Author Topic: The Games (Read 14647 times)

Queen Bright · « **Reply #75 on:** August 31, 2012, 06:02:31 AM »

Before the beam of white light could come any closer Ingrounded!Hikaru had grabbed the wrist of her counterpart, Subgrounded!Hikaru and teleported out of the way. At this point it did not matter if she used any magic as they had already angered Existence, not that magic would affect anything Existence threw at them anyways. Magic was nothing compared to the powers of existence itself, not when magic was a part of existence and could thus effectively be cut off. Luckily the powers of an Ingrounded were nearly equal to that.

"I knew this would happen!" Ingrounded!Hikaru floated above the scene with her counterpart, once more having narrowly missed a strike by Existence. "Maybe I should have waited for later to have killed him..."

"Or maybe you should not have killed him at all!" Subgrounded!Hikaru glared at her counterpart.

Ingrounded!Hikaru scoffed as she grabbed her counterpart and teleported out of the way of a quite deadly beam of white, "Look! Whether you like it or not. We are the SAME. Experiences be damned! Whatever differences we now have will not matter once we merge back anyways."

At that Subgrounded!Hikaru said nothing for a long while, until she silently shook her head, "No. I am now more sure than I ever was. Even if we were once one and we shared desires and thoughts. When that spell happened it not only split us a part but also set us on different paths." With a look of defiance, Subgrounded!Hikaru continued, a grimace upon her face, "I have.. I have..." She paused, the words coming out with difficult. "I have changed! And in that change, I look back at you, and do not like what I see. I do not like what I once was. Therefore I will not merge back with you!"

Taken aback, Ingrounded!Hikaru looked almost surprised before quickly glancing around them. Through their talk the white lights had caught on to her escape methods and had now cornered them on all sides. Existence was getting smarter and she had to do something about it before it erased them both. "Too bad!" With a forceful grip on her counterparts, Subgrounded!Hikaru's wrist, Ingrounded!Hikaru declared, "At this point it is not up for debate. Existence has found us, and you do not have a choice!" With that, Ingrounded!Hikaru pulled Subgrounded!Hikaru closer to her and used her hand to reach into the very spirit of her counterpart, taking hold of it and pulling it into her own, a golden light enveloping them both at the exact same time as the white lights of Existence enclosed on them.

When the lights cleared, Hikaru, both Hikaru's were gone. Had they truly been erased? Deleted from Existence itself? Or...?

K2 · « **Reply #76 on:** August 31, 2012, 02:53:59 PM »

The white beams stopped. Existence itself seemed to be... Confused. Then, realizing what had occurred, it decided that it was done here. What did it leave behind? South was still in tact, for the most part. But there were holes, huge holes within it. Beams of white running across miles of land, where existence had deleted parts of South. Chaotic energies were seeping into this whiteness, into the mass of white that surrounded South itself.

It was up to Keith to rebuild it from here.

Appearing near the seemingly chaotic Keith, K2323 shouted at... it. "YOU! I don't care if you're my uncle or grandfather or whatever! Where is my s... Are my sisters!?"

@Pokemon Master Red · « **Reply #77 on:** September 01, 2012, 04:44:50 AM »

'Keith' looked to his apparent nephew, and tilted his...Head. Thing. The red glow in his eyes had turned dull, though many more eyes appeared on his body of all shapes and forms. A few were turned towards K2, however many seemed to be aimlessly staring at random points all around them. If one looked at the 'deleted' portions, they might notice the space stitching itself back together into more and more eldritch and indescribable forms. 'Keith' didn't care right now, though. He didn't know what just happened nor what was happening...To him, to his kin, to anything. Memories, none his own flooded his mind; alien thoughts appeared from nowhere. Yet some small bit, of him or someone...SomeTHING else he was unaware, kept him mostly still, kept him from...Attacking? Helping? He wasn't sure what it was stopping him from doing, wasn't sure if he wanted to fight it.

"I...Dont know. The two Pink-Hairs were there. They wanted to attack me, after they attacked my so...Brother. Brother? I cant tell...I tried to speak with them. For what purpose, Im unsure...To stop them from fighting, to ensure it...Idontknow Then the white. Everywhere, white of the purest shade. Annoying, not enough ambience, not enough diversity. The one Pink-Hair was worried, the other mad at her. You came, took the others. The white came for them...They spoke to each other, bickering over something I understand not. Then the one reached into the other, and pulled her into her. Then they were gone...The white washed over them, yet I think too late. Now...I have answered your question. Helped you. Maybe...I cant tell. You...In return. Whats happening...To me...Us...I...I believe I need help. Kin...Please help me."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #78 on:** September 01, 2012, 07:23:49 AM »

The chaos would find the very moment it touched the white in order to patch it up, it would be swallowed and erased, deleted from its very existence. This was not some mere power of the material world that the chaos could match or even change. This was the power of existence ittself, left behind in patches within Hell. The places erased had been deleted and that remained was pure untouched canvas.

Though existence had seemingly stopped and went away, the patches refused to vanish. What's more it had not stopped with and continued its pace of multiplying as it flooded the realm. Pretty soon Hell would be overtaken by pure white. But this white was different... Instead of simply erasing what it had consumed, it instead painted it.

At the same time as that happened, within the white gash left through the center of Hell there appeared what looked like a girl.. As she moved forward one could see that she was as white as the realm around her. Her hair White. As white as the attacks of existence and the light she appeared in. Her clothes? Also white. Even her eyes. All white. Pure unscathed platinum white. "Touch not the beyond, dwellers of the living. For if you do it will consume your very essence." Her voice like ice, with every word that she spoke it would bring pain to the ears.

When at last she had stopped, she stood before them. White light surrounding her entire form as she looked to the two that remained.

K2 · « **Reply #79 on:** September 01, 2012, 10:22:09 AM »

"Long story," K2323 replied, "You're Keith. Kinda. You're transforming. Ascending into an embodiment. I think we can try to slow the process down, if you'd like."

He glared over at the white girl, rolling his eyes. "You. Who the hell are you?"

Queen Bright · « **Reply #80 on:** September 01, 2012, 08:11:56 PM »

"I am Satya, a messenger," the girl spoke, her gaze never leaving the two of them. "The contradiction has disappeared. But this place too must disappear as it has been tainted by the contradiction." By now the entire realm was pure white, so white that it hurt to look at it. All it needed was the signal from the girl before it too would be erased to nothing, nothing but a blank white canvas. "You dwellers of the material world will not be harmed. This place and its connections, however, it will not last." She closed her eyes. "You have been informed."

At that, the girl immediately collapsed to the ground, the white glow disappearing from her form as at the same time the entirety of the realm of Hell would be swallowed to none-other than Deletrius, having been deleted from the material world. The people, dead or alive, however, would remain within the white canvas that remained.

K2 · « **Reply #81 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:56:20 PM »

"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY THAT EASY!" K2323 shouted as the white glow started to fade. He shut his eyes, concentrating really hard... Trying to push his spirit into the fading white glow. Push his very being into whatever it was... He had to find the answers to his questions. Nothing else was important right now.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #82 on:** September 02, 2012, 05:07:11 PM »

The white glow simply faded out, the attempt rejected.

K2 · « **Reply #83 on:** September 02, 2012, 05:11:45 PM »

"Well, damn, I feel silly," K2323 simply said, blinking as he glanced around. Where.. The hell were they? All he could see was whiteness, all around. There was no floor, no nothing. They were all just... Floating.... Well, until he chose to look up. That's when he saw it.

A massive structure, that expanded for miles in every direction, far high above the denziens and dead who had just been in Hell moments ago. What would they see up above? Well, first a blue ocean of sorts, expanding out in every such direction as well -- an ocean of energies. But above the "ocean" -- the dimensional sea? They would see a structure of many different colors and sizes, a shell of some sort... Pulsing.

They were looking at the Outerwalls of the Dimensional Plane.

K2 · « **Reply #84 on:** September 05, 2012, 02:36:56 PM »

K2323 could feel it. A mere whisper in an ocean of screaming, but it was there. Hikaru. Somewhere. He couldn't trace it. He was good, but not that good. Someone was using her soul. And... It... Hurt. Pain flooded his entire body. His hand rushed to his head. Blood surrounded him. All over. Something was happening.

Out of his back, a rusty, black chain had sprung free, blood gushing out of the wound that it had created. The chain was still linked to him, but out of his upper-left back, near his shoulder blade, the chain had come forth. A chain of Destruction. The mark of one of the embodiment's followers... It was calling him, as if Hikaru's magic signature had been something familiar to it, enough to awaken it.

And then, K2323 was gone.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #85 on:** September 16, 2012, 05:22:02 PM »

Hours later after K2323 had left, many of the nomads had calmed down and had agreed on sending a search party into the 'new lands' that had recently fallen into the realm. Many did not want to go, but at this point they needed to know what they were dealing with. Therefore it was decided to send a few teams, one who would investigate just the outskirts, others would delve further and the rest would backup the ones that ran into trouble.

Eventually one such team had made it to the palace and had found the fallen Keith and unconscious Satya, both of which they tried to wake in an attempt to help.

K2 · « **Reply #86 on:** September 16, 2012, 05:34:25 PM »

"I wouldn't touch them," a voice mused as Vincent Hearts appeared silently at the doorway, wearing a tattered, brown coat that covered everything but his face. Realizing that this group seemed to be, well, not from around the area, he tried to be gentle as not to scare them off. "Who knows how they might respond."

He quietly walked over to the form of Keith, kneeling before him. "Seems you got your wish after all, friend. But not in a way that either of us would have expected. Best wishes to you, then. Maybe we'll meet again in the afterlife, eh?"

He smiled at his joke before approaching the nomads, and Satya. Picking her up gently and holding her in his arms, he glared at the nomads. "The name's Vincent. It's a pleasure."

@Pokemon Master Red · « **Reply #87 on:** September 18, 2012, 03:10:53 AM »

"You...Owe me a drink. Or something. You sound familiar anyways...So hard telling what thoughts are mine...And what are...Someone...Or thing...Else's..." Keith said, still laying facedown in the ground. He brought his hand to the ground next to his head and simply pushed, falling up to his feet. If the nomads hadn't seen the horror of his helm before, it was readily apparent now, even with the glow from the eyes very much dimmed. His armor wasn't really much better honestly, what with the mouths and eyes everywhere, but it was clear that he wasn't looking to harm any of them. He was too preoccupied with other thoughts for that right now. "Would you do a former foe, and now hopeful ally a favor, friend? If you know where the one who ordered that familicidal witch to cause this mess resides, please tell me where this is. Such a transgression his stupidity has caused cannot be allowed to remain unpunished. If you help me, I can promise you it will not go unrewarded, of course. Not as a superior or as a king...I can promise this to you as a friend and ally."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #88 on:** September 18, 2012, 08:06:43 PM »

When the group of nomads got a good look at Vincent and a better look at Keith, they literally freaked out realizing just what they had tried to 'help.' Originally thinking it was fellow humans, the group didn't know what to think as some started screaming and running in circles.

@Pokemon Master Red · « **Reply #89 on:** September 19, 2012, 01:54:00 AM »

"...You all have very poor survival instincts. You listen to your fears, which is good, that will keep you alive, but you succumb to panic and make more obvious targets of yourselves. If you met a true horror or monster, your running around like that would get you all eaten alive. You are lucky that I have no desire to harm any of you, nor shall I. If you fear something, you run away from it or you hide. Fortuneately for you all, I am not a flesh-hungry terror and hold no desire to harm you. Especially after you were quite kind enough to try and give me aid, unnecessary as it may have been." Keith? said as tendrils of Chaos rose from the ground to grab at their feet, holding them still long enough for him to have their attention and tell them what he wanted to tell them. The Chaos dissipated when he was done with that, and he simply nodded to them and listened for Vincent's reply.

K2 · « **Reply #90 on:** September 20, 2012, 02:34:37 PM »

"Thank you, my friend," he replied, nodding his head at Keith, "The one you seek... He and I are linked. We are perhaps the only two living beings who have the same orb of recognition, the mark that we are Radical's property. The mark that we are his generals. I can find him. Should we..." he glared at the humans, "Leave them be?"

K2 · « **Reply #91 on:** September 24, 2012, 12:49:16 PM »

Eventually, long after the chaos outside had gone down and the entire realm had shifted to Deletrius, Luna and the old man would reach a large cliff that oversaw one of the many mountains of the domain. The snow was harsh and cold in such high altitudes, and the old man quickly led Luna into a cave, out of the cold, where he nodded his head towards a large treasure box with a huge lock on it.

While the old man said nothing, whispers filled the air from the box, and seemingly from the entire domain itself, as if it were speaking.

"Not safe. Not safe. Move it. Hide it. They can enter. They can come here and take it. Hide the box. Keep it safe."

Nisorin · « **Reply #92 on:** September 24, 2012, 02:01:22 PM »

Luna stretches her fingers, looking over the box. "What is in here that is in such danger?" She muses aloud, looking around for the source of the voice. "Who seeks Vahaga's treasure?" She asks, before examining the lock.

K2 · « **Reply #93 on:** September 24, 2012, 03:21:33 PM »

A chilling wind swept through the entire domain as it replied. "~~Yloh.~~"

It had used one of the many nicknames for the embodiment of Destruction. What would Destruction want with a treasure chest in the domain of the embodiment of snow? Who knew. However; apparently, the domain felt it important enough to warrant seeking outside help.

Nisorin · « **Reply #94 on:** September 25, 2012, 03:54:23 PM »

Luna laughs, smiling as she tries to open the chest. "Ararus is dead. His children, twins, have taken up the mantle and they have no clue what they're doing." She says, tracing a fingertip along the engravings on the chest. "But I will protect Vahaga's treasure all the same. Neither Destruction nor Creation nor any of the other Embodiments will lay a finger upon it."

K2 · « **Reply #95 on:** September 26, 2012, 12:38:03 PM »

Memories were a powerful thing. So was magic. So, it was not uncommon for memories to bind themselves to certain powerful magical artifacts. When Luna touched the chest, some of these memories would go flowing through her head -- memories of Ararus in the face of death at times in the past. And most importantly, memories of his visit to Vahaga's domain some eight or nine years prior.

"I thank you for allowing us entrance into your domain Lady Vahaga, I also thank you for your protection of my object. I must ask that you hand it over to me, it is no longer safe here.."

His words had rang out into the icy cold on that day.

"And as for the object of yours.. Well, I'm afraid you have too much power as it is, even in that binded form. And so, I shall not be handing it over to you."

Her reply had the strange tone of finality in it.

And then, images of what came next -- Vahaga's death at the hands of Koty. Molihik, the embodiment of Decay, arriving to fight Vahaga -- no doubt one of the first battles of the Embodiment Civil War. Koty's running from the domain as it started to crumble in Vahaga's death. And most importantly, the item he had come for still safely in Vahaga's domain.

Nisorin · « **Reply #96 on:** September 26, 2012, 08:17:52 PM »

Luna frowns, shaking her head to clear the residual memories away. "Vahaga... I had thought this was one of your possessions, but this is far more important..." She says, finally opening the chest to examine the contents. "How very, very interesting..."

K2 · « **Reply #97 on:** September 26, 2012, 08:35:35 PM »

The moment she started to open the chest, the old man's hand clutched onto hers, fear in his eyes, but seeing that Luna meant no harm, he relaxed. Vahaga's successor had yet to come around, but the force of cold, or to be more precise, the force of the feeling of coldness, could still command his/her faithful servants. It had been the same for Fatet before K2323 had become the embodiment some years prior -- her faithful servants, known as "Limbs", had done her will for her.

In the same way, Vahaga's servants did HER will. This old man understood that, whatever was in this chest, it was important. Speaking for the first time, his voice was raspy and ancient, and it had obviously not been used in years. The words hurt, but he managed to issue them with time and care. "What has become... Of... T-the one of the fire realm we share this p-place with?"

Nisorin · « **Reply #98 on:** September 26, 2012, 09:26:11 PM »

She looks to him. "South? When I arrived here, it was embroiled in a civil war over who would hold dominion. How that war has panned out since I arrived, I do not know. For all I know, it may no longer exist."

K2 · « **Reply #99 on:** September 26, 2012, 09:49:15 PM »

"Where," he began, his words more harsh now, but kind all the same, "Is. He. Who. L-l-leads? He. W-who. H-has. THE TAILS?"