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A dark figure moved from the shadow of a tree, red glowing eyes seeming to wink into existance from where they had not been before. A scent of earth and decay slipped outward marking the nature of this being. He stood in a form that each of them had possessed at some point with his glowing eyes staring upward towards the sky. The cool night air caressed his skin like the breath of a lover and awoke thoughts of pain and suffering. The desire that had always been within them shifted near the surface of their conciousness, a call to destruction like the siren's song of the most intimate of lovers filled the figure. Slowly he breathed out, the creature once called a man, once known as Shadow, and once as Ka'rinth. He looked at an area so familiar and at once so unknown before tilting his head and viewing the world in a wide variety of colors. Ka'rinth stretched slowly and turned in a seemingly random direction before walking slowly deeper into the shadowy woods. It still felt strange to be whole again, but he had realized immediately that his best chance on returning was to develop a new set of skills and to give up his old approaches to fighting. His thoughts were shielded as he began trying to plan the best way to advance his fighting style to a new level.

Ka'rinth was perched precariously on the branch of the tree he had spent the night brain storming in. His eyes were a soft glow as he muttered to himself irregularrly about transferrance, distance, and delay. He also seemed to be focused on the safety of something and wrapped up in the thought of hiding it. After a long night of thinking his eyes suddenly flared as a cruel smile crossed his lips and he whispered, Like poison, it's perfect! He twisted his body and dropped from the tree branch to land lightly on his feet before dropping into a kneeling position to disperse the force of the fall. If he truly wished to develop new skills he would need to resort to some extreme measures and to gain access to some information.

His eyes were a soft glow as he allowed both knees to rest on the ground before dropping his hands onto them and bowing his head. The seal will be easy enough if I can find the book Ser'fin borrowed from the master, but I need to harvest more souls and drop off the focus first. As he spoke he pushed himself up onto his feet slowly in a purposeful stretch to ease his legs into readiness after a long night of disuse. He then closed his eyes and began turning in a slow circle, his senses were sharpened as he tapped his version of spiritual sight to locate the nearest source of pain, suffering, and death that might indicate a war taking place on this continent or one of the islands off the coast.

Finally he detected something that was causing a relatively steady release of the energy he sought and melting into the ground shot towards it. His final thought before he left the realm of the Black Company was, It will take a week or so, but I will return to train and learn. The best way to grow strong is to become weak first, at least for my purposes.

Sighing softly as she ran a hand through her hair, to block out the bikering of her Young ones from her head, as she left them back at the Tower. However Damien walked with her as they were installing the trackers around the BC. carrying a large duffle bag along with Damien they stop in a darken clearing of trees, as she sets the bag down.

" Set it down there...I say we're what 10 kilometers away?.."

" Just about...so we're setting system one here?"

Damien asked as he lowered the bag beside hers and unzipped it, as he took out a smal, metal cylinder., and handed it to Sai

Sai took the cylinder and stepped over to the edge of the clearing and glanced at the roots of the trees. She removed her glove, revealing her Gaunlet hand as flashes of green and blue sparked. She knelt down onto her right knee as she faced the palm of her gaunlet onto the ground and small blast of blue energy shot into the ground, blasting a small hole big enough for the cylinder to slide into the ground perfectly. after placing the cylinder into the ground she. lefted the lid on the topside, and flipped a swtich. The cylinder Flared up in a green light that Shot up for Miles past the tallest of the trees. Sai stood up as the green light spread into a dome like shape and covered the whole area within a block radius.

" Damien check the Status..."

he had taken out a small laptop, big enough to fit his forearm. Typing in several Codes. he stopped and glanced at Sai.

" whats the SHD Code?"

" D.A.D.S"

Damien only glanced at her and nodded as he input the code. Once he hit enter the green light faded into a Light blue as it hit the ground and vanished, as the format of the clearing appeared on the amll screen.

" Got It...its up and running..."

" Alright Come on we got a few more Places to set them up at. I want this area under my watch...."

Ka'rinth had returned at last, his eyes were a soft reddish tint as though whatever normally fueled their burning appearence was gone. He turned slowly in a circle reaching out with his senses to insure no one was near at the moment. He made a complex seal with his hands while murmering softly before pressing his hands onto either side of his chest and saying, Seal of the dark wind hold me above the earth and strip me of it's nurturing. His hands flared softly and he felt many of the skills that he had devoloped over decades were locked away from his grasp. His body mirrored the seal as tribal markings like winds spread over his torso, finally he removed his hands and stopped the spread of the seal. He had left himself with only one of the earth based skills he had devoloped over his lifetime and as the energy of the seal settled into his skin, flesh, and spirit, he dropped to a sitting position. He was far weaker than he had been since the earliest years of his existance, but if the training paid off, it would be well worth it. Well brother, let us begin.

(Roughly 3mths Focht, tis sad. . . I think I've gotten rusty again sweatdrop )

*Yotsy looked at him without an emotion appearing on her face, she watched quietly as his arm healed. She sighed a little and stood up, then dusted herself off. She stood where she was for the moment while she continued to brush off her detachment and the long winded speech that followed it. Again letting out a small sigh she let her eyes sluggishly travel up to Focht's face, now more then ever showing some signs of life, and expression of unhappiness*
"I know there are other things plaguing your mind, and yet 'So I noticed.....' Is all you can seem to muster up . . . even after you asked me about what happened. Typical . . . "
*When she finished speaking her peace she had by now crossed her arms together over her chest and turned away from him. She progressed a couple steps, stopped, began to turn back towards him and stopped herself, then continued to pace forward some more*

((Yes, I've gotten rusty. My Rp-ing isnt what it used to be))

*Yotsy didnt bother turning back to him, let alone show any feeling that she'd even listened to what he had to say. She continued to walk until she was unable to be seen and proceeded to climb up a tree, as she could normaly be found doing. Once she got seated on a high enough branch she looked towards the ground and let out a heavy sigh as she started to remember the last few times she'd been in some tree and happened to meet someone knew. She couldnt help but produce a laugh when she thought back to the first time she met Focht, and the other man that was with him*
". . . Shame . . ."
*She let out a sigh once more and tired to relax, something she had not gotten to do in a long while*

Sai, sky and Snge walked into a small clearing as Sky grabbed Ange's hand and pulled her towards a patch of wild flowers. Sai smiled as she walked over to a shady spot under the oak tree and sat down. leaning back she closed her eyes as the laughter of her Childern sang in the wind.

" finally a moment to breath..."

She mumbled to herself.