang out to disperse them. Jestah let out a few fits of laughter as he cut through them. Centari trying to keep Valarin protected while he tried to break the control.
"Why is this happening?" Arnois asked quietly, trying to hide the horror he was watching unfold.
"It's happening, because you are all puny weaklings." Enz growled out, void gathering in their hand before the shadow in 'Lissi's right eye dispersed and her green eyes look terrified.
Lissi had freed her hands from the mental prison, "You won't win this."
"Silence, sister. You will join the others soon."
Drizz began blinking around to avoid the shadowfiends.
Cent hissed, recalling, "Her bag. It should have a solution in it to inject her with to regain control. Someon-"
Shadows sent Cent skidding back, "Silence, whelp."
Drizz nodded at Centari's words, beginning to run and blink around in hopes to reaching her bag. Enz tried to reach to stop the teenager only for the part Lissi controlled to stop him.
"Drizz hurry!" Lissi hissed as shadows began to reclaim her.
Pulling the blue filled syringe, the boy reached up, stabbing it into her neck and pushing the plunger.
"No!" Enz turned towards Lissi within their mind as she ran at him to shove him.
Shadows ripped from her body and spilled out onto the ground, forming the male elf. He growled loudly as he began to stand. Lissi grabbed Drizztan and jumped out of reach. Val finished his spell, leaning over as he tried to catch his breath. The shadowfiends dispersed and others looked relieved.
"You haven't won yet." Enz charged towards Lissi. "Time to send you to Hel."
Lissi shifts Drizz behind her, Centari and Daen charging their Light. Van and Jestah tried to grab him only for him to slip through their fingers. Not even a shot from Fixit slowed him. Arnois finally pulled out his magic to grab the elf man's legs as Cent and Daen focused the Light to purify and end the jackass.
As the dust settled, everyone looked around for a moment as a few fell on their asses or knees.
"Lissi.." Cent breathed out.
"Yea?" She glanced at the paladin.
"You're buying drinks for a month." He fell on his back, causing a few laughs from others.
"Deal." Lissi fell on her ass.
Backstory: Lissi is the youngest of twelve siblings that grew under a power hungry father. This father went so far as to use his children as experiments, leaving only Enzeciel and Lissiana alive as 'successes'. Driven to insanity, Their father and Enzeciel set to kill the noble families of the Silvermoon court. Failing, and later dying the maddened duo were thought to be a distant memory. Sadly was not the case. Enzeciel in a last breath of defiance had placed a spell on Lissiana- or more importantly, the control chip that she had been 'gifted' by their father. Having caused terror and panic through it, it had finally reached a dangerous point... How will it go?
The battle against the C'thraxxi had been bothersome and left the group sitting back to recover after skirmishs the last few days. The city that held their old god master was festering with shadows and faceless ones and leaving little promise of comfort.
"How are you boys holding up?" Lissiana inquired as she peered around a corner, checking the way was clear.
"Just about as well as you'd expect." Replied Centari with a tired breath.
"Reassuring." Liss snickered, "We're almost to base then you can all take a nap."
The group kept quiet as they grumbled amongst one another. Slowly slinking along the ruined stones as they tried to make their way across the city outskirts. As they came into view of the hill that hid the rest of the force, they felt a pit in their stomach as they saw a group of faceless ones and a C'thraxxi stomping towards it.
"Crap." Annette cursed, "We gotta hurry! Fixit is still there!"
"He's not the only one." Lissi clicked her heels together, activating the mini rockets to jump and fly towards the incoming enemy.
Anne began to sprint before jumping over a crumbled wall and down through a black shadow on the ground, disappearing from sight. Centari sighed at the special theatrics of the two women before sprinting after them, moving a hand to the hilt of his sword while Light began gathering around him. Daen'niell let his head drop because Light Damn It More Sprinting? Before racing after.
"Hey Ugly!" Lissi shouted before slamming her foot into a faceless one, causing it to stumble.
The marching group turned as the sin'dorei woman landed after backflipping off the creature's face.
"I'm stressed and angry, let's dance." Lissi flipped her hair over her shoulder before drawing her blades.
"You're always stressed." Annette stated as she appeared behind a faceless one, blades stabbed into its back as she hung on.
"Can you blame me? I gotta keep saving your asses." Lissi jumped back and away from a slam attack. "We're still saving people!"
Gunshots rang out to pepper the faceless beside Annette.
"Hey careful where you're shooting!" Anne shouts up at the camp before ripping her blades out of her ride and quickly moving backwards.
The sound of Fixit rang out in response, "Sorry!" Before another round of gunshots rang out, causing black blood to spill everywhere from the minions of the Old Gods.
"You two are such children." Lissi rolled her eyes, cutting across the chest of a faceless one.
"And you need to pay attention." Centari snarked as he jumped down from a rock to slash a holy blade down on a creeping minion to guard Liss' back.
"I had it." Lissi huffed at the man, "But whatever, thanks."
Centari chuckled as he blocked a blow, "What did we say about admitting you're wrong?"
"That I clearly need to punch you again for thinking I'm wrong." She laughed in return, backing up against him as she tried to block another slam.
"I hate you both." Anne grumbled as she kept trying to avoid being hit.
"Love you too." Centari called to her before shoving the minion back.
Lissi let out a yelp, falling to a knee as she tried to keep the Faceless One from crushing her, having forced her to drop her daggers to just hold up it's slimy tentacle fist.
"Getting cocky again?" The familiar voice rang out before the crush was lifted as the minion fell to its death.
"About time you showed up." Lissi spoke as she took a breath,"What were you waiting for a heroic entrance, Van?"
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Y̵̫̝͓̮͓̱̔͗̽̀̈̑̇́͑͜͜ͅo̸̩̣̲̯̦̙͕͂̊́̓͐̕̚͢ṵ̶͔͔̱̤̦͈̭̒͋̋̿͘͡ w̴̰̘̹̮͇͌͛̄̿̔͘i̸̢̠̞͒́̉́̓͊͊͒̋̇͜͜l͉͖̟͉̺̠̳̝̊͛̅̃͆͋͆͆̓̃ͅl̜̙̯͕̾̐̈́́̌͢ à̢͚̞̗̬̟̐̇̓̾̄̀̆͘l͈͎̮̖͚̥͉͑͋̐̾͌̿͊̕l͙̩͓̮͔̯͔̅̍̔̑̾͌̚ͅ f̠̼̪̆̽͑̀̅̎̏͜͢͠a̵̡̩̦̙̹̪͕͙̙̾̂͛̒͗̾͘͘í̢̭͉͖̿̑̕͜͟͡ḽ̶̢̨̬̗̻͖͛́̂̐̔͂̚͜.̷̢̛̺͔͖̲̓͗͗̅̀
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Lissi couldn't hear Van as she gripped her head, feeling a spark in the chip as she grit her teeth. "Not now."
"Heads up!" Fixit shouted, landing with a goblin pack on a cliffside to get a better aim.
"That thing is charging!" Daen'niell shouted as he slammed a smite into one minion.
Glancing up, the C'thraxxi was seen building up void energy.
Anne's ears pressed against her head, "We gotta get to it!"
"On it." Lissi, Van, and Cent rang out.
Van began dashing in between the faceless ones, cutting them at the legs while Centari charged his blades with holy light to cut at their heads. Lissi clicked her heels again, activating her boots as she shot up and over. The trio paused when they heard screams behind them, heads snapping in the direction. Some Faceless Ones had slipped past them and made it to the camp.
"Valarin!" Daen'niell shouted in fear.
"Arnois.." Lissi whispered in silent horror before calling down to Van and Centari, "Go protect the camp, I'll try to neutralize the blast."
"You got an invention for that?" Centari shouted but began running back.
"Something like that." Lissiana muttered to herself.
"You can't take it alone." Van began to argue.
"Drizz, Arnois, and the others are back there. The injured can't fight and not all of them can protect themselves. You're gonna have to just listen to me for once, Van!" Lissi shouted as she focused her flight again.
Van growled angrily but knew he couldn't argue since Drizztan and Juel were there. He quickly began fel rushing back to camp. At the camp, Valarin and Anning were busy trying to mend and protect the wounded from the onslaught. Arnois was encircled by Arcanists as he tried to set out orders to both defeat and protect. Magic flew and battle ensued. Members of the Phoenix were both in camp and down to help Annette, Fixit, and Daen'niell.
The C'thraxxi continued to gather it's spell while maddening whispers filled Lissiana's head. Her eyes searching for a weak point to disrupt.
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Y̢̧̠̼̯̟͛͐̃̄̿͒ơ̡̛̜͖̙͕͉̙̜͍͒̓͗̐̚ǔ̵̢̹̞̮̟͉̻͙̓͑͊̌͒̍͜͡ ẘ̷̠̬̫̤͔̂̒̑̆̉͘͝͞ǐ̶̜̭̩͔̺̰̬̽̐̚̕͜͜͠ḽ̷̢̹̗̲͈̔͆̏̿̅͂̊́͜͟l̡̜͉̣̠̜̊̈́̌̽͗̄̂̉͝ d̯̬̲̠̹͍̍̇̀̍̂͂͊̉͟i̬͇̞͕̹̙̥̰͂̈̉̿̆̃̄͗̏́e̴̢̫̼͍̲͇̯͑̽̎̽̈̆̈͑̕͡,̷̛̤̫̘̲̺̼͈͆̈̂̇̏͟͜ å̶̤̹̣̖̩̾͂̇͢͜͠n̪̤̝͈͇̋͑̀́̐͝͞͡͝d̶͍̩͎̟̗͙̿͛̃̈́̏̃̋̓͢ I̱͉͇̮̪̞̿̏̒́̊̇͘͢͝͝ ẉ̘͚̗̦͔̄͆̌̿͊̔͟͟í̸͕͎̹̠̪̪̥͕̈́̌͗͠ĺ̵̛͔̞̜̝̜̞͌̈́̀̑̚l̴̡̯̦̜̭̀̉̓̊͒̆̂͗͟͝ l̶̨̮͍̰͙͚̋͒̍̓͋͋̚͜͜͠͡i̠̣̻̮̫̩̳̻̯̓̊͋̒͂̍̄̒͛͠v̸͖̻̦̠̙̔̿̾̉͗̑͋̂̈́͜͝e̴̘̤̤̼͕̫̞̗͗̾̔̒̎̈.̢̢̞̣͚͈̝͖̇̄̐̋̉̅͘͢͡͠
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"Shut up, Enzeciel!" Lissiana shouted angrily before her eyes went wide, "Crap!"
The C'thraxxi shot the spell, and the rogue maneuvered quickly. Her hands on a device as she moved between the beam and camp. Holding up the sword device and with nothing but the rockets to catch her, shadows began wrapping around the blade to absorb the magic as it tore at her armor and skin. Screams and shouts of fear and shock were a mere buzz in her ears as blood dripped from them. Feeling pure spite and rage fill her, she clutched the sword with shaking hands and lifted it overhead. The sword charged with void magic expanded and grew until it was nearly equal size of the C'thraxxi before she brought it down with a scream as her eyes turned black. Dust and rubble flew everywhere before settling on a fallen general and the faceless falling. The blade broke and fell before her body couldn't take what she had done. The rockets fried, puffing out a smoke and letting out a pop before the jets died and she began falling back towards the ground.
Light chained through several people before reaching out to catch the falling elf and help her land safely on the ground. Arnois called out more orders as he made his way through the camp to help begin pulling people free of rubble and shove away corpses of the Faceless Ones. Between those gathered, wounded were recovered and the rest of the enemies killed.
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Ŷ̵͚̥͖͖̙̻̟̍̅̽̔̆ͅó̲̮̳̜͎̥͕̓̇̑͆͗͜ụ͙̳͓̬̼̟̳͇̒͊̇̋͑͢'̭̞̹̳̯̉̽͗̓̂̒͘͢v͕͚̰͍̈́̆̽͌͒̈́̀̕͞ͅe̸̖̣̫͎̗̔͐̾̌̽͒̇ ļ͕͎̙̙͇̲̍̑́̀͐̒͆͆̈́ǫ̵̝̭̯̬͉̭̭̫͌́͗̒̀́̆̈s̟̼͎̘͔̩̙͋́͛̆͗͝ẗ̮̹͇̹͙̫̲͚̜̊̀̑̕.̢̙̳̝̓̿̅͊̅̆͗͛̽̓͟.̡͓͔͎͎͈̬̾̅͐̅̋͠ ...... Sister.
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The voice became solidified in her head as she found herself trapped in blackness, staring down the spirit of Enzeciel. The mad grin on his lips, blood dripping from his hands, the bruises on his face and bullet wound to his chest all lingering from when she last saw him alive.
"You won't control me again." She growled, though found her arms and legs bound by the blackness of her subconscious.
"I already am." He cackled.
Upon the battlefield her body pushed itself up as shadows collected, stitching the wounds close and beginning to heal them. Her head rolling and neck cracking as she flexed her hands.
"Lissi!" Called Fixit behind her as the small group came running.
Annette was the first to notice and instantly grabbing Fixit and Val to stop them, "No!"
Daen and Cent glanced at Anne confusedly but then looked at the ground and saw the moving shadows.
"Look out!" Centari shouted, moving to tackle Arnois.
Val and Daen made bubbles of light around themselves, Anne, and Fixit. Shadows shot out and grabbed Van by the throat and impaled Centari in the back as if made of steel.
"Well well well.. What do we have here?" The dark voice spoke as she turned to look at the group, eyes black as the void.
Val, Anne, and Fixit began to shake and instinctively took a step back.
Coughing in pain, Cent shattered the shadow with Light before turning to face 'Lissi', "Damn it woman."
Drizz cut down the shadow around Van.
A quiet chuckle escaped, "How cute. Sadly this time I am ready."
Silence extended as a frozen wind began to blow around them. Anne and Val exchange a glance as Van and Drizz stared in confusion and betrayal. Centari narrowed his eyes.
"Everyone back u-" Centari began to order before being cut off as in a blur Lissi was in front of him, narrowly he caught the shadowed blade with his Light's hammer.
A wicked grin crossed her face, "You got faster." The dark voice let out another chuckle, "I will have fun tearing you apart."
The group backed up, Anne grabbing Fixit and moving quickly to get him some distance. Valarin grit his teeth, knowing too well that too many were around but he began gathering his shadows. Van scooped Drizz up and began jumping backwards, sensing the magic building in the air. Daen gripped Lok'nor to create a bubble of light around himself and Arnois.
A loud string of laughter escaped her lips, shadows raising from the ground, "None of you are going anywher-"
A set of explosions went off around her, causing her to stumble backwards and away from Centari as her arms instinctively raised to guard her eyes. A maniacal laughter echoed around them before dropping from above in a red and black harlequinn attire and wolf mask stood the infamous Jestah.
"Oops. Hope you don't mind if I DROP in." The lunatic grinned.
"Oh joy.. The madman is here." The voice scoffed harshly, gripping their shadow blades before throwing them at the joker.
Jestah peers the rogue woman over, a brow quirking momentarily as he moved out of the way, "I know ya were into ghosts but I think ya took it a tad bit far!.. Seriously who actually get's a ghost to go inside them?"
Lissi heard that and laughs in her mental prison, still struggling against the shadows, "Oh I'm never gonna hear the end of that one from him.."
Her body however grimaced at the joke, "I should cut that tongue from your mouth." Enzeciel growled quietly, momentarily forgetting their fight with Centari.
Jestah eyed the possessed body, noting the blackened eyes. He gripped his jester blade and threw it, causing it to fly through a shadow and attempt to hit them from behind while he rushed forward to slice with his normal blade.
"Hmph. Child's play." The being held a hand up, grabbing his normal blade with her hand, causing it to cut and draw blood while it's shadows stopped the flying blade.
"Don't be so smug." Centari let out a growl as his wings expanded, causing light to ripple out, causing the shadows to smoke.
"This trick again?" Her teeth clenched, Enz in full control as he quickly grabbed Jestah by the arm and threw the harlequin towards the light warrior.
Centari brought a hand up to catch Jestah, skidding back a few feet. Balls of Light shot out, hitting the shadows to begin dispersing them. Enz began flexing their hand in annoyance, shadows turning to blackened flames and rushing out in every direction at everyone.
"All of you will perish for interrupting me." The voice continued growing darker and hostile.
A glaive came flying, causing Enz to leer angrily as it cut Lissi's cheek. "Bastard, let her go!" Van shouted angrily.
Several gunshots began to unload around her, shooting through her hand and shins. The shadows quickly closing in to patch the wounds. Shadows shot out to try and penetrate the blackened cage holding Lissi in her mind. Enz continued growling as he glanced around at the group working together.
"So annoying." Her hands flexed, shadow flames creating a circle and beginning to expand, "Like gnats."
The scorched earth began shifting and moving and rising as shadowed smoke. The smoke solidified and charged at members of the band, eyes glowing red and claws reaching to claw.
Daen's brow twitched as he began expanding his bubble of Light to push back the shaowfiends. Van continued slashing through the fiends as gunshots rang out to disperse them. Jestah let out a few fits of laughter as he cut through them. Centari trying to keep Valarin protected while he tried to break the control.
"Why is this happening?" Arnois asked quietly, trying to hide the horror he was watching unfold.
"It's happening, because you are all puny weaklings." Enz growled out, void gathering in their hand before the shadow in 'Lissi's right eye dispersed and her green eyes look terrified.
Lissi had freed her hands from the mental prison, "You won't win this."
"Silence, sister. You will join the others soon."
Drizz began blinking around to avoid the shadowfiends.
Cent hissed, recalling, "Her bag. It should have a solution in it to inject her with to regain control. Someon-"
Shadows sent Cent skidding back, "Silence, whelp."
Drizz nodded at Centari's words, beginning to run and blink around in hopes to reaching her bag. Enz tried to reach to stop the teenager only for the part Lissi controlled to stop him.
"Drizz hurry!" Lissi hissed as shadows began to reclaim her.
Pulling the blue filled syringe, the boy reached up, stabbing it into her neck and pushing the plunger.
"No!" Enz turned towards Lissi within their mind as she ran at him to shove him.
Shadows ripped from her body and spilled out onto the ground, forming the male elf. He growled loudly as he began to stand. Lissi grabbed Drizztan and jumped out of reach. Val finished his spell, leaning over as he tried to catch his breath. The shadowfiends dispersed and others looked relieved.
"You haven't won yet." Enz charged towards Lissi. "Time to send you to Hel."
Lissi shifts Drizz behind her, Centari and Daen charging their Light. Van and Jestah tried to grab him only for him to slip through their fingers. Not even a shot from Fixit slowed him. Arnois finally pulled out his magic to grab the elf man's legs as Cent and Daen focused the Light to purify and end the jackass.
As the dust settled, everyone looked around for a moment as a few fell on their asses or knees.
"Lissi.." Cent breathed out.
"Yea?" She glanced at the paladin.
"You're buying drinks for a month." He fell on his back, causing a few laughs from others.
"Deal." Lissi fell on her ass.
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