Darkken The Scarlet
Magician
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Koren quietly observed the game of cards,
and the conversation of the people around it. He could see a
short flinch pass through the face of the man named Driscoll,
as the subject passed on fate.
He is wise. The wise
man knows to be afraid of his fate. The fool faces it... and
loses. As for me... what about my fate?
Unlike
most, Koren had already met his fate once. He had faced it,
and he had lost, of course. He had first-hand knowledge of
what it meant to meet one's fate. And Koren knew that his fate
was near. His eyes turned towards a faraway location, where a
lonely knight-to-be fought hordes of monsters. The man's
red-brown hair was soaked in sweat, and his moves had become
slow and sloppy because of his wounds. Koren watched the man
perform a skilful sidestep strike and slay yet another
horrible creature.
Why doesn't he use his full
power?
Koren could still feel the blow of Duran's
blade in his heart. And yet, there the man who had delivered
him his fate lay, tired and on the brink of defeat. How could
that be? How could one who was powerful enough to defeat him,
the Scarlet Magician, be overcome by such pitiful creatures?
Or was it truly so that he depended so much on his comrades?
That can't be it.
Koren, suddenly,
choosed a choise of action. His had always been the power to
control men through his magic - dark and cruel art though it
may be, he now chose a random, unsuspecting target. Koren was
immediately attracted to the one he chose - a man disguised in
robes, only his eyes to be seen, and a skill to mimic any
action in the world. Koren sent him to the place where Duran
lay with a quick burst of magical energy, and continued to
watch from afar.
Duran had managed to defeat the last
wave of monsters, it seemed - however, he was completely
spent, and he could barely lift his sword. That precisely he
did, once he was Gogo approaching. "You! Are you friend or
foe!?" he shouted. Gogo gave no answer, but merely raised his
hands, and cast a spell of healing on the man. Then he
collapsed on the floor.
"Hey, what's going on? Are you
okay?" Duran asked, putting his sword aside.
"Red...
Scarlet cape..." Gogo muttered, as if he was starting to
recover from Koren's spell.
Duran's eyes flashed.
"KOREN!?" But Gogo was suddenly gone, returned to his original
location in a flash or scarlet.
"Not bad... you almost
broke my spell", Koren said to Gogo. He, of course, could not
hear him... he was unconscious for the time being, though he
would soon wake up. Koren shrugged, and lifted a potion from
inside his robes. "I think I'll know what to do with this", he
said, and disappeared.
A few moments after, Driscoll
saw a potion next to him. He picked it up, looking at a small
card attached to it:
From a secret admirer.
Driscoll couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. This
certainly was NOT a case of respawning items, but rather one
of a game of cat and mouse... only he did not know who the cat
was.
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To recap: This story segment has to
do with my votes a few posts down.
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- Koren of Red Lotus - Scarlet Magician - Rurouni
Taikai: The Eternal Dream
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Darkken on 02-01-2002 at 10:11 PM |