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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:13 pm
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 _,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
Ilyia made her way through the cabin back to the deck and propped herself against the wall in thought. Things really had only gone from bad to worse lately, she realized, and they would only continue to do so as long as it was not dealt with at the source. Still she found herself in a situation where she could do precious little as it was.
"If it keeps up at this rate I doubt I'll be able to hold out," she panted, "and I seriously doubt this is the best time to point out, but -"
She had nearly mentioned it when quite suddenly she collapsed. Still she seemed conscious, given the resulting groan.
"I'm a little worn out..."
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:27 pm
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
"I'll be alright," the Creation said weakly, "I've been through much worse..."
She leaned up slightly and propped herself carefully up on an arm, clearly exhausted.
"Incantations, as powerful as they are, are also incredibly draining on the caster if used too closely to each other. That and having been struck by one didn't leave me with an ideal course of action to take... but I'll make it. Just, give me a few minutes to recover."
She cast a look over to the cabin and then to Jack, then back to Adeska, and her eyes narrowed the slightest bit as she regarded the others again.
"I might suggest not dropping Jack's rum though," she added, "it tends to be bad on the culprit, so I hear."
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:38 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:53 pm
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
Ilyia laughed softly, but when she raised her hand to her view and tested her strength in Light the resulting violet shade it dropped her face into a frown that betrayed - along with her eyes - an extreme fear.
"Ah... Jack?" She said fearfully.
The violet light still wove between her fingers, and she could not for a second rip her attention from it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:58 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:07 pm
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
Ilyia lowered her hand and shook her head, unknowing of the answer. She got to her feet, comparatively slowly for the Creation, but as she did so her appearance seemed to phase between its own and an inversion of itself. She however did not seem to notice right away, and if she had it could not show through her worries.
"I don't know..."
She looked at her hand again, and just as her eyes widened in alarm her frame settled on its normal coloration and an image of herself flickered in a shifting glide away from her and solidified five paces away, though her attire had become indigo in place of her original's regal blue. Both drew their weapons and locked eyes with each other.
"I think that answers that question..." Ilyia said shakily.
Her counterpart's eyes flitted from Ilyia to Jack, to Calypso and Adeska, then to the cabin before returning back to Ilyia.
"It does, doesn't it?" She stated as much as asked.
The dagger in her hand formed into a blade of purple flame, an exact darkness counterpart to Ilyia's own reaction.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:13 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:23 pm
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
"That depends on you, Jack," Ilyia's shadow said as she lowered her weapon and indicated Ilyia "I know that 'I' will not suffer the intents of my existence so long as I were not commanded to, so if there is any choice granted to 'me', then you will have your fight. On the brighter side, if 'I' under your command stand down, then we could do this with a lot less bloodshed."
Ilyia took a step back and relaxed her posture slightly, a confused recognition coming to her face.
"She's... exactly like me, just..."
She cast another worried look back at the cabin, and again to her shadow, guard raised.
"She's right Jack." she said sternly, "Seras' power shot through me as I made my escape, and here we have the result."
"You make it sound as if I want to fight.... The choice is yours, Jack. Tessa or the fight. I can't decide this for you."
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:30 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:42 am
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
"Then perhaps a compromise," Ilyia's shadow suggested, "I highly doubt you would so casually turn Tessa over to anyone with intentions such as Despair's, let alone that I agree you could use a rest. However my being here does not come simply."
Ilyia kept her weapon lowered, but after a mere moment in figuring her shadow's wording she lifted it again with a frown.
"So you think you're going to be the final straw for a time, is that it? How long then?"
"Oh, it's quite simple. It isn't worth the potential destruction of any individual in Despair to take Tessa for what they see her as worth, so a single last effort on my own part before a final withdraw."
"You're outnum-"
"And you're outmatched. So, what will it be? Tessa or another fight?"
Ilyia remained unmoving. With a look back to Jack, she said as much as she could unspoken that this could very well be the chance they had all needed, but the cost might not be so easy to trifle with either.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:54 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:02 am
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_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_Ilyia Nerian_,.-~*'`'*~-.,_
I may be the hand of Mystriel... I may be her instrument of justice. I realize I am forever her servant. I will still stand for what I believe. If there are those who will oppose her, They must stand against me. I will not give in.
"And there I was hoping this could be made easy."
As fast as one might have blinked, she struck out at Ilyia, but as the blade extended the entire surroundings trembled with power.
Ilyia managed to parry the blow, but the enormity of the surge about her gave her pause.
"Oh... no holding back I see." She mused.
She struck back and rushed forward, but she was met easily enough by her shadow's kick to her face which sent her flying back several paces to a sliding halt on her back against the deck.
The shadow looked to Jack with a small smile.
"If you're going to fight, I suggest something I haven't already memorized." She remarked.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:06 am
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