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[IFS]

"Garath Heller, the guy who used to work as a magician... I remember a bit,"

"Thats me," Garath said, taking a bite of a scone, "How'd you lose your memory anyways, did you get hit on the head or something?"

He chewed and swallowed, then took a drink of coffee, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of it, hopefully this will help me feel less tired he thought. He tried to remember what he knew about Richard, he had said he was a biologist, and not much else. An idea occured to him regarding Richard's amnesia.

"I could use my illusions to show you some of what I saw in Russia, might help you remember," he said, taking another bite out of his scone.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Thats me," Garath said, taking a bite of a scone, "How'd you lose your memory anyways, did you get hit on the head or something?"

"I think Kain mentioned something about a cannon..." he muttered, it had been back before he had killed Zorrama, and he wasn't too sure he was correct. Either way, it was probably due to extreme harm to his head. Garath then seemed to think of something, and spoke again, after having eaten.


"I could use my illusions to show you some of what I saw in Russia, might help you remember,"

"I was correct, it was Russia." Richard nodded, getting as much of his memories back would probably help him, if only in order to shed light on the day before. Besides, he couldn't remember where he was in his research, or what he was supposed to test next, and if he did remember, that would help him out a lot.
"If you're not too tired, that would be great." He wondered when he was going to actually start the job he had... obtained, but he hoped it wasn't too early, though DICE had the tendency of taking care of official matters quite fast.

 

[IFS]

"If you're not too tired, that would be great."

"Okay then, I'll see what I can do," Garath said, concentrating a miniature version of the plane appeared, then the various agents who had gone on the Russia mission got off, split into the two groups and departed, at this point the forest group remained, and the other one vanished. They continued walking through the woods (although the illusions remained in the same spot on the table), then they reached the Kouza Prime, the battle played out and then the group went back to the plane. The whole thing played out soundlessly, and in fast-motion.

"There, thats about what I remember," Garath said, as the images faded away, "Sorry I couldn't remember more of what people were saying, and I sped it up a bit so that we wouldn't be here all day, hope it helps."

He finished the scone, grabbed a fork, and began to eat the quiche.

 

[DarkRawen]

"There, thats about what I remember," Garath said, as the images faded away, "Sorry I couldn't remember more of what people were saying, and I sped it up a bit so that we wouldn't be here all day, hope it helps."

"No, that's okay," Richard said, and smiled. He hadn't gotten some miraculous realization from it, but he knew the basics of what had happened. Richard had gone with the others in order to collect samples as he always did, and then he had met a few people, and spoken to them. For some reason... no, because of Azkar, he had decided to help his group out with the large creature that had appeared, and used some special slugs that some of the other guys from D6 had created. They had some kind of acid in them, that he knew. Richard had collected his samples when the creature was dead, and then a man in a hood had made the whole thing disappear. After that, they had gone back to HQ. "Thank you," he continued. "It helped clear up a bit."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"After we play a game, maybe you could help me work out what I'm supposed to do. I doubt you're here as a coincidence." Azkar gave a small smile and sat back, crossing her hands on her lap and looking at the table.

The man dealt out five cards for each of them and sat back in his chair as he looked at his hand.

"Your doubts are not without reason. Though, I guess I could help you with whatever you need to get done. Let's see now" He put his hand to what one could guess was his chin under the hood. "If we're talking about the same person, then I believe the person you tried to save ended up saving himself. As momentary as that may be"

He drew a card off the top of the deck and put it face up on the table.

"What you're suppose to do is up to you really. You could continue out here, trying to find whatever purpose you think you have, or I could take you to the person you're trying to save, and you can both face the dangers that's coming together"
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"Where you 'feel' Hell is, all souls know the way, after all."

Where he feels hell is? It sounded like such a strange metaphysical concept. How was he expected to just 'feel' where it is without some type of actual location to go off of. Well, he'd at least give it a shot for now.

He focused on doing some sort of mock meditation. He needed to filter out any location that would just take him back to earth. What his mind eventually found was a location outside of latitude and longitude. Something he thought would be impossible to get to otherwise. So he waved his hand and made the portal. Grabbing Eligor again, he stepped through and closed the portal behind him.

Where they ended up was a room without an exit.The walls, floor, and ceiling were nothing but mirrors on all sides. This place didn't seem like the hellish domain he was expecting. In fact, it was twice as cold as the Artic had been.

"I...think we may be a bit off"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Of course not, just never seen you disappear like that is all." Vayle said with a slightly nervous look at Isabelle, as she sat opposite.

"I see, well like I said, had to deliver my report regarding the recent mission in London to Miss Noble; and I figured she would rather have it sooner rather than later. Also you looked rather tired when we arrived back, so I decided to let you sleep in peace and quiet for a while. After all, you did take quite a hit from that bat creature when you tried to distract him. Speaking of, are feeling hurt at all? And by the way, thank you for that." Isabelle asked, sounding concerned for Vayle, but also grateful that she went out of the way to try and save Isabelle.

"Just a little stiff is all, think I haven't quiet woken up yet. No need to thank me Izzy, just doing my job is all. I was scared that you were going to get hurt." Vayle said in a slightly cheeky manner, but her faced showed how scared she was for Isabelle's safety. Isabelle gave a smile to her concerned assistant, but in the corner of her eye, she could see another ability of Garath as he tried to fill Richard in on the events of what happened in Russia.

"Impressive Garath, how are you able to do that then?"

 

[IFS]

"Impressive Garath, how are you able to do that then?"

"Magic," he replied, somewhat sarcastically, then continued in a more serious tone, "I've got a good memory, and I've been making illusions since I was in elementary school, when my mom taught me how, as for specifics a magician never reveals his secrets, although I can recommend some books that are not so tight lipped."

A proper explanation ws not something he felt like giving, as it would likely descend into a lecture of some sort, and while he felt that Isabelle would probably grasp the basics easily he didn't want to spend a half hour describing his techniques. To some extent he wasn't sure himself how it worked, he just knew some techniques he'd learned to let him focus and bring his mental images into reality, he was pretty sure he remembered a D6 agent describing it as "manipulation of the collective unconscious" or something like that but such techno-babble meant very little to him. Besides even if he took the time to explain it, and managed to ignore the riducle and questions of the curious scientists in the cafeteria, he wasn't sure she would be able to use magic like he did, and even then she already knew much more useful magic.

Still he felt rude to turn her away so quickly, hopefully she wouldn't take it the wrong way.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"What you're suppose to do is up to you really. You could continue out here, trying to find whatever purpose you think you have, or I could take you to the person you're trying to save, and you can both face the dangers that's coming together"

Azkar nodded at the man. "I think I'd prefer to go back with them. Not sure I have many other options." Shen then gave a cheeky smile "I'm also fairly bad at solitaire. However, I wouldn't mind knowing who you are and why you just happen to be here."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"I think I'd prefer to go back with them. Not sure I have many other options." Shen then gave a cheeky smile "I'm also fairly bad at solitaire. However, I wouldn't mind knowing who you are and why you just happen to be here."

"I'm not too important. I'm just the thing watching out for the little guy. You. Your friend. The people at DICE. You all interest me a one way or the other. I thought it'd be a shame to leave to just leave you here with no direction. So I cheated. And now I'm here to help"

The man look off for a moment, falling quite. He seemed upset by the tone in his voice.

"I'm gonna get in a lot of trouble for this...eh. Wouldn't be the first time"

The man rose up from his chair and devoured the table he was sitting at. He then turned to Azkar and offered his hand to her.

"Ready to go?"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"Ready to go?"
"Not sure about your choice in edible substances. Yes, I'm ready" Azkar nodded and was soon pulled back inside the rest of her body, making a single entity again.

"Hopefully nothing particularly silly has happened while I've been gone. You claim to have been watching everyone. Anything decent happen?" Azkar absent mindedly making conversation as she focused and readied herself. Just in case.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Hopefully nothing particularly silly has happened while I've been gone. You claim to have been watching everyone. Anything decent happen?"

"Well, your husband is the leader of Division 6 now. Elizer is faffing about. And the talking sword is about to be fondled by a Japanese boy in the underworld. I think that just about covers it"

The hooded man laid a hand on Azkar's arm. What resulted was an explosion of golden light all around them, that made them feel as if they were separated from their bodies. A second later, Azkar found herself back in her room in the division 3 hall that she was in the previous day.

"And here we are. I think you should be able to find your way around from here"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"Well, your husband is the leader of Division 6 now. Elizer is faffing about. And the talking sword is about to be fondled by a Japanese boy in the underworld. I think that just about covers it"

"I'm fairly sure I'd remember getting married. Also, let's just say I doubt anyone would get over my 'exotic nature' enough to get close to me. Smart ass." Azkar smirked within the pitch black recesses of her own body. She had decided to put basic vocal cords through her more combat ready form's head and throat "Eliezer is always faffing about. As for talking sword... It'd probably enjoy it." Azkar shrugged and let the man touch her. Which made a big burst of light and had her back in her D3 room.

"And here we are. I think you should be able to find your way around from here"
Azkar shook her large head like a wet dog, bearing large serrated teeth in a disturbing, would-be smile. "Thank you, I think I'll manage."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Thank you, I think I'll manage."

"If that is the case, then I will now depart. And don't be so hard on yourself about your looks my lady. I've seen much more vile creatures. And none of them have come close to the inner beauty you possess"

The hooded man bowed and began to evaporate into the golden light they came there with.

"I hope to see you again soon"

In another flash of light, he disappeared, leaving Azkar to explore the building.

 

[Terratina.]

"Allons-y!" Eligor yelled as they entered the portal.

The cold intensified, enough to notice, but apparently not enough to freeze either Eligor or Isaac. Eligor couldn't tell whether he was in one of Hell's cavernous depths, or in another dimension outside Creation. That had yet to be seen. Even so, if they were somewhat stuck in a sticky situation, Isaac could always teleport out using the portals. Well, it was a lot more exciting than sitting an a weapon rack for five years or so. At least he would see some action here.

"I...think we may be a bit off"

"We have no idea yet." Eligor replied, and then preceded to say in a mocking manner, "Welcome to your own personal hell."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"We have no idea yet." Eligor replied, and then preceded to say in a mocking manner, "Welcome to your own personal hell."

"Well that's kind of weird then"

Isaac took a walk around, feeling each section of glass for some kind of exit. For 'hell', this place didn't look all that impressive.

"Why would hell look like this? This is just anti climactic. Where's all the fire and demons and hookers being cooked in a pool of meth?"

Isaac ran his hand along the side of one mirror. Unfortunately, he came across an uneven, sharp piece of the glass that drew some of his blood. He retracted his hand. And as he did, the blood on the glass spread out growing bigger and bigger. It soon coated the entire side of the mirrored wall. When Isaac looked closer at the reflection, he noticed it looked distinctly different.

The man in it was much shorter, with black hair and silver eyes. He had a red marking around his eyes, and was dressed in a training gi. When he saw Eligor's reflection, it was that of a regular looking katana.

The reflection moved as Isaac did. When he moved to the side, so did the other boy. Then Isaac slowly placed his fingers on the mirror. This was his third mistake in the last 5 minutes, as the reflect forced it's arm out the mirror and grabbed Isaac, then shoved him back while taking a hold of Eligor.

While Isaac was on the floor, he looked up at the being that had come out. He was looking at Eligor's blade, smiling deeply.

"Saigo ni. Watashi wa watashi no masutā o yobu tame ni dareka o motte iru. Soshite ima, watashi wa futatabi tamashī o karitoru tame ni mushōdenakereba naranai"

The boy poured a black aura of evil into Eligor, and with a single horizontal swipe, exploded all the glass in the room. It's inhabitants feel downwards into a dark pit, that got warmer the further they went. Isaac tried teleporting out, but couldn't get his power to work. He hit the bottom with a loud, sickening crack.

When he managed to open his eyes again, the boy was just sitting there, looking at Eligor. It was as if he was waiting for the blade to do something. The location around him was the far more interesting part. The land looked as if it were composed of black stones and pits of fire. This looked a lot closer to what he was expecting.

"So. This is your home I presume," He said, trying to raise himself up.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Magic." he replied, somewhat sarcastically, then continued in a more serious tone, "I've got a good memory, and I've been making illusions since I was in elementary school, when my mom taught me how, as for specifics a magician never reveals his secrets, although I can recommend some books that are not so tight lipped."

"Interesting, certainly a useful skill to have when relaying information no doubt. Any information or assistance that you can provide, might be of some use regarding Vayle here. You see, she suffers from amnesia of her previous life. Her memories are fragmented, so she can't remember much about when she was alive, and not a spirit. Sure, stuff comes and goes, but we can't seem to put the puzzle together. Vayle is as curious as I am to learn more about herself." Isabelle said as she continued to eat her pasta.


"Yeah, Izzy is right, I just want to know more about myself, and why I'm a spirit instead of having passed on to the afterlife. So, anything you might be able to do to help Garath would be appreciated, even if its as simple as a place to start looking." Vayle added, sounding hopeful as she briefly smiled towards the magician.

 

[Terratina.]

Isaac threw empty words into the air. What was the point of complaining? Eligor sighed, he would have to tell him that all angels are not winged figures in white. Suddenly a baffling series of events occured. The wish for excitement was being fully fulfilled, it seemed, as Isaac made one blunder after another. The prison walls revealed itself to be a series of mirrors, but Isaac cut himself somehow and blood spilled everywhere and filled one section of the mirror until it covered the wall. The reflection changed. A boy stood there with a katana. Isaac decided that placing his fingers on the bloody mirror was a good idea and with a push and a swipe, Eligor changed hands before he could object.

Dark power filled the blade and with a might slash the prison of mirrors shattered, revealing hellish depths below. In the end, Eligor ended up being stuck in the ground, being stared by the asian boy. He had said something about a 'master' and 'reaping souls again'. Languages were never his strong point. Besides, the boy was looking at him expectedly, as if he was supposed to do something. Isaac looked well for someone who had just been subjected to a long fall through the different levels. He was asking another question as well, which bothered Eligor. Right now they were with somebody they couldn't understand and was greatly interested in Eligor. Still, he humored him.

"So. This is your home I presume," Isacc said.

"Not this exact spot, no." Eligor responded, "Say, care to ask that boy for directions?"

 

[IFS]

"Yeah, Izzy is right, I just want to know more about myself, and why I'm a spirit instead of having passed on to the afterlife. So, anything you might be able to do to help Garath would be appreciated, even if its as simple as a place to start looking."

"Yeah I think you mentioned your amnesia back in Russia," Garath replied, somewhat taken aback by the question, "I can't really show you anything, since I wasn't there for your previous life."

He hesitated, he wasn't sure how Isabelle felt about necromancy, most people just hated it on instinct, and he wasn't even sure if he could use a spirit to find other spirits. Still it was the only thing he could think of that might help.

"I do have one thing I could try, although I'd want to do it somewhere else, generally speaking holding a seance works better the fewer distractions there are," He had to supress a laugh at the thought of holding a seance for a ghost, "I think I might be able to call up the souls of some of the people you knew in life, to talk to them, of course I'm not even sure it would work on a ghost, and it would only be able to call up people you had a strong connection to in life, even if you don't remember it."

He hadn't performed this sort of necromancy in a while, although DICE occasionally had him call up a ghost using its body as a connection, so that he could identify a body. Besides that the older the longer it had been sine the person died the harder it was to call up their ghost.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Not this exact spot, no." Eligor responded, "Say, care to ask that boy for directions?"

Isaac sat up completely and just paused for a moment, trying to shake off the pain from the fall. He looked directly at the boy and tried to strike up some conversation with him.

"So. Um. Nani demo kono atari ga doko ni aru ka gozonji?"

The kid didn't respond. He just kept looking at Eligor; patiently waiting.

"Right. Okay. I don't much think he's interested in helping me. You on the other hand..." Isaac retrived a phone from his jacket and pushed a button on it. A sound resonated around the area before dulling out. "I think he wants you to interact with him in some way. He called you his master. Maybe...try to give him a command"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"I can't really show you anything, since I wasn't there for your previous life."

"That makes sense I guess, as you would've of had to of been alive quite a long time ago; a few centuries at least given what I can remember."

"I do have one thing I could try, although I'd want to do it somewhere else, generally speaking holding a seance works better the fewer distractions there are." Garath looked as though he was trying to hold back a laugh, and had narrowly succeeded. However, the idea of holding a seance for ghost, gave Vayle a reason to laugh; as she hadn't heard of the idea before.

"You know Garath, that is actually both funny and ironic at the same time, seeing as you would be holding one for a ghost." Vayle remarked as she managed to contain her laughter. She then composed herself and patiently listened to the rest of Garath's idea.

"I think I might be able to call up the souls of some of the people you knew in life, to talk to them, of course I'm not even sure it would work on a ghost, and it would only be able to call up people you had a strong connection to in life, even if you don't remember it."

"Hmm, well I guess it could work; seeing a face or hearing a voice may awaken a few lost memories. Would you be okay with that Isabelle?" Although Vayle knew that this was mostly her choice to make, she still wanted to hear Isabelle's opinion.

"Seeing as though its one of the few options that might actually have a chance of working on a larger scale, I have no major concerns about it. However, Garath, I know this may sound silly, but in case anything goes wrong, is there away we can end the seance?"