Frostfall [closed]

”Dammit, this snow is just not….right.” The young hero would curse under her breath as the snow fell around her, small white flakes coming down in a torrent. She was dressed in a tight outfit decorated with what looked like many starpoints against a black costume, hair taking on a shimmering variation of the very costume that she wore. Snow was beginning to gather around seven inches from the ground up, which seemed a little off considered the city itself. Either climate change was an actual thing, or someone was causing this rapid change within weather. Still, a little extra snow was not enough of a reason for them to be curious about that, it was the strange creatures that had begun to take shape that really made her worry.

Strange white tigers prowling within the part of the city that had been hit by the snow. Not only tigers, but many beastly figures that also made one question what the hell was going on. Brilliant cosmic energy gathered within her hand, forming a crude blade as the girl would force herself to move within the girl, a few flakes of snow landing against her and hissing, though that was lost within the roar of wind. This weapon would take a creature in the face, and cleave it in two, causing both halves to fall to the ground before…seemingly fading into the snow beneath it. This attack seemed to only increase the rate by which it snowed, making visibility only more difficult to establish.

Three or four more of these strange constructs would begin to appear from the snow, letting out a low growl, as she brandished the weapon and prepared for more trouble.

Jake for the most part had finally started enjoying himself. He moved in with his new girlfriend, he started doing some kind of heroic thing, and he had all the money a kid could want. You could say things were looking up for him if it wasn't for the tension his powers put on him. Not only did he have to deal with involuntary tapping into the internet and phone networks but he was actually getting pulled into something.....something he didn't quite understand.

He first discovered this when he used his powers a bit to much one night, he literally tried to hack into a satellite and he ended up dematerializing. Yes he had done that all the time these days, but it was different this time. He became.....nothing, yet, everything. At least that's how he described it. He wanted to stay there until he somehow managed to pull himself back to reality, then he never wanted to do it again. Oddly enough after this fiasco he found himself in Los Angele's, but it was snowy....which was not exactly something the city was known for.

"Oh, now what? I get pulled into a dimension where climates are reversed?" Jake thought to himself as he pulled his hoodie closer to him. He could see his breath it was so cold, heck, his entire face was beat red from the cold in seconds. It was a good thing he always wore a hoodie, even when it wasn't cold or he would be in a world of hurt. Suddenly, his troubles got a lot worse then a bit of cold. A.....tiger, or something, appeared from around the corner.

"What the....." Jake thought to himself as he pulled his hand gun from the waist of his pants. Yes Hikari didn't want him using guns, but this was a freaking tiger. In an instant he fired three rounds into it, the sound echoing out into the empty streets. Well now that that was done, he had to figure out just what the hell was going on.

It was snowing today. Austyn hated the snow. It reminded him of frost. Frost reminded him of freezers. Freezers reminded him of meat lockers...or more specifically THE meat locker where his little brother Noah was hung up in and left to freeze to death by a psychopathic menace to society. Needless enough to say his day had not gone the best because of this snow. It almost escaped him entirely that the snow was of the most abnormal variety in such a climate. He didn't want to think of it though for the previously stated reason. So rather than face reality he just kept to his work. Re-arranging the store and putting Cd's back in their homes when customers decided against them or didn't actually have the money to buy all of their purchases. He had a few people come in today, one of them being his dad. He loved that old guy dearly but...every time it snowed the old drunk said the same thing. It wasn't their fault, there's no need to dwell on it. It wasn't true...they both knew it. It was just lip service.

He half wanted Cale to walk in through the door and keep him company, but then he remembered he assigned Cale to go look into some Mexican gang. He wanted Lucifer to show up too, but he was recovering from fighting a Primordial of Evil. He never failed to make Austyn feel insignificant. Seriously that little guy fought more evil and has saved more people in his one year of life than Seraph could ever hope to in one lifetime! The kid took on the primordial of evil and all he said was that he wanted a day to just chill and not go anywhere. Meanwhile Austyn lost his breath fighting against your run of the mill robot minions. He was pulled from his thoughts as the bell attached to the front door jingled. Austyn arched his head up and stood on his tip-toes to see over the aisles. He didn't see anyone, but he heard clicking against the ground, clicking accompanied by tapping...which means someone was walking but there was something else touching the ground. It was either a walker or a cane from what he could identify the noise by. Placing the last CD in it's place he walked around the aisles and then to the front desk where he saw a man in a fine suit looking over the prices in the display case.

"Hi. How are you today sir?" Austyn asked the man as politely as he could. The man jerked his head initially but then smiled and offered a small chuckle as if he had been taken off guard by Austyn's sudden speaking.

"O-oh hoho...you startled me. Erm, yes I'm doing alright...though you'll probably make my day here in a second. You see i have a young man who is particularly interested in an old band's particular work. I'm looking for an album or eh...a CD rather. It's called "The End of Silence" and it's by-" the Scottish voice said. Austyn didn't hesitate as he literally just reached over and withdrew the CD. "Yes...this is it. Wonderful." He said with a hint of excitement.

"Yeah. Glad we have it too. We can't be the best around if we don't have what people are looking for." Austyn said with a slight chuckled as he walked around the counter and rang up the man's CD. The man smirked and then reached inside his suit. Austyn's eyes fixated on it and his fists clenched in anticipation. The man apparently noticed and arched an eyebrow at him.

"You okay lad? It's just a pen." He offered as he showed the rather nice looking old-styled pen. Austyn relaxed and chuckled before jokingly dismissing it as he was anxious to be off work soon.

"Oh, you'll be of work soon? Excellent... oh....wait. Before I go-" He said as he limped towards the door but then suddenly stopped to turn around. "You've done me such a service that I feel like I should give you something in return."

"Oh no sir that's perfectly-[color=#ff3300]Nonsense. I insist. After all. Reuniting family members is what I do best." He said, Austyn seized up a moment before looking the man dead in the eyes. "You need to go. Now or I'm calling the cops."

"Now we both know you're lying. Because if you go to call the cops I'd stop you. If I stop you you'll run off and return in that little exo suit of yours and try to wipe the floor with me... now... Austyn Abernathy... You and I are about to become real good friends right quick here." The man said with a little sneer in his voice though it wasn't exactly malicious in it's deliverance. He smiled looked to Austyn who was literally three seconds from bashing the seemingly crippled man over and getting his exo suit to crashing through the wall and beating the man to death. "What would you say if I told you I knew of a special little way to get you back with your brother?" He asked. Austyn knew he was going to regret this, he knew it immediately but he didn't know exactly HOW this was going to come back and bite him just yet.

"I'd say I'm listening..."

***** Later ****

Closing up the shop early he went out in his exo suit as he looked about. His dark colored robes and poncho like additions still frayed and tattered as they always were. He was right where he needed to be. Looking down at his side he held something that the man had given to him. This blade...it was Sephiroth but it wasn't the same. The man who sent him to this street had done something to it...he seemed to unleash or unshackle some form of power within it. The man also said that there would be two others nearby when he reached this street...he needed to join with them and from there Sephiroth would be his guiding light...whatever that means.

It was here and now that he took notice of the tigers. They hadn't been near his store and there hadn't been anything like these various beasts of snow. Drawing his sword he began to slice at one, unsure is he would be able to defeat it he simply took a defensive after his initial slice. It wall all a matter of touch and go from here...

Within the howling sound of the snowing street, Starlight heard what sounded like a gunshot. ”And then there’s this asshole with the gun.” She growled under her breath, shuddering while she looked around for the source of the sound. Regardless, she was surrounded by more of those strange tigers that seemed less alive and more made of snow by the second, If that was the case, it meant that either there was some kind of strange magic at work or someone was animating them. Either way, she sliced through them well enough and they fell into heaps of snow upon the ground. With that done, she ran towards the sound of the gunshot, wading through dense snow until her eyes fell upon what looked like a young male in the snow with a gun in hand.

”Well, it looks like I’m not the only idiot out here today!” She would call to Data, as the snow seemed to intensify if that were even possible. Whatever was causing this, something told her she needed to stop this before it covered the entire city. ”Well….that’s actually a bad thing I guess.” She would say once she was close enough to not have to shout. Why was the kid out here, which was what she was wondering. He didn’t seem to display any kind of super powers, which meant maybe he was one of those stupid guys who thought they could be a hero. That was when someone else appeared, a strange looking person within unknown armor wielding a sword. Well this guy knows what he’s doing. She thought to herself, forming what looked like pistol of glowing energy within her hand and tossing it to the technopath.

”Use this!” She said before the snow around them began to shift, almost erratically as more of the snow golems took shape. ”I have a theory about what might be causing this, though stopping it might….be a little more difficult.” She would say loud enough for both of them to hear as new trouble appeared. Wolves, bears and anything you could imagine were taking form, all turning their sights upon the only sources of warmth in the open.

So it seemed he wasn't the only person out here, two others appeared as suddenly as he himself arrived. One a bit more talkative then the other, not that he didn't enjoy a little communication when shit like this was happening. More and more creatures of snow formed, likely the product of someone like him, and it got a bit colder. They seemed to be the warmest things in this entire area, he was literally moving closer to the young woman just for a slight bit of body heat, not that he invaded her personal space.

"Its not like i chose to be out here. I should really expect stuff like this now, impossible seems to be just another Saturday for me." Jake noted taking the construct hand gun from the girl. He had limited ammo for his own, and from what he gathered this thingy was pretty much unlimited in that regard. He fired off a few shots of energy, which did a decent job of putting the snow creatures down but it was getting harder and harder.

"Is it just me or are these things getting stronger?" Data asked sincerely. A giant troll managed to close the distance with him, and then swung its huge snow arm at his head. Not one to enjoy decapitation, Jake digitized instantly and phased right through the monsters arm before firing as many shots into its head as possible. It finally went down, but he had a feeling they would just get stronger as time went on.

".....These things are made of snow right? Well, there's snow all around us. We have to find the source of this or at least get to a warm building so we can better combat them." Jake said, finding himself in one of those heroic positions again. The weather was also interfering with his connection to any kind of network, so he couldn't travel on any signals. Techno porting out of there was out of the question, so it seemed he was in this for the long haul.

The Seraph had found that these snow constructs weren't as intimidating as they appeared. "You could say that their bark....is worse than their frost bite." Seraph muttered to himself. YYYYYYEEEEEOOOOOW!!!! No that's not a rip off, the writer was suddenly stricken by the cosmos for a terrible pun. That aside Seraph quickly found his way to the allies before he growled and slashed. "Come and See!" He said, but his voice was echoes with that of a choir of rather creepy whispers. His deranged and rather unfriendly bone-like face with a demonic maw from Hell hidden under a hood didn't help it either.

 

  The voice was unheard by all except the one convenient technopathic male nearby. Quickly the blade itself began to vibrate so quickly that it actually did not seem to vibrate at all, it made no visual difference and offered nothing less than a serene and tranquil crystalline hum. Seraph's blade's reach seemed to extend, even going as far as to hit them a good arms length short of where his blade actually ended. He did everything he could to slice through as many as possible with the invisible sono-extension. His eyes shifted as he looked about. Something was off. No shit Sherlock the ground of L.A was covered in almost a foot of snow...but something else wasn't right.

  "So some crazy guy showed up and told me to follow my blade and it would take us to where it goes...I dunno if he was being cryptic or he was just flat out crazy...Please tell me this is some kind of drill or something." The Seraph stated as he continued to slice and dice every creature he came in contact with, each one dying causes a poof of snow. That didn't feel very comfortable.

 "I agree with him. We need to get into a warm place. I've got a few friends in Seraphim who can help clear the streets while we collect a game plan. IF you're into that sorta thing." Seraph added before pressing the button on his watch and giving a signal to other members of the group. Any available member would show up when they could...if they weren't busy defending other areas of the city. The one showing up would likely be Abbadon though. Pyro-bitch. Just who they needed to take their place out here. She had a little while before showing up though. (1 post before Abbadon arrives).

”Crazy guy? Sorry, I don’t know any crazy guys.” Starlight stated as more of the constructs would begin to rush them, one after another as she cut them down with accuracy. If his sword was going to lead them to the source of this whole thing, well they would need to have it start giving some answers sooner rather than later. Removing the head of a snow bear with a single swing, she made sure to take down any of the things that were directing their attention at the least physically inclined of their group. That being until she noticed what looked like something else within the snow, a strange humanoid figure wearing armor, but it looked like ice almost.

Ice crusted within the snow that made it almost looked real. ”I don’t think this is a drill though, unless it’s being perpetrated by some kind of sicko.” She growled, as fragments broke from her cosmic blade to slice through a few more of the unknown constructs, yet these attacks were parried by the unknown figure moving through the snow. One of them had stated they needed to find a warm place, but that was something she was unsure if they could find without the ice beings chasing after them. ”Well wherever we’re going, we need to get there quickly. Things look like they’re getting worse.” Almost as if answering her statement, more of the knightly figures would arise from the murk of the snowdrift.

”Looks like I spoke too soon.” She muttered, turning the construct within her hand into a small sphere, before chucking it at the oncoming forces as it would expand in a consuming blast. That should slow them down enough, at least so they could get out of there. ”Follow me!” She shouted before taking off in a dash, trying to wade through snow that was getting deeper. They needed to find a building, something warmer and what she ended up finding was a seemingly empty one, which Starlight used apparent lock picking skills to open the door of before ushering the others in with her.

Once that was done, she slammed the door behind them, letting light spark from her hands as it would dance along the door and wreath it within cosmic light. ”There, I think I bought us a few minutes.” Panting softly, she would slide down against the wall while composing herself. ”I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but I know someone, or something is causing this snow. If we want to stop this, we need to find the source of the weather.”

Now this was just lame, why did he have to be dropped here, in the middle of some messed up snow creature takeover? It was a damn good thing these others were out here, or else he would probably die. Something that made Jake laugh though was the terrible pun that one with the sword made, even staring a cold death in the face could be made comical. The sword kid then said a few more things, but he couldn't really hear over the sound of the battle. What he did hear though, was the cyber message sent by.....the sword.  This was just getting weirder and weirder. It threw him off a bit, but some razor sharp snow brought him out of his shock. He evaded it pretty easily then returned some fire, but he was far more interested in this thing then the fight he was barely a help in. He was even more interested after the kid wielding it said it lead him here, and was supposed to take them to the source. Should he.....try to talk to this thing?

"...Um, hey....sword. So this kid says some crazy guy told him you were going to lead us somewhere, is that true?" Jake said, or, thought, whatever. He made sure he sent his message on the same frequency as the sword did, hopefully it could say other things besides weird sound themed riddles. So it seemed these two agreed with his strategy, maybe he was more of a leader then he thought, but then again the tactic was kind of a no brainer. He was a bit curious about what was causing this, but still, first chance he got, he was getting the hell out of here. As much as he enjoyed heroics, a cold death wasn't worth it. The construct girl told them to follow her, which they did. Just in time too, because solid ice knights started to pop up.

"Ok....thats badass.....but also extremely terrifying" Jake said as he ran, mostly to himself, but the others were close enough to hear. It seemed the theory about them getting stronger was just getting more and more support. They rushed into a building which the construct girl quickly unlocked, then slammed themselves inside. Finally a bit of relief from that cold. Jake pulled a jacket he just so happened to have out of his pack, then slipped it on over his hoodie. After all he wasn't some uber superhuman, he could very easily get hypothermia.

"I agree.... we aren't gonna get anywhere unless we find whats causing this. Fortunately......i think i can talk to your sword." Jake said rubbing his hands together, trying to keep warm.

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"̴̼̪͔̩̪̬̰̝̪͓̬ͤ̑ͭͨ̀́̀͡͞͞L̵̶̴̸͂ͨ̽ͭ̾͏̼̜̰͎͓̫̹͇̖̺̘̱͎e̸̺͖̰̱̒̑̅́ͬ̓̐̓ͬ̍ͫ̈́̑̔ͥ̇͊͡t̛͓̫̳͖̯̤̠̻̪͉̪̦̝̩͓̩͈̊̄̂̚͜͞ ̢̗̪̩̹͙̯̹͓̪͖̠̘̹̖͉̼̤̪̠̑͋ͩͤͬ̒͛ͦͨ̑̽̑m̧̛͓̩̮̠̰̟͖ͪ̀̇̈̇̉̓̂̀͟͡ẽ̴̡̛͎͚̳͍͈͉̗͈͙̍ͭ͑͜ ̢̦̼̗̟̖̼̬̬͚͉̗͈̅͊̒̑͊͆͗̇͊̽͘͡ͅḑ̸͔̝̰͇̖͍̠̹̾ͦͫ̓̀ͅe͑̎̊͋͂ͥ̍͌ͩ̎̒ͨ̄̚͢͏̴̣͎͔̥͡a̧̨̛͍̜̼̥̹͎̬̔͆ͦͯ͒̎ͤ̀͝lͥ͂̊̐̄ͦ͏̷̘̫̤̼̱̘̭̟̯̺̪̗͈̻̙̞̟͜͜ͅ ̴̴̵̣̤͕̗̫̦̘̳͌̾ͬ̒͜w̴̨̰̺̟̗̰̣̮̥͇̺̳̰̦̼̭̗̪̄ͤͣ̈́͗̈͆̈̌̓̍͟i͉̮̘͔͍̟̻̗̤̪͎̤̺̿̍ͬͨͩ̂͊ͨ̆ͨ͒͞ͅͅt̷̡̢͑̂͋ͯ̈͌̔́̓ͮ̈͘҉͚̖̺͙̫̞̻͈̯͕̬̘̺͚͈h̵̢̜̺͖͓̺̲̯͈̮̪͂̾ͪ̇ͨ̓̂̽ͨ̐͌̕͜͠ ̵̛͔̰̟͓͓̙̰̖̱̼ͫ̉̅̅͐̑̏ͭ̽ͬ͗́͡t̵̺̳͍͍̱ͧ̾̈́͑̈́̎͒ͣ͑́ĥ̸̡̜̝̠͔̲ͮ̒̋͗ͮ͡ȩ̃̀͑ͦ̐̋̎ͯ͛͠҉̡̢͙̜͎̖͔̱͙̪̜̠̳m̤̳̤̞̟͓̓ͤ̑̈́̅ͣ͐́ͥ̔͒̕ ̸̷͚̟̬͉͇̪̭̯͈̺̩̟̲͕ͪ͋̿ͯ͑̿ͩ͗̽ͪͯ̓ͧ̚͞ͅI̷̙̪͔̜̮̝͙͙̩̮̩̯ͨͨͯ͛͟͞'̵̨̣̮̗̩̻͍͈̩͈̪͔͗͌͂̔̊̂̈́̀͆̓ͦͤ̿͑̽͆͆͆͡l̢̝͇̝̭̻̦͖͇ͭ̓ͩͨ̔ͪ͊̇ͩ̐ͣ̑́͌̚̚̕͘͡l̢͓͓̞̗̗͍͗ͮ̂ͦ̀͝  The blade murmured just as a fireball to fly from nowhere and pierce through an knight and melt it entirely.

    Alas for ever knight melted there seemed to be more to takes it's place. It didn't take long for them to all find safe-haven though several ice knights managed to appear. As they managed to try and slip away, Abbadon made her grand arrival. Of course the Pyrokinetic would be well suited to deal with them. Sadly despite her skills and her power she was still stuck doing the job of all three heroes. Ultimately the playing field leveled out, her elemental advantage compensating for her lack of man power. They all seemed to huddle into the room and Seraph began to watch the door.

  ̸̷͚̟̬͉͇̪̭̯͈̺̩̟̲͕ͪ͋̿ͯ͑̿ͩ͗̽ͪͯ̓ͧ̚͞ͅI̷̙̪͔̜̮̝͙͙̩̮̩̯ͨͨͯ͛͟͞'̵̨̣̮̗̩̻͍͈̩͈̪͔͗͌͂̔̊̂̈́̀͆̓ͦͤ̿͑̽͆͆͆͡l̢̝͇̝̭̻̦͖͇ͭ̓ͩͨ̔ͪ͊̇ͩ̐ͣ̑́͌̚̚̕͘͡l̢͓͓̞̗̗͍͗ͮ̂ͦ̀͝-̷̨̱̯͉͍̺̺̝͇͉̘͕̳̫͑́̆̐̿̓̃̇ͦ̉͗̆̒̍́ͬ̑̚̕ ̸̵͉͙̪͖͚̤͖̙͚̉ͨ̈́̃ͪ͗ͬ̔́̓̃͆̉̕͡͠ ̏͒̐ͩ̓̈́͠҉̟̣̪̣̦̻̘͇̤̩̱͚̩͟ ̵̢̬͎͓͈͕͉͈̝̋̆ͧͮͮͪ͗ͫ͛̄̄̾ͪ͂͗͞͡-̡̛̹̤̲̳̱̯͚̭̫̞͔̺̗͉͖̜̖ͬ̈́̋̓ͭͬ̄̐̃̃̓̇ͦ͂̀͡B̷̨̧̗̖̜̞͇̓ͧͥ͋̅̾͗̇ͦ͗ͤ̓̿̚͘͝i̵̸̝̫͓͕̬̦͙̩̙ͦ̄͑ͦ̐͐ͦ̽̒̐͋̂t̡̝̪̻̥̥͙̩̼̫̤̰̖̠̮̖͇̩̜͆͐ͦͨ̾͂̚͞c͗̀̊̇͏̵̧͈̳̜̫͈̳͜͝ͅĥ̤͍̗̘̯̘̫̝͉̟͈̺̗̠̊͑ͬ̀͐ͯ͂ͤ͐̿̒ͧ͋̐͋͆́͜.̢͚͇̝̺͎̖͕̤̥̔ͭ͒͋̎̓ͣͫ͊̌͡.̵̢̧̮̳͇̩͖̳̱̜ͤͧ͗̂ͩ͢.ͩ̓̎̊ͥ̉̌ͭͩ͊̌̂ͨ̉́͞͏̥̰̞͉̱̼̥̦͍͍̺̥͖̯̤̻̕͠"̘͔̙͕̮̲̯̳̱̫͚̺̣̜̬̩̙̾̌ͤ̎͛̓ͨͧ̓͋ͯͣ̃͊ͮ̋̈́̚͟͝͝ the blade murmured everyone around but Data being completely ignorant to the fact of the blade's sentience. In fact it was so secret that there was an entire plot lined up around figuring out that the blade itself was a sentient thing. But along came Jacob and he said "yo fuck dat man" and his thug-life self heard the blade talk. Okay that's a lie...he's not thug life. Though it made Seraph look to him and suddenly conclude that this man was crazy. Yes, crazy. Psycho bonkers McGee here in front of them at the table. He almost pitied the man. Swords didn't talk.

   "My sword talks? Right." He said slightly suspicious of Data.
"I͊ͮ̉ͮ̏ͫ̾ͦ͏̩̹̖̣͉̥͎̻̠̰͜ ̸̲̝̦̥̟̝̦̟̠̤̝͎̪͑̋̊̉͡ḑ̼̠̱͓̼̮͙̣͕̗̮̙͇͍̱̮̰ͩ̔ͧ̈́̇ͭ͋̇̍ͯ̉͑ͨ̄̈́͋̕ͅͅo̥̺̹͔̠̬͔̹̝͉̭͉͓͉̥͓̲̭ͭͬͩ̏ͯ̈̀́͘͟ ͊ͯ̎ͧ̎ͦͯͪͫ̐̆̈ͨ́͟͜͏̲̲̤͕̟͇͕̠t͒̓ͮͯͩ̌́͗ͧ͐҉̛͉̗̻̯͢͟͢a͌͋ͫ̉ͪ̓͐̂̌̑͐̌̿̋̀̏̄҉̷̶̛̯̣͎̼͙̞͔̝͚̥̺͉̣̼͖̰̞ͅḽ̛̫̹̰͕̘͎̈̿̓ͧͯ̅̌͗ͭ͑͗̽̀͡ͅk̴̢̢̹͙̪̗̣̝̙̟͇̳̞̻͇̣̳̪̾ͬͮ̒ͨ̍̈ͥ̓̓͛ͮ͊̅̈́͟ ͯͤͥ̎ͫ̋̍̽ͦͪ̋̃̎͑̇̿̆҉̶͞͞҉̭͎̟͔̻̘̺̪̤̠̮̣͓y̵̴͉͎̬̺̩̦̟̪̫̭̺̯̝̥͈̒̆͛ͭ̒̈͑͗ͦ̈́ͮ͊ͭͨ̈͛͗͘͜o̴̵̾̎ͥ̂͂͌̊͗̄̓ͣ́͏͙̖̗̣͇̼̮̞͔͕̙̲̰̻̳̝̠̜͕u͗̿ͦ̔ͯ͏̶̛͕̠̘̥̻̜͍͖͇̪̼́͠ ̢̝͍̫̠͈̩̞͉̹͔̀̚̚̕͝c̶͎̟̥̩͎͍͖̫̼̗̠͙͇̥̪̳̭̼̝ͬ̀̓ͩ̈̀́ͧ̓͝ūͩ̑ͩ̿̇͒̐̂ͭ̽̓ͭ҉̻̼̬̬̝̰̥͕͙͕͘ņ́̇̉̈́ͥ̅͌ͣ̿̓͛̉͜҉̷̫̯̣̬͓͍̮͎͎͖͇͇̖ͅt̶̡̳̮͈̰̹̱͓̪̳̳̮͚̬̣͔͊ͮ͌ͭ̃̅̒̋̍̏̈́̀ͅͅ " the sword said in the most monotone manner possible.

   "I don't think he means that my sword would literally be able to tell us where we need to go." Seraph said.

 " Ĥ̵̡̨̳̘̳͚̠̙͕͍͇̥̳̖̺̫͉͚̞̿̿͌̋ͭ̅ͪͬ͋̍̊eͬ̿͑ͬ̎͑̉ͦ͏͏̷̨̢͚̩̬͎̖͔̤͉͕̹̥̣͖y̾ͫͤͦ͋̋̀͏̢̀҉̮̖̗̪̟͕͘,̴͓̣͕͎̝͉̝͙͇͎̤͇̹͇̆̐̅ͮ͒ͣ̈̍͑̽ͮ̅̉̍̽̋̀́̚ ̤͈̜͇̱͎̗̮̮̥̓̽͌̍̊͊ͣ̌̎́͆̈́͛̓ͬ͘͜͝ͅg̢̢̘͖̬̯ͮ̈͌̆̊̍̇̓͑͊ͨ̽͆́̚͘eͦ͒̂͛ͬ̄͌̍̐̀͏̝͖͎̫̞̣͖̤ͅͅn̵̮̩͖͐̽͌͋͒͌ͯ̂͝įͤͥͤ̄ͩ̊̚͞͏̰͖͉͈͖̥͝ų̵̻̼̘̮̇̒̍̈́̒ͤ̑̂ͩͤͥ̑̄̓̆̉͘͡ͅs̶̛̻͈̬͖͙͚̲̣̻͓̗̰͓̥̪̈́ͪ̽̈̅ͤ̊̅̄͆̄̅͛͊͜ͅͅ ̵̡̼͖̦̤̝̬̖̲ͥ͗͛͘͢͡g̜͔̼̳̗͇͇̘̹͔̟͕̰͂̍͐̍̅͐ͯ͊͆ͤ́̽̕͝ͅö̿̐ͬ́͟͢͏̶͎̬̖͔̠̘͇͉̥͔̟̱̘̱̜̰t̸̸̴̜̙̩͖̫͙̳̖͚̳̣̜͎̬̊ͬͩ́ ̽̾͐̽̈̓̄ͦͧ̈́ͥ̒͂ͣ͏̴̧̦̤̲̦̞̜̯̮̪̠̝̱͞ȋ̴̛̹̟̝̭̘̦̮̙̠̙̭̜͓̞̻͆̉̾̅ͥ̔͑̿̓͂͗̓̅ͨ̑̂̍̾͢͢͠ͅt̶͂̈̾̏ͪ͏̤̦͚̠͖̯̗͚̱̟̞̱̯̱̗̀͝ͅ ̴̝̤̦̫͈͔̟̠̞̣̥̤̲͍̆̈̌̿͗̑̌̇ͪ͆̈́̅̚͟ͅr̵̤̜͕͉͈̜͖͕͖̮̍͋̈́̽̆ͣ̑̇͘͢͞ï̧̗̙̩̪͉͈̪̩̬̞̭̻͆̎̇͊̾̎ͯͬ͌̽̉̾̌̉̎̌͠͡g͆̾̉͊̆̇ͨ̕͠҉̞̤̲̯͉̭͘h̵̷̢̧̨̭͎͎̮̪̳͖̙̝̅̋͗͂̋ͧͬ̄͛ͧ̿ͭ̐̌͆ͦ̔̒t̷̵̨̢̝͖̣̟̗̯̹̐́ͥ̆ͤ̀ͥ̅ͭͫ͘.̢͓͕͚̖̤͓͎̞͙̘̪̃͌ͮ̑̈͟ ̧̤̗̯̩̥̦̰̼̻̼̦͈͕̋̇ͧ̑̀T̷̖̞̭̹͎͚̥̩̜͖̖̪̦̮͕̖̭͖̾ͨͨ̌̄̆̒ͧ̀͌͋͊ͫ̓̎̏̒͡h̩͍̫͙̩̥̼͓͚̋̌ͦͫ̒͑ͨ̀͘͘͡o̵͔͚͎̠ͫ͛ͨ̋̀ͧ̈̅ͩ͘͟͞͞ųͪ̈ͮ͊̊̐̉ͮ҉̝̲͍̠̣̬̭̼͓̱̱̘̩̳̝̭̭̦g̵̝̥̬̲͎͖̫̪̮̹̠͕̜̫̼̫̤͕̅ͣ̐̊ͧ̉̅̄̇̎͋͋́́̚̕͢ͅh̶̷ͪ́ͦͮ̾̍̏̏̀ͮͬ̎̈͝͏̢̖̰͈͈̝̖̫͈̩͓͕̩͙ͅ ̠̰̪̝̟̘̗̜͕̤̫̟͉͕̤̪̮͕̿̋̌͗̊͐ͨ̂͢ͅI͉̗̤͔̜̙̻̰͕͓͈͉͙͌ͦ͐̅͗̐̽͌ͧ̚͢͜͝'̶̷̴̟̲̫̮̳͈͎͕̮͔̼̻̟̰̻̬͈̬͓̆̽̔̇̈́d̵̶̛͕̥̝̤̬̮̮͕̻͕̜͙̄̿ͯ͒͆̆ͣ̒̅͆̅̽̓͠ ̬̜̱͈͔̪͈̂̋͐̑̈̏ͨ̎̀̿͑̓̏̈͡͠c̸̺͚̰͇͓̟͔̪̤͇ͥ͐̿̿ͦͧ̈̈́̉̌̚͘ͅh̷͙̩̦̺̙̘̮̻̮̜̔ͪ̀͊̎͐ͩͤ̆ͤ̈́ͭ̔̐́͑ͦͪ͗̀e̫̜̝̫̭̬͙͍̬̫͕͖̹̰̪̣̫ͤͬ̅ͯ͗ͯ̔̕c̋̏͑͗̇̅̾͆ͦ̓̓̽̽͏̵҉̺͉̣̝͍͢ͅk̑͌ͥ͊͆̄̎̌̐̐̌͜͏͎͕͈̦̩̠͓̤̱͖̬̣͍̪ͅ ̢͔̹̰̦͖̙̖̠̱̩̤̥̮̗̺͋͑ͦ̂̏͠ͅt̸̟̩̟̟͍̖̭̦̰̩̩̘̘̘̘͓̑̏͑ͯͧͨ͂͒́ͪ̂̽͒̏͛̍͟h͍͚̮̮͈̰̟̪̮̻̝̙̘̯̞̥͐̋͌̾̀̂́̕͟͠ͅẻ̶̷̹̫͎̳̼̞ͭͮ̿ͩ̾̉̆ͮ͐ͪ́ͨ̚͞.̷̵̟̻̻̣̩̤̼̩̝͔̝̼͍ͮͪ͑̑̇̐͂ͭ͑ͭͩͧ̓͂̌̂͜͝ͅ.̷̬̗̯̖̣̹̟̳͓̳̗̣̹̻̖ͦͣ͂͐ͤ̏̽̏̍ͪͨ͐͊̽̚.̵̡̜̩̰̟̯̺̬̙͇̞̤͚̜̮̩̦͋ͨ͊͑̾̾̒͆̓ͫ̓ͤͥ͒ͥ̿͡ͅo̷̳̱̹̻̝͓̗̜͓̖͉͚̼̩̱̭ͮ̃͒̋͒͌̚̚ͅḩ̶̧̧͇̤̤̬̗̺͍̙̲͔̿̐ͪ̉ͮ̈́̀͋̋ͮ̾̎̚͝,̸͓̜̳͎̤͚̻͈̮̩͉ͨ̅̊̂̀̓̽̒ͧ̎͜ͅ ̨̼̘̣̞̲̬̼͓̫͕̠̖̑̑̇I̵̸̧̼̘̺͔̦̘̻̟͖͊́̓ͭ͐̾̚̚̕͠ ̵̖̘̰̥͍̯̪̰͇͓͎̖̣̪̬̦ͬͨ̊̏̐ͧ́ͭͧ̊̑́̚̚͞ͅͅḏ̵͈̘͕̳̩̱̞̝ͭ͆̏ͦ͆ͧ͑͑̿ͮ̈̐ͤ̈ͮͥ͞ͅo̰̪͎̠̲͂ͯͬ̎̀̕n̷̖̤͓̞̠͚̹͓̙̖͚̞̰̰̑̋͋̊̾̓͆͐̃̑ͮͩͩ́͜͝ͅ'̫̣̦̠̦̦̥͖̝̞̇̒͆ͪͧ̎͌̎ͥ̿̈̏̕͜ͅͅt͓̩̺͖̾̆̋̐̐̐͊͞͞ ̷̢̢͚̠̖̼͉͈̻͈̟͙̗̟ͣ͐ͫ̓ͦ̇ͦ͘͘ͅͅͅk̸̶̤͇͉̹͓̺̬̲̝͇̯͗̈͐͗̀̄ͪͅn̒̇ͨ̄̈́ͫ̂͑̈́͐̿ͣ͗̔̊͠͏͓͖͙͟ơ̸̸̧̡̺̹̫̣̱̳̜̭͓͉͕̥̩ͫ̋͑ͦͫͨ̍̆ͫ̌͋͒ͫ̔ͅw̷̨͓̩̪̮͉̙̼̏ͧ́ͫͪ̐͜.̱̜̩͇͕̗̗̪̜̹̽̿͗͘͟͞͝.̴̥̞͍̠̰͙̩̏͐ͥ̏̊ͫ̓̔̾͟͜͝.̶̴̵̭̖̯̼̥̙̘͉̺͇ͣ͋̊ͩ̆ͤ̒͐̍ͧ̋ͭ͟m̸̶̘̰̯̻͗ͬͭͭ́̆̍ͥ̃͂ͣ̎ͨ͘ą̷̞̺̫̞̪͓͇̖͊̔̈́̍̀͟͢ÿ̛́̓͗ͬ̌͐̈̊̍͌̚̚̚҉̭̥̳̜̦̜̹͎̜̻͢b̬̩̫̖̭̣͎̱͍̗̹̖̜̓̍̉ͭͤ̈́̓̊ͯ̊̈́̌̈́ͬͮ́ḛ̶͎̮̱̗̫̅ͬ̋͊̓͊̀̕ ̶̸̯̠̲̣̙̫͚̟̗̬͚̮͈̦̯̼ͮ̃̐̓̀ͨ̀̾̀̚͘͘ţ̶̷̴͓͓̙̮͙̙̻͍͖͖̤͚͉ͪ̋ͪ́͋̌ͧ̈́ͬ͒̃ͥ͢h̵̸̡̃̑̅ͨ̊̅͂͑͂ͯ̍̓̍̒̃̾̅̒͊͏̻͎̩͓̦̤̰͙̦̰̮̩̟̻̭̤͖͜ȩ̼̻̣̙ͯ̆̎͊ ̣͉̤̻͕̹̺̻͍̐́͆̂̈́̾ͦ͒͌ͪ͆̌̃͘͜m̷̀́̿̂ͮ̓̏̐͂̍͊͆͆̉͢͏̵̭͙̤̩͈̟̫̠̼͕͈̥̮͘a͛ͤ̆̿͛ͨ̿̿͂ͥ̿̚҉̸̢̝̮͔̘͙̺̪̯͓̹͘s̨̡̢̱͎͍̹͒͊͆͗̈́͊ͬ͑͐ͪ̈́̀s̓͋ͯ̌ͭͭͬͧ̂͑̔̅͏͏̠̫̜̱i̛̓ͪ̽҉̭͖̜̥̤̟̹͓͈̺̙ͅv̨̨̌͑̀̂̓͐͂͗̈̄̚҉̡̠͇̦̞͈̖͖̹͖̥͙̺̻̯̥̀ę̸̈̂ͭ̈́́͛̅̋̈́ͩͪͩ̾͗̌ͬ͛͂̚͜҉̹̠͈͈̜͎̫̠̩̫̤̼̱ ̨͗̉̋ͩ͊̚͟҉̴̛͈̯̩͙̰̩̠̭̥̗͚ͅi̙̣͉̖̩̤̣̯̩̣̰̬̳͍̭̖̤̾̆ͯ̎ͦ̍̓͋̉̍͆͞͝c̷̢̘͖̮̦̼̫͕̼̲̤͔͚̹̪̲͔͍ͦͥͭ̉ͭͧ͗̋ͥͦͬ͒͟͜e̸̴ͭ͒ͩ̾ͫ̆̊ͪ͐͑͜҉͔̩͇ͅ ͫ͑̔̎̓ͦ̊̃̓͡҉̯̯͇͔̖̗͎͇͇̙̪̺̫̩̭̟͎͢͠͝p̡̔ͮ̍͋ͮ̽͂̓ͮ̊͒ͬ̇ͣ͏̴̳̜̫̭̮͔̗̱̙̗̘̘̥͕͙̫a̝͚̼͔̲̥͇̤̒ͥ͂͛͂̇̍̿ͣ̓ͧͩ̆ͥ͆̀ͅlͥ̀̍̏͊ͬ̆ͪ͘҉̸͍̭͔͕̹̣͓̜̠͚̭̹̼̦̬͉̗̖͟a̰̮̖̥͉̬̠̥͓̮͎͙̬͗̔̎ͭ̚̕̕͟͡͠c̷ͥ͆ͧͥ̂͊̉̒ͫͯ̎̚͠҉̙͈̝̰̳͍̯͉͔͎̱̟̗̖̺̝̮̤e̵̶̡̼̝̭͔͍͎̰͈̥͍̫͔ͥ̽ͬ̒ͤ͒̍͒̈́̔̌ͯͫ͗͂̈̏̚͘͝ ̸̴̬̼̭̝̞͓̬̫̮̫̄ͮͦ̑̂̂ͧ̄ͬ̇̈́t̂̓͛ͫ̅ͯ̉̀͛̆͑̃̿ͭ͐̚̚҉̢̥͓͉̫̘̫̖̮̗h̡̞̘̪̺̜͕̲͚̞͈̝͎̑̋͑ͫ̂̎ͨ́ͣ̊̐͟͠ͅą̥̙̯̻͍̯͚̣̮̘̗̪̓̔͒̒̄̂͋͌̽ͫ̾ͮ̀̏́̚͟ţ̴̡͕͈̱͚͙̘̖̩̗͎̬̮͙̞̦̮͂̽̉̏̇̇͐̊̔ͩͯ̏̽ͯͭ̚ͅ ̴̗̦̠̻͙̫̼̫̗̮̩̺̦̲̹͋̐ͥ͑̈́͟ͅf̸̻̳̰̑̒͂͑́͞ō̯̗͙͚̥̂̂ͣͮ̅ͥ̈ͦͥͦ̇ͫ̑͒̿̀̈̀́͝r̂ͥ͒ͤ͂̄̓́͌̓͂ͦͫ̈̋̚͏͙̟̩͘m̸̡̫̺̯͖͔̜̻̮̖̦̹͚͇̯̫̥ͣ̈́̏ͥ͗̋͌ͤ̐ͭͣͪͯͫ͛ͣ́̀͠e̸͔̼̼͔̜͚̥̙͕͕̥̹̬̣̜ͮ͐̎̔̈̆̊̊͒͋̀ͯ̾̓͒͛ͣ̚͘͜͠͞d̶̢̪̹͔̘̬̱͍͙̮̿ͦ̎͗̑͟ ̡̛̟͙̠̙̎̐̒̅͑ͭͯ͂ͤ̉̎͜͢ľ̵̸̡̪̥̖͈̦͎ͪͤͤ͟͝i̢ͯͩͮ̽̈́̓̎͂ͯ́̀́҉̼̰̳̪̝̲̰̬̜̤͙͉ͅt̆ͯ̔̔̄́͘͏̡͕̠̙̮̗̥̦͉̼̻e̛͇̫͉̱̝͍͉͔͇͚̔͗̄͗͟͢͝r̷͖͙̣̬̠̥̘̳̣̮̝͚̯̘̹ͤ͐̑̓̂ͭͬ́ͤ͒́͡͡å̶̵̧̭̩̦̥͎ͫͩͬ̐̍ͣ̍̾ͪ̈ͫͫ͆̄ͫ̚l̈̂͗͆ͣ͛͗̓́͌̿̋̋̈́̇̽͒ͯ̕҉̼̭̰̬̥̤͕̥̤̬͖̤̝̻͎̤̘͙͡l̷̡̢͙̮͈̜̼̬̳͈̯̟̩̺̖͚̹̠͎̹͆ͨ̔̃ͬ͆ͥͤ͒̅͌̃ͤ̽͞͝y̐ͯ̐̆ͩ̍ͧͬ̇͗̽͆̍̽̀̈́ͭ̔̚҉̷̲̰̠̞̙̰̩̕͞ ͚͖͇̺̗͚̭̬̻͇̥̥̒ͦ̏́͌́̀͟͞o̽̐̊̑ͨ̒͑ͤͮ̄ͥ͏͉̩̭̪̗͉͞v̴͕̤̞͙̯̰̮̱͎̤̩̥ͮͥ͊̏̆ͨͨ͂ͯ̆̈͆͛̚͢͞ȇ̴̸̵͍͍̞̫̣̪̟͇̹̦̜̪̼̰̱͚̔̀̿̆̾ͣͩͩ͑ͪ̊̔̅̉̇̈ͨ́͜ͅͅr̸͕̬̹̳̭̜͗ͦ͋͂͂ͫ̇̓̓ͣ͗͆̂̽͘͜͞ ͤ͆ͣͦ̓ͫͧ̃̔̒͌͗͘̕͠͡͏̩͉̹̜̰̲̝͈̙͓̞͔̟̭ņ̡͙̻̰̩̯̻̙ͫ̅̓ͦ͑ͣ͛ͥ̅̐̓ͮ͌ͦ̔͗͆͌̚i̶̶̻̱̣͔͉̤̠ͪ̍ͭͧͥ̽͑̈́͗͊̂̑͞͞gͮ͂̇ͨ̊͑͏̨̛̤̻̗͔̗͍̣͔̯̱̣̦͟h̷̴̫̗̝͚͕̺̙͙͈̒́͛ͫͦ͗͒ͯ̅ͬ̈̌̿̇ͤͤ̀ͥ͂͝t̢̛̑̑̀̋͛͊͌͋̂͘҉͏̞̫͍̬̬͕̤ ̖̹̠̜͖̬͍͈̟͔͔̼̤̘̠̼̔̿̃̇ͩ̈́̄͠o̵̶̝̠̜̖̳̤͎̗̭̤͓̱̲̪̽̎͐̑̈́̄ͦͧͦͩͦ̚f̷̢̞̣̩̱͎̣͕̜͕̻̩̺̺͈̝̼̤͍̈́̌̐ḟ͐̏́̃̌̓̆ͯ̆͊̐ͭ̓͡͏̝͕̟͕͉̤̟͉̼̦̠͖̞̹͍̦̯̣̺͡͞ ̢̡̠̜͚̤̘̪̋̈͋͒̎̈̋̃͑ͦ̽͆̽̚̕͟͜t̸̛̥͍̘̱̱͎͎͗ͯ̏ͩ̏̓ͬ̓͢͠͞ḫ̢̛̗͖͔̮͈̗̯̪͓͙̹̠͕̻͍ͥ̓̿͆ͣͪ̉̽ͬ͜͠ę̷̢̝̜͍̙̽̽̒̅ͪ͊̅ͦ̓͌̄̾͆͐ͮ́͢ͅ ̡̹͔̱̭͚͕͖̻̼̹͖̥̲̺̥͚̮́͛͆̔̅ͫ͒̄̽͟ç̸̭̮̠̳̯̜̼̘͓͉̐̀ͨ̾ͦ̂͐͗̀ͦ̇ͮ̒ͦ̾͊̄̂̊͘͝ơ̵̡̱̙̦͓͓͇̂̐ͦ̂̉͒ͩͭ̎̉̀ͯ͐̕͢a̡̢͈̥͓̝̳̜̞̖̺̖̝̲̦ͪ͐́̽̔ͥş̴͓͍̩̰̫̏̿̂͑ͣ͑͜͟ṱ̗̼̞̙̳̜̱͙̭͇ͫ́̉̓̄́͜͠ͅ.̵̵̴̭͖͖̲̥̪͖̖̘̆̇̆͌̂̑͝ "



    "Alright so on the news there was a comment about a snow palace, anyone heard anything on that?" Seraph asked, the sword made an audible groan and mutters something along the lines of "story of my life here".

The strange emo looking kid said something about being able to talk to the hooded guys sword, which sounded pretty crazy when one thought about it. Swords didn’t talk as far as she knew, but then again things always managed to surprise her. It might have been some kind of magic at work or maybe swords worked far different than people thought. Maybe all swords could talk and they just didn’t speak sword language, as stupid as that sounded. ”We heard about that actually.” Appearing from what seemed like the darkness was a female with dark brown hair falling like a river down her back. She was dressed up in a strange armor, with a mask on it and a rapier at her side. ”That’s where we were going actually.” A large wolf that touched her shoulder trailed behind her, black as night with burnt orange eyes.

It paused for a moment, sniffing the air before looking to Seraph with a half interest cock of it’s head. ”Great, more idiots coming out. So do you guys know about this ice palace too?” She would ask looking over the newcomer with a raised brow, cocking her head to the side before looking to the others within the room.

”That’s where we were going actually. However, from what I hear dragons have begun to roost around this palace.” She stated patting the large wolf on the head as it let out a soft whine, almost belying it’s massive size. Now that they had two more people apparently planning to storm this palace, maybe they had some chance….wait did she say dragons?

”Did…you say dragons?”

”Yes, the number of them around the palace was more than enough to repel me.” She stated as if that were a great feat. ”If you really want to stop this winter, I know a way we can reach this palace.” Whether they took her offer to help was unknown but she had a feeling they would. Regardless, she had no choice but to believe the person.

”So do you think we could even beat these dragons?” Starlight would ask as the dark haired girl opened the door as snow would begin to drift.

”Simple really, we slay them.” She noted with a smirk.

As always he seemed to be the odd man out, he got looked at like he was crazy for some reason. Really? Like, seriously? A talking sword is far fetched to you? A dragon and some semi sentient ice constructs though, those are totally normal. Jake just sighed when another person came walking out from the shadows, with a wolf. It was probably the chick that burned all those knights down to nothing but water. She seemed incredibly cocky, something Jake didn't like in a person. Regardless, he was a part of this band of miss fits so he supposed he should probably just shut his mouth and avoid bringing out his sarcastic side.

"No dude, your sword, its talking. Its got quite a mouth on it too, like, worse then a sailor. But why don't we just go fight some more snow creatures and dragons and ignore it, after all, a talking sword is just so much crazier then that." Jake said, bringing the subject back up after everyone seemed to just drive over it and shift to slaying dragons.

"And I'm not slaying shit, I'm a technopath, thats it. The only reason I'm out here is because my powers decided they wanted to fuck with me. Now unless you happen to have some kind of super world of warcraft sword i can use, I'm not going into a freaking ice palace...... and yeah, i just checked the news, there's a fuck ton." Jake said, turns out his attempt to be nice failed.

"Can't you say anything useful? I mean, you're a sword that can talk, but you don't actually say much." Jake said through cyberspace, irritated. Thoughts of just trying to leave entered his head again, but then again, if he left he wouldn't be able to see what was causing this, and that he was curious about.

"A talking sword. Just that. A sword. How many swords do you see actually doing things other than when the guy holding them swings?" The sword countered to data with a little chuckle. The fact that someone could hear it's processes means that it needed to be more careful with it's information. Though it spoke the truth, there was very little that it could do. Seraph looked to Data and then looked to it's sword before looking back to Data. The Seraph couldn't help but wonder if the kid really could talk to the sword. He knew it was of magical origins but...what if it was both? Was that even possible? Well it did come from their "Funder" who was a big wig when it came to sciences.

"The only thing I could feasibly do is try and break through my limiters. Bypass the seals and syphon the magical currents from the geometric ley lines and...Basically I'm going to magically hack through my tech and tech hack through my magic mojo." The sword said before Seraph looked to the two that had entered the area. It was a girl and a rather large wolf, which made Austyn shudder a little. It didn't matter why, it just did. Shut up. The wolf seemed to take an interest in him too, which made him move away a little slowly.

"Well. Convenient. I think I'll stick by myself though." He said warily as he turned to walk out. He stopped at the word "Dragon" which made him sigh rather heavily. Turning back he looked at the wolf and then the girls and then data, and then the girls again. "Okay. Dragons. Anybody apposed to nuking the thing? Anyone? We could have him steal launch codes..." He offered as he pointed to data casually and genuinely proposing the idea it would seem. Well he wasn't being serious, but he'd probably do it if there were enough dragons.

"Well do me a favor and keep this kid alive while I try and open some o my other functions to help." The sword added as it talked to data while trying to rewire itself to be more convenient for all parties concerned.

The masked female chuckled softly, turning to face Jake for a second. ”Lucky for you I’m not talking about slaying shit, isn’t it?” At that moment she was more taunting him than anything else, not quite caring about his power or anything like that. As for the large wolf, it just sort of walked about sniffing the air as if a smell had caught it’s attention. Patting the wolf on the head, the woman with the sword turned to Seraph then with an almost amused twist of her lips. It may have had something to do with his statement about nuking the castle, which while effective would have spelt trouble for the denizens of Los Angeles.

”Normally I would have no problem with a nuclear strike but from what I hear the fallout is just dreadful.” She then added with a shrug watching the pyrokinetic outside as they continued to fight the icy warriors that almost just formed from the snow beneath their feet. ”Unfortunately, I doubt that’s really an option now.”

”Are you suggesting we fight dragons? Because that just sounds….crazy.” Starlight said, reasonable much like the other two she had been working with. She had never fought a dragon before, but from what anyone would imagine they would not be something anyone would want to fight.

”Not necessarily, just get around them to reach this ice palace. If you want to fight them, well I suppose that’s up to you.” Pausing for a moment, she seemed to be thinking. ”If you can think of a way to get around said dragons, please tell me. I would really like to hear that.” So either they would end up having to kill dragons or raining high ordinance upon a large amount of dragons, which sounded great in theory but not so much in execution.

”Either way, this does have to be stopped. Otherwise I have a feeling the whole city may end up enveloped in a storm.”

"Ok, you do that... Just let me know when you can do something to help our situation besides just the normal sword stuff." Jake said back to the mysterious voice coming from the sword. He himself was starting to wonder why a sword could speak, but that wasn't really the subject of concern at the moment. Still though, it was a curious thing he would have to ask it about later on, if he was the only one that could hear it, well, he wanted to know why.

Jake laughed at the suggestion of nuking the palace, and he was the crazy one? There were multiple reasons why that was a bad idea. For one, there was the fallout, which the other lady mentioned. Though he agreed with her, he still didn't like her. And for two, well, he didn't want to be held accountable for launching nuclear missiles. They probably didn't care that he would be taking the blame for it, but that was irreverent.

"No nukes." Jake said simply. Yeah, that is totally not a forth wall break, move on.

"But as you said, we have to do something. I could throw, like, non nuclear missiles at it, i guess. But thats stealing very valuable weaponry, and i just cleared my name, i don't need the heat. " Jake said as he finally got up. God it was cold, why couldn't they be fighting room temperature enemies?

"Anyway, even if i won't be much of a help in the whole fighting thing, i suppose i still have to come with you. I'm just too curious i guess." It was true, he was curious. So much so he was actually putting his life on the line. He wanted to know about the sword, and about what the hell was going on. Until he got some sort of answer, he would continue on.

"I hope you know I wasn't being serious... We obviously can't nuke the damn thing." Austyn said, actually sort of sad and disappointed that no one caught the fact it was a half-hearted joke. He then perked his ear up at "cleared my name" and Seraph turned his head slowly fixating upon the boy. Honestly he wasn't legally obligated to take him in or anything...but it was pretty alarming how forthright he was with his criminal history. Deciding to do nothing about it he looked to Sephiroth and clutched it. "It's not safe. I can't promise you'll be okay if you come. I can promise I'll do my best but... I'm human. But if you want to help I'd be thankful." Austyn said with a little sigh before nodding.

"You're in good hands. I'm more worried about him to be honest." The sword offered the small tid-bit for comfort. Not exactly comforting, but that's not the point for it. Austyn himself was a little anxious, unsure of what exactly they were going to do. He felt his blade vibrate with a very happy form of hum and a small crystalline aurora noise filled his head with a serene aura that seemed to calm him down, though he could have no way of knowing it was his sword speaking to him in a language he did not understand. "Oh for the love of God dumbass calm the eff down. Seriously someone get this kid some prozac. Get him to get a move one too if we can. I like this dude but he seriously needs to stop delaying this. CAN YOU HEAR ME!? SERAPH? YOU NEED TO GET MOVING. PEOPLE ARE DYING AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. EVERYONE IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!"

 "Okay...I'm ready. I got a plan. Let's go, I'll tell you guys on the way. From what I've seen we have a giant wolf, a technopath an energy user, my sword and the mandatory sass. Time to McGuyver this." He said with a chuckle and a rather happy tone, still ignorant to his swords taunts. Austyn would quickly make his way towards the ice castle's location, though it seemed to him as if they might need more back up in case more minions appeared. He wondered if they could reach the palace through the alley ways, less room to maneuver so it was perfect...nothing too big or strong could follow them without being manageable by the squad. Hopefully they could get there with little altercation, though with his luck...probably not.