[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/ydPQN0Lh/1838d2018132c903189151c4257fb318.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/6TJLhkdH/original.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@FantasyChic][@KazAlkemi][@eclecticwitch][/center][hr][center][h3][color=ff0000][b]The Small Wet Country Across the Sea: August 9th, 12,511 - 4:20 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]	Myrus nodded slightly at Ahote, as his mentor more or less told him to be strong. He had to believe that they could prevent this - that they could save Valda and his family. He had already lost his parents and now his best friend. He didn't want to lose Valda or Luna - he didn't know if he could take that. The young prince took a deep breath, clenching his hands and they had a slight red-pink glow before it vanished. He had come a long way from where he had been months ago, struggling to control these abilities. [color=ff0000]"Hey, cut it out!"[/color] Myrus snapped, not liking the way Bruce was talking to Mona, as it wasn't very nice. 

	[color=ff0000]"... Please,"[/color] he then added a bit timidly. [color=ff0000]"We're all just scared and we don't all know as much as you do about Ragnarok..."[/color] he continued, his voice scarcely a whisper now. He really hoped that Bruce didn't decide to throw a fireball at him or something - some of the gods in the myths of the Land of Long Nights were rather cruel. His ears were red and Myrus shuffled backwards slightly. It was a good thing he hadn't called Bruce a [i]buttmunch[/i] as he had been considering. 

	[color=ff0000]"B-but like I said, can't we just protect Baldur and stop Ragnarok that way?"[/color] he asked again, since no one had said anything to that idea. [hr][center][h3][color=ff0000][b]The Small Wet Country Across the Sea: November 5th, 12,508 - 10:20 PM [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][color=ff0000][i][b]The Palace Barracks - the Castle...[/b][/i][/color]

	Baby Dawn was crawling around the floor of the barracks, occasionally sending off little spurts of fire. The little thing seemed to have no idea that her mother had died and that she had killed the vampire Gypsy, just content and happy as could be. Watching from a safe distance, Apollodora kept one eye on Dawn and one eye on Amarantha. "Please, you do not need to complain to me about my mother," Apollodora scoffed, rolling her eyes. "I've never exactly seen eye to eye with the old bat."

	"Whatever agenda you've got with the Biters, it'll have to wait. Now, I am pretty certain that in the Palace somewhere, there are some chains that are inescapable - and unbreakable. All we need to do is take advantage of all of this chaos, take the chains, and then go tie up Arya. If we leave her with Cuyler, then well maybe that'll be enough to get them back together, my brother and me will be born, and you can focus again on your sad, futile little mission to stop the Biters from invading and taking over the world."

[color=ff0000][i][b]The Palace Long Walk - the Castle...[/b][/i][/color]

	As the trio run throughout the Palace, they will notice the death and destruction that occurred within its walls. Bloody footprints are all over the once clean floor, with numerous prized possessions overturn and shattered on the ground. There is no sign of Myrus, but the familiar faces of some servants, now dead, are among the deceased. In the Entrance Hall, there also are numerous burned corpses, belonging to vampiric invaders. No one comes to approach them yet. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=#9B30FF]Violet[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SKZ4DwBf/tenor.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=#9B30FF]Location:[/color][/b] Outside the Old Port Witch Coven Home
[b][color=#9B30FF]Skills:[/color][/b] Perception [hr][/center]	Whereas Arya had always either pinned her hair back, braided it, or kept it orderly in some other manner, Violet's hair was a wild mess. Half of it was pinned up, the rest cascading down without any semblance of intention or control. She reached up and took off the hood of her black cloak, the buttons in the front were not properly fastened so Fleur would be able to see her emerald green tunic. Emerald green was the color worn by the [b]ExtraOrdinary[/b] Apprentice, not the Wizard. The Akhu Amulet of Hotep-Ra was still around her neck and she still wore the belt of the [b]ExtraOrdinary[/b] as well. 

	Was this the true self of Arya Rincewind - or was Violet simply an identity crafted through circumstance? 

	[color=#9B30FF]"Fleur La Mallificum,"[/color] Violet whispered. There was a poignant pause. She had greeted so many people in alleys like this, stating their name and then informing them that they had failed the Castle. She killed them, helping to reduce the criminal rot that penetrated this country. At first, she had operated alone - but now she had her partner. [i]Silver[/i]. [color=#9B30FF]"Whoever you think I am... that person is [i]dead.[/i] I am Violet."[/color] 

	Her emerald eyes flickered around, seeing no shadows to indicate that they were being followed any further. Nera was intently watching them from the window, but Nera had only [b]Appeared[/b] to Fleur so Violet could not see her. The ex-ExtraOrdinary Wizard then focused once more on Fleur, looking like a wary predator meeting their match in strength and intelligence. She had been following Fleur in order to learn more about her, to prepare to kill her since from what she heard, she was a force for evil. 
		
	[color=#9B30FF]"You've failed the Castle."[/color][hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=cc33ff]Antonije Magnisky[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/rFKQMqzL/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=cc33ff]Location:[/color][/b] Ramblings Room 847
[b][color=cc33ff]Skills:[/color][/b] Telepathy[hr][/center]	Antonije continued to hold Sylvi close, stroking her hair to try to keep her calm. He could have gone into her head and meddled with her, in order to force her to be in a cool and collected state, but he didn't feel like doing that at the moment. He only wanted to manipulate her mind when the situation really demanded it. Her mumbling about how he should have told her didn't really sway him, as he was obstinately convinced that he had done the right thing. He had concealed who the other vigilante was from everyone, not just Sylvi. [color=cc33ff][i]You sound sleepy,[/i][/color] he mused to her, giving her a kiss on the forehead. 	

	[color=cc33ff][i]I don't know why the vampires attacked tonight, but... They never really show up in the Small Wet Country, you know...[/i][/color] he mentioned. It didn't make much sense to him for the vampires to just randomly show up and attack the Castle on Bonfire Night. He figured they had the same sort of goals as the Witch Covens did and those attacks were never random - they were calculated. There had to be some sort of greater force working behind these things, something that they just couldn't see just yet. [color=cc33ff][i]I think they have to have been after something... Maybe they wanted to kill the Royal Family, take over the Castle...[/i][/color] he suggested. [color=cc33ff][i]Do you think maybe the Land of Long Nights hired them or something?[/i][/color] he asked, before he nuzzled her slightly.

	[color=cc33ff][i]I love you too.[/i][/color][hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=ed145b]Halley Banner[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/13B13k31/tumblr-oxp47ynb-WK1qd4bljo5-r1-540.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=ed145b]Location:[/color][/b] the Docks - the Port -> Wizard Tower Courtyard - the Castle
[b][color=ed145b]Skills:[/color][/b] [b]Chaos Magyk[/b] [hr][/center]	Halley considered what Arnora suggested. It seemed incredibly likely that the Queen and Princess were the keys to opening up the secret chamber Loki had previously stashed himself away in, though she was not too certain what exactly they would have been able to achieve. Perhaps there was some sort of genetic lock, but then, how would Loki have been able to bypass the system? Maybe he had something of the Queen or the Princess with him - such as a lock of hair or a jar of toenail clippings - and that was enough? 

	[color=ed145b]"I think you might be onto something, Arnora. If the Queen and the Princess are key, as well as some unknown element at the Castle, then maybe we just need their DNA in order to bypass the enchantment... So if we go to the Castle, we should try to grab the hairbrush or something of a member of the Royal Family. That might be all we need - unless it's tied to a certain source of DNA, then we might need something more extreme like blood..."[/color] 

	As for contacting Bruce and Myth, Halley was a bit annoyed with her brother. If he had been here, then they might have made more progress - but presumably, he'd be back at the Castle, probably near the Palace, and they would be able to meet up with him after they got to Wizard Tower. She rolled her wrists slightly, before taking a few moments and reality warped around them as they landed at the courtyard of Wizard Tower. [color=ed145b]"That answer your question?"[/color] she asked Cuyler. 

	Her eyes then fell on the gleaming silver building. [color=ed145b]"Shall we, then?"[/color]