Sariel: "I know she's safe." She said quietly as she exited.  A few steps outside and stretched her wings, ready for flight -- that's when the mindlink became clear and words started.  She wasn't aware who it was, she'd never heard the voice before.  Obviously, he knew her and Gabrielle.  His mind was closed to her though, therefore she couldn't answer him -- not too mention, she had no idea how.  She did what she could, she offered a proposition of Gabrielle and her rule over her palace, her gardens, whatever she needed to tend to.  It wasn't accepted by her.  Sariel was done.  She didn't come here to play diplomat, she didn't come here to save the world, she didn't come to play 'mom' either.  With not even a backwards glance she took flight, heading back to the gardens.  "I will not detain anyone.  I choose no sides, I see clearly both sides and I cannot choose for I am the middleground."

Gabriel: Gabriel snarled, what was going on. He picked up spoken words, and he hated secrets especially ones kept from him. He didn't like spies, or secrecy, Gabriel always felt that if you couldn't or wouldn't play actions face to face you were nothing but a coward in his mind. He spoke loudly, his voice boomed as he started a control of magic. "Come out right now ... " He would shout, standing in front of Gabrielle's door carefully, what was peace in him turned to rage, eyes became dark and he pushed flows of magic around Gabrielle's room, if anyone wanted to get in, they would not only have to deal with him, they would have to untangle his weave. Cutting the flow he let it stay without his attentions to put his mind to other things. He snarled again. "I am no mood for games, no mood for childish pranks." He grumbled, eyes quickly moving from place to place, another thing he thought up, another spell came across the lock to Gabrielle's room, a simple ward but a strong one nonetheless, an aura that wouldn't let anyone put a true fallen touch the door without extreme pain. "Don't push me...." He would say once again, grumbling, gathering more and more energy around him if the need should arise, but not touching the powerful mana pool.

Justicar: ::He'd keep that softened smirk set at the control as hsi eyes twinkled back along the ridge of the weave. Tha tin and of itself brought a smile to hsi lips, For hsi fingertisp pulled into a taughtknit seal feeding the aura through the midst of it. The first thign he'd come to love was the colleciton of congealing magic swelling aalong the bottom of the floor.. Fo rhsi eyes locke dupont he flowing trails feeding through with the incandescant seal of his gaze slipping acros sthe flooring leaving a pooling gaze at the casting. For just as the true vampires of lore had been sturck he'd place hsi right hand down, locking it along the last lifeline that had been set, harnessing it as a direct link to the mana pool, Feeding directly of ff it's energy. With each passing moment he'd use that energy to fueel another spell, drawing into the essence to create a full protective arch around he and Gabrielle, breaking the full swell into a 3 mile radius with an emphatic pulse,  leaving hsi own ward to allow their casting to be uninhibited for any whom woudl join the resistance;:

Gabriel: Ohh no, he would not allow such things to happen, instead he drained it all, placing it all into one massive spell, a shout in a language arcane. Gabriels anger had disappeared since his last words, now it was a droning of words in a simple household voice. Gabriel smiled, he saw all this magic as colored strands, as beacons and clamps, weaves of thread even. If the man wanted to have a sorcerers duel he came to the right place, for Gabriel enjoyed this. A smile and he would work at dispelling that arch around this would be caster and his daughter, he could of course sense it. He strayed from using true dark art that he knew of, instead using simpler spells, cantrips to him really. He opened a hole in his own dark field, pushed himself into Gabrielle's room. He didn't even rely on the medium at his belt, after he entered though the gate was closed and he gazed quietly about, thankfully he came through the wall and not the trap he set. "What is going on here Gabrielle?" He would say softly, warmly, it was evident though that he still held his magics, he was encased in an aura of black with occasional splashes of blue, red, green colors swirling in the mist around him. "...What is GOING ON!?"
Gabrielle: ::Gabrielle canted her head as she heard the commotion, and felt the variousmagics that came spilling around the general area like spreading wildfire. raising a brow as she turned slightly to hone in on it all with a better concentration.. feeling the leave of one, and the approach of anothers presence, not great enough to be michaels, and yet, greater than sariel.. J! It had to be. Blinking as she lifted her form, and was thrown back upon the pressing of hand to knob. Of course, if the spell was cast on the door, she wouldn't be able to open it either.. being thrown back didn't help her confidence, as she became dazed in his response:: .. ughh .. I .. I don't .. know .. ::holding her head as she lay there in somewhat pain.. dark energy was certainly something to cause a pure's pain. Sobbing in frustration now became a wince and tear of pain.. trying to lift her slender form up, only to find herself laying back against the wall she was thrown to... fighting to sustain consciousness::

Justicar: ;:There were many thigns he had learne din magecraft in hsi morta days.. One rreaosn that even as amortal he had held his ground against the angelic cast. And that was one thing that he had come to love. The twinkle in his eyes were set at the aged casting. The cantrips were something familar. For with the enjoyment that matched Gabirel's cast his own lisp curled anew. There was a specific twist of fate that was set int he weave. and as he felt the cocooning set at the aged casting. The cantrips were something familar. For with the enjoyment that matched Gabirel's cast his own lisp curled anew. There was a specific twist of fate that was set int he weave. and as he felt the cocooning leaving the clearcut vision tof eed on the darkened field.  He didnt use anythign heavy himself yet. Though hsi fingertisp rippled as a black shimmer began sweepign down his flesh, maintaining that fluid gaze un obstructed from the darkened cast. A simple flicker of his eyes twisted to the doorway, noting the oritentation of the spell, before he'd extend hsi right hand and drive tot he very mana that created it, channeling into the very source of quintessential energy that created it, to begin shifting the orientation jsut like a magnetic field... Feeding from negative to positive. Yet as he worked the casting he'd ease hsi body back, retracting hsi hand, to resettle at Gabrielle's side, maintainig that multitasking focus harnessed so early in mortality::

Gabriel: "Enough of this!" His wings stretched and extended and he brought his hands out, there was an obvious magic coming now due to the negative energy that literally flowed from his fingertips. A shockwave came from him, it should of sent anyone against the wall, but this man obviously knew what he was doing. However that was just a ploy, instead he conjured a great weave. For air turned to water in the mans lungs, gravity turned into a well of suns, making the matter, all mass around the man each heavier then a sun. He tampered with the temperatures as well, for at the same time the heat was unbearable, stinging and burning, it would melt normal flesh. Then it dropped to subzero, turning everything into ice, except for a small field around Gabrielle. He snarled done with changing the climate, instead now he brought everything into complete and total darkness, a darkness magic couldn't penetrate, a darkness not even fit for the depths of space. Gabriel was becoming irritated, outright angry.

Gabrielle: ::Well now, all that was going on, surely would have knocked any normal angel, or arch, for that matter straight out of this place.. or completely unconscious. Still, Gabrielle managed to finally sit up, and take a look around.. the overwhelming power of it all was just coursing through her, as the tear tried to balance out whatever was going on within her. Shaking her head as she looked around a bit more clearly.. seeing the magic around her, and J next to her. oh my.. it would appear J has come to battle her father for her freedom!! oh Gods! She hoped for nothing more than his safety right now! The fact that Gabrielle wasn't even concerned for her own, as she looked at J with deep concern in those eyes, as well as the ability to withstand all that was taking place here, should have been enough for anyone to realize gabrielle's power, even in just presence. Yes, most seemed to always look at her as the Queen who merely stood in the backround, commanding, and looking pretty. There was *so* much more to Gabrielle, that few took the time to understand! Everyone always seemed to give up hope on her, and make judgments about her, without comming to understand her. And feeling Sariel's leave, said more than words to her.. Gabrielle came under impression that Sariel's loyalty wasn't singally with her, but in a neutral zone. Gabrielle didn't mind her change.. not at all, gabrielle wasn't in campaign to recruit everyone. gabrielle wanted nothing more, than for everyone to have free will.. Gabrielle's main concern, was their safety, and THAT is what Gabrielle the Queen she is today.. so many sacrifices... Gabrielle shook the thought off, as she looked to J enveloped in the water blinking at this all, and looking to the general direction of the slightly demonic power that was it was spewing forth from.. her father::

Justicar: ;:With that he'd smile curling his lips at the new extreme of the cast, And as that wave of negativity was shot through the air. For his eyes twinkled at that exchange unfettered. There were many things that people didn't grasp... The varied conceptions of the world and its existance.. the vantagepoints and viewpoints. Though there was one thing that he ahd always learned in physics. For eveyr action, there is an equal and opposite reaction... Though the key thing he was concerned iwht right now was the theroy of relativity. For hsi mind took in the focus of the gravitational pull as that  infusion of density was set into place, but he'd shift it in a sense, turning the focus of the force to recenter into distributing across his shield, Taking the gust of change to work it's pattern int a fusion with his own. Unlike most whom saught the power in battle, he harnessed that same force directed against him and uitlized it to his aid. For as the second snap of the temperatures hit, hso focus shifted to the central core of the stinging and singing of the flesh leaving that cool countenance to build in hsi incadescant smile. THAT was the one error int he craft. For he let the temperature change wreak havock acros shsi body, screaming out as the searing chang ein conditions were snapped acros shis flesh like a thosuand lashes, before hsi eyes shone with a pure golden lght.. A light Gabrielle knew well from her first battle with him, In each fraction of pain that had hit hsi flesh it was converted directly fromt hes piritual plane to the purified force fo energy that it had harnessed amplified by his entire body with each nervendings electrical surge to become a purified energy within his being, harnessed in half for his healing, half for his Mana. Yet assisting that mortal rejection, lay that right palm which twitched and siezed in the need to thrive, int he service of Apnu, drawing the newly channeled energy into it as a focus, keeping the streams teeming down his flesh to congeal the darkness for it's use;:

Gabriel: No matter what he did, no matter how much energy he drew. He was only prolonging this, and Gabriel wanted to make that quite evident. Gabriel only smiled for he could sense him now. Drawing into his pouch quickly, Gabriel drew out a small statue of a man with a sword, a ter'angreal, something that allowed him to channel more energy then his normal body could focus usually. Gabriel only whispered. "Know what this is?" A shake of his fingertips and it began to glow, he whispered words in a dark tongue, his eyes rolled into his head, and his body became aglow with a dark flame, the ter'angreal would break, destroy itself but so did everything around them, every single magic field they both had weaved and brought to life; nutured and strengthened continually was destroyed including the walls aroudn this room. But Gabriel didn't care, it was as if he wasn't even there anymore, the next thing the wizard would know, was a dark magic spell, one that sent chains of energy, material chains yes but powerful indeed, they worked their way around him, ensnared the man across from him, and worked to cut off his powers, ohh they were still there, but it was like a shield was in front of them, he couldn't touch the source of energy he used. "Weasel your way out of that."

Gabrielle: ::Gabrielle watched with wide eyes, and mouth nearly agape.. should she intervene, and help J? .. Shutting her eyes tightly, she began to think a bit more clearly about the situation, and it's consequences of action, should she help. It then dawned upon her.. the answer of course, to what she should do. Especially after seeing those constructive chains around J.. with his powers cut off, J didn't stand a chance. And would only become prey for Raziel! Gabrielle sat there a moment longer.. she'd wait.. just a tad more.. give J the chance, and benefit of the doubt to fend for himself. But, being the evercafeful and concerned type, Gabrielle would stand at ready. Looking back from her father to J, and back again. At this point, it would seem this would be a neverending battle, at that one side, that 'Minai' portion of her, even joked about it.. saying such things as 'why not go to sleep, you won't miss much.. it'll be back and forth.. wake up, and THEN join in, refreshed!' .. gabrielle nearly almost found herself snickering to the thought, before she pushed it aside, and kept a concerned watch over what was developing before her. . ::

-:|[ Note: This was the post made by "J" before turn base was interrupted for dice roll on attacks made. The winner was "Gabriel". Thus all (if not most) below was nullified. Still a nice post though. Hated to see it go to unread waste. :3 No hard feelings guys?? ]|:-

Justicar: ;:At that somethgina bout the weaponry in and of itself jsut mad e his lisp curl at the new inflection of dispelling energy. Water. Hydrogen and oxygen. In the same way that many people had held the comprehension of electrolisis in action.  Forces were the one thing that he was glad to feel. As soon as the pattern magic was shifted his eyes twinkled at the new exchange of success.. The combination of embracing the earth mother, he full havoc of molecular coheason only brought his eyes to twinkle at the new exchange of telekinetic control. An adept shield was formed around him harnessing the very essence of the angelic existance that had remained within him to stay stolidly sealed in the protective barrier that had been formed beforehand.  Yet his eyes twinkled anew in that glow. As soon as Gabriel made a move for the Pouch, he called a recall Spell and chain lightning simultaneously.  Most people know the explosive effects of such dangerous gases as hydrogen and oxygen no?  Oh yes, that sharpened seal of electrolisis was the first thing that was in his mind.  For in transporting his body clear of the sphere of protection he left a ball of pure chain lightning to writhe within the protective shell. Electrolisis was the key to seperating each molecule of hydrogen and oxygen, to leave the cataclismic release snapping off like a hydrogen bomb before the overconfidant male. Yet his recall had been to reform him as the Wraithish existance he had spurned before, dissipating in physical from from the midst of the gathering, for the chains to have been averted in the headlong drive to the center of his newly formed minature hydrogen bomb:: "Weasel out of what? Nothign to weasel out of...Thanks for the water though. Makes a perfect agent of desturction of your home." ;:Yet even as his eyes had beens et he made sure to send a mental communiquet o Gabrielle to shift into a spiritual form or somethign that oculd be scattered to the wind before impact;: ~ Be readyt o fly.. get somethign that can Disperse as easily as sand.. become it~
-:|[ End J's Posting ]|:-

Gabriel: Gabriel smiled in an exhausted fashion, he was becoming tired, but the man took a deep breath watching them both. His first concern however was Gabrielle, and he moved to her slowly. "Are you alright?" He would say softly, pouting. "Did either of us hurt you? Do you want anything?" He would ask curiously, he scanned her form carefully for any wounds; bruises, cuts anything. His expression had turned from anger, to worry quickly obviously. Eventually he knelt to gaze into her eyes. "Gabrielle?"

Gabrielle: ::Gabrielle turned to look to her father, in a rather large amount of shock. Soon returning her gaze to J in worry. Speaking in a softer tone, unknown as to what might have been up either of their sleeves, she spoke:: Father, let J go. Let him return home. ::she looked towards him with pleading eyes. She wanted no more harm to come of any of her friends, or family. J was exactly that, a friend, whom she considered family. Gabrielle might have been a tad stunned by the whole dark power over the door incident, but, one couldn't even tell she was, as she sat in deep concern over J::

Justicar: ;:Bound and seale dhe was, He held no candle to the current first creation. Yet he had put up hsi fight. Nonetheless he remained on the floor sealed up with the grasp of the dark mage cast chains to simply blink in surprise at his bindings. Nonetheless as he was properly resealed, he'd wait there immobilized, watching as the rest of the world went by. A slight blink was given before thsoe eyes turned narrow,s eething in a tempered twistof rage as he held his fingertisp in a firmly affixed seal. It would be a shield around hsi body the powers were still there, and they were obviously brewing, each second that pass stirred hsi soul and each emotion that flared leveled his frame to pour into hsi palm and seeth from hsi very existance. Though he wouldn't speak a word. his countenance resumed a state of calm after a mere second. but the channeling that was going on seemed to dissipate as his fignertips wound in rythmic circles;:

Gabriel: He looked to J, quietly staring at the man in deep thought. "If you make a promise Gabrielle, I will free him from my spell. But if he does not leave, or if he returns with the same intentions. Then you will surrender to me, and no longer fight me, I don't want you to suffer, but I wnat him to know that his presence here will only put you in more trouble. Will you get him to promise that, on his right as an angel?"

Justicar: ;:And that in and of itself let the mental scream to shatter out into the air before her mind WRACKIgn her brain in a voice that Eve theGods Recognized as a Pure cast of undying unrelenting Full breeching Arete to crack into the night and shatter like a chorus of five thousand to reel through her frame and ensnare the existance. Sure he couldnt' project any more than ny othe rperson but he let eveyr ounce of his thought pour out in the Outcry of "NEVER!!!" OF course it wasn't telepathi, but any empath even remotely sensitive would be writhing in the emphasis of his otucry. Even upon that floor he writhed like a full blown catged anmial snapping his limbs into a full fervor twist to look back into Gabrille's eyes. It was obvious he'd rather die than watch her befall that fate;:

Gabrielle:     ::Gabrielle looked her father over a moment with wide eyes.. agree to that? well, she thought.. and then that voice rang through like the bells of notre dame.. casting an echoed ringing that could have been heard up and down from heaven to he**. Gabrielle shed a tear for J's reaction.. such caring for her! By the gods, it's all she needed right now, to see those silver feathers slowly turning to gold once more. Hope, Faith.. and love. The 3 things she needed most right now, above all else, to stay sane. And there they all were.. chained. Gabrielle continued to shed her tears for J.. who would now only become prisoner to the same capteur. Looking to her father, she blinked, only to stare back down at J with a hesitant hand comming forward to try and help him.. even behind that protective barrier.::

Gabriel: He looked at her and then down to J. "Or, I can let Raziel have osme fun with him, and unlike you I won't stop her." He growled. "You need to teach your people that I mean no harm..." He sighed, and glared at J for a moment. "I do not want to have to harm him either, but he had every intention of fighting against me, and I will respond with what force I deem necessary. What say you Gabrielle? Do you agree to my demands, or..." He didn't want to finish, he just gazed athis daughter through loving, yet angered eyes. "If he doesn't return, you will have nothing to fear, and if he treats me nicely, I will free you."

Justicar: ::He didn't eve bat an eye to the man... Tha tin and of itself was hsi own indiciation of freedom. For he'd look directly into gabrielle's eyes lockign them with the stolid seal of a ddicated soldier, And as she worked to restore him his eyes twinkled into life.  He could care less what was thought of him. If anything he'd spit at the mention of beign tortured by another... He'd been through it and contrived far worse for most in hsi own mortal days and that in and of itself made his eyes light upalmost as if he smiled. His thoughts remained in clear retort to all that ahd been said tos tream out jsut as the commentary was spun:: If he means you no harm why can't you protect those you cherish.. If he means you no harm, why can't you live your OWN life.. If he means you no harm.. Why would he FIGHT ME when I am here to COMFORt you.. I had no will to fight.. HE came in and called ME out if you remember. HE put up the barriere and set the charge. HE Cast the spell of pain and gravity destruction and force against me.. And I am the agressor. See the truth Clerly. YOu are being CAPTURED.. Not CODDLED.

Gabrielle: ::Gabrielle simply looked at J, and listened to his comments, just as she listened to her fathers before him. Her head bowed in thought a moment, as she met a few things comming to possible realization. Turning to look to her father with tear drenched eyes, she gave him her response.. it would KILL her to find what was happening to J.. but, even as a Queen, it was hard to be forceful against the one's you love.. :: I cannot force him to do anything, he does not wish to do. More importantly, I cannot force him to relinquish himself, over fighting over something he believes in.. ::she had hoped that commentary would strike a chord, in being that, the same as he, he could not force others to fight against what they do *not* believe in.. or back down from it either. Looking back to J, she shook her head in a motion of sorrow, and sorry.. she wanted no harm to come to him, but J had obviously made up his own mind as well. And Gabrielle knew, when J had his mind set on something, when he believed in something, nothing, would stand in his way..::

Gabriel: "He invaded my household, when I have said time and time again I mean no harm to you. I have rarely laid a finger on you, I've made sure your fed, I've made sure your not alone. I may of not been so angry, if he hadn't invaded MY home, things would of been different." He snarled, and glared at the man. "If thats how you feel Gabrielle, if you will not stand up for your soldiers personal actions. Speaking of which, since when did he join your ranks? I don't want to have to fight every overzeleous baffoon who thinks they can get past me. I want to relinquish you without a fight, but if thats going to happen, it will happen on MY terms, I will not be threatened. Especially by whelps like him." Gabriel snarled, and shook his head, sighing deeply. "And he calls me the aggressor, someone has alot to learn."

Justicar: ::He didn't say a word as he worked his eyes back across the horizon Fo rhsi eyes flickered bak into tension with that new seal before his lips curled anew at the infleciton of ange. yet hsi thoughts rang as clear as a bell::  ~ He calls me an invader.. yet he neglects that I am your body gard. I am meant to protect you and be with you as consistantly as possible for that very reason. I had been set to do so and to help t maintain that virtue you hold dear... and yet he sees me as the invader... To take you is to take me.. Yet he doesn't recognize that.. Why?"

Gabrielle: ::Gabrielle shook her head and bowed it in all this thought .. gods, it was enough to cause a mind numbing headache! .. Tears still came to flow down cheeks, as all she wanted, was to just, cuddle up in Michaels arms, and rest. As silent as she was, it wasn't totally intentional to be disrespectful to anyone at this point in time. It was merely because she was tired, and knew nothing more that she could say, especially in her frame of mind. instead, she lifted her head to look at J, bowing it shortly after recognizing his thoughts aloud.. standing, and making head way to the bed, to which, she staggered a bit towards, gabrielle announced quite faintly:: I can't .. please I ~ ::and collapsed atop. Yes, Gabrielle did pass out.. fainted more the term. All that energy, was simply too much for her body and the tear. Not to mention, the emotional distress that was being caused here, along with the reversed transition that took place so rapidly..::

Gabriel: He came to Gabrielle's side quickly, pouted, kissed her forehead and wrapped her up in the blankets, after making sure she was tucked in, he snarled gazing at him. "I don't care who you are, what you are to her. You had no right breaking into my home. I will not stand for it. I am not going to hurt her, and if you don't know that by now, well now you know. If you leave me alone, nothing bad will happen. She will be returned soon enough, if you continue to bother me. I swear to you, I will fight you, and anyone else who wants to fight me, until I fall over dead." Gabriel conjured a bit more magic, smiling, he lifted J up into the air, along with the chains, and took him out of the room slowly. "She needs her rest, now I can throw you in the dungeon, and I might have some satisfaction to it.  I don't want to, but I will. If I let you go, will you leave and never try an insane stunt like that again? Don't you dare lie to me."

Justicar: ::he'd snicker at that as he got lifted before adding hsi eyes back down against the exchange before arching abrow back to him and simply waited there to remain set to leave his body and mind clarified and hsi focus unchanged. he didn't speak nor think a word and left the cold vascous silence betwxit the two for whatever the male chose to do to stand for his enactment. Not a word was said as his smirk came clear and hsi eyes glazed into a hint of purified thought:: I will do whatever it takes to protect her and keep her acting of her own free will. i will not fight you unless you go against that doctrine. YOu infringe on her free will i infringe upon you. Period.

Gabriel: Gabriel grinned, and watched the man quietly. "Well then maybe this will convince you." He let the bonds around the man fall, the chains died and turned into nothing, disappearing into the mist. Gabriel watched him silently. "You will not invade my home again. Is that understood?" He snarled. "No tricks, no ploys, no falsetruths. I will not give you a second chance. If you so much as breathe on my property again, I will cut you down, and leave what scraps are left of you for my wife to play with. Get me?" He led the man to the door, opening it and almost throwing him out.

Justicar: ;:With that he'd ease down and settle hsi body back into a lock as the glaze was cut across the flooring as the bond sfell his eye stwinkled a touch as he drank in the fresh supply of freedom that surged in him and that same pulsing hand held the employed drain that had bee made. His lups curled anew as he settle dinto place keeping that little flicke rof hi s frame set, as he spoke in contrast word for word after each question:: I understand.. though i don't agree. You hold her here agaisnt her will and as long as you infringe upon that will Your house, you anyone and eveyrthing is worth the pressure to recede her and allow her the freedom to return where she wishes.  No tricks, no ploy no false truth... If you have any hint of it .. You understand I speak nothign but what I believe.. and I will return if she is not allowed the freedom that she deserves. You claim yourself protecting her from the war... Then why do you bring that very clash to her by takign anaction you know goes against each and eveyr angel that is in league out there... Kidnap the queen.. you call your justice upon yourself. :: With that he was thrown and snapped those blackened wings into the air, dissipating into a teleportation to the realms of eden again::