Vanguard: Into the Abyss

[Zetherus]

"Then I'll help you locate those wells," said Hashin walking from the underbrush, "I can fly fast and hard that is, and enemies will have to look really hard to spot me. These wells you speak of wont be an issue to look for!" He then stopped in front of Akari where a puzzled look appeared, The wells-- Where are they?" He wasn't sure why his senses of the spiritual energy he felt before vanished. But hey, that's the reason for a priestess right?

[Midnightmoon]

Akari sighed, tapping her forehead with her staff. "I don't know, i don't know." She growled. Spinning on her heel she paced, then it occured to her. "Assuming the wells are like whirlpools of sorts i might be able to rig something..." Grabbing her pouch she took out some twine, oil and her shallow bowl. She filled the bowl a finger joint deap with oil and cut a peice of twine. Twirling a finger she let some smoky lunar magic condense then pinched one of the ends to saturate it before dropping the whole thing into the oil. "If the pool is that of dark magic then mine might be similar enough to the sun to be slightly repelled by it. There." Akari spoke with satisfaction, pointing at the bowl as the twine stopped twirling and pointed firmly off in one direction. "We should head that way. You're scouting ahead then? Turn back and check in frequently. I'm sure there are more fearsome things out there then the tree golom and the hounds."

[Zetherus]

"Hmm, yeah of course. I'll be going then." He responded after being caught in Akari's strange way in finding portals. Hashin took off into the supernatural skies where he flew the direction the priestess pointed. The air was like that of a rain forest but demonic somehow. "Why would a bunch of demons want to create a forest where hopeless victims would have to swim leagues to?" He asked himself leaving the answer blank soon finding out that this place must be a guardian plane.

Movement below initialed more of those hounds, but for some reason they were moving away. Almost as if from something! He couldn't see what they were avoiding so he moved in for a closer look. The strokes of his wings were quiet and steady as he descended over looking the green mass. Nothing was there, at least that's what he thought until his scales invented dragon-bumps. Something dark and evil are in those shadows and it's form, doesn't have a physical form! The air dragon quickly arched back around and headed to the others to tell about the news.

[Midnightmoon]

"I'd better take my other form." Akari thought with dismay. She would have prefered to have stayed the way she was but they would have to travel fast and she didn't want to have to try clinging to the backs of one of the others. "Give me a second and then we must be on our way, there's no time to lose." Akari said to Loki and released the contained lunar magic. When she stood as a dragon she spotted Hashin flying in like the devil chased him. "Something already?"

[Zetherus]

Hashin swooped over then dropped in front Akari, shifting his head looking back where he had come from. "We might have a problem. There is something immensely dark in the deep woods behind me, somewhat half a kilometer that direction," He said quietly, pointing his tail the direction he flew from, "I would recommend we try to circle around to try and avoid it! Unless you are more blessed then I think you to be!?" The wind clanner lifted his left front leg and pointed to his left (Akari's right) into the shadowed trees like everywhere else continuing his report, "That way is much safer, lesser enemies when I flew over, but their movement is unpredictable and there might or might not be a moment in this realm where we will come into enemy contact! Let's just stick with those hounds and not the dark spirit dwelling in the darkness behind me!" He finished his report with a sigh and hoped for the best that the veto was to NOT go that way. He felt really uneasy about that thing he flew over, but his confidence would not stop him to fear in achieving to end this otherworldly apocalypse. Killing this thing would surely make him stronger for the hardships ahead if the others plan to fight straight on.

[Midnightmoon]

"We have no choice but to take the long way then. Lead the way!" Akari shifted her weight to swiftly follow Hashin once he took off. "Lets just hope i don't trip on my own feet." Once they arrived there was no doubt that what they were looking for was there. Amound the amoung the rust coloured prarie grass was what appeared to be a slowmoving whirlpool of fadded shadows. Akari walked up to the edge and prodded it with her wing which disrupted the surface like slugish water. "Here we go." Taking w breath she marched into the center and sunk down to the next crazy dimmension.

[Nohiki]

"Heh heh, more portals... With more scary monsters... And unreasonable landscape... I'M IN!" Loki said and followed through, his wings ready because he fully expected the portal might dump them in the air. If he learned something from this, it was: Assume nothing. Not even dragons were what they appeared to be here, he realized as he thought about their silver companion. At least she seemed trustworthy enough.

[Midnightmoon]

Akari stepped through and found herself hovering in what felt like mud for a second, then she dropped into air. She flailed her limbs and by some grace of the goddess caught herself, balancing out awquardly. Breathing heavily she looked around. The new dimension was one that looked more ethereal then the others, less savage and more at peace. With carpets of cotton clouds blanketing above and bellow it was hard to gage distances, but the most stunning thing of all was the city within the clouds, with spires that hung down like upside down towers. "If i didn't know better, i'd say this place was the Garden of Santuary." Akari murmured in aww.

[Nohiki]

Loki fared with little more grace, gliding to a halt. Something was weird with this place. He found out what when he looked at Akari and saw her upside down. "Uh, whoa, which way's up?" he said, noticing he didn't need to move his wings the tiniest bit to stay afloat.

[Midnightmoon]

Akari looked over to Loki, twisting her head around to right her vision of the dark dragon. "I think that's the wrong question here." She said mystyriously, then continued, "We should find the next portal. Lets try the city first." Flipping over so they themselves were at least on the same level Akari started for the city. "Now that you've been through one of those you suppose you'll be able to find the next ones? It would be a bit cumbersome and hasardess for me to have to change back every time."

[Zetherus]

Hashin shrugged and followed the others through glad that the portal had appeared there in front of them. Upon passing through, the wind clanner was astonished for what he witnessed before him. In the otherworldly skies of a bright plane and a colossal fortress in the far, Hashin caught up with the others and asked Akria, "What is this place? It's an amazing sight for a demonic realm!" Noticing that he didn't have to move the slightest to move through the serene air made him feel more at home then he did on the mortal world. He felt that his presence in this world could give him advantages like none other because of this elemental insight. "This realm is my ally!" He blurted with a cheerful smile.

[Midnightmoon]

At hearing Hashin's excamation Akari became increasingly wary of the haven. "We shouldn't trust anything at face value." With a bit of a wobble Akari finally caught the rhythym of flyng in a resemblence of a foreward motion and went for the city. Upon entering they were met by more enchanting archetecture. In the distance there were small pale creatures flitting around like flocks of birds. "I had hoped you would not have continued through to anymore dimensia." A deap voice intoned. Twisting around Akari saw a man on one of the pillars, leaning off it while holding on with one hand. He was garbed in light armor with silvery white accents and a cloak of pale feathers. If Akari was in human form this being would be three heads taller. A full face helm conceiled his hace and only his pale blue eyes were apparent. "And who would you be to wish that?" He smiled, ever so so slightly barng his teeth. "You should know by now that nothing is free, not here, not in your own dimensia." Akari was getting tired of all the bargening and bartering.

[Zetherus]

Hashin dropped in out of nowhere behind the demon landing on a marble obelisk with engravings coursing down it's face. "Hences why we're here. Asking why your kind should enter our world for free!?" he growled while showing white teeth. He kept his distance as the demon could at any second attack, so he was ready to escape just in case. "Before asking such foolish questions for your own... pointless pleasure, why don't you ask ours first air demon? At least you can answer politely unlike the last few I sliced to pieces!" he spoke furiously, tired of being asked questions from the ones that shouldn't.

[Midnightmoon]

"Everything i do is for duty, not for my own pleasure." The being responded, them glanced over his shoulder to sigh in bore impatience at Hashin, "There is no need for concern." He turned foreword again, "I came here in hopes to find this place undiscovered by you wanderers not a fight, but, alas, here you are. Regardless i don't have the time to entertain you all-" Akari agreed with what Hashin had noted; this demon was more civil then most the others. "Hey now, don't be rude. It's improper to interrupt and not make small talk." She said, stopping him from leaving. Pausing, the being settled again and put his free hand to his mask. Finally he chuckled, "I guess in this situation it's true enough. Fine then, a question for a answer, one for me and one for your group. After that i must be off." Akari looked to her companions.

(Ooc: what do you want to know? )

[Zetherus]

Hashin dropped from the pillar and walked up to him with a less hostile approach. "Yeah, why is there an invasion in play to the living world. What reason does this nameless ruler have to unleashing his kin upon our mildly peaceful existence, and where can we find it before the seals to hell are broken?" he asked the silver being curiously. He wanted this chaos to stop at any cost, and with that, he knew this demon could probably understand the group's situation in this matter. His strong stare at the demon also indicated he wanted guidance and help to silence this mess. Hashin was already tired on dealing with this and he knows that more is to come as they dive deeper into the Everblack.

OCC: IDK tell me if this is too much for little o' worried Hashin to throw out before the others could ask.