Sortilege of Creation IC Thread

[madarra]

to illya

Emily watched the struggle withing the Church unfold.Marionettes came in from all over,god knows how they made their way inside, and they didnt know how to stay down, only one of them was actually disableing them while the rest were restraining them to protect the children.They were managing somewhat well.Until in an attempt to get the children to safety, Darien opened the door revealing what lied behind it.

She could`nt see past the front door due to her position, but just by hearing it, she recognized the voice as the one from earlier that day "Clover." Running to close the distance to get a view of his location, she caught sight of him just as he threw the child to the ground.As he extended more hands,she couldnt wait anymore, she jumped in, her sword changing into a crescent moon shaped axe to try to cut off the arms at the source, or at least pin them down with the crescent moon shape

[Payne]

Chapel

Tear stopped as the boy was raised into the air, her eyes widening in shock. No. This couldn't happen, not on her watch. She wouldn't let it. With a burst of speed unfitting of a human, she leapt across the pews, closing the gap between Clover and herself.

Too late... The boy fell to the ground, but Tear didn't stop. Even as the dead apostle from the other night dropped in from above, she barreled forward, spinning at the last second so as not to collide with her. Black keys leapt from her hands in a volley of death that was aimed at all of Clover's vital points, but instead of waiting for them to do the work, Tear dove in after them, swinging at his face with her elbow and following up with a spinning kick aimed at his abdomen. To say that Tear was running on adrenaline would be a serious understatement at the moment. She was a perfect image of righteous fury on earth.

A white flash moved across the battlefield, and the boy who had been impaled vanished from sight as Yin spirited him away to the alley across the street. She didn't know if she could do anything for him, but the sooner he got treatment, the better. Her fingers felt for a pulse as she pulled out her wooden box. He was still alive, and there didn't seem to be any serious damage to his organs, but he would bleed out soon if the hole wasn't closed up, and she had to make sure everything was alright before she closed it. Reopening it later wouldn't be an option.

[foolcoolylover]

Everyone

Watching the new player with gritted teeth as he threw away the boy he just killed. Seeing the white flash grab the boy and spirit him away brought Atticus some small relief, but the larger threat of the puppets master didn't let him express that. He bright his hand up to call up a mist to at least let the children escape if not stop the puppet master. As he was about to snap his fingers he had to stop when a girl came crashing down from the roof to attack. Not recognizing her and not particularly caring about her he was about to snap his fingers only to be interrupted by a Executor entering close range. While he was hesitating a Marionette tried to get the jump on him. Taking off the suit jacket and throwing it at the doll to disrupt its momentum Atticus unleashed the two slashes provided by Malus II on the one puppet and only targeted the chest. Seeing it break on the pews Atticus watched it for a moment wondering how long it would take to reform. It didn't reform to which Atticus said. "Not good.." in a growl that should have been relief.

[Prisma*Illya]

Chapel Group

Clover wasn't entirely surprised to see Emily join the fray, but he wasn't able to stop her from severing a few of his arms with her axe. He moved back to gain some space, but Tear's Black Keys blotted out his vision. Although aimed for his vitals, however, they seemed to deflect off of his skin. That didn't protect him from the elbow to the face that knocked him back, or the spin kick to the abdomen that sent him sprawling to the ground.

Darien and Asche tried to move in to help, but Tear was like a woman possessed, and there was no room for them in there.

"You'd better save a piece of him for me, Tear!" Asche said, grinding her teeth as Clover scooped himself up, grinning at them.

"You'll all soon be in more pieces that my Marionettes!" he declared, holding his hands out. They shot out from his body on cables, snatching Emily and Tear by the throat before yanking sharply on them, dragging them to the floor.

[Payne]

Chapel

Tear hit the ground hard, and in that moment, she lost herself. There was no reason. There was no plan. There was only undying rage. The hand around her throat prevented her from screaming at him, but Tear grabbed the cable and pulled on it, dragging Clover forward. With the same motion, she planted one foot beneath herself and kicked off to launch herself over Clover's head. In midair, her arm whipped to one side, wrapping the cable around Clover's neck, and as she came to the ground, she pulled it tight while driving a black key into the center of his back.

[madarra]

Chapel

When grabbed by the throat, Emily reflexively grabbed on to the cable connecting the hand on her throat with Clover.She tried standing her ground,but Clover`s yanking combined with the executor`s pulling were to much and got dragged against the floor a bit before getting back on her feet.Emily tried breaking the the cable with her hands but it was to though so she stabbed it with an icicle from her weapon before breaking it off and causing it to expand and rip through the cable, freeing her.The executor had maneuver herself to the back of Clover in the mean time trying to pin him in place,so Emily threw two icicles at him,one at his leg and one at his head,they would expand when they hit.

[NoIn-LoKi]

Chapel

After Darien forced the door open, Dubhe headed towards the exit as well, knocking all the puppets that got in her way into the wall. Outside was another Angel Rank, Claudius Clover. She stopped just outside the doors and watched the events unfold. She gasped when Clover attacked the little boy. He was ruthless, even more ruthless than any of the others she'd encountered. Thankfully Yin quickly went to take care of the boy.

The other Angel Rank, a woman with long dark hair and one of the Church Executors were trying to inflict critical damage to Clover, but he seemed stronger, despite their determination. I have to do something The rest of the children had scattered out of reach for now and with the two women fighting Clover, there was not enough room to step in.

[foolcoolylover]

Chapel

Well Atticus had his plan of attack, it was just a matter of thinning the horde enough to allow the others to go after the puppeteer. Well the suit jacket was in a bit of bad shape now, but that was a worry for later, along with an explanation to the nice old woman he would have to come up with. Unbuttoning the cuffs Atticus began to sever the magic circuits of the marionettes in no specific order other than leaving the ones who were disabled by the Executors. When it looked like there was an opening Atticus set his sights on Clover and took aim originally planning a Gander curse. Atticus didn't like the look of it, but he settled on his original idea. Aiming high Atticus snapped his fingers to form the mist around Claudius' shoulders, neck and head. What would look like a light fog at first would make anyone's vision caught in it completely dark while they stayed in it, and keep their vision dark for a minute after leaving.

[Prisma*Illya]

Chapel Group

Claudius Clover appeared to be taken by surprise as Tear wrapped the cable around his own neck, choking him as she impaled him through the back with her Black Key. There was a screech of gears and sparks as it errupted out of his chest. Asche's eyes widened, then froze as she stared inside of him.

"Everyone, stop!" she yelled, but it was too late as Emily's icicles first froze his leg in place while the second took his head clean off. Atticus' spell suddenly enveloped them in a fog as a red light lit up inside the blackness, followed by a strange high-pitched whining. Darien and Tear froze as the sound seemed to not only come from where Clover's dismembered body was, but also from inside the chapel, magnified by several hundred times.

"Move!" Darien yelled, pulling Asche off the stairs. They fell to the ground as the chapel was rocked with explosions, one after the other as the Marionettes blasted apart, just as Clover's body detonated with a large crash. Darien and Asche lay on the ground, waiting for the explosions to subside before they dared to move, looking around to see the damage.

"Tear? Tear, are you all right?!" Darien yelled, looking about wildly for her. Asche stood, staring toward the chapel.

"The groom and bride.. did they get out?" she wondered aloud, biting her lip.

[foolcoolylover]

Chapel

Atticus stood for part of the explosions, getting hit in the head with a thankfully small piece of debris however taught him to duck for cover. When the blasts were over Atticus stood up and dusted himself off. He could already feel the blood coming down his face, but he knew it wasn't the time to be worried over a trivial injury. Right now what mattered was Chelsea and Kevin's safety and the children's safety. He looked around and didn't see either of them on the floor, or any children for that matter. Atticus walked over to where Dubhe was asking if she was alright. At mention of the bride and groom Atticus turned around to face Asche. "I think they're fine. I don't see them anywhere around here, but I know they went with the children outside."

As the explosion shook the chapel Kevin and Chelsea both shielded the children from anything that might shoot their way in the alley where Yin brought the boy. When things got quiet Kevin got up slowly as if trying to sneak away. "Where are do you think you're going?" Shooting him a dirty look Chelsea asked surprisingly sweetly. "Oh, well uh. I thought I would go check on everyone to see if they were alright." Chelsea just gave him the same dirty look. "Well, you know how fast of a runner I can be, and I just thought that.." She kept the look on her face and stopped him dead in his tracks. Chelsea sighed out then said. "Go on, if you see anything bad though you need to run, don't fight, just run. Understand?" Kevin nodded and went out of the Alley towards the chapel.