Welcome to Gaia! ::

Lady Liliana of Ernya, Hero Elementalist

Str: 2 ~~~ Spd: 8 ~~~ Energy: 9945/10125 ~~~ HP: 1030/1030 ~~~ Uncanny Dodge: 4/4

(Out of body experience, really asleep over at his place in Andalusia. He enters due to a connection with Liliana through his non-combat talent.)





The Anima stumbled along what appeared to be a shoreline, grasping his head as a writhing mass of shadow seemed to walk alongside him as the Voidsworn fell to his knees out of breath. The shadow neared him, standing tall in front of him and chuckling at him mockingly. Breathing somewhat heavily from having just been choked out by a shadow, he raised his head and stared...at his face; he had a black bandage over his left eye and had jet black hair, his entire body cloaked in armor of living shadow and a long blade at his waist. The one clue that gave his identity away to him was his eye: a red orb with blood-like mist swirling inside it as he spoke with a smirk:

Good morning, brother...Or should I say good night.
Damn...it...your manifestations have gotten stronger.
Of course, but not by my own will...yours.
Impossible, brother...

Edge reached down and pulled Kinetav up by the front of his armor, grasping him in the air and grinning wickedly in all of his darkness; the Anima's silver hair fell in front of his face as he paused, too weakened by the recent experience to counter as he tried to regain his breath and was forced to listen:

But it is possible. It's *our* will to kill, maim, and cast the world into shadow remember? Back to our home world? To make things peaceful once more in the Void...you believe that yourself.

The Voidsworn's head slowly rose to meet Edge's gaze, and the two seemed to be alike for a moment as Kinetav's right eye glowed just as red as his with a sort of hatred for something; with some of his remaining strength and pushing himself, he growled and grasped for the hand that grasped him. His eyes widened in shock as Edge's image disappeared, replaced by that of Liliana as he stared blankly with a questioning expression on his face.

(Out of body experience, really asleep over at his place in Andalusia. He enters due to a connection with Liliana through his non-combat talent.)





Kinetav just continued to stare in front of him at Liliana, even closing and rubbing his eyes in a cliche manner to try to wake up as there was no way this could be happening; without a doubt, he had been choked out in his own home by a shadow and was asleep. Reaching down, he grasped a handful of sand and sifted it through his fingers, even biting down on a grain. Taste, sight, smell, touch, all of his senses seemed to be awake and well as he stood back up. He stared at Liliana, unaware that his eye was still red as he spoke:

"I was just about to ask you the same thing, and exactly where I am in the first place."

Edge appeared next to Liliana, still clad in his tight black armor as he pointed behind Liliana and said:

"I only have one inquiry myself. And that is...what phenomenon or event is happening before our eyes?"

Kinetav loomed over Liliana anyway, easily seeing what was going on and looking in between the two Liliana's as he stepped forward with a puzzled expression and a furrowed eyebrow; grasping Liliana lightly by the shoulder, he turned her to face her old nemesis and even her own self as he spoke:

"Please do answer Edge's question."

Kinetav's eyes stayed fixed on the combat, not even wincing as a chunk of Liliana's hip came from her along with winces of pain from the Seer; he could feel Edge's whispers in his mind, that voice calling him to forge forward with her and return both of them to the Void where they might have peace. The Voidsworn's expression was unreadable, unsure himself of whether to be disgusted or amused at the spectacle before him; a devious part of him opened up as he rationalized it all out loud to be confirmed by Liliana, regardless of whether or not it might bring up harmful memories:

"Obviously, you won. You're still here. But what is puzzling is that this memory lingers, especially since you've put it so plainly who was right and who was wrong. So why here? Why now? Why does it manifest so plainly before our eyes?"

"You know minimum facts of what being a monster truly consists of, Liliana."

This time, Edge turned to Liliana and held out his hand towards her; a dagger seemed to form from his flesh and the darkness of his armor to come at rest inside his hand. He grinned maliciously at Liliana, pressing forward with her attack as she played with and spun around the blade as if it was a mere tool or toy:

"I have murdered...for over a decade now. Slaughtered innocents, and why? For my own thirst. Hundreds of people, weeping injured, maybe even thousands effected."

Kinetav stood silently up until that point, images running through his head as he looked at his own Exodus; with a rush forward, he grabbed his arm and the dagger instantly disappeared. Edge kind of resisted and even scowled at his arm being grabbed, but in the end he was pulled back towards his Anima owner. He seemed to stay silent, as if some will had been imposed on him as the Voidsworn spoke:

"What I believe Edge is trying to say is that you have done nothing here that could be a 'monster's' work. You killed, yes, but that does not make one a monster...otherwise, various information about other happenings that I have received makes you a demon. No, you've done nothing wrong here, even if you incinerated that man and sent his soul to the darkest depths of the Void. On a side note, nice back...looks a little less nice when ripped, unfortunately."

The Anima watched with curiosity as the battle he thought was just about over and knew that Liliana would win turned sour for her once more; the sand had to have gone into all of her wounds as she was pinned down, yet the final blow came at her hands as predicted. The blast of light was an interesting skill indeed, the first he had really seen from Liliana and was curious to know more; her words seemed to reflect a reality that had been misconstrued by the seer who supposedly had more wisdom than he if she read everything from those around her.

"You have never changed an ounce of your being by killing this man unless it was of your own volition. His death was an unfortunate circumstance, nay, maybe even a necessity. Mercy was stained...but wouldn't she have suffered if you left him alive to kill you and then suffer on? Or perhaps she could even have been killed by tyranny..."


Kinetav turned his head to the real Liliana to see her knelt down on the ground in a fetal position; furrowing his eyebrows in confusion as the sage had been laid low with but a vision of the past, he walked over and knelt down beside her. A hand of his extended towards her, but it went straight through her as a faint buzzing started occurring in his ears....

"What the..."

The buzzing immediately surged upward to that of a scream as the Anima grasped his head and covered his ears in pain; the next second, he vanished out of the dream along with Edge.

(Exit)

Lady Liliana of Ernya, Hero Elementalist

Str: 2 ~~~ Spd: 8 ~~~ Energy: 10125/10125 ~~~ HP: 1030/1030 ~~~ Uncanny Dodge: 4/4

Evvie

Evvie looked up from the paperwork another servant had given her. "Yes. I am Evvie, Steward to the Ruler." She turned her attention to a new servant. "I keep the books and bags in check so that the ruler of the land can focus on other things. How can I help you?" she asked as she signed a scroll. "Did you need to pay for a residence or be sworn into the nation of Ernya?"