` WE DON'T FIGHT FAIR!

[michi!]

all welcome, i don't really care who joins. (: i color-code speech, so you know, because i'm ocd — nicholas is aqua, mystique (xatu) is green, flame (growlithe) will be orange, and rolo (spheal) will probably be navy whenever they come out. :) mystique's words are telepathic, so you know. also, it's crappy, but i don't like intros -- i do better with interaction, but tend to lack creativity on my own, haha. in any case, the basics should be obvious: he's at the tower, it's a bit before dawn, the night is calm. if you're confused as to the post or it's not satisfactory, i can edit it but i'm just quite lazy. 8D;

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All was still.

There was no wind, the air instead remaining completely still. The tower before them was silent, crumbling and decaying but silent and still for the moment. The surrounding forest was the same, as were the two beings that stood before the tower. One rested on the head of the other, a massive bird that literally doubled their height. The boy seemed unphased by the weight (perhaps accustomed to it), for he merely stared in wonder at the tower that loomed ancient and mysterious a few yards before them. His breaths came silently, timidly, as his green-feathered companion stared thoughtfully forward. The raptor-like creature's eyes seemed to glaze over in thought before the creature shifted minimally.

/ Nothing should happen should you step forward. Some may come, but I am unsure... Choices change, chain reactions... Knock down one domino and all the rest fall. /

Nick as silent for a good second, perhaps two. Then, as slow as a frightened turtle, he stepped forward. He paused, waiting a moment, before the simple words, / Go on, / pushed him forth. His steps cam hesitantly at first before they were quicker, anxious and nervous. Time seemed to creep by so slowly, with owls beginning to hoot and the sun beginning to rise in the distance, that Nicholas wondered if it would take him so long to find anything dangerous in the tower that it might collapse on him. Regardless, he was sure Mystique would give him warning, and thus continued on.

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[Jake]

From the shadows of a tree on the entering side of the path, Apophis watched the boy and his Xatu. What were they doing here? He did not allow humans in his home. Those who go in do not come out. Apophis did not mind that he was outside of the tower, but when someone sees a tower like that, most of them will be urged to go inside, and that was what bothered Apophis about those who are near his tower. This boy was taking steps closer. Damn.
Apophis knew what was to come. He was going to go in. For that, he'll suffer. This was Apophis' tower, and nobody else was allowed inside. Nobody.
Apophis silently hopped out of the tree and walked around to the other side of the tower where he found a small hole. Quickly fading into his Normal Form, the Legendary slithered through the hole. Once inside, the large black snake fuzzed out of focus. In a second, the mess of atoms had Transformed into a new structure. This shape was that of an elven year old boy. He wore a red shirt and jean shorts. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
Satisfied, the Nick copy took a quick glance at the large doors to the tower before walking off and hiding in the darkness.