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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 13:42:30 GMT -5
::In the desert far away from the city of Cleyra, two figures land on the sand. Nu looks to Jas as he lands.::
"Now we're far away from anyone who'll get in our way. ::Draws his sword:: There'll be no excuse when I kill you."
Jas: Who said I'll be the one that dies? ::Readies his sword::
"Your Excalibur, though powerful, is but a mere shadow of its former self, when compaired to this blade. This sword was used to slay countless sorceress's, innocent and corrupt alike. It bathed in their blood, obsorbing their magic. So would say it devoured their souls, locking them inside the steel for eternity. It was the weapon that belonged to the one the sorceress's refered to as 'The Executioner'."
Jas: The Soul Slayer...
"I see you know its proper name. But I digress, enough talk."
::The two prepair themselves before they strike::
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Post by Jas on Jun 4, 2009 13:52:42 GMT -5
::Jas strikes first, his blade clashing with Nu's. The deadlock doesn't last as Nu presses his power advantage by pushing Jas back, his feet skidding across the sand. Jas finally pushes him off and goes to strike, only for each to be either parried or blocked::
Nu: Come on Jas, I'm expecting better than that.
"You haven't seen anything yet!" ::Jas swings the blade horizontal, creating a shockwave as it cut through the sand. Nu effortlessly dodges to the side, but Jas moved quickly to his blind spot and swept Nu's feet out from under him. As Jas goes to drive the blade into Nu's heart, he quickly recovers and rolls to the side, letting Jas' blade hit the sand under it::
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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 14:02:15 GMT -5
"Impressive Jas. But still not enough." ::The two continue to clash, but it appears Nu has the upper hand in the term of power. He eventually knocks Jas back down, his grasps on Excalibur faulters as the blade falls infront of him::
"Give it up Jas. Not matter what you do, or what weapon you got, you will never defeat me! Like those three wretches that were with you in our first encounter, your friends will meet their end by me!"
::Jas struggles to get back to his feet, only for Nu to kick him back down::
"All of them will die. Eva, Galeon, Iole, Rainii, Julie, Neiro, Crohan, Kerion, Kenny, Lilith, even their son Simon will die by my hand. This is meant to be Jas, you cannot fight what is already written!"
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Post by Jas on Jun 4, 2009 14:13:12 GMT -5
::Jas felt his rage starting to build from Nu's words. His hand closes on Excalibur's hilt, holding the blade in anger::
"I'll show you even fate can be rewritten!" ::he gets back to his feet:: "I will not let you get to them! Even though I couldn't protect Danny, Andrea and Hana, I will protect the others from you! You will not leave this desert alive!"
::Jas closes his eyes as he calms his soul, knowing that would what Nu would want, drive him to hatred to blind his judgment. He thinks back to his friends and comrades, thinking of the times he fought along side them. Hearing their hopes and dreams for the future. Unnoticed to him, his blade starts to glow, as if responding to their desires for peace. Jas opens his eyes and sees the blade:: What the?
::He then realizes what kind of blade Excalibur was before he readied himself::
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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 14:19:22 GMT -5
"So, you're not going to run afterall. Quite selfless of you, facing oblivion instead of running."
::Nu readies his blade, the sword being covered in a black aura and the sounds of countless people howling in it. No doubt the souls of the sorceress's that the blade had struck down::
"Time to die!" ::Nu charges at Jas, blade ready to strike::
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Post by Jas on Jun 4, 2009 14:24:35 GMT -5
::Jas fallows through, Excalibur clashing against the Soul Slayer. But this time, something happens that Nu didn't anticipate. The Excalibur begins to overpower his sword, causing Jas to push him back. With each clash, the Soul Slayer starts to falter in the presence of the combined hopes of the heroes. Jas eventually knocks the blade out of Nu's hands before driving the blade through his heart::
"This is your end Nu." Jas whispered to him. "I hope you rot in hell forever."
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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 14:33:59 GMT -5
::Nu struggles to breathe as Jas pulls the blade out. He falls to his knees, his wound bleeding as he fell backwards:: "The... darkness... will... never... die..." ::His breathing stops as his eyes close::
::Nu's P.O.V::
::When his eyes reopen, he finds himself in a hellish realm. Demons torturing humans as others are forced as slaves. He sees them approaching them. he goes to fight them back, but he doesn't have the strenght. For the first time he can remember, he feels fear. He struggles to break free from their grasps, but he finds he can't. There's only one choice he can make now::
"JEZEBEL! SAVE ME FROM THIS TOURNMENT, AND MY SOUL WILL BE YOURS!"
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Jun 4, 2009 14:55:37 GMT -5
It's worse than you thought, isn't it? ::He turns his head to see precious daylight to the outside world just beyond the stone gateway that has led him into this abyss. And standing in it inviting him with such beauty in this wretched place is Jezebel:: It's always worse than you think. Hell is punishment to the exactness of the crimes of the individual. And you my dear, you we have been waiting for for a very long time. But should you reconsider my offer, perhaps we can wait a little longer. You still have something you need to do, do you not?
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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 16:40:57 GMT -5
"I do! I reconsider the decision I made, I accept your offer!" ::He breaks free from the demons and runs towards the enterance and Jezebel::
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Jun 4, 2009 23:23:46 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuo69puBi8&feature=relatedHehehehehehehahahahahahahahahahaha! ::The goddess laughs her high cold cackle as Nu runs for her with his arms outstretched in a mad dash to escape his torment. As he draws near, the light across her face turns dark and all he can see clearly are her flame colored eyes like gates into another hell. And when he can see her again, her face is not the one of beauty he had seen, but a shrivelled mask of death and horror, reaching out for him with clawed hands:: Now you will know true evil! Your sin is Wrath! ::Before Nu can stop or second guess his decision, for now she appears worse than the demons he ran from, he is at her and her clawed hands have taken hold of his arms, pulling herself towards him. Her decrepid lips lock with his as her ethereal body and his meld together. Shadows and fire swirl around them in a pillar. His flesh burns as she forces herself deeper and deeper into him. Agony, ecstasy, he wants to scream, he wants to shout for joy. He wants to laugh, he wants to vomit. The power coursing through him is as immeasurable as it is painful. This is true evil. This is the hatred and greed that lurks in the hearts of all that breathe. The despair of those that have lost hope and the amnesty of those that desire to crush it are his entire being now. That laugh is the last thing he hears, and those eyes the last thing he sees before everything vanishes in a haze of fire and smoke:: ::He coughs heavily, heaving his stomach as he lies topless in the middle of nowhere. It appears to be a grassy meadow, a far cry from the desert he had just died in, and the wasteland he had managed to escape. He gazes at his muscled arms for they burn. Upon both his forearms he finds two identical marks; both of a slitted fire colored eye with black spiked wings protruding from its sides. A pool of water nearby reminds him how thirsty he is after experiencing the fire and brimstone. But he nearly jumps at his reflection, for it is not his own. Instead the beautiful elven maiden with white blond hair and flame colored eyes stares back at him:: My power is yours now. So what will you do with it?... ::She smirks:: Titan Nu.
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Post by Nu on Jun 4, 2009 23:42:18 GMT -5
::He stares at the marking on his arm that now brand him as her servant. He feels her power coursing through him, magnifying his already formidible power. He hands clenches as he knows what he wants to do.::
::In the living world::
::Nu's eyes open as he gasps for breath, startling Jas who was ready to leave the area.::
Jas: Impossible!
::Nu weakly gets to his feet, his eyes hidden from Jas' sight as were the markings now branded on his arms. The wound Jas created has healed, but a scar was left in its place::
"As I said before, ::Jas notes Nu's voice has another speaking with it, a feminine one. Jas then sees his eyes open, and backs away in fear seeing the fire in them:: the evil will never die."
::Using his new power, Nu quickly rushes at Jas with unseen speed. Before Jas could blink, Nu knocks Excalibur out of his hand and slaps him to the side::
"I have the upper hand here, Cetra."
::Nu's body then began to turn black before it starts to shift and disort. As the black recides, Nu stands now in a different form. His body encased in skin-like armor, a black cloak protruding from his back. the sleeves show the marking of Jezebel, his lower jaw hidden behind a mask, his hair still manageble but also has a unruly look to it. His wings out as his nails were lenghtened into claws. Added with the fiery eyes, Nu closely resembled a demon. Jas backs to where Excalibur was, but is caught in Nu's grip before he could blink, his clawed hand around his throat::
"Now, not even the hope of your friends can save you this time!"
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Jun 4, 2009 23:50:51 GMT -5
::As Jas struggles in Nu's grip, his face changes for an instant as that feminine familiar voice fills his hearing, burning his ears like fire as they enter::
So good to see you again Jas. Too bad, this could have been you.
::Then she fades, and it's the crazed overpowered Nu again::
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Post by Jas on Jun 5, 2009 0:01:08 GMT -5
::Jas stuggles against Nu's grasp, his air being cut off. He does the only thing he can do at this point, he weakly raises his hand up and points the palm facing Nu as black magic gathers:: "Ultima..."
::The spell hits Nu point blank. The impact forces Nu to drop him as stagger back, temporarly blinded. Jas falls to the sand, gasping for air and reaching to Excalibur. But as his hand touched the blade, he felt something pulse inside him. He looked to the arm that clenched the blade begin to form armor. Jas was worried because anytime that happened, he would lose control of himself and black out. But this time, his will remained as the armor continued to surround him. As he stands, he noticed one differences, his wings were limited to two instead of six:: Must be due to the power I lost from Gwen. he mused as Nu recovered.
::Jas saw that Nu was acting more like a berserker rather than a warrior. Nu caught sight of him again and lashed out at him. Jas's armor took the brunt of the attack, giving him the chance to counter. The fight resumed, but neither one would give an inch. The Excalibur began to glow as jas jumped back::
"Freyan Sword Techinque: Cutting Wind!" ::He slashes, the wind now slicing at the monster that was Nu. Nu blocked it out of instinct, only suffering one deep stratch to his chest. Nu howled in pain as his wings opened. He took flight to get away to recover. Unnoticed to Nu, the pouch he had was cut and fell during his flight. In his current state of mind, his recovery was his only priority::
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Post by Natalia on Jun 14, 2009 0:44:32 GMT -5
Well that was interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbieHYY0z0::Jas turns to see a tall woman stepping out of the clouds of sand that surround the area. She's wearing black leggings and a dark blouse with a plunging neckline that goes to her stomach, held together by drawstrings. Her sleeves become loose at the elbow and are embroidered along the edges with violets. Her black cloak billows in the wind, but her long raven hair remains stationary. Her boots make no impressions in the sand beneath her feet. Her violet eyes are cast skyward in the direction that Nu flew away in:: But it was lucky you figured out the riddle of the sword in time. Otherwise you wouldn't have made it this far.
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Post by Jas on Jun 14, 2009 11:39:30 GMT -5
::Jas couldn't belive his eyes at who was there with him:: "Natalia. Are you real or am I seeing a mirage?"
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Post by Natalia on Jun 14, 2009 13:30:19 GMT -5
Neither. Still a ghost I'm afraid. The only reason you can see me is because of what you're holding.
::She points to Excalibur. He notices that while she's still a little transparent, there seems to be a little more to her presence than when he last saw her::
But I'm dead, so forget about me. I just wanted to see if you could figure out the sword in time.
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Post by Jas on Jun 14, 2009 13:45:07 GMT -5
"I see... But what is keeping your spirit here? I understand if your still worried about Iole and Kenny, or is it something else that I'm not suppose to know until the time is right."
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Post by Natalia on Jun 14, 2009 13:56:11 GMT -5
Keeping me here? Oh sorry. Again I seem to be losing my train of thought. No I'm not worried about them anymore. But stop worrying about me, I'm dead. I'm just checking on your progress. You gave me a bit of a scare last time with The King in Yellow. I was hoping you learned something this time around? For instance, what is Excalibur's real power?
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Post by Jas on Jun 14, 2009 13:58:52 GMT -5
::Jas looks to the blade before looiking back to Natalia:: "Unity. It was like I felt the others. Their hopes, their dreams, their wishes. It was like they were there with me during my fight. But even then it wasn't enough, Nu survived, thanks to Jezebel."
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Post by Natalia on Jun 14, 2009 14:28:54 GMT -5
Exactly. Excalibur is merely the link between you and all those you're fighting for. It's just a piece of steel otherwise. It's not the weapon that makes the hero. True, Nu survived and now has a dangerous new ally. But when you meet again, you'll know what to do. Take care though, remember that Excalibur is neither good nor evil, as hopes and dreams can change depending on who dreams them. Be cautious should your dark side begin pulling again.
::She gazes skyward again::
Still that was an impressive new form. Things should be fairly interesting the next time around.
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