Roleplay:Madness

This Roleplay is Closed! Sorry!

Overview
Crystal City is a noble town of Otogi, and full of people everywhere living the high life. The Mythic Knights have been tasked with the job of recruiting a young outspoken woman trying to convince the nobles of a new way of life. The government has noticed her outspoken-ness too and are plotting to have her assassinated. It's going to be up to the Knights to prevent her death and fight the biggest threat since the Jester, The Queen.

Participants
NeoExlucky

Zapor888

Saren

Hahahahahhaha Yeah I've Been Active the Whole Time Guys (Time)

MaverickHunterIHateMyF*ckingCollege

Characters
Zero Evol (Neo)

Knave Veron (Neo)

Echo Radon (Neo)

Leah Dubio (Neo)

Trinity Moon (Neo)

Delta Radon (Neo)

Sedna the Rat (Neo)

Kala the Genie (Neo)

Zapor (Z88)

Lexi (Z88)

Saren Arcturias

Mars Fulgurson

A Lawyer With Impeccable Timing (Time)

Part 1: Crystal City
The manor that the Mythic Knights were all too familiar with now had been transported to a forest as the team had found a way to receive orders while there. With the exception of Neo, who still needed attention due to his injuries, all of the rest of the bodies had recovered and been sent back to the rebel base. Being that they had been there for roughly two days, the Mythic Knights already knew what lay in the house.

The interior of the First Floor was huge. A large black and white linoleum floor checkered the floor, except in area in which it hid under a well-tailored blue rug. Couches and Plants adorned the first floor. Two rooms could easily be found here. On the Left of the grand staircase was a kitchen filled with several appliances for everyday use. It also, to the delight of few, held a liquor cabinet, although all it had was some wine that may have been older than most of the group. On the other side, opposite of that was a long table, with chairs adorning it on all sides. It was huge, with roughly 30 or 40 chairs, not counting the one at the head.

On the second floor was some strange statues of armored knights, surrounding the hall. The hallway was a giant square surrounding a battle arena. It looked as though this was used for sparing, although upon closer inspection, several devices could be found for training on dummies of different varieties. There was also a medicine room close by, which held many different antivenoms, antitoxins, Painkillers, bandages, and even some things that no one knew what they were for. There also appeared to be several different rooms on this floor, across from the arena. The library, which held many different books about almost every subject, was in tatters as all the books had been thrown to the floor. A workshop for tinkering with electronics was connected to a blacksmith area. A long room that could have easily been mistaken for a bowling alley, was actually a place to practice spells and enchantments in a safe environment. There lastly was a room that appeared to be a post office. Small boxes each adjourned with a name connected to them could be found, all were empty as of right now.

The third and fourth floor were dedicated to bedrooms, each seemed designed, tailored, and furnished towards the person they were meant to house .Leah’s held a bookcase with several different vials filled with strange liquids. Kala’s held a Dance Dance Revelation machine, as well as several draconic texts. Neo’s was a simple wooden room, featuring a small picture of Fey on the bedside table. Zero’s was a dark blue, holding a training dummy. Celia’s had a small set of tools and a computer set up in it. Trinity’s was fire proof and featured strange ornaments that seemed to mean something to her. Sedna’s held draconic paintings and books that she was using to learn more about. Echo’s featured a set of playing cards as well as a few gambling tables, which seemed to be enchanted to be the dealer on its own. Delta’s featured several mysterious artifacts that she would need to research later. The last and fifth floor featured a room with several paintings of the entire Mythic Knights all over the walls. There was a table in the center that showed a life like replica of cities they had seen. Symbols could be found throughout the cities and a note was attached to the table. It read, “To the Mythic Knights. Time Spinner told us you were in trouble. We wish we could do more, but Eclipse Manor is the most we can do. Hang in there. -Q.S, A.T, and the Taskforce.

No new news had come from the note, but it seemed to leave most people unsettled as Delta made an eerie suggestion about the note. "It says A, right?" She said. "So then, could that be Apollo or Aero?"

While Echo and Kala didn't seem to mind it, the rest of the team felt strange at the note's signers. Everyone had met in the living room on the first floor to talk, while Knave prepared to detail what their next task was supposed to be.

"So does anyone have any idea on what we should do next?" Zapor asked.

"Knave is going to tell us." Leah noted.

"Honestly do we even need to follow him?" Trinity asked. "Like, we have a house that can teleport now. What the hell is the point of just waiting for them to help us anymore? We just teleport in, grab Fey, and leave."

"Besides the fact that the house can only teleport to certain places marked with telemancy runes?" Leah said sarcastically. "Because we gave them our word and we need to stick to that."

Silence filled the room again.

Zero came down the stairs into the parlor. "There's nothing to spy on us that I can see." He noted, sitting in a very regal chair. "It'd be better if we had Celia to look around..."

Delta was playing with her screen looking over statistics of the Mythic Knights, playing a game of chess with herself.

Leah was reading a book on telemancy trying her best to gain a better understanding of the lost magic she used to teleport the house.

Trinity played with knives, constantly digging one into the other, a clear sign of stress on her face as if something bothered her, but it was clear she wasn't willing to share the information.

Knave walked into the room, holding a stack of notes he had scribbled down. "Well I got more information." He noted. "We're headed to Crystal City."

"Tell us about it." Zero insisted.

"Crystal City is a place for nobles. Viola City is more of an art town but Crystal City is far different, all nobles and rich people. It's a place right in the heart of government territory and full of people who support the new government that has taken place."

"So what are we doing there?" Trinity asked.

"Well, it's supposed to be a place that supports the government, but it's not. There's a woman there, named Ann Denerim, she's a loud supporter of the rebellion, and somehow she has been able to take a town full of patriots and turn them against the government just by talking to them. Currently she's doing this of her own free will, but we'd like to inform her that there is a true rebellion that she can speak out for. If we can get Crystal City to join us, we're one step closer to making a push for the capital." Knave explained.

"Doesn't really sound likea job for a bunch of mercenaries." Delta noted. "With the exception of Neo and myself, the rest of us aren't really good at negotiations. We're fighters, not talkers."

"Well, there is another objective. There's an artifact there that we need to get ahold of. It's a sword, said to be made with a shard of a legendary weapon known as Excalibur. We need that sword." Knave said.

"One of the Excalibur blades..." Leah said quietly.

"There's also the possibility that the government might be trying to assassinate Ann. We need to make sure that doesn't happen." Knave told them.

"So get a sword which is related to Excalibur. Wasn't that sword like, only removed by the chosen hero or something?" Zapor asked.

"Yes." Knave noted. "Excalibur is a weapon of power said to have been the most powerful sword forged. It was used by one of the first human kingdoms established." He paused for a moment. "What they won't tell you is everything the sword can do. Back then, Mobians and Humans were at war with each other, and Excalibur has another title used in some cultures, the Mobian-slayer. Some people say that it feeds off of Mobian blood, like some living thing."

"Oh, I heard of the guy who pulled it!" Kala noted. "He had a circle of knights based off of them! They were like legendary or...or mythical!"

Masako's pocket watch warmed just a touch, as if responding to the phrase that Kala mentioned, but quickly the heat dissapated and it would show nothing.

"Oh, the guy who pulled the sword. Wasn't his name like.... Art, something?" Lexi questioned.

"King Arthur." Kala nodded. "He was really big and he was the leader of the round table, and they all had these amazing swords."

"The Excalibur Blades." Knave nodded. "Each put into different weapons used by the members of the table."

"Thasintorium." Kala smiled. "Sunlight."

"So how strong exactly were the Excalibur Blades?" Lexi asked.

"Alone, they are simply enchanted blades." Knave said. "Together they make for an extremely powerful combination of weapons, as each is able to bend the fabric of reality. They say that ancient spirits who came from another realm forged these weapons, but that is simply a legend. The blade that Neo used, it is Nightmare, Blade of the Black Knight, able to create several illusions to serve as Knights. The blade Fey uses, I am told that it is Holy Grail, the Blade of Galahad, able to heal others and provide the living with protection."

"Even though they are called the Excalibur Blades, they aren't all swords either. Mjölnir, the Hammer of Lightning, is a hammer. and then there is Wakener, the Axe of Hereward, and Vijaya, the bow of royalty. Oh and Runestaff, Staff of the Elements." Kala nodded.

"And then of course...there is Wallace and the Holy Lance. Wallace, the Rapier of Time, is said to be the blade of destruction's origin, and Holy Lance, the Spear of Destiny, is the spear known as destruction's wrath. Lastly there is Clarent, the sister blade of Excalibur and the closest thing to a recreation we have ever had. It was wielded by Sir Lancelot and used to assassinate King Arthur, lastly there is the Sword in the Stone that is said to have disappeared from history several years ago." Knave noted. "If one blade can tear the fabric of reality, imagine the power of all of the weapons coming together."

Zapor thinks for second. "If one is that strong, then...Wow. That would be intense."

"Yes, it would." Zero noted, eyeing Knave. "What would you do with them all?"

"You don't trust me?" Knave asked.

"I trust you, Knave. I don't trust the people you're working for." Zero corrected him. "You serve these dragons like they are a cult to be worshipped."

"Because that is what he does." Sedna interjected. "He is a mindless drone serving a colony of dragons who can't even lead a country properly."

"I serve my lord, because honor demands it." Knave shot back at Sedna. "The blades would be used for negotiations, and that is all. I am sure, my Lord would put them on display somewhere they couldn't be used."

"Is that really the best thing to do? I mean, what if someone were to steal it while they were on display or something?" Lexi said.

"Perhaps not on display, but somewhere safe." Knave assured them.

"Well, we can decide on what to do with the swords once we get them." Zapor said.

Saren was with Echo. "Sooo.. How am I gonna get rezzed?"

"Well we don't have any way of getting true holy magic to you without Fey." Echo noted. "So we need to find something in it's stead. Using Kinesis theory, we know that we can use pieces from Trinity's fire and Kala's power of the heart. We also need a magician capable of weaving the two magics into one, which would be Leah. After that, it's pretty difficult. If you were close to being alive to begin with, it'd be easier but since you've been dead for over a year, it complicates how powerful and how much we need. We may even need to apply Alchemical Theory, but that's never been able to be used before." She paused.

"Oh," Echo continued. "Alchemical Theory states that we can create a new form of magic that no mage can wield known as Celestial by combining shadow, holy, and void magic. There's some more...complicated matters in it, but they're mainly based on how strong they are. After that we need the heart and soul of the mobian in question as well as their body, which we have already and then we just need a vessal."

Clock-Watch walked in, still exhausted from some recent injuries. "So, basically, you need to find some way to stick a bunch of magic in a blender? I'm afraid I won't be able to help you guys there."

Saren looked at Echo, not comprehending a word she just said. "In layman's terms?"

Echo turned to Clock-Watch, "In a sense, yeah." She turned back to Saren. "We need you, Kala and Leah's magic, Zero and Trinity's Kinesis, and a 'vessel' like a necklace or a ring but with a lot of power capacity.

"Ahhh... Like my flask?" Saren asked.

"Yes, but your flask doesn't have the power capacity. We need something stronger than that." Echo noted.

"I did have a magic scythe on me.. Wonder where it could be?" He was referring to Dark Hunt, aka the scythe that the spirit of shadows gave to him.

"We need something physical though. Magic would work, but it's made of energy. Once it dissipates, it no longer will be a vessal." Echo shook her head. "We could make a scythe, but we would need something for it to hold a large amount of magical power. That's the only thing we need."

"Ah... Man I hate magical theory.." Saren grumbled. "A large amount of magical power... And what could be capable of holding enough magical power to revive me, another person?" Saren asked Echo, inwardly hoping to god that he wouldn't end up bound to someone if he were to be resurrected.

"Well...according to Alchemical theory that would turn you into a chimera, and we already saw that being used with Omega..." Echo trailed off. "No, we're going to use an item for you, the only question is what."

".... A gemstone..?" Saren offered, having recalled the idea from a video game he tried playing once in his spare time.

"A gemstone might work." Echo noted. "Like, one of the Chaos Emeralds or...something, but we'd need something not as coveted as those. I'm still working on that part. We'll focus on that later."

"Oh what fun that'll be~" Saren chuckled whimsically.

"But first, you need to talk to Kala and Trinity, who currently don't like you very much." Echo noted. "Trinity's probably over it by now, but Kala is the hard one. I mean, if she knows you're dying, she'll want to help, but considering we'll need her power of the heart, we need her to think positive things about you...which she doesn't have..." Echo paused for a second, placing a heart card and a Phoenix card down. "Then we need Leah, and Zero, who do like you, so they shouldn't be too hard." She placed a blood card and a staff card down. "Then we can create Celestial Magic. After that, all we need is a vessel of...some sort." She placed a skull card down onto the pile and looked puzzled.

"Necromancy is bad...right? Leah said that Necromancy isn't even classified in any of the three schools of magic. We had a necromancer in Station Square once, he attacked me and my big sister before Neo and Zero went looking for him...he did something to Zero's sister. He killed her, and then raised her from the dead and made them fight." Echo's mind was clearly reeling. "Were you controlled by a necromancer like that?"

"Nothing is inherently bad Echo, even necromancy.. It's how one uses it. Sure you can raise and bind spirits of the dead to you, but you can also commune with them, ease their troubles and help them pass on to the afterlife.. You can use it to heal the injuries of others, albeit in a more rudimentary manner." Saren spoke, if any priest was nearby they'd probably flip a tit at his words.

Saren looked at Echo, he didnt exactly know about the necromancer incident. "But as for being controlled.. Not as far as I'm aware of, and I hope I never do.."

(That was Echo)

(My bad ^^-Sar)

"Alright." Knave cleared his throat. "Given everything that we believe might happen, most of us are going to try and go after the Excalibur Blade. Leah, given your dossier, you should be able to communicate with Ann, so you are going to be the one to talk with. Given that she might be assassinated, Saren will accompany you, since he has experience in that line of work. Given how defensive Echo can be, she will go with you as well. We need Ann alive. The rest of us will be heading towards the Excalibur Blade."

"Furthermore," Zero started, taking the spotlight from Knave. "We need to consider the possibility of Conquest being here. If they were in Viola, then there is nothing to stop them from being anywhere else. Not to mention, that there is still three bosses we don't know that much about when it comes to them."

"Rook, The Queen, and the Emperor." Sedna offered. "They're a triad now with The Jester gone."

(I've been really busy with school, relatives, this convention... can I still get into this? -MHS)

(pretty sure ya still can.-Sar)

(Yeah man, like I said before, nothing has really happened yet, just some side conversations -Neo)

"So which has a higher chance of happening? Them getting the sword or them going to assassinate the lady?" Lexi asked.

"You can rule that second option out. I'm the mistress of murder here, and I'm not going to let some amateur think that they can compete with me," Natalie growled. "Focus on finding the shard. I'll take care of the hired help."

"Always the overconfident one..." Masako sighed. "If we lose either Ann or the shard, all is lost. Now's not the time for foolishness."

"Natalie, you are not going with Leah." Knave noted. "I have been given specific instructions to not allow you on that part of the mission. I think it may do some good if Masako went, if she wanted, but you cannot."

"You do kind of  scare people..." Delta muttered, still playing with her screen.

"Hold on, you were given instructions to not allow her with that group? She's another assassin, wouldn't the same logic with Saren follow with Natalie?" Zero asked.

"Do they even know about Natalie?" Leah questioned. "She didn't even show up until during the battle, and unless your report including her, they know nothing about her? How did they request that she not go?"

Knave didn't answer, setting the papers onto the table. "My report only included the need to know, the allies of importance we have made who are returning to base and not anyone we are with. Sedna and Natalie are not included in the report..."

Trinity looked up from her knives. "So how do they know about her?"

"I don't know..." Knave shook his head. "Were you brought here by the rebellion?"

"Who, me? No, I came in with the OmegaCorp strike team," Natalie answered. "I wasn't 'summoned' here by anyone."

"So then how do they know about her?" Zero asked.

"That doesn't matter." Knave said clearly.

"Like hell it does!" Zero argued.

"We have our objective, that is what is important." Knave gave a huff of breath, as if he didn't quite believe what he was saying either. "All we need to do is get to our objective."

Saren looked at Echo, gauging her reaction to his response in regards to the whole necromancy thing.

"Uh, knowing how you got the information seems pretty important too, but I guess we can figure that out later...?" Zapor said, pretty confused.

Echo didn't really seem to havea reaction to Saren's talk, although she seemed to be taking it in, her focus was now on Knave and what was going on.

"Runic Knights have many abilities." Knave noted. "Including the power to communicate and transit items through a runic focus." He handed Leah one of the papers. "You should be able to find her location there. She's set to give a speech today." He went through a couple of the other papers. "There is temple to the red dragon in the city. That's where the blade is going to be. We're headed there."

"Once we have Ann, we'll come back to the manor and wait for you." Leah nodded at Knave.

"Alright, any other questions? I'd like to make this trip as quiet as possible." Knave asked.

"Yeah.. when do we go?" Saren asked.

Masako didn't like the sound of things so far. Her pocket watch had been cold since the Knights of the Round Table were mentioned, so she can't consult it just yet.

Part 2 (A): Temple of Desecrated Flames
The Mythic Knights followed Knave through the city. It was clear that there were many different people who seemed to know they were not on the side of the government, but aside from a few strange looks no one stopped them. Perhaps it was Natalie's precense, or the fact that they were all carrying weapons on them, but no one seemed to give them any trouble.

As the team progressed to the temple, they could see that it was desecrated. There was paint and guards all over the place, breaking the area, destroying it. The guards took some of the statues and swung their weapons through them, breaking them, and turning them to dust. Finally, they left, leaving the opening clear.

"Okay." Knave said. "Zero, and Trinity need to stay up here for the time being. Make sure no one comes in, and if they do, tell us. The rest of us are going to head inside."

"Stay safe." Zero noted.

As the team finally entered the temple, a huge alter could be seen above a huge flight of stairs, and behind the alter was another doorway leading downwards. The place was creepy, giving a sense of dread and urgency. Knave stopped them before they proceeded any lower. "Just so you know." Knave started. "This is not a place that we can simply walk into. There are...things down here."

"Uh, things like what?" Zapor asked.

"Creatures." Knave noted. "Abominations, monsters."

"According to legend, these came from the blue dragon." Sedna explained. "They, for some reason, are sealed by the doorway, they cannot get out. They won't attack a dragon, which makes the royal families have easy access in and out. I don't suppose a technical dragon like myself would be considered among that."

"And they'll attack the rest of us...good to know." Zapor muttered.

Knave didn't answer he just walked further into the the depths of the temple, which lead into a dead end stone room with draconic written on the side of one wall.

"Only the walkers of time may progress forward." Kala read from the stone. "We need a chronomancer to do this."

"Where's Time Spinner when you need him..." Delta huffed.

Suddenly Masako's Pocket Watch flared to life, heating up rapidly and hotter than before.

Lexi noticed something the others did not. There seemed to be a hole in the ground just large enough for a certain blade to fit into. It was only a few inches deep, but the Devil Blade would fit perfectly.

Lexi looked at the hole and walked toward it. She took out the Devil Blade and placed it in the hole.

Masako quietly opens the watch again. Whatever insight it had for her, it must have been urgent.

Both Lexi and Masako were pulled into an orb of purple, hiding sight from both of them, alongside Delta and Sedna who all had disappeared.

(Time, are you there? -Neo)

Part 2 (B): Temple of Flames (Past)
Lexi and Sedna were sent to an ancient version of the Temple of Flames. The room that they had once stood in was different then before. The writing on the walls was so much more clear and easy to understand, and the once dead end room had now suddenly been opened and it sounded like someone was in there. Though, who it was is not exactly clear.

"What the hell?" Sedna asked, clearly concerned.

"What just happened?" Lexi asked. "Where'd everyone go?"

"I don't know." Sedna answered. She looked over on the writing of the wall. "Are we in the past? The writing on the wall is...clearer."

"Yeah. What does is say?" Lexi muttered.

"The bearer of flame and darkness may learn the dragon's word." Sedna read from the wall. "Well, I have fire...and you have that sword...is it talking about us?" She turned to the opening. "Does it want us to go through there?"

"I guess..." Lexi answered, looking at her sword.

The two followed further into the dark entrance, finding almost nothing of importance, although more words and drawings were shown on the walls.

"The sword in the stone." Sedna read. "It just keeps saying that. What the hell is the sword in the stone?"

(Describe the paintings on the walls. They include the Morality heroes and five other swordsman.)

The paintings on the walls had the Morality heroes holding the weapons that Leah had described earlier. They all raised up their weapons like a knight would raise up their swords. On the other paintings it had five other separate swordsman, either them fighting alongside the Morality heroes or just them in general. "Who are those other 5 swordsman?"

"I don't know." Sedna said. "The writing doesn't say Morality Heroes, or anything. It's something else, but I can't really read it. Circle...something, something. Like a circle of heroes, maybe?"

"I guess..." Lexi said, looking back at the painting. "Still don't know what this is supposed to mean."

"Well it's a battle." Sedna looked. "Not just a battle, one in a war, and it looks like they just won.:"

The sound of a rock falling to the ground echoed throughout the tunnel, reminding the two that someone else was there.

Lexi quickly turned around and took out her sword. "Someone else is here."

"They've been here." Sedna whispered. "But they sound far away. I think they're going deeper in."

"Do you think we should to?" Lexi asked.

"It could be someone who could help us." Sedna muttered. "It's the only option we really have at this point."

As they continued another painting drew Lexi to the wall, this one held five weapons. A bow, an axe, a staff, a hammer, and a sword. The blade was very clearly the Devil Blade, it had the same etchings and design. There was more draconic above the painting as well. Across from this mural was another mural, this one also featured five weapons, two of which were simple swords, one was a scythe, another a rapier, and the last one was a spear that caused dread upon gazing at it.

Lexi looked over the paintings and glanced at the draconic above the painting with the Devil Blade.

"Oh." Sedna noted. "That's how they're connected." She looked over it again, and looked at the mural across from it. "It was not circle, it was round. Blades of the Round Table. These paintings are of the Excalibur Blades."

"For real? I guess Kala was serious about them not all being actual swords." Lexi said. She walked closer and stared at the painting of the devil blade.

"Which means you have one of the Excalibur Blades." Sedna said. "The Devil Blade...the sword in the stone?"

"Yeah." Lexi nodded, looking at the sword. "How did Zapor even manage to find this?"

Part 2 (C): Temple of Destroyed Flames (Future)
Masako and Delta were sent to a distant future version of the Temple. The room had changed drastically than where it once was, the tourches lighting up the room were burned out and the writing on the walls was so faded they couldn't be read. There was a draft coming into the room, most likely from behind them as the temple that had once stood there was destroyed, as was all of Crystal City. It was warm, but almost night-like. The sky was a dark lavender with no stars or moon to be seen. The ruins of Crystal City stood around them.

Delta had already put everything together, her screen was up, illuminating the area around them. "2256." She said. "We're 240 years in the future." She looked over her screen, scrawling through a map of what appeared to be the world. "No living beings. Not in the town, in Otogi, no where. There's...no one..."

Masako knew what this was. This was a future in which Destruction had won, and judging from the pang of guilt, she had a hand in it.

"Nothing's changed..." Masako said to herself. "Of all the possible futures it could have taken us to, this is the one it chose for us..."

The one that Masako had chosen. The one she was fighting to change.

Delta took a look around. "There's no starlight...or moonlight." She noted, looking around the ruins of Crystal City. "What happened here?"

Masako's pocket watch sparked to life, giving it's own light from the center of the casing. While it shined over the walls, it caused certain words to appear where they were not.

Masako's eyes scanned the walls, looking for an answer to Delta's question.

The wall never did give an answer to the question, but it did give a key phrase. "Justice's Blade is what shall open the door."

"'Justice's Blade'... it seems that I'm repeatedly being tied to this timeline, one way or another... what does it mean?" Masako unsheathed her sword just a crack, wanting to see if it would react.

The door slowly opened at the unsheathing of the blade.

Delta took her screen off, and the top part of her cane, the part where the dice were stored in a clear container, lit up, acting as a beacon in the darkness.

Following further into the darkness led to many murals drawn on the walls, showing almost an order of events. (Describe those for me.)

No names were given, but the story was seen as so: The Shards of Light stood together, united by one woman against Destruction. Victory was all but assured.

However, as he drew closer, doubt began to plague the woman's mind, allowing Warlock to manipulate her to their needs. One by one, her allies turned against her... and were eliminated. With that, she sealed the fate of the planet... and she was forced to watch its annihilation.

The woman had lost everything: Her friends, her family, her world. To atone for her sins, she placed herself upon the Goddess' throne and fell into a crystal slumber, becoming an eternal monument to the world that she left behind.

Delta looked over the mural. "This is an alternate timeline." Delta tried to comfort Masako. "There is nothing that says this is how it is going to wind up. We could very well defend ourselves against Destruction, especially with all the allies we're making. We don't have to wind up like this."

"Ahem." Came a third voice from behind Masako. "What are you two doing here?" It was a very strange young man, roughly Neo's age. He was a grey unicorn mobian, almost like Time Spinner, but this man looked far more like a mobian than Time Spinner ever did. There was something about his eyes that seemed off, almost like they were lizard's eyes.

"Who are you?" Delta asked.

The young man pulled a familiar looking Rapier from his side. It was Time Spinner's Rapier. "Quantum." He said simply. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Part 2 (D): Assassin vs Assassin
"So that's why we need your help." Echo noted to Leah after they had walked through the town with no sign of Ann anywhere. Leah simply looked from Echo to Saren, then back to Echo. "I know it doesn't seem like it actually happened, but it did, and Saren is going to die if we don't help him."

"Well, that explains why you started asking me all those questions about magic." Leah noted with some amusement.

For someone who ran the risk of dying a second time, Saren seemed to be quite nonchalant about it.

"In theory this should all work." Leah nodded. "As long as we can get the others together it should work perfectly."

"You'll help us?" Echo asked.

"Of course." Leah noted. "Saren is my friend as well. Trinity is brash, and not as level-headed as the rest of us, but she means well and she'll help if I talk to her. Our main concern comes from Kala. With the exception of Neo, she doesn't seem to care about what anyone else thinks."

"Hm.. Let me talk to Kala.. I maybe able to convince her~" Saren chuckled. 'Maybe I'll be able to get her to help me get my powers back..~'

"And you're sure you can get her to help us?" Leah asked. "She is generous, but she will not listen to the rest of us, and her little understanding of our people makes threats and persuasion go over her head. You are normally not one for being direct."

"I have no clue, but its worth a shot~" Saren chuckled, taking and  flipping a coin out of one of his jacket pockets. "If nothing else, I can be convincing~"

"Fair enough." Leah noted.

The trio approached the town square where a huge group of people had gathered around a young woman standing on a large platform.

"What we have here is outlandish!" The woman called, clearly Ann. "The royal family sits there in their castle acting like there is no rebellion out there, pretending that everything is going to be perfectly fine, that we are going to be perfectly fine! We all saw what happened to Viola City, are we going to let Crystal City wind up just like that?! No, we're going to take action! We will choose to stand without them! We don't need some royals to lead us, we can lead us! The people will lead, and it will only start once we take action!"

"Ann Denerim." Leah noted. "Promising that she has gotten all these people in a crowd."

"She's really good at talking in front of all those people!" Echo praised.

"From what she's saying, she want's a rebellion, but it doesn't quite sound like she wants our rebellion." Leah muttered.

Saren chuckled. "Typical politician eh~ Good at stirring up the crowds.."

In the crowd; a wolf that had a faded green fur coloration, amber eyes and a lightning bolt tattoo with the same coloration of his eyes located on his forehead and partially underneath his right eye had been walking towards the platform in which Ann Denerim was speaking on.

Not much was noteworthy about the wolf's attire, wearing blue jeans and a set of studded gloves, but as he tried to maneuver through the crowd the occasional static discharge would occur as his fur seemed to be saturated with electricity.

Ann didn't seem to notice, simply continuing to give her speech. The crowd, or rather the people who bumped into the wolf did notice, but only gave mean looks and no more.

"Let's go." Leah noted, walked to the front of the crowd with Echo behind her.

Saren followed Leah, as the wolf's left hand started crackling with electricity; gathering up electrical power to discharge in a potentially lethal fashion he continued his path towards Ann Denerim.

Ann continued to give her speech. Leah pulled her staff out, and her fur puffed out a little. "There's someone here." She whispered to Saren. "In the crowd."

Saren nodded, slipping into the crowd as the wolf shot a bolt of lightning at Anm.

A single card, glowing bright orange flew towards, intercepting the bolt of lightning, and stopping it. Echo quickly began pulling more cards from her deck, building more ways to defend Ann.

As the crowd began to disperse from the sudden realization that an assassin stood in the their midst, Leah quickly gave a turn with her staff, causing a large cirlce of magic to surround Saren and Mars, preventing Mars from leaving with a circle of lightning magic. At least, that's what she thought, but she was unknowning what exactly Mars was.

Saren looked at Mars. "Hmm, pretty ballsy move there for a would be assassin~"

Mars gave Saren a droll look, noting the circle of lightning and glancing at Leah. "And here I thought I could get this done with little trouble at all~"

Mars' fur started to let off a few sparks, before he tossed a ball of condensed electricity into the air and willed it to split, watching as the ball split off and began to dissipate; adding a charge to the surroundings.

Ann quickly hid behind her wooden platform.

Echo threw more of the diamond cards on the ground, building wooden walls to help keep the electricity away.

Leah, cursing under her breath, quickly began to cast lance-like ice structures at Mars.

It should be noted that many of the guards appeared to come and aid the three of them against Mars.

Mars used the already existing charge to generate bolts of electricity that he willed to fly at the guards, now running and dodging the ice structures as he lunged at Leah; his fur was saturated in electricity, something he was going to use to his advantage by releasing an electrical shockwave when he was close enough to Leah.

Saren was following after Mars, trying to use the recently acquired heliokinesis to hold or slow down Mars via casting rays of blinding light, oddly enough he was still trying to conjure it up like he would with his erebokinesis.

Leah, muttering under her breath at what Saren was doing, placed her staff onto the ground and vaulted over Mars, flying a little over 200 feet away, obviously aided with some wind magic, the started flinging fire balls at Mars.

Mars did end up getting caught in one of the Rays, closing his eyes at the sheer brightness as this seemingly left him open for the fireballs.

Leah quickly took aim, noticing this opening and sent more fire balls at Mars, though upon closer feeling these were not truly fire. They looked like it, and felt like it, but the heat and any harm from the fire itself wasn't present, rather they were orbs of arcane energy, which exploded on impact, sending anything they touched flying.

Mars had been blasted back by the arcane orbs, his fur singed and his body aching, landing on his feet before crouching low and glaring at Leah. "Alright then.. Let's play.." He whispered as electricity started coursing through his body, augmenting his physical capabilities as he lunged for Leah; leaving a trail of electricity as he went.

The red hedgeohg pulled her staff into both of her hands and began to mutter an incantation, "I who stand in the heart of the void, call upon thee who openeth the gates of hell, come forth and slaughter the unjust for they stand in the path of my crusade." While Leah did manage to finish her incantation and cast the spell, she didn't have enough time to get out of the way of Mars attack.

"Saren!" Echo called, throwing the Lynx three different versions of her cards. The first dramatically increased his speed, the second added ice properties to his scythe swings and the third was a strange card showcasing an orange circle. "Hit him with the third card!"

Mars planted an electrically charged fist in Leah's gut. "Don't interfere~!" he muttered before hopping back and charging up another bolt of electricity, only to just barely dodge the ice emchanted scythe; landing awkwardly in a position where Saren was able to slap the orange card on Mars' forehead. Which he did.

Leah flew back from the blow, but the spell had already been cast, Echo's card and Leah's spell lined up just as she had hoped.

A large orange circle caused a large portal under Mars to open up, sending him somewhere else in the world. Echo's spellpower wasn't that strong and she knew that Mars wouldn't somehow wind up on another continent, let alone somewhere outside of Otogi, but it would take him a while to get back here. Of course, normally anyone could simply escape this spell, but Leah's incantation summoned four white soldiers with large shields to box Mars up, creaing only one place for him to go. Down. Through Echo's portal.

(He'll be back, probably...)

Knowing that they were now safe from danger, Echo released her spells, keeping the walls up. Leah recovered from the hit she just took and Ann stepped out from where she stood. She was a human, an odd sight to see in Otogi. Long black hair, and light blue eyes. Her complexion was fair and her clothes seemed very professional, a mint green dress, with a white belt. She looked around the three of the knights. "I thank you for your assisstance." Her voice was much different than before. It was quiet, and very noticably high pitched, as if she had the voice of an animated squrriel in a children's cartoon. The confidence and professionalism was still there, and the way that she carried herself showed that she was confident in everything she did.

Saren looked at Ann, a slight smirk on his face. "Thanks aside, any idea why captain lightning bolt wanted to eighty six you~?"

"I suppose there are a lot of reasons to have me killed. It does not come as a surprise to me. We're meant to remain silent and anyone who speaks out of line often winds up dead. It has come as a surprise to me that I have remained alive for so long." Ann answered.

Saren nodded. "Politics eh, truly a cutthroat occupational hazard even in times of crisis eh~?"

"Indeed. While the city stands mostly with me, the rest of the nation does not. This has led to some...interesting exchanges..." Ann gave a sigh.

"Speaking of which," Leah started. "That's what we're here to talk about."

The mage explained the situation to Ann, telling her everything. Where they came from, who they were, why they were with the rebellion, and what they were doing here.

"Interesting tale." Ann said. "Alright, I'll help you, on one condition. When this rebellion is over, and everything is settled, there will be no dragon sitting on the throne. There will be no throne at all."

"We don't really have that power." Leah noted.

"Seems to me that this rebellion is riding solely on your actions." Ann replied. "It was you who pushed for Viola City, it was you who gained several allies, and found me, and it will be you who claims the Excalibur Blade. Seems to me that you have all the power."