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Post by Natalia on Jul 29, 2008 1:33:27 GMT -5
(OOC: Same here. I love, repeat LOVE writing about love triangles)
::Natalia catches the spell against Hecate's blade just in time, absorbing it and pushing it back at Rainii. She gets back to her feet and holds her hand out at the ground that her opponent is standing on::
HELL'S JUDGEMENT!!!
::The circle of purple fire erupts around Rainii engulfing her in not just flames, but pure malice and hate that make her want to vomit::
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 29, 2008 13:08:48 GMT -5
::For a moment, and only a moment, does the hate threaten to overwhelm her. She refuses to let it, fighting it off, and the marks on her skin grow ever brighter. Suddenly, the fire dissolves, leaving Rainii slightly burned, but for the most part fine.::
"Could you imagine what he'd think of you if he could see you right now? What the old you would think-- feel, even-- for using that spell on me?"
::She stands up straight, and looks at Natalia, and smirks.::
"Two can play at this game."
::She had a holy-type spell she'd sort of made awhile back--mostly for fun, and she'd never actually used it. Now would be the first time. It had no name(as most of her spells did-- she felt naming them takes away from the spell), but it didn't need one, and the marks on Rainii glow to the point it's almost blinding. A circle of light surronds Natalia, and when Rainii snaps her fingers, a large, wide beam of light connects with the circle, surrounding and enclosing Natalia. Within the circle, several bright explosions go off, hitting her.
Rainii just watches, unsure of how well the spell did.::
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Post by Natalia on Jul 30, 2008 0:16:14 GMT -5
(OOC: I apologize for my lateness. My little brother is getting baptized this Saturday so we're trying to get the house ready for our relatives. My back is killing me) ::Natalia emerges from the spell, badly burned, but still seems able to fight. The violets on the end of her sleeves hang in ragged tatters, and there's a good sized tear in its left shoulder. She laughs darkly:: Getting creative are we? ::Her expression turns dark again:: youtube.com/watch?v=RtPe99o_RpIThe old me? What makes you think I've changed? Tell me that! What gives you such unwavering faith that I was ever anything but the monster you see before you?!
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 30, 2008 0:34:52 GMT -5
::Rainii looks at her, sadly.::
"Because I know. I know you. You could fool the others, sure. They believe that what you are now is what you've always been. But I know different."
::She stands a few feet away from Natalia, Iris raised, but unmoving.::
"That's not what you want to hear from me, is it? Do you want me to tell you that I feel as the others do? That you've tricked me, that you've won, that our relationship was just 'part of your plan'?
You know I couldn't tell you those things, because we both know they aren't true."
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Post by Natalia on Jul 30, 2008 0:53:17 GMT -5
::Natalia stares at the ground, unable to stop a single tear from escaping to land on the ground::
Now I see it. Why he chose you. He told me once that you see things in a different way. I never really knew what that meant.
::She looks up again, raising Hecate once more::
But it still doesn't change what has to happen here today. It's already too late.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 30, 2008 1:11:33 GMT -5
"Why are you doing this? One minute you're all for murdering me, the next you sound slightly remorseful."
::She keeps Iris at the same postition, eyes locked on Natalia, just in case.::
"I mean, from what I understand, we can't actually stop the fighting-- I get that. But the mood swings?"
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Post by Natalia on Jul 30, 2008 17:19:46 GMT -5
::Natalia stares at Rainii with a broken expression, hollow of anything but sadness::
Because you're right. I realize that no matter how hard I might try to overcome that part of me, I could never bring myself to hate you. Not even for an instant.
::She raises Hecate, which she's been leaning on for support::
But I'm far older and wiser than I was back then. Too old not to realize that things are bigger than whatever I may feel. As much as I want it, there is no other way. It's too late for happiness in my life. You've read the storybooks. It's always the fair maiden, never the witch who lives happily ever after.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 30, 2008 18:29:38 GMT -5
"Does it have to be too late for you? There has to some other way. Can't there be?"
::The look in Rainii's eyes suggest that she already knows the answer, and it's not the one she'd wanted. She's quiet for a moment, trying to think of something appropriate to say.::
"I wish things would've turned out different...but you already knew that."
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Post by Natalia on Jul 30, 2008 18:33:20 GMT -5
(OOC: Sorry. Off to a Luau)
::Natalia looks up::
That would be selfish for me to even think of. I chose this path, and now I must take the consequences that come with it. That includes what happens here.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 30, 2008 18:42:15 GMT -5
"I can see why you'd feel that way. Ok, then. Final question. Do you regret it? Any of it?"
::Rainii watches Natalia, studying her face for any changes in expression. She isn't quite sure why, of all the questions she could ask, that was the one she picked, but so be it. Maybe because it was the only one she couldn't guess as to what the answer would be.::
(OOC--Have fun!)
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Post by Natalia on Jul 30, 2008 21:15:46 GMT -5
(OOC: I'm back! That was some good boar)
::Natalia gives a sarcastic smile before chuckling and shaking her head::
You have no idea.
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 30, 2008 23:27:00 GMT -5
"That's good....I guess."
::She smirks at Natalia.::
"So, what now? I suppose we have to go back to trying to kill each other."
(OOC--Sorry! I really meant to post earlier--but I had to run to go fight people for the laptop I wanted. I found out they only had 1 left.)
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Post by Natalia on Jul 31, 2008 0:06:47 GMT -5
(OOC: Congrats on your laptop, you lucky gal. Sorry I just realized, Natalia's already pretty beat up and Rainii's in near perfect shape. Better fix that. ^_^) ::Smirks back:: Don't hold back now. Because you know I won't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA77D_1MOgI::Once she's sure Rainii is ready, she flings Hecate upward, creating an explosion of purple fire. She emerges off to the side, coming at Rainii quickly. This time she manages a hit, swinging the flat of the blade against the side of her head and striking her in the gut with a lightning charged fist. As Rainii is knocked off her feet, she's sent back down to earth with a bolt of lightning, only to slam into one of Natalia's earth spike, then struck again by a violet fireball, sending her rolling several feet away. She seems to have difficulty getting back up and a trickle of blood runs down the side of her face where she was smacked:: Now we're even. ::Hecate begins to glow and Natalia rises a few feet off the ground:: Let's finish this. ::Signals Rainii to follow her and rises higher and higher into the sky as lightning from the storm crashes once more and both women are suddenly drenched in the downpour:: (OOC: I modified this four times to add several different effects. Obsessive much?)
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 31, 2008 15:09:26 GMT -5
::Rainii gets up slowly, head pounding, body aching. She watches Natalia rise up, realizing that this was probably the beginning of the end of everything. And, at the same time, she realizes how tired, cold, and (now)completely soaked she is.::
It's not like I can do anything about that, though...Might as well go up and join her...
::She walks over to where she dropped Iris, and picks it up. She looks back up at the ever rising Natalia, brushes the strands of wet hair that had fallen into her face, and somehow, joins Natalia in the sky.::
(OOC--If you're obsessed, I'm obsessed too, because I do the same thing!)
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Post by Natalia on Jul 31, 2008 15:16:50 GMT -5
::Natalia grins before stretching her hand towards the sky. The lightning from the storm clouds suddenly turns purple and directs itself at Rainii, trying to shoot her out of the sky. Natalia then sends another powerful fire spell her way::
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 31, 2008 15:29:45 GMT -5
::Rainii manages to dodge both spells fairly well, the fire spell only slightly grazing her shoulder. She winces, and sends a similar fire spell Natalia's way. She dodges it, and Rainii casts that light energy-ball spell, aimed right for Natalia.::
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Post by Natalia on Jul 31, 2008 15:39:07 GMT -5
::Natalia dodges Rainii's fire spell, but this only puts her in the path of the ball of lightning which strikes her in the chest and hurtles her back through the air a few feet. She shakes it off angrily and soars through the air to swing Hecate at Rainii. As the blades meet, purple and white energy sparks between them, growing more intense with each strike::
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Post by Rainii Loire on Jul 31, 2008 19:32:54 GMT -5
::Rainii knocks Natalia back, then flies at her, Iris raised to attack. The sorceresses swords meet again, loudly, the two women each trying to to knock the other back, or to find a weakness.::
I have never fought in the air before...this is different.
::She was a little thrown off by the lack of anything underneath her feet, and she wasn't quite sure how she was flying, or how long she would stay that way. Occasionaly she would imagine herself suddenly dropping through the sky, and Natalia laughing after her. And as much as she told herself not to entertain such ideas, she couldn't help but feel that such a thing was possible.::
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Post by Natalia on Aug 1, 2008 1:38:41 GMT -5
::Both women still seemed match. What Rainii lacks in Natalia's experience, she makes up for in power. Each time the blades meet the sparks grow brighter and more intense. Finally they culminate into total waves of energy that emanate from the blades. As they both swing once more to clash Iris and Hecate, a full blown explosion of purple and white louder than the storm itself throws both sorceresses back. They both stare at each other, breathing heavily::
Alright... it looks like we've both exhausted ourselves. What do you say? How about we put all of our remaining energy into one final strike.
::As she speaks, Hecate starts to glow purple, the energy around it growing more powerful by the moment::
(OOC: Once we're both fully charged, mind if I god mode you for the final blow? I kind of have it planned out in my head)
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Post by Rainii Loire on Aug 1, 2008 13:33:18 GMT -5
(OOC--Go ahead! I don't mind one bit. ^_^)
::Rainii just nods, and Iris starts to glow. As the sword glows brighter, the air around her lights up. She puts as much energy as she can into the sword, hoping that it'll make a difference. She's optimistic about her chances of winning, but cautiously so.
She looks up at Natalia, who looks like she's concentrating very hard on something. She smiles at her.::
"Whatever happens, happens, right?"
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