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Post by Talon on Feb 17, 2008 22:19:02 GMT -5
((Reserved for Azure))
The black-armored figure calmly walked through the trees, though its fists were clenching and unclenching. Its pin-point eyes narrowed, then dissapeared as if the entity had closed them. It let out a low growl that sounded as if it were resonating against metal. The entity smashed its fist through a nearby tree and roared into the sky, a roar that sounded too familiar...
"That... that angelic bitch! Why'd she do this to me?! She bound my soul to this... this COPRSE! Why couldn't she have just killed me?!" The being growled.
It clutched at the helmet and swayed from side to side, as if in pain. It let out a piteous moan as it collapsed onto its knees and slammed its fists on the ground.
"AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!! I SHOULD'VE STAYED DEAD!!!!!" It screamed, frightening any nearby squirrels away.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 0:01:50 GMT -5
It may have scared squirrels away. Hell, it petrified her with surprise and fear...
But because it was so familiar, she was drawn towards it, rather then pushed away. The black wyrmling glanced down at the Death Knight from a rooftop, quietly wondering, "Shive?"
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 16:21:56 GMT -5
The armored figure's eyes snapped open, and he staggered backwards, his pin-point eyes burning into Cynder's mind and instilling a primordial fear into her tiny heart. The entity had to make something up, and fast.
"Who is this Shive you speak of?" He asked the wyrmling.
His hand unknowingly went to the handle jutting out over his shoulder...
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 16:32:45 GMT -5
Cynder backed away a few steps away out of the fear the Death Knight exuded, but she didn't out right flee. She knew Spyro wouldn't if put in her position, even if he was still as young as her. Though, even through the fear, she could tell that there were more similarites then just the roar.
"Stop playing ignorant, you never were good at lying from things I heard from Solranous. I noticed how you moved, and you know exactly who I'm talking about... Why are causing everyone such emotional pain?"
She was sure of who she was talking to now, this was seemed to be a greater scale of how the Shive she knew acted when the dragonkin sold his soul, like an idiot.
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 16:41:24 GMT -5
The entity's eyes drifted to the ground, and he sighed, clenching his fists.
"I was unaware. I was hoping no one'd notice." He stated quietly.
He then glanced up at Cynder, tapping his claws on the handle of whatever was on his back. Shive's eyes seemed to burn brighter as they narrowed at Cynder.
"Revenge is revenge. It's personal."
Cynder's Hollow half felt strangely 'tingly' as a small aura of black seeped up around Shive.
"Tell me, Cynder. How badly have you ever hated someone? So badly that you'd give your life to make sure they died? If not, then you'd never understand."
The ground under Shive withered away and splintered as he thought,
She's seen me... but no one else has... I could make sure no one else knows of this with a simple swing...
He paused, then shook it away.
No... I couldn't. Someone'd find out sooner or later...
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 17:01:49 GMT -5
'As much as I hate you, I'll bail you out if he attacks, though that negative energy is so~o good to feel.' Hollow Cynder noted.
'Let me guess, you're only going to do that to save your own tail, right?' Cynder returned, mentally gritting her fangs.
'Gee, when did you get so perceptive?' the Hollow sarcastically returned.
"...I honestly don't know the feeling, and I'm glad that I never did... but still, what you did was just plain stupid," Cynder continued, "Even if you hated him that badly, it was still no excuse to simply throw away everything you held dear."
The wyrmlings legs tensed, sensing Shive's intention to attack her, to kill her. Unnoticed by Shive, a black 'wave' seemed to start creeping over Cynder's eye, but the wyrmling definetly noticed the Hollow's attempt to take over.
"damn-it-not-now..." Cynder growled, trying to fight off the powerful invasion, to keep the Hollow from smothering her and shoving her back.
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 17:15:19 GMT -5
Shive noticed Cynder struggling, and he aimed his finger at her. Her Hollow side's energy began to slowly ebb away, fueling Shive's own despicable power. When the Hollow was noticably weakened, Shive looked directly at Cynder and replied,
"You don't get it. Perhaps it was a stupid mistake. But it had to be done. If I hadn't of done what I had done, Daedalus would still be here, killing innocent people... AND MY FRIENDS. THAT was the main reason I did it. He attacked them because of me."
His helmet opened slightly at the mouth, releasing another black cloud of necromantic energy with an unholy hiss from within the armored shell.
"Besides... no one misses me. I know it. I WAS THE CAUSE OF THEIR TROUBLE ALL ALONG! BECAUSE OF ME, DAEDALUS ATTACKED THEM! BECAUSE OF ME, THEY HAD TO FIGHT MY HOLLOW! BECAUSE OF ME..."
He choked, then continued in a broken voice,
"...they were wrongfully spited. If it weren't for me, their lives would all be better..."
His hand fell from the handle as he stood up slowly, staring at the ground.
"If I could find a way, I'd still be dead right now."
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 17:55:31 GMT -5
'goddamnIT!!!' the hollow roared, as Cynder fout her off now that she was weakened.
"Troublesome, yes, but that has beenignored on multiple occasions. You're wrong when you say no one misses you. Myrr had been looking for you. When I finally worked up enough sense to break the news to her...
She... She was crushed. She's practically lost all rational thought, and if I hadn't place a telekinetic bind on her, she may very well have attempted suicide. She's a compassionate person, as you know, but that has made her heart fragile when it comes to losing someone close to her. Again, you know the feeling." another being said.
"W-When did you get here... Solranous?" Cynder asking, seeing the emerald dragon on an opposite rooftop.
"Since Shive stumbled back when you addressed him by name."
"No F***ing way, I would have sensed you by now."
Solranous ignored the Hollow's words, then glanced at Shive, sadness evident in his eyes.
"I can't believe you... Throwing away everything for revenge. Anger can improve one's strength, yes, but when taken too far, it clouds one's judgement until its too late to realize a mistake they made. You, my friend, have dived straight into a point of no return. You are beyond my help, however much it pains me to say it. Now, you must live with the fact that you threw away a life with friends who would stay by your side through thick or thin. Just to be rid of that one person who plagued your life for over two centuries. You even kicked away someone's love for you, spit on it, and then trampled it into the ground." Solranous paused, catching his breath for a few seconds.
"I honestly hope you understand the severity of the pain you've caused everyone close to you. You even unintentionally lost Haikaisha... Sevra... I knew your stupidity would be your undoing, but I let it go. You've made a choice, a poor choice in my opinion, but a choice none-the-less. With ever action, there is a reaction. The reaction's contents depend up the action that caused the reaction. Your choice and actions were poor, and so your state of undeath is the reaction, the punishment, of that choice and those actions. However, even in your state of undeath, you are still the dragonkin whom I was friends with, if only in a mental state. I'll stay by your side, as I said before, through thick and thin, the best and the worst, Heaven and Hell. True friends don't abandon each other in the worst of times."
The dragon shinigami waited, prepared for anything.
(OOC: FYI, I'm not normally one for speeches like that but... when I roleplay Solranous, I don't really feel like it's me writing the words... Have you ever felt like that? I swear, Solranous' speech there ran with itself.)
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 18:11:53 GMT -5
((Yeah. But whenever that happens, the speeches usually suck...))
Shive's fists clenched so tightly the scraping of metal could be heard. Suddenly, he did something unexpected: He let out a small laugh.
"Is that so? Then... I need you to do me a favor..."
He looked up at Solranous, and his eyes seemed to be flickering.
"Destroy this corpse I'm bound to. Completely. I want to move on. That angel-bitch bound me to this as punishment; punishment I know I deserve, but still..."
His voice broke, and he muttered,
"A-and... I had a feeling something like that would happen. I was hoping she... she wouldn't find out... but at least she doesn't have to see me like this... I hope."
He reached for his helmet, and undid the latches that held it in place, releasing a small cloud of black mist into the air as Shive held the helmet to his side, revealing what was underneath...
Shive's face was roughly half-rotted away in uneven pacthes, one of his eyes missing and a section of his teeth showing due to missing lips. In his hollow eye shone one of the pin-prick eyes, the other eye was just glowing. His scales had faded to a dusky gray, and his mane was whispy and withered.
"Please... please... don't keep me bound to this corpse... it's a living hell I tell you. I can't feel anything! I have no smell, no taste, no sense of touch! All I have are my sight, my hearing, and the unshakable cloud of regret! AUGH! I WANT YOU TO PLEASE KILL ME!"
((Didn't expect that, did ya?))
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 18:27:05 GMT -5
(OOC: I did expect it)
Solranous sighed regretfully, he wished it wouldn't end like this. The dragon drew and ignited Kizoku, then transfromed through Shikai and into Bankai state.
"Believe me, I know what its like to lose all senses except sight and sound. If only, if only it could have been different. Myrr will not know of this, and I will make it as if it never happened. No one deserves to see their friend, their love in Myrr's case, turned into a rotting corspe."
As Solranous spoke, his wings, arms, legs, and tails lost almost all of their flame as Solranous channelled the reiatsu.
"Star Burst Flare"
The beam launched from Solranous' maw, instantly striking Shive and tearing away the armor that kept the corspe together. Hopefully, it was fast and painless.
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 18:37:15 GMT -5
((And now, for another twist...)) ...And yet, the blast did nothing... "You need to work on your sensory skills, my green scaly friend." An all-too familiar voice hissed. The blast dissapated, and standing there was... Artecaex?! Something about the crimson dragon wasn't right. Holes were torn in his wings, and his eyes seemed... distant, unfocused. And his pupils looked just like Shive's. "Always have a backup plan. Isn't that what your creator used to say, Darkdrium?" 'Artecaex' hissed, flexing his claws. Shive was standing deathly still. His helmet had somehow found its way back onto his head, the latches all locked once more. "Sorry, but this Death Knight is much too valuble for me to lose at the moment. He was foolish enough to destroy himself, and I was smart enough to use that to my advantage." He stated. "Come! We have a half-dragon to show you to!" He shouted to his Death Knight. Shive let out a deathly hiss as both of them elevated into the air, then vanished completely. See you later, Darkdrium... sooner than you think... He informed the green dragon. ((* Creeping In My Soul starts playing*)) |
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Feb 18, 2008 21:40:59 GMT -5
"...Why do I get the feeling the Patriarch is temporarily controlling him? Or something to that effect... Cynder, get out of here, find some place out of the way and hide, a brutal fight may very well start raging." Solranous said to the wyrmling, who quickly obeyed, flying away.
Solranous then focused, and Flash Stepped after Artecaex.
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Post by Talon on Feb 18, 2008 21:43:26 GMT -5
((End thread; new topic will be in Downtown))
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