Roleplay:Shadows Grow

This roleplay is closed! Sorry!

Overview
The battle of Viola City. A battle that will go down in history as either the battle where the world was turned upside down or the battle where the government destroyed a town and everyone in it with no struggle at all. It is a battle with such low chance of success that it is almost a guarnteed loss to the rebellion. Yet, there is one factor that not many are taking into consideration, the Shadow Legion is in town, and they aren't ones for allowing themseves to be defeated even by their former team mates. This is a battle that will require the upmost care, as four of the members of the team are sent out to kill the general and force the enemy team to retreat, even if it requires another loss on their part.

Participants
Neo

Involved Characters
Zero Evol

Kala the Genie

Leah Dubio

Delta Radon

Echo Radon

Eliza Hamilton

Knave Veron

Celia Takashi

Soldiers of Rebellion

Soldiers of Government

Zapor the Hegdehog

Lexi the Hedgehog

Octavia Shiragate

B.A.I.R.C

Saren Arcturias

Christina Transon

Part 1: The fires of war
Delta and the rest of the Shadow Legion met up at the top of the building where they all looked down at the battle that was about to begin. This wasn't just some simple battle between two different groups, or an assault on a doctor's home, this was a real war, with real soldiers and real odds. There was a good chance that a lot of people were going to die now and the only way these soldiers had even a shred of hope of getting out alive depended all on the Shadow Legion.

"This is awful." Delta noted.

"What do you think we should do?" Eliza asked. "This army is going to need a tactiction smarter than Celia to get out of this."

"Me? I'm not smarter than Celia..." Delta noted.

"But you know how to play odds, right?" Leah asked.

"If anyone knew what to do, it would be you." Zero agreed.

Delta took a second to think. "That big road out there, it looks like the only road that connects the two halves of the city together."

"So you do see it." Eliza nodded.

"If we send everyone there, we should be able to hold it. We can't focus on attacking we have to focus on defending anyone from getting out." Delta noted. "Then with everyone holding there, they aren't going to expect anyone trying to sneak to their side. We should send a small amount of people over there. Saren, Lexi, Zapor and Clock Watch should all head out...seperately."

"That's an...odd choice..." Zero noted.

"This war can be solved two ways." Delta said. "We can either go out and kill the general of the army." She nodded at Zapor and Saren. "Or we can try and talk some sense into him and see if he can be reasoned with." She nodded at Lexi and Clock Watch. "The greatest way to defeat an enemy is to make them an ally. Especially if we can convince Celia we're on the right side."

"If worst comes to worst..." Knave noted coldly. "She should still have that chip in her brain..."

"Out of the question." Delta said. "We are not going to use the chip to kill her."

"She's a science geek anyways she probably found a way to deactivate it by now." Echo stated.

"Then I should tell you." Knave said. "We've already contacted rebellion HQ, but we will not be able to get any help until tomorrow, we're on our own until then."

"Well, swear word. Um, what do you want us to do if we see anyone we know?" Zapor asked.

"An enemy is an enemy.. If they attempt to kill you, well, make sure they die first.." Saren answered.

"As far as I can tell Celia is the only one on the field of battle." Delta said.

"She was the only one I saw when I was there." Eliza told them.

"Who are you exactly?" Zero asked.

"Eliza Hamilton." Eliza said. "Newly turned rebel and...'friend' of Saren's."

Zero looked from Eliza to Saren. "Saren why didn't you tell us you had a...uh...lady-friend?"

"Because it's forbidden." Eliza answered.

"What do you mean?" Leah asked.

Eliza held up her hand, she had a ring on. "She's married..."

"I...see..." Echo nodded.

"She's married to King Typhoon Storm." Eliza continuted.

"Oh Shit..." Knave noted quickly.

"Well, I guess he liked it..." Octavia noted.

"And this is bad because once the king finds out, he'll bring up hell." B.A.I.R.C added.

Saren shrugged. "Didn't think I had to tell anyone, and let the king try.. This is war, and in war anything goes.. Sides, Eliza will be a great asset. So what's the big deal?" He answered, clueless as to what the others were implying.

"Well..." Zero noted. "I suppose that we are facing the worst the king has."

"She also has some inside knowledge of the other faction." Knave noted.

Eliza looked at Saren for a moment before saying. "Yes, I know a bit about the inside of the Royal Army."

"She isn't telling them about the third faction." The voice said to Saren. "Perhaps we better keep it from them too."

"So what type of inside knowledge do you have?" Octavia asked.

'Probably, now.. On to more pressing matters, like why Zero thought the wolf was my lady friend...?'

"I mean...the way she said it and..." Zero started.

"Wait you two aren't..." Echo started.

"This is certainly awkward isn't it..." Leah puffed.

Knave sighed. "Well...she does seem like your type of woman Saren..."

Delta seemed too focus on plotting a plan to even notice.

Kala was still in her mystic form and not exactly able to speak right now, or even be awake.

"Your type of woman?" Eliza asked. "What does that even mean?"

"... Did you guys think we had hit it off, as in get into a relationship? Not that I wouldnt mind but we just met, and she had been briefly trying to kill us. Which was fun by the way, we should do that again."

"From what Zapor told me, with your skills I'm suprised you didn't." Lexi said.

"Yeah, 9% of relationships can start with one of them trying to kill the other." Zapor added.

"I mean... She is very...promiscuous..." Knave said.

"Promiscuous? So I'm promiscuous now?" Eliza asked.

"Anyway." Zero interrupted.

"Everyone needs to get to Main Street." Delta said. "I'll put together some sound magic to communicate with all of you, but I need you all to defend this city and defeat the general."

"Ill stay up here." Eliza said. "We can work on things from up here."

"Right." Delta said. "Saren, try going to the west path, Zapor should go east, then Lexi and Clock can two halves of the center. If anyone gets caught we'll still have plenty of people to get to the general."

"Yeah yeah, and now I question whether I want to know what you think.."

"Whatever you say, General Grape Juice." Zapor said.

"I got this.." Saren waved casually, whistling the theme from Walker Texas Ranger.

Part 2 (A): Darkness grows
Saren was set on the far west side of the four paths, basically spear heading any progress that was to be made. Through the chaos there weren't many other troops in the way, Saren was left with very little to deal with on this end. The voice, however had other ideas.

"What do we do about Celia?" The voice asked. "We cannot allow her to remain on that side, she has very strategic plans that she can set in motion and especially after she made all those Contingency plans to kill any member of the Mythic Knights well, she is a threat. She would make a powerful ally, but the odds of her joining us again are...unlikely."

"I agree, though I'll try to convince her.. Should that fail, then I'll do what I gotta do.." Saren answered, a heavy sigh on his lips from what he may have to do.

"What do s tonyou think of Eliza?" The voice asked. "Isn't it odd that the queen of the country is working with the rebellion? Seemingly for nothing?"

"Yeah, but she probably has her reasons.." Saren replied.

"What about Zero?" The voice asked. "Supposedly he is now the leader of the Shadow Legion, but wasn't he the one who betrayed all of us?"

"Of course he did, and I don't trust him at all.." Saren growled st the memory.

"I agree." More silence as they continuted to move. "Saren...I cannot feel Zapor's energy." The voice finally said. "It was there but...it isn't anymore. Zapor is gone."

"...... I changed my mind, Celia dies tonight.." Saren muttered darkly,

"Now hold on for a moment, we need to think about this." The voice said. "When Eliza first encountered us, what did she say about her orders from Celia?"

"To bring us in alive.."

"I imagine that killing an immortal would be pretty difficult, even for Celia, and why not have Eliza try to kill us all there? It doesn't add up for Zapor to just be killed by Celia." The voice said. "I believe there is a third faction in this war." He paused. "And we just walked into their ambush."

".... Shit." Saren summed it all up in one word.

"I imagine Delta has figured that part out already." The voice said. "But if they're going to send someone out after us, then we need to know who it is."

"Yeah, it has been pretty silent.."

"Yes...silent." The voice said. "In fact notice how you can't hear a thing." The voice pointed out. There was no sound of war. No fire burning throug wood, not even the cannons could be heard. "There are three people watching us right now."

".... Your little charade is over!! Come out!"

Again, nothing but silence. Then quicker than anything, a knight in full black armor appears before Saren, carring a pure white blade. He was using Fey's sword. What happened to her?

"That aura is familiar." The scythe said. "It reminds me of...the battle with Radon. I don't quite remember it, but it feels similar to Era's but diffferent, perhaps this is another member of the Remnents with a powerful ability like hers."

"Yeah, Now look at the sword.. it's Fey's.." Saren responded. "Where'd ya get the seord buddy!?"

The knight didn't answer.

"What's wrong?" A voice asked, as a man came in. He wore black robes, with a hood covering his head. There was a small metallic orb floating around his tiny mouse ears. "It's just a spoil of war. Anarchy liked it, so they picked it up. It's not like that girl needs it anymore, not where she is now."

(Feel feel to send Xavek in now! .3.)

A rift opened up, and out walked a black fox with grey tipped ears and tail. The fox looked ordinary except for the hauntingly empty yellow eyes.

"Who is that...?" Saren asked, sure he was confident but he was also feeling a tad unnerved.

(Shit, I meant Moros! - Neo)

"Isn't that Era's partner?" The voice asked. "He...isn't normal either."

Moros looked at the knight, then Saren. '.... Who are you?'

The knight didn't answer. "You know it can't talk right now." The mouse said.

'Oh.. Then why am I here..?' Moros turned to ask the Mouse.

Saren nodded. "Yeah, he feels empty... Like he should not even exist yet he does.."

"Your little friend sent you." The mage said. "What was her name, Era?"

"I see that even after Radon, she's still trying to kill you all." The voice rang.

'Yes.. What of it..?'

Saren sighed and nodded. "Well, are we going to do this or not?" Saren asked as he readied his scythe.

"Go for it." The mage told the knight.

The knight quickly appeared in front of Saren, and threw her blade in an arc right at his forehead.

Saren ducked and swung his scythe at the knight's upper leg region.

The scythe's blade just barely missed, but what was odd about was the fact that it missed but the Knight didn't move.

"!" The voice said. "We were heading straight for her leg, what was that?"

The knight jumped over saren and thrust the blade towards his back.

Saren rolled forward to avoid the stab before spinning his scythe, and by extension his body, around to trip up the knight.

The knight jumped back, pulling a ball of light magic up and hurling it in Saren's direction, as it got close, it exploded in a cloud of light energy.

Saren covered his eyes as Moros took the time to intervene, namely by tossing a few ethereal blades at the knight.

The knight sprang back, holding her blade close.

"You are betraying Era now?" The mage called.

"No, I just don't know what the hell is going on.. Sides, I don't remember her telling me to go kill Saren.. Course I'll probably do it later.." Moros signed, tossing a few blades at Saren.

Saren was smart enough to try and sneak away, avoiding the blades.

The knight intercepted Saren's path, standing in front of him and swung their sword similar to someone in the past.

"That swing.. Who are you?" Saren asked as he blocked with his scythe.

Part 2 (B): The Hero of Darkness
Lexi was set on the center west side of the four paths, often sneaking through enemy encampments or anything that could be a problem. There were many things to see on this path, and the increase in troop camps proved that they were ready to fight the Rebel army for a very long time, making it very difficult for their troops to hold that position.

"Just keep moving." Delta advised Lexi. "We don't want to start a fight so early on into your mission."

"Right." Lexi whispered as she continued to sneak past.

As time grew and more people were passed, eventually the city was dead, no sign of anyone, although the sounds of cannon's firing became a little more loud. As time passed though, Lexi came to a very strange building. It wasn't strange in it's look or it's name, but rather the fact that it was clear that it was trying to pull lexi in.

Lexi looked at the building. She had a feeling that was urging her to go inside that building. She moved towards the building.

The building was pretty normal on the inside, it looked to be a bookstore or possibly a library. There were books scattered all around, but one book in particular with a blue cover seemed to be unaffected by the flames.

Lexi looked over at the book, looked around, then picked up the book. "?"

The book itself seemed harmless. It was a little weighty and it might be able to hurt someone if you dropped it on them. It was the pages of the book that seemed to be interesting. It tells a story about the first heroes. The Heroes of Shadow, Light, Serenity, Chaos, and Neutrality. Each possessing their own weapon, one weapon is described perfectly as the weapon that Lexi holds now, the Devil Blade.

Lexi looked at the sword in the book, and looked at the sword Zapor had given to her. "It's the same sword..? How did Zapor even get  this?" She asked herself.

Furthur on in the story, it begins to describe more about the heroes and how their powers are passed on. The Moral Heores pass on their powers to the last person they were thinking of, and it is that person who inherits all of the power. It goes on to describe more of the heroes, until finally it lands on a page that stands out among the others. A page with Lexi, holding the blade, and reading the exact same book.

"What the...?!" Lexi said, surprised by the picture. "Why am I in the book?" Lexi read on.

The pages described several other things in the future. It described a building known as Eclpise Manor, it describes the Shadow Legion escaping the city and going back to Station Square, and several other things that didn't really have anything to do with the Shadow Legion. Oddly enough, one page came up which detailed Lexi's sister, Treasure and how she fought against a horde of fire elementals with Hart, that coffee shop owner that Neo was friends with. It also began to speak of the Devil Blade being able to increase in power and change form, being able to become stronger as Lexi grew stronger.

"..." Lexi looked at the blade. She then looked at the picture of Treasure. "..Sis.."

The books goes into further detail, Treasure kissing Neo, oddly enough though, this scene looks as if it has taken place in the past, as the writing details that Neo is remembering something. Judging from the fact that Neo has Apollo's blade in this scene, and by the fact that it is very clearly Malaria City, not Otogi. This scene happened after Radon's defeat, during the six weeks before the kidnapping to Otogi. Which also means that Neo cheated on Fey with Treasure and also knew of her location, then omitted to telling Lexi where her sister is. The words on the page also say something strange. "Bravery reunites with Integrity."

Lexi clutched the book in her hands in anger. "That filthy little..." Lexi kicked a table in rage. "How could he keep this from me?! Of all things, THIS is the one thing he keeps...UGH!" She slammed her head on the table and moaned.

The blade seems to react to what Lexi is saying, and seems to vibrate for a second as if responding to her words.

The books goes on that not only did Neo knew of her location once, he knows all of her future locations as it says in the writing "She told him of her plans, and her goals, that she is going to several other places." It says that Neo knows all of this and has known about all of this.

"He knows where she's gonna be..?" She said, tears coming in her eyes. "A-and she didn't even mention me f-for a sec..." She picked up another book and threw it. "Dammit Neo! Why keep this from me? The least you could've done is to at least bring me up in the conversation!" She shouted to herself, on her knees with tears running down her face. "But all you did...all you did was kiss her and forgot about everything else..." She muttered.

The sword vibrated slightly more.

The book, thrown to the side now and had many pages flipped landed open. This page featured something a bit different. It was Treasure's loactions, places she had been and places she will be, and on one of those it says that in a few months time she will die in Station Square.

Lexi looked at the book and looked at the page. She saw the places where she was going to be at, and stopped at the Station Square portion of the map. "S-she's gonna....no..No No No NO NO!" Lexi punched a bookshelf. "She can't die! Not when I haven't seen her in years! She can't die!" Lexi shouted, now crying.

The book continued to read that she would die fighting with a familiar looking brown wolf against several different creatures which looked like fire. The brown wolf, after some studying was clearly Hart, Neo's friend from the Coffee Break Coffee Shop. Though his stance in battle and his clear progress really makes one wonder, how much does Hart know? Again there were some strange words at the bottom of the page. "Integrity fights with Paitience."

"...And why is their some weird words?!" She shouted, though silently acknowledging that Hart can hold his own in a battle. "And who the hell is Integrity?!"

The book reacted to those words and the pages began to turn, flipping through itself to a page at the beginning. "The shards of Light, Part 1" was what the caption it said. There were several children in the picture. A group all gathered together, but three in the group stood out, with another in the background standing out. There was a green fox boy with "Bravery" on him, there was a green fox girl with "Perseverance" on her, then there was a white hedgehog with "Integrity" on her, and the boy on the back, sitting on a bench had "Paitience" on him. The hedgehog girl was clearly Treasure, the two foxes looked sort of like Neo and Trinity, and the boy in the back had to have been Hart.

"Neo...Trinity...Hart...Integrity?..." Lexi muttered, staring at the book.

Once more the words shined, "The shards of light, part 1" and the respective traits of each person.

"Hmm...I guess..this is what was used to describe them here...I better tell Delta." She muttered to herself. "Hey, Grapes. I found d something."

"Lexi..." Delta said in a shaky voice.

"What is it?" Eliza asks quickly, knowing that Delta was about to tell Lexi that Zapor was dead, which may ruin the information they just got.

"I found some book in the library. It says something about the shards of light." Lexi fold them. "Um, is everything alright, Delta?"

"Well between watching our troops getting hurt out there and dealing with all Celia's tactics hasn't been the easiest thing to watch." Eliza said. "We found a bomber on his way here, but it looks like some explosion to the east stopped him. Anyway, what-"

"Lexi." Delta said. "Zapor...Zapor is dead. There was an explosion and it hit a bunch of things to the east, and Trinity was there and his ability to hear me went out and...I can't find him on the field anymore. Zero and Leah reported that he just...went out."

"Out like a fire in a storm." Eliza told them. "But this is war, a lot of people are going to die, even people we're close to."

"..............." Lexi didn't say anything for a couple of seconds. "...The book has stuff that can tell the future....."

"...What?" Eliza asked. "What do you mean? Like, you've seen-"

"What does it say about us?" Delta asked quickly.

"It didn't tell me that part....and not the future like this, it just had Neo, Hart, Tori, and Trinity in it..."

"What does all of that mean?" Eliza asked.

"I don't know." Delta said. "What else is in there? Did you find anything about anybody else?"

"No...its just those four...." Lexi told her.

"Interesting." Delta said. "It's weird that those four were pulled out, from all of us."

"Yeah..." Lexi said, walking out the library. "Does Echo know?"

"About Zapor?" Eliza asked. "No...no we don't want to tell her yet. After the battle, we will but..."

"If we do, she'll more than likely go into her dark form." Delta said. "We can't fight two forces at once."

"Right....anyway, I'll tell you if I find anything else..." Lexi said.

Part 2 (C): The Martyr
Zapor was set on the far east side of the four paths, proving to be quite a dull path for sure. There were no troops on this side at all, it was almost a ghost town. At first one might find this path to be quite easing, but the scent in the air, the smell of gunpowder from cannons and fire being burned, it smelled of despair.

Of course no one really put two and two together about this situation. Why were the buildings on fire? Zapor would soon realize that it wasn't the Royal army that set the buildings on fire, rather it was a single officer.

Trinity, in a burst of fire, smacked right into Zapor's path, almost as if she was flying above. Her fire burned very bright, and judging from the smell of the flames, it was clear that Trinity was currently in Phoenix Up 3. Celia's words echoed from seemingly ages ago. "Whatever Radon did to Trinity, it's increasing her power dramatically. Whenever she gets out of here, she's going to be a powerhouse!" It was clear now that those words were true, and that Trinity was currently in a state where she couldn't control herself.

"Zapor!" Delta called. "Saren quick go to-"

"Delta stop." Eliza said quickly. "If Saren is taken off of his current path, this entire mission will be a failure. There is no way that our troops will be able to hold their position long enough for Saren and Zapor to take care of the girl."

"But..." Delta started. "Zapor listen to me, those fires are different, they don't stop burning. They are just eternally burning the thing they are attached to, and since they're phoenix flames, your fire kinesis won't work on them." She paused. "Zapor, if those fires touch you, you might as well be dead, I don't even know if your regeneration will be able to regen fast enough to keep you alive. Zapor...what do you want to do?"

Whether by Radon's power or not, something in Zapor's mind clicked and he saw a glimpse of fork in time. He saw that if he called for help, he would live, and he and Saren would defeat Trinity. However, death has a funny way of always taking. If Zapor lives, it is guarenteed that Echo will die, in more ways than one. On the other path, it is certain that Zapor will be hit with the fire and will die, but everyone else will live and they will succeed in holding this town.

(Tales Decision for Zapor only: Kill Echo, Save Zapor or Save Echo, incapacitate Zapor [Zapor will not die, but he will be out of this season for a short time, and everyone will believe he is dead.])

The shock of what Zapor saw shook him and he knew what needed to happen. "....Grape Juice....I need you to tell Echo something." Zapor started. "The bagel went to the phone store to buy a computer and set a glacier on fire." He said. "..Trust me, she'll know what I mean." Zapor said, about to get hit by the flames.

(Getting incapacited will save everyone, right?)

(Correct. -Neo)

"What?" Delta asked. "Your breaking-" It seems the fire broke up everything that was going to be said after that. It doesn't seem like Delta will be able to hear Zapor or vice versa anymore.

Trinty's flames burst even larger than before, they grew hot, hotter with every lick and they gave an aura of terror.

"Interesting." A voice said to Saren. "You choose your friends over yourself." This voice was similar to Saren's but different at the same time. This one was very clearly a woman, but it's tone was very...different. It seemed passionate and aggressive at the same time. "You remind me of myself when I was much younger, dying in the fields of combat, as a martyr." She paused."But let me tell you something: Dying is easy, young man, living is harder."

"A...what..?" Zapor muttered, hearing the voice.

"Look, I can't really explain much about myself, that would take to much time." The voice said. "Here's what I can tell you. Currently this army is failing. Delta is working with less than a third of what she should be working with, the entire army is a powderkeg about to explode, you all are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, and outplanned. You need all the help you can get right now and the very first step involves taking care of this woman in front of you. Because if you just let her defeat you, do you know where she's headed next? Main Street. Yeah, they'll still be able to hold it, but a lot of people are going to die because of it. There is no way in hell you stand a chance against a woman able to use phoenix fire...unless you had the help of someone like me." She paused. "I can help you defeat her. I am not an enemy to you, and if you'd like, I will let you be as soon as this is over, but I need you to say 'I am not throwing away my shot'."

(Tales Decision for Zapor only: Say "I am not throwing away my shot" or refuse the power of the voice.)

"What are you gonna do if I say yes?" Zapor asked. "And let me be what?"

"Kid, listen to me." The voice said. "My power is incredible and scary, and it has been on this planet for as long as the planet has been around. There is a reason I am here, and a reason why I can communicate with you. I am a spirit, and very clearly not one trying to hurt you. I cannot turn you into anything, you would still be you, but if you have any hope of one day calling that little girl on Main Street your wife and not dying at the hands of this phoenix priestess, than you only have one hope, and that is working with me."

Zapor paused for a moment. "....OK." He started. "I am not throwing away my shot."

Zapor lost control of his body, his arms began to act on their own. Trinity jumped up and prepared to aim her daggers straight into Zapor, when BOOM. Zapor had fired a blast from his shotgun right into Trinity's face, throwing the girl away. She stood back up unharmed by the blast and proceeded to become locked in combat with Zapor, parrying blade with gun and vice versa. It eventually came to Trinity sending a bolts of flame at Zapor, who somehow, with the spirits help, was able to seperate the flames and send them back to Trinity.

"Here's what I can tell you." The voice said to Zapor. "I am the spirit of passion and war and the origin of flames. I am the Elemental Spirit of Fire, Pyra."

"Woah! My body is moving on its own!" Zapor said.

"You will have to fight Trinity on your own control for now." Pyra told Zapor. "But my power is still with you." An increased amount of heat overcame Zapor's body as he felt it begin to form a flame. Zapor's body was becoming fire.

(Back to Basics - Zara vs Dragon Up Trinity)

Zapor turned his arm into fire and fired a large stream of flames at Trinity.

Trinity pulled her daggers up, deflecting the fire towards a building, and proceeded to throw a knife at Zapor.

Zapor shot a bullet at the knife and went for a blazing headbutt.

Trinity was hit by the headbutt, and was thrown to the side, where she turned and aimed to put a dagger right through Zapor's back.

Zapor increased the amount of flames around him in a small explosive wave to get some distance.

Trinity did the same thing herself, causing another explosive amount of flames.

Zapor put his hands in front of him after getting some distance. He charged up a blast for a couple of seconds, then released a stream of heavy fire.

Trinity mirrored this action, sending a beam of fire towards Zapor's causing the two beams to clash in mid air.

Zapor fired large fire bullets from his pistols.

Trinity threw her knives up again, and sent a large Phoenix of fire at Zapor.

Zapor lifted his hands and caused a firewall to block the incoming Phoenix fire. Then he fired a large fire shot at Trinity.

Trinity quickly grabbed the fire and launched it into her other hand, sending it back to Zapor.

Zapor narrowly dodged the attack, but his arm was hit. He then engulfed himself in a large amount of flames and went to headbutt Trinity.

Trinity quickly jumped out of the way, and went to grab Zapor.

"When she grabs you, cause an explosion!" The voice reccomended.

Zapor let Trinity grab a hold of him, them caused a fiery explosion.

A large explosion overtook the entire area, knocking Trinity out and causing a large deal of construction damage all over. Zapor was sent flying into a building. Fires began to fade and soon, so to did sound and light. "Guess we pushed it a little too hard, huh?" Pyra told Zapor. "Sounds about right for me..." There was nothing for the longest time, only the two warriors being unconcious.

Trinity found herself awake first, looking around in a stupor. She found Zapor on the ground and trudged over to him. "What is..." She looked at Zapor's body as it was returned to normal. Taking another look around outside, she picked Zapor up, and proceeded to carry the boy off the battlefield and out of Viola City for who knows how long.

Part 2 (D): Quest for Knowledge
(If Timesmash shows up, then just post in this part and I'll start up. -Neo)

(PCHOOOOOOOO *Timesmash flies in from the aether to rejoin and be important* ~Time)

Clock was sent to the center east side of the field with little to no troops whatsoever. In fact it was pretty clear aside from the fire and the sounds of cannons in the distance. Eventually as he came through he found a set of houses which were very clearly residential. What was odd about them though, was that they didn't seem normal. Perhaps it was in the houses that he could find information about this country. There was a large marble townhouse, a red brickhouse, a cream colored two story house, and a very small wooden house.

Clock walked towards the red brick house. "This is very weird. There's just this nice little cluster of houses here, tucked away from the battle." He gave the door a good knock.

The door did not budge, after a little inspection it was clear these houses were abandoned. Possibly evacuated before the war by the royal army. The doors were all unlocked though. Strange.

Clock opened the door and walked inside. "Helloooooooooooooooooo?"

There was an empty hall way. There was staircase up in front of Clock, a large family room to the left, and another hallway to the right.

He walked down the hallway. "This is kinda creepy, actually."

There were two more rooms after that. Forward was the kitchen, and to the left was a great room of sorts, or perhaps an office, it's hard to tell.

Clock walked into the great room. "Hmmm... Maybe there are some files I can find here?"

In the office ere were several different papers, all of which were on different subjects but one in particular seemed to catch Clock's eye, a letter discussing the rebellion.

"This might shed a bit of light." Clock muttered, picking up the letter. "Now, this is more my style. Finding the truth is kinda my biz."

The letter was difficult to make out but it listed the thoughts of a man living here.

"It is difficult to say if there is any seeds of rebellion in this city, you know how Viola can get. Since it is so neutral in everything it doesn't like to take sides much. It is my personal thoughts that it is true. There has been talk recently about picking a side, you know how it gets when that talk starts coming up. I believe people are taking sides but that may be it. I doubt that we should be worried about a rebellion here."

"You should have been, man. There definitely is a rebellion." Clock continued to look through the files, thinking:  'C'mon, there's gotta be something that could give me a better understanding of the government somewhere.'

Another letter was discovered.

"I know what you are thinking, but you and your little guild of explorers are not allowed to leave this country. It was decreed centuries ago by the first royal Igneele family king that we would not leave this land and taint ourselves with the outside world. We are not like them, they are more ferocious, and more wild, and more simply, they are not as smart as we are. The people out there are like animals compared to us. You should also know that if you do leave, the other three guilds and the king will have you all executed on sight. Stay here, and live a happy life without questions. May the storm dragon watch over you."

"Storm... Dragon?" Clock asked. "Sounds important. Anyways, this king doesn't sound very nice, if he kills people who want to leave." He pulled out his sword. "I wonder... Can you find anything for me? I'm one of those paranoid people that never leaves until they check every single area for evidence."

Part 3 (A): The Knight
The knight did nothing, but only stared at Saren.

"You mean you do not recognize her?" The mage asked. "Oh, how lovely that you forget who she is, she truly will be a great soldier."

The knight spun around, and aimed another slice of their blade at Saren's feet.

Saren backpedalled before flicking his scythe in a spinning motion at the Knight.

Moros looked at the Mage. "This isn't something Era would do..."

The mage handed Moros a note written by Era,detailing the land of Otogi and their assualt on it. It was certainly Era's handwriting. "I am only following orders Moros, Era has instructed that this happen. This is her doing, not my own, granted I would be lying if I said I was not enjoying this."

The Knight grabbed Saren's scythe in mid air, holding on to it in an iron grip.

Moros sighed, reading the note. "Well, guess I know what I gotta do.." He mouthed before firing two orbs comprised of Void Magic at Saren

Saren tried willing the scythe to create a mass of tendrils to wrap around the knight and restrain him, barely avoiding one void orb and getting nailed in the leg by another.

The scythe, made out of shadows, released several tendrils wrapping around the knight.

The mage hovered his orb on top of Saren, and it released a stream of fire at the Lynx.

Saren cursed, trying in vain to roll out of the way and letting out a yowl as he was engulfed. Having three people ganging up on him was piss poor odds, and he needed help.

Though, with a grimace, he willed the tendrils to start crushing the knight. Hoping to at least cripple one of them.

What he didn't know was a certain someone helped him out. Out of absolutely nowhere, a vine tightly wrapped around the Knight, and it was manipulated to throw him a decently far distance away from Saren. This gave him more time to break free of the tendrils.

"This figure, was a woman; a certain familiar blonde hedgecat to be precise, "Did you miss me?" She asked as she tries her best to loosen up with tendrils using chlorokinesis.

"Yeah, I owe ya one.." Saren sighed, standing up with some difficulty.

Moros just stared at the new arrival.

Christina finally pried the tendrils off of him, falling and landing on her back. She gets up, a little sore from the fall.

"Now we gotta deal with him.." Saren muttered, glancing at Moros.

Christina looked over at Moros. "So he can't speak like we do, doesn't make him any less valuable..." she told him.

"Except he isn't loyal to anyone except Era.. Infact he's trying to kill us." Saren sighed. "Sides, I'm not questioning value."

Moros just conjured six floating ethereal blades, each pointed at the two and ready to launch at Moros' will.

Christina looked at him with a puzzled face, "But why would Moros betray you?" She asked.

The knight, having been thrown, managed to nail the landing as they got back up on their feet. They quickly swung their blade and sent a bolt of light at Christina.

"Now there's a blonde one?" The mage asked. "Tch, this won't stop me."

"I do not recognize this woman." The scythe told Saren about Christina. "However, she seems like an ally, and her aura shows traces of Neo's DNA. Are they related by chance?"

(The knight and it's subjects - Knight, Mage, and Moros vs Christina and Saren)

The mage sent his metal ball flying towards Saren, the ball being covered in a barrier of wind.

Moros followed up by sending two of his ethereal blades flying at christina in a manner similar to that of a buzzsaw.

Saren winced, kneeling to avoid the metal ball before jumping back, making a cross slash in the air with dark energy before sending it at the knight.

Christina, then whipped out her javelin and forcefully whacks the bolt of light back at the stranger like a baseball.

"He never had any loyalty to us Christina, only to Era, and apparently she must have a stake with the opposite side of this conflict.." Saren answered.

Christina might also have the issue of avoiding the ethereal blades sent at her.

Christina quickly did a painfully quick split to avoid the blades. "That was a close one."

Moros directed the blades to circle around back to him before tossing two orbs of void magic at Christina.

Still in a split. she creates a giant crystal to crush the orbs and shatter. She then uses crystallokinesis to manipulate the crystal shards to Moros, and the Mage.

Moros willed two of the ethereal blades to spin rapidly in front of him in order to block the crystals sent his way, he didn't bother to help the mage or the knight. Inadvertantly revealing that he felt nothing for the two.

Christina then used her other hand to summon vines from the ground to wrap tightly around the chests of Moros, and the Knight. She closed her hand and twisted it to make it even tighter.

Saren took tge opportunity to toss his scythe at the knight.

Moros growled, trying to cut the vines with one of his ethereal blades before he started to asphyxiate.

"Tch." Came a sound from the Knight, now grabbed by the vine, scythe coming straight at them. There was a flash, and in an instant, the vine was cut in two, and the knight now held Saren's scythe once more, holding it tightly. The scythe, being made of shadows and having a mind of it's own, erupted in tendrils, and that was when the knight turned slightly, and the tendrils disappeared. The scythe responded to the power over shadows the knight had.

The scythe was unable to say anything to Saren but the familiar probing of it wanting to say something was very clear. It must have really wanted to say something as the probing was harder than ever.

The knight raised it's sword hand and the vines slowly returned.

"Did I forget to mention?" The mage asked. "We've done some tinkering to your friend. It can't really be considered a mobian anymore, no way of acting of it's own free will but all the power it has now. The first ever fully engineered Omnikinetic! No limits, no worries, why it's a perfect piece in the plans of the king."

'What is it..!?' Saren mentally growled, the probing did hurt afterall.

"The scythe can talk?" Christina asked herself and Saren.

"Yeah.." Saren answered.

Moros sighed, looking at the mage. "Why not show them who the knight is..?"

"We cannot." The mage said. "I do not believe these fools are ready to see who the knight really is." The mage turned to Saren. "Do you remember it? When you first met who this person was? I can give you a hint...blondie met the knight before."

"And that helps.. How?" Saren snarked.

The voice once again probed at Saren's mind, very harshly this time. Very quickly a though managed to slip through, the scythe knew something.

"If you can't figure out how that helps, you must be real ignorant." The mage sighed.

The Knight very quickly swung the scythe in a sweeping motion towards Saren's feet.

Saren sighed, jumping in order to land on the blade of the scythe and hopefully stop the swing.

"Or I'm terrible at guessing games."

"Put the pieces together or die trying." The mage said harshly. "I'm not going to hold your hand. Or, you could just kill it. It's not like it'll be of any use to you now."

Once more the scythe probed very harshly, stronger than it has ever done before.

(Tales decision for Saren only: The knight needs to be killed, or let the knight go, there's a chance that it's someone we need.)

"Hm, is it Fey..?" Saren asked, it was clear he wasn't going to try and kill the Knight. "... Hey Christina, you know anything about what the mage is saying?"

"Funny how you think the girl with all the information is in the armor. Do you really think we're that stupid?" The mage asked. "Besides, what's the fun in just offering you the chance to kill her when we could play with her? She's much more responsive than your other partner, what was his name, Neo, right? Do you know how much he loves electricity?"

Saren probably didn't know this, but Christina would know that Neo had Astraphobia, which means being struck by the lightning was probably doing more damage psychologically than it was physically.

"No, I suppose you aren't going to guess it." The mage said. "Well that's fine, as of right now, Celia is probably dead. We did our job."

Saren grabbed his scythe. "Now are ya gonna talk..?" He asked the scythe before going to pull off the helmet. "Also, if you don't know the answer to that question you asked me than you are dumber than I thought..."

"DON'T PULL OFF THE HELMET!" The scythe practically shouted at Saren. "It's aura is...everyone. Ages, Millie, Fury, Time Spinner, Bravo, I can't tell who this person is, it's litterally everyone's aura all at once!"

Saren stopped. "Crap... That makes things complicated..."

Christina stood there, with emotions that nobody could piece together, "I don't.... understand..." she asked, "I mean, I know who the Knight is, but I'm just questioning why they would do such a thing.... It doesn't sound anything like them." She told the mage.

"We're making them do it. Omnikinesis is great, the only downside is the loss of humanity, free will, and talking for a bit. They're still people, they are aware of what's going on and what they are doing, they have thoughts and emotions, they just can't act on them." The mage told her.

"On second thought, it'd be a mercy kill.. They're practically enslaved, and it seems they will never be free."

"Saren he's trying to get you killed. Whoever this is, they are now omnikinetic and no longer have free will, meaning they can just keep going no matter how much damage they take. That armor is made out of Spatial Diamond, there is no way anything except kinetics could cut through that and even if we did use kinesis, they can just reflect it. We can't fight it, not yet." The Scythe said.

"Alright.. So what should we do?" Saren asked the scythe.

"Neo must be heartbroken...." Christina told them, "Half of me says yes kill the knight, but the other half says the knight is Fey and I can't kill her." She was really torn.

"Except we kinda can't, the armor is made outta something that only kinesis can cut through.. And that one is an omnikinetic.."

"Krys taught me the only thing more powerful than kinesis is magic.... the only magic part of me is a healing factor, and I don't know what anybody else has."

"Magic.. Just when I thought things were annoying enough.." Saren grumbled.

"Sorry to burst your bubble blondie, but magic isn't going to get through that armor either, there's hardly anything that can." The mage bragged.

"Hardly anything still means it's possible to get through it though...... there's kinetic damage, physical damagic, magic damage... hmm..." Christina, once again, was deep in thought.

"Here's the thing, the armor is made outta magically enhanced diamond.. How they got enough diamonds I don't know, but there ain't much you can do in terms of damage to diamond.." Saren explained, going off of 6th grade geology and what the scythe told him.

"We can't defeat it, yet." The scythe reminded Saren. "But soon we will, until then we need to withdraw from this battle."

"Christina, best we withdraw for now.. Currently, fighting it would be dumber than slapping a bear with a still living Mackerel. Don't ask." Saren spoke, agreeing with his talking scythe.

"I completely agree." Christina replied, "Fey completely demonstrates the saying what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

"Come now Knight." The mage said as he and the knight walked out in between two sets of buildings and vanished.

"We should head up to where Celia is." The Scythe noted.

"You know where Celia is...?"

"That name doesn't sound very familiar" Christina added.

"I believe so, there is a large amount of energy coming from on top of a building and Lexi's aura is up there." The scythe told Saren.

"Then lets move.." Saren said, looking towards the building with a large quantity of energy coming from the top.

(Go ahead and edit in Part 3 (B). -Neo)

Part 3 (B): The Tactiction
Lexi was well on her way towards Celia, away from the library. The cannons rang once more as they sent their ammunition into the buildings behind her. There were all sorts of noises going on now, but it was obvious that she was getting closer to the enemy tactiction, she seemed to be on top of a building. One thing stood in her way before she entered the tower though, the blue book from the library, which now lay in front of the door way. It posed no threat and didn't seem like it would do much, but now, in this light, it looked familiar. As if Lexi may have seen it before.

Lexi looked at the book in front of the doorway. "Ugh, again?" She groaned before going to pick it up and examine it.

(Um Neo, do you want me to add Zak in as a fight in the next episode?- Zapor)

(Well you could if you wanted to, or you could hold onto him for a bit. The Viola assault arc is going to last for two or three more episodes so we have a bit. - Neo)

The book cover showed the title now in Draconic, yet somehow Lexi could read it as "The Lore Book" It's pages now detailed a different group, the morality heroes. Both Neo and Lexi were shown standing together. As well as a few others. There were two others covered up as well, but then there was the third who looked very familiar. On the page was Christina Transon, a famous fashion designer from a town a few hours away from Station Square and Neo's cousin.

"Christina?..." Lexi muttered, remebering who she was. "The morality heroes...?" She stared at the page with Neo and herself for a few seconds, then flipped the page.

On the next page it featured several different weapons all on the page. The Devil Blade was recognizable, but the others on the page were a golden sword with a red stone on the hand guard, a silver javelin, and a purple whip. Oddly enough, there are only four weapons on the page, but there are five heroes.

"I guess those must be thier weapons, but..." Lexi started. "I don't see what having four weapons help with!" She then turned the page.

The next page details a large wall of text in Draconic. Somehow the words shift and change into english. It reads"

"The shadows of which shattered the world will one day return. On this day there will be death and fear. They will come again after this, and will burn the world to ash. Fear, pain, death, madness, war, disease, famine, tricks, time, poison, they will cause all of this to happen. It is only those chosen by the light's original weapon that may defeat the shadows and kill the lord of destruction. These Shards of Light cannot stand alone. The Shards of Light will need the leaders of the Moral Compass, and an army of knights to command. It is only then that they will even have a shred of hope in saving this planet. In the end will the Shards, the leaders, or the knights save the day? That is the question I am hoping to answer now."

"Apparently these shards of light are some chosen heroes. But who're these Moral compass dudes?" She flips the page again.

The next page featured more information that Lexi already knew about the Morality Heroes, but this time it also showed a moral compass with all the names on it. It seems the Morality heroes were the Moral Compass in the Draconic text. The rest of the book was now blank, as if it was waiting to be finished. For some strange reason, the book seemed connected to Lexi, as if it would always follow her.

"..A bunch of blank pages..." Lexi sighed. She placed the book down, then went inside the building.

"Be careful up there." Delta told Lexi. "This is too easy, especially for Celia. Once you head up, I doubt I'll be able to keep communicating with you, so please make sure everything is taken care of before you go up there."

"Right. Thanks, Grape...Delta." Lexi said before doing some practice sword swings, then proceeding to go up the building.

On the top of the building Celia stood over the entire battle. "Why do we need to be here?" Celia asked Lexi. "We could have gone home. Neo and Fey might as well be dead. Neo's being tortured as we speak and god knows what they are doing to Fey right now." Celia turned to Lexi. "I'm sure you've figured out by now that there is a third faction in this war?"

"....Yeah..." Lexi muttered, slightly getting angry.

"This third faction isn't like the other two. They're the ones keeping this war going. This war can't be won if the two sides who actually care keep fighting, but if they work together then maybe..." Celia stopped. "But you all chose the wrong side, the side where your being manipulated, how could you not see it?"

Lexi clenched the handle of her sword. "How can you say that..." She started. "...When it's because of you Zapor's dead?!"

"Do you not see who's playing the game?" Celia asked. "They have Neo and Fey! You are just so stupid, you can't see it! They have been jerks to us since we got here, I chose the side that makes sense, because it doesn't seem right to pick the side that implanted a bug in our brains to kill us, or to force us to do their work for them! And you didn't see it happen! Do you think I'm not aware that Zapor is dead?" Celia, as she talked became much angrier, and tears began to form in her eyes. "You didn't watch him die, I did! I saw someone trying to intercept Zapor's path, I sent Trinity to go stop him, and try to talk to Zapor, but he killed her! Trinity's dead too!"

"Oh right, like Zapor would just mindlessly kill someone he knows!" Lexi sarcastically said.

"Not Zapor, you idiot, do you think Trinity would kill Zapor! I've specifcally said to every member in this army we are not to take lives, why do you think your mere 100 troops have managed to survive this long! Because I'm calling the shots here! That guy murdered Trinity and did something to her, and then there was an explosion, which by the way, Trinity can't do since she has no control of the air, and then they were both gone!" Celia said. "Both of them are-"

Celia was interrupted as the Jester who previously attacked the team appeared once more, this time by landing on top of his axe, right on top of Celia's neck, beheading her.

Lexi took a step back. "It's y-you..!"

"Dead." The jester said. "They're all dead. Just like everyone in this world." The jester laughed. "Your just another link in the chain of dead heroes, so sad, the poor little hero of shadows is nothing, she can't even use umbrakinesis. Why are you the way you are, huh? Why didn't the other two get it, no, it had to be you! Maybe you should ask your little book about the last heroes!"

"The last heroes?" Lexi muttered, quickly taking the book out and trying to find the page about them.

The book didn't have anything on a group called the last heroes, but what it did show was a timeline of all the heroes from the past until now. Every Morality hero was detailed this way. Apparently there have always been morality heroes since a point in time called "Post Destruction Era".

"Nothing..." Lexi internally said.

"The last time the Morality heroes tried anything, they all died!" The jester laughed. "Oh, but what can you do when your as worthless as the royal tactiction."

Lexi may now notice that Celia's body was gone, as was her head.

"...I'm not dead yet..." Lexi muttered, saying off the fact she had the Devil Blade, a weapon of the hero of shadow.

"Yet being the key word." The Jester snickered and swung his axe overhead at Lexi.

Lexi dodged by just the skin of her teeth, then went for a side slash at the Jester.

The Jester contorted his body to slither to the side of that attack, and swung his axe at Lexi's side.

Lexi aimed the sword to block the axe's blow, but was knocked back a distance.

The jester swung the axe at Lexi's head this time.

Lexi manages to roll out the way, but narrowly avoiding the attack. She then went to slash at him again.

A scythe was tossed at the Jester.

The Jester jumped back, away from the scythe and the slash. "So we have some new friends now?"

Lexi looked over to who threw the scythe. "Saren?"

"Ding ding ding, you're on the money~" Saren chuckled, walking into view while recalling his scythe.

"Are you going to be playing with me to?" The jester asked. "This will be fun!"

"First, get me a beer!"

"Otogi is a dry country." Jester snickered.

"Saren, quit screwing with the clown for beer!" Lexi said, taking off in a run for a spin slash at the jester.

"Oi! Shut it woman! And you!!" Saren pointed at the Jester. "You blasphemous little clown! There is no 'Dry' when I am around!!"

Part 3 (C): The detective
The sword began to react towards another letter, this one has a date on it, which appears to be earlier than the previous letter.

"The people here are always loyal to the royalty of the kingdom! We would be honored to have you make an appearence here with us. As always we are yours to command. Send me a list of what you would like and we shall put on a show around it. May the Inferno Dragon guide you."

A sound of something tumbling and breaking echoed throughout the building, now alerting Clock of something dire. Someone else was in this building with him.

"Inferno, wait, what was that?" Clock turned around. "Oh jeez, oh man, oh no." He drew his sword out, prepared for whatever was there. "I was hoping I wouldn't find confrontation here."

There was nothing so far. It seems whatever was in the house was not aware of Clock's being here. Perhaps he could use that to his advantage? Or perhaps it was time to use offensive measures.

(Not really a tales decision, but this will decide how the rest of this part will play out. Will Clock stealth around the house or will Clock fight the intruder?)

Clock slowly walked out of the room, attempting to avoid confrontation. Hopefully, he could get in a position where he was hidden from view, and see what he was up against.

As Clock slowly escapes into the hall, he finds himself able to go towards the kitchen or back to the entryway of the house. The hall, had no way for him to hide.

Clock decided to move towards the entryway. He would need a quick escape if confronted, after all.

By now Clock had the choice of the living room, or the stairs up. He could also exit, or he could go back into the hallway, then again since something is coming down that way, why would you do that?

(Something I've created just for your character, let's start investigation mode. Really simple, no combat, no talking. Just your character investigating. Since you have a magatama, I'm going to bend the rules of what a Magatama can do in this world. It will let you know how many items are really important in this area and which ones are important. Once you have these items, you have them until otherwise stated, so make sure you keep track of them. You can use them to talk to other people, to start up new interactions, to let people know about events that happened and to break psyche locks which will be used later down the road. To keep things more interesting you will also have the pressure of something really big and really powerful following you. Don't get caught, or you will have a bad time (and lose all your evidence))

Items of Importance: Five

Area: Townhouse

The magatama activates, letting Clock know that he was already by some items which were important. It must have been the two letters.

Better go back to get those later. The living room would be the best choice for now, so as not to corner himself in the upstairs. Besides, he might as well check the entire first floor before he moves on to the second.

The living was really simple. There was a couch, and two white arm chairs of matching color next to it. In front of the couches was a television with an entertainment center below it. There was a set of letters on the couch, most of which looking like junk mail from how they were throw around, but there was also a letter opener next to the letters. Clock could now enter the dining room, or go back to the entry way.

Clock entered the dining room, looking for more evidence of whatever happened here.

The dining room was pretty normal. There was a low hanging light, a large table, roughly six chairs all around the table and nothing on it. There was an entryway to the kitchen from here. The only thing of note was that there were some faded stains below the table.

Clock decided to take a quick look under the table. After all, it's best to check every nook and cranny for evidence. It's everything in court, you know.

There were much larger faded stains under the table. Upon closer inspection it appears that these stains are blood.

Oh. Oh my. Clock continued onward into the kitchen. Better remember about that for later. He moved on, occasionally glancing behind him.

"The kitchen seemed pretty simple. There were a few counters next to the sink, without much on them, aside from some bowls and plates. It looks as though the people here were getting ready to eat before they left. Nothing seemed out of place here at all.

A sound from the living room echos.

Alright, better keep moving. Away from whatever that noise was, because Clock did not want ANY of that.

The kitchen had onlu two exits, either back to the office, or to the hallway.

Clock headed back into the office so that he could pick up the two letters before moving on.

After grabbing the two letters, all that was left was to head back in the hall or the kitchen.

All right. Better head into the hallway so he could check out the upper floor. Clock looked behind him again, just to make sure that whatever it was wasn't following him too closely.

A sound from the Dining room echos.

The top floor was a small hallway with five different doors, none of which seemed really different. There was a pink bedroom, the master bedroom, a bathroom, a purple office, and a blue bedroom.