Pax RP

Fenrir stood up with a grunt and walked towards it, looking in and seeing what was left. "This place is no longer an advantage until we deal with this pain. We need plans, back-ups. Redundant backups. Contacts. Anyone has any we might be able to turn to us, speak."

"I have a few-Anthea and Yuru would come in handy right now, and Qismat, even if unreliable, she SHOULD be helpful." Yara said with a smile "Alternatively, there is Nysani and Arisu...but Arisu dislikes me and I have no way to contact Nysani...so these two don't count,right?" She said awkwardly. "Either way,as for what you said Kalina, yes, murdering gods shouldn't be done first.But it is a nice end goal to aim to" She said,glad that everything was progressing smoothly for now, leaning back on the air, as she floated around Fenrir and Kalina, not too used with walking on the ground itself.

Temple

In her daze Felicia walked into the Comms Room and started looking for unusual activity over the monitors.

Cave

Grumbling slightly, the Incubus returned back to the scene with the water that had been requested.

Fangblaze trotted back from his little break to find the kitten gone. The fiery horse snorted and started looking around for the little furball, at first thinking it was just a joke. However, the Nightmare got gradually more and more frantic as Dusklight failed to appear.

As Felicia looked through the monitors - everything seemed normal - that is until she got to the feeds for Yorick. The feeds that were supposed to come from the area right around the skull-shaped fortress were completely down, and those further out - they merely showed a giant wall obscuring whatever was inside. Whatever was going on inside though - it was generating a massive amount of heat and smoke.

Temple of Insanity

~Solveig, message the group.~

Carefully listening in the link-up, the huldra nodded to herself while pacing around in the room, both eyes shimmering with the glow of a sunrise. "Yes... Yes... I will... Yes, I can dispatch some over," she muttered towards a wall to maintain some distance to go over their conversation privately. She tapped at her head once done talking, dispatching a trio of 'herself' out to the location mentioned in thought.

"Grathon... Said he caught a glimpse of some wall on the way to Fort Yorick before two more Automatons went offline.... A few of my Flame Guard will scout the area more discretely to see what might be happening over there..."

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Corrupted Cave

"I still have a small residence for myself, so that won't be an issue in relocation," she thought out aloud, checking around to see anything important in the room as well. "... A Blue Mage can help with somethings within his capacity... And I'm sure there are other strings I can pull to deal with this pain as you said."

Sniffing the air, she turned about and walked over to the Incubus to take the glass. "Thank you Andrew, if you could alert anyone else in the Cave's security is now compromised for now that would be great," she explained as she went back over to pass the water to Fenrir. "... Any assistance right now will be needed, Yara."

Temple

Felicia just stared. Stared at the monitors, stared at the scene, stared internally as her own suspicions became so much more likely. ~I think you all might need to see this... ~

Cave

Grumbling again, the Incubus squared his shoulders and walked off with his wings fluttering*

Yara nodded at Kalina's words."Uh...we should go to horn and halo and explain our situation to them,then?It is not like this place is safe at all right now, and if there is something we need, is to not be ambushed like that.At least, if we get attacked there, we get Nero and DP to fight each other, and that'd...be good, right?Besides it is really really close to where Anthea is!" she added cheerfully.

The fiery horse snorted, pranced, tossed his head, before, eventually... ~Mistress, Dusklight is missing... I cannot find him~

Fangblaze winced at the loud reply before rearing and rushing off in search of the other.

~Dusklight is missing! Find Twilight! Find my daughter!~ Ran through the minds of all Agents...

Imp: *A strange monkey like creature had noticed the storm brewing over the dark forest and grew curious, moving closer... Whatever this thing was, it was no ordinary simian, whilst of a small frame, it has fur, flesh and muscle of a sickly green shade and on top of it's head is a single white horn.

The odd green imp appeared to be wearing a tattered green outfit with fluttering sleeves and was also carrying an extendable wooden flute on it's back. On it's waist would be a toy paddle and a dark green pouch for carrying things. Hiding it's face was a white paper mask with a red katakana which is a sideways イ* ... *Stopping some distance from the dark forest, it sat down on a tree branch and pulled it's flute from it's back and started merrily playing to let it's presence be known* ^^

Collector: *The stormfront nearby the imp seems to quiet down somewhat as it 'listens'*

Treberi: *Listens carefully beneath the soil with its clones*

Imp: *Notices this and continues playing, the green imp jumping down from the tree, dancing cheerfully... Kind of an odd thing to do when so close to danger, but the odd being seemed oddly cheerful about it.* ^^

Collector: 'Strange' *she whispered word to Treberi*

Treberi: *Whispers back* 'Quite strange indeed'

Imp: *Pauses briefly, seeing and hearing no response... Though then returned to playing and danced a little closer, whatever it was doing it had some kind of goal in mind it appears.*

Treberi: *Summons a tendril out from the ground, letting it match the rhythm of the music played*

Collector: *The storm stays quiet as it listens*

Imp: ! *Spots the tendril, and the tune it was playing grew more enthusiastic and it's dancing seemed to grow more energetic... It was quite easy to tell it was very happy about this* ^^

Collector: 'What is it trying to achieve?' *another whisper*

Treberi: 'Seems to be some sort of musical bard... For the fun it all' *the demented tree whispered back*

Imp: *Continues to play and dance around merrily* ^^

Treberi: *Slowly tries to move the tendril deeper into the forest as it danced*

Collector: 'Hmm' *the shadow barrier is lowered so the tendril and the imp can come in deeper*

Imp: *Tilts it's head and follows the tendril, seemingly not afraid of the forest, likely due to familiarity.* ^^

Treberi: *Quivering about, the tendril kept 'swimming' through the earth as the uppermost part still move along to the beat of the tunes* 'Anywhere in particular?' *he whispered*

Collector: 'Perhaps the centre'

Imp: *Continues to follow the tendril whilst playing, enjoying how dark it was in the forest quite a bit as well* ^^

Treberi: 'Will do' *he whispered back, guiding the strange Imp to the center of the Collector's domain*

Collector: *They come out into an opening, a cut right into the side of the mountain, where the dimensional door stood reaching high into the sky and the remains of an old ritual stood below it. The storm appears even worse here*

Imp: *Stops playing and looks around. 'Well... This is new' it thought curiously* o.o *Looks at the remains of an odd ritual and the dimensional door, then up at the sky* Eh? o.o *Is more curious than afraid*

Collector: 'Excellent'

Treberi: 'Hasn't been scared away at all of this... Could be useful...' *he suggested in the whisper, pulling the tendril into the ground when the Imp looks away*

Imp: *Continues to look around, noticing the tendril was gone* Odd. o.o *It muttered* Hello? Anyone out there? *Never heard of a cursed zone being a 'ghost town' for it's kin before... So this all was rather confusing for it.*

Collector: 'Hello' *came a voice back, before C formed before the imp in her half-wyvern woman form Seems you rather like my forest*

Imp: *Stares at her for a few moments, seeming... Rather puzzled before returning to being cheerful* It is a very nice forest! ^^ *It spoke merrily* Dark, eerie and with a refreshingly evil aura, how could I not like it? Reminds me of the cursed zones of the world I come from!

C: Indeed?

Au'Marui: *A Mango manifests right over C's head. Once done manifesting, gravity takes over and falls onto C's head*

Imp: ... o.o *Stares at the mango*

C: *Looking quite annoyed, kicks the mango off her head using the stuff the body is made out of... before literally everything in the entire forest sends up and out the tendrils of darkness. Probing the air, the sky, even the very top of the atmosphere, through into space. The storm rages even stronger as the red lightning starts coming down more quickly, hitting even outside the edge of the Tainted area. The woman's form writhed as she now struggled to keep it solid* >_>

Treberi: *A tendril would pop out of the ground to destroy the mango once it flew off the Alignment, splattering it on the ground as the owner watched the splattered pulp closely* …

Imp: o_o

Au'Marui: *The storm continues to rage - but finds nothing*

C: *Twitches... before coating the very air around them with the darkness pulled from her own realm, clouding the area from all but her own and those she allows sight* >_>

Imp: ... What... Just happened?

C: ... A gift from an enemy that Should. Not. Be. In. Here. *she pointed at the imp Since you like my forest so much why not stay and help me out. I have been looking for help anyway...*

Imp: ... Err, okay? *Stares, still rather confused by what just happened* So what kinda stuff ya want me to do?

C: Scout. Report. Destroy any mangoes you see. Oh and deliver messages. You are not Tainted, there are places you can go I cannot. For right now... See how the mood is at the place called The Encampment.

C: I must depart before the forest becomes ash of my own doing *She said, the body then exploding as if in relief as the 'dark air' returned back to the dimension it had come from. The storm still raged and the forest still writhed with unbridled fury*

Imp: I can do that. ^^ The first two things I used to do a lot anyways... Before my boss had all his heads cut off, then I was put outta work... ._.; *Tilts his head* Where is this Encampment place?- ... Okay then, bye? *Watches her explode, rubbing the back of his head still wondering 'what the heck?'*

Au'Marui: *Upon returning to her realm she finds a note - this time written in black on red paper. It still bears the seal of her enemy though. Inside it simply said "Well done - such control. If that's how you react to a fruit, you're going to love my next surprise..."

C: *Reads note, doesn't reply, leaves that realm too*

Imp: *Decides to go and leave the forest to search for this 'Encampment' place*

Outside both the Temple and Ft. Yorick, a rain of dead, roasted badgers started and showed no signs of stopping

Yuru would immediately run for shelter inside of the temple, scared of the fire rain-or at least, for sure as hell she didn't want to check out if her water is more powerful than the rain of fire corpses."What the hell is happening?!" she shouted, as she barged inside of the temple.she was quite a big bigger than usual-10ft tall or so, as she had absorbed a good bit of the water of her lake as she left it...and was hoping that such size wouldn't be an inconvenience for the knights.

Temple of Insanity

~I think you all might need to see this... ~

The Knight and Squire felt compelled to check out what Felicia had to show them, yet a more immediate problem at their hands. Plastering the surroundings in the fiery carcasses of a seemingly endless downpour of badgers, Grathon shuddered as the earth went to blanket him so not to distract him any further in the Automaton-relays.

"... Oh my gods..."

Stunned at the gruesome display, the huldra stood just at the edge of the door witnessing the dead creatures flood the area. Her Flame Guard had an unnatural twitch during the assault of emotions felt from their originator. ~Felicia... Check the monitors outside... Right outside the Temple...~

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Corrupted Cave

"... Considering that is where we held our first meeting, I believe that would be wise," Kalina said, gesturing at the Headmaster for approval at this idea.

Temple of Insanity Guest Room

Skathi: ... *Hearing Solveig mention the a company of badgers rained down over the Temple, Skathi looked about in the guest room she resided within quietly. She had just about enough staying here; first from worried that another heatwave would appear out whilst she and Rechomi head back home... And the recent developments that happened*

*DP apparated behind Skathi, manipulating the minds around so that only Skathi can see and hear him*

DP: Where are you off too in such a hurry, dear sister?

Skathi: ... Why do you ask? *She grumbled, not in the best of moods*

DP: Because, I think you really want to stay on Ana.

Skathi: ... Why be damn I want to stay here? *leering at the air it seems, she had all reason to be back on Kata in her caverns*

*DP appears to be tossing some sort of crystaline ball between his hands. Inside it churned and swirled in various colors. It appeared as if a crack had developed within the orb*

DP: So tell me, how is that boy you insist on hanging around with?

Skathi: *Her Wyrd eye flared upon him saying those words, the grey light emmiting from it went to analyze the strange orb her brother held in his hands...* He is doing fine now, 'thanks' for asking

*The huldra growled, the fact on Insanity was inside Rechomi did not bode well in her mind*

DP: *Holds up the orb* OH really? I beg to differ....Indeed, this doesn't look nearly as good as you are trying to convince me it does.

Skathi: ... What the heck is that? *she insisted, standing straight up to face the god*

DP: *does some slight of hand and the Orb disappears* You can say it represents his mind....and to put it bluntly, he has definitely cracked.

Skathi: ... *Snarling, the demi-god's arms transformed themselves into fearsome claws cloaked with ice* You bastard...

*the room suddenly grows much much hotter, making it difficult to maintain any liquid water - let alone Ice*
DP: Did you forget, dear sister, that we were both born of fire? Now if you wish to hear my offer, I suggest you calm down. Otherwise, who knows what could happen....

Skathi: *She dispelled the aura against the enchanted ice, instead trying to keep her cool both figuratively and literally right now* ... Speak your words then... *her voice soaked in hatred*

*The tempurature drops back down to normal*

DP: You know I can heal that boy. It would be nothing. Whether I do or not depends on one thing: Are you willing to side with me? I have great plans, and things will go sooo much smoother if I have use of your talents. Just come with me - you and your boy-toy. All it will take..

Skathi: *Breathing more steadily as the heat subsided, she stared harshly at him... knowing only one option left*

... Damn you... *reverting the reptilian traits away, the gray eye easing off with its strain* ... Fine... You win...

DP: Wunderbar! NO need to pack, I've already seen to that. If you are ready, The three of us will head out immediately.

Skathi: Lead the way then... *She sighed in defeat after being rigged into this*

*Skathi and Rechemi feel as if their stomaches dropped as a warp portal appeared below each teleporting them away. Seeing them gone, DP hums a disturbingly merry tune as he walks into a wall and disappears*


Temple of Insanity - Main Hall
Tom got the report from Felicia, and was running downstairs when Solveig asked her to check the outside monitors.

~Everyone, priority one alert. Gear up for battle and meet in the conference room. I'm going to check out the Comms room, then do the same. I don't like whatever is going on....not one bit~

~Temple of insanity-outside the HQ~
Yuru would be...quite surprised at the lack of people to greet her at the entrace of the temple.And so, she knocked on the door to the HQ-or at least, what she presumed to be the knights' HQ."Is anybody there?" She shouted, a bit worried about the knights.

Temple of Insanity

Blinking, Solveig looked back at the door after she fell into shock of the moment. "Erm-Yes, we are here Yuru,' she stammered, opening the door for the huge water elemental. "Sorry, ThereHasBeenALotGoingOnAndICanSeeYouKnowToo.-

~Everyone, priority one alert. Gear up for battle and meet in the conference room. I'm going to check out the Comms room, then do the same. I don't like whatever is going on....not one bit~

Grathon mustered himself out from the earth upon the order. Grimacing slightly at the headache he had due to the constant chaos going around, he siphoned part of his body off-about no larger than a bowling ball-to maintain the relay he was just on. ~Understood,~ the immortal sent back, going over to the hidden entrance, instructing Solveig to keep Yuru informed of what could be said of the situation.

Yuru nodded."...yes.I'm just asking why the symbol of DP is raining down, dead and burning from the skies." Yuru said, awkwardly."I believe it would be a rather unusual situaiton, and so...well, first of all, is it normal for dead badges to rain in this time of the year?If not,then what do you think it caused?.....and if what caused it is dangerous....how do we survive?" She asked, being rather blunt.