Fantasy Dragon's Roar 3: Rise of The Dark Arts ( Finished )

[CelticSol]

Apex was starting to calm down which was evident due to her touching the ground. Itami was slowly getting closer to her, trying not to set her off.
"Tell me what? Did something happen to her?!" Isabels full attention was on Siobhan. She wasn't even concerned about Grimm not telling her. She just needed to know Layla was alright.





"If the Dark Arts enter I'd like all of your allies to enter as well. There shall be a death party here. It ends when the leader of either group is taken out. Being killed off from the elements in the realm or myself in a fit of boredom counts as well. I will give your people the ability to sense their enemies if they're nearby. The winning side gains a wish from little old me... If I think I can grant it. I'll make sure neither party can leave, especially your enemy. That way your enemy has no more escape tricks up their sleeve and you can finally get rid of them. Don't worry, you won't be too spread out. To make sure it doesn't take you years to regroup I'll have each side end up in the same area and as a whole you'll all be in the same general region. You get to take out your enemy with advantages and I get entertainment. That's not too much to ask now is it?"

Siobhan's gaze fixes on Isabel, and she sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose, "I will not be the one to tell you. Ask your father or- or- Just, anybody but me. I don't have a right. I just met you."


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Without even a beat of hesitance or consideration of the idea, Timor response comes quickly and without a trace of questioning, "No. Absolutely not. I will not implicate children into your sick idea of a game. There is a child of fourteen on Dragon's Roar side, and the Dark Arts has manipulated a child of 16 into their group. And it is not my decision. Get off your fucking pipe and ask Isabel, because I will not bargain with someone else's life so you can get off on their suffering and pain, mother. I am not Grimm, and I will not indulge you in this." This is harsher than Timor usually would ever speak unless she was infuriated, which she was.

 

[Light]

Siobhan's gaze fixes on Isabel, and she sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose, "I will not be the one to tell you. Ask your father or- or- Just, anybody but me. I don't have a right. I just met you."
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Without even a beat of hesitance or consideration of the idea, Timor response comes quickly and without a trace of questioning, "No. Absolutely not. I will not implicate children into your sick idea of a game. There is a child of fourteen on Dragon's Roar side, and the Dark Arts has manipulated a child of 16 into their group. And it is not my decision. Get off your fucking pipe and ask Isabel, because I will not bargain with someone else's life so you can get off on their suffering and pain, mother. I am not Grimm, and I will not indulge you in this." This is harsher than Timor usually would ever speak unless she was infuriated, which she was.

At this moment Grimm was trying to sneak away while Isabel was slowly approaching him. "Grimm tell me. What happened to Layla?"





"Well... Layla is currently..... I... I'll be back. I have to get back to clearing America." With that, Grimm disappears.


Miserae's smile drops and her usual stern expression forms on her face. "Now I remember why I never took the time to remember things about you. Out of all your siblings you are by far the weakest. You are fear but you feel for those mortals. You're too sensitive for your own good. You disappoint me once again Timor. Your sister Abyssum appeals more to both your father and I than you do. Why can't you just open your eyes and realize that caring for them will only destroy you in the end? Grow up Timor... it's time you gain your full potential. These emotions for humanity will do nothing but hold you down." Miserae walks back to her throne and sits down in it. "If it makes you feel any better though. I'll have these 'children' stay by my side. No harm will come to them, I can give you my word on that. By the story you've told me, whether you admit it or not I'm your last hope. This game will allow these Dragon's Roar members to sense their enemy. There will be no 'innocents' involved so the rest of the mortal realm will be saved so the Dark Arts will no longer have the threat of harming others as leverage over Dragon's Roar. If anything Dragon's Roar will have the upper hand due to this game I've set up. These children you care for soooo much won't be under the constant threat of being killed out there if they're protected here. Things will be violent between the two groups anyways so why not make it a bit safer? So I'll ask you with these new conditions I set up. With this much protection and the high chance of Dragon's Roar succeeding. Why complain? Since it will be happening and I will not consult anyone for such a decision. If you reject me so much I could just close the main portal permanently and keep the meta demons locked out to roam around the mortal realm. Once I close the portal it will also keep the Dark Arts in the realm they have the most power in. I think I might do that...."

 

[CelticSol]

At this moment Grimm was trying to sneak away while Isabel was slowly approaching him. "Grimm tell me. What happened to Layla?"



"Well... Layla is currently..... I... I'll be back. I have to get back to clearing America." With that, Grimm disappears.


Miserae's smile drops and her usual stern expression forms on her face. "Now I remember why I never took the time to remember things about you. Out of all your siblings you are by far the weakest. You are fear but you feel for those mortals. You're too sensitive for your own good. You disappoint me once again Timor. Your sister Abyssum appeals more to both your father and I than you do. Why can't you just open your eyes and realize that caring for them will only destroy you in the end? Grow up Timor... it's time you gain your full potential. These emotions for humanity will do nothing but hold you down." Miserae walks back to her throne and sits down in it. "If it makes you feel any better though. I'll have these 'children' stay by my side. No harm will come to them, I can give you my word on that. By the story you've told me, whether you admit it or not I'm your last hope. This game will allow these Dragon's Roar members to sense their enemy. There will be no 'innocents' involved so the rest of the mortal realm will be saved so the Dark Arts will no longer have the threat of harming others as leverage over Dragon's Roar. If anything Dragon's Roar will have the upper hand due to this game I've set up. These children you care for soooo much won't be under the constant threat of being killed out there if they're protected here. Things will be violent between the two groups anyways so why not make it a bit safer? So I'll ask you with these new conditions I set up. With this much protection and the high chance of Dragon's Roar succeeding. Why complain? Since it will be happening and I will not consult anyone for such a decision. If you reject me so much I could just close the main portal permanently and keep the meta demons locked out to roam around the mortal realm. Once I close the portal it will also keep the Dark Arts in the realm they have the most power in. I think I might do that...."

Siobhan growls lowly, then looks to Isabel, "I should not be the one to tell you this, but you deserve to know. During the end of the Original's War, Harbinger revealed that, since he created my mother, if he died, she would die with him. In order to officially defeat the Originals, Grimm killed him, and..." Siobhan falters, her lips pressing into a thin line. "My mother died. Layla died last year. I'm sorry."


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Timor listens the whole time, as if she were bored, then rolls her eyes, "I wouldn't have gotten very far in life if I held your opinion in high enough esteem that your words would hurt me. You liking Abyssum more than me doesn't matter to me, neither does Father's opinion. If all it takes to be powerful is to be apathetic and cruel, than perhaps it's not worth the cost. I will say it again, it is not my place to accept your offer. It is Isabel's."

 

[Light]

Siobhan growls lowly, then looks to Isabel, "I should not be the one to tell you this, but you deserve to know. During the end of the Original's War, Harbinger revealed that, since he created my mother, if he died, she would die with him. In order to officially defeat the Originals, Grimm killed him, and..." Siobhan falters, her lips pressing into a thin line. "My mother died. Layla died last year. I'm sorry."
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Timor listens the whole time, as if she were bored, then rolls her eyes, "I wouldn't have gotten very far in life if I held your opinion in high enough esteem that your words would hurt me. You liking Abyssum more than me doesn't matter to me, neither does Father's opinion. If all it takes to be powerful is to be apathetic and cruel, than perhaps it's not worth the cost. I will say it again, it is not my place to accept your offer. It is Isabel's."

Isabel's cat ears fold down upon her head when she hears those words from Siobhan. She couldn't utter a word nor cry since the small ember she had left in life was blown out. Leaving behind the ashes of precious memories. This news was just too unexpected. To Isabel the main mother figure she had was Layla. She raised her in a way her mother couldn't and never gave up on her. Now this same women who built up the foundation of a positive outlook in her life, had died a year ago while she was stuck in a fucking cocoon. Isabel can't even decide on an emotion to feel and display. Her mana was starting to build up while the world around her was just collapsing. She could hear what people around her say but she couldn't process a word of it. She begins to breathe at a faster rate each second while her heart beat picks up to the point where she's hyperventilating and can feel her heart running a mile. Her mana starts to whip out of control, flaring out of her body wherever it could. This time instead of a rampage occurring like it usually would. Isabel starts to teeter to the side until she falls to the ground while she also loses consciousness. Once she passes out the mana starts to calm down and become less erratic.


"Then to make my darling daughter happy I shall ask this Isabel character whomever she may be. Don't even get me started on Grimm though. Nothing but disappointment from the start, he plays childish games and shows far too much compassion for those mortals. With so much power and little effort put into his job it almost disgusts me. I wish he would just live up to my expectations." Miserae starts to mumble about Grimm and their father Negativity while she smokes. It seemed like most things turned out in Timor's favour in the end.

 

[Afrobrony]

@CelticSol @Light


Bruce leans up against a tree as he listens in on the conversation, giving them space to talk about the whole 'Layla' is dead situation. He understood what it was like to lose family members however he knew they were dying and dead before someone told him. Something as sudden as this, knowing your grandmother, that seemed correct, must be so hard to- there she goes. He caught her as she fell and propped her up against him. "I can only imagine what you're going through, Isabel," though he knew she couldn't hear him.

 

[Light]

@Kai&\#039;zen Makaira @Cadin shadow lord @CelticSol )
At one moment, Apex was standing in front of them. The next moment was a strange blur since all of the personalities turned into orbs of mana and made their way to Isabel. Witch disappeared along with Dark.


Royal turned into an orb of mana and made her way back as well. Each orb enters Isabel since she was carrying the main body.

 

[Afrobrony]

( @Kai&\#039;zen Makaira @Cadin shadow lord @CelticSol )
At one moment, Apex was standing in front of them. The next moment was a strange blur since all of the personalities turned into orbs of mana and made their way to Isabel. Witch disappeared along with Dark.


Royal turned into an orb of mana and made her way back as well. Each orb enters Isabel since she was carrying the main body.

Bruce is honestly quite surprised by all the orbs coming back into Isabel but it makes sense since this happened last time when Isabel entered her cocoon state. He really hoped that the same thing didn't happen again or they'd be vulnerable yet again.

 

[Cadin shadow lord]

( @Kai&\#039;zen Makaira @Cadin shadow lord @CelticSol )
At one moment, Apex was standing in front of them. The next moment was a strange blur since all of the personalities turned into orbs of mana and made their way to Isabel. Witch disappeared along with Dark.


Royal turned into an orb of mana and made her way back as well. Each orb enters Isabel since she was carrying the main body.

Isaac didn't really know how to respond to Apex turning into an orb, so instead he walked over to Itami and said, "Thank you for saving me, I don't think I would have survived if you hadn't showed up."

 

[CelticSol]

Isabel's cat ears fold down upon her head when she hears those words from Siobhan. She couldn't utter a word nor cry since the small ember she had left in life was blown out. Leaving behind the ashes of precious memories. This news was just too unexpected. To Isabel the main mother figure she had was Layla. She raised her in a way her mother couldn't and never gave up on her. Now this same women who built up the foundation of a positive outlook in her life, had died a year ago while she was stuck in a fucking cocoon. Isabel can't even decide on an emotion to feel and display. Her mana was starting to build up while the world around her was just collapsing. She could hear what people around her say but she couldn't process a word of it. She begins to breathe at a faster rate each second while her heart beat picks up to the point where she's hyperventilating and can feel her heart running a mile. Her mana starts to whip out of control, flaring out of her body wherever it could. This time instead of a rampage occurring like it usually would. Isabel starts to teeter to the side until she falls to the ground while she also loses consciousness. Once she passes out the mana starts to calm down and become less erratic.

Siobhan seemed to be barely keeping her cool, her eyes closed as she breathes evenly through her nose, her hands clenching and unclenching into fists. She nods her head to Bruce, even though she's started to shake acutely. "I will be right back," She says through clenched teeth, then takes off through the woods. Her breath stayed even as she sprints through the dense woods, furious beyond any comprehension, and she breaks through the clearing holding Isaac, Itami, and Fayde. She slows to a walk, stalking towards Itami with a fury reminiscent of their mother, and punches him full force in the face. "Of all the disrespectful shit you've done, you don't have the god damn respect for your own child to tell her that Layla, her mother figure, is dead? What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Then to make my darling daughter happy I shall ask this Isabel character whomever she may be. Don't even get me started on Grimm though. Nothing but disappointment from the start, he plays childish games and shows far too much compassion for those mortals. With so much power and little effort put into his job it almost disgusts me. I wish he would just live up to my expectations." Miserae starts to mumble about Grimm and their father Negativity while she smokes. It seemed like most things turned out in Timor's favour in the end.

Any evidence of anger vanishes, Timor regaining her composure,"Thank you, mother," She doesn't comment on Miserae's semi-savage rant against Itami, and Timor crosses her arms. "Could you transport me back to Isabel? I'm not confident enough in my ability to open an Abyssal portal."

 

[Alterius]

Fayde only watched as the personalities returned to Isabell, believing it safe he stepped out of the undergrowth stumbling a bit as he returned to more even ground he looked at the others including a quietly surprised Altiera who seemed to watch only the orb that was Dark.

 

[Light]

Bruce is honestly quite surprised by all the orbs coming back into Isabel but it makes sense since this happened last time when Isabel entered her cocoon state. He really hoped that the same thing didn't happen again or they'd be vulnerable yet again.

[QUOTE="Kai'zen Makaira]Fayde only watched as the personalities returned to Isabell, believing it safe he stepped out of the undergrowth stumbling a bit as he returned to more even ground he looked at the others including a quietly surprised Altiera who seemed to watch only the orb that was Dark.

[/QUOTE]

Siobhan seemed to be barely keeping her cool, her eyes closed as she breathes evenly through her nose, her hands clenching and unclenching into fists. She nods her head to Bruce, even though she's started to shake acutely. "I will be right back," She says through clenched teeth, then takes off through the woods. Her breath stayed even as she sprints through the dense woods, furious beyond any comprehension, and she breaks through the clearing holding Isaac, Itami, and Fayde. She slows to a walk, stalking towards Itami with a fury reminiscent of their mother, and punches him full force in the face. "Of all the disrespectful shit you've done, you don't have the god damn respect for your own child to tell her that Layla, her mother figure, is dead? What the hell is wrong with you?"
Any evidence of anger vanishes, Timor regaining her composure,"Thank you, mother," She doesn't comment on Miserae's semi-savage rant against Itami, and Timor crosses her arms. "Could you transport me back to Isabel? I'm not confident enough in my ability to open an Abyssal portal."

[QUOTE="Cadin shadow lord]Isaac didn't really know how to respond to Apex turning into an orb, so instead he walked over to Itami and said, "Thank you for saving me, I don't think I would have survived if you hadn't showed up."

[/QUOTE]
Itami skids back and holds his nose. He stares at the person who physically and verbally assaulted him. "What do you mean?" Itami's eyes widen when he puts two and two together. "You told her didn't you? She wasn't supposed to find out... at least not now."


"Yes... I shall see you soon again. Say hello to your siblings for me." A portal opens up behind Timor and swallows her to send her back to an unconscious Isabel.

 

[Afrobrony]

@CelticSol


Bruce looks up at Timor as she comes back from wherever she had been. "I swear this isn't my fault, it turns out she didn't know about the death of her grandmother and when she did learn about it she fell unconscious. There were also some orbs that went into her, I can only assume they were the other personalities since the number matched up."

 

[CelticSol]

Itami skids back and holds his nose. He stares at the person who physically and verbally assaulted him. "What do you mean?" Itami's eyes widen when he puts two and two together. "You told her didn't you? She wasn't supposed to find out... at least not now."
"Yes... I shall see you soon again. Say hello to your siblings for me." A portal opens up behind Timor and swallows her to send her back to an unconscious Isabel.

Siobhan grabs him by his collar, sneering at him, "She deserved to know! You coddle and protect her from emotionally difficult things and look at what it's done to her! She can't deal with anything without an overflow. So maybe she shouldn't know, but she does because she deserves the courtesy." Siobhan drops him harshly, "You're a coward. She should've been one of the first to know."


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Timor regards Isabel's unconscious body when she's transported back, then looks at Bruce in mild concern, "What happened?"

 

[Afrobrony]

Siobhan grabs him by his collar, sneering at him, "She deserved to know! You coddle and protect her from emotionally difficult things and look at what it's done to her! She can't deal with anything without an overflow. So maybe she shouldn't know, but she does because she deserves the courtesy." Siobhan drops him harshly, "You're a coward. She should've been one of the first to know."
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Timor regards Isabel's unconscious body when she's transported back, then looks at Bruce in mild concern, "What happened?"

(Sweet, I can predict the future.)

 

[CelticSol]

@CelticSol
Bruce looks up at Timor as she comes back from wherever she had been. "I swear this isn't my fault, it turns out she didn't know about the death of her grandmother and when she did learn about it she fell unconscious. There were also some orbs that went into her, I can only assume they were the other personalities since the number matched up."

(Lmao, didn't see this.)


Timor nods in recognition, "Ah, that's understandable. Severe mental stress can do that. Could you take her back to the house with me? She will need rest."

 

[Afrobrony]

(Lmao, didn't see this.)
Timor nods in recognition, "Ah, that's understandable. Severe mental stress can do that. Could you take her back to the house with me? She will need rest."

(Yeah, I posted right before you did so it's all right) @Light


"Yeah, of course. I'll stick around with her too. Best that there's someone there for her when she wakes up again. Tell that other person, Cinnabon, where we're at." With that, Bruce slung Isabel over his shoulder and rushed back to the house and laid her down on the couch.

 

[Light]

Siobhan grabs him by his collar, sneering at him, "She deserved to know! You coddle and protect her from emotionally difficult things and look at what it's done to her! She can't deal with anything without an overflow. So maybe she shouldn't know, but she does because she deserves the courtesy." Siobhan drops him harshly, "You're a coward. She should've been one of the first to know."
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Timor regards Isabel's unconscious body when she's transported back, then looks at Bruce in mild concern, "What happened?"

(Yeah, I posted right before you did so it's all right) @Light
"Yeah, of course. I'll stick around with her too. Best that there's someone there for her when she wakes up again. Tell that other person, Cinnabon, where we're at." With that, Bruce slung Isabel over his shoulder and rushed back to the house and laid her down on the couch.

"You say that like it's easy to tell her that her mother figure is dead. Yes I get that she deserved to know but I just couldn't bring myself to watch her crumble, not again. I'll go talk to her once she wakes up since you've told her already."


Once Isabel was on a couch, her body seemed to relax.


Someone was standing behind Timor and Bruce watching Isabel. He seemed irritated when he saw the condition Isabel was in. "Things were supposed to be better than this." The boy disappears and ends up in the room Felix is in. He can only cast him a hateful glare before he starts to fade away again. "I swear... I will make sure you feel both of our pain. One day...." With that, the spirit boy shifted back to the realm of the dead.

 

[Afrobrony]

Once Isabel was on a couch, her body seemed to relax.

Bruce sat down on the floor next to her, hoping that she wouldn't go psycho when she woke up. Highly unlikely but he wasn't sure he could stop her if she did. Plus it'd be all or multiple personalities at once.

 

[Light]

Bruce sat down on the floor next to her, hoping that she wouldn't go psycho when she woke up. Highly unlikely but he wasn't sure he could stop her if she did. Plus it'd be all or multiple personalities at once.

Hekate was standing not too far away from him, being as silent as she could.


Carnage rises from her body and he seemed quite livid. "Which one of you alerted my host of her grandmother's death?! All my work to restore Alice back into her love for fighting is crumbling. Sadly my host is emotionally delicate. She may or may not hold the desire to eat after awakening, much less fight."

 

[Afrobrony]

Hekate was standing not too far away from him, being as silent as she could.
Carnage rises from her body and he seemed quite livid. "Which one of you alerted my host of her grandmother's death?! All my work to restore Alice back into her love for fighting is crumbling. Sadly my host is emotionally delicate. She may or may not hold the desire to eat after awakening, much less fight."

"Well if you're gonna be like that about I'm not gonna tell you. Besides, she needed to know eventually. It was just something that slipped and then she pried, she wanted to know."

 

[Light]

"Well if you're gonna be like that about I'm not gonna tell you. Besides, she needed to know eventually. It was just something that slipped and then she pried, she wanted to know."

( ! ) "Uncooperative hmm? Maybe I should simply give up on the case then. Since she no longer desires to move forward, she is weak. I'll just devour her and find a more suitable host."

 

[Afrobrony]

( ! ) "Uncooperative hmm? Maybe I should simply give up on the case then. Since she no longer desires to move forward, she is weak. I'll just devour her and find a more suitable host."

Bruce quickly stands up on his feet "please, I beg of you not to do that. I, and especially the others, can help her get through this. Though I suppose you want more, name your price."

 

[Light]

Bruce quickly stands up on his feet "please, I beg of you not to do that. I, and especially the others, can help her get through this. Though I suppose you want more, name your price."

The red snow leopard growls, "You will fix this problem immediately. Correct?"

 

[Afrobrony]

The red snow leopard growls, "You will fix this problem immediately. Correct?"

"I will certainly do my best for her, this guild is all I've got left as far as friends or family go. I'm gonna take care of them with my life."

 

[CelticSol]

(Yeah, I posted right before you did so it's all right) @Light
"Yeah, of course. I'll stick around with her too. Best that there's someone there for her when she wakes up again. Tell that other person, Cinnabon, where we're at." With that, Bruce slung Isabel over his shoulder and rushed back to the house and laid her down on the couch.

Timor follows Bruce back to the house at a more leisurely pace, and catches Carnage's threat. She narrows her eyes, "That would not be wise, Carnage. A battle will soon happen, and without her, you will miss it. That would be a shame, wouldn't it?"

"You say that like it's easy to tell her that her mother figure is dead. Yes I get that she deserved to know but I just couldn't bring myself to watch her crumble, not again. I'll go talk to her once she wakes up since you've told her already."
Once Isabel was on a couch, her body seemed to relax.


Someone was standing behind Timor and Bruce watching Isabel. He seemed irritated when he saw the condition Isabel was in. "Things were supposed to be better than this." The boy disappears and ends up in the room Felix is in. He can only cast him a hateful glare before he starts to fade away again. "I swear... I will make sure you feel both of our pain. One day...." With that, the spirit boy shifted back to the realm of the dead.

"Do you think it was easy for me? I told her because I'm not a liar. I wasn't going to lie to her face about something as important as this. She asked, I answered. I'm more sorry that I had to be the one to say the news; it should've come from someone she knows and cares about."