forum A Sort-of Lion, A few Witches, A Not-Quite Closet(malfunction). Stalkers wanted.

Started April 04, 2018 by @Ca1iCa1--Is--Tired

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Orion is mildly happy. Gay people tend to be the nicest people, and there are a lot of gay people here. Kaz he didn't recognize, but Pluto… Orion isn't about to let Pluto be slaughtered. Not after she had helped him escape. Blue eyes darkening in his anger, Orion stands taller. Knowing that Pluto won't recognize him but hoping all the same.

Lata watches as Orion's aura seemed to change, It was honestly very intimidating. She would have tried to comfort him, but that had accidentally gone south before. She bit her lip hard to distract herself from the memory. Orion had gone through a lot more than she could comprehend. She walked over and took one of his hands, giving it a small squeeze. She only hoped Sam's plan would actually work.

Orion had relaxed when Lata squeezed his hand, "Thank you. Sometimes I lose myself to memories."

Lata gave a small smile. His aura was back to normal it seemed. Well as normal as it was going to get.

(Time to spend fucking forever typing the last of this shit bc I’m on a phone)
The announcer began talking again, and the music changed from classic rock to upbeat, mystical stringer instruments. “And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! He’s been missing for almost three pulses, thought to have all but gone extinct. But now, after years of waiting, I give you…Balthazar, scourge of the first seas, the guardian of Blackwash!” Zashi shouted. There was a loud rumbling noise, and the ground in one end of the coliseum began to crumble into a wide expanse of coral that began to grow in jagged forms upwards. Water began to well up from beneath the coral, and eventually the pink and yellow spires parted to reveal a very pissed-looking kid in white robes. He looked similar to Kaz, and Argo and Cas exchanges looks before beginning to laugh.

“Goddamn, never thought I’d see Michael in decent clothes,” Cas snickered as Argo nodded.

“I just can’t believe they mistook him of all people for a guardian,” the demon laughed

Lata felt very confused. "Balthazar" looked to be quite young for a long lost guardian. Were all three of the fighters just some overpowered teens or something? Lata crossed her arms, setting them on the railing in front of her.

Orion looks at them somberly. "That does mean that Balthi is still missing." With a long suffering sigh, Orion begins making his way down the stairs, posture changing until he looked little more than a beggar.

The violins began to change to loud drums, horns beginning to blare as the arena lit up with spotlights. Zashi, now hovering off to the side, began talking again. "And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! Give it up for the very god who brought you this fight, Fierte!" he called out, gesturing wildly as the spotlights traveled up to a large balcony on the other side of the stadium. A woman walked out onto it, and she gave off an air of burning authority. She had dark skin and rust-colored eyes, her long black hair done intricately. She was heavily armored, especially on her arms, and she walked out before sitting down in a large gold and rust colored throne. Guards on either side of her moved into formation along the balcony, half-rotted skeletons covered in armor at intervals along its length. The crowd grew silent in anticipation, and Fierte raised a clawed metal hand before the gauntlet of her armor exploded into sparking crimson flames.

"Let the games begin!" she called out, her solemn expression turning to a faint smile as the crowd roared

Orion rolls his eyes at the theatrics, and finally makes his way to the edge of the railing. It wasn't all that uncommon for spectators to be accidently pushed into the ring. He waits for the fight to get going.

(y'know what I'm gonna revive this out of boredom with a long ass paragraph bc why not)
A loud horn was blown from the platform where Fierte sat, and the crowd broke out into loud cheers and cries of "Fight! Fight!" The fighters in the stadium exchanged looks before the arena exploded into flashes of violet and white. Pluto took to the air, using one of her bladed wings to absorb a bolt of lightning aimed directly at her. Kaz, or Kaon, seemed to be grinning widely, though there was a hint of pain in his smile as he watched the others in the stadium with blackening eyes. Michael sat back, dodging and weaving through the lightning bolts as he struggled to avoid them. Cas frowned lightly at them, a look of realization making its way across his face. "I think they might have a plan of their own," he finally muttered, and Sam gave him a confused look

Orion 'trips,' and gets 'shoved' into the ring. Falling on his rear, he twists out of the way of a stray bolt, his cloak twirling as he does so. The audience catches sight of a pair of blue eyes. Ringing through him, the announcer's voice in piercing. "A new challenger appears! What will this lower class stranger be able to do?" Orion waits, soon enough blood will be drawn, and when it is, things might get a bit… c h a o t i c . . .

Sam stood up abruptly at the sight of Orion falling into the arena. "Orion, what the hell are you doing?!" he shouts. Kaz glances over at Orion, scowling as a small bit of black blood begins to drip from his nose. Damn, that made things a little more difficult. In his distraction Pluto slams into him, grabbing him and tossing him into the air with force she shouldn't have been able to use. Michael watched them for a long moment before making a decision. "You want to see your long lost guardian? Well here he is!" he shouts at the top of his lungs. There's a sound of rushing water, crystalline waves circling up and spiraling around him, laced with streaks of pink and yellow as Michael disappears into the water. There's a collective gasp from the audience as the water dissipates, leaving an enormous creature with a skull for a face and far too many fins. Its sheer size takes up almost a quarter of the arena, and it lets out a loud, shrieking roar as the crowd erupts into cheers. All but Sam and Cas, who exchange mutual looks of confusion and mortification

Scanning the arena. The scent of blood reaches Orion before he sees it. He smiles. Orion starts to sing. Arena falling deadly silent, the beast cut off mid roar. *We're all alone again. We're all afraid again. We're all here again. Head raising, Orion displays his now bloody nose to the audience, smiling as it trails down his chin. He steps forward as the first drop hits the ground. A feral grin, licking his lips clean of blood. In the center of the arena, his aura sweeps over those in the ring and those outside. Suffocating. Fear inducing. Terrifyingly dark.

Cas stands up, runs to the edge of the stadium as he shifts to his true form mid-run. He loops himself around the edge, leaning out across the arena. A single word, shouted at the top of inhuman lungs. "Balthazar!" he cries out, and some of the audience turns to look at him as he leans out. The creature, Balthazar looks up at Cas, its empty eye sockets seemingly fixing on him. Pluto and Kaz exchange looks before suddenly the arena is filled with water, Pluto grabbing the half-demon and flying him out of the way of the rising water. A single, enormous bolt of lightning strikes the water, electrifying it to distract the crowds while Balthazar uses the water to lift himself up to the edge of the arena. He's eye level with Cas, and he quickly shrinks before jumping for him. Cas reaches out with one wing, barely catching his hoodie on one claw and tugging him back while Kaz and Pluto land next to him

Orion lunges for everyone, barely making sure that everyone is touching some part of someone else. Twisting midair. A shadow on the ground.

Silence.

Darkness.

Peace.

The group. The whole group spills into a clearing in a forgotten forest. Fog hanging low over the trees and ground. An ethereal quality to the dirt underneath them and the air they breathe. Strings of graw moss dangling from lightning-struck trees. Those who knows the way of this world fear the place they are in. Forgotten forests are death sentences, and their cat-eared guide just fainted from the strain of taking them there.

Cas crashed to the ground, Kaz, Pluto, and Michael still clinging to the end of his tail as they fell to the floor. Sam fell onto his back, wincing as Lillith was tossed less than gracefully on top of him. It seems like Argo, Vaughn, and Malachi have been pulled in after Lucy as well, and Sam scowled at the realization that their group had more than doubled. Wonderful. More people to look after

Orion sleeps soundly, collapsed in a pile and sprawled out on the cold ground rather unceremoniously. Ears twitching, he dreams of different times, and places not yet seen.

Lucy hissed when she landed on her side, propping herself up slightly. There were much more people, and now they were in a completely different area than the arena. She moved over to Lata, checking that the girl was okay.
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Vaughn was not in a good mood. First Kaz leaves and doesn’t tell him the truth about where he’s going, and now he’s in some insane universe. He had toppled to the ground, Malachi in his arms in a protective manner.