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Terra Lockheart
Um...

And even more depressing stuff for you guys!!

OOC: Ok, mabe not quite. ^_^ Actually, maybe even an anti-depressent...O_o Angelalex, where should we be? In Zophar's stomach? Or somewhere else? No matter, I don't need to know for this post...
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Rena finally awoke. It took a while for her eyes to adjust. She had double vision for a few seconds...and then she saw a bright white light.

"Aughh...am I...in heaven?"

"Is that really where you want to be?" an odd sort of voice asked. Rena got up. She found herself in a very weird place. It was multicolored, almost surrealistic. There was a large tree with berries up above, and a little treehouse built into it. Where exactly was she? She looked down at herself. No blood, no blade protuding from her chest.

"I...didn't die?"

"Oh man...she's messed up, bro," another voice said.

"Give her time," the first voice answered. Rena looked around.

"Excuse me, but...can one of you tell me where I am?" she asked tentatively. A figure stepped out of the darkness. A very odd figure. It's skin was brown, and it was wearing a white robe.

"You are in limbo," he/she/it answered. "Where lost souls wander."

"Limbo? Lost souls?"

"Yes. Between life and death. Not quite sure where you belong."

"But...I should be dead! The blade went right through me!"

"Like I said before...do you really want to die?"

"I...I..."

"Hey, bro! Why don't you clue her in?"

"Shhh! In time!" he said, exasperated.

"What...exactly is going on? And who are you two?" They were nearly identical in appearence.

"I'm Masa!"

"And I'm Mune."

"Well, listen...Masa...Mune...I shouldn't be here. I should be somwere in heaven, with all the other dead people. With...Dias."

"Ahhh, yes. Dias, the 'Hero of Light'."

"Yes! Where is he?!"

"He is not here. He has made the peaceful journey into the lifestream...his dead soul is finally at peace." (OOC: Yes, I'm aware that I'm combining the plot of two games...)

"Then...how come I'm not there?!"

"It was not your time to die," a third voice said simply.

"Doreen!" Masa and Mune exclaimed. She was a lot like them, although undoubtably a female.

"Not my time to die?! What do you mean? I was ready to die! I want to be with Dias!"

"Child...you have so much you have yet to live for...surely Dias wouldn't have wanted you to do this."

"Who are you to tell me what Dias wants and what he doesn't?! I knew him better than anyone, so don't give me that BS!" Doreen laughed quietly.

"I understand that you loved him, Rena. But you have to put him behind you. Let go...it was his time to die. He died with honor, even if he doesn't know it."

"LET GO?! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE IS DEAD!!" Rena shrieked. "GONE! HE'LL NEVER COME BACK!"

"Whoa..." Masa said, stepping back. Doreen, however, looked unfazed.

"Rena, you have an important role you have yet to fufill! How old are you?"

"20..." (OOC: Going by Dias's three years.)

"You are still young! You have so much of your life to live!"

"I don't want to live," Rena said bluntly. "Not without Dias." Doreen sighed loudly. She was obviously getting impatient.

"Listen Rena. You have to fufill something important in the future. Without Dias. You lived 2 years of your life without him, and another 3 after that. So how is it any different?"

"He wasn't dead at that time!"

"He isn't dead, Rena...he lives inside of you. His soul will always be with you. He'll live on beside you, always watching over you." </cheesy lines>

". . ."

"Listen...we're not supposed to tell the future to anyone, but..." Mune looked up.

"You'll find another love. Someone special. He'll certainly never take Dias's place, but you'll love him..."

"It's foreseen!" Masa exclaimed.

"...Really?"

"Yes. You have so much left..."

"How do I know you're not lying? Dias was all I had left...the only one who cared about me..."

"That's not true!" Doreen exclaimed. "You hace Celine, Opera, Ernest, Precis, Bowman, Chisato, Noel...and two of your friends are with you...Leon and Ashton. They care about you. I'll bet they're worried about you as we speak! Especially Ashton! He was with you from the beginning..."

"They don't care anymore. They all have other people to worry about."

"Again, that's not true! They care about you as a friend, Rena...not to even mention the new friends you made on this adventure! The girl, Luna, who you helped in the beginning of the adventure...Marle, the energetic girl who has the pendant that controls the Mammon Machine...Vivi, the mage who helped you when you were about to drown in a flash flood...Tseng, the Turk who was also a friend of Dias's and helped you two out...Vincent, who helped you out during the flash flood and with the golems...Mizuki, the green haired girl who challenged Dias and danced with you on your wedding night...Nall, the flying dragon, who helped you with the golems...there are so many people who's lives you've touched! All those people care about you, no matter how small their part in your life was! Look at how many other people are out there..."

"Do...do all those people really care about...me?" Rena whispered. Doreen nodded.

"They're waiting for you, Rena..." Rena stood up slowly. At first they were unsure of what she was going to do.

Then, with a flicker of the childish innocence she once had, she flashed the three of them a grin.

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Doreen, Masa and Mune all grinned back.

"Yeah! I knew she's come through!" Masa exclaimed.

"Let's go!" Mune said.

"So...how do we get out of here?"

"Right now we're in a dimentional vortex. We take that gate up there back to reality." Rena nodded.

"And, Rena..."

"Yeah?"

"Lucia, Luna's friend, princess of the Blue Star..."

"What about her?"

"She gave a red knife to Dias. He was the best swordsman in the tournament...but now..."

Rena looked down at the ground.

"Well, Cloud Strife has now taken it over. He is the next best swordsman here...I understand that he killed Dias, but...he was under the control of an evil force. It wasn't his fault...he truly regrets it...it might be hard, but we need you to help him in any way you can." Rena nodded slowly.

"I understand...I can't bring Dias back, but I can avenge him."

"Good...now we opened the gate for you...take the path back to reality..." The three of them dissappeared.
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OOC: Wow. That was long, wasn't it? Well, I got out of my depressive streak...^_^

Last edited by Terra Lockheart on 08-10-2001 at 05:19 AM

08-10-2001 04:52 AM
 
 
Magus
Professional Goober

Alright, can someone just give me a quick description of what this Zophar is? 'Cause, Magus is about to take a journey into "the belly of the beast" if you will...
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The great hall was majestic, yet tainted. It knew the glory that had once been Zeal while at the same time knowing the madness of its rulers. This had been the room at the centre of Zeals downfall.

"Do you remember much about this room Alfador?"

"Um, no, I can't say I do. I wonder why that is..."

"It's simple, I didn't give you those memories. You took all the good things about this place, all the happy times. I dwelled on the evil in this place, the hatred I had at the end. Your part never saw this place, just like I never really knew the joys of this place...until today."

"This trip sort of completes the journey, doesn't it? I mean, you've seen this place slip away from you so many times. As a child, when Lavos reigned over it all, and now."

"What do you mean now? Because this is a simple illusion of the past? That doesn't mean it's gone, it means it isn't home anymore."

"No, I was referring to the fact that I think the world's just come to an end."

Alfador pointed out the window, into the darkness that covered the land. Magus gasped as he saw the light-filled sky change to a dark black.

"This isn't right."

"No, it isn't, but, there's nothing we can do..."

"Maybe there's nothing you can do, but I have to save my home."

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So we'll go no more aroving, so late into the night,
Although the heart be still as loving, and the moon be still as bright.

08-10-2001 04:52 AM
 
 
Terra_Break
Pint Pixie

That's fine Sylphid!! ^^ Is there private voting in this round? Or is it the same as last round?

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Lavos' shell peirced through the earth as it rose out of it's temporary underground home. His furious roar screamed through the air, like an angry beast awakened from a deep slumber. The destruction of the Mammon Machine had forced the energy that once flowed through it to transfer to the only other item which was born of the ancient stone, the pendant. "AUGH!!" Marle cried in pain. "It's too much!!"

Sylphid reached for Marle but was pushed back by the force of Lavos's energy, "It's using her to ground the power... The pendant is too small, she can't control it! She'll be destroyed!"

Vivi gasped, "N-no! Marle!"

"We have to stop Lavos..." She barely muttered, "Don't attack his shell... The eye on the front... destroy it and you can get inside.. ah..ugh!" The blood crimson light of the pendant enveloped Marle in it's radiance. "I can't stay here... I have do something... ugh... Schala.. How did you control this...?"

08-10-2001 04:56 AM
 
 
Crystal Sword
FFO Survivor: Ghaleon

OOC: Magus: Zophar=big upside-down tornado with a face and tentacles near the bottom. He has an inner self, too, which looks like a scantily-clad woman with stuff coming out of her head, neck and shoulders.

08-10-2001 04:58 AM
 
 
Angelalex242
Vampire with a soul

The Gods must be crazy...

Lavos shot another armada of needles. His aim was still bad, but this time Lucia had to throw up an energy shield to make sure nobody got hurt. Then, she had no more time to spare. She was about to charge Vante, but he was already busy dealing with a particularly vengeful Ghaleon. And Ghaleon found himself dealt with. By becoming one with his opponent.

But Vante/Ghaleon also had his primary target to worry about, as Lucia herself came in after him. Lucia hit him hard.

"Destruction!"

Lucia's magic was having little affect. As powerful as Atomic Burn was, it was like trying to throw rocks at a medieval knight. She would need heavier artillery than that.

Zophar tried to take a shot at the flying goddess, as nobody had attacked him yet. He shot a powerful blast of energy out of one of his extra heads, and it went flying right at Lucia. Lucia got out of the way, and let it continue, where it proceeded to make a deep hole in the ground. Actually, it only missed Lavos by a few metres. Lucia was starting to get an idea from that...if she had time to use it.

Meanwhile, Vante/Ghaleon was on the attack again, this time with his Amethyst Sword. Lucia still had Althena's Sword, as Nall had never taken it back, so she drew it and blocked. But Lucia was no swordswoman, and Vante was quicly gaining the advantage. Lucia's energy shield wasn't doing much good against his attacks, and she hadn't the skill to rely on anything else. She wished Hiro here. Then she promptly got rid of that wish. If he were here, he might die.

All the while, Lavos was raining needles down on a now unprotected group of people. They wouldn't be able to dodge all of them...

Vante/Ghaleon tried another tactic, as the duel continued, "Give up! I'll let these puny mortals live if you do!"

Zophar seconded the motion. "Yes, sweet Lucia. Give in to me! To my dreams of eternal darkness! Let me create the world according to my design!"

Lucia screamed, "Never!" and redoubled her attack. Of course, since Vante/Ghaleon was occupying the goddess, Zophar was free to take pot shots at everyone else. And he proceeded to do so. Killing was his nature. And he meant to spill some blood tonight. Lucia then commanded the Dragons to assault Zophar. As he was floating up in the air, the Dragons had a better shot at him. The Dragons advanced on the Dark God, and he was now too busy trying to fight the dragons. The Dragons were holding their own, as they were much faster than Zophar, but Zophar was taking little damage, even from their formidable breath weapons.

Meanwhile, the ruby knife was changing, and growing. The Mastermune...a large sword resembling his buster sword had been formed, but it was an even greater weapon than the ultima weapon he gained so long ago. Among other things, the Mastermune had no materia slots...and it needed none. The ancient magic of Zeal was beyond needing those. Cloud found he could cast any spell he liked. Cloud took advantage of his new weapon, and charged Jenova.

OOC:Everyone was teleported out of Zeal who was in Zeal. Lucia did that.

OOC:Magus, if you REALLY wanna go in there, he looks like a big column of black, with tentacles on the bottom...kinda like a Jellyfish that extends as high into the air as the eye can see. He has 4 dragon like heads, and one main head, that looks vaguely human.

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If it takes an eternity...he will make ammends.
Angel

Justice is not the only right in this world. Someday, you will see.

Virtue: "You don't need a reason to help people."



Thank you Thunder Blossom for the banner...

08-10-2001 05:00 AM
 
 
Mintaka
Hexed & Vexed by 8

That is one MENTALLY disturbing mental image I just had of Zophar. o_O;;;

Are all 'end boss' creatures supposed to be nightmare fodder? *thinking of Sephiroth's and Ultimecia's final forms as well....*

Edit: Story post coming soon.

Last edited by Mintaka on 08-10-2001 at 05:03 AM

08-10-2001 05:01 AM
 
 
Maiji
Loki the rice krispie


LMAO!!! XDDD

Scary O.o

LOL, look at us gods, paddy-footing about while everyone else does action

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The Chooser of the Slain was nearly on her knees, hands clutching her head tightly. Her eyes were unfocused and blank, as though she was lost somewhere within herself.

"Lenneth?" said Loki, in a tone that almost sounded worried.

Strange.
He laid his hand on her shoulder and shook her slightly.

Wonderful timing.

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Melting ... meeeeeelting ...

Ooh, Fenrir +D

*gets frozen solid* O_o

08-10-2001 05:04 AM
 
 
Crystal Sword
FFO Survivor: Ghaleon

The dark god

OOC: Angelalex, please check your PMs. This is important (don't worry, I just sent it).

What perfect timing, Lucia vs. Zophar just started again!

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Vante threw Lucia to the ground, laughing at her pathetic attempts to deflect his attack. He left her lying there and flew off to wreak more havoc.

His wrath struck randomly at clusters of the tiny, pathetic ants crawling through the snow. He enjoyed it.

Tatsuya and Sydney, who had damaged his host body!

Cloud, who fought Vante's ally Jenova and who wielded the Mastermune!

Randi, Leon and Vincent because he felt like hurting more people!

Vante felt no pity. No compassion. He laughed. Ghaleon sobbed that he was being forced to commit such atrocities.


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OOC: One attack vote each to:
Tatsuya
Sydney
Cloud
Randi
Leon
Vincent


No hard feelings, and I mean that. It's gotten to the point where there's no one I can vote for without feeling any sort of regret (unless they ask me like Dias did).

Last edited by Crystal Sword on 08-10-2001 at 05:15 AM

08-10-2001 05:07 AM
 
 
Bloody August
Où est la Lumière?

May I suggest that for the next round, the final round before the finals, we have a purely public voting? It will be fairer this way.

08-10-2001 05:07 AM
 
 
Terra Lockheart
Um...

BA: I kind of agree. Besides, there aren't gonna be enough people to vote for that we need to vote privately anyway...

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~Sponsoring Rena Lanford in FFO Survivor~
*And many, MANY thanks to Thunder Blossom for this sig.^_^*

08-10-2001 05:11 AM
 
 
Kellios
Tifa-FFO Survivor

Damn... I seriously need to get rid of my social life

And I'm sorry that Dias has to make an exit..... ack!! It's been great having you around

1 vote to Dias

My R-Vote goes to Cloud

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Tifa opened her eyes, and and imediatly shut them again, the white contract nearly blinding her. She also felt a sudden blast of a cold wind, and she wrapped her arms around herself to stay warm.

".....Cloud? Where..... are.... you...?" Tifa barely came out with, and slowly began to open her eyes to se where she was.

It was colder than when she was at the Icicle Inn, and the wind bit her hard as she stood up. She started walk away from the wind, trying to keep herself warm in the process, and heard some screaming up ahead. She tried to look ahead, but the wind prevented much from sight. Another cry came out, and Tifa began to run in that direction.

Maybe Cloud is over there...... Oh God, please be alright Cloud....

She cam up, and saw the familiar figure of Jenova, and other creatures amoung her, fighting against a groupd of people. She rewconized Vincent in the crowd and....

Cloud.

"Cloud!!" Tifa yelled, and started after him, and suddenly halted, as she saw the sword in his hand.... the Masamune.


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Phew!! Hope that's alright Let me know if I conflict anyone...

edit: grammar, grammar, grammar....

Last edited by Kellios on 08-10-2001 at 05:15 AM

08-10-2001 05:11 AM
 
 
Mintaka
Hexed & Vexed by 8

You know that you could just leave and probably be left-

Never!!! Never will I give up! Lucia is a goddess as well, and I will fight for her if you will not accpet humanity! Now shut up and let me take care of this!


Lenneth opened her eyes and saw the carnage about her, her anger growing. She rose with swiftness and agility, and saw Lucia struggling with the sword and Vante.

Her knuckles grew white as she gripped Levantine. Lucia was proving she was no swordswoman - her skills would be better suited probably to dealing with that psychotic tornadic thing known as Zophar (OOC: What can I say?)...

=Loki, do something useful to deal with that tornado or that ugly shell thing. That tornado is annoying me with its shots.=

Even if the mortals lived, Lenneth knew that as soon as Lucia gave in they would probably go back on their word.

"Hey Vante, you sick defiler of souls!" She was hoping his attention would be drawn enough that perhaps Lucia could find an opening, however unskilled she was with the sword. Lenneth gripped Levantine and stepped forward. "Why don't you go crawl back in the hole in the ground that you came from and stay there. Or would you rather meet oblivion?"

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I know I'm begging for Lenneth to be blasted to hell, but its the quickest thing that cropped into my head, and besides that, it fit with Lenneth's comment about doing this for Lucia.

And if it conflicts, just send Lenneth a parting shot to go deal with someone else.

Edit: I cannot type well when I type fast. ^^

Edit 2: Even more typos abound... *parting shot... parting... send her for a flight near one of the others. ^^

Edit 3: Clarified one spot concerning Lucia. Where was my brain?

Last edited by Mintaka on 08-10-2001 at 05:18 AM

08-10-2001 05:14 AM
 
 
Niflheim
El Diablo del hielo.

>_<
Dias is dead? I was going to have a killer fight scene with him tonight!

Oh well, I've gotten a lot of votes, i better think of something good to write.

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Dias was dead, and Randi couldn't figure out if he should be rejoicing or mourning. A piece of him had still wanted to fight the man to repay him for what happened that morning and the previous day. 'Now I'll never know if I could beat him in a fair match.'

He had wandered away from his party. He didn't truly understand what Cloud had done, but he saw the look in his eyes as he did it. They weren't sane eyes, more like the eyes he had seen in Thanatos' victims.

"This is getting to be too much for me," he said, then crouched down to shield himself and Mackey from the freezing wind. Then he opened two candies one for each of them and ate for a while. That is, until a hand fell upon his shoulder and a sword came upon his neck.

"Have you seen a man named Cloud?" the man said. He had silver hair, a black suit, and a giant katana. "Or have you seen anyone by the names Tifa or Vincent?"

"Why are you looking for them?" Randi said looking at the sword. "You've got a pretty strong grip on that to be holding it with one hand."

"Weakling, haven't you heard of the great Sephiroth? I am searching for the one named 'Cloud,' if you know where he is, tell me, if you don't I show you strength in it's true form," the man said.

"A fool always thinks he is strongest. A tip I learned from a friend of mine."

At that moment, Randi rolled to his right and drew his sword. He stood up and looked at Sephiroth, who held his katana above his right shoulder, moving it in a clockwise triangle, probably for better aim at Randi's legs, a defense Randi had not previously seen before. Randi raised his sword and pointed it at Sephiroth's throat, then waved him over.

Sephiroth ran forward and did exactly what Randi had anticipated, which was swing at his lower right. Randi rotated his wrist and blocked the attack. Then cut across with his sword across Sephiroth's stomach, however, the man dodged it by leaping back.

Randi swung again, this time at Sephiroth's left shoulder, but the man was very fast and had a certain advantage others wouldn't with his long sword. He parried the attack and kicked Randi on his back.

Randi barely had enough time to get to one knee before Sephiroth charged him and brought his sword down to split Randi's skull. Randi wasn't slow, though. He was able to barely bring his sword in defence of the attack. It had left him off balance, however, and Sephiroth knew it. Sephiroth performed the same attack, attempting to strike right between Randi's eyes Randi's sword was already in that space though, and blocked Sephiroth's sword again.

Sephiroth continued with a barrage of attacks in that same fashion, leaving no time for Randi to stand or counter. 'What is he doing? Oh, no.....he's trying to make me kill me by knocking my own sword into me.

With every attack, Randi's own sword came closer and closer to splitting his own skull, but Randi noticed one small flaw. With every attack, Sephiroth was also loosing strength. Every swing took longer to form than the last, and Randi used this to his advantage.

With the next swing, Randi spun away from the attack. Sephiroth on the other hand, was carried by his own momentum forward and lost balance by slipping in the ice. Randi spun around Sephiroth's left hand side, faced opposite of him, flipped his sword upside down and thrust it under his left arm and into Sephiroth's right side. With that, Sephiroth dropped to his knees and fell into the snow.

"You're going to come back," Randi said. "I'll make sure you can't hurt anyone." He lifted his midge mallet and shrunk Sephiroth 1/5 his normal size. Then he took the moogle belt and moogled him.

After his battle, Randi picked up his things and left for a nearby cave.

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OOC: That battle was originally planned for Dias, but since he's already dead. >_<*
I thought it would be good to get a good action scene in too. ^_^

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08-10-2001 05:15 AM
 
 
Cloud Stryfe
FFO Survivor - Cloud


Cloud ran at Jenova, casting spells constantly as he ran. "JENOVA!!! YOU WILL CAUSE NO MORE PAIN!!! OMNISLASH!!!"

Cloud ran at her, slashing deep into the dark goddess's flesh. but as he Jumped into the air for the final blow.....*THWAP!!!*

It seems Lavos had finally improved his aim....or he just got lucky...one or the other...but it didn't really matter to Cloud...he had just been hit with a Lavos Needle...

"Hey...bro, Master needs help, lets heal him bro!!" The sword started to glow, and it was as if the needle had never hit him.

"Whoa...I love this sword..." Cloud muttered, as he ran full speed at Jenova, casting spell after spell after spell.

"BRAVER!!!" he yelled, jumping high into the air, and slashing with devastating force. "METEORAIN!!" He raised his Mastermune, and summened meteors from the sky to fall on Jenova. "Now...evil Bitch.....FEEL THE PAIN OF ALL YOU HAVE HARMED!!! OMNISLASH!!!" Cloud ran forward once again, slashing deep cuts into Jenova's already tattered flesh. Slash after slash, he hit her with perfect accuracy, then, he jumped into the air for a final blow...."Hey, master....activate the Holy Light...it'll get her for good..."

Cloud looked down on the evil demoness below him. "HOLY LIGHT!!!" He yelled out, as a bolt of white lightning hit his sword, making it radiate with Holy energy. "DIE JENOVA!!!" He yelled as his sword peirced the Evil Goddess's flesh, Slicing her clean in two. Cloud watched as what was left of Jenova radiated with light, and slowly faded into nonexistance.

"Hey, Boy...." Cloud heard a voice from across the feild. "You seem to be the strongest one here...that sword is making you much more powerful....You may even be a good match for me..."

"W...Who're you?" Cloud asked, gripping the Mastermune

"Ahh...boy, boy, boy...you may remember me from the last two tournaments....I Vante...The Dark Lord......I have just taken the...shell...of this mage Ghaleon..."

Cloud gripped his sword, before uttering three words. "Bring it Vante..."



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Crystal Sword....or AngelAlex...over to one of you guys...

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I am the master of my own illusionary world...

Read my Live Journal

Last edited by Cloud Stryfe on 08-10-2001 at 05:22 AM

08-10-2001 05:17 AM
 
 
Luna
Silver Star Supreme

quote:
Originally posted by Mintaka
That is one MENTALLY disturbing mental image I just had of Zophar. o_O;;;


Believe me, he's even scarier than he sounds. The woman form is especially disturbing because he has this voice that the official guide describes as "Barry White meets the Devil". O.o;;;; VERY disturbing.....

*jaw drops as she reads Crystal Sword and Angelalex's posts* Wow.....amazing stuff, guys. Now I'm not depressed anymore -- the sadness has been replaced by excitement over what's gonna happen next.

08-10-2001 05:18 AM
 
 
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