Release(Open)

[Angelline Devorez]

Alexis soared through the air. Recently Angelline had been under a lot of stress and her emotions had been taken for a spin. Because of this Alexis was a bit more grumpy than usual. Her usually silver eyes were a pure red from the rage and bloodlust she was feeling. She needed to hurt someone. Anyone.

Morridon. Hunt! she sent to her faithful companion. The panther yowled and raced across the plains looking for someone to fight. Closing her eyes Alexis drifted on the currents of air. Not knowing what else to do for now she sang a haunting melody to lure any unsuspecting beings to her. Her siren's song of enchantment weaved through the air going out in all directions, searching for someone...searching for prey.

[Ara]

Lounging upon a rock, soaking in the warmth of the sun, Tane had no plans of fighting today. It was just relaxation and sun soaking. With his wings spread out across the sandy colored rock, Tane left himself vulnerable due to the fact that all of his armor was in a pile next to him. His weapons, however, stayed where they usually would be. On his person.

Feeling a change in the wind, Tane grumbled as he sat up to see what it was. Movement and a haunting voice caught his attention out on the plain. What was it? Whatever it was, it probably wouldn't bother him. He was fairly high up upon the rocks so it was unlikely he would be spotted. But to be cautious, he began to put his armor back on starting with his breast plate.

[Angelline Devorez]

Mistress I have found someone, Morridon told her. Smiling victoriously Alexis strengthened her song. Using the wind to push her forward she soon came to a huge rock standing out in the vast plains of the Border. Taking out her poisoned daggers she flew closer and cut off her song.

"Well, well. Now who are you?" she asked as she manipulated the wind and formed a seat that she could sit on. "Sandman I'll have much pleasure killing you," she whispered as she threw a rain of daggers down on the man. Seeing Morridon at the base of the rock she dove down and brought him up to the top of the rock and set him down. "I woldn't forget you my faithful companion."

[Ara]

A fallen angel appeared on the horizon, coming fast. And the movement he had seen before was a black panther. Her companion perhaps? She flew in and settled on a seat of pure air. "Wha?" he asked just as the daggers began to rain on him. Wrapping his steel hard wings around himself, Tane had managed to block most of them. One had been embedded into his foot, another had scraped his tail and one had bounced off a stubbed horn, barely missing his head. "Now that's not a nice way to say hello" he said, slowly peeking out of his shell of hardened wings.

Slowly returning his wings to their relaxed folded form, the 'fingers' stood quite a way up from his head as the tips of the spines were left to drag on the ground, despite his 6'8" height. "The name is Tane, ma'am" he said bowing down low. A very friendly approach considering she had just tried to kill him with daggers. Lifting up a clawed foot, Tane pulled the dagger from in between the ligaments. Luckily it didn't hit anything his needed to walk with.

[Angelline Devorez]

Alexis watched amused as the demonika protected himself with his steel wings. A few of her daggers hit him and she let out a silvery laugh. “I hope your demon blood is immune to poisons.” Closing her wings she fell to land next to Morridon. “And I’m not trying to be nice. I’m trying to kill you.”

With that said she took her shukusen out of her pocket. Opening the deadly fan she charged at the tall man. Sending a strong blast of wind at him she stopped her charged and waited for the wind to hit the Sandman. “Tane. What a nice name. Since you’ve been decent I’ll tell you my name. I’m Alexis, and this is my companion Morridon,” she said as she walked back to the panther who sat crouched on the ground waiting for a chance to spring and sink sharp claws and teeth into the flesh of the man.

[Ara]

"Oh it might be. My foot feels numb but I doubt that's the poison. I say, is your poison green? Because it's leaking out." His eyes followed her movement as she landed upon the ground next to the shadowy cat. "Really? I thought you wanted to play catch. Though I don't recommend daggers."

As the wave of air came rushing to wards him, Tane made a gesture as if the brush away a fly. From his hand, his own wave of air knocked Alexis' of route. "Oh you have such a nice name. And a power that I share as well. What joy." He eyed the cat, wondering. "Morridon. Quite a suiting name for such a..... large cat."

[Angelline Devorez]

Alexis smirked at his comment. "Well let me help stop the progression of the poison. Why don't I just cut off your legs?" she asked. As he commented on her daggers she lost the smirk and glared at him. "I'd like to know what kind of sick childhood you had that you'd think a rain of daggers constituted as a game of catch."

Her glare intensified as he negated her attack with an attack similar to hers. "Thank you for the compliment of our names, but I don't think I like sharing an ability with you." Opening her shukusen further she threw it at him. The small object spun in crazy patterns trying to confuse Tane as it was controlled by Alexis' will. "If you want to play catch Tane. Let's play," she whispered as the tiny object sailed straight for his neck.

[Ara]

"I don't think I'd like that. You see, I need my legs as much as you need yours. Though I appreciate your concern." His voice was pleasant as if talking to a friend. "Sick childhood? I grew up around weapons. Well, not I but the other me. And I would know very well that daggers make catch exciting, however dangerous."

"Oh, what a pity. I have 2 others I'm sure you don't but Aerokinesis was my favorite." His triple pupilled metallic blue eyes watched as the small object flew to wards him. Opening his mouth, he gave a high pitched scream, the vibrations enough to shatter rocks. The sonic scream was extremely loud and most probably heard all the way back in the land of milk and cookies. But, in case that didn't work, Tane flapped his huge 2 1/2 meter wings, sending a large wave of air to wards to object.

[Angelline Devorez]

“Oh how charming. I wish your dreamer had died so you wouldn’t exist. Maybe I’ll send him a nightmare. Fear is such a delicious aroma, but pain takes the cake.” Alexis spat out.

As Tane let loose a high pitched scream she covered her ears messing up her control of the shukusen. The small fan flew back from the vibrations and headed straight for her. Cursing she used her right hand to catch the deadly weapon before it hit her, but she couldn’t stop herself from cutting herself on the sharp blade of the fan. As a small trickle of blood started to leak from her index finger she glared at Tane. However she was thrown back from the strong gust of wind from his wings. Flying back she flew off the edge of the rock, but snapped her wings open, catching her from the fall.

Luckily Morridon had pierced the material of the rock and held on, but he growled his displeasure from the high pitched scream. Alexis landed next to her disgruntled panther and laughed. “This is going to be one interesting evening.” Humming a tune she watched as the shadows of the plain gathered to her forming a dark puddle at her feet. “Yes, a very interesting evening.”

[Ara]

"Oh dear no. Fear smells quite bad and I'm sure my dreamer does not like nightmares. The poor thing would be scared." Still with his pleasant voice.

Looking up, Tane saw that Alexis had fallen off the edge of the cliff. She'd be OK. She has wings after all. And Morridon was clinging to the rocks so he was fine also. The shadows seemed the gather around her into a shadowy puddle. "Yes, very interesting indeed." Removing his Kamas from their loops, Tane took a defensive stance, ready for her attack. He was tempted to use his third and final power, but he only used that in extreme cases of shadow infestation.

[Angelline Devorez]

“Well then I should. After all it is my job to spread fear.” Alexis looked at Morridon and nodded her head.

The panther let out a small purr of satisfaction before he lunged at Tane. At the same time Alexis flicked her pointer finger causing a small portion of the shadows at her feet to cloak Morridon in shadows, concealing his true hiding place. “For shadows to exist you need light. I will concede that point, but at least in a world full of darkness I won’t have to witness the atrocities that are so glaringly obvious in the light.”

Then Angelline will be free of her pains. She can scream and cry all she wants without having to hide the pain. And then I will finally be free.

[Ara]

"Indeed it be. Very well, send him some nightmares. Just make sure there are no giant spiders. He loves them" Tane said, easily lying through his teeth.

With a crash of wing, shadow and mythril, Tane collapsed under the large, shadowy cat. He wrestled with it, trying to get the cat off of him. He couldn't use aerokinesis because his wings were pinned and his hands were not the best of things to use. The sonic scream wouldn't work because he needed a lot of air for that and Morridon wasn't giving him room to breathe. Fine, his last and final power would have to be used this time. He had spent a lot of time in the sun so it should work. Slowly bringing all the solar energy he had soaked before, he concentrated on his right hand. A small ball of light began to charge as his left hand and wings tried to keep Morridon at bay.

[Angelline Devorez]

Alexis felt Morridon crash into Tane and let out a feral grin. She shared a deep bond with the panther. Not many knew that, or that if he got hurt so would she. Because he was made up of nightmares she had created things were much more personal between the two than any bond they had encountered before.

Just as she was about to call out a taunting to Tane she froze. Something seemed wrong. The air whispered around her giving her a warning in advance, but she didn't know what it was. Peering through the shadows that still cloaked the two figures she saw a flash of light in the darkness and her eyes widened. "No! Morridon retreat!" she shouted, but she feared it was too late. Not knowing what else to do she flicked open her shukusen and threw it hoping to slice through Tane's hand that held the ball of light so Morridon could escape unscathed.

[Ara]

The charging light grew and grew, rapidly growing faster. When Tane felt it was large enough, he slapped his hand onto Morridon, the powerful light leaving his hand.

The shukusen came out of the shadows and a loud thud was heard, followed by a scream of pain. The shukusen had gotten Tane and had been stop by the thick bones in his wrist. However, it had cut all tendons there and now rendered Tane's right hand useless. A low growl left his throat, reverberating through his body.

[Angelline Devorez]

Morridon let out a yowl of pain mirrored by Alexis' scream of pain as she felt the light course through Morridon into her. Falling to the ground on her knees she lowered her head and clenched her hands into fists to keep the scream of pain bottled up inside. Her silver hair fell in front of her face causing a thick curtain to form. The shadows dissipated as she lost her grip over them and she glared through her curtain of hair at Tane.

Morridon leapt off of him and limped back over to Alexis. The panther fell into a crumpled heap in front of her exhausted from the single, powerful blow. She smiled at him before the smile twisted into a smirk at seeing her shukusen embedded in his wrist. Lifting one arm up shakily, her hand opened wide she clenched the opened hand into a fist and yanked her arm up. Obeying the movement her shukusen ripped out of his flesh with an audible tearing sound and flew into her hand.

Placing the fan back into her pouch she got onto her feet with great effort. Glaring at Tane she took her twin blades off her back and laughed. "Ready for more?"