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Balbanes
Heavenly Knight

Im back...^_^

Hey Im back from surgury, and feeling great. Everything went great, but I have to wear a bandage for a week. Well since ill be a social reject untill this bandage is off, ill have plenty of time to play Survivor!!

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Gohan was in a truely misterious place now. All he could see were buildings that made him look like a insect.

Gathering energy, he burst up with a blinding speed to the top of the highest building in the area. Hovering about 2 miles in the air, near the top of the building, gohan saw a amazing sight...

The city was never ending... As far as his trained eyes could see, all there were were buildings of various sizes and shapes, strange looking tubes that went everywhere, roads, and debris.

With Videl by his side, they went out in search for Delita and Sydney's energy signature...

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Whew. Im happy I survived the round. But ive been in enough of these tourneys to know that it aint over till the fat lady sings.

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Bal -- Heavenly Knight -- Ultima Warrior
Former Usernames: Wiitigo, Heero Yuy.
Living true to your heart is the warriors way...


08-06-2001 04:45 PM
 
 
Red Squirrel
Sycophantic Liar

Out of Character: Just to clarify something, the beginning of this bit of my story starts back on the island, seeing as I couldn't get on the computer last night. It's kinda crucial to the rest... enjoy. I'll post Stallkid's escapades in Esthar later...

- Back In Character -

The Mask had to find Ryudo again. Where was he? It was driving Stallkid insane. He had searched a huge part of the island... or at least it seemed to be a huge part of it. “How big is this island?” Wondered Stallkid as he flew.

In the distance, Stallkid saw a tiny spec rising... rising... rising the air. Could it be the bird that was with Ryudo? He wondered. Raising his altitude and speed, he flew over to investigate. Indeed, it was the bird. Just as Stallkid reached it, an hour whizzed by him.

Get down!” He screamed, but it was too late. The bird let out a scream, an arrow having penetrated it’s flesh. The bird hung there in silence for what seemed to be an eternity... than dropped.

“NO!” Stallkid’s mind yelled out. “NO!” Stallkd dove for all he was worth, trying to recapture the bird. Just before he reached the treetops, he caught it, clenching it in his arms for all he was worth. The bird was near death, without a healing spell there would be no hope for it.

Stallkid raised the bird in both his arms, above his head, chanting an incantation older than the Mask itself. But unlike the Mask, this was a pure spell, bound only to purge the evil from one’s self, and to heal.

Ryudo appeared near the treetops. “What are you doing, Skullkid?” He said as he raised his sword towards the sky, pointing towards Stallkid. “Skullkid, stop! Skullkid, I said STOP!”

Beneath the Mask, Stallkid continued the verse. The Mask itself turned to look at Ryudo, meeting his cold stare with one of it’s own. The verse was almost done. Energy burst from Ryudo, flowing towards Stallkid. But he took no notice. He had to finish the verse... yes! Done!

All of a sudden, Stallkid’s body began to quiver, the Mask enraged with it’s moment of weakness against it’s puppet. The bird dropped from Stallkid’s arms as he plummeted towards the ground, breaking through branches on his was down. He hit the ground with such force that he made a small crater, a new depression in the earth where he lay.

The Mask began to burn again, on the inside, igniting Stallkid’s flame, spreading it throughout his body, and then drawing it to itself [the Mask]. He had sucked him dry of all energy for the moment, and it would take Stallkid a long while to regain his strength without the help of the Mask.

As Ryudo approached him, Stallkid pushed himself up against a nearby tree. The man raised his sword, ready to strike, and was staring deep into the Mask’s eyes.

"What is going on with you SkullKid...? Tell me!" The man demanded. Stallkid looked up at the man, wearily.

These eyes...” He said, “They are not my own... For you see, I am the bearer of a terrible curse, this-this Mask,” he said, pointing to the Mask with the little energy he could muster. “Remove it from me, and I will tell you all... for my name is not Skullkid, it is Stallkid. And this,” he said as Ryudo reached for the Mask, “Is Majora’s Mask. Old as time itself, and umpteen times more evil.

“I cannot loosen it.” Said Ryudo. Underneath the Mask, Stallkid smiled. Of course he couldn’t. No could, or would, until the Mask was done with him. And so he proceeded to tell Ryudo all, of the boy in green, of all those he had killed or destroyed under the will of the Mask, and of his journey here – as well as how he had saved the bird from death.

“Rest now.” Said Ryudo. “I shall go and find food for us... I shall be back soon...” The man grinned.

Trust me.


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Out of Character Edit: Er, I guess this is a little late...

*Hands Balbanes a mOrPhInE cOoKiE*

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08-06-2001 04:48 PM
 
 
Terra Lockheart
Um.....

Woo-hoo! Round two!!! I can't post right now...but I'll be back later. Good luck people!

08-06-2001 04:48 PM
 
 
Efli
FFO Survivor-Tseng-Rogue

Tseng and Dias walked under the arch - glass, of course - and onto the platform outside the palace of Esthar. Tseng walked over to the edge, and lay down. He held up a makeshift lens - it had broken off in the fight against Sephiroth and scanned the city for signs of life. Dias moved over to the palace.

"Tseng! I can hear something."

The lens vanished into one of the suits pockets, and Tseng moved over to the door. Sure enough, there was a faint clanging inside. Tseng tried the handle. Locked. "Stand back Dias."

Tseng quickly cast a Shell on himself, and stuck Serpenttooth between the doors.

"Flare!"

Bolts of blue and red energy started shooting from the Dirk, moving through the doors and the rest of the palace. Tseng backed away as it started shaking.

"Ah. Erm...run?" he suggested.

The bolts reflected throughout the building, and started expanding. The whole platform quaked as the great glass doors shattered - along with most of the palace facade and the platform. Dias looked at Tseng, and raised an eyebrow.

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off."

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08-06-2001 04:51 PM
 
 
Saint7
Eternal Student of Gaming

Drone: It is confirmed ma'am. This Temp is indeed Esthar; this building here is made of a unique compund of titan...ma'am?

The DDU retracted its Recording Lens and spun around: it floated a little to left and a little to the right. "Ma'am?"

*sniff*

Tagami was squatting on the street corner wiping away tears with her sleeve. Even the golden sun which made her blonde hair look so radiant couldn't mask the sorrow.

Drone: "Ma'am? Why are your oculars wet? Are you malfunctioning?"

Tagami: "Drone, I'm crying. This is something humans do, not Elementals......dammit....I feel so human..." *sniff*

Her silver cubed companion floated down beside her and opened up its chasis. A small arm extended out and offered a hanky, in almost robotic-like sympathy.

"Thanks....I don't know what came over me."

Drone: "Please continue."

Tagami sighed, "As soon as we landed in this Temp, I noticed one of the automatons cleaning the walls and sweeping the streets. Thinking it was another Gearbolt, I walked over and tried to talk to it. But all it kept saying was:

*stuffed-up, computery, buzzing noise*
Innnnnnnput!"

Drone: "But ma'am, that was an automaton like you said. It's programming is very elementary, not at all complex like myself."

Tagami: "But that's just it! I began to feel human sadness when I witnessed how....trapped...that automaton was. It couldn't communicate properly, it couldn't smile, all it could do was menile tasks like wash windows or pick up garbage. What a sad life...."

Drone: "So what did you do?"

Tagami: "I told it I was going to disassemble it and program it with a few of our Gearbolt algorithms and sub-routines.

But then it started smoking and went all bezerk! It waved it's hands in the air and started shouting:

*stuffed-up, computery, buzzing noise*
NO DISASSEMBLE!!!! NO DISASSEMBLE!!!!!

And ran away from me.....I wonder what the Goddess would have done."

Drone: "Don't worry, ma'am. Not every automaton is ready to be saved. That was something the Network Computer taught us. Don't blame yourself. You're an Elemental Gearbolt, not an engineer. Don't be sad."

The DDU extended it's mini-arm and patted Tagami on the back and that made Tagami smile. It was good to have a friend that understood.....Friend? That was funny, Tagami thought.



Abruptly ruining the Kodak moment, "Ma'am, if you're done "crying" now, we have to move on and find The Gamma. She is the only one who can help us. Time's a wasting, turkey's a basting!"

Tagami snapped back to her senses, "Oh right. Plot a course through Esthar and lead the way, Drone."

~*~

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"Tagami, report at once to the Final Fantasy Online Survivor Tournament 5..."


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Last edited by Saint7 on 08-06-2001 at 05:59 PM

08-06-2001 04:52 PM
 
 
Sylphid
Red Mage For Life

DAY TWO

"I remember... falling asleep in the jungle... wondering about those I left behind... Marle... Celes... Lucia... were they alright...? I guess it was rather selfish of me to leave all of a sudden like that... but had I not, then Beowulf..."

"...I awoke in another foreign place... this time, huge towers surrounded me on several sides... It reminded me of Lindblum, almost... except... everything was so... 'advanced' here... that and the fact that I was nowhere near home..."

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He awoke.

A strange place... crowded with strange drones and giant metal towers. This was by far the most unusual place Vivi had ever traveled to... the environment may be illuminated by the golden sun above, but everything was so... empty... devoid of life...

The mage stood up. He had slept soundly... the first time in months... but now that he was awake... where had everyone gone? No, they wouldn't just leave him here... they must have been separated again...

A sudden thought struck him. He had completely forgotten about it the day before. Reaching into his robe pocket, he was relieved to find the amulet still there. He pulled it out.

The orb on the end of the chain was glowing with a light blue glow. The tempest inside was storming, brimming with power. It looks like it would be possible to summon that mysterious man back...

...but how did he go about doing that...?

Vivi tried to remember... that day... Eiko had explained Summoning to him, but how was it done...?

"... it's really not that hard! ... Every Summon - well, at least all the ones I use; you can ask Garnet about her eidolons - requires three components... The first part is a simple 'I summon thee...'... the second is something related to your eidolon, such as an elemental or effect reference... the final part is the calling of the eidolon's name... see? It's not so tough!..."

Wasn't there something else...? Vivi struggled to remember...

"...well, I'm really going overboard, actually... you only need to know the eidolon's name to summon it; the first two parts just make it sound cool!..."

Great... the one component of the spell he didn't know. Well, there was no use getting upset at Eiko.

The mage took the amulet in his left hand and raised his staff in his right hand...

"I summon thee... uh... er... something-something-something..."

Nothing.

Well that didn't work... maybe Summon Magic just wasn't fit for him...?

Trying to find a suitable alternative way to summon the man, Vivi gazed into the crystal again, focusing on the cascading energy within... Suddenly, a flash of light...!

The mage looked around, dumbfounded. Nobody was there... He looked back to the crystal - it was still storming about inside. Maybe this wasn't like Eiko's summons? Just a bit of focus on the crystal, maybe a few MP spent... that should work, right? Well, just have to give it the good ol' Tantalus try...

Crystal in his left hand, staff in his right, the mage began to channel his magic into the orb...

The sun suddenly faded out of view, replaced by a dark, gloomy sky... the still air began to accelerate into the mighty tempest contained within the crystal... lightning flashed in the sky as an aquamarine aura began to form in front of the mage... slowly, the essence of the man was reconstructed from the ground up as the sudden storm raged on around them...

And it was done. The man stood before the mage, sword drawn at the ready. Seeing there was no apparent danger, he sheathed his blade with a fancy twist of the wrist.

"You summoned me, Sir Vivi?"

The sky began to fade back to normal as the sun's celestial rays pierced the clouds... soon enough, the sky was completely clear. The wind slowed down, but maintained a steady breeze.

As exhausted from summoning as he was, Vivi still had many questions to ask the man. Why was he here? What exactly was he doing? But all he could manage to get out was...

"Wh-who a-are you... anyways...?"

The man chuckled a bit. "I am the Apprentice to Sylphid, the Lord of Wind. I believe I told you this yesterday, remember?"

The mage looked at the ground as he adjusted his hat. "N-no... I mean... wh-what is your... name?"

"Name..." the man pondered this for a moment. "Strange... now that you think of it, I don't know if I've ever really had a name... at least, not in the mortal realms... only the eight Elementals are known by name, and even then, there are very few places left in the multiverse that know of us... but as for me... I've simply gone by 'Sylphid's Apprentice' where I reside."

The man continued. "...There was one time when I was young, though...It must have been hundreds of years ago... I studied with Luna's apprentice, researching general elemental magic. She grew tired of calling me 'Apprentice' over and over, so she decided we call each other by shorter names..."

"Her name was 'Lune'... and mine was 'Sylph,' taken from our Elemental masters... now that I think of it, I never knew what happened to her... she was a wonderful friend of mine. We used to joke about what we would do if we ever rose to take on the roles of our Elemental masters... but those are times long past... still... I'd like the opportunity to meet her again..." He stared off into the sapphire sky as the tails of his bandanna flowed in the wind...

The tale made Vivi recall all of his friends at the Black Mage Village... his grandfather, Quan... Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, Eiko, Freya, Quina, even Amarant... and his newfound friends... Beowulf, Celes, Lucia... and Marle in particular. Friendship was everlasting... even over the course of hundreds of years... one never forgot the friends they made...

"So... Call me Sylph. Pleasure to meet you, Vivi."

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OOC: I'll finish this up in a little bit. It's long enough as it is! So... nobody touch Vivi just yet, alright? Thankies.

EDIT: Minour typoes and a small change or two.

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Last edited by Sylphid on 08-06-2001 at 05:40 PM

08-06-2001 04:54 PM
 
 
Mintaka
Lenneth Valkyrie

Yes, Crystal Sword, it DOES take place all in this thread - except the final round, I believe. ^^
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Lenneth awoke with a start, seeing how the plce was no longer the jungle. in fact,t he place was so radically different, that had been what scared her. What was more disturbing was, well, the whole design of the place. It was so unnatural, and definitely ahd to be man-made. The only thing that might have remotely compared was Valhalla and Asgard, but even then, this place looked so... strange.

She looked out the window. Everything was so pristine and neat, it was almost an insult to even the greatness of Asgard. Things were a little too perfect looking for her tastes. She reached back tenderly and touched ehr shoulder, which was still sore from that wound she had received yesterday.

'And who said gods were so untouchable,' she mused, a small bit of bitter anger inging her thoughts. 'For that matter, what makes me so different from any human?'

That thought alone startled her, for it came out of nowhere to suddenly surprise her. She had never thought about it before, or questioned such things.

Why did humans so wish to be like the gods and have power? It wasn't anything ultimately special, although Lenneth had had them her whole life, it still meant little in the scheme of things, right? Of course, she still had to wonder, beyond the fact that she was not 'mortal', what made her 'different' from humans?

Then she heard the noise of someone, and turned to look.

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Time for Laguna.

And Saint?

quote:

NO DISASSEMBLE!!!! NO DISASSEMBLE!!!!!


Was that our Movie reference for the day, cause I KNOW that one.

Edit: I cannot type. ><

Last edited by Mintaka on 08-06-2001 at 05:03 PM

08-06-2001 05:01 PM
 
 
Feanor
FFO Survivor - Zynk

Angrim, Beowulf and Zynk all carried on down one of the many causeways of the great city of Esthar. Still in awe of their surroundings. The party strangely silent, all concentrating on their own thoughts.

As the trio continued on down the road they came to a fly over section. Zynk, who was attempting to absorb as much as he could from the his surroundings, saw on the road below another contestant.

He was a young man of Oriental origin wearing a slightly faded leather jacket, with a tiger design on the back. The young man was still blissfully unaware of the danger above him, but not for much longer.

Zynk stopped at the edge of the causeway and reached underneath his rags. From some where within he produced his laser cannon.

Beowulf gave Zynk a bemused look. He couldn't quite understand how Zynk had hidden something like that within himself all the time they'd been together. Even Angrim who had seen it earlier still didn't understand.

Zynk was not in the mood to explain to them the technology of the ancients either. He merely took aim with the weapon and fired.

Worryingly for his companions a small whirling noise could be heard which seemed to come from within Zynk. Then the hulk of twisted metal than protruded from the robot shoot off a pure beam of blue energy towards the hapless figure below.

Ryo had excellent reflexes for a mere human like himself and he had heard the sound of Zynk's laser being fired. He immediately dived to his right and this saved his life but he still recieved a slight burn on his leg from where he hadn't been fast enough and the laser had come in contact with his flesh.

Zynk decided that was enough for now. Beowulf seemed to have his own quest which he was set on so and was urging Zynk to hurry up. The robot slotted his weapon back within his chest cavity and rejoined his team mates.

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One vote for RYO

Last edited by Feanor on 08-06-2001 at 05:10 PM

08-06-2001 05:07 PM
 
 
Crystal Sword
FFO Survivor: Ghaleon

This place seems like a maze, but it is easy enough to navigate with a bit of concentration. It is far less wonderful than I had originally thought, however. For all the grand architecture and technological innovation, the city is utterly lifeless, save for the other contestants - no plants, no beasts, no residents, only machines methodically maintaining the place in their unsettlingly efficient way. The quiet, at times, is enough to drive a lesser man mad. It has nearly made me hope for more of the senseless violence to take the edge off the profound emptiness of this place. For all its beauty, it is like a vision out of a nightmare. But no matter. I am not here to enjoy myself or to feel comfortable.

Ah, what is this? A glass panel like so many others, but this one displays some form of text that I cannot read; only the text is in motion. Some form of magical projection, no doubt, but oddly enough, there is a set of strange protrusions below it. Some sort of interface?

Perhaps I should try manipulating the interface. The likelihood of my success is slim, but if it could be made to give me information regarding this place, it could prove invaluable.

"The server is too busy. Please try again later."

The... server? Perhaps the mage who maintains the spell?

Well, it matters not. I must simply keep on with my exploration. The shield I have erected should keep my teammates relatively safe until they regain consciousness.

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OOC: Okay, thanks, Minty. Now that I think about it, it really won't be that big of a deal - it's split into pages, after all...

And it'll be fun to break 1000 posts.

Last edited by Crystal Sword on 08-06-2001 at 05:33 PM

08-06-2001 05:08 PM
 
 
Shinji
EVA Pilot

Wow, what a first round!! 27 pages of nekkid-goodness!!

"The server is too busy, try again later." Ha!
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Moaaaaaan....Celes was lying face down and had just awakened from a deep sleep. Pushing herself up, Celes noticed that she could see her reflection in the crystalline pavement beneath her. She followed the road with her eyes, and a majestic urban landscape unfolded before her. The morning sunlight was illuminating the endless Esthar skyline.

"Whaa-aaa??" Celes stared in amazement. The city was beautiful and certainly a welcome change after the blistering jungle. But, this was the second time in 24 hours that Celes had woken up in a strange place, and that is a feeling that one never gets used to.

Celes rose to her feet and rubbed her head. There was a slight bruise on her shoulder. Probably from that demon-worm, she thought, gently fingering the wound. No matter. I may as well explore this place! Maybe I can...

-BOINK-!!

A cold finger had just poked Celes in the rump. She whipped around and unsheathed her sword. "HEY! Who do you think you are?!?!" To her surprise, two small cyborgs were staring at her.

"What-a-temper." the first cyborg stated, throwing his skinny silver arms in the air. "You-should-control-your-emotions,-woman. You'll-never-find-a-husband-with-a-temper-like-that."

"Huh!??" Celes was utterly confused. "Is this MagiTek? A new model?? Perhaps this is some sort of secret area maintained by the empire?"

The second cyborg bleeped and blooped. "Ignorance-alert. Ignorance-alert. This-woman-is-delusional. Not-all-her-batteries-are-"charged"-if-you-know-what-I-mean," he said, elbowing the other cyborg. It let out the cyborg version of a laugh, which to Celes sounding like someone running a metal fork against a chalkboard.

The cyborgs then grabbed Celes with their metal pincers. "We-will-take-you-to-the-presidential-palace. Accompany-us-now. Do-not-resist."

Celes howled in protest. "Listen R2D2, I don't know who you think you are...but....-HEY!" The cyborgs threw Celes on an airlift, and the three of them began gliding through a massive tube.

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o_O, it's hard typing with so many hyphens! And, I KNOW it doesn't make sense for Celes to be referencing Star Wars, but I had to!! ^^

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08-06-2001 05:23 PM
 
 
Dark Hyperion
Laguna Loire

"Lenneth!"

Lenneth turned around to face the astonished face of Laguna.

"Lenneth! Lenneth! I know where we are! This is the city of Esthar! I've been here before, but there used to be lots of people. Now...it's empty...! I don't understand..." Laguna exclaimed.

"You mean...you know what this peculiar place is? Well then! That is definitely good to hear! You can lead the way. We should search for Jun. I do hope he's alright..." Lenneth said.

Ah! Time for the genius to show his intelligence. Lenneth may be the wise one in the jungle, but Esthar was a city that he knew!

"Then let us begin the search for Jun!"

Laguna lead Lenneth down the glass roadway. As they reached the end of it, he paused.

"Ehrm...Lenneth...I don't know how to say this but...we're lost."

She turned to him with a shocked expression. "So, you're saying we're lost even though you've been to this place before?"

"Aaaaa..."

Daaarn! I messed it up again...

Valkyrie turned around in annoyance. "I suppose I will have to lead the way then. Come...let us journey down this alternate path..."

08-06-2001 05:25 PM
 
 
Angelalex242
Vampire with a soul

Lucia was in quite a bind. First, her demon possessed captive had managed to burst her energy field with sheer demonic strength. Zophar's minions could sometimes do that, but it was very rare. Then the girl that had been with him was carried off by someone possessed even more strongly by the same demon. To top things off, she was in a place where goddesses clearly didn't belong.

Lucia just walked into the nearest building. Which, as it turned out, was a shop. Cheryl's shop. It was programmed to give her a Rosetta stone as soon as she walked in, but Lucia's energy cause the poor electronic shop to malfunction, and it dropped a Shear Trigger gunblade instead.

Lucia looked at it curiously. "What does this do? It looks kind of like a sword...but...it has a very strange handle." When she picked it up, she accidentally pulled the trigger, and a bullet wizzed out of it and shattered the nearest shop screen. Lucia shrieked at it, let it go, pointed at it, and said, "Destruction!" Her Atomic Burn atomized it before it even hit the floor. The cyborg in the shop wasn't too pleased with all the destruction.

"You-are-under-arrest-for-destroying-store-property!"

As the cyborg came to take hold of her, it too malfunctioned when it got too close to her, so it sat down, and started bashing itself on the head. With both fists. Then Lucia looked up, and saw herself on yet another screen. The TV hooked up to the security camera, to be precise. Lucia then stood there wondering exactly why this place had a bromide of her on a strange screen. As Lucia turned to leave the shop, a few more shop screens abruptly malfunctioned, and started doing all sorts of strange things. Lucia had had about enough of this, and started casting her voice tracking spell again. It would lead her to either Celes or Luna, and finding either or friend or her sis was assuredly a good thing. Maybe they knew what was going on. So she started to follow her tracking spell. Along the way, more cyborgs started to randomly malfunction. Two of them tore a third apart, and started playing a game of catch with its head. Lucia just tried to ignore it, and find someone who could tell her what was going on.

08-06-2001 05:37 PM
 
 
Mintaka
Lenneth Valkyrie

After their little escapade of being lost, they headed down a side path, looking for Jun or anything which might help. The questions still nagged at her, and in annoyance, she focused on finding some distraction. It was then that she saw them. She stopped so suddenly Laguna had no choice but to run into her.

By then, they had seen the pair. Lenneth looked at the trio - one very much reminding her of a knight, another was rather disturbing looking with metal limbs with claws, and the third... well, she couldn't even begin to place a description on the hair. Laguna remembered them from his encounter yesterday. Just as he was about to say something, he changed it suddenly.

"Arg! My nose itches!"

Lenneth bowed her head and sighed.

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MakubeX - your turn! XD

08-06-2001 05:37 PM
 
 
Terra_Break
Pint Pixie

"Nadia... what am I going to do with you?" King Guardia's face appeared with an over-exaggerated expression of displeasure. "You're always running off and never behave like you should!" His eyes darkened and narrowed. Marle stared up into the emptiness of his face. His pressence made her shiver with mixed feelings of fear and anger in constant battle to overcome the other.

"Fathe-"

"Do not interupt me girl!" His voice reverberated off non-existant walls.

"Wh-what?!"

"How many times must you interfere?!" The voice began to morph. It was no longer usual agravation of her father but a hissing rage of a disturbed soul.

"You're not... Who are you?! What do you want?!" Marle cried.

"I'm sure you're quite aware..." Mechanical laughter shattered through psychological walls of Marle's mind.

"Stop!! Please!" It grew more intense and painful. The whispering words of a twisted voice trembled around her ear. She froze. "Stop... please... I-I'm scared..." Marle shivered. Tears swelled in her eyes, and began to journey down her cheeks. They too began to freeze. They solidified tears chilled her face and sent chills tingling down her body.

"Good... fear is good... It is fear that gives us wings..."


Marle's eyes flashed opened, A dream...? Only a dream... She stood up and wrapped her arms around herself. The chilling torment of the dream was still at work in her body.

Marle looked to sky and realized that the massive jungle trees had been replaced with towering buildings. They were beautiful, with advanced architecture that reflected memories of the structures of the Zeal Kingdom. "This couldn't be some form of Zeal could it?" The possibilty grew and was dwarfed by several factors. Zeal was a floating island after all... but Zeal had been long destroyed, and there appeared to be no actual inhabitants. This place lacked the natural beauty that magic had blessed the Kingdom with. No... this isn't Zeal... It was a mechanical city. Not ruled by the forces of magic, but of machines and technology. "Great..." Marle sighed, "This would be the time to have Lucca here..." She gazed once more at the structures and continued on her way.

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"I wonder where all the other contestants are..." Marle peered between two buildings

"Bzzzzzzzit!! Bleeep! fzzzzzz!" A small mechanical creature sang.

"huh?" Marle reached down at picked up the noisey robot. Feeling around the back of it, her fingers came across several buttons. "What does this button do...?" She whispered, pushing down on one circular black key. The robot lit up and stood in her hands.

"Good day, Ma'am. What are your orders? fzzzit! blip!" The robot ringed.

"My orders?" Marle giggled.

"Invalid response. Please repeat orders."

"You remind me of someone I used to know," She smiled. "What is your name?"

"I am B.O.T model 0109." The creature blipped again. "Any further requests, Ma'am?"

"Yes," Marle smiled. "My name is Marle! You don't need to call me Ma'am! And could I call you, Bot?"

"Processing information..... Yes Marle. My name is now Bot. I will honor your requests, my purpose is to serve."

Marle shook head again, "You don't need to serve me! Believe me... I already have a lot of people doing that for me where I come from." Marle giggled again. The robot was only half a foot high and seemed quite old at some parts of it. Marle put the machine by her foot and chuckled at it's odd walking pattern. "What is this place?" Marle asked.

"Place: Esthar"

"Esthar, hmmm?" Marle eyed the buildings. "I really should find my friends now..." Marle started ahead. "You are free to go!" She called out to the robot. "My one order for you is to not take orders any more!"

Bot bleeped and blipped more, "Yes Marle. All orders are now invalid."

Marle grinned, "Buh bye! It was nice to meet you!" Marle sighed and skipped away with a happy smile.




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"I knew you'd come for me..."

-=innocent + until + proven + guilty=-

08-06-2001 05:44 PM
 
 
Terra Lockheart
Um.....

Rena found herself in a totally new area. One word pretty much summed it up: Glass. Lots and lots of glass. Luckily for her, she was still next to Leon, Ashton and Luna.

"Are you guys alright?"

"Just, fine, big sister. You don't expect the great Leon to--" he stopped short, looking at where they were. "Do-do you see what I see?" he asked in awe.

"Glass?" Ashton supplied with a smirk. Leon scowled.

"NO!" he exclaimed. "Look at this place! It's amazing! This is quite advanced technology! In fact, with technology like this, the lifeforms that live here must be quite superior!"

"Thank you for the analisis, Leon, but that doesn't help the fact that we have no idea where we are," Aston said. Luna got up with a slight groan. She looked at the surroundings, and her mouth dropped open.

"Glass..." she murmured. Aston and Rena burst out laughing, while Leon scowled.

"Well anyway," Rena said hastily, to stop Leon from getting angry. "Since we're in a new area, it doesn't look like we'll be able to find you friend, Luna."

"Oh, that's right! I almost forgot about Lucia..."

"Lucia? Is that her name?" Ashton asked.

"Yes. Unfortunately, now we have no idea where she could be...but I do know the general direction she's in," she supplied.

"Well, this place is huge," Rena said skeptically. "Even if we know the genral direction, we might not find her. And then there's the posssibility that she went exploring on her own."

"You're right," Luna said, dissapointed.

"Big sister Luna!" Leon exclaimed. "You don't think that I, Leon D.S. Geeste, won't be able to find where your friend is, do you? I, being the genius I am, of course, can find her easily! Just give me a close estimate of the degree angle of where she is from here!"

"Er...well...I was just running through the forest," Luna said sheepishly. "I don't know what direction I was going in, I just ran. So I'm afraid I can't help you..." Leon looked a bit put out.

"Well, no problem! Even with just the general direction, I'll find her!"

"That's our pint-sized prodegy," Ashton said, rolling his eyes.

"That's right!" Leon agreed.

"Well...she was that way, I believe," Luna said, pointing to her right.

"Then let's go," Rena said with a sigh. Something told her it would be a LONG day.

Last edited by Terra Lockheart on 08-06-2001 at 05:50 PM

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