They passed a point soon thereafter where they had completely left the market of Adenna, the last frontier of it being the hardest and riskiest to pass through. Many warriors from across the realms had gathered there at the souvenir shops that sold replica weapons of past Siovanui Sorte, toys made in the likenesses of the four guardians, and memorabilia that thrived off of the challenges of the floating galapagos. It was here she expected to bump into Anthony, or Rijn the grand magus of Adenna. Blushed cheeks coming upon her far too strongly in discerning Erika's impeccable timing with her words around all the great swordhands of Adenna. She found herself seemingly "buddying" up with Erika and covering her mouth with her hand until they had passed the crowd of testosterone, who looked to them with no more than cute girlfriend intentions. She had been lucky no one she really knew was in that crowd.

A grassy pasture came next, dangerously near the cliff that was beginning to more and more fill their panoramic view. This group, particularly, she could not dodge. Twenty strong children in and around their tenth years. They rushed her and she experienced her second blushed spell. This was not the day for keeping up preferred appearances.

"Techichi-sama!" some said. "Techichi-sensei!" most said. "................" she said.

Erika and Kamonbak had better not say a word.

Substitute soccer coach, Felipe. a gorgeous woman as all Adennian warrioresses were, was one of Techichi's most promising and reckoning rivals, but still far under the expectations that Techichi was held at. Since Techichi was going to be doing this, Felipe had been selected to coach the next generation until she had returned. "Who's this, Techichi!?" many of the students began asking, looking over Erika with awe. "Is she going to fight the guardians with you?" the same young sprout asked. Techichi nodded, before laughing a little, a front to appear less off-guard. It worked on the children, but not Felipe.

" .. Children. " Peering over them all. When she had been spoken about though? She gave them a bit of a look.. Not so much.. but a raised eyebrow was enough. Fingers plucked at her skirt.. causing it to ride up her legs just a bit before she crossed them and curtsey'd to them all.

" I wonder if the children we cr-.. ? But she'd stop. Remembering what she had said to Tetch in the first place. Yes.. she would not continue. As for this other woman? Who's name.. she did not know. She got a small glance. Beautiful, yes. But.. she spoke no words to her. Eyes back to the children.

"...Tsuchi." the young girl she addressed, easily the most beautiful and predictably beautiful adult to-be out of the lot. This was her apprentice, but they all seemed to he having an effect on her. Yuui, Kubeki, Medetashi, Bakurai, Tabito, Makeinu, Michishio, Nodoka, Kumotsuki, Rekishi, ikuei, Komojimita, Osanai, Chisetsu, Kaiteki, Colp, Tohiba, Rehko, and Veron... All of them had places in her heart.

"Yes, she'll be my partner..." she should have added to that, or worded it differently, but no that was how it came out, and must have sounded nice to Erika's ears. Felipe gave her a very questioning look. "You're going now then? That's fine i suppose, Not like I can stop you. But don't give us a repeat of the last sixth guardian attempt. Come on children!" Felipe blew her whistle, throwing the ball out and sending the mob after it, Tsuchi last after she'd had her hair made into a crow's nest by Techichi's affectionate rub. "Thank you, Felipe." she nodded to the woman, who only gave Tetch's own over-the-shoulder wave to her, heading back down the slight decline to look over the children's game.

Silence befell the three of them alone again before she had to start them walking closer towards the barren cliff:: ".....that's right, I had promised you my soccer uniform right after I would have gotten done using it. I must've forgotten. It wouldn't have bothered me any, it just went into a pile in the floor ultimately." hands in her pockets while she walked.

" Yes. Once all of this is finished I will be sure to come by and take those items. My collection, at the moment, is pitiful without them. " Spoken as she continued to walk behind the so called leader of this rag-tag group. " That woman was quite beautiful. I would like to speak with her alone sometime.. "

Techichi crossed her fingers behind her head and still just had to look back at her, as if there'd be a different expression upon her face "Felipe? All women here are this beautiful, Erika... at least all the women at the academies. Sisterhood bonds are very strong here, so I should think you could be the perfect assassin to this great legacy of warriors. Blend in as one of them, and rape them in the night with that bodily accessory of yours... this cliff is no stranger to jumpers who experience such fates." arriving at the edge, she crouched and brushed off one of the three stone panels, now overlooking the forest island in the near full-view of her eye span.

" So.. with that. You are giving me the permission to do such a thing with this Felipe woman? To be honest.. I would not mind allowing myself to produce sperm for the occasion.. With the woman before in the alleyway, I made sure that the possibility of pregnancy was zero. " Good job -- Tetch. Giving her such ideas.. Half-eye lids gave a slow blink as she took small steps over to the edge and looked down at the sights given to her. " Hm. "

Techichi ripped the weeds that had grown over the three panels. Yes, there were only three. Far larger than any one man should be able to fill, which was why they were sized so, to accommodate the strange that may come to test themselves here. "Don't look too far over, the bodies of whores still get crashed upon by the waves down below." she stood to the center one and pulled a gemi vial from her pocket and held it in both hands at her chest. "Since you are trying to know more about me, know that was a joke. And stand to that panel whenever you are ready." Kamonbak showed no intentions on using the third, he would transport with Techichi's.

"She would almost surely fight back, and put up a good one at that, but I do think in all you would overthrow her and be able to have your way. So I'll have to suggest you don't, for my sake. That woman could become a Siovanui someday."

" If you had been joking you would of said so after the fact.. giving me no time to respond. " Stepping closer to one of those panels and settling herself on top of it. Strange eyes closed themselves while chest and shoulders rose and fell in a heavy intake.. and outtake of breath. " .. I will have to think on it. She is far beautiful.. much like yourself. Though you say many are about this land.. I find that discuraging. For you, Tetch.. can only be the true owner of that title. " Opening her eyes as she prepared. " but.. that is to not say that I would not mind having both you and this Felipe woman as my wives.. Things become dull, I've seen in life.. you two may be able to do things to each other that I could not. " It seemed that she was pushing her own speaking out of the way though.

" I am ready, Tetch. Begin. "

She had listened majorly at the fact that she had to. She couldn't deafen herself nor shout shutup to further raise suspicion in Kamonbak who was already pondering over just what they were talking about. Luckily she had decided to end her decreeing spree and let her begin with the transportation.

The panels had time-worn but otherwise magnificent depictions of the central island. Here they could clearly see the countless lances impaled in the base of the island, heavily at the bottom, and then shortening out the higher up to the island they came. The lance throw, One of the many games held in Adenna annually.

"No one step outside the panels." she crushed her gemi vial and the green magic beamed from below cylindrical star trek kinda encapsulations, only ever-brightening light engulfed them and then dimming back down they would be gone. Three resonating panels in the central island of the five catered to them now. There was virtually no downtime, and no side effects. She gazed around, surrounded in the middle of the thick and bountiful forestry.

A BATTLE BREAKS OUT! DORO TENMA REVEALS HIMSELF!

The turtle shells blew violently against the bracing of many trees, some pulling up, some standing their ground with their deeper roots and matured supremacy. Tetch protected her eyes in the violent wind of its roar just to catch a glimpse of the beast. There it was, the mud demon of the floating forest. She clenched her teeth, holding out her hand as Kamonbak flew into it. "Don't try to kill it! We only need a tooth..." eyeing the monster who had changed appearance drastically since first appearing. Its mud body flowing down continuously and having to recycle itself in always a different form.

" so.. this is the one making such a noise. " Erika spoke.. lacking her maid outfit. She had changed out of it with the time given during their little rest. She was in something more.. freedom granting. Blouse sleeves had been rolled up to her shoulers, giving her enough movement to be happy. Loose fitting.. but very elegant dress-pants found over her form. Looking a bit more like a battle ready butler over a maid.

" .. I believe my swords will be useless for now.. so. " Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Tetch was in for a treat.. she'd be able to see those markings of her magical `` nerves `` glowing out from her skin. Usually her body had been covered neck on down by clothing.. but with the showing of her arms? She'd be allowed to see the deadly beauty of it all. Purple.. pink.. blue. The color etching out from her arm changing every now and then like some sort of lazer light show. Though, this would only count for her right arm. Fingers curled.. and flexed continuously. " On your word. " Opposite arm? Kept lazily at her side, moving about with a bit of a swing as her legs shifted weight back and forth.

"Don't overdo it all in the first thirty-seconds..." ::Kamonbak suggested, but Tetch just grinned, using him to slice into her thumb for a nice little drop of blood that she'd run over her first bind tattoo. "I'll knock that tooth out in my first attack..." identical to Erika in the sense of preparing a momentous attack. She approached Erika from the right, and then the left walking up beside her. Passing her on the right however, she took off for the monster. It tried tracking her with its eyes but the trees had done well in hiding her until she'd get close. Up in the air, with eyes no one ever got to see without paying the price of death. Her fist flew out as did she, but a shocked expression came over her power-influenced face. Mud had assembled in a double, no triple layer of mouths and hardened. Her fist only broke the first two, but it had begun to move it back, but nowhere near as much as she predicted. Her angry eyes moved left to see it had created a massive mud tail and clung to the greatest tree on the island for stability. And just when things couldn't get any worse, she saw her arm get engulfed in mud.

"Tch!" glowing red all over, she looked into the very fire that it was charging for her.

"..........." even her brown eyes couldn't be distinguished anymore. Her shadow was enormous and then no more than a black spot clinging desperately to her frame all in the course of a few seconds. It was time to survive or time to die. She dove both her boots into those sides of her trapped arm there in the mud. An insane face now as she swung back to sever that arm with Kamonbak but he resisted her swing, "Oh no you don't!" almost prompting her to find another solution.

She pulled strenuously for that arm, and pushed to the brink just as it rained its broad stream of flames down upon her. She cried out, as if she were being burned, but was actually dispersing her own energy. Kamonbak shot out from the fire first, stabbed into the ground like a black flaming arrow. Tetch came next, landing in a collected crouch out of green energy. She stood with 70% charred cargo pants, but she was fine. "........its stronger than I remember." said amongst sizzling.

" It has something to do with silly Japanese customs I believe. Prepare yourself. " With that.. she'd pull her arm back -- still holding onto Tetch.. and then? A blinding speed, she'd casually toss her toward their camp sight. Then, with another burst of magical energy to keep her in air during her fall.. she'd propel herself back over to the monster. Arm outstretching once more, ringing filling the air.. and then? Once more -- that seal came into creation. Those ten beams flooding out and exploding into a million to rain down onto the beast below as she carpet bombed him in her passing.

A last look back to Erika, a serious face she'd never given her before. "could she really be this powerful?" she questioned it more and more with every passing second. She landed with a muddy splash to look back and see one of the crueler, frightening things she'd ever seen. Beginning to recollect itself from it's water-based form back into a sturdier mud as it was just shot back down, and that big mouth of his that looked inadvertently like a grin. "Techichi!"

Kamonbak yelled around a tree, slinging the backpack out to her, despite saying he'd treat it with care. And Tetch eyed it as if it were explosives heading her way. Going with the catch instead if stopping it, she seemed to be okay. She ran out and came to a stop at the site of Erika and the mud demon's battle, looking through the assortment of talismans in the bag with that angry kind of confusion. "Which ones do you want?!" she hollered up at her.

" ....................... I do not know. As I said, I do not understand the custom. " Her monotone voice ringing out as she came to land on top of the beast. A point blank blast -- that's what she was doing. Arm held out.. and with a recoil back of it that seemed like it could literally rip off a persons arm? She'd send out that shot of magic as a BANG echoed out throughout the forest.. To be honest, it must of been pretty heavy. Her arm flapped about as if it was broken in different spots.. and blood could be seen spewing out from her shoulder. It looked like a fragment of bone had been sticking out as well. " From what i've -- SEEN --? In-between those two pauses.. she had been using her opposite hand to continue to shoot with the blasts.. all while it's partner started to heal itself. " She throws them and they activate."
a serious look on her face. Even if her blasts had been somewhat effective.. all the thing had to do was turn into mud once more to negate the damaging effect. " We have no time for a game of pick and choose. Throw them all."

Techichi looked back amongst them once more, shimmering in the moonlight and sepia darkness the mud demon created. Kamonbak had just reached her when she clutched him so fast he sounded like he was choked. She didn't know much about these talismans, but she knew how to make sure they did what they were supposed to. Taking two out, she swapped them in her back pocket for a vial of gemi, busting it, and sprinkling its contents into the back before stabbing him through the bag and throwing him out like a spear for the beast:: "Get outta there! --- GYYAAAH!" she hurled him out, into its body thick enough to stick. What happened next was anybodys guess.

Techichi waited for her to finish what she had to say, because in a sense she did have to. Something romantic could only fit in such a timeslot. But nothing came, so she didn't get to drop her in the mud like she had planned whenever she went for a kiss or a grab or something. So she simply smiled and shook her head, a pause. "Good job." not sure what to say, after she'd proven herself so thoroughly, far more so than those few fights in the inn. She put her over her shoulder and held her in place with her one hand over her waist while she sprinted.

"We got what we came here for. We'll get to some place safe and let you recover. Kamonbak!" she called, and surely the blade was catching up, only with her bag this time, carrying the first aid kit and the newly acquired tooth.

" I believe a reward is in order. " Spoken as her body hopped about on top of the others shoulder during that sprint. " I would like to sleep with Tetch tonight. " Her body sort of.. went limp though. Swaying even more as she kind of put most of her energy at the moment into her healing factor. " .. I did not believe I would have much fun on this trip.. but to know I could do such a thing with you is thrilling.. " her eyes would be one of the only things kept active. Why? Because of that panty wearing ass practically in her face.

An extra special jolt of pain into the healing one's stomach via shoulder. "Don't talk crazy. You're just disoriented. Focus on healing..." she ran further, coming to the farthest bit of forestry looking over the next isle, and outside just a bit was three more transport panels with that island's likenesses engraved upon it,

"Let's set you down." doing so, and wiping her mouth before looking over herself and sighing. The higher up her legs went, the less mud. And her panties were almost still perfectly white, if anything was to signify the few things she made sure to do during that fight.

" .......................................................... " Silence. Form settled down onto the ground.. and she'd sit herself in more of an indian style position. Arms had been fully reconnected to her form.. but what had been under the skin would still need work. Eyes trailed on up those muddy legs.. and then to those panties. Yes, it seemed she was staring a hole right into them. " ... White.. "

Techichi had approached those three panels and just kind of looked out over the various islands floating out around them. The darkest ones were the snow island and the dragon bridge. The volcano island was glowing a dimmed cherry-red and the sea island was illuminated all around like a night pool. Very dim, both of them. But she put her hands on her skinny hips and smiled faintly. "No, we'll camp here... I'm in no rush for another fight." a muttley grin came back, and Kamonbak seemed to vibrate for a few seconds, stretching.

" Will we be sleeping under the night sky or must we use those cramped confines once more.. " Yes.. Erika disliked her little `` tent `` with a passion, and Tetch shook her head quickly.

"I might summon one for myself at any time, should it become cold. But this island does offer the more peaceful view of the night sky than we're likely to have with the others..." she seemed a little eager to put her shirt back on.

" You may use me as a head rest if you wish. " Nodding her head in an agreeing sort of way with herself as she moved away from the bag and came to settle down onto the ground. One knee kept propped up.. an arm draped over it. Peering off into the forest about them -- the forest they had just tamed. Finally, she'd lay back and look up into the sky. " ... "

Putting that shirt on, she casually walked over to Kamonbak's general area and reached for that second, unused talisman from in her underwear no less and pounding it down on her fist the ground quaked for a moment as an ethereal prison arose from the ground and encased him solidly in an unknown alloy. Tetch stood after this, looking completely different towards Erika, going over to her, and hesitantly doing so. Biting her lip in her subconscious, do one thing, to get to another thing. "Erika... can you produce that, male appendage, again?" she grunted in pain, turning her knees in towards each other. This she wouldn't explain to her, nor did she feel the need to, the urges that came with her ever-advancing steps towards becoming a Siovanui.

This was something else entirely from what she was doing, so she would thrust against her face with all her years of never-doing it. As for the ritualistically summoned appendage, Tetch saw it emotionally linked to her somehow, and her life saved only moments ago? hands on both her ass cheeks; kiss kiss, pwah pwah, gwah gwah.

" .... You may want to release me from your lips.. or else i'll be forced to ejaculate inside of your mouth. " Saying it like it was oh-so-casual.. Though, one could hear a slight grunt leave her throat. Her hips working about.. Toes curling. Her face could lie -- but her body couldn't. All the while? She buried her face into the others wet snatch.. Yeah, someone was getting some clit action right now.

She came off of that c**k in a rather gasp for air like action with a much thinner throat than just moments ago. She looked back at Erika, with a face of a murderer who just told everyone she hadn't committed murder. she gasped while doing so, keeping her hand moving on member like a piston. "GyAH!" prepared to say something, but she collapsed, her tiny frame just over 110 lbs no longer able to respond properly to her brain's commands due to reasons of supersensitivity and overflowing ecstasy inside her. She looked to Erika rather angrily.

"What are you, what are you doing to me!" fear of deflowering, and having never experienced such an orgasm before, sucking air in through her teeth once, twice, a third time and to that one, two, three she had retreated her backside and came back down onto her face, one, two, three. despite her angry tone. she eased down on the jerking, and commenced slow deepthroating, noticeably filling up her throat from the outside; she was also coming.

" .. it's sad I cannot go inside.. " A finger reached.. splitting those folds so that she could take a look, but.. she made do with her promise.. and did not just dive in. No, that clit would be what she kept occupied with. Lips curling about.. molding. Suckling lightly against it while tongue moved about. Oh.. and nevermind the fact that she gave it a gentle bite with her teeth, just to tease the girls sensitivity.. But, then? She'd let out another grunt. Her hips jolting a bit while her `` manly `` self began to twitch.. Why? Maybe the ribbons upon ribbons of that spewing cum would be a good enough answer. " it would be proper to swallow.. I do not want to leave any of my sperm behind on this land. "

She had become motionless, save for her vibrating lower half while she went about releasing. Gulp, Gulp... she would quickly come off of her coughing, but there was no mess whatsoever. No proof that she'd even come. She brushed her hair back with her hand and gave her that serious look back. as if it had all been a task needed doing and no more. she hardened her gaze at her, as if she could trust her. she nodded slightly:: "I could at least do you that favor. I'll thank you for not trying for my virginity... this is why only you are worthy to go down on me." like a parting gift, she squinted her eyes more and pushed back on her mouth, filling her every breathing orifice hard with vagina, even giving her rough and conclusive after stroke. Nothing passionate about how Techichi operated.

"We will need to get some rest if we are to continue tomorrow. I understand these activities give weakening effects. Therefore, we'll challenge a weaker guardian tomorrow..."

(The following was taken from a live play with permission from both muns.

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"I figured if I can stay with them, I could maybe keep some of their rhythm going.? - LL Cool J)

Techchi stretched and yawned in no particular order the next morning. A care package had come in on a messenger bird that she was rather grateful in seeing on the inside, and a little embarrassed by in the message tacked to it from Atae and Eizou. Cutely portrayed depictions of themselves smiling at her when she'd open it. Inside? A shiny black pair of bicycle shorts and a new shirt. This one said on it "dragon slayer" with a six-pixel dragon on the chest in yellow, and sleeves a little too short to be considered sleeves. And it was light blue, to explode the girly meter. Her self-esteem hit rock bottom when she'd gotten into it all, but at least her boots still reeked of toughness. She sighed on the brief walk over to the three transport panels, different than they had set up camp by the previous night. For undisclosed reasons, they were going to challenge a different guardian, and Kamonbak walked with Techichi on the route. Erika was assumed behind them some place, because she had only started walking when she had told Erika they were moving out. Her attention shifted back to the black odachi.

"I won't ask on the details of last night's developments. But this will be your only warning, Keiichi... Attempt to banish me for a prolonged period of time like that again, and I will terminate this partnership..." Kamonbak warned to her, who seemed to shrug it off a little too teenager-ishly.

"Geez Laweez, okay... It won't happen again." showcasing her pale little exposed arms in this new garb this morning.

" ......................... " Erika had been rather quite this morning. Maybe because she had gotten something, deep down, that she wanted? Sure.. though it didn't look to be on her face -- she was quite satisfied. Step, step, step.. Allowing herself to continue following behind the girl and her talking sword. Bag held.. without care. The talismans inside moving about, rubbing against one another as she dragged the large bag behind her as she walked. Opposite arm? Too busy swinging about at her side.

" Are we ready? " Her voice spoke true as she looked about their location.. then to the panels. Bare feet moved across the grass as she came to stop next to it.

" Tell me where to fire and I'll do so. " Eyes closed as she stepped off the panel and took in another smell of air.. different, higher up. But -- it didn't effect her body much in the long run. That riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing came.. Her right arm ablaze with those magical signs from her nerves as she began charging up her energy. Lids moved to half-open themselves.. Looking outwords to nothing in particular. She had been waiting for Tetchs' orders after all.

" .. Unless you want me to lay waste to everything. "

She had smiled to Erika's comment. A grin that would carry her a good deal across the bridge. But it seemed they had quite the distance to travel to even make a dent in progression as far as crossing it went. And carrying the odachi was no easy task, especially for prolonged distance like that when they could be pounced upon any minute. The bridge was far too wide to not hide the dragon, giving him every possible advantage. She had to keep this to herself, noticing the bridge got thin at the middle and then fanned back out wide. She was able to see the underneath of that end, and saw nothing. That meant, it was under their side of the bridge. She put on a serious face, keeping an eye out.

"A knight would stab it with his lance when it'd swoop down at him. Would usually be enough to get a scale. But you're practically a lance yourself, Kamonbak. So we should have no trouble." her brown eyes fell upon Erika again, "Just keep that beam cannon of yours ready. This one has skin similar to you. It can harden it at will, and we won't be able to scratch it."

Shriiiiiiiiiiiiek

Stupid. Techichi jerked her attention back where she was supposed to have been looking. The somewhat blue dragon clawed its way to the top of the bridge from underneath, holding onto an enormous block to tip itself over and virtually guillotine its body, suddenly hardened, upon its three trespassers. Where was there to go? Left went off into the sky, as did right. But she went anyway, no time to grab Erika's clothing and tug her in a safe direction. NOT that there were safe directions to go, but she'd worry about that when body and tail came down. She found a groove, as there were many on this bridge on both sides where the blocks were and were not. It was to space the siding, very stereotypical castle-ish. She braced herself between two, held on for dear life and the gust from under the dragon when it crashed blew her off, forcing her to stab into the hard stone with Kamonbak for a freehanging hook. she looked down at Adenna between her two shoes.

"Erika!!" hoping she was still on the bridge, "Shoot it!"

The dragon would look rapidly around all its sides like a cornered insect. Metallic gray, and with red eyes now in its hardened form. It looked almost robotic, and scurrying around, its razorlike entirety of a body was sure to cut overly effective into anything that it came across, such suggested the sparking bridge.

Techichi observed its body intently, a tiny window beginning to map itself out in her mind. This dragon had a most complicated anatomy, and no scales visible at the moment. No, these dozens and dozens of plates were identical to armor. Razor-sharp armor plate, grafted to and covering its scales. This, was Kuroji Ryuu's ability.

" .. How strange.. Must I go physical with this beast? " speaking to herself while running a finger across her lips..

Her arm lost it's glow.. she had been deep in thought, even with the gusts of wind coming from each and everyone of those wing flaps.. her body held strong.. Only her clothing and hair rippled as an effect.

" Or.. " rolling her neck.

" Tetch. I am thinking of allowing the dragon to eat me so I may attack from the inside. How do you feel about such an act? " her risen voice echoing past the wind as she spoke to the girl.

But.. then the sounds of explosions came. Lights even flickered out from the beasts maw as a few strange beams went fluttering out. Next..? Would of been Erika shooting out from it as well before a blast of fire came out after her. Seal created, beam expelling.. causing her body to twist about in mid air before another burst came. Watching.. waiting to see if her attack had worked. Then again.. inside the beast? IT wasn't like scales could protect it.

Precisely what it took to achieve the desired effect. How these beasts were killed was beyond Techichi, and the elders, and King probably. Might have been why they were referred to as the guardians, it was anyone's guess. The explosions in the dragon definitely tested its elasticity, almost knocking Tetch off in the first few unbalanced sudden jolts that changed its form. She landed, Tap, onto the bridge, seeing Erika with a sigh of relief. What came next was both of them looking at the dragon's most reckoning part, his head, where all those what looked like hundreds of teeth were.

This was what claimed the most lives, and odd enough, they hadn't even come into even a scrape of trouble with it thus far. She looked it over once more before going to the side of the bridge and extending her hand. The dragon was active, but nowhere near as crazed as earlier.

"Kamonbak! You can let go now."

And the sword hadn't any differentiation of near the bridge or away from it. He just knew to hold on at this point. But Tetch's words brought him out of his dark place, and he released his grip at the precise time to put his faith in her abilities. Of course, she snatched him out of an undeserving fall

"....." a smile on her face for the moment, approaching the dragon's breast and cutting into her arm just enough to draw some blood.

Two rings unsealed on her arm when touched with her blood signature, and the binds transmitted through her raw strength. She stabbed up into the dragon's breast and began shaking for a few seconds, looking as if she was trying to fling that blade out forward. "HYAAA!!" the blade came out, taking four or so metal armor plates with it, and of course a scale.

" ....... Tetch.. I am glad you got the scale.. but I must say something.. " If Tetch were to look over her shoulder.. she'd see Erika.. and of course, the bag she held. " You may want to step away for a moment. " Why..? See the rip in the bag.. and even now, talismans had continued to slip out from it.. the way the bag seemed, in it's weight department.. it was lacking. Of course that meant.. a lot of the talismens had been lost.. lost inside the dragons body.

The dragon looked to be recovering and opposing to them, but Kamonbak refused her forwarding when she attempted to re-engage. This awoke her, in a way, and resealed the rings on her arm.

"We've got what we came her for... get your scale and get us the hell of this bridge." he said, making her look over the plates, frantic for the scale as well, which she scurried to bring into her embrace.

But she could not disregard the armor. She crammed them between her two shoulder straps under her backpack and faced the bridge opposite the end they came from. It looked almost like she had a shield on her back when she faced Erika, and what she had to say widened her eyes fearfully. She looked to where the dragon was. "Come on." she sighed, taking off for the end of the bridge.

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Next challenge.. that's what it appeared to be. Even with the close call coming from that bridge-dragon only a few moments ago. Erika would find herself in a rather.. warmer climate. Eyes kept themselves closed while head began to tilt back with the sucking in of air through her nostrils.

" This place seems.. interesting. I would like to say.. I may find some sort of challenge here. "

..Somehow, getting all of that from smell alone? Eyes opened -- allowing those clock-work like hues to look about with mild interest.. Though, that same lazed look kept itself over her features. Peering over to Tetch.. she'd tilt her head to the side. Awaiting her judgment on the situation. Erika was like a dog after all.. she needed her master to give the orders.

BOING. The blade had made a less than subtle arrival, impaling himself in the red dirt near where Techichi had fallen. The illusionary ghost of the dragon's departing chomp just beginning to fade away completely. The magic of that guardian, to have done so. She shook her head and looked around.

"Are you both okay?" rising and brushing her shirt off, picture perfect, but unable to see the mud smudge on the back. Kamonbak unearthed himself. "I'm not sure. I can't feel my leg. I think it's broken." coming to join her in inspecting the eye-burningly thick steam that occupied them and their every direction. Tetch was already glossy, wiping some shine from her face and sighing to heat exhaustion. "Erika, here..."

tossing the razor scale to her, slightly larger than a shield. "I don't know how it'll hold up to this guardian's heat, but it'll hold better than our bodies. Which we'll need to get through this."

Hand reached out to catch the scale as it came close enough. Inspecting it.. she thought for a moment. Then, looking to the bag she had been holding as well. Opening it up.. she slipped the large scale inside and hoisted the bag over her shoulder. " I shall keep it in here for safe keeping.. for now. I would like to not use up many of these papers here.. It was a mistake with the dragon. We only have half at our disposal.? Chest rose and fell with a heavy breath once more.. Maybe it was the heat, but it seemed to even have a small effect on Erika as well. Small bead of sweat rolling down the side of her face.. curling down her jaw and then dripping down from her chin.

"..........tch!" aggravated at how quickly they were becoming fatigued and not even doing anything. She wouldn't let that wasted energy go to that much waste, kickstarting their exploration. The smog, so toxic and only red at distance, particularly the end of the only tunnel that the three transport panels suggested. Walking out into it was like walking into another type of heat and pain completely, and another, and then back to the first after they had passed through the thickness of it to see what they were really in. Apart from their narrow walkway, there was a full ring of moted lava surrounding them out to a circular rock platform. It was a gargantuan and yet, empty, chamber. Techichi looked this way and that, trying to keep on guard as best she could before completely losing it to a spell of coughing, bringing her down to one knee.

"...Techichi." Kamonbak angrily murmured.

"I'm fine!!"

Several children back at Adenna were gazing out to the mysterious additions to the magma lord's isle, just gradually being joined by Rahea, ruffling up a young boy's hair while he looked suspiciously to the goings-on out there. The wise man's eyes sharpened ever so decisively.



" It does not hurt to try.. " Responding in her normal monotone while looking back to the blades they separated them from the molten lava. " But.. for now, you should get that blade of yours back. Shouldn't you? .. To be honest, Tetch.. I am quite lost as to what I should do.. I will just need to do what I believe is best. I will be blasting the guardian now. " Ring picking up.. and with that? She'd move forward. Blast of magical energy shooting out from below her feet -- sending her up into the air and out from the protective barrier created from the larger blades.
Holding her hand out, those dual circles appeared and began to spin as unknown writing filled up the space between the both of them. In the middle? That hexagram appeared.. and as soon as it did, those large blasts of energy came pushing out and into the open. Causing the heat about them to spread out and away in some sort of collected mist. The beams exploding, doing what they always did..
Next came the raining down. But wait -- what was that? She had blasted the talismans along.. with it? That was the main reason why little glowing pieces of confetti could be seen fluttering away from the beams.
Upon landing onto the lava? They'd freeze up instantly and begin to spread. Whatever damage hit the ice..? Would cause the coldness to drill into the magma, while also causing large spikes of ice to appear shooting out away from the beast. Thanks to the ice.. the light from the beams began to reflect from it, causing the area inside the belly of the volcano to look rather.. stunning.


Rahea, Great Ninja of Adenna, gazed onto the display at the magma lord's island with great suspicion, wasting no time in evaluating the predicament. Challengers inhibited a dangerous conduct in going off to face the guardians when and however they pleased with no more approval than their own. Such was the dignity of defeat and success alike, yours and yours alone. The skinny ninja gazed back upon his fair city which he loved so before readdressing the onlooking children gathered around him, Tetch's apprentice Tsuchi being one of them. "These warriors get stronger every year. Come now children. Let's move back where it is safer." he suggested, moving them all along, but Tsuchi was neglect in doing so.

"I wanna stay. Keiichi is out there." she proclaimed, getting his attention and changing his set of priorities completely. He had not known previously that it was her that was out there. The Magma lord's capabilities, partnered with Techichi's capabilities, created a dangerous result. He wasted no time.

"Hurry home children. Go on now!" he insisted, looking back to the island with a serious evaluation. The enormous blades jutting out of the various sides of the volcano, and the light red flow of lava from its peak. What could be going on inside.


Techichi assumed her pose, looking at Erika up there as best she could, riding on the strength of her attack until she had left her sight. The heat was intolerable, but that only went to say how much more intolerable it would be if the wall of swords wasn't redirecting the lava's path. The smog and rumbling and heat had all but vanished for the time being. It was still hot, of course, but the presence of such tremendous heat had gone. Techichi ran past two of her own behemal swords just to see what had become of the magma lord's core. Smoldering, being devoured in ice. It was a unique shower of especially powerful magic sprinkling down upon it like confetti. She clenched her teeth seeing its movements dull up to a statuesque stature of frozen stillness, to which she saw a window of opportunity.

"Okay!!" she yelled, making a bowl out of their otherwise flat platform when met with her powerful pressure coming into her from the Jikangai. She had let in, two binds worth evidence by her tattoos. And there, her fist sucking at everything around it, the heat, the air, the strength of it all was tremendous. Her brown eyes focused upon the beast as she leaped up and kicked herself off into incredible propulsion off the hilt of one of those gigantic blades, charging her fist back and shattering into the crackling ice mountain that the magma lord had become. Ice had gone everywhere, and would continue to do so over the next minute while a glowing red Kamonbak raced back to them.

"Took you long enough!"


" Oh? When did you go missing? " Flat look given in the swords direction as feet came to land themselves right down onto the now `` ice lord ``. Already.. by her eyes alone, she could see the bottom layer of ice had started to melt.. but, it was holding for now.. that's all she had assumed would happen anyway. A delayed moment in time for them to do what was needed. Clock-work eyes kept themselves in their normal half opened way as the vision of Tetch reflected off them.. Watching the girl as she went wailing onto the poor trapped guardian. " .. I believe continued positioning on this guardian isn't for the best.. we need to find a new location to stand upon. " The ripped clothed woman spoke out while the ringing of her arm picked up once more.

" It seems you have more fans, Tetch.. Then again.. only a woman like you could. " She seemed to show no sign of distaste for this outcome. Standing on the hilt of that large angled blade along with her partner.. oh -- and the blade with a life of it's own. She'd stare toward this man with a slight furrow of her brow. " If this is what it must be.. then it is as it should. We will just need to make sure not to die." Turning around.. and also turning her back onto this man as she stared down.. Taking in the sight of what would be causing this explosion. Eyes narrowed while those rotating rings worked like clockwork about her eyes.

" .. Tetch.. if you require a weapon to save us.. I could put in a request at this time. They have set up a barrier it seems.. so damage caused from it should do none to their city. "


Just when an answer was expected to come to Erika, she flew into the barrier fist-first, dispersing the force only to Havelast's side of the shield. But the whole team, save for the mage, seemed to flinch having proved that they were apart of its sustained survival. Havelast did not flinch in the face of killing-intent that Techichi wore so close before him. Only a thin, powerful barrier between them.

"Is this to be your final resting place? If not, I'd focus on your opponent." gearing her attention to the thing that now occupied much of the inner volcano with one of his prominent black-gauntleted fingers. Going down the sword now was looking more not an option.

"It is decided then. We must overcome these duplicates. Erika, Keiichi. I have a plan, but we will need to harness both your strengths. I will require a single freezing talisman, please." Kamonbak said. Techichi held on in the meantime, glaring Havelast down, despite the culmination of the magma lord down below, beginning to meld into one another and the largest ones forming hands to reach up and attack them on that tall sword.


A side glance to Kamonbak.. he seemed to have an idea up his sleeve. " You are welcome. " Said only after digging out one of those light blue talismans. A few steps taken, moving closer to him. Palming the piece of paper, she'd then push it against the blade. " There. Now, would you please give us.. or, rather me.. since Tetch seems to be busy looking at that male.. I do hope she doesn't feign attraction to such a person.. " rattling off in this dire situation.. it was something Erika did best. " .. But, as I was saying.. " even with another rumble coming from the volcano, causing her to shift her feet so she didn't fall on off the sword. " .. An explanation. "

"It is simple. I know this guardian can sustain life from power sources. By using one talisman this time, I can assure it will have nothing to recombine itself with after freezing. And then you and Techichi together will shatter the monster."

Techichi had only caught the tail ends of that, where it concerned her. She was indeed more interested in seeing this seemingly betrayal of her compatriots executed upon her so emotionlessly. She had forgotten, and needed this reminder, of how serious these people could be. She landed back to the hilt after another volcano-shaking punch to that barrier. She had come to terms she could not breach Savorenius' magick. "So you're going to freeze it, and we shatter it again. Simple enough." her tattoos were already swirling on her arm, her left fist clenched.

"We need to do it now, or it will not need to even fight us. It will just fill up completely inside this barrier. I am known for situations like these, I will make this lone talisman last for the duration the many had with my own strength. Don't leave anything left this time!" he charged down, having spent all that time prior to understanding the talisman, finding out how to resonate with it and link with it.

But it was not over yet. This was the reason the barrier team was here. The magma lord began to grow one last time in its abundance and flood over the volcano. This forced the enormous blade she stood upon to crack from the heat. It seemed this would be the end of things. The barrier would fill with lava until that was the end of it and it had no more space to fill. The disaster would be contained. And they would die naturally, because the face could no longer be seen, lacking the energy now to manifest its presence as more than just the heart of the volcano. Techichi held her arms open, aligning herself with Erika for a painless catch. Not that her position was any safer.

" .. Hmm.. " Body fell into the outstretched arms of Tetch.. and draping over it. Looking to the girl for a moment while a small twitch of her lips caused a frown, though rather small, to appear. " .... It seems that Kamonbak's plan had not worked.. Speaking of. " A casual look off to the side.. then about themselves. " Where exactly is that sword.. " All while peeling that skin back over her screwed up arm.. Then holding her wrist together, allowing the healing process to take place. Taking no motion to move out from the others arms.. To be honest, she rather enjoyed this treatment. Being so close to Tetch.


She held her close, holding her sisterly against her collarbone with her hand that wasn't dominantly holding her. She could rest, yes, while she indeed looked around for Kamonbak. Her onlookers could do all they wished, she didn't care, not after Erika had nearly blasted off her arm yet again. It was a respect thing. Rijn felt a strange presence, the only one controlling the barrier that felt so. One second he was watching this unfold, the next he was before a castle, soulless bodies, and a godhead. He had been transported to the Jikangai. He bowed his head, at being bested.

"...Kamonbak." Rijn mumbled.

A very father-like figure to Techichi. "I am convinced now the Magma Lord is no longer a threat to Adenna." Rahea began, picking up the dragon scale caked in Guma Kizo's hardened magma. "And you have managed to get proof of encounter."

smiling softly to the two in their innocent, death-prepared embrace. "I'll handle the others... you two have work to do, don't you?" he asked, and Techichi smiled to him.

"........y-yes sir!" and he would put the scale down and repair the island with the dozens of transport posts, and even resummoning the magma lord back to his lair. Fortunately, Erika, Tetch, and Kamonbak had all been transported as well to the very secretive location of the next three transport panels, on the only patch of healthy grass on the whole island, shaded by several trees and in a very well-hidden location. Techichi slowed opened her eyes from her terrified state of having just seen the magma lord back, but they were perfectly safe. She released her embrace on Erika. ".................."

" ... Uncalled for.. " Speaking out to Tetch as she found her head hitting onto the grass she had now been laying against. It seemed her body had went limp in the girls arms.. and when she let go? It was obvious gravity would work against her. Holding her healing arm to her chest, it's opposite keeping it close against her.. She'd lay in somewhat silence. Peering out to one of the trees that they now laid under.. After a few moment, she'd speak. " I am sorry for disregarding my own well being.. I will take you thinking of me as stupid into consideration.. ?


"......tch! just be more careful. That could have gone very badly." she pulled the weeds from these three panels to see just where they would go next. she sniffed the cool air, it was a nice change.

"Erika gets the credit for that win. The beast could no longer collect itself after you had hit it with your cannon." Kamonbak observed her wounded arm.

" .. I believe I had been the one who helped us succeed..? Me and Kamonbak, of course.. All Tetch needed was to do as she was told.. " chuckle.. wait.. did she do that? If one had looked back at her, they'd see her face put itself back into check as that emotionless feature came back to her in an instant. " ... I am proud of you.. You proved to them.. that you are not one to die to such a strong guardian.. " Peering over to the sword who looked to be inspecting her arm. " ...... If you had lips I believe I would kiss you as well. "

Of course, Tetch had looked at her to witness such a rare display of emotions. that was all. she tossed the overgrowth to the side and looked upon the depiction. A ferocious spider. Arachnophobics, watch out. "This is a very underrated match-up it seems back in Adenna. Three down, and two to go." Kamonbak said as Tetch seemed to come out of nowhere and put Erika's good arm over her shoulder, walking her to the panels.

"The Ice Spider lies next. We have just enough time to setup a turtle bed on that island, before the cold of the night there sets in."

" ... May we sleep in the same bed this time? I will require your assistance for a few hours while my mana recharges itself. " Erika -- using her own condition to score sleeping right with Tetch? It could be.. but they'd never know. " .. When I am next to you in such a way.. like now.. it puts this body at ease. I may be able to relax enough to allow the process to complete at a quicker speed.. If we are somehow caught off guard, it will be for the best. " .. Mmhm. Really not using it. Her body being helped across and onto the panel. Her legs using their own strength..


She had looked suspiciously at her during the entirety of that little explanation. Ultimately sighing, "It is your own life if you choose to test my boundaries. But I will allow it. Your body gives off too much heat to separate us there. Take your stand." she took out a gemi vial and let Kamonbak holster himself on her back.

"At least until you get some proper clothing." Kamonbak said, resulting in Techichi looking over herself, pinching her single shirt, and then bicycle shorts. Not ideal Himalayan weather.

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"Dont blame me, i was given this world, i didnt make it." -2pac.



Cold.. Even inside this turtle-house.. even with their bodies together in such a way, it was still cold. Erika had fully recovered two hours into their rest -- and as of now? She had been somewhat alert. Hearing the sounds of that chilling wind brush up against the small housing that kept them safe from the outside climate. The grasp given to her by Tetch's strong arms had loosened up over time, allowing Erika to slowly turn about to face her. Chest against chest. The warm breath coming from her partners lips heating her emotionless features as she stared at her sleeping face. It is cold. The thought coming to her mind as her thought process began. Tetch needed to be in her best shape.. and this cold air wouldn't give her what she needed. Warmth, that's what she needed to give her.

Kamonbak had been looked towards.. and then, a shift of a blanket later -- the case had been covered. Erikas form began to stir even more. What had she been doing? Legs moving about ever-so-lightly, allowing those pants to slide down her hips and thighs, all before bunching together below her knees. As for Tetch? Hands had done their part to grasp at her shorts, lowering them to the same point as well. Panties had been kept on.. the fabric, to Erika, would serve it's point as a `` boundary ``. With a small flash of light, that seal appeared over her pelvis.. Spinning about slowly, causing the shift in her body to happen. Warm thighs -- they'd be invaded. That hardness felt pushing past them, riding right up against the sleeping girls fabric covered slit.
Biting down onto her bottom lip.. Arms wrapping themselves about Tetch's form, bringing her in closer. Though -- she made sure to do such a thing with as delicate as she could. Waking her up? Not an option -- not right now. " .. Hn.. " Left her slightly parted lips as she began to work her hips. Slow, gentle thrusts in-between the warriors thighs. Her own body heat rising as a blush came over her features. Same could be said for the sleeping Tetch -- as she'd be allowed to feel a bit of pleasure coming from this as well. It was almost daybreak, the idea of doing this earlier had come to her mind, but she had taken all of the precautions.. and it seemed as if this had been the best moment to do such a thing. Thighs became a bit more slick thanks to the pre that had been oozing from her twitching tip, as well as whatever Tetch herself had been giving to her in the response of wetness. It had been over fifteen minutes.. Erikas body pushing against her with more force. Enough to cause a bit of a problem to the sleeping girl. Then again.. the small grunt that sung out from Erikas lips passed into her ear from the closeness of it all. Clockwork eyes closed themselves while face relaxed into it's emotionless norm once more. It seemed that.. with one last thrust of her hips, she had finished the deed. Burying herself deep within those thighs only moments before spilling her seed against the girls skin. " .. Haa.. "


Crawling into that little turtle house just before nightfall the day before seemed like such a great idea. Such a safe haven. Nothing, could ever harm her in there, was the plan. Techichi was heavily fatigued after the yuuetsu instant weapons summons she performed the day before. It did not look taxing upon her because she would never run out of energy, not until the fight was over. Then she was dead as could be. She had kept this quiet to Kamonbak, to Erika, before going to sleep in that small lodging. Indeed it was cold inside, but it comforted her even in her slumber to know that however it felt inside, it was a thousand times worse, outside.

"Techichi...." a voice called to her, leaning down and extending a hand for her own. She did take it, and she did pull him down upon herself. It was Anthony, great knight of Adenna, and lifelong friend who had grown into an incredible man with a magnificent head of crystal blond hair. He grunted as he gained entry between her legs, and she rushed her chin up to meet his face. She had never struck such a pose before, and partnered it with a never-before felt feeling. She had seen others procreate, but now it was her time. She thought of it often. Back in reality Erika looked into the face that was looking her back all but for closed eyelids.
She bounced in absorption to Erika's rushes, gently in the thick sheeting of the bed, and her breasts constricted so in such limited movement to every startling pump. It was around the last five minutes of that fifteen she began to vocalize what she was feeling, and the first five to give the first traces of wetness. All Erika would have, was her guilty face, still asleep and just as into it as if she were awake. Insufficient air came through her nostrils, she had been breathing hard out with an open mouth as her thighs were charged and rammed into. Anthony came, arched back, and collapsed into Techichi's embrace. In reality, her slowly opening eyes sparkled that lovely pigment of brown alongside her sparkling beads of sweat at various locations. She gazed around, movements, stirring. A questioning face, looking to her hand as she flexed her fingers amidst something very sticky she crossed over.

"....what the hell is this?"

Kamonbak was not going to go without a rude awakening either this morning, as he was drawn from that case and jabbed directly into the crate, sending its top and various nails off to the side. She began reaching around inside, tossing some light purple winter wear at Erika until she had a full set in her lap.

"Put these on..." she pulled out her own blue suit, taking her shirt off thereafter and putting on a more sweat resistant one.

Rope, a lotta rope. freshly baked bread, boots, ice picks, gloves and light packs for all the rope. She instantly began assembling the various equipment. Locking clamps onto one another in little burst groups and then affixing them to both their vests before either of them got them on.

"This should last us for the 4000 metres to the summit." she sighed, wishing that was the distance. it was the height.

" ... These will get damaged if I am forced to use a more powerful shot.. but for now -- I will be greatful for their warmth. Beginning to strip herself down.. Fully. Well, except for those panties.

It had been the only piece of underclothing that currently survived those guardian encounters. Some time passing between the start of her changing.. to the finish. Now, she'd be seen sitting in that light purple winter wear. She also had stripped some of the fabric of her old shirt, using it to tie her silver hair behind her head. A few stray strands adorn her face.. but nothing that'd cause any sort of problems to her sight. A stare down at the equipment. " I see.. so it will take some work to get to this guardian.. If I knew this, I would of asked the shrine maiden how to manipulate the air talismans in such a way to cause flight.. "

Tetch pulled a balaclava over her face and instantly turned into a sexy ninja. Only an oval-shaped opening let her beautiful eyes and nose bridge through, and of course a big tuft of sexy black bangs. "I would not suggest that. The Ice Spider manipulates everything it sees from the summit, instilling them in its hallucinations. What might be flying normally to us, could actually be plummeting face down to the ground to our deaths. So trekking is advised." her bountiful chest shone her plump curvature in that black skin-hugging shirt before she concealed herself fully in that blue coat, fur lined around her neck and sure to encircle her face when she brought that hood up. She holstered a few picks and sat out a pile of Erika's gear. What she hadn't applied to herself, she would begin to dress her in. "I have not heard of anyone hiking up the mountain without some effect of its hypnosis, but we'll make it." breaking the bread into two halves and wrapping them each separately, handing one to Erika.

Erika had refused to wear such a thing. It was a dislike for things on her face.. She'd take the frost bitten cold over it. "I have full trust in your abilities, and I hope you feel the same about my own. " Taking the bread and bringing it up to her nose. Sniffing back just a few.. and then allowing herself to eat off it.

" The lack of meat is discouraging.. "

Chew.. chew. " This guardians abilities are hypnosis.. I see.. So it is a test of ones will over strength. I wonder what I will be forced to see.. Interesting. " Chew.. chew.

She packed her bread and put Erika's in the back she was facing there being up against her back. She grabbed her gloved hand, the one that didn't have the compass affixed to it, and kissed it, rubbing it violently there afterwards.

"You have to keep warm for me. It's going to be rough to the next checkpoint." she continued rubbing her hand, not unlike how she had jerked her off back on the first island, slightly ashamed that some form of bonding attributed from their messing around. She passed by her, stepping out of their little ice cave and up straight and tall and holstering Kamonbak through about a foot of affixed steel in a brace that was apart of her harness. The altitude was heavy, already taxing on her energy. She flexed her fingers, well aware of the burning well on its way to frostbite. Hypothermia, snow blindness, and the khumbu cough, the frightening sounds often heard before death. She scooped up some snow into her canteen until it was full and looked back to Kamonbak, reaching under and pressing it against his blade.

"Heat this..."

"Very well. All the treasures of your wildest fantasies are now open to you." it said, as if smoke had a voice. the door silently opened, unrealistically to the faint touch the specter gave it. All the way open, and she stepped inside. not stopping there. She walked well into this room, which seemed to open up into an even larger hall, or chamber. The robed figure remained at the doorway, while she left it behind. Squish. Squish. Squish. Vaginas packed with the hard fleshy appendages of men, full of emotion. Tetch's heart raced as she approached a man and woman hypnotically in coitus among hundreds of other pairs spread all around her. Just as into it as these two were. She looked into the woman's eyes, so close, and still unnoticed by both. The line from the man's eyes to this woman's was unbreakable.

But that wasn't what intrigued her. Looking into her eyes still, amidst this house of flesh and infidelity, she saw what she might have. The faces she might make. The feelings she might express. She reached out to the muscular man, only to touch a liquid-like glass that rippled out around their display. She looked on surprised as the specter came up. And now, the sex acts were frozen.

"It is all yours. The road less travel, and more pleasure. All you have to do is welcome it." the man on the other side of the glass outstretched his magnificent arm to Techichi, and placed his hand against the glass. Techichi matched it, finger for finger. "But I can't..." she retreated, as her hand was pushed back hard against that glass by the shrouded specter.

"Only death awaits your current destiny. All you need to change it is to let us in." he snapped disfigured fingers,and the wall came down, and the two brought her down, beginning to strip her of her clothes. Before the fabrics could slide down her breasts she pushed away from them with one hand and held her clothes up with the other, backing away from them with all else. "No!" and the shrouded man flung his hood back to reveal a long decomposed head. "Why do you resist!!?"

she yelled again "NO!" all the sex participants looked on to the crying girl minus emotion. Tetch's knees in the snow, in the middle of a heavy storm, she held onto her head violently while Kamonbak looked on in fear "Snap out of it kid!!" and the shrouded man approached her, putting his hands on her bare shoulders "You need only let us in." he said, taking his robe off one shoulder and then the other to reveal the lower body of a perfect man, and a fully erect penis. Tetch looked on, at his stance, his pose, his offering. Tears filled her eyes. These things she wanted, and she cried because she must never have them.

She opened her mouth to give an answer, but looked down powerfully to her unharmed side and screamed out in pain. The whole castle instantly crooked to the side. The shrouded man held on to the floor to keep from falling. "No! What is this?!" it asked, and that snow slowly stained with blood, Kamonbak gradually pushing himself through Tetch's own side.

"Come on kid!" and she only screamed further, both in the snow, and on the carpet. The castle gradually beginning to crook further until it nearly made a spiral. But it was still in manifest.



" .. Tetch.. why do you not answer? " Monotone voice rose to echo through the loud rushing air that move past them. Opposite arm snaked it's way around the rope before fingers curled. Getting enough of a grip, she'd start to pull up on it. " .. Stop this now. I told you, if you wish to joke with me you must speak that it is a joke first! " Annoyance, and anger. It could be felt in her voice.. but then -- something caught her ear.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

? Let me rest." she mumbled, as Kamonbak's powerful voice pressed down upon her. "Get up now!!" and with that her eyes opened, those beautiful brown eyes, yes. They were full of life. She pushed herself up and touched to the ceiling that was a great black sword, holding her side with her other hand. She put Erika's arm around her shoulder, rising with her to a faint but dignified stand. "The checkpoint is just there!" Kamonbak yelled, and she gazed upon it, a tiny hut with a smoking chimney. It was terribly blurry. ".............Tetch, I do not think we will make it." Erika said so plainly, but she had become adapt to ignoring her. she pressed on. "We'll make it." she spoke, taking step after step with her. Until her very life walked backwards ahead of her, teasing her to take the next step. You bet your ass she would. The door of the teahouse seemed so far away, until she put her hands on its door and fell inside. Instant warmth, and still the presence of cold outside. There was still snow upon them, and the door was still open. "We made it............ ....we made it.."

the first time she said it, it had been with relief. The second time, she was curious as to what was going on. Erika was, almost frantically, stripping down. Her heavy jacket, her shirt, her undershirt. And she still wore one. A tiny almost transparent top that Tetch herself had on. The uniforms of the care package were identical. her pants undid themselves next. "Erika, Erika what are you doing?!" she over-exerted herself, clutching her side in pain. Looking around. They were alone.

"............Tetch, you are in no condition to resist. Just relax." that monotone voice. It never scared her more. She grunted in pain as she fought off her advancing little hands, only to succumb to the pain of her wound. But she would fight back. Any Adennian woman would, to the death. But her hands were held above her head, her pants had slid down in that time her wound showed its severity. Erika's pelvic seal lit up. And there it was. Coming to life, one rise and one fall, at a time.

"Erika; listen to me! You cannot do this! You must not do this!!" she roared at her just as she rushed to point her chin at her. Again. And a third time. The three genuine ails of a stolen virgin. Then, she was just squirming with all the resistance in her. And crying. The blood pooling on the floor. Everything that was her past and future contributed to a set of eyes that backgrounded the fast pumping Erika. Gazing upon her as she was raped, and then turning into the eyes of the Siovanui beast that devours, and engulfing all of it into the white light of its mouth. She felt real, genuine pain this time, as she crashed through the door of the teahouse with Erika over her shoulder. A seated Felipe and sword immediately rose and rushed to them.

"Do not mock my insight again! I told you one would die!" the adventurous voice of the new sword said. How strange, it was a sword, sheathed effectively IN a second blade. And upon seeing him, Techichi's nightmare ended.

" .. Tetch.. I wish for you to know.. that I enjoyed this. " Erika spoke down at the cold form of Tetch.. she was already dead. The life flickering out from her eyes. The silver haired girl slouched over her.. Hovering over her form, somehow thinking that she still needed to protect something that was already lost. " .... It is sad I was not able to say goodbye. But it seems even in death we will be together.. As I told you, we are fated to be with one another.. " The shaking of the ground stopped. She could hear it.. the sounds of it's body moving behind them. One of it's legs lifting up from the ground. Her eyes closed, waiting for it to come down upon them. Why fight back.. everything was lost at that moment. She heard it cutting through the air as it came down. Her body tensed up, any moment now.. and then? Warmth. As she opened her eyes she expected to see what she normally did after she died. The smoke.. the double sealed doors opening before her to allow her access out of that crate. But no, this was different. " ....... " Head turning, taking in the form of Tetch once more.. and then, to those who had been inside this building. " ... I see.. another illusion. You may.. let go of me now.. Tetch. " Her voice, even though in it's normal monotone, seemed a bit shaken.



Tetch had taken a lean to the outstretched face of the sword resembling Kamonbak, indeed releasing Erika and taking in the sights as the ground quaked yet again, and a rushing Kamonbak shot through the door as his normal size once again. It all got quiet again too fast, after the snow outside had rested. The first sounds after it was Techichi coughing, a gagging sound, and the sword cast her off him to throw up.

"Don't yak on me now." he said, coming to a stationary float like Kamonbak was doing.

"This is a rather horrific sight to behold. I shall not ask what plagues the minds of you both. That is for you to know, and take to the guardian. I am only here to prepare the tea." Felipe said, and the sword huffed a laugh.

"Wow. Could your purpose be any lamer."

Techichi, in the background, was glaring with killing intent back up to the group. It was Erika she was looking at. And amidst the laughter and joking, her little feet taptaptapped in a sprint that no one would be able to defend. She had only one target. And drawing one of those daggers akin to the one she gifted Erika with, she stabbed down to take the life of. The new sword marked his presence, effortlessly knocking it out of her hand and sending him and Kamonbak into a clash.

"You'll not have yourself anywhere near my student." shaking with the other sword in a display of strength.

"You've gone mad." still about their fight, Techichi was still free, and still going for Erika. She grabbed at her arm, and used her thumbnail to cut into her index finger and pass over all four of her tattoos. A blood line through all four rings, and she would attempt to release all that power of the Jikangai out, had Felipe not stabbed her through the head. A ghost sword in one ear, and coming out the other. It was pale white, and her eyes similarly reacting. Felipe seemed to struggle, but only a moment in flinging an entity of Techichi out of her and stabbing it through the teahouse floor. It bore Tetch's frame, but an ice monster's complexion. It went from a phantasm to becoming a corpse of ice. One that shattered immediately. Techichi watched it do this as she held her head up and hair back all with the same hand.

"............."


" .. Tea. I would like some. Wouldn't you, Tetch? " Though.. that is when she realized something was wrong in the situation. Another illusion? She had a hard time grasping what was real and what wasn't.. Then again -- something in her mind was telling her that this indeed was the truth. The truth that Tetch had now been rushing at her with a dagger. A step taken back, as if she was bracing herself for what was to come. But with the secondary sword joining into the fray, it seemed it would no longer be.. " .. Tetch. What is this? You must -- " Arm grabbed, her form brought forward while eyes continued to stare at the girls face. " .............. This is not you. " Mumbling to herself. Yet, she still did not move. It seemed the girl she had met on the soccor field.. the same girl who had tried to kill her during the magma guardian.. had stopped whatever had been happening. A small glance to the side as she saw the ice-creature be stabbed head first into the ground. But, she only gave it that.. a small glance.

Attention turned back to her partner. Reaching up, she'd pull off those goggles.. the same with the mask. Allowing her face to be free to the world once more. " .. and to think.. I saw you die twice today.. "

"This cannot be the way it is. What became of the true greats? Were they like this as well..?" she looked down, tightening her grip about herself as a breeze passed by. Inside and down in the second room Techichi was still awake, and very sober. Her head in the hammock of her clasped hands, she gazed at the ceiling, something on her mind.

"........."

"What did it show you... Keiichi..." Kamonbak said.

"...Don't ask me that." Tetch called back. Demanded of him. Clear, short words.

CRACK! "Huh. My skin got its color back." Tetch said, examining her arms by the candlelight, which, of course made her look supermodelley tan. Kamonbak, hard to tell if he was awake or not just floating all stationary. But he would speak up if he felt he needed to. CRACK! ".....I think I'm going to lay back down for a few more minutes." she kept her eyes on him, still otherwise, testing if he was awake. "I'll see that no one bothers you." Kamonbak went to the doorway of that room and faced Erika after another one of those loud cracks. "Go on, Erika. Let her rest."

" .. But it is morning... " She started.. But, upon further thinking.. she'd begin to move. Her form stepping away from the door a few before coming to a stop. Slowly, she'd look over her shoulder and peer back. But -- something caught her ears the next moment. Brows rose after a few seconds of lag time, but soon enough return to their norm as she looked away and begin to head toward it. Soon enough.. she'd be leaving the tea shop all together. Moving outside to look on at the little scene. " ... "

Tetch dug her face into the pillow, kicking her feet back to her butt before she just sprawled out lifelessly, trusting Kamonbak. Felipe was outside, and responsible for the avalanche-itching cracks that were echoing up to the mountaintop. Her right shoulder was exposed, red, and smoking. The rest of her was dressed in winterwear. She panted, facing the back of her fist stoutly to the upright blade before her.

"Those are just water shells. Shall I upgrade to bullets?" the Kamonbak-like sword, Aro, teased. Felipe called out in the fear of her superior.

"No!" clenching her teeth, very Tetch-like, and as such, showed her anger at her opposition. "Just keep the shells coming. I won't let the next one get through." she said factually, and one was fired in instant response, colliding into her late-summoned guard. But it still hit it, and divided the cannonball of water into two hard-hitting portions that served as one breathtaking blow to the gut and another impacting blow to that shoulder. It made her cry out in pain as she fell to her rear, and you could tell she was seriously hurt. To act less awkward, Aro responded how most children might seeing they've seriously injured someone and trailing a little regret.

"...You did ask for it." his attention went to Erika, out there in the cold with them, Felipe noticed quite later after clutching her shoulder some.

" ............ " Head tilting softly. While the girl had been in winter-wear.. Erika, on the other hand.. had been in what she slept. Which would have only been a long gown. It fluttered about as a cold burst of wind crept up against her form. It was cold.. not going to lie. But some sort of heat radiated from her form. It was early in the morning, enough rest had been given to her.. and excess magical energy needed to be taken care of before it caused a build up. She just.. didn't have anyone to take care if it one way, so she had to do the other. Step, step, stepping closer now.

" .. Can you dodge this? " she spoke. A second passed as she quickly brought up her arm and aimed a palm toward Felipe. Seal coming to life.. rotating while the ringing sound began in her arm. " Do not wet yourself this time. " and it fired.. it came jetting out as a simple beam.

The girl could dodge it, sure.. but she was feeling a little `` hurt ``.. now, didn't she? Not to worry. It was a test. The beam fell short only an inch away from her chest and fizzled. " .. Did you urinate on yourself once more? "

She listened to the woman talk, crawling back in the snow when the thing shot out. But it was no matter. That would have dodged it, the beam fell short as well, AND Aro now stood between them.

"I have my orders... but Rahea didn't say I couldn't have a little fun with you." starting the whole thing, Felipe got her ass up FAST and ran for what seemed like her life to a safe distance, turning back to face the closer two in her now battle pose. "Are you trying to bring down the mountain?!" Felipe yelled and the sword was unmoved.

"I can make that riiiinging sound too..." Aro said.

Aro had powered down, and Felipe released her grip, shocked by Tetch's words. She really did intend on conquering the guardians with this woman as her partner. This Felipe could not comprehend. So she became mildly angry again, speaking to Erika where Tetch would not hear having been walking casually away.

"When either this is done, or you die, you are not welcome in my city because you are not welcome with me. Remember that." Felipe had whispered.

"Erika!" Tetch yelled back, curious only what was keeping her.

" I am coming, Tetch. " Calling back to her with ease in her monotone voice. As if Felipe's words had no holding on her. Clutching the package to her chest, she'd begin to move over to her partner. " Would you please speak to that girl while I change? She tried to kill me a second time. I do understand. She seems to have some sort of interest in you as a lover. " Nodding gently as she moved into the teahouse to change. It'd be a few minutes before she came out decked in her snowwear. Goggles being the only thing not put in place. She kept it in place at her forehead for the moment. Gloves fiddled with.. tugging, making sure it was nice and perfect against her hands.

Techichi was striking a guy-ish lean, hands in her coat pockets and the majority of her weight supported on one leg while the other took it easy. When Erika came back out she'd got them walking sooner than late. No better time, while the storms had stopped. "Felipe's not a great person to pick a fight with. And Aro definitely isn't. You were better off trying to gain access to my bedroom." Kamonbak remained quiet, there sheathed to that uncomfortable steel bar. But hey, it certainly made trekking a lot easier.

" .. I only spoke of her beauty. It is not my fault she lacks any self respect for herself. " Eyes kept in their half lid way as she stepped closer. Hands reaching up to grasp against her goggles. With a pull back, she'd bring them over her eyes before allowing it to touch right back down. " Do not worry for me Tetch. I have already put into motion what I will be doing with her once this is over. " turning to look her way. " What will you do once this is all over? " conversation. Something good to pass up all this free time.

She was a little interested during their hike, just what she planned on doing with Felipe had she not been distracted by that personalized question. she looked up in thought. "Get back about my Siovanui training, most likely. Besting the guardians here grants me some much-needed respect from the higher-ups back home. It's sure to open up all kinds of doors." the wind picked up greatly, not under any magical influence or anything. But they were that close to a huge drop-off that not only went back to square-one, but was certainly death if either of them fell. She began chipping away at some ice to what looked like a tree underneath. It was only a matter of time before she used Kamonbak heated, to point around and simply melt it. A mostly gear-based elevator system running a cord track up to the summit. Techichi looked high up to it while grabbing the sides of her neck feeling for her fur-lined hood, bringing it up to keep her warm. "........."


" May I ask a question? " she didn't really need to ask.. because of the simple fact that she was going to ask it anyway as the elevator came into their sights. Soon enough, she'd find herself inside of it.. Tetch along with her. Looking to nothing at all. As if she was daydreaming off about something. " Defeating the guardians will open many doors for you. This is true.. you said so yourself. But, what of me? What will I gain from all of this? Except some level of your respect. "


She wedged Kamonbak in the ignition mechanism, and paused to look at Erika. ".....You should be happy with that, but honestly, there's not much I can offer you. Sorry if it rains on any fantasies, but I have no romantic interests in you, Erika. And even if I did for some reason, I'd never be able to act upon them. You know how my situation works." jarring the black sword a certain way to get the frozen gears all moving and breaking the ice. Soon, it was running on the cord, and Tetch was using the sleeve of her coat to try and look out the window. Goosebumps hit the back of her neck, as morning, turned to night not quite as fast as a light switch, but enough to suggest the light was taken away. Techichi closed her eyes and looked down, sighing, knowing it was another illusion. "...Erika, are you still with me?" she could still hear the elevator going.

" .. I did not mean with you. I meant with your land. " furrowing her brow.. Also getting a strange feeling running up her spine. Arms curled just a bit, allowing them to hug against herself. Or, crossing at her chest. Chin lowering, as did her head. Eyes closing lightly to try and brush off the feeling as nothing but an annoyance.

But it soon became far more than annoyance, as Tetch would open up her eyes and see mutilated corpses on hooks running down two elevator lines on the sides of their elevator with their own, creepy light about them to as to be visible in the darkness. The tiny glass elevator they were in was not a believable safety net. Techichi closed her eyes soon after seeing the corpses, backing into Erika. "It's another illusion. To scare us. Don't let it get to you." she sounded calm, and partly she was. Her plan was foolproof, that is until the elevator stopped.

There she stood, Keiichi, with the thousand yard stare on her face in the bleak blackness of cool quotes, sunglasses, and malcontent. Looking to the right just so slight had told her that looking over her shoulder would have been pointless. For the one, she knew she could not see. And second, she knew Erika was no longer with her. Light-filled footsteps passed on until she could see her approacher and some shadows off herself. The light was still, incredibly sparse. And when it spoke, she recognized its voice immediately. "Hello daughter."

Techichi had reached for her sword, clutching the strong hilt of air and nothing more. "Those are some dark thoughts in your head... Did you know when I came to see your sister here we were surrounded by clouds and the lights of the heavens?" unchanging voice and emotion until now, when her stomach sunk at the next sound of him, "What does that exactly say aboutyou?"




" .. The witch? .. That's just kids stuff! " Erika threw back her arms and laid herself back down under the three once more. Lilith, the Witch of the Tower of Liltu. A story told to the children of the village to keep them at bay. Come inside before dark or the witch will get you, eat all your dinner or the witch all get you. Erika outgrew her when she lost her parents.. " .. I told you I'm not interested in her anymore.. "

" Aww.. don't say that. " The blond smirked as he looked down upon the younger girl. He was a handsome sort of man. No.. a boy. Seventeen years old -- still a boy in the eyes of the village. He moved to reach out and grasp at Erika's arm. As he did, Erika furrowed her brows and mumbled under her breath.. but, even though she acted like she didn't want to.. she'd find herself on her feet only moments later. " The Erika I remember wouldn't say such things! I remember someone saying they'd like to storm into the witches library and take back the books she stole form the second elders. "

Erika couldn't help but blush as he looked off to the sky in a sort of dream-like state. But, in a cover.. she looked down. Shuffling her feet with her response. " .. She's not real.. "

"She's real. "

Erika blinked. Levi spoke back fast after she answered. " .. I overheard a few of the elders talking about todays stories.. "

" .. You know that's against the code.. " Erika replied with a sour look on her face.

" .. Yeah.. I know.. But she's real. It'll take about a week to reach her. " The black haired girl looked taken back by that. What'd he mean..?

" .. Are you serious..? Did Crane shoot you with the stupid arrow..? " A confused look crossing over her features as she sort of stared at him.

" .. Wouldn't it be fun though? "

Erika swallowing back hard as the smiling boy looked her way.

" If we brought back those books.. We could be heroes. "




"You're not real..." Techichi both looked away and closed her eyes from him. A smile came about his lips nonetheless.

"........"

Unnerving her all the more as she heard him continue walking towards her. "This mind game will not work on me, father."

And the footsteps continued until she knew he was standing right before her. She was chanting inside her head: ?He's not real, he's not real, he's not, real. But she opened her eyes when her wrist had been grabbed by him and raised high and a blade run across her arm. Blood ran down.

"You give Kumo's illusions too little credit. Especially at this range." while she trembled to the knife's cut she murmured "...uu" he approached her ear and came then with a soft whisper,

"I'll bet the beady red eyes of the monster are right in-front of you as we speak. Is that not scary?" he shook it off, and Tetch looked at him now trying to see what he was up to.

"Will you be like so many others and end it all yourself? The fatal mountainside is not far off, and if that is not your liking there is always--" the blade that had cut her, a short knife of pure intimidation, impaled the snow between them. A courteous offering for her suicide

"........"

Techichi simply looked at him, he who had gone back to his initial emotionless presentation.

"Is there something wrong?"

the evil smile came about her, "You wanna know why Kareichi and I are different?" she savored his reaction.

"......"

"It's because she would do anything for you. Whereas I, would do anything for Adenna." she laughed to herself.

"...So, you mean to dethrone me. Then it is best I face you now, out of the public eye." a flat palm faced her in the beginning of his stance, the stop sign. and behind his back his other arm harbored a fist clenching two of his fingers all pressed against the small of his back. All Tetch did, was draw the blade out of the snow. ?At least I can see this sword.?

"You expect me to believe you're him? Don't make me laugh." she held her cut arm against her side to stop the bleeding while she pointed the sword out at him. "I've been struck worse by my father's gaze than your, pathetic scratch." And Daichi would smile.


"Try me, Daughter..."

Though in the real world time hadn't passed as much.. in the illusion -- it had been hours, no.. days. Erika, with Levi next to her.. now stood at the top of that rather large hill overlooking the desolate town before them. A tower.. though only five stories tall, sat in the middle. It looked strange.. and even they knew, the way it had been coming out from the ground.. that this had only be the tip of it. It's color was something of a purple haze, but that could be her mind playing tricks on her.. as the whole area, the whole town.. was covered by this mist. Swallowing back hard once more, she'd look to the young man beside her.. who -- only smiled. " This is it, Erika.. We have no time to waste. We need to get in and get out as fast as we can.. "

Erika huffed out while looking back to the tower. " .. This isn't going to be easy with that heavy bag you're lugging around.. It'll just slow us down. " Her sights once more taking in Levis figure. " .. You should just leave it here.. "

" Whaaat? Are you crazy..? We need what's inside here.. How else are we going to carry those books? Can't just let them slide about.. they need casings. "

Erika thought it over.. he was right. Those books of the divine, they can't just be held in such a lazy way.. they needed to be respected. Nodding her head she'd agree. " .. Sorry.. you're right. " But, as she said that, Levi started to move.. walking down the hill and toward the ghost town.

" ...... "

So.. it was starting now.. the real part of their adventure.




Daichi, the unmovable figure, as he was known in his encounters and fights. Suddenly, with an explosion, or rather release, of power, every strand of hair and piece of fabric upon him blew violently back opposite where Techichi was, and that power splashed the paint over this black canvas, illuminating it forever now. Tetch looked identical to how she normally did, give or take a frozen stance to just, emit that mighty aura. That, and that same light leaked from her eyes. Those brown eyes she was so known for, no longer visible. She had but one ring tattoo remaining on her arm.

"........."

"The details of your birth elude you. Have you wondered why you wear those brands on your arm? Your mother was not only Siovanui, but she was also the first of them to have a child. But you know the rules of virginity. They never go away. And your mother was devoured shortly after giving birth to you..." Daichi said as a tear cut in the illusion. He looked to her, "..........." and massaged his temple with a sigh. "You were born, part siovanui... also a first. And in that set of rules the power they emit would have been sure to kill anyone, even a Siovanui of proper age. Let alone a child. So before you take down this mountain, I'd like to introduce you to the one that is responsible for saving your life. And most brilliantly, constructing the Jikangai with the four-ring bind that contains both your birth right. And your curse."

He stepped aside, letting that power continue to blow on by, but in steadily declining increments as another approacher came into view. Daichi crossed the arms of his magnificent red coat while he assumed watching. and this figure would continue to approach until Techichi had all but powered down, her eye color returned. She even seemed to fall a matter of millimeters from what great power must have lifted her. But she was back now, frightened of what she had just been, and relieved at who she now saw. She ran, as feminine as she had never been seen before, sparkling tears unable to cling to her cheeks for that sprint. She dove into the magnificent span of muscled chest she had ever known, as was embraced by him.

"...There, there." said Eizou comfortingly.

" .. It should be around here.. someplace. "

Erika watched as Levi mumbled to himself as they made their way down the long blue-lit hallway.. Her body was tight, her skin pimpled with goosebumps.. and every hair on her form had been standing at attention. Even the smallest sound made her jump. Looking back on it now.. this, was a bad idea. " .. I. think we should go.. " Erika bumped into the males body as he stopped cold in his tracks. Looking up.. she'd see a displeased look on his face.

" .. We're not going back empty handed, Erika. Stop being a kid and suck it up.. " It had been a first. Sure.. the difference in their years. She was only fifteen... but he had never spoke to her in such a way before in her life. It made her stare in a sort of disbelief. " .. I know this means a--. "
" If you know then you also know we're not going back. So be quiet and stay behind me. " Erika gripped at her own dress at that moment.. watching him turn around in a hurry to guide himself down the hallway. The way he looked, it was as if he knew the place.



" Ah.. back for more, I see.. "



Erika froze.. those words cutting through her skin and sending chills down her bones.




"Tell me if I'm getting too rough. I can stop." Eizou said, true to the moment he was getting rather vigorous. The whole of a man of perfect muscle just rushing up on her every other second, and her rushing up with him almost right after. She only panted when he came up to meet her. When he slipped up once to reinsert himself, her breathing resumed. But that did not mean she wasn't extremely turned on.

"You could never be too rough. Do you know how many times I've -- dreamed of this?"

"........"

"You are the perfect man." instantly sitting up to hug on tight to him. Not because she loved him, or anything. But because he had just upped the pace considerably. "..ooo" he was coming, and so was she.




" .. And here I was.. Giving you the chance to run back to that little forest of lies.. and yet you return. "

Erika's wide eye gaze fell on a hauntingly pale figure of a beautiful woman. Silk clinging to her form. see through, almost.. making out every curve in her body. She backstepped, thinking that she'd meet Levis body for protection.. but all she'd find is the open air. Falling, she'd hit hard onto her rump.

" With a friend as well? "

Swallowing back.. the dark haired girl watched as the pale witch looked her way.

" .. It's been a long while since I've seen a child thief.. "

" .. What's she talking about.. "

1:45 AM?Erika finally found the words and used them. Looking Levis way.. who had been busy taking awkward steps left to right. While waiting for his answers.. she looked back to the woman. The witch.. she seemed a bit -- happy.

" Oh? Did he not tell you? The last time we met he was making his way out of the tower with many jewels. My jewels. " Eyes grew wide.. Erika couldn't believe it.. it had to be a lie.

" .. S.. shut up you witch! Stop lying! He'd never do such a thin--! LEVI! " Screaming out.. The young man pulling something out from his bag. It was.. she couldn't understand it.. It was an item she never seen before.

" Oh..? and now you're going to shoot me? I told you.. If you steal from my collection once more, you will become apart of it. A high reward for a leech such as yourself. "

" .. Come on, Witch.. I've heard enough about you to know your silly magic is nothing more but tricks. You can't handle a weapon like this. " A weapon? What he held was a weapon? Erika's mind couldn't wrap about it. Standing, she'd quickly rush.. only to get pushed off to the side by a hard hit of his arm. " Just stay back, stupid! Once we get get the treasure we can leave this place and the Foxus woods and find a new life for each other! "

" .. B.. but..! This goes against the teachings! "

That's all she could say before the loud sounds filled the air. Her ears rung.. it was like thunder erupting in the room about them. She hit the ground, hands over her ears and eyes closed tight. But.. a flash of light, that couldn't be blocked out by her lids, passed over her vision.. and upon opening her lids, she'd see the lifeless form of Levi plastered flat against the wall. No.. wait, not his body.. his body was ripped apart. Blood etched across the stone, muscle.. it was a display that made her sick to her stomach.

She had listened to both their peace. But she would not wait for her next breath. She was already running to the spider. Their flimsy net of a final battleground holding while she tested it. Shiji Kumo had already gotten perfect footing on the web and to its approacher, it quickly hummed all its legs around to face her. The disadvantages of being only a two-eyed spider. Blaring its good eye down at her no sooner than right before her it beamed out to the three of them its final illusion. Its final stand. Kamonbak was the sword, stabbing the man and mortal flesh that he once was. And Techichi's lashed body and reputation of a whore before the mercy of all Adenna. It was not long before she was on her knees, coincidentally not falling to her doom in her spastic struggle.



.. She'd be hit. Mind clouding, skin growling numb. " no.. " speaking out in defiance. The world of that ice coffin shifting.. Then a vision, one of a woman in white silk looking to her from some feet away. No.. this wasn't real. Ringing echoing out from her body once more.. and then she'd scream. " NOT AGAIN! I WILL NOT LET YOU DO THIS AGAIN! " It broke -- the grasp on her mind, the illusion was gone. Arcane energy roaring about her body like some sort of aura. Shifting, twirling.. like a ribbon, or a snake.. Coiling itself around her. " TETCH! GET UP RIGHT NOW! " Her commanding, booming voice -- it hoped to reach the girl.



"HrnN!!" she grunted, as her faux city swirled into nothingness and she was back in the present. Kamonbak had once again pulled her from her illusion, and with Erika's voice she didn't give it a second thought. She drove her fist into the head of that spider, creating an arrowhead-like explosion of it. Falling down, its legs spread out, not curling in. Kamonbak punctured a block of red ice. "Got it!" coming back down to Erika, and Tetch with a hand on her head,

"I've had enough of these dreams."

"Then let's find a way out. None of the guardians remain incapacitated for very long." Kamonbak said, looking over Erika, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"



" Do you see me bleeding? No.. I'm fine. " Grunting out to Tetch as she stepped closer. Soon enough, Tetch would find herself grabbed. Arms moving to wrap about her.. one of them shoving the girls face right against her neck while opposite reached out to also find Kamonbak to bring him close. " Here's our way out. " The swirling of mana had stopped, sucking itself back into her body.. and then out-rooting itself from her feet. The area below them began to light up, and then? They'd be gone. It might of seemed a bit too sudden, but they'd soon enough be back at that teahouse ? behelding that smoking chimney. That's when Erika would let go.




Tetcj looked around, the scent of tea all over again. She wiped her forehead of the sweat before it could freeze. Kamonbak still loose in her grip while she held the red rock under her arm, letting it thud to the wooden floor. It got two guardians, two teahouse guardians, attention.

"WHO THE HELL?!" Aro came flying out.

"Well, well, well..." Felipe began, just so she could see Aro pinned by Kamonbak. Holding him there on the floor and them criss-crossing angrily like knives. Felipe's gaze next turned to who had pinned her up against the door by her shirt. Tetch was smiling. "Your head's gotten rather big, Felipe. And that's all good and well, when you've done just what we've done. But until then, -- " she pushed, and through the door and on the floor of the teahouse she went, "You'll be the quiet tea servants you are." silence, and Kamonbak slowly let Aro up thinking he'd heard the message too.

"Get off me!" he flung away, but the tension had eased down as Tetch put her arm around Erika, walking them into the teahouse. "That'll be two drinks, on the double!" singlehandedly picking up and putting the enormous eye-ce cube in her arms. "Put that out for the care package people... Four guardians down means outfitting the great warriors. Are you ready for some new threads eh, Kamonbak?"

"........." he began, settling some place by the bar, "That stuff usually looks terrible."

" ..... " A sort of smirk crossed over her features as she watched Felipe get handled in such a way. That girl needed to get kicked down a few pegs anyway.. and in due time -- even more. Erika hadn't forgotten what she said.. It wasn't something made up out of her lie of a new life, no.. deep down -- she still wanted to do it. As Tetch took her in such a way and began walking the both of them into the teahouse.. Erika'd let her, at least till they got far enough inside and the other spoke her piece. Taking hold of her arm, she'd gently move it away and begin to walk off. " .. I'm not in the mood for drinks. I'm going to take a nap. " as she stepped, she'd look Felipe's way.. making sure the other had been looking her own as well. " Rest up. It'll be two more till our meeting. "

"Who do you think you are?! I wouldn't be so bold, Keiichi. I've won my share of spars between us, and I'm confident Aro could take you AND your friend! So don't try me!" and then silence fell over her as she had waited for a response, and gotten what Erika had said. This was not what she had expected, and fear-tingling as that was, Tetch still hadn't spoken to her. Fortunate for the young Adennian, the warrioress was in a fine mood, albeit a bit agitated. She pointed somewhere in the region of her lap and the tabletop. "...Drinks."

Tap.. tap.. tap. Cloth, slipper covered feet making their way across the marble ground they stepped upon. Erika took in the beauty of what had surrounded her. The walls.. lined with the written word that only those who dabbled in litterateur would fall head over heels for. Though she had no interest in such thing.. the architecture was enough to keep her mesmerized. The craftsmanship.. the designs that looked oh-so-different from each marble block she stepped upon. Some making out great moments in history she believed by just the simple glances she gave them as she continued to move.
Head rose up while clock-work eyes rotated to take in the light shimmering from the open space before her. Blue, the color of the sky.. a few birds fluttering past. Eyes closing while a hand rose up to gently brush at her swaying bangs as she stepped out and into the opened terrace. The salt-filled breeze brushing against her skin.. the sound of the crushing waves below hitting her ears. Finally, she'd allow those eyes to open once more. That's when she became more attune to the world about her.. taking in the little sounds, the sounds of scribbling.
Erika took notice of the man who sat at the very end of the terrace. An older looking fellow, hunched over and busy working away on something. Stomp.. stomp.. that's when another sound came to her attention. A small turn her of head, and the sight of that coal-colored monstrosity came into view. It was hard to describe for her.. but, if anything, it had been shaped like a dog. It's paws giving off a cracking sort of sound as it continued it's clock-wise rotation around the fountain that laid in the middle of this outdoor walk way. " You're here, finally. " she heard coming from the old man.


Turning to look.. he'd had stopped what he was working on. Though, the only attention that had been given to her would of been from voice alone. Erika wondered what exactly he had been looking at. Curiosity took over then, which lead to her taking those slow steps across the marble-laid terrace. The railing.. upon inspection, seemed to be made of ivory. Her hands touching down onto such an expensive piece of architecture.. but, even ivory couldn't cause her to look in such awe at the sight before her. Off in the distance, an island laid. Above the very water it stood in defiance to the world about it.

Waterfalls cascading down from all about it, splashing into the ocean before it. It was a marvel to see.. and it was one of the reasons that, even as the old man spoke once more, Erika couldn't turn to see him. " That, young lady, is Atlantis. " -- Atlantis. It's name meant nothing to her. She knew not of it's tales. All Erika knew was that the city had been one of the most beautiful things she had ever laid eyes upon. " .. Atlantis.. " A word finally etched out from soft, plump lips as she continued to gaze upon it. But, after a small bang could be heard in the distance.. she'd soon be following a flare-like object as it was shot into the sky.. then came the explosion of colors.
Her grip on the railing became tighter.. more and more of those colorful explosions came, one after another. " They are celebrating their victory over Athens. " -- Athens. Another word she did not know. " and it is because of you that they succeeded. " Attention had been drawn just then. Taking her eyes away from the display of elegant works of explosives in front of her.. and over to the older man who had went back to what seemed to be writing. Just then, the sound of huffing came. Turning her head back around.. it was that dog-like beast, still making it's rounds about the fountain.
She couldn't help but smile gently.. it seemed as if a few sprinkles of the water touched down against it, as shown once more.. he disliked it -- giving yet another huff in distaste. A giggle passed out from her lips before she turned back to the white-haired writer. " it is..? I see.. " it was all she could say. He seemed to find nothing wrong with her answer, and only nodded while continuing his writing.

" They want to show you their gratitude. " A passing gesture of his non-writing hand given. Erika followed it, looking past him all together to spot the chest that laid only a yard away. Even the case was something of beauty.. clockwork eyes couldn't help but stare from her spot at the railing for a few more moments. Then came more bangs. It drew her attention just as quickly as they sounded.

She watched in amazement as a volley of explosions came.. it looked to be the finale. She'd watch till the lights all died down.. and then staring for a good minute more. Finally, she leaned away. Another look given to the beast, then back to the man.. and finally, to the chest. Feet carried her across the ground once more, and upon getting to it.. she'd take a knee in front of it. Fingers worked over the carved wooden object.. feeling the swirls, tracing her fingers about them before finally moving to undo the lock and opening it all together.

What she saw had been.. well, she couldn't explain it. Hands moved down to take hold and bring it out and into the open. Upon hitting the open light, it began to shimmer.. Gold. " The gown of the ever-flowing. You wear it. " She heard from the man one more. The gown of the ever-flowing.. repeating it's name only a few times inside of her mind.

" My dear.. I know it may look strange to you, but all you need to do is take off your clothing and place it over your chest. " A chuckle let out, as if he found it a bit hilarious that she couldn't understand exactly what it was. Clothing.. She looked his way once more, but like always.. his writing took priority over his sight of her. Nodding her head just then, she'd close the case while draping the golden cloth against it. Slowly, she'd begin to disrobe herself.. till she was left in nothing at all. Awkwardly, she'd begin to place it upon herself, making it look as it did when it had been presented to her inside of the chest itself. The golden cloth created an X shape against her back.. while two other bands wrapped about her chest -- one above her breast, while the other below. Looking down at herself.. she couldn't help but frown. What kind of clothing was this?

It wasn't something she could seriously wear alone without any other item on her body.. But that's when she felt it. The cloth, it gripped against her body -- causing it to give a snug fit. Eyes grew wide at such an act.. but then, the feeling of liquid. It came seeping out from the straps themselves, and much like the waterfalls moving away from Atlantis.. it had started to flow down her own form, creating a sort of dress. She rose an arm up as the water began to take it.. it only rose up along with it, taking it's full length before finally stopping just above her extended fingertips.

That arm was dropped, and the other rose.. watching as it did the same. Finally, upon lowering that one as well, she'd look down at the rest of her body. It looked so cloth like.. the way it parted into that V shape against her chest, showing femininity, as well as sexuality, with her visible cleavage. How the liquid just molded against her curves, working their way about her hips and thighs.. and then form-fitting down about her legs. She'd spot the ground. The water coming from the clothing washed over it somewhat, though finally coming to a stop only six feet away from her body.. in a perfect circle.

" It's beautiful.. " she spoke out. Turning to the old man once more, though.. like always.. his eyes had been on his writing. He only nodded in response soon enough, and also spoke. " .. Yes, but it is also time for you to leave. "

She wondered about that. How exactly was she going to get back home? The teleporting.. it seemed one way. No other item from the care package had been given to her with the instructions onto how to get back. But.. that's when she realized something. The dog-like beast who had once been circling the waterfall was gone. It caused a confused look to spread over her features..but when she heard that crackling foot-steps behind her.. she soon realized. Shifting her form about quickly, causing the dress of water-like liquid to sway about with her as she turned. Eyes finding themselves onto the already lunging demon. It struck.. she was sent over the ivory railing, along with it. It gripped against her throat, and she felt it.. and saw it. That crimson liquid flowing out from her mauled throat before she fell back first against the rocks below.

The guns were still going off, like a dying firework that still had some kick left in it. Great towers of steel steeples were risen and notably fat heroes of old resided in the great edifices which were apart of extinct nobility. A great break of land had separated from the main land and was just now clearing to ocean blue from an uninvited and settling muddy color. Tetch walked through a opening of cheap tents that housed the wounded red, soldiers affected by wounds from weapons she had only just recently been educated on. But for the matter at hand, she was very well educated. Her eyes sharpened over the black field of death as a rocketing cannon shell took the better part of a minute in finally crashing to the ground. Yes. Burrowing a muddy crater for itself, when first intended to claim many lives. This is war.

"Excuse me, Miss!" a young man saluted, a bloodied bandage over one eye so severe you wouldn't ever wish to see underneath. Tetch observed, and nodded respectively to his salute.

"What's going on here?"

"The turn of the tide! The men have had us praying each night. Religious or not. Praying that things would go the way they have. I must admit, I had no idea." he would begin.

"I think I understand. You, know who I am then?"

"No Miss. I mean to say, I know of you from what we've been told."

"What's your name young man."

"Trooper Hody Lawrance, Miss. If you'll come with me, thank you." leading them out of the hospital bay to the much, much louder battlefront. Tetch shielded her eyes while an unflinching Lawrance before her continued on unaffected. Due to that lack of sight, quite possibly, but she saw it as what could only be a hardened man. She walked on, passing by another sick bay where Kamonbak floated in the center of a crowd that held him with esteemed reverence. And they were all silent, because this all had a purpose, and they had prepared for months to do anything but **** it up. And this particular "purpose" was that of a dying man who had things to say before he was dead.

"Kambakkht, it is so very nice to finally meet you."

"...And you."

"It is a beautiful thing, isn't it? The field." he said the moment to look it's direction. Surely he could not see it very well from his lying position. But that was soon changed, when Kamonbak rose the man to see the spoils of the day's victory. Beautiful, in the eyes of the beholder. To Kamonbak, it was a bloodstained hell field.

"Beautiful."

The man seemed to tear up, and hide it, and tear up some more, and then unable to hide it any longer let himself go and unintentionally showed the true frailty of his status. "My family, I am all that remains. My brothers have both been taken from me by the sword of Oeth? little by little. And I know I am next. You would do me a great honor. Just, wear the bayonet of my musket. Let your enemies fall from the brave men that rifle fought along side here today." all this while his flimsy weakening hands shook at fitting that bayonet onto the bottom of him. Sharp from both sides, soon enough.

Kamonbak stood as a tall, proud sword.

"--......." the man seemed to want to say something, but could only smile to see how this talking sword looked. A character he'd heard much about, and now more so privileged for whatever reason than the other dying soldiers, he got to accompany Kamonbak in a way, back to the battlefield. He would lay back down and dream.

"You fought with bravery today. And nobility. And it shall not go unknown. All recognize." Kamonbak said to the surrounding soldiers, no matter their health be it good or poor, they saluted as Kamonbak did, which looked to have been a back slash.

"She has come!" Trooper Lawrance chanted to the specific crowd, rousing many profound looking figures. One such was a sun gold lion, powerfully sticking its breast out in proud stance to acknowledge their arrival. This in turn, began a stringing of many great welcoming gestures by the time they had come into the camp. Armored steeds paved the path they walked between to reach them, and upon doing so the beast that was an army.

"Welcome! To the new World!" a man yelled. "My name is William Russell. I am supposed to meet with you first. Do you know why you are here?"

"...I have heard stories of warriors finding themselves in similar situations." Tetch replied.

"I was hoping you could shed some light on the matter. But it appears you're as much in the dark as we are. But the sun will rise on this field come the morrow. And we will all be rich with life and the distinction of a rewriteable future. And you will be on your way." he said.

"Come, see this, Warrior woman." the lion spoke, outfitted with two skinny swords on both its sides. Tetch obliged and stepped onto the cliff the lion now stood. The wind of a vast prairie of dead men blew upon both their hair as they overlooked it and the terrible sight. Those that had fooled the living with death, could not fool death itself. A robed specter ghastly drifted over the ground with a sword held high, swinging it down upon the still, the crawling, the occasionally up and running. Eventual death came to them early, and even cowardice came at the price of death. Meeting another man's sword, knife, or gun having been too frightening, they now knew the severity of their ultimate choosing. The lion sadly looked down, and then over to Techichi.

"Just one, of many things you are responsible for. I am one of them. But this is the only misplaced entity in our world. And he has come from yours." the lion said coldly.

"What do you mean." Tetch looked over the thing once more, scary how it chased for the lives of people. When it got to them, it never conserved brutality with the sword. The reaper without a scythe.

"This future, you are responsible for. The mighty tower to the East holds Raglan. A influential commander here who was risen upon the lives of his own men. The height of the tower is a result of that. You can imagine how many men he has claimed. And there is Lucan, who fell today. His site can be viewed just on the hill. The soil red with his blood and will continue to spread for all of eternity. An issue our world will have to deal with eventually."

"I do apologize. However I was responsible for this, I am prepared to answer to any consequences. But don't expect me to not put up a fight." Tetch said, and the lion only looked at her.

"We have you to thank for our victory here today. And never in our history will it be looked as anything less than our finest hour. The stories you have heard must have been far different than your own." the lion turned, beckoning her to follow. "You may call me Ceurhamon. I am the embodiment of today's bravery. Tomorrow I will likely have another form. One you shall not have to see, for you will be on your way. Come now, you must meet your purpose for being here."

And they passed into the enormous folly that was the back piece for the army's camping. It overlooked the sea of breakaway land that floated on it as well as the sun on the horizon which looked to be much smaller than their world, for it was smoking upon contact with the sea and being overwhelmed by it. The daylight of the place was eerie like that, lit by an ever-extinguishing sun, only when it might go out was to guess, it had been day for quite a while now. And in this folly sat an entourage of great men. All of them somewhat old men but one, but they were extremely muscular, silly so for their seeming ages. She approached them with that great respect that they should deserve it with their bold uniqueness. Behind her, the lion had long stopped. Not even a paw, upon this pavilion.

"The older one gets, the clumsier. One day this sword hand of mine will shake not of my telling it to, and I will take my own life. But this is a written fate. And today smacks my mouth in telling there is no such thing, for look around you." said Major General James Yorke Scarlett. "And you are the woman that has given me this gift of war."

"Do you like it?" Tetch smiled in sick humour.

"My dear what you have given us is so fine a gift we should never hope to approach it's worth. But we will honor it, by carrying out what was planned." said another magnificently mustached man, Sandow from the King German Legion.

"Indeed." said the Major General.

"Russell was supposed to succeed in the ultimate underdog assault, if our light brigade breached the Russian forces. When we did, we all knew we could play with fate. Russell would be the leader of the second great moment of divination, and you would arrive." Sandow said.

"I believe I'm here for something?" Tetch asked.

"Of course. I confess I am equally sad and proud to see this fine coatee go. From the smiling faces to the grinning skulls of today's sacrifices. Strike down your foes and wear our white-belted red jacket. That is your purpose." The Major General said, handing her a folded flag.

"And ours."

"......" Tetch thought on that for a moment, accepting it and letting the flag unfold and reach damn close to but not touch, the floor. catching with her other hand the red coat, looking at it and instantly putting it over her shoulder, holding the flag out from which the Major General and Sandow each pinched a corner of it and held it up. Piece by piece her original clothes came off, and then you could get the first taste of it. Her arms stretched through the sleeves and peeked up the top of the flag. Her arms went back down, and it was apparent it must be a close fitting coat. She seemed to be about something a moment longer while neither men's grips faltered a hair. A while longer and Kamonbak came sailing through the upper sides of that flag by tetch's hand, coming back to hold him like a flagpole with the Union flag delicately swaying whilst she finished buttoning her supersnug black pants together, trailing crossed case-shot bandolier belts over her ass and loosely down at her thighs where it came back where the belt buckle of one's belt might be. she dutifully connected the top button of her army jacket with its corresponding buttonhole and put the flagged Kamonbak to a golden tassel brimmed shoulderpad. The red belts crossed her chest complimentary to her bust and the reaches of her black hair contrasted the white of the belts and the red of the coat.

"You look just like one of our own." Major General did say, getting a smile out of her.

"We have everything setup. In order to leave this world so that we may continue our conquer. Your body will suffice, but I'm afraid the sword's will not. We have prepared his counterpart, he is enlisted here and at the highlander camp just down the hill. Captain Louis will aid you from there. Gods' speed, to you both." The Major said, both him and Sandow saluting them on their way out. Just outside Ceurhamon was waiting.

"Marvelous. You two look like true icons of courage and achievement for the British Army. This way." the lion said, leading them down the hill where countless soldiers, despite some painfully exerting themselves, all managed to salute them as if they knew just who they were. True she was a girl, but this transcended anything she could have ever dreamed. In a way, she had thought she was dreaming.

"So you are the woman we have to thank for all this. A new age and day. And to get you and your extras back through where you belong while keeping everything in balance, that's where I come in." Alex said, passing by the remains of the brigade that was apart of the second moment of divination Russell was responsible for, and one of the men had a short head of white hair and sunglasses not yet created in their time. He seemed to be smoking with his head reared back to the sky, five or so muskets prepared and around him. He opened his mouth without dropping his cigarette, another thing not yet produced. ?I'll remember that one. That's not an asş you forget.? he had said, pointing out to Tetch. It was just a little odd thing, that she took notice to.

"Alex is the Russian Commander in Chief and has sanctuary, as does any other Russian that surrenders their arms. We doubt this will happen, since you are here, and everything else predicted is likely to come true as well. But our merciful tactics from now on will build the dignity upon that uniform which knows what it fights for. But particularly Alex, whom has a job to do." Captain Louis said.
"Yes, we have succeeded in rounding up the counterpart of the sword. In life this is what he would look like." Alex referenced the soldier. Rough Latino, handsome, and peppery bearded. Kamonbak observed him intently.

"I understand I have an important role in the grand scale of things. It is my honor." the man of Kamonbak's likeness said.

"........."

"So we're going home now, excellent. Where do we stand." she grabbed Kamonbak and walked over to where the Captain had indicated.

"Your mortal vessels here will die. But the engines of your spirit will be sent back to your true residing embodiments. I would just like to say on behalf of the British Army, how proud we are to have--" he began.

"Yea yea, just get to it."

?That's death you're beckoning, I hope you know.? the sword whispered to her.

".........Very well, Miss. Ready! Aim! ....Fire!" he yelled, to which Alex and the various others approached readied soldiers, aimed, and fired as indicated. Smoke collected around all their musket barrels and the man, the sword, and the woman all fell. And gone was the corpse-hunting reaper on the field of death.

Erika strolled across the deck in that quiet way of hers.. no, not strolling -- more like pacing. Like an animal who had been about to strike it's prey. Then again, it could be seen as some show of boredom as well. Gown of the Ever-Flowing still adorn her figure.. Though, after acquiring it she had seemed to find that the gown itself worked well with her own thoughts. She had wished that the sleeves no longer be visible, and so.. the smart-water substance that came out from those golden bands sucked up, giving her that sleeveless look to the dress.. As well as the skirt, giving it a slit in the side to allow more leg movement. It swayed and ripped in the wind, even going as far as to change into more of a darker blue to match well with the storm they'd be witnessing. Bare feet took her closer to Tetch, but.. she'd casually come to a stop at the very edge of that floating vessel they sailed upon.

" You must be cold. " said with a small chuckle in Tetch's direction. " They should of at least given you something to brave a storm.. it seems mine has temperature control. " Ah.. she felt snug and warm, even in this thin-looking article of clothing.

" .. Would you like me to warm you up? " giving her a sideways glance while lips curled into a smirk.



Eyes off the beast for the first time in fifty waves. And she looked at Erika as if she were so stupid. A temperature control system was exactly what she has always had whenever she walked upon water, or more accurately, a heating system. Owl brow furrows of wind beneath both her feet, one brow per leg, natural emission from the red god of offense in the Jikangai. No matter how cold the water was, she was warmed from beneath. Wet clothes became warm wet clothes, and her feet stayed the hottest, succumbing to a red glowing burn if she used it for too long. But she was already planning a run path along the back of the sea beast. Suicide, with all those stingers, if a speeding tentacle didn't crush her bones to dust in the first swipe. A natural swirling energy, bolder than a super saiyan and also quieter and less annoying. If your power's going to talk, at least it had better be tolerable. Or so was her philosophy.

"If you ever plan to get off that boat we'll be all the closer to leaving this basin."

Kamonbak looked up to her when Tetch had spoken, making the Union Flag blow vigorously into the oncoming wind. Tetch was trying to find a red hair again, amidst all that blue. A city of blue lights on the back of a monster. The reds were truly magnificent. "At least tell me what we're aiming for?" Kamonbak asked, Tetch smiled, "No."

"Come on, Kamonbak..." she said moving with him, and slashing downward with him at the beast's side. It made a scratch during its sloshing around during the explosive rocking that the entirety of the ocean was experience right then. Of all the islands, this one lit them all up, and the East side of Adenna glowed orange. Some important people were sure to have woken up and gone to their windows. Pure violence, brought on by Erika, rocking the beast's boat that was the whole island. A literal container of an ocean. And Tetch had just startled it further with the intention of the scratch. She wanted it. She got it. A powerhouse tentacle came to swat at her. Tremoring its own side so hard that as long as it should have quaked, it only vibrated within the lot of a second. But they were far off from any stable ground, and the force had separated them off and into the water. "TECHICHI!" Kamonbak yelled before submerging himself. What came next was a double teaming fatality.


The talismans continued to go off under the water, providing their light show to a safe distance, and flat out destroying everything they emitted out to. And the beast stressed by them, knowing it had prey in the water, enacted what it was known for. A crushing clutch of the insane smiling mouth that took up its underbelly. When it crunched, the entire island rippled out from the center, and pooled over for a few minutes on all sides. Tetch could have easily been dead, even the esteemed Kamonbak amidst all those orbish, planetary explosions they were spiraling underwater towards. Kamonbak was behind her, in a last attempt to stop her momentum before it took her beyond a salvageable distance. Unaffected by the water's oxygen lacking death dealer, he yelled out, pushing against Tetch with his flat, until she finally stopped. He sighed, breathed, actually caught his breath. And then.

"!!"


-- Coming out from the ocean floor. They saw a beautiful and deadly sight together, ocean floor grown coral and such that covered up the container of the island, but not, all of it. There were swiss cheese holes in the reef on the ocean bed that looked surreally of a freefalling sensation down to the "real" ocean so far down below crashing upon the rocks. All that water they were in, and then true air, down to water once more. Only Tetch's discerning face looking about and releasing bubbles took his attention from it. Looking up, was also surreal, like multiple heavens in the blue sky. The water was blue, not night black, because of the lighting of the talismans. Tetch still seemed unaffected, looking about at this. But that was sure to change when the air ran out. "Tetch! What do we do?! I can't get you to the top fast enough." she looked at him and shook her head in disbelief, eyes open thereafter, determined. She pointed at him. "WHAT?!" he yelled at her, she blew a few more bubbles and beckoned him over and pointed up.

".........." Kamonbak got it then. But it was akin to the impossible. "The Jikangai will not give you that much power, Tetch. And not even both of our mana pools together can fund what you're thinking." he said while Tetch closed her eyes happily smiling at him, reaching out to delicately stroke the thin of his blade, moving her thumb over him slight until the red clouding of her blood streamed serenely out. She pressed it over all four of her rings on her arm.

Upstairs the beast's turbulence was only just less than it had been, and to call it any more tolerable would be a severe understatement, the life-claiming sort. But the beast was becoming attune with it enough to settle its focus in on Erika. That red pearl focusing in through the glass dome of its eye, it saw her. And moments later, its jaws severely unlatched from their hinges not unlike a snake does to fit its mouth around the enormous things it kills. But not in attack, it was because of something completely different.

Up the beast went, picked up, screaming that noise that it made that only so few have ever heard. All of Adenna heard it tonight and saw the monster as it continued to rise high, high into the night sky. It's reckoned underbelly, and vulnerable point, punctured into by the Godzillan Kamonbak rising tall out of the water perfectly erect and unwavering, colossal and with it the flag he was still connected, taking up the span of time that only enormous things take more time in, waving in the night among the firework-akin explosions of talismans, transcending the flag's conception back to the war.

?Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd?

The beast tipped off the sword and fell sideways down his shaft and crashing into its domain once more, setting the events of another overflow into action. The waves were out of control now, and only the water itself would be able to endure its own violence. This was why Tetch came when and where she did, beside Erika, all four of her tats active and the brown of her eyes gone and the Siovanui white in them. Even light projected from her smile as she looked beside her. "Come on,"
arm over her shoulder, the heat waves had color with them now. Once white pre-this, now red. She leaped in an instant before the rocking waves crashed upon one another. Kamonbak's hilt was of the size of a mammoth terrace, of which she landed upon with Erika, releasing her and walking to the side, as if her power was running out and she had something to do with it before its abilities left her.

" You have a beautiful smile. Ha! " a hard laugh let loose as the beasts jaws opened up to expose rows and rows of sharp teeth. She had just been about to release a toothy smile of her own.. but the look on her face turned to more of surprise as Kamonbak -- on a more grand of a scale, came out from the water in his rising glory. The beast brought up.. then falling back down into the water once more. That's when her attention had been grabbed yet again by the quick-moving Tetch. Taken, she'd then find herself in moments down on the large Kamonbak. Hurried footsteps brought her after Tetch, though she spread out away from her while arm began to ring out. The glowing nerves of her arms turning into a bright red as finger tips began to light in burning flame. " Burn bright. " plump lips moving about to mumble those words while the flames themselves began to connect themselves into a circle.

Finally, the insides of the circle erupted -- sending out that large leviathian of living flame down at the guardian below.

"I know you had to save your own life. But I also saw a careless display of power here tonight. And that is not what I expect out of someone like you. Do not wind up like your father." he said, going back over the side.

"We got the fragment didn't we! Get off my back."

Kamonbak roared over the side, "Save it! I'm helping Erika up right now!" snapping back at her, she respected the importance of silence and started to take her coat off, a little black tanktop on underneath.

" Kamonbak, baby.. that's not needed. " her voice? Coming from above. She seemed to be slow-falling down from the sky. Something was fluttering inside of her closed hand.. it looked to be one last of the talismans -- though, it's black color with white text only showed it was one of wind.. but, she seemed to not have planned this out enough.. and went souring right over the edge of the boat. SPLASH! Kamonbak had better follow.. because her arm jetted out soon after to take hold of his hilt for him to pull back... while the most annoyed look adorn her face. " .. Nnn... "

Normally he would have laughed, and display a much needed side of his humanity. But pissed off at Tetch, it would have to wait. He did lift her back up to the boat however, and drop her off beside Tetch. Finishing off with a pre-sheath motion to dry himself off that all badass swords do to remove blood from themselves before they go into their scabbards. Only he just stood there afterwards. He was particularly observant of Tetch now. This was the moment, and he was almost certain she would feel capable of doing anything after that showy display.

".........................." was between them, until Tetch hid that serious face and replaced it with a smiling one showing the red pearl to them. "Well I guess we're done. Heh." Kamonbak looked to the side with a delicate sigh. He was not any less worried.


She had to give it to this dress.. usually she would of had to burst some hot mana-air from her body to become dry again, but this article of clothing had already sucked up the water and dried her body off for her. A look to Tetch as she held up the red pearl, and the smile on her face.. " ..... Are we? " said with a rose eyebrow as she reached to snatch the pearl out from the girls hand. Gently tossing it up, and catching it within her own.

Looking to her somewhat seriously as she rose and turned her back on both of them, Tetch walked over to the tiny staircase but not upon it while she pondered, spots of her ass showing through the holes of those pants and on down her legs and ongoing everywhere on those pants. If one stared at her groin they might even see something, but a punch could be well on the way before you make out anything.

"...We have done it. What hasn't been done in this event for a very, long time.... Erika, you have performed well." was all she managed to get out in a compliment, a most deserving one, but pigs don't necessarily fly either. "...If I wished to continue, would you have any objection? Eitherof you?" she eyed Kamonbak over her shoulder, sexy, then back to Erika.

Inspecting the blood red pearl.. twisting her wrist about, looking it over with those clockwork eyes. All the while Tetch had started to walk away to those stairs.. and then speak. Erika's inspecting came to a sudden stop while she slowly turned to look her way. " ... I have something to say. " standing just then. Moving over to the girl slowly while tossing about the pearl in that steady up 'n down motion. As she came close enough.. Tetch could feel something poking into one of those holes. Yes, it had been Erika's fingers. Feeling at her flesh.. " You see, I've done my part already.. and if I do choose to continue with you.. I'd like something in return. " .. before a punch could come her way, she'd continue. " Are you sure this will make Felipe even more upset by my victory. " pulling her hand away, allowing the finger to slip in-between biting teeth.

She eyed Kamonbak, as if to look for also, confusing motive. "...Felipe? The assistant soccer coach? You really do have it in for her don't you." she wanted to stick her hands in some pockets, but there were none for those nineteenth century pants. "...What you do with prospective Siovanui Sorte is no business of mine, Erika. I am still eligible, and that is all that matters."

Kamonbak was suddenly behind Erika, without being noticed by either of them, and this reminded Tetch last minute. "Oh, yea, but it does matter to some people. Because it ensures the longevity of our city. But way I see it, I'm the only one that matters. And I'm sure Kamonbak can keep a secret. Can't you KB?" she tilted her head at him,

"...If you only knew child, what I gave my physical body for." silence between them a moment, then Tetch sat up on the bridge where the helm was.

"Man you couldn't have picked something easy like treasure, like a normal thrillseeker, or men like a normal woman." she was drier now, running a hand through her hair. This came before a fully rejuvenating sigh.

"................" Kamonbak listened.

Gulls, a small flock but they sounded far and many. And their skewed out m-shapes up in the sun were but mere reachers themselves for the sixth guardian isle. Tetch removed her hand from visoring and looked back down to Kamonbak and Erika. Turning her back to the stout wood railing of a magnificently high balcony of the infamous registration treehouse where countless things were done concerning the thrill-seeking adventurers from all over, and even Adenna's youth for trials of the safer locale on Doro Tenma's isle. Tetch stretched out in a lovely navy blue, near black t-shirt again emblazoning the union flag, only she'd already ripped the sleeves off of it. She came to a sigh back down even more so onto that railing at the end of it all, smiling at Erika, "Hard to believe just down there was where you saved my life at the start of all this..." she said.

"I'm sure you would have found a way out eventually." Kamonbak said, never understandable if he is joking or not.

" I'd have to agree with Kamonbak. " Erika said as she stood in place. Arms crossing themselves against the lower strap that had been placed just under her breasts, causing a light push up against them. Fingers tapping gently against her skin while clockwork red eyes looked in Tetch's direction. The gown itself had taken on a more lighter blue in color, small swirls seen here and there.. appearing somewhat randomly at times. " .... Though I haven't asked before. Is there anything I'm going to need to know before this starts... does this final guardian have anything special to watch out for..? "

Tetch sighed rather silently, this was not her subject. But her silence also suggested that Mr. KnowitAll would chime in and begin the encyclopedia reciting. "Nearly everything, Erika. This is why he is not attempted anymore, and we are back on the first island, instead of the sixth. It seems the transport panel up to Touketsu has been removed." Kamonbak said, "I think I saw refreshments inside, I'll be right back. " Tetch said, walking back through the impressive span of double glass doors from their balcony.
Instant shading and cool air, but it was still very lovely outside as well, both view and weather. Kamonbak watched her departure before turning back to Erika. "I feel silly speaking of this as if we're going to do it."

" .. Of course we are. " It was her turn to turn about now and lean her back against the railing. Clockwork eyes placing themselves right onto the blade known as Kamonbak. " it'd be idiotic to think we're not.. don't you agree? " lips closing, molding themselves into just a thin -- flat line. Head tilting lightly.. giving off that awkward stare. A turn of her head took place. Peering over her shoulder -- looking off to the open air once more.

The sword seemed to shrug, walking then to pass Tetch coming back out and the surprised white-powdered coated expression on her face from a powdered donut no less when she saw him leaving. "Where do you think you're going?" blink, blink.

"...I'm just gonna get some air." to Tetch's laugh. "You're going the wrong way, pal. Outside's this way." pointing to where Erika was, and where she was now headed. Kamonbak was still a moment before he continued on through the burgundy carpeted registry and on past a lovely secretary lady who was getting childrens' names called off to her by an enormous man.

"I have no idea how we're going to get there... I wonder what it looks like, can't be too big. That's the smallest island of them all." Tetch looked up again, red specks on the perfectly level edge of the hafl-sphere type isle, those specks soon flew off as the gulls she'd originally seen.

" .. Hm... " Erika'd stare off to the island.. but something did catch her attention. The white coat of powder, that is. A finger came up to press against her lips.. the tip of her tongue sliding across her index before she reached out to gently brush it against Tetch's cheek. After getting some of that left over powder on her wet finger, she'd bring it back and place it in-between her lips. " ........ " then -- attention was back onto the island. " We could fly.. " she finally said. " It's not as fast as instantly being taken.. but, I believe I can carry you. "

Techichi looked to the other islands, the dragon of course nowhere in sight over on the bridge which they had a perfect vantage point of. None of the guardians, none of them were in sight. "Nah, that wouldn't work.. Ever hear of a never-ending staircase? Some magical rite on that one's island. We'd never get to it. The only thing that let him claim more lives was the panel, and that's no longer with us. I was out doing something the day," head scratch, "but I remember when the bill had been passed to end all confrontations. This event here was meant for you to get something out of it, that you can use in the future. And he was killing too many people. Probably will us too, if we ever get to him." chew chew, clapping her hands in a crisscross to clean the powder from them, but not the fresh bit upon her face from the final bite

" .. Do you think Kamonbak would know the location they took the panel? " A soft smirk crossing over her features. " .. That sword acts like he knows everything.. should have him borrow it for our task. " a few moments passing before she spoke again. " I am joking, of course. " leaning away from the railing to take a few steps forward. Something had caught her eye.. that secretary woman. It was just a stare, nothing really special.. Erika staring at people wasn't out of the norm. Then, she'd turn to Tetch. " ..... "

"................................................." why hadn't Tetch responded to Erika yet? It was because a million different things were going on in her mind, dozens of escape plans "with" Erika if she could manage at that very moment, from that very spot. They were in the great tree of the first island, there were countless supporting limbs that could take them on down or perhaps she'd go off on this flight hunch Erika had suggested. So many things the more she stared on ahead, into that lobby, to the enormous man that had been talking to that secretary. She had begun to sweat, just before a breeze came and blew her bangs to the side. Her hands on the railing gripped tightly.

"...................."

Magnificent, profound footsteps of the most fitted and signature armoring, only in closer diameters could the armor itself be heard slicing against the other parts. "Oh hello, Techichi. Back from the fifth guardian already? Are you here to receive your scarf and certificates?" Old Vic said, a white and grey clad warrior, armored to the shoulders where his luscious head of blond showed age and wisdom.

"Have you forgotten your manners around me, boy?" a finger pointed at Tetch's nose, she froze, knowing he'd thwap it too if she got further out of line. "........"

"...Old Vic, you seem to be onto our intentions, and okay with them. But does anyone else in Adenna know?" Kamonbak asked, being freed of that case.

"Only Rahea and myself. I'm sure Daichi and Atae are aware as well, but your secret is safe with me." a righteous hand over his breastplate, a man of his word. Tetch looked to Erika, releasing her arm. "We may get to see him yet." before Old Vic seemed to hand Ko'rudoche to her for a split-second, only to recoil, realizing that was a bad idea, and then brace it against the crate while he showed a muscleman display in opening it. Off went the lid, and the four walls all fell down to reveal a great stone block, or "panel," might be the proper term. It was far larger than any they had used before, and it's risen insignia was far simpler as well. A pair of oval eyes, and the beak-like helmet above them. That was all. Tetch's shoulder had been grabbed by the man when she had gone to investigate and planted her next to Erika. And then he put a hand on each their shoulders.


"Not so fast. Touketsu is far from coming back into circulation with normal challengers. And even though I've brought back the missing piece of the puzzle. Do not think reaching him will be any less impossible, much less besting him in combat." last piece said with the most anger, Tetch looked at Erika and then back to him.

"I don't know about the rest of you, but impossible's starting to get old to my ears." Kamonbak chimed in, bringing Old Vic to a cool rise back up, hands back down to his sides.

"I am well aware of what you three can do, and have done. Which is why I've come."

boy.. a word that caused a sly smirk to appear over Erika's lips. Yes, seeing Tetch get spoken to in such a way brought a bit of pleasure to the silver haired girl. Maybe because the lack of Tetch bashing throughout this whole ordeal was the cause of it. Then again, Erika only had herself to blame for that. She seemed to have been cheering Tetch on this whole time than putting her down any. A nod given in her direction came next. Getting to see the final guardian, hm..? Being able to shove that into little Felipe's face -- that's why she kept going. The panel coming into view after the impressive display of box-opening came from the older man. A step forward taken as well.. clockwork eyes looking down at the panel in interest. No flying needed.. quick and easy ticket to get to the island, it's what she liked.

" ..... "

Silence overtook her. Looking away from the black panel and right on up to this.. " Old Vic. " A name she couldn't find herself to say. " Old man.. " Yes.. old man was much more proper. " Is this all you came for? I would like to get going as soon as possible. "

"...I see your friend is lacking in manners as well." reaching for Ko'rudoche, its thick, black-snake coiling hilt clasped tightly in his hands just as his forearm was slapped by the face of Kamonbak's blade. It sounded, but this was to be expected of him trying to stop a fight without having a body.

"That won't be necessary! I'm working on these girls, Vic. I don't need your parenting."

Vic looked at him, being a rather Zeus-like figure he was inclined to listen to one of his "lesser god" acquaintances. Kamonbak had been around. He took the sword's advice. "Very well, Kambakkht..... I'll not be disciplining eitherof these young ladies, at least until this final trial is over. And then, Techichi. It's back to etiquette school." pointing a finger to her then, but Kamonbak had used this time to look at Erika and discern the importance of her asking. He'd get that out of him for her, in his way. "Old Vic... If you've said your peace now, then we'll be on our way.":but he only laughed before pointing to the island.

"You think this will take you there by itself? You underestimate the power of Touketsu. I would watch that, Kamonbak. I should hate to see you return to Adenna in shards." frightening the black blade, but Techichi wanted to get through with this.

"Okay then, so how do we get there." he took a deep breath to look puffed out and stronger. "Stand back, brave warriors, whilst I cast out the strong spell upon Touketsu's floating palace."

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" I know now that there is no one thing that is true - it is all true. "
- Ernest Hemingway




She hand combed through her hair and walked on past them. They had quite a bit of ground to cover, and it seemed like they were walking through some grand estate's pet project garden. A whole lot of expensive resources, wasted on with no one to see them. She put two hands in the holes of her pants to suffice for pockets while they walked and looked around. Her eyes seemed pretty focused while the three of them walked. There was a church ahead she just couldn't take her eyes off.



"It's almost peaceful here... in an eerie sort of way." Kamonbak said. He was the silence with two other barely audible footsteps from the two girls. "......." Tetch was quiet, maybe Erika would say something in that break while she continued to look at the things as they passed them. An out of operation fountain. Powani trees, she'd read about them from Rijn's Library as a young girl. Gods favored these trees for their self-maintaining abilities and extreme beauty. Her sepia eyes trailed down to the base of the tree looking for fallen leaves upon the rectangular lawn that ran another lane they walked between. Not a thing. And the grass was cleanly shaved, another peculiarity. The shade of the numerous trees was just inches over shading their eyes and the sun was high. "...If it becomes ugly, simply leave the church." Kamonbak said.

" Leave the church if things become ugly? What kind of talk is that. " Erika finally spoke up. Clockwork eyes had already looked over the land about her.. But, once you see an uprisen island with water spewing forth from all about it? Such a grand city as Atlantis.. it only made this place seem a bit.. boring. That was just Erika's point of view, though. She should take into account that not many people walk away from this.. and this could be the last bit of land they'd get to see. " You speak as if it must keep inside the church.. you should of told me this before. That just means it has no place to hide. " A soft smirk playing on her confident lips.

"Erika. Do you have any talismans remaining?" Tetch asked looking back to her over her shoulder there at the end of the path between the trees. This lastly posed to them what could be described as a miniature city. Square pillars went up and stopped where they might should have kept on, giving the illusion of miniature skyscrapers and such. How odd, a stone city with an enormous wide staircase in its center. Down this, and to the church, she began. Kamonbak floated behind. More pillar systems. Her stomach sunk, she hadn't immediately realized it until simultaneously when Kamonbak spoke. "Gyh!..."
The pearl statue center the back room of the church was not a staute at all. It was the sixth guardian, no bigger than they were. "...."

" .. Hm.. Let me check.. I did use up many during the sea guardian fight. " reaching down after stopping her steps, all the while the others continued to move. The skirt of her gown lifting up on it's own quite a bit to expose more of her thighs.. and allowing her to fish in-between them to reach for the smaller bag that had been tied about her upper leg. She'd untie it, and bring it chest-level before she put a little more speed in her step to catch up. Opening and looking inside.. she'd rattle off her findings. " Twenty air.. seven fire, ten water, and sixteen earth. " placing them back inside.. and looking up as they came to a stop, almost taking one step too many. She'd stare.. " ...... So, this is the sixth? I have to say.. " a tilt of her head. " ... he is no beast.. " Tetch would then find her hand grabbed onto,
opened up.. and the bag of talismans gently placed into her palm.

"On a normal guardian I would say this was not enough. But this will level the church. Unless it is somehow indestructible. Still enough to make a distraction for our escape if it comes to it." clenching the bag.

"Do take your time. I will not rush this one." Kamonbak murmured.

"Shall we strategize?" Tetch asked.

"I was referring to mental preparation. There is nothing you can come up with now that he won't already know." Kamonbak said, watching Tetch hesitate a step before entering the church having heard him. "...That's reassuring."

Placing a foot just inside and then retreating it. Did it retreat? She had pulled it back, that much was certain. But she did so also inside the church. Hands on her shoulders back there before the moment, comparable to her pure energy duplicate, so was one of this guardian. Summoned in the instant she intruded his territory. It so powerfully shoved her straight ahead into the church, producing a nightly highway effect upon Tetch's features by the stained glass as she raced ahead uncontrollably forward to that "statue" she had faced, now in a completely different statuesque pose. Holding a white hilted sword out for her to come into of her own accord.

" .. What is this..! " not in asking, but more in surprise as she had been forced head first inside of the church. Gritting her teeth while ringing began to sound out from her feet. With a quick burst of energy, she had been sent twirling up and into the air -- and out of that energy grasp the guardian had made with her skull. Yes, yes.. this was preparation -- this was strategizing. Being thrown into this with no thought put into it.. Tsk -- all Erika had in mind was what Tetch had said about the talismans.. and destroying the church. For now, she kept herself airborn with quick bursts of magic energy from those seals below her sandal covered feet. Tetch seemed to have taken the role of attacker on the guardian.. and Erika quickly saw what that got her, a nice sword skewered into her leg. Hand reached out just then while palm faced toward the direction of the guardian.

He was fast, she saw that.. charging up in place would not be an option. He could rip her apart simply by her standing in the same spot for too long. Reason why she kept herself on the move. Ringing let out from right arm, and both feet. She'd land upon the ground every now and then.. allowing only a split second of touch before she continued on her way. Every spot she touched? Appeared a small seal of swords. It sparked into life and began to rotate, hidden in the color it melded with.. One would have to look very closely to see it. The bouncing had created a good four of those seals, and by that time she had been just about ready to fire down upon the guardian. Purple energy flooding out from the seal created in front of her open palm.. but, her target was no place in sight. That's when she'd see him. Dodging.. under the beam, and moving opposite of it.
Her wrist had been grabbed, and with a sick snap, it broke. She couldn't keep this arm -- if she kept in place he could easily over take her body. Detatching it from her body and blasting off backwards, while at the same time letting the mana-overload of her now forgotten arm go past 100% and explode instantly. The air filling with a dazzling display of purple and black smoke, making her unable to see the outcome as she came landing down with another seal-creating step. " .. haa.. " letting out a displeased breath as body hunched forward just a bit.. the lack of an arm causing the gown of ever-flowing to seem a bit off, the water-sleeve swaying limply beside her.

They were down to just two. Tetch would see this, crossing the rope over her leg and tightening it all in an instant as her leg spewed like a fruit gusher in that instant. Kamonbak, where was he? Upon the floor, that's where. Sheathed in a black scabbard that had been housed inside of that pillar he was shot into. There were eight pillars remaining, which told her there were probably eight other scabbards in them. What connection could this man have with the soul-attached swords? And that was another thing, Kamonbak had called him a man, when the armor of him, so technologically metallic and curvy it really looked like a woman, going so far as to say his body was better than hers. She smiled, "You don't make a bad woman." she said, getting those ice blue oval eyes emotionlessly upon her.

He approached, walking coolly after assessing Erika's display. The game was uneven as it looked to him, with her more critically wounded than Tetch. He aimed to fix that, and if he could, send them out of this world simultaneously. On his way to Tetch he reached back to the triangular tip of one of his two wings and snapped the end piece off of it to show to her and then hold it back in place and let his blue energy reach out to it from the wing and hold it in place. The piece they came there for. On the table, up for wins same as their lives. When he reached a certain proximity, Tetch dropped that smile and punched out. She came across from the right so he swerved to the left, his right side turning clockwise just a bit, and then counterclockwise to her second punch that came across from the left. And then she had him on defending with her onslaught of punches. But sadly her breaths were heard far more better than the sounds of her punches. A bad sign, when they weren't connecting with her opponents.

Almost all of them met with the backs of the guardian's wrists and forearms. Those magnificently gauntleted forearms. Black cubed finger joints making up his gloves and then that white and gold armor. He was accelerating in his counters, gaining enough of a lead eventually to fire a few jabs himself, nipping the two sides of the wall where her head was and cracking them severely. Intended to be her face, luck and her name was on her side until her face had been grabbed and used as a starting point to drive her head through the wall. Her chest stuck out highest while she seemed to lay back up there on the wall through that makeshift mount, her feet dangled while she dizzily looked out to the clouds upside down below the roof of the island.

" ............. " a line of blood could be seen trailing out from the crack of her lips. Moving down over the right of her jaw.. riding it, before finding her neck. She'd be looking right into Tetch's face as well.. her eyes wide in amazement. The chains themselves had already sunk back into their summoned portals, and the ground was back. After a moment.. Erika's body backed away. Looking down at the now bloody gown of the ever-flowing.. it seemed her blood mixed with the water as it soon enough covered her wounded stomach once more. " ........ I'm.. fine.. " spoken out.
Doors closing, her body tensing up upon hearing it. One arm.. her insides ripped up. Healing wouldn't be working as fast as it usually did.. she needed a lot of her magical power to continue the fight. For now -- she only allowed 5% of her energy to be used to slowly heal at her wounds.. but, all and all.. that wouldn't be enough. Crimson gown swaying as she gave a quick look. A look to the pillars. " .. Set up the talismans.. we need to get out of here. " that said before she stepped back, gushing her insides herself before Tetch could take it no longer and jerked her own arm from her. A bloody trail left behind her while Erika slowly began to close the distance with her and the knight. All the while that ringing ran out from her only arm.. the magic nerves ablaze in dark purple, almost shifting into black. It could be seen as suicide, but what else could she do.


Two blood covered arms now for today's sermon, but Techichi couldn't let that disturb her. She made her way to the bag of talismans and opened it all at once. The guardian. She had predicted this, which may have been worse than not predicting him at all. But in both cases, he was all knowing. A supreme being. Which was why she had a punch going for it. It was instantly caught and twisted behind her back where she grunted all along the way. Her chest shot out as a reflex to naturally want to separate her back from her arm. That tight pain. Then she screamed, but she swallowed it back quickly.
She wans't a pussy. But her arm was snapped at the joint and released. The whole church heard that bone. She hit her knees and this time the back of her head was tightly clutched just as her face had been. This was bad. Her face slammed into the floor; once, twice. Then she braced her only good arm stoutly onto the floor making the guardian's force behind his third slam quiver slightly in resistance.
But he won.
She went down again, but with enough time for her to steer off to the side away from her little blood spot. All around her right eye was blood, but she saw him clearly, and down in her right hand she opened up her hold and revealed the seven fire talismans she had been able to sort during her brief beating. And they had begun to glow with their seals broke when a sharp blow of wind came and she saw he was now holding something in his fist. She knew immediately what it must have been. His flat palm raced down with the contents of his hand and smacked the right side of her face and he then used her own hand to cover up the fiery talismans as they activated. Through her fingers the red of them lit up, and her free eye looked on with fear at the emotionless cold of blue as he held her in place. Waiting to see her head explode.

She had been waiting for this, a roundhouse on that bad ankle, hurt like a bitch but she had to ride it. An explosion of stone as the guardian's face went into his own wall. There Tetch fell unable to sustain her weight on her ankle like that any longer. Bad luck, since her foot was just about to come back down. "AAAAHH! Shit!"

" ............ " During her rush -- she saw it. He disregarded her and just went back to Tetch. Coming to a skidding stop while her arm continued to rage from the amount of magical energy she had been forcing into it. All she could do next was turn and watch the beating as it began. She couldn't shoot that way.. she couldn't do anything to break the distance to try and help -- everything was going too fast. That's when the explosion came from the fire talismans, and clockwork eyes grew even wider while jaw dropped. The bag, hearing it sliding along the ground first before realizing what it was as she looked down to it for a split second.. but in that split second, she had been alone. Looking about, all the while her feet slipped out from those sandals and she made a grab for the bag with her toe.
A toss, and a catch with her teeth. All this time, and still no action from the knight.. what was he do-- and that's when Tetch came back into view. Running now, she needed to get close to them. The clanking of armor against sword coming from Kamonbak. Closer, closer.. she was almost in reach. And then the double-edged roundhouse by the woman from Adenna.. Right when his face hit the wall and Tetch fell? She'd be slamming her open palm into his exposed back.. all the while reaching out with her foot, opening up another seal and blasting Tetch away from scene, all the way to the other side of the church.. and that's when it happened.

Black magic nerve glowing arm simply exploded.. Erika's form, or whatever had been left of it, seen flying away from the maelstrom of magical energy that was now jetting around the origin of the explosion. Beams rushing all over, slamming into the ceiling.. the ground, the walls themselves. Whatever the uncontrolled magical energy could find an end to itself on. Bloody, torn figure of Erika found flooring once more. Skidding, leaving a large snail-trail of blood behind her as she went rolling and skidding. Both legs.. no arms, no.. half of her whole upper body was missing at the moment. Her body.. it couldn't help but convulse as it laid there some feet away from Tetch herself. As for the talisman bag..? It had been gone. And from that knowledge.. the reason why many spots in the storm of magic had began to glow out of place from the normal black. Wind.. guiding hailstorm of ice, roots whipping and tearing about. Erika was trying hard to take down the damn church. It wasn't about defeating the guardian right now.
It was do or die. And Tetch hadn't the energy to do much but keep breathing. It was a most frightening purgatory. Her eye hurt when she cupped a bloody hand over it so she just kept it shut and looked about best she could with her left. At first she imagined Erika was in this condition she was in. And only Kamonbak was sane enough to ask it. It too, came dizzily to her, "Erika!! Erika!! For the love of gods see if she's all right!!"
This as he was just grabbed into the hand of the guardian amidst the laser light show. An unharmed, untouched, perfect suit of armor and those cold blue ovals looking discerningly at the sword. Tetch stood and shouldered into the door with all her might, flooding light in through both doors as she got a handful of Erika's shirt and dragged her remains out as quickly as she could, which wasn't much at all. She went out until she couldn't go forward any longer and fell near the staircase.

Tetch looked at him, then at Erika, and then around, before falling to her back and her chest steadily going in and out finally at ease. Her brown eye focusing alternatively in and out on the outcome of that explosion, and the clouds. and a shiny golden wing tip..

Fluttering.. golden wing tip. Falling, close enough almost enough for her to reach up and grab it.. but. Tetch would come to see a hand reach out for it before she could. A delicate hand, pale in color. Fingers curling about it before a voice.. and a face came into view. Long, silver hair swaying.. gently brushing against the fallen womans face. " This belongs to you, doesn't it? " a soft smile offered her way while opposite hand reached out to gently brush back some of those long strands, forcing them over the opposite side of her neck.. and out of brushing-range of the darker haired woman's face. " Here. " Bending over. More of her body coming into view as she did so.

And it was not a showy grip. There was some influence of her anger in it. But it had gotten the best of her, as it often did, and she had to realize that. Almost snapping out of it. "...I'm amazed that face has been kept intact. The way you shoot your mouth off." said while seating back down, her hand protectively holding her arm and her randomly doing well to keep her knees together like a lady despite wearing pants. Where in the world did that come from? ".....I've seen worse I guess."

Taking a light hold of her wrist.. it hurt in the slightest, and the red of the skin showed that. Rubbing gently at it with her opposite hand. Finally, she'd let go and begin to TRY and work on Techichi once more. While doing so, she made sure to treat her a little bit more.. lighter. Then again, the thing she made her drink? It started to numb most of the pain she had been feeling thanks to Lilith's working hands. Soon enough.. she'd be finished. Arm in a splint, held up by a sling Lilith tied about the womans neck. As for the eye? It had been covered by a bandage after some sweet smelling gel and a patch had been placed onto it. The whole thing between the both of them had been pretty silent after Tetch's last set of words.. but Lilith never let that smile leave her face. Well, somewhat.. at some point she did put a little look of thought on her face, with the tip of her tongue sticking out from between kissable lips. " All done. " leaning away to inspect her work.

The girl's lone eye blinked as if she cared what the woman thought of her. Could've been that, could've been she cared how everyone thought of her. She turned to look into the fountain. Indeed, she thought she looked like a wreck. But in fact, she was fine, no bruising at all on her face. And her hair was still wet and swaying freely instead of a short boy's haircut it now looked like hundreds of individual blades of hair that couldn't stop rubbing with one another. This was displayed when she turned her head to look back to Lilith and come to a stand. She had to admit, she felt better. And it showed in her face. "I don't even know you... but it is customary where I come from to say thank you. So there you go." she let that sit a moment, but not too long. She recognized that was bullshit before even Lilith might have that she hadn't even said it. "Thanks." she spoke softly. Why? You don't speak loudly in the proximity she was now at. Inches from her face, but she had come in from the left. This was something she'd seen done countless times back home. Never gotten into it herself, an image to uphold. She wouldn't even be doing it if Kamonbak were here. So she pecked her on the cheek, naturally closing her brown eye with a lovely view of black lashes for that second. When she had retreated back to her step, she noticed she had gotten the corner of her mouth as well and like tasting anything, ' ' good? ' ' she stuck her tongue out from between kissable lips. She looked into Lilith's eyes. Then down. Then back up to meet them.

Lilith had just been about to say something along the line of `` thanks isn't needed ``.. or something of that sort -- but she found herself blinking those dim-lit yellow eyes of hers after feeling the lips of Techichi come into contact with the corner of her own. She hadn't been expecting such a thanks. Those times she did watch from Erika's point of view, she thought this girl wouldn't be the type to do such a thing.. with her of all people. Lips then gently formed into a smile once more. " You're welcome. " a smile.. the way she said `` you're welcome ``. Hopefully she wouldn't take it the wrong way.

That big, animesque muttley grin she had been pinned to, got paid to Lilith with red cheeks in tow. "Sorry. They just looked so soft." hoping to get herself laughing more than anyone, but if Lilith did then that'd be fine too. She extender her pointer finger to the woman's chin, now this was contrariwise to her ' ' less than delicate ' ' nature, cause she was treating her face like porcelain at this point and demon and angel together with her darker side and intent behind that smile there as it went from full blown as it was down to faint as ever but important that it was not, dropped. At least until second contact. This was outside the club arm-grabbin' sort of stuff, but it had the strangest presence of sensuality to it.
Something hidden that Tetch sensed, and she was trying to find it. Her lips pinched down upon once, then, and always kissable lips. Start the timer. Pulling on them until they just didn't hold anymore and she'd have to go back and grab them again. This was no difficult task, back in that dangerous proximity her father had warned her about. Only one hand, the unbroken one, but it managed to have her first three fingertips touching the small of her bicep while she went for lip squeeze number three.

" .. Oh? " no such laughter came from her, only that smile. A smile that kept even as a small expression of confusion took over her features when that touch found itself against her pale chin. Since she had been a bit taller than Tetch, Lilith would glance down in curiosity at the whole action.. but that's when lips touched against one another once more. Yet, this time.. it wasn't one that could be spoken as `` thanks ``.
Lilith kept still for a second.. but soon enough, moved with it as well. Her own head tilting slightly to the side while a hand placed itself down against the shorter ones shoulder. Not one to go over the top in this situation, she simply let Tetch set the pace about how things would go. It wouldn't be up to her to stop it..which is why she continued on.

" Stop '' she told herself. But every time she did, that's when she grabbed a hold time and time again. And sure enough if Lilith ' ' went with it ' ' then she'd go about returning a kiss only to wrap those lips upon her slightly projected tongue. She was anything but mannerly, this was to be assumed as well in the bedroom, which made it peculiar why she stayed her mouth open just one more kiss's duration so she might return to just whatever this was. She wasn't sure. But like hell she'd listen to her conscience about something she wanted, after all she's been through. She clocked herself at about ten seconds and pulled from her only lips' distance. Still that angel kiss of fingertips on the girl's arm. Looking at her, she wasn't blushing, but seemed kind of drunk on what had just happened. Her heart seemed to be a third person there, cause its presence was very much recognized, pounding in her chest, "...that's how we say thanks." beat up as she was, at least it looked like it came from a muscular boyfriend rather than incomprehensible villainy. And ohhh, that white smile.

Lilith seemed a bit taken back by her choice of words. `` that's how we say thanks. `` -- calling her out on some sort of lie could happen if she was a lesser person.. all she did was simply purse her lips, and then give her a look that could read `` are you sure? ``. But, not once did she comment about it out in the open. She'd only begin to take a simple step back while licking softly at her lips. " .. Well, Techichi. I guess this will be goodbye. " already the case had been sent back through a portal.. all that had been left would be for her to leave as well.

She had to zone back, blinking with that one eye and her arm in that sling. Her eyes fell upon that body once more, and then Erika's. "She'll come to I take it?" touching her lips delicately, as if there was something upon them.

" Yes.. in a few minutes. " a look down to Erika's resting form. With that, she turned about. Click, click, click went those heels of hers as she stepped across the hard ground. She spoke no other word to the two of them.. she only walked. All before finally the air in front of her began to distort and form into a doorway. A pause taken.. and a look over her shoulder in Tetch's direction. it lasted for only five seconds before she finally disappeared.

Her gaze seemed to be elsewhere until she felt that the woman's eyes were no longer upon her, and that would come when they were, when she was vanishing. She watched her dissipate into the air and it eventually brought her gaze to the clouds yet again with a gust of wind coming to dry at her hair some.

"....was nice to meet you, Lilith." a sigh.

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Meanwhile Victor had stepped up to Erika now with that purple dominated pink scarf. "Congratulations young woman. None have bested all six the way you have in a very long time. That is something to be proud of. Please make yourself at home, you are most certainly welcome. Ho ho ho ho!!" he laughed, as if she could not be. Walking off he joined the celebratory party.

Erika felt out of place.. out of place with the anger she held in her body. She had heard it all -- she had seen it all.. But she remained silent throughout the whole deal. No.. not in the ceremony. She saw all that happened between Tetch.. and the woman who had put her into this body in the first place. As the scarf had been taken into her hand.. she'd look down at it, and then up at Victor. Offering him a small bow of her head before he stepped away. As he did, she clenched down upon the scarf. This party, it wasn't something she wanted to be apart of.
Scarf brought up and wrapped about her neck.. It was long, so it hung loosely behind her back and even dragged somewhat on the ground behind her. Clothing hadn't been that given to her by Atlantis.. she had lost that forever, damaged and taken by Lilith after the battle took place. As of now, she only wore a simple `` little black dress ``. Sandals slapping against the ground as she continued on.
Her eyes kept on the ground ahead of herself.. not even a glance to those she passed, some of them even congratulating her for her help with the guardians. It could be seen as rude.. but why should she care? She wasn't here to please these people. Erika had something else to do. The only person she singled out at the large party.. and that had been Felipe. She stepped behind her while the girl seemed busy speaking with someone else. She broke into the conversation. " .. Felipe.. I need to speak with you alone.?

Instantly singled out, and feeling considerably weaker without Aro there. Everyone was watching too, so who was she to say no? She could act cool and play it off. But this woman had just bested ALL six guardians. It could be a reputation booster if she was seen publicly as an associate of this woman's. So she succumbed. "All right. Where to?" she looked around, looking for Aro. But no, hell no that won't work. Despite spotting him, she knew he'd just make a fool of her in public. he was no longer bound to her. She clenched her teeth and went about looking for Tetch next with her eyes. But nowhere in sight. She put ' ' her ' ' signature blade over her shoulder. A normal katana. And she felt considerably weaker to be stuck with it once again. But it was better than nothing, especially if this woman tried something when they were alone.
She was expecting a fight, not having forgotten what Erika had said to her. But being pumped quickly turned into fear the more alone they became. ".........."
One person walking by here, two there. Another couple. They seemed to be hanging out a while wherever Erika had taken her, and Felipe prayed that they stayed, so they might call for help if Erika did anything. But she wasn't. So for the time, she just kept on praying that some witness stayed in sight. It made her feel safe. "Come on, what's all this about?"

" .... " Erika kept silent as they walked on.. those random one or two people becoming nothing. Only them.. the two of them. Erika finally made a movement other than walking. Bringing up that scarf just a bit so that it wouldn't drag. Coming to a stop.. and then moving to wrap it about Felipe's own neck -- so that they could share it. " .. Do you remember what I said? What I'd do after the guardian challenge was complete.. "

Her thumb flipped that sword just an inch or so off its sheath so that it might come off quickly if she called upon it, "I'd hate to cut this in half because it's something people like me strive for our entire lives. But if you don't take it off me." a bead of sweat just below her ear. she was terrified. "I should have known that was what this would be about. Get a life, lady." she grabbed the thing herself if it had not been taken off, turned, and started walking.

That's when she'd find the back of her neck being grabbed.. and they'd fall. Fall hard onto the ground well before Felipe could pull her blade. Everything was happening too fast.. and it was as Erika said -- she was keeping the promise she had made to Felipe only days before. The sound of shuffling clothing, the way that prized scarf pushed into the smaller ones mouth to get her.. keeping her from calling for help.

She wasn't one of those corny bitches, make a choke sound just cause something was around her neck. Besides, why do that when a scream is a guaranteed rescue. But the choke did knock that out of her. It built up in her lungs and got clotheslined back down. Yea she hit the ground and had absolutely no idea, what was about to happen next as the scarf. The object of her childhood, was shoved in her mouth. She screamed inside of it until her face turned red, and all that effort, didn't even make anything but a soft little hum. Her eyes were on fire. Unaware of what she could do, she looked back at her, curious what she was up to with some of her clothing off. Scared still? Yes.

" Shh.. stay calm. " whispering into her ear. Lips then felt gently places mini, butterfly kisses against the smaller girls cheek. Erika kept herself hunched, weighed down against Felipe's form. Keeping her from just flipping right on over. Hand lowering itself, hiking at the skirt of that dress Felipe had worn. Pushing it up right on over her rump, getting it as far enough as the small of her back.. After that? She pushed in-between the others thighs. Her palm feeling the warmth that came from between them. Palm began to grind just then, rubbing at what laid under those panties. " Felipe.. I wasn't lying.. Do you feel this? I'm touching you.. "

Face red as a cherry. not from blushing, but screaming. she never would have guessed. not in a hundred years, this woman had this in mind, or that she would have from meeting her there that day on the soccer field they were close to. And fighting her at the volcano. This, was where things had gotten. She rushed back into the ground, digging herself into it violently whatever moves she could do she did to get away until she was out of breath, and came helplessly back down onto that hand until she got the next breath in. She yelled at her ".... .. .. . ..... !!!"

" ... You don't like this? A hand isn't enough.. I see.. " using the same hand then to reach up.. Taking a grasp at the girls panties and simply tugging them away with one, hard pull. That rip filling the air.. exposing the poor girls bare bottom to the world. Erika lifted herself up just a bit. and then? She'd simply flip her over onto her back. Clockwork red eyes glaring down at her. " .. I want you to look at me when I do this.. I want you to remember this, Felipe. " forcing her legs into a spread. The girl wouldn't be wet enough for this.. that much was true, but Erika didn't exactly care. It wasn't about Felipe.. it was about showing the girl she had a price to pay. Something felt pushing against that virgin slit.. " .. Do you know what this is, Felipe..? it's not my hand.. "

Her eyes trembled, wet with tears and her vision blurred by them. Those steeples of Adenna, and the people that lived in them. Any number of them could save her. So many powerful people, just down the way there. Havelast running to the rescue with his swordlance, Blast with his hardhitters, Tetch with Kamonbak and Rijn with his scepter. None of them were coming. She couldn't move, but what she could do was look down, between her non-existent breasts and make the accusations of her sense of touch match with those she saw. It was indeed a phallus, and she looked back up to Erika's face. Making a look from between her and her mouth as if she had something she wanted to say. "......"

" .. you want to talk? " tilting her head. A curious look coming over her face. " ....... Okay. " she said okay.. so why was she taking a better hold of the others waist? Her opposite hand kept hold against her neck.. All she needed to do, if Felipe acted out.. was crush her throat. It would be so easy. Then? With one, hard.. slow push.. She split her lower lips and pushed right on inside of her. When the head of her dick found the girls hymen -- she only paused for a moment, and then quickly thrust inside of her. Allowing herself to fully bury herself inside of her. " ......... You feel good.. " finally.. she'd let go of her throat, and move to pull the scarf out from her mouth. " .. You can talk now.. Screaming is up to you, Felipe.. but I don't think you want anyone to see you like this. " a grin crossing over her lips.

She had so many things prepared. So many different ways to spill her guts out and beg to the woman not to do what she just did. This also, explained the tears. But she was not balling. She was trained to stay tough. Not whimper uselessly. But everything was different now. she was exactly that when the moment she felt that extreme rush of pain that she'd never once felt before. Useless. With her cheek on the ground she pointed tear-filled eyes up at her. If eyes could kill. "...You bitch."
She had nothing, nothing but her muscles. And that's exactly what she used. squeezing as hard as she could. maybe if she was strong enough, she'd get that penis back mangled beyond repair. her grip was strong, and she didn't plan on letting go, not until lightning strikes.

" ............ Felipe.. " was she expecting her to ask the girl to stop her squeezing? She only leaned in more.. Kissing softly at her jawline. " .. You know me so well.. I like it this tight.. " her grasp on the others waist let up.. and then pushed against her once more, this time with her nails added into the mix. Squeezing.. digging into her skin. Thrust.. Felipe's body bouncing slowly under her own.. but then, it picked up. Faster, faster. Erika's hurried breaths let out in short, quick huffs. Beginning to get into this more.. Her opposite hand now reaching to push up into the girl's dress, feeling at her lack of breasts. All the while her lips continued to kiss at whatever flesh of the girls face she could find. " .. Felipe.. you're going to get pregnant.. I'm going to make sure of that.. With MY child. "

The book was closed.. Lilith, with a roll of her eyes.. had somehow found herself at the edge of the ocean. The waves gently splashing against her feet, but she took no more steps than that... .. and can't forget.. she'd be holding an umbrella as she did so.

"That's not getting in!" Nima protested. Even she's been in further than that, there in her cute little yellow one piece. Tetch is just grinning, contrastive white smile to that lovely dark skin.

"Yea come on! You can do it!" Seiri yelled jumping up and down, splashing the now squealing Nima. Tetch looked to Lilith. "You heard 'em babygirl." brushing her warm skin up against with about 70% of Lilith's body before she hunched over and scooped her up in the cradle of her arms.

Both girls wanting her to get in.. but Lilith's own personal feelings had been weighing the other side. The water was just.. she.. She had no time to think about it. Eyes growing wide while umbrella fell from her hand. Why? So she could fake-slap at Tetch's shoulders as she lifted her up. " Wait.. wait! I really don't want to! " said.. even though she wrapped her arms around the other womans neck.. a soft blush on her face. " .. just.. don't go too deep.. " she finally spoke in a mumble.

Speaking through her smile, the depth of the water wasn't really affecting her pace. But it should have. That's just how tough she was. Up to Tetch's stomach the water was, and the waves brought that up to Lilith's backside. And every time one of them came she'd soak in her reaction. Seiri was wearing her suit, and then a whole bunch of other inflatable gear, laying on it out at their depth.

"See it's not bad is it!" Seiri yelled. Nima was back on shore and clearly standing before her own imaginary line, but she didn't think anyone else could read it. "I'm coming you guys!"

Tetch brushed her head into Lilith's with softer words than Seiri, "See it's not bad is it?"

Legs kicked as she felt the water touch up against her rump.. feeling it soak through her suit, getting the round flesh that laid behind it nice and soaked. If she hadn't bit onto her bottom lip.. she might of even let out a small yelp in surprise. It wasn't much of a surprise.. more like an annoyance.. Cheeks grew red as she felt the brush from Tetch's head against her own.. and then those words, repeated from Seiri's own quote. " ... I guess so. " spoken low.. and then. " I guess Lily can get used to it! " said with more feeling so that Seirichi could hear. Then, a turn of her head. " Come on, Nima..! If mommy is doing it, you got to as well! "

"Come on Nima!" Seiri cheered splashing Tetch and Lilith. This didn't bother Tetch at all but she should have thought this through. Seiri basically had A.D.D. and taking Lilith that close with all this water around them might not have been the brightest idea. Unless she planned it. She put her back to Seiri and looked over her shoulder now that she was the wall between them. "HEY! No splashing your mother! Didn't we talk about this?!" giving her the eye, and instantly all her energy seemed to die down. A smile came back around to Nima while she laughed at Lilith's slightly wet look. Not all of her hair but some of it. "Come on Nima. Come to mommies." staying out that deep. and Nima just wasn't crossing her line. But when she did, she was sloshing through the water as quick as she could, seeing Lilith and Tetch as a lifeboat. And when she got to them, she didn't let go. The side that Lilith was holding onto her with wasn't as dependent on that side's hold, so she wrapped that arm around Nima's back, keeping the backs of Lilith's legs over her other arm. "There. See it's okay."

A smile couldn't help but curl on her face as she saw her child move past that invisible line of fear.. Moving to the both of them. It was one of those moments of pride. One arm unhooked itself from about Tetch's neck. Moving about so that she could gently brush at the smaller girls silver hair. " .. Hm.. I guess we're both being brave today, yes? " a laugh let out before looking back to Tetch. " You know what this means, don't you? You're cooking tonight.. I think we should have hamburgers. "

" Hamburgers?! " Seirichi calling out as she kicked herself about a circle around them.

" I want that.. we're going to have hamburgers, right?! Mom! " Nima added.

"You want hamburgers, huh." to get 'em riled up. Of course they did. Just listen to 'em. But Tetch needed that smiling energy they gave off. Every parent did of their children. "You guys are going to have to help me, I'm not doin' it by myself."

And of course Seiri jumped at the chance. "I'll do it!"

Nima less-energetically, still a little water-weary, "Me too." she murmured.

"You wanna go back to the seashells?" Tetch asked, knowing that would still make her seem tough and get her back to shore. Little Nima nodded, up against Tetch and holding onto Lilith. She began to walk them back in to shore, and watch her rush off after her bucket of treasures. Kids attention on other things, as it usually was, Tetch let her eyes drift over Lilith's body. Particularly that face and beautiful bust that was right up against her when both her arms were around her neck. "You can be such a pussy sometimes." putting her legs down first to go into the ankle-deep water.

Feet touching back down onto the soft, wet.. muddy sand. Already feeling a good inch or two of her sink under it while the water splashed up about her ankles. Arms crossing under her bust while eyebrow rose in Tetch's direction. " And you're too pushy.. " shaking her head.. and then? She'd lean in. Giving a quick kiss to Tetch's own lips. " .. But that's okay. That's who you are. " with that..? She'd feel a slow.. obvious push coming from Lilith. And it's not like she could stop it either. Tetch would go down, fall right into the water while Lilith walked off to help Nima with her seashell hunting. " Nima. Wait for mommy. "

Tetch sat up in the foamy surf making her glisten while she propped herself up and she just watched those heart-shaped hips walk with their little girl; dreamy sigh. "Push her back!" Seiri yelled.

"I will. Later."


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