Mintaka Mana Spirit
Dryad
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*sniff* =D I love it Slipstream! =^^=
Er... recommended piece of the moment: Light Mist
(Through a Thin Haze) - Disc 2, track 23 Valkyrie Profile OST
--------- Would you demonstrate your
patience while your destiny's dealt out?
Rydia wandered through this strange,
facinating area, confused and yet, amazed by its fluidity, its
seemingly reality that was, in truth, completely fake at the
base. Yet it reflected truth. You could never change the true
past, no matter how much you lied to your heart and soul. No
matter how hard you tried to forget, ignore, and rend apart
the pains and shadows, they always remained. They were wrapped
as tight about a person as the light they tried to grasp unto
themselves.
She walked into a room, filled with water,
and for a second almost choked, but realized it was but a
memory itself perhaps. A strange, twisted room that resembled
the sea bottom. Her hand fluttered again to that stuffed toy
Leviathan. A false sun shone from above, the lights dancing
barely this 'deep' under the ocean. Whirlpool?
Her eyes trailed up into the bright light, shielding
her eyes, blocking out the light, and saw something decending,
a small, fragile looking object, struggling firecly against
the cruel fate dragging her down-
Cruel?
She saw herself, mere child, trying to escape the
grasp of death itself as her small body sank deeper into the
chill waters of the ocean. She screamed at herself, telling
ehr to keep trying, and then she saw a dark figure sweep from
the very floor and rising upward, a cold deathly figure that
chilled her bones. One of the red orbs glimmers a fraction of
a second thought Rydia did not notic as she watched this
wraith heading for her.
No, no, this isn't right...
I couldn't have died, I lived...
A serpent
suddenly swirled about ehr small body and rearing before the
wraith, hissing.
"Away demon of death. I have warned
you you may never take a summoner before their time," it
barked, and thrugh the dappled light Rydia saw it was
Leviathan hmself speaking.
The wraith floated before
the great serpent, contemplating what was said before his
hallowed voice spoke, a sibilant whisper slicing the seascape.
"Leviathan, she is dead, her life is gone, her time is up.
Hand her over."
"Hades, you yourself wish to join
among us," he replied, shielding Rydia with a fin, "then you
should realize it will eb only with the aid of this summoner
we shall see the coming light where we shall gain our time and
respect. She will teach us, and be our link."
"You are
deluded, great king," Hades replied, shaking his head, "for it
cannot be just one, and you know the humans will subjugate us
for our powers someday."
"They do, on our will, but
that is no reason to give up. We must come to terms. Our kinds
do not deserve to be locked away for ever and only come when
called. Do you not desire freedom?"
"Freedom!" scoffed
the wraith, pulling his tattered cloak about him, "it is but
an illusion for us, the keepers of magic and power. We shuld
have eradicated the-"
"NO!" Leviathan bellowed.
"Without them, this world wuld be useless, and all other
worlds. They shape the futures and destinies of many worlds.
We ourselves make these things possible. We granted them the
power to learn magics, and assist them. We will see our time.
But if we eradicate humans, we are no better than some other
things which seek to destroy and rule worlds. And this child
will help us find the place we want."
"Fine, take
her," Hades spat. "We will meet again, Sea king, and perhaps
then we shall finish this." The wraith faded away, and
Leviathan took the small child away. Rydia stood very still in
the shadows she had been in.
Me? Was this why I was
spared?
She continued onward, and as she exited
the watery region, she came out on a field. The sky above was
stormy and grey, and a light mist began to fall from the sky.
Ahead she saw a figure standing in the fields. A stone was
there before the female, and suddenly from behind it a small
shape popped out, a young girl with tears in her eyes. Is
that... me? My mother... and me? But no plains like this
existed near Mist. only at...
"Eblan."
she
walked forward towards the spectral shapes, and noticed the
ground now was scorched, scarred horribly. The only forces
capable of such devastation were powerful magics. She walked
forward more, feeling a bitter chill in the air biting down as
the wind howled up.
"Mother...?" the small child
asked, her large round eyes looking up into the sorrowful
face. Rydia herself knew that this had to be shortly before
Mist's destruction, but yet, how could she have not
rememebred?
"The powerful trauma you suffered the
day you lost your mother ... would be enough to make anyone
forget such a small event."
Her vision snapped up,
her crystal eyes searching the heavens for the voice. She
caught a glimmer of heavently blue beween clouds, but not much
else.
"Your father died in battle, outnumbered, yet
not outclassed. He struck down many who sought the destruction
of all summoners and wizards, including their leader. It was
but coincidence it would happen in the fields of Eblan, far
from home. Your father had known the king and queen. And I...
he would not summon me, knowing that it was his last battle.
He only hoped you would gain the power to summon me, fair
guardian of the Beasts and impartial judge of all. Your father
was much like me, perhaps that is why he learned my name so
quickly.
"And you, Rydia, have finally cast aside your
anger, and you bitter emotions at last, and finally found your
peace. And finally learned me as well. You might not recall,
but your power called to me, and I judged. Shiva did not come,
as you had wished, but instead, the locked door in your heart
opened, freeing me. Rubicant lives still, but for another
purpose now. Its a shame we could not help the other fiends
now, but perhaps a day long away, my child.
"You've
grown into responsibility, and despite everything, you're
learning there's more to life than what you see. Never forget
what your father fought for, or what you hold closest. And
take care of your friends. You all went through a lot
together.
"... and make sure Edge takes care of
himself."
She watched as her youngre self and
mother walked away, and in the distance she could make out a
castle. A castle which was still being built in her time, one
that had been decimated, but now being restored. And she would
make sure it did.
A single stone...
She
walked forward to the stone, and found it bare, save one mark:
a circle with eight rays stretching equally from it and would
have intersected in the perfect center if they had. A ray from
the sun broke through then, down upon the rock and herself.
And she glimped the bird again, in its full glory before it
disappeared into the bright light.
"Thank you..." she
whispered to no oe in particular, but outward to what could be
everyone. ---------- YIKES! O.o Long....
again. ><;;; Vote time. (Beofre my PC crashes or another
interruption comes along...)
Prayer on
Rubicant Mimicry - Zoom7000's Aura (that
targeted Lemina, Mia, & Setzer
Paralyze on Gryz Deathblow on
Gryz
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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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