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Post by focusedheart on Apr 29, 2017 8:30:20 GMT -5
As the noble watched the screen she had realized she had been holding her breath. She released it with a rush and let herself relax a little as he spoke his words. One could only hope he could do as he said.
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Post by gravitron on May 1, 2017 15:25:25 GMT -5
Rexeth departed again. Meanwhile, Lucifer watched, hiding in plain sight, as Zerron held a rally in the square, convincing the people to find and kill Lucifer, and any who support him. He spoke of every bad mistake, every wrong choice Lucifer had ever made, gave reasons to support why he could not be the old king and raged about the moment he had committed treason by killing the king, his supposed 'brother.' "He cannot be crowned king! He would ruin our kind, destroy everything we have worked so hard for! You know what must be done."
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Post by focusedheart on May 1, 2017 15:36:06 GMT -5
Angelian had begun to pace back and forth in the confines of the room. She was growing uneasy and the temptation to leave the place of hiding grew. She worried for Lucifer and wanted to make sure he was alright. She kept hidden though for now, knowing she could only make a situation worse if she appeared now.
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Post by gravitron on May 1, 2017 15:52:34 GMT -5
The screen flickered and changed. It now showed Zerron's rally from a hidden camera on a nearby lamppost that had just been planted by Rexeth.
Rexeth approached Zerron on the stage and stepped up onto it. "What's this, Zerron?"
"I am simply briefing the people on the situation and making sure they know where their loyalties lie."
"Well, I'd suggest you quit that. I have gathered proof that Lucifer's claims are true. We should speak in the Palace."
"You hear that, people!? He would have us believe the tricks of Hearth, and kneel before him! We must fight back!"
"No." Lucifer stepped forward. "I support Hearth, and so should you. We must abide by the Ancient Laws. If Rexeth has proven him king, then king he shall be. And we can not fall into civil war. Please, see reason. He ruled well before. Let him do so again."
"And who are you to come up here and speak of law and war!?" Zerron, of course. "You are no noble. I don't even recognize you!"
"I speak for our true king. Or do you expect him to show his face as you convince everyone to shed his blood? He is no fool. Don't be one yourself, either."
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Post by focusedheart on May 1, 2017 17:04:12 GMT -5
As the screen changed she focused on it with great intent. A group wanting blood shed? That was never a good thing and would only give them trouble.
She tenses when Lucifer stepped forward in his disguised form. Silently she prayed he had stayed hidden and out of sight. She glances to the opening to the hiding place. She could reach him in time. She prayed that she could reach him in time. She hadn't prayed in thousands of years yet now, for this vampire, she prayed.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 6:43:26 GMT -5
Zerron snarled. "I will kill you!"
"Not likely. I have committed no crimes, and therefore can't be punished to death or anything else. I know the laws. That's why I can be so certain that Lord Hearth is our king. He never should have lost the throne. Please, do not stand in his way." Lucifer's identity was still unknown, even though he was looking Zerron in the eyes.
"He's right, Zerron," agreed Rexeth. "Lucifer is our king, and his supporter here has broken no law."
Zerron threw a punch at Lucifer out of nowhere, with impossible strength, but Lucifer caught his fist and stopped him mid-punch. Zerron stared at him in awe and rage. "Who are you?"
"Do you truly think our king would send a weakling to speak for him?" smiled Lucifer. "I need no help to protect myself," he aimed this at Angelian.
Zerron stared at him. "Fine. Go get your king. We will wait here."
"How do I know you won't just attack him?"
"I will make certain of that," Rexeth broke in. "With the help of the Royal Guard."
"Because they did so well protecting our last king," muttered Zerron.
"I will return with your king. Rexeth, ready the guard." He headed off back to the Palace.
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 6:50:48 GMT -5
Angelian tenses as she saw the punch being thrown but let out the breath she had been holding when Lucifer caught it.
She blinks a bit at his words. She would have to ask him later if he had read her mind she thought quietly.
As he returns to the palace she felt herself become a little more relaxed but at the same time still on edge.
No matter what though, she would wait for his orders.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 7:04:40 GMT -5
"Angelian!" he called, his voice carrying to the panic room. "You can come out now." He began removing his disguise. He washed off the dye, took out the lenses and so on until his face was recognizable as Lucifer Hearth's. He then changed into an outfit consisting of combat boots, jeans and a black button-up, which he somehow manged to make look fancy. He covered his hair with a black fedora, red on the inside. And, finally, a very important piece for a vampire: He hid a flask filled with blood in his jeans pocket.
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 7:07:45 GMT -5
As soon as she heard his words, she came out of the room. She headed over to him, crossing her arms over her chest. "That was very risky..." she commented. Her wings moving gently as she stretches them then tucks them against her back once more.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 7:46:04 GMT -5
"No, it wasn't. You just scare easy. They could never have recognized me. What's risky is heading back there without a disguise, but that'll be no trouble. If anyone comes after me, I can take them. And so can you." He walked as he said all this, heading back to the square.
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 7:59:42 GMT -5
She rolls her eyes at him. "I do not scary easy." She grumbles bit but follows after him.
With her hands to her sides now she kept alert and watched carefully for any sign of trouble as they reached the square. She was not comfortable with this but she was ready and showed no sign of being scared or uneasy. She was simply ready to defend him, ready. Like the general she had been all those years ago. It had been a while since she felt this way.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 8:29:21 GMT -5
"It's astounding what vampirism can do to a person. You can feel it, can't you? The power flowing through your veins? I scarcely even remember being human. You see now, don't you? Why I turned you, I mean? It truly is meant as a gift."
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 9:19:21 GMT -5
She nods to him. "Now that both my halves no longer war with each other, I can feel the strength gained by the change. Much is different now." She smiled a bit to him.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 9:31:31 GMT -5
"So you understand my reasoning. Good." They had reached the square and he stepped up onto the stage. "Careful what you say now."
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 12:50:59 GMT -5
She arches a brow at his words. Watch what she said? At the moment as she stood next to the stage, she did not think it was her he needed to be watching.
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Post by gravitron on May 2, 2017 15:38:50 GMT -5
"People! Please, listen to me. I have been-" he began.
"Well, well, well," a familiar voice cut him off. "What have you been doing? Spreading lies? Killing kings? Stealing Artifacts?"
"Brother," Lucifer sighed. "I expected you would survive that. How was it you killed our brothers? Magic and holy weapons, I believe? And do you deny it? They have proof I am who I say I am."
"How you survived the war, I have no idea! I thought you dead, and I mourned-"
"Celebrated, more like!"
"Why you betray me, paint me a villain and attempt to ruin my name, I also have no idea! Jealousy? Spite? What did your time after going missing in action do to your mind?"
"Missing in action!? You tried to have me killed!"
"Lies! I did nothing of the sort! Why would you, my own brother, accuse me of such-"
"You were after the throne and we both know it! Tell me- Were you always planning your treachery or did you just improvise it?"
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Post by focusedheart on May 2, 2017 16:40:18 GMT -5
At the sound of the voice, her body tensed up and she looked towards the speaker. She watched him carefully and gauged the crowd as well. Her wings move slightly before relaxing.
Still she kept silent and allowed Lucifer to handle things.
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Post by gravitron on May 3, 2017 0:38:07 GMT -5
The crowd was silent, and there was no telling what they were thinking.
"I committed no treachery, certainly not against my own brother. Blood! Blood is the most important bond between vampires, and our blood is the same!"
"Not anymore. We have lost our bond."
"You're acting crazy. You're delusional."
"Don't be rediculous!"
"You are not fit for the throne, Brother."
"I think it's high time you pay for your crimes. Follow me to the Fountain."
"What crimes? You would not truly try to kill me again?"
Lucifer looked to the crowd. Rexeth nodded. "We see through him," he informed Lucifer. "For all his years of practice, he's still a horrible liar."
"And he doesn't know when to quit," added Lucifer.
"Alright, then," said the brother calmly. "It has come to this." And he charged Lucifer, the two beginning to brawl. Zerron jumped up onto the stage and attempted to stab Angelian through the heart with a sword. Rexeth tried to get on the stage, too, but was blindsided, and, soon enough, the whole crowd had broken into civil war.
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Post by focusedheart on May 3, 2017 3:01:05 GMT -5
She had tried to run to Lucifer but as she saw movement from the corner of her eyes, she pivoted. Her had came up sharply, knocking the blade to the side then she lunged forward with her same hand and grabbed hold of his neck.
Her fangs seemed to length and she growls low in her throat at him. She flung him off the stage and away from her. Moving quickly she took to the sky, looking down at the crowd.
This had to be stopped. She looked to the royal guard. "Focus on breaking up the fights now. It does not matter at this point who is right and who is wrong. A civil war will destroy everyone. " She said before diving into the crowd herself and separating out the fighters. Those she could knock unconscious she did. Trying to get the situation under control.
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Post by gravitron on May 4, 2017 6:49:27 GMT -5
OOC: Remember not to land attacks without permission.
IC: He grabbed her hand while it was in motion, preventing her attacks and all the actions that had followed. He then unsheathed a dagger and lifted it, attempting to drive it through her hand.
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Post by focusedheart on May 4, 2017 6:58:08 GMT -5
Ooc:apologies. It's been a while since I red with someone who understood fighting replies.
Ic. She tenses when he grabbed her hand, stopping her. As she saw the glimmer of his second weapon, she grabbed hold of her own wrist and jerked her arm forward in hopes of pulling him off balance where she could land a hit.
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Post by gravitron on May 4, 2017 7:25:57 GMT -5
OOC: It's quite alright, I understand. It's just that the battles might get a little one-sided if I can't dodge.
IC: He stumbled a bit, but managed to keep his balance. Or he would have, if not for sheer luck. As he stumbled, he stepped on his dropped sword and slipped. He managed to remain upright and didn't even drop his dagger, but he momentarily lost his grip on Angelian.
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Post by focusedheart on May 4, 2017 8:07:50 GMT -5
As soon as she felt his grip lossen, she used that to her advantage. Pulling her hand free with another jerk. Her eyes darkened and she glared at the male. Moving swiftly she drew her twin daggers and stepped forward to lunge at him.
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Post by gravitron on May 4, 2017 14:49:49 GMT -5
He sidestepped and slashed at her chest experimentally, looking for an opening to reach his sword, but not revealing that that was his strategy.
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Post by focusedheart on May 5, 2017 6:58:41 GMT -5
As she saw the movement of his blade ,she stepped back bringing up her right dagger to deflect his sword. The tip of the weapon glancing her shoulder. Blood flowing from the small wound for a moment before it healed swiftly.
As it healed she was already moving again, lunging forward but she pivots sharply and ducks, sending her leg out in a sweeping motion in hopes of taking his legs out.
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Post by gravitron on May 8, 2017 7:23:18 GMT -5
He allowed himself to be tripped, planning his landing so that he fell beside his sword, which he grabbed and held up protectively in front of himself, quickly getting back into a standing position.
"Rexeth!" called Lucifer, now dueling his brother sword-to-sword. "Help Angelian, then I want you two to end this! Get the two sides to work together again I'm going to try to get my brother to the Fountain Angelian can lead you there once the crowd is dispersed."
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Post by focusedheart on May 8, 2017 8:04:48 GMT -5
Angelian didn't take her eyes off her opponent but nodded. She had heard the words and was already working through how to do it. Moving her wings slightly as she smirks at the male. "You heard him. I've got things to do, places to be." She lunges forward suddenly moving her daggers swiftly as she slices at his torso then turns sharply and ducks low to aim for his left leg.
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Post by gravitron on May 8, 2017 8:31:37 GMT -5
Zerron parried both easily with a smirk. His sword back in his hand, he was even more formidable than before. Then a sword came through the other side of his stomach.
Zerron stumbled a bit before racing off at supernatural speed, the blood still flowing.
"Let him go." Rexeth told Angelian. "He won't get far with that wound. He'll be a problem for the future. Our first priority is to calm these people. Lucifer's already pushing his brother back, and quick."
Indeed he was. His brother was so worried about surviving (And his success in that area was already impressive enough) that he couldn't stop Lucifer from directing their battle in the direction of the Fountain.
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Post by focusedheart on May 8, 2017 12:49:08 GMT -5
She watched the male take off then nods to Rexeth. "There is one thing I've learned about vampires is that you value facts. Shall we educate?"
Moving forward she leaped to the air. The power in her wings had grown since drinking from the fountain. She didn't want to harm any of the fighters and so she thought back to the spar that had gotten out of hand with one of her platoons.
"Hold on to something." She tells Rexeth.
In a swift motion of her wings, she sent a large gust of wind through the crowd in hopes of knocking a majority over and getting their attention.
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Post by gravitron on May 9, 2017 0:40:44 GMT -5
Most were knocked to the ground, and all gave her their full attention, for better or worse, by shouting at her. They probably would have attacked her, too, if she were closer to the ground. As it was, none had brought bows, as the only fighting was in close quarters.
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