Zone Three

[Northen Light36]

Acqua and Zevran - 7 

You there? Acqua asked as she watched the fairy demon. See what I see? She flashed an image of the demon to her guildmate. We take care of that, then we'll see about the one that got you. Let me see you, quickly, so I can heal you.

Zevran ground his teeth at the order, but now wasn't the time. ~As my lady wishes.~ Once he'd been treated, he went invisible again and watched Acqua draw another of her dwindling poisoned arrow supply and fire. As soon as the deadly arrow was flying, Zevran teleported behind the demon and attempted to run it through with his blade.

[Darastrix]

Lucifer - 10

"I can attempt to," Lucifer replied, breathing hard now as he touched his Ice signs together. He chanted with a slow cadence, straining to draw enough power to envelop the shifting smoke in ice.

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Edward - 10

"I'm not injured yet," he replied as he flexed his fingers. "And I've no elemental power to have drained. I can fight on."

[Kender Bard]

Thavan - 11

As Thavan headed in the general direction of his Force, he noticed a vaguely familiar sight as he caught Bael in his peripheral vision. Could it...? No. Impossible.

But it certainly looked like Bael. And regardless, it was the enemy. Thavan stopped in his tracks and took a moment to gather his elemental energy to its fullest. Thrusting a hand out, he released an intensely powerful torrent of water at Bael.

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Acqua and Zevran

The faerie may not have been able to see Zevran, but it certainly sensed something. It startled much as a real deer would have, but Acqua's arrow took it in the back, near the shoulder. The faerie screamed in pain, which only went up an octave when Zevran stabbed at it. The stolen light fled its eyes in two streaming orbs. One struck Zevran unerringly, delivering a jolt of pain, and the other flew like a returned arrow at Acqua.

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Libre - 10

The smoke may have had goals but it wasn't clever, really, beyond an unending desire to get at its target despite obstacles. Lucifer managed to catch the smoke with ice. It tried to fly away but it grew only slower the more cold was applied. It also grew strangely solid looking.

Libre watched, waiting, until satisfied with what he saw. He brought the whole thing down to the ground with a powerful telekinetic burst like he did with the previous demon, hoping his plan would work. The ice shattered... and the smoke dispersed.

Unsure if that meant it was dealt with or not, Libre decided to take the opportunity to flee. He held a hand out to Lucifer. "Let's get you to a conduit."

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Sunray - 10
"Good because it looks like there's going to be trouble shortly," Sunray said with a nod towards the massing demons. "You be my shield and I'll make them pay hell." Flashing the other man a grin, Sunray brought all three of his Fire signs to touch and began to chant, gathering up his power for what he hoped would be a truly impressive--and deadly--display.

[Skittlebug]

Masego - 11

Masego made her way into the area and, seeing Thavan, began working her way toward the Packleader. Getting near, she saw Thavan shooting water at, she had to double take, Bael? There was no way it could be, but it sure as hell looked like him. Either way, she worked her way to the side of the demon to flank and aid Thavan if he needed it.

[Darastrix]

Lucifer - 11

Lucifer pinched the bridge of his nose and nodded silently, reaching to take Libre's hand.

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Edward - 11

Edward gave Sunray a tight smile and nodded, imbuing his sword with the power of Ice as he took up a stance next to Sunray. If a demon could handle the Fire's elemental power, it might be weak against its opposite.

[Kender Bard]

Libre - 11

Libre wasted no time in teleporting to Sanctuary with Lucifer.

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Sunray - 11

As the demons began to rush forward, Sunray waited until they were drawing perilously close and released the energy that he'd stored up. It was like a sudden relief of pressure within him as he threw one fireball after another in rapid succession, trying to strike a different demon each time. Not all of them found their mark, but he hurled them with such rapidness, and the charge was so thick, it was rare that they missed at all. Several demons fell back or fell from the onslaught, but that left several more suddenly rushing at them. The prince began to back up several steps as he worked on bringing more energy to the fore. It was Edward's time to shine.

[tuo]

Bael - 12

Bael stumbled as the torrent of water struck him, catching him off guard and nearly knocking him over. He roars in anger at the attack, looking for the source of it as he regains his balance. As he spots Thavan his eyes widen in rage before charging in his direction with another bellow of anger, ignoring other combatants between them, demon, mortal or angel.

[Kender Bard]

Thavan - 12

I hope that bruised that asshole, Thavan thought desperately. He wasn't eager to go toe to toe with his opponent, so he continued to rely on his water, unsure of where his bow was anymore. He took careful aim with his shots, trying to strike Bael in the face to blind him or the legs to knock him down.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua and Zevran - 8

Zevran's reflexes were good, almost unnaturally so, but he'd been at close range and there'd been little time to react - particularly as he'd be preparing to finish off his foe, not to escape an attack. When the orb hit him, he staggered back and clenched his jaw as his training kicked in. He would not scream. Screaming was weakness and would reveal himself to all. He trembled with the effort, but he kept silent and invisible and reached out mentally, testing to see if he could push the pain he was feeling onto the demon who'd caused it. He was an assassin, not a torturer, and normally preferred a quick, painless kill, but fuck that. He wanted this thing to suffer.

Maybe it was training, some instinct echoing from Pixie's mind or just plain luck, but Acqua moved almost the moment her arrow had left her bow and it was just enough to let her dodge the orb. She'd seen the other strike Zevran and a flash of rage darkened her thoughts. Her 'Kit' mindset didn't feel love, friendship or affection, but she did have a fierce sense of what was hers. Zevran was hers and no one got to take something that was hers. Snarling quietly, she set another arrow to her bow and fired at the fairy demon. She wanted to see it die.

Sitting in the back of her bonded's mind, Pixie considered pulling the Kit personally back a little. But her bonded's darker side wasn't completely out of control, yet, and the hardened, ruthless killer was more useful in the current situation then Acqua's truer self. She'd just keep a mental eye on things for now.

[Kender Bard]

The demon attempted to flee again, staggering with pain and injury, but Zevran's mental assault caused it fall to its knees. Acqua's arrow took it in the throat, and that was the end of the creature as it collapsed into a growing pool of blood.

[Darastrix]

Edward - 12

Edward stepped forward, brandishing his icy blade; he was more than happy to give the demons a taste of what he'd been treated to earlier. Since cold wasn't attracted to things like electricity was, he knew he had less of a margin for error in his attacks. But since he'd never had an element to fight with in the first place, he was in, well, his element as he advanced, readying himself to keep changing targets so he could use the sword's cold to his best advantage.

[Kender Bard]

Edward

One of the demons that approached seemed to be drawing form from the desert sand itself. Sunray's fire had only served to crystalize part of its body into distorted and sharp glass pieces.

The second one to approach was a humanoid and actually quite frail looking demon... but it was encased in twisted black metal armor that encased most of its body and pulsed with fel energies. Despite its diminutive stature, the demon wielded a massive sword that looked to weigh at least twice as much as the demon itself.

The third was another humanoid demon, focusing on maintaining a crackling ring of energy about itself as it watched the other two demons.

Sunray - 12
Sunray expended a bit of energy to create a half-circle wall of flames around himself and Edward to help protect them from flanking attacks.

[Skittlebug]

Masego - 12

Masego had managed to get mostly behind Bael and does the only thing she can think of. Taking a moment to aim at the moving demon beast, she let her spear fly, hoping that if it didn't damage Bael, at least it might trip him up.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua and Zevran - 8

With the demon down, Acqua and Zevran glance around for the one that had shocked Zevran earlier. Though they don't see it, their eyes are drawn to Thouth and the demon lords. ~I think we can be of a little more use over there,~ Zevran comments. When Acqua nods in agreement, Zevran takes her arm and teleports away with her.

(OOC: Moving out of Zone Three)

[tuo]

Bael - 13

Despite his efforts to push forward, Thavan's shots of water were able to keep him from getting more than a couple steps at a time before being forced to brace himself to keep from falling. As he opens his mouth to shout at Thavan, Masego's spear hits him in the back causing him to bellow in enraged pain. He grabs a fallen corpse nearby before spinning around in an effort to spot who dared to interfere with HIS battle and throws the corpse with all his strength at Masego.