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Kenja was slightly hesitant in this, but accepted anyway. Joshua was a new student to this class, and she knew his defenses already, but that may prove to her advantage. She nodded slightly. "Very well then..."
(waiting for Qui and Katarina can finish up so they are on the same day so I can get on with it lol)
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Rave smiled, accepting the hug, which was much to her suprise. "And you take care of yourself Goor..." she paused momentarily. "Listen...I need to ask something of you." She said softly. "I...may not be around for the next year of the academy for various reasons...would you stop by? Make sure that Qui hasn't killed any of my students?" She laughed slightly.

Kenja was slightly hesitant in this, but accepted anyway. Joshua was a new student to this class, and she knew his defenses already, but that may prove to her advantage. She nodded slightly. "Very well then..."
(waiting for Qui and Katarina can finish up so they are on the same day so I can get on with it lol)
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Rave smiled, accepting the hug, which was much to her suprise. "And you take care of yourself Goor..." she paused momentarily. "Listen...I need to ask something of you." She said softly. "I...may not be around for the next year of the academy for various reasons...would you stop by? Make sure that Qui hasn't killed any of my students?" She laughed slightly.

Kenja was slightly hesitant in this, but accepted anyway. Joshua was a new student to this class, and she knew his defenses already, but that may prove to her advantage. She nodded slightly. "Very well then..."
(waiting for Qui and Katarina can finish up so they are on the same day so I can get on with it lol)
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Rave smiled, accepting the hug, which was much to her suprise. "And you take care of yourself Goor..." she paused momentarily. "Listen...I need to ask something of you." She said softly. "I...may not be around for the next year of the academy for various reasons...would you stop by? Make sure that Qui hasn't killed any of my students?" She laughed slightly.

The weather in Tarlachia had been absolutely horrible in the last week. Because of it, Maximus Destroi was delayed in his travel plans, since no aircraft were going to be flying, and no vehicles dared the roads. Even Maximus's dragon, Pyros, had rejected his request to transport him. Finally, on the last day, the weather cleared, and Pyros was prepared for the trip. Maximus was furious at the weather, but there was nothing he could have done about it. The two took off into the cloudy sky, and weaved through the clouds. After an hour, they drew near the fields surrounding the Academy. Pyros plunged to the ground, only to gracefully land upon the soft grass.

"Pretty good there, Pyros." Maximus complimented the dragon.

It let out a slight growl of appreciation, flames from its snout licking the grass, charring it. Maximus gathered his belongings, pet the dragon and watch it beat it wings, and soon was headed toward the mountains, where it would be nearby in case Maximus needed a ride.

Turning toward the Academy, he began to walk purposely. What awaited him inside? What challenges would he face? And would it be possible for him to finally unlock the magic of his Ancestors, the Elves of Lothlorien Forest. He was a link to the bloodline of these elves through his mortal lineage, and he hoped to be able to once again display the awesome magic of his people to the world, which hadn't seen it in thousands of years. Coupled with his vampiric powers he possessed now, Maximus would be a powerful force indeed, should he accomplish this.

I hope I haven't missed much.

Walking through the main doors, he was surprised to not see any of the expected bustling of students going about their schedules.

"Hello? Is there anyone who can help me here?" he called out to the silent halls.

Santiana just watches the two of them.

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Goor nods. "I will." He gets into the shuttle and it climbs above the academy and out of site in minutes.

Rave sighs. They come and go so quickly... she watches the shuttle leave, and turns back toward the academy. Her crimson eyes fall upon a new student entering. Maximus? Yes...that's what it is... she figured. She had not seen this student in previous years, therefore an explanation was not in order for what had happened concerning her. That was a releif.

She walked toward the academy, auburn hair blown back in waves from the wind that was beginning to pick up. The cut on the right side of her face had not healed totally, and there was a scar there now. She had a pistol at her side, but she rarely used it.

"Hello? Is there anyone who can help me here?" he called out to the silent halls. Rave entered the door behind him, twisting a strand of hair back in place. As the former headmistress entered, she observed him once over.

"Maximus," she said in a melodic voice like that of an angel. Ironic, isn't it? "Welcome to my Academy..." It was still hers, she knew it, Qui knew it, everyone else knew it. But he, however, remained the figurehead of both nation and school. "I beleive I may be able to provide the help you are looking for."

"Now Qui, what would make you think that i want my own set of fangs? and what would make you think i was not ready?"

Qui chuckled softly. Exactly what you just said confirmed every one of my beleifs...What makes me think you are not ready is the trials you will face. You know I'm no preacher, and I hardly follow set rules...so I'm not going to lecture you on what to do... He passed his hand through her hair. Maybe she should see what it would be like...

A soft voice behind him spoke, surprising Maximus. He turned quickly, eyes alert. What he saw was a single female. She smiled at him kindly.

"I take it you're the big honcho around here?" he inquired, "Either way, I just got here. I'm sorry I'm late, I was delayed by inclement weather conditions back home. My name's Maxi.....wait a minute......how did you know my name already?"

Maximus discreetly attempted to probe the female's mind, searching for information as to who she was. He failed, this one was too strong in her defenses.

He continued:
"Here's my schedule, if you could be kind enough to point out where the classes and my quarters are, I'd appreciate it."

He handed the shedule to the woman:

Name: Maximus Destroi
Classes:
Basics____
Manipulations__X__
Elementals____
****Which element______________
Healing__X___
Adv. Combat (A.C.)_X___
Telekenetics_____

(OOC I am really sorry that I am going to have to pull out of this. I have lots of more important threads, and I need to conentrate on school work. It would have been good though...)

Rave chuckled. "You could say that..." she said with a smile. It seemed students were always eager to get inside of her head. "And good luck getting into my head...I've had more years to build that up than meets the eye..." She looked around twenty-three. It was unsure if anyone knew her full history besides herself. There were some things she really didn't want to go back to, so she perferred not to say anything to anyone.

Her crimson eyes flickered upon him. "Your quarters are on the second floor room 142. You can get to the main stair case, by turning right from here and travelling down to the west wing. Right now you are in the main hall, basically where most students "chill " as it were." she smiled, but there was something behind the smile...or in her eyes that told you that she was not a push over. In fact, quite the opponent.

"Offices and Staff rooms are on the third floor, and the staff rooms are strictly off limits. All classes are on the first floor, which is where you are. Turn left from here to get to your classes. Manipulations is the second door on the left taught by Kenja. Anything else?"

Rave chuckled. "You could say that..." she said with a smile. It seemed students were always eager to get inside of her head. "And good luck getting into my head...I've had more years to build that up than meets the eye..." She looked around twenty-three. It was unsure if anyone knew her full history besides herself. There were some things she really didn't want to go back to, so she perferred not to say anything to anyone.

Her crimson eyes flickered upon him. "Your quarters are on the second floor room 142. You can get to the main stair case, by turning right from here and travelling down to the west wing. Right now you are in the main hall, basically where most students "chill " as it were." she smiled, but there was something behind the smile...or in her eyes that told you that she was not a push over. In fact, quite the opponent.

"Offices and Staff rooms are on the third floor, and the staff rooms are strictly off limits. All classes are on the first floor, which is where you are. Turn left from here to get to your classes. Manipulations is the second door on the left taught by Kenja. Anything else?"

Joshua sat on one of the desks and looked directly at Kenja his icy blue eyes. Only learn through pain, he thinks to himself as he waits

Maximus was surprised. She had detected his mind-probe attempt and had even blatantly called him on it. A look of embarrasment crossed his face slightly, but disappeared quickly.

"I'm sorry, I was rude probing your mind...or should I say, failing to probe your mind. No, I do not have any more questions, thank you. You must be Rave Shentavo, your personality fits the stories I have heard. I must be on my way now, with class and all. See ya around!"

Maximus followed the directions of the woman, and finally found room 142. Walking in, he took off his trenchcoat and his sword, Glamdring, and placed them into the closet, soon followed by his duffel bag full of his clothes and various items. He grabbed the books for the class from the desk, conveniently provided for all students, and headed back down to the first floor. He opened the door quietly, and walked in. He stopped when the instructor, Kenja looked at him.

Without hesitation, Maximus spoke.

"I'm Maximus Destroi, reporting for Manipulations. I believe I have the correct room?"

Joshua came foreward and sat down on one of the desks. Ever since his "little" change and his most rececnt combat time things were changing about him. He sighed inside and thought to himself You learn best through pain.

Santiana watches them idly for the moment, slowly building up her defenses. She didn't know what to expect, having only met a few with powers like her and never having the need to try this.

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The shuttle was far from the Ambrosial Coast, having passed over the Quarell Province of the Empire and over the ocean. The two men reading reports and conferring quietly. Sydney was wondering if he should go drinking tonight with the threat Goor made, no matter how jokingly. Goor frowned as he watched out the viewport. He kept thinking about Rave's words. He was persona-non-grata in his own lands. Perhaps he could find a new home in hers. Not yet though. I have something important to do first...

OOC: Setting up another possible RP/for sure event that will happen RPed or not.

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"No problem," she laughed to herself. How many of those stories were true were yet to be seen. She sighed, and turned toward the council chambers. There were national things she needed to discuss with a guest that was soon to arrive.

"Yes," she said. "You are. And just in time for a demonstration." She could wait no longer. Sorry I have to do this Josh... she thought to herself, and was not directed toward him. Her crystal-like eyes flared up to meet his instantly. She knew his weaknessess, which made her technique specific. Memories...of battle. Of the wars, of Death. Of her death. And slowely, she began to tear down his defenses with the distraction. She started at the valance level, and worked inward.

Joshua's gaze met hers and he locked eye contact. Even as she wore him down he stood fighting back in what ever way he could. He wasn't one to give up so soon.

OOC: Where is everyone??? Keep posting!

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I must apologize for my late posting. This damn forum is always giving me troubles anymore, and I am about to quit the game altogether over it.

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Kieria sat in her seat still. She heard this class was very difficult.

"Good," she thought to herself. "This will help me out very much.

Kieria's mood lightened some. She relaxed and sat back down, realizing that this was only slightly different from her own nation. She had attended a military class under Mathias's direction once. This would be no different. Hard training, high mental stamina, ability to cooperate and follow orders. It would be difficult indeed, but she would try and hang on.

She would also have to make friends. Her hardest thing. If she did not overcome this odd social behavior, then she would more than likely scare away everyone.

She smiled, a hopeful light igniting within her; the light of a prespective new future.

Pepal watched this demostration thinking "So,you need to meet eye to eye of doing this,must be mentally painul I might add"(OCC:How you do italics?).He wondred how much mental pain joshua is taking "Sometmes pain is the only teacher in this world" he thinks to himself but thinking of it in a low volume so he won't disturbs the teachers conctration since she can read minds.

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Kenja breathe in deeply, and shot her eyes directly to Joshua. He could see a vision of her, though not really her. It was like he was seeing doubles as one advanced toward him. The vision placed her hands on either side of his head. "Sleep." was all that was said. Kenja's eyes seemed to alight in their crystal blue color.

Joshua watched as he saw he second KEnaj walk towards him and mutter something about to much wake up stim before the second one toucheed his head.

Qui chuckled softly. Exactly what you just said confirmed every one of my beleifs...What makes me think you are not ready is the trials you will face. You know I'm no preacher, and I hardly follow set rules...so I'm not going to lecture you on what to do... He passed his hand through her hair. Maybe she should see what it would be like...


"good then", she snapped,"dont lecture me." drawing away from Qui she leans more forward on the horse, "I think its time we went back to the academy Qui, ive lost my appetite"

ooc:had to wrap that chunk up. Itwill continue, do not worry.

Maximus continued to stand at the doorway to the Manipulations class, as he watched the instructor walk toward one of the students. The student had a most perplexed look upon his face, his eyes darting between two unseen spots in the space before him.

Maximus continued to watch, until the instructor turned back around, before he spoke once more.

"Excuse me...Kenja? My name is Maximus Destroi, I'm reporting for class for the first time. What do you wish of me to do?"

Maximus grew silent once more, as he cooly watched the instructor study him.

The confused student was still trying to figure things out in his mind.

Lecture? Oh my God I'm turning in to Rave... Qui smiles as shes snapps at him. At least she has no respect for authority. Reminds him of someone...

"Guess I've lost my appetite..." she said to him, which he raised an eyebrow to. I haven't... he thought quietly to himself. He slowely began to wonder what was happening to him. With this reawakened bloodlust, he began to wonder how Rave had kept it under control all these years. Something triggered it, and it lay with Domino.

He drew he in for a moment, and leapt from the horse which had seemingly disappeared into shadows. As her gaze drifted off, so did his touch, and as she turned around, he was gone.

The sun rose on the horizion, an aray of brilliant colors painted the grounds.
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Sleep... the voice whispered to him. Kenja's concentration shatteded as she was addressed by Maximus. She jumps slightly, and turns toward him, Joshua now gaining a clear shot at her. "Please, come in...sit."
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Maximus complied, and took a seat on the edge of the class sitting behind Kenja. Kenja watched him, but he was watching the student that Kenja had been teaching. The student seemed to suddenly clarify things and snapped his attention to Kenja, his mouth moving slightly.

Kenja looked at Maximus some more. He looked back at him, and raised his eyebrow. The student was about to try something on the instructor, that he knew.

Santiana took her chance, closing her eyes and concentrating on Kenja. Intead of the atack she had planned at first, it was another layer of defenses for Joshua to deal with. Not very strong, but enough to let Kenja get her concentration back, barely. You're welcome.

Joshua smirked for a moment when Kenja lost her concentration. He called upon something that very few knew about. Before when Kenja died something so dark had awoken within him that was only represed. Slowly it began to form up behind his first layer of defenses waiting.

Kenja was startled by both Satiana, and Joshua, but regained her composure. Alright... she paused momentarily. Let's pull out a few of Qui's tricks... A binding whip formed in each of her hands. It was energy, and seemed to have no effect on the physical things around them. "By focusing energy into a small amount of space, the charge of the space will increase. The greater the charge, the more the damage." she explained as she lashed out at Joshua, the seemingly matterless tendrils reaching out to bind him to his place. "By binding someone, you paralyze them, making them incapable of physical attack, but if their mind is strong enough....you'll need to do more..."

After a couple hours staring at this pencil, Michael started to feel dumb... so instead he got up and searched the library from some books on the subject... then asked the librarian where he may find some books on the subject.

Michael then collected this things as well as a few books he was borrowing, before heading off outside and finding a tree to sit under and read... he could concentrate better with the sound of nature around him, plus it wasn't as stuffy outside as it was in the library... he just supposed that he only stayed in there for so long out of determination, though Daedalis's presence made him think more about her... which was both nice and slightly off putting, not that it would have made a difference to his chances of making that pencil work...

So now he sat down and read about the theory behind the magic... the book claimed it wasn't magic, which kinda of made sense to him, but it still seemed that way to him. Maybe if he asked that angry guy for help... he could do anything but Michael hadn't seen him since yesterdays lesson... no matter, Michael thought. I'll find him later.

Michael continued to read as nature sung it's song for all to hear.


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Muttering, Katarina dispells leaps into the air, the illusion that was hiding her wings dissipates as they are put to use. Ten minutes later she alights in a field on the fringes of the academy, and begins to walk the rest of the way, muttering the words to reactivate the hiding of her wings.

ooc: If someone wants an RP oppurtunity, feel free to run into her before her illusion gets put up. Just not too many of you...

Pepal just nodded by the response Kenja gave after her demostration."Hmm,intresting demostration there.Shes right about that."He suddenly got intrested seriously thou.He sait up straight and waited for further intsructions from Kenja.

OOC:Thanks Iuthia.

Maximus was impressed. This display of control over the essence of magic was remarkable, coming from Kenja. He watched as Joshua was caught by surprise from the energy whips, and began to struggle.

Maximus smiled, this student was getting the sole attention of Kenja, and things weren't looking good already. He chuckled slightly, amused by the look on the student's face.

Santiana leaned back and smiled to herself as Kenja bound Joshua. I know a few marines that would get a kick out of that trick... At least until I 'tied' them to an airplane prop...

She glanced to the others, but thenm returns her gaze to the demonstration.

"Kat...Kenja," a voice was heard in the door, interrupting her concentration yet again. Kenja turned her head quickly to glance at the person, and was slightly angry, until she realized who it was. She then realized she couldn't be angry...she wouldnt' win. She looked upon the pale face of her sire, his crimson eyes falling upon her. She shifted uneasily.

"Yes, Qui?" she said with a sigh. It was more of a downtrodden statement than an actual question. There was a hint of something in her eyes, something maybe only a few of them would be able to catch. Qui raised his hand, to let Joshua know of his presence as his back was turned towards him. How badly he wanted to stranggle him right now... Kenja should have better tastes he thought silently to himself, scoffing at Joshua.

"Kenja, come with me," he said sternly, as if she were being scolded rather than adressed.

"I'm teachi---"

"Now." he commanded.

Kenja looked back to the students. "Excuse me momentarily..." She said softly, and turned toward Qui and walked out the door reluctantly. Qui still stood at the side of the doorway, and turned to acknowledge someone enter.

It was a man that was only seldom seen around the campus. He had something in commen with two of the others on the ground, Kade and Aurora. His eyes were purely white. He was not blind, but a Veruki. Satiana may have connected it between her meeting with Kade and his demeandor.

"His name is Zodiac," Qui said to the class, his voice dominating over the room. "He shall teach for the rest of the day..."

Zodiac looked toward Qui, his eyes narrowing. I do not want to see this happen.

You don't really have a choice now do you? he said victoriously in reply. Zodiac gave him a look of disgust, then turned back to the class, his demeanor returning. Qui smiled soflty, knowing that Zodiac must teach the class, and could not protest against his actions.

Qui took Kenja by the arm, and turned up a spiral staircase, dissapearing through the complex network, shrouded in darkness.

Reaching the gates of the Academy, Katarina causes her wings to become forgettable. Not invisible, just non-descript and seemingly natural to all who observed them, their eyes would slide over them, their mind would gloss them over. Unless, that is, she did something to make them noticable, such as fly with them. She headed to her room wanting to take a shower and get refreshed.

Maximus stood up and walked over to Santiana who had been noticed helping Kenja when her back had been turned.

"Hey, I'm Maximus, and you are?" he asked, offering his hand.

Michael simple continues to read his book outside for the rest of the day, though now he notices that it is later afternoon and hes spent half the day reading the book he borrowed on telekenisis...

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Zodiac's eyes darted across the students. This was no ordinary schools but there were still rules. "Maximus," he said, his white eyes sweeping over him to gain his attention back. Veruki...one of the three left, Kade had said to Satiana. This must be one of the others....then who was the third? That was yet to be seen. It was toward the end of class, but time for a lesson at least.

"Manipulations, is by default one of the most useful abilities out there. To make people fall into sleep by a touch, to make them writhe with a glance. To make their fears sweep up before them. To charm...to soothe...to comfort...This is what we strive to acheive. Few have reached that level... It is not about which techinque you learn, it's what about best suits you."

He paused momentarily. "I, for instance, work through sight." his pupiless eyes seem to look at each individual. "And yes, I can see... Many of you may have seen a woman named Kade around. She works through touch. it could be one or more of these...the headmaster of this school, as most of you know him, works through both. It is up to the individual to determine which they study."

"So what I need you to do now is understand which direction you will pursue....through sight,through touch,through sound, through the mind, excetra. Once you've determined a means, I can show you the best way on how to break down defenses using the method you will later specialize in.This will determine the rest of your coarse here, so choose wisely. And make sure you have the aptitude...not just because it sounds interesting.

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Maximus turned quickly as the older one walked into the room. His eyes were strange, no pupils existed, at least none that Maximus could see. He seemed to be blind, however that assumption was discarded once the man spoke of his manipulative power of sight.

Interesting..

Maximus took the initiative, never one to step down when deciding an important decision.

"Sir, I shall like to use my currently existing psychic abilities as a base to learn how to manipulate as I see fit, mainly as mind control over others. I shall also like to study manipulations through touch, I feel that will benefit me as well."

Maximus raised his chin slightly, not flinching from the fathomless eyes of the instructor undoubtedly watching him, studying him. No matter, he was determined to learn from these great masters.

A quote passed by in his mind, one told to him as a mortal long ago:

"A smart one learns from his experiences, a wise one learns from the experiences of others."

Qui's temper flared as he threw Kenja to the ground against a wall. The girl looked up to her sire in horror. "In all years I have watched over the chambers as my father did before me not once has the seal been broken!!!" he yelled viciously, the door slamming behind him. "Do you understand what you have done!? Have you any idea?! It could put us all in jeapardy!"

"I...I...had to see it for myse---" her voice trembled as he picked her up from the ground by the throat with one arm.

"Sheer curiosity?! Curiosity above the well being of everyone here? After all I've done? After tracking Zodiac and Kade and Aurora for over a century and keeping the chambers locked and sealed for all this time, you have the nerve to even test it!"

"I---" She wasn't able to finish her sentence before she was struck across the face, and dropped to the ground.

"You disobeyed me, Kenja. You wanted to know about the chamber, so I told you. AND YOU BREAK THE SEAL! KENJA! Do you have any grasp on what this means? If she finds the chamber, and opens it, we will all go into a sleep for a very long time. She'll be trapped with no way of getting out, and it will be the end to all of us. What the hell were you thinking?!"

Kenja looked up to him with tears in her eyes. Blood was smeared across her neck from the blow delivered by the anceint that stood before her. "I...won't go in there again...I---" He clutched her neck tightly.

"It's already done Kenja. It's irreversable what you have done. I can not let you exit those doors with the knowledge of what you have seen. You are by far the biggest disgrace to this family and this school. You could have just sealed the fate of all of us....except yours. That is my decision...and I have chosen."

"Qui! Don't...." she struggled as his sharp piercing fangs were driven into her neck. She let out a cry and grasped at him to no avail. His bloodlust and anger took him over, and he was consumed in his rage upon his protègèe.

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If...that is the symbol for light...and that for seventy..four...carry the three...what does this mean.. The question had tormented her so much. The scroll and prophecy was just beginning to make sense, but she had no idea what was coming. Even the Veruki; the ones possessing foresight, could not predict what was just about to happen.
Wings of the angel...torn...what? This makes no sense.... She sighed heavily. Ravelyn looked up from the various scrolls that lay before her sharply as she felt something change. Something....is wrong... She looked around her, the illuminated library providing no source for the feeling. It was strong. She turned toward the halls, and walked slowly at first. Her blade was at her side, but her pistols were in her hands. There was a door before her, darkened in shadows with a lionesses head above it. A wave of happiness passed over her as she swore she saw a light from inside.
"How come...I didn't build this..." she said, observing the door. She placed her hand on the handle, and turned it slowly
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"Qui...please...ah..." she let out a cry as her body was weakening with every moment as the blood was drained from her fragile body.
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What?! Rave let out an exclaimation, as she turned from the door, her hand leaving the handle; not yet opened. Her mind raced. Kenja...no... She bolted down the halls, and up the spiral staircase hidden near the 2nd floor library. She rushed up the stairs and threw open the door. She heard the soft cry pour from the child's lips as tried to open the second door before her. It was locked. She put her hands out, not touching the door, and her eyes shot a brilliant white color, as hot as fire. A sonic energy wave burst through the door, and she stepped in to see Qui with Kenja in his arms.

Qui looked back, and let the girl drop. She had gone deathly pale. "Ravelyn..." He was not able to finish his sentence as Rave rushed to Kenja's side, the girl colder than ever.

"Kenja...Kenja..." she struggled to find a trace of activity, mental or otherwise. Nothing. "Qui!" she yelled. "What have you done!?" She rose with a unmatchable rage, now apparent where Qui receieved the quick temper from.

"Drained her dry. She betrayed and disobeyed me with a foolish curiosity. The most sorry excuse for a fledgling in history of time."

She immediately struck him across the face with a closed fist. "How dare you---" she was thrown back at Qui's hand. She immediately got back up, the demon burning with anger. Fire erupted between them at her will.

Qui chuckled to himself. "Apparently you still don't acknowledge my change Rave..." slowely, the fire was extinguished. She looked in shock at him. "It's great to be you. did you know that? I mean...angelic vampires are a rarity...as I seem to be the only one left out of the two. What you passed to me I will ever be in debted for...however, you do carry on what you have lost. Challenge me now mother, and you will fail."

Rave slowely backed away from him. "You will be tried by me Qui. Mark my words. Mark them well. I will not let this go unnoticed."

"What are you going to do? Burn me to death?" he laughed. "I'm in charge now mother...you're not one whose in a position to be making threats."

"What about promises?" She lashed out at him, and slipped out the door with a deep glare. She rushed down the halls. Kade....Aurora...Zodiac....

Qui sat down in his chair, leaning back as a drop of blood fell to the ground from his lips. His senses soared, and he looked at the girl that lay dead upon the ground. "You were worth nothing my dear...you nearly cost us everything..."
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Zodiac's face remained indifferent. "Good. We have one of touch. Kade will most probably be stopping by then. Psychic abilitys are good to have for this, and they can be used for your advantage...

Pepal sat up staright in his seat,he sharply watched Kenja leaving the room and this other man entering the room."That was odd Kenja leaving the room like that and this man entering,I wonder whats going on" he thought to himself.He just listen to the mans talks about the psychic abilitys and such.Man,he was getting ready to learn about psychic abilitys that he can posses back at home,but then another Lloth attack stirred up before their academy starts,but after that,the academy got filled up and there was no place for him,So he was flown to this place.He wonders what was strange about Qui,during that speech days ago he sounded normal at first,but then he started to look strange to Pepal,nothing normal thou.He remebred that night with that one intruder attacking Qui in the night and those covert walks we did in the forest.Pepal wonders what else might come up in this academy,too much strange happeings here.

Santianalifted the pencil in front of her mentally. "I'll be using psychic ability and speech." She says, studying the instructor carefully.

OOC: Joshua is gonna be pissed. lol

OOC:Remeber your popcorn and front row seats,lol

ooc:

::Grabs a front row seat, a tub of popcorn and a huge ass drink::

"3 million on Qui. Any takers?"

(OOC Oh the plot thickens, and Qui is becoming rather the vengeful one eh? Oh I wish Kain could be here...well, he might be later. Depends on how Blood Is Thicker Than Water goes... :D )

As the sun grows old, a figure can be seen sleeping next to a tree near the Shentavo Academy. Michael had been reading all day and the dying sun had been the perfect catalyst for Michael tired mind.

Now he sleeps a peaceful slumber, if ignorance was a bliss, then Michael was in heaven.


(Whoa... huge plot, well... I guess it's a good thing Michael only gets involved in things which directly involve him or happen in front of him... he still hasn't worked out what happened to Joshua.)

ooc: This year will have many twists. And yes, but Joshua has no idea yet...
Qui: *sits next to Katrina* Can I place a bet as well? :twisted:
Rave: *mutters something about male vampires*
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Rave stormed down the halls, tears of defiance within her eyes. Her own son disobeying her command. Kenja lay slain by his hand. Her own son...threatening her life. Then something clicked. Zodiac...Aurora...Kade...I must meet with you immediately. She stepped back into the library and quickly scanned over the scrolls...slowely putting it into a different perspective.

Kade looked toward the Academy from a tree. The Veruki's eyes shone white within the moonlight as she jumped down, and began her way toward Rave's location. It had been a long time since she had arrived...and she had not come to teach. She had come for the angel she had once known...and for the non-present Dante. Dante... his name swept across her mind. There was no hope in him.... She continued on.

Aurora turned from the pool side. Give me but a moment. Aurora was tall, around 6"1. She had long straight brown hair that fell to her waist and a rather arrogant and cynical outlook. She wasn't here for Rave, or anyone else. It was because she merely owed a favor to an old friend...

Zodiac nodded at the students replies when he heard Rave's voice. She sounded hurt...rather upset, angry, strong, weak...all at the same time. He observed this quietly. When is Kenja returning? Send her back so I can leave...

She's not returning, Zodiac.

:!: What has he done.... he looked at his students. "I apologize for an abrubt stop to this lesson, but I have something very important to attend to. Over the break, please practice with each other. What I need you to do is to try working through the means described. For pure curiousity, seek out Genesis or Qu...or Kade. Class is dismissed." What has happened Rave...

Come to me... help me...

ooc: This year will have many twists. And yes, but Joshua has no idea yet...
Qui: *sits next to Katrina* Can I place a bet as well? :twisted:
Rave: *mutters something about male vampires*
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Rave stormed down the halls, tears of defiance within her eyes. Her own son disobeying her command. Kenja lay slain by his hand. Her own son...threatening her life. Then something clicked. Zodiac...Aurora...Kade...I must meet with you immediately. She stepped back into the library and quickly scanned over the scrolls...slowely putting it into a different perspective.

Kade looked toward the Academy from a tree. The Veruki's eyes shone white within the moonlight as she jumped down, and began her way toward Rave's location. It had been a long time since she had arrived...and she had not come to teach. She had come for the angel she had once known...and for the non-present Dante. Dante... his name swept across her mind. There was no hope in him.... She continued on.

Aurora turned from the pool side. Give me but a moment. Aurora was tall, around 6"1. She had long straight brown hair that fell to her waist and a rather arrogant and cynical outlook. She wasn't here for Rave, or anyone else. It was because she merely owed a favor to an old friend...

Zodiac nodded at the students replies when he heard Rave's voice. She sounded hurt...rather upset, angry, strong, weak...all at the same time. He observed this quietly. When is Kenja returning? Send her back so I can leave...

She's not returning, Zodiac.

:!: What has he done.... he looked at his students. "I apologize for an abrubt stop to this lesson, but I have something very important to attend to. Over the break, please practice with each other. What I need you to do is to try working through the means described. For pure curiousity, seek out Genesis or Qu...or Kade. Class is dismissed." What has happened Rave...

Come to me... help me...

Joshua felt something happen for a moment. Suddenly his eyes widdened and a fear slowly began to creap up on him. He knew Qui was much more agravated but he feared not to that point. When the class was suddenly dismissed his walked out something within him shot out at his mind for a moment then withdrew causing him sudden great pain. He let out a small and subtle groawn and cliched his fist. He slowly walked towards the AC room, his left arm twiching slightly. On his way he walked past the pool and stoped. His gaze fell upon the water for a moment before he suddenly snaped his gaze back and he was holding his head as a sudden mind numbing migrane hit him. He knelt down and a surge of memorys burst foreward in him. He let out a quite scream of aggony as memorys of what happened during his capture ofver 15 years ago. Images of his skin being cut open and other horid images that would make a normal person crack fried rapidly in him mind.

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OOC:
Joshua:*shakes his head* Damn right I'm pissed now I'm gona make sure someone *glairs at Qui* loses something more than his head
Phoenix:Um...when do I come in?
Joshua:Your not coming damn it!!!!!

Ya anyways Joshua has a few surprizes coming to :twisted:

Occ: I place 50k on Qui, and 50k on Joshua!
Its fun to have a gambling time.muhaha :twisted:
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IC:
Pepal gets confused with whats been going on for a bit." that guy now,whats next?"Once he is dismissed,he goes up to his dorm to
take a shower,then all of a sudden when he got in,he started to have head pains."This is the same feelings I had that night when that intruder came and attacked Qui" he said to himself.He took the shower and put on some clean clothes,and he started to have the pains again,his hand started to move towards his scimatar which is still near the window,but he tries to resist,then he graps it and swifts it towards the closed door of the dorm.Hes sweating at the pains and such,he goes wide-eyed,and sets on his bed thinking of the bad
feelings he had before.He shakaes his head and goes out side his dorm and decides to go to the starbucks to get some coffe

"I apologize for an abrubt stop to this lesson, but I have something very important to attend to. Over the break, please practice with each other. What I need you to do is to try working through the means described. For pure curiousity, seek out Genesis or Qu...or Kade. Class is dismissed."

Something was wrong. Maximus knew it even before Zodiac had spoken. Maximus had sensed a negative flow of energy from somewhere a few minutes ago, and now Zodiac was hastily leaving. Gathering his books together, Maximus could not justify himself investigating the events happening in the academy, and so he left the classroom for his dorm. He heard Zodiac moving quickly down the hall, in the opposite direction, but paid no more attention to it as he should.

Reaching his room, he walked in, leaving the lights off, preferring the dark as expected of a vampire. Dropping his books on the floor, he walked over to his closet, pulled out Glamdring, and drew it part-way. The blade's feel in his hand comforted him, as he thought back on his immortal life.

Skadi, his sire. The fated encounter with her. Drirethlen. The AGVO(Anti-Government Vampire Organization). The AVO(Anti-Vampire Organization). The VP(Vampire Police[consisting of cops trained to deal with vampires]). The war in the streets. Mayhem. Murder. Merciless. Hondur, his only other vampiric brother-fledgling. Hondur covered in horrifying wounds. Hondur rescued. Hondur challenging Maximus. Hondur banished.

Life, Death, Change, Complatency, Greed, Hatred, Love, Immortality.

Yes, a lot had occured since then. Maximus had seen things few should have. Yet, with Skadi's help, he had learned the ways of the world, more than he could ever have thought possible. In a single night, Maximus had seen the darkest nature of all creatures. Evil. Nothing came from it but sorrow and pain.

Maximus woke with a start, he had been sleeping, and hadn't realized it. Glancing at the clock, he noticed that only twenty-five minutes had passed. It had seemed like two hours.

Sighing, Maximus got up, and walked to the center of the room. There, he practiced his levitation abilities, and began to levitate the various objects in the room, eventually stacking entire furnitures on top of one another, challenging his skills. Finally he finished, exausted, and stood in the room. Silence surrounded him, as he continued his philosophical outlook on his life...

Ravelyn looked before them. "Yes...she is dead." Slowely she stood up, a rage hidden within her eyes, but it was apparent to the three Veruki before her. She shifted through the scrolls on the desk. "I am done trying to play your games....I have deciphered it to the best of my ability. If you want to live, and repay your debt to me...then tell me exactly what they mean...and what is this chamber..."

"You are not in a position to make threats...you have before you all the information and---"

"And you know I am very capable..." she grabbed his throat as her nails pierced gently through his skin. "Even if I am not restored. So tell me...before i clench my fist any harder."

"Stop Rave," Kade said. "I will tell you..." Rave released her hold upon Zodiac as the wound healed as he clutched his neck , then cracked it. "The chamber is the one you saw...the one with the Lion's head over it. It has always been there. It had been guarded for quite some time."

"And it's purpose?"

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Qui let the cold water stream over his pale skin. He never liked hot showers, they seemed pointless to him. His hand grasped the white curtain as he stepped out. For some reason, the mirror had a layer of fog which had formed over it. He could have sword he heard something, and whirled around. There was no one there. He sighed, and shook his head, and chuckled to himself. He ran his hands across the mirror, clearing up some of the vision. Drops of water trickled down from his skin as he wrapped a towel around his hips, leaving his well toned chest and abdomen. "Maybe Katarina will be different..."His muscles flexed as he tilted back his head and ran a towel through his short hair. His eyes suddenly shot forward. "The chamber...." he trailed off, his eyes widening. He frantically threw on a pair of black pants, not bothering to put on a shirt. it was clearly not protocal for a headmaster, but the urgency of this matter was inprocrastinatable. He darted out of the door and looked down the spiral stair case. Finding it tedius and too slow to go down the stairs, he jumped down the center from the third floor and landed on the first. He rushed down the halls, beads of water still upon his chest as he ran.
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-So what you're saying is, that if I go in, the probability is I won't come out.
-yes
-And if I don't come out, then anyone with Shentavo blood within them will be in grave danger.
-yes
-And if I don't go in...then it will be sealed again, and I can not be restored.
-yes
-And Qui will not step down?
-No. he will not. We've all foreseen it.
-Can you tell me then what happens?
-No...you are a very difficult person to predict Ms. Shentavo.

There was a silence amongst the four, until Aurora spoke up. "The chambers...you must go now...hurry..."

Rave looked at her, but realized that her son would undoubtedly close it if given the opportunity. She must go now. She leapt into the air, and pulled herself up onto a high shelf. With one hand hanging on, she punched through the glass, shattering it to the floor. She reached in, and pulled out a finely crafted blade. Her infamous sword...
She leapt down, and with a last glance at the three, she rushed out the door.
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"Do you think she's ready Kade?" Zodiac looked at the girl by his side.
"No...she's not." Kade replied.
Aurora looked at both of them. "Well...I find it best to have faith in her. She's saved your life once...both of you. And when you betrayed her, you were even further in her debt. Shape up...if both die, Gene will be incharge...and she doesn't fancy you too much Zodiac...so keep sharp."

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Rave rushed down the halls and came to the end of one, the chamber before her in but ten meters. She looked back, just as Qui rounded the corner at the end of the hall. Both stoped dead in their tracks, and glared at each other. There was a haunting silence that swept over the halls. Then Rave turned to run, as fast as she could. Qui was faster.

She reached for the handle, but was pulled back by Qui's strong hand. He struck her in the face, but she countered in grasping his fist. She leapt over it and twisted it back. His leg kicked swiftly into her abdomen as she fell to her knees, coughing slightly. She brought her sword up as it slashed his arm, but he knocked her down once again.

Suddenly, a dagger soared through the air and cleanly swept through Qui's bare shoulder, pinning him to the wall. Rave looked to see the source. It was none other than her protègèe, Genesis.

Go...quickly Rave... she sent to her as Qui pulled the dagger from his shoulder. Rave, using the distraction to her advantage, opened the door. A blinding light was admited, and Qui shielded his eyes....the door closed. The minute he heard the lock he rammed against the door. "Bloody hell!" He cursed silently, and punched the door. Magic and strengths were useless. He turned to Gene.
"You!" he shot out at her. "You just have put an end to all of us."

"Only if she fails...and I know she will not. I have far more confidence in my sire than you do your own mother." As he rushed toward her, she vanished into the shadows.

"Damnit..." he said to himself. The wounds closed, and the last traces of water slipped from his bare chest. "Damn you psion..." he muttered softly.

Suddenly the waves of memorys stoped and Joshua rose to his feet. His head was pounding like it did before when Qui attacked him yet this pain came at a worth cost. His memory. He slowly started to remember things that before would knock him out trying, but of all the things he remembered his mother. He never thought he had one, that he was always had been born due to something his father did. As he closed his eyes for a moment he felt a cool hand on his head and as he opened his eye he saw what looked like a angel yet it was his mother. "You have grown such a lovely young man look after your brother and sisters for me and I wish we had more time," she says in a sweet tone before a slight flash of light that Joshua had to cover his eyes and she was gone. Slowly as the effects of what he saw wore down Joshua slowly looked around and sighed to himself. "Yet again something new enters my life," he says before he falls to his knees and colapses beside the pool once more.

Santiana just leaned back in her seat, twirling the pencil. She knew something was up, but figured she could do little to stop it.

She looked at the others who were still present. "Well, this isn't a good way of start off the year."

Pepal gone to the starbucks and had a cup of coffe,but he had his scimatar with him again,he still has the increasing head pains,but trying to overcome them.He thinks about What he observed so far and he got nothing out of the thinking,the head pains got worse.He finishs his coffe and soon heads back down to the main building and he walks down to the hall where the stairs to the dorms are.But then soon he starts to have worse pain than he can handle .He holds his head tight and grinds his teeth,he sweats ,and he gasps.Then,he blacks out,his body falls forward,and he is now unconcoius from the mental energys that overcome him.

OOC: Is there anyone left in the classroom, or am I gonna be talking to myself?

OOC:Yep,looks like your are just talking to yourself.Most of us both went to go along with the story or something and betting a good fight 8)

OOC: Or sleeping outside next to a tree after spending half the day reading about telekenetics...

Poor guy... he tries so hard but I'l be damned if I'm going to let a feat like making something float with the power of his mind be acomplished in one easy lesson... he's not used to the idea of magic, so he's having to convince himself it's possible before he has a chance of learning the easy stuff... unfortunatly he's going to have to do it at each and every step of the way too, magic don't come easy for Iuthians... part of the fun, being the completely powerless one.

Sigh... oh yeah... RP to make this OOC comment legitimate... :D

Michael rests by the tree, book laid out on the gound open on the second chapter of the book which read:

Opening your mind to the possibilities - Chapter Two

Next to the book lies a small red pencil, barely visable in the night sky, which lit the area slightly, though some light was offered from the near by academy as the lights were on for the students.

Michael moved for a moment, reacting to something he saw in his head before settling back down. It was a warm night, though even if it hadn't been Michael had learnt to get sleep when he could, where he could as soon as his head hit the bunk... in this case the afternoon sun had warmed him to the point where sleep became a natural refex...

To anyone observing him, he was peaceful... more so then normal. Completely oblivious to all events around him...

(OOC Someone care to explain the plot in the Shentavo clan please? I am trying to keep up with this, so any help would be great so I can understand my character's position.)

(no one really knows what's going on except for me. But give time...it will be reavealed and there will be a "ohhh...so that's what she meant." and it will all click together. :-) Yea...multitwisting plot which only interferred with manipulatiosn. Alright. There will be a little break, like a day. But the next class is Advanced Combat )

IC:

As Gene walked back up the stairs, she noticed someone. "Pepel?" she tilted her head, not being able to see him. She walked toward him rather hurridly. "Pepel?" She tatpped his shoulder gently. Oh what has happened to you... She observed him quietly, then lifted him from the ground. By the look of her build, this shouldn't be something she'd be able to accomplish easily...but appearances are very deceiving...
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Rave looked around. There was nothing but a sheer blanket of white around her. her eyes flickered to see what was going on. "Is this a dream?" Slowely the scene around her came into focus. She felt her hands locked at her side. She couldn't move for some reason. She felt weak. And then she realized where she was. "What the hell?" she looked around in a panic, and struggled to break her bonds. Apparently, she really didn't like labs. Here was the reason why.

"Hello Ms. Ravelyn," a strong voice was heard from the doorway. She tilted her head to the side to see who it was, and recognized him instantly.

"Kyro..."

"How do you know my name? Damn angel always prying into my mind. Why don't we begin the tests now, shall we?"

"How long have I been here?" She asked groggily.

"Five days?"

"Five days!" she said as if to be suprised. Well then, in two more we'll see what you think of me. If my memory is correct, you will get a chard of glass through your chest.

"Yes...and then you will be sent over seas. Now...to begin..." He picked up a knife from the table. "Since you're able to heal so quickly, I find no reason not to study every inch of you with caution."

"I'll kill you."

"You work for us...no one else."

"this is just a memory..."

"What?"

"It's a memory..." she laughed slightly, but felt the blade drive through her stomach. She bit her lip to keep from yelling. Why do I still feel the pain? She looked at him, unable to do anything unless...

She winced in pain. "This is not a memory honey, welcome to a new world." he grasped her neck tightly, as she struggled, but it was to no avail. Then, something clicked. One of her hands went free. She dug her nails into the scientists exposed skin. As he released her, she grabbed the keys from his shirt pocket and undid the other lock.

In realization he drove a seringe into her leg. She let out a cry, but then something happened he fell to the ground. Someone else was there. "Adam?" she asked grogily, remembering Joshua's ancient relative had been there to help her. There was no response. Her eyesight dimmed, and she felt herself being lifed from the examination table. "What...is happening?" She asked, and was taken out of the room by the stranger. She looked up to see his fading face. The alarms sounded, and darkness swept over her. She fell into unconsciousness.

OOC:Heh Joshua is gona pull a shocker! And it is something he would never do aswell.
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As Joshua lay near the pool one of his hands fell into the calm and cool water it slowly seemed to move back and forth to the untrained eye but realy the water was moving his hand. In his death like state he slowly began to leanr things he never knew he could do before. Sudenly the memorys of his mother slowy crept up on him and they began to show him of what she realy was. Each time he was with her in the memorys it felt like he was there. Feeling he warm embrace, her loving gazes, and many other things. Although he was remembering his past something else from it was leaving its mark on him.

(ooc: Warning in content ahead. Just a little note, in case it was needed.)

Light soon crept back into her vision as she felt herself being set down upon her feet. Something was in her hand, a piece of jewelry maybe. Yes, it was some crystal of some sort. She steadied herself, and realized the presence of another...the one whom had taken her from the lab. Where had it gone? It was sheer light..nothing but whiteness and.

"Hello beautiful," she heard a voice from behind her. She recognized that voice so clearly. She turned around slowly, and took a step back as she saw who it was. A tear fell from her eye, as she met his.

"V..Vaughn?" She managed to say, and stepped toward him, slowely at first. "Is it really you?" She staired up at him, he being a few inches taller than her.

"Yes." She laughed lightly, still in shock, and looked at him as if she had not seen him for millenia. He gently ran his hand through her hair, bringing it to settle along the small of her back. He kissed her passionately as she wrapped her arms around his neck. I love you...

The hunger within both of them was unbareable. She could feel her back against a wall as he pressed against her. She returned the force just as much, if not a little more. Her shirt had gone awry off of her shoulder as he kissed her neck softly with the passion of a man who had not seen his love for an eternity. His hands caressed her skin as he used to. Her nails ran down his bare back as she delighted in the sensation. For the first time in the seven years since they had been separated by death, she felt alive. He then stepped back a bit, yet still held her closely within his arms.

Why did you let me die?" he asked her, his eyes still gazing into hers.

"Let you die? Vaughn...I tried. I did everything I could."

"I saved you, and you couldn't even attempt..."

"Vaughn...I did...you know that. Not a day has gone by that I haven't loved you." Tears formed in her eyes. She paused slightly...and noted something. He would never say those things to me... She stepped into him. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault. Close your eyes, let me take you away." He closed his eyes willingly. Her expression showed bewilderment of what she was about to do. She kissed him agressively, as he returned with the same agression. She slowed momentarily, and his eyes went wide. He stumbled back a bit, revealing a dagger in his stomach up to the hilt.

"Ravelyn?" he asked her softly. "How could you?"

She shook her head, choaking back tears. "As much...as..I wanted to beleive you were Michael...you are not the man I fell in love with. Michael is dead."

His head tilted slightly, and then a sadistic smile crossed his face. "I always wanted to know what it would be like to kiss you." He pulled the dagger from his stomach as the blood ran black along the blade. "That's quite some talent you possess." She reshifted the strap on her shirt back onto her shoulder, and reached to her side for her sword. But to her suprise...it was not there. "This Michael must have been really good. What did he do to win you ..." she was in shock, and raised her arms before her in a defense position. "Or what did he do to do you..."

"Who the hell are you?" she asked, her voice soft yet still holding much authority. he passed his hand over the red marks upon his neck that remained.

"I am everything you've ever feared Ms. Ravelyn. And from what you fear... I shouldn't amount to much. But you see...deeper fears produce deeper results." He stepped toward her, but she backed away. "Oh you can't deny it. Your driven toward fear...How about a little wager. Are you a gambler Ms. Shentavo?" When she didn't reply, he continued. "I know you are. You're a high gambler, lady Shentavo. So, how about this. You win, and I'll let you out of this. But if I win," he raised his eyebrow. "I get you."

"I accept." She said softly, not taking her crimson eyes off of him.

"I've studied all your moves...I know all of the celestial spells, all of your talents, your speed in flight...everything about you."

"That's a shame. Maybe you should update your textbook..." she said tauntingly as he shook his head. "Do you know anything about hellspawn?"

"Hellspawn"?" he questioned, looking puzzled.

She nodded. "I assumed so." Her entracing eyes taunted him. "So are you going to attack or what?"

"Oh, but Ravelyn, you have no weapon." He grasped the dagger within his hand.

"I don't need one."

Pepal in his unconcoius state now sees hes in the Dark somewhere in a house,he reconizes the room,it was his old house back then,but soon his mother and father were sitting there meditating while he sees his 4-year old self was in his room,but soon the window breaks,and 2 pairs of the dreaded red eyes of the drow from the Underdark appear from the darkness outside,his mother and father fight the intruders ,but then Pepal sees both of them soon get slashed to death and he turns and sees his 4-year old version of himself watching this through a creek in the door.The intruders see the crack and the purple eyes of 4-year old Pepal,but don't see the older Pepal at all."Oh no,this is when that night I don't want to remember happened he thinks to himself."The intruders enter the the room and beat the boy to almost near death,then the 4-year old wide-eyed Pepal says"You will pay for this"He starts to go out of control and soon floats in the air,and his eyes turn glowing red.

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The current Pepal son wakes up in his hunter selves,with the same glowing red eyes on that one night,he stares at Gene in a sense that she is an enemy and almost wants to kill her,but then head pains over come him and his eyes turn back into his normal purple eyes and he goes back unconcius.

Pepal in his unconcoius state now sees hes in the Dark somewhere in a house,he reconizes the room,it was his old house back then,but soon his mother and father were sitting there meditating while he sees his 4-year old self was in his room,but soon the window breaks,and 2 pairs of the dreaded red eyes of the drow from the Underdark appear from the darkness outside,his mother and father fight the intruders ,but then Pepal sees both of them soon get slashed to death and he turns and sees his 4-year old version of himself watching this through a creek in the door.The intruders see the crack and the purple eyes of 4-year old Pepal,but don't see the older Pepal at all."Oh no,this is when that night I don't want to remember happened he thinks to himself."The intruders enter the the room and beat the boy to almost near death,then the 4-year old wide-eyed Pepal says"You will pay for this"He starts to go out of control and soon floats in the air,and his eyes turn glowing red.

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The current Pepal son wakes up in his hunter selves,with the same glowing red eyes on that one night,he stares at Gene in a sense that she is an enemy and almost wants to kill her,but then head pains over come him and his eyes turn back into his normal purple eyes and he goes back unconcius.

Pepal in his unconcoius state now sees hes in the Dark somewhere in a house,he reconizes the room,it was his old house back then,but soon his mother and father were sitting there meditating while he sees his 4-year old self was in his room,but soon the window breaks,and 2 pairs of the dreaded red eyes of the drow from the Underdark appear from the darkness outside,his mother and father fight the intruders ,but then Pepal sees both of them soon get slashed to death and he turns and sees his 4-year old version of himself watching this through a creek in the door.The intruders see the crack and the purple eyes of 4-year old Pepal,but don't see the older Pepal at all."Oh no,this is when that night I don't want to remember happened he thinks to himself."The intruders enter the the room and beat the boy to almost near death,then the 4-year old wide-eyed Pepal says"You will pay for this"He starts to go out of control and soon floats in the air,and his eyes turn glowing red.

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The current Pepal son wakes up in his hunter selves,with the same glowing red eyes on that one night,he stares at Gene in a sense that she is an enemy and almost wants to kill her,but then head pains over come him and his eyes turn back into his normal purple eyes and he goes back unconcius.

Gene looks at him with slight concern. Rave was in the chambers...she didn't know if she would return...she wished she had talked to her first. The healer lay slain by Qui's own hand. His own fledgling. Qui was in too much of a state of rage to heal...he may kill Pepel just to see the blood spilt. She knew he would kill anything in his path at the moment. so it was up to her. his eyes glowed a deep scarlet color for a minute, which reminded her of Dante. He faded in and out of consciousness.
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Qui was alone in the Advanced combat room. There was a deadly silence. Then, in a sudden he struck out upon the punching bag that was in the middle of the room. The chain snapped as his rage was let out, and a sonic wave hit it as the manipulations master unleashed his anger. He closed his eyes, and calmed slightly. Katarina... he called to her.

OOC: This is MAJORLY confusing, even to my unusual ability to peice together the basic story from a dust jacket and ten pages at random from a book.

IC: Santiana walked back to the dorms unnoticed and entered her room. SHe ignored the computer provided, instead pulling her commlink out and updating the file of the Shentavo Clan stored in the Information Matrix, changing Qui's description to match his current appearence and adding the new person, Zodiac. I feel strange doing this. Like I am invading their privacy. She closed that file and started to work on another.

Slowly Joshua rose from what had happened to him and sighed. So many questions now plauged his mind yet he needed to clear it so badly. He slowly walked towards the AC room with a intense gaze of knowing something even his brother and sister never knew yet. As he reached the door he slowed and leane against the door frame. "So it looks like it will end where it began," he says from the door

OOC: I don't know how much you are involved in the plot personally, but I prefer not to care too much about what is happening when I'm not actually involved... I mean, I read it but I can't keep up with it because I've missed alot of Rave's history, despite my camio apperances through-out.

So it's simple, so long as Rave and others tell me these facts:

> When it's night and when it's day.

> What lesson is running.

> Where they are and what they are doing (because I may happen upon it or they may disturb me)

After that I tend not to worry too much, I have my own problems and defence of the academy is entirely within Rave's realm of the RP, so I don't have Michael worrying about it (cause he thinks it's a normal school, he thinks all magic schools are like this).

As I keep saying, if ignorance is a bliss, Michael is in heaven.

ooc: It's ok if you don't follow it. Basically anthing involving Rave since she entered through that door does not concern anyone else, though the outcome will. It's for the readers knowledge, not for the character. So if your both clueless, it won't matter. :-D It is around nine o clock, as class just ended. The next class is A.C.

Kieria felt a growing concern sprout within her. Something was going on.....something big. She could not tell what it was or what it meant, just that something was happening and it was important.

Leaving Manipulations class, which was dismissed she wondered around the grounds for a bit, taking a small catnap under a large tree.

Once awake she headed toward her next class, advanced combat.

Smiling to herself, "Kieria, you could do this."

Maximus stretched his tense muscles in his neck, flexed his arms and legs, and completed a number of warm up sessions in preparation for his next class. He would be in the Advanced Combat class, and he was getting the feeling that he would be called upon.

Damn right I'm gonna be prepared...

Walking over to his closet, he pulled out Glamdring, held it admirably in his hands, then strapped the sword to himself. His twin Elven Daggers were attached soon afterwards onto his backside. Once he adjusted the straps, he pulled Glamdring out again, cleared his mind, and focused on an imaginary opponent. He held the sword at ready, in defensive mode, before he quickly launched himself expertly into a series of complex sword-fighting techniques. When he had been a mortal, he had trained long and hard in a nearly forgotten art of swordfighting. He had risen to become one of Tarlachia's most talented individuals, and now, as a vampire, he was even more formidable.

White fangs slid out slightly as he enjoyed the almost spiritual dance he completed. Sheathing the sword, he stepped out of his room, locked the door, and headed to the Advanced Combat classroom. In a few minutes, he was there, and noticed Joshua leaning against the doorway.

"So it looks like it will end where it began."

Maximus was puzzled. Joshua was referring to something he didn't understand, but intended to find out.

"What do you mean?" he asked, as he simultaneously offered his hand to Joshua.

As he conversed, Maximus sensed the approach of another person. He studied the one's personality, deemed it female, and finally extracted a name from her mind...Kieria... He sensed a little hint of her mind being troubled by problems, but what they were he could not figure out, for she had buried them deeply enough, despite his psychic abilities.

daedalis woke in the library after spending the whole day sleeping like a baby over a dusty book, and remembered that she has combat classes today. "Oh, fantastic, my weakest point and I didn't train anything. I look like a walrus, sleeping all day", she said to herself, gathering her books and returning to her room.

After half an hour she came out, dressed more accordingly to a combat class, with a black lycra tight pants and a soft blue top. She wore a pair of shoes looking more like ballet sandals than real "work out" shoes, she they were the only ones she could use for exercise.

"I need to go now, or I'll be late again"...

OOC: Whoa, time has moved a little quick now... we jumped from "lesson over" to "next lesson"... no matter, I'll cram my morning activities into the post, seeing as I already sleapt most the day (under a tree I may add for the benefit of Der Fuhrer Dyszel) I can't imagine Michael waking up late. Though I daren't reveal what he dreams...

5:00am

Michael slowly awakens feels damp, slightly cool and with a awkward pain in his next... sleeping outside undernieth a tree wasn't the best choice he had made, or at least he shouldn't of done it over night as his uniform was now damp from the morning dew that had collected.

Getting up, Michael walks back slowly to this room... perhaps someone would notice he hadn't been to it since last the morning before, but he doubted it. As he passed a tree, he noticed another person, resting peacefully under their own tree... Well, I guess I'm not the only one who had that idea... he thought.

Micheal reached his room, quietly opening the door withhis key which he had placed by his dog tag... it reminded him of the regimented home life, and how he missed it.

"sigh..." he did miss it, but it was only maybe about 5 days since he left, so he didn't miss it too much, but it is a big place to be alone...

The door opened and Michael decided to have a shower and a change of clothes before his morning run and breakfast, couldn't miss out his run or his whole routine would be messed up... he may not be the best when it comes to magic but he was going to be damned if he wasn't going to stay in shape... todays lesson was going to be his best, Michael knows where he is with combat, it's something they all learned at home.

So Michael left his room, now jogging around the academy... he passed that girl again, he decided she had slept long enough...

(OOC The picture is with short hair, the figure has long hair at this point)




Silence....


It was the tranquil sound of nothingness within his ears which flooded his being. This silent and calm being which lay sleeping upon that soft bed. The figure was completely motionless, apart from the steady breathing which came from him, which could not be heard at all.

The room was a small one, one which was secluded within the acadamy which few people knew about. Few knew about the figure's presance here....at least, few would recognise him now from what he was.

The man stirred from his deep sleep, his eyelids flickering open, his rebirth from that existance. He looked up, and stared at the blank non-descript wall. It was well lit, yet it was not the bright warm light of sunlight, but the ones of candles.

The eys stared at the ceiling for a long time, the person remembering who he was, what he was. The memories came back as he had formed them before....within his coma. He remembered the events which had led him here, and what led him to this transgression against that demon within that sword so wrongly named Brightblade.

After remembering who he was......the figure sat up, with infinate slowness. Everything seemed completely new, yet....not. It was his first time seeing, smelling, breathing, feeling.....yet it was not. They came naturally to him.

The figure got out of his bed and hung his feet over the side of the bed...looking at his feet.


Cloven. Three talons.


So that is still there....as was his hands. They still represented what he was before. But something had changed...he placed a cloven hand to the back of his head, and felt his long white hair there....yet his face had changed as he felt it. It was most odd....as though he had switched bodies with someone without knowing. It felt....like a memory of his former self, as this was him....in the past.

Kain looked at his arms....his flesh was what concerned him. It was no longer the former green leathery skin...the figure simply stared at it in curiosity....no questions being asked by himself, simply finding out he now was...


It was completely white. The paleness which only be achieved by vampires. It was like the complete white of snow, untouched and pure. It was wonderous, and it took the man..no not a man, a vampire, a rather long while to take his gaze from it.

He got up, reconfirming that he was indeed a vampire, by the feeling of his two fangs within his mouth. He walked a few steps, getting his sense of balance and confidance within this new body. It was like learning to walk again after being paralysed for years. You knew the motions of doing it, yet your body would refuse to understand the language you were speaking.

The figure looked around at his surrondings. He was within a small room, gently lit by candles. It had no windows within it, the vampire realised that he was placed here for fear of him being vunerable to sunlight.

Am I now vunerable to it? The vampire wondered for a moment in concern....he did nto want tot burn within it's rays...

Brushing the thought aside for one moments, the vampire continued to anaylise the room. It was mostly non-descript, the candles around the room upon a ledge which ran all the way around the room. But in one corner.....was a mirror covered with a thick crimson cloth. The vampire looked at it and walked slowly towards it.

He placed a cloven hand upon the cloth, witha sense of immense trepidasion, and prepared himself for the sight for many seconds. The vampire locked his jaw, and threw the cover off the mirror, revealing it's silver surface....which held his new self.

The vampire took a few steps back in utter astonishment and disbelief at this....and simply whispered to himself...




"So this is Kain...."



http://ewancient.lysator.liu.se/pic/fanq/a/s/asti2/raziel.jpg

Qui looked to the doorway, seeing Joshua, he walked toward him, and stood right in front of him, staring down at him reflecting an air of dominance.

Seth stood up from a chair, and Qui now realized he had been there the whole time. The two turned toward each other, and a growl escaped both. Qui left the room, pushing past Joshua rather harshly.

(oos: must get to work...i'll be back in a few hours)

Santiana stepped outside, carrying a bag over her shoulder and heading towards the running track.(I assume there is one?)

After changing into a more form fitting suit that monitored her heart and breathing, she began to jog around the large loop. After a few laps she slowly pushes her seeped faster and faster, until she's in an all out run around the track, which the suit monitor whined about.

(alright. I wasn't planning on having the classes start JUST yet...give it a while before A.C. starts...)

Hearing Qui's call an feeling his anguish and distress as he sends to her, his emotions leaking through, Katarina rises quickly from her bed. Throwing on her clothes she rushes out the door, not stopping for anything unnessecary. She heads for the room from which he called, but arrives too late, only Joshua is within the AC room now. "Joshua, where is he?!?" she asks frantically. "Where did Qui go?"

Pepal soon sees Drizzt in battle with a Drow somewhere in a area with a bridge with lava at the bottom,the other drow seemed almost like not a drow at all,but then Pepal sees Drizzt in the same form as Pepal was when his parents were murdered.The Hunter was activated.Drizzt came vicous and attacked the other Drow almost with no mercy."So thats the Hunter that we all have in our minds"Soon the battle fades away,then soon Pepal sees himself in a white vortex almost seeing a evil source at the end of the vortex

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Before he could reach the end,he goes back in blackness and peeks a bit to see that he was unconcius,but now he sees he is being carried by a teacher.
He doesn't have the strength to open his eyes yet,but he can peek to see this.He trys to speak,but all he can do his make a sound making it sound like he was trying to speak.

OOC:
Ithuia, seriously I did not know. This is starting to freak me out. I just skimmed over most of it, except Rave's posts because they really interested me, no offense to anyone else. I just needed to find out where we were, and I needed something to do to pass some time from the end of one class to the other, and sleeping seemed a perfect idea. And since Kieria is a person in love with nature and her surroundings, it only made perfect sense to go outside. That, and it would be really odd if she fell asleep in the middle of the enterence to the school, so I just threw her under a tree because it seemed pictersque perfect. That is odd though.

IC:
Kieria as she approached closer saw two people conversing. She smiled at them lightly, again avoiding their eyes, speaking pleasanly, "Good day". She entered the class room, aware that it was not going to begin yet, but she needed somewhere to go, and she had been late for her past two classes, so she would not miss this one.

She sat in a quite little corner pulling out two longer sword, which she had carried in her messenger bag, that their handles rather oddly protruded out of her bag. She smiled at them, blissful memories filling her head. Those two swords were her sole comfort. When she held them, she knew she could do anything if she kept at it and tried; she knew that their are people in the world who are kind, loving, and compassionate; she knew that some day she would accoplish her goal of performing a great honor in the name of The Dictatorship. She smiled again, as visions of a little girl played in the woods, practicing with her swords, given to her by her grandmother. She never forgot how happy she was when she held those swords; her blissful childhood, her proud accomplishments.

She placed thw swords aside of her a pulled a rather large seemingly notebook, which was in fact a drawing pad. She sat in her peaceful corner as she drew the scene from her memory. Her artistic work was impressive. During her grandmother's terminal illness, she used to draw scenes of far away place that her grandmother longed to go, she drew scenes of children playing and having fun, and she drew pictures of her grandmother, happy and young. Ever since her grandmother passed away, she always drew pictures for her, because she believed her grandmother could still see them and appreciate them.

OOC: This is MAJORLY confusing, even to my unusual ability to peice together the basic story from a dust jacket and ten pages at random from a book.

OOC: This is what I make of it...

Somewhere in the academy there is a chamber. Rave was supposed to enter for some sort of test, which apparently involves defeating a man that can take the shape of her fears. If she succeeds the test, something good will happen. If she fails, all the Shentavos are doomed.

Qui (Rave's son) did not feel like being doomed, so he tried to hide this place from Rave. However, Kenja (Qui's fledgeling, Joshua's girlfriend) accidentally found out about it, so Qui killed her.

But Rave found out that something was amiss, and extracted information about the chamber from Aurora, Kade, and Zodiac (the sole survivors of some ancient race that can predict the future).

Rave decided to go in. Qui tried to stop her, but Genesis (Rave's fledgeling) interfered, distracting Qui for long enough to allow Rave to enter.

That's about where we are now.

ooc: milostein...Did i ever tell you your my hero? He hit everything.

IC:Seth exchanged a glance with Joshua. He could not stand up against Qui...it would be a fight, but not a fair one. He did not know of Kenja, and took his gaze of Joshua as Kiera entered and managed to smile.

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Aurora looked at Kade, and then around the room. "Where is Zodiac?"
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Rave eyed the man before her, waiting for the attack. Apparently he knew her style of fighting, and everything else. But what he didn't study, was what she had become.
"Tell me," he whispered. "Did they clip your wings yet? You were earthbound for quite some time and kept your wings. Did it hurt when you fell?" He stepped slowly towards her.
"Who said I fell?" she retorted. In a flash he darted towards her. She turned to the side in a reflex, and grasped the wrist which held the dagger. She was thrown back, but stopped in mid air.
"You have no wings, and you are no vampire....not anymore....so how do you have this ability?"
"I thought you knew everything about me..." she leapt down from the air, and rushed him, the two exchanging countless blows. She grasped his wrist and the smell of burning flesh swept across the air. He recoiled in pain, a vicious hand print upon his wrist. "And if you studied me, surely you studied my fire elementality."
"That wasn't an elemental attack...that was one aquired by a race."
"Good...you're catching on." With that, he struck across her stomach, as she leaned forward slightly.
"You don't seem to get it..." She was then kicked in the same place, and sent backwards to fall on the ground. "You can't defeat me Ms. Shentavo."

Kain looked at that perfect reflection, disturbed to himself....Kain tried to accept this new image of himself, this ....white self! It was a dramatic change from what he was...

He touched the mirror, the cold surface which was impossibly smooth, just to check that this was not some sick joke upon him. As they say, denial is always the first stage...

No....this was no dream, no illusion, no fantasy. This was real, he had changed...changed irrevocably. Not that Kain found this undesirable, he smiled. He looked rather....what was the word?

Normal? If such a word could be used for a vampire...with talons. But it was certainly less dramatic than his previous green appearance. Kain liked it....but there was something strange....something not fitting. Kain studied himself, finding the silence refreshing. Not the silence of the room, or his surrondings, hell a war could be erupting around him and it would seemed quiet to him. No....something.....rather, someone was not talking...not present.

The demon.

It no longer chattered within his mind, only his own thoughts traveled unpeded, like a road had become unblocked by traffic, slowing everything down. the obstruction was clear, Kain could think on his own, make choices without another voice complaining at him.

It was wonderful, Kain enjoyed the silence. It filled him like a vast ocean, filling him up with inner peace. He no longer felt the bitterness...no pain, no torment. But Kain did not know if his eyes were as they were before....to see death in all of it's grim reality within others as it ate away at thier corpses.

Kain kept staring at his reflection....and slowly pulled himself from it's gaze. He looked towards the door, and reached for the handle. The knob was rather cold against his cloven talons, he could still sense within them. He turned it.....a click of a lock.

Annoyed, Kain turned the handle again harder. The damn thing was locked....Kain could sense with magic. Breathing out, Kain got on one knee and looked at the lock with curiousity. It seemed to have a rather powerful ward upon it.

The question was, did Kain still have his magic about him? Without the demon, what could he do?

Rubbing his two cloven hands together, creating a rather low grinding noise, Kain closed his eyes and remembered the words of a spell. He searched within his mind for the words.....he found them under the dust of time.

Placing one hand upon the doorknob, and the other on the keyhole, Kain chanted a few melodic words. The door gave a gentle "Click" releasing it's hold upon the door. Kain turned the doorhandle, and opened it, feeling the fresh air being blown towards him. He exited the room slowly, and closed the door behind him, the same "Click" being heard as the ward relocked itself.

Looking around, wondering where he was, he saw two paths on his left and right in this corridor. He decided on whim to take the right, and walked slowly down the hall. he was completly silent, only a ruffle of his cloak as it went along with his movements. Kain seemed to glide, being a person who had all the time in the world, as though he could spend an hour studying a garden because he saw some secret within it, some deeper beauty.

He walked down the corridor, his aura around him seeing impossibly calm, as though he was the stone which never moved for any thing, he took his time about things. He continued down the passage....

He came to some stairs leading down, and Kain walked down them with the same sense of the slowness. Kain wondered about where he was.....captured? Imprisoned? Rescued? He did not know, but he was going to find out one way or another....he walked down the stairs, looking for someone, half-afraid of meeting someone for the revelation of his eyesight.

OOC: Iuthia, seriously I did not know.

OOC: Don't worry about it... though I did you just that I woke you up... I guess I'll have to edit that now.

I only spelt under a tree because it seemed to fit, afterall if you are reading under a tree in the setting sun, the sun shine and the fatigue can make you sleepy... plus it kept me out of the way of all that plot that spontaniously errupts.

Michael continues his jogging.

Santiana slowed her pace after about five minutes, coming to a weary stop. Her heart rate monitor was beeping, but she didn't care. She needed that run.

After a shower, she changes back into her regular clothes, headingh back to her room to put the bag away. This is a very interesting place.

The two faced each other, Ravelyn breathing heavily from the fight. There was an open wound across her stomach from the dagger which had been cast aside during their fray. Her muscles tensed as there were but inces between the two.
"You really don't know Rave..." he said to her. "I am undefeatable. How can you defeat something when you don't know what you're up against? You have no power over me, and never will. You will die today, and I will send you to your grave; heaven or hell...it does not matter. The relic is not yours, it belongs to me."

Rave suddenly looked up to him, and thought for a moment. "I know who you are." She said in reply.

"What?" he seemed more than shocked....but the illusion was so good...he thought...she...

"Hand me the relic," she said softly to him.

"What?" he repeated, still in disbeleif.

"Hand me your sceptere...now." Before he could protest, she stared him down. With a confident and strong voice, she continued. "Zodiac!" She grasped his throat, and suddenly, his arrogance faded completely. Her nails dug once again into his throat, as his normal form resumed. Reluctantly, a sceptere appeared in his hand, and he snatched it from him. It was a golden sheen to the metal. On the top was a crimson gem, encompasse by three gold spires, one on each side. The craftsmanship was more than praisewothy.

"You got what you wanted, put me down."

"I don't think so."

"I thought angels were supposed to have mercy."

"What about hellspawn?" She asked as his neck cracked within her hands. "I have no more use for you prophet...and attempted murder does not go over well with me...." She let him drop to the ground. "Next time, you should be more loyal to your promises."

OOC:
I am changing Kieria's picture. I found one that seems to fit her personality more. Well, at least in my mind, it fits her better.

Plus, I like it better. It is more life like, which I tend to like alot.

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQDKAmwVKvwq1z05B4mw7PYF4Ui*aNOmbNXqnw7pgLbwdt9K34TmsGh*I8M5FhHyN1Qh1UoROjQbjzsF7Xy!ve4AQySNCYTSBlm XLkLC5Yw/kishars.jpg?dc=4675458910269141384

OOC:
Thank you Iuthia. :wink:

OOC:
Sorry it is so huge, but I have no idea how to make them smaller.

OOC: Will be replace once I've had sleep or got bored trying...

(OOC Hey Rave, it would be really helpful if one of yoru characters met up with Kain, or knew about his presance. That way, Kain can find something about what has happened.)

(ooc: i know...but most of them are occupied. Oh wait a minute...I have the perfect one... :wink: )

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart. He could die at any moment, and hoped Rave got through this alive.Then he would see to her.
Having taken on Katarina as his apprentice, oppourtunity presented itself. He needed a protègèe now that Kenja had fallen before him. Katarina he called again, giving her his new location in doing so. He was just in front of the archives, and he continued walking. He walked up the steps, his shoulder hiting Kain quite harshly. "Watch where you're going!" he remarked and shot him a glance.

He continued up the stairs momentarily, but stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around to veiw him once again. Kain... the name echoed in his mind. To say the least, the ancient wasn't in a good mood as it was...

Kain was hit hard by Qui, setting him back a few places, as Kain fell down upon the stair. His long white hair streamed down as did, and Kain looked up at Qui, his face holding no emotion but puzzlement. His mind was still with confusion of affairs, he knew about his past, yet it was slightly muddled. But this face before him, he could never forget.

A flash of his plunging his blade within him, and a twang of lost pain were the blade had gone into him. Kain's hand naturally went to it....feeling the light ghost pain that was there.

Kain simply said, in a mixture of confusement and realisation, "You!"
his eyes wide at the sight of Qui.....he did not know what to think.....

Rage?
Apathy?
Forgiveness?

He did not know.....Kain simply looked at Qui....

Qui reacted with an amused expression. "Kain? I thought I banished you. I cursed you. The pain wasn't enough to break you, was it? Well bravo, boy. You've just brought yourself a whole lot more." He kicked Kain in the stomach rather viciously.

"You have quite a nerve coming back here, kid!"

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Rave watched as the scene before her dissapated. She was in a grey stoned building. There were stained glass windows, and it seemed to be a cathedral of some sort. There was an alter at the center, which she walked to. There were two pieces, and a space where a third should be; the sceptere. She held it within her hand, and looked up a small lift by four or five stairs to a rectangular slab on the ground. There was enoch written upon it, easy for her to dechiper; as it were made for her. "The passing of times. A new era arisen..." her sentences were clipped as parts of the stone had faded. "The passing of blood, a new daughter arisen. The angel...the devil..." Her voice was stopped short by another.

"I can't let you do this Rave..." she turned around to meet Zodiac once again.

"Why won't you die?" she asked, deadly serious.

"Because it's not time for me to die. I need you to answer me some questions. Take it as a test really..." She sighed heavily, and looked at him with a nod. "Good. What is greater than God, more evil than---"

"Nothing." she replied instantly. "Move on, children could answer that. Give me something challenging."

"How far can you walk into a wood?" He asked unchanging.

She paused momentarily, giving it a moment of thought. "Half way. If you walk in halfway, then the other half you'd be walking out. Come on...these are too easy."

"Fine...last one. What do you want?"

"Huh?" she was slightly confused.

"What do you want?" Rave didn't reply.

((OOC:Evil evil evil comp decided to clear it's proxy settings disabling my internet so now I'm back))

Joshua smirked slightly when Qui left the room. Joshuha though slightly pissed walked in and quickly removed a small wooden case and his black shirt. He wasn't one of the kinds of people to train hard. He went past that point and trained to near exertion of his body. He quickly went over to one of the punching bags and began to strke at it lightly but extremly fast. Each strike seemed to not even hit the bag but it reacted like it was hit. Something in Joshua was awakening and it wasn't something that could be stoped anymore.

Qui reacted with an amused expression. "Kain? I thought I banished you. I cursed you. The pain wasn't enough to break you, was it? Well bravo, boy. You've just brought yourself a whole lot more." He kicked Kain in the stomach rather viciously.

"You have quite a nerve coming back here, kid!"



Kain recoiled from it, clutching his stomach. He moaned in pain and staggered back a few steps. He said in defiance however, his words hissed through clenched teeth.

"You have quite the nerve to call yourself anything angelic! Calling upon those powers in such a way, rather intellegent way to kill my daughter you bastard, the worse way a vampire could die!" Kain hissed and got up fully as he spoke, and punched Qui to his face, an unexpected attack from Kain in this state. There was terrible force behind it, a quickness which Kain did not know he had, fueled on by years of his mind torturing itself due to this beings actions!

Kain's cloven hand was clenched, the attack would but extremely forceful due to the nature of his hand....

Qui allowed himself to be struck across the face, taking the blow in full force. He stepped back, allowing the blood to trail from the corner of his lip. He ran his fingertips along it and brought it to his mouth with a deadly smile. His eyes were a deep crimson as Rave's had been...however, there was definately a difference between the two. Perhaps he should show Kain his true form...no, he wouldn't. Katarina...I have something for you to take care of...which you might enjoy...and I have a very large proposition to hand at you... she sent to her immediately, then turned his attention back to Kain.

He straightened up. "Did she scream out in pain and call for you? And there was nothing you could do but let her sit there in agony and watch your own fledgling starve..." He threw two quick upper cuts to Kain's face. There was something changed of both men...Qui, gaining his mothers heritage...to the extent of which his mother could fall by his hand. "I really don't know that feeling Kain..." He spun around, bringing the back of his heel to hit Kain in the side. "I killed mine."

Kain took the blows to his face, remaining upright as he did so.....but the wounds were nothing. Kain's white flesh becmae brused, and then the blackened mark swiftly faded away. His eyes continued to lock onto Qui's as he said those things, his talons clenched in utter rage at his words.

But as Qui brought his heel towards his side, Kain reacted. His tormented mind brought all of that rage into his body, all of that inner torment which he experianced to into force, now having his killer of his daughter.

Kain's hand whipped towards Qui's heel, gripping it with extreme tightness, threatening to break the bones. Kain appeared to struggle as Qui kept the original force within the attack.

Bringing Qui closer to him, thier faces so close, Kain's eyes burning with hatred of Qui.....Kain hissed at Qui,

"I renouce you Qui. You are no longer a Shentavo, you cannot even be called vampire. You are a bastard son, a bastard who stole my life, my independance and my love! Begone....demon!" Kain roared in defiance and threw Qui away from him using his heel to hurl him away. Kain's long white hair glowed crimson, his eyes whirling rage and want of justice.

(OOC Edited due to rethink.)

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

Qui (oh yes :twisted:) walked down the halls still in a rage from earlier. Any minute he could be overwhelmed with the starting of his heart.
OOC: What, he has a heart!?

"A vampire cannot renounce the master of the clan Kain!" He noted the pressure on his leg, and chuckled slightly. Lightning surged through his body, coming in contact with the cloves Kain called hands. He snapped his leg down. "A demon?" he snickered. "Clever Kain...but...what about..." His left eye, Kain now realized, was a brilliant crystal blue. His hair turned completely white, his illusion of a form shedding. It was a trait Sarah had given him, the daughter of Rave and Vaughn. A growl was emited as two wings cut through the flesh on his back and contracted. A few blackened feathers fell to the ground.
"...an angel?" He sliced at Kain with his fist. "or better yet, an angelic vampire. Tell me Kain, have you ever taken on Rave? In her old form I mean...she is nothing now. A pile of dust if I'm not mistaken, or nearing to it...I am master of this clan Kain...leave my sight, or I shall remove you from it!" He ordered at Kain. The aura swelled within the room. It was all his anger, his two sides; angelic and vampiric, duking it out, and fuling the fire. Kain was wood, ready to burn.
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"I...I want..." Rave stuttered, the first time in a long time.

"Don't hurt yourself, sweetheart. Take your time." Zodiac replied, leaning on the alter.

"I want you to never call me sweetheart."

"Fair enough...be serious...you have about ten minutes left...or else.." He tilted his head.

"What? Fine...I want..." She thought deeply for a moment. What did she want. She knew what she wanted in certain terms, but not fully... "I want...to be restored."

"Why?"

"So...so I can...see him again."

"No, wrong..." he smiled. "Let me refresh your memory...what are you looking for?"

Rave shook slightly at the sentence. "A jewel."

"Can you tell me where it is?"

"No."

"Where is it..."

"I'm...I'm not sure..." she looked up to Zodiac. That voice...it was him. The one who had asked her about it...and she gave the same replies.

"I know what I want Zodiac..." She looked up to him, and he shook his head.

"You can't have that."

"Don't tell me that...I have a soul. I'm not a coldblooded killer, Zodiac...i need it...to give me a reason to stay in this world."

"Well then...I am done here..." He vanished, and Rave looked around. The place seemed to be soaring with energy. The objects on the alter; a neclace, a jewel, and a sceptere.
Her slender hands reached out with trepidation, touching the gold. Slowely, she clasped the neclace around her neck. It was heavy, and of high quality. A red light streamed through her, and she took the second relic. The bracelet, as well, clasped around her hand, a green light vanishing just as the red had. She took the sceptere in her hand, and she felt the power of the three flow through her. She stepped on to the pedastol, and looked up. White light blinded her, and she screamed.

Kain step back to this, in utter shock of this form before him.....this could not be! Confusion rang within Kain's mind, how could this be? That Qui.....could become this! And those words, that meant....

His mind whilred in this sick drama, he had exited one only to find another one already in full motion! Kain was so sick of all of this, but this time, it was not him who was in trouble or in torment. His mind thought of the possibilities, of the questions. What had happened between Qui and Rave? What triggered his change? Or rather, what restraints had been robbed from him? Kian was drunk in what ifs, and possibilities. But they all lead to more and more destruction and pain...


"You wear a cunning disguise, but you embrace nothing of your angelic side, only the apperance! You are not my master, you are a master of nothing but maggots and death!" Kain swore, but kept his place. He knew when he was defeated as such. To attack now would be sucide......rage boiled within him, yet he knew self-control, even though his entire body strained with containing it within him.

"You...you will pay for this......the only question I ask you....is why. Why are you like this, what has changed you so much that would become this monster under angelic pretences! " Kain asked through gritted teeth, his cloven talons clenched. He held his ground, not moving. He knew if he tried to attack, he would die. Or worse.

Qui scoffed. "Apparently when Rave died she fogot to tell me somethings about my father..." he left it at that, and said nothing more on the matter. It was sheer unstable DNA. He threw a white cloth from his pocket toward Kain. "Clean yourself up, boy...and you may want to start realizing, that your sire never may return."

He slowely turned, and continued up the stairs toward his office.

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Advanced Combat will begin soon...get to class :-)_____________________

Katarina comes running up the stairs, searching for Qui. She catches sight of Kain, but shoves him out of the way, continuing up the stairs after Qui. She slows as she approaches him, and by the time she draws even with Qui, she is walking. "Qui", she says, "You called for me?"

Kain simply stood there, that same deadly concoxtion of rage, anger and outrage boiling within a fragile bottle barely contained with a cork of self-control. His eyes never left Qui ashe walked away, he was rooted the the spot by hiis refusal to do the insane. Yet with all of his being, he felt he was betraying all that Daniella had died for....to let him walk away like that.....

Qui left....and Kain still held the bitter taste of justice not being bistowed....but another taste remained within his mouth. The one which had saved him and once again shown him her wisdom....might be dead! But Qui said there was a possibility that she was still alive! Kain had to help in whatever way he could, he owed it to her. He owed so many things to her....and she was the only one who could stop Qui's maddness!

Kain hated the frustration of not being able to fight Qui, to simply stand there while he patronised him....yet the sense of being his own mind, being able to choose his own actions without some anagonising voice within his voice nagging at him was more than enough for Kain to not doubt that the better option had been chosen.

Kain turned upon his heel, still scowling and his eyes seeming to burn within themselves...stoked coals which had yet to dimmer. He walked down the stairs....and began to search for anyone.....any studant....although preferably a teacher. The questions which burned within his mind was "Where is Rave and how can I help her?"

Kain stalked away....a ruffle of his Irenicus cloak was the only indication that he had walked away.

(OOC Who is about Rave? Who could Kain speak to? Kain is looking around for anyone, and he is searching the lower parts of the acadamy to look for anyone, so if you want to bump into Kain, feel free, but most characters would not know him, even if they knew the previous Kain. Although those who did know him would begin to think something was strangely familer in the way he talks etc.)

Daedalis ran through the hallways until she reached the Advanced combat classroom, yet it was empty...

"Looks like I arrived early. Perfect, maybe I should do some warm up before this class starts", says the elven maiden to herself, smiling and starting to extend her limbs, first the arms, then the legs...

OOC: Maximus was already in the AC room...
IC:
Maximus finished his warm ups with his weapons within the AC room. Seeing that several more students had arrived, he walked out the doorway, for fresh air, to clear his senses of the pungant smell of sweat within the room.

As Maximus walked outside, another figure collided with him. Catching his balance, he turned toward the figure. The young man that stood there glaring at him, his eyes filled with rage.

"Whoa there buddy, it was an accident...no need to get all jumpy on me now..."

As Maximus spoke, his mind began to nag at him. This man seemed familiar, but Maximus was pretty sure he hadn't met him before. What was it about him that made Maximus think so? He scanned the man, searching for some sort of clue to joggle his memory. Yes...he looked vaguely familiar... His eyes fell upon the clasp holding the man's cloak to his body. That clasp...he had seen it before, but where?

Slightly discouraged by his lack of memory, Maximus spoke up again:

"I'm here for the Advanced Combat class which should be starting soon. Are you in the class as well?"

Kain smoldered, but was glad that he had actually met someone who he might prise infomation out of. He seemed to recall this person, his memory was still in a slight state of hazyness, he had to reach back within the fog and pluck a name from it.

"You...I know you....Maximus! Where is Rave? Tell me now, this is an emergancy!" Kain said with extreme quickness, his tone desperate. His long white hair still flowed behind his back, like it had done before. It seemed odd, he looked like a pillar of white. His eyes were the things which set him out however, those smoldering coals......they were so similer....yet not. The eyes which Maximus knew held death in all beings, knew torment and a sea of anguish.

It was gone...

OOC: Y'know, someone should really attack this place with a platoon of special ops troopers, it'd give y'all a chance to show off. Not that I'm volunteering or anything, oh no.

(OOC Heh....the battle of logic against uber magic eh? Not that I am complaining.)

OOC:heh,just lie in X-men 2, now that will be a nice sow.Rave Im still waiting for your reply from the last post I did.

((OOC:Joshua is in the AC room))

Joshua Ignored the other students in the room and centered on the punching bag infront of him. After a trio of quick strikes Joshua's left arm came back and he drilled it through the core center of the punching bag to his elbow. He then twisted his arm to the left and ripped it out from the side leaving the bag on a few peices of it's outer layer. He then cracked his neck slightly and moved his foot under the punching bag that was dangling and kicked it upwards with such force that his foot went up the middle. He smirked slightly at the sight of the punching bag that lay in ruins. "Ah another day another punching bag," he says before he laughs slightly.

"Rave's disappeared?" Seth asked, slightly confused. The instructor stood at the side of the doorway, waiting for others to arrive. "I'm sure she'll be alight..." Strange that she's gone off though...it's not like her to do that...Ah well...devil of an angel has her ways.
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Qui noticed. Kain was no longer the rank of a fledgling, but a neonate. He had advanced, and was on his way to becoming an elder in the future years. He would not let Kain know of it.

His head turned slightly as he heard a familiar voice behind him. He slowely turned to face his apprentice. "That I did my dear," he ran the back of his fingertips along the side of her face. His skin was ice cold, yet soft. He had been good at being indifferent to any sort of emotion. Right now, that was questionable.

He had originally called her for a lesson, and for the confrontation of Kain. However, being that both seemed incomparable now. What had he to lose? He had always been dominant of a group, however with her, that did not change...oh but it did at the same time. He gently nudged her to the wall, as a shadow fell over the two. He gently brought his lips to hers, biting her bottom lip gently. It had been something he'd been meaning to do for a very long time...
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Rave looked up from the pedastol, and saw the three before her.

Zodiac...
Kade....
Aurora...

Zodiac's eyes sparkled as he stepped forward, and knelt upon his knee. The others followed suit. Aurora was quite suprised at the result, as well as Kade. "I never thought you'd make it," Zodiac said softly.

Rise...there is much to be done...

He stepped back a few steps, as the man before him identified him. He was surprised. This one knew him, yet he himself still struggled to identify the man. His eyes locked with the man's. Those eyes...so filled with death, anguish. He had only seen those eyes in one in all his years. Suddenly his own eyes widened as he recognized the one before him.

No!!...it's not possible...unless...

"Kain? It is you, Kain, yet you have changed greatly since I last met you at that Immortal Ball."

"Rave...yes, I think I saw her hurry down that way." He pointed down the hall behind him. "Is she all right? Do you want me to come with you?"

Michael arrived a little early in an attempt to make up for his tardiness last lesson, though he was a little surpised to see so many people her already, some of which he didn't recognise. Some he did, like that lad he helped down at the pool (he should of got his name) and Daedalis... sigh... The others were new to him however, like a man with claws instead of hands.

Had Michael been at home he may have asked questions about that, they had a fair free races in Iuthia but Michael had never seem someone like this... man?. None the less it didn't surpise him now, he took note of it but he suspected this was common place here.

Michael looked around the room, getting to know his surroundings. It seemed like a much more ornate training room then Michael was used to... most of the time he settled for a pair of mats and a sparring partner. This place seemed to have History.

Michael also noted that a punching bag lay by the young lads feet, even with his unimaginative mind, Michael linked the possibilities thinking back to Rave Shentavo's "taster" session on the first day. It would seem that despite his contant training and hard work that Michael wouldn't quite ever be able to reach the level of others, who were enhanced in one fashion or another.

This would have disapointed many... but Michael just grinned, he didn't do it to be the best, he excerised for himself, for his health and his country. These people were extra-normal, Michael was just normal... so any comparison was impossible from the very start. He continued to smile. At least he was comfortable with this...

Joshua quickly removed his shirt to prevent it from becoming drencheed in sweat and then walked over to the wall and removeed a single katana and tosseed the blade i nthe air and suddenly cought it on the tip of his index finger. "Time to play," he says in a low voice as he flicks it upwards and this time grabs it by the hilt and strikes out into the air with lightning quick reflexes.

IC:
Pepal stills trys to speak but can't because of the pain in his head still going on.He can't even open his eyes but he can peek to see that hes moving(OOC:I was waiting for your response on that one post Rave) but he
doesn't know by who or what.He soon goes unconcoius again,but then sees evil aura in the darkness of his mind.He knows theres someone in the aura,but can't make it out who it is.He starts to move towards the evil aura in his mind,but the aura is now changing to a dark red form with glowing red eyes and now shows vampire fangs.The form charges towards Pepal,with sword drawn,he slices at Pepal.Pepal feels pain and fright in his mind about the figure clubbing him.He soon floats in the darkness and soon he warps in a bright red vortex.

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Pepal soon jumps out of Genes hands and lands on the floor in front of her.His eyes are glowing red again and he grinds his teeth which are visble.His hunter mode was active as he could already tell..He soon grasps his head and grinds his teeth harder.His Hunter selve is now off.In his normal mode,Pepal soon his on his hands+knees looking at the floor,with sweat dropping from his face.

No!!...it's not possible...unless...

"Kain? It is you, Kain, yet you have changed greatly since I last met you at that Immortal Ball."

"Rave...yes, I think I saw her hurry down that way." He pointed down the hall behind him. "Is she all right? Do you want me to come with you?"

Kain forgot how he had changed in appearance since his last meeting with him....but he was glad someone did know him.

"No, get as many teachers as possible to find Rave. Tell them that Kain sent the message, and Qui has gone insane! Do not trust him!" Kain instructed as he ran off in the direction he had pointed. He spoke quickly and his orders were clear. He did not want a masscre of studants, he wanted to speak with the other teachers and members of the Shentavo family.

He sprinted off, finding his new form just as quick as his old one. He had the terrible forboding that he would be far far too late....

OOC: Kain, please get on MSN.

"Right! I'll get them."

A dark cloud hung over Maximus's head as he frantically ran throughout the Academy, as he searched out and informed any instructors he saw to Kain's position.

No matter what he said, I'm gonna stand by him, he needs my help..."

Santiana stepped out into the gardens, walking slowly around them. She felt a chill suddenly, but say nothing that would cause it. She dismissed it until she saw a frozen tree, slowly thawing, although it would die soon from the freeze. Ice elemental... who here? Genesis. But why would she freeze a tree?

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The answer was in another part of the garden. A pale man in all black walked along a path, his mere presence lowering the temperature considerably. Frost formed in his footsteps as he walked towards the main hall, the strangness of his mind... cold, almost unfeeling. He knew why he was here. His purpose was clear in his mind and to anyone that dared probe the sheer numbness of his mind. Revenge.

(I know. Sorr Dritz...still trying to find your post. I thought I had answered it.)

Genesis looked about Pepal. Strange things happened in this school, but usually not with students. She placed a hand on Pepel's back, keeping keen of eye to his movements. She wasn't sure what was going on. "Pepal...what happened." she said in a low tone.
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"Kain," Seth raised his hand to stop the neonate from speech. "Qui is not crazy. If he was, it would be likely that this entire school may end up torn down. He is heartless and indifferent to some degree...don't confuse the two. It's a deadly mix up." Seth continued. "Who is left of the staff? Kenja, myself, and Genesis. Aurora, Zodiac, and Kade have all vanished, as well as Rave. Genesis, without a doubt, already knows...considering the bond between her and Qui. Kenja I haven't seen for a while, but in being Qui's fledgling, she's known that for a while."

He turned from Kain, with a knowing smile. "Shall we begin?"

Qui noticed. Kain was no longer the rank of a fledgling, but a neonate. He had advanced, and was on his way to becoming an elder in the future years. He would not let Kain know of it.

His head turned slightly as he heard a familiar voice behind him. He slowely turned to face his apprentice. "That I did my dear," he ran the back of his fingertips along the side of her face. His skin was ice cold, yet soft. He had been good at being indifferent to any sort of emotion. Right now, that was questionable.

He had originally called her for a lesson, and for the confrontation of Kain. However, being that both seemed incomparable now. What had he to lose? He had always been dominant of a group, however with her, that did not change...oh but it did at the same time. He gently nudged her to the wall, as a shadow fell over the two. He gently brought his lips to hers, biting her bottom lip gently. It had been something he'd been meaning to do for a very long time...


Katarina smiles as Qui draws her into the shadows, and lowers his lips to hers. But then, he did something unexpected. As his teeth punctured her lip, she gasped slightly, feeling his power flow through her, bringing her to the end of what she had been trying to accomplish for the last three years...

"Kain," Seth raised his hand to stop the neonate from speech. "Qui is not crazy. If he was, it would be likely that this entire school may end up torn down. He is heartless and indifferent to some degree...don't confuse the two. It's a deadly mix up." Seth continued. "Who is left of the staff? Kenja, myself, and Genesis. Aurora, Zodiac, and Kade have all vanished, as well as Rave. Genesis, without a doubt, already knows...considering the bond between her and Qui. Kenja I haven't seen for a while, but in being Qui's fledgling, she's known that for a while."

He turned from Kain, with a knowing smile. "Shall we begin?"

"Fair point....heartless. But his lack of morals in all of this is costing more and more lives....Damn this all. I was expecting things to have gone fine, things rarely do in my absances..." Kain said queitly in reflection. He followed Seth and considered a few things...

"Lead the way." Kain said.

While they walked, Kain asked a question which had been nagging him for some time.

"What has triggered all of this Seth?"

The pale man walked up to the receptionist and spoke to her, suprised to find that Qui and Rave were unavailbe at the moment. He nodded. "I'll be in the garden. If they do show up, please tell them I want to... speak with them immediatly." He turned and walked out.

He found a wall in the garden, which he froze and created hollow cylinders out of the slightly damp air coming from the top. He ran his finger around the outside of one, then another, smiling at the different sounds they made. He began to play a slow haunting, almost mournful, song, the sound rolling through the garden.

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Santiana looked up at the music and shuddered. This is getting too weird. She moved slowly towards the source of the song, pushing intent on finding out who was there.

"I don't know,When I was dismissed from class and got to the dorm,I started feel strange head pains,same feeling I got from when that intruder was here nights ago,so when I came back here from the starbucks,the head pains got stronger and was too much I blacked out,then I started have werid dreams that felt livelike,strange this doesn't happen to me at all till now"he explained.He was still sweating,but not that much,he couldn't remember what happend after he blacked-out.He didn't like to explain the dreams very much.He hopes that the teacher wouldn't take this as childish actions.Those
kind of things didn't normally made him like that,normally he could overcome things like this.

Joshua stopedd his strikes into the air and shook his head slightly. He shivered and reached for the scars on his back were the wings appered several months ago. Slowly a single drop of blood rolled down from each and Joshua quickly gabed his shirt and whiped them away.

Seth smiled halfly. "Kain, I can not walk with you now..I have to teach a class.." he said standing in the doorway. "After, come and speak with me. We'll disuss it then."
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Genesis offered her hand to Pepal. "I don't think you're crazy if that is what you are driving at. Sights and senses are all controlled by the mind. Something triggered that reaction. We just need to find out what did it... Can you think of anything?"
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Qui pulled back momentarily, and then kissed her again, closing the wound. There was a time for everything, and acknowledging his former fledgling now lay dead, the opportune moment arose to take on another. Katarina would be different. Being one of total impulse, he made up his mind in a heartbeat. It would be a deadly combination of master and apprentice.

He lifted her up into his arms, letting her weight rest against his bare chest. The knob turned to the nearest door; it was a staff room. He stepped in, closing the door behind him. The room apparently hadn’t been used before. The soft white sheets lay in perfect condition upon the bed, not a single thing moved. It was dark in the room, though Qui could make out everything perfectly as if it were the middle of day. He set her on the side of the bed. He had made his decision. Katarina had already been drawn from, making her his blood doll until he granted her the embrace. However, being a man of impulse, he would not wait to grant it to her.

He kissed her neck, teasing her to no end, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Without warning, his razor sharp fangs pierced into the tender flesh of the girl. He let his blood lust take over. As she began to fall limp within his arms, he picked her up once again, resting her head upon his chest. He could scarcely hear her heart beat, and her blood was intoxicating to him. His senses soared. He immediately slashed his wrist with his fangs, and pressed it to Katarina’s mouth. “Drink Katarina…and live forever.”

Joshua quickly replaced the sword on the wall and placed his shirt back on hidding the faint blood marks. and suddenly snaped his gaze to Seth as he entered. "So how we gona start this year?"

Seth's look turned into one of concern. "I smell the blood on you," he said, his fangs resting on his lower lip, barely visable. "You've been fighting with Qui again?"

"Who am I fooling? I'm not powerful enough to deal with these masters. I'll just get myself killed..."

Reluctantly, Maximus gave in to his logic, and turned and made his way back to the AV room.

Walking in, he instantly noticed the smell of blood. Sweet blood. Fresh blood.

No! I must not let my thirst get a hold of me!

Pushing the urge to hunt away, Maximus looked around the room his eyes like a radar to the source of blood. It was that student that Kenja had been grilling in the last class, and now another instructor stood in front of him.

Maximus made his way to the instructor, whom he noted was also a vampire.

"Sir, sorry I'm late. An old acquaintance of mine, Kain, requested that all instructors find him. It was something to do with Rave. He seemed very distressed about it, but I do not know why. I think it would be wise to take heed of this situation, as I have known Kain to never need help in the past..."

Seth smiled halfly. "Kain, I can not walk with you now..I have to teach a class.." he said standing in the doorway. "After, come and speak with me. We'll disuss it then."


"What the hell is this? Qui is laying destruction where he goes and you are worried about teaching a damn class? Rave, for all I heard from that devious bastard, is dying! How many more must be destroyed and warped by his hand until we do something! We must act now Seth....." Kain trailed off and walked off in disgust of this. It was insanity....they had to act now!

"Calm yourself Kain!" Seth snapped, then calmed down. "Rushing into anything would more or less get both of us killed, which is not something I really want to happen. You're acting on impulse Kain, Rave always said you had been headstrong. Wait...we'll speak after class."

He turned to the other student. "I know oft he never seeks help. That's when people are able to provide it however."

OOC: Update on your char's postions Rave?

I know Genesis is with one of the students, in the medical center I think...

Seth is obviously in the AC room.

Kenja is the easiest to keep track of...

So where is Qui, Rave and the other, weirder than usual chars?

"Calm yourself Kain!" Seth snapped, then calmed down. "Rushing into anything would more or less get both of us killed, which is not something I really want to happen. You're acting on impulse Kain, Rave always said you had been headstrong. Wait...we'll speak after class."

He turned to the other student. "I know oft he never seeks help. That's when people are able to provide it however."

"I do not suggest rushing, I suggest getting ourselves organised! Fine...I will speak to you...wait, I should remain with you. Safety in numbers as such. Would you mind? Or would you prefer me to leave, or be within a discrete form within the class?" Kain asked.

Katarina drinks in Qui's blood, feeling the warmth wash down her throat and bring her energy.

Pepal couldn't answer the question,he couldn't.He doesn't know who or what triggered it."I don't know who or what" he answered.He had this feeling nights ago when that intruder came and nearly destroyed 3rd Floor in the fight with Qui.The same pains happend that night,and a few times in his home nation when something bad was near?" could it be something like that would be here,but this ones stronger than anything else I had before "he thought to himself.He hardly feels the head pain,its faint now.

Gene=with student near medical wing
Qui= random room w/ Katarina
Rave= unknown???
Seth=AC room

Qui smiled as he felt his precious lifeforce being draing by Katarina. He closed his eyes, and pulled away from her, watching the wound close up on his wrist. He knew that his fledgling would be very hungry when the change occured...and he had the perfect solution to it. He sat by her side, and let the change begin.
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Genesis looked uneasily at Pepal. "Perhaps it is the headmaster...has a rather dark aura about him...he always has..." she trailed off, shuddering at the thought
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Seth looked at his students. "Welcome," he began, rather hestantly. "Some of you have been in AC for three consecutive years. Some of you are enhanced, others are not. Nevertheless, the art of combat is a valuable thing to know. I will critique you each individually....see what you need to work on, what technique you specialize in...what needs strengthening. I am also accepting any challenges at the end of class if there are any who wish to opt out of this class. Questions?"

Pepal took that with thought,thinking about the strange form he met in the dreams.He wondered if that was Qui or not.He couldn't think at all,He never got that werid feeling when Qui was near at the first day.Strange.But he wondered what happend when he was unconcoius"What happend when I was unconcious"

Joshua ignored Seth's question about the blood because he to wanted to know why. Everything in his life was changing and he didn't know why or how but he just wished it would stop. As Seth adressed the class Joshua leaned against a wall in the shadows. Strangly he felt safest there.

"You seemed to be seeing something. You tried to kill me, which wasn't the best thing that could have happened," she said recalling the incident. "You went into a type of coma, and your eyes glew red momentarily. 'Looked as if you saw a ghost."

Pepal"So whatever I experinced in the unconcious state must have activated my hunter self,dang"He just think how can something like this turned on his hunter self,never happend before."oh,I see:a little sense of shock:,May I be dismissed so I can go calm down?"he replied.He did fell tired and woozy after the experince,almost made him fall foward,but luckly he didn't.

"Of course," she said with a nod. "If you need anything...just let me know. I'll most probably be in my office on the third floor, first door on your right. Are you sure you don't need anything?"

Katarina closed her eyes as she felt his blood pour into her, mingling with hers. She felt herself drawing on is energies, taking them into herself and making them a part of who she was. This feeling, rather than dying as the blood flow stemmed, grew. it spread to her limbs, her heart, her face, bringing with it a strange warmth and a bitter cold. As it reached the last part of her, her left pinkie, she felt and outburst of power shoot from her, her magics responding to her new being. She was, now and forever, alive.

Qui smiled as he watched her reaction, and ran his hand through her hair. He was far from a romantic, and truly was a bad ass at heart. But when it came to her, it was different; even if it wasn't noticeable...or even if it was. His crimson eyes looked down to her as he lifted her up to stand... "Come my dear," he said to her softly. 'got to show you off... he said jokingly...

Santiana followed the strange music through the garden to a frozen wall. There was no one there though. She ran a finger over on of the cylinders, making one of the sounds she heard.

She never heard him. She felt a chill, but didn't turn in time.

The man had sensed her come up and had hidden himself, using his powers to mask his mind. After she was busy with his musical ice, her froze the air between his hands into a club. Coming up behind her silently, he raised it and brought it down swiftly. It struck her neck and snapped it in three places. She never made a noise.

She didn't need to though. Before the shock shut down her brain, she cried out mentally. Every psion, psychic and vampire nearby would get the point of a mental scream cut short.

Aw, shit. the man thought, They'll send someone in minutes.

"No I don't,but thank you"he replys.He walks off towards the dorm,he passes the AC room and sees that Joshua,Maxiumus,and other people are there.He takes the steps and such towards the dorm.He is refreshed by the fresh air.He enters the room and pratices some hand-to hand combat motions,trying not to break anything" Should of took AC class,but too late now".He knows that this skill will prove useful to him soon.He then quits,takes a shower and then puts on some new clothes.He then stares at his scimatar runes,and then his hand,thinking of his hunter self,it might be useful,but also dangerous if he ain't be able to control it.Head pains are faint now,not a disturbness to him anymore.

Maximus groaned, his eyes clenched shut tightly as the piercing scream sounded in his head. It was so powerful that his head felt as if it were splitting. Gripping his head with both hands, he slumped to the ground, as he tried to control his reading of the psychic wave.

As quickly as it had started, it ceased. Maximus looked up, and instantly turned his head in the direction of the garden. He was horrified, someone had just died...

OOC: I assume Santiana just died right? If not, I'll edit.

Genesis nods in reply, and walks slowely down the halls. She was the most pacient of the clan, and quite reserved. She usually was passive, however she had had moments where she was not a force to be reckoned with. Not many had seen it. Telekenetics had been her specialty, however she wanted to teach ice elementality as well. Rave would grant her it, but Aurora also had some doing.
Her bleach blond hair fell straight down her back. Her skin was quite fair, and the reason was because of the two fangs concealed behind her pink lips. She was Rave's protègèe, her first sired fledgling. The psion had a natural love for the wounded, and was focusing on her studies with Rave in healing at the current time.
Suddenly, she heard a scream within her mind. Immediately the psion did as she was trained. She ran towards the source, down the halls toward the west wing. As she stepped outside, she noticed an usual amount of ice. It was to her liking, however, the source was unknown. She took up a defense. "Hello?"

OOC: Yeah, she's dead.

IC: Genesis would see a boot sticking out from behind the frozen wall and would find Santiana there, dead.

She would easily feel the killer's mind. It would be one of the numbest minds she had felt. No... more than numb. Dead. No feelings except amusment, hatred and wanting. A wanting for revenge. He was close, but out of sight.

She looked over Satiana. Oh my God... she placed her hand on her neck, the blood touching the tips of her fingers. She recoiled from it, feeling the presence of the intruder near her. She silently wished that Witz was there right now. Her icy eyes shifted around...

"God can't help her now..." he said, behind her. She had seen him before, but was preoccupied at the time with Kenja and Joshua. "One person could... but she's gone. Because of you people." He moves slowly, wearing a black trenchcoat, pale skin nearly white. His eyes glowed blue slightly behind his sunglasses. "You destoyed her. She gave me my abilities, you took her existance. I loved her and you took her away." At no time does he reach for a weapon, mearly walking slowly, calmly in a circle around her. The hate and spite in his voice was amazing.

Genesis knew immediately who the man was...Drake? Had it been. She knew better...he was misguided. "Domino chose her own destiny...she asked to be killed...and Kenja had tried to stop it...Rave tried to postpone it...don't you dare spill her blood upon my hands Drake..." For the first time in a while, her voice was as cold as ice. Her sire had taught her very...very well... "If you loved her, then why weren't you watching out for her? Why could you not stop the darkness growing within her? huh?"

Drake growls. "She killed me and made me like this. I woke up right before she was destroyed. I didn't know about what was inside her. I was her lover, not her protecter. She didn't need it. She was becoming what she was destined to be. One of you destroyed her. For that, one of you will pay!" He was shouting, a clound of icy mist swirling around him. His mind was twisited as well. The darkness Domino had passed onto him. His was different though. He wouldn't just threaten to kill every living thing here...

Pepal contiued his excerscise when he got the head pains again.Now what?! he thought to himself,he went outside of the dorm and down the main hall.He made scrict looks about this distrubness,,at least he is containg these headpains.He grapped his scimatar hilt and waited for something to come by.He stands there like a guard waiting for a intruder.

Genesis scoffed at him. "So...you plan to kill one of us in order to exact revenge upon the person who cause Domino's demise, however, in this was her own fault. So you attempt to exact revenge upon Domino, but she's dead...so you really have no reason being here...." she held up her hand as an orb formed. "And if one of us is going to pay," a staff formed in her right hand from the orb. "I beleive I can cover the cost..."

Katarina stands slowly up, feeling her new power run through her, flexing her fingers and examining her body, as if she had been reborn into a new form. Smiling, she embraces Qui and plants a kiss firmly upon his lips. "well Qui, as you so elegently put it, lets go 'show me off'." She leaves the room slowly, and waits for him in the hallway.

Well that was unexpected... he said in reaction to the kiss. And get out of my mind...oh yes, now a constant connection. Some of the things you may want to block out... He looked at her and smiled, following her out of the room. She was just as Kenja had been, full of energy and a thirst for it all. A grin crossed his face. Like now, he gave her another glance. You really don't want to know what I'm thinking. He gave her a knowing grin and headed down the stairs, Katarina now accompanying him on one arm.
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-It's complete.

-I feel..even more f cked up than I was before...

-Technically you are...

-well now I feel like my old self..but somewhat different...I miss my wings

-*chuckles* but see what else you've gained, m'lady.

-*smiles* I take my leave of this place...I have other people to attend to...like my arrogant son...

Joshua shuddered slightly when the mental scream hit him and he held his head. Unlike before when his seanses were dulled they now were sharper than before. The scream's intensity multiplied 20 fold somehow made his scars bleed another pair of droplets. He could feel the pressure on them. It felt like they were there again trying to push back out of his skin in a bloody mist. His head wouldn't stop pounding like the entire Phalanix army was marching on his head. It just wouldn't stop. Slowly the pain from the scream faded from him but the prusure on his scars didn't let up.

Pepal waited for a bit and got tired of waiting.He levatates towards the closest high window seal and lays there and relaxs on the seal.But he keeps his eyes and ears out for any danger that might come,he still has the head pains,but somehow they seem to split in two into a painful one and least painful one.another disturbness?What is this.He keeps close watch on the hall down below him.

Katarina walks down the stairs with Qui, a very happy look is stuck on her face. She slowly blocks the connection with Qui's mind, untill she can only hear the thoughts he deliberatly directs at her, and not any stray ones.

Genesis scoffed at him. "So...you plan to kill one of us in order to exact revenge upon the person who cause Domino's demise, however, in this was her own fault. So you attempt to exact revenge upon Domino, but she's dead...so you really have no reason being here...." she held up her hand as an orb formed. "And if one of us is going to pay," a staff formed in her right hand from the orb. "I beleive I can cover the cost..."OOC: Went away for two days. I'm back now though.

IC: Drake shakes his head. "No... I will not kill the person who destroyed her. They did not kill her. Goor did. And he paid for it a long time ago. I only wish for them to suffer for taking her from me." He ignores the parts about it being her own fault. He chuckles at the orb and staff. "Ah. You wish to fight me over the death of a girl? The threat of suffering for a being who so richly deserves it? I will not fight you. I do not believe you were the one. Tell them I will be waiting. And tell them I will kill anyone foolsih enough to follow me."

The mist swirls around him like a cloud and he is gone once it clears. His mind can still be felt, but it is at the edge of the Academy, on a wall. No one was near him. Apparently he got some of Domino's abilities.

A sharp pain ran through Joshua's back scars. He winced slightly and fell on one knee. He cursed lightly as more small bits of blood began to stream from his scars.

Oh god ... I can;t believe this is my first time back. I feel so tired, so alone ... I was nearly a legend in this place. Coming back ... I have so many memories.

Where the hell am I? Trees ... That building ... It's familiar. Damn it, that's something ... I can remember ... I can;t remember ... What is that place? What is its name? It's a school of some sort ... Oh god ...

Those aren't my hands. This is scaring me. I'm getting scared. Oh god. What's going on? These aren't my hands! Tese aren;t my clothes ... I can't remember my name ... I don't know who I am ... Oh god, what the hell happened to me?

I've been here before. I know it. But why? Where is this anyhow? What's my name? Oh god I can't remember my name. There's someone ... Two people ... I need to contact. One of them ... Two of them. They're important. My ... brother. And my ... Who? Oh god, I can't remember. I can't remember their faces. I can't remember their names. I don't know who I am!

What's going on. I have to get up. I don't want to die here ... In the woods ... All alone ... I can see that building ... That school ... I need to get there. Why can't I move? My muscles won't work ... My head won't lift, my arms won't move.

I'm ... I'm on my feet. They;re not my feet. They're not my shoes. I'm not myself, but if I'm not me then who the hell am I? Who was I and how do I know I'm not me? My head hurts ... Ow!

I'm bleeding. My right leg is covered in blood. It's gone numb. What's happening? I don't know what's going on. It can't hold weight. I can't move. I don't want to die here ... But I'm going to die in this godforsaken place ... I can't move ...

I'm moving. I can pull myself along, using trees ... I need to do this. I need to get there ... That school. Where is it? Where am I? I need to go somewhere, but I need help. I don't know who I am. Maybe they will. My shirt is wet. It's soaked. My hair is sticking to my head. Blood ... Water ... Mud ... It's been raining? I don't know. A lake. There's a lake behind me. I was in the lake.

I'm almost there. The threes are thinning out ... There's that bloody school. How do I get in? OW! My leg ... My head ... There's blood dripping in my eye ... My head hurts ... I can't think straight. What's going on? Help ...




In the middle of the road in front of the Academy, a young man wearing a light t-shirt soaked with water and mud and torn blue jeans, the right leg of which was covered in blood, collapsed onto his front. He had shortish black hair, matted together with blood, mud and water, and there was a cut right at his hairline. Blood trickled down from it and from a cut at the top of his right leg. It fell onto the ground and dripped past his eyes, but they were closed, unconscious.



OOC: Room for a tired, experienced RPer in this place?

(Haraki!? Back from the DEAD?! Again!? Yay. I've been wondering where you've gone off to. You had me concerned for a while...and a LOT has happened. TG me if you need a fill in...especially on Rave...she died in "the end" if you didn't see that part...and well...you'll see. Her son, Qui, has killed off his old fledgling (Kenja) and sired his new apprentice (Katarina) anythign you need..just ask. *does a dance cause Haraki is back from the grave*)

Yeah, but I can promise you right now, I will be spending nowhere near as much time as I used to on NS. I have a life now, albeit not a very active one.

Anyway, um, sure, TG me and fill me in. But right now, I'm trying to throw in a twist, so if you wouldn't mind getting into RP gear and responding? Sorry if I sound like I'm being snappish.

Kinda busy...Gene is dealing with Drake
Rave whearabouts are unknown...and for a reason.
Qui is enthralled with Katarina right now... :-)
And Seth is teaching a class...
That's all the staff that survived...but maybe a Veruki will do mm?

IC:

Aurora smiled softly. Qui would get what was coming to him in due time. She knelt one more time before her empress, and set off among the grounds. She was tall and of slender frame. Her eyes were a deep violet, and her hair; a straight light brown that fell to her waist. She had an olive skin complexion and a rather intense stare. She made her way throughout the grounds. It seemed that the foul whether had lifted since the restoration. Maybe the sun would awake.

She then saw a man, totally soaked standing before the academy. She was taken back a bit by the site, but decided to investigate a little. Can I help you sir?

I'm awake again. I'm not dead ... That really surprises me. I thought I'd be dead from blood loss by now. What the hell is this place? I know it from somewhere ... I get the feeling I spent a lot of time here once. But for the life of me I can't tell wy or when. Or even where it is.

I have to get up. That's important. Get up. That's it. Work. OW!! My head. My leg. God, this hurts more than anything I've ever felt. I feel like my leg's falling off ... I'm dizzy. I need to stay up. Off the knee. Get on your feet. Yeah, like that.

Standing up. Somehow this feels like a big accomplishment. Mud ... Is it raining? Sweat? It's dark ... No, it's not ... My eye is screwed up ... I can't see properly.

Can I help you, sir?

Aah! What was that? A voice ... In my head ... I can't see straihgt. Did someone talk? Am I imagining something?



"I - Is someone there?" he called out in a cracked, parched voice, it echoing through his own ears.



Is that my voice? No, it can't be. That's not my voice. Is it?



"Hello?"



That's me, but ... It's not. I don't know what's happening. Who am I?

Kieria remained sitting in her corner. When the instructor announced the start of the class, she slid her notebook into her messenger bag and left it in the corner. Seizing her swords, she waited for instructions.

OOC:
Damn, I always miss the good stuff. Why am I never on when all the good action happens? *feeling lost and hopeless*

Kain awaited the time when they would move. He was extremely impatience, his mind raced around in circles. Endless questions, possibilities. He remained around Seth however, in mist form, unseen by anyone and anything.

(OOC Sorry, I have been away because of my damn internet connection being down for a while. Someone care to enlighten me of what the hell has happened since I was gone?)

Seth shuddered uneasily. Something was wrong, but when was something not wrong? He had a class to teach anyway. If something happened, he would do his best to take care of it. however, he was different then the rest, he was more easy going for the most part.

"Alright, what I need you to do is find someone to spar with...if there is an odd number, or you just want you, you may spar with either myself, or Kain." he looked at Kain, knowing he didn't sign up for it. He also knew that Kain was a skilled fighter, however.
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Genesis sighed. "Apparently I am always overlooked..." She stretched slightly. Well..Drake is here.. she thought to herself silently. I wonder how all these people show up without authorization...let alone get across the sentinels and security system. It's starting to make me wonder. She passed down to the grounds for a walk, when she saw Aurora and some man...

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"Yes," Aurora said as the Veruki stepped towards him. Her manipulation was of course sound. She thought once of soothing him, but dismissed it as she had no idea what to expect. She turned around to meet Genesis' gaze, and smiled softly.

Genesis turned toward the man, and something about him seemed so familiar. "Who is he?" she asked in scarce but a whisper.

"No clue," Aurora said in reply.

"Sir?" Gene addressed him, taking a step forward. "What are you doing h---have we met before?" She tilted her head slightly. He seemed so familiar...yet so distant.
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Qui smiles as he watches his fledgling's attempt at blocking out his thoughts from her mind. A wry smile crept across his face. "Why don't we pay an old friend a little visit? You remember...oh what his name...oh yes, Kay...something or rather...Kain. Yes...that was it." his playful tone gave the insinuation of what the "visit" would encompass. He placed his arm around her shoulders, and looked down to her. "Call him out to us..."

Joshua still in the shadows hidding the pain behind a cold as ice face. He knew he could hold his own against most of this class alone. "You wouldn't need to spar with them if thre is a odd number. I can take two if needed," Joshua says as he steps out of the shadows waiting.

"Is that so Joshua?" he asked raising an eyebrow at the headstrong student. "Well then...you wouldn't mind accepting a challenge of you, Joshua. I know very well you don't need this class...and sometimes wonder myself on why you take it. I have a proposal for both of you," he looked at both Kain and Joshua. "You are both Rave's fledglings, or considered to be. Both were somewhat guided by Azari, but both have turned to Ravelyn in the past...therefore leading the assumption that you are both part of the family...in a twice removed cousin sort of way." he added with a smile. "Kain and Joshua, a spar would be a very good way to releive pressure," he glanced at Kain. "And to prove yourself," he looked at Joshua.

"Is that so Joshua?" he asked raising an eyebrow at the headstrong student. "Well then...you wouldn't mind accepting a challenge of you, Joshua. I know very well you don't need this class...and sometimes wonder myself on why you take it. I have a proposal for both of you," he looked at both Kain and Joshua. "You are both Rave's fledglings, or considered to be. Both were somewhat guided by Azari, but both have turned to Ravelyn in the past...therefore leading the assumption that you are both part of the family...in a twice removed cousin sort of way." he added with a smile. "Kain and Joshua, a spar would be a very good way to releive pressure," he glanced at Kain. "And to prove yourself," he looked at Joshua.

Who is this? Her name ... I remember the face ... What's the name?



"Um ... I don't know ..." he said quietly. "I think ..." he tried to talk normally, but his voice cracked and broke, and he winced in the pain, looking down at the blood soaking into his jeans.

Suddenly it came to him. "You! You're ..."

He stopped, closing his eyes, his lips moving as if he was saying words very rapidly, but not making any noise, thoughts running through his mind like wildfire.

"You're ... Nemesis ... Something like that ... Oh god, I can't remember ... Oh god ..." He started shivering, his body quaking, looking down at the ground. His hands curled into fists, and then uncurled, tense, and hsi teeth began chattering. "It's ... bloody cold out here ..." he whispered.

"Genesis," she replied soflty. She knew him! She knew him? She knew him...but from where? She could not match the face yet. "Genesis Shentavo..." she psion replied softly.

"Let's get you inside," Aurora replied, knowing, and not revealing anything, as all Veruki did. She took the long cloak from her shoulders and placed it around the mans.

"Come on," Gene said. "We'll see about healing you inside."

Genesis sighed. "Apparently I am always overlooked..." She stretched slightly. Well..Drake is here.. she thought to herself silently. I wonder how all these people show up without authorization...let alone get across the sentinels and security system. It's starting to make me wonder. She passed down to the grounds for a walk, when she saw Aurora and some man...OOC: Simple. Domino and Drake both have the ability to either blend in with a crowd, use light to their advantage and have the ability to cross the distance of a city in seconds with the teleportation ability. I dunno about everyone else...

IC: Drake sat alone on the wall, freezing various items around him and watching them thaw.

Santiana was still in the garden, dead, and would have wondered why Genesis left her there...

GM/DP

But what Drake didn't realize was that the land did not like being frozen. It didn't like being withstrained, and it longed for sunlight. Slowly, vines curled around Satiana's wrists and ankles, slowly pulling the dead corpse into the ground until it was consumed beneath the ground. The vines wound up on the site where she had been, and flowers opened. The beautiful crimson roses seemed to flourish, and then the movement stopped.

As Drake looked around, he then realized how many roses there were collectively on campus. Maybe the rumors about Qui's manipulation classes were true...and maybe the students hadn't disappeared? No, must have simply been a rumor. Yes. It was a rumor. Right?

"G-Gene-s-sis ..." he muttered through chattering teeth. "Y-yeah ... Tha-That's it ..."

He took the cloak gratefully, wrapping it around himself to try and keep warm. He stumbled several steps towards the Academy, and collapsed onto his knees.

Genesis and Aurora helped the man in. He took but serveral steps and collapsed. Genesis looked down to him, and bent over to help him up. Both women helped him toward a side room known as the council chambers. Students weren't allowed there, for it was for discussion of military strategy and such...as well as other matters. There was an presence of someone else in the room as well. Gene was the first to enter, followed by Aurora with the man, to whom Aurora was giving as much support as possible to.

Gene looked up, and her eyes went wide. She dropped to her knee and bent her head immediately. Aurora, slightly confused by this gesture, looked as well. Her jaw dropped as she jumped back as if in fright or shock.

"Genesis," a familar voice said before them. "Stand up for God's sake my dear girl. Stand up." Genesis shakily stood up in reply. Aurora's head remained tilted, however she did not kneel. Before the three was someone who was not expected to come out of those chambers alive.

"R-Ravelyn?" she asked, questioning her appearance. Indeed Ms. Shentavo did stand before them. But her appearance was hauntingly entrancing. Her hair twisted in soft black waves tinted with crimson when looked at under the light. Her skin was slightly tan, and her lips were stained a dark berry. Her crimson eyes had always remained the same. You could see everything within them and nothing at the same time. A wry smile played across her face. "I...I knew you'd make it out of the chambers...and are you? You have no wings...you haven't been restored?"

On the contrary, Gene. Rave replied. I'm very much restored...just not in the way you thought I would be. She smiled, revealing a sharp pair of pearl white fangs. Genesis gasped inwardly, and looked again at her sire.

Who...whom has sired you? She asked. Ravelyn had not been brought back a vampire, but merely a half demon...she would have needed to be sired to become a vampire, right?

I have no sire. While my angelic wings were not gifted back to me in a physical sense,but when you draw blood from your own veins...and place it into a necklace...you did it for a reason.

That emblem Qui wears around his neck?

He won't miss it. She then noticed the man which had been brought in. She tilted her head slightly with a condused expression about her face.
"Have...have I met you before?"

Maximus stepped forward, brandishing his beautiful sword, Glamdring.

"Who challenges me? I will spar using swords or no weapons at all if you so desire. I know not of magic, and fight honorably."

He looked about the room, as the various faces looked at him, waiting for someone to step forward.

"Come now, don't be shy, we are all here to learn from each other and from the masters."

OOC: Here we go I guess... I would have been paying more attention but I've been reading alot into an up coming event, none the less, I'm here now.

Michael looked at the sword, then look back at the challenger...

"Look, I've never used a melee weapon like that in my life... they're pretty pointless when you've got a firearm. Of course, thats in normal circumstances... most of the things I've seen here are pretty impossible" Michael said the last bit looking at Joshua, he had a certain dislike for cocky people... the fact that Joshua's strength was "unnatural" only further anoyed him because he felt he had worked for his strength...

None the less, Michael stood forward in his training uniform from Iuthia. He was a pretty tall lad, his body suggested that he was consious of his health, but not obcessed with it. He wasn't an athelete or a body builder... just a young soldier who had been moulded into shape by years of regime and training.

His hair was a simple non-descript "brown" colour, short enough to keep out of the way and look neat, but not so short as to look too militant.

"Of course... I'm here to learn, but I would prefer it if you lost the sword, otherwise I'm not going to be a challenge."

Kieria nearly jumped in anticipation.

"Why! I am free to fight!"

Her odd social behavior diminshed as she clutched her two long swords to her chest. Her kind smile radiated.

Maximus nodded toward the soldier, and took his sword off, and took off his daggers. Walking over to the wall, he hung them on racks, and turned back toward the soldier as he flexed his joints, loosening them once again.

He's not immortal, but he is determined. This should prove to be interesting how a trained soldier in close combat shall perform.

"You may use whatever style of fighting you choose. I will adapt and counter with mine. I must warn you though, I was a triple black belt martial arts as a mortal, so do not expect me to go too easy on you.

All weapons are discarded. I assume you have done the same?"

Maximus set himself into a defensive position, his hands raised toward the combatant, his body turned strategically. He beckoned toward the soldier with a smile, his pearly fangs protruding. It had been a while since he had a truly good fight, since his time in Emerald City, Assington.

Maximus turned his head toward Kieria.

"Wonderful. I shall spar with you after this one."

Toward Michael, he spoke:

"We shall duel for three points. A point is earned for battling the other into a position of no return, such as a pin to the floor."

IC: Drake did not care about the flowers, as he didn't see or sense Santiana sink into the ground. He just saw a buch of flowers.

Santiana's parents, on the other hand... they're gonna be pissed that there is no body. As is the military.

Michael simply looked at the man... did I here him say "as a mortal" he thought. Michael shrugged to himself... he was going to have to face it sooner or later, normal people were a minority here*.

"This is a teaching institution, why would I have any weapons." Seeing Maximus's reaction however, he added... "No... I don't have any weapons on my person."

He was a simple lad, most peolpe from Iuthia were... however, he hadn't learnt his skills in a dojo, he hadn't learnt martial arts as such... or at least not in the traditional sense. He was taught something more valuable, techniques for disarming and simple combat techniques, things he would need to know. After that it was down to basics...

Michael slipped into a ready stance, he wasn't naturally agressive so he spent time watching his oppenents stance before he attempted a feint immediatly fellowed by a blow with his other fist, aiming for the area around the kidneys. Should the blow land, it had a fair amount of force behind it, enough to wind a normal man...




*Please note that Micheal is immune to passive mind probes, if you want to read his thoughts you have to push, which will result in pain for Michael at the very least... Iuthian's are naturally inept at magic yet they resist mental magic better then most without training.

Kain raised an eyebrow at Seth, as if to say "This is not the right time...." but as Kain looked at Seth's face looking back at his own changed face, Kain saw the wisdom in the action. He nodded his head slowly, not speaking a word and took a step forward.

Kain still retained that long white hair of his, and his confidant stance. Although, he was not so fast as before, he took his time over everything. His steps would take longer to perform, it was as though he was constantly delaying his movements so he could treasure the experiance. Kain's brown eyes turned to Joshua.

Yes, Kain thought. If I am to face Qui, I must know my abilities. I no longer have the Brightblade to help me....it will be interesting to see how I have transgressed my former weapon.

He took a few more slow steps towards Joshua, and he noticed that he had changed. It would be rather a shock to Joshua to see Kain in this form, since last time he was rtaher different, that green being with those dreaded eyes which held death in all things. Kain still retained those cloven talons of his, and he wore the Irenicus symbol still, upon a crimson cloak around his left arm. But it seemed out of place somehow....

Kain spoke, his voice deep and held that air of sophistication about it, with an essance of a latin accent about it. He spoke softly and with the same slowness that was in his movements, as if the entire world could be falling aorund them and he would retain this slowness and reflective attitude.

"So Joshua, I would have a duel with you." Kain said, his cloven hands wrapped around his arms, which were placed around his back. It could have been interpreted as a sign of Kain feeling that he was superior. It was doen subconconciously.

(OOC Like Morpheous has his hands all of the time, behind his back)

Kain's hair looked like threads of silver in the low light of the AC room, as Kain looked at Joshua. It was obvious Kain had changed, in many many ways, not just physically. He smiled a little, in pleasure of the moment, nothing more. He did not see death around him, and that was reason to smile enough.

"Very well. I am eager to see what this new form can offer me..... Weapons?" Kain asked which weapons he wanted to use, his voice of infinate calmness and slowness might have infuriated other beings. It had a strange errie feeling about it, as though Kain was a priest giving advice to a small child in confession.

"None," Joshua says as he seemes to be lose. He enters a combat stance and slowly moves around smooth as the surface fo water. "We have both changed Kain. I have left behind the weapons and equipment I once vallued and I am nto so sure at what you have left behind if anything," Joshua says as he stops moving then says "First strike is yours if you please." Though the pain seemed to grow with each second he carried his burden and ignored it. He had other things to do than rest. But his scars felt like they would burst any second from such force.

"Me? call Kain out? Very well..."

As Katarina closes her eyes, and look of concentration replaces the one of joy, and she sends to Kain. "Kain," she calls, "Come to me, now, and delay not. I issue you a challenge, as is my right" These words were intended as a whisper but as Katarina sends them, she feels her newfound power flowing through her, lending her strength. Rather than going as a whisper, the words were sent as a mental shout of great strength. They would have made Kain drop out of conciousness, had he been a mortal.

Opening her eyes, Katarina turns to Qui. "It is done, the challenge is sent. All we must do now is wait."

"Me? call Kain out? Very well..."

As Katarina closes her eyes, and look of concentration replaces the one of joy, and she sends to Kain. "Kain," she calls, "Come to me, now, and delay not. I issue you a challenge, as is my right" These words were intended as a whisper but as Katarina sends them, she feels her newfound power flowing through her, lending her strength. Rather than going as a whisper, the words were sent as a mental shout of great strength. They would have made Kain drop out of conciousness, had he been a mortal.

Opening her eyes, Katarina turns to Qui. "It is done, the challenge is sent. All we must do now is wait."

"Me? call Kain out? Very well..."

As Katarina closes her eyes, and look of concentration replaces the one of joy, and she sends to Kain. "Kain," she calls, "Come to me, now, and delay not. I issue you a challenge, as is my right" These words were intended as a whisper but as Katarina sends them, she feels her newfound power flowing through her, lending her strength. Rather than going as a whisper, the words were sent as a mental shout of great strength. They would have made Kain drop out of conciousness, had he been a mortal.

Opening her eyes, Katarina turns to Qui. "It is done, the challenge is sent. All we must do now is wait."

Kain froze, at this shout. It boomed within his mind, the hall of his thinking processes blanketed by this vast and completely dominating voice. The voice seemed familer, yet due to recent experiances, his memory was not as it should be. His brown eyes shifted from place to place, considering what he should do....

And who might you be? What heritage? What right do you assert over me? Kain asked slowly back, his soft voice trickling back into Katarina's own mind. Kain's voice held no gruffness, no aggression, only curiousity to the answered.

Concentrating upon the current situation within the Ac room, Kain's eyes and mind focused back into the current event. It was obvious to Joshua that Kain had been preoccupied.

"I...I might have to go from this freindly duel. Another....another calls me.....such ill-fate this is...." Kain said quietly and considered what to do. He simply stood there, concerned with the answer that would be given to him. His face looked rather curious and puzzled, looking around him and not at his would-be sparrer, Joshua.

He suspected a trap....this was too strange. What with Qui's recent actions, he did not know who sided with whom. He did not know who this voice was from, but it was obvious that she felt some right to challenge him. Kain had forgotten some of his past, some faces....some names. But something was familer with that voice he felt. It made him think of Qui too....he would have to see.

Qui slipped around his apprentice. "Don't let him on to you're change just yet...you were just made my dear. It is likely that Kain would prove more than a match at that. I have faith in you, but I don't want that to lead to your death. If Kain realizes you are my fledgling...things could get ugly." he whispered softly to her. "And I really..." he ran his hand along her side. "Don't want to lose you."

He drew back from her. He knew that she would most likely need to feed frequently. He also knew that her bloodlust would become apparent to her fairly soon. What he would have to teach her was how to control it, and how to use it against their pray. "It is all a game Katarina. Play games with them, sacrifice them as mere pawns, for you are the queen, emperess." A smile played across his lips. They were on the main staircase on the second level leading up to the third. If you looked down, one could see the bottom floor as they looked over the railing. The ceiling was very high, and had almost cathedral like look to it.

"Don't let Kain know I'm here...as a matter of fact," he placed his hands against the side of the wall, and scalled the smooth wall effortlessly, defying gravity. Remind me to teach you this later.... Indeed a lot of things would need reteaching. Yes she gained immortality and fangs, what she didn't really comprehend, is that many of her former strengths were weakened, and needed to be brought up once again. He jumped in mid air and landed upon one of the ledges occupied by a statue a ways above her. He leant a devilish smile.

"Don't mention me at all... You may tell him that you are a Shentavo if you wish...just don't tell him who your sire is. He will know soon enough, but by that time I will have his neck grasped firmly within my hand. You see...it's time to settle an old score." He looked down to her, with a slight nod, he concealed himself in the shadows. His eyes, ever watching.

Joshua nodded at what Kain says to him then says "I hope we may start this later. Good luck with your chanlenge." Josuha then goes back to lean agianst the wall waiting. He knew that he didn't need to take this class but he just couldn't get eungh of it. "So who wants to face me," Joshua says from the wall

The man looked up from where he had collapsed onto his knees. "I ... don't know ..." he muttered, wincing, and coughed. Blod and water fell onto the carpet, and he shuddered, closing his eyes for a moment.



Who is this? I could swear I know her face ... And her voice is so familiar ... I wish I could remember something ... Anything ...



He looked down at his leg, where the gash was bleeding openly.



The first thing I remember is waking up beside that godforsaken lake missing a tooth, with a cut across my leg and my forehead bleeding, with memories on the edge of my mind ... But I can't reach them ... Why can't I rmemeber who I am? Even a name!

Drake looked up. He felt, more that heard, a mental shout. Then he looked around with his mind. He could sense the majorly powerful minds moving about, clearly the professors. He sensed the students more faintly. But something was wrong. Where is Qui? He had sensed the overbearing Headmaster earlier, albeit fainty because of his mental barriers. Bah, I'll deal with him later.

Katarina answers Kain with a softer voice. I challenge you by my right as a Shentavo. Kindred to Kindred, blood to blood, the right to challenge you is mine."

Rave shot up, a bit of shock within her face, and she rushed to the man, knelt down by his side on the ground. She looked at the gash on his leg and looked up to Genesis. "Gene...heal him." she said softly.

"Can't you---"

"Heal him Gene," she shot back, turning away from the rather large amount of blood seeping on to the floor. I have forgotten the bloodlust of a fledgling's years where my age surpassed it's essentiality and held it in my heart as non essential for centuries. But now, I have no counter for it. Heal him Genesis.

Genesis replied with a nod, and placed her hands upon the man's leg. "This may sting a little bit," she said softly. A wave of coldness spread over the wound as the pain was numbed by the coldness. With much effort of the young psion, well, young in some terms, it slowely began to heal over.

Rave looked at Gene momentarily, then to Aurora. "Leave us...and tell no one of me." The two hesitantly left the room, and closed the door. Rave bent over the man, and supported his head with her hand to rest gently atop of her thigh. Does anything else pain you?

Good girl, he thought to himself. He was careful not to let the carnal desire of her become apparent, he withdrew his sight of her, and focused more intently about the upcoming challenge. He cracked his knuckles silently as the ancient pulled on brass knuckles over each hand. He began to wrap each with a black leather tape as he used to. He chuckled to himself silently as a devilish grin formed upon his lips. His sharp fangs gently resting against the inside of his lower lip. His back was still bare; he hadn't time to put a shirt on between times. His well toned muscles contracted as he reveled in his thoughts of tearing Kain to pieces. The thrill of killing in his resurrected blood lust was indescribible. He was intelligent, no doubt in that. He wasn't the kind who would kill just for the thrill. No one had given him a reason except for Kain...and Joshua.

The man blinked, opening his eyes and looking up at Rave. "No ... Not anymore ..." he murmured, his head spinning. "Who are you?"



I've been here before! I know it! I just can't remember ... GOD DAMN IT! Why can't I rmemeber anything? Wait ... This woman ... She seems familiar ... No, not her ... There's something about her I can remember ... But not about her ...

Damn it! I can't remember anything ... Names, places ... Even what happened to me ...

Or who I am ...



"Where am I?" he asked quietly, his throat sore and dry.

ooc:just a note, there is no one in the chamber but rave and the man. the door is closed.

IC:
"My name is Ravelyn Shentavo," she said softly, a glint of her fangs becoming visable through her soft lips as she spoke. "and you are at the Shentavo Academy, far safe from whom or what has inflicted these wounds upon you."
The hell spawn looked him over. Her heritage remained unclear. An angelic vampire is what they had used to call her. However, it seemed that after her death and resurrection, things had changed. Had she lost her healing touch? Was the name Azrael unknown to her now? There were so many questions and so few an answer. But now the statement was true; that devil of an angel, Lady Ravelyn Shentavo.
"You can't remember anything? Amnesia?" she asked softly. There was an emblem around her neck. It was Qui's of which she had stolen. The heart with the sword through it was white, as it used to act as a filled vile.

Drake looks up and sighs. He wondered if they would let him sit out here until he rotted. That wouldn't happen, of course. He was a patient man. Revenge is a dish best served cold... he thought to himself, smiling. And I can make things very cold indeed.

Above him, a bird chirped. He froze it, of course. Poor thing never had a chance. The air around it simply froze. He then looked back to the academy. He knew where each of the instructors were... sort of. Damn mental walls.

"Hello there," Kade said with a smile toward Drake. The Veruki approached him carefully. Casually, she took of the gloves on her hands. They looked so soft, as did her skin. She looked at the bird upon the ground, and simply sat on a ledge near him. She was inreadable...as if she wasn't real. "It's a nice day...hey," she observed. "Why are you creating so much ice? It's a nice temperature, you shouldn't make it seem like winter all the time." She had an oblivious nature to her, but nearly all of the remaining Veruki did; Zodiac and Aurora.

Drake looked up and sighed. "I told her not to send anyone after me." His eyes flash blue. "Leave now and tell whoever destroyed Domino to come out here or I kill you as I did that bird."

"Told who not to send whom?" she questioned as she leaned back. "Domino? Who was she? Ah yes...that crazy lady...Well, listen..." she paused slightly, her somewhat paled over violet eyes scanning him. She appeared to be only around fifteen years old. But that is the way it is with Veruki. "I'm only part of the staff because I owe a favor to Rave. But she is, right now, locked securely within a chamber. It is unlikely she will be able to make it out alive. So while she's dying, you won't even spare some time to speak with a little girl?" she tilted her head.
"That's a pity. I should have stayed within my crypt and not let Dante drag me out," she said. The comment was not really understood to anyone but a few. She sighed heavily. "How long have you been mastering the ice elemental?" she inquired playfully.

Joshua sighed slightly to himself. He slowly sat down in the shadows again and raised one knee and rested his head on it. He hummed a tune to himeself when he slowly began singing the words quietly yet amazingly like he was born to sing. "My soul was buring deep with in this hell.," he sang as he finished the song

Joshua... a voice rang his head. Joshua...you should really see this. Kenja would want you too... It was clearly Qui's. he send the message with a wicked grin upon his face. So it would be Kain and Joshua. He called to Joshua unknown to Katarina. Joshua would not be exactly joining them at the moment. Run up the stairs in the main hall. There will be a girl standing there, Katarina, a student from last year. Pay no attention to her, and go to the third floor. The first door in front of you is my office. Open the door...let's play a game.

Joshuua after hearing Qui's voice stood up and began walking out the AC room door and suddenly bolted towards the main hall and up the stairs in a matter of seconds. He was not in a mood to play and he quickly bolted past Katarina and up to the third floor and stoped infront of Qui's office. He slowly reacheed for the door knob and braced himself for what ever would be behind the door.

"Ravelyn ... Shentavo ..." the man whispered, closing his eyes almost peacefully.

"Shentavo ... I remember that ..."



Shentavo ... Shentavo ... I can't remember ... Shentavo ...

The Shentavo Academy ... I've been here before ... Many times ... God, I can't remember! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?

"Where the hell are you going Josh?" Seth yelled, and threw his hands up in the air. Probably get himself killed or something... He awaited to see the tactics of the other students.

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Oh...let's see what's behind door number one. Qui played with the words as they rolled into Joshua's mind. His sadistic ways amused him so.
The knob of the door was extremely cold, as if it had been frozen. As Joshua opened the door, nothing happened. As he peered into the dark office, there was a figure upon the desk. There was a light switch to his left that immediately turned on when he entered. It was a dim light, nonetheless, provided the identity of the figure.

Kenja lay so peacefully upon the table. Her silvery hair was swept up into a pin. She wore a rather low cut black shirt and the same skirt she had had on two days ago. It would seem that she was ready to go to a party or something, dressed up like that. Her hands were folded together on top of her upper abdomen, as the dead would lie. As he edged closer, he could see a cut across the side of her cheek, and a red satin scarf around her neck. It was drenched in blood. Underneath the scarf lay the two vicious marks from her sire's merciless bite. They would never heal, and neither would any of her other wounds. She would never look upon Joshua again.

"Shhh..." she said. "It's alright...i had amnesia for five years and was convinced my name was Sage." she said softly. She slightly wondered what would have happened if she hadn't been found. "At the risk of sounding cliche," she mimicked her son slightly. "Look into my eyes." Her eyes were the one thing about her that had not changed over the years, give or take a few occasions. A pool of black ink enclosed in a crimson eclipse.
She placed her hand upon his arm, as if it were a reassurance.

He looked up, looking deeply into her eyes, staring into them, his head aching and spinning, looking up into Rave's eyes, but she was spinning into his vision. She blurred, coming back into focus, and he could see she was talking, but he couldn't hear what she was saying. He opened his mouth to say 'What?' but he couldn't hear himself talking.

A sharp pain snapped into the back of his skull, stabbing deep inside it.

"Rave ... What?" he tried to say. He knew he said it, but he couldn;t hear himself.

Michael simply looked at the man... did I here him say "as a mortal" he thought. Michael shrugged to himself... he was going to have to face it sooner or later, normal people were a minority here.

"This is a teaching institution, why would I have any weapons." Seeing Maximus's reaction however, he added... "No... I don't have any weapons on my person."

He was a simple lad, most peolpe from Iuthia were... however, he hadn't learnt his skills in a dojo, he hadn't learnt martial arts as such... or at least not in the traditional sense. He was taught something more valuable, techniques for disarming and simple combat techniques, things he would need to know. After that it was down to basics...

Michael slipped into a ready stance, he wasn't naturally agressive so he spent time watching his oppenents stance before he attempted a feint immediatly fellowed by a blow with his other fist, aiming for the area around the kidneys. Should the blow land, it had a fair amount of force behind it, enough to wind a normal man...

Maximus blocked the the quick blow with his outstretched palm. The force of the punch rattled his bones, but he held his defense. Maximus was pleased to see that this one would give him a fair fight.

"Very good, you have trained well boxing, but can you handle this?"

With a sudden speed, Maximus jumped up high, landed close to the man squarely on his feet, and hammered a powerful kick to the man's chest. He quickly set back into a defensive position, his eyes alive with the fire of combat. He was only toying with the soldier, but he wanted to let this one show what he was capable of. He bounced lightly on his feet, keeping himself moving at all times.

Maximus smiled wider this time, as he saw the somewhat angry look on the soldier's face. His fangs taunted the man, daring him to take him down.

Drake smiles. He got one of his questions answered. "Ravelyn... Azrael." He knew few were permitted to call her the first name, even fewer the second. He didn't care. "How many times have you died? How many times will you?" He chuckles and looks at the Veruki. "I told Genesisnot to send anyone after me. I have been studying the elements most of my life. My transformation has increased that ability considerably though. You told me whom I am here to battle, so you have been useful. For that, you live. Now leave me be 'little girl'.

Seth watched on, supervising it. He had dwelt in healing techniques, which was one of the requirments for teaching A.C. He felt a sharp pain hit his heart, and mumbled something to himself. It had been over five years since he had seen her. He had seached forever to find his fianceè, however he had come up empty handed everytime. Engaged to one who used to hunt his kind.
He smiled as he remembered the way they met. He had taken the pain away from her. He had gone after her assailant and taken him out of this world. He silently wondered if he would ever see her face again.
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Rave looked at the man before her intensly. I need to restart his memory... In a slight pain, her eyes shot closed, and he saw before him her former self, known all to well. It wasn't her physical appearance now. However, if he had been here before, most likely he would have remembered the angelic vampire very well as this. It wasn't a physical projection, rather a mental one in his mind. She stepped towards him, and it seemd to be blankness around him.

Try and remember...

(OOC:Alot has happend when I was away,bout time to post something)
IC:
Pepal started have his head pains spilted into another source,but not like that of the other two but a emotional one rather a evil one.He can't take more of this.He levates outside and lifts up to the roof where he seems he was safe for the moment.He passed a window which is on the third floor ,and sees that Joshua opened the door in the office and Kenja is on the table.He sees this as he lifts up and when he lands,he figures out that office is the source of the third headpain.what the hell was that?What is going on in there he thought to himself.He drew his scimatar and watched and see if anyone else ise up here with him.

"I gave you nothing," she replied with a smile. "I never said that she killed Domino. There were other factors involved you see. I know very well who killed her." She looked up to Drake, and smiled warmly. "I have never died Drake. That's why I'm still here. I'm part of a triad you see, one of the last three surviving." She laughed lightly. "So you address the seraphim by her given name rather than Rave...interesting. You have some spine at least. You see...the majority of people here have never called nor used that name with her."

She reached out for an apple, but put on one of her gloves fist. She reached up and grabbed it. "I've always wanted to know what these taste like." To taste the white flesh underneath this thin jail of scarlet. She touched it gently with her bare hand and it turned black with her touch and shriveled. She threw it to the ground, and sighed. "She was the only one who I could touch and not be afraid of the consequences. All she took from it was a deep sleep afterwards. But she was the only one. So you see, I didn't choose to live in a crypt. I also didn't choose to be this way."

"And I'm not a little girl," the fifteen-looking-year-old replied, still upholding her pleasant manner.

Katarina answers Kain with a softer voice. I challenge you by my right as a Shentavo. Kindred to Kindred, blood to blood, the right to challenge you is mine."

Kain exited the AC room slowly and without fuss, absorbed with his own affairs with this woman. He seemed to glide out of the room, his feet never making a sound, only the combined swish of his small cloak and that massive white hair which glistened in the low light.

He walked out into a corridor, so that his communication would not be disturbed. He leant against the wall, thinking about his responce for a few seconds before he replied. Those words seemed repetitive, without rationality behind them. As though something else was being asked here. Yet Kain did not know what. But ither way, he suspected treachary.

And you assume I still carry your blood Shentavo. That bastard Qui renounced me from your bloodline, you would mock his words by calling me under bloodties. You have no right to challenge me under the conditions of a blood tie, for there is none anymore. And what purpose would this duel have? For what reason would you suddenly wish to duel me stranger? At this exact point would you choose to duel me, I find your timing very suspicous indeed....forgive me if I seem cynical, my experiances have taught me, some wish to exploit honor and trust without a single moral qualm about it. Kain paused allowing his words too sink in. His words seeed to be directed at her, he suspected deceit here, and his words were indendted to root them out. But Kain was still left in the dark about whom this girl was, he was getting frustrated with the lack of infomation being given to him. More probing was needed.

I see the flock of the Shentavos has grown....who sired you , and what is your name and age? If I am to duel you under any reason, I must know that in order to secure the validity of whom you claim to have ties with.

Michael's blow was quickly anticipated by the immortal, blocking it quickly with his palm, the blow landed heavily in the creatures palm with a painful "crack"... it was like hitting a solid wall.

"Very good, you have trained well boxing, but can you handle this?" Maximus replied... he was a poser, it was clear. Despite the fact this thing had the biological supernatural advantage over Michael it would still be proud to defeat him and then taunt him about it...

It jumped up quickly to get close, before Michael could react it kicked him with the supernatural speed Michael could hardly begin to match...

"Crack"... Michael slumped to the ground... the creature didn't need to take a defencive position, it's blow broken had one of Michael ribs, winding him...


OOC: I take words like "Powerful" very literally when dealing with powerful characters... so if you don't mind, Michael doesn't look "angery" because that would be something I would RP and it doesn't fit Michael at that particular point, he doesn't think himself to be in the same league as you guys... he's a normal man.

As Seth watched on, he saw the vicious blow delivered to Michael. This is where he stepped in. Gene, east wing, AC. Now. Thank you. He stepped before Michael, and looked at Maximus. The elder vampire smiled.
"Good, but we were focusing on techniques, not breaking bones." Many like to play with their food before they deliver a stronger blow for a reason. You see what their capable of and gain knowledge of what they do. I pick up techniques by watching them. I've watched students here for three years, and ran tournaments before that, even when I was a mortal.
His dark eyes smiled at him. As he put his hand out, beckoning him forward. Let's perfect your technique.

Gene walked in the room, confused by everyone calling her at the same time. She looked at Michael, and shot a death glare to Seth, who hadn't stopped this. She knelt beside him. "What hurts?" she asks in a soft tone.

Seth someone is challenging me under the ties of blood. Someone I do not know. Has anyone been sired while I have been gone? She is a woman. Kain asked Seth, to see if Seth would know anything on this stranger who seemed to want a fight so badly.

"My sire and my name shall be revealed in good time. If you do not wish to duel, that is well and good. However, i would like to meet you face to face, to see the one who was, apparently, cast from my clan."
These words are sent softly but with urgency, and with them comes Katarina's location. -

"My sire and my name shall be revealed in good time. If you do not wish to duel, that is well and good. However, i would like to meet you face to face, to see the one who was, apparently, cast from my clan."
These words are sent softly but with urgency, and with them comes Katarina's location. -

Kain breathed out slowly, considering what to do. His eyes darted from side to side, thinking of all the possibilities. What could occour. He did not even consider going out there, such an event would be insane, and far too dangerous. But he did wish to find out who she was....

I will meet you. Kain simply stated. Kain chanted slowly, the whisperery words of magic flowing from his parted lips as he created another him. An illusion, which would see and hear for him, and show her his form.

Kain kept his eyes closed, and soon.....saw with the eyes of his illusion. It was rather strange and took some getting used to. Kain looking at himself, that changed form in front of him with that pale white flesh. he could still not get used to it totally, but Kain did not linger upon the thought.

Kain, in this illusion form, walked towards the location given to him. Kain's new form seemed exactly like Kain's form, yet it was slightly transparent and it flickered from time to time. It walked towards Katarina's location.

Appearing before Katarina, Kain simply looked at her, saying nothing.

(OOC Description of area and your character please, so I am totally clear on where and who I am dealing with. It just helps me a lot, so I do not have to constantly look back you know? :) )

Michael's first reaction to Genesis's question was to attempt to get up using his hands pushing against the floor, only to cough up blood, showing signs of internal bleeding...

Then he took a few heavy breaths, then quickly regretted doing so... you didn't need to break his tough mental protection to feel the pain running off of him... had he been a weaker man he may have been in shock, but his body rebeled against the idea of falling unconcious...

"...cough...everywhere... but I suspect I may have broken a rib..." The floor wasn't looking all that good, but then again, Michael suspected that it added to the character. Michael gave a weak smile to Genesis before coughing some more.

When Joshua entered the room he lowered his head slowly and sighed. He slowly reached behind his neck and removed a metal chain used for holding dog tags. He slowly walked over to Kenja's body and placed the tags in one of her hands. He gave her a small light kiss on the lips then softly says "Good bye." Then he walks out of the room.

OOC: Rave, the picture you have posted above is has a message on it on this computer... basically commenting on how you've hotlinked it...

Eitherway I thought you best know before someone asks: "Whats with the "message" or something.

(OOC Use freewebs to host the original image from your own hardrive. Or just give us the link, it is a superb one too.)

Glancing back at Michael, Maximus spoke:

"Please accept my apologies for your injuries. I sometimes get a little carried away in the heat of battle."

Turning back to Seth, he smiled in return.

"It shall be interesting to see what you can teach me Seth."

Bowing slightly in respect for the elder, Maximus quickly moved into an offensive position. He began by sending a flurry of punches and Kicks toward the instructor. He moved about quickly, seemingly to attack from different directions, when in actuality he was only in a few strategic areas.

As Michael's wounds were being tended to by Genesis, Michael heard Maximus speak,

"Please accept my apologies for your injuries. I sometimes get a little carried away in the heat of battle." Michael couldn't detect any emotion in the immortals words, but it didn't matter he supposed.

"No worries..." Michael replied weakly... he didn't think any less of himself, why should he? He tried his best and that all he could do... however he was disapointed that he hadn't learnt anything except to keep away from the more confident ones... If there was one thing worse then a cocky bastard, it's a cocky bastard with power...

The man blinked again, looking up at Rave. The face seemed familiar, but he couldn't place it.



Who ... Are you? I can remember, but I can't ...



OOC: Sorry it's short, I'm short on time

Rave smiled lightly. "Do you recall the name Corothisia or Tempest?" she asked, just a step away from the man. Everythign seemed peaceful in this place, as if it was just meant for them. "Anything? Take your time..."
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Found what you were looking for Joshua? Qui said softly. You saw how much pain she was in...she's out of it now. he replied. Suddenly, Joshua was given his location, at least the general area, and it was near Katarina on the stairs. It wasn't his exact location, however, it was close enough. You've got nothing to loose, but I'm betting high...care to play?...Even if you don't, would it matter?

He looked down at Kain, and smiled softly, his presence going unnoticed. Good Katarina... he commented toward her, and watched on.
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Genesis chuckled at Michael's comment. "At least you keep your sense of humor." She rubbed her hands together, and placed one on his back, and one on his abdomen over the rib. His skin seemed cold for a moment as her hands touched him. "This may hurt a bit..." A snap was heard as the bone snapped back into place and began to heal over rapidly.

Qui there is nothing stoping us now from killing each other but it will not happen today, Joshua sends back to Qui as he walks slowly down the stairs back towards the AC room. His head lowered an his hair casting a dark shadow over his face.