Locked. (And Closed.)

[Kuiki Prieur]

And it was done. A boundary that existed yet was untouchable, impassible. A wall which that called Eternal could not breach. The only being that could construct such a wall was walking. Her Spatial Petal was dropped,sinking into a window which immediately closed. Created Space, that space which only Kuiki had access to, which only Kuiki could touch. That was the only place she could assure herself that something was truly safe. And so the Sleeping Terror walked, awakened by rage. Kuiki rarely bothered walking anymore. It was just as easy to rend space and move where she wanted. But this was a special occasion, she was going to hurt people. She might even kill a few dozen. Anger was a special emotion, it came with passion and pain. An Eternal was generally a bored creature, waiting for it's next meal of entertainment. Rarely had she, the Witch of Boundaries ever faced such a crude emotion as anger. But she was no god, and even gods had anger.

Kuiki crossed into Aelia's world, not bothering the casual greeting she always gave those Servitors she called Shinigami. No, her portal would watch, the inky darkness sliding open behind the once Kuiki knew as 'Pink.' Three Scythes which held power, three generals which protected Aelia. Generally that was enough, but there was a flaw. Tactical and powerful as these servitors were. They were facing a creature beyond them. Just as Aelia was master to them, Kuiki was a demon in enemy shoes. Kuiki waited, watching for the surprise, the shock as Pink would be rebounded. Nobody was leaving the Endless realm until Kuiki Prieur said so.

[Aelia Prieur]

From Eyes Tinted Pink

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The girl smiled as she waved to her two sisters before bowing slightly. The appearance of the three sisters was startlingly identical to the appearance of their Mistress, Aelia Prieur, in all aspects except eye color. Each of them had a differing color from Aelia's blue, the only possible way to tell them apart by appearance alone. Their personalities certainly differed, both from their Mistress and each other, but each was completely loyal in her own way.

Nimia, the 'pink', turned and began walking down the long stone path towards the main gate. Aelia's world looked much like a mountainside temple, with beautiful gardens on each side of the long path, and trees giving pleasant shade from the warm sun above as the girl began to descend down the long staircase after exiting the temple proper. Her Mistress had decreed that, except in case of emergencies, all Shinigami were to exit from the main gate before plane shifting, and so Nimia began to make her way down the long, long staircase without a thought of complaint.

It seemed her Mistress had gone to the mortal realm again. It wasn't anything new; compared to most Eternals she had a rather strange habit of spending a lot of time there with no clear objective. But it was a quirk that the Trifecta were used to. Whenever their Mistress disappeared without saying anything, one of the three would leave as well to shadow their Mistress in case of trouble. They had been doing it for thousands of years, and to their knowledge, Aelia had never noticed, nor had they needed to reveal themselves. But weapons like themselves never relaxed. They were built to kill, and were always on their guard. This is why they were the Trifecta, the three strongest Shinigami, weapons used by Aelia herself before the crafting of the Shinigami Scythe, and they were her ultimate bodyguards, and commanded the Shinigami in her absence.

Nimia finally walked through the main gate at the bottom of the long staircase down the mountainside, and, with a smile, began her plane shift... only to frown, as she felt something impeding her. She tried once more, gently probing the obstacle, a confused look on her normally cheerful face...

"What is going on...? Why can't I leave?"

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Her voice sounded confused, but not on edge or wary as she began to turn to head back up the mountainside to ask her sisters...

[Kuiki Prieur]

And Nimia would turn towards the enraged Eternal, hand in the air, magical flow already obvious even to one without any experience of the sort. A Bluish white collection of power rested in her claw shaped hand, pulsating as it rested, waiting for the weakest moment. Upon finding it, Kuiki would fire. The Eternal's raised hand would emit five beams of light, each one a piercing binding spell. While it would be painful to have one flying through a body, their objective was Nimia's neck and limbs, aiming to simply hold her in place as the orb pulsated further, faster... the heart beat of a destructive power It would leave no question the coming agony Kuiki had planned for this girl, for should the trap fall complete, countless bluish white bullets would race from the elder woman's hand. One could not take a servitor spirit lightly, even as an Eternal. Less so, her sisters spirits as they were strangely potent at protecting their mistress. Kuiki felt a sense of pride in them, extremely happy of their good work.

That wouldn't stop them from being tortured for whatever information she wanted. They are, after all, just servitors.

Kuiki's appearance and attack would not only have the element of surprise to the spirit, but also impossibility. Kuiki was endlessly gentle with Aelia, with her spirits. For her to attack so openly, so fiercely, it was unheard of. Yet here she was, willing to be so direct for once. Rage fueling her more than her brilliance, she did not care if the girl screamed. There would be enough time to place her in a created space before her sisters would arrive.

[Aelia Prieur]

Nimia, the Pink Hued Shinigami

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As Nimia sighed, placing her right foot on the first step back up the long staircase, she suddenly shouted in surprise as she felt the first painful spell pierce her back leg. It was only the reflexes of the weapon honed over thousands of years that saved her from being completely trapped as she fell forward, twisting her body as the scythe that represented her true form appeared in her hands, slashing backwards impossibly quickly and shattering one bolt as the others flew harmlessly high over the now prone girl.

Her leg was stuck as she painfully twisted herself, and, with a curse, slashed her own leg, gritting her teeth through the pain as blood poured onto the stone path, but it was free as the spell upon it was Ended by the scythe. She quickly began to push herself back to her feet, clearly favoring her injured leg now...

"What... the hell are you thinking, Kuiki-sama? Even you won't be forgiven for this... show yourself...!"

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The girl was clearly in a lot of pain, her leg bleeding deeply from her carelessly powerful slice, but it was confusion and betrayal that showed on her face. Nimia was the friendliest of the Trifecta, the most emotional, and probably the weakest as a result in many ways. Still, she was not stupid. It had taken her only the briefest of moments to deduce that it was Kuiki, even if it was impossibly unlikely that the woman would ever attack. The feel of the woman's magic in her leg just moments before was its own signature, impossible to disguise or fake.

She held the scythe in front of her, eyes not even bothering to look about, clearly aware that Kuiki would strike at her blind spot no matter what she did. But it didn't matter. Her sisters would already be aware of her plight, if not the specifics. Her shout would be barely audible from this distance, but more importantly, the entrance to the temple at the top of the long staircase was clearly visible from here, and there was always someone passing by. If she hadn't been spotted or heard, it would only be a matter of time.

She could hold her own until then...

[Kuiki Prieur]

The Shinigami would be correct. Against Kuiki there was no real hope of covering your bases. The moment you focused at all, you would die. However the girl pleaded, there would be no hope of a kind reply. Aelia loved these three, and Kuiki entertained that belief. She respected it to a degree. She loved her Foxes, even named them all, but she avoided making them humanoid for just this reason. She would never consider a Servitor a person, that was true enough. Kuiki never understood the desire too create a friend like this, especially when they were so inferior to the Eternals themselves. But Kuiki would not deny their love. So she would not deny them the pains that came from love. Light flashed all around the girl as boundary windows opened around her countless pellets of light searing by to eat away at the girl, as a larger boundary window opened above her, without any kind of attack making it's way through, inky blackness begging to form another window at the girl's feet. Still these attacks were about as kind as could be expected. The options were there, Kuiki would simply wait for the girl to take the bait, to come to the Eternal herself. There was no leaving this Realm, except to pass through the boundary the Witch had created. But was Nimia wise enough to pass through the unknown for the source. Was Nimia foolish enough to truly confront Kuiki?

[Aelia Prieur]

Nimia, the Pink Hued Shinigami

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"Kuiki-sama, I'll not play games with you!"

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The girl twirled the scythe deftly, dancing around on her good leg as the blade passed through dozens of beams, the girl nimbly avoiding others, before pushing off slightly with her leg, the bottom of the scythe touching the ground and throwing her forward, away from the attack as she landed on her one leg again.

"Kuiki-sama, I don't know your reason for this, but you need to stop! Even the Mistress will not forgive you if you continue!"

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The confusion had mostly left her expression, now replaced with anger. The bleeding from her injured leg continued, a small bloody pool where she had stood and where she was standing now, with a tiny trail of droplets between the two points. It was pretty bad, and showed no signs of stopping, but it didn't seem to be hindering the experienced Shinigami overly much.

Nimia gripped the scythe tightly as she brought it back into a defensive posture, waiting patiently for Kuiki's next move, if there was one. She could hold her own all day, if not for her self-inflicted injury, but even with that, she could hold out long enough for assistance to arrive if Kuiki insisted on attempting to simply wear her down...

[Kuiki Prieur]

Nimia would be answered this time, another window opening as Kuiki walked through, smiling innocently at the Shinigami. Instead of of her spatial petal, a wooden staff rested in her hands, being used as a walking stick for the time being. The Witch would rest her hands atop the staff looking to the girl, an erie calmness about her despite the rage behind the attacks from before. The witch would lift the staff of the ground, and twirled it, the weapon whirling around, round and round, increasing speed in an inhuman spinning motion the woman's smile still not fading as she raised her free hand, holding out, the palm upwards. The eyes which always seemed all knowing to most would be focused, staring down the girl. In that judging manor that Kuiki reserved for humanoid servitors. She could not resist placing judgment on such things, and it was clear. Kuiki did not pity this girl nor held any sorrow or surprise at her mistake. She was simply a Servitor, a weapon, a tool, a pet at best. It was natural she had such glaring flaws.

"Pink, you are getting so worked up. It's really bothersome. I don't think you quite get it. You are inside my boundary now."

Those words, they were killing words. Many Fae had been brutally murdered to those words, crossing Kuiki and having the foolishness to stay within the Endless Realm. The Witch moved forward at that Windows opening all around, and... eyes staring at Nimia, simply watching, refusing to look away. An intense magical pressure being released from each orb as Kuiki charged with the same grace she'd always had, the staff twirling as it made the most basic of lunges at the Shinigami, a forward thrust.

[Aelia Prieur]

Nimia, the Pink Hued Shinigami

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Nimia's eyes shot to Kuiki, watching the woman warily as she adjusted her stance slightly to face her. She immediately noted the absence of the parasol; as well, the clear desire to avoid direct confrontation. Kuiki may be an Eternal, but she still had reason to fear this Scythe, which meant that she was afraid of being cut. That could only mean one thing: Kuiki didn't want her to escape.

"Your boundary is meaningless to me, Kuiki-sama. I have no reason to flee from you."

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She watched the twirling staff out of the corner of her eye as she maintained her position, ignoring the bleeding of her leg as she kept her composure. It was clear that the Eternal was looking down on her, for she was a mere Servitor, not an equal. Of course, that was the first step to underestimating her strength, and even an Eternal could be beaten, if not killed, if they gave her such an advantage.

When the woman rushed forward, Nimia shifted the scythe ever so slightly into a readied position as she lowered herself a bit, preparing to take Kuiki's charge. As the distance closed, she brought the scythe a bit forward, and simply slashed, a quick, light slash, using her reach to threaten to cut Kuiki as she twisted slightly to avoid the obvious thrust...

[Kuiki Prieur]

A clash of two great powers. If this was a story each would have the splendor of a bright aura, shining to the heaven's and revealing their true power in the only way pitiful humans could perceive. Kuiki was once human, she could could remember those days. Lazily looking at stories, plays, trying to find a deeper meaning to them while increasing her own magical power. In many ways, Kuiki had always been drastically superior to Aelia. It was mysterious, that over the years what was once a drastic gap became nothing. That made since. If this was a race, it could only be defined. In a 3 meter race, being a meter ahead meant there was little bother in the opponent chasing after. Stretch that to a few million kilometers, the meter distance becomes meaningless. It's easily passable, crossed, overtaken. Kuiki would let her mind wander as her mastery over boundaries revealed their trap, she could only wonder. Was she still a meter ahead, or did Aelia pass her by with these trips to the Mortal World.

The magic that rocked between then was clear. There was no power, no trick, only a simple change in reality, and the weakness in Aelia's little toys. They could End anything they wished to cut, but that meant they had to cut something to End it. Nimia did not have such an opportunity, she was far further than a meter behind. Maybe a few kilometers, she wasn't very old after all. Not like Aelia, and Kuiki had a head start on her too. Perhaps in time their distance could become negligible. The soft clacking as wood would meet would, windows opening in an instand as the staff disappeared, it's boundary extending, crossing the wooden shaft of the scythe in all fort possible directions, disappearing still as the tip would peak at the back of Nimia's head, with as much force as ever, aiming to slam into the back of her skull.

"End game."

[Aelia Prieur]

Nimia, the Pink Hued Shinigami

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The girl gasped in surprise as the tip of the staff disappeared into one of Kuiki's little boundary portals. She had certainly been expecting something of the sort, but as she attempted to pull her scythe away, she found it trapped, the tip of the staff extending from four different points around the scythe to entrap it in a box, only allowing the shaft to slide up and down, rather than away. Kuiki would feel the scythe move against the staff as Nimia attempted to pull it away, to no avail.

And then the staff tip smashed into the back of her head, the girl's momentary surprise enough time to prevent her from having any chance of reacting. Nimia crumpled to the ground, the scythe released as she fell down the stairs, the back of her head a bloody mess as her form began to shimmer and fade, disappearing completely, leaving only the scythe behind. It pulsated once faintly, clearly emitting some sort of irritation, then stopped completely, the girl thoroughly beaten.

And their brief encounter had come to an end, with Nimia's true form now in Kuiki's possession. Up above, though, Kuiki could faintly hear a commotion going on as several Shinigami began to rush through the main entrance, leaping down the stairs towards her with their own Scythes at the ready in an attempt to rescue the pink hued girl. They were clearly nothing compared to Nimia, but it wasn't an attempt made in the hopes of winning, but one made as one family member would help another, even in dire circumstances such as these...

[Kuiki Prieur]

Kuiki's simplistic and lazy expression wouldn't waver even as her trick had worked so well on Nimia. It wouldn't work on Red or Yellow, and the others were meaningless. They couldn't really End anything. Still the Eternal smiled as she picked up the scythe the eyes disappearing as she put the artifact into one of her windows and released, the weapon disappearing into the inky blackness as the portals all closed, the Witch of Boundaries looking at the desperate Shinigami. If they knew, that meant the dangerous types knew. She would finally be able to treat these spirits like the trash they were. Yes, as Kuiki's hand rose, as the world trembled at it, she would have her treasures here. Pink was already forfeited, and Aelia's toys still wanted to continue the gamble. It's never a gamble with an elder sister.

Kuiki's hand reached forward as it pulsated with power, the magical energy wrapping around it making a large definite orb, the sky ripping wild with her boundary windows, all staring menacingly at the coming Shinigami, all waiting to be used for the destruction of Shinigami. And Kuiki released a large enormous beam of lightly, immediately flying through a window, where it was processed, turning from a potent attack, into Indeterminably Various Spark. Thin beams of light would fly through the air, flying through more and more boundary windows, each beam filled with a murderous intent, capable of killing any normal man, and each beam being the sister to a thousand more, flying across the stair, never ceasing, never resting, this was Kuiki's farewell, a quick and painful defeat that defined exactly what her Boundary was.

[Aelia Prieur]

The Nameless Shinigami

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The attack was a resounding success as beam after beam flew through the air, appearing and disappearing, more and more of them filling the air. The Shinigami cried out as they attempted to avoid blasts, only for others to hit, and most of them didn't even get a chance to swing their Scythes. Only two remained after the first volley, and before they could hit any of the beams, one of those two went down as well, the final girl getting a truly lucky swing in as her scythe blade cut through a beam just as it exited a portal. The blade shattered, leaving the girl with just the haft as the beam was Ended, along with the spell itself, all of the beams disappearing simultaneously.

The girl was wide-eyed with fear as she looked at her dead comrades, taking a step back nervously... But she steeled herself, gripping the metal rod tightly in her hands before rushing forward, swinging the rod at Kuiki's side in a simple, basic attack, clearly trying desperately to ignore all of the dead girls around her... She was the only one left, though there were probably almost one hundred more in the shrine itself, but... it was pointless to try to escape...

[Kuiki Prieur]

Kuiki paid no mind to the shattered spell. Incompetent Servitors were never a threat, but they were so adorable, just like her sweet baby sister. However, this Shinigami was so unskilled, so desperate, she would have no hope in really hurting Kuiki. But the Servitors were family, and loved each other for it. Kuiki couldn't help but smile as she thrusted her staff forward, the boundary accepting it as the windows flew open around the Servitor. Much like the case of Nimia, the staff would crisscross around the clone of Aelia. However, it would not be the harmless stick that threatened to be stopped, it was the girl herself. Making the tight box at the girl's arm the staff would then fly across her chests three times, directly under, directly below and across, mirror ing it's actions on the girl's back, as the weapon would fly through the boundary, moving to entrap the second arm and then the legs, Kuiki giggling a bit.

"You, Servitors love each other. Nimia will let me do lots of horrible things to her before she works for me. I wonder how long she can stand to see her sisters' bodies abused before she breaks and comes into my service. What do you think, mm? Would it take long? Would she cave at the idea? Or will she not mind your suffering, the suffering of your sister's... I've very good at torture you know."

[Aelia Prieur]

Melnia, the Scarlet Hued Shinigami

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The only warning Kuiki would have was a gentle whistling through the air, masked almost completely by the gentle swaying of the trees lining the road by the wind as the scythe came out of absolutely nowhere, spinning through the air and cutting straight through her staff, the weapon shattering into small woodchips as the weapon passed right through. And it was caught by a girl who hadn't been there as Melnia, the 'Red', appeared from her scythe, 'catching' it. Just like the 'Pink'. Melnia's true form was actually the scythe, not her human form, and she used this to her advantage by throwing her scythe as a ranged weapon at times, only to reappear once she was at her destination, like now.

With the staff shattered, the other Shinigami was freed, and with a simple look from Melnia, the girl bolted, running up the stairs as fast as she could as Melnia glared at Kuiki. "Kuiki-sama! I don't know what you're up to, but you'll pay for what you've done!" And she immediately launched a charge at the woman, swinging the scythe in a deadly vertical arc, her swings clearly much more lethal and much faster than the other Shinigami girls, excluding Nimia...

Even compared to Nimia and the 'Yellow', Melnia was the strongest head to head combatant. Her blows were the strongest, and she was very agile and had near limitless stamina. She wasn't perfect, of course; like the others she had a weakness at range, albeit a bit less than the others due to her trick with throwing the scythe. But that posed a risk as well. And she still had to cut things to End them. But of the Trifecta, she had seen the most combat, and had the most experience as a result. Even with her aggressive nature, she rarely seemed to fall for traps, letting the blade of her scythe cut any traps aside. And in this situation, she only needed to land a simple nick on her target.

Any injury would do, though she would prefer to land a mortal blow...

[Kuiki Prieur]

Kuiki's grin would fall as her staff was obliterated, the Eternal stepping backwards as she stared at the one she knew as Red. Melnia's charge would find the Eternal in an odd situation. She wanted to play withh her food a bit more, but with that ruined, and the Eternal now weaponless she lifted her hand in a gesture of patience. Knowing full well the thing would not be well received, her face would turn serious. The aged woman was not going to continue using such simple things as boundary windows any more, that much was obvious, for no matter how hard or how desperate Melnia would charge she would get no closer to the dangerous Eternal, the distance between them seemingly unchangeable. Kuiki would stand where she was holding a hand to the air, as though a god before some lower life form.

"This can be fun in it's own way. Pink's weakness allowed me to over power her so easily. You won't allow such a thing, Red. You want to kill me... So let us see... See if you can End me, Red. But there's no reason to continue the charade of a setting, if you want your vengeance, come at me."

And the world would scream as an obvious border would split across the world. Darkness flooding around Kuiki as the contents that made up a boundary window swarmed around her, inviting to coat her form, to pull all the free light that existed on her side of what could be called existence. The woman stared at her Red eyed foe with that murderous intent the displayed her true rage, her true emotions. Kuiki, who was always laughing and hidden away, napping the weeks away, was finally revealing her anger and it screamed across existence. Melnia's side would remain unchanged, just a massive wall of nothing that had split the world, an intangible boundary that had been created.

"Even I can't do the impossible. Boundaries are defined by existence, altering them is altering what does not exist. Introduce: Void. The altered space which inhabits the possible boundaries. Are you certain you wish to challenge my hand still, Red? Are you going to enter my Boundary?"