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This covers is beautiful Lilly!!

Hello Blood and Lilly!

How are you two doing?

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Briefly picking up on some of the things Ai says, Dreameater turns his eyes back towards the girl. He doesn't really care much about what's brought up about Judas being tortured, even if some part of him feels uncomfortable thinking about it--he's a Nightmare, why should he care about Judas? He doesn't have a heart...
//... Lamia, huh? That Nightmare that traumatized her turned her into some kind of red demon?// the Nightmare briefly ponders, but drops that pretty quickly, looking back to the human girl beside him. "... Hey, you feeling better?" Dreameater quietly asks, turning more of his attention to Crystal for the moment

Listening in on the conversation, Crystal felt really bad for Judas.. but she felt even worse when she heard what Ethan went on to say. This wasn’t adding up to be a good situation, not that she had thought it would in the first place, and getting a little more of an idea of how dire this was didn’t settle her nervousness about it any. ‘We need to get him out of there..’ Crystal thought while staring at her cup, going back into a spiral of other thoughts as well.

But this time she was better aware of what was going on around her, and when she heard Eater speak she soon looked over at him, “Hm? Oh, yes, I am..” she replies, her voice a little quiet also, “What about you?You were having a hard time a bit earlier too..” she said, thinking back to when he had been talking about the Weaver situation and such and the way it effected him. She got the impression he was doing okay now, but it didn’t hurt to ask either.

Eira shuddered at the dark story that Ethan described. It sounded like a horror story, but what was worse was that it could possibly going to come to life. She thought about his response to her, frowning and hugging her arms. "Will it be too late if we go and try to rescue him? It sounds like, if he is turned and is let loose, there will be mass destruction and harm, which we can't just let happen," she pointed out. "But if he's already turned... Can we even stop him?"

"We can stop him!" Ai yelled as loud as she could, her face slightly scrunched up with determination as she looked up at Eira. "I know we can! We got a thing to save Judas! We just need him here and to beat him TOGETHER!"

"We can do it! I can even help!" Ai pumps her fists determinedly, "Killy always get mad and frustrated with me! I'm a great distraction! He want nothing more than to eat me and Judas be made to watch"

"Then you come in a bop him on the head, while he eated me" Ai slams her fist into her open palm, "And done, done, he out. We take out Killy and win!" she seemed pretty convinced that was how it should go.

"But first! We need get Judas eye back and not me, I'm already here, his eye - eye back" Ai grins, "You gonna help me, right?" she looks up at Catch now with puppy-dog eyes.

Dreamcatcher just stood there as Ai went on about her plans on stopping Omen, right from the start it wasn't flying for him " uhmmn, I don't like the idea of using a child as bait... exactly if this guy is as powerful as these stories "

The Dreamer prince sighed as he took his figures though his red hair, he knew he had to do something, Ai was staring at him with big eyes and well trying to help someone out was the right thing to do, it was mostly he didn't know how to help Judas or Ai for that matter. Catch kneel down, he was at least going to try to explain to the child " I want to help this Judas out, but I think we need more help, I don't know very much about what he can even do or were he at to help him out... I want to help but we need a plan and know more info "

Ethan got up when Catch started to speak to Ai, he then looked to Eira timidly " I-I don't know... the story goes after Omen escaped being held prisoner by the Vaseterm Vanguards he vanished for a couple hundred years... I think it was close to a thousand before he returned as the devil of the night with Soledormir..." this got the wolf boy thinking, if Soledormir could just have Killy take control then why wait? //... because he can't, can he?... Judas put up a fight dosen't he?... is that why whoever doing this is forced him to turn slowly, to break him?// he snapped out of this thought remembering Eira other questions " I-I don't think going up against O-men as the d-evil of the night a good thing.... I say if we can, we should find him and rescue him but it not knowing were he at...or who has him is what worries me more...."

The Phoenix shapeshifter turn to Sparky " I can't speakn of the one at fault however I'm not forbidden to deny what masters Sparky had said "

A hopeful look came over Osiris face seeing the small group wanting to help out " Perhaps there hope for heroes still yet... though I do not doubt master Sparky ability this task will inquire more then what is presented, your foes are many and who leads them is clever... despite this opportunity One should proceed with caution... "

With what he said last a serious expression came to Osiris " Only a few possesses the power possible to reveal his minions...one of which was of a Royal Dreamer blood line... but that Dreamer is no more and this spell has darkness to it, one I know to be of Malice's king of Nightmares "

Fiona was intensely thinking now--as indicated by her face, of course. //...It's gotta be something with Void, then...//
She felt a little happy, hearing Osiris mention heroes. The Elemental gave a big nod in response to the Phoenix's words after that, she definitely knew the other Keyhunters needed to know about this, too.
She also knew they needed to be careful. And safe.

With his last explanation, Fiona's eyes widened a little. The Royal Dreamer blood line and Malice reminded her of what they'd just learned earlier...
"...Faithful...?"
And then she pieced together the rest of what Osiris said. "Wait, /Malice/ did this?! What's Malice doing out there revealing Void's minions with a /dark spell?!/" This all sounded very important. She felt a sudden need to snatch up her new notebook and write this info down--so that's what she did.

While also nearly giving herself whiplash from turning so quickly.

Sparky perks up even more with the hopefulness in Osiris' face, and he crosses his arms. "Well you know, I can't do /everything/ alone! And besides, I don't wanna take all the glory either, it'd be better if everyone else got to be known as heroes, ya know?" he playfully teases, then nods his head and adds, "We gotta be just as clever, then!"

The mouse Fairfin then looks over at his partner who's now back to writing things down in his own notebook, and knowing he's been quiet for a little while now, Sparky asks him, "So bossman, you got a plan?"

Terradream abruptly looks up from his book when Sparky addresses him, glances to Sparky, Fiona, and Osiris, and then back to his Fairfin. "... W-well... We n-need--" Terra starts, then stops himself with only the faintest grimace on his face. "... We need... to get everyone involved, if... If we can," he says, "And... Osiris, do you have a map?"

(Meow~ That just reminds me of Sonic...

Hello! I'm doing good! ^-^ How about you two? :) )

(That good to hear! :D

im doing good! Had to run to the store this morning with my brother, getting stuff ready for Christmas foods.

I still haven't eaten anything today... I should do that)

( I do feel I hit a burn out with Art pictures though x.x

At least I'm in a ref mood, I just have a few pictures I want to do but I can't seem to get myself to draw anything outside of a ref )

(Yes you should eat!! D:< Go! Get! Begone!

But it's good that you're doing good too~ X3

... It doesn't feel like Christmas is this week TwT )

(Ooooh, this a fancy cover~~)

(It very much does not feel like Christmas week x'D

I know yall have already answered, but how is everyooooooone?)

(Ah that does smell, though :/ Look at it on the bright side though, maybe you can use this art burn out to work on or enjoy some other things? :3 I'm sure it'll come back to you eventually~)

(Thank you~

I'm doing good Fade! I'm in a pretty great mood today~ X3 How about you? :D )

(I have consumed it...

Hello Fade! :D

I am much better now that I have food in me x3

I ask how are you doing along with Lilly)

( thankfully burn out and art block don't tend to last long with me anymore, and like I said I still can draw references xD )

( this week going to be super busy for me, we got two to 3 house every day up to Christmas, so many people wanted their house cleaned just before Christmas mom had to start telling the last minute callers were just to full, so I get the feeling this week going to fly with how busy it be )

(Good~ Good~

It's good that you're much better now, Shadow ^-^ And that is true too XD )

(Oh yikes though :s That sounds like it's going to be rough, you hang in there!)

"That's good," Dreameater quietly replies in turn, smirking faintly with the knowledge that hot chocolate did indeed make Crystal feel better. Then he pauses slightly when she turns the same question back to him. "Me? ... Yeah, I'm alright, it's always nicer to be able to focus on others instead of myself. I'll be fine. At the most, I still just need something to eat, but that can wait a little longer..." The Nightmare pauses a moment when Ai yells at the top of her lungs, uses that moment to pick up his mug of hot chocolate and drink more of it, and thinks a little more on what all has happened here. "... Hey," he quietly starts, leaning a little closer to Crystal now with a more serious look on his face, "If you ever feel threatened by Hiiro, or just feel threatened in general... You come find me, alright? I'd do my best to protect you."

(Boop!)

(References are still art! Don't be so dismissive)

( at least it not like the old days were we try to fit 4 to 6 house in one day, are work days started at 5 to 6am in the morning and we didn't get done until 7pm... those were long days around the holidays, I used to dread Thanksgiving and Christmas but now it not to bad, still long but no were as long as before )

(... Thinking about it more, as someone who understands the feeling of "references aren't real art" but who has been told the opposite many times, I feel your pain Shadow, but I agree with Blood, your refs are still art, and they're pretty to look at too~ 'X3

Yikes, those are some ridiculous work hours, I'm glad it won't be that bad, at least ;~; )

Crystal nodded when Eater answered the question also, “I’m glad you’re better too.. I happen to feel the same, sometimes it’s just easier to help others than yourself. But, make sure to eat, waiting too long won’t do you any good..”

When Ai started to holler, Crystal glanced in that direction, thinking on what she heard and watching what was going on.

She felt as the Nightmare leaned closer though, and looked back over to him when he spoke. Crystal watched him talk, at first a little taken aback by what was said, but soon a small gentle smile took over her expression and she nodded again, “Okay, I’ll keep that in mind.. thank you,” she responded softly. Truth be told, yes, Hiiro did scare her quite a bit, and right now she didn’t know if she could face him, but a large part of her wished she understood his side of things better..

(Heyo Galaxy! :3 How're you doing today?)

(Hiya, I'm doing okay, had kind of a rough morning, but feeling better for now. And, I'm about to make some cookies~ xP)

(Glad to hear most of you are doing well! I'm sorry things were rough this morning, Galaxy, and burnout for you Shadow... :'/ I'm praying for you guys! Hopefully this can be a nice way for everyone to unwind today x)

Osiris ears perked up when Fiona mention the prince's name " indeed "

He then looked to the tablet and nodded " that device is capable of protecting a map of the city, and much more but I can also retrieve a physical asset " the Phoenix shapeshifter leaves for just a moment turning the corner and then coming back just as quick holding both a book and a roll " these are both up to date sir Terra " he hands them out to for the Ghost and Elemental

But in instead of of leaving it like that Osiris bring something else up that goes along with what Fiona has asked Last but he was waiting on replying until now " however I know of this location and I can't not help but find it location of this attack very odd, more curious than anything... if I were to guess this wasn't an attempt on the people of the city as it location is on the border of the city, not at its heart, for if this spell was cast within the heart many would have been killed and the barrier to this Palace would be destroyed and all inside would be in great danger "

( Hi Galaxy! That really smells about your morning:(
I hope the rest of your day a good one :)
You have fun making cookies! )

(Aww, it smells that you had a rough morning, I hope the rest of the day can be nice for ya :3 Cookies are always great X3 What kind are you gonna make?)

( I hope so to Fade! I'm looking forward to today and just having someone fun x3 )

(*Throws self through the wall after throwing stars at everything* Helloooooo!

/I have things to catch up on./
Like Blood and Lilly said, references are still art! I'm glad your hours aren't as bad as before, but you still hang in there Shadow!

And I'm sorry to hear you didn't have the greatest morning, Galaxy! It's good you've got some fun stuff to do now, though.

I hope both of you can get some good time to relax, and I'll be praying for you guys, too!)

(Heyo Fluffy! Good to see you too~ :D )

(How're youuuu?)

(I'm doing alright!
There's a leaf in my soup.

...Also, this cover is super pretty. X3)

(Oooh cookies are good! :3

Hi Fluffy! And Galaxy and Lilly and Shadow and Blood! Darn, we gotta board up that broken wall again...)

(There's a leaf in your soup? You're not eating someone's disguise, are you? D:

Thank you~ X3 )

(alSO, I'm glad to hear you're doing good--according to what was written earlier! :>)

(FLUFFY!!! hello xD )

(No, I'm pretty sure it's a spinach leaf.

...Unless if that was someone's disguise...

...I don't think I'm gonna eat it either way though, it's kinda tough. XD)

(The wall has been broke

but at least it's not the window.

And I agree! Cookies are good. -w-)

(Ah, thanks everyone <3 I hope the day is good for all of us too. :)

Now, as far as the cookies, they're just simple Christmas sugar cookies. We make a bunch every year to have around for the holidays, and usually we've made them already but things haven't gone to plan at all this season, so I'm only now getting to it. But better late than never they say XD

Leaf Soup~)

(Hahaha, that sounds good Fluffy X'D

Ooooh sugar cookies! I love sugar cookies~ It's definitely better late than never -w- )

Fiona was busy taking notes on questions and what had just been confirmed to all of them. However, her attention was suddenly caught by Sparky and Terra's conversation. "/Bossman./" She repeated in an intrigued whisper.

Then she turned to Osiris as he explained a few things... Wonder struck her as she imagined the tablet in her other hand revealing to them a map of the city--how could it do that?
Regardless, she was still happy to accept the book and scroll from Osiris as well, even with her full hands. She practically flung her pencil to free up her hand and accept the book, at least.

The Elemental just listened to Phoenix's explanation after that, a surprised look appearing on her face. "...Well... It's great it's not /there/ then! If he's... Not trying to attack people... That's good too, I guess?
Is he actually just going after Void's shadow-things, then...?"

(I gotta go for a while! Be back later!)

(See you Lilly!)

( I been working on Faye and Sol thing

I don't like Sol )

(It almost done, I been slow because I don't like Sol )

(Oooh!

Completely understandable, though.)

Eira took a seat and watched as everyone talked and discussed, fidgeting with her fingers as she listened to Ethan respond. She frowned in thought. She had never been particularly familiar with Judas, having rarely interacted with him ever since he joined their travels, but she knew that there wer epoints where he was sweet and trusting, and other times where the darkness inside of him had thrown him out of control and he did some real damage. But she couldn't judge him, because she was the exact same. //Maybe not thousands of years old, though...// Regardless, it didn't feel right to just forget about Judas after all he'd helped them with. He was a good guy, fighting darkness, like all of them.

The shiftress ganced up at the wolf boy. "Well... Where's a likely place that villains and monsters would hide? Somewhere dark, at least..."

(Ooooo~ Sol is big bad >:/ )

"I'm not a normal child" Ai says once Catch is lower to her, "I'm a freak, a weapon made to kill, why you think Eefan and Eater are scaredy of me? My touch kills" she puts her little gloved hand on Catch's chest. "You felt it, you felt the bad touch before, I'm not a child, I'm a weapon. Or a freak, depend on who look at me"

"He got the same bad touch as me, Judas does, but if he come here as big red demon, his touch kill you quickly" Ai moves closer to Catch and starts whispering in his ear, describing to him what Judas described to her and Blue, about what his Red Demon form really looked like.

She then leaned back when she finished, "He also got a family the size of a mountain" she wasn't quite saying familiar right, but she tapped her own guardian stones for emphasis.

"Sounds like a good plan," Sparky cheers, nodding his head, but he smirks when he hears Fiona repeat what he said. As Osiris leaves, he winks at her, does finger guns and whispers back, "Bossmaaaaaaaannn...!"

Terradream rolls his eyes slightly at his Fairfin, and doesn't say anything while he waits. He simply nods his head in thanks to Osiris when the butler comes back with the maps, and sets his pencil down before accepting the scroll with his ribbon. Terra quickly uses both of his ribbons to unfurl it before him, and he studies it for a moment before holding it out more flatly for anyone to see. //He said it was on the outskirts of the city... On the border...// the ghost thinks to himself, then hesitates a moment--he knows Fiona just asked a question to Osiris, but there's something obvious he wants to know, as well. "... Osiris, d-... do you know where exactly this t-took place? Can you sh-show us on the map?"

"I know what he make me if I join him..." Faithful Dreamer replied there was a hint of sadness and anxiety in his tone.

The Dreamer prince look to the Gorgeon " you of all people should know appearance does not reflect what inside a person, they could be beautiful from outward but ugly on the inside "

Soledormir smirked and lend to one side of his throne, his eyes cut over to his hidden company

At this, Gorgeon stops and throws his head back, laughing like a mad kookaburra. "Uuuglllyyyyyy??? Are you saying I'm UGLLLYYY???" the Venatavis king asks, sounding rather absurd, "Noooooo~ I'm a pretty birdy~ I'm beautiful on all sides~ I'm pretty, I'm gorgeous, I'm breathtaking~!" He bobs his head once, then twice, then three times--then a fourth, and shakes his head as he gets on all fours, starting to walk in slow circles around the Dreamer Prince. He takes long, exaggerated steps, holds his head high, and flicks his wings and train of feathers as he praises himself, saying, "I am King Gorgeon, the most beautiful creature who has ever lived! All others are inferior to me, and they all look upon me and despair, for they are /all/ hideous compared to me~! My pinions outshine heaven itself, my eyes shine fairer than any precious gemstone, my golden scales are of more value than any amount of real gold~ There has never been any dragon before me that's even come /close/ to my beauty, there will never ever come another dragon after me that will surpass my magnificence, and my beauty will never fade, because my Lord Soledormir would never let me die, with his protection I will stay beautiful forever and ever~"

Soledormir had placed one paw under his chin as he leaned against it with his elbow on the arm rest of his throne, Amusement danced in his blood red eyes as Gorgeon pridefully posted about his Beauty, his eyes drifted over towards a blacken spot in the Shadows, to others they could not see what hid them them but Soledormir knew who was watching and listening...

Faye again took noticed of Soledormir getting distracted but this time the Dreamer prince knew who it was, and that was Azamuku..." aha...I see what you're doing " he again ignored the insane King " here I thought I came to play a game for men and yet here you are playing a child game?" He shrug his shoulders " as entertaining as you may find this, he not worth my time " though the prince did not speak to Void directly, it was him he was referring to not Gorgeon

The Venatavis king was about to continue his prideful boasting, but he stopped when Faithful started making comments again. "... Mmm...?" he turns to look up at Soledormir, then abruptly swings back around with a loud gasp. "Are you INSULTING him?!?!" Gorgeon screeches, ruffling his iridescent feathers in offense.

With this Soledormir smirked and reply to the Dreamer prince" oh come now Faye~ we both know your not here to spoil my fun~" a sinister gleam was in his red eyes.
" Gorgeon, you may take your leave " The Chaos king waved a paw dismissively to the Venatavis king " oh, Gorgy mind the Shadows, I would hate for anything to happen to my \beautiful\ prize~ "

Gorgeon huffs once more at Faithful before turning his head up to Soledormir, then relaxes, and bows low to his King. "Of course, Lord Soledormir~" he coos in reply, then stands up proudly, "But what could some tiny little shadows do to me? They're just shadows, they can't do even half of what you can~"

As he goes to turn and leave, the Venatavis King stops one last time beside Faithful Dreamer and bobs his head one more time. "Well Faye, for how snotty and disrespectful you are, I'm certain my Lord will make you into something hideous~" he smugly remarks, "And while you're being tortured and disfigured like your poor little brother, /I will be right here,/ being Soledormir's pretty birdy~ The prettiest birdy of them all~"

Faithful Dreamer nodded his head with a sad but kind small smile on his face " I known by coming here my fate would be set in stone...however I do hold hope that the truth of sins will finally be resolved..." the Dreamer prince slowly reached out his hand out to touch his friend " I want you to know that this will not last forever my friend... you too will be free, just look for the dawn of the new star... " Faithful Dreamer patted the plumes of Gorgeon, when he removed his hand from Venatavis king it quivered slightly, he put his arm back to his side to were the white Cape hid it.

Soledormir leaned forward as Faithful spoke, his eyes bore into the Dreamer prince as if he was holding a weapon at him, watching him closely... when Faye was done the Chaos king leaned back into his Thrown and let out a small chuckle " come now Faye the dead can't come back to life Faye, even you know that... one might be living~ but that doesn't mean one is alive..."

Soledormir then turned his attention to his pet "don't worry about this here petty creature, I will see to it personally that Faithful gets the best that I can offer him~ oh yes~ after im done with him, I'll make sure everyone will recognize him but he will not be the same~ "

The Venatavis King stops when Faithful rests his hand upon him, and stares at the Dreamer Prince with wide eyes and one eyebrow raised. But, instead of showing any sign of remorse, any glimmer of redemption, or even making any kind of comment in reply...
Gorgeon starts laughing. Sounding like a mad kookaburra, he throws his head back and laughs maniacally, brushing off his feathers with one of his clawed hands as he turns back and continues walking off. He only stops a moment when Soledormir addresses him again, then laughs even harder, not stopping even after he's left the room and is out of sight...

Faithful Dreamer just stood there looking down as his old friend walked away laughing insanely, he stood there quietly until Gorgeon could not be heard anymore.

" I hope you had gotten some entertainment from this because your reign will soon come to an end Soledormir" Faithful Dreamer looked up at the Chaos king as he continued " your toys will be set free and be people once more, not tools for your demented entertainment"

Soledormir smirked " oh yes I did Faye~ oh yes I did..." he got off this throne, his foot steps sounded like Thunder as he draw closer to the Dreamer prince " because your words are nothing but a mask, you're scared~... " he circled Faithful and brought his large head down and next beside the Prince as he cooed "you Fear the future Faye~...you know what coming~ "

Faye didn't say anything at the moment, a sober look was on his face for he knew, he knew Soledormir plan but he had hope, hope in the other kings and the plans that the /order of 4 /had made " I may not be the one to stop you Soledormir but the Kings will "

Sol gave an amused Huff " Oh no they won't " he finished his Circle and started back to his throne " they won't because I have you now... oh they /might/ be able to summon enough to lock me away but not truly defeat me and I already have my own plans Faye~ "

" that too will Fail Soledormir " Faithful Dreamer replied boldly
The Chaos king stopped and perked his ears up " oh really? And how exactly do you /imagine/ that happening?"
Soledormir sat back on his throne, he placed his elbow back on the arm rest and learned on it again as he asked " so tell me Faithful Dreamer, when all the realms forget who the kings even are, when they forget who /you/ are, who do you think will stop me?" He then glanced over at Blue and Victoria " I can assure you it will not be your so called key hunters~ oh I will take them to Faye... " he looked back to Faithful " I'll keep quiet they won't even know I'm here, they won't suspect a thing, they won't see me in the mirror, But I will creep into there hearts...I will hurt them from inside with cobwebs and the lies...I'm gonna make them suffer..."

A look of surprise came to Faithful face when the key hunters were brought up, it flashy with worry as the Chaos king mock them, but he quickly pulled it together. Faye folded his arms and snapped back " I know you got a mountain of a form but that load of crap you just dumped is bigger then even that form"

The Dreamer prince took a step forward keeping his eyes on Soledormir " I know you will go at the kings with everything you have, you will do all that you can to destroy them and of course you know about key hunters, Judas is your spy, the greatest Vaseterm to be able to see since the days you /blinded/ the Vaseterm so im not that surprised " he counted to walk closer to the black throne " I have no doubts that you will even come at the key hunters with all that you got, you would be a fool if you didn't because with what /I/ know, your the who is afraid and you should be"

Faithful Dreamer stop just in front of Chaos king and boldly said " Because your nothing, your no king, your just a pawn in this game Soledormir " a smirk can to the Dreamer prince lips " or should I call you by your real name?"

With that Soledormir lunged off his throne, his large forearms slammed on both sides of the floor next to Faithful as the Chaos king loomed sinister over him, Doomardsod and the Heart of the Abyss step out from their shadows, ready for their master's orders...

"I should KILL YOU!" Soledormir voice boomed

Faye didn't flinch but he did Squints his eyes from the hot wind and moisture coming from dragon mouth, he casually took his arm and wiped his face before speaking " no, no you won't, not with what I know... the game wouldn't be fun that way wouldn't it?" He looked straight up into Soledormir eyes as he said " now let's talk about why im here, you will release my brother for the Exchange of my life, Only on the condition that I over see the contract written for Malice.
"You will do this Soledormir, we both know you won't kill me, not with what I know, your bound to it, so let's make a deal " Faithful spoke sternly as his appearance glowed, his hair turned white as golden wings came from his back, a tail soon followed " remember Soledormir we have audience... it be a shame on your half if they learn more wouldn't it? That would spoil your fun"

With that Soledormir snapped his head toward Blue, a pure rage was on his face as roared. He had forgotten and now he was tick off, Chaos energy burst from Soledormir, Blue would have felt excruciating pain leading up to his horns, Soledormir was not playing with Blue like he done in the past, he was trying to kill him...

Faithful took his own actions, He was a prince of Dreams casting his spell to counter Soledormirs at least enough to let the on looker Escape Soledormir Wrath, a radiant light burst forth as an arrangement of constellations formed within the room, things that were unseen from the Shadows were now illuminated by light, they coward and tried to hide from it.

The vision was shattered, a pulse of energy surged through the Sanctum, magic pop and spark, there was dark, long, black and red gashes cut into the wall's ceilings and Floors...

Qui had been taking mental note the entire time with them when suddenly things got heated, she knew Soledormir was going after her mate " Blue!" She called across the room.

The wolf boy took a sit across from Eira and signed " t-hat's are problem... we know of hundreds of dark worlds but can rarely go investigate them... e-ven you should know going to a d-ark world is ins-sane... " he started to fidget with the feathers on his wing " we have g-otten some Intel, Isaac a red demon who helps us out with maps and information on dark creatures and what going on in different worlds...he been getting other red demons to help out to, Saya, e-ven though she completely n-uts has given us very useful and accurate information before... I can ask Blue about getting a message out to see if they can find anything "

Ethan then looked up to Eira, she was a key hunters after all and from what he heard most were shadows hunters " unless you know were we could start? "

Blue wasn't much interested in the interactions with Gorgeon, he was waiting for something better to happen, something more interesting, that would really grasp his attention.

And it wasn't much longer before that happened, //I mean... what chance to the key hunters stand? As far as I've seen, none come to the brilliance of Faithful and they're so disorganized// he felt worry creep into his heart, //If we can't get them to work together to free Judas, how in the moons will they stop Soledormir?// he felt a slight sense of hopelessness and dread.

He dug his fists into the floor as he leaned forward with interest, //Soledormir isn't his real name?// he looked between the Chaos King and Faithful, //Just how much do we not know? And how did Faithful figure it out?// he worked in jaw with frustration, //One puzzle after another, my head's gonna explode at this rate//

A look of terror washed over Blue when Soledormir looked in his direction, he already knew what Soledormir could do with visions. At least he had a taste of it before, but nothing compared to now...

The young royal screamed in agony, full on screamed, as the most intense pain he'd ever felt, shot up through his head and into his horns. His mind quickly numbing from the pain and shock, even more so when a few of the gems on his horns quickly popped.

Blue fell backwards as he lost consciousness for the moment. Silverblood welled up from the places where the gemstones had popped, running down his horns, into his hair and onto the floor. He lay there, unmoving for the moment.

Dreamcatcher slowly nodded his head, he wasn't going to say it and do his best not to show it but what Ai just told him more then kinda creepy him out, never before had he had a child just tell him that they were a weapon meant to kill people, it wasn't just that but how Casual she was and even how she touched him //... y-eah your definitely not normal...// he remembered feeling her bare hands, and though Ai was creepy him out more and more, he was wondering if she was this way because of her ability, maybe she had something like Judas? Or just the life she lived, he wasn't sure, he didn't know her that well but one thing he could tell was her emotions were all over the place but that he could understand, she was Desperate and any hope she grabbed onto

The Dreamer prince put aside his thoughts for a moment, he listened quietly and patiently to the little girl//.. moons... is that even possible?...// he hope it wasn't but with the Vaseterm it didn't want to doubt it ether.

Catch tipped his head when she said 'family's but it clicked when she tapes chest " oh, a familiar? Blue said Royal Vaseterm have those...Dreamer have something similar called kindred but, I never heard one been the size of a mountain before..." he took his hand though his red hair as that though sinks in // just what in the moons are we even up against? This guy doesn't even sound real, more like some over the top fantasy character//

Catch wanted to know more. It wasn't that he didn't trust Ai, she was a child he didn't know much about, and what he did , was that she was troubled by many things, he would ask someone about Judas when he could get the chance, he was already thinking about Blue but first he had someone else who he needed to talk to.

Catch took Ai hand, even though she just talk about them being able to kill people " Ai, I know you're tough can hurt people, but just because it can dosen't mean you have to, you do have a choice don't you? "

Ai bounced on her heels, "It different, a royal like my Daddy has one, but high royal got 2 or 3 families!"

She looked at her hand as Catch took it, his question ringing in her mind, she stared wide eyed for a few moments, and then in clicked! Her eyes lit up bright as she looked into Catch's eyes.

"That's what it means to be free!" Ai squealed now that she understood, "Judas doesn't have a choice! He have to hurt people, because he not free and because he got Killy!" she pats the top of Catch's hand with her free hand, "I got a choice, Judas need that choice"

She kept gazing into Catch's eyes, "I want help free my brother, I'm gonna help him this time, so don't leave me behind, please? He always save me, I want save him now"

Victoria was just sitting there in an shocked like state, so much had just happened, so much just got said and revealed, she didn't have time to take it in, that Faithful knew, he knew about Malice before anyone else, she was so lost what happened that it wasn't until she heard Qui voice that she snapped back into reality " B-blue?" She looked around and very quickly noticed the young Royal on floor "Blue! " she got up and went to him, she was much closer then Qui.

Qui shook the beads on her belt, they glow to illuminate the area around her as she ran, her heart stopped seen Blue in the Queens arms, she ran and slide to a stop Crouch, the brown hair woman was in a panic putting her hands on her mates face and chest " B-lue! Blue! Talk to me Blue darn it! "

" Qui, listen to me, he lost some gemstones, you need to heal him as I get the kit" Victoria gently let Qui get to were she could support Blue's head, she then got up and rushed to her table on the edge of the room

Qui was trying to fight back tears but was failing " don't you die on me Blue " she took some of her beets and crush them in her hand, she placed that hand on the young Royal chase and started to cast her healing spell

"No problem," Dreameater quietly remarks, smiling faintly again as he leans back in his chair with his hot chocolate. The Nightmare gets quiet again and tries to pick up on the other conversations around, he isn't sure what Ai is whispering to Catch, but he can feel how unnerved and creeped out the Dreamer Prince is, which makes him uncomfortable too. //... She is a kid, but she's a weird one at that, I hope she doesn't know Catch has a Light Eater in him too... She thought it'd be fun to rip me out of my frame that one time, I don't know if Catch would survive that... Mmmmm..//

The Nightmare then sighs and looks off to the side, thinking back to Crystal's warning. "... Yeah, I know, I know... Maybe if things calm down a little more in here, I'll see about getting something for breakfast..." Dreameater says to Crystal.
Then he tries to listen in a bit more on what Eira and Ethan are talking about, the plans the two of them are discussing, and that paired with everything else gets him thinking more. After another pause, he glances back to Crystal and casually asks, "Got any plans for today?"

Blue's eyes flickered as he was lost in between consciousness and unconsciousness. Any noise around him was white noise, all he could feel was pain, sheer agony, inbetween his bouts of blacking out. //Make it stop.... Please, make it stop.... It hurts so much//

Osiris look to Fiona when she asked her question but didn't reply right away, he could kill two birds with one stone.

The Phoenix shapeshifter step closer to Terra and the map he had out, he lean down and pointed at an area acrost the city from were they were at " from the reports it is in this District, Tomahawk: north part of the city... very interesting location indeed, as you can tell, it is an older part of the city, there many areas that are left abandoned, however some large corporations have bought out some of these abandoned and remodeling them, turning them into modern and respectable areas "

He then went on now to respond to what Fiona had asked " that i am not sure of... the Nightmare king has been an enemy of the Kings, im sure by now he would have at least a suspicions on where the silver spear Palace would be located and yet he cast this particular spell so far away... though I have my own suspicions that this was still planned... from what I have hear of Malice's of late has been odd indeed and this is not what I know of the king of Nightmares "

As things got quiet, Crystal turned her eyes and gazed around, but soon focused back on the cup in her hands that she had resting on her legs. She too took that time to listen in on what the others where saying, though it wasn’t long before her mind wandered a bit.

Crystal looked out the corner of her eye at the Nightmare beside her when she heard his sigh, though she didn’t respond with anything other than another slight nod. At least, until presented with another question.

“Plans? No, not really..” She mumbled, still staring down at her drink, “The only plan I made today so far was to come back to the kitchen to eat, and well, I already did that, so..” she shrugged a bit, taking a second to think then said, “Hm.. I had been talking to Jason, Ethan, and Jasmine earlier about finding Crimson’s evil sword too, but I’m not sure we made any official plan about it, so no, still no plans I guess,” she laughed a little at her mess of a reply then went on to say, “Why do you ask? Do you have plans?”

Fiona quickly shuffled around the various objects she had to free up her hands, then she leaned to see the map Terra was holding as well. She took in the image, and what Osiris said as best as she could, finding the same area in the map book she'd taken. She even went so far as to jot down the name of the district in her notebook.

The Elemental then looked up to Osiris again as he replied to her question. She nodded in agreement with his assessments. "Yeah, he has been /really/ weird..." Fiona knew Malice and Alex were together, but she also knew he'd been commanded to kill her... She never expected that he'd do something like this on the side...
Needless to say, she was wondering what the Nightmare King had been doing all this time--along with whatever Void's minions were up to...
"/This whole thing is REALLY weird!/"

Eira nodded slowly as she processed what Ethan downloaded to her. "So there's some intelligence that could help... They'd be a good place to start, if we actually do this. We may want support too, if the situations this bad..."
She blinked at Ethan's query on whether she'd know where to look for Judas. "I uh... Don't think I have anything. The only places I know of, we've been there, so they definitely would've abandoned those hideouts by now. My brother Rahab might have a thought or two, but I can't imagine he'd have any immediate knowledge of evil hideouts."

Qui focus on healing Blue but she knew with this kind of injuries she can only do so much, she sobed, placing her forehead to his as she silently prayed.

Victoria ran over to the table/ desk there she yanked open a door pulled out a intricate case, she didn't bother closing the door, instead just ran back to Blue.
When the Queen got there she immediately got to work opening up the case, inside were different sizes of clasps and a roll of a shiny cloth, several vials with a light blue liquid was on the other side of the case, along with the slender device for injecting it.

Victoria took out one of the vials and placed it in the device. She then took it and injected the liquid into Blue neck " this will stabilize him, at least prevent him from falling into a coma " she then moved on to the shiny cloth, she Unwound some and ripping it, then handing it to Qui " take off his bonds and rap his horns with this "

Qui didn't hesitate, she did exactly what she was told, the Queen did the same to the other side of Blue, ones that was done, she pulled out the clasp and handed Qui one for each of Blue horns on that side
Qui carefully placed it on, she grimaced having to lock them know it was putting pressure on his horns but that was the point, it was meant to stop the bleeding.

" we must make hast to the Infirmary" Victoria got back a little to shift her true form, she then kneel down.

Qui internally moaned, Blue was a lot bigger then her, the queen could pick up Blue yes, and she understood why she shifted, she was a lot bigger and could care him easier but the problem was Qui had to get Blue big butt onto Victoria back.

Blue bared his fangs as he felt the pressure on his horns, he didn't feel like it was helping with the pain throbbing through his head.

He managed to come to enough to make out Qui, but the pain quickly caused him to cry out in agony, his hands flying up to his head and he gripped it tightly, he couldn't form words, only cry out more.

Ethan nodded, he definitely agreed with having back up and a plan " there some p-retty wicked things under Soledormir control, the more information and reinforcements we have the b-etter "

He made a face when the shapeshifter said she didn't know, he had hope that some luck would shine on them and maybe it just might " we c-ould try? Any information can be useful "

Terradream closely studies the area that Osiris pointed out, as well as the areas surrounding it, and more. //So that's over there... He said if it were near the heart of the city, it would've destroyed the barrier around the palace, therefore we must be around... here.//

//Oh he's really coming up with the battle plan,// Sparky thinks, watching his partner with slight amusement.

Terra doesn't say anything out loud to Osiris' comments on Malice, and even in thought he only thinks //Yeah...//, as his mind is formulating a plan. "... F-Fiona, do you know where it is th-that you were planning on going with A-Alex?" he quietly asks, not looking up at her from the map.

Eira nodded, knowing that facing the brains of a villain as old and evil as Soledormir would not be an easy task. Especially if the man himself showed up on the scene... "Hopefully those we encounter will only be some of his minions," she said, reassuring herself. //Hopefully not the Abyss, either... Though, according to what happened to Purity, he's not that far right now...//
Shuddering, Eira pushed away the thought and refocused. "I suppose starting anywhere would help. The issue is actually finding my brother..."

. . .

In another part of the palace, Rahab sneezed, almost dropping the book in his hands. "Huh... Someone's gossiping about me," he muttered as he rubbed his nose, then fished around for the page he was on last. Though, the griffin shifter stopped and looked up when it registered that he had wandered away from the library as he was walking and reading, and now he had no clue where he was...
"Whatever. Might as well keep going," he grumbled as he continued to walk, eyes back on the book.

(That was a great start for Rahab, Fade X'D )

(Thank you, thank you X'DD

I've missed playing Rahab a lot xD)

(RAHAAAAAB!

AAAAHHHHH!!)

( hahah that was great xD )

Dreamcatcher blink a few times// high royal got 2 or 3 families?... what kind did Blue call me again? Didn't he say I'm a high royal?... there was that lion in the dream so do I have more? How do they even work? I can summon but I never summoned a kindred, not even as a fawn...this Vaseterm stuff very weird//

A Goofy look came to the Dreamer prince face when Ai made her discovery // that a lot of energy... she really excited about this// he had enough pics of the puzzle to understand Ai a bit more// so she not like her brother in that way //

The Dreamer prince had a little sister, he seen that look before and though he knew Ai really wanted to come Catch was also a big brother " Ai I know you want to help but if were having to go to a dark world, you can't come with us, it to dangerous " he then adds given a soft smile " but there are many different ways you can help, im sure you're brother will love nothing more then to see you safe and sound here, you could maybe make him something? "

(XD)

Ai worked her jaw at what Catch said, dropping her gaze for a few moments as she thought about his words and Judas, "I won't go to dark world, I don't like dark world, they hurt and are scary... And Judas would be upset if I went there again"

"But if Judas come here, to this world or a not dark world, I'm helping" Ai said with determination, "You would help your brother too, right? If he was in a bad way"

She then quickly thought about what to make him, and it clicked almost instantly, "Mac and cheese! He love love love mac and cheese! He eat it allll the time and it make him so happy" she rocks her shoulders side to side, "I don't have wings, but his wings shake when he eat mac and cheese. He really like it!"

(Mac!)

Qui hated seeing Blue like this, she knew she had to move quickly, she took him under the arms and did her best to drag Blue, which was slow and very awkward for a tiny petite 5'2 woman trying to drag a 6'3 man with two big wings, she grumbled and huffed between her sobs, she cry every more out of frustration

Victoria did do what she could in this form to help, she had moved as close as she could and gently grabbed Blue with her mouth to help pull him up on herself, once Blue and Qui were up on her back the queen carefully got up, she then went as fast as she dare to go caring Blue in his current state.

Qui held on to Victoria and Blue, doing her best to keep him from falling off as the Gallup down the hallways

Blue didn't respond much after his outburst, once he was on Victoria's back, he was unresponsive, limply laying on the Queen's back as she galloped down the halls.

Osiris was simply observing now curious on what Terra Fiona and Sparky would do

( oh my goodness I can actually make a small post )

(it's a miracle!)

(Woah!)

"Mmmmmm," Eater thoughtfully hums as he listens to Crystal's reply, his eyes turning from Catch, to Eira, to Crystal. "Ah, they're going out looking for Scarlet? That's definitely something that needs to be done, we need to get that sword out of Crim's head," he remarks, then adds, "I don't have any plans for the day either, though I'm making some right now. For starters, I think we all need to get together at some point, maybe fairly quickly, and all of us talk about Judas and try to come up with something, then maybe we could split up--some of us could go after Scarlet, and some of us could go after Hiiro? We need to get Purity's Key back, I could track him down easily."

Ethan nodded, he hoped so to, but his gut told him different // something like Judas, Soledormir not going to keep little things as his guard....if we do this, we will be facing things we likely have never seen before....//
The wolf boy then frown, he couldn't remember Eira brother " is he here? I don't recall seeing o-ther Griffin shapeshifter..." he then tipped his finger together " I guess could help find him? "

Eira took a moment to remember that Rahab hadn't exactly been introduced with the rest of the group. "Oh, right... He teleported in from the Land of Dreams the other day. I think someone found him a place to sleep last night, but he's just been... somewhere, since then. We should definitely find him sooner rather than later..."
The shiftress got up, ready to head out to look for Rahab with Ethan, but she paused and glanced at Catch, wondering whether she should bring him along too. She hesitated though, seeing how he was interacting with Ai and helping the girl smile. Instead, she smiled and touched her husband's arm, saying, "Hey Catch? I'm gonna go find my brother. I'll be back as soon as possible."

Victoria race through the palace, it wasn't long before she came busting though the doorway of the Infirmary, she didn't stop on the first floor, she headed right for the elevator.

The lady at the desk, made a call telling the nurse in the to floor that Blue was on his way again, this was normal

It felt like forever for Qui but it really wasn't that long of a wait before the door opened up to the sky room, the top floor the the Infirmary, it had a glass dome roof, during the day it had to cover over it that simulated artificial moonlight but at night the cover would be off and let the natural Moonlight filter through.

Already several nurses had were already prepared Blue normal spot, which the queen headed over to and let the staff take Blue off and care for him

After finishing her current notes, Fiona looked over to Terra now, noticing just how much concentration he must've been putting into his silent thoughts. //He's super focused with /the plan/... I gotta give it my all here for everyone, too!

...Sparky's right, /he totally is a bossman.///
And then he asked her a question, which caught her a little off guard, "Whuh--Oh, uh...
No... Not really... She just said they were in the woods passed the city..."
The Elemental leaned in a little more, glancing between her own map and the one Terra had. "...But it looks like there's a forest on this map... Maybe she was talking about this spot here?" She pointed to a bit of deep green on the outer edge of the scroll map--what seemed to represent the beginning of a forest.

“I agree.. “ Crystal said, “Which is also why I agreed to help them hopefully lure her in, they had been looking for her before, but sadly weren’t having any luck.”

The girl once more looked at Eater when he answered to the questions, listening to his response carefully, “We do need to gather and talk, even though that kind of thing usually ends in chaos.. I don’t know how we’d go about any of this, but splitting up like you mentioned might be helpful in these cases..” Crystal thought for a second then asked, “How did Hiiro get Purity’s Key anyway? I mean, we /do/ need it back, but after today.." she simply left it at that, thinking back to what had been said to all of them earlier.