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Alexander Krizak
The Ultimate Lifeform
Posts: 122
(6/7/02 11:26:20 pm)
Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
Act Four, Scene Two - Light in the Darkness

They found themselves standing in a dimly-lit dungeon, illuminated only with a few flickering torches and the flashing red message that appeared on all of their bracers: Eliminated. Skeletons in varying states of decay were chained to the walls, and unearthly screams wavered in the darkness.

The fallen warriors looked around, and noticed than none of the other contestants were around, nor was the host. It was then that one of them, the silent one with the large bandanna, bent down and picked a piece of parchment off of the ground. He quickly read it, and then gestured to the other contestants, who had been getting ready to fight.

One by one, they read the words of the host. "In a tournament, there are those that distinguish themselves, those that put forward the extra effort and manage to place themselves above the rest. And there are those like you, those who try only to become stepping stones for others who seek to succeed. However, I believe in second chances, and so you should consider this yours. The shield effect of your bracers has been removed for this venue, and the team who proves themselves the stongest shall be allowed to rejoin the tournament."

After they had all read the message, they stood still for a moment, studying those who had suddenly become their opponents once more.

And then all hell broke loose.

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Fallen Teams

The Dirty Quarter Dozen
Anoat - Bowser from Super Mario RPG (Brawler) - Level 1 (5 XP)
AsylumXKP - Conker from Conker's Bad Fur Day (Adept) - Level 2 (33 XP)
Darkken - Yamazaki Shinnosuke (Aoi Satan) from Sakura Taisen (Warrior) - Level 1 (19 XP)

Holy Redemption
allenhill2002 - Golbez from Final Fantasy IV (Enchanter) - Level 3 (54 XP)
Izlude - Strago Magus from Final Fantasy VI (Enchanter) - Level 3 (50 XP)
Terra Lockheart - Agrias Oaks from Final Fantasy Tactics (Warrior) - Level 1 (20 XP)

The Kupo Kids
KyleIII - Falco Lombardi from StarFox (Ranger) - Level 2 (27 XP)
Merton Dew - Mog from Final Fantasy VI (Adept) - Level 2 (27 XP)
Munkwunk - Onion Kid Dath from Final Fantasy III (Adept) - Level 1 (8 XP)

Magic Blades
Dareon - Blue and Rouge from SaGa Frontier (Enchanter) - Level 1 (22 XP)
Dry31 - Garai from Chrono Cross (Warrior) - Level 2 (27 XP)
Twirdtwin - Ciran Uzuki from Xenogears (Warrior) - Level 1 (0 XP)

Ragnarok
Bugenhagen - Billy Lee Black from Xenogears (Ranger) - Level 2 (36 XP)
Nova Quinn - Black Mage from Final Fantasy (Warlock) - Level 1 (10 XP)
Tyrus Alfudore - Kuja from Final Fantasy IX (Enchanter) - Level 1 (24 XP)

Strange Company
Curley WEAPON - Cinder from Killer Instinct (Brawler) - Level 2 (42 XP)
Simplistic Hero - Ward Zaback from Final Fantasy VIII (Warrior) - Level 2 (37 XP)
Switchblade - Ryogo Kusama from Front Mission 3 (Ranger) - Level 3 (56 XP)

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TOL-LOR-745: The Dungeons of Malorné
Start Time: 11:00 PM MDT Friday Night
End Time: 9:00 PM MDT Saturday Night
Special Rules: Dangerous Passage, Vengence of the Damned
Mini-Games: The Man in Chains

You find yourself in the dungeons of Malorné, far separated from the battles of the Sponsors. The dungeons desend into the depths of the earth in a series of winding passages, twisting staircases, and dead ends. This battle will not be limited to other Fallen, however, for the Sorceress has stationed many beings within her dungeons. In your battles, you will come across orcs, imps, trolls, goblins, ogres, dark knights, and pretty much any other traditional fantasy villain short of dragons. (The Sorceress has yet to master the control of dragons, so you will not encounter them here...)

Special Rules
Your journey through the dungeons will be a Dangerous Passage indeed, and you never quite know what will happen in this dangerous place. I have ten different events, each one assigned a different number. Every Fallen must choose a number between one and ten. The three members of each team must each choose a different number. If you do not choose a number, I will choose one randomly for you... except I will reroll should I land you on the best outcome. So it's in your best interest to choose a number for yourself. There is only one outcome with no negative consequences, and only one with no positive consequences.

Also, this round marks the first appearance of the Vengence of the Damned, in which a Fallen team can regain their place in the tournament. Only Fallen are allowed to participate in this round, and they may use their votes and abilities on other Fallen as if they were Sponsors. At the end of the round, the team with the least damage will be readmitted into the tournament as Sponsors.

Mini-Game
The Man in Chains: Information of this mini-game will be posted later in the round.

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Between sleep, work, and the acquisition of a new PS2 (which I have yet to even PLAY with), this round is really late. Bugenhagen's comment, however, is untrue, since I sort of lied when I swore on my grandmother's grave. You see, my grandmother doesn't HAVE a grave. :D

Edited by: Alexander Krizak at: 6/8/02 3:57:45 am
Thirdtwin a
RTT: Citan Uzuki
Posts: 12
(6/7/02 11:42:16 pm)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
((OOC: airing a question: do the statistical limits still apply, or do we actually function as Sponsors in terms of amts. of A-Votes, R-Votes, and Special Points?))

Oh yeah, lucky SEVEN, punk. (That just means that I'm gonna be screwed with the UNluckiest fate.... *sigh*)

TT, "a dichotomy of order and chaos....."

"MISSILEDOKEN!" -Black Mage, the 8-Bit Theater
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Today's lesson: "CT is Charge Time. It's charged by Speed value in one clock."

Edited by: Thirdtwin a at: 6/7/02 11:44:50 pm
Merton Dew
RTT: Mog
The Main Moogle

Posts: 2594
(6/7/02 11:49:16 pm)

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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
OOC: How about a list of the fallen characters, Kriz?

Gimme number six, kupo!

allenhill2002
RTT: Golbez
Posts: 358
(6/7/02 11:55:31 pm)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
This is round four, so give me four.

Oh, and are you going to give us an experience count?

And am I correct in thinking that we are exactly like Sponsors in every way during this round except for in name?

Soooooo, we won't be eliminating any one else this round, it's the team with the least damage that makes it, not the two teams that have the most get eliminated.....

Interesting, very interesting. I wonder what will happen.....

Oh yeah, this should be good. :D

Edited by: allenhill2002 at: 6/8/02 12:05:37 am
Alexander Krizak
The Ultimate Lifeform
Posts: 125
(6/8/02 12:05:47 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
Sorry, forgot about the XP.

And you still have Fallen vote totals. You are still weak from the barrier, but should you prevail here, by the tomorrow you'll be restored to full strength.


~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you

Curley WEAPON
RTT: Cinder
Posts: 38
(6/8/02 12:06:21 am)
Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
I'll take the number 8. 'Cause June 8 is my birthday, and that's TODAY(NINETEEN! WHOOHOO!)! Birthday luck, don't fail me now!

By the way, anyone who want's to give me and/or R-votes As a birthday present, feel free to do so!:D :D :D :rollin

Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk

Edited by: Curley WEAPON at: 6/8/02 12:11:08 am
KojiChao
Customer
Posts: 42
(6/8/02 12:21:31 am)
Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
(Quick off-topic post for Curley, Happy Birthday! :D Hah! 19 is a good age. :P You can Legally drink in British Columbia! W00t! :D *runs back to her own topic*)

Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 56
(6/8/02 12:24:16 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
(Gimme number 3!)

~dry31~
(Pay no attention to any of the above.)
Luna: The PLACE
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Other teams may have snazzy quotes...but actions speak louder than words.
*Falls down.*

Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 57
(6/8/02 12:39:51 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
(OOC: TT, are you going to be able to play this round? If you're not going to be able to do any voting, and you wouldn't mind transfering control of Citan to someone else temporarily, let me know and I'll cast your votes this round.)

~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.*

allenhill2002
RTT: Golbez
Posts: 359
(6/8/02 12:41:52 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
Sorry to bother you again Krizak, but you may want to recount the experience because you forgot some things.

1. As of the begining of round 3, I had 18 XP. I get + 20 XP for 10 Absorbs, + 4 XP for 4 A-Votes, + 4 more XP for 4 R-Votes, and + 10 XP for the mini game (my whole team was on the Assualt force). That should give me 56 XP. I'm now on level 3.

2. Whether the experience for Agrias, Dareon, and Kuja are correct or not, they all should be on Level 2 because they are all Fallen (ie Fallen reach level 2 at 20 XP instead of 25 XP)

3. The same goes for Cinder being on level 3 (ie Fallen level up at 40 XP not 50 XP)

Edited by: allenhill2002 at: 6/8/02 12:43:49 am
Merton Dew
RTT: Mog
The Main Moogle

Posts: 2595
(6/8/02 12:44:42 am)

ezSupporter

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
        "Second chance? You mean I can still win this thing? Kupo! I wonder if the winner gets a trophy..." He paused for a moment to picture a shiny, golden trophy perched atop the mantle back home. "Wait, what was I supposed to do? Oh yeah, beat some people DOWN! Kupo!" With a quick sidestep, the Moogle dodged a swinging blade as the fallen contestants went into a frezny, trying to reclaim their position as actual contenders in the tournament. Looking around, Mog saw several contestants eying him in the dim light. They must've thought he looked like an easy kill. Not this time.

        Mog brought up his lance, blocking another blow from the swordsman. "Die, you miserable creature!" he said menacingly, annoyed by Mog's unwillingness to die quickly. Bringing his second sword around, he sliced diagonally downward, hoping to split the Moogle from the shoulder to the hip. Mog hopped backwards, but the attacker was on him again in a second. Slash after slash came flying at the Moogle, but he swiftly dodged each one or parried with his lance. "Enough! Let's finish this!" In one swift movement, he knocked the lance out of Mog's hands and swung both swords from both directions toward the Moogle's furry neck. Mog shrieked like a little girl and dropped to the floor. Before the swords could come down and finish the job, Mog rolled into a ball and bowled into the attacker's legs, knocking him flat on his face. The man started to rise, but he was flattened back to the ground when Mog stepped on top of him, high-tailing it out of the immediate vicinity.

        Mog found himself in a stinking, smelly dungeon, filled with decaying bodies and untold other atrocities. He hadn't wanted to get this lost. He needed to find his teammates. Minutes ago he'd been surrounded by other contestants, but now he was alone in a winding passageway. He considered turning back. Something moved in the corner of his eye. Definitely turning back. He turned just in time to see something disappear down a side passage. "Ever get the feeling that you're being... watched?" he asked aloud, bringing up his lance and spinning around. Several eyes flickered out of view just beyond the reach of the torchlight. "OK, this is freaking me out!" Turning back, he ran out of there screaming "Kupoooooooooo!" at the top of his lungs. He didn't stop until he bumped into his team, who looked at him like he was some sort of nut. "What?" he asked, trying to regain his cool.

Edited by: Merton Dew at: 6/8/02 1:27:54 am
Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 58
(6/8/02 12:50:41 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
*Garai looks at his fellow combatants...and doesn't like the way that they're eyeing him in return. He edges away from the group...but their attention is riveted just as much on the other combatants as it is him, so no one attacks. Yet. As his gaze sweeps over the group, he notices one marginally less hostile face in the crowd...namely, the one known as Billy Lee Black. Garai edges over to him...*

Garai: You don't seem as hostile as the others...

Billy: ...I'm really not that interested in rejoining the tournament.

Garai: Well, I am. If you're not that interested, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't attack me. And if you could find it in your heart to provide some healing, should I be in need, I would greatly appreciate it. Please consider it.

*That said, Garai bows in respect and edges away again...*

~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.*

Thirdtwin a
RTT: Citan Uzuki
Posts: 13
(6/8/02 1:00:35 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
Yeah, take over my votes, Dry. If I had known I'd have been half this busy this week, I wouldn't have signed up, 'cause I don't have half the time I want to pound out some of my better writing. I'll post something later approaching story/motivation, but I won't be able to follow up too much... sorry. I guess I'll just give all my votes to Dry right now, except on the rare times I can show up...

TT, "a dichotomy of order and chaos....."

"MISSILEDOKEN!" -Black Mage, the 8-Bit Theater
"...It's nice to know I'll be paying lots of nice, shiny money to go to hell..." Dry31, Luna admin, on college

TT's plugs!!! (with ninjas!)
Rurouni Taikai Tactics--Experience true power....
The Continent of Luna--the PLACE
Sage's Ronin Page BBS--the PLACE for enlightenment and great justice!
The SAGE Page--the PLACE for all your grassroots otaku news!
Ronin Reserve: New Vanguard-- The highest human concept of the corporeal something something.
The 8-Bit Theater--Black Mage likes pie! He can't be all bad...
Today's lesson: "CT is Charge Time. It's charged by Speed value in one clock."

Dareon
Mister Mage Mon
Posts: 42
(6/8/02 1:04:09 am)

In the dark I wait and bleed... (WTF!)
Rouge chuckled silently at the words. "The strongest, eh?" He surveyed his new adversaries. "Well, may the best man..." He glanced at a few of the others, "...Or whatever, win."

He glanced at the two swordsmen his bracer indicated as teammates. "This is the first time we've met, I believe. I feel that going it alone this time would not be... to our advantage." He glanced around. Several people were readying weapons and eyeing the people next to them with interest. "Perhaps we should discuss this in... a somewhat safer location. Gate!" He snapped his fingers, and the three disappeared from the tunnels.

---
Sorry about that. If you'd like to send A-votes our way, kindly do it in an indirect way, like causing a cave-in or a wild ricocheting bullet.

Or you could wander about and find us. Sorry for the extra work, but being right in the middle of a suddenly-hostile crowd is not the best move.

*EDIT* I choose the number 5.

Edited by: Dareon at: 6/8/02 1:10:59 am
Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 59
(6/8/02 1:04:09 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
(Thanks TT. I'll try to do some good writing...and more importantly, I'll try to get our team back in the running.)

~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.*

Dry31
RTT: Garai
Posts: 60
(6/8/02 1:20:15 am)

"In the dark I wait and bleed"...WTF, indeed!
*Garai blinks, and looks at his newfound partners. The green-clad man, Citan, seems to be a swordsman as well, though one devoted more to agility than to powerhouse techniques Garai prefers...though recalling how well he fought against Ward, he decides that Citan is indeed a skilled swordsman. Citan turns to him, and smiles...*

Citan: I am Citan Uzuki.

Garai: I am Garai.

*Citan extends his hand...Garai takes it and gives a firm shake. Citan smiles warmly...but some deep, inner sadness seems to burn in his eyes, even when he is smiling sincerely, as he is now. Garai releases Citan's hand, then turns to his other partner, a red-clad mage. Garai extends his hand...the other does not take it.*

Rouge: You may call me Rouge.

*Rouge simply nods...Garai shrugs and retracts his hand, supressing a slight shudder. In Rouge's eyes, he sees a malice, a delight in destruction, kept at bay only by the fact that his teammates will be useful to him. Garai nods in return...*

Garai: We've been eliminated. This is our final chance...so let's get out there and do some mauling, shall we? Oh...though there is one person I'd advise against attacking. His name is Billy Lee Black...he's expressed no major interest in rejoining this tournament, and I asked for his assistance. And any assistance we can get is welcome...I don't play to lose.

*Garai thinks that Rouge's opinion of him might have gone up a notch...*

Garai: So...shall we go to the action, or do we let the action come to us?

~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.*

KyleIII
RTT: Falco Lombardi
Cook

Posts: 1089
(6/8/02 1:21:36 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
OOC: I'll take lucky number 7.

"A second chance, eh?" Falco thought to himself, "Well when I get back into this thing, I'll prove to everyone I can't be taken so lightly."

"Ready to go?" Dath asked his teamates.

"Roger that, kupo!" Mog shouted an affirmative.

"Then let's get this party started!" Falco added to the cheer. Pausing momentarily, he pulled a couple rations out of his flight suit and handed them to his teamates. "You might need these," he said to them as they accepted the small, energy-rich pieces of food.

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11 SP to activate Herbology
1 R-vote to Mog
1 R-vote to Dath

Munkwunk
RTT: Onion Kid Dath
Posts: 1110
(6/8/02 1:39:55 am)

ezSupporter

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
OOC: I'll pick number 4, since I'm Onion Kid #4. :p

____

There's nothing like the lust for Redemption.

Dath's eyes darted around the room as all of the Fallen suddenly erupted into a murderous rage. It was clear that they woul dod anything to get their second chance. The boy thought it a bit funny: some of these people didn't even want to be in the tournament in the first place, and here they were, fighting to enter the fray as contestants once more.

He knew he didn't have much time before he was spotted amongst the crowd. It wasn't a particularly large group of people and he knew the melee would eventually be broken up, so he had to use the veil of temporary chaos to his advantage before it was too late.

He had seen the Black Mage as a contestant before. That person looked very familiar to Dath; the power of the Crystal granted him the ability to change in to a Black Mage -- among other jobs -- at will, and he knew his own appearance would take a very similar form. "This'll be fun!" thought Dath to himself as he darted around a dark corner to change.

Moments later, a Black Mage appeared from around that very corner He waded in to the fray, casting fireballs and lightning bolts at various contestants, trying to add to the mayhem. It wasn't long before he noted Kuja, a teammate of the "true" Black Mage; the Onion Kid fought his way up to Kuja and addressed the man.

"Hey, Kuja! It's me! You've gotta help! That bastard over there is trying to kill me!"

Dath's finger pointed to some random contestant, shaking slightly as his worry about whether or not his guise would succeed was causing him to be a bit unnerved. Now Dath's only hope was that Kuja would believe him and cast some mighty spell at the unlucky person the boy pointed to: Strago Magus.


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Dareon
Mister Mage Mon
Posts: 43
(6/8/02 2:54:06 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
Rouge smiled slightly. "I think we'll be getting trouble whether we look for it or not. For the moment... Let's prepare."

Rouge drew his own sword and held it vertically in front of his face. He ran the first two fingers of one hand down the center of the blade, and a line of red light followed them. "Power of the Rune... VictoryRune!" Garai and Citan were enfolded by soft, warm light, which quickly faded.

"That should improve your combat skills a little. While it seems some of my spells are changed in these worlds, this one should still work right."

---
R-vote to Garai
R-vote to Citan

Thirdtwin a
RTT: Citan Uzuki
Posts: 14
(6/8/02 3:06:31 am)

Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
((quick editing to hopefully save some face here))

Three rounds of hell. That was what it must have been... for the others. For him, it had been... well, the first round was definitely hell. No, not because of the new surroundings; he actually could have sworn he had been back in the cavernous halls of some Solarian military institute (of course, he was still clinging to the idea that it was a dream at that point). For all the blue man's talk of new dimensions and whatnot, he was hard pressed to believe that he wasn't somewhere else on the planet.... or somewhere in his mind.

That was, until he saw his first alien. Until he was shocked to the core of his very being.

No, the alien itself wasn't shocking at all. And that, in itself, was the shock that convinced him he was utterly awake.
For all the horrors I've seen.... my subconscious would have, and even has , conjured up horrors much worse.
Something with tentacles? More like some ancient hentai that a few of his buddies in Jugend mioght have dug up than some freakish monstrosity conjured from the deepest recesses of a diseased soul.

He was awake.

And then, knowing that he was fully awake, and yet nowhere he knew, he let himself be drunk with it, losing himself to the madness for a time. Let himself wander down a path of carnage and bloodshed, if for no better reason than to hide from the encroaching grey fog by diving into boiling rivers of crimson (well, actually the blood tended to be a sort of greenish/navy blue, but that was moot). Toward the end of his rampage, he actually began to feel pleasure. And that chilled him enough to stop, to put back on some semblance of civility.

"If I happened to be overcome by the darkside... At that point, I have already..."

But he hadn't, thank... whatever in the world should be thanked. He could draw himself back from the dark... could and did. Yet even though he was "under control" at that point, the time afterward was something of a blur. He had an interesting match with the young man Hazuki, he remembered that... but what else happened? He remembered fighting (and getting his collarbone snapped by that humongous scarred man with the bandanna, of course-- the spot was thankfully healed for the most part, but still a little sore), but...

...well, that was an irrelevance, the colder part of him spoke up. What he hadn't done was his duty: to protect his teammates, to put down the other teams, to be the last standing.... to survive. So, for the rest of the tourney, he was doomed to be little better than a phantom, a ghost haunting the tournament.

But, with his time spent as a Fallen, with his short taste of "death," he began to realize something. He began to realize that this was not what he wanted. He did not want "death"-- or this pale specter of such. He wanted to live fully.... or die truly. And, left without the latter choice, it became a matter of course.

And then came the next two rounds.

And what he saw in those worlds... convinced him that maybe, life could be worth it. Maybe the blue man wasn't a devil, but a god... capable of showing heaven on earth (well, not all the worlds were strictly Earth, were they?). Because, being a part of those places, feeling himself at once embraced in their beauty and their fate, and yet somehow apart, somehow able to remain objective, he began to remember how to do something he thought he had long forgotten.

He had begun to marvel.

And now...

Maybe this is symbolic. It's not implausible that my free will is just an illusion, and that this final choice built on the foundation of my shifting emotions are merely some sort of twisted metaphor written by an invisible hand, solely for the enjoyment of unseen readers. But, if choosing to fight on, to claw tooth and nail for the chance to undo my Falling... if that means I am also choosing to live in some strange fashion, so be it. The best we can do under such circumstances is live... right, Elly?

"I am Citan Uzuki."
"I am Garai."

He shook hands with the humongous man (it was a strange feeling to be dwarfed by someone who wasn't a demihuman), and unexpectedly a smile began rising on his face. Underneath it, he could still feel the grey seeping and twisting throughout his mind.... but it was definitely diminished. His smile broadened. Maybe it was all a game... but this was one game he was determined to beat.

Garai reached for the other's hand... he could feel a magical aura about him, and was surprised he could feel any such thing. Away from the Zohar Modifier, he had expected any of his Ether abilites to be wholly non-existant. But, strangely enough, he still felt fully capable of his Arcane skills... or his Super Deathblows. The Zohar Modifer was supposed to affect events across multiple dimensions... no, he doubted it could be that. Could it be the effect of our "conjoined lifeforce" propagated by these bracers? Hmm... It would be interesting to study these devices....

"You may call me Rouge," the other said... but refused the hand offered him, instead merely nodding. As the tension built, he caught a glimpse of this "Rouge's" eyes... and immediately knew. He had seen such a condition before. And he knew that such a division in the mind could be dangerous... very dangerous. But... come what may, he had to work with this unique young man. He would nevertheless keep his guard up.


"...there is one person I'd advise against attacking," Garai was now saying. "His name is Billy Lee Black...." And again he was shocked. Billy Lee Black? Such a soft-hearted soul as him, chosen for this sort of barbaric-still, we must play the hands dealt us... It would be a comfort to have a familiar face aiding his team... but he wasn't certain that his team needed to know that he knew Billy already. And hence, they wouldn't know. In such a situation as this, it was sometimes best to keep an ace in the hole.

"So...shall we go to the action, or do we let the action come to us?"

"I propose that, as we presently have the element of surprise, Rouge's timely warp spell having lifted us out of the fracas for a moment, we teleport back and have at them. Not without a plan, of course, but if we want to win, we must take advantage of any opportunity. And, like you, Sir Garai, I do not desire to lose."

TT, "a dichotomy of order and chaos....."

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Edited by: Thirdtwin a at: 6/8/02 10:46:52 am
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Re: Rurouni Taikai Tactics - Round Four Gaiden - Fallen Only
(Edited. x_x; Sorry, I make no sense. Gah. It's 4am, and my head is spinning from all those speedo's... *Runs away*)

Edited by: KojiChao at: 6/8/02 4:12:20 am
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