Home Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences Registration is free! Calendar Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search


 Final Fantasy Online Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.2.1Forums > Final Fantasy Online > General Chat > Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream - The Final Battle
    Post New Thread  Post A Reply

Pages (2): [1] 2 »
Yume
Daughter of the Creator

Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream - The Final Battle

Chapter 7: The Toll of Existance

Rubicante and Driscoll looked in awe at the scene before them. They had arrived in a place filled with a million colours of light. In front of the platform that they stood on was an enormous crystal, shining with white light. As they gazed upon it, they felt sorrow, fear, and pain lift from their hearts, leaving only hope ands joy.

"What reality could possess something this beautiful?" Rubicant asked to nobody in particular.

"Every reality, actually." They turned to see Yume step out of the portal. "Every universe has a Crystal at it's centre. It's very hard to access, though, even for me. In this dimension, however, the Crystal has a shortcut to it: Memoria." She walked past the two warriors and stood as close as she could to the Crystal. "This shall be the catalyst. After your battle, I will use this to give the winner... his prize."

Yume turned back towards the two. "Begin the final battle."

The two men turned towards each other and began to circle each other. Yume smiled in spite of herself. This should be good...

---

Saint stood in the beginning of the Crystal Realm, looking all around him. Where is Yume? Why have not appeared near her? he thought. She must have modified the portal while she and her chosen went through. This is where the portal would normally deposit one.

He looked up the long, twisting path of crystal. This might take a while... he thought as he began trekking through the Realm.

---

The battle had been joined against the minions of Void, and the assembled warriors found themselves at a loss. Their efforts were not affecting the beings in any way. Spells went right through them, and though weapons cleaved their parts clean off, they were quickly rejoined with their owners. "Why don't my spells of light work?" Zelda called out. "Should they not be more effective against beings of darkness?"

"These aren't beings of darkness!. They're beings of nothingness!" Mishnu called back, repelling a few back with her staff. "They oppose everything that exists, both the light and the darkness!"

"Well, that's wonderful!" Ito yelled. "How the hell are we supposed to defeat them, them?" He failed to notice the Void creature sneak up on him until Keir jumped over him, swords drawn.

Keir sunk his blades deep into the creature, and then concentrated, sending electricity coursing through the being. The creature let out a blood-curdling shriek, and then dissipated.

"That's how!" Keir commented, getting up. "If matter enters them, they're forced into existance by it's close presence. And if you use enough energy on them while they exist, they'll be destroyed." He helped Ito to his feet. "That's a basic teaching in the Eternal's Echelon."

"Well, you learn something every day." Ito turned, pumped a few rounds into several nearby Void creatures, and then tossed a grenade at them. The explosion destroyed the creatures, who had been forced into existance by the bullets. "Namely, that your electric sword technique is rather ineffective against this many."

Keir watched as Ito continued to mow down the shadow-like beings. "Cocky bastard... Reminds me of me."

---

Our Finalists
Baka - Commander Driscoll from Front Mission
Slipstream - Rubicant from Final Fantasy IV


Sidekicks
Anoat - Bowser from Super Mario RPG
Dareon - Ito Ogami from Shadowrun
Darkken - Koren from Seiken Densetsu 3
Fentom - Cid Pollendina from Final Fantasy IV
FFGnome - Palom of Mysidia from Final Fantasy IV
KuPoMoG - Shadow from Final Fantasy VI
Nif - Randi from Secret of Mana
Onyx - Bartz Klause from Final Fantasy V
Soujiro Seta - Queen Zeal from Chrono Trigger

Fallen
ArchKnightWayne - Zoma from Dragon Warrior III
Boko Mog - Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV
Cirrus Velious - Princess Zelda from the Legend of Zelda series
Curley W - Umaro from Final Fantasy VI
Daigohji - Setzer Gabbiani from Final Fantasy VI
Exeter - Edward Geraldine from Final Fantasy IV
Izlude - Nall from the Lunar series
JonJonB - Gogo from Final Fantasy VI
KyleIII - Locke Cole from Final Fantasy VI
Kyo - Duran from Seiken Densetsu 3
Luna - Lemina Ausa from Lunar 2: EBC
Lutz - Lutz from Phantasy Star II or Rune Walsh from Phantasy Star IV
Merton Dew - Mog from Final Fantasy VI
Mintaka - Rydia of Mist from Final Fantasy IV
Munkwunk - Zio from Phantasy Star IV
San Draco - Chaos from Final Fantasy
Seifer Almasy - Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy V
Sephiroth666 - Siegfried from Final Fantasy VI
Simplistic Hero - Gryz from Phantasy Star IV
Switchblade - Julius from Final Fantasy Adventure
Tenshi Kain - Slash from Chrono Trigger
Terra Lockheart - Mia Ausa from Lunar: SSSC
The Lionheart - Lenna Charlotte Tycoon from Final Fantasy V
Ufo Z - Kefka Palazzo from Final Fantasy VI

---

Final Round Location: Memoria and the Crystal Realm (Final Fantasy IX)
Start Time: 7:30 PM MST, Thursday Night
End Time: Unknown
Special Rules: The Final Battle

Memoria was already described in the last round, and the Crystal Realm has been described above. So, we can pretty much skip all of this and go right to...

Special Rule: The Final Battle will involve three phases. The first phase begins with this post, and the other two phases will begin with certain key posts. In each phase, every person (minus the two involved in the battle) will have one vote. This vote is to be cast on the person you think deserves to win, and must be cast by either e-mail or Private Messaging. It would be preferable if you voted for the person who you think had the better writing in the phase, but I cannot force you to vote in a certain manner. Each phase's votes shall be tallied separately, and the winner of the tournament will be the one who wins two or more phases.


---

~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you ~
Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream ~ The Massive Insanity Has Begun! ~ Now, Cross Your Fingers And Hope For The Best!

Last edited by Yume on 02-08-2002 at 02:40 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 02:31 AM
Yume is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Yume Click here to Send Yume a Private Message Find more posts by Yume Add Yume to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

So remember, folks, vote FOR me if you want me to win, and vote FOR me if you want Rubicant to win If you want us to stop fighting and beat Yume, vote for me

I'll shut up now and work on a post :P


---

Baka // Evil Bishounen Mastermind // Otaku-in-Training

Old Post 02-08-2002 02:42 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

"So Yume. this crystal thing... is it in my world too?"

"It is in all worlds, Commander. Even yours - although it is almost impossible to reach yours."

"Well hey, you learn something new every day."

Driscoll turned back to the fiery beast before him. "Well, shall we get this started?"

Although... how the hell do I fight someone made entirely of fire?

Unslinging his sword and machine gun, he sighed and moved forward slightly. "Come on, flame-boy. Let's get this over with."



Edit: Ack, a double post - and I was doing so well!

Last edited by Baka on 02-08-2002 at 03:28 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 03:02 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

And heeeere we go.

---

"So," I say to my final opponent, "this is it."

Driscoll half-smiles, a strange expression that doesn't quite fit his face from what is apparently lack of use, and unsheathes his weapons - a ornate sword he must have taken from one of our battlegrounds, and a projectile weapon of the kind used where I fought the two warriors from my own world.

"So it seems, but I'd have thought you'd have figured that out by now," Driscoll replies sardonically. "This's the grand finale, the end of the war Yume started for us, and I don't intend to lose this one."

Behind him, the Crystal flickers and glistens with its light, digging in the furthest corners of my memory for any sign of recognition. Somewhere in my own world such a thing exists, and my mind flickers back to Zemus and his search for the Crystals of my world, both Darkness and Light. Did he know of this one, too? Did he seek its power?

Shaking such thoughts away, I ignite a column of flame around my right hand and hold it poised to attack. "That may be so, Commander," I challenge him, "but not every war ends in victory or defeat; stalemates are known but usually undesired. Do you want to make the first move?"

Driscoll replies by throwing himself in a roll to the right, tightening his finger on his weapon's trigger as a hail of projectiles fill the air. However, before they have crossed half the distance between us, a wave of white-hot heat fries the air as the projectiles rapidly melt and splash harmlessly against my body as so much molten metal. Driscoll finishes his roll to see the effect on me, but doesn't seem particularly daunted yet.

"My turn."


---

Maybe you'll be able to challenge me again. I look forward to our next encounter.

Last edited by Slipstream on 02-08-2002 at 06:27 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 03:27 AM
Slipstream is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Slipstream Click here to Send Slipstream a Private Message Visit Slipstream's homepage! Find more posts by Slipstream Add Slipstream to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

"My turn", the fiend said, in his deep voice. Even from here, Driscoll could feel the heat as the fiend raised his hand, and sent a stream of flame shooting towards him that was as thick as his head.

Ah crap..

He felt the searing heat brush his arm as he jumped to one side, and dropped to one knee, ready to spring in any direction.

How the hell am I gonna take this enemy down? I've never fought an enemy who didn't have a definite physical form!

"Hey hot guy, I didn't catch your name."

"Rubicante", he growled.

"Great. Rubicante, meet AK-47. AK, meet Rubi." With that, he emptied half a clip into the fiend. As Rubicante dissipated them again, Driscoll rolled to the left and unloaded the rest into his open side. Rubicante growled in slight pain, and Driscoll grinned as he ducked behind cover.

So I can hurt him... but I've only got three clips left...

Old Post 02-08-2002 03:45 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Tenshi Kain
Nameless Eternal

Slash whipped his sword from his shoulder to slice it neatly through the air, stone-faced before a howling line of the creatures. "Stab 'em, slash 'em. My kind of deal!" He twirled his Slasher II once, deftly, and settled his eyes on the foremost being of defiance. "I've been waiting for three damn rounds to kill something. I'd hoped it would squirt blood, but hey, knowing it's dead will have to do."

The being of shadow approached him on formless legs, hungering for battle against existence. It suddenly picked up in speed, and extended a limb laden with sharp points, poised for a bestial strike. Slash, however, was not about to let his own existence slip away. Reaching behind his back, Slash drew a short, thin blade from within his tunic- a sort of small, scythe-bladed sword with a shamshir hilt. The being did not quaver, but it may as well have to the grinning swordsmen. "Didn't know I had that, did ya?"

Slash leaned back on his right leg, his left extended forward, and raised Slasher II in his right hand while he pointed the Shamshir across a horizontal level with his right. The being took one more step, and then Slash moved. Shifting weight back onto his left leg, the blue swordsman darted forward, retracting and stabbing the Shamshir forward in a swift movement with its scythe-blade curved for an inward strike. However, the non-existent creature was prepared for such an attack, and moments before Slash's blade struck, it weaved to its own left, an unearthly screech shredding over Slash's elf-like ears as it raised its claws to strike-

-and it shrieked again, as the blue Mystic brought around his Slasher II to lash through its face. It writhed on its feet, its vision for a brief second distorted, but a brief second was enough for Slash to kill momentum and spin, swords poised and ready. As the creature regained its sight, it spread its arms wide again for a scissors-motion cut-

Wffft-snikt!

Slash had been wrong about one thing- the beings did squirt. Fizzling sparks of black fizzled from its frame, from the Shamshir buried up to the hilt in its chest. It struggled, pulling to get free, but Slash had driven his secondary weapon in, and hard. And as the being was forced into existence, Slash brought his beloved Slasher II up for the damning blow.

"Bachiatari Hakuma Ryu Baizou Ken- Akki Dokuso Itameru!"

Slash swung his weapon over and down in a hammer motion, ramming the molecule-thin blade into the crown of the creature. Another shrill screech split the air, but it was cut off in nanoseconds as the Slasher II carved a deadly path down the thing's center, meeting the Shamshir halfway. Both blades ripped down the middle of the now-formed shadow, and then tore out its bottom. Slash followed through completely, going to one knee from the force of his own attack. As he did, the creature of nothingness split in twain, cleaved raggedly in two, and its sides crumpled to the floor. The moment the disembodied corpse hit the ground, it fizzled once, like a broken lamp, and then evaporated into nothingness.

Slash stood back up to his full height, twirling both blades in his hands, and turned to the line of creatures that still approached. "Haha! Still coming, eh? You'll be singing different tunes by the time I'm done with the lot of you- a funeral hymn!"

From her spot in combat, Lemina shot him a dubious look. "That's your best line?! You need to get a 'Catchphrases for Dummies' book!"

Slash growled, fixing both blades together in an "X" as he approached the next line of enemies. "Oh, ha ha. You're one to talk, you little barrel of frog lipstick..."

"What!?"

"Eh, nothing."


---

Thanks to Serendipity for the schway sig.
"Your eyes...they burn with resolve! Beautiful!"
-- Seymour Guado, Final Fantasy X

Last edited by Tenshi Kain on 02-08-2002 at 04:06 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:02 AM
Tenshi Kain is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Tenshi Kain Click here to Send Tenshi Kain a Private Message Find more posts by Tenshi Kain Add Tenshi Kain to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

Well, that certainly taught me not to be so overconfident.

Wincing slightly as the bullets penetrate my side, my return bolt of flame trails Driscoll as he leaps for cover behind a large oblong crystal, and it impacts and dissipates harmlessly on the transparent surface. No, not dissipates - my fire was actually absorbed into the crystal, as if the structure of this room channels all energies and directs them into the vast Crystal hanging overhead.

I must be cautious not to overuse my energies here in wasted attack, and not be able to recover them afterwards for reuse. So if I cannot break through the crystal, I shall attack from above it. I create a ball of flame in both my hands and, appearing to use the same attack as before, suddenly hurl it ceilingward and over the crystal barrier. Driscoll cries out as he scatters, the firebolt hammering behind the crystal shield as he takes cover again behind another outcrop with better protection from above.

"Damn you!" he shouts towards me.

"I think I am damned enough already, Driscoll, I hardly need your extra aid," I call back. "Care to come out and fight?"

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:14 AM
Slipstream is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Slipstream Click here to Send Slipstream a Private Message Visit Slipstream's homepage! Find more posts by Slipstream Add Slipstream to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Nif
The Angels' Fear

*plays a little background music to set the mood*

Good luck, guys.


---

||:HAC TAO|:|Random Insanity:||My LJ
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire

Last edited by Nif on 02-08-2002 at 04:20 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:16 AM
Nif is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Nif Click here to Send Nif a Private Message Visit Nif's homepage! Find more posts by Nif Add Nif to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Mintaka
Mana Spirit Dryad

Well... X_x;
-------
Oh, how lovely. Have to make it exist before I can use a spell on it, eh? And what do I have? My whip. Hey... Odin fights with a weapon...!

"Oh great warrior whose power is known, feared, and reviered over many places, help us stave the darkness that comes to comsume everything..."

She felt the overbearing presence of Odin, and culd feel the icy breath of his eight-legged horse behind her.

"Great judge of many and holy protector or many, hear my call and strike down those which Odin attacks!"

As Odin strode forth slashing at the nearest targets a rain of pure light grlittered down upon those slashed, the echoing screams rom them fading. odin retreated after a bit and left again.

Rydia wiped her brow. She spotted Edge then, and went to join him - he causing them to exist and ehr zapping, freezing, or frying them when they did.

This was not hwo I intended to spend my days, but it does make me feel lie Rubicant against us - outnumebred...

---
Brain hurts... ugh. More, er... sometime tomorrow. I'm going to eb gone form about 9am PST to noon or 1pm - go three hour long tests! *dies*
Oh, and nice ending line son that last post Slip.

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:24 AM
Mintaka is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Mintaka Click here to Send Mintaka a Private Message Visit Mintaka's homepage! Find more posts by Mintaka Add Mintaka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Switchblade
Fire of Legend

Hmm, looks like I'll get to have alittle more fun with Julius after all.

Shouts of battle echoed throughout Memoria as Yume's contestants battled against the beasts from the Void and the turncoat Chaos. Julius made no effort to rise to his feet. The emperor was weary of fighting, of endlessly toiling for power. Power which, in a different world, he never would have so much as heard of. Julius would take no part in this fight. He was already returning to the Void upon the tournament's end, even if he defeated this menace it would change nothing.

"What about the others?" a voice asked. Julius looked up to see his child self staring at him, closely clutching the same Moogle plushy that he himself now held. "You can still help them."

"Why bother?" Julius lamented, "They'll all end up there eventually too."

"You can help them," the child persisted. "You control the power of Mana; the power of life, of existence."

"My powers could not even win me this tournament," Julius snapped, "What can they do against the Void?"

"The Void is nothingness incarnate," a new shade spoke up, this one resembling the Gemma Knight. "Mana is the exact antithesis of nothingness. Your power alone can weaken the Void. Without you the others will surely fail."

Another spirit appeared beside the Gemma Knight, this one the girl whom Julius had abducted to reach the Mana Tree. "You were given a bad deal in your life, but it is not too late to change. Help the others. Please."

"It's too late!" Julius replied, "It's too late…"

The shades faded, momentarily leaving Julius alone before yet another appeared before him, the Dark Lord. "So you will just die here, on your knees clutching a doll? If this is how you wish to end your existence than good riddance. You were a waste of my time, Julius." With that the spirit faded, this time with no replacement.

"If that is what you wish, Dark Lord," Julius whispered, rising to his feet and tucking the plushy into his belt "Then I say thee nay. I will fight, not to help the weaklings that Yume has gathered, but for the one reason that matters, to defy you!" Julius concentrated, reaching into the nearly bottomless well of his Mana power. His body glowing in energy Julius strode forward towards where the others battled, ready to give his all in one final act of defiance. Oddly enough he couldn't help but smile.


---
Proud author of:
The Final Cut: Five worlds must band together or face total annihilation.
Scourge of Heaven: An FFVII epic featuring the Turks. New chapter posted 1/22/02.
Lamentations, Interrupted by Fireworks, and Cat's Eye (reposts available upon request)

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:25 AM
Switchblade is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Switchblade Click here to Send Switchblade a Private Message Find more posts by Switchblade Add Switchblade to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

"Care to come out and fight?"

Hah, fat chance of that. The only way I'm gonna win this is if I use my head, use all that stuff they taught me in training. So, what have I got useful here. I've got cover, from these crystals, but this guy can attack me from behind cover.

Score 1 for Crispy over there.

I've got these energy absorbing crystals here. That's good, might help to deflect his - aaa!


Driscoll scattered, as a wave of fire curled rapidly around the side of the crystal. Looking quickly around, he chose a circle of crystals to hide inside this time.

Ok, so score 2 for Crispy, that doesn't seem to work.

I could try a full-on charge, but then I'd just get toasted. He deflects my bullets half the time, and I'm running out of other opt - wait...


Pulling something from his pocket, he rolled it across the floor towards the Fiend, while running to a new section of cover to distract his attention. Poking his head up from the new cover, he shouted over. "Hey Ruby! Bet I can't hit you!"

Rubicante looked slightly puzzled, but turned to face him, as Driscoll quickly reloaded. "What game are you playing, Driscoll..."

"Game? Me?" he called, sticking his arm over the top and firing a hail of bullets randomly.

"Well, Commander, you missed. Are you ha-" Rubicante was cut off, as one of the bullets hit the grenade he'd thrown over a few seconds before, detonating it and sending the fiend flying.

"Ha? Sure, I'm ha!" Driscoll called, ducking behind another outcrop...

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:35 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Dareon
The Second Gunman

Physic, then energy... Physic, then energy... Bullets, then blasts... Mindless.

A spray of bullets brought the wraithforms into the world, and a single grenade sent them out.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

A Void-form rose up in front of him, raising a scythe-edged tentacle to strike. Ito thrust the barrel of his gun into the being and fired. The explosive force of the gunpowder flooded into the now-real form, shattering it into black fog.

5 grenades left... 4... 3... 2... 1... I'm out.

Ito dropped back, loosing his final grenade. A young woman stepped up next to him. "Need help?"

"Thanks!" He recognized her. "You're... Rydia, right?"

"Yeah!" She swung her whip in an arc, lopping the arm off an approaching fiend. Ito followed up with a Mana Blast spell, sending the fiend scattering to the four winds.

"You got any large-scale physics?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I wanna try something!"

"ODIN!"

"HELLBLAST!"

The summoned horseman ripped through the hordes of advancing Void-forms, followed closely by a sheet of fire that dissipated the forms en masse. Ito fell to his knees suddenly, clutching his head. Rydia crouched next to him, concern on her face.

"Are you all right?"

"Drain... Need a little... time." He stood shakily and fired a few rounds off, backed up by Rydia on spells. "Sorry... My spells... Weaken my mind..."

"I... think I understand. Are you all right now?"

"Yeah. Thanks. Let's go!"

With a blast of gunfire and ice, the two dashed off to the front line of clashing forces of Light and Darkness.

Old Post 02-08-2002 04:50 AM
Dareon is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Dareon Click here to Send Dareon a Private Message Find more posts by Dareon Add Dareon to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

"So you carry explosives, Driscoll? Effective, I have to say," I shout, gritting my teeth as I crash against the floor, the blast throwing me backwards but with only minor damage. Before the device exploded, I saw its general shape and I remember seeing similar devices on a belt over the Commander's shoulders, and I saw it being ignited by one of those projectiles.

"Remember the old adage 'Never throw your weapon at the enemy, for they may use it against you?'" I build another ball of flame in my hand, purely for show, while scanning Driscoll's body with a light wave of heat to find his position.

"Yeah, Crispy, but that grenade's already been used!"

I locate the devices slung around his body, and with a sharp burst of heat ignite the trigger mechanism on one of them. "That one, perhaps, but what about the rest?"

"Huh? What are you t - aaaargh!!" he shouts, looking down and seeing the live grenade still nestled in its belt-clip against his waist. Driscoll tears it out as fast as possible and throws himself over the crystal shield, hoping it will protect him from the blast, but he is not fast enough and gets thrown forward into the middle of the floor as the grenade detonates behind him and sprays his legs with tiny fragments of metal. It is enough to slow him down but not seriously injure him, and I note with amusement that the crystal wall has for the most part withstood this attack too.


---

Forgot me colour. o_O The battle's going a little slowly at the moment, but we're just warming up - if you'll excuse the expression.

Last edited by Slipstream on 02-08-2002 at 05:38 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:02 AM
Slipstream is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Slipstream Click here to Send Slipstream a Private Message Visit Slipstream's homepage! Find more posts by Slipstream Add Slipstream to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Eternal Dream I



There is a place
where you can go
when the world
turns you away

Into my arms
there you can hide
until the storm
abates outside


--------------------

Zeal looked around her, but all she could see was swirling mist - the air was almost tangible, and she tasted the ancient flavor of it upon her tongue. She was somewhere she did not recognize, perhaps taken in a moment of control by the shadow. But now she was in control again…for awhile. She closed her eyes, meditating upon her fate in solemn thought.

She had pushed back the darkness - but only for a time. She had caused Memoria's illusion of her dream to fade away - but the dream would still be in her mind. She had come so far and done so much - but so much of it had been driven by the malevolent will that festered inside her mind. And now, though she could not see or hear them, she could feel the emptiness moving toward the valliant warriors; felt in her heart the wills clashing in the fight against entropy.

Can one truly fight entropy? Nay, the most accomplishable by mere mortals is to hold chaos and nothingness at bay, pushing away at the encroaching darkness with 'order' and 'creation', though it be like a pack of wolves nipping at their heels. The darkness, it is the only truly relentless force in the universe.

They fight the embodiment of nothingness....but I have SEEN it. In my deepest nightmares, I see the smile deeper than the darkness, the yawning abyss that takes any ground not fought for by existence.

Though I came here to do what I thought was good and just, I have become but a hollow shell for this dark plague. And it is only a matter of time....before even my own mind cannot hold back the darkness. And when I cannot hold it back anymore, then...


"Yume....Yume...." Zeal began to speak, in a soft voice, filled with sentiment "for all your power...you sought only a dream. I felt the emptiness in your heart when you spoke to me in my vision. I wanted to give you a dream; to give you my dream, to seed the birth of your own dreams...but I could not." She breathed in and out slowly.

"The Queen of the kingdom of dreams....what manner of Queen am I, that I cannot give one girl a dream?...." A tear rolled down her cheek. "My only regret....is that there was not more I could do for you...."


--------------------


---

~someday, the dream will end~


"The Queen is peerless in both power and beauty"
FFOS6 :: Queen Zeal :: Sidekick

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:05 AM
Soujiro Seta is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Soujiro Seta Click here to Send Soujiro Seta a Private Message Find more posts by Soujiro Seta Add Soujiro Seta to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

Driscoll picked himself up slowly, looking at the fiend, who hovered gloating not too far away from him.

"Ok.. now you've pissed me off. Let's take this a bit more seriously, shall we?" Picking up the magic sword Hexfire, he picked a couple of crystal shards from his coat - oh for my own jacket back. It's so much more stylish than this drab uniform - he swung the sword round into the classic fencing pose.

It's not a rapier, but it'll do.

The fiend looked at him closely, then laughed, a deep boom, crackling with fire. "You think you can defeat me with that weapon? You are truly crazy, but you may try it anyway. I will not attempt to block your attack."

"Suit yourself." Driscoll managed to shrug while maintaining the fencing stance drilled into him.

This really isn't a fencing sword. The balance is all wrong. But I think I can handle it..

Crouching ever-so-slightly, he sprang forward towards the fiend. Still Rubicante made no attempt to move. The distance closed rapidly, and then at the last second, the fiend let out a loud guffaw, as the sword flared, and suddenly fire shot down the blade! Driscoll's eyes widened, as the flaming sword touched the fiend - and the fire instantly lept down the handle, covering his arm in flame!

Driscoll let out a scream, as the fire licked over his arm and hand, and searing pain racked his body. Letting go of the sword, the fire lept away again, and the sword was pulled into the form of the fiend. As Driscoll fell to the floor and clutched his arm, the sword slowly materialised in Rubicante's hand. The fiend looked down at him, as the laughter slowly faded...

"You fool. Did you forget the nature of this weapon is fire? Even its name is Hexfire. And you really thought you could defeat me with my own element? Yume's decision was wrong. You are not worthy to fight me."

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:31 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Merton Dew
The Main Moogle

Mog faced the onslought of the Void. The black mass was now upon them. No more running; this was it. Do or die. I choose do. Mog stepped forward to meet the darkness. No, not the darkness. The nothingness. He began to dance - no dance in particular; he just let it flow. Around him other contestants fought with blades, bullets, magic, whatever they had available to them. Mog fought with the powers of the earth and the elements. A piercing sandstorm ripped through the creatures of the void, the gust of wind pushing them back. But they kept coming, clawing their way towards the dancing Moogle with all their strength. Mog caused several rocks to roll down and crush them, bringing them into being. Then, with a shimmy and a shake, he blasted them out of existance with streaming bolts of plasma. More advanced. "You better watch out; I've got the moves, kupo!" the Moogle taunted as several of them drew near. But just then he tripped over a rock and fell flat on his face. The creatures towered over him, poised to strike. "Uh-oh, kupo!"

---
Dramatic cliffhanger! Here's your chance to save Mog.

Excellent duel so far, guys.

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:49 AM
Merton Dew is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Merton Dew Click here to Send Merton Dew a Private Message Visit Merton Dew's homepage! Find more posts by Merton Dew Add Merton Dew to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

Driscoll curses under his breath as he clutches at his burned arm and hand, his eyes glaring up at me in rage.

"Yeah?" he cries, struggling to his knees. "I made a mistake, it happens, it's all part of being human." Sweat is running down his face now partly from the pain, partly from the heat that both the sword Hexfire and I are exuding. "The important thing's to learn from your mistakes, to not screw up again in the same way!"

Driscoll attempts to stand, gasps as a shock of pain runs through his arm, and then swallows his weakness and brings himself all the way up to his feet. "And who are you to decide who's weak and who's strong?" he shouts at me. "I proved myself, dammit, I got through this entire tournament and through to the end! I don't give a crap about what you think, Yume made her choice and I'm the one who got chosen! You don't have the right to decide for me!"

I...

Yes, that's what I have done, what I always will do. I have judged humans on their fighting spirit; their strength and skill in combat, and assumed any errors on their part was due to lack of those things. Ignorance as a reason never entered my mind for their failures, that men could learn from their mistakes should they survive the battle and emerge stronger. It should have been obvious, and it occurs to me that perhaps Zemus was not the only one to misunderstand humanity.

Reaching out the hand which does not grip Hexfire, Driscoll shrinks away from it but I loose a light wave of healing over his arm, reducing the pain and healing some of the worse blisters and burns. Gripping the hilt of the demon-sword, I drop back into a defensive position and challenge my confused opponent.

"I see... perhaps I was mistaken, Driscoll," I tell the Commander, looking into his eyes while doing so and seeing resolve there. "You carry a blade of your own - I have healed you enough that we may duel for this one, should you wish to reclaim it. Are you strong enough to join me in close combat?"

Last edited by Slipstream on 02-08-2002 at 06:34 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:06 AM
Slipstream is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Slipstream Click here to Send Slipstream a Private Message Visit Slipstream's homepage! Find more posts by Slipstream Add Slipstream to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Izlude
Apocalyptic Dragoon

Nall stood on a crystal platform. he looked towards the center of the room.. where a large crystal stood.

the power here... is immense...its all coming from that object

From a distance.. nall stood mezmorized by the crystal.. a voice echoed in his mind

closer....


Nall was drawn to the crystal.. he lept off his platform and walked towards it unoticed by the creatures of the void.

closer....

Nall approached the crystal.. his body trembled with energy as he drew closer to it.

touch it..

Nalls hand moved towards the crystal

elen su navarte... bound by loyalty

The lifeless eye returned to nalls mind.. followed by a young woman..dressed in a green mantle

Nall's hand trembled..it shook harder and harder

w...who are you?

a spirit that haunts the multiverse...

wha..!!!!!!!! Nall shot away from the crystal..the presence had overcome his body..he felt lifeless... limp.. but he was standing strait up.

The white dragon dagger in his hand began to glow... it became hot.... nall was seething with power.. power not his own.. the dagger turned white.. nalls hand was burning.. he screamed.. but it did not leave his lips. instead something else escaped

the void..... vante!

this time his mouth screamed.. the white dragon dagger shattered in his hand... the power became too much for the dagger... nalls body was trembling violently, and he felt the presence begin to fade

not strong enough....elen su navarte

Nalls body colapsed and the presence left his body, he fell on his back.. whincing and coughing.. his hands were singed.. clothes torn... with an aching hand he reached for althena's blade and lifted his body to rest upon it.

-------------------
OOC: woo! final round at last!

oh.. and here's my choice music for this scene
http://www.eoni.com/~donnamlr/music/callingyourname.zip(zipped mp3 (around a minute long..))
perhaps those of past tourneys may recognize what just happened... theres my special referece for this tourney


---

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:07 AM
Izlude is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Izlude Click here to Send Izlude a Private Message Find more posts by Izlude Add Izlude to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
KyleIII
Locke Cole - FFOS6

Though Locke managed to take out a few of the creatures with his wing edge, it wasn't nearly enough. "There're just to many of them," Locke realized. Off in the distance, Locke saw five of the beasts advancing on Mog. "Hold on buddy," Locke yelled, pulling a small silver object out of his belt, "I hope this works."

Just as the first creature was about to strike, it suddenly fell backwards and let out a blood-curdling shriek. Two more quickly followed suit. Realizing someone was attacking them, the other two fiends turned towards Locke, but they were too late. Locke stood over them victorious, a smoking revolver in his hand.

"Thanks, kupo!" Mog yelled out, "But what is that?"

"This is Colt Single-Action Army, the greatest handgun ever made," Locke responded, "Six shots, enough to kill anything that moves."

"Um... whatever," Mog responded, "But where did you get it?"

"I borrowed it from that Ocelot guy back on Shadow Moses." Locke answered.

"Borrowed, eh?" Mog asked, rolling his eyes, "riiiiiight..."

"What are you saying?" Locke asked, as another group of the beasts charged the duo, "Never mind, we've got bigger problems right now!"

"Bring 'em on, Kupo!" Mog yelled, spear at ready.

Last edited by KyleIII on 02-08-2002 at 06:15 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:12 AM
KyleIII is offline Click Here to See the Profile for KyleIII Click here to Send KyleIII a Private Message Visit KyleIII's homepage! Find more posts by KyleIII Add KyleIII to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Cirrus Veliious
Tortured Soul

Zelda looked towards the onslaught of enemies, coming ever closer, gaining ever more ground.
"Well....Lets see how they like this..."
The princess jumped high into the air, and unleashed seven or eight shurikens, each piercing the fiends with pinpoint accuracy. "By the power of Farore, Incinerate my enemy!!!". No sooner had she said this than the shurikens embedded within the fiends exploded into a blinding light, destroying any fiend unlucky enough to have been struck.

"Ku..Kupo!!!"

The princess heard something calling. She turned in the direction of the voice to see three of the fiends hovering over a small, teddy-bear-like creature. She ran toward the dark creatures, but by the time she got there, the little being had already been rescued.

Zelda looked upon the thief and the moogle. "An unlikely duo, I must say. I see you have already taken care of that little threat."

The moogle turned to her and gave the princess a smile "I haven't seen you around before, what's your name? Kupo!"

Zelda looked at the little one. "Zelda" she said as she took off most of the bandages disguising her face. She took one of them and tied it around her forehead to keep her hair back, leaving it looking like a bandana tied around her forehead.

Locke looked at the princess, his mouth hanging open in amazment. 'whoa...she's beautiful...' he thought to himself.

"We can't rest for long You two...these fiends aren't gong to stop coming unless we make them..."
-----------------

Okay, just to give you some idea of what Zelda now looks like, with all the tweaking I've done to her looks, She's dressed in Shieks outfit, but without her head covered up. She has one of the bandages tied around her head like a bandana to keep her hair out of her face, and has shurikens at her disposal. Just trying to give you all a decent mental image...

Edit: Edited to agree with KyleIII's post

Over to KyleIII or Merton Dew...


---
Formerly Cloud Stryfe

Last edited by Cirrus Veliious on 02-08-2002 at 07:48 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:19 AM
Cirrus Veliious is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Cirrus Veliious Click here to Send Cirrus Veliious a Private Message Find more posts by Cirrus Veliious Add Cirrus Veliious to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Dareon
The Second Gunman

(By the way, how long do I need to wait for that damn e-mail with my password for Random Insanity? It's been at least 6 hours since I registered, and I'm fairly sure I tried registering there previously...)

---

Ito grimaced and thrust his gun into the form of a wraith who had snuck under his guard and slashed him across the shoulder.

"Wait! If these things are nothing... Why are they trying to attack us?"

"They desire our existance! Thy covet our being, and wish to become our substance!"

"Well, that was about as enlightening as a mud puddle..."

"Besides, it would be kind of boring if they just sat there, wouldn't it?!"

Ito shrugged off the vaguely metaphysical explanation and continued blasting wraiths right and left. Suddenly, his machine gun ran dry.

"Damn it! Not again!"

Ditching the empty gun, he reached back into the waistband of his pants. "I was really saving this for a special occasion, but it looks like this is it!"

A pair of heavy pistols was brought out. Clips from a seperate pocket of his pants were loaded in. The slides were pulled back, and Ito stood, grinning.

"The technology of my world! The technology of the First Round! The magic of the Second Round! Combine! HEAVY FIREPOWER!"

The advancing shadow hordes were unswayed.

"Philistines. Have they no respect for great oratory?"

Taking careful aim, Ito fired one shot into a single Void-form. The creature exploded in a fiery swirl of shrapnel, wiping out those around it.

"Predator Heavy Pistols, armed with Fire Ammo from Balamb Garden, and fortified by Contain Materia from the Gold Saucer! TOASTY FIENDS!"

Time seemed to slow down as Ito sprinted sideways, shadow-wraiths exploding left and right. A razor-edged tentacle licked forward towards him, aiming to decapitate. Ito dived sideways, both guns blazing. One slug slammed into the fiend attacking him, the other flying past it to impact deep within the seething mass of blackness.

53 attack votes against the hordes of Darkness
2 large guns
1 John Woo-style scene

Last edited by Dareon on 02-08-2002 at 06:37 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:32 AM
Dareon is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Dareon Click here to Send Dareon a Private Message Find more posts by Dareon Add Dareon to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

Edit: Iz - nice to have you back, dude, but I'm fairly sure Kriz said only Dris, Rubi, Yume and Saint are in the crystal room :S

-----

...and the pain was gone, or at least lessened. Looking at his arm, he saw it was no longer blackened and burned, if still pink and raw in places.

Well that was unexpected. Didn't think this guy had it in him to heal me as well.. he must be really confident. Still, the enemy showing a weakness can only be an advantage. If the sword doesn't work, then it's no use to me. But I'll take up his challenge anyway, to prove to him that what I said wasn't just banter, that I did battle through to be here, using my skill, my strength, my knowledge... hell, using every little part of my body and mind to avoid spiky death from all sides.

Heh. Spiky death I can beat. Living flame? More difficult.


Driscoll nodded to Rubicante. "Sure, I'll take you up on that. Let me show you what it means to be a mortal."

Pulling off the soldier's jacket, he stood out in the white undergarment. The one arm was blackened, and he ripped the sleeve off, tying what was left around the worst of the burns. He pulled out his water-flask - and a flash of inspiration crossed his mind - then poured a small amount on the arm, wincing as the cold water hit the raw skin. Hooking it back on his belt, he drew his old sword, the bog-standard rapier, and hefted it in his good hand.

Feels good to use this again, in some way. It's about the only connection I still have to my home. Of course, this is my off-hand..

Finally looking back at Rubicante, he dropped into a fighting stance. The fiend swung Hexfire a couple times, as if testing, then grinned. "Are you ready now?"

"As I'll ever be."

"Good." The sword burst into fire, and Rubicante swung it down, narrowly missing Driscoll, as he dodged out of the way and swung at the fiend, his sword passing through the fire and trailing a little away with it. The soldier's eyes narrowed, and he lunged forward, impaling Rubicante on the rapier. Howling, the fiend knocked Driscoll's weapon aside and brought Hexfire smashing into his side. Driscoll staggered, but managed to keep his balance.

"D-damnit, I can't lose here. I've got a war to win!"

Swinging the rapier around like a broadsword, he sprang toward the Fiend - only to be blocked by the flaming sword his opponent wielded flawlessly.

"You cannot win, human. You are wounded. Quit now, and you may survive."

Driscoll's head flashed with images for a second - Lloyd, Karen, the war, his parents...

He fell back. "No. I can't lose. Too many lives depend on me getting through this. I've finally found a way to end this damn war without anymore bloodshed, and I'm not going to let it out of my grasp.

Slowly, he shifted the raper to his other hand, the burnt one, and clutched his side with the other. Wincing at the pain from both wounds, he narrowed his eyes.

"You're toast."

Last edited by Baka on 02-08-2002 at 06:42 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:38 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Munkwunk
FFOS6: Zio

Zio found himself in the mids of a countless beings of... nothingness. At first sight of them he thought them to be fellow creatures of evil, servants of Dark Force. Such was not the case. He knew that he must band with others if he were to make it out of this existence. Even if he were already dead, he would not allow his soul to be devoured by these... things.

He didn't have much time to ponder the situation; already the Void-beasts were swarming from all directions. Without a moment's hesitation, the war-hardened black mage was summoning dark winds of death to destroy his foes.

"Hewn!" he shouted and immediately huge torrents of wind were summoned forth out of nowhere. The magical gales lifted rock and emptied bullet cases from the ground, propelling them through the air at deadly speeds toward the creatures. "Corrosion!" he followed, assaulting the Void monsters with powerful magical bombs just as their forms became real, shatting their innards with a dense cloud of magical energy. Screams of anguish echoed forth from the now-real monsters just as they met their doom, collapsing in a pile upon the ground on which they once stood.

The black mage loomed over one of the deceased beasts, kicking it once for good measure. The blow of his boot caused it to turn on its side, revealing a scythe-shaped clawed arm on the demon's body. With a grim sneer, he reached down and ripped the apendage from the corpse, then carried it off in another direction.

_______________
OOC:
5 dead nothingbeasts
Zio now carries an arm-scythe.


---

Hear now this story of the man that should not be
A ghoul of blackened torment, sullen atrocity
A kindred soul to the devils own, malignance personified
Cast from his fire he molests the purest light

Profane to humanity menaced by flesh and bone
Screams of the unknown youth to him the sweetest tone
Undying in his will to kill his bloodlust is profound
For the blood of the lamb I've got to bring him down

~Vengeance Is Mine, by Iced Earth

Last edited by Munkwunk on 02-08-2002 at 07:11 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 07:07 AM
Munkwunk is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Munkwunk Click here to Send Munkwunk a Private Message Visit Munkwunk's homepage! Find more posts by Munkwunk Add Munkwunk to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!



Hexfire



And a Fallen for good measure.

Old Post 02-08-2002 07:10 AM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

The Hexfire roars through the air, its contrail of fire flowing behind it as I bring it round in an upwards slash, cutting across my opponent's body in a near-vertical attack. It crashes against Driscoll's rapier, forcing it back as the weapon is both lighter than my own and wielded in his injured hand, and he gives ground to avoid the slender sword being knocked out of his hand.

"Such dedication to your cause, Driscoll!" I cry, making up the ground and darting to the side as Driscoll counterattacks, the rapier whistling as it darts forward and skitters off the side of my own blade, a grimace crossing his face as the jarring motion agravates his injuries. "You still refuse to submit despite such an injury?"

Driscoll snarls, whipping the rapier upwards and catching me a deep cut across my cheek as it twists out of my binding guard. "Never!" he shouts. "I already said - there's too much depending on me now to go back!"

"You think that things don't depend on me, either? There's a chance my world is at stake if I fall to you, and I'm not going to let that happen!" Feinting a cross-strike, I draw his defence to the right and then savagely cut outwards, opening a deep gash in his unburned shoulder. He cries out in pain, gritting teeth until they almost crack, then somehow manages to raise his sword only for it to fall again.

It is obvious that his injuries are severely hampering him, and although I was myself impaled moments ago such an injury is of less import to an elemental, for we do not have organs to damage not muscles to tear. I healed his arm before because there is no honour in fighting an opponent unable to defend themselves, but these new wounds must remain for they were gained fairly and I also must win this tournament. A physical duel was not exactly how I expected things to go, but we are unmatched opponents in nature and at least in this we can be equals.

"You... you can't... I have to..."

"You fight bravely, Commander, but now we end this!" I shout, drawing Hexfire back for an impaling thrust, ready to strike deep into his body and save him the misery of a lingering death. It is the least that he deserves, for making it so far and standing so long with his injuries.

Apparently, he has a different opinion on the matter.

Taking his hand from his side long enough to draw a serrated knife from his boot, Driscoll manages to twist aside and with a great shout smashes the dagger into my swordhilt, as the impaling blade shoots past and flies from my hands to land somewhere in the far distance. In that moment of indefense his rapier slashes me heavily across the chest, drawing out a great burst of flame from the deep wound which forces us apart.

Unarmed and injured also, I pace backwards to defend myself with my own fire should Driscoll press his advantage, but that final exertion has proven too much for him and he slumps down to the ground. I wait for him to rise, for there is even less honour in attacking a downed opponent, and I attempt to tend to my own injuries.


---

And with that, Baka and I are taking a break because we've been up the entire night. The duel resumes when we're both online next, I guess.

Old Post 02-08-2002 07:44 AM
Slipstream is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Slipstream Click here to Send Slipstream a Private Message Visit Slipstream's homepage! Find more posts by Slipstream Add Slipstream to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Sephiroth666
Gloriosa Generosa

The beasts of the Void surrounded the dark warrior, who was in a defensive poise, gripping the handle of his massive blade. His eyes were closed in deep meditation as the beasts inched closer, spelling his ghastly demise.

"Baram! Let's get out of here!" Clyde barked. They quickly turned and darted out of the room, followed by the 10 soldiers.

The two rushed through the corridor of train cars, the soldiers following at their heels.

Baram reached into his pocket, and took out a handful of small metal caltrops, and scattered them on the floor behind the fleeing two. "That'll slow 'em down some..." he said with a grunt.

The two leapt over a series of spikes that launched out of the floors with amazing speed. They slid under a large blade that swung at their heads from a hinge inside the wall. They moved like two dark blurs, carefully dodging the variety of traps that were set up to try and stop them.

Then they entered a large empty train car. They were surrounded by guards on all sides. The two drew their weapons, Baram weilded a longsword, its blade shining in the light of the torches that lined the walls. Clyde held his two long, deadly looking knifes. Then the soldiers attacked. Baram twisted out of the way of a spear thrust, and ducked a sword swipe. He quickly retaliated, and leapt into the fray, slicing into his opponents, his blade flashing through the air.

Clyde nimbly twisted out of the way of a barrage of slashes, thrusts, and swings. His knives flashed as the air was filled with a spray of crimson blood. Two soldiers fell prey to the fang-like daggers.

Soon only the two thieves stood, surrounded by a pile of bodies and weapons. The two had suffered only minimal wounds, their long number of years of intensive training and rough life allowing them to escape otherwise unscathed.

Then the whole train started to shake violently. Suddenly, a large sections of the ceiling detached, and fell, one large sharp piece slamming into Baram's shoulder, tearing a long gash into it.


He snapped his single unpatched eye open, swinging his sword as the first void beast attacked. "Curse this damned place! The echoes of my haunting memories linger here. I wish not be be here any longer!" Siegfried slashed at another beast, it disintegrated back into the void.

"What is this place trying to tell me? Why does this place exist?! Is it to torment one's soul with his own memories?!" Siegfried shouted as he cut out a great circle, kicking up dust and gravel in his wake. The beasts vanished into the air, and he was alone.


---


"I am the man who has never bled or cry,... The first disciple of Jenova,... Wielding the blood rusted blade that had been taken from the light of good to the darkness of evil... I am the master of the black relic and was born to lead the world to total damnation... I am god! I am Sephiroth!

Last edited by Sephiroth666 on 02-08-2002 at 08:21 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 08:16 AM
Sephiroth666 is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Sephiroth666 Click here to Send Sephiroth666 a Private Message Visit Sephiroth666's homepage! Find more posts by Sephiroth666 Add Sephiroth666 to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Darkken
The Scarlet Magician

Koren observed the battle between the other contestants

Fools. No matter who you are, no matter who you're fighting for, it's all but an infantile game of fate...

Koren pressed onwards, looking for a place that would be fitting for their battlefield. A few quick flickers later, he appeared to a small, deserted terrace, where Duran was standing - no doubt expecting the Void, like everyone else.

"Duran", Koren called out, walking towards him.

Duran turned around and saw him. "Koren", he said. For the first time his voice did not bear the nuance of hatred it usually had while he spoke to him. It seemed as though Duran did not know what to expect from him.

"Do you still insist to finish our fight?" Duran asked, slowly and determinedly. He glanced towards the Void.

"Yes." Koren said. "But first, I will explain why." he added.

Duran waited, still keeping his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"I'm sure you understand by now that I am, in fact, from your future." Koren said, with a soft voice that fully lacked the arrogance that it usually had. "Your quest for vengeance led you to meet others - Angela, the princess of Altena, and Hawk, a ninja from the desert kingdom of Navarre."

"You were chosen by fate, you see." Koren added, with a hint of bitterness in his voice.

"You, Duran, became the host for a fairy from the Mana Holyland. And so, you set out on a journey to strengthen yourself, and to get the ultimate treasure... the Sword of Mana. And that, ultimately, led you into a confrontation with me... and my master, the Dragon Emperor."

"Not only that", Duran said. "The two of you resurrected and forced my father into serving you!" he said, with a hint of the old anger rising to his voice.

"Yes", Koren said, nodding. "But you haven't heard the end of my tale."

"I'm sure that you have heard the legend of the Tree of Mana. The Goddess of Mana used the Sword of Mana to create the world and slay the eight Mana Beasts, and contain them... haven't you? How old do you think that story is? When do you think that it happened?"

Duran looked at him, bewildered. What did this have to- NO!

"We are bound by a triangular fate. Century after century, humans will rebuild and rediscover Mana... and then, some will abuse it, sending the world into Darkness again. There will be a dreadful battle, and at a terrible cost, the Darkness is driven away. People will forget... and the same tragedy is repeated, again and again." Koren's eyes flamed. "The Mana Tree WILL fall. It has already happened, and it will happen again. This is not myth. It is history. And all the while, we go about as though we had free wills, yet we are only fulfilling our own, pre-described destinies, again and again. You, Duran, are the current manifestation of The Boy. As for me... I am the Puppet. The puppet of darkness. The beggar..." - he chuckled - "the beggar, waiting outside the halls of fate."

Duran looked at him. "So you weren't loyal to the Dragon Emperor anymore. I figured out as much. So, what you're saying is, that we must fight now, because it's our... destiny?"

"On the contrary." Koren said, with a chuckle. "Don't you understand? The two of us... we're orphans of fate. I have seen it. I've felt every generation of our tragic duality, and seen how it always ends in ruin. We are on a different ground now. Our actions now will shake the foundations of Fate itself! I will kill you, or you will kill me... one way or another, this ceaseless, hopeless tragedy may be brought to an end, not to be repeated again after a thousand years and ever after. We will fight, again and again, while everything around us shatters and changes. Everyone dies... except for you" - Koren's face twisted in a sarcastic grin - "and me."

"So, that is why we must fight. Fight a battle that will shatter the thresholds and break down the gates of the Halls of Fate, fight a battle which will slay Fate itself. Fight a battle which will be final, a battle which must never be fought again. And therefore, I warn you, Duran... I will use my full power and capability as a Dark Mage now. I will put a quick end to you if I can."

Koren assumed an offensive posture. "I am Koren of Red Lotus", he said calmly, repeating the age-old duel etiquette, "the Scarlet Magician of Altena." His eyes flared as his voice rang - "I will be your opponent!"

-----

Kyo: As you might have heard, I'll be elsewhere this weekend. So, I'll be Private Messaging you a few bits of text that you might fit into the continuation of the duel.

By the way, I'll now be using my single vote for Driscoll.


---


- Koren of Red Lotus - Scarlet Magician - Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream

Last edited by Darkken on 02-08-2002 at 11:06 AM

Old Post 02-08-2002 11:02 AM
Darkken is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Darkken Click here to Send Darkken a Private Message Visit Darkken's homepage! Find more posts by Darkken Add Darkken to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

Darkken - I'm flattered'n'all, but hadn't you better PM that to Kriz? All votes are hidden for this round.

-----

Driscoll collapsed even further, his face twisted in a sneer. I can hurt him! I can really hurt him... and he just gets up and stay standing...

"Rubicante..."

"Yes, human?"

"...nothing. "

Is this it? His vision blurred slightly. Am I gonna die here in this place?

Then he stopped, doing a double take.

"Of course!" he said out loud, earnng him a strange look from Rubicante. Rummaging inside his clothes, he pulled out the small red flask he'd been given before, with its note, "From an admirer".

Heads up, admirer!

Gulping down the potion - which was thankfully still intact during all his fights - he felt the pain inside him just...go. Looking at himself, his eyes widened as the burns on his arm vanished, and his side knotted itseslf up. After testing it a few times, he slowly rose to his feel, fingering the AK-47 again.

"Close, fiend, you almost had me. But almost ain't good enough!"

Old Post 02-08-2002 12:08 PM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Darkken
The Scarlet Magician

By private vote?

*checks first page again*

Oops... well, not that it's any big secret that I support you, so no harm done. ^.^


---


- Koren of Red Lotus - Scarlet Magician - Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream

Old Post 02-08-2002 12:45 PM
Darkken is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Darkken Click here to Send Darkken a Private Message Visit Darkken's homepage! Find more posts by Darkken Add Darkken to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Dareon
The Second Gunman

Ito dropped the empty clips from his guns and drew out two more, noting the color-coding on each. Sliding them home, he cocked a round into each chamber and thrust the guns towards the shrieking, gibbering hordes.

"From the magical technology of the Fourth Round! EthWindAmmo and EthEarthAmmo!"

From the gun in Ito's left hand, miniature tornados belched, flying forward like drills, punching through the advancing shadows and dissipating them. From the right came a steady barrage of spikes, each laden with the ferocious power of Earth.

Suddenly, a loud noise overhead caused the young Renraku hitman to look up. "The sky!"

As he watched, the starry blackness was eclipsed by... more blackness. The winged Void-forms swooped downwards, attempting to pluck at the contestants and lift them from the field of battle. Ito's guns belched into their midst, scattering them like all the rest before them. Spells and swords began being aimed heavenward, fending off the attacks from the sky as well as the land.

Old Post 02-08-2002 01:22 PM
Dareon is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Dareon Click here to Send Dareon a Private Message Find more posts by Dareon Add Dareon to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Daigohji
Sponsor: Setzer

OOC: Heh, these Void creatures act just like the Gnosis from Xenosaga.

- - - - - - - - -

The Void was relentless. For every one of the pitch black creatures that the warriors cut down another ten would rise up in its place. Setzer saw that they were attempting to separate the former contestants into small groups. He fired off several rounds from the PSG-1 rifle at a group of creatures that were attempting to sneak up on Chaos from behind. They stopped in their tracks as the bullets ripped through them. The golden demon heard the reports of the weapon and span around to slash the now material monsters with his claws. With a balanced rhythm of claw and magic Chaos cleaved his way through the hordes toward Setzer with the gambler picking off a handful at a time with a few bullets followed by a low numbered card.

“It is invigorating is it not” the demon bellowed, with that snarling grin on its lips once more, “it has been a long time since I have had the pleasure of killing so many at once. But why do you hold back your high cards, gambler?”

“It looks like I won’t be able to much longer”, he said with grave concern.

A swarm of creatures swept towards them, their shapes masked by the sheer numbers. Chaos met them with a powerful blast of Dark Holy, which they crashed into like a wave breaking against a cliff. A rain of dark matter splattered backward and vaporised into a cloud of acrid smoke.

All around them the battle was becoming more desperate as warriors began to use their more powerful attacks in a vain attempt to quell the advancing hordes. Then without warning all was quiet. The hordes of the Void stopped in their tracks, as if turned to stone.

“Is … is it over?” a woman’s voice rose up from somewhere nearby.

As if in response the creatures shrieked deafeningly as one. Their bodies began to twist and melt into each other. Tens, in some cases hundreds, of the human sized monsters were running together as liquid and forming huge dark masses. Slowly they began to take shape, becoming distorted mockeries of beasts from a thousand different worlds that towered over the warriors. As their silhouettes stabilised the abominations once again shrieked in unison and started to advance once more.

A shape some 20 feet tall in a form like that of a gorilla moved toward Setzer and Chaos. The gambler met it with three rounds from his rifle followed by the six of clubs, the highest card he had used so far that day. The card hit it dead in the centre of its chest causing the dark matter to be ripped asunder and leaving a huge hole in the monster’s torso. It writhed in agony for a moment, then started to shudder. Setzer took a step back as the hole closed in and healed itself.

“Looks like the stakes just went up” he muttered through gritted teeth.

- - - - - - - - - -

Thought I’d make things a bit more interesting. Kriz never said that the Void creatures were all humanoid after all. So, no more foot soldiers to deal with, we’ve got the family size versions on our hands now. *gets bricked*


---
Download FFO Survivor 5 - the music video



He deals the cards as a meditation,
And those he plays never suspect.
He doesn't play for the money he wins,
He doesn't play for respect.

He deals the cards to find the answer,
The sacred geometry of chance.
The hidden law of a probable outcome,
The numbers lead a dance.

Last edited by Daigohji on 02-08-2002 at 02:22 PM

Old Post 02-08-2002 02:08 PM
Daigohji is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Daigohji Click here to Send Daigohji a Private Message Visit Daigohji's homepage! Find more posts by Daigohji Add Daigohji to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Mintaka
Mana Spirit Dryad

Not good, she observed, coiling her whip and looking between the heavens and the earth.

I almost wish I could go to hell now, at least then I'd have some existence, rather than none.


I thought you of all people would not give up. You'd let something like big nothings defeat you after you defied the epitome of evil and hatred?

Asura...! Of course not, but this is quite different.

"Not entirely,"
Garuda countered.

Rydia frowned and snapped the Dragon Whip at some airborne fiends, scattering them like leaves in the wind for a moment.

"Garuda, great icy judgement, I call thee now to help fend the darkness that would overcome us all and cease the existence of innocent lives."

She snapped her whip out quickly, lashing as many of the beasts as she could manage as a glittering rain of shards rained down upon the things.

She heard something, and whirled on her heels, avoiding something whizzing overhead. Her eyes fixed on two women fighting together, throwing spells at one of the larger beasts that had formed. Mia and Lemina was it?

Rydia dashed over, snapping another aerial beast and flaring it as she leapt high and brought her whip down upon the larger beast the two were fighting, forcing it to exist.

"Blizzard!" "Catastrophe!"

Both spells collided upon the massive replilian-shaped beast, causing it to stagger back, howling a sound which seemed completely otherworldly. It did not dissipate as it should have, its mass holding still.

Rydia snarled and focused. "Great God of summons, protector of just and power of might, Bahamut I call upon thee!"

A shadow fell over the area of the three ladies as the dragon tore into existence above, flame and brinfire from its mouth. Bahamut's great wings beat the air, throwing away any creature who dared near it. His dark eyes glittered as he focused on the great beast. Rydia below concentrated, keeping focus. Bahamut inhaled, and fired a blast the rent apart her intended target and threw two others back. Rydia went down to her knees as Bahamut winked out.

"Are you alright?" Mia asked.

"Mega-wow," Lemina muttered.

Rydia caught her breath, and drew a fair sized ether, downing it fast. "Yeah," she managed, "I just overdid it a bit there. I can't keep summoning him - it takes alot of energy to call him. Let's keep at them!" She rose, bringing her whip up and ready.

--------------
Ok, that's my morning post. I have to locate my diploma and then I'll be heading out to ... er... test. >< I thought I escaped these kind of multiple choice timed tests when I graduated. :P *dies* XD Luna, Terra, anyone, feel free to borrow Rydia. I'll be back in the afternoon sometime.

Old Post 02-08-2002 02:42 PM
Mintaka is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Mintaka Click here to Send Mintaka a Private Message Visit Mintaka's homepage! Find more posts by Mintaka Add Mintaka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Yume
Daughter of the Creator

Chapter 8: Queen of the Damned

The battle had seemed to take hours for the two remaining warriors, but in reality, only a few minutes had passed. Yume watched the two from above with great interest, one hand resting on the Crystal. It... comforted her.

Rubicante looked upon the newly-healed Driscoll. "Ahh, so you have your own methods of recovery. I, too, have managed to heal the damage you have caused me." He raised his sword. "Come, let us once more have honourable battle."

There is no honour...

Both Rubicante and Driscoll were startled by the whispered comment, and they looked around the platform they stood on, seeking the source of the voice. "Yume, was that you?" Driscoll asked from below.

"No. I do not know what that was just now. Possibly just a whisper from this place... Many forces hold sway here, and they may occasionally make themselves known."

There is no truth...

Driscoll shuddered at the coldness of the voice. "Alright, Yume, these whispers are freaking me out."

"I agree. They are... most unsettling," Rubicante added.

And then, as if to give their fears a form, a dark shape appeared between the two combatants. At first it was a meaningless shape, but then it took on substance, and form, and texture. Finally, it took on colour, and was revealed to be Queen Zeal.

Yume floated down towards the platform. "Zeal, I do not know how you accessed this realm, but you are interfering with my tourn-"

"Silence, you impudent whelp!" Zeal hissed. "Your tournament had been a ruse, a sham! Do these two even know what they truly fight for?"

"We fight for the favour of the Lady Yume, so that she may bestow upon us our deepest wishes," Rubicante replied.

"No, you fool! She despises her power! She wishes to give it to one of you, to make somebody a god in her place!" Zeal looked up at Yume. "Isn't that right, dearie?"

Driscoll and Rubicante both looked towards Yume, who bowed her head in shame. "...It's true," she said. "I do not wish to possess my powers any longer. They deprive me of having dreams, and they prevent me from having a normal life." She turned away from them. "...I'm sorry for decieving you."

Zeal cackled madly. "But that was merely your purpose for starting this. There is a far greater purpose to all of this than you realize, for this entire tournament has been orchestrated by the Void! In the infinite wisdom of the Void, we have decided to no longer tolerate the continued presence of Existance in our cosmos! By destroying you, we shall finally be able to return everything to nothingness, and then everything shall be as it should!"

"An agent of the Void?!" Yume began to glow faintly as she released her powers. "I may despise my powers, but I am perfectly willing to use them on the likes of YOU!" She shot a bolt of power down towards Zeal, who easily dodged out of the way.

"You are but a child, young Goddess! While I am as ancient and powerful as your mother was! Feel my true power!" Zeal shot a blast towards the girl, who avoided it as easily as Zeal had her own.

"I suppose all the power in the cosmos doesn't include good aim, eh?" Yume mocked. Her smile faded, though, as she heard a sharp chack behind her.

"I never miss," Zeal replied.

Yume turned and looked at the Crystal. Zeal's attack had hit it directly, and a large crack now radiated intense white light. As the Goddess watched, the crack widened a little. "Oh no..." she whispered, flying over to it. "I... I must..." She placed her hands on the Crystal and concentrated all of her power onto it. The crack stopped widening.

She turned her head. "I must repair the Crystal! You two HAVE to stop Zeal! The lives of a billion realities depend on it!"

Rubicante and Driscoll looked at each other, nodded slowly, and then turned to Zeal, their swords drawn. "So... you think an Elemental and a lowly, magic-deprived human can defeat me?" Zeal laughed. "You are welcome to try."

---

Second Phase (Cooperative) begins now.

Alright, you two are now together against Zeal. She wields a variety of magical spells, which have been enhanced by her possession by the Void. Look for Skygate, Hallation, Dark Holy, and... er... more spells to be cast. Soujiro will probably be around, and I'm sure he's looking forward to playing the villain.

I was going to give the Memoria crew something new, but Daig already took care of that, didn't he? Now, if I can just stay away from him until he promises NOT to kill me for revealing his tournament's theme, I should be fine...


---

~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you ~
Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream ~ The Massive Insanity Has Begun! ~ Now, Cross Your Fingers And Hope For The Best!

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:19 PM
Yume is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Yume Click here to Send Yume a Private Message Find more posts by Yume Add Yume to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Switchblade
Fire of Legend

Julius watched as the other contestants battled against the now massive Void monsters. The fight had been a losing battle even when the fiends were small, but now there was truly no hope. But Julius knew exactly how to change this situation. The emperor focused his Mana energy and released it in a rippling wave of light. The light caused each beast to shudder as it was violently forced into existence by the power of Mana.

Most of the combatants paused in momentary confusion as they perceived the change in their opponents. They soon enough learned, however, that their battle had been made markedly easier. With renewed energy the warriors leapt back into battle, burying the beasts under a barrage of physical and magical attacks. Julius himself kept back from the combat, choosing instead to focus on the gaping maw of the Void. Concentrating the emperor sent thin tendrils of Mana out to probe the interior of the Void. If there was a weakness he would find it.

Old Post 02-08-2002 05:23 PM
Switchblade is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Switchblade Click here to Send Switchblade a Private Message Find more posts by Switchblade Add Switchblade to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Curley W
The Drano fiend

As I said before, I'd return for the finals. Umaro's spent almost his entire life in his cave(and he's only four at that.), so he doesn't have any backstory worth talking about. But now I'm back, much to the dismay of over half the people here.
_____________________________________________

Umaro smashed down one of the creatures with his club, then followed up with his ice breath, causing the creature to dissipate. "Club, breath, club, breath, club breath... This boring!" The yeti proclaimed, not realizing the importance of the battle around him.

"Keep fighting, kupo!" Mog ordered. "If you do good, you'll get a chocolate sundae when we get back!"

"Really?" Umaro asked.

"Yes, real-" He was cut short as a giant void-beast slapped him aside, cornering him and several others against a wall.

"Mog!" The sasquatch roared, worried about his friend. He quickly jumped onto the creature's back, and wrapped his arms around it's neck in an attempt to strangle it.

The choke had little effect. But it did force the creature into existance, which allowed Mog and the others to unleash a magic attack that blew the creature away. Umaro was behind the beast, and was relatively unharmed.

"Me do good?" Umaro asked, getting up.

"Two words. Victory dinner."

"YAAAAAAAY!!" Umaro cheered. But before he could celebrate further, a loud screech caught the the two's attention. A large horde of massive void beasts had formed around the group, again cornering them. "This bad right?"

"Yes Umaro..." Mog muttered, readying his pike defiantly agaisnt the fierce odds. But before either side could attack, a red blur darted around the pack of nightmares, howls of intense pain filling the air as the blur struck more and more of the strange creatures. Suddenly, the blur stopped in front of the group of fallen, revealing a man clad in red armor kneeling with two swords drawn. He looked up and grin as a wave of blue magic energy tore the void beast apart.

"TWO-FISTED MONKEY STYLE MUTHA' FUGGAAAAAASSS!!!!!" He yelled triumphantly.

"Fighter, shut the hell up." A man in blue commanded, his hands still smoking from the hadoken he had just fired.
_____________________________________________

What? You thought I'd leave the 8-bit crew out? Yeah, right.

Krizak. If you have a problem with Black Mage and crew being there in such an important part of the story, tell me and I'll get rid of them.


---
Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Last edited by Curley W on 02-08-2002 at 07:00 PM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:18 PM
Curley W is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Curley W Click here to Send Curley W a Private Message Find more posts by Curley W Add Curley W to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Eternal Dream - Nightmare



"Well....care to try your luck?" Zeal floated in the air, her hands rested haughtily upon her hips. Her voice was both beautiful and terrible, each syllable enounced by both her own fair voice, and a terrifying bass that seemed amplified tenfold in the realm of the crystal.

"Yume is correct about one thing. We do not miss.....except at will." She held out her hand, drawing energy into it. A hollow ball seething in a flame of deep violet-crimson hovered inches above her palm. "Though we were prepared to defeat any opponent, how could I have known that my opponents would be simply fire and flesh, flame and bone...."

"SIMPLY...?" Driscoll shot Rubicant a knowing gaze, moderating his tone to show both his unsettledness and his officerly restraint.

"Do not worry about slaying this fleshly body....for if you do, you will certainly be consumed, just as she was! Even now, her soul struggles inside, but to no avail! For she knows....the only constant in the universe is nothingness!"

"Is your only weapon your double-edged tongue, wench?" Rubicant querried with a sneer.

"Surely, we are ready at any time" Zeal's words echoed a time from a memory not her own. "Come and get us....if you're prepared for the void!"

--------------------


---

~someday, the dream will end~


"The Queen is peerless in both power and beauty"
FFOS6 :: Queen Zeal :: Sidekick

Last edited by Soujiro Seta on 02-08-2002 at 06:26 PM

Old Post 02-08-2002 06:22 PM
Soujiro Seta is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Soujiro Seta Click here to Send Soujiro Seta a Private Message Find more posts by Soujiro Seta Add Soujiro Seta to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Exeter
Cardboard Box Ninja

The warriors' battle had taken a turn for the worse. The Void creatures now attacked en masse, both as individuals and combined into horrendous monsters of unbelievable size.

Edge fought beside Rydia, Lemina and Mia, fighting for more than ever before.

And I'm not fighting for the sake of the multiverse, either, he thought, looking at Rydia.

Then he saw the beast that could rival Zeromus himself in size and power.

"Oh, shit..."

The monster was thirty feet tall, with claws each larger than Edge himself. And it was headed their way.

This is hopeless...

In a split-second, Edge had made his decision. Quickly, he reached into his pocket for the almost-forgotten ring he had found in the Arcane Sanctuary, and the scroll beside it. He read the scroll, and the ring began to glow.


"Rydia," the ninja said. The young summoner looked back at him, an urgent look in her eyes.

"Rydia, I want you to take this. And remember, I'll always love you."

With that, placed the ring gently into her palm and charged the beast, Ninja Magic flaring around him.

Then he saw. In his mind, he saw a hole in the Void, an image of a fierce battle that Driscoll and Rubicante fought against...Zeal?

And so, the plot thickens, eh? This is it...

His fury, his anger, burned more brightly than ever. I will not let you die here, Rydia.

And then, finally, emotion exploded, as it had before, when he had gained his Flood and Blitz abilities. Only, this time, he did not gain an ability, as much as combine them as one.

"Elemental Rage!"

A stormy blast of energy shot itself from the ninja's outstretched hands just behind the thrown Murasame and Masamune, light and darkness burning bright and fading as shadow.

The katanas each found their target, the Void creature's chest, and the elemental ray joined them an instant later.

The creature stopped as it became real, and became like the sun. Electricity, water, flame, earth, wind, all coursed through it.

Then, much like the King's anger, the creature exploded.

Rays of pure Element shot out from the creature, destroying each physically-incarnated Void beast in turn.

The immense power Edge had unleashed took its toll upon him. Before he collapsed, though, he remembered the vision of Rubicante and Driscoll.

Win this one for me, Fiend of Flame.

Through the Void the elements travelled, through darkness and emptiness, time and space, until they found their target.

This final blessing empowered the Fiend instantly, restoring him with the power of Flame.

The other elements initially burned him as fire would a mortal man, and then became...different. Rather, Rubicante himself seemed to change.

No longer the Fire Fiend, eh? I hope you use it for good, Rubicante. Otherwise, I'll see you in Hell. Good luck.

And Rydia...I'll love you forever.


With that, the ninja faded. Whether back to his own reality or entirely was not clear, but his voice was heard across the battlefield.

"Good luck..."

*******

Sorry, but this has to be my last post for a while. Good luck to both of you.

Rubicante has gained the powers of all the elements, and the ring will give Rydia an advantage over the remaining Void creatures.

Again, good luck. I'll see you all in a few days...

Old Post 02-08-2002 07:16 PM
Exeter is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Exeter Click here to Send Exeter a Private Message Find more posts by Exeter Add Exeter to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Luna
Goddess of Barrels

“Ice Storm!”

I hear my own voice, calling forth the magical energy that rains down crystalline fragments of ice down upon the beasts of the Void. But it sounds like it’s coming from far away....like I’m somewhere else. And, I feel like I’m somewhere else. Somewhere far away.

In a sense, I am. My body stands here, beside Mia and the green-haired girl who summoned that great dragon, fighting these things with every ounce of power I’ve got, but my mind is elsewhere. On the outside, I’m battling fiercely, but the inside....i’m gone. Hollow, empty....nothing. I feel completely gutted. Why?

Because even if I do live through this thing, I’m bringing home zilch. Zip. Nada. I lost, I failed. I don’t get to restore Vane and put it in the skies again, I didn’t find any money along the way....it seems like everyone else got something out of this. An understanding of themselves, hope, love, a dream, peace....I got nothing. The only thing I walk away with is a knowledge of how terrible I’ve been in the past. What does that get me? That won’t help me beat Ramus and restore Vane!

Ramus....I haven’t thought about that situation since I first got here. Maybe it would be better to just give in, give my life and freedom up for Vane. Marry him, endure him, all for the good of Vane. I mean, I’ve treated the poor(hah! what irony!) guy so shabbily, doesn’t he deserve a break? Could I be hurting Vane by resisting this? I just might be.

But....

I look around myself, and I see so many people fighting hard for the chance to live, to fulfill their dreams. That’s why we all came here, isn’t it? For the chance to fulfill our dreams. I made it further in this tournament than I should have, perhaps, but I made it. People here have suppported me, believed in me. My friends back home support me and believe in me. I know that if they were here, they’d tell me to believe in myself. After what I’ve seen in this place, it’s harder than ever to do that....but....I have to. If I’m going to prove myself worthy of being their friend, if I’m going to prove myself worthy of running Vane, I can’t just back down now. I can’t let any of them down.

I’ve made it this far because I fought for myself. Now I have to fight for everyone and everything in existence. What I’ve done in the past doesn’t matter any more. What matters is what I do here, now. Everything else....I can work that afterwards. What I have to do, is make sure there is an “afterwards” to work it all out in. For myself, for Mia, for everyone who fights alongside me now. For everyone we’re fighting for, for all the dreams in this world. For this world. I’ll do what I can....

“Crematorium!”


---
Barrel....colorful barrel....

Last edited by Luna on 02-08-2002 at 08:46 PM

Old Post 02-08-2002 07:20 PM
Luna is offline Click Here to See the Profile for Luna Click here to Send Luna a Private Message Visit Luna's homepage! Find more posts by Luna Add Luna to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Baka
WANZER!

Bad day, bad day!

Aaaaand I have a problem.

They say it never rains but it pours. Well, right now, it's pissing down, and my cable modem just broke. So... I'll post what I can. I'm gonna be here for a half hour (in the computing labs), then away for a few hours, but I'll come back later.

The only IM type thing I can get on here is AIM, btw, so if anyone wants to talk to me, (Slip, Kriz, Tenk, etc), my AIM handle is "Nickski no Baka". Slip, update yer Trill, or you won't be able to get on AIM :P

No, wait, I seem to be able to get on the FFO Java Client...

Otherwise, I'll do what I can. And Ex - what if we I gotta fight Rubi again now? I gotta take on all 4 elements? Poo. Oh well, there goes my fire-hose plan

-----

Driscoll looked at Rubicante. The fiend seemed... different somehow.

"So... we have to hit her now instead?"

"It seems that way, yes."

"Well hey, at least normal weapons will hurt her..."

Driscoll needed no more encouragement. Ducking behind another crystal, he pulled the pin from a grenade and threw it over the top, shouting "Fire in the hole!" A couple of seconds later, the explosion blew crystal shards past his cover. Risking a glance, he stuck out his head - then dropped it back as a stream of magic flew past, clipping his ear.

"Holy...crap?"

Zeal laughed. "You think that puny attack would hurt us? You are very much mistaken, little man..."

-----

Gotta go now. Will try and be back later.


---

Baka // Evil Bishounen Mastermind // Otaku-in-Training

Old Post 02-08-2002 08:02 PM
Baka is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Baka Click here to Send Baka a Private Message Find more posts by Baka Add Baka to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Eternal Dream - Nightmare - Second Movement



"Ruuuuubicaaaant... Zeal and the Void called out the name of the fiend of fire as he and Driscoll held their positions behind the crystal formations. "Being of flame.....your power is increased....yes...the distinction ever wider grows. Earth....air...and even water are yours to command....

Rubicant clenched his fist tightly, a smoke ring rising from the gaps between his fingers. He had felt the surge of great power into his frame. Surely, he was now the equal of all four fiends!

"It is to no avail....Rubicant....every element is the same to the Void! Magic is but the concentration, manipulation, and dispersion of energy! As passing light through prisms and filters bends it and changes its form, so it is with magic." Zeal still held the hollow burning orb in her hand, its light casting an eerie violet glow upon her now-pale face.

"There is a saying among some races of beings....that a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link." She turned from Rubicant's position toward Driscoll's. A fiend of fire who commands the elements....or a man with rudimentary technology and limited power? The choice is obvious...."

Instantly, the sphere in Zeal's hand blazed violently in the violet flame, and with a wave of Zeal's arm, it hurtled toward Driscoll's location.

"Dammit!" Driscoll barely had time to curse as he made a dive for the next-closest crystal. There was a flash, without sound, and for a moment, Driscoll thought he saw the room become slightly darker. A dark bomb?

He looked at where he had been seconds before, to see the crystal he had taken cover behind completely gone. It had vanished from existance. Weakest link, eh? Well, if you judge the ability of the enemy by sheer power, maybe. But power isn't the only strength, and you'll regret your oversimplified assessment later... Driscoll patted the crystal behind which he took refuge, knowing it could be mere seconds, or even as long as a minute before he would need to seek new refuge.

"Hey...they're good for one shot apiece." But a plan better than hiding was needed, and he and Rubicant needed to make one soon.

--------------------


---

~someday, the dream will end~


"The Queen is peerless in both power and beauty"
FFOS6 :: Queen Zeal :: Sidekick

Old Post 02-08-2002 08:40 PM
Soujiro Seta is online now Click Here to See the Profile for Soujiro Seta Click here to Send Soujiro Seta a Private Message Find more posts by Soujiro Seta Add Soujiro Seta to your buddy list Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
02:08 AM (GMT) Pages (2): [1] 2 »

        Post New Thread  Post A Reply

Forum Jump:
Admin Options:
Forum Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may post attachments
You may edit your posts
HTML code is OFF
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.2.1
Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.