The Aftermath (Part II)

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Soul Reaver	"Farewell"	#1	[-]
Posts: 1675 Feb 12 03 6:57 AM The Immortal Brigadier General More My Recent Posts	Soul Reaver stands by almost like a statue as the others say their farewells to Asaki. Wordlessly, he watches her go. However, Asaki suddenly runs back towards him. She places the ring in his hand, and he is startled as she kisses him. As her warm lips brush his, he feels a sweet, painful longing in him, something he had thought dead and extinguished long ago. It was all that was needed for him to be certain. After all this time, after everything, he could still care about people. And he cared for Asaki. Soul Reaver watches her start to go, and quietly, he whispers an emotion-filled "Farewell." It is all he can manage to say that word. He walks to a view-portal, and looks through. The bright starscape a mass of tiny blurs through his tear-misted eyes. He allows them to flow... it has been too long since he truly grieved, and somehow, it is a small comfort to know that he still can. Still holding Asaki's ring tightly, his tears continue to fall until her ship disappears into the distant darkness...
Kitharsis	odd oddities	#2	[-]
Posts: 978 Feb 12 03 3:45 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	Kitharsis continues to slowly walk through the room of symbols. He comes close to the center where the shaman is standing and is greeted by him clearing his throat, signaling Kith to walk the other way. I've just been walking in circles for about twenty minutes... Thats it, I'm just going to walk in a straight line, this place must be large enough. These things take time... Hello again. I thought that you would leave once I got here... Odd. Yes, you would have thought that wouldn't you. Keep walking young one. Kitharsis shakes his head, clearing his mind of any distractions. One foot in front of the other. The ground feels cool on his feet. He feels the carvings of the symbols under his skin as he walks over them. Something seems to tug at him towards one side. He lets his body move towards the direction it comes from on its own. Finally the tugging stops. He can't feel anything now. His eyes open and look around. All he sees is darkness. Even the shaman is out of view. The spearhead at the top of his staff melts back down into an orb. Two taps of it on the solid floor sets it alight. Once the frail white glow touches the marking underneath his body they start to faintly glow red. The orb flashes twice, then flares like a shooting star falling through a planets atmosphere. The light burns his eyes lighting the room as if it was a virgin sun. With a flash sending rays of light brighter than before, the orb shatters into thousands of pieces. A brilliant yellow shockwave shoots out in all directions. Followed by darkness crawling in and engulfing everything. Except for the markings on the floor. The symbols still glow faintly. But then they too blink out of existance... Only to flare back to life with a million times as much intesity as before. Beams of light jut out of the markings and engulf Kitharsis's body. The beams then split at the base and begin to swirl. They circle around him, changing his body as the base of the beams travels up towards his head. The crystal hanging on his neck cracks and shatters. The curse inside escapes into the air but it ripped to shreds as the beams swirl thourgh it. The beams reach is head and rise above it. They swirl in the air for a few rotations, then all shoot out in different directions. The darkness closes in, leaving nothing but two glowing red eyes, blinking, hungry, and dangerous...
Kitharsis	...	#3	[-]
Posts: 978 Feb 12 03 6:25 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	A light approaches from far away. It moves slowly, stopping at certain spots, then continuing to advance. Steam rises from the spot where Kitharsis stood and dances about in the air where the light hits it. The light stops, and the shaman lowers his staff towards the floor. His face bends to that of terror as he realizes what the markings stand for. "How could this have happenned? There hasn't been one of them since the beginning... So his fate is sealed." Something moves in the shadows. "Yes, sealed..." It mutters. Two eyes open in the darkness, revealing the red glow that they emit. They start to come closer with the sound of stone hitting stone as the creature approaches the light. "Tell me, why do you fear me? Has this change been for the worse?" The voice is sullen and deep. "I do not fear you. I fear the past. All who have become what you are were heartless, corrupt, evil. I will not let you leave here until I am satisfied that you shall be different." "Do you think that you can stop me?" An intricate design flashes from where the voice came from. The footsteps quicken their pace towards the shaman, then stop. "Do not be arrogant, that has been the downfall of many a warrior. I will teach you to use your new power, but not if you are such a fool as you are dislplaying now." Kitharsis steps into the light. "I know exactly of what you speak. Arrogance cannot be a substitute for confidence unless a person enjoys defeat. I ask you again. Do you think that you could stop me from leaving if I wished to?" The shaman straightens his posture and looks Kitharsis in the eyes. No words pass between them, but the meaning that they would portray is understood without actually speaking them. The shaman turns and starts walking away, the light following him as if it was attatched to him. Kitharsis follows, keeping out of the light. The stony footsteps echoing through the darkness as they approach the doorway.
Kawanua the Fallen Angel	Re: ...	#4	[-]
Posts: 1328 Feb 12 03 7:54 PM Major More My Recent Posts	Keseno looks up at asaki as she approaches him, HE smiles as she sends her hello's. Still remaining silent as she walks away. Keseno turns around, following Soul Reaver. He stands next to Soul quietly. His face reflecting on the thick glass. " I will be taking my leave now. I must return to Everworld. And train Kanshisha, I have put his training off for too long now. He must be getting impatient. I will also be taking Yue and Sera. Please, take this. If you ever need me this will let you into Everworld. You will be reached as soon as your enter. " Handing Soul a small amulet with a sparkling ruby inside, he turns to face Soul as he does. Grabbing Souls hand Keseno places it in his palm. " Thank you for.... For granting what i requested in the umbra. I know it must of been hard for you to kill a battle companion of yours. " Keseno lets go of Souls hand, placing his hands back in his sleeves. Keseno murmurs a few words Opening a strange but similar warp gate. Turning his head slightly lookng at Soul out of the corner of his eye. " Hopefully we will meet again Soul Reaver. Until then. Farewell. " Keseno walks through the Warp gate dissappearing as the his body touches it. The Warp Gate groans slightly as it seals up returning reality back to normal <<Kawanua>> My Heart belongs to one woman, and only she can cure the burden that i carry within me. Kawanua the Fallen Angel
Fei Serumen	Re: ...	#5	[-]
Posts: 2848 Feb 13 03 1:29 AM Prince of Nooses Colonel More My Recent Posts	((Hey Tam, that pic is hosted at my webspace under signatures. Anyone else want one? Here's an example of what I can do with custom signatures. Tamrissa's New Sig)) RoboForge
Soul Reaver	Solace	#6	[-]
Posts: 1675 Feb 13 03 5:49 AM The Immortal Brigadier General More My Recent Posts	After a while, Soul Reaver lowers his gaze away from the window, looking instead down at his hand. He opens it, twirling the ring between his fingers, feeling the cold metal on his skin. Breathing deeply, he takes the ring and places it ceremoniously in his Infinity Pouch, where it will be kept safe. Soul Reaver then turns back to gazing out into space, when Kawanua walks up to him. Although he does not turn at first, Soul Reaver nods almost imperceptibly when Keseno speaks of what he did back in the Umbra. When Keseno presses the amulet into his hand, Soul Reaver turns his head to look at Keseno. At the moment, Soul Reaver looks... older somehow, and tired. The weight of his years shows deep in his eyes. As Keseno turns to leave, Soul Reaver gives a small bow, saying, "Thank you. And farewell." He allows the amulet to dangle from his hand for a moment, before it too disappears into his pouch. Taking a deep breath, Soul Reaver resummons the gauntlet around his hand. Although he still looks wearied, his composture returns slightly. He feels a need to find solace, and this steel prison is not a good place to find it. Soul Reaver walks towards Jihon. "Jihon... I do not mean to be rude, but unless you have further use for me... I would take my leave of your ship. There is much that I must think about."
Neo Grahf	Re: Solace	#7	[-]
Posts: 474 Feb 13 03 9:37 AM Recruit More My Recent Posts	ooc: I know that I said Gulver warped out of Cenzar at the end of my post, but for the sake of keeping this a bit less complicated, just disregard that part. "You know, I kinda expected some kind of reaction by now.... You would think that blowing up a large portion of the city and sending a taunting message would make people go in a frenzy and chase after me.... but.... NO FUCKING WARP SIGNAL IN THIS SPAN OF TIME!!!??? If I wasn't a citizen of this planet, I would object to the long wait time. Damn it, I haven't moved from this spot for so long, I'm getting antsy now.... Whoa.... Warp signal.... Two life forms.... Ah, it's the undead pretty boy and...... who the hell is this?" Quickly standing up from his sitting point in the subway system, Gulver streched his arms out of habit, not really needing to do that. "Well, Interrgotation tends to be fun when your victims can't die easily....." With a sudden burst of speed, the grey haired warrior dashed offf into the tunnels, moving beneath the city unseen toward his destination.
Kitharsis	Re: Solace	#8	[-]
Posts: 978 Feb 13 03 3:40 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	The two walk towards the door, side by side now. The light falls on Kitharsis's skin which looks dull and smoothe. Scales do not litter the surface of it any longer. His naked body is all one color, but it is hard to tell exactly what color it is in such faint light. A spiky mohawk runs down the middle of his head. His newly formed hair sways as he walks. They finally reach the door, still side by side. Kitharsis reaches forward and places his palm on the door. The markings glow without him even tracing over them. Finally the door opens and he allows the shaman to pass through first. He follows, ducking as he walks through the doorway. "Lets rest for a bit. You must be tired," the shaman proposes. "I'm not tired at all. I would like to get started actually." "Lets wait a bit, you still need to get used to your new body. There will be no shape shifting like in your fledgling form. This one is for keeps." "What? Thats what I've had to rely on for the longest time. Now it has been taken away from me?" "Do not complain. Sometimes, it is better to be the master of one body, rather than dabbling in many. You will see. Now then, if you will not rest, take a walk. I will call you when I am ready." The shaman then walks into another passageway with the light following him. Kitharsis's red eyes blink twice in the darkness, then fly through the corridor to the open desert. He digs his heels into the sand to stop, realizing that he is still without clothes. Not that I'll really need these here. No one in the swamp would think it unusual, but I'm not sure here in the god-forsaken desert. He digs his hand into the sand and pulls a pile of it out. As he did in his old body, he tries to form it into a pair of shorts. The sand continues to fall to the ground, not changing at all. Kith throws it to the ground, disgusted. I suppose things work different now... I wonder if I can even do that anymore... A cloak falls from the sky on top of Kitharsis's head. It is cool to the touch. He puts on the massive garment, finding the air less dry and burning once under the fabric. Pulling the hood up over his head, Kith starts walking out into the desert, feeling out his body with his mind.
Kitharsis	...	#9	[-]
Posts: 978 Feb 13 03 6:03 PM [Insert Custom Rank Here] Colonel More My Recent Posts	Kitharsis stops walking after the sand cave is out of sight. He rolls the sleeves of the cloak up and looks down at his arms. Tattoos snake around them. The intricate designs seem random, but seem to serve a purpose. His arms lower and he allows the sleeves to roll down into place. So you followed my words... Heh, heh. Whats so funny? The only reason I still let you in my head is because I allow it. Yes, that is true. You power is potentially that of a god... But you do not know how to use it. You are still weak. And now you are doomed. I am not weak, you are just foolish. You think that you know everything. You talk like you are god of the universe, but you are simply a fool trying to preach to a chior that no longer sings your tune. You idiot. Did you not pay attention to the shaman at all? All that have ascended into what you are have been terribly evil and corrupt! You shall be no different. I have seen the inner workings of your mind. You cannot lie to yourself forever. Blackrend was right! You have inner deamons that you couldn't possibly comprehend. Sooner or later they will surface and you will be at their mercy. You- I will not allow such a thing to happen! You know nothing! You are leaving! Now! A fierce wind picks up and swirls around Kitharsis. His cloak billows and twists along with it. Wisps of black and red energy swirl through the air. The storm is over as soon as it had started. His cloak settles back down and rests on the desert floor. Standing tall, he leaves to go back to the sand cave. His heavy footsteps trace a path through the desert behind him. Much is on his mind...
Unregistered(d)	Re: ...	#10	[-]
Posts: 0 Feb 13 03 7:01 PM More My Recent Posts	Jihon looks at sould and crosses his arms... "well... Yeah you can leave... I'm not keeping you here... But...." Jihon walks to a nearby wall and presses a button. "Engine room.... Warp sheilds to full... we are going to the... Thing...." Jihon tunrs back to sould depressing the button... "I have something you have to see..." Jihon eyes the others quickly hoping that none of them are paying attension. "Alone..." He gesture to a nearby door out in the hall... "It is not the fear of death that drives us.... It is the fear of eternal life...."
Tamrissa Roshan	Destruction...Resolution...Action	#11	[-]
Posts: 1297 Feb 13 03 7:38 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Keep the business at hand on your mind, wolf, I will be taking care of the one responsible for this, Tamrissa steps carefully through the portal onto a broken piece of wall, balancing easily. The one responsible is myself and its time that I teach myself to be more careful. She eyes the lupine for a moment and then turns her gaze reluctantly on the carnage and rubble around her. The arrival of Tom barely catches her attention as she tries to keep her stomach from turning its contents onto the ground in front of her. As he speaks to her, she gives him a guilty glance. Fei is correct. Gulveror what used to be Gulver she hesitates with a forced sigh. No, its has always been Gulver. Anyway, he is a biological weapon created by some force I am not knowledgable of. His purpose was to purge life from various enemies or threats to his creators, I suppose. She brings a hand to her forehead as she looks down at a blood-soaked part of the street and then over to a hand lying limp from beneath a large piece of wall. Her eyes avert and she continues shakily. Naraka picked him up somewhere and had planned to use himthen he must have found him too dangerous. He locked him away, she furrows her brow. And I freed him. Then I did what Jahanna never didI gave him the chance to be on his own with very little control from myselfonly to keep him from harming people did I ever force him into a helpless state. Her eyes find Toms again. He is doing this to get back at me for trying to control himwhen I thought I was helping him. Your people are dying because he wants me to feel as much pain and agony as possible before he comes for me, she admits with a bitter smirk. But today it will end. He must be finished off. Her hand goes to the side slowly and the fallen wall slowly moves off the crushed form of a Cenzarian citizen. She looks down again and her eyes gain a fierce light as they gaze at the battered, indiscernible features of the being. FeiEdgarif you arent going to continue your battle now, let me know. Id like to get started right away and any help will be appreciated, she speaks with a renewed strength in her voice. Tom, if you could loan some of your bravest men, Id like to see a search put out for the bio-weapon. I can give you and them my visual of him. She kneels down and brings her hand down over the torn and blankly staring eyes of the corpse, her powers healing the lids enough to close them. When he is sighted, I want to be notified. No one is to attack or pursue him. I wish to be the one to end this. ((OOC: Deravon, Matthias, Damien...that portal in the hallway can still be open if you want it to....or you can have them create another.))
Kalana Ryoki	Leaving These Troubles Behind...For Now.	#12	[-]
Posts: 23 Feb 13 03 7:44 PM Alter-Ego Character More My Recent Posts	Kalana places a hand silently on Camerons shoulder, as he almost knocks her over in his hurry to be free of the room, and then turns to walk with him down the corridor. She nods at his request with a sympathetic wrinkle between her brows. Lets go."
Fei Serumen	Re: Destruction...Resolution...Action	#13	[-]
Posts: 2848 Feb 13 03 7:59 PM Prince of Nooses Colonel More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Fei Serumen Stepping aside, Fei crosses his arms, his senses heightening, keeping a sharp lookout for any disturbances. ((OOC: You fell right into that one, Neo )) Stopping Tam in the middle of her talking, Fei brings his hand up to quiet everyone around him, letting them in on his investigation.((and yes, that's the discipline kind of quietus )) "He's on his way Madaam.. It appears he's been waiting for some company..." Fei's aura flashes leaving his figure blurry and distorted with his speed as his hair rises and whips gracefully around him as his self induced winds pick up..... only to die back down. "I forgot... I'm letting you handle this mess...." His aura vanishing, the afterimages seperate and disolve in the winds as they leave from around him, resting back to the ground. RoboForge
Deravon	backup is on the way....	#14	[-]
Posts: 232 Feb 13 03 8:45 PM Alter-Ego Character More My Recent Posts	As Deravon is sitting around, he comes to a decision. Those two wont ditch me this easily. Deravon gets up and heads for the portal Tam and Fei used. He discovers that the portal they used has closed by now. "Damn it!" Deravon then marches over to a shame, grabs him by his shirt and lifts him up to eye level. "Now look here, you will open a portal to wherever Seruman just went to NOW!!" Deravon then rudly drops the shame to the ground, who scampers off and does whatever he has to do to open another portal. A wicked smile spreads over Deravon face. "Looks like I still got it." Deravon then steps through the portal, and sees all of the destruciton. As he steps through, Tom and his soldiers shiver at Deravons presence. "Holy shit, what happened here?" ~Cry Havoc and let loose the Dogs of War!!~
cLuTcHFieND	Re: backup is on the way....	#15	[-]
Posts: 3771 Feb 13 03 9:20 PM Angel of Redemption God-General More My Recent Posts	Cameron nods at Kalana. "Thank you. I promise you that I'll be back to normal once I get some rest....." Cameron has no need to bother any of the shames. He simply draws his sword and swings it in an overhead slash. As the sword point rushes downwards, it sems to cut into the very fabric of space in front of it, leaving a huge gash, which quickly forms into a warp gate. Sheathing his sword, Cameron raises his shields and steps through, slipping his hand into Kalana's hand as he does so.
Neo Grahf	Re: backup is on the way....	#16	[-]
Posts: 474 Feb 13 03 10:02 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Suddenly the ground in front of them erupted in a geyser of concrete pieces and metal shards. A figure darted upwards and landed in front of the small gathering of warriors. "Damn, there's nothing like a good entrance.... Subway tunnels, only way to travel." Standing up, Gulver leaned his head to rest on his left shoulder as he regarded the small group. "Well, this is a nice surpirse.... Didn't expect YOU of all people to show up, Rodanson.... What's the matter, ran out of fools to 'delegate' this job onto?" Turning his head to see Fei, "Hello, been decomposig well lately? Came along to ensure the safety of your little bloodbank as well as lifeline, I see...." Moving his head over to Edgar, he paused for a moment, "Dear god, get a haircut!" Shifting his body, he faced Deravon and he could only stand in silence as he took in the sight of the masked vampire. Suddenly, he broke out laughing, "Your mother must really hate you if she dressed you up like that! What's the matter? Salavation army was having a clearance sale?" Finally, he looked at Tom, still chuckling, "You... I have no problem with.... Get out of here." Finally, he turned around to face Tamrissia, "See? I am capable of mercy... I just don't practice it..... So, I'm assuming you came all the way here to settle this matter?"
Lt Peterson	Into the darkness....	#17	[-]
Posts: 132 Feb 13 03 10:04 PM Alter-Ego Character More My Recent Posts	Light years away, deep within the horrible anomaly known as the Eye of Terror, on a planet that was once known as Prospero before the life was sucked out of it and it was reduced to a nameless ball of rock, within a dark labratory nesled in the heart of the twisted black city of Chaos, work is being done. Doctors and scientists, all wearing black, slowly move around a table containing the remmnaints of a man. Only his his chest and head are left. Wires extend from where his arms and legs used to be into about 36 different machines that the scientists are working on. The man is alive, and up until a half an hour before, he had been screaming. Then the scientists grew weary of the noise and had the doctors sedate him. THey assume that he has now passed into a dreemless sleep. But they are wrong. This man's mind is elsewhere. Various buzzers and alarms sound around the room just seconds before the man's head snaps up. He begins to scream, his voice distorted and warped, but still understandable. "AILERON! NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T LET THEM TAKE HER! STOP THEM! DON'T JUST WALK AWAY! STOP THEM! STOP THEM YOU CHEAP FUCKING BASTARD!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....." As the man continues to scream, machines begin to overload all over the room as a huge power surge is detecded. The doctors who are foolish enough to attempt to restrain the man who is now rolling back and forth on the table are killed instantly by bolts of electricity that blast from the man's body. Finally, a Chaos Marine enters the room and grabs the man, holding him down. The man stops screaming and begins to ramble. "Aileron...you let her go..you let her be caputred by those men just like you left me here to die...I will never forgive you....I will kill you.....I will kill your family....I will kill your friends....I will rape your lover and then kill her too.....never forgive....never forgive......kill you......kill all of you....." As the man trails off and falls silent, the head scientist glares at him, a smirk on his face. "Oh, the great power that exists in this one! Wait till we get done rebuilding him. He will be our most powerful unit ever! His Excellency Lord Ahriman will be pleased, indeed! But we can't afford to have another outburst like this one. Marine, keep holding him down till we can get the restraints in place. Doctor Kravok....remove his voicebox. He only needs to be able to say what we program him to say." The nearby Doctor nods. "Should we sedate him?" A wicked smile crosses the face of the scientist. "No. The more pain he feels now, the greater his power will be when the process is complete." The man looks up at the scientist, anger and hate burning in his eyes. Suddenly, a twisted smile usually reserved for asylum paitients crosses the man's face. "Aileron will die. But you will die first. And you will die slow." The scientist takes a step back, an angry snarl erasing the sneer from his lips. "Do it! Shut him up, and let's get back on track!" The man barely has time to scream before the doctor moves in again. Then there is only pain.
Tamrissa Roshan	Re: backup is on the way....	#18	[-]
Posts: 1297 Feb 13 03 10:13 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	"Good assumption," Tamrissa stands up where she had been kneeling next to the body and dusts some small debris off her arms. "Leave the others out of this and they'll leave you alone as well. This is between us...remember?" She glances at Fei, Deravon and Edgar. "Don't interfere." Her eyes go back to the bio-weapon. "Shall we find an open space and continue where we left off in the Oghrun arena?"
Neo Grahf	Re: backup is on the way....	#19	[-]
Posts: 474 Feb 13 03 10:31 PM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Clasping a hand on his face, Gulver began to snicker, trying to hide his amusement behind his hand. "Open space? Continue what we left off? My dear Robotoson, this hardly qualify as a fight..... A massacre? Sure.... A fight? No way in hell.... I mean, look at you! You look half dead like you finished a grueling battle, mostly likely that Warp Lord who would have become a serious problem, which I thank you for taking care of for me. Anyways, back to the subject at hand, you look half dead, battered and bruised, and not to mention-" With that, Gulver's arm blurred and he was holding a lock of hair from Tamrissia's head. "-exceptionally poor reflexes. Well, can't complain..... This is going to be sweet...."
Tamrissa Roshan	Re: backup is on the way....	#20	[-]
Posts: 1297 Feb 14 03 12:19 AM Recruit More My Recent Posts	Tamrissa's face tightens into an expression of anger as Gulver begins to laugh. She brings a hand up to the small bloody spot where a lock of her hair was torn out and glares at the gray-haired man. "Get over yourself, Gulver, and move your ass away from the citizens and away from the Cenzar army," she commands. "If I am going to be so easy defeat, then you aren't going to need to involve them." She points to a clear part of empty street and backs up towards it. The Kurusunami's hilt slides into her palm and her other hand comes up to beckon him. "Go ahead...first move is yours."