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A Half Eaten Heart [CLOSED]

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He was alone in the maze when they met so Leval comforted, since he could understand the feelings, and Zephroth has been companionable to him since. Plus big fluffy kitty. They seem to have very similar mind sets and goals so I can't think of a reason they shouldn't get along. And again, big fluffy kitty.

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I got nothing going on- Leval would just rest from here- if that is what we are waiting for please feel free to move on!

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Leval rose from his prostration and smiled at Arken, as Arken turned to walk down the maze path. He quickly fell in line besides him giving Zephroth a quick stroke of his hand behind his ears. Arken raised his hands and conjured up a line of purple fog, which branched into several different directions. Leval assumed it was to somehow retrace the group's earlier steps and help keep track of their location. As the began to walk slowly along the outlined path, Arken began to describe his request of Leval about the Demon of Sin, Pozuzy. Leval listened interestedly, yet found it difficult to maintain his full concentration on Arken's words as they went down the path, eyes drifting back to the walls of the hedge maze looking for signs of his lost friends. However, when Arken finished and nodded. "So you want me to make friends with him? Yeah I can do that. It will be by far one of the least strange things I have done since I got to this school. It takes a thief to catch a thief right?"

They walked through the maze, Arken would stop every once in a while and would somehow use his magic to play scenes of battles from earlier in the day. Leval watched as Rika managed to control his demonic form with Argentina's assistance and the breaking of the seal on Isabella. Leval took notes on a pencil and small notepad kept in one of his many cloak pockets, but other than that walked along without comment not wanting to distract Arken from his work. They came back to the room where Leval had lost to the Masked Man and, in turn, lost Shela. Leval reached down to his belt where he had secured the stuffed beaver toy he had picked up earlier. 'I'll get this back to you Shela, promise." He forced himself to watch the scene again, noting every move that the Masked Man had made trying to find his error in judgement. Watched from this third party perspective, it was clear to see that the blinding light he had made to blind the Masked Man had proven ineffectual, and had given away his entire plan. Leval clenched the notebook in his hands as he watched the Masked Man toy with him till the final blow. Leval winced away not wanting to relive the look of pained surprise that he had seen in Shela's eyes just before she had been taken. From there, Arken rewound the scene and played it once more. Surprisingly, rather than berate him or comment upon his failure, Arken gave him the hidden weakness of the Reversal ability. 'But how to tell when it is active? That's the real question now.' Leval pondered this for a moment before continuing forward after Arken.

There was no real evidence or new information till the very end of the scene of what happened to Isabella. Even the fact, that they had been taken in a southward direction gave them a much clearer idea of where the missing students could have been than they had before. Leval cast a weave at the location the giant bat had been flying before creating a line in the sky to clearly indicate its course and heading. While it could not serve as a true substitute for an address, it would help them come closer to the true location. Leval made a quick sketch of the heading and wrote a reminder to compare it to a map later. They made a quick stop to watch Irvine's fight against Ra, Leval watched carefully and made several notes, but again made no comment.

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When they came to Ceres, Leval breathed out. He was not sure what had happened to his friend and protector. She had been deceived by the Masked Man who had used her own past traumas and present circumstances against her, but at least it appeared as though she had been left unharmed. To Arken, he said, "I don't think I would have done much differently if I was her shoes, she couldn't have really known what kind of man she was putting her faith in. If someone had come up to me and said 'Hey I can break your curse if you come with me' I think I would have at least given it a look just like she did." Arken than snapped his fingers and they appeared back in the Grand Hall, Zephroth in tow. Arken gave him a quick dismissal to which Leval replied. "Alright then- good night Arken and thank you."

Leval went to his room, following the map in his pocket, and like Arken had predicted could not bring himself to go to bed. So he sat up at his desk looking over the evidence they had gathered from their mission. Leval formed tables of information, comparing the monsters that had been in the maze to the people who had fought against them. Then compared those notes to the powers of each individual. Then carefully went over what both the Masked Man and Isabella had said. Slowly he began to create a report for Arken that held his theories about the possible dangers and reasoning of the Masked Man*. Then he overlayed the course the bat had taken on the map he had been given of the Island. It was only a rough estimate, but presuming the creature had taken the fastest route possible with few course corrections, it would give them a better idea of where to concentrate their report.
(* Majority of these theories were already sent over PM with the corrections included)

Leval sighed at his desk now covered with scrawled writings and notes, his completed report for Arken sat upon his desk. He had not paid any attention to his surroundings or roommate the night before and hoped that he had not been too much of a bother with his endless scrawling. There was not much else to do now except wait for sunrise and deliver the notes. Several of his ideas depended heavily on what further information Isabella could provide when he had the chance to speak to her again. Till then, there was one other piece of evidence that he had not gone over, he placed a clean piece of paper atop a clipboard and pulled out the energy source he had torn out of the death being. His theories had led him to believe that each of the creatures in the maze had their own energy source to fuel their temporary lives and abilities. There was only one good way to test his theory however, Leval went to the training room and without turning the machine on, crafted an illusion in his mind. The weakest creature he could come up with at the moment was a small ball of fluff that had no ability to move independently expect for a mouth that it could communicate from and ears with which to listen. He envisioned it being as small as the palm of his hand. He sent that illusion through a thread connected to the energy source and pumped a small amount of his power into the device. He then waited to see what happened.

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@The One haha I usually do too, but usually in disjointed lines of thought- writing it out helps me organize it all- thanks for the tip on Rika, that actually helps confirm another working theory I have lol

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@The One

Contained chart of what everyone faced in the maze, comparisons to notes Arken gave during the introductions, descriptions given of each creature, notable phrases or words the masked man used in the maze, things he couldn't know but did anyway, theories extended from that. Isabella and her being sealed is still very much a mystery, she must have some ability to directly interferes with his abilities or an aspect of his plans, but quite a lot has become clear. I.E. I believe he has the ability to see the future in a limited aspect- take Keith and the goo Dragon- the masked man prepared a suitable for that would challenge Keith's perceived weaknesses, however he was not able prepare for the flame ability that Keith possessed that melted the goo dragon.

There is also the case of Rika, the demon transformed him into his demonic form , yet Argentina was able to calm his emotions. I believe the masked man wanted Rika transformed to negotiate with his demonic half yet did not predict Argentina's emotional calming somewhat foiling his plans. Therefore it seems viable that he was able to predict when we would all choose to enter the maze, but for unknown reasons, was unable to see how events would change with his interference.

It sorta goes on like that with more evidence and different theories. I am attempting to puzzle it out through Leval's perspective so I am only using the evidence that Leval has had access too- i.e. Not what has gone down in masked mans lair, or specific individuals power sheets. A lot of it will be in post, which I don't think I can really type out on my phone

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@The One I have collected a somewhat disturbing amount of notes from previous posts at this point lol- feel like a conspiracy theorist

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Leval Lamrue

@The One @Maria 127

Energy Source from the Death Being

Leval listened as Arken went over what the plan was with the rest of the students in the Grand Hall, where they had met this morning. Anxiously, he fingered the dormant energy source that lay in his hands, the only piece of puzzle of the masked man that he possessed. Now he had had the time to actually look at the item, it was not quite what he had expected it to be. For a 10,000 year old piece of equipment it looked almost modern in design and make, more suited as an highly sophisticated piece of engineering than a magical tool. Arken finished his speech with a final "That is all." Then he teleported away, presumably to the maze. Leval started, stowing away the energy source back into a pocket, and scooping up his staff in his hands. Zephroth also seemed to heading down towards the maze and Leval followed him for a time before making a quick diversion to the training room.

Leaving the energy source outside the room, it always paid to be careful, he entered through the doorway into the training device. He grabbed the helmet, uncertain how to interact yet with Cypher's upgrades, and reenabled the 'Infinite Energy' setting before stepping inside. He felt his energy rise up again to its normal maximum, the go higher and higher still. Quickly, Leval shut down the program before he could get a sense of the limitless power. The excess energy vanished when the machine was turned off, yet he was now back to usual magical energy reserves. Leval reflected that this constant rise and fall on his body would most likely mean hell to pay tomorrow, but for now it was what he needed. He began teleporting to the maze in a quick series of hops catching up to Arken and Zephroth.

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"Hold on!" He prostrated himself before Arken. "Please let me come as well! What happened today with Shela was my fault and I need to set it right! Not only Shela, but Ceres too! We told each other that we would stick together here so I can't just abandon her. Argentina was doing all she could to help me and Rika today and Irvine put himself in harm's way with Sekhemi and Rika this morning! Please let me help you find them! I know I am not strong and I am breaking the rules by coming out here, but I need to help. Illusions, bait, whatever!" Leval kept his position not daring to look up at Arken as tears of frustration welled up in his eyes.

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