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The life sphere never seemed to have nice days like this, did it? The...Not-sun was shining, there were cheers of happy children all around, as there appeared to be some for of large gathering of the lil' tykes, part of the life sphere daycare. It was just a day for the kids to have fun, get exercise and the like. And lord knows, it wasn't the kids who needed some sunlight, but instead mister pale and psycho. Henry.



"Hey kids, want me to show you how to slowly kill a beetle with some glass??" Henry was calling out, as they all jumped up and down in excitement, watching the dark-cloaked man line up to a fence post, tipping over a Hercules beetle onto its back, before using the glass to burn it slowly using the....Not-sun's amplified light. "And they said im un-educational~ Infact, you could say i'm...'Burning' With scientific discovery!" Henry said, His pun's making him laugh, as the children cringe a little.



As did the rest of the daycare staff, but not for the similar pun based reasons. Who WAS this guy?! He shows up one day, shows the kids some dark magic, and quickly becomes the most favorite guy here. "A-alright children, come back and get your lunches!" One of the other's said, the kids all running back to the bench they were situated at for food as Henry gave a happy smile, and sigh to see they were all having fun.



"Ahhh, Nothing 'caw'-ses me greater joy~...Except for murder! And dismemberment, burning, transformations, hexes....Hahahaha~!" Henry laughed to himself, sitting out in the field by himself. Seems now was a good time to meet this...strange...strange guy.

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Black Mage walked down the streets of the Life Sphere, frustrated as ever he could not get to stab something. He was entitled to a brutal stabbing at this point and did not deserve to be deprived! He saved the Life Sphere from idiot prisoners escaping! They should be grateful enough to be stabbed with no reprecussions! Instead he had to deal with some emo elf, a weird red gargoyle thing and an annoying criminal... granted 2 of those disappeared and Black Mage it seems like that mission is still going on.

Hopefully these kids will make for nice... Who was this guy killing bugs and showing it to childern like a science fair project? Why did Black Mage feel him and this guy shared some serious issues? Why did Black Mage feel like this guy was challenging Black Mage's magical superiority?!... Was that a bad pun?... On a bird sound? Okay, all feelings channeled towards hate.

Black Mage walked up behind the strange man with his knife before hearing those words he loved oh so much. Why would a guy with as much bloodlust as him be teaching kids. "You know, those are some pretty dark words for someone that is playing with kids. Makes those words seem pretty meaningless if you ask me," Black Mage said, his yellow glowing eyes glaring at the kids as he stepped to Henry's side.

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"Howdy~!" Henry said upon seeing the black mage come to his side, stopping his voice short upon hearing the black mage speak in his general direction. Henry didn't look very concerned of the knife wielding psycho. If anything, Henry looked happy he would have someone to talk too!



"Dark?? Nah, if you think thats dark, you should see my comedy routine, hahaha!" Henry said, cracking yet another bad joke as Henry finally took notice of black mage's stabbing apparatus there. "Oooo, whats that for?? Are you gonna slice something?? Watermelon's, Apple's, Steak, Chicken, Heads, Human soul's??" *Henry asked happily, continuing to keep up his closed eyes, big grin appearance.



Henry, while awaiting the fellow mage's response, took out a box lunch from his own bag. While Henry did miss the lunch's Chrom's camp gave, which was usually grisly bear meat that could kill a man who wasn't refined enough for it, He did have to admit, these new boxed lunches and sandwiches were really good! Heck, Henry didn't even mind the white rice paste substitute he had in place.

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Black Mage apparently forgot to hide his knife, as he tended to do on most occasions out of habit but the strange mage did not even give a proper reaction. His reaction was more infuriating than anything when accusing his trusty knife as being used for meal preparation. Black Mage chose to ignore the comment on food in favor of resisting the urge to stab him. There was too many people around to see that happen and Black Mage did not want his only defense stripped. It was the only thing keeping him from destroying this entire city in a bloody rampage... that and his most destructive spells were still locked. Though heads and human souls did make the guy a little more interesting come to think of it.

"... Your comedy routine is probably more deadly than those things if those are your jokes. Might as well just cast Doom on me and then add salt to the wound by casting death on the final turn," Black Mage retorted. Black Mage pocketed the knife in his robes for now, he can always drag it out quickly if he feels the urge too much to resist. "Why do you bother yourself with these kids instead of doing the things you are mentioning?" Black Mage asked as he started to levitate in a sitting position using his Black Magic. It was not a destructive skill and levitating was only possible to do in place but it was better than standing or sitting in an uncomfortable chair. Black Mage never liked kids. They were annoying and little more and only provided entertainment when you scar them for life with your murderous habits.

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Henry had absolutely no clue what this guy was talking about, But, Darned if Henry didn't know the words! "Ooo, Doom and Death, My favorite! Well, I dunno if there are spells named after them though...We have Apocalypse. And Demon Surge, and crimson eye, And Fenrir, But i don't remember Doom or death. You'll have to teach me those!" Henry said, overjoyed by the sounds of casting something literally called death. He may been start carrying a packet of salt in his pockets for when wounds need to hurt more.

Henry could imagine it now, Fighting a big burly guy, before using Flux to stab him across the eyes, screaming out "POCKET SALT!" And giving him a hideous pain! His face twisting in such beautiful agony, it would be like Disney land!

Huh? Was the blue mage sayin' something?

"Oh! Well, I don't have anyone to kill yet!" Henry said, grinning wide as he started eating his lunch. "The guy's who pocked me up said 'If you wanna kill stuff, we'll give you a direction for blood spree's, just not innocent people!' He said, grinning. "But, i haven't gotten my chance yet for that....Heehehe~" Henry said, then suddenly pulling a piece of ham from his sandwich, giving a bird call, before throwing it up in the air. 

Immediately, a swarm of Henry's crows began fighting over Henry's meat, As Henry watched in glee as they tore the processed pig flesh to shreds. "Oh, Mister blue knife, meet my friends!" Henry said, presenting the crows happily to him.

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Black Mage listened as the strange mage replied with a list of several of his world's black magic though Black Mage was as clueless to those spells as his own. However they did seem... not as straight forward when it came to naming conventions unless Apocalypse literally caused an apocalypse and Crimson Eye was just a red eye or something red and sight related. Still, names were not exactly everything when it came to spells of mass destruction. It would seem this man at least had a similar habit of blood thirst though if he was told the same thing as Black Mage was... And apparently this guy has some affinity towards crows... well, at least they were a sign of death in some instances.

"As much as I would love to pass down the secrets of such powerful Black Magic as Doom and Death I am not sure that would work out. Those spells are super advanced Black Magic and I am not sure teaching one as unfamiliar as you the deadliest arts of my trade will work out too well. You might just end up Dooming yourself," Black Mage said with a bit of a pun. He was proud of it, double meaning and everything. More effort than this crow brained loser has made. Though technically Black Mage can not learn Doom unless he got hit by it after he regained his power to use Blue Magic since it was a Blue Magic Spell. He can perform Kill or Death though if he relearned them... though why Kill was stronger than Death is something he never fully understood. With his luck though, the spells would probably backfire and kill himself since the universe seemed to hold a grudge. Taking over Hell again would be pretty nice though.

"Heh, innocent? As if a life could possibly be innocent. Everyone is doomed to make a terrible act and ruin that innocence so it is more a lame excuse to prevent murder more than anything. They have forced me to do the same but that rule only applies to me inside the Life Sphere. Outside, anyone is free game. Maybe we should go outside together some point and have a contest to see how much death and destruction we can cause with our magic," Black Mage replied.

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"Doom myself...?" Henry said, thinking on those words for a moment....before grinning wider than ever. "Sounds like fun!" He said, now over-joyed with that idea. "I used to cause myself major internal bleeding with my spells all the time when i was learning. Heck, sometimes i still do it just for funsies!" He said, laughing as if it was just the funniest joke ever. Truly, this guy was two fangs short of a vampire. two screws short of a bird house. Two pages short of a book.

Henry then sat up straight, finishing his meal and putting the box away. "Maybe i can teach you some of my spells! Well, first i need to get the tome's for them, and even then they only work for so long before loosing all there magical power. But, for some reason i can always seem to pull out more! ...How do i get more?" He asked himself, now questioning how he managed to get more tome's for his black magic. " Oh well, not important!" Henry said, before looking back at the black mage.

A contest...? See how much death you can cause in an amount of time?? That....was the best idea ever! "Heck yes! Lets do that, weird blue guy!" He said, pumping his fists excitedly, not quite realizing the possible danger it presented for two magical psychopath's to be collaborating.

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.... He was finding Dooming himself an exciting experience? This guy clearly has not fought opponents as fearsome as the Lich... Curse him and his spamming of death and Stop. And he causes himself internal bleeding on purpose?! This guy was even more insane than Black Mage himself. Black Mage tried to do something like that through Blue Magic once... Just to learn that the spell's power was exclusively targetable to him. That was a really annoying loophole to a magic spell...

The stranger did bring up a really good idea though come to think of it. There was many worlds and therefore many different types of Black Magic. What if he could learn the powerful spells of those from another world?! That magical power would truly be devestating combining Black Magic. Though the concepts of tomes sounded weird to the Black Mage. Sure, there were books that could teach Magic if you did not self teach yourself them but they became useless after one use but you never have to worry about reading for them ever again. This guy made it sound like the tomes were absolutely necessary to perform the magic. Were they not able to cast magic on their own or did they have a huge amount of trouble remembering spells? Did not matter, either way this sounded like it could be an interesting alliance.

Despite his oddness he did seem to be as interested as Black Mage in causing a path of death so this guy was not all bad. It actually felt good to be talking to someone that truly respected the art of Black Magic. "Yes, I am sure the ones outside will prove quite a bit of fun. Back on the topic of teaching magic though, I find that an interesting proposal. If we taught eachother our arts we could combine two forms of Black Magic that is no one else is capable of. I am sure that will truly strike terror into the hearts of anyone in our way. That is a brilliant idea. Maybe we could tutor eachother on our different arts when we have the time," Black Mage stated.

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"Oh, That sounds fun! Put my skills to the test as a teacher. Last time i tried to teach magic, the daycare guys stopped me. Something about burning down the place, which, i disagree with. It would teach everyone what to do in case of a fire!" Henry said happily. With his wide smile, it was hard to tell if he was joking or not, but, would you really be surprised if he was expecting to teach a kid how to throw a fireball out of a book. Regardless, Henry was most certainly enthusiastic for the idea of learning another universes magic. Someday, when Henry's out on the field's of battle, he would love to be throwing some un-told havoc on every unit, and even then, magic without an ammo count by the sounds of it!

Henry looked into a bag stashed behind his cape, moving out several of his black magic tomes, the purple cover's adorned with bright white images to show what spell it was. A worm for the Worm spell, a black void for Flux. It was pretty obvious on the look of things, to which henry smiled, showing them to the Black Mage. "These are the tomes~ I only got four so far, but, I'm pretty sure Hel is a little beyond advanced. But, I have Nosferatu, Flux and Worm!" Henry said, showing his magic like an excited child.

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Black Mage was secretly delighted he agreed to his tutoring plan. Afterall, mastering two deadly brands of Black Magic was sure to make him the most deadly Black Mage. Black Mage then caught wind of him almost burning down the school while teaching childern to fire magic... If that was Black Mage he would do it on purpose to cause a safety hazard... then again this guy was kind of really hard to read so that may of been his intention... Then again he did not seem to be the same type of psychopath Evilwizardington was... but he was still the most interesting person Black Mage has met in... forever.

Then the guy brought out some books and looked happy like this was Show and Tell or something... Show and Tell in the Black Mage school was both heaven and hell at the exact same time... Never trust Black Mage School to be a healthy experience, that is for sure. Black Mage took the book that he assumed  was named after a vampire with how ridiculous the name is and turned it around in his hands. This was his world's source of magic casting? It seemed... Kind of limited... and thick if it only contained one spell... then again, his world was not much better at times. "So how exactly does this "Tome" thing even work? Does it teach you the spell but only for it's lifespan before it wipes it's existance from your memories? Is it impossible for you to channel magic without some book? Does all mages in your world have short term memory lost? I do not get the limited spells thing," Black Mage asked. In his world it was either spells could be cast a certain amount of times a day for some reason he was not entirely aware of, and MP which is power focused from the body itself. Absolutely needing a medium seemed a bit... odd to him.

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"The channeling magic thing." Henry answered, opening the book and revealing the shimmering text inside, in some kind of ancient mage language, the purple colored energy flowing through the text. "You channel magic through the book, and it can only flow a specific type of spell for the times, before it looses all of it's magic power. But, if you're a decent mage, just one cast will end the battle, and you can use the book another day! Up to 30 corpses a book!" Henry said, laughing gently.

"So, how does your magic work? I never threw a firebrall without a book to cast through, that ought to be fun! Not for my enemies, obviously, but for me certainly! Ahahaha!" Henry looked at black mage, well, looking as best he could through his slanted eyes, waiting expectingly for his partner to explain his magic system to him.

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Black Mage observed the book as Henry explained the how this book method of casting worked. The fact it had a limited number of uses sounded like a pain but if all of them were really that destructive it was still an interesting type of magic casting. Usually more powerful spells costed more time and energy to cast so they weren't really that useful for casting repetitvely. When Henry finished he asked Black Mage the same question, well, it was part of the agreement so he might as well.

"Our magic we use by channeling the magic through our own essence. The magic is created by a mystical force that exists in all living things, though the amount varies on the person. Our more powerful magic is limited by taking more energy usually but a simple drink like an Ether usually fixes that issue or sleeping... Basically the way it is conjured depends on the type and magic and the person. I just focus on breaking the earth in two, zapping something, flooding it, or poisoning it with Bio and my will happens. Learning spells are usually done with books or things that you can equip to yourself or your weapon or teaching yourself. I created the Hadouken, a powerful beam of devestation through my own magic practicing to make a powerful spell," Black Mage explained nonchalantly from his midair laying position.

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"Oh, so same thing!" Henry said, laughing happily as he compared the two magic styles to each other. It just took one more step for henry's magic, compared to the black mages. "Sounds like i can do that!" Henry said, smiling wide as he figured it couldn't be too hard to just conjure up magic without a tome telling him what to do. So much complete and utter disaster could be created in henry's mind, and brought into reality as well? Oh god. This was gonna be horrifying...

Henry looked at the kids up the hill, speaking with the teachers and playing with one another as they ate, making henry smile in a more genuine kind of way.