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Merton Dew
RTT: Mog
The Main Moogle

Posts: 2586
(6/6/02 9:33:54 pm)

ezSupporter

Vote dump, rabid Moogle style
        Mog slumped to the ground, exhausted. "Kupo! This is intense!" Staggering back to his feet, he did a little dance number he'd learned in the icy snowfields. A small, furry creature appeared, bestowing renewed health to everyone in the immediate area as it hopped around. Invigorated, Mog, plunged back into the thick of battle, jabbing and slashing anything that got in his way. The conflict was escalating, and Mog was in the middle of it.

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Mog continues to bust people up in the background. Fear the Moogle. Especially if you're one of these people:

A-Vote on Shadow
A-Vote on Isaac
A-Vote on Ivan
A-Vote on Delita
A-Vote on Gilder
A-Vote on Yoshi
A-Vote on Vivi
A-Vote on Link
A-Vote on Ryo

I won't be able to write any of this in, but feel free to incorporate an attack by a rabid Moogle into your posts. And to you two lucky people who happened to be in the right place at the right time, here you go:

R-Vote on Ward
R-Vote on Laguna

Exeter
RTT-Delita Hyral
Posts: 120
(6/6/02 9:37:04 pm)

Re: Vote dump, rabid Moogle style
Whatever reply Agrias was about to give was cut off by a stray mortar blast destroying the barrier altogether.

"Guess this'll have to wait!" Delita yelled as he drew his sword.

The city guards' onslaught against the rebels was quickly reaching a climax. Countless rebel troops lay sprawled across the battleground, and more continued to fall, while only a small portion of the massive army of government soldiers had been defeated.

It was hopeless. The rebels were all going to die, and the next targets would be Delita and Agrias.

Sensing Agrias had drawn her sword as well, Delita prepared the technique he had only used once, and felt his fellow Holy Knight raise her sword as he did.

They shouted simultaneously.

"Holy Explosion!"

The twin rays of gleaming light shot forth from the Holy Knights, crisscrossing in the center of the enemy soldiers and utterly decimating their forces, dividing the rest of the army into four much smaller groups.

This defeat didn't last long, however, as they were soon joined by reinforcements jetting out from a window overhead.

Delita and Agrias prepared themselves for the coming assault...

*********

That's gonna be all from me for tonight, folks. Have fun, and I'll see you tomorrow. Terra, or anybody who's interested, feel free to jump in with the storyline.

Edited by: Exeter at: 6/6/02 9:40:26 pm
Switchblade
RTT- Ryogo Kusama
Posts: 50
(6/6/02 9:46:08 pm)
Ryogo's bold decleration
I know what you mean, Curley, I think everybody has voted against at least two of us this round (Edit: Ok, everybody but Mert, thank you Mert). On the one hand that's depressing ( :( ), but on the other hand it makes me less hesitant to use my "team killer" strategy ( :evil ).

Ryogo and Cinder shuddered as the spell effect that had frozen them in place wore off. The wanzer pilot wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but his crotch was killing him and that was never a good sign. "I'm telling you, Cinder," he said, "The whole damn world is against us."

"It certainly does appear that everyone has chosen us as their punching bags," the burning man replied.

"Well I'm tired of this!" Ryogo shouted, "I'm tired of being shot at, stabbed, pummeled, and I don't even know what happened to my crotch!" If Cinder had eyebrows he most certainly would have raised one at that particular comment. "Well as of this moment its over. I am finished being everybody's butt monkey!"

Grimacing furiously Ryogo hefted his machine gun and stormed off in the direction of the heaviest fighting.

Cinder paused for a moment, confusion reigning in his mind. "Butt monkey?"


A-Votes against:
Agrias
Golbez
Strago

Head-Shots against (14 SP each):
Agrias
Golbez
Strago

R-Votes for:
Aeris
Kaze
Link
Ramirez


Edited by: Switchblade at: 6/6/02 9:48:40 pm
Tyrus Alfudore
Customer
Posts: 46
(6/6/02 9:47:47 pm)
Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 4: The awakening
The squadron was running like hell shooting anything that didn't have a guard tag. ( This is the most fun I've had in years.) The mission seemed to be going well. They were staying outside of the battle field. None of the commanders of the rebels seemed to be noticing them. ( Can't tell who's winning yet. Not like it well matter in the end.) Kuja passed by a view contestants and considering who they were was happy to put a few rounds in their armor. Suddenly a huge cry broke out and rebel started puring in their direction seemenly from out of no where. " ----! They knew we were coming but how?" Jax yelled over the sounds of explosions and dying soldiers. The squadron got in a circle and started to fight off the rebels as best they could being completly surrounded. Men were fallling so quickly in the cirlce and of course Kuja remained unharmed from the blast that were buncing off his barrier. " DIE MOTHER -------!" Jax screamed as a blast hit him in the head and took it of clean.

( what is this?)

Kuja looked at the fallen commander.

( what is this I'm feeling?)

He kneeled down to the bloody corpse.

( I've broken my own advice.)

The emotion that he had supressed came back in full fury. Every emotion imaginable came at full blast surging through him at the same time. Then the surge of power came again this time far to strong to stop.

" I HATE YOU ALL!!!!!! DIE!!!!!" Kuja yelled at the top of his lunges as the power erupted from him and sent every soldier and contestant in it's wake flying.

( YES! It's returned it's finally returned!)

Shock wave

1 A vote to Goldez
1 A vote to Vive
1 A vote to Link
1 A vote to Ivan

1 A vote to Vive
1 A vote to Aeris

That leaves me with 4 A votes, 2 R votes, 25 sp

Sponsored by Kuja.

Slipstream
RTT: Gilder
Posts: 58
(6/6/02 9:49:24 pm)

This is how... you remind me... of what I really am
Okay, unfortunately it's half four in the morning over here, and my brain just isn't coming up with any ideas. So I'm going to do the shameful thing and vote dump, get some sleep, and try harder next round.

A-Votes to Golbez, Strago, Delita
R-Votes to Laguna, Yoshi, Ivan, Kaze
Leg Shot to Ward
Head Shots to Cinder and Ryogo


~~~~~ dance ~~~~~ for ~~~~~ me ~~~~~

Mithrigil
RTT--Scarlett Welles
Posts: 53
(6/6/02 9:49:55 pm)

Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 3: The Battle


Scarlett literally adjusted her breasts and looked over the men in uniform around her. Nearby, Gilder was looking uncomfortable, brushing some one the old blood off his suit. Scalett pressed the open options button as she approached him. "Need something to still your nerves?" She asked, the innuendo rampant in her voice. "I'm sure I've got a remedy for it."

He shook his head. "I don't want to be here," he said, looking away. "Not hardly."

She grinned and began to doctor one of the pills she had kissed into him the other round. "Tell me something I don't know."

"Alright," he said with resolve, getting up, "you're starting to sound a good deal less confiedent yourself."

She narrowed her eyes at him and thrust the pills into his hands. "Take this when you're in deep shit," hshe spat, reaching for a regulation potion, "and THAT when you're really desperate."

Before he could protest, she closed his metal palm with her still-human one. After a last glare, she whispered. "Again, something I don't know. Please."

He smirked. "Your blood smells like motor oil."


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Alchemy, 4 R-votes to Gilder
Alchemy, 4 R-votes to Ramirez
R-vote to Gilder
R-vote to Ramirez

A-vote to Shadow
A-vote to Ward

Silence on Strago and Golbez

The closest to a vote dump you'll ever get out of me.

Guess who Ms. Sexual Repression USA is playing in RTT?



Isn't the irony lovely?

Some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Mithrigil.
(this links to LT)

...

Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 48
(6/6/02 9:57:19 pm)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Three - Time To Buckle Do
*A bouncing furball suddenly appears, flying around and smashing everything in its path...and now it's headed for Garai. Alarmed, Garai fires almost reflexively...a ball of plasma slams into the furball, sending it flying towards the Government Troops with a screech. Garai, relieved at not being attacked by the rabid furball, resumes smashing the Government forces...*

One A-Vote for Mog[/i]

~dry31~
(Pay no attention to any of the above.)
Luna: The PLACE
http://pub88.ezboard.com/bluna83999

---


Other teams may have snazzy quotes...but actions speak louder than words.
*Falls down.*

Simplistic Hero
RTT: ......
Posts: 53
(6/6/02 10:02:29 pm)
Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 3: The Battle

Hey, guys.

I will continue on as a fallen once this round is over, especially for the forth-round suprise, but I won't force my self to stay up until the wee hours of the morning when I've got nothing to win.

I work contruction. Work starts at 7:30.

So, feel free to write Ward into the battle, although I am not officially choosing a side.
(Remeber, Switch, Curley, there is nothing I like more than throwing tanks.)

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Oh, on anouther note. We got creamed this round, and I completly understand. Somebody dies every round. And the fact that everyone strategically blasted us with votes, good for you, I did the same to Magic Blades in round one.
(Oh, and the Kupo Kids.)
(Oh and the DQD.)

Its called strategy.

---
Back Tomarrow.

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"Thats a big question. I'm just a simple person."

Shizuyoko
RTT::Laguna Loire
Posts: 78
(6/6/02 10:07:04 pm)

Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 3: The Battle
Ward -
You ROCK.
'yoko



"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor."

Cirrus Velious
RTT - Link
Posts: 39
(6/6/02 10:11:35 pm)

Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 3: The Battle
Link looked at Aeris and shifted a bit. God...this armor's kinda gotten stuffy... "So, Aeris...Vivi...What's the plan of action?"

Vivi looked at him "W-w-well...I was k-kinda thinking we could head---" Vivi was never able to finish his sentance, a stray blast came straight at them, knocking the bridge straight out from under them.

The trio fell straight downward, the ground rushing forward. Link looked at his two friends. "F...F...Float!!!" Vivi stuttered to himself, and his fall slowed considerably. Good...now I only have to worry about Aeris... Link straightened himself out, diving straight at the bridge below them, speeding up as much as he could, trying to get ahead of Aeris. He pulled out of the death-dive, activating his boosters. There's no way this'll stop me...but maybe it'll slow me enough... Aeris was steadily speeding toward the ground, and ever closer to Link.

Link outstretched his arms, feeling a hard and strong slam as he caught her, hurtling them both straight at the ground. Aeris landed on top of Link with a thud.

The green clad swordsman looked at her with a bit of a grin. "You...alright?.....ouch..."

Aeris grinned at him. "My hero" Just like Cloud...

Vivi floated slowly to the ground, chuckling to himself. "W-why are you two still holding eachother..?"

Aeris and Link looked at eachother, both turning red and immediately got to thier feet. "Errm...just...shocked from the fall...that's all..."

"Yeah...lets get going..." Aeris added. "We can't just stand here the whole time after all...."
********

A-Votes (Lets just say parts of the walkway hit them)
Ward
Deathblow to Ward
Cinder
Deathblow to Cinder
(and since Two on One looks to be in NO danger...)
Ramirez
Scarlett
Ryo
Deathblow on Ryo

R-votes
Delita
Aeris
Defend on Aeris against Ryo
Defend on Delita against Ryo

Vote Tally: 4 A-Votes : 0 R-Votes : 29 SP

Edited by: Cirrus Velious at: 6/6/02 10:18:44 pm
Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 864
(6/6/02 10:15:35 pm)

Thanks, Allen. Sorry, Tyrus.
Quote:
Hope you don't mind Bugen


Mind? How could I have a problem with that? You put a perfect end to what I had been working towards all day. I thank you, Allen. It's nice to know that I have some loyal fans. (heh heh)

Sorry, Tyrus, I completely forgot. I just remembered that you had allowed me to use Kuja how I saw fit... I just forgot that you were in the military area. Big mistake on my part.

And now, my friends, I feel that I must take my leave from this round. It's past 11:00, which is really, really late for me. I'm going to bed. Because nobody can possibly gain anything from interacting with Billy, I ask that everyone just ignore him until the next round, like you have done the entire thrid round. :p Thank you.

Oh, yes, and ten imaginary points to Virtual Cat. :D

--

Sponsoring Billy Lee Black

Did you notice that the two great angels only have one wing each...?

According to a legend handed down in Nisan...
God could have created humans perfectly...
But then, humans would not have helped each other...
So that is what these great single-winged angels symbolizes...
In order to fly, they are dependent on one another.
~Margie, Xenogears

Izlude
RTT: Strago Magus
Posts: 48
(6/6/02 10:16:12 pm)

Re: A New Purpose. Chapter 3: The Battle
OOC: i'm feeling like i am about to slip out of conciousness here.. so i better get my final votes out just in case..
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R-votes on:
Vivi
Link

Shockwave on:
Glider
Ryogo
Yoshi
Cinder

Cleanse on:
Goblez(2 r-votes, paralyze(from the headshot) cured)


goodnight everyone!


Switchblade
RTT- Ryogo Kusama
Posts: 51
(6/6/02 10:20:51 pm)
Every gray cloud...
Well, Curley and SH, look on the bright side. We're helping everybody get lots of valuable experience which they can then go and use to tear each other apart. We're playing a very important role by helping to ensure that the following round will be filled with the total chaos of high level abilities. We're kinda like Gandhi, only we're getting our asses kicked more. :p

Mithrigil
RTT--Scarlett Welles
Posts: 54
(6/6/02 10:25:38 pm)

Switch.

Switch; I'm sorry I overreacted.

Guess who Ms. Sexual Repression USA is playing in RTT?



Isn't the irony lovely?

Some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Mithrigil.
(this links to LT)

...

The Virtual Cat
RTT::Yoshi
Posts: 24
(6/6/02 10:32:31 pm)
w00t! Retalitory Ventures Time!!!!
No story due to writers block and dead tiredness. (I/E: Vote dump.)

Yoshi uses Burning Counter on Strago (Izlude) for 14 SP.
1 A-Vote for Strago (Izlude).
1 R-Vote for Vivi (Sylphid).
1 R-Vote for Aeris (Kellios).

Yoshi : Level 2 : 2 A-Votes : 0 R-Votes : 0 Doubled R-Votes : 1 Special Points : Writer's Block / Paralyzed / ZZZ


---

I am .


Yes. I do see the typo. No. I'm not going to change it.

allenhill2002
RTT: Golbez
Posts: 341
(6/6/02 10:47:28 pm)

A Hidden Blessing.
Another explosion sounds in the distance.

"I'm sorry, I have to go." Golbez whispered while wiping a tear from his eye, "My team needs me."

Getting up, Golbez walked to the edge of the building and looked down on the turmoil below.

Turning back, Golbez gave one last attempt to soften the horrible blow that the young man was forced to suffer.

"One could consider this a blessing." Golbez said, causing Billy to give him an angry look.

"At least this way, she can live within you always. She will never have to be alone." Golbez continued, barely able to hold back tears, "Very few people will get that chance to die with no regrets. You were able to make her one of those 'lucky few.'"

And with that, Golbez leapt from the building, scattering energy everywhere. Unleashing the anguish that he was finally able to feel. Anguish that he hadn't felt for over a century. Not sense he regained his senses, and realized that he had betrayed his 'own blood.'

He never heard Billy's last words. "Thank you."

Ryo: 1 A-Vote; 1 A-Vote from Absorb, healing Agrias
Shadow: 1 A-Vote
Lise: 1 A-Vote
Agrias: 1 R-Vote; 1-Vote from Absorb
Strago: 1 R-Vote


Redemption comes at what cost?

Edited by: allenhill2002 at: 6/6/02 10:54:54 pm
Kellios
RTT: Aeris Gainsborough
Posts: 46
(6/6/02 10:54:04 pm)

Re: Every gray cloud...
Aeris, Vivi, and Link walked along in the bottom of what seemed like junk and wastes all over the place. Tons of newspapers, food remains, and other non-identifile objects. Aeris wrinkled up her nose in digust, but gave Link a look out of the corner of her eye.

He saved me from almost certain severe injuries... possibly death... Aeris hsuddered for a momemnt, but sighed, and straightened out. Link took notice of this.

"You okay?" Link asked.

"I-I'm fine. Just slightly shaken up. A fall of death would do that to a person..." Aeris smiled, and so did Link.

"W-where are we going?" Vivi asked, nervous and looking around at all the garbage around them.

"Not sure, sweetie, but we'll be okay as long as we are out of range," Aeris assured Vivi, who seemed to relax somewhat. On the three walked, upon what seemed like eternity of garbage.

"I... I'm tired... can w-we stop... a moment?" Vivi said, almost breathlessly, lagging slightly behind Link and Aeris. Aeris turned around, nodded and smiled at the young red mage.

"Of course. over there, we'll sit down." The three of them walked over to a small clearing, where Vivi promptly sat down, and so did Aeris and Link. All three sat in considerable silence until a large snooze came from a lying Vivi.

"Isn't that so cute?" Aeris giggled, and Link grinned.

"Yeah... poor little guy," Link replied, and there was silence between the two of them.

Aeris looked ahead, and then turned back to Link, "Where do you think Delita is?"

Link shrugged, and all he replied was, "I just hope that he'll be alive and well. At least, alive."

"Link? I just want to say.... thank you, for helping me before..." Aeris quietly stated, which made Link blush.

"A-ahh, no problem, Aeris," Link replied, turning sheepishly away.

Like what Cloud would do....

Aeris smiled, and leaned over to Link.

And gave him a small peck on the lips.

Granted, Link tensed up and practically jumped out of his seat when Aeris did this. Aeris sat there, giggling, and her bright emerald eyes looked fondly at a crimson Link, who then had a smile creep up on his face.

"I ought to save you more often..." he commented, which made Aeris giggle even more.

"Well, you can be my knight in shining armor for this tournament," Haven't I said that to HIM before...?

"Consider it on honor on my part then," Link grinned, and leaned back to watch the snoring Red Mage.

"It's getting a bit darker..." Aeris soflty stated, watching Vivi too.

"Hopefully then we won't be split up once the next phase comes,"

"Hopefully..." Aeris replied, and just sat there. Link looked over at the cetra, who was studying something on the ground.

All that could be heard was a snoring Vivi who was not the only peacful contestant in the tournament...
******

1 A-Vote on:
Ryo
Shadow

(just giving the vote back...)

1 R-Vote on:
Laguna
Agrias


1 Double R-Vote:
Agrias


Cure to Delita, Link, Agrias, Strago, Golbez, and Vivi

Well, I'll leave with a touch of... oh, angst? Naw. Something sweet. There we go ^^ Sorry for the vote dump.... just came at this time.

Honestly, good luck to eveyone. It's been such a pleasure with all of you ^^

edit: Typos... probably one of thousands.

0 A, 0 R, 8 SP

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"I'll come back when it's all over"~~Aeris Gainsborough

Edited by: Kellios at: 6/6/02 11:07:36 pm
Tyrus Alfudore
Customer
Posts: 47
(6/6/02 10:56:51 pm)
TRANCE!!!!!!!!
( Yes I'm back! The destroyer and ruler of all things. This is my destiny. It always has been. I've waited sense my battle with Zidane for this.) All the rebels that had been around Kuja were dead. As were the remaining members of the squadron. Kuja, however didn't care. He was glowing. Brillantly glowing with pure power and energy. He had TRANCED! He had reached this state once before when fighting Zidane. He was filled with all the power the INVINCABLE had absorbed and now that power had been reawakened. Kuja's hair was now pure ruby red. It seemed to naturally shine and flow in a windless atmosphere. The battle was still going on in full stride. The sides seemed to be in a stand off. Kuja rose in the air observing all the contestants and the battle from above.

( Yes the time has come. NO MORE HOLDING BACK!) Kuja reached out his hand and attempted to summon the pure power that he had to produce the ULTIMA spell, but nothing happend.. ( THESE DAME DEVICES! No matter I'm still stronger then any of these pathedic weaklings. Time to cuase some pure choas!) Kuja then began to shoot the same kind of flames that had destroyed Terra. He shoot them at near by buildings and ones by the battle field. The flames erupted through them and the building crumbled basically by contact. Kuja then let out one final cry of pure rage, power, and evil and let out one last huge wave that swept accross the battle field. Tearing some people apart, knocking others over, and destroying tanks and other weapons as well. Kuja smiled at the carnage he had left. ( This is only the beginning...) He then disapeared, never to be seen again in this futuristic city..

Shock wave

1 A vote to Aeris
1 A vote to Yoshi
1 A vote to Strago
1 A vote to Kaze

1 A vote to Goldez
1 A vote to Ivan

Sponsored by Kuja

Soujiro Seta
RTT :: Kaze
Posts: 28
(6/6/02 11:05:54 pm)

Round 3: Finale

More Human than Human - IV

The only word to describe the war that had broken out was ‘absolute’. It almost seemed as though everyone was killing just for the sake of killing, caring not who was their neighbor and friend, as if every other living being was a threat to their existence. Maybe they were.

He sighed under the cover of his cape’s neck lining that covered his mouth, surveying the all-out battle that took place in the streets and fields below from a vantage on top of a building higher than most others, and oddly enough, one of the few buildings in the city left standing at its full height. There was blood, there was gunfire, there were people out there who were afraid, people out there dying for reasons unknown to them. And what bothered Kaze the most was that it wasn’t even close to the worst he’d seen.

Ivan…Ivan of the Wind…Kaze remembered carrying the unconscious boy to safety. And a boy he was; how could such a lad be risking his all in a deathmatch tourney? By the luminous glow of the blue gem on his armband, he knew that certainly, the boy was a team-member of his…but their ‘team’ seemed to be in name only; though interconnected, their destinies lay along different paths…or did they?

He had felt the young boy begin to regain consciousness, to reach out into his mind grasping for things to know. In reality, he wished he had something worth looking inside his head for. He didn’t remember much of anything about h imself, even his name, if he had one. The saddest thing was that he knew he didn’t remember. But, as he had supposed, such was the cost of true power…the power of the Demon Gun. It wasn’t the God Gun or the Angel Gun or the Peashooter of Ultimate Goodness; it was the Demon Gun, and though it seemed to know no good or evil, its purpose was the taking of life. Whether in attacking or defending others, fighting always ensued. He had few regrets.

He wanted that power; the power necessary to fight and defeat the Count…to defeat Omega…to absolutely destroy White Cloud. His life had lost all meaning except the drives that had caused him to wish for great power. And as surely as he had wished, the Demon Gun had become his. It was his heart now; his life. The great power to command the mighty beasts was wed to the small power of a black-caped gunman, helping him to become more than he was; perhaps more than he should have been.

For power corrupts even those seeking its use for good…and I sought neither good nor evil; only the power to….to do what? At times, his memory of even that became muddled. He had only to look down at where his right hand should’ve been to clarify the reason. How many things a person could do with two hands that could not be done with one! Carrying a large box…playing a game of ball with friends…holding the person you loved close tightly in times of both bad and good…you needed two hands for that. He had only one usable hand, and that hand was for pulling the trigger of his crimson gun. The hand left to him had no purpose but to wield as much power as possible. That was the price you paid for power; that was the lesson he hated knowing.

But if power only begot ruin, why would he die before giving his up?

The light rain from earlier drizzled down lightly, whatever drops could penetrate the sooty clouds from burning rubble and missile fire, the sparks of powerful magic, and the flash of steel blades. He tried to imagine what his partners would be doing, if they were fighting for their life while he sat and looked on from a high vantage point. Surely they must already loathe having been paired with him; his help was almost less than nothing to them. Back in the Inner World, he still could not understand Ai and Yuu’s dependence on him - they never knew whether or not he would appear; even he himself did not know when the currents of the Inner World would devour him and spit him out wherever they had trouble. But he was still apart from them; he was still outside the warm circle they had by the fire, out in the desert gathering the magical sand, soil, for his rainbow menagerie of bullets.

He could see people die by the hundreds every minute, and a great sense of guilt began to weigh upon him. How he’d wished earlier that his Demon Gun would listen to his urges and transform; how he’d wished to unleash the Holy Judgement of the mighty Alexander upon all those who carelessly fought and killed without knowing anything. But no…there was one that could be more a curse to them…and at the same time a blessing in disguise. As he thought these things, he felt the electric tingle that told him that he would soon be able to find out.

Around his arm the golden squares flew once more, spiraling around and falling into place, locking into the completing shape of a great golden gun with three barrels and slim red grooves running down the sides of its triangular barrel casing. He felt its clamp grab his wrist, ensuring always a contact with him. It was warm, warm as human flesh the last time he’d come in contact with it so long ago. The interlocking spiral of golden pieces subsided and he looked down at his arm where a golden gun steamed like a newly put-out fire, ready to accept the will of he who had desired the power more than his own identity.

“Demon Gun…Dissolve.” Kaze’s eyes spread out one last time to survey the rising death toll, returning to where his hand clasped the handle, finger laying lazily at the trigger.

Hello there, right hand…it’s been awhile… He drew the first bullet from his belt slowly, even though he knew that time would not wait for him, nor for any who lay dying upon the field of battle.

“I’ve chosen the appropriate soil for the likes of you!” His voice once again rumbled like the thunder across the battlefield, though even he didn’t believe it could be heard above the roar of the butchery.

“More infinite than the open sky! Sky Blue!” Flicking the bullet like a coin, he rose his right arm up to catch it in the first chamber of the Demon Gun.

“The light that shines in the face of courage! Brit Silver!” For a second, he dreamed of being telepathic, to send those words to his teammates, even though they knew him not. A light that shines in the face of courage…

“And finally, the everlasting vitality of life! Evergreen!” He’d been to an evergreen forest once, back on his own world. He’d never see that forest again…he’d never see any of it again. The everlasting vitality of life…

The Demon Gun quickened the beat of its black heart, a drill-like apparatus on the side opposite the bullet entry chamber spinning faster and faster, energizing the soil and raising its potential energy release. Kaze felt the gun tremble in his hands; not the shaking of a rattling earthquake, but a pulsating rumble that was different for every beast and being he called forth.

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Vivi looked around, brought to an even more rapt attention than the battlefield had previously made him carry. He had the feeling again; a sidelong glance at his bracer’s glowing gem confirmed it. He was near; the mysterious last member of their supposedly three-person team. This time was different…he did not feel afraid. It was almost the sensation of facing an raging storm at sea, knowing your ship was safe in the hands of some unknown benevolent deity. He smiled, wringing his hands and preparing for another spell.

Even if they didn’t see him, Vivi knew he was there. That man was watching out for he and Ivan from wherever he was, silent in the shadows.

It was the faith of a child.

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“Heal! Summoned creature…Fairy!!!” Pulling the golden trigger back with a soft, swift motion, he braced himself as the dense grey cloud of magic the gun always ejected before the soil streams cumulated in a whirling mass, guiding beams of blue, silver, and green skyward over the center of the battlefield. A fairy appeared where the beams merged and dissipated, flapping her half-translucent wings as she hovered high above the fighting. She was a small, waiflike summon, no larger than a human, and certainly not as noticeable as Ifrit or Leviathan. But she was no less effective. Gathering white energy between her hands, a radiant ball soon formed, glimmering as the only star in the sky over the smoke-filled cityscape. Her long brown hair and a crown of irises were her only raiment; she was otherwise clothed in the light she had created herself.

Shutting her eyes of purple hue, she drew her hands apart, a silvery-white rain filling the sky above the battlefield. It descended without an explosion; perhaps even without notice to ordinary folk. But they would feel it. They would feel their flesh and bones begin to knit under the spell of the powerful magic, the near-dead would rise up again, probably only to grab their guns and get shot down again in a hail of enemy fire. But the lease on life would be new, and it would be theirs to do with as they pleased.

It was a blessing and a curse - a healing boon even at death’s door, only to face death as a certainty in life. It was the worst thing he could think of to do to each and every person he saw there that day, and simultaneously the best.

Before disappearing, Fairy floated near where Kaze stood on the rooftop, watching the awestruck smiles of soldiers as they lifted their wounded friends back to their feet.

“Hi Kaze…” Her radiant purple irises stared at the rough man captivatingly, though her hand made no move to touch him. “It’s been awhile…since you chose me.” She surveyed the scene below her, a mist arising in her waiflike eyes. “I’m glad…you chose healing over hurting today.” She pursed her pink lips and began to fade back into the ether from which she had come.

Kaze lifted his eyes heavenward as he remembered his time in the graveyard that day. Scarlett didn’t know it; Gilder, who he had hidden from, didn’t know it; even his team did not know it. But he had read every single headstone in that cemetary; he had gone to the source of the pain and suffering. There wasn’t a date of death in that cemetary that was was over five years from the present time. A quote from a headstone with a fresh boquet of flowers resting by it came back to his mind in that instant.

And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes…there will be no more suffering, and no more pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

He closed his eyes, shaking his head from side to side, looking on at the armies taking away the lifeforce given them, losing their city and friends and children, turning whole mountains into new headstones, and winning their great pyrrhic victories.

That was ‘absolute’ power.

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Use ‘Herbology’ THREE TIMES

1 Powered-up R-Vote for Ivan
1 Powered-up R-Vote for Vivi
1 Powered-up R-Vote for Scarlett
1 Powered-up R-Vote for Ramirez
1 Powered-up R-Vote for Ward
1 Powered-up R-Vote for Ryo Hazuki

Lay Down COVER FIRE for Vivi


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Soil! My strength!

Dareon
Mister Mage Mon
Posts: 38
(6/6/02 11:09:07 pm)

CH1B1 P0W4R!
And now, it's time... for Chibi Theater.

Chibi-People: It's THEATRE!

...Whatever.

*Chibi-Blue sits on a building, surveying the chibi-mayhem blow*

Chibi-Blue: Fools. Soon, all will know my power... The power of the STEEL CODPIECE!

*Chibi-Link creeps up behind Chibi-Blue*

Chibi-Chibi-Navi: YAHHH! TASTE MY POWER!

*Plink, plink, plink*

Chibi-Chibi-Navi: Curses! My chibi-gun only shoots ping pong balls!

*bows* Thank you.

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