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Daigohji
Ronfar - FFO Survivor

Ronfar could not control his rage. He felt as though he could never judge anything correctly. He had never been cut out for the priesthood. He had failed Mauri when she needed him most. He had made allied himself with one of the greatest mass-murderers in the history of Lunar. And whenever something went wrong he let alcohol control his mind. Even now that he was sober he could not straighten his thoughts.

He stood alone in the grassland. “Ever if I were to gain the power of the Eternals, I still wouldn’t be able to do anything right. I have no place in this world or in my own. It’s all meaningless, so … it should all burn!!” He flung his arms up to the heavens and screamed, “Red Dragon Anger!!”

High above his head a red dragon materialised. In his fury Ronfar did not notice that it was not Ruby, nor that he had not used the crest to summon it. The wyrm looked upon The Veldt with the same disdain as the cleric and with shriek after shriek poured fire down upon it. Several nearby warriors were caught in the blasts.

As the dragon faded and vanished the artificial sun over the replica Veldt blinked off for an instant then came back on again. In an isolated part of The Veldt where Keir and Ayin oversaw the proceedings, they were as surprised by this as all the other contestants.

“What was that?” Keir asked, “Did something just move over the ‘sun’?”

“No” Ayin sounded puzzled, “There is nothing up there large enough to eclipse it. It must have turned off for an instant … but that’s impossible. The flow of energy through this plain of existence should be constant.”

“Then, what could it have been?”

Ayin did not answer. He was about to ask again when he say that the Mian shell was staring at the ground with one hand cupping her chin. Keir had quickly learned from their years working together that this mean Ayin was immersed in thought and was likely to become riled if interrupted. Keir tried to find something interesting enough to look at to pass the time, but there was nothing to see in the barren grassland. At last Mian’s head snapped up.

“Of course, it has to be those damn channelers. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.”

“A ‘channeler’?”

“Oh come on, Keir. Didn’t you read the background on these contestants? Most of the mages either gather energy from around them or hold it within themselves. But the Lunarians gather their magical power from specific source.”

“Oh that’s right. That goddess … whatshername”

“Althena. But in this recreated world that link is cut off, so where are they drawing the power for their magic?”

“You mean they’re draining power from the Plane of Torment? But how could they be pulled in so much power as to disturb the meta-mechanics of the Memory Pools? They shouldn’t have that much power.”

“A channeler’s power is only limited by the fount from which it is drawn. Althena’s power was limited so their own power could only be a fraction of that. But now they have an infinite reserve, so we only have two choices.”

“Don’t get them pissed off would be one. And the other… no.”

“Yes, we’d have to kill them. But if we did that while they are still here it would cause paradox resonance of a magnitude that I don’t even want to imagine.”

Mian rubbed her temples, the shell suddenly had a splitting headache.

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Votes to:

Ryudo
Skullkid
Gohan
Sydney
Tatsuya
Minsc

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I'm a boozer with a mission

Team: Arts Of War is
Ronfar -- Ghaleon -- Izlude

08-08-2001 11:17 PM
 
 
Maniac Ranma
FFO Survivor : Dias Flac

The light that the monster emitted after it died left Dias temporarily blinded and he fell hard on the ground. He was so tired after so many days of fighting and using his magic that he could barely move.

"Dias!" He heard Rena's voice and ignored his pain long enough to listen thru the flames that surrounded him.

The entire island seemed to be on fire and Dias realized that his wife must be in the flames...

But how could he help her? Where was she? Was she okay? Was she already dead? Was she unconcious? What was happening?

Dias gulped. There was no chance to save her. She'd be dead long before he could find her...but he'd....he'd just survived 4 days of hell to be with her and had only married her last night...what was the point if she died?

(This would be easier if I had chosen a character that can fly, ya know)

And something in Dias snapped....he didn't care about himself. For the first time since his parents had died he didn't care. For ten years he'd lived on the road, fighting and proving how strong he was, but always for himself. He'd never cared about anyone else enough to risk his life. Even when he'd traveled with Rena and Claude to Energy Nede it had only been because he hadn't had a choice in the matter.

"Rena! I'm coming!" He screamed and tore off into the flames.

Tseng and the others yelled "Dias, what are you doing!?" but it was too late, he was already in the center of the fire.

He'd never felt such pain before. There truly is no greater sensation of pain than to have your body engulfed in flames.

He had no idea where in the flames Rena was. None at all. He could be heading in the wrong direction and he wouldn't have a clue.

It became harder to run...harder to walk...and there she was. Huddled under a small fallen tree, coughing from smoke exposure.

"Dias...you...." She blacked out. Dias began to panick. He checked her pulse...it was fading...Noo....

Dias quickly grabbed her up and ran back thru the way he had come, covering her with his jacket. He could feel his skin singe and his blood cells burst in the heat. He began to lose conciousness...things got blacker...blacker....

And he stumbled out of the flames and fell to the ground, no longer breathing. His heart did not beat.

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Representing the home of the infamous Loin, Final Fantasy Apocalypse

What I've learned in Survivor Today:

1)The battle with the Time Devourer from Chrono Cross is alot more interesting when it's being fought in survivor

2)SO2's Dias Flac makes a good replacement for The Slayers Gourry Gabriev.

08-08-2001 11:18 PM
 
 
The Dude
FFO Survivor- Delita

Delita watched as Izlude charged at Gohan, leaping up and attacking him with the darkness from his spear. His eyes glowed with a strange light as he struck the young warrior down, then flew off to wreak more havoc.

Izlude, you've changed Delita thought, I need to see what's going on here.

Delita: Gohan, I'll be back. I have... personal matters to attend to.

As he approached Izlude again, he was striking down yet another warrior, this time with a dark light from his hand.

Delita stood on top of a rock a few meters away from the battle, and yelled up to Izlude with a smirk.

Delita: Ignoring me, Izlude? That hurts. But attacking my team? That'll hurt you even more

Izlude: ...

Delita: What's the matter, not in the talkative mood? We can change that...

Delita drew his sword, and slowly raised the point to be in line with the floating figure. Drawing the holy power of the blade, he released it into a line... "Heaven's wish to destroy all minds... Holy Explosion!" The blast streaked across the earth, striking both the body on the ground and Izlude's inhabited form.

The power of the blast threw Izlude back into the tall grass. He raised himself again, then merely looked at Delita before disappearing again.

Hmm.. better go back to check on Gohan. I'll settle that score later..

OOC: 1 vote to Izlude and 1 to Angrim... and can't a guy even go to work without there being a zillion posts left to read when he gets back ?

Last edited by The Dude on 08-08-2001 at 11:24 PM

08-08-2001 11:21 PM
 
 
Angelalex242
Vampire with a soul

OOC:Too much of a good thing...or, to quote the Beachboys...woohoohoo...WIPEOUT!!!

With Althena's Sword firmly in hand, Lucia tried again to summon the rain. This time, she succeeded. Too well. It wasn't just raining, it was pouring. It wasn't normally possible to get this much rain falling out of the sky, but the goddess' power made it happen.

5 minutes later, the entire veldt was covered with a foot of water, and it was rapidly going up. Meanwhile, the lightning bolts continued to flash. Unconscious people started drowning, or they woke up as survival instincts took over.

As Nall observed all of this, he said, rather dryly, "I think you overdid it, Lucia."

The rain contined to come down harder and harder...and more ominously, the water falling out of the sky was increasing in its rate, as nature's fury threatened to overcome the veldt. A leviathan*100 tidal wave energized itself from the energy field around the island, to simulate the ocean. This wave was ready to crash.

Lucia, still up the sky, looked horrified. "What...have I done?"

OOC:Over to you Luna

OOC:Hehehe. This'll teach you to ask for a drink of water. Or to pray for rain. Can you say...flash flood?

OOC:EDIT: Oops, forgot we were on an Island in an energy field.

Last edited by Angelalex242 on 08-08-2001 at 11:32 PM

08-08-2001 11:21 PM
 
 
Maiji
Loki the rice krispie


LMAO, Maniac Ranma-san! XD

===

=You're as mad as I am sometimes =
he laughed.

= You misunderstood. I care nothing for your past as a goddess of destiny; wasn't it you yourself who said that purpose was dying?
Unchangeable destiny is an idea, a concept; and a foolish one, might I add.
After all, who decides what "destiny" is?
Odin was the Allfather, and see what happened to his "destiny". =


Loki paused as Lenneth shifted uncomfortably at the memory.

= Ah, that was my fault, of course.
I defeated Odin. But see what happened to my "destiny"?
You defeated it.
Perhaps your destiny is the one that governs. Or maybe someone will defeat you.
In any case, it is much too complicated; the best thing to think about it is, I think, that if you choose to do something; you do it.
Tthere is no mystic reasoning or predesignated ritual mumbo-jumbo forcing it to happen. That is my logic. =


The massive dragon chuckled.
= Of course, I'm not exactly the picture of sanity, so my "logic" carries no weight. =

Loki beat his wings a little faster, as they were nearing the plateau.

= Does it matter what I do when this is over?
Whatever I feel like at the moment, I'm sure. =


There was a seemingly endless moment of silence as the pair soared ever closer to their destination.

= I gather you are thinking of helping to stop the flames.
Pity your ice-magic-wielding Einherjar aren't here. =


Before she could consider hitting him, he added,

= Have you any Ice Crystals? =

A deafening clap of thunder and a torrent of rain answered his thought-question.

= On second thought, it looks like we won't need it.
The island will probably drown ... =


===

*burp* Too much chicken* XD

LOL, alright, I'll close it when it's done ^_^ Worship me! XD j/k Well, at least make the next stop somewhere COOL! *is melting* Please? @_@

YAY MIANG!! Always thought Loki and Miang would get along XD

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"Ahahahahahaha! How wonderful this power is!" XDDD

08-08-2001 11:23 PM
 
 
Magus
Professional Goober

Whoa Izlude, that little sequence with Vante reminds me a lot of an encounter with a certain wizard...
Well, I was planning of bringing Vante back to kick around myself, so I might as well add him into the mix a little early. This will probably be one of the highlights of my little story.
---------------------------

Magus took some time out from his walk with Alfador, he needed some time to think. He needed to be alone.

"So what have I gotten myself into this time? The Creator died. Her blood, and that of countless others, spilled because I was confused. I made some mistakes, and I haven't atoned for them yet. That must be my purpose, to solve the mystery behind it all."

"I'm guilty of a great many things. I turned my back on my people, my family, left them all for dead. I couldn't help them when I had the chance, and I couldn't apologize enough for hurting them. I know what became of Schala, but, that doesn't make up for anything. I changed, I had to change. In order to survive this thing they call Life, I had to become different. Whether that's a good thing or not, I don't know."

"I'm changing again, slowly. I'm becoming like I should be, I hope, there's really no way to know. I gained a lot, but lost so much more in the process. If, if I can gain even a little bit of that back, I think I'll be better for it. I hope I'll be able to forgive myself for what I've done to get here. But there's only one thing I can really say to myself right now."

"I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry for all the pain I've gone through, and for all the times I've let myself down. I'm sorry that I couldn't save the people I cared for when they needed me, and that I failed to live up to their expectations. I'm sorry I shut everything out, and that I lost myself in a haze of greed and bloodlust. But all in all, I'm just sorry for who I've become. That's all I can ever really say."

Somewhere behind him, Magus heard a faint clapping. He turned and saw an all too familiar face.

"So you've discovered that you're an asshole...take a number."

"Hello Vante, what took you so long?"

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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.

08-08-2001 11:23 PM
 
 
Efli
FFO Survivor-Tseng-Rogue

Tseng looked over his shoulder, just in time to see a red cloaked figure step into the flames.

"Karsh! It's Vincent!"

Karsh stopped as he realized Tseng had turned, and was running back towards the fire. "Stupid..." Shaking his head, he followed.

"Aqualung!" Bubbles swirled around Tseng, dampening the fires. He jumped across the fire, with occasional bursts of Aqualung clearing the way. Eventually he stood in the middle of a small clearing in the middle of the flames with Vincent on the other side.

"What the...you're alright!? Not even singed?"

Vincent cocked an eyebrow. "Elemental, my dear Tseng."

Tseng hastily strapped on a dragon armlet, and started casting Aqualung into the flames.

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Team Justifiable Sins - Representing Final Fantasy : Apocalypse, home to the infamous Maybe I'm A Loin, and purveyor of quality spam since 2000.

Here,«¤»I'm«¤»allowed«¤»everything«¤»all«¤»of«¤»the«¤»time...

I might be wrong...

08-08-2001 11:24 PM
 
 
Exeter
Desperado

Shocked, Vincent, Tseng and Karsh watched as the flames suddenly disappeared under the intense rain that had begun to plummet from the sky. Then Vincent saw the tidal wave, something far more massive than the one that had come with his summon of Leviathan.

He had never really liked the water. He hadn't even learned how to swim. It was hardly something a Turk would have needed to know how to do, anyway, and he hadn't really had time while fighting Sephiroth, Hojo, and Jenova after waking up from his thirty years of sleep.

Now, though, he was really regretting it. I guess I'd better learn fast...

The water consumed him.

*****

Gee, thanks, Angel. I'm sure Vinny's always wanted to go swimming...

Edit: Added you in there, Efli, Baka.

Last edited by Exeter on 08-08-2001 at 11:30 PM

08-08-2001 11:28 PM
 
 
Thunder Blossom
All-purpose Magical-girl!

// What am I doing this for... ? //

Mizuki paused. What was she doing this for?

// Who are you doing this for? //

What?

Not this again...

"I'm not doing this for anyone..." Mizuki whispered to herself... "I'm free, I do what I want to do!"

But why am I doing this?

// I do what I need to do for myself... I need to fight the fire for myself, because it'll burn... it'll hurt me. I don't need to do anything for anyone else... But... I ... I could've ran, couldn't I? Am I doing this for... these people? NO! I'm free, I don't need to do things for others anymore! //

Staring out at the flames... she didn't understand what was going on...

// What do I want to do? //

The heat, while it had subsided, remained hanging in the air...

"I... I'm doing this because I'm not a failure! I'm not useless, not like Master said I was! Everyone's wrong! I'm proving to myself that... but why am I helping everyone else? I don't need to... I don't need to..."

After that wild wedding party night, and the blazing heat, Mizuki couldn't think...

Something was trying to enter her mind...

// What's going on!? //

Whatever tried to seep in and possess her failed, as Mizuki teleported high into the air, and flew herself away, in an attempt to escape the heat... and fell into unconsciousness in midair, landing someplace...

And falling onto the surface of the land... now half covered in water...

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Yeah, just the best place to have Evangelion-style breakdowns, right?

And I vote for the Ice Country from Secret of Mana... THEN Zeal Kingdom! i love both places (hugs them... however you can hug a whole country @_@)

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Can you hear the Cry of the Planet?

My life is a fight against fate

Last edited by Thunder Blossom on 08-08-2001 at 11:37 PM

08-08-2001 11:29 PM
 
 
Huan80
Junior Member

Freya awoke feeling somewhat refreshed, but she now found herself in a different place entirely. The lush forest had been replaced by a vast expanse of bleak grassland. What few trees she could see were short and knarled. The air was hazy with smoke, and screams and battle cries echoed all around her.
These are no longer the smells and sounds of battle... This is mindless slaughter. There is so much evil here...
When she tried to get up, she noticed that she still couldn't move her right arm. Her lance had been lost with the death of the Time Devourer. She shuddered at the memory. That final explosion had injured her more than just physically. So much evil had pulsed through her in that instant... Memories and thoughts that weren't her own still echoed through her... Her arm wasn't injured at all physically, but it would not move. It was neither dead or alive, for death it's self is an expression of life. The Time Devourer simply was. It knew no growth or decay; only existance, and that state of pure hellish existance was spreading through Freya like a disease.

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08-08-2001 11:33 PM
 
 
Exeter
Desperado

So, are we doing the water thing or not?

I personally hope one of the next rounds is in Alexandria Castle, but that's because I haven't played any of these other RPGs everyone's mentioning...

08-08-2001 11:33 PM
 
 
Haze
The Chrono Trigger

As the fight broke out, Ryudo's face froze. His skin went as white as a ghost and he drifted from concsiousness. The fire brought back horrible memories. It reached into his heart and pulled forward horrible memories... memories of his Brother, Melfice, and the day his brother murdered Reena. Ryudo's eyes widened and sweat dripped down his brow. His vision blurred and the man standing before him, this 'Vincent,' looked at him awkwardly. The man straightened his face and turned away, walking to the blaze. Ryudo fell to his knees, and turned his head towards the sky, though his eyes were still closed and he wasn't all there... in his mind he was back home... standing at Reena's grave.

Then, screams of pain, anger and strain rang out and Ryudo came rushing back to his body, his eyes shot open a blue aura engulfing his body. Ryudo pushed himself to his feet with ease and as if he was in a daze, he calmly walked across the field his hands at his sides holding two crackling balls of energy, a cold gas surrounding it. As he walked forth, the grass below his hands froze solid, leaving a trail of crystaline blades along the ground where he had walked.

As he reached the edge of the flames, he raised his arms, a slight wind began to pick up and within seconds, a huge gust of wind began emenating from Ryudo himself. Ryudo loosened his grip and the balls of energy, freed from his grip, blasted around uncontrolable in the air, splitting into several dozen balls of energy. Then, as if they were alive and had been struck dead, the crackling sphere's of pure energy fell to the flames below and Haze repeated these attacks, continuing to aid in the efforts to calm the flames.

Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the same strange man from before. "Vincent" he called, in a very mechanical voice. "Can you... can you, help me...?" Ryudo asked, as if it was hard to ask of someone to help him.

The man turned and opened his mouth to respond as a huge godly serpent beside him doused the blaze on that side of the field.


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Sorry Exeter... after I posted that I had to leave...

EDIT: Crap! Why did the fire have to go away WHILE I was posting! Damn...

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Haze | Webmaster of Eternity Leap | Graphic Designer
"I control my own fate... never will that change."

Last edited by Haze on 08-08-2001 at 11:37 PM

08-08-2001 11:34 PM
 
 
Sylphid
Meow Meow Meow Meow...

OOC: *curses brother* Ugh! He was on the phone for FOUR HOURS... well I'm finally here... sorry everyone...

-------

There was something in the distance... a lot of shouting as the air grew hotter... magic spells shot left and right... a fire!? The inferno was slowly engulfing the plains, and in the middle stood a young woman doing her best to fight it off...

Marle?

"Haste!" The burst of energy gave the mage the stamina to quickly run to her.

"Marle! Wh-what's going on?" the mage cried, quickly chanting a spell. "Water!"

A sphere of translucent liquid rose up from the ground and burst, putting out a large patch of the blaze. Still, the flames burned strong...

"We've got to put out the fire, Vivi! Help me! Ice!"

"Water!"

The two magics came together in a swirl of energy... Marle's Ice magic grew larger inside the mage's Water bubble, bursting forth to quench a substantial area...

"A dual-tech!" Marle shouted. "Yeah! Come on, Vivi! We can do this!"

A short distance away, a sudden surge of water covered the plains, wiping out much of the fire... it wouldn't take long before Marle and Vivi finished the job... or would that be left to the sudden tidal wave of water heading towards them?

Vivi looked to his left as the wall of water slowly grew larger... "Um, M-Marle..."

"RUN!!!"

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Quick R-Vote on Marle

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(Many thanks to Sir Mike for the banner! )

Lord Sylphid, Master of Wind
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Last edited by Sylphid on 08-08-2001 at 11:40 PM

08-08-2001 11:34 PM
 
 
Angelalex242
Vampire with a soul

OOC: The water thing is go, I just had to compensate for the fact there wasn't an ocean.

08-08-2001 11:35 PM
 
 
Luna
Silver Star Supreme

Carried on wings of hope....

"Lucia! Do something quick! I can't carry everyone!"

Flying above the flooding Veldt, Nall had taken a few passengers on his back in an effort to save them from the tidal wave. However, he obviously didn't have the capacity to let everyone on.

Spotting Ghaleon amid the chaos, he paused. Should I or shouldn't I? he wondered.

It occurred to him that he still hadn't settled everything with Ghaleon. And, enemy or not, it wouldn't be right to just leave him.

Still....doesn't mean I can't have some fun with the guy, does it? A devilish grin speading over his draconic face, he swooped down towards Ghaleon. Snagging his tattered cape in his teeth, he dragged the Magic Emperor high into the air.

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Crystal Sword, Alex, it's your turn now.

Last edited by Luna on 08-08-2001 at 11:38 PM

08-08-2001 11:36 PM
 
 
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