When All Else Fails

[Jareth]

Jareth flings the child from her arms as the darkness escapes the girl. She was needed no more. Jareths eyes turn from golden to white the orbs seeming to swirl with clouds.

Her body thrashes about as her silver streaks begin to multiply. Her hair slowly fades and all of it turns silvery white. A dark masklike mark then begins to creep across her face hiding her eyes in shadow. As Louhi overtakes her body and begins to morh it to her will Jareth cries out. Her other transformation was nothing like this.

She looks up with her blank eyes and watches as the black cloud comes towards her. It slamms into her body lifting her off the ground. It suspends her there as her transformation is completed. Slowly she is set down and is on hands and knees. Her head is down her white hair covering her face. She pants and trembles.

[Andrew Kasher]

Then, Andrew gets an idea. He combines his telepathy and his ability to influence people through music, sending Kaschei Spring, from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, loaded with the urge to stop the rising of Louhi.

Andrew shakes with effort, and stops. It's too late.

Andrew solidifies in his own bathtub, in his new apartment.

He punches the wall, hard, with his fist, and the chipping of the tile satisfies him. He is tired of everyone thinking he is weak.

Still, there are more pressing matters. Now, they will have to deal with two powerful destructive forces. Great.

[Kaschei]

When the transfer is complete, Kaschei falls backwards against his desk before falling onto the floor. He will have a bruise on his back when he wakes up. But that may not be for a few hours.

[Erika "Zwei" Faust]

I wake up in Mischa's guest room again. It takes me a half hour to change clothes and get my uniform and hair 'right,' and even then I am disappointed at the wrinkledness of my uniform. But it doesn't matter. I walk out of the bedroom.

[Tsubaki]

CHanting the spell with kaschei was very quick. I noticed the dark energy in the room. Energy drained from me making me tired. After this was complete I feel to the floor to tired to move. I look up though. My head is only part of me that can move.

[Valodya Bassarov]

"Did you sleep well, Erika?" Bassarov asks. He is sitting in the kitchen with tea and the paper.

(Note: Mischa will not be online much until January)

[Jareth]

Louhi rises from where she had been kneeling. She stood and smirked as she got use to this new vessel. She turned to see Kaschei on the floor out cold.

You have done well my servant.

She bends down and smoothes the hair from his face. It seems this host loved and loathes this man. Louhi would see that this host was placated after her task was complete.

She had failed the last time she was here. But last time her host had been a small girl. Now her host was a powerful woman who could choose to feel or subdue every feeling. Louhi would not have to deal with emotions like she had with Vaara.

She turns and sees one of her dragons. It is tired so she lets out a great piercing cry to bring its bloodlust to the surface.

Come. We must gather your brothers and sisters. I have a god to defeat. And then we shall accomplish what we were not able to before. I have a score to settle with this...Satsujin

Louhi waltzes out of Kascheis office. She walks down the street a bit and her stomach growls. Shes picks up a man from off the street. She holds him up to her face and turns his neck to the side. SHe takes a ravenous bite from his neck and gorges herself on his blood and flesh. She rips the flesh from his face as other passers by watch in horror.

She chews satsifactorily as she continues to eat most of his neck, face, shoulder, and chest. She drops him leaving him twitching and still alive. She wipes her mouth with the back of her hand smearing the blood across her face.

It has been a long while since this host had eaten. I was famished. but that light snack did wonders. Now Tsubaki where is Satsujin located at the moment? I must find him...

[Erika "Zwei" Faust]

"Yes, though a fresh change of clothes would be nice..." I grumble to myself. "If I don't see Mischa soon I will have to leave him a note and get back to REd Infinity. I hope they don't already suspect me."

[Valodya Bassarov]

"We don't have any women's clothes around here. Sorry about that. Mischa has been a little busy, so I am not sure if you will get the chance to talk to him much."

[Tsubaki]

I followed her getting tons of energy now, ready to kill...... "Mistress, Satsujin is residing in the void, another dimension where he is fightning Surma...." I said bowing.

[Erika "Zwei" Faust]

"That doesn't surprise me..." I say to the clothes comment. According to Red Infinity files Mischa has no perminant women, and Bassarov's woman was Zero Americanski, who is shorter, slimmer and less curvy than I am by a fair amount. "And I may have to leave Mischa a note. I had hoped to ask him if he wanted me to tell his son anything though."

[Valodya Bassarov]

"When you must leave, you are welcome to visit again sometime."

[Erika "Zwei" Faust]

"Thank you, I expect I will." I say honestly. Now more than ever I want to arrange for Mischa and Mitya to meet, though sadly it can't be as father and son...

[Mary Warren]

Mary calls Noe on her cell phone before leaving.

"I've just read an interesting report about a man being eaten in plain sight. I'm not really sure what to make of it. I'll have someone fax it to you. This might be serious."

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov figures that he should be doing something right now, but can not think of what.
"Can we do anything for you before you go?"