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The man that calmly walked forth from the northern gates was a construction of several blended into one. His features were both efeminate and demonic, but he seemed to be male. Long silver dreads hung down behind him, ut the front of his hair was turned up into a curl, two spaces vacant save for the two bony horns. From a scaled back two large blood red wings extended, metallic in nature but with all the details of those of natural creation, passing between the silvery dreads. The coloration of both his right hand and face were slightly crimson while the rest of his body was a dull brown, wisps of shadow flitting about his form and a ruby of considerably size floating in the air about him. He wore no clothes, his hide much like that of a beast, though he did have certain swells about his chest, further skewing the line between male and female.

He glances down and pats pockets which simply are not there, and gives a shrug, "Not unless you've tacked a pocket to my a** containing a pack and I didn't notice it." He yawned as he flicked his wrist, sending a small orb of light towards his opponent, which would cross the distant at a speed fitting of light itself, and explode on proximity. The ruby floating about him took on a slight glow as he waited to see the results, a Crimson Mist pooling about his feet.

((Ignore the real meaning and take my perspective. Running from Mindblaze is the easiest way to survive. XD))

Through a simple means of teleportation based upon psionic principles the thoughts of Mindblaze were transmitted through the crystal and refracted, producing a psionic effect. One might see this as an instant transmission, the mechanics not given here because the author is loathe to subject anyone to such, a crimson glow left in its wake. Once the instant transmission of the crystal only was complete, the ball of energy flying on to slam into something else of little importance, it began firing small pulses of telekinetic force, insubstantial bullets seen only by a streaking blur of crimson.

The single man began to advance, his features blurring while Crimson Mist spread outwards from his form at an exponential rate. It was getting more difficult to pinpoint him as light and shadow began to enshroud his 'corner' of the arena. This basiinfinite number of tiny mirrors while shadows of some substantial degree flooded through the matrix. In fact Mindblaze was actually several feet behind where he looked to be by the presentation of the light.

The silvery dreads hanging down his back began to writhe and change, lifting as two crimson blades were formed at each end of two longer dreads. Stretching out beside him they created a constant melee defensive. The bones in his right hand seemed to shift and change, a blade of sorts pulling out from behind his wrist, an aptly named wristblade that fused with his forearm. In his left hand sparks of black lightning could be seen, a spell taking shape already, infused with light, shadows, and magically infused disease. Within the Crimson Mist, his aura was displaced to further the smoke and mirrors effect of his projection. The shadows seemed to be gobbling up sounds and he had no smell. He was hidden well in his own little area of influence, the ruby shard not staying in any place too long, further adding to disorientating effects as a crimson trail and spurts were left in its wake.

After the third shot the 'bullets' ceased, the observation being that they seemed almost useless, if not counterproductive. As the distortion continued to grow a cycle began, the temperature droping dramatically in a mere instant. It was as if God had decided to hit the divine AC. The distortion was drawing in the heat as it continued to obscure Mindblaze's location. Winds began to howl as nature tried to correct this imbalance, drawing in more heat to be consumed. Beyond this the ground underfoot seemed to heat, a bit of thermokinesis emplyed by the Ruby Shard to give more heat to consume. Energy was used to create energy, and then that energy was consumed. The cycle continued, a slow but steady replenishment.

Within the distortion heat was not only being consumed, but small rubies were being generated, a cloud of mist, ruby dust. The rubies seemed to be suspended somehow within the distortion, the wind passing them by harmlessly. They were not as yet large enough to have any purpose, but eventually they would be. As he advanced on with the visual projection before him the ambient light throughout the cloud and reflections seemed to increase.

Within the distortion Mindblaze stopped, his facimilie continuing on towards Edgar. The rubies began to group together, forming up into perfect spheres every few feet through the distortion. Mindblaze waited as the drawing in of heat continued, a swarm of light forming at the forefront of the advancing distortion. A swarm of lances darted out from the forefront, thin streams of light still connected to the distortion. They all seemed to center around Edgar, a wide spread aimed to disallow dodging to either side without a significant push. While it was clear many would likely strike the orb of energy, perhaps that was the point. Upon contact an exponential drain of energy would begin, drawing into the cloud for processing and storage in the rubies. If Edgar was connected to the orb of energy the connection would try and transmit the drain to him directly through said orb.

The dodge was not a difficult thing, but with the majority of the Lances now having struck around and behind Edgar, Mindblaze had two options. Release the streams and the strain upon him, or join them and reduce the strain. The air around Edgar would flare with heat and light as the lances began to shift and change. While it was true that the drain would affect the lances themselves, this was utilized to further the joining into two larger tendrils of light and energy. From here, well, they were basically right on top of the poor man, one whipping around to jam into the sphere while the other was aimed to connect to Edgar, or at least his aura. As before, even a glancing strike would initiate the connection.

The distortion only continued its growth, now passing well beyond the halfway mark and still growing steadily. At the far end where Mindblaze had began it seemed to try to rise up higher, but was having trouble going any higher. Within the distortion Mindblaze began heading east while the Ruby Shard continued its cycle of thermokinesis and heat consumption.

Dodging was all well and good, but when the damned things didn't lay down and die, there was something definately wrong. The tendrils whipped about, swinging about as Edgar landed for a second strike at of the two targets. Should they miss they would simply retract back to the cloud, but would not disappear.They would remain at the forefront of the cloud as it contonued to expand and press on, everything within still happening as before. Mindblaze continued to the East.