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Canis's heart

The moment you step through the mirror door, you seem to - slip, as if the floor were made of wax, but when you fall there is no floor to catch you; only darkness.

You fall for some time. Eventually, it feels as if you're not falling at all - but rather, floating . . . and some time after that, it almost feels as if you have no body at all. The light from which the entrance of Canis's heart is disappears quickly, and you're left with nothing - not even your own screams, if you have any; nothing seems to leave your throat, and there's no sound at all, besides. Even the rushing of wind is gone, and your own pulse seems to fade away. . .

. . . what penetrates your consciousness next is the soft sound of music. Someway or another, you find yourself on a white platform; you're dressed in plain clothes of your team color, all items gone from your person. In front of you, four stones float; all perfectly square and identical to each other. Each have images - a sword, a staff, a bow and arrow, and a sparkling circle . . . you understand what you must do.

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That doesn't stop Sirius. He's intent on flipping Dark over, even if it takes a few hits to do so. He even kicks out at Dark to try to do something to him.

The Punishment works, at least. A distraction! The grip loosens again, though Aquila sends another coil darting out towards Sparrow.

[ well the kick. hits?? ]

I'll fix ya up later, a'right?! [ and raising the sword in his other hand, to slice through sirius's middle. ]

[ jumps back again, still guarding Devotion bodily, though she freezes once she sees what Mira is going to do before catching herself.

it's the infection's fault Canis' heart is in danger, so the sooner they get rid of it...

another cast of Punishment and then Sparrow tries to call out; ]

Lupus! We need you, please wake up!

The only thing that next Judgement does is piss off Aquila, really. She rocks backward, before sending a flurry of coils in Sparrow's direction—and a Sleep at Dark. Why are you hurting Sirius.

Meanwhile. Sirius cries out in pain, before punching Dark in the face.

[ IT'S NOT LIKE HE WANTS TO HURT HIM. he lets that punch hit and just d r o p s the sword, leaves it beside sirius as he tries to get himself back up, planting a foot against sirius's chest except--oh, damn.

sleep sure is tempting about now. ]

Edited 2014-06-16 05:46 (UTC)

Mira, don't fall asleep! Please!

[ she tries to knock herself and Devotion to the floor, this time casting Sarcasm at Sirius. ]

Another Sleep is cast — this time at Sparrow, considering how annoying she's been to Aquila.

Sirius can only groan in pain, even as he tries to throw Dark off of him with his injuries.

[ he's--cclose to falling over but manages to not fall asleep just yet. instead he bends an arm, moves to shove his elbow directly against the pressure point in sirius's neck with the intention to knock him out. ]

[ shit, no she won't let this knock her out-

she slaps herself in the face, trying to force herself to stay aware. ]

T-That's... I won't let you beat me with a cheap trick-!

[ TRYING TO... SPAM PUNISHMENT AS LONG AS SHE CAN, while she fumbles for the water she got at the port to splash herself with. STAY AWAKE DAMMIT ]

The Punishment spells only manage to hit a wall of writhing, black coils — Aquila throws one up to protect herself, even if a few manage to get through before the wall's formation.

Dark does manage to knock Sirius out. Good job!

[ ok but where's his victory music. grabbing onto his sword once more to charge aquila. ]

[ SPLASHING HERSELF WITH WATER TO KEEP AWAKE AND STANDING UP SHAKILY, before trying to pull Devotion to his feet and use the MP potion she has. ]

Devotion pulls himself up, steadying Sparrow if necessary and keeps her a little ways away from Aquila while she downs the MP potion.

You don't get victory music for a boss battle minion, Dark. :( He will also run into the dark, coily wall.

Successful MP potion downing! That doesn't stop Aquila from hiding behind her wall of protection.

[ rude as shit. SWINGING HIS SWORD AT THIS. PROTECTIVE THING?? fuck this wall in particular. ]

Don't you hide from me, asshole!

[ she needs to watch her MP for now, she knows, so she... really can't do much but watch for an opening and attack it at the first opportunity. ]

Look for any cracks or places the black stuff meet! That's where there'll be weaknesses!

[ are there cracks. AIMIMG FOR THOSE, MAYBE?? ]

The spells that made it through as the coils were forming managed to leave some cracks as they passed through.

Dark's sword, targeting the cracks, breaks down a portion of her wall- Just enough to get an attack or through to.

[ IMMEDIATELY FIRING OFF A PUNISHMENT, either to daze Aquila or keep the hole from closing in while trying avoiding nailing Mira with it ]

Go for it, Mira!

[ yeaaaah. . . ! shoving his sword through the hole in the wall. ]

The Punishment widens the hole enough for Mira's thrust to get through, and his blade pierces the neck--

Canis's neck, to be precise, having thrown himself in front of the hit. Seeing her last minion fall, Aquila cries out, and the remainder of her wall explodes, black coils flying out in every direction with immense force.

[ oh

my

god

Sparrow screams, horrified to see Canis hurting and once more tries to knock herself and Devotion to the floor. ]

Mira get down!

[ he was fine. you know. stabbing some asshole he didn't know. but that was canis's face and he came here to save canis but he didn't save canis he just--killed him.

mira's sword drops to the ground, and he follows right after it--onto his knees.

aha, he's done. mira.exe has encountered an error and needs to shut down. ]

Edited 2014-06-16 07:05 (UTC)

Aquila fires off more black coils at the two, each with great force, but... She isn't even aiming for them anymore, it seems. She's simply firing off as much as she can in their general direction without even trying to aim, pulverizing everything around them- And if they are unlucky, them as well.

[ even now, with this fucking disaster raining down on them, Sparrow thinks of Devotion first and tries to shield him while keeping low and curling up to make herself harder to hit.

what about Mira what about Mira what about Mira-- ]

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