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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 24, 2007 21:58:50 GMT -5
In front of the caves stood a man dressed in a brown ripped cloak with a hood over his head. His appearence seemed dark and sinister, but his face looked like as if he cared about nothing. Yet somewhere in his expression one could find a tint of sadness. But it was an internal sadness. Cowl was this person. He payed no attention to the signs of students not entering the underwater grotto. Not that he really cared about what he said. He doubted anyone would care so much about him to try to keep him away. After all he was sort of a ugly person, but that only reason was more complicated then seem. As the hood fell off his face it reavealed that half of his face was actually that of a skeleton. With not left eye and no skin on the left side of his head he seemed a bit like a demon.
Cowl walked right past the signs and into the garden. Even as he walked past further signs that were inside the cave himself he cared nothing about them. Why should he? He didn't care about his own life after all.... It did not take long for Cowl to reach the end of land where water lay out in front of him. Cowl closed his eyes and let the cloak on his shoulders slip off. He wore nothing under it and it reaveald some terrible things on his body. For one there were thousands of scars obviouslly from wippings. Along with that there were strange tatoo's on his bodys.
To any normal magic practicer one would know them as activated summoning enchantments. Enchantments that where used to take out spiritual energy from anything they were on as a toll to summon divine creatures. One could consider this kind of act suicidal for two reasons. One that each enchantment when used took alot of life force out of anything they were place on. The second was that everytime a summoning enchantment was used it would eventually backfire taking part of the bearers life with it. Just from the sight of all the tatoos, one could beilve that when these enchantments did take in effect there was no way this boy would live past them.
Cowl stepped into the water walking in it. As he did so the tatoos on his body glowed. Some of them glowed red, while others blue, and lastly a few were green. As this happened Cowl's whole body began glowing with a white light. An odd sound came from the caves as a misterious light pierced from somewhere deep over the cave and colidend with Cowl's chest where the heart area would be. When this happened his body levitated off the ground as his eyes oppened white light piercing out of them.
A large wind erupted from underneath Cowl as he levitated over the water light coming out of his eyes and mouth. The water infront of Cowl swirled as a whirlpool until standing in the center of it was a spirt of a fox, which leaped around the room with delight. Following the fox were a raven and a kitten, all of them being spirts. They leaped around the cavern with delight untill they stood over the water in front of the levitating Issac. The foxes eyes targeted on the other person in the room as he waited for the person to show themselves.
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Post by J-Bear! on Sept 25, 2007 8:57:44 GMT -5
Jatza wandered around the Grotto, trying to memorize it, in case she ever wanted to return. As she did, she observed a strange light, and, out of pure curiousity, went to see what it was. "Hello?" She asked.
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 25, 2007 14:53:53 GMT -5
Suddenly the light stopped and Cowl was lowered back down to the ground. The three spirts though stayed there. The cat had walked over to Jatza and was standing before her. The spirt of course was see through and it gave her a kind smile as it brushed against her leg purring. When it did so though it could actually be felt. The fox had followed the cat and stood in front of her as if waiting for her to follow it. The raven had been flying at the height of the cave over the water no where near Jatza as if on some kind of mission.
Cowl stood in the knee high water still completly naked. The tatoo's on his body were glowing still continuisly, but know steam was flowing out of them. Cowl had his hands streched out along with his legs as his face showed pain from the enchantments. It felt like fire beyond what a mere mortal could face. To others it would appeared like the teenager was in some sort of ritual at first glance. If one looked deeper at his expressions they could see the smoke and the pain it must be causing.
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Post by [.karasu.] on Sept 25, 2007 18:31:02 GMT -5
Shiro entered the Grotto just after Jatza had, but was utterly silent except for the occasionally 'click' of his claws against the stone floor. His eyes narrowed on Cowl, no, not because he was naked, that didn't bother him at all, but because the boy appeared to be in pain. The kitsune then registered the spirits next. They were actually very clear to him because of his background, so at first he had thought they were actual animals.
A smile crept onto his muzzle and his seven tails swayed slowly back and forth. Making more noise now because of faster movements, Shiro 'trotted'-for lack of a better word- toward the fox spirit. He dipped his head slightly, as was the proper way to greet an otherworldly being.
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 25, 2007 18:38:01 GMT -5
Cowl continued to wait in dear silence as the enchantments continued to glow. The fox spirt looked at Shiro. A voice erupted in Shiro's voice. The fox was communicating with Shiro. "Do you come to witness the renewal?" He spoke while the fox spirt dipped his head as well bowing in a greeting back to it. The raven flew over to the fox spirt and landed next to it. It looked at shiro it's head tilting to the side. In it's feet was a bloddy dagger. Blood was flowing from the dagger itself as the raven flew up into the air.
Cowl stood in the water his mind blank. He had no recognition of where he was. He could not speak or move. He was no longer on this world. Steam from his body had turned the water around Cowl ten temperatures in degrees. That was how hot the marks were burning into his body. But Cowl's body needed to continue to go through the procedure.
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Post by J-Bear! on Sept 25, 2007 19:59:51 GMT -5
Jatza smiled at the cat spirit, bending down to see if it was able to feel her petting it. "Awwwwww." She said, completely ignoring the other until the kitsune came in. "Oh, hello!" She laughed.
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 26, 2007 8:04:29 GMT -5
The cat spirt purred as Jatza pet it. Even though it was a spirt and see thorugh it could be touched and felt as if it were alive. The raven flew over and landed on Jatza's shoulder with the bleeding dagger in its foot. The blood flowing from the dagger accidently flowed onto Jatzaa. Of course the raven never meant for it to happen but it did anyway. Cowl stood in the water the glow on the enchantments still the same. As he fell backwards and floated in the water the light on the tatoo's dimmed just a bit. But steam began to flow from the water as the degrees of the water increased another ten degrees. The raven spirt flew off of Jatza and began to fly around her. The cat walked off hoping for Jatza to follow it. It stopped fifteen feet away from the bank of the water and thirty feet away from the floating Cowl. It's eyes were focused on Cowl as the raven joined beside. Hopefully the fox would to.
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Post by [.karasu.] on Sept 26, 2007 15:04:57 GMT -5
Shiro tilted his head to the side. 'Renewal?' His red eyes went from the fox spirit to the floating figure of Cowl. 'Perhaps I have...' Nodding to the spirit in a definite respond, the white kitsune slowly and calmly began to pad toward the water. He got much closer than the others, close enough so that he could drink the water if he so chose. The heat didn't affect him in the least as he watched the steam rise up and the near boiling water lap at his paws. 'Interesting...' Then he thought of something and turned to look back at the fox spirit. 'If I'm too close and will interfere, please, by all means, let me know' And with that being said and out of the way, Shiro continued to watched the "Renewal".
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 26, 2007 19:07:57 GMT -5
The fox spoke to Shirio again. "I do not know.... We are the guardians of this cave. We have never gotten that close due to his brief return." The fox spoke as if it was a sort of warning. He continued to watch cautiouslly. The spirts had seen this happen twice already and was prepared for what was about to happen. It was always a bit diffrent eact time. Especially when the spirts escaped. All of a sudden the enchantment's lights grew fiercly as Cowl let out a yell of agonizing pain. It was about to happen.
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Post by J-Bear! on Sept 26, 2007 20:03:25 GMT -5
Jatza smiled, hearing the content through her empathy powers. She followed the cat, ignoring the blood on her shoulder, knowing it would come out. She winced as Cowl yelped in pain.
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 26, 2007 20:12:29 GMT -5
As the enchantments grew brighter a whirlppol began swirling around with Cowl in the middle. Cowl began to spin in the whirlpool, but instead of sinking he began to levitate once again his body flat. A bright light erupted from where Cowl's heart was as thousands of spirts erupted from the light all of them swiriling around the cave. They looked like spirts of the damned. Most of them had an insane look as they flew around the room. The spirts then one by one began to pass on from this world to the next. Not all of them were evil spirts. There were some innocents too. Cowl conitnued to levitate in the air as spirits flew out of his body and then passing on to the afterlife.
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Post by [.karasu.] on Sept 26, 2007 20:24:05 GMT -5
Shiro nodded to the fox spirit before his ears and head pivoted toward Cowl as he cried in pain. All seven of his tails began to twitch individually with apprehension. Would Cowl survive this? And then, all at once, Shiro suddenly felt more connected to his home- his skyward home- more so than ever since the last few years. A rush of breath entered his lungs and was held there as his red eyes widened with the shock of the connection. Unintentionally, the kitsune's white pelt ignited with a small flame; the creature was engulfed with it, though no heat radiated from it. In fact, if one were to reach a hand into the white fire, they would feel nothing but strong, otherworldy power flow into them. The fox's claws dug against the hard ground, as though bracing himself, keeping him attached to this reality.
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Post by Man of Many Murders on Sept 26, 2007 20:40:14 GMT -5
Finally when the last spirit escaped from Cowl and passed on to the afterlife the white glow turned to a dark purple light. Suddenly a form appeared hovering over Cowl. It took the form of a young girl. She had long blue hair and her eyes were shut. She was a girl around the age of ten or twelve. She was naked and curled up into a ball hovering over Cowl. She looked like any normal spirit and was see through. But then she began to become definite. Suddenly the girl breathed in a life and fell to the water. She began to drown upon toutching the water. But the strange thing was she was alive. And she had been dead a second ago.
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Post by J-Bear! on Sept 26, 2007 20:42:55 GMT -5
Jatza watched the whole ceremony indifferently. She wondered what was going on, but she didn't want to interrupt it. She merely continued petting the cat.
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Post by [.karasu.] on Sept 26, 2007 20:54:38 GMT -5
Shiro's flame engulfed body trembled before settling as the spirits dispersed. The flames also extinguished. Shaking his head and centering himself after the 'reconnection', shall we call it, the fox's crimson eyes narrowed onto the drowning girl. In a moment, the white flames engulfed Shiro, but only his paws this time. Very slowly, careful not to disturb anything, he walked out on top of the water; whether it was a ritual or not, that girl didn't have to experience drowning as the first act of life. When he stood close enough to the girl, he crouched low upon the water's surface, and wrapped his tails around her struggling form, gently pulling her close to his body so she had something to hold onto. A soft, musical, relaxing humming started coming from the kitsune in an attempt to lessen the shock of life from the girl.
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