The Horror of the Black Sun [Event | Loki - Snow]

[Skulking Shinzu]

“Vile-” Before the sentence could finish, the man cried out in pain as his attack made contact with Loki. Somehow, instead of anything meaningful happening, the force behind the attack redirected and shattered everything below knee-level into pieces. “Eeeeeeeeh!?” He cried out as he was launched backwards and crashed head first into the Tenkai. As well as howling out in pain, he appeared to be quite distraught by the entire situation. “That’s… Never happened… Before…” With tears flooding his eyes, the man assumed the fetal position whilst gripping his demolished floppy leg. “If I can’t… Defeat you… I am worthless… Kill me…” A split second later, the man’s tone changed. “No! Don’t listen to him… Just… Please help me… I can’t focus with my leg like this… I’ll talk… Just help… Please!”

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“Oh?” The blonde halted in his tracks just in front of the double doors. “What is there to explain?” The blonde scratched his head with his back still turned to Loki. “I am here to collect my birthright. The Black Sun seal. With its boundless energy, I will revive my people and-” The man sighed before glancing at Loki. “What even is this? You’re the one in my way. Begone trickster.” At the end of the sentence, the man swatted the air in an arrogant shooing gesture before returning his gaze to the double doors in front of him. Clearly incorporeal, he took a step forwards as if preparing to enter.

[Madame Loki]

"Hmm... yes... I'll tell you what. Tell me everything. And I'll make sure to make that pain go away. You have my word. And a witches' word is bond." The soul split would say to the man in agony within her tenkai barrier. She was not so easily swayed with pleas of pain. She had no gilt or remorse for others to feed on, especially after he just attacked her so ruthlessly.

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The other Loki was dealing with other problems of her own. She rolled her eyes as he spoke of his birthright. Everyone always thought they were owed something in life, but rarely had the balls to reach for it themselves, "Well if that's the case you'll find no quell from me. I too wish to claim the Black Sun Seal. 'Im sure you wouldn't mind sharing." Loki said playfully. But her playful nature turned ice cold once the man basically shooed her off, and called her a trickster. An Incorporeal hand would grab the man's incorporeal arm and Loki would said, "Trickster?!...Learn to whom you are speaking. I am a witch, grand daughter of Morgana LeFaye. You will show my blood the proper respect." Loki stared the man down with cold eyes, she didn't care about sharing the Black Sun Seal, hell she didn't even know it was here until now, so what could it hurt. What she could not stand is this fool disrespecting her and dismissing her off as some sort of trickster.

[Starnaess]

The twins had been looking for the Black Sun Seal for quite some time now and ,after they heard news from their Dojo master Shiki , they decided to give the little bits of information he had gathered a try. As they reached the specified place they immediatly understood the two of them had already started the search. So the twins simply looked from afar as Loki turned the building into crystal and as they fought and subdued the various enemies before them.

They had already met the witch, through Shiki, while hunting down various monsters - they knew she was more than capable and definetly stronger than her opponents so they just decided that for now they would watch her moves and pick the right moment to join her. As they watched from a nearby rooftop they would let her know of their presence by unleashing some of their chakra...They were sure she would catch onto that.

[Skulking Shinzu]

“I won’t tell you a thi-” The wrinkles on the old man’s forehead faded as he howled out in pain. As his flesh turned red from all the agony, Loki would have likely spotted that he had a tight grip on his shattered leg. “Do…nt.. Listen… to him… I’ll… Ta…lk…” The moment the other personality surfaced, the man seemed to tighten the grip around his leg. Pain, seemed to be preventing the other voice from surfacing. “Our master… He is… Ancient being… They say his… An..cestors created Jutsu… Or something to do with it... The things he can do… They are so similar to Ninja… Yet so different… So much more powerful… But at a cost… A simple ability for us is several times more… More draining to him…. He requires the Black Sun seal to gain mastery… Over his abilities…” The man howled out as his flesh began to grow blue. All the screaming and panting suddenly seemed to change to whimpering. He looked as if he was about to faint. “Bl..gf.g….” A hunk of flesh fell out the man’s mouth along with a pool of blood. He had just bitten his own tongue off.

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“…” The blonde remained speechless. A powerful dark aura had begun to surround him for quite some time now. However, it instantly dissipated the moment Loki spoke of sharing the seal. “Yes… I have no qualms with sharing. The seal does not belong to a single entity – it can be distributed to hundreds without its original power diluting-” Before he could fully finish the explanation, Loki’s hand would grab his – the act of which causing him to raise an eyebrow. “Witch? Grand daughter? I am older than time itself. Lineages, blood lines… These things matter not to me for I am the original. The first of my people.” The man stared back at Loki with equally cold eyes. Nothing more seemed to be happening at that point. The entire situation had slowly transitioned into a staring contest. The blonde did, however, decide to break the silence after a few moments with a sigh. “Regardless, people of this day and age hold much value to these trivialities, don’t they? You have my apologies for speaking out of line. I come from a different time. A time with different values. I do not wish to further bloody my journey to this destination. If you will it, let us put our differences aside and claim the seal for ourselves before this chance slips away. Time is limited.”

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The twins would notice a strange aroma in the air. This was a sign that the drug was now in their systems. However, being creatures of wire, it would have little to no effect on them aside from a mild stinging sensation in their hearts. The twins were now at a loss. Due to Loki’s crystal, they were unable to enter through the entrance. However, there were still other windows and doors around the building that they could explore. Also, from their vantage point, they would spot that the men Shiki had knocked out near the back of the building were beginning to awake - albeit in a dazed state.

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked down at the hunk of flesh that came out of the man's mouth. So he had bit his own tongue out? She shrugged her shoulders, it didn't matter anymore she had gotten everything she needed out of him. "As promised, I well end that pain." Loki clenched her fist and the Tenkai Barrier would implode onto of the man, and would reduce him into a blood stain on the ground. He would experience no further pain ever again. "A witches word is bond." She said with a smile on her face as she turned around and vanished with a flicker of yellow light. She would then appear next to her original self that was in the middle of a conversation with this man. The two Loki's looked at each other, as the man spoke his platitudes.

The two Loki's sighed, and let the man go. He was clearly off his rocker, like the other one. If he was truly as old as he said he was then he would know full well who Morgana LeFaye was, the first Witch. A begin who helped if not outright brought the use of chakra to humans into the world. He was a fraud, or a crazy person it did not matter. He was a crazy person with information and knowledge that she needed. The ok that was there said, "Lead the way. I promise that you will experience no further trouble from me." She folded her arms and waited for this man to lead to way to the Black Sun Seal.

[Starnaess]

While the crystal seemed to have halted their way in from the main entrance - the twins , thanks to their advantageous position could c learly see many other entrances to reach loki's position. "its time to show ourselves" , said both twins in unison - and the moment they did that Caela would split herself creating a perfect copy of herself thanks to her knowledge in soul splitting.

Their plan was clear, enter the building and meet up with Loki. The plan for the clone, however, would be different. Its purpose would be that of halting every enemy from even a ttempting at entering the building to aid their comrades. So as the twins sprouted wings made out of wires the clone would split from the originals and headed toward the dazed men. She would simply stand in front of the cristallized door and say "Nobody will enter this building until i say so".

With her threats now done the originals instead, headed toward a window on the upper floor where they would turn into a wire drill and attempt to reach loki's location onto the bottom floor, if succesfull they would see two Lokis talking to a man.


Jutsu used

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Soul Split 120 TP
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User can make a clone of themselves that can act independent of themselves.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Target is Personal. Range is Personal. Duration is 5 hours per Class Level. With a great show of will the user rips their soul in half effectively making a copy of themselves. By performing this Jutsu the user makes a full size copy of themselves. This copy is the user as much as the user is its copy. The user takes their chakra and splits it in half. This means that the user must now work with half of their energy, and half of the capabilities when dealing with Soulcaster techniques. All the user's other abilities and skills stay the same. At any time 1 of the copies can dismiss the other no matter what the range. If one is dismissed or if they are killed it does not bring back the chakra or energy, however the user will know. If one of the copies is killed the other copy is stunned for 1 round. If dismissed or killed any extra items they are carrying drops to the ground as the copy vanishes.
Limit: Must be a Soulcaster.

Wings of Wire 70 TP
Rank: "C", "B"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Forms wings out of wire that can be used for flight.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes time to form the wings, and originally cannot be used to carry people or large objects. Takes three movements to form the wings.
Description: The user bends over, and after a few moments, several meters of wire burst out of the users back. Excess wire sews the skin back together, and the wires form into something similar to wings. These wings can be used for flight, very much similar to the wings of the Tsubasa clan, but made of wire. They are not strong enough to carry people or heavy objects, but after learning the B rank version, the user can carry one person of average weight, or equivalent objects.
Limit: Advanced Tendril Control

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Shiki paused for a moment looking at the group of ninja that were standing before him. He waited for their response. He would normally be in a big rush to make these types of things happen. But at the current moment there was nothing being done. He blinked a few times. 

[Skulking Shinzu]

OOC: To keep things coherent, Shiki is still in the room with the group of mysterious people.

Unable to speak, the man blinked in relief. He even held out his hand as if expecting the clone to grab hold and begin the process of healing him. Unfortunately, nothing happened. As the Tenkai collapsed around him, he didn’t even have time to so much as wince as he was reduced to a small puddle of red against the ground. An eerie silence then fell upon the area as the clone vanished. The wire twins, were now without any allies.

“Twins? The stars have blessed you. Being the first of my people, I was not blessed with any siblings.” A solemn expression seemed to plaster itself across the blonde’s face as he phased through the double doors with the two Loki’s. “There.” The room was a large empty space with a gargantuan vault making up the far wall on the opposite end of the room. “Be wary of the seals. Only those with no physical form may pass.” Loki would spot a multitude of seals littering the exterior of the vault. They appeared to be carved directly onto the metal. In fact, a closer inspection seemed to reveal that… They were utter nonsense. They seemed to make little sense and had no real purpose. It was as if a child had carved random nonsense onto the vault to scare away amateurs. 

“The language of my people… Beautiful isn’t it? Our words, given written form, releases great power.” Cautiously, the man phased a finger through the metal of the vault. He looked worried. Almost as if he half-expected the vault to explode. However, as soon as it became clear nothing was going to happen, he simply smiled and entered with his entire body. Loki, meanwhile, would hear a faint buzzing in the air. It was clear to her that there was a mundane electric current running through the vault. Naturally, from what she could identify, the voltage was far too weak to ever harm her. Especially not in her incorporeal form. If she entered, she and her clone would be inside with the blonde.

“My birthright!” The man staggered forwards, completely ignoring rows upon rows of jewels, gold and other strange artifacts stacked upon shelves. As mysterious and eerie as they looked, the fact that none contained Chakra or a strange aura suggested that they were just for show. “O’ seal of my people. Restore my power!” At the end of the room, a shapeless, black void seem to react to the blonde’s words. Immediately, a bolt of dark energy fired out and struck at the man’s center. A strange glow etched itself onto his belly before fading. Swiftly, he lifted his shirt and rubbed the markings now on his flesh. Loki immediately identified the tell-tale spiral. It belonged to the Black Sun seal -  at least, part of it did anyway.

“Wonderous isn’t it? This black ooze is a shard of my people.” The blonde raised his palm. Using some sort of force-technique, the shapeless orb pulled itself towards the blonde’s fingers where it rested. “I must take this back to my master to finish the ritual. It takes four to fully imprint the seal. For your assistance, I will ensure the seal is passed down onto you. That being said, could you teleport us to the room you trapped the rest of my allies in? As you haven’t harmed a single one of us, we bear no ill will towards you.” Clearly, the man was unaware of what had happened outside the building.

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“…” The dazed men did not respond to the clone’s threat. In fact, they were on the other side of the building – nowhere near Loki’s crystallised door. Shrugging, a few of the engineers pulled themselves off the ground and began tinkering with the monolith of metal and machinery that had been damaged by Shiki’s electrical attack earlier. As the clone was on the other side of the building and the original wire twins had just entered the structure, they would have no knowledge or view of what was going on in this group. Left to their own devices, they simply tinkered away. The twins, meanwhile, found themselves on the upper floor. They knew they needed to head downwards to find Loki, however, all around them they could see nothing but hallways and locked doors.

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Shiki, still in the crystallised room with a wall of earth blocking him from Loki’s location, appeared to have nothing to do. All eyes were on him, yet, despite the tension in the air, no one appeared to be willing to fight with him. The man with the multitude of arms clearly appeared to be the most confident of the group. However, even he did little else other than analyse Shiki’s words. “My reputation proceeds me. I would be that crazy dude's master you speak of.” Shiki heard a voice behind him. A cloaked figure leaned against Loki’s crystallised wall. Due to the hood, Shiki couldn’t catch a glimpse of his face. However, he would spot long strands of blonde hair peeking from underneath the fabric. “The gas was our doing to ensure no civilians would get caught in the crossfire. However, the machine you speak of is not ours.” The man simply shrugged at Shiki’s final words. “Agreed. I do not wish for causalities. However, there is no bad guy here. The man fetching the Black Sun seal is my… Well. Let’s call him a devote disciple. Once the seal is imprinted onto us, we will leave. After that, I expect your lover to release us. In the meantime, we require a hostage to ensure no further harm falls upon our groups. That is all there is to this. We did not come here to engage in battles or inflict war upon the land.”

[Starnaess]

With the men attempting to restore the wierd machine that seemed to have caused the poison to spread in the air , the clone decided to put a stop to them and with a swift movement of her wires they would begin to spread and attempt to wrap all of the men rendering them unable to move and access the machine.

The twins were aware of loki's initial position,however being on the floor above they needed to find a way to her. First attempting to make the floor collapse by slamming and piercing it with thousand of metal wires and if not  succesful they would begin to wander the place in search for stairs.

[Madame Loki]

Loki had followed the crazy man who was clearly becoming more and more insane by the second. She Continued to follow the crazy man as she had nothing to lose at the moment. She and her Soul split held back a snicker as it saw him terrified of what would be a lot of nothing. Once inside she saw the black void in front of her, blast itself onto the man. Loki sighed as the man made his ultimatums. She clearly didn't have any knowledge on how to enact the seal herself, so she really didn't have much of a choice in the matter. The two Loki's motioned for the man to come over, and they each would grab one of his shoulders. Just like that they appeared in the crystallized room next to Shiki.

"How about no...." Loki said as her 2 selves appeared next to Shiki. She then smiled as she held her hand on the man's shoulder she had brought with her. Her head titled to the side as she spoke, "And the name is Loki LeFaye, thank you very much. Also consider this a sign of good faith. I could have literally ripped your man's here spine out at any given time, but I did not. I like him... he's alright. A little batty, but reasonable. But I'm not really a nice person, and I will make an example of him." Loki did not release the man's shoulder in fact she had place A Hiraishin seal on him the moment she touched him, he would not be able to escape her. "I am a witch, and if you are as old as they say, you should know... a witches' word is bond. So, let's make a deal. You place that seal on us, and I promise, I will release you."

Loki ten released the man's shoulder she was holding as there was no further need to hold on to him, Where ever he went she would be able to follow for the next hour or so. All that was left was for this being whatever it was to hold up his end. Of course Loki was always up for a bit of negotiation. Regardless, of the way things turned out, it always somehow went in Loki's favor.

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Shiki took a moment and started watching the man speak as he read the mans face seeing if he could determine the if the man was lying. Shiki would read the situation a bit and determine if this guy really did mean no harm or not. "First and foremost let me make something abundantly clear. I mean you no harm currently. However I will not be a hostage nor would our interactions influence any of her decisions..." Shiki would say gesturing towards where Loki was. "What the others said about you. That you'd be trying to create some new world order or some nonsense like that. Is any of that true? Would anyone nation, village or people need fear that you are trying to gather this seal." Shiki would say once again determining if the man was lying or not. 

Shiki had no fear of these men try to take him hostage that would not be happening. If Shiki wanted to he could cut them all down within seconds. But he was not one to simply cut down non combatants without reason. 

> Sense Motive 290
> Lie Detector visor 
> Discern lies. 

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Discern Lies
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: The Venatores are known to tell if a person is lieing.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Each round, the Venator concentrate on 1 target, who must be within the range of 7 meters plus 6 meters per Class Level. The user will know if the target deliberately and knowingly speaks a lie by discerning disturbances in its aura caused by lying. The Jutsu does not reveal the truth, uncover unintentional inaccuracies, or necessarily reveal evasions. Each round, the user may concentrate on a different target. User may concentrate on 2 targets per Class level higher than "D" Class. User is only able to perform this technique 4 times per Class Level a day.
Limit: Must be a Venator.

[Skulking Shinzu]

In a flash of yellow light, Loki, her clone and the blonde were now in the room with the others. The moment the blonde holding the void orb spotted the hooded figure, he launched his arms into the air in a rather dramatic manner. “Hail to the pillar men! Hail!” At the sight of the shapeless orb of darkness, the mysterious man dropped his hood. Eerily, he looked quite similar – albeit with much longer hair. “You served me well.” A single tear trickled down his cheek. Seconds later, the rest of the men gathered around the blonde with long hair. “Master Santana! Is this it?” Santana simply nodded.

Shiki, meanwhile, analysed the situation in great detail. Everything Santana mentioned was true. However, his keen lie-detection skills did pick up on one falsehood. When Santana spoke of the other blonde being his ‘devote disciple’, Shiki would have sensed something was off. Somewhere, there was a lie in those two words. After that, the attention fell on Loki. “Loki LeFaye – you may rip out my disciple’s spine as many times as you wish. It will simply grow back. However, as mentioned before, we are not hear to seek a war.” Again, Shiki would sense a lie the moment Santana mentioned his ‘disciple’. However, everything else appeared to be nothing but the cold-hard truth.

Eagerly, the so-called nameless disciple took a step forward and interrupted everyone in the room. “O’ Black Sun seal! Share thy power!” Three thin beams of darkness spewed out the orb, whizzed through the air and struck at three of the figures in the room. The four then held hands around Santana and began chanting a strange incantation. Although the words were new and foreign – anyone in the room with knowledge in Restoration Rituals would be able to vaguely follow what was going on. “Our mission is complete.” Santana smiled as his body began to ooze a pitch-black aura. Suddenly, a violent maelstrom pushed the four men around Santana backwards as a spiraling seal carved itself onto his chest. Despite the layers of clothing the man wore – the seal’s glow pierced through every layer and made itself known to everyone in the room. Unlike the seal on the four other men, this one appeared much larger and complete.

“Thank you, Loki LeFaye. To show my gratitude, the seal is yours. Naturally, for your armoured companion’s co-operation, we will share the seal with him too if you will it.” If Loki allowed it, the four men from earlier joined hands around her. Word for word, they chanted the incantation from earlier. The moment the final words were uttered, the men were knocked harshly onto the ground and blown back even further than before. As the Black Sun seal permanently marked itself onto Loki’s very existence, it reacted even more violently than before. The resulting maelstrom of energy and power cracked both the walls of concrete and crystal until it finally settled and adjusted to Loki’s Chakra. Although the walls around the group were still stable - the cracks were deep. Air was now freely flowing into the previously stuffy room. “Impressive… You are a powerful one.”

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Meanwhile, the wire twins successfully demolished the floor and fell onto the ground floor. They were now in the vault room. On one side of the room, was the gargantuan iron vault from before littered with seals. On the other side – a set of double doors. From what the twins knew, the double doors would lead to a corridor that would in turn lead to Loki’s location. As for the vault, it couldn’t help but pick at their curiosity. What was inside? Gold? Treasure? Other items of value? Regardless, they now had options. Attempt to enter the vault, ignore it and exit through the double doors or, simply make use of their numbers and do both.

As for the clone outside, being on the other side of the building, it would take quite some time for its wires to pour out and reach the groups of people on the far side of the building with the strange giant machine. As the wires approached, it successfully entangled half of the men. However, due to the sheer number of people, several would spot this happening. The men in tuxedos, whipped out knives and attempted to hold back the sea of wires. Naturally, they would achieve nothing with their effort. The engineers, however, grew worried. Fearing they would be captured, they performed one final set of tinkering before finally, the wires spread out and managed to capture everyone in the area. Although the machine didn’t come back to life despite all the repairs, it did begin emitting a strange beeping sound every 2 seconds. Only everyone outside of the building would be able to hear this. What was going on?

OOC: Loki has obtained the Black Sun seal!

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"Fair enough." Shiki said. Whatever was going on wasn't his problem. Shiki walked over to where Loki was and simply stood there. "Whatever these guys are planning to do with the sun seal they don't mean any harm to anything we care about. At least from what I could tell." Shiki said offering a rather uneventful explanation. However deep down in the pit of his stomach he could tell that this was not going to be the last time he ever saw these people. Whatever they planned on doing he was going to just make sure he stayed ready. 

For now. Or so it would seem. The black sun seal would soon be his. 

[Starnaess]

with the various men now captured and unable to move the Soul heard a strange beeping  sound that happened every two seconds or so - she didnt know what it was even though she knew where i was coming from , however she didnt like it. She begun to gather every single one of the men and group them up together by lifting them up and dragging them with her wires. Once that was done she would threaten all of them. "Tell me , what does this beeping sound mean? fail to respond and perish". A single wire begun to grow in front of every single men and point itself at their heart as it slowly begun to burrow inside of them, however failed to prodive a clear answer would feel an incredible amount of pain.

With the twins now in the lower floor where Loki was supposed to be - they stumbled upon two possible directions they could take , either through double doors that had been crystallized or enter a wierd looking vault. First the twins would attempt to pierce and break the crystallized double doors with their  wires - however if that was unsuccesful Calynn would make herself become incorporeal and try to pass the double doors.
Caela , instead , if unable to pass would try to tinker with the vault by trying to dig a whole through it with her wires.

[Madame Loki]

Loki stood there as she received the power of the Black Sun Seal. She smiled wide as it's power exploded around her knocking back the men that was helping this being. As the man commented about her being powerful and stretched out her body and giggled, "Don't I know it? It can make things quite boring sometimes." Loki the stepped away as she would now let Shiki get the seal for himself. She looked around at the crystal, and would begin to re-solidify the Crystal walls. It seemed that her power had caused quite a bit of damage to surrounding area. It was to be expected she supposed. She sighed and then folded her arms as she waited for Shiki to get what was his.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Loki mentioned nothing about sharing the Sun Seal with Shiki. However, since she stepped backwards and did not refuse the offer, the men could only assume that she did not care either way. Not wishing to antagonise the so-far passive Shiki, the four men promptly surrounded him and prepared to activate the orb's power. If anyone was paying attention, they would spot that the orb of darkness had shrunk considerably. Luckily, it appeared to be increasing in size rapidly. It didn’t appear as if it would take more than a few seconds for it to return to its previous size.

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Meanwhile, the clone had just successfully captured every man in the area next to the gargantuan contraption. As it spoke, naturally, everyone refused to answer. It was going to take more than idle threats to get any information out of the men. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what the clone had in mind. As its metallic tendrils pierced into the chests of the men, they all collectively began howling in pain. This seemed to cause a bombardment of information to flood from the mouths of each individual. From this, the clone gathered the following: “The machine is nothing!”, “Oh god! Help me!”, “It’s a drill… Please… Mercy!”, “It’s a… Bo”, “You cruel bastard!”, “A missile... It's a missile that will launch upwards!”, “No... Not a missile... A rocket...”, “A shuttle... Not a rocket...” and “A terra-former. It changes the landscape!”

The double doors leading to the hallway were not crystallised, so the twins would successfully be able to open them. As the door creaked open, they would peer down a hallway that would lead to the crystallised door separating them from Loki and the others. However, as they opened the door, they would feel a strange resistance. As they continued opening the door, a click echoed from the hinges of the door before triggering a violent alarm. This alarm poured into each room in the building and could even be heard – albeit slightly muffled – outside of the building.

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“What on earth!? This building should be empty!” Santana grew wide eyed. His disciple also appeared rather shocked. Although the orb of darkness had returned back to its original state, he appeared rather preoccupied and alarmed by the deafening sound. Swiftly, he dropped onto his knees, placed his palms over his ears and began rocking back and forth. The ball of darkness meanwhile remained hovering in the air like it was fixed in place. “Damn it… I beg of you two. Stop this accursed noise!” With their X-ray vision, Shiki and Loki would easily find that the alarm was in the center of the ceiling.

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Shiki was annoyed by the emergence of the alarm. "I got it." Shiki would simply find the wires in the wall that were running electricity up through the wall. He'd slash towards the wall with his Tokihaga creating a wind slash that would cut through the wires and components supplying power to the alarm in the room. "Anyways. The noise stopped. Can I have the seal now please?" Shiki asked politely. He had no idea what had tripped the alarm but honestly he wasn't too concerned. It was worth noting however that this guy was weak to sonic attacks and loud noises. He'd keep that in mind for later.

[Starnaess]

"Interesting" said the clone as he heard al the informations the men were screaming out due to the pain the wires were causing them - Regardless of what it was it had to be stopped and the beeping sound plus the smoke were not a good sign. With the men at her mercy the clone could dedicate some of the wires to attempt and pierce/disable the machine starting with what looked like cables buttons  and overal moving mechanisms. Even going below the ground to drill and cut anything right below it to make sure it wasnt attatched to anything - and hopefully, if succesful the machine would be disabled.


Meanwhile the originals were surprised by a lound alarm that however  seemed to have stopped a few moments later , they didnt know if they were the cause of it or why it  stopped but regardless they were now just one hallway apart from what they thought was Loki's position. Seeing how the door had been crystallized somehow they simply decided to dig a hole straight down into the ground and take the easy and safe route toward the room. If succesful the twins would find themselves a few meters below the ground and seconds later in the room with the others.

[Skulking Shinzu]

The wind slash left a thin gash along the ceiling that caused the lights to flicker for a moment before the alarm suddenly died. With the screeching noise now put to an end, Santana’s discipline managed to gather his bearings and pull himself off the ground. “Yes… You have my gratitude.” Everyone else in the room appeared mildly dazed by the alarm. However, nowhere near to the level of the discipline that still carried bloodshot eyes and a strange muscle twitch.

Regardless, due to Shiki’s politeness, the four men gathered around Shiki and began chanting. Like before, all four were knocked onto the ground and slid back a meter as a harsh aura gushed out of Shiki. Like before, the torrent of power cracked Loki’s crystal slightly and further damaged the already weakened concrete walls around the room. By the time the display was over, Shiki would notice warmth emanating from his chest. Although he couldn’t see it because of his armour – the Black Sun seal was now his. “Bo… Both of you are that powerful?” Santana seemed to swallow. Clearly, he was glad that the situation hadn’t deteriorated into a battle. “Good. With our end of the bargain dealt with, would you care to-” A odd rumbling cut the man off.

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By this point, the clone’s wire was so deep in the men’s chests that each one was unable to utter even a single word or warning. “Zzzt.” As the clone struck through the cables and buttons, the machine seemed to smoke even further. However, there appeared to be no cable running from the contraption to any power sources. Even so, eventually the machine seemed to die and cease beeping. It seemed to be doing nothing further than smoking. This seemed to cause the men to frown. At least, they did until the clone began to attack the area underground near the drill…

As the clone lashed out with its wires, it began to damage a metallic structure that the drill was half-embedded into. As this went on, the structure eventually collapsed and the contraption sunk into the ground slightly. As this happened, the clone would find its wires wedged between the ground and the heavy contraption. Furthermore, due to all this, the wires piercing the mens chests were violently yanked out. At least six died within seconds from blood loss. The rest, however, were either lucky or managed to stop the bleeding immediately. “The vault! We now have access to the vault!” One of the men yelled out, prompting everyone in the area to surround the machine. Due to it caving in, only the very top of it was now visible. Immediately, they began moving away bits of rubble to attempt and enter the hole around the machine. Due to the location, the clone would be able to work out that if they were telling the truth, the machine had just created a entrance to the back of the vault..

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The twins successfully dug underneath the hallway and travelled along what looked like a basement level. Swiftly, they dashed along and began to tunnel upwards to Loki and Shiki’s room. As they did this, they immediately noticed something strange. The floor was weak. Extremely weak. Likely, the structure had been damaged by Shiki and Loki’s aura. As the twins pierced through, the floor immediately caved in. Due to the unexpected nature of the event, they were too slow to respond and found themselves back on the basement directly below Loki and Shiki’s position. As for the rest of the men, they too were caught unaware by the situation and fell into the basement along with a bombardment of rubble. As for Loki and Shiki… Loki’s keen observation provided her with ample warning of what was happening. If she wished, she could avoid falling through the collapsing floor through any logical means. Shiki also appeared to be able to do the same thanks to his Hypersensitivity and Pervasive Hearing augmentations.

[Madame Loki]

Before the ground beneath began to crumble the 2 Loki's folded their arms as one of them began to merge back with the original. She then waved her hand and the front crystallized door would vanished. At the very instant it did so, the ground crumbled, but she remained there floating in the air. Shiki would have just enough time with his speed and reflexes to make it out of the room before the floor caved in. Loki without giving a care enough to peer into the rumble floated through the door saying, "The front door is open... It's your problem figuring out how to get there." Loki ended up outside and stopped in front of the blood stain that used to be a person. It was the man she had killed some time ago. If Shiki had made his way out of the building he should be near her, where she would tell him. "They aren't a threat, but they are all unstable. Like this one here...was."

She pointed down at the bloodstain on the ground. "He seemed to have a split personality, or worst, he was possessed by something. The others in their group didn't seem much better. The blonde I came with, thought he was older than time, but had no such knowledge to back up such a claim. Unstable minds with power, could become a threat. Would be best to end them now. However, I promised to let them out of the building if they gave us the seal." Loki looked over at Shiki, and then smiled, "Pity, I never mentioned you. Such a gross oversight. Shame on me." Loki gave him a knowing smirk. She knew that Shiki would not want these lunatics walking around with the Black Sun Seal even if they weren't a threat to the two of them.