Tai finds that the spear actually made it to his chest faster than he would have anticipated and a blaze of fire surrounded him and consumed him. "Hi o Moyasu!" Tairus chants and the flames are absorbed into his body but the flames are too much to control.

As he finishes eating the last flame, Tai looks like a volcano ready to erupt. He never had this much flame in him and he could figure how much more he can handle. Tai takes a form looking like a flame atronach and fire spews from him and Tai was about to blow... The fire burns his body as he tries to concentrate his force. He can't throw it in one direction so he releases in all directions.

"YOL!"

Tai becomes a giant Flash bang. Suriat was of course watching him fail but ends up blind from the fire. Suriat takes his advantage of the fire surrounding him and sucks in some flame.

(Flame Atronach Refernce)

Joshua and his opposite were both taken by surprise by the sudden burst of light and the flame not far behind it. Joshua reacted slightly quicker than Auhsoj, allowing him to switch from offensive summons to his swarm which protected him from the fire.

The flash did cause him to stumble back a bit but he was unscathed, Auhsoj wasn't fast enough to summon his swarm fast enough so he ended up sustaining minor burns along his hands and arms.

Joshua noticed this right away as the white summons broke down and the swarm was summoned. Joshua now had a clear advantage and wasn't about to waste it, he took a quick leap forwards as he went head on against his opponent, Auhsoj was just steadying himself from the flash and hadn't noticed Joshua charging him. Joshua had only a few seconds to make this charge count before the stalemate resumed so he had to make it count.

As Joshua got within range of his opposite the swarms collided, the eyes of Auhsoj were wide in surprise from this sudden attack. Both swarms mixed and attacked one another in an attempt to protect their summoner. They mixed and swirled in a mixture of thousands of miniature explosions. Thousands of pops could be heard as the swarms continued their collisions and explosions. It was too late for Joshua to stop his momentum and as the two people nearly collided the swarms condensed into one big ball to stop this from happening. They swirled together in an almost zen-like state until they were less than a meter away from each other.

Before anyone could realize, an explosion so powerful took place. There was no fire, no known element or anything within this explosion but the force was so great it caused both Joshua and his opposite to fly back well over 25 meters away from one another. Surely Tai and Suriat were effected by this force as well.

Tairus completely drained and out of stamina falls to him hands and knees. Suriat blinded and on the floor with a slight presence of flame around his body, is straining his eyes trying to recover from the Falshbang. Tairus feels a shock wave from a blast that is about to hit and he is like "oooohhhh shhhii-" Suriat is sent flying from the blast and hits Tairus while flying from the blast. Both are sent airborne and hit a wall...

Upon landing Tai pushes Suriat off him and he seems dazed. Tai elbows him in the face and gathers some breaths of air... he looks over at Joshua's battle, determining if he has strength to get up and help.

After the explosion, Joshua landed with a heavy thud but he was the lucky one. His opposite wasn't as lucky. Only being described as mangled, Au appeared to be like a broken toy and as soon as Joshua saw that his eyes were wide and he just stared. Seeing someone that looked exactly like him made him die a little inside, it could pretty much be him. Au was still alive, though he wasn't really a threat in his current state but Joshua didn't want to leave him to suffer so with the pain coursing through his body he managed to summon a swordsman. It appeared to be a weaker and slower version but it would be more than enough to finish the job and make this come to an end. Joshua glanced over to where he saw Tai as his summon slowly made it's way over to Au.

"End it..." Joshua muttered, telling his summon to finish the job. It was a quick fight but one of Joshua's most dangerous yet. Perhaps the words were also for Tai but that was for him to decide.

Three shades appear behind Joshua and the release a shriek for a battle cry. maybe the three shades that were destroyed (Au, Suriat, and Ire), are the shades in the form ready to absorb another lost soul just as they did ours!

"Hey guy!! Behind you!!" Tairus alarmed.

One shade decided to turn around and shut me up but another opened a portal to a world that looks almost normal. Maybe he was on his way to suck someone else! The last one charged for Joshua.

OOC: they are ncps so use them how you see fit. im waiting for this to end so we can get our xp... unless you want to make this post 3 pages long so we get our bonus xp from will :3

"Ugh... what happened?" Eri wondered as she looks around. Her trap had detonated and the area was completely in rubble, fire was visible in an array of areas and Eri had burns across her bodies. "A-Ah!" She winces in pain. "Kuchiyose." She summons Riveria, an angelic, beautiful angel that can heal very minor wounds such as cuts and burns.

As Riveria proceeds to do so, she lets out a little scoff. "For my master, you seem to get injured a lot." Eri not knowing how to reply just lets out a little chuckle. Looking around, she could still hear the fighting and in the distance, she could see both Tairus and someone she hadn't met before. Getting up, she rushes over to the pair.

"Are you alright!?" She shouts, noticing a large shadow then proceed to appear behind the man she hadn't met before.

OOC: Crypt, your character shouldn't know Joshua by name. Not once has he told Tai his name.

Joshua was not aware of these shadows behind him until he was alerted to them, though there were two different voices that came from just out of sight. One he recognized as the man he saw earlier but a female voice baffled him. He was unaware of another person being in this strange place. His body shifted enough to see the shadows and he began to speak in a language none other than shadows or Shadow Summoners would understand.

In the background, the one summon Joshua had left had just pierced it's sword through Au and the body vanished. Once that was finished it shundo'd close to Joshua though appeared calm and not preparing to fight the other newly appeared shades. It was a few short words shared between Joshua and the shadows before he could confirm what they were doing.

"They are asking if we would like to leave this realm or go against another opposite. If you are both done here I suggest we leave, I personally am not in any shape to fight any more." Joshua said as he continued to be sprawled out across the ground. "If you intend on fighting, attack the shadow walking towards you. I will be leaving shortly after you make your decisions." He said. The shadows were walking slowly towards Tai and Eri.

"Eri this is our queue to leave! Tai sprints to Eri and snatches her hand upon arrival.

Tai did not intend to have another fight after that one. He was to bent out of shape for another round.

"Lets go!"

OOC: i know Tai doesnt know you, but its a habit i have to stop... :/ I type as if i know you without thinking... its just.. . idk