"About three years, she got me out of a tight spot when I was younger." Creed replied. It was also because of said tight spot that he had a feeling of discomfort around werewolves. He was still in the wrong in regards to what happened and Creed is fully aware of that fact, but it didn't change one of the after affects of said incident. Fortunately it wasn't big enough of a deal for him to not be able to be around werewolves, as proven on various different occasions including now. Rhett's question had caught him off guard and caused him to idly stand there while he thought up of a answer. "It's...complicated, let's put it that way." Well it wasn't a lie so there was that. Gaia certainly wasn't pulling any punches when she had asked her question. His newfound allies or King Yuri, certainly a choice that he would have to think over being given his answer. He wasn't fond of the idea of outright abandoning his new allies so that was a point towards them. On the other hand, there would likely be serious repercussion for going against the commands of King Yuri, which was a point to the other side. Mentally Valister went back and forth, weighing the scales in his mind that would lead to his answer. When the mental debate had come to a close, he had his answer. I would choose my newfound allies and help them in their endeavor. I've already gone this far with them, so why not go a little further. A choice that could get him killed, but death was a possibility no matter which option he would've gone with.
"Warlock, you have followed friends and strangers here for the purpose of helping them. But should the Nephilim fall, should you be forced to betray your friends, what do you plan to do then?" Sien heard the voice of Gaia in his head as clearly as he would if she was in front of him. Her question had brought up something that he hadn't really considered. If a situation were to arise like what Gaia had described, what would he do. Despite the nature of the question, it didn't take long for Sien to come up with an answer to it. I would stick by my friends , I knew that there would be some risks if I stayed around, but I won't let that change my mind on this. Upon returning from moving Clarity to a different place, Hestia had walked past him and told him to speak with Rhett. He didn't know just what kind of common ground could the two of them have besides a connection to Brianne, but there wasn't much else that he could do at the moment so he would take Hestia's advice. He saw that Rhett was reading a book and took this chance to approach him. "So how long have you know Brianne?" He figured he might as well start with something that they both have in common. Shortly after he had asked, a long singular scream was heard back from where he left Clarity as well as the direction that Hestia had went. The silence that followed the did nothing to ease his concerns, in fact it only further unsettle him. Even if he had gone back to see just what was happening, just what would he be able to do? Creed couldn't come up with anything that would be of help.
Zephyr could do much beyond watch as Vyle went to go speak with Teliana. He couldn't hear what they were talking about from where he was, but it wasn't hard to figure out that it was about the woman who had recently arrived. Zephyr was still uncertain on how to feel about her, but instead kept these thoughts to himself and kept silence while looking around a bit more. Who knows, maybe something will catch his eye. Still being unable to do much, Kruez simply watched as Solomon motioned for Veera to enter the cage that had be brought via the other undead servants.
In a way it seemed that the plan had worked even if was only Lexander that was actually going into the city. For the time being they would have play along, which wasn't much of an issue to Damion. Long as Lexander could keep up the act, thing hopefully would work out in their favor. While Koldo asked about the rumors regarding shelter in the trees, he listened in curious to know the answer. Tessa had brought up a good point. Why now of all times? There had been plenty of times prior to this for them to do something like this and he never did so why now. Gale thought about his reasons for a short bit before finally reaching an answer. Once he had, he met Tessa's gaze and responded. "Well before I was in the scouts I had this friend who would help me out often and I never understood why and instead of asking, I just put it off figuring that he'd stopped. he never did stop and eventually a titan got to him. He died and I never found out why he helped me out nor anything else about him. That incident two years ago reminded me of that and how little I actual knew of my comrades, so I decided to try and fix that. Starting with you." Gale finished.
With Kalak's next attacked fired off towards him, Reitan had a come up with a plan to avoid taking any fatal damage, a plan that would likely end with him being unconscious given his current state and at that point it would be up to fate what happens to him then. As he braced himself for the shadow lance, something unexpected had happened. Kala had managed to push Reitan out of the way out the lance and take the blow for him. With how focused he was on his own fight, he'd hadn't given much thought to where Kala had gone off to and now here she was taking a hit for him. Kala's act had left Reitan briefly stunned, much like it had the last time someone had saved him. This time however his time stunned was much shorter for out of the corner of his eye he saw Timothy. Seeing the mechanical body charge towards Kalak with such speed was unexpected, but that wasn't the biggest concern on his mind at the moment. With Timothy attacking Kalak, this would give him time to get himself and Kala away. He wouldn't be able to get far though given his condition. Using what strength that Reitan could muster, he picked Kala up and placed her onto his back. Not wasting any time he limped away as quickly as he could with his lance dragging behind. With each step that he took he could feel his strength further leaving his body which in turn made his movement slower and sluggish. He had no idea just how face he had actually gotten before he'd reached the point where his body said no more. Without any warning the lancer was brought down to his knees and soon after onto his face with Kala rolling off his back and landing next to him. His vision soon after started to blur before gradually becoming dark. Dammit. Was the last thing he thought before falling unconscious.
Throughout the entire mission Crow hadn't considered just what this unknown lifeform was or how to react once they had found it. To be perfectly honest he'd decided to let the higher up handle that and only help out when needed. However after the display that Dr. Saturday had put on that had ended with him being behind them, there was only one thing that Crow could say amidst the confusion and surprised that spiraled around in his head. "H-hello."
It certainly had taken some time and they had managed to last long enough to push the Shadow Blot onto it's last legs. The time to finish this battle was drawing near and the fastest way that Kel could come up with to accomplish that goal was to hit it with his strongest attack. "Time to finish this fight!" His hand moved to his side, Kel summoned forth his Star Seeker keyblade and focused in on the shadow blot before them. Shortly after his were closed as Kel started to focused his strength into his keyblade. In the darkness that was his focused mind, cherry blossoms had started to fall from the sky. They symbolized just how much of his strength had entered his keyblade. At first there was one, then two and before long and entire tree's worth were falling from the sky. Star Seeker had just about reached it's peak amount of strength when one of the cherry blossoms had gently landed on the ground. In that instance Kel's eyes shot open and a devastating slash was unleashed on the shadow blot. TL;DR Kel used Zantesuken.
Upon stepping to the other side of the portal, Creed started to look around at where they had ended up. On the one hand where they had ended up wasn't where he was expecting at all, but on the other hand. There was literally no way for him to think that he'd end up in a penthouse. In a dream sure it was possible for him to expect thing, but walking though a portal, not so much. He took note of the room Brianne had been moved to as he nodded at Hestia's request. he wasn't going to open the door either based off of the warning that had been given to Rhett. Walking over to the unconscious Clarity, he carefully placed her arm over his shoulder and helped her to her feet. From there he started to walk around the the penthouse in search for a room to place. her. He'd walked down the nearest hall and past a couple of doors before stopping at a door. The door was unlocked, which he checked by twisting the knob, and he walked in. Fortunately there was a bed in there, not much else, but the bed was the more important part. Therefore he walked up to it and gently placed Clarity down on it. afterward he walked out of the spare room, closing the door behind him and headed back to where Hestia was at. As everyone else had gone on ahead to take their trials, Sien stayed behind to address the bite mark he had gotten from the last one. He didn't want this to potentially hinder him for the next trial, depending on what it was. He reached up to the scarf that was around his next and took it off, then wrapped it around the afflicted area. Tying it one handed was a bit difficult and it took a couple of attempts before he had gotten the first loop done. Fortunately after the first loop, everything else was easy enough after said loop. Having made the knot, Sien tighten it before letting his arm fall down to his side. "I'm ready for my trial now." Vo had demonstrated that she was much stronger than Valister had thought given how easily she managed to break his arm shortly after his hitting of her. A pained nosed sounded out through gritted teeth as the pain coursed through his arm. Valsiter assumed that his actions were part of what was right for the dome had disintegrated around the, releasing him, as for the other half of what was expecting, he could only assume that the others had handled that. Now free to walk on his own two legs, he followed behind Vo back towards the clearing.
When Crow had seen the plasma shot being fired off towards them, it had been after Brianne had shoved him out of the way. The shot had gone into her shoulder. He would need to take a look at that once they were back on the ship. Still seeing her arm go limp was concerning for the for the medic. With Commander Lightwood having dealt with the pirate who had fired at them, Crow carefully got back onto his feet. "I'm alright, I'm more worried about you commander." He said, following behind her.
Zephyr's search was providing little results due to a mixture of him not knowing what to be looking for what would be helpful as well as a lack things to notice. He didn't think much on when Vyle had mentioned that the water was polluted for he didn't see just what could be gained from that bit of information. When he was about to move on to a different place, he heard the voice of someone else. He turned to face the newcomer and saw that it was a woman on horseback. It appeared that she too was no the trail of Solomon. Just how many people people were after him. Behind the female newcomer Zephyr saw Teliana, but more so he saw that her hands were engulfed in flames. The sight of this had cause a wave of caution to wash over the mage. He wasn't sure what had prompted an action like that from her, but it couldn't have been good. His next action may not have been as noticeable as Teliana's, but with a slight adjustment of his posture, he took a few precautions of his own. Kruez didn't guess either, though he did have one based off the story that Solomon had told them. He looked at the coffin and the hellish symbols that had surrounded it. None of the symbols down there he recognized at all, which in a way could've been for the best. Not being able to move in his current situation sucked, even if it was more so just for the lack of comfort. he doubted that even if he was in a somewhat more comfortable position that he'd be wouldn't still be restrained in some way.
Creed watched as a portal was formed with ease by Hestia. The blackening veins on Brianne's skin showed that her change was still progressing. There was no way for him to know that what exactly this would do to her, but he could make some guesses. Still that wouldn't deter him. He had made up his mind and he was going to stick to it. After taking in a quick breath, Creed walked through the portal that Hestia had made. As Vo gave the explanation for the reasoning behind this trial, Valister did the one thing that he could do and listen quietly. Hearing all this lead to a better understanding of the reasoning behind these trials. Prior to hearing this he had just assumed that ti was to simply test them before helping them, which he wasn't exactly wrong about that. Valister took note of the domes walls cracking before responding to Vo's question. "I have an idea." Valister left it at that before acting on said idea. The cracks on the dome's wall had reached to where one of his arms were trapped. Prior it would've have been nearly impossible to break free, but now it was closer to actuality. Mustering all the strength that he could manage, he forced his arm through the rock and patted/smacked Vo on the back. If his idea was correct then this was at about half of what Gaia wanted them to do.
"Yeah, I was." Creed replied. His paraphrasing attempt had ended with confusion from Brianne and Corvo going out to check to see what he meant. Those weren't exactly then results that he thought he'd get, but thinking back to how vague that he was with his report, it was probably lucky that someone else had decided to go investigate after what he had told them. During this time Brianne had turned to give her weapon to Roxanne as Rhett had spoken. Her reaction to this had completely surprised him and caused him to take a step back. In the time it had taken Brianne to leap towards Rhett with what was likely the intent to harm, the lady that he'd seen outside had appeared and restrained Brianne from continuing with her lunge. The sight of this had cause the nephilim(?)'s words to resurface in his mind. "It seems you and I are going to have a similar battle of self acceptance soon." A picture of what she meant was further given clarity within his head, which lead to the next thing that he had said. "I'll go with you." With everyone attacking the werwolf with some sort of attack of their own choosing, it looked like they had managed to do some damage. Right as Sien got ready for another attack from the beast, it had turned out that they had managed to beat the werewolf. Following behind the others, Sien simply shook his head in a 'no' fashion to Alarick's questions. Maybe someone else knew. Gaia had appeared not to long after their arrival at the village and informed them of another trial. Just how many of these trials did she have for them to take? "I choose to stay here and rest." It may not have been the outcome that he was expecting, but it wasn't by any means a good thing. Being trapped in the earth dome with the earth manipulating fairy. Normally he wouldn't shrugged in response to Vo's criticism, but he wasn't exactly in the position to do so. "Never thought it was." The vampire replied with. He'd left a few moment pass before speaking again. "So what's the point of all this?" Valister figured that he might as well as while he was stuck here.
Crow had overheard what Commander Lightwood had Lieutenant Winters about splitting up their forces. If their home transport was under attack then he couldn't help but to wonder just the two back at the transport were doing. For the time being the only thing that he could do was to hope that things hadn't taken a turn for the worse while they were gone while he continued to follow behind Commander Lightwood.
The pain that went through his entire body was soon put to rest through the use of Steel's Ultra potion. It became much easier for him to stand on his feet and charge forward at the shadow blot to attack it. Which is what he would do if not for the Bloticle's that still needed to be dealt with. Kel attacked Bloticle 4 with Combo
They had been noticed a lot faster than he thought they would, but there wasn't much for them to do other than address the one who had spotted them. Not surprisingly Koldo was the one to do the talking to the soldier, coming up with a story that would hopefully be believed. At the end of Koldo's tale, Damion took a quick glance towards Lexander who had fallen on one knee as part of his act. If he was trying to imply that Lexander was injured prior to their 'run in with titans' then it would be a bit more believable. Least from where he stood. Titan's aren't known for easily letting go a catch once they have one and Lexander getting caught by one would pretty much be his demise. Silence had fallen between the two shortly after Gale had given his answer to Tessa. While the latter had chosen to look out the window his gaze lowered as he started to thinking about things. While he held nothing personal against rain or storms in general, some of the moods that usually accompanied them was usually left him with mixed feeling regarding the rain. Dreariness and sadness were some of the things that first came to mind in regards to rain and on the other hand there was a calming effect that the rain had that he did take notice of enjoy. If he had to pick some kind of middle ground in all this, it would likely be that he preferred light showers opposed to full blown downpours and storms. Gale's attention was drawn from both the table and his thoughts when Tessa had asked why he was here. Well it wasn't anything related to any plan that Adelina might have set up. The decision to spent breakfast with Tessa was one of his own making. "Well I wanted a chance to talk with you more. We didn't exactly get much time do to so while we were helping Veera." Gale answered.
When they had arrived at the village, the strong smell death was extremely gut wrenching. Up until now everything that he heard about Solomon had not only been fairly recent, but pretty much saying that he was a threat and not someone to be taken lightly. He may not have doubted doubted any of what he was told, but seeing the actual aftermath of his work was something completely different. After standing there, basically frozen stiff, he took in a deep breath. He'd agree to follow along with them so this was no time for him to be getting cold feet. They needed to find a clue of sorts and standing here wouldn't help with that at all. "I've understood that for quite some time now." Kruez muttered to himself. While Veera's plan to get the two of them to escape in exchange for herself had failed, Keenan's outburst had lead to Solomon choosing to him to be let go instead. What Kruez would've like would be the option to be removed from the un dead restraints, but that likely wouldn't happen anytime soon even if he asked. So he didn't. The mage had started talking about his backstory, to which he partially listened to. He wasn't all that interested his descent to madness. Xross wandered around, searching for something to do. Sweallow, fortunately, remained unconscious for the time being.
Another surprise dodge from Kel proved to save his hide when the bloticle unleash a massive attack. It had managed to bring down both Karina and Hikaru as well as summoning a bunch of smaller blots that had started to heal it. In other words, those smaller blots had made themselves prime targets. Kel attacked Bloticle 2
As the three talked around him regarding things things that didn't involve him, least before he would've that this didn't involve him nor should he know about it. Now he was treating this as something to keep in mind. Hestia and Yuri. Right now they were nothing more then names to him, however one of those names came with a title. Yuri was the vampire king and if he was needed for them to get Hestia for assistance against the Seelie Queen, then clearly they were people of power. How much power Creed didn't know, but clearly enough do that having them on their side would be a good thing. "I'll do it." Creed spoke at the suggestion of checking outside. It would be better than just standing around here. Instead of looking through the door, Creed opted to look through the window to check outside. Plants grown larger than normal and someone treating Clarity were the first things that he noticed. Seeing Clarity's injured body came as a shock to Creed which momentarily drew attention away from the fact that someone he didn't recognized was treating to whatever injuries that she had. . Last he saw her she was inside and looked to be in better health. His eyes scanned around slowly before seeing the next surprise, a flaming cat. So plants, a person healing Clarity and a flaming cat. Noted. His hand moved away from the curtain and he backed away from the window before turning to head back to where he'd left. Upon stopping in the area, he spoke up once more. "There's a bunch of overgrown plants, some lady treating Clarity and a flaming cat." Valister time to contemplate what to do was cut short by the oncoming pillar being sent towards him. A quick roll was all that was needed to get out of harms way. So far the one solution that Valister had in mind was to break through the dome of earth and get to the person inside. Beyond that will come when we get there. The vampire took a quick moment to get up on his feet, he dashed towards the dome and swung at it with his fist. Hopefully his vampire strength would aid his at least denting the dome. If not, then it would be completely likely that there would be a pillar of earth hitting him in the face in his future.
Amidst the firefight between them and the space pirates, Crow kept his head down. Sure he was trained to hit a target, but that wasn't in the heat of a firefight. In this situation something as simple as poking his head out to shoot at them could easily result in him being shot at and potentially killed. Even with how loud everything was around them, Crow was able to hear Commander Lightwood and with a quick nod of acknowledgment, he followed behind her.
While Sien had managed to avoid the initial swipe attack that was meant for him, there was nothing he could do about it's second attack. The teeth sunk into his arm causing a pained cry to sound out. After having been thrown aside after being bitten, he slowly started to make his way up. It hurt to just move his arm, which sucked given that in order to use his bow and arrow, he would have to move his arm to use it. On the bright side he still had his other arm and he only needed one to use his magic. Outstretching his hand, Sien fired off a concussion beam towards the werewolf.
