The Party. [Christmas Plot/Open to all]

[Chibi Magician]

No actions could've prevented the negative events that unfolded before the deity's very eyes. Cruel words reduced to flattery to his twin's ears, Luz didn't have a clue as to the actions he should take. His sister's hand came down to "comfortingly" pat him on the back, but this only furthered Luz's concerns. Red eyes trailing his sister, he watched as she fly from the ground, looking at the decoration that adorned the community hall. Silence was still hovering around Luz as Oscuro continued to speak. A small amount of anger stirred in Luz, but he already knew his words would do nothing about Oscuro. Each word seemed like taunting, but Luz ignored it, letting his sister continue speaking. His fists clenched tight at the mention of "livening up the party," since Luz could easily presume what would happen next.

Eyes gazing around the now darkness filled community hall, his face a mixture of anger and sadness. For moments, the god stood motionless as everyone lounged into battle, his power sensory reaching out to find out who needed protection and who may be capable to defend themselves. Only moments into the clatter of battle did Luz hear his sister's cackle. His eyes wandered back over to his where Oscuro was, his eyes and face seemingly emotionless. Despite the battle going on around him, Luz listened with open ears about Oscuro's darkness. "Yes, but there is a flaw in your renewable soldiers," Luz began, voice calm. "Where yours require your energy to be created, my chasers do not. Besides, we've taken constant beaten by your darkness, and yet we still stand here before you. In other words, fate may just turn the tables in my favor." Luz stated, his gaze drifting away from Oscuro and onto the darkness around.

Battles weren't Luz's idea of enjoyment, but when it involved other's safety and possible fatalities, he could be counted. Thus is started, Luz's eyes scanned around, looking for lurking darkness who'd yet to enter the fray of combat. His red eyes spotted a razor in the far corner, causing Luz to launch forward, his right hand becoming enveloped in light. The razor's head immediately looked in his direction, eyes having the intent to kill. However, as expected, killing a god was no easy task. With a high speed run, the razor rushed at Luz, but with the simply lift of his right, light shot out. The single shot of white light ripped through the darkness' arm with a sizzling noise. Halting, the razor threw its' head up in a high pitched screech, while the unperturbed deity sent out another shot of light, hitting square in the head. Luz glanced over his shoulder, back at his white-haired sister. "And where they may always be darkness, I will always be here to combat it for as long as people need me." Luz said, his answer sounding cheesy, but rather heroic.

[Max Abner]

Max had been about to lunge at the Swarmer to try and take it down before it multiplied when they heard Dream's voice speak next to them. They turned to him and smiled a reassuring smile. Their gut was still in immense pain, but it wasn't anything they hadn't felt before. Max took the axe and laughed. "You know those knives you made are good, but I have a feeling this might be better." Max gave him a thumbs up before they turned and swung at the Swarmer. It disappeared, but Max quickly realized they had missed the oppurtunity to kill it while it was still only one. Seems like it was back to multiplying for Max.

Max matched the Searmer's new number, which was twenty. The nausea that came over them this time made them fall to their knees before they managed to get their barings. Max was up again and swinging just as the rest of the Swarmers attacked too. Two of the twenty Swarmers went down with a howl and Max felt something stab into their arm. Not messes stilt their real arm, but one of them now had a puncture wound. Max had never hated using a power before, but they could safely say that they hated this power. They brought their axe down hard on the head of a Swarmer. There were still fifteen left. Max laughed, trying to stay positive. "Fifteens better than twenty," They stated. As if the Swarmer heard them it bumped it's number up to twenty again. Max swung all nineteen of their axes at the twenty Swarmers. Twelve of the Swarmers went down, but one of the Max's brought their axe too far up above their head and got stabbed in the chest.

Once again the real Max snapped back into one body and fell to the ground in a fit of pain. Although this time they couldn't get up in time to avoid a blow nasty cut to the side of their torso. They groaned and managed to teleport before they were killed. Now Max was bleeding heavily from a wound in their side and felt the pain twenty times worse than they needed to. They rolled on the ground in agony before they noticed that the Swarmer was coming towards them again. Max grumbled and used the axe to push themselves into a standing position. There was three Swarmers. Max coughed violently before swinging the axe in the widest arc they could manage across all three of the Swarmeds. It proofed and Max slouched again. They brought their hand to their side and it came away covered in blood. "Shoot. This isn't very good." They mumbled as they looked around to try and find Dream to help out.

[Dream Wolf]

Dream noticed Max, and he calmed slightly, realizing what was happening. He conceded that Fang was actually helping for once and allowed him to continue. Dream made his way to Max and used his blood sword to slice a Brute in two before it could charge at the back of another Chaser in the room. He bashed his shield into a Razor that flew at him, smashing its head in. He finished it off with a stab to the 'heart'. He was then by Max.

"Back to back, like they teach at the Academy." He used his Blood powers to stop the flow of blood out of Max's wound. "That won't last for long, but it will keep you from bleeding out for about twenty minutes. Fang has agreed to focus on that. For now. We need to find a way to get Oscura to go away, if she's here she will just make more darkness. I just hope Luz and manage it."

He sliced a pair of Trouble makers that came charging at him them, they didn't dissipate and shrieked in pain and terror as she took a step towards them, he cut them down while they were confused.

[Cyn]

Oscura listened to her twin yammer on about how her Darkness required her energy to create them. She scoffed. "Fate and all that jazz is just some human concept that you've been too caught up in. If fate is in your favour then why am I still here and why are you fighting my Darkness and not me?" Oscura floated over to him as he delivered a beam of light to the Darkness's head. She yawned at his little speech and waved a hand lazily in the air, this time not even pretending to spawn another Darkness, this time the darkness gathered around her hand. "Yah, yah, light to combat the dark and whatever else you can think up."

Without another warning or thought Oscura threw the ball of darkness at Luz. It zipped towards him faster than one of her Razors would have. Oscura had no doubt that he would somehow manage to dance around that weak attack, but she had more where that came from and she was hoping that he did too. She was bored of watching everybody else fight and figured it was time for something more fun to happen. "If you're the hero then I guess that would make me the villain? I never would have guessed that." She cackled as she waited for an attack from Luz.

[Chibi Magician]

Following his sister's movement, Luz absorbed each of her words. Certainly he could've continued using his ability for the greater good, but Oscuro had long locked his attention onto her. Luz could easily tell that Oscuro had long disregarded his words, treating them almost as though they were insignificant to her quest. Notes were taken as Luz watched the way she waved her hand, as though to spawn another onslaught of darkness. His eyes flitted around, but found no darkness had yet to spawn around the community hall. Whilst his eyes flitted, his sister spoke further, causing him to spare a glance back at her. Rather than the white-haired goddess that was his twin, Luz was greeted a shadowy ball of shadows. Instincts pulled the alarm in Luz's mind, and with no time to create a light shield to absorb the blast, the god was forced to dive out of the way.

With the fluent movements of a trained fighter, Luz jumped out of the way and rolled back to his feet. Once his feet collided with the ground and balanced, the deity began to summon light to his hands. "Then I guess it's like always, now isn't it?" Luz responded as he floated upwards. Light shot from the deity's hands and towards the white-haired goddess. There was no more time for hesitation, for combat.

[Cyn]

Oscura clapped her hands as Luz was forced to dive out of the way of her shadow orb. She laughed and gave him a toothy and predatory smile. "You seem to be losing your edge, Luzzy. I mean come on you don't even have time to summon some of your heroic light to hide behind. What with all that about light conquers dark or whatever it was that you said before." She looked over at her twin as he floated up to meet her level and begun summoning his light. It seemed she was in for a good fight now. She bobbed her head in agreement with what he said. "I mean isn't it more fun this way?" She giggled as she pulled up a wall of darkness to block his beam of light.

Both of the elements shattered when they made contact, but another wall followed, this time it rushed forward to meet Luz. She hoped that it would manage to hit him and knock him off balance because she summoned three more balls of Darkness that she threw after the wall. These were the real kickers because if they hit him then they might impale him or grievously injure him. So Oscura smirked as she watched her plan go into action and readied herself for any counter attack that might follow. Who knew what Luz could dodge. He was her twin after all so she had to give him some credit.

[Candy Green]

Candy made her way around the room, ripping darkness apart like they were made of paper. She shifted forms only a few times, since she hadn't eaten much before the party, and she needed a lot of calories to shift forms, but she was forced to shift when he Darkness altered themselves to better fight her current form. At the moment Oscura threw the shadow wall at Luz, Candy was in the form of a giant scorpion, her armor so thick that the Razors actually broke their blades on it, and her poison so potent it dissolved the Brutes like water dissolved sugar cubes. Her claws of course crushed everything that came at her from the front.

She saw the wall headed towards Luz and the three orbs coming after that. She shifted her vocals so she could speak and shouted a warning.

"Luz, three Orbs after the Wall!" She was stabbed in the chink of her armor that making human vocal organs had made, thankfully it was not surrounded by blood vessels like if she had been fully human. She snapped the Razor in half with her claws. She stung a few more Brutes, but began to slow. She was running out of Calories, She needed a chance to eat, but everyone was too busy fighting to defend her for the minimum fifteen minutes she needed.

[Chibi Magician]

Applause and a toothy smile was all his sister did to "congratulate" Luz. Even Luz's beams of light did nothing to falter the grin, nor did it cause any harm to the goddess. Light still gathered in the deity's hands as he floated in the air, his gaze snapped on his villainous sister, Oscuro. There was great risk in being distracted in this current situation, thus leaving Luz to hope his chasers could handle themselves. A dark wall that had once acted as his sister's shield was launched at him. Rather than dodging, one of Luz's light coated hands lifted and created a wall of his own. The dark wall impacted his light shield, of which the light shield managed to hold. Just before Luz was going to put down his shield, he heard a call shouted towards him about three orbs and the wall. It didn't take Luz long to interpret what the lady who had called to him meant, and with ease, the god kept up the shield.

Once the danger had passed, the light that had once formed the deity's shield retracted back towards his hands. Luz's hands shone brightly with the gathering of light, the power of his ability's works flowing through him. With that, the deity raised his hands, sending three beams of bright light back towards his sister. As for the rest, it remained gathered close to his hands, readying to make another shield if needed. "That's how it works in the tales, light beats dark, but I don't have the bravery to under estimate you," Luz said quietly.

[Alana Summers]

Distance was closing in as Alana's back neared the all of the community hall. Splayed, clawed hands reached out, hoping to graze her, but where each attempt fail, it did closed the distance between Alana and the wall. The onslaught of close-ranged melee attacks made it impossible for Alana to swing the black scythe that had created her name. Three troublemakers remained, and from the looks of it, they had no plans to let up the attacks. Alana took another few steps back, soon finding the cold wall to her back. A wild swing came from Alana's right, a single claw managing to catch her above her right eye. Blood seeped from the fresh cut the troublemaker had inflicted, and the creature seemed pleased to finally hit the red-headed chaser. Little did the dark creature know the true problems with the cut, this problem being sight.

It would only be a matter of time until blood ran down Alana's forehead and into her eye. This unfortunate turn of events would make her blind to her right side until she could whip away the red liquid. Using the butt of her scythe, Alana jabbed one of the troublemakers in the stomach, causing the creature to backpedal. A small gap formed between the trio of darkness, giving Alana the chance to make a dash between them. Quickly, the chaser ran forward, managing to make it through the gap without injury. Splayed hands of the troublemakers reached for her, but fortunately for the chaser, they couldn't grab her. However, fate began to play some cruel strings as blood from the gash began to trickle into Alana's right eye, forcing her to keep it close. A troublemaker from her left reached out in hopes to get a lucky hit, but Alana jammed the butt of her scythe into its stomach, forcing the creature back.

Quickly, Alana turned her scythe, her blade pointing away from her. Before the other troublemakers had the chance to stop her, she lifted the scythe above her head and brought it down on the one she'd hit previously. For a moment, the creature shrieked before becoming a dark dust on the ground. Before Alana could recover, a troublemaker who'd managed to sneak over to her right side slashed out, catching her in the should. The creatures left hand clawed Alana's upper arm, while the right got a grip on the lower section. Gripping her arm, the troublemaker smiled villainous at Alana, for it knew it had a chance to do more damage. Concern was apparent on Alana's face as she tried to shake her arm free, her scythe becoming useless due to the troublemaker's hold along with the closed distance.

[Nicolette Van-Houseton]

    She was scared, absolutely terrified and she didn’t know what to do. Hiding behind a curtain wasn’t going to solve any problems, wasn’t going to make the darkness go away. She reached up and brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes. There seemed to be no other choice and the thought of fighting made her queasy. No matter how hard Nicky tried, she could drown out the commotion on the other side of the cloth. No matter how tight she squeezed her eyes shut, she couldn’t block out the noise. The gods’ conversation reached her, rising above the sounds of battle, and piercing the air. They were arguing as usual, Oscura, with a light, playful teasing and Luz, with a calming, protective certainty. The sounds from their blasts of power drawing her out, curious and hesitant. People were everywhere, still fighting off the endless stream of Darkness.

    A shout drew her attention, a senior Chaser warning Luz of Oscura’s attack, which he swiftly dodged. He then returned the favour and Nicky looked away, focusing on the other humans and searching for anyone who may have needed assistance. She saw the senior Chaser who had warned Luz, a once fierce and unstoppable force, now reduced to a somewhat sluggish shifter. She needed help and Nicky knew it, there was no time for hiding when others were in danger. Gathering her courage, she stepped out from behind the curtain and walked towards the edge of the stage. A quick scan of the area revealed that there was no imminent threat to her, so she jumped off the stage and sprinted over to the Chaser in need. Forming a plan as she ran. She would try to throw the darkness off her and maybe lead them away while she gathered her strength.



    Reaching the Chaser, she shouted out a warning, making sure the other girl knew she was there before using her power to push the Darkness away. She created a sort of protective bubble or shield and focused on keeping it up. She had done this before, but on a much smaller scale, so she was unsure whether or not it would stay up. Turning back to the Chaser, she yelled up to her.

    “Go rest! I’ve got your back!”

[Candy Green]

Candy did not become aware of the young chaser until she shouted. When the protective bubble went up Candy struggled to shift back to her human form. Once shifted she started eating, she went for the foods with the highest caloric value, the sweets, the pastries, and the meats.

She ate the food like a snake, taking big bites and swallowing without chewing. It took six minutes for her eat enough to get her full energy back. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and turned to the Darkness amassing outside the invisible barrier.

"Open the barrier...I'm ready for them." She shifted her skin only, making it hard as iron, and her arms formed into blades of the same organic, hyper dense scales. Once the barrier was down she moved faster than any Razor ever dreamed of moving. She sliced two brutes in half, kicked a pair of Razors in the head so hard they dispersed into shadow instantly, and the troublemakers that had gathered ran away with shrill screams. "Protect those who are injured, Don't let the Darkness surround you! And what ever you do, don't turn your back to them!"

[Cyn]

Oscura had been excited to watch her brother panic at the realization that her attack of darkness didn't end with just the wall. Of course it seemed that one of his little chasers was watching them fight and warned him about her attack. He kept his defences up and managed to block all of her attacks. Oscura's eyes narrowed and zoned in on the chaser who had shouted the warning. They were eating at the buffet table, seemingly to replenish her energy. Oscura spawned multiple Darkness whose sole purpose was just to attack her and whoever it was protecting her. Oscura focused back on her brother only to see the beams of light rushing towards her.

Oscura floated up and over the beams and gathered shadows that wound their way up her arms. She kept pulling darkness from the air as Luz talked. She cackled at his words. "Luz what I'm hearing is you aren't brave." She then launched herself at Luz and the darkness around her arms formed into something like a blade. If her arms came in contact with Luz they would be fully capable of slicing him. She swung many different blows at Luz, but still kept her guard up to make sure that she would be able to block any attack that Luz threw her way as well. 

[Chibi Magician]

Being attacked by Oscuro had caused the new spawn of darkness to go unnoticed by Luz. His trio of beams flashed pass the goddess as she floated upwards, dodging his long ranged attack. An inaudible growl surfaced in Luz's throat as his sister continued to gather more darkness to unleash on him. Luz kept his guard up as he watched shadows make their way up Oscuro's arm. Defensive was Luz's only plan to try and avoid taking damage from Oscuro's devastating attacks. His sister released a crackle, flinging more mockery as well as herself with newly forged shadow blades. Luz faded right, but felt a sting stirring in his right arm as the shadow blade grazed him. "I meant I'm not ignorant enough to ignore how much of a threat you are," Luz responded calmly. Luz's red eyes gazed over his arm, finding blood as well as a nasty gash on his arm. Upon seeing it, Luz grimaced, but fought through and aimed a close ranged light shot at his sister. Blood trickled from the gash on his arm, but Luz only took the pain as a reminder of what insolence in this battle could do.

[Cyn]

Oscura was growing bored with this game. Luz's chasers were winning the fight against her Darkness and the two dieties were almos at a standstill. Until she finally managed to draw blood. Of course it wasn't as satisfying as a stab wound might be, but the cut to Luz made her smirk. She would have preferred if one of the humans had died as well, but whatever. Oscura was about to lash out at him again when one of his light shots managed to hit her leg. Considering the lack of walking she usually did it wouldn't effect her, but it still burned and it was still an attack of his that hit her. She growled and lunged for him before floating away.

"You know Luzzy this was a great party, but it's kind of bland. I 'm bored and nobody has died to make it interesting so I figure I might as well leave. Better luck next year with this whole human celebration thing you got going on. Hope they all die. On and on." Oscura summoned more darkness and this time it was like all the light in the room was sucked out and for a split second it was pitch black, but then just as soon as it had lifted it had gone and with it so had she. Oscura was gone and while her Darkness were still there they were few and scattered and no new ones spawned.