My Dear Sister

[Wednesday June 27th, 2:15 PM

Wildomar, Mandy's Apartment]

[6/11/2015 11:27:26 PM] Omniance: Leena: They're out on the small porch standing at the front door. There's a small roof over them, but there's so much rain pouring it's splashing around them anyway. ...What is taking her so long? She had sent Lucifer in through a vent to go inside the apartment and open it for them.

[6/11/2015 11:29:35 PM] Arbi: Isaac: Do you think she got stuck in the vent? He's trying to look through the window but it's too dark inside to see anything.

[6/11/2015 11:31:02 PM] Omniance: Leena: I don't see how...

Leo: Where'd this storm come from anyway?

Leena: The news says it was an ocean storm surge or something... She sighs. When have the weather people ever been right?

[6/11/2015 11:32:50 PM] Arbi: Isaac: He walks infront of the door and gets down on one knee, looking it over. I might be able to pick the lock with a hairpin. He looks back at Leena.

[6/11/2015 11:33:19 PM] Omniance: Leena: You know how to pick locks?

[6/11/2015 11:35:53 PM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks back at the doorknob. I had to learn how after my mother started locking my bedroom door from the outside...

[6/11/2015 11:36:43 PM | Edited 11:38:01 PM] Omniance: Leo: Go for it man. Lucifer probably got into some chips or something and forgot what she was doing...

Leena: She's not that stupid.

Leo: I didn't say she was stupid.

Leena: She starts looking through her purse. Here we go. She takes out a hair pin and holds it out to Isaac. Work your magic.

[6/11/2015 11:40:53 PM | Edited 11:41:36 PM] Arbi: Isaac: He takes the hairpin. Thanks. He pulls out a tiny little metal lever and slowly inserts both into the lock. About thirty seconds pass before he hears a clicking sound from the other side. Got it. He stands up and opens the apartment door.

[6/11/2015 11:43:26 PM] Omniance: Leena: They quickly move in. Lucifer where the hell are you?!

Lucifer: She hisses like a cat from a vent just next to the door. She couldn't get the grate off.

Leena: ...Should've thought of that. She summons Lucifer back into her purse as Leo closes the door behind them. I have to set up. Find me something to use. She walks into the small living room. Mandy's things are still in boxes, there's no TV or furniture.

[6/11/2015 11:47:04 PM] Arbi: Isaac: He walks up to one of the already opened boxes in the living room and looks inside. This one's full of shoeboxes. Will one of her shoes work?

[6/11/2015 11:49:31 PM] Omniance: Leena: Shoe lace might. She starts setting out a map and puts some small candles around it. There's a flash of lightning from the windows. Mandy's apartment is dark, as there's only a single light.

[6/11/2015 11:51:51 PM | Edited 11:56:40 PM] Arbi: Isaac: He nods and takes out one of the shoes, quickly tugging and pulling out the shoe lace before walking over to Leena. He looks down at the map and everything she's setting up.

[6/11/2015 11:57:18 PM] Omniance: Leo: So you do this all the time?

Leena: I've been practicing it a lot. She sets down Hailey's book next to the map and kneels down, taking the shoelace from Isaac after. I'm getting pretty good at it. She holds the shoelace over the map. ...Alright... She starts to swing it in a circle. I need to concentrate for this... The shoelace swings repeatedly for a few seconds, nothing seems to be happening. Leena mutters to herself. Come on... Just... Where is she... The shoelace starts to swing a bit more to the east. ...Come on... She lets it drop, and the plastic tip of the lace sticks to a spot on the map like a magnet. Got it! She kneels forwards. It's somewhere on the far side of the lake. She pulls out a marker from her purse and circles it before moving the shoelace. ...That's gotta be where she is.

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[12:04:09 AM] Arbi: Isaac: If that's where she is we should go right now. He looks up from the map at Leena and Leo. She could be in trouble...

[12:04:54 AM] Omniance: Leo: ...Umm... Shouldn't we go get Murdoc? I think he'd be able to handle this... Better than us?

Leena: She's packing up the map and blowing out the candles.

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[12:14:14 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He nods after a moment. You're right. He might know something about the place they took her. He stands up and heads for the door.

[12:15:55 AM] Omniance: Leo: He sighs in relief a bit. I'll go pull the car up. He pulls out his keys and leaves through the front door quickly.

Leena: She finishes putting everything back into her purse. I hope that detective doesn't handle this stupidly...

[12:17:29 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks at her as they head back into the porch, closing and locking the door behind them. ...What do you think he might do?

[12:19:18 AM | Edited 12:20:53 AM] Omniance: Leena: I don't know, he's like a cop... He might have to call it in... Waste time... Leo drives up in front of them and they get into the car.

Leo: ...It's getting really dark. I think it's actually foggy and raining at the same time... After everyone puts on their seatbelts he drives off. I don't think we've had a storm like this before.

[12:22:31 AM] Arbi: Isaac: I've never seen anything like it before...  He looks out the window but the darkness covers up most of the housing track to the sides, letting him only see the roads and the frontyards.

[12:22:59 AM] Omniance: Leo: ...I don't think we should even be driving...

[12:27:55 AM] Omniance: About thirty minutes later they're parking outside of Murdoc's office. On the way they saw a few car accidents, a lot of fire engines and ambulances forced them to pull over several times, making the drive take much longer than normal. The roads are a swell of water that's just flowing like rivers.

Leo: He runs from the car with Leena and Isaac to the front door and bursts into the office.

Odie: He's sitting behind the front desk where the assistant would be. Murdoc is standing over him.

Murdoc: Organize the checks in alphabetical order. Alright?

Odie: He nods quickly. Easy... Easy. He doesn't really look too good, still uneasy from going back to Iodine Springs, where the altar is.

Murdoc: He turns and looks at Leena and the gang. Was just about to call you, come back to my office. He motions for them to follow.

[12:33:23 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks at Leo and Leena before following Murdoc with them to his office.

Ricky: He's sitting near one of the cabinets in Murdoc's office, organizing case files by alphabetical order. He puts down the folder in his hand and stands up to leave.

[12:34:54 AM] Omniance: Ezekiel: He's eating sunflower seeds in the corner of the office.

Murdoc: You're going to want to sit down for this. He motions to the seats. Ezekiel go eat those outside, scram. Ezekiel walks out as they all sit down.

[12:36:37 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks a little worried when Murdoc asks them to sit down. Before Murdoc is able to say anything he says. We found out where she is.

[12:37:57 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: ...What?

Leena: I scryed for her. She's on the other side of the lake. She pulls out her map and quickly unfolds it, putting it on his desk.

Murdoc: ...You're sure?

Leena: She nods.

Murdoc: He sighs in relief but still looks worried. ...The situation... Is very delicate then.

[12:38:54 AM] Arbi: Isaac: Why? All we need to do is sneak inside and get her back.

[12:41:24 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He takes a deep breath. ...Mandy appears to have been part of a ritual of some kind. The last time I stumbled upon this same ritual, it resulted in... Well... The individual became possessed and controlled by a local cult.

[12:43:55 AM] Arbi: Isaac: What? He shakes his head. You must be mistaken then...

[12:44:29 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: ...Why do you say that?

[12:46:59 AM] Arbi: Isaac: Mandy Lane can't become possessed... same goes for me and Leo. It's part of our blood pact with Astrieya.

[12:47:35 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Blood pact... He looks to the side. ...We should move. He stands up. Can you two fight? Leena nods quickly.

[12:48:53 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He watches Murdoc quickly make his way out. He follows after him with Leena and Leo.

[12:50:22 AM] Omniance: About thirty minutes later they're driving up the road on the other side of the lake. Leo is following after Murdoc's car.

Leo: So we're... Going to assault a demonic cult? He looks uneasy, and not just because driving in this weather is nerve-racking.

[12:55:52 AM] Arbi: Isaac: We... we can't underestimate these types of people, Leo. They dedicate their lives serving demons and some of them are going to have powers like us. Don't hesitate to knock them out because they won't hesitate to kill you.

[12:59:54 AM | Edited 1:00:59 AM] Omniance: Leo: ...Oh good... Kill or be killed... Murdoc's car pulls off the main road and down a long road to the right. They drive for about a minute before stopping. They can see Murdoc get out of his car and running up to them as Leo rolls down his window.

Murdoc: He's holding his hat on his head as rain and wind keep almost pushing it off. The place is just over there. He points into the darkness. We've got the elements on our side, we can use the storm as cover to sneak up. One of you should hang back in case we need a quick escape.

Leena: Shouldn't we take everyone?

Murdoc: No, hell no. We're not gonna go in guns blazing. We need to keep this quiet as possible.

[1:01:54 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks back at Leena and Leo. I think... Leo should stay.

[1:02:46 AM] Omniance: Leena: Yeah.

Leo: What?

Leena: We've dealt with stuff like this before. She's already opening the car door. Just be ready for us when we come back.

[1:04:20 AM] Arbi: Isaac: If you hear us yell your name, turn on the headlights so we can see where you are.

[1:05:04 AM] Omniance: Leo: He takes a deep breath, not liking any of this. Alright. He turns the car off. I'll be ready.

[1:05:36 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He quickly nods and steps out of the car, meeting up with Murdoc and the others.

[1:08:03 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He's standing under a small tree with Ricky. We do this as quick and quiet as possible. Alright? He looks at Ricky and then Leena. Ezekiel is still in Murdoc's car, ready for the get away like Leo is. If we get into the shit, we're going to go gunblazing, alright? Hit them with everything you got. I mean it. These people aren't going to pull punches. Do what you do.

[1:10:08 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He looks back at the mansion and squeezes his fist, electricity running across the burnt wood on his demonic arm for a second.

Isaac: Where do you think they're keeping her?

[1:11:36 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: No idea. Never been inside this place before. It was a naval academy in the fifties, someone bought it out a few years back and fixed it up. Don't know who. Since it's built so close to the lake it won't have a basement, so she's likely on the top floor somewhere.

[1:12:37 AM] Arbi: Ricky: If that's the case then the witch should fly up there and check which room she's in...

[1:14:09 AM] Omniance: Leena: She glares at Ricky's remark, the way he says "witch" like an insult. I can't fly. Best I could do is teleport onto the roof...

Murdoc: Do that. Quick, and come back here. Go-go. Leena pulls out Hailey's book and vanishes after a moment.

[1:15:16 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks up towards the roof, trying to see where she teleported to exactly.

[1:16:53 AM] Omniance: Leena: It's difficult for them to see her in the darkness of the storm, but the lights from the windows allow them to get a vague look at her every few seconds as she paces the second story roof. After a moment she seems to turn around a corner and walk out of sight.

Murdoc: If she finds where the girl is we have a better shot at pulling this off.

[1:20:52 AM] Arbi: Ricky: I see someone... He backs up more behind the tree to stay hidden as he watches the frontdoor open with someone stepping outside. They walk out into the rain and look up towards the roof.

[1:22:59 AM | Edited 1:23:56 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He whispers. Do you think they heard her footsteps?

Ricky: He squints his eyes and watches the robed cultist walk back inside, closing and locking the door behind him.

[1:23:42 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: She's taking a long time... He pulls his shotgun out of its holster.

[1:24:35 AM] Arbi: Isaac: She has Lucfier with her, they can't sneak up on her. I... I hope...

[1:26:12 AM] Omniance: Leena: She reappears suddenly, soaking wet from the rain. They have her in the east tower... Thing. I don't know how we can get up there once we're in though, it was difficult looking down into the windows from the roof.

[1:28:12 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He mumbles. This would be a lot easier with Yuri and Odie here...

[1:28:50 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Well they're not here. Let's go. He heads out around the tree.

[1:29:55 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He follows closely behind Murdoc with Leena.

Ricky: ... He watches the three of them walk ahead before turning and walking into the darkness the other way.

[1:31:46 AM] Omniance: Leena: Where's he going?

Murdoc: He turns and watches Ricky walk off. Dunno. Maybe he's got something in mind. They walk to one of the side wings of the large building, there's a stairway that leads directly up to the second floor. He looks around and then starts ascending it. The noise from the storm covers the noise they're making very well.

[1:34:02 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks around at the windows as they make it to the second floor, hoping to get a glance of Mandy Lane.

[1:35:57 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: As they reach the door he tries to open it, it's locked. Alright, keep watch. He pulls out a small lock-picking kit from his jacket and begins to pick the lock.

Leena: Lucifer, go keep watch. He throws her familiar into the storm and it flies away into the darkness as a huge raven.

[1:37:44 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He sneaks up towards one of the windows, stopping by the wall beside it and slowly taking a peek inside to see what they're in for.

[1:41:27 AM] Omniance: There's a woman sitting in a corner next to a fireplace, she's wearing a silver mask that covers her face entirely, and a red gown. She's looking  to a man who is thumbing through books on a shelf at the other side of the room, nearly out of Isaac's view. The man is wearing a tailored suit, but it's blood red instead of black. He's facing away from Isaac but it looks like he's also wearing a mask. The two of them look like they're simple waiting for something to happen, not like they're ready for intruders at all.

[1:43:49 AM | Edited 1:44:16 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He backs off before any of them decide to look over and spot him. He whispers to Leena and Murdoc. There's two people inside, they're both wearing masks.

[1:44:51 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Silver masks? There's a click and he moves to open the door very slowly.

[1:45:14 AM] Arbi: Isaac: Yeah. He goes quiet when Murdoc opens the door.

[1:46:54 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He whispers as they all get inside. Cult of the Dark Paradise... He looks around, they're in a long hallway. The room Isaac was looking into is just to the left, but the door is closed. This cult frequently uses demons of Astreiya for it's dirty work. That might be why they targeted Mandy Lane.

[1:48:41 AM | Edited 1:49:21 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks down the long hallway, wanting to save Mandy Lane before getting into any fights just incase they try to hurt her. He whispers. ...Which way is the tower?

[1:50:06 AM] Omniance: Leena: This way I think. She quietly, but quickly moves down the hall.

Murdoc: He follows after Leena, trying to figure out just where RIcky ran off to.

[1:52:22 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks around at each of the doorways as they pass them, their wet shoes are starting to make it difficult to sneak around without the sounds of the storm outside.

[1:54:28 AM] Omniance: They hear a door open down the hall behind them. The man in the red suit steps out into the hall. He's not looking in their direction, they can hear him say something, and he lights a cigarette and heads into the room across the hall.

[1:55:09 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He quietly sighs, relieved they didn't get caught just then.

[1:57:47 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He nudges Isaac, Leena kept moving, not stopping when they heard the door open. She's up ahead and motions for them to move to her as she stands next to a slight corner. The two of them quickly catch up to her.

Leena: Guards... She moves so Isaac and Murdoc can peak around the corner.

There's two people in black robes outside of a red door. They're look like they're talking, but the group can only hear muffled murmurs.

[1:58:58 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He whispers. How do we get past them without making any noise?

[2:01:40 AM] Arbi: The sound of something loud falling over can be heard downstairs followed by an even louder breaking sound, like something wooden breaking apart.

[2:04:12 AM] Omniance: The two robed guards look down the hall, after a moment one of them moves away down the hall towards the main stair. It doesn't look like he runs so much as he glides over the ground quickly.

Murdoc: I've got this. He moves quickly down the hall as the cultist watches the other one depart. The cultist turns and see Murdoc, just as he reaches him, and his face meets the back of Murdoc's shotgun, knocking the robed figure out cold. He motions for them to follow.

[2:07:05 AM | Edited 2:08:06 AM] Arbi: As the group makes it to the next door they hear the sound of a window breaking downstairs just below them, the element of surprise has been lost.

[2:11:27 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He shakes his head and kicks down the door, aiming his shotgun as he moves inside.

Mandy Lane is at the back of the room sitting in an iron chair. Her arms are chained to a pair of large concrete bricks laying on either side of her.

Mandy Lane: Isaac!? Leena?! She looks like she's been through hell and back. She's wearing a make-shift outfit of a simple torn up shirt and old pants, they're stained with blood. Her hair is also frazzled and unkempt. Murdoc shuts the door behind them and locks it.

[2:12:19 AM] Arbi: Isaac: Mandy Lane! He runs up to her and hugs her tightly.

[2:14:42 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: I can't get out of these damn chains! Murdoc runs over and pulls out his lock picking kit and starts on one of the chains.

Leena: What happened?

Mandy Lane: I don't really remember... I was in my car, and then I was in some place, and it was raining, then I wok up here a few hours ago. There's a slam on the door.

[2:17:06 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks back at the door and turns around, blood begins to seep out from his arms. Don't worry, Mandy Lane. I'll protect you...

[2:23:06 AM] Omniance: Leena: She also turns to look at the door. Hurry up and get her free!

Murdoc: He gets the first shackle off. This is a delicate process. He moves to Mandy's other arm.

With another slam it's torn off of its hinges and a tall creature steps into view wearing the tattered cultist's robes and silver mask. It has a vaguely feminine body, but is not human, having rough grey skin, a head crowned with a dozen small thorn-like horns and a mop of silver hair, long silver claws at the ends of large monstrous hands. As she steps further into the room two large bone-like wings webbed with tattered bloody flesh hanging from them are pulled into view.

[2:27:33 AM | Edited 2:29:45 AM] Arbi: Isaac: You kidnapped my girlfriend... His eyes become more green as the blood from his arms fly up into an orb infront of him. I'm going to make you pay! The blood demon flies out from the mass of blood, it's barbed tails whipping around in every direction on it's way towards the creature, shredding even the carpet and wood beneath it as it moves.

[2:31:04 AM] Omniance: Atreiya Spawn: She moves out of the way but the wicked tendrils tear through her arm, ripping it off. She roars in anguish.

Leena: She conjures a ball of violet flames and flings it at the demon. It slams into her and explodes.

Atreiya Spawn: She takes a step forwards, Leena's fire doing little other than singing her skin. She suddenly vomits a stream of putrid black liquid at Isaac.

[2:32:41 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He gets hit and falls backwards, his body sliding back along the black liquid until he hits the wall. He looks slowly starts to get up.

[2:36:55 AM] Omniance: The liquid seems to become thicker as he starts getting up, turning into something like tar, which makes it difficult for him to move.

Leena: She steps forwards and blasts the demon against, this time with enough force to launch the creature back.

Atreiya Spawn: She stops as she's about to fly back through the door, her bone wings sticking into the frame. She uses them to launch herself back into the room like a slingshot at Leena.

Leena: Her eyes go wide. Shi-

Mandy Lane: She slams Leena out of the way and takes on her shadow form, her Abyssal Armor having been restored at some point. The demon slams into her, but just bounces off like Mandy is an immovable wall of steel. The demon moves to get back up but Leena blasts it away again as she recovers.

[2:39:04 AM | Edited 2:40:36 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He shakily raises his arm, having to pull against the tar until he his palm is aimed at the demon. A bolt of lightning flies out of his hand and strikes the spawn's torso and he immediately shoots a second bolt, hitting its neck and chin as it tries to get back up.

[2:43:57 AM] Omniance: Atreiya Spawn: She squirms slightly as the lightning arcs through her body.

Murdoc: He runs up and blasts the demon square in the face, it's head explodes like a balloon, blood blasting across the floor and over the walls behind. We gotta move! He moves to step over the body, but stops.

Dark Figure: She's standing in the doorway, as always they can't make out her features, she's merely a silhouette against the darkness. Manifest destiny... She's standing just outside the doorway, blocking the way.

[2:45:16 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He tries to move to get infront of Mandy Lane but the tar is sticking him to the floor.

[2:48:45 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: She walks into the room, still appearing as a vague shadow.

Leena: She moves to blast her with shadowflame, but as the explosion goes off the figure walks through it as if nothing happened. ...Shit.

Mandy Lane: She takes a deep breath and breaths out a stream of flames. The figure raises her hand, twirls it through the flames and then thrusts it out, sending the flames back into Mandy's face. Even though they're not real they cause pain and Mandy grabs at her face as if she were on fire for a moment before they fade.

Murdoc: He moves and puts the barrel of his gun against the woman's head. Enough.

Dark Figure: She stops as he places the gun to her head. ...Ask your questions... Cultists flood into the hall behind her.

[2:50:52 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He pulls harder against the tar until he breaks free and runs up to Mandy Lane to check if she's okay, holding her close to make sure nothing else happens to her. He glares back at the dark figure. Why?

[2:55:41 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: Everything had its place. Murdoc is suddenly dragged away by the ankle by an invisible force. He takes a shot at her, but misses as he flails. He's thrown against the wall and knocked out cold. You ruined it... But now I will fix it. She turns and swings her arm in Murdoc's direction, a dozen shadowy hands race out from her motion and slam into something, grasping onto an invisible creature. After a moment its head is torn off and a cultist's body falls into view. The other cultists behind her rush her and she vanishes, reappearing on the other side of the room with Mandy, Isaac and Leena. Kill them and all will be revealed. She points at cultists that file into the room.

[2:58:01 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He steps back with Mandy and raises his hand out, shooting lightning at the ones that go after them. The lightning bounces between four of the cultists, electricuting them and stunning them.

[3:02:06 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: She takes on the aspects of Metamorphosis as Leena charges up a violet ball of flames for a moment and then releases a fiery wave at the cultists, incinerating the four Isaac stunned. More quickly fill into the room. A shadowy version of Mandy rushes out and slides to its knees, grabbing Murdoc's shotgun and firing another blast into two cultists. The Darksider turns and slams another over the head.

Leena: Why are you helping us?! She launches a bolt of violet flames at the door, it explodes on impact and blasts a cultist, and the one behind it, back outside.

Dark Figure: I need you... She's watching the door intently.

[3:04:53 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He lets go of Mandy and after a short delays shoots another bolt at another group of cultists before they're able to reach them, stunning them. He lowers his arm and backs off, having to stop as he feels his energy quickly draining and needs to rest.

[3:08:43 AM] Omniance: Another Astreiya spawn flings one of the cultists aside and steps into the room. This one has red demonic runes etched into its grey skin.

Leena: ...What the hell are we supposed to do against this?!

Darksider; She hits the spawn with the gun several times as its out of bullets, after the sixth hit the shotgun breaks.

Runed Atreiya Spawn: She  grabs the Darksider's arm and lifts it up, stabbing both wings into it. She pulls the bone-wings apart with them still lodged in the Darksider's body, and the shadowy Mandy Lane is torn asunder into three pieces that melt away into shadow. The spawn turns its gaze to the group and stomps forwards.

[3:11:02 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He steps back and raises his hand, shooting another bolt of lightning but it fails and only sparks fly out of his hand. Leena, you have to stop it!

[3:16:44 AM] Omniance: Leena: She pools all of her power into her next attack and thrusts both of her arms forwards. She releases twin beams of violet-white energy that shriek through the air an slam into the spawn, blasting it back through the wall and into the hall, hitting the next wall. She maintains the beams, pouring all of her power into them. The demon spawn's rune skin resists the flames for a few more seconds, and it's obvious that Leena is running out of Mana quickly as she's having difficulty maintaining the beams. At the last second the spawn's skin burns away and the creature is incinerated from the inside out, exploding in a blast of violet flames. Leena just stands there, as her hands drop to her sides, her palms glowing a soft purple with wisps of smoke rising from them.

Mandy Lane: You got it Leena!

[3:17:33 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He looks around, hopeful that they've won.

[3:21:58 AM] Omniance:

Leena: She smiles and turns to look at Mandy and Isaac, her smile fades to horror.

Dark Figure: She pulls a knife from the darkness and grabs Isaac's arm, pulling him close and slashing through his upper arm quickly, spilling his blood over the floor.

Leena: No! She tries to cast something but nothing happens.

Dark Figure: She throws Isaac away, and grabs Mandy, slashing her straight through her Abyssal Armor as it turns from shadow to air, leaving a deep wound across her chest, having just barely missed Mandy's neck. She turns and looks at Leena.

Leena: Lucifer! She throws her hand out but nothing happens. She has no mana to summon her familiar. LUCIFER!

Dark Figure: She throws the knife and it stabs into Leena's neck. Now I fix what you broke. She pulls a black chest seemingly from nowhere and sets it at the center of the room. Shadowy hands appear hovering above the floor, scratching large ornate circular patterns on the floor.

[3:25:12 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He limps into the room and looks at Isaac, Mandy Lane, Murdoc and Leena who are all on the ground, some of them with severe injuries. He looks towards the dark figure slowly after, it's apparent he's in a lot of pain.

[3:29:01 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: Just in time. She steps from her shadowy form, revealing herself. She has pale skin, and bright grey-white eyes, with long black hair. She's wearing a long tight dress, almost exactly like the one Morticia wears in the Adams Family movie. She smiles a bit. Something about her looks so familiar to Ricky. Like he saw her a long time ago, when he was a child.

Around her the shadowy hands, having finished scratching the sigils into the floor move and dip their fingers in the blood from the other three teens. They all move towards the chest.

[3:33:40 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He starts walking towards her, electricity arching around his demonic arm as he closes his fist. His shirt is ripped around his shoulder from all the fighting he did with the cultists and the demon arm can be seen digging deep into Ricky's skin, almost stabbing into it more as he builds up more electricity inside it.

[3:35:25 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: I will make you what you were destined to become. She walks around the chest the hands begin to unlock it.

[3:42:14 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He stops and looks at her, breathing heavily from his injuries. ...I told you... I control my destiny... no demon or witch... can tell me otherwise! He runs forward, jumping on the chest and tackling the dark woman back into the floor.

[3:45:16 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: She rolls him over onto his back and hands rise out of the floor, grabbing onto his arms and legs. What control do you have? His arm flashes to radiate harmless air. Only that which I allow. She stares down into his eyes with her pale grey ones.

[3:47:49 AM] Arbi: Ricky: The demonic arm latches deep into his human body as he glares up at her, the wind from his wooden arm knocking back the shadowy arms long enough for him to reach up and grabs the side of her face and send a burst of wind into her ear.

[3:51:55 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: She shrieks and jumps back off of him to the other side of the room. Blood is pouring from her ear as she covers it with one hand. She looks at Ricky with sudden anger and then swings her arm towards the center of the room. The top of the chest is torn off. Several of the shadowy hands hover towards it and twist like they're wringing out a wet towel. Blood from Leena, Mandy, and Isaac pours down into the chest. You have a purpose, and whether you like it or not, it will be fulfilled! The inside of the chest crackles with violet and orange light, smoke and cinders begin to rise from it.

[3:54:52 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He slowly gets up and looks towards the black chest, he looks tired and there are visible dark spots under his eyes. He can only wait and see for what's going to come out of the chest.

[3:59:57 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: A few hands drag Leena across the floor to her. She looks like she's still alive but she's clutching at the knife in her neck. An eye for an eye. She bends down and pulls the knife from Leena's throat, blood begins to squirt across the floor. A life for a life. She raises the knife up. A soul for a soul. She slams it down into Leena's chest. Leena tries to scream, but nothing but gurgling comes from her throat. The Dark woman uses the knife to pull apart Leena's ribs and reach into her chest. ...A heart for a heat. She rips the still beating heart from Leena and tosses it into the black chest at the center of the room. It flares with violet and orange power, and unholy scream fills the small room. The killer's debt. She narrows her eyes, watching the chest with anticipation.

[4:01:50 AM] Arbi: Isaac: He closes his eyes, unable to watch what happens to Leena. His eyesight is going blurry as his arm bleeds out all over the floor.

[4:09:06 AM] Omniance: A skeletal hand suddenly bursts from the chest, followed by another. The chest falls over and ash and cinders are poured across the room. A skeletal figure forms from the violet-orange glowing cinders and seems to pull itself up and form around Leena's heart. The figure slowly rises to its feet as its body forms more quickly, pulling a tattered and burned dress up around it as it does. Leena's heart can be seen beating in the creature's chest, but as it stands up fully the heart bursts into orange and violet shadowflames, incinerating itself into pure fire. The ash and cinders of the skeletal being illuminate with the same glow and fire rushes up around it, forming a face made of violet and orange crackling plasma.

Dark Figure: I welcome you back... Ricky immediately begins to recognizes the face. It's his mother's. Sister...

[4:15:13 AM | Edited 4:15:33 AM] Arbi: Ricky: His eyes widen before he glares at the violet and orange form of his deceased mother. A sharp pain from his demonic arm feels like something is digging into his bone and he's about to pass out.

[4:20:52 AM | Edited 4:21:03 AM] Omniance: Dark Figure: She moves to step forwards and is suddenly slammed in the back with a baseball bat, which launches her to the side. She turns and looks at Ezekiel as she regains her shadowy veil, afterwards she leaps to her feet and rushes Hailey, grabbing onto her. The two of them quickly fade away.

[4:24:35 AM | Edited 4:26:04 AM] Arbi: Ezekiel sees a light in the darkness outside and slowly begins to see people approaching the house. They're holding up flares that pierce through the unnatural night and make it appear as if it's daytime again.

[4:25:49 AM] Omniance: Leo: He rushes in and kneels next to Leena. Not saying anything, just bending over her quietly.

Ezekiel: He sees the flares, quickly moving up to the window. People are coming... He looks back at Murdoc and runs over to check to see if he's still alive.

[4:27:04 AM] Arbi: Ezekiel and Leo can hear the group of people quickly making their way upstairs, about to reach them in only a moment.

[4:28:56 AM] Omniance: Ezekiel: Murdoc, wake up. He slaps him a few times. After a moment Murdoc opens his eyes, he's really groggy.

Murdoc: He looks around slowly. Can't remember what... Happened... He puts his hand to the back of his head and moves it in front of him, his fingers are covered in blood. Damn it...

Ezekiel: Someone is coming, we should move Murdoc.

Murdoc: He looks around at the fire stains and the blood everywhere. ...How...

[4:30:21 AM | Edited 4:31:46 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He steps away from the doorway, despite how bad he feels something is keeping him awake through all of this pain. He eventually just turns and runs through another part of the house, wanting to just leave and forget everything he just witnessed.

[4:32:00 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He tries to get up, but he's dizzy. ...Can't. Help me up... Ezekiel pulls him up. We need to get the others... He looks around the room, at Leena's body, her chest ripped open, Mandy and Isaac huddled together in a slowly expanding pool of blood.

[4:35:36 AM] Arbi: The group makes it to the second floor and approach the large doorway, unlike the cultist they're all covered in white robes and many of them are holding objects that ward off evil.

Alexe: He touches Ezekiel's arm when he raises his bat to defend himself, the touch pacifies and calms him down even through this terrible situation. A young man is standing beside him, his eyes are blue and his hair red and he's wearing white clothing similar to the robes the group are wearing. There will be no more of that. He looks around at the bodies on the floor. Enough blood has been spilled today...