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(( This is a RP between Niss and Roniel, and involves the following soqs: Xelloss, Hellmaster Phibrizzo, Beastmaster Xellas, and Rezo the Red Priest ))




Edit by Niss:
Roni and I sort of pulled a stupid and forgot that not everyone is privy to Rezo's backstory and such for soquili. Basically what is going on is the Mazoku had a purewalker leader named Shabrinigdu who was killed by angeni because he was a serious threat to everything. When Rezo was young he was forced into eating these bits of skinwalker which drove him completely mad. To help him angeni sealed those memories in a ceremony which also sealed his eyes (his inability to see is all in his mind). The Mazoku believe that their Lord Shabrinigdu resides inside Rezo and they are essentially reenacting the ceremony that sealed Rezo's memories away in the first place believing that this will revive their lord's spirit inside Rezo's body.

Xellas loomed massive against the starry night sky beyond. She stood to one side of the circle upon approximately her point of the compass. She had to admit, it was an inspiring location for a ritual. They stood upon a stone circle that was as wide as some of the smaller temples she had seen in the jungle. The circle appeared to have been carved all from one massive rock, though not even Xellas could imagine how such a thing could be possible. Carved into the circle were row upon row of ancient runes, their meanings lost to the ages.

The artifacts that Xelloss' acquaintances had laboriously collected lay covered beside Hellmaster. They would have their part to play soon. Now was the moment where their plan came to fruition. It was time to see whether their lord, Shabranigdu, could defeat even death itself.

She heard Xelloss and the Red Priest coming long before they appeared. When they finally stepped out onto the magic circle she gave a low growl in the back of her throat, a greeting of sorts. "You were wise to have come, Rezo." He was wise to have come willingly was the unspoken meaning. They could have dragged him there by force, but this way was simpler for all of them.

Phibrizzo stood off to one side of the circle, he had no cardinal direction. His place had always been at the center of the other four lords. Tonight the center position would be going to their very special guest, the stallion that they believe to be the host of Lord Ruby-Eyes. His wings flickered, casting off a faint light, as he watched Xelloss lead the unicorn stallion to them. It seemed like a cruel joke to the Mazoku Lord. Their leader being sealed into such a pathetic creature, a healer. Still, to come willingly to them showed promise. Either the unicorn was simply insane or their lord knew precisely where he belonged. With them. Guiding them. Taking them down the path that would lead to the most beautiful destruction of the world. It was what every mazoku longed for.

"As are we." He replied. "Xelloss, take our guest to the center." He ordered turning away from Xellas's servant to uncover the artifacts. He was getting impatient for this. There had been enough preparation, now he wanted to see the end result. He didn't even want to play around this time. If he could have Phibrizzo would have simply smashed all of the artifacts then and there, unfortunately that wouldn't accomplish anything but creating a pile of broken pieces. Everything had to be done properly or it wouldn't work or so his little angeni birdy had told him through the screams.

Carefully he separated out the four directional artifacts and nudged two towards Xellas. "To the south and the west." He said before picking up one of his own two. These were to go to the east and to the north.

Xellas didn't answer their guest. Hellmaster had begun to orchestrate their little show. She decided to wait and see if he would continue. It was his right to, as the most powerful surviving servant of Ruby Eyes. She picked up the first of her artifacts and delivered it to its location. "Xelloss, get the other one." She flicked her tail at the final artifact and stood over her own.

Looking down at the item, it hardly seemed worth the effort it took to gain it. It looked arcane enough but did not have the feel of something magical. If it wasn't so clearly what they had been searching for she would have wondered if Xelloss had found the correct object. Across the circle, Xelloss picked up his own piece and took his place with it.

Even though they were in the sticky heat of the jungle, a chill breeze began to blow. Xellas smirked. Someone was taking notice of their little ceremony, it seemed.

Xellas picked up seamlessly where Phibrizzo left off. There was no greater definition of a mazoku than those words. They were all darker beyond twilight, more bloody than what most soquili had running through their veins.

A wolf howled in the jungle behind them as her chant reached its peak. It was probably just Brid, but it only added to the frightening ethereal aspect of what they did. At the end of her verse she gripped the artifact firmly in her teeth, raised it to the greatest height she could achieve, and then smashed it to the ground. It shattered into fragments, nothing but a broken piece of trash now. It didn't seem to hold anything in the way of power, and yet the wind blew a little harder...

It was time for Xelloss to do his part now.

Phibrizzo moved back to the remaining three artifacts as Xellas and Xelloss took care of the south and west. The wind was beginning to whip more violently around them taking shimmering bits of his wings off into the shadows where they vanished. It was working, Phibrizzo knew it was working. He could see the effect it was having on their lord, he was starting to wake up.

Once Xelloss smashed the last of the directional artifacts he beckoned Xellas to join him for the final three. The three that represented their lord himself. Phibrizzo took the first artifact and began the chant again. It had to be said once each for these final three, and then... Phibrizzo grinned as though he had completely lost his mind. And then their lord would awaken and the world would be destroyed! "Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed!" He was laughing hysterically as he spoke the final phrase and observed the dust that was the first of the three remainders.

He calmed himself long enough to nod for Xellas to do the second. They would smash the third together, there was no way Xelloss would be allowed that honor.

Xelloss' part was over. He stood back on the fringes now, hair thrashing in the rising gale. His eyes were wide open in a fixated stare at the unicorn in the center of the tumult. Years of work had gone into this one moment. He had slogged his way for weeks along the ground with both the Underground and with Rezo for the sake of bringing it all together. Would it be enough?

Yes. He believed it would.

The priests eyes were opening, it was working. Their lord was awakening! They would end the world together! All they had to do was finish the ceremony. Phibrizzo could barely contain myself as he started on the third one at Xellas's side. A distant rumble of thunder only added to his excitement as he recited the entire incantation one final time. "Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows, buried in the stream of time is where your power grows. I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand. Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed!"