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((Yes; Joe's friend actually makes three. There's another one I'm bringing in soon. biggrin But yeah, we're waiting on AcheronsSimi right now.))

((Simply marvelous darlings! Not to worry. ))

Agrotera turned her eyes back to Joe at his curious question. The smile curving her lips turned sinister as the jade of her eyes turned icy once again, the entire feeling of warmth and welcome dissipating instantly as though washed away.



Acherons low laugh echoed in her ears for a moment as her mind connected with almost no difficulty to the demon on a lower tier of hell. A wisp of smoke curled through the green of her eyes, darkening her face.

The voice that answered sounded like ten different voices whispering from shadows, a low hiss from Mephys, a demon she had befriended through Acheron.



A rumbleing laughter like thunder echoed in her ears.

Her power shifted as she focused on tearing the demon through, then the strain lessened as he entered through her. Her eyes became heavy lidded as she continued to watch Joe, this time withouth blinking. The smoke continued to curl through her eyes, joined now by a misty smoke over the ground that licked around Joe's feet as though pulling at him.
Mephys, a demon near seven and a half foot high, shaped much like a king cobra only pure black appeared out of the shadows of a building nearby. It slithered around closely, looking directly at Siber nearly a foot in front of his face before moving to slither over to Joe. He dissappeared for a moment to reappear behind Joe, wrapping the long tail around his lower body and squeezing slightly. It was not tight enough to hurt, merely restrain. Slitted violet eyes stared at Joe as the snake undulated its head back and forth, a forked tongue flicking out with a soft hiss. "Human..."

As this all continued to go on, noone but perhaps Takeshi could see the demon. Its body was not present in this world, but brought forth through her. They could see her eyes, and Joe's unnatural stillness, but since it was in her mind and his, nothing else.

"I do hope you have not a bother with snakes dear?"

Joe raised an eyebrow as she stared at him, then felt the power in the area fluctuate. He felt something nearby, and it was suddenly wrapping around his lower body.
"Snakes, hmm? No problem. But I'm curious, how will this be effective in a fight against one not as willing to stand still and take it?" As he spoke, he turned a minimal amount of his own mana to the task of pushing the demon further away from his body. It wasn't difficult for him.
"If that's what we can expect, then perhaps we should train you a little before we go. I think Siber might have some pointers?" He looked inquisitively at him.

((Okay... My internet died. And now you guys decide to pick back up. I've read up to here, so tell me, where am I?))

((Okay. If I miss something, point it out, 'cuz I'm probably gonna, 'cuz I speed-read the whole darned... 6 pages I missed.

Oh, and did Takeshi re-arm me?))

Paul graciously accepted the fruit snacks. In reality, he was actually pretty darned hungry, and was hoping for something more substantial, but what was available would do fine.

He said very little as they planned. He wasn't entirely sure what they were planning, because he hadn't been listening; he'd been staring off into space ever since he'd arrived at the home. It was clear he was talking to his warlock, and that it was a very, very in depth discussion.

Suddenly, however, without moving a muscle, he simply toppled over, straight as a board, onto the floor.

A moment later, he picked himself back up, blinking as though he had been asleep. "Acheron?" he inquired suddenly of Agrotera. "That is what you said, isn't it?" A note of suppressed anger seemed to slide quietly and unintentionally into his voice, as though leaked from further within. Paul, however, did not look at Agrotera; it was obvious he was still listening to his warlock.

Siber raised an eyebrow at Paul when he fell. "Paul?" The man picked himself back up and acted as though nothing had happened. Siber shrugged it off. Whatever.
He then raised a different eyebrow at Joe. "Pointers? I wouldn't be able to help her even if she did need it, just like Kayla wouldn't be able to help me. The energy flows differently, as far as I can tell."


He watched as Joe struggled to get the dæmon off him. "Besides-" he looked at Agrotera with the ghost of a smile, "she seems to be more than competent on her own."

"I'm okay," Paul responded. "Just... warlock shock, I guess," he said, rubbing his head as though he had a bad migraine. His eyes still refused to focus on anything, dancing across the room, although they always seemed to drop back onto Agrotera and away.