A cracking noise echoed through the air before finally the sound of shattering glass roared. His claws making its way through the invisible shield, Caius thrust his claw forward in an attempt to draw blood from the hated man before him. Regulus' eyes widened for a moment as the shield had given way. He was expecting for the boy to break through, but he did not expect so soon. He needed to act fast in order to correct the blunder that was made, he immediately jumped backwards and immediately snapped his fingers, causing the shards to shoot forward. The shards pierced Caius' body and sent him flying backwards. Landing on his feet Regulus glanced down at his chest and smirked "Blood...." Regulus said as he stared at the bleeding wound. Once again on his back Caius slowly rose to his feet as blood lightly trickled downwards. He took a step further but immediately held his head and shook it. "Your a resilient one...maybe you do take after me...somewhat..." Regulus said as his doll joined him momentarily. "It makes things much more interesting...I would dare say if it wasn't for that girl this would have been a much earlier result..." Regulus said. "Affection is meaningless...others may find comfort in it but you shall not...." Regulus said snapping his fingers as demons rushed forward at Caius. His mind was leaving him, soon he was to become just like the mindless husks that raged forth and tried to attack him. Affection...he had received it, but he was not worthy, even now he had betrayed this affection and foolishly head to his father. It was all his fault, the hatred just continued to blind him and his thoughts were now eclipsed. He slashed through the first demon that approached him and ripped off the second's head. Caius began to slaughter each and everyone of them while Regulus calmly watched on.
♪ Just hearing Regulus speak was nerve-wracking but Caius needed to stay strong, he needed to not falter. There were many things he needed to find out and Regulus had the answer. He gritted his teeth, trying his best not to show his fear. He clenched his fist and prepared himself. "I need answers...what am I? what did you do to me? what did you do to my mother?!" Regulus raised an eyebrow and merely let out a rare chuckle as he shook his head "such meaningless questions...are you so weak that you cannot comprehend the truth? and that last one...how laughable...why care for a mere test rat?" Regulus said coldly staring down at Caius. "WHY YOU!" Caius yelled as he rushed forward without a single shred of hesitation. He did not know this feeling, he had never felt such a feeling and it was new to him, but he didn't like it, it wasn't normal. It made his body rush forward out of his control, to do something he never wished to do. The man before him spoke of his mother so crudely and so it opened up an abnormal hatred in him. An onslaught of punches headed towards the man and it was almost pathetic to him. Each strike was dodged as Regulus casually moved backwards as Caius continued to rush forward. Twisting his body to the side he avoided another fist from Caius and the doll behind him immediately caught the fist with ease and lifted the teen up. Taking the opportunity Regulus merely sent his fist towards the gut of Caius The breath was knocked out of him as the blow connected and the doll merely let go of his fist. Collapsing to his knees Caius held his abdomen and began to cough as saliva escaped his mouth. Not even give a moment to comprehend the blow, another had hit him as Regulus used his foot and kicked him hard. Flying back Caius landed on his back and continued to cough. It was a mistake, for someone like him, who had never truly train to even attempt to fight. His father...barely even tried. Regulus simply walked up towards his fallen son and stared down at him coldly as his doll followed along with him and stared down at the boy as well. "Disappointing..." Regulus said snapping his fingers. Upon the order the doll raised it's foot and began to repeatedly stomp on the boy's chest, causing Caius to scream out in pain. "Worthless...you cannot do anything...your just a waste of space...your just...a burden..." Regulus said. The words...each of those words...they struck hard and Caius was losing it. The pain intensified and the last thing his father said finally shattered him. He was a burden...he was a waste...all he did was cause trouble. He hated it, he hated it with a great rage and it was terrifying. This hatred was not normal and he couldn't think of anything else but blood. The pain needed to stop...the foot that stomped on him had stopped. He didn't realize it but his own hand had caught the foot and held it with a tight grip. Nails grew and dug deep into the foot and a red liquid trickled downwards. "Blood...it can bleed" Caius said without a single shred of emotion. With the foot still in hand, Caius immediately flung the doll away to the side and caused it to crash into a nearby wall. "Interesting.." Regulus said as he watched his son rise to his feet slowly. "it has finally awoken...quite easier than I expected..." Regulus said. Nails as sharp as daggers, eyes cold and bright like a serpents, and a hateful aura surrounding the boy. Like a wild beast Caius yelled out loudly and ran forward with a great speed. In response Regulus raised both palms forward and an invisible shield formed. With his claws Caius began to claw away at the invisible wall blocking his way. Regulus gritted his teeth, but smiled as well as he he held up the shield. Each blow was stronger than the last and the shield he held was actually giving way "This instant growth...how long till you lose it all?" Regulus said narrowing his eyes with a smirk.
His little conversation with Marina was starting off to be quite pleasant and Asterion was enjoying it, however it all changed the very moment the drunken idiot randomly appeared to join in. The whole entire hall was starting to be filled with Valen all around and the noise was starting to increase. Asterion didn't mind getting drunk, but when it came to Sangira it was a whole different story. Marina was already annoyed by Sangira and Asterion was suddenly given a bottle of alcohol. The white haired valen merely looked down at the bottle of alcohol and his eye twitched. The last time the woman got him drunk he made a stupid and terrible decision and though it turned out to actually be the right choice, he still regret the action terribly. He would have advised Marina to ignore her words, but those would have been wasted words as it seemed the high classed girl already knew this. One thing Asterion could say was that there were many unique valen around and though it was annoying, things wouldn't get dull. Sitting nearby Marina, he merely crossed his arms and sighed as he leaned against his chair and closed his eyes as the mayhem unfold. The bottle that Sangira gave him was still in his hand and though he had no intention of drinking the liquid, he could always use it as a nice weapon of sorts if need be. Asterion really didn't want to say much at the moment with everything that was going on and was just awaiting the start of the game to begin. There were many things that he took notice upon during 100 days and he needed to make sure he kept note of it if he wished to see the end result. As he thought on about this Asterion heard a whistle and he opened his eyes upon noticing Garret already head towards Marina "Hey...thats no way to greet a lady..." Asterion said holding the bottle of alcohol by it's neck as he pointed the bottom at Garret.
Screams and cries of demons were uncommon for the silver haired man as he continued on with his work. His new base of work had proved to be quite more effective than the operating room that he had been previously working along in and he was able to get much more done than he desired. Temeluchas had stopped providing him with subjects, but this hardly mattered to him as subjects just ignorantly just walked in for him. Figuring out how the mirror room proved a great deal of help for him and he was able to keep tabs on just what Temeluchas and Alistair were up to. It was interesting to say the least and though it was disappointing to have lost a fallen to train with, he quickly got over this as new victims were ready for him. A scream of anguish roared through the basement as Regulus stared coldly at the beast that had fallen and soon lost its breath. It was time for him to move on, but the sound of footsteps echoed throughout the area and Regulus glanced over his shoulder at the newcomer. "So...you've come..." Regulus said turning around and facing his guest. His eyes stared forth at the male in front of him and he narrowed his eyes "That look on your face...its different..." Regulus said staring over at his son. "I'm tired of it all... of being scared...I'm ready to end it here...before I lose my chance..." Caius said walking forward before stopping to prepared himself. Regulus' eyes closed as his masked doll stood right behind him "I will admit you have changed...but your still the weak child..." Regulus said as he opened his eyes and smiled "I do wonder what gave you this sudden courage though...this might be interesting" Regulus said.
"Thank you...Altair, Casey...and even you Septimus...you all played well..." He was a bit fatigued, but finally the long project that he had been working on had finally been finished. The observer merely placed his pen down upon the desk before him and let out a sigh as he leaned back against the chair he sat upon and smiled softly as he closed the book before him and wrote the words 100 days upon the cover. "hmm...maybe I should name it The Girl in Watercolors....nah.." Asterion said with a small chuckle as he shook his head in order to get the thought out. Resting his head back, Asterion merely stared up at the ceiling and merely sighed. He was not really angry that he lost this game, sure he was disappointed a tad, but the story that was formed made up for it. Over time he had won a great deal of land, but at the same lost a great deal as well. Land was insignificant to him, but it still wasn't something he would merely give away. Maybe if another had won the game he would have been upset, but he was pleased to see that the psychic girl had won the game. Asterion wasn't like the rest, he did not see them as mere pawn to merely throw away, but something more. Marina was very special to one of his pawns and Asterion knew that this pawn would have been extremely pleased to have seen her win it all and continue to live even though it meant his end. For this reason Asterion would honor that pawn and honor the girl that walked out alive. Out of the land that he called his own, Asterion head off towards the one destination in mind. It was time for the players to gather and time for another game to begin. Would it turn out like 100 days? or maybe turn out to be better? he really was looking forward towards it and to see if the new coordinator would be able to handle the responsibility of the job. Asterion was not one to use his powers and his negation skill was the only one he usually used so the power reduction that the Hall of Games held barely bothered him in the slightest. As he walked in he noticed the three valen that had already arrived. He stared over at Marina and merely placed his hand over his chest and lowered his head in a bow. "Greetings, psychic Mari, so nice to see you" Asterion said. She was one who was born of high class so it was only fitting that he greeted her in such a way. Rising he turned to the other two and gave them a smile "and nice to see you two as well" Asterion said before turning towards Marina and crossed his arms "so how are you feeling today? nervous?" Asterion asked deciding to form up some conversation before everything started.
DAY 64 Monday, November 25, 2013 Alistair rose up groggily with a groan as he dusted himself off and let out a sigh. Sleeping inside of a pyramid was not comfy in the slightest and he did miss waking up to see Temeluchas sleeping away by his side. He really couldn't complain, mostly because Temeluchas would just begin cutting him up or something. Scratching the back of his messy hair he walked out of the dark pyramid only to be welcomed by the bright sun. Covering his eyes a bit he took the time to adjust his eyes to sun's bright rays. It had been so long since he had been welcomed by it and it felt quite nice to feel it's warmth. Fixing his hair he begun to walk up the pyramid once more and smiled as he took a seat once he got up at the top of it. With a calm smile he stared out at the scenery and sighed as he shook his head. If nothing stood in their way this scenery was sure to turn into a wasteland. He could have begun working on his job, but it just didn't feel like the start of the day without Temeluchas bossing him around first.
William remained silent for the rest of the day and did not say anything as he head off to sleep. He needed to stop thinking about it all and act in some sort of way. It was easier said than done but there was nothing he could do but try and at least be helpful so that the tragedy would stop. With this his eyes closed and his body gave way and made him sleep.
Alistair merely raised an eyebrow at his mistress as he watched her preform her antics and made Alistair even more curious about just what exactly was going on. She had more planned, but he didn't know how much risk this plan would hold and how much benefits it would give them. He only hoped that the woman was not so cocky as he thought she was. With the order to finish up given, Alistair merely did as told and began to pant as he finished up with the last soul. She told him to rest and he began to wonder if it was something due to concern or just that she needed him at top form for her plan....it was highly in the latter's favor. He stared out at the scenery once more and merely crossed his arms as he narrowed his eyes. "...another one bites the dust..." Alistair said silently taking time to take notice of the soul that had moved on. Things were getting much more interesting... Walking off the top of the pyramid he walked ahead and entered the pyramid so that he could rest up for the next day. Lu was doing something but he was far too tired at moment to care. His powers were increasing more and more and he could see the improvement. Change was happening and Alistair had to be prepared. Eyes closed he relaxed before finally drifting off to sleep.
As they grew farther and farther away from the hoard of demons that had attacked them, the number of enemies has begun to shrink a great deal and things were getting more and more easier for the group. William was quite glad about this fact as he really couldn't keep up with the others, but the sheer thought about everybody's safety was a concern for him. He gritted his teeth as he began to think about the whole entire situation that was going on. Just how many people were dying to these demons and how long has it been since this all started? He had awakened his powers, but this was only through fear and desperation. The sheer fatigue he felt almost made the use of his powers useless. Taking the moment to rest and catch his breath, William glanced over at the group that had done far more than he had done during the invasion. His eyes stared down at the fallen girl and he closed his eyes tightly and clenched his fist. One of them was already dead, just how long more till more joined her?
William had merely been relaxing indoors, trying his best to at least awaken his powers and be of some help, but then a commotion had caught his attention and he glanced over at it before getting up and heading over towards the scene of the action. Immediately his eyes widened in shock as he saw what was there. He was of no help, but he needed to get out. He was useless and although he wished to say and fight he could not do something like this. "Come on come on!" William said. Desperation filled him and that desperation fueled him. Flames surrounded his fist and though he did feel this was an accomplishment he knew it was far to weak and could only be used for defence. With that William rushed out of the hotel "please...stay safe" William said
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Soren continued to speak to him and for Caius his words were encouraging. Maybe it didn't matter that he didn't know what he was, he had his friends and Soren understood what he was going through. Soren had endured it all his life so he must have known how to deal with it, his words proved that. He took the elder's words to heart and he raised his head slowly and looked up at Soren. The shivering stopped and for the first time since entering the training room Caius smiled softly and nodded at Soren before grabbing his hand and pulled himself up. "thanks Soren...lets head back shall we?" Caius said. He was sort of nervous to return back to the bedroom and face Cal. He really hoped Anna had given the gift already without him.
Alistair was quite surprised to see that they had made their way into a bunch of ruins, not just any ruins but some aztec ruins. He was expecting more of a populated city, but he was quite curious what reason they were here for. He listened to the words of Lu and all he really could do was cross his arms and say nothing. Lu was being cocky as usual, she was being rash and the way things were going he did not know how this would turn out for her. It was good to be confident, but being too confident was just asking to be stabbed in the back. All the death, was it just to spite Lucifer's plan? He had taken a turn where he could not turn back, and if he should turn against it he would die. The explanation of what his objective was begun and everything began to make much more sense as things went on. Calm eyes stared over at the poor old man and his wife that were calling and crying for help, but there was nothing he could do. He closed his eyes and merely sighed "Right...I'll get on it" Alistair said walking forward closer towards the pyramid. "Azrael..." "yes?" "...you did not rebel against god...did you.." "..." ".....you chose this fate..." "...that is correct..." "I'm beginning to understand it all...." All the way up Alistair walked until at last he stood at the very top of the pyramid. The view was breathtaking and he really enjoyed it. He stared out at it and thought back to the kids back in hell. He imagined having them right by his side and enjoying the scene together. "I'm sorry Cal...that dream I told you about...it will happen...but I will not be a part of it" Alistair said silently before raising his arm to the heavens and closed his eyes. "surpassing that of thousands I summon you...starving blackened souls!" With that said black energy began to form around his hand and Alistair immediately slammed his fist down to the ground. In an instant the souls rose up from the ground around him and soared towards the sky, falling downwards as they begun to take humanoid form and land on the ground. Alistair could only pant and fall to one knee. From the corner of his eye he notice a strange stone mask basking in the radiance of the sun with a really beautiful stone in the forehead of it. With that all he did was shrug his shoulders at it.
Soren didn't decide to leave and once he heard his voice Caius slowly lowered his arms from his face and stare up at Soren as he began to speak. It was odd to hear Soren speak to him, but he liked listening to his words. It was much different than when Cal would try to comfort him, and he wasn't even sure if it was an attempt at really comforting. Regardless of this fact, he placed all his attention to the words of Soren and listened. Soren himself couldn't understand the hatred he felt, but regardless of this he saw that the elder was trying to control it. "how...do you control it?" Caius asked softly as he lowered his head into his knees and closed his eyes. "I want to leave...I really do...but I cant..I'm scared..." Caius said gripping his own arms with his sharp nails. "I know we're not normal...but I'm different...I don't know what I am...these horns, these nails, this painful feeling in my chest...this lust for blood..its not normal...Im afraid of what I am..." Caius said painfully as his nails continued to dig deeper into his flesh. For him the pain of the nail was merely minuscule
After what felt like a good long while for him his mistress had finally awoken from her slumber and slumber and made him realize something he was doing that he really didn't mind "maybe" Alistair said with a smile as he watched the clothes just suddenly appear on her body. Her powers were quite convenient though he did wonder how it pertained to torture in the slightest. His chin was raised and Alistair merely smiled at her as their faces were merely inches away. "come now, I've already gotten used to your late sleeping habits" Alistair said. Their little moment was interrupted by the sudden knock on the door and Alistair leaned back on his chair as he stared over at Lu as she answered the door. Danel was the culprit that knocked the door and what he said was quite interesting. His attention was quite locked on what was needed to be said, but before a conversation could even be brought up Lu had dismissed it. She grabbed him and then they were off, ready to do something similar to the other day. "Temeluchas...If I may ask...what are you planning...you do see awfully calm that Lucifer wants you dead..." Alistair said calmly. Surely she was not going to merely ignore the threat and just continue on with merely murdering random people. Surely there was more to it...
Through all the chaos in his mind he heard a voice. The voice was a foreign one and with his confused mind he couldn't even tell if somebody actually was actually calling out to him or not. His yellow eyes that had been staring around the area spotted Soren up ahead and his eyes immediately widened upon realizing that the elder had been here staring down at him. "S-Soren?" Caius said This was not what he wanted, he did not want anybody to see him like this, he did not want anybody to worry. He didn't know what Soren thought about him, he didn't even think the elder cared about him at all, but why did he come looking for him? He hated it, he hated being a bother, he hated being a burden for them. "Go away...." Caius struggled to say before sitting up and crawled back against the corner of the training room "please go...I'm fine...I just need some privacy is all...Im sorry" Caius said trying his best to hold back the pain from his voice. Back against the corner wall he raised his knees up to his chest and used his arms to cover his face. His fingernails had grown sharp like bladed claws and his eye's pupil had become snake like
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His head was burning, the heat was unbearable. He tossed and turned in bed all night long as his body was plagued with something unknown. He was not normal, he was not like them. Whatever plagued him was something unnatural, something they could not understand. Words were raging in his mind, unpleasant thoughts remained dominant. It hurt him so bad, he wanted to stop. He didn't wish to open his eyes, felt felt that if he did he would only be awakened to even more pain. He didn't wish for it, but it was something he had to do, his eyes opened slowly, but immediately opened widely as he saw his sheets torn apart. A silent gasp escaped his mouth and take care not to awaken the other he left. He ran out before anybody could awaken. Caius didn't know where he was, there was blood everywhere and he felt all sorts of feelings. His head hurt greatly and he found himself cuddled in a corner holding his head with tear filled eyes. Corpses of demons resided on what seemed to be the training room floor. He didn't want this, he did desire this. He pulled his knees to his chest as he shivered. Who was he? what was he? why did he feel such a bloodlust?
There was no dream and all was silent in the mind of Alistair. He did not expect to return to that world, but he could not predict when he would return to it either. He felt a bit restless when he thought back to that past session and all he wished to do was continue it. He wished to make sure that session would take a far different turn than before. His eyes slowly opening, he let out a silent yawn as he rubbed his eye and rose from the bed he shared with Lu. Stretching he got off the bed and got himself fully dressed and ready to go forth with the day. He wanted to go see Cal, but he figured a meeting with her would only cause unnecessary drama. With a sigh he glanced over at the sleeping figure at Lu and couldn't help but let out a small quiet chuckle. Seeing the wretched and wicked angel of torment sleeping so peacefully was quite the cute sight for him and he actually liked seeing the girl like this. Closing his eyes with a smile he walked off further into the room and took a seat on a nearby chair, crossing his arms as he awaited his mistress' awakening.
Everything had come to an end. The destruction, the death, it would not heal and so Alistair would merely turn away from the scene. There was more that would occur and he knew that his mistress have much more planned for him. Along with his mistress the two returned back to her room and with her he returned to bed and drifted off to sleep. There was nothing more William could do so he merely went to sleep Caius talked with Anna and gave her the locket before heading off to sleep. His rest was not soothing in the slightest and the boy shivered all night long.
