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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(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.

Kaz groans as he sits up, taking his glasses off to rub at his eyes. His fingers come away speckled with black blood, his eyes still dark as he tried to convince the blackness to fade. He was still a little hopped up on adrenaline, and the throbbing headache he had from keeping Kaon back after so much usage of his powers was painful. He put his glasses back on, getting up and sitting down next to Vaughn. "I would like to say right now that this is Michael's fault," he said, pointing to his cousin who made a noise of offense

“I dont care,” Vaughn snapped in a low tone. “Why the hell didn’t you say anything, Kaz? You told me you were going to work. Do you run off like this every day? Go to wherever the hell that was and fight whoever the hell these people are? What the hell else do you do when I’m not around or when you go to work, huh?”

Kaz looked down at his hands in shame. "I always go where I tell you I am, Vaughn. I went to the tattoo parlor, and I was there for at least an hour and a half before Michael gave me a call. He said that he and Erik were in trouble, so I went to Argo and he sent me here because that's where I thought they were. And then I got caught by a bunch of angels I couldn't fight off. I'm sorry." Michael, who is laying on the ground, raises a hand into the air.

"He's right, it's not his fault. My dumb ass called his dumb ass, and here we are."

Vaughn let out a sharp, slow breath, rubbing at his stubble covered jaw in thought. “Alright, fine. I’m glad you’re okay,” he sighed, pressing a kiss to the side of Kaz’s head.

"You know I would never leave like that. I like my job, I like home, I like you. Trust me, I wouldn't ever want to see that arena again," Kaz mumbled. Liar, you dumb bastard. You liked it, liked using your power. Daddy would be proud, his mind hissed

“I know, I’m sorry. I just got scared, didn’t want to watch while you could have gotten hurt. I swear, I would have shot someone,” Vaughn said, giving Kaz’s hand a squeeze.

"I would have been fine, baby. We weren't going to hurt each other, just pretend to until we could escape. But then the weaboo over there," Kaz said, pointing a thumb in Orion's direction, "Hopped in, and we had to speed everything up. I would have been home by dinner time." Pluto rolled her eyes, tossing a small rock in Kaz's direction.

"Home by dinner? What are you, a middle-aged suburban housewife?" she scoffed, her Russian accent faint but noticeable. Michael chuckled at the comment, still laying on the ground lazily

(frick i'm back now)
Lata sat up after having practically been thrown onto the ground. She let out a small groan as she got up. Noticing Lucy coming closer, she gave a small smile to reassure her that she would be okay. The people who were gathered in the area around her however were all in different states of emotion. It seemed everyone from the original group was confused as to what was going on. Minus Orion anyways. The fighters plus the other half of the gay couple and kid all seemed a mix of relieved and stressed. Remembering how worn out Orion gets after using his abilities, Lata scoots closer to his sleeping body.
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Malachi embraced Vaughn as the older man protected him in his embrace. He looked concerned for how the man with cat ears had helped him. Maybe when he woke up he'd get a chance to say his thanks.