A Trial of Evil

[Andy Jammer]

Andy watched the Anti Matter copy his blade and tensed his hand around the hilt of his. No copy was going to defeat his blade, he blocked the sword strike and swung his own. His only advantage was the fact Trucido was not used to the weight of his large blade.

[Trucido Damnedblood]

Trucido blocked the sword, but it cut into the sword a bit. He hopped back, and let the sword recover. He looked at the sword, and said "Tell me if you have seen this move before."
He threw the sword into the air, and grabbed the 'cloth' part of the sword. He started to spin it, like a whirlpool, and then he fired it at him.

[The Gravelord Requiem]

Thought taking a beating, the skeletal warriors seemed to brush off the attacks and riposte in a raged fury. Breaking into two man teams, each one consisting of a one of each type of fighter, the bony minions struck at the three warriors in a timely fashion, each one attacking after the other in an attempt to wear their foes down and limit their movement.

From the distance, a sadistic grin crosses Taggert's face as he watch the three struggle against his enthralled corpses. Deciding to try and aid his creations further, he twists his wand with a dramatic flourish and begins to raise his hands slowly. As his hands glow with a dark energy, the grounds around the ensuing battle between his minions and the three heroes begins to decay as the area begins to fill with a toxic cloud. Seemingly unaffected by the corrosive cloud, the skeletons continue to fight, their movement trying to box the heroes within the blighting air.

[Aya Dauzi Invargas]

Aya then found himself next to..Taggert, at this point, with a slight arm folded over his other, and a grin. "Having fun, Mr. Necromancer?" He uttered, as he started to walk by, just trying to see Trucido closer. He didn't want to take a part in this battle, but he knew he did have a job to do. He had to see the skills of this man, watching his swordsmanship.
He looked at the heroes with the cloud surrounding them..he started to look away for a bit, trying not to feel inclined to help.

[Tempest]

Tempest was trying to hold his breath, the stagent air felt corrosive. That would weaken any of them if they breathed it too much. He touched the air, only to control a small breeze. Dangit! He used the best of the breeze though, blasting at the faces of his friends, trying to get rid of the corrosive air.

[Kara Samsra]

Kara heard Gensayce's call to Tempest and smiled with renewed fervour. This cloud might be troublesome, but to get rid of it you simply had to take out the source theoretically. With a burst of energy Kara jumped up and over a skeleton warrior, hopping onto the head of another and up farther into the air. She cleared over the disease filled cloud and with cry hurled several shard ice shard right at Taggert. "You will pay for this!"

[The Gravelord Requiem]

Taggert had caught a glimpse of the approaching man, but saw little reason to care unless the man should interfere, and in the easily agitated state that Taggert entered when he performed, talking to him was interference enough. Sweeping his arms in a wide motion, he flicked his hand towards Aya as his arm passed close to him, causing a blast of necrotic energy to slam against his chest and quickly tighten his vocal chords, making speaking a difficult venture.

"This is not an Aria, boy. I've no need for a soloist in this performance, so you'd do well to just enjoy the show and keep your mouth shut! Not that you have a choice now."

Returning his attention to the battle, he see the woman take to the air and fire a barrage of glinting shards at him. With a swift slide, he dodges the shards of ice as the jab effortlessly into the ground where he stood prior. With a grimace, he slides his hands horizontally and closes his free hand, the motions causing his skeletons to instantly seep back into their earthen tombs, and his cloud to disperse effortlessly to the barely existent wind. Pausing for a second, he quickly begins to conduct the lingering energy from his recently dispersed spells.

"It seems percussion has grow tiresome, perhaps a chorus line is what they are in need of?" With several forceful flourishes, the ground around him fissures open once more, each crack glowing with an eerie green light as skeletal hands once again pierce the soil. Pulling themselves out, the three skeletons appear as regular ones at first, but quickly break that idea when they glow with green veins that begin at there extremities and converge at their skulls. Opening their mouths, a glowing orb of arcane energy rests behind their jaws which begins to glow brighter and brighter as the stand there. Almost unhinging their jaws, the skeletal minions release a piercing a screech that in turn causes the pooling arcane mass to fire forth as a concentrated beam; each one aimed at a one of the three warriors. Unrelenting in their attempts, they begin to ready another shot, the visible orb of energy already beginning to grow behind their mouths.

[Aya Dauzi Invargas]

Ayalan could only choke out a, "Wha-" before he was thrusted into silence, grabbing at his throat. He winced, and tried to break free, "Fuaah.....Krgh..!"

His attempt to curse at the man who just did this, his only decision was to pull out a small fan, which was a metal boomerang, tossing it toward the legs of the creatures in hope of the heroes of this tale distracting the man for a bit longer.
His face turned a bit red from the pressure, but he put his hands in front of him, trying to cite out, "C...Crk..T..C..Conive...!

The spell teleported him a short distance behind the heroes as he shook his head, breathing and pulling out a spiked knuckle, with a growl.
He stayed down for a moment, the skeletal warriors proving already to be a problem.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce widened his eyes and the wide blasts of magic, sliding to his right he let the beam blast past him before rushing forwards, his spear was facing the sky behind his back while his hand gripped the shaft "I've had enough of your trickery!" He roared sprinting towards one of the skeletons

[The Gravelord Requiem]

Before Gensayce could gain much ground, the skeletal artillery let fly another volley of beams, these one focused specifically on Gensayce. Each time the trio fired, a piercing screech emanated from each one, creating a horrific, rhythmic melody to be created as Taggert continued to conduct. See that the beams did have a bit of time in between each firing, he prepares a counter-measure should his opponents begin to get to close.

"That's right children, listen to the piercing chorus and dance to it's haunting rhythm, just be careful you don't miss a beat! And should you not like it, you could always come and claim center stage from me, if you dare," he mocks with a menacing tone.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce swung the spear over his shoulder and jabbed it into the ground in a fluid motion, using it like a pole vault he sprang into the air over the beam, keeping the spear in his grip he flew into the air "Exit stage right!" He roared, coming down at a high velocity he slammed his spear into the ground in the middle of the skeleton's sending a shockwave out around him.

[The Gravelord Requiem]

As Gensayce's spear crashed down on the skeleton, the spear seemed to deflect off, the minions much sturdier than the first few Gensayce had battled against. As the shockwave ran across the ground Taggert jumped back, managing to just barely dodge the wave of energy, his hands still swaying and a sadistic grin on his face.

"Foolish boy, the conductor determines when the show is over, while the players simply sit and play their part!" With a forceful motion of his hand, a black pool opens up under Gensayce, several ephemeral hands breaking free from it and gripping him in a vice-like hold. Rendered immobilized by Taggert's counter-measure, the skeleton in front of Gensayce lets out a harrowing screech and hammers him in the chest with an arcane blast, knocking him loose from the binding darkness.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce simply grunted before flying a few feet backwards and colliding roughly with the ground, his momentum slid him a few more feet backwards and he came to a stop some ten to fifteen feet away from the battle, trying to sit up he came down with intense dizzyness and lay back down, his armour had managed to deflect most of the blow probably saving his life although it now glowed a dark green and burned against his skin.

[Tempest]

Tempest looked at the musician. "I believe you're missing the symbols." With that said, he raised his blades. He willed the thunder up in the sky to go straight at the conducting necromancer. He then did an X-slash in front of him. At the signal, the thunder raced down, straight at the necromancer.

[Aya Dauzi Invargas]

Ayalan tilted his head up, that blast happened in a mere half minute, and the man was down.
He got up fast, and ran over to him, looking at his armor, red hot and dark. He did his best to speak, "Hey! You gotta g-" a cough or two.."You gotta get up.." He bit his tongue, and lifted the armor with his brass knuckle from the neck area, so that the metal wouldn't touch his skin. It burned but he'd live, his other hand extended with a magical presence, waiting for any attack; he was doing this for really his eventual survival, but these three seemed way better than the necromancer to him.