Fen dropped into the office chair by Fleet's desk in exhaustion. So many new Lupes to check for injuries and house. The Clinic was cleaned up one more and crews were fixing the damages swiftly. He needed to sleep. Being up for 3 days straight was insanity for a healer. His amber eyes fall upon Fleet's sleeping form. His daughter Lene put him under like some surreal fairy tale to not wake until she willed it. The monitors on Fleet's body blinked and hummed as the recorded everything.
The office was peaceful, quiet. No one needed him for a few hours. Fen leaned forward on the desk and nodded off. Rest though would hold no safe haven for Fen. His dreams relived what had happened:
~Rhydin Den~ 6pm. Whisper Paws Clinic. Evening shift has started.
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy was in her Lab working on some blood samples when the intercom call came. *Ammy, this is Arca. Fleet vanished from exam room 3. Myrlene has not checked in to help Fleet either.* Ammy put the blood vials down and looked at the intercom. Tapping the button once. "I'll call them Arca. Thanks for the update." Fleet vanishing? Her fur started to raise.
Fen Stridar: Fen was in Exam room 1 dealing with a case of scraped knees when he heard Arca panic from Exam Room 3. He poked his head out. "Hey. This is a clinic not a rally. Why are you making such a racket?" Arca looked to him wide eyed and scared. *Fleet's vanished from room.* Fen raised an eyebrow, and went back into his own Exam Room. "Excuse me a moment." he told the patients mother and stepped out into the hall. Fleet doesn't just vanish when examining. Arca must have had too much coffee.
Street Wolf: Street sat at a desk inside a wonderfully painted Cafe. He was going to open in a day or two and was finishing his opening menus. Sari was in the back helping out as it was her day off from the clinic. Finishing the Entree menu, he paused to rub his paws from the writing. Something brushed against the back of his neck setting his nerves off. He looked around the room. That touch was one from his dead wife.
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy fidgeted as she called on the cell phone. Sivanna gave her an obviously fake cheery report that Fleet and Lene were with them. She wondered what was up. She walked for the stairs and headed up to the lobby. She saw Fen stepping out of Exam Room 1 and waved to him. An ear piercing shriek went off and blinding flash erupted. The clinic shook and Ammy dropped to the floor. Military training kicking in.
Fen Stridar: Arca was standing by the door of exam room 3 shivering. Fen kept his amber eyes on her. "It's okay Arca. I am sure you're just seeing things." He felt a surge of magical energy rolling in at the clinic. He heard the shriek and dove for Arca. "Down!" He took the nurse to the floor in time as a few ceiling panels were torn loose from the shock wave that hit the building.
Street Wolf: A voice whispered to him. *Street. Death is coming. Run!* Windows blew in from the Cafe as something blasted the Rhydin Den. Street dropped to the floor, glass in his shoulder. Once the ground stopped shaking he peered over his desk. The front of the Cafe was blown in. What he saw beyond the walls was horror. He could see the other side of the Den's boundary, 5 miles long. Every building along the way, was, was gone. Just smoldering foundations. A large rip was forming in the sky, dark and brooding. Things were coming out. He found Sari, and ran.
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy looked up from her position on the floor. The Den fountain outside was a slab of melted stone and metal. Beyond, that, nothing was left of the Den. She stood and ran out the doorway, the glass blown away. 3/4 of the Den was vaporized and an ugly rift had opened. Creatures were poring out, and a flood of Lupes were running from what buildings remained. She dialed for Lene again and got Sivannah, as she spoke she directed Lupes. "Grab what weapons you can and run for the clinic!"
Fen Stridar: Ammy's shout alerted Fen that things were clear. He stood and pulled Arca up. "Find Mokksha and get all patients and orphans to the basement levels. Stay there!" He ran for the stair and headed for the roof. Mid stride he was wearing armor. His golem slayer slung over his back and the bow Mokki gave him in paw. Reaching the roof in minutes he saw hell spitting out it's creatures. He cursed. Taking up his bow, he sighted in on some flying demons. A soul arrow appeared and he let it fly.
Street Wolf: Street stopped by what was left of the house and grabbed his weapons, shoved a gun in Sari's paws and took to running again. Lupes were pouring into the clinic, but the numbers were too few. He shoved Sari ahead of him. "Get inside and help." a skeleton came charging from nowhere and swung a rusty sword at him. "Not taday ye poor excuse of a chew toy." he dodged back, un-slinging his wolf's angel and splitting the skeleton into two.
Ammy Spiritor: She found a blade whistling for her head and the cell phone snapped closed. Light saber sparked to life and she downed the skeleton. More were coming after the running Lupes. Flying demons were flitting shadows on the ground. She heard soul bolts going off from the roof. She sliced another Skeleton and called again. Neo answered. "We need help. The 3/4 of the Den has been wiped out and hell is in our backyard." a large boulder was flung at the clinic from a hydra smashing windows. "Get inside!"
Fen Stridar: Fen pegged one flying demon with a soul blast. He looked over the side of the clinic as he sighted another one. He saw a few soul archers he knew. "Suulii Fliitre! Head for the roof and form up!" he called to those bellow. They needed air support. He went back to lining another demon up.
Kersh Caliber: The roar of a motorcycle. Much to his chagrin, the third member of the Edges of Life is not an angel, and thus, cannot fly. A black and red motorcycle shoots from a nearby cliff, landing down into the chaos and skidding the motorcycle to its side, bringing it to a stop. A black helmet with a red visor is quickly discarded, and a pair of silver pistols un-holstered. He dismounts the motorcycle and fires a few shots of highly concentrated at a few skeletons.
ThorneFang: :: was forced to follow the others to the clinic, having never been there himself, and deciding using his wings would be much faster. He flipped to the end of his tome while in flight, looking at fairly recently drawn glyphs on the page, having never thought he would have to use these, he bites into a finger and presses the blood on the page, then pushing through the page and pulling forth a dark leather satchel, stuffing his tome into it as he came upon the sight of the first few skelingtons,
Fleetwolf: Kersh scatters skeletons parts all over as 4 go down.
ThorneFang: firing two quick icy blades into a pair of skulls, staying high in the air for now::
Fleetwolf: Two skeles didn't know what hit them as Thornes ice blades ripped there skulls to shreds.
Sivanna Cyredghymn: There was no black smoke to announce the cleric's arrival. No, she tread with leaden footsteps in the direction of hysterical screaming. The curtain of soot cleared long enough for Sivanna to perceive a rip in the continuum. She swallowed hard, mouth suddenly dry, and picked up her pace to a slow trot, mouthing a prayer to Nuitari as she neared the scene. In seconds, her body was injected with dark magic, her eyes flooding with the black, toxic pitch. She slid effortlessly through the antagonistic crowd, and murmured a harsh word of command, extending her arms horizontally outward in an incendiary spell, that she might rend a few of those foes to dust.
Moltiar: :: walks toward the area, sees the violence, and slinks off to the side trying to avoid notice::
Jin Eternity: ::Meanwhile, off in the distance... it's a bird, it's a plane! No, it's a doofus! The second member of the Edges of Life flies in on green angel wings, a smirk easily visible on his face, the confidence in his eyes piercing his sunglasses. His fists and feet were lit with green fire, energy rushing through them. A few high-powered kicks and punches were delivered to a few flying demons with his arrival.::
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy shoved running Lupes behind her. "Archers to the roof! Blood Tallons hold the front. Healers get inside. Any soulstre mages, you better help!" Ammy barked orders and sorted the influx she caught sight of Street attacking a Skeleton, and heard Fen calling for archers. She saw a motorcycle slide into the rubble of the Den and someone blasting skele's. Good reinforcements are coming.
Fleetwolf: Okay, Jin has caught the attention of 4 flying demons. One is dropped by a kick to it's spine, severing the spinal cord and it plummets. The other 3 dodge around him and try to get in a few acid breath attacks if they hit.
Maranya Valkonan: ::The Good Doctor's entrance to the horror scene is a bit flashier than she normally takes, as she just appears there. Her fingers uncurl from the rose quartz pendant about her neck. And she stays to the sidelines for now, chiefly here for medical support. Silently praying that her skills in that area aren't needed, but she's a realist::
ThorneFang: ::hmphs, two a good start, the winged lupine flew high in the air, needing the time to put the satchel around his neck and shoulder without getting in the way of his wings, then he dropped again, his flight feathers icing up and then letting it rain, dozens of feathers, coated in blade like ice showing on the collection of skellies, tight packed groups of enemies, delicious::
Neo Eternity: ::The leader of the Edges of Life, arrives with blue angel wings revealed, but not going by air. He's not too far behind Sivanna.:: I, who stand in the full light of the heavens... command thee, who opens the gates of hell... come forth, divine lightning! ::He spies a group of powerful looking demons, and points his hand that way.:: <I>Indignation!!</I> ::A gigantic bolt of lighting screams down from the sky, dropping a power equivalent to Thor's fury upon them.::
Street Wolf: Street backed slowly towards the clinic. Wolfs angel in one paw, .45 in the other. He fired at 2 approaching skeles, but .45's were just going through dead bone to know effect. "Dohgra!"
Sivanna Cyredghymn: On the outskirts of the brawl, the elfess dropped to a knee, whipping out a piece of chalk. With adept precision, she began to etch a complex, three-foot transmutation circle on the ground. The more symbols and nuances she added to the circle, the paler she seemed to become; poured as much strength as she could into that arte as she continued to write studiously.
Fleetwolf: Neo flash singes five hell knights to dust.
Jin Eternity: Eat that, you punk! ::Some trash talking for the falling fly-demon. But he notices the three attempting to get vengeance for their fallen friend. He crosses his arms in an X in front of him, his body glowing with intense green energy.:: <I>Outburst!</I> ::He throws his arms out to the side, and cuts loose a powerful wave of energy in all directions, going just far enough to punish the demons attacking him and push the acid back at them, too.::
Moltiar: ::smiles, and removes his overcoat, showing his many arms and weapons (warhammers, swords, axes, and the like) in their hands. he then wades right into the middle of the undead, arms swinging their weapons::
Fleetwolf: Jins plan works. Acid is deflected back but the demons are immune to it. They reach for void scythes and begin to circle looking for any opening to attack. Moltiar just wiped out 10 skeletons in a one man wrecking crew.
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy kept skeletons at bay hacking 3 more apart. The skeles seemed to be just rushing at them with no strategy.
Fleetwolf: Thorne's icy rain shreds through 12 skeletons.
Moltiar: :: no time to rest, and no time to talk. undead and demons took all priority, and any baddies that came close were subject to his attack::
Kersh Caliber: He knows Flash Step, and it instantly places him among the other lupe archers. He points his pistols out and fires his energy guns alongside them. But he soon decides it may be more productive to use his powers. His pistols fall to his side. A strange looking energy swirls up around him. "You who are so vested, throw aside your concern. <I>Memory of Apathy!</I>" He attempts to force into the group of demons the archers are fighting, a strong, powerful apathy. The inability to care. Thus rendering them unable to care enough to put up a fight.
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Her inscription was interrupted a moment as a demon made a violent swing at her neck. Sivanna grit her teeth, swung back, and flicked her wrist at the beast, ushering a command to melt it in sulfuric acid.
ThorneFang: ::hrms softly and watches Neo's bolt and it's effects with a small grin. Thorne may not be able to burn things, but freezing and shattering...that was another matter entirely. He looked about, seeing his airspace violated by flying wraiths and demons. He growls and holds his paws together, focusing, forming a hewing spear of pure ice, hard as diamonds, and flies out to meet one demon, the spear spinning in a wide arc, hacking it's wings off::
Fleetwolf: 2 Flying demons fall pray to Kersh's attack and plumet to their death. Wraiths flit forward.
Jin Eternity: ::He looks around at the demons circling him.:: Hmph. Just who the hell do you think I am? Come at me!! ::Gives them all the "bring it" gesture. He's deliberately provoking them.::
Fleetwolf: Thorne introduces a flying demon to gravity as the freedom of flight is sheered from the demons back. The flying demons oblige Jin. They rush Jin with void scythes in a flurry of swings.
Moltiar: :: produced a glowing hand from the mass of arms and he pointed it toward the wraiths:: <I>Final rest!::</I>a wave shot at them that promised they don't come back::
Jin Eternity: Suckers! ::He uses Flash Step and places himself a few feet above the demons, allowing them to collide and attack each other. He sticks his tongue out at them from above and raspberries them.::
Fen Stridar: Fen barely notes Kersh but welcomes him. He fired a soul shot that split and brought down two wraiths. One soul archer not lucky enough, was stunned by a wraith touch and fell to his death from the roof. Moltiar buries 4 wraiths. Jin's flash step makes demon salad mid air ending those three. Sivanna has a nice puddle of demon at her feet now.
Neo Eternity: ::He holds his right hand out, his golden arcane sword, Hyperion, a sword blessed by the unconquered sun, flashing into existence there. He grips it tightly and dashes in incredibly quickly, using his exalted strength and speed to his advantage to charge in and start slashing at whatever foes he sees, hoping to mow them down as quickly and frequently as possible.::
ThorneFang: ::Ha's! Despite the dire situation, the old wolf can't help but find enjoyment in the slaying of these things. He's uncertain if he can handle the wraiths with ice, so he sticks to the demons, spearing one though the chest as icy bladed feathers fly toward another group, the feathers regrowing near instantly. The old wolf's icy blues eyes aglow, a wicked grin on his muzzle::
Fleetwolf: Thorne spears another demon. From his height he would see hell hounds, and hell knights rushing out on the ground to join the skeles.
Moltiar: :: another charge, this time at these new arrivals. no mercy::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: That done, the cleric resumed her scribery, at last completing the circle with a commencing vertical slash. She turned the full fury of her gaze on the gateway to the Abyss, and uttered another prayer to Nuitari before her skin became a pallid, sickly white. She willed the intermolecular forces of medium in Rhy'Dinian sky to begin mending; beseeched the electron levels per each atom to jump to the next; strung that force together like a fine thread and commence sewing the tear shut with dark magic.
Fleetwolf: 5 hydras are now seen in distance, and from them, hordes are being commanded by them, and Takhisis screams her commands from the Abyss.
Kersh Caliber: A nod to Fen. He points his pistols out again, bringing them close together. Targeting a group of close wraiths. He steps forward a bit to keep his allies out of the attack he's about to fire. "Scathing venom of the heart, burn with rage! <I>Memory of Hatred, Flamme Rouge!</I>" A huge tongue of flame shoots forth to consume them whole and burn them to ash.
Moltiar: :: not scared of a few hydras, he still charged::
Fleetwolf: Kersh pegs out 4 wraiths. Takhisis feels Siv's attempt and leaves the Hydras to command. She works to counter Siv?s attempts.
ThorneFang: ::turns his head, spotting the hell hounds and swoops, plummeting from the air and heading toward the hellhounds, his wings firing blades at the hounds themselves as he rushes behind a hell knight, spearing one in the back and taking it back up with him, a clawed paw slashing out, catching a second in the face.::
Ammy Spiritor: Hell hounds zeroed in on Ammy and shoved 2 into a building wall smashing them. 1 got in and placed a bite to her left arm. Bad choice. It finds metal.
Dulcimer: Usually walking through the forest in her tooralooraloora way, her usual nature was beseeched by noises off in the distance. She removed her Burka giving her ears a full range of sound to the noise far off. Lightly kicking off the ground she levitated above the trees, and her eyes are just amazed at what she saw...
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Almost immediately, Sivanna could feel the drain The Queen's counterattack had on her efforts. Her jaw tensed in abject strain as she rose in the center of the transmutation circle, and physically laced her fingers together, focusing more of that power to close the portal at the seams.
Moltiar: :: no matter where they were from, nothing can stand to get hit by about 20 weapons, and so he came up and hit one of the hydras dead in the chest::
Fleetwolf: Thorne nails 2 hell knights and gets 2 hell hounds. 3 hell hounds let out barks of flame at him. 3 of the Hydras let loose fire, ice, lightning, and acid at Moltiar, with a few power word stuns and flays. The hydra Motliar hit roared in annoyance and let him attack letting those breath attacks engulf them both.
Jin Eternity: ::The Hunky Brat flies on, potent energy flowing through his fists and feet. He decides to keep his fight in the air, delivering ludicrously powerful punches and kicks to each aerial demon he encounters, hoping for one-shots this time.::
Dulcimer: She shook her head, unable to really comprehend what was going on. She unslung her bag and let it fall to the ground below her with her burka. With a speed unseen by most, she wailed into the melee, fists and feet a flurry of kicks and punches at her nearest attackers.
Moltiar: :: jumps in the way of the lightning so that he would get blown out of the way of the other attacks, and he then lobbed a war hammer at one of the beasts' heads::
Fleetwolf: Jin's tags 2 more demons, but something chilling is coming. Liches, 3 of them are in bound letting off dark tendrils of draining energy.
ThorneFang: ::growls, some of his feathers being singed by the bursts of flame, in retaliation he flung the body of the speared Hell knight at the pups:: Insolent dogs! I was rending the flesh of wyrms before your great grandfathers were whelped! ::he attacks the hounds that provoked him, sharp bolts of ice heading for the hounds' eyes::
Fleetwolf: The target of Moltiar attack grinned and swallowed the thrown war hammer. Neo, flashing at amazing speed, sliced through 5 hellhounds, 1 hell knight, a skeleton.
Sivanna Cyredghymn: <I>Go back where you belong, Takhisis. This is not your realm</I>, the cleric forwarded mercilessly, her knees trembling as she poured more strength into that mend. Something akin to static electricity would dance across each side of the portal, extending Rhy'Dinian threads enough to meet somewhere between. <I>Close. Close. Close!</I>
Moltiar: :: sends a telepathic message for reinforcements, then charges again, this time at the void queen::
Fleetwolf: Dulcimer takes on a pack of hell hounds and downs 5 of them. Takhisis plays a battle of will with Sivanna. "I like this realm. It has promise." she imposes her will more.
Dulcimer: Her hands started to glow, ki energy and raw power, great, such a way to wind down such a beautiful day. She goes after a few more herself, fists punching through them and leaving traces of explosive blue-white energy behind.
Kersh Caliber: It seemed his power was rather effective upon the demons from the abyss. He decides to continue along this route. He eyes a group of closely grouped demons, and conjures more of the emotions and memories that had been forced into him. "You who have created this gripping sadness, feel the pain you have wrought! <I>Memory of Sorrow, Eclair de Larmes!</I>" A large circle of light appears on the ground beneath them, shooting up with fiercely stabbing beams of light.
Fen Stridar: Fen aims for a close lich closing in on Jin. He lets fly a soul bolt that then flares in to several arcs of lighting. "Luumiinaa!" the Lych screams and evaporates.
Moltiar: :: deftly dodging blasts, he attempts to attack the hydras backsides, since their priorities were protecting takhisis, not themselves::
Kain the Lich: :: floats in, receiving Moltiar's message. a Liches work is never done, for even here there was competition. a couple of fireballs were sent toward a lich::
ThorneFang: ::hrms, it was time to get dirty on the ground for a bit, he found a nice place to land, claws paws and feet finding as many skelly heads as they could because he whipped about on the approaching demons and undead, both of his paws glowing as he stood up, charging for something nasty. The earth around his feet rumbled::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: The dark influence the Queen had on her stilled her determination; threatened to steal her conscience. As Sivanna felt the hostility brew within, she shook her head wildly, and broke the mend cast long enough to beseech Nuitari for more power. Her veins burned with toxic, concentrated amounts of the dark magic, what Siv called upon to send a violent, telekinetic push at Takhisis's form... That, however close she might be to the Rhy'Din realm, she would be driven back enough for Siv to continue the mend.
Jin Eternity: I'm the man! Who the hell do you think I am?! ::As he takes out two more aerial demons, and here come the Liches. Due to his foolhardiness, the tendrils connect, and render him prone and stiff.:: Hey, what the hell?! ::It's just enough to keep him from attacking back. Fen's save reduces the strain on him enough for him to tear those tendrils away and attack the last one with a whirling triple kick arte, his kicks still very high-power.:: <I>Swallow Dance!</I> ::Then a thumbs up for Fen for helping him.::
Fleetwolf: 2 hydras decide to play with Moltiar lunging in with snapping five heads each. A lich screams as one of its kind attacks it. Kain takes it down and has a few more coming at him launching draining spells, and ice at him. Jin renders 3 Liches dead. Thorne wreaked icy havoc on the three hell hounds and trashed more skeles, 10 of them.
Street Wolf: Street switched to slashing skeles and shooting hounds. "Picked a fine day to give up fighting." he cursed.
Neo Eternity: Jin, quit being stupid! ::He shouts up at his older brother between attacks. He continues to fly around, delivering powerful slashes to each demon he can see. He notes that Kersh is on crowd control, though, and doing a rather good job. So he decides to fly toward the hydras now. He leaps up to the necks of one of them, and spins, aiming to slash with that sun-blessed blade through all of its necks.::
Kain the Lich: :: laughs, and extends his hand at them:: <I>Magic Missle!</I>:: bolts of pure arcana are sent to disrupt these wannabees' magics::
Dulcimer: Reached onto her forearm and retrieved her collapsible staff. Snapping it out, the sections clicking into place she spins it around like a thing alive in her hands.
Moltiar: :: as the heads close in, he manages to connect one of his weapons with each head, but accepts his situation, and jumps in a hydra's mouth, grabbing his tongue, and pierces his breath weapon gland::
ThorneFang: ::barks out:: If you're in my way, best get out of it! ::he pressed his paws to the ground, the earth opening up at his command to swallow as many of these foot shoulders as he could, icy spikes shooting out the the growing chasm, to spear and impale any that fell within the gorge::
Jin Eternity: Yeah, yeah, sure, sure! ::His reply shouted back to his little brother. He then continued to clean house in the sky with his powerful kicks and punches.::
Kersh Caliber: Noticing that Thorne was going for a massive area attack, he raised his pistols once more, and started to fire powerful shots of light to the ones that the gorge would not swallow.
Fleetwolf: Kersh attempt didn't have much affect as the minions had nothing to be sad over. Neo takes out 3 more demons, and the hydra is annoyed at having neo as a rider. One head goes flying. Kain disrupts the Liches magic and they instead go for scythes against their fellow lych. Dulcimer doles out punishment on some bad puppies. Thorne buries 20 skeles. moltiar is daring and succeeds getting a spray of raw liquid ice when he scores. Jins is ruling the air.
Moltiar: :: he shouts at neo:: Don't be a fool! bludgeon them!
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Here came the most intensive part of casting the Mend, and unfortunately the time when Sivanna would be most vulnerable. With a swallow, she kneeled again, and this time, wrung her hands in prayer as she visualized stitching that gaping hole in the sky safely closed. <I>Close. Close. Close!</I>
Kain the Lich: :: pulls out two identical blades, and sends out tendrils of energy at these simpletons:: Prepare to be disintegrated.
Fleetwolf: Hell knights begin to form up. A hail of power word Pain! goes out at everyone, Void swords at the ready. Takhisis was finding Siv not amusing. She called upon Chemosh to keep the portal open. She flings a Pain shot at Siv from the portal. if it hits her every nerve would be on fire.
Dulcimer: From the fringes she worked her way to the heart of the combat, in close at the center as her staff whirled with it's own volition. Streams of ki energy flowed and exploded from the staff as it connected with one enemy after another, her strength showing no end of stopping just yet.
Fleetwolf: Hydra Head tries to close on Moltiar. Neo's hydra is not liking the pain in the neck and four heads snap at neo.
Moltiar: :: falls out of the mouth, and the ice breaks as he hits the ground, then shrugs off any pain received, magical and from the fall::
Neo Eternity: Who the hell are you? Don't tell me how to fight! ::Seriously, he didn't know this guy at all, and he wasn't about to take advice from someone he doesn't know calling him a fool. He looked around a bit, and saw Sivanna... without any cover at all, trying to close the portal. So he started to fly off that way, but was dropped to his feet by the power word.:: Damnit! ::He looks behind him to find the hydra he picked out attempting to attack. He braved the pain and rolled away, then channeled -->
Kain the Lich: :: pain is nonexistent to those already dead, so his tendrils still snaked::
Neo Eternity: all his will, to move his energy to action, to dispel that power word from his being. He looks back to Sivanna to see how she's doing before deciding whether or not he will tangle with the hydra.::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Oh it connected; Sivanna was too deep in concentration, and too unwilling to break that focus to fend the Pain off. She let out an agonizing shriek as she shook in pain beneath the spell's influence, but still, she kept her hands locking together, bearing it. <I>Close. Close. CLOSE!</I>
Moltiar: :: sighs as he know that heads rent from the hydra only grow back. then another assault on the hydra::
ThorneFang: ::hmphs, then winces, the word of Pain being an unpleasant shock to the system, having to burn up his battery of life energy to recover and shakes it off, his eyes narrowing at the hell knights.:: Fine. ::he dropped to all fours and flared his wings out, summoning back his Ice Sphere, focusing it and sending a hail of ice bladed feathers at the knights. This was no simple swing of a wing, each time the feathers regrew, he pumped out more blades::
Dulcimer: Doubled over in pain, susceptible to such magic?s on her person. She flew up as best she could, out of reach of weapons and magic, waiting for the waves of pain to subside.
Kersh Caliber: "Ugh! What is..." He's dropped to a knee, panting and sweating heavily. It was agonizing. He closed his eyes and grit his teeth, summoning his power once again. "<I>Memory of Calm.</I>" A soothing wave of energy swept over his body to dispel the pain.
Fleetwolf: Hounds, Skeles, and an unlucky hell knight meet their end. Kersh picks off a few undead mage archers that were getting into range. Neo took part of takhisis spell. The remainder nailed siv. Kain was tearing into those 3 wraiths. 4 hell knights dropped under Thornes rain of ice. Moltiar is doing well keeping the hydras entertained. Another lupe archer fell from the roof as the pain hit.
Kain the Lich: :: a turn of his blades and the Liches were sent upward with a blast of telekinetic force::
Fen Stridar: Fen took the hit and just grinned from the pain. His eyes flashed red, sinking into his demon domain. He targeted several wraiths. "Maelstrom of Darkness." he launched a pure black soul bolt and the sky light with lightning and blackness as he swallowed 10 wraiths in that one shot.
Moltiar: :: a swing of his hammers toward the hydra's neck, and a swing of his swords and axes at his jaw::
Jin Eternity: Whoa! This is... ::He starts to sweat heavily too. This pain is unreal. He doesn't know what he can do to dispel it; the only thing he can think of is to activate Over Limit. So he does. He yells out, his body being consumed in a grand green flame. He then charges toward the hell knights, and... lands on the side of them. They're all in a line.:: Chew on this, you bastards! <I>Seraphim Buster!!</I> ::The familiar arte common to all three of the Edges shoots forth: an impressive, big, powerful beam -->
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy had no magic, but she still wielded the Force. More hounds were hurled. she was hit with the word of pain and screamed.
ThorneFang: ::the enjoyment of slaughtering a few peons seems to have worn on the old wolf, he fired another volley into the hell knights before he reformed his ice spear, deciding to gt up close and personal, puckering up and blowing a kiss to the first one he speared through the mouth, severing half it's head::
Jin Eternity: of scathing light, enhanced due to being in Over Limit. He aimed to shoot through all of them and take them out in one fell swoop.::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: <I>"Tyri, pas o!</I>" she hissed in Elvish, her nerves burning in the aftermath of Takhisis's jinx. <I>Close, damn you! </I>Why in the blazes had it not begun to mend? She knew the spell was correct! Gritting her teeth against the ache, the cleric murmured a supplementary spell of Seeing. Immediately, she was blessed with the Sight of magic threads writhing out of the portal like dying snakes. Mentally, tiringly, she made to grasp those threads, and pull the tear together herself.
Fleetwolf: Jin and Thorne double team the hell kights obliterating the entire rank!
Jin Eternity: That's right!!! Just who the hell do you think we are?! ::The green flame flickers out, the duration of his Over Limit coming to an end. He then shot back up into the sky to continue opening cans of whoop-ass upon the demons in the sky.
ThorneFang: ::hrms, knights gone, he looks around a moment, hydras still up, he focuses his power through is spear and fires at one of them, seeking to freeze one of the beasts solid::
Fleetwolf: Takhisis screamed an order. "Forward Lord Keln and Lord Stell. Slay them all!" Two death knights marched out of the abyss. Undead mage archers unleashed arcane shots at the clinic and the archers on top. Magic fire and explosives all around.
Moltiar: :: hammers seek to break bone, and swords/axes seek to cut bone::
Fleetwolf: Thorne gets some ice going but the hydra breaks free. Moltiar succeeds in bashing in 2 heads on his hydra.
Kain the Lich: :: while the Liches were subdued, a meteor was sent plummeting toward the death knights::
Neo Eternity: ::Seeing that there's nothing he can do to help Sivanna, he looks over to the hydra, but then to the two death knights coming out. He looks over to one hydra. He needs to take care of these fast.:: O divine spear, run my enemies through! <I>Holy Lance!</I> ::A long, crystalline spear of light energy shoots down from the sky toward the Hydra, and would then be followed by four more coming at different angles.::
Fleetwolf: Siv would feel Takhisis panicking. The portal was starting to close. Lord Keln and Lord Stell dodged from the meteor. They launched Banish! word spells at Kain.
Moltiar: :: gives a battle cry, but aims to fix the problem of the other three heads. and so hammers, swords, and axes at the other heads::
Fleetwolf: Neo skewers a hydra. dragon kabobs anyone?
ThorneFang: ::grunts, marching toward the hydra directly, firing another freezing beam at it, while causing the ground under it's feet to rumble, seeking to knock the beast of balance before he pumped his wings, taking flight after the critter::
Fleetwolf: Undead mage archers began firing at the roof and at ground targets as well. Deadly arcane bolts are everywhere.
Kain the Lich: :: gets banished, but claws his way back into Rhydin. then the Liches are destroyed as he launches them at the mages::
Fleetwolf: Thorne gets a hydra stuck in a pit. Moltiar is giving his hydra a new meaning of a migraine.
Jin Eternity: <I>Planet Diver!</I> ::Jin shoots down toward another hydra with his foot extended, flying down at incredible speed. His body coated by the trail of green flame flying from his foot. He would either pound upon it with a force hopefully enough to kill it, or cut through him with his foot.::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Beads of cold perspiration coated the cleric's forehead and arms as she drilled more effort into that Mend. She hunched over in exhaustion, but continued that spell. One knot. Two knots. Three. Three Dark Threads knitted together, she pulled forcibly on the seams to close part of the portal.
ThorneFang: ::growls as he lands directly on the hydras back, his claws digging in as he freezes it from point blank range with a snarl:: Shake this off, lizard....
Moltiar: :: slices the eyes of his hydra, then baits it to strike... toward another hydra::
Fleetwolf: Kain does some mage bowling and takes out five archers and the three Liches he used. Jin lops off 2 heads. They begin to regrow.
Kersh Caliber: Kersh frowns, seeing the arrows en route. "Mystic Arte..." A surge of energy shoots through his body. "<I>Memory of Determination...</I> O fragments of light, strike down my enemies!" He lifts his pistols to the sky. "<I>Prism Ballet!!</I>" Channeling the willpower from the memories forced upon him, to fire at ludicrous speed, light bullets at each and every arrow.
Dulcimer: closed her eyes, concentrating on pooling her energies into her hands, her Ki building into one hell of an attack from her aerial position. She placed her fingers close to her forehead, as a ball of light started to form. The ball grew larger and larger, enveloping her body until she was a burning sphere in the sky. With a flick of her hand, she threw the ball down into the center of the attacking mass.
Fleetwolf: The hydra is succumbing to the cold, but one head snaps up to spit acid at Thorne. Kersh manages to shoot down the first volley inbound. The second volley was right behind.
Fen Stridar: "Down!" he ducked.
Kain the Lich: :: tenses up before releasing a large blast of fire at the death knights::
Jin Eternity: F**K, I missed! ::He missed. Seems he needs to work on his aim; he was aiming for the body. Missed, obviously. He jumps up and just starts to cut loose some crazy punches and kicks at the hydra's heads.::
Fleetwolf: Dulcimers' blast cleans up the rest of the skeles and hounds, and takes out some mage archers too.
Kersh Caliber: "Damnit!" He gets down... he doesn't have enough energy to do that Mystic Arte again. "Captain, a hand?!"
Fen Stridar: Fen looks at him glowing with demonic power. "What do you need?"
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy backed up against Street and kept any strays from the clinic.
Maranya Valkonan: ::Off to the sidelines, such as they are, she pulls on a pair of platinum framed glasses, and focuses on a defensive attack to protect the Cleric. Not for long, given the lack of her usual power source, but she sends some hellfire (white phosphorus and quicklime) toward those attacking Sivanna, pinpoint accuracy, too::
Street Wolf: "Tell me why our den keeps getting in these messes lassy?"
Moltiar: :: immediately leads into the remaining hounds. the others seem to have the hydras under control::
ThorneFang: ::drags his claws across the beasts spine as he dodged aside to avoid the acid, raising up a shield of thick ice to deflect most of it, some splashing on his wings, he snarls out and flashes one paw forward, encasing the violating head in a sphere of ice as he keeps pumping his ice into the beast, freezing it's blood solid::
Neo Eternity: ::He looks up into the sky, hearing Kersh. This would be a stretch, even for the Keeper of Water. He closes his eyes, a short pause as he focuses.:: <I>Freeze Lancer!</I> ::It was over a wide area, making this hard. Crystals of ice shoot forth from the sky to intercept each arrow.::
Kain the Lich: :: a cone of frost followed the large blast of flame, all headed for the death knights::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: A slight inclination of her head toward Anya suggested her overwhelming gratitude as she exhaustedly drew on the seams of the enormous portal. <I>Close. Close. Close. </I>Blue circles ringed beneath pools of ink pitch as she Saw the threads dance and intertwine with one another, fusing the expanse of Abyss between them in the black velvet sky that was Rhy'Din.
Street Wolf: Thorne rips into the hydra killing it. Neo brings down half of the second volley. The mage archers scatter only 6 of them left and start taking up sniping. Lord Kel and Stell were hit full force from Kain. Stell went down, taking most of it to spare Kel. Takhisis desperately channeled power into the portal, but it wasn't working. she got a shot of fire from Anya. Something about a curse made the deity scream.
Neo Eternity: ::He looks over toward the death knights. Time to take on the big guys. He grips Hyperion and charges toward them. Upon coming in range, he'd slash twice, just twice, at one of them, to get a taste of what he was up against. Making sure to avoid the other attacks aimed for them.::
Fleetwolf: Neo target phased as the weapons hit.
Neo Eternity: ::A couple of owlish blinks. He looks around for where he went.:
Kersh Caliber: Kersh stands once more, brushing aside long blond hair and looking around with ruby red eyes. Where are those archers? He finds one, and points a gun up. Aiming for its forehead, right between its eyes. Bang.
Maranya Valkonan: <I>Tri Zeralko.</I>::Reinforcing the Rote already in place on Tacky Takhi, though it may not hold for long::
Kain the Lich: :: winds rushing away from him, he shoots a push of force at the remaining archers. he then searches for those death knights::
Dulcimer: panting... she brushed her antennae out of her face. "well.. that worked well..." she mused to no one in particular. Again, she started to gather energy in both hands this time, heels of the palms pushed together. A smallish ball of white light appeared. She eyed one or the hydra, an impish grin formed on her green lips. "Well this better work.." and she let loose with a rainstorm of powerful ki attacks at the beast.
Fleetwolf: By the clinic a rift opened. On the other side, a hell ravaged land that was once nice. Someone emerged. Fleet. It was Fleet. Dragon horns jutted from his forehead, his eyes glowed black, and he had some scaling. Behind him 200 cursed lupe undead followed him. They ran and clashed with those on the ground, attacking enemy and friend. Fleet would not be able to tell at this point. He was in Daemon Deity mode from all of the dark energy. Normal lupes, refugees, flooded from behind him.
Moltiar: :: he charged whatever came his way, but aimed for the hell hounds::
Fleetwolf: Dulcimer takes out the hydra Moltiar messed up. Kersh nails the archer and Kain scatters the 5 left. Wraiths, Liches and flying demons descend on Fleets army and the others.
ThorneFang: ::grunts, looking around, his fist pounding through the dead hydra, shattering it to pieces. turning to the next hydra, planting three arm thick ice spears into it's side before he descends down upon it::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: <I>Another rift</I>? She didn't have the strength to close a second-- every ounce of power Sivanna had was being sacrificed Mending. Her ears rang; soon she tasted something like blood as she pulled another few threads together. Four knots. Five knots. Six. Tied, she heaved the seams of Takhisis's entryway toward each other. Just a few more. Just a few more.
Fen Stridar: Stands up again and sights in. "Fleet? Lupis no. dammit!" he sights up his friend intent on putting him out of the fight quickly so the curse would fade.
Maranya Valkonan: ::Murmuring words of power under her breath, she sends more hellfire toward any nonfriendlies approaching Sivanna::
Kain the Lich: :: summons a large, string less marionette, and sends it at the descending demons. he then attempted to close this new rift. not as bad as the original at least::
Fleetwolf: Thorne starts on his second hydra for the day. The second rift wavers as a mass of lupes run through it and for cover. As the last lupe crosses the rift closed. Flying demons attack Pinochio.
Kain the Lich: :: sighs, as he just got less work::
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy ran at the cursed to take out a few numbers. "Street! Send our dead cousins back to hell!"
Kain the Lich: :: the marionette puts up no fight, but bursts into holy flames when struck::
Moltiar: :: leaps into the air and begins rending these demons::
Dulcimer: She swirls her staff again, power emanating in a wave from the end. Like a sword cut, she motions to cut a swatch through the back lines and where all the power really is.
Fen Stridar: Hearing the call from Ammy, he begins firing into the horde. Dropping cursed left and right. "Too many of em!"
Neo Eternity: ::He cancels his search for the death knight when he sees Fleet. He frowns. Was he friend, or foe? Apparently, neither, as he was attacked by some undead lupes. He grunts as he tries to push them away, and decides just to go with Over Limit. He yells and blows them away, his body erupting with blue flame. He raises his left hand to the sky. He looks around briefly to find out who his allies are... he's not going to want to hit them with this one. He could skip the incantation, but he needs -->
Street Wolf: Street runs behind ammy gun and sword blazing. "Yer daft lassy!"
Ammy Spiritor: "I am not daft! That?s my husband out there!"
Neo Eternity: the extra power.:: Sacred powers, cast your purifying light upon these corrupt souls. Rest in peace, sinners! <I>Judgment!!</I> ::Destruction rains from the heavens. Scathing beams of light shoot down from the sky. Lots of them, across the entire battlefield. Aiming for whatever foes it can hit, but staying clear of allies. And Fleet, for now.::
ThorneFang: ::growls and coats his right paw in a sheen of blade ice, stabbing it through the hydra's spine. it was time to get get nasty and end this....far past time. he lifted his muzzle and looked over toward Fleet, a paw over his satchel, hoping he wouldn't need what's inside. ::
Fleetwolf: Neo takes out cursed left and right. Moltiar and kain set the flying demons and lyches on their ears. Thorne kills the hydra.
Moltiar: :: of course he can't fly, so he falls after his attack, he now focused on the advancing attackers. if they were friendly, they wouldn't attack him::
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy is cutting cursed left and right to get to Fleet.
Kain the Lich: :: darts toward the hydras and opens the ground beneath one of them::
Fleetwolf: Cursed Lupes were attacking anything. Moltiar was in their path.
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Seven knots. Eight. <I>Thes!</I> The eighth slipped right through Sivanna's fingers. She couldn't keep the Mend up for much longer. Grinding her teeth together, she channeled every bit of focus she could muster, and grabbed a hold of those threads again. Eight! Nine! <I>Heave!</I> As the elfess sealed the next bit of the tear, blood trickled from one nostril in debilitating effort.
Fleetwolf: Kain swallows a Hydra!
Kain the Lich: :: and so the lupes were fair game. a whirlwind of metal descends upon their ranks::
Moltiar: :: switched with kain and attacked the last hydra::
Jin Eternity: Eat this! ::A surge of energy erupts from his body.:: <I>Final Fury!!!</I> ::A super-powerful flurry of punches and kicks, powered by the repeated explosions of his fighting spirit, aimed to take out the last hydra.::
Fleetwolf: Takhisis was wailing now. "Chemosh! Help open the portal more!" *You wanted to do this, keep it open on your own.* was Chemosh' reply. The portal was just big enough for the hydra Takhisis was on to be seen.
Moltiar: :: this hydra would know what pain meant::
Fleetwolf: Kain mows lupes like a lawnmower. Jin and Moltiar cream the last Hydra general!
Maranya Valkonan: ::Oh hell no. Switching targets, she aims that hellfire toward the emerging hydra from the portal::
Moltiar: :: sits down, and rests::
Kain the Lich: :: shakes the after effects of the spinning off::
Fleetwolf: Fleet raised a paw at the wraiths and others. "Shatter!" his voice cold and gravelly. Cursed lupes, and a few wraiths blew apart.
ThorneFang: ::sees the remaining hydra and, pumping two bolts of ice into it's side, figuring that would be enough to let Moltiar finish it off. From there he looked toward the portal, swinging his wings around to fire a iced feather volley at Takhisis's own hydra before turning to face off against more undead::
Fleetwolf: Thorne and Anya's attacks fail as the hydra is not stepping through the portal. The abyss claims the energy.
Kersh Caliber: His attack on the first archer having been effective, he decides to continue that way. He raises the other gun, and takes up aim. Pin-point accuracy, right between each one's eyes, aiming and shooting one at a time. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang.
Fen Stridar: Fen rained soul bolts on the cursed.
Maranya Valkonan: ::Oaths that would make RoK blush tumble from her lips in her native tongue::
Kain the Lich: :: he pushes the cursed outward from him with a force of will::
Fleetwolf: Kersh nails another archer. the remaining four have crowded and launched a series of quick shots at the roof. 28 arcane arrows in bound!
Moltiar: :: he leaps in the way of these arrows and deflects them::
Fleetwolf: The cursed move from Kain. Fleet orders them on. "Kill everything! We take this land!"
Sivanna Cyredghymn: The cleric fell off her knees and onto the curve of her hip as her head fell loosely against the wall beside her. Ten knots. Eleven. Twelve. She let out a cry of pain as she gripped those threads and heaved, her bones and vessels aching from the concentration of dark magic she had exposed herself to for this long. <I>Heave!</I> to fuse more of that seam together. Like hell she would let Takhisis into Rhy'Din. No. Bloody. Way.
Fleetwolf: Moltiar gets handed a whopping stun as they all explode when he hits them.
Moltiar: :: falls down, being forced to rest now::
Street Wolf: Street nails more cursed.
Kersh Caliber: He points both guns out at the new volley. "<I>Memory of Hatred, Flamme Rouge!</I>" Then Moltiar jumps up in the way of them. "...or not." So he decides to continue shooting the archers instead. Aiming between their eyes. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Hopefully he wouldn't get interrupted this time.
ThorneFang: ::figured he couldn?t hurt it, but doesn?t mind pissing it off, he forms another spear of hard ice, ears perking at Fleet's command, then flattening against is skull, sweeping a high arc with the hewing spear, cutting though cursed::
Fen Stridar: Fen sends another Dark Maelstrom bolt out removing the wraiths. Kersh cleans up the archers.
Fen Stridar: Thorne clears a path of cursed.
Ammy Spiritor: "Fleet! Stop!" she howled out, splitting a cursed in half with light saber.
Kain the Lich: :: falls to the ground, and then the light seems to be drained by his presence. he appears changed somehow:: <B>And now this army will fall. </B>:: and so this new Kain sent wave after wave of eldritch blasts into the cursed::
Jin Eternity: ::Jin starts flying around and opening cans of fists and feet brand whoop-ass on the various cursed undead lupes. He doesn't exactly look happy to be doing so, either. Not like when he was fighting the aerial demons.::
Maranya Valkonan: ::She halts her attacks for the moment, gathering up energy to try again. Brown eyes, shielded by her glasses lenses, narrow in concentration::
Street Wolf: "He's gone mad Ammy! Stay clear!" he plugged a cursed up close.
Kain the Lich: :: hits all in his path::
Fen Stridar: Fen sights up Fleet and lets loose a soul bolt that would stun.
Fleetwolf: Kain takes out 20 cursed.
Neo Eternity: ::While he's aware that Anya's there and very grateful, he can't hear her. Nor can the Ring of Klytus. He's looking up at the rift. Then at Sivanna. Then at Anya. Then at Fleet. ...Then he's looking around for the last death knight, remembering that it had phased away from his attack.::
Moltiar: :: shakes off his stun, and actively searches for this last death knight::
Fleetwolf: "Flay!" came a booming voice behind neo as the power word was launched from the Death knight.
ThorneFang: ::sweeps, stabs, hacks, slashes, his icy blue spear shiwrling and spinning as he clears through the cursed, a grimac eon his face, this task he took no joy in::
Kain the Lich: :: he pushed forward, clawing through their ranks toward Fleet:: <B>No escape. </B>
Kersh Caliber: He looks over at a group of undead lupes currently not being targeted. He points his guns and just starts shooting bullets of light at them while he tries to think of a useful power to call upon for them.
Fleetwolf: Fens bolt hits Fleet squarely. Fleet shrugs it off. He points at the roof. "Hear my words. Destruction!" The roof begins to crumble.
Moltiar: :: he now spots the death knight and attacks it::
Sivanna Cyredghymn: Thirteen... her residual self image pulled tremulously, loosely at the threads. Knotted. Fourteen. Her hands didn't seem to work quite as well as they used to. She grasped at the strings clumsily, but managed another knot. Fifteen. <I>Heave!</I> <I>Leave, Takhisis. Leave now.</I>
Fen Stridar: Fen uses his own deity powers to absorb the command and howls in pain. Fleet was stronger.
Maranya Valkonan: ::As that power word is spoken, there is a power word of her own spoken:: <I>Zashtopat'!</I> ::Directed toward the Oracle, hopefully Mending will blunt the effect of the Flay::
Neo Eternity: ::Something clicks in his head as he hears that word. Oh, he's not about to get hit by that BS again. He Flash Steps out of the way, and turns to face the death knight.:: There you are!
Fleetwolf: Takhisis, her army gone screams in rage. "I'll return again!" the portal closes.
Neo Eternity: ::He feels the spell coming in to support him. He accepts it and allows it to act as a shield for whatever attack should hit him next.::
Fleetwolf: Lord Kell points at Moltiar "Stunning Pain!" combining both word attacks.
ThorneFang: ::blinks, spotting the roof starting to cave in, he hurled the spear into a cursed and planted his paws on the ground, tapping into his reserve of Life energy, blending it with earth as he forced the plant life to grow violently, roots, branches and trunks grow around and inside the building, seeking to keep it stable, knowing thiere were lupines in there::
Fleet stairs right at Kain. "Halt!" he commands the lich with the power of lich king.
Ammy Spiritor: Ammy, Jin, Kersh, and Street decimate what's left of the Cursed.
Neo Eternity: ::He flies over toward Lord Kell at incredible speed. A strong energy can be felt pulsing inside him.:: <I>Ars Arcanum!!</I> ::He cuts loose a flurry of powerful, acrobatic slashes upon the death knight, with his sun-blessed sword, Hyperion, light energy coursing through the blade.::
Kain the Lich: :: he was getting close now:: <B>No. I'm no longer a lich, I've left that fool in the deepest recesses of this body.</B>
Fen Stridar: Fen launched a stronger bolt at Fleet.
Moltiar: :: falls into a kneel as pain shot through him, but he couldn't get up to attack again. dang::
Fleetwolf: Lord Kell phased and appeared behind Fleet. "You have my masters items." It reached with a killing touch.
Fleetwolf: Fens bolt hit Fleet square in the head and Fleet fell to his knees shaking his head.
Sivanna Cyredghymn: She screamed as she fused the last of that portal and fell to her elbows, panting wildly, tears of pain blinked away as soon as they threatened to present themselves. Task completed, she turned the force of her gaze on Fleet. <I>Open your eyes, mellonamin. Open your eyes!</I> she ordered, murmuring a harsh, complex series of syllables in a leech spell. Thankfully, the draw would only work on dark magic. She had hoped to siphon the dark influence out of the lupine before it was too late.
