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The tempest of destruction flared with the energies of life and death as the soulstuff that had constituted the maze began to dissolve into the whirlwind. Shar was quickly drawn into the whirlpool of death, and a column of light extneded high to the heavens, a numbus of light gathering around him as the pale shapeless form darted to him and were absorbed. The tempest began to calm, and nothing seemed to remain but a pulsar of crimson death. There was no Obelisk. There was no Shar`Addan. There was no sign of either Brother of the Soul Forge aside from that shimmering orb.

The small black wind that formed into the other man around a roofing beam... Wasn't in a dojo at all... it was standing on a lone, shattered, roofing beam, stuck in the ground, and the fighters were very distant across a ravaged and cratered area. The dojo, was nothing but widely scattered debris, some smouldering, others nothing but ash, and some, well, some were nothing more than toothpicks... the two warriors had seen to that.

Meanwhile...

The amorphous energy form of guardian flowed around the "pulsar", seeming more curious than anything else. Of course he had to keep moving so that prevented any real, close, determined examination... Maybe this was shar's version of his own current form. Flowing back a ways, Guardian re-solidified, a bit slower than usual, but thats because he solidified in his "human-like" form. Laughing a bit he stretched and spoke. "Are you having fun yet pal? I wouldn't want to disappoint you.." Sniffing the wind, Guardian's grin, seemed to flatten a bit "I think we have an unwelcome guest." Turning he looked at Forbidden, and frowned. This was a personal spar, members of the peanut gallery weren't welcome to just stand around in it.

(( well its also not the safest occupation in the world... We tend to make things go "boom" in a big big way. sweatdrop ))

(( Torment and I are... old pals you could say. I've come a long way in my RP-ing since i first annoyed the hell out of him. pirate ))

((And Forbidden, he's right. We like boom in a big way. Had the fight still been centered around where the Doji had been you'd be a smoking pile of pwn.))

Shar's laugh coursed through the arena, "Fun? Hell yeah kid, haven't had this much fun since that b*****d that calls me Brother nearly met his end at my hand." He seemed to pay no heed to the unwanted guest as he darted towards Guardian, head on. In flight a crimson body would form from the orb, but still be little more than soulstuff. At the last moment he'd break off and dart in six different directions, reforming into 6 identical copies in a semicircle around Guardian, all of them seemingly the real deal, in all respects.

((Edit: I said Doji x.x I meant Dojo...but still... >.< Also forgot the following IC detail))

Each of these copies of Shar`Addan carried their own Longbow of Souls, and as such, each pulled back, ready to fire.

As Guardian's form went up the arrows were loosed, darting forward without a car towards Guardian, their goal was to create the Soul Web. As Guardian reformed the Shars were no longer where they had been, already being pulled by the trails of soulstuff at speeds similar to the original arrows themselves. By the time GK landed they'd have regrouped to what would be behind him, a significant distance away.

As Guardian sat in waiting the multitude of Shar`Addans did not make any direct assault. Instead, however, they quickly moved together and seemed to meld back into one in a quick run. This singular state lasted only from a brief moment, splitting off once more in not the original 4 shapes, but eight instead. Each had their Longbow draw, every other one connected to one of the four strands that had existed before the brief merger. The other four pulled back quickly and unleashed another volley that hardly seemed to be going the same speed of the original, but the original four seemed to have slowed down as well.