[center][h2]Li’Kalla[/h2] [i]Goddess of Rain 8 FP - 13 MP[/i] & [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjQ0LmE1OTc0MC5WbUZyYXcsLC4wAAAAAAAA/blowup-personal-use.regular.png[/img] [/center] [hr] There was so much going on in the world! Flying whales, ice sculptures coming to life, burned lands… It was tiring, Li’Kalla realized. She loved it! But still. Her wings proved to be a great addition to her body, in that now she wasn’t confined to her small part of Galbar and could now explore and see with her own eyes the things that the Pantheon had created. That lizard was very cute, and the ice sculpture, Mel, was lovely! Li’Kalla landed gracefully in front of her Manor and skipped right into it, the front doors opening for her and closing when she’d entered. It was clean, just as she’d left it. With the exception of a trail of puddles of water going right to the kitchen, of course. A groan escaped her lips and she slouched a little. [color=steelblue]”Of all things, why did my body have to be so wet? I can’t even stop it.”[/color] Indeed, she’d tried to stop the dripping rainwater, just like she’d grown her wings, but it had no effect. She ignored the trail of puddles and went a different direction. She was going to have to check on Rick’Ard eventually, but for now she had more important things to do. Namely, putting away the cute little ice sculpture Mel had given her safely in her bedroom . So, she found herself going upstairs and travelling through a few long hallways with extremely high ceilings. And then she reached the end of the last hallway, and an unassuming door was there. She opened it and went into her chambers. The scent of her childhood wafted over her, and instantly she grinned and jumped onto the large bed in the middle of the gargantuan room while levitating the sculpture over to the nearest dresser. She willed the door closed and laid there for a long time, writhing against the silky smooth sheets and taking in whiff after whiff of her favorite pillow. It still smelled like her big sister’s hair. She kissed the pillow, imagining it was her sister’s cheek, and then she nuzzled into it, imagining it was her strong, brave, caring big sister embracing her. [color=steelblue]”... This is pathetic.”[/color] She heard herself say, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, [color=steelblue]”... No, it’s not. I miss her so much...”[/color] Suddenly, the light that shown into her room dimmed. There was an eerie presence that came with the silence that followed and it was chilling. A few moments had passed before there was a knock on the downstairs and then there was sound of something moving against the wood outside the house. Soon, a tendril appeared on one of the windows, sliding across the glass before a familiar voice shook the house, and the goddess, to its core. [color=9d8618]”Li’Kalla. Come open the door for your dear brother…”[/color] It was Vakk. Except, rather than his usual voice, it gave a more excited inflection and there was a certain warmth that came from it. Li'Kalla shuddered and suddenly, a deathly chill went down her spine. [i]The music box![/i] She thought, noticing in that instant how quiet the whole Manor was. How peaceful the indoors were. It should be playing right now, as she never touched it after Vakk forced her to keep it on. Maybe Hermes had- [color=steelblue]“I have to hide…”[/color] She told herself, jumping off her bed with her arm wrapped tightly around the pillow that smelled of her sister, and rushed to the walk in closet. Soon, she had hidden behind boxes of old clothes and footwear. She did her best to conceal her essence as well, but she has no idea how to do it, and it only ended up making her more nervous, not knowing whether she was truly hidden. All she could hear was her heartbeat thumping against her eardrums. The knocking continued, it became increasingly louder and impatient. Soon there was nothing but silence except for her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Then, a crash came with what sounded like a door being forced open. A sound of glass shattering was also heard. [color=9d8618]”Li’Kalla. I know you are here,”[/color] the voice stated. Sliding movement over the wood, a sign that he drew nearer and nearer. The door to the bedroom could barely be heard opening, ever so gently. Shadows of the god’s tendrils could be seen underneath the door and slowly did the door begin to open. Like a wave, the tendrils flooded in across the walls, feeling their way around the closet. It was a terrifying sight, however, they quickly retracted as if they had been distracted by something. For a moment, she could breathe safely. Slowly, she tore her sight away from the slithering tentacles and curled up against the dusty wall. Looking down, she noticed a small pool of water had begun to form around her, and she nearly gasped. Covering her mouth in the nick of time, her eyes narrowed to pinpricks as she saw a tentacle slide just a hair's width apart from the pool. For a tense moment, it seemed as if the tendril would slide away and leave Li’Kalla’s presence. However, ever so lightly did it touch the pool of water causing it stop. [color=9d8618]”Hello, Li’Kalla,”[/color] Vakk said before the tendril lunged forwards to wrap around Li’Kalla’s leg. She screamed. It was a horrible, blood-curdling scream. That of a person about to be murdered. And she didn't stop. He began to drag her out of the closet almost immediately, moving exceptionally fast clumsily, causing Li’kalla to hit the walls and other objects as she slid against the wood of the flood. Other tendrils rushed forwards to grab different parts of her body; one for each limb and one around her waist before she was finally dragged across some dirt and lifted into the air. She kept screaming. Wild screams. Until they took on a more legible nature. She shook her body, resisting, [color=steelblue]“SIS, AZURA! CHOPSTICK, PLEASEEE!”[/color] [color=9d8618]”It is okay, dear sister. I did not mean to frighten you,”[/color] Vakk said as his mouth curled into a smile. A tendril went across her cheek before he held it to her mouth, shushing her. [color=9d8618]”I have come for the box, I require it for a task.”[/color] Li'Kalla closed her eyes tightly as small rivers of tears formed along her cheeks, she pulled away slightly from the disgusting tentacle and gasped, [color=steelblue]“B-BOX? W-What box! I-I don't have anything-”[/color] She clenched her jaw tightly and kept resisting against her bonds, looking more and more desperate with each passing moment. The smile Vakk had collapsed almost instantly. [color=9d8618]”What do you mean?”[/color] She froze and looked at Vakk, her eyes widening. [color=steelblue]“I d-don't know where it is- It might be in the m-Manor, but… I DON'T KNOW!”[/color] [color=9d8618]”It [i]might[/i] be in the manor?! What did you do with it?”[/color] [color=steelblue]“I… Lost track of it-”[/color] Li'Kalla gagged a little as she choked on her own tongue in nervousness, [color=steelblue]“I-I made a friend, okay! And I think she um, took the box as… A souvenir…”[/color] Vakk was silent only for a moment before he snapped his jaws, his tendrils moved around and for a moment it looked as if he may strangle her. He let out a grunt of anger before the tendrils moved away. [color=9d8618]”Where is it?”[/color] he asked in a completely neutral tone. Li'Kalla fell with a surprised grunt to the ground, and jumped up to her feet in the blink of an eye. She avoided looking at Vakk, instead looking at her own feet as she cautiously took a few steps back. Her wings twitched. If only she could get far enough from Vakk, she might be able to fly and escape. [color=steelblue]“Uuhm, I g-guess…”[/color] She fell silent for a moment, and then pointed in a random direction, [color=steelblue]“T-That way, Brother.”[/color] His head momentarily looked in that direction before he instantly snapped back to look at Li’Kalla, who was a few steps further away. [color=9d8628]”Have I ever told you that never lie to a liar? They will know what is a lie and what isn’t,”[/color] he said, towering over her and letting out a growl. [color=9d8618]”WHERE. IS. THE. BOX?!”[/color] he roared his tendrils raising themselves in an aggressive posture. Li'Kalla shrunk before Vakk. In an instant, she turned and ran. She ran as fast as her legs could run, and then she took flight, kicking up a mountain of dirt in the process.[I] Yes! I'm fast, I can escape![/i] She thought, and then her heart sank. Her wings tensed up. Her left one shook beyond control, and her right one furled itself tightly against her back. She fell, and as quickly as she took off, she crashed back into the ground with a small scream. She coughed, and as the cloud of dust and dirt settled, she whimpered and screamed again. She barely managed to get onto her knees. [color=steelblue]“SIIIIS, SIS, SIS! HELP ME SIS AZURA, PLEASEE, SOMEONEE! MY WINGS, MY WINGS DON'T WORK…”[/color] She would have kept screaming for help, had she not degenerated into a pathetic mess of ‘help me’s’ and ‘he's going to hurt me's’. Vakk’s laugh could be heard in the back of her head before a tendril wrapped around her leg and dragged her into the air, holding her upside down. It was a short-lived laugh as Vakk took a singular tendril and grasped one of her wings, before he asked, [color=9d8618]”Did Azura give you these wings? I will admit I liked your look better when you did not have them.”[/color] Vakk let out a sigh of disappointment. The girl merely nodded as she bawled, eyes shut tightly as her tears and rainwater drip off her head. How could this be happening, she thought, everything was going so well… If only Big Sis was here… [color=9d8618]”Tell me, do you think she cares for you? Do you think that anyone other than I truly cares for you?”[/color] Li'Kalla forced herself to speak, even amidst the desperate crying, [color=steelblue]“S-She does… Big Sis… She l-loves me… She'll save me…!”[/color] [color=9d8618]”No, she will not. Nobody cares for you Li’Kalla, for you are a weak and pathetic goddess unworthy of her title. I have raised continents, I control Death itself. I have the power to protect you. They only seek to use you, Li’Kalla. I can already feel the winds speaking to me, they are telling me to do terrible things to you. I cannot resist those words unless you tell me where the box is Li’Kalla, otherwise Azura is telling me to take away your wings.”[/color] The grip around her wing tightened slightly, whispers began to come as a light breeze brushed the both of them. [color=steelblue]“N-no… Big Sis, she wouldn't-” Would she? “No… No…!”[/color] Li'Kalla sniffed and pulled her wing, she flapped it, she did everything she could to free it. At the same time she tried to kick the tentacle holding her upside down. [color=steelblue]“They're my friends…!”[/color] Vakk shook his head as if he were resisting something, [color=9d8618]”No, Azura! She is but a young girl! No! Please!”[/color] The grip slowly tightened and tightened, pain spread the wing and began to become so unbearable before there was inevitable snap of bones, each one shattering under the tightened grip of Vakk. Li'Kalla screamed until she couldn't anymore, her wing going numb, as if she didn't have it anymore. [color=9d8618]”No more, Azura! I never wanted to hurt Li’Kalla like this! Li’Kalla please, tell me where the box is! Azura is in control and that is all she seeks!”[/color] At some point, Li'Kalla's voice grew weak, and she found no strength to keep asking for help. She knew that no help would come. If Big Sis- Or Azura, herself was… Forcing Vakk, then- Silent tears escaped her eyes, gentle pained moans leaving her lips every few moments. [color=steelblue]“Heh, Heh.”[/color] She chuckled. [color=steelblue]“T… This is a dream, isn't it?”[/color] She opened her eyes and looked vacantly at Vakk, panting gently for breath. It was a strange expression. She felt… Numb. [color=steelblue]“These bad things don't happen, do they…?”[/color] [color=steelblue]“K'nell's just got a bad sense of humour, right? That's right, I'm currently sleeping on my comfy bed, squeezing my favorite pillow… Soon, I'll wake up, and I'll play with Rick'Ard. I'll fly with my biig, fluffy wings and cuddle up to Azura for another nap… Hahah…”[/color] She sighed happily, a cute, placid smile seeping onto her face. [color=steelblue]“I'll explore the world with Hermes… Once I wake up… And I'll be happy, and make looots of friends and eat loooots of delicious snacks made by Chopstick Eyes…”[/color] [color=9d8618]”I am afraid this is not a dream, my dear sister,”[/color] Vakk said, before his tendril went to crush the other wing. His movements were jerky, as if he was still resisting something in the process, and he was actively trying to keep tendril away from her. [color=9d8618]”Please… end your suffering and my own. I cannot bear to hurt you any longer.”[/color] There was no response. Li'Kalla dangled, one wing broken beyond repair and the other weakly trying to stay furled. It gave way almost immediately to Vakk's assault, with Li chuckling to some passing thought. Vakk let out a curious noise before he lifted her head with a tendril, keeping her eyes locked on him as he put two tendrils on either side of her head. [color=9d8618]”It seems I will need to force these memories to surface,”[/color] he said before Li’Kalla felt a painful jolt run through her mind. With this jolt, her memories began to run back through her mind. Azura… Hermes… K’nell…. Choppy… Vakk… These memories kept going through her mind, flashing in a repetitive fashion, almost as if they were being sorted through. The box. It was all that connected some of them. Vakk’s presence filled her mind, his words became crystal. [color=9d8618]”Hermes… So she must have truly taken it. However, I must warn you. An agent of K’nell is an agent of manipulation. They were all using you… except Choppy perhaps.”[/color] [color=steelblue]“Nngh…”[/color] Li'Kalla groaned, weakly shaking her head as her face turned to vacant discomfort. Nothing felt real anymore, she was seeing all these memories again… Did they even happen? And then her thoughts turned to older, hidden events. Things she'd tried her hardest to hide. [color=steelblue]“No… Get out… Please…”[/color] She gasped out as she grabbed the two tendrils and pushed them away only to met with a tendril wrapping around her neck and lifting her up. [color=9d8618]”So, it seems that many gods have an interest in you. All of those feeling you had experienced… were fake. All lied of a diluted mind that sought refuge from a tormented life.”[/color] He brought her close to his massive mouth. [color=9d8618]”There is still time to rectify this mistake. Become what you are running from. Embrace your inner demons and destroy those who seek to use you.”[/color] Could it be true? Everyone used her? Azura lied to her… She gave her wings only to force Vakk to take them from her. What a sick person would do that? Right, the big bird was no person. No person would do that. Only animals, beasts that deserve to be erased- But… The nap, the hugs, the love! Li'Kalla's eyes filled with tears once again, as images of her big sister's back, walking away from her as men and Holy beast took her dignity, flashed before her eyes. [color=steelblue]“N-no one cares… About me…”[/color] She sobbed. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdml5r6Y_g4]A cough, then another.[/url] Li'Kalla opened her eyes and stared at Vakk, eyes narrowing dangerously. [color=teal]“No one…”[/color] She whispered, a sudden spark of strength lighting up deep inside her. She lifted her arms, exhausted from struggling earlier, and wrapped her fingers around the tendril choking her. Her fingers twisted and cracked, and she felt a warm liquid coat them. It flowed, and smelled satisfying. [color=seagreen]“Not even you.”[/color] Her voice was deep and rough, sounding more like a growl than speech. [color=seagreen]“Do not touch me-”[/color] She demanded. Her teeth warped by the second, sharpening. Her tongue elongated, her eyes emitted a bright green glow. [color=seagreen]”DO. NOT. TOUCH ME.”[/color] The tendrils weakened their grip. Li'Kalla did not let go of them, however. In the blink of an eye she bit into one of them as hard as her jaw would allow. Ichor shot out and mixed with Li'Kalla's below, on the wet dirt. He let out a roar of pain soon followed by anger. She growled and screamed, her body shifting before Vakk. She grew. She grew to double the size of the disgusting Azura. Her skin grew scales, and those scales were intertwined with vines. It was all a light blue in color. One of her wings was broken and useless, dangling from her back. The other was furled tightly. She dropped to four limbs, and her face elongated, filling with rows of razor sharp teeth that kept biting at Vakk. What once were pathetic, jarring growls, now became things of terror that could bring down even the mightiest wall, and make even the strongest Hero cower in fear. But worse of all was her stare. With eyes open wide no matter what she was doing. The heavy mist that collected around her form was illuminated in the eerie green glow that emanated from her eyes, and a heavy rain started to fall as soon as she growled and [url=https://imgur.com/26GxSS4]roared.[/url] Vakk amidst the pain, anger, and blood only responded with a roar, proceeding to retract the bitten tendril only to fight back with a flurry of blows. Despite her tremendous increase in size, Vakk was still much larger and the slam of his tendrils into her body made the earth of the So’E shake and sent scales flying. Some moved to restrain the new beast, grasping her claws and trying to muzzle her mouth, but her snapping jaws made it impossible to get close to her head. [color=9d8618]”You fool! I would not tell you the truth if I did not care for you!”[/color] He attempted to pull her to the ground, and she landed with extreme force. [color=9d8618]”You will sit and listen, welp!”[/color] A single, great roar shook the So'E, a part of Li'Kalla's Manor crumbling under the duress. She pulled mightily against the restraints around her claws and ankles and huffed and snarled. Then she bit at one of them and didn't let go, her long tongue savouring the ichor and eagerly drinking it and trying to bite the appendage off. Her one functioning wing and new tail swatter away several tendrils. Vakk let out another pained roar before he began to speak, [color=9d8618]”I am not your enemy, Li’Kalla! Listen to me!”[/color] However, there was no answer only the same biting and wrestling between the two before Vakk growled and severed the tendril she kept her teeth on. He snapped his jaws as he pulled himself into the air, [color=9d8618]”If you will not listen then perhaps I can offer you advice. Vengeance is a tool, harness it and use it to kill your demons.”[/color] With that he sped away as quick as he could to leave the new monster he had created, however, a small bit of his laughter could be heard as he grew further and further away. Moments later, the only sounds that echoed through the ruined So'E were wet biting, chewing, gritting of teeth. The Monster's eyes tinted everything a bright green, and a lone mud clump rolled innocently towards the nearest being, having escaped from the crumbling Manor. Rick'Ard felt confused. As he got close to the humongous, yet familiar creature, he felt a surge of purpose fill him, and a small eye popped onto his tiny body. The mist was thick. Strange liquids covered every surface visible, and a green light tinted the mist in an eerie glow. He could make out the shadowy form of a head far above him. It turned to look at Rick'Ard, its eyes like two green sun's, and drew closer. And closer. Rick'Ard was overjoyed. He'd found a new friend! His new friend scooped him up with her tongue and put him in its mouth. Maybe it was this new friend's way of giving kisses, he thought. He was only a clump of mud, so he never even realized that he was being eaten. [hider=Summary] Li’Kalla returns to the So’E after traveling to Istais and meeting Mel’Issandra, the Ice Woman. There, she goes to her bedroom to put away the ice sculpture given to her by Mel’Issandra and decides to lay on her bed for a while and sniff the pillow that smells of her actual big sister. Moments pass and she hears Vakk arrive. She hides, realizing she doesnt hear the Box of Orchestration anymore and thinking Hermes must’ve taken it. Vakk barges into the Manor with his tendrils and looks for Li’Kalla. He finds her after a while and drags her out screaming. Outside, he restrains her mid air and interrogates her about the Box and its whereabouts. After a while he grows agitated and she lies to escape Vakk, taking flight. Her wings, however, cramp up and she crashes. Vakk then restrains her with his tendrils once more and starts to talk shit about basically everyone and everything. He talks so much shit Li’Kalla starts to believe it and has a mental breakdown. She dissociates. While believing nothing of what’s happening is real and in a hazy state of mind, Vakk continues to interrogate her which ends up in him breaking her right wing beyond use. Ichor flows from her injuries and pools on the ground. He goes to break the other wing but sees her unresponsive and instead chooses to probe her vulnerable mind, finding the truth of the situation, about Hermes taking the Box. He tries to make Li submit to him but she gets angry and transforms into a beast. A [url=https://imgur.com/26GxSS4]beast[/url] over forty meters tall and one hundred long, with light blue scales intertwined with vines A short fight ensues that ends with Li’Kalla receiving various bruises and with Vakk losing one tendril, which is devoured by the Monster that Li’Kalla has become. After a while, Rick’Ard comes out of the ruined Manor in the So’E and approaches the familiar-feeling huge beast. He develops an eye to look at his new friend and doesn’t even realize what is being done to him when he’s put into the maw of the beast, thinking that it must have been a new way to receive kisses. [/hider] [hider=Might Summary] [b]Vakk[/b] -1 MP to Acquire the ‘Memory Reading’ ability. 2 MP & 5 FP remaining. [b]Li'Kalla[/b] 13 MP - 8 FP Used 2 MP to gain a legendary beast form. That of a 40 meter tall dragon with razor sharp teeth, blue scales intertwined with vines and eyes that glow an intense green light. Used 2 MP to add the ability to shapeshift into the legendary beast form quickly. 9 MP - 8 FP remaining [/hider]