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[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[filtered away from children kidnapped or otherwise, Slenderman, and anyone exploiting the situation]

[two pages are highlighted: #, and then #; the priest's voice is quiet and gentle]

...The entries currently unearthed skip from 23 to 28 with nothing yet in between. The last known plan the previous victims of 'Slenderman' had were to offer up a human... sacrifice. The end result was the safe return of at least one child -- Deema. There's also-- this.

[he shifts, where he's staring at the blood-soaked tree whose line creeps higher and higher every time he blinks -- or maybe it's his imagination. his mind playing tricks on him, at this point, is not at all beyond the scope of the realistic]

Time is... running out.

[ooc: open for journal or the CREEPY BLOOD TREE if you're lurking]

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[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[he'll take this chance to step towards him, and then crouch... digging into his pocket for his handkerchief]

...Yes...

[he starts wiping a little of this... gross off poor bb's face]

Nanako, and... Sora, too. Almost all of the children are gone, now...

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[there's a flicker of blue fire between Kite's fingers. he's half-tempted to lit the tree on fire again and it comes out in his voice, an emotionless tone.]

I am very angry right now...very very angry....

1/2

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[Abel watches him for a beat or two...]

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[then gives him a hug, heedless the icky mess ;;]

...It'll be alright. We'll get them back...

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[Kite doesn't react. the AI's never been hugged before, so he doesn't know what to do.]

I'll get them back. Ovan was right when he gave me that name. I cannot forget what I am...

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[tiny squeeze...]

There's something to remember.

[then he draws away, just far enough to look up at him]

Fighting to protect, and fighting to destroy are two very different things. Don't let your anger drag you someplace you don't want to be... okay...?

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

Do not worry Abel. I just simply have to turn it off. And I was created to be a Guardian, so I fight to protect. Otherwise it's a system error.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[d'aww. he pats his head gently]

I think... you're a little more human than you give yourself credit for, Kite...

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[he looks down at the blood coating his hands. this was his first time seeing blood and it's been seeping through his stitches for the past minute or so.]

Mmm...I am unsure. Need more da-- [he cuts himself off, remembering what the Fifth Doctor said.]

Maybe. That is all I can say for now.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[curious... but lets it go, offering a tiny smile. it'll be okay ;;]

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[he smiles back and then looks at the tree, all business. the AI has had enough and was going to set the little bugger on fire when he finds him. but for now, the Azure Knight was going to get to work.]

I have tested and found that I cannot access the Azure Flame God or the Avatar Space. I am assuming that is because Slenderman would be completely unable to get inside, so somehow it is interfering with me. However, I can still use my fire, coffin, and basic Twin Blade abilites. It has removed a threat.

Abel, because of the filters, things have been kept away from me. Also, I do know that your attempt to get to the Dead Zone had failed. But what else is there?

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[ah.

he fiddles with his glasses, before shaking his head]

...We're working on resolutions. Right now, progress is scattered... nothing is set in stone.

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

I am going to focus on Slenderman's abilites for a moment.

He can take children without being seen by adults. Visible to only children and camaras. However, it is interfering with my eyes but this may be due to keeping my powers suppressed. It is strong enough to block people from going to the Dead Zone, which is on level with Paradisa itself. Paradisa may not be involved with the creation of Slenderman.

This tree, 'blood tree' is a physical hook in our world....immune to my fire and other attempts to uproot it. It is as strong as Slenderman itself is.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[a nod]

...There was a map, showing some sort of underground world, a reflection of this one. It's possible that's where the children are.

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[Kite taps his foot against the ground.]

I can understand that, to a degree. That may be 'Slenderman's World' while this tree is his 'gate' to ours. If this tree is truly his 'gate' into this world then it would make sense to make it strong enough to withstand our attempts to destroy it when the children start to go missing. It is like my own body, in a sense. Like I can survive having my limbs removed, this tree can survive fire until all the children are captured.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

Then the question would be how to use it to get to the other side, like he does.

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

Can the ground be affected?

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure...

[he's examining it, now... before going to crouch]

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

I would like to test something, if you do not mind Abel.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

By all means...

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

[Kite moves far away from Abel but still close to the tree. Putting his fire powers to max, he forms two fireballs in his hands and throws them at the ground with a loud explosion of azure flames and dirt. He keeps at this for awhile until the flames burn out.]

Did that work? And if anything hit you, I am sorry.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[ah! he tosses his hands up to guard his face, squinting as dirt flies everywhere ljsdf. dirt... bath...]

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm sorry. [now may be the time to realize why Kite's title is 'Kite of the Azure Flame'.]

But if the ground can be effected, maybe we can go under.

[custodismundi.livejournal.com]

[flk wiping off his glasses]

...It's possible.

[azure-guardian.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...having the Azure Flame God would be good for this. But if this tree is the hook and Slenderman's world is truly under our feet, we could dig our way down.