Suffering wildlife

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'Monster Dice' :

After dealing with the stalker the youth walked over two the others showing what he had found in the mans pockets "This is what I found, I don't know what they might be important." he said holding out two of the three coins believing they could be important so they each had one in case they decided to go their separate ways after what just happened "Lady, Key should we stay together and see this all the way through?" he asked wanting to see what they wanted to do after all it wasn't just his call, his parents would have preferred him to have just walked away to deal with any future issues regarding this on his own; even the strange youth could tell that this could get dangerous and that if they supported each other they could deal with it quickly and efficiently given how mixed their abilities where. Where the three all had serious flaws in their characters or behaviours they seemed to work well together and that mattered the most.

As he waited he tilted looking more than a little concerned "Are you sure about that Zen-Ze?" he asked as he received information from his spectral nature parent. "I am not calling her a liar, I was asking if she was sure! There's a difference!" he pouted crossing his arms hating when they acted like this but no sooner than he had done this the herbalist came running to the trio seemingly out of breath "There's a problem with the animals... th-the..." she bent forward her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath a shaking mess. Advent sat down, his feet touching each other a hands moving above his head a song starting to be heard softly, but it wasn't just one voice but many as he started to bring his hands away from each other his finger placement precise but delicate like a dolls. As he rotated his wrist as he brought one down the other following shortly after almost like they where feathers, blossoms or leaves falling from a tree or caught on the wind, as he did the calming melody harmonised further creating a peaceful and calming atmosphere.

Due to this the herbalist stood up at last her nerves calmed watching the white haired youth as he continued his graceful movements as if there was no one there watching him or anything going on in his world; after a moment she remembered why she ran after them "The animals... there's something wrong with them... they don't look right, they're glowing and there's a strange fungus on them." her voice though calm thanks to whatever the sitting member of the team was doing still held panic and a matter of urgency. "I think it's the flowers but.. I.. I can't be sure, please help the village.. I.. I'll pay." she begged them bowing a little tears falling. Advent was being told by his parents to help and knew if needs must he could handle the subject by himself but wanted to see if the others would stick around to help.

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The mage had huffed as the blind one berated her before. She already knew she was an alcoholic. It wasn't anything new to her. But she most definitely knew she would never turn on her allies if an enemy presented her with some alcohol. "More than likely... the alcohol of my enemies, is poisoned." She snorts to herself. She didn't care if Advent heard her or not, but she knew she wouldn't accept alcohol from her enemies , that is, if she knew they were an enemy beforehand. She can only be bought so far with alcohol, even then, sometimes she can refuse it if something better came along. She runs a hand through her hair and scratches the back of her head. She wasn't going to explain anything to him about the slang word, and didn't need to be scolded on her poor teamwork skills. She knew she was terrible at times.

When the coin was presented to her, she Adalinda grabs it and holds it up. "I suppose it'll be easier to stick together since the herbalist might be in danger..." She observes the coin in her hand sniffs it to see if it would be edible. "Probably shouldn't eat this..." She mumbles to herself before stuffing it in her pouch for safe keeping. She looks up at the herbalist as she's running towards them, and blinks confused. Was there something going on with the animals because of the plants now? She scratches the back of her head as she didn't know what to do about the panicky woman. Adalinda wasn't a cuddly person, it wasn't her forte. She walks over and pats the woman's back hesitantly, hoping that would calm her down. She looks to Advent as he did his magic. She backed off a bit to let him work without her needing to be there.

As soon as the herbalist seemed well again, Adalinda stood as well, and listened to her words. Her guess was right about the plants affecting the animals. She hangs her head and groans to herself. "Great... these plants are more trouble than they're worth... Alright, I'll help take care of them..." She stretches and shakes her hand out as she takes another swing of the sake before she looks to Kyran. "You in? Or gonna ditch?" She questions as she was sniffing the air already for the animals. She caps the sake and puts it on her hip now, saving the rest for later.

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Kyran relaxed his arm to ease tension in his bow. He slipped the arrow back into the quiver. The danger was over. At least from the stalker. The demon pressed against his skull, howling for blood. He was barely able to wrap his fingers around the coin when Advent offered it to him. It was peculiar, unlike any coin he had ever seen. The thought helped make the demon recede. His curiosity was more powerful. He didn't really hear Advent ask if they were sticking together. The coin was too interesting.

He was stopped from really inspecting the coin when the herbalist ran up. Slipping the coin into a pouch, Kyran listened to her plea for help. An arrow was nocked within the next few seconds. Something was strange about the weeds they had found. Now they could apparently possess animals. Someone or something must be directing them. Kyran frowned at the thought. Maybe they were simply guided by a malevolent intelligence. Whatever the case, Kyran wouldn't stand by while the innocent were injured. The demon came back to the forefront quickly. Play? Kyran wasn't sure whether to trust it. Would it really help or sabotage their chances of taking the animals down?

Adalinda's question made Kyran cock an eyebrow. "No choice. Look." A few of the infected animals were swarming through the openings between houses. Pigs and chickens only from what Kyran could see at a quick glance. There was no way to know just how many. Since he wasn't going to trust the demon and he didn't have a handle on it as of yet,
Kyran was sure he would be more helpful in this fight from above. "Need a hand up. More effective from above. Only 18 arrows though" Kyran said gesturing to a rooftop with his bow.

There was one other thing he could do to help though. Provided he didn't screw up its instructions. Kyran took his right hand off the string. Using his rings, he cut his thumb open. His fingers flashed through the required signs and the blood began to glow. Instead of dropping to the ground, it began coalescing into a small shape. "Blood Beast: Imp of Annoyance!" Kyran said forcefully. The blood transformed into a tiny chubby baby man. If it didn't have goat legs, bat wings, sharp teeth and horns, it would have been quite cute. "Attack the feathery birds called chickens infected with purple fungus" Kyran really hoped the fungus was purple anyway. The imp tossed him a salute and zipped off. There was some squawking as it attacked a chicken. Luckily it was covered in fungus.

Kyran felt slightly drained from the spell usage. He always did. It was part of his magic. Unfortunately, his magic wasn't very practical for this kind of thing but he had wanted to try anyway. Kyran wanted them to have the best shot at this that they could get. There was no telling how many animals had been infected. It was a shame his magic was more suited for support after or before a battle. "Best can do magically. Won't last long. Not much damage." He informed them. Best they know he couldn't be counted on for magical help. He could only back them up with his bow.

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Advent raised an eyebrow hearing what she said about enemies and poisoning a potential drink and sighed shaking his head rolling his eyes. "That's narrow minded." he said standing dusting himself off, he had a unique way of looking at things given how his magic worked "Where nine times out of ten it may be poisoned or drugged but the best way to slay an enemy is kindness..." he said with a grin like he knew something that she didn't "Everything is perception after all." he said calmly his mind seemingly acting more like an average person though his sleeved arm suddenly showed signs of bruising but it didn't seem to be an issue for him. "I'll do it when I'm not busy doing my job..." he said with a frustrated sigh "I'm okay, there's no need to bother them for this. Geese you lot nag a lot, I'll do it when I've sorted this okay." he wanted his parents to be quiet, he knew that they worried given what happens when he got worse but for now he was fine and so didn't find the need to do what they wanted him to do.

Advent nodded he didn't care one way or another he wanted to try make some friends but he knew due to his oddness many just up and left him or wanted to keep away from him. "A metal slayer of some kind?" he asked shaking his head once more "I'd suggest against it because who knows what is in that metal." he said stretching as he started to walk towards where the herbalist had said the infect animals where as the other seemed to speak to talk to one another, he covered his mouth yawning as of late he hadn't been sleeping well and was wondering why this was the case as to his knowledge nothing had changed for him as far as he could remember anyway. "Little help on what is infected and yes I know don't do unneeded damage. Do you think I'm an idiot Yuui?" he already knew the head of his parents disliked him but at the same time there was nothing he could do change his point of view, he had tried since he was a little boy he didn't blame him given the terrible thing that he don but he was trying to atone the best he could.

"Chickens and pigs?" he questioned turning back hearing Kyran's words that he had to get higher and proceeded to move gently concentrated on what he was wanting to do, the voices lively and warm as he continued, his hands moving as he spun a graceful dance a ladder of vines starting to grow from the ground to the tallest building nearby, he hoped that this would be enough for the other male in the group to understand as he couldn't speak while doing his magic or it would cut off complete spells. For now he decided he would wait to see what the others done before entwining more spells into the one he currently had going in case Kyran wanted to shift positions to another building.

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Adalinda brushes off Advents first comment, but raises an eyebrow to his second about his statistics of the alcohol being poisoned. "You trying to say you could have poisoned that sake you gave me?" She chuckles. "I have no intentions of being anyones enemy, yet. But I can change in the blink of an eye. And yes, I'm a Iron Dragon Slayer." She crosses her arms over her chest before the swarm of infected animals came out of the forest. She pauses only to look at the Imp Kyran made though.

"That's... actually kind of cute..." She nods and snickers to herself. Of course she was aware she might get looks for thinking that the imp was cute when most would find it grotesque, but she didn't care really. She was about to motion Kyran near a building when Advent had already decided to make a spell himself. Adalinda was in a bit of awe at the magic, and nods impressed by it a bit to herself before she was distracted by the sudden attack of a chicken leaping wildly at her and scratching her. "Crap!" She cries out while managing to jump out of the way. She looks around for a moment and grabs a left out axe that was nearby. She wanted to play a bit of baseball with these creatures. "What the hell are you coming at me for?! I didn't mess with you damn chicken! I'll cook you over a fire and make a nice roast out of you!" She threatens and swings her axe at it before she jumps out of the way again.

She tried to jump up out of the way of the chicken while hacking at the fungus. Whatever was wrong with these animals, it was most definitely the cause of the fungus. "I get it! You're pissed I pulled you out of the ground and coming back to haunt me! I'm never gardening again!" She shouts at the plant. Adalinda was starting to grow a hatred for the plants. Especially these enchanted seeming ones.

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Kyran tried to focus through the chaos around him. His usual battle cool wasn't descending upon him. He had to find it as soon as he could. Maybe it was Adalinda's fault since she thought his Imp was cute. It was supposed to be terrifying. What was wrong with that girl? Still he couldn't keep a smile from his lips at her assessment of the Imp. His attention was pulled away by the sudden rush of magic. It was hard not to ogle as vines formed a ladder onto a nearby roof. Kyran heard Advent's question somehow through his wonder at the kid's magic. It was unlike anything Kyran had ever seen and he wanted to see more of it. His childlike wonder threatened to take over. He shook his head. Time for that later. Help the village first. Kyran sprinted for the ladder Advent had created.

"Yes! Chickens and Pigs! They're about to attack the village!" He remembered to shout as he passed. Kyran scrambled up the ladder and turned. Crap. He had forgotten about his spells limits'. Turning, Kyran watched the Imp shove itself down a chicken's throat just before exploding into black dust. Another chicken lay nearby covered in cuts and blood. Kyran couldn't tell if it was dead but it was out of the fight. Two down once the choking chicken finally died. Twenty thousand left more than likely. A challenge.

Finally, Kyran's battle calm settled upon his shoulders. A challenge had been all he needed to invoke it. Nocking an arrow, Kyran looked over the empty space between the herbalist's house and the rest of the village. It was nearly filled with animals. Some were attacking the houses as they reached them. The majority seemed to be focusing upon the mages. Kyran noticed Adalinda below. It looked like she was playing with a chicken. "Kill it Adalinda! Don't play with it!" Advent looked to be in danger, at least in Kyran's eyes. The kid was standing at the bottom of the ladder while three pigs charged.

Kyran took a deep breath and drew back his arrow. As he released his breath, the arrow leapt from the string. One of the pigs squealed, slamming into the other two. It interrupted the charge. They should be easy pickings for Advent. He grinned before realizing Advent couldn't see. "Directly in front of you, Advent. Three infected pigs." Kyran called down. He laid another arrow on the string of Last Sight. Despite the sheer numbers of the opponent, Kyran felt confident the three of them could come out on top.

Kyran cocked his head at the thought. He had never really relied on anyone but Sylvia. His father had kicked him out after learning what he could do. His mother had died when he was two. The rest of the village tormented him. His fingers brushed over the half sleeve of thorns on his forearm. Scars that would never fade. Yet Kyran felt enough trust in his companions to let them handle this battle. Interesting. Not something he had ever expected to happen.

Kyran pulled his arrow back and let it fly. With the amount of bodies milling in the area below, the arrow tore through a few. Grunts and squeals filled the air. He frowned when none of them fell. These animals were tougher than normal ones. Probably a side effect of the fungus growing upon them. He would have to aim more carefully. Especially since he only had sixteen arrows left. Kyran didn't know how many animals were in the courtyard but it was many more than sixteen.

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Advent blinked for a moment hearing Ada's question about poisoning the sake he had given her "There is always that possibility but given how much of a pain it is to find that stuff, who it is for and the reason behind me getting it." he said with a smile as he leaned forward "You have nothing to worry about, I wouldn't want to poison my guildmaster, he's a nice person and I'm sure I'd fail meaning I'd get my rear handed to me then get exiled as a dark mage or killed by him." he said truthfully as he stood up nodding to her admittance of being a dragon slayer of the metallic variety. "Just bare in mind that just because you don't expect to become someone's enemy doesn't mean someone won't consider you as such." his words were honest on the topic after all it wasn't like a romantic relationship where it was a two way street, all it takes is a single person to hate another to become enemies and it could be over the most stupid of reasons. "Again it comes down to a persons perception." he ended with a sigh.

Advent continued his original dance even though Kyran was on the roof it had moved to make ladders to the two closest houses from the house that Kyran was on as if he could see them. As he continued to dance it changed slightly as did the song as another song was entwined into the original this seemed so low and faint that it would have been easy to miss it but as it continued to dance gently but somewhat sporadically but still somehow it was easy to see each movement was precise and deliberate. A dark eerie mist started to spread from Advent creating an almost new reality to protect the true one, the village almost looking like a city in ruins being claimed by a forest jumping back landing gracefully only to continue stood a person clad from head to to in what seemed like white and yellow ninja gear; dashing forward silently they drew a ninjato slashing at the pigs making quick work of them before fading from whence they came. 'Geese, I know I'm blind in the traditional sense Key but I felt them coming. Then again I should be grateful someone is looking out for my well being. What the hell is lady doing with that chicken?' he thought to himself, he knew right now he couldn't speak and perhaps that was for the best, at least for the most part.

Again Advent's dance changed as did the tune a third requiem adding to the harmony and though both the movements seemed random and almost off key they still somehow fit. The strangest thing would be though the day was perfectly clear thunder and lightning could be heard, the rumbling of the earth following close behind as did the crackling of fire and the blowing of a wind that never came; it was easy to see that this wasn't a normal spell especially as the elements in question seemed angry. from the ground shot up roots that managed to immobilise five pigs and three chickens, he hoped that this would give his allies enough time to take these ones out because it wouldn't be to good if they didn't at least for him. This was because where he had learned to hear the elements and could use them on a basic level he was calling on their primal forces for help at current and that was way above what he should be doing but right now their was little else he could do to get them to stop so it would make this a bit easier.

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Adalinda glares up at Kyran a bit when he tells her to stop playing with the chicken and just kill it. "Hey! Why don't you come down here and get pecked by chickens with fungus that jump like their heads were being threatened off!" She shouts at him before she actually managed to swing the axe and lopped off a head of a chicken. "Bastards are gonna be a delicious meal when we're done with them!" She chortles to herself as she jumps out of the way of a charging pig and another flapping chicken. She was clearly irritated with this fast food.

The black haired mage noticed that the blind one had trapped some of the animals in some roots. She chuckles as she yelped from being pecked at again. "These bloody things are annoying!" She says and grabs the chicken at it's neck as it had gone to attack her with it's pecking, having seen it start jumping. She chops that ones head off before she jumped and kicked off the pig that was trying to ram her. "Not today piggly wiggly." She says and charges towards the ones Advent trapped. "Can you try to trap more? I'll take them out, and maybe Kyran can try to shoot some from above or something if he has enough arrows." She says as she quickly uses the axe to hack at the fungus on the chickens. She held a hand out and had claws on the other hand and went to cut up the pigs as quickly as she could before the other one came at her, smacking her off her feet.

"Jeezum! You're a persistent bugger, aren't you!" She howled as she rubbed her side. That actually hurt her. She gasps as the zombie like pig tried to bite at her, and she stuck the stick of the axe in its mouth before she reached around with her clawed hand and sliced at it's neck. That was six pigs just then, and five chickens. She was feeling on a roll now, especially with Kyran and Advent helping her out. "I'll buy something for you to drink next time we meet up, kay?" She asks as she brandishes her axe. Another chicken came at her again, and she managed to duck while holding up the axe, slicing the bird while it sailed over her hip. "Six." She snorts.

Adalinda noticed the music that was around, and noted the clear weather despite the noise. She only figured it was coming from the dancing one not too far from her. No brainer in her head really. She was working on keeping the animals from going after Advent while he danced, hoping this would help him trap more or do something else to help with the beasts.

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Kyran was amazed by his companions' abilities. They were making quick work of the infected animals and from Kyran's point of view, easily doing so. He attributed the strange noises and the sudden capture of a few of their foes to Advent. The kid's magic was amazing. The village changing was most impressive. He made a mental note to ask the kid about it later.  Right now, it looked as if Adalinda needed his help.

Kyran drew a deep breath as he pulled back on Last Sight. In quick succession, he fired off a stream of four arrows. They were meant to hit the chickens. Kyran had pulled upon everything Sophia had taught him about hunting. Yet two of the arrows missed. Somehow the chickens dodged the attack entirely. Kyran frowned, lowering Last Sight. Were the creatures all connected by the fungus? He couldn't be sure. Now that he was down to twelve arrows, he didn't want to test his theory either.

Kyran couldn't help but feel as if he was accomplishing nothing. Of the bodies on the ground, only a few must be his. He was only using a bow and arrow where his companions were using magic. Plus, if the animals were somehow connected and getting smarter, shooting them wouldn't work much longer. Kyran set Last Sight aside. Time to switch things up. An idea was beginning to form within his head. Adalinda and Advent were strong. They could control him if he lost it. He drew out Black Flower's Thorn. This seemed the best way to protect the village. The horde of animals against them didn't leave many other options. Wishing he had a better plan, Kyran scrambled off the roof.

"Adalinda! Here! Come towards me and Advent!" Kyran shouted trying to get the three of them into the same area. Kyran would have less of a chance of hurting anyone if Advent and Adalinda were defending each other. A pig rammed him in the side as he watched for Adalinda's approach. Cursing, Kyran severed its spinal cord with a sweep of his sword. Forget the girl. Let me out! Unleash my power!! As the last remaining chickens dove at his head, Kyran felt inclined to believe it. Tactically, it was the best plan provided Kyran found a way to control it. It would remove the most obstacles with the least effort. One of the chickens stabbed his hand as he sliced off the other chicken's head. Kyran felt he couldn't wait. He hoped Adalinda was behind him by now.  

"Damn it! Advent! Adalinda! 60 seconds! Don't come near me! I can't control it! Keep everyone else back! Kyran shouted. He batted the last chicken away and sank his teeth into the wound on the back of his hand. Power infused into his body the moment his blood hit the back of his throat. Black Flower's Thorn fell to the ground, forgotten. He wouldn't need it in a moment.  NO!! Drink their blood!! The demon shrieked. Their consciousness' fought as the changes swept over Kyran's body.

His eyes burned, changing from bright blue into demonic red. Black leeched into his whites until it was all that remained. Kyran threw back his head to howl. Brown-black fur sprouted over the entirety of his body. His limbs lengthened. His hands lost their fingernails, instead growing blunt black claws. His legs snapped as they changed shape, adding a second knee. His feet became large paws, ripping free of his boots. Kyran fell forward. Pain rippled through his body as it changed. His face lost all semblance of humanity, morphing into the short snout of a dog. A second later, Kyran grew a tail. His transformation was complete. Looking into Kyran's eyes would only reveal a complete lack of intelligence. There was only bloodlust.

Kyran released a second howl, head back, mouth frothing. The animals froze. On some instinctual level, they knew a predator had entered the battle field. One they had to get rid of as soon as possible. Still woozy from his transformation, Kyran stumbled as a pig slammed into his legs. The chicken attacked his chest as if trying to dig out his heart. A second pig slammed into his legs again. The rest of the animals were converging on Kyran, determined to take him out. They had underestimated him.

Drawing upon the strength and speed now available to him, Kyran closed a massive hand around the chicken. Squeezing drenched him in blood, the chicken reduced to nothing more than a mass of flesh. Kyran tossed away the corpse. His teeth parted in a doggie grin. Nothing was going on in his head but the creature in his place thought this was fun. As the pigs charged to attack again, Kyran moved faster than they. His teeth closed upon the neck of one. A savage jerk broke the spine. He released it quickly to deal with his other opponent. The other pig found Kyran's blunt claws digging into its eyes. It squealed once before Kyran jerked it into the air. There wasn't even any strain as he turned and threw it at the wave of pigs headed his way. The creature that had been Kyran snarled happily. Blood would become a wave in this town. Red would become the sunrise.  

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Advent continued to weave the three spells songs and dances together he seemed fully at peace as he did so, it was strange given how he was when not using his magic. His concentration was on every distinct movement no matter how small or insignificant they may have appeared to be, in truth even the smallest error could cause another spell to activate or for the spell he was using to backfire on himself and those he currently was allied with. This was something he had been taught to try keep to a minimum as his magic had already caused more sorrow than he was proud to admit, it was one of the reasons he learned new spells away from people and why he learned in such a way that his magic would only affect those who he seen as a threat and thus an enemy. Hearing Ada's voice asking if he could trap more of the enemies only made him roll his eyes under his blindfold 'Sure, let me get right on that... like this isn't complicated as it is.' he thought to himself as he wondered why he seemed to be doing so much.

As he continued he wanted to yell for them to close their eyes but couldn't or it would do more harm than good given what he was about to do, with a single sudden movement added to what he was already doing it was almost seemed he had torn into the fabric of reality and brought chains of black metal covered in wispy smoke. 'I hope she not stupid enough to eat this stuff.' he thought to himself an eerie noise coming from where the chains had come from 'Please for the veils sake, don't look at that tare.' he prayed as he continued the dance adding the wails to it throwing the chains catching three more pigs that seemed to be frozen stiff before they keeled over due to the chains eating their life force. Just as everything seemed fine chain lightning started to descend hitting anything within thirty meters that advent seen as an enemy, this being said it would have narrowly missed Ada hitting a pig just in front of her too.

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'Normal Dice' :

The black and blue haired mage looked up at Kyran on the roof and nods as she had used her claws on another pig near her. She started running back over to around Advent and him when he said to stay away from him and keep everyone back. She was a bit confused on it, but nods regardless. "Sure, whatever?" She shakes her head. Her hand was a bit bloody from the pigs blood, and the axe she was using was equally as bloody. She snorts as she sees this little battle field of pigs and chickens was pretty gory. "Not for the faint of heart..." She chortles to herself.

When Advent made chains come out of someplace, Adalinda immediately covered her mouth and nose and looks away. "Holy cow! That reeks!" She hisses as she makes a gagging sound. The smell of those chains weren't pleasant to the dragon slayer at all. She looks up just a bit to see a stray pig come running up at her direction, in which she quickly moved and slashed her arm out and used her claws to take it out, but screeches as lighting got the pig before her. "Watch it!" She flips the axe in her hand as she picks up a rock and throws it at the other three pigs to get their attention. "C'mon! Come bite me, swine!" She cackles as she managed to attract two of the pigs and swings her axe to get at it's neck while it tried to ram her. She got smarter about paying attention to them since there were so few now. She managed to jump up on the second and throws the axe down hard on the fungus before she ripped the axe out pretty violently and then hacked at the neck with it before tearing the throat with her claws.

After that pig was down, her arm slowly changed back to it's normal hand, and she looks to her axe. "Be my savior now little tool." She chuckles to herself while preparing for more to come at her while keeping an eye on Kyran. His canine-like body was something she never expected of him. Maybe that's why he seemed a bit shy at first? She would have to ask him later and see what was up with him.

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The hair all over Kyran's dog-like body stood up as Advent summoned his chains. They didn't smell right. As they began to emit a shrill noise, his ears fell back against his skull. The distraction cost him. The remaining pigs slammed into him. His ankles hit each other and the dog demon tumbled to the ground. Kyran pushed himself up on all fours. His teeth were bared in a savage smile just before he shot across the distance between him and the pigs.

They squealed once. That was all Kyran gave them. His talons tore open the belly of one pig. Its insides spilled out onto the cobblestone and it fell where Kyran tossed it. It was left to die slowly. The other choked on Kyran's hand. He took great pleasure in shredding the inside of its throat. The pig collapsed at his feet when he finally pulled his hand free.

Kyran unleashed a roar. It shook the air, the stones of the ruins around him. Bloodlust became an almost perceptible mist surrounding the dog-demon. An answering roar blew away the mist. This roar was filled with rage. Kyran turned to face this new opponent, his tail wagging with anticipation. He liked nothing more than a good fight and this one promised to be epic. The blood dripping down his fur was of no matter. Only the adrenaline, only the rush.

The creature lumbering towards them from the edge of the village was once a bear. Now it was a mass of purple. Purple infused into its fur in a gelatinous mass and glopped down over one of its eyes. From the strange infusion of fur and goop on its back sprouted hundreds of tiny glowing purple mushrooms. Kyran could smell the decay from here. The thing was dying to feed the mushrooms growing upon it. Best to put it out of its misery.

Kyran drew upon his speed to rush out and meet the mushroom bear. It rose up on its hind legs to meet him. Something inside Kyran shouted for him to stop but he was too far gone. His talons slashed at the matted fur of the bear's stomach. One strike, two, three! Kyran let his tongue loll out in a doggie grin. Blood trickled down the bear's stomach. It growled undeterred by the injuries.

A paw slammed into the side of Kyran's face. His head snapped to the side. A growl reverberated deep within Kyran's throat. However before he could retaliate, the bear slammed its paw into his stomach. Air rushed from Kyran's lungs. He wheezed trying to draw a breath. As such, Kyran was unprepared as the bear backhanded him. His body flew through the air back toward his companions. It landed with a soft thump about halfway between the bear and the mages.

Kyran was stunned. He lay on the cobblestone, blood creating a slow pool around him. His body shuddered violently. Fur shed off him in one collective mass. His bones returned to normal shape and size. Now back in his original body, Kyran groaned in pain. His shredded vest and shirt soaked up the blood from his wounds, turning them both an ugly shade of red. Kyran had a feeling standing up was a bad idea. His body felt as if it had been through a meat grinder.

A loud noise brought Kyran's attention back to the bear. It was lumbering toward him. There was a wicked glint in its only visible eye. "Uh guys? I can't move. Maybe you can draw its attention away from me? Please?!" Something like fear was trickling down Kyran's spine as he watched the bear get closer. Even if he tried to get up and run, he wouldn't get far. If he could even move that much in the first place. Would his companions even be able to reach him in time as it were?


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Advent didn't miss a beat even hearing his allies the song kept going as did his dance, but the vines now had ended meaning the song had become less complicated at least for a moment. He realised the chains he had drawn would make the others more than a little uneasy but he wondered what they would think if they found out that wasn't the most disturbing spell he could call on or ability that he had, that if they knew his magic was forbidden by the magic council because of the potential danger it posed. For now he didn't have that worry, he kept to the rules set by his guardians and that had kept him safe from those who would want to use, abuse or hurt him for something he had no power over. It was when Ada had told him to watch what he was doing he let out a silent sigh 'Yeah, lets make fun of the blind kid that just saved your backside. I wonder how you'd react if you knew my magic can't harm my allies.' he thought to himself, sometime he really wish he could hit his allies for being stupid but on this case she had no idea but still a sight comment to a blind person was just low.

He blinked under his blindfold as he felt the vibrations of something new under his feet, something he was use to given where he grew up 'Why would a bear be within the village? It's not safe here for it.' he thought to himself as he came to the conclusion that it was either hungry and couldn't find food where it called home or it too was infected, given the weirdness of this village he decided the latter made more sense. Again his dance changed as did the song as he didn't add just one but two additional requiem to what he was doing, this time the movements that he used weren't how they should be but were enough to trigger them properly as with the stalker the mansion like theatre appeared but this time within it there where eight people who converged on the bare 'Ice' he thought knowing they would pick up on it their weapons giving of a blue misty glow as they began to fight the bear.

Before they even touched the bear it was almost as if it spontaneously conbusted and caught fire. The stench of its fur and flesh burning being smelt easily in the air but still the long white haired youth continued his dance as if it hadn't happened; this is because he knew that his wraith puppets would make short work of the poor suffering animal. Once again the song changed as did Advent's movements becoming more willow like as the requiem had evolved once more but the addition this brought to his song was joyful and happy. He had activated one of his healing spells that would heal the three of them. When the bear had fallen Advent let each spell fall one at a time until he came to a full stop and moved to his knees breathing gently the theatre and illusion of the village ruins falling only leaving the real thing.

"I have a bear now... that's going to be interesting." he said not to sure how to take the fact he may now have a corrupted pet bear that wants to do harm to him and his beloved wraiths, if it tried anything it soon find out who the boss was because he wouldn't let anything hurt anything he claimed as his. "Feeling better Key?" he enquired hoping he had healed the other enough. "I could ask Zen-Ze, my mother is a wonderful healer." he said with a bright smile as he returned to how he was, the others may not have realised but the bruising under his long sleeved arm had gotten worse. The herbalist who had kept their distance now seeing the threat had been handled came forward with the reward for each of them "Thank you so much here is the reward I promised." she said before running off in case anything else came up "Now what?" he asked the others wondering what was their next step.

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