Make Love, Not War, Hugs not drugs!! XD

[Kadaj the Knight Lord]

"I apologize for the disrespect my subordinate has caused you," Mai said to Kaya. She closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind.

Kadaj walked out into what appeared to be the current center of our group. "Well, we are still waiting for the arrival of our current leader," Kadaj said, "and Arion has apparently been left behind... but oh well. I guess it can't be helped." He looked at Kenya and walked over. "I want you to go into the castle first," he said, "now. Look for a chest with our weapons."

Ymedaca interrupted. "Also, look for a pink crystal nearby. It will allow Waizu and me to cast our spells." Kenya nodded at both of their statements, stood up, and crept up the front stairs and into the castle.

"No one else may enter until Kenya returns!" Kadaj stated loudly and clearly to the rest of the group. Mai, Ymedaca, and Ellie nodded.

Ellie turned to Kodaka. "Explain your trip here in detail," she said.

[Emina the Night Mother]

((Gaah!! It's been for ever since I've posted!! X3 Sowwy.))

Lenard had been sitting on the railing to the stairs of the glorious castle that out shown the rest. He had a slight pang of guilt in his stomach but reminded himself that he was a cold, ruthless vampire. 'She can handle it anyway.'

With a clash and clamor, Emina arrived with little blue smurfs leeched onto her. "We love you! We love you!" they squeaked harmoniously.

Emina was crawling along the floor in agony. "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" she cried and noticed Lenard sitting there. "You're fired!!!"

Afraid of losing his only source of income, Lenard quickly and swiftly kicked the little blue creatures, punting them into the sky.

Emina righted herself and dusted off her dark dress. "Ahem! Yes. Lenard, you are not fired." She then turned to the others, all sign of distress gone. "Sorry for the delay. Let's enter the castle now."

Without waiting for any answers, she assassin queen strode up the majestic stairs and pushed open the enormous double doors of gold.

[Kadaj the Knight Lord]

"Wait," Kadaj was just behind her, holding her back. "Kenya has entered, trying to get our equipment and powers. We wait for him to return, THEN we enter." He sat on the steps, while Ymedaca and Mai gathered closer.

[Emina the Night Mother]

Emina's left eye twitched, but the rest of her face was frozen. Her voicem however, was dripping with acid. 'I may have been late, but how dare they act without my authorization! If he was my subordinate, I would severely punish him! Kenya is SO getting it, when this is over.'

"That was a stupid idea," she said flat-out. "He could never return. Kenya's no fool, but we don't know the contents of this castle, he could be either dead or lost right now. This castle is under Eros' control. It is very much not safe to go in there alone. Who knows what happened to him!"

Then her stoic poker face was gone, and she grabbed Kadaj by the collar, and brought him close so that she could whisper her threat angrily. "If you cause any of my subordinates to be eliminated, I can promise you that you will have every assassin under my control after you. Including me." She then threw him back, her cold face returning.

"Listen up, everyone!! I am leader of this expedition. ONLY I will give orders! If you got a problem with that, you can escape this hell hole, yourself! I have been through numerous expeditions and suffered many a men. I WILL lead. Any problems?!" She shot an icy glare at Kadaj.

((Reow!))

[Kadaj the Knight Lord]

"Nope," Kadaj, Ymedaca, Mai, and Ellie all said in turn.

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Now, we must follow Kenya into the castle.

Kenya walked down a wide hallway. He crept to a corner and heard two loud, squeaky voices and feathery wings fluttering. He peeked around to see two little cupid beings flying toward him. He quickly jumped and stuck himself to the ceiling. The two cupids passed to another hall.

The assassin went down the hallway the cupids came from. He came to a room and, on the other side, saw a pink crystal. Near it was a large chest. No cupids were in the room, so he crept around the room and grabbed the small crystal first. He heard squeaky voices and hid behind a strange machine.

The two cupids fluttered in. One gasped.

"The Anti-Magic crystal! It's gone!" one of the cupids said.

"We have to go report this to Eros immediately!" They fluttered off and to the right. Kenya went up and to the left, exiting the castle with the crystal. He passed by Emina and Kadaj and handed the crystal to Ymedaca. She broke it in half.

Ymedaca looked at Waizu. "We can use magic now," she said.

Kadaj looked at Emina. "May I suggest we have the whole group now enter and retrieve our weapons?" he asked.

[Emina the Night Mother]

"No you may not suggest it," Emina spoke icily. "ButI may order it.Come on, everybody, we need our weapons. Mages, just for precaution, put a force field around everyone. Stick together, everybody."

Emina walked into the marble castle. It was everything you would expect from a Goddess' castle and more. Emina was practically blinded by its awesomeness. She knew she was in heavenly territory now. She strode forth through the main hall.

[Kadaj the Knight Lord]

Kenya moved in second, and Kadaj followed close behind. Kadaj called to Emina, "You know, Kenya IS the only one here who knows where it is." But then he thought how pointless it was, trying to convince an arrogant assassin of this, then gave up. Ymedaca followed behind and Mai was soon caught up to Kadaj, following close beside him.

Ellie had grabbed Kodaka's arm and dragged him into the castle very swiftly, still waiting for his answer.

[Kodaka]

Kodaka was about to reply to Ellie when she suddenly grabbed him, and dragged him into the castle."I'm perfectly capable of walking, thank you...." Kodaka slipped out of her grasp and ran after them. He suddenly felt his ice-arm return to normal, having it drained of its elemental powers and all. He smiled, no longer under the impression of a powerless foe toward Eros.

Darak went after them, half soaring and half walking. He glanced toward Kodaka as he was being dragged by Ellie.

Heh, now he knows how I feel...

[Kadaj the Knight Lord]

Kenya led the group to the equipment chest. "There," he said. Kadaj made sure everyone was equipped, but then the two cupids came back. It turned out one was a ranger and the other a warrior. The warrior was quite fast and quickly charged Kadaj, knocking him down. He went in with his sword a second time, but Mai jumped to Kadaj's side, bashing in the cupid's face with the sharp end of her sword. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!"

Elemmire quickly drew back an arrow and let it loose. It split the cupid ranger's bow right in half. The ranger ran away.

Kadaj led the group back into a hallway, when an angel with long pink hair walked along. She looked at Kadaj. "Well, hello, Kadaj! Good to see you!" Kadaj looked puzzled.

"Do I... know you?" The angel nodded no.

"I'm gonna be your companion, okay?" the girl asked. Kadaj nodded. "Why ARE you and your friends in Aphrodite's realm? I mean, only gods or servants of gods can come here. I'm here delivering a message to Eros for Ro himself."

"We're kinda stuck here," Kadaj said. Eretia nodded.

"Right then! Let me get you out of here..." Kadaj held his hand up.

"Make sure the rest of that equipment gets to the vampire somewhere in the realm," Kadaj said. Eretia nodded and cast a spell, and the group was gone.

((I'm going to control Eros for a bit.))

Eros looked into a crystal ball, watching as the angel freed the group and then turned around and left the castle with the last of the captured equipment.

"This is not the end," she said. "But, unfortunately, I am only allowed to bring victims here once a year. I'll have to try next time." With this an evil laugh rang through the castle.

((I'll post back at the hall later, then at the Dark City to place the evil people there.))