Eye of Fire 4-The Final Chapter

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*She nodded at Rama after her attack, deglamouring back to herself as she rushed over to the rest of them, pulling out the link she taken from the pack at the beginning of the path. She held it out, protectively, towards the other links, wondering what would happen if two touched or came in near contact.*
 
As the chain links each come into contact with another, they magically join together to begin forming a small chain that casts a pale silvery glow. The chain itself looks no longer than a bracelet, until those holding the end links move apart trying again to avoid the demon pursuing them. The chain begins to stretch...
 
:: Tobias takes out his chain link and joins it with the others. He stands back as all of them join together like a bracelet. ::

"Come on now guys we have to work together on this. I think we need to like capture him somehow, with this chain..."
 
:: Rama holding one of the ends, pulls and sees how it stretches. He smirks and then looking to the other end person nods knowing they would immediatly know what to do. He takes off at a run with the chain as it extends and using his augmented speed gets behind S'ym having wrapped up his legs together. He looks to the other end person to take care of the arms ::
 
Using the chain, they are able to bind S'ym. The giant demon crashes to the ground thunderously. His eyes glow with a yellow feralness and he curses at everyone as he struggles in vain to free himself.

"Damn you all! When I get loose I am going to pick my teeth with your bones!"

Deciding that since they are unableto physically harm him and he is out of the way, the group heads through the door that the demon had been guarding. His curses fade as they leave the dungeon, heading upwards into the castle itself.

They follow the torches that line the corridor until they reach a huge set of oaken doors. Cautiously they open the doors to find themselves in a vast throne room. At the far end of the room, comfortably seated, is a man, the demon sorcerer, Belasco.

Belasco's skin has a dark red tint to it, and tiny horns jut from his forehead. His eyes are a milky white. He opens his mouth to smile and gleaming white fangs can be seen. He is dressed in robes that had been popular during the middle ages and around his neck sits a fist sized pendant that houses a softly glowing blue gem.

"Do come in children, I have been waiting for you for some time now. You really didn't think that this little Quest of yours was a secret now did you? I have been following you since you first set foot in the desert. Its a pity that S'ym didn't manage to kill off any of you, but decent help is so hard to find these days, don't you agree? I suppose that you are going to make a great many threats now and engage in witty banter? Turn this into an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Come now, don't be shy!"

Whatever they had been expecting, this wasn't quite it. Belasco is showing no signs of being the slightest bit anxious and seems to be not only caught up on the details of their journey, but popular culture as well.

"Well since you all seem to be dumbfounded, let me explain a thign or two to you. Within this castle I am the supreme law. My will is the one that sets reality and unfortunately for you, non of your glamour tricks or magic spells are going to work. I also should warn you that I am a master swordsman. Any questions, good. Lets begin."

With a negligent gesture, Belasco sends a wall of flame racing towards the group, Even from the halfway point between Belasco and themselves they can feel the intense heat that the wall is giving off, even as it races towards them....
 
:: She blinked in surprise as Belasco stood before them, entirely unphased by their entrance and attempts so far. ::

Thats some kind of confidence...

:: Whatever she had been expecting from Belasco, someone so well informed... with references to Buffy of all things... was not what she had been expecting. Still, what they were required to do had not changed, and she intended to do it. With more speed and less "witty remarks" than Belasco had mentioned. As the fire came towards them, she instrinctively raised her hands, sending a cascade of water forward... building it into a huge tidal wave of water which met the fire head on. The temperature of the water was absolutely freezing... so cold that, had it been any colder, it would not have been able to flow properly ::

:: Raising her hands, she conjured two swords. Sending them hurtling forward, they flew through the fire, almost invisible until they reemerged, extraordinarily close to Belasco's face. A fraction of a second later, they would hopefully slam into his chest and neck, now scalding hot. This would help them to figure out how susceptible he would be to physical attacks ::

Lets see how the master swordsman does with those...
 
:: Rama smirks after they bind S'ym. After reaching Belasco, Rama immediatly went on the defensive. Seeing as Sati was handling the fire barrier and test his physical ability. Rama decided to test his psychic endurance. Holding up his hands as if he was pulling back a bow and holding an arrow. Suddenly mental energy filled Rama's hands creating a bow and arrow of pure mental power. Rama fired the arrow with pinpoint accuracy at Belasco's head where it would deal the most damage to his phsyce ::
 
:: Tobias was quite surprised that S'ym was actually defeated so easily. When they entered Balasco's throne room, it was when the real fear settled in. They haven't got a chain anymore and judging by how strong S'ym was, it is going to be almost impossible to defeat Balasco because it is obvious he is waay waay stronger. While Sati and Rama are testing various attacks he wiggles his fingers, trying to see if the fist-sized jem around Balasco's neck is suseptable to telekinesis. Seeing it jiggle a little he outstretches his arm and mentally calls for the gem with all his might. Tobias hopes that the distractions that Sati and Rama are causing will take Balasco's attention away from the rest of the group and allow him to TK the gem through the air and into his outstreched hand. ::

How embarrassing would it be if this gem turns out not to be the Eye of Fire?
 
As Sati's swords fly towards him, Belasco merely smiles. He grabs one sword and uses it to bat away the other one. Rama's psi-arrow stops in the air inches away from the sorcerer's face and Belasco yawns. Toby''s attempts to lift the Eye of Fire from his chest only causes it to shift about two inches.

"Perhaps you didn't understand me when I told you that my will sets reality. Perhaps this will convince you."

Light flares momentarily blinding everyone, when they are able to see again, they each find themselves alone in the throne room facing Belasco by themselves.

OOC: Everyone is facing Belasco alone in the throne room. You have no idea what has happened to anyone else. They are gone and you are each alone as far as you know. Maybe Belasco killed them all and only you are left.
 
:: Rama growled ferrally as his arrow was stopped. It dissapated by his will and Rama glared at Belasco. He covers his eye as a blinding light went off. After the light fades Rama looks around and sees everyone else is gone. He doesn't jump to a conclusion that everyone is dead, he knows of illusions and this one wont phase him. He glares at Belasco ::

"Nice trick. Got anything more impressive?"

:: Rama smirks at Belasco attempting to make him mad. While simultaneously was ready to do the one thing to himself that was his failsafe in any battle ::
 
:: Euthalia looked ahead at the blackness of the temporary blindness. She blinked for a bit and her vision was returned. She looked around, trying to see if this had affected her other team members. She frowned and then looked forward at who she thought was the devil himself. She thought for a moment, it'd be unlikely that they were dead, as there would probably be bodies. ::

Did he trap them in another dimension or something?

:: She pondered for a minute and then realised that this man could kill her and that she better be ready to fight for her life. She got in her fighting stance and let out a loud scream. Hoping it would atleast affect him a little. She knew it not might but hoped it would. ::
 
*After hog-tying up S'ym, the group advanced into the castle until they finally came face to face with the sorceror Belasco. If they had come this far, they were going to go down hard before giving up. She stood ready as Sati and Rama tried to attack the man, and noticed Toby jingling around with the blue gem around his neck...so that's where he kept it. All of a sudden the lights flashed brightly, hurting her already sight impaired eyes, as she blinked looking around the room as everyone had vanished. Pondering on his last comments about his will, she knew this had to be a trick of his to seperate them from attacking as a much stronger group...maybe if they could all somehow link back together through each of their "realities" they could possible shock Belasco's will long enough to weaken him good. She stood waiting and ready for any attacks thrown at her.*

"Those horns suit you very well Belasco."
 
Questers vs. Belasco-Rounds 1-3

Rama VS Belasco

Belasco smirks at Rama's comment. The demon sorcerer had lived far too long to be so easily goaded. Belasco's left hand glows a sullen red and strong winds rise up to hit Rama, knocking him into a wall and pinning him there. Belasco smiles evilly at him.

"You know that we shouldn't be fighting here. There are so many more pleasant things that we could do. There are so many things that I could teach you, things that you wouldn't even dream of. Join me, pretty one and we can bring a reign of darkness the likes of which this realm has never seen before."

Euthalia VS Belasco

Belasco isn't wasting any time, a sword held in his left hand, he rushes towards Euthalia, intent on killing her. As her sonic scream rings out, the Demon Sorcerer stumbles and nearly falls before being able to right himself. His milky eyes pass blindly over the entire room while the scream sounds. The moment that her scream stops, he seems to get his bearings again and makes a gesture with his sword. Euthalia finds herself lifted up off the ground by an invisible force that seems intent on choking her.

Amarisy VS Belasco

Belasco bows mockingly to Amy.

"Thank you my dear, I am sure they will look just as wonderful on you when you join my service. Perhaps not though, I think you might be better suited as a cat. You are certainly curious enough to be one."

Belasco's left hand glows as he begins to chant. Amy feels herself gripped in a most powerful and painful transformation spell. She feels a sharp pain in her lower back and is horrified to see a cat's tail snaking around from behind her. The only possible consolation is that her eyesight is improving until it is sharper than normal.
 
:: Eyebrows raised slightly, Sati turned, wondering where in hell the others went; or supposedly went to. Belasco had managed to do the one thing she had sought to stop happening. Still, she knew that she had to try and do what they came here to do, and intended to greatly improve the odds ::

:: She concentrated... her throat muscles began to change until she had the vocal cords of a banshee. She knew that a banshee's scream could be hugely effective. Letting out a scream of sheer, enormous power, she let the full force of it loose upon Belasco, enough to distract him, deafen him, and give him a headache of epic proportions ::

Astral Sati

:: Stepping a little to the left of Belasco, she focused her attention on the ground beneath his feet.... creating quicksand into which he should sink helplessly. Crouching down, she touched it with the tip of her finger.... setting it on fire, and electricifying it, before backing away quickly ::
 
:: After the blinding light, Tobias knew something had gone on. He knew the others were not dead, yet...so he wasn't initially worried about that fact. He spun round on his feet to face Balasco. He had no idea what to do...if his chances were slim with the others, what were they like now? Nevertheless he got into a defensive position knowing full well that Balasco's attacks could be full well fatal. At the same time he was racking his brain for some kind of attack he could perform. He made it look like he was completely confident to take on Balasco, even though he was really sh*ting himself as he waited patiently for Balasco to attack ::
 
:: Euthalia smiled with satisfaction as her attack had seemed to affected Belaso greatly. Before she could think, she found herself in the air and choking. She began kicking, trying to kick out of the attack and saw that it wasn't really working. She thought for a minute and remebered that she had a lesser used power. She began to try to fly out of the attack. She figured t might work, unless the attack flew with her. ::

"What happened to the rest of the group, Belasco?"

:: She asked between gasps for air, her eyes narrowed. Thinking about whether or not he would lie about what he had done to them. ::
 
:: Rama watches as he finds himself flying through the air but his natural affinity for the elements enabled him to shift a bit to slow down enough for light impact. He listens with a casual ear to the promises of Belasco ::

"Hmmm, sounds interesting, however, what kinds of things? hmmm? I mean how can I make a good choice without options?"
 
*She smiled at the cat remarked and then gasped as the pain entered her body, running through her. She stood a little wide eyed at the furry thing sticking out of her behind and then grinned, wiggling the tail around as her senses became sharper. She looked at Belasco and immitated his earlier bow.*

"Thank you, Cats are one of the most graceful and powerful creatures in this world. But i prefer tigers."

*Maybe a little brawl wouldn't be too bad, after all she had to get past Belasco to see her friends again. She waved her hand and blew up Belasco's hands, the quickly waved her hand again and filled his body with enormous body spasms, hopefully making his feet give out from underneath him.*
 
Originally posted by Sati
:: Eyebrows raised slightly, Sati turned, wondering where in hell the others went; or supposedly went to. Belasco had managed to do the one thing she had sought to stop happening. Still, she knew that she had to try and do what they came here to do, and intended to greatly improve the odds ::

:: She concentrated... her throat muscles began to change until she had the vocal cords of a banshee. She knew that a banshee's scream could be hugely effective. Letting out a scream of sheer, enormous power, she let the full force of it loose upon Belasco, enough to distract him, deafen him, and give him a headache of epic proportions ::

Astral Sati

:: Stepping a little to the left of Belasco, she focused her attention on the ground beneath his feet.... creating quicksand into which he should sink helplessly. Crouching down, she touched it with the tip of her finger.... setting it on fire, and electricifying it, before backing away quickly ::
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Sati's sonic attack does far more than the Metamorph had anticipated. Altering her vocal cords was an excellent idea. While she wouldn't have the magical properties of a Banshee's scream, she would have a great deal of power to put behind it.

The sonic attack completely disorients Belasco. he is unable to find Sati or even to get his bearings, making much easier prey of him for the combo attack coming from Sati's astral form. The sorcerer begins to sink in the quicksand. While the fire does little to bother him, he receives a painful shock from the electrical attack.
 
Originally posted by jex_charmedUK
:: After the blinding light, Tobias knew something had gone on. He knew the others were not dead, yet...so he wasn't initially worried about that fact. He spun round on his feet to face Balasco. He had no idea what to do...if his chances were slim with the others, what were they like now? Nevertheless he got into a defensive position knowing full well that Balasco's attacks could be full well fatal. At the same time he was racking his brain for some kind of attack he could perform. He made it look like he was completely confident to take on Balasco, even though he was really sh*ting himself as he waited patiently for Balasco to attack ::
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Belasco sneers and makes a gesture with his hand. A suit of armor appears before Toby, with a sword raised high above his head. The sword swings down with lightning quickness....
 
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