New Avalon

[yamikuronue]

~You're an inhuman hunk of crystal, don't pretend you understand my motivations.~ She creeps toward the sound, chewing her lip.

[CalamityJade]

~I don't. Why do you think I'm asking? Besides, pretty sure I WAS human...or at least looked like you do.~ As the sound gets louder, so too does the feeling of dread. There was definitely something here, and it may or may not know that T was there. As she rounded around a derelict machine, she spied a somewhat there figure scraping away at something. The light seemed to have a similar effect as to the ghost boy, so this was probably it. Didn't look all that scary, though it was muttering. "W͕̺̯̟̩͕͡ͅe͈͓̮̯͇̦͝'҉̲̪̝̭̻̻r̜̦̥̗͢è͕ a̲̩̩͖̱̳ͅl̼̳̘l̨͖̼̞͈̲ ̲͔͓́ć̱̹̫̦̮̟ó̖͚͇̼g̴̘͍̘͓ͅs̨ ͚̫̩̬̜̙í̫̟̺̞n̥̜̮͚͇͚̫͠ ̷t̫͉͈̗̠h̬͔e̢͍̳̥ ̧̯̝͓̬̣̭̦m̰͍̱͉͙̜͠a͇͓̞͇̰̜c̢h̝̳ḭ̠̯̙̮͎̺n̴e̡͇.̝͖̻ ̳̭̪̕O̩̟̞̖̠͉n̤̤̬̥̼̖̭͢l̜̪͇͇̕y̦͔͍͇̘̼ ̶̰̪t̸̥he̤͎n͕͚̟̮̲͔̻͠ ̺c̘͍͖̬͖͈̞a̧͚̻̟̮ń̤̮̫̰̞̙ ͔͍̬̪͈w̳̯͔̰̲̯͚e ̰͓͖̜͍̣̺b̯͖̫e̶c͎̹͕̺̝̹o̧͚mẹ̩̰̮̦̠̜ ̟̣̤̭̭̮̹͟w̻̙͈ḫ͓͚ò̬͚̬͎̰̲̞ļ̲é" ~Gah! What the holy fuck ?!~

[yamikuronue]

T does what she's always done when something scares her -- shove it away and rush the attack, trying to get her knife someplace soft and vital.

[CalamityJade]

As she charged, the...thing turned. If it was once a man, it was no longer. Bits of the face looked to have rotted off and were replaced with turning gears that seemed to grind against the bones of his jaw. It's arms wore scraping, the fingers being worn down to bones that where forced through the center of several cogs like a spoke. The turned and ground at the flesh left, bit s flying off, but not losing any mass overall. The uniform that it wore looked like something a factory worker would wear, but it was covered in blood and had several patches sown into it. Each patch seemed to catch the light differently and had a different name on it. It let out a hellations scream as it was stabbed near the exposed flesh of it's arms, wich hit something. However the creature didn't keel over and die, trying to grab T with it's grinding fingers.

[yamikuronue]

~holyfuck I'm going to die what the fuck is that thing holy fuck~ runs T's thoughts, pretty much entirely out of control as she stabs almost blindly at the thing's head and upper torso.

[CalamityJade]

~Fuck...um...uhhhh!~ The light from the crystal suddenly becomes almost blinding and T's knife finds purchase on something that makes the creature suddenly recoil back in horror. ~Fuck...did..did that do something?!~ The air around T feels almost heavy and she can feel a slight tingling. There was now an actual wound on the creatures upper torso around the area where the heart was that was...leaking something. It glowed a neon blue and flowed out viciously as it glared at her. "Ń̖̠o͇ ̞͔̣͖̲̫̹m̵̩̘͓̰ͅơ̝̹̻̝̳r̻̞͈͜e̫̝̟͖̘ ̸W͈̠̳͚̙͟r͉͓e͇͓̖̮̟̱ǹ̳͔̦͎͙ͅc̢̳̺h̻͈̖̥̝͡e̙͖ş͕̪̝̟!̳̝̥̝͟ ͉̮͓̼M̩ͅu̶̘st̲̠̞͙ͅ ҉̤̝Ṭ͙͚̻͚̻u̬̗͎r̡͔͔̻͈̳̠n͉̮͚͡ ̝͘f͏r̸̞̝̤̦̩̫͇e̦͎͇̫͠ͅͅͅe̼̮̲̕l̼y͎̲!̲͔͍̹̝͓ ̴̜̘̭̗C͉aͅn̯͢'̼̠̘̹̬̪̖t͇ ̝̱s̖̪͓͙̣̖̟͢t̜̯o̱ṕ̩̘̼͎̣̰̯c̤̩̺̣̳̹͢a͏̞͍̙̼̺͔̱n̘͘t̝̰̟͔̣̱̝͜s͟t̤o̬̻̟̭̥̙p̶̪̮͖̖c͢a̘ͅn̤͔̘̯͝t̲̥̥s̬̩̺̖͕̹͈ț̪o̭͚̣̠̼̩p̵̰̗̜͖C͡Ạ̵̪͓̖͉͍N͙̰̱T̴ST̻̳͉̳̝̟̟O̹̺͈P̸̝͍!̨̹̰͕"

[yamikuronue]

~YES DO THAT MORE~

T tries to get a grip on her pounding heart, aiming her strikes better. Stupid tiny-ass knife!

[CalamityJade]

The creature seems much more solid and the light around T continues to feel thick. There's almost an electric hum in the air as she strikes again. The creature recoils once more, the thick liquid starting to splatter about. Suddenly, it leaps backwards and picks up some heavy machine wheel before charging at her, screeching. As it closes in, there's a sharp crackling sound as the wheel is stopped several feet in mid air, the edge hissing as it seemed to be pressed against something hot. ~GAH! S...shit, alright....I think I know what we can do! I....it's like seeing something you remember, yeah?~

[yamikuronue]

~Sure, whatever!~ T has no idea what the crystal is on about, but she's going to continue trying to stab the thing to death.

[CalamityJade]

~I'm going to try something else.~ The light seems to shutter and dim...but the liquid the creature had been bleeding starts to glow as well...glow and move? Suddenly it shoots towards T's knife. As they get closer the liquid seems to dissolve into motes of light and gather around her hand. There was another bright flash and the knife seems to have become about three inches longer and now glowed with the same blue light as the crystal. There was some odd floating symbol in the center of the blade and it seemed to hum lightly. If she looked closely, it actually seemed like the light had surrounded her knife rather than transforming it. ~Right....what did that do~ Weird...the knife now seemed to pulse the same way the crystal did.

[yamikuronue]

~....I don't know how to use a shortsword....~ thinks T, doubtfully. Then again, how hard could it be? She slips back a little to compensate for the increased range and stabs upward at the creature's face again.

[CalamityJade]

The gears in it's face seem to catch on the blade and snarl, which get's a scream for the creature. "N̛̝̞̱̳̳̦͇o͉̫͇͉̭!̲ ̹͖̝͈̜̼͟ͅC̶a̧̹͔̠͈̝̠͚n̷̻'̤t̠̼̫̕ ҉̹s͈͕̠͇͔͟t͉̗͟ơ̙̣̘̘̬̬͚p̗̼̼̦̥͡ͅ..͏̲̜̲.̝͔͎̩͎ͅ.̴͖̯M҉̭u̴͉̳̥̟s̞̩͚͡t̫̣͝ ̙̺͓͔̰̬͙bui̘͍ḽ͖̖́d̻̻ͅ.̪͓̝͡ͅ.͍̜͓̳̱̭̙͟.͉͇̙̗̮̜.̸C̢̺̼͔̖̖i̯̬̦̯̫t̼̦̝͈̫̳͓y͕̙̟͚̞.͍͜.̳̞̭̟̼͍̗.̞̯͇̝͎̫.͉̗̯̘͔̬M̻̘u̧͔̬͓̝st͜.̵͔̮̤̗͙̰̝.̲̙͙̻̱̣͈.̭̮͕͔͉..̣̜̕W͈̟e͙̘̱l̻͖͇̜̯c͇̥̲̦͍̭o̳̹̠̫m͚̠̣͈̥ͅe̢̩̫.̮̩͔̱̰̼.̙̯͡.̢͖͔͖͉̮.̮̜͍ Must...be....welcomed...."

The creatures twitches and groans continue to grow slower as she can hear the gears grinding to a halt.

[yamikuronue]

~Welcomed... Holy shit, I hope I didn't just accidentally kill Fate or some crap~ she thinks to herself, going for the throat.

[CalamityJade]

~I don't think so...it felt...~ The blade bites into it's flesh and the creature starts to sag. The light hum in the air gets louder as sparks start to crackle around the creature and the blade. The light from the blade intensifies and seems to seep into the creature. The patches on the uniform start to peel and crack as light continues to escape from the creature. "Must...be...welcomed...can't....leave........" And with a mighty click the gears stop. The face seems to sag and dissolve and the metal bits rapidly rust and crumble. The room seems to lighten as the darkness seems to recede and give way to the light. At the point of her blade was the fallen, ghostly form of a man. Unlike the ghosts she'd seen up to now there were no horrific scars and he looked more...human. The form seemed to slowly dissolve. ~I...think that worked.~The knife's glow started to recede and flow into the crystal, which crackled with energy. ~Woah...that..felt weird~

[yamikuronue]

T rests against the wall, panting. ~Lesson one: fate is a bitch. Don't assume just because something is horrific it's not fate.~

That said... she feels pretty damn good about herself. She clearly rescued this guy's soul from some sort of horrific hell torment where he...

~Oh my god. Nobody leaves the city, right? What are the odds that that's true even if you're dead?~