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The dust elemental was forced back by the numerous attacks levied against it, sputtering back. Portions of its body would crumble apart into dust before it, the core exposed and broken by Enigma's shots while Hana's pushed it out of the center and landing with a hardened thud on the ground. The dust swirling around the The corrupted creature stood no chance against the combined forces of the two. Its body fell apart into the faded elemental dust while trying so harshly to continue its attack, only to completely falter out. In the dust, some faint traces of sprites could be seen. Arms reaching out as if it clutch something, torsos and heads with blank expressions of pantomimed agony. It continued around the capsule that had been knocked out of the elemental.
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Said capsule would crack again, then break apart as a series of clouds would take on the form of a woman. Unlike Rai Mei's storm clouds, hers were more peaceful and serene, with a faint trace of sunlight inside of them. She was also fairly tall out of the two sprites, roughly somewhere between the six foot mark while Rai Mei and Suiu each were barely pushing five feet each. Despite her newfound freedom, the color had drained from her. Her body was been affected by the disintegration, with her left shoulder and its arm leaving the socket having been missing. The cloudy head was cut off on the left side, revealing the condensed magical energies that remained inside of her. She remained composed, even while her form had all but been destroyed.
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"It's been so long...since I could feel again." she said weakly, the lone eye focused at the two. "I've heard of you two from the two youngest's cries. Rai Mei and Suiu. I'm Fuu-ja. Soon to be former vassal..." She motioned to her deteriorating body, although it didn't bother her as one would think. She moved with as much elegance and calmness as one could hope to have in a near death state. The vassal of air smirked while she'd hover slightly above the floor. It wasn't the full level of aerial control, but it was enough. "I could feel their experience with you, even if so brief, as our bodies were one. Despite knowing you for not even a fraction of microsecond of our lives, they remain fond of you two." The woman said and then looked to Hana.
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"I would have rather seen the that man's body dragged through hell and back for what he's done to us." She said sternly, as if judging her for her decision to keep him into her pocket door. "Death is too kind of a gift for people like him. One who toys with things beyond their control must suffer the consequences when the natural order is broken. I only ask of you is to make him suffer as we have." Her voice grew solemn, head looking down towards the mountain of displaced elemental dust.
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The period of silence came to an end as she gently brushed the dust away with the remains of her magic. Buried deep inside the loose dust were two familiar orbs, one a faint yellow and the other a faltering azure. The two had survived beyond all odds, but remain affected by the same processes that Fuu-ja was experiencing. Their marbled shaped cores were deteriorating. The remaining hand picked up the orbs and looked at them for a moment, and then back to Enigma.
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"Before you leave, I believe you wished to know the location for the elemental plane, if Rai Mei's memories are correct." Fuu-ja said to Enigma, her left eye now completely gone while she shielded the orbs from them both. A glimmer appeared in the remaining eye, drawn towards the two. "Using the last of my power, I can show you the way there. Maybe not open a portal, but I can give directions to one who can. You'll have the all the access you want, a gift for what you've done for our kind today. Or..." She motioned to the orbs in her hand. "I can save them. They'll be weakened, but alive nonetheless. Maybe stronger than before. Even our magics are unknown to us in ways."
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Her form continued to disintegrate away, though Fuu-ja patiently stood before the two. "I would advise to come to a decision quickly though."
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[ ELEMENTAL PLANES ACCESS ] or [ SAVE THEM ]
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The two began to follow the way down to the generator room. The security door opened in the direction of their destination as they walked into a room. Overhead, cameras swivel on an axis, following their journey from room to room. The walk there was pretty uneventful all things considered. Just a slow walk through empty corridors and going down several staircases. Each level they descended brought a noise that had began to grow louder. The hum of electricity that had went from soft and was getting louder...
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Eventually, Enigma and Hana both found themselves in a giant server room. Towers of internal servers littered the interior as their power button and soft whines gave away their lack of power. The room parallel to this was a much more open, with Dr. Kwan in a glass room surrounded by those some pods from earlier. The encaged elementals that the camera had picked up were now a fine dust. The door was open as he didn't look up to even acknowledge their entrance.
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"So you've arrived." He said in the same, unamused voice that the hologram had somehow made appear far more energetic than usual. It took some time before the doctor looked up from a clipboard he was carrying. "You're just in time for something remarkable. While the two of you took your time on an afternoon walk, I've discovered a breakthrough in these creatures design." Long transparent tubes attached to the top of the cage would suck out the dust into a central container that was before the two, just in front of the generator. It towered over the lot of them, a story tall, filled halfway. Inside would be a larger pod like before, but shaking heavily, as if it was trying to break out of its capture.
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"You see, when these creatures are sapped of their energy, their bodies decompose at a rapid rate and result in a fine, coarse dust. While inert, these are volatile, and with just the right amount of energy, can be recharged into an even greater source of energy. But perhaps a live demonstration would do the trick." With a flip of a switch, the dust inside the container would swirl as the container would shake more violently, as electricity came out. The supercharged dust had turned a bright violet color as Dr. Kwan observed.
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"Suiu sense Fuu-ja in dust!" The water elemental spoke to the group, her marble sized orb attached to Hana's guitar glowing blue briefly. "Man using Fuu-ja for power!"
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"You monster!" Rai Mei popped out of the mask in a fury. "First you want to use us as some power source and now you're desecrating our bodies! I'M GUNNA TEAR YOUR GOD DAMN HEAD OFF!" She launched herself at Dr. Kwan, the burst of electric magic causing the glass room's glass panels to shatter. The speed had caught Kwan off guard, but by a bit of luck, they had been near the capsules from before. He opened one as the tubes still in motion would begin to slowly suck Rai Mei in. "Get offa me you fuckin'..." Her fingers dug into the ground, thunder arcing out as it fried anything that came near.
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"Rai Mei!" Suiu launched herself from the guitar and went to try and pull her sibling away from the suction trap. The water elemental struggled to pry her free and barely made any effort. "What? No, stop! You wretched creature!" In rare display of emotion from the man, he tried to kick Suiu away as the other elemental still grappled Rai Mei. "Let go! You're going to-" Eventually, Rai Mei's grip gave as the two disappeared into the machine. Their bodies were forced into the orb shapes again, now lost in the sandstorm brewing in the container.
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Dr. Kwan watched in shock, cursing to himself. "You couldn't keep control of your friend, could you? All I needed was the electric one. They were needed to power your escape in the first place. But this wasn't designed to handle more than two sprites in at a time."
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The dust in the machine, powered by Suiu and Rai Mei, had turned the dust into a bright violet color as the machine would begin to let out an alarm. Electricity arced in the machine as inside, the dust was becoming more fierce, shredding the interior. Dr. Kwan looked at Enigma and Hana. "Don't just stand there! break that machine before it disintegrates this entire lab!"
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The man's expression did not falter at either of their intrusions, merely showing annoyance at the entire situation. He exhaled and pinched the bridge of his nose, despite Rai Mei glowing fiercely on Enigma's mask. "That's the jerk that trapped us! I remember that stupid, dorky face anywhere! Kill him, Weird Mask Guy! KILL HIM!" she spoke to Enigma. Suiu, meanwhile, continued to just hide on Hana's guitar some while the two stared down this strange man.
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"I wouldn't get any fancy ideas. This is just a hologram. I'm much too busy in the reactor's laboratory to afford to bless you with my presence." The man said plainly. "I am Dr. Kwan, the head researcher at this facility. It's come to my attention that the both of you dimension traveling barbarians have wandered into this place and assumed that you'd be downloading coveted information. Don't bother rejecting the accusation, I've listened to your conversations across the security feed." He paced around the two of him, the hologram projector above squeaking as the lens moved around to facilitate his movement.
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"The truth is, I could care less about your desire for for it. Code is arbitrary. By the time you make use of it, we'll have changed it a thousand times over. But what does interest me are my experiments that you've gotten your hands on. Considering the fragile nature of these elementals, I see it only fit to offer you a choice."
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Two translucent pods would appear beside the doctor's hologram while he moved about the lab he was in, each containing a trapped elemental. The first looked to be a fire elemental, with the one beside it being a wind one. Their movements were sluggish, the flames faltering and appearing ready to be extinguished as Dr. Kawn didn't appear to affected. Two more of them would appear out of the wall closest to Enigma and Hana.
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"Before you are the updated versions of the very same housing units you found the two you so graciously relieved of their inferior containment units. Should you agree to place them back in their proper homes, they'll produce enough energy to life the security system and let you free. The power these inhuman beasts have will provide a considerable surplus in not just our facilities, but the world as a whole. Imagine, no more need for conflicts over basic resources. An infinite supply of terraforming, water generation, the possibilities of harnessing the powers of the monsters. They reproduce at such a rapid rate, their numbers are no issue. What does one measly life mean if its death creates ten more? We can become more than what we were before this dreadful game began. But I digress. I'll see to it that the both of you will reap substantial rewards for your cooperation. My experiments with the elemental plane will be far more valuable than any party paying you to do their dirty work."
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Rai Mei sparkled with rage again, partially appearing out of Enigma's face.
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"Oh, I'll give you something to experiment with you four eyed dweeb! We're coming down and kicking your ass until you let all of us go! Right, Weird Guy?"
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Suiu hummed something to Hana as well, her voice a lot more timid and fearful of the man. Unlike her sibling, the water elemental wasn't as willing to speak out against him.
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"Please not put Suiu back. Suiu want stay free..."
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"So then, will you continue this little embarrassing display, or shall we forge ahead and take control of this new world together?"
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[Passive] Gelatinous Body - Gamma's body is comprised mainly of a strange gelatin-like material. Ranged attacks of any kind just bound off, dealing 1/2th of the Attacker's main stat used for said attack. In additional, melee strikes will be coated in this material, decreasing [SPD] by -2 ranks for 3 posts. [break][break]

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The laboratory gelatin monster had taken the force it was not meant to withstand, even with its improved defenses. Blow after blow came without end, and as Hana grabbed its pyramid, the body would begin to circle around and capture her, threatening to surround her in the same gelatinous material. But before the goo could encase her, the power source was ripped from the guardian and rested gently inside of the woman's hands.
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"ERROR: Containment Power Source not found. Shutting down laboratory security systems to prevent further damage." Came from the pyramid as its lights would dim and soon after, fully go powerless. Rai Mei manifested her body again, hovering over Hana and the pyramid. Despite the sister being inside of the unit, nothign would come out. The lightning elemental zipped beside the glasses wearing musician with a cheeky grin. "Hm, I think she's scared. She's very shy around strangers. Here, let me chat with her." The elemental quickly forced her body into the pyramid for a moment.
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A few seconds of silence came and went as the containment unit grew silent. But soon after, it came alive in Hana's palm. It jumped one, twice, three times out of her hands before shattering into pieces. Rai Mei returned to her self as a small blue marble sized orb would rest on the floor. "See? it's okay! We can trust these humans!" The other orb slowly would allow its energy out and revealed itself to Enigma and Hana. Much like Rai Mei, she had her own dark cloud surrounding her form, although her body was comprised of what seemed to be water. An eternal rain cloud appeared to follow her head as she kept it lowered before the two.
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"This is Suiu. She's the oldest out of most of the sprites I know, and trust me, I know alot of 'em! Suiu knows a lot!" Rai Mei zipped over above the two. "Like a lot alot!" Zip! back in front of Enigma. "Like a ton! I bet she could get us there! Suiu, can you-"
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The water elemental was busy cowering behind Hana, being bashful of the other humans. It did take a little prodding before she'd speak. She was soft-spoken, and it was muted like a quiet stream. "I know how to get to the elemental plane." It was rather short stated and Suiu appeared confused as the others were waiting for her to finish. Their stares did cause her to recoil back into her cloud for safety, the only part of her visible being the strands of hair that were constantly flowing waterfalls. "But...a human cannot enter."
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Rai Mei frowned. "What about without tempering, since, y'know...this one wants to come there."
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Suiu said nothing, looking back down. Her gaze went to Enigma, then back to Rai Mei.
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She looked away, fully hiding in the cloud now. "I cannot say."
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"What do you mean you can't say?!" Rai Mei groaned.
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"No. Rai Mei." she said, sticking her head up from the cloud. "I cannot say."
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It took the lightning elemental a bit before she pieced things together. Once it became clear, she spun back to the other two. "So if Suiu isn't allowed to say, that leaves one other option. And I think I know where that one is." Rai Mei said, zipping back to the lab again. Her pace was becoming more frantic, as if she was really excited to be allowed to burn off some energy. After that display, she parked overhead Enigma. "Fuu-ja! I remember hearing her yelling as they took her deeper inside of this place. She's one of the vassals here and can maybe find a way to let Suiu talk. But we gotta go all the way down for her. That's where all the cool stuff is. You humans sure do love keeping the most powerful things hidden away!" Rai Mei snickered then flew back onto Enigma's mask.
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Hana, however, would find Suiu in front of her. Still hiding in her cloud, a head slowly rose from the sea of clouds with a conflicted look on her face. "U-Um. Thank you." she said, thanking the girl. Another beat and she continued to just awkwardly murmur to herself. "I want to...come with you." Her form reduced itself to its orb state again, flying onto Hana's guitar as she ecthed herself at home near the top.
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Rai Mei, meanwhile, crackled with energy. "Get a room or get some legs! Let's go!"
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The girls decided to follow the sound of pained grunting from afar. The echoing in the tunnel had made it sound further off in the distance than it actually was. On the way to this mysterious noise, the floor had come littered with a mysterious residue staining the floor and walls. It was white, although some parts and fragments were covered with a blackened, sickly taint. Weapons were lodged into the wall or lay still by their feet. Precious few bodies were seen, at least the ones with identifiable remains. This mess continued as their footsteps brought them to a large round chamber that was spacious, housing a large nest by the back wall. As they entered inside of it, the walls were covering in a thick, rootlike growth that stretched around the room. They were unmoving at the visitors, with the only thing inside being the source of the noise.
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A humanoid insect resembling the ants from before was laying on top of the after-mentioned nest. Her torso was human looking, but her bottom half was that of an ant. Her crimson color was a shade of red different from the ants, but with a rather A worn chitin looking blade had laid next to her, as she'd not register the new people coming. Her head raised to see the two approaching, the blade by her being raised as she'd swing it at them both.
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"Stay back! I sha-shall not let you take our...future..." Her voice, despite the almost archaic prose, was labored, and chitter-like despite the language barrier between them. She groaned again as a sudden spike of pain had bounced through her. Her hands went to her head while leaning her head back against the wall. Now resting a bit, the queen had looked at Arcana and Argent, seeing them as human. Her weapon dropped as she frowned. "What kind of queen must watch her subjects suffer so? They walk, living corpses without purpose...I did everything my mother had done, and still, woe surrounds our once prosperous kingdom."
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Another spike in pain. The ant queen's form shook as she'd be forced onto her side as she recoiled from the pain, then continued. "Our war with the black ant colony had raged on, when one the workers had fallen ill. Then that...thing had burrowed itself inside of him. Everything was taken from us..." She huffed, looking to her side while then to the two humans. Her expression was one of great confliction but also desperation.
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"I care not about your...barbaric culture, b-but I beg of you. O-Our young...Please save them." she motioned to the eggs surrounding her, six in total. Each looked to not even be past the larvae stage yet, awaiting to be born into a kingdom of ruin. Another piercing scream came as the ant queen slowly rose up. They could see one of the roots was embedded entirely in the back of her skull. She weakly pulled against it, taking a pained breath and pulling back. A lost war that she had been fighting against for quite sometime.
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"Ah-I can't hold back it's force for much longer. Leave this place lest you suffer the same fate we have..."
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Brief Description A slender woman whose figure is a mixture of flesh and bone. Her pale skin clashes against the wave of black hair flowing down her shoulders. Every movement brings with it the sound of clacking bone as she seeks to regain the youth that was taken from her. Her voice is dry and she's prone to coughing fits every now and again. A bright lavender color is visible from her chest when her magic is used. [break][break]


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Drain Life - Through her twisted magic, the Lich drains the life from her target, stealing their [VIT] based on her [MAGI] stat. Her wrath causes this to effect to double if her [MAGI] is higher than both target's [WIL]

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Taken by surprise, the Lich's undead minions are demolished entirely by the appearance of the armored jester. She braces herself for the incoming assault, and gets a face full of jestery violence for her efforts. Yet it wasn't until Jonas would activate his soundwaves that the entire house would creak as a result. Minor cracks had worsened into huge, visible ones that had caused the entire house to let out such shrill creaks of pain. The staircase had fallen apart, with the remaining skeletons falling to depths unknown.
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"Y-You idiots!" The Lich said, damaged as the floor beneath them had given away. The party all fell down to the next level, but to their surprise, the other floors hadn't fared well against the vibrations and had all given away. It was one fast trip towards the main floor. It was growing closer and closer. Without a way to cushion the fall, it looked to be game over.
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Regardless of how they broke the fall, Jonas and Arcana would find a pile of bones below them, no doubt the remains of the skeleton army that had been dismantled from the fall. The Lich, however, had not fared so well. She staggered up, a large rib pierced through her. Her breathing was labored, painful even. But sitting there, visible for the two of them to see was an ethereal blue heart that was beating irregularly.
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"You come into MY world, destroy MY home! And try to kill ME!" The woman said, her flesh beginning to melt away partially as the flesh around her was on fire. Her heart was visible as day, vulnerable for the two to attack. She'd raise a bone hand, draining the life out of the two again, but this time was much more fierce and left them drained even further. [Drain Life]
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