EDDIE!
*The voice rings out across the square as Zeriphel appears in a burst of energy.* [ModNote: His last described appearance was in
Out of The Frying Pan.]
Sir Edmund: Creature! You come to gloat at my loss of control... urgh... you should know that your presence only fuels my hatred... my father's influence....
Zeph: I came to save you Eddie, I felt your pain and I abandoned my friends to save you who have always caused me to suffer...
Edmund: How very noble, I wonder how they feel about being left in favour of an illegitimate half-breed.... Even CALLED me Edmund... the name of all bas...
*A bolt of darkness errupts from the ground.*
Zeph: Loxiator was evil Eddie, him, your father, not you.... don't fuel his influence, don't give in to your demonic side...
Edmund: NO, ZERAPHAEL, these villains deserve to die!
Zeph: I... what did you call me?
Edmund: You don't know! You forgot, that random chaotic mind of yours forgot.... I'm not the only half-breed around here Ze-Raphael...
Zeriphel: Diana! Did you...
Diana: Of course, how could we let you remember? Your mother thought it would make you feel worse about your chaos disease, never able to interact with mortals....
Edmund: The human link between us... our mother! And now... ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness the deaths of sinners!
*A mass of claws drag themselves up from the ground. They seize Rob, Phinehas and several townspeople and pull them to the ground. A sword of black flame appears in Edmund Loxiator's hand*
Edmund: So perish all who obstruct the course of law!
Ze-Raphael: NO
*It wasn't a shout, it was said only quietly, but it resonated through the minds of all those around. Edmund turned. Zeriphel was bathed in light, his clothes changed again to shimmering gold, and his face, his real face without influence of the Wild Magic syndrome, bore a striking resemblance to Edmund's normal one, but suffused with a glow. His eyes burned with light.*
Edmund: So.... we are to battle then? Forces of good and evil, the son of the Demon Loxiator against the son of the Archangel Raphael?
Ze-Raphael: It will not come to that, brother. We shall return to Gates of the Moon. After our mother was raped by your father, she was purified by mine. I was born to counterbalance you. Now my memories have returned, perhaps we can use our opposing natures to retore the balance...
*In his light, the claws fade away, and Edmund returns to his human form.*
Sir Edmund: Yet still I despise you, brother, for your chaos and your joy...
Zeriphel: Well, perhaps we can learn from each other, wot!
*Zeph turns to Rob*
Zeph: Come with us Ringmaster.... you too have suffered much and feel the taint of evil
[OOC: Yes Rob, does want to leave for a bit, I'm not pulling him out against his will.]
Zeph: And you, Phinehas *His halo brightens as he looks into the elf's soul* I know there is good within you... somewhere... return to the shadows you love....
*Phinehas is now free to leave*
*Zeriphel speaks to himself*
Zeph: Midnight, Coriolis, Tom.... sorry for abandoning you, but this is my own problem, with this remnant of my father's power I grant you the knowledge of what has happened here....
*Then, in another glow, great wings of pure light extend from Zeriphel's back and engulf Sir Edmund and the Ringmaster*
Zeriphel: Toodle-pip!
*There is a flash so bright that all are temporarily blinded... when their vision clears, Zeriphel, Diana, Edmund and Ringmaster Rob are gone.*