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Shantotto ([personal profile] rhymeonadime) wrote in [community profile] paixaorpg2010-12-16 09:46 pm
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble [Active]

Character(s): Shantotto and A GUEST.
Content: Trouble. :Db
Setting: On top of the domes.
Time: Late evening/night
Warnings: ^Nuff said.


Shantotto was well aware she was taking a rather heavy risk; a well calculated one, of course, but still, a risk. That didn't particularly bother the Tarutaru, however. Easy and safe was hardly any fun, after all.

Thoughtfully, perched on a stool, she surveyed her work: an oversized pot had a bubbling, steaming mixture in it that glowed an eerie purple.

While there were certainly a long list of things that could happen, there were two things Shantotto hoped to accomplish and, with any luck, she would achieve both. However, she would settle for either, at this point. There was still a chance, of course, neither could work out as anything could throw off the spell she was about to attempt; that was part of the risk. This world lacked many of the ingredients she normally relied upon in Vana'diel. It had taken a great deal of time to track down suitable replacements and even then, there was certainly a lack of guarantees. It would have been a different matter, of course, had she been in Windhurst, but here? Here was different.

It was exhilarating.

This new spell had been on her mind for some time now, long before she'd arrived in Paixao. Having mastered warp spells, the Tarutaru had set her mind on going far beyond any spell had done before. The next step, as it were. No one from Vana'diel had ever attempted such magic. She would be the first! She already was looking forward to seeing the look on the minister's faces when she would announce her creation. But, well, she was getting ahead of herself.

The stars, real ones, glowed above in the cool evening air. She was not under the domes, you see, but rather on top of them. It hadn't been difficult for the mage, of course, however perhaps some would think it an odd place to weave a spell, but not for Shantotto. This was absolutely the most perfect spot -- that she was certain of.

"Well, I do believe I'm as ready as ever. It's time to begin my greatest endeavour!" she said to herself, as she lifted her hands, a similar glow forming around them. Waving her hands above the pot, it's glow intensifying as she began to cast magic into it.

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2010-12-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
There were not many times that Xemnas graced the city of Paixao, even when there were matters that troubled his own core. But even matters such as those could be looked into without setting foot in the city. This, however, was bothersome, and he held back from sending one of the members to look into it. No, this pest had already caused them trouble in Halloween Town, and now she was up to more?

He needed to put an end to this, now. There were more important things that he needed to be focused on, and he very much doubted she had any answers in regards to the Unversed.

The dark portal grew up from somewhere at a distance behind her, darkening the dome's surface and stretching upwards. Xemnas stepped from the corridor, hood raised, eyes sharp, and then closed it behind him. He stayed where he was, only watching, trying to discern just what she thought she was doing. Or trying to do.

Other than attract attention, that is.

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
A one-way trip, was it? The idea of getting rid of the mage was appealing, but he couldn't risk it. Folding his arms across his chest, he tilts his head up a notch.

"And where do you believe you'll be going?"

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2010-12-18 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
It's slow building, but he starts laughing at her. "Of course. Home." It wasn't as though she was the only one in the city trying to reach their home again.

His laughter dies down and he glares at her from beneath his hood.

"You'd do well to end this foolishness."

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2011-01-05 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Not easily undone? Xemnas thinks otherwise. A pot was so easy to knock of balance, he barely even had to lift more than a finger - and a finger he did twitch, summoning a small swarm of Dusks to come from the spaces of nothingness around her "work" and trying to jostle it.

Even Xemnas could see the advantage in something so very simple.

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2011-01-16 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He watches as each Dusk falls to the ice magic and his thoughts flicker briefly to Number IV. Very briefly.

In reality, he isn't surprised by how easily she takes care of the Dusks. He doesn't shift in the slightest right away, merely continues to watch her with a bored expression, and then, he slowly starts to step towards her.

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
If she believed he was out with such a spell, than she did not know what she was dealing with. Though the Bind did leave him to contemplate, curiously shifting against the magic entangling him, he made haste at summoning up a portal around him and escaping.

When he reappears, it's across from her. In the same instant the magics of her spell begin to mingle, Xemnas has a blade of nothingness slashing through the pot separating them.

[identity profile] paixaonpcsorg.livejournal.com 2011-03-20 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Xemnas moves away from the catastrophic spell without much worry. His blades disappear, his arms fall to his sides. While his face is neutral, his eyes are laughing at her.

She brought this upon herself, after all.