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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 20, 2010 16:49:03 GMT
"Yes, thank you."
Alterio turns to the merchant.
"And as for *you*, I want this book for free, or I am reporting you to the city guards for theft."
The merchant nods unhappily and hands Alterio a heavy book studded with weird gems. Alterio addresses Roght.
"Well, come along. I don't have all day."
Alterio hands his purchases to the implings and his guards.
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Post by izacque on Jul 21, 2010 14:19:39 GMT
Roght follows Alterio as he buys this book and that book and also some magical ingredients. 'Hmmm,' he thinks, 'Another magician.' After everything has been bought, Alterio leads him to two chunks of Earth floating about 3 feet off the ground.
"I hope you don't mind if I ask you to ride with my guards," said Alterio.
Roght simply nodded.
The trip to the tower was more than a little frightening. How magicians could pull stunts like this, Roght had no idea. They finally arrived at the tower...
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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 26, 2010 2:24:02 GMT
"We'll talk in my study. I'll have my guards deliver the books upstairs while we talk. I lost quite a lot before I raised the tower out of the ground. Follow me."
Alterio leads Roght to the study, and offers him a drink.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Jul 26, 2010 8:04:31 GMT
Yewa and I take flight towards the supposed hide-out of the red dragon.
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Post by GloveParty on Jul 26, 2010 14:40:44 GMT
Lev realized that he'd be quite, quite dead trying to fight Zexor without them. So he ran under them, losing distance quickly, shouting "Wait! Wait! I want to fight Zexor toooooooo....!!!!" He kept on running, but tripped on a rock. As they flew away, Lev continued to run in the general direction that theyy flew off in. He'd find them eventually.
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Post by izacque on Jul 28, 2010 14:18:55 GMT
"I... Can't really drink things. I'm a skeleton." *awkward silence* "So, what do you do besides fly towers and buy books?"
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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 28, 2010 22:35:19 GMT
"Ah, of course, I apologize. In any case, I don't really know how to put this without sounding pompous, but I create life."
*Alterio waves his arm dramatically, drawing Roght's attention to a mass of vaguely humanoid bubbling flesh.*
"At this point I am restricted to Flesh Golems. Even the smallest multi-cellular organisms like mice or cockroaches escape my ability to create "life" from scratch. In addition, besides my "creating life", I also study magical physics and exotic being behavior. I am writing a paper on the seasonal migrations of Ice Elementals currently. Not terribly exciting, but it is useful information for more people than you would think."
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Post by izacque on Jul 29, 2010 14:35:33 GMT
Roght walks over to the flesh golems. Well, magic is magic. Roght pokes one.
"Ah, Roght, those are delicate beings! you can't just go poking and proding! you're liable to --" He trails of as he sees Roght is paying no mind. Roght next examines the incubators.
"I built them myself. Had to pick up a few books about it, engineering isn't really my thing."
"These coils counteract each other." "Is that so? Well, the physical is always marred, it appears. That's what really got me into magic you know. I was only a child when --" He trails off again.
Roght grabs the two coils and unwinds them. He then weaves the coils together, tightening them. The bubbling doubles in fervor. "That's more efficient."
((Reading over this I realized I kinda hijacked your character. I hope I've accurately gauged his responses to Roght. For the sake of story line and plot development, you can make Roght say/do things as well. I'm sure you have enough insight to his character.))
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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 29, 2010 16:04:55 GMT
"Interesting... I will write that down. So, Roght, why did you want to talk to me? I seem to have hijacked the conversation."
((It's quite alright. That's about exactly what he would have said. ;D))
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Post by Mister Mysterious on Jul 30, 2010 21:13:20 GMT
Wolffe had kept a close eye on the Elf, following him in the darkness. He had looked away for a moment to see if anyone had noticed him before fixing his gaze on Alterio and his new companion. Wolffe made an odd expression when he saw the massive pile of human flesh, then paid it no mind. He looked at the Elf's new friend, wondering what kind of creature it was.
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Post by izacque on Jul 30, 2010 21:25:57 GMT
"I'm almost 400 years old. I've had a life as a mining engineer, but I'm moving on. Most ignis lupi my age join bands and fight elementals. I find that purposeless. I wandered a bit. Seems like everyone spends their time fighting. It gets lonely. I want to settle down and do something new. Something with meaning."
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Post by Mister Mysterious on Jul 30, 2010 22:06:05 GMT
His curiosity in this new creature grew, finding it intriguing. He would have to keep an eye on these two. He slithered deeper into the darkness, and then he was gone.
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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 31, 2010 1:11:50 GMT
"Interesting... what do you mean by "something with meaning"? What are you interested in, exactly?"
Alterio inclines his head a bit and looks behind Roght, to where Wolffe had been.
"Did you see that thing? What is that?"
He walks over to where Wolffe was/is.
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Post by Mister Mysterious on Jul 31, 2010 1:53:11 GMT
Wolffe had slithered up the wall, resting himself on a horizontal pillar designed to keep the ceiling up. He bared his teeth, every tooth except the molars looking as though they were forcibly sharpened by hand.
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Post by V.I.R.O.S. on Jul 31, 2010 2:12:07 GMT
"Interesting... I've never seen anything like it."
Alterio turns to Roght.
"Do you think it is sentient?"
Alterio turns back to Wolffe, and speaks loudly and slowly.
"Hellooo. My naaame is All-tere-ee-oh. H-oo a-re y-oo?"
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Post by Mister Mysterious on Jul 31, 2010 2:35:26 GMT
The only response the elf got from Wolffe was a loud, guttural growling that seemed to echo creepily. Incapable of speech, he was only able to make noises. His tail swung around feverishly, making whooshing sounds as it did so.
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Post by izacque on Aug 2, 2010 13:21:10 GMT
Roght walked over to Wolffe. "Can you understand me? Hold one claw up if yes, two if no."
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Post by Skribbblie on Aug 2, 2010 20:32:23 GMT
Name: Varoner the First Race: The Last Niayer (a race of humans dedicated to honorable combat and warfare) Sub-race: All other Niayer relatives, too many to state. Class: Former king of the Niayer Kingdom.
Varoner seeks why his race was suddenly wiped out. The only weapon he has is the scimitar once wielded by his mightiest champion, Niacc. Using ancient Niayer incantations, he created a portal that would hopefully transport him somewhere with life, as he could not possibly survive in the now lifeless city of Garnastus. Interestingly, it transported him to a tower far, far away.
Varoner falls directly on top of Alterio, unconscious. The portal, it seems, was not made correctly. He drops a book written in a completely foreign dialect.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Aug 5, 2010 8:22:04 GMT
Halfway to Zero, your character is accepted
Yewa and I keep flying towards where a strange man told us he saw the red dragon. Another dragon added to our ranks would bolster our team.
We land in front of a cave with a strong scent of food. All seem calm.
"Who are you?" we hear from the cave.
"I am Memzak and this is Yewa" I reply.
"Well it's rare finding dragons on this accursed planet." He said.
"We need you for our team, will you join us?"
"Why?"
To be continued...
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Post by Skribbblie on Aug 6, 2010 18:54:43 GMT
Varoner remains unconscious, although it is difficult to tell because of the visor on his tear drop-shaped helmet.
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Post by GloveParty on Aug 7, 2010 16:26:13 GMT
After a LOT of running, some riding, and MORE running, Lev could vaguely see the cave and dragons. He was too exhausted too talk, so he just kept on running. As it got closer, he could see that a red dragon was in the cave. They had some serious plans. He got closer, and closer, and when he was very close, he tried to stop. However he had misjudged his ability to stop, and collided with the cave. He keeled over backwards. After a while of laying down on the ground and breathing hard, Lev got up and asked: "Memzak, can I fight Zexor too?"
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Post by Paradox on Aug 9, 2010 22:36:35 GMT
Deciding to follow the strange Boxer, Paradox promptly vanished into the Dark Realm, where all dead souls lie. Traveling by the Dark Realm is much quicker than by the Living Realm, especially when you have powers of the dead.
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Post by Skribbblie on Aug 11, 2010 20:46:04 GMT
Blood leaks through a small crack in Varoner's visor.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Aug 12, 2010 18:50:06 GMT
All three dragons become alert when Lev runs past, but relax as soon as he hits the wall. I could have sworn that I even heard the red dragon chuckle.
"Ah, Lev.... good to see you again. You may join us on our fight with Zexor. We can use all the help we can get." I said.
"Agreed" said Yewa.
"I demise Zexor and what he has done. If this is the reason for you approaching me then I accept. Yewa, Memzak I will gladly join your team. My name is Thor. I shall join your group, but there is one condition, memzak, I challenge you to be leader of this group." The red dragon said.
"Challenge Accepted"
Thor and I then took flight, the fight for leadership of our pack has begun.
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Post by GloveParty on Aug 12, 2010 21:12:22 GMT
"Good, I get to help destroy that tyr- Oh, great, now we're fighting each other. Ah well, I suppose nothing serious can happen." Lev felt his nose. It was bleeding. "I suppose I'll just lie here for a while... and rest..."
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Aug 13, 2010 14:59:21 GMT
Thor dashes away from me behind a cloud, I follow and then he dives down from a cloud above me and tries to slash at my chest. I dodge his attack mid air and spin to throw him off balance.
"Ah, looks like this shall be an interesting battle." says Thor as he regains stability and height.
He roars and breathes red flames at me which pass harmlessly to my sides, but as I am distracted by the light in my eyes he flies as fast as his flames and just as they end he slashes at me in the chest. Instinctively I bock with just unsheathed Clamaxti.
"So you have a weapon.... but I also have mine..." Thor says after seeing clamaxti.
Thor then takes out his war-axe as we both dive and land in the forest. He slashes at me as I dodge and completely shatters the tree behind me.
"Heh, he's strong too..." I say.
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Post by GloveParty on Aug 13, 2010 15:38:47 GMT
[iLev watched the two dragons fight in the sky and dive into the forest. "Oh great. Someone's probably going to get killed." Lev got up. "There has to be something worthwhile to explore around here." Lev looked left and saw a tree explode in the forest. "Well, I'm not going there." Lev began to take a good look at his surroundings. "What to do..."[/i]
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Aug 13, 2010 17:45:27 GMT
Another couple of trees and rocks were destroyed and Thor seemed no where near tired.
"Time to end this now..." I said.
I charge up clamaxti using the life force of plants and animals with unguarded minds around me and then I used the newly gotten death gem to collect the remaining death energy leaving an area of 5m in all directions from the sword. The sword starts glowing.
'Hmmm, this seems like a powerful attack coming up... better be prepared.' thought Thor.
I then release a quarter of stored energy in the sword to blast out a white flame inferno which just miss the Thor and completely burns a large area next to him to ash. A huge could of ash rises from the area. This reduces visibility to a very short range. I then sense where his life force is.
'Hmmm, I can sense his life force but I'm safe as long as I keep my distance. He doesn't seem to be advancing' thought Thor.
I then use the remaining three quarters of the energy to power up a large lightning attack.
"Sky of the white dragons!" I shout while I release all of the lightning energy.
Lightning blots go in all directions around me attracted to any life force. There were about one hundred separate bolts in all directions, at least one had to hit. I then made a gust of wind to blow all the ash away. There were lightning scorch marks all over the place but not one of them hit Thor. In fact, where is Thor?
"Impressive." Thor said.
A huge boulder pops out of the ground and he climbs out from under it.
"But not good enough."
'Damn, I didn't even sense him lifting up the boulder.' I thought.
"Hehe, but that was just a distraction" I said
"Wait what?!" He replied.
I then used the earth gem to morph the ground around him and trap him inside of the boulder he used to shield himself. (leaving enough room for him to breath and look me in the eye)
"Will you settle for being my right wing?" I said.
"Yes, but don't get to cocky." He replied.
I released the boulder and let it crumble away. We then both headed back to the cave.
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Post by GloveParty on Aug 13, 2010 18:28:23 GMT
Seeing Memzak and Thor come out of the forest, ending my plans for exploring, I asked: "So who won?"
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Aug 13, 2010 19:48:18 GMT
Thor let out a gumble at the question and I replied, "I did."
"Yewa is my left wing, as she always has been and Thor is my right. You shall be included in our pack and rid on my back for transport. We can't have you running in to caves all the time."
We shall set of for the closest friendly village to stock up on supplies for the battle.
"Climb on my back Lev, we are going to visit a village for supplies to attack Zexor with."
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