Author Topic: Re: Insanus Pt. 2 (Read 14984 times)

K2 · « **Reply #100 on:** April 04, 2013, 09:55:36 PM »

A beat, and then, the vine, as if growing impatient, seemed to glow just a bit brighter as another memory flashed through Hikaru's mind, one all too recent...

Two different versions of Hikaru stood before another man, one less familiar. He was standing near the two Hikarus, declaring, "I'm not afraid of you."

At that Ingrounded!Hikaru glared, "Really? Do you want to test that." She closed her eyes and sighed, weighing every option. Finally after seconds, her mind made up, she opened her eyes and walked over to her counterpart and stood just inches in front of her, causing Subgrounded!Hikaru to look at her in question. Ingrounded!Hikaru however just ignored her and continued to glare at Chaos. "I have had just about enough of you." She gestured, holding up a hand with her palm up.

"People always come to wonder. Why exactly would a gifted young magic user such as myself with every good intention in the world EVER try to destroy my family? Was I insane? Was I mistreated? Abused? Not right in the head? Or was it simply..." She stared right at him, catching his look, "because of you? YES! That's right! You! And her!" Ingrounded!Hikaru gestured to Gloria, "Always getting in my way." With a roll of her eyes Ingrounded!Hikaru continued, "Oh no these spells are much too powerful! Oh no! You should not do that, you could get hurt."

With a short laugh, Ingrounded!Hikaru ended her mocking, "Always putting all kinds of rules on using magic, and the types of magic. Almost as if you were afraid that I or someone else of the family was gonna become like your dear old father. Was that it? Limitation for fear? That is how it seemed. I had to turn to Salus just for a source to practice magic with. And yet! when the brats were born. Oh no! These were the heirs of Genesis! These were the gifted, the ones to hold great magical power! Even more powerful than their sister. Not that she even had a chance...." Ingrounded!Hikaru pointed at Chaos while Subgrounded!Hikaru could only nod. "THEN when something is actually done about it, we split up for years, and you return actually tolerable at a point that I actually care for my family again. What do you do? Try to kill the three of us. Join a group, and go after us one by one, as if family means nothing.

"Well in all honesty, I have had enough. You treat family in the beginning like everything only to turn around and counter our every attack even going so far as to kill us or stand by and watch your boss imprison and trade us to hell.. THEN you want to come here and try to put family over all again? I believe that is what you call hypocrisy. And I will take no more." With that, Ingrounded!Hikaru ended her small rant and snapped her fingers. A sphere of Deicide fire forming above Chaos.

"Wait you can-" Subgrounded!Hikaru started to exclaim before she was cut off by the actions of Ingrounded!Hikaru. The sphere of Deicide fire had at that moment faded from sight, and sense, having slipped into an alternate plane and fallen on Chaos.

"Any last words father?" Ingrounded!Hikaru spat the question out before again snapping her fingers, allowing the sphere of Deicide Fire to rejoin the Physical and Spiritual plane, right in the area that Chaos occupied.

"Last words?" he replied. "Your brothers were my favorite."

And with that, the fire shifted into the Physical Plane, occupying the same space that he was. Seeing as this could not happen, the fire literally ripped him to shreds. But that wasn't all. The fire had gone through the Astral Planes as well. He was literally being killed, both physically and spiritually. His body exploded near instantly, his blood and guts splattering the room as his spirit also burned.

The moment it happened, Gloria rushed to his side. Screaming, she casted a spell at Ingrounded!Hikaru.

"Yeitos!" she yelled out, zapping streaks of purple energy at her daughter... But the rebound caused her to fall backwards into her deceased husband's arms... And into the Decide Fire. Screaming, her entire body caught as she, too, died in the arms of her husband, her body and her husband's burned to a crisp.

...Silence.

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #101 on:** April 07, 2013, 08:12:21 AM »

"You must choose your own path, Princess." Insana said, seemingly unfazed by the beast. "You must choose, or seal your fate. Choose one now, before its too late."

He turned to the beastly formation of vine, and only narrowed his eyes. "You have one chance, one chance alone. Should she not choose, i'll send you home. This place is mine, then and now. You break my rules, i'll kick you out." he told it.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #102 on:** April 09, 2013, 01:55:31 AM »

When the last memory had finished, Hikaru!Helena stood dead still. There was no sound heard from her and the only movement came from the rise and fall of her breathing. And yet, if one were to look closer, they could see the hint of the slightest movement from around her eyes. The form barely visible within the lighting of the room until it caught the right angle and glinted, revealing it to be none other than tears. Hikaru!Helena was crying, though she did not know why. It had just happened. Without apparent cause, and involuntarily.

"I-... I will choose neither." Hikaru!Helena stated once more, her mind made up and set on her former answer. This was the right answer, wasn't it? If she gave no answer, there was no possible way for her to fail the so-called test. Unless, the test was to choose something, whether it be wrong or right. But it was too late now. She had already made her decision, and from almost nowhere, there was a growing confidence in her for that decision. As if to assure this, Hikaru!Helena's eyes tinted gold for a split second as she looked to both Insana and the vines, before reverting back to their previous color as she declared, "That is my final decision."

K2 · « **Reply #103 on:** April 11, 2013, 05:15:25 PM »

Finally, the vines began to revert back into the door as the light began to fade. The choice had been made. Neither. To chose neither conforming to the safety and comfort of her memories and the life she thought was hers, nor to bravely venture into the unknown. Hikaru!Helena was at a crossroads, somewhere between. And until she chose one or the other, this is how things would remain. A half-closed door in a dying palace. A sign of slow awakening from a dream which you aren't yet ready to leave.

The light of the door faded, but it remained there, just slightly cracked, should she ever make that choice. A note fell softly from the ceiling to the floor, to rest by her feet. It read:

"THE CLOCK REMAINS ONE MINUTE BEFORE MIDNIGHT."

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #104 on:** April 15, 2013, 08:06:55 AM »

"Neither A nor B, she has picked C. Going to neither you nor me." Insana said in response. Around him appeared a sizable military force who stood in battle ready stance against the door, while remaining behind Insana himself. "Something to lend, I bring the end. Not one more word..."

"Thus saith the Lord!" the soldiers shouted like a barbaric choir as Insana drew his sword.

"When the clock strikes, you will remain no more in my domain. A being as yourself belongs not with the Insane." he gestures towards the door. "Your choice will be valid for a moment, Princess. You will choose A or B none the less." he informs Hikaru|Helena. "Free yourself or be forever in chains...."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #105 on:** April 15, 2013, 06:41:04 PM »

Hikaru!Helena gave no reply as she had silently collapsed several seconds before.

K2 · « **Reply #106 on:** April 18, 2013, 07:52:24 PM »

Several minutes later, there was a gentle knocking on the bedroom door -- the normal door, that is, not the strange, Genesis door.

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #107 on:** April 19, 2013, 04:06:43 PM »

Insana looked over to the door and it flung open. "Who goes there!" He shouted. Meanwhile, the soldiers remained at the ready, facing the genesis door.

K2 · « **Reply #108 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:27:32 PM »

On the other side, Dimakreet, a Paxan, one of Insana's many forgotten followers, stood, bowing, flustered, obviously not expecting to see Insana himself. "M-m-my lord," he managed, fumbling as he knelt down onto one knee, "Forgive me. I did not mean to i-i-intrude on the work of the d-d-demented. I meant only t-t-to see if the rumours of the lord's new maiden were true."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #109 on:** May 02, 2013, 11:29:17 PM »

Almost immediately, seconds later, Hikaru!Helena was standing once more. Only this time, she didn't look too happy and all confusion was now gone from her expression as she glared at Insana. "Alright you bastard. I have no idea where we are, but it is obvious you knocked me out after our last skirmish and brought me here. For what I am not quite sure. Now enough games! I want my soul back, and I want it now!"

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #110 on:** May 03, 2013, 01:22:21 AM »

"Feels good to want." Insana commented, not at all surprised by Hikaru's return. "Now, what have we learned from this, Ms. Tyris?" he asked.

Meanwhile the soldiers file out, leaving Insana and Hikaru alone with the door. Then, Insana threw his glare over to the door itself, forcing it shut, and then melting it into the ground, banishing it.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #111 on:** May 03, 2013, 01:39:12 AM »

At his question, Hikaru looked confused for a moment before questioning, "Learned from what exactly? For attempting to throw you over the side of that staircase? Maybe if you had not played games the entire time, I would not have lost my temper and did so." After glancing over when the door had disappeared, Hikaru growled, "Now where have you brought me and why are we here?"

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #112 on:** May 04, 2013, 10:39:32 AM »

"I see that you are far too ignorant for my usual methods, Miss Tyris." Insana said harshly. "As for where you are, you are still in my realm. What will follow this moment is all by your own choosing."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #113 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:35:50 AM »

Hikaru raised an eyebrow as she gave him a skeptic look, "Usual methods for what exactly?"

"Careful... " The former Ingrounded!Hikaru told the current Hikaru inside her head to where only she could 'hear.' "He is up to something.."

Hikaru scoffed before muttering to 'herself.' "Of course he is.. But what? And just where have you been anyways? It took you long enough to say something."

"That is my point..." Ingrounded!Hikaru sounded somewhat puzzled as she 'replied. "We are split by spirit. Two halves of a whole residing in the same body. As far as we can perceive, we were knocked out. But by all rights... That should not have affected my half of the spirit as it was your half that was dominant and in control of the body. Yet.. I can remember nothing of what has passed. Almost as if I blacked out as well. That is not something that should be able to happen unless the effect was directed at the both of us."

"Some kind of spell?"

"Perhaps.. However.. there are two more presences here as well. One I sense to be distant and the other very near.. Without magic there is no way to tell what they are. But they were not here before. If it is some kind of spell... Then he is targeting our mind in some way. Keep on guard."

After slightly nodding to herself, Hikaru locked her gaze on Insana. "Just what are you playing at? Of course it is your realm! I already figured that! But this location is obviously different from the last location we were at. Why?"

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #114 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:06:02 AM »

"I am not playing at anything, Miss Tyris. I have seen many a'people head down the path of arrogance, Ignorance of Consequence, and obsession. Your ways have led you here, to me not by chance, but by fate, Hikaru... And i believe i know why. Some force somewhere decided that you were going down the wrong path for too long, and chose me to set you down the right one." Insana explained.

"I've a question... Have you any friends? Anyone you can go to for comfort, brothers excluded, that would help you? Or are you indeed lonelier than I? While you may not be as broken as myself, you are heading towards your own destruction." he started to pace in front of her.

"All of the bad things that have happened have only 1 thing in them... You." he threw up a powder and a cloud appeared showing some of the more recent troubles in her life, such as her imprisonment on Aralia, Stradivari's attempted rape, among others.

"The people you've hurt?" The cloud showed earlier events such as the destruction and murders she caused in her younger years, multiple acts of her anger getting the better of her including many events of her yelling, or attempting to harm people around her.

"The evil you've unleashed upon the world will also be upon your hands...." he added as the cloud began to show Kurai, Hikaru's Negi raping and murdering many people.

"And what to resolve your sins?" he asked. "A few instances of kindness? Or Mercy?" the cloud now showed a few events, but one of the more recent, her sparing of Tepper's life in 2054.

"Of course the above not counted, as you proceeded to use the spared for your own agenda. Your sin far outweighs your redemption. I am giving you the chance to lead yourself to salvation." he finished and stopped as the cloud dispersed.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #115 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:12:32 AM »

At the sight of the scenes from her past, Hikaru reacted adversely as she stepped away from Insana. Eager to put as much distance between herself and the scenes as possible. "I-I.. " Hikaru stammered, taken aback by the sudden question.

"Oh DO NOT break down now. Can you not see that is what he wants?!"

With the other Hikaru blaring in her mind, Hikaru was able to throw off her hesitance before quickly shaking her head. "And what is any of this to you? You are just an embodiment. One of many false gods who try to play god to the rest of us. What I do.. Who I hurt.. Whether I sin or not. And if I care about it... How is any of this any of your concern? I am simply here due to unforeseen occurrences. NOTHING MORE. And once you show me where the demon I seek is, I will retrieve my soul and be out of here. So do not try to play like some authoritative god over me, Embodiment. You will lose."

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #116 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:26:01 AM »

"Oh, no, no, no.... You misunderstand. I've learned from those who play God." Insana said. "I once knew a man, a very bright man; a scholar! Yes a scholar who wanted to be a god. He meddled with power he did not yet comprehend, and was.... well... i forgot the punishment, but i know it was very bad. I learn for this, Miss Tyris. You are not the average mortal who roams the planes. You are far too influential for that. And the choices you make in your life, can affect the lives of others." he explained.

"As you have been so hesitant to answer my question, i can assume you have none. Indeed a lonely soul, sentenced to roam the rest of her meaningless life. You are ignorant, Hikaru." He shouted at her as the cloud reappeared.

"The all powerful forces that be, brought you here, to me, to be judged. I am not an authoritative god, however i am the holder of what you want most." he said as her soul and katana were shown, being held by Antonio.

"I am the holder of your fate, and therefore your judge." he appeared only inches away from her face. "Choose wisely...."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #117 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:47:52 AM »

"Well I did have a partner and kids at one point. But the partner was revealed to be nothing more than an illusion created through spell craft to bind another one of you embodiments in mortal form, another false god. And the kids? Well..." Her eyes closed tightly for a moment as if she was throwing off a bad memory. "Who the hell cares what happened to them? Not I."

Hikaru then glared at the image, then back at Insana, unphased. "Or I could simply kill you and take both. In that case.. My soul. And hurry the hell up. I have wasted enough time playing your damn games."

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #118 on:** May 05, 2013, 10:53:22 AM »

Insana simply chuckled. "Well i know if you thought you could kill me, you'd have tried it already. You're as weak as they come now..." he narrowed his eyes, and placed his finger on the top of her sternum, and ran it up her throat, to the bottom of her chin, and withdrew it. "I can be done with you now, and end your life, if you so choose, Miss Tyris."

He finally stepped back, giving Hikaru some space. "Make your choice, before i make it for you...."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #119 on:** May 05, 2013, 11:28:40 AM »

The moment he touched her, Hikaru reacted in impulse and brought her leg up in an attempt to kick him in the side. "Are you stupid or just hard at hearing?!" Her shout echoed as she jumped back afterwards, her anger apparent. "I told you I choose my damn soul! So how about you just return it to me now and stop playing around?"

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #120 on:** May 05, 2013, 11:33:35 AM »

He simply moved his arm, blocking the kick, but allowing her to retreat back. Seemingly unfazed, and almost like he expected it.

"Like a frightened child..." he commented as he observed the finger he used, and then Hikaru herself. "You are assuming the wrong set of choices. However, should you choose the right choice, your soul will indeed be given back to you."

"However, should you choose wrong, or force me to make the choice..." he drew his sword, and held the point only an inch away from her neck. "You can infer the end result...."

"SPILL HER BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the sword shouted in its demonic voice.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #121 on:** May 05, 2013, 11:55:08 AM »

"Grr.. And what choice is that?! To beg your mercy once more just so you can turn around and stall for hours once again? I think not!" Although reluctant, Hikaru reached up and gently grabbed the blade of the sword with her right hand, wrapping her fingers around it, an expression of determination written on her face. "I utterly refuse to play anymore games or pointlessly try to guess what you mean or want any further... So go ahead. Kill me!"

Hikaru's hand tightened around the blade enough to draw blood as she stared him dead on, "If you dare."

"Are you insane?!!! In case you have not noticed, embodiment powers are affecting us. There is a chance we may not just come back to life!"

"That is what he wants, is it not?" Hikaru muttered back to her counterpart, referring to the first question. In return, she received silence as the other Hikaru said nothing in response.

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #122 on:** May 05, 2013, 12:00:44 PM »

The sword began to literally burn her hand as smoke and the smell of burning flesh rose from it. Its red aura began to seep onto her, letting its own powers of insanity spread. "LET YOUR ANGER FLOW!" it shouted.

Insana began to narrow his eyes once more and moved to sword down, away from her neck. He slowly moved it until it was in the center of her chest. "You want to play that card?" he said, as he started to dig the point of it in slowly, despite her grip.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #123 on:** May 05, 2013, 12:36:18 PM »

As she gritted her teeth in pain, Hikaru gripped the blade even tighter, resisting the urge to cry out from the burns. For her the sensation of burnng was new, having always had an immunity to fire before, due to her being part Phoenix. With all the strength she had left, Hikaru attempted to push the blade away from her chest, and to the side. As she did this, the wound on her chest started to heal thanks to the Elite Energy that Aralang fool, Gaserlake had forced on her back when she was under planet arrest. It did nothing for the power however, which she just forced herself to ignore.

"Sure, if that is what it takes to get what I want and get out of here. Then let us play!"

"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" The other Hikaru could only be heard by Hikaru inside of her head as she shouted at the actions of Hikaru, to which Hikaru just ignored. "You are going to get us killed!

Admiral Regis Hermitage · « **Reply #124 on:** May 07, 2013, 10:00:46 PM »

"Do not force my hand, Hikaru.... " Insana reminded her. The red aura started to engulf her in flames, as the sheer essence of insanity began to take her. It wouldn kill her. However, burning sensation would be everywhere. Insana resisted her attempts to move the sword to the side, slowly moving it back to the center of mass.

"A new feeling isnt it?" Insana mockingly asked, referring to the burning, and fire. "We were afraid of what the good General would do to you, or would do with your soul.... Imagine what i can do with you." Immediately, gravity shifted, making the wall Hikaru had her back to the group, and the floor a wall itself. Hikaru would now find that gravity itself was working against her. Insana still stood normally, unaffected by the change.

"How about it, Hikaru?"