Shadow of Death

Lucas: Alright. We know she changes elements on contact, and she summons those hands. If we keep that in mind this should be easy. He takes a deep breath.

Odie: Oh yeah, because the last boss is always easy. He says sarcastically as he looks at Maria. She crushes the still-beating heart in her  hand and then throws it to the base of the tree.

[7/17/2015 10:56:26 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He runs down the road towards the Oak tree and Maria while Odie is talking, a wave of fire running up his red arm.

[7/17/2015 11:00:25 PM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks at Odie and then runs after Ricky.

Odie: He takes another deep breath as the starts to run after the other two.

Maria: She watches as Ricky runs towards her, and several shadowy hands appear around her, ten on each side. She starts to slowly walk towards them, the hands all moving with her. She calls out. Now we will see your fate sealed, Frederick! The huge bloody Oak behind her pulses a bright red, and it trembles slightly.

[7/17/2015 11:09:16 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He balls his fiery hand into a fist as he closes in on Maria and her ten shadow hands, he's charging so fast at her that his fist almost looks like a red comet flying down the road.

Yuri: He walks up to one of the wrapped up people waiting to be sacraficed. Each person is wrapped up completely from head to toe like a mummy with no visible way to free them easily. Not a problem. He reaches down into his pocket but realizes he has no pants on. Shit. He looks around, remembering that they took off his clothes here so they must still be around.

[7/17/2015 11:10:52 PM] Omniance: Maria: She hunches forwards slightly and the hands rush outwards from around her towards Ricky, balling up into fists as they launch at him, becoming fast-moving wall of punches.

[7/17/2015 11:13:41 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He slams his fist down into two of the shadowy hands, burning them away before he goes after the others around him. The red demonic fire on his arm is so hot that just grabbing them when they get too close causes them to burn away in cinders.

[7/17/2015 11:18:08 PM] Omniance: Maria: She watches him with intrigue as he incinerates each hand one by one. After a moment she flicks her wrist and one of the hands uppercuts him right under the chin, another backhands him across the face, immediately followed by a second backhand, and then two of them push him in the back, causing him to stumble away, back down the small slope. She turns her gaze to Odie and Lucas, as Lucas runs up and catches Ricky. Maria seems to have lost interest and turns, walking towards the next sacrifice as the remaining hands rearrange themselves, ready for another attack.

[7/17/2015 11:23:52 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He gets back up and wipes away a bit of blood from his mouth, looking at it on his hand. That all you got? The fire over his demon flesh seems to grow in height, fire can be seen in his eyes. We're just getting started... He charges the shadow arms and dodges around when they try to fight back again, like he would football players, going straight for Maria while she has her back turned.

[7/17/2015 11:25:58 PM] Omniance: Maria: She looks over her shoulder at him and then turns as he charges at her. They made you this way. She narrows her eyes and a shadow folds up around her, making her appear like pure darkness as she prepares for Ricky's attack.

[7/17/2015 11:29:10 PM] Arbi: Ricky: When Maria turns around he keeps going, not even thinking, just tackling her out of instinct before she can raise her defensive shadows completely.

[7/17/2015 11:34:41 PM] Omniance: Maria: He slams her to the ground, she seems to wince in pain as he pins her, her white eyes stare into his as his arm starts to quickly burn through the protective shadow on her lower body. Is this really worth fighting for? She starts to squirm in pain as her left arm begins to heat up. ...Your life... Has no purpose... It is... Pitiful... Short... She gasps as her skin starts to blister and smoke begins to rise as Ricky's arm cooks hers within the shadow. You think a summer love is worth fighting for? Ricky's arm shifts elements to water, and the fire instantly fades and mist and cool water run down the length of his arm. You could have had... True purpose Frederick.

[7/17/2015 11:43:07 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He looks down at the water and grabs her neck, but instead of lighting her on fire the water runs down his arm and starts crawling up her neck and over her face, covering it in animated water. I don't need your prophecies to live my life. I choose my own fate. Deal with it! The water forcefully runs down into her mouth and nostrils.

[7/17/2015 11:47:13 PM | Edited 11:53:27 PM] Omniance: Maria: A dozen hands grab him and rip him off of her. She turns onto her side and coughs up water. Then I will help you choose it. She wipes her face and then motions towards Ricky, her left arm still smoking slightly. A huge black wolf with glowing white eyes leaps from her shadow and onto Ricky, pinning him to the ground. Just as it's about to bite into his face it's suddenly launched away by a stream of wailing black mist.

Lucas: He breaths heavily as he watches the shadowy wolf tumble over the ground and then catch itself, standing on all fours immediately. You alright Ricky?

Maria quickly gets to her feet and rushes to the next sacrifice while they're distracted.

[7/17/2015 11:52:10 PM | Edited 12:01:16 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He gets back up, bleeding from his left shoulder. It's just a little blood. I'm fine. He covers his demon arm in water and mist, still thinking of how he can use water to fight a wolf.

Yuri: He finds his pile of clothes off to the side, quickly putting them on while they're fighting and then looking back seeing Maria running up to one of the sacrafices. He turns invisible again.

[7/17/2015 11:54:45 PM] Omniance: Odie: Should've brought Rodin. He forms an icy sword in his hand.

Lucas: I'd rather he be home guarding my family.

Odie: Your crazy grandma is there to guard them!

The wolf grows deeply, it seems to be ignoring Odie and Lucas, its white eyes focused on Ricky. After a moment it leaps for him.

[7/17/2015 11:59:01 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He quickly raises his demon arm and sends all the water on it at the Wolf, most of it going into his open mouth and causing him to choke. He easily moves out of the way with his surprise attack hindering his leap. He's wet. Freeze'em Odie!

[12:06:15 AM] Omniance: Odie: He screams as he uses all his will to project a blast of freezing air. It rushes around the wolf's face and the water quickly solidifies to ice crystals.

The wolf misses Ricky and crashes into the ground, rolling around, pawing at hits head, after a moment it starts banging its head onto ground, breaking off chunks of the ice.

Odie: Lucas!?

Lucas: His chest glows a sickly off-green color and his skin turns pale. I got it! He breaths out a screaming stream of glowing green-blue mist that rushes over the wolf. The huge animal quickly flails in reaction, obviously being in pain, however the ice covering its whole head is keeping it from crying out. After a moment the beast falls over and its failing quickly dies down. As Lucas coughs a few times, the wolf squirms a few times and then stops moving as its flesh starts to smell horrible, giving away to rot.

[12:08:56 AM] Arbi: When Maria runs up to the next sacrafice the mummified person suddenly disappears right infront of her.

[12:10:04 AM] Omniance: Maria: She looks back and forth, and then back at the others, watching the wolf she summon rotting into a pile of bones. She quickly turns and runs as fast as she can towards the next sacrifice.

[12:12:40 AM | Edited 12:15:18 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He reappears just as he cuts the sacrafice free with his knife, not having enough time to help the next one Maria is after. Help?!

Ricky: He turns, seeing Maria running towards the next wrapped up person. He runs after her to stop her, covering his arm in water again.

[12:17:19 AM] Omniance: Maria: She stops and looks back at Yuri. She narrows her eyes, looking angry for the first time.

Lucas: He runs up next to his brother, his breath building up in his lungs as black veins run up his neck. We can't let her get that next person!

Maria: She turns and tears open the side of her dress, running as fast as she can towards the next wrapped person.

[12:21:14 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He lightly slaps the person's cheek until they wake up, smiling in relief that he wasn't too late before he disappears and runs off to help the others.

Ricky: He runs ahead of them all, trying to get to Maria before she can kill anymore people.

[12:24:16 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks down at the young man, who was to be sacrificed, he seems so out of it that after a moment he rolls over and just passes back out. Afterward, Lucas charges after Maria.

Odie: We're not moving these people?!

Lucas: Black mist exhales from his mouth as he breaths and speaks. He's obviously winded so he can't keep up with Ricky. We help them by killing her!

Odie: He looks at the guy laying there again for a moment, before running after the others.

Maria: She reaches the next sacrifice and then turns to look at Ricky. Shadowy hands appear around the person's neck and head, as the sacrifice struggles against them they try to break his neck.

[12:26:31 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He launches the water on his arm infront of Maria, causing her to back away from the sacrafice. As she does he runs up to him and grabs at the Shadowy hands, pulling them away from the person's neck.

[12:29:42 AM] Omniance: Maria: Her expression of anger fades as she watches Ricky rip the hands away from her neck sacrifice, and she turns to Lucas as he runs up alongside Odie.

Lucas: He opens his mouth to breath black mist onto Maria, but she immediately motions with her arm, and a shadow hand punches him in the side of the face, causing him to instead breath onto Odie, launching him away and sending him tumbling down the slope a good ten yards. As Odie rolls onto his back his just groans in pain. Lucas quickly recovers only to be suddenly lifted into the air as hands wrap around his neck and begin to choke him.

[12:34:48 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks back, seeing his brother in trouble. Fuck! He quickly grabs a black chain from the road and stabs the hook into one of the arms grabbing Lucas. He lets the chain go and it pulls the arm away.

Ricky: He goes after Maria when he sees her choking Lucas, tackling her to the ground onto her stomach before he grabs her arm and twists it back.

[12:36:25 AM] Omniance: Maria: She winces as her arm is twisted, but resists screaming. She glares up into his eyes. You could have so much... But you... She squirms. ...Squander it...

[12:42:04 AM] Arbi: A violet fireball hits Ricky in the side, knocking him away from Maria and causing him to roll down the slope. The fiery mother lands infront of Maria, still levitating in mid-air.

Helena: The boy will never learn. She smiles at the rest of them.

[12:43:15 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He pulls off one of the other hands and then his chest glows green as he gasps for breath. Without another word he breaths a stream of screaming necroplasm towards the two witches.

[12:47:19 AM | Edited 12:48:08 AM] Arbi: Helena: She flies forward, gliding underneath the breath and reaching Lucas to shove him back down the slope away from Maria. She looks back at Yuri afterwards, a fireball forming around her.

Yuri: He turns invisble and dodges the fireball, moving away from Ricky's mom.

[12:51:44 AM] Omniance: Odie: He gets up, a sword appearing in his hand. Hey! You two bitches! He looks like he's in obvious pain from Lucas hitting him, as he's slightly hunched. The sword in his hand shimmers slightly and reforms into a Katana, which he holds out. You see this? You know what this is? He moves the sword around, and it seems to make an audible ring, like its sharpness can be heard just from him moving it.

Maria: She's already back on her feet, looking at Odie with slight annoyance. She ignores him and moves towards the next victim.

Odie: It's a Katana! Sharpest blade known to man! Folded ten million times by Japanese sword smiths. They used it to cut tanks in half during World War 2.

Maria: She sighs, she's obvious hurt, and is having trouble moving her arm enough to manifest the hands to strangle the next sacrifice.

Odie: And now I'm gonna use it to chop you two in half. He narrows his eyes and holds the blade up like a Samurai from some old martial arts movie.

[12:55:50 AM] Arbi: Helena: What a cute little boy. I'll enjoy killing you. She glides backwards as she charges an attack, many spinning fireballs beginning to form infront of her before almost all of them launch at Odie.

[12:58:41 AM] Omniance: Odie: He expects the attack and disperses into Mist just as she launches them, flowing down to the ground, causing them to fly over him, the mist then rushes forwards and reforms closer to her, and he stabs his freezing blade into Helena's chest. The entire set of motions is a bit clumsy, and a lot slower than something you'd see in an action film, but none-the-less, it was pretty slick.

Lucas: Get her Odie! He's already getting to his feet, cheering Odie on.

[1:02:37 AM] Arbi: Helena: She moves back to dodge Odie's sword but something knocks her forward, a black chained hook slamming into her back and causing Odie's sword to make contact, stabbing straight through her.

Ricky: He gets up, seeing the ice katana cutting through his mother.

Helena: Her eyes go wide and she goes quiet as the ice cools her body.

[1:03:50 AM] Omniance: Odie: He stares at Helena, in shock. Holy shit did this actually work? He pours what little strength he has into keeping the Katana from melting as he begins to twist it inside of her body, trying to freeze her up from the inside.

[1:06:04 AM] Arbi: Helena: She falls back, sliding off the katana and falling to the ground. Her stomach looks dark and brittle, the fire so cooled that it's almost dead.

[1:08:33 AM] Omniance: Odie: He pulls the sword from her body as she falls back and then steps forwards and stabs it through her face and out the back of her head. Freeze in hell! He says it manically, and with an obviously corny sorta way, the adrenaline and his sudden confidence boost of actually managing to do something that he didn't think would work getting to his ego.

[1:09:39 AM | Edited 1:10:04 AM] Arbi: Helena's body twitches and turns completely black, the fire vanishing from her form.

Ricky: He looks away before Odie stabs her face.

[1:18:11 AM] Omniance: Odie: Hah! There's a loud snap that quickly catches Odie and Lucas's attention, they look over at Maria.

Maria: She turns to look at them, her crippled hand barely holding the beating heart of a squirming victim behind her as roots and vines begin to grow into the body, quickly killing it. She tosses the heart to the ground and immediately hunches over in agony as several loud cracks are heard coming from inside of her. She gasps in agony and suddenly grows larger, her skin turning pale, she turns and looks at Ricky as black antlers burst from her fore head and grow upwards. Demons... Her voice sounds strange, like she's struggling to speak as her throat changes. ...Will have no sway here... She grows at least two feet taller, and her dress rips as long thin wooden legs step forth. Her arms snap and follows suit, turning into long branch-like limbs. Her hair becomes longer and matted as white roses and red thorns bloom and grow suddenly down around her. Her face becomes pale and stone-like, similar in appearance to a statue. Her voice echoes through the air, her lips unmoving. This was to be your fate Frederick, but now it is mine. Blood begins to pour from her stone eyes in streams, down the front of her face and over her now ragged dress.

[1:24:03 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He watches Maria turn into the statue-like animal being, unsure of how they're going to take her down now.

Yuri: He becomes invisible as she's finishing transofmring as he doesn't know what she's capable of doing now to them in this new form.

[1:25:24 AM] Omniance: Odie: He sighs as he looks up at Maria. Oh come on...

Lucas: Any ideas? He takes a few steps backwards.

[1:26:28 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He shakes his head slowly.

[1:30:05 AM] Omniance: Suddenly a large crow descends and flies over them. It catches all of the attention as it caws loudly, violet cinders flowing from its black wings and glowing purple eyes. It lands on a large granite platform and caws again, flapping its wings as if to get them to run over to it.

Lucas: Is that Lucifer?

Maria: Her voice echoes outwards. AWAY! Her voice seems to slam into Lucifer and knock her off of the platform, Maria quickly steps forwards towards the platform, obviously to get between it and the four boys.

[1:32:21 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He pulls tightly on the chain between Maria and the group, it's invisible like him and once Maria steps into it she trips over it falling down hard. He reappears after, smiling.

[1:33:47 AM] Omniance: Maria: Her voice roars in an echo around them.

Lucas: Make for the altar! He takes a deep breath and then breaths a torrent of black mist onto Maria, pinning her down with the onslaught of force as she tries to get up to stop them.

[1:36:52 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He makes a run for it for the altar without questioning it even though he wants to.

Yuri: What's she trying to do?! He backs up a bit, watching Lucas pin Maria in place.

[1:39:24 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He coughs as he runs out of breath, Maria immediately recovers, being much hardier than her human form was, and her long arm slams into him, launching him a good twenty feet away. He slams onto the pavement at the bottom of the hill and yells out in pain. As he rolls around it's clear that his arm is broken, as it's twisted the wrong way.

Maria: She gets to her feet quickly, and chases after Ricky. Though she moves rather slowly, her legs are so long that she's easily faster than him as he runs for the altar.

[1:41:07 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He looks back at the charging Maria and turns around, shooting water at Maria's feet to slow her down before running off again.

[1:42:42 AM] Omniance: Maria: The water does little, and she quickly begins to gain on him.

Odie: He runs up behind her and slams his sword into the back of her leg. She doesn't even seem to notice, and it sticks there, being pulled from Odie's grasp as soon as she takes her next step.

[1:43:47 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He runs as fast as he can in an attempt to reach Lucfier before Maria can grab him.

[1:46:48 AM] Omniance: Maria: She reaches down and misses him, her twisted wooden fingers cutting him down his back, tearing slashes into his shirt and leaving long scratches. Suddenly Lucifer slams into her face. The huge crow twists into a long black snake that coils around her body and constricts tightly. Maria grabs at it with her hands but Lucifer proves to be exceptionally strong, and the transformed witch struggles as she slowly begins to pull the fifteen foot snake off of her.

[1:48:40 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He looks back as he reaches the platform, trying to see where Lucas went.

Yuri: He walks up to his brother, looking his arm over. Is that... supposed to bending that way?

[1:55:25 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Fuck no! His eyes are closed in agony. He's holding his arm as he lays on the floor, at the same time he doesn't want to do anything with it.

As Ricky reaches the platform it lights up with red runes. They shift to bright white after a moment and that light then flows into Ricky, it seems to bend around his arm and infuse it with power. A loud clang rings from the light, and suddenly steel-plates of armor fold outwards, covering his entire arm and shoulder in silvery metal. He can feel a presence within the back of his mind, and he subconsciously knows exactly what's happening. An ancient spirit of justice, one that fell to the Nemeton in ages passed, has somehow come through the altar to lend him aid in defeating it, making his arm indestructible, and temporarily burning the demonic nature of his powers away, replacing them with holy and divine elements. Ricky is also immediately revitalized, any fatigue and wounds he suffered immediately mending and fading away.

[1:57:48 AM] Arbi: Ricky: As Maria escapes from Lucifer's coil his silver fist slams into her stone face, but before she can react another punch hits her backwards.

[2:00:14 AM] Omniance: Maria: Her voice echoes out around them in a scream and she stumbles backwards. Lucifer returns to her crow form and flies upwards. As Maria looks to Ricky he can see a chunk of her face fall off. She takes a step towards him, balling up her twisted fingers into a huge fist that she swings at Ricky, her reach much longer than his.

[2:03:24 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He moves to the side and grabs her twisted wrist as it flies past him, pulling her body towards him to punch her in the stomach hard. I'm done with people trying to control who I am! He punches her two more times in the ribs before shoving her down.

[2:05:22 AM] Omniance: Maria: Her voice shrieks out around them each time he hits her. ...You can't escape your fate! She suddenly punches him with her other hand, but it hits his armored shoulder, so he's only knocked a few feet away. No one can.

[2:08:01 AM] Arbi: Ricky: Watch me. He gets closer, pushing her twisted hand away before slamming his fist into her chin, causing it to crack and knocking her back.

[2:08:57 AM] Omniance: Maria: She stumbles backwards before catching herself. Blood gushes from her face suddenly, but she lurches forwards swinging at Ricky blindly.

[2:09:39 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He waits for an opening before swinging at her again, this time slamming the silvery fist into her cheek.

[2:10:41 AM] Omniance: Maria: Her face blasts apart and she stumbles to the side as chunks of granite fall to the ground. After a moment she falls to her knees, obviously too incapacitated to keep fighting.

[2:12:22 AM] Arbi: Ricky: You did this to yourself. He uppercuts her head, breaking and shattering apart the rest of her statue-like head.

[2:16:56 AM] Omniance: Maria: A streak of red light bursts upwards into the sky, and she falls over, her body human once more, only missing her entire head. After a moment the same thing happens to Helena's frail form, before it falls away into a pile of ash.

The massive oak tree itself trembles, and there's a sharp loud thunderous sound, like trees falling in the woods, and the massive tree pulses bright red before vanishing completely. In an instant they're all suddenly standing in Pineview, it looks abandoned, but not as overgrown as it did. The hill is gone, replaced with the dilapidated motel Lucas and Yuri had stayed at the last time they were here. The sky is now light grey, drizzling rain falling from a cloudy early-morning sky instead of  a clear starry night. Somehow everything seems calm, like this is now just an ordinary town.

[2:18:21 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He runs over to Lucas to check on him when he sees the town has been transformed back to normal, kneeling down beside him. Vera!

[2:20:10 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He's cradling his arm, which is bent the wrong way halfway up his forearm. Why... Why do I always get hurt?

Odie: Because you're reckless.

Lucas: No I'm not...

Odie: If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure I have a concussion.

Lucas: It doesn't...

[2:24:03 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Speaking of arms, what happen to yours back there? He looks at Ricky whos arm looks back to normal.

Ricky: He's holding Lucas's other hand, trying to comfort him. I don't know... He looks back at Lucas. How bad does it hurt?

[2:26:11 AM] Omniance: Lucas: It actually doesn't hurt at all anymore, it's just making me want to throw up when I look at it.

Odie: I think that means you're going into shock.

Lucas: Wouldn't be the first time... He gulps, looking up at Ricky and smirking as best he can, though it's obvious he's not actually as confident as he's trying to pass himself off as.

[2:28:24 AM] Arbi: Hailey: She appears about ten yards away from them, levitating before she lands. She sees Odie and the others and signals for Murdoc's group to make their way over to her.

[2:29:40 AM] Omniance: After a few more seconds Murdoc runs up with Veronica.

Veronica: I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself. It's incredible that you were able to take them out.

[2:32:45 AM] Arbi: Hailey: And without a scratch-Oh. She looks a little disgusted when she sees Lucas's arm.

Yuri: He lays down beside Lucas.

[2:34:04 AM] Omniance: Odie: He sighs. Thinking that he's never been this tired in his entire life. Is it ok if I just lay down and die here? I think I've earned it...

[2:37:03 AM] Arbi: Hailey: She looks back at Murdoc and Veronica before she conjures blankets and pillows underneath the boys, trying to be helpful with how tired each of them are.

[2:37:47 AM] Arbi: Meanwhile...

[2:38:44 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He appears in Tartarus alongside his brother after a moment. Yeah, I knew you were gonna pass out...

[2:39:41 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He frowns and holds up his arm, it's still twisted the wrong way. I'm not healing.

[2:40:05 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I'll hold onto the skull, let you heal for awhile.

[2:40:47 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He seems to pull it out from his back pocket or something and holds it out to Yuri with his non-broken arm. He sighs. This summer...

[2:43:03 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He takes the skull and feels his powers slightly change again. He hooks it to pants somehow. Let's stay away from witches from now on.

[2:44:07 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Let's stay away from everything. Ever... He holds up his arm and winces in pain as it dangles there he looks away from it, feeling sick.

[2:45:07 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He gulps a bit, seeing his twisted arm. Get some rest, bro... I'm waking back up. I don't want anyone carrying me around.

[2:45:48 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Make sure I don't drool on Ricky when he's carrying me to the car.

[2:46:08 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He rolls his eyes a bit and vanishes from Tartarus as he wakes back up.

[2:46:42 AM] Omniance: Two days later...

[2:57:13 AM] Omniance: They're all at the cemetery behind St. Peter's cathedral, a great deal of Leena's family is there. Her mother is wearing a black veil over her face as she weeps silently. The funeral is morbidly depressing, and even though it was sunny yesterday, the sky is cloudy once again today and a light rain is falling over the group as they stand around Leena's black coffin, which is covered in white and pink flowers of over a dozen kinds.

Father Joe: Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil and my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me in all the days of my life, and I will dwell within the house of the Lord forever. He throws holy water onto the coffin, and one of the pallbearers steps on a small lever and it slowly begins to lower into the ground.

Lucas: He's not crying, but his stomach aches as he watches the coffin slowly descend from view. Across from him Mandy Lane, Leo, and Isaac are standing, their groups divided from one another even here, with the only person that cared for both sides now gone to the earth.

Mandy Lane: She's visibly crying, but she's doing her best to hide it, wiping her face with a black tissue cloth. It's the second time she's worn black in her entire life.

Leo: He's just staring down at the earth as the crowd begins to disperse. He looks like he's defeated. His eyes look glassed over, like he's just staring at nothing, not even willing to think or react. Incapable of even showing emotion.

[3:03:29 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He's beside his brother, not crying like him feeling like he did enough crying the day he found out Leena died. He turns around to leave after a moment, feeling like if he stays too long he might actually start crying.

Ricky: He stays beside Lucas for a bit longer, paying respects to Leena for a bit longer because his mother was to blame for her death.

Isaac: He places his hand on Leo's shoulder, not saying anything just trying to show him that he's here for him.

[3:04:46 AM] Omniance: Leo: After a moment he just turns and walks away. He's the only one here, his parents didn't accompany him to the funeral.

Mandy Lane: She watches Leo leave and then looks at Isaac.

[3:05:44 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks down, knowing he needs to time to mourn. He walks back up to Mandy Lane and hugs her.

[3:11:34 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: She hugs him back crying quietly.

Lucas: He wipes his face with his sleeve and then turns away to follow his brother. Their mother is closer to the church, talking to Odie's mother.

Odie: He decided not to attend the burial as too many people were already over there and he thought it better to let family and closer friends be there. He's standing far away, but in the direction they're walking. He's leaning up against the burned tree in front of the church, the one that was strike by lightning. This is the only time Lucas and Yuri have seen Odie dressed up in a suit and tie.

Lucas: he doesn't know what to say, looking to Leo as he's walking towards the street, obviously walking back home. After a moment he just lets out a long sigh. ...I know I've said this... A thousand times... But I feel like there was something I should've done...

[3:20:03 AM] Arbi: Alexe: He's watching the groups from afar with Kit standing beside him. Sometimes there is nothing you can do to save someone, no matter how powerful you are. It's an unfortunate truth in this world. He looks down slightly before speaking to Kit. Perhaps you were right about them.

[3:24:09 AM] Omniance: Kit: He looks to Alexe and then back to the funeral as people as dispersing. Maggie was too broken up to attend the burial, she's still somewhere in the cathedral praying. I think they're victims of circumstance. Something bad has happened to them, they're just trying to get by the best they can. I find it hard to judge them harshly... Considering just how strong they've shown themselves to be, if they were purposefully malicious... Things here would be a lot worse. He crosses his arms over his chest.

[3:29:18 AM] Arbi: Alexe: He closes his eyes and holds the cross on his necklace. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord...

[3:30:33 AM] Omniance: Kit: He closes his eyes, silent for a moment. Afterwards he looks at Alexe and then turns away from the funeral and starts walking, not wanting to be in such an environment any longer.

[3:33:19 AM] Arbi: Alexe: He looks up at the cathedral, seeing a crow perched there. Amen. He turns to leave with Kit, not wanting to disturb the others with his presence.

[3:34:12 AM | Edited 3:38:34 AM] Omniance: Lucifer swoops down from atop the cathedral, over the cemetery, as two workers begin to slowly shovel dirt into the grave. She lets out a quiet chirp, unlike a normal crow, as she flies over Kit and Alexe, and up into the cold gray sky.

[3:35:46 AM | Removed 3:38:31 AM] Omniance: This message has been removed.

[3:40:10 AM] \*\*\* Call ended, duration 4:58:36 \*\*\*