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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 14:29:26 GMT -5
Darius chuckled.
"Look, you have to understand something. I do not care what you think or know, you're a squire to me, do you have it straight now, boy?" Darius snapped. "Oh, and also, I was the one who killed them all." He added in.
Darius then remembered the first thing the boy-who-thinks-he's-a-knight said, and looked confused.
"I'm not an elf, you ignorant fool. Now, I suggest you leabe and go to your master before I skin him alive and feed his entrails to vultures. There's a reason to why I kept the boy and this woman alive. You don't have a reason to live in my eyes." Darius stated simply.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 15:32:07 GMT -5
Lorien shrugged his cold metal shoulders, responding, "You are allowed your unflattering perceptions, but if you are to dismember my master, then I shall not hinder you. The crests on the remains of the soldiers here are his and were mine as well, leaving no doubt in my mind. As I previously stated, it was he that sent this army here and urged you to wards this final slaughter, and so I would feel only joy at his death." And so what was to be done now? No hope or reason came to Lorien's mind...
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 15:54:19 GMT -5
"If you're thinking of what to do, I suggest you get far away. Normal beings such as yourself will not be able to handle the power I am about to release, and it will deteriorate your body, regardless of armour." Darius said as he clappe dhis hands together and a small ball of pure black formed in his palm. It pulsed and misted black as it started revolving around Darius' body.
Darius brought his hands together in a praying fashion and began a mantra.
"Drathir lu' slyannen doer 'zil uss 'zil l' draeval d' nin gos rath, lu' chath z'hrenen rath wund l' dron d' nindyn elggen. Xal nind dro pholor, whol ol zhah Ussta xan'ss lu' Ussta quarth."
He chanted as the sand itself seemed to rise and flow around them all. Darius opened his eyes for a split-second as he glared at the knight-boy.
"Run. I give no other warning." He threatened as he closed his eyes and began once again.
"E'et i'nik guuan nindyn wun e'et v'dri whol nind orn ku'lam ulu dro h'uena 'sohna. Xal dro flasmix tlu plynnet dal l' lorugen, l' tonashss, lu' jal byrren tu'suulen usstan lu' ussta abbilen, Akira lu' l' waelin uss. Jal byrren orn tlu elggen." He chanted on.
THe sand seemed to melt in the air as it turned red, for it was now blood of those dead. It fell to the ground and snaked up trees and rocks and grass as the vegetation disappeared like faded time, and the blood grew more abundant. The blood gathered into pool as it scoured the area, then as if living, it all started converging on the boy-knight. Darius' eyes shot open once again.
"Run, or it will absorb you like it did the earth." Darius warned nonchalantly as the small ball around his body shot from its orbit and into the blood as a fountain of the red liquid spurted up into the air.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 16:20:34 GMT -5
The boy looked over towards Darius and then to the night, his hand trembled as he put the amulet on the ground, "Thank you, but I can't take it." he mumbled as he began to back away timidly. Akira dashed foreward with unrivaled speed, "Come on!" she shouted, her voice tinged with worry as she picked up the child in her arms, memories flooding to her mind as she tried to get her son away from the magic which Darius was using, knowing that it wasn't going to be pretty when it was unleashed. Her mind buzzed with the times long ago that she knew weren't remembered except by the dead, and her but she was as good as dead by this point.
Akira's mind came to an image long since tucked away in the confines of her mind, the look of a small child in her arms, no more than a baby. It gazed up at her with bright turquoise eyes and as Akira looked down at the small bundle in her arms she smiled so pure a smile that it could possibly be seen as sickening to anyone who wasn't fond of those tenderhearted moments of motherly love. Akira was singing softly, the melody calming the child, "Aki no yu hi ni, Teruyama momiji, Koi mou suimo, kazu aru naka ni, Matsu o irodoru kaede ya tsuta wa, Yamja no fumoto no susomo yu..." her voice came in through her thoughts and she mumbled them softly as she carried the boy in her arms.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 16:21:19 GMT -5
"If you wish it," he agreed. "I need to find Lykaios as well." After sprinting a few dozen yards or so he paused as if remembering something and turned around. "Wait, may I ask your names?" Lorien called. Lorien was raised in a formal kind of setting and considered it rather insulting to them if he could only call these people 'strangers' in his memory. Especially the lady, whom he had already forgotten it seemed.
(It won't harm you or the kid, Akira. ^^ He included you in the spell so that you wouldn't be deadenated. =])
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 16:26:25 GMT -5
Darius stuck his middle finger up in the knight's direction.
"Look at the local Wanted ads." He said, sneering as a river of blood ran wild through the village.
Darius then grabbed onto Akira and the boy as they disappeared from the place and end up beside a sparkling lake of blue. The village beyond had just been purified by Darius, for he had extracted all the spilt blood on the soil and under and made it disappear. He sat down and went through his pack as he came across a stick of dragon jerky, then started chewing on it. He laid on his back and looked up at the standing Akira and the clouds.
"We are going after that person who cursed you." He stated simply in the glorious day.
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Post by Ladd Russo of the Russo Family on Jan 18, 2007 17:07:35 GMT -5
The gesture went right over Lorien's head, though he got the tone well enough. Though it was really the least of his worries, he still wondered how had been of offense to make the night-skinned elf respond so scathingly. The knight sighed, walking back towards the path to find Lykaios, when he recalled the night before his departure to this land.
The General told of direct orders from the King, pointing out weak spots of neighboring countries and states. Lorien had come to the council late that day... and he had been bewildered. From the talk of things, the council was planning an attack on many, and their country had always been of utmost peace. Defense was one thing, but to attack for no reason?
"What has been the offense?" Lorien had asked the General sincerely, "For what reason are we attacking?" The council had laughed and someone slapped him on the back as if he had made a good jest, which only confused him further. For five years he had been on the council, but over them the men he had known had either retired or perished, and had been replaced with rougher, though undoubtedly just as good men--however strange they acted.
Though they had laughed at the statement, the General had not, and he had eyed Lorien the rest of the meeting coldly. The next day Lorien had received a mission to go far off into the next country, quite a long journey. He had taken it gladly, for during it he would pass the town where his parents lived. After preparation, Lorien had left that very day...
And now it was for nothing. The town where his parents lived had been decimated to the last man... though not child. Betrayal to the codes and morals of the council had taken place blatantly, though he had been so naive he had not taken not of it until now. There was nowhere to go now. Seeing his friend on the road, he raised a weary hand.
"Lykaios?"
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 17:19:11 GMT -5
Akira stared at the dragon jerky, then looked up at Darius the thought of Darius making such an absent minded mistake. She still held the child in her arms, not wanting to put him down since there was so much time when she was separated from her son.
The kid looked up at Akira, his eyes wide. Being plucked from the ground by random strangers wasn't something he was exactly used to but at that thought it was odd since magic wasn't something he was used to- he even thought it was some sort of myth but in the course of a few minutes his whole town was destroyed, as well as his family (for all he was aware of) and he was now in some undisclosed location. The thought didn't take long after that thought, "Kidnappers!!" he shouted as loud as possible with the hope someone would hear him though he doubted it.
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 18, 2007 17:28:36 GMT -5
Something rocketed from the sky. Before impact could occur, it arced back in to the sky. For a split second a White, pearly dragon shape hung in the air before rapidly disappearing.
In a near by tree a figure was crouched on a limb. He had green eyes and light brown hair. He was fairly built and appeared not to be carrying a weapon. He looked about eighteen. He had seen this group suddenly appear and, being quite noisy, had gone to check them out. He remained motionless in the tree, wanting to see what they were doing. (I’m spying on Darius, Akria and midget, just to clarify)
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 17:29:07 GMT -5
Darius stood up and bonked the boy on the head with some dragon jerky and stuffed it in the boy's hands.
"Eat that, you're in shock." Darius said as he took off his armor and it made a thud on the ground, it was actually quite heavy. He had shorts on as he went and poked a hand into the water. He brought it back out quickly.
"Much too cold." He said to himself absent-mindedly as he surged energy into the lake. The water instantly warmed up like a sauna, and steam rose. Luckily, no fish lived int he lake.
He turned to Akira.
"I'd get in the water. Your boy will calm down." He advised as he dipped himself in.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 17:52:07 GMT -5
The kid struggled to free himself from Akira and he eventually succeeded, his hand still wrapped around the jerkey. His turquoise eyes looked around wildly as he tried to think of the best place to run to- dragon, not the best idea. He wasn't enjoying this at all. "Jouta!" Akira called to the child.
The boy stopped and looked back at her, "What?" he said, not thinking of the fact that a stranger knew his name.
Akira walked foreward towards the boy whom was now as it has been revealed was named Jouta. "Please, I'm here to help you." she said in a calming voice as she scooped Jouta up again. She took Jouta to the water and she looked down at Jouta, "please could you do what Darius says? He means no harm." she was sure Jouta wasn't going to run again so she put him back down.
"okay then..." Jouta said in an unsure tone, he removed his shirt and stepped into the water, he quickly removed it due to the heat though. His face had an unsure look on it, he looked from one person to the other and he slowly eased his way into the water.
Akira rubbed her hand as she looked at the curse mark that looked like a series of tear shaped cuts sliced into her skin. She winced at it and looked at the water, her eye keeping sharp watch on Jouta the entire time.
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 17:57:38 GMT -5
Suddenly, Darius' ears pricked and he turned sharply around as his feet hit the ground. He drew back his hand and surged forward.
"CHATH!" He yelled as a gigantic blaze of flame shot from his hand toward a bushel of trees that a spy was hanging in. He pumped back his other hand as he released another billow of white flames at the trees.
Then Darius, the job done, turned around and dropped back intot he water again, then sighed.
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Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jan 18, 2007 18:17:27 GMT -5
Jouta's expression fell as he looked towards Darius, not sure he wanted to be here any longer but he didn't want to be burned either. Nobody was telling him anything and that left him free to think up anything that his mind could muster up the thought of.
Akira didn't want to have to tell Jouta anything, she didn't want to known the kind of shock that would be invoked from finding out that the family you thought you had seen die wasn't actually your biological family- within a few minutes when he was only a child. She didn't like the concept of finding out either. Darius obviously wasn't in tune with the psyche of a nine year old kid but then again she wasn't so sure if she would be either considering the fact that during the first nine years of her only kid's life she was off slaughtering innocents... yeah, she was probably not one to even be considered to be the best candidate to be a mother. At the current moment she sat there, her eyes looking 'pon her hand with the sickly looking curse marks, her gaze showed she was delving into the realm of thought at the current moment.
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Post by Kim-la on Jan 18, 2007 18:18:09 GMT -5
Seeing the huge blazed coming was unexpected. Reggetar managed to get out of the way for most of the blast, but his arm got burned. He grabbed his arm in pain, silently cursing himself for clearly not being quiet enough. He quietly moved over to a new spot. He griped his arm trying not to make any more noise. He figured his cover was blown but hopefully the group would think he was dead.
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Post by dain on Jan 18, 2007 18:23:34 GMT -5
Darius only knew too well what a nine-year-old was. His own mother had ripped his eye out of his right eye socket for not filling a pail of water from the well. Darius got out of the water and took up Darkfire as he turned his head and nodded to Akira.
"You need to ask him what he wants to know, Akira. DOn't make him ignorant." Darius stated as he disappeared.
As soon as Darius disappeared, trees started falling as if the roots were being ripped up, but really, the trees wee being cut at the trunk in clean swipes. Darius went in a straight line of immortal speed as the trees fell in threes behind his wake, Darkfire held out to his right. He stopped as he double-back and was standing in the middle of the line of trees. He held Darkfire above his head and black mist started emanating from the blade. Darius jumped and spun as the swung the blade and a great wave of energy went forth, leveling each tree in a large radius.
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