Snuffing out the Sun (No Interruptions)

Za'cha's eyes widened as Nakiya just dropped the girl, and the two Sin Spirits started to fight one another for her. "This is getting out of hand..." he grimaced. He glanced back up at this new form Nakiya had taken then back down to the duelling Spirits. "Nakiya, snap out of whatever the hell is going on with you." called over Za'cha, even as a dark light enveloped him. "Pride, they're all yours." he said, the Dark Celestial Spirit nodding at the words. "Pride's Aegis." he invoked, his entire being was soon covered in darkness before it shattered, to reveal his newest armour. Both of his eyes turned red as Pride was in full control.

"ENOUGH!" he roared at the two Sin Spirits of Greed and Envy. He strode towards them, the Scythe of Death ready in his grasp. "Are you merely rabid dogs, fighting over scraps in a boneyard?" he asked of them, sneering at their conduct. "Perhaps you are... and if you are merely rabid dogs, then I need to put you down." Pride said, before he took the Scythe, and swung it straight towards Envy's throat before bringing it back around to try and sever Greed's spine with the Apocalyptic blade. He then turned his gaze up towards Nakiya. "As for you, I am very disappointed. You gain a new power, and you allow yourself to be controlled by it. Pathetic human. It matters not that your blood is a fallen angels, or your body a demons, or your heart a devils... at your core, you are still a mewling little human girl." he said, trying to goad her into snapping back to her senses, or at the very least come down where he can more easily reach her.

The Dark Celestial placed himself between Nakiya and the other Spirits and the girl. He at least remembered what they were here to do, unlike his "siblings". "If this is what happens when you attain power girl... then you shall never have my Key." Pride declared, figuring that would be the final twist in the nail.

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Pride's Aegis:

“Oh my… those eyes”
Nakiya nearly purred as she watched Pride take over, his commanding tone breaking the chaos that had grown in the tower. The two Celestial spirits stopped fighting, Green’s hand was encompassing Envy’s face as Envy’s knee aimed to connect with Greed’s gut, even though the kick wouldn’t make it passed his shield. When pride came over with death’s scythe, envy used the knee he had to Gree’d gut to push himself away from the other spirit, avoiding the swipe that came flying for his throat, and smirking as he heart the scythe cut into Greed’s  shield with a loud clank  and what sounded like nails on a chalkboard as the sheer force was enough to push Greed into the ground and make a nasty dent in the spirits ‘impenetrable’ shield.

“Ah Pride  but you have so many things wrong in that sentence… I’m not human at all… and in fact, this specific part of me was put in solely to deal with you. Who better to match your Pride than an angel? And a fallen one at that… This power is hardly controlling me. I love it.”
She stated as a seductive smile crossed her face. She quickly descended towards Pride, appearing in front of him suddenly and placing a clawed hand on the one still holding onto Death’s scythe.

“You don’t like me indulging in my own power? I was certain a spirit like you would want only the most powerful being to be your master”
She said softly, her face now inches away from Pride’s as she whispered her words, letting the emphasis on the word master truly set into the Spirits mind.

Pride smirked as the mutated Dark Summoner spoke. "Ah, but just as you may not be physically human, also are you not an angel. Fallen or otherwise. You are merely a chimera, a hybrid of components." he said, frowning as the girl flew down to him, placing one of her hands on the hand he was using to hold the Scythe. The Dark Celestial Spirit snarled as she finished speaking. "Make no mistake." he said, his grip tightening on the haft of the Weapon. "My host may be infatuated with you," said Pride, earning himself a quick "Hey!" from Za'cha, "but I am not. What I am also not... is something you can control." he said before going to bring his knee swiftly up towards Nakiya's gut, followed up by a backhanded blow towards her face.

"Learn well girl. I have no master. Now, either control yourself and your dogs," Pride said with a glance towards Envy and Greed before looking back at her, "and finish the job you and Za'cha came here to do... or find your little "quest" for the keys at an end as I cut you down." he ordered, placing one of his feet firmly into Greed's back to remind the Dark Spirit of his place in the order of things. He'd deal with Envy at another time... little shape-shifting bastard has it coming after moving out of the way of his blade. "A being that is so infatuated and indulgent with their own power, can never hope to truly control it, or others with it. Something clearly your makers failed to teach you, little patchwork doll."

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“Hm”
She pulled lightly even as Pride spoke words that were meant to hurt her. She knew what she was, and long ago had come to terms with it. Nothing he could say about her existence could hurt her now.  She was intrigued by Pride’s statement that Za’cha was infatuated with her. While she did keep him on a short leash, she would never allow herself to fall for the white haired bastard. He was too much like them. Before she had the chance to reply to Pride’s defiance, his knee came up to connect with her gut. He barely had time to bring a clawed hand down to stop him before her transformation began to fade away, and his hand then connected with her face.

For a moment, she stood there holding him, stunned by the strike but soon recovered (just as green and envy faded back to the Celestial world). She glared at him so harshly that for a moment her eyes seemed to glow as red as her cheek. She didn’t hesitate to retaliate by bringing her fist to collide with his face, taking a step back away from him as she stormed off towards the girl who was weeping, immobile on the ground.

“Watch it Pride.  If even I can hear the fear behind your words, then im sure others can too. It’s only a matter of time before you are mine.”
She stated harshly before withdrawing one of her bronze keys. She didn’t even bother with her chant as she called upon Pegasus, the dark winged horse breaking through a dark vortex. She grabbed the girl by the scruff of her robe one more and tossed her up onto the winged horse, leaping up after her  and holding her still so that she didn’t fall off.

Pride didn't so much as flinch when the fist struck his face, merely raising a brow as she stormed off. "Hmph. The moment you hear fear in my voice, is when you should be terrified." he said before letting the Aegis dissipate and handing the reins back to Za'cha, whom immediately held his face with his free hand and groaned. "Oww... Pride you moron! That's my bloody face you bloody twat!"he cursed before looking over towards Nakiya and sighing. "This is going to be a very long trip back..." he muttered as he walked over towards her.

"Forgetting something are we?" asked the Scythe, making the human mage frown a tad. "Right... er... how do I put you away exactly? Can't very well walk around with you in my hands all the time." he asked. The Spirit of the Weapon rolled her proverbial eyes, or at least thats the feeling that Za'cha got from it at that moment, before she glowed with a dark light and flew towards his neck. Around his neck a pendant on a chain was created, the pendant itself in the shape of a horse's skull, or at least an artistic rendition of one. "There. Much more travel friendly wouldn't you agree? Now, go fix his mess." she said.

Za'cha blinked before groaning. "Great... now I'm getting dating advice from Death's Scythe... Simple grab job... that's what I thought this was going to be..." he muttered before he tried to get onto the Pegasus' back. He looked to the girl they were rescuing and offered a calm smile. "Eh, sorry for all the scary stuff kid." he said before looking at Nakiya. "So... umm... what exactly happened? With the whole, transformation thing..." he asked the Dark Celestial Spirit mage, earning an exasperated sigh from the Scythe's Spirit. "Can I please not get anymore backseat driving here please?" Za'cha said with a growl to the Weapon before he held his head in pain. "Great... now both of them know that damned trick... How about you two entertain yourselves by... I don't know.. talking philosophy or something." suggested the Dark Mage.

Sure enough he now had both Spirits discussing the esoteric philosophies surrounding the nature of death, the afterlife and merits of humanity at large and small. The Ex-Quip mage groaned. "I am never gonna get any sleep..."

Nakiya outright refused to look at Za'cha as he climbed aboard the winged horse, earning a discgunted huff from the beast as he clicked his hood on the stone floor before he walked over to one  of the grand balconies and beat his wings hard to take them up into the air before taking them far away from the tower. Instinctively, Nakiya brought her hand up to her head again as she looked back to the tower, glancing at the floors above where the ritual had been started. Something told her that there was more there... though it wasn't Celestial in nature... At least, it wasn't a key. What was it that sh had forgotten? or that Angela had left behind before she died?

"Tsch..."
She finally glanced back to Za'cha when he asked her about her transformation, and she almost glared daggers straight through his head, as the main point of her focus were the tower, and the white haired man sitting behind him.

"Please like you can't put two and two together, idiot. Greed and Envy got... greedy obviously when it came to my blood. I can sustain Greed on my own but I wasn't expecting Envy to do the same thing. I lost a lot of blood, and my safeguards must of kicked in... like I told you im mae up of 3 different dark creatures, so I wouldn't doubt that, that form, can do more than just fly..."
Sh grumbled, thinking hard on what she should be able to do with that new found demonic form of hers.

"Hey, I wasn't there when you summoned them remember? I was dealing with my own problem." said Za'cha in his defense, noting the attitude of the pegasus and Nakiya. He sat in silence for a time before sighing. "If you want, I could help you figure out this whole transformation thing of yours. Speaking from experience, transformations that are triggered by blood... well, you saw mine." he said, trying to offer an olive branch. "As for why Envy acted like he did... if I had to guess I'd say it was due to Greed being his usual greedy bloody self. Idiot probably grew envious himself and wanted a taste." suggested the Ex-Quip mage before he looked back at the dwindling Tower, before he then realised something.

"Kuro can make his own way back right? Being a familiar and all..." he said, reminding Nakiya of the cat-demon that got them there in the first place, who was probably still at the Tower's entrance. The Ex-Quip mage remained silent for a little moment longer before he had an idea. "Back there... that was something me and Pride cooked up. That armour... it taps directly into his power. Not all of his power mind you. But, his own physical power, his speed, stamina etcetera." he explained, getting to his point. "If you wanted... I could make you stuff for the Key's you got so far? That way you could still tap into some of their power, even if you don't feel like summoning them." Za'cha offered, figuring that some new weapons would cheer Nakiya up.

"And hey, we've got at least one thing we need to get you Lust. One Weapon of the Apocalypse. Now we just need that gateway and us all being stronger and we're ready to go." he said, trying to coax her back into being her more cheery sort. Za'cha then looked at the terrified girl they had taken the job of collecting. "You holding up alright there kid?" he asked her. She shook her head rapidly, squeaking in terror. Za'cha rolled his eyes. "Pride, Tessa, remind me to never again accept an offer to rescue someone's kid from a cult..." he asked of the two inhabiting his head. "Agreed." they both said before returning to their discussion. "Oh yeah, the Scythe... apparently she's called Tessa." said the Ex-Quip mage with a shrug.

"Kuro will find his own way back. He's probably going to go out hunting anyways."
She said with the wave of her hand, dismissing Za'chas concerns for the demon cat. Besides, the at was Telepathic, and with a quick, silent message the cat begun to make his way lazily home. She glanced down to the girl in front of her when she wimpered and rolled her eyes at the girl.

"Thought it was all sunshine and daisies hunh? Welcome to real life kid"
She chimed in, but stopped whenever Za'cha offered to craft her an armor that was much like the one she had just seen Pride in. She had to think about it for a long moment... did she trust that Za'cha would make her something that didn't have some form of set back... maybe something that woul eventually even be able to control her.


"Maybe... I wouldn't be against having armor that could do something like that.. you have to understand im wary about trusting you, or any one of those spirits in your head."
She stated with a wave to Za'cha's head as if she was pointing to Pride and Tessa.

"And the weapon has a name? How much empty space is in there exactly? And how much are you charging em for rent?"
She teased him though never lost her pissed off demeanor. It wasn't long until Pegasus began his descent towards the small town where the girls parents were anxiously waiting for her return. When Pegasus finally touched down, she jumped off of the horse and scooped up the young girl before placing her down on the one leg that wasn't broken. She helped the girl back over to her parents where she eagerly leaped into her fathers arms.

"Thank you so much for bringing her home... here are the jewels we promised you..."
He said as he handed them the small back of jewels and watched as the pair flew away. It wasn't long however until the same family was informing the Rune Knights of the tale their daughter told them about the two dark mages.