Session Start: Tue Apr 03 22:38:02 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' ~~ SESSION START ~~ Pain.. the last thing you remember before everything went black, and the scowlign face of Kurik sending you screaming into a pit of blackness. Yet for some reason, you never hit the bootm.. instead finding yourself on solid ground. There a soreness in your neck as you struggle to make out where you are.. upon a nondescript plain, a shadowy fog rolling through it. <> What seems like the dried out remains of grasses is all that breaks the monotony. « yes ^^ » * Rachel frowns a little, looking about in confusion.... The underbrush seems to get thicker to your west, and what sounds like a muffled moan stretches on the wind. * Rachel reaches up to touch her neck as she heads along... she looks up at the sky.. The sky is overcast.. you can't make out much of anything, not even a single star. :/ ...h...hhhhhh....hel.....hello...? * Rachel attempts to speak, her throat oddly sore and dry.. The brush under your feet gets thicker, as you see up ahead something poking out of the fog. It looks like a tree... * Rachel pauses a bit and frowns.....she pushes onwards to the tree..... It's long lost beauty is evident, for it is now only a gnarled mass of brambles. But there is something inside that tangled web.. a boy. ...?? * Rachel picks up her speed a bit, dropping her hand through her throat.. "Hey...!" <> <> «ooc: Heheh. » He is cut in many places, and held fast to the trunk.. stepping closer you see a very familiar locke of strawberry hair, and a poncho torn in places. Cody? *** Lucca is now known as Cody « er spots ^^ » «ooc: Hehe. Locke is in my hair. WRONGNESS » ...w.....Cody..!!! * Cody seems to be pale and bloody, his entire body twisted mercilessly by the brambles. Blood runs down his face and arms from deep, bloody scratches. «ooc: Yeah, Cody got fucked up. :D » * Rachel rushes up closer, as close as she can, and looks at Cody in shock.. "Cody..?? Are you..." * Cody looks up to Rachel slowly, his eyes partially regerstering what's going on around him, "A...ah....R...rache..." Don't..don't move... I'll try and.. «ooc: Ahh, you should have said Rahne...then Rachel would have gotten pissed. ;) » «ooc: O_O » *** Happybutt (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) has joined #pureland *** Cody (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) Quit (Connection reset by peer) *** Happybutt is now known as Cody *** Dekar_Zol sets mode: +o Cody Rachel finds she can't get as close as she'd like, burrs digging into her legs. It's then she notices she has no armor, nor a blade to even cut through the natural barrier with. o_o <> « ack ^^ » «ooc: What happened after my post? ^^; » «ooc: Rachel said don't move. » « she said Don't mvoe, I'll try and.. ;) » «ooc: Don't..don't move... I'll try and.. » «ooc: okie. » .....rrrgh...damn it all.. N..nngh... * Cody 's head slowly begins to droop down. * Rachel reaches out to try and grasp Cody.. "Don't..!!" Please...! I...I'm...tired... *** Edelritter (hikari@164.77.158.227) has joined #pureland Cody....don't die.... There's a whsiper, as the fog wraps around Cody like a wraith. He's....Rachel...run away... *** Edelritter (hikari@164.77.158.227) has left #pureland * Rachel narrows her eyes.. "No..! I won't! I'm not leaving you here!" * Rachel attempts to get closer still, ignoring the way the burrs gouge at her legs..! I...can't breathe... Hang on..! I'll...I'll... [Khyros] ...what do you hope to do? He is not yours, nor anyone's. He is a slave of the Gods. A wave rushing through the river of Time. You are but a ripple, caught in tha wave... come closer, and you shall be swallowed forever... .....s...shut up! He's no one's slave! And I'm much more than a simple ripple, you egotistical bastard! N...n...no... «ooc: No, its Rachel! Run Rachel! » «ooc: LOl » * Rachel keeps her eyes pinned to Cody.. "Please don't die on me...please don't give up...there has to be some way..." Save...save yourself...I...I love...I love... C...Cody.... «ooc: No one's a slave huh? Yet Rachel wants Cody to be her sex slave. ;) » * Rachel tries desperately to stretch out, to grab the brambles with her bare hands... Rachel gets cut, the pain shooting through her. * Cody looks up at her sadly, a single tear running down his cheek, before his head falls forward and he's eerily silent... ...C...Cody..!!! * Rachel yanks at the brambles helplessly, only shredding her hands up more.. [Khyros] Little knight... no matter how much you may desire it, it is he who must die for your sake, not you for his. You should remember his words.. haha.. «ooc: When Rachel rejoins the group, everyone can nickname her "Stubby" now. ^^ » «ooc: Heh. » «ooc: ;) » <> «ooc: Thanks. :D » « gah ^^ » ....rrr....shut....up...!!! * Rachel starts to cry helplessly and continues to claw at the brambles mindlessly.. * Cody isn't moving...apparently he's either passed out...or... As Rachel scream and tears her way through the brambles, the scene starts to shift eeriely... before you can blink an eye you find out the brambles you're clawing at are the strands of Keylia's green hair. *** Cody is now known as Lucca «ooc: Keylia's thorny? O_o » She shaking you somewhat. You must have been dreaming. ^^ * Rachel freezes, panting softly... «ooc: Cody's lude is done now. ^_- » [Keylia] Hey, woah.. knock that off Rache.. it's me! ...K...Keylia... * Rachel 's voice is low and raw sounding.. «ooc: I'm gonna kill someone if she says "i love you" » You notice she's bereft of her familiar weapons and her shining mail, clad in just a thin green tunic. "...yeah. I thought for a minute you wouldn't make it..." «ooc: I love you » «ooc: O_o THat's just WRONG » ....rggh.....thought I wouldn't either....w...where are...we...? «ooc: *nods* ^_^ » *** Enygma (enygma@08-162.001.popsite.net) Quit (Ping timeout) *** Enygma (enygma@08-162.001.popsite.net) has joined #PureLand *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Enygma «ooc: And I thought after that thin green tunic line, that Rachel would hit on Keylia. ;) » You're in what appears to be a dirty, musty jail cell. The bars seem very thick, and there is a small cot in one corner. <> [Keylia] Much as I hate to say it, we're on ice... damn that bastard... «ooc: Rachel is getting it on with the Cot. O_o » «ooc: DAngit. I want Cody+Rachel in a jail cell. » Keylia sits up aganst the cold stone wall. ^^ * Rachel looks around a bit....and then at Keylia. "....where...where are the others...?!" * Rachel stands, wobbling a bit... «ooc: Cot? Cot :D » «ooc: Chris: Down boy down! Direct your horny hormones somewhere else. ;) » [Keylia] I don't have a clue.. when I came to I was in here with just you... «ooc: Redirects at...Cody! Bzzzzzt! » «ooc: >> Cody Orgasms. » ...Kurik....wait...you....are you okay? «ooc: ^^; (Reads her play while she waits for her turn ;)) » Keylia cracks her neck. "Well, I'm still in one peice. So I guess that's a yes." «ooc: You already orgasmed! You have to wait for an hour before you can again! :o » «ooc: *Gives Cody viagra » [Keylia] I had no diea Khyros had command of.. that kind of a spell.. how did I screw up so bad? «ooc: Erm...your...uhh...tit is lopsided. huh? WAH! O_o I'm not okay. ;_; » * Rachel coughs softly and rubs her throat... "It's not your fault...he surprised us.....surprised you....it happens..." <<*kicks Dek*>> «ooc: :D » Keylia hangs her head a little. "...I still failed you guys. Especially you." A few footsteps echo down the hallways.. apparently patrolled. * Rachel looks towards the bars, listening.....she then turns to head over close to Keylia, falling to rest on her knees.... "You didn't fail me..." Keylia leans her head, back staring up at the cieling... « er move that , :p » «ooc: toooo? » [Keylia] What would sister say right now...? «ooc: befpre "looks torward the bars"? » <> « no, leans head back, ;) » * Rachel has no reply for that and instead just gazes at the wall next to Keylia's head...she mumbles.. "Depends who your sister was....is..?" «ooc: isn't that what I said? » Keylia chuckles a bit, managing a smile. [Keylia] I guess when I told you I didn't have a family that was only half-true... Half-true, huh...? Keylia stretches her legs looking at them oddly. * Rachel shifts her gaze from the wall to Keylia, curious now.... [Keylia] Guess there's no use leaving anyone in the dark, especially my good ol' partner... I mean, I might not even be here much longer... ...what..? «ooc: Her sister is the little fairy that got stuck in *picks a random name* uhh...Duran's head! » Keylia sighs, leaning on a knee, and looking at Rachel with her eyes like jewels. "Rememebr the stories your mom probably told you when youw ere young? About how the world began..." * Rachel nods a little, getting a bit closer to hear Keylia...and to be near her. "Yeah..." [Keylia] Did you ever believe in fairies at all? «ooc: If Keylia is a fairy, I say we shove her in Rachel's skull since she's the mana knight. :D » Sort of....when I was little....my friends used to say that they would flutter about at night, giving good dreams and stuff like that...you know, uneducated kid's stuff.. [Keylia] It's not just good dreams.. for eternity fairies have watched oevr the world, and the people who've been chosen to protect it... * Rachel blinks a little but just nods, unable to really comment on that.... [Keylia] But, all the wars.. and the darkness... one by one they've faded from history to be just a children's tale... Keylia sighs as she says that alst part. « er last » Dying away....? Damn... Keylia looks into Rachel's eyes. "What would you say if I told you, a fairy watches over you?" <> « lol ^^ » «ooc: Say that IC! :D » * Rachel pauses a little bit, gazing back at Keylia.. "I'd say I was pretty lucky then." «ooc: Aww. ;) » «ooc: We should get TB in here...just so we can show him that its Gnome Day, not Salamando Day. :o » [Keylia] You're damn right you are! ;) *** Radien (radien@c339940-a.eugene1.or.home.com) has joined #Pureland «ooc: Hey Radien. » Keylia gets a smug grin. "And I'm sure of it, because that fairy... is me." «ooc: But Cody is the pixie, you see! » <> «ooc: A very Girly pixie. :D » You? « Go ahead. hehe ;) » * Rachel says this in a bit of a bewildered voice. ^^ keylia sighs. "Ok, ok, I admit I don't exactly look the part right now.." «ooc: Keylia is the 50 foot tall Fairy! Well 50 feet in fairy size. Keylia and the 50 foot Niki should get together. ;) » [Keylia] There's a long story behind what you saw at the Moon Palace... it's part of why I've still survived. *** Dekar_Zol sets mode: +v Radien «ooc: Say Hi bitch. :D » .....you took Chrys's body....and this one felt....cold.....dead....... * Rachel blinks a little.. "...you take bodies?" Keylia looks a little put off. "Gee, that makes me sound evil doesn't it?" Err...I didn't mean it like that... [Keylia] Actually, the woman you see right now is in fact Keylia. But she's been dead for about 40 years... * Rachel blinks a bit and draws back to gaze at Keylia. "Wow. I hope I look that good when I'm dead." O_o <<...*snickers* ^^>> Keylia shares a laugh with Rachel, cheery despite the hostile environ. [Keylia] Well, it's because she's frozen in time ya'see... [Keylia] It's better this way... the dark froces can't track someone who's already passed on. I guess it does make me a coward though, hiding in here... ...I'd say it makes you a bit of a survivor more than a coward.... Keylia shakes her head slightly. "That's the important thing... even if it feels wrong, I had a reason to go on." «ooc: O_o RAK will produce a half-fairy » «ooc: Chris...quit thinking about scenes involving 3 letter acronyms and fucking. :P » [Keylia] My real name is Emerald, the fairy.. history mgiht rememebr my sister Amber who became the Mana Tree following the coming of the Prince of Darkness over 1200 years ago.. «ooc: Hey! I was right! » [Keylia] I guess you can say that's why I had a little thing for Chrys's other side... heh... ^^ «ooc: Craaaaaaahap.Spoilers! » «ooc: Her sister IS that Fairy that was in Duran's head. :D » «ooc: Ithink? » « yep » Wow....Emerald, huh...? «ooc: I haven't even beaten SD3! » «ooc: And I was just messin around. ^^; I had a good idea that Keylia was a fairy, but not related too that one. ^^; » « Chris! ^^ Then it's not my fault » «ooc: Ohtwell ;) » « watch this game and you'll spoil a good portion of it and FFA :) » «ooc: There should be some LoM in this game. We should go to Domina or the Bejewled City. :D » She nods. "That's right. I'm the last fairy Left... I wasn't strong enough then to help save the world..." ....the last fairy....damn..... [Keylia] And to make matter worse... Keylai tenses a fist. "I've had my hands tied the the worst way. That's why I ahd to learn how to fight like you guys." How..? [Keylia] Without a Mana Tree, there is no way I can regain my essence... if I push msyelf too ahrd, it could evry well be the end of me. I'll vanish like Popoi and the other guardians... «ooc: >_< read that as "poopi" » «ooc: LOL! » * Rachel inhales softly... "...you'll die..." Keylia looks forlorn. "It's not really death even. I'll simply disappear. I.. don't want to... not yet..." «ooc: Nope. I'll just pop into you're head! » You can't...not yet.... [Keylia] For all my "timeless wisdom" crap, I've still got something hanging over me.. just like you.. and just like Cody. * Rachel reaches out to touch Keylia's cheek, almost as if trying to feel the soul within. "And you'll get through this...just like Cody...just like me...." [Keylia] What do I sound like I'm giving up? [Keylia] C'mon.. you know me better than that! «ooc: No, Rachel just wanted to touch your soft supple and dead skin. » I'd like to think I do..but...frankly, I couldn't blame you if you were giving up... Keylia looks away a minute. "I'll admit it did cross my mind.. but I've got things holding me here." *** Lucca (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) Quit (Quit: Quote #135 How I long to lick your creamy center.... *_*) <> « hehe » *** Lucca (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Lucca <> « thanks for that quote Lucca ^^ » «ooc: What quote? ^^; » «ooc: Thought I was lagged. ^^; » «ooc: *** Lucca has quit IRC (Quit: Quote #135 How I long to lick your creamy center.... *_*) » Like my sorry knightly ass.. ^^; «ooc: Hehe. That's the best quote ever :D » << lol... where'd you get THAT? >> «ooc: After SoM last Sunday. » «ooc: No idea. ^^ But it rocks. » She turns back. "Actually, your knightly ass is right. I'm still here because of it. ;) I mean, I lived hundreds of years waiting for you to come along... shake that booty, and bust some Vandole heads."" «ooc: We were talking about duing the torture ludes, and I believe it was Baha who brought up something...then Storen said that. ^^; » «ooc: duing = doing. ^^; » * Rachel raises both eyebrows now and chuckles lowly.. "You're kidding." [Keylia] No way. Totally serious. When I saw you, I knew. I saved you from thing like that Kurik... because otherwise, I'd be incomplete.. « er things » <<*twitches a little*>> «ooc: *turns on the porno music ;D* » <<*beats Lucca viciously*>> «ooc: ow ;) » «ooc: Lucca was expecting that, which is why she turned on the porno music in the first place. ;) » * Rachel swallows and opens her mouth before closing it again. She looks torn up..... « *plays SC* ......It's.... er... /interesting/ that they used bounce algorithms for Astaroth's chest, as well as Xianghua's hiney... » «ooc: SC? » « Soul Calibur, of course » Keylia rubs her mussy hair from Rachel's earlier frustrations. "I've really just been living other people's empty lives, their pleasure was never mine... but if it's one thing that makes me happy, it's seeing you free. And happy." . o O (Get with it, Rache....) «ooc: Ahh. » [Keylia] You're my partner, you're my charge by fate, but you're also my friend.. and my family. Nothing will ever change the memories we made, even if I fade away someday... ...which, I hope, never happens... Keylia sits there a minute. "Gotta live for the moment, I always say..." * Rachel gazes at Keylia intently, mumbling.. "...live for the moment...." [Keylia] ...mmm... Rache? ....yeah...? [Keylia] Sometimes I wonder about what I see in your eyes. Something that hides from me everytime you look at me... Keylia smiles warmly, scooting closer. "I'm opening up to you here, it's only fair." ;) * Rachel looks a bit lost in her thoughts for a moment but is pushed out of it by Keylia getting closer...she swallows and turns her gaze on Keylia once more... « now if I wanted to be evil I could amke dramatic sunbeams illuminate their faces. » « ^_- » «ooc: lol » * Rachel shakes her head, mutters a soft 'live for the moment', and leans over Keylia, tilting her chin up firmly with her hand...she leans in close, their noses almost touching... "...I don't know how to put it into words....so...." * Rachel touches her lips to Keylia's, kissing her gently.. «ooc: Yaaay! :D » Keylia wraps her arms around Rachel, definitely enjoying their moment. ^^ «ooc: Meanwhile, Cody gets tortured with spoons! » <<* Guard blinks, at the bars. "Hey now! Free show!">> [Keylia] *speaks softly* ... actions always speak loudest. You really do ahve the hots for me... * Rachel doesn't move, blushing just slightly... "You could say that...." <<* Heather also blushes, but instead can't sit still, flailing!>> *** Windstar (Windstar@cs2716-211.austin.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Leaving) Keylia hugs Rachel close another moment, planting a kiss on her forehead. "I wish I could tell you how much I really did love you... but, even if I did, you have someone else waiting for you when it's all over.>." «ooc: Rachel: nono! Cody is in the past! It's all about you woman! Cody: ...Impotent. :| » « ...Pork Cody. THEN come back here for some fun. ^_~ » * Rachel closes her eyes a little, savoring the closeness.... "I do....but.....I think I'll always love you as well...." <> Keylia sighs contentedly. "Heh... emotions are so strange, aren't they? You can spend a lifetime satisfying desires, but finding love.. there's a jewel alright..." The two of you are disturbed by a loud grating nosie on the bars. o_o « er noise ^^ » « of course it's someone BEING nosey. hehe. ^^ » * Rachel jerks back a bit to look at the bars. O_o <> <> Keylia looks up from her nice warm squishy moment rather angrily. :P You see someone tapping a sword against the bars, the uniform familiar. He's obviously been standing there awhile now and you didn't notice. :o .....damnit...what're you, a frickin' pervert?! [Azrael] Well well... man I'm sure glad I enlisted alright. ^_- ....aw, damn. You ARE a pervert. [Azrael] Oh come on, I can't let this scene go to waste! [Keylia] Be gald of these bars, you dickhead. :P « er glad » Keylia stands up, all pissed off. * Rachel seethes and pushes herself into a standing position as well, glaring.. [Azrael] Well I can let the cats out of their cage if they have room for one more if you know what I mean. ^_- Of course work before pleasure... ....augh, ew. I'd rather sleep with the cannon guy. Azrael bows, his brown hair falling seductively around his eyes. "Oh come on. It's only fitting the best Vandole soldier gets to personally interrogate two lovely ladies." * Rachel puts a hand on her hip... "It's amazing you can still stand upright with that big head of yours..." But I suppose -little- flaws have to be made up for somehow.. [Keylia] Yeah, really... any bigegr and that ego's going to pop painfully. [Azrael] Oh, so that's how you wanna play is it? I assure you Azrael's well endowed with a blade to fit my reputation.. hehe.. ^_- « er his » ....what, unimpressive and boring? «ooc: Sharp? O_o » [Azrael] I guess we're going to do this the hard way then? Just tell me where the girl & the Axe is and maybe I'll see about relocating you to someplace mroe comfortable. Like my quarters. Rowr. How about you go lick Khyros' boots some more, you scum sucking excuse for a man? I'd die first. Keylia seethes a bit. <> * Rachel looks pissed, her words sharp. ^^ [Azrael] What, that bathrobe wearing wimp? He's nothing compared to my greatness! I'll be Julius's advisor ocne he recognizes my wit as well as my fighting skill! [Azrael] And it's MORE than a match for you two. You just got lucky last time. [Keylia] Tell that to the hole in the wall.. :P Yeah...and go find one. <<*dies!*>> «ooc: *keylia casts Ultina!Azrael get's blown up! » «ooc: ooooh, Nice Rachel :D » « Casts Utena?... » [Azrael] ... Okay, I see you're going to be hard to get, so I'm cuttign straight to the chase. We have a date with the torture chambers.. and don't try anything funny or I'll have to harm your pretty faces. «ooc: nm ;) » * Rachel pales a little and glances at Keylia.....she then growls at Azrael. "Try it!" [Keylia] (w) Rachel.. I think it's time we blew this joint.. I still got a few little tricks.. * Rachel nods just a little... [Azrael] Oh, you challenging me now, eh? *takes out the key, and fits it in* I'm watching you though... remember who's got the sword here now. Hehe. Could take you without a sword... Azrael opens the gate an inch, sliding it away. He takes out his blade, waving it. "Okay, single file now, cuties." «ooc: Why are the bad guys so -stupid- ? » * Rachel arches an eyebrow.. "You gotta be kidding me..." «ooc: Because it's fun that way ;) » [Keylia] Fine, fine.. «ooc: Mmm.Sporked Azrael » Keylia walks over to the open gate. "Hey Azzy..." «ooc: Rofl!Angela routine! :D » [Azrael] *points the sword at ehr* Changed your mind, eh? « noa ctually ^^ » «ooc: REally? » * Rachel casts a woeful glance at the spot where she and Keylia were moments before...and then looks towards Keylia and Azrael, taking a few steps forward.. [Keylia] No, I just wanted to say I've seen bigger." ^_- «ooc: Darn ;) » <> «ooc: And LOL :D » Azrael looks shocked for a moment, as Keylia swngs for his groin. OW o_O «ooc: swngs! » [Azrael] O_O Not the moneymaker! <> « yes ^^ » * Rachel laughs lowly and heads up to Azrael, grabbing his hair and slamming her knee up into his face! [Azrael] Oh you little bit-- Azrael gets klonked, his sword clattering to the floor. Definitely seen bigger. Ha! [Keylia] Hehe... cool er off for awhile! «ooc: Take the sword! » «ooc: *Coff*Cody*coff* » Keylia flings him into the cell, and steals the key, locking it! * Rachel reaches down to take the sword, twirling it.. ^^ [Azrael] *recovers* I can't believe it! I fell for the oldest trick in the book! Yep....guess they really don't make 'em any smarter these days... * Rachel eyes Azrael. "Or better looking." Keylia laughs and sprints down the hallway! :o [Azrael] Damnit.. GUARD GUARDS! * Rachel winks at Azrael a final time, waving his sword at him, before rushing after Keylia! You run down the hallway, as a regiment of soldiers responds to the hail. It looks like this won't be an easy escape indeed... but will you make it in time? ~~ SESSION END ~~ « going to long gah ^^ » nope! We're gonna die horribly!@ ^_^;;; Session Close: Wed Apr 04 00:41:48 2001 Session Start: Wed Apr 04 00:48:36 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' ~~ SESSION START ~~ The throbbing of thousand of lives, all in tune with you.. a feeling that overloaded your body with too much too soon. You don't know how long you have been out, but as you groggily come to your senses, you realize it is not a friendly place. «ooc: COol.Cody is godlike now! » * Cody moans softly and curls up on his side, slowly opening his eyes, allowing them to focus... The room is funished quite well to be sure, yet everything in it has a sinister tone to it. ACross from you, staring into a crystal ball and scrying some unknown future is the necromancer Khyros. There's also what appears to be a blurry pink thing waving in your face. As your vision clears, you see it's Meira. o_o (w) Meria...? What the hell...? [Meira] Wake up Cody! =^.^= Gah--! O_o «ooc: HI!I'm brainwashed now.Please call at the meow *meow* » <> * Cody sits up enough to scrabble away from her. He blinks a few times, uncomprehending, then frowns, "Don't tell me you're a..." Khyros looks up from his work. "Ah, he is awake at last." «ooc: I shall suck your BLOOD!*hiss* » ...You... [Meira] Me, I'm a cute cat... what else would I be? Heehee. =^.^= * Cody 's face darkens as memories of what happened at the Light Palace flood his mind. ...You're a cute spy is more like it. And to think I was going to buy you a fish. :/ [Meira] After all, I'm played by Jason! heeheehee. =^.^= *licks paws and jiggles her chest* << sorry. >> <> «ooc: LOL!! » « O_O » ooc ^^; << ^^; >> «ooc: LEAVE THAT IN!!! » « erk » <> « Eek! Nooo, please don't quote it. ;) » «ooc: Aww...okay...but that's so funny ^^; » « *still laughing* Poor Jase.. but,. hehe.. ^^;;; » « I don't mind being quoted... just don't want to offend Jase if he ever sees it. ^^; But otherwise, hehe... go ahead » «ooc: I doubt Jase'll be back ^^: » Meira flutters away, a little hurt. "You still can... Khyros does't buy me any fish." « Yeah, that's what I was thinking... ^^; » « *snickers* Fine... quote me... ;) » [Khyros] That's enough, meira. There will be plenty of time for that later... ...What are you...a slave or something? *Blinks at Meria* *** Ashton (flare_star@lsanca1-ar7-218-016.dsl.gtei.net) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Ashton Khyros arises from his chair, and he seems a bit less.. well.. evil.. then you alst remember him. In fact, he's dressed in a white robe. [Khyros] We can't keep his Majesty waiting... for now at least. Hmmhmm. ...What do you plan to do to me? [Meira] If I said yes, would you not give me fish? ^^ «ooc: Okay, leave the "I'm played by Jason" part in? » «ooc: No, Chris. ^^ Leave it out ^^; » «ooc: 'tis kinda funny, would be funny if I know who he is... » «ooc: funnier* » «ooc: kay » [Khyros] Oh, I'm not going to do anything to you yet, my little Gemma. Not.. yet. For before your date with the Pureland, you have a date with royalty. Do try to be good in front of JUlius. * Cody 's face hardens, "Hard to take orders from a murderer." Where are the others? I'm not going anywhere till I know what you did with them.... [Khyros] You do realize I hold the lives of your friends in my hands... now what would happen if you resisted, I wonder? *grins slightly* ...I guess that answers my question... * Cody gulps, looking defeated, "Fine..." *** Heather (diluted@mtw308.nf.sympatico.ca) Quit (Quit: ~ I wanna bleed, show the world all that I have inside, I wanna scream, let the blood flow that keeps me alive, take all these strings they call my veins, wrap them around every fucking thing, presence of people not for me.. ~) [Khyros] You are far too caring.. how endearing of a savior. Shut up... * Cody looks away and closes his eyes. Khyros walks towards the door, stopping a moment. "I know you hate me with your very soul, but do keep my words in mind." [Meira] I can come see him too, right? Right? . o O ( As long as they're alive...there's hope. As long as... ) [Khyros] No, stay here... I can't have you ruining things at this stage, like you seem to do. Perhaps I should summon a new replacement... . o O ( Summon....so she is a slave... ) Meira looks angrily back, folding her arms and floating sullenly midair. * Cody looks at Meria with a twinge of...sympathy? << I go. Sleep n'work in the morning, n'stuff. G'night folks. Have much Manafun. ^_^ >> [Meira] .o( Just you wait.... ) «ooc: Kay Baha :D » « Okay ^^ » *** Bahamut (bahamut@brndas03-p59.mts.net) Quit (Quit: Ayst Allense Kai Exaltus!) «ooc: Shower!I be back to watch cool Cody! » *** Chriswizard is now known as Chrisafk «ooc: I feel very loved :o » Khyros opens the large antique door to his quarters, into a rather fancy hallway... it could even make Gold City blush in respects. * Cody doesn't move at first, his body still feeling sluggish. Khyros stays at the threshold, patiently. "Reconsidering? It would be a shame to ruin your exquistie work saving Rachel..." She's alive...? Suddenly Cody feels like he's isolated.. a cold wave runs over his mind. ...Why can't I feel her like I usually do? What's going on? * Cody shivers involuntarily. [Khyros] You're truly alone Cody. They could all be dead right now... you do think of me as a liar, and I am. Hohoho. No...no... [Khyros] But what do you believe? If you run, you could have doomed them all if I was telling you the truth after all. ... * Cody slowly stands up, looking as if he's lost almost all of his hope. [Khyros] In the end, you are all that matters to me and my plans. [Khyros] As well as Julius. Now do come along. « hmm.. did I break Cody like Haylee almost? ^^ » Julius will figure out what you're up to...everyone will...Don't figure you've won yet... «ooc: Not quite, but knowing Rachel is probably dead really crushed him like a bug ^^; » * Cody follows behind Khyros begrudingly. [Khyros] We shall see... Yes...we will won't we... Khyros begins leading Cody down the walkway, the door closing of it's own will. "I see you have begun to entertain thoughts of power." Entertain thoughts of power...? What are you talking about...? [Khyros] Don't deny it. Deep down, a portion of you can feel the energy of Mana flowing through your veins. ... I...I never asked for it. You round a hallway, passing several armed guards.. [Khyros] No, you didn't.. for blood knows not a face, merely flows onward. * Cody idly touches the band of the bracelet Rachel gave him, hoping to feel some part of her courage or warmth to help him, only feeling coldness. [Khyros] Do you hate the world for your birth then? For a lfie tha is so short and tragic? No! How dare you think I feel that way! [Khyros] ...I see. You still are holding onto them. [Khyros] You must let go Cody.. soon, all you can ofefr them will be pain.. and emptyness.. there is no room for ties to mortality where your fate is leading you. ...I can't just abandon them...Everyone and everything I care about. I can't just shut them off like a switch. Maybe you can, corpse mage, because you lost that ability ages ago. But I never can, nor do I want to. [Khyros] What are lives such as theirs to one who will dictate the revolution of worlds? [Khyros] You still do not see the whole picture.. but that is to be expected. *strokes a medium length beard in interest* I don't want to lose my humanity...is that what you're telling me to do? I don't want to lose who I am...! Soon you reach a heavily guarded stairway, leading up. Chandoleirs light the path ahead, and a red carpet is laid out. [Khyros] So you say now... but when you are put to the test, we'll see just who you REALLY are, Cody... « one sec.. » Yeah, we'll see won't we. * Cody 's voice sounds angry. *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) has joined #pureland A few crimson & indigo banners hang on pillars lavishly, albiet somebrly. The throne of the Vandole Empire is before you, and upon it the Emperor himself, Julius XIV. He is a very young man, clad in a similarly colored military-style garb, with a very short blonde haircut to match it. A jeweled dress rapier hangs at his side. . o O ( The Emperor... ) At the sound of your entrance, he arises gracefully. [Julius] Welcome at last, Cody. It is an honor to welcome you to Vandole. «ooc: *Imperial Theme* » *** Chrisafk is now known as Chriswizard * Cody speaks hoplessly, in a soft voice, "Good Day, your Imperial Highness..." Khyros does a short bow, walking to Julius's side. "It certainly is.. at last our work is nearly done." «ooc: OOh. Cody=Luke Skywalker, Khyros: Darth Vader, and Julius:THe Emperor » ...What do you intend to do to me...? [Julius] For countless years, I have sought you out, and now fate has delivered you unto me... I truly rejoice. «ooc: er, nuke my statement ^^ » ...You killed innocent people for my sake... How can you justify that? You want Mana for a peaceful world, but you shed blood for it? [Julius] *nods* You have my apolgies for that, Cody. But often, revolution cannot be achieved without sacrifices... to save the many, I must risk the few. * Cody balks, "Risk a few? You slaughted my hometown!" You kidnapped children searching for the Gemma! Endless suffering for your *dream* which no one seem to want but you! «ooc: seems, even :) » «ooc: and slaughtered. Lah :D » [Julius] You don't seem to understand Cody. My dream is not shared by this Emprie alone... ...Who else? «ooc: Agh, this -really- seems Star Wars cliche » [Julius] On one hand, the moment you stepped into Wendel, I was aware of you... although we may have different ideaologies, Janice and I share the same concern for the world. [Julius] King Elman as well has led you here... do you want me to go on? King Elman...my grandfather? O_o And Janice...what? They conspired with you? Am I hearing this right? [Julius] Yes. Whether you acknowledge it or not, this entire planet is working to bring you to your rightful place. I'm merely helping it along. « My father?... You mean my dad? O_o » [Julius] In exchange for protecting you, and offering you my guidance... I ask merely one, small favor. «ooc: *cough* lol, Fei Fong Wadien. » * Cody pales, and takes an involuntary step back, "..." What? « hehe. ;) » [Julius] You no doubt know of the legends.. of how nearly 220 years ago, the Mana Empire of Vandole reigned supreme over the world. Just recently, we witnesses the might of the Mana Fortress, a product of their advanced culture... Yes, I know of the legends... «ooc: Time is like a river...It repeats » [Julius] I am not like my father. The Gods we in the end right to strike down Vandole.. for it lost the true dream it's fodners had. « Time is like a river... full of sewage and human biproducts » « er were » ...You want to ressurect it, don't you? If you do, I'll have no part in it. [Julius] That dream... was a unified world government, dedicated to serving the power of Mana. «ooc: Hrm. » A world government headed by you, I assume? [Julius] Yes, I intend to ressurect the forgotten dreams... for I have the knowledge my father failed to grasp in his rash desire to conquer. I'm innocent, I admit it, but I'm not blind. «ooc: Man.These RPG's have a better plotline than most Fics, or books » Power like that will be courrupted, maybe not by you, but by someone else. Mana is meant to be shared, and that's how I intend for it to be. So I'm sorry, Julius, but I can't help you. «ooc: Julius = Your highness ^^ » [Julius] But you are mistaken, Cody. This empire will not corrupt, for with your help, I shall acquire the power of Mana, and become the Immortal Emperor. But rule under one man is a tryanny...a slavery! It goes against everything I stand for! I can't help you! And after all the actions and maniuplations I've seen you pull in order to capture me, I don't think I ever can! [Julius] It is said whoever touches the Tree of Mana gains the infinite power... I have studied too long and hard to let this go. I am the nly one fit to wield it. If I do not, who is to stop someone else bent on havok from doing so? Khyros hides a sly smile. * Cody has a sly smile of his own, "Maybe you should look to your left for that answer, your highness. You don't know how right you are..." [Julius] ...are you accusing my advisor? I don't think I have to. HIs actions speak louder than my words ever could. . o O ( If someone is going to steal my power...best it not by Khyros... ) «ooc: be, even ^^; » [Julius] Considering he has delivered you here to me does not ledn credit to your arguement. Khyros Ibraxis is a linchpin in our strides for this goal. «ooc: linchpin?What's that? » [Khyros] And I am humbled to serve you, Holy Emperor... « a needed part.. important, necessary.. the center ^^ » You mean Janice has not told you of his 'sacrifice' stunt in Wendel? Try asking her, she'll have a story to tell. Julius looks aside to Khyros, considering this. Consideirng it almost killed your 'precious gemma', and that's the least of your worries. [Khyros] By all means, ask her Grace... I'm sure you'll find his words to be quite empty threats to my character. I am loyal to you alone. Ask him what Gods he prays to at night. You'll be surprised... [Julius] Still, I can do nothing but agree with the Gemma that Wendel was not handled as I ordained.... but accusations of dark gods... this is preposterous. « He prays to the great Zamelgustar!... » It's the truth! The sacrifice wasn't for your benefit at all! It was for his! [Julius] The sacrifice? The ritual was supposed to be to open your mind and prepare you. I heard nothjing of a sacrifice. [Khyros] He is merely trying to distract you, Highness. It is obvious he is quite alive and well. You've been mistook. The sacrifice was intended to kill me and use my energy to ressurect his god. You may know him as Thanatos. The only reason I'm alive is because my friends intervined. I nearly died from the experience because he poisoned me beforehand! «ooc: Haaaaaah. » Khyros looks vaguely annoyed. Ask Janice! She'll confirm my story! [Julius] *frowns* If you were any other man, I would have had you executed for such slanderous accusations... but I have no chocie to listen. If it satisfies you, I will have Janice report immediately. Thank you, your highness. * Cody turns to Khryos, and very descreetly, so that Julius can't see, flips him off ;) [Khyros] *raises an eyebrow* I'ms rue you'll fidn everything is in order, Highness... « er sure find.. gah tired ^^ » «ooc: Hugs Storen ^^; » [Julius] I shall hold you personally responsible if harm ha come to the Gemma, Is that clear? [Khyros] Of course, Emperor. * Cody begins to idly finger the phoenix bracelet again. [Julius] Good. The fleet will be departing for Mount Illusia within the hour... . o O ( ... ) An...an hour...? *** Enygma (enygma@08-162.001.popsite.net) Quit (Ping timeout) *** Enygma (enygma@08-162.001.popsite.net) has joined #PureLand *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Enygma [Julius] Yes, noble Cody. We can let not a single moment go by when the life of this planet is at stake. Julius...I can't help you the way you want me to...I won't do it... «ooc: er HIGHNESS. Gah ^^ » [Julius] ...there is one more way I can eprsuade you, however much I disdain suggesting it. ...How? [Julius] I'm sure by now you are aware Purim Pandora is in this Castle. ...Can I see her? [Julius] Perhaps... if you wsih you last moments to be with your mother, I cannot decline. ...I'd like that... . o O ( Then I can figure a way out of here. She used to fight the Empire. She has to know something... ) *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [Julius] I assure you, she is alive and well, but know this. Her life is still a lever politically... * Cody 's face hardens visibly, "How dare you use my mother's life as a chip in your pile!?" [Julius] You have my sympathies. But I'm afraid it is the only way to ahve the support of Pandora. I have no intention of taking her life, but attempt to escape, and I will be forced to act. * Cody closes his eyes, "...Fine. Just let me see her..." Please... Julius. "It will be as you wish. Khyros, escort him, please. And I shall be watching you carefully." « e r Julius nods » [Khyros] *bows* Yes.. I udnerstand, sire. * Cody 's eyes widen, "Your Highness...no...you shouldn't let him near me, after what I told you!" [Julius] Very well... Julius raises a hand. "Prepare the enchantment then. We need it ready." Enchantment...? O_o [Khyros] Of course.. it is nearly done. I'll return with good news.. hmmhmm.. Khyros walks out of the royal chamber. * Cody 's looks at the both in confusion, "What are you talking about?" [Julius] Yes. It is a backup plan, incase you fail to open the seal on the falls properly... ... [Julius] You have my full confidence, of course. « one sec ^^ » «ooc: ^_^ Kay. » *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) has joined #Pureland Julius takes a step back, sitting upon the seat of imperial power a bit wearily. "Please take several of my private guard as yoour escort to ehr quarters. I shall see you in an hour." All right. Thank you, your Highness... A few soldiers stand at attention, slinging rifles and saluting with their swords. . o O ( I have to figure some way out of here...But how? Rachel's dead...everyone else may be as well...I'm on my own... ) Julius dismisses them, and they take a protective rank about Cody, leading him out... «ooc: Y'alls almost done? » «ooc: Not sure. Stor? :) » Before they all leave, he signals one to remain, speaking lowly. "Please bring me the Mandalian sage. I must have a word with her." The guard nods, and soon the chamber is very empty, save for the emperor... awaiting his moment of triumph that draws near. ~~ SESSION END ~~ Session Close: Wed Apr 04 02:21:41 2001 Session Start: Sun Apr 08 00:33:14 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' ~~ SESSION START ~~ << * Rahne hugs Cody.. * :/ >> Contrary to the other party members, Rhiana last conscious thought was not being carted away by just any soldier, but commander Friedrich himself. It seems like a long while has passed since then in an exhausted slumber, until suddenly Rhiana is snapped awake by a strangely familiar whine.. [Voice] Wake up! I know you're alive under those blankets! You don't deserve even them! ..go away. * Rhiana sighs lightly, "Of course that won't work....you're just like him." * Rhiana lifts her head from the sheets, "Long time no see." Rhiana's eyes come to a hazy realization that standing by her bedside is the scowling flame-haired daughter of Friedrich, Sophia Flaresoul. She's in a half-mail suit, and her free hand is clenched about the hilt of a fancy longsword bearing the Flaresoul crest. [Sophia] So.. you actually had the nerve to come back.. you little coward... I'm ashamed to even call you my sister! I don't know why you'd say something like that, I left because I didn't want to fight you. * Rhiana stretches some Rhiana finds she's in ehr old bedroom in the VIP quarters of the Vandole Castle right wing. ...lovely...he just had to bring me here.. * Rhiana raises an eye to her little sister, "Where are the others?" [Sophia] That's right.. you chickened out and ruined a family tradition hundreds of years old.. [Sophia] ...why do you want to know? What, do you actually LIKE those cowarding little idiots? «ooc: The tradition of...spring cleaning! You bitch! » * Rhiana scoffs, "I didn't want to hurt my little sister. Not a crime." Sophia narrows her eyes, her tone not getting any betetr. "Like you would want to do me a favor? I know you ALWAYS were daddy's favorite... and then you go and do this to us all. You selfish little..." «ooc: ....mcdonald's burger flipper! Rhiana: What did you call me...!? O_o » Please..I was never his favoriate. I was his embarrasment. He always liked you more. You're headstrong, physically gifted, and talented to boot. Sophia is cut off by the sound of the door opening. It produces the veenrable general himself, paternal peacemaker of the two at least for the moment. ...and the hits just keep on comin'.... [Friedrich] ...that's enough Sophia. I have never ahd a favorite.. you know both of you are my pride, and my strength. ...yeah..sure. He adjusts his broadsword, his tradmark armor not on for the moment, assuming a very fatherly air. "However..." [Friedrich] Rhiana, even if I don't approve of the path you have taken in lfie, I can't doubt the fact you have great skill to do what you ahve done up to this point." I wouldn't say that...I'm..decent at what I do. [Sophia] You sound like you actually are on ehr side afetr all this time? *annoyed* * Rhiana rolls out of bed [Friedrich] No. I cannot glance oevr the fact the rites of succession were never truly completed. I truly can't rest until I know who will carry on my name... if this coming conflict is as I fear, I may need to know soon." * Rhiana stands up, "I am Rhiana Athena..I do not wish to carry on your name." [Sophia] She obviously admits she's lost already... * Rhiana grins, "My dear sister, do you really think you're going to draw me into such a game with words such as those? I am not a fool." «ooc: ...I wanna strangle Sophia. She's such a twit :D » I am simply saying I do not wish to fight for something I don't particuarlly want in the first place. [Friedrich] *holds out a hand* It disappoints me that you would wish to cast aside the noble house you were born in, but Rhiana... you still have your obligation to tradition one final time... I don't believe I have any obligations to uphold. If you're going to kill me, then kill me. [Friedrich] I have killed many men in my day, heroes and fools, but I have never once let go of the past which has brought me here. I instructed you in the old ways like your sister... Tell me...General.....where are the others? [Friedrich] No, noone is dying here today. Once you leave this place, your fate is not mine to decide. But you must win this right in fair combat. Friedrich furrows his brow. "They are confined, undergoing numerous information gathering procedures. The Gemma is with Julius now." And were you in favor of turing that poor magician archamage into a feline? [Sophia] She got what she deserved.. turning your back on the Empire's punishable by death.. she got off lucky! I never liked her anyway. ..I can see someone hasn't changed much.. [Friedrich] ...as I udnerstand it she was about to sell out Empire Secrets of our Pureland assault plans. It was the punishment Khyros chose. * Rhiana folds her arms, "So what makes you think I will take part in this combat?" [Friedrich] Because I am asking you to do one final favor for a father that loevs his daughetr mroe than any battlefield, or any other soul. You are my future, you are the world's future that I fought so bravely for. [Friedrich] If you intend to carved out your own destiny, I cannot stop you.. but I also must honor the traditions of our past. I'm not interested in fighting my own sister. It is for that very reason that I left. [Sophia] You just won't admit the way you really feel. I can't rest until I KNOW I'm better. Runnign away will only make it worse. I need to settle things right here, before the new world order is in place... "New World Order" is it? [Sophia] What, you think things will stay the same when this is done? Have you gotten stupid too?! We are poised to be the most pwoerful country in the world with the power of Mana! [Sophia] And I can't rest until I know I can take that power as the rightful Flaresoul. It's daddy's wish. The power is yours, I don't want it. [Sophia] You don't understand. I already have the power. but I don't have the SATISFACTION... you're still poking me in the side, just like you always did... «ooc: Sophia should wear protection for that!...er.... » Actually, it sounds like to me that you're...jealous..for some reason Perhaps it's my freedom. [Sophia] ...like you could understand jealousy! You're accusing me becase I was the one who took up the blade, not you! [Friedrich] ... I see some things have not changed. No my dear sister, I am not. My wish was for you to do whatever you wanted in life. You took up the ways of the blade, and you are obviously talented. My wish was never to lay harm across my little sister. [Sophia] Oh, always playing the supportive sister, weren't you? Buttering me up with empty words.. you've gotten soft running with the title of Mana Knight, haven't you... [Sophia] Or did you even earn that at all? [Friedrich] Sophia, enough. * Rhiana snickers, "I'm no Mana Knight. I'm a sad hollow shell of a person. Someone chasing after a dream." *** Scott (bmscott@DIALUP-158-197.TNMEM2.USIT.NET) has joined #Pureland And I'll admit my goals traveling with the Gemma were purely selfish And once my goals were achieved, I planned on leaving them be. [Friedrich] Then what was your dream? Is it your freedom? * Rhiana sighs sadly, "In the end I'm no better than either of you." My dream is a world without conflict. A world without war. A world where all this knowledge I have in my brain is useless. A world..without you. [Friedrich] ...I see. So that is why you feel this way. ..it's nothing too personal, I assure you. [Friedrich] *looks up* If Julius's plan comes to fruition, that dream may become a reality.. that is why I too fight. For soemthing better than what we have. You wanting me to fight my sister..not only then, but now, tarnishes that I already have everything I want. I don't need a better world. The one I live in is just fine. [Friedrich] Perhaps I am too rooted in the past, like a stubborn Oak... I cannot change the way I think or I will surely wither faster than I have been. General, those who strive for more when they already have everything fall into the catergory of "Greed" and I'm sure you know what happens to those people. [Sophia] What is she lecturing you? I can't beleive that! * Rhiana eyes her sister, "Only a fool claims he cannot learn from someone else." «ooc: Take that bitch ;) » [Friedrich] Then, if that is the case... show me which of you si really the fool. [Friedrich] The goal was never to make you enemies in life... for I want you to elarn from me, and each other. [Friedrich] So in that vein, you might come to a decision on your own, who's the one fit to be the successor. I've learned all I wanted. Everything else I learn is out there..in the real world. Out there I have people who enjoy listening to me sing. That means much more to me than bloodshed. [Sophia] Singing? Please... our place isn't in some sleezy cabaret, it's out making a name for ourselves! Well if it wasn't for the Empire, I'd do my best to move up in the world. «ooc: Ah, so Rhiana's working in a cabaret, eh? That means she'll become a prostitue, a crime lord, the princess of darkness.....We should of had her work in the farm more often and taken art classes. The little ho. :o » « hehe ^^ » «ooc: Actually her ultimate plan was to kidnap Cody and dress him back up and pimp him out to drunkards » [Sophia] We are fighters, throughout history... you know if you fight the Empire then you'll die cold and forgotten.. do you really want that? «ooc: LOL. » [Sophia] I'll kill you myself you know. You won't be my family anymore.... [Friedrich] ... If I die, then the people of this world will know that the eldest daughter of the General of the Empire stood for what she believed..no matter the odds. ...rather...poetic, actually. I cannot believe you have this much hatred in you Sophia. You weren't like this before I left. [Friedrich] It has gotten worse after that day I'm afraid. She must have your temperment then. But if you're going to kill me in cold blood, get it over with. [Sophia] Like you can blame me.. I have suffered for every night not knowing who was going to hold that blade. This sword I'm carrying isn't mine! Not until you submit to me. «ooc: Oh storen you're playing dirty with the passive dominatrix words ;) » « uhh.. well not REALLY.. but ^^ » Your problems grasping ahold of who you are are yours, my sister. [Sophia] Shut up.. I worked my rear off making up for your laziness... I've carried your share long enough! Step into that circle and take your baggae with you. Either way we both win, and get on with our lives. [Sophia] ....prefereably without each other. You think...I'm lazy? You think studying the arcane arts is easy? Do you realize..how long and hard I trained my mind and soul to be ready to become a high court magician for the Empire only to have my father tell me I wasn't good enough to have his name? [Sophia] No, it's the coward's way... it's not the Flaresoul way. That's what daddy always said. You have seen the walls.. generals all of them! Was there a bookworm among them? No! I know your path was hard. But so was mine. You haven't the slightest idea on how difficult being a sorcreress really is. «ooc: too many er's in sorceress ;) » << ^_^ >> [Sophia] If you're going to be court magician, take it up with Julius after I end this, don't whine and complain to me. I'm the one who's fit for THIS family. No, I do not wish to be a court magician. Not anymore. But for you foolishly refer to my path as the "easy" way, is an ignorant statement. [Sophia] So you think I'm inferior afetr all this time, miss high and mighty sorceress. I'm not scared of you... I never said that. You certainly are good at putting words in my mouth, little sister [Friedrich] Rhiana... no matter what you decide, fuffil her wish, I beg you. Run if you want to, for this time it is the true goodbye I am afraid. But it must be concluded for us all to see which dream to persue and which to leave behind. [Friedrich] It is the last time I will ever see you, these moments. I want to see the best in you... and encoruage the best in what you desire to remain here. *lloks to Sophia* [Sophia] What? She started it. ...and what will I get if I win this...pointless display murder and violence... [Sophia] I'm going to be waiting in the training room... Sophia stomps off quite haugtily. [Friedrich] No, don't think of the blood that has to be spilled. Think of why you are doing it. To leave the Flaresoul blood behind, you must shed it. That is the ancient way. ...the name was never my problem. ..the methods you enforce for us to keep that name, is. [Friedrich] All I have elft now are you both and my beliefs... I have passed them down from my father, and his father's father... ..not all teachings are meant to be carried on... [Friedrich] I have known from the start you were the brightest child in a very long time. perhaps the entire lineage. Forcing the ways upon you was not a guidance, but a hidnerance, I see this now. ..then fix it. I do not wish to inflict pain upon my sister. ...alas.. As I've said myself many times.. Physical pain heals over time..mental pain is a sliver which cannot be repaired... ...not fighting her will just make her worse... [Friedrich] Yes, you are quite right. I was hoping you would see this. [Friedrich] If it festers much lonegr, I'm afraid I will begin to doubt her worthiness... ...I guess I have to do it...I do love my sister..no matter how she talks about me and spits on my name here... [Friedrich] That is why I need you to honor your name one final time. Consider it your final act for both of our futures... ...and what will you do for this favor, Sir Knight ...you don't have to answer that... ...such a hollow proposal. Friedrich holds his arms out. "...I think you know that answer." [Friedrich] Let me embrace my dear Rhiana one final time... and I can rest peacefully again. [Friedrich] I won't stop what you wish any more. ...certainly father... [Friedrich] I am too weary of fighting battles that I know I will lose... ...I know how you feel..strangely. * Rhiana hugs her father Friedrich hugs Rhiana firmly... obvious he's hugging his daughter as a father, and not as a soldier. [Friedrich] Thank you, Rhiana.. you truly are my daughetr, no matter what name you make for yourself. ...should I win... ...I won't deny my name anymore...but I still want Sophia following in your footsteps.. He takes a step back, away from the door. "You win your freedom, she wins the title of Commander. It is a fair consideration." [Friedrich] And, it is a battle noone will truly lose. ...all things must be considered...had you been this receptive of me and my choices in life years ago..it wouldn't have had to come to this... [Friedrich] Yes, if only it was so... but you know how I am. May the fire guide you to victory, Rhiana..." « bah.. » « I keep spilling quotes ^^ » ...I am ready * Rhiana sighs lightly [Friedrich] I think you know where she is waiting for you... Yes, I do. ...I will see you again Father. * Rhiana heads for the training room Friedrich looks out the doors as Rhiana heads down the hall to her old haunts. "But where will that be is the question..." You proceeds down the Flaresoul qurters, winding around several corners until you find a door much different from the rest. It is cast iron, and worn with scratches from baldes made throughout generations. Uncharacteristically, it hangs ajar... ... Inside is the sound of clanging metal. "So have you said your goodbyes to dad?" « gimme a sec.. » No, I've said my hello... Sophia opens the door, her face drawn and serious. "Well then, how about you say hello to the family sword you're giving up.. one last time." [Sophia] *nods to a rack nearby* "Oh, and take your whip. Be glad dad didn't put it with the others." I'm here to purge the anger and hatred in your mind, my sister. If I must fight you to get my sister back, then so be it. * Rhiana takes her whip, "I am glad I do not have to use a heavy sword." [Sophia] What do you care for me? There's no lvoe lost here... [Sophia] And because I want to give my sister a chance, she's not unarmed.. oh.. right. I forgot. You've got your little tricks too. Sophia steps back into a red circle engraved upon the stone floor. I do not believe you should refer to my stronger talents as...little, my sister. * Cody is gone (%Gonna play sims for a bit :)(%log(none))%) (pec) The key to winning a battle is avoiding your enemy's stronger points, while exploiting their weaknesses [Sophia] Stop talking like you're better than me. I see only one weak person, and that's you! >> Swordmistress Sophia appears! * Rhiana steps into position, "Then let us settle this, my sister." «ooc: She's a Sword Maiden? Ooh! » [Sophia] Salamando, come to my blade... burn the souls of my foe! Flame Saber! >> Sophia's balde is engulfed in searing flame.. gains Fire attribute attack! ..well how interesting, for someone who puts down my magic, you certainly seem to have some tricks of your own « now RHiana's going to be in pain if that hits her.. ^^ » [Sophia] This is the art of the sword... it is the true weapon! Anything less is not worthy of Flaresoul! >> Rhiana's turn. You should...cool off, my sister. * Rhiana places her hands on her hips and turns her back to the enemy, coldly chanting, "Water that flows like the morning dew, Undine, who controls the waters, may your power purify the evil that foolishly challenges me! * Rhiana chuckles to herself as a fridgid blue aura appears to "freeze" out of no where. The aura starts to fuse together into sharp spears of ice, as she keeps her back to the enemy. * Rhiana snickers again, "Show them what my Cold Shoulder is capable of." >> Undine casts a chilly reception to Sophia indeed... Cold Shoulder! >> Sophia is Fire aligned! Hates Undine! 156 damage! The magic causes Sophia to stagger back in momentary shock. Your temper is your weakness. [Sophia] Wh...what? *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) has joined #Pureland Sophia shakes her head, her anger building. "You little witch! You will pay for that!" >> A strange aura engulfs Sophia.. he charge increases to 2/4! Now now my Sister, you don't want me to use my really big spell.. [Sophia] See the family's skill you can never have! I distinctly remember saying I didn't want it....but have it your own way.. Sophia charges at Rhiana, drawing the rapier once, then twice down on Rhiana in a shockwave of firey might! >> Zweihander! * Rhiana shifts her whip around attempting to block the shots >> Rhiana takes 99 damage! * Rhiana slams against the wall, "Goodness...your quite strong." [Sophia] See that? I could have been yours... [Sophia] I've been training for this day.. if you think I'll lsoe, then you are wrong! We never do... « er It » >> Rhiana's turn. Perhaps you should think about cooling off, like I told you before * Rhiana places her hands on her hips and turns her back to the enemy, coldly chanting, "Water that flows like the morning dew, Undine, who controls the waters, may your power purify the evil that foolishly challenges me! * Rhiana chuckles to herself as a fridgid blue aura appears to "freeze" out of no where. The aura starts to fuse together into sharp spears of ice, as she keeps her back to the enemy. * Rhiana snickers again, "Show them what my Cold Shoulder is capable of." >> Rhiana again casts the icy wind of defeat her way! It's still enhanced by the presence of the fire on ehr blade, which promptly is extinguished. 152 damage! Have you had enough yet, my sister? Sophia buckles to a knee for a second, grunting in pain as the ice sheears at ehr armor. I do not wish to hurt you...please step down... [Sophia] No..no.. you can't be the one.. it's me.. me.. it HAS to be me... I don't want your title, my sister..I never did... Sophia gets up, pulling the blade out straight in front of her. "You don't want to beat me.. you want to humilate me! I won't have it!" >> Sophia attacks, thrusting at Rhiana! « ack! » ...pointless... « oh whew.. :o » * Rhiana attempts a side step « I sugegst you luv your tiger bikini ^^ » «ooc: You DARED me to get it ;) » >> Rhiana's arm is slashed by the blade, a jagged cut in her skin opening as she whips away from certain death. 48 damage! ...you're quick [Sophia] This is the end... your blood is going to be pruged at my hands for good... >> Rhiana's turn. ..unfortunately, my dear sister, you are not strong enough * Rhiana closes her eyes and holds out her hand, chanting ominously, "Darkness beyond the blackest pitch, deeper than the darkest night, I call upon Shade, King of Darkness. May your powers ravage over the enemy as you do the light." * Rhiana opens her eyes as a dark aura swirls around her, like a tornado, as she clenchs her fist the darkness all flows into her hand, making it a sphere of darkness. * Rhiana opens her hand releasing a laser beam of pure darkness into the enemy, "Shadow....SLAVE!" >> Rhiana casts Shadow Slave! The lance of black pierces clear through her breast plate, and out the other side painfully... >> 83 damage! ...oh dear...! I over did it... [Sophia] What? No, NO!! I was so.. >> Sophia crumples over.. defeated. >> Victory! * Rhiana rushes over to her sister, "I'm so sorry Sophia...I did not mean to....hurt you..." You can see her chest smoking, but she's not quite dead. But the mist that rises out of the wound seems to taek the form of a specter a brief moment, before screetching and vanishing. «ooc: I'm not quite dead yet! » ...what the... [Sophia] Guh.. Rhiana... Sophia...are you okay? [Sophia] ...I don't know... I was just.. so mad...I wanted to kill you... ...I know...I think I understand why now....come on..I'll help you to the recovery room..we need to get you a doctor... Sophia doesn't protest, she's heavily wounded, and the sword she clutched so tightly clatetrs to the floor. * Rhiana puts Sophia's arm around her, to give her a crutch [Sophia] Forget me.. I'm.. I'm washed up... Oh nonsense..who's going to take control of the armies when our father is no longer in command..? [Sophia] Rhiana.. did you really mean it when you said you didn't.. want to hurt me? Of course I did...you're my sister....the whole reason why I disappeared was because I didn't want to raise a weapon to you.... [Sophia] But I wanted to raise a weapon to you... I guess you really are betetr than me in the end... Sophia coughs a couple tiems and limps out with Rhiana's help. No Sophia..we are just different.. hey stop that... * Rhiana rushes to help her again You were wanting to uphold the tradition of the family...you had nothing but good intentions in mind..atleast until you lost control of your emotions.. Sophia sucks it in a moment. "Something just came oevr me when you left. It just consumed me. I almost killed my own sister over some title..." Yes...I know...I know. Don't worry about that now. Let's get you fixed up first. And then I've got..some work to do. Something more important than why I left «ooc: Cheers for Rhi :) » The infirmary isn't that many doors away, onyl a few mroe steps. It's fairly deserted now though, with many of the staff preparing for the expidition. [Sophia] Are you going to do what.. I think you're doing? Probably. But someone has to do it. Someone's been doing something very bad...and now it's personal. [Sophia] Then next time we cross we might really be enemies... No....I won't allow that One of only two nurses on duty sees Rhiana walk in with the injured Sophia. :o [Nurse] Oh my.. Lady Flaresoul! Please...take care of her.. She gets in a tizzy preparing a bed, shouting to the other staffer... ^^ ...I need to go see father. * Rhiana hugs Sophia, "Please take care my sister, I will see you again." *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) has left #Pureland Sophia hugs Rhiana back, wincing visibly. [Sophia] At elast I still have a sister... You'll always have a sister. And I will take care of you, and father. For now I need you to stay here while I go..take care of something. She proceeds to be torn away to be checked out by the doctors. "Not like they would.. ow.. let me anyway.." « do you want to end here and assume, or go on? :) » ...stay off the battlefields for a while.. «ooc: Did you have something else planned? I wanted to do one thing » « go right ahead.. your moment. :) » * Rhiana heads out, going back to the Flaresoul wing of the castle Rhiana passes a few soldiers filing down a hallway, muttering about "prison duty being boring" as they pass. * Rhiana files that away for later use « and yes, those guys will likely get ebat up by rache tomorrow. ;) » «ooc: Ooh, so there is an actual sorta session tomorrow? » «ooc: back ^_^ » * Cody is back (%gone: 41mins 52secs ) (pec) <> « well, actually I should say when there's a sess. gah. this is hard :) » «ooc: Darn now Lucca knows, we have to scrap it :( » «ooc: I don't care ^^ I think you prolly could have part of one because you got the major ludes out of the way ^^ » «ooc: I'm lookin' for Daddy, BTW Storen » Rhiana finds her fatehr still in the old quarters, sitting on the edge of her bed. [Friedrich] Rhiana? ...it's over. [Friedrich] By the look on your face, I think I can see how it resolved... but.. you are not without your scars either.. *lloks to ehr arm* ...I'll be fine...but I need you to do something [Friedrich] What is that? I want you to take Sophia and leave for a while. [Friedrich] Do you eman desert the Empire? *** Katt (richy@a24b94n79client227.hawaii.rr.com) has joined #Pureland « er mean » No. Not exactly. But please hear me out... [Friedrich] Continue... As I defeated Sophia...an evil aura seemed to ooze out of her..I felt it.. [Friedrich] A.. curse? Something like that...a powerful spellcaster put it on her..if I couldn't feel the spell initially. [Friedrich] This would be pointing finegrs at that Khyros no doubt. I would have to agree, since he is far more powerful in the arcane arts than I am ...but I must....take care of Khyros now.. [Friedrich] For several weeks recently, he has been displaying suspicious activity... and the way he dismissed your friends sugegsted he used a attack of gerat power against you.. Yes..he used a spell I had only read about...the power needed to control it..is complete mastery... [Friedrich] If you seek to confront him and learn the truth, I will not stop you. For I too feel a chill in my bones in his presence. But the emperor would not hear of it. ...I do not wish to face my sister again ...so please take her..and leave..go somewhere. [Friedrich] I can assure you Sophia can be taken off active duty. However, I am to elad the assault on Mount Illusia in a verys hrot time. The fleet launches soon, and I must be on it... « er short » ...I do not wish to fight you eithr... [Friedrich] Something tells me we won't come to that just yet. I am concerned for his Majesty's safety, and serving him. You conflict seems to elad you to that wizard... « er your :) » The Emperor might not be himself either...if Sophia had a curse upon her, anyone could...including yourself... [Friedrich] If anything, take an old soldier's advice and believe me when I say we may end up on the same side when thsoe falls are reversed. Greed is a powerful thing, like you said. [Friedrich] ...no, if I was cursed, I would not have had my eyes opened today. [Friedrich] If you are to do anything, you must act swiftly. Time is very short. ...please take care of my sister...once I have taken care of things with Khyros.....we will see what happens from there. ...I will see you again, Father...until then please take care of Sophia. * Rhiana turns to the door [Friedrich] You ahve my word as a Flaresoul, Rhiana... you are alwasy my daughter. * Rhiana smiles, "That doesn't sound bad...for the first time in a long time." [Friedrich] Now, make me proud in what you choose. That is all a father could ever ask. I will do my best father... Friedrich arises from the bed, straightening his red tunic very formally, the air about him switching very clearly to his professional look. "I need to see about reviewing the soldiers..." * Rhiana nods, "And I need to see about some..friends of mine." * Rhiana slips out *** Ruben (fe@207.12.207.168) has joined #Pureland *** Ruben is now known as Mikey Rhiana slips into the hallways, a very different person now.. with a new goal. Just as she begisn to head out, she hears the sound of more soldiers, this time taking a certain tailed friend to Julius's throne room. ~~ SESSION END ~~ ^^ Enygma. Rhiana just gained coolness points there. ;) *** Rhiana is now known as Enygma ^^ I'm too damn long winded ;) aww. it's coo :) ^^ So, does Rahne get hers tonight, or tomorrow? * Cody wants to see Rahne strut her stuff ;) Storen, damn you. ;) We're never going to get mine or Rahne's done ;) Are you up to doing it? I'll go pretty late if Rahen has a plot.. * Cody will stay up to watch it ;) Up to you Stor. I can go the distance. ^^ If you want to sleep though, Luks, we can hold off until the morrow. ^^ I can too, but I'm not as sexy as Rahne is, so Baha gets top priority ;) * Cody can stay up for another 2 hours ;) *** Dayanara (enygma@04-182.001.popsite.net) has joined #PureLand * Cody can sleep in tomorrow! Whoo! Cody! O_o What about WARPG Hmm.. k.. ^^ *** Dayanara is now known as Enygma-is-ghost * GMStoren gets sme mroe soda o_O fuxor WA! Awesomness. Sleeping in is good. ^^ Ashton: I usually sleep no later than 11. *** Enygma-is-ghost is now known as Dayanara * Cody slept till 10:30 today. Nygs, if I need you in my lude, will you be here? ^^ * Rachel twirls Azrael's sword and looks innocent. Baha: Willy ou actually need Cody for your plan? ^^ *** Dayanara is now known as I-cant-answer *** Cody sets mode: +o I-cant-answer *** I-cant-answer is now known as Dayanara Thank you ;) :D Depends on how far this lude goes, I suppose. ^^; If I'm needed for yours and you do yours tonight, I can stick around *** Enygma (enygma@15-145.001.popsite.net) Quit (Ping timeout) *** Dayanara is now known as Enygma * Cody yays! :D * Rachel breaks in with Keylia, beating up guards! * Rahne is caught by surprise and is momentarily overjoyed. * Rachel gets caught up in the moment and rushes up to Rahne, punching her in the face! O_o Oops, sorry! Got carried away! Did you want to go first then, Ash? Rahne's little scheme, barring Storen's little scheme, could be the coup de gras as far as our stay here in the lovely Imperial Capital. ^^; ... Up to Storen. I don't care either way :D No, actually Chrys and Tori and Roric must be last... ^^ Heh, good. Go ahead and do Rahne, Storen. I'm moist with anticipation of what you have planned to torment me with. ;) * Cody knows. Bwahaha. O:D ...That...sounded...WRONG... O_o Yep ;) Uhh.. you DO? :o No. ^_^ * GMStoren thinks maybe you could tell him.. ^^ I just like making Ashton moist with fear :O ... No! You no make me moist! Not until CT2! Only GMs and Heather make me moist! Erm and IE dies on me Oh well ^^ Ready Baha? At your convenience. ^^ ^_^ *** Bahamut is now known as Rahne «ooc: CTRPG2 work - To resume in one month. :) » « I'm still wodnering about that ^^ » «ooc: afk a few to take out my contacts » << Contacts are evil. Evil. Stick with glasses, that's my advice. ^^; >> *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.4: Petition | Loc: Empire of Vandole | Time: Gnome's Day, Dawn | 139 Luc -=-' ~~ SESSION START ~~ « let's hope I can keep this up. yay for minor caffeine in pepsi. ^^ » «ooc: ^^ *gives you DEW* » «ooc: back » Though Rahne was defeated soundly by Khyros's command of the ancient magic she had only read about in books, her head swirled with remnants of hope for Cody. These thoughts lent warmth in the endless darkness, but it is then that you notice you also now rest on something sof and comforting as well, and not a marble Palace floor... «ooc: makes changes to his team in the mean time » «ooc: You rest on Cody's nude body! O_o » « lol ^^ » << Rahne wishes. ^^; And at the same time doesn't wish, that'd be entirely too embarassing. ^^; >> «ooc: Hehe. » * Rahne stirs a moment, drawing in a deep breath.. * «ooc: I can't believe I did the babyface thing with Rhiana ;) » * Rahne 's eyes snap open, blinking a few times, before she immediately sits up. * Rahne finds herself lying on a large couch in a finely furnished study. Her senses filter in the sound of birds chirping outside a lovely third story window. * Rahne 's ears instinctively pique to better hear the sounds as she looks around the study.. * You see a red banner of Vandole hanging from a small pole in the corner. Not exactly the most subtle clue of where you are. * Rahne frowns a moment, before getting to her feet to better explore the domicile she now finds herself within.. * It's pretty much as it appears. A modest sized study in the upper floors of the Northtown castle. There's nor eal sign of your friends anywhere, but the silence is soon broken by a rapping on the chamber door. * Rahne answers hesitantly. * ..Yes? [Soldier] Sage Rahne? * Rahne answers, a little more sure of herself.. * Yes? [Soldier] The Emperor has summoned you to the throne room. We've been sent to escort you to an audience. * Rahne opens the door slowly.. * ..I see.. * Rahne flicks her tail, unsure of what she's gotten into, but she hides it well. * Very well then, lead the way; if you please, sir. Rahne finds about 5 guards in full combat readiness in the hallway awaiting her. The squad leader closes the door behind her as she exits. [Soldier] Rememebr you are still under survelliance, so don't try anything. This way. * Rahne nods, and wordlessly complies, clasping her hands together, and follows the escort. * They form a protective ring around Rahne, and march off methodically in the direction of the stairs elading up to the 4th floor. Rahne passes a few rooms as she goes, most notable one with the insignia of a flame on it... * Rahne still follows the guards, her keen eyes hidden by her silent and passive demeanor. * Soon, you reach the landing, and the decor becomes much more fancy.. a red arpet is down, and it eventually leads you to a very wide audience chamber. Rows of pillars line the halls, upon which the previos banner hangs in a way that suggests a great weight is upon them somehow... at the far end of the chamber sits the blonde haired, stately Emperor himself, in combat dress... he is talking with an aide as she approaches. *** Scott (bmscott@DIALUP-158-197.TNMEM2.USIT.NET) Quit (Quit: gone...C-y'all.) The elader salutes, promptly drawing Julius' attention. [Soldier] Sir, the Sage is here safely. * Rahne draws closer herself, but remains silent, waiting to be addressed; her ears are relaxed, but their scope dulled not one whit. * *** Mikey (fe@207.12.207.168) has left #Pureland [Julius] Good, good.. pelase return to your posts. There is still much to do yet with the squad arrangements. The soldiers are dismissed, some returning to their stoic places by the throne, others departing for unknown places... soon, Julius turns, bow to Rahne a small bit. "Greetings, Sage Rahne. I am honored by your presence in my castle..." [Julius] I trust the quarters I arranged were satisfactory? * Rahne curtsies, a slight smile forming on her lips. * The honor is mine, highness. Certainly not what I expected to awake to. I am thankful for your courtesy, yes. [Julius] It is no trouble. After all, you are my esteemed guest. I understand you have only recently come to your title as well... [Julius] You do have my sympathies over your late master. He was a very wise man, and for the world to lose such a rare commodity is a travesty indeed. * Rahne pauses for a moment before continuing. * I would have hoped to have achieved such a status under better circumstances; I fear I'm only a mere shadow in comparison to Master Joch. But I continue to do my best, in honor of his memory and legacy. [Julius] *nods* You are just as I expected... please sit down and hear what I have to say then, Lady Rahne. Julius gestures to a seat near his throne, though not as lavish, obviously reserved for advisors of some sort. It's currently empty. * Rahne curtsies again, taking the pointed out seat, curling her tail down beside her legs, it's furred white tip dangling over the edge of the seat, she sits with her hands folded in her lap, looking intently at the Emperor. * Thank you, highness, << , = . >> [Julius] Oh, and if I may say.. «ooc: That tail really TURNS ME ON » «ooc: Lord knows it turns on everyone else. Rahne was born in a world of closet tail fetishists! » [Julius] You need not worry over your friends. They are still quite alive, considering the ordeal you must have had, it is quite a mriacle. They've been taken care of? Not mistreated? I hope their bedding was as soft as mine.. [Julius] *frowns slightly* I am afraid not many have had your preferential treatment.. you do realize travelling with you were theree wanted individuals by my country. « er three » * Rahne looks up to the Emperor. * And what of Cody? I know Lord Khyros took him before your own guard could have apprehended him.. [Julius] I called you here as soon as I finished my discussion with him. He expressed a desire to see his mother, Purim pandora. Considering the rodeal ahead of him, it is in my best interests not to deny him that request. But he was sequestered away, under the thumb of Lord Khyros, Highness? [Julius] This is why I desired to seek your counsel. Cody expressed an extreme prejudice towards my advisor, asserting quite slanderous accusations about his actions. [Julius] I would like to ask if these words have merit. Most ntoably this "sacrifice" that was mentioend in WEndel. That was not along my orders. To be frank, Highness.. though I know I have not kept the most esteemed company in your nation's eyes, we have encountered Khyros in the past and.. well.. though I have no proof save my integrity as one of the Sages Three, Lord Khyros conspires to commit High Treason against your and your nation, your people, as he seeks his own dark ends. << your and = you and >> [Julius] So you as well, bring forth these concerns... [Julius] It also is true that reports similar to all of yours have filetred in, but have been quickly suppressed. The concerns I bring forth are the same concerns as my former master and my own fellow sages, Sire. Would that there was no truth to them, I would never have made so bold an accusation. [Julius] If the Gemma himself, and Sages of my Holy backing also speak out... then this cannot be a falsehood. However... For what it's worth, though you would see me grouped with your aforementioned criminals, my intentions include the well-being, continued survival and stability of The Empire, Highness. [Julius] Khyros is extremely instrumental in my campaign. It is he who has delivered Cody into my very hands this day. I would not be so close to my dream of an enlightened world if it were not for him. [Julius] If he truly is a snake in the grass, then I would do well to seek out a suitable replacement for when today is over... and deal with him appropriately. There is no room for Chaos in Mana. Khyros has also hidden Cody away from you upon his abduction, for what purposes I cannot begin to imagine. He also enaged in practices contrary to your orders. Everything has it's place in Mana, your Highness. Mana is maintained through a delicate balance, of which some degree of Chaos is a part. But too much or too little, and that balance is upset.. [Julius] Yes... such was what caused the Mana Empire of Vandole to collapse inward upon itself... the Mana Fortress was a grave mistake... [Julius] I am not a monster. I am not my father. Sheer power will not unite the world.. nor save it. Only guiding the flow of history will that be achieved. [Julius] Which is what I will do in so few hours... the preparations to depart for Mount Illusia are nearly complete. Though I cannot pretend to know all of your intentions, sire. I can say with certainty that the path you choose to walk, is a delicate one. A misstep, corruption, a human failing, the slightest thing could lead to a horrible outcome. [Julius] That is why I value the advice of people like yourself. I am a flawed being, like so many others. But I cannot afford a mistake now, at the cusp of salvation. [Julius] This is why.. I'd like to make a proposition to yourself. Mana is best left to flow, Highness. Try to reign it in, try to control destiny, and only suffering shall occur. History is a river that cannot be tamed. [Julius] But if it is left to flow, the river will flood this land.. it is only a matetr of time. The world is dying Rahne. I know this. If left unchecked, there will be no world left to rule over... [Julius] I have shed too much blood to let it be for naught in the end. * Rahne smiles and looks down. * This world.. is far, far more ancient than ourselves or our histories. In the grand scheme of things, we are but the moment of a blink of an eye; a drop of water contributing to an entire ocean. The world will right itself, if we give it time.. [Julius] ...perhaps... but I, unfortunately do not have such luxuries. [Julius] My time ehre is but a blink of an eye, but the history of my lineage is far longer... and soon, it's legacy may end painfully. I cannot allow this dishonor... * Rahne eyes look up to meet his once more. * You rule the mightiest nation in the world. Even now you possess such a capacity for good. Stay your hand from the matters of the Gods, and history may forever remember Julius the Great, Julius the Kind, Julius the Benevolent.. [Julius] ...ah, but you flatter me. No.. I speak the truth, else I would not speak it, Sire. *** Enygma is now known as Rhiana [Julius] The Emprie I have is merely a shadow of it's former self... my best tacticians estimate Krissie's Liberation army will mobilize in at most one month. Northtown will fall then. [Julius] It is all I can do to maintain the aura of power you see. Domination isn't always through might. Have you considered diplomacy? I would mediate, if you wish. Miss Krissie is human, as you are; as we all are. She does not wish bloodshed, nor do you. [Julius] It ahs been attempted in good faith, but I'm afraid I shall be cricified for my father's sins. People do not forget easily. [Julius] That is why this is the only opportunity I will have. To save my coutnry, my history, my world... I ahve no alternative. [Julius] And that is why I would like to extend my offer to make that chair you sit in now a ratehr permanent one. * Rahne pales a bit.. * Highness.. [Julius] You apparently have a much mroe honest concern for this land that Khyros has ever displayed in his apparent power. I am a judge of people, out of necessity. You may not possess his skill, but you ahve devotion... and you respect me. [Julius] These are the utmost qualities in someone who you would want by your side, is it not? Jancie was right when she told me about you... He leans back in the throne. "I want you to think this over before I depart for the Purelands. Perhaps then you can assist me firt hand in bringing about the enlightened new order." « er first » * Rahne appears quite unsure what to say.. * [Julius] At the very least, consider it a gesture of my friendship. I hold no animosity towards you, nor that which you ahve protected with your life. In fact, I woe you much. « er owe ^^ » * Rahne stands, her tail slipping back behind her as she curtsies again.. * It would appear I have a great deal to think about.. Thank you for your generosity and compassion, Highness.. [Julius] I do what must be done. It is all I can do now. If you would like an escort back to my study, do not hesitate to ask. [Julius] If things go well, your friends may even be released... «ooc: Except Cody. Sigh ;) » * Rahne smiles. * If your guards kindly would, I would be very thankful, yes.. ^^ « yeah. sucks. ^^ » Julius nods to two of his personal guard, who salute and fall in step behind Rahne. [Julius] I shall take action in the meantime... * Rahne curtsies once again, smiling warmly. * May the Goddess watch over us, protect us, guide us, and forgive us, Highness. Julius nods gravely. "Yes, undoubtedly." * Rahne nods to one of her escorts. * If you please, sir.. The two guards lead Rahne out of the room, plodding along the corridor back. * Rahne returns to her room, thanking the guards and dismissing them as she closes the door behind her.. * * Rahne sucks in a deep breath before exhaling deeply, exhaustively.. * Rahne starts dismissing the guard, but soon there's some whispers beyond the door as she closes it, before they head off. * Rahne listens.. * Rahne can't catch much but it sound like something happened in the dungeons. * Rahne pauses for a moment, waiting for the voices to drift off, before sneaking out to return to the door with the flame seal... * Rahne finds it fairly easy to walk around, given the fact security is dwindling as the launch approaches. * Rahne reaching the door, knocks on it warily.. * ...Lady Rhiana...? « did you need Rhiana for this? :) » << It'd be nice. ^^ Though I only need to impart a few brief hastily-constructed instructions to her, and get her input. ^^ >> «ooc: I thought that's why I stayed ;) » « K, just checking » << Now's the time. :) >> «ooc: So you're knocking a door? » << you're evil. ^^; >> «ooc: I am? O_O » * Rahne takes a breath, and tries to open it.. * «ooc: O » << You are. ^^ >> «ooc: I'm asking, really » « Rahne knocked ^^ » << I was knocking a door, yes. ^^ >> ...who's there? It's Rahne, m'Lady. ^^; «ooc: I'm just wondering how she knew I was there ;) » « good guess! » << Flame on the door. Luck. ^_^ >> Oh...hi Rahne..it's good to see you're okay....you're not hurt are you? * Rahne shakes her head.. * No.. thank goodness, though I don't know about the others.. * Rhiana clips off some bandage and applies it to her arm, "I've seen better days myself." I'm terribly sorry about that Lady stuff.. I know you hate it; but in the halls of the Imperial Palace, some degree of protocol is required.. ^^; Oh I don't really care anymore...I won't run away from who I am anymore. * Rahne looks at the wounded Rhiana. * Are you gonna be okay? O_o I hadn't expected you to be so banged up.. Oh I'll be fine. Fight with the little sister. Sibblings take no prisoners. * Rahne hrmms.. * Wow.. I had fights with my brother.. but.. wow.. ^^; Your brother wasn't groomed to be the next Imperial General though No.. he was a first-rate brat though, like most brothers. ^^; * Rahne smiles a bit, her thoughts momentarily shuffled aside. * Well, strangely enough...she seemed to be cursed some how * Rahne 's smile fades.. * A curse? Yeah, some sort of emotional one that magnified her feelings of anger, envy and sorrow. ..Is she okay now? Once I defeated her, it faded away.. « if Luks were awake gotta love the gizmos.. ^_^ » Hmm... ...Khyros? Hopefully. She was beat up pretty bad.. * Rhiana sighs, "I was too hard on her..I nearly killed her." «ooc: I awake :D » «ooc: Gizmos! :O » Don't think that.. you did what must be done.. and she's alive. «ooc: Fear my electric demon smoke thing! » Khryos is my guess. It takes a pretty powerful magician to even cast those spells, and an even greater one to keep it to where I couldn't tell it was there. * Rahne wags her tail reassuringly. * I spoke to Julius about Khyros.. but he seems rather oblivious.. he said he'd take my advice under counsel.. even.. well.. we'll worry about that later.. ..but I don't think he listened.. I'd guess the Emperor is under his spell. It would make Khryos's exploits easier to carry out He's planning to travel to Mt.Illusia with Cody and.. well.. set everything off.. I think Khyros might make his move then.. so I don't want this to come to pass.. I've already taken care of part of that, I think This kinda being your home n'all.. well.. I was hoping you knew the general layout.. Do you know where the others are being kept? I don't know where Cody is...but I think I know where the others are. *** Heather (diluted@mtw237.nf.sympatico.ca) Quit (Quit: ~ there's dirt in my mouth from kissing who I should not dare, there's mud coming out with every rip and every tear ~) The make up the dungeon is strange. Do you think you could get there, get them out, and get them to safety? Surely a place like this must be riddled with secret passages and escapes you might know some of... ...right? It's built so that anyone who does happen to make it out, can't find their way out * Rahne looks like she's pinned alot on hope.. * You know the way though..? I can't go with you.. I have to find Cody.. Yes, I know the way just fine. You're not going after Khyros alone, are you? * Rahne smiles, her tail's wagging starting up again.. * Great.. *** Ashton (flare_star@lsanca1-ar7-217-132.dsl.gtei.net) Quit (Quit: ~Why do we crucify ourselves? Every day I crucify myself, nothing I do is good enough for you... Crucify myself, Every day I crucify myself... and my heart is sick of being in chains...~) « finding everyone in time is the key. ^^ » Khyros? No.. I just want to try and get everyone out. Cody might have to wait. Khryos is probably holding him somewhere very tight. We might have to wait until he's brought out into the open * Rahne 's forehead wrinkles.. * Where are the guest quarters? I woke up in a pretty nice place.. since Cody's somewhat special, maybe he's in a similar place... one floor down, west wing I'll try there then.. in the meantime, if you and the others escape.. well.. we're smilin'.. I want you to promise me something Yes, R-rhiana? If it appears like you'll have to face Khyros....walk away He is a hundred times more powerful in the arts than I am. It won't come to that.. I'll get out with Cody. You'll get out with the others. We'll be okay. I hope you're right. Just be very careful. * Rahne smiles and nods. * You too. Take care, Rhiana. * Rhiana smiles, "You too." * Rahne does a little curtsie before exiting the room, in search of the guest quarters below.. * « tell em when you is done :) » * Rhiana shakes her head, "She's a lady until the very end..." << Well.. now this is dependent upon you Stor, and Luks. Does fate shine upon Rahne enough to have her stumble across the two in the quarters below? >> «ooc: am I needed? :D » «ooc: If not I sleep now » « we'll see in the true session. :) » « that's where this all ties up. » << You did awesome, Nygs. ^_^ >> «ooc: I did okay ;). heheh » << This is everything then? Very well. ^_^ >> «ooc: If you need me, I can stay a bit longer. :) » «ooc: I'm going to bed guys, I'm dead tired » «ooc: night night » Rahne ducks around a side passage, as even Rhiana heres the shuffle of combat boots.. something defintiely is going on below. But the question.. just what might that be? «ooc: Night Rhi :D » << If this is all, then I'd say end it if there's to be no Codymeeting until the real session. ^^ >> ~~ SESSION END ~~ Session Close: Sun Apr 08 05:41:33 2001 Session Start: Sun Apr 08 21:53:01 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' <> In the wake of Khyros's arrival, Tori as well as everyone there experienced a taste of true power and helplessness. For him, though these sensations were far from new... the blackness you were plunged in is perhaps a breif respite more than an intimidating void. However, it doesn't last... <> « I was typign dangit :) » Tori is jarred to consciousness by the painful sensation of being punched in the gut. NGH! <> * Tori comes to and looks around, groggily. His eyes flash open, showing him to be in what appears like a dark dungeon, chained to the wall. In front of him, a vaguely familiar figure holds up the fist that struck, rubbing it, as a locke of black hair pokes out from a ninja mask. «ooc: Locke is in her hair? Wrongness! ;_; » [Nakano] So.. are you finally awake Troubleshooter? «ooc: lol » Aghhh..define "awake". <> « whoops.. locke on the brain :) » «ooc: ^_^ Locke is the man. » [Nakano] You're alive enough to talk. That's good enough for me. And for the Empire. [Nakano] You should be honored I requested this task. You interest me. * Tori smirks I'd bow, but being in a dugeon does something funny to my sense of manners. The imperial spy takes a step back, fixing a broken light that serves to illuminate the chamber rather poorly. "I can make you bow if I wanted, but then you would be already be dead." Ahh..an optomist. [Nakano] I think you assume too much. Remember who is chained to the wall here. *** Windstar (Windstar@cs2740-91.austin.rr.com) has joined #pureland <> She sits on the edge of the table, her swords laying on it, as well as some other untensils that look a lot more painful... [Nakano] Now... my orders were to extract information from you [Nakano] If you cooperate, maybe you'll get out fo ehre with all your limbs still attached. « er of here ^^ » You're threatening me with pain? * Tori laughs. None of you really have a clue of who you're dealing with, do you? [Nakano] Oh, I'm not threatening you with pain, Tori. I think I know a bit too much about you now to do that. But if I'm right, you're going to need an arm to pull that trigger... «ooc: No he doesn't! He could prolly do it with his pinky toe! Your plan is foiled, Nakano! » « curses :o » Only one. So, I do have another to spare, if you're dead set on this torture route. Nakano chuckles. "Funny. You seem almost desensitized to the violence. And yet you are not of the ways." <> She grabs one of the katanas on the table in the blink of an eye, cutting Tori's cheek just slightly... [Nakano] First, let's see who you really are under that mask you wear. * Tori 's eyes darken, and he smiles mirthlessly. That could be a mistake. * Tori 's grin takes on an even more unsettling light as the blood from the cut starts to ooze down his cheek. Nakano tilts the point up, lifting up his hat. Can corvus come out and pla... . . . It topples off Tori's head to the ground... [Nakano] Ah. So it is you. The description was flawless. . . . She draws it away. "Hitori Rayonner. Dragoon of Larece." * Tori looks up at Nakano, but his eyes and face are those of a corpse; Dead and expressionless. [Nakano] You did well to hide thus far. Again you impress me. [Nakano] Perhaps you are not as much our enemy as the Emperor believe then. * Tori continues to stare at her, saying nothing. The blood continues to make it's way down his face, pooling in the hollow of his clavicle. She takes a step back, considering. "I wonder if you have been keeping up with current events, boy. You ahve mroe than the death of a King on your hands." * Tori stares. The blood begins to slowly spread as a damp stain across the top of his shirt. « ah, gotta love how serious this is. ^^ » <> [Nakano] I have been manipulating those factions for quite a while for his highness. Perhaps we should thank you. [Nakano] Carmine is the ultimate puppet, don't you think? << *three hours later..* Why won't you say anything, dammit?! * Tori remains silent, the blood still flowing down hish cheek, eventually collecting in the now 2-foot deep pool of blood that fills the bottom of the room.. * ... >> « Scary ^^ » * Tori flops forward suddenly, leaning hard on the chains that hold him against the wall. He sways slightly, like a corpse in the breeze, still staring. «ooc: Nakano! You killed the Tori! Baduh! » . . . [Nakano] Maybe you would be a little more talkative if I brought up your mentor. She got a bit too clsoe to ruining our plans. <> * Tori 's eyes narrow. «ooc: ...All together now... CREEPILY! » <> [Nakano] Josie, wasn't that her name? It was too bad. She was a very worthy adversary. However, I did not get the honor of doing away with her personally. <> « s'ok.. » Nakano brings the blade back up to the cut, the blood making her all the mroe eager. "But first.. tell me.. what did she say as she crawled back to die inf ront of you..." <<"...Rosebud...">> <> « Tori's afk. » « I'm awaiting him to post back when he returns. ^^ » <<*Pauses the movie and goes to the bathroom*>> «ooc: Mm. That was good pizza :0 » « Nakano should work for Ninjaburger ^_^ » «ooc: wasabi sauce :D » *** TheFreak (THEFREAK@A010-0162.NYCM.splitrock.net) Quit (Connection reset by peer) « [Nakano] Senryuujin! *slices up 100 fries isnetad of good guys* ^^ » *** Heather (diluted@mtw226.nf.sympatico.ca) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Heather « hiya Heather :) » <> *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.5: Spectres | Loc: Empire of Vandole | Time: Gnome's Day, Dawn | 139 Luc -=- PAUSED' «ooc: Heather is here :D Yay! » *** GMStoren sets mode: -m Might as well sicne Tori seems to be mroe cuaght up than I thought ^^ * Cody sings ^^ Of feeling? Cody RPing? :o Of course :) * Cody isn't, no. I wish though :) RP with me! I sorta can't :o Bler.g Sure ya can! No.. this si Tori's fun torture session of blood symbolism. ^_^ Mmm. Blood How? :o Magically! We can talk in our heads and have head sex! * DNW lounges and waits for food to arrive LOL. Khryos shut off Cody's emotion sensor. :o but what about his...GAYDAR? :o Sorry -_-; couple things happened all at once :P On top of that, I can't find a copy of 4 and 20 blackbirds to cut and paste for one of the lines -_-; Tori: Hey, I'll look :) Get Lucca on it :) Thanks ^^ just say when ready.. «ooc: http://members.nbci.com/nur_rhymes/r041.html » Is this what you're lookin' for? :) I'm tired :( When the pie was opened, the brids began to sing? ^^ <> Ooo.. let's resume :) ^_^ *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.5: Spectres | Loc: Empire of Vandole | Time: Gnome's Day, Dawn | 139 Luc -=-' «ooc: Hehe. Now find Antony and Cleopatra essays for me and I'll love you ;D » . . . * Tori 's mouth moves, like he's trying to say something, but can't find the voice. . . . . . .! * Tori 's head flops forward. «ooc: He's turned into HIKARU! » « ack ^^ » «ooc: I hate you » «ooc: No you don't. :D YOu want to have sex with me :D » *** LeBeau is now known as Scott «ooc: ...No I don't. I want to have sex with Heather. » «ooc: Oh well ^^ » «ooc: I wanna have sex with you. » «ooc: DEK is the one who wants to have...yeah, what he said » « OOC: I just want pictures! » «ooc: LOL » «ooc: ^^; » « OOC: >:D » <> « You interrupt Tori coolness with that? Pluck you all. ;) » «ooc: I was about to say that » «ooc: ^^;;; » «ooc: I'm not interrupting. Lucca started it, teacheerrrr! ;_; » «ooc: Everyone quiet, this is Tori's time :P » «ooc: *zips his lip* » *** Ashton sets mode: +m *** Ashton sets mode: -o Ashton [Nakano] Speak. I haven't cut your vocal chords just yet for a reason, Tori. * Tori is still swaying in the breeze, head down, his long ragged hair hanging in his face. . . . <<*shrugs* I guess it'll work here, too.>> Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, They all began to sing. Now, wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the King? * Tori is still looking down, the blood pooling on the floor in steady drips. * Tori looks up, and his voice sounds similar, but more true..his real voice. Nakano quirks an eyebrow, not quite expecting a nursery rhyme as an answer. The crows say... You're going to die. * Tori 's blood continues to flow, dripping to the ground, the sound echoing in the room and the silence. [Nakano] ..is this a threat to someone who is prepared to die? * Tori just stares. The crows say... You're going to die. The crows say... You're going to die. The crows say... You're going to die. You're going to die. You're going to die. * Tori keeps repeating it, the sound echoing and mixing with the drops. Nakano draws the blade away, stepping backwards from the echoing Tori... [Nakano] Is what you conceal? I am not intimidated. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty traitors, baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, They all began to sing. Now, wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the King? You're going to die. * Tori goes dead silent and falls forward [Nakano] .... [Nakano] So this empty shell of murderer... how can one believe you even have a sister anymore. She reaches forward and grabs his slumped face. * Tori is silent, except for drips of red and crimson. [Nakano] You don't even have a clue do you? [Nakano] You and Carmine are the same. You both have a mask. You both are traitors. And soon, you will both be dead. Too late. * Tori faints dead away. Nakano throws Tori's face down in disgust. [Nakano] You disappoint me. There is no joy in torturing a corpse. Nakano picks up the weapons, scattering them angrily. "And soon, I'll bring Furcht in to keep your lonely grave company. Goodbye." She slams the door of the chamber, leaving the bleeding Tori hanging up on the wall.. the ligth swinging back and forth over the stain of red below him. too late..too late..too late... * Tori laughs crazily in the silent room. The eerie sound echoes through the Vandole dungeons... ~~ SESSION END ~~ « oh I can tie this to Chrys ;) » *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Ashton O_o That was QUICK Just how I like it baby Bame Tori, he was a bit too intense. ;) Whee :D ^^ Tori... I have something to say. YOU ARE FUCKING COOL!! I CONCUR ;_; * DNW applauds ^_^ OH HELL YEAH. ^^ ^^; Thanks Glad to see one of us didn't sell out to being a baby face :) but imagien what people will think when they find him o_o Enygma! pass door with crazy laughing "Uhh.. do we really want to save him..." ^^; What's this "babyface" I hear of? O_o Thanks again about finding the rhyme, Lucs..I don't think I could of improvised it and got the same effect. How can I avoid being it and still keep my sanity intact? Babyface is a term used in wrestling for your storybook "Good guys" Tori: no problem :D Ah. Gotcha. *** Ashton is now known as Chrys So Hulk Hogan is a babyface :P ...Hulk Hogan is a sell-out ;p But Triple H is a heel Hulk Hogan is a scary pedophile. Rhiana was a heel, but she sold out to being a babyface ;) *** Cody sets mode: -m * Grue gasps for air. O_o * Scott 's face was turning blue. Grue! Was Lisa THAT good to you? *huff* *huff* lol ;D hunf hunf 17, baby! I'd like to make a request ;) LOL Fuck you! ;) Even Heather couldn't compare! :d My girlfriend was cheating on me! Screw off! g0 t34m h373r0! Since I'm talking about wrestling, I'll steal a line from a popular wrestler today When there are lude sessions going on Would you please... SHUT THE HELL UP! Okay! Heather! Would you be up for a bi 3-way? Our powers combined, nobody shall ever topple us! >:D ^^; O_o (lightning crash) Okay. ^_^ o_o Mwahahahahahaa! * GMStoren edges away from Grue Folks like Tori haven't had much spotlight You shall all cower before our orgasmic prowess! And the way his lude was going was pretty dramatic. It's rather insulting to have a buncha random hentai chat come up right in the middle of his spotlight session Well, yeah.. when you see a Tori psycho fit, please shut it. ;) He's not psychotic.. just disturbing. ^^ Come on Storen you can do it Do the Y2J Say it! Er * GMStoren is't sure abotu "the Y2J" thing. ^^ He's just as fuckiedup as Kurik. Hee. No wonder Rache longs to be friends with him. ;) Sure you do! You say Would you please... SHUT THE HELL UP! Oka Nygs. ^_- Wel folks, I think I'm gonna toddle off :) But first you do it so I ca do Chrys. ;) Night all ^_^ Night DNW ^^ Later DNW :D * Bahamut tends to hold people that say such loud and obnoxious things indistain, and ignores them. ^^; * G'night, DNW. ^_^ I wanna do Chrys ;_; * DNW passes out hugs ^_^ night, DNW. Heather, sure! O_o Do him when you rescue him! er.. Later DNW Storen! Badah! ;D *** DNW (dnwwheeler@ACB49A33.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Quit: ) *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.6: Resistance | Loc: Empire of Vandole | Time: Gnome's Day, Dawn | 139 Luc -=-' Quote #157 >> The short man runs toward the fallen form of the metal demon, reloading his fun. * Cody shuts up now ^^ heheh! I sw :) er saw This is better :D Quote #156 * Shane looks at the box. >> Nice box. <> lol « OOC: ;D » Okay, you're ruining my momentum girl. ;) * Cody really SHUTS UP NOW * GMStoren cracks his knuckles Ready Chrys? Y2J her Storen! * GMStoren drops the Gm Elbow on Enygma. :o ... * Enygma is healed ™ damn Enygmachine. I'm surrounded by freaks. *** Dekar_Zol (someone@lsanca1-ar7-217-132.dsl.gtei.net) has left #Pureland (I'll be idling when you need me. Everyone is arguing and I don't ...) Wow! O-o O_o ...arguing? * GMStoren blinks We were? I...guess so? Woah. ^_^ We made Dekar leave. That's cool! I've never seen Dekar leave. ^^: SHUT UP HEATHER Oh wait we're not arguing nevermind ...He does. Usually during ToD fights ;_; :/ * GMStoren rubs his head. "Okay.. get ready then I guess." ^^ ~~ SESSION START ~~ Chrys's newfound freedom from the pain of his split personality was short lvied, when the boom at the Light Palace was lowered. And, unfortunately for him, it wasn't a fatal one.. for he knew exactly where he was going to be when he came to... «ooc: Uh, how do I play off that? Or do you have more? » In his dazed state the only thing he feels at first is cold. Cold steel around his wrists and legs. Empire shackles. Gh... The rest of the dark, dusty room comes into view, a cell like any other in the Vandole dungeons. * Chrys slowly comes to...things start falling into place, and he curses loudly. Hells...why did I have to get shoved in here...? In this place... In this...exact...same...cell... As he scans the room, he ehars a crazy laugh echo through the hall outside. * Chrys tenses, and then blinks. "That isn't...no...it can't be...geez..." * Chrys tries to free himself from the shackles by dislocating his hand, joint by joint... Chrys painfully begins extricating his hand from the chains. But it's cut short as the heavy door is thrown open. * Chrys winces from the pain, but convince himself that it's the only way to get free from the shackles that restrain him... * Chrys stops his breath and his dislocation as he hears the door swing open. He looks towards the light, squinting to see if he can make out who it is... In comes the terror inspiring ninja, Nakano, an angry scowl apparent even through ehr shadowy viel. [Nakano] I don't suppose you're going to disappoint me too, Chrys, but running from this cell. « er by » [Nakano] You probably know it the best, don't you? ...Disappoint you? If you want disappointment, then I'll sleep with you. Right now, I don't give a shit about how disappointed you are...I have a world to save. One that you and your fucking higher-ups are trying to destroy. She glares at him, as if sizing up a piece of meat. "I think you have that the other way around. It is you who are destroying our world by your existance." ...Then kill me. It's all the same to me. Either I die, or I live. Big fucking deal. You think I care if I die? [Nakano] No. But you may care what your death is going to do... ...Enlighten me, wench. Nakano takes out her katana, as Chrys sees there is fresh blood on it. * Chrys grins. "Scary. If you're going to threaten me with my death, then don't warn me that it'll do things if you're not going to tell me what those are. That's just stupid. [Nakano] ...I'm going to do what I should have done to you before. How would you like it if I sent you back to your little Resistance friends in several bite size peices? ....... [Nakano] Plenty for everyone to see how fooolish it is to stand against us. And your head just for Mara Jade... * Chrys wideeyes. "What...?!" « er James that is :) » « kill Enygma later » What did you do to her...?! « *gets post it ntoe* » «ooc: lol, too much Star Wars » «ooc: MARA JADE KICKS ASS » [Nakano] I think it's mroe what she did to herself... 9 years ago. * Chrys chokes. "What do you mean..." [Nakano] It was only a matter of time, little boy. Once we traced her leak, it was easy to arrange her "disappearance". Maybe the words are a little too big for you. Maybe I need to slow down for you to understand what I'm asking. * Chrys snarls. "What...did...you...do...to...my...grandmother?!" [Nakano] While she was hiding in the ruins from the police forces, I thought it might be fun to crush such an old coward under the stone statues of the abandoned ruins. [Nakano] A fitting end. A forgotten hero, buried in a forgotten place... * Chrys shakes in pure anger. "You...god...damned....BITCH!" [Nakano] Ah, I knew I could count on you. [Nakano] Your little friend let me down, but you.. you're more my type. [Nakano] Scream and hate. It does nothing but hasten your death and my pleasure. Maybe I will let you decdie how I end your life? * Chrys growls, still shaking. "So that's your game, huh? If I piss you off...if I don't get angry for you...you don't get off, you god damned pain-slut...." [Nakano] Is tha the best curse you have for me? I have a lot better. I'm a little too worked up to think of them right now. Sue me. Nakano shakes her head. "It doesn't matter... you are worthless in life. Perhaps you'll be happy knowing your death will have mroe emaning." * Chrys slowly works his wrist. "I'm sure it will." Nakano grabs her second sword. "I have satisfied the other one, but this one is hungry for more." So? You think you'll get a chance to use it on me? She points it at the chained Chrys, preparing to gut him. "Watch me.... Sayonara." Sayonara. * Chrys rips his hand out of the shackle, turning himself just in time to dodge Nakano's sword, countering with a roundhouse to her face. Chrys's side is nicked by the super sharp katana, but luckily not very fatal! His punch however, is unable to be countered, staggering the ninja woman for a vital moment. *** Tori (rareifever@216-97-204-010.ppp.mpinet.net) Quit (Ping timeout) « or kick if it was ^^ » *** Tori (rareifever@216-97-204-011.ppp.mpinet.net) has joined #pureland [Nakano] ...! *** Bahamut sets mode: +o Tori You see what you've already done to me, bitch...? * Chrys relocates his thumb, wincing, and pulls his other hand out of the shackle. "You made me what I am..." Nakano doesn't talk anymore, instead making good on her promise to chop his limbs off with a counter attack as he frees himself. :o Chrys is barely about to pull away without losing his other hand... * Chrys rolls out of the way, working to get his hands back in working condition as he dodges her sword! [Nakano] I can easily unmake you. ...Yeah, maybe you could, if you were less intent on killing me and paying more attention to actually HITTING me, chinko. Nakano whirls around, several red knives appearing out of nowhere and striking out at Chrys in a bloody blur! "Arashi no Sakura!" They whiz by him, planting into the wall, one of them catching in his leg painfully. [Nakano] ...you are quick. And ordinary man would have been shredded in seconds. * Chrys dodges again, but not without a telltale scar for later. "Nice. You took my advice, bugeater." * Chrys grabs the knives. "Now it's my turn, though." Nakano thrusts & slashes several times at Chrys's face as he frees a spare dart or two. * Chrys rolls out of the way, getting slashed several times on the face but escaping the brunt of the damage before leaping up, rebounding off the cell wall, and coming down daggers-first towards Nakano! Fortunately, his luck seems to be good.. for once. His manuever puts him in an advantageous position, striking down at Nakano's back! She doesn't scream, but is pinning down painfully by her own darts... :o *** Scott (bmscott@DIALUP-157-153.TNMEM2.USIT.NET) Quit (Quit: Surgeon General's Warning: All Your Base Are Belong To Us!) [Nakano] Why you... *** Tori (rareifever@216-97-204-011.ppp.mpinet.net) Quit (Ping timeout) ...You made me what I am...A damn shame that the student is once again in the master's position...too damn cliche. * Chrys kicks Nakano while she's down, making sure she can't move her arms. [Nakano] ...you are a fool to think you can escape again. *** Tori (rareifever@216-97-204-028.ppp.mpinet.net) has joined #pureland *** Cody sets mode: +o Tori * Chrys stands up, pressing a foot down into Nakano's chest painfully. "Well, I guess that means I have fool's luck in addition to my normal luck, doesn't it?" [Nakano] ...luck does not exist... [Nakano] Try it if you dare. But you will die. * Chrys kicks her again. "I didn't ask for your opinion, ya fucking sushi-eater." The pinned body of Nakano shifts to shadows, a sudden wind blowing blinding cherry blossoms about the room. Chrys's foot hits cold cinderblocks. ...Bitch... * Chrys sighs and grabs the knives again. "These'll have to do until I can get my old weapons back..." « you know, Tori almost rpedicted the future. ;) » * Chrys walks to the door and tries it, seeing that surprisingly, Nakano didn't lock it while she tormented him Chrys notices an old scratch upon the door as he swings it. * Chrys blinks at the scratch, examining it passingly. Nothing too special, but you think you recall last time you escaped, it was a guard's sword that made such a mark when yous tole it... * Chrys chuckles darkly. "Geez, you would have thought they could have gotten some new doors..." The thunder of feet fills the corrdiors outside in another second. Guards seems to be filing into the dungeon at an alarming rate. Soemthing must eb going on. <> * Chrys quietly curses as he hears guards, running the way he hears them NOT coming from or going... *** Windstar (Windstar@cs2740-91.austin.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Leaving) « hmm, anyone vote for him running into Key & Rache? » << I'd vote in favor of that. It'd make Rhi's job easier. ^^ >> <> «ooc: Fine by me. » ooc actually, it would make MY lfie easier. hehe. :) « gah o_o » « sorry ^^ » *** Heather is now known as Rachel Chrys darts around the opposite corner, trying to recall the floor plans of this place from many years ago... you realize you must be near the south end of the maze. * Chrys narrows his eyes, trying to recall and still see where he's going, figuring the exit should be... East! * Chrys runs that way, not even noticing he said that out loud. Chrys is correct in his assumption that the exit is east, for he sees a locked iron gate that way. Of coruse, there's an entire squad of burly, armed to the teeth guards standing there. [Guard] The thief! Another jailbreaker! * Chrys chs and backs up a bit. "Shit!" ...Another? The immediately break post and come after you! * Chrys shakes his head. "No time for questions...!" * Chrys tries to rush past the guards, over the guards, whatever he can to get away. There is too many to get around them to the exit... Chrys recieves a good clonk on the head from a shield bash, sending him sprawling. * Chrys eats cobblestone. Just as he's trying to collect his wits, yeall come from behind him... « er yells » Gh...fuck...that didn't work as well as it did last time...huh? * Chrys shakes the cobwebs out of his head and starts to look towards the commotion.. A trail of green breaks the dimly lit passage, as suddenyl Keylia appears running at you. "Shit Rachel, they're gaining on us!" * Rachel appears after Keylia, panting softly, grasping a fine sword. "Well speed up! No more food for you!" «ooc: Yeah, move it tubby! ;) » Keylia stops flat out, nearly tripping over Chrys. ^^ [Keylia] Agh.. who the hell... Chrys?! Gah! Geez, Key! You'd think you'd stop for someone who's trying to run for his life and just got the shit beat out of him! * Rachel skids to a stop in surprise, almost banging into Keylia. She grins in joy at seeing Chrys okay. * Rachel then glances over her shoulder. ^^; Keylai sees the bunch of eman guards in front of him. "I see your point." We're gonna get it from both ends, I think.. Just then the trailing regiment pulls up the rear, trapping the three! * Chrys stands up and dusts himself off, turning towards the guards. "Should we start busting heads? I know the way out of here...but then we'd pass up anyone who was still locked up in here... [Guard] It's useless! * Rachel twirls her sword and turns towards the guards in the rear, grinning wickedly. "Nothing is useless except your worthless blabber!" No, you've got that backwards! You're the useless ones! * Chrys twirls his knives, casting a sidewards glance towards Rachel. "Shall we?" Most definitely. Keylia puts her back to Chrys and Rachel as they surround you. "What a major workout this has been..." You sound like it's a hassle, Key!' «ooc: Think I'll go to sleep, night all » * Rachel lashes out at a guard with her sword testingly. "Better than being walled up in that cell!" «ooc: Night Nygs :) » [Keylia] Hey, I deserve some fun after 1000 years of sitting on my ass! Let's go! *** Enygma (enygma@05-039.001.popsite.net) Quit (Quit: ) * Chrys follows up on the guard, flooring him. "All for that!" Chyrs blinks. What the hell did he just miss... of course, he's probably going to find out the hard way, like usual.. ^^ ~~ SESSION END ~~ ^^ Doh. Need to stop.. Chrys always learns SO HARD The fight is in real session :) Ohhhh so hard ohhh baby ;) ;) Anyway, I gotta go write my paper for real now. :) no more distractions. Plus I gotta reboot. So i'll bid you all adieu unless you need me :) Later, Cody sextoy ;) Jej ;_ Gppd yu8ijflvk Take care, Lukie-luks. :) G'night. ^^ Okay, good ^_^ lol Night ^^ * GMStoren huggles *** Cody (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) Quit (Quit: Quote #104 Dear lord, it's Gayo Wow, Rasis. Now I assume you two are going to take off all your clothes and pork? We can do it with clothes. Or our clothes could do it without us, for that matter) It's hard to type with one hand ;) O_o ROTFL :o Something happen? *** GMStoren is now known as Storen * Chrys chuckles. "No, I'm just testing the waters for a reaction." -> *nickserv* identify sylthia LOL *** Chrys is now known as Ashton Chrys got a woody from being rescued by the two femme fatales. ^_^ HEYyyy *** Tori is now known as Locke Oh yeah.. ^_- * Rachel tweaks Storen's cheek and toddles off to #rpgcafe ;) *** Rachel (diluted@mtw226.nf.sympatico.ca) Quit (Quit: ~ Get up, c'mon, get down with the sickness! Open up your hate and let it flow into me! ~) * Storen blushes * Ashton blinks Hey, feel glad she tweaked your cheek and not your nipple. ;) You'd die of embarassment Actually my nipple would make me laugh ^_^ My cheeck will make me blush. * Ashton chuckles Chrys was that okay there though? I sort of wanetd you to kill Nakano.. but not yet :o Damn Tori for being so convincing. ^^ Yeah. That's fine. I was pretty sure that I shouldn't kill her right now ;) Well... no. I need her later.. but the way Tori said Your'e going to die would be funny if you kileld her. :o Heh. ^^ Naw. I was content with just venting ala Rodney King on her At the very elast you made ehr angry by killing ehr honor. ^_^ Spouting out racial slurs and kicking the shit out of her ;) Yeah, you betetr not slur if you go to ehr island. ^ Assuming I have a Japnesque island in ehre. But that mgith depend on DNW... :) *** Chriswizard (Cwizard59@ACA69424.ipt.aol.com) has joined #pureland I found out he mgith not be able to free his night in time like I was hoping by May Hey chris :) Crappy deal.. :/ Session Close: Mon Apr 09 00:33:37 2001 Session Start: Fri Apr 13 00:54:54 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' whoops :) *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.7: The Orphan of Storm, Part 2 | Location: Grand Palace | Time: Gnome's Day, Morning | 139 Luc -=-' All set? Yep. :D ~~ SESSION START ~~ «ooc: Ooooooh.Orphan of Storm » «ooc: want the +m? » «ooc: Not unless we really need it. :) » «ooc: :) » «ooc: I mean, its not like no one can't talk in here now. » Following Cody's visit, Niki went back to her fun and games that day, enjoying the company of ehr new friend Joch the chocobo. :) However, once she set down for a rest on a nice leafy hammock that night, her nagging thoughts started getting worse... and she awoke with a start that morning following a nightmare of her friends all being swallowed into a deep black void... «ooc: All 2 of her friends!....er...that was mean ;) » «ooc: Damn...a black hole ate Joch and Flora! » The Plant Angel is looking down at you with a concerned face, a soft petal hand over your forehead.. "Niki alright? Flora heard scream..." «ooc: I'm fine...Cody and all his pals died. It was cool. » «ooc: LOL. ^^ » «ooc: LOL! » « no, see everyoen did. including flora and Joch :) » «ooc: Heh. » * Niki looks up at Flora, and smiles a bit. "I..I'm fine. Just had a weird dream." Joch is munching on his breakfast, looking up with a beak full of greens. «ooc: Off all.Star TRek :o » «ooc: Please state the nature of the Medical Emergency. » [Flora] Flora wishes she could dream. Was it nightmare? Yeah. A bad dream. Flora sits on a stray branch in the tree above Niki. "Flora actually have bad feeling today... something happened in place of Light." I hate nightmares. Why can't I have a good dream. « er palace » «ooc: Although that actually works too. ^_^ » « true ^ » Gold City? That place is always bad. [Flora] Not bad like that. Evil magic. Wisp crying... Why? Everyone else sealed that glowing seed. [Flora] Flora knows the last seed was sealed by Knight... but something happened. Drayd said it was Vandole... Who's Vandole? [Flora] Bad empire... they very selfish. Ooh, the empire. My snotty dad was talking about them one time I think. I bet they suck. Flora nods. "Maybe they hrut old friends when they get seed..." * Niki turns away for a second and crosses her arms. "I...I don't care about them." [Flora] Even Cody? * Niki then slouches a little and turns back to Flora. "But do you think they really got them?" «ooc: Especially Cody! Augh! O_o No more females going after Cody! » Flora sighs sadly. "Flora doesn't know... but Flora no can feel Gemma anymore." «ooc: hee ^^ » Would that tree know? «ooc: That tree...lol. » [Flora] Master knows lots. Want to see her? Okay. * Niki hops out of the hammock, and picks up Joch. "Come on, lets go." Joch pecks at Niki's hand lightly, wondering where she's going. [Joch] kweh? Were going to go talk to the tree lady. Flora hops off the branch, landing on the forested floor of the hidden sanctuary. She points to a shimmering door a bit different from the rest. [Flora] Niki go there for Stage room... * Niki puts Joch on her shoulder, then looks back at Flora. "Aren't you coming too?" [Flora] Oh, Flora is coming too! Okay, then lets go. :) * Niki starts walking towards the door. Flora pulls up near Niki, standing about a full foot or two higher than her in her current form. ^^ «ooc: I'm small. ;_; » * Niki looks up at Flora. "Wooow, your tall." You both proceed through the gateway, ending up in the top floor of the Palace. * Niki stands on her tippy toes to try to match her height. [Flora] *smiles* Flora can be any height she wants... The Mana Angel shrinks a bit, some pollen falling off ehr until she matches Niki's small stature. Hey neat. I wanna do that too. [Flora] Niki grow up when she is older? I guess...I don't think about that kinda stuff. ^^; Flora nods, and the two proceed to the center of the room. You ntoice the Mana Seed floating in the air of it's own accord, blinking several times in succession like a green becon. *** Disconnected *** Attempting to rejoin... *** Rejoined channel #Pureland *** Topic is '-=- Chapter 26.7: The Orphan of Storm, Part 2 | Location: Grand Palace | Time: Gnome's Day, Morning | 139 Luc -=-' *** Set by GMStoren on Fri Apr 13 01:03:14 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Storen « well pluck you too AOHell ^^ » «ooc: WB » *** Storen is now known as GMStoren -> *nickserv* identify sylthia [Flora] Niki grow up when she is older? I guess...I don't think about that kinda stuff. ^^; *** GMStoren (paladinrpg@AC9AFF1B.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) Flora nods, and the two proceed to the center of the room. You ntoice the Mana Seed floating in the air of it's own accord, blinking several times in succession like a green becon. (re) «ooc: Just making sure :D » « I got it all ^^ » «ooc: Perhaps you shoulda msg'ed that. ^^; » «ooc: ...My bad. » The diminuative Dryad is running around in a tizzy. :o [Drayd] Oh what to do, what to do! « er Dryad » * Niki looks at the seed. "Hey neat...does it always do that?" She stops, ntoicing niki and co. "Oh Niki.. thank goodness you've come! It's an emergency!" [Flora] Seed does this because Cody getting power... [Joch] kweh? ^^ * Niki looks at Flora, then to Dryad. "What? We out of milk?" :/ Dryad looks like she wants to laugh a second, but is actually quite serious. ^^ Maybe not. ^^; [Dryad] No..no.. much worse. Wisp just showed em everything that happened at the Light Palace. « er me » [Dryad] That no good Khyros and Vandole... they captured Cody and Roric and everybody! ;_; Neat, so you got to see them do that seed thing? So whats wrong? [Flora] So Flora felt right? * Niki looks down for a second..."Did they all fall in a big black hole?" :/ [Dryad] Well, he used a forbidden black art... the spell of Ancient. It's pretty obvious he's in league with chaos. It was him all this time.. oh why didn't I see.. :/ * Niki scratches her head, not fully getting all of this. ^^; [Dryad] Right now you and the Mana Axe are all that's still free from them... Why did they leave my axe? I don't have it. I only have a wimpy gold axe. Although its shiny. [Dryad] Well... Roric told me he was putting your axe somewhere only he and I know about. He was afraid you'd misuse it afetr everything... ^^ [Flora] Roric was smelly man Niki mentioned? Ooh, I should kick his butt for hiding my axe. But who's Rori...oh the smelly man? [Dryad] Hey! He's not smelly, he just is very natural. That's why he's got my magic... I should go hide his umm...no, that would means I would have to sniff him. Well you don't stink. He does. Dryad fluffs her leafy hair regally. "Niki, I know you are mad at everyone, but if we don't do something soon, Cody's going to get tainted and the whole world's going to go down the drain into a dark hole... I'll disappear even... [Flora] World die? o_o I bet if you walked up to him and took a big sniff you would go...*falls down on the floor with her eyes closed. After a second she gets back up.* Joch falls off to the floor near Niki as she phantomimes. ^^ * Niki picks up Joch. "Oops, sorry. Forgot you were..." looks down at Joch with a slightly sad face, then to Flora. Dark hole....? [Flora] If bad tree grows in purelands, it reflect entire world... Flora may not have palce there. :/ Joch gesticulates in Niki's hands wildly as Flora talks [Joch] Kweh! Kwwwwweh! «ooc: Joch: Feed me, Seymour! » [Joch] Kwekwy. * Niki looks down, at Joch, but not really focusing on him. She is whispering to herself... "(w) But everyone fell down that hole..." «ooc: keweky? ^^ Kwirky? » « he's trying to say Cody ^^ » «ooc: Kwirk! He rocks. :D » «ooc: I figured. Maybe Kwoky? Kode? ^^; » « I dunno if they can make an o sound. :p » «ooc: Kwarky » «ooc: Kwarky ^^ » « lol ^^ » «ooc: ... » * Niki looks back at Dryad. "But I can't do anything..." «ooc: Kweh. ;P Kweh Kukweh wark. » [Dryad] Niki, you're a real tough little girl.. just look at how far you came since running away. You're a hero, just as much as anyone else. ^_^ But I don't have my axe. They stole it from me. [Dryad] I was watching to see if you're ready for it again, but now we don't have much choice. I'm going to send you to Mandala where it's hidden.. assuming you're willing to fight again? [Dryad] I don't want to froce you, but if you don't.. you may not have a home here much longer... ;_; « er force » * Niki looks at Dryad. "This is my home?" [Flora] Niki say she run away before, but not run away from Flora... * Niki looks towards Flora. "But your not mean and stupid. Your nice." [Dryad] Isn't home a place where you feel welcomed? I'll always welcome you Niki! But if things change, someone else will be running this place.. [Dryad] And they probably will be mean and stupid.. *** Chriswizard (Cwizard59@AC9E471E.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Niki wraps an arm around Flora. "Does that mean that Flora is my sister"? ^^ Flora beams. ^_^ [Flora] Flora have many sisters, but none like Niki. [Dryad] We're all family here right? Okay...I'll go. *looks up for a second, then back down.* But then I can't talk or play with my sister. Flora looks sad. "Flora no can leave palace. Must be guardian..." :( «ooc: Don't forget Joch! :) » «ooc: I'd take him with me. :) » [Joch] Kweh! *keeps nipping at Niki insistantly* ^^ [Dryad] Well there might be a way to take ehr with you... « er her » * Niki looks at Joch. "Yeah...you can be our family pet." But she said she can't leave... [Dryad] Maybe she can't physically leave this place, but her sisters are all connected to each other spirtually. So if I gave you something to focus that, she could appear anywhere you were. [Flora] Dryad really could do that? You mean like how I can call the Shade Man? «ooc: I'd be cool if Shade appeared cuz I said Shade. » [Dryad] Sure! I'm an Elemental just like him, it'd be wrong to just send you alone, Niki... « you'd have to concentrate more. you're in the Plant palace. :) » «ooc: Heh. » Dryad floats oevr to the mana seed, pulling some energy off it. [Dryad] Lemme see.. a little of this and... that.. «ooc: >> Elsewhere...Cody gets his kneecap suddenly yanked off. Oops... » «ooc: LOL » Drayd starts working it until it takes the form of a ring. «ooc: A green ring, with a flower symbol on it. :D » [Dryad] Whew.. there. Portable mana focus point! So how do I use it? Dryad hands it to Niki. She can see it's a green ring, beaing a pink flower on it's face. ^^ « er bearing » [Flora] Ring look like Flora... The Mana Angel bends down to look at it curiously. Hey, this ring looks neat. Green is cool. ^^ * Niki shows it to Flora. [Dryad] Oh, don't worry.. it's easy. You can talk to each other any time you want, and it can help erh manifest in toher areas of the world briefly. Oh cool, so I can talk to her anytime I want. :D [Flora] Oh, Flora so happy! Can help Niki after all! [Dryad] I bet if you find Cody, he could do some other things with it too... [Joch] Kweh! But its my ring. He can't have it. * Niki puts the ring on her left ring finger. "Ooh, it fits too." :D [Dryad] Just saying.. so do you wanna go there? It's going to be dangerous, on a really high fiery mountain.. « one sec.. brb :) » « back. ^^ » «ooc: k » Okay, but I have to get my stuff. I left it in the other room. Flora waits by the seed. "Flora is excited..." «ooc: ... » «ooc: *snicker* » * Niki walks through the warp door, and after a few minutes returns in her full armor gear, and oversized helm. The Golden Axe is attached to the back of her armor, her satchel hanging from it. « heh ^^ » * Niki lifts the helm a little so she can see better. "Man, this thing is to big." Why can't they make like a Niki size for me. [Flora] Niki looks so shiny. ^^ Yep. ^_^ [Dryad] Maybe you'll find some kiddie sized armor along the way... as soon as you get the axe I'll see about setting you as close as I can to vandole to check it out, ok? Okay. Oh! [Dryad] If soemthing happens, Flora can make you invisible to run away. ^^ «ooc: Joch! Get Joch armor! :D It'd be cute. » Can I do that invisible thing while I'm there? Hey, cool. :D [Flora] Flora can do that.. but if evil magic there might not work. :( * Niki looks at Joch. "You going to go with me, or stay here?" [Joch] Kweh! Kweh! Kawrky! «ooc: *dies » «ooc: Hehe. Kwarky. » « darn I typoed it. wah ;_; » Kwarky? You never said that before. «ooc: What was it supposed to be? » « switched the a & w ^_- » Joch looks a little uppety, jumping up and down as he says this. * Niki kneels down. "Well if your going...hop on." ^^ [Dryad] The chocobo's Cody's ept right? I think he knwos Cody's in trouble. « er pet » He isn't his pet. He's the family pet now. :D [Dryad] Yeah, the mana Family. *winks* Here we go! Niki is engulfed in a green light, it's like stepping through thsoe doors only ten times as bright and tingling. [Flora] Flora see Niki soon! @_@ Woo, this makes the Gold City look sucky.... *** Retrieving #Pureland info... Yep, see you soon sister! :D « er another second.. » «ooc: >> Later that night, Niki has the same dream again...this time she can hear her own voice. * Niki's dad falls down the Black Hole. Woo hoo! * Niki's mom falls down the Black Hole. Yay! * Cody falls down the Black Hole. Aww, sucks to be him. » «ooc: Aww, wow. Hey! I improved from a Yay to a sucks to be you! She's starting to like Cody! WHOO! » «ooc: LOL » In an instant, Niki appears on a deserted mountain plateau somewhere in the mandalan steppes. The breeze blows strongly, but you can feel it burns your cheeck instead of cools it. A faint smell of suphur also hangs on the air, a few geysers venting steam near you. *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.7: The Orphan of Storm, Part 2 | Location: Mt. Rolante | Time: Gnome's Day, Morning | 139 Luc -=-' Man...its hot here. * Niki looks at Joch. "You hot too?" Joch fans his face. "kweh..." Oh, I was gonna try this out. :D The ragged path stretches to the north up to the top of the peak, or east and south, presumably down to lower altitudes. * Niki taps on the ring a few times with her finger. "Hello?" A moment passes, and a sparkle of gren appears from the ring, shooting out in front of Niki. The vague image of Flora appears, solidifying as her voice begins to chime in. "Niki hear me?" Hey cool it works. ^_^ [Flora] Oh, ring works... Flora is with Niki. ^_^ Hi. :D She takes a few steps on the ground, petting Niki's head with a vine or two. Okay...which way do we go? ^^; [Flora] It very hot here... and Flora can feel monsters. :( But Mana energy is strong there.. *she points to the north path* Yeah its hot here. Why couldn't the Stinky Roric put my axe in a place that was cooler. «ooc: Stinky Roric, The - A monster woodsman that was once a gemma knight. Is smelly and extrememly perverted. » «ooc: Heh, you forgot to mention his poor grammar and accent. ;) » « I should make a rorci monster in IoG » «ooc: LOL. » «ooc: Rorci? » «ooc: Indeed! » « er Roric ^^ » «ooc: Bog Dole's brother? ;) » Okay...lets go. :D * Niki starts walking up the north path. Flora nods & shrinks in size to Niki's porportions, and starts following behind her. >> Flora joins Niki's party! :D «ooc: Yay. :D » « cheesy music :) » «ooc: >> Zelda Theme. "Do doo doo dooooo!" *Niki holds Flora above her head* » « nah, the ally joins som theme ^^ » «ooc: Heh. » *** Radien (radien@c339940-a.eugene1.or.home.com) has joined #pureland Niki hoofs it up the crag laden path, the environment not to hospitable at all. It obvious to her once people lvied ehre a long time ago, but the volcanic ativity must have pushed them away at some point.. «ooc: Oh, I thought that said "crap laden path." I was like...What the hell?! » «ooc: Damn crappin' volcanoes! » Up ahead, there's what looks to be a vien of cooling lava. And in it sits Watt's Axe, though ti seems to be throbbing with a dull glow. Wow, that was easy. But why is it glowing? «ooc: Oh, and the axe is a fire red, the blade is also red, but a li » *** GMRadien (radien@c339940-a.eugene1.or.home.com) has joined #pureland *** Radien (radien@c339940-a.eugene1.or.home.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) « There can be only one GM! » «ooc: GMRadien? :o » *** GMRadien is now known as err-O_o *** err-O_o is now known as Radien « ^_- » «ooc: *** GMRadien was kicked by Storen (There can only be one GM!) » [Flora] Hmm.. axe feels powerful... «ooc: Er...GMStoren. ^^; » «ooc: BURN YOUR HAND OFF! HAHAH! » Really? Does that mean the guy with the skull mask made it better? :D Flora takes a step back. "Niki careful. Something coming!" Huh? Wha? Sure enough as you draw near to the axe, a bird swoops out of the sky! * Niki jumps back as Flora insists, and draws the Golden Axe. Guess we get to fight after all. It hits the ground where Niki was a second ago, rising up back into the air. You can see it's not totally a bird, clad in a green wizardly robe. Hey, neat outfit. ^_^ «ooc: Nooo! Kimono Wizards O_o » [Kimono] Bird Swawk! That axe is mine, little girl! « er.. » No way, thats MY axe. [Kimono Bird] Swawk! That axe is mine, little girl! [Joch] Kweh! o_O «ooc: Er...transpose my line then. ^^; » [Flora] It Kimono Bird... Djinn monster... [Kimono Bird] That right, and I don't like little theives on my mountain, skwawk! I'm not a thief. Thats MY axe. You stole it from me! >> Kimono Bird appears! Combat! [Kimono Bird] You little morsel... I'll feed you to my pets... * Niki looks at Flora. "Lets kick its butt!" :D [Flora] Flora help! *** Radien (radien@c339940-a.eugene1.or.home.com) has left #pureland «ooc: Aww, Radien doesn't wanna watch my battle. :/ » >> Kimono Bird floats over the lava vien, pointing a talon hand at it. Suddenly two vague shapes rise out of it, flailing burning hands at Niki... >> Lava Man A & B appear in offensive position! Hey, thats cheating! >> Niki's turn. «ooc: Whats my charge at? ^^; » « 2/4 :) level 1 is ready. » «ooc: Okay. » * Niki runs up to the Kimono Bird, taking a leap into the air and slashing it with her axe. Flora rises up on her feet, her soft skin becoming all spiny and like a natural carapace. >> Niki attacks the Kimono Bird! It flutters out of harm's way! Hey, hold still! [Kimono] I'm not such an easy mark, swawk! «ooc: Joch should attack doing 1 damage. ^_^ » [Flora] Flora know how to even odds... « you want him to ;) » «ooc: Maybe once. ;) » «ooc: Flora casts Mana Magic on Niki...Niki's Golden Axe becomes the Mana axe for 2 round. :O » «ooc: Naw. » >> Flora lifts up a hand, as the petals unwrap from it and a single drop flys outward at Niki, encasing her in a strange shimmering field. Dew Prism! Her parry Rate is doubled! Hey neat... >> Lava Man A lumbers oevr, slapping the tiny target, but he catches nothing. Miss :o * Niki hops around a bit. Neener Neener! :D >> Lava Man B tries to hit where his friend didn't and catches Niki by sheer process of elimination.. ^^ 51 damage! [Flora] Hurt Niki! Flora angry! * Niki falls on her butt. "Hey, no fair. Your only allowed to try to hit me one at a time." [Joch] kweh! >:| Joch hops out of Niki's pocket to help, but falls on his face, not doing much of anything... x_X *** Bahamut (bahamut@brndas02-p05.mts.net) Quit (Quit: Ayst Allense Kai Exaltus!) Oops. You okay? >> Kimono Wizard defends, gathering his energy and letting his summoned help do his dirty work. [Joch] Kweh.. ^^ >> Niki's turn. Maybe I'll go after the cheaters first... * Niki runs up to Lava Man A, and gives it a whack with her axe. >> Niki attacks the cheaters.. 100 damage! «ooc: Yay! :D » >> Charge at 3/4! [Lava Man] Ooogh.. Yeah, thats more like it. :D >> Flora unfurls ehr hands again, this time producing a stream of very painful seeds rapid fire at Lava Man B. Green Gatling! 156 damage! [Flora] That for sister! «ooc: Agh, its Neo Fio's Level 3 tech! :O » >> Lava Man A guns for Niki again, but she sidesteps.. * Niki sticks her tongue out at the Lava Man. >> Lava Man B decides Flora is tastier, and swipes at her singing her frame only slightly. 63 damage! Hey, leave my sister alone. [Flora] Ow.. Flora still feel pain like this... [Kimono] You call me a cheater? Humph! You ahve a godling helping you! She isn't a god...she's my sister. :D >> Kimono bird brings it's hands together, and casts Air Blade on the party! >> Niki takes 67 damage! Flora takes 9 damage! «ooc: Thats some massive magic def. :o » Ow...that hurt. [Flora] You stupid bird.. Flora is Spirit ceration of Dryad «ooc: * wonder if Joch has Choco Cure * ;) » « aka, she has about 40 Spirit if you wonder ^^ » «ooc: LOL » « but everything else is fairly low, especially ehr luck naturally. » >> Niki's turn. «ooc: heh. » * Niki once again runs towards the first Lava Man, slicing her axe through it. >> Niki's gold axe cleaves the monster once more! 104 damage! It discorporates into a mass of plain molten rock. >> Charge at 4/4! [Flora] Flora not like seeing hurt... >> Flora points upward a moment, and then reaches into the ground, as a small bud grows and pops, reelasing revitalizing forces. >> Niki regains 100 HP (215)! Flora regains 101 HP (max)! [Joch] Kweh! Woo, I feel spiffy again. :D Joch gets up some courage and tries to run and kick the remaining Lava Man.. >> 1 damage! « hehe ^_^ » «ooc: That was cool. ^_^ » Aww, don't worry. We'll kick their butts for you. >> Lava Man B spins it's arms, flailing at Niki. «ooc: Cody: ^-^ Go joch go! » >> 53 damage! * Niki tries to bring up her axe to block the arms of magma. [Kimono] Go.. burn the little rodent! Okay...that sucked. Shut up you stupid bird! >> Kimono wizard charges again, defending. >> Niki's turn. [Flora] Flora think he get scared now! «ooc: Hmm...what to do... » «ooc: Make fried chicken! » «ooc: mmmm... » «ooc: As long as Colonel Sanders doesn't find it and make it crappy tasting. » « charges have no range.. you could expend it and blast all. ^^ » «ooc: Heh, but the Wizard is defending. » «ooc: Oh wait...charges break through defenses. :D » « well.. he's defending.. so it's halved still » « ^^ » «ooc: Ahh, true. » «ooc: Oh well. » « but his armor wouldn't help any. » Okay...time to try something new. :D * Niki looks at Flora. "Watch this." :D [Flora] What Niki try? You'll see. :D Flora pauses a second, looking. «ooc: As soon as I spell the alias correctly... » * Niki twirls her axe above her head then embeds the blade of the axe in the ground. She then pulls back the handle of the axe and uses it to catapult her body forward, making sure not to let go of the axe. As she flys forward, multiple illusions appear behind Niki and follow her. As Niki flies past the enemies the illusions of her slice through everything in their path. Niki then runs back to the party. >> Niki uses her level 2 charge Illusion Disaster! :o [Kimono] Skwawk! What the?! >> Kimono Bird is defending! 126 damage! Lava Man B takes 220 damage and sees the Reaper! [Flora] Oh, Niki strong! You bet! :D [Flora] Master make good decision... >> Flora looks at the faltering Kimono bird, and extends her petalled hands again. "Savor nature's wrath. Burst!" «ooc: Woo, Burst. :D » >> A green explosion rocks the evil bird from the inside out. Ouch. o_o >> 99 damage! [Kimono] Ow, curse you! * Niki watches in amazement. "Wow....green." ^_^ >> The Kimono brid flaps up into the air, out of your reach, and streaks off. "Fine, have your damned axe! Skwawk" Heeey! Come back. I'm not done yet! >> Kimono bird leaves the combat area... victory! «ooc: I was gonna MP burn it too. ;) » [Flora] He run away... >> Niki gets 50 xp! Yeah....chicken. «ooc: Aww, 50 more exp till I level. ^^; » [Flora] Well, he is big bird. Must be chicken. Flora giggles. I guess... * Niki laughs as well. Niki notices the lava around the axe has hardened. And the blade is now a fiery red. Huh....oh yeah. Lets get my axe. * Niki scratches her head. "Is this my axe? Its all red..." [Flora] Feels like axe absorb power in ground. Really? That means its stronger. :D * Niki looks at the hilt of the axe..."I wonder if its to hot to pick up..." It's a little warm, but nothing you can't take. It's rapidly cooling. * Niki attaches the Golden Axe to the back of her armor again, and yanks out her new axe. «ooc: I'm gonna use the Golden axe to throw and slice someone in two next session. :o » Niki tugs with all fo ehr might, freeing the mighty axe. It shines with an inner strength that she feels the minute it is free. >> Niki gets Axe Level 4 - Chaos Forge! All right. ^_^ Now we go back home right? [Flora] Wow, Niki look even more powerful now... Your strong too. You kicked that birds butt. :D [Flora] Flora is only servant though... No your not. Your my sister. And you kick butt. ^^ The air starts to shimmer around you, as Dryad appears. [Dryad] Good job Niki! I knew you could do it... * Niki notices Dryad and looks towards her. "Hey, look we found it!" This is the right axe right? ^^; Flora blushes at Niki's compliment. ^^ Joch still looks worried though. * Niki doesn't notice Joch just yet as she is talking to Dryad. [Dryad] That's it alright.. though it seems to have forged itself while you elft it.. what an interesting turn of events.. Oh, so thats why its all red and stuff? [Dryad] It's stronger, forged in Salamando's own fire too. You're real lucky! Neat. Oh yeah... * Niki turns around and picks up Joch, noticing its worried face. "Hey, whats wrong?" Joch looks really sad.. if you didn't know better, you were seeing a Chocobo crying. [Joch] Kweh... ;_; Hey whats wrong? We beat up the bad guys and got my axe back. Everything is good. :D Then we can go can beat up that other guy that has our pals. :) «ooc: :o Key word. 'our' ^_^ » Joch looks up. "Kweh! Kwarky!" [Flora] Chocobo wants to help.. so does Flora... Me too. «ooc: ...Kwarky is an idiot who is going to doom us all, really... heh. » So now what? «ooc: Someone is bitter ;) » « hmm.. should I cut or do the infiltration? » * Niki turns to Dryad as she asks this. «ooc: Up to you. :) » [Dryad] Now, you think you're ready for the second part? This is where it gets tough... [Dryad] I'm going to send you to the Empire.. the flowers there know a secret entrance into the dungeons. Yep. I'm ready. I got my buddies with me. Flowers can talk? ^^; [Dryad] Well sure, to me they can. ^^ [Dryad] I'm the Elemental of Plant, remember? « redoes Niki's sheet in the interim ^^ » *** Lucca (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) Quit (Quit: BRB) «ooc: I'm here to say that Dek is AFK because he's getting mmm food :D » «ooc: * Ashton leaves » « kk :) » *** Lucca (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Lucca «ooc: Whois me ^^ » « hehe! » «ooc: ^_^ » «ooc: Must go to bed soon. Wah. :( » «ooc: Back. » * Niki looks at Dryad. "Can I talk to them too?" [Dryad] Flora can, that's why she's going with you. :) Okay. ^^ [Flora] Adventure continues.. Flora not have this much fun in many years. Isn't it fun? Its the best. :D [Dryad] Okay, to Northtown with you all! remmebr I can't help you ocne you go inside Khyros's field.. so be careful okay? Umm. okay. What about sister? Will she be able to go in with me? [Flora] You've got ring.. it should be okay... Okay. :D Dryad spins and vanishes, as the previous light engulfs you. Soon all that's left to rememebr Niki ever came to the mountain are the set of her small footprints. «ooc: Love my small footprints. ^_^ » *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.7: The Orphan of Storm, Part 2 | Location: Environs of Castle Vandole | Time: Gnome's Day, Morning | 139 Luc -=-' With a fizzle and pop Niki ends up in a garden. A well groomed one at that. Bushes all over seem to be cut into shapes depicting people and various mythological animals. Flora also appears beside Niki, and Joch on erh shoudler, albiet somewhat frightened. ^^ «ooc: Whats that? Flora knows that animal as the "Pikachu" » « lol » * Niki pets Joch, then turns to Flora. "Okay...we made it." [Flora] Still here.. Flora see big castle of Vandole. Sure enough, a large castle stretches up from teh grove your'e in, surrounded by a stridy stone wall and ramparts. Wow...big castle. « er sturdy » Okay. Should we talk to the flowers? [Flora] Okay, Flora ask for directions. :) Okay. Flora leans down, looking at the bed of roses nearby. «ooc: WASSUP! » «ooc: Wasabi! » Though nothing appears to be going on, she starts nodding. "Flowers say there great great gandparents know where entrance is." They said that? I wish I could talk to flowers. Flora points towards the castle. "They planted much earlier when place built." ^^ So their inside? [Flora] Flowers Flora's friend... Flora will teach Niki sometime. Okay. ^_^ Flora nods. "In the inner garden, Flora think. By wall." So we have to sneak in. Niki can vaguel make out the figures of soldiers marching in the distance towards the harbor of Northtown. Can we do that invisib...*jumps back instinctively* [Flora] No worry... Vandole people doing something, so no problem for Flora. Flora wiggles ehr finegr and Niki gets a familiar tingle. She's stealthy! Okay...lets go find those other flowers. * Niki looks at Joch. "Ready?" Joch nods, not scared. "Kweh." The place seems laid out square for the most part, the bushes in rows somewhat maze-like leading up to the defensive perimeter. * Niki whispers. "(w) Okay...lets go." «ooc: Floe floe floe! :D » * Niki starts off towards the castle in the direction Flora initially pointed to. Niki sneaks through the leafy paths relatively unhindered, thanks to her practice playing hide and go seek with Cody. ^_- It's not long before she comes upon the massive block of ancient stone. From here, she can make out some mroe guards, this time within a possibly dangerous radius. Thank goodness for her spell protection. There's a small patch of yellow roses sitting pretty nearby... * Niki notices the guards, then looks back at Flora. "(w) Okay, now where?" [Flora] Hmm, maybe that is rose family? *converses quietly* * Niki waits, seeing if she can make out the flowers talking. Niki can't make out much mroe than a few leafy rustles. Maybe that's a language in itself. [Flora] Oh, we lucky. This is place. «ooc: Bed. G'night all :) » «ooc: You can't yet. » Flora looks at the big wall. "There is secret exit here..." «ooc: I sorta have to O_o » «ooc: Not until I give you a goodnight huggle. *huggles* » « Stay another min? :) » «ooc: ^^ Okay. I'll brush my teeth. BRB » « Just wanted you to see something ^^ » [Flora] Niki try pushing stone in wall? Okay, keep looking out for the guards. Flora nods a pink-haired head, and looks at the patrolling guards above you. * Niki starts to push against the wall, trying to be a quiet as possible. Niki can't budge the wall obviously, but as she scrambles for a hold, she falls THROUGH it. Joch teeters off Niki, landing safely, and poking her inquistively. ^^ AH...*covers her mouth* * Niki stands up, and goes back to the wall to get Flora. Niki is on the rocky floor of a narrow passage, the light shining in from where she entered. ^^ Flora pokes her head in.. [Flora] Oh, here is place. Niki okay? «ooc: They look like the warp gateways we used at the palace? » Yeah...didn't expect that to happen. ^^; « no, just normal. it's masked magically apparently. » «ooc: watching ^^ What do you want me to see? » «ooc: Okay. » Flora enters fully, looking down the corridor. "Flora no like dark..." Me neither. ^^; [Joch] kweh! To bad I can't make that neat shiny ball that Keylia can make. [Flora] Flora can make shiny thing... «ooc: Really? Will the guards see it if we get to close to them? » «ooc: Er... » Really? Will the guards see it if we get to close to them? «ooc: ^^; » The Mana Angel cups a hand to her body and breaks off a small bud, which becomes covered with dew that seems to shine with a dull light. [Flora] No guards here... Okay. We can always cover it up or something. [Flora] But... Flora have bad feeling... «ooc: Will that light create a glint on my armor? ^^; » « Yes. That's kinda how it's lighting the path ^^ » «ooc: Ahh, cool. » «ooc: ^^ Need to go...mwah :( » * Niki looks at Flora. "About what?" The rays reflect off Niki's mail, and seem to stop dead ahead. «ooc: You can't, you never returned my huggle. :/ » «ooc: *returns the huggle :) * » «ooc: ^_^ » [Flora] Flora think she was wrong about no guards... ^^; The exit behind you vanishes into a dark haze. :o Uh oh... * Niki readies her new mana axe. You notice the place where the lgiht is absorbed, begin to be reflected. By a large set of eyes, with a third in the center. «ooc: Its Triniti...no worries. » «ooc: Doom wall! :) Cool. » [Evil wall] None shall pass. So orders my master. «ooc: :o » «ooc: ^^ NOW I must go. Send me log! » «ooc: I get to fight the Evil Wall w/o the party. I wasn't expecting this. O_o » « Okay :) » *** Lucca (dinner@pionet-250.lclark.edu) Quit (Quit: Haha! You're screwed, Niki! ;)) « see I told you it'd be cool ^_- » «ooc: heh. » The wall moves forward as the eyes enlarge. Guess we have to blow up the wall to go on. :D >> Evil Wall appears! Combat! :O [Flora] I no think we can destroy... maybe we can force back.. We can't? Whats behind it? «ooc: wow...Flora said "I" ;) » « Targets are: Right/Left/Top Eyes » « ack o_O » « hmm, tiredness is coming.. my first booboo :) » «ooc: heh. » [Flora] It is blocking way to passage inside! >> Niki's turn. Yeah, so we can blow it up to go past it! [Flora] Flora do ehr best... « kicks in "The Secret of Mana" ^^ » * Niki looks down for a minute, then looks at the Evil Wall. With an expressionless look on her face she speaks. "It is time for your demise..." * Niki holds her axe up in the air as 18 lightning bolts strike the blade. What appears to be Niki's soul emerges from her body looks down at her body. Both body and soul begin to chant while the blade absorbs the energy around her. From the depths of my body I call upon my soul to aid me. Through the eternal strength of the spirits we call up on thy inner strength. From life to death, Lightning to dust. Odinson Catastrophe! * Niki lowers the now glowing axe as the lightning dies. She takes a dashing stance and runs towards the top eye swinging her axe with all her might. As the blade hits the top eye the absorbed lightning releases an electral discharge. For a few seconds small static field can be seen around the top eye, it then disappears. >> Niki uses Odinson Catastrophe! she strikes with the force of 18 spirits! 306 damage! The axe cleaves into the living rock, elaving a glowing gash. * Niki stands still, ready for anything. She then blinks a few times. "Yeah, thats what you get." [Evil Wall] Rrrgh.. >> The Left Eye glares at Niki, blinking in a flash of black energy. * Niki tries to bring up her axe to stop the glare of the eye. >> Dark Force! Niki is buffeted by evil power from all sides... 122 damage! [Flora] Niki! * Niki falls on her butt, with little swirly eyes. * Niki blinks a few times a few seconds later, and stands up. OWIE... >> The Right eye blinks in a flash of white, as the Top heals the large gash. Cure Light! Recoevrs 306 Hp! «ooc: That sucked. » «ooc: In fact... » That sucked. [Evil wall] You can do nothing, little one. >> Flora tries growing a healing bud, but nothing happens... Well you use that cheating eye. [Flora] Oh no... ground not listening... What are we gonna do now? [Evil Wall] Time to crush your hopes... into the pit of obvilion with you! This wall is a meenie. Flora stands near Niki, looking scared. Joch kwehs loudly! «ooc: I wish I could act right now...I'd throw the Golden axe at it. ^^; » >> Top Eye casts Rock Slide! The roof above your head groans in protest and comes loose at the same time as the floor gives way beneath your feet. Ahh! * Niki holds her axe above her head. No! I'm gonna win! * Niki jumps up on one of the rocks, from the slide. She jumps off it, slashing through another rock with the Mana Axe. She then pulls out the Golden Axe and chucks it at the right eye with all her might! «ooc: *wonders if that counts as Sky Missle damage...* » >> Niki throws the Golden Axe at the Evil Wall in a desperate counetr attack! Right Eye takes 800 damage! It closes shut in pain, the axe sticking in it, embedded. « no.. pwoer x10 ^^ » «ooc: Ouch. :o » The evil wall roars as Niki and co are overwhlemed, slipping into the pit below.. o_o Ahh! [Flora] Flora no can find ground...! *she blips out as you fall* * Niki swings her axe around, seeing if she can embed it into a wall to prevent her fall. « going to stop here. :) » «ooc: LOL. » «ooc: Cliffhanger ending. :o » >> Niki gets 75 xp from her parting shot! But she falls out of the combat area... >> Niki's Chaos Forge doesn't catch much of anything, until the minute she smacks down hard into the floor below... « erk.. no red thingie » «ooc: I would think that I'd be unconscious from that. ^^; » *** GMStoren changes topic to '-=- Chapter 26.7: The Orphan of Storm, Part 2 | Location: Castle of Vandole, Dungeon B2F | Time: Gnome's Day, Morning | 139 Luc -=-' * Niki hits the ground hard, her body flopping up in the air after the initial impact. When she does completely land, her body doesn't move, and she has mo emotions showing on her face. « aww I can't leave it like this ^^ » «ooc: LOL. » «ooc: Well...let some time pass, and Joch can wake me up by licking my face or something. » Niki feels nothing for awhile, but then she notices a warmth flow through her body. There's a slight sensastion on your face... [Joch] Kweh...? Kweh...? * Niki slowly turns over, her eyes slowly opening. Niki comes to consciousness with a chocobo licking her face. huh...wha happened? «ooc: Who am I? What a funny looking chicken. Kweh?! O_o » The warmth you felt before is coming from the ring, a more ghostly than usual Flora healing you. "We fall.. Flora manage to heal you..." [Joch] Kweh! I remember the fall. That hurt. ;_; Looking around, you begin to make otu what looks like boxes. It seems you're in the vaults. Now where are we...? The translucent Flora takes in the scenery. "Looks like storage place. Flora feel lots of energy nearby... like Mana weapon..." How many of them? Or is it my axe? ^^; [Flora] No, not axe... maybe Mana Sword is here? >> Flora finishes Healing Niki. HP/Mp maxed! Well lets break these boxes open and see. [Joch] Kweh! kweh! * Niki breaks open a box with her axe. Joch tries to point out a box to Niki, but nearly gets turned into bite size peices, warking loudly! ^^ The box beneath him cracks under the pressure, and Niki finds a familiar staff inside. It's Cody's... «ooc: *wonders if she'll find the Midge Mallet. » * Niki picks up the staff. "I guess you were right, but it isn't the sword." Should I open up more boxes? * Niki thinks to herself for a second. "Yeah, I should." ^_^ As Niki gets a plan ready, she hears a commotion outside the locked door... and an evil laugh soon echoes in her ears. o_o Khyros. ~~ SESION END ~~ * Niki immediately looks up, and runs off to a shadowed corner. Her ears ringing from the evil laugh. «ooc: oops... » « s'ok. ^^ » « You absically landed just in time to see an event. :) » «ooc: Heh. » Session Close: Fri Apr 13 04:58:34 2001 Session Start: Fri Apr 20 22:57:40 2001 * Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#pureland.log' Time to finish this thing. :D ready? Sure. OH jus want to apolgize for not getting to this before ^^ Mainly my fault. Nah, both really. off we go. :) ~~ SESSION START ~~ The last thing Roric remembered flooding his body was the dull throbbing pain, the aftermath of Khyros's Black arts. Though you tried to justify your reasons, somehow there was a deep emptiness as the void overtook you. You're not sure exactly how much time has passed... but you soon awake to the smell of mildewed wall. The dungeons... «ooc: *does a stand-up comedy routine on the difference between black arts and white arts* » « heh ^^ » «ooc: Also...second and third person mixing...baad. ^_~ » * Roric slowly raises his head, looking about through misted eyes. « aww.. I did it in all the others. 1st staement is 3rd :p » Roric can make out a square room, dimly lit by torchlight filtered through the barred door. He is apparently chained to the wall by his feet, so he cannot run. You can't seem to find any of your weapons or items, but your ale flask is still rpesent. ^^ « er present » « and I did it again. ack. I think my mind is too topsy turbvy right now. ^^ » * Roric rubs his head and looks around. "Ugh...where...shit." There's some voices outside, mumbling, and a scream wafts down the hallway. You can't see what's going on, but it sounds like torture... * Roric does his best to block out the ambient sounds for now as he takes stock of his accomodations. He rubs his legs where the manacles pinched the ankles in his sleep, trying to restore circulation. The sounds soon cease, and it falls quiet again. Well...ain't that nice. A few moment pass as he considers his predicament, the feeling returning to his feet. You start to feel a faint breeze blow through the cell door... * Roric stands, looking and listening for any sign that an exit is nearby. You can see what would most likely be the lock of the cell door outside, but there is no way to reach it considering a good portion of the door except a small part on top is solid iron. Looking out the bars you can see one guard pacing outside... The wind you feel doesn't seem to be coming from anywhere out there now, though. In fact, it oddly seems to be at your back now. * Roric opens his wineskin and takes a sniff, shifting his position to look behind him. *** Enygma (enygma@09-018.001.popsite.net) has joined #Pureland *** TrueBlue (trueblue@h0010b5597444.ne.mediaone.net) has joined #Pureland Your wine seems to be intact, but a little less than you remember it being. The drink ripples as you notice faint lines of white in the air, like something is coming.. [Voice] Roric.. ...(q) Well, th'fun never stops...who's there? As you speak, it begins to take the vague outline of a man in the armor of a gemma knight. His face is battleworn and weary, but it seems proud. In fact, it could almost be your father, but older. O_o Strewth... [Knight] Roric... do you not recognize me? * Roric peers. "You look kinda like the old bastard, but you aren't him." [I] once was known as the great Bogard Fletcher, Knight of Gemma. « er » [Knight] I once was known as the great Bogard Fletcher, Knight of Gemma. ...well string me up. *he looks away for a second, chuckling* Great company. Can I get ya a drink? His face softens. "I came here for a reason Roric... the River of Time doesn't bend for trivial things." [Bogard] I came see in you the same path that I once tried to walk nearly two centuries ago. « er on » * Roric closes his eyes. "Yeah." He opens them again, looking curious. "How's that?" [Bogard] When I was alive, I fought in the great war for Mana.. against the Fortress and Vandole. I risked everything for what I believed... *** Dekar_Zol (someone@lsanca1-ar7-216-043.dsl.gtei.net) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Dekar_Zol *** Dekar_Zol (someone@lsanca1-ar7-216-043.dsl.gtei.net) Quit (Quit: Quote #25 1 A|\/| LaM3 133t!!) ...uh huh. [Bogard] But, in the end, I too lost everything I once loved. It left me a broken and bitter man.. resentful of the world. [Bogard] Perhaps I would have remained in that fate for the rest of my years, but the coming of the Hero of that time showed me something.. [Bogard] I can tell by your look that you've met them as well. Yeah, they roped me into their little adventure. *sigh* All I got out of it was this nice pair of anklets. I hear a lot of stories about heroes, old man...but I've never seen a hero. Not really. [Bogard] Heroes aren't always the way history makes them out to be. Some would call me a hero, but I really wasn't the type stories are made out of. Well, that's a problem...because only a hero could make good out of this goddess-forsaken situation. [Bogard] It's true that times have gotten dark. But this surly isn't the first time nor will it be the last. So is the way of things. But recall that Mana was destroyed by men.. yet it can only be saved by them in the end. ...maybe so...but in the end, a deadly blow can kill any man. And there are more of them than there are of us. [Bogard] Then would you think a hero is someone who choses to defy those odds? I knew full well how outnumbered we were in the past. Yet.. we truimphed. 'Ey, I'm not arguing with the past. But for every person who defies the odds and succeeds, a million are slaughtered. [Bogard] Throughtout history people have fought and died for Mana... some to gain it, others to protect it. It's an endless cycle... on that I was caught in. [Bogard] You are caught in it as well. An average man in extraordinary circumstances. The question is what will you fight for? [Bogard] For the Hero? For the Gemma? For yourself? ...I fight for the people. I don't fight for a goddess, or a cause. Those things are just sacrificial altars on which the blood of innocents are spilled in the name of justice. ...I fight for Lydia, and people like her. * Roric closes his eyes. "I don't want to see people die foolishly for ANY reason." Bogard nods. "...yes... that is exactly why I fought. Vandole has not changed much, has it." [Bogard] Maybe it is the right way after all. I lived a long life because I was not a slave to ideals even if I was a hero in the eyes of many. ...hmph. But if I try to do anything, the Empire will kill people in retaliation. And I probably won't get anywhere for all the trouble. I already tried it, and ended up here. [Bogard] Roric.. one thing you must understand. Even if Vandole believes otherwise, they too are merely a gear in a greater wheel of time. They are not the enemy you face here... [Bogard] Any threats they can muster will be sands throuhg the hourglass soon.. the time of unravelling is coming. [Bogard] And you are a key to making sure that does not come to pass.. for a world such as that there will be no people to save.. and untold suffering... ...no pressue or anything. * Roric sighs and rubs his forehead. "OK, so what's this all 'bout? " [Bogard] You need to escape and find your allies, before Vandole goes to the Purelands and repeats it's tragic mistake... [Bogard] Considering I have but this one brief moment in time again to do something, I chose once mroe to act. I hope you do the same. Consider ti a gift to my great great great grandson. Roric shamckles unlock. ...oh, man. That's just great. * Roric rubs his ankles a bit longer. [Bogard] The guards have begun dispersing.. the Hero is fighting her way out at this very moment. .oO( ...fuck. This is an absolutely horrible turn of events. ) .oO( Still...I suppose I should be flattered. ) [Bogard] Join or run, the decision is yours... farewell.. The winds disperse, leaving Roric alone once more. * Roric sighs, clenching his fist. "...yeah. Well...fine. I'll give it one more try. But...only so I can say I told you so. " * Roric examines his belongings. Roric finds he still has a few rudimentary healing items in the pack with the wineskin. There's the sound of feet outside.. marching down the corridor double time. «ooc: No weapon, no general gear? » « No weapon. no armor. you're clothed and have item access in other words. ^^ » « that'll change soon though :) » «ooc: Do I have my general non-system items? » « I'll go out on a limb and say yes ^^ » «ooc: Kay. » « you weren't treated that bad in comparison to Chyrs and Tori » * Roric runs to one side, leaping onto the wall next to the door and hanging in the dark. «ooc: Tori I can see, but Chrys surprises me. » « he's a wanted criminal ^^ » «ooc: Also, I'm assuming I can do this since I'm a mountaineer and stuff. » Roric manages to get a good grip with his quick reflexes. The guards go by, in a hurry. * Roric drops to the ground, checking the door to see if it's locked. The door is locked pretty firmly. You can't open it from this side.. « I will tell you, magic will work.. ^^ » * Roric debates his options, then rummages through his sack. «ooc: How strong do the guards look? » « Roughly average.. they are armored, some with swords, pikes, and crossbows. They have left you largely alone considering the walked past the cell » * Roric sighs, fishing about in his clothes for a moment. * Roric rummages about, forming a rudimentary bag with his poncho and stuffing things into it, tying it and changing clothes to become MYSTERE! « o_O » *** Roric is now known as Mystere «ooc: Yay. » Now, I just need to escape this cell! Roric dons the party mask of doom. ^_^ «ooc: heh, actually it's a full-face mask and a cape. He's not QUITE as obviously himself as Leo, but still reasonably so. » * Mystere fishes about a bit more in his bags. .oO( Need to find something... ) The guards receed into the distance. You figure Rachel muts be making real trouble to get the whole floor's attention at this rate. There's a small cot in the corner you didn't notice before. ^^ «ooc: AUGH COT » He pulls out a broken human femur and blinks. "Huh. I wonder where that came from." Shrugging, he glances at the cot, checking to see if there's anything he can use in or around it. * Mystere pulls out a broken human femur and blinks. "Huh. I wonder where that came from." Shrugging, he glances at the cot, checking to see if there's anything he can use in or around it. * Mystere sings opera loudly/. « :o » «ooc: I actually have the femur marked on my notes sheet. :D » Mystere's singing echoes as he finds some cotton stuffings and springs in the guts of the bed. Some more guards can be seen approaching, likely at the noise. ^^ « oh I menat the opera ;) » * Mystere drags the cot to the door and bangs between the bars with the femur. "Hello there!" A single guard, lookign a bit nervous under his helmet, rushes over. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Good evening, my good man. I appear to be in quite a pickle here. Somehow I got in here, and I can't get out! Perhaps you could be of some assistance. [Guard] *looks up a little closer to the bars* This is that Knight's cell ain't it? I don't care if you're him or not. Noone going anywhere till we secure this area. [Guard] And I don't care how much insanity you're pleading... Well, if that's the way you're going to be, then I shan't be your friend. But you should look at this before you go. * Mystere holds up his hand to show the man something through the bars. [Guard] *stares at Mystere's hand* Better not be any funny stuff. * Mystere cheerfully opens his hand, firing a puff of green sparks into his face. The ground trembles, and a thorny wooden spike bursts up under the guards. * Mystere ducks down out of sight as the spike withers and turns to dust. «ooc: Single target Rage of Mana on the guy I gestured towards. » The guard is knocked off his balance by the spike of earth that arises, toppling over. o_o "Gah!" A small key skitters to the floor from his belt. ^^ Ha ha! * Mystere reaches under the door, endeavoring to snap up the key before the other guard notices it's missing. .oO( Wow, that worked even better than I thought. ) The guardsman recvers slowly, in pain as the spike seemed to have jabbed his leg. Mystere gets the key to the cell! There might be enough space tor each through and turn it... * Mystere attempts to do so, clutching the hand with the bone in it to strike at the guards if they attempt to stop him. [Guard] Damn it.. my leg.. this is not my day.. *** Edelritter (hikari@155-tcl54.attla.cl) has joined #Pureland Another guardsman comes over at the commotion, noticing Mystere opening the lock. "You there, stop at once!" He draws a saber and rushes at the door. * Mystere quickly turns the key as best he can, the throws the bone at the guard's face to distract him. I don't think so! This day belongs to the Hazard Knight! The femur of fury clonks roughly on the guard's visor, disorienting him briefly. The other man down the hall has managed to stand, leaning on his spear heavily and grumbling. The door opens . :o «ooc: Does it open inward or outward? » « inward » *** Edelritter is now known as Mystere_DukeofHazard * Mystere dodges out of the way of the opening door, waiting for the guards to enter the room. *** Mystere_DukeofHazard is now known as Edelritter [Guard 1] You little fruit...! The wounded guard lumbers over, shoving the other one out of the way, gunning for Mystere * Mystere kicks him as he enters, then dodges to one side and prepares a spell. Mystere's kick catches the spiked leg, making him wince again and curse. He twirls his polearm to the side, narrowly missing... * Mystere kneels, raising one hand above him. He begins to mouth silent syllables, slowly lowering the hand. "Immutable flow of the earth mother's everlasting life!" He touches the ground. A long, thin javelin of vine-entwined wood shoots up from the ground under the guard. Mystere yanks his fist backwards, and a bouquet of glistening thorns explode from the shaft. "Bow and break! Your time is up!" «ooc: I like that one. » « Nice.. ^^ » >> Roric casts Rage of Mana! The spike explodes, miniture thorns impaling the soldier's armor in various points and making him smack into the far wall reeling in pain. «ooc: Heh, Niki's axe got forged by being in a volcano? I bet Watts was just chucking them into volcanoes all along and pretending to be a big master smith. » «ooc: Does he look like he's gonna get up again, btw? » «ooc: Wow, Rachel got a heal spell. :D » «ooc: Will Niki get a dark spell then? » He seems to be winded really bad, the combination of the leg injury and that spell downing him. "...gah.." * Mystere uncurls his fingers, and the spike withers and crumbles to ash, the hole through which it came filling in rapidly. "Fool." The second guard enters the cell, not so easily fooled. he swipes at Mystere, catching a piece of his cape. [Guard] I'm not letting two freaks escape on my watch! «ooc: How are we positioned with relation to the other things in the room currently? I dragged the cot near the door then left it there, btw. » « well, the guard was slowed stepping voer it I figured.. other wise the wpounded one is near the rear wall, and I figure you're a fair distance to the right.. ^^ » «ooc: So we're both away from the door, and I'm not currently near the KO'd guard? » « well you'd be near enough to him, but he reeled to the wall to support himself after you wasted him. ^^ » * Mystere tries to steer himself towards the KO'd guard, kicking the cot towards the active one to slow his progress. The other guardsman is forced to brace and catch the bed, kicking it to the side to get a betetr reach at Mystere * Mystere kneels, yanking the downed guard's crossbow from his hands and firing a wild shot at his opponent, making a rush toward the door. Vandole's finest tries to bat the bolt away, but it strikes his epualette as he sidesteps at the momentum of it. "You little..." * Mystere takes the opportunity to run out of the cell, dragging the door shut behind him. Mystere brushes past the guard and shuts the door, much to the two new prisoner's dismay. [Guard 2] Damnit! * Mystere turns the key and yanks it out of the lock. "Sorry, but this is one day the Empire will not win!" * Mystere rushes down the hall. .oO( Lydia...maybe I can still do something right. ) «ooc: ? » Mystere rushes down the hall, eventually reaching a securedgate, presumably leading to the lower level. There are two soldiers standing watch, but they seem to be distracted by the fact there is a battle going on the other side of it! *** Enygma (enygma@09-018.001.popsite.net) Quit (Quit: "Hey, get your goodie-frickin'-two-shoes hands off my frickin' broad, okay?!" - Ashram) Just as you gets within range, you can see it's Rachel, Keylia, and Chrys... in a moss pit of Vandole lackeys. Looks like a job for Mystere... « er mosh » ~~ SESSION END ~~ Hehe. Good end. Session Close: Sat Apr 21 01:05:06 2001