The ground started quaking more violently, but nothing else happened.
"It looks like it's... an earthquake." Concluded Rook
"And I was really getting worried there!" said the Shoppe keepe
"Do not be too hasty in your judgement!..." began Zedd, when huge cracks in the ground opened up, sending the entire party into the pit. When they awakened they were in...
- Zedd i Randir, Lord of the Storm
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boyachi
Posts: 1161
Member #92
May 31, 2004 11:34
"Heaven! I'm in heaven! La da de! Da De! Da dade da, heaven!"
The adventurers wake up surrounded by rocks, dust, mist and...a guy showering. "AGHHHH!!!!" The nude bather grabs a towel and runs out of the room.
"Apparently," notes Rook, "we've landed a bathroom. You don't suppose it belongs to-"
"NOBODY MOVE! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!" There is a mob of men, one of which is the towelled bather, who wears a big smirk.
"You'll rue the day you mocked me and-"
"Hey!"shouts the shoppe-keep, "Big towel considering-"
"I SAID you'll-rue-the-day-you-mocked-me-and-the-Akilokipok!"
The Summer of the Dawn is here. However, Summer of the New Dawn shall be approaching... this summer.80%complete
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dracon
Posts: 49
Member #143
Jun 2, 2004 16:19
Dracon woke from his daze. There was a about a dozen personal surrounding the party with long sharp spears and a few had swords to our necks. The man with the towel grabbed a spear and his towel fell off. He pulled it up and held the spear with one hand. Dracon looked and seen his hydra sleeping in a glass cage. It was filled with green gas from its poison. "Hey what are you doing with my Hydra." Dracon whipped out his thorn whip and wrapped it aoroun done of the guys legs and slammed him into the ground. "Now Die" he came down with his whip wrapped it around hi neck and snapped it and then he......
"When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade"
(Mine)"When Life Gives You Water, Have Fun"
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Zedd
Posts: 286
Member #76
Jun 3, 2004 6:42
Fell over. It seemed as if one of the spearmen had tripped him with the butt of his spear.
"Hey, where's Zedd?" asked the Shopkeeper, looking at the place where the wanderer had lain.
"Here." A voice said from behind the circle. The spear-and-swordsmen all turned to face him in shock.
"Get up!" yelled Zedd, beheading one man with each of his blades.
In the chaos that followed, only a few things were audible. These included something about Cheese Sticks, a heavy thunk, a weird grinding and someone yelling "YAAHHH!". in the end, however, the party came out almost unscathed. The last thing that could be heard was Zedd's yell:
"I am i Randir, Lord of the Storm!", as he beheaded an enemy that he had duelled with since the beginning of the fight.
"What was that all about?" quizzed an overcurious Rook
"I just settled my score." replied Zedd, for once willing to give information.
"Okay... Does that mean you're ditching us here?" Asked Leander
"No. I said that I would help you the whole way through. So I will.
"What's all this about?" Asked Dracon, "Stanly's just there!" He pointed at the spod where the Hydra was.
"No he's not." observed the shoppe keepe
"WHAT?!" yelled Dracon
"He isn't there." repeated Rook.
"Well, how do we find him? Zedd?"
"I have never been into this part of the den. It looks like we are going to have to scout him out. Does anyone else know the art of stealth?"
The party looked at each other, all shaking their heads.
"But I do..." said a voice behind them, and as the party turned, they saw the until-now-unseen Kaze Musha...
- Zedd i Randir, Lord of the Storm
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MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Jun 4, 2004 11:56
"Why must you keep doing that?" snapped the shop keeper, patting his rapidly beating heart. "When you're infiltrating a secret base, you're not supposed to sneak up on the wired infiltraters!"
"Silly human," answered the Youkai with her gnarled smile, "you're precisely why I even bother doing it."
"Alright, Kaze Musha," Zedd began ordering, "You, Dai-sho, and I shall go and try to find out something about where we exactly are in this place and if we can discover where Stanely is being kept. In the mean time," he turned to the rest, "you guys try not to get found out. Keep it things quiet and kill anyone who finds you out immediately." At that, before their very eyes, the three became absorbed into the very shadows, not making the slightest footfall to reveal their location.
After a pause of silence, Leander spoke, "So they expect us to not draw any attention when we just crashed through a gaping hole in the floor and have been killing people to and fro?"
"Pretty wishful thinking," muttered Rook.
"Since when was he the leader?" Dracon asked no one in particular, not paying attention to the conversation at hand.
"So," Leander started again after another pause, looking up at seemingly nothing, "these Akilokipok guys capture familiars and exploit them in warfare."
"That's right," Dracon agreed, his head still hanging in depression.
"So they most likely have their hands on some pretty big nasties, right?" Leander's questioning continued.
"Aye."
"And people busting into your headquarters would qualify as warfare and demand the heavy artillery, right?"
"Yes," shouted a slightly annoyed Dracon. "What's with the meaningless questions?"
"Not meaningless," corrected Leander. "It's just I think that would be one of them big baddies right now." The earth trembled as a hulking monstrosity approached from out the shadows. A man, cackling maniacly from out a gilded hood, perched on its back while holding the chained reins that latched to its head.
"Welcome to your doom!" shouted the man. "Feel the wrath of an Akhlut!" The enormous beasts sleek skinned form changed to that more of a wolf as it advanced on the quartet. "And there's more where this one came from!"
Dracon looked up at the giant beast. His brows lowered. "Aw, Kjata-crap."
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Rook
Posts: 497
Member #112
Jun 4, 2004 19:44
Rook charged forward and threw his sword at the mighty beast's neck. It easily batted it away, not even scratching its hand. The sword landed in the wall. "Did you really think you could defeat me with that??" laughed Akhlut.
"I was hoping for it, but it was actually a distraction." answered Rook. Then, Koumori reared up behind the monstrosity and toppled him over. Then, with a mighty bite, Koumori clamped down on Akhlut's neck. "Good work." Rook then wall jumped and yanked his sword from the wall. He landed and returned it to its sheath. The group stood dumfounded with a single
"Wow." from the shopkeepe.
How did it feel meeting so many trainers like yourself in your travels? What was awoken inside you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!
~ Steven: Ruby/ Sapphire version champion
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MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Jun 4, 2004 22:34
"Wow," restated the shop keep, "you really are a fool, aren't you, Rook?" The warrior turned to find the other three's gazes falling upon him like flaming daggers, full of hatred and scorn, the pride quickly draining from his person.
"Haven't you been paying attention?" asked Leander. "Were you too busy on planning how you were going to execute innocent beasts when we had our talks about the evils of Akilokipok? They steal other people's familiars and use them to do their dirty work, warping their minds into barbaric acts. The people are pure evil by their own choice, so you can hurt, maim, and torture them to your heart's content. Which, by the way you killed that poor Akhlut and," the svelt one peered around, "yes, you let the corrupting fiend that rode it escape unscathed!"
"A familiar is bound to a person's soul, Rook," the shop keeper enlightened. "When you took that Akhlut's life, who knows what happened to the already distrought keeper it belonged to!"
"I... I didn't see any other option," Rook said in his defense. "It was either it or us." The rest eased their harsh stare upon Rook, only slightly. All, that is, save Dracon. "We may be faced with that decision again, and I won't give it a second thought. Now then, if this discussion is ended, I suggest we leave this place for a less disclosed area." Shrugging, Leander and the shop keeper began the trek down a randomly chosen dark hallway. As Rook went to catch up with them, Dracon stopped him for a word.
"Rook, I just want you to know," he told, "if we find Stanely and he's been twisted by Akilokipok's ways... I just want you to know that..."
"I understand, Dracon," Rook said, placing his hand on his shoulder. "Let's hope it won't come to that."
"No," Dracon corrected, "you don't understand." In a swift stroke, Dracon clutched Rook's comparibly scrawny neck in his massive hand, crushing it into the wall behind him. "If you so much as wave your blade in Stanely's direction, I will strike you down faster than the gods themselves." Rook's choking, nearly downed out by Dracon's growling, alerted the others.
"Whoa! Whoa, calm down now, Dracon," Leander attempted to calm him. "Let him go, he knows he messed up." Gently trying to ease Dracon's thick arm from Rook's neck, it never budged. With flaring nostrils and a look that could kill, he suddenly released his grasp, dropping Rook a few feet to the floor. In deep gagging swallows, the swordsman caught his breath while Dracon stormed off.
"Let's go," he ordered, "we're far from done."
[Editted by MadGoblin on Jun 4, 2004 23:07]
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Rook
Posts: 497
Member #112
Jun 5, 2004 12:01
OOC: D'oh! I thought there was only this humanoid beast thing! As if there was no rider! I should have read a little harder. CRAP!!! Boy, I feel stupid...
How did it feel meeting so many trainers like yourself in your travels? What was awoken inside you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!
~ Steven: Ruby/ Sapphire version champion
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dracon
Posts: 49
Member #143
Jun 7, 2004 11:18
Dracon walked down the hall with the party . He tried hard not to make a sound but something tripped. "Ow" he said in a hushed voice, then their was a thump and you could hear some one being dragged away. DRacon with muffled cries tryed to call for help but a beasts tail covered his mouth and dragged him by his head. He dropped his halberd in hope that one of the members of the party would find it.
Dracon woke and found himself in a......
"When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade"
(Mine)"When Life Gives You Water, Have Fun"
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Rook
Posts: 497
Member #112
Jun 9, 2004 16:01
...giant toilet. Then he really woke up to find himself dangling on a rope. Someone laughed and opened three huge doors. The large beasts came out and jumped up at Dracon, attempting to reach him. But they couln't. Then the guy who opened the doors set the rope on fire.
Meanwhile...
The group walked through the darkness.
Then Rook said: "Dracon, everyone, I'm sorry for being such an ass. Dracon? You there? Say something! Are you okay? Koumori, do you see him?
"No, but I do see his halberd..."
"Damn! Kaze-Musha! We need you to sniff out Dracon! Don't argue, because the ghobling said to help! So, you must!"
"Grr... You've got me. But I'm only doing this because I was ordered to! Follow me!"
You guys stay here. You're safer together. And you'll need Orm to keep watch in the darkness." And with that, he ran off.
Dracon was about to fall to his doom when a fourth, smaller door burst open. Rook, Kaze-Musha, and Koumori charged through. They attcked the beasts, only knocking them out. The rope snapped and Dracon plummeted down to the ground. Koumori leaped up and caught him. "Don't worry, We didn't kill them."
"Don't worry he says!"
How did it feel meeting so many trainers like yourself in your travels? What was awoken inside you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!
~ Steven: Ruby/ Sapphire version champion
[Editted by Rook on Jun 9, 2004 16:19]
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MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Jun 9, 2004 20:59
OOC: Dangs, Rookie (neheheheh. double meaning ), you gots to read a bit better. Not to worry, I can cover for you... again
BIC:
Dracon stopped, puzzled not only be the entire situation that had befallen him but as to the presense of one of his saviors.
"Kaze Musha?" he questioned. "What? I thought you were with Zedd and Dai-sho for some reckonasence?" Rook had, too, realized the peculularity of her sudden reappearance.
"Oh, right, sorry," she apologized. "I had just tracked down the you guys to tell you what we found when Rook here started pushing me around." Dracon glanced at the swordsman vehemently, still not forgiving him for the prior acts.
"Hey! She's lying!" Rook objected. "Can't you tell? I mean, she's laughing at us right now!"
"No time for that," the wind warrior stated after ending her chuckle. "Zedd uncovered the primary storage room of beasties. There's a good chance that Stanley will be there."
"Along with hundreds of other brainwarped fiends," Rook noted under his breath. "So, we're pretty much walking into a battle?- er, 'subduing bout'." He shrugged. "Well, let's go." The three followed Kaze Musha directly to the room as quickly as they could. Meanwhile, Leander and the shoppe keep waited patiently.
"hmm...not too sure."Noted the shoppe keep. "Want a biscut?"
"Don't mind if I do-wait, this isn't one of those stale ones that you use as projectiles is it?"
"Well, if you don't want one of those, I guess I could give you an edible one."
"I'll have an edible one, duh."
And so the two stood there, spreading crumbs all over the floor while eating.
"Wamf, I hanf somfing!" exclaimed the shoppe keep.
"Swallow, and try again, genius." snapped back Leander.
"Someone is coming, go around the corner, as for me, I sneak attack them."* uses the technique Shadow * With that, the shoppe keep, dissappeared into the darkness. Leander rounded the corner. Ready to ambush...
The Summer of the Dawn is here. However, Summer of the New Dawn shall be approaching... this summer.85%complete
[Editted by boyachi on Jun 10, 2004 17:43]
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dracon
Posts: 49
Member #143
Jun 11, 2004 14:04
That someone was someones. Dracon and the other people were walking back as silently as Possible. Leander jumped out and attacked us. Dracon held up his halberd to block, but he was swiftly countered by a down slash. He tried jumping back but dracon was still cut but not as bad as it would be.
"Leeeeee" Dracon screamed.
"Sorry" lee said as he stared at dracon. "I was surprised by you coming so quick."
"Yeah we came up the path I was dragged down and tried finding you guys" dracon explained. He ripped part of his shirt and tied it on each of his legs. "be quiet we must continue" he said in a hushed voice.
"When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade"
(Mine)"When Life Gives You Water, Have Fun"
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MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Jun 21, 2004 11:46
"Well, sure am glad that we're all together again," quietly noted Rook.
"Me, too," noted the goblin. As the group crept along to their destination, Leander finally came into realization.
"What the- When did you get here?" he demanded in shock. "And when did you get un-holed?"
"Pfft! I am a goblin, you know," he dismissed. "We's freaky. And it wasn't a challenge to get in here. I saw your handy work on the floor."
"Quiet up, you," insisted Dracon. "We really shouldn't be doing any unneeded speaking so that we won't draw any unwanted attentio-" As though cursing himself, a rain of crimson globules poured from the ceiling. "Gwah! What are these slimy things?" The gelatinous sacs of blood pulled themselves into something more shapely than puddles, staring at the group with their repulsive faces.
"Kekkei!" shouted the green fiend. "Blood homunculus born from the blood of a ceremonialless childbirth!" Everyone slowly turned to Gobbo with a confused face. "What? Kaze Musha told me about them!"
"I can't believe I caused this!" Dracon blamed.
"Yes... for shame," agreed Rook, stepping away from a conveniently positioned lever he had recently pulled. "So, um... are these things soul bound or can we kill them?"
"I'd be pretty hard to kill one," he said, smashing one with his bare, clawed foot only to have it reform. "But bound to other people? I doubt it." The goblin explained, "They're much too... well, lame for that. They're more of spirits or spooks to my knowledge, like rice-barrel-ditch-men!"
"Forget that I asked."
* uses the technique Haste to empower his already impressive skills * Why be sane?
[Editted by MadGoblin on Jul 14, 2004 20:52]
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Zedd
Posts: 286
Member #76
Jun 27, 2004 23:47
As the party was jumping around, trying to squash the blood things, a freezing wind picked up. Inside.
"Is it just me, or is it getting a bit chilly in here?" Shivered Rook
"It isn't you... I think someone turned on the Air condiditoning" Replied Leander
As their teeth started chattering, the bloodthings started to freeze. Then, just as suddenly as it started, the wind stopped.
"What's the deal with that? Goblin?" asked the Shopkeeper.
There was no answer from the feindish one, and, as the shoppe keep turned to him, saw that he was frozen as well.
"What?" Asked a puzzled Dracon "What happened to him?"
"The same thing that happened to those... things that were on the floor." Said the voice that was now recognised as Zedd's.
"You did that?" Asked Leander
"Yes."
"Why the gobbo too?" Asked the shopkeeper, puzzled
"He is an ally?" Asked Zedd
"YES I AM!!!" Yelled a slightly miffed goblin, who had managed to thaw himself out. "And you really shouldn't FREEZE your allies!"
"Sorry..." Said Zedd in answer
"What are you doing here anyway?" Said Dracon "Weren't you and Dai-Sho supposed to ba waiting for us at the monster storage facility?"
"We were. But we were also getting impatient. Come. The storage facility is this way..." Replied Zedd, walking past the frozen blood things and into a dark tunnel...
- Zedd i Randir, Lord of the Storm
[Editted by Zedd on Jun 27, 2004 23:53]
MadGoblin
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Jul 14, 2004 21:52
Walking for what seemed like weeks through the underground labrynth, they finally came upon their final destination. The Monster Storage Facility.
"Beyond these doors lies hordes of beast and fiend like your eyes have never seen," Zedd warned, having already seen the contents. "Fierce, evil, some delicious, but still evil!"
"Don't you mean 'twisted into evil ways'?" Rook questioned.
"Er, yeah... yeah, sure." Changing the topic, Zedd continued, "So, be on your guard, and prepare you familiars!" Revealing a bare palm, spinning specks of light rose from his hand, crafting a borrowed symbol which fell to the floor. A torret of water burst through the floor, but leaving no ruin on the floor. Rising with the current, a carp, regal in appearance.
"The hell?" spat out a puzzled Leander at the literal fish out of water flailing around quite lamely, and familiarly.
"Come, Shugenja, let us battle!" Zedd proclaimed. "... safely!"
"Pssh! You call that impressive?" mocked the goblin. Snapping his fingers, a pillar of light bore its way down through the ceiling. Growing wider and wider, the beam gradually paled. At its point of contact, a grand figure stood. But, as the light parted further, the figure's size reduced more and more. All that remained was a tiny yellow bunny. "Let's show'em, FlopHop!"
"You're an ass," the coney pointed out.
"That's it, Dracon, you're on your own," Leander noted.
The door was kicked open by Dracon, who missed the knob. As it swung open, countless cages of beasties and the like were stacked in countless rows from the floor to the high ceiling in barred cages. Shackles engraved with arcane glyphs adorned most all of them, and their eyes glowed a fiery red as drool poured from their gaping mouths. The monsters varied from Chimeras to Unicorns, Pegasi to Behemoths, Barometz to Celphie, and Assbittern... cough
"Hey, 'tis Stanley!" Shouted Dracon, pointing to a cage in the back. "I'm a'comin', buddie! Luckily there's nothing lying " As his words fell, all of the cage doors burst open.
"Welcome to your doom!" shouted a shadowy figure from atop the mountain of cages.
"Damn you, shrouded, mysterious evil man!" the ghobling cursed as the horde advanced.
Zedd
Posts: 286
Member #76
Jul 16, 2004 4:25
As the horde closed, a behemoth slipped over on some water that Shugenja had slopped on the floor. This caused the monster to collide with numerous other beasts, and took most of them (the creatures it hit) out of action. While Dai-sho cut the hamstrings of a rather leggy Ass-Bittern, Zedd went into an unarmed combat stance.
"Why not use the swords?" Yelled Dracon over the noise
"Remember, we are not trying to kill anything... Except him!" Zedd pointed to the black figure, then glanced at Leander, who nodded.
drawing their favoured throwing weapons (Zedd got a 'star' type shuriken this time), and hurled them at the shrouded man. They both struck their marks, but the man simply pulled them out and laughed.
"You cannot slay me with such... Feeble weaponry!" and with that, he beckoned, and a huge monster came to his side.
"What... Is it?" asked Leander, dodging his own spike, which the man had thrown back at him. unsurprisingly, Zedd dodged his shuriken too.
"Haha! You shall never defeat my..."
- Zedd i Randir, Lord of the Storm
"...with enough training, you will be able to beat ten men with your spirit. When you have reached this point, will it not mean that you are invincible?" Go Rin No Sho, Miyamoto Musashi
LeeTupper
Posts: 158
Member #42
Jul 16, 2004 15:38
Leviathan, the mightiest of all monsters! All creatures bow before its great might!" A tremendous serpentine form rose over the battlefield, dwarfing even the most tremendous of the good familiars. The only comparison at all was the full grown behemoth with it's ribcage shattered.
"Fire Breath!" The man roared, and his familiar complied, hurling down streams of fiery death. One struck Orm, who had just flared up into Stalker form. The Tatzelwurm collapsed, barely still breathing. Lee cursed bitterly, and flipped his dagger into his left hand. "Nuach!"
There was a rustling, and wind began to build up around him. "NOW!" Lee threw a ball of blue and white energy at Leviathan, striking it in the chest. The blast covered a large area in ice, but only tickled Leviathan. "Okay then!" Leander sprinted at the beast, and jumped. "HRAH!" Lee ripped into the beast's gut with his wicked dagger, leaving a crimson trail, a wound enough to cleave a man in twain. Leviathan shrugged it off, and stared scornfully at the young man.
What is this arcane desert?- My current english teacher
Do I dare ask why this looks like a potato chip?-my 7th grade english teacher, with a destroyed piece of homework
MadGoblin
Posts: 1515
Member #2
Jul 16, 2004 18:58
OOC: You know, Zedd, Dracon's character was the original one who was horrendously outraged by the killing of the stolen familiars. So, having him question the acts he was promoting is kinda... well... yeah. Just a character note. Yeah.
BIC:
Immediately, the legion men and their pets charged the resurging tide of pilfered familiars. As their monsters weaved beneath and bound over the flow, seeking out the main threat. The many little critters appears as mere specks as they drove their pointies into the Leviathan's thick scales to no avail.
The green fiend broke through the ranks, bashing the monsters aside with the broad side of his rusted claymore. Zedd tore through the numbers using his bare hands, deflecting the attacks and tossing the beasts into one another, struggling when he came upon a girthy Behemoth. Dracon dealt with the lardous demon, wrapping his thorn whip around its belly and swinging it around like a weight to clear out his parimeter. Rook struggled to keep his sword within its scabbard, even as an Ass-Bittern threatened him with its thrusting beak. The shop keeper, advanced by a Fenris, swung is weapon in fright as it lept at his throat. As he stuck it, he shattered its engraved shackled. As the hound stood up, it seemed dazed and bewildered.
"Everyone," the keep shouted, "I think they're being controlled by those collars!" As the dog shook its head, it clamped onto his leg hard. "Dah! Nevermind." Driving his fist down onto the top of its skull, Leander knocked the beast out cold. Before he could be thanked, the sound of approaching wind gathering above caught the two's attention. With little time to escape, the men barely managed to dodge the crashing, finned tail which sundered the stone floor and all monsters unfortunate enough to be caught beneath.
Rook
Posts: 497
Member #112
Jul 18, 2004 10:56
"We need monsters of Bestial and Light types!" he Rook said as he fended off a bunch of monsters. "The Leviathan is a Dark- Serpentine type, meaning if anyone could think of a Light- Bestial type, it would be crushed! Any suggestions?"
How did it feel meeting so many trainers like yourself in your travels? What was awoken inside you? I want you to hit me with it all! Now, bring it!
The Summer of the Dawn is here. However, Summer of the New Dawn shall be approaching... this summer.80%complete
), you gots to read a bit better. Not to worry, I can cover for you... again 
