[IC] HCL V: insert witty title here

[kishin asura]

@Teoinsanity

"I'm asura." Asura responds "I'm a god of madness."

[Teoinsanity]

@kishin asura

"I was actually supposed to house the soul of a god ,like a vessel" he says ."You can kinda guess how that turned out" he shrugs."So ,how is it like being a actual God?"

[kishin asura]

@Teoinsanity

"About the same as being a mortal." Asura replies "I just don't age, I'm pretty hard to kill, and I can drive people insane... that last part mainly happened in early in my life."

((Might be going in a little while))

[Teoinsanity]

@kishin asura

"and I thought I had people problems" he chuckles."Name is Doom by the way"

((it's okay ))

[kishin asura]

@Teoinsanity

"Cool name." Asura says

[Teoinsanity]

@kishin asura

"I can't use my old name ,ever" he said ."I'm not that person anymore"

[kishin asura]

@Teoinsanity

"I understand." Asura remarks

[thewizardguy]

@Teoinsanity@kishin asura@supertinyking

((My god. Weeks of maybe one post per day, and now I miss two whole pages?))

After centuries of warfare, one begins to notice the difference between an attack aimed to kill, and a waste of time. Isaac's threats were useless to Khaine, the demon warrior well knew that Isaac had no business facing him. And when Shoula threw her cards, he didn't so much as glance at her as their bladed edges slid over his darksteel plate. The cards were certainly sharp, but against steel of that quality, and an attack intentionally aimed to skid off, it didn't so much as scratch the paint. Or it wouldn't have, if there had been paint. Of course, what this stunt did accomplish is distracting those in front of Khaine. Clearly he was facing fools, for who other would allow themselves to be put into such an unfortunate position while facing such a dire foe as himself.

As Maka pulled Asura to the ground, Khaine simply grabbed her by the head, her skull fitting quite neatly into the palm of his hand. Holding her behind him, he used her body to block any additional cards that might be aimed towards him as he kept his blade steadily aimed at Asura, the main threat in the room. While both Maka and Shoula had revealed their capabilities to some extent, Asura remained a mystery, and an unknown enemy was easily the greater threat. A swift and glorious battle would surely have ensued if Khaine hadn't been interrupted by two events, both of which slowed him down.

First, the tiny mortal returned, leading an army of the insectoids. It appeared the tiny mortal had healed their injuries, returning them to full health. Of course, it was clear that many of them would require longer to process the mental scars of what had just happened, and considering the room they were in Khaine considered it unlikely that they'd remain intact for long. Although, considering the fact that the insectoid leader (Isaac, was it?) was somehow still breathing, perhaps the intactness was not necessary.

Secondly, a new player entered the board. With no warning a large, demon-looking creature appeared out of nowhere, crashing face-first into the stone floor. The creature was clearly confused about it's surroundings, speaking to itelf as it attempted to figure out the same thing everyone else in the room was wondering. Despite it's appearance, Khaine recognized that this was not one of it's kin. In their travels, the Sons of Baal had met many other beings who described themselves as demons, and had annihilated more than a few of them. It seemed to be a rather common theme, although some fit the bil better than most. Of course, considering how well he was doing with Asura, Khaine added him to the potential list of enemies he'd have to face.

"Enough meaningless chatter." Khaine snapped at Asura, as he tightened his grip. While Maka was more durable at most, it would not be hard for him to crush her skull like a pineapple. "Draw your weapon, and prepare yourself. I intend to kill you here, for the folly of attempting to control me." He tosses maka to the side with enough force to severely bruise her, although it would have broken a human's spine. "I will either face you one by one, or all at once. It matters not to me what value your honour has, for at the end of this day it shall be your skull at my feet." In all this Doom and Ilyndriel were seemingly being ignored, although Khaine made sure he was ready to act should either of them attempt to intervene.

[Teoinsanity]

@thewizardguy@kishin asura@Supertinyking

"Anyway ,the past is in the past " he says as spikes form on each of his knuckles as he gets ready to jump."Nows the present ,and that guy looks evil now ,so.." He says grinning as he jumps at Khaine,the air around the area would get colder ,about ten degrees as Doom jumped ."Face your doom!" He yells as he gets into punching position mid air .Doom did not take many precautions to make sure he gets there in one piece ,not worrying about getting hit as he blindly attacked.

[kishin asura]

@Teoinsanity@thewizardguy

"Hey doom, sit this one out...I got this
" Asura says. Now looking at khaine "and I will not go easy on him."

[Wraithblade6]

@kishin asura@Teoinsanity@thewizardguy@supertinyking

"Wait! Everyone!" The little white angel girl with blue eyes came running up desperately holding out her hands.

People seemed to freeze, just for a moment, while she spoke.

Holding her hands out as if to keep everyone still, she turned to the large demon lord with a pleading expression. "Mr. Khaine, sir, we're friends. Please listen. You don't have to kill anyone. Just... make him apologize. If Asura says he's sorry and won't do it again, then it's like it never happened. It's better than killing him, right? Give him the chance, won't you? No harm has truly been done."

She looked up from the ground, hoping her reasoning would be understood. She wasn't quite sure if giant demon knights knew what apologies were, but maybe Khaine would get it. Still, she glanced at Doom with concern. He looked like he still wanted a fight.

[thewizardguy]

@Teoinsanity@kishin asura@Wraithblade6@Wraithblade6

"Hmph."The misshapen demon launched itself at Khaine, but he was not a threat. For all the force behind his punches he took no precautions to guard himself, launching himself at the Dreadlord with reckless abandon. A swift backhand smashed Doom face-first into the rock below with enough force to pulverize a human skull. Of course this would hardly be enough to put down Doom, but Khaine had no intention of fighting the overzealous creature at this time. As Doom tried to pick himself up off the floor a massive armour-clad foot slammed into his back, forcing him back onto the ground as Khaine stepped over him like so much cannon fodder.

Again, however, Khaine was interrupted. The tiny mortal shouted out, and everyone stopped for a moment. Khaine turned swiftly towards the mortal, who seemed to have halted combat through sheer force of will. Khaine growled at them as they spoke, disregarding their statements. "I know little of your feeble morality, but if you oppose violence, then saving this creature and their pet psychopath will only pile on more bodies. And I will not be held from battle, when one so deserving of my blade awaits me." With those words Khaine marched towards Asura. Unlike Doom he did not hurry, for he did not fear his prey escaping. Slowly he marched, alert and aware of any possible attack, ready to counter any sudden assault. Should his enemy back away he would force them into a corner, should they face him he would show them the error of their ways. Patient and inevitable, the Dreadlord marched to war, pushing through whatever force sought to keep him in place.

[Wraithblade6]

Ilyndriel cringed as Khaine smacked-down Doom. He had declined accepting an apology, but maybe he was right. Whatever Asura had done certainly had caused a lot of damage and even killed several of the insect-people. Was Asua so dangerous that he needed to die? And what if he *had* controlled Khaine as the infernal knight had said he tried to? Could another "accident" happen again one day?

Ilyndriel was in essence silenced, as she could do very little about the situation in the heat of the moment anyway. Khaine began his death-march toward Asura, and she was left in the shadows. She looked to see how this Maka person was doing.

[kishin asura]

@thewizardguy

Asura watched, and much to khaine's surprise, he grinned. "That's it big guy. Come to papa." Asura's wavelength was indeed active to the point where it could pose a threat. But the threat it posed was one khaine knew little (if at all) about

[ShadowVentus]

@thewizardguy@kishin asura@Wraithblade6@Teoinsanity

Before a move could made by either Khaine or Asura, they both may have sensed a fluctuation of sorts, as if a portion of space near their location was being tampered with. With that sense came a visual representation in the form of the shadows of the area rushing towards a specific point on the stone floor, building up upon themselves until the pile began to distort itself into a portal, a Corridor of Darkness. A being steps out from the portal, strands of darkness from this entry point rolling off from his cloak. Almost as quickly as it had opened, the Corridor dissipates, leaving this familiar hooded man in the wake of everyone within the vicinity. "Greetings...it has been a very long time since I've seen some of you. However, allow me to introduce myself for those here that are not familiar with me..." With that being said, the tactician discards his hood, revealing his white hair, brown eyes, and happy-go-lucky smile. Despite this cheery exterior, the Dread Lord could probably tell from his clothing and eyes alone that this was a good man that had gone to war many times. "My name is Michael Narukami. I have been a tactician for as long as I can remember. I hope to be of use to the strongest warriors here, for a world that does not have its own share of war is a rare one indeed..." He remarks.

He takes the time he is using to speak to gauge the situation at hand. Down to the positions of the others' bodies to their wavelengths, he could tell that a battle had ensued. In fact, it was still going on as of now, but his entrance had provided a small window of time for both participants in the fight. Michael decided that the best strategy for now would be to play the waiting game, to see just where his loyalty should lie...

[Teoinsanity]

@ShadowVentus@kishin asura@Wraithblade6@thewizardguy

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Doom laughs manically as he get smacked down ,"Hit me some more damnit!" He laughed as he got dropped on ,everyone could now see why he didn't protect himself,it's not that he didn't care ,it's that he loved pain.

Doom would shamble up after Khaine stepped on him ,his healing factor already kicking in as he would run to a wall as he made his right arm into a blade yet again ,using it to quickly cut out a triangular piece ,about 5 feet across on each of its sides ,before he picked it up ,squating and grunting as he lifted it up using both hands before throwing it at high speeds at him.

""Hey, Doom ,I don't think that will be enough to stop him"" Shade said nervously as Doom whispered to him,"Don't worry ,I have something else" he whispered happily as he waited ,if he turned around ,Doom would run behind him from his right before slashing at his knees ,if he didn't ,he would taunt him.

Doom ignored the angel's pleas, and he ignored the newcomer ,not noticing him due to how much fun he was having.

[supertinyking]

@Wraithblade6 @Teoinsanity @ShadowVentus @kishin asura @thewizardguy

A fight begins, and then, it ends, before it gains momentum. From a hall connected to the one our heroes found themselves in, a blur of golden brown pounces forwards, like a rushing river, carrying with it the smell of honey. The large stone thrown by Doom is slammed into the ground by a huge golden fist, saving Khaine from the impact. Walking forwards, a man...no, something more, and yet something less than a man, walks forwards. His clothing being robes made from some brown cloth, his skin a pale white that hasn't seen the sun in ages, and his eyes amber. He looked around at those gathered, nodding his head. His eyes then are set on Asura.
"There will be no fighting here...or I will be forced to thrash whoever instigates..." The strange man says, looking to Khaine, Asura, and Doom, as more golden hands seem to appear from his back, reaching over to Maka, helping her up, and over to Issac, the hands carefully putting him back together, before sealing his wounds with whatever substance they were made out of. Issac seemed to pass out finally, as if he felt safe enough to with the arrival of the mysterious being.
"My name is Alexander. You all most likely do not know me, and I do not know you all...but I do know this. If you seek to harm one another, you will not do so here. While you are here, this is a violence free zone. Understand?" The man said. He made it clear, this was an order. Not a request.

[thewizardguy]

@Teoinsanity@supertinyking@ShadowVentus@kishin asura@Wraithblade6

Had someone posted a bulletin, asking random warriors to come interrupt this fight? Two mysterious forces introduced themselves to the area, one of which immediately took their position in the fight. This was beginning to become a mess, and Khaine was running out of patience. He would not be denied his right to retribution, and he would not be defeated. "I am Khaine, Dreadlord of the Seventh Ring of the Abyss, Lord of Slaughter and conqueror of a dozen worlds. And yet here I stand, knee-deep in mortals who believe they can stand up to me?" Growling, Khaine gestured at Alexander. The ground opened up in front of him, and a blade emerged from it. "If you are to claim any command over this domain, then you must do a less pitiable job of protecting it. You may enforce your rules once you have proven yourself capable of assuming responsibility for those within your domain. I claim the right to retribution, and if you wish to dispute it then take that blade, for I will not hesitate to take your life."

Having made his statement, Khaine turns to Asura. "And now, we will see whether you are more than just a fool, hiding behind tricks of the mind." Stepping forward, Khaine makes a swing at the god of insanity, his blade tearing through the granite walls as if they were mere tissue paper. Even the god's impressively tough bandages would have a hard time deflecting the blow of this attack, as the blade's masterful design and Khaine's strength made for a devastating strike. However even as he attacked Khaine kept his guard up, knowing he would be outnumbered in this battle.

[kishin asura]

@thewizardguy@supertinyking

As the blade headed in his direction, asura smirked. "A fool?" He asked "me? I don't think so." As he finished speaking, he disappeared. Reappearing mere inches from quite possibly being cut in two. Though it seemed like teleportation, in reality, asura just moved to a safer distance, and concealed his movement "a fool doesn't know when he's in danger. He just runs in blindly without any precautions." He then gives alexander a quick glance and says "but the guy has a point. This really isn't much of a place for fighting."

[Teoinsanity]

@thewizardguy@kishin asura@supertinyking@ShadowVentus@Wraithblade6

"Aww come on!" Doom said angrily."Now you show up ?!" He yelled at Alexander."Right when I threw a rock at him ?!" ."Doom ,calm down" Shade said nervously ,trying to calm down Doom."No I won't calm down!" He argued with Shade infront of everyone before hearing Asura."Not you too" Doom sighed,knowing he was defeated .