private A City Of Nightmare

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Sadist could sense the apprehension in Runic's voice. She sighs and closes her eyes. "If it eases your mind any, I am only here because I'm needed. One this job is done... I don't think I'll be around as much. You shouldn't have anything to of me unless you have been corrupted by your sins. I only kill mortals corrupted by sin, i have no reason to kill innocents... no like when I was once alive... Back when I wasn't a demon..." Sadist then goes quiet. She knew that Runic probably wouldn't care to hear a sob story. It would shatter he image as a demon but it'll also maybe implant some form of disbelief as well. Sadist did mean what she said though. She has no interest in killing innocent ponies.

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"Dovahkiin?" He rolled the word around in his mouth for a few moments before shaking his head. "I was in questioning for that time, so I didn't get the full details. I'll have to go poke Starlight then. Hmm..."

 

He sighed. "Alright, Lee, last question. Is there anything of a sensitive nature that you are hiding about this trip? You need not tell me about it, and I'm not recording this for the council. They've examined you and found you free of demonic corruption, but I can understand if you did some shady things while you were out and about."

 

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The demon smiled, but something changed in his eyes as you made the threat. You couldn't tell what it was. "Well, allow me to introduce your first meal to you, then?" Whistling, he brought in an unconscious unicorn stallion, slowly stirring. He was dressed in somewhat filthy white robes and had numerous wounds that were freshly clotted. "Meet Archmage Dark Sunlight. He was the head of the magical academy in the city, and we were quite content to leave the oblivious fool alone, as the school was dedicated to a rather darker sect of magic." The demons face then hardened. "But then he started questioning his betters."

 

As the demon finished, the pony stirred into consciousness, looking around the chamber with a confused expression. Then his eyes landed on you, and he flinched hard, shocked into alertness by your presence. "A... a... Celestia above, what in Tartarus have you done?"

 

The demon raised his eyes. "Isn't it slightly offensive to use Tartarus and Celestia in the same sentence in your realm? But," he continued, as he turned to the voidspawn, despite his bumbling behavior and his rather small size, he is a rich source of this plane's magic." He smiled. "If you require more of this plane's energy then what he can provide, then say the word, and I have contacts that can bring me archmages, manticores, even, if you insist, a young dragon." He bowed slightly, all while the Archmage continued to struggle against his bondage. He appeared to be stirring up a fireworks show as he attempted to break the anti-magic shell that was connecting him to the slab, starting to give voice to a dispairing cry, as he saw the effects- or, rather, lack thereof- of his magical attempts.

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"Well that's understandable " Runic said with a bit more calmness in her voice she was not sure wether to believe what Sadist just told her or not being a demon and all "but honestly even if your the nicest demon in existance i don't think i can trust your words after all darkness can influence you to do bad things"

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Sadist looks to Runic. "While that maybe true, I wasn't born of the demon species, nor am I inherently evil. Darkness itself is by far a very misunderstood thing. Not all darkness is to be feared, only the evils that lurk within it." Sadist says, knowing all about what it is like living in the darkness. She doesn't exactly know everything but she knows enough. Some of what she knows not being for the eyes or ears of mortal ponies.

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 Runic nodded in agreement "also i hope you don't mind if i ask a few questions but since your a demon can you shapeshift?can you also posses other ponies? just asking these things out of curiousity" 

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"Well we have to wait the fun begins when the inquisition arrives but i would have to teach you a few tricks if you want to be fully enjoy it, being nervous all the time wont do you any good " she then looked Muddle in the eye then said in a quite serious tone "but i would also have to teach you to not give into them i wouldn't want to take a 'friends' life"

 

The serious tone, in the mare's voice, seemed to make her point very clear. Muddle nodded her head, to show the mare that she understood, and asked. "Exactly what 'tricks' would I need to learn then? I'd hate to see you... 'forced' to do that as well."

 

@, Muddle heard the demon's form before speak, and broke the mare's gaze for a moment. She was just in time to see them leave. She couldn't help but notice how the walls and runes shifted around them, as they left, and thought to herself. ​"Is that why I got so lost earlier?"

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Heartless raised her eyelid, slowly clearing her sight. An immense negative energy seemed to be disturbing her energy radar. "Looks like we're getting close". She got up from her spot. Looking around, no one was on the deck except the airship crew who were working in and out with some of them slacking off or doing other task as told. The scene prompted her to take another walk around the ship, hoping to bump into somepony just to kill some time before the real inquisition begins.

 

The evil transition of the atmosphere was getting terrible as the airship got closer to the designated area. "This level of demonic presence... it's too much, even for us". Her face put up a worried look as her thoughts drifted to her worst moment with the demon back in the other dimension, where she was created.

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Sadist nods. "I can use illusion magic to hide my true form. Though I am limited to what I can do with such magic, it's different from full form shape shifting." Sadist then sighs. She didn't think she'd ever need to tell anypony how her powers work. Most who see her where too scared anyway. As the darkness they pass over becomes more abruptly abundant, it makes Sadist feel uneasy. She knew what this darkness was capable of and tries to block it out of her mind.

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Everyone onboard could feel the airship start to slow down and turn, as if afraid to enter the city and skirting around it. Sadist felt something... quickly focus on them, as if the darkness realized that something had entered its territory that didn't belong. Before anything else, a voice over the airship speakers crackles to life. "All Team Omega Inquisitors please report to the captain's cabin..."

 

 

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Smiling ever-so-slightly, the demon nodded. "Actually, I have two targets. One of them is a... rather fledgling entity of nightmares. While it may be new, it has managed to gain a better foothold against the tide of this world's magic then we have, and it's disrupting the natural order and drawing attention to us. That is the first task, and the first priority." He sighed and turned his way towards the other wall. "The second issue is this Inquisitorial airship that is inbound right now. I had hoped to give it some more time before I dealt with it, and I'm going to to see if I can get them even more irritated at this entity to help destroy it, but they are not a huge priority until the first problem has been dealt with." He turned back to him. "I have several scouting demons out right now. They should be back within the hour. Until then, feel free to entertain yourself. But, if I could politely ask you to, to inform me before you eat any of the ponies roaming in these ancient halls? There are a few important guests we have that I would prefer alive."

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"Dovahkiin?" He rolled the word around in his mouth for a few moments before shaking his head. "I was in questioning for that time, so I didn't get the full details. I'll have to go poke Starlight then. Hmm..."

 

He sighed. "Alright, Lee, last question. Is there anything of a sensitive nature that you are hiding about this trip? You need not tell me about it, and I'm not recording this for the council. They've examined you and found you free of demonic corruption, but I can understand if you did some shady things while you were out and about."

 

Lee looked around. "Well, it wasn't wrong...just probably not expected...er, not...acceptable? I didn't break any rules...I merely used my resources I had at hoof to get my mission done. I, er, well, I uh-" 

 

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Everyone onboard could feel the airship start to slow down and turn, as if afraid to enter the city and skirting around it. Sadist felt something... quickly focus on them, as if the darkness realized that something had entered its territory that didn't belong. Before anything else, a voice over the airship speakers crackles to life. "All Team Omega Inquisitors please report to the captain's cabin..."

Lee flinches as the ship starts to move suddenly, dropping his soundproofing spell as he did. He looked around sheepishly, then shrugs at Mooncrypt. "I'll tell you later." 

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Runic nodded she was about to say something but then she heard somepony called the inquisitors to the captains cabin "i guess i or should i say we should go now since were nearing out destination" she then trotted off to the captains cabin, as much as she wants to ask more questions she didn't exactly enjoy being around Sadist's presence.

 

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"Like i don't know teach you decent dark magic spells because by the looks of it you don't know any good spells that you can actually use in a fight, but honestly i don't feel like teaching you right now but may i ask do you happen to have anypony with you hmm? because i can definitely sense him or her"

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Sadist could tell Runic was progressively more uneasy around her. She understands. Demons have an allure that makes them not exactly pleasant for mortals to be around. Sadist may have a gental nature to the innocent mortals, but that is overshadowed by the glaring fact that she is a demon. It's almost jarring really. In anycase she proceeds to the location where she first started in the ship as it seems they are landing. She could feel the darkness close in on them as they landed. She readies her mind for the magic assault. If that fails, then the demons or cultists will deal with them. Sadist hates cultists. They are all just blind worshipers that foolishly give themselves to her kind body and soul.

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As the airship round the designated area, Heartless peered through one of the round windows.

 

The city of nightmare, filled with venomous air, the sky was painted red with dark patches. The ground didn't seem friendly, as if it was rejecting their presence, or so she thought. Her energy sensors had been detecting rotten energy ever since the airship entered the parameter. It was possible that some of the demons are already on the move, though she wasn't sure where they were.

 

 

 

Before anything else, a voice over the airship speakers crackles to life. "All Team Omega Inquisitors please report to the captain's cabin..."

 

Heartless headed to the cabin, anxious for the mission to begin. "It's time" 

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As everyone meets at the cabin, Moon Crypt looks out the window. "Here it is. The... infected city."

 

Through the ichor-filled clouds, you can see that the ponies who have survived have made crude barricades around roughly a fourth of the city, with the rest of it filled with darkness and desolation. You can see various skirmishes between shadows of many different appearences and shadows appearing in the city below. Most of the city looks like a gangrenous sore, but, at least from what you could determine from the remaining, uncorrupted parts, it used to be quite the gem of a city.

 

"Well, here's the plan so far. We circle around the city and land to the south of it. We'll meet with the ponies who have survived and see what their situation is before doing some scouting of our own. We'll formulate a further plan from there."

 

The captain started and glanced forward, before flipping a switch. "I have unknown elements in sector 16C of the city. What's going on over there?"

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As everyone meets at the cabin, Moon Crypt looks out the window. "Here it is. The... infected city."

 

Through the ichor-filled clouds, you can see that the ponies who have survived have made crude barricades around roughly a fourth of the city, with the rest of it filled with darkness and desolation. You can see various skirmishes between shadows of many different appearences and shadows appearing in the city below. Most of the city looks like a gangrenous sore, but, at least from what you could determine from the remaining, uncorrupted parts, it used to be quite the gem of a city.

 

"Well, here's the plan so far. We circle around the city and land to the south of it. We'll meet with the ponies who have survived and see what their situation is before doing some scouting of our own. We'll formulate a further plan from there."

 

The captain started and glanced forward, before flipping a switch. "I have unknown elements in sector 16C of the city. What's going on over there?"

 

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Sadist was surprised by how much footing the cult has here. These demons must be powerful. She absent mindedly listens to Mooncrypt, her mind worried for the survivors and for the safty of the Inquisition. She really doesn't want to mess it up. She sighs and hopes for the best but seeing how this place has already started to effect her, she'd certainly need luck...

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"Sweet Celestia that looks disgusting how would anypony be able to survive in this place and not be completely insane or brain dead? " she said in a almost surprised tone "well let's just hope we all get out of this alive and sane and maybe unscathe too"

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The curtains raised by the Lord Inquisitor, revealing an insight of the restless city. Given the damage scale, the demons were probably holding off their trump card. They should have finished raiding the city weeks ago, given their unnatural strength. Heartless left it aside, focusing on tasks at hooves, she felt it was best to gather more proofs on the matter. The demons were exhibiting a common terrorist tactic, to trick the team into their trap when they're most vulnerable and destroy the team along with the survivors in one swipe. If that happens, they would win by default. She was sure the Lord Inquisitor had hoof-picked the best officers suited for this. They won't lose.

 

 

 

"Well, here's the plan so far. We circle around the city and land to the south of it. We'll meet with the ponies who have survived and see what their situation is before doing some scouting of our own. We'll formulate a further plan from there."

 

The captain started and glanced forward, before flipping a switch. "I have unknown elements in sector 16C of the city. What's going on over there?"

As if the Lord Inquisitor read her mind, the plan made was the usual protocol. "Beep~" Heartless' sensors picked up a strange reading from the area that the captain mentioned of, sector 16C. 

 

"You're kidding me right? We haven't even land yet and we already have our first trouble!"