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SINIB:
Eruraviel
The elf turned to the newcomer with a frown, staring at the man standing before her, taking a quick glimpse of his power. Her ears trembled as she stared at him, silently listening to the loud music accompanying him, finally raising her hand dramatically and snapping her fingers. Music of her own from behind her shoulders blared behind her. She didn't understand what was happening, but she could tell it was a fight for dominance, one on which she was not willing to be outdone.
"You're cute, I'll give you that. And you're a powerful mage, in your own rite too." The elf clapped lazily at him, never taking her eyes off him for a moment, and giving ZEKE a mental order to help protect her, no matter what, knowing how futile this would be if truly took action against her. "Bravo. You've met a real mage today for your first time, so I'll give you a pass for being so rude to me." Her gems shined brightly, fully ready for a fight against William. "Why don't you start by explaining to me how exactly he's yours."
Kotomine_Rin:
Zeke
CHAPTER ONE - EPHEMERAL DREAM - END
56 Hours until the shatterpoint
INTERMISSION
11:15 AM
Huh?
He jolted like if he was hit by a spark the moment he heard that name, and turned back to look at the hooded man. No way... If he'd assume that was the source of the ominous feeling, his wide eyes and expression only confirmed it.
This cannot be!
"WAIT WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE! YOU... YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!" He looked like he had just been hit by a crash of static noise. Even Eru could see all his thooughts were jumbling like noise, static... panic. But even that was nothing compared to his incredulous shout. "What the hell... you shouldn't even be here! You shouldn't exist in this world! His notes said you-"
For some reason, Zeke seemed to have completely lost all pretenses of a poker face. He sweated all over, and that sweat even flew upwards, and his trembling old frame floated behind Eruaviel. Is this some kid of illusion? No, even that elf wouldn't be able to make something that convincing. That palpable darkness, that chaotic spirit, that sword... Could he have survived as an uncertain existence like mine? No, this is reality.
This could only mean one thing: The paradox was correcting itself.
His voice grew calmer. Almost chillingly... but his dark eyes were surprised as ever. "You planned it. All of it. Damn bastard, I can't even believe it. The actual architect... the Dark Emperor... was you?" He sounded like even he couldn't believe it.
He began to harden his back, growing crystal scales and horns accross his spine.
Bern:
The Great Darkness Beyond
"The notes were wrong clearly, my I wonder what could have been behind that mess. I'm sorry to say... But you've been mislead by a deviant trickster ohohoho..."
He spun around with arms wide, swaying from left to right before ending up right in front of the pair. Even though the faint glow of the burning embers that remained from the battle earlier hit him at different angles. Even as the very sunlight cast a judging ray upon, even through all of that, under his hood the darkness reigned supreme.
"The Architect was not me. I am the one behind, the shadow that lingers at the edge of darkness. I am the will that turns the wheel. Fully transient yet ever present. Then, now and eventually. I was here long before you were but a dream. A dream We nourished, all along.... All along. And you are worthless, as long as the failed simulacrum persists then his failure will remain eternal and recursive."
He suddenly bowed deeply to Elf, as if he was showing the respect worthy of a ruler. "My apologies. It is most embarrassing that I can't share with you my name at this hour, but If did I would very unfortunately have to kill you. So just call me William." His eyes sharpened as he took in her handiwork. Even though you couldn't see his eyes, you could definitely tell they sharpened in that moment.
"If you let him go and bring Her back, I'll let you in on a few secrets about this place." A large glowing blue crystal floated out of pocket on top of a black cloud and landed on his hand, he then held it out for the Elf to see.
SINIB:
Erururururururu
The young elven woman's raised her eyebrow at his bravado, but quickly focused her eyes on the gem. One, it was an extremely high quality recepticle, even comperable to her own, but more interestingly, it was full.
And the young woman hidden inside it was interesting, far more tantalizing than digging through a failure of an experiment to see how it works. No, this was a work of beauty of the sort she'd spent the last two hundred years chasing after. She raised her eyebrow, and then...
... she smiled, chuckling at him. Her ears pointed straight out, entirely still, except for the slight tremble in the pointed tip. "Well well well." She clapped. "Why don't we recuse ourselves to my parlor. Chatting would be nice, I think."
Kotomine_Rin:
Zeke
Zeke just stared at the dark mage in disbelief. At least, it had to be disbelief, how else would you explain his reflection on his vessel's widened eyes? At least... until he pulled out that thing.
What?
"Wah! Where did you get something like that! Lemme seee...!" He circled around the gem with an interested look. The mask of shock and surprise broke as a small smile took its place, along with another mask that was even harder to pinpoint. So he laughed genuinely. Its as if that man had told him a funny joke, or more like he realized he had gotten pranked and couldn't help but find it kind of funny. "Fuhahahah! I see, I see! I think I get it now. Thanks..."
He moved to snatch it immediately.
Or... tried. His eyes widened, he struggled with a gritted rictus. However, he couldn't so much as move. His hand reached out for it, but couldn't inch forward a single step, like if he was encased in diamond. His body trembled trying to get it, but ultimately stopped entirely, and he turned his glance to Eru with a sly grin, even though his body was sweating all over from the futile strain. "You're a real ass." He didn't say it maliciously, more in a friendly oh dang it, you're really going to stop me? I called first dibs man. Fine, fine, if you're so desperate, I'll letcha have it.
Yeah, that sort of thing.
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