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Post by The Loathed on Nov 11, 2009 23:38:55 GMT -5
-Sanctus says a quick prayer, and makes a cross... then is second through the portal. A faint illumination comes from his armor, as it is holy and they are clearly in a faithless place. Around them, demons screech and scream in rage and pain as his very presence causes them pain... and alerts the greater demons to their presence- ...
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-Aubrey is third through the portal, refusing to let Hikari go before him. He pulls out two pistols immediately, looking around. He could see slightly better than everyone but Hikari... but still, it was dark here- Wonder if they've got any McDonald's here, eh Hikari? -He chuckles at his own wit-
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Nov 11, 2009 23:42:27 GMT -5
Hikari stepped through and instantly there was a change. Her body felt much more...powerful then before. She closed her eyes and gasped. The energy was massive. She could hear much more then before. The echoes of their voices boomed loudly in her head. She wobbled for a second, nearly falling.
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Bianca waited for everyone else to go through. She decided it best to be last. Why? Because she sucked at close range and if something was going to pop out at her, she wanted to be at least five yards from it as it exploded.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Nov 11, 2009 23:47:02 GMT -5
Rose listened as AFR spoke. She followed Hikari through. Her eyes adjusted quickly. She moved forward slightly. "Seems a bit darker since last time." Shut your lopsided mouth Rose.
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Post by kane on Nov 11, 2009 23:59:00 GMT -5
AFR put his guns away and grabbed two rod looking weapons. They were bright and he stuck out a beam that went out about 5 feet or so before being gobbled up by the shadow. "It certainly won't be without it's trials... I'd imagine there be pit falls, feel in front of you the best you could and if you could better then others help them... don't advance recklessly. The last thing we need is to leave someone in here." He lead the way as Shadow creatures growled at them from outside the perimeter of light... AFR was unsure if his tactic was working or if it was just keeping small fry at bay while getting bigger and badder things attention. "The Darkness is only the beginning... I'm sure those weren't here before either..." He directed attention at the mantis like creatures approaching the beam. Their arms were shadow blade... able to cut anything known to man in weaponry. "Sanctus... Rose... we need you to light us a path. Baby. Stir up some fireworks ahead of us. The sooner we could get to the heart of this the better. No doubt Armok is in the darkest part with the most twisted of shadow reside so no need to waste ourselves on these lesser shades." The shadows were getting restless and began to test AFR's beams of light... wasn't long before they found a tolerance.
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Post by The Loathed on Nov 12, 2009 0:05:30 GMT -5
-Deep within the twisting nether, in the heart of the putrid, tainted darkness, Tanor sat on a throne of human flesh... some still living. He watched Armok mirthfully, chuckling as his brother writhed. Armok was crucified on a huge ring. Blood pooled beneath him, and his body showed signs of serious torture. His eyes were clenched tight as one of Tanor's succubi began removing the skin from around one of his ribs-
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-Sanctus salutes AFR, then reaches in his vest. He throws an orb ahead... and holy water mixes with magnesium sulphate, burning away the darkness ahead of them... leaving several creatures writhing and sizzling- Your will be done, commander. -He starts his way forward, cautiously-
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-Aubrey shoots a winged humanoid figure out of the sky, and it lands with a dull thud and scream in front of AFR. The next bullet gave it a third eye, and then the acidic blue mist dissolved most of the demon's skull- ... This place is fucked up.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Nov 12, 2009 0:08:45 GMT -5
When Hikari opened her eyes, she saw everything in clarity. She looked about, shadows dancing at her feet. Many of the creatures seemed to back away when she glanced at them. "You don't have to do that." She placed a hand on Sanctus' shoulder. "I can see the path clearly. Stay close to me and you should be unharmed." Her eyes darted around to the creatures around them. Some stepped back while others glared. What their actions where, she did not know.
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Bianca shot a few bolts into the distance. Their explosion lit a few of the darkened trees enough that they could get to that point without being uber shadow demoness. She may be a bit jealous of that. It wasn't fair.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Nov 12, 2009 0:14:44 GMT -5
Rose nodded her head at AFRs request, her hands glowing with red energy as it twisted and curled around her fingers. She didn't have a chance to do much with it though. Hikari seemed to know what she was doing. So Rose was following her lead for now.
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Post by kane on Nov 12, 2009 0:29:36 GMT -5
The added lights drove the shadows in a frenzy. AFR waved it all off to let Hikari take the lead. "Alright everyone... Kari is in her element... With her in the lead we could stealth right at the heart without having to melee everything that moves." He looked to Rose. "I need you behind us. You have to watch our back... Kari is leading the blind and we need you to protect them. Can you do it, Rose?" He didn't want to hurt Kari in the cross fire... so they couldn't be chucking light everywhere.
The creatures were making their moves from all around... the lowest came first... series of multi armed shadows at about knee height crawling at the party at a slow pace. Kari had the first set on lock but Rose was the only defense of anything Kari missed.
Tanor seemed to smile, he was enjoying himself, sure, but it was synthetic... It wasn't like him. He wouldn't do these things.
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Post by The Loathed on Nov 12, 2009 0:32:12 GMT -5
-Aubrey takes AFR's advice and stands a little ahead of Rose, shooting at anything getting too close. He'd take out the little fuckers, and leave the bigger things to her- Sure, pretend I'm not here. And they wonder why I am an anarchist.
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-Sanctus nods to Hikari, following her warily. Nothing would touch her flanks-
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Nov 12, 2009 0:35:02 GMT -5
Hikari did wince at the explosions before them. The fire caused the shadows to scream in her head. She grabbed at her head. It hurt far worse in here then ever before. "Shut up. All of you," she said not to them, but the darkness. Shadows pulsed around her and the creatures before her washed away. Her eyes flashed gray, not because of an old presence, but because of her power.
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Bianca blinked and watched Hikari's reaction. "Oh great. I'm useless in here." ><!! NAO WHAT WHAT SHE GOING TO DO WITH THESE EXPLOSIVES?! It seemed like such a waste of her talents. ; ;
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Nov 12, 2009 0:39:13 GMT -5
Rose nodded to AFR once more. "I can do that." She paused in step and let everyone get ahead of her before she started walking again. Anything too big for Aubrey that got past Kari was instantly swarmed with red energy and ripped to pieces.
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Post by kane on Nov 12, 2009 0:49:21 GMT -5
AFR nodded to Bianca and got close to her. "Don't worry baby... you'll get to use em." He smiled and moved along side her.
In the mean time bigger and badder did indeed come... from above... the trees released flocks of demonic shadow hawks with shadow razor talons. This would demand Rose's great attention... because they wouldn't refrain from picking the eyes out of the people in front of her. In the meantime Aubrey got to play with the mantis shades. They came at the group on either side. closer to AFR then Sanctus and Bianca. He had to time it right or one of them would get the sharp end of a blade that breaks through earthly armor.
Hikari notices ahead a ring The trees themselves seemed to loom closer to her rather then the other way around... then she realized why... the trees themselves were shadow and they whipped out at her with their tar like branches.
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Post by The Loathed on Nov 12, 2009 0:51:44 GMT -5
-Aubrey scowls, opening fire on the little bastards. One shot, two at the most, and a mantis shade writhed in a pool of its own sizzling blood and brain tissue. The other group all scuttled around a bouncing crystal cube... which became one of the acidic grenades Aubrey was infamous for inventing- That had to hurt.
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-Sanctus opens fire on some of the hawks with his MP5K, still holding Reaver with his demon hand-
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Nov 12, 2009 0:52:24 GMT -5
Bianca smiled and just used regular bolts to shoot whatever she could see. Stupid human eye sight! She kept right beside AFR.
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Her eyes flash gray and her shadows leap up to protect her from the branches. She growls dangerously. "His taint is strong here." Fucking Tanor. The screaming in her head never stopped and when one of the branches wrapped itself around her arm, a searing pain erupted through her. She winced and cried out.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Nov 12, 2009 0:55:32 GMT -5
Rose scowled to herself, glancing up. Energy went up in spires, wrapping around the creatures, disposing of them quickly to save Kari mental pain.
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Post by kane on Nov 12, 2009 1:05:00 GMT -5
More creatures gathered around them for the final stretch. Then they had an entire forest to contend with. AFR fired off rounds into anything he could gather at kill shot range. It wasn't easy...
The trees attacked Kari in front and Gave Rose something more important to focus on. They continued to release Shadow Hawks and whipped out their vine snares as the drew near. It was the next challenge before they got to Armok. They could smell fresh blood and each of them knew it was his. But he wasn't without guardians. 5 Sheeva like shades with shadow blades in each hand were there to pose as their final test to get to Armok and his brother. Their red glowing eyes burned in wait. As Tanor quickened his punishment and taunted them from the distance.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Nov 12, 2009 1:08:19 GMT -5
Hikari scowled. She drew her dagger and it transformed into a sword. Her body twirled as she slashed the shadows, causing them to cry out in her mind and hiss to the others. Her eyes burned gray as her own shadows danced around her, whipping at any and all directly near her. Tanor couldn't possibly expect to hold them back, not with Hikari free from his presence.
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Bianca just fired, taking out several of the little shadow hawks with both bolts and blast bolts. One mini explosion later and a good flock were burned out in an instant. She smirked. "This is too easy."
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Post by The Loathed on Nov 12, 2009 1:10:18 GMT -5
-Aubrey is covering Rose, but eventually, his ammo runs empty. He smacks his wrists together, and the wristblades erupt to life. He starts slicing and dicing anything in range-
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-Sanctus intercepts one of the Sheeva Shades, catching two of its curved blades on Soulreaver. A spray of bullets from the MP5K have little effect-
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Nov 12, 2009 1:13:53 GMT -5
Rose narrowed her eyes. "Aubrey, please handle the hawks. That'd be awesome thanks." Yay for Aubrey and Bianca. She looked ahead of her. Energy rushed past everyones feet and tore into the trees. Rose's lip curled, her animosty sparking when she could smell Armoks blood.
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Post by kane on Nov 12, 2009 1:52:32 GMT -5
AFR shot at a few Mantis shades before smirking at Bianca. "It's too easy... something smells off... and it's not bro's blood." He took Bianca's hand and they teleported in beyond the trees and gained the attention of two of the Shiva Shades. "How's that for easy?" He grabbed his light tonfa. "Hit em hard and fast, baby..." He smirked. "Last one to Armok's a rotten egg." He stuck his tongue out at her and would dash forward to his target.
The Shiva Shade at Aubrey swiped forth his other two available blades. Certainly he couldn't grow two more arms out of his ass... then the two center arms aimed forward to Sanctus's chest plate.
With Rose clearing the way it was last to deal with the other two Shiva Shades One got into a meditation and shot a wave of shadow laser at Rose's direction. The other moved in for an attack at the struggling Kari.
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