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Nation Information:
The Nations
Land of Aether (by Zaealix)
Description: Etheria is a place off illusions and second-guessing, if you were to ask any other type of elemental. Few regard the aetherians kindly, due to an arrogance borne of the sheer power of their dimensional shields, and immortality magics. In the war, Aether was however, focused by the elements capable of penetrating these defenses, meaning their numbers are significantly lower than one would expect. In general, Aethers nowadays tend to come across as strangely 'controlled' and remarkably patient, though it's thought that this is to improve relations damaged in the war, as opposed to their true natures...
Population: Unknown
Government: Unknown
Known for: Being mysterious, I guess
Abilities:
Lighting - Aethers who study energy are capable of, as they put it 'rubbing the two planes together' and somehow generating a lightning bolt that can be fired at their enemies. The range, power, and time spent charging all vary depending on the elemental's skill.
Parallel Universe - By looking in the dimensional gate in Etheria, Aethers can 'poke' through to other dimension, pulling through other creatures, and in rare cases when the elemental is extremely skilled with this art, other elementals. These dimensional 'guests' to this world are only maintained as long as the Aether can manage it, which varies depending on the strength of the Aether and the 'guest'
Lobotomizer - Teal Swords that are crafted with the power to unleash an electrical attack that will fry the target's memory. Elementals usually recover in a few days time, though there are still a fewe unfortunate victims who will never awaken from a vegatative state. These swords confund most elementals, but Aethers have no trouble with utilizing these weapons.
Land of Air
Description: The Land of Air is respected and has good relations among the other kingdoms. The Land of Air is a popular vacation spot due to its beach-like weather (although there is the occasional windstorm), bustling marketplaces, and beautiful sights. The other kingdoms (in varying degrees) depend on the Land of Air for food and other goods. Most Air Elementals are skilled artisans and farmers, while others are traveling merchants and diplomats. Air Elementals are easy-going, free spirited, friendly, and prefer not to fight. They are always willing to help others in need and frequently sacrifice economic or physical well-being to aid other nations or individuals.
Population: Large
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Known for: Artisans, marketplaces, weather, farms
Abilities:
Flight - Some Air Elementals have the ability to grow Wings for a short period of time, enabling them to fly short distances.
Shockwave - Air Elementals that have studied magic can produce Shockwaves using the strength of air. These Shockwaves, depending on the ability of the user, can push objects around, send other Elementals flying, or even generate small earthquakes.
Eagle's Eye - Air Elementals who have mastered archery are precise, deadly, and extremely quick when wielding a bow and arrow.
Land of Darkness
Description: The Land of Darkness consists of average cities of towns, yet many resemble ghost towns - dark, deserted, and eerie. The absence of light and activity is simply due to the nature of the native Elementals, however. Darkness Elementals are reclusive, quiet, and also very intelligent, however they can be great companions if they choose to. They are stereotyped to be theives and assassins because of their uncanny hiding and sneaking abilities, but this is just a result of limited interaction between Darkness Elementals and others. In reality, Darkness Elementals can share the same amicable qualities as Air Elementals, yet many choose not to.
Population: Medium
Government: Direct Democracy
Known for: Intelligence, sneaking ability
Abilities:
Cloak - Darkness Elementals can blend in with shadows and the night sky. In dark areas, they can become completely invisible to the average elemental's eyes. Any sudden movements will nullify the cloak, so Darkness Elementals must move slowly to avoid being seen.
Steal - Darkness magicians have the ability to steal small objects without actually touching their target. In a small area around the user, any items can be stolen; they simply disappear and reappear in the possession of the user. Some Elementals have learned to watch valuable objects in case they vanish, because the thief is always near.
Vampire Dagger - A user can steal the very life energy of living beings that this weapon touches, weakening the target and healing the user.
Land of Death
Description: Few Elementals know what lies within the Dead Marshes. The residents of the Dead Marshes are extremely xenophobic, and take a special interest in squashing living things beneath their... walking appendages. They bear a special hatred for Life and Air (by nerd1). While most Elementals regard Death with distate, they will form shaky relationships to avoid negative relations with a shunned Death Elemental. Death Elementals themselves are lazy but will act when needed. They usually avoid others due to being disliked.
Population: Small
Government: Anarchy
Known for: Being disliked
Abilities:
Plague - A particularly malicious spell; Death Elementals that cast Plague will inflict sickness to living beings in a small area around them. It is usually not fatal, most Elementals react with discomfort of varying degrees, while some receive diseases or are bedridden for days.
Bonewall - A Death Elemental can generate a solid mass of bones, tightly knit and plentiful to avoid breaking down. These bones can be used to encase an area, block a path, etc. It takes meticulous care to find weak, breakable spots in a Bonewall. Brute force works as well, although either method requires time.
Arsenic - This weapon will inflict a poison upon any living thing it touches, which will slowly spread and eventually kill the target. The time of death depends on the target's size and natural protection. For a normal Elemental it may take only a couple hours, but for a strong Earth Elemental it may take days. There are few cures to this poison, but they do exist.
Land of Earth
Description: Located within the Earthen Mountains, the Land of Earth is rich with minerals and other natural resources. The Land of Earth is allies with Gravity and Fire Elementals, who share common interests and tastes. Earth Elementals are stolid and phlegmatic, although they are friendly and caring to their friends and family. They are also among the strongest Elementals, using their natural brawn in the mines deep within the mountains. They will protect to the death the things they care about most.
Population: Medium
Government: Representative Democracy
Known for: Mines, natural resources, strength
Abilities:
Basilisk Blood - Using magic, Earth Elementals can petrify objects for a short period of time, cancelling all movement. The affected area and time petrified is based on the user's magic power.
Stone Skin - Elementals that have studied the natural earth have gained the ability to transform their body into a rock formation, impervious to almost anything bu immobilizing the user.
Pulverizer - Crafted by the best blacksmiths of the Kingdom of Gravity, this weapon is honed to destroy structures, both natural and artificial. It is mostly used in the mines but can also be deadly in battle.
Land of Entropy
Description: Few Elementals venture into the Chaos Triad, and even fewer are welcomed by the Entropy Elementals that live their-in, however, Life Elementals are usually welcome, as the residents of the Chaos Traid see something of themselves in the chaos of life. Entropy Elementals also treat with Darkness Elementals, being creatures of chaos, all have some darkness within them. Their greatest enemies are the Gravity and Aether Elementals, each symbolizing order. They are neutral towards most other elements (by nerd1). Entropy Elementals are mysterious and observative, they prefer solitude and quiet environments such as the meadows in the Kingdom of Life. Their chaotic magical practices can be dangerous, yet powerful if wielded in the right way.
Population: Medium
Government: Anarchy
Known for: Magicians, Chaotic Energy
Abilities:
Chaos Power - Entropy Elementals harness chaotic energy to bestow benefits to a target. These benefits may include physical, mental, or magical abilities, but even the spellcaster him/herself cannot predict what the target will receive.
Mutation - This spell alters the genetic structure of a biological target, changing their very genotype. Using this spell is highly discouraged and is a crime in eleven nations, so many magicians or scientists experiment in the Chaos Triad, most on themselves.
Discord - This weapon inflicts a strange condition upon living objects that it touches. Among Elementals it has been noted to cause confusion, amnesia, hallucinations, or even mental disorders. The scrambling effect it creates normally last for a few minutes, but in extremely rare cases can exist for much longer, even permanently.
Land of Fire
Description: The Land of Fire, located around Mount Vulcan, exceeds temperatures that most Elementals can bear and therefore receives few visitors. Fire Elementals are ostentatious, prideful, and like to brag, but they are also loyal and moral. They are also aggressive and quick to act without thinking in certain situations. However, they will always make the decision they deem as "right." Because of their nature, they boast a strong military, and the kingdom itself is disliked by the more peaceful nations.
Population: Large
Government: Dictatorship
Known for: Military strength, Mount Vulcan
Abilities:
Immolation - By sacrificing an object, a Fire Elemental can cause a burst of flame that empowers the ability of nearby Elementals and generates a strength of pure fire.
Fire Bolt - Fire magicians can summon a Fire Bolt from the sky to obliterate a target area. Experienced magicians can even generate a rain of fire. This is a destructive spell used only in battle.
Fahrenheit - The strength of the Fahrenheit increases with the fervor of its user. A rage-filled warrior in the heat of battle can cause the sword to emit flames and scorch the opposition.
Land of Gravity
Description: The harsh environment of the Gravity Basin breeds massive creatures. Gravity Elementals don't bear any particular ill will towards any of the other elements, however the unforgiving terrain of the Gravity Basin is an unintentional deterrent towards most other Elementals, although the occasional Fire Elemental can be found (by nerd1). They have good relations with the Land of Earth, with whom they trade finished products for raw materials that are abundant in the mountains. There are relatively few Gravity Elementals, and they prefer to stay within their own nation. Gravity Elementals are master blacksmiths and produce the greatest armor and weapons in the world. Gravity Elementals are hard-working but also love a good time; among others they are gregarious and loud.
Population: Small
Government: Representative Democracy
Known for: Blacksmiths
Abilities:
Gravity Pull - Gravity Elementals focus on an object while casting this spell, and said object emits a gravitational force that attracts things around it. Larger objects generate a larger gravitational force. Size capability is based on the proficiency of the user.
Acceleration - This ability can be used to drive the target into a berzerker-like state: striking with increasing power, but at the price of eventually killing the target unless they are restored to their senses (by Zaealix).
Titan - Wielding the trademark weapon of the Kingdom of Gravity, these hardened veterans are masters with the destructive hammer crafted specially for Gravity Elementals.
Land of Life
Description: The Land of Life is a peaceful and welcoming nation that avoids violence of all kinds. The landscape is breathtaking and arguably the most beautiful place on the continent. The location houses a myriad of exceptional plant species. Life Elementals are very benign, selfless, calm, rarely getting angry or showing distaste. They are great friends and respected by fellow Elementals. Their only weakness is their susceptibility to manipulation.
Population: Medium
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Known for: Beauty, flora and fauna, healing
Abilities:
Adrenaline - This spell energizes and rejuvenates a target, heightening physical ability to inhuman levels. The effects usually last for a couple minutes, but veteran spellcasters can increase the time of the enhancement.
Empathetic Bond - This ability allows its user to connect with another living being, be it Elemental or creature. The user learns of many emotional and spiritual tendencies of the target, as well as their emotional motivations for recent actions.
Druidic Staff - Crafted by Life magicians, this staff has an immense capacity for healing wounds. Life Elementals with these are famous for their unmatchable ability to cure almost any ailment or injury.
Land of Light
Description: The Land of Light is a raw material exporter, they provide the other kingdoms with clothes, lumber, spices, etc, and also some manufactured goods such as tools. Their society is very similar to that of the Land of Air. Light Elementals are noble, trustworthy, and righteous. They are very strong willed and persevering.
Population: Large
Government: Monarchy
Known for: Exports
Abilities:
Blessing - Using magic, Light Elementals can boost the physical and mental capacity of a target for an extended period of time. This is a noticable but not drastic change, usually used to increase output.
Holy Light - This spell illuminates the area around the caster, pacifying negative emotions, removing stress, and bringing absolute peace and tranquility to nearby Elementals.
Morning Glory - A majestic, beautiful sword that is unbreakable in the hands of a Light Elemental. Even against the most powerful spells and physical blows it receives no scratch.
Land of Time
Description: The desert of time - a place with a depressing motto (at least for Gravity blacksmiths): Time erodes everything, eventually. Some say that the desert sands once formed a colossal clock. Others say that it will one day be made into an enormous glass sculpture of beauty. Time Elementals take punctuality very seriously, and an insult amongst them is to be late, though they are less strict about this towards the other Elementals. It is a sign of personal skill and talent to accumulate crafted objects: reversing time improperly can revert an object to the components that comprise it, while fast-forwarding will reduce it to dust, years of neglect occurring within seconds. Time creatures are often very long-lived, and autonomous almost from birth, to help combat the frequent time distortions (by Zaealix).
Population: Small
Government: Direct Democracy
Known for: Timekeeping, ability to control time (to a certain extent)
Abilities:
Precognition - Time Elementals who have devoted significant study to magic can view events in the future. At lower levels the future sight is usually unclear and confusing, but expert magicians can target specific time periods or locations, or can remember the future event like a memory.
Hourglass/Sundials - Used to enhance the effects of time on oneself, the speed varies depending upon the craftsmanship of the timekeeping device (by Zaealix).
Eternity Staff - Skilled members of the Eternal order fight using this staff that enhances the natural ability to utilize Reverse Time, and enables it in elementals unskilled in the art of manipulating time. Each one has been preserved for thousands of years to ensure the staffs do not revert to the raw materials, even after prolonged usage without being temporally accelerated (by Zaealix).
Land of Water
Description: While many Water Elementals reside underwater, the city of Atlantis and, to a lesser extent, the Frozen North, are home to these Elementals. Atlantis boasts extraordinary architecture and a unique fusion of water and solid surfaces. Water Elementals cannot stand being on land for long periods of time (pun maybe intended), but some have gotten used to living on dry earth. Water Elementals are smart, chatty, and active, but are also stubborn and physically weak.
Population: Medium
Government: Representative Democracy
Known for: Architecture, ability to live underwater
Abilities:
Ice Bolt - Water magicians can cast this spell, which hurls a large ball of ice at a target area, exploding into water and sharp shards of ice that can drown or pierce.
Freeze - Residents of the Frozen North have developed the ability to freeze at will. Many can freeze small objects, while more proficient users can solidify entire Elementals in ice.
Trident - This weapon is crafted to destroy structures; it can generate tremors in the ground which causes Elemental and building alike to fall to the ground.
Alliance List
Earth-Fire-Gravity
Air-Life-Water-Light-Time
Darkness-Death
Entropy-Aether
Encyclopedia:
Elemental Classification : False God (Written by Zblader)
Used to a classify 29 semi-deitic elementals and 1 'honorary member' with their properties, the False Gods are a loosely defined 'group' of powerful entities whose dominant elements give them massive power and control over the world of magic, possibly even more than some of the weaker rulers of the Elemental Realms. While they are usually skilled in a certain element(s), their elemental composition (and by extension, spellcasting skill) consists of a large amount of all 12 elements and possibly even more than the core twelve. Despite this, they are content to serve as the wardens and caretakers of the realms, acting by their own choice and only bringing out the full extent of their power when needed.
False Gods generally tend to specialize in certain elemental abilities as well, allowing them to brandish stronger versions of more common elemental abilities. As these 'Improved Cards' are discovered, they can be listed in their profile.
Null Creatures/Singularity
Null monsters make no noise, having an almost audible silence. They radiate an aura of negativity, causing anxiety and sickness to nearby elementals. They are impervious to regular physical damage, easily regenerating, being only weak to massive amounts of elemental energy. They move medium-slow, and leave no trace behind when defeated. They come in different forms and shapes, but have a similar null color scheme. (by furballdn) When null creatures and living beings touch, their inherent opposite nature "cancels out" and both beings become nonexistent.
The Singularity is the aggregate of null energy that exists in unstable realms. It is created by the absence of a stable form of energy, and its properties mutate and develop over time. It in incapable of thought on its own, it just exists and naturally changes. The Singularity is naturally spontaneous.
Stable/Unstable Realms and Planes
Information here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg523400.html#msg523400).
Character/Event Information:
Notable NPCs (Elementals)Dimentio Revane (:aether): Revane, a notorious criminal, was initially incarcerated for impersonating various high-power officials to his own ends. Using his powerful Parallel Universe ability, Dimentio escaped by creating copies of himself and traveling through other universes to reach his destinations. Currently, he is a rogue, searching the vast globe to find a secure hiding place. (by thispersonisagenius)
Lady Isharugi/Lord Isharugi (:aether): Two Aether nobles that were given control of two "stable" realms. They prefer to live in solitude in isolated, protected Aether environments. They frequently visit other realms.
Mya (:air): Mya is the queen of the Land of Air. While she has relatively little power, she is a potent representative and very popular with the Air citizens. She is charming, abhors unnecessary violence, and considers her people before anything else when making decisions.
Adrianne (:darkness): Adrianne, beautiful yet manipulative, is the younger sister of Zerath. She has an unnerving habit of probing an individual's mind, heart, and soul before exposing herself.
Zerath (:darkness): The elected ambassador of Darkness, Zerath is a well-known figure to the other nations. He is slender and of average height. He is extremely intelligent and pensive, never acting with haste or emotion. While some are wary of his cold, piercing blue eyes and silent demeanor, he has only good intentions for his allies and his people.
The Ferryman (:death): The Ferryman, a rotting, disgusting corpse of a Death Elemental, has the ability to communicate with the deceased. Few choose to seek his help, but because he is the only living being with this ability, wise and rich Elementals beseech him for his expertise.
Fallen Druid (:entropy): The only Fallen Druid in existence. He has the ability to mutate other organisms without fear of death or a hideous Abomination forming.
Galnath (:fire): A Fire Elemental sent to discover the origin of the enigmatic energy source. He is a spellcaster with the ability Fire Bolt.
Sorall (:fire): Lord Sorall leads the Land of Fire. He is large even for a Fire Elemental, bulking and powerful. He is hot-headed and vigorous, often blurting out what most others would keep secret, but he is a just and fair ruler.
Cameron (:gravity): A soldier in charge of operating Catapults. He has a bond with a tame Charger known as Saph.
Eden (:life): A traveling healer who possess uncanny healing magic and the ability to bond with all creatures. He is considered one of the greatest healers in the world.
Vivor (:life): Vivor, the Emperor of Life, rules his kingdom well, as he and his wife Vitalia are able to maintain peace within their kingdom. Though Vivor is not high up in the rankings of the 12 elemental Leaders, others respect him for his leadership. His ability, Adrenaline, makes him formidable as he can control and use it for long periods of time. His current biggest worry is his son, Ferocio. (by thispersonisagenius)
Lady 'Ammy' Amaterasu (:light): Formely a Magus of the White Sage House, Amaterasu is the recently crowned queen of Light, a benevolent woman who encourages peace, friendly negotiations, and open trade, but conceals it behind a spy network that has established an alliance with Darkness. Her motif is the Mother Wolf - benevolent to her children and fierce, but aloof. She is conflicted about how much she really follows the virtues of Light, but in the dark times of the post war world she will put universal survival first. She can project herself as an illusion of light, usually as an animal. Since she usually doesn't fight, the rest of her abilities are currently unknown. (by Zblader)
King 'Heli' Helios (:light): Formerly a prince of the White Shield House, King Helios is the recently crowned king of Light. He retains an optimistic nature, having not been fully tainted by the burden of elemental politics yet. He is known to be a warrior of great charisma and wisdom, though the coming times will test his mantle as the King to the strongest degree. (by Zblader)
Eclipse Evanescence (:light): One of the Light spies involved in the Darkness/Light alliance, Eclipse fits his name in almost every way - he possesses the ability to manifest Darkness "Moon Ravens" that can investigate multiple areas at once and communicate with other elementals, and can also summon Light "Solar Hawks" that emit blinding flashes of light to blind enemies. For all his skills, though, he's not that great in direct combat, and is forced to resort to trickery and pragmatism to win any conflicts he is involved in. (by Zblader)
Kuraz (:light): A mage student belonging to a House of Light, Kuraz's high position leaves him slightly overbearing and brutally direct at times. Accustomed to getting his way, he use his investigative methods to find what he wants to accomplish the goals given to him. He is a student specialized in monoLight . (by Zblader)
Jenkins (:light): A prideful... 'fighter' descending from the self-proclaimed 'House of Chicken', Jenkins is supposedly one of the stupidest people to ever exist in the Light Realm. Always picking and losing fights, his pride remains untarnished by his sheer 'bravery' and his JAR OF DIRT. His 'swordship' skills are only further 'augmented' by his almighty Dagger. (by Zblader)
Mobius (:water): Mobius is a Frost Monarch (lololol reference), the strongest Elemental capable of Ice Magic alive. He is one of the most potent spellcasters in the world. His appearance (http://horadoduelo.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/imagem19.jpg) (art by Yugioh).
Notable NPCs (Otherwordly/False God/Immortal/etc)By ZBlader (Akebono/Divine Glory/Lionheart):
Name : Akebono
Gender : Male
Element : :gravity
Known Improved Cards :
Focused Black Hole - Instead of indiscriminately draining energy from all targets in range, can selectively drain individually targeted elementals in the same area. Can also specify which energies are drained, if Akebono needs a certain type of pure energy but doesn't want another element mixing with it.
Bio: An armored giant who enjoys riding Massive Dragons, Akebono is a False God who does not like actions without reason and ensures that his opponents will be -definitely- crushed with his overwhelming force. The recent disruption in the balance of elemental energies has left him worried, as he strives to make sure the realms on both sides of Lady Isharugi's 'elemental sphere' will not consume each other in mindless conflict.
Name : Divine Glory
Gender : Female
Element : :light :fire
Known Improved Cards :
Morning Sun : An indestructible blade of pure light, unable to be destroyed by anything, even if said 'anything' is not known to her or involves an unorthodox tactic like wiping the blade from existence or aging it to the point of oblivion. It sometimes seems to move on it's own even when Divine Glory is unconscious, (and thus unable to control Animated Weapon), making some question whether the actual Divine Glory is the woman or the sword.
Bio: A young and spirited warrior, Divine Glory tries to keep the image of a veteran warrior hardened by battle but is really quite soft and timid when you get to know her. Seemingly unfazed by the potential crisis, she views the impending Void 'invasion' as the ultimate test of cooperation between the elements, known and unknown. When not wearing her helmet, her flaming red hair and eyes are a great inspiration to many on the battlefield.
Name : Lionheart
Gender : Male
Element : :time :aether :light
Known Improved Cards :
Temporal Placement : An eldritch mix of Reverse Time and Quintessence, Lionheart can place himself in any temporal state of being he wishes to be, while retaining his intelligence. This makes him a great spy, able to become a quiet unspoken child one second and a roaring warrior of destruction the next.
Phantom Eternity : An Eternity enchanted with sheer amounts of Aether, it has the ability to not only cast the standard-fare Reverse Time but can also cast what he describes to be 'Freeze Time' and 'Forward Time', with one briefly freezing an elemental in place while the other moves them forward in the endless steam of time.
Bio: His real form being a blond-bearded warrior with shining white eyes, Lionheart loves the glory of battle and can often be seen observing the most recent Arena fight or an Elemental Academy's military training. Despite this, he is well aware that war will not solve everything and is willing to openly negotiate with the other elements to prepare for what might be the greatest battle of all time. Doesn't have a good sense of humor, though he tries.
Mouth of the Void (:underworld): This Otyugh seems to have the ability to open void portals at will, and often brings along hordes of lesser creatures to this world. Strangely enough, the creatures, as well as the Otyugh itself, are more akin to beings from the known elemental world, instead of true 'Void' beings... (by Zaealix)
??? (:time): A Time magician capable of seeing the future through precognition. He is the only Elemental alive with the power to accurately pinpoint the location and time of occurrence of an event he witnesses in his visions. His appearance (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/Chromat/timeksketchfin.jpg) (art by Krava (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33229.0.html)). [No one is allowed to control this character except me.]
Name : ???
Gender : ???
Element : 'Fate' ((http://i.imgur.com/UPZsF.png) ) , (???)
Bio: ???
Always appearing in a light-grey teal cloak, this mysterious stranger can only be present for the duration his Watch 'Kronos' allows him to, but his ability to manifest his power to adapt to any situation more than makes up for it. His abilities are all based on the various mythology throughout the world known as 'Earth'. He appears to be fully aware of the impending doom for both worlds, and seeks to prevent it. It is implied that he prefers to 'screw destiny' rather than following what it tells him to do. (Character by ZBlader)
Notable EventsImportant Posts:Setting (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg522705.html#msg522705)
More setting (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg523400.html#msg523400)
Plot twist! (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg528426.html#msg528426)
Map: (by vrt)
(http://www.vrt-designs.com/stuff/elements/elemaps.png)
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Player Characters
:air Legit - Velethan (Air)
Name: Velethan
Element: Air
Description: Velethan is a soldier in his mid-twenties. He is tall and muscular with short hair. Being a soldier, he is tough and unforgiving, but underneath he is kind and fights for righteousness. He is skilled both in hand-to-hand combat and in archery.
Background: Born into a family of carpenters, Velethan showed a knack for fighting and enrolled in a military school. His exceptional skills led to promotions and recommendations, and allowed him to perform special reconnaissance missions for the Queen herself.
Ability: Eagle's Eye
Item: Fog Shield - When used, a fog envelops the area around the Elemental and obscures the view of anyone nearby.
:air furballdn - Renato Feng (Air)
Name: Renato Feng
Element :air (:death) [Appearance of an Air Elemental]
Description: A rather bookish fellow with long dark hair that sometimes covers his eyes. Has glasses from reading too much. His mother was an air elemental, while his father was a death elemental that disappeared. Hasn't explored too much, but has read plenty of books and gathered a lot of knowledge. Farthest he has gone was to the desert of time to study some of their ancient texts.
Ability: Has quite a lot of knowledge, but not much practical experience. Has a flesh spider as a pet and is pretty strong.
Item: Sword left by his father.
:darkness Annele - Astasia (Darkness)
Name: Astasia [Annoctatio]
Element: :darkness
Description:
Female, 16, 5'13
Pale skin; slight freckles on her nose; long, dark, wavy hair, violet eyes, quite pretty. She had a crush on the popular, over-arrogant Fire elemental who had moved to the Land of Darkness to spend time with his cousins. However, when she learnt of the Fire Lord's deed, she blanked him, just when he was starting to take notice of her.
Background:
She is slightly reserved, as both her parents died when she was 3. She was raised by her grandmother, an :aether elemental, forced to hide her race due to the scorn of the Aether Nation throughout the Land of Darkness. She taught Astasia how to survive, and also many secrets of the Aether nation. Astasia's grandmother finds joy in the girl, though she is disappointed that Astasia's anger and determination can sometimes cloud her judgement.
When she turned 15, her grandmother admitted to her that her parents did not die of a virus, they were in fact killed by the Fire Lord Sorall in one of his rages. Horrified by this, Astasia became hostile towards the Fire Nation, and would not accept any of there help when the Fire trainers came to town. As there is now a large gap in her training, her grandmother has sent her off to the Dead Marshes to train. ("If anyone can get in, it's you.")
Abilities:
Cloak. She can disguise herself well when necessary.
Item: Vampire Dagger. Why create a ruckus when one can just slip a dagger through their ribs and draw on their power?
:entropy Arum - Psyphoenix (Entropy)
Name: Psyphoenix
Element: Entropy
Description: A person who somehow confused time, changing it around his body. He is ageless, having lived for millennia. Parts of him are decomposed, steadily turning to dust, and yet, somehow, the time flux continues to make his skin"regenerate".
Background: Having been a permanent victim of the Blade of Discord, he has no memory except for the ones he has created himself.
Ability: The power to control each and everything that passes through an invisible sphere, only 1 1/2 feet at it's widest. Can also sometimes expand his sphere, but other players can control his dome if they are in it when he expands it. Also, his sphere is in a different reality, so if they die in the dome, they are transported to the different reality, but if they are simply hurt, and pull the hurt part out, it will be as if nothing had happened.
Item: A shard from the Blade of Discord, strapped to his hand, creating a knifelike punch.
Anything else: The character is based off Scarlet Witch, The Phoenix, The Living Mummy, and Psylocke from X-Men. XD
Also to clarify, he can be hurt and killed, the "regeneration" only affects the Time Flux.
:entropy nerd1 - Grenexus (Entropy)
Name: Grenexus
Element: Entropy
Description: Has a stable, human form (which is actually pretty rare for entropy elementals) He's 6'6, but his weight and eye color tend to fluctuate rapidly, not because of any habit,but because of his inner nature. His hair shifts randomly between black and brown, but his face is stable, and has a high set brow and evenly spacd teeth, although the amount of baby fat changes rapidly, because of his weight changes.
Personality: Nuetral Chaotic. Doesn't have any particulaur moral code,and causes chaos for fun, but isn't truly evil, and usually tries to do good, if only becase then he has partial immunity against the law. Enjoys cooking, but doesn't enjoy eating what he cooks.
Background: Born (spawned? Budded?) Into exiistance somewhere between 80 and 200 years ago, but his entropy level only decreased enough for sentience about 16 years ago. Hopes to eventually cause enough chaos to return to his original form, even if he loses his sentience, but until then he wants to stay alive and enjoy life. Moved from the land of entropy to the land of life when he was 10 by stowing away,then pretenting he was a druid when found out. Lived in a shack until recently, attempting to stitch animals together to create a chimera. He left after hearing a rumor about a possible war, which he, as a creature of chaos, would have felt right at home in.
Abilities: Pandemonium. Instead of arming himself with a weapon or sheild, Grenexus simply packed two pandemonium spells, which brought his "cooldown" time to 2 minutes instead of 4. With minimum cooldown, pandemonium deals a random effect to three or four random people within Grenexus's line of sight (including possibly his comrades.) If he lets his spell cool down for longer, however, if affects more people, and usually deals more harmful effects. While pandemonium is reloading, he uses the fist of the nose hair /joke.
:gravity Zaealix - Ireidia Maxsus (Gravity)
Name:Ireidia Maxsus
Element: :gravity
description: Short Purple hair-a few shades darker than 'tanned' skin, 8.5 (gravity elementals I imagine to usually be some of the biggest around, to better match their creatures..), wears glasses to correct vision.
Background: Ireidia is a young Gravity warrior, with only six months of experience under her belt. She's more or less had an ordinary life, although she's always had an interest in some of the 'unusual' gravity powers, as her fellow gravity elementals would describe it.
Abilities: Black Hole- A strange ability not often used by gravity elementals, Ireidia can temporarily 'pull' the magic out of an area into herself, healing her injuries (If she has any.)
Other: Ireidia is in possession of a Titan, however she has yet to master it's full potenial.
:life thispersonisagenius - Ferocio Vivis (Life)
:life Name: Ferocio Vivis
Element: :life / :earth
Description: Male, 14, 6'2" russet brown skin; heavy, muscular build; piercing green eyes; short mohawk hairstyle, stubbly beard; a wide band around the biceps of each arm, encrusted with the insignia of Earth; a flexible, dark green sleeveless shirt branded with the insignia of all elements with the insignia of life in the center; plain, brown pants, torn at the bottom
Background: Born into a royal lineage stretching back almost to the creation of Life, Ferocio's only wish is to life his life to the fullest. Though his relatives attempt to restrain him from being too wild, his inner passion is to be free. Will fight to the death with anything that dares to restrain him, and exudes power over all in his presence. Surprisingly fast, his pastime is roaming the forest with the most powerful beasts of all elements, strengthening himself and becoming the most powerful human he can be. Ferocio often acts before thinking, simply blasting through whatever stands in his way. Due to his physical dominance, Ferocio attracts the attention of many girls, though he has eyes for only one: Princess Gaea of the Earthen Mountains, who he has long been friends with since they met at the edges of their own empires. The two often meet up in small areas of each others' lands to share their lives and get to know each other.
Ability: Adrenaline Rush (when angry or overly emotional, Ferocio grows to the size of a Steel Golem, and becomes physically almost impossible to overcome, however more emotionally and mentally unstable to the edge of insanity)
Item: Pulverizer (his weapon of choice, crafted by his more reserved uncle to maximize his power potential)
:light/ :darkness Zblader - Lyra (Light) / Shaden (Darkness)
Name: Lyra
Element: Light
Description:
Short blonde hair, light skin, 6' 0"
Has heterochromia: One blue eye, one green eye
Female
Background: Hailing as a prodigy from the Light Academy of Sanctum Solaris, Lyra specializes in swordplay and usage of other elements, something rare in her kind. She has the aid of a strange spirit that possessed her when she was young and nearly resulted in her exile from :light.
Ability:
The Deck of Fools - A magical 'deck' composed of 52 cards and 4 suits (Spade,Club,Diamond,Heart) scattered throughout the world - these cards are easily usable as separate spells by mages but their real intent is to work with each other. Lyra and Shaden start off each knowing 1 card out of 52 at the beginning of their journey and may or may not acquire a full set of any suit.
Possess King Spade
A single sentence can start many stories.
Calls alternate persona Shaden to possess her.
Item:
Short Sword - Nothing spectacular, just your ordinary sword.
Anything else:
Name: Shaden
Element: Darkness
Description:
Dark hair, pale skin, 6' 0"
Fallen Angel (Spirit)
Male
Background: Shaden was an unfortunate Angel who had attempted to unify Light and Darkness by becoming a Fallen Angel. While accepted with open arms by Darkness, he was hunted down and killed by a group of Light zealots, but Lyra trapped his spirit before it could consumed by Death. He remains bitter but willing to continue his research into an energy never seen before by Light or Darkness - one of a strange magic he calls Void.
Ability:
The Deck of Fools - See Lyra's entry.
Possess Queen Spade
If you only have the end of a book, start trying to make a beginning for it.
Forces Lyra to reassume control of her body.
Item:
None.
Anything else:
N/A
:time Drake_XIV - Kairos Tempus (Time)
Name: Kairos Tempus
Element: Time :time
Description: Dark brown hair matted from the desert air and tanned skin, like leather, from working under the beating sun. He is usually clothed in a simple linen garb, but carries himself with an air of nobility, an inherent pride that has not worn away with time. He keeps a golden pendant around his neck with his family's seal.
Background: Heir to a forgotten nobility, Kairos has grown up in the Sands of Time, struggling in the desert just outside of the walls of Time's capital. With whatever is left of his dignity, Kairos fights to regain his family's name, despite being the last of his bloodline and being merely a grunt in a growing group of bandits. Unbeknownst to him, he has an inherent skill to reverse time without the assistance of Eternity due to his bloodline, but at the moment is unable to control that power, leaving him in more trouble whenever it accidentally goes off.
Ability: Eternity
Item: Procrastination [When it impacts an object, it is capable of delaying it and the space around it.]
Anything else:
:water ddevans96 - Bhever Raine (Water)
Name: Bhever Raine
Elements: :water (distant :aether ancestry)
Description:
Male, 19 years. ~5'10, ~150 pounds
Pale skin, down-spiked brown hair, teal eyes.
Swift and intelligent, but mediocre physical strength.
Loyal and caring, but often distant.
Abilities:
Water Control: Can change the state of water and water-based materials. Can absorb and then redirect water.
Items:
Caltrops: I'm keeping these from Special Powers. Consider this one Salestor's descendant.
Magic Wristband: Enhances water control and strengthens body tissue.
:water eaglgenes101 - Aquarius (Water)
Name: Aquarius (This is the name that he insists that everyone call him, his real name is something he hides)
Element: Water (With strong other affinities)
Description: A young man usually hidden away in a blue cloak (the clothing), but when he's not in it (like at home), it is obvious that he has short brown hair with a tiny amount of blue and blue eyes. He is friendly to elementals from the water alliance, less friendly to elementals from other alliances, and hostile to elementals that he deems insulting.
Background: Someone had the bright idea (sarcasm intended) to rape his grandmother, a water nymph, who then gave birth to his father because of this. Farther back, he sees several nonwater elementalists were some of his ancestors, making him partially other. He tries to keep it a secret, feeling it shaming him, but master precogers already know his history, partially because he defends it. He is strongly aligned by historical events, causing much of his prejudice. He wants to solve the problems he sees, and when he goes, he doesn't stop without a fight.
Ability: Nymph's tears- he can take a cup of his own tears and put it on at least 3 cubic meters of pillar to turn it into a nymph. Using less of either increases the risk that said nymph has something seriously wrong with her (missing body parts, frailty, that sort of thing). (Nymphs are NPCs, with attributes created by the GM)
Item: Giant collection of towers- he has a huge load of them, many of them collected from abandoned fields. He still feels that he's perpetually low on quanta.
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In a secluded cellar near the Palace of Air, the leaders of three prominent nations met in secret to discuss an urgent problem. Urgent may be an understatement, for this malicious development threatened the well-being of the entire world. It was unexplainable, sudden, surprising.
It was an explosion of energy, origin unknown, that spread throughout the entire continent in less than three minutes. Every Elemental felt a sharp spike in energy, agitating and frightening. Magicians could not isolate its source nor dissect its components. It was an alien energy, an undiscovered source of power. This enigma was regarded as a magical anomaly and promptly ignored, as it had no lasting affect. All Elementals were assured that there was no danger whatsoever.
But then it struck again. This time, it set off a chain reaction of disturbances. Natural disasters of all kinds - Earthquakes in the mountains, sandstorms in the desert, hurricanes near Atlantis and the Land of Air. Every living being felt the wrath of this mysterious power. There was no ignoring its significance this time. Unrest was widespread, Elementals everywhere heard countless rumors of the nature of this phemomenon. Was it the result of a crazy magician's experiments? Was it a natural occurrance? Was it a celestial or otherworldly presence? Or was it something else altogether?
Many Elementals demanded explanation, but even the most skilled magicians could not decipher the source. Rulers comforted their people, ensuring them that investigation was underway and no harm would befall them. Queen Mya of the Air Elementals witnessed the strength of this energy and knew she had to protect her people. She organized a meeting with the nations Fire and Darkness - populated and integral, she knew together they would make a keen decision.
The three figures stood around a circular table in a tiny, dimly lit room underneath ground level. Mya was dressed in the light blue, ornate robes of her people. Lord Sorall, with a dominating presence, overshadowed his peers with his massive body, dressed in a loose shirt and shorts. Zerath, donning a casual, dark suit, distanced himself from the other two.
"I bet it was those damn Entropy Elementals. Always messing around with their chaotic energy..." Sorall muttered, shaking his head.
"It's not Entropy." Zerath, expressionless, whispered almost inaudibly.
"Oh yeah?" Sorall took a huge step to place his gigantic frame inches from the slim Darkness Elemental. Sorall was twice the size of Zerath, towering over him like a mountain dwarfs a hill. "And how you would you know that?" His booming voice echoed throughout the room.
Zerath was unfazed. He peered straight into his superior's eyes with an almost unnerving, piercing stare. "This is not the doing of elementals. This is a foreign, alien force." Zerath said coolly.
This only enraged Sorall further. The Lord of Fire escalated his voice, enough to cause tremors on the ground floor above. "How do you know so much it, then? Would you like to enlighten us?" The occupants of the small room could feel the slight temperature range.
"Enough!" Mya interjected. "We will have no bickering here. I did not summon you here to argue. We must focus on the issue at hand."
After a few tense moments of silence, Sorall backed off and sighed in surrender. "I have no leads. No information. Surely the magicians of a nation like, say, time, would know something about this.?" he stated.
"I have already contacted all the other nations, save for Entropy and Aether." Mya replied. "They also have no intelligence at this moment."
Sorall slowly paced the room, arms crossed. Zerath, still situated in the same spot of the room, was silent. He was deep in thought.
"Well, it's obvious that we should communicate with Entropy and Aether. But the Chaos Gate has been closed for a while now, and Aether...good luck breaking through that barrier around Etheria." the Sorall said.
"I have contact with Entropy. I will ask them for any information on the subject." Zerath replied.
Silence yet again overtook the room. Sorall stared suspiciously at Zerath for a moment, then quickly shifted his gaze and began pacing.
Mya spoke next. "The Gravity Elementals must have some way to get past the Dimensional Shield around Etheria..." she mused.
Sorall lit up. "Ah, yes! Last I heard they were developing Catapults that could bypass anything."
Mya nodded. "Excellent. I will send one of my men there. Can you send one of your soldiers to the Land of Gravity as well, Sorall? Those Aether Elementals have isolated themselves for too long."
The Fire Elemental smiled. "I can, m'lady."
"The time difference between the two outbreaks was roughly a week. We may have a few days before another power surge occurs to find some information. Let's hope we are successful." Mya concluded. "You know your duties. Together we can solve this mystery and protect our people. Meeting ajourned."
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Renato looked up from the document he was reading. It wasn't often that he felt so distracted. He had originally thought that something was off, but he had just brushed it off as the fact that he had eaten nothing all morning. Renato cleared off the scrolls and papers and stretched. He hadn't gone out in a while, and he was feeling pretty hungry. Renato looked at his tiny snoozing flesh spider off in the corner of the table. Renato thought that there was no need to disturb Libellum's tiny nap so he got up and prepared himself to go out. Renato never really liked actually going outside and mingling with people, but his stomach was really aching, and he still felt quite odd, ever since the morning. Renato put up his light blue hood on his robe, as he always did, partially to keep the glare of light from his eyes, but also because that he was always afraid that someone might recognize his roots and father's origins, it was already bad that his father soon disappeared after he was born, but the fact that he was a death elemental might've made others uncomfortable. As Renato headed outside, he imagined it would have been a regular day, with the usual events, but when he got outside, he quickly noticed something was different. From his high vantage point, Renato peered out towards the horizon, something felt...different...about the very air.
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[Hope you guys don't mind me doing this...I'm relatively new to this RPing thing...]
Iredia was sitting on a bench, watching two of the more experienced Gravity warriors spar with the Titan hammers, trying to figure out the secret to utilizing the full power of the weapon. In Iredia's hands, it was a well-crafted hammer...But not a Titan hammer that could smash through structures and elementals alike. She continued to watch intently when a loud angry voice called for her.
MAXSUS!!!!
Iredia jumped, and looked in the direction of the voice. It waws her superior, and he didn't look too happy.
Superior"Soldier, your break ended 10 minutes ago! What do you think you're doing here!?!
Iredia"Sir! I lost track of time, my apologies!"
Superior"Maxsus you-
*WHAM!*
One of the other Gravity soldiers was slammed and sent flying into a wall by his opponent. Iredia sighed, that sounded like a momentum hit for sure! Figures the moment she was waiting for she'd miss...Oh right! The Superior!
Superior"-But enough of that, Maxsus, we've recently received envoys from the nations of Fire and Air, and they're here to use our Catapult Project, but to do that, they need someone who understands how to operate it, and that's where you come in. Do you understand?"
Iredia" Yes Sir!"
Superior"Good, now come along, they're this way, oh, and Iredia, don't forget your manners."
Iredia saluted, and then started following the other elemental.
It wasn't long before she met the envoys, and she couldn't help but giggle slightly. These were kids! The Superior gave her a harsh glare, and turned to the foreigners.
Superior "Gentlemen, this is Iredia Maxsus. She will be the operator of the Catapult, and will accompany you to break through the Etheria barrier. Any Questions?"
[Something I just realized I forgot-Iredia's mistaking the elemental envoys for kids, since they're considerably smaller than her. They're adults, but Gravitys are big elementals I think...And if not, Iredia is, and she's not used to other elemental types yet.]
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"Well, Lyra, did you feel that?"
"Of course Shaden, I felt the extremely large energy surge going through me. The next thing I'm going to assume is that it was your fault."
"I doubt that a large amount of students suddenly keeling over in the Academy and Lumiel telling a select few graduates and staff that they have the same.... anomaly within them is my fault, 'specially when I was sleeping."
"I suppose it's pointless to argue it then. We might as well go in and see why he called us here personally today."
Lyra knocked on the red door, waiting for a response. After what seemed like eons of Time, a soft 'Come in' could be heard. As Lyra entered, she found herself face-to-face with the teacher of Healing and the most sought representative of the House of White Sages - a seemingly young man with short white hair and glasses. However, one would feel that their was a greater mind or motive that the man beheld, perhaps due to the wisdom that he so openly shared.
"Greetings, Lyra."
"Hello, Lumiel. I'm wondering why you called me - and Shaden - here today. Still working on that immortality spell?"
"Yes, but that's not what I'm here to discuss. Apparently, news flies because King Helios was alerted of the nationwide 'power surge' at the moment it happened."
"Lumiel, don't test me; he clearly experienced the 'power surge' himself!"
"Hah, of course. I could keep you here with a large amount of political talk and stuff, but the long story short is the Helios needs people to investigate what exactly is going on and how it is affecting other nations."
"Ooh! Does this mean I get to be an Adventurer again?"
"Yes, but this time it's going to be on a much larger scale than that rogue Golden Dragon incident. You're going to be traveling to nearby realms, possibly even over the whole elemental continent, so please, remember to get a Map and a Pegasus from Eusa at the Stable this time. And please, don't forget the map."
"I didn't get lost too far! Speaking of which, why isn't anyone else here?"
"Well... I'm still deciding on who else to send out. You're a... let's say 'special', case who seems to be really good at handling extremely weird things like the Deck of Fools and the Fallen Ang-"
Possess King
"Hey, if you're going to refer to me, at least do it by name." Lyra's hair almost seemed to flare with energy as a few streaks of black appeared on it.
"Shaden! Can you not interrupt the conversation, at least?"
"Sorry. But I was wondering why you called me -and Lyra- here today for this shenanigans, and since it involves this new energy, I'd love to hear more."
"Well, I'd certainly love to tell you more, Shaden, but I'm afraid I know not much else. But as I said, you and Lyra seem really attuned to investigating these odd things - you with your mumblings about this 'Void', and Lyra with her experiments and explosions."
"That was only once!"
"Well, that is true and I hope you don't hold it too much against me joking about the whole incident. Feel free to start preparing now once you're done asking me questions - if you have anymore questions, that is."
"Well, I don't. Thanks, and I think I'm out.
Possess Queen
"Thanks for letting me know I'm an Adventurer again, Lumiel."
"No problem. Best of luck on your journey."
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[It's fine if I include minor NPCs for my own character development, right?]
Sands stirred up around the base, no figures visible in the few inches one could actually see. Suddenly, as if out of thin air, a crowd of time elementals, almost completely human in appearance and cloaked in makeshift hoods to keep the sand from their eyes, descended upon the lone building, Quickly. Once the building was in sight, it was a mad dash to make it to the shelter. As the last of the elementals trickled in, the building was engulfed by the sands yet again. It'd be days before it'd be seen again...
"We're back!" First through the door was a short blonde, his blue eyes happy as he crossed the threshold into sanctuary. He was the newest recruit. "That raid was so exciting too. I can't wait for the next one..."
"Well, that was uneventful..." Kairos pulled of his hood as he brushed past the blonde and made his way to the corner of the room. His corner. His only reprieve in the desert, the eternal sands that surrounded him.
Reaching the far corner, far from the rough-housing of the other members of the crew, he sat and closed his eyes. It would just take some time for sleep to set in...
"TEMPUS!"
It seems that sleep would have to wait. Looking up, Kairos saw a bulky elemental marching up to him, the crowd parting as they watched on with interest. He wasn't sure what it was about, but considering that he had shouted his name angrily and was now storming up to him, he could tell it wasn't going to be good.
The muscular elemental stood over him, glowering down as Kairos looked up disinterested. "Yes?"
It really didn't help that Kairos was too tired to show interest as this seemed to piss the aggressor off.
"Why the hell did you send me back?"
"Sorry, what?"
His contorting with anger, the elemental, well, broke. He cocked his fist back and Kairos, who was still cornered, brought up his arms to defend, although he knew it'd be in vain. He was pretty scrawny.
"Cocky brat-"
Reverse Time
Huh? Kairos had anticipated contact, mostly involving his face and a certain fist, but it failed to happen. In fact, the elemental had disappeared entirely, leaving nothing but a surprised, and slightly scared, group of onlookers. They shuffled around uncomfortably as they tried to resume whatever they were doing upon returning to base.
"What the hell just happened?"
"Was that-?
"Remind me to not to piss off Kairos."
But while everyone tried to return to normalcy, it just left Kairos alone to question what had happened.
But of course, it wasn't his time to know.
[I'll revisit this later to refine it.]
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Here's my character's start (I also created my own NPC's in my application and included them in this story, if that's fine):
Everything was calm in the Forest of Life. Horned Frogs were just waking up to a bright sun from the east, while immense Emerald Dragons emerged from their large moss-covered abodes. Weary travelers traveling from all over the vast nation woke up from a night of rest and began again their trail to reach peace at the center of the Forest. Yes, all was peaceful, except one thing.
Ferocio Vivis was angry. Storming through an uncrowded part of the forest, he barreled through tree after tree, knocking them and the Rustlers sleeping inside to the ground. He scarcely knew where he was headed, but continued to run with the agility of a Forest Spirit. At long last, he reached a small clearing, silent but for the quiet crackling of flowers opening their leaves to the sun. And then, he saw Gaea.
Almost immediately, Ferocio began to shrink to his normal size (which was still larger than most Hematite Golems), and sat down, exhausted. "Hey, Gaea. I'm sorry you had to see me like that."
"It's OK, Fero. It might have been the energy disturbance I felt just now."
Ferocio sat up, confused. Gaea walked closer, finally sitting gracefully on a log a foot from him.
"What disturbance? I didn't feel anything."
"You probably didn't. There was some surge of energy, and some force ran through me for a second."
"Oh, ok. It probably doesn't matter. What's going on in the Mountains?"
"Nothing much. Terro and my dad had to go help solve a dispute in the Basin. It was those thrifty Time raiders again. Apparently, this time they got a Catapult from Gravity."
"Thanks for telling me. Mom and Dad are trying to get me to pick a suit to wear for my birthday. Want to come to the party?"
Gaea laughed. "You'd never wear a suit, would you? Sure, I'll come. What do you want as a present?"
"Nothing at all. I really don't want this party anyway. I'd rather just roam the forest more. Still, you're the nicest person I've ever met. Thanks for the offer, Gaea." Ferocio leaned towards her.
"Not a problem, Ferocio. I'd do anything for you."
Their eyes met, and Gaea leaned in. Ferocio closed his eyes to the world for a moment, and he only saw Gaea, her beautiful face, her brown, calm eyes, her smooth, auburn hair...
Just as Ferocio could feel her lips on his, he heard a thunderous roar.
"FEROCIO! What do you think you are doing?" Emperor Vivor stood before him, surrounded by attendants and his own steed, a majestic Emerald Dragon.
"Dad! Why are you here? We were just talking about what's going on in the nation!"
"Ferocio, you are supposed to be at home, helping your mother pick your suit!"
"No, Dad! I don't WANT to wear anything formal! I'll just clean my clothes and wear them."
Gaea had gotten up and slowly walked away. "Bye, Ferocio! I'll see you in a few days, at the party!"
Just after Gaea left the clearing, and Ferocio prepared to leave with his father, a tremor shook the land, felling several trees. and knocking Vivor off of his dragon.
"Dad? What was that?"
I hope you enjoyed the first installment. I hope it's okay for any Earth elementals if I took a character from the Earthen Mountains and used her in my story. And @Drake_XIV, I hope it's okay that I sort of tied your story into mine. :)
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[Yeah, creating NPCs is acceptable. If you want to write a short description of an NPC and send it to me, I can add it to the opening post.]
Velethan usually reveled in the thrill of his missions, yet this time he was nervous. Nervous because of the unexplainable magic surge that almost killed him - Riding on a Wyrm while the harsh windstorm occurred was not a fun experience. He was all the more determined to succeed in this mission because of this.
Travel by Wyrm was swift and safe, Velethan arrived at this destination in the Gravity Basin in a matter of hours. He had been here many times, but still felt insecure in the presence of the Elementals that were naturally larger than him. After landing, a young Gravity solider greeted him. "Hello sir, we have the catapult ready in the Testing Area."
"Thanks." His Wyrm settled down to consume some nourishment provided by the Gravity Elemental, while Velethan began walking towards the Testing Area. He passed many soldiers - some training, others resting. He arrived at a large building with a sign displaying "Testing Area - Be careful."
"Hey. Velethan, isn't it?" He turned to be greeted by a towering Fire Elemental extending his hand and smiling. "I'm Galnath. Looks like we're going to be working together."
Velethan shook his hand, instantly pulling back and yelling in pain. "Man, your hands are burning!" Galnath smirked.
"I'm Velethan by the way." He said, trying to cool down his scorching hand.
The pair entered the building, standing in awe of their surroundings. The catapults were HUGE. Velethan wondered how even a Gravity Elemental could operate such a gigantic mechanism. "Hey there, I see ya found your way here fine." a Gravity soldier approached them.
He introduced himself as Cameron. "My superior is over there, talking with my companion Iredia. We're both in charge of the Catapult."
All of a sudden, a massive Charger burst into the room and bolted towards the group. Velethan quickly dived out of the way, and even Galnath adopted a defensive stance. Velethan watched in horror as the Charger collided with Cameron and...started licking him?
Cameron laughed and gently separated himself from the beast. He laughed harder when he read the baffled and frightened looks on the foreigner's faces. "Ah, that's Saph, the only tame Charger on the continent. Strange story too, with this one. A few months ago some Life Elemental came to visit, th' first one to ever venture down here. He was some traveling healer or somethin'. He had this type of bond with creatures, like he could understand them. Anyways he approached this wild Charger, and we were all like, no, you're gonna get yourself killed, those things are crazy! But he just held out his hand, and it...it walked up to him, and he petted it! It was amazing! And then he said it was named Saph and it wanted to help us Gravity Elementals. That was a crazy day, fer sure."
"I'll go introduce ya to my partner. We're gonna have this catapult operational in no time." Velethan and Galnath followed the Gravity Elemental and the Charger towards the catapult.
"Well, this will be fun, won't it?" Velethan whispered to his new friend. Galnath simply smiled. "Indeed."
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The Superior looked over the group with approval, though he gave Iredia one last critical glance before walking away.
Iredia: Today has been kinda an off day for me... So, The catapult! Few rules about this thing.
It takes Gravity Quanta to use, and can fire just about anything, if it's heavy enough,like about the size of..Say, Saph there,-
Cameron gave her a harsh look, which Iredia failed to notice.
-or one of us Gravity elementals, maybe? Just make sure you don't have an attachment to anything that you throw!
She looked at Velethan, who seemed to be somewhat awestruck at the sheer size of everything.
Iredia: Perhaps a demonstration might be in order eh?
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"I'm just wondering...how do you move this thing? A whole crowd of Gravity Elementals couldn't move this one inch." Velethan stared at the gargantuan structure.
Cameron laughed. "If you think this is big, you haven't seen a Massive Dragon. Now THOSE things are gigantic. One of them could easily carry this on its back."
That description of a Massive Dragon unnerved Velethan. Something like that would probably crush a whole city in the Land of Air.
"I assume this catapult can launch us all the way to Etheria from the Earthen Mountains? It's a pretty far distance but I have no doubt something of this size can make it."
Cameron turned to Iredia. "Let's show these guys how we roll. Prepare for a demonstration!"
The ceiling of the building began to retract, creating an opening for the catapult to launch its unfortunate victim. "Get one of those rocks. We can aim at the uninhabited part of the mountains again." Cameron said.
Velethan and Galnath waited anxiously to see this thing in action.
[You can control Cameron if you want.]
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But Cameron had other plans in mind. After Galnath helped him carefully aim the Catapult at an uninhabited area of land, Cameron and Saph loaded a large boulder into it. Cameron took his position at the rear of the Catapult, ready to launch the projectile. He ever-so-slightly nudged the machine a bit to the north, so that it would land somewhere in the deserts of Time. Amazingly, no one noticed.
"This is what you get for stealing from us, you filthy thieves." He pressed the launch button, and watched as the boulder thundered across the sky, scattering a gathering of passing Pegasi as it did so.
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[ :o Well that's unexpected!]
Iredia: And that's how the thing works! My turn!
Cameron:! Iredia wai-
A wizened time elemental appeared suddenly in front of her, causing her to come to a stop.
Iredia: What's a time elemental doing here?
Time elemental: Investigating an unprovoked attack upon the Time Pyramid by the Gravity Nation.
Iredia:What-We were aiming at uninhabited land! What are you talking about?
Time elemental: So you claim to not know anything?
Iredia: Yea, me and Cameron-
She looked about, but Cameron was about to exit the room, when several other Time elementals appeared around him.
Iredia: Oh...Please tell me this isn't about those theives! *facepalms*
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[Hooray for shorter names]
Ren looked around, but nothing seemed too out of the ordinary. What was the odd feeling? And why was his small neighborhood unusually empty? It was often full of chatter, but it felt as if a hush fell over the entire place. What was this? Ren paused for a while to think what the most logical response should be. The capital. Maybe some answers lay there. Ren briskly walked back into his own house, picked up Libellum, his flesh spider on his shoulder, packed some food supplies and scrolls in his bag, and then his father's sword. Ren paused to admire the sword. It was the only thing left by his father, and he had even had the sword appraised when traveling to the desert of time. "Not the work of any weapon crafter I know" the Earth elemental had said, "I can tell by the way it's crafted. Definitely not the work of some professional I can recognize, but the quality? It's good, but not the best quliaty a sword can be. For an amateur to make something like this, it must have taken quite some time and skill". Ren had often contemplated replacing it with a better sword, but the fact that it was his father's made it so that he could never really discard it. Ren stared at the sword for a while before putting it in his sheath and prepared to leave. "Come Libellum", Ren whispered to his flesh spider, "We have a journey". Ren had often gone to the air capital before, but this time, it felt different than before. Filled with wonder and anxiety, he started off towards the capital to find out just what was going on.
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[Feel free to use Dimentio Revane in your additions as well. A description of him is in the Character/Location/Event Information Spoiler]
[Another note: To make this RPG a little more interesting, would anyone like to intertwine stories a little bit? If you want to, PM me or whoever you want to do so with. Just an idea, OK if no one wants to.]
Vitalia was beside herself. However, since she loved her only son to the death, she remained calm. "Dear, you can't continue to go roaming around the forest like this."
"Mom, I was just meeting up with Gaea! Nothing bad is going to happen if we do that."
"Fero, don't be so sure. It's really unsafe right now, with these power surges going off all over the place. In fact, your father's at a meeting with the other leaders. They feel that this disturbance is going to start a War, because Time and Gravity seem to be going at it. And to make matters worse, Dimentio Revane might be in the Forest."
"Revane?! Mom, I have to go find him! He could be the one behind all this madness!"
As Ferocio began running through the forest, a calm, intelligent voice spoke: "Greetings, young Life elemental. Are you looking for me?"
Ferocio could not locate the source of the voice. "Who are you? Where are you?"
"You idiot. If you can't SEE me, but you can HEAR me, don't I HAVE to be an Aether elemental? And which Aether elemental are you most familiar with?"
As the scrawny figure came into being, Ferocio growled. "Dimentio Revane. I had a feeling you'd try to stay here. The Forest is the most peaceful place in the world, and everyone here is so nice. But I see what you're doing, and I'm going to end you once and for all!"
As Ferocio activated his Adrenaline and began to charge wildly at Dimentio, Revane suddenly replicated himself. Then, he did it again. And again. And again. All of a sudden, Ferocio was surrounded by 10 Aether elementals, all grinning widely. Then, as suddenly as they had appeared, the duplicate elementals vanished along with the original Dimentio, back into the Void. As he began to return to his original form, Ferocio roared, "This isn't over, you unwanted beast! If I can't get you, then someone will!"
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[I actually do wonder about that. How would this progress? Does all of our stories eventually entertwine at the end? Do some of our characters briefly meet each other? Do they team up to stop the new element? Or are they all sort of scattered?]
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[I'm guessing they'd converge at one point.]
[Will modify with content]
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[@TPIsaGenius-Question, how fast do you think word travels/how much time is inbetween your posts? I can't help but htink that a few days would need to have passed before the life folk would have heard about the gravity catapult stealing and all that?]
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[@TPIsaGenius-Question, how fast do you think word travels/how much time is inbetween your posts? I can't help but htink that a few days would need to have passed before the life folk would have heard about the gravity catapult stealing and all that?]
[One could say that Air elementals help share information with the rest of the world. Or, that new recruit that Drake_XIV mentioned was actually an Earth/Gravity spy, since both of those elements distrusted the subtle Time elementals? They CAN change time, so who knows what powerful stuff they can do, right?]
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[I seeee...But it looks to me like there's about to be alot of fast frantic negotiations soon, this is a post-war world, I'd figure that no-one doesn't wanna deal with another war...But who knows?]
The time elementals soon diserned the reason for the issue was a thevery by a band of time raiders, one that had proven elusive to catch in previous searches. After a stern reprimand of Cameron, they left, but promised to eventually make reparations for the crimes commited.
Iredia: Well...That's... Very very scary...
Cameron: Yea.
Iredia: Well, this is just great-
*fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM*
Iredia suddenly glowed bright teal and levitated high into the air. She spun so she was facing the Catapult, opened her mouth, and then the Gravity Sphere that acted as a counter weight exploded. Then the glow faded, and Iredia fell back to the ground.
Iredia: :o ?_? Ok, clearly, we need to shelve the catapult idea. Between Time mishaps and....THAT. If we keep this up we're not gonna have a catapult left in the world!
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I'm tl;dr-ing most of the thread so far as I'm not expecting to have any other character around me soon.
Assume Timeline: <1 hours after end of r5. The blast/energy surge/etc occurred while Bhever slept.
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Upon finishing a short nap in his small cottage of half-rock and half-wood, Bhever walked outside. It was a quiet day, as it always was in this part of Frozen North, but the quiet was much less serene than usual. In fact, today it seemed almost eerie, unappealing. Perhaps even sinister.
He raised a hand in the air as if to wave, but no one else was in sight. Instead, he called upon his inner energy and pulled vapor from the air into his hand. and then blasted it towards the ice at his feet.
It felt darker, more intense than usual. The water seemed to move into and out of his arm thickly. Water should not be this way, not if untouched. And Bhever knew that this area was nearly untouched by black magic. Something had definitely occurred.
The nearest area with people was on the foot of the icy mountain, only an hour's hike away. There was a village of about 150 people, including a few good friends from his travels. He decided that if something did indeed occur, it likely occurred in an area of enough size that people in this village had felt it. It was best to depart for the village immediately to gain information.
He grabbed some basic supplies, wrapped them in linen tied around a stick, and set off down the mountain. If he was quick he could make it before the discomfort of hunger set in.
Will do more later :)
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Alae chuckled as her son stated his decisions. "It's about time you actually went out and saw the world yourself" she finally mused.
"That's what I intend to do mother," Ren concluded. "I've sensed something off ever since this morning, but I haven't seen anything too big happening around the capital, so I have decided I must see it myself"
[Assuming that the secret meeting and the existence of the new element or blast hasn't been publicly acknowledged]
"You know," Alae finally said, "That sword you're carrying. Your father left it to you when he left. He had said that if you were a boy, you were to be given this sword and be a fine man. If you were a girl, he said it would've made a fine gift for your future husband". Alae giggled a bit. "Very well then, Renato, go. Go and see the whole world and experience it yourself. You're a scholar, but a scholar with only notes and books in his head is useless. Become a man after your adventure. Make your mother proud."
"I will" Ren nodded as he hugged his mother.
"Hey!" Penn called to Renato as he walked down the steps. "I haven't seen you around! Where have you been! And oh, I see you're still carrying him around", pointing at Libellum, riding on Ren's shoulder.
"Ah well, I've been busy" Ren replied.
"Still haven't gotten your Owl Eye yet? For someone as smart as you, I would've expected you to have one by now!"
"I've...been busy. Haven't had the time to pass the test for one. I could easily get one if I wanted!" Ren felt himself say. This was a lie. A pretty big lie. Ever since he was little, Ren had never known how to use a bow, and he never once hit the target during practice. In response to this, he trained himself to use a sword, the one his father left him instead of bows.
"Oh, speaking of which, did you read my recent paper?" Ren quickly changed the subject. "I think I've figured out how the spell shockwave actually works. It's not a burst of energy like many air elementals believe, but rather, a compression of air particles. Air isn't just one solid fluid thing you know, it's actually made up of tiny particles."
Penn shook his head but smiled. "You and your silly ideas. This is why you're never taken seriously here in the capital. You may be a genius scholar, but your hypotheses...well, they can be a bit too odd at times"
"Yet, you never have disproved me" Ren smiled at his friend. Indeed, Renato and Penn had been friends ever since they started studying the ancient literature and texts of the air library, where they first met. They were both great scholars, although Ren was considered smarter than Penn by their peers. Perhaps in spite of this, Penn had obtained his Owl Eye at 16, one of the youngest ages ever recorded to pass the harsh exam and get one of those prized bows. "I am going on a journey" Ren finally said. I am going to see the world myself, and to find out why something doesn't feel right."
"Ah. You've felt it too" Penn leaned in closer. "Something is definitely off, but there's no news from the capital. I think I'll stick around and listen for the news."
"That's why I'm going to find out for myself." Ren tugged on his robe and turned to leave.
Penn grabbed his shoulder. "Well hey! You're not leaving on your own are you? Let me accompany you." Seeing Ren's confused face, Penn quickly added "Oh, I know it's your journey, but at least let me walk with you until we reach the borders. Come on, at least for an old friendship's sake?"
"Very well" Ren acknowledged his old friend, and the two headed off together.
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Astasia glanced at the stars, frowning to herself. She pulled her cloak tighter around her shoulders and shivered. For some reason, she didn't like the cold as much as the other Darkness Elementals. Her grandmother had said it was her Aether blood. In Etheria, the temperature adapted to the Elementals, not the other way round.
Well, she thought to herself, Etheria is not going to help me. I better get used to this cold quick, as there is no way i can travel during the day, what with all these Fire soldiers about. Who knows what they might do with a 16-year-old girl travelling alone.
She studied the stars one last time, then continued to run, her cloak hiding her from any snoozing Fire soldier that happened to wake.
After about an hour, Astasia saw the faint glimmer of the early sunrise. She took a quick gulp from her canteen, and scanned the landscape for a place to sleep. Her eyes caught a cave of some sort, right beside the nearest town.
Perfect.
As she lay on the cool, hard cave floor, she wondered what the Dead Marshes would be like, and what sort of training she would be given.
Anything's better than the Fire Elementals...
[If anyone is near Astasia, feel free to intercept her, and use her in part of your story. No dramatic changes to her plot though, please, without PMing me first.]
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Mobius (:water): Mobius is a Frost Monarch, the strongest Elemental capable of Ice Magic alive. He is one of the most potent spellcasters in the world. (lololol reference)
[Trollololololol! (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mobius_the_Frost_Monarch)]
Ferocio continued to thunder through the forest, away from the grand Castle of Life and into the farthest reaches of the Forest of Life. After what seemed to be an Eternity, he reached the very edge of the Life kingdom, a point known as the Hex Center. This small clearing was the largest inter-element connection on the planet, as it joined the Kingdoms of Life, Death, Light, Time, Earth and Gravity. At the very center sat the strangest object in the world: A strange hexagonal object, one side devoted to the qualities of each element. Ferocio waited on the Life edge of the clearing, slightly towards the Light side as he feared the power of the Death elementals. What had led him here, he did not know. Feral intuition? It was here Ferocio waited, waited, for another elemental, SOMETHING to make his life more interesting...
An earth-shattering wail issued from the Death Marsh, and as if on a cue, a horde of undead skeletons and their master, a sinister Grey Nymph, entered the clearing. Ferocio prepared for, literally, the fight of his life.
ADRENALINE
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Cameron had been reprimanded harshly for adjusting the catapult and damaging relations with :time, but Iredia was subjected to a full-on examination and study, to find out what happened. The investigation revealed that had happened earlier when the Catapult was broken, was that Iredia somehow used her innate :gravity power to dey gravity and float, the glow was actually a holy light, focused on her, and the gravity sphere shattered under a shockwave blast. The bad news was that this meant all the catapults at :gravity's disposal were either incomplete, or needing repairs, or missing.
Iredia herself was perplexed at the string of spells she had used, and described the experience as 'I was aware, but unable to do anything to stop what was happening.' There seemed to be no real way to explain this effect, and definatly no way to explain how a pure-heritage gravity elemental was able to suddenly draw from several elemental powers across the spectrum, including one that not even gravity elementals were familiar with.
And so, while the higher ups argued over the best course of action, Iredia was to be sent to the Forest of Life to be examined by the healers there. Perhaps they could figure out just what it was that happened to Iredia.
Iredia was escorted by an Amargio, which would both act as a bodygaurd, and as insurance that Iredia wouldn't try to flee...
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[@TPIsaGenius-Question, how fast do you think word travels/how much time is inbetween your posts? I can't help but htink that a few days would need to have passed before the life folk would have heard about the gravity catapult stealing and all that?]
[One could say that Air elementals help share information with the rest of the world. Or, that new recruit that Drake_XIV mentioned was actually an Earth/Gravity spy, since both of those elements distrusted the subtle Time elementals? They CAN change time, so who knows what powerful stuff they can do, right?]
[Two words : Carrier Pigeon (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20214.0.html).
Also keep in mind that each Elemental has to have strengths and weaknesses - I'd guess there is some kind of caveat to time manipulation.]
"Yo, Lyra! I hope you're not leaving too quickly, because I got picked to adventure too!"
"Oh come on, Jenkins, do you have to go with me?"
"Yeah sure, Kuraz already agreed, he said if I wanted us to team up so badly we should!"
"It sounds like Kuraz just didn't want him to blabber about tales of glory and all that bull-"
"Ugh. Fine. Just don't rush out attacking at the fight sign of danger. It was your fault the the dragon came after us as our last time as Adventurers, anyway!"
"That was a long time ago, Miss Explosion! I'll be must more careful this time, savvy?"
".... Fine." She turned back to Eusa, who simply gave her a pitiful shrug. "Good luck... I guess?" The female Stablemaster said as Jenkins ran out declaring how he 'put the Power Trio back together'
"Oh Divine Asteriel, Scion of Light. I hope he really has learned something, or he's going to get us killed." Lyra sighed. "Do you have any idea where Kuraz is?"
"I heard he's already at the City Gate. You might want to meet him there and make all the emergency plans you possibly can."
"Indeed. I'll be heading over there then, and thanks."
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[Feel free to use Dimentio Revane in your additions as well. A description of him is in the Character/Location/Event Information Spoiler]
[Another note: To make this RPG a little more interesting, would anyone like to intertwine stories a little bit? If you want to, PM me or whoever you want to do so with. Just an idea, OK if no one wants to.
(Sure, my charachter is already in the realm of life, once Legit approves me I'll post involving your charries. I'll probably be causing mayhem.
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Something rustled in the bushes nearby.
"Did you feel that?" Penn started.
"It's probably some Antlion or something, shoot an arrow at it and it'll go away" Ren replied, not paying too much attention.
Penn nodded and took out his Owl Eye, a magnificent blue bow, that Ren couldn't help but eye with jealousy. Penn notched an arrow and shot it into the bushes. There was no movement.
Ren looked to see nothing had changed, nodded with some satisfaction, and then went back to reading, but Penn's worried voice changed that. "Something's not right" Penn whispered. "If it were a small creature, I don't think it could've made such a large noise earlier, but when I shot an arrow there, you'd expect something big to dodge, or at least cause some movement."
This new insight suddenly registered with Ren. "You mean-"
The bushes rustled more, and slowly, an odd, four legged creature walked out, its color disturbingly vague and unclear.
"What is that....?" Ren stared at the creature that had just appeared. It wasn't strange that new creatures were to be discovered, but the feeling that it gave...it was like a cold embrace that sucked the energy out of somebody just by being close.
"It's not a dark or entropic creature" Penn noted, notching another arrow into his Owl Eye.
"No, nor death" Ren concluded. "Scare it off with a snipe or something"
Penn nodded. "SNIPE" A wave of energy coated his arrow and a flash of blue burst out. There was an explosion of sand a few feet away from the creature, but it didn't move at all. "...You'd think it at least would dodge." Penn finally broke the silence.
"It's still advancing" Ren said, "Just shoot the thing, we can actually get a closer look if it's stopped moving."
Penn didn't need any further convincing, and without further delay, let an arrow fly right into the center of the creature. The arrow just stuck there, and the creature continued, acting like nothing had happened. "What the-?" Penn shoot another, and then another, but all three arrows just stuck out neatly near each other, and the creature kept advancing, slowly, but menacingly.
"Ha!" "WEB" In the time that Penn was shooting the creature, Ren had made use of his flesh spider and cast a neat net of web towards it. This seemed to do the trick, as it lay on the ground, completely tangled by the web. "What is this thing?" Ren observed, "It feels so...unnatural, and it seems physical attacks don't have any effect on them".
By the time that Penn had come for a closer look, both air elementals were suddenly aware of a new sound around them, or rather, a lack of sound. The sky was already turning dark, and the sudden lack of sound was an eerie silence. Ren turning his head quickly confirmed his fears. More kinds of the creature that they had just incapacitated were appearing around them, slowly making a circle. Ren did a quick count to find that there were probably around 8. They slowly advanced with the same slow gait, but it seemed that their numbers had gotten them an advantage. The two elementals were surrounded, and they could feel the fear start to creep through them.
Penn sighed. "Old buddy? Cover my back" Ren nodded and the two immediately had their backs to each other, with 8 of the new creatures around them. "How do we dispatch these things?" Penn yelled, as he let a few more arrows fly.
"Physical attacks don't work on them! Try sniping!" Ren yelled back, slightly louder than he meant to. One of the creatures had gotten a bit too close, and Ren, ignoring his own advise, had slashed it with his sword. The sword blow clearly sliced at least one of the creature's legs off, and left a deep gash, but like an amorphous blob, it started to regenerate, but then, suddenly the place near the wound seemed to disease and disintegrate, and the creature collapsed onto the floor.
"SNIPE" Perhaps he was a bit nervous, but Penn's snipe was slightly off target. The energy charged arrow flew a bit too high, although it did leave a sizable gash on another of the creatures who stopped moving. "I see. These creatures, they seem to be weak to elemental attacks. You were right Ren!"
"I told you!" Ren turned to Penn smiling at the fact that his hypothesis was indeed correct. When he turned around however, he saw two of the creatures leaping towards him, and he knew he didn't have enough time to either dodge or retaliate. Libellum, his flesh spider, leapt at one of the creatures to distract it, but the other creature seemed like it would descend directly above him. Ren felt a cold fear grip his heart, and the moment of the creature, almost certain death lay above him, felt like forever. He could even feel his limbs get weak as he raised a feeble hand above just to try and protect himself...
There was a deafening blast, and when the ringing in his ears had disappeared and Ren cautiously opened his eyes, he could only see part of a creature fall to the side of him, a sizable chunk of its body being clearly blown away.
"Sheesh" Penn said quietly, "Warn me next time when you're going to cast shockwave when you're so close to me!" "SNIPE" And another creature went down.
"I've only read about it, but to actually try it out at this close range with my ideas...it feels sort of satisfying..." Ren mused.
Penn let out a small sigh "Well it seems now that we've figured out these creatures' weakness, we can deal with them. Cover me for a bit while I go charge up a thunderstorm".
"Gotcha". Ren nodded and picked up his sword that he dropped when the creature attacked. With one smooth movement, he drove the sword straight into the center of the creature fighting Libellum without much thinking, but he was surprised to see that the monster twitched a bit, before being completely still.
Ren didn't get much time to ponder why his sword could do this, because soon, "THUNDERSTORM!". A loud burst of lightning cracked through the sky and when Ren finally opened his eyes, he saw that all the creatures that had attacked them were lying, not moving, clearly smitten by the thunderstorm.
"What in the name of Zanz are these things?" Ren wondered, "They don't look tougher than most creatures at a glance, but for something this big, you'd think it'd be like an antlion....fighting just these eight was like fighting a pack of Sapphire Chargers. If we didn't find out about their weakness, we would've been goners"
Penn agreed. "It's like...they're not of the twelve elements. They're almost like a...null, or void elemental. A lack of elemental energy rather than a concentration of energy like you and I."
"Where's the webbed one?" Ren and Penn started towards the piece of web on the ground, but it contained nothing. Even the bodies of the null creatures that had littered the field around them were nowhere to be found.
"I want you to deliver this news as quickly as possible back to the capital" Ren told Penn. "Tell them exactly what is going on, and that we were attacked by null elemental creatures. I want a full time patrol of snipers around the city and our borders. Tell everyone that elemental attacks and spells work best, but don't bother with regular weapons. Now go! Tell the capital and Mya all about these things! We can't afford to be caught off guard!" Ren quickly penned his signature on a piece of paper and handed it to Penn. "There's my signature, so we can at least have two witnesses. It's just a shame that we couldn't find any trace of them"
"I agree", said Penn. "I'll go as quickly as I can, and I'll try to keep you informed of the situation, but...knowing there's things like these out there...please be careful Ren"
"I will. Now goodybe old friend, and hurry up with the news. Maybe they'll take your crackpot theory instead of mine" Penn laughed at the joke, but as he turned away from his friend, his demeanor quickly changed. What could this mean? For the kingdom of Air? For the entire world? Just what were these new creatures, and where did these null elementals come from?
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"Gah, what's the holdup, energy surge?" Ferocio had been waiting for two long hours for the energy surge to arrive, and still, nothing. He had taken to thrashing the nearby trees with his Pulverizer, even trespassing into the Kingdom if Light's corner of the clearing to annihilate some of their strangely glowing white birch trees. "I'm so damn BORED!!" With that, he smashed aside a giant sequoia, revealing a small, four-legged creature.
[Much more to be added soon, I just have to go now. I'll be back to extend this piece.]
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[Since you allowed us control of Dimentio Revane, I'm making him counterattack Ferocio with a suprise.]
VOIDSTALKER
As he observed it, the... thing turned pitch black, darker than any hue of darkness he had known.
The creature leaped at Ferocio's face, screeching even though it appeared to have no mouth. Ferocio swung at it, only for his hand to pass through the being. The Voidstalker landed on Ferocio and split its legs into 6 prism-like appendages.
"AGGHHHH!" Ferocio screamed as black lightning poured into him. The lighting decreased rather quickly, however, and the creature soon leapt away, empty of charge.
"Impressive, isn't he?" Dimentio spoke, watching from not too far away. "Too bad the little bugger doesn't have that much energy. Can't even Fractal the thing, either."
"YOU!" Ferocio yelled at Dimentio "I don't know what kind of trick that was, but you'll pay for that!"
[And since you're in the Kingdom of Light, now back to Lyra.]
"Did you hear that, Kuraz?" Lyra gasped as a huge gust of wind seemed to roar in the distance.
"Asteriel's Light yes, I did. I thought it was just an Earthquake's aftershock, but something just emitted... a 'pulse' from that direction. It's very faint, though, like the noise, so it must be from far away. Perhaps even at the Life border."
"Involving that strange energy again... and a roar, eh. Sounds like someone's tapping into that 'Void' - whether it be for a summoning or a straight-up attack."
"Wait, a summoning? What the heck do you mean, Shaden?" Lyra shot inward.
"Well, long story short, it's very difficult to properly concentrate Void energy because it's, well, Void. Nothing. Null. Zero. It doesn't want to be shaped to have an intent, yet intends to make everything else nothing. As a result, Void generally appears like a blob when it's cast."
"...and why didn't you tell me this last year when I was doing Duality Research?"
"Because I was still experimenting with my prototype of the Pillar, dangit! Void requires practice to shape - if you screw up, you'll end up with the blob I mentioned above, and it won't be friendly even if it was listening to you two seconds ago."
"Well, any other tips? Weakpoints, like giant red markers or sensitive spots?"
"Well... under normal conditions, you can't 'touch' Void - it'll go straight through you."
"So much for the sword."
"It's not my fault you haven't mastered using any spells without Scrolls "
"Sheesh." Lyra muttered under her breath, and looked up at Kuraz again. "Kuraz, do you have any spell scrolls with you? Shaden says we're going to need elemental energy to damage that thing. Recastable, if possible."
"Ermm.... I have a Recastable Smite (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40808.0.html), but I need that or I'd have to punch everything. I do have this Recastable Glaring Light (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=39254.0). Can you handle long recharge times and just being able to blind whatever shows up then slashing them?"
"Well, I would prefer something damage orien-"
"HEY, did something happen over there?! You guys felt it, right? That weird ENERGY PULSE." Jenkins shouted as he ran up to the two at the gate, the Pegasus trailing behind him almost shaking his head in despair.
"Jenkins, let us finish preparing before we go! We don't even know what we're investigating!" Kuraz interrupted, but his words felt on deaf ears.
"Hey naw, we're prepared, savvy! With my lucky jar of DIRT and badass Dagger, we'll kill 'em all! I'm going to slay that monster, an' then they'll know the name of the great JENKINS! Leg's go!" Jenkins leaped onto the saddle and gave an 'encouraging' push to the Pegasus as he flew off.
"...We're not following him yet, right?" Lyra and Shaden echoed in unison.
"Of course not. I learned from that Dragon nearly biting my arm off. So, you need something damage oriented?"
"Yep. Can we go to the shop and get something Recastable or just a bunch of One-use Smites? I don't want to lose an arm either."
"Sure. Who's paying?" Kuraz raised an eyebrow as Lyra panicked.
"....can I pay you back? I'm broke again. Last experiment... ah... well...erm... ended horribly. Yeah. That's it. Ended horribly."
"Haha, no problem. I can afford to lend a little electrum, but just remember to pay me back in a month."
"Phew, thanks Kuraz. I won't be one day late this time!"
"You better not be." Kuraz grumbled as he and Lyra ran towards the Magic Shop, determined to quickly get supplies and then resolve the incident.
[Just to describe them a bit more fully, I think I'll be putting up profiles of Kuraz and Jenkins later on. Overall speaking, Kuraz is a mage of some sort and Jenkins is a 'warrior'.]
[Feel free to control Jenkins, as he's not in Lyra's immediate vicinity. Just don't get him killed yet. ;) ]
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Iredia sighed, the Amargio didn't seem to care what she did so long as she didn't attack it directly. So she walked alongside it in silence until a light elemental burst from a nearby bush, an extrodinarily angry looking Seraph after him.
Elemental: Gotta find a pond gotta find a pond-HEY!
He spotted Iredia and the Amargio and came running straight at the duo.
The Amargio, much to Iredia's surprise, stepped in front of her and activated his Gravity Pull, drawing the elemental and the Seraph at him a high speed. The elemental just smacked against it's torso, while the Seraph shot a bolt of fire. The amargio struck back, only for it's attack to unbelieably miss-the Seraph apparently had his Divine Shield running.
Iredia: Pesky...I got this! BLACK HOLE!
She focused on the Seraph and drained the area around him of quanta energy. Just as she had guessed, it had gathered a good deal of light quanta around itself. While the Divine shield would still protect it for the rest of it's duration, the Seraph wouldn't be able to recharge anytime soon.
The other elemental stopped, and suddenly noticing something, he charged forward recklessly.
Iredia: DUDE! WAIT!
But much to her surprise he sucessfully stabbed it in the heart with his dagger. The Seraph screamed in pain as it's flames suddenly grew, consuming it and leaving nothing but ashes. The Light elemental cheered and pumped his fists.
Iredia: Hunh? How'd you do that?
Elemental: It's divine shield ran out. Isn't it Gravity's job to smash through defenses?
Iredia: ::) I didn't see it...I think you just got incredibly lucky there pal. Besides, you should know better than to attack a Seraph with light quanta, if I hadn't drained it when I did, you'd have a flaming crater for a face! But anyways, what's your name?
Elemental: I'm Jenkins! Soon to be famous Adventurer.
Iredia: Or dead elemental, if you normally pick fights like that.
Jenkins: And your name is?
Iredia: :o (is this guy for real!?!) I'm Iredia.
[Zblader, plz go over this and clean up jenkins speech with his accent, I don't know the rules of it.)
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[If anyone wants to cross timelines, just shoot me a PM.]
He was all alone in the wasteland, the sandstorm whipping the flaps of his hood around. It was a pain to walk the distance from the city, but there was no other place to escape the monotony of the desert.
Kairos dabbed at the sweat gathering on his brow with the inside of his hood. Just as he began to question whether or not he was heading in the right direction, he thought he saw a faint silhouette just beyond the kicked up sand. Seems he was correct and his pace quickened as the building came into view.
As Kairos approached the safehouse, he could not help but feel something was off. Coming to the door, he could see why. It was empty. He was only out for a few hours. Where could have everyone gone? Another raid? He carefully crossed the threshold, looking for any signs of why it was abandoned.
Apparently it wasn't as abandoned as he thought, as a hooded figure was rummaging through some stuff in a corner. It wasn't his stuff, so it didn't really bother him. but he would like some information...
"Hey, do you know-"
Before he could finish, the cloaked figure put up his arms as if to defend himself as he skittered away from Kairos to the wall. "Augh, don't hurt me!"
Reverse Time
Kairos did not have any time to react. There was just a yellow flash and then he was back outside in the sandstorm.
What was going on?
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Grenexus had.been bored, so he had decided to travel (again.) He had crossed through most of the life kingdom. Now, finally, he was at a crossroads, and not the just any crossroads the crossroads, the famed hexes of life. He saw that a life elemental was battling with a darkness... or maybe light elemental, he didn't care. Battle, of course, was a great source of chaos, however, the elementals did not seem like pushovers. Regardless of the danger, however, Grenexus couldn't resist, and combined his more than fully charged pandemonium spells, before shooting them at the combatants. A massive miasma of pink and purple erupted from his hands, traveling rapidly towards the combatants. Right before it hit, however, it dissapated into the ground.most non-entropy magicians would have thought the spell failed, but Grenexus was an entropy magician and he knew that it had suceeded. Soon afterwards, he heard the sweet, sweet sound of two lobotomizations. Ahhh, it was good being self-servingly chaotic nuetral. (Yes, he's very genre savvy, altough this will latter be overshadowed by the fact that he's batsh/t insane ;) )
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[Well, lots of people signed up, lots of possibilities here. This RP is going to be all over the place. Some rules broken, just serves to show I can't control everyone. No harm done, though.]
Working with Cameron was one of the worst, yet exhilarating and strangely fun experiences.
Permission to use the Catapult was restricted until further testing. Cameron's partner reluctantly left on a separate path. But of course Cameron still wanted to fulfill his now terminated mission.
That night, Cameron, Velethan, and Galnath entered the tame Massive Dragon cave. Upon sight of the creature, Velethan gasped in awe. He could build an entire city on the back of one, and still have room left over. "These guys love working with humans, but only if we pay them in copius amounts of food. They need to eat a lot, heh." Cameron said.
After some negotiation, the dragon agreed to help. "Akebono, at your service." the dragon exclaimed. To the miniature Elementals, it was an uncomfortable roar.
"Alright, you two pick up your Wyrm and get ready to fly. Fast. I'm gonna, uh, steal a catapult." Cameron smiled mischievously.
So Velethan and Galnath ascended into the sky, aboard the Wyrm, wishing the Gravity Elements the best of luck as they left to "seek other methods of entering Etheria."
They hovered above the beginning of the Earthen Mountains, awaiting their companion. Sure enough, a few minutes later, they heard a large crashing sound - the collapsing of the testing building, along with alarms. There was no trouble spotting the gigantic dragon evacuating the scene, Catapult on its back, Cameron laughing gleefully, with Saph along for the ride.
"That one is going to be the death of us." Galnath stated, only half-jokingly, shaking his head in contempt.
"Well, once we enter Etheria, we're safe, right?" Velethan replied.
"Safe from the outside. Whatever's actually inside the Land of Aether..." Galnath trailed off as the Massive Dragon approached.
"Let us fly! To the mountains!" Cameron shouted as Akebono let out a roar.
The motley group of soldiers and criminals headed for their destination, leaving the Gravity Basin behind in a chaotic state.
They were silent for the entire flight, focused on the mission at hand, perhaps nervous about the reactions of the Gravity Elementals or what the future held for them. Two of the fastest creatures in the world - Wyrm and dragon - made the trip over the entire mountain range last just a few hours. Velethan even managed to get some sleep; Galnath on the other hand, who was new to air travel, was alert the entire time, scared to tumble off and fall to his death.
"The edge of the mountains are approaching. And look, Etheria!" Cameron pointed ahead of them.
The small dot grew into an amorphous blob of some unknown material floating above the ocean, like a Sanctuary above the Land of Light. Velethan had seen it from afar but never this close. Even from the edge of the mountains, it was a notable distance away, and he had second thoughts about the Catapult's reach.
The group landed on the flat part of a mountain peak. Velethan unpacked some food for the Elementals and his Wyrm, while Akebono wandered off to find some larger specimens for consumption. Cameron accompanied Akebono in case he scared any Elementals.
"Hey, boss. We found someone entering the border of the Earthen Mountains from the Land of Air. He claims to have fought off some strange otherwordly creatures. He might know some things we don't." Cameron said as he returned.
"Hmm?" Velethan turned to observe a fellow Air Elemental dismount Akebono. "Well, explain yourself." he told the newcomer.
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Ren looked at the new elementals and quickly introduced himself. "My name is Renato Feng, but you can call me Ren. I'm a scholar from the land of air. Perhaps you've heard of me?" Seeing the confusion on Velethan's face, he quickly added "No big deal. I'm just some writer with crazy theories, but you have to believe me about these creatures I just fought off"
"Creatures?" Velethan leaned closer as if he could get more information. "What kind of creatures?"
"I fought them off with a friend" Ren continued, "They didn't feel like any of the twelve elemental creatures at all. It's almost as if they were...from another element, or rather, lack of one. A null element"
Velethan seemed a bit suspicious, but he had no reason to suspect that a fellow air elemental, especially a scholar, would lie about such a thing. "I see you have an Owl Eye...no, that's an Eagle Eye" Ren observed. "You're one of those elite soldiers!"
"Ah, yeah, er, I am. I am Velethan" Velethan replied, a bit proud to have been recognized.
"These null creatures seem to weak to elemental energy and resistant to physical damage" Ren explained. "Regular shots from your bow won't work, but a carefully charged snipe can rip them apart. Same with spells like shockwave or thunderstorm"
Cameron broke in at this point "Null elemental? But all things are made of the twelve elements! There's nothing that's not!"
"It is true, I'm telling you" Ren said. "You may not believe me, but I just barely escaped with my life from a few of them. Is-Is it alright if I travel with you guys? I think we'd be safer in a group. And I promise my flesh spider doesn't bite. What are you elementals up to anyway?"
[I think we should label where each section takes place, and with whose group, so it can be easily distinguished]
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"Who are you?"
Kairos stormed up to the door again, finding the hooded figure once again burrowing throw some stuff in the corner. But the trespasser did look up as he walked up to crouched figure.
"Ah, you're back. I thought you'd have been sent back a but further. Guess this just proves some stuff..."
This was just getting roundabout and confusing. "What?"
The short being merely chuckled under its breath. "Do you really not know? Do you really not remember?"
He slowly turned to face Kairos, his face still masked in the shadows of his cloak, which, under closer inspection, was trimmed with gold. As the edges glimmered, Kairos thought that, just for a second, he saw his face.
Rewind
Then there was a flash of gold and all went black.
"No, you wake him up."
"What? No, I'm not going anywhere near him. What if-"
They fall silent as Kairos grunts as he bats his eyes open, rubbing away the sands that have found their way into the nooks of his eyes. Sleepily, he looks up to see the shelter full of people, not void except for that mysterious figure.
He continued to look around dazed until someone elbows his way past some of the loitering elementals and the occasional Deja Vu and kicked his leg. Despite his face masked by bandages worn down by the sand, his voice came through quite powerfully and commanding.
"Oi, princess. Get up. The boss wants to see you."
"Okay..."
Stifling a yawn, Kairos gets up and makes his way to a flight of stairs leading further into the base.
Seems it had all been a dream...
[I told you I'd edit this. So was it a dream, his subconscious reminding him that he is greater than he thinks, or did he just get sent back into the past by an unknown assailant?
Okay, the plan is to send Kairos out into the world. Any takers?]
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Aquarius woke up that day to find 3 dead nymphs floating above his house in Atlantis. All signs pointed to them dying of drowning, but they had been quinted specifically so they could survive. After seeing this, Aquarius decided to check other places where he knew nymphs lived. At the last place he checked lived one of his nymphs. She noticed that he was very tired.
"What's the rush?" she asked.
"Something completely crazy happened to remove immortality from my nymphs! I-"
"You aren't going to bash aether elementals, are you?"
"No! How else could immortality be removed?!"
She released her breath, relieved that she wouldn't have to try to convince him that it wasn't some elemental or group of elementals. She waited a moment for Aquarius to calm down before Aquarius suddenly grabbed her hand and said,
"Let's see what caused this. Then we can go to remove it."
And then Aquarius quickly swam off, followed by the nymph, who commented,
"Or make use of it."
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Velethan turned away from Ren. "I don't know if we can trust him. He seems too eager to join up with us."
Galnath shrugged. "Well, I'm fine with it. I think he can come in handy."
Cameron nodded in approval. "I mean, he's here already, so why not?" Velethan sighed. "Alright. Fine."
He turned back around to face his new companion. "You can come. However, we're about to be catapulted into Etheria, where few have ventured before. No guarantees you'll survive."
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"Etheria? Why are you going to Etheria? I don't mind joining up with you guys, but do you mind telling me why you're so eager to go there? You've even packed along that catapult. What's so interesting about Etheria?" Ren was puzzled. He had thought that the first elementals he would meet were more....normal? It wasn't every day you saw an air, gravity, and fire elemental trying to catapult themselves into the land of aether.
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"We were commissioned to investigate the strange energy disturbance, and Etheria may contain clues or even the source of it. Either way it's one of our last hopes because the other eleven nations have no information whatsoever."
"Uh, guys." Cameron interrupted. "The catapult is ready. I am 99% sure we will make it from this distance."
Galnath looked skeptical. "What if we hit that barrier around Etheria and rebound?" Cameron looked at Akebono. "I guess we can have Akebono float below us so if, which we won't, fail, he can catch us."
"I'm ready." Velethan said. "You coming, Ren?"
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"Very well" Renato agreed. "I am also investigating the strange energy. It might even have some correlation with the null creatures I encountered earlier. Either way, I feel that my experience with the null creatures might come in handy if we were to meet some, and I am eager to see if Etheria has some answers as well." Ren shook Velethan's offered hand, and both of them prepared for the catapult.
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Aquarius first stopped at the temples of Jezebel and Neptune, seeing what he could do to get their favors for this journey.
Aquarius's second destination was the Frozen North. After reaching the frozen shore, he wrung out his cloak. Followed by the nymph, he quickly checked that he had what he had packed before going off, slowly walking across the frozen landscape.
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"If this doesn't work, I will strangle you for all the trouble you got us in to." Galnath remarked sarcastically.
Cameron smiled. "Feel free to. Now let's go!"
Velethan directed his Wyrm to fly back to the Air palace, they had no need for his trusty steed now. The four Elementals and an excited Saph entered the catapult. Surprisingly, they all fit inside. Akebono prepared to launch them.
"Alright, launch in three...two...o-" Cameron was cut off by an abrupt snap. They were airborne.
The velocity was incredible. The adrenaline rush from accelerating through the air at incredible speeds, sailing miles over the endless ocean...incomparable. Velethan spread his wings and pretended to fly. The Air Elementals enjoyed the adrenaline rush, yet the others were experiencing the opposite. Galnath had shut his eyes and closed himself off to the world, while Cameron was screaming loudly. Saph let out a shrill of fear.
Velethan glanced at their destination - approaching fast. The barrier must be close. He looked down and noticed Akebono trailing them, alert. He waved and mouthed a "thank you", then turned to face Etheria once again.
All of a sudden he heard a low growl: Akebono stopped. He had hit the Dimensional Shield. That meant...they were through! "We did it!" Velethan exclaimed.
As they entered the realm of the Aether Elementals, the outside world slowly faded from view. It was like they entered an entirely new dimension. The strangely colored blob that he saw from the outside was gone. Instead they were in a pure white tunnel, void of any objects. The absence of, well, everything felt strange.
Then Velethan realized they needed a way to slow down, otherwise they would collide with the ground at terminal velocity and most likely die from the impact. "Guys, how are we going to slow down?" he asked.
As if experiencing a miracle, the group began to decelerate. In a matter of seconds, they came safely to a halt and landed on the floor of the tunnel. "Whew..." Galnath was relieved.
"YEAH! THAT WAS AMAZING! WHOOO!" Cameron began to celebrate by jumping around and fisting the air. Suddenly, four beings appeared, two on either side of them in the narrow tunnel. They were completely sealed in obscure black armor, long purple capes flowing from their shoulders.
The four Elementals and the Charger were silent as the strange beings closed in.
"What is the meaning of your presence here?" one asked.
"Uh...we...err..." Cameron stammered.
"We are investigating the recent energy surge that threatens the peace of our nations. We came here to ask if you had any information regarding the matter." Galnath said confidently.
One of the beings nodded. "He's telling the truth. We will bring them to Lord Isharugi." He turned to the visitors, face obscured by his strange helmet. "Come with us."
Without saying a word, the group followed the Aether Elementals down the blank tunnel of nothingness.
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[Okay, the plan is to send Kairos out into the world. Any takers?]
[I'll take you up on your offer.]
Exhausted and confused, Ferocio fell asleep on one of the logs he had brought to the ground with his Pulverizer. He slept until King Helios had brought the Sun to the top of its arc, and woke up with a start. "I need to go somewhere. NOW. This clearing is getting SOO boring."
Ferocio decided that the Desert of Time would be an excellent place to explore, since almost no one except the clever Time elementals had ever found something interesting in it.
ADRENALINE
And Ferocio took off into the desert. Before long, the Sun started beating down on him, drenching him in sweat. Under his Adrenaline rush, Ferocio had no regard for physical limitations, and continued to barrel through the flat, sandy land at top speed. On and on he went, scaring away Dune Scorpions and Devonian Dragons alike with his speed and the green glow in his eyes. And then, he tripped.
"Hey, what was that?" Ferocio turned to the small object he had just stumbled on. He tried to pick it up, but realized that it must be part of a large rock.
Or maybe, a building...
Still under the force of Adrenaline, Ferocio began to dig like a Graboid, quickly clearing the sand away to reveal the top two layers of sandstone of a... pyramid? Intrigued, Ferocio dug downwards on a side that he perceived to be the entrance, until he found a large, majestic door encrusted with the Time insignia at the top. Using his Pulverizer, he smashed the door down and entered the house. In order to try and be stealthy in his exploration of this unknown building, Ferocio undid his Adrenaline rush and tiptoed forward. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming up a staircase to the right. Instead of attempting to hide himself, he walked over to the stairs.
Up came a thin man, hardly twenty years old, with tanned skin and dark brown hair. He wore a simple, torn linen piece of clothing, but carried an air of pride that seemed to come from the family crest on his pendant. "Who are you?" he said.
"Ferocio Vivis. I'm not trying to intrude, I just found this pyramid after stumbling on it while running through the desert."
"Sure you were. Anyway, I'm not a tattletale, I'll keep your secret. I'm Kairos, by the way. Kairos Tempus."
"Well, Kairos, would you like to go somewhere with me? The Earthen Mountains are a little ways to the west of here. We can make our way into the Gravity Basin and see what's going on there if you want."
"We can go to the Mountains, but I'm not sure if I want to go to Gravity. You see, I was just part of a raid that went on there."
"Oh, so it was YOU who stole that Catapult from Gravity? Rumor has it they have many others, though. It should be fine. Let's go!" The adventurers quietly slipped out of the pyramid, and rose to the surface. Immediately, both could see the Mountains to their west, the cloaked Kingdom of Darkness to the south, and the Dead Marshes, issuing a strong stench of decay from the east. The two made their way to the west. After a few minutes of slow travel, Ferocio became frustrated. "Man, this sand is so hard to walk in. Would you like to get on my back so I can Adrenaline and get through this desert faster?"
"Sure, though it's not hard for me to walk in this, I've been doing it my whole life." Kairos climbed on Ferocio's back.
ADRENALINE
And Ferocio once again thundered across the desert, approaching the mountains at inhuman speed. Finally, the two reached the base and prepared for a climb.
"Don't worry, Ferocio, we have as much time as you want to climb this thing, I have my Eternity with me."
"Awesome! I'm getting tired of this Adrenaline thing anyway." Slowly, the powerful green glow in Ferocio's eyes slimmed down to about half its size.
[Drake_XIV, I hope you're okay that I kinda took control of your character for a little. Feel free to control the two characters for some time as well.]
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(All these posts are confusing me, so I'm dropping out until there are less people. Feel free to ignore my lasst post.)
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[Zblader, plz go over this and clean up jenkins speech with his accent, I don't know the rules of it.)
[Feel free to improvise it - I'm not quite too sure about what accent he has either. XP]
"Well, they sure ran off pretty quickly." Lyra noted as she saw the :life elemental take off an a blur of Adrenaline like a certain blue hedgehog. From the sparks leaping around, it was also pretty clear that an Aether elemental had also been here, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Curses." Kuraz muttered. "Jenkins has completely ran off and any witnesses of the battle have already left the scene. All we know is that a :life and :aether elemental have been fighting here."
"No, there's something else."
"And exactly what would that be, Shaden?"
"Give me one second and I'll show you what I mean."
Possess King [Spade]
Her hair once again tainted with streaks of black, Lyra's body shuddered as Shaden took control.
"Alright. I know it's not directly in our vicinity, but I can... 'sense' it, somehow. It's around here, didn't get too far. We should try prodding the bus-"
He was interrupted by a screech as a Scorpion fell out in front of him, a small clear/blackish liquid on its foot. It struggled to get the thing off of it, but nothing could be done as the creature was consumed and the blob grew slightly in size. 6 crystal-like spikes appeared to protrude out of the new blob, as if it had once taken a distinct shape.
Kuraz prepared to blast it, but Shaden held him back.
"Wait. I want to try something." He started walking closer to it.
"Wait, why are you walking CLOSER to that thing?!" Lyra almost yelled, had she not been a displaced spirit. "I don't want to end up like that Scorpion!"
"No.... I don't think this one will resist too much. Considering how small it was, it was probably a fragment - a chip off a summoning that fell off unnoticed. It just got lucky and found some food before it completely lost the will to exist."
"That doesn't mean you should try to touch it, Shaden!" Kuraz started to get closer as well, but Shaden pushed him away.
"Don't disrupt me! I don't care if we get killed, because I bet we're not going to get killed."
"You bet? This isn't poker!"
"Look, man. You can go on and rant about how dangerous it is for me, but unless we want to take some evidence back, I need to touch the thing. Okay?"
"Fine. It's a wonder you still hold loyalty to :light ."
"Well, I'm a mysterious person." Crouching down, Shaden moved his hand towards the seemingly docile blob, only for the blob to latch onto his hand.
The pain was indescribable. Shaden felt as if his hand was being ripped apart from trying to integrate the blob's energy with his own - indeed, he had touched Void before to try to craft a Pillar in its namesake, but he had touched Void that was under his Control.
"..... I can feel it, Shaden. We're unlocking a card in the Deck of Fools."
"And? I-i-i'm kin-d of iN PaIN HERe!"
"I don't know, okay? I think somehow, that.... thing is reacting with the deck's energy signature!"
Absorb Queen [Heart]
The pain suddenly disappeared for the Shaden as the blob violently ricocheted at him, then sunk into his body. He collapsed.
"Thank goodness, you're okay. I'd hate to explain to Academy that Lyra was killed even before Jenkins was." Kuraz sighed, taking out a small bottle of water from his pack. "Drink?"
"Yeah, thanks." Downing the whole drink in one gulp, Shaden stood up and let Lyra take control once more.
Possess Queen [Spade]
"Alright, so what exactly happened to that blob? If it's inside me, I will slap you."
"No, it's not inside you."
"So where is it then?"
"'Inside' me, if you want to put it that way. I converted the thing to elemen- excuse me, Void energy and integrated it with my spirit. Your new card-tarot thing helped."
"The Deck of Fools is not just a bunch of cards or tarots, they're magic spells! Anyway, I guess I have to say thanks, too, though, since this is the first card we've gotten of a different suit than Spade. So now, can you summon any of that Void stuff, like a pillar now that you have elemental energy of it?"
"It's not really elemental energy, and it's way too little for me to even summon a Blob. All I can say is what this... thing was supposed to be - in our language, it's apparently called a 'Voidstalker'."
"I guess we can't do much more then. Kuraz, do you think we should try to find Jenkins or follow the :life elemental?"
"Knowing Jenkins, he'll turn up at Sanctum Solaris in a week beaten up and in the arms of some other Elemental." Kuraz said, as he finished scribbling down the day's events in his journal. "I suggest we follow the :life elemental's path. Based on the direction he left in, he'll be skirting the Time Border and going into the Gravity Basin." He cut off as he stooped down to see a pendant, a piece of jade stringed on a loop of what appeared to be tough vine. "Could this be...."
"Soooo... Time or Gravity?" Lyra broke into Kuraz's thoughts.
"Gravity, of course. We need an eyewitness account, don't we?"
"I suppose we do. Let's go."
[Going to try to meet up with one of the other PC's. The more the merrier, after all.]
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The Amargio soon proved itself to be something of a taskmaster, often stomping the ground to remind the other two elementals to get moving, or directly pulling them along via it's innate Gravity Pull. Jenkins was willing enough to keep going 'in search of adventure!' but Iredia kept wanting to stop and examine this new thing and that. It quickly got to the point of rediculousness when she almost got left behind because she stopped to stare at a common flower a bit too long.
Jenkins: Are ya sure yer a gravity? Yer more distractable then entropy elementals.
Iredia: but I'm sure that flower was changing colors!
Jenkins: Nope, I've seens prismaflowers before, and that wasn't it. It was a tri-decadion flower, those take ten years to grow, spend ten years in bloom-! IREDIA!
Iredia had wandered off again, and was kissing the ground. When she looked up, she looked addled, almost as if an entropy elemental wailed on her with a discord.
Iredia: What? I was taking a drink?
The Amargio looked at her in alarm, and this time, walked over, and gently picked her up and began to carry her.
Iredia: Hunh? What's up?
Jenkins: Yer wounded! It musta been that weird abomination that you killstole from me.
Iredia: Uhhhh....Right, right, I remember that thing, two arms, a leg with a hand, and that weird squirting eye-stalk....YOU! SUCK! And those two! They suck too!
Jenkins:Uh-oh, whatever you've got, it's getting wors-HEY! GUYS!
Jenkins ran over to a duo of light elementals that was a good distance away.
Iredia:Hunh? What'sss they, hisisisis wivevies?
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[I get to mess with Kairos' disposition! Just for future reference, make sure you ask and wait for approval before using Kairos Tempus.
Also, I'm going on a retreat, so I will have minimal activity over the next few days.]
I'm sorry but we can no longer accommodate you Tempus.
Kairos spat to the side as he followed Fero. He wasn't an idiot. The shelter had enough provisions to last a cycle, and there was more than enough room. He was being banned from the incident.
Apoarently, the elemental who had disappeared when attacking him was the boss' son. And found dead during the last raid.
Of course, Kairos was to blame. Even though no one could prove it.
Now that he was out in the world, he wasn't hopelessly sheltered. His many trips to the city have yielded all kinds of ... information.
Especially on a catapult thief.
Kairos stabbed at striking up conversation. He wasn't the most socially active guy, but in this eternal desert, it wouldn't hurt.
"So why are you here?" He let his gaze drift to the endless sand. "You're not here for the views, that's for sure...."
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Location: Windswept Shores
Penn caught his breath. He still had a while to go before delivering the news back to Mya, but he was already tired. Nearly an entire two days without any rest. He thought back to the creatures he had met earlier. What were these null creatures? And why were they so powerful? Penn sat down to think. What was going on? It was a while before Penn noticed that he was cold, but not in the temperature sense. Cold, as in lifeless, as if his very energy was being drained away. He was all too aware of the silence. "Who's there?" Penn notched an arrow into his Owl Eye and turned around, but he could only open his mouth and try to scream. There was silence.
Location: Etheria
Ren shuddered. He didn't know exactly why, but something just didn't feel right. He wondered if Penn had delivered his message yet. If not...he didn't want to think what those null creatures would do to the land of air. The group walked down a tunnel that flickered as if it were made of some kind of fluid, but retaining solid capabilities as well. Ren tried to make some small talk. "Er," Ren asked one of the immortals guiding them, "What is with all this security? Did something happen?"
The immortal turned to Ren, and without slowing down his pace quickly replied "It's classified. Lord Isharugi will tell you all about it, but for now, I can tell you that a class 4 criminal had escaped. We are nearly in a state of emergency trying to find him and recapture him."
Another immortal broke in "We also believe that he may be somewhat related to what you elementals are looking for, but I will let lord Isharugi brief you in about that"
"Wow. Class 4? I heard there were only a few of those notorious criminals around. Can you imagine if we were somehow able to catch him?" Ren nudged Velethan.
"Don't be silly" Velethan brusquely replied, "As it is, I doubt that even myself, an elite warrior from air can stand toe to toe with someone like that"
"Indeed", agreed Galnath, "We are most likely out of his league. If we were to meet him, all we should do is to escape"
Ren didn't say anything, but anyone who looked deep into his eyes already saw that his mind was thinking up of ideas.
"And we are here," said an immortal, escorting the elementals into a room that was so white the intensity hurt the eyes.
Location:???
Dimentio stared dumbfounded at the colorless creature in front of him. The last time he had seen one of those, it had attacked a pesky life elemental, but this one was bigger. No, bigger was an understatement. It was at least twice as large, it's colorless eyes, rolling around lifelessly, turning towards him. He had seen smaller versions of these a while ago, and indeed, had quite fun using his Twin Universe skill on them, but they were unable to be fractaled, and they usually didn't pose much threat to him, usually bypassing him due to his special spatial abilities and phasing skills, but this one was different. Even if it displayed no open hostility, it blocked his path, and Dimentio was upset. "Okay, stupid thing, get out of my way" Dimentio swung the sword that he had stolen from a weapons store somewhere, and neatly cut right through the creature's legs and midbody in one slash. The creature slumped, as if about to fall apart, but merely shimmered a bit, and within a moment, the cut disappeared. "The Zanzarino?" Dimentio plunged his sword straight into the creature, all the way up to the hilt, but the creature didn't even seem phased. It merely lifted a leg and made to bat him away. Dimentio quickly pulled the sword out and avoided the attack. "Alright, now you're seriously pissing me off. I'll show you the powers of a true aether elemental..." Dimentio clenched his hand and suddenly yelled out, "THUNDERBOLT!" A bright bolt of lightning shot out, and enveloped the creature completely. When the lightning cleared, there was no trace, except for some sand on the ground that had fused into glass. "The Zanzarino are these things?" Dimentio wondered, "But more importantly, it seems my time being locked up has weakened me. I remember when my thunderbolt would be able to pierce the sky, and rule the land. Every enemy feared Dimentio's thunderbolt" Dimentio smiled as he remembered his memories of being a proud and praised warrior. But those days were past. He had to focus on the task at hand. How to escape and hide from Etheria.
[Yup, hijacking Dimentio to be an antagonist for my group. Mwahahahahahahaha]
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[The following is in reply to the end of Drake_XIV's post]
"Meh, I got bored," returned Ferocio. "I was over at the clearing where our lands meet, following Dimentio Revane's voice."
"Revane, huh? Well, now at least we have some purpose. No one's ever going to catch him anytime soon."
"There's nothing my good ol' Pulvy can't break with enough force."
"You realize he can just disappear and reappear where he wants to, right? You might be the only one in the kingdom strong enough to smash the magic out of him, but we still need someone to take away his power. In short, we need another Aether elemental."
The two continued to bicker on the way up the mountain, Ferocio with his violent yells and Kairos with his reasoned, even-tempered words. As if in no time at all (and in fact, it WAS in no time at all, thanks to Kairos), they reached the peak of the Mountain and began to descend downwards to the Gravity Basin. It was as if some force was drawing them there...
As Cameron and the others entered Lord Isharugi's throne room, they expected to see some sort of phased being, something that displayed immortality and the power to control the dimensions, something GRAND, something POWERFUL...
Instead, they saw nothing.
"We're sorry, but Lord Isharugi has just taken leave for a moment. He seems to have found the criminal we have been after for what seems like - and could actually be, given what those time elementals can do - eons," said one of the Elite Immortal guards.
"Revane?" said Cameron. It wasn't every day that you get to witness the apprehension of history's most notorious criminal. "I thought he was roaming?"
"He is. However, Isharugi, using his Mindgate ability, was able to see through Revane's eyes to where he is. He said that he is making his way to the Gravity Basin, likely in order to steal some sort of shield for himself."
"I see. Well, I guess there's nothing left to do but wait for him."
They had found him. He didn't know how, or why, but they had found him. He had thought that going to the Gravity Basin from the northern Light Kingdom would have made him hard to find, but apparently not. "Isharugi's always been too nosy for his own good..." Dimentio was headed for the very center of the Gravity Basin. If a force was strong enough to be able to pull things to its center, then that center must be extremely powerful, and Dimentio wanted that power. Before he could transport himself through the dimensions to his destination, another being drifted into actuality.
"Dimentio Revane! You're coming with me!"
"Not if I can help it!" And the standoff was over just as quickly as it had started. Dimentio was gone, and no one but he knew where he was going.
Isharugi was enraged. "DIMENTIO! Don't you know that someday, you WILL be caught? You're lucky that I can only use my power at large intervals!"
[I hope you guys enjoyed that. It seems that everyone is gravitating to the Gravity basin (pun intended :) ), except for those Catapult people.]
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[I wonder how the elementals would respond to Isharugi not being there ::) And good thing Dimentio isn't captured, I want to write more about him and his interactions with my group :P Also, put the location of where the event takes place so it can be easier to tell where everyone is]
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[Permission is needed to control Kairos. This also means controlling Kairos' dialogue...]
"Huh, Gravity. Are you sure it's safe to be here?"
Kairos toes the ledge, check if the ground is steady enough to proceed.
"I'd guess they were more military oriented, so I don't know about any border guards..."
[Cue unexpected visitors!
Also, as of this moment, ZBlader is the only other person with the right to control Kairos Tempus.]
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[Got permission from Drake to control Kairos.
Current NPCs that everyone can control:
Example Character (Creator)
Jenkins (Zblader)
Dimentio Revane (thispersonisagenius)]
[Location:Gravity Basin/Desert of Time border]
"Thank god that we sent Jenkins to 'investigate' the strange happenings in the Life Realm." Lyra sighed.
"Yeah." Kuraz shook his head. "I'm just surprised that he has the mental capacity to remember to actually write down what actually happened, and not distort it."
"Well.... if he got involved a fight..."
"Yeah, but knowing his battle history his so-called 'fights' are just him getting into trouble at the bar. It's a good thing he wants to be a warrior, not a politician."
"You know, that Gravity Elemental - I heard the Armagio escorting her mumbling about 'strange Holy Light' or something. You don't really regret not investigating?"
"And go on a tangent and loose our only potential source of information? No thanks."
As the pegasi approached the Gravity realm, they saw two figures crouched on a cliff. One was a ragged man whose ragged garb was 'decorated' with what appeared to be Time-like embroidery, while the other emitted a lively aura famillar to Life elementals.
"Going on a hunch." Kuraz leaped off his Pegasus, taking out the jade pendant he had found earlier.
"Hey." The Life Elemental and the Time Elemental turned towards Kuraz, at first wary, but at soon as the Life Elemental saw the pendant, he took a much more aggressive stance. On the other hand, the Time Elemental began to back away slowly.
"Why do you have that?!" He roared leaping at the Light Elemental.
"Wait, Ferocio, maybe we should ta-"
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Glaring Light
"MY EYES!" Ferocio screamed, holding his eyes in pain as he staggered back from Kuraz's close-range burst.
"Sir, I just want to talk, like the Time one sa-"
Reverse TiAbsorb Queen[Heart]
[I'd like to explain Absorb Queen further at this part - without expendable elemental energy to cast something in the first place, you probably wouldn't be able to cast most spells (think of it as Absorb Queen trying to drain 2 :rainbow when Kairos only has 2 :time ). Stronger elementals are less likely to be affected by weaker castings of Absorb Queen (E.g. Mobius would probably have a power level of 50 :water quanta, so draining 2 :water doesn't deny him an Ice Bolt.)]
"Woah woah, hold on! Both of you, striking before he could even say a sentence?! That's pretty damn rude!"
"Lyra, watch your language. I don't think the Time one meant it on purpose."
"So what?! We're here to investigate, not be Jenkins and go all out fighting!"
"Excuse me..." The Time Elemental said as he stepped up to them. "But if you two come in peace, what business do you have with us?"
"I believe that this Life Elemental dropped a pendant in battle. May I ask if it is his?"
"Alright. But traveling this far for a pendant seems overly generous, stranger."
"Indeed. To spare the upcoming question, we're here to investigate a strange happening that we witnessed recently. Have you witnessed any strange or unnatural things happening to you lately?"
"Erm..." the Time Elemental shifted a bit, as if he had become uncomfortable with talking.
"Hey, Kuraz, you're supposed to ask them their name first! And if you pardon my companion's slightly overbearing attitude, could I have your names?"
"...Kairos."
"Ferocio"
"So, ah, back to question. ^^; " Lyra sighed as she realized she was going to have to do a little digging, just like that famous lawyer who shouted really loud or something like that.
"Have you seen anything odd, like weird energy surges, random powers emerging, or strange elemental entities?"
[I'll leave Drake and thispersonisagenius to answer the question for their respective characters.]
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[Amargios can talk? And I assumed they couldn't. Which creatures can and can't I wonder]
Jenkins: So she'll be ok?
Life elemental(random NPC, will be gone after this scene): She'll be fine. Classic quanta overload. Probably looked worse than it actually was because it was entropy quanta disrupting her senses.
Jenkins:And how long will it take her to recover?
Iredia: ?_?Oooooh...Hey, how much fire did I eat?
Life elemental: Feeling better?
Iredia: I feel like someone pumped me full of purify and neroutoxin at the same time...But...I suppose I'll be ok. Eventually.
Amargio:Good. We go home now.
Iredia:Wait, what about the whole 'what's goign on with Iredia thing?'
Amargio: Quanta overload, you got lucky and shot spells instead of exploding. We go home now, back to basic training for you.
Iredia: :o >:(SERIOUSLY!?!
The Amargio simply pulled Iredia back onto his back wings (I'm not sure, but I think those things are wings or something?) and started walking home.
Jenkins: Well, I guess yer're need the great JENKINS to keep you safe eh?
Iredia: :( Uuuugh...Still feel like crap. Going back to basic training isn't gonna make things better...
[I was hoping to join up with Zblader's group. maybe this time it'll take.]
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[Alright, so there is some major plot information in this post, all players should read this!
Two more things: One, remember that one of the rules of this game is "NO CONTROLLING OTHER PLAYERS' CHARACTERS." Of course if you have permission from the character's creator, this rule is, (ahem) null.
Also, at this point we have two distinct groups of players. I will ask that you only narrate events and control NPCs in the vicinity of the group that YOUR character is in. So if you're traveling with the group in the Gravity Basin, DO NOT write anything related to the group currently in Etheria. Thank you for your cooperation.]
The group idled around the blank room, waiting for their host to return. The four Aether Elementals were silent, unmoving, one in each corner of the room.
Suddenly, a dark portal precipitated in the center of the ceiling, and a similarly dressed Immortal descended into the room. However, this one was without a helmet and was, without a doubt, female. She was stunningly beautiful with flawless, flowing purple hair.
"Hello visitors. I am Lady Isharugi." she pronounced.
The four Aether Elementals immediatly bowed and saluted her presence. "Welcome back, Lady." they recited in unison.
Galnath observed the ceremony and stepped down to one knee, bowing his head. "We are honored to be in your presence, Lady Isharugi."
Velethan reluctnatly did the same, as showing respect in this way might be beneficial to their mission.
"What brings you here, Elementals?" the Lady asked.
"We are currently investigating the power surge that erupted within the continent and we seek knowledge from the realm of Aether." Velethan replied.
The Lady smiled slightly. "You came to the right place. I am curious though, how did a group like you, comprised of various different Elementals with relatively little magical ability, enter this realm? The few visitors we get are all powerful spellcasters traveling alone."
Cameron burst into explanation. "Well you see, m'lady, us Gravity Elementals developed a catapult which could launch things through ANY barrier, and we used it to bypass the Dimensional Shield."
"Interesting. Congratulations." The Aether Elemental said. Cameron blushed.
"Well." she continuted. "I shall explain the source of this energy."
She opened her hand, and a small, perfectly round sphere floated into the air above it. With her other hand, she inserted a needle into the sphere, puncturing it through both sides of the sphere.
"This sphere represents every dimension currently known to us Aether Elementals. On half of the sphere, there exists 'stable' realms, and on the opposite half, 'unstable realms'. This point of the needle" - she pointed to the spot where it had punctured the sphere - "Is the dimesion you live in. It is on the stable plane of existence, which allows you to live and develop nations. There are thousands of other dimensions, similar to yours, on this half of the plane as well."
"The other side of the needle is on the unstable plane. This means there is relatively little order, which is a prerequisite for disaster. These unstable dimensions are dangerous even for us Aether Elementals who are born into a stable realm."
"Now, I didn't insert this needle for no reason. Remember that you are on one side and an unstable realm is on the other. Imagine the center of the sphere as a mirror. The opposing point of the needle is a world similar to yours - except everything is opposite. The term "opposite" is not black and white here, it simply means the presence of certain forces is reversed. For example, there is an absence of Gravity in your mirrored, unstable realm. However there is a large amount of null energy, which there is none of in your world. This null energy is created by the absence of a stable form of energy, and its properties mutate and develop over time. Think of it as an unpredictable singularity which can take on any form. It in incapable of thought on its own, it just exists and naturally changes."
"The final stage of this demonstration explains the energy surge that occurred in this realm."
Lady Isharugi pushed each side of the needle towards the center of the sphere. "This is what happened. The two opposite realms converge. You begin to experience some of this null energy, which is leaking into your realm as we speak. The two realms will eventually become one, perfect opposites cancel each other out, and everything in both realms will cease to exist."
The group of Elementals gasped in horror. "WHAT? Are you saying we are all doomed?" Galnath yelled.
"I'm afraid so. This is inevitable and occurres naturally in the dimensional world. These fluctuations only affect two realms at a time, one on either plane, and because there are thousands of other realms on the stable plane, as Aether Elementals we simply migrate to another realm."
"This is inconceivable! We can't allow this happen! You Aether Elementals simply move between worlds but the rest of us...we all just disappear like we never existed, along with everything we created throughout the eons!" Velethan screamed in anger.
"This is true. However you can rest assured that there are many other realms with similar societies to yours, nations of Elementals, united and prosperous. Some even more advanced than yours." the Lady said.
"There must be some way to reverse this!" Cameron was almost pleading. "Please, tell us how we can save this realm and everything the exists on it!"
Lady Isharugi sighed sadly. "I'm sorry, there is no way. This realm is doomed. I have explained to this many other Elementals in different realms as well. They all believe their realm is the most important because they have not experienced dimensional travel like us Aether Elementals. In reality they are part of an insignificant, miniscule remnant that join together with thousands of other remnants to form planes of existance. One realm of living beings collapses into nothingness, while thousands of others continue existing."
Shock and disbelief filled the room, but mostly, fear. Fear that they were all on a course to leave existence forever. Fear that everything would just disappear and that would be the end of it. Fear that, no matter what they did, no matter what happened, they could not stop their destruction from occurring.
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Location: Etheria
Ren was the first to break the silence. "There must be some way to stop this! If we can only stop this null energy from consuming us! There's definitely a way to stop them! I've even seen these null creatures be defeated!"
"Oh?" Genuine surprise spread on Isharugi's face "You know how to stop the null?"
"Of course!" Ren said, his tone slightly more angry than he intended, "These null creatures seem to feed off elemental energy, but they're also weak to elemental energy! Surely! If all the elementals of all elements united together...there must be something that can be done! I know it!"
"And how do you intend to do that?" Isharugi's voice was cold. "The 12 elemental nations are constantly at war with each other. Never once has there been a complete peace between them. And now, even now, while the null is growing stronger, they still don't even know the threat of the null. Simply put, these ignorant, war-loving nations should just disappear if they do not learn how to get along"
There was a stunned silence in the room. One of the immortals fidgeted a bit uncomfortably.
"Please" Cameron begged, "You have to help us!"
"Honestly speaking, do you think your worlds are worthy of being saved? It is just like the cockatrice devouring the antlion, or a dragon devouring a wyrm. It is all part of the cycle of natural harmony, and here, elemental and null energy shall be joined as one" Isharugi's voice was quiet, but stern.
"I don't believe this" Galnath shook his head, "We really are all doomed..."
"NO!" Ren shouted, "This won't happen! Look, Lady Isharugi, if we twelve elemental nations can all ally together, and you direct us to the center of this null, I am sure we can unite and solve this problem! The twelve nations may not love each other, but in the face of a crisis like this, they have to! I'll go and beg every single nation's leaders and citizens myself if I have to! We can't just give up like this!" Ren pounded his fist into the wall and the wall's textured wobbled, generating a small wave that scuttered along the room.
"And who do you think you are? You are just some air elemental. Even if you were able to convince your own kingdom, that's not even ten percent of the energy you would need, not to mention, those death and earth elementals would never listen to you-"
"You're wrong" Ren interrupted the leader of Etheria, "I know they will listen because...I'm not a pure air elemental" Ren took off his hood. "I am also half death"
When the initial surprise and shock was over, Isharugi, still calm, quietly asked "So, even if you are able to convince the air elementals and the death elementals to join sides, that is only still two of the twelve elements. How do you intend to get the other ten?"
Ren was silent for a while before finally replying, "Lady Isharugi. I beg of you. Please help us stop this crisis. I-no, we, beg that you use your elemental energies and elementals to help us.
"...And why should I help you? Even if it meant no loss to us, you still have not given me an adequate reason for why we should help your world, and you. I appreciate your enthusiasm, it reminds me a bit of when I was younger, but you have nothing to back up your words. How do I know you, and your world is worthy of our help?"
Ren thought a bit before answering. "A class 4 elemental criminal broke free from Etheria. Would you please be willing to consider helping us if we were to catch him back for you?"
All faces turned to the Lady as she answered.
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After walking 10 meters into the Frozen North, Aquarius felt dry and cold. He quickly ran back into the comparatively warm ocean, spotting a figure walking downwards from the mountain. Aquarius waved at the figure, then waited for a response.
[This is when Bhever Raine enters and meets Aquarius, if ddevans96 posts sometime soon. The nymph's supposed to be an NPC.]
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This is when Bhever Raine enters and meets Aquarius, if ddevans96 posts sometime soon.
No, it isn't. That will be tomorrow. Tonight I enter the aforementioned village, which you would have found is far to the north of where you're at.
With a forum RP like this, there is very little need to post all the time. No more than once per day and often less when not in a group (like I'm not now), and much more when you have a large group of people. Some of you are moving way too quickly :3
If you want to advance one of my plotlines, clear it with me first. Communication is key.
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No, it isn't. That will be tomorrow. Tonight I enter the aforementioned village, which you would have found is far to the north of where you're at.
Derp. Edited, then edited back.
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Sorry eagle, I was a bit harsher than I meant to be in that last post. For efficiency's sake I'll place the village as close to the boundaries of the Frozen North and Windswept Shores. Plan to meet up in the village?
Timeline: ~1 hour after end of r20
Location: Frozen North - Village near border with w-Shores
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Bhever finished his hike down to the bottom of the mountain and proceeded to village. Along the way, he continued to test the air, and the difference from it's normal condition was the same in this area. He resolved to see if a heartful trader friend near the far edge of town was home. Just meters away from there, the land curved down, so one could see the beaches of the west, brushed and molded by the skies.
Progressing through the town, he did not speak much, and quickly arrived at his friend's doorstep. He knocked. You there? It's Bhever.
About time you showed up again. The door's unlocked. He heard a small chuckle, and entered, closing the door behind him. Nice to see you too, Aidache. Can you talk now?
You're in here, aren't you? Make yourself at home, I have biscuits. He motioned to his kitchen. Bhever smiled, walked over, and grabbed one. Have you felt anything in the last few hours? Some sort of disturbance in the land? Everything feels different today. Darker.
Aidache frowned slightly. 'Bout two hours ago, some sort of energy blast. Lots of people talked about it, thought it was just a severe change in the winds. Could just be an Airie messing with vast power above us. Could be much worse.
I was hoping you'd know more. You've been everywhere. surely you've encountered this before? Aidache shook his head.
I want to get to the bottom of it. Somehow. You traveling to sell goods any time soon? A chuckle this time. Indeed. I was going to Atlantis tomorrow and make my rounds, but if you want to go somewhere else, I'll be company.
Thanks. Atlantis is a good place to start. Queen Mya would be another, if she would accept us. If this is far-reaching, she would know about it.
Alrighty then. I'll get my gear ready and we'll head out. Over the next several minutes, he loaded a very large backpack and all sorts of clothing pockets with goods of all kinds, gained from trading through the land. Let's go then. Bhever nodded sharply, and the pair went outside.
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Cue: Eagle
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[I'll leave Drake and thispersonisagenius to answer the question for their respective characters.]
Ferocio sighed. "Me? Not at all. I'm not in the least a spiritual person, just a guy who likes to break things and live his life. My, er, friend Princess Gaea told me about these surges, but I never felt one myself. You, Kairos?"
[I will insert Drake's answer here when he posts it.]
As the others continued to discuss the quantum anomaly, Ferocio felt left out. Being the only member of the group who relied solely on physical strength to get where he wanted, he felt strange talking about magic. Instead of attempting to participate in a conversation that he wouldn't do justice to, Ferocio turned to face the Basin, trying to see if anything strange was going on.
And, indeed, there was. Akebono, the False God best known for being the only elemental with the spells to bypass Shields of any kind, was returning on his Massive Dragon, as if just out for a joy ride. But anyone who had heard about Akebono, or even the Gravity element in general, knew that he never just left for joy rides. No, the False God had been up to something.
ADRENALINE
Without so much as telling the others where he was going, Ferocio took off down the mountain at top speed. He was done with not knowing about the whole energy surge business. He wanted knowledge, and he wanted it NOW.
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Aquarius watched the figure for a response. It quickly proceeded down the mountainside and into a village. After waiting for it to reappear for a few minutes, Aquarius ran towards the town, not minding the cold, the wet cloak he was barely holding, and his nymph, who couldn't catch up with him.
After getting to the village, Aquarius was quickly met by two elementals going the opposite direction.
"Do... do you know where I could get some food?" Aquarius asked.
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Timeline: Immediately succeeding r62 (eagle)
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Bhever held out a hand for Aidache to stop, and regarded the visitor in front of him. Yes, the village has all sorts of people who could provide you with food. We were about to leave town, but it can wait if you want us to.
Aidache nodded. There's been strange things happening. You seem like a traveler, I wouldn't doubt if you knew something. We can throw the bull at my place, or somewhere more public if you want.
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"Odd? No, I can't say I have..."
Kairos couldn't help but feel that he had somehow gotten involved in something he should not have. But yet he pushed on.
"What do you mean by odd though?"
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[In this installment, I will be controlling Vivor, the Emperor of Life, as well as Ferocio.]
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO??"
"Your Majesty, the others have denied your request. Evidently, they cannot attend a meeting."
Vivor was beside himself. "Just because I rule the Forest of Life, I do NOT deserve to be treated as if I have no importance! I demand a meeting with the other elementals!"
Ferox tried to remain calm. "Your Majesty, I will do my best." Ferox turned to the vast Forest. "Friends, GO!" It was an amazing sight. Ferox's zoo of various Frogs, Cockatrices, Dragons and Rustlers seemed to rise to attention all over the region. These animals were distinctly different from their kin, as they were nearly twice as large as others. Ferox's Jade Dragons were known through the world to be the second-greatest creatures, as only Light Dragons were more powerful. The armada of creatures thundered across the Forest, towards the Light Kingdom. They seeked to find King Helios, as his Pegasi were the closest form of message transportation available.
"Those other leaders have left me in the dark for too long. It is time I take charge!"
Akebono knew something. Ferocio was sure of it. Running down the hill, his mind only became more and more rigid. He was helping someone go somewhere. But who? And where? he thought. Any simple elemental could travel via flying or foot to any world except Etheria and the Chaos Triad, and according to his father, the Chaos Gate had been closed for ages now. He must have been helping someone travel to Etheria! But how? There was only one way to find out, and it stood in front of him: the Graviton Manufacturing Chamber, known for building things the world had never seen... and crushing elementals into the fabric of matter with its unforgiving force. Ferocio walked in.
ADRENALINE
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[The king and queen of Light appear in this post. Gogo rulers.]
Location : [??? -> King Helios' Castle]
"I would disagree, Lady Isharugi." A wolf whispered to herself as a raven closed it's beak, seemingly having finished giving her a speech.
Shuddering suddenly, the wolf gleamed full of light and faded, while the raven faded away into the shadows....
Back at the white throne room, Lady Amaterasu opened her eyes once more, having seemingly dosed off into one of her 'naps'. Turning her head quickly, she looked at the spy right next her.
"Well, Eclipse." She stooped, as if pondering what to say. "I admit it sounds ridiculous, but if she's taking steps to pessimistically inform everyone of the end, then the boy's experiments may not have been in vain."
"Yes, Your Highness," the other sole figure in the throne room bowed slightly. "I suppose it was important after all that we had tapped into the research of the mixing of elements. So far, one can only invoke 2 different elemental spells with equal efficiency, but not at the same time. If our students do manage to make a breakthrough, we'll be more prepared for the supposed 'invasion' when it occurs."
"I would not even call it an invasion, but fair enough. Have we made any progress on tapping into the other foreign energies, besides Void?"
"Unsure, Milady. The researchers we've contracted have all hit dead ends, except for the boy. Most of the other realms remain uncooperative and uniformed due to the recent conflicts of interest. I doubt you would be allowed to leave the Light Realm at such a time, either."
"Indeed. So 'Warrior' was lasted spotted heading towards the Life Realm while 'Angel' was heading towards Gravity?"
"I suppose. Milady, if we cannot negotiate to get you out of the realm, perhaps it would be wise to commission the Adventurers instead with your seal. We should seek our rogue Champions first, the False Gods, and perhaps alert them that the situation is more dire than they had thought."
"Do we know the location of any of them?"
"No. You know how they operate. They're like permanent Adventurers - seeking goals, even when there are none to be found."
"That should not hinder the peace we're aiming for, then. Send the pigeons out - 1 for Warrior, 1 for Angel. Tell both to look for the False Gods and converge at some point. Also tell Warrior to 'get his act together'."
"Hmph. And the rest?"
"The same objective, but do not request them to converge. They do not have that 'potential' we need for peace." taking out a glowing paintbrush, the woman began to paint her messages, finishing the first two with special seal.
"I see you're busy as always, Ammy." Helios walked in. "How goes the investigation?"
"Please, Helios, we're actual rulers now, not just the country mage and the dashing prince. Have you been able to get talks started?"
"Unfortunately, no. :darkness 's aid is possible, but they're not willing to risk the public schism yet unless the majority of the other elements are on board. My last envoy was sent towards Life, though... I hope he returns soon, or we're going to have to force a confrontation ourselves."
"Can't we ever avoid a conflict? Your father and mother seemed to have it so easy, even during the war."
"No. I have to admit, being the new king isn't easy, either, even though the nation loves me. But don't worry. We'll sort this out and keep the kingdom safe."
"I AM worried, Heli. And I'll stay worried until we're sure this is over." Helios didn't respond - instead, the young king clasped the recent queen's hand.
[Time : Prior to Ferocio entering the Graviton Manufacturing Chamber]
"Well, AH HEY-" Lyra was cut off as a huge gust of wind as Ferocio ran away towards a massive figure in the distance.
"Wait! I need that eyewitness account!" Kuraz yelled as he leaped on the Pegasus and flew in the same direction, both of them becoming spots in the dust.
"Anyway, we're looking for something like some unusual blob creature that hasn't been seen before, or strange bursts of energy that might result in unusual things happening around you. Have you seen either?"
"...No, I don't believe so."
"I think we should stop talking to this guy."
"Are you sure?"
"No. Is there anything else I should be on the lookout for?"
"Seriously. He's getting more information from you than you're getting from him."
"I don't know, really. I don't think I've introduced myself properly, by the way. Name's Lyra. Where are you headed, Kairos?"
"Into Gravity. Why?"
"Oh, so we're headed in the same direction! Wanna travel with us?"
"I guess, if we can get Ferocio to cooperate." the two headed in Kuraz's direction, unaware of the pigeon frantically trying to catch up with them.
As Jenkins and Iredia chatted as they flew through the Life Realm (well, more like Jenkins told Iredia about his 'conquests'), a pigeon softly hovered above them...
"Hm? Oh, one sec. I got some mail. Must be my fangirls."
"Oh?" Iredia asked. "What does it say?" Jenkins quickly scanned to paper... only to recognize something very important
Dear Jenkins,
At the queen's command, you are requested to seek out the False Gods and try to gather them to help us negotiate with the other nations. I am not fully sure of the situation yet, but as you had been sent out with Lyra and Kuraz I'd like you to converge at some point with them and discuss Shaden's research. It may be more important than we think. If you need it, here is my seal. It will dissipate if it comes into contact with anyone besides you, the receiver of this message, so please be careful.
Get your act together.
Queen Amaterasu
"Oh, AWESOME! I got mail from the QUEEN!"
"What'd she say?"
"Oh... she said I have to get my act together. But I'm already a great warrior! I have my act together and my goal set in mind, not to mention my JAR OF DIRT!"
"...surprise she told you that, if you're working for her." Jenkins hugged the message and quickly put in his sack (likely to be treasured for the rest of his life) before realizing he'd almost lost control of his Pegasus.
Iredia facepalmed.
[Bios Below for the characters in 'The King and Queen', Kuraz and Jenkins.]
[Bios:
Lady 'Ammy' Amaterasu:
:light
Formely a Magus of the White Sage House, Amaterasu is the recently crowned queen of Light, a benevolent woman who encourages peace, friendly negotiations, and open trade, but conceals it behind a spy network that has established an alliance with Darkness. Her motif is the Mother Wolf - benevolent to her children and fierce, but aloof. She is conflicted about how much she really follows the virtues of :light , but in the dark times of the post war world she will put universal survival first.
She can project herself as an illusion of light, usually as an animal. Since she usually doesn't fight, the rest of her abilities are currently unknown.
King 'Heli' Helios
:light
Formerly a prince of the White Shield House, King Helios is the recently crowned king of Light. He retains an optimistic nature, having not been fully tainted by the burden of elemental politics yet. He is known to be a warrior of great charisma and wisdom, though the coming times will test his mantle as the King to the strongest degree.
Eclipse Evanescence:
:light
One of the :light spies involved in the :darkness :light alliance, Eclipse fits his name in almost every way - he possesses the ability to manifest :darkness "Moon Ravens" that can investigate multiple areas at once and communicate with other elementals, and can also summon :light "Solar Hawks" that emit blinding flashes of light to blind enemies. For all his skills, though, he's not that great in direct combat, and is forced to resort to trickery and pragmatism to win any conflicts he is involved in
Kuraz:
:light
A mage student belonging to a House of :light , Kuraz's high position leaves him slightly overbearing and brutally direct at times. Accustomed to getting his way, he use his investigative methods to find what he wants to accomplish the goals given to him. He is a student specialized in mono- :light .
Jenkins:
:light
A prideful... 'fighter' descending from the self-proclaimed 'House of Chicken', Jenkins is supposedly one of the stupidest people to ever exist in the Light Realm. Always picking and losing fights, his pride remains untarnished by his sheer 'bravery' and his JAR OF DIRT. His 'swordship' skills are only further 'augmented' by his almighty Dagger.
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Iredia shook her head in envy. Few things Gravity couldn't break, and Jenkin's ego seemed to be one of them. The Amargio looked at Iredia, and then pointed at Jenkins, then itself, then at Iredia.
Iredia: ::) Yea...This is not gonna be easy, but maybe-
*GAYARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!*
Jenkins found a massive dragon.
Iredia: :o Where do you find these things!?!
Jenkins: No matter, I got dis with my-
*WHAM!*Jenkins got slammed by the dragon's tail, and would have been sent flying if the Amargio hadn't brought him back to earth via Gravity pull.
The dragon then looked at Iredia, and suddenly lunged for her, attempting to eat her. Iredia barly dodged, but was panting, she was feeling drained, and a bit ill again. The Pegasus suddenly spun around, and charged Iredia at a full gallop, despite Jenkin's protests, but too little too late!
Iredia suddenly roared in pain, and then her body bgan to morph and change, darkening and somehow, 'twisting' and shifting...Until she stopped yelling, turned to the Pegasus, and let it run right through her, as if she was air. The Amargio was frozen in horror, but not for long.
Amargio: RUN! EVERYONE RUN!!!!
Jenkins: What in the world!?!
Iredia: Sooon...hehehehe, soooooooon...All will be nothing!
She grabbed the Titan at her side, and 'warped' it into a black, twisted version of it's former self, and raced after her former companions. The Pegasus and Dragon took off, but the Amargio knew he would not be so lucky. it focused it's gravity pull on Iredia, pulling her to itself. Iredia was instantly pulled to the Amargio, and held there.
Iredia: >:( LET GO YOU STUPID BLOCKHEAD! I'M STILL ME!
Amargio:They must leave, he still has his mission. I cannot leave, and thus I will do as all amargio do.
Iredia sighed, and looked at her hands.
Now, it seemed all to clear. Back when the first pulse hit, a tiny bit of void energy was stuck inside Iredia. She accidentally used it in practicing with her titan, and then, she stopped 'bleeding' off her quanta properly to use it to suppress the void. That was why she overloaded and broke the catapult. After that, it was just a matter of time before the void inside broke loose...
Iredia had found the void intoxicating, but she wasn't completly a void elemental just yet...
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[Unfortunately, I will not be able to post on this thread (or any other on the forum, as a matter of fact) for the next 2 weeks or so. Anyone can feel free to take control of my character as long as he isn't part of any drastic plot changes and doesn't die. Thanks!]
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"Let's just grab something to go before heading off," Aquarius said. "You know what happened to me last night?"
Before anyone could answer, Aquarius's nymph finally managed to get to them, shouting, "Wait for me! You're not the only one that's going this way!"
Aquarius, clearly embarrassed at what he forgot in his rush to the village, went back a few steps to accommodate the nymph following behind him.
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Aidache was clearly having trouble preventing himself from laughing, but Bhever reprimanded him, or at least as much as you can a friend. I live in a boarded cave on an ice-covered mountain, I can't say anything.
Sorry. I get amused more easily than I should. Come, we'll stop on the market street. There's tons of food there, pick what you want. Unless you want biscuits, that's pretty much all I eat until I get to Atlantis. Or wherever we're going, in this case.
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"Help you in what way?" Lady Isharugi scoffed. "I already informed you that your inevitable demise is unstoppable. If you really want to believe you can prevent it, go ahead, but please don't ask me to help in your foolish efforts."
"Now, I have given you all the information you requested. Please be going now." the Aether Elemental began casting a spell.
"No! You must help us!" Cameron shouted as the room faded.
The group shielded their eyes from a bright flash of light, and felt a cool breeze rush over them. They opened their eyes to a destroyed catapult, decimated by some kind of Aether lightning.
Galnath sighed. "Well, no matter what happens next, it will be better to die fighting than to do nothing and accept our fate. I'll never give up hope."
Velethan nodded. "We should return to our nations to report the information we received. I'll be on my way..."
"I'll travel by foot, I'm going to stop and alert the Earth nation on my way home." Galnath said.
Akebono, noticing their swift return, swooped beside them. "I want my food." Cameron rested his hand on the dragon. "You can have all the food you want...most likely in a couple weeks it will all be gone."
"It's been fun. Farewell. Perhaps we will meet again." Velethan extended his hand to his companions, who shook it. "Ren, if you want to return home, come with me. If you can keep up. I'm walking. Or you can go with Cameron, for whatever reason."
Galnath nodded. "Good luck, friends." He began the descent into the Earthen Mountains.
Cameron mounted Akebono and waved. "Farewell, indeed..."
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Location: Windswept shores
"Wait!" Ren called out to Cameron as he mounted his dragon "Before you fly off to your country...can you let me borrow Akebono?"
Cameron stared at Ren almost quizzically. "Just because we're all doomed doesn't mean you can take my dragon to joyride before you die"
"No! Not that! To capture that aether criminal! I'm sure that if we can somehow do it, I'm sure we can convince Isharugi to change her mind! There has to be a way to save the world!"
Cameron shook his head sadly. "Even if we did...how are we supposed to get into Etheria? They've destroyed our catapult, and I don't think we can steal another one"
"You're a gravity elemental! Surely you can cast momentum or acceleration! As we've already found out, their barrier isn't fullproof!"
Cameron shook his head again. "I doubt I have the ability to do that. There has to be at least two elementals casting that to have enough power to burst through. Even if I cast one of the spells, there's no way I can cast them both at the same time."
"Er...I'm a scholar. I've read a bit of your gravity texts to know how to cast mometnum...or at least...in theory. I've never really tried it, but I know how it works. Besides, we'll worry about that when the time comes. Let me just borrow Akebono? Please?"
Cameron sighed. "It's probably better than bringing back news that the world is doomed. I suppose you can, I'm going to come with you though. I'm the only one that can control Akebono"
"Great. Now let's go find ourselves a class 4 Aether criminal" Ren shook Cameron's hand.
Location: Etheria
Lady Isharugi sighed. These silly elementals. How could they possibly believe that the world could be saved? She had indeed saw the determination in Ren's eyes, but she could not ignore all the bloodshed and warfare of the nations' past. She tried to feel impartial, but she couldn't completely convince herself. Maybe that air death elemental could possibly-? No. Impossible. Dimentio was a hardened criminal. He knew how to fight. He was a master spellcaster. A master deceptionist. A warrior... Lady Isharugi shook her head to try and shake out the image of those eyes, burning with determination...Perhaps a little pointer would help them. Lady Isharugi tried not to feel guilty for what would happen.
Location: Windswept shores
Akebono circled the skies, Ren staring intently down, "I...don't see anything"
Cameron tried to hide his disappointment. "How are supposed to find someone like that anyway? We don't even know what he looks like or his name"
A flash of lightning besides Akebono, narrowly missing him, blasted in the direction of the magma mountains.
Ren smiled. "Perhaps we have a pointer"
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"Let's see what you have," Aquarius replied.
His nymph followed behind them, bitter from being left behind. Aquarius took a step back and said softly, "Sorry. It's hard for me to keep everything in mind when I'm excited."
Then Aquarius quickly walked between his nymph and the two unknown travelers in front of him.
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Astasia woke to the sound of panic. She glanced at the sun, high in the sky AND CLOUDLESS.
But... the sky is always cloudy. What the Zanzarino is going on?
She left her cloak in the cave - she wasn't powerful enough to make it work well during the day - and emerged to the bright sunlight. Blinking at the sudden brightness, she spotted a violet shape in the sky.
Could it be...?
She had heard of the forceful ruler of the Chaos Triad, Henku, but only in stories. One of the most powerful :entropy elemental, he had full control of his appearance, and the appearance of those around him.Though one could usually tell him from others if they knew how, which is why Astasia could tell so easily it was him. But he never ventured from the Chaos Triad, preferring, like the other Entropy elementals, to keep to himself.
Well, it looks like he is traveling, and unblocking the sun. He probably looks like a bird or something to the villagers, no wonder they're freaking out. I doubt any of them have seen the sun in their life.
Astasia had seen the sun once before in her life, when her grandmother was showing her some of the powers of a professional Aether Elemental. However, it was not a sight usually seen in the Kingdom of Darkness. Henku must have a good reason for disregarding that.
Scrap that, he must have a good reason for coming here in the first place.
She squinted at him, stepping forward to try and get a better view.
Suddenly, he started flying towards her.
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The Amargio waited for a great deal of time, reflecting on his life, and wondering just what was going on, when he saw a lightning bolt flash in the magma mountains nearby. It was clear Iredia wasn't going to attack him, and that lightning was clearly the sort made by an aether elemental. Curious, he decided to investigate.
Amargio: Come.
He cautiously released some of the pressure, allowing Iredia to stand upright, and the duo started walking over, curious about what was going on, when overhead they saw Cameron, and Ren riding a gravity dragon.
Iredia: :D Could I get their attention? Pretty please?
Amargio:No.
[ Jenkins is up for grabs. Someone else may take him as they please, as a reminder: Jenkins has a bottle of dirt, a dagger, and a pegasus]
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[That'd be great, except Jenkins is useless. I think. :P]
"...Damn." Jenkins muttered under his breath. "That bad, isn't it?"
As he stood there, a strange mist began to fall over the region, obscuring Iredia and Jenkins' view of anything else that could be insight. The Armagio, realizing something was wrong, got into a battle stance, while the Pegasus whined in fear.
"Hey, what in the name of Queen Amaterasu?!" Jenkins yelled.
"Don't worry. If it's enemy he won't stand to beat my new power!" Iredia proclaimed.
The mist parted in front to them to reveal a figure, wearing a grey-teal cloak. This cloak seemed to obscure all his features - none of the 12 elemental energy seemed to emit from him as an identity marker, but at the same time it was clear he possessed them all like any normal elemental did.... and yet, something seemed off, but not in the way the Void corrupted others.
"Greetings, Gravity and Light Elemental." The figure spoke, yet did not move.
"Who are you?" Iredia replied. "Are you the one behind this mist?"
"Put simply? Maybe, maybe not. You might as well be asking my purpose here."
"Hmph. Well, what's going on?"
"Gravity Elemental, Fate has predicted that you would be the first to be fully inflicted with the Void. There are many others, but their potential is not... 'there', yet."
"What do you mean? Is Void this weird energy that corrupted me and stuff? What's this 'Fate'? And what about 'others'?"
"How curious you are! Unfortunately, that is all I can tell you for now. I wish to see how you deal with this power, Iredia, but I will warn you that to a non-Void elemental the use of Void is dangerous, like a poison of the mind."
[Insert Zaealix/Iredia's response here.]
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Iredia: Sooo....Void is bad to use? It'll kill me if I use it too much? Oooook....But, what do I use it on? Come to think of it...I don't think I know HOW to use this really, aside from doing this.
Iredia stuck her arm through the Amargio, startling it, and the Amargio turned up the gravity, forcing Iredia to the ground again.
Iredia:AGH! Soooo...What's with you?
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[Just so all you guys know, there's no real reason this has to be all in chronological order. If you guys want, I can hold off on future plot progression and meeting with all of you so that you can develop your characters. There's no reason that Legit and my posts couldn't have taken place way after what you guys are posting]
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[Just so all you guys know, there's no real reason this has to be all in chronological order. If you guys want, I can hold off on future plot progression and meeting with all of you so that you can develop your characters. There's no reason that Legit and my posts couldn't have taken place way after what you guys are posting]
[True. Of course, the reverse is entirely possible as well. For now I think I'm going with the theory that everything happens at around the same time, unless Lady Amaterasu knows Precognition.]
Iredia: Sooo....Void is bad to use? It'll kill me if I use it too much? Oooook....But, what do I use it on? Come to think of it...I don't think I know HOW to use this really, aside from doing this.
Iredia stuck her arm through the Amargio, startling it, and the Amargio turned up the gravity, forcing Iredia to the ground again.
Iredia:AGH! Soooo...What's with you?
I come to give you a warning, Gravity Elemental. Unless you train to control the new power you have acquired and use it to help prevent the coming cataclysm, the results will be... unpleasant.
"What cataclysm?"
"You must find that out yourself. Fate has bound me from speaking more." The stranger began to fade, but not before Iredia attempted to hinder him with a spell.
Black Hole
MJOLNIR
The figure quickly slammed a large weapon on the ground, disrupting Iredia's concentration on targeting him. When the mist cleared again from the Black Hole, he was nowhere to be seen. The other figures and their massive dragon had disappeared as well.
Iredia realized Jenkins hadn't spoken anything during the whole shenanigan, but it became pretty obvious he'd been speechless with his open mouth as large as an Otyugh's.
"Can't you even help me out?" she snapped, bringing Jenkins out of what appeared to be a state of shock.
"Err.... I dunno, Iredia. He sounds pretty serious about that 'Void' or whatever its called, and he looks like an opponent worthy of my skill. I don't like the sound of it."
"Yeah, yeah. But where do I go? I don't even know how this stuff works." She sighed. Fortunately for Jenkins, he had a brilliant solution!
"I know! My friends were supposedly headed towards the Gravity Basin when I heard from them and one of them LOVES to investigate this weird stuff! We should head thataway?"
"But what about the queen's mission?"
"It's basically investigate the energy surge blah blah blah. I'm sure bringing an expert with me to the court will make my case look more convincing about this Void!"
"... I guess if we find out more, sure." Iredia sighed, looking at the Armagio. "You okay with that?"
"As long as we head back to Gravity I have no objections." the Armagio replied.
"GREEEEEAT! I'll escort you then! CORNFLAKES, tally ho!" Jenkins leaped on his Pegasus and flew again, with Iredia following him with a sigh. However, as he turned back after making sure his 'companion' was still with him, he frowned.
"This incident might call for something more than simple antics, despite my present limitations." He thought to himself.
[Not really going to develop Lyra and Kuraz's plot much until Drake or thispersonisagenius post. I'd like to see where they take the group next.]
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[!!! Oh that's telling!]
Iredia sighed, and decided to finally return home.
Along the way, she began messing around with 'void' energy...She didn't really know or even want to try using large amounts, but she came up with something to try.
Iredia: Hey Amargio, ever want to fly?
Amargio: I don't think about it. Amargios don't fly, we get launched from Catapults.
Iredia: I see...Hrm...First, to see if this will work...
She pulled out her 'voided Titan' and managed to remove the void energy from it, restoring it to normal.
Iredia: Sweet!
Alright then...
LLUN YITVARG
The Amargio's next step sent him into the air, as if someone pulled him up on a string. he flailed about helplessly, then attempted to Gravity pull himself to the ground, only to exhaust himself instead.
Amargio: IREDIA! WHAT DID YOU DO!?!
Iredia: :-[ I was just trying something out, here, I'll undo it!
Gravitize!
The Amargio came back down, and landed on his front.
He got up, and bagan walking back to the Gravity Basin just as before.
Iredia: I wonder if...
LLUN YITVARG
She then jumped forward, and went forward and up into the sky, not slowing down.
Iredia: :D WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I CAN FLY!!!!!
[Null Gravity, or llun yitvarg, when Iredia uses it, uses void energy to negate the effects of gravity on the target. Gravitize is mroe or less the 'reverse spell' that restores the target to normal.]
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[Just more plot stuff from me. All players, keep doing what you're doing and ignore this for now.]
Velethan traveled along the shores of his homeland, taking his time to reach Zephyrus and report the news to the Queen. He observed the beauty of the sand, the natural motions of the waves, the pleasing breeze of the Land of Air. All of these, the masterpieces of nature and time, countless millennia of undisturbed, untampered progression. Elementals, when they first settled here, were wise enough to balance conquest and isolation. Yet all the progress that both nature and Elemental made would be lost, forgotten by all, because there would be no one left to remember it.
"Hello Velethan." a muffled voice startled him, and he jumped around to face the direction of its source, hand on his Eagle's Eye.
It was a Time Elemental, dressed in magnificent golden armor with a flowing purple cape. In one hand he held out a single hourglass, commonplace in his native land, yet coveted and reserved for the rich in other nations. In his other hand, a mysterious staff emitted a powerful aura.
"Who are you?" asked Velethan, wary yet curious.
"That is not important. All you need to know is that I exist purely to ensure order in this realm. Now, there is a threat to the fulfillment of my duties, as you know, and I must prevent the destruction of this realm to continue my purpose." the Time Elemental explained.
"Wait, how do you know about that? I though only the Aether Elementals had this knowledge." Velethan began to suspect this being was much more a normal Elemental.
The Time Elemental extended his hand, displaying the hourglass. "I have the ability to predict the future through Precognition. Everything I see will come true without fail."
Velethan gasped. "Tell me, does this world actually cease to exist in the future? Or is there a way to prevent it?"
The mysterious figure shook his head. "I cannot tell you that. If I ever bequeath the teachings of my visions to another being, it may endanger the completion of the events forseen. With knowledge of a certain future event, an individual may make a conscious decision to defy fate and alter what is meant to occur."
Velethan was silent. He understood the limitations of this ability, but there was still one question unanswered - why was this Elemental here now, with him?
"Why did you come to me?" Velethan blurted out suddenly.
"I need your help." the Time Elemental responded bluntly.
What?! There was no way a magician with the capability to predict the future needed the help of an average solider with no magic ability. "Me? Don't be silly. You're the one with unparalleled magical ability. I'm just a solider." Velethan scoffed. Perhaps this was an illusion by the Aether Elementals, or a normal Elemental spewing falsehoods. But then, how would he know about the realm spiraling to its doom?
"I do not possess magic that I can use willingly and with my own purpose in mind. I am merely a guide, a connector. My only power is to aid others in their own path of time, helping them to reach the conclusions of my visions." The magician said.
This Elemental was full of complications. There were too many unanswered questions. "Let me get to the point." the being continued. "A portal from the opposite realm will open and null creatures birthed from the unstable singularity will enter this realm. You must enter this portal."
"Wouldn't that mean I would enter the other realm?" Velethan asked.
"That is correct." the Time Elemental answered.
"But...I would surely die!" Velethan argued.
"The portal will be open for rougly two seconds." replied the being, ignoring Velethan's pleads. He pointed to a nearby spot on the beach, and a wide, golden circle appeared on the beach, produced by magic. "This is where the portal will spawn. Good luck."
Velethan, defeated, depressed, and utterly perplexed, stared at the Time Elemental. "One more question. I would certaintly not even consider entering the portal if you had not appeared and instructed me to do so. But, earlier, you said that you could not reveal the contents of your visions because it would change the fated decisions of the people involved. You just changed my conscious decision from not entering the portal to entering the portal. Isn't that against your principles?"
Even though his face was completely hidden by his armor, Velethan could tell the Elemental was smiling. "You are smart, indeed. However, you misinterpret one thing. It WAS fate that has led us here. It was due to fate that I tell you to enter the portal. I am not altering the future because this conversation was supposed to happen."
"Alright. I'll do it. I'll enter the portal. Just promise me I won't die." Velethan said.
"I cannot. If your fate is death, you will die. If your fate is survival, you will not."
This was too much. First, the Aether Elemental describing that things were inevitable. Then, this Time Elemental saying that all decisions in life are tied to fate and already predetermined. This completely undermined conscious choice. Was everything just planned from the start? Everything, not just in this realm, but in all the other realms, and in all the planes of existance. Was there some kind of unknown force that dictated the actions of all living things, some kind of entity that wrote a story about the universe and the occurrences in every realm is just what is written on paper coming to realization? Are all Elementals born into the world with a predetermined set of actions and a set time of death, and are all realms created with a timeline that starts and ends, with things in the middle?
All this made Velethan seem so...insignificant. If this was true, everything was meaningless. Everything. EVERYTHING!
"I can't do this. Knowing so much is a curse..." Velethan glanced at the magic-made circle in the sand. "There's no way I'm going in that portal!" He swiftly loaded his bow and shot an arrow directly at the Time Elemental's face. The arrow slowed to a crawl in midair as the Elemental held out his staff, and fell to the ground. "You can't escape. I hope you come to your senses." The mysterious spellcaster noted sadly.
Velethan began sprinting. Away from the Time Elemental. Away from the portal. Away from fate.
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Location: Border between magma mountains and windswept shores
Akebono swooped through the sky and landed, just a few feet away from where the lightning had struck. Ren and Cameron descended and waited.
There was some movement behind a tree. Ren drew his sword and shouted, "Show yourself!"
A disgruntled Galnath poked his head from behind the tree. "What's the meaning of this? I thought you were headed off to your own nations to warn them of the impending crisis! What are you doing here?"
Ren sheathed his sword. "Oh, it's just you. I thought that aether criminal was around here...at least that's what a certain tip told me"
Cameron fidgeted. "Perhaps we were misled? It wouldn't really surprise me, those aether elementals..."
"Aether elementals? What about them?" A silky, yet sinister voice seemed to hang in the air.
"What the-?" Straining his eyes, Ren could make out the shape of an aether elemental phasing near them. "Who are you?"
The new stranger looked on at the three elementals in contempt. "How rude of you to insult my entire race without first introducing yourself."
"My name is Renato Feng!" Ren called out. "I am searching for a certain class 4 criminal that escaped from the land of Etheria!"
Dimentio, who was pacing back and forth suddenly stopped. "What did you say?"
"I'm here to find and capture an aether criminal." Ren repeated, though his voice wasn't as steady as it was before.
Dimentio burst out laughing. "Ha! You! You're just some stupid air elemental! Who do you think you are? A mere kid like you? Taking down a class 4 criminal? Oh no....Dimentio Revane could never fall that low. In fact, perhaps you would like him to make dust out of you all?"
Ren instinctively flinched. From the aether being in front of him, he could feel an immense energy. Something that he had never felt before. Cameron was looking unsteady, and Galnath was slowly charging a fire bolt wordlessly.
"Oh, but I am in a good mood at the moment" Dimentio smiled a sinister grin, "I am not going to kill any idiots today. No, that'd be too easy. It's not fun when an elite phase dragon devours a photon. You!" He pointed at Ren. "You have a sword! You look eager to swing it. I happen to have stolen a sword as well. How about the two of us have a duel? No spells, no help, just the two of us and our blades" Dimentio's toothy grin grew larger.
"A duel?" Ren looked at Galnath and Cameron uncertainly.
"That's right! A duel between you and me. But I'll make it interesting. We'll have a deal. If you can defeat me, I will go quietly back into my prison in Etheria. However, if I defeat you....how much electrum do you have on you kid?"
Ren thought a while before answering. "A few hundred" he finally said.
"Good! That's a fantastic deal. I'll take all of your electrum if you lose, and I get to hop away while you three do nothing"
"You can't seriously do this can you?" Galnath whispered to Ren "He is a class 4 criminal. This means that according to international law, he's a criminal in our land too! You can't possibly agree to this stupid deal with him"
"Do you think you can really beat him? I can feel so much energy, and he hasn't even done anything yet..." Cameron whispered to Ren as well.
"Very well!" Ren set down his small bag of electrum and Libellum off to a side and drew his sword. "Let us duel"
"hmmmm" Dimentio laughed under his breath as he swung his sword side to side. Such a stupid kid. Thinking that he would have a chance with Dimentio Revane. Oh well. Maybe he could have some fun. "Remember, no spells. And in fact, I'll let your gravity friend there start the match. He'll decide when we can begin. We fight until one person gives up or is unable to fight anymore"
Ren looked over at Cameron and nodded, gripping his father's sword, ready for anything that may come. "Begin!" Cameron's voice called out.
Ren did not even have time to move, but only brought his sword up just in time to deflect a slash by Dimentio. Immediately after, Ren had barely a fraction of a second to step back and block the next, and the next after that. For an aether elemental, Dimentio was ruthlessly fast, and powerful, with each blow knocking Ren further and further back, his arms aching with every blow.
Ren didn't have a single chance to look for a counteract opportunity, or even try and think of one. The sword danced in Dimentio's hands like the waves of aether in Etheria. From one place to the next, always one smooth, fluid motion, and Ren's hasty actions to try and block the next one.
Galnath bit his lip, not saying anything, but merely watching the action take place. From their initial positions in the duel, Ren had already been knocked back at least a few meters.
"Huh?" The last deflected blow by Ren sent his arms backwards in recoil, hitting a tree. A tree? A quick glance behind his shoulder told Ren that he had indeed no place left to back up. He turned around to see the shining arc of a longsword headed towards him.
Having ducked and rolled out of the blade just in time, Ren heard a satisfying thnnk as he knew Dimentio's sword was lodged into the tree. Now was the time to start his counter attack.
The speed at which he was deflected made him fall to the ground, rolling a distance away from his enemy. Dimentio had somehow pulled his sword wedged into the tree out without much difficulty, and had swung around to deflect Ren's blade. Still, this was a small opportunity that Ren saw. Clang! Dimentio blocked the first slash. Clang! the second as well. Clang! the third...Ren thrust forward the sword hoping that it might stab his adversary, but was surprised to see that he had missed completely. Dimentio had grabbed Ren's outstretched arm, and punched him in the face. Ren fell back without his weapon.
"Not just this. Come on. You're pathetic. Let me have some more fun." Dimentio kicked Ren's sword towards him. "Don't end it like this. I haven't even gotten started" Somehow, the smug grin of Dimentio made Ren's blood boil. Picking up the sword and running forward at the same time, he tried an attack again.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Each blow was deflected, almost with ease. "Your movements are too large. I can see every action before you even do it. A sword is not the weapon for you. Where's your stupid bow?" Dimentio taunted Ren. Dimentio's eyes suddenly widened when he saw that Ren's last slash, supposedly aimed at his midsection, suddenly seemed to change direction and go for his head. He ducked out of the way, but he lost a couple of hairs from the cut. "Still...too...slow" Ren was aware of the fist in his face as he fell backwards. Such strength...so this was how powerful an aether elemental is? Before Ren had even hit the ground, Dimentio had delivered a blow using his elbow to knock Ren completely into the sand. "Get up. I'm not finished with you yet."
Ren was panting, having been beaten and bruised, but he still hadn't even left a single mark on his opponent. Worse, Dimentio continued to taunt Ren who was trying to catch his breath.
"A person who only reads about swordfighting will never become a good warrior. You have to know that in battle, your entire body is the weapon. Your slow fighting style only seems to open you up to weaknesses." Ren caught his breath and gripped his sword tighter. One more time. He could do this. He charged and swung his sword again, only to hear Dimentio laugh, "Still too slow!"
Ren's other hand, clenched into a fist, went for Dimentio's face. "Your entire body is the weapon" he whispered.
Smack! "Hm. Still not good enough." Dimentio's free hand had caught Ren's punch, surprise spreading over Ren's face. With a kick, Dimentio sent Ren sprawling on the floor again.
When Cameron saw Galnath charging a fire bolt he stopped him. "That'd be breaking the rules, even if Dimentio is a crimimnal. Besides, it wouldn't be fair. To Ren. This is something that he must do himself". Galnath looked at Cameron like he was crazy, but he nonetheless stopped charging.
Ren wiped some blood from his mouth. Never before had he felt such anger. Such embarrassment. Such pain. Ren even had to use his own sword to prop himself up. One more time. One last try.
Dimentio was surprised that the air elemental who had taken such a beating was still coming at him, and more, the fastest he had seen the whole battle. "Hmph. This pitiful farce of a duel is finished now." Without even breaking into a run, Dimentio prepared his sword and walked calmly to meet the charging elemental.
There was a horrible sound of metal cracking.
Before Ren even lifted his head, he could hear "Damn. You've nicked my sword. Now there's a small dent in it". Looking up, he saw that his own sword, his father's sword, had the entire top half of the blade gone, a small sound nearby telling him that the other piece of the blade had dropped into the sand.
"Oh well. This ought to pay for it." Ignoring the hissing flesh spider near the money, Dimentio picked up Ren's electrum bag and prepared to leave.
"Stop!" Galnath called out. "He may let you go, but I won't! You're in my country and you're a criminal here as well!"
"Stop it Galnath. Let him go" A weak voice came from Ren. "We made a deal. It'd be wrong to break that."
"It'd be wrong to break the laws of my country!" Galnath snapped back.
"A country is only made up of individuals. Breaking an individual's own law by breaking a promise or a deal is unforgivable" Ren whispered. "Besides, you two wouldn't stand a chance against him."
"That's right!" Dimentio boasted. Even if there were twenty of you I could still take you all out without breaking a sweat!" Dimentio vanished, his smug smile and laughter lingering a bit after he disappeared.
"You! Idio..." Galnath had grabbed and lifted Ren up by the neck, but only then did he notice the tears streaming down Ren's face.
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Iredia made quite an entrance at Gravition Station 3F, where she had been stationed prior to this adventure, by gently floating out of the sky like an air elemental, shocking many of her gravity kin. Or at least, that's what she would have done if the Amargio hadn't yoinked her back to earth via his gravity pull.
Iredia: :o Void Form! (yes, there's a gray color, sorry if you can't see it!)
She fell into the Amargio, and phased through him. He then released it, and stepped to the side, for her to return to normal.
Iredia:Killjoy.
Amargio: They'll be stunned, but probably will think we just ran into an Aether on the way or something. If you go parading around your new abilities, others will recklessly reach for it, which could cause trouble.
Iredia: How bad could it be?
Amargio: I do not know, but those void tricks of yours...They aren't natural. All this time, and the Gravity elementals left the realm of the sky to others. I think that's rather telling, don't you agree?
Iredia: I guess *pouts*
Amargio: So child-like...Granted, you weren't much better when we left, but you could at least try to be dignified.
Iredia: ::) whatev-wait, since when do you share your opinions?
Amargio: I'm now off-duty. We're back home, and my mission is complete. However, I'll admit this is perhaps a once in a life-time oppertunity to see Nilson flip his lid.
Iredia: Nilson?
Amargio: I believe you know him as your superior.
Iredia:ooooooooooooooooooooooh.... ;) I like the way you think!
Iredia came in to report to Superior Nilson, along with the Amargio.
Superior Nilson: Iredia! I'm surprised to see you back so soon. I take it you're now back at full capacity.
Iredia: Yes Sir!
Nilson: What happened to you anyway? Your file doesn't suggest that you dabbled into off-mark spells (I see no reason in-game shorthand cannot be used in-character. If anything, just think of it as military jargon instead of slang.) so why did you start blasting spells everywhere?
Iredia: I had a quanta overload sir. I wasn't bleeding off my quanta properly. ( Quanta cap in game, know how going over just is a waste? That's more or less what I imagine it's like for these guys.)
Nilson: Oh for Gravity's Sake! Iredia, if you wanted a vacation that badly, just say so!
Iredia: *Ahem*! Sir, I wasn't finished. I wasn't bleeding my quanta off, because I was using it to suppress something...With your permission, I'd like to demonstrate something possibly related to the issues those other elementals were investigating.
Nilson: This sounds like the part where I say yes, and then you do something that ends with me shaking my head in dissapointment. Just do it.
Iredia:
LLUN YITVARG
Iredia then jumped, and slowly came to a stop 15 feet off the floor.
Amargio was there, with a bag of popcorn (creatures gotta eat!) and would forever remember that Nilson's jaw literally hit the floor in shock. After the initial surprise, Nilson walked under Iredia, and around the spot where she was hovering.
Nilson: :o can you come down?
Iredia:Yes sir.
Gravitize
Iredia gracefully decended to the ground. Nilson stopped pacing to pick his jaw from off the ground a second time.
Nilson:H-H-HOW!?!
Amargio:It's a long story, but Iredia here seems to have accuired some sort of power known as 'Void Energy', as the stranger described it.
Nilson: Wait, a stranger? Explain this Redelgus.
Redelgus(the Amargio) explained the full tale, from their initial encounter with Jenkins, to the journey to the Forest of Life, the Dragon battle during which Iredia transformed, and the subsequent meeting with the unknown elemental, and then their return to home.
Nilson:Hrm...This isn't to go beyond any of us. If the wrong people hear about this, the chain reaction could make those crazy Entropies cry with joy. You are to go along with Jenkins, for now, and more importantly, you are to do everything necessary to prevent this catastrophe before it occurs. Do you understand me?
Iredia: Sir, Yes Sir.
Nilson: Offically, you will be on vacation...Which in other words, means that if you get in trouble with the other nations, you're on your own. I will not go to any effort to even reconize you. Are we clear on this?
Iredia: Yes Sir.
Nilson: Actually, I was talking to Redelgus. Old friend, I would like to ask you to accompany Iredia, and aid her in this task.
If Redelgus was surprised, he didn't show it.
Redelgus: Consider it done.
Nilson: Go then, and good Luck!
The two left, and met back up with Jenkins outside the station...
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There are two aspects of this "Fate" I must examine. The first - stating that no matter what I do, my actions are tied to fate and are destined to be completed. So even if this fate does exist, it would be pointless to try and change it without knowing future events. Maybe I should just cool down and realize I am still in control. Fate may detail my actions but it does not dictate them. In fact, it doesn't really matter either way, I will not yield at this point.
The other thing - what if that Time Elemental was lying aout fate? I don't doubt his power, and I believe he has mastered Precognition, but the information he told me...it could be false. He could be manipulating me in some way. Hmm.
Deep in thought, ignorant to physical fatigue, Velethan raced to the Air Palace. Queen Mya needed his intel as soon as possible.
Two guards greeted him as he approached the bridge to Zephyrus. Realizing his military position, the men allowed him to cross without question. More guards surrounded the entrances to the palace, who checked his identification and allowed him to enter. Velethan ascended the ornate, magnificent stairwell, heading towards the Queen's chambers. As he exited the stairs and rushed down the hallway, he noticed a woman, a Darkness Elemental, patiently seated outside of the Queen's chamber. She was dressed in a short, black dress that displayed her curves. However, her most commanding feature was her eyes - piercing blue eyes in contrast with light skin and dark clothing. Her gorgeous appearance was the second thing on Velethan's mind at this point.
The absence of Air guards in front of the Queen's chamber worried Velethan, and the presence of a foreign Elemental worsened the situation. "Hello, is the Queen inside?" he asked.
"Yes. She is in a private meeting with the Ambassador of Darkness, she specifically requested that no one interrupt." the Darkness Elemental appeared to be examining him, probing his mind as if to discover his motivations.
"Well, this is urgent. How long will this meeting take?" Velethan replied, turning his gaze away and hiding his face.
"It should be concluding soon." the Darkness Elemental stood up. "You're wondering about the lack of guards, aren't you?" Even while facing the opposite direction, Velethan could feel the confidence and strength of her piercing eyes.
Velethan turned to face her once more, staring directly into the soul-draining, icy eyes of the attractive Darkness Elemental. The pair stared at each other for several moments, never once blinking in fear that the other would sense weakness or insecurity, as if they were each a powerful spellcaster attempting to piece together the thoughts of a hostile.
Finally the Darkness Elemental turned away, simply to point down the hall to another room. "I dismissed them. I didn't like the way they were staring at me."
Velethan immediatly noted her tone change - at first she seemed wary and investigative, speaking with coldness and malice as if trying to capture a position of higher ground over an opponent. Now, her mood had shifted, and she spoke with a laid-back, friendly tone. Had she been somehow determining his character this whole time, discerning if he could be trusted.
As she turned her head towards him, she was smiling, and Velethan could only describe her as hauntingly beautiful, like watching the dissection of a dead creature: An awe-inducing experience both unnerving and fasinating.
He returned to reality and noticed her arm outstreched. "Adrianne. Nice to meet you."
Velethan quickly shook her hand. "Velethan. A pleasure. Now, if I may ask, what gave you the power to dismiss those guards?"
"I'm the sister of Zerath, the Darkness Ambassador." she smiled slyly. "And I love abusing the power my position gives me."
Voices from inside the room projected into the hall as its occupants moved towards the door. Queen Mya and Zerath stepped outside, Zerath remarking on how spending two full days cloaked outside the Chaos Gate, waiting for it to open, was something he never wanted to do again.
Almost forgetting his mission and recalling his duty, Velethan interrupted. "M'lady, we successfully breached the Dimensional Shield and entered Etheria. I have some news to report..."
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[I've gotten heads up about both Drake and thispersonisagenius being AFK for a while - in the meantime, thispersonisagenius has allowed me to control his characters so long as he's not involved in a drastic plot change or as long as he's not killed. That being said, Lyra and co. move forward.]
Glaring Light
"AGAIN?!" Ferocio roared as Kuraz stood before him in the factory. "Stop getting in my way, Kuraz!"
"You do realize we're standing on government property, right? If you damage the Graviton Manufacturing Center you're liable to cause a political ruckus."
"I might as well start a ruckus if no one tells me what's going on!"
"If you had
listened, Ferocio, we're dealing with an issue that involves elemental
magic. You simply can't run away just because you're not famillar with it."
"Silence! It goes far beyond magic because there shouldn't be any reason for the False God, Akebono, to be out on an ordinary 'joyride' on this time of day!"
"Wait." Kuraz narrowed his eyebrows. "
Akebono, a False God, was here?"
"Hmph. Yes he was, but I was denied entrance to his castle. Good luck trying to speak to him, Kuraz." Ferocio almost sneered.
"I don't need luck. I have someone's support." Kuraz retorted, as Lyra and Kairos approached them. "I apologize for yelling very loudly. You two probably heard the whole thing, didn't you?"
"No, really. You guys should be rock stars." Lyra deadpanned. Kairos simply nodded. "Well, Kuraz, you got the message, right?"
"Oh, the one on the pigeon? Yeah. And we just happen to have a False God nearby."
"Indeed. Let's go pay him a visit, shall we? I'm sure it'll benefit you, Ferocio Vivis." Ferocio couldn't help but feel there was something off about Lyra's voice. He turned to Kuraz and Kairos, but neither appeared to notice anything significant.
"I see you recognize my lineage, Lyra." He simply replied after a deep breath.
"Indeed I do, Sir." Lyra's voiced betrayed no sign of attraction, which Ferocio found suprising. Instead, it seemed to contain a faint whisper, reminiscent of a lisp of a Darkness elemental. "The House of the Sudren reach far and wide, and we hear many glorious tales of royalty brought back to the Hall of Champions, The House of the Nordics. I must say, it's a pleasure to meet you."
But as soon as he thought he heard a lisp, it was gone. He simply nodded, well aware of the two departments that managed Light's trade economy annd tales of heorics.
"Alright, let's go then! Cornflakes, tally h-" Lyra was cut short by Kuraz facepalming. "Sorry. I just wanted to see how Jenkins feels."
"...You don't want to know more about that blockhead of a former roomate, trust me."
"Shall we go, then?" Kairos sighed. "I don't have much purpose at the moment, but I guess I'll stick with you guys and see what happens."
"Hey, kid! Why are you leaving our House?"
"Come on, man! You can't do this to us! What happened to our brotherhood, our buddy-to-buddy talks!"
"Please, Jenkins... don't leave us."
His mentor, best friend, and... that mage's face glimmered. Jenkins pushed them away.
His mentor had grown lazy and content to sit with the position they held, not advancing their House any further.
His friend had turned his back on him, failing to heed his warnings about his research on the energy dubbed 'Acid'. He now sat in the hospital, wounded by elements not of the standard twelve.
That mage? Hah. He worked for that mage. Or more accurately, he now worked for the Queen of Light as a seemingly insignificant envoy
...
And him? Seemingly stuck at the bottom of the ladder of destiny.... until now.
Seeing Iredia and the 'Redelgus' Armagio advancing back towards him, he immediately hid his moping with a cheesy smile. The great Jenkins shouldn't be bothered by silly dark and troubled pasts, after all! He was on a mission for the queen!
"So, ready to go and kick some butt?!"
"Sure. Just don't kill yourself, please." Jenkins rolled his eyes. He'd never get himself killed! (Because someone else was always with him, that is.)
"Alright! According to the handy dandy giant map you have here, Lyra and Kuraz probably headed towards the Northern part of Gravity. Isn't that where the famed False God, Akebono lives?"
"Yeah! Good to see you know something, Jenkins. Anyway, why there?"
"Well, the False Gods are masters of magic, right? The absolute exemplars of the elements they embody. It kind of makes sense that they'd experience a lot of that energy."
"Huh. That sounds fairly right. Alright then, I'll head with you. I've also been assigned by Nilson to investigate this crisis and catastrophe."
"Sure then. Let's go, EEYOOOORRRRRRRE JENKIIIIINNNNS!"
"...Can't you even get your battle cry straight?"
"Whoops. At least, I've got my jar of dirt."
"Dimentio Revane!" The Aether Elemental turned his head in suprise, away from the mass of black goop he'd been trying to Fractal. Before him, stood a strange figure in a light grey-teal cloak.
You trespass upon an energy not of your realm! By the order of Fate, I command you to let the Void recede back to it's home realm!""Ah. And what gives you any right to threaten me, stranger?" Dimentio snarked. The stranger possessed no weapons, no shields, not even an elemental scroll. His recently 'acquired' Mindgate pendant told him that much. "You possess nothing to fight me with. What will you do?"
"Believe or not, Revane, I do. Sometimes, the threads of a story conceal a monster in an innocent rabbit.""Hah. You wish. But to me, your rabbit is dead meat!"
Parallel Universe
Fractal
Split into ten, the copies of a Revane all quickly circled the stranger. 5 began to charge, while the other 5 stayed behind in case of a trick.
The stranger responded with a laugh.
"Do not toy with me, Revane."
GAE BULG
With a quick 360 turn and thrust, the figure threw what seemed to be not one, but 7 glowing bolts of energy. The 5 Revane clones simply blocked the harmless energy spears, but as they fell into the ground they erupted into a huge projection of energy spikes impaling the the five clones that recklessly charged.
Attempting a more tact maneuver, Revane had one clone teleport inside the ‘core’ of the spiked prison, engaging the stranger with his repaired sword. In the meantime, the three other clones teleported in besides the stranger, attempting to catch him off guard by slashing from behind.
But the stranger seemed to have anticipated this.
SHAMSHIR
Now holding a wickedly curved scimitar of emerald, the man began to swing wildly around him, as if he did not care for his life. The clones landed many hits, but the stranger seemed to feel no pain nor bleed no blood.
Eventually, the clones tired out and faded. The stranger tired out as well, as both the prison of spikes and the strange jade blade disappeared from his hand.
“Enough of your power play, stranger. You are a worthy opponent, I suppose.†Dimentio grunted.
“As are you.†The stranger replied. “It is sad that your destiny has led you to become a criminal.â€
“I don’t regret it.†He replied. “Glory fades. Infamy doesn’t.â€
“I disagree. Glory lasts forever to sung. Infamy lasts forever to be mocked.†The stranger began to fade once more. “My time with you has ended, as predicted. Farewell, and be glad you were not tainted today.â€
“Hah. Nothing taints me, not even my ego.†Dimentio smirked…and turned around to find the blob he’d experimented with had dissolved rapidly, as if it had lost the reason to exist.
"There goes my test subject."
[I know Ferocio's dad Vivor commanded Ferox to force a meeting with the Lady Amaterasu and King Helios, but writing this stuff takes a bit of my time. I'll probably get back to them in my next post.]
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[Hrmm....This could be interesting....]
Iredia: Hrm...Where, where, where could your friends be?
Jenkins: Hrm...Good question, but they can't be far-AH! The rest of the Power Trio!
Iredia:Soon to be Power...Hex? Umm...Redelgus, what do you call a group of six?
Redelgus:I don't know. And I can't say I expected to ever want not to know something until now...
As if things weren't wild enough, I bet that Life and Time elemental is going to get roped into this wild goose chase...Someone's gotta look after this flock of fools, and sadly, I get the impression Jenkins is beginning to rub off on Iredia...
Jenkins: Lyra! Kuraz! Behold, the Power Trio is reunited!!!
Iredia: And who perhaps, are you two?
[Response goes here]
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[Okay, I'm back. Let's see if I can actually get back...
Also, don't expect me to do anything big right now. Just trying to understand what everyone else is doing right now...
So, for now, this is just a notification that I'm back, but I'll *try* to modify this post once I get some understanding...]
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[If anyone needs a source of conflict, feel free to create portals that spawn null monsters or parts of the singularity. They can take on any shape or form, so be creative. Note: Parts of the singularity will explode upon death, spewing null liquid which will cancel out any living thing it touches (basically, killing, except whatever it touches disappears). The singularity can also spontaneously explode because of its inherent nature.]
"We must notify the other nations immediatly. This inevitable destruction seems false - or maybe I simply can't embrace the idea because it's too terrible - but either way, the fact that energy from an unstable realm is leaking into ours may give us a way to prevent further contamination if we unite." Queen Mya responded to Velethan's explanation.
"Agreed. We must be careful about revealing this to the public because there is already unrest and a chaotic response would not be unexpected." Zerath said. He had forgone his usual apathetic disposition to adopt a more active manner in solving the current problem.
"Alright, I will send my most trusted soldiers to the other nations. Zerath, could you contact the Entropy and Death nations?" Mya asked. Zerath nodded in response.
"It's only a matter of time before the danger gets worse, I fear this null energy will eventually come to reap and destroy our land...and I simply can't imagine everything here will be lost..." The Queen sat down and covered her face with her hands.
"Do not worry, m'lady. I too believe the Aether Elementals are hiding something, or they are misinformed. I am certain we can prevent this disaster." Velethan said truthfully.
"We can discuss this later. There is limited time before another large outbreak. We must contact the other nations so they can prepare themselves." Zerath briskly headed towards the door.
Queen Mya stood once again, this time with confidence. "Yes. With haste." She turned to Velethan. "I'm sending you to the Eastern nations. Our allies Life, Time, and Light. I trust you will complete this mission as swiftly as possible."
_Good, she assigned me to Time...I have another duty to take care of there._ Velethan bowed and exited the room, heading towards the Wyrm stables, without a second glance at the Darkness Elementals.
Two hours later
Completely focused on the mission at hand, Velethan soared through the air on a Wyrm, headed for the Kingdom of Light. He had just passed over the Earthen Mountains, more than halfway there. At this rate the other nations would have a couple days to prepare for another power surge.
Suddenly, he heard an eerie scraping sound, as if a sword was scratching against metal. In horror, he watched a portal appear right ahead of him, a large circle revealing nothing but pitch black. With a woosh, something exited the portal as it closed and disappeared. The creature was another Wyrm, yet it had a completely different form - It was gray, with red streaks across its entire body. Large, mutant fangs sported from its mouth. And it had multiplied the amount of wings on a normal Wyrm - There were at least ten pairs of wings sprouting from its body, all asymmetrical.
The terrifying creature screamed, causing Velethan to grimace and his Wyrm to shudder in fear. The Null Wyrm approached them, writhing as if in pain and screeching. Velethan quickly threw up his Fog Shield, and a comforting mist surrounded him. The Null Wyrm zoomed through the fog, missing its target confused by the fog. Retaliating, Velethan drew his Eagle's Eye and shot the Wyrm in the back of the head, and it screamed in agony.
Velethan covered his ears and ordered his Wyrm to fly away from their assailant. He couldn't help but wonder...why would the portal spawn directly in front of him, conveiniently allowing a creature to enter their realm that immediatly attacked him? No - it was most likely coincidence, but Velethan had doubts. Too many strange things happening lately to trust a single source. Velethan could only believe what he saw with own eyes.
And of course, this meant more portals would appear around the continent, and depending on the location, things could be worse. Civilians could die, forests could be destroyed...
The strange creature, enraged at its injury, attacked Velethan once more. The fog shield prevented the Null Wyrm from striking his target, but one of its wings grazed Velethan's Wyrm, and its skin began to melt away. Velethan watched in disbelief as a small part of the Wyrm's body simply disappeared. The Aether Elementals were correct; the null substance and living substances cancel out...
Velethan aimed another shot, but was suddenly shaken violently to the side - The tail of the Null Wyrm crashed against his Wyrm as the beast flailed. This time the Wyrm growled in pain as the entire right half of its body slowly faded out of existence. It began to falter and lose altitude. Velethan hastily shot another arrow at the Null Wyrm, hitting a spot on its body.
As creature and rider slowly spiraled down towards solid ground, their assailant continued to strike, and this time the Fog Shield could not prevent a direct hit. "Damn, next time I need a hax shield. I should go ask Zerath for a Duck Mantle." Velethan said.
The Null Wyrm wrapped its entire body around his natural counterpart and bit into its head. Velethan avoided a flapping wing of the Null creature as his mount disintegrated into thin air. He also realized the Null Wyrm disappearing as well.
To avoid the same fate as his Wyrm, Velethan jumped off, barely dodging the wings of the Null Wyrm. With one touch, he would have been dead. Nonexistent. Yet that may have been a better way to die, for now he was falling at terminal velocity towards his doom.
As he approached the ground, he noticed the two creatures had completely disappeared - no trace of either Wyrm remained. Scary. That's what could happen to the entire world soon.
Velethan closed his eyes. Was this my fate? I failed my urgent mission that could very well save millions of people from leaving existence like his Wyrm had. I'm so sorry my Queen...this singularity of null energy was too powerful of a force. He thought of his family, friends, even his recent companions. They would all suffer eventually, watching the world around them disappear into nothingness and then succumbing to the null energy themselves. Everyone, everything was doomed. Perhaps this was the best way to die. Accepting the fate of the world and leaving at peace.
Peace. No more strife. No more stress. No more pain. Nothing more. I can leave all this behind. It's so much easier to exist without living.
Smiling, Velethan prepared to meet his fate.
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[Location - ???]
"Too soon, and too powerful. Must I be called into action once more?" It became clear to the other 'players' that this figure didn't even have a concrete identity. For now, let us refer to this elemental as a 'he'.
The cloaked figure sighed as 'he' stared at the massive blob of... 'quantum' in the room. "I am not even a man or woman, whole. My other side risks 'him'self to find the cause, and I am not full sure if that person has actually even begun, yet."
The blob shifted, as if to show 'him' something important. "Yes.... I understand. My Fate was locked until this point (why my horrible fate, anyway?), but now I am Fateless, free to rebel against this disruption in the balance of the universe. But am I still destined to save the Air elemental?"
A nearby 'wall' suddenly glowed with energy, as the blob etched its response 'YOU ARE ONLY REQUESTED TO DO SO. THAT IS THE IMPORTANTANCE OF WIELDING FATE - TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICES.'
"Very well. Since I choose the path of saving all rather than the path of destructive glory, my mind is set. They must all have an opportunity to save the world." The figure held up what appeared to be a broken pocketwatch, and clicked a button:
KRONOS
As if springing to life, the Pocketwatch's dial began to move frantically backwards. In the background, a familliar Air Elemental was reflected, facing an abomination that used to have been a Wyrm.
"My time is ticking." And with that, the figure was gone. The blob simply rumbled once more.
[Location : Wherever Velethan is.]
By coincidence, he'd landed between the Void Wyrm and the Air Elemental. Or more accurately, between the Void Wyrm and the now refading Normal Wyrm that the Air Elemental laid on.
Before he could speak, a feminine voice he knew all too well spoke in his ear.
As 'payment' for saving this unnecessary 'hero', -----, you must fight the beast meant to kill him. You action is sealed, ----.
"HEY, YOU!" The shout caused the Void Wyrm to recoil and the Elemental to open his eyes.
"What? Who are..." Velethan's voice betrayed shock and awe, even as he tried to appear calm.
"Consider yourself fortunate, since you are not fated to be tainted. Yet." The stranger shifted confidently, as if he'd faced these beasts before. "Run now, and continue to warn others. My time here will be up soon."
"But..."
"Do not worry about me. Fate does not make my decisions for me. Now, GO!" Seeing as the Air Elemental has left his vicinity, the figure turned to face the Void Wyrm once more. It shuddered, as if knowing its torment was only beginning.
"Come, beast. Tell me how you'd like to face one with a weakness only the destined shall know.
...If only the damn watch would function properly and not save their enemies' lives as well, this would've been easier."
SHAMSHIR
[Alright, for extra fun, I'm opening up control of the stranger for only this battle on one condition - anyone who doesn't side with the stranger sides with the Void Wyrm instead. Here's a profile of the stranger, to give everyone a brief description:]
Name : ???
Gender : ???
Element : 'Fate' (???)
Bio: ???
Always appearing in a light-grey teal cloak, this mysterious stranger can only be present for the duration his Watch 'Kronos' allows him to, but his ability to manifest his power to adapt to any situation more than makes up for it. His abilities are all based on the various mythology throughout the world known as 'Earth'.
Kronos allows the stranger to jump to certain points near the present that Fate has 'destined' him too - in light of the recent crisis, it's fairly often besides the present. However, it is also a watch meant to function for only himself - if he attempts to use it the alter the fates of others, it will attempt to make that alteration an uphill battle, depending on how drastic it is.
Shamshir is a sword that prevents the stranger from dying - unless he meets one destined to kill him, in which the sword will turn against him. It makes every battle with it a gamble for the stranger, though he's generally aware that as a Fateless he need only fear mighty heroes and villians.
Gae Bulg fires a random amount of harmless energy spears. They're meant to hit the ground and erupt into giant energy spikes - Gae Bulgs fired in the air do nothing unless there's a solid piece of ground for them to stick to floating in midair.
Mjolnir is a large weapon with unknown properties. (Feel free to make them up if you have him use it.)
???
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[You other people need to hurry up and develop your plots/characters :P]
Location: Earthen mountains
"Sorry to do this" Ren muttered apologetically to Cameron, Glanath already gone to his own nation. "I'm going to have to borrow some money from you. I promise I"ll pay it back later..."
"Don't worry about it" Cameron smiled. He was glad that he could accompany his new friend a while longer. He was definitely not looking forward to reporting back to his own nation.
"Wait, what's that?" Ren pointed into the sky and Cameron could make out something up above. "Is that...an elemental? Quick! Let me borrow Akebono!"
Without even waiting for Cameron's approval, Ren had leapt onto the dragon, and made it take off. Flying higher and higher. He could make out the shape of who was falling, but at this speed, there'd be no way he could catch the falling elemental. "Web!" Libellum let out a string of web that covered around the falling elemental, slowing down his speed greatly. With a well timed dive, Ren directed Akebono to slowly catch the falling elemental. "Velethan?" Without paying attention though, Ren was unprepared for a surprise landing.
"A null wyrm?" Ren asked Velethan once on the ground, "That erased everything it touched? That sounds dangerous. Why didn't you snipe it or shockwave it? I thought I told you that elemental attacks would take care of them."
Velethan bit his lip, still not really trusting Ren. He was half death after all. Velethan tried to change the subject "Our queen Mya has responded to this crisis by sending envoys to the other nations warning them of this trouble and requesting their alliance"
"Only now? What about Penn? And his message?"
"Who? I didn't see a Penn there"
Ren was silent. "Damnit Penn. How could you just die?"
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"Man, I never want to almost die again. The state of near-death brings terrible things to your mind. But anyways, I can't thank you enough. I never would have thought that you guys, of all people, would save me." Velethan was cheerful.
Cameron smiled. "Well, you have an important mission. We couldn't let you just die."
Whatever fate is supposed to be, I can feel it resonating here. That strange Time Elemental...he planed this. Somehow.
"Will you help me deliver this message?" Velethan asked his companions. "In the upcoming days, more portals will open. Another energy surge is inevitable. I'll need all the help I can get if we are to find a solution to save the world."
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[Galnath already left, you might wanna change that to Cameron]
Location: Earthen Mountains
"More of these null creatures?" Ren though for a while, "That's definitely not good. Any plans?"
Velenath responded, "Well, right now, we should just focus on getting every nation to agree to at least help."
"A good idea" Ren said, "I'm currently on the trail of the aether criminal. If we can manage to capture him, I am sure that Lady Isharugi would be willing to help, despite her words. After that, I intend to go to the land of death and try to convince them of this crisis."
"What are you doing in the Earthen Mountains then?" Velenath asked Ren.
"Er...I need a new weapon. My last conflict with the aether criminal seemed to have broken my sword. I want to see if I can get it reforged here. Earth elementals do have the best weapon making techniques"
"What are you doing here though?" Cameron asked Velenath, " I thought you went back to the kingdom of air"
"Well..." Velenath smiled, "It seems I'm following...my fate."
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[I'm waiting on Lyra's group to reunite with Iredia's gang. Though for future referance-I see Iredia kinda getting caught up in Jenkin's grandstanding/bragging, more because she feels she is awesome, then for much of any belief of Jenkin's abilities. Redelgus can be called upon to burst their bubbles with a healthy dose of reality however, though him being silent unless spoken too works too.]
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[It feels odd not posting heavy walls of text. I guess it isn't needed as much when you're traveling in a pack...]
Lineage, eh?
Kairos absentmindedly touched the gold pendant through his long coat before coming to his senses and pulling his black gloved hand away to push some hair from his eyes.
He had only been a child when he had been kicked out of the manor. With his father having died in some small skirmish and his mother having died while giving birth to his unborn sister, nothing was keeping his uncle from forcing him from his home. He could remember his uncle's voice as he groveled at the doorstop, confused with this turn of events.
You don't belong here anymore Kairos.
It must be true. Kairos never fit in with whoever he was with. The other noble children who lived in the gated sanctum of Time's inner cities, the servants that served him temporarily, the members of the small crew he had just left. Any attempt was in vain. So he never made the effort to fit in.
So here he was, just trailing a bunch of misshapen elementals. Their aims were unknown, but Kairos had nowhere to go. So might as well stick with them for a ride.
"Who are you two?"
Kairos was brought back to reality, which happened to be located in some factory or something. The party he was tagging along with had apparently stopped and met up with even more strange people. The more the merrier?
"Ah..." Kairos looked up, his eyes flitting around for some sort of cue, for someone else to start talking. Yet it seemed as if the focus was on him. He didn't really know what to say in a conversation. No one's really asked him for his input, always commands.
Mustering up some courage to push away his social awkwardness, he tried to look nonchalant.
"I'm Kairos. Kairos Tempus."
Well, that wasn't bad... Overhyped, perhaps, but not bad...
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Eagle: if you want to progress the plot a bit more than I'm posting, control Aidache for a bit until I make a new post. Just try to keep him in character :)
Aidache led the small group to the market area of town, a diagonal street with shops selling various trinkets and tons of booths in varying sizes with food from throughout the land. Almost all of it is free, but if you want something more fancy, I can get it for you. Don't get too crazy, though.
They stopped outside a small clearing just before the market street, between two rows of buildings, with tables and fountains of ice for decorations. We'll meet up somewhere in here when you're done.
Continuing through the booths, they passed all sorts of seafood, plants from around and under the sea, and even creatures from other nations gained by trade, and also mystical potions, brewed from substances of all kinds.
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The shape, which was Henku, landed gently on rock beside Astasia. He morphed into a humanoid shape, his features every-changing.
"I know you", he said in a deep, husky voice.
"You do?" Shocked by his conversation starter, she forgot he was the most powerful Entropy elemental.
"I do... Astasia". He reached out what she supposed was an arm, and caressed her face. His touch felt strange, though she was afraid of his powers. "You seem as young as you were years ago... though I suppose that's the powers of an Aether elemental".
Ahh... I get it now. He thinks I am my grandmother!
Astasia was named after her grandmother; it was her grandfather's last request that his grandchild he'd never meet would be name after him or his wife. Now it seems she looks like her grandmother as well.
"I'm sorry", she said, gently removing his hand-like appendage, "but I think you're confusing me for my grandmother. I'm only an eighth Aether".
"Y-your grandmother? She met someone, did she?" his misshapen face looked do crestfallen, she immediately regretted mentioning her grandmother.
There you go Astasia. Always have to open your big, fat mouth.
"So... how did you two meet?" she asked. "Entropy and Aether don't usually mix."
"We met in the desert of Time, while trying to expand our knowledge of the world. We found the Desert was the best place for solitude. Though once we'd met, we wanted anything but." Henku sighed blissfully. "Then I heard news from the Chaos Triad, there was another riot going around. Riots are not unusual, though we do have times without them. It was the perfect time for me to strike.
"I begged Astasia to come with me, though she declined, saying that an Aether Elemental's presence would not help me at all. She also wanted to continue her research in the Kingdom of Darkness, where I suppose she met your grandfather." Another sigh.
"Why are you here now though? Aren't you the Ruler of the Chaos Triad?"
"Alas, not anymore. The Land of Entropy has once again resided into Anarchy. I suppose it's for the best, the people are happier that way."
"I see". Or really she didn't, while they were talking the sun had moved into her eyes. "Umm... I don't suppose you could re-conjure the clouds? The sun is kinda annoying."
"Oh yes, I didn't realise it was bothering you".
"This is kinda the Land of Darkness".
"Oh yeah", he admitted, "That's what happens with Entropy elementals. We do, before we think. And when we think, we see no problem with the do." Chuckling, he raised his hands, and the land fell into darkness once again.
"That's better", said Astasia, blinking. "So, what are you doing here?"
"There's a new chaos in our world, something not created by Entropy, or any other elemental. I'm going to find out what it is."
"Sounds interesting. Well, you probably want to continue your search. It was nice meeting you."
"Likewise. Actually, I was wondering if you could take me to Astasia - I mean, your grandmother?"
"Well, I'm kinda travelling to the Dead Marshes to continue my training."
"Does it have to be Death training?"
"Well, I'm not accepting training from the Fire warriors, if that's what you're thinking."
"What if I trained you?"
"But... what about your chaos thing?"
"I'm dying to meet Astasia again. And I can train you on the way, back to where you live and to the Dead Marshes. The chaos can wait."
"Training from the most powerful Entropy elemental would be cool... Okay. But we travel at night. I don't trust those Fire soldiers"
"Ahh, but you are forgetting one of my powers. I'll disguise you until I teach you how to use your power to its full potential", Henku said, nodding at her cloak, lying in the cave.
"Let's go then."
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Aquarius and his nymph tried to see what food they could try. She quickly went to a booth where some person was frying a mix of foods and selling it. Aquarius quickly followed her, wanting something different than what he usually ate. In Atlantis, one could not easily fry foods like that, since any oil would either float out of be flung out and possibly burn the cook.
After getting the food, Aquarius tried some of it. It tasted good, but Aquarius went off anyway to find something else to eat. He quickly got to a stall selling drinks. After getting a bottle of carbonated juice (also highly impractical in Atlantis), Aquarius walked back, where he ate another bite of the fried food before healing off for a third booth.
Returning back, Aquarius carried a waterproof magazine and a few sandwiches back, eating one of the sandwiches. Waterproof magazines had a habit of sticking together, so Aquarius followed his habit of separating the pages and dog-earing half of them. Thinking he saw something strange, Aquarius looked back and saw an elementalist selling his tears and those of nymph queens'.
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Velethan
"Well, I definitely don't want to order you around, but it is imperative that Akebono transports me to the other nations so I can notify them of the threat." Velethan said.
"No problem! Preventing the destruction of the world triumphs all other responsibilites!" Cameron replied.
"Actually, I think I'll stay here to pick out a new weapon and...I have other things to take care of." Ren responded. "But good luck! I'll see you around."
Velethan shook Ren's hand. "Stay safe, my friend." He then turned to the Massive Dragon. "Ready?"
Akebono nodded. "Of course. If I get more food after this."
Velethan laughed. "Assuming we succeed, you can have all the food you want."
The two Elementals and Saph boarded Akebono and waved farewell to their companion, the Kingdom of Light in their sights.
??? (:time)
A slight disturbance in the Fate energy - an insignificant modification to the destiny of a certain individual. What is the souce of this? Another being must be present here, and if it has the ability to alter Fate...We must meet.
The Fate of this realm is not to be tampered with. A much larger force must be in play here. Perhaps Fate itself? The being altering Fate must have a superior knowledge than I. Fate designating an alternate course of action to a higher power is a possibility. There is only one way to find out.
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[Going to try to keep the Kairos/Lyra/Ferocio/Iredia/Jenkins/Kuraz group up to speed. We seem to be falling behind.
Since we've started to note which characters are where, I've decided to start adding a 'status panel' to my post that includes location and characters. Feel free to do the same.]
Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"...and that's what happened?" Shaden raised his eyebrow as Jenkins finished talking about Iredia's nature.
"That.... sounds pretty crazy Jenkins, I'm not going to lie."
"You gotta believe me, guys, I know this Void stuff is messed up already but when this 'Fate'-wielding guy starts showing up and telling us about it's nature and this 'cataclysm', something's going on."
"Alright, man, I believe you. You're dense, but there's no way you'd make this stuff up unless you wanted a political crisis and your next five years of your life in prison." Shaden grumbled.
"Well, at least we know inaction will lead to the end of the world now." Kuraz sighed. "Did anyone send a pigeon back yet?"
Shaden, Lyra, and Jenkins were silent.
"Just like I thought. I got a report from a spy that a huge amount of Ferox's minions are heading towards the Light/Life border of the kingdom. They don't know what they're up to but they're keeping an eye on their movements." After a few quick strokes, Kuraz finished his message to the King and Queen and the pigeon took off, pocketing his pen.
"So, now that everyone's on the same page, can we go out of here and get back to seeing Akebono?" Shaden spoke. "I'm sure our 'pals' are wondering why we're taking so long."
"We'll just tell them it was 'buisness'." Kuraz retorted. "Let's go."
Possess Queen [Spade]
A little while later....Location : Akebono's Castle
Players/Characters Involved : Same as Above.
"You again?" The guard sighed as he saw Ferocio. "Look, sir, I understand you are of royal heritage but Akebono told us to open the door under no circumstances. Even if a Gravity operative is here, she's not of high enough rank to override that order."
"I know I'm not your superior." Iredia grumbled.
"It's just our policy to explain this stuff, miss." The other guard, seemingly suspecting they might barge in by force, had stiffened.
"Easy, Stape." The first guard put a hand on his shoulder. "Unless they want to go to court after they get flattened, they're not going to barge in."
"Sure, Jorge. Now, do you have any other buisness with us?"
"Yes, we do." Lyra interjected as she stepped up and unrolled the letter, showing the glowing radiance of Queen Amaterasu's Seal of the Sun. "Under the orders of Queen Amaterasu, we are Adventurers of the Kingdom of Light assigned to seek out the False Gods. Please let us in."
"... I see." Stape clenched his fist. "But Akebono...."
"Woah, stop man." Jorge stepped up, as if worried about the building tension. "If the Queen wanted to seek out a False God with her Seal, you must have a mighty good reason for doing so. I don't know what political ruckus the False Gods are involved in, but your request is valid." he quickly slipped inside the gate.
A few minutes later, he came out, nodding. "You can all go in, but he doesn't want any usage of power from any elemental that isn't :light or :gravity , unless they have a good reason."
"Very well. Are you all okay with that?" Kuraz looked at Ferocio and Kairos, who simply nodded. "In we go then."
Focused Black Hole
It was clear that Akebono had set up precautions incase the elementals didn't take their word - as soon as they entered, Ferocio and Kairos felt their magic energies blocked. The others felt the strong presence of the Black Hole as well, but its Gravity energy seemed to shift around them, as if repelled by a wave.
"Greetings." A voice rumbled before them as the massive armored False God stood before them. "Destiny predicted that such a political envoy would end up at my doorstep, though she wasn't sure if it was :light or :gravity . Now, what news of this 'power surge' do you bring and what does Queen Amaterasu want me for?"
"We seek cooperation. I will let my companions Jenkins, Lyra, and Iredia tell the story, as I am not as familiar with the nature of this magic as they are." Kuraz stepped aside as Lyra began to tell Akebono what they had encountered....
[Drake and Zaealix - feel free to advance the plot of ^our group^ here as long as you don't get my characters killed or altered drastically.]
Location : Light/Life Border
Characters in this group : Ferox :life :light | "Knight" :light | "Envoy" :time
Players Involved : Zblader | thispersonisagenius (afk)
Ferox and his minions raced towards the Light Kingdom, seeking an answer of their own for the energy that had raced throughout the land. His creatures had told him of the strange black and clear blobs that were like no energy ever seen.
Just as expected, he was stopped by a large group of Crusaders, who had probably realized his presence as he approached the Kingdom of Light.
"HALT!" A Crusader shouted. "We know who you are, Ferox, but until someone gives us orders otherwise we were instructed by the local magistrate to let no one pass!"
"That explains why no one could get in between the border." Ferox grumbled. "I guess I'll have to charge, through, won't I?"
"Ferox, I really don't think-"
"My apologies, Crusader, but I have orders from the King of :life to force a meeting if I cannot get one myself! Charge, creatu-"
"Stay your hand, Ferox!" A huge gust of wind made his Rustlers and Frogs tremble in fear, while his Dragons looked to the sky with wide eyes.
Morning Sun
Holding a sword made of pure light, a female winged Knight dropped from the sky, landing gracefully in front of the Crusaders. Turning to them, her voice betrayed a fiery anger.
"Do you really hold your loyalty so tightly that you must follow the orders of a selfish and corrupt patrician?" she snapped at the head Crusader.
"N-n-no, Milady," The Crusader replied nervously, attempting to regain his composure. "We tried to convince Minister Kount to let his orders, but you know the House of the Crossed Blade is..."
"...I'm sorry, I shouldn't speak so harshly."
"Pardon, Milady?"
"N-n-nothing! You're all doing your jobs as ordered, but I need you all to stand aside like I asked before, please."
"Understood." The Crusader looked at the large group of men he commanded. "Men, stand aside and let the two pass!"
All moved but one.
"What are you doing? The Knight ordered us to move aside!" The Crusader barked.
"Only if she doth reveal her face, the beautiful carnation of which we see no trace." The subordinate 'Crusader' 's armor began to decompose into sand, revealing himself to be dressed in the garb of an Envoy of :time , aged and wizened beyond the years of his prime. He held what appeared to be an old metal staff.
"This is no
time for jokes, you
quintessential idiot." Ferox interrupted angrily, pushing himself up to the Envoy with seemingly total disregard for his frail state.
"Peace!" The Knight took off her helmet, revealing long and lush red hair. As she looked up once more, one could easily recognize the graceful and yet youthful face of Divine Glory, her blazing red eyes betraying her irritation. "So now, can you please stop playing around?"
"Thank you for your trust. It does not go unbound, for I must... ahh, screw this. I'm not good at long pranks." Throwing away his cloak to reveal a set of rusted armor, the aged Envoy quickly cast a spell.
Temporal Placement
Almost instantly, the Envoy's body began to deage at what most Time Elementals would consider a violent and dangerous pace. His old body turned into a thin but muscular frame, and his white beard shortened into a short blond clump. Teal energy crackled at his palms, while his aged white eyes took on a youthful shine like that of his restored armor that bore an obvious resemblance to the uniform of the Crusader that had admonished him, only more glorious.
To finish the transformation, the old metal staff twisted and turned into a three-pronged spear, with what appeared to be a shining wreath of blue flame encircling around it. As if it has been already touched by :aether , the staff immediately conducted the teal energy sparking from the Envoy hands, turning the flame from a deep blue to a light teal.
It was clear that Lionheart had wanted to make a grand entrance.
"Ah...." The Crusader facepalmed. Was Destiny messing with him? It was rare luck for one False God to show up in the same place, much less two that had shown their anger at him in addition to the one that bore the label of 'The Exemplar' in The House of the Crusaders - and yet, said 'Exemplar' decided to mess with him instead.
"It's not your fault." Divine Glory reassured him in a soft voice. She turned to Lionheart, who seemed to have realized the bad timing of his prank. "You really shouldn't deceive those that train under your former House!"
"Ahah, it is alright. They must learn that not every situation will be as it seems, just as how no conquest can last forever." Lionheart replied. "I apologize, Ferox, for the deception. Are you trying to meet with the King and Queen of Light?"
"Yes. You saw the whole conversation." Ferox snarked.
"Indeed I did." Lionheart gave Ferox a hearty backslap. "Do not be so down, friend. Even in the face of a new enemy, the glory of war will not falter."
"It had better not, or everyone that isn't at our level could end up as dead meat." Divine Glory interjected. "Let's head to the Castle. We shall discuss things further there."
Location : ???
Characters in this group : ??? (http://i.imgur.com/UPZsF.png) (Fate[?])
Players Involved : Zblader
Standing at the dead body of the Void Dragon, the cloaked stranger let go of the Shamshir as it dissolved back into the fate it had come from. Suddenly, 'he' turned sharply, as if expecting someone to appear behind 'him'.
There was no one there.
"Someone...or something... must've just seen what I had done."
'He' concentrated, feeling both the realms of the visible and invisible for a presence.
"The thread of Fate here.... someone was probing it. Interesting. Is this another one with Fate's blessing granted to him? I should seek him out - perhaps he can offer some information on the crisis I face, and how I can resolve it."
Elemental Classification : ???
Used to a classify an elemental with an unknown designation. These elementals usually emit some combination of the 12 core elemental energies, but none of the 12 will be dominant when compared to their actual energy. This can be indicative of various things, ranging from an 'Unaligned' Elemental to an Elemental that wields a different magic entirely.
Name : ???
Gender : ???
Element : 'Fate' ( (http://i.imgur.com/UPZsF.png) ) , (???)
Bio: ???
Always appearing in a light-grey teal cloak, this mysterious stranger can only be present for the duration his Watch 'Kronos' allows him to, but his ability to manifest his power to adapt to any situation more than makes up for it. His abilities are all based on the various mythology throughout the world known as 'Earth'. He appears to be fully aware of the impending doom for both worlds, and seeks to prevent it. It is implied that he prefers to 'screw destiny' rather than following what it tells him to do.
???
Elemental Classification : False God
Used to a classify 29 semi-deitic elementals and 1 'honorary member' with their properties, the False Gods are a loosely defined 'group' of powerful entities whose dominant elements give them massive power and control over the world of magic, possibly even more than some of the weaker rulers of the Elemental Realms. While they are usually skilled in a certain element(s), their elemental composition (and by extension, spellcasting skill) consists of a large amount of all 12 elements and possibly even more than the core twelve. Despite this, they are content to serve as the wardens and caretakers of the realms, acting by their own choice and only bringing out the full extent of their power when needed.
False Gods generally tend to specialize in certain elemental abilities as well, allowing them to brandish stronger versions of more common elemental abilities. As these 'Improved Cards' are discovered, they can be listed in their profile.
Name : Akebono
Gender : Male
Element : :gravity
Known Improved Cards :
Focused Black Hole - Instead of indiscriminately draining energy from all targets in range, can selectively drain individually targeted elementals in the same area. Can also specify which energies are drained, if Akebono needs a certain type of pure energy but doesn't want another element mixing with it.
Bio: An armored giant who enjoys riding Massive Dragons, Akebono is a False God who does not like actions without reason and ensures that his opponents will be -definitely- crushed with his overwhelming force. The recent disruption in the balance of elemental energies has left him worried, as he strives to make sure the realms on both sides of Lady Isharugi's 'elemental sphere' will not consume each other in mindless conflict.
Name : "Knight" Divine Glory
Gender : Female
Element : :light :fire
Known Improved Cards :
Morning Sun : An indestructible blade of pure light, unable to be destroyed by anything, even if said 'anything' is not known to her or involves an unorthodox tactic like wiping the blade from existence or aging it to the point of oblivion. It sometimes seems to move on it's own even when Divine Glory is unconscious, (and thus unable to control Animated Weapon), making some question whether the actual Divine Glory is the woman or the sword.
Bio: A young and spirited warrior, Divine Glory tries to keep the image of a veteran warrior hardened by battle but is really quite soft and timid when you get to know her. Seemingly unfazed by the potential crisis, she views the impending Void 'invasion' as the ultimate test of cooperation between the elements, known and unknown. When not wearing her helmet, her flaming red hair and eyes are a great inspiration to many on the battlefield.
Name : "Envoy" Lionheart
Gender : Male
Element : :time :aether :light
Known Improved Cards :
Temporal Placement : An eldritch mix of Reverse Time and Quintessence, Lionheart can place himself in any temporal state of being he wishes to be, while retaining his intelligence. This makes him a great spy, able to become a quiet unspoken child one second and a roaring warrior of destruction the next.
Phantom Eternity : An Eternity enchanted with sheer amounts of Aether, it has the ability to not only cast the standard-fare Reverse Time but can also cast what he describes to be 'Freeze Time' and 'Forward Time', with one briefly freezing an elemental in place while the other moves them forward in the endless steam of time.
Bio: His real form being a blond-bearded warrior with shining white eyes, Lionheart loves the glory of battle and can often be seen observing the most recent Arena fight or an Elemental Academy's military training. Despite this, he is well aware that war will not solve everything and is willing to openly negotiate with the other elements to prepare for what might be the greatest battle of all time. Doesn't have a good sense of humor, though he tries.
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[ :( Not really sure how well this will turn out...But here goes...]
Akebono's Castle,
Characters:Lyra, Kuraz, Jenkins, Kairos, Ferocio, Iredia, Akebono.
Iredia couldn't help but stare in awe of Akebono, and mainly kept silent to avoid breaking out in a fangirlish squee. But it wasn't long after Lyra began telling her story that she started getting bored, looked out the window, and imagined a massive void portal opening up, with strange, rat-like creatures pouring through outside, followed by the biggest otyugh she'd ever-OH CRAP!
Iredia:GUYS! BIG VOID PORTAL OF BAD!
Iredia raced outside, where the gaurds were fighting off the rat creatures.
Black hole
Iredia gasped in pain as she found herself absorbing painful void energies from the rat-creatures. Apparently, 'Void energy' would hurt her if she sucked it up with Black Hole.
She drew her titan, and joined the melee.
Redelgus was right behind her, and used his gravity pull to draw one of the rats to him. This turned out to be a bad idea-it was tough enough to strike him before he finished it, and the sight of his wounds seemed to drive them all into a frenzy, drawing them to the Amargio just as they began fighting fiercer. The others eventually arrived, Jenkins valiantly came to Redelgus's aid, saving him, but then the giant Oty stepped forward, and opened it's mouth. The power of it's devour was enormous, it actually seemed to threaten even Akebono's Castle, much less the combatants. The Rats shrieked in horror as their master ate them, clearly not discriminating between friend and foe.
LLUN YITARG
A last-second gravity cancel by Iredia saved herself, Redelgus, Jenkins, and one of the gaurds, but the other was sucked in, and eaten.
Iredia: Ok...Anyone have any idea how we're gonna beat THAT!?!
Akebono: leave him to me.
AKebono charged forth, and slammed the Otyugh away from the castle, and began to fight it. The Oty attempted to eat him, only for Akebono to cleverly use his own Black hole ability to drain it of the quanta needed to sustain it, and struck again powerfully. The Otyugh turned away, opened it's mouth, and released void energy into a portal, and jumped through. It closed before Akebono could finish the best.
Akebono:Hrm...That was no ordinary Otyugh...And I've never heard of those strange creatures that came with it...
[New NPC: Mouth of the Void.
This Otyugh seems to have the ability to open void portals at will, and often brings along hordes of lesser creatures to this world. Strangely enough, the creatures, as well as the Otyugh itself, are more akin to beings from the known elemental world, instead of true 'Void' beings...]
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Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : Akebono :gravity | "Newcomer" :light :darkness
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"Sorry, Akebono, but I can't let go of that thing yet."
MYTHIC BLADE
DARK CHIMERA
YGGRISALIS'S COMMAND
Suddenly, the Void Portal reopened, as the Otyugh was dragged out as if by a massive force.
NAMON - AVARICE
TAL NATDM MEAMC UA DASIFN SCSL ENLIAI IA
A wish leading to endless misfortune.
A white figure suddenly leaped in front of the Portal opening it's wings against the otyugh. The wings seemed to be made out of mirrors, and if one looked closely you could see the face of a skeletal figure smirking in the wings.
The return of the massive Otyugh caught everyone off caught, except for the white figure, who quickly smirked in the same fashion as the skeleton's reflection in his wings.
"Now, if I could just cut a sliver....."
MYTHIC BLADE
DIO SJEONHC MEAAMIM NDSEU
Before the judge, they are all human.
"No matter what they say you are, you are elemental, like everything else."
The Otyugh screeched in pain, it's very nature negated by the Mythic Blade's tampering. Moving swiftly, the figure holding the blade cut off one part of one of the smaller teeth that protruded from the beast's mouth. It crashed to the ground, the chunk being the size of a 'basketball' as 'Earthlings' would put it.
"Now return."
IRAS - WRATH
NUEQ CUEFCEN SASC OTFI
The emotion no one should behold.
The skeleton reflected in the newcomer's wings changed into a that of a dragon, roaring angrily. As if following it's command, the Otyugh retreated back into the portal, sealing it shut once and for all.
As the portal closed, the white figure stopped glowing and his mirror wings forcefully shut, revealing a bald elemental. As he turned, one could see that one eye he had was completely black, while the other was completely white. He tried to conjure some grandiose appearance effect, only to realize he'd used up all of his available power once again as some dry sparks crackled in his hands.
"Unfortunate, it looks like I'll have to recharge for a bit, if you don't mind. Greetings, Akebono. It's been a while since we've had an issue this big."
"The previous four were your very fault, if I must remind you, Usurper. Consider yourself fortunate that you exhaust yourself of power all the time and actually started to take some responsibility after that fourth one."
"My bad, I didn't realize I would set the elemental world into a cataclysm that just happens to have happened at the same time as a war."
"And you should be glad that damn war wasn't your fault or we'd have your head."
While everyone stared in shock, Jenkins frowned instead, seemingly discarding his panicked visage, if only for a moment.
"So this is the force that was destined to destroy the False Gods, and yet they rebelled against this potential end and brought him to heel instead. Why does he associate with them now?" He thought.
[Pass to Drake or Zaealix. How do we react to the Usurper? :O ]
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Iredia: ?_? Ursuper? Who's this guy?
Redelgus:I see you were born after the war Iredia...He's a fool who had sought to overthrow the False gods, and take their place. As for how suited he is to the job...I'd rather Jenkins wield that kind of power.
Iredia: :o We do mean mister 'LEEEROY JENKIIIINS!!!' Right?
Redelgus: Yes. Afterall, he already imagines himself as that powerful, I don't believe actually wielding said power would change him that much.
Iredia: I suppose...I've gotta ask something...
Iredia stepped forward, stopping just behind Akebono.
Iredia: So what exactly happened the last four times?
Akebono: Be glad you don't know, it gives me a headache just thinking of it.
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Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : Akebono :gravity | "Newcomer" :light :darkness
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
[I'll be stealing this panel. Mostly because I'll be following you most of the time. And action usually ends before it gets to me.
Now to control what seems to be the underpowered character of the group...]
What's going on?
The universe seemed to be coming apart at the seams. Literally. Holes opening into a void that seemed to go on forever yet did not look deep at all. But that did not compare the chaos that had surrounded him.
This... being had entered and in a grandiose introduction, exhibited a display of what Kairos perceived to be an otherworldly power. Definitely something he couldn't hope to compare with.
As he was contemplating this, he saw the Usurper glancing his way. He couldn't be sure, but Kairos thought that he was smirking in his direction.
So much that you do not know yet. But for now you must be the one to keep time...
These works filled his head. They were not his thoughts, but seemed to come from someplace farther...
[Honestly, I think this is becoming overly complicated. And that's coming from me...]
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Location: Earthen mountains
Characters: Ren :air
Players: furball
Ren walked to the closest weapon shop he could remember. The same place where he had gotten his sword appraised before. Maybe the owner there could fix it. When he got closer though, Ren felt that something was not right. There was no bustling or hammering or loudness, only silence. Ren stepped closer to investigate. There was a null creature a few feet away, wriggling and pulsing, as if the whole body was made of some dark tar that wouldn't completely form, completely different from the smooth prism like null creatures he first met. Was it just his imagination or...was it bigger than the previous ones? The creatures stopped pulsating and seemed to turn towards Ren, a cold silence piercing his soul. Ren was a bit afraid, but his previous loss with Dimentio seemed to give him some kind of new courage. The creature leapt towards him. Ren knew that contact would be deadly, but elemental spells were the counter. Nonetheless, Ren first sidestepped the path of the creature before casting his spell, "Shockwave!"
The creature bounced back, not blown apart like the first null creatures. It slid and fell back, but immediately turned towards Ren again and leapt again. "Shockwave" Another burst of air energy, but the creature showed no damage. It only seemed to be pushed away. The creature leapt again, and this time Ren felt himself unprepared. Pulling out his broken sword, he swung it upward in an arc as he rolled to the side. Ren was surprised to see that the creature did not try attacking him again. In fact, the creature was slowly disintegrating in a pile.
The earth elemental stared at Ren's broken sword, seemingly a bit even more worn out than it was previously. "Hmmm. Ah yes. This is where it's different. This sword is thicker than most other swords. Probably why it was able to be cut like this."
"Any chance of repairing it?" Ren cautiously asked.
"Hmmm. Afraid not. It seems that in addition to being snapped, the blade itself seems to be deteriorating. In fact-what's this?" The earth elemental had brushed the sword along an anvil and part of the metal flaked off. There was a different type of material underneath. "Is this...Impossible....hiding a weapon inside a weapon..." The earth elemental took out a file and rubbed the broken sword's blade a bit more. The traces of a small dagger seemed to be imbedded within the sword. "This is very impressive work" The earth elemental finally concluded. "There's no point in me repairing what's not broken. There's just a different weapon than we expected"
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Location: Time Desert - Unknown
Characters in this group : Psypheonix :entropy / :rainbow
Others : Dimentio :aether
Players Involved : Arum | thispersonisagenius (afk)
[Glad to be back, lets keep this story coming.]
After Dimentio teleported, he was slightly confused. He looked around and found himself in the middle of a large desert. Just up ahead he saw something impossible.
It was a large swirling cloud, filled with bones and lightning and flying creatures. Dimento was amazed. He teleported closer, and noticed it was a small whirlwind, rapidly forming into dozens and dozens of pink and purple butterflies, dropping down and turning into large mutations. No one, ever before, could harness the power of all of the elements at once. The mutations started to crumble, falling to dust and bones, then the bones rose and formed a bone wall. During this, Dimentio glimpsed the creature.
It was long, spindily, and steadily decomposing, leaving dust trails behind him while his skin steadily regenerated. Dimentio gasped. An invincible creature, invincible to even time? Dimento snickered. Even the immortals could destroyed. He fired a lightning blast at the creature, and it was absorbed soundlessly by his bone wall. He suddenly felt a small surge of energy pass through him, and then he was in chaos. Lightning bolts surged around him, bursting and sending out huge shockwaves, made of ice cold wind that froze Dimento. Then somehow, water flooded towards him in a tsunami, rapidly dissolving into a magma flow, rising into a lava golem, whiched then punched Dimentio’s lights out. If he had been awake, he would have felt the energy surge recede, and his body returned to normal from the state it was before…
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[ARUM Y U HIJACK MY PLOT]
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[ARUM Y U HIJACK MY PLOT]
[What? It's a different time and/or location. BTW, reserved.]
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[Honestly, I think this is becoming overly complicated. And that's coming from me...]
[Possibly so, since we have a lot going on. I think it'll clear up if we let a few things 'float' for a bit or imply they're happening while we continue.]
Location: Earthen Mountains - Unknown
Characters in this group : ???
Others : Dimentio :aether
Players Involved : Zblader | thispersonisagenius (afk)
When Dimentio awoke again, he found himself back in the Earthen Mountains. Standing over him was the mysterious figure he'd fought before.
"I thought you were a clever opponent, friend. But now I can see you rush forward too quickly, like someone I know."
"Did you save me just to mock me?" Dimentio replied?
"No. But perhaps after that encounter, you will reconsider your need for power."
"How so? That elemental was undying, unable to be defeated. He seemed to change the very world around him."
"Perhaps. But every power is destined to have a caveat. Every strength has a weakness. And in every failure, there is an opportunity. I do not know if you will actually reconsider your motives after this, but consider it a warning from me."
"Wait!" Dimentio yelled, but he was gone again.
Location: Time Desert - Unknown
Characters in this group : Psypheonix :entropy / :rainbow
Others : None.
Players Involved : Arum
Psyphoenix swirled in alarm as a Void Portal opened nearby. Out of the portal flew black Pegasi, who gave off dark screeches instead of soft neighs. They surrounded him, assaulting him with what appeared to be a twisted variant of Shockwave.
Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : Akebono :gravity | Usurper :light :darkness
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"Stop screwing with the kid, Usurper." Akebono gave him a push as everyone stared at the Usurper. He'd been staring... oddly... at Kairos.
"Meh. Anyway, we have an objective, don't we? I heard those Elementals have to warn the False Gods. But given the nature of this 'Void', perhaps we should report our findings to the leaders of the realms as well."
"I am aware. We have had too much political BS around these days, so I assume you want us to do this ourselves?"
"Of course." The bald elemental replied. "I should also mention that the foreign energy I tapped into requested that I give a piece of the Void to a 'destined one' near this location."
"Oh, so you came here just because of that vision? Sounds like you wanted to get yourself killed." Akebono grumbled. " I assume this 'destined' one you speak of is either the Light Elemental, Lyra, who wields a spirit atoned with Void, or Iredia, who is basically a Gravity / Void hybrid at this point."
"The Light Elemental sounds good. Catch." Sensing his chance, Shaden quickly cast Absorb King and grabbed the basketball sized tooth, absorbing it into himself and then quickly receding once more.
"I don't know why the least trustworthy 'False God' would help me of all people, but thanks."
"No problem. It is not possible to infuriate an empty world, after all."
"I would suggest you get going to Gravity and inform then of the issue. We will go warn the other False Gods and tell them to spread the information to the other realms." Akebono grunted. "Gravity thanks you all. Do not waste that thanks."
"We will not." Lyra replied. A few minutes and arrangements later, the group (Minus the two False Gods) mounted some Massive Dragons, directed to take them to the Gravity Capital.
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[Thank ye for delivering Dimentio to my location Zblader, I will edit this post latar :U]
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Location: Time Desert - Unknown
Characters in this group: Psypheonix :entropy / :rainbow
Others: None
Players involved: Arum
The shockwaves bounced off the small energy sphere surrounding Psypheonix. The shield recoiled ever so slightly, but seemed to hold strong. Sensing his energy sphere was from the void, or at least near impervious to it, the pegasi flew overhead, dissipating in the distance, while Psyphoenix lowered his head, continuing to trudge forever in search of memories.
[Nice twist Zblader, and another one for the colliding dimensions. An energy that resists void? I'd like to see someone continue this since I love it already.]
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[I swear, this is the last time I make another sub-plot. After this I plan to consolidate the various characters and groups by having them unite, and then the story will get more exciting.
And yes, this game is probably too complicated but I think it's fun that way. Once all the characters meet up it will be much simpler.]
Adrianne
A warded cave hidden in the Forest of Life
Characters: Adrianne (:darkness) / Eden (:life) / Mobius (:water) / Fallen Druid (:entropy)
Players: Legit
It appears Velethan has not wasted any time in fulfilling his duties. The nations of Life and Light have already prepared an army of spellcasters to combat the next surge of null energy. The other nations have been warned as well - Zerath retained contact with Entropy and Death for such situations, and they are informed; Queen Mya sent an envoy to the Water Nation, while the soldier of Fire traveling with Velethan spread the word within their alliance. So all nations are accounted for, except Time, but Velethan is on his way there now, I assume.
The inhabitants of the secluded cave were the elite - a selective trio of three spellcasters highly regarded as the greatest in their craft. The one that had summoned the small group, Eden, had postulated a possible method to generate a mind within the Singularity, effectively allowing it to interpret its surroundings. Depending on the undiscovered abilities of the Singularity and given a choice with consciousness, it may have a method of reversing the destruction of itself, thereby preventing both realms from being destroyed. Yet this merely a hypothesis based on assumption because the nature of the Singularity was unknown at this point. However, Eden's argument was that an attempt must be made, or they would waste precious time approaching the irreversible combination of the opposite realms.
Mobius, the famous Frost Monarch who opted to become a hermit after the war, had exited solitude to combat this threat. The third member - a Fallen Druid that had originated from inside the Chaos Gate - had bypassed his peers in mutation knowledge and gained access to an Improved method of Mutation that did not kill its target outright or render its target a hideous Abomination.
Adrianne was present as in escape route, suggested by Zerath for Eden's plan that required the abilities of another Elemental.
The Fallen Druid had an unsettling appearance, as if his own body had been slowly altered by countless mutation experiments. The result was a deformed shell of a former Elemental. Adrianne did not doubt his mutation powers, though.
"I much like it here, in the Land of Lifeeeeee" the Druid hissed. "But I am here for one reason only, explain the plan, Edennnnnn..."
"Alright. First, we enter a portal, t-" Eden was almost immediatly cut off.
"Impossible. Portals exist for roughly 2.7 seconds in this realm, and there is no way to predict the location of one at any given time. Therefore there is a probability of almost exactly zero of us entering a port-" Mobius, who had previously interrupted Eden, was stopped by the Life Elemental.
"Let me finish. As I was saying, within the unstable realm, we find a strand of the Singularity, which you, Mobius, will Freeze. Then the Fallen Druid here will mutate th-"
"Eden, you misinterpret the actual chance that the Singularity possesses certain qualities allowing spells of our Elemental nature to affect it. What you are saying is terribly inaccurate." Mobius' logic-dominated mind was impenetrable.
"You are one of the most powerful magicians on the continent yet you act like a young student!" Eden was clearly agitated by Mobius.
Suddenly the Fallen Druid cackled loudly, startling the group and silencing them. "You foolsssss!" the Entropy Elemental seemed to enjoying the tense atmosphere. "The insane, mad scientists of my nation are more mature than you. What you forget is that no matter your intelligence or your magical prowess, you are still Elemetalssssss..."
Adrianne's thoughts mirrored those of the Fallen Druid. The ironic fact that the deformed, crazy experimenter possessed the more realistic disposition. She was slighly amused at the unprofessional antics presented by the elite spellcasters, yet it was also interesting and educational. She observed that the more intelligent an individual was, the increase in necessity for that individual to prove that he or she was right and others were wrong. These Elementals were condescending as if their unmatchable power and ability made them so much superior to their peers that they could control or dictate the lives of others.
Eden made a hasty apology. "I apologize for my outburst, I am very stressed at the moment due to the presence of this null energy, plus Ferox has run off somewhere, causing unrest in the forest..."
Mobius remained silent, accepting the rebuke.
"Continuing on, Mr. Fallen Druid will mutate the section of the Singularity. We hope that it adopts some qualities of an Elemental or a creature. If it does, I can then use Empathetic Bond to gain information on the Singularity. If it does not, we may have to improvise."
Mobius spoke up again. "Well, while your plan does present many opportunities for failure, in theory, it could work."
"And what is my role in this?" Adrianne asked.
"Ah yes. You will be the one to rescue us from inside the other realm and bring us back into this realm after we have interacted with the Singularity." Eden answered.
"And...how exactly do I do that?"
"Well, you're going to create another portal to bring us out. But more on that later. I need the help of a Time Elemental for that." the Life Elemental replied.
"If you need a Time Elemental, why do you need me? It seems like there's something you're not revealing." Adrianne suspected she was being used for this. Did Zerath know as well? No, she trusted her brother with her life. But in the presence of the greatest magicians, she was the odd one out. She must be here for another purpose...
Eden sighed. "Listen, if you don't want to help save the world, we can easily recruit another."
Adrianne did not reply.
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[True. I'm just having issues following so many plots from such a small screen.]
Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : Akebono :gravity | Usurper :light :darkness
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
The flight was... nice. Aside from the odor that rose from the elderly dragons, the movement to the capital was smooth. No signs of danger. Yet, at least.
Kairos' cloak, bleached and worn from its days in the desert, flapped as he gripped the hide of the dragon, daggers at the ready at the first sign of trouble. He never did trust these beasts. He saw wild dragons eat elementals whole, especially the sleeping Silurians that were one of the few hazards in trekking across the eternal sands of Time.
Shielding his eyes from the wind, Kairos looked onwards, noting a tall spire on the horizon.
"Uh, guys?" He tried to raise his voice above the rushing wind and flapping clothing. "Is that it?"
He continued to look to the tower in the distance. He could not help but feel that he had seen the view before.
But how could he? It's not like Kairos had flown on the back of dragon before. Right?
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Location : Time Desert - Unknown
Characters involved : Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
Players Involved : Arum
[Standstill, so I'm gonna write a bit.]
As Psyphoenix trudged through the sand, he was lost in his mind, continuing to search for memories. They were like quicksilver, darting among the edges of his consciousness. He hardly noticed when the scenery changed from bright baking sun to black oppressing sand all around him. Only when he looked up, did he notice he was stuck. Psyphoenix heated his energy sphere into melting even glass. He placed his head down again, and continued to trudge until the bright sunlight struck his face. Psyphoenix was tired, so he changed the density of his sphere to he sank a mile into the sand, then created an air bubble around him while he closed his eyes and slept, peacefully.
[Waiting for someone to travel to time desert, and notice the hill of sand with a crumbling glass tunnel in it. Have fun.]
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Location : Gravity City - Near Akebono's Castle
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : None.
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"Uh, guys?" He tried to raise his voice above the rushing wind and flapping clothing. "Is that it?"
"Yep!" Iredia responded happily. "The great Gravity City of Forca! Have you been here before?"
"No..." Kairos's reply was a bit slow to come, "...but I feel like I know this place."
"Well, then, look below you!" Iredia pointed.
"Majestic!" Ferocio could only yell as he saw the enormous city below the spire. It bustled full of life, as people rushed to and fro to their jobs, with factories teeming full of activity.
"Is it me, or is it a lot less smoky than the last time I went here?" Kuraz asked.
"We've recently been trying to figure out how to use these things called 'Solar Panels', which can naturally create energy as long as light is present. It's been really effective so far, if those designer guys only remembered to account for the moon!"
"Hah." Lyra laughed. "But anyway, why are we flying so high, then? Are we going to dock at the spire, or what?"
"Yeah, right on!" Iredia smiled. "I don't usually get to see the higher ups of Gravity, so this is going to be amazing for me!"
"That's quite the admiration for your leader." Jenkins remarked. Noticing that Lyra and Kuraz has shot him an odd look, he added "Also, I've been wondering, are Armagios machines or creatures?"
[Insert Zaealix or Drake's response here.]
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Redelgus: :P You can't tell?
The group landed, and started heading up to the top of the spire. When they reached the top, they met the current Gravitas Council.
The council tended to vary in size, and at the present, there were three members in charge:
GravonGlus, the eldest and biggest of the three.
Nilila, the 'female' member, and very perky in personality,
and Macrolay, the youngest, and a very reserved person.
Iredia was practically bouncing in place due to excitement, as the group finally got to meet them.
GravonGlus: Welcome...So what is this matter that you have to discuss with us?
[While I did draw inspiration for their names from past gravity masters, I do not mean their descriptions to be indicative of what I expect the actual masters to look like or be in real life. Macrolay is just a random name, the other two are referances.]
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Adrianne
Pyramid of Time
Characters: Adrianne (:darkness) / Eden (:life) / Mobius (:water) / Fallen Druid (:entropy)
Players:Legit
Home to the many students and spellcasters studying the magic of time, the Pyramid was the perfect destination for any aspiring magician. The four foreign Elementals, while quite a strange sight, were accepted due to their prominent aura of magical ability they emitted.
"Oh, Eden! I was not expecting you! Welcome to the Pyramid." an old professor exclaimed happily as the four Elementals entered his empty classroom.
"Hello, my friend. I assume you have been informed of the recent developments in the presence of null energy?" Eden smiled in return.
"Why yes, actually, a couple hours ago, an Air solider met with the Council, who told me about the impending catastrophe..."
Eden got serious. "Well, we have figured out a way to prevent it. We just require the assistance of a Time Elemental that can maintain a portal for an extended period of time."
The professor frowned. "Hmm...I only know of one that can effectively control Stasis through the use of Sundials. He lives on the edge of the Time and Death border, in a small shack. Normally he wouldn't even think of helping you, but because the stakes are this high, he may accept."
Eden thanked the Time Elemental, and the group was on the move once again.
"There, I see something in the distance." Adrianne's sharp eyes detected the tiny shack immediately as it came into view.
The four trudged through the morbid desert, a fusion of sand and disease. "Why would anyone want to live out here?" Eden muttered.
"Someeeeee. Some like it hereeeee." The Fallen Druid hissed. "You Life Elementals do not, but I do, indeedddddd..."
The shack was in a decaying state, a combination of negligence and the sickly area. "Who is this guy?" Mobius wondered.
Eden knocked softly on the door, which could easily be pushed open. He heard two muffled voices talking inside. There was another present?
"Come in." a faint voice murmured. The group entered the shack, the structure barely accommodating the bulk of four visitors.
"Adrianne?" someone asked.
She turned. Velethan? What the hell was he doing here?
"Who is this?" Eden stared quizzically at Adrianne. "He's the soldier that spread the news of the null energy to the Eastern nations. I don't know what he's doing here, though..."
Eden then implored the aging Time Elemental, a decrepit man. "Hello sir. We require your knowledge of Stasis to prevent the destruction of this realm. Will you help us?"
The old magician sighed. "Alas, my strength is fading as I age. But this soldier here informed me of the current situation. It seems I must use my magic one last time..."
"Wait, what is the meaning of this?" Velethan stood up. "Who are you?"
"We seek to prevent the Singularity from spreading into this realm. Our plan requires the abilities of this magician. This does not involve you." Mobius replied.
Velethan wisely chose to yield to the elite spellcasters.
"Can you travel?" Eden asked the Time Elemental.
"I'm afraid not. But I truly do wish to spend the last of my energy aiding your cause." The old man said. "My name is Xopvo [pronounced Zovo]. I can sense your significant magical power...so much potential...Your abilities are unparalleled. I believe we have a chance."
"Thank you, Xopvo. We will arrange transportation once we locate a portal." Eden bowed.
Velethan decided to speak up. "Actually...I know where a portal will open up. I don't know when, but I can show you."
Adrianne was surprised, both that Velethan had this knowledge, but also that he chose to aid them. His original opposition had somehow been reversed. Was it because the old magician agreed to help them?
"How does a soldier like you have information like this?" Mobius crossed ihs arms.
"Do you want my help or not?" Velethan smirked.
Eden smiled mischievously. "Well, this is working out perfectly."
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[Just checking - is this portal one of the ones the your :time Elemental NPC showed Velethan earlier?]
Location: ???
Characters in this group : ???
Others :
Players Involved : Zblader
"I see." The figure shifted uncomfortably, looking at the pool of water that reflected the vision. "So they will attempt a premature resolution?"
The water rumbled, as if giving the figure a response.
"Why was this not predicted?"
*RUMBLE*
"Ah. So Fate does not hold everything in an iron grip. I wish you had told me this many years ago.
*RUMBLE*
"Yes, yes, I wouldn't have understood at such an immature age. So you want me to watch them, even though you're not supposed to favor certain 'endings'?"
*RUMBLE*
"And when did you start taking 'safety' into consideration, especially when you're risking a valuable piece in your plan?"
"If you insist." Falling out of his pocket, Kronos began to rattle as if it was alive, and exploded with energy. A minute later, the watch transformed into a beautiful young woman with 'magitek' armor in the style of the mystical Watch.
"So you're going to accompany me yourself to face a beast with unpredictable properties? What kind of logic is tha-"
"Geez, it's only an Avatar! And since this is a well, a watch, I can only tap into Fate and Time in this form. 'Killing' me like this would be like trying to give me a papercut, and Kronos'll be unharmed."
"...well, fine. But I'm still not too comfortable with this reconnaissance. Amaterasu bless my other half...." Shaking his head for a brief second, the stranger and 'Fate' began to fly off, heading for the location of the portal.
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Location: Time Desert - Near the Pyramid
Characters: Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow | ??? | ???
Players Involved: Arum, Zblader
After rising up from his sandbed, Psyphoenix continued to drag his feet through the sand, his powers running free in his shield. He manipulated his shield into a long narrow oblong shape, then teleported. He then returned his shield to normal, looked up, and found himself at a pyramid. Normally he would ignore it, but he was lonely, oh so lonely after being alone for countless centuries. He found the entrance, walked in, turned himself invisible, and proceeded towards voices. Suddenly the voices stopped. They sounded as if they were coming from... up high! Psyphoenix levitated, and made himself a ghostlike state. He floated towards the sound of the voices. He continued to float up, until he was in the stars. There, he saw a mystical platform, with two people on it. He descended to step on it, and made himself solid, yet still invisible. He crept closer, until he saw a young woman, and a shapeless figure that somehow resembled a man.
"I see." The figure shifted uncomfortably, looking at the pool of water that reflected the vision. "So they will attempt a premature resolution?"
The water rumbled, as if giving the figure a response.
"Why was this not predicted?"
*RUMBLE*
"Ah. So Fate does not hold everything in an iron grip. I wish you had told me this many years ago.
*RUMBLE*
"Yes, yes, I wouldn't have understood at such an immature age. So you want me to watch them, even though you're not supposed to favor certain 'endings'?"
*RUMBLE*
"And when did you start taking 'safety' into consideration, especially when you're risking a valuable piece in your plan?"
"If you insist." Falling out of his pocket, Kronos began to rattle as if it was alive, and exploded with energy. A minute later, the watch transformed into a beautiful young woman with 'magitek' armor in the style of the mystical Watch.
"So you're going to accompany me yourself to face a beast with unpredictable properties? What kind of logic is tha-"
"Geez, it's only an Avatar! And since this is a well, a watch, I can only tap into Fate and Time in this form. 'Killing' me like this would be like trying to give me a papercut, and Kronos'll be unharmed."
"...well, fine. But I'm still not too comfortable with this reconnaissance. Amaterasu bless my other half...." Kronos and the Fateleader flew off, leaving Psyphoenix on the platform amongst the stars. Psyphoenix slowly crept closer to the pool. When he cautiously looked in it, all he saw was grey. Grey. Inky, neverending grey.
Psyphoenix sighed, went behind the rocks, grew a rock shield around him, and dozed off, waiting for Kronos and the Fateleader to return.
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[REPLY GUISE. NO SERIOUS. REPLY. GUISE. REPLY.]
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Just as the council heard the end part of the story, another portal opened up, this one with another of the rat creatures from before. This one looked around, walked to the center of the room, and went to sleep.
Iredia: :o Ok...Are these Entropy creatures?
Redelgus: Best I can tell, they're actually Fire element. Feel the heat coming off it's body? It doesn't seem like a void being...Does it?
Iredia:Nah, no void energy really...Odd though, I would have thought that void corruption would be a requirement for getting through a void portal safely...
[This doesn't advance the story, but it does give my group something to do, even if that something is Jenkins racing to the rescue.]
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Location: Traveling Towards wherever Velethan and Co. are headed.
Characters in this group : ??? | 'Fate'
Others :
Players Involved : Zblader
"So Mobius, the ruler of :water is involved?"
"And why does it concern a mere observation of this event?"
"I have a secondary goal of seeking alliances. The Kingdom of Water's word to help us would be beneficial to the resolution sought by the ones destined to find the 'correct' ending to this conflict."
"I suppose...."
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Lab Area
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : None.
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"Thank goodness we restrained Jenkins from attacking that thing." Lyra sighed as she watched the little creature jump around. "So, what'd they say about it, Iredia?"
"It's weird. The energy signature it seems to emit is that exact opposite of Fire, but for some reason it has all the properties of a Fire."
"Hmmm?"
"What is it, Shaden?"
"Deck of Fools, new card."
"...That seems really random, don't you think?"
"I wouldn't say it's random. Isn't this the second 'weird' elemental energy we've run into?"
"I suppose, actually. Also, it seems like there's two cards being unlocked, not just one."
"Really now? How interesting."
Identify Jack [Club]
Replicate Jack [Spade]
"So, let's see..." taking out the 'card', Lyra pointed it at the creature briefly.
Identify Jack [Club] - Magma Rat
"Magma?" Kuraz raised an eyebrow?
"Well, let me see for a second..." Lyra absorbed the energy of card once more, letting it fade. "This 'Magma' - there doesn't seem to be anything much special about it, It's like Fire energy, but at the same time it's not 'real' Fire energy. I... don't know how to explain it, really."
"So basically, Void doods that are Fire and non-lethal when you touch 'em?" Jenkins spoke, walking up to the group. "I think the lil' bugger likes Kairos and Ferocio, by the way!"
"...I guess." Lyra replied. 'But there's something off here.' she and Shaden thought in unison - 'Why would a creature from the realm of the Void posses Fire capabilities and yet no Void capabilities?'
"I think I get it." Shaden murmured, breaking the sync.
'What?' Lyra replied.
"Well, each elemental entity that comes from a certain realm always has a dominant energy signature, even if they interact with other realms. This 'Magma' thing was using a Void Portal but wasn't affected by the Void, and its energy signature is clearly not Fire. If I'm right, there's more 'Other' realms besides Void."
'Woah. Do you have any idea how many of them there could be?'
"No idea. However, since this thing so closely resembles Fire, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that there are at least twelve other 'Mirror' realms out there, each based on our twelve elements."
'So... do we tell the others?'
"What? No - for all I know I could be horribly wrong. This is just a theory."
'Very well then.' Excusing herself, Lyra went to quietly analyze the 'Replicate Jack' card alone.
"Hey, Kairos." Kuraz walked up to the man, who started at him a slightly suspicious expression. "Would you like to train with me for a bit before we leave for the next destination?"
"Maybe...why do you ask? There are far better combatants to train with, like Ferocio or Iredia." the Time Elemental responded.
"Well, there's something I see in you with 'potential', I think. I hope I'm not getting into anything personal, but I'd like to do a bit of Mage-to-Mage combat. How about it?" Kuraz held up some scrolls. "I bought some Recastable Gravity scrolls, if you want to use them as well."
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Lab Area
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : None.
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
It was an interesting proposition. Since the desert, he hadn't done anything despite the dangers he, or, rather, they, had encountered. He was bored enough and after the flight here, he could definitely use the exercise.
"Sure, why not?" Brushing the dirt off his coat, he stood up, wincing slightly as there was numbing sensation in his dead leg. He limped after Kuraz as feeling slowly returned to his limb.
Catching up to Kuraz, he brushed his fingers against the sheathe of his daggers. "So what are the rules? No weapons? Or anything goes?"
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Location: Border between earthen mountains and kingdom of darkness
Dimentio rubbed his head. What elemental was that? Ugh. He was in a foul mood. He looked around to see if there was anyone following him. Nobody. Good. He breathed a sigh of relief and clenched his fist. His full power had still not returned, but he felt himself a bit stronger since he crushed that puny air elemental. The stupid kid didn't even put up a challenge. "Dimentio!" A voice called. Dimentio felt himself turn and his eyes narrowed as he squinted at the figure calmly walking towards him. It couldn't be. That stupid air elemental again?
"Get lost!" Dimentio growled, "I'm in a bad mood right now, and there's nothing to guarantee that I won't add murder to my list of crimes. I was only going easy on you last time, so don't think you have any chance you idiot."
Ren closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I repeat myself. I am Renato Feng. A scholar from the kingdom of air. I am here to arrest you for your crimes. And to save the world."
Dimentio stayed silent a while before answering, "I can't tell if you're the same stupid kid you were back then, or you've just grown into a even more stupid elemental now. I am Dimentio Revane, notorious criminal from Etheria. I've served in the elite immortals and have witnessed more battles than you've read about in your entire life. If you really want to die, go for it" Dimentio pointed at Ren with his electrocutor, the front of the blade pulsating and cackling with electricity.
Ren put Libellum nearby and drew his broken sword, sharpened in the earthen mountains. "Last time we used no spells. I'll show you what a scholar can do"
Dimentio smiled a wide grin, "You think a bookish idiot like you can match the abilities of someone like me? Die! Twin Universe!"
"Shockwave!" Before Dimentio's clone had finished forming, it was blasted away by a burst of air and Dimentio saw the sword of the air elemental come towards him. He parried the blow, but when he came in for his attack, Ren's shorter, more agile sword seemed to slip almost through his electrocutor as it deflected the blow and pushed Dimentio away. "Too slow" Ren taunted.
"You really want to die like an idiot do you? At least give me a challenge unlike last time"
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Lyra :light | Kuraz :light | Jenkins :light | Kairos :time | Ferocio :life | Iredia :gravity
Others : None.
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | thispersonisagenius (afk)
Sidenote : Kuraz and Kairos are a bit away from everyone else right now in the arena. You can make your characters 'spectate' if you're nearby, but don't join in the upcoming fight unless Drake or I say something.
Catching up to Kuraz, he brushed his fingers against the sheathe of his daggers. "So what are the rules? No weapons? Or anything goes?"
"I'd say anything goes, Kairos. I have 2 copies of Recastable Gravity Pull and Recastable Momentum, so how about we take one each?"
"Sure." Grabbing the two scrolled tossed at him, Kairos and Kuraz went to the opposite ends of one of the Training fields.
"Try to avoid actually getting hurt, okay?" Kuraz asked.
"Sure." Kairos replied. "Let's begin."
"Alright, let's see how you handle this!"
Glaring Light
[Sidenote : From every move after this one, I'll be rolling a d6 to determine how well Kuraz's attacks end up during the fight, with 1 being worst and 6 being best. If you want you can do this as well, Drake.]
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Iredia: So Redelgus, betcha 5 electrum that Kuraz wins this!
Redelgus turned to look at Iredia, somehow coming across as annoyed at what she just said. ( this was more or less how I originally imagined him communicating-through body language.)
Iredia: ?_? Oh...Ummm...5 units of gravity quanta?
Redelgus contined to stare at her.
Iredia: :( ok ok, I get it.
Iredia and Redelgus then continued to watch the fight progress.
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I'll send you something when it's needed. If there's anything left hanging, it's your last post. There's a timeskip between that one and this one. I'd have posted as an NPC there if I knew where you were going with it.
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[I'd be interested in seeing your system separately. But I'd like to think I'm at least half-decent in self-balancing.
For future notice, ZBlader is only allowed minimal control over Kairos' speech.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : None.
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
Kairos looked at the slips and pocketed them in his coat, shrugging as if dismissing their existence. "I guess it wouldn't hurt."
It was not long before they arrived at a clearing, a nice empty space where, hopefully, nothing could go wrong. The lone sun above beat down on the two as they readied to fight.
"Try to avoid actually getting hurt, okay?" Kuraz said from behind him as Kairos made his way to his side of the field.
"Sure." Kairos replied. "Let's begin."
"Alright, let's see how you handle this!"
Without a moment wasted, Kairos dashed towards the Light elemental.
[I guess it should be said that these Daggers have no correlation with the in-game Daggers as they are dual wielded as well as having other features...
Also, Procrastination is not so much a tangible shield, but an effect of Kairos' locket. It responds to deadly damage or if the locket is struck itself.]
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We need to be going back to here. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg525008.html#msg525008) The only way I can continue the plot there is by roleplaying another NPC, which I do NOT want to do. That's why I never replied to it. It is up to you to keep going there without skipping time.
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Oh fine. Removed the posts. Just do something so I'm not left waiting for you!
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Adrianne
Land of Air
Characters: Adrianne (:darkness) / Velethan (:air) / Eden (:life) / Mobius (:water) / Fallen Druid (:entropy) / Xopvo (:time)
Players: Legit
Mobius lightly brushed the sand with his fingertips, examining the texture. "Yes, I can sense the magic used here. It is of the Time Element."
"The portal will open here. I don't know when, though." Velethan said.
Eden threw up his hands. "Well that helps! I won't even question your methods of obtaining the knowledge of this location, but we could be here for days and the portal would not appear!"
Xopvo, fatigued, sat on the ground, yawning.
"And Xopvo must be alert at the time of the portal's opening, otherwise he will not have enough time to cast Statis." Mobius added.
"No problem." Eden replied. He began casting Adrenaline, causing Xopvo to stand and jump around.
"I...feel so free!" Xopvo gleefully pranced around, oblivious to the mixed stares of amusement and condemnation.
Adrianne grabbed Velethan's shoulder and turned him away from the others. "Listen, I feel like they're using us. And the old Time Elemental as well. There's something they're not telling us." she whispered.
"Look, no matter what, they have a chance to prevent our doom. And also...I think it's fate. Fate that brought me to this group with the right information." Velethan replied.
Adrianne stormed away in disgust. "Stop being so ignorant. One thing I've learned about Elementals: they're inherently self-serving. Those that cannot contain their greed will stop at no end to get what they want. Even the generous Life Elementals can fall prey to their desires. Especially those with power." She glared at Eden, who was discussing something with the Fallen Druid.
Velethan raised his voice. "This isn't about personal gripes or what YOU want. This is about saving the entire land. We must do this!"
Mobius tuned in to the conversation, or perhaps he had already been listening and feigning incomprehension. "I promise, we have only one goal here. We would never abuse our powers when the world is at stake. Please do not criticize our actions."
The lithe Darkness Elemental ran her hand through her flowing hair. "I apologize. I...I just want to know why I'm here. I serve no purpose at the moment."
Mobius nodded. "An understandable concern. I will enlighten you."
Before he had a chance to explain, a rift of energy burst through the area, blowing sand into the air and forcing the Elementals to cover their bodies. The immense blast of energy did not prevent them from turning towards the location of the portal, which was still dormant.
"It's not the portal opening? What is the meaning of this?!" Eden growled.
Suddenly, two beings entered the scene. One, a Time Elemental that Velethan grudgingly recognized, and another mysterious, almost ethereal being that was certainly not an Elemental.
Mobius instinctively charged an Ice Bolt and prepared to launch it at the newcomers, while Eden closed his eyes and began casting a spell.
"Stop! Fools! You cannot interfere with Fate!" the Time Elemental raised his staff and nullified the spells being casted.
"I've had enough of this." Velethan snarled, and drew his bow.
The Fallen Druid, noticing the offensive states of his companions, ran at the intruders and attempted to grab one by the neck, but an invisible shield stopped his motion.
Mobius successfully casted an Ice Bolt, raining from the skies, crashing into the unknown protective barrier surrounding the two beings.
Adrianne threw a Vampire Dagger at the Time Elemental, who deflected it and sent it crashing into the ground. Velethan's arrow, too, was affected by magic and disintegrated in midair.
Eden stepped towards the newcomers. "Explain yourselves."
The Time Elemental scoffed. "You are hardly in a position to be ordering us around."
The other being spoke up...
[ZBlader, go!]
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Oh fine. Removed the posts. Just do something so I'm not left waiting for you!
Oi vei.
Fine, I'll follow up that post and control another NPC. But it's sort of off to me :|
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too much to read ?_? ?_? ?_?
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Oh fine. Removed the posts. Just do something so I'm not left waiting for you!
Oi vei.
Fine, I'll follow up that post and control another NPC. But it's sort of off to me :|
What does Bhever do after Aquarius returns with fired food, carbonated juice, a folded-up waterproof magazine, and sandwiches? Post that.
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[I'd be interested in seeing your system separately. But I'd like to think I'm at least half-decent in self-balancing.
For future notice, ZBlader is only allowed minimal control over Kairos' speech.]
[I used the same system back in Thalas's Linegard RPG (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23431.msg304940.html#msg304940) The battle ends here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23431.msg306958.html#msg306958), for further reference.]
Here's how the duel works - each "turn" a six-sided die is rolled. The next move made is dependent on the die role - the smaller the number the worse the charecter's turn went.
You can roll for another chara (as well as write how the turn went) if you want - just please use the honor system and be honest with the roll. [Since this RP has more focus on each player controlling their PCs this rule will NOT apply unless otherwise agreed to beforehand.]
Location: Traveling Towards wherever Velethan and Co. are headed. (Flashback)
Characters in this group : ??? | 'Fate' |Time Elemental
Others : (Reveals a bit more of the conversation that went on between the Time Elemental and ???)
Players Involved : Zblader, Legit
"What is the meaning of this? Explain yourself. Your actions have endangered the true destiny of this realm!"
"The 'true destiny' you speak of is one of destruction, one where we all disappear. I seek an alternative to the loss of everyone's existence, despite my potential youth and ignorance, sir."
"You are a fool for trying to alter the fate assigned to us, even if it means destruction. I do not think your companion any better, for she appear to be involved your past to start this -"
"Scheme? Time Elemental, do you not recognize the one who gave you the blessing of Fate? Have you not predicted that I would meet you at this time, under the blazing sun of day eleven hours before the next night?" 'Fate' spoke, wondering if there was something she had not forseen herself in given the two elementals Fate's abilities.
"If you are indeed 'Fate' given form, I do not recognize you. Perhaps it is the one next to you that prevents any possible foresight - those with Fate become Fateless after all, and his rash tampering has likely affected the ability to predict his end and the events involving those around him."
"I see. While I would like to prove my identity, I will have to do so without altering either of your abilities, hmmm...."
Memory Crafter
"Are these memories not familiar to you? If you must, analyze them for any flaws. I am sure I have replicated them well."
"I see.... so, Fate, I find it odd you accompany your own Envoy to simply observe something I forsee as insignificant."
"I beg to differ. She accompanied me by her own choice."
"That is true. In my opinion, we should keep an eye on all variables even if they are already predicted. Having a 'wild card' of our own could signify changes. -----, do you have the Seal, as promised?"
"Indeed I do. It is fortunate that my other half was not within the vicinity of other Adventurers when he gave me his seal. He is currently not in need of it, so I will return it to him when we are done with this observation."
"So you wish to speed up the alliance forging here, as well? Something I had not predicted, indeed."
"Perhaps, but to me it is important we cover all objectives, to be safe."
Light Kingdom
Light Capital
Characters: Amaterasu ( :light ) / Helios ( :light )
Players: Zblader
"My lords!" The King and Queen looked up as they left the throne room to find an Adventurer (one of many comissioned at this point) kneeling in front of them. "I hope that you are done with your arrangements with the Life Kingdom?"
"Indeed!" Helios replied. "Our alliance has been succesful, and Ferox, Divine Glory, and Lionheart have been confirmed to give their support. What do you need of up, brave Adventurer?"
"I have a pigeon that was wounded midway on it's Journey to the Light Kingdom. It's information was marked solely for the King and Queen's eyes, so I hope you will take the time to the read it."
"Very well." Taking the letter and moving into a secluded room, Amaterasu and Helios opened the letter.
Dear Amaterasu and Helios,
I have located Mobius, but it will take time to reach him unless a 'desperate' measure is taken. We are not fully sure of their motives, but they appear to be performing a ritual to determine more about the Void. Usage of the Queen's seal will likely be necessary, once I reach him.
Another entity not affiliated with the group Mobius was traveling with was said to be heading towards a certain spot in the Air Kingdom as well. I will investigate as needed.
By the Light,
Orle Y.
"Hum." The King grumbled. "So they've finally found Mobius after he left for so long?"
"That is good." The Queen sighed in relief. "Although, I am afraid that other Adventurers that arrive might create.... a conflict."
Adrianne
Land of Air
Characters: Adrianne (:darkness) / Velethan (:air) / Eden (:life) / Mobius (:water) / Fallen Druid (:entropy) / Xopvo (:time) / ??? (Fate) / 'Fate' / ??? ( :time )
Players: Legit / Zblader
Staring back at the group, the 'Fate' elemental sighed. If it meant risking his identity, so be it.
Pulling out a scroll of parchment, he unrolled it before the group, making sure Mobius saw what had been imprinted at the bottom.
"We come here with two purposes - one, to request the Water King Mobius join an alliance to prepare for the impending crisis, and two - to observe on behalf of the rest of the alliance what you plan to do to combat the Void. You know the nature of the seal, Mobius. If I was not trustworthy, it would dissolve on contact.
Mobius paused. "You speak as if you hold the truth, but I must be sure this is legitimate and not a clever Darkness forgery."
Pact of Royals
"It is valid." The Ice Monarch observed. "We will talk about this, then. But quickly, before the portal opens."
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
Without a moment wasted, Kairos dashed towards the Light elemental.
Glaring Light
[RNG : 2]
Kuraz's first shot of Glaring Light missed Kairos as the Time Elemental dodged the predictable attack.
"Easy enough." Kairos remarked, leaping at Kuraz with his Dagger. Kuraz simply parried and lept away, looking for a more viable way of attack.
[I've been kind of busy lately... ^^;]
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Here's how the duel works - each "turn" a six-sided die is rolled. The next move made is dependent on the die role - the smaller the number the worse the charecter's turn went.
You can roll for another chara (as well as write how the turn went) if you want - just please use the honor system and be honest with the roll. [Since this RP has more focus on each player controlling their PCs this rule will NOT apply unless otherwise agreed to beforehand.]
[Guess I'll figure out my own system appropriately. Time to configure chances!]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
Kairos didn't wait for the dust to settle before setting off again. Just as Kuraz had deflected his blades and set some distance between them, Kairos had strafed about him in a clockwise fashion.
It didn't matter if he insisted on putting some space between them, it just meant he had some space. Flipping his own dagger in the air, Kairos caught it by its blade and threw it at his retreating opponent.
"Now, let's see if this works out.."
Just as soon as he let the knife fly, he grasped the Gravity Pull scroll that Kuraz had given him earlier...
[So, how do these scrolls work? Will they rely on individual quanta? Or will the fact that we're in Gravity mean there's no cost for them?]
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[So, how do these scrolls work? Will they rely on individual quanta? Or will the fact that we're in Gravity mean there's no cost for them?]
[No quanta cost, since we're in Gravity.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
[RNG Roll : 5]
Dodging quickly to one side, Kuraz let the thrown Dagger embed itself into a nearby wall then stepped to it to grab it out of said wall.
Seeing the Gravity Pull scroll Kairos had taken out, he decided to do the Time Elemental's job for him.
Gravity Pull
Moving quickly as Kairos began to pull towards him, Kuraz fired two Smites, one homing in on Kairos from the left and the other homing in from the right.
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[If there's anything I learned from the many TextRPGs I've played, it's that you can use ANYTHING.
I'm assuming that since Kairos is going to you, you've casted Gravity Pull on yourself.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
Kairos couldn't help but smirk. He wasn't planning to do it like this. Instead of casting Gravity Pull on himself as he had previously planned, he dug his boots into the ground as he was being pulled towards his opponent, kicking up some gravel, giving him a little dust cover to work with.
Grabbing a small stone, Kairos read from the scroll as he cocked his arm back and launched the rock into the sky.
Gravity Pull
It took a second before the two dense objects, Kairos and the rock, were above the field. Not that it slowed Kuraz's spells at all. They went on to collide with each other just below, where Kairos once stood.
And with just enough force to dislodge the knife in the wall and have it gravitate towards Kuraz at approximately 9.8 meters per second per second...
[Never said you pulled out the dagger yet...]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
[RNG Roll : 3]
"Not bad, but somewhat predicted."
Smite
Although he missed, he got his distraction as Kairos shifted a bit instead of casting his scroll.
Kuraz quickly grabbed the dagger in the wall, and hurled it slightly to the right of the floating rock, despite Kuraz being on the left.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
Another one?
The blinding light of Smite was obvious as it homed in on Kairos' airborne figure. There was no way out of this way.
Unless I can reach it...
Just as he attempted to turn his body around, the dagger flew by, propelled by the pull of the small rock that had brought him upwards as well. It was shallow and only stung, but there was something about having a blade flash before your eyes that was enticing... And the spark of realization was worth it.
That's it!
Wrenching his body around, Kairos drew his second dagger, bringing it up to face just in time to deflect the other blade as it orbited the stone, sending it towards the core of its orbit. As the rock came in contact with the metal blade, it shattered, breaking the spell. Kairos was no longer being pulled up...
Instead he was falling towards Kuraz, Smite in tow...
Momentum
Time for another last ditch attempt to win. It never got as fun as this in the desert.
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[It seems my plot is going nowhere. If I could somehow join the action, that would be appreciated. Or I can just quietly drop out and use my story line somewhere else.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
[RNG Roll : 6]
'Ugh, looks like it'll have to end here. I never got to see that Reverse Time that Lyra interrupted, either.' Kuraz sighed to himself, then cast one final spell as Kairos sped towards him.
Blinding Light
As the flash emitted, he ran as quickly as possible to his left. Kairos, being unable to turn quickly enough, hit the ground.... only for the Smite to explode behind him and knock him on the ground by sheer force.
Kuraz walked over to his opponent, offering his hand. "Good match."
[It seems my plot is going nowhere. If I could somehow join the action, that would be appreciated. Or I can just quietly drop out and use my story line somewhere else.]
[Sure, I can link you up with our plot. This is going to involve a timeskip, though.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Jenkins ( :light ) | ??? :darkness | ??? :entropy
Others : (NOTE : ??? :darkness and ??? :entropy are Astasia and Henku, respectively. Leeroy doesn't know their names yet so they're identified as ??? until Annele makes their names clear.)
Players Involved : Zblader | Annele
As Leeroy sat at the entrance, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible, he was approached by a female 'Air' and male 'Life' elemental.
"Hello, fellow Light Elemental!" The 'Air' elemental spoke. "Would you happen to know the way to the Graviton Training Arena?
"Indeed I do." He replied. "But there's no need to disguise yourself if you're just heading there for some training!"
"Wait, what?" The 'Air' Elemental cried, "How'd you know we were Darkness and Ent-"
The Life elemental tried to shush her, but whatever illusion the disguise was supposed to have on Jenkins, it was gone.
"By all due respective, good lady and sir." He smiled at the woman, trying to get her attention. "If you wish to train, it is only right that you master your true abilities! I used to have trouble with my own Light skills, before I learned to hone my great fighting style!"
"Okay..." The Darkness Elemental paused, as if finding his speech somewhat... overemphasized. Seeing as he wasn't getting anywhere, Leeroy decided to end the conversation.
"For now, I must go to meet my fellow adventurers! If you don't mind, could I have your names?"
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[It seems to me you may be jumping the gun on some things. My style is usually based on very last minute reactions, like, you know, Procrastination.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"You say that like its over."
Grabbing Kuraz's outstretched arm, Kairos wrenched him to the ground whilst pulling himself up into a sitting position.
But not as fluidly as he'd have liked. His impact had left him sore and, unable to maintain an upright position, fell on his opponent.
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[I suppose I might be moving too quickly, but on the other hand I don't really want to fall behind. Let's continue, then.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"As you wish." Slightly angered by the rejection of match point, Kuraz quickly proceeded to knee Kairos in the stomach as the Time elemental tried to fall on him. As Kairos rolled over in pain, Kuraz quickly pulled himself to a low sitting position and performed a sweeping kick to get Kairos away from him. He stood up once more, instinctively reaching for a scroll.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Others : Iredia :gravity (Spectating)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"Fine."
Kairos gritted his teeth as he finally accepted his loss. A bit anti-climactic to him, but that was reality.
Reflecting on the match, it seemed as if Kuraz wasn't all that serious. Almost as if he were playing with him...
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Central Spire - Arena Area
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time | ??? :darkness | ??? :entropy Lyra ( :light )
Others : Iredia :gravity | Ferocio ( :life) | (NOTE : ??? :darkness and ??? :entropy are Astasia and Henku, respectively. Leeroy doesn't know their names yet so they're identified as ??? until Annele makes their names clear.)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV | Zaealix | Annele | thispersonisagenius (afk)
"Still, good match. Pragmatism is a good way of thinking when you're down, after all." Kuraz wondered where his companions had all gone - it was almost like one of those 'RPGs' where it seemed like they had all the time in the world despite seemingly having no time at all.
He watched as a male Entropy and female Darkness elemental entered the training grounds. The Entropy elemental looked oddly familiar to him, but he couldn't place it. 'Must be a mutation used for disquise. He thought. "So, want to get something to eat?" He turned to Kairos. "We seem to have way too much time, anyway."
"YEAH!" And somehow, Jenkins had heard his question from 3 miles away and came running up to him. Actually, scratch that - everyone he'd been traveling with suddenly seemed to be near the room, as if he'd been drawing rats to cheese.
"So, Kuraz, are you payin'? It's been forever since I tried Fried Cockatrice with Supa' Heavy Gravy!" Jenkins asked excitedely. Seeing that Ferocio and Lyra weren't getting closer, he assumed they were busy or knew that he'd jumped straight into the fire.
"I asked Kairos... not you."
"Ah, alright. Anyway, since we gotta leave soon, where do we head next? Fiar? Entropony? Dawkness?"
"Hey, that's my decision!" Lyra snapped, walking up.
"We're technically all individual Adventurers, not a team." Kuraz retorted.
"But, MAH POWER TRIO, dude! You can't just take apart our awesome friendship like this! Come on, man. Let me decide!"
"No." Kuraz and Lyra responded simultaneously.
"Ok, how about this." Lyra quickly unwrapped a map. "Apparently, some Adventurers are already headed to Air to warn them to the crisis and inform everyone there of the Alliance. Based on what I see, we should go to Fire next, pass through Time and Earth, and then head to Darkness to check up on the old alliance. That good?"
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Adrianne
Land of Air
Characters: Adrianne (:darkness) / Velethan (:air) / Eden (:life) / Mobius (:water) / Fallen Druid (:entropy) / Xopvo (:time) / ??? (Fate) / 'Fate' / ??? ( :time )
Players: Legit / Zblader
Eden stared quizzically at Mobius. "what's all this about alliances?"
Mobius sighed. "I explained how the success rate of your plan was extremely low, so I made additional precautions to protect my nation. You can't possibly put all your faith into this course of action."
"I guess you're right. But..." Eden pointed at the two intruders. "Who are they?"
The Time Elemental spoke up. "That is not relevant now. All you need to know is that we control the Fate of this realm."
"I agree to join your alliance. However, I wish to complete the duties assigned to me by Eden within the portal first." Mobius said. "As for the second thing - my friend here can explain."
Eden gave the Frost Monarch a cold stare, but decided to speak anyways. "We plan to enter the portal, mutate a strand of the Singularity to contain traits of an Elemental, and then communicate with the Elemental-infused null being. Our safety net is the possibility that the mutated strand will spread to either cancel out the entire Singularity or manifest consciousness which will allow it to think of possible solutions to avoid the cancellation of both realms, fueled by the inherent desire of self-preservation."
"Because I have been restricted to this realm, I have not studied the nature of the Singularity. Normally I could not allow you to proceed, but Fate itself seems to have other plans." the Time Elemental replied.
The other being began casting a spell. "Mobius, I shall contact you when you return to this plane. Good luck."
Mobius nodded. The two servants of Fate disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the Elementals in awe and confusion.
"I hate those guys." Velethan murmured.
"An interesting development indeeeeeeeed." The Fallen Druid cackled.
Xopvo suddenly prepared his Sundials. "The portal! Behold! It is opening!" Filled with adrenaline, he quickly casted Statis around the area, utilizing the power of his magical Sundials.
"This is it! You know what to do!" Eden screamed.
Velethan and Adrianne watched from a distance as the portal emerged from the sand, making no noticeable noise or change in the surroundings.
Stasis
As null energy flooded into their realm, Mobius fired an incessant stream of Ice magic, preventing it from spreading. Eden was the first to act, finding an opening in the portal and jumping inside, completely leaving the plane of existence. The Fallen Druid soon followed.
Mobius continued casting spells as he approached the portal. "Xopvo! Change of plans! The null energy is endless! You're going to have to close the portal!" he yelled.
"What? How will you escape?" Xopvo responded as his Sundials created a Statis effect around the portal.
"We'll find a way. Don't worry." Mobius unleashed a final Ice Bolt into the portal, pushing the null energy within the confinements of the unstable realm. "Close it!"
Without a second though, Xopvo grabbed two Sundials and snapped them in half, causing the portal to subside and retract.
As Xopvo destroyed the rest of his precious Sundials, Mobius barely had time to enter the portal. He disappeared just as the connection between planes blinked out of existance.
The three remaining Elementals stood in silence. The nearby waves were the only audible sound left. The only remnants of the others were the footprints left in the sand, soon gone with the soothing breeze of the Land of Air. Gone, just like their owners, who had entered another realm entirely.
[Now my characters can meet up with another group. PM me or post if you want to combine parties. Hopefully the game will be easier to follow when there's less separated groups doing random stuff.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | ??? :light
Others : -
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader
Before Astasia could speak, Henku placed a limb on her shoulder and said, " I am Henku, and this is my apprentice Annele. If I may ask, what is yours?", in his husky voice.
While the Light Elemental processed this information, Annele seemed bursting to speak. Henku, however, maintained his limb, calming her until they learned more of this stranger.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader
Before Astasia could speak, Henku placed a limb on her shoulder and said, " I am Henku, and this is my apprentice Annele. If I may ask, what is yours?", in his husky voice.
While the Light Elemental processed this information, Annele seemed bursting to speak. Henku, however, maintained his limb, calming her until they learned more of this stranger.
"Ahm Jenkins, the strongest warrior of Light sent to investigate this crisis! And ur Henku, the great King of the Chaos Triad?! It's an honore to meet ya!" Jenkins bowed and tripped while bowing. As he righted himself, he cleared his throat of his most recent snack and taking out a scroll. 'Annele' had probably taken him for a fool now, but he was confident the ruler would see though his 'mask'.
"King Henku, ruler of the Entropy Triad." He began, unrolling the scroll that showed Queen Amaterasu's seal, with his voice taking on a much more serious tone than the jovial idiocy it had been, "At the request of Queen Amaterasu, regardless of the current state of the Entropy Realm as fate would have it, the nation of Light would like to establish an alliance with you regarding the current mysterious crisis. I apologize for the potential rudeness, but as Darkness Emperor Caius would say, the greatest fighter is sometimes the one they never suspect it to be."
Meanwhile, on a nearby upper balcony, Lyra.... or it seemed to be Lyra watched the scene below.
"Interesting." Shaden almost smirked, before realizing he had to look as inconspicuous as possible. "Should we switch back, Lyra? I'm sure you can handle stealth fine."
"No, stay like this for now." Lyra responded, her spirit nodding thoughtfully. "Observing Jenkins is a lot easier when we can naturally blend in with the crowd."
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia | Henku | Jenkins | :gravity :underworld Iredia | :gravity Redelgus
Others : Lyra
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
Without warning, Iredia slammed down in the midst of the group, landing heavily, and startling the elementals.
Iredia:Hunh, glad to know that woks... :P hi miss! and hrm :-X
She gave Henku a careful look over, clearly not very trusting of the entropy elemental, and then turned back to the darkness, examining her curiously. Without warning, Iredia flipped to void form, and walked right through them both.
Iredia: Ok, you two check out- :oAHHHHHHHHH!!!
She was suddenly yoinked backwards into Redelgus, who somehow seemed angry with her.
Redelgus: >:( Iredia! Escuse her, she's unfortunatly the fool that :-[...Jenkins...Acts...Like... :-X
Iredia: ;D aaand the only void-touched gravity elemental in this world.
Redelgus simply glared at her.
Iredia:Oh, right.
Iredia reverted to her natural gravity form.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"Good grief." Jenkins snapped. "I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again." Iredia smiled.
"Iredia." Jenkins sighed, realizing that trying to reject his own feelings had backfired, dropped his cover. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh..." Iredia paused for a second. Jenkins turned nervously back to Henku, expecting the worst. "If you'll excuse that interruption, sir..."
"Damnit Lyra, the negotiation's going to backfire at this rate! We need to go fix it, now!" Shaden snapped inwardly.
"No."
"Why?! I understand Jenkins is actually being serious for once, but there's no way in the Underworld that that buffoon is going to fix the situation! We're much better at negotiation. I even have proof, while that guy has nothing!"
"I'm... not so sure about that, Shaden. There's something different about Jenkins, something that would make Queen Amaterasu assign a Royal Seal and an Adventurer's title to him despite looking like a complete idiot. Let's not overreact, yet..."
"I still dis- what the? HEY, Lyra!"
Possess Queen [Spade]
"Sorry, Shaden." Lyra muttered to herself. "But I'm not stepping in until I see whether Jenkins is really a hero or just as incompetent as he appears to be."
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[ddevans96, I'm waiting on you, and I've been doing so for the last few days. I'm getting tired of prodding you. My patience is running out, and I'm seriously thinking about pulling a threat if the alternative is us going slower than frozen molasses anchored and fused to the bottom of the crust. Can you actually post some more?]
EDIT: Fixed derpy word choice. Hope it didn't come out too late.
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No, I can't. There is just no way I can feel comfortable working off of what you've posted. I've hinted at this but I guess not strongly enough.
Replace Bhever with an NPC (no you can't use him). I will reintroduce him elsewhere when it makes sense to use him and when I'm not being forced into an awkward plot and unneeded timeskipping.
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Location: Platform of Fate - Space
Players: Arum
Characters: Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
When Psyphoenix woke, he listened. Silence rang, clear as a bell. He dissipated his rock shield, stood up, and looked around. He still was on the strange Platform of Fate, where the Fateleader and Kronos had conversed. Changing his density, he sank through the floor, back down to terra firma. This time, he was in a strange place, all pink and purple and full of random things. In the distance, he saw a castle. Giving himself wings, he flew towards the spire, seeing mutations and abominations below him, changing the landscape from peace to chaos. He reached the spire, and perched atop it, giving himself Stone Form. Withing seconds, his skin had changed to stone, and he was immobile. He listened. There were voices faint on the breeze. Sounding suspiciously like an incantation, he undid his stone form, and gave himself the appearance of an abomination. He crawled down the spire, towards the voice, and then suddenly a blinding flash of blue light illuminated the landscape. It had massive power, and it sucked Psyphoenix into it's center....
When Psyphoenix revived, he was in a large basin, in a small crater. This time, he spied another castle, more like a fortress. This time, wary of the incantation that brought him here, he slowly crept closer.
"Good grief!" yelled an elemental. Psyphoenix crept a little closer.
"I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again."
Hmm. The elemental that screamed must be Jenkins.
"Iredia." Jenkins let out a heavy sigh. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh." Iredia said.
Very quietly, Psyphoenix heard a small voice. He tuned his mind to be able to use telepathy.
"Damnit Lyra, the negotiation's going to backfire at this rate! We need to go fix it, now!"
"No."
"Why?! I understand Jenkins is actually being serious for once, but there's no way in the Underworld that that buffoon is going to fix the situation! We're much better at negotiation. I even have proof, while that guy has nothing!"
"I'm... not so sure about that, Shaden. There's something different about Jenkins, something that would make Queen Amaterasu assign a Royal Seal and an Adventurer's title to him despite looking like a complete idiot. Let's not overreact, yet..."
"I still dis- what the? HEY, Lyra!"
Hmm. Another elemental? With a second telepathic or bonded elemental?
Then he heard Lyra whisper, "Sorry, Shaden. But I'm not stepping in until I see whether Jenkins is really a hero or just as incompetent as he appears to be."
Psyphoenix smiled. He waited outside the door, turning into a gargoyle-like form, sending a telepathic message to the group.
"I'm waiting. Open the door."
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"Good grief." Jenkins snapped. "I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again." Iredia smiled.
"Iredia." Jenkins sighed, realizing that trying to reject his own feelings had backfired, dropped his cover. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh..." Iredia paused for a second. Jenkins turned nervously back to Henku, expecting the worst. "If you'll excuse that interruption, sir..."
"I admire your efforts, but alas, I am no longer the leader of the Chaos Triad. I am but a powerful warrior searching for lost love." Henku said.
"Oh." Jenkins was disheartened by this turn of events. "You still have power there, don't you?"
"I suppose", Henku mused, "I may be able to encourage an alliance among my people. Though what is this mysterious crisis? Does it have something to do with the new randomness in the world?"
Astasia was frustrated at her lack in this conversation. She supposed it was natural Jenkins was falling at Henku's feet rather than hers, but a little acknowledgement might have nice. He was Light though...
Of course, she kept this all hidden in her typical blank stare, practiced by all Darkness Elementals.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"Good grief." Jenkins snapped. "I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again." Iredia smiled.
"Iredia." Jenkins sighed, realizing that trying to reject his own feelings had backfired, dropped his cover. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh..." Iredia paused for a second. Jenkins turned nervously back to Henku, expecting the worst. "If you'll excuse that interruption, sir..."
"I admire your efforts, but alas, I am no longer the leader of the Chaos Triad. I am but a powerful warrior searching for lost love." Henku said.
"Oh." Jenkins was disheartened by this turn of events. "You still have power there, don't you?"
"I suppose", Henku mused, "though why are you so interested in my services?"
Astasia was frustrated at her lack in this conversation. She supposed it was natural Jenkins was falling at Henku's feet rather than hers, but a little acknowledgement might have nice. He was Light though...
Of course, she kept this all hidden in her typical blank stare, practiced by all Darkness Elementals.
[What about my telepathic message? Didn't you read that part?]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"Good grief." Jenkins snapped. "I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again." Iredia smiled.
"Iredia." Jenkins sighed, realizing that trying to reject his own feelings had backfired, dropped his cover. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh..." Iredia paused for a second. Jenkins turned nervously back to Henku, expecting the worst. "If you'll excuse that interruption, sir..."
"I admire your efforts, but alas, I am no longer the leader of the Chaos Triad. I am but a powerful warrior searching for lost love." Henku said.
"Oh." Jenkins was disheartened by this turn of events. "You still have power there, don't you?"
"I suppose", Henku mused, "though why are you so interested in my services?"
Astasia was frustrated at her lack in this conversation. She supposed it was natural Jenkins was falling at Henku's feet rather than hers, but a little acknowledgement might have nice. He was Light though...
Of course, she kept this all hidden in her typical blank stare, practiced by all Darkness Elementals.
[What about my telepathic message? Didn't you read that part?]
[No sorry. I started writing before you posted (then went off to do other things before posting) and when it came up saying you'd posted, you only included your character in the description at the top of your post, so I posted anyway. We could just say that as soon as my post finishes is when you send that message. It kinda confused me.]
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[No sorry. I started writing before you posted (then went off to do other things before posting) and when it came up saying you'd posted, you only included your character in the description at the top of your post, so I posted anyway. We could just say that as soon as my post finishes is when you send that message. It kinda confused me.]
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[Okay, and we're good. Just waiting for Zbladie to add in the message.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy| Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld| Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix :entropy :rainbow
Others : Lyra
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
Iredia looked about, surprised at the telepathic message. She whispered to Redelgus, then walked to the door, turned void, and poked her head through it.
Iredia: listen, dood, telepathy isn't mind control, and who do you think you are that we should jump to obey some random stranger?
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[No sorry. I started writing before you posted (then went off to do other things before posting) and when it came up saying you'd posted, you only included your character in the description at the top of your post, so I posted anyway. We could just say that as soon as my post finishes is when you send that message. It kinda confused me.]
[Okay, and we're good. Just waiting for Zbladie to add in the message.]
[I'm still confused by your post for several reasons:
1) How are you able to travel to the Realm of Fate? Your elemental doesn't possess Fate quanta unlike Legit's or mine's. (And by extension, what gave you any natural right to wield Void? Neither of the two energies belong to the normal ETG world, and you didn't any previous indication that you knew about Void beforehand to 'model' your sphere after it.)
2) If you do have Fate Quanta, how'd you even get in the Platform of Fate in the first place, and how'd you teleport to Gravity all of a sudden, especially when we don't know if your 'Fateless' ability would allow you to do that?
3) When did forced telepathy/mindreading become one of your abilities? For reference, Lyra is definitely more than 1.5 feet away (probably 2-3 ft at least) from Psyphoenix given she's on a balcony that's already some distance away from Jenkins.
4) How were you able to listen to Lyra and Shaden's whole conversation when it technically is happening in 'two' minds?
I know this is a fantasy RP, but the jump in between things feels a bit abrupt. I'd like a little clarification before I post.]
Location: Platform of Fate - Space
Players: Arum
Characters: Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
When Psyphoenix woke, he listened. Silence rang, clear as a bell. He dissipated his rock shield, stood up, and looked around. He still was on the strange Platform of Fate, where the Fateleader and Kronos had conversed. Changing his density, he sank through the floor, back down to terra firma. This time, he was in a strange place, all pink and purple and full of random things. In the distance, he saw a castle. Giving himself wings, he flew towards the spire, seeing mutations and abominations below him, changing the landscape from peace to chaos. He reached the spire, and perched atop it, giving himself Stone Form. Withing seconds, his skin had changed to stone, and he was immobile. He listened. There were voices faint on the breeze. Sounding suspiciously like an incantation, he undid his stone form, and gave himself the appearance of an abomination. He crawled down the spire, towards the voice, and then suddenly a blinding flash of blue light illuminated the landscape. It had massive power, and it sucked Psyphoenix into it's center....
When Psyphoenix revived, he was in a large basin, in a small crater. This time, he spied another castle, more like a fortress. This time, wary of the incantation that brought him here, he slowly crept closer.
"Good grief!" yelled an elemental. Psyphoenix crept a little closer.
"I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again."
Hmm. The elemental that screamed must be Jenkins.
"Iredia." Jenkins let out a heavy sigh. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh." Iredia said.
Very quietly, Psyphoenix heard a small voice. He tuned his mind to be able to use telepathy.
"Damnit Lyra, the negotiation's going to backfire at this rate! We need to go fix it, now!"
"No."
"Why?! I understand Jenkins is actually being serious for once, but there's no way in the Underworld that that buffoon is going to fix the situation! We're much better at negotiation. I even have proof, while that guy has nothing!"
"I'm... not so sure about that, Shaden. There's something different about Jenkins, something that would make Queen Amaterasu assign a Royal Seal and an Adventurer's title to him despite looking like a complete idiot. Let's not overreact, yet..."
"I still dis- what the? HEY, Lyra!"
Hmm. Another elemental? With a second telepathic or bonded elemental?
Then he heard Lyra whisper, "Sorry, Shaden. But I'm not stepping in until I see whether Jenkins is really a hero or just as incompetent as he appears to be."
Psyphoenix smiled. He waited outside the door, turning into a gargoyle-like form, sending a telepathic message to the group.
"I'm waiting. Open the door."
Location : Time Desert - Unknown
Characters involved : Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
Players Involved : Arum
[Standstill, so I'm gonna write a bit.]
As Psyphoenix trudged through the sand, he was lost in his mind, continuing to search for memories. They were like quicksilver, darting among the edges of his consciousness. He hardly noticed when the scenery changed from bright baking sun to black oppressing sand all around him. Only when he looked up, did he notice he was stuck. Psyphoenix heated his energy sphere into melting even glass. He placed his head down again, and continued to trudge until the bright sunlight struck his face. Psyphoenix was tired, so he changed the density of his sphere to he sank a mile into the sand, then created an air bubble around him while he closed his eyes and slept, peacefully.
[Waiting for someone to travel to time desert, and notice the hill of sand with a crumbling glass tunnel in it. Have fun.]
Name: Psyphoenix
Element: Entropy
Description: A person who somehow confused time, changing it around his body. He is ageless, having lived for millennia. Parts of him are decomposed, steadily turning to dust, and yet, somehow, the time flux continues to make his skin"regenerate".
Background: Having been a permanent victim of the Blade of Discord, he has no memory except for the ones he has created himself.
Ability: The power to control each and everything that passes through an invisible sphere, only 1 1/2 feet at it's widest. Can also sometimes expand his sphere, but other players can control his dome if they are in it when he expands it. Also, his sphere is in a different reality, so if they die in the dome, they are transported to the different reality, but if they are simply hurt, and pull the hurt part out, it will be as if nothing had happened.
Item: A shard from the Blade of Discord, strapped to his hand, creating a knifelike punch.
Anything else: The character is based off Scarlet Witch, The Phoenix, The Living Mummy, and Psylocke from X-Men. XD
Also to clarify, he can be hurt and killed, the "regeneration" only affects the Time Flux.
Location: Time Desert - Unknown
Characters in this group: Psypheonix :entropy / :rainbow
Others: None
Players involved: Arum
The shockwaves bounced off the small energy sphere surrounding Psypheonix. The shield recoiled ever so slightly, but seemed to hold strong. Sensing his energy sphere was from the void, or at least near impervious to it, the pegasi flew overhead, dissipating in the distance, while Psyphoenix lowered his head, continuing to trudge forever in search of memories.
[Nice twist Zblader, and another one for the colliding dimensions. An energy that resists void? I'd like to see someone continue this since I love it already.]
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No, I can't. There is just no way I can feel comfortable working off of what you've posted. I've hinted at this but I guess not strongly enough.
Replace Bhever with an NPC (no you can't use him). I will reintroduce him elsewhere when it makes sense to use him and when I'm not being forced into an awkward plot and unneeded timeskipping.
Fine. Go off where you want to. I'll follow you quickly. If that doesn't make you budge, I'll go with my threat.
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No, I can't. There is just no way I can feel comfortable working off of what you've posted. I've hinted at this but I guess not strongly enough.
Replace Bhever with an NPC (no you can't use him). I will reintroduce him elsewhere when it makes sense to use him and when I'm not being forced into an awkward plot and unneeded timeskipping.
Fine. Go off where you want to. I'll follow you quickly. If that doesn't make you budge, I'll go with my threat.
[No, he's saying to remove him from your plot and proceed without him. If anything, he doesn't want to be involved with your plot for the time being.]
[ZBlader, I'm currently lost as to where the party involving Kuraz and Kairos is involved. As previously mentioned, Kairos has no intent on taking initiative in this leg of the arc]
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[ZBlader, I'm currently lost as to where the party involving Kuraz and Kairos is involved. As previously mentioned, Kairos has no intent on taking initiative in this leg of the arc]
[I think Kuraz and Kairos got something to eat, just as Kuraz said in the last post. Based on how things have worked, I'm guessing Jenkins met Henku and Astasia after Kuraz and Kairos went to eat - after this encounter's over, we're likely to be moving on to a different region.
However, Arum's posted something that seems to conflict with his abilities (specifically, what elements he's supposedly allowed to wield and his 'range' of 1.5 feet.) and the situation in general (you can't just teleport to the Fate Realm, teleporting to Gravity immediately afterwards and reading two minds at once is also stretching the 'modify self' ability IMHO.)
Disregarding that move, I'm currently waiting on Annele to have Henku respond to Jenkins. In the meantime, more Kuraz and Kairos filler.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Kingdom (Restaurant)
Characters in this group : Kairos ( :time ) | Kuraz ( :light )
Others :
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"So, what do you want?" Kuraz looked around the restaurant, spotting the most popular dishes listed on a board nearby. He then looked at Kairos, who appeared hungry.
'Guess some good training can empty your stomach.' He thought inwardly.
[Feel free to make up some unusual dish here, Drake. I'm not sure what else I can do with Kuraz/Kairos for now, but at least they'll stay involved as long as I can move them. ^^;]
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[Sorry Zblader, I misread your post. I have edited my last one to incorporate it.]
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[No problem.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"I see. So you have sensed the 'Void', and all it entrails. I suppose it would be wise to move this discussion somewhere private, so Iredia and I can tell you about the nature of the new randomness you've sensed."
"You forgot someone." Jenkins turned around to see Lyra walking up to him. "Took you about time to wise up, Jenkins." She politely nodded at Iredia and the Darkness elemental, suppressing an ugre from Shaden to greet a fellow elemental. 'Shaden, I can't have you reveal yourself like this!'
'I suppose, but it's been forever since I've seen anything in Darkness. You'll need me anyway when we get somewhere 'private'.'
"It should be saved for when we get there, then!" Lyra quickly snapped, almost yelling it out loud. "Greetings, Henku and Astasia. I am Lyra, one of the Adventurers sent to also investigate the energy source from the Kingdom of Light. Like Jenkins, I also have evidence that will tell you more about the nature of this plan."
"Psst, Lyra!" Jenkins whispered. "What about Kuraz?"
"He said he and Kairos went to get something to eat. Seems like he wants to know more about the kid. Wait a sec-" realizing that she could speed up the task, Lyra called Ferocio over, hoping that the Life Prince would be cooperative in aiding them.
[Insert Henku/Astasia's reaction to Ferocio and whatever Annele/Drake/Zaealix want him to say here. Can't forget about him after all. ;) ]
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[No, he's saying to remove him from your plot and proceed without him. If anything, he doesn't want to be involved with your plot for the time being.]
This.
I do not want involved with your character right now. At all. I want to pretend that this plot spiral never happened.
Just do what you want and leave me and my character out of it.
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Then.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Astasia :darkness | Henku :entropy | Jenkins :light | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity
Others : Lyra :light
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix
"I see. So you have sensed the 'Void', and all it entrails. I suppose it would be wise to move this discussion somewhere private, so Iredia and I can tell you about the nature of the new randomness you've sensed."
"You forgot someone." Jenkins turned around to see Lyra walking up to him. "Took you about time to wise up, Jenkins." She politely nodded at Iredia and the Darkness elemental, suppressing an ugre from Shaden to greet a fellow elemental. 'Shaden, I can't have you reveal yourself like this!'
'I suppose, but it's been forever since I've seen anything in Darkness. You'll need me anyway when we get somewhere 'private'.'
"It should be saved for when we get there, then!" Lyra quickly snapped, almost yelling it out loud. "Greetings, Henku and Astasia. I am Lyra, one of the Adventurers sent to also investigate the energy source from the Kingdom of Light. Like Jenkins, I also have evidence that will tell you more about the nature of this plan."
"Psst, Lyra!" Jenkins whispered. "What about Kuraz?"
"He said he and Kairos went to get something to eat. Seems like he wants to know more about the kid. Wait a sec-" realizing that she could speed up the task, Lyra called Ferocio over, hoping that the Life Prince would be cooperative in aiding them.
Astasia's mouth almost fell open when she noticed Ferocio, though she quickly suppressed it, and let her sullen stare take over again.
Henku remained indifferent at Ferocio's appearance, one got used to meeting many people, when one was a leader, and it seemed the trend continued even after one is overthrown.
[Remember - Astasia is a 16yo girl. Nothing more needs to become of it, unless it is so wished.
If you want me to post more I can. I just though I'd leave Ferocio's dialoge to someone who knows him better.
Also, do you want me to do a write-up of Henku?]
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[Where's Aidache's charachter info?]
After waiting a few minutes, Aidache returned, but not Bhever, even after waiting many minutes.
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Just do what you want and leave me and my character out of it.
Both parts of this are relevant.
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Just do what you want and leave me and my character out of it.
Both parts of this are relevant.
Thought you said Aidache was an NPC, and that I could control him if I wanted to go faster. What am I not understanding?
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That I don't care anymore. It is seriously that simple. Do whatever you want, as long as Bhever is not and has not been involved.
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[No sorry. I started writing before you posted (then went off to do other things before posting) and when it came up saying you'd posted, you only included your character in the description at the top of your post, so I posted anyway. We could just say that as soon as my post finishes is when you send that message. It kinda confused me.]
[Okay, and we're good. Just waiting for Zbladie to add in the message.]
[I'm still confused by your post for several reasons:
1) How are you able to travel to the Realm of Fate? Your elemental doesn't possess Fate quanta unlike Legit's or mine's. (And by extension, what gave you any natural right to wield Void? Neither of the two energies belong to the normal ETG world, and you didn't any previous indication that you knew about Void beforehand to 'model' your sphere after it.)
2) If you do have Fate Quanta, how'd you even get in the Platform of Fate in the first place, and how'd you teleport to Gravity all of a sudden, especially when we don't know if your 'Fateless' ability would allow you to do that?
3) When did forced telepathy/mindreading become one of your abilities? For reference, Lyra is definitely more than 1.5 feet away (probably 2-3 ft at least) from Psyphoenix given she's on a balcony that's already some distance away from Jenkins.
4) How were you able to listen to Lyra and Shaden's whole conversation when it technically is happening in 'two' minds?
I know this is a fantasy RP, but the jump in between things feels a bit abrupt. I'd like a little clarification before I post.]
Location: Platform of Fate - Space
Players: Arum
Characters: Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
When Psyphoenix woke, he listened. Silence rang, clear as a bell. He dissipated his rock shield, stood up, and looked around. He still was on the strange Platform of Fate, where the Fateleader and Kronos had conversed. Changing his density, he sank through the floor, back down to terra firma. This time, he was in a strange place, all pink and purple and full of random things. In the distance, he saw a castle. Giving himself wings, he flew towards the spire, seeing mutations and abominations below him, changing the landscape from peace to chaos. He reached the spire, and perched atop it, giving himself Stone Form. Withing seconds, his skin had changed to stone, and he was immobile. He listened. There were voices faint on the breeze. Sounding suspiciously like an incantation, he undid his stone form, and gave himself the appearance of an abomination. He crawled down the spire, towards the voice, and then suddenly a blinding flash of blue light illuminated the landscape. It had massive power, and it sucked Psyphoenix into it's center....
When Psyphoenix revived, he was in a large basin, in a small crater. This time, he spied another castle, more like a fortress. This time, wary of the incantation that brought him here, he slowly crept closer.
"Good grief!" yelled an elemental. Psyphoenix crept a little closer.
"I'm trying to make an actual negotiation here!"
"Really, Jenkins? For all I know, you're probably just trying to tell a story again."
Hmm. The elemental that screamed must be Jenkins.
"Iredia." Jenkins let out a heavy sigh. "This is Henku, King of the Chaos Triad of Entropy. I was actually serious when I said I was on a mission for Queen Amaterasu. Do you have any idea what kind of political impression we may be making....?"
"Oh." Iredia said.
Very quietly, Psyphoenix heard a small voice. He tuned his mind to be able to use telepathy.
"Damnit Lyra, the negotiation's going to backfire at this rate! We need to go fix it, now!"
"No."
"Why?! I understand Jenkins is actually being serious for once, but there's no way in the Underworld that that buffoon is going to fix the situation! We're much better at negotiation. I even have proof, while that guy has nothing!"
"I'm... not so sure about that, Shaden. There's something different about Jenkins, something that would make Queen Amaterasu assign a Royal Seal and an Adventurer's title to him despite looking like a complete idiot. Let's not overreact, yet..."
"I still dis- what the? HEY, Lyra!"
Hmm. Another elemental? With a second telepathic or bonded elemental?
Then he heard Lyra whisper, "Sorry, Shaden. But I'm not stepping in until I see whether Jenkins is really a hero or just as incompetent as he appears to be."
Psyphoenix smiled. He waited outside the door, turning into a gargoyle-like form, sending a telepathic message to the group.
"I'm waiting. Open the door."
Location : Time Desert - Unknown
Characters involved : Psyphoenix :entropy / :rainbow
Players Involved : Arum
[Standstill, so I'm gonna write a bit.]
As Psyphoenix trudged through the sand, he was lost in his mind, continuing to search for memories. They were like quicksilver, darting among the edges of his consciousness. He hardly noticed when the scenery changed from bright baking sun to black oppressing sand all around him. Only when he looked up, did he notice he was stuck. Psyphoenix heated his energy sphere into melting even glass. He placed his head down again, and continued to trudge until the bright sunlight struck his face. Psyphoenix was tired, so he changed the density of his sphere to he sank a mile into the sand, then created an air bubble around him while he closed his eyes and slept, peacefully.
[Waiting for someone to travel to time desert, and notice the hill of sand with a crumbling glass tunnel in it. Have fun.]
Name: Psyphoenix
Element: Entropy
Description: A person who somehow confused time, changing it around his body. He is ageless, having lived for millennia. Parts of him are decomposed, steadily turning to dust, and yet, somehow, the time flux continues to make his skin"regenerate".
Background: Having been a permanent victim of the Blade of Discord, he has no memory except for the ones he has created himself.
Ability: The power to control each and everything that passes through an invisible sphere, only 1 1/2 feet at it's widest. Can also sometimes expand his sphere, but other players can control his dome if they are in it when he expands it. Also, his sphere is in a different reality, so if they die in the dome, they are transported to the different reality, but if they are simply hurt, and pull the hurt part out, it will be as if nothing had happened.
Item: A shard from the Blade of Discord, strapped to his hand, creating a knifelike punch.
Anything else: The character is based off Scarlet Witch, The Phoenix, The Living Mummy, and Psylocke from X-Men. XD
Also to clarify, he can be hurt and killed, the "regeneration" only affects the Time Flux.
Location: Time Desert - Unknown
Characters in this group: Psypheonix :entropy / :rainbow
Others: None
Players involved: Arum
The shockwaves bounced off the small energy sphere surrounding Psypheonix. The shield recoiled ever so slightly, but seemed to hold strong. Sensing his energy sphere was from the void, or at least near impervious to it, the pegasi flew overhead, dissipating in the distance, while Psyphoenix lowered his head, continuing to trudge forever in search of memories.
[Nice twist Zblader, and another one for the colliding dimensions. An energy that resists void? I'd like to see someone continue this since I love it already.]
(1. Psyphoenıx dıdn't travel to the fate realm per se, but saw a mırage of ıt(wıll be posted later). Also, hıs sphere comes from a dıfferemt unıverse, where ıt seems tp resıst voıd.
2. See above. Psyphoenıx was teleported to the gravıty basın because of a portal that sucked hım ınto ıt and spat hım out there.
3 and 4. The effects of the dome stay ın the dome. but can reach out of the dome. Psyphoenıx modıfıed hıs mınd usıng hıs power. but ıt ısn't a part of the dome, so that ıs how that happened. Also, ıt ıs technıcally two mınds conversıng to each other telepathıcally(correct me ıf ı'm wrong).
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That I don't care anymore. It is seriously that simple. Do whatever you want, as long as Bhever is not and has not been involved.
I am not interested in butchering Aidache as a character. Just hand me the character info, and that's all I'll ask from you. I get it that you don't care, but I do.
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Plot Info
Guard of Fire
Border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Time
Characters: Insignificant NPCs (Fire)
Players: Legit
Unnamed guard felt a small tremor in the ground beneath his feet. Was it those annoying Earth miners again, digging too close to Fire's territory?
"You feel that?" the guards partner asked nonchalantly.
"Yeah." the guard replied.
Suddenly, another tremor occurred, but this time it was much stronger, knocking them off their feet.
"What is this? Some crazy Earth mage casting Earthquake?" the guard, no longer a lethargic, bored figure, jumped up and shook his head.
The small quake subsided as well, leaving the two guards shaken and slightly agitated.
"We haven't had a natural earthquake in years. Perhaps it was just a n-" the guard was cut off by a third disruption.
However, this earthquake was far more potent than anything plates shifting could cause or a powerful magician could muster. This earthquake destroyed the very ground underneath the feet of the two guards, causing them to sprint away from the quickly growing crevice forming. The crevice soon became a canyon; a massive, bottomless hole in the earth.
The two guards, gasping for breath, could not believe the sight of the giant...nothingness. Massive could not describe the length of the canyon - it was at least a mile wide, completely separating the once connected Lands of Fire and Time. Massive could, however, describe the depth of the canyon. It was an unending hole that faded into pitch black.
"What the hell..." a guard finally muttered.
Those were the last words he ever spoke. A null Archangel, as if ascending from hell or a strange purgatory, exited the chasm and spread its wings around both of the guards, causing all three beings to leave existence forever.
Null energy was seeping out everywhere, in all forms. Slowly the living beings of the land would disappear. Slowly, they became prey to the malicious enigma that spread across the realm. Slowly, the entire realm would be no more.
[Basically, a giant canyon opened up here (http://imageplay.net/img/tya22278056/crevice.png). Null energy is slowly seeping out of it, which will spread throughout the land. Demise is far but inevitable, unless a solution is found...
Now, I won't be online for about a week (so obviously I can't post), have fun everyone.]
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Iredia shook in nameless terror. Somehow, she knew that things were going wrong, and fast.
Iredia: Guys...I don't know about you, but there was a big surge of void...Well, I'm not sure if it's void or something else...But either way, something feels wrong, and it's over that way.
Iredia pointed to the east, where somehow, there was a vauge feeling of doom seeping from the horizon.
Ferocio: Hrm? I don't see it, what are you talking about Iredia?
He looked, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Ferocio shrugged, and started walking away, unconcerned, to find Kairos and Kuraz...
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Location: Gravity Castle - Outside the door.
Players: Arum, Zaelix, Annele
Characters: Astasia | Henku | Jenkins | Iredia | Redelgus | Psyphoenix
Psyphoenix felt his energy shield recoil as he felt the stones under him move slightly, indicating a chasm had opened up somewhere.
Having no choice, he spread the energy shield over everyone to protect them from the massive amounts of void seeping out.
Psyphoenix screamed telepathically, knocking everyone out. He then sat down to watch the visions unfold in his energy sphere, patiently waiting for the void seep to end, and the others to wake up.
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[...
Also, do you want me to do a write-up of Henku?]
Sure, that'd be great.
(1. Psyphoenıx dıdn't travel to the fate realm per se, but saw a mırage of ıt(wıll be posted later). Also, hıs sphere comes from a dıfferemt unıverse, where ıt seems tp resıst voıd.
2. See above. Psyphoenıx was teleported to the gravıty basın because of a portal that sucked hım ınto ıt and spat hım out there.
3 and 4. The effects of the dome stay ın the dome. but can reach out of the dome. Psyphoenıx modıfıed hıs mınd usıng hıs power. but ıt ısn't a part of the dome, so that ıs how that happened. Also, ıt ıs technıcally two mınds conversıng to each other telepathıcally(correct me ıf ı'm wrong).
[The mirage part you mentioned still doesn't really make sense to me (how does a mirage cross dimensions?), but I'll roll with it I guess.]
Location : Everywhere
The rift begins to spread further, intruding into Gravity's realm. For some reason, however, it's growth is suddenly stagnated by a huge shockwave that seems intent on pulling the two split parts of the continent back together. Whatever it is, emergency teams in Gravity have mobilized to evacuate the civilians.
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png) / :light | Astasia :darkness (Unconscious) | Henku :entropy (Unconscious) | Iredia :gravity :underworld (Unconscious) | Redelgus :gravity (Unconscious) | Psyphoenix :entropy (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
'Well, quite loud, wasn't it.''Lyra's' body began to write slightly, then she stood up once more, smirking.
'Interesting energy field.' Shaden grinned as he stood even further from Psyphoenix, the blow having him distanced him from the rest of the group.
'I'd love to investigate everyone's well being, but I might as well test what the Void has unlocked first.'
Block V [Heart] - Mind
'First, my mental privacy.... now, the barrier, it's wielder and what it's holding against....'
Identify Jack [Club]
'An 'immortal', eh... a barrier with an unusual energy signature that is open to all, and a rift caused by a Void Archangel.' He smirked. "Now, to put my abilities to the test."
Quickly bending the barrier slightly, as to allow an opening for a bit of Void energy to Siphon through, Shaden began an old procedure, improved with a spell he's acquired recently.
Synergy Pact
Absorb Queen [Heart]
Just as he thought, Absorb Queen sped up the absorbance well. The Void sensed his intent, and curled around him, as if it was wary of his intentions. Sensing the signature of one of their wielders, it provided the energy and spells he needed, then withdrew, leaving a message along with them.
'With nothing to balance, balancing the worlds becomes meaningless.
With nothing to judge, our purpose becomes meaningless.
With nothing to give us purpose, we shall all vanish.'
"The sodding Caius does that mean?" Shaden wondered. "Guess they don't like becoming nonexistent either, eh?"
"Shaden?"
'S'up, Lyra. Hope you don't mind the abrupt interruption.'"I don't mind at all, because you seem to have not noticed Jenkins and Ferocio are gone!"
"Wait, you mean..." Shaden looked over towards where Henku laid. Despite seeing Astasia and Iredia nearby, Jenkins seemed to have disappeared..... along with Ferocio. "S***.... and we were just about to get Entropy's word, too. We needed that Life prince, too." He quickly swiveled around, using Replicate Jack to create a Voidstalker. This one was much more stable than the other Void creatures Lyra had seen - it wavered calmly, as if awaiting Shaden's orders.
"Voidstalker, I need you to locate Ferocio and Jenkins! See if you can find Kuraz and Kairos, too, then report back!" The Voidstalker didn't need much more prompting - it quickly turned invisible, quickly flying off in search of the Elementals.
"You've gotten pretty good, Shaden. Seems a bit quick for this kind of growth, though."
'The massive rift of Void energy is compensating for my lack of skill. Not to mention they just taught me some new stuff, anyway. Really, though, why didn't I think of spinning the energy counterclockwise to make the Pillar instead?'
[Interesting. Wonder how everyone else'll react to this, especially those who weren't involved in the crisis yet. Underlined name indicates who's in control of Lyra's body.]
Location : Gravity Border - Void Rift
Characters in this group : ??? (Fate) | Usurper | Akebono :gravity | Divine Glory :light :fire
Others : Mouth of the Void :underworld
Players Involved : Zblader | Zaealix
MYTHIC BLADE
DIO SJEONHC MEAAMIM NDSEU
Before the judge, they are all human.
BASLISK BLOOD
ENFORCED GRAVITY PULL
ADRENALINE
"Damn it!" The Usurper yelled as he took another swing with the enlarged Mythic Blade, now a tremendous side due the massive amount of 'stone' used as a magical conductor. "Akebono! Whatever the hell made this rift, it's not going to be sealable until we find what caused it!"
"We can't even move, right now!" Akebono replied, his voice barely catching above the roar of the rift. "As we are, all we can do is hold the Void stable, since it's part of us to begin with! If we leave, it's going to spiral out of control due to nothing acting as a beacon!" He almost stopped to curse his nature, but then remembered that if the False Gods were not composed of every single element in existence, the rift would've been much worse.
"Akebono, Usurper!" The two turned to quickly see a winged figure flash by. Surely enough, two Void Pegasi soon fell back into the rift, their wings disabled. Divine Glory landed in front of them, along with a cloaked figure who rode a strange Pegasus of his own. It was not clear like a Void one, but rather it possessed a snake-like tail and its eye's glowed an eerie blue to contrast with its graceful dark hair. It's mane appeared to be made out of solid obsidian, but when one looked at the right angle it was really a bunch of carefully groomed dark grey hair.
"Divine Glory. It is a relief to see you. Where are the others?" Akebono asked. "And you of Fate.... do you come to predict our end, or our victory?"
"I cannot predict either, Akebono." The cloaked figure replied. "It is my nature to change destiny, not to follow it. But I am here to aid in any way I can - Fate sends her best regards."
"We appreciate the help, regardless." Akebono replied. "What do you plan to do, Divine Glory? There's not much you can do here - none of us have enough Void to seal a rift of this size."
"Contact everyone else, obviously. They're on the way to analyze the situation." Divine Glory replied. "Any word from the Oracle?"
"Stuck. His Mass Connection was severed from the lesser elementals ever since this rift opened. He can't risk Falling either, unless we want him to descend right above the rift."
"I guess we have to hope that all the False Gods combined will be able to seal the rift, then." Divine Glory started to fly up again, before she remembered one last thing. "Wait! What about Mobius?!"
"Still not back! Neptune says the waters will shift when he does!" Akebono roared. "Go! We can hold the rift for now!"
As if to contradict his statement, a smaller portal appeared near him, spawning the giant Void Otyugh dubbed 'Mouth of the Void' once more. It appeared to be blindly stumbling, but it was evident something was wrong - as it thrashed about, Magma Rats flew about everywhere, exploding in small bursts of pain. Closer inspection revealed that it appeared to have giant gashing wounds on it's sides - something it didn't have the last time the Usurper banished it.
"It's in pain." The Usurper remarked. "Something must've damaged it when it was back in the Void realm."
"We can't move yet, though." Akebono stepped forward. "Not until we stabilize the Mythic Blade as a neutralizing beacon."
"I suppose that leaves me, then." The cloaked figure stepped forward, letting his cloak fall off for the first time. "As much as I like to contradict Fate, it seems this is a good time to reveal my identity." Akebono and Usurper gave a start, but quickly returned to their calm demeanor.
"It figures." Akebono spoke, almost with a tinge of a laugh in his voice. "It'd never have been you under 'normal' circumstances, I suppose. That also explains the mount."
"Indeed." The figure returned, with a near laugh in his voice. "Fortunately, with me here, the potential event of stabilizing the Mouth of the Void becomes a certainty." Drawing his cloak over himself once more, he quickly extended his arm at the Otyugh, shouting a command to the strange Pegasus.
"Go forward, Hypergusa!"
BIASED POSSIBILITY
[Does the Mouth of the Void attempt to attack the Fate Elemental, or does it react in a different way? Your call, Zaealix.]
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Location : Gravity Border - Void Rift
Characters in this group : ??? (Fate) | Usurper | Akebono | Divine Glory
Others : Mouth of the Void
Players Involved : Zblader | Zaealix
The Mouth of the Void seemed to not notice the charging Pegasus or it's mount, but instead closed, and opened it's mouth as if it was shrieking, releasing a focused, but strange blast of void energy out towards the Gravity Basin. It then shook it's head, and much to the False God's surprise, seemed to be trying to aid in closing the Void Rift.
Meanwhile, Elsewhere...
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra / | Astasia (Unconscious) | Henku (Unconscious) | Iredia (Unconscious) | Redelgus (Unconscious) | Psyphoenix (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
Iredia awoke goggily, somehow with a strange feeling of pain, and confusion. She looked about, and noticed Lyra standing...Only...It was...Not Lyra? It was...Something...
Iredia stood up, and then peered at the not-Lyra, when she felt, rather than heard, a pulse of void energy hit the shield that Psyphoenix had created, and somehow...It sounded like a distorted version of her own voice.
Void Pulse: Holding...Rift...False Gods...Don't come!
Iredia shook her head, mystified at this message, but wondering what it was talking about. A rift? The False Gods? What was going on? The Void had something to do with this, but what?
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Location: Market Street of the Frozen North
Characters: Aquarius, Unnamed Nymph, Aidache
Players: eaglgenes101
The three was walking to the shore when a faint rumble suddenly resulted.
"Where's Bhever?" Aquarius asked.
"I don't have an idea either," replied Aidache.
"I think it might be a good idea for you to find Bhever. Thanks for helping."
"You're welcome."
Then a tiny hole emitted a small amount of null matter, and Aidache started sounding like Darth Vader as he finished taking.
"RUN!!!!!!!!!!" shouted a voice nearby. Everyone did- Aquarius and his nymph to the shore, Aidache upland, and a huge number of elementalists in all different directions.
Back in the water, Aquarius quickly swam to Atlantis, his hand holding his nymph's, not wanting to lose her like he had getting inland.
(The tiny hole stops emitting null matter soon after everyone flees.)
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra / | Astasia (Unconscious) | Henku (Unconscious) | Iredia | Redelgus (Unconscious) | Psyphoenix (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
Sensing one of the group was awake, Psyphoenix forced his barrier to stay still as he stood up and opened the doors. A female was awake.
"Who the hell are you?!?!?" said the female as she turned around, hearing the doors open, and seeing Psyphoenix's long, spindly, ravaged body.
Suddenly, the ground turned red underfoot, burning hot with geysers of lava bursting through.
"Oh dear lord. Be careful what you say and think." said Psyphoenix, turning the ground back into normal.
"I am Psyphoenix, the one who telepathically spoke in your mind. There is a barrier around all of us protecting us from void."
Then Psyphoenix spotted another female, but this one was somehow different. It had no trace, no actual mind, and yet it did.
"Ah. you must be Lyra and Shaden." Psyphoenix gestured to the other female.
[Insert replies, zaelix and whoevs controls lyra and shaden.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness :underworld / | Astasia (Unconscious) | Henku (Unconscious) | Iredia | Redelgus (Unconscious) | Psyphoenix (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
Iredia looked at this weird newcomer, not trusting him at all.
Iredia: Becareful what I say and think? What's that supposed to mean?
Redelgus groaned, and slowly rose to his feet, seemingly disoriented...
[ZBlader, how'd u make that void icon? I've just been using underworld to stand in for void. For those of you wondering what that grey icon is, it's basically the custom icon to a proposed 'void' 13th element suggestion.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra / | Astasia (Unconscious) | Henku (Unconscious) | Iredia | Redelgus (Unconscious) | Psyphoenix (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
"Because I have a strange power that makes imagination become reality."
Psyphoenix proved this by gesturing to the scene, making the floor become a lush green meadow, full of pink butterflies.
"Oh, hello there sir. How are you?" said Psyphoenix in response to a groan and seeing a male stand.
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Redelgus put a hand to his head, and looked at the strange-looking elemental.
Redelgus:Kinda reeling from that mindshout earlier. also hoping void-head over there doesn't figure out how this place works.
Iredia: HEY!
Redelgus: It wouldn't be safe.
Iredia: I don't see how bad it could be-
BOOOM!
A large explosion suddenly went off overhead.
Redelgus: :o :-[ This place is easier to trigger than I expected...
Iredia: ;) well, for now, I've got to ask, what gives with the shield thing? Why put it up?
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Time: Some time before this event (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.168.html) (How long is it between the disturbance and the canyon? 1 day? A week?)
At his house, Aquarius found a few followers of Jezebel waiting for him. He let them inside his house, greeted them, and talked to them.
As he talked, he found about more of the Great Disturbance and a meeting at the temple the next morning. The guests had come for some comfort in the middle of all the chaos. That was what he was doing, so he kept acting like he usually did with guests.
Just before he went to sleep, Aquarius opened the magazine he bought. He was halfway through an article on the underground rare market when he fell asleep.
On the next morning, everyone in Aquarius's house swam to the temple of Jezebel, as was planned for that day.
[I'll go forward tomorrow.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra / | Astasia (Unconscious) | Henku (Unconscious) | Iredia | Redelgus | Psyphoenix
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
"Well, for one, the shield is the only thing stopping the void from decimating you slowly. And for two, void creatures can't stand to be near the barrier, so we're blowing an ergosphere through the void seep." Psyphoenix replied.
"And yes, this place is relatively easy to trigger." sighed Psyphoenix as he returned them from outer space back into the gravity spire.
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(Still a bit before the null rift)
Many elementalists, including a number of nymphs, were coming into the temple and taking seats. Aquarius and the elementalists coming with him sat near the center of the temple.
In the temple, the audience was advised to keep calm, stay together, and try to do life as they did before the disturbance. Aquarius was not really a fan of it, but he sat down and stayed quiet for the hour that the session ran through.
Afterwards, Aquarius was about to talk to another nymph when he heard a voice calling, Aquarius.
Aquarius looked around. No one was where he heard the voice. Aquarius.
Whatever was saying his name was hidden. "Jezebel?" he shouted.
[Now can someone else help me with this?]
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[ZBlader, how'd u make that void icon? I've just been using underworld to stand in for void. For those of you wondering what that grey icon is, it's basically the custom icon to a proposed 'void' 13th element suggestion.]
[img]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png[/img]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light
Others : Kairos :time (Nearby?)
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
After for seemed like hours, Kairos was able to stand up again. A Magma Rat leaped at him, baring its fangs, but he blasted it away with a Smite.
'Where's Kairos?' He wondered.
Location : Gravity Border - Void Rift
Characters in this group : ??? (Fate) | Usurper | Akebono
Others : Mouth of the Void
Players Involved : Zblader | Zaealix
Sensing that fate had deviated from the prediction without his influence, the stranger wondered if 'Fate' had simply done a bit of tampering himself. He quickly scanned the energy of the area, but found no disturbances in the threads of Fate scattered around the field.
He quickly turned over to the other three and began firing Gae Bulg at it, attempting to stitch up the Void with excess Fate energy.
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[When did this happen? I thought there was food..]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"What are these things?"
Kairos fell back as the Rat leaped at him, holding up a dagger in defense.
[I apologize, but I'm not fond of trivial actions nor am I good at creating stuff in another 'verse, mostly because I don't want to step on other's perception of it.]
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[When did this happen? I thought there was food..]
[I thought so too. And then Legit caused a giant earthquake and opened up a giant void rift next to Gravity that somehow extended all the way to the capital that Arum had to block. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg528426.html#msg528426)
[I apologize, but I'm not fond of trivial actions nor am I good at creating stuff in another 'verse, mostly because I don't want to step on other's perception of it.]
Sometimes its okay to stretch the imagination a bit in an RP, cause some stuff to happen. I guess it'd be good to get our group back together? ^^;]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"Fire that isn't Fire, according to what the the Gravity soldier told us back then." Kuraz replied. "I guess we should head back. Any idea what route's the quickest?"
As if on cue, a portal appeared right behind them. It emitted a watery aura, but something was... different. 'Water but not Water', to refer back to the previous analogy.
Out came...
[Insert Drake_XIV-made creature here.]
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[When did this happen? I thought there was food..]
[I thought so too. And then Legit caused a giant earthquake and opened up a giant void rift next to Gravity that somehow extended all the way to the capital that Arum had to block. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg528426.html#msg528426)]
[At least things are coming together]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
A large drake emerged from nothingness, it's body distorted but still maintaining an air of power and majesty. Something about it was just so surreal as it phased back out of existence.
What exactly had happened
Finally feeling a relative level of safety, Kairos looked around at the destruction, Kuraz barely visible in the seemingly distant shadows. Saying something about things not being what they are. But before he could do anything, a pain racked his head...
Ah, I was wondering when you'd end up back here...
This voice. Hauntingly familiar...
Hm, I guess you really don't remember me... I guess that's what happens when you're cast away from Time itself and into the void...
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
"Oh crap..." Kuraz could only utter two words before the portal opened once more and the drake flew out. However, it's composition twisted and turned until all that was left of it's original form was it's head and wings. It's whole body appeared to be made out of water, which shimmered gracefully in the sky.
But such detail was negligible when you were about to become lunch. The watery serpent-like creature flew at Kairos, opening it's mouth to fire bursts of ice.
'There's no doubt about it now. Whatever this 'Void' ties to, it's still elemental at heart.' Kuraz thought, before firing a few Smites to drive the creature off. Sensing its prey was resisting, the water serpent began to fire ice bolts at Kairos instead, who appeared distracted.
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png) / :light | Astasia :darkness (Unconscious) | Henku :entropy (Unconscious) | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix :entropy (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
As if out of nowhere, more portals opened nearby, and numerous watery serpents of the same natures leapt out at the conscious fighter as well. Psyphoenix simply blinked, and they exploded.
If only it was that simple. As abruptly as they blew up, droplets of water quickly began to reform. Manipulating the barrier, Iredia tried to superheat the creatures, but they simply turned into steam and continued their relentless assault on their prey.
Shaden and Lyra wasted no time casting two spells.
Possess Queen [Spade]
Identify Jack [Club]
Location : Water Temple
Characters in this group : Aquarius :water
Others :
Players Involved : eaglgenes101
Turning quickly, Aquarius saw a Black Nymph.... no, it wasn't a Black Nymph.
"Impostor!" He yelled. "Why are you here?"
The Nymph did not reply, but suddenly shimmered, as it turned into a monstrous serpent of water. The elementals inside the temple panicked, and began casting various Ice spells. But no matter what they did, the serpent appeared to twist out of the way of their ice bolts and freezes. Even when completely frozen, it almost seemed to assimlate the ice into its body, pushing on as if it desperately needed food.
Location : Earthen Mountains
Characters in this group : Renato Feng :air :death (and whoever else is with him minus Dimentio Revane)
Others :
Players Involved : furballdn
Renato smiled. He'd managed to prove much stronger to Revane in his last fight, managed to drive the criminal off. It wasn't the heroic arrest he wanted, but it was a start.
All of a sudden, a void portal opened up in front of him. He quickly casted a Shockwave.... only to be met by a giant swarm of red lizard-like creatures. As they leapt over the dead corpses of the lizards that had initially appeared, they seemed to grow stronger as if unified by a fiery bond.
[Army of monsters to attack everyone. Have fun, and cookie if you can find out which card ideas I based the latest two monsters on.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
The screeching of the drake did not reach Kairos. Nor did its bolts. As the shards of ice came to him, before they struck, it seemed
Here, nothing was ever what it seemed.
Seems you learned that the hard way...
The voice, it persisted. Kairos, paralyzed by fear, could only listen to it, absorbed by the familiarity, an urge to hear more of it.
But since you don't remember me, I guess I can lend you hand until you do...
The ice bolts that had seemed to disappear materialized around the drake. They remained frozen in mid-air, as did the drake, who seemed to know what was coming next.
... Son
The shards of ice punctured the deformed figure, the shadow of a wyrm. As it writhed in pain, it retreated to where it came.
But that left Kairos wondering.
Son?
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png) / :light | Astasia :darkness (Unconscious) | Henku :entropy (Unconscious) | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix :entropy (Immobile)
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum[/b]
Possess Queen [Spade]
Identify Jack [Club]
"Don't!" yelled Psyphoenix.
Shaden and Lyra uncast their spells, and turned to Psyphoenix.
"Brace yourselves, I'm going to try imploding the barrier!"
"But-" Iredia broke off as an energy surge receded through her body.
The creatures were trapped inside the barrier, along with Psyphoenix.
Drawing the barrier ever closer, the creatures converged on Psyphoenix, obstructing their view. Squeezing the barrier still, with the last remanent of his mind, the void creatures were pressed on both walls of the barrier, the creatures were destroyed.
Psyphoenix is underground, will pop out a little later.
[Don't look at the spoiler, until my next post.]
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness :underworld/ :light | Astasia (Unconscious) :darkness | Henku (Unconscious) :entropy| Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix (Immobile) :entropy
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
[Ok, missing a relative buttload of rapid posting SUCKS! Not to mention I'm completely getting overshadowed here...]
Iredia: Glad he could..Oh.
Without Psyphoenix's barrier, a massive wave of Void Energy was approaching the Gravity Basin.
Redelgus: Iredia, can you do something about that?
Iredia: I dunno...Maybe? I'd need to be...Wait.
She 'corrupted' her Titan with Void energy, and then shifted to her void from.
Iredia: Gravity pull me, for a few seconds, like we did earlier.
Redelgus did as she requestd, pulling Iredia towards him, and timing the release just as Iredia passed through him.
Iredia was sent flying at the incoming wave, and swung into it with the Titan, much to her surprise, the original moment power activated, in addition to the void energy that would allow the weapon to influence the Void wave, stopping it in it's tracks, and causing it to dissapate.
Iredia: :D 8) AWESOMENESS! THAT WAS- :o :(
LLUN YTIVARG!
Iredia sighed, stuck in midair until she felt a gentle tug that began dragging her backwards, until she floated back to Redelgus.
Redelgus: Impressive.
Iredia: :P Had to redeem myself after acting like a fool.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png) / :light | Astasia (Unconscious) :darkness | Henku (Unconscious) :entropy| Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix (Immobile) :entropy
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
If only it was that easy. You don't think I don't observe what you've done to negate the Void, so far? Besides... there are 12 realms opposite to 12, not 1 opposite to 1.
REVERSE FUSION
NULL GRAVITY
Larutep hec beda itereyec!
As if appearing out of nowhere, the watery wyrms reformed themselves into a multi-headed beast, screeching angrily. Furthermore, the Void wave that had previously stopped swooped at the creature, meshing itself with the creature's energy signature.
Strangely enough, the creature didn't dissolve from the collision - rather, its water form seemed to ingest the energy, turning all of it's heads but one nearly transparent, in contrast to the sea blue tone it had formerly had echoing through it's fluid-like body.
Recalig tec ro ha socotas to elanate!
Angered by its 'death', the creature suddenly smashed one of its heads underground, knocking an... elemental? high into the sky a few seconds later. The ambusher couldn't be identified, but the creature soon thrust more heads into the ground, as if searching for burrowed enemies. The heads that remained above fired blasts of Void Energy, forcing everyone to keep their distance.
"Don't know why he stopped our analysis, but..." Shaden started.
"Yeah, I get it." Lyra sighed. "Whatever, he probably didn't know it was an analyze spell since your blocked our mind(s) anyway."
"Meh."
Identify Jack [Club]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
'What the hell was that?' Thought Kuraz. 'First the Wyrm that was like those Magma Rats, now Kairos randomly stopping spells?'
"No matter." He thought. "We gotta go back!"
A rumble sounded in the distance, followed by an elemental rising high into the sky, not of his own will. A giant beast made out of water loomed soon after.
[Since we just did quite a bit of posting here : eaglgenes101 and furball, I've spawned monsters at your locations as well. Zaealix, I also linked the Void Mark I've been using in a previous post. Check previous posts for specifics.]
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[The voice should only be in Kairos' head. Not out loud.]
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[The voice should only be in Kairos' head. Not out loud.]
Whoops. Edited accordingly.
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Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden/Lyra :darkness (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4103/voidsmall.png) / :light | Astasia (Unconscious) :darkness | Henku (Unconscious) :entropy| Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix (Immobile) :entropy
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
If only it was that easy. You don't think I don't observe what you've done to negate the Void, so far? Besides... there are 12 realms opposite to 12, not 1 opposite to 1.
REVERSE FUSION
NULL GRAVITY
Larutep hec beda itereyec!
As if appearing out of nowhere, the watery wyrms reformed themselves into a multi-headed beast, screeching angrily. Furthermore, the Void wave that had previously stopped swooped at the creature, meshing itself with the creature's energy signature.
Strangely enough, the creature didn't dissolve from the collision - rather, its water form seemed to ingest the energy, turning all of it's heads but one nearly transparent, in contrast to the sea blue tone it had formerly had echoing through it's fluid-like body.
Recalig tec ro ha socotas to elanate!
Angered by its 'death', the creature suddenly smashed one of its heads underground, knocking an... elemental? high into the sky a few seconds later. The ambusher couldn't be identified, but the creature soon thrust more heads into the ground, as if searching for burrowed enemies. The heads that remained above fired blasts of Void Energy, forcing everyone to keep their distance.
"Don't know why he stopped our analysis, but..." Shaden started.
"Yeah, I get it." Lyra sighed. "Whatever, he probably didn't know it was an analyze spell since your blocked our mind(s) anyway."
"Meh."
Identify Jack [Club]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Gravy Castle
Characters in this group : Kuraz :light | Kairos :time
Players Involved : Zblader | Drake_XIV
'Son?' Thought Kuraz, realizing he'd seen... that.
"No matter." He thought. "We gotta go back!"
A rumble sounded in the distance, followed by an elemental rising high into the sky, not of his own will. A giant beast made out of water loomed soon after.
[Since we just did quite a bit of posting here : eaglgenes101 and furball, I've spawned monsters at your locations as well. Zaealix, I also linked the Void Mark I've been using in a previous post. Check previous posts for specifics.]
[Confused. The energy sphere is made of a special energy that repels void. The creatures should no longer exist.]
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[Confused. The energy sphere is made of a special energy that repels void. The creatures should no longer exist.]
[I should clarify - said creatures weren't actually Void to begin with, which the fact that the portal was 'Water'-like was supposed to indicate. They're more shapeshifter-ish in nature and come from one of those 'opposite realms' of Isharugi's sphere model (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42064.msg523400.html#msg523400). Sort of like how Magma Rats aren't Void, but rather 'Fire'-like in terms of energy signature.
Sidenote : We should probably have a Bestiary for creatures that aren't sentient, like Magma Rats, Voidstalkers, Void Wyrms, 'water serpent thing', 'fire lizard thing', etc...]
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[Hi again! Hopefully nothing awful happened in this RP since I left two weeks ago. can anyone tell me what's going on overall, and what my character should be doing? Thanks in advance!]
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[Ok, Water serpants...Kinda makes me think 'Master of Ice' from what I saw of it's reaction to water attacks... The heads thing makes me think of hydras, maybe we could call it 'Aqua Hydra'?
The 'magma rats' are based off of OldTree's Giophranes creature idea. (swarm strategy, whips up into a increased frenzy when another nearby draws blood.)
The rest I'll leave for those who've created them and whatnot, I've already tredged through this looking for Zbladie's void mark edit or whatever (At this point, I'm thinking PM's might be needed to get me up to speed, I just can't shake this feeling of not understanding something important, and I feel like it's only a matter of time before I go and do something I shouldn't.]
Location : Forca - Gravity Capital - Entrance to the Spire
Characters in this group : Shaden /Lyra :darkness :underworld / :light | Astasia (Unconscious) :darkness | Henku (Unconscious) :entropy | Iredia :gravity :underworld | Redelgus :gravity | Psyphoenix (Immobile) :entropy
Others :
Players Involved : Annele | Zblader | Zaealix | Arum
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Iredia took action quickly.
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LLUN YTIVARG!
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This spell, was timed so that it would suspend the launched Elemental high in the air, where he'd hopefully be out of range of the water serpents.
Iredia: Looking for someone?
She pointed with her Titan, calling the creature's attention to the floating elemental, and then charging while a few of the heads were distracted. Then, she swung, attempting to knock the whole thing into the air.
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LLUN YTIVARG!
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Apply to the creature, to keep it going up into the air, until it floated out of the atmosphere...
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Aquarius tried to flee from the area just like the others were, but it was difficult to escape the sepent's attention. Nevertheless, Aquarius managed to do so by throwing his cloak onto a nearby building before disappearing into the crowd of nymphs.
Back home, Aquarius got a glance of the serpent behind him, which managed to find him. Scrambling into the basement, he shouted,
"THERE'S A SERPENT FOLLOWING ME! GET ME..."
He was about to finish when the quinted aether nymph that maintained his belongings scrambled to get a whole load of alchemy spells. "Unstable gas... Black hole... Basilisk Blood..."
When he ran back up to the front door, the serpent was rushing at full speed at his house, with several elementals struggling to pursue it. He quickly grabbed the unstable gas, only to realize that the fuse didn't work underwater. Remembering something he read in an air magazine, he rammed a curtain rod into the gas.
Boom.
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Ploosh.
Ferocio landed on the ground softly, gasping for breath. He had no recollection of where he'd been for the last few hours or so. All he knew was that he saw nothing, heard nothing, felt nothing, but still could think. And thinking wasn't Ferocio's point of strength, so that was a waste as well. Yes, the recent hours had withered away uselessly, and Ferocio still didn't know why a group of Elementals had headed off to Etheria.
Shaking, Ferocio cautiously stood up. As he looked to the land, he saw a stretch of perfectly flat, grey land. To his right, there was-- GREY land? Where was he? Where in the whole, rich world of the Elements was there grey land? The Death Marshes, maybe... but none of that land was ever without color (however murky), according to travelers that returned alive.
The shock of realization hit Ferocio like a Titan: he was in the uncharted territories! Who knew what lay beyond the boundaries of the empires, what forces this mysterious landscape could be emitting?
As if on a cue, a small hole opened up in the distance, reminiscent of Aether magics or Entropic chaos zones. What in the world? thought Ferocio. Well, only one way to find out!
ADRENALINE
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The serpent wasn't hurt so badly; it was only stunned. But the stun was long enough for Aquarius to recover from the pain of the blast and poke the serpent's eyes out with the curtain rod. Just as he managed to apply an antimatter, the serpent recovered and started charging him again.
Aquarius ducked out of the serpent's way despite the antimatter and exploded another gas against it using the same curtain rod.
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[Well, if no one's going to post, then I will.]
After finally getting the serpent to flee with a few more unstable gases and a few aflatoxins, Aquarius went back to the basement, where he picked up 6 bottles of glowing liquid.
Luciferase *6
The room glowed a bit more from the random microscopic organisms in the room that gained bioluminescence.
Then he saw the unstable gases. 5 were left.
He quickly grabbed 10 nymph's tears, one of each kind of tower except water and aether, and went through an airlock to a tightly sealed airtight room with his aether nymph. It wasn't practical to carry all the things to the surface of the water, and he had a fortune from all his nymph's alchemy potions.
Nymph's tears * 10
[Someone please help me a bit here.]
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[Before we even continue, can someone summarize what just happened as a whole? My clearly UP character is quite lost...]
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[Frankly, I'm just sticking to my own story and everyone involved...From what I can tell, You just saw Arum get launched sky-high by some kinda water wrm beast...I tried to basically smash it off the ground and null it's gravity, leaving it to drift out into space, and suspended Arum's dood in the air, he should serve as a handy marker as to our location.
I think there's also a group en-route to collect you two after all the wacky that's been going on.]
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[Sorry everyone, after I returned from my trip I found that I had no more motivation to post here. In fact I was pretty bored of Elements and everything related to Elements again. But I'm still around, so if a bunch of people really want to do this RP still, I can be persuaded.]
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[Next silence break. How many times will I respond when everyone else if AFK?]
10 nymphs stood up, confused why they were packed in such a small room.
Aquarius quickly faced the aether nymph.
"Immortalize them all."
Then he faced the water nymph.
"Explain what they're here for and what they'll have to do."
Then he left the air room to grab his cloak and some supplies for the nymphs that were going to be following him.
Just when he grabbed his spare cloak, a knock came at his door. At the door was Jezebel.
Aquarius. I need to tell you something before you go.
"What is it, Jezebel?"
What you plan to do is not something you can do alone. You will need to work with many other elementalists, including those you hate, to remove the source of energy. And even then, the source might not be removed, but utilized for good. Your attitude of getting what you want and hating your enemies will not work now. Good luck.
Right after speaking, Jezebel recloaked herself and left.
Aquarius said,"Um, Jezebel..." but she was already gone.
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[TBH I've kind of become sidelined with RL getting in the way of various things, which forced me to drop my activity a few things, this RP being one of them.
IMHO, we need a fresh start - perhaps someone could start a 'Chapter 2' thread from where we have left off? It feels somewhat tedious to scroll through all the BG info and I think everyone's lost interest as a result of that.]
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[I personally feel like I need some tips/pointers on how to go about this and whatnot...Not to mention a bit of a recap as to what in the world's going on.]
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[One issue I've seen is that everyone wants to take their own plot. No one understands what others want to do, or don't care. If only we had one person to simply take control of the plot without being... well, over controlling, as well as some more ground rules on what to do...]
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[Alright, I hate to see stories end. I'm going to be either (a) finishing the RP or (b) writing a huge paragraph and other people come finish it]
Psyphoenix was dazed. He'd seen it! His homeland, his place of belonging. Recovering quickly, he snapped his barrier around him and zoomed towards the void hydra, using magnetic levitation. He turned to face the Void Hydra. Smirking, he expanded a part of his shield to protect the others, ignoring the gasps and whispers behind him. Using one of his moves he dreaded doing, he slashed the barrier in half. Knowing he only had a matter of seconds before the barrier would stun and reclaim him, he cast pandemonium, just a split second before he fell unconscious and the barrier reclaimed him.
Pandemonium raged. Liquid burned, fire soothed injuries, everything was in a state of chaos. But the main targets, the void monsters, were destroyed. The complete amount of matter counteracting their antimatter was imbalanced, and a supernova shone in the air. This influx of quantum created a singularity, just where the dimensional rift was....
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I thought we already abandoned this timeline and started a new one.
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eh, then