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Post by THOR on Oct 5, 2008 23:22:47 GMT -5
"Tis a folly to think I don't know you, each one, and the potential ye all have. Lest ye forget Henry, I am a God." Thor smiled as he walked among the children naming them each in turn. "Though I see not the future I know. At least what is allowed me to know of you, and tis a pleasure to be in the company of such brave young mortals as ye."
He reached over to muss up Onyx hair yet again as he knew the boy hated it and yet liked it in a way even unknown to the youth. In the waning moment of his life Jasper Bellford would recall he had indeed been touched by a divine being and it would grant him peace in his passing, if for the moment it caused him distress. "Schwierig die Last der Jugend ist tatsächlich junger Jaspis."- (Difficult the burden of youth is indeed young Jasper) Thor, Norse God of Thunder, said in the boy's native tongue "Try not to grow up too quickly, if ye can manage that task."
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Post by Ms. Marvel on Oct 5, 2008 23:49:47 GMT -5
Carol had to chuckle inwardly at the sheer cuteness of the scene between Thor and the young blond boy. It amazed her how someone as out of touch with all things could be so in touch with everything all at once. He did have his moments, she smiled as she sat at a console and said "So, what's the game plan? Anybody have any idea what exactly we'll be trying to accomplish once we get there?"
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Oct 6, 2008 12:49:35 GMT -5
At this point, all Heather could do was stand and watch as the Avengers and X-Men collated information. She desperately wanted everyone out of LIMBO, and continued to think about them and what they were going through. It bothered her even more that her powers weren't useful at all in the Hell world. So what could she do? Why did they bring her here knowing that she couldn't help in LIMBO. Was it for closure?
She sighed, not knowing what else to do, but smiled when Veronika was back from her nap. Heather waved and waited for her friend to come back next to her. She then smirked when Thor actually messed with Onyx's hair. I bet that boy wants to kill him, she thought. That boy is weird anyway. I just can't believe that Gods exist! Heather was a bit of an atheist when it came to religious beliefs. However now that she was actually able to see one in front of her, made her not know what to think.
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Onyx
New Mutants
Jasper Bellford
Dont let the darkness consume you....
Posts: 187
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Post by Onyx on Oct 6, 2008 12:49:51 GMT -5
Taking the energy bar from the pretty blonde teacher, Onyx gave a very hopefuly expression about the room. He wasn't hungry but knew an amepty stomach after a long day like this would do him not an ouce of good, he had indeed burned off all the food he'd taken in that day during his run before seeing Aideen. The thought of her suddenly brought him back to his reality thoughts, and his reasons for being so worked up over this trip. Aideen, the girl he found such companionship within a day with, the person he had indeed trusted with his open conversations. Stuck. In hell.
With Demons.
With a shake of his head he pocketed the bar in his leather jacket and let his face fall back to that of it's original state, angry, grumpy - hurt. That seemed to be a growing pattern as of late, the past year or so seemed to just want to make Jasper give up and commit himself into a place where he could simply curl into a ball and give up on all hope of everything. The only person he stayed true for was his mother, the woman who was now in fear of him. He would make her proud, somehow he would finally make sure that she knew it was not him to be the greater evil of this world, despite the nature of this so called ' gift' he had, one to cause destruction and desolation. The dark energy which ran through his veins as much as his blood, blue as his eyes and as demonic as the creatures lurking in Limbo.
His goals where focused once more, nothing would change them now, he would fight temptation and he would win the inner battle of the risk of being hurt. He never backed down from a fight. Never.
When Thor again ruffled his hair, the reaction was different now, as he focused his sight clearly through his shades at the work that the blue man and the naive american where conducting. The large god did of course cause a little thought to pass through his head though. But the idea of staying in a state of childhood was long gone. He grew up the day he murdered that man. He could never go back to the days where he was care free, to when he had little cares but of his parents and what would be on the table for dinner. Not now, where he feared to get close to others in case they too suffered literally at his hand where they to anger him. It was something truely horrific for anyone as young as 16 to think of, that they where as much of a monster as the man who killed his father. He has stooped to their level. He was a murderer.
And he knew it. "Ich bin vor einer langer Zeit Herr, Sie können nicht rückgängig machen diese Arten der Dinge, Kindheit kann nicht gewonnen werden einmal es ist verloren aufgewachsen. Zu schnell ist zu spät für mich." *I grew up a long time ago sir, you cannot undo these kind of things, childhood cannot be gained once it is lost. Too quickly is too late for me.*[/sup] He grumbled, shaking his head gently to let his hair fall back into place as he folded his arms tightly across his chest. This waiting was getting on his nerves, and he wanted to get to this place of hell so he could meet whatever would determine his place in the group they called 'X-Men' He could very well make comrades, or create enemies with this trip, depending on how he coped.
Miss Allison Dazzler had told him on the jet that he should be careful also, as hell could well create him in the form of a deamon. It would be terrible if he where to lose controle in such a dramatic way that he give in to his power wrongly, conciously he may never give in but physically would be a different story. It took almost all of his willpower not to destroy everything and probably everyone on the jet, simply because he was too close for comfort to the red head fashion freak and blondie. Being in a place like Limbo would take almost all his inner strength that he could manage. but he would do all he could. He wanted to make sure first and formost that Aideen was safe, then he could try to do well in helping those who where in need. School was bad enough without those willing to look out for you as you are for them.
"May i put forth a suggestion?" He said slowly, his eyes narrowed a little and looking at the floor in concentration as he tried to form together his thoughts which had fleeted through his mind and made so much sense so very quickly. "If vhe are able to seemply get a lock down on zheir pozition, zhen vould eet not be better zhat vhe go a leetle avay from zhem. Vhe do not know vhat zhey are doing zhere, zhey could be in zhe meedle of a var vith those who are inhabitants. vheras, if vhe start a leetle avay, just enough zho zhat vhe could make sight of zhem, zhen vhe vould be of more use ja? If vhe ourselves get caught een somesing zhen we can try to get ourselves out before vhe tackle vhatever is happening vhith zhe ozhers." He said slowly, not sure if his rambled words where making sense, or even if the english was correct, he didn't care at the minute, he just wanted to see if he could speed up the waiting process.
"If vhe 'ave some sort of portal to create, like vhat vhas done een zhe school, zhen if vhe 'ave ozers stay behind zhen vhe can make sure zhat zhere ees a vay to return ja? Like someone to open und close zhe door, zo vhe get een, but no demons get out, und again vhen vhe need to return. Zhat vey; und correct me ja, zhere ees a ... uh ... smaller chance, zhat vhe too get stuck ja?" Onyx looked up, his face showing his struggle with the english he was speaking although he was trying to form ideas in another language. And it was difficult anyway. "Mizz Allizon Dazzler, you say ja zhat you 'ave been travell dimension ja? 'ow did you get zhere before und back again, because if you vhere able to do zhat before, zhen vhe can do eet again, but ... bigger, seense zhere ees alot of us vishing to go und aid ze rescue." His voice got a little more urgent as his thoughts again got a little confused, he was repeating himself and asking someone a question which would repeat his thoughts.
"Ugh, i do not know, i just vhant to get zhis vaiting over vith! Zhis is vasting time zhat i dont believe vhe 'ave. I just vhant to get zhe ozers out."
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Allure
Paragons
Veronika Kudinov
Truly Irresistable
Posts: 184
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Post by Allure on Oct 6, 2008 14:05:06 GMT -5
Veronika followed let out a dainty yawn as she walked into the room with HeartString. It is too much of me to expect to have even a full fifteen minutes of sleep. Honestly I was under the impression that Papa was paying them to look after me. Now on my first day I'm back in the city, in STARK TOWERS of all places. I shouldn't have to be here, Papa has friends in this place that I'm sure can handle any business better than me. She carefully rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and smiled sleepily at the group. "Is there something I'm wanted for Doctor?" Veronika asked in a sugary sweet voice as she blinked up at the adults.
Her eyes snapped to Onyx and she smiled at him and batted her eyelashes. Oh he is so dedicated. It is so nice to see boys so committed to a mission like this. Even if it is all because of that girl. She must have pheromones or something like that other super hero Papa told me about. She is not pretty enough to have these boys wrapped around her finger. I am much better looking than her. Just like my Mother, I am already developing a perfect figure that any woman would die for. Like mama, I plan to be a model so naturally I must start early. Veronika made sure her angelic demeanor didn't slip and looked around as she tried to piece together what was going on before she was told what to do or whatever she was woken up for.
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Decibel
Hellions
Gina Sinister
Sex - Drugs & Rock - N - Roll
Posts: 59
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Post by Decibel on Oct 7, 2008 22:19:07 GMT -5
Gina winked as she grinned at Ironclad's remark. When he asked her to leave her window open she simply raised an eyebrow and looked away coyly. Ever the flirt with Mason, she would look forward to his visit. As Onyx began to ramble in his broken English she cocked her head and spoke softly to him. "So, can you like slow down a little?" Gina said to Onyx as she was trying to catch what he was saying, but after a minute more of his ranting she just shook her head.
Turning her back to him she walked over to Ms. Marvel and she said "I actually have a couple of things written down, if you want to see. Just some possible team ups- you know I was thinking how best we might support each other, and what the most likely attacks from some demons might be. It's not perfect, but it's something." she pulled her notes out.
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Post by Dazzler on Oct 9, 2008 17:36:57 GMT -5
Allison had been watching the process with large eyes as she heard everyone shout out their suggestions and comments. She moved her strawberry blond hair back and looked at Thor with her dazzling smile. Thor is as always such a sweetheart with the kids. He always has been. And Onyx that poor darlin' can use a few kind words after the ordeal today. Looks like we're gonna have some action ahead of us. I'll go where I'm needed, though I think I may be better off helping them all in Limbo, Ali thought when she turned to Onyx to listen to him carefully as he spoke in broken English.
"Magic darlin', its a form of magic and various other methods we use to travel in between them. It would take at least three days to get those materials over here. We just don't have that much time," Ali said with a sigh as she looked over again at Forge and Hank hard at work. "Hank, you do have a plan for all this don't you? On how we're going to find them and who's going to Limbo? I know some of us are probably gonna stay behind, since whoever is the most useful will be the ones needed to go. And we need people as backup here to handle things," Allison commented in thought as she gave Veronika a smile. Poor doll, we all could use some sleep and she had the bit she got taken away. At least it's for a good reason, she thought looking around at the others.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
Posts: 222
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Post by HeartString on Oct 11, 2008 0:09:23 GMT -5
Tracy smiled as she came back into the lab. She sensed a general feeling of excitement and confusion permeating the air of the lab with her empathic power. Returning to stand by American Dream, she was curious to hear her story and yet as Dazzler asked what the plan would be she was eager to hear that as well. She looked over at Ironclad to smile at him and she saw him looking at Decibel. Sensing a lustfulness there she blinked, her eyes showing a slight shock at what she could read of their emotions.
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Post by BEAST on Oct 11, 2008 0:27:21 GMT -5
Hank adjusted the small communicator device that he was currently putting together and nodded in satisfaction at Tony's explanation on his DPS. "Very good, do get in contact the second it is all adjusted. I installed a chip that is programmed to your main system in each of these communicators. You will all be able to keep in contact through this system. Also I used your heat resistant and durable material so it won't break without extreme pressure," he informed him as he looked over at Onyx and easily caught his suggestions and questions. 'It's just like when Kurt first came over to us with a poor accent. After him, it is rather easy to understand Onyx,' he thought as he looked over at Forge's machine that looked nearly done.
"Excellent suggestions Onyx. As I work here I will explain to you all the plan I formulated in my head. You know me Daz, I would not start something without a clear idea of what to do," Hank said and then turned to the small sleepy red head. "I'm terribly sorry for waking you Veronika, but I need you to make exact copies of these air bubbles. Now concentrate hard, these are rather simple but they must be exact. We have no time to get more, and this is critical to these communicators," he said in a gentle voice. 'The girl has been extremely well behaved throughout this whole ordeal. It may be shock but right now we need her and she must pull through,' Hank thought before going back to the communicators. "I trust you all to break up into teams when you get there, but I shall give you the basic plan. Forge will locate the area with the most activity in Limbo using the modified GPS that is attached to the portal opener. It's a safe bet to say that's where the others are. We will pin point the opening in an exact location outside the crowd. Forge will keep the portal open and the demons out as I manage the technical process. To come back we will signal you were the opening is. Now I will warn you that not all of you will end up back here. From the activity at the Joshua Tree, the second portal that opens up may lead you there. We will come and get you as soon as possible," Hank said as he waited for the duplicates of the air bubbles.
"Now, I explained to you all on the ride over not to allow your anger or rage to take control of you while your there. In case it does however, is where you come in TrueSpirit." Hank turned to the tall stoic young man that Forge spoke so highly of. "With your training as a Shaman, I trust you to cleanse their souls in case it's needed, though I hope its not. I also gather that you have sufficient training in combat. If anything I'm sure that you will have backup," he said looking pointedly at the other people around them. He knew the Avengers would help in any way they could, but he also knew that Ironclad tended to get a little bit reckless and much of the kids were more accustomed to focusing on certain people than others.
"All of you will be able to keep in close contact with each other with these communicators that can be fastened to you necks comfortably. I will be in contact with you at all times," he concluded as he examined the copies that Veronika made before looking around at everyone else. "Feel free to come up with battle strategies. I trust you all to make it good and effective. Now in the bit of time we have left, since Forge is almost finished, i suggest a small battle plan," Hank concluded.
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Post by Forge on Oct 11, 2008 15:22:11 GMT -5
Forge smiled in success as he watched the GPS system he reprogrammed come to life, showing an orange and red landscape outline. "Henry, I think we do these missions together too much. You seem to be reading my mind on how I planned to get this baby working. And look at that," he said with a proud smile as he went back to finishing the portal opener. Just a few more things of this here.... and some of this here needs to be connected to the tubes so I can keep this little piece of hell here in an air tight seal so the blood will combine with it and..
"There it is guys, we got a portal opener. Now to test it," Forge said as he switched the device into what he called "Port hole Mode." This enabled them to see what was going on there, but not go in. Sure enough three foot wide port circle opened up and everyone in the room was clearly able to see the landscape of a place none other than Limbo. Rivers of lava were displayed and even some demons were leaping around nearby. "Theres a glimpse of Limbo for you. Now let see if I can get it to work as a portal..." Forge pushed a few buttons and pulled a few levers as the Portal shifted again. The demons nearby had gotten curious at this point and came in closer. "Ok I'm gonna test this quick..." he said and plunged his hand which went right through! One of the demons snarled and leaped at the hand. "Whoa there it works," Forge said as he pulled his hand back and switched to back to port hole mode.
Before he could do that, the demon's long beak popped through, snapping at them. Forge had extensive knowledge on mystical powers, possessing a few himself. As quick as anything, a mystical shield formed and pushed the demon back in with it's pure magic. "That was a close one. Alright guys this is as good as it's gonna get. It's less tiring for me to open up a portal without using my abilities and more convenient. We can pinpoint where you'll be using my GPS and it won't take so much energy out of me," he said with a breath of relief as he looked back at the GPS.
"It seems that the most activity is going on right here," Forge pointed to a big black circle on the screen. "Your best bet is that they're all there. I can get the portal to open right over here." He pointed to an area just outside the circle. "I hope you are all ready for this, cause I'm telling you it's not gonna be easy."
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Allure
Paragons
Veronika Kudinov
Truly Irresistable
Posts: 184
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Post by Allure on Oct 12, 2008 13:29:24 GMT -5
Veronika stepped back a bit at the sight of the demon, eyes wide and a flash of shock and surprise in her blue eyes. Oh you have to be kidding me. That is what will be in Limbo? Oh my, so this is all very real? What have I gotten myself into? No, no I must be calm and do what I was asked so people will not suspect otherwise. She walked up to the lab table and picked up the little air bubbles. Just by looking at them, she knew that they were far from the most difficult thing that she'd have to make.
If I can make exact copies of GUCCI sunglasses that no expert could call fake, than I can certainly make these. Veronika daintily picked up the air bubble and studied it visually before she closed her hand over it and moved it around in her hand. In the opposite hand she felt the air bubbles form and she dropped one in a tray. Then another, and then a couple of more that all were exact copies of the air bubbles.
After a couple of minutes Veronika dropped a whole pile of air bubbles into the tray, along with the original air bubble packet. "I hope this is enough," she said angelically. She looked around with wide eyes at the others there for the first time, noticing that in front of her was Iron Man! That's right he is Tony Stark's bodyguard. I heard Papa talking about it once. I must be on my best behavior. So as always, she kept her angelic demeanor.
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Post by Iron Man on Oct 12, 2008 22:56:25 GMT -5
His attention drawn to Forge's unexpected opening of the portal and test of it as well, Ironman spun quickly to get a weapons lock on the emerging creature. Relaxing only after Forge had abated the incursion of the creature into their own dimension.
"Well, what if anything, would indicate that that black spot on the scope is our friends?" He stepped closer and then looked over to Beast. "Dr. McCoy, didn't you have a method in mind for locating them in there? I believe you'd said something about that blood, couldn't we use it to zone in on them? It must resonate at both dimensional frequencies, ours as well as the Limbo dimension."
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Ironclad
Corsairs
Mason Rictus
Posts: 197
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Post by Ironclad on Oct 12, 2008 23:36:42 GMT -5
Mason's gun was out and pointed at the target in an instance, but Forge got to that demon shit first. Forge is a bad ass like that. Reflexes almost as crazy as mine, he thought as he put his gun back in his holster. He spied Tracy's face that looked a bit shocked and frowned, not liking that his girl looked shocked. Okay so maybe she's not my girl exactly, but she is whether she knows it or not. freak, I just slipped, think about the mission Mason man, cover it up, he thought shaking his head and looked at Tracey again. "We got it doll, nothing to worry about now," Mason said and looked over at the red head and the others.
"Alright, let's get this show on the road. How are we breaking this up? Chief here is with me, I'll have his back and Tracey is definitely," he said glancing at Tracey before looking at the Avengers. He looked right at Iron Man and then at Decibel. "What are your ideas for a team? And are we gonna wing it when out there since we have no clue what's going on there until Forge gets a visual on the area? I'm good with either," he said and leaned against the table looking at the demons with his adrenaline rushing and inkling to get into battle.
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Post by BEAST on Oct 13, 2008 2:37:43 GMT -5
"Amazing. Nok~Off you certainly have a unique gift with a great amount of potential," Hank said as he looked at the copies. He tested them gently for any defects and was quite satisfied that they were perfect. "Well done indeed," he added as he took the blood vial and went to fill the other communicators. His reaction to the demon as nothing more than a step back since he was watching the modified GPS intently. He knew the others could handle it.
When he finished he looked up with a thoughtful expression on his face. "Hmm... yes, quite right Iron Man. From my calculations, D'mnchyld's blood should give us a clear location of her as well. Excuse me Forge," Hank said as he moved over to the GPS and navigated the landscape. Two blips appeared at a centralized point on the screen with a large black spot around it. "I believe we have found our friends. Her blood allows us not just to travel between worlds, but also to locate her. Now let's see here..." Hank pressed a couple of switches like Forge did to focus on that point in 'Port Hole Mode'. With a flicker, the portal showed a horrendous scene from above. An army of demons were inside a castle. D'mnchyld, Cyclops carrying Frostbite, Emma Frost, Hardlight, TuneUP and Ember bringing up the rear where in front of the castle doors. Inside the castle the group could see that the army of demons was attacking a large stage with a gleeful Belasco, and Shadowkat, Wolverine and Nightcrawler fighting to the best of their ability. An injured Diesel and an unconscious and injured Elixir were also seen.
Hank's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the scene along with everyone else in the room in a deafening silence. After a moment, he cleared his throat and looked at the others in the room. "I see you have you're work cut out for you. And not a moment to lose. Aqua and Nok~Off you will stay behind with Forge and I but do not think for a second you won't be on your feet. The rest of you, well I think you need to get in there, and fast," Hank said as he picked up the communicators and tested them out, happy that they all seemed to be working very well.
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Onyx
New Mutants
Jasper Bellford
Dont let the darkness consume you....
Posts: 187
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Post by Onyx on Oct 13, 2008 13:20:58 GMT -5
After his idea of using the methods the pretty bonde woman had used to travel dimensions had been shot down and his words obviously garbled by the response by the punk rock looking girl with the guitar strapped to her back, Jasper was at a complete loss over what to think. His white blonde hair was moving like there was a small breeze, but it was simply due to the amount of energy flooding his system, even going through his hair as his worrying increased. This waiting was indeed something that should not be happening at all and he was more than desperate to get Aideen out of Limbo as fast as he could possibly manage, if not; faster. It was impossibly hard to control the amount of dark energy which he possessed, any negativity seemed to simply make it grow and it was becoming almost painful to restrain himself, the worrying he was doing simply put it into overlode and he was close to just letting it pass over his skin like at the lake, just to relieve the pressure. But he had to behave, he was to if he had any chance of going to Limbo.
But when that demons beak broke through the barrier between world he couldn't hold back. He felt some strange pull inside him toward that creature, is short presence in the room made him twitch uncomfortably as his clenched fists started glowing a strange shade of red; it was painful to keep his entire arm from becoming gloved in the strange red electric energy glow. But he had to. He just had to. "Heilige Hölle!" *Holy hell!*[/sup] He mumbled, raising his clenched hand up to his hair and breathing deeply, trying to control himself despite the swirling emotions inside him. "Das war nicht gut" *That wasn't good.*[/sup] He mumbled again to himself, willing the glow to go away. He looked up tentativly toward the furry blue doctor as he opened another portal looking thing. A window of sorts.
He had to look, his feet moved before he even though about it and peered into the image of the place where Aideen and the others had been sucked into. Their figures moving into what looked like a castle. The world looked so very different to the room he was standing in it was almost impossible to think it even real. That was though, until he saw her with the group, looking at her specifically. He was almost spellbound by how strangely homely the place felt to him, like he would enjoy being there. "Das ist Limbus? Dass, wo jeder eingefangen ist? Es schaut so an...." *That is Limbo? Thats where everyone is trapped? It looks so ....*[/sup] He backed away before he could say anything else, having seen the demonic guards that surrounded and inhabited the place. Suddenly, his thoughts went back to how they would have attacked her on first sight, she was not one of them and they would he gone after her like that demons beak had gone for the large mans hand. That made his anger return and Jasper walked away from the group, his hands raised to his head in concentration as he literally forced himself not to react to the image.
"Wir müssen dort schnell ankommen, würde ich, dass die Kreaturen, die sie, keine Materie umgeben, was sie jetzt machen, ich nicht vertrauen glaube, dass ihre Absichten von irgendeinem guten zur Gruppe sind. Wenn sie jetzt angreifen, wird die anderen überwältigt werden, anschauen ihre Zahlen zu viel. " *We need to get there quick, i wouldn't trust those creatures surrounding them, no matter what they are doing now, i do not believe their intentions are of any good to the group. If they attack now, the others will be overwhelmed, their numbers look too many.*[/sup] He mumbled to himself, shaking his head and almost pulling at his hair as his fingertips crackled loudly and a low hum sounded as the energy jumped between his fingers, desperate to feel the surroundings of Limbo. There was something about that place, he wanted to be there, and worryingly enough, Onyx didn't think it was purley for Aideen sake anymore.
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