"I have to agree with you there Arthur.." Soren sighed again, pulling the band out from his hair, letting it fall to his shoulders. His black eye was once again covered. "I have no focus, no connection. This isn't going to work. When I have any form of control it is weak and my attacks are weak, when I have no control at all I could potentially kill someone if they are not prepared like you were. There is no middle ground."
"We need to make you a middle ground" said Arthur ignoring Discordion, "Trust me I know how hard that is, My own aura took a long time to master"
"And how did you master it?" Soren was still a little skeptical as to how anyone, especially Arthur, could help him, but he was willing to accept any help given to him if it meant that he would not disgrace his family.
"With my help, and a lot of practice" said Discordion, making himself visible.
Arthur sighed, "He's right, but we still need to get to work." he summoned more orbs, "Summon your power, I don't care what you have to do, to do it, but get it done!"
(Do you want a second character sheet for Discordion? He may or may not be really present in this roleplay..)
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Soren stared at Discordian, not sure whether to question his presence, but didn't say anything. He forced his own shadow to form a connection and looked at Arthur. "I'm ready."
Arthur nodded and launched two orbs. Then he summoned a shield against Discordion's orb attack. Glaring at Discordion he threw the rest of the orbs at him, even though it had no effect.
Soren's arm became shrouded in his shadow as he deflected the oncoming orbs. He retaliated by sending shards from his hand at both Arthur and Discordion. I don't fight, I don't fight… I have never seen Arthur's magic before so I don't even know if it will have an effect on him. Then there's Discordion… just what is he?
Arthur used his sabre to take out all the shards, narrowly missing getting hit by two of them. "Ignore that jerk okay?" he gestured to Discordion, "He can't actually do anything to hurt you or anyone else other than me except under special circumstances. And he can't do much to hurt me either" Arthur lit up his sabre with aura. Swiping it in a specific pattern several flashes of aura swept towards Soren.
Soren's shadow left his hand, standing in front of him, absorbing the aura flashes. He closed his eyes, drew it back, and clasped his hands together. I don't feel good…
He opened his now completely black eyes. I shouldn't have used my own shadow..
His core twisted and he watched his clasped hands become consumed by a large orb. He glanced back up to Arthur, ripping his hands apart. A large dome surrounded all three of them and shards protruded from the walls before flying towards Arthur.
"Help me…" he whispered, though it was doubtful anyone could hear.
Arthur shielded, letting his power loose to take out the shadows. Grass began to grow exponentially, acting as a shield before vanishing. Chaos began to twist the environment, as Arthur swung his blade, creating a magic circle. Out from the magic circle came aura bursts in the forms of small, vicious monsters the raced straight for Soren. "Chaosae mystic!" the command enveloped Arthur in an aura orb, lifting him up as if there was no gravity, for he now stood upside down at an angle.
Soren was slowly losing control of himself as his shadow started to take over his body. "Arthur…help… I don't want to lose…control.."
A shadow blade appeared in his hand, slicing through the monsters before his shadow forced his body to advance towards Arthur, blade pointed towards him.
Let me take control, Soren, you need me.
I can't… you're too strong…
Arthur won't help you, but I will. I am part of you, I know how to help you more than anyone else could.
"You'll kill him…I am not a fighter, I'm not a killer!" His voice came out as a shout, but Soren couldn't hear himself. All he could hear was his shadow.
Arthur watched with confusion as Soren came closer, seeming to struggle against something.
Arthur watch out! There's another presence around him, trying to take control! Discordion gave him the warning before vanishing.
Great, "Soren! Don't lose control! You are the master of your power!" he yelled it to him, taking a ready stance with his blade, causing two rings of aura to swirl around him, ready to act.
You were weak without me, you saw that and you took me in. You couldn't master your power, Soren, but I can. Do not listen to that fool, what does he know about shadow magic anyway?
"I'm not weak, I'm not weak! I won't let you hurt Arthur!"
Soren fell to one knee, trying to force his shadow out of his body, but it wouldn't listen. He looked up at Arthur, tears filling his black eyes as he mouthed. 'Help me'
In a split second, he was on his feet once again, charging at Arthur, his small blade growing into a scythe.
A fitting weapon, for a demon.
Arthur parried the attack with expertise, catching every attack with lightening speed. Arthur you have to help him fight back! Whatever that thing is it has a link to him similar to ours but it is dark magic!
Arthur nodded, grasping his amulet and brandishing his sabre, Don't let me fall to deep Discordion! he used a burst of magic to separate him and Soren, "Chaos Burst!" he let the chaos energy envelope him, transforming him, when it was done with his blade was alight, and his chaos energy had increased it's flow, but also, Arthur now bore the mark of his powers, dragon wings identical to Discordion's.
sheathing his blade he lept forward, placing one hand on Soren's forehead, enveloping both of them as Arthur summoned his fire aura, This should take care of it! the Fire aura burned away the sentient shadow trying to control Soren, but it also left Arthur's mind open for a retaliating attack from said shadow.
Soren's shadow resided within him, still in his brain. Who does this guy think he is? What animated series did they pick him out of?
Shut up! Get out of my body, I should have never taken you in!
Then why did you?
"Because I didn't want him to think I couldn't do anything, I'm tired of not being able to do anything with my powers!" Soren didn't realise he had spoken out loud until the shadow dome around them fell and his own shadow left his body, returning to beneath his feet. He stared at Arthur, confused by his form.
Arthur pulled away, "I take it you have issues with the shadows too huh?" he said with a weak smirk. Don't pass out again Arthur came the warning tone from Discordion. Oh shut it
"Only my own shadow… He thinks.. He says that he can master my power for me so that I can be stronger… He's never had control of my body before…" Soren frowned, a strange feeling ran through his body when he looked at Arthur but he shook it off. "I think you need to return to normal before you end up like passing out or something."
"I'm fine" said Arthur, 'I need to master it anyway" he stood up, careful not to lose his balance due to the extra weight of the wings. Holding a hand out to Soren, he smiled. "So your shadow thought I'd be easy to beat?"
Soren slowly took Arthur's hand, his own shaking with nerves. "He's holding back, he's holding back because I don't want you to be killed."
I can make Arthur forget me… Forget everything that just happened..
"I'm sorry, I put you, and potentially myself, in danger. This won't be reported back to the professor right?"
"Nah!" said Arthur, "I'm not gonna tell, why would I?"
Careful, he has mental powers! came Discordion's warning,
"and don't you worry, We can still work through this alright?"
"Alright…" Soren took a deep breath, putting on a frustrated smile. "Damn it, there goes my nonchalant persona. Don't tell anyone you saw me cry alright, it would ruin my reputation."
I need to be careful, Discordion could prove to be an obstacle if I were to try and make Arthur forget me…
"Everyone cries sometime!" laughed Arthur, "Even me…." he said it with a flat tone. "Do you wanna try again or take a break and head back to the school?"
"I think we should take a break, if we are gone for too long someone might get suspicious." He sighed, sweeping his hair back into a small bun, his fringe still covering his black eye. "What lessons do you go to then, because I didn't think there was a Chaos magic class."
"Currently it's mystics…" said Arthur, "but I've had shifters, astral, darkness, and music,"
"Those sound like fun classes. Definitely better than mine." He chuckled, heading back to the school.
What am I going to do if he shifts into a wolf right next to me, I don't know how my allergies will be able to take that!
"So… Do you have any friends here that you can talk to when you're bored or whatnot?"
Great, now he's going to think you're boring for asking such a basic question.