Lore of Leyuna RPG (FRPG)

[Evil Eye]

"Ah, but you forget who does have that capacity," Deka said in his strange tongue, his twisted accent obscuring the words.
Upon his word, hot fire sprung from around the amulet, burning through the cable it was attached to, the device left unharmed. The valued object fell to the ground, Deka making no move to pick it up...

[dinoman666]

Zazikel stared down at the amulet, his face expressionless. "It is indeed powerful then, I see. And what, do you think, you plan on doing to it to try and stop me?"

[Evil Eye]

The Shade let out another small laugh.
"Stop you? A waste of time and effort on my part, demon," was all he said in response, leaving the other to finish the thought...

[dinoman666]

Zazikel's eyes narrowed. "It is almost as if you're ASKING for me to torture you. Why don't you be a good boy and just tell me what is so special about this amulet? Tell us all, Shade..."

[Godzilla Forever]

Draco was tempted to just go in and grab what was rightfully his, but he knew better than that. A shade and an archdemon would be a dangerous duo to anger over a simple heirloom....

[Evil Eye]

"Nothing of consequence to any that don't seek the power within it," Deka said with a smirk, unable to resist keeping them in the dark a little longer. "No doubt like yourself, is it not?"
He needed to choose what information he would give away wisely. The shadow behind him began to change...

[dinoman666]

A sudden, horrid noise, comparable to nails on a chalkboard or some inhuman shriek of terror, tore through Deka's mind like a razor blade through flesh, if only for a few seconds. Unmoving, Zazikel replied, "That was just a warning, Shade. Do not test my patience with your jesting any further, or you'll see just how much power I already have..."

[Evil Eye]

The Shade's shadow flickered violently, Deka wincing as the sound went off in his head, before swiftly turning identical to Zazikel's, the demon's own power rendering the duration of the attack useless.
Using the same approach the archdemon had done so effectively, the Shade extended a dark tendril toward the amulet on the floor, slowly and deliberately placing it back in his own palm, which seemed to start absorbing the relic, as the Shade had done with the two swords while carrying out the assassination of the former king.
"This artifact, you see, is old... much older than the Kingdom standing around us, and those who claimed it to use as bloodline passage. Perhaps even older than you and I, beings who fancy ourselves immortal..." Deka began in a measured voice, quiet and musing.

[Godzilla Forever]

Draco's hand slowly slid back onto his sword. He would NOT let this... this THING leave with the amulet. If it trully had some power, then the heir to Draxon's throne deserved it. Cautiously, he began to approach Deka from behind....

[dinoman666]

No sooner had Deka touched the amulet, than Zazikel's own tendril violently lashed out, viciously swatting Deka's hand aside and wrapping around the amulet itself. "Ah ah ah, little shadow. Keep explaining, and we'll see if I start feeling generous..."

[Evil Eye]

Deka managed to get his own fingers around the amulet, which was seemingly embedded partway inside his palm by this time, going into a slight tug-of-war with the archdemon. Several tendrils extended from somewhere behind him, waving at the ready.
"You'd best hope you feel generous soon, if you wish to profit from this situation at all, demon. You're wearing my own patience thin, as it were. Who are you?" he said with a noticeable change in tone...

[dinoman666]

"If you really must need a name, I have recently acquired the title of Zazikel," the Archdemon hissed, his grip on the amulet unrelenting. "Do not fool yourself into thinking you stand a chance against me. I know all about your kind's... special abilities. They won't serve you well enough here..."

[Evil Eye]

"Do ye now?" the Shade responded, no sign of struggle evident as he held on to the amulet, his strength matching that of the Archdemon.
"In any case, I hold no such preconception; you misunderstand me," he said, a ghost of a smirk still touching his visible eye. "Without me, you have no chance of acquiring true power... this relic is naught but a part of the real treasure on this island..."

[dinoman666]

"I am no fool, Shade," Zazikel hissed. "If these relics will make your kind immortal, as you say, then why would I risk letting you have this one? I have too much at stake to let you run off with some trinket that could very well undermine my own plans..."

[Hopeflower]

Breathing a low sigh, Arsenic lowered his bow, turning to see where the others were. 'Anyone hurt?' he asked, blood red irises almost seeming to glow in the gloom. It was a rare color for his eyes to turn, and it was already bleeding into a pale green, giving his gaze a muddy brown look during the change. Vix touched her throbbing cheek, where a shallow cut had opened and was barely bleeding, and replied to her comrade, "Hardly." Turning to Andruil, she added, "How about you?"

[Evil Eye]

The Shade let out a sardonic laugh.
"Ah, and still you misunderstand me further... perhaps you're indeed more foolish than I gave you credit for, master demon," he said, shaking his head. "Our race wishes to free ourselves from eternity's servitude," Deka contined, smirking inwardly; he personally planned nothing of the sort for the relics' fates.

[dinoman666]

"That does not change the facts," Zazikel replied flatly, unperturbed by the Shade's petulant behavior. "If this amulet is as powerful as you claim it to be, then I certainly am not going to hand it over without a price, if that..."

[Evil Eye]

"You'll soon hand it over by your own power, if not now... in good time," Deka hissed. "Your hunger for power will ensure that," the Shade said, before finishing, "Now... last chance. Ye'd be much better off with me as an ally, than an enemy, Archdemon..."

[dinoman666]

"Ah, so now you ask for an alliance?" Zazikel hissed. "You have some sense, then. I will consider it, though you will very much have to answer to me if that becomes the case..."

[Evil Eye]

"Don't flatter yourself. Nay... the Shade Construct returns the favor, to those who help us. Ye'll receive assistance, when the need is apparent. Of course, that will require equal abeyance of hostility toward myself, as a start..." was Deka's response...