For you, my final requiem.(Taggert's battle)

[The Gravelord Requiem]

Coming out from the heavenly horizon Taggert landed softly on the ground. His hand moved instinctively for his watch, checking the time before smirking a devious smirk. "Right on time."

He moved through the ethereal land in a leisurely pace with his wand out and as if moving to a silent rhythm bobbed and swayed his wrist. Each movement caused a dark energy to leak from his wand and lash out at the landscape. He could only smile as he left corrosion and ruin in his wake.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

"And so we meet again" Gensayce said as the ice blue figure stepped through the portal with spear in hand, his face hidden behind the wolf shaped visor of his helm. He looked across the landscape with a sigh as it was slowly destroyed by Taggert, taking his spear in hand he held it in front of him "Last time you had the advantage of power..." he said as he looked at the blue wolf fur tassel on the shaft of his spear which was now glowing slightly "But I have my own powers now to rival your own" he looked back at Taggert and tried his best to remember Roxas lessons on channeling spirits and prayed he would not have to use them "Let us end this here, and now in the beauty of Santo-Luce"

[The Gravelord Requiem]

"Ah, good. I was hoping I would have someone to join me. After all, a conductor is nothing without an audience to witness his last great piece." Taggert turned in a formal pivot as his hands stood poised and ready to begin his first spell.

"Now white dog boy, let us begin." With a lofty motion of his hand his wand swayed before lashing out towards Gensayce. A necrotic plume of choking smog fired out towards the boy. "Yes yes, something light to set the tone don't you think? An auspicious occasion like this must be savoured."

[Tempest]

Tempest ran into the clearing, his bow notched and ready to fire. He had his cloak over his mouth as he got clear of Gensayce and shot the arrow at Taggert.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce lept to away from the noxious cloud, thankful for the helm covering his mouth, holding his spear in front of him he exhaled slightly, assured of his new power "Give up Taggert" he said pointing the bladed tip at his opponent "And maybe, just maybe we will allow you to keep breathing" he said his voice dripping with merciless

[Kevin Uruhane]

"Oh but breathing is such a boorish subject for my music!"

Kevin floated in behind Tempest, his sword already drawn and he had adorned his old Balancer outfit. His blond hair barely visible through the white hood over his head.

"Or I'll bet he'll say something close to that." Kevin said to the others, "Then we'll begin to fight, he'll compare us to music, and it'll seem pretty hopeless. Winning and Losing are on the same balance."

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce turned his head to Kevin and nodded "All fighting is hopeless, but our cause is not, and if we have to fight to achieve what is at the end of that road so be it" He smiled to himself not being able to help himself at throwing in a cliché action hero line "And here's hoping we hit the right notes then!" he added resting the tip of his spear on the floor before rolling the whole weapon over his shoulder and then thrusting it forwards, an icicle ripping from the top towards Taggert.

[The Gravelord Requiem]

"Now now, breath is merely wasted on your kind anyways." Taggert gave his wand a downwards flick, sending a pale green fireball to blast the arrow. "After all, there is clearly no air going to your brain if you think you are worthy enough to mock me." With another quick twist of his wrist the same spell spilled out to melt the deadly ice that flew at him.

"Now do shut up. After all, the percussion has just begun." His hands raised and trembled as he summoned forth a pair of giant skeletons, each holding a massive club in one hand and a thick chain in the other. In one heavy thud after another they advanced before swinging their chains out at the Heroes in wide arcs.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce thrust his spear in the ground and in a form of pole vault he lept over the chain which swung low towards him, landing softly on his feet he exhaled slightly and channeled some more power into his spear, the presence of the new power he had developed was extrodinary, maybe it was time he showcased it...

Holding his spear in the air he growled out the words "Eis Draufganger Geist!" Roxa had told him that chants were not nessecary to perform magic but at such a novice level he would need words to channel the power which was needed to perform the change, Gensayce was encased in a wall of ice before it rapidly melted away, Gensayce now incased in armour made of pure ice

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The transformation demanded all of his power and he would need to rest for a long time after the battle, but for now the massive spike it gave him in strength would be needed to defeat Taggert "Okay then! He growled, certain of his new abilities "Let's end this here and now, I believe as someone like Roxa or Riliath would say, it's time for you to face the music!" Would the cliches ever end?!

[The Gravelord Requiem]

Wonderful, I was starting to fear these simple children had merely embellished the extent of their power.

"Good! Good! At last we see a real crescendo in our piece. Let me feel the intensity." Taggert gave a dynamic flourish with his wand as he conjured his necrotic powers into the tip of his wand. With a darting speed his wand jabbed out again and again as ghastly spectres were sent screaming towards the three fighters. Each one was empowered by an icy chill that left anything they would touch frozen in a moment.

"I see at least one of you is trying. Is the pup the only one with the intensity to make this moment memorable?" He challenged the remaining two as he watched his skeletons resume their onslaught.

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce moved swiftly, dodging all of the ghoulish creatures with ease "You will have to do better than that! he yelled at his opponent before leaping upwards into the air, flying over one of the skeletons and dropping down, his spear slicing clean through the bones of the creature and splitting it in two, flipping backwards again he held his spear in front of him, prepared to hold another of Taggerts Necrotic creatures at bay.

So many thoughts were running through Gensayce's mind, mainly how much strength and speed he had gained through channeling the spirits of his ancestors into himself, but then he started pondering how tired both mentally and physically he would be afterwards, he had seen first hand what became of Roxa after Ave had taken over his mind, but would this be different considering that Gensayce was in control?

[Tempest]

Tempest watched Gensayce's transformation with awe. Wow... I wish I could do that. Then Tempest shook his head, it was time to help. He put away his bow and pulled out his borrowed blades. He attacked one of the skeletons, bringing a blade down at the skeletons skull.

[The Gravelord Requiem]

As Tempest's blade crashed into the remaining giant's skull, the creature moved unfazed as it moved to intercept Tempest with it's massive club.

"Hahahaha, silly boy. Your skull must be thicker than my minions if you thought a minor wound like that would leave them incapacitated." Taggert's whole body began to move with his incanting use of the wand, raising, lowering and swaying. His body glowed green as slowly the necrotic emanations collected into the wand.

"As for you little doggy, you're playing ahead of the others. This is a collective piece after all." Taggert's wand pointed below Gensayce and in an instant the ground cracked with a ghoulish shriek as arms clamoured to seize his legs and arms. Yet more than a stalling tactic, the mere touch of these creatures would weaken the foe's speed and strength for a time. "I'd say you need to play diminuendo for a time."

[Gensayce Zidjiai]

Gensayce felt his strength ebb away, "Damn it..." Gensayce growled as he lept back from the limbs but he could tell he moved significantly slower, he had to think of a way to counteract the magic or at least find some sort of tactic to keep himself safe at a distance, magic instantly came to mind, his magical prowess had increased during his transformation yet he had no clue how long he could be in this state, the last thing he wanted was to waste all of this forms new power with magic only to be released from his slowed state...

Oh well he didn't have time to worry about it right now "Frost Velle!" he yelled swinging his spear, suddenly a blue arc rushed forwards freezing all in it's path, the arc froze over the limbs which had slowed him down but still Gensayce remained at his sluggish pace as his frost magic glided onwards towards Taggert.

[Tempest]

The club bashed Tempest in the shoulder, making him stagger back a foot or so. He brought his hand up to his shoulder and at the same time kick out at the skeleton's legs. The sky started to dim as he started controling the weather, and his eyes started to turn a deep grey-blue color.