Ronove' - The Gate [Open/KILL VIABLE]

Deep in the sands of the Desert of Forgotten Souls, a shimmering, warped glass tower stands, created by lightning striking sand multiple times to create the prism of light acting as a beacon. It had already drawn a massive crowd, a crowd kept under control by the Pharaoh’s guards. Only those with a ticket to the dungeon would be allowed entry, a way for the country to make some extra money to help with the ever-ongoing repairs of the country still struggling to recover from that fateful event two years ago.

Those hoping to participate in the dungeon would have to wade through the crowds of adventurers, vendors, guards, and curious onlookers and present their ticket to the guards.

OOC Note: Players may only post once every 24 hours and may not touch the Gate until their second post. This thread IS kill-viable and players ARE welcome to interact and/or attack other players, if they so choose. Upon touching the Gate, all damage will be healed and all magoi restored.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you enter the Gate topic, no abilities trained after this point will be usable in the dungeon, same with items purchased after this point. Make sure all training/purchases are complete before posting~

Ari hovered on her flying carpet above the throngs of people, interested to see who might be the first to approach the Gate and enter Ronove'. She had done her due diligence and notified the Pharaoh, a young man with a friendly smile and a strong hand shake. He had been excited at the prospect of possibly sending in some of his own people but also for the economic boom that followed anywhere a dungeon appeared. Ari was interested in only one thing, who would claim victory over the Djinn in the depths of the dungeon. She knew it was her duty to find suitable candidates and guide them, but the disappearance of her lover had left her distraught. She did not look forward to the task of finding another she favored in their quest for power, but she had been given the task of Magi for a reason and she intended to see it through.

Like the last dungeon that Zadi prospected, this dungeon also had vendors and bazaars and everything under the hot hot sun. It seems the world finally understood the economic value dungeons had to offer. Granted, the vendors and entrepreneurs didn't themselves intend on going into the dungeon. Instead they simply set up shop hoping for those that will go into the dungeon to buy things at the last minute before heading in or wussing out. Either which way, the vendors made a killing near the dungeon. Zadi would keep that in mind, but for the time being, he tried to stay focused and waited for Ani and Hoyo near the entrance of the dungeon. Hopefully nobody would try to assassinate Zadi in the meantime...

"Hope Ani makes it here soon."

The Journey was a pain for Solomon as he most definitely did not enjoy the heat and the distance that he had to go in the Desert of Forgotten Souls, however he did still feel fortunate that Tenma told him of the dungeon or he would have left Helio without even knowing of the possible beauty and power he may have missed out on. He had heard of these dungeons before and the landscapes that they supply being that of magnificent landscapes and things this world will not find anywhere else, and seeing these sights could possibly be the only thing that could bring him some happiness and excitement back into his life. Above all however he had come on the knowledge of Djinns and the power they may supply him with in running his new country he desired to build, to have the power to not only defend those he cares for but the take out any threat to them, this was something he could not refuse.

As he came up in the distance he would easily be able to see the tower of warped glass and that is when he would feel the most excited as he knew that he would be able to go inside the mysterious and magnificent tower, some of that feeling left him when he saw all the vendors and people around the base of the tower when he did arrive as he felt that it ruined the beauty and the mood of the dungeon having all these people around it. It made sense for them to be there as there is definitely profit to be made, however Solomon would consider what he could possibly do to stop these kind of things in the future so he could preserve some of the beauty of the dungeon. Solomon would get himself past most of the vendors and wait by the guards of the dungeon just before the gate, he did not wish to speak to them just yet as he did arrange with Val to await for his arrival rather then going ahead. He would see someone else waiting just at the entrance by him and Solomon would simply nod to acknowledge his presence but he would not cause any trouble with anyone before entering the dungeon and he was making sure nobody would start anything with him as he watched his surroundings in search of Val.

His training made he be much later than planned he was hoping to surprise Solomon by being there first and waiting for him but regretfully that did not come to pass. He did not get much sleep that earlier night as he trained late into the night so he was running on lower fumes then regular however he was not willing to be any later, especially since he was now determined to give Solomon a hand in what ever he needs, they discussed in their previous meeting during the time they were guarding a noble women that he really could not come to get comfortable with on how Solomon wished to create a place of his own. A safe haven he called it, but do to so Val knew he would have to have the money and power to support that belief and the best way he could do so at the moment is the dungeon he would do what ever necessary to support Solomon's quest as since that night he found his burnt down tavern he did promised to himself not to allow any more misfortune fall upon him. As he was arriving he would see many people and vendors, some of which pressured very hard to sell things getting in his way on his way to the gate which annoyed him somewhat, however some of them did have worth while items he might consider going back for after he met up with Solomon if he had the time. Coming up to the gate, "Heyyy!!!" he would yell as he waved to Solomon jogging up to him. "Hope I did not keep you waiting too long" he would say "If you are ready we can go straight in if you like or did you want to grab anything? If we have the time I would not mind." He would look around and see some others gathering, it took him a little while to notice but after a bit he did notice that Solomon was being somewhat cautious of who was around him, that or observing to see what he could possibly be up against for the possible riches of the dungeon.

A figure emerged from the heat haze rising off sand dunes in the distance, its shape distorted and warped like some kind of illusionary trick of the mind. But this was no mirage. As Yakuroro approached closer, those looking would have been able to see his form consolidate and focus into view as a blue haired giant clad in robes with a wide assortment of magic tools strapped to his person. The Imuchakk stepped forward diligently, his pace unhindered by the impressive weight of the various items and equipment his body bore. In his left hand was the staff of storms and on that forearm was a polished shield strapped firmly to Yaku's limb. On his back was the bottomless gourd and a large greatsword made from reinforced rampaging unicorn horn. Around his neck was a chain that held several pendants and jewels. There were more tricks up his sleeves and inside his robes as well, but the most important trick of all was resting on his left hand. A simple ring with a simple engraving. Mundane, and yet it was the symbol of his regal might.

"Seems like I'm far from the first to arrive..."

The Imuchakk magician muttered to himself as he approached the growing group that had come to flock around the dungeon. He had heard of its presence not too long after arriving in Heliohapt and resolved to enter once more. This time, Yakuroro was not looking to assist some other individual in becoming the vessel of a Djinn's power and status. No. This time, Yakuroro had decided to see if it was even possible to obtain a second djinn for himself. Marax was strong, but the powers were more suited to trickery and subterfuge. After seeing Noir's training, he realized that the offensive powers of his own djinn were less potent than others. If other King Candidates stood in his way some day, the strength of another djinn better suited to battle would be invaluable to Yakuroro.

His goals firmly in mind, Yakuroro stepped right up to the gate guards ignoring the others whom had come to challenge the dungeon but were waiting for their partners. There were familiar faces, but the Imuchakk had no reason to address them. They were merely moths that had gathered around the great flame of his ambitions. The King Vessel glided past them as a great beast marches past insignificant bugs. "Here is my ticket. Another accompanying me will be here soon, but I would like to approach the gate now." Yakuroro produced his ticket to the guard with a stoic gaze. When they let him pass, Yaku began to approach the gate itself. The magician moved swiftly to the maw of the dungeon but stopped just a single step short of touching it. Yakuroro then pivoted on his heel turning to face the others present. The Imuchakk cleared his throat and then spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen!~"

A booming voice with the commanding charisma of a powerful man spread so that all nearby could hear. "Some of you may be here to challenge this dungeon. If so, I honor and applaud your courage and valor." The man made a slight bow in acknowledgement of this before continuing. "However, I must insist that you all wait a bit longer..." Yakuroro then reached for the greatsword at his back and brandished it in a flourish above his head before stabbing the blade into the ground in front of him. It was as if he were drawing a line in the sand with that blade, a warning to all that to pass was to incur...consequences. "I have used clairvoyance magic to peer inside the dungeon. I have seen what lurks within! The air is poison right now and if we were to enter now, it would surely mean the doom of us all!"

Instead of threats, Yakuroro implored the people there to hold off on entering due to a danger that was beyond his own control. "I have seen that this threat will come and go. We will have to face it sooner or later, but it is best if we enter during the gap between, is it not?" Yakuroro spoke as if everyone there was his ally. Though his words may have been lies, the false empathy in voice would have been flawless. Hopefully that would be enough to sway the thoughts of those present.

Profession Used:

It was finally here, what Ani had been training for weeks for, the dungeon. She had learned how to fight with her hands, become better and more efficient with Hoyo, and developed new techniques for fighting. Ani was stronger then before and with her she had two magical items that she was confident in using. Ani didn't walk there she rode Hoyo there. After all her beast was bigger and stronger then before. She walked past the other candidates seeing Yaku, but ignoring whatever he was saying since she was sure what ever he was saying wasn't very important to her. She soon rode over to Zadi on Hoyo who was bigger when he had last seen the beast.

"Sorry I'm late, but I was finishing up some training." She said nodding softly while petting Hoyo who flicked his tongue at him happily. "I'm gonna stay on him so I can quickly get to the door when it's time to go inside." She stated while adjusting her mask and summer cloak. It matched her red sports short, and matching sports top. Her blue hair was in a ponytail as she sat atop the beast. Ani seemed stronger, confident, and more attractive then she was before as she sat atop the beast who was sniffing around the area.

Noir walked in the middle desert before stopping for a moment to pour some water on a towel that she brought before using it to wipe her face. She was lucky because she brought a thin fabric that covered her head and that Haku could decrease his body temperature so the heat was not really bad for her. After looking around the desert and walked far, she still couldn’t find the place that Yakuroro mentioned. She was supposed to be with him for this another dungeon that rose up in Heliohapt but she overslept due to the harsh training that she did the day before and it was pretty reasonable that her mentor already went ahead without her. She could just use Haku to smell the scent of her mentor but it would be bad to do it here because the sands could got into her liger’s lung and made him couldn’t breathe properly. The merchant seemed to give her a wrong direction but it could be her that was wrong, she was hopeless now that she couldn’t seem to find it. It would make Yakuroro not happy if she couldn’t make it though so Noir tried to look for the dungeon once again, he needed her help for this dungeon so she would do her best to help him. Suddenly, Haku growled before using his doubled speed to run as if he already knew where to go. Just in front, they noticed a strange looking structure made from glass and she was happy that she could find it at last. Thankfully it was not a hallucination, it was real and she could see some people already gathered and waited there.

She could see Solomon and Ani there, wondering if they would compete for the dungeon as well and was worried if they would need to fight, especially with Solomon. Noir would pass on her tickets to the guard and then looked around more to find her mentor. Once she found him; she would greet both Ani and Solomon first, wishing them a best luck in the dungeon before she ran to Yakuroro's side with Haku towards in front of the gate. “I apologize for being late, I got lost…” She bowed towards him before standing beside him while looking at the other people who were waiting at the gate at the moment, wondering who else would show up there.

Solomon watched as people began to show up one after another, each trying to pair with a partner they arranged to meet up with. Seeing Val coming through the merchant area as he called out to Solomon he would wave back, “Hey, what took you so long?” he would ask but it was not like Val was that late and no one has gone in yet anyway. Solomon thought for a second as Val asked if they could go shopping quickly at some of the vendors but before Solomon could even give a reply a spectacle began. Watching as another fellow Imu was gathering everyone’s attention, at first it seemed as if he was acting like a host but Solomon smirked right as he stabbed his blade into the ground. He would turn to listen and get Val to listen to him as well, however even though he was listening to the man when he did finish he would then pat on Val’s chest, “It would most definitely be in our best interest to be one of the first to enter, so we can hit the shops when we get out, but let us be the first ones to see the wonders of this dungeon…. Let us go now.” Walking up to the line where the man stood Solomon would not attempt to start a fight even though the blade was either used to show that this man would be hostile if those attempted to pass or it was to grab their attention, “We Imu’s can hold our breath for some time anyway, so even if I enter now I can find this gap you speak of and even if I cannot I wield power to keep myself and my partner safe from such things as poison… however thank you for the warning it is kind of you … I hope that this is only the beginning of how we can help one another if in need in this dungeon,  I will also do my best to defend Noir and help my friends get some riches from this dungeon.” He would say this being polite learning from his profession that charm can get much more the aggression, but he would still be very cautious as he would then hold tightly on his axe as before he passed the man with Val in case he would need to defend the two of them as every man here was a contender and a possible threat to them. But know now knowing that man was with Noir he did put a little more faith in the man then before.

Solomon could tell that he may be able to fend off the man but Val was not yet up in strength to fight off such a opponent and it would be best to leave before any acquaintances of his could show up, he would keep Val close till they entered the gate, Solomon reaching out to touch it magnificence as he passes.

[Entering]

Profession Perks:

Ani eventually showed up, but the person that Zadi became most interested in was Yakuroro, Zadi's first dungeon buddy. It has been a while since the two of them met, much less spoken to one another, so Zadi wanted to talk over and say 'hi'. Unfortunately for the emotionally fragile Zadi, Yaku didn't even acknowledge Zadi in the slightest. Being emotionally 'fragile' to the situation caused Zadi to become rather pissed off but also a little heart broken. Not only were Zadi's emotions and feelings being tested, so was his friendship with Yakuroro who was once scared of the very thing that he'd become 'infected' with; the black rukh fluttered around Yaku during his charade and Zadi couldn't help but snoop out of spite.

Not only did Yaku ignore Zadi, but Yaku now possessed black rukh. Out of spite for his untrustworthy 'buddy', Zadi used Spriggan's Aura, acquiring loads of different biological signatures. However, Zadi only used Yaku's signature for the next spell Decipher in order to look into Yaku's black rukh and how he got them. If all worked out for the snooping magician, he'd learn of quite a horrible event involving Yaku turning into the monster.

If Zadi learned about Yaku's black rukh, the black magician would feel sympathy towards Yakuroro. However, Zadi learned so much more about black rukh! So much in fact, Zadi became a little disoriented. he held his head and blinked a few times in order to get his head on straight, but the flood of puzzle pieces was too much for Zadi to handle all in one go. Stumbling a little, Zadi thought going into the dungeon would help set his body and mind straight and attempted to push past the crowd, hopefully with Ani in toe, move past Yaku like that one other Imuchakk, and touch the gate. Nothing would happen until Ani touched it.

If Zadi was unable to look into Yakuroro's past, then Zadi would get annoyed by whomever stopped the snooping magician. Most likely Yakuroro, so Zadi schoufed at the blue magician's speech, pushed past the crowd, hopefully with Ani following, touched the gate, and waited for Ani to touch the gate, too. Out of frustration, Zadi ignored the other Imuchakk and anyone else who tried to give a speech.

Either which way, Zadi would try to touch the gate! Hopefully Ani was able to follow the stumbling or frustrated Zadi.

270 magoi/stamina

Tech(s):

[Touched the gate, Entering when Ani also touches the gate]

Explaining to Solomon how his training is what made him a bit late, and then passing through the vendors and looking at all the interesting things did not help that. But as he was going to continue speaking to Solomon he directed his attention towards another Imu who wished to speak to everyone, Val did not know much about dungeons so thinking about walking straight into poison made him feel a bit anxious, but listening to Solomon he felt pretty confident about protecting him so that made Val feel much better especially when Solomon hit his chest, made him feel that much more confident in Solomon. He knew he would have to trust in Solomon's strength and he would follow Solomon into the dungeon also going to touch the Gate.

He looks around to see his opponents. He knew almost no one there except Solo and that fanalis boy. That boy made Val angry of how such a person can be rude. Fanalis or not that does not determine someone's strength. For some reason, that person still waited for his partner.

As he makes his entrance, he makes a face. It was not a face of fear nor a face of sadness. It was a face of determination, a face that shines out of the rest of the crowd. He needed to look like a warrior, for Solomon. To show his power, he needs to help Solomon conquer this.

Val places both his hands on the gate, feeling the power of the magic. He looked up to the lightening hitting the dungeon, conducting it like metal. Before the warrior enters, he makes sure his straw hat is low and looks forward. "Lets go, Solo."

(Touching Gate: Entering Dungeon)

Everything was perfect as Noir came to Yakuroro's side. A cruel and twisted grin danced across his lips as the field had been set just as he had hoped. Now, he could instruct Noir to touch the gate and use his magic to form some kind of barrier to slow down everyone else before entering as well. It would be a simple thing to later assure Noir that he was merely trying to make sure no unknown and dangerous people beat them to the djinn. The Imuchakk gripped his staff and began to gather the magoi to cast a spell when suddenly someone stepped forward. Yakuroro stopped his accumulating magoi and held off on casting as the Imuchakk man had already entered the range of the spell he had been planning to case. There was not enough time to stop and begin a new, more appropriate spell that wouldn't have injured the stranger. Yakuroro still did not want to use violence against these people, merely slow them down. Afterall, he needed to continue to meet Noir's expectations in order to ensure her future support.

Before the foiled magician could devise some other means of doing so with the spells at his disposal, Solomon had approached close enough to begin speaking. The faux friendly smile had already returned to the deceptive magician's face as he listened to the warrior proudly declare himself a strong and capable contender. The danger of poison gave this man no fear or hesitation. He looked ahead towards the future with bright optimism and hope. Hope with burned away at something within Yakuroro's heart as he heard it charmingly espoused by this perfect Imuchakk warrior role model. The burning spread through Yakuroro's veins bringing his very essence of self to a boil. On the exterior, only Yakuroro's left hand showed any sign of this turmoil. It clenched the Staff of Storms ever so slightly as the rest of his body remained still as if frozen in time with that amicable fake smile of his.

Solomon and his partner passed, as did Zadi, and so on. Yakuroro simply stood there doing nothing until the wave of challengers and companions had passed and a lack of nearby people had settled into place. Silence hung over Yakuroro for a moment, almost as if his own little place in the universe had been overcome by some sort of stasis...then a flutter broke it all to pieces. A black rukh danced across Yakuroro's face as he began to shake and move slightly. His body given motion be a soft but growing laughter.

"Hmhmhmhmm..."

"Hahahahahaaa!"

"Bwahahahahaahahahaa!!!!"

Each subtle rise in volume lured more black rukh a great mass of them flocking to surround Yakuroro. He threw his hands to the sky in clenched fists as his laughter crescendoed into a grand finale. The air would become dense with the lingering presence of stagnation and a heavy spite. Solomon was so blinding being led by fate. It had sickened Yakuroro to his very core. The warrior was an ideal image of his past self and all that his tribe had expected of him. If he had been like Solomon, then so much suffering Yakuroro went through could have been avoided. Fate was smiling upon the Imuchakk's journey, but it had dragged Yakuroro down to the deepest depths of despair. Yakuroro could not allow this. His first strike against fate would be here and now. Much sooner than he had expected, but despite a lack of preparation this only exhilarated the Imuchakk magician.

Yakuroro gradually returned to a calm state and then turned to Noir with an odd expression. His face was split ear to ear with a wicked smile and a strange madness filled his wide open eyes. There was a subtle pain and desperation in those eyes as well, his gaze being paradoxically manic and pitiful at the same time. "Well, Noir. We'd best be careful in the dungeon...No telling what may happen..." The magician then turned to face the gate and placed his hand upon it. Yakuroro's mind was addled by the influence of his depravity now. His intent dripping heavily in the same black malice that painted the King Vessel's rukh.

Ani had greeted Noir, but didn't leave many pleasantries since this time around she was eager to win more so then ever before. She looked around for a moment and saw Solomon, along with Yaku meeting with Noir. She sighed knowing that if those two were going together it would be quite a pain in the rump to deal with two djinn vessels if they had to fight eventually. She decided to tell Zadi before they went inside."Watch out that girl over there, Noir won the last dungeon I went inside."

When it was time Ani quickly handed her ticket and raced towards the gate as she rid Hoyo. Soon enough she touched the gate at the same time as Zadi and her beast companion Hoyo. Ani was stronger, and a bit wiser then before, now was the time to see if it would be enough for the girl.

[Entering]

The day had finally arrived. Out in the Desert of Forgotten Souls stood the dungeon. A gleaming crystalline tower in the middle of a sea of onlookers from Heliohapt and farther. It seemed to Endolf that dungeons drew huge crowds, even pulling in people from neighboring countries and other continents. Standing at the edge of the growing crowd the Fanalis held his ticket tight in his right hand, scanning the dunes in the opposite direction of the towering structure. His eyes searched for the white haired woman who was supposed to be his partner. “Just like I figured. More false promises.”
 
The redhead ran the gold covered fingers of his left hand through his spiky red Mohawk in frustration before scratching at the black hair on the side of his head. Abruptly he turned on the spot, stirring up the sands at his feet, and began to push and shoulder his way into the crowd. Guards formed a wall of sorts, keeping the people away from the entrance to the massive crystal. Endolf stopped at that wall, looking on at the large clearing that had been made from the ring of soldiers. So far nothing had happened but sure enough a man with blue hair walked out into it. From his vantage point the boy had been able to see the other man hand over a ticket to the guard before being let through. “He’s my competition then?”
 
Keeping a low profile, using the guards and crowd to his advantage, he watch this man intently. Even more so once he addressed the onlookers. He changed his wording to address those who were here to take on the dungeon’s challenge, saying that he both honored and applauded the contestants before asking them to wait longer. “So there’s more than just me, him and Mer then?” The Fanalis muttered the words under his breath as the man continued to talk. He informed the crowd, and the other challengers, that he had used “clairvoyance magic” to look into the dungeon ahead of time and that he had found there to be poisonous air in the way.
 
He suggested that they all wait, claiming that the air would come and go and that it would be best to wait until there was a gap to pass through safely. The fact that this man had openly stated that he had used a kind of magic to see into the dungeon ahead of time and give himself an extra edge infuriated the Fanalis, causing him to clench his fists even tighter, nearly crushing the ticket in his right hand. Now he knew he made the right choice in bringing the several magical items that he had. In addition to both of his gauntlets, both firmly affixed to his left and right hands respectively, there was his Resentment clipped in place to the back of his waist as always when it was being stored. On top of all these was a new weapon he had just purchased, a coiled whip resting on the right side of his belt that looked to be made of pure molten rock.
 
“Mer better show up.” More words spoken to himself. As his eyes glared with fiery fury at the blue haired man, another person entered the space with him beyond the guards. This time it was a woman with raven black hair accompanied by a large white feline with black stripes. “That’s two, four total so far if Mer keeps her word for once.” It wasn’t long before a third person made his way beyond the barrier that had been set up. Another man with blue hair, though his was far shorter than the first’s. More people continued to make their way before the entrance of the dungeon, all the while Endolf kept count. Now he was up to six, not counting himself. “Three teams of two. And it looks like they’re all going to get a head start.” Endolf scowled again, knowing just how unreliable of a partner he had picked himself. He couldn’t fight back the bitterness or resentment he still held towards her from the last time she wronged him back in Kou. It didn’t help that he noticed one of the contenders was someone he had a former run-in with, several times back in Reim. It was the fool who thought that he would be able to face Jaja on his own when both Endolf and Koko couldn’t do anything against him together.
 

Pair by pair they began to approach the dungeon, make contact with it and then vanish until all that remained was the woman, her cat and the man that had claimed to use magic for an advantage. The man began to laugh rather wildly. He could feel the atmosphere around the crowd growing heavier and more intense. Finally he had had enough and presented his ticket to the guard in front of him and made his way forward as the man finished laughing and made his way into the dungeon as well.

Ari frowned at the commotion near the Gate, the swirling black rukh of the Imuchakk man making her wary after her encounters with the Contractor and Lilly. When sweet, innocent, malleable Noir approached him with trust, Ari's throat tightened. The girl had been following darkness her whole life, it was no wonder she was drawn to the King Vessel swirling with the black rukh, but it still made Ari ache for the girl. Her attention was soon diverted to another Imuchakk male, this one unconcerned with the warnings of the first man, his entire being seeming to shimmer and shine with self-confidence and conviction.

Interesting. Perhaps I should keep my eye on him.

Next came someone Ari recognized from the Isle she had died on, another who the island had tried to consume. It had apparently failed, but not for the same reason she had been spared. While the rukh twirled and swirled around the light magician, it did not seem to react to Zadi with the same... excitement as she had seen it while responding to her own commands. Ari was not familiar with the female Imuchakk with the pet or the two Fanalis males that approached the Gate, but the look of determination on Endolf's face told her that the competition in this dungeon would be intense. She slipped forward, doing her best to remain inconspicuous in the crowd as she approached the Gate. Part of her wanted to enter the dungeon, just so that she could more closely watch the antics of those competing within.

Choose well, Ronove'.

The expression that she saw from her mentor’s face was somewhat new for the black haired girl, most of the time Yakuroro would give her a mysterious smile or a calmed face but now it was a twisted grin. It was not like she was scared of it, she knew at the very least that this man was kinder than anyone else who had same expression towards her. He was being kind enough to teach her about the Djinn power and also about the Toran language, not to mention he even paid for that grand ship for her and Haku as well. At the moment, such kind of expression didn’t make Noir feel anything, if there was any she was just curious on what was in his mind at the moment and what kind of side that he would show in front of her. The moment Yakuroro gripped his staff and probably attempted to cast something, Noir saw Solomon was approaching them and she just was going to make sure that the Imuchakk was safe when her mentor stopped whatever he was doing by letting Solomon and his companion passed through the gate.

She gave no sigh of relief yet she didn’t question Yakuroro’s act as well, it was not the time to ask that and she knew at the moment it would be better if she stayed quiet. The female magician would then look at her mentor again when he blurted out a loud laugh with huge amount of black rukh fluttering around him, probably even more than some of her friend that had similar rukh color. She had seen this kind of rukh before, filled with madness and darkness. She was used to it, every day in her slave days some of her friend would curse their fate and fell to the depravity, only to be killed by those mad slavers that looked like they was falling as well. It was something that felt dangerous but there was no reason for her to be afraid of that. In fact, she interested to know more about what caused that and also about how to cure that since she encountered several people who had this kind of madness inside their mind and heart. People said that they fell into depravity, those people who had pitch black rukh and letting those tainted rukh to control their sane mind. But for Noir, it was not tainted; it was just another type of rukh that exist in this world.

“Understood…” She answered to his advice, knew that dungeon was not a playground. Then her hand touched the gate alongside with Haku’s and Yakuroro’s hand, she was ready to enter the dungeon.

[Entering]

The fanalis would approach the gate riding on the back of her large canine. The aura of excitement filled the girl as she would be entering a dungeon for a third time. For once she would be the one assisting, she would be helping the male fanalis known as Endolf. She had experience in dungeons, yet their beautiful nature still captured the eye of the white haired girl. It's power emanating from across she was truly mesmerized by the structure of glass. But this time she would be going in knowing that these were diverse, That different dungeons tested you in different aspects. Using her knowledge to think of a way to assist her partner, the girl noticing him and other people as she approached. There was the man Zadi, a king candidate she had fought along with during the war against Kou. She would also notice the girl Noir, someone she had fought with when gog to the shrouded isle. Then there were strangers the girl had never encountered before, there were quite a few new people actually but few stood out.

The fanalis herself was surrounded by an aura of strength and confidence, not one of cockiness but one that naturally came with experience. Riding in upon her large canine the female would be obvious with her straight but relaxed posture. Her face showing a slight smile with her eyes twinkling. Her power radiating as she had her djinn, which no one but her partner would know anything about. Making her way towards her partner she would stay sitting upon the beast, greeting him with wave and some words.

"Glad to see you're here, I had to make sure I had this guy with me before we entered..Once we enter I'll need to talk to you as people maybe listening now or somehow here, but for now we need to get in quickly."

She knew people might start showing up or much like Eligos might try to stop them from entering. There was the main who lied about a toxic gas, his words most likely myth. She had seen how this power had drove people, and she had known that dungeons were meant to test not kill immediately. It was highly unlikely that there was any danger right as they entered even if there was waiting would still not be worth it..It was a rude assumption, something she didn't like to make but these people where here to win and would do whatever. After all this girl felt the same to a certain extent, though she wasn't one to rely on trickery. She would be patient and wait for her partner as they would approach the structure. She was prepared for anything that might come, combat or not viewers would know she was prepared. While Merrze was not competing this was no joking matter, she would be giving her all like before.

To say Endolf was surprised would be an understatement. Mer had actually shown up and much like the girl with the large feline she had brought a companion of her own that she seemed intent on bringing into the dungeon with them. She stated how once they were inside she would need to talk to him, worried that if she did so now they’d be overheard. “Honestly, I’m amazed you actually showed up.” He gave her a less than friendly look, still upset with the fact that everyone else had already managed to enter the dungeon ahead of them. “Obviously everyone else is already inside with a head start so you’ve got your chance to talk to me now.”
 

Silently he would wait, letting her speak if she chose to with the knowledge that no other competitors were outside with them any longer. If she chose to speak he would listen. Regardless however if she spoke or if she didn’t he would still approach the area on the tower the other had and prepare to place his hand on it when she did.

OOC: Entering with Mer

She wasn't surprised by the not so friendly look, after all they had fallen out twice with one another. There was her chance to right that and hopefully build a friendly relationship. She knew he was by no means a bad guy, he just let his emotions dictate him like most fanalis did. It was perfectly normal but she was here to help guide the boy in some way. As she had done for her when Aye helped her acquire this Djinn she would try to do the same for Endolf. As they had met up she would help guide her large canine towards the gate while with the fanalis, she would touch the gate to enter wondering what would be inside.

[Entering]