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Doro stuck his tongue out and flew higher. "Last time I checked, you can't fly!! So unless you sprout wings or magically Float up to me, I don't think that I'll be feeling any 'pain'!" Doro was relishing the moment, and he flew a loop lightly.


[ Oh, and please don't actually come and fly up. Humans can't fly.]

[lol yeah... I thought of that RIGHT after I posted.... sweatdrop ]

"Whatever. You still can't catch me." Doro said lazily as Avenger's hand snagged the tip of his boot, nothing more. He laughed airily and flew further from a steaming Avenger. Perhaps, he thought, I can just hold him off until the rest of the troops arrive. If he couldn't drive off the Rishmans himself, he could at least save them from being slaughtered. "Remember, I'm a ninja. I could outspeed you any day!" He seemingly disappeared and reappeared behind Ravelt. "I was tired in the forest of spirits. Now you don't have any hope of hitting me!" But, he knew that part of this was just a bluff. He couldn't keep up the speed for very long. As soon as he slowed down, he knew that Avenger would have him. Still.... He swallowed and kept dashing from place to place.

Doro let out a startled gasp as he accidentally dashed straight into the wispy snake- shaped cloud. He began to panic, and struggled to stay aloft. This had completely taken him by surprise. What other course of action could he take but to drop to the ground? No! He willed himself to stroke his wings backwards, but he could already feel the tiring ache setting in like iron in his wings.

Ravelt looked confused. The snake hit him, but it didn't do much since it hit doro as well, and it had little force.

Avenger sighed and turned, motioning for Ravelt, Venix and Kratos to follow. "come...We shall find the intruders on our own then...I feel no need to waste my time catching you..." he said as he walked away, his pets following. He had to find the Rhismans, and slaughter them all.

[Eeep! Hold on Falina. Chris, I agree with Falina on one point. You can't 'god-mode' everything. It's not as if nothing won't phase you, and you have to be hurt and have realistic abilities. We all have restraints under which we play under. We can't over do them. Only the Gods can control a particular element completely, which is.. well, only owned, so far, by Kayra. Plus, a more natural reaction would be to attack or try to destroy the wind snake. At that point, none of you can realize it's a mirage, and not an actual spirit. Play somewhat realistically. >.>]

[Just saying what I felt. ANYWAY. Back to the roleplay]

Fayt turned to his brother, whacking him with his paws. "You think they realize what that was?"

"The snake mirage? No, probably a lot. There are a lot of random occurences of spirits attacking in Havaix. keeps it exciting. It won't be too long before they notice up. We may be far up... but we're not so far up that a flying bat wouldn't recognize us."

Fayt sighed. "What of the Rishmans? They don't usually attack. Something is just wrong with that picture."

[….On a normal basis, I’d say that I couldn’t think of anything either. I’m glad those things don’t actually exist. However, some spirits like the snakes weaknesses lie in their spirit gems, since it is the only thing hitable. If you know what I mean.]

Xan toyed with his powers, and forced it to curl around and block Avenger’s path out. He needed no Rishmans to be killed today, and he wasn’t in a ‘saving the helpless’ mood. He knew there were other helpers on duty today.

Fayt sighed. “How come you get all the powers, and all you do is play around with a snake that won’t hurt anyone?”

Xan narrowed his glowing eyes. “Powers are a gift, and I reserve them for protecting. I’m still waiting for the bat to realize that snake is a mirage… or how to beat it. It’s not as if the gem is translucent.”

[It's all right, don't worry about it. It's just that when you're sitting around with a lot of power on your hands, it's hard not to throw it around. I know Ravelt is a power packer, and so will Venix when he gets to be an adult *sorry Kratos... all you're good for is healing*, but it's not going to be the Trojan war all over again. All of these guys have more than one Achille's heel.]
[Second thing, let me clarify. The spirit gems are generally fragile. When they're young, they break easily, so they need to be cared for. But as they grow older, the mythics had invented ways to harden the gem over time. Or, on the contrary, epecially guardians, layered their gems with a crystal. Guardians though, are other cases.]

Fayt looked at the scene for a moment, and turned to Xan with a question burning in his eyes. "Aren't Ninja's trained to fight with and against spirits?"

"Not anymore, sadly. The spirits began to vanish... and there wasn't so much of a need. The old masters remember, but they can't teach those abilities as well as they used to."

The snake coiled again, with a strange hiss. It moved around, tightening itself like a spring. It looked like it was planning to strike.