Remaining staring down, he quickly grabbed Marlin and held him firmly, "But I have to say….You are the star of the show! This idiot may have cracked our lock, but you are the one who made him slip!" He lifts his head and his eyes were blacked fully. "All of you are the ones who are blind. Astra never liked us! Neither did the others. We will open the seals. And w it will be you lot to watch the world burn."
"Ah i see. hes being possessed isnt that just so nice." she stared at Ignis. she pulled out a mini black cross and walked over to ignis. "The power of christ compels you!"
The cross melts as it burns her hand, "Religion? You honestly think it exists? Soon the Shadows will show humanity what it truly lost"
"ow- stupid shadow possessing ignis!" she punched ignis in the face hoping to knock him out.
No effect made to Ignis, but could see a shadow almost leave Ignis. Only to have it put back, "Wow! Almost as strong as our weakest. We could use a precious one lime you!"
"dont even think about it." she punched ignis again.
This time Ignis turned to normal short before her second punch, "MOTHER-" the hit he felt as he fell. Ignis looked at Kali while releasing Marlin.
"hey it actually left him this time." she beamed a little with pride thinking she saved him from being possessed. "welcome back Ignis."
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Ignis snapped, his eyes flashed a ray of red before returning to normal black eyes, "I-I…I'm sorry. I was so close…"
ahahah isnt that fun. thats the same thing her dad yelled at her before him and her mom had a huge argument that ended up with him leaving them. her eyes had a shadow cast over them and she looked down at the ground. "…." she didn't respond, simply pulling a hood over her head.
(why do i keep coming up with vine ideas for kali lol-)
Ignis couldn't help but feel vulnerable. He lost his very essence, his special flame. The Eternal Flame. He looked at Kali, clearly affected by his words, "I…I'm sorry. I was so close on stealing what was once mine. Shadows are able to influence their themselves through others. I don't think they know the door is open both ways." He sits with his legs crossed, "I shouldn't have snapped the way I did…"
She was still looking at the ground, she clutched her left arm sqeeuzing it with her right hand. she didn't seem to process what he had said. was she shaking?… "You wanna know whats wrong with me?…..Its this stupid element…I didn't choose this…i didn't want this…Yet I was cursed with this…it ruined my life…if I could get rid of it…i would…." She inhaled a little shaky breath. eventually calming herself down.
Ignis remembered Marlin's words. It echoes in his head now mixed with Kali's. "Not a curse," Ignis's expression turned dark yet not possessed, "A power given to those born with magic blood. Losing your element would be like…a human losing a soul? I am more broken than you know."
"cool guess were both broken then. it may be a gift to you, you may think this is amazing but to me? its just the thing that ruined my life. to me its a curse." she sighed. "besides your not the one stuck with darkness fire elemental"
Ignis could only laugh, "A gift? No. What it was wasn't a gift. If you were stuck with sticks on a beach, you'd rather dig in the sand. I used it as a tool. As it destroyed my home, I didn't run. I took control and conquered it, saving very little my family had." He gently got up and placed his hand on Kali's shoulder, "My demons bow to me and serve me. Don't let yours ruin the very being you are."
MMmmmmmmm the urge is strong in this one- anyway she felt like hugging him but ew thats just weird man. she just stared at him, "yeah whatever." she didn't really know what to say in this situation so she said that. will probably regret later but she said it and its out.
Ignis felt the uncomfort feeling rising between each person, "His name was Arcanis. He referred himself as the Void. He has no distinct element, but I think there are bastardizations. Like persay… time or gravity? We may be looking at Elementals lost throughout history, given in and made into Shadows." Ignis looked at his hand once more, "I have enough to defend myself, but if I'm am going to be of any use, I need my flame back fully."
she cleared her throat. "Right, how do we do that? also back into the earlier subject of shadows- it possessed you and spoke to us- when I tried to punch it out of you the first time it complemented me and said "we could use a precious one like me and I'm guessing that's bad."
"There's a highly experimental magic that can help." Ignis took note to Kali's invitation, "That's good. It means we have better cards to play than I initially thought! I assume you said no so I underestimated your will to refuse."
"I-" she held herself back from saying things "then you thought?" nevermind it didn't work very well. "what do you mean we have better cards to play then you thought? what cards?"
"you underestimated my will to refuse?"
"Two shy sisters who watch from the distance, a military man with more fear in this situation than anything else, a former elemental, and you." Ignis replied quickly, "At first glance its not a pleasant hold to have"
Ignis was shocked to hear her yell, "Well I mean I just met you a little over twenty minutes ago! Was I supposed to assume EVERYTHING about you?"
"and me?" like a bruh face. "I mean I understand completely where you come from when you say and me i constantly remind myself of the vine "thanks for checking in I'm still a piece of garbage' but still." she turned to look at marlin for a little bit before looking at ignis.