Tides of war- Ch.1, States of confusion

Diana rode into the city part of the kingdom. People parted to let her through, but it wasn't becuase she was a princess, but because of the creature walking next to her horse.

 

OOC: (I was going to wait until after five new posts, but I thought if I post now while everyone but me is logged out, my character's entrance won't sound so unimportant later. But I have a feeling by tomorrow my internet will be down, so I'm posting now ahead of time.)


Meanwhile, watching stealthily behind all the crowds, Chronix Gear, the assassin for hire, was about ready to leave when he saw the strange creature. He didn't care much for the princess herself, or how fine the steed looked, in fact, Chronix didn't care about the community and city he lived in, all he cared about most of the time was himself. That is, until he saw the creature. It looked strange, but then again, Chronix's left eye was covered by his hair so he couldn't see well. Deciding it was just a figment of his imagination, Chronix shook his head and left, as he did not care for parades of crowds or the higher-ups.

Back at home, Chronix continued his search about his own past when he heard a knock at his door. He glared evilly at the door. It was a common fact that Chronix never smiled, but to get him glaring was suicide. Chronix grabbed his Buster Gear sword and walked angrily towards the door, intending to kill the person on the other side. Until he looked out the window and realized that it was an angel at his door. Chronix frowned. Only the truly special people had Angels coming to call, and as far as he knew, Chronix was not special. Carefully opening the door, Chronix came face to face with the female angel on the other side. "Yes? What do you want? I'm kinda' busy." Chronix was in a bad mood, and would rather not have been disturbed. Then again, Chronix was always in a bad mood.

 

ooc: hmmmm, Angels are rarely seen, so make sure that stuff like that doesn't happen often. After all, seeing an angel is supposed to be a once in a life time event

bic: "Why did we get stuck with this lame job?" one gaurd asked.

"Hey, don't ask me, I aint the one in charge" the other gaurd said.

"Well ya, but, they all get to go down their and gaurd the princess, while we are stuck here on patrol. Its so lame. I don't think that they think we are good enough" the first gaurd said.

"Ya think?" the other gaurd said. They bickered amongst eachother, as Zane slowly creeped up behind them. He quickly put both of his hands on each's helment, and slammed their heads together, knocking them both out. Then, since no one else was in the area, he started to take off their armor. After all, he did have a plan to go through with.

 

OOC: (Okay, yeah, I'll make sure it doesn't happen often. This is the last appearance of the Angel and that's it.)

Chronix was getting tired of the Angel just staring at him like a lost friend, and hefted his sword over his shoulders. "Listen, I'm extremely busy, so if you would please just go away that would be perfect." As if in complete response, the Angel just disappeared into thin air, leaving something glinting behind. "Huh? Oh, it's a pendant. Hmph. I probably should've told her that I'm not one for jewelry. I mean, if I'm gonna' get anything shining and gold, it had better be the pay I'm promised for doing Mercenary work." Slamming the door and locking it so that he wouldn't be tempted to open it to anybody else, Chronix went back to work on his history.

The results weren't very clear. He had decided to find his family tree and all he got was a bug in the computer that shut the internet off. Chronix's mind temporarily snapped, and when he woke up, he found he was laying on the floor next to a smoking computer screen that shot off occasional bolts of electricity. Chronix didn't want to use his Magic skills on the computer, be he really couldn't afford a new one, so...

"Ah, dammit... Fine. Repair!"

The computer instantly fixed the screen, flew back onto the desk, mended the wires back together, Made all cracks on the screen disappear, and plugged itself back in. All the data on his computer came back to life instantly, and Chronix found himself staring at a family tree that said only he was human in his entire family.

 

The big Leapord like creature walked silently next to Diana's horse as she rode slowly through the city to the main castle.

 

OOC: (Sorry if this next part sounds gruesome, I was out of ideas for a while. Is there a rule against gore in this RP?)

The countryside was mostly quiet aside from the faint sound of a motorcycle running along the road. Chronix drove as fast as he could away from the city. He was off to visit his friend, Sero Holiday. Chronix smirked. Sero Holiday, the same criminal who had over 200 different crime charges. Sero was on the run, and frequently disguised himself before going into public. Though it never worked that well, Sero managed to get away with it because people usually never recognized his face. Chronix stopped suddenly at the sight of a dead person on the side of the street. Chronix got off the bike and turned the person over.

It was Sero.

Chronix's eyes went wide. How did anybody manage to get Sero? Was it a bloodling? Had the authorities finally caught up to him? Chronix's mind went into a flurry of thoughts, and it didn't help that he was dizzy and had a rather dangerous case of Hemophobia, fear of sight of blood. Slowly, Chronix began to lose consciousness and collapsed on the street. Sero's blood dyed Chronix's white hair red.

 

ooc: I don't have anything against gore, so technicly, there isn't a problem. I myself usually try to refrain from it, but I have seen enough movies to help me to describe some really gorey scenes. I'm just sayen :)

bic: From the crowd, slowly walked a soldier, who's face appeared to be covered by the shadow of the helmet. He slowly started to approach Diana. "Excuse me, but are you miss diana?" he asked.

 

The leapord, Panthera looked up at the soldier and growled. " Hush." Diana said to him. Then she looked up at the soldier and smiled, " Sorry about that, yes I am."

 

"Good" the gaurd said, a grin appearing on his face. "I'm here to escort you to the palace, so if you wouldn't mind, please follow me" he said.

 

Diana smiled an nodded. " Thank you very much." She said. Panthera never took his eyes off him as they walked. " He seems fine to me." Diana suddenly whispered.

 

As they came towards an ally way, the gaurd said "My apologies miss, but I heard a rumor that their is a bloodling lurking in this city, and if it is ok with you, I would like to take a short cut to get to the castle. You never know what might happen in a wide open area"

 

" That's fine, but you don't have to worry about my protection...." She said and looked down at Panthera. " ...really."

 

Chronix woke up in his house, with Sero in a preservation pod right in front of Chronix's computer. Chronix's white hair was now a faint pink as somebody had washed out his hair. Chronix realized his sword was missing, just before he tripped over it. "Oh, there it is." Chronix decided now would be a good time to check in on his Mercenary work again. Starting up his computer, the internet instantly popped on. "Hey, you, don't mess with anything on there, I'm not finished yet with this pod." said a voice from behind Sero. Chronix looked over to see a red haired boy wearing an engineer outfit smoking a cigar. "Besides, this is gonna' be about four more hours before completion." the engineer said lazily. "Who are you?" Chronix asked tensely. "Relax, kid. I found you on the road. You were passed out, then I realized you must have Hemophobia so I took you back here and fixed up your friend. Well, kinda. I'm Jack Swade, just an engineer from another town you probably don't know about."

Chronix was definatelly confused. How did this guy carry two 120 pound teenagers all the way back to Valgonia by himself? And, more to that fact, how without any trouble did he do it? Then, Chronix saw that he had a semi automatic Liaison cannon/machine gun laying next to him, along with a spear. Chronix knew that the cannon guns were rare, but this guy must have been lucky to have found one. "I'll tell you more later. For now, just rest." Jack said calmly. Chronix obeyed, feeling a migraine coming on.

 

"Please Miss, I have encountered one of those horrible bloodlings before. It is no offense to your gaurd, but I am quite certain that he could take it down easily, as ferocious as it may be" the gaurd said to Diana

 

Panthera growled even more. Diana became uneasy. " He's a lot more powerful than he may seem." She said.

 

"Ms.Diana, have you ever met a bloodling before?" the gaurd asked. Dammit, this girl is more trouble then she is worth.

 

She glanced down at Panthera and he glanced at her. " No."

 

OOC: (If any of you have played FF 1 and 2, you will know that this next city is the town of the Magi. If you have any problems with this city's use, please tell me and I will take it out.)

"So wait," Chronix said after listening to the story Jack had told him. "You mean to tell me that you come from a town called Mysidia and that everyone there is a magician, but you were born a royal knight? Right, I'm supposed to believe that's how you got here? And furthermore, that's how you got your gun? I don't think so. Engineers don't miraculously become knights, and Knights would never drop as low as an engineer. What's the deal here?" Jack sighed deeply, not surprised that Chronix didn't believe him. Not many people did. "Well, I'm one of those people who do miraculously become knights. I was born as an engineer, but like you, I wasn't even sure of my own past, so I looked up my family history and found out my father was a knight and my mother was a royal guard, both of whom died five years ago. So my uncle Arron took me in and taught me about engineering. He also taught me how to use one hand to fight with a spear, and the other to shoot my enemies with a gun. It was... Unbalancing. Let's say that." "So then how did you suddenly become a knight? Am I supposed to believe you walked right up to the castle, spoke to the king there and said "My parents were knights, can I be one too please?" Jack smiled and nodded. "That's almost exactly how I played it out too. Except, instead of what you said, I said that Markus Swade and Elena Swade were both knights and that their son Jack Swade has come to claim his place. It was that easy."

Jack craned his head suddenly as if he were listening to the silence. "Come on, there's trouble coming." he said, hastily grabbing his spear and holstering his gun. Chronix frowned and grabbed his sword while running out behind Jack.

 

"Well, if you have not met one before, then you do not know how they fight. Please, I must try to insist that you come with me through this short cut" the gaurd said.

 

" Fine." Diana said but hopped off her horse and grabbed the reigns. Panthera walked slowly next to her, keeping his eyes on the guard.