Author Topic: Takeback! (Read 9638 times)

Queen Bright · « **on:** January 23, 2011, 06:22:19 AM »

Now that the Sage Dimension was nearly taken, it was time to take back the Outerverse. With that key element back in control, Hikaru could proceed with the plans she had thought up on the spot. The only thing standing her way, was Iroku, and her own kids... Before, that would have been an issue, but at this point in time, Hikaru wouldn't even stop against her kids. Them, her brothers, all of her relatives combined, they were all enemies. As was anyone else alive. This was the result in the spell to seal the conscience. It rid one of the ability to feel or care for anything. It destroyed their sense of right from wrong, and it destroyed who they were for as long as the spell was cast.

And with as powerful a sage as Hikaru was? As well as being a spell created by her as well as her own method? This basically meant forever.

"Infect the Outerverse," Hikaru muttered in command when she had appeared with the circle and Aralangs a mere few inches from the rip between the Outerverse and the Prison Dimension. Thinking it to be all the more painful for her captives, Hikaru just left them at the entrance while she ordered the Virus.

"If the one they call Iroku defends it, I will take care of him. Just do your part." That said, Hikaru materialized the entwined staff of Genesis and Revelation magic in her hand. It was the same staff that she had created in the tournament, but with its power masked of signature as well. To any sage or mage, as well as any type of magic user, Hikaru no longer had a signature, and neither did any of her possessions.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2011, 06:36:38 AM »

The Virus knew that the Outerverse could kick it out the moment it attacks the Outerverse. "I need to go inside of you for just in case the Outerverse force-teleports me out of here in response to me infecting it," it told Hikaru. I then went inside of Hikaru without infecting her. It just merely remained dormant inside of her. Next, it began to infect the Outerverse, and adapted to whatever it did to try to defend itself.

Several Aralangs went to their side of the rip, at the edge. "You two okay?" one of them asked Gaserlake and Leserlake. Both nodded back.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2011, 06:47:55 AM »

When finished ordering the Virus , Hikaru glanced to both Gaserlake and Leserlake, catching the question from the other Aralangs. This caused her to turn around and stand directly in front of them. With a quick glance to the rip, she sent one last command to the Virus without glancing to the two, "Infect them now as well, make them infect their whole dimension across the rip. When finished, return."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2011, 06:58:20 AM »

Gaserlake, Leserlake, and the other Aralangs were in shock. "What?" they all said at the same time.

The Virus infected Gaserlake and Leserlake to the point that it controlled the two, but left them conscious and aware of what's happening. The Virus then spread into the prison dimension with Gaserlake and Leserlake.

Nisorin · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:26:43 PM »

With the first virus particle that attempts to infect the Outerverse, all the virus particles are forcefully teleported out of the Outerverse, returning them to the Era Valley. Iroku appears at the center of where the virus horde once was, with Kotah and Ezael at his sides. Her kids try to run to her as soon as they see her, but Iroku stops them with a firm hand on their shoulders. "Hikaru. No more mother. Mother trap in Hikaru. Hikaru trap part of Hikaru. We free her." He says, stepping before them as Koraiten rises from the ground, a small silver butterfly resting on his shoulder before fluttering off, dissipating into the Outerverse's atmosphere.

Koraiten phases into Iroku's body once again, merging himself with him to complete the metamorphosis ritual. Iroku stands tall, the armor symbiote emerging to cover his entire body. "Gone for now, Banished the Memories. Displays of calm are betrayed by your misery." He calls out, the helmet growing multicolored feathers, like a tribal headdress.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2011, 10:56:57 PM »

However, not all of the Virus has been forcefully teleported out. Some of it was inside of Hikaru, safe from forced teleportation.

The Virus proceeded with infecting the station, but the Aralangs knew what was happening. They'd rather have no station than an infected station. Therefore, they scuttled the station, with no countdown... or tried to, anyway. The Aralangs realized to their horror that the Virus took over the self-destruct systems. The station has eventually been completely infected by the Virus, including the docked ships. They went to other stations, as well, and the infection process has begun, and succeeded in infecting the stations. All of the uninfected Aralangs escaped.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2011, 01:57:23 AM »

Having taken note of Iroku's appearance, Hikaru turned to him and proceeded to walk forward while at the same time, commanding the remaining part of the Virus to stay dormant and do nothing. To her kids, she completely ignored them. "I am Hikaru Tyris, eldest of the Sage Three, the three most powerful magic users of the dimensional plane, and last descendants of the Phoenix and Genesis Kingdoms, heirs to royalty." Hikaru paused to scowl for a moment, "I understand you came upon possession of the Outerverse in my absence. I come to inform you that is no longer necessary and that I will be taking it back now. If you disagree, you will die."

"What should we do?" Both Kotah and Ezael both asked respectively as they stood by Iroku with worried looks, their spirit guides beside them. The guides themselves stood hissing, both catlike spirits had their fur ruffled and their tails standing on end, their teeth showing and eyes in slits. The guides could sense danger in Hikaru, and in response, stood ready to defend each of the kids.

Nisorin · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2011, 02:11:01 AM »

He stands tall, her head only about reaching his shoulder as he stares her down. "Phoenix and Genesis royalty mean nothing to true guardians of nature and her children. Social, political, economic, and cultural standings are irrelevant before the needs of the land. You command the Great Beast. You have destroyed countless lives. You birthed the abomination called Kurai. You even claim possession over that which cannot be owned and you hold no claim to. While you may be one of the most powerful sages, Ms. Tyris, I cannot allow you to tame the Outerverse. You know only how to destroy, and one such as that cannot become a guardian of the land. Further attempts will result in open war, which you know will be time consuming and cost you a good deal of resources you could put to better use elsewhere. I ask that you leave. I will not allow any to tame this place. It is a pity you tamed yourself so readily. Ararus must be infuriated." He explains, not even flinching at her scowl.

Behind him, the air starts to shimmer and turn to silver. The light forms into great, twin butterfly wings, unfurling to reveal Celestie standing between them. "Hikaru. I see you have come to retake what you believe is yours. What has happened to you? You hold so little of your previous glory that it saddens me."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2011, 02:30:23 AM »

The Virus remained dormant and passive inside of Hikaru.

Gaserlake and Leserlake were forced back to the edge of the Aralang Dimension's side of the rip in time to hear the conversation.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2011, 03:24:12 AM »

"You misunderstand," Hikaru shook her head, "We're not just the most powerful sages. But overall, the most powerful users of magic. Like it or not, your people remain inferior to us as well as the Sage race as a whole. It's high time you understand that. In the hierarchy of magic, we stand at the above all. You say I have no right to the Outerverse? That is a lie. The Outerverse was under my command before others. When the Sage Three ruled the dimension, my brother founded Japan, while I discovered the Outerverse, it is by right, mine."

Hikaru took not of Celestie but ignored her.

As they hadn't received an answer to their last question, Kotah and Ezael took it as a time to be silent and said nothing more. But they stood ready.

Nisorin · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2011, 03:46:37 AM »

He shakes his head as Celestie pulls at Kotah and Ezael's shoulders, pulling them away from Iroku. "Ms. Tyris, that is quite the confident statement. Sages are strong, sure, but not the strongest. And once again, you hold no claim to the Outerverse. Nor do I. The Outerverse owns itself, as it should be. No longer will this place be tamed by anyone. And even your considerable power isn't much match for it, should it decide to defend itself." He replies, seeming to stare her down as the feathers on his headdress flutter in an unseen wind.

Celestie, now a good thirty feet away, puts up a barrier-array around her and the kids. "Hikaru's not herself at the moment. There's something restraining her emotions, possibly memories and even her conscience as well. May be a seal, mental block, I'm not sure yet. Tough to tell with no magic signature to follow. Let Iroku handle this."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2011, 02:09:15 PM »

"The Sages aren't the strongest, no. But the Sage Three are. And eventually? Highest in all of existence. Now stand down." Hikaru slowly stepped forward, her grip tightening on the staff.

"If the Outerverse didn't want a master, it would not have allowed my magic signature tied to it all those years ago. You don't know the Outerverse. It accepts its masters very carefully. They must be high in power, and prove themselves by removing the previous owners signature through death or force. Kai only had it so Lucifer could not obtain it. I intended to take it back when that danger had passed."

"But if she uses the violet flames, he's done for!" Kotah argued against Celestie. Of course he meant God Fire, but at this point in time, he had not been given the name of the flames he had come to know and had no way of knowing.

Meanwhile, Ezael had noticed Gaserlake and Leserlake, recognizing the both of them from back in Aralia. "What about them? Shouldn't we try to help them? They don't have a barrier for safety."

Nisorin · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:10:08 PM »

"If she does use the purple fire, I'll need your help to protect us. We'll be too busy trying to keep ourselves alive to worry about them. Especially if Iroku feels he needs to use his strongest skills." She answers, crouching to one knee as she starts bolstering the strength of the Array.

Iroku, however, stands resolute. "I know not what happened to you, that would cause you to work with the Great Beast or lose all sense of who you are, Milady Tyris, but know this. Your power, your position, your family, your lover, you do not scare me. Even though the blood of the regal Phoenix flows through your veins, you can still die." He answers, turning so his side is facing Hikaru, his feet spreading apart as a strange feeling emanates from his body, after-images trailing his movements. His magic signature weakens as the strange feeling intensifies. "It would seem we are at a crossroads, Milady Phoenix."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2011, 11:19:28 PM »

"I die, I re-incarnate or return from Hell. And permanent death by spirit? You do that and well-" Hikaru paused. She believed Asura's words, but was it wise to spread it to others? "Well, you'll just have to see. Now, I grow bored of this bickering. So you have two options." Hikaru pointed the staff at Iroku, "Fight or die." With that, she disappeared.

"But we should still try!" Ezael argued back, "If we don't, they'll get caught in the cross-fire."

"What if we made the barrier on that side?" Kotah joined in.

Nisorin · « **Reply #14 on:** February 03, 2011, 12:35:18 AM »

((Well then, time to start anew I suppose... -.- ))

"Then I fight you off again, and again, until you get the hint. I die, I shall return, probably without even passing. And I shall return with friends. You will not take this place, she has not been born yet. Neither I nor Irrelai will allow you to corrupt her!" He answers, his voice rising with each sentence as his body absorbs the ground beneath his feet, producing three perfectly identical clones as the after images split from his body. Together, their voices echo throughout the Outerverse, calling its power to bear. "Rroho Kaldeldetza nach eidolas Tyris!" They shout, the magic and spirit signatures spreading equally through the four Iroku's as tribal eye-like runes form on the ground, scattered about with seemingly no pattern.

"If we try to help them now, we'll all die, and then we can't help anyone anymore. Besides, I don't think they'd let us help them. We three have made them quite mad, after all. Besides even that, according to my husband and his messenger, they know a lot more about that thing than we do. We'd just get in the way." Celestie responds, holding their shoulders even tighter. "They've faced that thing before, they'll know how to deal with it. Besides, our magic won't work in there. They have some kind of field that makes magic not work. Now come on, we need to get this done if we're going to help your mother."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2011, 04:30:28 PM »

Clones. How cliche. And exactly what Hikaru had planned to do herself.

"Bring every Aralang in the Prison Dimension to the edge of their side of the rip," Hikaru commanded in thought to the virus, "Have them stay there until further notice, DO NOT cross over to this side."

That done, Hikaru reappeared afloat within the air, a swirl of golden flames curled around her and graceful wings adorned upon her back. Crimson red with golden tips, the feathers of the wings appeared to grow longer the closer they came together in the midpoint of her back, instead of shorter. This was due to the feathers extending downward from the center into longer strands that resembled the tail feathers of a phoenix, the gold being more dominant in the longer strands that flowed with the direction of the wind.

Taking the entwined staff of solid Revelation and Genesis magic in both of her hands, Hikaru began to pull at each of the different types of magic, one in each hand, prying them apart. As the extraction of the magic took effect, sparks of amber and cyan flew off in all random directions until Hikaru had what resembled an amber and a cyan snake, one in each hand, representing the two magic types.

After promptly dropping the two snakes to the ground, the moment Hikaru took hold of the now barren staff, the two magic types sprang back to life and wrapped themselves around one another again, reforming the staff.

As for the snakes, the moment they touched the ground, they began to slither in the opposite pattern, therefore if the cyan snake went one direction, the amber snake went another. Soon the snakes were encircling the four Iroku's, the Cyan-Genesis snake going clockwise, and the Amber-Revelation snake going counter.

Hikaru herself went into fetal position and wrapped the 15-foot wings around her body, curling herself into a feathered sphere. The sphere began to molt.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2011, 04:43:01 PM »

All of the Aralangs were eventually squeezed into the station. Of course, there's too many to fit in the station, so the leftovers were in the docked ships.

Nisorin · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2011, 06:43:18 PM »

The four Irokus phase out into the Astral, body and spirit, as several of the Eyes flash a bright green. As they return less than a second later, in a box formation outside the Snakes with Hikaru at the center, they bring two red mongoose-spirits with them, who immediately set to hunting the two snakes. The mongooses, being one of the foremost natural predators of snakes, take little time in using their claws to split the snakes' heads right open, and sit down to feast.

The Irokus form large war drums around them, calling on the Outerverse to power hazy barrier spheres around them as the spirits inhabiting each Iroku fragment swarm out and into the ground. His voice rings out as the spiritless vessels start their drumming, vibrating the Outerverse's ground. "Vii vii Niimon saamon! Eei mujje Bam bardrabu morei!" Within the confines of the Rroho Kaldeldetza, a sage green mist forms low over the ground, grass sprouting and shooting the Eyes into the air as vines reach up to wrap around the molting sphere. Each feather that hits the vines is disassembled, the raw materials sinking into the ground like water in dry soil.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2011, 07:57:24 PM »

The moment they were slashed, both the amber snake and the cyan split in half. But instead of fading, the two halves formed back into a whole snake going from two snakes to four snakes. Two of Genesis, and two of Revelation. The four snakes resumed encircling the four Iroku's.

As for the vines, they would soon fine out that they weren't able to touch the feathered sphere that was Hikaru, for a strong unseen barrier blocked their touch. While the feathers that had molted just merely avoided the vines and floated to the ground, sinking into it and fading the moment it made contact.

Then all at once, Hikaru stirred and threw out her wings, all of the feathers shed in one motion, bursting out in wave throughout the Outerverse. Each feather fell to the ground sank into it, and faded away, avoiding the vines along the way.

Hikaru raised the staff and threads of Revelation and Genesis magic shot out at the vines, seeking to consume them and show just what was the stronger magic in this fight.

"When I give the order, teleport every Aralang you've infected into the Outerverse. But do nothing until I say". Hikaru commanded the Virus.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #19 on:** February 05, 2011, 08:01:21 PM »

The Virus stood by.

Nisorin · « **Reply #20 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:50:15 PM »

((Two more posts till Rroho Kaldeldetza identifies and marks Hikaru's seal, four until the origin of the signature of power is born.))

The vines, rather than simply quit as assumed, massed around the barrier, preventing the falling feathers from avoiding them in their quest for the ground. Disassembled, they served as food for the new life growing deep within the Outerverse. From the ground emerges a massive signature of power, pressing against Hikaru's barrier from all sides as the mist thickens. The four spirit fragments combine deep underground, even as the two mongooses split into four, chasing the snakes yet again, this time restraining them rather than splitting them open. The snakes begin to weaken as the mongoose spirits feed on the magic.

The drums quicken as the tangled mass of vines begins to pulse with a heartbeat, sending shivers down Celestie's spine as she pulls the kids further and further away from the battlefield. "He's not even trying to stop her from taking the place, he's just buying time..." She mumbles, as Irrelai teleports in front of her, still within the half-finished pocket dimension wall Celestie'd crafted, her magic signature suppressed as much as she could.

"I need you to cover me, keep me hidden, I need to do something kinda insane for this to work." Irrelai asks of the three, crouching before the two kids. "If you would like to see a new life be born into this world, I ask your help." She explains, walking behind them and sitting down, feet together and knees out wide as she places her hands low on her stomach. With a wince and a sharp groan, she pushes the contents of a small crystalline vial into her stomach, using the Sierrensa techniques to pull it into her and bring it to where it needs to be. Suddenly, she springs to hands and knees, vomiting violently as her stomach starts to swell.

((Edited to fix Hikaru's complaint.))

Gaserlake · « **Reply #21 on:** February 05, 2011, 11:22:00 PM »

When Hikaru gave the order, the Virus teleported every single Aralang into the Outerverse. It seemed like there was some retarded n00b on cocaine mashing the spawn button, because apparently quintillions of Aralangs were teleported into the Outerverse. That's right. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000's of Aralangs. Quintillions upon quintillions upon quintillions. Now, this was only ONE dimension. Only ONE. Imagine how many Aralangs there were if you counted ALL of them in EXISTENCE....

Queen Bright · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:06:48 AM »

When the vines continued their course, the feathers merely phased through them and continued their path to the ground, along with the wave of feathers. Hikaru knew more about Spirit than what was assumed. After all, she had been the very first sage to break the taboo of using Spirit Energy, and after that first venture into the art, she had studied it almost as much as magic. Add that to what she had learned from the Records? Hikaru was a very formidable foe in both Magic and Spirit.

The snakes were unphased by the mongoose as well, both snakes and feathers were not on the Astral Plane, and barely on the Physical Plane. Where were they? That was a mystery altogether. And not one Hikaru intended to reveal just yet.

When the wave of feathers had melted into the ground as planned, the strings of Revelation and Genesis magic went forward and strung themselves around the vines, attempting to consume and disintegrate everything they touched.

As for Hikaru herself, once she knew the Virus had done what she signaled, Hikaru commanded it once more in thought, "Now surround them with displacement fields and focus half of their Spirit Energy to the ground, and I'll do the rest. If you're teleported off, teleport back in and continue it. It forces you back to the last location. That being the other dimension, they can't stop it without fixing the rip. Use Phantom magic if you must."

Dropping the staff, Hikaru watched as it hovered into the sky, turned over on its side, and started to rapidly spin, the ends of the staff extending and throwing out wave after wave of Revelation and Genesis magic that showered down upon the Outerverse.

Hikaru disappeared. Her next spell was all she needed.

Gaserlake · « **Reply #23 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:08:18 AM »

The Virus produced a displacement field around the Aralangs. The Virus focused their Spirit Energy to the ground. It was ready to teleport quickly back if it was teleported out.

Nisorin · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:55:18 AM »

((One post until location of Hikaru's seal is revealed, two posts until the seal is destroyed by the Kaldeldetza, three posts until the creature is finished.))

The Outerverse, noticing the intrusion, promptly force-teleports all the Aralangs and virus out, as well as the spirit energy they'd poured into the ground. When they came back and tried again, they were teleported out yet again, in an endless loop until the Virus got the hint, which was, unfortunately, highly unlikely. So the process simply kept repeating, as soon as the infected teleport in, they're teleported out again, not even given the time to let out even a trickle of spirit energy.

The ground in the center of the Rroho Kaldeldetza lifts upwards in a great upheaval, a massive giant formed from the ground emerging as the four spirit fragments conjoin within it, giving Iroku a new body as the clones sink into the ground, the vines underneath disassembling it and passing it to the growing creature far below, adding to the disintegrating strings of magic and the remains of the vines. The giant turns towards her as the Rroho illuminates Hikaru, regardless of her position, in a bright green light as it nears completion of its task.

Even as the strands of magic eat away at his vines, they grow back using the power of the Outerverse itself. For each vine destroyed, two more take its place, curling around the strands of Revelation, of Genesis, eating away at them and using them to feed the incomplete spirit below. The mongooses continue to hinder the snakes, wrapping their entire bodies around them and continuing to feed. Soon enough, the snakes wouldn't even have the energy to move.

"Ol tal taothas!" The stone giant calls out, the light enveloping Hikaru brightening by nearly thrice its original luminance. "Or El aithii!" He shouts, the light wrapping itself around Hikaru, pulling her fully into the Astral where Iroku, in his truest form, stands waiting for her. The great bear, fur and chitinous, sparking spikes shifting between green and blue as it stares her down. "You cannot prevent this birth, milady Tyris. Your interference is merely an inconvenience. Why is it that you desire to tame this place so badly that you would endanger even your own children?"

Celestie bolsters the strength of her wall, adding AT properties to it to prevent Aralangs from teleporting in. Irrelai continues to kneel on hand and knee, her stomach swelling further and further as her techniques quicken the little one's growth inside her. The vines acting as her clothing snap from the pressure, falling off of her as she lowers herself onto her side. "Ch-children, you have n-never witness, a birth, have you?" She asks, her eyes resolutely closed as she speaks, carefully monitoring and controlling the energies she's using to quicken the process.