The End is the Beginning

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((Confused? You will be

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Okay, so maybe I'm not that mean . Basically this story is going to follow several characters in a 'broken' way, in a different style to what I'd normally use.

You're welcome to join in if you wish, just so long as it doesn't stray too far from the main purpose, getting DM/Blues personalities back together.

Oh, and it starts in the middle

EDIT: Changed the posts so they're easier to read but still come in 'blocks'))

Tala:

"DM! Blue! Say something... do something... anything..." Talas pained cries rent the otherwise pleasant day, as the werewolf leant over her dying friend. She might be a member of the Flock, but she hadn't taken part in any of the killing when Father Mac had lost it and she'd even started to get better recently. Now she had to watch her draconic friend die.

Blue:

Blue stared up at the sky blankly, well, she would have been if Talas concerned face wasn't in the way. Everything hurt, but it was okay, the pain was receding. Maybe Harpy and Lykaios hadn't done so much damage to her, and Tala was just being silly.
Blues vision swam as sound began to fade as well as feeling. But at least the pretty sky was back.

Harpy:

Harpy rode the air currents in her eagle form, she felt elated. Her hate-love-hate relationship with Blue had finally ended, with the avian mutant coming out on top. Not even that mangy wolf could stop her getting what she wanted, to cause the draconic mutant to suffer, Her only regret was that she couldn't watch her ex-best friend breathe her last as Tala had gotten to her first.
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Earlier that day (the true start )

Lykaios:

Lykaios had been walking through the trees of the Wilds by himself as per normal for the Wanderer. He-well, it-liked it here despite the abundance of hated gods watching and entering the place. It would be much more bearable for him if their stench wasn't on everything.

Blue:

Blue a.k.a. DM had been sitting on the large branch of one of the Wilds many trees. She wasn't observing for Father Mac as the enigmatic priest had mysteriously vanished, leaving only her and a handful of gargoyles, many of them her friends, alone at the Sanctuary. The mutant had come here simply because she found forests soothing.

Sallah:

Sallah perched on one of the smaller tree branches, the small golden fire-lizard kept watchful blue, jewel-like eyes on her environment every so often as she cleaned herself. Sallah considered the silver reptilian and wolfish human to be good friends, but she needed a break from staying on the silver ones shoulder in a forest of concrete. So instead, she had gone between to her favourite spot in a real forest.

Tala:

"You're drunk" Tala told her sivak friend as she watched the armoured draconian stumble off the barstool onto the floor, amazingly managing to stay upright despite her wobbling about "you've been spiking the drinks with Dragonsfire again, haven't you?"

Syllak:

"I am shhho not zzhat drrrunnk" Syllak slurred, glaring at her werewolf friend with red eyes, the mark of evil the goddess Takhisis had left on her kind. Syllaks powerful legs were barely able to hold her up, sapped of their strength as they were.

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Lykaios:

Lykaios sensitive nose caught a familiar scent on the breeze, the white wolf was finding the skills he'd learnt during his stay in the realm reserved for wolves were pretty useful. The immortal 'Underling' grinned as only one with a lupine snout could as he began stalking his prey.

Blue:

Blues scaly black tail moved slightly in the breeze as her yellow eyes took in the scenery. Maybe if she waited a little longer the others would come back, but then again maybe they wouldn't. The draconic mutant was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she hardly noticed something white gently wrap itself around her wrist.

Sallah:

Sallah, being what she was had a unique gift. Being empathic allowed her to 'feel' what the creatures around her were feeling: contentment and hunger were the main ones right now, which were the ones to be expected in any forest. But then surprise mixed with fear, panic and contempt burst through Sallahs own content.

Tala:

"Yes you are" Tala told Syllak a second time, pointedly sniffing the air "and you have. I can smell it on your breath. Gods damn it Syllak, did our leaving the Guardians really hit you so hard?" Whilst Tala had left voluntarily, Syllak had seemed less than keen on it.

Syllak:

Syllak snorted so hard at the currently human werewolf that the visor of her helmet slammed down on top of her head hard enough to send her already unstable world spinning violently out of control. It wasn't until it had settled down considerably that the draconian realised she was lying on the floor.

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Lykaios:
Lykaios growled at the mutant just after his ethereal glow had wrapped and solidified itself around her wrist, making sure she wasn't able to escape this time. But why, why did they always have to struggle and make it harder for both of them? It wasn't like what he was going to do would hurt them, it was closer to falling asleep, as the energy they carry is sapped away.

Blue:

The draconic mutant had been quite happily perched in one of the trees, lost in thoughts, when suddenly the tightening of whatever it was she thought had crawled onto her wrist brought her attention back to the present. Now she was doing everything she possibly could to free herself, but nothing was working. Illusions dissipated instantly when they came in contact with the familiar ethereal glow surrounding the one calling himself Lykaios.

Sallah:

The golden fire lizard had abandoned her perch in order to search for the source of the horrible feelings she could sense. It turned out not to be too hard as who or whatever it was started making loud protests, helping to guide Sallah as well as adding more urgency, as the queen realised she knew who the voice belonged to.

Tala:

Tala rolled her yellow tinted brown eyes after watching Syllak manage to knock herself out with nothing more than a snort, causing the more sober patrons-fellow residents of Dojopolis-to stare in their general direction. "Come on, get up" Tala said as she reached down and hauled her friend up with her own inhuman strength, careful not to touch the draconians scales beneath the armour "time for you to go home"

Syllak:

The sivak grunted unintentionally after being hauled unceremoniously back to her feet, not appreciating the fact that the world around her had suddenly jolted violently again. The draconian then tried and failed spectacularly at trying to get the werewolf to let go of her shoulder without touching her skin. In her currently inebriated state however, accidents were a guarantee, so the smell of burning flesh and hair soon filled the bar.

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Lykaios:

The white wolfs growls had continued as Blue struggled to get free, even yelled at him in what he was sure was desperation. He paused in order to say to the draconic mutant calmly "I'm not letting you go this time". The mutant was held captive by both wrists now, and engulfed in Lykaios ethereal glow as her own, previously invisible yellow energy flowed from her into the immortals body.

Blue:

Blues struggles slowly began to lose their urgency, not because she'd given up but because she was growing tired due to Lykaios leeching her energy. Held in place and losing energy so fast she was losing the will to move, the draconic mutant got a good view of a large, golden feathered blur as it hit the wolf at speed before landing on the opposite side of it. Blue felt a chill shoot down her spine as the thing changed shape to become more human, realising that she was in the worst possible company with not only Lykaios but "Harpy"

Harpy:

The avian mutant turned around after having knocked the white wolf over, not noticing or not caring her talons had just caused a long gash to appear on the immortals side. Harpy's bright green eyes fixed themselves on the only person that she'd known all her life as an unnerving but pretty smile crossed her features. "Long time no see" she said "old friend"

Sallah:

The golden fire-lizard finally came into view of the trio, her multi-faceted eyes swirling agitated amber. Sallah chirped in alarm as her body took in and processed the sight that greeted her along with the feelings accompanying it, all three she knew to some extent. One of them was in big trouble and had once been her friend, so the fire-lizard promptly lifted off the branch and disappeared between

Tala:

The werewolf had yelped in pain in an obviously lupine voice when Syllaks silver scaled hand touched her unprotected wrist, causing a painful burn to welt up where the organic metal had touched her and Tala to abruptly let go of the draconian. "You know what, stay here and wallow" the werewolf ranted "you obviously don't want any help anyway"

Syllak:

The draconian stumbled backwards after Tala had released her, hands scrabbled for support on a nearby table as the world span violently yet again. Shortly after the sivak opened her snout to retort back at her humanoid friend a small, golden dragon like creature appeared out of nothingness and began projecting disturbing images into her alcohol addled head.

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Lykaios:

"Annoying little brat" the white wolf snarled at Harpy after getting back on to all fours. There were several bloodied gashes along his side, the fluid staining his normally immaculate white fur red. "I oughtta pluck out all your pretty feathers for that!"

Blue:

"We're... not... friends" Blue gasped in reply to Harpy, she was barely able to support herself by now. The draconic mutant collapsed as the white wolf finally released her wrists, not knowing whether it was because of Harpy's interruption or because of something else. All she knew was that if she hadn't caught the trunk with her claws, she'd have ended up broken on the floor. She didn't even have enough energy to want to run or hide, simply sat on the branch and watched.

Harpy:

"Of course not" Harpy replied to Blue before looking at Lykaios with those overlarge green eyes and a self assured smile upon her face. "Go ahead" she told the immortal confidently "and try. But you're not getting Blue, her life is mine"

Sallah:

The queens eyes swirl amber with far more urgency, and red tinges begin to show. The silver draconian must have been drunk because it was difficult to send her the images and she appeared to be trying to ward them off with her arms. The disgruntled fire-lizard instead turned her attentions upon the werewolf.

Tala:

Tala stared at the drunk draconian with her brown, yellow tinted eyes disapprovingly. These same eyes widened with alarm as they clearly recieved the worrying images and equally disturbing feelings. "Syllak, I'm ashamed of you" Tala berated her friend "she needs help, and you just try and make the information go away?"

Syllak:

"Just leave her there" Syllak snorted, briefly getting her speech back "Ssszzzzssszzssszshhhzsheheeeeee deszszszserererrrrvezzzs iiiiiiiit" Maybe not. The sivak had never quite forgiven her for supporting the Flock even if she hadn't done anything. It was dishonourable for her to have even done that in Syllaks opinion.

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Lykaios:

Lykaios stared down his nose at Harpy, what was she playing at? They'd briefly encountered each other before and there was no way her abilities could compare with his. Lykaios sniffed the air as a suspicion began to form in his mind, sure enough there were others here with similar scents to the avian mutant in front of him. And a couple others that could benefit him, but first he had to test something out...

Blue:

Hanging onto the trunk with her claws and breathing heavily, all the draconic mutant could do was watch as the two creatures that wanted to kill her had a stand off. She got a good view of the white substance surrounding the wolf as it began to rush at Harpy... then abruptly stopped. 'What's going on?' she thought tiredly.

Harpy:

The golden mutants disarmingly pretty smile increased as Lykaios attack was stopped in midair by an apparently unknown force. ~Don't hurt mother!~ a young childs voice rang through both hers and the white wolfs minds. "See" she said, showing arrogance now "I have help, and I'm not leaving until you do"

Sallah:

The fire-lizard had to dodge a swipe of the Draconians arms as she almost fell over a second time, the eyes beginning to show ever more red as she flew higher in order to perch upon one of the rafters. After showing the werewolf where to go she simply stared at the sivak angrily.

Tala:

The werewolf shook her head at the draconian disappointedly. "You'd condemn her to death? That's not like you at all" she said "I'm going to try and help, you can stay here... and stop drinking". Tala began to walk out of the bar, but she turned her head at the last minute to regard the fire-lizard. "Sallah" she called up "Keep an eye one her for me, will you?"

Syllak:

"Yeah, yeah" the sivak slurred, waving absentmindedly at her retreating friends back "whhhhhaaaaaoooooottttteeeeevvvvveeeerrrr jjjjyyyyuuuu szszszsszszaaaaay"

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Lykaios:

The white wolf grinned at Harpy in his lupine manner as he brought the ethereal substance away from Harpy and back towards him, so he'd been right. Now if he could time his next moves perfectly then pieces he hadn't expected the aid of would soon come into play. "She's all yours" Lykaios told the avian mutant as he started to trot away "I've got better things to do anyway"

Blue:

Blue would have scratched her head, had she the strength left to lift a single arm the short distance to it as she watched the creature just give her up and walk off. Now that she came to think of such horrible things, if she were going to die today she'd prefer Lykaios over Harpy. Blue didn't say a word, just watched with clear confusion in her yellow, slitted eyes.

Harpy:

Harpy blinked uncomprehendingly at the wolfs retreating back as he started to gain speed away from them. The avian mutant had been expecting something other than that from the immortal, Lykaios was almost as mean as she was. Yet he was running away? No matter, all the better for her. Now she had Blue all to herself, well, she would once her second youngest offspring told the others she wanted them to leave.

Tala:

The werewolf ran at full speed out of the city, morphing into her Wolf form as she did so and paying no mind to anyone else. This was Dojopolis after all, not many people here would think a woman rapidly changing from biped to furry quadruped was strange. The fact that she was running as though a bat from hell was right behind her would cause far more of a stir.

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Lykaios:

The white wolf had begun a full on loping sprint once he was sure he was out of Harpy's eyeshot, a task that would have been made far more difficult if trees weren't everywhere here. He had to get to one of the others quickly or his on the spot plan would fail, as his original one had been interrupted. The Underling laid his ears flat back against his head as a loud scream of pain hit them, he didn't have much time.

Blue:

The draconic mutant lay upon the ground now, facing the eerily calm sky and branches of the tree she had just been in. The first thing that Harpy had done was knock her off her perch, causing one of her wings to break upon impact and the scream. Even so, Blue struggled to get up, because giving the avian mutant this kind of satisfaction was out of the question.

Harpy:

The avian mutant gloated as she watched Blue struggling to get up, she was going to take this slow for two reasons. The first was that she did not want her offspring, especially Paola who'd protected her earlier, to see this so she wanted to make sure they got far away from here. The second was that she simply wanted Blue to suffer.

Tala:

The werewolf had literally streaked out of the city and so was a fair way into the Wilds when several smells assaulted her sensitive nose, though even their oddness could not stop her. She could make out three creatures she didn't recognise moving away from the site she was aiming for, Lykaios and Harpy, but there were three Blues. Three? Tala hadn't thought DM could do smell illusions... But if so, then who was the real one in danger? The werewolf did not take much time to think this one over, she decided to rely on Sallahs input and headed for the area that Blue and Harpy now occupied.

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((By kind permission of Swix, I have been allowed to join this roleplay. Thanks Swix ))

Drakthos had been sat at a table in the bar where Syllak had been drinking, not too far from where the incident had taken place. His reasons for being there apparently unknown to everyone. The look he gave to anyone who tried to sit at the table with him told them quickly that he wasn't even going to tell them to get lost, just something in his eyes made them back of quickly. Seeing the draconians friend get up and leave gave him a small window of oppurtunity. He now had elsewhere to be, but first things first.

Rising up from his chair, he slowly and quietly moves it back and calmly walks over to Syllak. Standing at her head, he kneels down, and in a whisper, "Look at you. You can't even stand. A disgrace to your race. Something a little bit bad happens, and you decide to drink, and you can't even stand up to get another one. What a pathetic sight you are. You don't even deserv your armor small draconian." With that, he silently rises with a small chuckle and leaves the bar. Perhaps she will continue to drink, it would be nothing to him. No, at this point, other business wasmore important.

The little lizard had transmitted something. He had caught just a glimmer, and what he saw was enough for him to leave the bar and head towards the forest at once. He was never going to be able to move too quickly himself, so he knew he would have to hitch a lift, and what better way than one of the natives of these lands. An oversize wood pigeon was perched on a small tree just outside the bar. The pigeon didn't know it was being apporached until it was startled, and started to fly in the same direction as Tala, a Drakthos as its passenger...

((How he's flying you'll fin out later ))

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Lykaios:

The white wolf continued hi sprint away from the area, following his sensitive nose towards the furthest of the 'other' two Blues. Propelling himself along by the ever present ethereal would have been much faster but for this to work he had to look a lot less suspicious. Hopefully the one he was heading towards was not the worst of the two.

Tala

The werewolf continued her race deeper and deeper into the trees, keeping an ear and a nostril out for anything suspicious. She must be getting closer by now, and she could clearly hear the two mutants voices and detect their scents intertwining when one landed blows on the other. 'Must go faster' she thought, putting on an extra burst of speed 'or I'll be too late'

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Lykaios:

The immortal creature did not even begin to slow down as he approached his target. No, instead he burst through the foliage in clear sight of the creature, only then skidding to a halt. When he spoke, his voice was filled with both concern and panic "You must come with me quickly" he told the perfect replica of Blue who stood in front of him, looking shocked "or something terrible is going to happen!"

GDM:

The creature who'd spoken to GDM, the 'good' part of Blues shattered soul housed within an illusionary and accidental body, was unfamiliar to her. GDM did not have any real reason to trust or distrust the strange glowing lupine, but the various injuries and pain she kept getting told that her other selves were in big trouble. Her instincts told her that this kind of trouble could mean the end of them all, and the wolf had come from the direction she was being pulled to, so she'd take all the help she could get. "Alright"

EDM:

The 'evil' side of Blues shattered soul was doing her best to hurry through the trees towards... whatever it was that had made her come here. It didn't help that her progression was hampered by the collectively shared injuries of the three. Thankfully they only remained for a short time, a few seconds, before disappearing. So EDM could get on with what was important: her own self preservation.

Syllak:

The Draconian nursed a drink whilst glaring out the door of which whoever the hell that was had gone. The strangest thing about this scene was that Syllak was not drinking anything alcoholic at all, she actually had a glass of water in her hand. Just who did he think he was? She didn't know him, he knew nothing about her, nothing! Yet he acted like he knew of her race... 'I need to think about this when I'm not so drunk' she though, before taking a sip of water.

Sallah:

The golden fire-lizard had remained perched in the rafters, and was still there. Her eyes were starting to slow down and beginning to lose their red tinge, changing to amber slowly. That thing that had approached Syllak did not help either, Sallah had detected disappointment and detachment from him. He confused the empathic creature, so she simply concentrated on her task: keeping an eye on the sivak below her.

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Lykaios:

The lupine was running again, however this time he was heading back towards Harpy and her victim, with GDM safely perched upon his back. She had of course been asking him questions along the way, everything from 'who are you?' to 'How do you know this?'. He'd told her someone very close to her was in trouble, but he'd conveniently neglected to tell her who or the real reason why.

GDM:

The illusionary mutant was uncomfortable, and not just because she was being given a ride by a white wolf. No, something just didn't seem to sit right with this creature, as though there was something he wasn't telling her. Yet she had been compelled to accept his offer and all the answers he'd given seemed truthful if incomplete. It was just so strange...

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A short time later...

Lykaios:

The white wolf began to slow as he approached the area Harpy and Blue occupied, eventually stopping altogether. He scented the air before saying anything to his passenger, he had to be sure everything was in place. Harpy, Blue, a large quantity of blood, the other Blue close by and Tala would be upon them any second. 'Excellent' Lykaios thought before speaking "I cannot take you any further" he announced "you'll have to do the rest by yourself"

GDM:

The illusionary mutant blinked before sliding off the wolfs back and onto the forest floor. "O-kay" she said "thanks for the... lift". The 'good' being moved forwards slowly, various injuries still appearing and disappearing as they had been for the whole trip. GDM looked back to ask the lupine one last thing... but Lykaios had gone.

Tala:

The werewolf had had to abruptly stop her mad rush in order to fully comprehend the horror that lay in front of her, the muzzle of her wolf form hanging open in an all too human expression. There was Blue, her friend, lying on the floor covered in so much blood even she could not guess at the extent of her injuries. And standing above her was the cause of it all, the pretty but evil avian mutant who called herself Harpy.

Harpy:

The avian mutant looked over at the growling, silver furred creature, her slightly surprised expression soon replaced by that of a cruel sneer. She'd done all that she wanted to do to the draconic mutant-despite Blues futile efforts to stop her which had resulted in a few claw marks and torn clothes-but even so, Tala had come too early for her liking. "You're too late" she told the werewolf as she backed away slightly and spread her arms out either side of her "it's done". The mutants arms quickly became wings as she changed into her eagle form, and Harpy beat a hasty retreat. She was in no mood to deal with an enraged or grief stricken werewolf as well.

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Tala:

"DM! Blue! Say something... do something... anything..." Talas pained cries rent the otherwise pleasant day, as the werewolf leant over her dying friend. She might be a member of the Flock, but she hadn't taken part in any of the killing when Father Mac had lost it and she'd even started to get better recently. Now she had to watch her draconic friend die.

Blue:

Blue stared up at the sky blankly, well, she would have been if Talas concerned face wasn't in the way. Everything hurt, but it was okay, the pain was receding. Maybe Harpy and Lykaios hadn't done so much damage to her, and Tala was just being silly.
Blues vision swam as sound began to fade as well as feeling. But at least the pretty sky was back.

Harpy:

Harpy rode the air currents in her eagle form, she felt elated. Her hate-love-hate relationship with Blue had finally ended, with the avian mutant coming out on top. Not even that mangy wolf could stop her getting what she wanted, to cause the draconic mutant to suffer, Her only regret was that she couldn't watch her ex-best friend breathe her last as Tala had gotten to her first.
Wait... was that... Uh-oh...