Nightmare Challenge: Mystical Towers and that stuff

"A wanderer isn't always lost."

"You are not alone..." Arianna finally spoke up in reference to Elyx's final words. Now it was time for the woman, and the mother, to give her words of advice. Just as she did before. "Regardless of human, monster, angel, demon, whatever... all of our visions are limited to ourselves. Just like mine was limited, and because of that... it caused so much pain. All we can hope to do is see past our boundaries and try and look into others. Only then will people truly understand each other." It was well said by her, admittedly by both Deniel and Diabolos. The two of them were always confined to their own stubbornness and pride most of the time, though they did have very complex thoughts. Arianna, on the other hand, was quite selfless. And because of that, she was able to think the way she did. "I always did wonder how other races and beings saw things...saw the world. I wondered many things, and went into it all. Though out of all of them, I do say the Nephalem are the most fascinating race I have encountered... humans are there of course, but... I used to be one. Can't say it was 'encountered'."

A little tired of all of the morality talk, Deniel decided to give his closing statements of it all. He had no idea why he even stuck around for so long, anyway. The job was considered done, and he could have just left right then and there. Instead... he didn't really know when or how it went this way. "Well...now at least you understand. I may look and act like I'm human, but I'm not. I'm a Nephalem. There's things I can have, and things I can't. And, well.... I guess that's just the way it is." The easiest way out of the Mystic Tower was the large hole he created. So after a few minutes of standing around not doing much, he started to approach the enormous hole he made in the building with just one cut. They were only on the second floor, and his body could survive the drop...but he wasn't quite ready to go yet. His approach did make it clear that sooner or later he needed to get on with other business.

"Still, not all that bad... You and I both know a lot of power is nice to have. And aside from that, I'm a free man. No one to tell me where to go or what to do. I guess my Destiny is my own...if that garbage even exists. And hey, maybe it's not all certainly meant to be. If I can take control of myself, I can take control of what happens to me and when it does. So if things are predetermined for me, then... they can go to Hell. Though this doesn't include what we just talked about, of course. That stuff, well...maybe it'll never change." Arianna and Diabolos both had enough of what they wanted to say and hear. So the two of them emerged right back into Deniel's body, gone from sight. And now it was just him, Elyx, and Ignite in the room. Though not for long.

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"A wanderer isn't always lost."

At least he wasn't the only one that knew it was finally time for them to be going. They spent a lot of extra time just talking there, but there wasn't much harm in that. In fact, he found it quite interesting to get to know a fellow Wizard Saint. Heero and Zack were the only ones he knew, but even then there wasn't a whole lot he could say about them. To talk with another one the way he did with Elyx was, well...a rare opportunity. And now that it was over, it was high time he could get on with things. Out of all the things that Elyx referred Deniel as, there was only one of them he preferred. "Hahah...please. Just call me Deniel. That's all I need." He turned his back to the opening in the Mystic Tower, and towards Elyx. All he did was shrug, and let himself drop right down by falling backwards. There wasn't the sound of anything hitting the ground below, though. All there was in his wake was a bright blue light, a mysterious glow. In the glow's wake, a figure clad in elegant white and black armor arose. On his back were two 'synthetic' wings composed of Energy rather than feathers, and were held on to by long metal strips. Obviously it was Deniel, but there wasn't any skin visible underneath all of that armor. Even on his helmet, his eyes were covered by a pair of golden lenses.

The White Angel briefly stared into the Mystic Tower, and returned the salute that Elyx had given it earlier just before he dropped. Then the angel clenched both of its fists, and turned itself away. One moment he was there, and the next moment he was gone, leaving behind him a trail of bright blue energy that very shortly vanished. And then a moment later, he was completely gone from sight. There wasn't really telling where he went or where he was going, but there wasn't any following him either. In his flight, the White Angel briefly closed his eyes underneath his helmet, with the lenses mimicking the action by sealing themselves shut. "Where to next, Deniel?" Nidhogg did not speak a single word in the long conversation Deniel had with Elyx and his partner and his parents. He left the talking up to those people, and instead just fell asleep himself. Now that he and Deniel were back out on the open sky, the least he could do was find out where he was going. Deniel didn't really know where, but an answer very shortly came to him, and he turned directions from East to North-north-West. "Let's go visit Rose Garden and have some fun. I think after a job of killing another version of me... a break is well-deserved. I'll go to Era for the reward later." He slowed down his flying speed just a little bit so he could catch a better glimpse at the landscape below him of Fiore. He always loved looking at it; it was a truly beautiful country.

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