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[madannoshashu]

Who: Xigbar's Nightmarish Creation, these lovely people, and YOU!
When: Tuesday, October 9th through Thursday, October 25th.
Where: Anywhere the creature finds you.
Summary: Plot info posts - [1] and [2]. If you want to have a random encounter with the monster or be an investigator, please check in on Plot Post #2.
Warnings: Violence, gore, horribleness. Also copious amounts of darkness.

[ The day has finally come.

He raises his head, a stark, hooded figure peering across the slate-gray waters as the sun sinks slowly below the waves. It's an hour before evening sirens, and everything is set. He has his list, as well as the instrument of judgment. Whether or not it succeeds is up for debate, but truly, he cares little for AGI's agenda. Entertainment, curiosity, and keeping himself appropriately positioned are the really driving components behind this little escapade. The old man heightened his understand of the power he now holds, and this is the perfect opportunity to put it to the test.

The call is silent. He doesn't even have to snap his fingers for the monstrous shadow he's created appears at his side. He turns, looks at it, and rests a hand on its muzzle.

The targets appear one-by-one, seared into the mind's eye of the "hound" he's created. The creature softly snarls, and butts its head against Xigbar's palm.

Xigbar merely smiles. ]

Happy hunting.

[ A feral rumble sounds in the twilight, and the Heartless vanishes without a trace. Xigbar stands for a moment, unmoving, before darkness wraps around him and carries him away. ]

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[returnsmagic]

[ Aurican doesn't detect the danger, the creature is that good from hiding from his senses. The gold dragon shifts the massive gem in his claws, preparing the post as his claws hit the right angles needed -

At that moment he lets out a terrible roar as pain strikes down on his back, feeling a heavy weight. Aurican immediately dips down and falls off his perch. He twists around immediately, letting out a cone of fire from his jaws. ]

[madannoshashu]

[ Rending and tearing with terrible ferocity, the Heartless only detaches itself when the fire flares into existence.

Leaping away, it melds into the nearby shadows. There's a moment of silence before a ball of fiery darkness comes hurtling out of the gloom. ]

[returnsmagic]

[ Not paying any attention to his spinning NV on the ground as he lands with a solid thud. He spots movement and without any hesitation, he runs toward the beast, noting how well it melds into the darkness of night.

Aurican roars again, this time a challenge, and he barely sees a ball of magic hurling down his way. He rears up, wings flaring aggressively, and spews out fire, fire made out of godly imagination and magical might. ]

[madannoshashu]

[ The magics collide, erupting in a conflagration as the creature once again moves swiftly throughout the shadows. Again, the darkness flare, and another blast comes flying out of the twilight, then another and another, in rapid succession. ]

[returnsmagic]

[ The moment he sees more of the flaming darkness hurling towards him, he makes a quick muttering and disappear in a spell of teleportation.

He reappears at a great height, looking down at the creature. ]

[madannoshashu]

[ The creature looks up, red eyes flashing dangerously in the surrounding darkness.

Another flare of magic comes from it, of a different sort this time. A flash of sheer color briefly illuminates the creature before it catapults itself into the sky directly at Aurican. ]

[returnsmagic]

[ The moment he sense another flare of magic, he casts another spell - a spell of haste.

Aurican is a remarkable beast, with great wings that can carry his massive size and weight. Unfortunately, this means that his speed and agility were less to be desire. But with one spell, his agility and speed can be compared to a hummingbird or a honeybee.

He spins around and dives, avoiding the dark beast by a narrow margin. Lets out another devastating cone of fire, he lasts out, his claws seeking the creature's hide to rip and render. ]

[madannoshashu]

[ The Heartless twists in midair, evading the firing but not quite fast enough to avoid the claws.

The body doesn't tear (there's no flesh and blood to speak of), but it does snarl and snap at Aurican in displeasure, a sphere of darkness already forming in its jaws.

It fires one, then another and another. ]

[returnsmagic]

[ The spheres hit Aurican and he groans, feeling the searing pain coursing down his chest and forelimbs.

And then he sees nothing but red scales, clinging to his back, black and green wings flying above him, lightning striking down -


Aurican roars and tightens his grip and draws the beast closer to Aurican as both of them tumbles in the air. The golden son of Paladine inhales and lets out the largest cone of fire he can managed, large enough to envelop the largest of blue dragons. ]