Oh My Goddess! - Valkyrie's Eternity
Volume III
Act VII
It was a dark and stormy day ahead.
(No joke.)
"Will you guys watch where you are... EEK!" ...an already frazzled as heck Silver Wings Valkyrie yelps, as detonations of spell energy, flare around the enclosed area, she is in! This scattering all those around her, for all sense of dear life!
"You all might want to...*Blink!*" ...another Silver Wings calls out, before a TREMENDOUS clang, just makes those around her, save one, move in closer instead! She just blinks, and just looks over at her long time love.
"This could get rough dear."
A Blue Wings just shrugs. "I'll be fine, I think I got the gist of that, for awhile now."
Belldandy just smiled at Keiichi.
Before a loud clang just wiped all smiles away.
The other Silver Wings, wasn't smiling at all, to begin with. Wasn't about to change anytime soon, as a stray spell blast flare of mixed electrical and temporal driven energies, smacked into the nearby inner wall bulkhead, of the Station common zone, where an arcade was planned for at some unknown point in the future. Something dreadfully in doubt, as the authors of the effect that nearly shears the affected wall hull, into dust, then tumble into view, causing several Alliance types to bolt away for further dear life! (Including one Griffional that bravely manages to pluck an Assat and Silveren soul away, deftly!)
Chrono sees the damage, and the quick notion of energy fields damaged as well, preventing proper seals against atmosphere pressure loss. She screeches at the offenders with... "URD! SIGRUN! STOP FIGHTING!"
"Why?" ...two anger, mania goddess driven souls snap out, as both literally tumble into view, in a hardly elegant scene of a hair pulling fracas of a cat fight! Chrono sees this and then hears next to her... "That just isn't right." ...from a random Katath male quips, his yellow with white striped skin taking his cocking yellow-pink eyes oddly. Chrono just looks at the random Alliance citizen soul, then back at the really hair tearing fracas, that shoots off strange power bolts all around, with her own oddly cocked eye.
"More than you can imag... ACK! HEY!" ...as a sudden, and particularly nasty spell discharge, off a particularly snarling shout from Sigrun, makes Chrono dive to push away the Katath, as well as herself, off the right, before the discharge, clips several consoles, and then the windowed bulkheads, straight at open space! The spell slams into the said viewports, and a serious breach occurs!
"Hull breach... augh...!" ...comes from one other voice finally, that is forced to pay attention to something else, other than a sight that Eros cannot comprehend like he should, as atmospheric pressure for non energon and Synthetic sub-types, drops to quickly dangerous levels!
And yet two goddesses still tumble, as a strange comical sight, is anything but!
": - Hull energy seals compromised! Backup integrity compromised! - :" ...the overhead comm from a Synthetic controller, suddenly announced, as Eros grasps at his neck. He's not the only one. Chrono sees this, and then sees in short order the brawl move further along down the vast open corridor, one full of too long a span of such open area viewports.
Sigrun just thinks first, unaffected by the atmospheric loss... "(What the heck is their problem with each other? Even 'I' thought they were both past that stuff! Awww Heaven for it...)" ...as she aims her provisional level spell aim, one more than effective enough for what she had been pre infused of knowledge upon, prior to her arrival to the Mortal Plane. (Being a Silver Wings demanded such for even a Second Class goddess.)
She aims her arms at, despite the chaos still all too near. "Mend the shattered heart of the walls that 'do' protect, and 'do' give life!" ...as a burst of her spell arms, quickly causes the shattered viewport, to at the minimum, repair back up, to stabilize the atmosphere pressure loss, though the shielding systems are beyond her adept spell power, at present. However despite, she hears... "Nice work... *x2 coughs* ...milady." ...from the Katath near her. She looks with a good, if jittered nod back, before another round of spiking chaos, forces Chrono's attention!
And with it, another section of the viewport indeed is damaged, afar down. Chrono just gulps. "I'm gonna be busy here for a bit." ...as she shoots off to do a quick series of mending spell jobs, for the next good two minutes.
The Katath nearby, then coughs out, looking at... "Can we do something to help Commander?"
Eros looks on stunned still, his own right hand at his neck, more from a choking fear, rather than breathing problems... "Help... I... ah... I dunno..."
"Commander!" ...the Katath snaps in turn, Eros jerking his head over, as another blast is forced of Chrono's attention. Eros blinks and nods, semi unwillingly. "Uh... ah... yes... aye... the... the station guard! Guard captain!"
The shout to the overcomm brings a holoscreen dead in Eros's face. As the green and brown faced Griffional Guard captain appears. "- We see it. What... what are your orders. -"
Eros again hesitated. This time because of what he remembered from knowledge of the Galactic campaign. He forced out truly despite, another blast shockwave helping such along. "Prepare site to site in close tactics, and have the Trees assist on... ulp... my order."
"- Understood Commander. -" ...the Guard captain nods back, before 'another' spell slam makes for increasing panicked yells.
Eros finally had to admit. "(He could be wrong.)"
She found it rare that she was unmoving of such sights. However 'whom' was locked in blade upon blade, with her uncertain beloved, caused such a rare stunned exposition. Such then could magnify the confused as heck face, of a Lord Knight, that was acting anything as confidently as one should be, as he was forced to face down a face from an ancient past, from... "...been 'that' many years, since the days of Training."
The foe locked in seemingly all of lethal sight, upon him, just sniped back. "Seems all too morose, that I'd return after all, for what I suspected all along. That she, is mine after all!"
"Huh?" ...comes one heck of a confused mortal voice, as Lind just gaffs... "That again?" ...added from Jora of the watching flock stunned... "Still?" ...which in turn in angry retort from a defender(?) "I thought we settled all that!"
The Spirit of the Blade (no joke,) just grunted back first, with his glowing wide blade base katana-scimitar hybrid blade, upon Morphemic, in an expert stroke that finds an equally expert defense parry, in return from Imladris, that had both blades at wicked odd angles, the high slant slash against a low parry block. It's added to with...
"Then a reminder is fully needed." ...the Spirit snips back.
Another fight starts off of this exchange, one Lind watched, a tic frozen with a most unused emotion, saturating her senses. Jora zips over, with Bryna in tow. "Do we do anything, or just... well... watch?"
Lind, the emotion of memory itself, holding her stance in place, just whispers out... "We... watch..." ...this making Jora alone look, as an old memory of the last time she saw this duel, have her attention in twain.
Keiichi just looks over at Belldandy, before a terse clash of blades, halts further acts of the tongue, sight taking over.
Another memory, drives the blind actions of two half-in-so-combatants, that just are laying into each other more, than they themselves initially intended anyway. This as Urd just snarl grunts at Sigrun, her left hand bound in Sigrun's right, the mirror opposite, of Sigrun's own left, in Urd's right, as both simultaneously act all Matrix-esc like in their movements, (given goddess speeds,) of both attacking, and defending against the same, with their rather still of all sloppy combat movements.
And nary a thought of what they are doing around them, or whom they are even harming, they just snap at each other, where code speak seems their only avenue to 'talk' though. Such comprises during myriad spell flung actions, as... "You stole my life! Why me instead of you, down in that place!"
Urd snarls back at Sigrun... "That was my damned mother that caused that! I was as helpless to all that crap, as you were!"
Another random spell flung, nary realized, as Sigrun bleeds out... "You should feel what I did! I don't want this pain in my memories! You can have them blast it!"
More spell damaging the same, ala Urd in turn... "Tell that crap to Father! I'd do the same, except he'd just smack me away from heaven, to spite what I am!"
"Then why hasn't he done so Sister!"
"The same crap why you asked him!" ...Urd in turn back.
More damaging unfocused spells, a strange tone of the same from Sigrun... "How'd you even know! And even so, I'm still mad for what happened!"
"Obviously! You're acting like me too damn much here!" ...not noticing her next spell flare. Sigrun in angst driven turn... "I don't know dang it! Seeing you mess with me, just made me want to PUNCH you!"
"Fine job of that! I thought Skuld was bad enough, without a bigger version of her messing with me!" ...another strong spell outburst.
Another from Sigrun, which was adhered with... "I thought I was compared to Belldandy instead!" ...whit the inflection of underlying anger at the not as present, (but quite occupied Norn,) causes Urd to suddenly flip both of them out of their weird tumble tussle, scattering quite a few Alliance personnel all about, as Urd just snarls back, at a low crouch. "Do not bring Belldandy into this. Not only is she WAY far removed from all of this, she better than both us combined, by a magnitude I can't even describe here! Besides, why are you hating on either of us like that suddenly? All I did was try to be fun with you here!"
Sigrun, on all fours, disheveled as heck, just hiccups, between sobs and shakes... "Because when Hild pulled that stuff on me, she did it in ways that was like acid upon a most physical soul!" ...this Urd gulps at. Sigrun just lays it out. "Master should shove me into the Luna Dungeon, for what I did, when Hild used 'that' kind of help, back then! I know I've said that crud already, but it really STILL hurts, when I am exposed to such things!"
Urd doubles her gulping, realizing the details behind all of this. "You mean Hild used Infringement Code, in your soul-code substructure, that allowed her Demonic influence to be magnified against your goddess code? I... I had no idea."
Sigrun about yells again, but Urd finally relents with arms blared up... "Wait! I'm... I'm really sorry! I didn't realize it was that deep! If I'd known..." ...this in turn Sigrun holds her breath, her memories of she really thought was long past... "She really hated me, for... for not being you. Hild did it as much against our Father, as much as I. The things she did, I just can't put into words." ...Sigrun about falls into her hands, the improbability of the motion that would have left her on her knees, in a still on-all-fours position, floating all the same, is interceded by Urd offering. "And hence why I should butt out of yours and Eros's relationship."
Sigrun looks up through her tears, just as shimmering sounds, along with mechanical electronic weapon snap sounds, makes them both look up and around finally around them! Urd for one sees. "Oh crap." ...as a further sound of chime shimmering echoes ply from the sight of two fully empowered Hikari tree avatars, the two goddesses more than recognizing the entrapment spell energy, being held in check, as in front of them, of surrounding, the result of a teleported in assault team of Station Alliance troops, with charged Ionic stun rifled, held at the unsteady ready. The large Vulcan-gun version in the Griffional Guard captain's feathered clutch, is particularly unsettling.
Finally does it dawn on the two Norns, to note what they did. Such at that moment, that Chrono zips in, all weary from multiple spell chants, stops in to yell at them both... "Are you both done nearly obliterating this place?"
Urd just looks back meekly... "Oops?" ...Sigrun too jittered to respond.
"Oh really now." ...this in turn, the next cardiac arrest inducing moment, for everyone present not prepared, startled the same, as such even nearly causes the same from... "L... LADY FRIGURINA! / M... MOTHER!"
A peeved off as all looking, full aged and sized mother of two offending Norns, appeared in full glory of beauty, that Belldandy hails perfection from, as well as the anger that seemed engendered of its own mode, that wrath itself seemed borne of, for all other examples, throughout all time and existence.
It was causing the proper effect, all around. Such that Frig's face was still 'soft' enough, where the wrath was filled with another word: disappointed. The worst parental emotion to have for a sibling.
"Well?" Frigurina prodded, daring 'any' kind of response, to be rendered back, from her Daughters. The two Norns act in 'well' measure, of saying zilch, in response. (The retort back, probably would have shorn subspace, and the Station with it, in an instant.)
Chrono however, offers out, through her weary panting. "I'm... I'm sorry, My Great Lady..." ...this in turn Frigurina bades a hand up to halt Chrono by. "Nay, your conduct in this, I will leave in the graces of a General currently absent. Sayeth no more there, will I." ...which puts Chrono in an even more uneasy mood, before she bows over a bit, hands on her legs in weariness. Frigurina then in turn, just folds her arms, and taps her right foot impatiently, such in turn one Alliance Assat tech watching afar, leans over to an Illuminaran version. "My mother did that, when I was dumb." ...which gets a few looking eyes, one of which, the motherly judge present, then puts forth.
"I should leave you both in the custody of these fine beings around us, for the damage you caused to this place." ...as celestial eyes, look around, Sigrun in particular, wincing at all the patch jobs Chrono was forced to expend her energies upon. The number was not 'small' in number either. Frig looks over, then eyes one particular Alliance soul, watching in numb amazement, amongst other wrecked emotions, before the First Seat then imparts more. "But, it would seem we have a chat with our mutual Creator Dear, concerning the information inherit here. However, punishment will apparently be left, to the actual owner of this station." ...which really makes Sigrun wince, and Urd swallow shallow. Frigurina... "The merit of such, incumbent on the fact, you both were so blind, you hath be of miracle, did not slay anyone here. Nevermind the damage to one 'other' here, that is of inherit cause of all this."
That shot Sigrun's head over, as she finally sees the eyes of one, that look back with a laden fear that is readily hard to keep in check.
"(No... Eros...)" ...of mind said chap, looks away from her suddenly.
As such, damage control began, with a snap of stern fingers, unto back a Residence familiar.
...on the other hand...
Three strict as stiff blade parries, come in so hard from the Blade Spirit's weapon, it trades actual sparks off of a parried Morphemic! This before three more offended back in turn by Morphemic's owner, that one should have cracked the other into ruin! The next three that follow, with maneuvering martial jinks and spins, seems to leave logic in the dust.
Lind sees this, and wants to cheer her Beloved on, but seeing who the opponent is, still saps her emotions, for that moment!
Imladris in turn just parry blunts two more shots off, before leveling another of his own, upon his opponent's blade, before he hop skips back to regain sense of composure by! The Blade Spirit's quick in follow assault however, is one Imladris is forced to empower a snapping retort of... "BELAY!" ...a stark swipe of his weapon, followed up of a Tyr empowered energy wake of Incarnum-rubicon, that burst shoves the Spirit back with, to a good skid of his boots!
A terse moment of Kensai between the two, before Imladris offers... "Improved."
"So have ye." ...of an opponent in return.
"Ah..." ...comes in a third, rather bewildered voice, all eyes looking over, as Keiichi just quips out. "Maybe something for the lost in plot of all this here, perhaps?" ...with a kooky finger pointing up.
"Who's that little one?" ...the Spirit then asks, and gets GLARED at, by the replete Gold Wings in presence, thought the one from a Silver Wing, is deterred instead, in favor of replying to Keiichi... "His apologies, I am certain, but so you may know Dear, our guest... (x3 as one voice: Intruder...) ...is the Spirit of the Blade, by the name of Edge. (Jora: How original.) Of whom, he is a Class One spirit, of the title same."
Keiichi blinks. "Wait... you mean even weapons have Spirits too?"
Edge just puts in, to a cute defensive facade in turn... "I am the Spirit of that which all warriors call their life, on the battlefield! Dare not presume such as I, as some trinket of a being, in your mind!"
"Ahem." ...comes in the quick, from Lind 'and' Imladris in turn, this before other eyes see Edge in turn, eyes them two back, a look that riles Imladris well and good, and Lind in turn, an uneasy vein in kind." Keiichi sees this, and quips off enough knowledge. "Ahh... is... is he... it can't be..."
Belldandy sighs, and nods to Keiichi's keen insight. "To be certain to risk offending, Blade Spirit Edge was once in... well... competition, for Lind's heart."
Aye, that begot uneasy looks from Lind, moreso from Imladris. (Though which of the two was the worse of such unease, was a probably neck and neck thing there.) Edge just 'edged' in turn, with full intent. "I came to ascertain that which was my heart's desire. It would seem, the one that 'beat' me to such a reward, is no longer acting fit for the same here. Hence my place in return here!"
Lind reacted with a disgusted glare, as Imladris in turn quickly defends... "And it would seem, the lessons from our last duel, did not pay heed as I all but cleaved into your skull with! All of that, is LIND'S choice! NOT! OURS!"
Lind just growled more, as Jora just snaps out for her own brethren. "There are others here, this time, that would object to your course of action, Spirit!" ...of which, a bevy of Gold Wing stares, looked like they would finish Imladris's old duel, for him!
Edge however, for whatever insane reason, just put back in mocking... "If so, a warrior would be humbled by lasses that assisted him. I would expect better objection, from the one that defeated me, yet does not earn what was apparently won!" ...which Lind is neutral in any response upon. The same of the traded look she and Imlade have.
Keiichi looked the Spirit over. A dark long haired, somewhat wild looking in places, red head, with tiger stripe markings, over his face. The clothing was of like leather chaps, somewhat Peorth stylized in look, in well beaten tan colorings, with black underlying most areas not covered by the leathers. Boots of similar style, rounded out all else, where the pants and jacket of leathers, were held together by medium sized iron rings. The same that were apparently of earrings, and a small nose ring, of the same. The rest of the look, was of a wild, well beaten in theme, that was of a warrior that had seen 'many' battles. The eyes were of a cold stare, almost a dead one, though the red in orange hues were still 'reserved' enough here, which was suddenly to Keiichi, a hint of something wrong here.
Not so apparently, of the sword he ld, almost like the Conan sword, except the setup was of a pommel that was curved towards the length of the blade, two more iron rings tipping each end. Another at the bottom of the wrapped handle. The blade was a well beat in, dented and worn in steel blade, that looked as wicked, as the owner aiming it.
All of this done, with an eye at one, that Keiichi thought was nuts for speaking to Valkyries in such a manner. Edge just spat back at the mortal in noting this. "What of it mortal?"
Keiichi just barks back, arms wackily thrust upwards! "They're still ladies you ding bat! That old male thing is so dumb, I should have yelled at Tamiya for it, (if not for the fact he'd have yanked my head off.) Watch your manners already, and all that!" ...which gets cute smiles from the fems all around, and another notch in a Knight's inner soul logbook.
And in turn, a aim of Edge's blade, at Keiichi instead. The said mortal gulps in hearing... "Care to defend that mortal?"
"- I'd object. -" ...comes in dangerous turn, from Imladris's blade, set right at Edge's apple at the neck! Such that the look next from 'all' the Valkyries, was rather fearful, given the wrathful 'hint' plied within, of used tone. Edge managed past that, in accusing. "So... so you'd defend that, rather than what you won from me, instead?"
"And you forget my heed, from that day." Imladris warns... "One hath such, that such a decision of General Lind, is not of ours to impose upon!"
A strange 'hum' sound comes from the apparent 'focus' of this standoff. One that Imladris hears, and gets a strange vibe, one that causes him to look at Lind. The expression there, was one Imladris didn't have the proper definition of, in his mind. Lind however puts forth, in a way that makes Jora cock an eye over.. "A lacking decisiveness apparently."
"Sister?" Jora remarks in a surprise of something 'she' feels. Imladris however finds trying the same, is blocked by a mental parameter, by Lind herself. The same that 'peeks' across the other Valkyries, and one client mortal that suddenly looks at Belldandy... "Does she mean that..." ...which is stopped by a cute finger upon his lips. Belldandy adds in quickly with this... "We should not give away the answer."
"The heck does that mean?" Imladris eyes back weirdly, at his Cousin.
Another not into the hint, just spats out on his own intended whim... "It means..." ...with a lifted blade, one Imladris immediately reassumes a defensive posture against, as Edge levels in tone wise... "...we see who's WORTHY!" ...with another massive clash of blades.
Between the vicious looking blade stroke, and the sudden well of anger Imladris has in turn, he misses something 'else' behind Edge's tone. As Edge then pulls back, resetting his attack posture by pulling his fully weight of stance, into a wide leg setup, his blade still pointed at Imladris, in this ungainly looking stance, one Imladris recognizes of format, this prepared to strike, with words smacked in of taunt. "Come and show her, your worth unto me, if you have what thee!"
Imladris does and says nothing, but stands there. Holding his blade upright, in a standard waiting pose, Edge then suddenly completely reorients his body, in a smooth motion of majestic speed, to double flip his blade, and then use the momentum to spin into a wide angle blade spinning attack, right at the Knight.
And still Imladris doesn't move, up to the point the blade of Edge, is about to cleave at him.
At which point, he quips openly, unto himself. "Nay Partner, I hath this."
Lind raises a cocked eye.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Full day." ...Keima quipped to Takano, as a well sized gathering, (including two all but incarcerated goddesses,) watch as Chrono gaffs at the sight of her two long time friends! Ere just smiles back, head tilted. "We're assigned here."
Ex however quips with a good warble... "Perhaps we should save further for later." ...as Chrono looks back up, as the three near the Temple, watch from afar, as eyes turn back to a scene that is a continuation of the mess from the Station, as Sigrun and Urd sit on their knees, as a still peeved as heck Frigurina and neutral Almighty, the former back in her twelve year old version, the same of a Father of All, neither of which had rather cute faces to behold, at that moment.
Comfort wasn't as such, from anyone around watching.
Skuld for one, quips out... "I am supposed to learn something from all this?"
"If I allow it." ...Almighty put out as a 'reminder', this as Frigurina then looks over, as Eros looks around at a place he's never been to before. Nevermind the situation along with. Frigurina just wonders... "(I wonder if he's ready indeed. I thought better of him prior.)"
"Give such a chance." ...Frigurina hears in turn from Almighty, whom just stands in a calm hinds behind back posture. Frigurina however makes objection of... "That chance nearly killed many innocent souls, Love!"
Almighty nary reacts, though two daughters do, (and Skuld in family 'reflection', in worry,) as Frigurina then levels into two exchanged Norns... "Your conduct today, is now in the minds of all those, supposed to trust us! Even I for one, am reserved about mind wiping an entire galaxy's populace, of what was scene, though I should, in great part to the fact, that goddesses do NOT put innocents in danger, ever!"
Urd cocked an eye back. "What about Keiichi then, he..."
"Willing choice, is the difference..." Almighty corrects for Urd, whom wilts in kind... "...for one that is knowledgeable of his place, that he remained as so, despite My attempts to cease what is now present. His Status is honored for his willingness. Even with the harm is has caused." ...this He looks over at Keiichi's pensive looking parents, sitting on the grass, nearby the Residence. Frigurina takes up in duet... "The same is not as said, for the souls that witnessed your display."
"I'm sorry." Sigrun whispered out, which Urd looked over in sharing the guilt. Frigurina just sighs and wipes at her long tresses upon her brow. Urd then asks next, in an amending tone to both defend, as well as ask of amending ignorance. "Is it then true, that my Sister Sigrun here, is the same as I, in duality?"
Almighty stared at Urd, which Urd weathered, before Almighty offered... "Truth."
Sigrun gulps out... "How do I get rid of such code?"
"You won't." ...comes from a most unwanted voice. Such Takano moans out... "Oh great..." ...as Hild stands in her twelve year old version of her apparent nominal demonic height, glory, and skimp of cloth. Hild just stares at Takano, whom just looks away from discomfort.
"Why not." ...Sigrun whispers out in low, her morbid state still putting the clamps on any further emotionalism. Hild just looks at her very removed relation, and remarks. She then waltzes over, nary a care for her words that come out, cold and clear to behold. She stops with a spin, and far too close for Sigrun's comfort, quips. "Because we hate you, little one."
"You little..." Urd about started, before Frigurina puts in with rising tension. "So much that you'd corrupt her goddess side, with demonic code?"
Hild just calmly snipped back, all cute sounding of tone, even a 'smile' back at her Doublet. "Seemed fair, given whom was sent in Trade."
"You..." ...celestial parents around look, as even Frode and Ishara nearby, are blinking, as a mortal version just snaps... "...you dare treat your own children this way?" ...as Takano just has a rather wrathful look of her own. Enough that Keima has to reach a hand over to try and keep his wife calm. Takano knew better whom she chastised towards, but still... "How could ya all be that callous!"
Almighty just makes a light smirk, as Hild banters back, to one she 'did' appreciate of a motherly vein. The context however... "Our ways are not as simple as yours mortal."
"Indeed?" Keima then took a banter back at, which had a lot of human examples unsaid, contained in that one word. Hild blinks, and sees Keima's own history, with enough of such vein to make the CEO wonder. Takano accents with... "From what I've seen, ya'll lucky some child care worker ain't come up there, and done what for ta ya all!"
"One indeed should wonder." Frigurina echoes a pose Almighty has, as she leans a look over to her Beloved. Almighty just looked at Hild, as the CEO relented. "Objection noted good mortal."
Good thing Keima managed to keep Takano down there, as Hild then turns and brings heart to the heartless matter. "Despite, We are spiteful as The Bitch, when our own Daughter is taken from us. And then we 'demand' one, done back to ensure you both feel pains of, for what you did unto Us in turn. Save details needless of boring conversation here..." ...which look anything as such, from the angry faces of two Norns at the heart of all this. Hild... "...we ensured that to make all things Equal, that neither of our Daughters, would be pure."
The next Hild eyes Almighty with dripping venom. None of which Almighty flinches at, as Hild stabs in... "You took our Daughter, out of fear and distrust, from 'your' actions, as much as mine, that you wanted protected from all else Around. We in turn, damaged that, which was borne of joy I was abstained from, and in turn corrupted so that pain equaled pain." ...the last Hild was in close, the breath of anger literally smoking from her nostrils. (Very much visible.) Such Hild finishes her spiel... "Pain for pain. What else is there for it."
"Such that may save us all." Almighty responded back. The slap Hild gave to his left cheek, did something unfathomable.
"Is... is that...?" Urd gasped, as Almighty rubbed his twelve year old set cheek, of a warm, sticky feeling. He looks back at his own left hand of a decent smudge of... "Hmm... so I can bleed, if need be."
Frigurina lunges over, as Hild blinks, then looks at her finger nails. "Huh... guess I need a trim." As she looks back, the cut on a Mighty cheek, already gone. The message was already well sent as such. Hild then suddenly blanches at the sight of... "Oh dear Hell..." ...as Almighty looks, at Frigurina making a quick lick of Almighty's left hand!
Yeah, eyes around boggle, as Frigurina quips to a neutral faced Creator. "Wow, such a rare taste."
Hild just growls, as Frig once again one ups her Doublet. This before Takano warbles out, with one heck of a weirded out face! "Will you all stop being weird?"
Even Keima has to remark back, to a hazard... "Takano, you've been here for awhile right?" ...and such TO a hazard, upon Takano's fist slap to his noggin!
A good number of various questions of Almighty's vector, is quickly steered unto. "I will redirect to the cause of this situation..." ...as eyes laden on two Norns again... "...unto as said before. Despite all that has come and gone, this result indeed 'may' save us all. That is depending on the conduct my Friend chooses, upon his return, concerning all of this."
"Uh oh..." Urd trades a look with Sigrun, as Hild then retorts... "We don't need 'that' metal bucket to conduct the manner of parental discipline here."
"I disagree." Frigurina responds back, returning to her arm folded pose of the start of the scenario here. "Such actions would seek us 'protect' these two, from one who's works were sundered upon. Plus the aspect of Master and Apprentice, seems more appropriate here."
Sigrun gulps, no sign of her current 'problem', upon any resolution here. Urd then hears from Frigurina... "The other half, one supposes if her current relationship, should be annulled as punishment." ...this Urd trades a look suddenly, towards Troubadour and Rei. The latter outright crying out... "Wait! Don't take Mommy away!" ...which Frig winces at, thrice so for Urd, in hearing! Such became the unintended point, that Frigurina expected anyway, from any child that feared losing a parent. One where love was of a vein, that made even Hild pause her breath.
Urd realizes 'that' watershed moment, as such she trades a most silent look of understanding with Frigurina, right there and then. Sigrun senses this, and on reflex, reaches over a left hand to hold Urd's right. Frig sees this, and then trades a look with Hild, who cocks her own infernal head back, with semi-amazement.
Almighty just levels out then... "Both then, I will leave instead, to one absent here, as I suspect the last lesson, lies with one that embodied the desire of family most, even unto I and akin."
Urd cocks an eye. "Eh? Cousin will..."
"Yes." Almighty just finished. Frigurina then ties a 'bow' around this, imparting... "Your actions are under Review, for the moment. The use of spells, prior to Lord Tyr's return, would be most unwise."
Urd just waves her free left hand comically. "Oh sure, sure! No problem!" ...which Sigrun just shakes her head.
Skuld then injects... "At least it'll be quiet." ...which Frig eyes back, side long. "I guess Sentaro can go back home then." ...which Skuld blinks weirdly, before Sentaro jumps in, nabbing Skuld's hand on overreaction to what he witnessed... "I'll be sure Skuld doesn't do anything either ma'am!"
Skuld just yelps back at the bloke of her encoded heart... "Who said I'd do anything? What does that mean?"
"I just... I don't... Skuld I..." ...Sentaro stammers, which starts lightening up the mood in the area, vastly. Skuld just growls on in! "Sentaro!"
The chuckles and giggles all around, doesn't help Sentaro from Skuld's blushing ire there. Sentaro swore he felt a haughty sisterly version of 'his' own there, of the Net.
Frigurina just shakes her chuckling head, and then offers... "I suppose we should give a warning update to Tyr then."
Sigrun implies in... "Isn't Master still named 'Imladris'?" ...of decent confused eye. Almighty actually blinks, as Frig just snips back. "Don't you have a more immediate worry of the heart?" ...as she turns to hold at her ear, like holding a comm-earpiece, as Sigrun looks over at Eros again, whom looks away from her again, again. The same soul, looking lost as hell, at that moment of presence.
Further of any thought however, given the prior focus abstained from probing what was occurring on yonder of the Net, that was starting to focus on other matters, are ALL suddenly shot back to another focus, as Frig 'links' into the Net, and quickly finds where Imladris is.
All detail attached, when Frigurina sees it, causes her to suddenly YELP... "EH? What the Light is HE doing there?"
"Eh?" ...comes from all familial vectors, before a mass 'Net-link' from the family occurs, and they all see as well, the situation that is occurring. Along with the Net alluding to 'more' details, that was intended. Takano just gleeps out... "Lind-grrl is a playa?" ...which snap nets twin comical shark tooth shouts from parents back of... "Watch ye mouth mortal!" ...from Ishara and Frode in simult! Takano waving back meekly in turn, with Keima somewhere behind her, in Okinawa, or such of hiding distance... "Sorrwie... sorrwie..."
"Oh, so that's where he is." ...comes next for heads to turn at, as Isa just 'looks' in as well, float sitting all serene, if kooky looking in cute base wonderment. She then adds... "Hmm... hon is still such a thespian."
That causes Ishara to lean in, in an accusing, if cute looking manner. Isa notes this, with a... "What?"
"Forget to tell something to me?"
"You never asked about my love life before."
"I think 'this' is a good time for just that!" Ishara bites back with. Isa just raspberries back.
Almighty just remarks in cute/comical turn, with his head angled. "Love ever makes for interesting stories." ...which nets him back... "Don't you start!" ...ala Frig and Hild.
Chrono gulps, as Ere just meekly smiles, and reflects... "It indeed 'is' a lively place, down here." ...as Ex 'looks' on, within the Net, at a scene she needlessly worries of. (A fandom thang.) This before two Councilors eye them both, Eihwa and Peorth in non-respective turn, before what occurs 'following' of Net, stops all thought.
Isa just gulps... "Oh dear."
The next great part of the tale, ends with so much, but begins with a terse moment enforced. Such that is what Edge levels in, with his master stroke. One that doesn't even land, as the attack comes from Imladris instead, of a low slash blade strike, that retorts onto Edge's blade, of a speed all but one other witnessing present, are in awe of witnessing!
Edge is repulsed back of said blade retort, as Imladris is already in the finishing pose of his strike, when he glares at Edge, and makes of an immediate follow through, with two SNAP spun in blade spin strikes that Edge manages to parry, the second crushing unto Edge's blade, as Imladris steels in with eye and tone alike.
"So be it."
It is all Edge hears, as Imladris just flat out takes full offensive, with a pulse burst of a wave of blue-red energy, shoving the Spirit back, to then take in full, a full sixteen blade exchange, that includes a chase into the tree line, towards area of rough terrain!
"Common!" ...Soliana shouts, as a throng of Gold Wings suddenly shoot up, leaving one Platinum, a Silver, and a Blue Wing, the last who just yells, arms waving like mad... "Common WHAT? Do I look like a bird here?"
Lind smirks, looking over, as Belldandy takes on cue with... "Perhaps this may help dear." ...as she leans in, pressing her forehead lightly onto Keiichi's, Keiichi more interested in the blush inducing tactile contact at first more, than the scene that Belldandy 'generates' into his nanite Net linked mind, of such that K1 can then keep up, as 'eyes' all around, of both Valkyries and Spaffa orbs, are 'borrowed', like some format of a sports camera suite setup.
The sight beholden, Keiichi remarks... "This feels like being on gold dude's ship-dingy." ...as 'sight' focuses on a duel that Lind also 'sees' the same, before she shakes her head, and then zips off to also follow the action.
In close of the particulars, Edge gets more than he severely demanded, as whatever his prior goal was, the current situation shows that despite the Blade Spirit's excellent abilities, ones derived on the essence of all warriors that see their own swords as ever a part of them, one of such he now combats, just is far too powerful, skilled, and angry, to stand up against for long.
It is 'only' because Imladris restrains from full empowerment ability, that Edge isn't a smudge. All of this along a second sixteen part flurry, that zips and juts all along the broken, tree covered gulley they end up dueling within, one refrained from any apparent damage, again due to restrained abilities (amongst other watching reasons,) as skill is restrained to blade against blade, such that the sixteen part exchange, turns into a fourteen part, bounding all over heck and gone, amongst the valley, entering a three parry exchange, then a six... a four... a thirty... a STRONG double slashing twin set... before it blurs into a number that approaches a century mark, within blade struck speeds that warm the very air! (A few sonic bursts to go along with.)
Keiichi-kun for one 'watching', just blanches to Belldandy's hearing... "That's it. I'm staying a mechanic." ...to a Bell-chan akin giggle.
Phosus however, another watching, just looks with a reserved, glum stare, during the prolonged current duel exchange. "He should have finished the Spirit by now. He's being reserved again."
"Or generous." Demesus comments out, cocking her own head, ever to spar words with her ancient friend. A Valk Triad however just bemoans... "(x3): This isn't even a challenge to him. The Spirit might become offended."
Jora however cocks her own eye, eying the Spirit strangely. She mimics a Lind parade rest pose, in remarking. "The vibes of the Spirit aren't right. His colors aren't of a jealous notion. He's playing at something here."
"And hiding..." ...Karra quips, just as a Platinum Wings format, zip floats to approach the blade tussle, in close. The other Valkyries just smirk in kind.
Lind makes for a particularly in close approach, as the 'same' nigh endless blade exchange continues. This in the midst of the same however, Lind plies in through clashing blade screeches. "Perhaps it would be mindful of you both, to know that I already have made my choice?"
Imlade just ROARS in, with his own strokes... "That's what I told HIM!"
Edge just snarls in, in retort! "Then why am I here?"
"THAT'S what I want to know!" Imladris makes for an opening of a HARD swipe of his blade, one that Lind calmly reorients herself upside down, in time to easily avoid a sidelong blade swipe, that this time overpowers Edge's defense, and essentially bats him backwards, to a good crash landing! Imlade reacts with a sudden wince... "Oops... hope it wasn't too hard."
Lind just rolls her eyes, still looking upside down wise, as Edge just pops his head up comically, up from a good rubble pile made from his crash, as he snaps... "You call that showing me what you got?"
Imlade just blanches back... "You want to be literal paste, over the mountainside?" ...as he reorients to a passive stance, as far as floating goes. Lind however just blares back in kind... "Stop being a wuss with your powers, and just show me the real mode of Tyr's make, already!"
Imlade of course overreacts to that, comically waving his arms all about, sword all wildly the same! "It's as if you WANT me to accidentally fry this Plane, in all truth!"
Lind in comical BLARE back, in kind... "I want you to stop being a dope, and use what you have been gifted!"
"GIFTS CAN BE RETURNED!" Imlade YELPS back, which Lind just gives a good whack at a proto-gody noggin, with her sudden formed Diamond Axe! The clang is nice and stark, as Lind then follows up with... "Don't get angsty with me!"
"We're besides the point here!" ...*CLANG!*... "Eh?" ...Imlade just blinks, as a sight that SHOULD be frightening as all heck to gone, is turned on a comical tone of dime, as Edge made for attempt to gain attention back, Imlade too focused on Lind to care at that moment, suddenly alluding to a full empowered cleave of Edge's blade, onto Imladris's right side of his head! An effect of such, that any other being would have been cleaved in bloody twain of, instead is for Imladris of Tyr, an effect of hitting adamantium wall or something, given Imladris is not only unaffected, but even barely hinting that the attack could do more than intended. (For whatever amount that descript could do, against normal logic.)
Lind even blinks, as Imladris just eyes over weirdly... "Hey, I was talking to Lind here naïve."
Edge just blanches back. "By the Spirits!"
Imladris however pulls the blade aside with his left finger-o-hand, and notes of a light glowy tinge of milky... "Not completely." ...'blood', that notes of 'enough' of a cut got through. Imlade just weirdly eyes the strange white substance. "This stuff isn't gonna remain 'blood', for much longer, is it." ...as the 'cut' heals prompt.
"Beloved..." Lind edges in, which Edge in turn, starts likewise... "You still haven't beaten me! I intend to win her..." ...which is stopped short with a thunderous level of Morphemic upon Edge's sword! Lind just sighs, seeing the pointless circle of this, as Imladris just grinds back in turn... "Must you continue this?"
Lind of course barbs in, arms folded... "Oh of course you get jealous, when someone offends into my auspice. But you miss other signals akin to the same, from I?"
"Wait one." Imladris says at first, as he suddenly ZIPS off to his left, Edge blinking at the speed presented, for an obvious full force attack incumbent, as he quips to Lind's cocking eye. "She 'had' to make me do this." ...as further thought is blared silent, as Imladris flat out aims to end this! One reverberant smack of Morphemic upon, with a glaring snap of... "If you seek this, take all of its worth and measure!" ...followed with Edge's blade being forced into a resolute defensive, as Imladris makes no bones about his final intent, and attacks with all measured force!
High parry, slashed unto a low spin with a spin around to another harsh attack, before it blunts off to another Knight empowered double back spin slash, a second spinning follow through, before Edge can recover from the first, the second seriously pushing Edge back, Imladris immediately in the follow through, before he can breathe. The next clash CRUSHES blade unto blade, pushing Edge back further with, another HARD blunt back, Edge retreats from, that Imladris makes a furious three spin overslash set that Edge barely makes blunting off of, before a twin set of low slash swipes to either side, forces Edge out of stance position, before forcing the Blade Spirit, to encounter a BONE crunching overslash, that Imladris connects with, before a last of the exchange under swipe, that moved too fast to be natural, from the overslash connect prior, that knocks Edge off his feet, and onto his back!
This ends, with a wicked looking overhead stab motion, one Imladris cleaved into the ground, beside the right of Edge's head! A spout of Holia energy smacks the spot, as Imladris just SNARLS in... "What is your game, Spirit Lord?"
Edge blinks, and realizes to respond... with a smile... "The Spirit Council sends their Honored regards. And myself as Honor to your excellent prowess."
Aye, eyes around go all kooky, as Lind just leans her head, into her left hand. Imladris just feels mice wheels squeaking in his skull! "The Spirit Council? By what madness then..."
"You mean this is all a setup?" ...Keiichi's afar voice, flat out BLARES, to the glancing of the rest. Edge just snickers, still upon his backside. "Apologies good Lord Tyr. I was under Commandment of usage of prior history, as part of their ploy to help celebrate your return by."
Imladris just gaffs such a look in return, before yanking his blade out from aside his rather fake foe, and spins around and stomps away with, same of ANNOYED stride, past a particularly neutral looking Lind. "Fortuitous." ...such Lind takes to then order. "COMMAND!" ...which Edge suddenly boggles his eyes in hearing, as the Command given, is focused upon the near enough hearing... "Give our own regards, to the consideration, of the Spirit Council."
Edge, just GAFFS... "Wa... wait! I was only following... YEOW!" ...as like a Heaven storm of rain wrath Incarnite, all the Gold Wings just beset upon Edge, a comical torrent of a beating, for the partaking! Imladris just grinds in comical annoyance. "Enjoy our hospitality." ...as Lind just turns and heads off to return to the Encampment.
Such became the last time, the Spirit Council, attempted to be cutely underhanded, like that.
"Wow. You and Aoshima have more in common."
Imlade actually spat back at K1. "Tha heck does that mean?" ...taking an absent Takano-esc inflection, which Keiichi just throws his hands up, defensively.
The scene, a Command, with one Spirit intruder, around the long defunct campfire, as the Spirit is held under incarceration, within a pink entrapment spell globe of Karra's make. Lind nearby, just looks at Keiichi warily as well, as Belldandy offers to lighten the air. "Perhaps this was all well and good, Cousin, to allow you to vent frustrations at least, upon this present Spirit."
"The skill 'was' impressive." Jora imparts out, which Lind trades another annoyed stare with. (One wonders if another spar is due here soon.) Keiichi however just plies out, for his own confused state. "I don't get it. Sorry, but still, why is there another person that clearly wants Lind here?"
"Old history, several decades old. Of a defunct measure, I assure to hearing." Lind offers, somewhat. Imladris relents more, since he hated hiding stuff anyway. (Which was a 'problem' all around here, atop things.) "Lord Edge here, was once my direct competition for Lind's heart. Although such in all honesty, was his more open display of such, verses my standard back then, of a far more meek version."
Lind however interjected, as she stood all stiff, and lacking of an aura that warranted approach. "I only saw him as a friend. To be certain at the time, I was of focus, upon my training as a Valkyrie. Such romantic notions, were of annoyance."
"Eh?" ...Edge actually blurts, which is of a hazard, under several Valkyrie eyes watching. Despite... "I thought we really had something back then. All those times we'd spar, the one mission to that dragon's cave."
Lind just leveled back. "I amused your sensibilities, at the time Spirit. You quickly bored me, when you didn't have knowledge of different styles. I seeked worthier foes, that which at the time it seemed, only my Cadre kin could give."
Belldandy cocked her cute head, and opinionated. "I always wondered, why did you not conduct the same unto Cousin, in those ancient days?" ...as Keiichi listened on, (as did a galaxy, danged Spaffa,) as Imladris gulped a bit, remembering those meek (to him,) days. Lind just sighed, and shook her head, one Imladris missed, looking within his memories. "Whom that I call Beloved now, (at the moment,) would have been an interesting challenge at the time, given his training under Lord Thor, if only he hath approached me for such. As I understand the way of his mindset then, unto now, Beloved abstained from approaching my presence, as much as I simply didn't intrude upon his."
Lind then relents, with a small smile betrayed unto the other Valkyries noting. "Not until that first Spar upon Einherjar Fields, the day Commander Phosus challenged him, upon said fields, did I learn the enjoyment, that was of his combat, unto my own." ...this Imladris turns, hearing a decent profession that would lay blushes all around. Such that Lind confessed. "That was the first time, I learned that his method of combat, had such determination and ferocity behind it, that had a goal within it, to enjoy such a lesson from. If only such had been sooner, perhaps the relationship would have been longer."
Imladris just sighed and rubbed at his all but angelic feathered hair. A light chuckle... "I was a coward of the heart then. I felt too unworthy, to approach you, as much as any other in Heaven."
"I was a part of that..." Edge speaks up, which looks kooky, as his head is all but a jack-in-the-box effect, within Karra's spell prison globe. Such further, another vector of history to tell... "...of those that 'did' feel him unworthy. Perhaps my attention to General Lind, the trainee at the time, was because of this. The rest..."
"...akin to a world I was better rid of." Imladris puts in of an accent, that makes Keiichi gulp. Lind looks just as worried, before Imladris just sighs, knowing his own tone. He then looks at Keiichi directly... "You know the ills of this world, the ilk still too much like my own, of pre First Death, where discrimination lain?"
Keiichi translates. "You mean all that ethnic stuff I really try to ignore in the news? That stuff with Aoshima too? Uh... sorry for labeling ya like him, wasn't right dude."
Imladris bades that off with a waved hand. "Been called worse. Acted worse too, such that Edge found out, one heavenly day, when we battled that last time."
Lind gulps a bit, as Edge just bobs his head. "Aye, I learned. I learned. Tell nonetheless, honored Tyr."
Imladris grumbles a bit, as the rest hear in turn. "My old world, prior first Death, women were treated too oft, as cattle, or lesser. Too many a time I saw this, and each time I detested it. To find such a vein of such, when you challenged me upon that open field, at Goddess Mall of all bloody places, to claim Lind as yours, in a tone exacting of the discredit I abhorred upon the Old World, found why my blade defeated yours, almost akin as if you were Caceroth, that day."
Edge wilted back, as Imladris eyed him, with a iconic look that Edge saw of 'exacting' measure. One Imladris himself didn't realize, such that Lind made pause of her breath. She even added in... "I believe that day, a lot of aspects of your character, were made apparent, that day. Fear and respect the same."
Imladris blinks, looks at Lind, whom returns of a mixed glance, a lot of the same, from the other Valkyries. Imladris then hears... "I was a fool that day. Indeed, I learned as well." ...from Edge, as he cocks his head to the side. Imladris looks, as Edge offers... "I believe I also felt, the bite of Lord Thor's training, when your blade, bit into mine." ...which continued to make a Knight edgy, Edge finishing. "Perhaps such a display, was what was absent, prior to that day, of which was amended of the majority of those that dissented to your presence."
Imladris spins around, and looks at his amending foe, such Soliana then offers, of a tone that Imladris had learned to hate: reverence. (That whole humility thang. Still there, well and true.) "Between that event, the Training Command we were a part of, and the many missions you accomplished, during your time, prior to... well, we all know... that we as Heaven, learned aspects that leaned us from our, all too 'high' natures."
"Ones not readdressed..." Belldandy belies, Keiichi then noting focus, as Belldandy looks at him... "...until our Wish apparently." ...such Imladris cocks an eye. Keiichi blinked, looking at Bell uneasily. "Eh? Sounds like... well... you all were learning good things from gold dude, till... that Invasion thingy... forget all that, yeah... and... well, wait... you mean you were falling back into stuff, that Imladris was hating about that sword Spirit guy?"
"Names Edge." ...said Spirit 'corrects', and gets rewarded for it, with a smack to his cranium! Karra just 'corrects' in turn. "Blue Wings Morisato should be respected better." ...such Keiichi corrects himself, to save Edge from more 'corrections'. "Edge! Yup! Edge! Cool name, like that one movie vampire dude. Um..." Keiichi's words are taken up by, as Imladris just sighs. "Whom learned much from whom then." ...as he looks at Lind. "I only offered, that which makes me comfortable as a soul. If my lack of presence during my amnesia period, means such was lacking to restrain old habits returneth, then you lain too much once more, upon my brow, where Heaven was still the better of all such regards."
Jora just looks around. "He always tries to optimize his regards, to all around him."
Keiichi in turn. "Must be why those Galaxy peeps like him so." ...such Tsuyana in turn. "Guess now, it'll all get only better, for Heaven, with Tyr's return." ...Edge, to accent, off of a concussion... "The Spirit Council considers such of merit."
Imladris just bites back at that, armored arms folded. "Next time, for such, send a greeting card."
"I sense, a truth was of merit there." Lind counters. Imladris looks over, warily, as Lind measured her words. Such her next... "I would expect no less, here, of what I witnessed then, of the display, of memory's merit."
"Such would be wise, Cousin." ...added...
"Yeah gold dude. Like we all don't know what's with that." Keiichi along with. Imladris eyes Belldandy, Keiichi, then back at Lind in turn, as he tries to deflect... "This may not be the place for..."
"Where and when then dude?" Keiichi banters back, sensing the defensiveness that had been plaguing a relationship, needlessly by now. Imladris gulps, as Lind then eyes him, with one eye open. The pose stiffened again, the arms folded no less. Even the Jumpsuit looked sharpened to cut by.
"I 'am' no fool. Ply not unto me, as I am if less, by now."
Imladris wasn't either. Despite acting of it. Plus, he really wanted to be done with it all. This despite a serious detail consternation, weighing on his mind, almost of a physical mode. Lind sensed this, but such wasn't the emotion she was waiting for. Imladris... "I..."
And then what Frigurina sensed, after the 'situation' with Sigrun and Urd was put on hold, suddenly began, with a SPIKE in obvious power, in the very air! Even Keiichi feels it. Such he yelps, looking UP! "Aww heck! That actually feels too familiar!"
Belldandy nods, as an approach make senses go flooded! "But why would he come back here?"
Thurd blinks... "Daddy?" ...which gets comical looks from Hlad and Bryna.
"YOU MEAN HE'S REALLY COMING HERE?" ...Edge yells for all lack of sense, one Imladris looks up, as a mania empowered form approaches, the latter sighing, with a confused eye. "Wonder why?"
Lind even looks wary, as in seconds a THUNDEROUS slam, of a more than panicked War God, lands to the serious scattering of Valkyries about, as Imladris blinks... "Ma... Master Thor?" ...of said whom, all akin of a twelve year old again, rises and sees... "You..." ...which Imladris immediately yanks his blade out, presuming off the obvious, this before the LAST thing he expects, occurs...
Thor shoots over, lunges to grab Imlade's cape at the collar, and yells out... "YOU GOTTA HIDE ME PUP!" ...all panicky!
Facevault city dudettes and dudes, as even Lind looks in bemused amazement, as Imladris just warbles... "H... huh? Hide you from what?" ...as the eyes are of a fearful state, Imladris had never seen before!
Or... except for... "Oh crud..." Imladris remembers the one tine he did see that look. Imladris then tones out most hollow. One that creeps the code out of the listening goddesses. (Keiichi just from plain confusion, for his part. Edge just blinks endlessly.) "...you don't mean..."
And then a second SPIKE of power, swamps all senses, one that makes Thurd BOLT her eyes up at the sky! "Aww, by the Code, you didn't Daddy!"
Imladris just drops his fabled weapon, and grabs into Thor's miniscule versioned armor plated shoulders! "You realize what you have done?"
Keiichi only has time out for, in panicked confusion, looking all about... "What? Who... now what?"
Belldandy only answers, when the second form, suddenly SLAMS into the encampment ground, scattering Valkyries everywhere, and making a total mess of the area! ("And Belldandy worked so hard too." - K1 ) The result is the only kind of wrath Incarnite, that makes Valkyries terrorized.
Thor (mini) still in Imlade's grasp, looks back, as much as Imladris looks, both wary as all the definition could stand for it. As such, Thor just quips... "Ah... ah... hello dear." ...Imladris blurts off this... "S... Sifa?"
A golden haired wife of War itself looks up, with glowing blue in blue eyes. (In a twelve year old package. Something about that.) And then she DECKS Thor, Imladris taking an equal blow along with! (It was deliberate.) The ground behind them, is gouged into!
Valkyries all around... "Lady Sifa!"
Keiichi just blurts out... "Who?" ...for which the said prior High Goddess, eyes the mortal, and whom DIVES for cover behind Belldandy, whom of her part, has a serious look of fearful awe, on her beautiful brow!
"Where are you going?"
Eros, having retreated to the gardens area, behind the vastly changing Residence, hence the changes to the 'backyard' as well, meant for one not present, as a coming wedding gift, all such still a virgin experience for this all too real alien on Earth, was looking around in a daze, half between reverence of where the Silveren stood (like a Mecca, for all planetary intents here,) the other half, a weird mindset that contained all that he witnessed earlier, all muddled of his mind, was STARTLED on the sound of... "G... Goddess Urd!" ...said same, when he spins around to see!
Urd just sighs, as Eros just gasps for breath. The Norn just imparted... "Sorry, only wanted to talk real quick."
"Hope that is all there." Eros edges in, Urd took it. As such she floats near enough, but with measured distance, as she offers, looking around at the works of her Daddy, still in action. Such that another lily 'grows' like a weed on steroids, all of a sudden, such that she reaches over to caress at the flower. Eros sees, as Urd offers... "Daddy sure is busy. Making a new world here, for Keiichi and Bell."
"The Excellency's Charge, and your Sister?" Eros offers, of his vector of understanding. Urd looks over, and imparts. "One of three, Sisters of which I hail. A drag at times, but worth it all, overall."
"Know that feeling, well enough." Eros breaches forth, of his own lost brother. Iitra System, along with. Details Urd was already all too aware. Such that she puts in... "Keiichi has been a lot like you, you know. The light to my wonderful Sister." ...that Eros looks over, Urd floating around him, the sight of such still making the Alliance citizen soul uneasy. Eros keeps hearing, as he'd already learned of the livid nature, of his all but apparent Hostess. Such that Urd offers, because Frig prodded her first, to do this, which Urd readily realized what was merited from it. Such Urd offers more... "Keiichi didn't really get all hot and bothered with Belldandy, until he saw stuff you were too used to. Before that, he was a simple mortal that we all apparently gathered around, had stories, and a wild time of things Keiichi wasn't ever expecting from his life.
He grew from it, because of one reason."
Eros hints a guess at, as Urd stops at a another 'popped' into existence flower. Her back and head turned, looking at the flower, caressing it, with all the akin, of a lover's own face, such she imparts... "He accepted what we are, because of Belldandy. He found, and then we found, that he wanted to be with Belldandy more, than even stuff that should have well damned to hell drove him away. Even when the stuff happened, that threatened to tear Belldandy and Keiichi apart, he fought to stay with her, and we learned to accept them together. All because of love."
Eros was blushing... "I... I didn't.."
"Course ya didn't kid." Urd looks back, a sly smile that makes Eros gulp. The Norn then offers... "And I didn't realize better, that I had another wonderful Sister, that now has the same as well. Such I bet you know whom."
Eros was blushing deeper.
Urd just floats in, and leans in, her breath on the nape of Eros's sweating neck. "I guess I was doing my old thing. Not thinking about what I had, or what you both have."
Eros gulped, Urd sensing consternation inherit, implies with all worded force... "I'm sorry for that. What I caused. But I'll only continue to give this apology, if you give Sigrun, my Sister, another chance again." ...this Eros looks over fully, jutting his head back. Urd just smiles, and lays it out, in her own way. "I promise, you'll both really like it. Trust me."
"I sense that may be a dangerous omen."
Urd just snickered, Eros blinking endlessly. Urd just then smiles. "Also like Keiichi. Wise enough to know better. Just... don't take nearly as long, as K-boy did. I sense you are quite passionate, for a mortal."
Eros gulps, as Urd just then flat out zips up, and flip floats back over to where she came, off the side of the Residence. There, she 'lands' gently, next to the goddess Eros really blushes at acknowledgement of. This Urd then puts her left hand onto Sigrun's jittery shoulder.
Sigrun wordlessly looks, as Urd just imparts. "Think you can handle him? I got to go and mend fences with my daughter and... ugh... Troubadour. (Can't believe I'm saying that.)"
Sigrun just looks, and nods serenely, imparting back. "I will try."
"Try?" Urd just 'challenges' back, before she zips out of sight completely. Eros gulps, as Sigrun the looks at him, and then offers, her hands wringing at her goddess cloth, akin of her absent Sister of the Present.
"You and I, need to talk."
Eros cocks his head in turn, fully facing her. "No more scary stuff though, right?"
Sigrun just sighs, and walks in close. "Bub, we really need to talk."
Eros gulps at the notion, but then nods. "Then I really need to listen."
The next sensation, Eros feels, is his hand being taken.
It's quite well seen, as a High Goddess then turns, from watching along the 'other' side of the Residence, this as a holo toned voice then remarks. ": - A good call there, Grand Lady. - :"
Frigurina looks back, at the holo display of Lady Kaia, as the floating holo emitter, makes the Silveren akin almost as if a goddess. Frigurina just shrugs. "A Lady that engendered love itself, as a part of the goddess way, does her best."
Kaia just shakes her head. ": - All just as well. I almost had to come to the Holy Planet itself here, to set my son straight upon his genetic code of mind. - :"
Frigurina giggles, as she lightly accuses back. "I sense you may come anyway. We would welcome it, of an arm laden, all your own."
Kaia's holo color of detail, was quite sharp indeed, given the blush she engenders. A sight recognized all too well. Frigurina, in the midst of looking as another wood plank of the residence, 'clones' itself into existence, at that moment, then imparts, as her mind is all well attune, to events now transpiring of Valkyrian note. Kaia sees this, as the High Goddess remarks. "Now if we can close such the deal, where a Queen joins your ranks, from one of the finest, of an Order I find renewed joy in, of a Brethren returneth. Shade only such, as the last true goal I wish to see occur."
": - The display 'is' astonishing, with no josh. - :" ...as Kaia was well engrossed of Net details apparent, as well. Frig just giggles, before she groans. "Still, the Plan for it all, seems extraordinary, even for my Own aspect of witness." ...this the High Goddess Mother of Four, imparts, with her serene form, well composed despite.
"A love, that Tyr never allowed, now reborn into another he calls the same. Then chances I tell ye."
Kaia just shrugs. ": - The spectacle of it all, as well. - :"
Frig smiles back. "Isn't it?"
A renewed SNAP of a wooden floor, makes Frigurina just sigh. Kaia holo-teardrops, as Frig blanches. "Beloved is overdoing his Creation streak again." ...and heads off to 'advise' once more. This Kaia gulps, then turns back, and sees two souls of the Garden, now missing. Where, she just leaves all well, as her holo-transmission, is relayed back from the Temple, to where she 'was' having proper converse prior.
All in time to referee another philosophical debate between two types of elders, of the universal scheme.
-From the Spaffa point of view, for a viewing galactic audience. Again...-
- "- We have a situation here folks. Oh dear the Excellency isn't looking good, citizen souls. -"
The sound of said king-boy, just bemoaning at Thor, flat on their collective backsides, moaning at... "Master, why did I not let go before you got decked?"
"Pup, you know the pains of love as well as I, there, slow poke."
"Uhuh..." ...a third tone comes across, as the Spaffa orb pans back to the sight of a decent vision, as far as a High Goddess goes. Around, the other warriors view in wary fashion. This as viewership notes a lithe, yet stout form of a goddess, in regal enough looking, deep blue and gold trim, from boots, to the pants and gilded blouse, of which skin was visible, at the shoulders, elbows, off where the sleeves of silk drape openly, and at the hips below a gilded golden belt. Rounding out the accouterments, are gold jewelry, 'only' such, that enhances the cerulean in blue silken and velvet fabric. This including gold 'diamond' earrings, all members of the Oder can recognize. A diamond set of cheek markings, frame a forehead version, upon shining goddess skin, is of a diamond pattern set, of four diamonds, crowned all with a long lavish mane of golden, silken hair. (All 'as' of gold, not just blond here.)A Sapphire, set within a gold hair pin-broach, belies the right of her hair, set within a indigo hair scrunchie, binding a long, braided pony tail, that hangs off to the side, down to her right hip.
The demeanor, the viewers note easily, seems to match the vein of those around the newcomer. One that just huffs, rubbing her right punching hand. One that seems to unhinge the same, of those all around, this as sight of the camera orb then turns to see a twelve year old 'aged' form, be flopped off of the Excellency.
"- The Lord Excellency has the most galactic sized adventures, does he not viewers? -"
"Indeed." ...this returns from Sifa, a tone that makes a galaxy cringe. -
"Greetings... Mother." ...Thrud starts off, Sifa in turn looking back. The glance of which, changes Thurd's greeting to... "...ah... Mommy?" ...with a look of teardropping fear, along with.
"Greetings daughter sweetie." ...Sifa tones in a stiff, yet golden toned voice. This before the War goddess turns to eye two recovering forms, one the larger just bemoaning. "What a universe."
"Should I ask yet?" ...Keiichi warbles out, Belldandy just looks over, smiling her best, despite it all. "When you are ready dear." ...which Sifa hears all of, to a hidden smirk, such that she then accuses out, folding her lavish arms, steeling her sapphire eyes. "You forgot to inform me Dear."
Thor just blanches out, holding his head, seeing six of his eternal wife. "Lord Almighty set the timetable, not I. I hath little choice in such."
"Forget an anniversary?" Imladris imparts, shaking his own head clear, to eye up with. Thor just bites over, which looks cute as a twelve year old version... "Sayeth you, whom needs to have one of such set, Pup."
"Still waiting." Lind quips, watching from afar. Sifa in turn gives Lind a good once over, which Lind cocks an eye at. Sifa then turns back unto... "Perhaps I need to remind some more then." ...and starts striding her cute twelve year old self (the full version is a real looker,) towards Thor, whom suddenly HOPS up to his knees, and in a sight none ever thought any would see, pleads towards Sifa... "Don't make me apologize before the Pup! Such was beyond my vein of his Return!"
Imladris just blinks. "WHAT? Not about me again?" ...this Sifa looks over, Imladris blinking... "I'm not even fully that guy yet anyway!"
Sifa just gabs over, crackling her lil fists together. "Sounds and looks nigh the same to me."
Imlade just dumps his head down, bemoaning a sigh... "Ye sound like Lord Frode." ...this in turn Sifa just ZIPS over at Imladris... "Are you calling me old?" ...this Imladris just loses his sanity (or such,) for a tic, and SNARLS back... "Like anything else here won't get me punched!"
Thor just smirks, as Sifa SNARLS over at... "GENERAL! CONDUCT UNTO HIS METTLE!" ...which translates into Imladris going WIDE eyed, a split second before Lind just SMACKS him, back below sight!
"Yeep!" Keiichi warbles through bared teeth, hiding parts of his sight with his hands. (Yet still trying to see all such despite.) This in turn Lind remarks. "Such are orders from higher mode."
Sifa just smirks in turn, as Imladris all of a sudden SHOOTS up and yells... "THAT HURT!" ...at the two war goddesses, blowing their manes back a good bit, such Imlade-Tyr-something just barks further... "And why pray tell, does the love of a goddess vein here, impose by fisticuffs by?"
Sifa answers smirkingly. "Welcome unto the pains of being loved by the Order, Lord Tyr." ...the last part making Imladris blink dearly. Lind just eyes over to Sifa... "Perhaps a further demonstration to learn by, My Lady of War, please?" ...such Sifa smiles. "Ask and receive." ...such Thor's smirk, STABS into a look of pure terror, a split second before he's CREAMED by Sifa again. A moaning War Master hears... "And that is for lacking my information, unto Hero's Ball expedite."
Imladris blinks down at Thor... "Ye didn't invite her?" ...such Thor in turn shoots up at him! "Mind that Pup! Such that she 'was' there, when the Council of War Goddesses allowed her!"
"Council?" ...Imladris blinks, feeling his nose again, such Sifa just shakes her head. "One replete in seeking war's merit so much, that they keep me away from Intracel proper. A bureaucracy you for one, are learning of indeed."
"I am?" Imladris cocks an eye, getting hints of his Galactic Standard, though he doesn't feel it all as such. Sifa ignores it, in favor of. "However things have changed, now that you have returned to the Order in all but full."
Lind blinks over. "I sense something of that." ...which Sifa gleans a gleaming eye over at, Lind noting growing recognition of 'that' look, one Imladris grows confused of, looking over for answers in turn, from a look from Thor, who knows better of the same.
And then all injected by... "There she is!" ...such eyes look up...
"General Hirund!" ...from the Gold Wings about, a Silver Wing amazed as well. (A Blue Wing just eye piped, and all.) This is followed by... "Wait up Hirund!" ... "Aye already!" ...in turn from the amazed shouts needless, yet imposing... "General Mist and Rend?" ...respectively ala prior. Imladris keeps the lil mice squeak in his smoldering brain gears, as Lind looks over at her equal numbers, as they stop at a hover, near an eyeing Sifa.
"What are you three doing here?"
"Seconded." Imlade puts a finger up with, Hirund making a rather uneasy glance back to the War Mistress of Heaven. Such the wine haired General quips, with bemused meek unease before Sifa... "We were caught off guard by your arrival and Master Thor's sudden departure."
Mist in turn, as Rend and Lind trade a nod... "He did just beget back to on High of Fields, when the commotion caught the Hub unawares."
Sifa just eyes both Generals back, both whom wilt back some, (which beget signals not ignorable here,) as Rend comments out... "And this is the place you both end up?"
Eyes are darting around, a Blue Wing set that has a sudden bout of suspicion upon them, as Belldandy surmises out loud. "If I may be so bold..." ...many War Section eyes look at, as a Norn describes... "Lord Thor of his Grace, descended to of all places, where my Cousin's celebration of annul memory resides in earnest force? Could this be of coincidence?"
Thor just gruffs out... "I was only trying to escape... ACK! Not the face!" ...as Sifa about clobbers him again. "The Lady Norn has a point." ...which Belldandy just smiles cutely at, as per near anyone else.
"I sense something dire afoot." Imladris dryly quips, which Sifa starts again... "General Lind, your..." ...which Imladris outright interrupts... "Enough with the PUNCHING!" ...adding with his own huff. "And How'd you get past Gate anyway? Even I know she has a schedule!"
Mist just comically waves her right hand. "Oh worry not that pup." ...such Thor grumbles... "The same I was delayed in of."
"Woooooooooooooow!" ...a starry eyed Gate coos over, as a good ten thousand kilogram bag of Angelsugar cubes, stands, three times her nominal height (avatar format,) and splayed wide of bag opening, as she hovers over the glittering white contents, with ever a gloss.
Gate then blinks, then looks over to the left, at two other 'same' sized bags, sit with its glittering contents, dropping off, like small streams of cube shaped snow, came off their tilting cargoes. Gate just tilts her head... "I guess they really wanted to see him. Ya know? Oh well." ...this as she then turns back, plucks a cube from the bag with silver mini-tea tongs, and then poofs her Belldandy best tea blend, into her other hand, and drops the cube into it.
A happy sip and cute happy kick of legs, is her reward for putting up with it all.
Imladris just blinks, and then shrugs, looking away. "Okay then." ...this Lind snickering at such simplicity of acceptance.
"Are you serious?" ...another familiar voice suddenly spikes the air, as Keiichi just blanches out on recognition... "Frode? And... what! Ishara too? You gotta..." ...as both said personages suddenly appear from the sky, at high speed, stopping before the gathering, which Imlade just blares! "What are YOU both doing here?"
"Almighty's orders Master." Frode remarks back, a bit dryly, as Ishara looks about... "Which was to be our question, given the grandiose nature of the situation."
Sifa just eyed back, with a sly smirk, leaning back with arms folded. "Oh? And I see you brought an extra with you, as well." ...which Ishara meekly smiles and blushes through, Frode just groaning, shaking his head. Lind then comes up to Frode... "What happened to Lady Frigurina's order for only Valkyrie's of Beloved's old Training Command, taking part?"
Frode just looks back plainly, one that Lind sensed, had more of a bemusement to it, than shown... "Orders change on the fly, as all it may seem." Which Lind just shakes her head to.
And then, as Ishara is being all but mugged by Mist and Rend for the obvious 'addition' coming apparent, Jora coming up to greet a mutual Father, and Sifa glowering over Thor, while Hirund just looks over the Gold Wings, to the latter's said combined meekness of afore presence, another looks over all of this, with an amazed eye.
Such Belldandy and Keiichi, as much as the rest, just hear unbidden. "Wow."
A Knight-King-something is looked at, by the entirety of the rest, as Thor quips over. "What of it, pup?"
"Of that we have the crème of the Order, in all but combined presence here." Imladris remarks of amazement. Sifa just quips in further to jostle... "So of it?"
"Of a question to ask here. Simply... Who's watching the Order on High now?" ...done with comical jumping and arm smack-waving!
At least Belldandy had a smile to offer, the rest just leveling odd stares back. (Edge looks on nearby, completely forgotten.) Even Lind answers back for that one, with folded arms. (Seems a posture popular amongst stoic warrior types here.) "There are still plenty of Functionaries of the Hosts that do not require direct Commanding, at present, we are certain of here."
"Well put." Sifa accents. Imladris just blares in baring annoyance, as he flaps his arms about. "Oh aye! Herten at this rate, we'll have half the Twin Orders here, looking for said direction, such as this White Wing here." ...said at the end plainly, thumbing at a cream hair colored, White Wing Valkyrie, this before he FREAK-IRKS for a split second, the said Valkyrie next to him, just cutely offering, with a large, white Intracel tablet, in her hands. "Apologies, but everyone left suddenly, before I could give this status report on current Host operations in the field."
"Oh? Really?" Imlade coos a bit too interested, such the same Valkyrie just hands over the tablet, without further consideration, (and in fact of,) whit to Imlade just coos further... "Ah, impressive." ...as the Valkyrie just smiles simply, as Imladris glosses over about three celestial month's worth of duty actions, in seconds. (Something to that too there.)
He gets so engrossed in this, Imladris doesn't quite realize he has four Generals around him, until... "And Spec Ops did well with that strike on the infernal-goblin encampment, on the Outlands." ...this Imladris hears, then blinks over... "Eh? General Mist?"
A good few 'high' placed snickers, makes him look up and see some 'interesting' grins, from the higher particulars of the Order. (Of the Gold Wing's part watching, their versions at Imladris, are as awe warming to their encoded hearts.) Imladris sees of note... "What?"
Sifa just bemuses, thumbing her lips of same folded arms. "Such a perchance sight long missed." ...from Thor ala arms behind thick back. "Indeed. My eyes see the old once more."
Imladris just reacts with a reserved, confused, even blanching facade, such that he then feels a good hip bump to his right, where Lind floats, this the other three Generals smile in hearing, as Lind quips... "Don't hog all the work to yourself now." ...as she 'shifts' the tablet, with her hands, so it is being 'shared' between the two. Imladris just displays a bad blush, as others around snicker. Sifa in fact amending her prior... "That however, is a new one, unto my brow." ...this Lind looks up, and smirks.
Hirund then points at a part of the tablet, the blue-pink display shifting Intracel code data to her touch on call... "What about the operation from the shift of Host reserves between Order Core and Pandemonium Fortress here?"
Imladris suddenly interrupts this, by starting in... "Umm... ah... this should go to Lord Thor, correct?" ...as a look where the delivering Valkyrie, finds lacking of same presence now. Thor injects to differ... "Be our guest Milord. Actually the logistics of such matters never agreed with my code." ...he puts with a good bemoaning hand on his forehead. Sifa just rolls her eyes. "Still one to ever ignore duty, in favor of action."
"Says you love." Thor smirks back, which gives Sifa a good gleam in the eye. (Frode and Ishara near each other, Jora too, to be sure, just look uneasy, in hearing this exchange.) Imladris just eyes just as warily, responding back with an equal wariness of his heart. (About encoded heart now, unrealizingly.) "Is this not your job still? Surprised I can even read it." ...he says, then realizes, his 'eureka' look accented by Thor remarking back, with a welling of pride to add. "Provisional your Status may be, nonetheless, the Trust of the Twin Orders, falls back upon that which found true joy in creation of the Aspect, that defends us all. Whom else is deemed worthy, of a task you show of equal glee in, rather the annoyance I find, of it all."
Imladris just shakes his head, the Generals (Lind rather close at that,) smiling, that was until the successor as Tyr comments... "And hence all the reasons clear upon, why you took my skull as a beating mode, upon from your annoyed same brow?"
Sifa just snickers, as Thor grumbles... "Such can be conducted here at that, Pup."
Even Generals smile uneasily, as Imlade just barks back at... "Ever for excuses by, old naïve!"
It all only was stopped before some good old whack-slobber-knocking got er on, when Keiichi suddenly accuses out. "You all set this up!" ...now he in turn, gets looked at, Belldandy as well, though she in turn senses readily enough to not find worry attached. The indeed creme of the Order, all look, as Keiichi just eyes out, looking convincing with his Vakil suit to help back him up with, as he imparts out. "You all 'essentially' came to be here with him, right? Even, dare I guess, planned this too!"
The blinking lot of Valkyries, War celestials, and the like, all just look at the mortal amongst. This before Sifa just looks over at Thor. "The Lady Norn did indeed choose a most intelligent one." ...such Thor nods. "Such honored complexity, we find in his company." ...this every other warrior of celestial mode then nods, such Keiichi just snickers, the usual hand behind head in embarrassment. "Aww gee, I just..." ...before Belldandy once again wordlessly gloms onto her betrothed.
The only one 'not' doing so, was a Knight with the face of a dry desert, parched upon his face.
"You gotta be kidding." ...complimented with another hip bump from Lind.
Her Will was nearly in full command now, of her target...
It was such an alien landscape, like being on Mars, or another dead planet. Maybe it was all on the euphemistic labeled planet of a War god, given what was hidden within Luna, of Terra orbit. The hollow wind that cast its own pall, across the sky was just as iron in pigment, as not unlike the ages had indeed lain rust across the skies. Clouds stilled plied somehow, of a mystery where it's moisture came ever from at all.
The only artifact, of a real mode, all shattered of such, as that infernal Gate, of the gods make.
Morgan Le Fay floated, in a simple pose of meditation, as if sitting with her legs crossed. Sitting there, only waiting.
Waiting.
A lot of that, done alone. Much time for her thoughts to remember the last moments.
She fluttered her fairy princess, butterfly akin wings, every time she thought of him, her long lost love. The lyre he played, always soothing her soul, literally, as he sang to her. Such her silent revelry maintained, along with thoughts of the one she tried to fill her heart with, in compensation.
"Keiichi." ...the Fairy Princess muttered. Her long, soft curling hair fluttering with a breeze, off from some endless area. She then looks up, at the broken, yet maintained of shape Judgment Gate, of brilliant pearl white. The shape of the actual gate, between two broken colonnades, set under a marble truss overhead, was the shape of an angel. A symbol of the gods she still was angry of, though not of the kind she once helped Celestine against of. Her's was ever more provincial, of the heart.
Which begot her whisper of... "Belldandy... I wonder what ever happened to them." ...asked, ever once again, with a good tiding to her heart, she was more than certain of. What since if a Gate of gods make couldn't tear each asunder, then what could.
At that, she looks down, to her slender hands, colored as if she was in a body suit of a sort, or pastel white and dark gray alike. Her then realizes, again of again, after so many prior, since that one day of witnessing. "No... my heart did that. The Gate just reacted to the test I failed."
Something then made a most unnatural sound, ever light, and haunting. Morgan looked up, instinctively at the Gate, and tried to hear further. When did not, she instead then heard behind her... "Is... is that it?" ...such the alien voice of a female, makes Moran turn, and eye a new pair of souls, that had somehow come.
Morgan is seen, rising to stand, of a floating measure, hovering over to greet on a bow... "Greetings, I am Morgan Le Fay, Fair Princess."
Before her, a most unusual pair to witness, if not the joke of existence Incarnite, rather for the fact the presence of both was genuine, as was their hands holding fast onto one another. The left of Morgan, a feminine feline being, of a sect of some format, belonging to a world, a humanoid shape of same, dressed of white, loose, silken cloth of a priestess of some fashion. A sense of profound mystery, lay of the skin tight dark 'fur' that comprised skin. The eyes of cat format, were as blue, as Morgan remembered of the goddess she mentioned to herself earlier. In fact, the hair of mixed cream and coal hints, was as lengthy as Belldandy's is, her long flowing tail seemed to match this, rather than be purely feline iconic. The demeanor seemed to match, such as the bow back.
Of the male protagonist, nothing less of ilk, than a canine humanoid, rather muscular, clearly a warrior of experience, given the chiseled armor of silver and steel, that covered not unlike a knight of chivalrous mode. The skin was akin of short fur, of mixed browns, like it was shimmering copper, to the eye, off of applied light. The eyes, Morgan found perplexing, reminded her of Keiichi's, though they clearly had seen both war, and the trials of the heart, of many a story Morgan was well aware of. The long length of dark hair, not so much. The longsword across the back, told of deft strength, the hand he held, told of gentleness along with. The tail was equally as stout, as well as nervous upon the detail of eye.
Both slender beings of two worlds, whatever the story behind such, was now before the self imposed 'seer' of the Gate. Such that the warrior canine spoke for them both. "Greetings. My beloved Puri`shina, and I Drout, greet you in turn." ...such they bow their heads, all formality ahead of the veneer of what they were here for. The heartbeats of fear, was too well apparent.
Morgan just lain the cusp of the matter. "You are both here to be tested of your Love for each other."
Puri just nods. "Indeed. We heard rumors of this place, after much study, this so we can prove to our opposing worlds, of our right to love each other." ...such Drout nods in kind. Morgan however just shakes her head. "You should turn back now then, if you are here for that reason."
"Pardon?" ...Drout stresses in, such that Morgan just plies, her arms behind her, pensive as ever for the truth she had to tell. "It is simple. This place, is a test of the gods, and their intentions of no less, than knowing if your love is fit of each other, and no other. This for love, is of two beings, of consideration no further. This being the wellspring that creates much more from such.
This, if I myself had known better at the time, would have allowed me, by my own trust in my own love, to have him remain with me, after such when we came here, for the same Test.
Puri gasps. "You mean you..." ...her held hand over her delicately fanged mouth, returns with a nod.
Morgan Le Fay just laid it out. "I made the mistake of believing, that something would eventually part me, from my love. Such is the weakness, that if you hold to heart, the Judgment Gate will see fit to tear you both asunder from each other.
If you waver any, as you pass under the Gate's eye, for whatever reason, your lives together, will end."
Drout stabbed a fearful look in trade, with Puri, before he then replied to what he heard, even his canine ears cowed under this truth. "Then we should heed this warning."
"None have passed through successfully then?" Puri asks, almost a plead, her own heart wanting to prove, that should not need so anyway. Morgan replies back, to a surprise. "If you wish, I can tell a story, that will explain why I stand here before you. And also, why I believe love can conquer even this artifact, of a gods make. The only fee, would be time itself. I could use the company, after so long alone here."
The two oft species lovers look at each other, then look back as one. "Agreed mistress Le Fay." Drout replied.
At that, after seats were comfortingly taken, under the sight of that most uncomfortable artifact, a familiar story is told. The tale itself as old as time now. A hope rekindled, after dour worries plied first. Lessons from it all, seemingly taken hold.
Morgan believed her own part in this, and she ensured it all came across right.
A Mighty eye cocked, as he finished the last of his Work. "Hmm..."
"What?" Frigurina quips, this in turn Almighty just reverts attention unto... "My Gift is complete. Others I am sure, you will attend to, Eternal Love." ...a twelve year old progenitor remarks, Frigurina giving the enlarged Residence, a good look over, her right hand, over her eyes, as if shielding them from the sun. "Nice job dear. The spatial enchantments are quite permanent yes?"
Almighty acts all haughty... "Indeed, nary even Hild can disrupt them easily. They however may require a map, to locate themselves, within the palace I have lain, within walls smaller still yet, of what is expounded within."
Details awaiting the grand owner of the residence to return, to reveal details by, are instead lain eye first, of a Lower Council member that floats over, gazing her Forever eyes at the celestial sight. Such, Peorth comments... "Did not this place, have an owner, prior to Monsieur lan Keiichi's arrival here?"
"Such will be another story for the young lad, in the soon coming. Yet this all remains." Almighty remarks, all the while Ere floats around, with a camera, taking pictures of the lavish sight beholden. "Wow..." ...along with, a lot.
Frig just giggles, as another former Operator's voice comes across, as Peorth eyes over, the same of Twin of the Ever High. "You're sure it's fine for Lord Frode and Lady Ishara to check up on them?" ...her voice obviously inflected of 'another' worry. Peorth just snickers, as Almighty quips lay... "Given the obtuse circumstances of my Friend's interruptions, it seemed valid. Should it not, my child?"
Ex just gulps, as Ere just shakes her head, to the other's heeding. "Maybe she should check on 'him' instead." ...which all parties knew 'whom' was of fandom mention. Ex's glare at Ere all but confirms this, as Frigurina just giggles. "Poor sod of a Nephew."
Ex isn't helped any, when the left of a Secur's arm, wraps around Ex's neck, of a girlfriend plied fashion. Such that Ex sweats suddenly under the measured tone of plied seduction.
The draping length of white ala brilliant hair accents across Ex's right shoulder. "Povero me, it seems you find yourself under interesting circumstances, as my Apprentice, mi goddess." ...Ex, sweating... "I do?" ...which Ere shakes her head lightly at, as Peorth eyes Eihwa, all the while Al and Frig just look on, Eihwa just replying. "Corretto. I assure you, in your time where we work you to become one as a goddess true to yourself, truly unto your own heart, that you will find me of plenty of assistance, asking the same, as I apply my own heart, unto my two loves currently absent."
Ex couldn't believe her encoded ears, but she then turns of aghast measure, and finds the steel eyes of silken white, staring right back at her. Such Ex found no fallacy, in what was said. Such Ex 'did' demand back... "How can I do that, without Lind killing me?"
Eihwa just smiles back, completely confident. "Together, we both will find where those boundaries are, and have fun all along the way. Along with time for other truths, other things, I assure you."
"If Secur doesn't kill us all, in doing so." ...such Peorth's barb back, gets a good trade of eye-bolts, between the two.
Such stops on a dime, in the rising of the morning, that comes from a related voice, ala Talos, one doe most SHOCKED... "Who the Gods is that?" ...as an applied Net visual, suddenly plies 'another' goings on, of... "So... at last She appears." ...Almighty quips, Frigurina suddenly reaching for breath. "But... but she hasn't appeared, since he... when he..."
A Takano-esc voice suddenly spikes up from the Temple, more than readily aware as well. "Dang picture brain stuff, tha HECK is this new broad? I can't keep track now!" ...as Keima near, both sitting, just simply enjoying being amongst, as Rei likes to orbit around them both, before returning to an 'incarcerated' Urd, sitting in Troubadours arms, quips... "More souls keep coming into the story, rather than leaving anymore."
"I blame my Friend, most absent for that." ...Almighty cutely accuses back, though Frig is too stunned to even make a usual giggle. This in part because...
-One most active Valkyrie Encampment, almost like Woodstock, of a sort now...-
"Gold dude?"
"Aye my friend?"
"You'll be seeing this a lot, I think."
*Thick sigh... lighthearted...* "Probably."
Keiichi, with a morning coffee drink in sealed cup, of hand, next to a returned god of annul, one that hardly seeked of such, (still believing in the Knight moniker, above all else,) looked at the very much filled to the brim (all such seems,) of Valkyries, about everywhere the eyes lain.
What started as an excuse for Thor to escape Sifa, was instead apparent excuse to bring a Valkyrie sized party down with them! Along with the Gold Wings, the Lower Council of attached vectors, the High Council ones of Iconic note, and a Silver Wings that was just loving every moment of chatting all around whom Belldandy was near, was a literal Battalion of Valkyries of mixed Gold, Silver and White wings, that all just surrounded the gathering, like it was a pure social. Imladris made light of this note, in his own way though. "This has to be the most Valkyries to ever be on the Mortal Plane at once."
"Without chasing you anyway." Keiichi quips, before taking a drink. Imladris just eyes over at him, at that, plainly. Imladris then eyes around, at the orbs all apparent. "Heh, bet the Alliance is having a field day enjoying this spectacle."
Keiichi just chuckles, before all of a sudden, Bryna shoots over, with a lime green slick hair and orange-yellow curly haired White wing Valk pair in tow, grabbing Imlade's hands, starting to pull him over... "You have to come over and tell us about being a Galactic King!"
"Why? ACK!' ...unto his yanked grace, unto a Valk bevy version.
Keiichi sees and gives a good laugh, before in turn he hears from Belldandy, who waves over in the midst of a nigh fan club of Valkyries around her, as the Silver Wings of his life calls over. "Keiichi Dear! Come help me tell stories of our races together!"
Keiichi chuckles, but then... "Hu... he... HEY! I can walk you know!" ...is lifted over by a dozen various Valks at once, before he's anime deposited next to... "Heh... hi." ...Bell-chan. He then looks and sees an audience of the Valks, of numbers that ups the ones listening in on Imlade nearby, as he quips. "Uh... kay."
Bell gloms in, and such jostles forth Keiichi regaling quite the stories, that end up even drawing the ones listing in on Imlade, (And then Imlade and the rest at that,) as Keiichi, with Belldandy detailed lavishment, proves that the battles of the road, can be as intense as any of the battlefield of blades. The story about the Phantom Racer, K1 and Bell 'discovered', is a particular favorite. Such is how the day really enters earnest mode.
From there, Sifa then takes charge of Belldandy's grace, by essentially repeating what Bell did for Bryna, yesterday, by 'replaying' her battle with Thrymr, for Sifa. Of course the sight makes Keiichi aghast again, though he's elbowed by Karra for blushing too much, all the same. From there, Sifa just 'uses' it, to immediately challenge Thor to a spar, and such about busts the sound barrier, as if reality would have shattered like glass!
And then, because they could, they use that to challenge Imladris in turn, of a two on one, that at first just gets the bloke pasted. That is until he recovers and launches into a Round Two, that proves his usual mettle of adapting like a mutant, to battle.
This ends however Imladris trying the same for Lind unto him, and only ending up getting clobbered once by a Lind whom shows no apparent interest in sparring with him.
Imladris wakes back up ten minutes later, to see of all things, a quick tournament, of sparring between Valks, that comprises a literal mix of Valkyries sparing all out, at the same time that their Angels (apparently all the goddesses present had one,) tickled at each other, as if per the Triple Goddess challenge. This after Keiichi wondered aloud, on seeing two Valks spar: "Can their angels fight too? Or is it that tickle thing?" ...this of which it mutated into the apparent tourney format. (Sorta.)
Course the ones between Gold Wings, were more stark and vicious even, despite the comedy value of the Angels. The one between Jora and Ishara was interesting. The one between Ishara and Forde, gets the male Councilor CREAMED, for saying 'Sorry' one too many times.
Thor did not have an Angel (somehow,) such that Sifa, and her red haired, tanned Red Fire, just made even the Generals wilt back. This in turn, Imlade got dragged in, and seeing Evolution out, even put Sifa back some, this before in succession, twenty Valkyries at once sparred with him, and were repulsed, before the Generals took a simultaneous turn, and their own Angels managed a draw, before Sifa took a turn, and it took another Round Two, to get the gist of Sifa's techniques.
All that, despite Imladris being ticklish as all Heaven. A Warrior's focus was strong.
One not the same for a Valkyrie that kept essentially prodding him, then ignoring him, at times.
There was Belldandy led singing, some Valkyrie arm wrestling matches on the fly. All in all, it all acted like the halls of Valhalla, especially when actual tankards of mead started to flow. Sifa the author of the suddenly present mead, just quipped to an asking Keiichi at one point, of what he didn't expect to hear. "Well I hath ta use something to snare my love with, ever for his vices."
"That somehow sounds familiar." ...Imladris comments out, looking into the contents of his own tankard. The fluid contents making him wary somewhat. Keiichi included. "Is this stuff safe for me? I'm bad enough when Urd makes me drink."
Boy did K1's eyes BOGGLE, from the backslap Thor gave him, such in joshing return. "I hear you already passed the threshold, young mortal. A time for revelry has no regrets, amongst warriors that celebrate the life that we defend!" ...such he even actually elbows Keiichi with, to a nearby Belldandy's blushing. "Besides, how else does one swoon a wench into a skill set, that begets life replete."
"Oh really." Sifa just levels back, Thor gulping, as the eye of a War goddess, isn't a fine thing to endure. Such that the third 'focus' of the subject, interjects rather gingerly. (Ala Thurd...) "Ahh, perhaps the mead is talking more than needed." ...this in turn Sifa eyes back. "Oh really Daughter, given whom your feelings are for, of this gathering?" ...this a few giggles ply about. Keiichi just comically blurts out clueless... (sorta...) "Who?" ...which gets an overreaction from a Knightly 'target' whom SHUSHES at K1 suddenly.
And then a light hazing by Tsuyana and Olruni occurs, before another forgotten voice pipes up. "Do I really need to be hearing this?"
Anyone on Almighty's Green Eden, would have winced at that many Valkyries looking at one, with that much neutral disdain, all at once like that. Can't blame Edge for such there, other than what caused it. This as the said Blade Spirit is still in the same pink globe energy 'cage' his neck more than a bit itchy, hence his annoyed blurt.
Karra, his incarcerator, just bonks Edge on his expose head, her left hand the weapon, where her slightly sloshing right (semi-drunk) hand the 'tone' of her lightly inebriated voice. "Oh hush ye little blade boy." ...this Edge swears he 'sees' a bit more than just stars, around Karra's face. Despite, he warbles out... "Isn't it time I was begotten back where I whence came?"
Keiichi just eyes dryly. "Can't ya all stop talking like you're all in a fantasy movie here?" ...this getting a bunch of giggles at him, a hugging version from Belldandy, to be certain. Keiichi even sees the tankard in her hand. "Is that stuff making you drunk?" ...whence in cute return... "Only lightly dear. I feel festive. Do you not?" ...such Keiichi just looks at his tankard again, and chuckle-burps a pink mead bubble out. Belldandy is giving a good laugh again, when Edge is responded to, by a tone of one that sends memories of Sifa and Thor back, by decades.
Such that Imladris rises and approaches the caged Spirit, Hirund taking his tankard on happenstance of given reach, adopting a rather stiff, straight arm behind his back pose, as Karra draws away on his approach. Edge blinks, as Imladris stops about a meter away. All too close for Edge's comfort, to be certain.
"Been awhile." Thor whispers out, which gets a few unrealizing looks from around him, save one to his direct right, as even Belldandy blinks in honest ignorance. Such all is remedied with a stiff tone returns with. "You are under the custody of training of the Order, from this day forth."
"WHAT say you?" ...Edge gaffs, such Phosus shoots over... "Indeed pup?"
"His combat standard, did not meet my Honor." ...which Phosus outright gets it, as Thor smirks, Sifa leaning onto him, as Edge blinks endlessly. "This a change indeed, from the youth that stuttered for so long, of my eye."
"I expect the same, of a Warrior Spirit, that did not stand up to my current standard." Imladris retorts back stiffly. Edge blinks over and so, all he can do, as Imladris levels his Tyr best unto. "Unacceptable. The Order expects better of those that we clash blades with, or we leave the battlefield, most lacking of Joy."
That got the attention of one General, that had been avoiding him, three others around her, smirking akin, as Edge feels his encoded mind go numb. It's returned crystalline of the next verse, as Imladris levels it out, first by SNAPPING his right fingers to break the sphere cage from around Edge, and then... "Those of the Order makes few claims of boast, where skill does infinitely better. All the better to shout our Standard for the Multiverse to heed.
You are now under the Tutelage of this Standard, as per my Claim of Right over Spoils of victory. Such you already claimed in Name of the Spirit Council."
Edge really winced under that one, as Imladris just tightens the so-called Vice, unto another vector. "As such, those that cross my blade, are Judged as such. Here, you stand to be found inferior to the Standard, and as per my Spoils, are remanded unto the Order for proper training. This so as to ensure that you will stand one day, as a warrior with few equals."
Edge blinks... a lot... "So... I'm your student?" ...ala contorted facade. Imladris smirks (and ignores the dear goddess to life stares of awe he is begetting, all around.) "I don't like sparring where there is no challenge. Got 'that' from somewhere, about here." ...he at first levels such at Lord Thor. Sifa just elbows in... "You did actually teach him something."
"A wonder at that." Thor exasperates comically, as intended. Imladris endures it, as he looks quickly to find one other set of steel blue eyes to trade a look with. Such in interrupted by... "I will accept this, under the guise of the true Lord Tyr." ...such really gets a look back, at the Spirit, Edge staring back as well.
K1: "Um... guys? Anyone?" ...such he looks at Belldandy, whom just smiles. Keiichi then hears... 'Watch and learn Dear.'
"What the bloody Light are spouting, Spirit?" Imladris quips, Edge leveling back. "We all here know of what I speak of."
So few words, to make a confident face, suddenly become that meek! Worse with Karra adding in, to Edge's left. "Actually Milord..."
A Knightly face smacks himself. "Oy-vey..." ...this before the 'other' intended voice, suddenly strikes her Valkyrian chord. "Such is still my wait."
Rend just edges in... (pun...) "Ever so charming there General." ...such Imladris turns to see a rather austere face, eyeing back at him. One that didn't bother to acknowledge Rend's barb. Imladris just anime arm waves out all of a sudden comically! "Wasn't this supposed to be a simple encampment?"
"My demand still stands." Edge says of his last, and gets bonked on the head by Karra. "Enough said there, we think." This the Spirit glares back at the Heartwarder, and gets her tankard sloshed in his face! From there, the entire scene seemed to revolve upon two souls, with ever even a galaxy as an audience to witness.
"Who's tone will you use here?" Lind plies out, such Imladris spars that back with... "I have my own voice. Perhaps held silent too long in one regard." ...commented as he begins to raise his left hand, the Generals all mutual, already sensing spell energy being prepared.
All (whether Irtasus intended it, or nor,) halted with a Thor retort, out of the blue. "How longer of such regard, can we wait then?" ...which gets glares ignored from three Generals 'not' of Mint note, ones ignored, (after so many Ages endured of such in a War Master's time.) Sifa isn't as keen, as she was looking between Keiichi and Belldandy apiece, for other clues along 'about' to be engaged lines, she was noting. Such she looks as Thor makes challenge of... "Does another lesson be made clear here then?"
Imladris just snaps back, turning his form over to face his old Master. "I've felt so many at hand, why not another prodded needless here?" ...which suddenly turns everything edgy as heck. (This pun, is too lethal to ply out.) Such that Thor suddenly makes movements Imladris is exceedingly experienced of knowledge of. Not so much of the ones Sifa is making, other than one learns to recognize a motion meant of replete hostility akin.
Lind blinks, as her fellow Generals just hold their own heads. Valkyries all around look around uneasily, as Imladris flat accuses Sifa's motions of... "Are you a part, or apart?" ...which causes Imladris to motion a defensive posture, as Sifa in reaction, FLARES her version of twin sets of steel Valkyrie Axes, one BEEFED as all heck, from the looks of them! (Not even needing earring plucking either to conduct.) This as Thor's infamous Mjolnir does the same unto his empowered hands!
A proto-god just snarls his teeth, and summons...
...and...
...wait...
"What the...?" ...Imladris blinks, and makes clenching motions, of the hand where his own infamous blade is supposed to be!
Thor and Sifa blink, as Imladris suddenly looks all around and about! "How the... wha...?" ...done with a few added seconds of confusion! Such even Lind blinks at, as Keiichi cocks his eyes. "Wait... where's his sword?" ...as Imladris makes one further empowered look about, his eyes glowing Incarnum!
The confusion is ladled with a hefty grimace tone of... "You just didn't..." ...as Thor's said tone, accuses Imladris of the cardinal mistake of all warriors. Such Lind BLARES at Imladris... "You LOST your WEAPON?"
The scene, a bunch of Valks looking at their supposed Master of the Order, with growing looks of disgust, as even the Generals look aghast, the worse vein from Lind, and her family! (The ones on Thor's and Sifa's faces are not kosher.) Keiichi just blares out... "How can ya lose your weapon dude?"
One face of them all, however, is of another sense at hand. One Imladris realizes, and flat out discharges his Titled Power, to the Spell Command of... ": Heed to the call of Titled Master, Friend and Ally, Morphemic Blade, COMETH! :" ...as a sharp spike of spell energy stabs into Imladris hand...
...and then PROMPTLY EXPLODES!
A good Holia shockwave throws most nearby, onto their butts, as Imlade just warbles out, of a full concussion... "DoOZy oF A SPeLl ReFLecT... *plop*"
"What did that?" ...Hirund snaps, but in snap turn, Lind shouts, looking to her sharp right, and upwards... "THERE!" ...as in sudden succession, Lind ERUPTS off at an apparent source, her equal Quintet numbers in close pursuit! Keiichi just blinks... "NOW what?" ...before he's picked up like a flower, and carried by Belldandy... "Common Dear, quick!"
Sifa then zips over, and YANKS Imlade (doozy as all,) to his feet, and yank-drags him along suddenly! Thor then snaps out... "All others stay here!" ...as he and Sifa follow (Imlade only due to enforcement.) Thurd just balks out... "Heck no Daddy!" ...as she zips off to follow! This in turn, Jora, Frode, Ishara, Phosus, Demesus, Bryna, Hlad, Tsuyana, Herjin, Soliana, Olruni, Glaud-Sepith-Glinor, and... wait... Karra stayed.
Edge just blares out... "What have I begotten into, by all Spirits!" ...such Karra just bonks Edge on the melon again. "Oh hush you. The rest of we, can watch in removed reflection." ...this she eyes back, at the advancing train of War, warily. "Of whatever measure just occurred." ...this the remainder of the Valks, stay dead put.
Edge just blinks, before what occurs next...
Lind was racing, this as her equal numbers, all sensed almost on initiation of the chase, that something was way dead off here. If 'dead' was the proper word here. And such quickly turned into 'otherwise', as they drew closer to a clearly glowing area, one that Lind quickly discerned... "We are expected."
"And why does all such feel familiar?" ...Hirund remarks, near Lind, both on the literal fly. The span the same, closed in distance swiftly, all such then sees the Generals as nearly one unit, burst into a glowing white glade, of softly plied, yet intense to be certain, Holia plied Light!
"It's a spell!" ...Mist calls out, Lind immediately sees and notes... "Such would be why, for that." ...as the Generals look to their mutual right, as the rest begin arriving swiftly! (Imlade of note, in Sifa's grip: "I'll have seconds on the wild geese, Mommy!" ...ala rather concussed.) On arrival however, Sifa and Thor GASP at the same sight, that the Generals looking, can't fathom. Frode and Ishara see, and feel just as so!
Keiichi and Belldandy, the former placed back unto his feet, by the generously assisting latter, just sees as well, and blurts out... "Why is everything here, ghostly?" ...this he's looked at, by the Gold Wings nearby. Belldandy is speechless, as she sees, what Keiichi blurts out next... "And who is she?"
Imladris quickly regains his bearings, slowly, as he begins to see as well, and grows confused as well... "I... feel my Sword is..." ...as attuned sense, is also directed, at the same abject spot, being noted. Frode for one on sight... "Is this where she went? But..." ...a traded glance with Ishara, as others save Lind look back, before the Judicator finishes, looking at the celestial phantasm of a vision. "...why here?"
Of mutual sight of sights, a vast glowing halo, produced by all initial looks of, a goddess. However that is where comfort of sight wavers of, in favor of things much more phantasmagorical. A seemingly akin of Eihwa of absent, rather a version with straight white hair of full body length, with twin braids meshes on both sides, of same indelible length. All akin of a greco-goddess gown the only adornment, upon equally white skin. The eyes are as well in fact, such becomes an uneasy theme, as even a goddess forehead marking of an angelic wing set, 'separated' by 'effects' of ring ripples, not unlike those of a rock akin thrown into a pond, such is the deliberate separation of the 'wings', by two of these 'ripple' ring effects.
The detail further, is stolen by noting, that the entirety of this goddess, is rather... "...ghostly." ...Keiichi whispers. Belldandy just nods, her own attempts to discern whom this goddess is, from her Network, actually fails. This the Being, being sensed, looks over at the Norn. "- You'll find my archives, have been Sealed, by my request. This if you wish to know of it. -" ...the same 'warrior ghost', just quips, such Thor remarks... "By... choice, if I remember... correct."
Sifa looks over, Ishara next, whom hears from Frode. "After Master fell." ...such the tone of the gathering, becomes a mixture of solemn, and reverence. Of such, The being, sitting on a tall rounded rock, or weather beaten mode, just eyes the soul intended of prior, as Imladris feels shallow breaths ply.
The goddess just serenades out... "- I have waited a thousand years, for this day, Lord Tyr my love. -"
Aye, Lind struck such a look at Imladris, whom just goes BOGGLE eyed! "Say WHAT now?" ...as he hates the stares he is begetting, all around!
The same ghostly being, of obviously ancient mode, just smirks.
": Shall we begin? :" ...with a look at Lind.
Morgan watched, as after telling her story, confident that her message got through to Puri and Drout, the two decided upon the course of the Test regardless, the two already starting through the Gate, hoping for all hope that Morgan had gotten all her messages through, to the pair.
However Morgan immediately sensed something was wrong, when as the lovers began their steps through, the very wind stopped, the sky went dusk. The beating her heart went dull. The sight of strange code she'd never seen before, rippled across the entirety of the Gate. The strange smell of things, not meant for the living.
The sudden scream as both souls passing through, vanished from Morgan's eyes.
She fell to her knees, going numb. 'What did I do to them?' ...as she waited for a sign, of either of the Tested.
There was nothing.
She was alone again.
(End Act VII)