Are you afraid of the Darksoul? [Part 2]

[birthmural]

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For too long the firstborn son of Satan's demonic soul had been trapped, denied his rightful control over Daimon's body. Now, thanks to Mei-Xing, he was finally free. The next course of action was obvious- he would have to take control of one of the beings on this ship. He could start with the vulnerable and move on to the more powerful. He had to act fast before that fool recovered. Fortunately he needn't go very far. The city was full of potential victims.

Now, now. Who to possess first?

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[governorkang]

...and bad puns. Great. Kang quickly cast Haste took the chance to cast Invisibility on himself so that he could sneak closer, moving as quietly as he could. "Celena, try to keep his attention on you. I don't think he's got access to a lot of his spells right now; Disintegrate fizzled, and he's using the trident instead."

[curiousredsoul]

"Oh? Or has it..?" She replied with a raised eyeridge, let him think on that for a brief second even as she felt Kang's spell take hold on her. Her markings flaring to life as she took advantage of the greater speed he had granted her.

Even despite the soulfire the mist appeared to only grow thicker from his assault of it, the mist being infact not mist at all, but the illusion of mist near indistinguishable from actual mist. Noted, I shall keep him busy

She wasted no time though as she circled him rapidly, markings and even her eyes flaring brighter as copy after copy stepped forth from her form until she seemingly stood in front of him once more, each copy lifelike in near all aspects, even through magic it would be near impossible to determine the true Celena. The mist drifting in until it there was but a circle of clear air around possessed wizard, the fog partially obscuring the illusions as the red glow from each of their respective markings shone through the fog as well as eight pairs of glowing red eyes peered in from the mist.

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

The most obvious sign of his possession was the simple fact that the darksoul ignored the magical power at its fingertips; Aibghalien would never have relied on soulfire the way he seemed to now, had he been calling the shots.

"I suppose this means dinner is off!" he snapped at the dragon's images as he ringed himself around with soulfire, presenting an unbroken line of flames through which the invisible Kang would have to step.

The second flaw in the darksoul's control came from Aibghalien's inability to simply disbelieve the illusion of mist. Laughing, the wizard instead lifted the trident. "Obviously, victory shall come only through redefinition of the terms of engagement!"

But this was a mistake; as he began to lift into the air, his body lurched, and he swiftly grabbed onto the trident with his other hand for stability. The flight granted by the trident was slower than that he was accustomed to, and the elven body's reflexes had reacted quite wrongly towards the movement.

[governorkang]

Kang muttered a curse under his breath and got as close to the flames as he dared, waiting for an opportunity. As soon as one presented itself, in the stumble in the air, he snagged a bit of spider web from one of his pouches, pointed at Aibghalien, and whispered, "Utzilah Qazlem Vinaquirem ta puch a ya vi."

At the very least, it would give them a few seconds' time.

[curiousredsoul]

Celena and her copies merely shook their heads at the Darksoul's words letting them slide off her like water, taking but a small step back from the line of flames he surrounded himself with.

She and her copies rose an eyeridge as he rose into the air, "A redefinition is welcome, but you fail to realize.." All eight copies crouching low before all eight would spring into the air even as the web shot toward the wizard, the eight dragon's taking up positions on nearby rooftops or even clinging to the side of buildings all peering in at the wizard, "flight is my realm,"

All the mist below dissipated now that he was out of it, and the markings of all eight drew bright as Celena drew up field of energy ready to try and catch the wizard should he break free of the web.

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

"Web?! I should be insulted!" The Darksoul-possessed wizard swept the trident down to ignite the conjured webs in a furious blast. He paid no attention to the flames racing upwards over his robes even as his skin reddened and blistered. It had, however, bought yet more time.