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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jun 29, 2008 20:12:46 GMT -5
((Hope you don’t mind that I took control of Lilith a bit. Wanted to push this a long a bit more))
Suddenly Rhyme felt like all his power was leaving him. All the sound in the room was swallowed up and left Rhyme alone, with only his thoughts. No sound, no voices, nothing. His eyes went widely around, looking left, to right to left again as the images and illusions began to fade away around him.
Rhyme put his hands to his ears as he slunk to the ground on his knees. He couldn’t hear a thing at all. When Lilith finally spoke it felt like a wave of relief. He wasn’t deaf but his music stopped. He tried to make the song go on but couldn’t. It was like he was on a time limit.
“Tisk Tisk, seems like what my master put in finally had effect. He gave you more leeway then I thought he would.” she said with an evilly seductive grin.
Rhyme stared at her, not knowing how she got his powers to not work down here. Magic should work fine here, since it is a mixture of good and evil. Healing spells he could understand, but not his music.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 1, 2008 13:29:20 GMT -5
"Rhyme. You go after Suzume and I'll take care of this, okay? You just need to get to Suzume right now." Israfel placed a hand on Rhyme's shoulder, his golden eyes looking towards him with a sense of trust that was really unexpected from Israfel. Rhyme had pulled through with everything so far and there was just a little bit more that had to be done before Rhyme and Suzume would be back home. "Since you need an explanation, boy..."Lillith rolled her shoulders as if they ached a bit, "The rules of everything you're comfortable with, everything you know... don't apply. This is Lucifer's place, everything occurs as he wishes it." Lillith didn't laugh, but her face showed the laugh she would normally have expressed. "Though you're free to go- we have what we want." Lillith's dark sultry eyes looked towards Rhyme and there was triumph there. Suzume was missing. She had run away from Rhyme's spell, already shaken from the current events and having even Rhyme look like something she couldn't trust or be around was too much. She had fled and was now somewhere or other. Meanwhile She was seated on the ground, her eyes looking at her feet and her knees pulled up to her chest. The kitsune shook terribly, her lips trembling as if she were about to cry, "Cecee..." she whispered, hoping that he may arrive if she said his name or something of that sort but of course it didn't work. "Are you lost?" came a clear voice, "I can help you home if you want." and a small child smiled, his eyes the color of sweet honey and his brown hair hanging shaggily in his face, he couldn't have been older that twelve perhaps and he seemed dreadfully out of place here. He appeared to be some soul whom had been sorted wrong or perhaps mixed into something or another to send him here rather than an afterlife where he was more suited Suzume looked towards the kid, her eyes already a bit watery, "...really?" Unknown to Suzume there was a magic dispelled over the area, anything within would be unheard and unseen by those outside and those inside would be unable to see or hear anything outside- and once it was cast... there was no entering or leaving. Suzume was placed in there with a purpose in mind.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 5, 2008 19:22:46 GMT -5
Rhyme quickly made his way out of the circle of demons on the search for Suzume. He lost his song magic but he still had his basic type, his voice, and his puppeteering. He guessed that Lucifer couldn’t get rid of all magic down here since it pretty much ran on magic. Most demons were just a pure manifestation of ether given form by magic.
As he ran he focused on the string he attached to Suzume earlier. He let it mostly fade but there was still a small amount left that he could strength and bring back. He couldn’t hum to himself to make it stronger so he had to actually use his own magical energy. He focused hard, beads of sweat coming to his face but finally the string in his hands got stronger and brighter and he could just barely see it now. It wasn’t good but it was enough for him to find Suzume.
He fallowed the string in his hands not sure where it would lead him.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 5, 2008 19:58:16 GMT -5
Suzume felt the strange tugging, her eyes wide and she knew what it was, "Rhyme!" she said, then looking towards the stranger, "I'm sorry... I have to go." she said "Please release your illusion..." she said calmly, looking towards the stranger, "Rhyme can get me home." she nodded with a slight smile on her face that showed her unending faith in her friends.
The child nodded and with that the illusion faded but thier location had changed and they were much farther away from Rhyme than they had been before. Some kind of travelling magic had been put into use.
Suzume started to gently tremble when she saw the current company, a gluttonous feast lay out on a long oaken table, all sides lined with demons of all kinds, horrible demons and even demons that appeared to be angels but were betrayed by thier actions. They sat on both sides of the table laughing together at one thing or another. Suzume's shaking froze when she noticed the single empty seat and the tall, handsome demon beckoning her to come sit next to him at the banquet. "Come over here luv, I won't hurt you- we simply wish to know you better." came the words and timidly she walked towards the table, from the spread you could easily tell what course they were on, it was dessert with all different kinds of delicious things and sweets set out and Suzume's stomach began to hurt and she felt hungry. She looked towards the demon who nodded to her and encouraged her to do whatever it was that had entered her mind. Suzume didn't dare.
Suzume hurried her pace and she plopped down in her seat, placing her hands in her lap as she kept her eyes downcast and barely opened. She then felt the hand on her leg and needless to say it suprised her. She jumped as her eyes looked towards whom the hand had come from, the demon who'd called her over to the seat, she pushed his hand away and she looked away, her eyes wide and scared but she didn't dare move from the seat. "You're a succubus, right?" she asked in a hushed whisper, her voice shaking terribly.
"No, luv... I'm an incubus." he said, leaning over to whisper into Suzume's ear, his hand now placing itself on Suzume's shoulder. He bit Suzume's ear then, not hard enough to cause damage, but certainly enough to cause a bit of pain, his eyes glittered with interest as to what the kitsune's response would be.
Suzume jerked away but was promptly stopped when she bumped into the muscular olive skinned demon sitting on the other side of her, her eyes shot back into her lap and she covered her ears with her hands, guarding them from the incubus, the magic that kept her hidden previously was gone now. Whichever demon was orchestrating this event seemed to have wanted Rhyme to find this banquet and see his reaction to such goings on.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 6, 2008 13:21:24 GMT -5
It Rhyme longer then expected to reach the table since he could not use his sonic step to reach it faster. When he saw the table though he had to stop in his tracks. He looked around and quickly located her with the string near all the Incubi. He clenched his jaw and just hoped that Suzume didn’t eat anything. This was an old fashion trick, anyone that eats the food of the underworld is doomed to stay there.
“Suzume! Don’t worry! I’m here. Just don’t eat anything!” he called out to her from the far end of the table.
Rhyme just hoped that the Incubi didn’t try to do anything to Suzume. His sisters were molested when he couldn’t stop his father, but he wouldn’t let the same happen to Suzume. He couldn’t stop the first, but he could certainly stop this. He just worried on what might happen to himself. Suzume was scared when he was in control of himself with a creepy song. Who knows how she would think of him if he snapped.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 7, 2008 8:27:12 GMT -5
Suzume's gaze shot towards Rhyme, her bright eyes shimmering with recognition but there was also a tad of a melancholiness to it, like a small child just told that they were going to a candy store just to look around, Suzume looked dissapointed. She surveyed the table then looked back towards Rhyme, then she looked towards the incubus. She jumped slightly and her gaze shot around to the one on her other side and she was met with a laugh. "Rhyme!" she shouted, her voice shaking terribly as she tried to push the chair out but it wouldn't move.
"Now, now... don't be so loud." the incubus that summoned her here crooned, his voice calming, satisfying. He ran his hand down Suzume's jaw gently and his eyes looked comfortingly, decietfully towards Suzume, "You'll have to decide now..." he then whispered something into Suzume's ear, a smile on his face the entire moment and a look of despair being adopted into Suzume's expression. It must not have been something Suzume wanted to hear, Suzume wanted Rhyme to be here with her, why was he lingering so far away?
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 11, 2008 20:28:12 GMT -5
Rhyme really wanted to get up there with her but he didn’t just want to run over the table or try and go behind. He felt like if he did anything to get closer he would be swamped by all those at the table. When he saw the Incubus whisper on her ear his mind began to whirl, not sure what to do. He really wished Rei as here to help, they were always great together.
As he stared trying to figure out what to do, he noticed that Suzume had fox ears. That made him think of how animals normally had stronger hearing ranges then humans did, and maybe demons. Incubi are so closely related to humans maybe it would work.
He coughed a few times lightly as he transformed his vocal cords to get the range he needed. A good distance below normal hearing ranges but well within a fox’s.
”Suzume, I am not sure if I can get there, I am not sure how the other demons will react to me coming near. I will try and get you away though. Just don’t let the demon tempt you. Sam....Sam was made the way she was by something her father did to her...and that demon would most likely do the same to you.” he said with his voice cracking from emotion at the end.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 11, 2008 21:55:06 GMT -5
Suzume's eyes were glued to Rhyme and she nodded slowly, "Okay..." she muttered, her eyes slowly became pained and scared untill the incubus whispered something else into her ear and Suzume had a change in manner, a confidence. She turned slowly towards him and landed a kiss on the demon that would have made Cecil murderous if he had seen it, she slowly then eased closer and whispered into his ear something, the words bringing a smile to the incubus' face. Then the sound of her singing could be heard loud and clear- Rhyme never finished his song earlier and had exposed Suzume to a portion of his power, a portion that Lucifer had not known about. "I will break... into your thoughts with what's written on my heart..." she sang sweetly, her voice almost like a lullaby to the demon with a calm smile on her face. Her eyes looked towards Rhyme, they were darker than normal- she was getting assistance....
The incubus smiled and shrugged, his eyes looking towards Rhyme with a sense of triumph- he felt like he had won, that was... untill Suzume continued, "I will BREAK!" her voice got darker, threatening, it scared the incubus so much that he fell out of his chair, "BREAK!" she shouted at him, her eyes now sinister and quite honestly a gaze that could scare someone shitless. "I'm so sick! Infected with where I live, let me live without-this-empty bliss! Selfishness! I'm so sick! I'm so sick!" she sang and hit the notes right, but on a slightly different key from the origional song, she couldn't change her voice like Rhyme- but she could still sing.
"If you want... more of this..." her voice was quiet and gentle again and the incubi around the table weren't exactly sure how to respond to it, confused and a tad bit frazzled as well. "We can PUSH OUT! SELL OUT! DIE OUT!" she said, upon the word 'die' the incubus whom was before the main threat to Suzume fell limp, eyes rolling back in thier sockets- he was indeed dead and Suzume continued singing without a pause, "So you'll shut up! And stay sleeping... with my screaming in your itching ears!" She turned and looked towards the other incubi, her eyes nearly jet black and even her mannerisms had changed, she wasn't Suzume at this moment. Ouwashi sensed the new power that had been whispered into the life of Suzume and Ouwashi was also well aware of the current danger, so she took over. Whether or not she was planning to recede later was the mystery.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 12, 2008 21:58:00 GMT -5
Rhyme let out a semi-painful but happy groan as he felt the energy return to his body. His neurons fried as the extra energy flew through them coursing through into his brain and down to his finger tips. At that moment he decided to get them the hell.....
out of there.
He put his hands over his eyes and splayed his fingers out. Ribbons emerged from his finger tips and started to encase him. He moved his hands down and then threw his arms out behind him. Then, he pushed his left foot back as far as he could and shifted his weight before he ran down the table kicking up food and silverwear as he ran. As he passed Suzume he threw out his arm and grabbed her by the arm before throwing him onto his back and grabbing her legs to make sure she didn’t fall.
“Don’t stop singing!” he yelled as he did a flip as the ribbons solidified into a protective field. When he hit the ground there was a loud boom as he hit the limit of sound getting infinitely close to it but not breaking it. The atoms around him though did which made the sonic booms.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 13, 2008 14:52:38 GMT -5
"I'm so sick, infected with where I live- let me live without this empty bliss! Selfishness! I'm so sick! I'm so sick!" she sang, though her expression showed she was a tad unhappy with being commanded by Rhyme. Her ears were flat against her skull in her displeasure at being ordered and at the sounds, it was painful for her and she was angry at Rhyme, of course this was Ouwashi, not at all Suzume... but that only made it a touchier situation, "Hear it! I'm Screaming it! You're heeding to it now... Hear it! I'm Screaming it! You tremble at this sound..." she sang, "You sink into my clothes, this invasion makes me feel worthless, hopeless, sick!" she never paused the song, she wanted to get out of here, and if she had to sing to get out of Hell with Rhyme then she wouldn't give it a second thought.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 26, 2008 15:17:34 GMT -5
As Rhyme ran he began to pick up the sent of water. Suddenly he saw the Acheron, or the River of Sorrows. When he saw it he stomped his feet into the ground to try and stop in time. Instead of stopping he tripped flying forward landing flat on his front knocking the wind out of him.
Suzume flew off his back and straight toward the river. Rhyme couldn’t see what happened to her but he figured it wasn’t good.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 26, 2008 15:33:16 GMT -5
Skidding rather painfully accross the ground towards the river it would be assumed she'd end up falling in since there was no sign she was going to stop in time, sliding over the ground and down the banks, the splashing of the water could be heard, "Rhyme!" came the shout, Suzume splashed through the water, swimming towards the shore at a slow pace, muttering to herself and choking on water at the same time, tears forming in her eyes as she got closer and closer to shore. Holding back the tears was getting harder and harder, her throat hurting as it tried to close up and collapse to keep her from crying, "It's hopeless..." she muttered to herself, "We're going to be stuck here forever..." she continued her mutterings. The river of sorrows certainly had it's effects on people. Her swimming slowed down to almost a halt, seeing less and less reason to bother swimming, it wasn't going to change anything. She was stuck down here and she probably deserved it, she deserved hell for killing her family, for having Ouwashi inside her, for everything. No matter what she did she was always simply likely to screw up again and again, nothing would change that. She stood in the water now, up to her waist but she fell back and simply floated there, "It's all over, game over..." she muttered. Different people had different hells and perhaps Suzume had just found her own, looking up at the sky as her hearing started to blur out anything around her, just listening to her own thoughts and her own self doubt and her own despair.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 30, 2008 17:25:12 GMT -5
Rhyme coughed and wheezed as he tried to lift himself from the ground. His lungs and throat burned from lack of oxygen and his mind swam slightly. Slowly pushing himself up off the ground he shifted to his hands and knees before going into a kneel.
He breathed slowly and deeply to get the wind back in him. In this time he had yet to notice that Suzume was not there. When he finally noticed he cursed loudly and tried to find her. He stood up and on shaky legs tried to look around. He ended up going to the edge of the river before he saw her within it.
He pulled the doll from his pocket and pushed the button on its back. When he did it suddenly began to grow. It increased in size till it was as big as Rhyme was. It was pale in color but appeared to be wearing armor. He threw it into the river upstream and waited for it to catch up with Suzume. When it did he gave his hands a yank and it’s arms reached around her. With it attached he began to try and pull the pair back to shore.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jul 30, 2008 17:53:07 GMT -5
Suzume felt herself being pulled ashore but she didn't do anything to resist it, her eyes simply continued to look upward, "Everything's over..." she whispered under her breath, the expanse of hellish sky above seemed like the only thing at the moment, it wasn't dark red like fire, such a thing would be too beautiful a sight to behold, this sky was a dark swirling mass of nothing, no faint hues hidden about to catch your eye, it was a cold nothingness that seemed to reach further down the longer one's gaze stayed upon it. Suzume stared at it, refusing to blink and with the passing moments it seemed she was becoming sicker and sicker with whatever it was that seeped into her from that river. She shook her head, "Everything's done. I'm in hell and everything's done and over with." she muttered, her fingers skimmed over the surface of the river and she seemed to be sick, or perhaps one of those people who end up being put into a straight jacket. The effects of the river were unescapable and choking. She let silent tears fall from her eyes and roll over her cheeks, sizzling slightly as they mixed with the riverwater. "I'm going to be here forever."
She made no movement to get out of the water once she was dragged to shore, she kept her gaze skyward. The voice of the demon at the table then came quietly into her ear, "You still have to decide..." it reminded her, "Remember our terms- you can't tell them anything." it added finally. Suzume turned her head a tad to the side but still she continued to look straight ahead in a dreary manner.
"Myself..." Suzume whispered so quiet that it'd be a miracle if anyone heard her, her voice cracked half way through the word but the deal was set and done.
"Rhyme! Where's Suzu- me..." Israfel looked towards the water, running now to the shore, scooping the kitsune up into his arms, "What happened?" he asked, his eyes examining Suzume's expression. "Suzume... snap out of it..." he spoke anxiously, though quietly enough so that you could tell he was still listening for a response from Rhyme. Believe it or not... Israfel didn't care so much for Rhyme- he was just necessary for this whole ordeal. He was grateful, sure. But Suzume's safety was top priority right now.
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Post by ±Witchcraft± on Jul 30, 2008 18:35:09 GMT -5
Rhyme heard the faintest of words whispered from Suzume’s lips. He didn’t pay much attention to it though since he figured it was just from the waters effects. He was relieved though since her speaking means that she didn’t drown.
“She fell into the River of Sorrows, I tried to stop before I hit it but my back doesn’t have seatbelts.”
Rhyme narrowed his eyes when he looked at Israfel. He did he get away from Lilith? And how did he get here so fast. He pushed the man away and put himself between ‘Israfel’ and Suzume.
“How do I know you are not some other demon in disguise?” he accused.
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