The Final Bastion's Defense [MADNESS CAPITAL: DEAD RISING]

It only took an instant. Just one simple moment as Arianda's fortitude was broken by the sensations, feelings, words, that echoed through her mind. It was like a gunshot had deafened Ari for those brief moments as she crumpled to her knees suddenly; grasping at her head in that instant when her protection had been absorbed by Sylvia. It was like when Amphilogiai was out of control inside of her mind. Ari heard voices screaming for this and that. They wanted blood. They wanted to be let free. They WANTED to destroy everything in this area; to wreak complete, and utter, conflict and chaos. She felt such potent madness rising in her being. That madness, that insanity, that pure and sheer utter conflict that tried to tear at her ego; the voices ringing out for their want in ANNIHILATION.

She felt it like a hot knife was being buried into her; it was extraordinarily painful. The more baleful aspects of her energy, the more chaotic related, bled out of her being like it was trying to infect her and everything else. However, during this moment Arianda heard a voice; one that only she could hear at this exact point in time.

"Dammit Ari, you think you would know my voice by now! Such a trick really shouldn't fool you by now, hm~?"

The voice was one Ari did indeed know. It was, simply put, the child of Eris that was part of Ari now. The one who shared her powers with Ari and existed in her being; Amphilogiai. However, she did not expect her to look so much like, well, herself! Or, at least, akin to some of Ari's forms. Regardless of that, the demon could only stare as, Amphilogiai; walked out from behind Ari out of nothing. However, she had not appeared as a vision. No, she was corporeal; real like the concrete building below the demon. However, what didn't seem real was how her black hair would occasionally shimmer with blues, greens, reds, and a vast majority of colors that are not normally found in black hair. Not to mention, she did not look too amused despite her cute features. The reason for this became painfully clear when she walked next to Ari and slammed her fist into the back of Ari's head. Which, well, didn't do a whole lot except cause Ari to fall face first into the ground, get forced out of her release, and stop exuding that baleful energy.

Ari had to look up at Amphilogiai after recovering, seeing Sylvia struggle with something before she noticed some form of, well... release as the woman gained some sort of control; and she even increased the radius of Henrex's blessing. It at least allowed Ari to breathe a bit easier than before. She stared up at Amphilogiai, not entirely believing what she saw while staring at the woman who had been a part of her for a good few years now; but no words came to the demon. Instead, Amphilogiai was the one who spoke as she yanked Ari up to her feet and poked her nose quite hard.

"Listen up Vael! Stop trying to resist that madness and resist it! I'm the child of pure chaos, and you're the one who tried to help dear old mom not be a huge bitch! Welp, that didn't work, but you should be stronger than this! Pull up your skirt, brace your mind, and take up your weapon!"

Amphilogiai put her hands on Ari's shoulders and shook her a little bit. Clearly, she wanted to make sure her point was across.

"Ari... You can't give in to something as simple as this; not when you have those to help you. Like Sylvia, and even Yoriko; and especially me. After all, we need each other~"

The little demon with brilliantly blue eyes grinned before she started to fade; fading back into Ari before the demon was completely gone from that corporeal form. Even the form was gone as well. Arianda let out a soft groan as she rubbed the back of her head; looking at her surroundings before standing and growling under her breath.

She was not going to let this shit take her.

In a sudden burst of movement, Arianda dashed up into the air, her form becoming obscured by the growing storm; the lightning blurring her silhouette in light as the demon seemed to have changed forms. From the slight amount of details that could be gleamed, she seemed to have become at least a little bit more mature, had grown horns that extended past the top of her head, and she had an outfit change to boot. However, what probably was most alarming was how Arianda's right hand was raised; as if attempting to catch lightning. However, this was not her goal.

After that pep-talk from Amphilogiai, Arianda had resigned herself to use something she had only attempted once before while induced into madness by Mana; something she had only held onto as theory. However, she was putting it into some form of test as Arianda suddenly had a spear in her hand; made completely from her energy. However, that spear quickly grew to be the size of Ari to being roughly quadruple her size. Not to mention, the spear crackled with energy as Arianda let out a yell; throwing the spear into the depths of the horde. She threw the spear far enough away, from the building her allies were near, that it was supposed to basically incinerate most everything within about the range of a mountain; completely obliterating zombie and building alike. However, when Arianda slowly fell from her temporary perch in the clouds; she was back to her normal form.

The demon glided back down to the building as she soon directed her gaze towards the hole in the ground she had created. She growled again, stomping her foot; causing the chasm to grow in size briefly. However, she soon slammed it shut on top of the zombies she had imprisoned there; crushing them to powder with that action. However, Ari's brow was garnered with a bit of sweat; showing some sign of her own exhaustion. She flicked that sweat away from herself and grabbed her scissors; turning them into a scythe that also happened to be a rifle. She grabbed the weapon, turning it into the scythe form; using the blade as a monopod as she shot into the horde with bullets made from her own energy. This way, Arianda was doing her best to hold back demons without going down onto the ground. Not to mention, she was no longer relying on a release for the potent destructive power. She was saving that for something later if she needed to. However, right now Ari was just trying to make sure everyone she knew came out safe. She couldn't bear it if she lost anyone in this conflict. Ari may be no hero, but she sure as shit was going to try and do good.