Darkest Knight (epic invite only)

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The art that covered the stained glass was intricate but it possessed no real magical ability. But the one thing it did seem to portray was a history of the coven as well as some of ts most main members. All along the murals there was a portrayal of the different figures that once held power inside these walls. Loki's inspection of the rocks that littered the floor would show that there was a magical charge in the statues themselves. In the center there seemed to be a very powerful magical ward. It would seem anything organic that passed through the center of the room would be killed instantly. 

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked over at the murals and then then back over at the statues that were in the room. She could feel the power coming from the statues, and the ward in the center of the room that blocked her way. She would need to pass by it. To do that she would need a way to get rid of the ward. She sensed the power inside of the statues and knew that power was going to play a role in all of this. She looked back over at the designs on the walls and the windows, looking over the figures that were there. She then turned to faced the statues to see, first how many statues were present, and if any of them matched the begins portrayed on the walls.

She was looking for any obvious patterns. As while she was sure almost positive that the energy she was feeling inside of the statues was powering the ward, it didn't mean that she could just destroy destroy them to get what she wanted. They maybe an order that she would need to deactivate, or render them useless in. Or maybe there was something out of place or sync with the murals and statues that would give a clue as to what she would need to examine next.

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As she looked over the statues she would eventually find something among the broken statues. There on a small part of stone was a small circular, copper coin of some sorts. It was rigid and held some sort of strange depiction of runic images. The coin itself seemed to have some sort on inherent magical property to it. With her ability it would be obvious that the coin was going to be instrumental in figuring out how to cross over to the other side of the room. 

If she looked closely on the coin she would see a pattern of runes that seemed to be portrayed on one of the stained glass windows. As the moonbeams cut through the air and shined down through the room in one very specific point on the floor showing a small slot where the coin might fit. 

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked at the coin that now sat in front of her, and then over at where the moonlight peered through the window. So that's how it was huh? Loki reached out and would take out the coin if that was at all possible. If she could remove the coin she would take it into her hand and walked over to the slot where the coin seemed like it fit into. Loki looked over the coin and then over the slot that it seemed to belong to and then up at the murals on the wall, as well as the statues themselves from where she was standing. She was trying to make sure that she was not missing anything important before she would move on.

If nothing was missed, she juggled the coin through her fingers and then placed it into the slot where it seemed to belong. She then stood up and began to take a couple of steps back to give the thing some space to do it's thing. There was ancient magics involved. There was really no way to say for certain what might happen next. Loki folded her arms and waited to see what was going to happen.

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The coin itself didn't seem to be that much of a problem and it held no other distinguishing characteristics beyond its design. There was a moment that seemed to drag on as the coin was placed into the slot. There seemed to be some sort of machinery that started to work underneath the floor as the seal was broken in the center of the room. The stones on the floor started to vibrate for a moment as the arcane imbued stones began to pull themselves together. 

The statues started to reform slowly piece by piece. Stones seemed to shoot across from the ground in all directions as they started to move backwards and seemingly walked to their original decorative places. But something else was changing about the room too. The moonlight from outside dissipated as it was suddenly replaced by warm daylight. Then back to moonlight. Then back to daylight. Then back to moonlight. This cycle repeated tens of thousands of times over the course of a few seconds. 

As the cycles of night and day passed over the room began to change. More the just the statues. The banners started to gain more and more of their collars and vibrancy back. The stained glass mirror started to fix the cracks and missing panels as everything seemed to tidy itself up. 

[Madame Loki]

Loki folded her arms as she looked down at the ground around her, and then over at the light that began to flash between night and day. Loki watched as the scenery began to change, like everything was moving back in time. She smirked as it was clear that one of two things was happening. She was either getting a glimpse of the past through whatever this spell was, or she was being flung back in time by said spell. She doubt it could be the latter, there was no such spell in existence in this world. It wasn't that it was not possible, only that the power needed to pull off... would be enormous.

There was no way a single coven could perform such a spell, not without a massive amount of chakra. Regardless of which it was, Loki would soon have her answer, and would be able to go on from there. For the moment she would remain exactly were she was, until this... what every this was completed. She would keep her eyes peeled for anything else out of the ordinary.

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From where she was Loki would suddenly find herself in a brightly lit room alone. What's more is that the strange slot that was once there on the floor is now missing. The coin was missing too... There was no sign of any sort of magical imprinting or trail that the coin had left. The only thing that stood out was that there was now the sound of combat outside the room. There was the faint scattering of blades and faint chakra explosions going on outside the room. All of the murals were now fixed showing their full depictions and image. 

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked around at everything that had changed and then then sighed. Whatever was going on she was going to be stuck here, at least for awhile. Loki's ears perked up as she heard the sounds of battle. She sighed as she dropped her arms to the ground and began to make her way over towards were the sound was coming from. "Let's see what this place has to offer me now." She heard the clashing of swords and the explosion of spells, whatever was happening it was quite the intense fight. She was curious to see what mysteries this vision would bring her, as long as this didn't eat up too much of her time, she would mind explore the distant pass for a bit.

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As she moved around the corridor she would find herself in another large room. As she turned the corner she would see a massive fireball come flying across the center of the other room. It was an unfamiliar magical fire. Akin to chakra but it seemed to be a much more archaic version of it. More primal in nature and way more intense in it's heat that a wave of heat would flash across her face. As the fireball came flying across at another figure he would respond in kind. Raising his hands out without any sort of handseals or apparent chakra flow he would shoot ribbons of shadow from his hands that would cover the entire fireball. 

As the ribbons surrounded the fireball. It would encapsulate the magic and snuff the flame out instantly. The shadowed figure reached into his umbral cloak and grabbed ahold of what appeared to be obsidian knives and hurled them at the red haired woman. She snarled in response as the came flying at her and she flicked her wrist as the daggers turned into lava. The lava landed on her body and it rolled and pooled off her body leaving her totally unscathed. 

[Madame Loki]

Loki came into the room and then rested her back against a wall inside. It was clear what she was looking at here, it was a fight between Castiel, and Nameless. Loki let out a yawn as she watched the 2 of them. Yes they had powerful magic, but it was so unrefined. Primal someone call it, wasteful Loki would say. However, this was ancient Magic, so it would make sense that techniques and skill would have progress over the centuries, even so they were leaps and bounds over even some of the most skilled ninja in the use of magic. Loki folded her arms and tilted her head to the side, she still wasn't sure if she had been thrown back in time or if she was just watching a vision.

She would clear her throat loudly... loudly enough for the two of them to hear her if they were in fact flesh in blood, and not just some vision of the past. Loki would remained leaning against the wall, but she did have to admit to herself that she wouldn't mind having a go at the two of them without them being cursed shells of their former selves. Although she'd expect much of the same outcome.

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Hakim saw the daggers turn to lava and his eyes widened when he saw Loki. He swirled across the shadows and moved over towards Loki. He reached his free hand over to his face and wiped the shadows off of his face. He smiled as he approached her and he had that same familiar warm look on his face. 

"Maribel! It's good to see you again gorgeous!" 

As Hakim moved towards her he pulled the shadowy veil from his face and dropped it. As the shadow hit the ground it became turned into some sort of strange mist like substance. Castiel turned and looked over at the two of them and she too started smiling. She held out her free hand and pulled the magma towards herself and collected it inside of a small ball. She let it cool off and tossed a small cannon ball sized rock to the side of the courtyard. 

"A pleasure to see you again sister! How was your trip?" 

[Madame Loki]

Loki raised an eyebrow as the two of them seemed to think that she was Maribel. So either she looked like her, or in whatever this was, she was Maribel. Loki Also made a mental note of the the cooled lava, and then the shadowy veil that turned into a sort of mist. Her head snapped back to the two of them, "Illuminating..." Loki said plainly in response. She smiled at nameless, and looked back over at Castiel, folding her arms, "So... what were you two doing?" She stood there waiting for a response from the two of them. If she was here, whether she looked like Maribel or was Maribel as she was at the moment. Which ever the case was it was obvious that she could use this moment to learn a little more about what happened here, and maybe even give herself some ideas about what she would need to do next.

"Also where are the others?"

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Hakim smiled as he moved over to the edge of the courtyard. "Getting ready of course!" He said as he started to dust the shadows off of his body. Just by running his fingers over his body he started to wipe and pull the shadows away letting it fall to the floor. He looked over at Castiel who started to dust off some of the grime of the fight off of herself. She seemed in a rather cheerful mood. In fact both of them did. 

"I hope you are well rested for the spell Maribel." 

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked over Hakim as her wiped the shadows from his body. She was examining the way they were removed, but she made it seem as if she was just staring at Hakim's body. She looked up into his eyes with desire, and as Castiel asked about her being well rested for the spell, her eyes widened as if she hadn't been paying attention, "Hmm? What spell?" She said like a teenager caught sleeping in class. It was only natural for one to forget something, even something important momentarily while lost in passion with a lover, was it not? If all went as planned Castiel would describe the spell they were about to do. Even if it was the most basic information about it, she was sure she'd be able to figure out what they were doing here. If Castiel or Hakim had given her the information that she would need, she would then respond.

"Ah yes, of course, of course. Let's not waste anytime. Call the others immediately." This was a established coven of witches, and from the looks of it they were in the prime of there existence. They would have at least 4 others, with two of them being twins, more than likely. If their influence had spread, then this castle would be teeming with disciplines as well, but at this point at the very least, the core group should have been formed.

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"And what should I call them?"

Hakim said playfully as he laughed at his own joke. He opened the door to the next room as he entered the planetarium. There was dozens upon dozens of massive spheres that were floating above the ground. Each one differed in size shape and material that it was made out of. They were all made of some sort of massive polished gemstone or special metal. These massive planetary bodies would all float and spin slowly. On each of the planets was one or two small beacons of bright lights that were beaming off of them. 

In the center was a massive copy of the current ninja world. Here in the center there was a small beacon that was glowing and alight. That beam was exactly on the location of this massive castle. As the two of them moved through the planetarium it was obvious that they have moved through this place many times before. 

[Madame Loki]

"Just because you're cute... doesn't make you funny." Loki said to Hakim as he make his lame joke. She folded her arms and began to follow the two of them into the Planetarium. Nothing was making sense just yet, the two of them hadn't cleared up anything for here. What went on here was still very much a mystery. For the moment she would just have to follow the lead of these two, and use what ever they gave her to advance this narrative. She sighed as she looked around at all of the orbs. They seemed to be marking different areas. Loki narrowed her eyes as this would mean a great deal of anything.

Where these the locations of different covens associated with this one in different planes of reality. Where they simply other witches that they knew of in different planes or even on this earth, only in a different Location. It would be a great deal many things. But what was more fascinating was exactly how they were doing what they were doing, she would rack her mind for answers that where stored there about what she was seeing, (Chakra Lore Check pls). If she could figure out how this was working, she could very well deduce what exactly this was. She then turned her attention back towards Castiel and Hakim, as they continued to walk through to where ever they where going.

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(chakra nature check yo.) The planets would be floating by a strange arcane power. The type of power it was would be new to Loki. But from what she could gather it was one of the most pure expressions of nature energy that existed. Rather then being one chakra type it was a combination of all types of energies rolled into one super power source. The source of the power would appear to be self generating though. There was no real source of the energy. Castiel started to laugh as she heard Loki speak. 

"Hey. I stopped listening at 'you're cute." Hakim said jokingly as he moved past the planetarium. "Castiel... darling... You really took it out of me today." Hakim said as he moved past one of the smaller floating planets. He reached his hand out and a small silvery essence came out of the obsidian globe. The power channeled through him and he seemed to glow in a dark umbral aura for a few seconds. Castiel smiled as she moved over to her respective globe. Her's was a beautiful perfected ruby that seemed to glow and shine like that of a deep red ember. Another wisp of energy seemed to move from it and envelope her as well. 

"Heh... You weren't too bad yourself Hakim."   There was a moment where the two of them were done and they looked over at Loki expectantly. They were clearly expecting her to draw power from her orb. The question was... which one? 

[Madame Loki]

Loki watched as the orb responded to the touch of the two witches and sighed and then turned to face the remaining orbs. The power of the orb obviously responded to the power witches that wielded them. Clearly the dark orb would respond to Hakim and the Ruby orb responded to Castiel. Loki then got a thought. The murals and windows from before they are displayed images of prominent figures from this Coven. Surely there was a detail in those pieces of art that would give her some hint about which orb she would have to interact with. (Eidietic Memory; if there is any useful information from those Murals or stain glass windows, or statues that could help, please detail it.)

Recalling the details of what she saw could be up a tremendous help, as she didn't know what Maribel looked like, but she had to at least bee similar in appearance to her. And even if she was not, it would not be difficult to pick out the leader of the Coven ago the other prominent figures. IF she was there among them then there would have to be something that would help her deduce what it was she needed to grab.

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Loki would remember all the different types of murals that were all over the courtroom that she was just into. Pictures of golden knights, sorceresses and different elementals. But Loki wouldn't need to remember all this information. Deep in the center of the room there was a particular planet that would seemingly be calling out to her. It was a metallic grey sphere that was rather unassuming in its stature and design. But a deep and ancient magic within would be resonating inside of it and within her as well. It would seemingly whisper words of ancient magic at her. From what she could gather the power would be immense.  

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked over at the metallic grey orb that seemed to be calling out to her. She looked at Hakim and Castiel for a moment and then walked over to the orb as she reached out and grabbed it. Once it was in her hand she could feel the power of the or following through her. It was a very old very powerful magic, she could tell just from the touch of the orb. However, while powerful, it seemed a bit wild clearly unrefined, much like the magic she had sensed coming from Hakim and Castiel before. She narrowed her eyes in on the orb as she used her own magic to forge a connection with the orb. If it was anything like the others, some she too would be surrounded in an aura of power. She had not real idea what any of this was for, but she had no choice but to continue on as she had been doing so far.