Krizak The
Ultimate Lifeform
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Chapter 2: A Soul Remembers
Ayin connected the final two conduits, and stepped
back to observe his creation. The metal tower rose seven
metres into the air, gleaming in the bright flourescent lights
of his lab. At the top, seven beams jutted outwards, holding
up a giant ring of metal. At the bottom, a small door stood
open, ready to admit someone into the contraption.
Turning on a small video camera, Ayin filmed the tower
while he spoke. "September 19th, 2056. I have completed the
final adjustments on my device. It should now be able to send
living matter as successfully as non-living. To discover if it
can, I am going to be sending myself to the north terminal of
Lester B. Pearson International Airport, a distance of about
27,400 metres." He paused for a moment. "Keir, if I go
missing... Look after Saryn, will you? She... she and you are
all that truly matter to me." He smirked. "And that means YOU
have to keep out of trouble, you hear me?"
Ayin
mounted the camera on a tripod, and walked into the machine's
door. On the control panel inside, he began pressing various
buttons. "Coordinates of destination - check. Long-range
lifeform detection - on. Weight of subject - 79 kilogrammes.
Now we transfer control to the elevator console, and we're
done." He walked onto the lift, and began to rise out of the
machine, towards the metal circle that was now crackling with
energy.
Just as the elevator reached it's highest
point, Keir burst in though the lab door. He looked up at the
energized ring, at Ayin standing in the centre, and swore.
"AYIN, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?"
Ayin
looked down at his friend and smiled. "Oh, hello, Keir! I'm
glad you came. Listen, could you do me a favor and drive down
to the airport? I'm going to need a ride once I get there." As
he spoke, the metal conductor fired out an electric ring,
which contracted and began to orbit around Ayin.
Keir
stared at Ayin, a horrible look on his face. "Ayin, are you
mad!? You have no idea if this will work!!!"
"But it
will, Keir, it will! Look at the board! The math is all
there!" Ayin cried out, a look of pur pleasure on his face. He
pushed a button, and the elevator lowered back to the ground,
leaving him suspended in the air by the electric ring. "See,
Keir!? The electromagetic rings support my body in the air! I
won't have to keep buying new elevators!"
Keir watched
as the machine spat out a second ring to support Ayin. Just as
it spat out a third, which Keir knew was the end of the first
phase, he shouted, "And what about Saryn? What will she think
when she finds out that her fianceé was disintigrated by one
of his stupid inventions?"
"She won't have to! She'll
just be even happier knowing that she's marrying one of the
greatest scientists history has ever known!" The rings around
Ayin began to spin faster, a sign of the final stage.
Keir was about to tear his hair out in frustration.
Suddenly, he knew that he HAD to stop his friend at all cost.
He ran over towards the machine. Ayin looked down and
screamed, "What are you doing, you fool!? Stand back, or
you'll be fried!"
"I'm not letting you kill yourself!"
With that, Keir tore out the conduits that Ayin had just
installed.
The machine shuddered violently as
lightning bolts shot out of the conducting ring and struck the
walls and ceiling. One shot across the ring and struck Ayin in
the arm, causing him to kneel in pain. It was then that he
noticed that the electric rings were growing steadily larger,
and beginning to engulf part of his machine.
And then,
he stopped noticing anything. All he knew was that he was
being pulled in every direction at once, and it hurt. It hurt
a lot. He had time to scream, "DAMN YOU, KEIR!" right before
he succumbed to the darkness.
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Ayin woke
with a start. Damn that dream! I cannot wait to get home so
it will end. It was then that he noticed Keir sitting in
the darkness within his shell, staring intently at him.
"Wha..." he said, as he looked down. "Oh."
Back home,
Ayin had always slept in just boxer shorts, and he had soon
found out after he was cast out that, no matter what type of
body he inhabited, he still needed the same attire to feel
comfortable. Mian's instincts took over for moment,
encouraging him to blush and pull up the sheets to cover her
breasts, but Ayin quickly supressed them. After all, it's
not MY naked body he's staring at, and besides, I'm a guy. Why
should I care if Keir is staring at my chest?
Fixing Keir with a stare that could have melted steel,
Ayin said softly, "If you're done staring at my shell's
assets, Keir, I believe that we have work to do."
Keir
blinked for a moment, and then, fighting off both Volnes' and
his instincts, looked the shell of Mian in the eyes. "Sorry,
Ayin. It's just that there so round and beautiful, with just
the right amount of..."
"That's enough, Keir!" Ayin
snapped. "Tell me how the check-up on the contestants went."
Keir shrugged. "Most of them are okay. A few,
though... Man, they got hurt. Like that little dwarven plumber
that you INSISTED that we take..."
"Hey! I said to get
the green-suited brother, who was actually physically fit!
It's YOU that came back with the fat red-suited one!" Ayin
sighed. "And you wonder why I accompanied you for most of
them..."
An awkward silence followed, after which Keir
said, "I set up the teleportation discs as well. They go off
at 2."
"Good. Which island are you transporting them
to?"
"Er... this one."
"WHAT!?" Ayin growled.
"What type of stupid, hare-brained idea..."
"It was
yours."
"Oh. Nevermind, then. Well, since you're done,
would you mind letting me get dressed?" Mian's embarrassment
was starting to get the better of Ayin.
"Fine, then.
Although, if you wouldn't mind abandoning your shell for about
five minutes..."
"Yeah, five minutes is about right
for you. Now get OUT!"
As Keir left grumbling, Ayin
opened up Mian's wardrobe and decided what his shell would
wear today.
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Round 2: While you
slept, you were transported to a large, free-floating portion
of the city of Esthar. This metropolis towers high in the air,
with roadways and transport tubes weaving their way between
massive skyscrapers. The transport tubes are functional, as
are a few sentry cyborgs programmed to enforce the peace.
Other than the cyborgs, none of the original inhabitants
appear to be around. This round ends at 11:59 PM MDT on
Monday, August 6th.
Vanguard of Shadows -
White Bloody August - Tatsuya from Persona 2,
Rogue Renzokuken - Ifrit from the Final Fantasy series,
Rogue Thopok - Minsc from Baldur's Gate, Noble
Higher Purpose -
Silver Baka - Beowulf
Kadmus from Final Fantasy Tactics, Noble Feanor - Zynk from Shining Force 2, Rogue
Slipstream - Arngrim from Valkyrie
Profile, Rogue
Arts
of War - Orange Crystal
Sword - Ghaleon from the Lunar series, Rogue Daigohji - Ronfar from Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Complete, Rogue Izlude - Izlude
from Final Fantasy Tactics, Rogue
Sirens - Pink Angelalex242 - Lucia from Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Complete, Noble Shinji - Celes
Chere from Final Fantasy VI, Noble Terra_Break - Marle from Chrono Trigger,
Rogue
OmegaShard -
Red Haze - Ryudo from
Grandia II, Rogue Red Squirrel
- Skullkid from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask,
Shadow
Justifiable
Sins - Dark Red Efli -
Tseng from Final Fantasy VII, Rogue Maniac Ranma - Dias Flac from Star Ocean 2,
Noble
Uncertain
Hearts - Magenta Luna -
Luna from Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Noble
Spadstein - Ashton Anchors from Star
Ocean 2, Noble Terra Lockheart
- Rena Lanford from Star Ocean 2, Noble
"Dreamers" - Sky Blue
Dark Hyperion - Laguna Loire from
Final Fantasy VIII, Rogue Marcel - Jun from Valkyrie Profile, Noble
Mintaka - Lenneth Valkyrie from
Valkyrie Profile, Rogue
Sky Nightz - Blue Balbanes - Gohan from the Dragonball Z series,
Rogue MakubeX - Sydney from
Vagrant Story, Shadow The Dude
- Delita from Final Fantasy Tactics, Rogue
AVALANCHE - Aquatic
Blue Cloud Stryfe -
Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, Rogue Exeter - Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy
VII, Noble Kellios - Tifa
Lockheart from Final Fantasy VII, Noble
Independent Sponsors - Cyan
Bombay - Leon D.S. Geeste from Star
Ocean 2, Rogue Eternity Magus -
Ryo from Shenmue, Noble JC -
Cid Highwind from Final Fantasy VII, Rogue Magus - Magus from Chrono Trigger, Shadow
Niflheim - Randi from Seiken Densetsu
2, Noble Shinikaru - Suoh
Katsuya from Persona 2, Rogue Steiner - Kahr Ramsus from Xenogears,
Rogue Wismerhill - Zidane from
Final Fantasy IX, Rogue Wrak -
Alundra from The Adventures of Alundra, Rogue
Independent Sidekicks -
Green Julia - Selphie
Tilmitt from Final Fantasy VIII, Rogue (Sidekick)
Crusader - Amarant Coral from Final
Fantasy IX, Rogue (Sidekick) Laguna Loire - Frog from Chrono Trigger,
Noble Maiji - Loki from
Valkyrie Profile, Shadow (Sidekick) Saint7 - Tagami from Elemental Gearbolt, Rogue
(Sidekick) Sylphid - Vivi
Orniter from Final Fantasy IX, Noble (Sidekick)
Tequila Pop - Clive from Suikoden 2,
Rogue (Sidekick) Thunder
Blossom - Mizuki from Tenchi Muyo RPG, Rogue (Sidekick)
TranceGredge - Sephiroth from Final
Fantasy VII, Dark (Sidekick)
Status Pending - Yellow
Jedi 27 - Vyse from Skies of Arcadia,
Rogue (Sidekick) Mole - Mario
from Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, Noble (Sidekick)
Boko Mog - Reno from Final Fantasy
VII, Rogue (Sidekick) Rufus
Shinra - Kazuki Takemura from Front Mission 3, Noble
(Sidekick) Seifer Almasy - Kuja
from Final Fantasy IX, Rogue (Sidekick) -=TeTraMasTeR=- - Zemeckis from Brigandine, Dark
(Sidekick) Dobejhe - Ultimecia
from Final Fantasy VIII, Dark (Sidekick)
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Just a couple of quick notes: - Please, when you
cast votes, only cast a vote against a character, not that
character's sponsor. If you don't know who someone's character
is, then you shouldn't be voting against them. To me, voting
against a sponsor says that you have something against that
person, and that's just wrong. We're here to have fun, right?
So for now on, if someone votes against, say, Baka,
I'll just say, "But there is no character named Baka, so I'll
have to ignore that vote."
- Please, put all of your
votes in one place in a post. I don't tend to check votes the
first time I read stuff, so it's nice if it's all at the
bottom for when I go and check again. And if you colour them
or make them bold, all the better!
Everybody have
fun!
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"Are you a butterfly dreaming
you're a man, or a bowling ball dreaming you're a plate of sashimi?"
Wizards and mercenaries. Gears and Geohounds. See them
all in the 5th
Survivor Tournament!
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