Myst kept up as best he could, and realized that Cui has misinterpreted his concentration-grunt, "No no, it's accurate. Besides, most that I know are used to it by now or see the validity of the title. The grunt was because I  do kinda get into these things when I do finally play games, and I start acting like I would in an actual combat situation." He became nervous and a bit worried at the sudden large harpy, formed out of all the others, appeared. He used his accurate paw to start firing shots at the Emperor Dragon, but his other kept up fire on the harpy monster.

Xefr took the blast, and a flash in his eyes showed that while most of his mind still focused on the shield, a small part was processing and fighting over it. He was like that for a few seconds, and then sighed. He stopped with the shield in front of him, breathing in deeply before responding to Caprima in a calm voice, "I'm fine Caprima, don't cry. I've endured these memories my entire life, they are a part of me now... Literally. Besides, I can tell the Hyl will do much worse to me, and won't hold back. You shouldn't either, I need to be ready. On this planet, I will be able to recover and cry and process, but not in combat. So come on, don't hold back. You can comfort me after we take a break." Xefr then took another deep breath, and started with that emotion once more, renewing the shield in front of him.

-

Tec was slightly confused by that sudden turn, and glanced in the direction Re'Ni looked. He didn't see anything, so just wrote it off as insignificant. He seemed a bit skeptical about the plan, "Well... Maybe that could work. The wall of the room we were just in leads into the room, and the room is right above the kitchen, so he could go under as well, if you really are that dedicated to looking inside. I suppose Ess could survive just a little peek..." Tec wasn't so sure why he was so willing to help, but he was coming to trust Re'Ni extremely sincerely, so he thought it couldn't go too badly.

Myst was a little relieved to see that Cui didn't mind his somewhat awkward demeanor, but he didn't have time to say anything about it since the Boss started becoming more dangerous. Myst decided to do as Cui said, though he first fired one extra bolt at the Emperor just in case before placing his paws in Cui's.

Xefr was unsure himself about all of this. He didn't feel that his shield was too fine, since parts of the first attack did leak through. But he decided it best not to press her, since she did seem like not in the best of moods for it. So, he decided he would do as told, "...Very well. I suppose it's the same as casting a Psi-Bolt, but instead of drawing from my psionics I draw from my emotions. I can do that. Here goes nothing, I will hit you with the memories that ruined a life. The memories that made me lose faith in life itself." Xefr then brought his right paw to his chest, concentrating heavily on the memories he preferred to keep buried. He remembered the death of Viola, the all-consuming sorrow as he cradled her corpse in his paws. Then, he remembered the rage of the frenzied massacre that followed, the anger he unleashed on those pirates responsible. He remembered the faces of old friends, dead for reasons they could not have predicted, and his subsequent sadness and anger at the universe for allowing them to die. The guilt of leaving Dervis alone, the fear of losing everything to things he couldn't defeat or control... Everything went into one single concentration of emotion, until he could nothing but lash out at Caprima.

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Tec followed, and walked straight up to the wall. He tapped it a bit with his claws, and nodded, "Alright, it's not protected. And it's not very thick either, we can probably get through with a single combined strike. Shards can be quite strong when they want to be." Tec then turned, and prepared to smash the wall with his tail. But he didn't do it, keeping it ready while speaking to Re'Ni again, "On your call Re'Ni, we break down the wall. Hit it with one big strike. Should only harm the wall, the room and house will be fine."

Myst was quite excited, the little display of the harpy being destroyed bringing joy to his heart. He loved that sense of achievement. But before he was able to say anything or cheer vocally, Cui delivered that kiss and he froze up. After a second, he recovered, though he had lost his train of thought. He nervously chuckled, "Not a half-bad reward either... Erhm, anyways! So, is there another stage and a way to check our score? I did say I would do better, and I want to see if I'm doing that yet." Now he had to hope that little bit of cockiness would overshadow that early slip-up.

Xefr immediately panicked once he saw the wounds, having no idea of what happened. He had sort of lost himself in that moment, with all those feelings. Still though, he wanted to help, "Ah! I'll... Uh, see what I can do! Just like with the plant..." The Black Drake then focused, bringing his right claw to his chest, he started trying to do what he had done before. Just this time, he was going to see if it could heal. With a little difficulty, he emptied his mind, and held out that claw towards Caprima. His thoughts focused on an imaginary image of Caprima's wounds healing, the idea of her being restored to how she was before the attack. His subconscious self sent a few thoughts of doubt about this working with his inexperience, but he threw those away and just kept trying. 

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The wall crumpled, unable to take the force of the two Dragons at once. However, the pieces of rock did not going flying back, due to being caught by Tec's psionic power. After making sure the rubble did get tossed, he floated the pieces back and sighed, "Not here to throw rocks. Just want to look inside. Now let's see what Essentials was so careful about..." Tec then stepped inside to get a better look, and seemed surprised.
The room was mostly empty besides a massive bed smack dab in the center with a chandelier above it for illumination. On and around the bed however, were various possessions. Stacked in a neat, orderly way, it seemed like a giant storage. The items varied, from small jewels to a full Draconic tail-guard. Yet the most plentiful were pictures. There were dozens of them, with many different sizes. Some were as big as an average human, but every one was clearly cared for greatly. Not a single stain touched any of them, and they all looked practically new. Tec walked over and picked one up. He turned back to Re'Ni with it, "Hey look! It's a picture of Xefr, with some dragoness!" The picture he was showing off displayed Xefr, looking just like Essentials, standing alongside a Golden Dragoness. They both seemed very happy, locked in a little hug and smiling. Tec put it back down and picked up another one, also showing it to Re'Ni. This time, there were four dragons in the picture. In the center, it was Xefr and the Dragoness again. At the sides stood Durazor and Grimiron. All of them seemed happy again, like a big family almost. Tec seemed particualrly suprised judging by his voice, "I never knew Ess had a mate! I've never seen her before. Why would he keep this hidden? I know quite well how wonderful it is to have somebody to lo... Oh... Oh crap... So that explains the crying, the avoiding of romantic novels, and how defensive he was of this room..." The Shard finally realized it now, and felt incredibly sorry for his brother Shard.
But the room was active as well. The second Tec stepped inside, a faint psionic ping went out. It went unnoticed by the Shard, since it was so weak, but it was going somewhere, to deliver a message.

Myst wasn't ready to get grabbed like that, and he certainly wasn't ready to break the table with the pie on it. Now it covered a bunch of his scales, which did annoy him, but the proximity of Cui smothered that with a bundle of other feelings that he couldn't quite place. He tried to seem confident and collected of course, "Heh, well, now you've done it. In that titanic struggle, we find out first innocent casualty of conflict... And it doesn't taste half-bad either." He licked his there, and that was also when he ran out of things to say, "Uh... So, I doubt that's the end of my punishment, since now I've just caused you more trouble."

Xefr held out a paw and pulled her up onto her feet, remaining close by in case she fell over again. He nodded once this was done, "Very well. I'll keep my emotions in check. I don't want to do that anybody, not again. And I suppose checking in isn't a bad idea." Xefr had started to smile, but that was violently interrupted when a psionic signal reached him. His expression began to change, and for a split second his eyes turned dark red and gaseous, like they had back on Heord during his freak-out. But that did not last too long, with him breathing in deeply, though parts of it still remained with his body being tense and his eyes darker than usual. He spoke quickly and calmly to Caprima, "Nevermind... You go on ahead and do that Caprima... I have some things to attend to. I haven't mastered long-range teleportation yet, so I'll need to use the ship for this. If anything happens, just tell Guardian." His mind was a jumbled mess, even if his body displayed total confidence. Feelings of anger and fear were most prominent, and he turned himself towards Soul's Eclipse with a particular determination.

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Tec seemed uncomfortable himself, but was still quick to respond, "Well, I don't know actually. I have no idea who she is, or what happened to her. I've never really seen Xefr this happy, and I can't shake the feeling that I've seen her before, despite not holding any memories of her... It's weird. Anyways, I think we should leave this room alone for now. I'll call Xefr or Guardian and have them take all this stuff somewhere else, because I doubt he would be very happy if we accidentally damaged anything, considering what lengths he went to keep it all safe. And besides, there's not much else to see in here anyways. Let's go." The Shard hastily turned around to exit through the hole, really wanting to get out of there. It just made him feel sad.

Myst quickly stood up at this, his expression changing from innocent bewilderment to that of careful vigilance, "I did. Let's go check it out." The mist made him particularly uncomfortable, since it reminded him of somebody else, even if he was quite sure that somebody was not here. His eyes flashed, and two psionic bolts in the shape of javelins appeared on either side of his head, while his left claw started channeling power. Finally, he sent out a ping to Essentials, before finally stepping forward to investigate. 

Xefr didn't really seemed deterred by her words, "It's important. You said I needed to have balance for this... Well, you can be damn well assured I won't have balance until I resolve this." Though it was at that moment Myst's ping reached him, and the drake knew something was up. His head went into a debate over what his next action would be, help Myst or go and defend his beloved's memory. Finally, with a grunt, he turned towards Caprima's house, and away from the ship, "But it seems the universe denies me even that. Myst wants help, and I'm not going to leave him. I'll just send Guardian then, he knows the stakes." Xefr then walked off towards the house, and sent a message towards the Warrior Shard aboard the vessel nearby. 

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Tec noticed her distress, and hugged her tightly whilst maneuvering himself to look into her eyes, "Re'Ni, I'm right here. The past is behind us, the pictures can't do anything to you. Just don't worry about them, I'll send word to my brother Shards to take them out at once, since they seem to be making you uncomfortable. I'm sure they'll understand. I can even do it righ... What?" The Shard seemed confused, and looked over in the direction of the mountain-home's entrance, "It seems that will be unnecessary. I sense that Guardian is outside. Peculiar, but I suppose this is a good chance. Let's go ask him then." He gestured his head towards the entrance pathway, though the Shard did not move, as he was going to stay right next to Re'Ni for this. He was still quite worried about her condition.

Outside, Guardian shook his head after the long-range teleporation sequence. He was right in front of the door now, with Essential's instructions still ringing in his head. He never quite expected Essentials of all people to be that loud, but the orders were at least quite clear. He sighed, and started walking. At least the door was unlocked...

Myst, after a brief moment of shock, quickly decided from his current knowledge that doing what Caprima said was probably the best way to stay alive in this situation. He nodded, "Understood! We're out of here!" He then spread his wings, covered Cui in them, and flashed his eyes. A transparent blue sphere surrounded him, and with a flash he was gone.
Xefr ran in later, with Caprima's scream having him move faster. Upon sight of the Hyl, he became unsure of what to do. With panic on his mind, he looked to Caprima, "Right then! How do we stop it!?" However, the Drake was preemptively starting to think back to his Shiva training, and he started to empty his mind in preparation to throw up one of those shields.

Appearing in the hanger of Soul's Eclipse, Myst sighed in relief, "Right then, if I remember properly we can't fight it and win, only delay. And Caprima is the only one capable of doing that and she is on scene, so things could be much worse. I suppose prepping the ship for take-off is the best move in this case... Damnit, I have no idea of what to do!" Myst then looked back to his wing, hoping he had managed to take Cui along with him.

-

Tec went with Re'Ni to the main entrance hall, staying close by her side at all times. When they got there, Guardian was there waiting for them, "Ah, seems I don't need to yell. Sorry to be interrupting you two, but Essentials sent me to pick up some stuff he left behind. I believe you've already seen what I mean...?" Tec seemed a little ashamed and nodded, "Yeah, the stuff in the room with the V door right?" "That's the one, even if I have no idea what's in there myself, but that's what I was told to get. Anyways, Essentials wants me to go in and grab all that stuff, then take it back to Soul's Eclipse. Neither of you object to that right? I'll be in and out in just a moment I assure you, since you two aren't the only ones whose personal time is being interrupted by this."

Xefr was still quite unsure of himself and what he could do, but he steeled himself and acted immiedetly, stuffing those doubts away as a combination of willpower and survival instinct cleared his mind and achieved that sense of peace he needed within an instant. Then, he remembered back to the plant and what he did then, and let his imagination take over. He imagined a wall forming in front of him, which would fly forward to surround the Hyl and take it away from here. To where he didn't much mind, just imagining the destination being the void of space. His subconscious was practically praying that at least the wall would work.

The kiss insured that Myst would listen and not fall into his own chain of though, so he heard Cui's plan loud and clear. And when she finished, he practically jumped, energy surging through his body, "That sounds like a brilliant plan Cui!" He suddenly gave Cui a big kiss on the snout in his excitement, and then retracted as his head played with her new idea, "We can do what we did for the boss! One big move, and we should be able to at least distract it! Let's not waste any time then. I got enough energy for another teleport, and then we can attack in a sudden flash. Just say when you're ready." Myst was strangely eager and energetic, though this was quite normal for those who knew him when he heard something he considered brilliant.   

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Tec nodded to Guardian after Re'Ni finished, "No objections here either!" Guardian then grunted, "Very well then. I'll go upstairs and handle that, and then I'll be off." The Warrior Drake then marched past the couple, and up the stairs towards the bedrooms. After he was gone, Tec returned Re'Ni's kiss and spoke with a soothing voice, "See? Everything is going just fine. Nothing to worry about. Guardian is going to do his thing, and then you can relax."

Xefr still held on, he knew his life and that of other depended on it. And when Caprima spoke, he focused. One image came into his head, a place important to him. He pictured the Hyl arriving at somewhere he knew, yet was still far, far away. He pictured the first place he had seen when he had traveled to another galaxy, an empty void with no civilization around for light-years on end. That thought became the clear, singular focus of his mind, as he tried with everything he had to make it a reality.

Myst nodded and started collecting power in his free paw, "Alright, don't hold back, and fire immediately once we arrive. Ready... Go!" With a flash, Myst brought the two of them to where they stood before, off to the side of Xefr. Myst didn't waste time, and fired everything he had at the Hyl when he arrived. A volley of highly concentrated Psi-Bolts, as well as a force-push empowered by more standard psionics.

-

Tec smiled and nodded, "That sounds like a nice idea. Just a little walk to the village... Oh, I can't believe I almost forgot! It's the Steel Drake's annul funeral today!" Getting a bit excited, Tec realized that Re'Ni probably had no idea what that meant and calmed down to explain, "It's this little festival you see, celebrating the death of somebody we Golden Dragon's don't particularly like. It goes throughout the night, so let's go! Maybe we'll even be there in time for the fireworks. You really need to see those!" Tec then started for the door slowly, making sure Re'Ni could easily follow and stay close.