The Land of WAR

[Jaziline]

Havoc stood the shadowy form turning slightly to look at, "Do you honestly think me low enough to breathe the same air as you?" her silhouette asked as if offended. She still wasn't sure why he came, and why he wanted her for some army, but until he actually posed a threat he was a simple annoyance. "You are right though I should learn that not every piece of trash that comes my way is worth my time." She said her shadowy aura returned toward her as she began to walk back into the Gazebo her shadow self didn't require air.
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Mercy stopped playing her song and stood up she looked at the many people that are now accumulated in the room, they were annoying all but Garrett, but he seemed to want their company. " Adieu." The woman spoke moving past Apaichi, "Got a princess to save." She murmured moving toward the guild doors raising the ocarina to her lips and playing a happier tune thinking let them find this Cat, she just remembered their was a city to wreck havoc on.

[Borän]

Borän stared up at the sky, watching the clouds move across the blue depths of the atmosphere as his mind wandered off on its own. Out of all the places to end up... why here? That battle... he was surprised he had managed to get out of it free of wounds. That man... had he... somehow banished Borän to this world? Sighing he sat up, his body a bit stiff but his clothes were beginning to dry so he didn't feel as cold as he had before.

He raised his right hand into the hair, the white cloth clean, to anyone it may seem odd because there was no bloody wound there to cause such heavy wrapping. He clenched his hand into a fist and stood up. He was hungry; Borän's eyes scanned the area he was at, no fruit trees of any sort, but he did remember a few berry bushes not far back, whether they were safe to eat or not, he'd need to inspect the plant.

[Lance]

Tidus stood still, a blade slowly formed in his hand as he brought it up to rest upon his shoulder.He turned around to walk away. "I'm sorry I have made a mistake, I was under the impression that you were not a coward, maybe I will find the true Jazline someday. I hope for your sake the child doesn't need to breathe either..."
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Apaichi smiled as a blade of light formed in his right hand. "Well then! If you will excuse me I have things to take care of, before I leave I would like to invite you all to a small tournament that I will be hosting, it's simply a friendly competition to see who the best fighter in War is." With that Apaichi vanished reappearing in the large clearing, he took a step inside of the barrier looking around. "How promising this will be."

[Jaziline]

Havoc waved her hand, "You mistake me for someone who cares. The Jaziline you are looking for is long dead." She spoke as the shadow of Xenetine jumped up and pulled Alchem and Xenetine from the poisonous air and sent them back to her hellish palace in Alchem's room. "You can continue to search and pester me all you want, Jaziline was completely destroyed. I just waltz around in her body." She sat crossing her legs leaving him leave.

[Weiss]

The two males were now in the enclosed space of Alchem's room. The yellow haired boy sighed and stared out the window toward he gazebo and clenched his fist a bit while Xenetine walked up to his side and gently patted his shoulder. This image was almost spitting of Raven and Jaziline back in their prime. Perhaps the two would grown into such a symbiotic relationship with one another, only time would really tell. "She's been dead this entire time.. hasn't she? Why did no one tell me this?" Alchem would ask and would be answered with uneasy silence as the tall male holding his shoulder sighed a bit. "It'd be best if she explained it to you instead."

[Lance]

"What a pity..." Without saying another word Tidus vanished into the night.

[Jaziline]

Havoc sat in the Gazebo hand at her forehead a shadow opened and a confused demon stood before her, "Fumigate my garden, if and plants died fix it before I return." She said as she stood and dived into her shadow and appeared in Alchem's room. She stayed in the corner and made no attempt to move toward the boy or comfort him. "I see that my facade is pointless now." She said lightly as she looked at the purple smoke out Alchem's window. "Her soul was destroyed in a battle against a man called Orin, who was going to destroy war that land the guardians find so precious. I never understood that but then again I never had a home like she did. My name is Havoc, I was one of Jaziline's other shadows. She had six but I held down all of them so that she could lead a normal life, except for one that gave her raw power, I would allow that to assist her. I have continued this facade for two reasons, one and most importantly I need you to be prepared and save for you to destroy Father G, the second is that this is the last and final wish of Jaziline. She said that I should protect you and try to keep her death from your knowledge since you already lost so much." She explained her voice was dry and very formal.

[Weiss]

"Trying to spare me misery when she knew I'd find out sooner or later. I don't see what was the point, I've already lost everything, what more do I even have in this world other then my mission?" he grumbled lowly, clutching the window sill. Xenetine turned his attention to the corner she spoke from and only shook his head before stepping away from Alchem. "To us honestly you have nothing to really live for. You need to find your own calling, for us you're just a tool to keep our asses out of trouble. You want the truth so bad so then learn to take it like a man and accept the facts." he said darkly. The boy's eyes closed slowly and he let out a disgruntled sigh, "Whatever. After my errands are done here.. me and Masa are off to find our true meaning and to figure out why we're still alive when there's nothing for us here. And if I'm meant to be a tool for the rest of my days, then so be it." he growled.

[Jaziline]

Havoc's eyes narrowed on the boy, her tolerance has dropped significantly from pissy boys that are unappreciative, to annoying pest trying to poison her garden. "Your existence Alchem? You believe the fact that you're here means you get to have purpose?" She asked her voice becoming less monotone and more shrill as a sharp laugh exploded from her lungs causing her to double over clutching her stomach and her next words were loud and angry. "People die Alchem, souls vanish, everyone is going to be left alone. But you are never truly alone till the voices in your head vanish. Maybe you should take a field trip Alchem, to Weiss's old manor and stop pissing around till father G comes and slaughter you because listen here Alchem my child",she said those words with much disgust, "those who forget their reason for fighting, not my reason for your fighting, not Xenetine's, die like pigs." She said her anger causing her shadows to whither around behind her. She then took a calming breathe as she went to the door of Alchem's room and opened it and paused before leaving, "If all your going to do is sulk, then leave. Your right. Why the hell should we honor the dead's memory? Why should I continue to tolerate you, an ungrateful humanoid for the sake of a dead spirit. Whether you're here or not Father G will still come for you, whether you have allies is your own choice, but till you get over yourself and become ready for help don't come back." She said exiting the room as she did the hallway darkened completely as she walked down, "I know I know, I was harsh." She muttered to the shadow, "He is clearly not ready." She spoke as the shadows darkened around her. "Nor are you strong enough to do anything about it Jaziline."

[Kittywhite]

Metal clanged as sword met shield, but even that noise was drowned by the shifting forms surrounding Shin. Sounds of murmurs, stiff movements, and the hiss of corrosive pools wearing away paved stone filled the air with an incomprehensible buzz. Felling another of their number, Shin felt some relief that they took some care not to gut one another. If they haphazardly threw themselves at him all at once there would be little he could do. Instead these strange men formed an anxious cage that changed quality every time more of them burst forth to confront him. He did not think that would last much longer. Smoothly Shin settled his sword before him, flicking his eyes downward to a puddle of green. What were they?

"How are you holding up, stranger?", Shin took a steady breath. He had managed to elude injury so far. He felt pressed however, tiring though he did not show many signs. The woman nearby was likely worse off than he. Shin gave her as quick a look over as he had the acidic liquid, eyes shining against the sun overhead. There was nothing apparent besides fatigue that he could make out in that short a look. "It seems we've pulled most of them to us. I do hope the others made it out."


Samantha took the man's papers with a frown. She squinted at the text. It seemed so far away! Marcus Maximillion..? Had there been a Marcus? Samantha could not recall hearing the name. Then again, who was to say this 'Marcus' really had done so much to be recognized by everyone in the city, now or then. Handing back the dry yellow page, Samantha shook her head. "You take the word of this man's signature so close to your heart? "


Kain ambled towards the sack near the doorway. He started slowly at first, carefully with his back always to a wall and the woman with odd ears always in sight. After she decided to leave, too, though, he nearly ran to the food. He found just enough restraint not to run, but he scooped up the goods quickly all the same. Finding a seat at one of the lounge chairs Kain sat the sack on his knees. He picked pieces here or there, and gobbled them quickly enough to almost choke. Hunger did not dull his fear; his eyes were always looking from doorway to doorway, but it was a relief to fill his stomach.

[Lance]

The woman continued to slice through the army noting the green liquid around them. "I'm fine, they are only circling us though, if we dont keep pushing they could put us to close together." The liquid would continue to puddle in the center reaching the womans left boot as it began sizzling. her eyes widened as she jumped forward, a hole now at the heel of her boot. "They are trying to force us into the liquid...it's acid."

[Cat]

Somewhere south in the forests of WAR, a man was running. He was on the verge of collapsing out of exhausting. The man's earth toned uniform was stained with sweat. It wasn't long before the root of a tree tripped him, sending the young male slamming into the ground. Scrambling to his feet, he looked back in a sort of panic. But nothing was there. No one, or no thing was chasing him. The man breathed a sigh of relief, choosing to stay rested on the ground. He could lie there forever, he was so tired. Collecting himself with steady breaths, his eyes absorbed the forest scene around him. It was cool, and dark here. Far different from the sand and sun he'd left behind.
A deer would appear. A fawn. He'd never seen one before, only in pictures, and it mesmerized him. Something so aware. It had yet to notice his presence. Blissfully it moved until it came to an abrupt stop. It heard a noise. In the next moment, it bolted. The man would turn his head to look back, to watch as a foot slammed into his face. It was blur, whatever happened next. He would clamp his eyes shut as he cried out in pain.
One single sharp pain would come next, causing his eyes to open wide. It was red. There was blood all over his uniform. The shock of his own blood everywhere was enough to send him to another mental state. He stopped making noises finally. On his back now from the attack, he looked away from his body. Staring up, he only saw his attacker over him. A boot pressing against his wound, into his ribs. The minutes the passed felt like seconds. The image of "La Famtoma" above him soon faded to all black. The soldier was gone.

[Dark]

As the battle rages on to defend the east city, two lone warriors against an army, a cold wind would sweep across the area followed by a haunting aura.

Nearby, just before the advancing armies the shadows would begin to gather into an empty space and spiral into a center, forming an oily, murky black conglomerate of darkness that formed a bubbling portal that grew black rooted veins across the ground it touched.. From the center of this rift emerged Dark, slowly melting out of the blackness and into physical existence, his maddening presence creeping across his body and outward around him as his crimson eyes gazed over the scene with a malicious smile plastered on his face.

It seems the turmoil and panic in the area has peaked this mans interests, and drawn to such things, emerges from the blackness below.

[Jaziline]

Mercy heard the footsteps and clanging just at the break of the forest she was approaching. It was an army slowly moving toward the city or away it was hard to tell as they were all crushing into each other eager for battle. Mercy placed her ocarina in her bag as she smiled lightly. The blood flow in the group ahead was fantastic as each soldier moved to spill move blood, the demon actually shivered with expectation. The woman lunged forward pulling out her specialized dagger and her fangs bared. She attacked the army from behind slashing into the enemy cutting windpipes licking her lips until five have fallen and blood darkened her green tunic. Suddenly she was noticed as one of the soldiers screamed out and Mercy smiled, "I'm here to save the princess." She stated before charging into a more prepared army.

[Lance]

Tidus appeared standing outside of the northern city he would casually make his way up to where he had seen the barrier when it was earlier attacked. He scanned the area before frowning, suddenly a smirk formed upon his face. "Of course." He brought his right palm out aiming it toward the ground as a beam of energy shot out into the ground, chunks of dirt began flying through the air as the cities barrier went up. The man ignored it and continued his work, suddenly the beam struck something metal as the barrier flashed. "Hiding the projectors would be primary objectives but just assuming it was coming up by itself would be foolish." Tidus would hold out his left hand as acid shot out onto the projector in order to destroy it. A large army would begin to rise out of the ground from the acid puddled around him. "It is time to send the people of this land a message, the city of light is about to come crumbling down..."

[Cat]

(There are multiple projectors)

Blubbling up from the ground, much like Tidus's army, was a strange black black mass. From it, Deandra would appear before Tidus and his rising army. Her blue eyes were fixated only on Tidus. "I've been preparing for you," She'd say as the darkness climbed up and around her body. Her pale skin being coated in the thick black mixture, hardening like the stone but as flexible liquid still. The barrier behind her would begin to flicker.
"It's time you got a message of your own."

[Lance]

((I kinda figured tis why I never said the shield went down.))

Tidus turned to face the woman his buisness suit making him look more professional rather than a sadistic killer. He stared blankly at the darkness around Deandra only smiling as he watched the darkness make a shield around its host. "You have been preparing for me? And here I thought I was doing so well of staying under the radar." Tidus stepped away from the barrier moving towards Deandra. "Someone who controls so much darkness pretending to be a hero...you are in interesting one. But then again you don't pretend to be a hero to any other part of the land, only this city." The army remained near the barrier. He stared at D before bringing his arms out to the side. "Let's see what you can do to save your precious city."

[Cat]

Deandra propelled forward, taking on Tidus's challenge. The dark mass pushing her off for added speed. The girl's arms morphed into slick dark blades. At this point, the only thing that wasn't coated in the black substance was the girl's head. It inched up along her neck, but stopped. The girl swung her right arm in a horizontal line, aiming to slice at Tidus's stomach.

[Lance]

Tidus stood in place as Deandra came towards him, once she neared him he would flip forward in the air above D, as he did so his left arm began sizzling as it formed into a green blade. He spiraled around as he went over head so that when he landed he would be facing Deandra's back, he thrusted his bladed arm forward aiming to slice into the black substance covering D, at the tip of the blade a thin line of acid would leak out in order to actually do damage to the protective layering.

Meanwhile the army would begin to do the harlem shake.

[Jaziline]

Mercy watched the army start to do something that appeared to be electrocution. The drainer continued to cut through the army drinking blood from here and their as if she was at a wine tasting. Then she slowed down cutting a line of the harlem shakers till she got tired and sat among the carnage.