_____Time was both useful and annoying and as of late it was mostly the second option as the girl growled loudly at the situation. She managed to get one of the people who worked under One, however so far they refused to tell her anything she needed or asked them to reveal. While so far she simply kept her calm interrogation tactics it was growing more clear that the one who kept the male bound was not one to enjoy wasting her time without results. He spoke no words as she returned to the upper floor where he was bound to the stalled gears of the clock tower. ”It would seem you aren't one to buckle easily, while I’m sure Subject One threatened you should you speak up to anyone about her plans or location I assure you I’m far worse when I DON’T get what I ask for. So I will ask nicely one last time WHERE IS SUBJECT ONE!” _____Nyx’s words resounded in the tower as she spoke, her temper boiling to the rim as it was once more met with simple silence and a un worried face of the one bound in place. Quickly waving her arm as several knives cut the silent air and dislodged the objects hold the clock still. The sound as the gears began moving again had only been the first sound to reach Nyx’s ears. Slowly the gears that bound the male began moving and in reply the ropes pulling his limbs and twisting them to bring about his screams. Slowly moving her arm across to send a knife to stop the gears. ”Did you know, it would take the gears an entire hour before they broke any of your bones, then another hour before it started to tear you apart, and in three hours time that rope along your neck gets pulled each time that bell up there chimes. So I will ask again, where can i find Subject one, or should i come back in half an hour to see if your more willing to talk with me?” _____With another mute response Nyx pulled her knife out and allowed the male to suffer for his needed time. Her frame moving back down the stairs as she sat at the bottom browling and checking on her knife for any damage. She had thirty minutes to kill before she wanted to go back up and thankfully she was in a clock tower so keeping track was very simple, but what to do in the meantime was the real question. @Magi Heart
Stokbon again. Every time she came here, Tenebris would head to her old spot. Not even the Rocky Road held the title of the first memorable place for Magi to be while in this city. It was kind of like a training ground for her back in the day. In those days... she could barely make it to the top without exhaustion. She would stand on top and act like some dumb super hero watching over a city that she had no ability to protect or help in anyway. Top of what? A old clock tower. one that she had a few different encounters at. Her memories as Magi were not always clear, but she did remember those. That hooded guy trying to kill those people persons for some reason, she didn't know if she just forgot or he never said. Then Cain trying to kill himself or something. Gee whiz, If he wanted that, she should have just pushed him off! Quick save! Magi Heart was such a dope, seriously. "Gosh, I don't even need this place anymore. Hehehe, why do keep coming back?" It was not like she craved the improvement. She loved failure but... being superior to her old self was a rare exception to that rule. So she would climb this tower ten times faster than before just to drill home that fact. Tenebris then stopped in her tracks. There was... some dummy noob sitting in her way. A irritated look crossed her face before she shoved it away and asked sweetly; "E-Excuse me Miss. Could you um... maybe get out of my way? Or... is there a way I could *snicker* help you get out of it?" In actuality. It was fairly easy to get by the girl. Tenebris just wanted to have a excuse to have some fun. @Nyx
_____Nyx had checked this place a number of times before today, never did anyone visit and yet today when she was trying to get something done here someone had to come up and tell her to move. While most times she would simply to avoid getting into trouble she did have someone getting tortured, his screams echoing to the lower floor lightly causing Nyx to click her tongue. The idea to simply act like she was watching over the place ruined leaving her only the choice to deal with the girl. _____She did her best to make sure her actions did not catch the girl’s focus, carefully moving the needles from their holsters in her sleeves and dipping them into the vial quickly, even if she felt she could try to speak with the girl it would not seem like it would last forever so she simply wished to skip that step. Not to mention Nyx’s tember was already clicked and so she simply sought to relieve some anger. Just like that, without warning Nyx would quickly swipe her arm left to right throwing the three needles along the way. _____If any hit the effect of the liquid would not react quickly, a slow setting exhaustion. Her temper causing Nyx not to fully check if she was using the lethal vials mixes but either way her reaction to the girl’s words would likely not go without consequence. Moving to stand up quickly as her arms quickly moved in her sleeves pulling knives and needles free and getting ready for a fight to make sure her hostage, who once more screamed out in pain was left locked up until she got what information she needed. ”I suggest you leave, Unless needed I will not kill you to make sure get what information I need from the person above us.” _____Even if Nyx was trained to kill people, and mostly those that saw her face while she was working it was not always her choice to kill them. Nobody could blame her honestly, even if raised to kill she hated the act of killing people without real reason. If the girl reached for a weapon or did anything that was not leaving the area Nyx would take it as a threat and get ready to act accordingly, she took three days to catch this underling fo Subject One and she would be damned to let them go so easily. @Magi Heart
"Hm? ....Oh." Tenebris did not even try to evade the girls sudden attack. As the effects of whatever poisons quickly began to work on her small frame. Tenebris smiled at the wonderfully griefful hello the girl gave her. This person was pretty kewl maybe... "*Wince❤* Hehehehe... *wince❤*" She slowly moved her black glove to each needle and began to pull them out while she put a finger to her mouth with a creepy smile. Each pull was obviously stinging but Tenebris was not at all upset. She was enjoying every minute of it. Her energy and rest meters had worsened from the attack but she had fairly large ones at this point so the danger was a lot less than than the dark magical girl would have liked. Maybe the next attack would hurt better? Maybe she could go wild here? It had been awhile since she just fought for fun instead of helping someone or whatever. Hmmm... "Information? Don't you know how to just ask nicely? Hehehe... That kind of hello is great for me but I don't think it's a good way to interrogate anybody." Her hands began to glow purplish. "I can help you learn what a noob you are real fast or not. I came here to practice and see how much I've improved at a old hangout. I guess this was kinda a hehehe.. ugh, secret base for me. This dumb tower. I love to help people though❤. I do it all the time... hehehehe. I might be able to help you if you want? Whether that's down here or up there is up to you?" She twirled backwards and with a purplish blur ended it standing sideways, a wild glare of crimson eyes at Nyx. Gertrud in hand, extending nearly her entire height with a arcane arrow generated and already pulled back. Many possible types of fun here... which will it be? @Nyx
_____This girl was not someone Nyx expected, sure she dressed odd but the way she seemed to act was greatly opposite of her attire causing Nyx to shiver slightly before she tried to restore her resolve. There was no way she was going to back down to some kid her age, much less one who gave even her the creeps. Fingers lacing around her remaining tools and getting ready for a fight as best she could. The distant shouting from above an attempted distraction as Nyx Quickly swiped her arm across the air throwing three needles towards the girl. ”Just leave, no need help or you here!” ____Nyx spoke quietly, her focus on the fight as she tried to throw more needles to direct the girl away from the stairs and into a spot a bow like the one she held would be harder to use. It was a long shot from any real plan but at the moment Nyx knew she was not in the better spot for fighting. Tossing one of her few remaining knives she tried to make some movement back up the stairs, if she could get there the girl could only hopefully approach from there so she could set something up. @Magi Heart
Oh kewl beans! This people person was going to play exactly how Tenebris most enjoyed! Oh gee whiz, more needles and knives. Sigh... maybe this wasn't going to be that fun. Tenebris fired her Grudeg Arrow. The blast was large enough to fill most of the width of the hall but not entirely above or below. It easily ate the small lower quality projectiles and slammed into the bottom of the stairs, causing them to crack from the force. Nyx had already moved too high up to be hit however. "...Aw. This isn't going to be very fun. I know!" Tenebris pulled back and another arrow generated. She was not like she once was. She did not slow down when it was time to really play Terrasphere the way it was meant to be played. There was no reason to stop, no reason to relent, no reason for anything else but to bring this noob as much grief as possible until they were so cured and feeling so good they were just a big ole mess on the floor! This was supposed to be her time to out do her self as Magi Heart... well this was a different take on it but still worked fine enough! Firing again with a duo of spiraling energy arrows. Trauernde Zwillinge flew towards Nyx and instead of hitting the steps. Began to ascend the stairs! Practice or not, Tenebris was already feeling her inner madness start to grow. Battle did that to her. "Hehehehe! If I'm it, you better be runnnnnning❤!" Breaking into a run, Tenebris rushed the stairs as purplish mana was emanating off her. @Nyx
_____So, Nyx had officially pissed off someone she was likely far from a match up with. Clicking her tongue as she moved behind some cover on the upper floor and tried to think up some frame of plan. Her attacks proved useless, least from direct attack meaning she needed to get around the girl’s guard. Sadly she did not know if the girl had such a spot to aim or where it would even be. Biting her thumb nail lightly before she began checking her supplies. If the girl got to the second floor Nyx’s interrogation target would be bound across from the stairs, and the supports for some of the gears gave decent cover for the time being. _____Setting some needles close to the sleeve edge for quick draw before Nyx listened for the girl’s approach while getting an item from her UI. Slowly checking the bow and quiver Nyx moved in silent sprint for a nearby ladder to get the higher ground, while it was helpful it limited her escape routes but her hope was to try and finish this quickly. Frame crouched down, hand slowly pulling string back as Nyx aimed for Magi. ”Stand down Zero, Your actions are not acceptable by the order.” _____The voice cutting into Nyx’s mind and quickly pulling hand to ease the string and unequip her bow with a detestful growl. She was doing what SHE needed to do to finish what THEY wanted the group to do, yet every time they would tell her to stop. Clenching her fist tightly Nyx jumped down, fully intent on making sound to give her location away as she reached for her ear and pulled out the earing the order used to speak with her before throwing it. ”I’ve had enough of them trying to direct how to do my job they assigned to me.” _____Nyx growled rather loudly as she spoke her words, Hand quickly moving as two knives impaled her only lead to finding the others and she turned her gaze to the girl who clearly could kill her no matter how much Nyx struggled against it. To be honest it annoyed her but also held her in awe. Slowly pointing her finger and flicking her wrist to quickly get hold of her needles before dropping them to the ground. ”If your going to kill me do it, the odds of me winning are not favorable to waste effort in attempting. The gap is just to substantially against me. And with the fact of my recent actions the Order will likely aim to kill me or punish me.” _____Nyx sighed lightly, hands moving behind her head as she looked out the glass of the tower towards the city below. Not only would she be worrying about the others but the superior watching and moderating their actions coming for her head. Moving to gather what was still useable of her tools and turning back to towards the very odd girl, she had power and while Nyx hated to work with others she knew her actions would force her hand into that deck of cards. ”I hate to say this… But… I need strength… Even if I know how to do things I can’t without the right strength to do them… It really sucks to be the underdog and try to aim for the top.” @Magi Heart
The homing arcana arrows hit a gear on the second floor instead of the intended target. If anything, this person really knew how to get away! This was not the best place for a normal archer to fight either but of course, Tenebris was not exactly normal or just a archer. She reached the second floor with her bow in front of her already ready to fire. She aimed it to and fro with a wild and excited look. She wanted to cure this wonderfully playful people person so baaaaaad... "C'mon you started this let's go! Hehehehehe! Just be nice and let me heal you a little ❤. These shots feel amazing! Hehehehe! Really!" Crimson eyes set on a person tied up between some gears. Oh so that was what she was talking about earlier? This person looked like they were pretty upset. They definitely needed some help! Lowering her bow for a second to approach the person she stopped. Knives hit them and they died. Wowzers... that was a dull way to cure. They didn't suffer enough! What the heck was that noob thinking?! Tenebris refocused on her 'friend' here. Who just so happened to come out of hiding and openly... give up? Awwwww. Thankfully for them. Tenebris had not gone full psycho quite yet and still had some restraint to do a little chat before resuming the very straightforward process of healing. "Well duh. Gee whiz, yeah I'm stronger than you. I've been doing this for a while now..." Still keeping her non bow holding hand aglow with purplish arcanamancy. Tenebris shrugged and took a seat on a broken gear. putting he knees together she leaned her arms on them and bent forward a little. Watching this person spout stuff about being weak and wanting to get stronger or whatever. Shonen crap. Tenebris felt some of her old self's inner weeb get excited and she almost hurled. This being shown by a split second covering of her mouth before resuming listening. Why was she giving this noob the time of day? They wanted to aim for the top. That's a idiot's way. That's what wannabes do... what she did. "...Give it up. You want to be strong? Pfft never going to happen ❤. You will fail and fail and hehehehe, FAIL❤ ." Tenebris spoke with a strong bitterness and mocking tone. Encouraging failure, embracing reality of suffering, this was exactly what kind of hero advice she needed to give. "They want to hurt you? Hehehe, that's love for a friend. How much you hurt is strength ❤. When you were running from me... did you feel grief? Did that motivate you to fight back but you didn't know how? Hehehehehe. That sort of thing is normal everyday stuff and you should get used to hehe, and crave it. I don't think you could ever get strong being the noob you are but true healing, true power comes from the grief one can give and take ❤." She got sick of giving a Tenebris says and as if on cue a voice resounded in her head. Stop. Value level 7. This person may be able to follow orders if given proper conditioning. Bring her here. Urgh... damn it. Tenebris touched her rose and frowned. Someday she would tell her 'mistress' to go fuck herself. Just not yet. She was who she was thanks to Vermillion. Oh gosh, how much Tenebris wanted to heal that vampy. She gave her so much grief so Tenebris definitely needed to give some back to her... It was just hard to focus on that. There was some kind of... block in place. "...What's your name? I'm Magi, or Tenebe or however you pronounce it. I hate both those names. I have a... friend that's real strong and stuff. *Snicker* she has a awessssssome lisssssp too ❤. Wanna meet her? You can get your power that way. ...It's a quick solution but like I said hehehe. It's better to just accept your suffering and enjoy it." She reached out a hand without even getting off the gear. Her face was blank. Her eyes were giving off a unknown emotion. She waited. "Take my hand and she'll help you. Stay away and you can help yourself. Or ....I can help you right here just like I was doing. Up to you noob." @Nyx
_____After Nyx’s words she simply listened to Tenebris’ words, the way her mood seemed to shift slightly caught Nyx’s attention but nothing beyond that for the moment as she listened to every word and turned to see the offered hand. Moving slowly Nyx reached her hand out without a second thought really shown. The order would likely hunt her down for her rebellion, and she needed to be ready for that no matter what. Her lips moving slowly before Nyx began to allow words to escape them. ”Nyx, or as the Order once called me Zero… No matter the cost I need power…” _____It was then that Nyx began to consider the idea, if this girl did know someone who could help her gain strength there was no downside in her book. It was death now or postpone it with the more power she gained. Outside that her gaze slightly setting on the earing she shattered, no redo for that and so she had to act without regret now. Turning back to face Tenebris Nyx gave a small smirk. ”Even the mouse can stop an elephant. I doubt you will stay stronger than me for long. When that times we can see just who would have won our battle." @Magi Heart
