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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 16, 2019 0:37:18 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 16, 2019 0:37:18 GMT -6

By now her rage was gone. Ryse looked at the boy with a mixture of fear and regret.

She'd caused this. If she hadn't been so blinded by her rage, she would've stopped herself from hurting him. And now it was too late. Zeke was a raging monster again, because of her. Of what she'd done.

It was all her fault.

She dodged several of the corrupted tendrils as they shot around her, weaving in between them. Looking at the scenery around her, watching it turn to corruption. At the boy who was slowly advancing towards her. Hearing his words. He was going to kill not only her, but her friends and family; everyone she'd ever met. Oras. Ozaki. Nuada. Nyx. The professors. Her mother. Everyone

Turning her gaze back to Zeke, she slowly lowered herself until her paws touched the ground, transforming back into a human. Even in this form her wounds were stark compared to what she usually looked like. She didn't move, even as the enraged boy came nearer to her. "I... I was wrong in hurting you. What I did... I have no excuse for it. It was wrong, and I should never have done something like that, no matter how angry I was. I'm sorry." Her voice wavered as she spoke.

"I-If you want payback, then take it out on me. I'm already dead, so you can't exactly kill me. But I'm the one who hurt you! Don't you dare hurt my friends or my mother!"

She'd already seen her mother die once. While she knew the phoenix would just come back, she wasn't keen on seeing her die again anytime soon. And she really didn't want to see her friends die permanently. She would never forgive herself if her friends were killed because of her.

edited Jun 16, 2019 1:39:01 GMT -6 by Ryse Azar

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 17, 2019 9:32:37 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 17, 2019 9:32:37 GMT -6

Zekigne watched as the wrath in her died out. However that didn’t dampen the anger he was feeling. The rage fueled by the feeling of betrayal. Of pain. It hurt to have someone he thought he could become friends with. Only for them to turn on you in a second. To leave you rotting in the darkness as you sit there terrified of yourself and what you can do. To not have faith in you. As he approached her she shifted into human form and spoke, not at all moving. She started to apologize to him with a wavering voice. Sayin how she was wrong in hurting him, she had no excuse, shouldn’t have done anything like that regardless of how angry she was. Most of him wasn’t listening, but a part of him felt like he should give her the benefit of the doubt.

It was only a fleeting feeling however. The nephalem threw his hand out and another blast of corruption shot at her from the environment, cutting her cheek if she didn’t try and dodge it. It wasn’t corrupting her yet, but… If it continued to strike her. Zekigne growled. “Now who’s the liar? Like everyone else you only feel ‘sorry for me’ and beg for forgiveness only after the thread of pain and death looms over you. I wonder: If I had simply lay there like a good little child, would you have gone ahead and killed me? I think we both know the answer to that!” Then she spoke again. Telling him that if he wanted payback that he could take it out on her. She stated how she was already dead so he couldn’t kill me, but tried to reinforce the idea of hurting her and not her family. There was no smile on Zekigne’s face as she begged. Part of him hated seeing her like this… But…

“Can’t die you say? I wonder what would happen if I stepped out and crushed you inside the egg. Would you survive that?” To her pleading against harming her family he rushed at her and swung his talons at her face, raking her skin. “NO! You don’t get to tell me that! Not until you know how it feels to isolate yourself from every person you see because you fear for their safety!” He thrust his talons into her shoulder and slowly twisted it. “You don’t get to tell me what to do. Not until you’re as miserable, terrified and tortured as I was.”

Ryse Azar

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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 17, 2019 20:24:48 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 17, 2019 20:24:48 GMT -6

Ryse flinched as her cheek was cut by the corruption. But she still didn’t move. “Who said I felt sorry for you?” She replied, daring to glare at him. “All the times we talked, when I showed you that shortcut to help you avoid the crowds, when I comforted you after you had that nightmare, or when I offered to help you with homework. Do you really think all of that was out of pity? ” She shook her head.

“No. I did those things because I liked you. You were shy, awkward, and weird - which you still are - but you were nice to me. You were one of the only people who was. Aside from a few other people I met. That’s why!” A tear rolled down her cheek, but she briskly brushed it away. “I… I thought we were friends. That’s why I ran to help you when you were being hit by those bullies. Why would I have done that if I didn’t care about you?! If I only pitied you?!”

She curled her hands into fists, visibly shaking. "When you killed me you did it without even a second thought! You only cared when you realized that it was me you killed!! If I had been anyone else, you wouldn’t have even felt guilty! And it wasn’t just me that died, those bullies you incinerated are dead too! Do you even feel guilty about how their parents are going to feel once they find out their children are dead because someone murdered them?!” She took a calming breath, cooling down the air as it began shimmering around her again.

“Let me ask you this, Zeke: Let’s say our roles were reversed, and you had the power to come back to life. If I had killed you in a brutal manner. Then you saw me again a little while later. Would you have tried to kill me?” Her eyes narrowed, hardening like steel. “I think we both know the answer to that. You’ve already proven that you’re capable of murder.”

‘As are you.’ A tiny voice whispered in her head.

She flinched again as Zeke clawed her face, crying out and holding a hand against her face where his talons had cut her. She tried to heal herself, but then remembered that she was already dead. She couldn’t die, even if her injuries hurt.

As the boy began speaking once again, stabbing her in the shoulder with his hand, Ryse gritted her teeth in pain. “I’m not saying that what I did was right. But can you at least understand why I did it? You were my friend! And yet you…. you…. What was I supposed to think?! We are both at fault here!”

Grabbing ahold of his wrist, she spun around, and threw him to the ground, glaring at him. Angry tears fell from her eyes. “How was I supposed to know what was happening to you?! You didn’t tell me anything! If I’d known, I would’ve tried to help you!”

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 18, 2019 12:23:14 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 18, 2019 12:23:14 GMT -6

Zekigne didn’t reply at first. His body was screaming to tear the tongue out from her mouth right now, but that other side of him fought to let her speak. To hear her. To give her the chance that she didn’t give him a moment ago. And what she said sparked conflicting feelings and thoughts. Hearing her say that she liked him certainly conjured up very conflicting reactions from him. These were internally however, things she couldn’t see. The only evidence of these feelings was the fact that his eyes were no longer glowing and his teeth grit. His eyes were still red however. ‘She… Likes me? Wait wait wait, what kind of like? Like as friends or as.. As.. Something else?… If she does, I shouldn’t turn her away. I’d have to- NO!’ He almost blushed from internal embarrassment at the even idea of it. ‘She’s lying.. But, if she wasn’t…’ She continued on, stating how she did everything for those reasons. Challenging him, asking him why she would try and protect him from the bullies if he didn’t care about him. Despite his demonic rage consuming him, the challenge did stop him from thinking irrationally as much.

‘I… Do think I remember her calling for me when I….. Snapped. I don’t think she’s lying… Still, she did hurt me badly knowing it was me.’ His face would now be showing visible signs of actually thinking, however the anger was still there. Not directed at her anymore however, no. It was the pain of his life built up into a bonfire now being released. She started talking about how he was very clearly willing to murder, and was only stopping when he discovered who she was. To this his hand visibly flinched… ‘I murdered. She called me a murderer!!… But, she’s right.. I… I killed those people… I can’t bring them back… I.. I..’

When she grabbed his hand and threw him onto the ground he instinctively shot his hand out to shatter her body to dust… But he stopped himself right before he touched her. She hadn’t spoken yet. She would notice that he was shaking. Zekigne was struggling to fight his instinct to fight. Struggling to keep himself from hurting her, or anyone else anymore. His vision was shaking as she continued. “…You’re right…” His teeth ground together and his eyes started to water. His arm shook worse as he struggled to pull it down. “…You’re right…” He slammed his hand down, cracking the foundations with his talent and closed his eyes. “I.. I never. I didn’t…” His aura slowly began to die down. His black wings slowly shifted from black to gray and his eyes from red to gold. “I never wanted to kill anyone! I didn’t! I just… I didn’t want to be scared anymore! I just wanted to defend myself and I..” Zekigne started to cry, but didn’t make any noise. He simply looked at her and realized he couldn’t excuse himself. The hatred he felt. The hatred he showed. It was replaced by fear and pain once again. The Zeke she’d known before was back… Though the wings were still there.

Ryse Azar

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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 18, 2019 16:14:37 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 18, 2019 16:14:37 GMT -6

The teenager watched, inwardly sighing in relief as she saw Zeke calm down. It seemed her words had gotten through to him. Finally.

His black wings were now grey. She vaguely wondered if he had wings before but just hadn’t summoned them; she hadn’t seen them before. Watching the boy crying on the ground, she knelt down where she was currently standing, balancing on her toes. She didn’t want to come any closer to him if he ended up snapping again.

Now that he was calm, however, she felt it was best time to ask.

“What are you, Zeke?” She asked, clasping her hands together. “Why do you turn so violent when you get angry? And why did you kill me?” There was no anger in her voice. Just a tiredness that would be evident on her face. This entire ordeal had been exhausting. And the boy owed her an explanation if nothing else.

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 18, 2019 16:22:19 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 18, 2019 16:22:19 GMT -6

He expected her to still be upset with her. He wasn’t expecting her to calmly ask a question… Ask the question she was asking yes, but not in the manner she was asking it. Zekigne had to take a moment to calm down before he could ask anything however. Even when he did calm down his eyes were still red and wet from the tears. ‘…She deserves to know…’ “…I’m… I’m a nephalem… Half angel… Half demon… My mother is an arch angel of love, and my dad.. An arch demon of wrath..” He looked away in shame and guilt. “..Angels are naturally drawn to do whatever is good in their land. Demons the opposite. It’s not impossible, but rare enough for people to state it as such, for demons to do acts of good, and angels acts of evil. But, being a nephalem…” Zekigne curled up on the ground, hugging his knees as his legs folded up in front of him. His eyes growing darker, almost hollow. “I can fall down either path…”

Ryse Azar

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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 18, 2019 22:42:52 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 18, 2019 22:42:52 GMT -6

She tilted her head as she listened to Zeke's answer. She'd never heard of a nephalem before. She never knew an angel and a demon could have a child. "So, when you get angry, that's the demon side of you?" She asked, moving to sit down on the ground.

The chaos was slowly retreating from the area. It seemed that as the nephalem's anger receded, so did the chaos. Maybe his anger was what fueled it. "This form. Is this your angelic form, if you have one?" She was merely gathering information. If he had a demonic form, he was sure to have an angelic one as well. She was curious about him. But she was only gathering information so that she could know what Zeke was possible of.

He could go down either path, he said? As in.... he could choose to be an angel or a demon?

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 18, 2019 22:51:43 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 18, 2019 22:51:43 GMT -6

Zekigne didn’t look at her. When she asked for clarification on whether his anger was the demon side of him or not, his muscles tightened. “…kind of… my demonic nature makes it easy for my pain fear and anger to spark into hatred…” The corruption was receding but not because his anger was slowly decreasing. It simply had nothing to feed off of as this world was not actually real. When she asked about his form, he hesitated before shaking his head. “…I’ll always have wings… Their color depends on what power I’m using… As are, other traits…” He thought about the day his mother caught him feeding a wild animal by exposing his skin for it to nibble off of. The creature looked so weak and lonely, and he was so young and naive… His angelic nature compelled him to help it. He shivered as he thought of it. The extremes of both sides. Zekigne dug his nails into his legs as he closed his eyes and bit his lip. He hated them. He hated his twin natures. He wanted them erased.

Ryse Azar

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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 18, 2019 23:28:59 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 18, 2019 23:28:59 GMT -6

There was no simple solution to this, the teenager knew as she sat there studying the scared boy. Anger and fear could bring out his demonic side, whereas other emotions could possibly bring out his angelic side. If his reactions when he as demonic were so extreme.... how extreme was his angel side? It was clear that Zeke despised himself.

Just as she had despised herself for many years.

But what was she supposed to do about it? It wasn't like she could snap her fingers, and all of the boy's problems would disappear. As it was, the two times he went demonic he'd either killed or tried to kill her and everyone else around himself. "So you don't trust yourself. Is that right?" The things he'd said gave her a pretty big clue as to that. Nobody who was sure of themselves would harbor that much anger towards everyone. "Is that why those bullies were picking on you?"

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 19, 2019 19:07:55 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 19, 2019 19:07:55 GMT -6

Zekigne didn’t reply at first. After a moment or two, he nodded. Didn’t trust himself. Hated himself. Sometimes considered… Well suffice it to say he wondered if extreme methods of keeping his friends and families safe was really such a bad idea. He didn’t want to hurt anyone, but.. Then Ryse asked him if he was being picked on because of what he was. Because he didn’t trust himself. And because of what he could do. To this he shook his head but didn’t clarify at first. When she inevitably asked for clarification he’d hesitate, but would answer her. “No one but the staff knew what I was.…They bullied me because.. I’m small and shy.. And, I’m younger than I look.. Eventually it went from picking on me to me being their favorite punching bag……” A single tear slid down his face. “I just.. I didn’t want to be helpless anymore… No one helped me… The school promised to help me and they didn’t…”

Ryse Azar

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Spirit's Fire Church Grim / Phoenix Terra

Jun 19, 2019 20:51:18 GMT -6

Post by Ryse Azar on Jun 19, 2019 20:51:18 GMT -6

Ryse quietly listened to what the nephalem was saying. How the staff knew who he was. How the students bullied him because he was small and shy. How the school didn't help him.

"People used to pick on me too." She replied as she turned her gaze to the ground at her feet, plucking a blade of grass. "Still do. I understand what it's like to be angry at bullies." Yes, she understood. She knew how it was to be under someone else's fist. To feel helpless. "I've wanted to hurt bullies too, for a long time. But I haven't. I knew it wouldn't make the situation any better. It would only make it worse."

The memories of the event that just occurred rang through her mind. How she'd almost killed Zeke out of revenge. Guilt swept through her, and she fell silent. Blinded by rage, she had been. But it didn't make the act any less despicable.

After a moment she gave a small sigh, rubbing her temple. "So.... what do we do now?" She asked. She couldn't do anything about the staff not helping Zeke. And how was she supposed to help him with his natures? She didn't know what to do about this. She was just a teenager. It wasn't like she could think of how to solve everyone's problems.

Zekigne Zunias

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jun 20, 2019 0:21:29 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jun 20, 2019 0:21:29 GMT -6

Zekigne just sat there, not knowing what to say… He already hated himself. Hearing someone tell him they went through bullying without trying to hurt them, let alone kill them, didn’t make him feel any better. Quite the opposite. It made his tears run more. Despite him crying again, he didn’t make any noise. He didn’t deserve pity and he didn’t deserve.. Well anything. He was a murderer, and he had to accept that. He deserved hell for what he’d done to the others. An image of being brought to his father’s homeland and being tortured for all eternity flashed across his mind and he visibly flinched in terror. Making a quick whimper before falling silent again. They’d do horrible things to him. At the very least the angels would make his death quick.. But then his soul would go to… His thoughts were interrupted when she asked what they should do now. He didn’t answer. He couldn’t answer. He didn’t have one. Part of him wanted her to kill him. Part of him wanted her to save him. Before anyone could do anything however, he felt himself being yanked back into the land of the living.

Seeing her slowly vanish as a blue flame covered his vision, his eyes widened and he instinctively tried to reach out for Ryse to help.. But his hand was already gone by this point, as well as his arm. He wouldn’t be able to process this until he had finally been pulled out into the other side. Falling onto the ground, Zekigne opened his eyes and gasped in shock. He was.. In the school again. He was, in the land of the living? Wait… His eyes widened. If she had killed him in that spirit world, would that have killed his spirit? Would he have been free without the fear of being tossed into hell and tortured for eternity?! He didn’t have enough time to think about this in depth however as someone grabbed him and pulled him against them. He nearly freaked out when he… His eyes widened as the tears continued to flow. “M..Mom.”

“Shhhhh, it’s ok Zekigne. It’s ok, I’m here. We’re here.” His eyes shot up to his father. The Arch Demon of Wrath. He did not look like his true form so they were in disguises. His father looked at Zeke with concern but didn’t interact… Not yet that is. His mother caressed the back of his head, sliding her fingers through his hair as she held him close. Zekigne’s vision began to get very blurry until he couldn’t see anything past his tears. “I… I.. I didn’t.. I just… I…” “It’s ok, Zekigne, we heard. We’re here for you.” Zekigne wrapped his arms around his mom and began crying and sobbing uncontrollably. His mother closed her eyes and continued to speak comfort and encouragement into his ear. Before long he had cried so hard that he nearly passed out. Too emotionally pained to hold on any longer, his eyes closed and his body went limp.

Taliel looked up at her husband with concern in her eyes. “You know he’s going to hate you when he wakes up right?” Zostral nodded. “I know, he’s my son after all. Don’t worry, I’ll give him the lecture without being too rough. You taught me how you know.” She nodded with a sigh. “Yes… And you taught me how important a harsh discipline is from time to time. Our poor boy…” She looked over to the phoenix egg that lay there unguarded. “I should take the young lady to the Phoenix club. She needs to be raised, and she’ll likely want answers about Zekigne and our, well absence in his raising.” Zostral sighed in annoyance. “I didn’t think that far ahead. I guess I’ll have to find some other bullshit to tell the other demons. They don’t like it when an Arch Demon is gone for too long after all.” Taliel picked Zekigne up and handed her over to her husband. When he took him she lowered herself and took the egg. Kissing Zekigne on the forehead, she walked away to bring the egg to the club. Meanwhile Zostral took Zekigne and made his way back to the boy's room. As he passed students his eyes flashed with malice. Such pathetic races.

Yuuki Ozaki

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Jun 21, 2019 12:55:16 GMT -6

Post by Yuuki Ozaki on Jun 21, 2019 12:55:16 GMT -6

Ozaki’s return would be a bit delayed, but when he finally did appear his mouth was covered in blood, some of which had dribbled onto his shirt. He panted heavily, the fervor of rage still coursing through his veins. His pupils were narrowed down to feral slits, but widened upon realizing where he was. The school. He was back at the school. With his sire, who had a chunk bitten out of his neck. And Nyx who was…. Gone. He could already see her running away.

“Nyx! Get back here! Stop running!” He said as he rapidly put a ski mask on and sun glasses, starting to chase after her without so much as a hello to the two parents standing around Zeke, or a good bite to the sire he had just bitten into minutes ago.

He managed to get past Antonio, at least initially, but as the older vampire reached out his hand the shadow extended and grasped Ozaki’s own, holding him in place. “What the world just happened?”

“There’s no time for this! I need to talk to her!” Ozaki shouted trying to struggle away from the shadowy grip. She was running away from him. He had to talk to her now. Damned be the eyes looking at him for the blood covering his face. He’d been avoiding this for too long, avoiding it as well in an attempt to keep her safe and away from the gang that had become a second shadow to him.

But that reason was gone, and the importance of being there for her too important to give a damn about any of these other people. She still viewed him as her father even after what happened. It was his duty to be there for her, even if she was running away from him now in fear. Not of him, but of herself.

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Unified Legacy Nephalem Zekigne Zunias

Jul 12, 2019 11:41:03 GMT -6

Post by Zekigne Zunias on Jul 12, 2019 11:41:03 GMT -6

The Arch angel of hatred and Arch angel of love did not get very far when someone had ran past them. The irony was that the person running past them didn’t get very far either before they were grabbed by another person using a shadow talent of sorts. Zostra’s eyes analyzed the shadow, the boy it grasped, and darted over to the source of the talent, analyzing him in less than a second. Being a creature of pure darkness and corruption, it was easy for him to analyze any talent and species relating to darkness, corruption, evil and the like. While the species itself wasn’t evil, vampires were night creatures who fed off of blood. There was darkness in them. Taliel had not noticed these nearly as fast, but was able to identify them. Specifically the boy being grabbed by the shadow.

Taliel cast a soft ray of holy light on Antonio, enough to ‘urge’ him to let go of Ozaki. The instant he did, Zostral would shadow step in front of Ozaki, cutting him off. Zostral was still carrying young Zekigne and would stand at a good 6’6 feet, staring down at him. “Now then,” Zostral began. "Care to explain to me why you are being chased, and who you are chasing after?" "Darling, I believe that's the faculty who found Zekigne and the phoenix." Zostral looked at his wife then back to Yuuki. "That so? Let me guess, you used force against him rather than protecting and comforting him? You faculty were so utterly-" "Stop Zostral" Taliel said in Angelic. Zostral ceased his words and Taliel turned to Antonio. "Please explain the situation."