Sands of Time: Savage Spirits Does Another Mission!

The Ex-Quip mage rolled his eyes as Nakiya seemed so intent on taking out this cartel all by herself. Pride merely raised an eyebrow at the girls makeshift plan. "How about this." began Za'cha whilst Luna scampered off to scout ahead. "We both go in, and grab the Lacrima, get out... and then just cus you like the damn thing so much, you can call out Zargan and reduce this place to a glassy hole in the ground, and everybody in here with it." suggested the white haired mage, raising an eyebrow at the cat's speedy return. "That was fast..." he mused. "Luna was always a fast one at any task she performed." informed Pride of his host.

Za'cha sat there and listened as the cat let off a string of meows and purrs towards Nakiya. "...I hope you can understand what she's trying to say Nakiya... cus I don't speak cat." said the human. "She said that the Lacrima is stored in a cavern exactly a half-mile inside this cave. We need to go in and take the first left before taking the second right, and then its straight ahead." translated Pride, Za'cha blinking at the Spirit. "You speak cat?" he asked, earning a scowl from Pride. "Right right, Spirit thing..." muttered the human.

“I still can’t understand how you two found each other… I was sure you’d be the one in the pitts of hell…”
Nakiya muttered, more to pride than to Za’cha himself. She sighed as she listened to Luna speak, nodding every so often, even as Za’cha continued to talk to ‘himself’.

“Now, im all for getting in and out fast, but how to you expect to do that without some sort of distraction? I can summon Pegasus for you, this way you’ll have something strong enough to pull the crates when you get there, and I can cause a nice big scene out here. I like that plan.”
She stated before placing her hand on Za’cha’s shoulder and suddenly springing up onto the roof of the crumbling ruins. She reached to her thigh and retrieved her keys, pulling out the darkened key of the lion, and the bronze key of the Pegasus.

“I summon you both from the darkness of the Celestial Realm! Pegasus! Burst forth from the skies and show your enemies no mercy, Leo, show these freaks the power of true corruption!”
She called out eagerly. On either side of her two large magical circles appeared. Leo casually stepped out of one, a dark aura dancing about his figure as Pegasus burst forth from the second with a loud whine as he beat his powerful wings, leaving a trail of purplish fire in his wake. The winged horse then flew over to Za’cha and landed on the sand with a huff, staring at the human with it’s blood red eyes, looking eager to get moving.

Meanwhile, on the roof, Nakiya was wasting no time, extending her hand forward in a commanding manner.

“LEO!”

“Right away my love. Regulus BLAST”
The lion spirit called out, moving his hands in a circular motion in front of him before a concentrated ball of shadows formed before him, taking the shape of a lions head before bursting forth into the side of the hideout Za’cha was going to infiltrate.

It didn’t take long for the enemy to react as a pack of the enemy came running out to greet their knock at the door.

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"We'll probably go into the full story later." promised Za'cha at her remark about the two meeting as his Shadowsworn Armour and Martyrblade dissipated. The human raised an eyebrow at her question concerning how they were going to get in and out of there without a distraction. "It's called being sneaky..." he muttered, as if that answered everything. When she summoned out both Pegasus and Leo at the same time, he fully expected Luna to vanish... but the cat remained. Both Pride and Za'cha blinked and looked over at Nakiya in surprise.

"By the bloody hells..." swore the Ex-Quip mage as the full situation took hold in his head. "Three Dark Spirits, at once..." muttered Pride, looking at Nakiya in a mixture of concern, worry, and pride. The host body shook his head before mounting Pegasus. "Alright then big guy, lets go get us that Lacrima whilst Leo and Naki play with the locals." he said before diving into the caverns on the winged horses back, following the directions that Luna had given them.

Soon enough they came across the crate of Lacrima. Za'cha whistled as he looked at the cargo. "Well now... that's a lot isn't it..." he said, a thoughtful calculating look crossing his mind. "...That's got to be enough in there to forge an entire set of armour and weapon, made purely from Lacrima... and with its absorption properties in regards to magic..." he mused as he went to inspect the goods.

The member 'Nakiya' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

enemy:

Luna was standing tall on Nakiya's shoulders, her eyes darting left and right as she analyzed the situation as it was developing, her tail flicking every now and then as she waited patiently on her masters shoulders. A magic circle appeared before the spirit every time she cast a support spell to aid her mistress, in this case, casting both her felines grace and strength of the stars.

As Leo's regulus blast crashed into the side of the building, what appeared to be a horde of human warriors came rushing out to fight off the intruders, most of them seemed dusty from the remnants of the attack, while others had some blood leaking from their heads as the falling debris struck them. The lion spirit chuckled as he watched them emerge, leaping from his position by Nakiya's side, down into the fray of warriors. He landed gracefully, hands still in his pockets as a thick veil of shadows shot out of his body, emulating his light sided attack. Instantly, the fighters were blinded by the darkness, attempting to quickly recover their senses as they struck out against him. However, Leo was ready for them, infusing that same darkness into his limbs to strike at the weakened warriors, using his element of surprise to easily knock two of them out.

"HEY!"
It was then Nakiya's turn as she began casting a spell very similar to Leo's, however this spell had a much more fun effect. As soon as her darkness touched her enemies, they fell silent, falling into a sort of trance until Leo leaped out of his own cloud of darkness and away from them. When Leo left, they all of a sudden began to cry out at one another angrily, cursing each other as they began to fight against anybody that was nearby them. They didn't care if they hit Nakiya, Leo or even their own comrades. Suddenly, this fight had become a free for all brawl.

Pegasus was quick on his hooves as he raced into the building under the cover of his masters darkness, quickly following both Luna and Za'cha's instructions until they reached the room where they were hiding the lacrima. When Za'cha seemed to start getting sidetracked the winged horse stomped a hoof and huffed loudly before going over to a crate and using his nose to push against it, indicating that they had to hurry and get these things out of here.

combat info:

"Hold your horses... eh, sorry." said the Ex-Quip mage as he realised who, and what he was talking to with that expression. "A guy can't get hit by inspiration now and then eh? Fine..." he sighed as he looked around for some rope. "Unless you feel like trying to humph this crap on your back, let's find us some rope eh?" Za'cha asked as he began to look around for something to attach the crate to the Pegasus spirit. Sure enough they found lashings of rope, no doubt the same as the ones the bandits used to drag the stolen crate of lacrima here in the first place.

Wasting no time he quickly fashioned a makeshift harness from the ropes, fitting it to the pegasus spirit and then fastening it to the crate. The crafty mage also quickly attached some planks of wood to the underside of the crate, to act as a makeshift sled for when they reached the sands, and to make it easier for Pegasus to drag behind him.

He got on the Spirit's back and gave the flanks a slight kick. "Let's get going then. Doubt you want your Mistress to have all the fun now do you eh?" said the silver haired mage, the Pegasus immediately galloping off back down the tunnels, with the crate in tow.

Pegasus protested the jab to his flank with a whine, shaking his head as he stood back on his hind two legs before landing on all fours again and taking off at full speed with the crate of lacrima tied around him, aiming to quickly burst through the entrance, and perhaps knock Za’cha off his back on the way out…

As for Nakiya and Leo, the pair couldn’t stop laughing as they watched the men fighting one another, cutting each other up, stabbing through one another, tossing smoke lacrima’s to try and get the advantage over one another, meanwhile, Leo would pop in and out of the effects of the dark mist cast by his mistress, striking with enhanced strength against the thieves.

“Luna… I want to join in on this fun… I need your enhancements”
Nakiya told the cat, and with a meow the spirit of the cat complied, allowing Nakiya to throw herself forward into the crowd of the cartel members. She withdrew her sword and began joining in on the bloody fun, stabbing through an opponent with a dangerous grace and not even attempting to move out of the way of the blood that would splash out of her victims bodies. Nakiya couldn’t help but laugh as she was truly having fun during this slaughter.

Luna on the other hand leaped from her masters shoulders, running from the dark cloud where she could remain safe, and watch her mistress until it was time for her to return to the spirit world.

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Pride frowned as the Pegasus seemed to be trying to knock Za'cha from his back as they ran. The Dark Spirit took control of his host's body and snarled at the Corrupted Spirit. "Behave yourself. Understood?" growled Pride, the effect on the Dark Pegasus' temperament almost instantaneous with the most powerful of the Seven Black Key's giving commands.

The human floated beside them, peering into the distance. "Looks like there's a massive party up ahead." he warned, Pride's hand already clouded over with blackened smoke and purple lightning. "Indeed. Hidden Saber, Crescent Wave!" he invoked, the longsword appearing in his hosts grip, swinging the blade in an arc that launched a wave of dark magical energy into the backs of the enemy, bowling them over with the explosion at their rear.

Pegasus carried his charges past the embattled lines and they came to stand beside Nakiya. "We have what we came for. You may freely indulge yourself now." said Pride as he looked at the red-headed Dark Celestial Summoner. Without a further word, Pride bit his heels into the Pegasus' flank to drive it further on so that they would be outside of the blast radius, assuming that Nakiya did indeed decide to summon the Black Dragon King as she was ever so keen to do so. Once they were a safe enough distance, Pride dismounted the spiritual steed and unhooked it from the Lacrima crate. "Fetch your mistress. We shall wait here for her arrival." he ordered the Pegasus who immediately took flight, heading back towards Nakiya.

When Pegasus was ordered to calm down, the flying horse simply huffed and shook his head, but did as the spirit asked... or ordered from him, falling into obedience as he pulled the lacrima back out into the open, where his mistress was still combating those thugs.

At the sound of the spell, Nakiya turned sharply to see the blade move forward and slash through most of the cartel she had been fighting. She actually pouted as she watched their bodies fall into the sand, staining it with what was left of their blood. She huffed as she called Leo back from battle after he had dropped the lifeless body of another member. She then lifted her dark magic, removing any insanity from anyone who would remain alive. Which, after their assault, was no one.  She smirked proudly before looking back to Luna and dismissing her as well, retrieving Zargan's key and eyeing it for a full minute before extending it before her. She took a deep breath, steadied herseld as she began trying to open the dark dragon's portal. If she could do this... after keeping 3 summons by her side, then it would prove that she has truly bettered herself... that she was really getting stronger...

However, as she tried time, and time again, the portal would not stay opened. A large gate would flash open underneath the entire length of the village, again and again however Zargan never emerged. She finally gave up when she found Pegasus flying back to retrieve her, cursing loudly as she walked up to the horse and jumped on its back, hitting him far harder than she had intended too to get him to take to the air.

"I still need... more strength..."