Main Event Brand of the Hawk

[Ver]

"Mm...it's possible, but often the servant of a vampire is more like a zombie, right?"

Sera responded to Ben before raising her hand towards Faust's lightning bolts. Analyze. Analyze. With the Penetration class of her Cancel dream, she discerned the make up of the magic thunder. Then, with the Collapse class, she attempted to cancel out his thunder entirely!

Whether it was successful for not, she'd then leap forward with her sword in hand, accelerating herself. Imbuing her sword with the Collapse class, she sought to slice straight through any magical protections he may have had before hitting Faust himself with that dangerous dream.​

"Food? Um..." Sumia tried to think about what to possibly do. Where could they even FIND food at this time?! "Let's try the tavern! There's gotta be something to eat there, right?"

Libra, meanwhile, would drsw his axe. He doubted exorcising would have any effect on Faust, so he would be on standby in case melee attacks were necessary.​

That was something Grace could agree on. She cast Protection from Evil on Constantine to strengthen him up against any potential attacks coming towards him. She wasn't going to attack yet though waiting to see who would toss the first stone.

Morte as well had floated after Constantine and groaned when he saw Felix. "Crusty old fart guy? What a waste! Look scabby if you're going to do something do it, and if not just get outta our way okay?"

"You dare approach me?!"

With Sera moving in to make the first offensive move, Faust grimaced at her as she cut through his attacks meant for Ben. Quickly recovering, the magical power that surged in his hands changed color, as though he prepared a different spell in the blink of an eye. Stretching out his arm, Faust imposed a telekinetic hold on Sera, stopping her in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground, hoping to knock the wind out of her, before lifting her up once again and throwing her body right at Libra like a rag doll!

Meanwhile, Constantine simply watched from afar, letting Grace shield him from harm, feeling like a fly on the wall with Morte. Flashy battles were never his specialty. He usually had a certain someone along with him for that...

"Cheers, love. Appreciate it," he nodded at Grace with a smirk, gesturing toward her with a lighter, "Don't suppose you'd know what a smoke is, would you?"

Seemed like he was having fun at least.

Meanwhile, at the tavern, all there really was there were... well, dead bodies. Joy. But at least Yuki didn't seem to see them. It almost seemed impossible to traumatize the eccentric girl.

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[Yun Lee]

Libra would do his best to catch Sera as she came his way, though the force of a human being thrown through telekinesis wasn't something to recover easily from.

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If I could go just one battle without crashing into someone... Keeping his griping to himself, Libra would switch his axe for his staff and use mend on Sera to cancel out any pain or injury the poor girl felt after the assault. "I'm right behind you," he assured her, offering a hand to help her up.

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"Oh, goodness..." She looked at Yuki, then Miki, relieved that the former at least wasn't terrified. Poor Miki, though. "Um...Let's see if there's anything we can eat, okay?" Sumia would look around to find any food. Hopefully there'd be something here...

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[Crow]

"Awh, but I wanted to see the magic show..." Yuki whined briefly, before letting herself and Miki be taken somewhere else by Sumia, "Are we just gonna get snacks? I think I'm feeling a little hungry now!"

As the girls fled, Faust had to stifle a snort as Ben made his move in the form of a barrier. "You'll have to show me something if you wish to best me, insolent child!" He exclaimed, his hands beginning to glow with magical energy as he raised them, a wave of mana beginning to surround him as he started to chant an unknown language.

Soon enough, the lights took the form of what looked like streams, which then flew right toward Ben's barrier and even disabled it!

"Come, then. Surely, the youth of other worlds can do better than this?!" He taunted, before extending his arms out straight at the group, firing bolts of magic thunder right at them, seeming to start out simple, as though to gauge their exact power.

All the while this happened, from amidst the chaos in the background, Constantine and the group who'd gone to the brothel earlier arose, making themselves known as the British man gritted his teeth and called out for his enemy.

"Faaaaauuuuussst!"

Catching up to the others, Constantine took a breath, patting off his brown coat briefly. "Looks like you lot already started the party without us, but I didn't miss much now, did I?" He asked those who were already there, popping his knuckles, "Now then. Good to see you again, Faust. We've got things to talk about."

"There's nothing to talk about, Constantine. I've had enough of your words; that's all you're ever able to give me, and it's brought me nothing but misfortune!"

"Please. You deserve misfortune."

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"You dare approach me?!"

With Sera moving in to make the first offensive move, Faust grimaced at her as she cut through his attacks meant for Ben. Quickly recovering, the magical power that surged in his hands changed color, as though he prepared a different spell in the blink of an eye. Stretching out his arm, Faust imposed a telekinetic hold on Sera, stopping her in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground, hoping to knock the wind out of her, before lifting her up once again and throwing her body right at Libra like a rag doll!

Meanwhile, Constantine simply watched from afar, letting Grace shield him from harm, feeling like a fly on the wall with Morte. Flashy battles were never his specialty. He usually had a certain someone along with him for that...

"Cheers, love. Appreciate it," he nodded at Grace with a smirk, gesturing toward her with a lighter, "Don't suppose you'd know what a smoke is, would you?"

Seemed like he was having fun at least.

Meanwhile, at the tavern, all there really was there were... well, dead bodies. Joy. But at least Yuki didn't seem to see them. It almost seemed impossible to traumatize the eccentric girl.

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Libra would do his best to catch Sera as she came his way, though the force of a human being thrown through telekinesis wasn't something to recover easily from.

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If I could go just one battle without crashing into someone... Keeping his griping to himself, Libra would switch his axe for his staff and use mend on Sera to cancel out any pain or injury the poor girl felt after the assault. "I'm right behind you," he assured her, offering a hand to help her up.

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"Oh, goodness..." She looked at Yuki, then Miki, relieved that the former at least wasn't terrified. Poor Miki, though. "Um...Let's see if there's anything we can eat, okay?" Sumia would look around to find any food. Hopefully there'd be something here...

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"Ugh... maybe Torrent isn't the best guy for the job... may the Godesses forgive my shame..." Torrent scratches his head as his rump lay on the floor, his barrier shattered into mana photons. Seconds later, he found himself dodging Felix's thunderbolts.

"Woah! That was a close one! Sera! Are you alri- wait a second... I've got it! Why didn't I try this before..."

Torrent smacks the emblem on his chest, allowing transformation once more.

"TEEEEEEERRAAAAASPIIIIN."

A turtle-like being, towering Felix Faust, appeared in place of the Zora. It withdrew its head into its shell, merged its two, tortoise-like legs into a structure similiar to its turtle-like flippers, and began to rotate, much like a fan or rotor.

Terraspin, as it was called, charged towards Faust at full speeds. His speed and weight combined ought to cause quite a bit of damage.

Terraspin's species was impervious to mana, and by extension, magic attacks that directly rely on magic to attack, which was precisely how he knew that Faust's telekinetic feats and an attack similiar to the magic stream used to disable Torrent's barrier wouldn't work on his tortugan body!

The moment Terraspin connected with Faust with heavy impact, the magician would feel the force of a hurricane emitting from the hollow gaps on the alien turtle's chest as he himself was blown away by the turtle's extreme winds.

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[Takumi]

"You dare approach me?!"

With Sera moving in to make the first offensive move, Faust grimaced at her as she cut through his attacks meant for Ben. Quickly recovering, the magical power that surged in his hands changed color, as though he prepared a different spell in the blink of an eye. Stretching out his arm, Faust imposed a telekinetic hold on Sera, stopping her in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground, hoping to knock the wind out of her, before lifting her up once again and throwing her body right at Libra like a rag doll!

Meanwhile, Constantine simply watched from afar, letting Grace shield him from harm, feeling like a fly on the wall with Morte. Flashy battles were never his specialty. He usually had a certain someone along with him for that...

"Cheers, love. Appreciate it," he nodded at Grace with a smirk, gesturing toward her with a lighter, "Don't suppose you'd know what a smoke is, would you?"

Seemed like he was having fun at least.

Meanwhile, at the tavern, all there really was there were... well, dead bodies. Joy. But at least Yuki didn't seem to see them. It almost seemed impossible to traumatize the eccentric girl.

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Libra would do his best to catch Sera as she came his way, though the force of a human being thrown through telekinesis wasn't something to recover easily from.

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If I could go just one battle without crashing into someone... Keeping his griping to himself, Libra would switch his axe for his staff and use mend on Sera to cancel out any pain or injury the poor girl felt after the assault. "I'm right behind you," he assured her, offering a hand to help her up.

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"Oh, goodness..." She looked at Yuki, then Miki, relieved that the former at least wasn't terrified. Poor Miki, though. "Um...Let's see if there's anything we can eat, okay?" Sumia would look around to find any food. Hopefully there'd be something here...

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"Ugh... maybe Torrent isn't the best guy for the job... may the Godesses forgive my shame..." Torrent scratches his head as his rump lay on the floor, his barrier shattered into mana photons. Seconds later, he found himself dodging Felix's thunderbolts.

"Woah! That was a close one! Sera! Are you alri- wait a second... I've got it! Why didn't I try this before..."

Torrent smacks the emblem on his chest, allowing transformation once more.

"TEEEEEEERRAAAAASPIIIIN."

A turtle-like being, towering Felix Faust, appeared in place of the Zora. It withdrew its head into its shell, merged its two, tortoise-like legs into a structure similiar to its turtle-like flippers, and began to rotate, much like a fan or rotor.

Terraspin, as it was called, charged towards Faust at full speeds. His speed and weight combined ought to cause quite a bit of damage.

Terraspin's species was impervious to mana, and by extension, magic attacks that directly rely on magic to attack, which was precisely how he knew that Faust's telekinetic feats and an attack similiar to the magic stream used to disable Torrent's barrier wouldn't work on him!

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Shortly following Ben's attack, Lindel would attack himself. Except, he sang an incantation instead of using his sword at the moment, casting a spell with the intentions of causing damage to Felix. This was why he had the other name Echoes, and he wasn't going to simply sit here and be useless. The winds around the mage would pick up as he continued to sing, being soft as a breeze at first, before becoming stronger and eventually, strong sharp winds would attempt to cut into Faust's decaying form while he was dealing with Ben.

Whether successful or not, he would glance to Libra.

"Are you two alright?" he asked, before glancing back to Faust cautiously.

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[Crow]

Shortly following Ben's attack, Lindel would attack himself. Except, he sang an incantation instead of using his sword at the moment, casting a spell with the intentions of causing damage to Felix. This was why he had the other name Echoes, and he wasn't going to simply sit here and be useless. The winds around the mage would pick up as he continued to sing, being soft as a breeze at first, before becoming stronger and eventually, strong sharp winds would attempt to cut into Faust's decaying form while he was dealing with Ben.

Whether successful or not, he would glance to Libra.

"Are you two alright?" he asked, before glancing back to Faust cautiously.

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Upon noticing Lindel's attack, Terraspin alerted Siegward while still rotating.

"Siegward! Think you could slap another layer of wind on this guy?"

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Siegward of Catarina
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Upon noticing Lindel's attack, Terraspin alerted Siegward while still rotating.

"Siegward! Think you could slap another layer of wind on this guy?"

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Siegward was eerily quiet during this whole encounter, his face shrouded by his large helmet. All kinds of dark thoughts were brewing inside of him. He didn't get the chance to calm his nerves with Siegbrau, and now the reality of the situation was clear. His home world was rotting, and here he was, thrust into another rotting world. He had been trying to shrug off the cancers that had surrounded him his whole life; that is the culture of Catarina: to enjoy life and minimize conflict. But it was nearly impossible to do that now. Not since the Undead curse. Not since he was forced into this universe.

He clutched his Storm Ruler as Terraspin spoke to him. "Oh yes... certainly..." he said dejectedly. He walked sluggishly at first, but then sprinted full speed ahead as storm gathered on his sword.

"PERISH!" he shouted with pure rage as he swung downward. This was probably the last time he could perform such a move without resting first.
​

 

[Kaykay]

"You dare approach me?!"

With Sera moving in to make the first offensive move, Faust grimaced at her as she cut through his attacks meant for Ben. Quickly recovering, the magical power that surged in his hands changed color, as though he prepared a different spell in the blink of an eye. Stretching out his arm, Faust imposed a telekinetic hold on Sera, stopping her in mid-air, before slamming her into the ground, hoping to knock the wind out of her, before lifting her up once again and throwing her body right at Libra like a rag doll!

Meanwhile, Constantine simply watched from afar, letting Grace shield him from harm, feeling like a fly on the wall with Morte. Flashy battles were never his specialty. He usually had a certain someone along with him for that...

"Cheers, love. Appreciate it," he nodded at Grace with a smirk, gesturing toward her with a lighter, "Don't suppose you'd know what a smoke is, would you?"

Seemed like he was having fun at least.

Meanwhile, at the tavern, all there really was there were... well, dead bodies. Joy. But at least Yuki didn't seem to see them. It almost seemed impossible to traumatize the eccentric girl.

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Libra would do his best to catch Sera as she came his way, though the force of a human being thrown through telekinesis wasn't something to recover easily from.

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If I could go just one battle without crashing into someone... Keeping his griping to himself, Libra would switch his axe for his staff and use mend on Sera to cancel out any pain or injury the poor girl felt after the assault. "I'm right behind you," he assured her, offering a hand to help her up.

---

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"Oh, goodness..." She looked at Yuki, then Miki, relieved that the former at least wasn't terrified. Poor Miki, though. "Um...Let's see if there's anything we can eat, okay?" Sumia would look around to find any food. Hopefully there'd be something here...

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"Aw, cra-"

Sera never got to finish her sentence as she was slammed into the ground, dropping her sword. Though her aptitude in creation and cancelling was rather high level, the same could not be said for her physical strength and toughness. Still reeling from pain, there wasn't much she could do to alter her trajectory as she slammed into Libra.

After falling to the ground, she rubbed her head for a brief moment before suddenly feeling like her crash hadn't even happened. It was a familiar feeling, being healed and all. It seemed she wouldn't be missing Akira's skill set too much here.

"Thanks, sorry about that. Guess I got a little too hot-headed, charging like that..." Sera offered a sheepish smile as she took Libra's hand, getting back to her feet. As Lindel asked about their condition, she nodded. "I'm fine, but, um, Libra, right? You're not hurt, are you? I can heal a little bit though uh, not as good as you."

Whether Libra needed her unskillful healing or not, Sera decided to remain back here for now and instead look out for Terraspin and Siegward, attempting to cancel out attacks Faust may try to throw at them.

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[Ver]

"Ugh... maybe Torrent isn't the best guy for the job... may the Godesses forgive my shame..." Torrent scratches his head as his rump lay on the floor, his barrier shattered into mana photons. Seconds later, he found himself dodging Felix's thunderbolts.

"Woah! That was a close one! Sera! Are you alri- wait a second... I've got it! Why didn't I try this before..."

Torrent smacks the emblem on his chest, allowing transformation once more.

"TEEEEEEERRAAAAASPIIIIN."

A turtle-like being, towering Felix Faust, appeared in place of the Zora. It withdrew its head into its shell, merged its two, tortoise-like legs into a structure similiar to its turtle-like flippers, and began to rotate, much like a fan or rotor.

Terraspin, as it was called, charged towards Faust at full speeds. His speed and weight combined ought to cause quite a bit of damage.

Terraspin's species was impervious to mana, and by extension, magic attacks that directly rely on magic to attack, which was precisely how he knew that Faust's telekinetic feats and an attack similiar to the magic stream used to disable Torrent's barrier wouldn't work on his tortugan body!

The moment Terraspin connected with Faust with heavy impact, the magician would feel the force of a hurricane emitting from the hollow gaps on the alien turtle's chest as he himself was blown away by the turtle's extreme winds.​

Shortly following Ben's attack, Lindel would attack himself. Except, he sang an incantation instead of using his sword at the moment, casting a spell with the intentions of causing damage to Felix. This was why he had the other name Echoes, and he wasn't going to simply sit here and be useless. The winds around the mage would pick up as he continued to sing, being soft as a breeze at first, before becoming stronger and eventually, strong sharp winds would attempt to cut into Faust's decaying form while he was dealing with Ben.

Whether successful or not, he would glance to Libra.

"Are you two alright?" he asked, before glancing back to Faust cautiously.

Siegward was eerily quiet during this whole encounter, his face shrouded by his large helmet. All kinds of dark thoughts were brewing inside of him. He didn't get the chance to calm his nerves with Siegbrau, and now the reality of the situation was clear. His home world was rotting, and here he was, thrust into another rotting world. He had been trying to shrug off the cancers that had surrounded him his whole life; that is the culture of Catarina: to enjoy life and minimize conflict. But it was nearly impossible to do that now. Not since the Undead curse. Not since he was forced into this universe.

He clutched his Storm Ruler as Terraspin spoke to him. "Oh yes... certainly..." he said dejectedly. He walked sluggishly at first, but then sprinted full speed ahead as storm gathered on his sword.

"PERISH!" he shouted with pure rage as he swung downward. This was probably the last time he could perform such a move without resting first.​

"Away with you!"

As Ben in his new form began to spin right toward the sorcerer, he conjured up a magical shield around himself to protect from Terraspin, rather than any further attacks like he or Sera might have predicted, though even with the protection, Faust could still feel the impact of the alien by itself through his barrier, and when combined with Lindel's magic and finally, Siegward's strike, his protection finally shattered like glass.

"Gyaaaarrrghh!"

The sheer force of his own barrier shattering by itself knocked Faust back several feet, his frail body sliding back on the coarse ground as he looked upon everyone, gritting his teeth and coughing weakly, before struggling to get back up, seeming to barely be able to stand, let alone fight any more.

"I've underestimated you children..." He uttered venomously, as though his pride were hurt more than his body, "... but I will not make that same mistake again. But now, here I stand. Congratulations, you've beaten down an old man. What do you intend to do then? Slay me? Take me in? Either way, the Master will look upon this transgression as a punishable offense by death. And believe me... He will not make it fast, nor will he make it painless...!"

As he spoke, his bony fingers began to make a number of gestures, twitching and fidgeting about.

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And then meanwhile, at the tavern...

Well, there wasn't much to find at the tavern. Considering that everyone in the tavern had probably been interrupted rather rudely by the horde of demons from earlier, there were a number of items around, including a bowl of nuts at the bar, and several mugs of alcohol. Hopping over to one mug in particular containing what looked like wine, Yuki beamed in delight, picking it up.

"Wow, they already have drinks set up at this concession place? So cool! I'd love some punch!"

"Wait, Yuki-senpai, that's not--!"

And down the hatch it went. Yuki just gulped the entire mug eagerly. A little too eagerly, even.

Poor Miki.

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[Yun Lee]

"Oh yes, I'm fine," Libra replied to Sera and Lindel, adding with a hint of exasperstion, "Surprisingly this isn't the first time someone's been thrown at me today."

Fortunately it seemed to be the last, as Faust was defeated by Siegward's attack. As their foe lay in defeat, Libra glared down at him, no pity for the man who happily slaughtered almost an entire village. "Where is this master of yours?"

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"Aha! I found some..." Sumia turned just in time to see Yuki start drinking down alcohol.

"...nuts..." Sumia sighed, placing the bowl dosn in front of the girl. Hopefully she was enough of a lightweight that it would knock her out before she got into more trouble. "Oh, Miki...do you know who Dracula is? I've never heard the name myself."

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[Crow]

"Away with you!"

As Ben in his new form began to spin right toward the sorcerer, he conjured up a magical shield around himself to protect from Terraspin, rather than any further attacks like he or Sera might have predicted, though even with the protection, Faust could still feel the impact of the alien by itself through his barrier, and when combined with Lindel's magic and finally, Siegward's strike, his protection finally shattered like glass.

"Gyaaaarrrghh!"

The sheer force of his own barrier shattering by itself knocked Faust back several feet, his frail body sliding back on the coarse ground as he looked upon everyone, gritting his teeth and coughing weakly, before struggling to get back up, seeming to barely be able to stand, let alone fight any more.

"I've underestimated you children..." He uttered venomously, as though his pride were hurt more than his body, "... but I will not make that same mistake again. But now, here I stand. Congratulations, you've beaten down an old man. What do you intend to do then? Slay me? Take me in? Either way, the Master will look upon this transgression as a punishable offense by death. And believe me... He will not make it fast, nor will he make it painless...!"

As he spoke, his bony fingers began to make a number of gestures, twitching and fidgeting about.

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"Oh yes, I'm fine," Libra replied to Sera and Lindel, adding with a hint of exasperstion, "Surprisingly this isn't the first time someone's been thrown at me today."

Fortunately it seemed to be the last, as Faust was defeated by Siegward's attack. As their foe lay in defeat, Libra glared down at him, no pity for the man who happily slaughtered almost an entire village. "Where is this master of yours?"

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"Aha! I found some..." Sumia turned just in time to see Yuki start drinking down alcohol.

"...nuts..." Sumia sighed, placing the bowl dosn in front of the girl. Hopefully she was enough of a lightweight that it would knock her out before she got into more trouble. "Oh, Miki...do you know who Dracula is? I've never heard the name myself."

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"Well Constantine," Terraspin adds, "he's your archenemy. Want the final slice of cake?"

Looking on to Faust's hand gestures, Terraspin alerts, "you better do it fast!"

Terraspin aimed a few bursts of wind from his hollow chest at Faust's hands in an effort to halt them with impact.

He then noticed that Libra was interrogating the rotten magician.

"Right, interrogations. Tell us Dracula's and your relation with the yellow rhyming demon and the castle that only comes out at night!"

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[Lucky]

Mike Munroe

Mike was happy that Faust had gone done, but his eyes noticed something that nobody else seemed to be paying attention too. " If I may make a suggestion, perhaps we should tie his hands down so he can't summon more friends or perform more magic, he is twitching those fingers faster than any one person should," he said.

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Joshua Washington

Josh had travelled back to the tavern and noticed the left alcohol and decided to take a ship. He needed to drink as much as he could to take away the memories and the pain. " A little alcohol never killed anyone, let the girl have a drink," he dryly said to Miku.

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Soraka stood by the side, watching her allies exchange blows with Faust. Combining their efforts, they broke Faust's barrier and defeated him. She was visibly glad when she saw Faust's defeated figure laying on the ground, it meant that the battle was over. But Faust started to do some hand gestures, which unnerved her. Faust might be performing a spell. She conjured tiny, light tendrils that came under Faust. The tendrils reached towards his hands, trying to tangle it.

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[Ver]

"Oh yes, I'm fine," Libra replied to Sera and Lindel, adding with a hint of exasperstion, "Surprisingly this isn't the first time someone's been thrown at me today."

Fortunately it seemed to be the last, as Faust was defeated by Siegward's attack. As their foe lay in defeat, Libra glared down at him, no pity for the man who happily slaughtered almost an entire village. "Where is this master of yours?"​

"Well Constantine," Terraspin adds, "he's your archenemy. Want the final slice of cake?"

Looking on to Faust's hand gestures, Terraspin alerts, "you better do it fast!"

Terraspin aimed a few bursts of wind from his hollow chest at Faust's hands in an effort to halt them with impact.

He then noticed that Libra was interrogating the rotten magician.

"Right, interrogations. Tell us Dracula's and your relation with the yellow rhyming demon and the castle that only comes out at night!"​

Mike Munroe

Mike was happy that Faust had gone done, but his eyes noticed something that nobody else seemed to be paying attention too. " If I may make a suggestion, perhaps we should tie his hands down so he can't summon more friends or perform more magic, he is twitching those fingers faster than any one person should," he said.

Soraka stood by the side, watching her allies exchange blows with Faust. Combining their efforts, they broke Faust's barrier and defeated him. She was visibly glad when she saw Faust's defeated figure laying on the ground, it meant that the battle was over. But Faust started to do some hand gestures, which unnerved her. Faust might be performing a spell. She conjured tiny, light tendrils that came under Faust. The tendrils reached towards his hands, trying to tangle it.​

"Ngh..." Faust grunted as his hands were tied up, preventing him from further making any more gestures with his fingers. His expression briefly shifted into a venomous smile for a moment as he let out an antagonizing laugh, before he responded to the questions posed toward him.

"Hooh, you want to know about the Master? Oh, I'll promise you this... You'll meet him soon enough," Felix said first, "He resides within such the castle of night, which I have no doubt you conceited heroes will attempt to storm. He may not, but I'll welcome it. The children of the night must feed, after all," he said with a brief cackle.

"As for that rhymin' bastard of a demon... We ran into him at the brothel earlier," Constantine piped up, "I mentioned it before to some of the others, but that bloody arsehole's name is Etrigan, and normally, he ain't such a bad chap. A little rough on the edges, but never so dull as to work for someone like him, not unless he were under some sort of influence," he said, pointing toward Faust, to which the sorcerer shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Malevolence can drive a man, or even a demon, to do many things. For example, you really ought to keep your temper under control, Constantine. Who knows what might happen if I feel the urge to snuff out your precious witch?"

"If you do anything to her..."

"Hahahaha... I live for that expression on your face. Go on, then. Follow me into the depths of Hell. Fall into the abyss! I'm eager to see just how far you'd sink!" Faust cackled, before suddenly, his body transcended the physical plane, his form becoming transparent as though he had become a ghost, Soraka's tendrils sinking to the ground as his new ghostly form disappeared into the sky out of nowhere, leaving nothing but the ominous echo of his own laughter in the air.

...

In the distance, the red clouds in the sky slowly began to part, and it was then that it became visible in the air.

A massive castle, towering over the entire village, imposing and intimidating all the same. It exuded a dark, evil presence all by itself, with a force so powerful that the ground practically trembled before it and struggled to support the massive structure.

Constantine could only purse his lips and whistle awkwardly at the rather discouraging sight of what seemed to be the headquarters of Faust and his master.

"Well... Bugger all," he could only say.

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[Ver]

"Aha! I found some..." Sumia turned just in time to see Yuki start drinking down alcohol.

"...nuts..." Sumia sighed, placing the bowl dosn in front of the girl. Hopefully she was enough of a lightweight that it would knock her out before she got into more trouble. "Oh, Miki...do you know who Dracula is? I've never heard the name myself."​

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Josh had travelled back to the tavern and noticed the left alcohol and decided to take a ship. He needed to drink as much as he could to take away the memories and the pain. " A little alcohol never killed anyone, let the girl have a drink," he dryly said to Miku.

"Uehehe~" Yuki only giggled as she downed the wine, face quickly flushing pink as she did so, "Man... This punch tastes funny!~"

"It's not..." Miki began to say, before Josh appeared in the tavern as well, seeming to not find it a big deal. With a resigned sigh, the girl shook her head, briefly pinching the bridge of her nose. "Never mind..."

When Sumia inquired about if the name "Dracula" meant anything to her, Miki pursed her lips, remaining silently initially, as though to find the right words to describe such a name.

"W-Well... In my world, he's just... a character from a book. A novel, even. A scary vampire with aspirations of evil," Miki explained reluctantly, rubbing her head, "I never would have thought that I'd end up in a world where he was real, though... Who knows? Maybe it's someone who took inspiration from it and just decided to call himself that? His old book never talked about anything like a mysterious castle that rises at night or working with some ragged magician or anything like that..."

Shaking her head, she cleared her throat. "S-Should we really be in a place like this while the others are risking their lives? We should really--"

"Jeeeeez, Mii-kun, you're so tense!~ You really should lighten up a little, especially since we're on a field trip!~" Yuki giggled, suddenly appearing behind Miki and hugging her tightly, to the girl's surprise.

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[Macy Moretti]

"Ngh..." Faust grunted as his hands were tied up, preventing him from further making any more gestures with his fingers. His expression briefly shifted into a venomous smile for a moment as he let out an antagonizing laugh, before he responded to the questions posed toward him.

"Hooh, you want to know about the Master? Oh, I'll promise you this... You'll meet him soon enough," Felix said first, "He resides within such the castle of night, which I have no doubt you conceited heroes will attempt to storm. He may not, but I'll welcome it. The children of the night must feed, after all," he said with a brief cackle.

"As for that rhymin' bastard of a demon... We ran into him at the brothel earlier," Constantine piped up, "I mentioned it before to some of the others, but that bloody arsehole's name is Etrigan, and normally, he ain't such a bad chap. A little rough on the edges, but never so dull as to work for someone like him, not unless he were under some sort of influence," he said, pointing toward Faust, to which the sorcerer shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Malevolence can drive a man, or even a demon, to do many things. For example, you really ought to keep your temper under control, Constantine. Who knows what might happen if I feel the urge to snuff out your precious witch?"

"If you do anything to her..."

"Hahahaha... I live for that expression on your face. Go on, then. Follow me into the depths of Hell. Fall into the abyss! I'm eager to see just how far you'd sink!" Faust cackled, before suddenly, his body transcended the physical plane, his form becoming transparent as though he had become a ghost, Soraka's tendrils sinking to the ground as his new ghostly form disappeared into the sky out of nowhere, leaving nothing but the ominous echo of his own laughter in the air.

...

In the distance, the red clouds in the sky slowly began to part, and it was then that it became visible in the air.

A massive castle, towering over the entire village, imposing and intimidating all the same. It exuded a dark, evil presence all by itself, with a force so powerful that the ground practically trembled before it and struggled to support the massive structure.

Constantine could only purse his lips and whistle awkwardly at the rather discouraging sight of what seemed to be the headquarters of Faust and his master.

"Well... Bugger all," he could only say.

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"So, I know that Faust guy said we were storming that castle, but is that really what we should do? Is it a good idea? It's usually not good to follow the suggestion of our enemies. That's how you fall into traps."

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[Jeremi]

"Ngh..." Faust grunted as his hands were tied up, preventing him from further making any more gestures with his fingers. His expression briefly shifted into a venomous smile for a moment as he let out an antagonizing laugh, before he responded to the questions posed toward him.

"Hooh, you want to know about the Master? Oh, I'll promise you this... You'll meet him soon enough," Felix said first, "He resides within such the castle of night, which I have no doubt you conceited heroes will attempt to storm. He may not, but I'll welcome it. The children of the night must feed, after all," he said with a brief cackle.

"As for that rhymin' bastard of a demon... We ran into him at the brothel earlier," Constantine piped up, "I mentioned it before to some of the others, but that bloody arsehole's name is Etrigan, and normally, he ain't such a bad chap. A little rough on the edges, but never so dull as to work for someone like him, not unless he were under some sort of influence," he said, pointing toward Faust, to which the sorcerer shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Malevolence can drive a man, or even a demon, to do many things. For example, you really ought to keep your temper under control, Constantine. Who knows what might happen if I feel the urge to snuff out your precious witch?"

"If you do anything to her..."

"Hahahaha... I live for that expression on your face. Go on, then. Follow me into the depths of Hell. Fall into the abyss! I'm eager to see just how far you'd sink!" Faust cackled, before suddenly, his body transcended the physical plane, his form becoming transparent as though he had become a ghost, Soraka's tendrils sinking to the ground as his new ghostly form disappeared into the sky out of nowhere, leaving nothing but the ominous echo of his own laughter in the air.

...

In the distance, the red clouds in the sky slowly began to part, and it was then that it became visible in the air.

A massive castle, towering over the entire village, imposing and intimidating all the same. It exuded a dark, evil presence all by itself, with a force so powerful that the ground practically trembled before it and struggled to support the massive structure.

Constantine could only purse his lips and whistle awkwardly at the rather discouraging sight of what seemed to be the headquarters of Faust and his master.

"Well... Bugger all," he could only say.

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Morte let out a low whistle. "Gotta admit, this Dracula guy really knows how to make an entrance."

"So, I know that Faust guy said we were storming that castle, but is that really what we should do? Is it a good idea? It's usually not good to follow the suggestion of our enemies. That's how you fall into traps."
​

"We're all ears for suggestions," Grace replied. "Right now however to save us and everyone else we have to challenge that castle and its master."

@Ver @Lucky @Alex Azure @Otto @Takumi @Crow @Yun Lee @Kaykay @Jeremi @Tutski19 @Everyone

 

[Crow]

"Ngh..." Faust grunted as his hands were tied up, preventing him from further making any more gestures with his fingers. His expression briefly shifted into a venomous smile for a moment as he let out an antagonizing laugh, before he responded to the questions posed toward him.

"Hooh, you want to know about the Master? Oh, I'll promise you this... You'll meet him soon enough," Felix said first, "He resides within such the castle of night, which I have no doubt you conceited heroes will attempt to storm. He may not, but I'll welcome it. The children of the night must feed, after all," he said with a brief cackle.

"As for that rhymin' bastard of a demon... We ran into him at the brothel earlier," Constantine piped up, "I mentioned it before to some of the others, but that bloody arsehole's name is Etrigan, and normally, he ain't such a bad chap. A little rough on the edges, but never so dull as to work for someone like him, not unless he were under some sort of influence," he said, pointing toward Faust, to which the sorcerer shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Malevolence can drive a man, or even a demon, to do many things. For example, you really ought to keep your temper under control, Constantine. Who knows what might happen if I feel the urge to snuff out your precious witch?"

"If you do anything to her..."

"Hahahaha... I live for that expression on your face. Go on, then. Follow me into the depths of Hell. Fall into the abyss! I'm eager to see just how far you'd sink!" Faust cackled, before suddenly, his body transcended the physical plane, his form becoming transparent as though he had become a ghost, Soraka's tendrils sinking to the ground as his new ghostly form disappeared into the sky out of nowhere, leaving nothing but the ominous echo of his own laughter in the air.

...

In the distance, the red clouds in the sky slowly began to part, and it was then that it became visible in the air.

A massive castle, towering over the entire village, imposing and intimidating all the same. It exuded a dark, evil presence all by itself, with a force so powerful that the ground practically trembled before it and struggled to support the massive structure.

Constantine could only purse his lips and whistle awkwardly at the rather discouraging sight of what seemed to be the headquarters of Faust and his master.

"Well... Bugger all," he could only say.

@Lucky @Alex Azure @Otto @Takumi @Crow @Yun Lee @Kaykay @Jeremi @Tutski19 @Everyone​

"So, I know that Faust guy said we were storming that castle, but is that really what we should do? Is it a good idea? It's usually not good to follow the suggestion of our enemies. That's how you fall into traps."

@Ver @Lucky @Alex Azure @Otto @Takumi @Crow @Yun Lee @Kaykay @Jeremi @Tutski19 @Everyone​

Morte let out a low whistle. "Gotta admit, this Dracula guy really knows how to make an entrance."



"We're all ears for suggestions," Grace replied. "Right now however to save us and everyone else we have to challenge that castle and its master."

@Ver @Lucky @Alex Azure @Otto @Takumi @Crow @Yun Lee @Kaykay @Jeremi @Tutski19 @Everyone

In a flash of green light, Terraspin was Ben again as Faust's spirit leaves his body.

"Oh, of course he can do that."

Ben then turns to Kokichi.

"If it's a trap, I'm taking it," Ben says to Kokichi. "Dracula and his minions are preparing to sink their teeth into defenseless folk as we speak, there's no way I'm letting that happen anytime soon. I say - let's go do a little vampire hunting."

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[Ver]

"So, I know that Faust guy said we were storming that castle, but is that really what we should do? Is it a good idea? It's usually not good to follow the suggestion of our enemies. That's how you fall into traps."​

Morte let out a low whistle. "Gotta admit, this Dracula guy really knows how to make an entrance."

"We're all ears for suggestions," Grace replied. "Right now however to save us and everyone else we have to challenge that castle and its master."

In a flash of green light, Terraspin was Ben again as Faust's spirit leaves his body.

"Oh, of course he can do that."

Ben then turns to Kokichi.

"If it's a trap, I'm taking it," Ben says to Kokichi. "Dracula and his minions are preparing to sink their teeth into defenseless folk as we speak, there's no way I'm letting that happen anytime soon. I say - let's go do a little vampire hunting."​

"Way I see it, laddie, we don't exactly have a choice. Lest you forget about that brand on your body there," Constantine said to Kokichi, flicking his cigarette to the side, before looking up upon the castle, "It's as hero boy says, at least. A sod like Faust's new master has to be plenty evil to sic his demons upon a village like this. Evil enough to provide up to the God Hand all by himself instead of you lot."

"And 'sides, I've got a score to settle with that sunnuvabitch anyhow. We don't have any time to waste. Let's gather everyone 'round and make after them. Ain't no alternative anyhow."

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[Yun Lee]

"A book character?" All the books Sumia read, none of them mentioned Dracula. Maybe she should look into that when she got home...if, y'know, this Dracula didn't traumatize her against the name or anything. "Well, whoever he is, I'm sure we can take him! For now..." She would kneel in front of Yuki. "How about a piggyback ride while we meet up with everyone? I think firework cleanup is over now, so it's safe!"

---

"So it's settled, then. We make this the final night of Dracula's castle." Libra traced his fingers along the brand, eager to rid himself of it. Perhaps their being brought to this world was a bit of fortune; if they hadn't been worn thin already, the Coalition could possibly watch over this world. It seemed Dracula and Faust were outsiders, after all.

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[Ver]

"A book character?" All the books Sumia read, none of them mentioned Dracula. Maybe she should look into that when she got home...if, y'know, this Dracula didn't traumatize her against the name or anything. "Well, whoever he is, I'm sure we can take him! For now..." She would kneel in front of Yuki. "How about a piggyback ride while we meet up with everyone? I think firework cleanup is over now, so it's safe!"​

"Uehehe, sounds fun! I haven't had one of those since I was a kid!"

Even Miki sometimes had trouble remembering that Yuki was just about eighteen years old.

"Maybe you can give one to Mii-kun, and she can hold me up! Like a little tower!"

"N-No, I... think we all just ought to walk," Miki stammered uncomfortably. She couldn't believe she felt like the voice of reason, with Sumia being like the stand-in to Rii-san right at this moment, at least. Too bad she wasn't doing anything, huh?

@Yun Lee @Josh​