*races towards the battle sounds* Rana! don't bother fighting them! There just an illusion! *Slides to a stop next to Rana. I Raise my hand and say* Veshra! (means vanish) *There is a distortion in the air, and we find ourselves in front of the gates again* You can't break in to the citidel.... @catc, the symbols you see on the gates are vodric runes, or Void-script. They're a defense spell, keep trying to break through the gates and you'll find yourself in a never ending illusionary battle. *looks at Rama* If you had of waited, I would've shown you the "side door" *leads everyone to a small doorway set deep into the rock wall beside the gates. Touching my hand to the door I mutter* Prae *and the door swings open silently* You don't want to go rushing around drawing attention to yourself here... dragora are formidable enemies. I'll take you to the Temple of Slaya first... the priests there will help us.

OOC: Darn it...and Silveera called me Rama!!!! O.o IC: *is well abashed, and walks in the rear of the group, looking backward to make sure nothing is coming* *nothing is coming, so Silveera continue to leads the group towards Slaya's temple* I have a bad feeling about this....*mizu glows brightly, lighting the way somewhat*

i knew someon wuld call u rama before long, dont take it personally, i mean the n and m are right net to each other, @Silveera, could u please tell me that there is some way to kill Rama, because its looking kinda hopless from where i'm standing....i mean floating XD

OOC: Sorry Rana!!! I'm typing in the dark so.... IC: *Leads the group through a maze of spire shaped buildings (hence it being known as the Spire Citadel)* @Lom, Though Rama is strong with elements and magic, sheis weak at hand-to-hand... which is why she has three or four master swordselves at her side at all times. If we take out the swordsmen, we can take her head on and defeat her *eventualy we come to a large building, that greatly resembles the gate to the citadel. Racing stealthily towards the door, I knock several times and wait* *The door inches open, revealing a man dressed in black and red robes with vodric-runes tattooed on his face. At seeing me, a look of wonder appears on his face* Syla! Medray fardu thell! *grinning he opens the door wider, allowing us to enter* Vie Sandaric, I have returned... and with help. *Sandaric then notices every one else* Greetings friends of Silveera. Allies against Rama are allways welcome in the temple of Slaya. *Raide is keeping to the back of the group, with the hood of his cloak pulled far over his head, and a cloth mask hiding most of his face*

OOC: I knew it would happen soon too, the names are way too close. IC: I look forward to seeing her reaction when she drowns in midair!! *laughs quietly to herself* *walks quietly into the temple of slaya, placing herself only slightly in front of Raide, and relaxes, waiting to see what will happen*

*Sandaric leads us to a small room of to the side of the main hall* You have returned at a sad time Silveera, Rama has gone beyond mad.... Did you notice that the streets are empty, and many of the spires are abandoned or in ruin? *After I give a quick nod, he continues* Rama has nearly wiped us out..... There are only twelve dragora left

*Rana looks in shock* So...you guys are like nearly extinct?! Dude, this Rama is worse than the humans on Alakester!!! *Rana growls feircely, scaring everyone near her* I want to kill her.... (referring to Rama of course)

*sits down in shock* *A burning rage builds within me and my eyes glow a bright fiery red* I going to tear that b**ch to shreads! *Suddenly gets up and, ignoring everyone* I don't care about the laws.... Rama has gone too far! *Storms out to the front steps of the temple* *With a ripple of fire, I turn into my dragon form. Suddenly, what sounds like an alarm goes of all over the citadel* QUAR! *i shout (I can use spells even in my dragon form) causing the alarm to stop* *turning back to the doors* hurry up you lot.... or I'll go after her with out you! *takes of, racing on pumping wings towards the highest, grandest spire*

*Rana races after her, rushing past on her water tight-rope* NOT IF I GET THERE FIRST! *rana yells as she passes SIlveera* *she makes a beeline for the highest spire, racing as if she were being chased by a pack of wolves* Murderer...and traitor...and one who kills an entire race...you must...DIE!!!! *Rana finally bursts through the wall, creating a huge gaping whole* YOU WILL DIE TONIGHT RAMA!!!

*lands seconds behind Rana. There is an intense killing aura coming from me, and my normaly pale black spot have become darker, and are shaped like flames* RAMA!!!

*The four swords men appear in front of us, holding their swords at the ready* *rana grins* I was wondering what espressions you guys would have when you drown...*she shoots two tendrils of water into the nostril of two of the swordsmen, watching them gasp for breath as the water reaches their lungs*

O.o holf freak a lot has transpired since i have been away xD IC: *races aftter everyone and attacks one of the remaining swords men punching the daylights out of them, before they can draw their sword.* heeheehee that was fun n.n (question does that mean we all can change into our dragon forms?)

*Rana searches the room, looking for Rama, but is completely unable to find her or even, after sending her mind out, to locate any conscious other than the remaining swordsman, who is battling furiously with catc and Silveera* Silveera!!! Where is Rama? OOC: This is where you make Rama scare the living daylights outta me...

*Suddenly vines shoot out of the floor, wrapping tightly around everyone8 *A velvet voice drifts across the room* Well, well, well..... Who dares enter my spire in such an..... un-dignified way? *Turning our heads, we behold Rama. She is tall and graceful as a weeping willow, and hauntingly beautiful. Her violet eyes are cold and un-nerving and her golden hair drifts on a non existant breeze* *She suddenly recognises me. And a deep frown appears on her countenance* How? How is it you return here priestess? Did I not banish you? Did I not order you never to return to MY citadel? *It suddenly dawns on me that I didn't follow her direct order.... which I shouldn't be able to do* OOC: Can anyone guess what the twist is?

OOC: I've just been to the fair ^^. We won HEAPS of stuff..... well my mum did anyway.
she won; a giant beagle, a blue bull with fire on it's back (named fred), a bear, a blue monkey, two photo frames. a little dog, a blue cow, a slinky and a green duck hand puppet.
I won, a little stuffed green gecko (which I called norbert).... and bought an $85 statue of a pale purpley-white dragon that glows in the dark.
Dad won a gorilla, a little blue walrus(which I named leona, after my brothers ex fiance) and a little blue Rhino

OOC: sweet our fair is only around in august for a week and you sound liek a good game player xD OOC: *stops battling with the swordsman and looks towards Rama* OOC: is the twist the fact that you have broken a direct order from a very powerful person... idk really xD

OOC: It has to do wiht Raide, Slaya and myself. IC: Screw you and your orders you homocidal b**ch, I'm going to tear you to shreads for what you've done to my people! *I suddenly shift into my dragora form, and slip from the loosened vines* *Summoning Sanguine to my hands I run at Rama, as flames burst into life down the length of my blade*

OOC: Let me guess, Raide is your father, and in the presence of both your parents, you can overcome Rama's control?? Or...something? IC: *Rana bursts with thousands of sharp water needles and spinning lethal water discs, slicing through all the vines, then turning and homing in on Rama, each from a different direction* *Rana herself explodes from the vines, drawing Mizu and leapng high in the air at the same time* *she lengthens Mizu with super-sharp water, turning it into spear length, and with a mighty battle cry, lands on Rama, stabbing her through the head all the way down to her chest with Mizu* *Rana yanks out Mizu and glares at Rama* You shall never kill a race of people!!!!

So....we're finally not talking butterflies and fairies and stuff? Sweet...*cracks knuckles* So...who can I beat up?

OOC: Way to stop the thread! Anyway, once Silveera comes up with some plan to revive Rama, we commence beating her up again. IC: *Rana backs up several paces towards the wall, warily staring at Rama* *suddenly, three master swordsman appear out of the wall, completely by surprise* *one grabs a fistful of Rana's hair, yanking her back on her heels and causing her to drop Mizu* *he holds his sword up to my neck, drawing a trickle of blood* *the other two swordsman, fire and earth element masters as well as sword masters stand beside Rana, prepared to fend off any attacker* *the first swordsman speaks up, loud enough to envelop the whole room in his booming voice* If any of you DARE step toward our master Rama, we shall kill this wench. If you attempt even the slightest motion to free this conky, we shall behead her. If, however, you jump out that window there, and leave peacefully, and never come back again, we shall allow this mix-race monster to live. *he glowers at each person* OOC: lom, you're invisible.

OOC: @ Rana, close. he's not my father..... he's my brother. Slaya is also Raides mother. Slaya erased my memories 300 hundred years ago, when Raide left she erased his memories of me. IC: *Rama suddenly bursts into a cloud of ash, which floats over next to Rana, and reforms into an un-harmed Rama* Tisk tisk, lttle girl. You shouldn't go running around with sharp things. You might end up getting hurt. *Suddenly spikes of rock burst from the floor around Rana, and stab through her as a maniacly grin splits Rana's face* Don't worry, they didn't hit any vital areas..... I don't want to kill you to quickly. Me: Rana! ...... Rama you bi**h, I knew you were cruel but that's going to far!

*shifts into dragon form as well since i am completely useless in human form xD and I stare down the swordsman holding Rana, all of a sudden my scales turn into a blackish charcoal color and my eyes blaze a bright blue and i continue staring at the swordsman whose hand begins to tremble slightly and sweat beads appear* (in thought speak in his mind* you shall drop your blade, or you shall pay *clinches his mind sharply causing a sharp, but fleeting pain in his mind* (oh yes this is me in dark form btw, it's been popping up during this whole journey and unfortunately, i can't control my actions vry well and am very unpredictable.....)

OOC: I was close, teehee! ^-^ Oh, and I'm gonna control the swordsmen. IC: *Rana winces as the sharp rocks slice her face* *she tries to draw some water power with her hands, but the guard holding the sword to her neck penetrates her mind, blocking her connection with the water* *Rana screams in outrage* WHAT!?!?! *but by now, the guards are blocking themselves from catc's attacks, using blocking shields such as a diamond ring, a mountain, and a dome of jade, each one formidable and each one untouchable* *the guards take on offensive stance, but none of them attack...yet* OOC: These guards are the equivalent of double black belts to the other guards being below white belt. Maybe even a bigger difference.

*notices the control of their minds slipping and decides to use a sneakier approach.... begins to softly blow almost unnoticeable and ice begins to slowly appear beneath their feet and freeze them to the ground they stand on so that they can't move and are distracted* lom u should go ad see if you can do someting since we are definately noticeable i don't think they know you're hee! what an advantage!

*Rana looks down and notices what catc is doing, and attempts to help him freeze more water around teh soldiers legs* *her attempts are crude, however, and soon the earth guard notices that his legs are especially cold* *looking down, he finds his legs encomplassed in ice* Ersor: Ryosin! Ice attack! *Ryosin, the fire guard, nods and begins to melt the ice with a fast moving hand, low flames licking over the ice and turning them into water* *Rana tries depsreatel y to control the water, but her hands are useless, and the water falls limp to the ground*

quick try to control the melting water instead they may be easier to control under the soliders fire power... imagine how hot that water is going to be with that fire's heat heeheehee scalding anyone? *inches forwards a little ways and stops and repeats until i am a mere few feet from the one solider and the window*

*The earth soldier notices catc's movement and explodes towards her, slashing his sword in a myriad of different movements and practices, confusing, feinting, slashing, slicing, stabbing, poking, and swiping at catc and giving her no room for counterattack* Rana: NO!!! Don't touch her!!! *the gaurd with the sword to my neck digs deeper, drawing a large trickle of blood pouring down his sword*

OOC: Hmmm...how many fair damsels to save...one (Silveera), two (Catc), three (Lom), and four (Rana) Teehee...I can get lotsa lady loves here! IC: *I fly into the room's window, and look around, noticing that everyone's frozen and that Rana is being held captive near the wall* What's going on?!?!?!

*The mind-controlling guard- Mentero, looks evilly at the new entry* You take one step anywhere and she DIES! *he crushes the flat of the blade against Rana's windpipe, blocking her breath* *wheezing and gasping she says* No....Deren....don't...move...*gagging and gasping for breath*

OOC: @ Deren, I DO NOT NEED SAVING! IC: *there is a shimmer across my skin as scales appear all over me, and my fangs grow longer (i can semi-change into my dragon form, like before when i was in my elthren/vampire form but still had my wings, tail and horns)*A small tear appears in mid air behind mentero and Rana. Suddenly a winged demon bursts from the tear and Mentero screams in pure agony as the void-demon rips his soul from his body* *the demon takes posetion of Mentero's body, and removes the sword from Rana's neck as it mutates it's new found flesh into it's normal appearance. That of a 10 yr old girl with black feathered wings and a dragon skull mask* * Suddenly the rock spikes holding Rana disappear back into the floor* *the minute Rana is free I disappear, reappearing between her and Rama, Sanguine held at the ready* (all that happened in a few seconds)

*Ersor and Ryosin stare in shock just long enough until SIlveera places herself between Rana and Rama* *Then, Ersor launches a huge rock cage to surround Rana, encasing her in water-absorbant rock* OOC: This is really bad, because that sucks out my powers. IC: *Ryosin leaps out at SIlveera, his sword bursting into flame as it slices across her back, cutting a huge scar.* *Ersor, after encasing Rana in the stone coffin, jumps clear over Silveera and begins to swordplay with Catc, clearly the stronger fighter and quickly confusing and weakening the cat-dragon* *Mentero, in the Void, searches for the rift Silveera created which is not far from where he entered.* *Finding it, he uses his incredible mind skills to open it slightly and allow his spirit back into the room.* *He then proceeds to crashland in the void creatures brain, fighting furiously for control of his body.* OOC: Idk what Rama does, so I leave that up to you, Silveera. @Lom: HELP!!!!!

OOC: @Rana, um.. it's impossible for Mentero's soul to still 'be', after Kina (the demon) tore it out, it dissapeared ..... also he would get lost in her mind. IC: *I scream in pain as Ryosin's sword slices my back, but it begins to heal almost imeadiately , spinning around I lunge at Ryosin and begin a complex and lightning fast series of feinting, slashing and slicing. The Void-fire on my sword 'consumes' any fire he tries to use against me. With a sudden stab by sword peirces his chest, right where his heart is, he screams as the void-fire races through his body and burns his soul to nothing* *while this is going on Kina bursts the rock coffin around Rana into dust*(A Void-demons powers over elements are stronger than any of the races of netherdarke, that's why I summoned Kina to help) *while all the fighting goes on, Rama casually walks up to a throne sittuated at the other end of the room, and sits down to watch the fighting, a smirk on her face*

*i begin to use my sharp tail as a weapon as I battle the soilder. and soon i see rana in the stone and then my mind clicks and bam i am a dark gray dragon with blue eyes (dark form)* OOC: this is because everything seems to be in a very dangerous position and because of the loss of blood starting because of the cuts, the dark part just happenned (part of my instincts....) IC: *i dodge past the soilder and go over to where rana is and swing my now huge tail blade at the rock encasment and it begins to crack and after a few large blows a smallish hole begins to appear and spread. the solider follows me and swipes his sword across my back causing my right wing membrane to tear and a dark ruby red blodd starts to seep from it and the fight with the solider continues....*

OOC: It's not his soul, it's his mind. His mind is extremely powerful and huge, and is able to navigate through any dimension. All the swordsmen don't have souls because they gave them up at some time or another to gailn more power for their respective strengths. Thus, he did come back, and he is fighting Kina. IC: *Rana collapses to the floor, searching for Mizu as she begins to try and call her water power back to herself. Half-blinded by all the action around her, Rana takes several moments searching for Mizu and unable to find it* *Ryosin screams in pain as the Void-fire courses through his veins, overcoming his fire power* (Because he doesn't have a soul, that's about the next best substitute) *With a feral yell, his hands burst open and fire of a deep, blood-red color flames up* *Suddenly, he stands much taller than before, and begins to shoot these blood-fire balls at Silveera, forcing her back step by step* OOC: I'm going to explain this really quickly. SInce Ryosin doesn't have a soul, his entire being is controlled and consumed by fire. Fire has a natural tendency to hold on to even the last specks of life for as long as possible, so Ryosin does the same. As the void-fire began to kill him, the fire in him refused, and fused with the void-fire to make blood-fire...which is what he's using now. IC: *Ersor chases catc, and forms a huge iron lump around catc's tail, making it impossible to lift or even move* *leaping onto dark catc's back, Ersor turns three fingers into super-long super-sharp spikes and digs them directly into the base of catc's neck* *Rana, hearing catc scream, flips around on her back and shoots out an instictive healing-ball, which, although weak, lands on catc and just barely keeps the spikes from killing her, but not much else*

*is saying a few colorful metaphors and cursing the day he was born* how...dare...you.... *has collapsed. breathes out some ice crystals and dulls his spikes and weakens the metal so that they bend when used. i reach up and try and swipe at his face and only manage to cut above his eyebrows. the blood spurts out and splashes the ground and runs down his face. he begins to evilly laugh (quite creepy if ya ask me O.o)* OOC: wow this is getting exiting and hard! O.O

OOC: Sorryz...I like making hard bad guys, I don't like the ones that you kill with one swipe. IC: *Rana grabs Mizu and leaps up, finally fully in contact with her water power* CATC!!! You have my powers!!!! Heal!!!! *Rana leaps over Ersor and Catc, shooting down two more much stronger healing balls as she passes over* *Landing behind Ryosin, Rana slashes Mizu across his back similar to the way he slashed Silveera* You MONSTER!!! How dare you burn that which is whole, and incinerate that which is living?! Fight against me, your enemy, the one who will douse your flame! *Ryosin becomes enraged and slashes at me, his sword flaming* *Rana blocks it, silvery water running along its length* SILVEERA!!! Take care of Mentero!! I can take this candle-boy! OOC: Catc, Silveera, remember you have quite a bit of my powers here. Namely, truesilver and healing water.

OOC: oh yeah.... i forgots about that xD IC: *remembers the healing powers from the beginning of the trip and summons them and strength begins to come backto my limbs and my cuts heal up unitl the bleeding stops, but i pretend to weaken to trick the solider, so i go limp and as the soldier loosens his grip I instantly spring up and slash upwards slashing his entire face* (oddly he is still laughing xD can u say creepy and crazy)

*Begins a full-on attack on metero's mind, speaking rapid words in vodr'hie (language of void) I block his attack on Kina's mind (oh, btw, Kina is my younger half sister)* Cobresh! *the word, meaning compress, literaly starts crushing his mind*

*Ersor, fighting Catc, laughs insanely (think of the walking dead of Brisingr).* *Lift up his arms and swilrling them in many twisting motions, Ersor creates a steel chain with a lead weight at the bottom* *Opening his arms very wide, he creates a ring connected to the chain, and closing his arms together, he clamps the chain around Catc's snout.* *Mentero fight against the crushing power, searching everywhere for an escape* *finally, he spots one small opening, and shoots into it, where he finds his mind encompassed by the mind of Silveera* *grabbing at memories, sensations, and senses, Mentero holds them captive as insurance of his survival, but he is unable to move back into himself/Kina without being further oppressed by the crushing* OOC: basically, he's in your mind SIlveera and holding parts of it captive so you can't hurt him. IC: *Ryosin slashes at Rana, his blood-fire sword breaking through Rana's water shield with ease* *Rana is forced further and further back, while his red-fire creates images in the air as it swrils so quickly* *Sometimes Rana is able to block, and sometimes she is not* *Ryosin is able to cut through her defences with ease, slicing many cuts on Rana's arm, face, and hands* *Rana tries to heal the more serious cuts, but they take far longer to heal, and the smaller cuts grow infected at a super-fast rate, turning into blackened bruises and enlarged arteries* SILVEERA!!! Tell me how to destroy the Void!! *Ryosin does a huge underhanded thrust, throwing Rana to the ground* *Mentero, in Silveera's mind, listens intently*

*as the chain closes shut around my snout i growl angrily and falls at the weight. i slowly breathe out ice crystals in between the chains links and they begin to expand and strain the links until they begin to crack and on link begins to break slowly ever so slowly. i then with the few onces of strength left at the moment, slowly move my tail up a few inches and start to slowly swing it back and forth slowly picking up a pendulum swing and i move very slowly because of all of the weight and swing my tail at Ersor and knock him down onto the floor with my tail now on top of his legs* ha take that you freaking insane freak geez your laughing is so nerveracking it's like peircing through ny brain making me crazy!

*Ersor continues laughing, but it's a gurgling, choppy, hysterical laugh more than anything actually funny* *Moving his hands up, he lifts the weight off his legs, but, realizing that his legs are crushed, his laughter fades, and he slowly, quietly, sinks into oblivion* OOC: That means you can help out Silveera or Rana!! YAY!

thank god the laughing stopped! what a freak! O.o *runs over to Rana who is surprisingly very close by and pokes Ryosin on his shoulder and when he turns around distractedly i smack him upside the head and stand ready* (heeheehee always wanted to say that smack someone upside the head xD)

OOC: That was you that made up the laughing, not me! IC: *Ryosin stumbles backward a few steps until he bumps into Rana, who is attempting to stand back up* *turning around, Ryosin creates a blood-fire shield between himself and catc, then spitefully slashes at Rana's robe, ripping it in half* *the tip of his sword slices into Rana's back, causing searing and burning pain as blood drips forth* Ryosin: You are a fool, to ever think you're ideal would be uphold, to EVER think you could stop pain, death, and homocide! *Rana puts her hands underneath her to push herself up, but Ryosin kicks her down* STAY THERE! You BUG! Stay there and DIE and know that fire burns all in it's path! *He poises his burning sword above Rana to strike*

OOC: i knows, but he has the most annoying of laughs if you ask me xD lol IC: NO!!! *begins to try and pry through the sheild with my mind and it only reverberates around it....* wat to do wat to do..... <.< >.> *begins to slash and hit the sheild with my tail , perhaps this will work......*

*as mentero graps at memories to shield himself, he finds a barrier blocking him from most of my memories. In desperation to find protection he breaks through the already weakened and 'cracked' barrier, shattering it. I fall to the floor screaming as the demon magic that was sealed away with my memories races through my body like hot flames.* *The whites of my eyes turn black as black and red feathered wings burst from my shoulder blades. Irridencant red marks in the shape of flames blaze all over me, and a bone mask with a blood red diamond appears on my face in a burst of fire* OOC: Yay ^^ I finally get to use my demon side.... @Rana, geez you make enemies tough

OOC: i'm so sry i haven't been here for a while, i feel really bad, but i'm back, lets just say that i was gathering power, and i'm going to aper in my killing mode, so just to let u all know, when i'm in killing mode, ABSOLUTLY NO MAGIc CAN EFFECT ME, no watso ever, and i am twice as strong as i was before my power over air has increased too, so i have actually grow to twice my size, more like a standard poodle size okay, so, here goes nothing IC: *suddenly a howling wind tears through the everyone, roaring in the ears of mentero and Ryosin, but to Silveera and Rana and everyone else they hear my voice saying*die u sons of a ***** * *first i head for catc and Rana, as Silveera seems as if she can handle herself* *i swirl around catc, telling her to hold very still, then i carry her straight at the barrier, and crash right through it as Ryosin stopps is strike to look around at what could have broken his magic, he can oly see catc coming toward him w/o moving, i put her down, and rush at Ryosin, using air to viciously slash out his eyes and cut his wrist and throat, and slice him in two, he throws magic at me but, like i said, it can't effect me* *whisper to rana, here , take the healing u ghave me*

OOC: @Silveera: Sorryz...I prefer fighting tough enemies. It makes a better storyline and is far more engaging than just little enemies that don't stand a chance. Besides, it makes sense that Rama would guard herself with secret guards that are very powerful. IC: *Rana accepts the healing power from the burst of wind, and directs it along the course of the slice on her back* *finally, the pain subsides, and the scar is healed* *Rana bursts upward, mizu flying like predator bird in her hand* *it slashes, it dives, it stabs, turning offensive instead of defensive against Ryosin's blood fire*

OOC: thats okays LOM we all do it IC: sweetness fear me for I am the kittycat dragon! >^O.O^< (as i am floating in air towards the solider) now we be geeting somewheres in this mess! *stands at ready unsure of what to do now....*

*As Ryosin battles Rana, a second blade, made entirely of blood-fire, appears out of the other end of the hilt, becoming a two-sided sword* *swriling it around, he creates an impentrable shield around himself* *from inside the shield he makes darting stabs at both Rana and Catc, all of which are easy to block, but difficult to get through* Rana: Alright, enough of this!!! I am water, and water can beat fire any day of the week!!! *Holding Mizu across both hands, Rana lifts the sword up, and begins to draw a massive water sphere around the sword* *it quickly grows extremely huge, and very hard to control* *when Rana can control it no longer, she lets go, allowing the water to fall over Ryosin and dousing the entire shield* Rana: CATC!!! Attack him NOW! *Mentero, now freely roaming Silveera's mind, flies through every corner, grabbing memories and powers as he goes* *At each turn he is resisted by Silveera's demon power, but he is unstoppable, trying to completly take control of Silveera's mind*

*I'm currently on the floor writhing in pain as the unfamiliar power and Mentero tear at my mind* *My eyes start to dull and the flames wreathing Sanguine start to flicker out as Mentero's hold on me grows. With one last convulsion, I grow still, barely breathing*

OOC: Dang it, now I feel really bad about that! I promise I'll save you Silveera!!! That is...after I take care of Ryosin. IC: *Mizu glows with power as Rana attacks Ryosin* *Ryosin is giving ground at every step, froced to block her every attack*

*leaps as soon as rana yells at the man and tackles him down to the floor and slashes at his face and tries to go for his throat, but he blocks the last attacks and we lock in battle each slashing at one another. my tail begins to swich irritably as he continues to resist* quick some one help silveera! *eyes are growing brighter and the red diamond is now a fiery red and then for a breif moment the eye seems to blink and the man starts to resist less and less*

*Mizu paues for a second as catc tackles Ryosin* Rana: Can you take him for a while? *Catc nods, then yells as she renews her attack on Ryosin* Rana: Alright then! *Rana runs after Silveera, sliding to her knees right in front of Silveera's head* Rana: Alright...I'm coming in! *The emblem on Rana's forehead flashes a silvery blue, and Rana places both hands on Silveera's forhead* *the strange color flows down Rana's arm, and becomes a small glowing dome on Silveera's head* Calm....peace...be calm Silveera. This Mentero is fantic, desperate. We will destroy him simply and quietly, and when we win, he won't know what hit him. Come with me now. *Rana sends an image of herself and silveera walking side by side, exploring all the hallways and passageways of Silveera's mind* *each time they come across a new memory, Rana quietly takes hold of it, and passes it on to Silveera* *Mentero grows more and more desperate, clutching tightly to the memories and senses he does have, inflicting pain in each one*

OOC: I've been rereading the roleplay, and I think everyone's forgotten that Raide is with us. Couldn't he do something to help? (Re-edit: Scratch that, he's at the temple of Slaya, but he COULD come and help us.

OOC: ^^ XD I completely forgot about Raide... I'll do something for him now. IC: *The ground shudderes and there is a loud thrum in the air, followed by the roaring of multiple dragons* *What was left of the outer wall of the room bursts appart as dragon after dragon lands in the room, and turn into their elthren forms* *Suddenly the massive head of Raide blocks the light from the now rising sun* *For the first time Rama acctualy shows an emotion other than disdain, she seems to realise that she might well die today* *Deep in the halls of my mind, the collection of memories grows.... Leaving only the memories and senses that Mentero is shielding himself with (I'll leave how we deal with him up to you Rana)

OOC: And I'll leave the demise of Rama to you Silveera, and of Ryosin to you, catc. IC: *Rana, coming back to herself, mounts silveera, and places her hands back on SIlveera's head* OOC: This will allow you to move and attack, but I'm completely at your mercy, I can't come back to myself to fight if I'm going to be working on Mentero. IC: *Rana, in silveera's mind, speaks to Silveera* You need to go now, the situation outside is desperate. You have enough control over yourself to fight, and I will protect your mind from further attacks from Mentero. *Rana seperates herself from Silveera, and chases down Mentero in every corner of Silveera's mind* *As she approaches Mentero each time, she calmly walks up, snatches the memory, transfers it to Silveera, then chases Mentero again* *Mentero grows weaker and weaker, more desperate at every turn* *Finally, when he has completely run out of memories, and Rana is tearing after him, he leaps back to Kina's mind, where Mentero is crushed.* OOC: meanwhile...

*Freed from Mentero's onslaught, I notice that it is now day* *I look towards Rama, who is now standing infront of her throne, a mixture of fear and anger on her face* *Growling, I shift to my full demon form. A huge bipedal wolf with blood coloured fur, flesh is missing in places revealing the muscle and bone beneath, massive black and red feathered wings rise from my shoulders. And glowing red, pupiless eyes gleam with a murderous light as I leap at Rama* *As I swipe at her with a massive paw like hand, She changes to her dragon form in a cloud of ash. Rama's dragon form is revealed. Her body is long and snake-like with feathered wings, she has only one pare of arm-like front legs, she has a long neck and a wedge shaped head with horns similar to Raides, but completely encased in silver, hundreds of soul stones of many colours hang from her horns... the sealed souls of all the dragora she killed* *seeing the soul stones enrages me and I lunge at her, clamping my jaws around her neck in a vice like grip. The frorce of me colliding with her sends us crashing through the wall, and out into open space. We fall, ripping and tearing at each other until we are drenched in each others blood. I Clamp my jaws on her shoulder, grabbing her front legs with my hands and kick and tear at her soft underbelly like a cat. She roars in agony as my barbed claws tear open her stomach, and she unleashes a torent of amethyst flames. I kick away from her, flapping my massive wings to gain hight. As Rama cuts of the fire, I crash into her, sending us both slaming into the ground. rolling off of her I slash and claw at her face and neck, clawing out her left eye and tearing open her face. I don't give her any chances to use her elements as I stab a flame wreathed arm through into her chest, and straight into her heart and out her back. The void-fire races through her body, destroying her soul, as I slam my left foot onto her head, crushing it and her mind...... *I step away from her bloody, mangled corpse. Turning my head so I can see Rana, who amazingly wasn't harmed during the battle, as her mind returnes to her body*

*the tackle and battle of Rama was so fast and sudden, I only got to see the end as I rushed to the gaping hole in the wall. I see Rama lying on the ground mangled and pretty much dead (xD) and I glide down to the scene* hey silveera, remind me not to get on your bad side oakys n.n' lol What shall we do now since Rama is now defeated? are we to restore the city and such?

OOC: Who amazingly wasn't harmed during the battle?!?! XD! I should've fallen off or gotten beaten up at least a DOZEN times! Way to make a totally unrealistic save, lol. IC: *Rana dazedly steps off of Silveera's back, rather unsure of what's going on* *Looking up, she sees Ryosin, charging towards catc's back, preparing to stab her through the heart* Rana: HIYAAAAAAAAA! *she flings three fingers forward in a vertical stack, shooting out three dagger-like tendrils of water* *the top pierces Ryosin through the skull, just above his nose and straight through his mind* *the second stabs him through the heart, potruding from his back* *the third...castrates him* *Rana turns back and smiles* NOW we restore the city and such! ^-^'

O.o holy freak! thanks rana! *looks down at the now dead Ryosin* buttmunch! (xD) i know what i will do to restore something! but it be a secret!

Ummm...I can't make any bodies for the dragora souls, but once there are bodies I can call them out of the stones and into their bodies. *looks around* What else can I do here?

*sneaks away to a hidey hole to work on the surprise* i'll be back n.n *goes back behind a gigantis rock that blocks the veiw and goes to work, sparkley specks flowing by every once and a while* *is humming a song while i work* no peeking! n.n

OOC: @Rana -___-* would you rather be a bloodied pulp? IC: *Slowly turns back into elthren form, (most of the demon marks have gone from my body, but there are still some on my face, a line beneath my right eye and three dots going down my nose) I fall to the ground, absolutely exhausted, I use whats left of the healing energy Rana gave me to heal the more serious, life threatening wounds* There isn't much we can do.... though *looks around at the area where we fell, there is blood and gore splattered every where, and piles of rubble from the tower* I could use a little help cleaning up ^^ *looks down at Rama's mangled corpse* And we have to get rid of Rama's body......

OOC: O.o no....but I do have the power to enter other's minds, and I generally have a very calming presence in their minds. You know, like what I was able to do with you. IC: *Rana nods, and kneels down beside Silveera* *She holds a glowing dome of water healing over SIlveera's chest, which spreads a general healing throughout SIlveera's body* *As Rana does this, she searches for the truesilver power she gave silveera, and draws it back to herself, which embeds itself in her emblem* *after this is done, Silveera falls asleep, and Rana smiles slightly at the sight* *then, turning to Rama, she uses the water-sharpened blade of Mizu to draw a grave in the ground, and lifts the earth out* *she then drags Rama to the grave, places her in it, and piles the dirt over her* *Rana then stands on the grave, and spit on it, then stomps off* *tapping the stone behind which catc is working, Rana calls out* Hey, I need my power back!

*looks at Rana* what power do you speak of? *as i move the peice, the ice finally decides to slowly melt off my snout and paws....the crysal sculpture is that of a dragon that is a plae pink and is standing on a pale green mound and its eyes are the plaest of blue* this shall brighten the place i think... hey what if we were to place certain speel or encantation that will allow this place to green itself up a bit, like this dirt ground we're standing on is turned to grass, like make it a city in a meadow n.n

The truesilver I gave you *points at the emblem on her forehead* I can't let anyone else have that power for very long or it gets...complicated, shall we say. *looks critically at the crystal sculpture, then back at Silveera, who is now conveniently awake* Hey, do think this could work as a body for the dragora?

i kinda forgots about that xD *looks at the dragon sculpture* they are not actually hard to make... if it were to work i could create a few more....

But we need to make sure they'll work first. *pokes Silveera* Well, until then, lets get started with making this place pretty again!! *water much ground and makes pretty flowers and grass pop up instantaneously* OOC: I'll just assume that I have the power back from you now, so that we can get to work on this*

OOC: okays n.n IC: hmmm what shall i do to help futher?

*Lifts up a stone broken from the outer wall, and places it on the wall, beginning to close the gap*

Hmm.... It could work........ though we would need something of the flesh so they would be a living being, and not just a statue with a mind *Looks around at the still bloodied clearing * Blood should work... if I can collect enough of my undried blood from around here, your idea may just work. *As we were talking the last of the living dragora have gathered around us, Sandaric suddenly steps ouot of the group* Are you saying you can bring the dragoa Rama killed back to life? * I look up at him and nod, smiling.... then something occurs to me* @Rana, If you put the souls of the dragons sealed in Raides soul stones in statues aswell and bring them to life...... Netherdarke would have dragons again! And the dragora souls, if the statues they are put in are dragons, they too would become dragons........... *I think of something else, and my grin slides from my face* the only thing that would mar this would be if they couldn't breed, but it's as close to the real thing as we can get.

Well, catc COULD mold reproductive systems, lol, but I'll see what I can do with this statue. *Rana goes over to Rama's dead body, and gathers up all the jewels, placing them before her* Who do you want me to bring back first?

xD this has worked out quite conincidentally hasn't it perhaps if we could harness the sprk of life then they could still reproduce..... idk

Hmmm...*holds chin thoughtfully* What would the spark of life be though? Surely not blood, that's just for flesh...hmmmm *ponders this deeply*

*also begins to ponder.....* emotion perhaps, no.... hmmmmmmm

AH! I know what it is!!! Hope! (not your kitty hope, but the actual feeling hope) That would work methinks!

OOC: *hope perks her ears up, but goes back to sleep aon hearing that it wasn't her IC: this is exiting! n.n not only did we rid the land of Rama but we are going to be responsible for the restoration of dragora!

And it will be the second time I have helped save a dragon race! *feels pretty cool* So...how do we go about getting hope and blood into ice statues??

i don;t know maybe silveera knows.... OOC: i just completed a little piccy of the ice sculpture n.n and a little piccy of wyfania (head shot of course...)

OOC: Shweet! can you put them up on dragnix? IC: *begins playing around with bits of water and silver and light, trying to make an essence of "hope"*

OOC: already sent them in and they're also on DA as well... IC: goes over and begins to go to work on a second ice sculpture whose image has popped into my mind and a little dragon is formed looking up at the sky with a little butterfly on its nose this dragon is a pale green and yellow wings and hair with orange eyes*

*As rana continues fiddling, she makes a small sphere, surrounded with true silver on the outside, water on the inside, and a dot of light being reflected constantly by the silver on the outside* *Rana jumps up with exitement* I got it! This is it I think! The essence of hope is light that won't go away!! *dances happily*

wheeee! *joins in dancing as well* n.n

*Rana places the hope ball in the first statue, watching in amazement as the statue lights up hundreds of colors* ooooooohhhh!!!

O.O wow that's pwetty! now i wonder if this is going to work........ *sits patiently and waits for soemthing to happen*

*Rana uses the liquid in some of the still wet blood to entice it into the ice statue* Alright, flesh, life, and body, now it needs a spirit to hold it. Yosh! *Rana picks up the first jewel, a bright swirling yellow-green color, and connects her mind with it* Rana: Hello Dragora. What is your name? Dragora: I am Graella. Who are you? Rana: *calmly*I am no one, simply a spirit who will guide you to your body. Come with me, oh great dragora, to your home. *Rana sends an image of herself grabbing onto the dragora's paw, and leading him gently out of the jewel* *as soon as Graella is out of the jewel, he begins to dissipate, losing several memories before Rana can successfully lead him to his body* *Graella takes hold of the body, transforming it to his shape, size, and color* Graella: Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here?? Rana: You are Graella, a mighty dragora. You are home, and you are here to populate a new world with your race. I must leave you now, but I leave in peace. *Rana lets go of Graella's mind, and reenters her own as she watches Graella hop around, rather like a little kid, getting used to his new body* *Rana smiles, and then quickly gets to work making more hope-essences, as Catc makes more ice sculptures and Silveera gathers more of the blood. OOC: I made him lose the memories because I don't want the dragora to be angry or vengeful as soon as they get their new bodies. Iz a new start for everyone! ^-^ Plus, considering how we're putting their bodies together, they'll probably have some extra traits that they didn't have before, namely, comfort in cold weather, aversion to heat, a tiny amount of truesilver that could possibly be put to use, a minimal control of ice and water, shared genetics with Rama and the swordsmen, and so on. Idk how seriously you should take each part, but they should definitely have unique traits.

OOC: well the ice crystallizes into a solid crystal and is no longer ice and such thank goodness because it would melt too quickly i agree though that they should have different traits...... i think i can do something about that ice problem with the weakness issue...... IC: *as i continue in making the ice sculptures, pictures seem to just pop into my head of what the next one should look like, like the bodies are actually showing me the proper traits... as i make the next ones however, i add a little spark of fire to give them a lesser weakness to heat (in case there are hot summers ) * ya know this is in a way very strange, but these aren't made by my creation alone... they are made by an image and a seemingly other power that is guiding the ice to take a different shape each time... it's jst a weird feeling! *more and more shapes appear and they are both great and little in size and some have massive wings, while others have no wings at all.... the pale colors of the ice are all different hues*

*Rana imbues each one with a hope-essence and gently leads each spirit to their body* *She is unable to do that without making each lose their memories, but since that seems unavoidable anyway, Rana decides to not try to stop the instant degeneration* *It seems to make the spirits calmer when they reach their bodies anyway*

*takes a quik breather and looks around to see any dragora all stumbling about on their new legs*it is a wonderful sight to see n.n aww lookie at that little baby one n.n i wonder which is its mother and father?

*tilts head* Do dragora even have parents?? *looks to Silveera for an answer*

idk either do they silveera?

Of course dragora have parents....but because we are immortal, the only way to kill us being to destroy our heart, soul and mind at exactly the same time, Dragora very rarely have children.... and they almost never know who their sires are.

OOC: wow a lot happens in my absence... IC: while everybody else is sculpting, i swirl around and start cleaning all the blood and gore off the floors and the remaining parts of the walls, then i take the dust and deposit it outside, and take all the big chunks of rocks and stuff and putting it in a rather big pile, then i leave for a bit and come back in my dragon form, and give Rana her jewel back

*recieves the jewels back, and places them back in my emblem* Thank you lom. If you ever need to use your wind form again, be sure to come to me! *Rana picks up the last Dragora jewel, and transfers his mind into the last sculpture made by Catc*

ur welcome, oh, and i think i still owe u, lots!

Tis ok, the debt is nullified until you decide if you want to pay it and with what. Otherwise, I won't hold you to it.

*watches all of the newly revived dragora and smiles* it tis a wonderful sight.... walks over and joins rana, silveera and lom all the while trying to get all of the pesky ice off my whiskers* the place looks almost unrecognizeable! oh waits i forgots! *scurries back near the rock where another large crystal sculpture is and drags it slowly to the center of the citidel ( or where ever we are i forgots.... xD) and it glows dimly and is of all diferent colors* this be the big suprise that since the original was actually for a body, i decided to do another one... this will assure that this place will always be green and all will prosper.... it shouldn't melt either... it tis a special ice

YAY!! *looks to SIlveera* So? Are we done here? Or are there more enemies to get elsewhere?

*hovers around the sculpture* look at all the pretty colors!!!! this ish some awsomeness right here catc!!!! *looks back at Rana* you might not hold me to my debt, but i hold me to it, so, whenever u need help, i'm here... by the way, what happened to Raide? where did he go?

*looks around* Hmmm...that's strange. It seems he kinda disappeared...*shrugs and gives it no further thought*

hmmm, hope he's okay, i mean, we kinda did this all because of him *thinks its kinda mean he didn't stay to help clean up*

OOC: Raide returns as a bad guy, lol.