making his payment, calling forth a nightmarish partner

[david]

- Asuna and Melinda was on Boons ship where they thought Mina would be but they will find out the hard way that she is not the as general Boon and the crew of the floating air ship was now about to attack the two ladys. Sirus was on the edge of his cliff over looking the lake waters as he was grinning abit cause he was able to have Meth do his dirty work and it was completed, but now there was only one last step to do but the monment that Asuna and Melinda appear on Boon's ship, Sirus would loss his grinn and jerk his head around to look at his castle but in the direction of boon's ship. Suddenly sirus would turn his body as if he was going to start walking towards them but he would burst into flames and disappear. Sirus would suddenly reappear in a burst of flames, inside Fiskars cage, just stairing down at the bird man as if he had some sort of evil intent at this monment.-

Sirus: ....And yet I am so close to the very one that i want but yet I can not have her for she is not willing to give me her true loving hart and soul...thus why I continue this war and why Ill keep conquering realms after im done with this one.. why would they think I would put Mina here on this ship with you? two targets of mine that everyone knew of.. to put them together in the same place would be a foolish thing to do and Im no fool by fair...it seems that you and I bird man, have thangs to do else where.

- While Sirus was speaking to Fiskar, he would hold his presence back so Asuna and or Melinda wouldnt know he was there at first or even at all. Sirus holds back his powers of attraction cause he didn't want to actrack fiskar in that way and Sirus at the same time sent a mins send to a few of his own monks, with in his castle and told them to meet him in the dungeon, where Mina was being kept. Suddenly Sirus with a look of insanity in his eyes would throws his hand out and grab the bar of the cell that held Fiskar and in the very second that Sirus grabs the bar, the cell, Sirus, Fiskar, would all disappear in a burst of flames and be gone from the floating ship. no longer there. Fiskar and his cell would appear in a burst of flames, in Sirus's castle, in the dungeon, sitting right beside Mina's dungeon cell door. Both Fiskar and Mina would be able to see Sirus's munks out in front of the dungeon cells with there staffs and one with a large book who was reading from it as the others was in a circle chanting. On the floor in the center of the munks, a symble would start to glow which allowed a gateway to open. Sirus would suddenly appear out of a burst of darkness but now Sirus had his full presence on and his arou glowed with great and dark powerswith a redish demonic tent. Sirus would walk over to the circle of munks chanting and Sirus would speak aload as a link to Malrich should have been opened-

Sirus: ....oh Malrich, It's time you come collect like we agreed...

[phoenix]

Fiskar the Thunderer
He who causes clouds and storms
Lord of the Mysterious Region
Trickster

Sirus appeared inside Fiskar’s cage in a burst of flames. The Thunderer still sat quietly up against the wall, his arms wrapped around his knees. He had never moved, save to occasionally open his eyes and look around at what was going on. He saw the Dark Lord, and listened to his words with disinterest.

Why was Sirus telling him all that stuff, anyway? Sirus then suddenly grabbed on to one of the bars of the cell, and caused the cell, Fiskar, and himself to disappear in a burst of flames.

But when the cell appeared next to Mina’s in the dungeon of the castle, something was wrong: Fiskar phased in places. Like an image. The image phased in and out for a few seconds before it disappeared completely, the Trickster’s laugh echoing through the dungeon, and the image leaving behind a tiny shattered crystal.

Somewhere hidden in a dark room, the real Fiskar coughed. He was curled up as if he was in pain- one hand on the green gem about his neck, his other hand on his throat. A black, inky-like substance dripped thickly from his mouth onto the ground, and dissipated into the ground as if it had never been there at all.

So he had finally been found out. The Fiskar that had been put into the cell by Methuselah had been an image all along. It explained why Fiskar did not bleed when Methuselah stabbed him, or why the image never really moved inside of the cell save for to occasionally look around. And when Sirus moved his image to the dungeon, the Trickster could not keep up the charade any longer. It hurt him to do so.

The Thunderer wiped at his mouth and eventually stood up in the darkness of the night. His dark blue eyes went to the person who had been secretly harboring him, sleeping on the bed nearby. He stepped next to the sleeping figure watching them silently. It was no longer safe to stay where he did. He eventually leaned in and kissed the brow of his harborer before he turned around and left.

The manhunt for him had begun.

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Mina
Daydreamer
Malrich's Apprentice

Mina had eventually sat down on the cold floor of the dungeon, her arms still wrapped around herself, waiting for Malrich, or anybody, really. It had seemed like forever, but she had suddenly heard movement.

Green eyes fell on what appeared to be monks walking down into the dungeon and out in front of the cells. They had staffs and a large book. Mina stood up from the floor and walked over to the door of her cell and watched quietly and curiously. A monk began reading from the book as the others chanted in a circle. As Malrich’s apprentice, Mina recognized the chant as one meant to summon a God. On the floor in the center of the monks, a symbol began to glow, opening the gateway.

Suddenly a cell, Fiskar, and Sirus appeared in a burst of flames. Mina quickly took a step back, startled. Her green eyes fell to Fiskar- who appeared to be nothing but an illusion and fading- then to Sirus and his visibly dark aura with a reddish demonic tint. He spoke to summon Malrich, and Mina found herself holding her breath, almost nervous at what might appear.

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Malrich
Dreamweaver.
God of Nightmares.

A dark figure cloaked in black suddenly appeared in the center of the circle, in the center of the chanting monks. He was facing Mina, and though the hood was covering his face, there was a hidden grin beneath it.

Malrich also caught the fading of the image of Fiskar. The grin faltered for a second. Damn Trickster. But it didn’t matter… Not at that moment.

The God of Nightmares turned to face Sirus and he removed the hood. He was not wearing his nightmarish face, but rather his normal one.

“I see that the Thunderer has bested you.” He said. “No matter.” He waved off. “He can’t have gone far.”

Malrich enjoyed causing chaos. Giving everyone in the Loch nightmares, sending them a pissed-off red dragon (had she not have, y’know, died…), and making the nightmares a reality as a grand-finale… Malrich would have done that for free, anyway. So he didn’t really care that Fiskar had used an illusion to make it appear as if he had been captured. Malrich gathered that Fiskar couldn’t have gone very far, in order to maintain the illusion. He was more than likely still in the Loch. He turned his attention back to his apprentice, who had the ability to daydream and access little pockets of knowledge. She would be able to find him within seconds…

“Mina?”

The woman tried, despite Sirus telling her that she would not be able to use her abilities. The blue-haired woman shook her head and shrugged. She couldn’t.

Malrich turned his attention to Sirus with a grin of realization. “Does this mean what I think it does?” he asked, giddly like a child trapped in a man’s body.

[Shelly D. D.]

That was good Seth. But I do have two questions, where was the real Fiskar hiding and who was the person sleeping in the dark room who's brow he kiss. LOL You known who I hope it was. And I love that pic of Malrich.

[phoenix]

((*grins* I can't tell you just yet.))

[Shelly D. D.]

Damn it Seth you can be sooooooooooooo mean

[david]

- Sirus looks to Malrich as he seems to be kiddishly happy and Sirus would get a little laugh from this him self-

Sirus: if you mean her powers of persuasion, then yes! while in side this castle, no one can use there powers unless I say so, so be happy that your on my side.

- Sirus would give malrich a look that said " and you better keep it that way" as he spoke. Sirus would then walk over to the cell door and look into the small bared veiwing hole and say to Mina with cold dark words.-

Sirus: you better be glade it not me from the time that you came from, Sirus of that time is fair more darker and evil because by then, I had already lost my mind to my darkness. theres no telling what I would have done to you in the future but beleive me as the god of time i should know, it would have been fair worse then anything that my partner is going to do to you.

- Sirus then turns back to Malrich not even caring what Mina may have to say back to him. Sirus walks back over to Malrich and as he dose he pulls a vile of blood from with in his coat he was wear and holds the vile up so Malrich could see-

Sirus: as for Xiu, i got what I wanted from her. it was sad that she died for it was not my intent to kill her but i guess she was weaker then she thought but now she may be dead but her race will not die with her for it shell be reborn but reborn as a adition to my army and I shell be there master and leader. only difference is they wont be red dragons, they will be black dragons....

- Sirus would clinch the vile in his hand and begin to look down at the floor, stairring off into nothing as he was talking a sort of maddness. Malrich may sense that sirus was starting to loose it alittle to say the least-

Sirus: and then I shell take the realm I need to raise my demons and add them to my forces and I shell have the biggest, most powerful army!Demons, Dragons,Vampires,Lycans, humens spanding fiften different realms, different universes, all under my complete control. I will be unstopable and the lochness and its heros have no idea what they are truely facing when it comes to me. not even the ancent gods them selfs know what they are faceing when it comes to me.....

- Sirus would suddenly snap back into the world he was in and come back to himself as he looks up at Malrich again.-

Sirus: enough about me, lets get this deal done with so we can move forward. now to bring you to this realm.

- Sirus would reach over with his hand and place his hand on Malriches arm as suddenly a light would begin to shine between them. the Light would then begin to travel all around Malrich's form, as if it was tracing his form and then a flash of bright light and the incasing light around Malrich would shatter and fall to the floor, breaking the seal between malrich and the earth realm but at the same time, with out telling Malrich, it also broke the seal for Sirus and the dream realm, so If Sirus wanted to, he could travel to the dream realm but Sirus had no need to right now. Sirus then takes the vile of blood and puts it back in the inside of his coat as he diggs around for a second and then pulls out a skeleton key and hands it to Malrich.-

Sirus: that key will open that cell door, Now as long as she stays in that cell or in this castle, she cant use her powers, but once you take her out the castle or back on to that symble on the floor, which is your portal back into the dream realm, then her powers come back full force. fair warning. other then that my friend, Have Fun! and if you draw blood, save me a cup, if your into that. I must head out, i Have a few things I must do.

- Sirus nods to Malrich and then takes a step back and in a burst of flames is gone, leaving Malrich and Mina alone-

[phoenix]

Malrich
Dreamweaver.
God of Nightmares.

Mina listened to Sirus’ words, but she did not say anything in turn. However, at the mention of the word ‘partner’, and what Malrich was going to do to her, the Daydreamer’s green eyes cast the God of Nightmares a scared and confused look. What exactly did Sirus mean? Malrich couldn’t touch her… could he?

Malrich, in the meantime, was not paying attention to his apprentice. His voided black eyes of swirling insanity watched Sirus with a smirk on his black painted lips, then glanced to the vial of blood that he had pulled from his coat. It was Xiu’s blood. Sirus then began talking about taking over the Realm of Earth. The smirk that was on Malrich’s lips momentarily turned into a grin before returning to his constant smirk. If anybody knew crazy and insanity, it was definitely him.

Sirus eventually snapped out of his reverie and glanced back to the God of Nightmares. He touched Malrich’s arm and a white light began to glow, encasing Malrich in its glow. Suddenly the light shattered, but Malrich still stood, a mischievous smirk still painted upon his lips, as if he knew something that Sirus didn’t know. And Malrich was far too childish to tell.

The Dark Lord handed him a skeleton key. The Dreamweaver took it, listening to Sirus’ words before Sirus vanished in a burst of flames. Malrich’s smirk turned into a grin as he stepped forward and unlocked the cell that was holding Mina captive.

There Mina stood, alone, in the center of the cell. Her arms were wrapped around herself.

“Malrich…” she said, tentatively.

She gave a faint smile. Malrich frowned. It was not her usual smile. He stepped forward. Mina didn’t move, aside from dropping her arms to her sides. She thought Malrich couldn’t touch her… But she was wrong when he lift a hand and grabbed her chin.

Her green eyes went wide in fear- for the first time, ever around him. She took a step back. Her barrier was always up for Malrich and nobody else. She could raise the barrier for whomever whenever she wanted, but she was usually not afraid of anyone enough to bring it up… Until Malrich came along.

“Malrich…!” she whimpered.

With each step back that she took, Malrich approached, until she was up against the wall. The God of Nightmares pinned her there: Both of his hands had snatched her wrists and were holding them against the wall above her head, and his right knee was in between her legs. She couldn’t move.

“Malrich, stop… please!” she sobbed.

Her power of persuasion wasn’t working, either. Sirus was right: She couldn’t use any of her abilities: her daydreaming, her barrier, her persuasion. Malrich grinned darkly and leaned in. She smelled of fresh rain: sweet, fresh, powerfully evocative. He whispered something into her ear, and Mina’s eyes went wide.

An echo of her scream was heard through the entire castle for a moment, before everything was silent once more.