Flash_Guardian is suddenly jolted awake as thunder rumbles loudly nearby.

Flash_Guardian yawns, dusting himself off and stretching his arms out to his sides. "Unnnnh ... how long was I asleep?" he mumbles to himself.

Flash_Guardian surveys his surroundings ... at least the rain has stopped, but dark clouds still loom overhead, the obvious source of the thunder.

Flash_Guardian looks out in the direction of the scenic hilltop nearby ... he feels the same strange pull as the day before, gazing at it curiously.

Flash_Guardian shakes his head, squinting off into the distance. He rises to his feet to get a better look at the distant cliffside.

little_half~breed_kodora shewakes up in the tree, her hair a rather big puffy mess. she lets ut a small tiger like yawngiving a bit of a cubbish roar. she seemned to be calmer and also seems to have put the past day behind her.

Flash_Guardian hears his stomach grumble. He grimaces, looking down at himself with a groan. "Oh yeah, breakfast." Sighing, he leans himself up against the tree, digging through his pouch for some rations.

Blank wanders into the area, his hands stuffed into his pockets, trying to find something in the depths of them. "Where is that insta-cloth cleaner wand?" he muttered.

Flash_Guardian hears a familiar voice as he pulls a fistful of something from his pouch. And was that a young hanyou yawning? Alerted to the fact that he is not alone, he grins at Kodora and Blank. "Oh! Hi."

[Blank] "Yo." Blank waves breifly to Flash as he continued to walk towards Flash and rummaging through his pockets for the wand.

little_half~breed_kodora she sighed and then, taking a breath through hernose, she could smell the scent of Flash. she smiled happily and began to race towards him, soon landing on his head in a sitting position, crosslegged. " hey flash" she said softly.

Xoie_Aura looks around the hill lightly sniffing the air she sat down on the grass and started to lick her hand as she had nothing else to do there was a slave collar around her neck and a chain that layed down on the ground behind her her tail moaved from side to side she had on a white colored dress wich the slavers put on her and she excaped with it on she didnt seem to have much care in the world

Flash_Guardian opens his hand and stares at the food blandly. "Nuts and dried berries ... yum," he says unenthusiastically. He is about to pop the whole fistful in his mouth when suddenly he is landed on, falling forward with his head in the dirt, his rations spilling all over the ground. Flash is not lying on his stomach with a Kodora on his head. A muffled voice growls and gripes, "Why ih ih allays eh ead?"

Blank pulls out the wand, flicks the wand about then points it towards his shirt. The little coffee spots seem to be sucked right off of his shirt like a vaccum cleaner would suck up dust bunnies. The rogue put away the wand then glance towards Flash... who was on the ground. "... What are you doing... and what is that strange growth on your head?"

Jak_Tyrine walk onto the hills, he wonder who was about

Xoie_Aura moved abit to get more comfy on the grass she was sitting down on her legs so she just felt the grass under her legs the chain that was behind her looked as if it was very heavy on her but she was ignoring it that is why it did not bother her one bit

Jak_Tyrine sees someone sitting on a hill, it seemed of a nice enough place so he went there

Flash_Guardian holds up a hand, face still in the dirt with the cat-girl on top of him. "Horora," he says, pointing to her.

Blank pondered asking him about what he just said... though the cat-girl might try to kill him afterwards for his misinterperitation of his comrade. "I see."

Xoie_Aura gets up off the grass seeing Flash and the girl ontop of him she walked toward them her tail swaying as she walked and the chain dragging behind her she looked at flash who had his face in the dirt she spoke to him in a ever so sweet but sarcastic voice "oh i see humans like eating dirt"

little_half~breed_kodora she puts her faece onto his, , she would look upside down to him, since her eyes were looking into his, from the opposite direction [is that makes sence]. she sighed sadly " i miss him" she said softly

[Flash_Guardian] ((Actually, that post made little sense to me. Wanna try it again?))

[Xoie_Aura] )(you can if you like im still trying to figure it out)(

Blank glances to Xoie and quirked a brow. "Do you know him too?" he points to Flash.

Xoie_Aura looks at blank "why would i know someone that eats dirt?"

Flash_Guardian grumbles in frustration.

[Blank] "He's not eating dirt... the cat girl shoved his face into the ground." He shrugs to Xoie.

[little_half~breed_kodora] [ umm her eyes are alinged wit hhis, her her chin is not inline with his chin. like two piece of paper slightly over lapping?]

[Flash_Guardian] ((No, what I would like to know is how Kodora is putting her face up against Flash's when Flash's face is to the ground?))

Xoie_Aura looks at Little smiling "oh that changes things i guess he isnt" she walks bak over to him the chain behind her making metalic sounds as she moved she looked down at him

[Xoie_Aura] )(thats what i find strange)(

[Flash_Guardian] ((hold on, easy solution.))

Blank turns his attention to Kodora. "Hey... get off him. I have low tolerance for antics tonight... I just had to play hero a while ago. I'd prefure to not play villian either."

Flash_Guardian suddenly puffs out of existence with a noisy poof ... Kodora falls lightly to the ground. A few moments later, Flash reappears seated with his back to the tree nearby, arms crossed and glaring playfully at Kodora. He spits some dirt out of his mouth, then speaks flatly. "You owe me some nuts and dried berries," he tells Kodora.

Blank sweatdrops at Flash. He shakes his head at the guardian and reaches into his pockets once more to pull out a packet of iron rations and tosses it to the monk. "Eat up." He glances to Kodora with a slightly irritated look on.

Xoie_Aura takes out a apple from her dresss pocket and throws it at Flash she left a few scratch marks in it from her claws but watched as it headed for flash

Xoie_Aura "fetch boy"

Flash_Guardian looks very grateful as he tears into the package. "Thanks," he tells Blank. THen, without looking away from Blank at all, his hand whips up quickly to catch the hurled apple. He then looks over at Xoie. "And thank you," he says politely, taking a bite and chewing. With his mouth full, he turns back to Blank. "Blank, I'd like you to meet Kodora. Kodora, this is my friend Blank."

Blank nods to Kodora... that's all. He wasn't in a great mood, can you blame him? He just had to deal with a god slayer. He glances to the new arrival, aka Xoie. "And you are?"

Xoie_Aura sits back down on the ground and resumes licking her hand lightly she looks at blank "what buisness is it of yours my name is Xoie"

Flash_Guardian swallows his bit of apple, once more glancing to that same cliff off in the distance, gazing at it as one gazes at some words that are too far away to read.

little_half~breed_kodora shesighed softly and snuggled up to flash,not saying a word or even looking at the other people. she hated most people, even the ones she had never met. she wasn't really goood around people. she just purred softly and she nuzzled flash.

[Blank] "... Just wondering." He didn't comment how she worded her sentence and just looked back to Flash. "So what are you doing out here Flash?"

Xoie_Aura gets up and then walks off with out glancing back draging the chain behind her

Flash_Guardian snaps to attention at Kodora's nuzzling, grinning down at her and giving her a hug. "Feeling a bit better now, are we?" he asks her, then looks up at Flash. "Well, I've been out here walking for a while now ... started yesterday, and I just can't seem to stop yet," he informs Blank, glancing once more at the rocky outcropping in the distance.

[Blank] "Doesn't sound too exciting... aren't you supposed to be doing something else more important?" He quirks a brow curiously.

Flash_Guardian narrows his eyes, still gazing off into the distance ominously. "Yes ... and that's what I'm wondering ..."

Blank sighs and sweatdrops. "Hmph... at least I've been semi-productive."

Flash_Guardian grins, looking back at Blank. "Really? What have you been up to, then?" he asks interestedly, giving Kodora's cheek a scratch.

[Blank] "I've been doing undercover work. I had to put off all my projects for a while. Namely project: 'Utopia', 'Reig', and 'Chaos' to work on prepairing." He shrugs.

[little_half~breed_kodora] " doign what flash?" she looks up at him, her ears folded back, in sadness, but she wouldn't try to let flahs see her, atleast not in her face

little_half~breed_kodora she purred conetently as he scritched her cheek. she nuzzled into his hand a bit, pressing harder slihgtly tryingto make him scritch more

Flash_Guardian eats more of his apple hungrily as he listens to Blank. Swallowing, he looks to Kodora. "I've been walking ... and not much else," he replies to her, turning to look up at Blank jealously. "Lucky. Wish I knew just what I'm supposed to be doing here," he says gloomily, then shooting Blank a knowing glance. "You know how Chen is," he says, smirking, then puffing up and straightening his posture in his best impression. In a stuffy, drawn out voice he says, "You will know when the time is right." Then he slumps again, shaking his head and digging into Kodora's cheek a bit more forcefully.

[Blank] "That is why I don't like Chen sometimes. I asked him when I'd recieve those coffee beans from Ravenloft, he told me the same exsact responce. I think he just enjoys toying with us." He sweatdrops again and grimaces. "I don't know Flash, my undercover work is pretty difficult. I have to go as far as chaing my own form into the most unlikely of things."

Flash_Guardian looks back at Blank with a sympathetic expression. "You actually ordered coffee from Ravenloft?" he asks. "Yeah, good luck seeing that any time soon." He chuckles, then becomes a bit more serious, finishing the last two bites of his apple and throwing the core aside, pocketing the iron rations for later. "What exactly is it you need to become?"

Blank shrugs. "Hey, I heard they grow good coffee in Ravenloft." He grins weakly. "Half-orcs, goblins, fleas, dragons, golems... and the others are my trade secrets."

little_half~breed_kodora she purred louder, her ears perking up , relaxing a bit " thanks flash" she said softly, and without realizing, t hatsthe first time she had actually sai thank you.

Flash_Guardian blinks in surprise. "Wow ... sounds like some training that one of my mentors put me through once," he says remeniscently. "And please tell me you ordered the gypsy coffee, that's the good stuff." He grins and nods, looking back to Kodora. "You're welcome," he says politely.

[Blank] "Yep... though I don't think Ravenloft wants me to have it. Damn sentiant realm." He grumbles.

Flash_Guardian smirks at Blank. "Don't worry, I'm sure Ravenloft feels your pain ... and is thoroughly enjoying it, too." He chuckles and shakes his head. "Anyway, I think I'm ready to resume my walk," he says, stretching his arms to his sides. "Don't suppose you'd mind giving me some company? It isn't far," he offers politely ... though there is a hint of nervousness in his voice that says he really would prefer having some others with him for his walk.

little_half~breed_kodora she followed after flash when he started to walk " i'll come with you flash" she said softly.

[Blank] "Sure I suppose. I'm on break for now." He shrugs and glances to Kodora.

Flash_Guardian grins, bracing his hand against the tree to help him stand. Thunder again rolls in the distance as Flash sets off, walking up the hill towards the rocky cliff that he's been eyeing for so long. As the trio continues, lightning can be seen flashing in the sky above as the storm increases in intensity ...

little_half~breed_kodora she leapt from tree to tree and occasionally walkedalong the ground, side by side with flash. "flash.. why are yo uso sad?" she asked softly. a look of worry for him apon her face.

Blank follows after the the monk, hands stuffed into pockets. The weather didn't seem to concern him.

Flash_Guardian shakes his head, seeming distracted as he looks back to Kodora. "Wha ...? Oh, I'm not sad, I'm just ..." He looks toward their eventual destination. "... just uncertain. I have a weird feeling, that's all." Another rumble of thunder booms overhead as they reach their destination.

Blank continues to follow silently. "Did Chen tell you what the purpose of this was? Save for the conversation bits?"

[Flash_Guardian] The group arrives at the rocky tip of a hill that overlooks the Keep and its surrounding lands. Looking around at the rocky slope, you notice that is is shaped in a peculiar fashion in one place. Where the surrounding rock is coarse, dark brown and jagged, a certain jutting swath of stone sticks out of the surrounding rock face, triangular and flat, slightly more smooth, with an evenly rounded surface, and colored a bit more lightly, with smaller grains of a more greyish substance.

[little_half~breed_kodora] " jester?" she said softly. she didn't want him to be angry like he was. destroying anythign that went in his path. she imidietly turned around, heading for the storm to see if it were jester or just teh weather

[Flash_Guardian] Kodora sees no signs of Jester, and the storm seems quite normal, though a bit too tense for an average lightning storm.

Blank stops and notices the odd stone formation and quirks a brow. "Odd to say at the least." He mutters.

Flash_Guardian shakes his head as he arrives. "Chen hasn't really told me anything ... just that I need to serve as ambassador and emissary to this realm, like always," he informs Blank, shrugging. He spots the strange looking rock formation, glancing at it curiously. "No kidding," he says, putting a hand to his chin and pondering.

[Blank] "Sounds kinda boring..." He mutters. He slowly moves towards the rock formation to further examin it... maybe seeing if it applies to anyting in his feild of experiance.

[Flash_Guardian] There is a brilliant flash of lightning overhead, a bit too close for comfort as it makes everyone's hair stand on end. The thunder is very loud, also. "Whoa! This storm's getting kinda nasty," Flash says with worry. "Maybe we should go someplace a bit more indoors ..."

little_half~breed_kodora she whimpered, a bit more worried ".. this isnt't a normal storm flash, but i can't tell if it's jester or not"

Blank hops slightly from the abnormal weather. He wasn't afraid though no highly concerned, even if he was struck by lighting... he's had worse wounds before. "... Naw, it's nothing." He continues to inch closer.

Flash_Guardian looks up and around at the increasing storm. "I think you're right, Kodora ..."

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Blank] Upon examining the stone, Blank definitely thinks something isn't right about it. Some sort of magical deception is at work ... no, not even entirely magical in nature ... something else ...

Blank scowls lightly at the stone work. His posture showed his uncertainty... but Blank was a stubborn adventurer at heart and would continue forwards cautiously. "Interesting..."

[Flash_Guardian] Lightning suddenly flashes VERY closely overhead in a jagged arc that crosses the sky, so close you feel you can feel the voltage tingling across your skin. Thunder booms immediately, threatening to deafen those whose hearing is unprotected. Strangely, the triangular rock formation seems to react to the nearby lightning, making a crackling noise in an almost electrical fashion. You watch as random sections of the rock seem to shift in color and texture, flickering rapidly between the image of finely grained, dusty brown rock and smooth, light grey metal. This strange effect persists for a few seconds before the rock finally settles back to its normal appearance, a jutting, slightly discolored swath of stone.

Flash_Guardian cries out, leaping away from the stone. "Holy Jeebs!" he says loudly, rubbing his ears and grimacing, staring at the rock nearby.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Blank] Now Blank recognizes what the effect is ... magitek, machina, it goes by many names, all of which mean the same thing: the blending of magic and machine. That's what's generating the illusionary effect.

Blank stops and shudders. His hair starts to stand on end slightly from the massive amounts of electricity in the area. Though the reaction from the lighting in the stone work interested him... dispite the dangers of the situation. "So it reacts to lightning, eh?" He slowly brought his hands in front of him and rubbed them together anxiously. Perhaps he should turn back, perhaps not. He couldn't hear the cries from his friends due to the massive boom from thunder. A little bad weather hasn't stopped Blank yet, why should he be afraid of it now? The rogue pulled his hands away from each other, both begining to rapidly glow with eletrical energy. It didn't seem to harm the spell-caster as it began to accumliate to dangerous levels. With one swift gesture, he brought his hands together once more, gesutring towards the rock formation. A massive bolt of lighting shot from his hands and sailed towards the rock formation.

little_half~breed_kodora she whimpers loudly, clinging to flashes middle " i'm scared" she said softly [ god am i tierd]

Flash_Guardian looks protectively down at Kodora, then stares at Blank as he charges up his spell, nervous. "Uhh, Blank, are you sure that's ..." Too late. Blank's lightning strikes the rock formation, its energy crackling over the entire length of the light stone slab. Reacting to the energy, this time the entire rocky outcropping begins to flash, flicker, and crackle as before, until at last the image of the stone fades away, like a veil being lifted, to reveal the smooth grey metallic surface seen before. Where once there was a swath of discolored stone, now it appears as if some large metallic object is sticking halfway out of the rock here. The object appears to be artificially constructed, though the outer surface is nearly seamless, only marred by a large rectangular indent on the object's side, nearly seven feet tall and four feet across.

Flash_Guardian stares in awe at the large metallic object embedded in the rock before him. "Whoaaah ..." he says under his breath, his eyes slowly moving over the entire surface.

Blank glances back to Flash and shrugs. "Sure it is..." Then he procead to wander forward towards the odd metalic objects. "Got to take a few risks."

Flash_Guardian watches as lightning flashes a couple more times overhead, though nothing even remotely threatening this time. "That thing, whatever it is, looks like it would conduct electricity pretty well," he points out. "And we are rather high up ..."

[Blank] "So what do you suggest?" He says, stopping several feet from the metalic objects looking back to Flash.

Flash_Guardian grits his teeth, looking indecisive. His eyes dart back and forth between Blank, the object, the sky, and Kodora. "Well ... you and I will probably be okay, Blank ... even if we do get hit ... but I dunno about Kodora here." He kneels next to her. "You seem a little freaked out. I can take you someplace safe, if you like," he offers her.

Blank shrugs, while he's talking to Kodora he mutters a few words while he wiggles his fingers. Once he completes the spell he places on palm on his chest, channaling the spell into him. A light blue glow surrounds his figure breifly then faded.

Flash_Guardian nods at Kodora's agreement, taking her hand and looking back to Blank. "I'll be right back," he says. Flash moves his hands in elaborate circular patterns, ending in a violent upward thrust and a tiny flare of yellow luminescence. He sticks his hands into the epicenter of the small speck of light, pushing out against its invisible boundaries until it becomes a swirling circular vortex of respectable size, a maelstrom of yellow and gold energy. Springing off of his powerful legs, Flash hurls himself and Kodora into the portal and disappears.

Blank sighs and sweatdrops. Ah.

Flash_Guardian reappears in a similar manner a few moments later, landing gracefully on the rock face beside Blank as the swirling yellow portal closes behind him once again. "So, what do you make of it?" he asks. ((That was a detection spell of some sort, I take it?))

[Blank] ((Naw, Protection from lightning.)) "It's metal and it's ugly."

Flash_Guardian hrmphs, moving to take a closer look, even to run his hands over the smoothness of the metal. "It seems to be really well constructed, whatever it is ..."

[Blank] "It apparently runs off magic and machinery... Artifice in short. I should sue the bastard who violated my copywrite law."

Flash_Guardian grins at that. "Heh." Thunder again rumbles overhead, sounding a bit more subdued than the last one. He continues to pore over his side of the metal object ... even climbing up on top of it to get a better look. Blank's eyes again alight upon the rectangular indent in the object's side.

Blank wanders over to the strange indentation area and reached up for the light and attempts to press it. It's either A) a death trap or B) a button.

Blank wanderes over to the indentation and inspects it.

[Flash_Guardian] The indentation goes in about an inch, perfectly flat and smooth. There doesn't appear to be a seam anywhere - it's all solid piece construction. Blank does notice, however, some assorted markings: a pattern of numbers, a triangular shaped rune, an ancient symbol with three interlocking triangles, an odd sort of diagram, and what appears to be a long strip of parallel black lines.

Blank tries touching the triad rune... the one representing magic.

[Flash_Guardian] No sooner is the rectangular indent touched than it seems to vanish piece by piece, revealing a smooth metallic corridor that leads deeper into the hillside, its interior rather dark after a short distance. Perhaps this metallic object is much larger than it appears ...

Flash_Guardian crawls over the metal object to see what Blank is up to, just as he opens the 'door.' "Whoa," he says, peering down into the blackness upside-down. "Nice," he says, his voice echoing lightly off the walls of the corridor.

[Blank] "..." Blank wasn't too sure that was a good thing. With a shrug the rogue proceaded forward, though he always kept a wary eye out for traps.

Flash_Guardian hops down off the metal object, following Blank inside. Once things become too dark, he snaps his fingers and his hand slowly lights up, as does the rest of the corridor. The passage is only smoothly metallic for the first ten feet or so ... after that, the walls, floor and ceiling all appear to be plated, with visible seams, as well as the occasional duct, vent, or conduit. "Oh, man ..." Flash mutters, completely taken in by his surroundings. The metallic hallway seems to come to an end at another sort of door, this one with a visible push-lever on its middle.

Blank isn't so distracted as Flash. Perhaps he was amaized by the place and didn't care to express it but he continued on cautiously. Once reaching the door he carefully reaches forward to pull down the lever and open the door and look in curiously.

[Flash_Guardian] Flash's light reveals the interior of the room beyond ... it is large, appearing almost as a place to store and maintain vehicles, or some sort of laboratory. Odd bits of smooth, metallic machinery extend up out of the floor in places. The walls are lined with metal shelves that hold numerous wooden boxes. There is a table in the center of the room with various electronic oddities and instruments, all very futuristic. Another door, similar to the one that just opened, is in the wall on the opposite side of the room.

[Flash_Guardian] The wall to the left contains a massive hangar door, stretching from one wall to the other, and running almost to the ceiling.

Blank slowly wanders into the room and quriks a brow at the odd room. "... Interesting. A hanger and a work place probably." He takes note of the place and continues to the next door and cautiously opens it.

Flash_Guardian whistles low. "This just gets better, doesn't it?" he says, shaking his head and looking around the room curiously.

[Flash_Guardian] The door opens readily, swinging inward to reveal another passage ... though the way is blocked by some sort of translucent light orange field of force. Above the door is a number ... 57.2. There is also a sliding panel in the wall to the left of the door.

[Blank] "Don't get too excited." He warned. "I've been through places like these before. Sometimes they tend to be rigged with unpleasent surprises." He grimaces at the sight of force field. The rogue inspects the pannel and tries to find a way of opening it weither that be tapping it or using tools to rip it out.

[Flash_Guardian] Blank finds that the panel slide up easily, revealing an interesting assembly ... there is a slot in the wall, with metallic contacts at the top and bottom of the slot. It looks like you could place something like a small rod in there ...

Blank never liked security. "Hey, Flash. Do you see any rod like objects in there?" If not, then Blank would more than willing begin testing the rod incert spot for the type of energy or metal it required to gain a responce.

Bida looks around, and sees something strange. . . with an open door. She enters the door, and begins walking slowly. Her pendant is glowing weakly, and her wings are tensed up

Flash_Guardian was already searching about the room, peering in boxes on various shelves. He starts chuckling darkly for some reason, lifting a box up off one of the shelves and showing its contents to Blank. Inside the box are various crystals of different colors and compositions ... all of them seem like they would fit inside the slot. Flash smirks at Blank. "Take your pick."

Blank takes them all for now... assuimg there aren't too many. He looks for an orange looking one or one labled with the number on the door. If he doese find one that matches those descriptions, then he attempts to incert it into the slot.

Aiza catches a slight glimpse of white angel wings walking through a door on a . . . what the hell was that anyway? Ignoring the multiple lacerations on her torso, she followed the wings. Stopping at the door, she sniffed, angel She entered, slowly following.

Flash_Guardian chuckles again, taking another box. "You want these, too?" he offers. Another box full of varying crystals, none of which are labelled. All at once, Flash's amethyst pendant begins to glow a light purple.

[Bida] ((k)) Bida hesitantly reaches towards the lever, then stops and turns her head. Did she hear something? She looked back to the lever, then pushed it.

[Blank] "... Screw this. I'm hacking it." He discards the crystals and begins tampering with the rod device. He seemed too entertained with the situation to notice the pendant.... but he did hear foot steps in the distance. "Hmm?" Blank started with a bit of electricity in hopes to short circit the device and cause it to fail.

Aiza hears a lever moving, and hesitates for a moment. one drop of blood slides down her leg and drops from her bent knee to the floor before she continues

Flash_Guardian notices his pendant glowing, and a smile goes over his face. He quickly sets the box back and looks around eagerly. "She's here?"

[Flash_Guardian] Blank quickly finds that the insert does not operate strictly on electrical energy, as his shocking has little effect.

Aiza stumbles and winces in pain, then shaking her head, she stood up straight, and listened for any sound of the angel.

Blank shrugs. This time he attempts using dispelling magic... if it works or not after he's done he slowly stands and turns towards the hanger area reaching into his pocket with one hand and with the other putting his goggles down over his eyes. "That isn't just my imagination... someone is there." Little lights flickered to life on his goggles... targeting lights and statistics.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Blank] The device seems to run off of some other sort of magical energy or vibration, from what Blank can tell ... a very specific vibration.

Bida looks distastfully at the contents off the room, all of which are unfamiliar to her. She notices her amethyst, and eagerly looks around. Her mouth opens to call out, but she stops herself, smelling blood, and hearing. . . something. Yes, she definitly heard something behind her this time. She walked forwards at a quicker pace.

Aiza sees an open door at the end of the hallway, and enters. Her feet fall softly, barely making a sound. She would find the angel this time.

Flash_Guardian catches sight of Bida, grinning happily. "Be right back," he says quickly to Blank, heading in the direction of the other purple glow. "Bida?" he calls, walking over to her.

Bida turns towards Flash's voice, "Here I am!"

[Blank] "Tich... Yeah, you handle the goons." Blank returns to his work. This time he's going to use sound waves, he will change the frequency of the waves to hopefuly match the vibration of the slot.

Flash_Guardian runs over to Bida, wrapping his arms about her, laughing. "What are you doing here?" he asks delightedly.

[Flash_Guardian] Blank's work seems to have a slightly more tangible effect this time ... the barrier blocking the exit seems to fluctuate as he varies his sonic frequency one way or the other ... the frequency is difficult to match, however, and he can't seem to put his finger on it. Maybe with some sort of measuring device ...

Bida hugs Flash tightly, "Just wandering around." She glances around, then says in a softer tone, "I think Aiza is here."

Blank 's brow twitches. Too much noise... too much distraction. The rogue glances to the field, using his goggles to reconize the frequency of the vibrations then look down to the crystal shards to try to find a matching frequency using it's statistics.

Flash_Guardian is still smiling, but seems more alert now. "Aiza too? Alright." Cheering up, he grins tugging at Bida's hands to lead her across the room toward the door. "Come on, there's someone I'd like you to meet."

Bida smiles and offers no resistance

[Flash_Guardian] Blank's goggles scan the forcefield, revealing what he may have expected ... a frequency of 57.2 is required. Looking back over to the boxes, his goggles quickly go to work trying to pinpoint a match ...

Aiza peeks around a corner and sees her sister in the arms of the avatar. 'where are they going?' she thinks, and follows, keeping as much in the shadows as she can, 'and why was he not upset to hear that I was here?'

Bida asks, "What is this place?"

Flash_Guardian pulls Bida over within sight of his friend. "Blank, I'd like you to meet Bida. Bida, this is Blank," Flash says happily, gesturing with his hands to aid the introduction.

Bida smiles and nods. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Her wings rustle slightly. She dislikes the feel of this. . . She supposed it was a building

Flash_Guardian shrugs at his love. "Not sure ... we just found the place a little while ago, and we're checking it out. Looks like some sort of ..." Flash thinks for the right words. "Massive artifice ... magical machinery, from what we can tell."

[Blank] "Perhaps the colors of the shards match the wave lenght of the vibrations." He muttered to himself. Blank didn't look up from the shards when Flash introduced Bida, he's off somewhere else now. "So if we have a wave lenght with the opposite magnatude then maybe that will destroy the barrier." He mutters to himself again, stairing down at the shards. He adjusts his goggles to follow that pattern instead.

Bida looks around the room, her ears perked up and listening to everything. Her eyes take in the whole of the room, including the many crystals

[Flash_Guardian] Blank's goggles quickly readjust, the readings spiking in one direction before settling down a bit more ... not on this shelf ... not the next one ... the one after that looks promising, though ... top shelf ... second to the right ... bingo! The crystal is highlighted with a dark blue color, indicating the correct one.

Aiza rolls her eyes at the introduction. looking at her leg for the first time, she wipes as much of the blood off as she can, but it is only replaced by more. Leaning closer to the wall by the door they entered, she listened. . .'Majickal Machinery?' Leaning further, she tried to concentrate on healing herself, but she couldn't at the moment. biting back a scream of pain, she stiffened her back to the wall. a small squeak escapes her lips

Bida jumps at the sound as her hand moves to her sword hilt. She edges to the door, and glances out but sees nothing. She looks at Flash

Flash_Guardian also perks up, looking around for the source of the noise. Not seeing anything, he looks back to Bida curiously. "Should we just ask her to come out?"

Blank grimaces. It didn't really follow the pattern of the color scheme but that didn't matter. He activated a simple telekinsis spell to yank the crystal down to him. Once it was in his grasp... he turned around to find himself face to face with Bida and Flash. He had a blank look on his face as he stared at Bida. ... "Party's crashed, the angel is here to bust it up... Operation pwnz." He mutters to himself. With his free hand the rouge quickly reached down into his pocket and whipped out a wand. "Damn it! Angel! Get down Flash! Invoke!" If he is able to pull off such a stunt, from the tip of the wand a massive blob of green goo shot out as though fired from a cannon. If it hits Bida, it will send her flying backward towards the wall and slammed up against to it... but also stuck in the sticky and gooy substance... well assuming it works.

Bida sighs "probably, but. . . She's been wanting to hurt me more and more lately. . . I'm not afraid of her, more afraid of hurting her."

Bida screams and ducks, "HEY!" She draws her sword, and stands to fact Blank, "I'm with Flash!"

Aiza stands up and walks into the room. She laughs when Bida is almost hit by goo.

Aiza claps, "Bravo!"

Flash_Guardian whirls to face Blank, surprised. "Yikes!" He glares at his friend suddenly. "Blank!?" He places his hands on his hips ...then hears clapping and diverts his glare in that direction instead.

Bida looks at Aiza, still tensed, then looks back to Blank. She is unsure which direction she should be watching. . .

Aiza snarls, "What do you want avatar-boy?" More blood dripped down her leg, and she knew it but gave no sign of being hurt.

[Blank] "Damn it! Demon!" :P Smoove Aiza. Blank drops the stone and falls into a kneel, slamming his plam into the metal floor. The floor beneath Aiza would hum softly with the sound of electricity breifly before several metal spikes would shoot out of the ground, trying to stab into her stomach. If she doesn't move then she'll be impaled brutaly.

Bida says, "What happened to you, Aiza?"

Aiza jumps up into the air, and readies an energy blast, aiming it at the one trying to hurt her, "Watch it asshole!"

Bida turns her sword towards Blank, "Leave her alone!"

Flash_Guardian looks down at Aiza's wounds, his face melting into one of concern ... though he knew there was likely nothing he could do to help her. Seeing Blank press the attack, he whirls on his friend, snapping at him. "BLANK!!? Ix-nay on the ighing-fay!"

Aiza almost falls out of the air, she has lost so much blood. . . She makes the energy ball bigger, "you wanna fry, blank-boy?"

[Blank] "What? Why? Angels and demons in the Nexus are Mal class... well 9934f them." He glares back. His wand still ready and his free hand begning to accumliate eletrical energy.

Bida says to Blank, "I'm with Flash, and Aiza is. . . She's with me! What the hell is the Nexus anyway?"

Flash_Guardian moves directly inbetween Blank and the Aiza, looking calmly but sternly at Blank. "Lemme put things into perspective for you in brief," he says shorty. He points to Bida. "She is my love." He points to Aiza. "She is my love's sister."

Aiza does fall, and gets her left calf stabbed by one of the spikes. wincing slightly, she made herself stand, then looked at Bida.

Bida sheathes her sword, then moves around Flash to Aiza, "Are you alright? Let me help you. . . please"

[Flash_Guardian] Suddenly the spikes seem to slowly melt back into the floor of their own accord.

Aiza growls, "Fuck off Angel" but she is in too much pain to move away.

Blank stares blankly at Bida for several moments... considering pulling out the fire ball wand, but resisted his temptation. "The world we live in right now is called the Light Nexus." He explains carefully. He glances at Bida... then Aiza. "She looks like a cabob to me actually." There goes the rogue with his sick humor. "Angel as your S.O.?" He grumbles.

Bida stands beside her sister, rolling her eyes at Blank.

Flash_Guardian chuckles, rubbing the back of his neck with a bemused grin. "Yeah, funny how that happens, eh?" He glances back to Aiza concernedly, then back to Blank, looking a touch more serious. "I realize the situation is complicated ... but I doubt that either of them are dangerous." He then leans closer to whisper something further to Blank.

Blank dispells the eletrical energy and puts away the wand, grumbling. The rogue snatched up the crystal and wandered off to incert it into the slot near the force feild.

Aiza raises an eyebrow, "a cabob? how do I look like a cabob? I could turn you into a cabob right now, boy."

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Blank] "I'd keep your eyes on Aiza a bit more, though. I'm still unsure about her."

[Blank whispers to Flash_Guardian] "Riiight."

Blank didn't answer, he was too busy grumbling.

Bida turns to Aiza, "Don't. You'd be dead before you tried."

[Flash_Guardian] The crystal fits nicely in the slot, and all at once begins to humm and glow. The forcefield shimmers, then wavers, then begins to ripple dangerously until at last with a final 'snap' it shatters, leaving the way open.

Blank glances back breifly before continuing on.

Flash_Guardian grins appreciatively at Blank, clapping a hand on his back. "Nice work. You're just as skilled as I remember."

Blank growls dangerously in responce to the contact. Apparently finding out that Flash's significant other was an angel was a rude awakening... and her sister was a demon. ((I actually should get some sleep now... I've been up too late as it is.))

Flash_Guardian is startled, withdrawing his hand and blinking. "Err ..."

Blank suddenly flickers away from existance. A teleportation spell. Perhaps he just needed some time alone now.

Flash_Guardian stares at the space where Blank was a few moments ago, sighing sadly.

Flash_Guardian shakes his head, confused and disappointed. "Well that didn't go at all like I expected it to ... Blank, the Keep has changed you ..."

Flash_Guardian stands there amidst the machines and electrical components, the doorway now open and leading deeper inside the strange sort of underground place. He snaps out of his worried thoughts, glancing back to Bida. "Well this is an odd place to finally see you again," he says, grinning, turning to face her.

Bida smiles "ditto. What brought you to this place?"

Flash_Guardian gives Bida a half grin, shaking his head. "I just ... sorta ... walked here. If you can believe it," he says, shrugging. "Might be one of those 'destiny' things, I'm thinking," he jests, looking around once more. "Crazy, isn't it? I haven't seen anything like this in ages!"

Flash_Guardian shakes his head. "No, I take that back. I haven't seen anything like this ever."

Bida laughs slightly then sighs and sits against a wall. Aiza took off again, still bleeding. "I wish I knew what was hurting my sister day after day. Each time I see her, She is bleeding in a new place, and she won't let me help."

Flash_Guardian looks back at Bida, his face echoing her concern. "And you say that she's been attacking you more often lately?"

Bida nods. . .then shakes her head, "well, not really attacking. Every once in a while she'll start a fight with me, then take off at high speed, almost as if she was being called. Most of the time, she just follows me, like she's tracking me down. . . hunting me." She looks at Flash, "She has mentioned the name Jade almost every time, but it's just out of context. She'll just say his name."

Bida looks back at the ground, "Jade was her love. That was one of his names anyway. . . I do not know his true name."

Flash_Guardian nods understandingly. "Ahhhh." He then looks at Bida curiously. "You don't think she's ... jealous, do you?"

Bida laughs, "Jealous? I doubt it. She's not the jealous type." She stands and looks into Flash's eyes, "She did know true love, as a demon, to an angel, or an avatar, or something. She killed him. . . For Gaven."

Flash_Guardian nods thoughtfully. "Hmmm. I doubt there's anything that can be done about that. As for her wounds ... I wonder." He looks around, scanning his surroundings one more time. "Hmmm. Out or in?" he asks his love.

Bida smiles, "you lead, I'll follow."

Flash_Guardian glances between the two exits for this room, pondering. After a moment, he walks up to the panel, removes the crystal from it and slides the thing shut. Slowly the forcefield flickers back into being, blocking off the passage once more. He pockets the crystal safely. "I think I'll come back here with some extra help," he says.

Flash_Guardian escorts Bida back out of the structure, making sure to close the doors on the way out. As they emerge back out onto the hilltop, the earlier storm seems to have died away, leaving sparse clouds and wet ground. The metallic object shimmers for a moment, then resumes its prior illusion, blending almost seamlessly with the rest of the rock face. "Guess we won't need to worry about anyone else finding this place," he says with a chuckle.

Bida listens to her feet squish into the ground. She runs one hand over the rock, surprised, "It is a strange majick. I distrust it."

[Flash_Guardian] "Oh!" Flash perks up suddenly. "Before I forget. You remember that one half demon that attacked your sister before? He came and found me the other day."

Bida looks at Flash, "What did he say?!"

Flash_Guardian nods with Bida. "It's ... not something you see very often," he says. "Blank seems to specialize in artifice like this, so it will be good to have him with me when I come back. As for Dante ... that's the half-demon's name," he explains, "he apologized to me for his behavior, and asked that I pass his apologies on to you and your sister. He has also offered us some drinks at the club which he owns," Flash says suspiciously. "Club Hell, he called it." Flash shrugs.

Bida looks at the ground, "hmmm. . . sounds like the kind of place Aiza would go to. She has changed over the last two or three weeks. She's changed drastically."

Flash_Guardian nods. "Freedom can do that to a person." He hops up on top of the illusion covered object and has a seat, offering a hand to help Bida up if she chose to join him.

Bida takes Flash's hand, and sits beside him, leaning her head on his shoulder.