Shrade

[K2]

"It's time to end these games."

It was the voice of none other than Radical, echoing throughout North as a large gate, surrounded by fire, began to erect itself in the North. It seemed to reek with the foul stench of death, and the air around the rising gate seemed to light as well. Screams of torture could be heard from the other side. This was not the work of the devil. This was the work of Radical. This was the work of a living being.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Meeting the gate in short time, was the Seraph General, and his 4 man team. "I thought it might be you..." he shouted towards it.

[K2]

"You thought right," Radical's voice replied as the gate began to open, a blast of fire coming out of it. The fire, Gravefire, literally began to scorch the air of the North, burning it as Radical himself, in his slimy form as assigned to him by Eli and Koty, came walking through, one of his many tails reaching over his head and right towards the "Seraph" General, before stopping and returning to its place. Radical had an odd smile on his face as he looked at the party that had come to greet him.

"Where is your leader?" Radical demanded, his very word causing the walls of the North to vibrate slightly.

[K2]

OOC: Three day rule. It's currently 5:30, three days and 7 minutes after the last post.

Radical merely smirked at the awe-stricken ones before him, his Gravefire causing an explosion to shake North once more, and to knock the Seraph General and his "team" out of the way. Radical walked past them, his eyes searching the horizon for whoever would speak as leader of the North. Hikari, was it not? He had to find her... That was his goal.

As the air of the North burned, everything within it began to catch fire. Even the walls of the North would soon catch fire.

"Show yourself!" Radical shouted.

Breathe. Open your eyes.

"ARGGGGH! STOP IT! NOW! YOU'RE KILLING ME!"

"Shh... Calm down, young one. It will be okay."

"STOP IT! NOW! PLEASE!"

Radical's eyes opened, but they weren't the eyes he knew and loved. Something wasn't right -- he felt... Different somehow. He didn't understand what had happened. He was... Glowing, a strange color. He saw the forms of Creation and Destruction before him, glaring down on his slimy form. They were glaring at him like he was one of their pawns.

"Wh-what's going on?"

"Welcome back, Lucy," Destruction mused, calling him by the nickname he'd given him.

"I... I don't understand," Radical replied.

"You remember, don't you?" Eli told him, a smile on his face, "What we talked about?"

"I... I do."

"Great. Here, take this," Eli replied, tossing him a golden pocket watch. "Keep it safe. It was our father's. Don't loose it, okay?"

"R-right," Radical replied, "Thank you."


As the pocket watch appeared in Radical's slimy hand, he opened it. It's clock hands were in the same place they'd been at for the last eight years. Twelve O'clock. Eli was dead. Then why did Radical feel as if something wasn't quite right here, as if... As if Eli wasn't dead, and he was mistaken, and that this was... Different, somehow. Something was about to happen.

[Capxeno]

OOC: Bull until the topic with ~Eli is approved or not.

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

OOC: He was here for Hikari i believe...

[K2]

OOC: ~Eli was approved, just not as an embodiment. Three day rule still stands, but I'll wait for your approval before we proceed.

[Capxeno]

~Eli was still on the throne, there was a reason he had not moved. Everything in the North burned, the outer walls of the court as well. yet, in front of the Seraphim, excluding the General and his men. ~Eli glowed in a milky light, you could feel the yearning of creation itself welling up in the room. The Milky light got thicker and thicker, until it would blind everyone in the court.

The light, spread quickly over the whole of the North, it felt like a somber hug, like a father urging his children to be the best they can be. The light left the building repaired as if new martial was created to replace it, the fire seemed to be drawn in to the many torches the light the North with a lovely light, the people and angels of the North being protected by cloaks of the milky light that remained as it faded away.

~Eli stood up from his Throne, the very essence of creation radiating from him like a welcoming light, he smile serenely. He nodded at the Seraphim court as if that was all that was needed, and disappeared, to appear in front of Radical looking at the Pocket Watch with a loving smiel then straight into Radical's eyes.

~Eli's voice was beautiful, measures, and that of a father welcoming his child home fondly. "Lucifer, you kept it, and yourself safe. I am proud of you my child."

[K2]

How can this be?

Radical dropped to his knees, screaming. He didn't know what was happening, but he could feel a burning sensation running all across his skin, as if he were on fire -- and not in a good way. The pure force of Creation was more than enough to bring him to his knees, but he didn't understand... Eli had been killed. He knew Eli had been killed, the watch even said he was dead, it's hands pointed to midnight.

"No... NO, NO, NO!" he shouted angrily, his tails erupting forth in every which direction, lighting with more Gravefire and crashing into buildings, attempting to demolish buildings faster than Eli could recreate them. How could this be!? How... Was Eli still alive!? This made no sense, whatsoever. He had to stop whatever was happening here. He had to end this game, once and for all. It was time to bring it to an end.

"You and your brother used me," Radical spat angrily, "And you used them. You used the mortals, the living. You used the precious life you claim to have created, but you know as well as I do that you didn't create these people. You just opened the door for them, and then slammed it shut in their faces. For that, you must pay."

[Capxeno]

~Eli smiled sadly, as if trying to console Radical with his eyes. The Buildings continued to created over being destroyed, the fire being sucked into the torches, it just didn't burn fast enough to destroy faster than creation itself.  The Milky light was still slightly fading, creating in new and intricate ways what it clung to.

~Eli Wrapped a blanket of light, woven from Creation itself around Radical, pulling the man into a fatherly embrace, "Hush my child, its okay now. You can rest. These people are my children, just as you are. They enjoy the rest of their eternity here, in peace. Lucifer, you look over the lost lambs, the ones who must come to understand what they have done, you will lead them into my light."

[K2]

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Radical screamed, his hand wrapping around ~Eli's throat, "YOU ARE NOT A GOD, YOU ARE A... A mere mortal, and I will not tolerate this... This..."

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Grunder and his team approached the court's door. Grunder had some soot on his robes, but other than that, he was fine. He simply stood by as the scene with Radical unfolded.

[Capxeno]

With a gentle hand, ~Eli would try to remove Radicals hand remove his throat.  To place them on his cheek, "My Child, you have worked hard. Your rest is far yet. Please bear your burden with grace. I am proud of you Lucifer. Keep it safe." as he closed Radicals hands around the Pocket watch

Covering Radical completely in the cloak of creation, ~Eli would attempt to send Radical back to where he came from, back to his throne in the South. Binding him there, as he has been for a long, long time.

[Capxeno]

OOC: Three Day Rule

Radical disappearing, into the South, under the Cloak of Creation, Chains of Creation dug, and bore into his flesh and bones. Connecting to what made Radical, Radical. The Chains, connected to his throne in the South, and them and the cloak disappeared. Should he try to teleport in any manner, should he try to leave his throne room, should he do anything that meant leaving the South, the Cloak, and his Chains would remind him of his situation. It almost like being a dog in a cage.

The buildings in the North were Created back to brilliance. Creation itself radiated throughout the North, signally just how back Eli truly was. ~Eli's voice emanated over the whole of the North as he returned to his throne in the court in a brilliant flash, "What say my children, what say the Seraphim?

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

Several looks towards Grunder. "What say you, General Tepper?" they call out. Grunder's head pops up and he thinks. He looks towards Eli, then the Seraphim, then to Hikari. A look of uncertainty cam across for a brief moment, before he closed his eyes and regained his composure. He slowly approached Eli.

He examined Eli for a brief second before turning to the rest of them. He nods to them. "But should it transpire that Eli, is not the real Eli, and has misled and deceived us to believe so..." he turns to Eli again. "...He will be swiftly dealt with, as per our lords teachings. Is that agreeable my lord?" Grunder questions Eli.

[Queen Bright]

"Oh no no no!" Hikari expressed in shock and awe of Grunder. as she popped up out of nowhere near the front of the crowd in front of ~Eli's throne. "You musn't threaten Lord Eli! He's our god. You can't doubt God." Hikari had been quiet for the time Radical had been in the North as she had been too scared for words. Radical, or Lucifer as she knew him had always scared her from the very beginning. She couldn't understand why her mother had ever made deals with such a being. Well, no she could understand. He was evil. And her mother was evil too. They belonged to each other.

"Lord Eli! Please forgive us for doubting you!" Hikari quickly bowed as the cherubs and other angels that were not as high as the Seraphim's did the same. "General Grunder's just being a meanie. He doesn't know what he's talking about! Of course you're our lord! I always knew you'd come back. And now you have." Hikari quickly blushed as she had said to much with the last statement. "Heaven is yours my Lord, just as you left it. I-I..." Her blush grew redder as she stumbled on her words, embarrassed. "I was only taking care of it and upholding your laws until you did return. PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" Hikari clapped her hands together and bowed lower.

[K2]

As chains of creation dug into Radical's slimy flesh, he spat upon Eli. He could feel his very essence, his spirit, being grabbed by the chains, and he was helpless to fight it. He knew the moment that the connection was concrete that it was a seal to his throne, a creed of his duty as the servant of Eli, and yet, he wanted so badly to refuse. He had been a slave of a game of playing God for so long, and he no longer wanted to play. He didn't want to be a slave to his past life.

So, he fought it, and while he knew he had lost, he knew he could buy himself some time as the chains started to pull him back into the gate which he had entered from. He glanced at the helpless form of Hikari, and then at ~Eli as he repaired the various buildings. And then, he began to shout. Scream. Loudly. Like a small child throwing a tantrum. He knew that he would soon find himself bound to his throne, but that didn't mean that he couldn't punish ~Eli for his own misdeeds.

And then, he spoke a phrase which nobody present, not even ~Eli, would likely understand... But only ~Eli would likely know the dialect which it was spoken in. Yes, ~Eli had been an infant when his kinds died out, but there was a chance that he understood the dialect of Perfect, even though he likely could not speak it. That was what Radical spoke in.

"Ehecahm ehtoelucoeno eeth adeelotan des eeth des ellif, effir ehnehobee des ayelfoo."

The moment those words were spoken, the words themselves as old as dirt itself, an incomprehensible shaking began to fill the North as Radical was dragged into the depths of the South. Radical had been defeated, but ~Eli had not won. Something... Dark was about to happen, and it was time that ~Eli atone for his many sins. It was time for him to meet the judgement of his people, the Perfect, even if they weren't around to give it.

[Capxeno]

Poor Radical hadn't realized something. His words, his magic, had no witness, no audience. For ~Eli Created a temporary North above the North that Radical was dragged out of. Radical would fall to the South, as ~Eli guided his children, for the North that they resided in now, was a temporary place of refuge, created from nothing, and in no way connect to the true North. It was to protect all from anything Radical would do as he was sent away.

This child's tantrum would do him no good, the cursing in ancient words had nothing to latch onto, for what he spat on was nothing but an image left in love. To the South with Radical, and the truth North began to reject Radicals influence, Radical magic was being siphoned off like a pollution, as the residents of the North resided in a copy that existed above it, but not connected to it, for protection.


~Eli turned from Grunder and then to Hikari, "There, there my children. I am Eli. although the experience of death, and having fought Plex did not leave me unchanged. I am truly your Lord.  Set aside your doubts, for there is much to be done to ensure that Lucifer or anyone else does not interfere with the reward of a righteous life given to my children. Hikari, I would like a full report later on this, and General Grunder, you as well."

All the while that Embodiment did not stop his fatherly smile.

[Capxeno]

OOC: Sorry K2, Three-day. A new North was made over the old in a different dimensional plane, as the old siphoned off whatever your spell was. As per three-day rule this was successful. Radical is back in the South with the whole Creation chain curse thingy, and his last ditch spell is fully siphoned off of the north, end of Radicals attacks. Done and done. K2 is out of this topic, unless he has some other character with a good IC reason to be here...


~Eli smiled gently as everything returned to normal, he looked over the beauty of the North and then to the two that he was speaking to. Hikari and Grunder. ~Eli had a lot to catch up on, eight years of new arrivals to meet, eight years of events he was not privy to, and eight years of Seraph court politics that he knew not even the scutler butt of... these two were about to rectify this situation...  quickly.