Gods and Nightmares

So this was the portal that would lead him to the planet Shinku. That was the planet where followers called out for his help. Something was slaughtering them, even with their best efforts, and his presence was needed to stop the onslaught against them. They were going into battle in his name, and even with his gifts, they were losing. That meant another god was involved, and they were killing his followers. That was not something he would tolerate, and exactly why he was about to head in.

There was only one reason he was currently waiting to go through, others were coming. When he had reached out to the minds calling out for him he had felt two others as well. One he knew, the demon cat known as Fluffy, but the other was a stranger to him even though they seemed powerful at the time. He knew they had felt him, that they would show up here. It was fate at this point for them to meet, and what better way to get to know this third person than in the midst of battle. What better way to meet a God than in participating in the concepts he was known for? "I come to aid you soon, my worshipers, worry not." The words were soothing to those that called, even though his voice boomed in their minds as he pushed them there.

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Fluffy was not fond of things like portals, they where abnormal, supernatural, things she hated unless they were made by science and she could understand the process in which they were made! Of course, she didn't care too much about that dislike anymore. Many people who knew her simply equated her growing confidence to becoming more confident about herself. No one knew that it was actually a dangerous sign, no one around even her own brother knew enough about her to realize that the behavior she often exhibited these days was not evolution, it was barely even herself, as if something else was taking over the Kasha. Depressingly? Fluffy was loosing herself enough that she did not even realize that she was slipping into a cold abyss of insanity at the moment, not when she was entirely unaware of her latent powers still existing.

Nyx still existed because it was she who had decided they were worshiper of Chaoris, a follower of the blood god, given some definition to her human name because while he respected her need to be called Fluffy she knew that the blood god knew she was Nyx. These days? Fluffy was beginning to forget that she had ever been Nyx, but anyone who noted thought it was something that she needed in order to live her new life as a Kasha. Anyway's, even if she had the urge to hurt others for the sake of hearing them scream, rising from deep within, she was grounded by the fact he existed. Further grounding was provided by the fact she had something to take care of, Savage Skull seemed to need her, she had taken up much of the official running of the guild and may as well be their guild master. Yet, she was still on a limb, her existence getting closer to falling.

"I had almost forgotten what it felt like to have someone else in my head." while traveling in her human life? She was a prime target for possession, communication and generally rarely had her brain to herself. One of the good things about her transformation was that she no longer realized any voices that weren't hers, she thought they were gone like she thought her powers were gone. "That call was a fun experience." she snickered the comment from her small maw, paws leaving the ground as she aimed to leap up onto the gods shoulder, purring slightly at the chance to fight alongside him again. While she had begun as a hesitant follower, maybe just a curious investigator of him? These days it was clear she was fully beneath his wing, reveled in serving his concepts, fueling the strength of her god by committing acts devoted to him. Though sometimes her methods did not exactly line, she was a fire user by using her magic she naturally ended up causing a bit more torment than what another would baseline and it would be a lie to say she didn't enjoy seeing that suffering when she was given the chance without outright aiming to torture. For the moment, she had not purposefully disobeyed his rules on her favorite hobby.

Crimson optics blinked softly as she looked over at the god, wishing her body had the ability to smile at him, warmth like her external flames filling from the inside. "Sorry I haven't been showing up as much recently, I've been hunting down a few essentials for Savage Skull as of late." like that hacker Kiki, rounding out the member base and making the guild kick back to life beneath her paw. However this had come at the price of showing up at a few massacres she may have been able to attend otherwise, sure she still killed in the dead of the night when her day was done, still cleaned skulls like the one in her mouth right now, but she would have liked to be able to do more. "I got this though, the little rat fought more than most others, lasted five minutes in a one on one and half of that was with a dead lung." Once fluffy set her sights on one single target? They didn't live long, she was a close combat fighter who was smart enough to use her flames in order to kill an essential organ or something like a leg in order to shift the fight in her favor. However, the skull she brought for him today, was someone who had survived those odds for a hefty amount of time, from the healing scar on her shoulder the opponent may have even got a good one in on her.

Than her stomach growled.

It appeared the feline was beyond ready to go through the portal with him and end the life of whoever his opponents for the day were.

But what was the buzzing in the back of her head, the thing making her light headed and causing her vision to tint red a bit? Was she growing more susceptible to the blood rage she'd seen due to her worship? Nah.

Fluffy would be the first one to arrive while the God awaited those that would be accompanying him to the other world to aid those that had requested his presence. It was not really a surprise to see her here. She was one of the stronger ones that had joined him, and if she kept up with how she was progressing the Kasha would soon find herself becoming one of his champions. The being would first apologize for not showing up recently to fight by his side before finding her perch on his unarmored shoulder. She would then offer him the skull, which he would take from her confidently with his opposite arm from the one she was resting over. "I do not demand the presence of any one person at all hours of the day, not even my greatest champions have to worry of such a thing. So long as one worships and continues on I require little else of them. I am not a greedy god, like so many others, to the point where I will demand every moment of your attention and make a harem that never leaves my side. There is a god already like that, and I hate him so." That god was the god of torture, pleasure, and all things enjoyed beyond normal means. They were basically the god of excess and he both loved and hated them at the same time. They were like a brother, but their love of torture and non-honorable acts brought him to a rage whenever their worshipers crossed paths.

Shortly after Fluffy showed up and offered her the skull would a small girl walk up to them. She showed no fear as she came up to them and asked who they were with a two worded question rather than a full sentence to do so. While odd, the meaning of it was there and Chaoris was not one to judge based on intelligence of those he met. Some of the light around him would turn into blood as he absorbed it as he began to introduce himself. "I am Chaoris Orneis, God of Blood, Skulls, War, and Honor." The deep, gravelly, voice echoed throughout the area as he spoke, his eyes looking directly into the short girls as he did so. "I have been requested by those that fight in my name on the planet of Shinku. Another god is interfering with those that do my bidding and I am going to help due to their faith in me. If you would come to battle at my side, I would gladly take you into my care as a worshiper in my name. All are blessed that follow me, as a warrior that has faith is a terror to face in battle." The God's words would echo back almost perfectly as he finished what he was saying and then stepped into the portal that would take him to the other planet. Fluffy would hop off of his shoulder as he did so, likely to speak to the girl as well as he left her no time to do so. The time to reach the planet was instantaneous, but the God of Blood and Battle would arrive in full armor and with both of his weapons in hand. The Sight of Suicide, his pet had been told to wait to arrive, as he had not wished for it to kill anyone that had come to him at the Wakusei Portals, and when it arrived he would likely be done here with Fluffy now being with him. "BEHOLD! THE GOD OF BLOOD HAS ARRIVED! FIGHT WITH ME OR DIE AGAINST ME!" The God would shout, his voice carrying across the planet to allow those whom had called him to know he was there. The fight would start soon, as even the enemy would know who he was and come to stop them before it was too late.

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Being perched upon the shoulder of Chaoris was an enjoyable thing for the Kasha and it was something she was willing to bet most of his other followers could not have claimed to do. Any other's who served beneath the god whom she had encountered? Were humaniod or naturally rather large, it wasn't that she liked 'having a place on him to herself' because he was a god, he would far out live her and one day someone else would take up that spot, it was inevitable in the world they lived in. Yet, she did enjoy the feeling of sitting perched where she was, nearly one of a kind in this brief moment, because all she had left were these briefs moments, she was living on borrowed time, never should have gotten the chance to be here, because Kasha should not exist in her own ideal's. At the least she had adjusted her mantra to no other god expect chaoris should ever exist, in spite of the males own comment that other's existed.

There was that word, as he rather happily for his normal angry self took the Skull she had offered to him, Champions, and it made her once more remember she had not asked him about what Champions meant and who Sharp was. Fluffy was never afraid of Chaoris for those without a life worth it had no reason to fear something dangerous. Yet, she was for some reason cautious to ask him about something he had not readily offered her, since everything had always seemed so transparent with him.

Lucie came up and made things easier, as it provided a conversation not linked with the word's charged by questions she chose not to ask him for answers to yet. The feline smiled internally as she listened to the confident god introduce himself to the meek child, feeling the vibrations from his powerful speech flow through her paws; That was one reason she liked sitting upon his shoulder, she could feel his power so much more strongly from her current perch. However she could not stay rooted there, he had not introduced her and really his explanation of events did leave some portion of wanting, so she leaped from the spot she adored setting her paws on, aiming to leap onto Lucie, so she could finish the explanation.

"I'm Fluffy, one of his followers and-" she stopped short of calling herself the guild master of savage skull, some could still contest that due to her magical rank, and it did not matter right now. All that truly mattered right now to the carnivorous beast? Was quickly reaching the side of her god once more and help him lay waste to whatever opponent was foolish enough to once more try besting him. "Basically without all his fancy amazing speech, there are a good number of people in trouble behind this portal, we're going to kill pretty much every single thing or person threatening them, at least that's how it typically goes, we commit what many may consider a massacre, than I eat some of the bodies. So-" she leaped from the small girls shoulder and transformed into her larger form, a massive six foot saber toothed feline with flames flickering around her feet and twin tails. "If you're coming get on, he may have gotten ahead of us, though I hope not." she really wanted to start fighting the second he did, though her stomach may have been some of that motivation. "Its no fun when he gets too much of a head start cause than everyone is already dead." At that point she would go through the portal with or without Lucie to fight by the side of chaoris once more.

The words of the one that had just met him entered his mind, clearly through the use of telepathy, and the god simply allowed the words to enter as he listened to each one carefully. Clearly she did not understand the ways of the god that she spoke to. She did not feel an entity of any kind worthy of worship, yet any bloodshed, any honorable kill, and rage induced slaughter were all done in his name whether one wished to admit to it or not. One did not even need to know who he was to worship him, it could be done thinking he was of a different name or concept even. The girl would still say she would fight by his side, though declined 'becoming' a worshiper at the same time. It was too late for declining, she would simply have to learn what it meant when a god was over a whole concept. Chaoris would respond back, telepathy was not outside the realm of the gods, and use though to respond back. "Very well, and by what name would you prefer to be called? It is an honor to know all who fight with me, and to call them by the name they prefer over all others." With that he would wait for a response even as a few of the enemies he had been sent here to deal with were showing up.

The beings were disgusting and plague-ridden, and that little bit of information gave him all he needed to know which god sent them here. The god of disease and rot, the father of pestilence had come to claim this planet for himself while his own worshipers fought to keep the area of it they had claimed. They were still a good distance off, and soon Fluffy and the girl who had yet been named would be here sooner. He would wait, though he would love to have gone forth and slain them all immediately, and together they could wade through them as if they were nothing but sheep for the slaughter. Blood and skulls would be given to him this day, and the honor of combat would be shared all around!

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The new girl was rather interesting in the consideration of the fact she seemed to be currently the silent type who hung back. If Nyx had been that sort herself, instead of the outgoing protagonist support she lived her human life as, maybe she would be alive and Fluffy would not even exist. Though, at the moment she didn't miss being human at all, there was no way someone would miss anything when they were dead, which she was. Plus, now she had this wonderful after-all where she got to hurt other's, were she had the power of life and death at the tip of her claw, the exhilarating power of murder and blood lust was addicting once someone started. Chaoris had shown her one of the purposes she had resurrected even though she had been torn apart by youkai energy, serving him was something that made her feel alive for a few brief moments.

"Yes, you are indeed here, but only for a brief span in time like everyone else." for a second she looked wrong as she spoke that comment, everything leaving her crimson eyes and being replaced by a negativety so strong it bordered insanity. Quickly the 'disturbing' moment had passed without Fluffy becoming aware of it, she just started forward perfectly normal again, as if the moment never happened. "This will be good." her flames sparked further to life as they finished the journey through the portal and she landed a few paw steps behind Chaoris, her gaze focusing heavily on his back as she took a breath, red leaking into her vision more than it normally did when she fought by his side, her head buzzing as she struggled to think clearly, she had someone on her back after-all. If she screwed up? The teenager would end up getting hurt as well.

Red tinted everything she saw and her mouth opened in a deep breath as she managed to control her head. "So bothering with a plan this time or is it just the normal routine?" Fluffy purred the comment as the flames from her paws cast an eerie light against the three of them.

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By the time the other two arrived Chaoris would already be fully prepared for combat. Armor and weapons would be out and highly visible to anyone that looked in his general direction. The mythical weapon known as Blood Fang would be the size of a greatsword, even though it was still held in one hand as if it was light as a feather, and the God of Blood of blood would turn his helmet covered head to look at his allies as the one who said others called her Lucie was hopping off of Fluffy. "A pleasure to meet you Lucie, a shame to be called a name by others but not have a name you want to be called. A name of your own can always be taken in the future if you wish to be called something else, as Fluffy here as done, and I will not lament using a nickname if you so choose." A look back over at the quickly approaching enemies would allow him to see the decaying and diseased hoard was growing larger in size as those that had lagged behind began to charge at the three newcomers to the battlefield.

Even as they continued to close Chaoris would answer Fluffy's question about a plan for where they were. "The group that has reached out to me is on the far side from where we are now, across a bridge that leads to an island surrounded by said cavern. We will fight through the enemies and get into the fortress. They will survive until we get there, but we must be quick if we wish to keep from fighting more plagued undead due to those that fall in this battle. And Fluffy, do not eat these. The toxins in them will not even allow you to safely stomach them. Burn them to dust so that they do not leave this planet completely dead as they continue to rot and release their vile chemicals." With that the God of Blood would charge the enemy, knowing the others would follow swiftly behind him, and would meet the minions of the Plague God head on. He had no fear of the diseases, bacterium, and pathogens that they held within them, thus the three undead he sliced to pieces with the greatsword as he simply moved past the rest to get to the one he saw raise up ten more of the undead plague carriers like the three he had killed as if gnats around him. Blood Sword would meet a viscous sword as the six-armed daemon attempted to swing with other plagued weapons to try and slay the God that had entered the fray. The armor upon him would take most of the damage from the attacks, the swords only meant to put death-inducing microbes into the bloodstream of those it fought, even as he activated the chainsaw of his Bloody Lance and began to saw through both heads of the beast. The thing would flail, catching his armor with multiple attacks that scored his armor in dings and dents that seemed to just make the god more efficient in battle. A few shots into the body with the Lance would stop the daemon completely as he released a burst of blood around him that would kill eight of the zombies that had moved towards him rather than his companions that were fighting as well. Ten warriors would charge him while a smaller daemon that seemed particularly normal stood in the back while channeling a spell that caused all of the beings around him to begin to give off an aura of disease.

A loud laugh would leave his lips as he swung his sword and beheaded two of the knights before throwing a burst of blood at the daemon. The daemon would have his holy blood, which was mixed with the holy light of a god, and cause him to erupt into a mist of blood as his came back to reunite with him. This would cause the aura of magic to cease and he would easily slay each and every one of the creatures around him. Soon they would make it to the bridge and make their way over to meet the group that worshipped him on this planet of Shinku.

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After she asked about if they had some plan running into this new slaughter or not, Lucie finally managed to give her name to the two of them properly. While it was nice to know who she was fighting alongside, the Kasha honestly did not put much stock into remembering the girls name. First off, she did not appear to actively worship the truest god in the world, Chaoris, and secondly even if the girl had been a devote worshiper, it was so rare for her to see another worshiper after a first encounter. Fluffy easily got by waiting for a humans natural instinct to remind people who they were, as if their names mattered in the face of battle honorably beside a god. At this point she could care less what she was called, someone could eve call her late for dinner, but so long as she was fighting alongside him, in his name, Fluffy was alright.
 
Moving on from the distraction of what's in a name; Fluffy had a heavily favoritism towards their normal routine and was really crossing her heart there would be no plan. In her mind, plans likely would involve restricting how helter shelter she went killing people deemed an enemy in favor of clearing an objective, and sometimes her murder's were hard to commit as she also had the extra strain of controlling her fire or sticking to melee so she would not unnecessarily torture the opponent. 'Burn them to dust.' Wait one moment?! The kasha stiffened, her crimson eyes moving to lock directly onto him instead of the slight side looks she had been using, her pupil dilating slightly. Had Chaoris who told her not to torture without requirement which lead to her using her flames less, just told her to burn everything to the ground?! Oh gosh, he wasn't taking it back, not that he ever took anything back, but oh chaoris had just told her to burn everything that fought them to the ground!

"I Can Do That!" her voice was ecstatic, showing while she had been behaving and not making excessive purposeful use of her flames, she still enjoyed burning things and was beyond happy Chaoris had given her permission to do it for the moment. Suddenly, the flames on her burned much brighter than they had been before, clear proof she had been purposefully suppressing underworld fire in his presence. The reason expect for his request quickly became clear as she rushed forward and any plant she step on was left a withered dead mass in her paw steps, charging forward right behind him. Perhaps almost not remembering she had Lucie on her back. Chaoris told her she could burn the things in front of them, just not touch them, this didn't count as torture even if they writhed while they burned!

The little pyromaniac followed behind him for a few seconds, setting the things he killed on fire with the use of the flames burning against her paws. Chaoris said everything after-all, and she was told not to eat them, not to touch them so she needed to save her ranged attacks like the fire orb following her, for their other opponents. The god she worshiped had actually seen very little of the opponent she could be, due to the fact most of her magic counted as torturing someone as well, this time that limit on her seemed to be lifted. Lucie better be ready, because the feline was at full sprint, breaking from Chaoris and meeting another group head on, releasing a powerful fire breath right before she would have collided with them, leaping into the air to avoid the swing prepared before she had set numerous undead and likely a few other enemies aflame.

As if she already had a plan before charging? Fluffy instantly swerved in the air, flicking two fire balls that suddenly appeared at the tips of her tails towards the remaining two lesser daemons, letting a single fireball from her mouth travel across the field towards the other large opponent. Once that was accomplished? She let out another fire breath, her fire orb passing by an enemy and lighting it aflame, before she started flying over enemies spewing wax from her mouth. Clearly, she took burn every opponent to heart, and also unintentionally proved she had been holding back power wise, flames surrounding her fangs and claws giving her a bit of a range where she could strike as if wielding a weapon instead of the body to body close combat she normally killed things with, all she had to do was set them on fire, and it was clear she had a very good skill for setting flames.

It would not take long for the trio to make it to the bridge, the two with him casually taking out the weaker minions of the plague god as they made their way to it, and Chaoris would point Blood Fang at the three creatures that were blocking their path. In the middle of the large bridge stood another of the great daemons that was a conglomerate of decayed and diseased bodies. Before it were two more of the lesser daemons that were just like the one he had slaughtered with his own blood as if it had been nothing but a balloon to pop with his swords. The God of Blood needed to finish them quickly, as he needed to assure that Nightmare remained alive in the face of a god's minions, so that he could give them greater blessings for believing he would show to save them in their greatest hour. It was as the three began to move that the bridge would as well, which gave him the idea to throw out some of his blood and cause the bridge to do a hard swing to the right that caused all three to lose balance even as he charged with sure feet across the bridge that was still doing hard swings to bring itself back into a standstill. The lesser daemons would simply he beheaded before they could even react, their smaller bodies having issue finding purchase while also trying to defend themselves, and the greater daemon would put up a small fight before it lost every sword arm and was subsequently slain. With the three dead a light kick would be all that was needed to send them into the abyss of the cavern that the bridge kept anyone from falling into so that they could cross immediately. "Come forth Lucie and Fluffy! Let us show those of Nightmare that their God has answered their pleas and saved them from destruction!" The god would charge in only to be met with a swinging greataxe that had a chain on it. A sword would cut it off at the handle before he brought up a fist into an uppercut, catching the large man that had swung at the Blood od in the chin and sending him flying back into a wall.

"HOLD! OUR GOD STANDS BEFORE US!" The twenty odd men, barring the one he had clearly knocked into unconsciousness, knelt before him with heads bowed alongside the words. "Chaoris, God of Blood, we thank you for saving us this day. Without your deliverance, we would have surely perished as we fought against impossible odds!" As the head warrior spoke, those that held skulls would roll them forward as offering as Chaoris stepped forward to stand directly before the head warrior.

"Honorable warriors, all of you. You held no fear in the face of impossible odds, fighting demons and the undead that spewed disease that no mortal should ever have to face." The god's voice boomed throughout the halls of the Shinku fortress as he touched the helmet of the leader of the group as a small amount of his godly blood entered into him. "The greater gift of blood has been given to you to lead this group forever, your body and soul protected from all but the most powerful of attacks of the gods so that you might be reborn to continue fighting. Those you trust may be given it by you, but should they prove a faulty allegiance they will be slain as I draw my blood back to me." The God of Blood had blessed them with a gift that only he could take back, and only another god of equal strength could remove. The God would turn back to Fluffy and Lucie, wishing to speak with them as well. "I thank both of you for coming with me this day. Unlike the mortals, you have no fear of the diseases these ones had. Others of this god can affect demons and monsters, but we will likely not see those unless the plague god is desperate. Fluffy, you know how to reach me at any time. Lucie, it was a pleasure to have you fight by my side. Should you ever need me you can simply reach out with your mind and I will hear. You may head back if you wish, but know you have a place at my side in battle should you ever desire to." The God would speak honestly with both, Fluffy not needing anything as she already knew how this went. They had saved these people, and now they could continue to grow ans expand until they could draw all into all out war.