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yomi nodded, "i wanted to study to be a necromancer but i couldnt find the right teacher. so i just gave up, and relied on my strengths."

yomi thought it over and reached into her bag on her back and pulled out her father's dagger, "i never knew my father so there is no reason to keep his dagger. ive never used it anyway and its worth alot, atleast thats what i was told. so if this is what your talking about then i have something to give. but if your talking about a physical trait to lose then i would give up an eye for it."

Kuro looked hard at yomi "you seem pretty willing to do so but the sacrifice is something you could not do without I was nearly half blind from the beggining and losing my good eye was something I was pretty darn protective over it when I was beginning to teach, but it was obvious to everyone in the end what it would be, think hard, for now, you need not sacrifice anything, only when you are certain, you don't need to be afraid though, I see with this" she held up her shell bowl "some people give hands and use their voice for their talent, others give their voices and use orbs and prayers, those who give their all their limbs, which I hear is pretty painful mind you, animate other things and use their victims body parts to recreate themselves, gross but effective, like a living dead doll" Kuro laughed "say someone you hated had amazing eyes you we're envious of, you could kill that person and take them hehe"
Jed looked pretty sick now "one class path off the list euurgh!"

"okay...you say you rely more on sense of smell and hearing, seeing as you depend on them I think sight would be a better option, there are two ways to do this" Kuro brought two things from her shell, a mask with stakes through the eyes and a tray, holding a thick, dripping wet, crimson cloth, the liquid dripped onto the floor and burned through it "one removes them completely, the other damages them beyond repair, either way it is painful, the mask will gouged your eyes out which will be probabbly the scariest option, and it's more likely people back down, while this acid doused blindfold could damage your face also, but I hear vampires heal most wounds quickly, the spell on these objects will stop the healing process, it is weaker on the cloth because the acid would react with it and neutralize which wouldn't be any use. But it's your choice"

kuro nodded "I truely admire your bravery, try to avoid screaming, it will make it seem to hurt more" kuro took a deep breath her eye going pristine white, she murmured a few words rapidly in an ancient language, jed looked at kuro she looked nervous and seemed to be bracing herself, Kuro lifted the blindfold off the tray with both hands forcing back tears and yelps of pain, her hands corroding to the bone and placed it on yomi's eyes tying it around her head "your sacrifice will be rewarded, you must take any tomes and staves you posses and burn them, but first sleep, your dreams will be dark but do not be afraid, wait for me" kuro looked at her hands, the acid was spreading her bones crumbed away like chalk, jed gasped in horror "don't worry, I'll be fine"

Yae and Sae were watching the ritual from a portal in the ceiling (XD) Yae floated down taking Kuro's shell "I'll take that!" as soon as Yae touched it it changed to a red butterfly shape she drew a paintbrush from the bowl "let's see, uhh something with power over minds!" she painted thin air

"what the heck is that!?" jed squealed
"someone I've helped before, I can't stop it, mind" Kuro indicated with a tilt of her head to yomi, then to her arms, they had returned but looked like shattered porcelin miraculously glued back together, her expression turned to one of horror "if that thing interupts the ritual it could kill yomi, Deal with it Jed!"
Jed didn't answer
he fainted
"that kid is so highstrung!"
Kuro's eyes glazed over she blinked and shook her head, her eyes returned to normal "almost there yomi!"
"why isn't she succumbing to your spell!?" Yae screeched at the monster
"her strings keep breaking, she's a strong willed girl, no good for a puppet"
"the boy then"
the creature turned to jed translucent strings surrounded him
"No!"
Sae pushed the bowl from her sister's hands "No more"

"what?"

"no more, I can't stand it"
Sae landed and walked over to yomi and kuro

"what are you doing?!"

"what does it look like? I'm changing sides, oni has no control over me any more, I can be what I want to be, do as I please, the darkness...it feels far away now...I feel better, and you can too"

"Never! Oni gave us power, beyond our wildest dreams and you give it up, renember those days, you could never leave the house, you were so weak, I don't want that to happen again, Oni made you strong again and you betray him/her"

"before all this, whenever I did something bad, you always said the good spirits came to good girls, not bad ones"

"It's done, sleep now yomi."

"would you do something for me, Sae?" Kuro asked straining to keep her eyes open
"anything"
"make sure nothing gets in the way"
sae nodded as kuro's eyes fell shut
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Kuro stood on the edge of a foggy mountain trail, everything was as if she was observing he world from under a funeral veil now to find Yomi.