Second Night I: The Parthenon

[Fect]

Athens, Greece

The Parthenon was recently destroyed in the Thirty Day’s War, after the Greeks used it to store gunpowder inside. A treaty has been formulated, and Greece had ceded land to the Ottomans. Despite the Vatican’s attempt to not get involved with this war, something has peeked their interest in Athens. Rumors of a large number of strange occurances, including the revealing of an angel at the ruins of the Parthenon have been spotted. Has Nike finally abandoned her post as a protector of Greece? Or is there something more sinister?

The Order believes it to be an innocence user and more innocence being dug up from the explosion underneath the acropolis overlooking the city. But not all is as it seems.
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Komui puts down the phone. Reever looks over, and asks him, “What’s the phone call about?”

Komui replies, “It’s another possible find of innocence, we’ll have to send a group to find it and get it.”

After being handed a list of people, Reever looks down. “Why so many?”

“I have a bad feeling about this…” Komui forewarns.
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- No Canon Characters.
- Once you lose a fight (retreating does not count), you are done fighting for the remainder of the arc.
- Both Exorcists and the Earl are investigating. Cooperation may or may not be required.
- You are not allowed into the Acropolis at first. Wait for finders to give the go-ahead.
- Once a team is in the Acropolis, I’ll post and give you information to help you finish the arc.

[Fect]

Anderson slashed with his dark black spade, cutting the finder in front of him. The near-dead finder spat blood at him. "You Judas priest! How dare you speak the word of God, you filthy Noah?!"

Anderson stopped a moment at the word 'Judas.'

"Well, well. Seems you know too much."

He cut off the head of the finder, then vanished in a flurry of paper.

'I must betray more...'

[Fect]

The main mass of Exorcists and Finders rested at the recently-destroyed Acropolis. The Turks had destroyed the building, which was used to hold gunpowder. An errant shot hit the structure and it detonated. It was in shambles, some pieces away from the center of the city itself.

"I'm surprised. I haven't seen a single true soul here. I'll just have to make my way in then."

His face changed from its usual black form to his light self. He walked over to the nearest finder, a note in hand. "I'm a special dispatch from the Vatican, temple of God. Could ye lead me to yer leader?"

The finder read the note, then had Anderson in tow as they ascended the long stairs. After the walk, Anderson was panting a bit. "God seems to have passed me over today."

"The director is waiting inside, sir."

"Thank ye."

[Askand]

The trip to Athens was a long one but gave her time to think about her motives to go back to the Order. Lorraine took a look at the outside and knew it was a little risky to leave Angelique alone again. But so Rashar will think two times now before trying to dominate again. As for her she needed to open up more. Her years of isolation not only made her more hermit but also made her Innocence to suffer as well. Her Level 2 was at least on good shape but she now needed to work to access her third level.
A soft breeze remind her that she was not alone. Closing her eyes she rest till she arrived to train station in Athens. Learning that traveling light was the best she took her backpack and started walking down the ramp into the exit from the place. A finder was already waiting for her and she only nodded when he identified himself as part of the order.

"Louis at your service madam. Please follow me your transportation will soon arrive." said the finder while taking a look at Lorraine.

She was wearing once again her exorcist attire. Black boots reaching her thighs, with a black pant and her jacket. The long trench coat covered her figure and the pistols making her appearance more like a cleric than an armed woman. Her hair was not on a tight pony tail with the remaining hair made into a long braid. The hood of the coat yet was covering her hair and with her Height most of the people just stared at the strange woman that walked graceful and peaceful among them. Louis couldn't help but wonder what kind of exorcist was her. Walking next to her she didnt utter a word unless it was strictly necessary.
Lorraine took details of everything at her path. The people, the air the finder, her mission. So far she was there to uncovered answers to seek the meaning of things. She gave a silent sigh almost invisible to anyone far from her. She prayed for everyone's safety and for the strength to battle the evil that was lurking around. Her hand automatically went for her rosary on her chest. Whispering a rosary she hoped nothing went wrong on this mission.

[Reco]

Limenas harbor on the Island of Chios, Greece

The land was covered in short, harsh looking shrubs as a gentle breeze caressed the sea's surface. Creaking ships floated gently in their port, waiting once more to go out to sea. Dust flew up from the ground as Martosu walked toward a small tavern.

This dreaded heat follows me everywhere. How about a trip north next, since I do not think there will be a shortage of Akuma to dispose of there.

Martosu reached the front of the tavern and pulled open the door, walking inside. It was relatively empty, with only one lone customer at the bar while two others were arguing in hushed voices at a table in the far corner. Martosu walked up to bar, leaned on the counter and motioned for a drink.

"I swear, it was an angel I saw at the Parthenon! You are just hiding your head in the sand, away from the facts staring you in the face!", exploded one of the men sitting at the table.

Angel? As if an Angel would exist in a world such as this.

"Calm yourself. Even if you believe that in your demented mind of yours there is no reason to declare it to the people around you," the other responded.

The bartender gave Martosu his drink and he drank it slowly as he watched the two bicker at each other for several more moments. The one who claimed to have seen an Angel stubbed onto his feet, busted through the door and disappeared into the bush. His companion just sighed and motioned for another drink.

"Even if his fellow thar is a bit skeptical at the tale, I have also seen the Angel with my own two eyes," spoke the lone man at the bar, making Martosu turn his head to look at him.

"Why should I believe you? You cannot expect me to believe your words at face value," spoke Martosu as looked at the man.

"You have a point there. But I am about to head out to Athens so why don't you come along, young man. Or are you scared of an Angel?"

Even if the possibility there being an Angel in Athens is extremely low, it would not hurt to investigate this matter since it very well could be connected to an Innocence. Or the Earl.

Martosu finished his drink, walked to the door and called out," I'll take you up on your offer, sailor. Met you in a few at the docks."

He walked out the door and proceeded down to where the boats floated unaware.

[Midare]

so another mission to destroy the innocence, huh? I was expecting something more exciting

Leiko thought about this while walking through the portal and in an instant, she was on one of the Greeks islands while she could still hear the Earl's voice while the portal was closing. He was saying: "Oh by the way, this is the island of Chios, but you will have to go to Athens ~<3"

She looked back at the portal which was vanishing already

Then why don't you send me straight to Athens?? kuso-jii-yi.

Leiko looked forward again and sighed. Anou boke

She started to walk around the place until she reached the near docks watched at the sea and sighed again.

Mah... I'll think about this trip as a vacation, at least until I reach Athens

[Askand]

The trip to the Parthenon was silent, the finder speak a few facts and history of Athens and about the place. But he didn’t try to engage into a deep conversation. Apparently the woman exorcist sent to this mission preferred silence and tranquility. After updating she about the apparitions about an Angel Lorraine took her rosary and start praying silently. The mission was not going to be an easy in her opinion. Then again which mission had been easy since this whole thing started?

“Mother Fatima gives us the strength to face the hardships that lies ahead on this road. Gives us patience to withstand pain and suffering. Takes us in your arms in case of weariness and when we feel like losing our hope. Calm our nerves in the eye of the storm and guide our hands in the face of the enemy. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost…”
“Miss Lorraine we had arrived please follow me.” Said the finder Louis.

Lorraine nodded and followed him thru the ruins. The air was feeling heavy and gloom. Something was not right. Will they had arrived before her to this place? Or the situation itself is the one that is making the place like this? Giving a headshake she passed by the place and noticed some movement on the far left. Another finder approached Louis and gave him a report.

“Understood, please Miss Lorraine follow me we need to see the director immediately.”
“Understood, in the mean time please don’t try to fight anything that appears before you. I know you will give your lives for the Order but right now your main priority should be report the findings. I will handle the rest. “ said Lorraine.

Louis was in awe by the way and security she spoke. Her tone was not a demanding one, yet respectful and firm. Looking at the other finder and nodding in agreement they proceed to reach the tent of the director. By the tone of the voices someone was already there.

“Director, Can we come in? Its me Louis and I brought Miss Lorraine with me.”
“Come in!” was the response.

Entering the trend they found the director talking with a man. He was at least a foot taller than Lorraine and wearing a white coat with some gloves. The cross on his chest and also with a scar on his face. He was speaking a bit agitated apparently he walked a lot and now was catching his breath. When he turned to her Lorraine saw a nice smile. Too nice to be true. But she refrained from making a move. If he was indeed a member of the Vatican his true colors will reveal in a moment. Making a light reverence to them Lorraine waited for Louis to leave so they could start talking.

((I will be a bit stuck until Fect comes back. if i can find something else to add I will. Now where is that pair of drunks?))

[Reco]

After Martosu exited the tavern, he turned right to walk down the hill toward the docks, with the sailor following along behind him. The sea going birds squawked high above in the sky as they flew upon thermals of air.

Martosu raised a hand to partly shield his eyes from suns rays reflecting off of the water's surface as he continued forward to the docks.

"So, why would an angel just appear at the Parthenon, in your opinion?" Martosu called out to the sailor.

"You don't know a thing about the Thirty Day's War between us and the Ottomans? The God's are abandoning us one by one, young man. First they allowed the Ottomans to lay siege against us then they were so disgusted by our resistance against the enemy they no longer feel we are worthy enough to protect," the sailor sighed, "there is nothing but death in the future for Greece."

As if the Gods were present in the first place. What foolish people these Greeks are, putting their trust and prayers into something that has given them nothing.

Reaching the docks, Martosu noticed a woman with long, dark blue hair just looking out at the vast sea. Her black suit and starch white shirt made her stand out from the few sailors working on the docks.

Definitely not a native, but it's almost as if she wants to be noticed...

[Midare]

Leiko heard the voice of a man saying something about an "angel"appearing on Athens but instead of looking back at the one saying she kept staring at the sea.

She heard the reply of of another man and she could hear that he was going to take the other man, the one asking questions about this angel, to Athens by boat.

hmm... it seems that my vacations are already beginning... and I could use a trip by boat to relax.

After hearing some more of the conversation, she finally turned around to look at the men, who were about to board the sailor's boat and they stopped and looked at her. Leiko was smiling, but it wasn't a nice and sweet smile, she wasn't that big of a hypocrite, it was more like a malicious and seductive smile. She looked at the younger man.

I bet this one is an exorcist... but I'll ignore that for now.

Then she looked at the sailor.

"Excuse me sir, are you by any chance going to Athens?"

The eyes of the sailor sparkled when he saw Leiko asking this with such smile on her lips.

Tch... this old man should be having some dirty thoughts right now... men are so dirty

"Why yes, madam. Why are you asking?" said the sailor with a big perverted smile on his face and almost blushing.

"Well, I'm on vacation right now and I wanted to go sightseeing some places of Athens, but sadly I don't have enough money for doing that"

If he belives this even when I'm wearing these clothes, that will prove his idiocy

"Of course I can take you to Athens young lady... oh, but I also will need to take this youg man to Athens I hope you don't mind..." The sailor walked near Leiko to whisper something to her, and she felt like hitting him on his face for this and this made it hard for her to keep her smile on place "... but if you wish, I can tell him to get someone else to take him there." The sailor winked after this.

I'll definitely kill this man once I reach Athens"

"I don't mind taking him with us, after all you already told him you will take him there" While the sailor sighed almost frustrated about the fact that he won't get the chance to be alone with her, Leiko looked at the young man and he glared back at her.

"So?..." She looked back at the sailor. "... when will we depart"

"Oh! righ now young lady, right now".-

[Reco]

Martosu leaned against the rail, watching the woman and sailor exchange words. The slight seductiveness coming off of the woman made him raise his brow and look away.

I don't need to see a young woman trying to get it on with an old sailor. Maybe more alcohol will wash the visual out of my head. Yes, more booze is needed...

"Hey, you two lovebirds, can we get on the damn boat?!" Martosu yelled at the pair, making the sailor jump and turn to look at him.

"Now now, young man, I was just being a gentleman now, offering to help this lady out," the sailor said as he walked onto the boat. Turning to the woman he sweetly called out, "My dear, do you need help on boarding? It would be no bother-"

"I think she is perfectly able to handle herself, old man," Martosu spoke as he hopped onto the boat, "In fact, I think your assistance is needed to get us to Athens. Now." As Martosu walked by the sailor, he grabbed his shoulder and dragged him along deeper into the boat.

The woman let out an amused sound as she swiftly boarded the boat with ease. Martosu looked at her from the corner of his eye.

Not a native and yet she moves as if she would have no problem moving about the boat. No, her refined movement has nothing to do with being on a boat frequintly..... something is off about her.

Noticing the sailor staring at the woman once again, Martosu glared at him, "You will move this boat now, or you will be missing a vital part of yourself if you continue this...oogiling."

The sailor blushed and glared at Martosu, "Young man, you should live a little, or you will be alone forever." The sailor turned around, prepared the boat and launched it out of the harbor.

Martosu took a seat at the back and looked out at the horizon.

No, I am not alone. The Noah give me all of the "company" I need.

[Fect]

Anderson noticed the woman come inside. "Welcome sister, God has provided for yer expedition inside. I am joining ye on yer quest to the belly of the heathen temple."

The expedition supervisor nodded. He bid Anderson out the door, "On your way out, don't forget your items. Those holy bayonets weren't easy to come by, you know. It took four finders to get the package up here."

Anderson picked up the large mass of metal and wood wrapped in cloth with one hand and walked outside. "Thank ye."

The Betrayer needs yer help akuma. Send yer small party, and may God bless our acts. Do yer best to kill me, or I will do the same.

He sat outside in the hot sun, the package of bayonets next to him. He undid the package and slid them one by one into his jacket. His jacket was weighed down, but he stood up and slid it on, saying a small prayer, "God, may ye forgive our sins and those who haft sinned against us..."

[Midare]

This certainly feels good, in fact, I haven't feel this good in a long long time

Leiko was sitting on the port of the boat, enjoying the feeling of the wind caressing her face and playing with her long hair. Even thought the boat wasn't moving in a fast speed, she didn't cared, she was not in a rush to reach Athens really, she was enjoying herself enough to even be on a good mood.

Suddenly she felt observed and looked aways from the sea, only to see the old sailor who was at the rudder smiling at her in a silly way and, when he noticed that Leiko looked at him, he waved at her.

A sweatdrop appeared on Leiko's forehead.

ahou da

"Tch!"

Leiko heard this and looked away again, too see how the young man who was sitting on the stern of the boat wa wearing an annoyed expression on his face.

She smiled, amused.

hahaha, the kid seems annoyed for some reason... I'll have some fun.

"So..." Leiko talked to the young man. ".... What's your name, kid."

The man glared at Leiko and she grinned in response.

"I'm not a kid."

"Ohhh my bad, sorry about that. So... what's your name, young man?"

"Martosu" The man simply said in a whisper and he never looked at Leiko

"Interesting Name."

Silence. Martosu didn't say any other word besides his own name.

Not the social type I see... but I'm not the social type either but if I don't have someone to talk with besides that perverted sailor this will be too boring for a temporary vacation.

"The name's Leiko"

"Excuse me?" He looked at her, puzzled.

"My name, my name... is Leiko"

More silence. And she sighed.

"So... why are you going to Athens? Is because of that 'Angel'?"


"Sorry... but that's none of your business"

Anou gaki... he's starting to change my mood

Leiko frowned "That's a bit harsh, don't you think?"

The the sailor called from his position, interrupting Leiko and Martosu's "conversation"

"Hey, if you two are hungry you can freely go to the hall below the deck. I have enough food... and oh, you will find some drinks"

They both reacted at the sound of the last word.

Booze... that's what I need right now so I won't beat this kid to a pulp

Leiko and Martosu stood almost at the same time and started to walk towards the stair which led to that hall. They looked at each other.

"Hungry?" Leiko said.

"Not really... I'm thirsty"

She grinned. "Me too"

[Askand]

Lorraine let Anderson passed and still looked calmed and peaceful. The supervisor filled her in about the apparitions and the rumors of an “Angel” coming in the name of God. She listened carefully but at the same time the feeling that something might not be right was also there. She also was wondering about her companion for this mission a young man named “Martosu” but for the looks of it he apparently hasn’t arrived yet to the place. Perhaps he will join later. For the moment she had her hands full with this person of the Vatican who seemed to be part of special group she used to hear a lot about.
Lorraine wasn’t a stranger to the Vatican groups and “elite” groups. Those who were fanatic or devoted enough to stain their own hands in the name of a holy cause. She knew the drill the process and also the price it will carry to fulfill that duty. Sometimes life was not enough to give so God’s word will be spread thru the world. But distracting her with the past was not good. Blinking a bit she focused on her mission and started to ask some questions gently. At the same time she was making calculation she ask God for forgiveness since she was trying to portrait a soft way too fragile exorcist. Appearances could be deceiving and in her case she wanted to deceive with a purpose. Her plan gave results and the director was more than willing to help her with anything she will need.

“I and my men are at your service Miss Lorraine. But perhaps before going to this expedition you and Father Anderson could enjoy a meal and some rest. The travel must be hard on you two.” He said in a concerned tone.
“Oh that will be lovely sir thank you for your kindness and consideration I will let father Anderson know about this delightful news.” Said Lorraine in a sweet fragile tone of voice.

With a nod and a reverence she went out of the tent in time to see Father Anderson taking the last bayonet inside his coat. By the looks it seemed he was stronger than he let people believe. Which means he will be a hard enemy to defeat. Trying to sound nice she approached the father and with a soft coughs let him know she was around.

“Hi Father Anderson?” My name is Lorraine Giusti. It’s a blessing to have a man of God with us. It will indeed help us to identify if this occurrences are the hand of our Lord or the wicked mind of the evil beast.” Said with a smile and making a reverence to him.

Anderson smiled and bowed back “Indeed Sister Lorraine, isn’t it?”
“Yes I still carry my title even after I was relocated at the Order. Love is only priority and with this gift he gave me I know I can do a lot of good. I might not be able to great damage to my enemies but I think I can help by healing those in need. By the way the director told me that we can rest a bit and eat something before heading to the temple. I think this heat is a bit challenging so nurturing us with a good meal and liquids could help us deliver this mission faster don’t you think?” she said while inside she was already asking forgives for being such a deceiver. But still smiling sweetly.
“I agree with you sister. Shall we search for the tent? After you sister.” He said in a gallant educated way.
“Oh my sense of direction is so bad, please lead the way father I trust you completely to guide us to safety.” She said a bit blushed.

Anderson gave her a wide genuine smile. Offering his hand both walked in search of the tent while he engaged on a light conversation about the church and his adventures as the man in charge of an orphan’s house. Lorraine just listen and played her part hoping God will forgive her but also sure that it was the best if she wanted to survived her mission.

[Reco]

Why is she attempting conversation when she has no business in doing so? Well, the drinks might preoccupy her...

Martosu reached the bottom of the stairs and walked over to the round table in the center of the hall which had a large box placed on it. Reaching the table, he removed the lid of the box and pulled out a bottle of Greek wine. Uncorking the bottle, he drank straight from the bottle.

"Have you heard of a glass before, kid?" Leiko spoke.

I don't need this talk.

Martosu placed his bottle on the table, swiftly removed another from the box, twisted his upper body and threw the bottle to the side of Leiko, "Worry about your own." Leiko easily reached out and caught the bottle, "Now, there is no reason to harm this fine wine." She walked over to the table, opened the bottle in her hand and poured the wine into a glass. Martosu looked away from her and took another drink.

As the boat continued on to Athens the two finished their opened bottles of wine. Martosu pulled out a chair, slid into it and watched as the bottom of the boat bounced up and down to the current underneath. He pulled out another bottle of wine, noticing Leiko do the same from the corner of his eye. He opened the second bottle, took a small, placed the bottle on the table and stared at it.

I shouldn't get totally drunk now, since I still need to look into what is going on in Athena. But it's so tempting...

"We have about five minutes 'till we reach Athena, you two," the sailor called out from the top of the stairs. Martosu looked at the source of the noise interrupting the silence between him and Leiko, "I...see. I'll be up...there soon." Martosu stood up from his chair, slightly swayed on his feet and carefully made his way up the stairs. The steps seemed to taunt him as the moved side to side and back and forth, but he managed to reach the top, "Hey lady, even if the booooze is.... good perhaps it would be best... to stop.. for nowww."

[Fect]

Anderson sat on the ledge of the Acropolis, in prayer. A finder came and disturbed him. "Yes, my son? What is it that you need?" Anderson asked.

"I just wanted to tell---" The finder replied. "Ahh---"

Anderson's turned head didn't see the shadows behind him, even though he knew what they were. His eyes rolled to the side, seeing exactly who was behind him. Firing at the base of the ledge, Anderson fell with the rubble at least a hundred meters down. The rubble fell and Anderson was buried. The Finder looked down, then back up at the attackers.

Perfect, my brethren in the light. Now, to release you from this world.

The Akuma smiled as it prepared to kill the young finder. Then, a white streak flew upwards and cleft the akuma in half, causing it to detonate. Anderson ran up the side of the acropolis, littered with cannon fire, and sliced the other akuma bullet in to several pieces. A bayonet fell from the sky and landed in the final akuma's head, which he jumped on and kicked further in.

All three were destroyed.

"Ye alright, my son?" Anderson asked as he smiled.

The finder was astonished. "A--re yo---u a-n ex--orc--ist?"

"Less than ye. I am merely a messenger of God."

"Th--en h-ow di-d you sur-vive?"

"I have been blessed by the Lord with sorcery to defeat their kind and prevent my own demise. Amen!"

[Midare]

"Hey lady, even if the booooze is.... good perhaps it would be best... to stop.. for nowww."

Amusing, the kid cannot take drinking two bottles of wine... funny

Leiko smiled at this and took a last sip of her own glass of wine to finish it and got up from the chair and then she felt it. Suddenly everything seemed to be spinning.

Tch... I shouldn't have drink all that sake at the dinner room

In her vision, everything was spinning slightly, but Leiko menaged to not show this off and she made her way up the stairs to reach the desk and finally breath some fresh air.

Yeah, this is what I need now, some fresh air.

She closed her eyes and breathed deeply and opened them again to see how the boat was reaching the coast of Athens. Eventually, the boat stopped its movements in a sudden way and Leiko saw how Martosu almost fell because of this. She couldn't help but chuckle at this.

"So... kid, now you're supposed to go to the Parthenon, right?"

"As I... said beforee... that is none of your businessss"

Leiko grinned

So the kid is really drunk, huh?

She confirmed this when she saw how Martosu had a hard time getting off the boat.

"Well, even if is not my business, I'm going with you, I'd like to go sightseeing there" She said while folliwing him but instead, she stayed on the boat.

"Whateva~..." said Martosu who was slowly going away while trying to walk straight.

I almost forgot about something

Leiko walked inside the cabin where the sailor was, and when he saw this, he gave her one of those pervy smiles of his and she put on her most innocent face.

"I just wanted to thank you for taking me here"

"Oh! young lady, it was a pleasure for me to take you here" The sailor looked at her breasts and approached her extending his hands and expecting to touch her and seeing this, Leiko frowned.

"But it would have been better if you weren't such a filthy old man"

The sailor froze and looked at Leiko's face and she glared at him with a deadly expression on her face.

"E-eh?... young lady?"

In that instant, the sailor got a sudden look of pain on his face and he grabbed his neck.

"Wh-what is this pain?"

"You better don't try to make a move on avery woman you meet old-mal, or you could regret it... oh well, is too late now".
She smiled at seeing how the sailor dropped to the floor and he started to have seizures. His mouth was open like he wanted to scream in pain, but no sounds were made. Eventually, the seizures stopped and the sailor layed there, in an odd position, dead.

Then she left the cabin calmly and got off the boat and following Martosu.

"You sure move fast for being that drunk, kid" she called out loud.

"Shaddup! I'm not drunk... and I'm not a kid!".-

[Reco]

Why..would she want to seeee some....ruinens? To go sightseeing....riiight. Well, unless she's into death...and random blocks of stooone evwhaer. Please, come up with aa betta stoory.

Martosu stumbled along toward the Parthenon's ruins with that lady following behind him, furthering annoying him. He slowly turned his head to glare at her, while she just stared at him back.

So annoying...but that perv is sooo much more...annoying. And disgusting. Wuht happened to 'im anyway? No matter, I need to get to this Parthenonon....to see if all of this angel talk was truue.

Noticing Leiko was still staring at him while he was thinking, Martosu intensified his glare at her before turning around and walked away quickly to where the Parthenon once stood. As the sun lowered in the sky before him, it forced his shadow behind him while taking it's heat with it.

As he neared the Parthenon, the glaring whiteness of the Order's tents stood out against the black sky. Martosu sighed, noticing the blackened stumps of tress and the eroding rock still rolling down the cliff.

Soo, the Parthenonon got dystoryed...some time during this waar against some Ottomans, makin these Greeks think their Gods have left 'em. But that was...some time ago..so why is the rock still slidin abouut?

Martosu looked at Leiko, who was inspecting some hunk of stone, "Aren't you soo glade..you came, lady?." He slumped onto a random piece rock and leaned over with his forearms on his legs.

Now what am I...to doo?

[jindori]

Jindori was on the train for the second time in his life. The first was when he arrived at the order. The train was going him and some random finder off to a port, so he could get onto a boat to Parthenon. Jindori liked the movements of the train it reminded him of the calm days he had on the ocean. The train started slowing down they had arrived at the port.

Jindori spoke" Excuse me sir do you know anything about this angel in Partheon.

The finder replied " Sorry I don't know anything at all."

Jindori sighed " Do you at least know the lay out the city."

The finder answered " Yeah I grew up there it's a wonderful place.

Jindori snorted "That's all I need from you now."

The finder turned away from Jindori. Jindori had already gave him the wrong impression. But Jindori didn't care as long as the finder lived he didn't care about him. In Jindori's mind finders were weak and needed Exorcist help. But Jindori admired the fact they still wanted to fight even through they were nearly defenceless.

Jindori stepped off the train and onto the platform. Jindori instantly moved towards the ports local pub.

The finder shouted " This isn't the time to have a break."

Jindori shouted back "I'm not I'm actually working so shut up and stay hiding.

Jindori took off his exorcists coat and shoved it into his suitcase.. He then opened the doors and walked into the pub. The pub was dirty and full of drunks. He walked up to the seat and sat down.

"What will it be today" Asked the barmaid nicely

"A ginger bear please." Jindori replied harshly trying to sound kind through.

The barmaid picked up on this and answered " You don't have to try Hun I will just get you a ginger bear."

She walked off. Jindori relaxed and watched the other people. There was a lot of talk going on about the angel but all of it sounded like gibberish. Jindori wouldn't find answers here. Then he looked over and saw to fat sailors.

"Damn all the boats are gone and our captains to drunk to give us orders." said fat sailor one.

"Well Bob what about that old perv he rarely goes out?" said sailor two.

"His gone as well with a weird guy in a black coat and a good looking lass." Said Bob the sailor

"I remember now that boy didn't like that girl very much." replied the second sailor.

Jindori tuned out then and started to think. Maybe that girls an Akuma or something. The exorcist should find it easy. Jindori finished his delicious ginger bear and walked out of the pub. The finder was waiting outside.

"Why have you taking off your coat." He asked

Jindori replied "right now I'm undercover and I found out some information about Akuma"

"Seriously?" The finder Interrupted.

"Yes but I think that another Exorcist is handling it right now I hope." Jindori quickly said.

Both him and the finder went off to find a find a boat they were having a hard time. They searched for hours but all the boats were docked and the captains were not fit or couldn't be bothered going. That's until they reached a small sailboat. Then out of nowhere a small man appeared.

"Hello my name's Harvey and by any chance do you want to go to Parthenon." Grinned the little man.

'My name's Jindori and this is some random I guy I don't really know." Jindori said.

"Okay come into my little sailing boat." Offered Harvey.

Both him and the finder stepped in to the cabin of the boat. Jindori noticed the floor was unclean full of dust there was even a pile near the desk. There was a photo on the desk. In the photo it had a picture of two people around the Harvey's age.

"Harvey who are they in the photo?" Questioned Jindori.

"They are my brother and sister" Answered Harvey

"That's all I need to now Innocence activate!" Jindori shouted

Before Harvey could react Jindori stuck his crescent blades half into Harvey neck. Harvey fell to the floor and signs of the Akuma blood virus appeared on Harvey's flesh.

"How did you know he was an Akuma." Asked the finder.

"look at the picture it says Mum and Dad in small print and I can see an sleeve from the t-shirt next to the dust, anyway lets sail this boat to Parthenon"

Jindori and the the finder set sail their destination Parthenon.

[Fect]

Anderson walked back up as the wounds he had taken healed faster than any other person the medics had seen in years. "I'm feeling quite good today, thank ye. God has blessed us with his good graces."

The nurse just nodded and walked out. Anderson put on his long sleeve white shirt, glasses, and dark coat. Leaving, he went to see the excavation leader. "Brother, I feel that God has blessed this day for our entry. If ye will not give an escort, I go without yer assistance. I can't guarantee the safety of heretics or traitors then."

The man sitting at the desk let a drop of sweat go down his cheek. "We'll provide you with an exorcist, in case those akuma come back."

"For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. Amen."

He left, beginning to head into the Parthenon to investigate what the Earl asked him to.

[Askand]

Lorraine stood silent at the way the wounds healed. A tiny part of herself the untamed one was ready to take out Judgment and proceed to deliver its decision. But then her calculating side refrained her from act. Calm she told herself. The time has not being given to purify the this person's "Soul". Besides the fact that he help and saved the finder's life she decided to go along and see how much this person was willing to go for the sake oh his "beliefs".
After hearing his "words" Lorraine made the sign of the cross on her face and elevates a prayer to the heavens.

"Grant me the faith I need to withstand the evil, Grant me the strength to fight his darkness. Oh Holy father that lives in Heaven granted me the wisdom to see beyond the obvious." she then took off her habit revealing her Exorcist trench coat and began to walk behind Anderson as he takes the path to the Excavation site.

"In the name of the Father." she kept walking closing the distance between her and Anderson.

"Son." by now she began to unbutton her coat to reveal her light exorcist uniform. She kept walking in a calm way almost floating but at the same time with purpose shown on her stride.

"And the Holy Ghost..." she reached Anderson's steps and keep it up with him until reaching the entrance of the excavation. She took a solemn look at the man who in the outside proclaim to be one of God's servants. He return the stare with equal strength and determination. Lorraine nodded in acknowledgment since the unspoken words were exchanged.

"Lord has united us in this time of need, let him be the one to guide our paths in this path we are going to take. He will forgive the sinner but not the sin. Let this prayer be the blessing for the journey at hand" with this she kept walking besides Father Anderson while venturing inside the Parthenon.

The group that was with them just barely keeping up with their pace. The last word they heard before venturing inside was a soft whisper carried in the wind. A word that seemed to be heard as a calming yet feeling as a final sentence on their heads.

"Amen"

[Midare]

((Short post... aka: no inspiration))

Leiko has been following Martosu all this time, who seemed to be still under the effects of the wine and now, they were walking up the stones stair towards the Parthenon and now she could start to see finders of the Black Order walking around andcarrying different element for an excavation She glared around her as the people walked around her.

Hmm... so The Order even has a camp here to investigate this. This will get interesting... or so I hope... I'm quiet bored.

"Aren't you soo glade..you came, lady?" Martosu's voice distracted her from the thoughts and she looked at him, when he stumbled again and landed over with his forearms on his legs.

Leiko sighed.

...and I can't belive the kid is this drunk still.

She kept walked forward and stopped right by Martosu and leaning, she grabbed him with the collar of his coat and, with a single movement of her arm, she picked him up.

"Kid, you better keep it together I won't pick you up each time you fall."

Martosu stared at her, a bit suspicious. Leiko looked back at him.

Did I seem too strong for an innocent lady?... nah, he's too drunk to notice.

"What?"

"Told ya... Ima not a kid, lady"

"Hai hai"

Leiko started to walk again and Martosu followed her, finally enterering the Parthenon.

[Fect]

Anderson, inside, felt the presence of a fellow Noah appear.

Ye had best not make yer stay in hell, so preserve it in heaven.

A small set of ruins appeared in front of them. There sat a ring, with intricate drawings and runes written all around it. "Amen."

Picking up a stone, he flung it into the middle of the ring. It went through and made ripples like water to it. Walking towards it, he stepped into it, making the same ripple. He continued on down with Lorraine.

Such a faithful woman... why does she side with the Heretics?

Hearing moans in front, he rushed towards the scene. There stood an angel, encased. Anderson fell to his knees and did not look upon the angel. It began to speak:

"I moan because of my entrapment, my cause lost as well as my body. The likes of thee have not seen enough war or battles to justify my power. One, a traitor, the other, relying solely on their weapon. For what you will do, is only known to me. I am Nike, a God of Victory. For he who possesses all of me, is only capable of victory. Heresy will only be seen by each of you. Now, we will have more company soon... So please wait for them to arrive, and then... everyone will fight."

I cannot have thee reveal mine own identity. For God has willed me with the power to sleep among the Heretics, and to bring down the walls when he disposes to do so. Amen.

[Reco]

Martosu walked behind Leiko into the Parthenon, avoiding the light coming from the tents and the occasional Finder runing about.

Why the hell if shee... cares if I faall ovarr? Such a contraaadicytion, she iss. Then to..pick me up with suuch little effort...

Leiko walked around the large Parthenon with Martosu slowly following behind her, searching for this angel the drunks talked about back on that island. Once they walked deeper into the ruined Parthenon, a ring with drawings and runes appeared.

Hm. I was not...expecting that..noot that I..waaas expectinggg anythiing.

Martosu pushed past Leiko and walked into the ring, making it ripple like water. He turned around and looked at Leiko, who walked into the ring as well.

For a tourist she..doesn't seeem fazed at allll.

Martosu looked at her suspiciously, "What are you?"

[jindori]

Short and sweat. MMM sweaats

Jindori looked up at the sky. The full moon shined upon his new little sailing boat. He loved the sea and the sea loved him in return. He was born on the sea and he did nearly every importent thing in his life on the sea, before he became an exorcist of course. Since then Jindori hasn't been on boat, even through it had been so long he could remeber how to run any kind of boat off by heart.

Jindori walked into the tiny cabin in the boat, The finder was asleep. Jindori picked up the dead body of the Akuma and chucked him into the water. Jindori rubbed his hands together and blew on them. Jindori hated the cold almost as much as he hated Akuma, but what he hated most was ice type Akuma. He had meet three all ready and one of those was his brother with his dads soul. To him the cold was an hinderance that he couldn't get rid of.

The finder slowley staggered out of the doorway. Jindori noticed him but he seem to care. The finder took a sip of the glass of water he had in his hand.
They finder approched him.

The finder yawned out his words. "Can i a haarrr help yo you?"

Jindori snatched the water out the finders hands and tossed it all over the finders face. The finder looked shocked.

"Why did you do that for?" Shout the finder in anger.

"I can't let a tired man stear the boat, oh and I'm going to sellep wake me up when we get there." Replied Jindori casullay as he walked into the cabin.

Jindori dreamed, in his dream he was somewhere else but the world was black and white. There was girl standing in front of him, he felt attracted to her yet repulsed at the same time. The dream was getting more real by the secound because scenery appeared around her now blood was ozzing out of it. This was freaking him out. Jindori bolted upwards sweating, he was now awake.

They were about to land. They were going to be at the port in about an hour. This didn't worry Jindori through he was prepared for a fight but he couldn't prepare for that dream which he hoped he would never have again.

[Midare]

After walking into the ring following Martosu, he lookes at Leiko suspiciously.

"What are you?"

She looked at him and smiled.

"Me? I'm just a lady, somone who camenhere to go sightseeing around Athens"

The smile on her lips was nothing but malicious.

"We both know you're anything but.."

"I know..." She interrupted him "... what I am, but that does not match up your opinion of me."

Martosu frowned. "You strenght, your relexes, the way you dress.....none of it points to you being a human..." The he walked closer to while slowly drawing his sword. "...and if you were akuma you wouldn't have drank....so you. miss are just...one possible thing..."

Martosu then pointed his sword at her and finished his sentence "A Noah."

Leiko's smile grew wider

So now the kid is sober. Interesting.

"Well looks like..." Leiko put her hand on her face and Martosu could see how her skin turned ash color and she move the bangs on her forehead showing the cross-shaped scars there. "... I don't have to hide myself any longer, excorsist"

Seeing this Martosu swung his sword which started to get charged with electricity, only to hit nothing but air.

"My my... you're slower than I thought, kid".

Martosu glared at her who was standing some inches away from him, right by his side. He then jumped back trying to dogde an attacked that never happened.

Leiko stared at him ans frowned

hmm... maybe I was mistaken about this kid being an interesting prey for me

"Fudo Myouou" After saying this name, two kodachi appeared in Leiko's hands and she charged towards Martosu so fast that he was just able to stop the attack right when he was about to get a cut on his throat.

"At least you were able to stop this one, too bad that this is not me true speed, kid"

Martosu started to sweat at this, but he kept glaring at Leiko in the eyes while struggling to keep her swords away from his throat.

"Those are some good eyes, I wonder how would you look like once I tear you to pieces so... let's see if you can keep up with me, kid".-

[Fect]

"It seems they have begun," said the white figure before them. "One will accept victory, since you two are unwilling to fight because of your personal reasons and effects. You truly are a betrayer, especially to his real cause."

She continued, "The story goes on; I will take you back..."

The room slowly changed venues. It shifted from a dark stone room, to one that oversaw the universe. "Before the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Iron Ages of man, there existed Chaos, Death, and little more. The titans, born from the world around them, were only concerned with themselves, and unwilling to change their ways. As the years drug on, the children of the titans grew. Gaia bore several children, all of whom were eaten by her husband to prevent a prophecy from taking place. She hid one child, instead feeding him a rock wrapped in cloth. Thus it began. Zeus, with the help of some of the titans, fought back, freeing his siblings, killing his father, and releasing his brethren. But, that's because he had something on his side. Nike. Now, the titans, aware of this, don't want anyone else to interfere with their plans, so they have taken Nike and her possessions and ripped her apart, spreading her throughout the Hellenic Area. You will have to go and collect these, and defeat the titans. However, those with pieces of Nike have a tendency to fight rather than make peace. There are five, each in a different artifact, and were unseeming to the world until some found it. The old Gods are dead, so they will be of no assistance. You have found three pieces already. One is in a box of death, resting in the Aegean. The other is under the isle of Crete, where a certain Minotaur was never killed as the legends say; instead, he rests down there, waiting for someone to fall into the labyrinth to devour them. The titans came to him, giving him a piece, and causing damage as to create a new religion, similar to the man on Santorini. But only time will tell what will happen. Fear not what may come, fear what will stall."

With that, the angel left the room, returning it to the normal stone and marble work as before.

[Askand]

After hearing the story and seeing the angel going back to his or her resting place Lorraine kneel down. But only one knee touched the ground while the other leg stood in position in case something might happen. Hearing the angel’s words made her suspicions about “Father Anderson” was not who he claimed to be. Holding her position she speaks softly but loud enough for Anderson to hear her.

“Am I needed to charge you with my weapons since the Angel implied we are enemies’ father? Or should I believe it was a trick to create chaos and destruction? Choose your words carefully hence you might have the fate of your life on your own words. Speak before I might think your silence is the answer that confirms this angel’s words.” Her stance now change to one where she was facing Anderson and her looking intensely into the figure of the father still on his knees looking at the ground.

“I’m just a servant of our Lord Christ. My life is only with the purpose of serving him and his cause. I shall bring hope into the hopeless and life into the fallen. But if you feel that I am a sinner and a betrayer please do your duty and destroy this humble servant of the Lord. I shall not put a struggle hence I will follow our Lord’s fate.” Said Anderson turning toward Lorraine and facing her and looking her into her eyes.

Lorraine couldn’t tell if he was lying or not. But a fight under a fragile roof like theirs was not a good option. Nodding in acknowledgement she raises herself and said.

“I believe what you said Father. Hence the facts that sinners have ways to turn fellow believers like us into enemies. Let us return to the camp side to share the information we had gather today. And to seek these people the angel thought about. Conflict can be solving in more ways than with the use of violence. Let us be the ones to solve this with the help of our Lord shall we?”

Anderson stood and nods in return. In a clever move Lorraine didn’t moved in returned she waited till the priest was next to her to begin to walk. Making the sign of the cross Lorraine began to walk while saying a small prayer.

“Forgive me father for I have sinned, I had lied into the fact that I smelled his lie. Guide my hand and forgive me for I might forgive but I shall never forget. Give me the strength to keep this on a peaceful journey and grant me the will to face the dangers I might get in the way. Give me peace to accept my fate and love to carry your mission. Since love is the best weapon that I your humble servant have to prevail in the perils of life. Amen”

((Sorry for being late XD. See you guys in a couple of hours ^^))

[Reco]

Martosu glared at her over their interlocked blades, "Why do you boast about your speed?" he spoke as he twisted his lips into a smirk ,"Is it that you feel... insecure about other areas?" As she prepared to retort, Martosu sent a electrical charge through her blades and down her arms. Feeling the pressure lessen, he pushed his blades against hers and swiftly kicked her in the abdomen in one motion.

As she staggered back, Martosu lept forward and swung his right sword in an upward diagonal slash across her front. Leiko twisted her body back to avoid a direct hit, escaping with just a small cut in her side.

Well.... at least it wasn't just talk.

He slashed at her other side with his left blade, which she blocked and aimed for his head with her other blade. Martosu lept back to avoid getting his head cut in two, receiving a gash across his cheek. He glared at her, jumped back further and impaled his right blade in the ground.

Can you dodge an attack you can't track, Noah?

Martosu focused the electricity out of his blade, and using the ground as a conductor sent a current at Leiko. Once it reached the ground underneath her it exploded up to the surface. The explosion sent stone and Leiko flying back, who collided with a column in the back.

Martosu dislodged his blade and rushed forward to run her through with his sword. Leiko raised her head to see the attack and swiftly jumped into the air to land on top of the column, "Don't get too confident, kid."

Again with the "kid".

"Will I be forced to cut out your tongue to put an end to you calling me a kid, Noah!" Martosu sneered at her.

((Leiko HP: 55
Martosu HP: 63))

[Fect]

Anderson stopped to watch his sibling and some rival fight. He held onto his Bible that he tucked away in his jacket at he watched the fight. Something seemed odd though. The battle was... different. Was it the strange artifact that the angel spoke of?

A bright light shone above them and formed into a wing. A golden wing. But neither of them were phased by the new occurance. They seemed too worried about each other's blades.

Picking up a rock, Anderson threw it into the air as he said a few prayers, then calmed down momentarily. "Shall it be Ares, or Hades...?"

[Midare]

"First you have to catch me to cut off my tongue and second, even if you get to do that, you still will be a kid, exorcist"

Leiko jumped off the column and, when landing, she hitted the ground with her hand while yelling "Gundari Myouou!"

Then the ground started to shake again and, from the cracks result of Martosu's previous attack, snakes were shoot at him,

forcing him to jump back several times dodging them and then, he felt something coming closer. When he looked up, he saw how countless black needles attacked him. He had to jump away again and when he was landing, he felt like the right of his body was burning.

He looked down, blood was dripping from a wound, then he felt something cold on his throat and he could feel an arm holding him.
Leiko got closer to whisper in Martosu's left ear while one of her spiders was bitting her in the neck.

"You're so predictable, Kid... and so easy to catch. Now I could cut your throat so easily I wonder what will you do about it... kid"

[Damage dealt to Martosu: 5. 63 - 5 = 58
Leiko HP: 57]

[Reco]

Ignoring the blade at his neck, Martosu turned his head to look Leiko in the eyes, “Could? Why didn’t you just chop my head off now? ”. Martosu leaned closer to Leiko, causing the blade to slightly dig into his neck, “Is it that you have some sort of…. feelings for me, Noah?, ” he mockingly whispered.

Leiko’s face twisted into an angry snarl as Martosu swung his right sword, impaled it in her left ankle and twisted it before harshly ripping it out. The arm that held Leiko’s blade jerked up as she fell to the side, making Martosu quickly move his head back, leaving the blade to gauge a line from his jaw upward to just below his eye.

“And what’s with this arm?,” Martosu gripped the arm Leiko had wrapped around him and jerked out of her grasp. Stumbling a few feet away from Leiko, he put his hand on the wound in his side.

Damn her….. just damn her and her false pretenses.

Leiko slowly forced herself up to stand on mostly on her undamaged foot, while the other’s blood soaked into her clothes, “As if such a tiny wound would hinder me at all, kid.” Martosu narrowed his eyes at her ,”Do you mean to tell me you wish for your next wound to be more grandiose?....Because I would have no problem in carrying out that request….”

(Leiko HP: 49
Martosu HP: 57)

[Midare]

Leiko stood on her undamaged foot and glared at Martosu and eventually, the serious expression of her face began to change

and her lips curled up into a smile, her mouth opened and she started to laugh out loud.
Martosu looked at her, puzzled

"I can almost see what you're thinking, kid... no I haven't snapped is just..." She took a deep breath after all the laughing

and then she kept talking. "... you just got too full of yourself, and that was just too hilarous."

Martosu was too far away to notice how another of Leiko's spider were bitting her foot this time gradually healing the wound there with its poison

tch... this will close the wound, but I won't be able to move as fast a before... this turned out to be more interesting than I've thought indeed

"Oh well, it seems that.." Leiko lifted her wounded foot and while she said that, she took her shoe off and repeated this

with her other foot and Martosu noticed that she was able to stand on her wounded feet easily, something was not right. "... I will have to get a bit more serious about you, kid."

Martosu was staring at Leiko when he saw how she lifted her right arm and pointed her palm at him. Again, countless needless were shoot at him but this time something was different. Suddenly the flow of needless changed and and it divided in three different torrent, attacking the exorcist from three different directions: front, right and left.
He dodged the attack coming before him and this one crashed in the ground while the other two kept following him, forcing him to jump around the place trying to run away from them but he still got injured in his arms but that won't stop him from dodging this attack.

Then, among the constant sounds or crashing made by some needless that hitted the ground and some columns, he was able to hear Leiko saying something.

"Niou!"

Suddenly the needles dropped to the ground and right when he ws about to stop his movements he saw two black and huge objects coming at him at a high speed.

Martosu was able to stop this attack on the spot, only to see how there were two giant Black Widow spiders attacking him.

"Say hi to my lovely pets, kid" Leiko said in a mocking tone of voice.

"Oh so now that you can't move you send these things against me instead?... that's really coward of you" Martosu was struggling to keep these spiders away from him.

"Don't get me wrong kid... my pets are here to assist me and plus..." Suddenly Leiko dissapeared from Martosu's sight and then he could feel her presence behind him

"... I really do enjoy seeing how the three of us rip off my prey".-

[Damage dealt to Martosu: 3. 57 - 3 = 54
Leiko HP: 52]

[Reco]

“Really, these pets are just as monstrous as their master,” Martosu muttered as he focused on the Innocence held within his swords , making it react and contort to form the long, blue scythe of his Innocence’s level three. The giant spider to his left shrieked so Martosu turned to glance at it in disdain,” Oh? Does that mean you would like to be destroyed before your companion?”

Martosu swiftly swung his scythe in a graceful arc at the spider, launching long, reddish-brown and grey feathers at the beast’s legs. The spider scurried away from getting hit with the brunt of the attack but the feathers still contacted with four of its legs, releasing its poison into the hard exoskeleton. The spider shrieked once more as the poison ate away at the hard exterior, leaving it porous and weak. The spider’s weak legs splintered gave out under its large body, leaving it to wither on the ground.

Martosu moved as if to charge the wounded spider before the thundering of eight legs behind him made him throw himself to the side as the second spider attempted to run him through with one of its front legs. As he hit the ground he hissed in pain as another leg cut into his side. Turning on his back he swung his scythe to cut into the leg the spider had aimed at his head. “You have entirely way too many legs….,” he sighed before he swung upward at the spider’s head.

As it jumped back to keep its head intact, Martosu got to his feet, twisted the scythe in his hand and cut through the spider’s head in one swing. As the spider’s lifeless body crashed to the ground, he turned to the wounded spider trying to steadying it bulbous body on its remaining legs. “I think it was you who was over confident with your abilities, Noah,” spoke Martosu as he walked over to the withering, shrieking spider and severed the opisthosoma from the cephalothorax. Leiko scoffed from behind Martosu as the spider fell to the ground in pieces.

Martosu turned to glace at Leiko and quickly formed a dense cloud of white feathers between them and listened to her slightly frustrated sigh. He then peppered the cloud with short, blood-red feathers, making Leiko attempt dodge them all when they emerged from the cloud.

Leiko hissed as a portion of feathers hit her in the side and released their poison, “Now you are the coward….hiding and sneaking attacks at me.” Martosu scoffed, “Then I suppose you don’t know the meaning of the word strategy, to mix it up so easily.”

((Leiko HP: 46
Martosu HP: 52))

[Fect]

A finder wandered in, and walked around the battle. "It appears that that fighter is a rogue exorcist. He left not too long ago. Sword-user, and fairly gifted. Also, we determined that the instance was not innocence, or Dark Matter, but another existance entirely."

Anderson peaked at the thought. "Yer Ares doth shine tonight, O Lord. Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war. Condemn ye who sins have held down, and ye be kind to yer follower who knows yer way."

Seems I found reason to follow you, Leiko. Let us dash this sinner from the world. But... just in case...

"ARES!"

Sliding many of the blessed bayonets out of his jacket and between the fingers of his hands, he released a barrage into the cieling above the fighters, causing it to fall and cause a momentary separation as the group looked at the floating young twig. It had an evil glow, cursing the sunlight peeking through the hole, and causing the finder to collapse. The bayonets were littered through the room.

[Askand]

Lorraine unfold her hands. Upon hearing the news from the finder she noticed Anderson moving. She realized too late that his move cost the finders life. Unfolding her hands she reached for her Guns. Pulling them out she aim at Anderson and said

"Should I point it out to a man of the church or to whom I shall deliver the Lord's vengeance speak so I can decide your fate, "Father Anderson."
Her aim was steady not losing focus of the battle with Martosu and the Noah. Lorraine prepared herself for her own battle.

[jindori]

Jindori couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. He looked over to the finder, he wasn't concerned at all he was having an jolly old time. Jindori thought to himself how come i'm the only one creaped out. He gulped he could feel a storm comming.

He took in a big breath maybe if he went to his zone of discomfort he would find that it was nothing. But just to be safe. "Innocence activate" He shouted. The two cresent blades apeared again.

"What's up Jindori are thier Akuma about?" The finder was confused.

"No it's just bad felling i got jump on my back. Jindori panted hard.

The finder jumped on Jindori's back. Jindori leaped foward towards his fear. He knew that if the thing exsited it would probaly kill him. But now was no time for regreats he had made up his mind, he was going foward. His sweat started to increase this made him felt uneasy. He had felt this felling before in Japan it scared the shit out of him.

He finaly arrived at the gates of the finders camp. It was full finders a perfect safe haven for the one that was on his back.

"This is your stop I'm going ahead." Jindori grinned trying to cover up the feeling unease inside him.

The finder nodded and said "I hope it is nothing or else we may be in trouble.

"I've got to go." Jindori mumbled as he took off. About thirty minutes latter he arrived at the Partheon. Down a hole two people were fighting. One was an exorcist. The other was the girl from his nightmare. He thought to himself. I can't back down now that is not the exorcist thing to do. Jindori started spinning at a highspeed. He whispered the name of the attack to himself. "Spinning moon."

He went flying towards his enemy towards danger. He hit the ground sending rocks flying into the girls face. She wasn't fazed at all. Instead she grabbed Jindori's arm in midspin and swung him around like a lasso and threw him towards the other exorcist. Jindori landed like a cat. She was toying with him already he thought two can play at that game.She looked at him and yawned.

Jindori moved his fingers into a box shape and moved it so he could see the girl through his

Jindori grinned and said. "I think you would look better in a skirt rather than a dress." All of a sudden her dress tore at the knee and very small wound opened up. Jindori giggled as he thought. I wonder who said attacking shadows gets you no where. Jindori just noticed two people a girl with a gun and a priest. He mumbled to himself "one fight at a time."

((Leiko HP: 46 - 3=43
Martosu HP: 52
Jindori HP 27))

[Reco]

Hearing Leiko engage with some new Exorcist the Order had sent out, Martosu grew slightly irritated, "Honestly, he has no business in interrupting a perfectly fair fight..." He parted the cloud until a large enough pathway formed and walked through it.

Now, what do to with you...

"So the Order is so low on Exorcists they were forced to send you?" Martosu called out to the Order's Exorcist, "Honestly, anyone can see the fear coming off of you...." The other Exorcist looked stoticly at Martosu, "Who the Hell are you to say such things? And at a time like this when we need to bring this Noah down."

"We?", Martosu scoffed, "No, there is no we, since I am not one of the Order's Exorcists. So there is just me, her, and you. You, who thinks yourself superior and needed. You, who is no where near ready for any of this. You, who just became another obstacle that I need to go through to get to her," Martosu pointed at Leiko. "So will you move out of the way or must I force you?"

The other Exorcist looked at Martosu,"Are you serious? Who...who do you think you are...?" Martosu looked at him with disdain,"I am the one who will destroy this Noah, not you or anyone else...." When it looked like he wouldn't move away, Martosu sighed,"Yes, I think I will just remove you..." Martosu quickly ran at him with his scythe raised over his head, making him flinch back and raise his crescent blades over his head to block a blow that never came.

"I would never do something so...predictable," Martosu spoke from next to his side, looking calmly at him. As the other Exorcists eyes widened, Martosu reached out to grab his jacket and roughly yanked him down to his height,"You should have went to help the other Exorcist the Order had sent out." With that roughly threw him in the air toward the cloud, making him smash through it and hit the ruble on the other side. Martosu listened to him yelp as the feathers dug into his skin and started to decay his flesh.

"You are such a odd Exorcist..."Leiko spoke up. Martosu looked at her,"Now, don't get the wrong impression, I didn't just do that for you."

((Jindori HP:14
Martosu HP:52
Leiko HP:43))

[Midare]

A really odd one, indeed

Leiko looked at the unknown exorcist laying in the ground and she could sense that other Noah and one more exorcist.

tch.... this got way to crowded to my taste

"Oi boy!..." Leiko yelled at the exorcist who was in pain, but he was able to hear her. "... you suddenly come by and try to play the hero against me, a Noah!?... you must be kidding!"

She walked towards the exorcist in the ground with an expression of pure rage on her face and raised her hand at him.

"Too bad for you... I'm not laughing"

Then from her hand, some needles were shot at the exorcist, this time the needles were thicker and they pierced both his hands and his legs. almost making him look as crucified to the ground. The exorcists opened his mouth as to scream in pain, but no sounds were made.

"Now you'll learn to never get in my way when I'm fighting my prey, boy".


[Jindori HP: 14 - 5 = 9
Leiko HP: 43]

[Reco]

Martosu watched as Leiko pinned the Exorcist to the ground, taking a slight rest from the constant fighting, "Well, he was good for something...but now I need to continue with this extermination." He took a step forward before the wounds he endured cried out in pain.

But the adrenalin has mostly left my body now...damn it

He forced himself to walk toward the Noah and glared at her back, "What is it that I keep hearing about me being your prey? It's as if you are nothing but a beast mindlessly attacking just to satisfy your lust for blood and death." Leiko turned to look at Martosu with the same rage she shared with the other Exorcist, "Who are you to label me the beast? If anyone were to be labeled as such it would be you, kid."

Martosu looked at Leiko stoically, hiding the pent up anger that grew from her words, "How dare you to say such a thing?! All that I am is because of you Noah *censored* up my life and countless others! So if I am indeed a monster you have no one else to blame but yourselves for spawning such a being!" Without waiting for Leiko to spew some other lines, Martosu charged at her and swung at her side. Leiko was able to block the blow from wounding her, but the force of it sent her tumbling back.

I'm loosing it...I can't fight with all this rage blurring my mind and thoughts.

Martosu tried to calm himself down and glared at Leiko when she once more steadied herself on her feet, who started to chuckle a little, "You have really lost your senses along the way, kid."

((Leiko HP:42
Martosu HP:52))

[Askand]

Lorraine noticed the new Exorcist interfiring on the fight with Martosu and the Noah and how badly he got. Not taking her sights from Anderson she pointed one of the guns and shoot to the head. She noticed the man's surprised at her actions but she didnt say anything. Anderson's face still was locked on the man with shoot on his head. Then his eyes witnessed how the man began to move while a white aura sourrounded him.

"So your hands is not for take the live but to preserve it?" asked Anderson understanding the meaning of the aura.
"I am a servant of our Lord and as such I shall abide by his wishes" was her only answer.
"Very well then" was Anderson's only reply and once again they stood in silence.

[Jindori receives 5 points of healing 9+5=14]

((I will leave you the rest Fect, will be working today))

[jindori]

(I know it's fect turn but i need some extra healing.)

Jindori looked at both of them. He didn't care if the rouge Exorcist lived or died, he just wanted revenege. Then he realised something he wasn't scarred anymore he just wanted death. He knew they both out of his leauge so he decided that he would leave them to be and kill the survivor. There was one problem through the spikes in his hands kept him from moving.

The bullet made him fill better, it made him feel stronger too. Jindori was going to push himself off the spikes at least that way he could heal better. he Slowley pushed his hand off the spikes. Then he grabed the spikesin his legs and yanked them out. He smiled he could feel the healing process kick in. He admitted to himself that the bullets helped him get up.

Then he said to the girl. "Have your pry because once your done with him I'm going to send you to hell,oh and one thing don't break his innocence the order need its."

Jindori slowl walked to where the other battle that was about to take place. I needed that good old rest. He thought to himself.

(Jindori 14+5=19.)

[Fect]

"Committing a crime against your own?! The Caino is reserved for the likes of you. God, cast this sinner into the glacier to his neck, or give me the strength to do so! AMEN!" Anderson shouted.

Pulling a few bayonets from his jacket, he cast them at Martosu.

[Damage Dealt = 10; Anderson is in human form, so he will not regenerate. HP = 60/60]

[Midare]

Leiko saw how Martosu got hit by the bayonets that Alexander shoot at him and saw how he fell to the ground.

First that boy trying to play the hero and acting all high and mighty, and now the religious psycho... just perfect.

She looked down and started to shake out of pure rage and then she snapped.

"Doitzumo, koitzumo!!!... is so hard to understand that I want to kill this kid all by myself!!??"

Leiko glared at Alexander.

"And you! What the **** do you think you are doing getting in my way!!"

Anderson just looked at her, stoically. "That's not a language a lady should use"

A vein popped up from Leiko's forehead.

"Ok, now you did it!. Kannon Bosatsu!!!" She yelled this words out loud while pointing both her hands at him. Million of spiders were shoot at him but instead of turning into needles, they quickly formed a solid wall all around him and even this wall closed above him, locking him inside.

"Wh-what are you doing!?, why are you doing this to me? Sister??" Alexander called inside of the wall.

"First, never, but NEVER, call me sister, again!, and second, I won't kill you, but I won't let you out until I'm done with the kid... did I make myself clear!?"

No reply was heard from Anderson.

Then Leiko took a deep breath, and then she released a single of her spiders which walked up her body and bit her neck, restoring some of her energy. After this, she looked at Martosu who was already standing.

"So... now that all the nuisances are gone, may we continue with our battle, kid?"

[No damage dealt to Anderson
Leiko HP: 57]

[Askand]

Lorraine dodges the shots the Noah made against Anderson in time. Getting out of her firing range gave her plenty of time to send some healing shoots to Martosu while the Noah was busy in her rage. The healing acted fast so she didn’t noticed the movement. She decided not to jeopardize more the battle. So far getting on it won’t do well so she will have to leave Martosu to finish the job. Meanwhile, she stood on a high level a bit far from the action not too close neither too far. She notices the Noah regeneration so it was fair to level the battle a bit. With Anderson out for the moment she decided to respect the Noha’s wishes but only for the moment. Sitting on a rock she continues to watch the action while praying silently.

“Lord help us on the times of need give us strength to make a stand on your name. Protect us and help us.Amen.”

[reco healed 7 hp]
((I refuse to get hit by them ^^))

[Fect]

You may lock me in here, but you ended up betraying the betrayal.

With that, Anderson pulled open a book, hidden from the others by the box of spiders. Muttering a few words, the paper surrounded him within the box. He spoke from outside the box "And then he rested on the 7th day. 'Tis Sunday, is it not? I will take my leave and rest then."

He vanished inside the box, and a single sheet of paper slipped through the cracks, then he appeared outside the Parthenon.

A finder approached him, "Sir, are you alright?"

His skin turned a dark gray, and he cut off the head of the man in front of him.

The leader heard the screams outside his tent. "What's going on?!"

Akuma were killing those who ran, as the exorcists fought the akuma. Then... one by one, they fell to his blade. Not a single man or woman in the camp survived.

"ARES is thirsty tonight! AMEN!"

He vanished into the darkness.

[Reco]

"So... now that all the nuisances are gone, may we continue with our battle, kid?"spoke Leiko just as the female Exorcist's bullets hit Martosu in the chest, causing him to fly back once more and hit the ground. Groaning, Martosu forced himself onto his feet again as the healing effect of the bullets worked its way into his body.

Finally, Martosu was able to glare at the Noah and respond,"I would be glad to, *****." Ignoring the refreshed rage on her face, Martosu sent more blood-red feathers at her. She ducked and weaved her way around most of them, smashing some into the ground in rage. As she stretched herself to her full height to gloat at Martosu once more, he fired more at her, hitting her in the side.

"See, you *****, you just sit in the lap of the Earl, getting fat off of him. But when he thrusts you into the real world he only sends you to defenseless villages, which hardly hone your skills....rather they just make you slow and over confident," Martosu snarled at her, as she tried to shake of the effects of the poison."So...if he sent you here....that just means you were his last option. How does it feel? To be the lowest of your kind?"

Leiko smirked as she steadied herself in front of Martosu, "How would you feel if this.....as you put it, "lowest" Noah were the one sent to fetch that Innocence of yours long ago?" Martosu hid his shock by just narrowing his eyes at her and asking,"What do you mean?"

Seeing the slight shock running thru his body, Leiko leaped forward past his laxed defenses and shoved him to the ground. Stepping on his chest to hold him down,"I once remember being sent by the Earl to....Spain, no further over...oh yes, it was Portugal. The mission was...." Leiko leaned over to slightly touch the scythe," to destroy an Innocence that holds the same properties as this one..."

((Leiko HP:50
Martosu HP:49))

[jindori]

a shorty

Jindori noticed that the entraped noah was silent. He quickly switched to his shadow site, a shadow moved over his eyes, the noah was gone. Jindori tugged on the other exorcists teashirt, Jindori groaned. "The noahs gone."

Jindori tapped on the wall it let out a hollow sound. "Don't worry Iv'e seen his shadow once i can find it again or do you want to find the innocence before the noah finds it.
Jindori lifted his arm into the air and yawned "Well come on it's your choice."


{Askand you get one of these prizes i meen choices. 1 we hunt the other noah down 2 we try to get to the angel before the noah,3 we split up and do both 4 we star here to the the fight ends and take out the surviver. out of charater.}

[Midare]

Martosu looked at Leiko as she got closer to him and now the scythe was touching her throat. His eyes narrowed even more.

"Oh yes, I remeber that time in Portugal... too bad the kid I was supposed to get was not there when I've attacked the place..." She leaned over even closer to Martosu, caressed his lower lip with her index finger and smiled.

"... but I really had fun killing all of his family"

Martosu's eyes opened wide at her last words, now he just couldn't hide the shock.

"Hoo... don't tell me... that kid I was supposed to get was really you?" Her smile grew bigger.

The exorcist didn't moved, he just laid there froze in shock.

"So it seems that I'm going to finish the job after all this time, and I'll show you the true potential of this 'lowly' Noah"

She leaned over and whispered in his ear. "Enma-Ou"

Leiko's shape started to change above Martosu until the lower part of her body was like that of a giant black-widow spider.

"Now kid... Sayonara".-

[Martosu HP = 49

Leiko HP = 53]

[Reco]

With the tarus of the spider leg holding him down and oozing poison into his wounds, Martosu stared stoically at Leiko's face,"Don't you ever speak of them again,"he spoke with a slight warning in his voice. "Oh? You, kid, are ...." she dug her leg further into his chest"..in no position to make any demands."

He narrowed his eyes,"Is that so?" he hissed before shooting red-brown feathers into the leg holding him. Leiko let out angry shout as the poison ate away at the exo-skeleton of her leg, making her stumble back to rebalance herself on her remaining intact legs. Martosu dragged himself up and stumbled back while putting pressure on his chest with his free hand.

"Did you enjoy it?", Martosu whispered at Leiko, who looked at him questioningly, "Enjoy what, kid?" He took a step forward while waving his hand in the air in anger at her,"Don't you dare play dumb, you stupid *****. Did you enjoy taking their lives away from them? Did you enjoy the blood rushing on your hands? Did you enjoy it when they were defenseless and scared? Did you ENJOY IT?!"

Leiko laughed,"Why wouldn't I? Of course I enjoyed taking away their pitiful existence." Martosu let out an enraged snarl at her,"Just....****ing shut up!" he shouted at her as his Innocence reacted to his request and shot pale blue feathers at her neck. Leiko was caught off guard since she was still reminiscing, allowing the feathers to hit their target.

Her hand reached up to her throught as the poison caused her body to block any air from entering or exiting. "What are you now going to spin with that tongue, you filthy Noah?," Martosu mocked her before launching more blood-red feathers at her. She was not as nimble in dodging this attack as the previous ones, just stumbling out of the way as she tried to get air back into her body.

Martosu ran forward, aiming at her unprotected side. Leiko lurched her body away from the attack and brought a leg up to deflect the blade to hitting its intended spot. Martosu swung the scythe around to hold the end of it at Leiko, jabbed it at the leg blocking him and grabbed the scythe with his other hand, forcefully swinging it up and over, aiming to cut Leiko in two. She quickly dodged the full force of the attack, with the blade landing in a leg.

Martosu used the leverage given to him by the scythe and threw her against a nearby half wall. He stalked closer to her with a slight blank look on his face,"But you are just a twisted monster, so I suppose that's to be expected....to enjoy handing out meaningless deaths..." He listened as her gasping breaths eased into a more clear breathing. "You...babble way to much, kid," Leiko sneered.

((Leiko HP: 39
Martosu HP: 41))
((Yes, I know he curses and says bad words, but I couldn't really do this post without loosing something if I didn't let him.))

[Dark Fire]

(OOC: ok here is my first attempt, it's not my first RP but it is my first of this kind. Give me a heads up and tell me how I did.)

Sitting outside quite a distance from the Parthenon Joshua stares through the scope of his rifle as a man dressed in priest robe appears in front of the encampment just out side the entrance. Resting between Joshua's lips a cigarette has burnt down to its filter in the process burning his lips. "Ouch!!! Son of a..." he grinds out the butt with his boots and goes back to his scope. The man in the robes skin has just changed shape. "Now this is interes...." The man in the robe cuts off a finders head. "What the hell... that bastard..."

Akuma appear inside the camp and began killing everyone. Men charged after the man in the Robes but where killed instantly. Joshua had only intended to observe the camp after hearing about the strange activity in Athens, but these beast, these bastards where killing innocent women and children. Joshua quickly fumbled through his bag for ammo, but by the time he loaded his gun the man in the robes was gone, every one was dead.

Joshua pointed his gun at the remaining Akuma instead, he could at least take out the monsters that killed the women and children. He fired with a loud bang shooting and killing an Akuma. He reloaded his gun pulling back the bolt and sliding in the fresh shell, his heart pounded in his chest, those beast were the same as the ones that attack him in America back at the orphanage, he fired again with a deep prejudice. Again and again he fire reloaded and fired again until all the Akuma where dead.

Joshua jumped down from the rock that he was one and made his way to the camp, he hated him self for not being able to do anything, not being able to save anyone, the feeling made him sick to his stomach. He would at least give them a proper grave. Looking around he saw a shovel picked it up and began digging.

From behind him towards the entrance of the Pantheon a female voice sounded "Don't move, did you kill these people..."

[jindori]

It had been an hour since Jindori split up with Lorraine. He wished that he went through the other tunnel when the road split into two. Damn it this bloody angel is so hard to find. He thought to himself. He didn't know it but he was right underneth the finders camp. Blood started to trickle from the celing. It wasn't just from akuma either it was from people. His innocence went Haywire.(New ability gained becuase Jindori dosen't have many.) Shadows started to wrap around him at lighting speed. In no time the shadows were completly wrapped around him. Unable to attack but untouchable at the same time he was dragged into the worlds of shadow. Jindori leaped up into the celing he melted into the rock.

Jindori glided through the rock until he burst through the ground. The shadows that were wrapped around him dissolved into the air. He was now in the finders camp. He looked around only to find a man with a dead body next to him, he didn't notice the shovel or the women he was too inraged by the sight. "You did this you filthy noah." Jindori growled. The man looked confused "Noah whats is?" He was interrupted midway through his sentence. Jindori sprang foward. The man shot him, Jindori quickly pulled off a full moon slasher boncing the bullet back at his feet, the man jumped to avoid it. Jindori didn't hear the women scream "Stop." He rammed his cresent blade into the guys gut. The guy dropped his gun in pain. Jindori swung his other blade towards the guys neck. The guy quickly pulled out a katana and blocked the hit. Jindori pulled out the blade in the guys gut, while lifting him self onto the above of the blade. The guy pushed Jindori away using his kanata but not before Jindori barely scratched the guys face with his blade.


All of a sudden an angel popped out of the ground. "I am Nike the god of victory." The angel was interupted. "I am Jindori i am ordered to take you back to the black order." Jindori smiled. "Then you must defeat me." The angel shouted. All of a sudden the they were transported to another plain, They were inside a colosum. Jindori and the angel in the arena. The man and the women were forced into the seats.

Jindori health 23
Joshua Michael 45 - 5= 40

[Dark Fire]

Blood squirts from the wound is Joshua gut as it spill out on to the floor the dirt that it falls on begins to glow a florescent red as the innocence flowing through his blood has begun to close his wound, he bends over and scoops the blood stained dirt....

"Tch...what a crazy bastard, he stabs me then vanishes, today just isn't my day. Well beggars can't be choosers, as my momma use to say" heh Momma, maybe if had a Momma he wouldn't be in this mess, but Joshua put the dirt in a compartment in his pack anyway maybe it'll be useful later.

"Maybe I can use it as magic faerie dust, but what was that other thing with the wings. Maybe I'll be able to get some answers here after all, then again maybe not. Well while I am here I might as well finish up burring these people..."

Joshua picks up the shovel that he was using and resumes his digging he stops for a moment. "Maybe I should put up a barrier, incase any other weirdos show up..." taking a few of the throwing knives he had strapped to his leg and using one of them to slice his left hand Joshua begins to dip the blades one by one into the blood. When he finished the wound in his hand immediately closed. Seeing a near by pole Joshua throws one of the knives towards the top it sticks perfectly into the steel, like a knife through butter. Look around Joshua throws the remaining four knives in a box around his body. "OK so the barriers up, but I don't understand why did the cut in my hand close after I finished with the knives, why not before, hell why didn't I just freakin bleed to death for that matter, just what the hell am I...?"

Joshua resume his digging, finally he has dug ten graves, though there were obviously alot more people then that here, the rest, well the rest had simply turned to ash.


((Joshua health 40+5=45 new item acquired blood stained dirt ))
(OOC only god know how I am going to use something as pointless as that, but wast no want not)

[jindori]

Jindori looked at the two people, they weren't human or noah or even akuma. He just didn't know what they were. But as long as they stood still and didn't interfer he would be alright. He turned back to the so called god in front of him. "Well are you ready to rumble." Jindori said to the angel. The angel replied "Let the games begin. The angel pulled out a feather, it started to turn into a sword. Jindori grinned as he took up a defensive stance.

The angel charged foward, Jindori could barely blocked the lethal blow. It made him flinch for a couple of secounds. Jindori pushed the angels blade to one side. He constanly stabbed at the angel. The blades barely touched the angel chest. The angel gracefully flew back to the other side of the arena. The angel was faster than him. The Nike pulled out another feather and then it grew into a sword as well. Then Nike started spinning his blades. Gushes of wind went past Jindori. One bit of the wind hit Jindori cutting open Jindori stomach. He charged toward the angel swing his blades into Nikes arms cutting them open.

Nike screamed in pain and kicked Jindori sending him flying backwards. Nike slowley advanced towards Jindori, then nike dropped one of the swords on the ground and then he picked Jindori by his neck. Nike then pounded Jindori left leg with his sword cutting it open. He then took this oppertunity and cut off Nikes left arm. The angel bolted backwards holding the empty space were his left arm used to be.


Jindori switched from his defensive pose to his Offensive postion. He then cut into the angels wings stopping it from flying away. But the angel had a suprise in it wings. The wings willing came off and turned into a thosusand swords. The swords slowly closed around Jindori there was no escape or so the angel thought. The agel didn't notice the shadow pass by him. Jindori appeared behind the angel. He thrust one of his blades through both angels arms. Then he stabbed the angel in the spine with the other, slowley the blade went up the spine eventually cutting the angel in half. The feather of the angel turned into a map of a labyrinth.

The world started to break apart the too people dissapered as well. Jindori finally noticed the two angel wings on them. He appeared in the real world right in front of Lorraine. Jindori held up the map in truimph. "I beat the angel." He whispered. Then he feel over uncouncious.


Jindori's health 5 (Looks like Lorraines going to have to carry Jindori home.)

Nike health 0

[Fect]

"You cannot defeat victory, you fool! Besides, I am but a mere memory that is inside this piece. I can promise you victory or defeat if you choose to rebuild all of it," The vanishing image shouted. "As for you, I care not for any Pyrrhic victory. Wallow in your disgrace!"

With that, it vanished, and all that remained was the artifact, which disappeared from Jindori's sight and reappeared above the dueling fighters.

[jindori]

Unfourtantly Jindori didn't wake up for awhile because he was dreaming. All he could dream about was the map. Luckily he remebered every single word and every single line drawn on the map. Jindori had a kinda of selective photographic memory which he couldn't control. The map was now imprinted in his head and there was no way that he would ever forget. Jindori started to wake up.

Lorraine was standing right next to him when he woke up, she seemed to be praying. Jindori sighed "Just shoot me and put me out my mesery." Lorraine replied. "I will but the angel is gone now and with it the map you held." "You meen i didn't kill him, oh well i memorized every detail on the map so i say it safe to go back to base. What do you think?" Jindori anwsered.



(OOC Another shorty but another choice for Askand. We destroy the old map or we go back to base.)

[Askand]

Upon hearing the rifle shots on her way to searching the Angel Lorraine decided to split with Jindori and see what happened. Behind a group of rubble there was a strange young man digging on the ground. A young man wearing strange heavy clothes and heavy armed was digging with corpse surrounding him. Apparently he didn’t noticed her presence so she just talk from a safe distance just in case.

“"Don't move, did you kill these people..." Lorraine asked.

The young man stopped and turned around. The look in his eyes was cold as steel yet she could see a hint of softness. Lorraine was wondering who this kid might be but the important now was to see if he was on her side or not. She was going to address him when Jindori jump from no where and started attacking the young man. Instead of jumping on the fight she waited till the fight was over to see if the guy was a worth opponent. During the fight the Angel appeared making her a bit hesitant. But rushed decision weren’t her forte so she waited and bid her time. Apparently Jindori was too eager to battle instead of research. On the fight he managed to stab the young man and wound him. Immediately the Angel made his presence felt Jindori once again gave inside his rage and charge against Nike.

All of a sudden an angel popped out of the ground.

"I am Nike the god of victory." The angel was interupted. "I am Jindori i am ordered to take you back to the black order." Jindori smiled. "Then you must defeat me." The angel shouted.

Both disappeared in front of Lorraine and the guy. Lorraine just counted till twenty before approaching the young man. Jindori;s performance was a reckless one and she will needed a lot of patience to talk with the exorcist. Meanwhile she was approaching the wounded guy ready to see his state when she saw the blood falling on the dirt his wound was shinning read and closing. The stains just shine for a few moments. The guy was ranting alone. Lorraine left him and stopped her approaching. The guy was a good fight but she noticed that he didn’t know what really he was having on his body.
Carefully she decided to make a peaceful approach.

“Are you done ranting? Cause I need to ask you a few questions.” She halt at her tone.

The look on the guy told her her tone was not a good one. She tried to calm herself and give it another shoot.

“I apologize is just that as you can see Jindori is not on the mode of asking first. My name is Lorraine Giusti we are on a mission from The Black Order to recover something in here. May ask your name? Please?” he tone now was soothing and gentle she managed to get back to normal and was grateful for that.

The guy took the blood stain on his hand and hesitates then he turned back and keep digging. Again he talked out loud and managed to make a barrier. The kid was talented perhaps he got innocence with him? She took a seat near him and waited. Something that penitence gave her stamina to resist silence. After a while the guy turned to her and asks

“What happened here? What’s going on? Not that I mind but I can’t stand a guy killing people specially women and children.” He said in an angry soft tone.
“Did you know what an akuma is?” she was direct to the point.
“No.” he said but suddenly he turned around to find at least two men with another four.
“You are about to find out” said Lorraine while taking out the guns and getting next to the guy.

In the blinks of an eye Lorraine stand hard on her ground and looking at steady point on the horizon she gave a total of twelve shoots. Each akumas got hit on the forehead two times before exploding. Lorraine didn’t need to see their location since when her hands moved they aimed to the enemy. Her training was paying off sensing the enemy using her Innocence and praying to God to did not fail on her mission. After the akumas exploded Lorraine took a look at the man and said.

“Those were akumas. Tortured souls made by the Earl of the Millenium…”
“I know those things ever since I was a little boy they are pursuing me. Don’t know why…” his tone was bitter still a hint of fear.

Maybe to the unknown the kid didn’t seem the coward type or the scared type.

“You might be a carrier of Innocence. The order might be able to help you understand a lot of things that you might had happened during your childhood. I can’t force you to come with me, but I can assure you I will protect you if you need the assistance while being here. I can not neglect my mission but I can’t let you stay alone whether you know how to defend your self alone or not. So can I at least have your name if you decide to stay?”

The silence last for a few minutes when he was about to talk Jindori materialized out of nowhere in front of Lorraine. Smiling he gave her a piece of paper and whispered

“I beat the angel” and then collapse unconscious on the ground.

Lorraine took the piece of paper only to see it turning into dusty against the wind. Where did he went? She would have to ask him as soon as he gets up. Quickly she tend his wound when she heard the guy talking.

“My name is Joshua.” Lorraine stopped her movement and turn around to see him.

An aura of defiance or maybe it was defense. She gather he might be dying to ask questions so she replied.

“Nice to meet you Joshua, if you want to ask me something go ahead. I wont move until I managed to cure this hard head.” With this she waited for the questions to come.
The sudden appearance of the Angel managed to startle both.

"You cannot defeat victory, you fool! Besides, I am but a mere memory that is inside this piece. I can promise you victory or defeat if you choose to rebuild all of it," The vanishing image shouted. "As for you, I care not for any Pyrrhic victory. Wallow in your disgrace!"

In his place an artifact appeared. Joshua went to pick it up and approaches Lorraine.

“ Is this thing what you are looking for?” he asked.

Lorraine took it from his hands and examines it. Putting on her pouch she went back to her treatment and didn’t say a thing. Five minutes later she said

“I’m still waiting for your story Joshua I will like to know why a nice person like you has such a heavy burden on your shoulders.”

((Dark I will leave this for you to elaborate. If you don’t want to we can move to where Mart and Leiko are and finish the arc since we got what we come get for.
Jindori I will heal you partially but we need to talk man. Please pm me as soon as you can. Joshua is the next one of the three of us to post so please wait till he makes a post to rp ok? Thanks ^^. Got to go I have to travel tomorrow see you later people))

[Dark Fire]

Joshua looks at her a forlorn expression on his face. "My story, what is my story...?" he clenches his hands into fist and stares at the words written there. "I'll tell you about it when we hit the road, it's too long to start right now." My love for the church if it could be measured could fit on the head of a pin (OOC really small lol) but if they have answers... I might just take her up on that offer. At least till I find out what I need to.

"I'll go with you to the Order maybe I can find some answers there, as far as protection." he looks at the guy that stabbed him, "I think your going to need it more then me. Besides watching out for my own ass is a full time job so, I hope you'll be all right with out my help."

Seeing that Lorraine, had finished healing the guys who stabbed him, Joshua set down all of his weapons, "Too much of a temptation." Walking over to the just healed man Joshua crouches down, "hey buddy" and Jindori looks "Don't ever do that again, or I'll Kill you"

walking over to where he left his pack, "So Lorraine was it, you gotta plan? or are we playing this one by ear," looking over in Jindori's direction "and you ever there if you get us into trouble I am going to put a bullet in your ass." gathering his things he begins to walk over towards Lorraine

((OOC were finished up here... or at least Askand and me are))

[Askand]

((Short post going to travel to relatives))

Lorraine just let Joshua express himself. Going on a attitude with him wont be good ever since he already said it. Taking care of himself was a full time job which means that he had endure too much hurt and pain to understand a helping hand when it was extended. While Joshua was packing his stuff Lorraine saw the condition he was the wounds were still hard to get him on his feet and right now they needed to move quick. Passing by Joshua's side she stopped and took out Advocate. Taking aim she noticed Joshua's getting stiff before she gave five quick shoots to Jindori. The sounds of the gun shooting rumbles in the air and after a while Jindori began to heal at hight speed.
She wanted to smile at the look of Joshua's face but it was not the moment.

"I'm not your enemy Joshua I'm offering help. So far we have to move. We still need to get the survivors and see what this artifact has to do with all this. Jindori let's go."

A few moments later Jindori all healed up passed by Joshua and Lorraine began to talk thru her Golem to locate the survivors.

(( I think this will be enough for now, after this is up to Reco to post his final part of the battle if you guys are going to finish this.))

[Reco]

"So..now that your done with your pitiful attacks, how shall I kill you, kid?," Leiko pondered while watching Martosu shake from all the wounds and pent up emotions attacking his body. "Kill?! As if there is anyway in Hell I'm dying before you are! And then after that... it doesn't matter when I die..."

"Oh?" Leiko ran at Martosu with a speed that contradicted her size, aiming a leg to cut him in half at the waist. Martosu slightly deflected the attack for the leg to leave a gash across his front, leaving poison behind in the new wound as well. He let out a curse, falling to one knee and holding hand to the new wound. "Even if you wield an Innocence, you are still just a pitifull...weak...and utter so disgusting human," Leiko hissed before tossing Martosu across the room.

Martosu landed in heap on the floor and tried to push himself back up, before one of Leiko's legs stabbed him through the shoulder, pinning him to the ground. "See...I could have killed you any time I chose to..now, how shall I do so?~" Leiko wondered when Martosu tried once more to attack her when she stabbed another leg through his other arm.

"But at least you will be able to see your family again," Leiko mocked him and he just glared back. When Leiko was about to finally kill Martosu, the blue gem on his arm glowed and let loud screeching sound, before huge gusts of wind came forth. The current picked up both up, spun them around a bit in a frantic manner, before seemingly to grow bored, and spat them both out into two different directions.

As they landed in their separate areas of the island far away from each other, they both were knocked unconscious by the force. But deep inside, the boiling rage continued to simmer with no outlet for it to be unleashed.

((HP no longer matters since it is the end of the arc, but really Martosu did get the most damage overall.... and lol, at my style changing half way through the post.))

[Fect]

"Seems more than perfect. You two will fight again, to claim the whole..." With that, the box burst open, revealing two earrings, each which positioned themselves on the combatants.

"The light human receives the right and the left goes to the dark human. These will draw you together, and create more power for me."

They appeared as small apples on the ends of chains. Leiko's was gold, and Martosu's was silver.

"The next time you meet, one of you must fall, to contain me."
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EXP:

Exorcists:
Martosu - 8
Lorraine - 9 (New character)
Jindori - 6 (Entered Mid-arc)
Joshua - 6 (Entered Mid-arc)

Noah:
Anderson - 6 (Left Early)
Leiko - 8