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Malice

Whether by design or coincidence, things were proceeding nicely for the WAS fairy behind the full-faced mask. The numerous assignments he had given to his comrades were drawing the attention of many of the IS at the masquerade. Gradually, as the evening seemed to fly by, many of the IS had left the dance to investigate some disturbance of one kind or another. Other IS were missing and would never be found alive. With so many IS absent, the ball was pitifully guarded at that moment, and Malice appeared to have an easy time spotting them in the sea of masks.

It was then that a masked gentleman stood on a balcony overlooking the dance hall and cued the musicians to stop playing. All eyes were on the man as he spoke in a clear, bass voice,"Thank you one and all for coming. I hope we haven't gotten into too much mischief yet this early in the evening..." at that, a number of those present chuckled, obviously identifying themselves as veteran masquerade attendees. "...To those of you here for the first time: I wish you a very enjoyable evening that you are not soon to forget. Speaking of not forgetting, let us remember that this marks another triumph over the horrible WAS, and that alone is worth celebrating. The morning comes quickly, so without further adieu: eat, drink, be merry, and don't leave for home unless you need to be carried. Show the WAS that we are not beaten nor will we ever be!" Finishing his speech, the man left to balcony to the roar of applause and cheers. Shortly after, the music started up again and the dancing and merrymaking resumed.

Standing to the side of the dance floor with glass in hand, Malice humored the man's speech. Failing to applaud at the end, he seemed preoccupied as he pushed past several dancers to cross the floor and climb the stairs. Leaving the main hall to walk down a lavishly decorated hallway lined with doors leading to various rooms, Malice saw the speaker from earlier entering a room with a number of other well dressed men at the end. There were much fewer people in he hallways leading away from the ballroom, so the fairy was able to quickly followed after the men.

Entering the room at the end, Malice found a small study with many books and a desk. The men that had entered previously were nowhere to be found, however. In their place, the WAS member found a stone staircase leading down into darkness. Malice just happened to reach the stairwell as a bookcase slid behind him, blocking the entrance from view, and keeping the secret passage hidden from anyone who might wander into the room later in the evening.

An orb of green light formed in Malice's hand and he slowly descended the steps. As he descended quiet voices that grew louder as he grew closer could be heard...
"How is the operation going?"
"Well. It won't be too much longer."
"Good. Gentlemen, by the end of tonight, we will have secured our existence and our goals will be within reach. Their lives will be of a small price to pay..."

Meanwhile, upstairs a few older WillBe citizens attending the masquerade seemed to fall asleep at whatever they were doing. Those with them assumed they had drank too much and turned in early. No one would suspect their souls had been leeched from their bodies. Many others were beginning to feel unusually fatigued as well....

Attention still drawn on Aideen, Dark contemplated on what to do. The sounds he had heard had grown louder to the point that it sounded as if it was only a small way's off.. Though wary of threat he didn't bother in finding out where it came from. The uneasy feeling grew and after a minute of looking at the girl he turned away to see a glimmering tail of what looked like hair whiz by in one direction. Dark wasted no time.

With a quick breathe Dark inhaled and exhaled, releasing a breath of fire that spun around itself until it became a large burning sphere the size of half of his body. It met contact with the cover (a house) that he suspected his assailant was using, causing it to break away when the ball collided against it; debris and flames shooting out in every direction until his assailant was revealed. Wisps of smoke rising from his mouth. Breathing fire was a cool ability, but not one he liked to use often since it put a uncomfortable feeling in his throat.

He would glance behind his shoulder to see Aideen still grinning at him, and the uneasiness that he felt earlier greatened. I'm in trouble.. He thought, slowly strafing to the side to not only keep Aideen from his back but so he could watch both Aideen and the new moonlight beauty without worry of a backstab or sandwich assault.

The house crumbled like charcoal as the flames continued to spread across the walls of the house, the embers of Dark's earlier attack gathering at the feet of the house. Whoever's house that was they would not be pleased. He felt sorry, but right now he had to worry about himself.

He turned to Aideen then to the assailant. The only thing he recognized was her hair gleaming with the pale light of the moon. "Lexus..Right?"

Disc

"You know that tune already, vamp baby," Disc replied in an assuring tone. Walking over to Luna, the copy looked down on the original. The shape the two were in was obvious, and bets placed on the outcome of anymore fighting would have been drastically one-sided. There serious expression on Disc's face suggested he intended to do what he must one way or the other.

Liliana smiled as she closed her book. She had finished it rather quickly, and though she didn't remember much of what had happened in the book, she still had enjoyed it. Her mind was wandering, wondering what the people at the ball were up to. She wondered what Luna was doing, and if she had decided to join the Was or not. She wondered how much time had passed between when the ball had started until now. She was sure of one thing, though. If she needed to, she could contact Malice. He would know it was her before she spoke to him, though, because of the contact they had when he was at her home days earlier.
Liliana stood, stretching a little bit from sitting on the couch for a while. She moved to put her book in the bag that held her dress, but stopped when she saw movement outside. She quickly pulled her ski mask over her face so no one would know it was her. Malice.. I fear if I don't move now, I'll be compromised. I gotta burn it down now. She smiled briefly under her mask and turned around to the stove. There was a gas can sitting on the floor in near it. She took the can and went up stairs, and doused Oni's body in the gas.
Once Liliana had covered his body, she moved to the other areas of the house and poured more there. She would wait a little longer, for Malice's reply, before she turned on the stove with a candle out front. "This is it," she whispered to herself.

Luna was still running through ideas in her head, putting her lie together when her duplicate walked over to her and looked down. The duplicate looked to be in great shape, and here she was, coughing up blood, bleeding, and crumpled on the ground. She hated this situation more than anything, as she couldn't stand being weak. She was angry with herself for not keeping up her full strength, especially when Malice had warned her that this might not be an easy task. She was beating herself up on the inside, and shivered a little hearing the man's voice.

She looked up at him, noting that he would do anything to achieve his goal and sighed, grumbling slightly to herself, Damn. She knew she was going to have to take his offer if she wanted to live, as she knew how fast she was capable of running now compared to how fast she could usually make a break for it. She might be able to out run her duplicate, but that was a slim possibility.

She looked up at him, her eyes fierce, though the anger shown in them was mostly directed towards herself. This was her fault. Her mistake. Her error. She sighed slightly and nodded her head, then said, her tone still harsh, Let's just get this damn thing over with. She grumbled slightly and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear because it was sticking to her now bloodied face. She probably looked like an absolute mess.

Although she looked like a mess on the outside, her brain was constructing a lie. A lie with everything necessary to keep anyone from guessing that it was a lie, unless of course they knew the truth. She grinned slightly as she thought up her lie, her angry subsiding and her sneaky ways approaching. Like she had told herself earlier, she wasn't going to give in that easy, and she was going to cause as much chaos and confusion as possible.

"Who are you...

You seem so interesting...

Lexus chuckled from the back of her throat as he asked such stupid questions, which he should have already known the awswer to. "ask them yourself, or even my boss...thats if you get close enough" she said with a slight growl into her throat. A slight evil grin slipping over her lips as her silver eyes focused to where he was as her left arm was clutched around her waist, "they had their choice in no way forced." she burst into laughter flicking her head back and then inhaling. "you trusted me...well you're more of a fool then i thought" her words said one thing though her plain silver eyes said another. she didn't want to say these things but her mouth was moving before her mind. She felt his movements along the floor, though his speed and steps were all over the place to her and confusing her. feeling his last step behind her she turned and raised her arms, though she was still too late and fell back, her reactions much slower to their last encounter. ugh s**t she cursed to herself, she placed her hands above her head on the floor, rolling back slightly and then flicking herself back to her feet. "well that was clever, and rather annoying..." she smirked with a sarcastic tone in her voice.