Resurrection of a Colossus - Pieces lost in Time [Prt 1]

[Adrastos]

Name: Resurrection of a Colossus - Part 1 -Pieces lost in Time.

Participants: Who can participate? - Any race class 3 and under - [6 max]

Location: Where does this take place? - Kharga/Egypt -

Difficulty Level: How difficult is this adventure? - Easy to Medium - Exception for the end

Setting: Is this DE or NDE? Death Enabled or Non Death Enabled? [NDE]

Plotline:

A sudden spike of reiatsu has been detected within the vast ocean of sand in Egypt and has caused an ancient Temple to rise from the sands of Kharga. Unknown as to what is causing this sudden flux in spiritual power, what can be told is that this reiatsu spike is continuously growing to a much larger scale. Thus, swarms of Hollows have begun to gather to this unknown cause. Scouts from Las Noches and the Soul Society have reported that the hollows that have arrived have gone berserk, and have gone rampant throughout the area. Information brokers for mercs have stated that humans are driven to the brinks of insanity.

As time passes the radius of influence will continue to grow until it consumes the region of Egypt. Several groups have been sent in before you in an attempt to find the source, but none have returned. Your mission is locate the whereabouts of the missing groups, locate the source, and prevent a growing pandemic from spreading. However, your groups will not be the only ones to investigate, for rumors of the Kurayami Rīgu have already made their way to the site. For reasons unknown they are seeking out the source and are willing do anything to find it.

Be weary though, your allies may become your enemy, and you will may need to ally yourself with those whom you call foe. Tackle it together with as a team or become the lone wolf. Either way the choice is yours.

Estimated Enemy Strength: The Kurayami Rīgu - Will vary from Classes 8 - 3, exception at the end, Class 2 (optional boss)

Estimated Time Until Completion: 4 - 7 - or when ever it finishes.

Starts: Now

If reserving the post must be made within a three day period.

Special Conditions:

Each member will be given three special adrenal stems to prevent the effects of the loaming influence that will last for 4 posts. Stems can be found throughout the mission.

*A warning will be provide before entering an infected area..

*When infected by the dark influence, characters stat: senses - will be dulled, cutting them by 1/4.

*Those who choose go on alone will affected heavily by a 50% cut back on senses.

*Team effort is recommended.

*Players can bump to skip on and will be posted accordingly by the order of who started first

*There will hinted break off points in paths that will lead to a stronger/dangerous areas, but will still lead on to the end.

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

Finally, they were given a mission to take on for Las Noches. Although it was not an exciting mission, but still something to provide them with some form of entertainment rather than loathing about in the dreary depths of Las Noches. Something has been causing trouble in the world of the living and the twins were ordered to investigate it since the bumkins who where sent ahead of them have not returned yet. Probably having the time of their undead lives while so of us actually work. They are so lucky, but would be pummeled when she finds them. This was more like baby sitting to them and something that Shiryou did not want to do. At least it provided an excuse to leave since they could not use Garganta yet.

Their instructor had inform them that a Garganta would appear to return them home once the spiraling presence has been dealt with. So it was not all a loss if they were able to return after a good long mission. Hehehehe. The instructor had opened the black rippling passage to the human world and the two were on their way through. This was going to be exciting. This was going to fun. Full of thrills and discovery. Shiryou could not wait to see how beautiful, cool, and relaxing this Egypt was.

Moments later. . .. . .

"UUGGGHHHH! Who bright idea was this? This sucks. I wanna go home! the pale twin complains having her other half dragging her across the plains of the warm hot sands of the land. It had not eve been five minutes and Shiryou was already feeling deprived of all joy. Iraishin, her sister, like always remained voided of emotions, but she could tell that she was feeling the same way on the inside. The beads to sweat dripping from under the white bangs of hair concealing her forehead. The streams of hot fluid coursing down the exposed portions of her strapped bra, holding her cleavage in place. A cool breeze could aid them very much since their small black sailor skirts exposed much of their legs. Ugh, how good would that feel to have a draft come passing by down there.

Other than the near exposed bodies the two had the ceramic Japanese fox masks played nearly to no help at all in the category of shade. It sucked . . big time.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hauling Shiryou through the sand dunes was not easy. Her bickering and whining never did help and was more bothersome when feeling hot. There was no life out in the harsh desert, which sort of reminded her of Hueco Mundo, but more hotter. What Shiryou spoke of was true. This did suck. Nonetheless, they had a mission to take on, and complaining was not going to make it happen. Hauling her sister by the spirit chain that linked the two at the neck collars, she could feel the growing presence in the area. Although they were not as refined in detection but this was nothing to ignore.

A faint trail of reiatsu was being lured to the place before the two. Even more so that it even stopped Shiryou's series of complaining and onto her feet. This place was eery and dark. Even when it was suppose to be hot, it felt as though the temperature was dropping inside of them. The two continued to venture on to discover an ancient ruins beyond a hill slope, included was a intact structure that appeared to resemble that of a temple. The only structure that remained intact, and possibly the only location where the reiatsu was gathering.

Onwards the two continued to march toward the temple to spot a young man who appeared to in route to the same structure. How strange that a human would adventure here. Does he know what dangers could be here for someone like him? Either way, he could be a minor annoyance to them and put himself in great danger. Without another moment the twins nod at each other and charge at the man who was nearing the temple entrance.

Maybe scaring him a little, like pretending to be the haunting voices of the land to scare him off would be the best solution. Because if that didn't work, then they do not know what would.

Stats and Skills

SPOILER: Click to show

{Iraishin}

Strength - [100]

Speed - [25]

Spiritual Pressure - [90]

Reiatsu Strength - [100]

Light/Dark Aura - [Dark - 50]

Instinct - [50]

Senses - [50]

Energy Sensory - [100]

Healing Expertise - [0]

SPOILER: Click to show

{Shiryou}

Strength - [215]

Speed - [45]

Spiritual Pressure - [90]

Reiatsu Strength - [50]

Light/Dark Aura - [Light -50]

Instinct - [50]

Senses - [50]

Energy Sensory - [0]

Healing Expertise - [0]

SPOILER: Click to show

{Skills}



1. Mental Skill : Learning [1]

2. Battle Skill : Battle Analysis [1]

3. Battle Skill : Battle Focus [1]

4. Battle Skill : Pain Tolerance [1]

5. Other Skill : Stealing [1]

6. Other Skill : Twins Connection [1]
(Sharing the Five Senses of the other sister)

Mastered Techs, Sonido - Bala

[Deleted]

As he looked out of the window of the plane he saw the sands of desert under him. Christoph was flying in on a normal flight into the country, he had always wanted to visit Egypt and with his family taking another one of their many, many vacations leaving him behind in the empty house in Karakura. This time however he decided that he would take his own vacation using some of the money he had saved up from selling some of his artwork. He didn't know why people wanted his artwork, but he wasn't going to argue. It was a good way for him to make some spending cash here and there so he did it.

As he watched the plane move pass the desert he noticed something from the sky that shouldn't be there there was a strange temple in the middle of the desert where there should only be sand. Had he discovered something new that no one else had? There was only one way to find out and that was for him to go and take a look himself. He looked on at jotted down where it was in his mind as the plane descended and the temple became a distant figure in the background. It would take him a bit to get through customs in the airport, but as soon as he was able to he stepped outside of the airport and looked around the outside of the country's airport.

There was no mistake it the heat coming off of the sun was blazing. Christoph had prepared for this as he was wearing a long white shirt and white pants that covered up all of his skin. Over his hands he had a pair of white gloves that would keep him from getting sun burnt. As he stepped into a taxi he asked the driver to take him to a town nearby by the area that the temple was around. The driver agreed to take him as far as the town, but not any further. It was a long ride and Christoph watched the small sights that were to be seen in such a place. The only real sights were the sand dunes and the occasional person driving by.

The drive went by quick as Christoph watched the dunes and wondered what other secrets they held. Getting out of the cab he paid the driver and placed his mask over his face. With plenty of water in his water can he set off from the town towards the temple. His clothing kept him a bit cool as he walked in the middle of the day towards the temple. The closer he got to it however the more he felt something was wrong as he had this sickening feeling starting to fester inside of him. This wasn't right, but he wanted to continue on. Eventually he made it there and saw that he wasn't the only one who had found this temple. He didn't try to speak to anyone do to his shyness, but he hoped that someone would come up to him and talk.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Stats and skills}
Strength - [50] Points

Speed - [50] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [40]=[50] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [40]=[50] Points

Light Aura - [70] Points

Dark Aura - [30] Points

Instinct - [50]=[37]Points

Senses [50]=[37] Points

Energy sensory - [0]=[0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


[Memory] {2}


[Strength of Will] {1}


[Analyzing] {2}


[Weapons:Staff] {1}


[Pain Tolerance] {2}


[Utility: Artistic Prowess*] {2}

Each person knows a bit about art and everyone can draw a stick figure with a pen and paper, however this skill is something that people have that allows them to create works of art that are stunning. Each rank in this greatly improves a person's ability to create works of art. A normal person would have a one in this skill being able to make modest works of art nothing too special. A two in this skill is equal to a person who had been painting or drawing honing their skills for at least five years. The art they can create could be in a museum. A person at rank three could easily be grouped with some of the greatest painters and artists of all time. Almost any work of art they make is a masterpiece. They're masters in the medium of art they choose to work in and can easily use other mediums with amazing skills. A rank four in this is almost impossible a person with this kind of skill can use almost anything as a medium to create art and still have it called a masterpiece. Using traditional mediums they can recreate almost anything in perfect detail in almost no time. However to even get a rank four in this someone would need to have amazing memory(rank three in memory)

[Deleted]

Will be posting soon.

[Deleted]

((Received permission to join the thread via PM.))

Finally.

It had begun. For quite some time now, Uzaki Enterprises had aimed to become an active player in the defense of Earth. Kazura had lofty goals, but he was often too caught up in his own world to go out and do something truly large scale. Sure, he was doing things in his own way, but Yoko had been waiting for a chance to actually do something more… active. She was by no means stupid, but she left the organizational stuff to Kazura. Her place was on the battlefield, and there was finally a chance for her to do her job. Reports had come in of a massive reiatsu buildup in Egypt, and it seemed that normal people were driven insane when they approached the area.

There wasn’t much preparation needed for a journey like this. Her basic street clothes – a white tanktop and black slacks – were fine for a journey like this. Uzaki Enterprises financials were stable enough that a plane ticket and a hotel room weren’t even worth reporting. All she bothered with was packing a small suitcase with a few essentials, spare clothes and the like. Oh, and she sent Kazura a text. “I’m going to Egypt.” No more explanation was really needed. There was no doubt that the inventor was already aware of the situation. If he could design state of the art armor and weapons, then he could put two and two together there just fine.

As far as flights go, this one was entirely bearable… but gods was it long. It was just over 12 hours from Tokyo to Cairo, nonstop. First Class, on Kazura’s dime, made it far more tolerable. Reclining seats that actually let you lay down, plenty of drinks, and a decent sized screen playing some Rambo movie. A couple hours into the flight, Yoko popped a sleeping pill and called it a night. The plane arrived bright and early in the morning, so she needed to be well rested. It wasn’t until that point that she appreciated how out of place she was. Most everyone in the airport was in incredibly modest clothes. Heck, most women had their heads covered to some degree. And she was just standing there in the middle of the terminal wearing a tank top so thin it showed her sports bra right through it.

While some part of her acknowledged that both her white skin and her comparatively skimpy outfit were far out of place, she didn’t care one bit. Or at least she didn’t until the heckling started. She didn’t speak Arabic that well. Yeah, she knew a few things here and there, but she was far from fluent. That couldn’t have mattered less though. She was barely outside the airport when a group of half a dozen men approached her, gestured at her outfit, and tried to talk to her. It was clear they had a problem with how she was dressed. Unfortunately for them, Yoko was a bit hungover, a touch jet-lagged, and focused on a more important issue than some random guys’ opinion of her. They’d only started talking to her, but she was already 100% done with them.

Normally, her reaction would have been slightly more diplomatic, but she couldn’t be bothered with that. A flurry of carefully controlled flicks to the forehead knocked the entire group senseless without doing any permanent harm. It was times like that that she was glad to not be wearing any Uzaki Enterprises gear, so she wasn’t doing any damage to their reputation. With that annoyance dealt with, the Fullbringer set out for Kharga by whatever means presented itself. That ended up being a bus, loaded with tourists who wanted to see the craziness for themselves. Just what she needed… another long ride, full of annoying people, and no liquor in sight.

It was going to be a long trip to Kharga.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Stats and Skills}

Strength - [400(600)] Points

Speed - [200(300)] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [350(175)] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [100(50)] Points

Light Aura - [40] Points

Dark Aura - [60] Points

Instinct - [165] Points

Senses [185] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [1400]

• [Martial Art: Kunlun] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon: Sword {3}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Calm Mind] {2}
  
  
• [Anti-Stealth] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon:Guns] {1}
  

[Deleted]

He was sent to this vast desert. Too many hollows were showing up. They were attracted to Reiatsu spikes. Growing larger and stringer each time detected. The SS had sent him to eliminate them. Shibō knew it was much more than that though. They were sending in the useless Shinigami first. They wanted to see what happened. Apparently people had been vanishing. Nevertheless, Shibō hated to be underestimated. So he decided to go along and prove them wrong.

SPOILER: Click to show

Strength - 50 Points

Speed - 50 Points (+%50)= 75

Spiritual Pressure - 50 Points(-%30)=35

Reiatsu Strength - 50 Points

Light Aura - 40 Points

Dark Aura - 60 Points

Instinct - 50 Points

Senses - 50 Points

Energy sensory - 0 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points


Total SP: 300 Points

Analyzing] {1}


[Memory] {1}


[Learning] {1}


[Pain Tolerance] {1}


[Weapons: Scythe] {1}


[Martial Arts: Enshin Kaikan] {1}


[Stealth] {1}


[Anti-Stealth] {1}

[Adrastos]

SPOILER: Click to show

{Play me}

Within the dark depths of the risen people, small group lurked nearing slowly into the heart of the swelling source. Five shadows loam over the cobble stones across the vast emptiness surrounding them. A pair of torches lit the end of their destination among the shadows. A shadow halted, turning its head back toward whence they came, "It appears we have company my brothers and sisters. What shall we do with them?" A raspy voice pierces the darkness from within to those that accompanied it. "Perhaps we should greet our guests. It is only logical that we do so." The light toned had escaped from the lips of one of the shadow figures. "No, we have ventured too far to only be distracted by minor annoyances. Besides. the strongest among them is not much farther away from the group, and . the third figure had spun on its heel to face their end path, ". with one of the keys at hand we can not delay much longer."

The figure raised a blurry stem from its side to signal the rear figure. "Brother, we will allow you to handle the remainder of this task to you. For we must look onward to oversee our goal is complete." Dissipating into the dark realm as though they were never there, the large figure in the shadow ventures forward as several Hollows appeared beside it. "Te. .te. . te. .te. .take. .ca. .ca .care of them." A stuttering voice commanded the boundless creatures that reign within the swirling pool of madness as the hunching shadow continues on toward the end of stone bridge.


Meanwhile. . . Outside the Temple. . .




The pair of Arrancers had stumble upon artistic Fullbringer as the unseated Shinigami is transported less than a mile away from the site on top of a sandy dune hillside. It would only take a few minutes for him to reach the Temple entrance. The blazing sun intense from the dry sand below the small group's feet, filled by the mixed emotions being dragged by the gathering reiatsu. A chill would surge through them should they approach any further. The path before them was clear through the whipping gusts of sand, and within a black void. Warm air being vacuumed into the void to only return a unholy wailing, caused by the emptiness and rugged interior of the Temple. A declining ramp leading into the void as the particles of sand stream across the rock path by the blowing wind. Each step taken inside the temperature would drop ever so slightly. Strange enough how the interior differed from the outside. The influence that lurked within gassly, vile, and evil. There was only one path in front of them, but they could decide to part ways after the narrow stone passage.

Come and Enter. . . .




A mile away to the East.
Another Fullbringer, Yoko, had tread through the dusty city of Kharga. So full of life as she makes her way to the border of the city. As she makes her way through the narrowing pathways she would find herself surrounded by the vast emptiness of her environment. What had been full of energy despite of the growing concern outside of town, it would appear that she had stumbled onto an area for which has been abandoned. A place that terrified the citizens and which has been condemned. No birds. No dogs. No people. Not even a single sound of life around her, except for the growing wail that echoes from the west as it passes through the condemned homes.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Condemned Borderline}

The source of the wailing appears to be close enough for a two step technique to reach her destination within seconds, or take her time to . .". .AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! A single blood shear cry of a little girl echoes through the empty town. It was close by, but there could be a possibility that someone else would handle the problem, but who? The human could shrug off the minor annoyance to proceed further on to the Temple or investigate the scene. Regardless of the choice three shark like fins burst from the outskirts of the town, rapidly approaching. A single continues to glide down the sand slope as the other two divert course to the scream's origin.

[Bonus Mission - Yoko - [difficulty: easy - Class 6 x3 Hollows - If accepted]

[Deleted]

Christoph looked at the large temple entrance and wondered what to do. He had no idea as to what he should do. Being so eager to discover this place he had forgotten that he knew almost nothing about archeology. Yea he knew about the myths and a bit of the culture of ancient Egypt, but nothing about the policies of how to go about walking around a temple that seemed to be a new discovery. He hoped that someone would come up and show him what to do or knew what to do. What he didn't know was that this place was being watched by others. Even though he had no clue what to do he was excited and didn't even feel the pressure of other people's eyes looking at him and judging him.

Turning around he saw two figures in the distance that started to run towards him, he couldn't make out who they were at the moment the only thing he could tell is that they were rapidly making their way towards him. He stood there frozen not knowing what he should do. There was so many things racing in his mind at this moment. He didn't know if these people were after him or if they were running towards the temple. Could it be that he saw something he wasn't suppose to see? Or were they running to him for his help for something? If it was the later he couldn't help them as he wasn't very useful at all. A freak like him had no use in the real world he was just here to take up space.

As they got closer to him he could make out that the two people coming towards him were females, both of them wearing clothing that was extremely revealing. Almost too much so for his own taste, what really drew his attention was the hue of their skin. It was as pale as his if not very close. Their white hair flowed in the wind reminded him of his own. He stood there his hands behind his back. Now actually happy to see the two girls that were running towards him. Over and over in his mind he started to go over what he should say to them. It wasn't often that he met people who looked like him, this was something very exciting for him. His entire body rocked back and forth as he waited eager for them to get close enough to speak to.

What he wasn't expecting was for them to get right up into his face. He stepped back a bit trying to remember what he had practiced in his mind but all he drew was a blank. He stood there looking at them for a moment before he spoke out in French. He didn't know if the two knew French, but he assumed it would be more likely that they would know that then Japanese as he also knew as well. “bonjour mademoiselles” He looked at them with eyes wide opened studying their face while his own was hidden behind a mask. He wouldn't run away, no he wanted to make a connection with these girls who looked like him in skin tone. Even if every fiber of his body told him to run he wouldn't.

[Deleted]

((Totally proposing Trigun OST as the official soundtrack for this thread.))

Music

At long last, the horrific bus ride was over. The only saving grace of this leg of the trip was that most of the tourists didn’t speak any of the languages that Yoko did. A few spoke English, but none of them were near enough to bother her too much. It was all just noise to her, and noise was easy enough to tune out. She had meditated for most of the journey. Her trance-like state caused the journey to pass relatively quickly, but the tourists still tried her patience. When she did finally arrive at Kharga, it seemed there was still plenty of daylight left. She slipped the bus driver a few bills and a google-translated note to deliver her bag to her room. With her expense account, the amount wasn’t noteworthy, but it was definitely enough to ensure the bus driver did as she asked.

Mission start. Phase one: recon.

The first part of dealing with any situation like this one was to get a feel for the area. How close to the danger were people willing to go? Where did the signs of destruction begin? Was the enemy making a show of force, or were they trying to stay unnoticed? These were the kinds of questions Yoko sought answers to as she wandered through Kharga. It seemed that the city was far from deserted, despite the danger. It was only once she reached a certain part of the city, closer to the disturbance, that the area was abandoned. This area didn’t just have a lack of visible people in it either. Not only was there no sign of people, but Yoko couldn’t pick up the scent of anyone for quite a ways around.

Only after closing her eyes in concentration had Yoko caught this one. Based on the smell, there were a few presences in the area. One was human, probably young, and most likely female. She’d probably wandered into this area after getting lost. Normally, something like that was outside of what Yoko would trouble herself with, but the other scents she picked up meant she needed to intervene. These other scents were hard to distinguish from the surrounding sand, but the fullbringer’s nose was keen enough to spot the difference. At this distance it was too hard to tell what exactly the smell was, but it was clearly moving, and clearly not human. That smell, combined with the wail, led to her to believe she was dealing with hollows.

All this had been discerned before the scream happened, and before the shark fins showed up. Yoko’s passive ability, Low Pressure, always caused air, and thus scents, to flow to her from farther away than they normally would. She was the Chief of Security for reasons like this. Yoko knew what to look for, and she could detect threats far before most others could. By the time the scream cut across the sky, Yoko was already halfway to the little girl. She didn’t bother to use any reiatsu, let alone a step technique. Instead, her energy was still suppressed in hopes that the hollows would mistake her for a normal human. Even without the use of any reiatsu, her keen awareness and above average speed meant she should make it to the little girl before the hollows did. What she did from there depended on whether or not the hollows were stupid enough to attack her.

((Bonus mission accepted.))

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

<sub>This man was too funny. Not only he was wearing fancy clothes that covered him from head to toe but he also spoke in a funny way too. She could not tell what it was nor what dialect it came from. Maybe something was wrong with him. Maybe he was broken or something of the sort. Even through the ominous feeling that was lingering throughout the entire region she was at least able to find some sort of amusement here in this place.

Although there was only one thing that did piss her off, and that was not being able to frighten the man at all. Yes he did step back but that was it. After all the "Ooooooing" and "Booos" that she did in the hot sun, all she was able to get was a back step and funny word," Barn . .Jure." Just saying it was funny of itself. Where this guy comes from must be loaded with weird people like him. She could not help but burst out laughing at his weird talk. "Hehehe, you talk funny. Funny enough to be in movies hehehe."

The moment was short lived due to the exhausting weather they were having. How come it had to be so damn sunny here? The desert absolutely sucked. Her pale skin began to fill itchy from their exposing outfits, but surprisingly that Iraishin had a very good poker face. It was amazing, even with all the sweating she was doing as well. She could not help but to rush back over to the man all gitty like. "Hello again funny man, but can Shiryou wear what you have too?" She would say so as adorable as she could. Plumping her cheeks outward and busting out the puppy eyes. No use in trying right. She was SOOOOOO freaking hot.</sub>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<sub>Iraishin would yank her foolish other half away from clinging onto the stranger's leg. She was being stupid again for attempting to make contact with someone whom they do not know and who could see them as well. Furthermore, they were in a location that did needed their fullest attention. Shiryou would hold onto her choker as she lands onto her back side from her sister's little display of disapproval. She was indeed hot and she did not need any of Shiryou's foolishness at this time. It was not helping their situation at all. Especially what she could feel within the Temple as well.

Whatever was transpiring within the structure could not be good, but it did provide a potential means of figuring out who was behind this and possibly a power source that could aid them in someway. There was no time to waste with the man, including since there were two other sources on their way to their current location. The less people they had to deal with the better. So the two made their way to the entrance of the structure, meaning that Iraishin had to haul her twin in the rear. "Bye bye mister. Shiryou does hope that you can come with us hehehe." A childish wave of her hand as her sister drags her butt to the Temple. Not helping at all.

Nearing the entrance she could feel her sister perk back up to her feet. Slight moaning of what a true haunted place would possess did shake up the sisters, but Iraishin still unable to express her fear. "Analysis. . . Trouble." The emotionless Fraccion says with a more paler face then what she had from the beginning.</sub>

[Adrastos]

((Sorry for the late response you guys, but now I'm back. And yes, we will be going with Yoko's request for this thread. So enjoy and keep up with the quick posts. Will be bumping, then dropping those who do not post.))

SPOILER: Click to show

Upon entering the Temple, the Arrancars would find themselves in the ancient ruins with chilling mist levitating off the stone flooring. Deeper into the Temple the small group would venture into they find the only source of lighting are the dimly lit torches lining along both sides of the wall. A moment later the group stumbles across two large door ways. Each path split apart from the other. However, from Iraishin's sensory she will find the door leading to the East was filled with a unpleasant aura, compared to the doorway to the West possess a faint residue of the same presence.

Should Christoph pursue immediately with the pair he could feel the difference in temperature from the outside conditions. In place of dark energy from the lack of energy sensory the ominous presence is felt more as faint hands attempting to grab hold of his attention from all around him, followed closely by a twinge of shivers down his spine. His senses keen onto what lurks within the ruins when coming up on the cross roads.

Together, the group will have heard a loud groan as a three Hollows seep from the stone walls around them. A pale purple snake emerges from the ceiling above while the mantis pokes its head from the eastern doorway. The third hollow's body passes through the stone material of the western entrance to greet the group. None say a word except from their constant groaning as they slowly limp their way to the three.

SPOILER: Click to show

Strength - [80]

Speed - [50]

Spiritual Pressure - [25]

Reiatsu Strength - [25]

Light Aura -

Dark Aura - [100]

Instinct - [25]

Senses - [50]

Energy Sensory - [25]

Healing Expertise - [0]

[Sp= 280]

Meanwhile. . . .


Over to Yoko, the woman soars through in between the sand filled buildings with each step bringing her closer to the point of origin of the scream. The Fullbringer discovers herself in the center of what remained of a market bazaar. Empty vendors left and right of the courtyard with broken pottery to the right corner of her eyes. The deeper that Yoko ventured she would discover the skeletons of human remains. Several of skeletons lay in between the sanded gaps of the small stalls as others huddled together as though they were hiding from what was to come. Rounding the corner of an empty wooden crate against the southern wall of the courtyard Yoko discovers a small girl crouching over the slowly decaying body of a woman.

SPOILER: Click to show

The child tugged many times to wake the woman, but all attempts end in failure. She turned to spot the Fullbringer and to the sounds of the north wall being smashed into with two of the three shark like fins tearing through the sand and wooden stalls. Bursting from the ground like leaping whales, two Adjuchas made birth from their path to lung at the two humans. From her rapid movements Yoko could make out their bone shrouded bodies. No limbs but a single tail that resembles more like a spinal column with large tripod mouth splitting open to devour them.

The creatures say nothing but only howl at the sight of their next meal, with the third Hollow circling from behind, ramming through the buildings blindly with a inhuman shriek.

SPOILER: Click to show

Strength - [100] - [150]

Speed - [50]

Spiritual Pressure - [25]

Reiatsu Strength - [50] - [25]

Light Aura - [0]

Dark Aura - [100]

Instinct - [25]

Senses - [25]

Energy Sensory - [25]

Healing Expertise - [0]

[Sp= 300]

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

<sub>Each step the pair had taken inside the temple the colder the interior became. Like seriously, who had turned down the heat and turned up the cold? Not like the place could be anymore creepy but the deeper into the structure they went the irritating moans grew with the dropping temperature. Geez. First it was hot then it became cold. It was quiet, then the moaning started. Someone needed to make up their mind about the place. Like, it was not as if she was scared or anything. Statues of very tall stone people and people with dog shaped heads gazing down at them was not terrifying at all. She was quivering from the cold, not from the atmosphere that the temple was seething. Not in the least.

Shiryou was more than enthusiastic about taking on a new adventure and all that discovery nonsense. It was at least more fun than standing around in Las Noches. Besides from that, Iraishin had always been nagging on how they should be looking answers about themselves. And to push their abilities as much as they could be of use to their Espada. How boring really. But, she did have a point or two about looking for answers. After all, the temple they were in resembled how they stumbled onto Las Noches to meet their Mistress. Miss Asuka. Shiryou wondered how Miss Asuka was and what she was doing?

When they had switched over to Mister Segunda, they had left without a word to Miss Asuka. Shiryou was depressed about leaving her side for someone else. Iraishin stated that they will return to her side when they became stronger. A simple reason so they better serve their lady. Tis truly all Shiryou could think about these past days. The little Fraccion didn't notice her twin halting in front of her until she crashed into her. Her warm thoughts of their late Master faded away almost instantly, having her thoughts return to their current nightmare in the chilly hall.

"Ow, why did you stop idiot?" Iraishin's big head was blocking her view. She better have a good reason for her sudden cease of movement.</sub>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<sub>Shiryou's lack of focus was remarkable. In the most irregular moments in time she surprises her twin by zoning out completely. Even in a mysterious place such as this. The sudden drop in temperature, the growing presence of the dark energy within the structure, and the flow of reiatsu being pulled into the other chambers past the pair. Something was calling a large amount of this power to this place, but why? If it was not obvious already that the answer would lie in the deepest section of the temple. Whatever the cause or its point of origin could likely lead to an incredible source of power that the pair could use. And whatever remained the Fraccions could salvage and bring back with them to please their new Master.

Now then, what to do? A path that ends to split apart into different directions posed a problem. One leading toward the East while the other directed in the other way, toward the West. There was strange markings lined along the large stone doorways in a language that she could not decipher. Maybe it was in the native language of the land, who knows? To the naked eye the doors appeared to be the same with little difference between the two. A closer observation from another perspective, from her energy sensory, revealed a more heavier flow of reiatsu being diverted to the East possessed a denser aura, while the Western doorway appeared to be lighter and less threatening.

If both paths lead deeper into the temple, then it would be wise to take the path leading to the west instead of the East. The East posed dangerous for the pair alone to take on. If the man who had dared to ventured along with them decided to go with them, then the small group could have chance despite the level of darkness flowing through the crept stone doorway. "Bothersome. It is not as though we have an interest in aiding you, but perhaps it may be more beneficial to join together with you on this little quest." There were many ways to analyze the situation itself. Like if the denser the aura was then higher the threat could be? And maybe it could lead them into the deeper chambers more quickly? Don't really know.

Before a decision could be made the presence of three Hollows emerged from the shadows of the corridor. A snake slowly declining from the ceiling above them. Another pair of Hollows entered through the wall to the West, and from the doorway leading to the East. The creatures did not speak, only a soft groan from the opening in their parted mouths. Their gaze fixated on them and appeared to be standing in their way. Their own presence appeared to be regular, however, the sensation emitting from them did not. Something was off. The twins gave ground to the limping creatures as their drew their blades to met them. Whatever happens they will not stand down.</sub>

[Deleted]

The words spoken by one of the two girls was understood by him. It was Japanese, he was taken back for a moment at the fact that someone in this desert was a native speaker of Japanese. It really seemed like the most unlikely of things. Under his mask his face was bright red as he heard the request from the girl that was near him. In all honesty he had no idea as to what to do. She was so cute and adorable and so perfect, unlike him. To him it made sense to give up his clothing to her so that she would be more comfortable in the desert, however if he did that he would be burnt by the sun and he didn't want that even if he didn't deserve to cause someone else discomfort at his own actions.

Stunned by the dilemma he didn't notice that the twins had left and gone inside of the tomb. He did hear the words of Shiryou saying that she wished he would go with them. Shaking his head as soon as they were out of sight he slowly walked into the tomb. He had planned on going in anyways and now it seemed as if these girls wanted him to tag along as well. It made him feel some sort of joy, to know that he was wanted by someone. A hand of his slowly touched the inside of the hot stone tomb entrance. It burnt a bit much like the sand under his feet did as he stepped into the cool inside of the tomb.

Inside was cool, however there was something off inside. There was some kind of odd feeling about this placed that creeped him out. His body shook as he stepped deeper into the tomb. He was excited as he looked around wondering what these tombs held to be discovered, yet he was also afraid. He didn't know why, but something was creeping him out. Slowly taking steps deeper into the tomb behind the twins he looked around feeling the sides of the walls with his hands.

Hearing the other twin speak to him he stopped walking and nodded at her words. He did want to work with them because it would be more fun to be with others rather than exploring this place by himself, or it should be. His eyes widened as he saw the hollows come from the walls. He backed up and ended up bumping against one of the twins. He didn't know which one it was because he was focused on the hollows before him. His mask vanished from his face and turned into a staff in his hands. He held up against his body in a defensive manor. He wasn't going to strike out at the hollows. Not after what happened the last time he did. On the right side of his face there was a noticeable dark bruise given to him by his father just before they left.

(OOC: Sorry for the slow post I've been brain dead on this for a bit and ara dragged me to play lol alot.)

[Adrastos]

<This will be a bump to officially declaring this thread "Down" due to the loss of some of our constants to the thread. I do apologize for the long wait to post this, and understand that life is more important than other matters. So without further a due the thread is now closed.>