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Meanwhile in the Temple, Eve worked relentlessly on her spellwork as the runner appeared from the teleportation stone "My lady, we have an unexpected problem. A being of shadow has emerged on the field! We had to retreat and begin phase two. Orders ma'am?" He said nervously as Eve turned her head to look at him "Tell Nessus to begin Plan Delta. Hold them as long as you are able in the Woods. You must give me as much time as you can. Once I am done...you will know when it is safe to flee out of the Circle" Eve said then turned back out towards the Sands, her one eye looking out as she felt the latch give on the Circle's seals. Power flowed through her at a steadier rate, souls gathering within her as she absorbed the energy from them "Yes...it has begun. Signal the Harpies to ready for combat. They are going to be the ones to halt the Aerial Advance" The male centaur saluted and disappeared once again. Eve smirked now, all she needed was a bit more time.

It was here a surprising sight would appear in a flash, not surprising for who it was, but more why she was here. Of course it was Sirad the cunning, ruthless, reckless Lucifer of the throne. Then again it may not surprise Eve.

"Look, I admire your bravery dear sister, but we can't win. I know this would come for a long time. It is why I worked at sealing the Throne Room when I went, shall we say, AWOL." of course she had a Barcardi in her hand, and the lid was off, which ended with her taking a swig, "Smart you may be, but I am running out of options dear beloved sister. I know you don't want it, but if this fails I will cripple myself to end a prison long forgotten. I am sick of everything blowing up in my face. First angels, then demon princes, now this fucker... You are smarter than I, but even you can't run Hell. We were never made for this."

Eve's body tensed as she smelled the alcohol of her lover nearby, gritting her teeth for a moment as her focus on the spellwork wavered just by a small fraction. The link was restabilized immediately as she looked out towards the Abominable Sands "It is not about winning, Sirad... This isn't even about trying to stop Erebuz. All you will do if you unleash the Forgotten Prison is aid Erebuz in His plans for the Unweaving." She spoke still through gritted teeth as her one good eye looked towards Sirad

"I knew this was coming. I have planned for this exact thing. I am prepared to stall Erebuz until I am sure we can secure our futures together. I have everything I need in place. All I need is time Sirad. If you open His Cell... Everything I am about to do will be for nothing and Erebuz will run rampant across the Planes. Existence will die... At least with my plan we have a fighting chance!" Eve took a knee as she resumed her focus on the siphoning.

"You love me... Don't you?"

Sirad took another drink as she considered the situation, "There a complication... Erebuz thinks he knows all reality but in the end he may change how he does things, but so does the world. The Lucifer I am freeing if this fails is not the one he thinks of. In fact this was the one Mammon said was trapped in another dimension..." pausing she sighed, "I never loved anyone more, but it's never been about self-preservation for me... It's been about preventing the balance being destroyed... I may be what I am, but Eve you know as well I do, out of all beings on this fucking planet, I've done more to fight for this balance... and all they did is try undo it... I know I have done things utterly insane... but none of them, Erebuz, Levi, Armagius... None of them understand what we know. We know this because of Eden. None of them understand that good and evil must always exist and trying to end one or end both is insane." pausing she walked over and placed her hand upon Eve's shoulder.

"I am scared of Lucifer, but the way Mammon spoke this is not the Lucifer Erebuz knows, and I very much imagine it is much worse than we can truly comprehend. All he does is believes he is ahead of everyone, but really one thing Mammon taught me is such a thing is impossible."

Taking a breath, Sirad gave almost sorrowful look, "It not about winning. It is about balance. I am many things, but in the end the reason you and I have the sympathy of Gaia is we are not like most our kind. We don't wish for world domination. We simply want scales to be even... That being said... I still have my powers and this is my playground. Everything is defined by what I think... and there are secrets of Hell you only find out from sitting on that throne. Secrets that were never meant to be known. You want delays? I've got them in spades. I will not abandon my wife at her hardest moment, you be the tactician I shall be the one with the true power of this realm... I think it is time to wake up something..." taking a swig she gave a toothy grin.

Eve grinned a little and grunted a little "I believe in the Balance...but right now, Erebuz threatens that balance. He seeks to enact the Unweaving and restart the cycle. We cannot fight Erebuz directly and I have my plans. I beg you: Do not release Lucifer...unless we have absolutely no other choice. Let me try my plans... Let us see if we can quell this on our own together. The two daughters of Eden are formidable together... when our spirits and minds are focused on a single task. If this plan falls...then I will aid you in the release of Lucifer."

Of course Eve was going to do everything in her power to avoid that outcome, even going so far as to beg Yahweh and Leolik for aid in stopping Erebuz. She then closed her eye and breathed in deep "Here is what you can do my beloved. Raise the Labyrinth in the Wood of Suicides. keep them from entering the Abominable Sands. Awaken the one in the River of Boiling Blood and protect me here while I pull the power from the Circle. All of the evil souls here must be pulled and must rest within me. I will need their power to speak the Words I must."

A little perturbed she tried to think back, "I really got to keep my mouth shut at times... I must have told you about Abaddon somehow... He was imprisoned by the original Lucifer... as for a labyrinth... There is none, but I can create one... I can even expand it... and... possibly make it never-ending... It would take some power, but I imagine it could be done... Now whether it would slow him down long enough, I am very uncertain, but the woods are formed in a way that the longer you are lost in them, the less power you have. Nothing survives in them. I mean nothing... In fact there is only one exit to them if I do this... and it leads right to Earth..." pausing she took a swig, "The Suicide Woods of Japan. If they navigate out of the never-ending labyrinth they would find themselves away from Hell. Of course there is other outcomes, but those woods are crippling... Notice I avoid going through them, all are effected by what it spreads... It's not darkness - not even shadows. It's a crushing despair that all species feel... Long ago Leviathan once tried to take over before, his army was composed of similar nonsense like Erebuz and in the woods all his army was lost..."