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Sky · FFHaven RP (A)- The Regroup (Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:50 pm)

RP Name: FFHaven RP
RP Level: Advanced/Medium
Genre: sci-fantasy
Plot:

The world of Astoloria. The world is under control by the Astolorian Monarchy- a corrupt, puppet government. The powerful corporation, Shinra Inc., has provided the Astolorians with a superb army, technological advances, and, most importantly, power.

The Shinra get their power, Mako energy, by sucking the Lifestream from the Planet and compacting and concentrating it until it is a very potent power source. These reactors, which are drilled into the very core of the Planet, however, are slowly sucking its life. The Planet is dying because of the Shinra, and the government is going to do nothing about it. Why would they? The Shinra provide them with all the money and resources they could ever want, and, in return, do nothing about them.

One man and an elf sought to make a difference. Sky Strife, an undead warrior, joined forces with Artemis, a powerful elven archer, in an attempt to save the planet. Joined by many volunteers, some enemies of the Shinra, others just wanting to make a difference, they formed a rebellious group. Once the Rebels got a significant force behind them, they planned a terrorist attack on the illegally placed Mako Reactor #10. Mako 10 was placed in a nature reserve called the Choco Grasslands and was very close to their home base, a Chocobo farm, and thus became their first target.

A large force of Rebels under the command of General Clay, Sky, and Artemis, stormed the reactor. Unfortunately, the Shinra had caught wind of this attack, and had deployed their own force to protect their beloved money-making reactor. Under the command of Sephiroth and Lord Vincet, the two armies clashed, and neither army was seemingly winning. In an attempt to turn the tides, Sephiroth unleashed a secret battle android, code name: KOS-MOS II. However, a few gallant warriors had broken through the Shinra defense, and had made it to the reactor. An encounter with the Great Sephiroth made it clear that this man was no ordinary foe. After the Rebels had damaged KOS-MOS II and confused it enough to fight on the rebellious side, Sephiroth knew something had to be done, or the Shinra would lose this battle. In a last suicide maneuver, Sephiroth placed a time bomb in the interior of the reactor.

Sky, catching wind of this, sent KOS-MOS II and another leading Rebel back to their base, leading as many of his troops as possible in their retreat. However, the retreat proved to be too little, too late, and the reactor exploded, decimating both armies.

During the battle, a demon had come forth and stolen a body of a fallen SOLDIER. Weakened after the explosion, it confronted Cloud while he was searching for survivors. After a brief battle and fight for Cloud's body, Sky intervened and the demon, known as Yawgmoth, found a new body, and agreed to join the Rebel's cause.

Before the Rebels could launch another attack, however, a new, mysterious force of men, not under the control of Shinra, found the Rebel base and invaded in an attempt to overtake it in it's weakened state. Again, the Rebels fought gallantly, but it was no use. The force was too powerful for them, and was making it's way to the base. This time, Sky issued the destruction of the base. In a huge explosion, the force was pushed away from the base, and the Rebels were successful. This was a bittersweet victory, however. The Rebels had been decimated, and it would take much time to regroup.

Meanwhile, the mysterious force began an attempt to attack the Shinra Tower. Yawgmoth, sensing destruction and death, came to enjoy the blood lust, but saw his foe once more, and they began battle. Shinra, calling for reinforcements, found Sephiroth. Sephiroth however, was uninterested in the battle, and proceeded in unleashing the great beast Jenova. Encountered by a few rebels, Kane and Duncan and a small force, they began fighting this monster amidst the havoc caused by the mysterious force and Yawgmoth. However, when the mysterious force was successful in deploying a bomb near the Shinra Tower, they unleashed an irreversible destructive chain of events. The Shinra Tower, now free of any SOLDIER (they had all evacuated), exploded due to it's being a Mako Reactor, and destroyed the man-made city of NeoMidgar. Artemis managed to escape seconds before the explosion, but was unable to bring Sky with her when she shimmered away from the area. Yawgmoth had left the area before through a rift, leaving only Kane, Duncan, and Sky to endure the explosion alone.

No contact has been made with the three for about six months, halting the Rebel's movement. NeoMidgar, however, was based in the sea, so many scouts have been sent to search the nearby coastlines for them. The possibility for them to be alive was slim, but the power of Mako is a mysterious force. The Shinra took a lot of heat due to the huge loss of lives from the NeoMidgar incident, but have since recovered. They have strengthened their army, dispatched more SOLDIER 3rd Class members to support their legions, and discussions began about the reconstruction of NeoMidgar.

Artemis · (Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:00 pm)

The ghostly plane...

*Artemis and Appollo turned slowly to the voice behind them. It was a woman, an elf, dressed in a white Victorian-esque dress that brushed the bottom of laced-up black boots.*

Appollo: "Who the hell do you think you are?"

*The mysterious elf laughed, a laugh that both cotton and sandpaper on your ears. Her strawberry blonde hair flowed around her as she laughed her oxymoronic laugh and shook her head, as if it was all some joke.*

Elf: "Oh, I do believe you know me. Or, at the very least, part of me. Both of you."
Artemis: "And just what do you mean like that?"

*The elf's eyes took on a forboding, malicious sheen. Her smile strectched over a face only partially familiar to Artemis. Where had she seen it?*

Elf: "I do mean that, in many ways, you know me like you know yourself. As should you, Appollo."
Appollo: "What the hell are you talking about? What is this shit?"
Elf: "Simply stated, you know me because I am you. I'm am both of you. The same, and yet different. I have your strengthes, youyr weaknesses, and yet I have none of them. As Appollo was created as a mirror of you, my dearest Artemis, I was created as a reflection of the both of you. But that, my dear little elves, is the difference. I am only a reflection, a clone. I have no soul."
Appollo: "Wait, that would mean that I don't have a soul either!"
Elf: "No, you do have a soul. Do you remember a time, Arty my dear, when you would kill innocents to return their souls to the land, to be recycled and created anew?"
Artemis: "Don't remind me. I was a self-righteous little wench. Nearly a blind-to-reality saint."
Elf: "Well, whatever you were, you created something. A cycle, if you may. Souls were recreated, put into the earth and sent out again. At the time of your first 'recycling', Appollo was still alive, a soulless clone. But soon she was destroyed, obliterated. Her body went into the earth and became part of this recycling process. But her clone-soul, the sham of a soul that all clones are born with, had a strong will and latched onto other souls, draining them of their spiritual energy. Eventually, you had enough strength ton emerge from the process, except with a full soul. Only in special ways does a clone acquire a soul of sorts. Yours was one."
Artemis: "So what is the point to all this?"
Elf: "The point? The point, my dear, is that I want to throw myself into this process, to gain a soul and become whole, a true person."
Appollo: "But how does this involve us?"
Elf: "I'm taking you into the process with me. If I gain a soul, a true soul, and come back as a real being, you'll both still be there. That will only display the fact that I'm a clone and only a clone. So you must both be dead before I can truly take on a new life and become real. Become who I actually am, become who I was meant to be. Appollonia."

*With a dramatic gesture, she seemed to be done. Appollo was a little confused, though.*

Appollo: "Wait, why tell us? Why not kill us here?"
Appollonia: "For a few reasons. For one, I have no true strength yet. This is only an astral projection of myself. I have no powers on the ghostly plane, much like the both of you. And-" *she paused, flashing a mad grin.* "-I like a challenge, like the both of you. Now, begone. Return to your world. You don't realize how much time has passed out there. Time flows slower on the ghostly plane than in Astoloria. You have some catching up to do."

*And without further words, Artemis and Appollo were dropped into a cabin high above the forest floor. Little light shined upon them. In a corner, a person sat, buried in a book. The person's eyes peeked over the edge.*

Hanshi: "I wondered where you were."

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Chocobo: "WARRK!"

KaneInferno · (Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:45 pm)

Suddenly, he couldn't breathe. The water rushed above him, and he realized something was pulling him down. He kicked sharply, and felt the contact of his foot into something soft. He was released, and begun swimming for the surface.

He had just gotten a quick breath of air when his foot was grabbed again, but this time he was ready. His sword in hand, he thrust quickly, feeling the blade slide quickly between the creature's scales. It backed of again, and this time he was able to climb onto a piece of floating debris.

He looked back, and the huge serpent burst forth from the water, almost capsizing him. It reared its fanged maw back, then struck forward, but he blocked with his sword, holding the open maw back and wide open. He reached to his belt, and grabbed a grenade, his last, and through down the serpent's throat.

He dived into the water as the head exploded, but before it sunk into the ocean's depths, he grabbed the tail and swam back to the surface.

"Well, at least I have plenty of meat for a while," Kane sighed as he skinned the beast.

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Sky · (Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:23 am)

Cloud: "Anything?"
KOS-MOS II: "I have detected no significant heat signatures within 1.2 miles of our current position."
Cloud: "...damn. We couldn't have lost him could we?"

Meanwhile...

Voice 1: "What are you, some kind of monster?"
Voice 2: "I heard that no one has seen him cry, and he can't feel pain."
Voice 3: "Dead men shan't walk with the living! Be gone you demon!"
Voice 1: "...some kind of monster?"
Voice 3: "...you demon!"
Voice 2: "...can't feel pain."
Voice 3: "...demon!"
Voice 1: "...monster?"

Sky fought to keep control. Their message, conveyed to him over the course of six months, seemed clear now.

Andromeda: "Clone data type 665, Code Name: Hiana, failed. Is it wise to continue trying after 665 failed experiments?"
President Shinra (35 years ago): "Continue until you get results. The genetic data contained in this vial will be invaluable to us."

He handed her a vial labeled "Jenova".

Andromeda: "Understood. Preparing to merge Jenova DNA with number 666's DNA in ten..."

Sky, sitting alone in his dark, surreal world, shook his head, unsure how he remembered all of this. He never recalled actually observing one of the cloning attempts at the AVALANCHE center. Yet, that woman seemed so familiar...

Andromeda: "...three, two, one, safeties disengaged, injecting Jenova DNA into cells."

Then, his mind went blank. Nothing more from that memory? Why had he remembered in such detail the center, let alone the chamber that held the clump of cells that would soon become another of Shinra's demented experiments?

Another memory floated into his mind. He was finally growing weary of all the knowledge the condensed Lifestream energy was forcing into him at once.

Andromeda: "How are you feeling?"
Sky (6 years old): "Good."
Andromeda: "Something's bothering you."
Sky (6 years old): "Mommy, what happened to daddy?"

Andromeda seemed to cringe when little Sky said the words "mommy" and "daddy". He could tell she was hiding something.

His mind wandered before he explored the memory more. Why hadn't he remembered Andromeda before? And why had he called her "mommy"? He remembered his mother clearly- her dark black hair, fair complexion, far off look in her eyes...

She looked nothing like Andromeda. He had to find out more.

Andromeda: "..I'm... I'm a little busy right now, little one, why don't you go play with Zack?"

His mind went blank again. Zack? He didn't recall ever knowing someone like that at an early age. Zack... Zack... Zack... He tried to call up another memory that may give him more clues to the subconscious mystery he was trying to solve.

When the memory flowed into his mind, it hit him like a brick.

Zack (10 years old): "...you're not real."
Sky (8 years old): "What?"
Zack: "Your mom... isn't my mom."
Sky: "What are you talking about? Of course Andromeda's our mom!"
Zack: "She may be my mom, but she's definitely not yours."

Sky shook his head adamantly.

Sky: "Prove it!"
Zack: "I will."

Zack led Sky to a door marked "DNA Laboratory- Insertion".

Sky: "What's this place?"
Zack: "Follow me."

Zack opened the door to the strange place, ducked below the windows, and ran down the hall. When he reached the end, he motioned for Sky to follow. He did.

Zack: "Let's go down this way"

He motioned to his left, where there were 10 large chambers. Sky followed him.

Zack: "Look inside, through the window."

He tapped one of the chambers, and Sky did as he was told. He jumped back in shock.

Sky: "What is that?"
Zack: "Don't you see? It's a baby baby, before it's born. See it's eyes, arms, legs?"

Both looking through the window now, Zack pointed out the limbs.

Sky: "What's it doing out of it's mommy's tummy if it's not born yet?"
Zack: "...it doesn't have a mother. They made it."
Sky: "Made it?!"
Zack: "Yeah. That's what they do here. Have you ever read the sign outside?"
Sky: "Yeah, once when they let me go outside."
Zack: "What'd it say?"
Sky: "Umm... 'AVALASHE Clonning Senser', I think."
Zack: "No, you retard, it said 'AVALANCHE Cloning Center'."
Sky: "Oh yeah! That's what it said!"
Zack: "Do you know what cloning is?"
Sky: "...no."
Zack: "It's what the grown-up's word for making people. They 'cloned' you from some guy's DNA. I heard mom talking about it last night."
Sky: "NO! YOU'RE LYING!"

He began to sob.

Zack: "She was saying: 'Number 666 was exhibiting some strange behavior last night'."
Sky: "Shut up! I don't' like this joke!"
Zack: "It's not a joke. You're fake."
Sky: "No I'm NOT!"

By this time, Sky's sadness had shifted to anger, and his eyes had an eerie red glow to them.

Zack: "I've never lied to you. Why would I now?"
Sky: "I'm real, and you know it. You were with mommy in the hospital, and got to see me when I was really little. You're just being mean!"
Zack: "I've never been to the hospital. I was sitting next to mommy when they MADE you."
Sky: "I'm.... really real..."
Zack: "You're fake. FAKER!"

Zack pointed at Sky and laughed.

Sky: "..."

Sky's eyes had a bright red glow to them now, and he picked up a chair next to one of the computers.

Zack: "...Sky? What's wrong with you?! IT'S ATTACKING ME! ---"

Zack's screaming was cut short.

Zack: "..."

Little Sky had repeatedly impaled the little ten year old boy, and his body hung from the side of the wall. The metal legs of the chair, an inch and a half buried into the wall, were covered in blood.

Sky then saw the memory from third person- his little body twitching and wrenching, throwing any object he could get his hands on, and throwing it through the windows of the chambers. A greenish material spewed out of them, and the air smelled strong. Everything was spinning, spinning, spinning, gone.

______________________

Sky coughed and shook as he woke up. He lay on a strange beach, and the air smelled the same as it had in the memory.

Abbey · (Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:01 pm)

Ouka jumped out of her familiar forest. She had been hidden in her tree for months.
I wonder what happened to that traveller I spoke to before I went completely into hiding...
Ouka was cold. Her tree house had been nice and warm, but the forest floor was freezing.
I need a blanket...how do they live down here?
She climbed back up her tree gracefully and jumped back down with a very heavy blanket.

KaneInferno · (Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:26 am)

Rude scanned the frozen wasteland carefully. He had been holed up at the Glacier base for a while now, and was almost hoping for something to go wrong. Sephiroth hadn't been seen in a while, but he new the warrior was still about somewhere.

He spotted one of the sentries moving past the southwest marker, then went back inside. The Turks wern't going to move unless told, so he resigned himself to his increasingly boring post.

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Sky · (Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:59 am)

Sky didn't bother to stand up. He just lay, the green-tinted beach lapping at his feet. He knew what the smell was now- Mako.

He began to wonder. How long had he been out at sea? Yawgmoth... had he gotten away? What about Kane and Duncan? He shuddered when he thought what condition they might be in.

Finally, he mustered enough strength and will to stand up and examine his surroundings.

He'd never seen this place before. Forward and to the left, he saw huge mountains, larger than any he had ever seen elsewhere on Astoloria. They almost looked to be made of ice due to their blue sheen. Obviously, the warmth of the beach did not extend far. He turned away from the mountains and found another mountain range- but it had a peculiar shape to them, almost like a semi-circle. He also noticed that, even though these mountains were taller than the others, they had no snow on them.

Putting two and two together, he figured that this was the Crater, and he was north-northwest of the Northern Capital. How could he have possibly washed up here? In order to get from NeoMidgar to the Crater, he would have had to float around the entire Northern Continent, and also avoid bumping into the Trail del Sol. (What a peculiar name for a torture center, Trail of the Sun. Probably to keep the people from realizing it's true purpose) He sat back down again.

Why was this beach lapped with a significant amount of mako? The nearest Mako Reactor was #20 to the far right of the island, probably 50 miles off. Even if it had exploded, the mako wouldn't have reached the beach by now.

Meanwhile...

Sephiroth: "Ha ha ha... There it is. My treasure-house of knowledge."

About a mile away from Sephiroth stood a huge ziggurat- an undiscovered relic of the Ancients.

Yawgmoth · (Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:35 am)

Meanwhile

Yawgmoth found himself in a very familiar position, kneeling on the ground clutching his stomach with his face in the dirt. It was unbearable, he could feel himself slipping away again, almost gone this time, but he would make it through. He would make it just like he made it through the last six months, barely. He could feel the bond between him and this body trying to snap itself in half, but he wouldn't let it. As fresh waves of pain roll over him he bends down even farthur and screams as loud as this feeble body can take, an unearthly wail of pain, sorrow, and infinite rage. Birds fly away from him in random directions, as his agony reaches it's peak, then finally starts to die down. He holds on to his stolen body with all his might as he writhes in the dirt. Why must this be happening to him, ever since the battle of..., no it wasn't the battle, it was that thing, the thing that looked human but wasn't, all because of it. All because of it all of his strength went into merely surviving, and there was nothing he could do about it. Not yet at least, no yet, but power could wait, for now he just had to get his damn weak self off of the ground.....

Artemis · (Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:43 pm)

In the Ultima Forest...

*Artemis propped herself up and looked around. This was Hanshi's cabin, most definitely. Scattered books, daggers, half-eaten meals. Hanshi herself was buried behind a large tome, which she lowered slowly to get a better view of the two women who had appeared so suddenly in her home. Artemis was mildly confused.*

Artemis: "What do you mean, 'I wondered where you were'? What's going on?"
Hanshi: "Oh, only the utter destruction on NeoMidgar and the six month disappearence of some of Astoloria's most prominent heroes."

*Artemis was momentarily speechless, trying to take it in. Six monthes was a long time to be gone, especially since they were on the ghostly plane for a few hours, tops. Appollonia had said something about the flow of time being slower on the ghostly plane, though.*

Artemis: "So wait - we've been missing for six monthes?"
Hanshi: "Give or take a few days."
Artemis: "Wow... So NeoMidgar was literally destroyed? And all the prominent heroes went missing?"
Hanshi: "Basically. A bomb went off in NeoMidgar. Did some nasty damage, too. And, let's see... you, Sky, Kane, Duncan... you're the ones I remember them talking about missing."
Artemis: "Ed' i'ear ar' elenea! Sky is missing? Leave it to that sonuva... And Kane and Duncan, too? How has the Rebellion been?"
Hanshi: "I don't know. I went out to find you with them after I lost contact with your aura. They were disheveled, but I didn't hang around long after they told me you weren't there. I searched for a while, then retired here to try and find you by other methods. But you seemed to have dropped in on me on your own. And with a friend."

*Artemis remembered Appollo was there and jumped up, obviously a little startled. Appollo moaned quietly, propping herself up.*

Appollo: "Don't worry, ai kaivokalma, I'm not going to attack you or anything. I figure we stand a better chance against Appollonia together."
Hanshi: "Who?"
Artemis: "Long story short: she's the clone of the both of us, utilizing our mirrored abilities to be, basically, an amalgamation of our best skills and traits. She needs us dead so she can acquire a soul."
Hanshi: "Wow, your lives make mine seem dull."
Artemis: *rolls her eyes* "Anyway, Appollo's right. If Appolonia has the best of both world's from us, then it'll take the both of us to kill her."
Appollo: "Exactly. So we probably shouldn't kill the other, unless you want to doom yourself."
Artemis: "So you're currently stepping down from your whole killing me kick and joining my side?"
Appollo: "I guess you could say it that way. If your side is against Appollonia, them I'm with you. Anyway, mindless killing was getting boring. I'd rather kill for a purpose."

*Hanshi looked at the two and laughed a quiet laugh. Artemis gave her a dirty look.*

Artemis: "What? What is it?"
Hanshi: "You two are gtoing to need to train hard and fast if you want to even think of beating the best of both."
Appollo: "She's right."
Artemis: "But we need to get back out to Astoloria now."
Hanshi: "Well, then you have a conundrum. Go out and reclaim your world, or stay here and train to defeat your better part, and possibly greatest foe?"
Appollo: "Well, she did say that she wasn't whole yet, not at her fullest potential. That would give us time to train away from her power."
Artemis: "True. But Astoloria sounds like it could use heroes, and soon."
Hanshi: "I hate to say this, but I think Artemis is right. Astoloria needs you now. Appollonia will come later."
Artemis: "Then it's settled. Are you coming with us?"
Hanshi: "I would be delighted."
Appollo: "Then let's fly."

*The three emerged from the house onto the dimly lit porch and jumped off the edge succesively, shapeshifting into their birds of choice and disappearing over the horizon.*

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And a classic, straight from FFHaven - Preparations:

Chocobo: "WARRK!"

KaneInferno · (Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:05 am)

Kane wasn't sure at first, and he took a second look. It was dark, but he hadn't slept for weeks. In fact, he hadn't slept since he first woke up after the blast. The mako had changed him, he knew. He didn't sleep anymore.

As he squinted, his hopes were confirmed. There was definitely land on the horizon. He began pushing his peice of debris forward, pedaling with his arms. apparently very powerful arms, he was moving far more quickly than he should have been. Perhaps it had to do with his never tiring body.

The closer he got to land, the more the water shifted from blue to green...

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Sky · (Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:21 am)

Sky opened his eyes again after letting his mind wander. He had figured that he must have traveled underneath the Northern Continent in one of the Lifestream routes. That would explain his recent revelations.

He was surprised to find it dark. Only a few minutes ago, it seemed, it had been mid-day. Sky knew the effects of Mako poisoning all to well after his experience inside Mako #10. He had managed to hang on to consciousness then, but obviously he had given in this time.

The water was darker, and much more green than before. This still continued to puzzle him. It couldn't be the Lifestream- it was a light green color. Even in the darkness it wouldn't be this dark. It had to be mako, there was no other explanation. But how had it gotten here?

Suddenly, as he was investigating the water, he saw a figure in the distance, amongst a large amount of debris. What would someone else be doing in such a remote region? Perhaps it was Kane or Duncan. He hoped it was one of them- it would be good to see someone else alive.

Meanwhile...

Sephiroth raised his hands in the air, and the runes and symbols along the walls of the shrine glowed bright white. The room then rumbled and sank downward- into the belly of the temple.

Shin · (Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:35 am)

Ryu sat on a floor, deep within the shrine, in somewhat of a praying position. Runes engraved on the walls around him alternated in a glowing pattern, seemingly responding to him. Ryu returned to his feet and began to talk softly...

"This world is shrouded in chaos. Every day that passes by, this Planet suffers more and more. It's surface is ravaged by meaningless battles, and it's heart is drained of it's life. I will be the one to end it all. I will rid this world of the chaos. I will return it to the way it should be, it is my fate to do so. I am the only one who can feel Astoloria's pain, so I must be the one to heal it. Astoloria... do not worry. I shall awaken your guardian, and it shall annihilate all who cause you to suffer."

Ryu placed his sword on an altar, and the runes engraved in the blade began to glow. Energy pulsated through it, and he took it from the altar.

"I will use all of my power to do so. All that is wrong on this world, will be corrected by my hand."

Nothing is stronger than the human spirit. The will to succeed is the strength that will make you successful. The courage to move on is the strength that will carry you forward. The motivation in your mind is the strength that will help you learn. And the power in your heart is the strength that will take you beyond your limits...

Switch · (Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:13 pm)

THUNK!

A body landed in front of Yawgmoth.

"I suggest you use that one, instead." Netheroth's voice had changed. In fact, everything about him, or at least his body, had changed. Firey red hair, slitted pupils, and a slender, less stocky body were nothing, though, in comparison to his aura. Though he was still recognizable as Netheroth, he now radiated demonic wisdom, energy, and confidance.

"You look pathetic, Yawgmoth. But I do thank you for not taking a new body before this. I've been able to absorb quite a lot of the power you've lost, and--oh, don't worry, i'm sure it hasn't contributed to your loss of power. As I was saying... I've been able to absorb your loist energies, and, obviously, I've become much more powerful. I would also like to thank you for some new memories. Using the residuale ones from your energy, I was able to piece together a few of my broken memories, as well as add other bits and pieces. I was then able to contact the Demonic plane and its energies. Even with only a very weak connection, I was able to learn exactly who I am..."

Netheroth took a step closer and loomed threateningly over Yawgmoth.

"...your superior!"

Yawgmoth · (Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:07 am)

Yawgmoth, on his hands and knees and breathing heavily, slowly looks up at Netheroth, insanity showing through his dead eyes. "I...(Yawgmoth inhales deeply and with a deep wheezing sound)...(Yawgmoth exhales)...remember you." Yawgmoth, a little of his strength returning, begins to get up, leaning on his sword and still breathing heavily. "You...(inhales deeply)...were different then(Yawgmoth exhales as he speaks)." Yawgmoth throws his head back with a loud crack and slowly rolls it down to rest on his shoulder, for a second he only stands there, breathing and staring at Netheroth, then, out of nowhere, he speaks again. "Why...(Yawmgmoth inhales, this time breathing deeper and taking more time doing it)...(Yawgmoth exhales)....do you come to me?"

KaneInferno · (Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:41 pm)

Kane noticed another figure floating on the water. He quickly pedaled over, and found Duncan staring at the mountains.

"Good, you found me," he said without looking at Kane. "I am only here to tell you I am leaving."

"Why?"

"I can't help you. As a Guardian, I am a bit more involved in mortal affairs then I should be, but even this is too much for me. My superiors have decided to send me elsewhere."

"What are we supposed to do then?" Kane asked. "Sephiroth isn't exactly a normal part of this world."

"But still," Duncan replied, "Sephiroth has not yet ascended to godhood. He is not in our jurisdiction. However, I will give you a piece of advice. Find Sky and the others. Only together can you fight him. And be careful, that Jenova creature was not natural.

"You don't have to say that again," Kane mumbled as he watched Duncan fade away.

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