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Post by Marielle Pearce on Jan 21, 2007 20:13:26 GMT -5
Marielle nodded at her brother's question. The pain in her back was starting to fade and she could stand without problem. She looked at Manny's wounds and immediately felt horrible. She almost felt as though it were her fault.
Mari slowly raised her hand and touched where Ace had clawed Manny. She brushed her fingertips lightly over the bleeding area. Suddenly her fingers started to tingle and they emitted a small amount of light. She pulled her hand away quickly and looked at it wide eyed.
Looking back at her brother she saw that his wounds had stopped bleeding. Reaching her hand back up, she moved his shirt slightly and realized that they had almost completely disappeared. She had some how healed him.
Mari didn't have time to think about what just happened. The next thing she knew, Ace had returned at took Razier down and was beginning to choke her. Mari grabbed the girls shoulders and tried ripping her off of their guardian.
"Get off of her!" Mari screamed and then looked back to Manny, "Manny, help me over here, would you?"
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Post by Nolwenn Thema Lamielle on Jan 21, 2007 21:02:25 GMT -5
The girl had escaped her momentarily at least. Besides, Nolwenn was too focused on who had just appeared to notice. She watched with an indifferent eye as they had a moment of relief, at least until the newcomer was brought to the ground rather suddenly. "Back off Razier" her face suddenly adopted a frighteningly serious expression as she roared the words which echoed throughout the area. Oh well...it seemed Ace had a pretty good handle on her anyway, but it suddenly donned on her.
"Unless you have a better purpose here" in an instant, her frightening gaze melted into that typical mischievous smile. She now had her confirmation that these two were not simply a pair of little weaklings...or at least, they wouldn't stay that way for long if they were taught properly, which had not seemed to be the case so far.
It was not long before Nolwenn was standing right before the two children, placing her thick boot on the boy's chest to make sure he stayed put while her icy hand clutched at the girl's neck. With ease, she lifted the girl off the ground, but held her barely softly enough so that she could still speak. "Now girl, you must learn that I don't take to insubordination kindly. So answer my question now. Where have they kept you all these years, and what have they told you. Be assured that you're cooperation will be rewarded, and refusal to do so will be costly." It was at that moment that her thick boot pressed suddenly against the boy's ribs which were so frail to her it almost seemed that a little more strength would break them.
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Post by Razier Immori Tempest on Jan 21, 2007 21:38:23 GMT -5
Razier was taken off guard as Ace came flying at her very suddenly. She found herself on the ground with bleeding cuts in an instant. The demoness' claws were sharp and painful as they tore at her skin. When she sank her fangs in Razi cringed, but didn't emit a sound. She wouldn't give the demoness the satisfaction.
She fell to the ground with the woman and felt her blood pouring from her open wounds. They'd heal soon enough, at least if Razi could give them the time. Then the demoness' hand was on her throat and choking off her air supply. She gasped and lifted her hands to push the girl away.
Her eyes glanced over to the siblings to see how they were and she panicked to see that the other demoness was approaching them. In no time she had Manuelle pinned back to the ground under a heavy boot and was lifting Marielle by her throat and asking questions. Razier's panic grew as she saw the woman put more pressure on Manuelle's chest.
She struggled harder and got her right hand up under the demoness' nose. She shoved, hopefully breaking her nose. Pushing the woman off she scrambled over to the other and managed to get her arm around her neck to try and pull her away. If she could just get her off Manulle maybe... no he'd be of no help. She still had to get her off though.
Razier, despite her better judgement bit into the demoness' shoulder. It was a vile move, but if it worked, that was all Razier could hope for. Her wounds throbbed and she could swear there was a burning sensation in the bite. She was a bit too distracted to focus on that one wound though. "Let go of her. It's none of your business where they've been or what they've been told!"
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Post by Nolwenn Thema Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 6:25:52 GMT -5
Nolwenn did nothing but flinch as she felt the bite upon her neck. "I wouldn't encourage drinking that if I were you" and those words incited yet another smile. She was indeed enjoying herself in this little quarrel...except for having the elf at her neck of course. But that could easily be remedied. Her grip upon the girl's neck loosened suddenly and allowed her to fall to the ground, but she kept her boot on the boy.
With a swift movement and a new eerie glow in her eyes, her upper body turned toward Razier and with a strong movement of her arm, she slammed her arm into the elf's body, a strike intended to at least get her off her, most likely to throw her away some distance.
Her bright gaze turned back toward the girl as she took hold of her hair. "I'm no monster you know" her expression was one of innocence "I'm just a demon with wants and conditions. And unfortunately for you, I'm stronger than you. So if you want you're brother here to stay in one piece, you will answer my questions." her eyes became suddenly very bright and her hand burning hot. The hair within her grasp was reduced to ash.
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Post by Acerina "Ace" Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 12:01:25 GMT -5
Ace felt Razier struggle more. When she shoved her hand up Ace managed to manuver herself so her nose wasn't broken, but she was still pushed away. She watched Razier scramble over to Nolwenn and smirked as she saw that lame excuse for fighting. At least Ace had the triumph of having bitten the guardian.
She would be pleased when the girl began to experience the effects. Seeing Nollie drop the girl, Ace was tempted to go pick her up. Thus she sauntered over, but before she got there Nolwenn had picked her up again and used her fire powers on her hair. She changed her focus to the boy and sank her claws into her arms to yank him from under Nolwenn's boot.
"Come on boy, we're going to play some more while my big sister takes care of your pretty little guardian and troublesome little sibling." Ace dragged him a few feet away and immediately made to sink her claws into her chest again and slash through his skin. That pesky little sister seemed to have healed her first wounds somehow, but she'd make sure she wasn't powerful enough to cure what Ace did next.
Pulling her hand back she then slammed it down onto his chest with more force than her sister had used to hold him down. To Ace it didn't seem like much, but with any luck she broke a few if not all the ribs in his chest. SHe chuckled and threw him aside. Staring into his eyes she began to picture fire consuming him, transferring that thought into his mind, slowly trying to work at making him crazy.
This was her favorite part. Using her powers. Watching people squirm at nothing real... and then making it tangible so that they suffered greatly. Sadistic? Probably. Fun? Most definitely.
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Post by Arinada on Jan 22, 2007 15:37:54 GMT -5
Something felt very wrong.
Arinada had heard rumors of the prophecy children having returned to the island--and was incredibly frustrated at finding out from someone other than Razier--so she set off to find out for herself. Unfortunately, not even she knew the location of the hideout, though that was her own idea. No one could get information from her that way. But knowing that her children were nearby, Arinada had to at least search; she hadn't seen them for their whole lives. Didn't she have a right to at least greet them?
She was flying over the island now, and the wind swirling around her had just whispered to her of a fight by the lake--the Demon Queen was there, which meant nothing good. Arinada's face hardened as she shot toward the lake, determined to discover the source of the problem. There. She saw it, a small group of people fighting...
Arinada dove toward the ground, but paused mid-flight in shock--it was Razier, fighting Nolwenn, and the demon princess Ace was there, too. And two teenagers, by the look of it...
Her gut did flips. A mother's instinct was always right, and Arinada knew in that instant that those were her children. And they were hurt.
Anger flared in her like fire, and Arinada shot to the ground with a gust of wind aimed directly at Ace, who was standing over a gravely injured Manny. At the same time as her friend the wind, Arinada collided with Ace, shrieking: "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK MY SON!" She had no idea where they were going to land, only that Manny was free of Ace's clutches, and Ace was in front of her, with Arinada's shoulder rammed into her stomach just between the bottom of both rib cages, where the breath should be knocked out of her.
If her tackle wasn't enough, the wind wouldn't let the Elf Queen down.
((Bwaa, I had muse...))
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Post by Acerina "Ace" Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 15:57:56 GMT -5
Ace was smirking and having a grand old time. Then another interuption had to appear. She looked up and spotted Arinada just before she collided with Ace's chest. She felt the breath push harshly out through her lungs and throat.
She coughed and skidded away, letting go of Manuelle, but not without a fight. Her claws had been trying to stay anchored, but left when the wind caught up with the collision.
She fell backwards and looked up at Arinada, her smirk growing. "Well, well, well. So they are the prophecy children. So nice of you to join us, Queenie." She laughed and shot her hand out, grabbing Arinada's arm and yanking it up around her back, or trying to as she used her for leverage to get to her feet.
She then focused on getting a connection with Arinada's mind too, not just her sons. "Let's see how you like sharing a world with your son." She invisioned Arinada on fire as well and began trying to transfer that image to Arinada, that and the image of Manuelle burning up.
She grinned and focused all her energy on making it real too. The heat was building up inside of her and she could only hope it sparked on the skin of the elf queen and the boy as well.
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Post by Nolwenn Thema Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 16:02:27 GMT -5
((occ: Just to let everyone know, we have a plan for the outcome of this thread, so we would all appreciate it if no one else joined this thread. I'm sorry for anybody who wanted to join, but they'll definately be another chance. Thank you))
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Post by Arinada on Jan 22, 2007 16:20:12 GMT -5
((Ace over there said I could join, so you'll just have to fill me in.))
Arinada grimaced at her arm being yanked awkwardly behind her, but a few graceful twists and she was out of Ace's physical grasp.
She had been about to attack when Ace's renowned illusionist powers began to take effect on her; unfortunately for Ace, though, Arinada wasn't that easily drawn in. She saw and felt the images, alright, but they didn't bother her in the slightest. "Someone should have informed you," she said, "that I have fire powers, too. Silly girl." Then the image of Manny burning came to her, and Arinada's anger expressed itself through wind and fire.
No illusions here. With her hands outstretched, Arinada gave a mental command, and a swirling jet of wind and fire engulfed Ace. She left it burning and faced Nolwenn, though still wary of Ace behind her--she had no doubt the demoness could escape her magical flames in but a few moments. Arinada called out, infuriated, "You have no business here, Nolwenn!" Then she used the wind to pick up Mari and pull her gently but speedily away from the Demon Queen, and Arinada ran to catch her daughter.
((somewhat crappy, but you'll live. XP))
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Post by Marielle Pearce on Jan 22, 2007 17:05:42 GMT -5
Marielle was picked up by her throat. It wasn't the tightest grip, but tight enough. Her hands were clawing at the other woman's hand and she was trying to kick. She wasn't exactly sure what answer the woman wanted, but she didn't have much time to answer.
She glanced over the girl's shoulder as Razier bit into her. Mari was suddenly dropped to the ground. She focused her attention on trying to get the woman's boot off of Manny, but her hold on him was too strong for her.
She hadn't been down there to long before the woman had a hold of her hair once more and Manny was stolen away by Ace. "You let go of me right now!" Mari screamed at her. Then she smelled the awful smell of burning hair. She remembered the smell from a party she had been too once. One of her friends had been playing with a lighter and caught their own hair on fire. But this was not just anyones hair. Her hair. The hair that the woman had had a hold of was now reduced to ashes.
Mari's eyes started to fill with tears and she clenched her fist. She hadn't ever really gotten into fights, but she did know how to punch, and that's what she did. She drew her arm back and hit the woman who scorched her hair as hard as she could. She didn't have much time to throw another punch because the next thing she knew, a strong gust of wind was carrying her away from the demoness.
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Post by Nolwenn Thema Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 17:44:37 GMT -5
Well this certainly was turning out to be a party.
She seemingly had completely forgotten about Marielle. Her punches felt like someone was throwing paper balls at her, and she subconciouslly shut her out. But not quite. She simply watched her float away from the corner of her eye while the main focus of her gaze was on the elf whom had just come into the picture. With a cautious eye of course, she still devoted some attention, although minimal, to the guardian whom she knew would retaliate at any given time.
"Au contraire, ma chère" ((on the contrary, my dear)) "We were here first" she cocked her head slightly and gave a mocking smile. She was not so coldhearted not to understand the pain that it was to see her own children beaten up by a groupd of demons. After all, she believed that the experience of pain --mental and physical-- in itself was strength. And if that prooved to be true, well....Nolwenn had to be strong.
Of course, she was not in the least worried about her sister. She was very confident in her abilities, and she knew Ace could certainly take a punch. These are the moments where she should be grateful to having a fire elemental sister she thought and laughed inwardly at the times she used her powers against Ace....well hey, it was a good way to train right?
But Nolwenn was confident in her own abilities as well. She knew her weaknesses, but she also knew that in the fire department, Arinada was no match for hers. The wind could pose a problem of course, but she would have to deal with that when the time came.
Her lips parted slightly and out came a slight puff of smoke. Her eyes took on that eerie glow yet again, but this time, it was not going away. Now this is what I call fun.... she couldn't help but laugh to herself once more. She did have a strange idea of fun didn't she? Then again, so did most of those of her kind.
"Ace, dear, would you be kind enough to deal with the Elf Queen?" her tone of voice matched the strange expression on her face. She threw a glance toward Razier. Earth against fire. Now that was what she was looking foward to. Fire against fire just wouldn't be enough fun. "I think those brats are going to have a moment to catch their breaths, and if you're smart" she turned toward them, her expression rather blank "You'll pay attention and learn."
occ: woopsy...forgot about mari's punches..i'll add that in sry!! I havent forgotten you!
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Post by Razier Immori Tempest on Jan 22, 2007 17:53:41 GMT -5
Razier grimaced as she tasted some of the demon's blood on her tongue. It ran down her chin and covered her lips. She then felt the demoness' arm shove at her and she released her grip reluctantly. She stumbled backward and looked around in confusion a moment. When her senses came back to her she saw Marielle with burned hair and Manuelle with Ace.
Then in a flash it seemed, Arinada was there fighting as well. It was all happening quickly, but Razier was done with that. She couldn't see the siblings get hurt any more than they had already. Marielle managed to try and punch Nolwenn before she was moved away by her mother. Razi kept her eyes on the demoness still, noting when she turned her full attention on her. With a strange, awkward smile she ran forward and slammed her whole body into Nolwenn to carry her towards the tree line. When she reached it she called plants to lock the demoness' arms tightly and then she made her way back to the siblings quickly. They had been left alone a moment as everyone was busy.
She stood over them and then suddenly collapsed to her knees. How much blood had she lost in all her efforts? It was too soon to think about that. She practically crawled over to Manuelle and beckoned Marielle closer. "Quickly, brace yourselves." She started breathing deliberately. She was taking her magic under her control and slowly gathering it. She'd have to end this. If it meant using her elemental powers, so be it.
She sent out the first shockwave. The earth shook under her legs and for the first time she felt ill with the motion. Dizzy. She kept her focus though. She couldn't risk losing it. She continued to build her powers up, sending out stronger and stronger waves each time until the earth began to crack.
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Post by Arinada on Jan 22, 2007 18:14:27 GMT -5
Arinada plucked Mari out of the air in strong arms and ran a few paces so that they were at Manuelle's side. She was glaring furiously at Nolwenn. "You might be here first," she said venomously, "but, as their mother, I have far more right to be with them than you." She was prepared to blast her with a gust of wind, but paused when she saw Razier getting ready to attack. She also chose to ignore the comment about Ace "taking care of" her--Arinada would not be beaten by a mere demon princess.
Razier had ensnared Nolwenn in the trees, and she came back and told them to brace themselves. Arinada had a jolt of fear for Manny, whose condition was extremely poor, who could not brace himself against Razi's infamous earthquakes. Hardly thinking about it, she focused her strength on lifting herself, Marielle, and Manuelle into the air and out of harm's way.
"Just hold on," she said to Mari, whom she was still holding, and to Manny--who was floating nearby--she called, "Don't worry, you're safe. Just don't struggle, or you'll hurt yourself more."
She only hoped that Ace couldn't strike during the earthquake; holding two others and herself, Arinada wasn't sure she could hold off a strong assault.
((dang, for having muse, my posts are really crappy...anyway, is what I'm doing considered godmoding? if so, do I have permission? XD if not I'll change it...))
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Post by Nolwenn Thema Lamielle on Jan 22, 2007 18:24:05 GMT -5
It was barely after she had spoken that she felt Razier's body against hers. She knew this was coming, but unfortunately was unable to defend herself as quickly as she had hoped. Pushed against the treeline, the demoness felt thick vines curl around her arms. A disgusted expression snaked across her face as she was ready to incinarate them.
But she stopped right there. She heard what Razier said to the children, and decided that those vines were a better support than anything she could come up with in the next few seconds. So she decided to ride out the shock waves in Razier's own trap which seemed strong enough to hold out, at least she hoped. If they didn't, Nolwenn would probably have to use her strength to propell herself away temporarily, but for now, she remained still, gathering up her fire power in case she needed a quick escape, or a quick attack.
She glanced toward where she had last seen her sister, hoping that she too would be able to find some sort of temporary stronghold. Or maybe even better....go after the helpless mother who desperately clung to her children in the air. It would be too risky...and probably virtually impossible for Nolwenn to venture through the shock wave and attack herself.
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Post by Manuelle Pearce on Jan 22, 2007 19:04:38 GMT -5
((AHHH!! I just got home from school...give me a few minutes to reply!))
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