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The rocky slope of the volcano's summit shook violently all around him as he used his powers to the rock out of the ground. Suddenly, pillars of rock jutted out of the earth towering high above Brass, some stood at height above 100 feet. There were seven of them in all ranging in various degrees of height and thickness, each was pefectly shaped like a cylinder in ever possible way. But, instead of sitting back and admiring his handy work, Brass got right to business. Then, with the closing of his fist, the pillars of rock shattered into countless pieces and crumbled back down onto the surface of the summit. However, before they could hit the ground they slowly stopped in mid-air and began to 'orbit' around Brass' form as though he were a planet and they his moons. "....No...not a one gem to be found..."

"Mr Kas..."Tellus seemed to swoon under the head but paused and placed a tiny hand on Vahn's shoulder before looking up at him adoringly."... Vahn, it doesn't matter. You do. We are here for you..." She turned and motioned towards Sunstrike but her face was sad where it concerned him. "..and him. We shall do our best by you. Even if it forfeits our lives. It's what friends are for." She giggled slightly then as her fingers combed through her black hair.

"As cheesy as all that sounds, I just really want to kick someone's a** who would dare think about touching my children, capessh?"

The strange eyes met Tellus' concerned ones without hesitation, although the clarity was a little lost. Sunstrike had been abnormally quiet during the whole trip out here, answering only when the conversation was directed towards himself.

"What...like I actually had a choice?" The words were light, but Sun's face was grim as he likewise studied the tower. He was as human as he was going to get for the moment, and the strain was wearing on his mental barriers. "I'm as eager to solve all this as you are, Vahn...and as wrapped up in it now." I can't just...leave you to it, the anxiety would kill me... was the silent, introspective thought.

The reports had spoke of great activity while uncovering the tower, and little to no activity now. Engel, who had rather gruffly met them on the outskirts said that there was a weird "edge" to the air around the place. An expectation that made his people jittery when comming close to it.

Sun would be a liar if he said he didn't feel that same expectancy that hung around the ancient structure. It was like an itch between his shoulder blades that he couldn't get at. And when things start feeling like that, he decided, it was best to go to the source and work on it from there.

"Lets get moving though, I'd hate to be in that place in darkness..."

Tellus looked up at the place, wondering what it had in store, for her, for Vahn, for everyone. Everyone thought so much depended on this little adventure. Tellus herself wasn't so sure. She reached into her pocket and grabbed her cellphone and was about to call her children but there was no service, at all.

"You'd think Gaian mobile would be a bit more useful, seeing as how they have meta humans to deal with..." she grumbled. wondering where her children had gotten to. Probably with Fae, she hoped. Slipping the phone back in her pocket, she moved quietly back to Sunstrike. Her hand moved to his skin, to pet him almost in a reassuring manner before finding herself trying to feed off his dormant energy.

zsst...

With a quick snap, she pulled her hand free, but not before Sun would feel something pulled away from him that he wasn't sure was even supposed to be there. She then looked up at him, her eyes fearful before running to catch up to Vahn. "Gods, not again...who this time..."mumbling to herself as she kept her nagamaki at her back, though her hands began to twitch and clutch at the polearm...behind her trailed...glass footprints...

"Vahn, will the children be safe?" She ahd to ask, surely no one would stoop to kidnapping children. She knew her children would be okay, they were more than powerful in their own right, but Victor, he was an unknown factor and the only one who knew him was Vahn.

It was strange, suddenly feeling cold in the desert. Sunstrike's look was a lot sharper as he stared at Tellus, begining to suddenly understand why she may have turned up as she did.

"..." The fearful look made him backtrack a bit, okay now that hurt his feelings a little. But it probably was to be expected. The sequence of events weren't really adding up for him at the moment, his biggest concern being to find out what was going on in the monolith ahead of them. But he did begin to feel more unsettled...

He'd have to deal with the power radiating from that girl, soon enou-

Sunstrike blinked, thought suddenly gone as if it had never appeared, and shrugged, wandering off after Vahn's long strides like a shadow, deep within himself.

As she saw the scythe fall, her nagamaki came forward, pushing up against the scythe with the polearm. With a pivot and a twist, she pushed it up and away, her back to the attackers and facing Vahn.

"Yeah, well I have some insecurities occassionally." Before turning back and facing the 'welcoming' party.

"...everybody bounce..."

was the only thing that came to mind as she stared at them, not attacking back, only defending till she knew what was going on.

What the...

"!!!"

Even as both weapons, one to block, the other to kill, came sweeping across the space Vahn occupied, Sun's hand shot out and grabbed the neck of the cloak, yanking down and forceing the unprepared man down into a crouch.

He let go just as quickly as he'd responded, leaving Vahn time to gather himself, and dove to the side, his own weapon moving from low to high diagonally over the blocked scythe, hoping to ram the shaft into a chin of some kind.

"I was kinda wondering if he expected us to just knock..." Came the breathless responce to Tellus' order.

((*imagines Lucind to have a nice bath and pondering what will happen next while the others are defending their lives*))