In the mountain's winter halls. (open)

[Ohkara Minamaru]

She had taken the woman by surprise with her tactics, the woman's pale-skin flushing, but it was unknown if she could keep it up. At this point, she knew she'd have to keep Adriana busy; it was the only way she'd be able to keep an eye on her long enough to figure things out. She wasn't just gonna up and let her go and poison one of her friends.

Glancing towards the door of the sauna, Adriana asked curiously if she would like to move to the sauna. Again, a smile slid across Ohkara's face as she began to formulate a strategy. Slowly standing, Ohkara grabbed hold of her cyan belt and umbrella, gently unwrapping the weighted cloth from around her waist; almost instantly, her ruined yellow pants dropped to the floor. Carefully stepping over them and out of her boots at the same time, she'd quickly bend down and scoop them all up. Placing the pieces of clothes, shoes, and umbrella on the bench, she would remove her wrist bands and set them there too. At least now, with her weights off, she would be able to move around much more freely.

Grabbing a hold of the bottom of her shirt, she'd slowly remove it, making sure to put on a little show for her new-found fan. Wiggling out of it, she'd toss it on top of the rest of the cloths, and smile playfully, ”See you inside!~” she'd exclaim, pushing the door to the sauna open, and sliding inside. Second later, a hand would reach back out from the door, snatching a towel from the pile, ”Better not keep me waiting!~” she teased.

(Heavy weights removed.)

[Ethar Luxun]

Adriana perked an eyebrow, as the young girl did not hesitate to strip infront of her. Not that she did mind that at all, afterall.

Slipping out of her dress, she looked at the pile of towels and sighed to herself. "The things I have to do just to kill someone..." She thought to herself as she suddenly heard footsteps coming up the stairs. It was Ethar coming up finally after he recovered himself, and his own clothes, and cleaning up the mess he had caused in the sparring chamber.

Grabbing a towel, tying it around her waist, she slipped into the hot and steamy sauna before Ethar could see her. Turning to the topless Ohkara, she grinned, almost in an evil like fashion. "Now that we are alone, ready to... relax?" She asked her, curious as to what the young girl was going to attempt next...

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Having wrapped the towel around her waist, Ohkara took a seat at the back of the sauna, furthest away from the door. Kicking her feet up on the toast wooden frame, she ran a hand through her green hair, taking the brief second of silence to think. However, a second would be all it would take for Adriana to enter as well. Whipping the hair from her eyes, she'd turn her head and give the unfriendly alien a kind smile, ”That's exactly what I am doing...” she told her.

Wiggling her index finger, Ohkara motioned for the woman to come towards her. If she did, Ohkara would motion for her to stop once she was only a few feet away. Hopefully this too would stop the woman in her tracks; keeping her interested was Ohkara's main priority at the moment. If it went as planned, she would twirl her finger around in the air, smiling cutely at the alien woman, ”Spin, let me take in that whole beautiful body of yours! Come on, gorgeous, there is no reason to be shy!~” she flirted. Admittedly, she was somewhat curious of what the woman looked like without her clothes on.

[Ethar Luxun]

As Adriana saw Ohkara gesture her to come closer, she did but when Ohkara asked her to turn around, so she could see her body, she started to get a tad bit suspicious.

Obliging to the girls request, she flipped her hair back a bit, allowing the girl to see the tattoo on her naked chest, as she then slowly turned around. The Delethan would appear to have dark grey skin, and her hair nearly went right down to her rear, which was only covered by the towel she had been wearing. But to Ohkara, Adriana would have all the right size curves in all the right places. The only things offsetting about Adriana were her rather sharp looking nails, and the horns on her head...

"See anything you like?" She asked, turning her head slightly as the rest of her body turned, as she looked back to the other girl who was eyeing her like a piece of yummy candy.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara carefully eye the woman as she spun on command; licking her lips cutely, she didn't exactly have to fake interest. This woman was a beautiful one, even with her horns and sharp claw-like nails. ”Mmhmm...” she moaned, biting her lip and nodding seductively, ”I like everything I am seein'.”

Motioning with a finger for the girl to come nearer once more, Ohkara then patted the space next to her, as she spun to make room. If Adriana joined her, she would quickly spin towards her, gently tossing her smooth legs a top the woman's lap. Locking her in place, she would reach a gentle hand out to brush some hair from the woman's next, and to get a better look at her tattoo, ”It's so beautiful...” she'd tell her, just barely touching her as she traced the line work with her fingertips.

[Ethar Luxun]

"Hmm... What are you up to cutie? You were never this flirty with Ethar... Why are you so...intimate with me?" She asked the girl, as Ohkara pretty much sat in her lap after she accepted the girls invitation to sit next to her.

The girl then started to trace her finger along the marking on her chest, complimenting on its beauty. "Thank you sweetie... But why dont you tell me why you are really doing this with me?" She asked, as she leaned in closer to the girl, wrapping an arm around her waist, trying to bring the girl even closer to her. "Ya know, Ethar isnt here... You can tell me...anything..." She said, but with a very devious grin on her face. Licking her lips softly, Ohkara could see that Adriana also had small fangs amongst her regular teeth.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Shrugging lightly at the woman's questions, Ohkara was beginning to think she was losing her. She'd have to think up something fast if she wanted to keep this woman occupied. And hopefully, inside this sauna, she could get some more information out of her. But that might be something much easier said than done.

Letting out a cute squeak, Ohkara felt Adriana's arms wrap around her waist and pull her closer. This was an aggressive move, in terms of flirting, and one that caught the young woman by surprise. Her face shading a light pink, she gulped quietly as she listened to the alien-woman speak.

After a brief moment, she was able to collect herself, and speak accordingly, ”Ethar?” she asked, placing a hand on the woman's thigh and tracing an oblong oval up it, ”What is it you have against him, anyway?” she asked, raising a brow to the woman. ”I mean... To me, he just seems like a big-ol' perverted dope...” while this was true, these were also reasons she liked the young man; at least he was  kind, and seemed honest to himself; ”He's not really a bad person... is he?”

[Ethar Luxun]

"Oh hes not a bad person... Hes a goodie-two shoes. Too much infact. Where I came from, It was quite fun to electrocute the man to a crisp... But since I came here, this universe's version of Ethar doesn't seem to different. It fills me with joy that I get to kill him all over again, though, I want to experiment with some poisons this time... Such as this one..." Adriana said, as her evil grin continued to creep across her face, as she would use her sharp nails to gently prick Ohkara's waist.

To Ohkara, the place where Adriana pinched her, it would feel painful at first, but eventually the pain would subside as a familiar drunken feeling would start to course into her body. "Do you feel that? Its a toxin taken from a plant from back home. Granted, its in a more....diluted form, so its not fatal. However, You are going to find yourself giving in to new...urges..." Adriana said, as a small chuckle escaped her lips. But to Ohkara, the full effects wouldnt take effect, since her body would of actually developed some partial immunity to the toxin now seeping into her body. It was the toxin from the same plant she had accidentally gripped onto over a year ago.

Outside the Sauna, Ethar was in the living room drinking up the remaints of his cold hot chocolate drink, with the mushy marshmellows from earlier. "Ugh, These dont taste as good as when they are fresh... I wonder if Ohkara is having fun relaxing in there...." He said to himself, as he sat down in his chair, watching the ongoing blizzard outside. Snow started to creep up against the window, making Ethar sigh.

"Starting to regret living up on the mountain now..."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Her eyes widened, a gasp escaping her lips as she felt Adriana pricked her in the waist with her nails. Silently cursing herself for having been so stupid, she had to grit her teeth against the searing pain. However, this was not the first time she's experienced this pain, and it seemed that this time it would be to a much lesser extent.

A drunken haze washed over her, as she looked at the alien woman. Immobile for a moment, she watched Adriana chuckle, she thought for sure this situation was hers. Ohkara grinned slyly, she knew exactly how this toxin worked... Perhaps she could use that knowledge and take advantage of the off guard woman.

There was no telling exactly what this woman planned to do; if she'd kill Ohkara as well. But seeing the situation for what it was, Ohkara convinced herself that she was going to die if she didn't fight. Diving deep into the depths of her inner-most basic instincts, she would tap into the toxin's ability to amplify these. Her heart began to race, adrenaline being pumped into her body as the toxin took its hold.

Her eyes went from glassy to wide awake in an instant. Her body heaved against the sudden rush the cocktail of chemicals inside her, and she gasped deeply once more. Her fingers balled into a perfect fist, thrusting a hard punch directly towards the woman's chest. If it connected, she'd quickly slide off Adriana's lap, spinning in a quick circle and grasping for an ankle in the process. If her fingers managed to hook one, the woman would be slung hard at the door, and sent toppling through, to connect with whatever, or whoever, might be on the other side.

Standing on the opposite side of the wreckage in nothing but a towel, dripping with sweat from the hot sauna air, was Ohkara. Her breath was heavy, her eyes dark; for anyone that caught a glimpse, it would be obvious this was not the Ohkara they were familiar with. No, this side of her was something even she wasn't fully aware of. Rage clouded her head, the toxin's no longer so much of an issue, having been used only as a springboard for a much bigger issue.

”Don't you ever touch me again!” she roared after a moment of dramatic silence. Her power level increasing rapidly, one might note as it stopped at thirty-five thousand, a drastic difference than in her fight with Ethar; having removed her weights, she was no longer limited. This would likely be a surprise to everyone. Taking a step forward, she expertly snatched up her umbrella to the side of the hole in the all; clicking the button, she quickly unsheathed her beautiful turquoise rapier, pointing it at where ever Adriana had ended up, ”Hehe...”she giggled, an odd smirk crossing her face, her head twitching to the side for a moment. ”I'm gonna kill you...” Even her tone was twisted; yet another testament that this was not the the same Ohkara as moments before. She had snapped.

[Ethar Luxun]

Adriana was taken by surrpise, as Ohkara had grabbed her ankle and thrown her like she was a toy. As she flew towards the door, Something unexpected was happening on the other side.

Ethar was getting a bit concerned for Ohkara, and how she was getting along with the other woman. He was walking to the door to knock on it, when the door exploded, and a near-naked Adriana crashed into him. "Whoa!" He yelped, as the females body hit him hard, causing him to fall back into the wall adjacent to the door, with Adriana still shocked by Ohkara's actions.

As both Ethar and Adriana saw that Ohkara pulled a Rapier from her umbrella, Adriana had a grin on her face as Ohkara threatened her. But Ethar was confused as to what was going on, as he saw that something had happened to make Ohkara snap, and threaten the other woman.  "W-What the hell is going on here?!" Ethar said, as it took a few moments for Ethar to see that Ohkara and the other woman had no clothes on.

Right then, his nose erupted in another blood fountain, some of the blood even dribbling onto Adriana as she looked up to Ohkara with her grin. "Oh look at that. You made Ethar bleed yet again! Im starting to think we should of taken our... 'relationship', to a more...intimate level." Adriana said, as she whipped some of Ethars blood with a finger, and licked it off the finger.

"But you should put that weapon away dear. You know what my nails can do... And now Im so close to Ethar, Do you want to risk something happening to him?" She asked, still grinning. Ohkara might of snapped, but throwing Adriana at the door was a mistake Ohkara had to deal with, as she had indirectly put Ethar in harms way, and now he was a hostage. "What the hell is going on here?!" He asked, still trying to figure out what was going on, and trying to stop his nosebleed.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Her eyes narrowed as she watched Adriana take Ethar as a hostage. Everything about this woman was sickening; even her tactics were those of a coward. Taking a step forwards, her platue of power increased once again, this time quadrupling her already modest power level. Her face twisted even more, her green hair raising in with her surge of energy, almost spiking. Though unable to control herself; barely even conscious of her own movements, the real Ohkara could feel this presence. It was much more beast than human. But as foreign as it was... it felt so... familiar...

”I'm going to enjoy this!” Ohkara roared, springing into action. Kicking off her foot, she burst forwards, her speed unbelievable; crossing the corridor in the blink of an eye. Her movements, though filled with something unexplained, retained their natural fluidity. In one beautifully executed moment, Ohkara neared the two, ducking down low with her blade pulled back; and unleashed the tip towards them. If everything went as planned, Ethar may be impaled, but he would have no vital damage; ideally, Adriana would get the worst of it, the blade aimed for massive damage.

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar was still confused as to what was going on, but when Ohkara was in full rage mode, He knew something bad was going on. "H-Hang on Ohkara! What is...." He started to say, but Ohkara had leapt towards them, seemingly intended on stabbing the naked woman who was apparently holding his hostage for some reason.


"Good girl! Exactly what I had hopped for!" Adriana said with an evil, and maniacal smile.

Right when Ohkara's weapon was past the point of no return or stopping, the Delethan seemed to suddenly melt into the dark shadows that were nearby. Doing so, allowed Adriana to vanish into the shadows, literally.... This allowed Ohkara's weapon to continue on, unhindered, and the blade dug into Ethar's chest!

"Aaaack!" Ethar yelped, as the cold and sharp metal pierced into his skin, and dug down into his body. "M-Miss....Ohkara...." He said, as moments later, some blood would start to leak from his mouth.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

A smirk crossed Ohkara's face as the blade did just as was intended. Diving deeply into Ethar, the wound would be clean; however there was no telling exactly what it might have hit or nicked on the way through him. For the moment, Ohkara didn't care. She was intent on making the alien woman pay.

Her look of satisfaction, however would be wiped of her face just as quickly as it came; Adriana's body melted into the shadows behind her just before her blade could strike. As she watched her fade into the darkness, Ohkara's temper flared once more. She was even more of a coward than she'd thought! ”Who the hell do you think you are; leaving like a little bitch!” she snarled, gritting her teeth.

But there would be no stopping Adriana's escape. In mere seconds she was gone completely, and Ohkara was left holding a skewered Noran. Huffing heavily, Ohkara's blade withdrew from the man, her left hand flicked it, the blood splattering off it turning the blade from crimson to turquoise. Watching as the man in front of her stuttered, blood dripping from the corner of his lips the green-haired girl bit her lip. She might not have been able to kill the alien woman; but maybe killing him would quench this thirst for blood.

Her left hand trembled as it rose, pointing the tip to the man's nose, ”Maybe I'll just kill him instead...” she grunted, her expression one of sick lust.

Suddenly a burst of clarity shot through her body. ”No.” the real Ohkara stated, and it was as if the whole world stopped.

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Now standing in front of her twisted self, the real Ohkara pointed her own blade, ”This isn't me. I won't let you kill him!” she exclaimed, her tone firm and serious, ”No... I will not kill him.” her revised, shaking her head. This had gone too far. Ohkara knew she'd lost control of herself; even if she never knew this self existed. Nevertheless, this was her problem, her wrong, and she would correct it.

Drawing her blade back, she would strike quickly, a jab much in the same fashion as the one directed at Adriana; precise and expertly executed, however unlike that first stab, this one would go uninterrupted, and connect with it's target. As the tip of the blade hit the twisted Ohkara, the illusion shattered, and suddenly the reality returned.

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Ohkara snapped back into her body, the high energy and twisted appearance fading, softening; returning to normal. Her eyes darkened as she looked at her suffering friend. She had caused this. This was all her fault because she hadn't known what she was capable of. This was a mistake she resented herself for. Her expression, one of disgust as first, suddenly changed, saddening. Tears welled at the corner of her yellow eye, her lip quivering.

”I-I'm so s-sorry, Ethar... she whispered, her body drained of energy, and sapped emotionally, the sword falling from her hand. ”I-I d-don't... I can't... I...” her lip suddenly stopped, and she inhaled sharply, as if in pain. ”J-just d-don't die!” she exploded, her emotions getting the best of her.

Bursting into tears, she dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around the man; pulling his face towards her chest, ”P-please forgive me, Ethar!” she moaned, her hand would gently stroke the back of his head, fingers playing in his soft brown hair, ”I made a mistake! I-I never met for t-this...” she sobbed, burying her face into his hair. If he died she didn't know what she'd do.

[Ethar Luxun]

As Ohkara pulled the weapon from Ethar's chest, a dark echoing laughter rang through Ethars house, as the laughter belonged to Adriana who had used Ohkara as her tool in an attempt to kill Ethar in this dimension.

Clutching the open wound, Ethar was suddenly pulled into Ohkara's embrace, but what he heard made him surprised, in a good way. He heard the woman crying... Crying for him!

Trying to keep his own blood from staining her clothes.... or lack there of, Ethar groaned as the pain in his chest stung harshly as he tried to draw in breath. "M-Miss Ohkara... Ill...be fine.... Though, I will need...some....ngh... of that... ointment in my fridge... the entire container..." He weakly said, hoping that the crying girl would hear him.

From his knowledge, Ethar only knew that if someone was this emotional over another persons well being, it was possible that the person might either of been family, or the other persons lover. And since Ohkara wasn't family... The idea swelled in Ethars head, making him smile softly.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Gently setting the man down, she would nod at his request. If ointment was what he needed, then she'd make sure that he got it, ”Of course!” she exclaimed, turning the corner towards the stairs, ”I'll be right back!” Bolting off like a rocket, she'd fly up the stairs, a small burst of energy having returned to her. The fact Ethar was talking as a god sign he would pull through.

Smiling weakly, the young lady lept over the furniture in the living room, and quickly neared the fridge. Fetching the ointment, she soared back down the stairs, not wasting a second in the process. Quickly scooping some out of the container, she would kneel down near her friend, and offer some to him. With her free right hand, she'd quickly grab at the bottom of his shirt and tug it upwards, revealing the wound. Giving him a weak smile, it wouldn't be hard to see that it hurt her to see his wound. She knew she caused this damage, and it tore her up inside; he was her friend, there was no excuse as to why he was in this condition, "I-I'm so sorry..." she whispered...

Gulping back the pain, she'd gently begin to rub some ointment on his wound. Hopefully she could help, and although she had caused this, maybe if she could ease his pain, she could relieve a little of the guilt she felt.