The Inner Circle - A Musoka Anzen Private Roleplay

[buny]

I didn't forget about you Nire.Tobias projected as Arcane muttered and pawed at the floor, running some caculations in her head. You will be coming along with us if you wish to. I can feel your desire... to see her as she once was.

"I'll do it" Arcane concludes, her eyes staring to sparkle a bit in the light, quite possibly from excitement. "But... Can Nire come with us?" Her voice almost pleading as she ankously paws the floor and flicks her tail about.

"He is allowed to but it is his choice in the end Arcane." Tobias repremanded, his voice stern.

[PhantomNight]

The way Arcane reacted almost called an immediate 'yes' from Nire, but at that instant he felt his conscience wavering. What then, after she is outside, could she become pure again? If not, then was there a point in him seeing her in her previous state? And what if she came back down here, he wasn't sure he could handle her leaving again. He weighed his choices, to see her for an instant out there then watch her being dragged back down or to leave this down to Tobias and break her heart.

But either way, I would have to leave her again.
In the end, she has to come back down here...
And I don't think I can stand seeing her being dragged down here again.
Either way, both of our hearts has already broken. I now do not wish for it to shatter

"I'm sorry Arc...not this time" he whispered, "I'll take my leave"

Then he was gone, straight into the shadows despite being a pure one. Nire left the two despite his heart begging to stay with her for just a little while longer.

You're too weak Nire, when have you become so soft?


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Note: Italics are his personal thoughts.

[buny]

Arcane stared wordlessly as Nire dissipated, something inside of her broken. His rejection to go with her... hurt so badly, but why?

She continued to stare into the dark long after he was gone, Tobias eventually leaving when his attempts to converse with her were futile. He had left. Nire, her Nire had told her that he wouldn't be going with her to see the sky. Eventually her legs gave out, and she collapsed to the floor with a very loud thud that caused hisses and wails of discontent from her fellow imprisoned tainted.

The darkness within her swirled and smirked cruelly, before taking over the body of her cell neighbor to taunt her I had told you Arcane. He doesn't want to be with you now... Now that you're different. It sneered, clicking it's jaws together with a dark chuckle. Arcane hardly registered the words of the dark-possessed tainted. She was too distraught, too weak, too much. The darkness left it's host, continuing to chuckle before it enveloped her mind. Arcane put up no struggle, and let the darkness take control.

Acid green eyes glowed once more in the darkness, and poison again dripped out onto the floor from between teeth as the tainted female smirked.



Tobias had given up on trying to communicate with Arcane after Nire had left. She had seemed broken, and internally he worried for his former charge. She was barely holding off the darkness already, and this incident probably made her loose grip on that last little bit of what was left of her past. He sighed as he returned to his room, opting to phase through the walls of the building to go directly to his room and not mess with the other musoka. He had had enough of others for one day.

With a gentle mutter and flick of his tail, the flaming orbs keeping his chemicals in the lab warmed dimmed and reduced in size until they were about the size of a cherrystone, in order to preserve his magical energy and keep his room from burning. Tobias padded over to his desk and removed his jacket, shirt and mask with magic, taking extra care while detaching the mask cord. Climbing up into his huge chair, he curled up into a tight orb on the seat and gently rolled his necklace orb under his paw. Slowly but surely, his internal systems went into a hibernation mode, and Tobias fell into what could be called sleep... for a clockwork being.

[Sathalina]

Hyosuke sighed as he rolled over in his make-shift bed made of dry banana leaves and yarn stolen from a elder Musoka a few doors down from him. His life wasn't going the way he wanted it to but he did not complain, rolling back over to stare at the small collection of bolts he had in a cardboard box; Hyosuke couldn't help but brainstorm the instant he locked eyes with the wrench. Standing up as he walked over towards the cardboard box and plopping down with a small thud, he happily grab the wrench with his teeth and tugged on some of the loose screws to tighten them up. A few moments went past with sounds of metal hitting metal and the tightening of a wrench, Hyosuke backed away from the small robot-like creation with glee in his eyes.

The robot came alive with a few beeping noises as the lights in his eyes turned on to be a bright yellow, Hyosuke danced around before laying down with his tail wagging and smiling towards the small moving pile of screws and bolts in front of him. The robot took a few steps forward before the sound of gears getting caught up on each other made the robot defunction and catch on fire. Alarm rushed over Hyosuke's mind as he quickly sprung from the floor and rushed off to grab his bucket and water. Dousing the robot in water, small sparks fly off bits and pieces of the robot that was unaffected by the fire. Hyosuke sighed a bit depressed at the sight of his small creation in ruins, shaking off the sorrow he quietly picked up the broken pieces and stashed them in the cardboard box; hoping he did not wake anyone up that was slumbering in the hotel.

[PhantomNight]

Shadows. Shadows were engulfing him. His orb dimmed. Nire was running, as usual he was running. Images blurred past his side, but he didn't care. Then he froze, he could not longer run away. He saw Arcane in her purity, laughing as they trained together to fight nightmares. It had always been so simple for him to destroy them, as long as they were in the dreams of others.

Then she was gone. A mission gone wrong or something, he was not allowed to know the details. But he was the one tasked with bringing her back. Perhaps the council thought he could fight off her nightmares, but that too went wrong. He wondered if she remembered how she thrashed so violently and threatened to kill him with everything he did.

The next he heard of her, she was back in their world, as a prisoner, as one of the tainted.

The shadows grew thicker, he saw Noir. He remembered her as a tainted, where every step she took sent shadows spiraling. She was strong, her power was tremendous. Of course, it was as to be expected of a musoka born on halloween, the night where nightmares grew strongest. She approached with a sadistic grin, and merely being in her presence sent him collapsed onto the floor with exhaustion.

But Noir is no longer tainted. He knew that.

She disappeared with a flick of his tail, his orbs grew brighter.

But not for long as Arcane returned. Even in his dreams he could see those green eyes that flared with evil intent, and poison that dripped from her lips. She was coming for him, she had always come to him. Darkness enveloped his entire existance, his mind, his body. An orb snapped lose, he reached to grab it, but it rolled into the shadows. Another began to vibrate as if about to break, and he could feel it, the nightmares.

"Come to us...be what you were always meant to be.
Become a n i g h t m a r e"

Then all at once the shadows disappeared with a loud bang and a few rusty squeaks. His eyes flickered open and he stood up aggressively, turning and tripping over his own scarf. Sweat streamed down his strong muscles as he laid back down onto the floor panting.

Another nightmare. But then he froze, something was missing from him. He saw shadows darting in through his eyes.
He looked down. He almost cried out in terror, one of his orbs had dimmed completely. It no longer shone. Taking a closer look, it had a long shatter line down its side. The nightmares got to him this time. If there was no explosion nearby, he would truly have become tainted. Slowly, he stood up and walked out. A nightmare was nearby, and it was too close and it felt too similar. He wondered if it was the one living in Arcane, he knew it would get stronger as she got weaker, and he knew that his actions earlier would have made her so weak.

What am I doing? Why is it that every time I sleep I wake up feeling more tired than before?

He stumbled through the cheap hotel and paused at a room where its inhibitant has ceased to sleep, and smoke coming out of the room. He could not afford to be seen in this state. Despite knowing the Keeper was probably in his worse mood, he had to make it to the lab. He slowly crept pass, hoping that the musoka inside wouldn't see him. He ignored the fact that the musoka inside seemed so utterly depressed despite looking like a macaw bird and you would think he was a happy thing.

[Sathalina]

Hyosuke lifted his head up at the last moment to see the shadow of another musoka pass by his door, bit confused by the fact he thought he shut his door. Shrugging it off as he bent down to push the box of broken gadgets and burnt nuts towards the door, The least I can do is clean up my mess. Stopping in front of the hallway to look around, "Could have sworn I saw someone." Hyosuke spoke softly before bending down once more and pushing the box with his muzzle down the hallway.

[PhantomNight]

Nire picked up his speed as soon as he left the hotel. Most others were asleep by now, and he could hide his orb slightly beneath his scarf. His soft paws were light on the familiar streets as he took the path he had known too well to fear.

Arcane a thought ran past his ears. Silent as if it was the touch of a stray wind. Then he rounded the corner to the Keeper's room. He used to ignore it, waiting until the keeper was in his lab to speak. But there was no time. Not today. Not now when something stirred inside their dungeons. He did not waste time to knock, perhaps that would be the cause of his death someday, but his heart was beating too fast for him to think properly.

"Tobias" he shouted as he banged his head into the door to the keeper's room, hoping to wake him up.

[buny]

//Sorry for responding so late guys! School got in the way ugh.

Tobias stirred sleepily at the thumping, and covered his muzzle with a paw. Groaning, he realized that the spell concealing his clockwork had faded while he had slept and with a curse, he wove his illusion back in place. He ignore th muffled yell for a moment as he slid his mask back on and clipped the chordy-thingy into his back with a touch of magic. Slightly less unkempt but still tired and grumpy he plodded over to the thick wood door and propped his front paws up on the handle awkwardly, applying just enough pressure to slide the bolt and pull the door open slightly.
Even while tired, not much could escape his gaze, and the Keeper noticed the dimmed orb right away.
Come inside Nire. He projected, dropping to the floor and shoving the door back into his room further for Nire to enter. I would talk to you with my real voice, but I don't trust it this early in the morning.



Nightmare Arcane paced her cell, pausing occasionally to knaw on the bars, letting her poison acid work away at the metal slowly. She had sent a nightmare up to...who was it again? Oh right, Nire. And man was she proud of that dream! It sure was a doozy! And there was another one... Hasu or something like that... that had picked up on the frayed edges of the nightmare and had one himself! All these nightmares, causing so many problems! Thinking about her evil exploits made Nightmare Arcane happy in her cruel, twisted way and she danced in place very quietly before getting distracted by the routinely passing guard.
Bouncing over to her cell bars, she taunted the guard like always and made horrific faces at him, her features warped by the effects of dark magic and some funky brain stuff that the darkness told her to ignore.

[PhantomNight]

Nire silently stepped into the room, ignoring the temptation to look around the luxurious private area not many of them were allowed to have. Then a knee gave way and he dropped to the floor, exhaustion catching up to him. He hoped it went unseen by the keeper as he stood up, but that was unlikely.
"I...I had a nightmare, like usual. But this time, I couldn't run from it" Nire whispered softly, avoiding all eye contact. He didn't know what to feel at this time; fear of the strong or guilt for being weak?
"It has taken my orb"

[buny]

Nire's exhasution didn't go unnoticed by the Keeper, as he gently gestured the tired Musoka towards his recently vacated chair.
Sit down Nire. I'm going to give you a new orb for now, until I figure out how to restore your original orbs light. Wait here for a moment.
Tobias turned away and padded over to one of the walls, uttering a quick spell that revealed the drawers set into the walls. He pulled one open with his paw and looked over the countless orbs that lay on velvet within. A creak from one of his clockwork joints reminded him that he'd probably have to visit one of the engineers soon for a tune-up. Shaking the random thought away,Tobias quickly selected one that was close to Nire's color and brought it over to the distressed musoka, placing it nearby on the desk.
You can put that orb on whenever you'd like. It'll automatically tie on if you get close enough and the other will fall off. Now what exactly happened Nire?