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#Post#: 1304--------------------------------------------------
Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: July 29, 2016, 9:38 pm
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As Re'Ni heard Tec explaining what horrid creature lied beyond,
she thought she was stretching it too far ..but she could not
pass the opportunity; To show her true powers and fight
darkness, securing her sanity and life - Especially now that she
had something to fight for. She kept looking at the gate and
spoke in a rather determined tone {"Well... Re'Ni too can play
this game. Not fear darkness when Light within."} Her eyes
glimpsed with the bright white psionic energy and she looked at
Tec with a smile {"Open gates..."}.
-
Cui responded with another psionic message to Myst while smiling
to Xefr as if everything was allright {{"Alright Myst, I'll try
my best."}} As they were about to be teleported and Xefr
finished his small self-loathing apology, Cui stood on his
shoulder and caressed his forehead's scales while muttering
something.. "You're stronger than you know ..I sense it."
The planet was a really pleasant one, as they walked closer to
the ruins they could see the alien ..it was not intimidating at
all, all white and fluffy covered in some blue robes ..cooking
something while whistling a pop song. As soon as she notices the
visitors, the peculiar fluffy alien approaches the great black
drake in awe "Ah, what a nice sight! I've been waiting you ever
since you left the Scion. This is Caprima! ...and hello again
my little Cui!" She pinches Cui's cheeks while the tiny
dragoness mumbles something about not being little, just
practical. The capricorn then turned to Myst "And another good
old dragon I see? This meeting is out of scale! Hehe*snort*he!"
after trying getting it together, she tries to explain herself
in a calm and friendly tone.. "Ahh, anyway.. It is surprising to
see you've all reached this place ..it seems there is hope
after all. I hope you didn't just pop in to say hello and
leave.. sit over there while I bring the pie and the coconut
milk... I'm sure you all have a long tail to share!" She points
at a nice wooden table close by, with some large cushions
..large enough for a young dragon.
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#Post#: 1319--------------------------------------------------
Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: July 29, 2016, 11:51 pm
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Tec seemed hesitant, but stopped resisting when Re'Ni smiled at
him. He nodded, and looked to the gate. With a flash of his
eyes, the Gate started to move, but it wasn't until the Valorian
guards pulled some levers that it finally opened. It revealed a
long hallway, armored and with turrets lining the walls. At the
end, Re'Ni could see what appeared to be a large room with a
massive steel sphere, slightly levitating off the ground, at the
back, but it was too far to really tell for sure. Tec walked
forward, and looked back to Re'Ni, speaking in half-worried
voice, "I sure hope we aren't doing something stupid. Guardian's
gonna have a fit..."
-
Myst was suffering, and barely suppressed his groans at those
horrible puns. It reminded him too much of that horrible phase
Scout when through, just terrible. Of course, he felt more sorry
for Cui, thankful that his cheeks were out of reach. Xefr
however, just smiled and nodded, quite happy that for once his
life was not in danger on this adventure. "I suppose we do.
Thank you ma'am." Xefr then trotted over to he cushions and sat
down. Myst just walked over to the table and stood there,
standing up.
#Post#: 1328--------------------------------------------------
Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: July 30, 2016, 11:28 am
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Sharing Tec's doubts, Re'Ni sighed and walked slowly forward
while being completely attached to Tec. She moved her tail close
to Tec's and binded them.. and with her eyes now shining
brighter than ever, she spoke in an imposive and loud voice
{"RE'NI NOT FEAR DEMON: DEMON MUST FEAR TEC AND RE'NI!"}
-
Cui sent a psionic secret message to Myst {{"I warned you about
her humour ..didn't I? *sigh*"}} and the proceeded to smile
awkwardly at the goat-alien who looked at Cui with a frown and
her eybrow raised.
After a while the nice capricorn came near the table holding a
big pie with a beautiful smell, while two barrels and a jug of
coconut milk were floating behind her - She landed the barrels
of coconut milk before Myst and Xefr, the jug infront of Cui,
and the pie in the middle of the table, as she spoke her tone
was sweet and calm "Don't drink it all at once now! Your belly
will revolt and we don't want that to happen before eating this
pie I made just for you!"
As she was cutting the pie with a psionic energy knife she
started talking in a somewhat relunctant and worried manner, but
still sweet enough "It's nice to have visitorns once in an
eternity... but I guess you came here seeking something else
other than an old lady, no?"
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: July 30, 2016, 12:55 pm
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Tec nervously grinned at Re'Ni's shouting, "Save your energy, my
love. Forbidden can't hear us from here, not until I make some
edits to his cell." The dragons then finally reached the end of
the hallway, and were finally in the real brig. There were
actually three of the massive steel circles in the room, which
appeared to be the prison cells. The darkness seemed to stem
from the middle one. Tec approached a console, and with a gulp,
hit a few of the buttons. Soon, the layer of steel on the center
circular cell disappeared, revealing it to actually be a giant
glass ball. However, there 6 layers of the glass, all with their
own doors. On the walls of each layer, there were strange, metal
devices aimed at the center, and just being near them made
Re'Ni's psionic power feel weaker. But in the center of the all
the glass, clearly visible, was a floating orb of what seemed to
be red gas. After a moment of silence, the gas fell to the floor
of the cell, and grew into a gaseous humanoid figure.
The figure wasted no time, and threw its arms out in a greeting
gesture. Its voice penetrated the minds of both Re'Ni and Tec,
and sounded like a demented version of Tec's calm tone, "Well,
if it isn't Tec! To what do I owe the pleasure of getting some
more time to reconnect with my brother shard? Oh, but wait..."
The gas humanoid then turned to Re'Ni, and the Dragoness could
feel a darkness descending upon her mind, reaching deep and
taking hold of something... "Ah, Re'Ni'Tarjal Qo'Atzel'Qoatl.
That's a mouthful, you know? I'm just going to call you Atzel,
since it seems appropriate. Have you come to meet a fellow
Monster? Or are you going to be taking up residence in the last
cell? Would be appropriate for somebody like you..."
-
Xefr took a small drink of the milk and smiled, "Normally that's
my line, but you are correct. We followed that map here because
apparently you have some sort of weapon in your possession that
can help us defeat those harpy things and save the universe. I'm
hoping that we got the right address." Like at the monastery,
Myst didn't seem to notice the drink, and moved himself to sit
down next to Xefr and Cui. For a second he seemed interested in
the pie, but quickly distracted himself by asking the Capricorn
a question, "You were the one who set up those tests, weren't
you? That would take a great deal of power, so I wonder why we
are needed in the first place."
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: July 30, 2016, 8:00 pm
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Re'Ni gasped and her tail started shaking, she didn't like this
at all ...all those feelings of the old life she left behind
making a come back in the form of that evil demon. Her bright
white eyes were starting to be consumed by darkness - realising
that, she tried holding firm on Tec's tail with hers and dared
to look at the demon, her tone was as determined as before
..but her voice was rasping {"Demon don't even understand
meaning of name and dare speak it ..Re'Ni not monster anymore!
...not with Tec! Self found.."} she suddenly feels intense pain
in her head as her old thoughts reemerge and she grips her teeth
while looking away from the demon for a moment.. after managing
to control it she remains looking at the ground, her eyes being
consumed by a dark energy, but still predominantly white..
{"Re'Ni ..not monster"} she started forming a white orb in her
paw with all of her remaining strength.
-
The capricorn chuckled a bit and tried explaining the situation
to Xefr "Weapon? Oh, yes! ..there is a weapon, the weapon that
will stop the need for all weapons. I will show you how you may
get it but first I will have to see within your soul.." she then
turns to Myst, evidently looking disappointed and sad "I would
if I only could my child, but while I managed to retain my
physical form, my soul is not of this universe ..only a native
can do it, I'm sorry. Besides I have to keep them sleeping..."
She then smiles and points towards the pie "Eat up kids, we will
have a lot to talk and do ..so you have to get some energy
first!" She takes a piece for herself and starts munching it.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: July 30, 2016, 11:20 pm
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The entity just laughed, "Ha! Did I strike a nerve? What are you
going to do, strike me down? I suppose that makes sense for you,
since the execution of another comes so easily to you. I know,
for death is a thing we monsters were born to inflict upon
others. But allow me to show you something..." The gaseous
humanoid then threw his arms out to his side, and started to
change. The gas expanded and grew, until it took on a draconic
form, and then became solid. Eventually, in the center of all
that glass, stood a perfect copy of Tec. The voice however, was
unchanged, "You will begin by destroying Forbidden. But then
where will you go? Monsters are satisfied with just one measly
kill. No, when you strike me down, you will watch a vision of
the future. Tec might be your reason to live, but you can't be
fixed, and one day you will destroy that reason yourself. You'll
kill him yourself, and it is only a matter of when. And after
that, without a reason, you will strike yourself down, and the
universe shall be down one monstrosity. You will finally succed
in something for once in your life, even if suicide isn't
exactly an unfamiliar concept to you..."
Forbidden then looked back to Tec, and it seemed as if the Shard
was just looking into a mirror, "And you know Tec... She does
like you. Which is why it will be all the more lovely when you
finally fail her, like you've done so many times before. Your
weak little mind will crack someday, and maybe you will be the
one to strike her down, or die trying. No amount of love will
save you from your fate, not hers to you, nor yours to her.
Anything between you two will yield the same result, failure.
Rotten weakling!"
Tec rose in rage, but noticed what Re'Ni was doing and acted
quickly. He yelled, "Shut up you bloody menace!" and smashed a
button on the console. The demonic shard just smiled as the
steel returned, and the dark pressure on Re'Ni's mind faded. Tec
looked to the Dragoness, and with an uncertain voice he spoke,
"Re'Ni... Are you alright?"
-
Xefr smiled and took a piece, throwing it into his mouth and
eating. While chewing, he spoke psionically, "Well, I suppose
you can take a look at my soul..." Xefr paused, and then his
smile turned sad, "...Heh, you've already seen my memories too,
so I doubt it could get much more intrusive at this point... But
you're right, we do have some talking to do." Myst took only
bite a first, and then ate the rest in one more bite. He seemed
content with himself.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: August 2, 2016, 6:36 pm
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At first the dragoness was filled with rage and ready to strike
the demon down, but then she froze...
Re'Ni could not respond, she was lost deep into dark thoughts,
and her eyes were now completely soulless ..even after Tec
stopped the Forbidden one, she was imagining ..imagining the
possibility of what that demon just said happening; she knew
that she is an unstable psychotic monster distrusting and
hurting everything after all ...but then she realised there was
one thing she was more certain about; She would not allow that
to happen, she would never hurt Tec..
She put her claws on her neck and started pressing them against
it, but Tec's voice and feelings rang inside her head ..she
would not hurt him in any way! She slowly moved her claws away
from her neck and in a very tired and fragile voice she turned
to Tec with a smile {"Not know.. ..but try."} only to faint the
next second.
-
The goat lady gasped, she was appaled by even the thought of
reading the memories of someone else without their consent
"Seen.. your memories? I would never do such a thing without
telling you, my child! No, the shadows may have used your
memories, thoughts and feelings to test you ..but I had no
connection to them, or what they did." She then closes up to
Xefr, her hand's palm facing opposite to Xefr's chest, "Now, if
I may! I will see the shadows within your soul.. ..it won't
hurt a bit!"
She closes her eyes and presses her palm against Xefr's chest; a
bright beam of light explodes and the two find themselves
floating in a different plain of existence, inside what looks
like a giant colourful Aurora traveling through a soothing dark
blue cloud - The Aurora's colourful lights slowly start taking
the shapes and forms of Xefr interacting with the Shadows during
the tests, while his feelings during his interactions can be
felt and seen with the change of the light's colours.
With her eyes still closed, the capricorn seems to be in pain
as the dancing lights take the form of Xefr interacting with the
first shadow.. she rubs her head a bit after the hit "Ouch!
..you must not hurt yourself, child! But at least you did better
than what the Qoatl of old did." she sighs and the lights
continue to change..
When Xefr, Vi and the Shadows of the chasm begin to form through
the aurora, many of the waves turn to various tints of blue.
Caprima starts sobbing, but as it concludes she sports a very
discreet serene smile and remains silent.
The Aurora starts forming the last test - she opens her eyes,
beaming from white energy, and focuses all of her attention in
it...
As the forms continue to shape, the lights start fading and
Caprima seems to be tremendously worried while her eyes begin to
be infested with a dark cloud ..as the test proceeds, she
starts breathing heavily while black tears start running down
her cheeks.
When she sees Xefr making that one step forward, her eyes turn
completely black and the entire realm is shattered into thousand
broken black glasses; blasting her away from Xefr in the real
world.
She remains speechless with her eyes filled with sadness and
black tears running down her face and staining her robes. Soon
however her eyes turn into ones filled with anger - she gets up
and rushes back to Xefr "LIFE IS NOT MEANINGLESS YOUNG DRAGON!
Yes, it is painful ..and harsh ..and heartbreaking. But there
is still much good and love in life that overshadows the
darkness. You know it; ..you were happy once, my child." she
sighs and her face is now adorned with a compassionate smile "I
know that torn-apart souls can never be made like they were
before ...but they can be stitched and I know a lot about
stitching." she points to a ball of wool and a half-finished
woolen sweater that is nearby.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: August 2, 2016, 8:17 pm
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Tec ran over to Re'Ni after she fainted, and panicked as he
looked her over. He snarled at the cell which held Forbidden,
his hatred for the Corrupted Shard doubling in the span of
seconds. He looked over his shoulder and psionically yelled at
the Valorians at the door, "Close the door after I leave!" He
then walked over to Re'Ni's side, and draped his wing over her
unconscious form. Pulling her close, Tec's eyes flashed, and the
two were teleported back to Tec's quarters, directly appearing
atop the bed. Tec licked Re'Ni's cheek, and then climbed down.
He paced around a bit, and then sat down in the middle of the
room. Medics would be coming soon enough, but Tec was going to
sit right there until Re'Ni woke up. He was determined, and
nothing would stop him. Shards didn't food, or sleep, even if
they enjoyed such luxuries...
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Xefr nearly broke seeing Vi once again, but held out. He had
already cried too much today, he had to at least seem strong.
But once back in the real world, Caprima's words didn't seem to
register with Xefr. He looked to the sweater and grinned, but
only for a moment, as when his eyes returned to the goat woman
his face became neutral. He merely sighed, and took on his own
look of sadness in his eyes, "Perhaps I was happy once... But I
don't remember. Maybe Xefr does, but Xefr is gone. Even if I use
his name I am Essentials, a Shard. One of seven pieces. A life a
pain and sad memories. Maybe in a complete being good wins out
in the end, but I wouldn't know. I have good memories, yes. The
friends Xefr made, Vi, and so much more. Yet the shadow chokes
that happiness, for it is much stronger. I saw many of those
friends die, I watched the love of my life and Xefr's die before
me, my enemies died in ways they didn't deserve, and I remember
abando..." The Drake then paused, and sighed again. He continued
in a calm tone, "But, maybe you are right. That's my motive in
all this. I want to know if there is any true meaning to this
universe besides death and sorrow. And regardless of whether or
not I figure that out, I still wish to stop the harpies. Their
method for ending the universe, as I have seen it, is completely
wrong and immoral. If this universe must end, then it must be
done painlessly. Adding suffering to more suffering is not the
right way. It must be instantaneous, and without more
unnecessary death. That is my belief. But if you believe it
wrong, and can prove it so, then I welcome your words." There
was no aggression in his voice, and it was purely calm. The
sadness lingered, but was mostly lifted from the old drake's
eyes as he finished.
Myst remained silent, watching this happen. He wasn't sure who
he agreed with, but he was slightly irritated at his brother
shard. Once again he stopped himself before he revealed
something Myst was very keen to learn about. Because unless he
figured out that final struggle in Xefr's heart, the Goat
Woman's efforts to convince Xefr of life's worth would be
futile. He looked over to Cui, seeing if she was doing anything
in this situation.
(OOC: I'll admit, I chuckled seeing that. Even with the
seriousness of the post))
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: August 4, 2016, 2:01 pm
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Re'Ni opened her eyes that were now normal, yet evidently tired.
She tried turning her head facing Tec and muttered something,
though her voice was too weak. The psionically hurt dragoness
crawled in the bed to come closer to her loved-one and tried
speaking up {"Heh ...took Re'Ni away from demon! ..seems Re'Ni
not strong as thought; past darkness torture Re'Ni still.
Perhaps demon right about Re'Ni being monster, but at least not
monster when Tec around..."} she hanged her head from the bed's
edge and awkwardly made circles with her claw in the floor,
exhaling a lot of air from her nostrils. She couldn't believe
what she nearly did a few minutes earlier ...and hoped that Tec
didn't notice.
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The goat woman smiled and patted Xefr's chest "Oh, you are wrong
my child, most of us are for the most part ..but at least you
are not wrong in here; there are great amounts of sorrow in you
and I understand this, since my story is not very dissimilar to
yours my child, but I also sense much goodness and a great heart
- big enough to fill the universe!" she then takes a more strict
stance as she talks and her tone changes into a more
authoritative and slightly sad one "If you search deep inside
you, you might remember, child.. ..but I feel something stops
you, something stronger than sorrow.. ..and as long as you let
that feeling surround your sorrow, you will never find the
answer you seek my child. I know I haven't.." She lowers her
head and sighs "Whatever it is, you must deal with it
sweetheart..."
Cui had stopped eating her piece of the pie as soon as Caprima
started lecturing Xefr - she was feeling rather awkward with all
this talk of souls and sorrow. The tiny dragoness noticed Myst
looking at her, she looked back at him and smiled "Sooo... at
least the planet and the pie is nice." She seemed quite
uncertain about something, but she could not talk ...fluffbutt
could hear any psionic talk.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: August 4, 2016, 3:13 pm
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Tec silently got up, walked over to Re'Ni, and touched his
forehead to hers. He was barely holding back tears. Taking her
paw with his, he started speaking in a low voice, "If that's the
case, then I will never leave you... Just, don't let Forbidden's
words get to you. Everything he says is a lie, and only becomes
true if you let it. He said Guardian would destroy the ship with
his drinking, the ship is fine. He said Scout's instability
would be our doom, and Scout hasn't killed anybody. Forbidden
even said I would never amount to anything, and I almost thought
that he actually made a correct prophecy for a while. But,
considering that I somehow was able to convince you to live with
me, and to actually care about me, I see he was wrong like
usual. So please, don't ever do that to yourself ever again. If
not for me, then just do it to prove Forbidden wrong. I... I
don't know what I'd do if I lost you now..."
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Xefr looked down at the floor, and sighed, "I know what that
feeling you speak of is... It's regret. Regret at the greatest
mistake I ever made, and I can't heal the wounds I caused
because of it. I thought that I would be ready to handle it
soon, but that second trial showed me how little progress I had
made. So I know that I really might not be able to handle facing
the person I scarred. But... Are you saying that I cannot
complete this quest until I do just that...? I'm not sure I can
do that..."
Myst put on a grin, though he was also uncomfortable. It did not
seem that he could talk about what he wanted to just yet either.
But he also spoke, "[i]I'd have to agree with that Cui. I forgot
how nice it was to eat, and the quality of the pie helped as
well. And this planet is certainly more pleasant the first two
trial worlds." The Shard then looked back to Caprima and Xefr,
watching carefully and hoping for Xefr to finally open up.
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