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"Archduke, Prince. Titles change. And from what the curse looks like, its not completely finished, from a casual inspection, it looks like it was a spell to change you completely into a spider, that somehow went wrong and is only now taking effect. But now that I look a bit closer, the curse was weak enough that is only transformed you halfway- but seems to be gaining strength from the presence of Archdemons and those above them. Asmodeous said peering closer at the air around Andrew.

As his roar died he slowly made his way down the hill, his face stony but inside he churned and boiled, still full of grief and anger, knowing he wouldn't be fine until his father lay dead before him, his blood on the fox's lips. He approached Jareth/Admodeus and smiled coldly. "It helped some...you know nothing about me, so why assume? Hmm, Uncle?" he sneered. He suddenly grabbed Jareth's shirtfront and hauled him off his feet, holding him a foot off the ground. "Your brother will pay, mark my words he will! And so will you if you try to stop me, I don't care who's body you're in...threaten me or my family and you will feel the consequences." he snarled, his face a mask of injury and anger, knuckles white inside the unbreakable vice that was his gauntlet-covered paw.

Vickie hung back, knowing better than to interfere when her brother was this mad, and truthfully scared of him, hugging Lily for comfort, who watched silently while holding her cousin.

"I do not care how mad you are, Nephew. I do not even care that you plan to kill your Father, my Brother. BUT, NEVER DO YOU THREATEN OR LAY A FINGER UPON ME!" Asmodeous growled. He manifested an infinitesimal amount of his power and lifted Matashi himself into the air. His form shifted even more, until Asmodeous stood full-bodied in front of Matashi. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHELP?!?" he threw Matashi from him, tearing off a bit of his own shirt on the process. "Now, settle down, before you make a mistake you can't recover from, or something you regret, like hurting one of you friends over there." He pointed to Lily and. "You might as well blame her, if you want to blame me, she is also close to my Brother in relation."

Andrew reached up and tapped on his chin with one of his hands. "Either that, or Lust delayed the curse on purpose to make me suffer. I just have to wonder how far I'll wind up changing this time."

He imposed himself between both Matashi and the fully-formed Asmodeus and spread his hands out so three palms were facing each combatant. "THAT'S ENOUGH!! Both of you, calm down! We're both on the same side here, as far as I can tell, and infighting will only help Hell out."

He turned fully to Asmodeus. "My curse. Do you know how to reverse it before I change permenantly into a spider?"

"Other than completely destroying the demon who laid it upon you, or getting them to revoke it? No clue. Curses are very specific. And I don't deal in them." Asmodeous said.

Drisk had been walking through the base... if you could really call it walking, considering the fact that his feet were on the ceiling and attached by base sculpting holds over his shoes with every step. He had proceeded through some halls for quite some time in that manner, and the blood was really starting to fill in his head. But up ahead, he though he might have been able to see something... was that a group of people. Yes, yes it was! And one of them appeared to be Raphael, that must mean that they were back! Which also meant that his planes had worked, so it was good to know he hadn't been inadvertantly responsible for the death of a group. Running forward he yelled out happily "hi-" but that was the only word of the sentence he managed to say before forgetting to base sculpt a hold after stepping, and so Drisk crashed to the floor, which was followed by his getting up and rubbing the spot on his head where he landed.

Andrew looked down to the ground. "Damn. I just hope Lust is still alive so I can capture her and make her revoke it."

He then noticed that his skin was starting to feel too tight and he was having trouble breathing. "Asmodeus! (pant) (pant) Change back to human! I think... (pant) I think you're speeding it up!" The pressure was becoming painful. He collapsed to his knees.

Tetsuya began explaining what had happened. He told Kris everything that had happened during the fight, and how Aarna fell victim to Taishin. Tears of pain and sorrow streamed down his face as he told the story.

Matashi shook with rage as he rolled to his feet, blade unsheathed as Andrew stepped between the two of them. "Never call me whelp...the last man who did nearly lost an arm, and if he wasn't seconds faster he would have lost it...I got a souvenir from it too..." he said with a cold crooked smile and showed As the long jagged scar on his muzzle. "He's closer to your brother than any of us, it's his crazed adviser Ezekiel Ravenwing...former sin lord he was, forget which, but when he lost the power it drove him mad..." He pointed a finger at Lily. "You are far more wicked than that innocent girl ever could be, that's why I'm blaming you...nothing personal, eh?" he said with a harsh laugh. He sheathed his blade, never taking his gaze from his uncle.

"Fine, no problem. As long as you keep your hands to yourself, I have no quarrel with you."Asmodeous transformed back and Jareth rushed over to help Andrew up "Hey, you alright?"

Raphael walked over to Vickie "Vickie, your brother is going to need your help now more than ever. But with your current knowledge of your powers you may only slow him down...If you'll give me the chance, I'd like to help you develop them further. I won't push you into doing this, so Just think about it for a while and talk to me when you've made a decision."

Raphael walked over to where Drisk ((formerly Remnant)) had fallen to the ground "You ok there...hmm?..." Finally noticing that the base sculptor's hood and mask had been removed he chuckled as he offered his friend a hand to help him up "So...Am I right in assuming that Remnant is now in the past...Drisk..."

Andrew was struggling to breathe. It felt as if someone had enclosed his body in a suit of armor a few sizes too small for him. Around his joints the soft covering between the chitin plates was splitting open, revealing new material and a few thin ash-gray hairs.

When Andrew spoke, his voice was strained. "I can't breathe. My body's being constricted and crushed by the carapace." He looked up at Jareth. "I think I might be shedding it. Help me get it off. Please!"

Matashi looked to Andrew and slowly walked over, starting to tear open the shedding skin and rip it off. He was being a bit hard with it but he didn't want the man to suffocate. It also relieved some of his stress and took his mind off what was going on around him.

Vickie nods quietly. "I'd like that...I want to be as helpful as I can and this would greatly aid me. When can we get started?" she asked shyly. Lily hovered nearby, unsure what to do with herself and her body language expressed as much.

"Look out!" Jareth called to Matashi and partially transformed, turning his right hand into Asmodeous's claws. He ripped open the carapace like cheap paper over several key points, allowing Andrew to expose his chest and breathe, then break free after Jareth and Matashi, ripped off the rest of it.

As the carapace on Andrew's torso was torn off it revealed that his new body was covered by what appeared to be gray fur, though touching it revealed it to be chitinous. Andrew gasped, breathing deeply. As he did so, his torso began to swell and the carapace covering it began to harden.

As it swelled, the edges of his upper arm and leg plates began to press in around his hip and shoulder joints. Andrew reached over and stuck a fingertip under each of the plates on his upper arms and pulled slightly. The pressure of his growing body, plus the pulling, caused the plates to give off a ripping sound as they split open across the top and fell away.

Andrew repeated this with his upper leg, lower arm, and lower leg plates. As they were revealed, they began to swell as blood flowed into them. Andrew began tearing the plates off his hands and feet, allowing the blood to course into them. As the plates came off, they revealed that each of his fingers and toes had developed a fourth joint on top of the normal three, along with a larger and sharper claw than before.

Andrew opened his mouth wide, causing the flexible plate covering his face to split along his jawline. The lower part fell off, revealing a longer growth of 'hair' along the arachnid's jawline. The plates along his neck and the back of his head began to split right along the spinal column. After the split reached the top of his skull Andrew yanked the covering off, revealing that his eyes were now each covered by a chitinous layer, like a lens. He also had a new pair of eyes right on top of his smaller ones.

He blinked a few tiimes, discovering that he could once again make expressions include his eyes. He also shook his head, trying to cope with his new field of vision. After this, however, he found himself beginning to topple over. My muscles must have weakened... was his last thought as he toppled to the ground, unconscious.

If Andrew previously resembled a jumping spider, he now more closely resembled a wolf spider. His limbs were longer than before, and now designed to allow him to walk upright. His arms were long and lanky, about one-and-a-half times as long as a normal human's. His torso was taller and thinner than before, and a tiny abdomen, about the size of a softball, could be seen growing right above his hips. His original four eyes had grown larger in addition to him developing new eyes, and if his currently open eyes were anything to go by he now lacked eyelids. His fangs had grown larger and longer and their tips were now visible poking out of his closed mouth His entire body was covered with ash-gray 'fur', a contrast to the short, bristly tufts he had before. Even though his body hadn't completed expanding, it was already clear he would be at least as tall as some of the taller basketball players in the NBA.