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Post by Serrion on Aug 20, 2008 9:52:08 GMT -5
The Lich laughed as he dived from his mountain perch. In mid air the flesh and scales from his body seemed to dissolve, until it was a skeletal dragon that flew down to join Rafael.
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 13:34:20 GMT -5
Neraika changed her flight pattern to be next to the Lich and her Master. She smirked, holding herself poised.
A split second later Sheakria dove downwards in her scout position, her scythe-tail blade ready. "You will not take Venus. You will not fulfill whatever purpose you believe you have." She said firmly, her eyes becoming just as steely as they would normally be had she been on a mission from Gaulroach. She flared her nostrils and allowed a trail of gray smoke to travel up into the air in a menacing manner. Neraika seemed unphased, however.
Talana snarled, her eyes becoming half and half. One blue one her own gold. She held her position on the ready.
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Post by Serrion on Aug 20, 2008 13:50:19 GMT -5
Serrion watched the skeletal dragon grimly. It couldn't be just a simple undead beast, somehow it flew with hollow wings... No, this was the second powerful evil he had sensed, next to Rafael. This one was no doubt strong. He couldn't so much tell about the female dragon, her aura wasn't so obvious. Serrion's eyes flashed and flames engulfed his body, he took the form of the flame avatar.
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 13:56:37 GMT -5
Sheakria spared him a side glance, though at that tiny distraction she suddenly felt a lance of mental pain. She pinpointed it to the mysterious tiger striped dragoness. She gritted her teeth, the smoke trailing from her nostrils becoming thicker and darker as she released more to compensate for the painful lancing sensation.
"Like my little trick?" Neraika teased, toying with the angered emerald green dragoness before her.
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 16:58:22 GMT -5
Venus glanced from left to right, seeing that Rafael had bought allies. They felt strong, and she spared a moment to look away from the coal black eyes focused on her to scan their auras. Sapphire blue curled across the gold of her eyes. Venus snarled and leapt through the air towards Rafael, claws glinting in the meagre light.
The feather dragon smirked at the challenge and moved to meet her. Claws locked, legs kicked and teeth snapped. Growls rumbled through the air.
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 19:10:12 GMT -5
A bit of red-gold smoke swirled into form near Sheakria. It became the shape of Esmeya who's body suddenly melted into the Emerald Dragoness's, causing her usually bright green scales to shimmer with a red overcoat. Her eyes streaked with darker gold and radiant light began to shield her mind from the pain. "Esmeya..." Sheakria murmured.
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 20:00:07 GMT -5
Breaking away from Rafael, Venus caught her breath as they circled. From the corner of her eye, she thought she caught a flash of blue scales, gold eyes and a familiar grin. In her mind, Isandre chuckled.
~Seems the spirits are on our side tonight.~
Confused, Venus was about to ask her what she meant. But Rafael charged again before she could even phrase the question. This time, she ducked, falling down towards the ground and catching herself with a twist of her wings just before the treetops. Venus opened her jaws and blue fire licked the air in a torrent, lighting up the sky.
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 20:04:35 GMT -5
~How could I ever not be, Isandre?~ came the quiet musical tone of Esmeya's faint voice. She had been dead for so long, barely a whisper of presence. Now she had come to help Sheakria defend herself. With both dragonesses having light powers, it was nearly doubled in capacity of what they could do.
Sheakria growled, pushing back at Neraika's mind barrier. "Take this!" She snarled, trying to slice the orange scales.
Raik dodged to the side but was hit with such mental force she let out of a kind of yowl of sudden pain in her head. "You... bitch..."
Talana swooped over to help Venus, her talons extended at Rafael with her mouth open to blow flames.
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 20:15:16 GMT -5
Rafael twirled away from the flames sent his way by Venus, but Talana's input caught him by surprise. He was barely fast enough to dodge the bulk, and he came away with a few singed feathers for his trouble. He allowed himself a quick huff of displeasure before narrowing his gaze on the two dragonesses below him. That dangerous, insane grin was back.
"Do you really think that you four alone will be able to stop us?"
Isandre sent her good wishes to Esmeya and Sheakria, before returning her concentration to the battle at hand. Venus shot a grateful glance at Talana, before narrowing her shifting eyes on Rafael.
"Who says we can't?"
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 20:18:14 GMT -5
Talana's eyes blazed blue and her voice became more like Sama's. Her body became a little brighter of a red. "Who says there are only four? ...I am here. As are others. They are never alone."
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 20:28:08 GMT -5
With a fierce grin, Venus mirrored Talana and allowed Isandre to speak, their previously dual voice sounding more like the hellkite. "The souls of all those who've died to seal you over the years are here too, and you know it Rafael. I've seen it happen over and over, even if I didn't remember it until recently."
The feathered dragon snorted, smoke curling from his nostrils. "Dramatics, all of it. Really, I would've thought you above it. Others, souls, what can they do if not fight? Hm?"
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 20:31:30 GMT -5
Sama met his hard eyes. "We can be your un-doing, Rafael. That is your deepest fear. You do not want to be destroyed once and for all. We will see it does happen."
Sheakria, and Esmeya, now had Neraika in agony. Between mental stabbings and slashes from both talons and tail-scythe the orange dragoness was failing. She knew the price of failure but she could not hold out against the dual fighters.
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 20:41:37 GMT -5
The feathered dragon chuckled, coal eyes closing as the rich baritone rolled over the night air. "But I'm afraid there is one thing that you seem not to understand. Even if you rip this body to shreds, even if you sacrifice a life to seal me again, the memory of me will live on. That memory will become a thought, and that thought will become an idea. And when that idea gets into the right pair of hands, I will be rediscovered and left to roam the earth again. An unbreakable circle. A level balance that can't be tipped."
He slanted a calculating gaze at them. "Good and evil must always exist in parallel for the world to keep turning. Lives are lived in balance, nature exists in balance. But one little extra factor and..." Rafael raised a taloned hand, and sharp edged feathers appeared in the air surrounding him. They gleamed blackly in the little light, along with the manic spark in his eyes. He twirled a talon in a circle once, before levelling it to point at Venus and Talana.
"Tip."
The feathers shot through the air.
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Post by Fury on Aug 20, 2008 20:43:30 GMT -5
Talana dodged in a flurry of frantic moves, all appearing ancient. Sama's influence. Without it the dragoness would have been hit by the feathers. ~...Isandre? It's not Rafael who is evil, correct. It is Kre?~
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Post by Venus on Aug 20, 2008 20:48:55 GMT -5
Venus's eyes flared entirely blue, making her look like her old self as Isandre anticipated the feathers and managed to evade most, though one embedded itself in the top of her wing. She grimaced, and answered.
~Ouch. And yes. But over the centuries, Rafael's soul will have been erased by Kre's malevolence. What you see now is Rafael Mark Two, if you like.~
Floating lazily in the air, Rafael summoned up another volley of feathers and waited.
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