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Emperor of Fire

Okay, here we go. A bit rushed and nowhere near word for word, but I can edit it later if I want to polish it up.

PS. Spot the movie reference. Does it give you any ideas for elemental destruction?

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I would breathe a sigh of relief that Rydia was able to conceal herself and Edge from the sight of the humans here, but I do not actually breathe and so the figure of speech is somewhat inappropriate. The opportunity is too great to pass up, however, and as the blond-haired human opens a small chamber on the far side of the room and steps inside, I give my bearer a mental kick as I rapidly evacuate my essense from the guard's body. He dazedly steps inside the room automatically as he begins to wakes up, and he will probably have a panic attack later on when he realises he made it from the snowfields to that chamber with no memory of doing so. Well, at least he's still alive.

I wait until the doors have closed before I begin to draw the thousands of flamelets which contain my essense together, making a vague and shapeless form on the floor like many pools of liquid running together. When they have all gathered, I slowly stretch my essense upwards first into a oblong shape, then into a roughly humanoid form, and finally into the detailed appearance I am most familiar with. When I open my eyes I discover that the two have reappeared and are watching me warily. I briefly scan the chamber, but find no others left to interrupt us.

"Rydia, Edge, well met," I greet them as equals in combat. "I was sorrowed to find that you both fell earlier in the tournament, for I would have wished a chance to set my skills against yours as I did with the Dragon Knight Kain."

Edge's hands tighten into white-knuckled fists, his face flushing red in anger, and in an instant he has drawn both of his swords from their sheaths and dropped into his usual fighting stance. "You think pretty words can make up for your actions, you bastard?" he shouts at me. "You think your social niceties can ever make up for the death of my parents, for the lives you took when you forced my people from our home?"

Luguae...

I know that, as when I was defeated for the first time, Edge will never believe it was truly Luguae who alone turned his parents into those bestial abominations of nature. He will always blame me for their deaths. And yet I realise, at some level, that although I had no hand in their mutilation I am responsible for their fate. Luguae was under my command, and I should have realised his madness from the start. I will shoulder the responsibility of their deaths, now, for I sense that the loss of his parents still weigh heavily upon Edge's spirit and prevents him from becoming truly strong.

And for his people, they were brave warriors who chose to die in the defense of their homeland rather than fleeing to the nearby caves for sanctuary. It was war, and we fought as such, blades clashing and cried of battle shouted in the burning remnants of their home. It is one of the many things I have done under Zemus's command, without being told the true import of my actions, and although they were slain by my hand they were honoured for their actions.

"And you fought Kain too?" Rydia cries, uncoiling her whip and dropping into her own battle stance, a pace behind and to the left of Edge to cover him with its slashing tip. "Are you here to seek vengeance on us all for your own destruction?"

I instinctively consider telling her my true reasons for entering this tournament, for it has never been my inclination to hide my intentions and purposes. However, the words of Koren and Chaos from before recall themselves out of my memory, warnings of what I was and what I had the potential to become, and I begin to understand that the purpose I entered the tournament for may not be what I truly wish to gain and achieve.

"Kain is also a competitor in this tournament, Rydia, and I was given no knowledge of who I would fight when I accepted Yume's invitation," I reply to her. "And I promise you this, both of you; if you will answer me but one question, we will do battle and you can attempt to achieve my destruction for whatever solace it will bring you."

Zeromus has lost his complete hold on you, Chaos's words echo in my mind. The only bonds are the ones you have created for yourself. That is the truth, as unpleasant as it may be.

I pause for the briefest of moment, then ask the question that has been burning a path across my mind, that I feel I will not be at rest until it is answered. "I ask of you - what was my master, Zemus, to you? How did he appear in your eyes, and why were you so opposed to his actions?"


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Y'know, it flowed a lot better before. *sniff*


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

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Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Daughter of Liberty



One, two, three soldiers down. They’re not so hard. It’s like they think that hunching over, hiding in boxes, and creeping around corners prevents me from seeing their every move.

Despite Yume’s pill, Zeal still felt the all-too familiar cold of Shadow Moses island bite her in the nose. With each snowflake, her thoughts drifted back to 12,003 B.C., to the new republic she was helping the Enlightened Ones and Earthbound Ones build together after Zeal’s fall. Actually, compared to the ice age, this ‘Shadow Moses Island’ didn’t seem so bad. Children played outside when the weather was as temperate as it was at the moment.

These ‘guns’ carried by the soldiers were nothing more than child’s toys; all it took was a current of lightning from her finger to the barrel to render them useless (and explosive). And for stealth; what good was it when she could see the minds of men? Only the contestants were strong enough to scratch her. But she had heard it, a little bird had told her. There was a great power on this island, some sort of ‘Nuclear’ magic that could level the better part of a city. Perhaps it was a rumor, perhaps it was not. A magic which had the destructive force of one of Lavos’s needles sounded like quite the enticing weapon.

Orange, however, was not exactly the color of choice for stealth infiltration. Translucence, however, fit the bill quite nicely. Walking overtly past a guard who could not see her, she caught him craning his neck to hear the softened footfalls of her shoes upon the metal walkway. Might as well have some fun – if I fry these John Does, it’s legal since they aren’t civillians She allowed the soldier to see her for just a second, as if some sort of trance extended briefly into reality. His hand shot to his radio and he called for backup. Inside of a minute, at least ten guards were rushing toward his position on the end of the catwalk.

“What kind of soldiers are you?” her voice called out from the unseen, each soldier training their laser sights on whatever they thought their eyes caught moving. “Do not trust your eyes; they can deceive you” Zeal started to channel her magic as she gave a little laugh. “Narrow metal catwalk. Raging lightning storm. You do the math.”

The soldiers started to make for the sides of the bridge, but they were too late. “Oh shiii---“ They were cut off by the sound of crackling electricity, frying the circuitry in their high-tech gadgets and disrupting their neural impulses. One of the last to fall made a call of desperation on his not-yet-dead radio. “TK-421, this is TK-421 to leader! We’re under stealth assault!”


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I doubt I'll be able to post any more in today's story; terribly sorry about that. I'll get more in tomorrow, though. See you all then.

*runs off to commit stealth e-mail attacks*


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Am I a butterfly dreaming I'm a man, or a bowling ball dreaming I'm a plate of sashimi?


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

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Sponsor: Setzer

silent but violent

Setzer had spent some time exploring the tank hangar. Doors had initially posed a problem as none of them seemed to have handles, but he circumvented the problem by slicing through the locks with the two of clubs. Having managed to avoid combat thus far he came to another door and quickly cut it open before the nearby guard walked back around. The double door slip open and gave the gambler access to … possibly the smallest room he had ever seen. He stepped inside and took a look around. The floor was no more than his height in either direction and there was no sign of another exit. Hearing the approaching footsteps of the guard, Setzer moved to leave the room. As he did so the doors slip shut again, trapping him inside.

A trap he thought and drew his cards in preparation for an ambush. But it did not come. Instead the doors opened again and the gambler walked out. However he was shocked to discover that he was now in a completely different room to the one that should have been there. What sorcery is this? Some sort of teleportation device? He walked out into the new corridor and hid by a wall as two guards stopped nearby.

“I’m telling you man, I’ve got a bad feeling about this op.” one of the guards said.

“You always say that, Frost. You always say, ‘I’ve got a bad feeling about this op’”.

“Yeah, yeah” Frost grumbled, “When we get back without ya, I’ll call your folks.”

Setzer thought that he would be able to get past them without being heard, but was afraid that they would spot his shadow from the bright light in his path. Then he noticed that the light was not actually casting any shadows. How bizarre, he pondered, even light works differently in this world. Carefully he stepped past the guards and cut his way into a room on the opposite side of the corridor. There he found a strange device. It was black, metallic and about the length of his arm. Picking it up he noticed some sort of code engraved on the side, ‘PSG-1’. Setzer remembered seeing one of the other contestants using a device similar to this one, except that the one he now held had a small telescope attached. With his card supply dwindling ever lower and his glaive having been lost in the Arcane Sanctuary, the gambler decided to take the rifle with him. Slinging it over his shoulder, Setzer checked for the guards in the corridor. Neither was anywhere to be seen so he quickly made his way back to the elevator.

A little while later Snake entered the same corridor.

“I can’t believe I had to leave Meryl and come all the way back here.” he snarled, “This rifle had better be worth it Otacon.”

“Don’t worry, Snake” the engineer’s voice came through his Codec, “I saw the PSG-1 in the second floor basement.”

“That’s funny” Snake whispered, “the door says security level 5 but it’s wide open. Otacon, there’s nothing in here!”

“Th-that’s impossible” Otacon stammered, “It was right there a few hours ago.”

“Well, what am I supposed to use against Wolf now? Harsh language?”

“I have no idea, Snake. The sniper rifle was the best option, I guess we’ll just have to think of something else.”

“Otacon … you’re a complete cheese” Snake growled and jabbed his Codec receiver off.

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Setzer now has the PSG-1 sniper rifle.

San: Sure, I don’t might writing a fight against Chaos and the M1. Just remember who r-voted you in every round when you start flinging those attack votes around though


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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.

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Ride ze shoopuf?

Daigohji, I'm digging the Aliens references.

And it appears the only love story anyone is interested in this round is the one between Edge and Rydia...*sniff*....I guess Bowser will be all alone....

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Cardboard Box Ninja

"Are you kidding me?" Edge said, shocked. "Go back to hell, Rubicant." After a moment, Edge added, "On second thought, stay right there, and I'll send you back myself."

"Please, King of Eblan. I must hear your answer to this."

Is he insane? Why... At Rydia's thoughtful look, Edge decided that, though he would sooner kill the fiend here and now, he had nothing to lose by answering Rubicant's question. Words began pouring out that he never knew he could even say, let alone think.

"Fine, you want to know? Zemus was the head honcho, the man ultimately behind everything. I wasn't with Cecil and the others for very long, but I know that Zemus' control was responsible, directly or indirectly, for the deaths of countless innocent people. As far as I'm concerned, since he was controlling you, he killed my parents and destroyed Eblan. He indirectly controlled Cecil and Kain through the supposed King of Baron, and Kain more completely through Golbez, who himself was even under his control. He killed Rydia's mother by forcing Kain and Cecil to fight her summoned creature when they were unknowingly sent to destroy Mist, and to me, that's worse than anything else.

"To top it off, he did it all for power. Nothing but his own greed motivated him. Honestly, despite my hatred for you, I'm surprised he could control you; you obviously have a sense of honor, however misguided it is.

"But make no mistake, Rubicant. You are still my enemy, and I fully intend to exact revenge on you for the pain and suffering you've caused all those people."

Edge awaited the fiend's response.

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The Fighting Summoner

That's wrong, Slip, very wrong. Terminator 2? *tsk*

And TK-421? Where have I heard that before? (I swear its familiar.)

FFIV spoilery things...
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Zemus?!

The single name brought an instant flood of memories back, of fighting that desperate, painful fight against him. (OOC: Well... Zemus/Zeromus...)

She frowned slightly, shaking off those memories a bit. Zemus to ehr had been everything she had loathed, all the things that had hurt her. He was the reason her mother was killed, the reason she ahd endured much pain...

Yet he had been the reason she had met Cecil, Kain, Rosa, and yes, Edge, among others. She would have never left Mist ahd it not been for that day. But, it still didn't forgive the deaths that had happened, the pains, and the heartaches.

He had been evil. Darkness. The rot of the soul and mind, the corruption of things.

Everything she had been taught to ward against and fight. The abuse of power, of people, of life and the world.

"He was everything I loathed, and every reason I endured the pain I have. I lost my mother because of him, having Cagnazzo use the King of baron to send Cecil and Kain to Mist to bring us down with that horrible device. Thier trip had them kill my mother's summoning to do their duty to him! He destroyed many countless lives in his actions. And he was the poison that warped so many souls and caused so much pain. He forced betrayals and heartache on many, and used people like dolls."

Used people... like dolls... Her hand rested on the Kain doll she ahd won what seemed ages ago. It was almost irony, enough that she alost laughed. Almost.

"Its not a pain forgotten, dear fire fiend. I never knew my father, and I lost my mother while young. You might not know of such thigns as family, but those losses, especially of my mother, were hard enough. I faced Zemus to settle my score and do right for at least my mother. I couldn't rest easy in a world that would be oercome by his poison.

"I'd rather have died than let anymore pain befall others like what bfell me and my friends."

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That's all from the top of my head. Whee....
Anoat: Rydia and Edge are finally having their long overdue face-off against Rubicant. So, er, I can't exactly break off to help. O.o

Edit: Good timing Ex. XD We'll just assume replies fell in line. o_O
Edit 2: *looks at Ex's rank and dies*

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Tenshi Kain
Nameless Eternal

"Grrgghh!!!"

Slash had to admit, these new things called 'toilets' were pretty fun to tweak with. They provided a cleaner, more sanitable way of disposing of the unmentionables of the body than the bush and pinecone, and they circulated water so clean you could drink from it. They smelled nice and fresh, too, and they were simple to install in prison cells like the one he was in. And they were especially fun when you slammed a man's face into them and repeatedly pulled down on that shiny metal thing next to the seat.

"Arrgh! Pffshttt! Gah...lemme go- fffshshh!!!"

Slash wedged the spasming guard's face deeper into the toilet, flushing all over again. "What? What? What? I can't hear you. What? You have something to say? What? You called me a 'big blue Piccolo'? What's a Piccolo? What? You're pathetic! What? You suck! What? What? What?"

The guard pounded on the toilet seat, gurgling as water poured into his lungs. Slash wrenched the man's head up before he drowned, however, and slammed the pommel of his Slasher II firmly into the guard's nose. There was a wet crunch, and the guard coughed and cried out at the same time, fumbling at his belt for a weapon. A useless motion- after Slash had run into him outside the bathroom, the Mystic had taken care to disarm the man of his funny-looking gun and bomb-things. Slash clenched his hand tightly against the back of the wheezing guard's head, and then wrenched him to his feet and shoved with all his might. He drove the guard's head against the prison cell's mirror, shattering the glass and splattering blood all over the gaping medicine cabinet. The guard was heard to groan in agony, and he pawed at the glass shards now embedded in his mask.

"Fffsh...son of a bi- I'm just the pa...pantry guard...lemme go!" he yelped.

Slash froze, eyes wide in mock awe, and he brought his ear closer to the guard's mouth. "Say again? What? What's your name?"

"P...Pet-"

And then Slash wrenched him up again, and he flung the man full force into the wall.

"It doesn't MATTER what your name is!"

The man's head cracked against the tile, and he toppled over and fell facefirst into the toilet once again. Water splashed with blood, and the guard moved no more. Slash ran a fist along his own jaw, tracing a smirk. "Whoo," he said, pacing over to the door. As he stepped out of the stall, he shot a glance over his shoulder to the man's carcass. "'Piccolo', huh? Well, I'm not something you can play with a fiberwire, am I, you slimey dot?"

He snorted, tapping the dull edge of his Slasher II against his shoulder. Slash wandered out into the hall, and he idly decided that he'd best get a map of this place. It was a strange, alien world, this one- even stranger than the place with Gears, or the giant floating 'Garden.' A baffling world, and as he crossed the hall into the next room, he found an even stranger sight awaited him.

A holy silver box!

It was there, sitting on a desk and alight with an eerie white screen. It was similar to the one he'd seen in the Kenki Gear (how he missed it), but with an odd plate of "buttons" in front of it, and a round but blocky thing attached to a wire that stemmed into it. It wouldn't have surprised Slash save for the bright words emblazoned on the screen in the upper left-hand corner:


fanfiction.org
unleash your imagination and free your soul


It wouldn't have been so cryptic to him if there wasn't that second line. Unleashing my imagination? Freeing my soul? It must be a machine of unimaginable destructive power! Slash approached the machine with caution, as though he were pacing up to the shrine of a deity. There was a well-worn chair in front of it, abandoned by whatever soldier had gone off to take a coffee break, and he tentatively took it, seating himself before the almighty screen. He squinted, running his eyes down the phrases written in human tongue:

"The Height of Passion", by fffangurl16ff7r0x0rz
Crossover. Squall x Auron x Heero Yuy. Slash. Yaoi, hentai links at end, R&R!


"Slash"? It is a message- to me! Is...is this the key? Will this grant me the ultimate power?! Slash tapped the keys on the strange plate of buttons before him, but found no answer. He grit his teeth, scanning over what was laid out to him. There had to be a way to find out more about this message! In desperation, he grabbed the odd wire-ball thing and moved it. To his astonishment, a spearhead of white moved across the screen. Slash could barely refrain from gasping, and after a minute or two, he found he could "click" on this thing. On impulse, he moved it to the title "Height of Passion" and clicked.

Success! More words were displayed. Slash pumped his free fist, scooting forward, and began to read...

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I know what you're thinking. What a mean, cold thing to do to your own character. This, of course, isn't fanfiction.net, as there's Metal Gear Solid stuff on fanfiction.net. But hey, would you be able to tell?


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

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Cardboard Box Ninja

TK-421 was the Stormtrooper from Star Wars who left his post to check out the Millenium Falcon and was taken out by Han and Luke, Min. Er...I mean, I think it's from Star Wars.

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Edge squeezed Rydia's hand, and looked back up at the fire fiend. "And now, Rubicant, for your role in that suffering, you will die, as Zemus did. We're ready when you are."

Edge positioned himself in a protective stance in front of Rydia and prepared his Ninja Magic.

This ends here, Rubicant. You will never harm anyone else ever again.

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Slip: All yours.

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Goddess of Barrels

ROTFLMAO @ Edge & Rydia....you two are just TOO fun to read.

Murder you, Min? No way! I just about died laughing when I saw that. XDDD Love all the other song quotes, too. ^_^ Oh yeah, great sig.

I'll try and do a story bit soon. ^^

LOL @ Slash! XD

Edit: *sees Ex's new rank and almost falls out of her chair laughing*

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Mintaka
The Fighting Summoner

I thought TK-421 was, I just haven't watched the movie in a long enough time I couldn't be sure!

=^^=

Hehe...

Ooooooooo~! I just thought fo a song that ... oh! *flutters off*

Oh, and Slash, that was very VERY wrong... horribly wrong. He's going to eb scarred for eternity. Pray, maybe as bad as a Borgan bormide veiwing... @_Q


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:: I :: summon :: thee. ::
"Uh... damn it, that burns... so, how's it going, babe?" -Edge, to Rydia -S6/RT1

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Sponsor: Setzer

Two guards were patrolling the snowfield by the rear entrance of the tank hangar. Both were tall and built like bodybuilders.

"Look!" one whispered in a strong Austrian accent, "There's someone moving by those trees." As small red dot vanished behind the tree the guard was pointing at.

"There's somthing hunting us" the other, clearly of native American descent, uttered in a deep monotone, "and it ain't no man."

The Austrian guard sighed deeply.

"We're all gonna die" the other droned flatly.

"Run out of Prozac again Charlie?" the Austrian asked.

Then without warning, both guards were knocked unconscious by blows to the head from a frying pan floating in mid-air.

"Kupo!!" the frying pan said, or rather the moogle that was holding it.

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Emperor of Fire

Oh, vey, what have I gotten myself in to?

*drinks coffee and tries to think of acceptable battle descriptions*

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Cardboard Box Ninja

Hey, if you want, I can start it. Just have Rubi come up with a suitable reply to Edge and Rydia's dialogue, and I'll have Edge do the macho pissed-off ninja thing.

Oh, and I'm glad you like the rank, ladies.

Edit: I have to let Edge encounter Gray Fox at some point. And play Otacon's Playstation, for that matter. What's this...Final Fantasy IV? Hmm...ninja-style intrigue. MUST PLAY!

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Emperor of Fire

If you don't mind, Ex, that'd be great. I always work better with a starting point, and if I do the middle part of the fight and Mintaka finishes it with a massive summon or something, it's fun for everyone. I'm not actually intending on killing off Rubi just yet, but Edge doesn't have to know that and he can get his peace of mind from it.

*cringes as everyone probably thinks he's suiciding in the Cecil/Izlude tradition of Survivor and hammers him with votes * I'm not intending to go out, I promise!

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Mintaka
The Fighting Summoner

Pfffffffft! Why wait when we have... Chibi Theatre Omake! XD
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Chibi Rydia and Chibi Edge had settled their, er, disagreements and had wandered the base together and stubled into a room. A TV was on, and atop it, a device with some kind of controll attached. Rydia read the name.

"Play... station?"

Edge had picked up the control and was thumbing through the games. "Lotta ones called 'final fantasy' ... if its the final one,how can there be different numbered ones?"

"Beats me, Edge. That's like asking-"

"Hey.......! Does this remind you of someone?" Edge held out a case and pointed at one fo the FF titles' logos.

"No, not really. Its not nearly as close to Kain, Edge. You're hallucinating. I think that kiss went to your head."

"You're no fun," Edge sulked. "HEY!!" he picked another one and popped it in and started playing, somehow picking up a continuation. "Oh, look, its a NINJA! Booyaka!"

"Uhhh Edge, you're not a perky young girl with strange hair and hyper attitude."

"What?"

"Nothing..."

Edge was doing good with this ninja and running amok on this floating isle thing. He fought a big nasty boss.

"Edge, the green haired girl needs healing!"

"huh? Oh, Terra, yeah, maybe she's related to you."

"AS IF!" Rydia fired back. "She may be a magic user, but she has no summon spells. They use stones to do it." She continued looking through them. "Oh, cool... a Valkyrie. She'd be cool..."

Hey, this weird guy reminds me of one of our competitors. I mean it... look..."

"Same name. Coincidence I bet, or he's one of those lunatics that think they ARE them." She chuckled slightly.

"Really," Edge said, following through. "Wow, she's cool, and she uses magic! And a sword!"

"Are you saying I'm not because I use a whip?" she replied caustically.

Edge cringed and, er, edged away from Rydia. "No! No... I think whips are really much cooler..."

"Good," she said, looking through more games. "Mana... heh... racing? Wierd.... Star ocean? Wierd concept if you just think about those two words together... hmm... ha! Here's a ninja stealth game for you."

"What's it called?" Edge asked. "oh man, I wanted the ninja and he's noble to save the ladies and the guy..."

"Wood Crank Gellatin," she said.

"What a dumb name." Edge mashed some buttons. "Shoulda called it Metal Gear Solid."

"Yeah..." She thumbed through some books. "Karsh... Shadow... Quistis... Ghaleon... Serge.... heh. What a group of people. Wonder why they're on this list? And there's more blank entries. Weird-o indeed."

"Hmm, yeah..." Chibi Edge said, engrossed in the game.

"Why do I bother?" Rydia sighed.

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Wheee.... Suvivor omake overtime eggs. XD And more random Mintaka stupidity. (And hopefully more posts for me to read.)

Edit: Besides, obliterating Rubicant just CAN'T be THAT simple anyway. XD We all know the second someone lights a flame, we'll see him again. :P

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Cardboard Box Ninja

We know you're not going down yet, Edge is just overconfident as always.

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Edge didn't give the fiend a chance to reply to his and Rydia's answers. It was long past time to end it, once and for all.

"It's payback time."

The Murasame and Masamune, the two legendary katanas from the moon itself, swung together as one in a powerful, diagonal arc that would cut Rubicant down from left shoulder to right hip, if they struck true. Meanwhile, the mighty young summoner and black mage Rydia prepared some unknown spell of assuredly immense power, chanting softly to control the powerful magics that she wielded even more skillfully than Edge did his dual swords.

Rubicant had no time to avoid the blow of Edge's swords, but was ready with a counterattack. As the ninja's blades hit home, tearing into the fiery man painfully, the fiend of flame unleashed a fierce torrent of burning magic at the angry warrior.

Edge flew back, just missing Rydia, and slamming into the far wall, where a decent-sized, ninja-shaped dent appeared. As the King of Eblan struggled to regain his footing as he fell from the wall, Rydia cast a powerful ice spell at the already wounded Rubicant, who just had time to shield himself from the blast with his cloak.

He stood tall, envigorated, and launched a wall of fire at the two young combatants.

Edge was ready. With blinding speed, the man leapt in front of Rydia to protect her from the flames and countered with his own Flood magic. The two powerful forces collided, sending steam throughout the room as Edge and Rubicant increased the power of their respective spells.

The room shook with the uncomparable energy being thrown about it, and the roof itself seemed nearly ready to give way.

Though their furious duel seemed even, Edge had one advantage over his opponent. I love you, Rydia, the ninja thought with a smile.

The green-clad summoner unleashed a second spell, one that easily topped those of Rubicant and Edge, despite their intensities. A massive bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and left a massive hole in the now-melting roof, and a deafening crack sounded.

Through the hole, a torrent of snow and ice pounded its way into Rubicant, forcing him to slowly withdraw his position to the advancing ninja and his Flood spell.

Then, with a look of hideous fury, Rubicant raised his arms high above and instantly set the entire floor ablaze. Edge retreated quickly as the massive tidal wave was overrun by flames, though none of the three escaped the explosion of flame and water unscathed.

Rydia forced herself off the ground wearily and prepared another spell, but Rubicant's next attack nearly ended her life. A small, seemingly-weak bolt of flame found its way toward her heart, but Edge managed to pull her out of the way just in time. They watched briefly as the bolt passed instantly through the wall and into the room beyond, leaving molting lava pouring out of the smoking wall.

Rydia had no time to thank the ninja as a second bolt nearly took his head off. Seconds before it hit, a simple ice spell knocked it off course.

Rubicant seemed to grow taller as the flames engulfed the two. It seemed hopeless, now. Not...yet.

With an incredible leap, one which may indeed have rivaled those of the Dragoon Kain, Edge tackled Rubicant to the ground and pinned him with his Ninja Magic.

I may die, but you're going with me!

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Whoa. That was fun. Next!

Edit: LMAO, Min. Next post of mine deals with Chibi Theater! Booyaka! I mean...uh...I like whips! Wait, that sounded wrong...


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Addicted to Wood Crank Gellatin...er...Metal Gear Solid.

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WANZER!

I'm back!

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Driscoll leaned against a post as the elevator ascended into the base. So let's see. I'm in some kinda top secret military base, where they're working on some kind of experimental robot.. maybe a Wanzer-type, or one of those Gears from before? Maybe I should investigate...

...no. It's none of my business. I have my own war to win, I'm not going to get into someone else's fight. All I'm here to do is make sure I dont die.


At the top of the elevator, a huge room opened up, some kind of warehouse. Crates and machinery filled it, and a couple of guards looked at him, then nodded. Unclipping his gun and hanging it at his side, he worked his way casually around the side of the room. Suddenly a crackle of activity came from the radio at his side.

"Intruders detected, confirm casualties."

Various comm traffic followed, but that was all Driscoll needed to hear. They're all in here, and they're stupid enough to get caught. Idiots.

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Heh. I was wondering what Gryz's attitude would be to stealth...

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Cardboard Box Ninja

Chibi Theater, Act 2:

Edge performed his very best victory dance as he killed a hapless grunt, then began to cry as the controller came unplugged and a second hapless grunt killed him.

"Aww! Rydia, look what happened!"

"That's what you get for getting overconfi..oh! Look at this game! It's called Summoner."

"Bo-ring."

"Just move and let me try it. Hmm...nothing's happening."

"Did you hit the power button?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm...oh well, it's probably a stupid game anyway. Hey, more wicked-awesome ninja action!"

Edge held up his newly-discovered copy of Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

"Oh, wonderful," Rydia said sarcastically.

Ten minutes later, Edge through the controller into the TV screen, breaking it into peices.

"Stupid game. Can't even see three feet in front of me."

"Same with Summoner..."

"Huh?"

"Oh, I found out why it wasn't working; it's for the Playstation 2."

"You need a sequel to play it?"

"Something like that. Anyway, I found one."

"Where?"

"Back room safe."

"Was it unlocked?"

"Hey, you're not the only one who has mad ninja skillz."

"Why the 'z'?"

"It's cooler that way. Trust me."

"If you say so. Hey, lemme play the PS2. Look, a sequel to Wood Crank Gellatin! 'Daughters of Injustice'!"

"..."

"...on second thought, let's not play that one."


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The Main Moogle

Mog glanced both ways before sprinting through the open. He reached the side of a builing and plopped down in a snow drift. Two guards came jogging around the corner, but they didn't notice the white Moogle half-buried in the snow. A tournament contestant whom Mog somewhat recognized creapt around the side of the building a few seconds later. Yeah, I remember you, Mog thought. Payback time. If he weren't trying to sneak around undetected, Mog would've busted a powerful dance move. But it's hard to remain conspicuous when you're dancing like mad. So instead he just tripped the man and stomped on his head before dashing off. The guy hadn't even got a chance to identify his attacker. And that's what we call stealth.

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OOC: There's a Moogle wandering around. He's considered cute and extremely dangerous. Watch yourselves.

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Cardboard Box Ninja

Well, I've got to retire for the evening. Good luck, all. Hopefully, I'll be able to participate a bit more tomorrow.

Feel free to use Edge in your posts if you want, just don't do anything I wouldn't do. That is, of course, basically nothing.

Can't wait to see the completed fight, Mintaka, Slipstream!


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Big and Angry Ronso

Stealthy Boom

Gryz came crashing out of the alaskan wilderness, echoing a montavian war cry that shook the compound. Wait, i'm sorry, a stealthy montavian war cry that shook the compound. Each of his massive forarms struck a guard in the chest pinning them to the metal door. The men yelled quietly , thier calls echoing across the tundra. One guard was able to locate his SMG, hoplessly emptying rounds into the snow below him. One bullet struck Gryz's toe.

The montavian realed backwards in pain, a deep howl lifting up from his angered form. He cracked one guard, fling the other over his shoulder. The now airborn soldier landed upon two more guards, each screamed and released random bursts of gunfire. The sound was enormous.

Stealth is kinda fun. Gryz thought.


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Bring on the Fiends...

I use to have a list of all the RPGs i've beaten here, but God asked that I take it off because it kept scaring all the children.

ITS A BABY ROBOT! -Hero

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Emperor of Fire

You don't happen to remember this little thing about being stealthy in this round, do you? We're going to demolish the entire base before Snake can get anywhere near Metal Gear!

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I stare into Edge's eyes as he pins me to the ground with his magic, and I see the rage that has poisoned his mind for so long drain away into his attacks, into his strength in battle and his skill in weaponry. If I must die here I accept it fully, for it will have created a warrior like no other.

But fate may not have played out its cards let. Reaching out to the flames around me, I launch a fierce column of fire from one side of the room to the other, and Edge shouts a startled oath as he throws himself backwards to avoid the attack as it passes over me. I leap to my feet and hurl a bolt of my own energy at him, but the attack is deflected as Rydia creates a vast shard of ice in front of his body which extinguishes the burning firebolt.

Her whip lashes out at me, first striking a glancing blow to my lower legs as it scores a line, and as I shoots a second bolt at her she throws her body to the side, twists her body and lashes out again with a backhand strike that rocks me back.

The third time, however, luck is against her as her whip coils around my hand and I pull hard on it as she is ungraciously hauled through the air and lands several feet away on an undamaged part of the floor. I hold my hand high and prepare to strike her unprotected back, but the bolt flies wide as Edge leaps from his prone position and onto my cloaked back.

We struggle together like some chaotic, enjoined beast as he attempts to slash my throat with his Lunarian blades while I desparately attempt to avoid the bolts of lightning that Rydia is thrusting in my direction like electric javelins. My taloned hands draw raking gashes down the ninja's body as I attempt to dislodge him, while his own blade dances over my body and leaves trails of fire behind each strike of the tip.

I avoid the first few lightning bolts and the next only causes a minor wound on my chest, but then I am caught completely by surprise as Edge uses his Ninja magic and a vast flood of water washes over us both from behind, extinguishing the burning floor and throwing myself and the ninja apart. While water still covers the concrete of this arena, I channel an aura of heat into it and a vast cloud of steam fills the chamber, forcing Edge and Rydia back as they try to defend themselves from a foe they cannot see.

I recreate the firelash my Balrog used so successfully through force of will in my left hand, and it hurtles through the fog with my mental command and entwines itself around Edge's legs, dragging him across the floor.

Before he reaches me I dispel the firewhip and thrust my fist into the ground; a fist of flame apparates from the ground and wraps itself around the ninja, who screams as the fiery fingers tighten. I loose a second bolt of fire at Rydia as she watches her lover in the hand's grasp, then she uses her earth magic to swallow up the fist of fire as it tears asunder beneath my creation, leaving Edge charred but still fighting.

I take the offensive again and increase the air temperature all around, and the very walls distort and buckle as the immense pressure starts to build up inside. My opponents clutch at their heads as the dizziness threatens to overwhelm them, and then the winds howl and tear savagely at me as the two, working together with united wind and ice magics, dampen down my blaze with a snowstorm beyond the fury of the gods themselves. I struggle to stand as their united effort litters the vast chamber with snow, debris and anything else the elemental fury encounters.

No! I will not be defeated by this!

Screaming in fury, I push back with all of my effort, igniting the air with bursts of flame that press back the howling cold with a barrier of pure heat and rage. For a moment we both teeter on the brink of collapse, then the two forces equalise and we stand together in the eye of our elemental storm while chaos encircles us all.


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Take it away, Minty. Give 'im a good kicking.

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Daughter of the Creator

Anoat, I'm going to kill you. Eviscerate you. Murder you. It's one thing for Bowser to have a crush on Yume, but it's quite another thing for Yume to ENCOURAGE that crush. Yume isn't exactly the most romantically-inclined person, and even if she was, she'd be more interested in, you know, HUMANS!

While we're on the subject, Edge, Yume thinks you are one sexy stud muffin. Rowr.

Anyway, Anoat, your plan interferes with MY plans. You see, Round Six is going to be rather serious, and a date wouldn't exactly fit into the round. And besides, the venue of Round Six doesn't really lend itself well to a date. So not only are you going to FAIL at earning Sniper Wolf's affection, but you're going to explain exactly WHY Yume has been humouring Bowser. Because, frankly, I can't think of a good reason for it.


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~ 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!

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Big and Angry Ronso

....oooooo.....

Bowser pissed off the Goddess....

....oooooooo.......


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Bring on the Fiends...

I use to have a list of all the RPGs i've beaten here, but God asked that I take it off because it kept scaring all the children.

ITS A BABY ROBOT! -Hero

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Merton Dew
The Main Moogle

Mog slipped into the hangar undetected. Barely. By now the base was buzzing with activity. Apparently stealth just wasn't on some of the contestants' resumés. Just then Mog heard someone approaching from behind him. Crud! He quickly slipped around a corner - and nearly ran into three fully armed guards.
"What the-" one of them began.
"Fire!" shouted the one behind him.
"Eek!" Mog shrieked, dancing furiously to avoid being shot - and to smack the guards with a hail of snowballs. Mog took advantage of the guards' confusion and ran. He sprinted into another room and jumped behind a stack of crates, but not entirely undetected. A couple guards occupying the room started to walk over to investigate. I gotta hide! Mog lifted the top off one of the crates, but there wasn't enough room for him inside. No matter. What he discovered inside the crate gave him an even better idea.
"What was that?" one of the guards puzzled.
"I don't know, man, there's a lot of weird stuff goin' on today." Just then the small white creature jumped out of its hiding place wielding two heavy machine guns. "What the hell?!" the two men dove for cover. They furiously called for backup on their comm devices.
"How do you work these things?" Mog asked himself, squeezing the triggers repeatedly. Ducking back behind the crates, he pried open another one to find several boxes of ammo. Being the street-smart Moogle that he was, Mog quickly figured out how to load the chains of bullets into the guns. He slung two extra chains around his shoulders should he need them. Suddenly, a grenade fell to the floor beside him and rolled to a stop at his feet. "Yikes!" he cried, picking it up and tossing it back. An explosion rocked the room. The sound of booted footsteps came running Mog's way. He jumped out of hiding and came face to face with several armed guards. Backup had arrived. "Kupo!" Squeezing the triggers again, Mog was knocked on his back as a hail of gunfire erupted from his weapons. The guards scattered, and Mog took the opportunity to run screaming out of the room, narrowly avoiding many, many serious injuries as he continued to spray gunfire in all directions. So much for stealth, eh?

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OOC: Mog is now cute and armed. Approach with extreme caution.

Good luck, Snake. You're going to need it.

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Boko Mog
I am sux0r

I haven't even play MGS1, so everything is kinda... made up.
>------------<
Kain ran off into the wilderness, in search of shelter and the terrorists. He ran through trees and bush, staying only in the shadows. After a pleasant 'adventure,' he finally sighted a large building, guarded with men holding guns. They were keeping watch on a door; one guy was the right, one guy was on the left. From a few minutes of studying their pattern, Kain determined that they first both walked to the left -- the right guard passing the door by at least 10 feet--, stood there for a few minutes, then did the exact same thing on the right side. He also noted that after doing 6 of those, they would walk around the building once completely. This is when Kain figured that he should try to get into the building.

Kain had been lurking in the shadows, counting the times the moved to the side. When the count got up to 6, and the guard began walked completely around the building, he dashed forward, and put his back against the wall directly next to the door. He then proceeded to open the door ever-so slightly, to take a peek inside. There appeared to be one guy sitting in a chair, sleeping. The man was balding and fat. He was snoring, and seemed to be talking. Kain quickly -- but quietly -- ran inside, and ran to a desk, and hid under it. From there, he examined the surroundings. He saw a hallway leading to several other parts in the building, but no other people. At this time, he got up, and went up the hallway. To his left was a hallway leading to a dead end, and on his immediate right was another hallway leading to several other rooms, and lastly, ahead of his was yet ANOTHER hallway (surprise, surprise), once again leading to several other rooms. He decide to simply walk down the right hallway.

There was a bunch of room with windows and people inside. They seemed to be busy doing thier own thing, but Kain made sure that they didn't spot him. He crawled up in the windows, trying his best to stay out of sight.

Once he reach the end of hallway, there was only way to go -- left. He got right to the edge, and began to peek down it. A man wearing blue raised his gun to Kain and whispered, "And who might you be?"

Kain jumped a little, and whispered, "The name's Kain," he took a step forward now, and continued, "Your name--"

The man quickly answered, "Solid Snake."

Kain took a good look at him, and responded, "I heard about you -- I'm not against you."

Snake raised his gun a little and said, "How can I be sure of that?"

"I just arrived here," Kain answered.

At this point, Snake lowered his gun a little, paused, and finally said, "That's fine. Just stay out of my way."

He walked just past Kain, and looked around the corner, and noted that no enemies were in sight. He took a quick look at Kain, nodded, then went down the hall.

Kain went on his way -- the opposite way that Snake was going, and thought about the strange encounter.

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Mintaka
The Fighting Summoner

uhhh Snake, you'd better get to the Gear whilst we're busy keepign everything else distracted. :P

Oh joy, how I love thee, endings...

Que: FFT OST Disc 2, track 26 *second end boss music*
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Tattered, burned, bloodied and beaten. But still spirited. The forces tore about them, shielding off everything else save the conflict between a fiend, a ninja, and the summoner.

"Rubicant, give in! Hnor is your strong suit, not a conflict between elements! You know your weakness!" Rydia shouted over the din.

"I don't give in or give up - its dishonorable!"

"Then I have no choice," she said, stepping back. Edge stepped forward as the great fiend of fire rose, drawing the flames about him. Rydia began intoning, drawing from inner strength, and not hesitating as she intoned thw powers of the best summons she knew, in an efficent order, but their summoning would take time. One of the stone on the armband she had found long ago began to glow a fierce red as her words hastened.

Edge and Rubicant were circling now, taking swipes at each other. Edge leapt clear of a searing flame the scorced the floor to mere dirt, causing the air to shimmer and distort with an evil hiss. Edge feigned then, drawing Rubicant's attention right and swung with his katana from the left, striking the fiend's arm and drawing flaming drops of blood which Edge jerked back from, the singe of its touch far worse than the spell Rydia had accidentally gotten his leg with earlier. Rubicant borrowed this opening to strike at Rydia who was behind Edge at this moment. She faltered back,a large burn on her shoulder but her words remained constant as she dropped down. Edge in fury leapt forward in attack, the fire in his eyes rivaling the flames of the fiend as Edge fought the demon away from Rydia, unfliching from the lesser flames Rubicant waved. The fiend narrowed his eyes and lashed again with intense heat, sending Edge backwards again-

-tripping back over a metal crate that hadn't melted yet. "Aaah!"

Rubicant grinned, a wicked dark flash that chilled Edge. "It seems that luck ahs not favored you, ninja price, once and for-"

"I call upon the King of the Ocean, Serpent of Seas, Leviathan wash away the impure fires of darkness!"

The tidal wave seemed to just fall from the wall behind Rydia and washed over her, completely obliterating the lements about them and sending the room awash in the tangy salt water brought forth. It drained away again, out the creavases and through the now dehinged door out into the snow, washing away the crystalline powder and a few contestants and guards as well.

Her triacks weren't done yet as she intoned another, feeling ehr very strength starting to drain form the immense effort it was taking.

"Holy protector, guardian unknown to time, creation of justine, i invoke thy holy power, Alexander answer my plea!"

The effect wasn't sudden, and Rubicant rose from the floor, steaming, hhis grin vicious. "It looks like your pitiful little creature isn't going to answer you, Rydia." But then a blinding light seemed to fill the single hole above, crashing down through the cling and converging on the feind and compleltey sending flames everywhere. Rydia was thrown back by the force against the wall, nearly stricken unconcscious from the force as the fiend broke into many flames from the force.

"No... Shiva... powers of ice, hear my call and show Rubicant the dissolution he deserves to learn and be... free.... of that wretched darkness his burning soul... retains..."

She closed ehr eyes, freeing the last of her strength to summon Shiva.

But it was not Shiva who heeded her call, but a great bird that swirled in upon the storm itself through the ceiling as snow gently fell in landing upon the bodies of the ninja, unconscious in a corner, and the weakened summoner, and the snow falling down upong the flames, extinguishing some, and others being turned into a vast array of crystalline shards that seemed to gather and congregate below this massive icebird. At last the great fiend was trapped within an ice crystal.

Dear child, your father was a great man, and would be prud of what you have done, and fought for. Alas the fiend was not meant to die. Not yet. His power his of fire, and fire is yet important too far to eradicate in your world or any. I will see him off to another part of the base, where he is less likely to be a bother, and you... and the other may recover here. Bahamut will not have you eradicating this place. I'll speak to him on your behalf about this.

The bird flew out throught the ceiling as yet the power of the god of summons wove to restore the building and scenery, illusions wrought to confuse the unsuspecting into believing all was right in their small little areas and reclaiming the relative peace from the outside. Within, the building was ravaged, everything helter-skelter. Rydia rose, crying out as her left leg gave under her small weight. Ankle's gone. She pulled herself along with a scrap as a cruth as Edge rose slowly.

"Ow... what happened? I'm all... wet?"

"Sorry," she said, sitting down next to him. "Oh, my head..."

"Are you alright?" He asked, concerned.

"Yeah, Rubicant's gone." It was true - he wasn't there. But the great beasts words ran through her mind. Garuda?

"Yes?"

Was that it?

"Edge should be fine now... you have settled old scores at last. Should you cross again, it should not be so bad."

Th- thank... you...

She leaned against Edge, who winced slightly and resettled her a bit off his sore shoulder. "How are you?" she asked.

"I'm fine. Never... felt better. We did it Rydia. We beat Rubicant at his own game."

"And we're avenged, right?"

"Right."

She learned over and pulled his mask down and kissed him then. "Good. Maybe now you'll not be quite as distracted at times." She sighed and leaned back against the wall as they sat hidden behind the last remaining objects standing (shielded by a wall which hadn't quite given out til the very end after Rubicant had met his 'end') - hidden by a barrel, a crate, and a very large cardboard box.

***

Elsewhere in the base, the crystal had been left next to a heater going full blast, defrosting one essence of Fire fiend. A small 'warning' was issued as he de-thawed.

Act well and take care, O firey fiend, but choose your path carefully. Can you afford to chain yourself to ill fate and old ties?

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Slipstream: You've basically been defrosted elsewhere in the base away from them and given free reign to do as you please again. With all parts intact. ~.~ You would not believe how hard it was to write all that. O.o

You go Snake.

Oh, slip, if you think of anything for me to change/edit, lemme know. =^^= I'm kinda railing at the bit with some lack of sleep right now, so I may have blown this completely.

Edit: Size tags... my god I write too much at times...

Be back in 10-30 min as well, snack, stuff, adn I need ot get OFF this bloody chair! Augh!! ><;;;

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Big and Angry Ronso

Stealth at its loudest.

Gryz sprinted from the hail on automatic weapon fire rippling at his feet. He was being pursued by a jeep, filled with soldiers, all burst firing thier SMG's at the large monatavian. Gryz needed a form of attack.

Jus then, Gryz spotted his weapon, and Alaskan Pine. He bear hugged the tree, each hand gripping the opposite wrist. With a great heave, he torn the tree's roots from the col soild, spun, and heaved it into the oncoming jeep. The military vechile tried to swerve, but was struck hard with the flying pine. There was a minor explosion, causing the jeep to roll sidways and slide into an aunitions shack. The shack exploaded, but the explosion was filled with stealth.

Gryz picked up his tree, hoisted it over his shoulder, and continued on.

OOC:
Gryz is now armed with an Alaskan Pine
While this post doesn't show it, in the last two rounds Gryz's intelligence seemed to have plummeted. He now thinks less and speaks more. Cool huh?

Oh yeah! I have Moogle Quotes.--
Mog took advantage of the guards' confusion and ran.

Then Umaro grabbed the shaken Moogle and ran for his life.

And then he did what anyone in his situation would do - he ran!

Mog ran. And when he ran, he ran.

And there are more....

Run Moogle Run!


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Bring on the Fiends...

I use to have a list of all the RPGs i've beaten here, but God asked that I take it off because it kept scaring all the children.

ITS A BABY ROBOT! -Hero

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WANZER!

Meh. I have writers block. Anyone know if Chaos/Garland is still by that tank? I wanted to do something to the tank...

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Slipstream
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Brilliant, Mintaka. I wouldn't change a word, and should I survive to the semi-final by some miracle it gives me a great plot idea.

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Kyo
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Errgh. Powerful writer's block just suddenly appeared after I started to try and collaborate with Luna and Terra(no offense, ladies ). I'm not sure where it came from, but it *really* screwed up my plans for this round.

Oh well. Vote time.

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Baka
WANZER!

Good to see I'm not the only one, Kyo...


...wait. BAD to see. Cause now neither of us are writing stuff...

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Merton Dew
The Main Moogle

Mog ran. He ran out of the building. He ran through the open. He ran straight through another building. He ran past guards and he ran past contestants. Sweating despite the cold, he stopped and tied a red bandana around his head. Hearing footsteps, he ran some more. He ran straight into another building (turns out it was the building he'd originally come from). And stopped dead in his tracks as he was confronted by several armed soldiers and a deadly-looking tank. "AAAAAAAAAH, KUPO!!!" Mog started spraying gunfire and men started scattering left and right. They dove for cover and began to return fire. Mog turned and ran!

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Anoat
Ride ze shoopuf?

quote:
Originally posted by Yume
So not only are you going to FAIL at earning Sniper Wolf's affection, but you're going to explain exactly WHY Yume has been humouring Bowser. Because, frankly, I can't think of a good reason for it.


Why? Because Yume is quite the evil girl when it comes to someone's emotions. I never intended on something serious to happen between them. My plan, whether Bowser won the date or not, was for Yume to humiliate Bowser in front of all the other contestants despite leading him on, then Bowser would realize that he doesn't need love and that he can rely on himself to pull him through, leading to a much more determined Bowser in the next tournament. But now I've had to reveal my plan Oh well. I can still work it in. I'll just have to make Yume be extra cruel to Bowser.

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Mintaka
The Fighting Summoner

Rambo moogle! XD

^^ Ok Slip. Glad I didn't ruin anything. And I do hope you make it, you've done a wonderful job with my favorite fiend of fire. (Well, the ONLY fiend of fire, but...)

Baka & Kyo: Uhhh... I hope I didn't steal your fire... er... no puns or references intended. :P

*fans inspirational flames over to them* ~~ now, if ICQ wasn't so crashy and Trillian would work, I'd be happy...

(Of which I lost people numbers anyway...)

I suppose if I had more time, I'd draw some stuff from the last few rounds. :P Plus, I'm feeling very vegitated right now.

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Switchblade
Fire of Legend

Okay, obviously San Draco hasn't taken up my offer for a duel so I'll just fastforward through it and progress with Julius's story. Maybe SD and I will throw down next round, maybe not, who knows? At any rate I'm actually finding it much easier to do stuff with Julius now that I on't have to worry about Attacking, and Reversing, and... um, Powering (*shrug*). Amazing how liberating invincibility is.

Julius continued staggering through the snow, slightly weakened but in no way deterred by the fight with Chaos. After walking for over a mile through snow and trees Julius finally came within sight of the facility where the nuclear warhead was stored. With the source of the power he had sensed so close Julius began running, moving faster and faster until he reached the building's door. When he arrived he found the door locked, but a quick blast of Mana power took care of that problem, destroying not only the door but a good portion of the surrounding wall as well.

Klaxons started blaring as Julius made his way into the building, but the emperor paid them no mind as he made his way inexorably towards the warhead. The rest of the building's occupants, however, took very keen notice of the alarms and rushed to intercept Julius. Apparently Yume's spell of concealment had failed, because the soldiers were able to quickly locate Julius and open fire on him. Dozens of bullets slammed into Julius, but like the alarms he gave them no notice, his wounds instantly repaired by the Mana which flowed through his veins. After a few minutes the guards realized that Julius was not going to fall and they lowered their weapons and turned to flee. Julius incinerated them before they could take a step.

With this obstacle cleared Julius continued moving through the building, the source of the power growing closer with each step. After encountering and destroying a few more guards Julius finally made it to the warhead's silo. He was about to enter when a voice called out to him, forceful enough to pierce the Mana which clouded his mind. Julius turned slowly to find himself face to face with a beautiful young woman clad in a simple green dress, a shining pendant around her neck. Julius knew her, but he found himself unable to remember why or where from. Suddenly a second figure appeared next to her, a young man clad in mismatched armor holding a large sword which gleamed even in the building's dim light. Julius knew the sword beyond any doubt, it was Excalibur, and the by who wielded it was the young Gemma Knight who had defeated him at the Mana Tree. In the small part of his brain that Julius still controlled he felt true fear for the first time since the tournament began.

EDIT: Baka, the last time we saw Chaos he had been tackled into the snow by a power crazed Julius (think Blood Riot Iori from King of Fighters, he was my inspiration for this version of Julius). The two fought and Julius has since done the above actions. Whatever Chaos is up to is anyone's guess.

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Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Daughter of Liberty 2



"Barbaric!" Zeal shook her head and slammed the locker shut. Why, in all her days, never had she seen such a collection, a veritable library of promiscuous female pictures as the ones gathered together inside of these inconspicuous lockers! It was enough to throw her for a loop. Whatever happened to the image of the pure-minded and gallant soldier?

Why, any proper lady who would fall for a man who oogles this...this smut is certainly off her rocker! It's...it's...nothing but exploitation!

She shut the locker quietly, scrawled "Zeal was here - P.S. lose the pr0n, guys" in the grey paint, and went off to wreak more menace.

A power had been building that she had felt grow all along, one born of fire, with strong magic and great courage. Perhaps, should he survive the day's round, she would seek him out.

All in time...all in time.

She slipped her inconspicuous 30" TV box over her head and continued to 'stealth' around the base.

Yeah baby, yeah! Grrrrrr!


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Okay, so I found some time for a bit more writing. XD


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Yume
Daughter of the Creator

Lightbulb Round Update! Please Read!

Well, we're down to the final three hours of the round, and as such, we're also approaching the end of Metal Gear Solid. (That is, if one played it at a normal speed.) And I'd say that about now, Liquid is starting to give Snake that really long final speech. And we all know what happens after that, right? So, you might want to go help Snake. Or hinder him, if you're feelin' evil.

Anoat, Yume's not like that. She has a strange sense of humour, that's true, but she's been picked on far too much as a child to derive any pleasure from the pain of others. Oh, and being a goddess of good could have something to do with it as well.

And Tenshi, what does 'Salve' mean?


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Anoat
Ride ze shoopuf?

Re: Round Update! Please Read!

quote:
Originally posted by Yume
Anoat, Yume's not like that. She has a strange sense of humour, that's true, but she's been picked on far too much as a child to derive any pleasure from the pain of others. Oh, and being a goddess of good could have something to do with it as well.



Well, it may sound ridiculous, but if you don't like the first plan I could go with my Plan B, which was the old soap opera cliche of the "Long Lost Evil Twin Sibling". Don't worry, Evil Twin Yume wouldn't have a funky mustache though.

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Baka
WANZER!

Hm.. it's interesting.. but I already said Dris wasn't gonna interfere. Maybe he'll go watch...


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