A Tale of Two Masters [Castlevania crew]

[notquitedracula]

Who: Castlevania crew (Dracula, Lisa, Alucard, Remilia, Flandre, Patchy, Sakuya, Soma)
What: Plot conclusion for the Rain of Blood event
When: Backdated very slightly to August 9 (5 days after the initial rain)
Where: Castlevania subarch, possibly spilling into Everglade
Why: Because Dracula is a dick.
Warnings: Language, violence, possible gore, cuddles. ...okay that last one might be a lie.

[There is an area in Castlevania where only its master may go. It's sealed off by a door of black smoke through which not even the most powerful of magics may penetrate, and it leads into the realm of Chaos. A place where monsters orders of magnitude stronger than anything else in the castle roam, and where the spirit of chaos itself resides, whispering its secrets and lies to those it deems worthy of attention.]

[It's been several weeks since Lisa Tepes' arrival set it to whispering in Vlad's ear. During that time, Vlad called down a rain of blood on Everglade, and with it the beginnings of a repeat of Targoviste. Thanks to the guardian of Everglade and her allies, there haven't been any deaths - not yet, at least - but this is just the calm before the storm. The time for talk has passed.]

[The plan, such as it is, is simple: Remilia and Alucard will distract Dracula and defend Lisa while Soma, with the assistance of one of Alucard's familiars, enters the realm of chaos and silences the spirit. Which task is the more dangerous? Who can truly say?]

Comments

[prismaticdestruction]

The four little vampires knew better then to just stand and watch, shuffling about to try and hide the true one and getting closer to Remilia and Sakuya. If anything- she was ready to dart off into four directions, even maybe using her clones to try and take some damage if needed.

She's slightly shaking out of nervousness. This was a lot more that what she expected.

[what_is_a_man]

The spell was among the most powerful in Dracula's arsenal. A ball of energy that would explode upon making contact with anything. It was aimed more at the wall behind the girls, however. The intent being to force them forward as Dracula advanced, putting all of them within range of the hands and demonic heads.

[scarlet_devil]

Remilia acts quickly, taking the form of intangible mist to better avoid it before reforming... and resummoning her spear, before she begins launching spells of her own through it.

Have fun with all the lasers, Dracula.

Apologies for the delay

[sakuya_izayoi]

Sakuya reacted just as fast. She darted to one side, time stopping as she gathered Flandre and her clones in her arms, speeding to the other side of the room, flickering only twice during that trip so Flandre would get some sense of motion before depositing her as far away as possible on that side.

Not for her protection. But so she would have a moment to re-orient herself after being moved.

Sakuya's barrage resumed full force. She was aiming for his eyes now. Or his throat. Anywhere that looked softer.

[prismaticdestruction]

The shuffle had been a ruse to get the real one behind the clones, preparing for what was coming. She still couldn't figure out how to go into mist so dealing with it somewhat spread out would have to do...or would have. She squeaks in surprise, but doesn't fight as she's gathered up and moved.

Once she's been put down, there is a moment of figure out where she was and what was going on before the clones dart away from her a bit. Once in position, her own orbs start flying once more. No need to charge straight in for her yet...

[what_is_a_man]

The demon heads on the front of the beastly form snapped at the clones as they darted away from Flandre, but the battle was very apparently shifting away from Dracula's favor. The massive hands did a decent job of blocking most of the normal projectiles, however Remilia's lasers did something fairly noteworthy. They seemed to pass through what appeared to be Dracula's normal body as if it wasn't there. In fact, all the attacks that made it that far did the same, it just was more noticeable with the lasers.

However, using that information would have to wait as several fire pillars erupted from the ground around the girls as the hands came together and summoned multiple orbs of molten lava that traveled outward in a circular pattern, weaving between the pillars of flame.

[scarlet_devil]

That she'll wonder about in a moment, because for now she is forced to dodge his attacks before she can try hitting him somewhere else.

Well, if she can at least distract him...

[sakuya_izayoi]

Remilia and Flandre both would find themselves tugged while they were dodging. Sakuya was ever-present, ensuring that neither of the sisters were hit by the flames. She, herself maintained a presence where Dracula would assume she was. Physically and visibly, though she did seem to flicker in and out a little.

She weaved easily around the fire pillars, trying to hide the sweat on her brow as she sent a larger knife straight at Dracula's eye the moment there was an opening, several more loosed at different areas of his body. She was determined to find where he was vulnerable and her time-bending made it easier to get those shots through than Remilia or Flandre.

[prismaticdestruction]

Every bit of help getting out of the way was appreciated as Flandre would have had many close calls. Trying to focus on everything and her clones were showing the reasons that this wasn't the best idea for her to use. The clones quickly start heading towards the original- ducking and dodging as the could.

As this is going on, Flandre had noticed the lasers doing more then bullets had been. She frowns as she dodges about, still trying to get close the the clones to re-absorb them so she could try once more to throw a more effective idea into the frey.