He simply stared out into the ocean. With how hectic things had become of late he was far too busy to have time to himself but with the insistence of his personal aide Floraine, he decided to take the time to clear his thoughts. Taking in the salty ocean air at his leisure as he tried to relax. His gaze turned to the sky as he watched the stars slowly begin to illuminate the sky. It was then that he sighed, noticing the anomaly that was the silence that weighed heavily in the air. Even if it was the beach, it was not that far from the city. This kind of silence was both calming and foreboding. He slowly walked down the shore line until he finally came across the figure that was probably at the center of all of this. It would only take a second for him to realize the change in the surroundings about the figure and the water before him. "You've piqued my interest. Mind explaining what it is you're doing?" he would simply ask, not even taking a stance for combat and simply observing everything about the figure

The figure would look back at Dinivis briefly, it's eyes scanning them with the same hunger. For a moment their eyes seemed to become more clear to reveal a bright yellow tinge but they would quickly return to their usual pale colouring. They turned back to the wire they had attached to the sea with an inhuman level of focus before responding. "Feeding myself. There isn't much here but I'll devour it shortly. That's my purpose, to collect as much data as possible, to make the world right... Human beings...such a familiar concept and yet so foreign now. They always have to make things complicated while keeping them mind-numbingly simple. It's because of that, that things got like this. It's because of that, that I'm standing here devouring the sea. It's the only logical conclusion now." The shoreline itself seemed oddly calm but the hardening of the sea was beginning to increase in speed. The stone itself seemed lifeless as if anything that once held meaning was drained out of it. Suddenly, the stone would begin cracking in the areas that had already been completely converted. An ominous smoke would begin flowing out from each of the cracks.

Eris looks back out to the ocean, whatever it was it’s probably nothing good. Eris looks down at her staff, and the three amulets attached, one depicting a swift bird, the second of a noble fox, and finally the tall armor. Eris deliberately unhooks the bird amulet, holding it close to her chest and muttering The hope of the faithful calls forth the wings of righteousness once she finishes, the amulet begins to glow, Eris takes it from her chest as it’s brightness peaks, in an instant, it turns into a large falcon, with armored beak and talons resting on her arm Sorry about this, but I need to see The bird seems to understand, and takes flight from its perch on Eris’s arm, heading into the ominous smoke both to see what it does, and to search for anything within

*Eis looks out over the sea. He soon notices something off and smiles slightly.* "And the waters shall bleed grey as the beast devours the soul of the world itself." Latus: Your words as always are nonscensical but accurate, Eis Indeed. Let us go find this agressor agaisnt the lords will. *Eis started walking along the coast, attempting to find the person responsble for this incident.*

"What is it that is considered right and can anyone claim they know that? The world has advanced forward to it's current state not because it was wrong or right. It simply is as it is." He would raise a brow upon seeing the bird suddenly being attacked by the strange brow. His eyes suddenly turning into a energy blue with a green magic circle in it as he analyzed the smoke with his eyes of truth. "You were once human and yet now you are something different. Was it by choice? Was that right? Or are you the type who has given up on the world and believes they know what's best through clouded eyes?" He would continue to watch and do nothing for the moment. The cracks of death for all things before him lay bare as well as the structure from which these things had to support their existence.

The falcon initially beats its wings in an attempt to get away from the tendril, it’s fast, but that’s about it, so if it couldn’t get away there’d be little more the bird could do but struggle. As for Eris herself, she’d only really be able to tell the falcon was trying to run from something, the priestess focuses on the end of her staff, which begins to glow with its own light The light of justice becomes a spear to pierce the wicked and with her incantation, a beam of light would shoot to the smoke shortly below the falcon in hopes of hitting whatever it was threatening her bird

Eis would eventually come across Dinivis standing before... an entity. It was hard to clearly determine who or what they were, There always seemed to be something surrounding them that blocked their appearance like a veil of obscurity. The only features that could be clearly examined were the wires extending from both their hands and their pale, empty eyes. One of the wires was clearly attached to the water where it had solidified the most while the rest seemed to move around as if they had minds of their own. Something seemed to glimmer in the entities eyes as if they were almost relieved that Dinivis had asked them something about themselves. "You are correct. I do not know what is right for this world, I only know what's right for myself and shape the world around that. It's less of my own opinion and more of a desire, a strong desire that must be fulfilled. It's like a hunger and if I don't satisfy it, it begins to hurt." The entity would grow colder and more confused though as Dinivis brought up it being human. The mere mention of such a thing seemed to make it uncomfortable in some way. Through the eyes of truth, Dinivis could observe a stream of what was simply pure human emotion in a form that might be unfamiliar. It was extremely condensed and seemed as if it was the same emotion copy and pasted over and over again. It was the feeling of childish anger that only sought to destroy. "Human? Such an idea being applied to myself seems unjust. What stands before you cannot feel the way a human can. You may think I show emotion but...it's not the same. As for this world, it is it that gave up on me. Imagine a wall that seems to stretch on forever. The world, believing this wall to go on forever decides to test its limits and wrap itself in this wall. It bends and folds the wall around it until it also creates a ceiling and a roof. Suddenly, that wall is a room that would seem to go on forever and the world tries to contain itself within that room. However, the room only seems infinite and eventually, the world reaches the end of that room. Without any more space to contain it, the world simply makes its own exit and leaves the room behind. Such a sad story, I wonder why I remember it..." The spear of light would be able to hit the appendage perfectly as the appendage didn't even seem to try and dodge. The appendage would fall to the ground and out of the veil of the smoke. It would be a long liquid-like arm with a claw at the end with three fingers. The spear would have pierced the claw directly down the middle bringing it down in an instant. However, the claw would quickly seem to fade away into the same black smoke that it had emerged from. Suddenly several more presences could be felt crawling through the mist, it would be hard to tell exactly how many more there were with the smoke in the way but it seemed like three or four more appendages were aiming to grab hold of the bird with more rage than before.

*Eis looks upon the entity and Divinis, apparantly unimpressed by the creature that stood before him.* I am not intruding on anything, am I? I would hate to be rude, after all. I prefer to be civil.

(Notices the entity) Well what do we have here? (Puts on his sunglasses)

No one has to tell the bird to get away from the mist, with the brief pause it has between rounds of tendrils, the falcon turns around, and begins flying towards Eris, its owner, hoping to keep ahead of its pursuers. As for Eris, there's obviously some kind of monster in there, which she very much can't ignore, but with no idea what it can really do, Eris decides to play it safe and removes the fox amulet, beginning another chant "Lost are the lambs who turn towards salvation...."

Hopefully there is a weakness to this thing (Scans with the glasses to find any kind of info on it such as power level, origin, etc)

"I understand." he simply said while closing his eyes, the color returning to the same dim rose red color they were before The being before him reminded him of someone very important to him. So much so that it almost hurt. He would open them, looking at the figure before him with tired eyes. Pity was what he felt for this creature. Living for nothing more than a singular purpose. Unable to change their fate through their own means. "I understand all too well." he opened his eyes as he gazed upon the figure then slowly moved his gaze towards the water. "Do you think you will succeed or does success itself have no meaning as long as you continue with your path?" he would ask, long noticing the presence of those around but not doing anything to help them or acknowledge them. If they are here then they were capable. He shouldn't need to protect them.

The appendages would only continue pursuing the bird as far as the edge of the smoke. Once it escapes the smoke they all seemed to stop before they could no longer be felt crawling around. The entity would look at prophet as they approach. Their eyes would seem to grow more desperate as if something just changed for them. With the appearance of the detective, the entity would only grow more uneasy as their eyes seemed to fill with more colour, unveiling an eerie yellow glow. Their breathing grew heavier as they tried to reply to Dinivis. "Somewhere in between, I'd love to succeed but I'm not even sure what I'm doing or why. I...If I can spite them then that will be enough. I...'them'? What am I talking about? W-why are their so many people here?" The wires would begin to wave around as if trying to threaten those around. The cloud of obscurity surrounding the entity would seem to become thinner for a moment until their appearance could almost be made out but it wasn't quite enough to identify anything meaningful. "Why does it always hurt? WHy do I wish to know even if it brings me pain? Haha...This is just another of your sick jokes, isn't it? Who do you think you are to punish me? I...I'll become someone, I'll become someone, I'll become me again... That's right, I am me and I'll never be you!" The entity almost didn't seem to be talking to anyone at this point. They were talking while looking wildly in different directions as if someone was there listening. The glow in their eyes just seemed to grow more intense.

Hmm. Seems like I have not. And it would seem this would be the agressor I've been searching for. And it would seem it is trying to be threatening. Latus: It is out of fear But of course. It musn't like crowds. *Eis looks up at the entity. A small blue glow shines dully from under his hood.* It shouldn't gather this much attention if that is the case, however. This is it's own fault. I refuse to pity a monster like this.

the bird would soon return to Eris, sort of hovering over her shoulder for a moment, somewhat relieved, Eris stops chanting, letting out a relieved sigh as she looks back up at the falcon You did well, I’ll count on you again. With those words, the bird would shrink back down into its amulet form, which the priestess dutifully hangs back on her staff beside the fox and armor I’ll simply need to watch for now. And so, Eris begins leaning on her staff for some support as she watches the ocean’s progression, ready to try... Something or another when it gets worse

(Takes of the glasses) I can’t get anything guess I’ll have to wait and see what happens

"Pitiful soul." He wouldn't say anything else to it as he slowly walked towards the figure. Not even attempting to dodge any attacks that came his way. As if he knew they would not bring permanent harm. He would stand next to the figure, gazing at it's frantic expression. "Do you wish to be released from your pain?" he asked, sincerity coating his words

The entity would seem motionless as the wires flailed about wildly, though they never seemed to hit anyone as if avoiding to do so. 01000011 "Being released from such pain? What do you mean by that." 01110101 I need to keep existing even if it's out of spite. They did this as punishment but its they who will be punished." 01110010 "Even if it costs everything I have left I'll lash out against reality until I can reclaim my past identity." 01110011 "That's the only true way I'll be free of this pain." 01100101 Yeah...I'll just reject reality over and over again... I'll keep rejecting it because this isn't the reality I want! I'll keep distorting things more and more until even they can't ignore it! Stealing all the emotions they seek to control for themselves and reverting them back into their purest form! I will be me! I'll be so much of me that there's no room for them to deny it any longer!" Suddenly, cracking would be heard in chorus. The stone ocean would begin breaking all over as plumes of a dark miasma like smoke would cover half the sky. An intense rage could be felt even for those without the ability to normally detect it. It seemed to become apart of the air itself. The smoke would finally begin clearing to unveil the now transformed sea. Where there was once water would now be a swirling sea of shadows. They all seemed to be grasping at the air with twisted appendages and attempting to clump over each other to reach the land. The shadows, however, would be unable to properly walk on land and thus would simply slink back into the sea with the others each time they tried. The entitty's eyes were shining brightly now with a yellow tint. They seemed both mesmerizing and putrid at the same time, like every putrid emotion was there as well as a sense of liberation. The entity themselves also was no longer coated in obscurity. They had the appearance of a corpse with all the life sucked out of them. Their hair had no color and they seemed to have a inky black substance covering most of their skin aside from their arms. Each wire was sticking out of a different part of their arm, making a cut to escape out of them as if they had forced their way out in the first place. A trail of blood with a black coloration as well seemed to flow from their arms eternally. The ground all at once began to shake as if there was an earthquake but the true source of the shaking was the sea itself. Something was moving towards the land at a unbelievable speed. It would come within seconds, a large frog like creature with a giant maw. It would burst out of the shadows and in one bite seem to consume the unveiled figure before slinking back into the shadows. The ground would continue to shake as parts of the shadowy water seemed to raise up.

Dinivis wouldn't even be perturbed by the sudden change in situation. He calmly look at the shadowy waters begin to rise. "Vault: Number 7. Longinus." he said before a magic circle appeared next to him and a blood red spear head came out. He grabbed the spear shaft directly from the middle and pulled it the rest of the way out. He then stuck it into the ground next to him. Soon after, the sound of glass breaking resound in the area as several blades seemingly made of crystal appeared around him and shot into the shadowy water. He didn't think they would do anything but he had to make sure of something before using Longinus.

With things obviously escalating, and the delay there’d be in bringing it out, Eris goes ahead and grasps onto the third amulet she brought, a towering suit of armor, and begins chanting “In times of chaos a divine light shines through the land....”

As the crystals flew into the shadowy pool the shadows they made contact with would shriek in pain as they melted into a pure liquid form. From within the sea's depths, a large figure would emerge that appeared to be the head of the frog-like creature from before. Its eyes glowed with the same yellow light as the figure before. It would open its large mouth to reveal the inside which seemed to be almost a bottomless void. From out of the void more shadows would seem to flow into the endless sea before them. The shadow would seem to finally start climbing onto land, using the newly spawned ones as leverage. About 3 of the liquid-like creatures would begin standing on the land, their bodies becoming hardened as masks appeared on where their heads might be. They would begin to stare at Dinivis specifically with glaring red eyes before trying to charge him with their hands extended. There was no planning to their attack, they just mindlessly seemed to try and grab at him. As the last of the new shadows poured out of the frog's mouth it seemed to begin to speak in a low distorted voice. "I am a shadow, the shadow of reality itself. Beneath what you know as existence lies the origin and end of all. I am that, the truth of this world. I shall consume this world until the one who shaped it emerges. Then I shall consume them as well."

What in the- (Fuses his two pistols into a blue long barreled revolver) Stand down or I’m going to shoot

Dinivis simply sighed at the creatures words. The origin of all things and its end. He'd already witnessed both things before and is even trying to save the one who would bring an end to all things. A battle he chose to fight alone. The sound of glass breaking echoed once again as several more blades made of crystal appeared and shot at the figures shadows moving towards him. He then grabbed the blood red spear Longinus, pulling it out of the ground. The spear began to give off an ominous red light as it seemed to begin pulsating. He'd aim it at the frog that was speaking. "Death can also be considered Salvation." he muttered under his breath as he took a throwing stance, completely ignoring the shadows coming towards him as the crystal blades tore through them

"... Bringing forth a divine providence to shelter the faithful from darkness" as before, the amulet shines and grows, rapidly expanding into a towering suit of armor easily twice the priestess's size. Opening her eyes, it would be pretty obvious where the shadowy creature was. Eris would look at its servants, blinking as she begins walking towards it, armor following directly behind "Is that.... Another keeper?" Whether or not her intuition's right, Eris needs to get over to help as soon as possible. Hopefully whoever summoned it would be alright for now.

The shadows that had been charging at Dinivis would fall apart immediately upon being punctured. The spear would fly directly towards the frog-like creature's mouth but just as it reached it would quickly close its mouth and duck down. The spear would still tear through the top of its head, seeming to tear at it with great force. The frog would dive back into the sea of shadows once more feeling itself be torn up. The sea of shadows would begin growing more and rougher as the waves began to increase in size, crashing into one another as a chorus of shadows began to screech together. The thundering voice of the frog would seem to echo within the water. "There is no salvation remaining. A tortured soul always remains tortured as long as they remain in the grasp of they who came after the void, such is the nature of a curse. Memories lost for all eternity to a sea of obscurity. An identity never to be unveiled. A form to twisted until even the one twisted could no longer tell what it once was." Long thin arm like appendages would begin stretching out from the sea in mass. Around ten in total would begin closing in on those on the surface. Two of them aimed at Eris and another two at the towering suit of armour. Two more of the arms would aim for the detective and finally, a total of four would all go after Dinivis. The arms seemed fixated on trying to grab them by their legs and pulling them into the sea of shadows.

well shoot better save it (Unfuses the guns and starts fireing explosive rounds at the arms)

"There is someone important to me that suffers the same. I hope to be able to save them before they come so far that they can't recognize themselves anymore but I unfortunately do not have a means to achieve that at the moment. I am sorry, but death is the only salvation I can give. Even if you cannot let go of your hatred, your sadness, your fears and anxiety. I will accept them all in your stead." The blood red spear would return to Dinivis, quickly flitting through the air before he caught it in his grasp. He would see the long four arms reach out towards him but instead of throwing the spear he simply let go of it and it remained in the air, being enveloped by a ominous blood red aura. "Longinus is known as the spear of destiny. A spear that never misses it's target, changing even fate itself to make sure it always lands once locked on. The spear itself is just an imitation and though it bares the ability to never miss, it's overall power is low." he calmly said as he put his left hand out to his side. Power erupted from the spear as it shot out into the sea of shadow once more, aiming to tear into it's target. "Vault: Number 3. Imperium." he said as a magic circle appeared next to him with the hilt of a katana coming through. He grabbed the sheathe and the magic circle moved backward revealing the rest of the sheathe which was about three meters long. He grabbed the hilt using his right hand and moved into a drawing stance before taking in a deep breath. He remained still, like a statue, not even looking at the attack coming towards him. Anyone with any skill with a weapon would be able to tell that he was practically creating a sword domain. Anything that came within range of his blade would be quickly dispatched and that was exactly what happened. As the long arms came within range of his blade a silver arc formed as he drew the blade. The blade itself was not too fast but not slow either. A fluid sword swing that looked like the epitome of what could be achieved with only the basics. That's right, it seemed like nothing more than a basic sword swing yet the space where he cut had almost seemed to be cut as well bringing even further damage to anything near it.

The divine armor stares down the arms, bringing its own massive, gauntleted left hand down a little to its left, first openhanded to smash the two arms going after Eris into the ground, then closing its fingers, scraping up the earth around them. Similarly, the armor smashes down on the pair going after it using the armors right to smash them against the ground, fist closed. Eris stands a little bit behind the creature, looking out over the darkness, she thinks back on her own past mistakes for a moment, how was it that Nexus's domain must have looked to those outside? Who are you to speak of salvation? No matter how dark the path or narrow the trees may get, its always a simple task to retrace one's step and find their way again. No one can change that. Eris takes a deep breath and focuses her energy into her staff once more, the tip of which begins gleaming with a faint light that steadily grows stronger

The two arms aiming for the detective would be easily taken out by the explosive shots. They would seem to dissolve back to their source beneath the shadowy depths. Of course, the arms reaching for Dinivis even with their slightly larger number wouldn't be able to grab him with his attack. Despite the obvious threat, his attack posed it almost seemed as though the arms only moved on instinct. They didn't stop to asses anything, only moving within the radius of the attack and being cut to pieces. The arms aimed at Eris and the armour would be crushed as well. They wouldn't be able to survive the sheer force of their attacker and would begin dissolving as well. Despite everything seeming to go well some might notice something was off. The shadows and the arms, they were mindless attacks that didn't seem to have any thought behind them at all... The figure from before was within a dark abyss. Nobody else was around. They were alone once again. "This is how it's always fated to be. Why do I even feel that way? It's not like I know but this is familiar. Am I going to die here? Do I deserve to die here? I want to know what I did wrong, am I even allowed that? Maybe I should just stay here, it's so much quieter here and it doesn't hurt anymore. But is it okay for things to stay like this? Why did I leave in the first place?" They seemed to be speaking only to the darkness that surrounded them. As their doubts grew so too did the yellow glow within their eyes. Suddenly something would tear into the darkness to reveal a small amount of light. It was the spear that had just hit the frog-like creature once more. It had pierced a hole right into the creature's flesh and by coincidence had struck right into the abyss within as well. The tear was small and seemed to vanish almost immediately but for a moment the figure could see light. In the back of their mind, something seemed to begin forcing its way forward. "This feeling is this an emotion I once had. It feels...different. I-I don't want this to be the end. There was something I still had to do. There were so many things I wanted to do. It's not impossible, is it?" The frog would begin squirming within the water's depths, thrashing about as its temperament rose. It seemed to be panicked for some reason as if more desperate than before. Frog Shadow: "It's still early but I must make final preparations. I shall bring out everything now. Show me all your fear, all your courage, all your anger, all your sorrow, and all your passion. You will need all weapons that posses value if you wish to avoid destruction." All at once, the shadows within the sea would begin to melt while screaming in agony. All the anger within the air had begun to simmer and cluster until the qualities it once held seemed to become obscured. It no longer felt like rager or anger but rather like something much more pure and primal. The energy the emotion held seemed to skyrocket suddenly as it became perfectly distilled within the shadowy substance. The frog sunk to the bottom of the sea and began sucking it all in. The shadowy substance seemed to rise into the air in the form of vortexes and the tail of each vortex would lead back down to the frog's mouth. The energy building up inside of it would become immense as the sea began to part away to reveal it's location.

With the frog gone for a brief moment, Eris stops charging the light, instead walking right next to her armor. The priestess looks out over the ocean, down at the ominous hole beginning to open in the sea, before turning to her companions and bowing "Pardon the sudden appearance, my name is Eris Anthule. When the water finishes draining I'm going down there, if there's anything you think I should know about the creature, please take this chance to tell me." Eris stands next to her summoned suit of armor, which bends down to pick her up, placing her on its shoulder where she'd be further from the water, and thus able to start walking before its completely gone

(Turns to Eris) Hi I’m mr.detective an I’m human

Dinivis would walk over to the shoreline where he saw the shadows recede. His eyes of truth activated once more as he saw what was occurring. He took a step forward when he heard Eris ask for his name and information as well as the young man whom introduced himself as a detective. His gaze wouldn't move from the creature and the shadows it soon began to swallow. "I am......no one of consequence. As for that creature. It is simply a pitiful soul. There is no reason to wait for it." As the sea split, revealing the frogs location he would continue to stare at the vortexes that filled the frogs mouth. His eyes of truth never once leaving them as he saw the cracks of death that erratically moved through them. He once again took a drawing stance and in the span of a few seconds he swung the katana. The effects wouldn't be seen right away but the vortexs would begin to destabilize. The amount the frog had already absorbed was immense but there was no reason to allow it to continue its consumption right before his eyes. Immediately after that he dashed forward, covering half the distance in the span of only a few seconds. The sound of glass breaking could be heard as 13 blades of crystal appeared around him and shot towards the frog. Unlike the simple crystal blades he made before these were more detailed and much larger. As if he was shooting 13 great swords to increase the damage, they shot towards the frog at frightening speeds. The blade of the odachi he wielded began to give off a gentle silver glow. Runes began to light up on the blade as a magic circle began to rotate around where the guard would be if the blade had one.