Shooting Star

[Zorolo]

"Depends," Luca said as he looked at her. "I don't know what your powers are, so I'm not sure if I can apply mine in opposition to yours. After all, if your wish was something like, "I wish to have great control over men," my powers to enchant anyone that hears my music would be meaningless over the more absolute nature of your wish, or so I'd guess," Dale stated as he crossed his arms and laughed. "But, find me another woman and I can show you the limits of my powers. After all, if you can control men, as you act as you can, I own the hearts of women. They are powerless against my charms," Dale said with a smile.

In truth, he had no idea. He played his music, but noticed the lines of music seem to simply break against Quinten. "Hmm... not sure if that's proof or not of my claim, though. I just learned a few days ago there are people who can resist my powers, so I'd assume if you can control someone, my powers of enchantment would be second to that control or somethin'," he stated, sighing. "Who knows. This whole wish crap is annoying as hell. Let me join and I can amass an army of the mindless masses," Dale said, smirking at her. "After all, pretty women need people to step on when they step down from their thrones."

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

Phorkyas arrived at the base, her face didn’t seem to be in shock, and she merely entered as if nothing had happened. “Miss Phorkyas! We’ve been awaiting your arrival! Hecate is sick!” Phorkyas looked towards the voice of the man that had called out to her, “Take me to her Tristan.” Tristan nodded, and turned to Billy, “I’ll tell you the rest when I get back, see what you can do about morale around here.”

The Puppeteer had taken kindly to Dale’s compliments, “Quentin, fetch me a woman so that Dale may test out his powers.” “Yes…master.” Quentin stormed out of the building, sprinting afterwards, searching the bodies of his victims for those who may have survived.

((Time-Warp.))

“Are you doing better now Hecate?” Phorkyas asked as she placed a hand on Hecate’s forehead. “Erza, could you get us a glass of water?”

Quentin dragged in a young girl, who was screaming and clawing at the floor, “No! STOP IT! Let me go!” Quentin walked in to see Dale receiving a patch from the Puppeteer. “Oh good, now break one of her legs so she doesn’t escape.” Quentin nodded and grabbed her leg, causing it to explode. Her scream was ear-piercing, but Quentin could not respond.

[GamerKale]

Erza shrugged, "Sure. It's probably the easiest thing someone's asked of me in the past few days." She set the deck of cards she had been shuffling down, and shut the door quietly behind her.

Captain Bravo was wearing a hair net over his hat and serving food. "Enjoy your Bravo Meal."

[Helbaworshipper]

"Kill! Kill those liars!" A voice seemed to be invading her memories, making them jumble up as she attempted to make them go in order. "Don't you want to destroy who started this all?" It was that emotion that she began to sense in the room. She found herself getting lost in it, wanting to just wake up. Anything to wake up and forget what had happened to her.

Slowly, her eyes opened, feeling a hand on her forehead. "Miss Phorkyas?" How long had she been asleep? Did anyone need help? When asked if she was feeling better, she nodded. "I don't know what happened. Someone's emotions started to effect me for some reason. It was trying to take over and force me to do something." She spoke, looking a bit worried since it was the first time it had happened.

[Zorolo]

Zorlo landed and looked at the Hijira. He had needed time to think, and now that time had, luckily, passed. "I'll agree to let you try and scan my arm under the condition that we do it apart from the group. I have many secrets kept within that arm, and I'd rather you not blurt something out that you would regret," he told the girl, walking past her slightly. "But don't worry. Nothing bad will happen. Your sister is too close for anything dangerous to happen to you," he stated, moving as if adjusting glasses.

Dale held the patch and chuckled. "Very good," he said as he watched Quinten blow the young woman's leg off and sighed. "Now why in the world would you do that? She's only half as useful as she was," Dale complained as music lines from his lute began to encircle the girl and calm her down. Soon, the shrieks and cries of pain vanished and she remained totally docile. "This poor girl... that servant you wield is quite dangerous. I'd be careful about him," the man stated, feeling uneasy around Quinten in general.

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((I. Love. Captain. Bravo. We need action! Action packed action! With Action! But… for now we get dialogue.))

“Can you recall who the person was that used these powers on you?” Phorkyas asked, curious to know who could affect a wishmaker like that. In the meanwhile, Billy had taken Bravo’s suggestion, but insisted everyone triple up, rather than travel in pairs. Billy required no pair, and he felt that Phorkyas also required no pair. Raymond sighed, being stuck with Captain Bravo and one of the leading architects of the world, before it was destroyed, of course, Raymond did not know this, but he didn’t care. “Here’s your food!” Raymond said cheerfully, assisting his new partner. The architect did not help serve food, but rather cooked it instead.

The Puppeteer watch the girl calm down, even though she was missing part of her leg. “Seems interesting, but do you have to play the music to use your wish? Because it seems…slower-paced than my power.” Quentin’s eyes flared up as something clicked, ‘I feel her powers loosening. Does she have to keep barking orders for me to be prey? As long as this kid distracts her long enough, I’m going to punch a hole in her face!’ "This poor girl... that servant you wield is quite dangerous. I'd be careful about him," ‘I’d be worried too! I’m going to skin her.’ “Oh Quentin? I wouldn’t worry, I have him under my complete command. Isn’t that right slave?” Quentin gritted his teeth, answering “Yes Master.”

((I love how little I post with Hero.))

[Helbaworshipper]

"Powers? I just remember sensing the emotion as soon as I took my glasses off. There was some dust on them and then some strange emotion was coming from a direction. I focused on it and somehow I..." She knew it wasn't a power. She had just sensed emotions and then her body reacted, as if she had been reaching for something. "I can't remember who it was from, I just remember it wasn't directed to me... Maybe it was directed at Billy?" She couldn't figure it out. "I apologize, I didn't mean to do something like that after being given such a task."

[nekoryuuha]

Analise simply laughed as Hijira looked up at him from her scroll, minorly confused as to his conditions. "I... Guess I don't really mind it, though your covert threat at the end wasn't necessary, you know," she replied as she rose from the cooking deer that Remia had caught, drained and gutted from them and Analise was working on cooking with her ability.

"What? Don't tell me you're afraid of a little secret getting out?" Analise jeered at him in amusement. "After all, what do you possibly think you could reveal to us that would change anything considering the fact that we agreed to help you kill Wishmakers and Gods?" she finished as Remia dropped down from the tree she was hidden in noiselessly as Hijira walked over.

"By the way, Zelos, you know that if something were to happen to my sister, It would mean war, right?" she said offhandedly to him as she stretched.

[Zorolo]

"Of course. I'm not going to do anything. Understand that my cautiousness is part of my demeanor most of the time," the man said as he walked out after Hijira. Zorlo's arm began to glow before it transformed and he held it out to let the blade extend. "All right, work your magic, Hijira. After all, I wish to get you back to your sister as fast as possible."

Dale looked at Quinten and laughed. "No, I needn't play music," he said, letting his Lute hang at his side, "because after hearing one of my songs, the enchantment has already buried itself within the person's spirit. It's just a matter of choosing to activate it," Dale said as the lines of music were still extending from his Lute around the girl and moving towards Quinten, whom the lines couldn't quite wrap around. "The other thing you're forgetting is that my power is much more grand scale. I took control of an entire town to offer to this... Pheles guy... and you ruin it with that guy. Still, it's fine. I guess beauty always needs a beast to protect her."

[nekoryuuha]

"Just so long as you know..." Remia replied as Hijira and Zelos walked off.

Big sis... she always was protective of me... Hijira thought as she and Zelos traveled the short distance out from the camp. "Okay. This shouldn't take long at all, Zelos," she replied as she stepped forward and touched his blade. The information that assaulted her was staggering. It's composition was simple, yet seemed infinitely complex. The history stretched on forever, never stopping. It was too much for a mortal mind and by the time her hazy mind realized the information had stopped, Zelos was kneeling over her. Did...Did I.. fall..? she thought. Her vision was dimming, and blood ran down her face from a rather serious double nosebleed she hadn't realized yet she had. His mouth was moving, but she couldn't hear anything. It was all quiet. What's... going on....? she managed to think before her world went dim, leaving Zelos with an unconscious, bloody Hijira and a very unamused Remia staring him down, blood Gauntlets forming and eyes glowing in anger.

"Do you have any excuses you wish to utter, Zelos? If not, I'm going to begin hitting you now. I don't know when I'll stop," Remia stated calmly with a blood-lust that bespoke her true feelings on this matter.

[Zorolo]

"Hijira... Hijira," he said as he shook her lightly, his arm returned to normal when he noticed her falling. She was bleeding now and he wasn't sure why. "What the hell did you see?" he asked her quietly, noticing Remia arrive and effectively threaten him. "Oh God dammit. I didn't do anything to her. She touched my arm blade, a second passed, she fell over and started bleeding from her nose. I'm not sure what she saw in there or what she learned, so I can't say exactly what caused this, so instead of threatening me, let's find a way to help her get better, huh?" He asked Remia, not amused by her conclusion jumping. It was rather annoying.

[nekoryuuha]

"..." Remia glided forward, one gauntlet vanishing as she tasted Hijira blood. For a Vampire, blood was knowledge. Though the effect was muted by her sister's wish, It should still help shed a bit of light on this situation. "Overwhelming information and..." Her already glowing eyes shone brighter a moment and, surprisingly, she smiled as she looked back at him. "A name that isn't 'Zelos'..." she said, calming down as the blood lust fade, but didn't vanish. "It seems you may be the cause but... You have explaining to do, Z-O-R-L-O..." she finished with a giggle, spelling out his real name.

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

“Emotions?” Phorkyas paused, “This seems like something that needs to be addressed. But if it was directed towards Billy… were the emotions highly negative?” Phorkyas helped Hecate sit up, “Do not worry about it, you’ve done your job well. No one could have predicted the movements of Pheles’s soldiers.”

The Puppeteer nodded, “My power works on grand scales too, and Pheles does not need any useless humans. Besides, look at his strength! Quentin is the most powerful human I’ve ever encountered. If you had someone like Quentin, only female, you would be most valuable, but for now, you realize you aren’t the most valuable catch.” The Puppeteer rose back to Pheles's throne and sat in it, shooing Dale off. “Go make yourself useful.” ‘A girl like me? I doubt there’s one in this world…unless… no, only Z and I…’

[Helbaworshipper]

Hecate nodded when she was asked. "They seemed to resonate inside me, ordering me to do something through my memories." She spoke, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. "I stopped whatever it was, but I wasn't sure who it was from. It was strong enough to effect me for just a moment."

[Zorolo]

Dale laughed at the woman as he crossed his arms. "Yes, yes, yes, I suppose I need to find a tool to work my magic on as you have worked your magic on this man. I'll start out shortly," he said as he started to walk away. "But for now, i need a nap. I'm freaking tired. I'll go be more useful after I've gotten some rest," Dale said as he walked off to go find a place to rest.

Zorlo looked at her and sighed. "Yes, yes perhaps I do. Still, the new knowledge you have doesn't negate, nor change, my goals. I've got goals I need to fulfill, so your sister can explain to you what I am when she wakes up." Zelos stood up and adjusted his machine gun with a sigh. "Anyway, keep an eye on her to make sure she's okay. She should be fine, just information overload from my weapons." Zelos started off into the forest. "I"m going hunting, I'll be back."

[nekoryuuha]

Remia choose not to replied to him as she knelt down next to her unconscious sister and touched her nose, 'ordering' the spilled blood to clot, stopping the nosebleed before the blood loss could become serious. "Honestly... telling me things that I already knew... Just who does he think-" she stopped and chuckled as she formed a blood platform to comfortably carry Hijira and cleaned the blood from her face and such. "Well, I guess we already know that now, don't we?" She looked over her shoulder toward Zelos, though she didn't actually see him so much as she felt his heart beating and blood pumping. "Do hurry back Zelos,... The Deer I caught earlier is nearly finished cooking and I'd like a quick bite to help calm the blood-lust you indirectly gave me," she said as she perched on the edge of the platform and the whole thing floated back to camp.

[Zorolo]

Zelos yawned as he followed the woman and stretched out slightly. For now, he would get some food, since he was completely drained, but that would help some. The green haired man looked at the food as he sat quietly, not quite sure what to do at the moment, but knew that at least this deer would be rewarding.

(Not a great post, but it keeps us going! Yay! ^_^)