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Theodora was expecting to have a normal day at her manor, where she would practice her magic and sometimes do her daily mourning for her family that was torn apart by death and greed. Unfortunately her magical breakfast was interrupted by the suddenly appearance of a thief. An egg thief, who took Theodora's earrings since the only eggs she had in her manor were just recently broken in half for Theodora to make Beast Maker waffles.

Theodora had heard a lot about those waffles and how rare they were in the realms, but they can mostly be found in the Beast Makers Realm. They are hard to make, often requiring sheer will power and strength to even make the waffles tasty and you have to find the right kind of eggs. Theodora fought tooth and nail in the Black Market to get the eggs she needs to enjoy her breakfast, that is until the thief appeared and made off with her precious earrings.

While waiting for her partners to help her catch the thief that was running around her house, Theodora tried her best to catch the thief herself, unfortunately the thief would always thwart her magical plans. As she sat on her couch in her manor living room, the thief's taunts were heard around the manor.



Theodora ignored the taunt to think about where the thief came from, it was strange that an egg thief suddenly appeared in Li, made it to the Life Sphere and target her of all people, weren't there three other dragons in this sphere that the thief could of targeted. Speaking of dragons, Theodora hoped to meet them one day, but right now, she has a thief that she needs help getting rid of.

He could of came from...The door, but Theodora thinks that's impossible. Nothing ever comes out from...The door.

"GRR!" Theodora shouted in anger as she ran towards the thief. She took out her wand and shot fireworks at the thief, only for him to dodge and for the fireworks to hit the hall and cause a fire. "Well so much for blowing the thief up to get my earrings back." Theodora lamented to herself as she shot water out of her wand to stop the fire.





Meanwhile when Gargos and Light Mage do eventually make it to Theodora's manor they would be greeted by a beautiful garden and an anthem being played nearby by magical cups of glass. The anthem was from the kingdom of Avalar and it can get a bit annoying to hear repeatedly.

But at least it helps the plants in Theodora's garden grow.



There was also a large oak door in front of the manor, it was most likely the entrance.

MISSION START!

[PSYCH]

White Mage followed a path through a lush garden and admired the sun-dappled greenery of the glades, her staff tapping softly on the paved stones as she walked. She wished she could stop to admire the vibrant colours but she was here to help someone in need with a thief trapped in their household - there was literally no time to stop and smell the roses. Still, she couldn't help looking - the view of the manor surrounded by all the idyllic landscape reminded her of the big estates back in Cornelia which gave her a panging ache for home.

As the path led her up nearer to the mansion, she spotted the source of the euphoric music that had been dancing faintly in her ears - a set of ornate glasses that magically rang out the notes she had heard. A sophisticated work of magic, no doubt, and positioned uphill from the garden so as to cast nourishing music over the plant life - no wonder everything looked so healthy. When this mission was over, White Mage would have to learn more about this wealthy family and the extent of their aptitude for magic.

Standing in front of the large oak front door, the artistry of the woodwork gave her pause. Something so beautiful seemed too nice to rap with her knuckles but if she didn't knock, she would never be admitted in. But before she could bring herself  to do it, there was a sudden burst of noise from inside - a few whistling fizzes, a lot of crackling and then - BANG-BANG-BANG  - mini-explosions and a lot of flickering light coming through the glass. Fireworks?

"Oh my goodness!" Cried White Mage, knocking furiously on the door, "Hello?? Is someone there?"

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

The only way the serenity of the scene would be crudely toppled would be the fact that a very large portal to the Astral Plane opening up from behind the white mage, and something much taller than her or the client -and even the freaking house for that matter- casually walked out of said portal.

Gargos looked rather calm and rather uncaring about the front door despite the beauty of what was in front of him at the moment, his eyes spotting the white mage he gave a slight smile. "what good taste, I bet the one who lives here payed big money to get this place." Gargos said calmly, tapping one of his fingers on his arm; slightly irked that he could not fit into a human house because he was so freaking tall; that and a human house with a demonic Gargoyle God inside gives nobody any room to move around in, so to speak.

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Gargos
HP: 250%(current)/250%(threshold)
Shield: 75%
Status: too big in height to fit inside that dinky human house Much to his disdain

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After stopping the fire Theodora yet again heard the thief's taunting, causing her to get annoyed. She soon heard another noise this time it was knocking coming from her front door, causing her to gasp. "My partners for my mission have arrived. I better go answer the door." Theodora thought as she looked at the now dark spot on her wall caused by the fire. She quickly moved a large portrait of her ex-boyfriend Kido towards the spot and covered it before running towards the front oak door of her house.

As she opened the door, she smiled at White Mage. "Hi, thanks for helping me on such sho---However Theodora stopped when she noticed Gargos, who was too big to fit in her house. Theodora walked in front of Gargos and looked up at the gargoyle. "Excuse me, can you maybe turn small if you want to enter my family inherited manor? If you can't then I can find you something that can make you temporarily small if you like." Theodora offered to help Gargos with his height problem.

Meanwhile, if White Mage looked inside the house she would notice a beautiful foyer, and The Thief sitting on the steps leading upstairs. He quickly noticed the mage and proceeded to blow a raspberry at her before taunting her like he did with Theodora.

To the thief, it was going to be a fun day.

[PSYCH]

White Mage whirled around at the sound of an otherworldly, bestial voice behind her and only had a couple of seconds to stare wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the enormous winged demon standing in the front yard, who seemed to be peering down with some frustration at the tiny front entrance, before the door opened behind her. White Mage hadn't realized, but she had backed up flat against it in her shock.

The face behind the door was thankfully human and smiling warmly at her - White Mage went to respond to Theodora but she was already brusquely stepping past her onto the porch and chastising the demon for its enormous, impractical size. Clearly, the demon was expected here as much as she was... Curious. Well, this Theodora was certainly a bold sorceress, whatever her intentions were with this monster.

White Mage waited attentively by the front door and took the opportunity to glance into the lavish property. She spotted an impish-looking figure swaddled in thick blue robes that hid its features as much as Black Mage's hid his back in Cornelia. It made a few rude noises and gestures at her and she wrinkled her nose at it in displeasure. 

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Great galloping gorgons, I forgot that I'm a reality warper. No need to worry though I got this." Gargos said while putting two and two together, immediately changing in size to match the height of his client and partner. The wings folded tightly behind him so that his wingspan won't get in the way of his brutality on a speedy monster.

"I hope you weren't having much trouble with that monster, as I sure as heck won't be able to tell much of a difference between that thing and a pluton. But enough about that, it's time to get to work." Gargos said walking into the building and somehow getting behind the Egg Theif by way of portal manipulation, hoping to block its escape to the upper levels of the manor.

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Theodora was relieved that she wouldn't have to search all around her manor for the temporarily anti growth formula she would of needed to make Gargos temporarily her and White Mage's size. He is a supposed reality warper after all.

Theodora was confused with what Gargos said as the gargoyle quickly changed into a more suitable size to enter her manor. "Really, do you say galloping Gorgon's all the time?" Theodora asked as she entered the manor once everyone else went inside, closing the oak door behind her. "Well, i'm not sure if it's a monster. Nobody really looked through an egg thief's robe before. I heard a story that one Rhynoc did, however what he saw drove him insane." Theodora told the two before shrugging. "But it's just an urban legend, I hope." Theodora then noticed the Egg Thief heading upstairs.

"Oh no you don't!" Theodora aimed her wand again as she told the group what to do next. "Catch that earring stealing th---Huh?" However Theodora lowered her wand when she noticed the thief bumping into Gargos, who was now blocking the thief's escape route and watched as he tumbled down the stairs before getting up and running behind the stairs. Taunting the trio as he ran off. "He is definitely not getting away now that I got extra help. After him or her team!" Theodora ran off to chase the thief, who looked back at the approaching girl, unaware of what was in front of him.



Which was another oak door, this time it looked old and decayed not like anything that can be found in this nicely looking manor. Theodora quickly saw where the thief was doing and called out to him. "Wait, don't go any further!" Theodora warned the thief as she quickly turned into an eagle and tried to latch onto the thief's shoulders so he doesn't crash into the door. Unfortunately for the group it was too late and the thief tripped and fell through the door, causing the thief to scream as it fell into something in the room behind the door, which closed soon after the thief fell through it.

Theodora flew away from the door and turned back to normal, looking shocked at the door. "Oh no...He fell through, the oak door." Theodora said in shock, and title dropping the name of the mission unintentionally. She gripped her wand in worry. "I'm not...Nobody is supposed to go through that door." Theodora revealed to the group.

[PSYCH]

"Great galloping gorgons?" White Mage paused to get her head around the phrase as the other two moved past her to enter the manor. She was glad Theodora caught that weird little exclamation as well - hardly what you would expect to hear from a demon, let alone an apparent archdemon capable of resizing itself.

White Mage stayed at Theodora's side as she closed the front door and readied her staff as the sorceress raised her wand to attack but she shared Theodora's surprise as Gargos transported himself behind the Thief to block his path to the upper floors of the manse. As the Thief bounced off the demon's form and tumbled back down the stairs, White Mage attempted to rush forward to catch the Thief's rolling body with her staff as he reached the bottom of the stairs but she was too slow and he was up on his nimble feet the second he ran out of stairs to fall down, so she followed the team in hot pursuit around the back of the stairs only to watch them fail to save him from stumbling into the forbidden room.

At this stage, White Mage was drawing up a pretty good idea in her head about what this family might really be like behind the fancy home and the enchanted garden. This Theodora might not actually be a Black Mage but her sorcery seemed pretty close to one as she started fires, trafficked with demonic allies and kept forbidden rooms in her own house. Of course, White Mage couldn't judge her - she worked closely with a Black Mage and a Thief in her own world. She had many questions for the girl but the obvious one to ask at this stage was...

"What's in that room, Theodora? Why aren't we supposed to go in there?"  

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Gargos would give chase to the egg theif but due to his piss-poor dexterity he could not nab the theif as he went through the nearest door and somehow vanished.

"Missed my chance to grab that creature, but that door... I've got an uneasy feeling in my mind that there might be some realm that might be unspeakable or an internal eldritch abomination lurking beyond. Either way you look at it, overlooking something like this shouldn't be left to chance." Gargos said as he examined the door, then with a snap of his finger opened a portal that allowed him, the white mage, and theodora to look beyond the door into what was on the other side as though the portal itself was a magical television-esque window.

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Theodora stared at the door for a long while before looking back at White Mage, ready to answer her question. Before she did she scratched her head in embarrassment. "I...Uhh, here's the thing...I don't actually know myself. That's the only room in my manor that I can't go in." Theodora revealed before looking back at the door. "My parent's forbidden me to enter that room until the day I die. So never basically." Theodora then sighed and realised that she has to go into that room if she wants to get her earrings back from the thief.

"However, there not here anymore. So I guess it will be ok if we take a quick trip into the room, I mean the thief couldn't of gone that far right?" Theodora hoped as she walked towards the door and opened it. However what she saw next was a darkness and a black abyss just below her, she bent down and looked at the abyss. "He...Fell!?" Theodora said in surprise as she leaned down a bit to call out to the thief.

"Hey Thief, where are you!?" She called down to the abyss. However she leaned down too far and accidentally slipped and fell into the abyss herself.

"YIKES!" Theodora called out as she fell further into the abyss of the room.

[PSYCH]

White Mage listened to Theodora's response but kept an ear on Gargos' sinister mutterings as he conjured a portal to a dark abyss and gazed into it  - evidently this was some form of demonic scrying. She chose not to keep her eyes on the portal as it gave her the chills thinking what she might see if she looked at it for too long. Thankfully, Theodora moved to open the door and to White Mage's surprise the same darkness and abyss were in the room beyond as was shown in Gargos's scrying window. Perplexed, she glanced suspiciously over at Gargos before walking over to join Theodora but before she could do anything to help, the young sorceress slipped and fell in.

"No!" Cried out White Mage, rushing to the abyss's edge. This time, she was forced to look into it but Theodora had already gone. White Mage looked back up at the demon.

"I'm going in after her," she said, "What you choose to do is up to you." With that, she gave the abyss one more glance before throwing herself in.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Its a good thing that I can fly, because you aren't going in there alone." Gargos said as he walked through the door in front of him after closing his viewing portal and entered a state of freefall, a few minutes later and his wings unfurled to their full extent and he soared within the abyssal darkness, thankfully he was still able to manipulate reality so he conjured a platform for the white mage and a much larger one that looked like it was a vivid crystaline green in color, the area was very solid so there would be no trouble of falling through it since it was maintained by Gargos' will and power as a demigod-class demon. "You need not worry about falling through that platform, as it will bring you down to the larger platform." Gargos told the white mage, all while he searched for the client, his eyes adjusting to the darkness of this abyss as he looked, hoping he did not step on her with his feet.

{meh; decent post. Work will be bogging me down tomorrow so be ready for another post on that night.}

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And so there they were, in the dark abyss. Theodora was still nowhere to be seen, however as White Mage and Gargos continued to fall through the abyss they would see something below them, when it got closer it was revealed to be a giant yellow word that said "LOADING" it soon moved upwards away from the duo, as something else appeared below them next.

It was something blue and glowing. Just then when the duo fell towards the blue thing the dark abyss began to turn blue, it was almost as if the two were falling through a portal to a new dimension, or realm. Maybe Theodora fell through here who knows, but the next thing that happened.







White Mage and Gargos were in a waiting room, there were tons of robots moving around the room, going about there daily business. One shouted. "The Yinora room needs to be waxed again!" In a robotic voice, another shouted. "The Janora room needs to be stimulated. The creatures in that room are acting odd again, mostly because Janora's magic has been deactivated again." Beside the two Theodora was sitting on one of the waiting room chairs, having noticed the two.

"There you are. You two ok? I just landed in here out of the blue." Theodora asked White Mage and Gargos as a female robot approached the trio.




"INPUT GREETING WORD. Welcome to the Veneficus family history realm, you three must be." He opens his suitcase and takes out a long piece of paper before looking back at the three. "Guest #543." He looks at White Mage. "Guest #332" He refers to Gargos as he turns towards Theodora. "And your, that's strange." He looked back at Theodora. "Unlike Guest #112, Guest #666, Guest #543 and Guest #332. You are not registered as a Guest here." Theodora started to sweat. What if they knew that she was a Veneficus and that they were going to punish her for going through the oak door and ending up in this place?

"Well, there must be some mistake. Maybe i'm Guest #112." Theodora tried to convince the robot as he looked back at the paper before looking back at Theodora. "No, that does not compute. Guest #112 was located in this waiting room 8 minutes before you three's arrival." Just then the robots forehead opened up and revealed a hologram of the guest that was in the room earlier.

Which was the Thief the trio were looking for.



The robot closed up his forehead after showing the three the last guest that was here. "Please explain your presence in the premise." The robot demanded explanation for why Theodora was here as she gulped.

"Well, I, uhh. I came here to, fix something?" Theodora said trying to convince the robot to not be suspicious of her.

[PSYCH]

White Mage fell helplessly through the darkness, her light silk robes fluttering above her as she plummeted down. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, her vision was blurred by a sheer, translucent green screen and her descent slowed to a gentle float. She pressed her hands flat to the materialized platform and saw something through the platform coming up at them. 

"...Loading?" The words flew up past them, and White Mage rolled onto her back to watch it soar upwards into the abyss above... Yes, the abyss was above them now - they were moving somewhere. Thank the Aeons - the abyss led into a portal. White Mage breathed a sign of relief as her vision filled with sheer blue.

By the time the platform dissipated, White Mage found herself lying on the floor of a new chamber busy with armored figures clanking around busily... and... Theodora!!! She picked herself up and rushed over to greet the sorceress, relieved to find her unharmed, but she was interrupted by one of the armor-clad busybodies approaching them. She listened along, taking note of the realm they were in - the opportunity to learn about the Veneficus family was becoming readily available - and the odd name and number she and Gargos were assigned. And then, Theodora was not assigned one... why? Before White Mage could think further about it, she realized she needed to say something to support Theodora's claim.

"Uh... I'm glad you're here!" She said to Theodora, "I fell on the ground right over there and there is a chance that I... scuffed this nice floor." It was technically true, she did fall to the floor over there albeit very gently via Gargos's magical floating platform.

  

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"I can probably relate to this place because I actually live in the astral plane, pity that the guest that appeared above your head as an astral projection is a their that stole something of value to my client. Guess I'll just enjoy my time making like the Dahaka and persue the egg theif by walking around and seeing if I can corner it in a dead end hallway or something." Gargos said to the little robot before he made a plan of action. Plus he was curious and wanted to explore this place at his leisure.

{meh, short post.}