OOC: Boom. This is top tier. Of course, I'm not sure what to do with the water nymphs... BIC: Xardius danced with power, the water nymphs unable to keep up with his speed. However, the Celestial Mage, Tifanitan, was...It had a lot to do with the arrow sticking out of his gut and the dozens of cuts from the continuing water needles the water nymphs doggedly spat at him. Power surged through him, but Xardius had never felt so bad in his life. It had been nearly 1200 years since he last fought Tifanitan. He'd thought she was dead. "She is dead," the dark-skinned woman called to him. "What? You can read minds now?" Xardius grumbled. "Then read this..." Get Wing out of here so I can do a real power-show... Xardius thought, and the woman smiled. "Always concerned with your friends..." she said, and whispered to Wing, who nodded and began running with the woman away. The woman turned and called back. "If you need me..." "Shut up," Xardius muttered, blocking Tifanitan's blow with a sword she'd produced after dropping the bow. "I am not going to need help." "You were stronger once," Tifanitan said, slicing Xardius on the shoulder, who gritted his teeth and returned the cut. Tifanitan shook it off. "You could have defeated me easily now, but you are weak," Tifanitan said, slamming into him and flipkicking him in the gut. Xardius grabbed her foot and slammed her into the water. Tifanitan dove underneath and jumped up, the water droplets turning into more needles which slammed into Xardius. "Now, you're just pathetic," Tifanitan said, slamming past Xardius' weakened grasp from a water needle to the wrist, and burying her sword into his gut. Xardius gasped, and stumbled back as Tifanitan ripped the sword free and began slicing him with long gashes. "That's...enough!" Xardius roared, grabbing Tifanitan's blade with his bare hand, blood spraying from his palm. "If you think..." Knee to the face. Chop to the wrist, punch to the neck, chest, ribs, down the hole. "You can mock me this easy..." Xardius continued, stepping in and slicing long gashes into Tifanitan's torso. "You got another thing coming!" he roared, and slammed his sword downwards, nearly slicing Tifanitan in two. Tifanitan's eyes widened as she fell to the ground, and the water nymphs disappeared. "I only wanted..." she whispered. "To live again." "The dead are dead," Xardius growled. "Stay that way." Turning, he walked away, stumbling from his wounds. Light engulfed him, and then fire. He found himself in a land of fire, staring straight at Vecked. "So, you're the final illusion the twilight's going to spit at me, are you?" Xardius asked Vecked. "So be it." Raising Chomper, Xardius glared at Vecked, his wounds closing from the sparks of power flowing into him from the realm of fire... His power was returning and Xardius was not going to lose this battle. OOC: And that's where Vecked is too. Enigma, you sly dog...
OOC: FYI, Xardius isn't talking about Wing when he says 'It's been a while since we've fought together...' What he's talking about I'll post later... And I'm skipping ahead with Vecked, also. Vecked's already killed the Leviathan, and Tiamat, the Wind Dragon. And I have no time again...That's...weird...I just got on... Hmph...I probably won't have time for another post so I'll get my kicks in on this one. BIC: Vecked turned from Tiamat's dead body, and followed the glowing light... *** Meanwhile, as Xardius fought the Water Nymphs, he felt danger from behind. Twisting, he nearly dodged the sword slash that came out of nowhere, slicing him in the side. Xardius imploded the fireballs desperately as he flipped backwards, using the heat to sear the wound shut. Panting, he turned to see his assailant staring back at him. A woman he'd thought dead long ago...no he knew was dead. The Celestial Mage of Water, Tifanitan, whose sword now dripped his blood. EDIT: Then the water needles hit him, and the world exploded in water... OOC: Yeah, I was going to put that in, but then I forgot...*stupid stupid* Anyway.
OOC: Sorry had to go for a bit. BIC: Xardius shrugged. "Whatever," he said, summoning fireballs. "It's been a while since we fought together..." Leaping into action, he sent the fireballs in rings around him, scattering the water sprites quickly. Using his absolute control over fire, he sent the rings slamming towards the water sprites, certain he could win. *** The chair swiveled, and inside it sat Enigma. "You're both late," Enigma said dryly, standing up. "I'd kill Liam as an example, but I was told not to by Scourge. Your new job: Order 64. Get on it." And Enigma disappeared. OOC: PM me about Order 64. XD I completely made that up.
Hey Wing! Don't let college get you down OK?
OOC: Wing, you still online!? BIC: Xardius blinked. "Wing. Sorry about this. I had to fight Crissilia...Something or someone is messing with your twilight powers in order to kill you...Though I'm not sure who, or what, or why." "And..." He said as the twilight blob disappeared and he found himself knee deep in water. "It seems another trail is about to start." He turned to Wing. "Look, Wing, I appreciate you coming here and all, but the target is obviously you here, and I don't want to put you in any more danger than you already are..." He looked around. "If you want, you can stick around but don't engage anything here...They seem to have an aversion to me, but I think it's because..." "You would be right in assuming that it is because of me," the woman said, popping up beside Xardius, who jumped. He pointed at her. "Can you see her?"
OOC: True, he did say that...
OOC: Where'd Nulix go...!? BIC: Xardius was taken aback by Wing's assault, and so quickly had multiple nicks and cuts all over his body. However, he quickly recovered, his bandages came off, and sheer power forced Wing back. "What are you doing here?" Xardius asked. "Why did you betray me?" Wing asked. Xardius' eyes narrowed. "You're not him." "What are you...?" Wing asked, before Xardius stepped in and sliced. Wing found himself pushed back by a very mad, very skilled Xardius with a lot of power. However, Wing didn't go through the trials he did for nothing... Xardius settled in for what could be a long fight, blocking Wing's attacks and giving his own. However, he noticed that Wing tended to be a bit sloppy...so he exploited it. It only took twenty minutes to kill Wing. Of course, it wasn't. The twilight fled in panic, and Xardius gave chase...
Xardius gritted his teeth as he blasted his way past the final trial. Hitting the wall with tremendous force, he obliterated the twilight dungeons and was sucked into the void... I'm not here to gain twilight powers, thank you, Xardius sighed. And spending 12 hours stuck in some hole didn't help my humor at all... He pondered as he landed heavily on his feet. But at least I know what I'm chasing... "Xardius," Wing said. Xardius turned to see Wing in Twilight form, power raging from him, marching on him. "Why did you betray me?" Wing asked, and attacked. *** The waters trembled as the Leviathan rose from the depths...roaring its hate at Vecked...
The GOLEM fell over, dead. The sand sucked down, and Vecked was pulled underneath with it...into water, the surface just ahead, a city floating on water to his right... OOC: Kardas isn't very smart at all... BIC: 12 hours earlier... Xardius watched the woman tend to Crissilia's shoulder, which he had hit, disarming her and forcing her power into disarray, which had caused her to go unconscious. "Striking like that," the woman said. "Interesting..." "Whatever," Xardius said. "I can't sit here all day, I have to move on." Walking up to the doors Wing had gone through a week before, Xardius kicked them open and stepped inside. The woman watched him, and looked at Crissilia. "I'm sure you've noticed that her power is not what was sustaining Wing, but Wing's power that was sustaining her...so who was the true god...?" "And, striking like that..." the woman continued. "You've severed the connection. So now Wing will have no choice but to accept his own power, and grow even stronger. Why did you, I wonder...? Did you know all along?" The woman shook her head. "Crissilia really is the Twilight Goddess, Darius Lionheart. But the relationship between goddess and patron is not what you or they thought, is it? It's something different...I will follow you until I find it out, Lionheart. You hold the key to my question."
OOC: OK, but I'm going to eat dinner now (which will take a minute), so I'll respond and send you the pics in a bit... BIC: The golem's protective sand cover turned to glass and shattered, leaving the jewel that left it alive unprotected...
OOC: Well, just because you're done with a character, doesn't mean he has to die, right? BIC: Enigma disappeared, and Kardas relaxed. He had plenty of time to kill Novice. After all, it would take time for Novice to repair the Guardians' ship...which reminded him. "Kind of forgot about us didn't you?" Tera Roth said, lying on the ground near the castle ruins. Kardas blinked. "Yeah, we just got out," Tera Roth said, standing up. "But that doesn't mean we're not ready to fight." Highwind stood as well, and Tyre behind him. "Wait a second," Kardas said, raising his hands. "I'm a Heartless," Tera Roth said, baring his teeth. "I eat demons, you know that?" Kardas glared at him. "I'm not here to fight you...." "Right," Highwind said. "Then we'll just be over there." EDIT OOC: Mine too, otherwise I'd have edited by now. BIC: The golem got hit by the grenade, and shook it off, although a small part of the sand turned to glass... It tried to crush him again. OOC: We're going to pretend that when flame hits sand it turns it to glass because...it does...kind of...
"GOLEM," the rocks said, and then an eruption of rocks flew upwards, landing in order into two legs, a body, two arms, and a head. From the center of the oasis, a shiny object fell and collided into the center. Power flooded into the rocks and they cracked as the golem stretched. Sand streamed upwards, coating the golem with a protective layer, and it turned to Vecked. "GOLEM," the golem said, and stepped towards Vecked, one hand reaching to crush the intruder. *** 12 hours earlier... "Give up!" Crissilia gasped for breath. "Leave!" "You first," Xardius said, bashing her back. "We've been fighting for nearly two hours now. This is ridiculous. If this is going to take this long..." Crissilia dodged his swing and sliced at him with his sword for the umpteenth time. Xardius blocked, disengaged, and sent her flying backwards. "Why do you not push your advantage?" the woman asked, making Xardius jump. "It's not my style," he said. "Who are you talking to?" Crissilia yelled, attacking him again. Xardius beat her back more easily than normal. "That's creepy," he said to the woman. She shrugged. "You must have felt it by now," the woman said. "The taint..." "Hmph," Xardius said. "Yeah, there's something wrong here..." "Look at it like one looks like a jewel," the woman said. "Look at her power, and find the weak point." Xardius cocked his head as Crissilia charged. "There," he said, and struck. EDIT: *** "Is that so?" Novice said. "I doubt it..." "Stop playing with your food," Enigma said, stepping next to Novice. "You're not dead just yet Novice." The spell rippled into Novice. "I can't completely heal you, but this will keep you going. At least Kardas won't get the satisfaction of watching you die..." Kardas narrowed his eyes. "Is that right, Enigma?" "Listen," Enigma said, stepping right up to Kardas. "I'll kill you, understand?" Kardas swallowed. "Uh, right..."
OOC: Here's my new character. BIC: "None of the above," Kardas grinned. "I just want to watch you bleed." *** The ground rippled as Vecked approached the Oasis, and the rocks began to move... *** 12 hours earlier... Xardius was sweating. It had been a while. 2 hours of fighting a massive armada of Nobodies can do that to you... All the time, Crissilia watched dispassionately, occasionally telling him to leave... Finally, he got sick of it, and let loose a Chaotic Ultimagum. He guessed that made her mad, because the Nobodies stopped appearing and she attacked him herself. So, now he was blocking blow after blow from Crissilia's sword. He'd quickly traded Chomper for Shurunrai so he could move even faster, and so was quite easily keeping pace with the smaller person. Despite what people thought, shorter people had a large advantage over tall people due to the normal method of large people to use their size and weight as an advantage. Of course, it often didn't make a difference when a slightly taller person fought a slightly smaller person, but with Xardius and Crissilia, the difference was in feet not inches. Aim tighter, Xardius thought. One of the many rules I had to learn. And so Crissilia found herself blown back by Xardius' sheer prowess with a blade. Crissilia gritted her teeth. "You must leave here...!" "I'm here to learn about what's going on with Wing," Xardius said. "I would think you of all people would want that. Or are you condemning him to death?" Crissilia said nothing, but raised her sword. "Fine," Xardius said. "Show me the power of a true goddess, why don't you?" "I have more power than even you," Crissilia said. "The Flame goddess will not stop me gutting you." Xardius started laughing as Crissilia charged. This was going to be fun.
"But you are a pawn," Enigma said, smiling. "You are a pawn in denial. You want to talk to Scourge...? Pawns don't talk to kings." With that, Enigma pushed Vecked into the spiraling twilight, calling after him. "Don't ever forget...You. Are. Nothing." Then there was only twilight. It didn't last long, after about 15 seconds of being blasted around by the chaos, Vecked landed on dirt. Looking around, there was the blazing sun, sand, and a few huge rocks. A small oasis stood nearby, shaded from the sun by massive rocks. *** Kardas smiled. "Tell me..." *** 14 hours earlier... Xardius' head hurt. It always did after one of his dreams. But he had no time to dwell on that. It had taken him nearly two hours to find the same portal Wing had used to enter the twilight realm where he had gained his immense twilight powers from Crissilia. Finally, he opened the portal, and stepped through. As he did so, he nearly got gutted by a Nobody. Long-hardened instincts and innate speed saved him, although he was sure he would have survived the blow anyway. Within half a second, the Nobody was dead. But there were more. Lots more. Xardius shook his head. "What are you all doing here?" In response, the Nobodies rushed him. "You've got to be kidding me," Xardius said, letting loose Firajas in all directions, obliterating the Nobodies. "No one's that stupid." "It is desperate," Crissilia said, stepping through the floating ashes of the Nobodies. "The twilight wants you to leave."
OOC: OK, well, here's the deal. I'm going to start doing Xardius...I'm going to drag out Novice and Kardas a long time... BIC: Kardas shook his head. "Do you know why I'm here, Novice?" *** Approximately 16 hours earlier... The setting sun set her hair afire with light, making her eyes sparkle like blue gems. He'd never seen anything so beautiful... "Make me a promise," she said. But...You're not real. "Don't grow any taller," she smiled, and he swallowed as she leaned in close. It's just a dream. "It'll make you even harder to kiss," she whispered, and their lips met... "Darius Lionheart." Xardius opened his eyes. Before him stood a woman with dark skin, hair and eyes, which were staring intently at him. He coughed. "Yeah?" "I have need of you," the woman said, squatting beside him where he leaned against the dingy alley wall, near the great castle that stood in the dark Radiant Garden. "Nothing new," Xardius said, sucking another long swallow from his bottle of orange soda and chucking it down the alley. The woman said nothing. "What is it?" Xardius asked tiredly. The woman shook her head. "You are not what I expected." "Better or worse?" Xardius growled, struggling to his feet, expectedly dwarfing the woman. "Different," the woman said, standing as well. "I'd heard you were taller." "Good one," Xardius said, walking off. "I'll remember that." "You're not going to hear my request?" the woman asked, sounding annoyed as she followed him. She's annoyed... "I've got work to do" Xardius said, picking up Chomper where he'd stashed it, and returning it to his back. "Work which you don't know how to do," the woman said. "Let me help you." "You help me? So your request is to let you help me? Give me a break," Xardius said, spreading his hands. "What?" The woman sighed. "Fine, then take a hint: The twilight holds what you seek." Xardius shook his head. "First rule, lady, never underestimate me." The woman's eyes narrowed. "You were lying in an alley..." "Never make assumptions," Xardius said as he walked away. "Assumptions only hurt the assuming." The woman watched him go, then promptly disappeared. EDIT OOC: Let me read your post before I edit in my response to it Nulix... EDIT2 OOC: OK, here we go... BIC: "So you've finally realized," Enigma said, appearing next to Vecked. "No matter, you'll still be useful. Come." Enigma grabbed Vecked, and the two jumped. The next instant, they were on a rocky ledge overlooking a pit of twilight. "The entrance to the twilight realm of the dark worlds," Enigma said, releasing Vecked.
Yeah, these were really great! I used the first one in a youtube video promoting our RP on this site! (The Ultimate Organization)
OOC: Right, see you then.
OOC: Grah. OK, here's the deal. Tomorrow I won't be here either, BUT... I will be here Saturday. And if Nulix responds to my PM tomorrow, I'll be able to implement my plan (w/Xardius). Meet me here at about the time you got on today Saturday and we'll continue the plot (w/Novice and the UO). Meanwhile, I'll write Xardius' plot.
OOC: Be "on" in about half an hour, bear with me.
OOC: I am very very sorry. I just got home. So we'll have to finish this tomorrow, and hopefully Nulix will be on, or I'll be angry...because I need him...Maybe I'll just do it anyway... BIC: Kardas stood, drooling. "Well, well, if it isn't an injured Novice..." OOC: I'm thinking...not yet...
