The Starry Void: In the beginning there was an asshole of a Dark One...

[VySaika]

Waking up in the Void once more, Ranmaru chuckles at his fate. "The Knight of the Marsh. Well, now I know where to find you. And having already proven unable to defeat you alone, there will be no shame in attacking you all at once..."

[Anastasia]

As Ranmaru ponders this, there is a poof! Lord Flasheart appears by him, dusty and a little fried. Just like he got shocked or something! Thus two are now in the Starry Void!

You two can chat or whatever.

[VySaika]

Blinking as another appears in the void with him, Ranmaru smiles at his new company, "Heh, I see you ran afoul of some bad luck as well. You are...Lord Flasheart, are you not? Forgive me if I am incorrect on this, I'm still learning everyone's names."

[Ebiris]

"An electrified door! Of all the ill-mannered effrontry!" Flasheart rails in irritation at failing to have shared any fire on that last run through. Spotting that he has company, he turns to the oriental peasant and nods. "That's right! And I'll need to get back out there or else those two girls are dead!"

He pauses just a fraction of a second before barking out a laugh, "Because they'll kill themselves without me around!"

[VySaika]

Ranmaru nods, "Yes, I believe that staying together is the best option. Listen..." he pauses, considering whether or not to tell Flasheart what he found, but decides that it is indeed for the best, "I found the Knight of the Marsh. Alone, I was no match for him, he is truely a warrior of great might. But even with the help of his vicious mount, he would surely fall to all of us. What say you, lord?"

[Ebiris]

"Bah, he can't be any worse than that barbaric Prussian statue of steel and fire!" Flasheart makes a dismissive gesture. "He'll certainly get his comeuppance soon enough!" Focusing for a moment, his form solidifies, again looking more or less the same as the last two times except now he has ugly slanted eyes - much like an oriental savage - and some sort of skin condition that hints at scales but could be really bad eczema. "The others should summon me back soon enough, and I'll tell them to bring you along as well."

[VySaika]

Ranmaru nods, "We should meet with lords Varian and Shadow as well. And I would not presume to know anything about this statue you speak of, but I caution you not to take the Knight lightly. He rides upon a shark and forces a confrontation in the water. Such an advantage is not easily overcome."

[Anastasia]

As the two talk and wait, they notice a rather bedraggled Sacchin appears in the Starry Void as well. My, dying seem to be the cool thing to do lately!

[Carthrat]

Sacchin drops to her knees and pounds her fist against the ground, once, twice, three times, before lying on her stomach and bursting into tears.

[VySaika]

Ranmaru's eyes widen as another figure appears, "Welcome back, I suppose. If I may ask, what happend with you miss...ah, forgive me I seem to have forgotten your name."

[Carthrat]

"Shut up!" snarls Sacchin, between muted sobs. "I'll get my wish!"

The environment seems to twist around her, until she's lying in the shades of a desolate, bloodstained alleyway.

[VySaika]

"Ah...erm...I...I'm sure you will, yes." Ranmaru backs slowly away from the raging insane woman.

[Anastasia]

Woosh! Just like that, Sacchin is gone from the Starry Void!

[Anastasia]

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So that's what it's like to be eaten alive! Ranmaru has gained an exciting insight into the ways to die as he reappears in the Starry Void!

[VySaika]

"Ugh, back here again, am I? I can't seem to stay away for long."

Sitting down, he meditated on what form he would take next to best serve his allies in this mad quest. "Hmm, I hope the others escaped before that demon got to them. Though something tells me it was only after me..."