Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25363089-20190131225052/@comment-25389303-20190216193920

The twins retreated momentarily under the bombardment of Dust attacks, though while their force was enough to slow their offensive to a grinding halt their augmented cloaks provided enough protection for them to shrug off the worst of the damage.

"As much as I hate to admit it, this is going nowhere," Rio muttered under his breath, just loud enough for Rosa to hear. "The police will be here soon - as well as others."

"I'm aware of that, brother," Rosa replied through gritted teeth. "In which case, we had best finish this!"

Nodding to each other, both siblings suddenly unclipped the Dust Lantern from the respective belts and raised them towards their opponents. With practiced synchrony, the metal shields retracts - once again releasing the destructive energies within. From Rio's, a torrent of ice and frost spilt forth, freezing everything in its path instantly, while from Rosa's, a firestorm exploded outwards, incinerating anything unfortunate enough to be caught in its path.

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"Your cooperation is appreciated, boy," Orpheus commented, releasing Nickelae and taking the book from his outstretched hand. Even so, he deliberately remained close to the young man as he inspected the old tome. "Killing you would have been most...unnecessary."

Turning the old, leathery book in his hand, the rogue Huntsman smiled beneath his mask.

"Ah...the Tome of Lady Widowgast...finally, it belongs to me." He raised his head, looking up into the night sky and the stars above. "I told you I'd win, fool," he gloated to his old, deceased rival. "I always win."

Turning his attention back to the book, he flipped it over to the front cover and traced the brass etchings there for a moment, before looking back to Nickelae.

"Now then, how about we take a look, hmm?" he told him, opening the tome to a random page halfway through. "It would be most unfortunate if it were a fake, no?"