Dragon's Roar ( Future Arc )

[GingerBread]

[SIZE= 22px]Castiel[/SIZE]
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Castiel smiled briefly at Zalena's words as he laid his head in her chest, unable to hold his smile for longer than a second; He was still silently sobbing, not even bother to try to hold back his tears. He appreciated that she was trying to make him feel better about the situation, even though he knew deep down that it was his fault. "It.. It was my fault... If.. I-I.. I was faster.." Castiel hugged Zalena back, enjoying the small amount of comfort that he got from the hug, even though it didn't help much, he was just happy to have any small amount of comfort he could; Castiel hated feeling the pain of losing someone so close to him and wished he'd tried harder to prevent it. "I.. I just miss her... I-I miss her.... so much... I should've..." Castiel took short shaky breaths in between sobs, still finding the entire situation difficult to talk about. "I-I.. I Don't know.... I-I'm... I'm going to have to... Tell my.. M-Mom and D-Dad about..." He shook his head as the words got caught in his throat, not wanting to even think about... what he'd have to do once they'd rescued their parents.


@Light

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena closes her eyes and holds him even tighter than before. Finding his pain hard to handle herself, causing her hair to mix between pink and purple. "Never blame yourself Castiel, it will only make her memory even more bitter." Zalena let's go of Castiel and takes his hand leading him to the bed. Once she sits down on the bed beside him she puts her hand on the side of his head and pulls him down so he could rest on her lap. She begins running her left hand through his hair while she had her right hand holding his. "I won't let you do it by yourself. The same way I'm holding your hand now, I'll do the same right when you tell your mom and dad. So just breathe right now and let it all out. I don't mind, I'm here for you so I won't judge you at all." ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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Castiel didn't even try to resist when Zalena lead him to the bed and laid his head in her lap; He was too emotionally drained to put up any sort of a fight and what Zalena was doing to comfort him, was helping him to feel better about the whole situation. "I-I.. I just can't stop.. thinking about how she'd still..." Castiel tried to swallow the lump in his throat. "..Be here.. I-If... If I had... If I-I.. If I had just protected... Protected her better"  Castiel took a shaky breath, just before breaking down into sobs again as he kept confronting the reality. Though he tried to say more, in between the sobs.  "..S-Sorry... I-I.. I know.. I shouldn't keep.. blaming myself.. But.. I-I.. Just feel like I-I... I could've..." Castiel shook his head again as he started sobbing more, not wanting to continue on with the sentence and feeling guilty about going on about it still, when Zalena expressed that she's wanted to him to stop multiple times already. "..Than-...Thanks..." Castiel felt like he was sobbing too much to be able to say anything coherent, but he felt her needed to say at least that much to Zalena, for helping him so much, with a problem she didn't even need to be involved in. 


@Light 

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena shakes her head at Castiel thanking her, since he didn't need to do such a thing for her. "I don't need thanks, I'll help you even without it. We're friends remember?" Zalena speaks calmly and at a low tone, leaning down and staring him in the eyes with her own pink ones. "Then you have to protect the goal she died for then. If you died when I was supposed to be protecting you that's the first thing I'd do, protect what you lived and died for." To be honest Zalena felt bad and almost useless for being knocked unconscious when she should have been there protecting him as promised. She wouldn't say it since it's not time for how she felt and she keeps her other feelings to herself if they aren't happy ones anyways. She at least protected Mary from dying is what she believed. "Just relax, you don't have to force yourself to talk. Just close your eyes and let your emotions out. I'm right here if you need someone to cry on, hold, or even hit. I promised I would protect you and be there for you and those promises mean everything to me." Zalena stops holding his hand so tightly and let's her grip become much more soft and kind. "I care about you a lot after all...you're my closest friend and I don't want to see you blame yourself." ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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Castiel just nodded his head to what Zalena said, turning his body around so that he was looking up at her before he gave her a brief smile, focusing on her face and the colour of her hair, horns and then lastly focusing on her eyes, staring into them. 'Her eyes and hair is pink... Didn't she say that she'd only tell me what that meant, if I got her to show it... I guess I could ask later'  Castiel started to feel better, though he still felt the pain of losing Ruby, he now felt like it was more manageable now that he'd calmed down a bit from the initial loss; He had stopped sobbing, but his eyes were now red and puffy. 


@Light

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena begins to wipe away his remaining tears and smiles at him calming down. She takes note of him staring at her for a while and becomes conscious of her appearance. "Oh...is there a problem with the way I'm dressed? If so I'm sorry, I have a royal event I have to go to but since its a dream so I guess it doesn't matter. I look gaudy don't I?" Zalena continues to run her hand through his hair and hold his other one with her free hand. ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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Castiel hadn't really noticed how long he'd been staring at Zalena; When she pointed it out and asked if she looked bad, he quickly sat up and turned so that he was facing her. "N-No.. No you look great.. Um.." Castiel awkwardly at her and scratched the back of his head. "S-Sorry for just staring at you.. I must've looked like a creep, right?" Castiel forced a chuckle before clearing his throat. "It's just that, your eye and hair changed colour" Castiel motioned to her head with his hand. "..It changed to pink... and you haven't told me what that means; You said you would when-" Castiel paused as he caught onto the fact that Zalena said that this was a dream, "Wait.. You know this is a dream?"


@Light

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena shakes her head at his question of him being a creep. She didn't mind since she only thought she looked bad. Now that Castiel asked about the pink hair colors meaning she had to answer him now since a promise is a promise. She would at least answer his last question of course. "Yes, I've known since you arrived here. I wouldn't have if you didn't arrive...now on to the topic of my hair." Zalena leans forward so her lips are barely grazing his ear. That's when Zalena begins to explain what the pink color means and why it occurred for her in this situation. Once she finishes she leans back and sets her index finger on his lip for a few seconds. "You're not allowed to tell anyone about this." She takes her finger off and looks to the side. Her hair begins to mix between orange and pink. ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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Castiel was slightly surprised that Zalena had figured out that it wasn't a dream so quickly, or at all really, but he guess he should've expected that given how smart Zalena is. When She explained what it meant when her hair turned pink, Castiel's eyes widened, quite surprised, though he could see why she'd want to keep it a secret from everyone. "Alright then... So.. why did you whisper that to me? We're the only ones in the dream.. at least as far as I know" Castiel shrugged and smiled at Zalena, trying not to focus on her hair; He wasn't sure how to feel about what Zalena told him, though at the very least it took his mind off of Ruby dying. "But anyway, I'm stuck in your dream until you wake up.. So.. I don't know how long that'll be.. But if you want to continue with your princess fantasy, I can stay out of it; It's not a problem, I'm used to doing nothing in dreams" 


@Light

 

[Light]

Zalena
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"Sorry I'm just used to whispering things if I don't want my mother to hear it. She usually backs off once I whisper since she hears all." Zalena frowns at Castiel's comment and her hair stops glowing pink, instead it glows orange and purple. She was embarrassed because he was making fun of her and she probably looked stupid and then she felt sad because he didn't trust her. She felt this way but tried to hide it even though her hair made it obvious. "Um, it's not a fantasy. This is a memory, about three days ago actually. I thought you would believe me the first time I said it." ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

[SIZE= 22px]Castiel[/SIZE]
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"I guess it's just a habit then.." When Castiel noticed Zalena's hair going from pink, to an orangey purple, he tried to remember what they were. 'Purple is... sadness.. Orange is... something'  He quickly tried to think of a way to take back what he said, to try to make her feel better. "Sorry... It's not that I don't trust or believe you.. It's just it's not exactly an easy thing to believe, you know? I'm really sorry..." Castiel felt guilty for making Zalena feel bad, especially after she had just helped him. "I would offer to go... But I can't really so..." He paused for a second as he tried to think of something he could do to make it up to Zalena. "I'll do whatever you want.. This is a dream and you're aware of that, so we can do whatever you like" Castiel gave Zalena a small brief smile. "..Or you can do it alone.. That's not a problem"


@Light

 

[King Crimson]

Austrianna
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Austrianna slowly moves over to Eppie once he drops to the floor and begins crying, slowly extending her arm to help her even if she's bloodied. Austrianna swallows the hungry lump in her throat and decides that maybe she should invest in eating whatever she can from Augustine's burned body once everyone leaves. Where she's from, murder is unheard of but right now she couldn't lose her cool, once again because she believed it was for her siblings. In the corner of her eyesight she could see what had happened to Zalena and could only feel her heart skip a beat. She would have to check up on her sister at a later time or as soon as she was done helping Eppie. As much as it made her want to rush this along she had to be patient. "Eppie...are you there? It's me, Austrianna." ( @CelticSol )

Ruby
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No matter how many times Ree called out to her Ruby was just a limp and cold dead body. Her soul had been struck by a reaper and there was no way to save her. Her face still had one of panic and fear, red eyes still open wide. All that was left of Ruby is her young body. Her soul, mind, and aspirations have left this plane a moment ago. Just like she was unable to keep her promise, she was unable to see the despair that lingered in the air after both her own and Mary's passing. ( @Tazmodo @King Crimson )

Zalena
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The tips of Zalena's hair stopped flickering after a certian amount of healing, showing that her life was no longer in danger. Even with that being said her hair did glow faintly, showing that Zalena was still in an unconscious state. Once Castiel begins dresmwalking, all he could see around him was a large pearl bedroom. There were finely dressed servants rushing around the room with dresses, shoes, and a tiara on a pillow. There seemed to be far too much going on in this one room. In front of a table with a mirror Zalena was sitting down white servants began braiding her hair into one long braid. She had a facial expression showing the fact that she was contemplating things in her life. The tiara Castiel saw earlier ended up being carried to her and set on her head in between her horns. These people were unable to see Castiel and were speaking in a language unlike the ones in the mortal realm. It seemed to be the same language Zalena spoke to him in earlier. Zalena was in bright blue dress since she was scheduled to appear at kindergarten play to support the daily life of her people the week before her 16th birthday. Which was a few days before her mother was taken. Once Zalena was finished with her hair she threw the braid over her shoulder to rest on her chest. There were small while flowers and ribbons aligned upon the braid as well. She stands up and turns around, only to see Castiel standing before her. "Castiel? What are you doing in the castle?" ( @GingerBread )

Castiel
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Castiel glared at Austrianna as she walked off without saying a word, just like the last time he spoke to her. Ignoring her, He walked forwards, closer to the charred corpse of King Frederick Augustine, only just stopping himself from gagging on the stench of the corpse as it wafted through the air towards his nostrils, though it hardly bothered him; He was still furious, even more so that the other girl, Eppie, had taken away his chance for revenge on Augustine, all because she wanted to show off or some shit, just like she had done in the elevator earlier. Castiel took a couple of steps towards Augustine's corpse, the smell only getting worse, but he pushed through it.


Castiel looked down at the corpse that laid in front of him, shivers running down his spine from the way Augustine's body had been brutalized; He was comfortable with the idea of people dying, no matter who it was, But he had seen enough death today to have become numb with anger, and he was glad to see at least one person dead who deserved it. Castiel spat onto 'King' Frederick Augustine's body. "I hope you rot in the lowest depths of Hell" Castiel just glared at the dead body, wishing he could've been the one to actually finish the arsehole off, but a small part of him was glad that he didn't have to deal the finishing blow, though that feeling was completely overshadowed by the anger he felt towards almost everyone and everything right now.


"RUBY, LOOK OUT!" 


Castiel whipped around, so fast he could've sworn he broke the sound barrier. His eyes widened as he saw Ruby up, and looking alive again. "Ruby?!" Castiel broke out into an all out sprint towards Ruby, happy to see her alive again. When Ruby dropped dead for the second time, Castiel didn't know how to react for the first couple of seconds, He was so happy to see his sister alive again, seeing that she'd been taken from him so suddenly. "Ruby?!" Castiel dropped down to his knees again, leaning over Ruby, looking for any sign of life. "Ruby?! Not again! You've already died once, you can't just die a second time!" He just stared at Ruby, hoping that she'd come back just for a couple of seconds. "I didn't even get to say goodbye... I had another chance..."


Castiel stood up again and looked over at Augustine's dead, charred body laying on the ground, and just felt anger well up inside of him; Castiel was really stressed about everything that had happened in the last couple of minutes, and just wanted the situation to be over and done with. Castiel placed a hand to his head as he began feeling lightheaded, he did his best to shake it off, blaming it on the stress of the situation and all the anger that it had caused. As he went to take a step forwards, he had to place his foot back down on the ground, without moving forwards as he began to feel dizzy and unsteady; Before he had any time to react, Castiel was out cold on the ground, next to Ruby's body.


Castiel looked around at his surroundings, recognising them as the surroundings of his dream world. Since he was a lucid dreamer, Castiel was used to knowing what his dreams would first look like, when he came into them. "I guess I passed out. God dammit." Castiel rubbed his temples as he looked around, wanting to do something until he woke up, since he had no idea when that'd be. "If Ruby was still alive.. Then I should be able to go into her dream... Then I'd know for sure!" Castiel didn't waste any time in having his dream hub appear, and having only people who were nearby dreams appear. When he saw a door, Castiel ran towards it, without even checking who's dream it was, since he was sure that it was only his sister who was unconscious.


@Light @King Crimson @LokiofSP @Tazmodo @The Imperial Flame @Magical Squid Senpai @MTchaos1134 @CelticSol 

A new surge of panic washed over Ree as she watched Castiel collapse next to her.


Shifting her view over to Zalena confirmed her fears; both of their leaders were unconscious, while they were right in the enemy's backyard, next to the mutilated corpse of what was once one of the most powerful people on the planet and with national security surely on their way.


If no action was taken, the guards would soon arrive and surround the garden, leaving the group with no way out.


Rising to her feet, Ree commandingly shouts for the whole group to here "Everyone! We need to leave now, while we still can! This place is going to be crawling with guards soon and we're gonna be public enemy number 1! Our best way out is the way we came in, so get everything ready and get back on the bird!" 


Ree frantically waves for Evangelise to come down, hopeful that she would still have enough charity left in her to risk offering them a ride out.

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena gives Castiel a small smile as she thinks of things to do. Her hair began to slow turn into a mix of blue and purple. "Well since it's a dream now I can adjust the memory to accommodate you. You will be my knight who's escorting me to the events I'm supposed to attend. The first one is a kindergarten play. I'll also allow you to speak, read, and write in Destonian." Zalena gets up from the bed and takes a deep breath. Suddenly her hair turns completely blue and her eyes revert back to their regular red. She couldn't be sad in front of the children, it would make them sad too. From then on she seemed more poised and spoke only in Destonian. She extends her hand, going limp by the wrist since she expected Castiel to take her palm in his to escort her since the back of her hand was facing the ceiling. "Won't you escort me to the spatial room, my dearest knight?" Zalena was getting used to labeling their knight to princess relationship as slightly intimate. It would lift the hearts of the people and Zalena always liked go carry a cheerful mood around the kingdom. She was sure visiting the kindergarten children at random during their play would make them very cheerful and make their kindergarten year very memorable. "Come on, before my mother comes in here and sees us alone. She might just set us up in an arranged marriage and expect kids. She likes to joke like that...she might be serious at times." Zalena giggles at her own joke about her mother, the queen. "Even worse, my dad. Wait scratch that, he's at the regular house. He's not allowed to be in the castle, I forgot." ( @GingerBread )

Austrianna
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Austrianna listens to what Ree has to say and tries not to get angry at the twins unsensitive comment. Ree was right, they had places to go to and staying here wouldn't be smart. The problem was getting the injured, the unconscious, and the dead on the bird swiftly. At that moment what Ree feared had happened. A volley of magic flies the continental birds way. It seemed like guards outside the castle finally noticed the giant legendary bird flying over it. The blast causes the bird to tilt over and drop all of the kids belongings off of its back as well as the other children. Juniper reacted in time and spread her wings, catching both Mary and Clark to make a safe glide. Though as Juniper did, her eyesight slowly began to fade and by the time they landed she had collapsed upon the ground. Her wings retract back inside of her and she seems to be unconscious. The continental had a volley of magic attacks coming towards it so it had all of the attention. The bird had no choice but to fly off into the sky and leave. 


Austrianna knew exactly what that meant and her heart stopped as her stomach dropped. She shifts away from Eppie and gathers her sister in her arms, frantically trying to wake her up. Once she seems to fail after some time she turns up to the others. "We don't have much time, we have to find a way to get out of here." ( @CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai )

 

[MTchaos1134]

A new surge of panic washed over Ree as she watched Castiel collapse next to her.


Shifting her view over to Zalena confirmed her fears; both of their leaders were unconscious, while they were right in the enemy's backyard, next to the mutilated corpse of what was once one of the most powerful people on the planet and with national security surely on their way.


If no action was taken, the guards would soon arrive and surround the garden, leaving the group with no way out.


Rising to her feet, Ree commandingly shouts for the whole group to here "Everyone! We need to leave now, while we still can! This place is going to be crawling with guards soon and we're gonna be public enemy number 1! Our best way out is the way we came in, so get everything ready and get back on the bird!" 


Ree frantically waves for Evangelise to come down, hopeful that she would still have enough charity left in her to risk offering them a ride out.

"Me and my sister can get everyone out, but we would be left behind."


Judecata sighs and nods.


"Alright everyone, please take your seats, you will be departing shortly, thank you for taking twin airlines."


the twins use their Eclipse magic too form a fairly large platform with enough eats for everyone, maybe even some extra. there is a window like structure in the front, too protect everyone on board from wind, along with some very short walls. creating this made the twins unable too move once more, after everyone escapes, they will have almost all of their mana gone.


@CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai @Light


(Sorry if this post is terrible.)


(might be edited lightly.)

 

[Skaggon]

RJ looked at Ruby's body and knew. But it wasn't fair. She was his friend and she was brought back fair and square. He looked at her body and felt a hole in his chest. This is what loss felt like. He took off his mask. His sadness was quickly replaced with rage. She died trying to save people. She was brought back. And then robbed. He put his mask back on and walked away from the others. They were probably going to get in trouble for killing Augustine but he didn't care. Why are they risking their lives to save what? People who were infinitely stronger then him or any of the others. He was done. He walked through the mansion going down. He used up the energy he had left from the injection touching the machine. As he did they added to his gauntlet improving it. He only had enough to add 3 new features but it was good enough for him. He walked away going to go blow steam.
@Light

 

[GingerBread]

[SIZE= 24px]Castiel[/SIZE]
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"So, do I get a set of shining armor, or do your knights all wear hoodies?" Castiel smiled at Zalena as she offered him her hand, He placed his hand in hers and looked up and continued smiling at her. Castiel's smile quickly dropped and he frowned as he realised Zalena had started speaking destonian to him and he didn't understand a word of it."Um.. I don't understand a word you're saying, Sorry" Castiel took his hand away from Zalena's and scratched the back of his head. "I guess since I'm not part of your dream, you can't affect me directly..? Or maybe I'm just to stupid to learn another language, even in a dream." Castiel smiled at Zalena as he attempted to make a joke, though it only started to remind him of his list of failures, with the most recent one being him not being able to save Ruby.


@Light

 

[King Crimson]

RJ looked at Ruby's body and knew. But it wasn't fair. She was his friend and she was brought back fair and square. He looked at her body and felt a hole in his chest. This is what loss felt like. He took off his mask. His sadness was quickly replaced with rage. She died trying to save people. She was brought back. And then robbed. He put his mask back on and walked away from the others. They were probably going to get in trouble for killing Augustine but he didn't care. Why are they risking their lives to save what? People who were infinitely stronger then him or any of the others. He was done. He walked through the mansion going down. He used up the energy he had left from the injection touching the machine. As he did they added to his gauntlet improving it. He only had enough to add 3 new features but it was good enough for him. He walked away going to go blow steam.
@Light

Before RJ could reach the door to the mansion, a small hand roughly grabbed onto his shoulder and wheeled him around to face it's equally small owner.


With an uncharacteristic harshness in her tone and loathing in her eyes, Ree matter-of-factly states, "You are not going to run off by yourself again." 


She turns her head toward Ruby, and then back to RJ, the previous anger melted into kindred sorrow, "Please...Not after what happened last time."

 

[CelticSol]

Zalena
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Zalena gives Castiel a small smile as she thinks of things to do. Her hair began to slow turn into a mix of blue and purple. "Well since it's a dream now I can adjust the memory to accommodate you. You will be my knight who's escorting me to the events I'm supposed to attend. The first one is a kindergarten play. I'll also allow you to speak, read, and write in Destonian." Zalena gets up from the bed and takes a deep breath. Suddenly her hair turns completely blue and her eyes revert back to their regular red. She couldn't be sad in front of the children, it would make them sad too. From then on she seemed more poised and spoke only in Destonian. She extends her hand, going limp by the wrist since she expected Castiel to take her palm in his to escort her since the back of her hand was facing the ceiling. "Won't you escort me to the spatial room, my dearest knight?" Zalena was getting used to labeling their knight to princess relationship as slightly intimate. It would lift the hearts of the people and Zalena always liked go carry a cheerful mood around the kingdom. She was sure visiting the kindergarten children at random during their play would make them very cheerful and make their kindergarten year very memorable. "Come on, before my mother comes in here and sees us alone. She might just set us up in an arranged marriage and expect kids. She likes to joke like that...she might be serious at times." Zalena giggles at her own joke about her mother, the queen. "Even worse, my dad. Wait scratch that, he's at the regular house. He's not allowed to be in the castle, I forgot." ( @GingerBread )

Austrianna
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Austrianna listens to what Ree has to say and tries not to get angry at the twins unsensitive comment. Ree was right, they had places to go to and staying here wouldn't be smart. The problem was getting the injured, the unconscious, and the dead on the bird swiftly. At that moment what Ree feared had happened. A volley of magic flies the continental birds way. It seemed like guards outside the castle finally noticed the giant legendary bird flying over it. The blast causes the bird to tilt over and drop all of the kids belongings off of its back as well as the other children. Juniper reacted in time and spread her wings, catching both Mary and Clark to make a safe glide. Though as Juniper did, her eyesight slowly began to fade and by the time they landed she had collapsed upon the ground. Her wings retract back inside of her and she seems to be unconscious. The continental had a volley of magic attacks coming towards it so it had all of the attention. The bird had no choice but to fly off into the sky and leave. 


Austrianna knew exactly what that meant and her heart stopped as her stomach dropped. She shifts away from Eppie and gathers her sister in her arms, frantically trying to wake her up. Once she seems to fail after some time she turns up to the others. "We don't have much time, we have to find a way to get out of here." ( @CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai )

Austrianna
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Austrianna slowly moves over to Eppie once he drops to the floor and begins crying, slowly extending her arm to help her even if she's bloodied. Austrianna swallows the hungry lump in her throat and decides that maybe she should invest in eating whatever she can from Augustine's burned body once everyone leaves. Where she's from, murder is unheard of but right now she couldn't lose her cool, once again because she believed it was for her siblings. In the corner of her eyesight she could see what had happened to Zalena and could only feel her heart skip a beat. She would have to check up on her sister at a later time or as soon as she was done helping Eppie. As much as it made her want to rush this along she had to be patient. "Eppie...are you there? It's me, Austrianna." ( @CelticSol )

Ruby
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No matter how many times Ree called out to her Ruby was just a limp and cold dead body. Her soul had been struck by a reaper and there was no way to save her. Her face still had one of panic and fear, red eyes still open wide. All that was left of Ruby is her young body. Her soul, mind, and aspirations have left this plane a moment ago. Just like she was unable to keep her promise, she was unable to see the despair that lingered in the air after both her own and Mary's passing. ( @Tazmodo @King Crimson )

Zalena
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The tips of Zalena's hair stopped flickering after a certian amount of healing, showing that her life was no longer in danger. Even with that being said her hair did glow faintly, showing that Zalena was still in an unconscious state. Once Castiel begins dresmwalking, all he could see around him was a large pearl bedroom. There were finely dressed servants rushing around the room with dresses, shoes, and a tiara on a pillow. There seemed to be far too much going on in this one room. In front of a table with a mirror Zalena was sitting down white servants began braiding her hair into one long braid. She had a facial expression showing the fact that she was contemplating things in her life. The tiara Castiel saw earlier ended up being carried to her and set on her head in between her horns. These people were unable to see Castiel and were speaking in a language unlike the ones in the mortal realm. It seemed to be the same language Zalena spoke to him in earlier. Zalena was in bright blue dress since she was scheduled to appear at kindergarten play to support the daily life of her people the week before her 16th birthday. Which was a few days before her mother was taken. Once Zalena was finished with her hair she threw the braid over her shoulder to rest on her chest. There were small while flowers and ribbons aligned upon the braid as well. She stands up and turns around, only to see Castiel standing before her. "Castiel? What are you doing in the castle?" ( @GingerBread )

Epsilon
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Epsilon does not react kindly to Austrianna trying to touch her, especially while she's broken down enough to be crying; Eppie has, despite her loud, talkative nature, kept to herself. Nobody needed to know about her weaknesses and her vulnerabilities, and she didn't like to talk about either, so keeping everything under a lock and key, then disguising the box of problems with bravado and humour, worked just fine for her. But she - or someone in control of her body - had not only just murdered somebody, but maimed them, and her father and mother are missing, maybe even dead, they have what is slowly becoming an insurmountable task left in their young, inadequate hands, and now, Austrianna is treating like she's about to snap and kill them all, and it's just too much, there's so much going on, Eppie can't even keep it straight.


Austrianna walks away too soon for Eppie to retort to her, or maybe punch her - Eppie feels like she could use it right now - and instead stands, wipes her eyes, finding that Austrianna appears to be gearing up to leave. Eppie's eyes scour the area, and her eyes fall upon Ruby's corpse. Some of her anger, and her anxiety is chipped away, replaced with a numb sort of heart ache. She goes to Ruby's body, and once she notices Ruby's final expression, she grimaces, then gently puts her hands over Ruby's eyelids and closes them, then gently caresses her fingers across Ruby's face, relaxing the expression until it looks more peaceful.Then, she gathers Ruby into her arms, then shifts the girl's body so Eppie can cradle her in one arm, her body rested in the crook of her arm. She walks over to Castiel's unconscious body, and picks him up, throwing him over her shoulder and she goes to stand beside Austrianna.

Leonidas
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Leonidas sees Austrianna trying to figure out what to do, then looks down to Zalena. The burns are still not where he wants them to be, but he sees the volleys and knows he has no more time left. He pushes one final burst of mana into Zalena, which bonds together enough of her skin that Leo feels more comfortable moving her, and very gently picks her up. He hears Austrianna trying to think of a plan, and his expression slackens as he realizes there is something he can do. He puts Zalena down carefully by Austrianna, and then uses the last scrap of his mana to use Mercy on himself. The shift from human to dragon is not as seamless as he wishes it was; it comes in strange spurts, irregular changes occurring through different parts of his body, unlike his mother's smooth transition. His body grows, changing from human to beast to dragon, until Leo stands above the group, in the full dragon form. 

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(Why do I never tag anyone lmao)
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@GingerBread @LokiofSP @MTchaos1134 @Tazmodo @King Crimson 
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[Light]

The Supervisor
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The woman from the portal and the flashback ends up walking out of a door, having seen a good portion of the fight. She had told these children to stay out of this and go home, now there seemed to be more injured, unconscious, and dead than capable. She looks at Augustine's body with a flat expression, feeling no remorse to her subordinate. He was beaten by children so he was a weak link in her ideals after all. If anything it was better off for her and her goal. There was only a few minutes until the guards completely surrounded the area. These children wouldn't be able to escape fast enough with the amount of tasks they'd have to go through, dragon or not. They were all completely unreliable and lacked the coordination to perform as a functioning team. They were simply all over the place and for those who knew actual teamwork this display was one to frown upon. The woman steps out of the shadows and faces all of the children. She looks towards Zalena briefly, she was the girl she addressed the last time after all. She gave her advice since the look she had on her face reminded the woman of someone she once knew. "You cannot escape in time. It's truthfully inevitable at the speed you'd all move at." She turns to the door she knows the guards will come through and looks back at the kids. "Get your stuff together and go. I can keep the guards looking in the wrong direction, I would hate to see even more children die." It didn't bother her when it came to letting them escape. They were just kiss, not adults so it wasn't exactly easy for her to make a conscious decision of capturing them to kill them. They were weak after all and they wouldn't hinder her goal so it didn't bother her anyways. The woman then turns around and leaves to give the kids and extra twenty minutes to escape. ( @CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai )

Zalena
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Zalena giggles at Castiel's joke and shakes her head, knights in that attire aren't common but they don't wear armor either. "I think you're fine just the way you're dressed but...just in case I think you should follow me to my elder brothers room. He may have some clothes you came try on and luckily he's not here. He's a hot head and he's an adult so that wouldn't go to well." Zalena hears his next comment about him being stupid and holds his head up in both of her hands. "No, you're smart and that's something I like about you. You're not a failure. It is a language after all and if it bothers you that much I can teach you. Please smile for me, even if it might be fake. I want you to smile for me." Zalena stares Castiel in the eyes, giving him a small sad smile herself. "Then I can work to make sure that your smile is real but I can't do that if you frown, you'd make me feel to sad on the inside. So please...smile." ( @GingerBread )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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"I don't need to look that fancy in a dream, do I?" Castiel stepped back from Zalena as she held his head and asked him to smile, though it felt like she was demanding it more than anything else. He gently shook his head as he looked towards her. "I'm sorry, for making you feel sad.. Seems like I'm just failing everyone today" Castiel forced a pained chuckled, frowning afterwards as he tried to swallow the lump that had formed in his throat. Castiel looked straight ahead as he stared off into the distance, his thoughts moving towards Ruby,  her dying in front of his eyes, Because of his own failure to save her, or even slightly protect her.


@Light

 

[Loony_Bin]

Suria


Suria looked at the woman, taking in what she had to say before turning  back towards the chaos. He watched, a question rising slowly to the top of his mind as he did...how the fuck were a bunch of emotionally unstable teenagers, with dead/passed out/freaking out friends and family supposed to get out of enemy territory with no leaders, no transportation, and thousands of pounds of luggage? To top all that of, Suria figured that, (As much as he disliked it) he was one of the most fit to lead at the moment, being seemingly the only person emotionally stable enough to form coherent thoughts about what the fuck to do...


He put a hand in his pocket, using his left hand to pinch the bridge of his nose and rub his eyes, "Fuck me..." He mumbled, before clapping and stepping forward before everyone, and raising his voice as high as he could, or as he could best describe it 'his mom's indoor voice', "Okay, so, hi...none of you know me, so I'll keep this short, we need to get the fuck out, and we only have about thirty minutes to do so. So here's what's gonna happen, everyone's gonna stop crying, get their dead family and suitcases, and ride away on the giant dragon we apparently have..." Not waiting for a response, he turned to Leo and yelled as loud as he possibly could "HEY DRAGON GUY, WE NEED A QUICK GET AWAY, THINK YOU COULD, OH I DON'T KNOW, HELP US OUT SOME OTHER WAY THAN YOU ARE NOW?!"


@CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai (Shorter post cuz my computers bout to restart in two mins....)

 

[MTchaos1134]

Epsilon
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Epsilon does not react kindly to Austrianna trying to touch her, especially while she's broken down enough to be crying; Eppie has, despite her loud, talkative nature, kept to herself. Nobody needed to know about her weaknesses and her vulnerabilities, and she didn't like to talk about either, so keeping everything under a lock and key, then disguising the box of problems with bravado and humour, worked just fine for her. But she - or someone in control of her body - had not only just murdered somebody, but maimed them, and her father and mother are missing, maybe even dead, they have what is slowly becoming an insurmountable task left in their young, inadequate hands, and now, Austrianna is treating like she's about to snap and kill them all, and it's just too much, there's so much going on, Eppie can't even keep it straight.


Austrianna walks away too soon for Eppie to retort to her, or maybe punch her - Eppie feels like she could use it right now - and instead stands, wipes her eyes, finding that Austrianna appears to be gearing up to leave. Eppie's eyes scour the area, and her eyes fall upon Ruby's corpse. Some of her anger, and her anxiety is chipped away, replaced with a numb sort of heart ache. She goes to Ruby's body, and once she notices Ruby's final expression, she grimaces, then gently puts her hands over Ruby's eyelids and closes them, then gently caresses her fingers across Ruby's face, relaxing the expression until it looks more peaceful.Then, she gathers Ruby into her arms, then shifts the girl's body so Eppie can cradle her in one arm, her body rested in the crook of her arm. She walks over to Castiel's unconscious body, and picks him up, throwing him over her shoulder and she goes to stand beside Austrianna.

Leonidas
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Leonidas sees Austrianna trying to figure out what to do, then looks down to Zalena. The burns are still not where he wants them to be, but he sees the volleys and knows he has no more time left. He pushes one final burst of mana into Zalena, which bonds together enough of her skin that Leo feels more comfortable moving her, and very gently picks her up. He hears Austrianna trying to think of a plan, and his expression slackens as he realizes there is something he can do. He puts Zalena down carefully by Austrianna, and then uses the last scrap of his mana to use Mercy on himself. The shift from human to dragon is not as seamless as he wishes it was; it comes in strange spurts, irregular changes occurring through different parts of his body, unlike his mother's smooth transition. His body grows, changing from human to beast to dragon, until Leo stands above the group, in the full dragon form. 

Spoiler

(Why do I never tag anyone lmao)
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@GingerBread @LokiofSP @MTchaos1134 @Tazmodo @King Crimson 
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Suria


Suria looked at the woman, taking in what she had to say before turning  back towards the chaos. He watched, a question rising slowly to the top of his mind as he did...how the fuck were a bunch of emotionally unstable teenagers, with dead/passed out/freaking out friends and family supposed to get out of enemy territory with no leaders, no transportation, and thousands of pounds of luggage? To top all that of, Suria figured that, (As much as he disliked it) he was one of the most fit to lead at the moment, being seemingly the only person emotionally stable enough to form coherent thoughts about what the fuck to do...


He put a hand in his pocket, using his left hand to pinch the bridge of his nose and rub his eyes, "Fuck me..." He mumbled, before clapping and stepping forward before everyone, and raising his voice as high as he could, or as he could best describe it 'his mom's indoor voice', "Okay, so, hi...none of you know me, so I'll keep this short, we need to get the fuck out, and we only have about thirty minutes to do so. So here's what's gonna happen, everyone's gonna stop crying, get their dead family and suitcases, and ride away on the giant dragon we apparently have..." Not waiting for a response, he turned to Leo and yelled as loud as he possibly could "HEY DRAGON GUY, WE NEED A QUICK GET AWAY, THINK YOU COULD, OH I DON'T KNOW, HELP US OUT SOME OTHER WAY THAN YOU ARE NOW?!"


@CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai (Shorter post cuz my computers bout to restart in two mins....)

the twins make thier platform dissappear and stands a nearby too Suria"No arguement there, me and my sister will get on after everyone else, if the dragon guy lets us on at all." Judecata says, while her sister loads the small harpoon launcher.

 

[The Imperial Flame]

Yin frowned at what she witnessed, and couldn't really move the whole time. She felt bad for the Monarch, and really had no idea who she should be trusting. She closed her eyes and felt something weird bubble inside her... Rage? No. More like Madness, it frothed in her chest burning like hot lava. She began giggling like a manic and then quickly began crying. She wasnt cut out for this, she just was weak. She opened her eyes and all she saw around her were monsters where her allies should be. She sprinted away, from everything and anyone. Her reflexes on extreme edge she would have likely been able to dodge a bullet at that moment. Then she came across what she thought were horrific monsters but they turned out to be guards. The yelled at her to stop but she just closed her eyes and felt a jolt of electricity, the three guards were reduced to ash piles as She passed out. her hands red and raw, and she had a nosebleed. She was around 20 feet from the group.


@anyone (I need to think about where i want yin to go from here personality wise.)

 

[Light]

Zalena
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Zalena frowns at Castiel's reaction and steps forward. "I didn't mean for you to feel like a failure. You're not Castiel, I promise." Zalena sets her hands on his cheeks once more and pulls his head down so she could stare him in the eyes. "I just want to see you smile." Zalena shows off her own little smile for Castiel. "If that doesn't work then I can give you a really big hug and sing you a song or make funny jokes." Zalena scoots in and buries herself into Castiel's body since he was much bigger and far more sturdy than her. She wraps her arms around him and looks up so she could keep eye contact. "I think you'd look even more handsome than you do now, even though there is a dash of cute in you." Zalena begins to think on what color he should wear as well. "Do you think you'd look dashing in red?"

Austrianna
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Austrianna looks around at everyone frantically trying to find an answer without making any effort to bring forth the solution. It slightly angered her but she didn't let it show. Since she barely used any of her powers she still had a lot of carnage mana running through her body. She concentrates on the cluster of luggage and has a platform of bone appear underneath four pieces of luggage at a time to lift them on to the dragon. After she lifts some of the luggage she begins to lift those who can't move on their own like Yin on to the dragon. Austrianna looks towards Suria and the twins. "Instead of asking questions and making speeches, why don't you try doing something? I think that would help the situation of we need to get our things on the dragon and get out instead of complaining about it." After saying this, Austrianna begins to get back to work. 


( @CelticSol @GingerBread @Tazmodo @MTchaos1134 @The Imperial Flame @LokiofSP @King Crimson @Magical Squid Senpai )

 

[GingerBread]

Castiel
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Castiel was still zoned out, thinking about Ruby's death and almost reliving it; He was brought back out of his daze, when he heard Zalena say his name and he felt slightly guilty about not listening to her. Castiel wiped away the tears that had started to form in his eyes as Zalena pulled his head down to look at her. He felt a stab of guilt as Zalena offered to do things to make him feel better. Castiel took a deep breath and stepped back, out of Zalena's hug and sat down on her bed, directing his gaze at the floor and wiped his eyes as he felt tears beginning to well up in them. "Sorry.. I'm ruining your dream. Just.. um.. forget I'm here; Go enjoy your dream... I'll leave when I can... I'm.. I'm sorry for messing up your dream... I'm messing up a lot lately.." Castiel let out a shaky breath and wiped his eyes again, still avoiding looking at Zalena and keeping his gaze on the ground.


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