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((UNS - Will and Armand))

Armand smiled at the little child Demi. “Don’t be lonely, Demi. I’m here, and look, Roulin is too. So are Dante, Noel, and everyone you know…. They’re all fighting together…even…” The red head paused before mentioning the next name. “…Will.” They needed to get out of danger’s way, and frankly, Armand wasn’t sure where it was safe. On an off chance, he happened to pick Demi up and move away from Will, Demios, Tim, and Roulin because of the obvious danger in that area. He didn’t know it, but he was moving in Aeon’s direction. “Look, they’re fighting for a better world.” At least, the three teams were not fighting each other now. His telekinesis was ready to knock out anything that came their way or looked like it would hit other Owls that weren’t paying attention to their surroundings.

Satan’s mouth curved into a very sadistic grin. “Is that all you have to say, Timothy? We leave you alone, and you make this mess. What orders, Tim? If you had listened, you would never have this mess to deal with. I’m tired of your sh**ty excuses and your poor planning, Tim.” The Lightning Herald was closing in, and as Satan prepared to zap him, Demios moved first and then Dante stepped in. “Of course there’s a plan. We’re going to ground him as the good parents we are. Raven’s for the idea. Dante’s laying out the ground rules. Let’s have a riot. Now, move and don't stay in one spot.” And yes, Dante was right. Satan was about to say something about Tim getting too old for the job, but Dante had pretty much echoed the same sentiment.

~Rou, conserve your energy, but be on alert. There are other Heralds here. It is not wise for all of us to focus on Tim. However, if you want, that telekinetic ground wave you used against me could be useful against him. ~ Satan sent some black lightning up to the infinity symbol to preemptively attract it to himself and activate it as he stood still.

~Dante, take the lead with Tim here and kick his a**. ~ Will would have wanted to take down Tim himself and thrash him for his disobedience and foolhardy acts, but the situation could not be that way. They could not all focus on one Herald. That would be quite tactless. Now, the silver haired guy from presumably Dante's team was joining the fray too.

“Raven, very good. Would you like to pummel the damn Gravity Herald over there? He’s been taking on some serious weight due to all those sweets.” Will would remain close with the Raven since he was keeping watch over Demios right now.

"And Gaeta, where the f*** are you?"

((Yeah, alright, some of that was corny. sweatdrop ))

Demi looked at Armand and frowned "Why do they fight, if it means they'll have to hurt people?" He asked. He looked down "I hurt people too, I destroyed people" He said. He hid his face on Armand "I didn't mean to, but I was so mad...but I can never forget...I can never be forgiven" He said. He looked at Armand "Why must we kill to stop killing, why must we fight to stop fighting" He said.

Kojiro had been watching all the chaos unfold, however his eyes were locked in the sealed location in which Thomas and Raven has headed in to, as he watched seadily he did not let his senses slip, he watched and listened as a fight began to rage beyond him, He wanted to go with her so badly, he did not want to let his family fight alone, he was afraid of combat, but as long as he knew he was fighting with his family by his side, he would swallow his fear and press on. A near by explosion returned Kojiro to reality, he shielded himself as he blocked a few small peices of debris from hitting him, but then he realized something, The shock waves stopped again. He clenched his fist and grabbed Owen's sleeve,"...Owen...please open the tunnel again...I dont care what she said!...Even if she never forgives me!....let me go in there!...sh-she might be in trouble!" he pleaded, he did not care anymore, he was not going to simply stand by on the sidelines while she handled the fight on her own.

Kojiro shook his head,"...Myself....youself...alone....nobody follow...." he mumbled in a low voice,"....Thats not it...that isn't a family!" he argued,"...If you open that entrance...you are not going alone!...But Im going in nonetheless!....you won't stop me!...I don't care about winning...I dont care about killing the enemy...I just want to make sure my family is safe!" he pleaded, If he even got the hint that Owen would try to stop him from following, Kojiro would trap him before he could make a move to keep him back.

Owen blinked, surprised at Kojiro's reaction. Then, the surprise became replaced with a gentle smile as he placed a hand on the top of the younger owl's head. "Don't worry, Koj. I wasn't going to tell you to stay up here. I was only saying that I was going to go with you to find Raven because you know as well as I do that Raven would not be pleased with me if I let you go alone. I know our little group is a family and what families do is they stick together and they protect each other. You should say that to Raven when we find her, kiddo. It seems she's forgotten that one big rule of ours when she decided to go down there alone with the Death Owl, hunh?" The Changeling Owl then stood up, removing his hand from the top of Kojiro's head as he went back over to the tunnel hatch. "Ready?" he asked Kojiro before opening the hatch. "Let's go find our Raven shall we?" He hoped Benkei, Nova, Nat, and Aaliyah would look after each other in this mayhem.


Sydney's face did not flinch when she received Satan's reply. She had honestly expected that sort of answer in the negative to her request that he and his friends stand down. Though, she did not like him stating her full name. Sydney Huston was not the name she had been born with all those years ago. It was a name given to her by the settlers who took control over their village and enslaved the people. Sydney had never really told anyone except Timothy and Gaeta her real name.

Keeping those thoughts and memories to herself, Syd instead returned her attention to the matter at hand. "Not in so many words..." she answered to his question about whether she was threatening him. "Did we ever have any balance to begin with, Satan? With each of the Great Four trying to kill each other, there will never be any balance... Your own duty seems to be obscured by your desire to kill both Noel and Thomas... Desire obscures duty and clouds the mind..."

((UNS - Armand, Amaya, Will))

The questions Demi posed to Armand were questions the scientist always had in his head as the pacifist that he was. To him, there was always a peaceful means to solve conflict. In some situations, it was just harder to do it or just didn’t seem appropriate. He did not think killing was necessary. “Sometimes, we must fight to protect. Not everyone thinks the same way. It’s hard, not something that be resolved by a video game tournament, you know? It’ll be alright, Demi. We’re all working together, and Australia will not happen again. You won’t destroy people again, Demi. We ..fight to prevent that, to prevent people from making others destroy… so, Demi, work with the rest of us and repent to make up for the past. Dwelling on it won’t help us save the world, but I know you’re a great kid, Demi. It’s who you are, and you always try to stop the bad people. Those bad people just need someone to help them out to see the right path. Let’s all go watch a movie and have a pillow popcorn fight after this, alright?” Armand kept running with Demi. Unfortunately, while keeping all the debris away from them, Armand wasn’t completely paying attention to his surroundings, and crashed right into Aeon.

Amaya had been protected partially by Demios’s barrier, but she was pretty confused about what was going on. She practically freaked out at the mention of Heralds, and when things got messy. During Demios and Will’s fight, she had seen Armand trying to run toward Demios, and she heard him mention that Demios was Laharl. That only made her more confused. With the mess going on, she spotted Vincent running away. “Wait, Vincent!” She started after Vincent, but paused, grabbing Anya’s right arm and pulling her along. “Anya! Come on!” And where was Amara? This situation felt worse than the Appalachians!

Satan did not relay Sydney’s messages to anyone in the area. This conversation was just something going on in his and her heads apparently. Satan did not expect Sydney to understand everything, but he did expect her to acknowledge the consequences to the world. ~The same to you lot, Sydney. Fight as the Great Four might, we do balance each other out. The same with the Heralds. All of us. We are a team. Together, we are the balance for the planet and the Owls. The Great Four do not destroy continents. Now, Sydney, do tell me what you Heralds have done to keep the balance without drastically f***ing with the whole world and destroying it. Now, as team, try anything else stupid, and I will make sure we all crash and burn. Are you with me or not, Sydney? I won't have Tim ruining the balance like this. It is most unwise.~ There was a hint in there about Nol Era, and it was pretty much implied that while the Great Four and the Heralds were not perfect, it seemed that the Heralds had more to fault here than the Great Four. This whole mess stemmed from the Nol Era.

(((Yikes I missed a lot.)))

Cady stood frozen to one spot as all the chaos ensued around her. She finally snapped back to reality with the sound of a child crying. Looking over to Armand she saw a small boy crying and hugging. A child, she could help him. Catching back up with Armand she stood a few feet behind him. She heard the child asking some of the same questions Liam had asked Armand earlier.

"I had no hand in the destruction of Australia..." Sydney replied to Will calmly. She did not, however, answer his question about siding with him. This whole discussion with the Satan Owl really had been pointless as she expected. But before she do anything in the way of crushing Will amongst a painful egg of shadows, Syd felt that Dante had just destroyed her hold on his shadow. The Darkness Herald did not flinch however and simply stayed stock still on her perch at the top of the Eiffel Tower. He might think he could remove her effect entirely with one simple flare of flame and light. "The light only feeds the shadows, Dante..." Sydney replied simply, but it was far from loud enough for anyone on the ground to hear it. A swirl of shadow and dark mist began circling her feet and body.

But what she said next to Dante was only said to the Tattered Owl's mind. "Your own pride, bravado, and rage will be your downfall, Tattered Owl Dante..." Even as she continued her conversation with Dante, Sydney began manipulating Will's own shadow to come alive and begin to crawl up and bind itself around Will's legs an up to his waist. It slowly made it's way towards Will's neck. Meanwhile, the same thing was happening to Roulin as well.