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Ka'rinth paused as he saw the figure on the ground, his hackles were immediately up as it caught the figures scent. It was subtle and in some ways not there which made him very edgy, there also seemed to be.... something else. Suddenly, Ka'rinth shifted to his human form and drew both of his bone katana's and held them back handed. Be careful, something about that is wrong. As he spoke Ka'rinth gathered his power about him and prepared for the worst. He had remained without a body for too long for all of his instincts and racial memories to be intact. However the creature lying on the ground had triggered a series of memories that made him edgy but were too indistinct for him to know why.

Eclipse sighed at it's prey's words and sat up suddenly with it's back to them. Hmmmm, much the pity when others don't cooperate. Well, never mattered before, won't now. As it spoke it's head tilted back to regard them and continued tilting until it was actually looking back with what looked like a broken neck. It stood slowly without taking it's black eyes with traces of red and gold off of the two. In an instant it was moving towards the two with it's black form seeming to take on a fluid quality which made it's every shift seem effortless. It planned to charge and stop a bare five feet from Ka'rinth at which point it would return it's head to it's natural position before rotating it one hundred eighty degrees to stare again at the source of the dark energy that had drawn it.


Ka'rinth's eyes flared even as his blades were brought up in a defensive gesture and the katana in his right hand was flipped to a fore hand grip even as a bone blade emerged backwards from his radius. He prepared to strike even as the creature stopped and decided to strike first. Suddenly a dozen sharpened wooden stakes would shoot from the ground beneath the creature in an effort to impale it.

Eclipse chuckled lightly even as it was lifted up on the spears of wood like a feather by an updraft. As the spears lifted it above head height it backflipped off of them to stand with it's back and face towards Ka'rinth and was only two feet away. Now, now, my dear. You smell familiar and use earth and dark magic? Who was your mother, I think you may be older than you appear, it's been some time since I've found one of the earth mage blood lines. Even as it spoke it's body seemed to twist in an instant and a six fingered hand shot out to grab Ka'rinth's throat as Eclipse was somehow facing Ka'rinth.


Ka'rinth had allowed himself to be distracted by the creature's words and was shocked as he was grabbed by the throat. He had never in his life or any of the others seen someone shapeshift so quickly or fluidly. He was not planning on being easy prey however. His left hand lashed out at the creatues neck with his katana angled in a diagonal slash at the carotid vein while his right stabbed the blade at the inside of it's elbow.

The bone blades would have no effect on the hard carapace that covered Eclipse, nor would the steel knife. If they could Eclipse would have been more than happy. The shock from the knife however did make the creature his as it lashed it's arm sideways and through Ka'rinth into Selyna.


Ka'rinth relaxed as he was jerked to the side as a way to protect himself from the impact. Even as he was thrown at Selyna though he didn't bother to worry about falling, he trusted her to catch him. He focused some of his dark energy from his captured souls into his hand and released it as a focused blast at the creature's face. As it shot out he also carged a second shot and fired it at the creature's torso but the second one was turned to holy energy as he released the souls first.

Eclipse opened his mouth widely and seemed to actually eat the dark energy shot at him. Three rows of fangs showed in a mouth that seemed to not end, until it was closed once more. It's eyes didn't even shift as the knife hit it or the electricity. However it winced and howled in pain as the holy energy hit it's carapace. It's inhuman howl was followed by a dark hiss that made shadow erupt from it's mouth and consume it before dispersing like smoke along with Eclipse.


Ka'rinth hissed as he regained his feet and looked around to try and gauge if the creature was gone or preparing a surprise attack. Grab your knife, we're going home the quick way. As he spoke all of his bones melted into his body without a mark and the katanas reappeared in their sheathes.

Ka'rinth wrapped his aura around both Selyna and himself and shifted his awareness slightly so that they both melded with the ground. There was no sign of them save a retreating energy signature within seconds. After a short period that too disappeared.

*kicking off her boots Ceres lays out on the grass, her stomach is to the ground and her arms are crossed out infront of her, she sets her head on her arms and closes her eyes again, to feel the wind again, to smell things again... yes this is why she was alway fighting to be free of kaiori's body*