The pale figure showed in flickers and flashes of reflections. I could see similarities between our expressions, she was further into the void however. Her eyes were.....so empty, and while I would say I gave off a cold aura, her's was glacial.
So white was my first impression, but soon I noticed that her hair carried silver and blue as well. Her eyes were like cold liquid silver, skin so white she looked sickly. I had never seen something that was so ethereal looking. It invoked the strangest sensation in my chest but I could no longer tell the feeling.
"She looks like a snow fairy~" Of course Seika was watching as well, she would be joining me again very soon. I could hear Dragons soft murmer as he spoke to himself. It was a habit he had developed with the more complex magic of his mothers bloodline. They would be returning soon, so another thing in the plan was ready.
"Okay, we will need information so add this area and subject to your lists." I felt the smirk on my face as I stood taking a deep breath. "Everyone has their orders, and we have planned as thoughly as we can. No one got through them, so now to move to the next step." I smiled as Seika skipped in on light dancers feet with a giggle and the jingle of bells.
I felt a small laugh bubble out of me at her unexpected priestess attire. Kitsune often wore what were called kimono if I was remembering correctly but I had never seen her in such cloths. She looked blissful as both of her brothers chased after her with pink ears, obviously in obsession mode. How she could ignore her whole family, who took turns stalking her, I would never know.
"I am ready to hit the Labyrinth and to find Dead Hall!~" She twirled on soft soled shoes and I knew soon enough she would be asleep. I knew this because Viridis had her medical satchel at his hip. Physically her body was barely that of a week six year old, so she napped often. So she was never without a book and soon enough she would be in her bag.
Seika changed into her animal form, becoming a small golden blonde Kit that Dragon quickly scoops up. He easuly deposited her in the large bag gently before strapping it to his chest. The bag probably weighed less than sixty pounds even with her two pounds added. She only had three tails, but she was secure, fed, watered, kept safe and able to read in relative comfort.
"Honestly, this bag has made my life so much easier." Dragon flashes a lopsided smile full of razor sharp teeth even as his eyes flash. I just shake my head even as Via activates the portal doorway with a wave of her hand.
"Let's try not to die yeah?" Skulls laugh sounds as he drops behind me and I turn grabbing ahold of the special harness he wears and yanking.
"May the Devil pardon me." I say with a grin before I let him go turning back to the fully open portal. "I don't know how to fold." Both boys let out short barks of laughter at my words even as we start through.
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Moments later we step out of the portal into mine and Seika's room. We were all geared up my pack on my back, and for the moment Dragon quickly exited the room leaving the door open. I quickly moved into the doorway pushing the door flat along the.....wall? The material was....odd I touched it sending energy out of my hand.
"I think it's a stone...tunnel...kind of?" I said even as I listened to Skull making his pack on our bedroom floor. The materials were not so simple as that but we had entered the Labyrinth so nothing would be simple. However it didn't feel sentient like some of the tunnels and areas could.
"Here~" Soft buttery sunlight fills the hall as small fox fires pop to life beside each of us. Fox fire would change based on who was feeding it energy, mine turned crushed black and pulsed before changing to liquid silver. Skulls had gone dull almost bleached of color and stayed the color of sun bleached bones. Dragons flashed white before becoming soft and reminding me of morning mist.
"Simple but very effective." I give her a nod as Skull hauled his large pack onto his back. It did not look as big when on him, but I knew for a fact that bag was necessary for our survival here. The last thing through was Seika's medical satchel, which Viridis put around Skulls neck. "Cute necklace" I smirk even as he grins strutting around like a peacock.
"Suits him better than Viridis or myself." Dragon's words held amusement even as he gestured down the tunnel ahead of us. There was only one option for is here, however this was actually a better outcome than was possible to get. This was a newer addition, more maintained and the magic wasn't as wild. It was a simple tunnel, but we had no way of knowing exactly where we were because of this fact.
"Okay, step one." I quickly surveyed the tunnel that was roughly six feet wide but more like ten feet tall. I used the fox fire to see roughly how large the tunnel our door opened into. It only went straight from here, at least for a time. I closed my eyes, and slid into my center even as my body chilled.
The Labyrinth was built similarly to a tower, except the floors could be massive, and the way up or down was random. However, there was a core and the original Labyrinth had developed a mind of its own. There was a full map showing up and down as one pleased, but as it's capabilities had grown it had become twisted. Once ment to be a tool for travel, the Labyrinth was haphazard and fueled with wild magic. The being it had become kept to the original halls, and that was where we needed to go.
We moved ad a unit around the bend only relaxing when we came to a choice. The dingy gray wall across from us as we spread in the T someone on each opening. I glanced to my left and right even as each guy moved into the branches.I watched each of them move down the wall as I touched the stone with a frown.
Wild magic was something I could often feel, but I was not able to control it. That was a task that would fall into Dragons hands. Dragons had to be one of the strongest creatures when it came to wild magic. Myth was their race was born from Elementals, which no one had seen in a few thousand years.
"This stone feels different than the stone of the tunnel we were just in." I glanced towards him, as Dragon hissed, but was a bit slow as suddenly I was moving...much higher than I should be.
"Skull? What the...." My words trailed off as adrenaline slammed into my system even as I registered what I was seeing. 'Oh fuck me.' A wave of spikes tipped with who knew what followed behind Dragon. I glanced up even as he grunted 'Shit fuck!'
I quickly scrambled up the large demons form and quickly saw he had hardened his hands. The flesh was ragged and torn around the large jagged metal chunk he was holding up even as Dragon raced by. He moved quickly, and then Skull tensed his whole body. He used a rush of his energy, his own magic, in a hard push to shove the metal up. I slid my arms into loops on the rig he wore specially for carrying me as he surged away from both walls.