Into the Malevolent Castle, Trapped within Options

[Ryuga]

"No need to tell me twice!" responded Lao as he smashed a skeleton of his own with an upkick. His foot collided with the jaw, crushing it to dust before the head fell from the body.
He charged to the next skeleton grabbing onto its shoulders and flipping over it in order to kick the head off of another one behind it. The temporarily ignored skeleton was promptly dealt with a flurry of open-palm strikes right as it turned around,
The room was soon filled with the "woo-cha's" as Lao was fully engrossed in smashing skeletons to pieces. The slow, and less than durable skeletons didn't stand a chance to the martial-arts practioner's quick and dynamic moves.
It seemed that the battle would be done and over with very little effort until strings on light rained down from the ceiling attatching them to Lao's limbs.
"Ah hey! What gives!" he exclaimed as he attempted to move his limbs which had gone unresponsive.
"It's useless to resist!" responded a low and booming voice which echoed through the room.
Lao frantically looked around the room, looking for the source of the voice until his eyes found a cloaked man standing on an overhead balcony.
"You!"
Laughter rang through the ballroom before the man spoke up. "I suppose I should formally introduce myself. I am The Master of Puppets. And this will be where you all die!"
The hooded man made a move with his hands and Lao found himself walking towards Seig against his will.
"Ooooooooohhhh no! You aren't using me like a puppet," Lao stuggled to do the exact oppositive of what his body ordered him to do. "I ain't your slave!"
It was all for naught, however, as he soon found himself dashing forward, attempting to deliver a punch at his armored companion.

OOC: Boss time?

[AngelicFairy]

Lillian saw Lao all strung up. Maybe if i refract the light.... She ran over to him and put her arrow under one of the beams of light, refracting it to the other side of the room. His arm fell,free. "There we go! Sieg, refract the light and you'll set him free. Im pretty sure its the only way. I wish we had mirrors or something. then we could string him up..."

She started trying to refract the light into the puppet master's direction.

[Darkblade]

(You've got to beat that Puppet Master! Don't let it get you!)

Edward ran down the next hall, knowing that its darkness encouraged whatever it was chasing him.
He quickly passed through another door, back into the entrance hall.
"Finally, somewhere to take a break." he commented to himself.
He briefly looked around, looking for a place to sit, finally he decided on leaning against one of the pillars which held one of the Red Sword banners.
"That demon butcher didn't seem scared of what was trying to get through that door. What the heck was that thing, I could only hear it, not see it."
He sat, thinking about what to do next.
Either way, their wasn't much choice, most of the group was split up now.
Either find Sven or one of the others or talk to Ivan.

[Bill Nye]

(Aw crap, i forgot about this..Sorry! Dx)

Sven followed Barthello through what seemed like an endless hallway, Barthello comes to a sudden halt and Sven nearly bumps into him.
"Here." Barthello said as he opened the door, the three walked inside and Sven was amazed. This must be the Throne Room.
Sven felt like he went back in time, the room looked great with clean banners, shiny floors and a nice red carpet leading up to the Throne.
Sven slowed down as they entered the room, the yellow eye'd man behind him shoved him forward. The three walked up to the Throne,
Barthello and the Yellow eye'd man bow'd honorably.

"You may Ssstand." The figure on the Throne said, the slither seemed odd to Sven, but he didn't bother thinking about it much. Barthello and the Yellow eye'd man stood back up, and backed away. The figure stood up, and approached Sven. "Mortal, will you Ssswear you're life, to me?" "Yes." Sven replied, he didn't have a choice. "Will you obey ordersss,
even if they put you in harmsss way?" "Yes." Sven replied again, The figure pulled out his sword and handed it to Sven. "Bleed." The figure said, Sven was shocked, his looked at the sword, sharp enough to cut through a full-grown bull. Sven took the blade in one hand and stuck out his other arm. He slowly cuts into his arm, not to deep, but deep enough. He lets out a small yelp in pain, as the blood spills from his arm to the floor. He drops the blade to grasp the cut.

Sven froze, the world seemed to have stopped, he could hear his heart pounding, he could hear voices, he could hear his family, he heard Edward, All saying terrible things, Sven felt something, Anger? Fear? Pain? Or all three? He didn't know. He didn't want to know.
Before he knows it, the world seems to suddenly return to normal. Sven is laying on the floor in front of the Throne, the figure only had one more thing to say: "Welcome, Brother."

[Nicsp]

Siegfried nodded. "That makes sense, I suppose..." He'd say as he would then try to help out Lilian, only to them be attacked by a bunch of more skeletons, who started ganging on top of him, though these weren't armed anymore they continued to pile themselves up on top of the Lanzenreiter, who yelled out. "Gah! Y-You keep doing that, i'll be there in a second!" He exclaimed as he was forced to drop his halberd and start punching and hurling the skeletons away from him. More skeletons kept piling up on top of him, until he decided to use the only magical barrier skill he knew. He surrounded his whole body with a second skin made of his bright blue barrier and then had it expand, sending the skeleton's pieces flying everywhere, he breated heavily, as he was not used to casting spells at all.

After a moment to catch his breath he rushed over towards Lao, tackling him, considering that Siegfried was using full plate armor, that was going to hurt a bit, but would definetly reflect all of the beams.

[Trinsdel]

Westley enters the room after Janus and inhales sharply at the mirrors. "Cripes. Gave me a shock for a moment. So this is a strange room." He looks around the room filled with mirrors. "So you think these mirrors are harmless? I don't know Janus. Every room seems to be filled with danger though the exception was Ivan's." After looking around for a moment he finds the door. When he reaches the door he can hear music playing behind it. Westley opens the door and looks back at Janus. "Ready for what's behind here?"

He turns to face the new room. The scene in front of him was of Siegfried, Lillian, a new face, and a number of skeletons. He rushes toward Siegfried to help him but find the lanzenrieter getting rid of the skeletons.

[Ryuga]

Lao winced as Siegfried tackled him to the ground. The lanzenreiter's size, and the armor really put some weight into the attack, sending the smaller man flying across the room before hitting the ground.
Lao growned, rubbing his neck as he got back to his feet. "Man, I understand you had to free me from that pupeteer guy, but wasn't there a less painful way for you to do it?" he whined.
Once his complaining was out of the way, he started taking mind of his surroundings. Siegfried had taken care of most of the skeletons, though the puppet master was busy reanimating a few of them.
"Hey... you!" he said to Lilian, awkwardly pausing because he actually didn't know her name yet. "Shoot some arrows at the creep up there would ya? I'm going to see if there's a way up."
He scanned the room again, looking for a staircase or something up to the balcony. Didn't seem like there were any. Must be in another room, and leaving was out of the question.
"Hmmm..." Lao pondered, putting his hand on his chin, deep in thought. He seemed to reach a solution, the mental light-bulb blinking on. "Hey Siegfried. You think you can use that little burst attack to launch me up to where that bastard is?"

[Angelic-Fairy]

She looked at him. "My name is Lilian, or Lil if you'd like. And sure thing." just as fast as Lao blinked she already had two arrows into the puppet master. The next few arrows she fired were doused in paralyzing poison. Not sure if it will work...But it's worth a try... she thought.
She loaded two arrows into her bow at once and fired. One went into the puppet master's shoulder and the other into the thigh.
She looked at Siegfried. "He seems a little...Worn out. Maybe I could try?"

[Ryuga]

Lao whistled at Lilian's archery skills.
"Damn. Just keep that up and than getting up there isn't gonna be necessary."
The Puppet Master, on the other hand, retreated into the shadows of the balcony, outside of everyone (most importatnly Lilian's) sights.
"Guess not," he shrugged. "Guess we're back to plan A." He took a moment to assess his to companions. He was confident that Siegfried, with his larger build, would be more effective in bursting him upwards. True to Lilian's words, he was looking exhausted which may decrease the chances of success.
"Didn't know you could do that too," replied Lao as he approached Lilian. "Well, let's give it a go."

[Angelic-Fairy]

Lilian watched as the puppet master slipped into the shadows. "Damn...The most i can do is start firing into the darkness with maybe some fire tipped arrows..." she said but she looked at Siegfried as Lao was telling her to boost her up. "Alright, just stand in front of me facing me and turn yourself around in mid air, it should work out fine...but just encase...Here's some numbing medicine" she said smiling. Her smile was soft and warm despite the situation.

[Ryuga]

Lao started to feel uneasy once he noticed Lilian's expression. Almost as if she wasn't quite sure what was going to happen, but was trying to mask that behind the warm smile of hers.
"Yeah... thanks," he replied, taking the medicine from Lilian. "Ya know... I might have been the one to propose this idea, but now I'm getting the feeling that I'm missing out on something..."

[Angelic-Fairy]

"Well..You see..." She said getting her self ready." I've never used it but one...And the situation was an accident.... Heh. Anywaaaaaays.Lets get this going hmmm?" She pulled him in front of her." You'll want to be close for maximum flying distance." She giggled. She looked at him. "Good luck" she planted her feet and used her magical barrier. It pretty much sent Lao flying across the room.

[Ryuga]

"Hey! Wait a second!" paniced Lao, but by then it was too late. "This was a really bad ideeeeaaaaaaa..." he trailed off as he was sent flying.
Now that he was in the air though, there was no turning back. He rotated his body forward just in time to crash into the balcony ledge. "Ow."
He managed to grip the ledge, preventing his fall. Unfortunately, the Puppet Master was going to have none of that,emerging from his hiding place. Lao felt his fingers being crushed under the puppeteer's feet.
"Hah, a puppet like you has no right striking his master!" spat the puppeteer as he continued to stomp on Lao's hands. Luckily for Lao, the numbing potion kept the feeling of pain out his fingers, so he could continue to hold on. Still, Lao was in a compromised position, and he needed to get something to work if he wanted to escape. "Just let go already!" The puppet master shrieked, bringing his foot up for one more stomp.
"Just the opening I was looking for." Lao smirked as he used his arms to push himself up, leaping over the rail and landing a solid punch to the enemy's face.
"Aw, son of a..." cursed the pupeteer as he cluched his face. "You broke my nose!"
"Not my problem," shrugged Lao before he grabbed the Puppet Master and tossed him off the balcony to the ballroom below. Miraculously, the Puppet Master suffered relatively minor damage, though still suffering from the pain, evident as he slowly attempted to get back up. Lao smiled, dusting his hands at a job well done. "He's all yours guys!"

This post has been edited by Ryuga: Jan 25 2012, 10:29 PM

[Nicsp]

Siegfried was still recovering from having used his magic earlier, something which, as previously mentioned, he was not used to doing, at all, hence why he couldn't help by throwing Lao upwards as asked. By the time, the puppet master fell right in front of him, however, Siegfried had recovered his balance and energies more properly. He slowly walked over to the downed opponent as he tried to get up and proceeded to put his foot on his back and push him back to the ground, pinning him in this position. "So..." He questioned, turning to Lilian slightly. "What do we do with him? Not really a very honourable thing to do to kill a man in this position..." Siegfried would comment, his code of honor kicking in at a probably bad time.

He then reminded himself of the fact Lao was still up there, he turned to Lilian once more. "Keep him pinned for a bit? I'll go get our colleague up there."

[Sparrowsmith]

Julian fired another arrow, deciding that he'd done all he could do to kill the man, and that he would waste no more time. Who knows what he might miss if he spent the whole 24 hours killing the same person over and over. Some time during his attempts he'd stopped really thinking and just tried anything. He was sure whoever next entered the room would be unpleasantly surprised. Feeling only half satisfied, he wandered to another door, opened it, and stepped through.

He found nothing in the following room, but he could hear some of the people he'd arrived with nearby, and headed in the direction of the sound.

[Darkblade]

Edward rose to his feet, ready to continue on in hopes of finding his companions.
As he was about to head to the door, a voice was heard.
Echoing throughout the castle.
"All intruders, all Prisnors will be captured and executed. Surrender and hope to be spared, giving you a chance to put your wrong-doings right."
The ghost like voice could easily be heard through the whole castle.
"This... place is a prison? But.. the Demon Butcher, the undead guard!? What the hell?"

[Angelic-Fairy]

"Sure thing" She said taking out 4 arrows. She laced them with a paralyzing poison and stuck them in each hand and wrist. "Think this will do?" she said smiling.

Siegfried let out a loud gasp and flailed his hands in a bit of 'what are you doing?' pose before he sighed heavily. "I asked you to hold him down, not crucify him to the ground!"

She rolls her eyes. "You have to be more specific!At least now we know he's not going anywhere...

Siegfried double facepalmed, his gauntlets making a loud 'clang' as they hit against his helmet. "...Fine! Just hold him down there while I go get...Uh...What was his name again? Down from there?"


"Lao...And sure thing.But tell me, if you can't remember his name, can you remember mine?"

Siegfried sighed. "Is that really important, we might not even be alive by the end of the day." He'd say as he held his arms out for Lao to jump on him, he yelled out. "Jump! I'll catch you!"

"Yes it matters!" She said throwing a dull arrow at his armor. "God...I'd like you to know my name, so at least if you make it out, you can tell someone about me...Ya' know?"

Siegfried didn't even flinch when hit by the dull arrow, it simply ricocheted off his armor and fell to the ground, he rose a brow towards her explanation below the helmet, even though she couldn't see it. "That's...Pretty stupid, if you ask me. But all right, I suppose...Le'see...It started with an L...I think."

Her expression dropped. She looked disapointed. I dont know why... But i really wanted him to know my name.'

"It's Lillian.." she said quietly.

The armored man let out a short nod in response. "Fine then, Lilian, since you're making such a huge deal of it, i'll do my best to remember it...Say...Do you mind returning the favor then? If you make it out and I don't, tell them of how Siegfried Helge fought bravely until the very end."

"I wouldn't say it another way Siegfried." she said smiling.

This post has been edited by Angelic-Fairy: Jan 31 2012, 12:39 PM

[Ryuga]

Lao leaned on the railing, looking down over Siegfried and Lilian. He chuckled at the scene that unfolded.
"Well would you look at that. Bonding between comrads."
Doors to the ballroom creeked open as more people walked in. One man with a broadsword, who just missed the fight, and a pecular man with a crossbow. They didn't look like enemies, but decided to make it known.
"Looks like we have more company. They friends of yours?" he asked his comrads. He looked down to see Siegfriend still awkwardly holding out his hands. "Oh, sorry about that," he apologized before jumping down, hopefully into Siegfrieds arms.

[Sparrowsmith]

Julian addressed the fighters, observing the damage around them. His exasperation was obvious,
"Darn it all!" he proclaimed, "Seems I've missed quite the soirée in here." he tutted and shook his head as he approached, "If it's not any bother I think I'll I'd rather enjoy staying in your company for the foreseeable future. This place is far too-" he paused and sighed, rolling his eyes, letting the next few words ring out slowly in the settling dust "strange to confront alone." He stopped walking and smiled without the same enthusiasm he'd had upon entry, but still remarkably positive for the context.

[Knot]

Janus was too enchanted by her reflection to notice Westley walk off. She had never been reflected in so many places at once before. Surrounded by herself was pure bliss. She was broken out of her reverie, however, by the ghostly voice. While she did like new voices, this one seemed rather unplayful, no flare. Although, it did seem to have the right of it. There were a bunch of crazies running around that needed to be dealt with; it was about time that someone acted. Maybe if the voice did its job and cleared out some of the zombies it would be easier for her and the rest of the group to ransack this place blind. She nodded her head in silent approval.
Deciding it was about time to leave, she twirled around, thudding into mirrors, until she found a door. It was closed, but she had no idea where Westley went so she figured it was as good an exit as any. As she stepped into the wide chamber beyond, she realised she was back in the entry hall. Looking around, she noticed a man by one of the pillars. She scratched her head, trying to remember his name but drew a complete blank.
Seeing as he seemed just about ready to leave and not wanting to draw any unwanted attention from those scummy prisoners, she opted for the stealthy approach. Taking a cookie out of her bag, she through it at him. Her cookie throwing arm was as good as ever and it bonked him on the head, cookie guts flying everywhere. She was satisfied.