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Devilstrider strengthened the shields and then moved. He blurred with blinding speeds, his shield came with him and he sped toward the angel, dodging her claymore swing, his shields pushing outwards, pushing the swords away. As his shields startd to break, he simply kept creating them. Layers of aura, instantly forming as it shattered. It took a lot of attention, but actually got easier as he moved. The swords, as far as he could tell, didn't track. She had to concentrate them on him and moving through off her precision, especially at his speeds. The momentum of her swinging the massive sword carried her forward and Devilstrider laughed as he latched a hand on to her sword arm and started to drain her.

Her aura started to course through him, replenishing his full reserves and going over what he actually needed. The blood lust started immediately, and if Jeanne listened she would hear him muttering, "I'm in control. I'm in control," over and over again. He fought the urge not to rip her arm off with his strength. Instead he felt the steady course of aura from her and fought off the bloodlust, which was almost like a seperate battle within itself. She had to be filling it now, the exhaustion washing over her. It wasn't lethal, but it was sure to be uncomfortable, slightly painful.

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I'm going to wait for OA on that one, but I highly doubt he's going to let your swords do that much damage. It wasn't clear in your sheet and that is almost on the level of what Devils lasers could do before nerfed.

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Well. I'm going to pass out for a couple hours. I'm really tired. I'll check this later.

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Well I posted and he isn't going to just sit there. He'll move if need be, so he won't take them all at once.

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Devilstrider ground his teeth in frustration. His excuses meant nothing? They were reasons and they were logical. He was polite, he was reasonable, but she was responding with ultimatums. Still, the game had changed. Instead of Guilt, it was just him and her. He had no desire to harm her, or fight her. But he would not do what she asked. It wasn't so much as he thought he was right, he wasn't. What he did was wrong, but she was asking him to apologize for being who he was. He had enough self loathing without outright apologizing for existing. He threw up shields of red aura.

His shield looked like a round spehere of red energy, but it was wisp like, almost like smoke. More dark red energy pooled into the palm of his hands, forming into balls of dangerous Aura. He spoke one last time, feeling the violence ready to explode,

"I'd rather not fight. I would prefer a peaceful resolution. I do not regret being who I am. Your Mother Superior is not hurt, in fact she is fine I'm sure. If she is somehow hurt, then yes, I'd feel incredibly bad about. That said, I do not follow your God and quite frankly if he does exist, I'd like to ask him why he cursed me to be what I am. Let us walk away peacefully from this. I will not repent being who I am. I do not want to take peoples energy, but if I do not, I die. Let us walk away from this."

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Quick question. How powerful are her swords? It's not defined really in your character sheet @Feisty-Pants just that you could probably harden them past normal swords. That's neat and all but Devil's shields can stop most mortal ammunition. I say most because other than a small explosion would break through. I don't see swords, however hardened, piercing them. So before I finish up this post, I was just looking to get some clarification.

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I've got a direct line to OA if need be.

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Hey now. He's politer than the others. Override would get a kick in the face certainly. But he can do that being Immortal and all. Well, in the other version he was. He isn't in this one.

But Devilstrider is also a bit more diplomatic and tries to be smarter.

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Right. There's a post. Sticky situation there. Let's see what talking does. xD

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Devilstrider was in a bad situation. Of course he was there due to hunger. It was funny really, he hadn't really hurt the woman. The aura he had taken from her was merely a trickle. Enough to make her tired, nothing more. It was probably shock that had her fainting, but he hadn't really hurt her.

He was surrounded by two epics and powerful ones. The religious one he could reasonably deal with. Yes her swords were certainly intimidating, but his shields stopped pretty much any modern ammunition, it would take a small explosion to break them and they were even stronger still at night. It would take more than her swords to break through it. Or at least it would take a lot of them. By which time he'd be on her and draining her in a matter of seconds. Guilt was a different matter. Maybe one on one he'd have a chance if he could lay hands on her, but the both of them was simply too much. So if he couldn't fight and couldn't feasibly run, that left talking. He sighed and rubbed his ring irritably. All he wanted was a way to deal with his violent urges. He spoke up,

"I haven't harmed anyone. I merely drained Mother Superior of some of her Aura. Her energy. Enough to make her tired, but what I do isn't lethal. Just tiring. I wouldn't actually hurt her or any innocent," he directed this at the Angel. Then turned his gaze to Guilt.

"The only people I've ever killed are criminals. Rapists, robbers, child molesters. You name it. If that earns me death, Guilt, then so be it."

Truth was, he didn't want to die. Yeah, he hated himself most days, but he did some good things. He was a big reason why people in his community were generally safe and he helped freaks too. He provided jobs for people and freaks a like, epics too. As he saw it, he didn't deserve death. If it came down to it, he would fight. He readied himself to throw up his shields and to move.