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Post by Narrator on Mar 24, 2008 12:55:14 GMT -6
The stage is set and the teams are ready. The await Lysandor's order to begin... the recruits are silent and they wait on pins and needles.
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Post by Ciel on Mar 25, 2008 22:57:09 GMT -6
Ciel's eyes sparkled and she looked back at Lysandor. "Should I begin now?"
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Post by Lysandor on Mar 27, 2008 9:22:00 GMT -6
Lysandor manages to control his features enough that he's no longer blushing by the time he makes it up the ladder. He starts rolling the rope ladder, so that now the only way up is to climb the slick supports of the tower, or fly.
The top of the tower is bare, save for a quaterstaff leaning against one corner of the guard rail. On the tower, the Coliseum appears to be lighter, with the recruits seeming to stand in their own low lighting. Lysandor grabs the quaterstaff and swings it hard into one of several large gongs the tower had been built in front of. The deep note rings through the Coliseum, singaling the recruits to begin.
The Fallen turns to Ciel, able to look at the Devilcat Succubus without blushing or losing the ability to speak once more. "You may begin, Lady, but unless the recruits have the ability to see in the dark, they will not be able to see you." Lysandor gestures to the recruits, still in the middle of the Coliseum. "As long as we remain on top of the tower, the darkness will not cover the whole of the Coliseum. The spell will allow me to observe the recruits without their knowledge, but once I leave the top of the tower, I will be as blind as before."
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Post by Regent on Mar 27, 2008 11:09:24 GMT -6
"Alright lads... just like we planned it... 'ere we go..." At the sound of the gong Kane leaps into the air as the other demons follow suit and they fly in formation toward the tower. Kane signals the Nightmare to fly low as he and the elf take the high ground. Kane turns to land on the tower struts with out a sound and climbs up to the base as effortlessly as a trained monkey. The elf buzzes by the gong not to get swatted by Lysandor. The nightmare skims the base of the tower twists upward and with a powerful swoop of his wings, swiftly climbs altitude. He soars swiftly in flight inches from the back edge of the tower opposite Kane to try and seize Ciel from behind and pluck her from the tower like a fresh blossom from a bouquet.
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Post by Ciel on Mar 27, 2008 20:09:02 GMT -6
Ciel chuckles and winks at Lysandor before shadowing out into the dark. She ends up on something she can stand on and waits for the recruits to get closer so that she can just shadow away again.
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Post by Nyxereos on Mar 28, 2008 11:59:03 GMT -6
Nyxereos waits eagerly and though he cannot see in the dark, he can feel the vibrations from the ground and the tower. When the gong rings he homes in in the vibration and darts to it like a bat. The others follow suit and head straight for the tower. Nyx directs himself to the gong and the Pe'ri devilcat who can see in the dark, calls out the direction to home them in on Ciel and Lysandor's pinpoint location. They zoom in with a tight formation and simply by show of force, swarm the tower top to seize the prize by numbers.
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Post by Lysandor on Mar 29, 2008 9:32:18 GMT -6
As soon as Ciel shadows away, Lysandor slams the butt of the quarterstaff in the Nightmare's diaphragm. He shifts both grip and stance slightly, and sends the other end slicing up through the air to graze the chin of the Fallen on Nyxereos's team. He aims an attack at the Devilcat Pe'ri to send him careening out of control and into the silvery Fallen team leader.
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Post by Regent on Mar 29, 2008 12:07:13 GMT -6
Kane had waited to see what Lysandor has up his sleeve. When the fallen shows real skill in disrupting the attack from multiple foes, he nods his approval. Kane peeks over the railing to see the struggle and he watches Ciel and takes note of the pattern of her shadowing movement. He waits for the right time to snag her and flee. As Lysandor smacks the Pe'Ri into Nyxereos and send them sprawling... he makes his move... over the rail like a whisper and he waits a split second as Ciel shadows right before him while evading the others. He simply wraps his arms about her softly and springs up into the air to avoid Lysandors bo staff to the brain-pan. "Don't be afraid love... I won't drop yeah if'n yee don't struggle... Don't try te shadow away neither for it'd be a sore pity... fer the distance bein' too great an' all that... We don't want yea te spoil that pretty face on the bleachers below us from the flyin' ahhhh." He says calmly as he climbs altitude swiftly flying straight up from the coliseum into the night sky with Ciel tucked firmly in his claws.
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Post by Nyxereos on Mar 31, 2008 10:23:40 GMT -6
As the Pe'Ri crashes into Nyx in the blind dark, The fallen becomes agrivated and shoves the Devilcat Pe'Ri away from him to correct his fall and recover. He shouts. "Regroup!" for his team to reform on his mark as he feels the tower shake from the combat, unaware Ciel has been snatched away by Kane already.
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Post by Narrator on Mar 31, 2008 10:33:18 GMT -6
The elite hopefuls fidget about as they return to Nyxereos and his command to regroup. The other team retreat from the bo staff of fury and look about for Kane to reformulate a new plan, but he is out of sight.
The elf looks about hovering above the ground and sees that only Lysandor remains on the tower. "Hey... look at that... She is gone, but... where?" He looks about more and then looks up into the night sky to see Kane darting away. He nudges the Nightmare and points up to Kane flying of with the prize. Then he motions to follow and they both streak into the sky after their team leader snickering amongst themselves. The elf looks down and notices the darkness spell on the field as they pass into the night sky. "Trixy fallen pixy..." He says to the Nightmare as they try to catch up to Kane.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 4, 2008 15:47:52 GMT -6
Ciel twists in Kane's grip and smiles at him. "You have done well. However I must be going now."
She went to shadow away and thought about it. "Come to think of it...where in Hell have you crawled out of? I do not believe that I have seen your like before."
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Post by Regent on Apr 5, 2008 11:47:09 GMT -6
Regent slows his assent and hovers high above the coliseum. He smirks a bit to Ciel's question and he nods. "I'd rather yee hang 'round an chat weth me... Neigh, I don't suppose yee have lass. Fer I'm not one fer advertisen'. Though yee are a sharp one, an I'm be happy te see yer schoolin' has been pain' off te honing those sharp perceptions 'o' yers... yer really bein' able te start readin' folk, wea Ciel. Befer long I surmise that yee will be able to discover much more that what a person be leading yee out te believe, an telln' yee..." He says with a nod and a wink from his single eye, though it looks kind of like a blink with his eye patch covering his other eye.
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Post by Lysandor on Apr 9, 2008 10:10:17 GMT -6
Lysandor pauses, the ends of his bo staff quivering slightly, and looks around at the situation. Nyxereos and his team seem to be hanging back, reassessing the situation, whereas Kane and his team . . . are flying away. The Fallen doesn't need to look around to know that Ciel is missing.
He lifts one end of the staff towards Nyxereos and his team in what could be considered a salute, and takes off for one end of the tower. Just before he reaches the railing, he slams the end of the staff into the floor and launches himself over the railing and through the air, straight towards the Nightmare. The low-lighting rapidly fades into darkness, swallowing his target. Lysandor concentrates on the sound of the voices of the recruits in front of him, the sound of the Nightmare's wings beating the air, and the displacement of the air as he flies. It's a shot in the dark, but Lysandor has more on his side than just blind luck.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 9, 2008 16:24:26 GMT -6
Ciel looks square at Kane and blinks. "Regent? Chancellor? Is that you under there?" She reached up to flip his eyepatch up and see if he really was missing an eye.
"Where are you taking me? Am I supposed to run away form you?"
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Post by Regent on Apr 12, 2008 11:17:51 GMT -6
Regent chuckles as Ciel discovers his ruse and flips up his eye patch. His scarred eye socket looks as if he had really lost an eye and the scar is very disturbingly realistic. He holds her lightly as she questions him. "Shhhh. Quietly me lass, no one must know of me other than Kane alreight? I've come to check up on our new recruit and I am afraid his attitude still requires some... adjustments. Keep me secret like a good kitty, and I will make it worth yer while." He says with a nod.
Kane averts his attentions as he continues to hover as he looks down to see what the others are doing.
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Post by Narrator on Apr 15, 2008 17:18:11 GMT -6
The Nightmare feels Lysandor thump into his form and clutch him hard not to fall off. He begins to squirm to shake off the wingless fallen. He veers off course and bangs into the elf to make his snide remarks. "Hey watch where you're going you clumsy oaf. What are you doing...?" he says as he shoves the giant horse away as best he can.
The Pe'Ri Devilcat looks up to the commotion and points up though the two fallen beside him can't see what he is pointing to. "The others flee into the sky, our Elite teacher, Master Lysandor is ridding the nightmare to follow Kane... who has the succubus with him."
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Post by Nyxereos on Apr 19, 2008 10:38:05 GMT -6
Nyxereos looks miffed as he hears he news of the opposing team being so swift to capture the prized devilcat. He looks up and he sneers into the darkness. "Fly higher to acquire our quarry, do not let him escape with her." At that Nyxereos shoots through the darkness up into the night sky.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 21, 2008 10:17:29 GMT -6
Ciel nods, imperceptibly to those around them, getting closer. "Of course Chancellor. Your secret is my secret."
She watches Nyxereos and nods. " I will agree to that. He does still seem rather full of himself." She turns to look out and then back at Kane. "Am I supposed to be struggling or making it look real? I am sorry if I should have been and haven't."
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Post by Lysandor on Apr 22, 2008 17:48:35 GMT -6
Lysandor keeps his grip on the Nightmare, using the quarterstaff to balance himself and block some of the Nightmare's closer kicks and blows. All the while, he keeps his eyes ahead, trying to pierce the darkness to discover where the Devil had taken Ciel to.
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Post by Narrator on Apr 23, 2008 15:30:24 GMT -6
In his struggle to free himself from Lysandor, the nightmare continues to fly erratically and even begins to stall out not concentrating on his flight. "Let... go... of me..."
The night sky sparkles with the stars as Kane and Ciel hover high above.
The Pe'Ri Devil Cat follows behind Nyxereos as he rockets into the sky. He struggles to stay as closely as he can with Dreatrrah close behind him.
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