Midsummer NiGHTopia [open, and still accepting characters, humans now avalible]

Eva wasn't able to spot where the call to attack had come from, but if she's learned anything in her life of work and order...do not hesitate to follow the command.
Eva and Chive both took off in perfect unison, launching high off from the ground into the air above, allowing gravity to take them over to their target, Eva going right, and Chive, left.
With a solid land Eva perched herself firmly onto Cerberus' back, as Chive plopped down into the head, before jumping off infront of the wide eyes. As naturally as breathing a breath of fresh air, Chive gripped his brush as he spun himself around once, flinging a trail of burning paint into one of the beast's eyes as Chive once again let gravity pull him away and back towards the ground..but overestimating the distance he still had Chive unreadily crashed onto the staircase on his feet, letting out a cry of agony as one instantly spurted out black smoke from the sliced open skin.
Meanwhile Eva raced up the back, grasping onto the cat's chain as the paint left Chive's brush, expecting to hear maybe a moan at most from this creature....but..all she could really hear...was a cry from Chive..

Vaye felt insulted by Cerberus' rudeness. Feeling even more angered to Eva and Chive team work, fighting in unison and easily knocking down the feline. They easily had this match wo- wait? where's Puc? The plan was the three of them to attack once Vaye distracted Cerberus....so where did Puc run off to?

Being pulled deep into the forest, Lei-Lei finally let go of her grip on Puc, who instantly demanded, "who are you wand why to you kidnap me?!?"
"My apologize Purity. but I have only dragged you away from the battle to give you information for your group. I am the one who observes the war, and gives the stats of the war to Master Wizeman."
"So why me....what does Wizeman have planned?" Puc asked sternly, who could easily run away from this...human, but wanted to know why Wizeman has taken such an interest in Puc...why five him flight, and take away Eva's?
"I assumed you were leading that group of yours: Growth, Intelligence, for former bearer of Hope, and yourself. Now then, what I have to tell you, is that Vigilance and Hope are under new owners." Lei-Lei gave a smile, this truly was a secret worth sharing.

Eva held her position as planed on the back of the guardian feline, but curiousuty always has had a way of getting the best of her...if fitting situations, or not...
"..Chive?!" Eva called out to the open air, listening for any sound that might be her sweet gulible puppet sibling's voice...yet not reciveing a single word for a reply. "...Chive?!" She called out again, her grasp of Cerberus' back tightening as her body too reacted with worrying curiousity, "..Chive?!"
..Not a word...not a word....all there was was the quick shift of moving leaves, but not a word in the voice of her Chive.....Eva couldn't take it. She knew it was stupid. She knew it was unprofessional. She knew it might easily sign her a death wish doing it...but Eva let her grip go, crawling up the back to look over Cerberus' shoulder...and what she saw, took the breath right out of her.
Bent down on a knee over an injured Chive...Ex..o.....of all places, of all times...Exo....what in the world could have brought him here..?
"CHIVE!" Eva boasted loudly, watching as Exo's head turned up to look at what had bellowed the demanding noise....but-....no....no....General Reala..has the orange mask...Eva remembers from the cauldron....but-..no....there's an orange mask staring right back up at her..
Before Eva could even blink her frozen eyes, Exo sprung off back into the trees, taking the wounded Chive right along with him through the rusling leaves..abandoning Eva as she sat with mind blank, no hold on the beast below her...heart pulsing a cold beat...
...Reala had the orange one....nothing could have made him take it off...
..Nothing...

"New owners? exactly what do you?" Puc was curious to know, were there new fighters who claimed this personas? If so, Vaye clearly stated her persona was destroyed....now an obviously lie, Puc has his proof to tell Chive that Vaye had fooled him this whole time. But somehow...he didn't want to do that to them. No, there was no reason to rat her out, she still served as an important part of this mission, with or without that persona.
"After both Vigilance and Hope were vacated by their former owners, Wizeman sent me to deliver these personas to competitors that were eliminated earlier in the war. Vigilance was gifted to Exo, and Hope was gifted to Bomamba."
Puc's eyes were wide open, how could Wizeman let either of those two compete again. Exo tried to kill Puc to try and revert life to what it once was, their family together, and Bomamba left the war to give the ideya of Growth to Eva. "Thank you for the information..." Puc told Lei-Lei quietly, and flew through the forest, trying to make his way back to the Dream Gate.

Being distracted by her thoughts, Vaye returned back to reality to see a defeated Cerberus and broken-down Eva. Vaye could barely tell if this was a win or a loss for their team. Running up to Eva asking her, "What happened, did we wi-" Another though came to mind, Chive was missing now too. What is going on?? "Eva, please explained what happened." Vaye had to know.....where's Chive....he's not....is he?

"...Chive..." Eva began gradually, heart pounding a cold chill through her with every tick, "...My brother has Chive...Chive got injured somewhere in his body..my brother pulled him away....see there..?" Lifting a shakey arm up, Eva directed Vaye over to a nearby tree, a steam of black smoke lingering in a trail from Chive's last spot into its leaves, the smoke dancing slowly from left to right as it floated up higher and higher away, "..Chive was taken...through there...I don't know his condition.."
Eva wasn't concerned about Chive, Exo has care of him, mask it not, she knew what to expect...they get along better than most she knows, anyway...all Eva cared about was the mask that should be along the perfection of the general's person...but..but isn't..!

"You just let him get taken?!?" Vaye couldn't believe Eva's actions. Just mopping here, when she could have gone and search for Chive and retrieve him. "Guess all we can do is just follow that trail....." Eva had shown her the trail of smoke, the only way to stay on the path to get Chive back...it was Vaye mission now, only she can sa-
Without notice, Bomamba was able to sneak up behind the two female nightmaren, releasing a yellow string around Vaye, shocking her upon constriction. Vaye tried to struggle loose, but caught her so suddenly, Bomamba had got Vaye trapped with little to no chance of escape.

"What part of my brother has him don't you understan-?!" Eva snarled out, pausing in her speech as she noticed a thin line wrap around Vaye quickly, trapping her within an instant.
Eva wasn't sure what to make of Vaye's sudden capture, hurriedly getting herself to her feet in surprise...but as her eyes flowed the glowing yellow to its source...Eva could only blink. "Miss Bomamba...?" Eva stated mindlessly, stumped to see her here...but even more so...to see the persona of hope still in one peace.
..why that lying little......that's it, Vaye has dug her own grave with this one.
Let the rat get what's coming to her...surely reasonable and kind Bomamba will judge justly.

"My my, seems kind of poetic don't you think Vaye, to be captured by the one who now bears your former persona." Bomamaba cackled as she held her grip on Vaye, who struggled to get loose. Vaye couldn't lose. Not now, not while Chive is still held captive and away from her. "No reason to struggle, you'll just make the pain worse. Just give up Vaye....become mine...my own loyal doll..."

"Vaye!!" Puc called from the edge of the forest, shocked to see how the fight has changed. The cat was no longer the problem, it was now Bomamba, who had control over Vaye. He looked at Eva, who just stared at Vaye...with a smile on her face. This can't be...Eva still....still expected the worst to come for Vaye. Surely it is hard to forgive Vaye after the lie of her persona being broken....but Puc just couldn't let one of his team members fall...especially to another competitor in this war.

Eva's head perked up hearing Puc's voice, happy to hear it...but confused at what it was bellowing about.
Vaye?? Why should Puc even care about this lying waste of space a second more! ...Even if he has such a big heart...why does he keep coming back to this girl's aid...? ....She doesn't deserve it...she doesn't.....so why.....why does he always come to help her?
It...It isn't...it isn't fair...she doesn't deserve it..

Lei-Lei's pulse pumped rapidly, this was the first time she had felt all the remaining competitors in the same area. Her senses strong, she was able to tell where all the bearers were. She floated to the closest gathering of these fighters: The Dream Gate fountain. Standing hidden by the edge of the forest, she viewed what looked like a dramatic theater performance. The bearer of Hope held the nightmaren dressed in dirty brown as her hostage, like an evil monster would. The bearer of Purity stood his ground as the hero about to save the captive, and the bearer of Growth.....hard to tell, but perhaps she shall soon find out Eva's role as the battle continues.

Bomamba cheered at Puc's bravery, how amusing to see someone stand up to her. Even more so, how much anger was coming from Eva, how vicious and powerful, such a sweet aroma. "I'm so pleased you came to find me Purity, saves me the trouble. Seems Growth has a certain feeling towards you, a rage of some sort. She doesn't appreciate your heroic attempt to save others." Bomamba recited, by this point, Vaye had given up her struggle, her body had become numb....it was too late...
"I'm not falling for your lies Bomamba, just let go of Vaye....or I will take you out of this war." Puc told Bomamba, why would Eva be angry at Puc, looking at Eva directly, she stared at Vaye with her usual glare....the anger was going towards her?

Eva could only stare at the limping figure of Vaye in Bomamba's trap, not giving so much as one ounce of effort to move in any way to go and aid her. She'll get what she deserves after all her horrible actions...it's only a matter of time now...but as Eva watched Vaye and her non-moving body, Bomamba's words were more than clear to her thorough her empty thoughts..
....It's.....It's not Puc she's mad at..no...it's not..it's all Vaye...it's all Vaye, it has to be all Vaye...it's only because of her that he keeps doing this...it's just her fault....it isn't Puc's choice...it's never been...he said so...that time, it wasn't...
Eva let her gaze drop away from Vaye..turning hersef away as her head lowered......she doesn't hate the fact Puc has a heart....just..just how can he even say a word to her...after what she did..!

Bomamba, looked at her captive, fully under her control, felt the sense of rage going towards Vaye, Eva's thoughts were now quite obvious, as Bomamba gave a grin towards Puc, readying her voice for another prediction. "Seems I haven't felt the true pulse. It's not that she has anger towards you Purity, but anger towards the one you're trying to save. Seems Growth doesn't want this nightmaren to be saved, or even have another second chance. So be it." Bomamba let go of the yellow string as it wrapped fully around Vaye's throat. With a swift grab and toss, Bomamba through Vaye above the woods. Without hesitating, blocking out all the words Bomamba just proclaimed. Puc shot up into the air, moving fast to catch Vaye before she could hit the ground.
"Perhaps if your anger doesn't stop him, try using brute force, if necessary." Bomamba advised Eva. "My doll shall keep Purity busy, let's go find your brothers then."

Use brute force...on Puc? No..no! Eva could never do such a thing to Puc...no! She accepts Puc for the person he is....she does..Puc's heart...Puc's pure heart is one of the reasons Eva loves him so much...she could never do anything to...never turn her hand against him...never..
"...My brothers..?" Eva repeated lightly, unsure why, but actually concidering Bomamaba's words. ...She didn't want to lead a powerful competitor straight to her own siblings...but Chive's condition still is nothing but a mystery..and judging by how think the trail of smoke is that still is lingering around...he must have been hacked somewhere by the cat...
"..I'm not so sure, Miss Bomam-" Eva began, but cut herself off...a loud hiss suddenly starting up behind them as the black smoke began to pull its way back into the forest....Chive's wound was closing back up..and therefore..the trail to him will soon dissapear.
...Eva couldn't just lead her siblings to danger...but without that trail, she has little chance of finding her brothers....it's a risk..but it has to be done, as Eva shot after the quickly retracting smoke through the forest, the loud hiss of the smoke enough to tell its twists and turns.
..She only hoped..she wasn't making a mistake.........rushing off......without her busy partner..

Puc safely caught the unconscious Vaye midair, inches from colliding with the treetops. Carrying her in his arms, he had to get back to Eva, she wasn't safe around that witch, even if she was the one he granted Eva the right to be in this war....that witch is pure evil. Without Puc noticing, Vaye opened her eyes, the color of her eyes changed to yellow, she stared up at Puc, identifying the target.

Letting Eva chase after her brothers, Bomamba remained at the Dream Gate, taking back what's rightfully her's....her power. Left inside Cerberus to transform it into a destructive feline, Bomamba would simply just relieve Cerberus of those powers. placing her hands on Cerberus's forehead, the green energy glowed, and sucked right into her palms....Bomamba would soon be complete again.

Eva followed the retracting smoke through the branches and trees like a lion after prey, giving it not one second to slip ahead of her, and not a single chance to allow it to slip away.
She wasn't sure of Chive's situation, but whatever the case may be...Exo had taken him out deep in these woods, dim light all around, rare a sound pass by other than the hush of the wind stirring the leaves.
"...Just hold still a bit longer.." Eva heard speak out from the distance, recognizing the tone...as that of none of then her idiot's, "...It should finish in a matter of moments, just don't make it worse till then..sit still, Chive!!"
Eva continued to race onward, following the thicking trai of smoke until it abruptly ended, flowing back into the foot of her sibling Chive, who sat with water in his eyes, shaking figure easy to see against the still branch he sat on. "...Chive-.." Eva breathed out, exhasted, floating over to her brothers as they both stared in suprise, "...Chive...where did it get you..?"
"It didn't get him anywhere." Exo softly replied, staring at his brother's foot intently, not letting his glance meet with Eva's, "The stairs got his foot as he landed...cut it open pretty deep, but it's all healed up now..no thanks from you.."
Eva stared harshly at Exo's stern face. Even if that crack hadn't been thrown to her with the look, Eva knew perfectly well what Exo truely implied with that line...he must still think she doesn't care about either of them...she would have gone and aided him without a moment's notice if she had been aware of his trouble!
"...Please.." Chive began timidly, trying to pry apart Eva's scathing stare from his brother...who stil sat promptly turned away, "...I am without injury now....please....where are Puc and Vaye..?"

Puc looked out ahead at their landing destination, back to the Dream Gate fountain. Bomamba was waiting there...exacting what was she doing to that ca-
before Puc could continue his thoughts, a tree just up ahead grew in height, and was tall enough to cause a collision with Puc. stopping in time, three other surrounding tree grew in size as well, trapping Vaye and Puc in a circle of bark. Struggling her way out, Vaye knocked Puc in the ribs, causing him to drop down several feet, before the tree create a platform of branches. Puzzled and dazed, he looked down at Vaye, her yellow eyes shinned in the dim lighting of this imprisonment. that color....it must have been Bomamba's magic...he had to free Vaye from it....but how?

"..Well...Puc and Vaye-..Puc and Vaye.." Eva began gradually, unusre what to say...she didn't want to have to repeat a word of it, but the wondering look in Chive's eyes was just too much to bare, "...Vaye probably would be dead by now...but Puc went and spared her life from ending for who knows what time this is....last I saw, Puc was....." but just the thought of it made Eva stop...annoyed eyes now gloomy..head lowered as the purturbed voice now softened, "...Puc was...going to go catch her..in his arms..."
Chive immediately got himself to his feet, gasping in pain as he quickly shifted off his tender foot. "I have to go-" he stated in a rush, already getting his brush in a good grip as he hoped over to the next branch, cringing once again at the pain in his foot, "I have to go see Vaye too-!"
"...Chive-.." Eva moaned, watching her pitiful sibling as he hopped to the next branch, too busy making something with his hands to fly like a normal nightmaren, "...Chive-...it's pointless....she's not worth it-...just come back, Chive....you're hurt...-"
..But Chive kept akwardly hopping from one branch to another, paint flinging around in a mess as he worked feverishly on something, getting closer and closer still to the gate, before his quick creation was finished, and he slipped on a cover for his injured foot, before shooting off between the twisting and pointed branches like a swerving snake.
"..I thought I told you to give her up!" Exo called out with a frown, getting himself to his feet as well, "...You're digging a grave here, boy!"

Bomamba was able to absorb all she could, her power retained, all she could do was cackle her evil laugh. She had returned to being her former self, an evil witch who will soon win this war for own desires. All that mattered now was eliminate the remaining threats to her plan: Vigilance, Purity, Intelligence, and her former persona Growth.

"Vaye!! fight against this force!!" Puc's first plan would be to call her out. Perhaps if the real Vaye was still trapped inside, she tried to stop this mind control herself. But Vaye didn't respond with words, she placed her hand on the tree, summoning branches from the trees to shoot out of the bark like spikes, attempting to impale Puc as he floats. Using his quick maneuverability he avoided each of the spikes coming towards him, diving down at Vaye....he would have to stop her....by stopping himself....

The two elder siblings could only watch their foolish younger brother go spiraling off to aid some girl he had gotten to know litteraly less than a full night cycle before, watching his hurried pattern to see with his own eyes that this girl was indeed still alive and well...puppet playing his role well.
"...So you left your Puc all alone back there?" Exo started up casually, staring ahead of him, feeling Eva's mood take another dive downward, "...why?"
"...No choice..." Eva simply replied, crossing her arms as her gloomy eyes slipped closed, "...He's busy...you saw what was going on back th-"
"That's not what I ment." Exo interrupted, placing his hands oh his sides, eyes still studing the trees before them as the sounds of Chive's flight died away, "...You left him alone with...well, I doubt I have to say it. ...You aren't upset about that?"
..Upset...of course..she was upset....she didn't want to leave Puc alone like that, the last thing of him she sees is him diving to catch another girl...of course..she was upset....but Puc has a heart...she'll have to accept that....that magic of his heart isn't just to her..it's to everything...ally, or enemy..
"..I trust Puc..." Eva began with a sigh, turning her eyes to Exo with head remaining still, Exo repeating the same process, their eyes finally locking since their last meeting, "..He doesn't do anything he doesn't have to.....he told me so."

Vaye could only make this attack strike so far. If Puc continued his movement, he'll be too close for her to use the tree branches to her advantage. There had to be another way to stop her, to force Vaye back into reality and out of Bomamba's hands. One way.......so be it....if anything, the solution was to knock some sense into her. He thought of the wish he want to make....the perfect world for him and Eva, the only desire they had from these brutal fights...."Forgive me Eva.." Puc told himself, falling at a quick velocity he head-butted Vaye with enough force, the color of her eyes returned to their original tint, the trees slowly shrank to their normal size, exposing the outside world's light. Shinning down on both Puc and Vaye, both knocked out by the same attack, fell to the forest bellow them. Puc only saw a glimpse of the sky and both haves of his persona floating higher then he was...his eyes closed....and then....CRASH!!

Puc's heroic attempted saved a nightmaren he had once despised beyond all others...but at the cost of a white splash of color, joining with red and black in the infinity ideya.

Chive continued on through the forest trees, swerving between branches both jagged and dull, all in attempt to just make it back to the gate..where Vaye hangar to life..so sister had led on.
As the dim light of the forest began to drift into the soft light of the gate once more, Chive took a deep breath, stopping on a branch nearby ad he let his hearing tell him of the dangers waiting at the other side of this brown and green wall before him...but he heard not of someone in pain...not a vicious fight from the car beast...what Chive..heard...was something....falling.
Within the next moment..a rush came into Chive..an odd feeling from his mask..the feeling..that one of its own was no longer in existence...his mask made hum feel stronger, as the nagging feeling of a power lost still drifted through the air....Chive didn't know what it was, bu-...
...And then he saw it, not some twenty feet away...Vaye crashing down through the trees, unconscious.
His feet moved without his brain even ordering the command, body diving to reach Vaye before the ground did, arms going around as the he forced the gravity to ease on them with a forceful yank up. Chive didn't think about it at all, acting on mere orders from his heart, waking up as he drifted barely a foot from the ground, unmoving Vaye occupying his arms...as the sounds of another falling finally reached his ears..the eldest two, already on their way.

CRASH! The true Cerberus awoke to the sound of the loud snapping and breaking of branches and twigs. Bomamba hid away in the forest once more, with Cerberus being its former self, it would soon go forth and attack all in its path, including the remaining survivors. Her only best tactic was to stay hidden, and not to be found by the other competitors, even Cerberus as well.

After a free fall to the ground, Vaye awoke her eyes to see the green canopy beneath the tree tops, and more importantly, to see Chive hold her in his arms....what had happen.....what did Bomamba force her into... "Chive...." She quietly spoke and winced for a moment, a stinging pain pulsing from her forehead as she placed her hand over it, hopefully to soothe the pain.

Not that far away from the couple, Puc laid motionless in a tree that had broken his fall. Scratches appeared all over his body suit, and his face was bare once more, risking his chance in the war to save Vaye's life....the remaining pieces of his persona, laying on the ground beneath Puc's resting branch.

"Vaye-.." Chive softly blurted, seeing that her head brought her pain automatically forcing the obvious question out, "..Vaye-...are you injured?"
Falling from such a distance...what could have even gotten her up there? Had that cat monster knocked the two into this mess? ..It was possible, but-....no, wait-...where is Puc?? He has to...has to be around somewhere....he might have even been that second set of breaking branches he heard...he has to be around here....oh, Chive could only hope he was alright as well..
"..Chive-!" a quick call called out, recieveing a turn from Chive to view his two elder siblings up in a high tree, the male figure starting up again, "Chive-..did you feel that..??"
Chive knew what they ment immideatey, leaving him curious to know the source of this conundrum and as to why it has changed the atmosphere so, but all he gave was a confirming nod yes, fearing a loud call in reply might worsen Vaye's head pain. But as he turned...Eva and Exo were more that given a full veiw of the trounced Vaye hanging in their siblings care, looking as though she had been thrashed on the head a good deal from something....what in the world could that have come from?
"Chive-..where's Puc??" Eva called out loudly, only seeing Chive give a quick look around before shaking his head.
..Puc isn't here..? No, no, he surely is around somewhere, no. It isn't like Puc to just dissapear like this, ditching the girl he insisted on keeping alive, whether that flame should be extinguished or not...he surely is around this place too, it's too quiet at the fountain nearby to still have a battle going on there. Eva quickly began her own look around, scanning around through the empty branches all around them from their high post, not spying even one trace of the most perfect thing anywhere around...but suddenly, Exo nudged her with his elbow, throwing a point down to something draped over one of the branches down below them.....stoping Eva's heart, at first sight.
"PUC!!!!!!" Eva mindlessly called, jumping off the branch before her yell had even finished, before quickly rocketing down to his limp figure, scrapes and rips every and anywhere you could picture. "Puc-..." Eva called again, heart beating right out of her chest as she placed a hand on his..his bare..cheek..., "..Oh..Puc.....sweetheart.....angel....this is all my faut..this happened to you.." Eva murmered with watering eyes, the rips in his suit playing nothing but a reminder for her..of how she left her partner..after they had promised to fight together to stay safe.."....Oh, Puc.." Eva began again, leaning her head against his as a tear ran down her cheek, "...Please wake up....I'm so sorry...!"

"I'm not sure...my head hurts..." Vaye responded to Chive, wouldn't be easy to tell him everything was "alright" after being Bomamba's captive. This throbbing pain, was a reminder of something...but what? Soon enough, the other family members arrived, including the love worried Eva. Vaye was curious herself what happened to Puc....or even to why she was in the forest. Letting Eva tend to Puc, she looked down at her body, trying to notice another injuries. Her body was clean of bruises, however, the same couldn't be said about her body suit. Her forgotten battle left her body suit barely clinging to her body, only a few strands kept it from falling off. Vaye didn't want to fuss over it, but her cheeks still tinted red....it could break at any time....

Puc felt he had lost, left to wallow in his mind....there was nothing else he could do. He lost his chance to fight in this war for his own reasons....and for that, he couldn't get up, he couldn't wake up. The thoughts digging at his mind...."is it over?" He whispered, opening his eyes back to reality. The sweet and beautifull face of Eva, peering down on him.....Puc may have lost the war, but he still kept his life.

Chive watched Eva as she soared over to the limply lying Puc, feeling guilty himself, for some reason...but...he's sure...he's sure Puc can pull through this...he's one of the strongest Chive knows, after all..
But getting his mind back to his first point of intrest, Chive turned back around to Vaye..noticing her cheeks glowing red for some odd reason...had something else happened?
Chive followed Vaye's gaze in order to find the source of this curiou-.......but all Chive did was stare, eyes popped all the way open, blank face stuck as his only expression....seeing finally that Vaye's suit...Vaye's suit-...Vaye's suit isn't going to last much l-..longer...
.....He felt faint...again...

"...Puc.." Eva breathed quietly, shakey smile coming over her face as a tear slipped out from her eye, "...Yes, Puc...yes...it's over...you're all done tonight..." Eva leaned in and gave Puc a kiss on his lips, relief and happiness both battleing inside her for what emotion may control the beating of her exhausted heart.
Thank you, Puc...thank you for opening your eyes again....you've done so much for everyone..for her.....you deserve this wish more than anyone...and even if your mask is gone...Eva will make sure her's becomes your second chance.