Deepwoken: Penumbra

Generation: Beginning

After 6 or so years, Faust, Pakki and Seth, ages 16-17, once again arrived at Erisia.
Back on Etris, Kevin ran into throne room where Colt was. "Where are the kids..?!"
Colt looked at him. "I sent them to Erisia."
Kevin looked at him for a moment. "To Erisia...? Alone?! Don't you think that's a little reckless?!"
Colt shook his head. "No. They're much... Much more mature than I was at that age. They kept going on about their goals. Getting rid of that assassin, showing everyone the beauty of true art, becoming the strongest... I figured Erisia will be the best place for them to start. And even if they mess up... They've got each other."
Kevin thought for a moment sighing.
Colt smiled. "In fact... I think they're more ready than we ever were."

Seth jumped forward. "Erisia! You just wait... I'm coming for you! Me... Seth Dalus, the strongest!"
Faust looked around. "Where do we start...?"
Seth looked up at the mountains. "Up there somewhere... There's a bandit camp. Full of bandits, the same people who tried to kidnap you..." He made a fist. "They're horrible people, exploiting the weak who can't fight back!"
Pakki just silently walked towards the mountain, his two friends following him.
After a few minutes of walking, they spotted smoke in the sky, obviously coming from a fire. They followed it, leading right back to the bandit camp's campfire.
"Alright, what's our plan going to be?" Seth asked.
"We walk in, beat everyone who stands in our way." Faust replied.
Seth shrugged and nodded.
In a split second, Faust covered the three of them in a bone dome, the sound of metal hitting bone could be heard. Someone tried to jump down from the tower to hit them.
Seth looked at Faust. "How'd you know they were coming?..."
Faust shrugged. "Gut feeling."
They all drew their weapons as the bones receded, the bandit who slammed his greataxe into the dome earlier falling as it was removed from under him.
Faust swung his scythe at him, taking him out in a single hit.

As the three of them walked into the bandit camp, the bandits rushed out of their huts.
"Yo, everyone." Faust said.
"We're to make you stop what you're doing for good..." Seth continued. "To become stronger..."
"To find if the assassin trying to kill me is amongst you." Faust added.
"...And to show you what true art is." Pakki finished.
The bandits rushed at them, slicing and stabbing wildly at them. Faust was at the frontline, slicing in wide arcs with his scythe while he had a protective ribcage around him, blocking the attacks.
Seth took place slightly behind Faust, punching the people who tried to get past Faust, though his only protective option was punching away blades with his iron gauntlets.
Pakki went around, flanking the bandits, his katana lighting up occasionally to cause a large explosion.

Suddenly, in the middle of the heavy battle, a large lightning would strike the center of the arena, knocking everyone back, the attack even bypassing Faust's ribcage defense.
Faust and Seth stumbled up, relatively close to each other.
Up from a ledge of one of the mountains that surrounded the bandit camp, a figure could be seen.
In his hands was a strange gun, with a yellowish center.
After a moment, a familiar figure walked up next to him. "Long time no see, Seth..."
Seth glared at him. "David... ...And his higher-up, James. James Talo."
David drew his rapier. "I'm still mad at you three for back then, I hope you know..."
"Then why didn't you come after us sooner?" Pakki asked bluntly.
David narrowed his eyes. "Because I needed a reason. Now, the Hundred Legions perceives those two as a threat... Who kidnapped a Legion child. I had to wait for it, but it's perfect."
Faust looked at the two of them, thinking of what to do next before Seth interrupted his line of thought. "What are we waiting for?! Let's go... I'll show them I can be the strongest! I'll take David!"
Faust put his scythe in front of him. "Go for Talo."
"Huh?" Seth looked at him.
"David knows what you're capable of. He's seen it first hand. Talo, on the other hand..." Faust explained.
"Fine, I'll get James then!" Seth responded.
The felinor atop the ledge fired a lightning-charged shot at the two of them. "Like I'll let that happen!"
Seth darted towards the side of the small mountain.
Faust looked at the incoming shot, wanting to block it with a bone, which he raised out of the ground, but at the same time, he instinctively dodged.
The shot barely missed him, burning right through the bones.
Seth coated his leg in the Song as the kicked into the wall, launching himself off of it and up above the ledge.
Faust made bonestairs, walking up on them, up to David, spinning his scythe around as he arrived.
"This won't be like last time." Faust said.
"Oh? Tell me, what are you gonna do? One wound and I can jail you and the fight's over." David responded.
"Simple - I won't get hit." Faust glared at him.

A few bandits stumbled up, looking at each other.
"The hell is up with those kids?..."
"I don't know... Why was that one talking about showing us art?..."
From the shade of one of the huts, Pakki's katana began to glow, the light reflecting onto the two bandit's and his face alike. "Because art.... Is an explosion!"

Seth fell towards James, spinning around and kicking at him.
James rolled to the side, leaving Seth to kick into the ground.
James shot an electric shot at him, shocking Seth. "You'll never get close enough to me!"
Seth stumbled back before charging at James. "We'll see about that!--" Only to be met with a barrage of shits, most of which hit him, despite his efforts to dodge.

David summoned his giant metallic sword, stabbing at Faust with his rapier repeatedly, the sword slicing at him after every stab.
Faust's ribcage blocked the attacks, while he himself had to parry the sword as it went for the spots between ribs.
This onslaught of attacks continued, leaving Faust no room to attack back.
David continued stabbing, showing no signs of tiring until suddenly Faust kicked towards him, a bone spike coming out of the ground from under his leg.
David easily dodged this attack, but was forced to let Faust jump back.

Seth fell back, being shot several times, but before he even hit the ground, his leg became encased in the Song, kicking at the ground and launching himself towards James.
James got hit by this tackle, but rolled backwards, tossing Seth over himself next to a cave. Seth stumbled around, getting up and getting into cover.
"Damn it... I can't get to him... I need to figure something out."

Faust looked at David for a moment before jumping at him, slashing with his scythe.
David parried this attack. "Gotcha! Now you won't be able to parry this!" He yelled out as the metallic giant sword sliced in between the two ribs, stabbing into Faust's chest.
"Direct hit! It went deep, I think it even pierced bone!" David yelled out, his eye widening in pure adrenaline. "Now you won't be able to dodge!"
David started summoning an iron bar inside him.
"So be it." Faust replied.
As the iron materialized inside Faust, it was surrounded by bones, growing outward, towards David until it encased him in what was essentially a bone coffin, leaving only his head and arms out.
"WHAT?!" David yelled out.
Faust smirked. "Bonemending is a form of Ironsing, so I know how your attunement works... When you jail someone, for a split second there's a song-link between you and the jailed person. I grew my own jail, out of bones starting with my own through that link... And once I got to you, I used the iron in your body to immobilize you."
"T-this damn brat...!" David said as he tried to break out of the coffin.
Faust raised his scythe. "If neither of us can move... It comes down to a mere 'Who's weapon can reach farther?', doesn't it?!"
David's eyes widened more as he saw Faust slash at him with the scythe.

James continued his relentless assault with his Stormseye rifle. "I won't have to reload, kid... It comes from my ether."
Seth suddenly got an idea. As James slowly approached the cave, he saw cracks form in a circular shape on the outer wall of it.
"What the hell's that...?" He asked himself before a spherical rock suddenly broke loose from the wall launching at him.
"The fuck?!" James yelled out as he jumped to the side, before noticing Seth, with his right leg encased in the Song, jumping in front of him.
"You're..." Seth said as he spun around, kicking at James' head. "Wide open!"

James just about managed to lean back from the attack, but he didn't have much breathing time - the force of the attack was enough to send a pressure blast into him from point blank range, knocking him back.
"HNNGG?! Why are his kicks so strong...?! Is it his Song technique?! No, his punches with that aren't this strong... But then...?!"
His thought process was cut short by Seth dashing in front of him, performing his signature spinning kick, the kick landing right into James' jaw as he flew into it.
Seth smirked. "Killer Combo - Connected!"
James flew up into the air before he fell to the ground, his jaw shattered.

Pat and Matthew sat atop a mountain, nearby, looking at them. "Huh... They didn't need our help." Matthew said.
"You know what that means." Pat responded.
"Ugh... Finneeee... 20 sand bucks." Matthew groaned and gave him the money. "You win the bet. The way they won was impressive though."
Pat chuckled.  "Legion dudes didn't even know what was happening!"
With that, the three kids were left on their own, Pat and Matthew reporting back to Colt - They did fine.