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And just as quickly, the platform came to a slamming halt, arriving at it's final destination.

The gears were slagged, the 'riding' lines burnt beyond recognition; the platform was practically inoperable.

Which also meant that Sunstrike was cut off from the group, by a fairly large margin.

The three of them would find themselves within a small ante-chamber, a pair of red hewn doors the only exit.

"......"



The fall... from grace.

The doomed sinner.

A family torn apart.

Two brothers... with differences to settle.

As much as the memories seemed to flow, they also seemed to ebb away.

The great 'show' had come to an end, apparently.

".......
.....
....." Ezekiel was leaned against a tree, right hand outstretched and holding perch for a small sparrow.

"I was pretty surprised at first." He broke the soft silence, and probaly jarred Lucind's mind back to reality. "Those two.... their 'power' is unbelievable." He lifted his hand a tad bit higher, getting a better look at the bird.

"It's almost like a seal... And everything collects there and begins to grow... in the only way that fire can grow." The bird flitted away, as Ezekiel lowered his hand.

"It's amusing... you know, they're identical in every way... and have wandered this planet for so long. We've been completely unaware of their existance up till now... Well... Actually we probaly really wouldn't be existing without them."

He stared up and out passed the shattered ceiling of the garden.

"Get it? They can exist all by themselves.

Vahn...

Victor...

I don't know whether it's due to the spell or through evolution... but they aren't humans. They're really "devils"."

Ezekiel turned his gaze ot Lucind, both eyes there and whole. "For decades, life on this planet has struggled to survive. All that time though, as we all struggled on, they merely watched from their Tower. And then..."

Fresh images assaulted Lucind, the second encounter between Vahn and Victor.. which ended with the death of Ashe, and the totall annihilation of the Tower... into it's current form... as well as the entire region being torn asunder... the terrain transformed into nothing but a wasteland... a desert.



It was enough to make even someone like Lucind stagger back from the intensity.

"Pretty... scary, huh?" Ezekiel lowered his head. "We've been nearly wiped out once before... I doubt he's changed much at all, even from what I saw of him."

He turned to stare outside once more, at the setting sun. "Not even we 'modified' demons...know the extent to which Victor's resolve goes."

oow sweatdrop well that kinda hurt...*Rave was sitting on the platform, looking between Vahn and the door and contemplating ways to annoy Sun in return for this when she saw him next... bloody noble, self sacraficing men...always a pain in the a**, litteraly in this case* xp

Well, I know I wanted the express elevator and all, but that was a little too fast sweatdrop

"He'll be fine."

He casted one last glance towards the platform he was on, before turning to face the two women. "Maki...?"

He looked over at Tellus, more than a little lost. Right now he was in the worst possible situation... socially anyway. Two highly independent females and one rugged loner of a male.

Not exactly the kind of potent party formation you'd be comfortable with.

As for Sunstrike... upon exiting out the doors, he would find himself once more within the main chamber of the center of the Tower. From his new vantage point, he would be bale to easily make out several statues depicting skeletal angels; many of which seemed to be smirking about something.

To be more precise, Sunstrike was in the middle of the levels, on the left side of the circular stairs that spiraled up endlessly to who knows where.

If he went to the edge, and peered down he would be able to make out the first level, as well as the main floor. Unfortunately for the redhead... that's all he could do for the moment.. was look about.

He was cut off from advancing any further by immensely thick stone walls on either side.

Apparently it was good that Sun had blasted the rest of them further up the shaft.

Any attempts at leaping off the balcony's edge and flying up to the other levels would fail, as some unseen force prevented flight of any sort from happening.

He would just have to wait it out.

She placed a hand over her eyes and made a step backwards when the unexpected addition of memories shot through her mind. The woman muttered something, then looked up at Ezekiel.

"And you're still with him nontheless, although you know it might end in a complete disaster this time, an outbreak of erasing 'diabolical' power?" It was no reproach, just her interest in his person and character.

And there was something else Lucind wanted to ask.
"By the way, all these memories - where did you get them from? How do you know all this?"
Of course, she herself was able to save her memories, and the lhor aven had, among other things, the function of a huge 'database' of recollections. However, to create such a stream like the boy had just shown her, featuring all kind of angles and positions, Sirens had to combine several individual memories. And moreover, there had been moments which a third person could hardly have witnessed, like those moments between Vahn and Ashe...unless someone could make himself invisible...

stare gona keep a better eye on it this time? *a little hole into nothingness appeared at her side, reaching a hand in, the hand just dissapearing for a moment and then coming back out holding the shaft of the pole arm, the Nagatami emerging out of thin air as Rave offered it back to Tellus*
Well Kaz dear, time for the next round I guess.. pick a direction... forwards or back down again?*and by that it was implied that Raven intended to force the elevator back down to get Sunstrike, even if she had to break it with huricane force winds to do it* sweatdrop

sad well fine then... be that way....*Rave snorted softly to herself and dropped the Maki in Telluses hand and crossed her arms over her chest, intent on simply following his lead... in silence, at least for as long as she remebered to keep her mouth shut* xp

His son.

The son of...

That meant - unless she'd misunderstood Ezekiel's words - Victor had taken his brother's genetic make-up and that of the priestress to create this boy. Or maybe even more beings like him.
From a mere objective point of view it made somehow sense, 'breeding' such obedient creatures.
The psychological aspect of this deed however...

Does Vahn know about this?

Also, Lucind wondered if the man was fully informed about his brother's plans and was now here to stop him.

((I jumped my turn.. sorry about that))