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Arianna
legacy - the darkness rises
(http://www.labofabyll.com/forum/threadid.php?threadid=787)
ProtoX: Ugh! Didn't Redwaters teach you not to eat with your mouth open? You're worse than Zero when it comes to eatting! >_<
The boat finally
left harbour,leaving a handful of people to defend Arianna while the others
floated to an unknown land full of an enemy they wished never
exsisted.
---
After a few days Might finally awoke from his sleep
and noticed the others were gazing at the front of the boat,land was on the
horizon at last.Green fields and a small outlet that met with the sea,hard to
beleive this land was full with darkness.
DM Smirked. "Looks
quite welcoming."
----
on the other side of the shore India had
finished her flight across the coast. She sat on a rooftop and pruned her wings,
more frequently now for the next flight.
Fu Fu: Woo hoo.
Land at last. I wasn't sure how long I was going to take with the rocking and
all. Man what nice land it is too. Grass beneth my feet once more with feel
great.
Rini: Um...I'm guess this the part where you tell us that looks
can be deciving?
Might : "no I`m not
that cliche`,in fact I cannot sense the shades here at all,they must not have
reached this far".
The boat finally pulled up the land and Might showed
Ashlon how to secure the boat to the ground using a tree stump and they finally
got back on land.He pulled down his hood and a gust of wind swept across
it.
"the first time I have been outside Arianna in 500 years....I could
get used to this feeling of freedom"
ProtoX: No wonder
White-Jet doesn't take you on boats.
ProtoX jumped off the boat, holding
a seasick Plushie-T.A.X by the back of his armor.
Fu Fu hopped down from the boat and then around on the ground. "No more rocking, no more rocking." He did a little bunny dance, which consist of hoping from one foot to the other and spinning around. Rini laughed at the sight, when she got down from the boat. "I still can't see why you don't like sail."
"hmm if everyone is up to it I suggest we get moving now"
Skye and DM
descended to the shore.
"Let's just get this over with.." Skye snapped
abruptly.
"I agree,let us
continue"
He sighed and the group carried on,the place seemed virtually
untouched by anything,man or animal,but then they saw it...a sea of blackness
and evil that was along the majority of the bay.
"....it won`t be long
before they can get to Arianna.."
ProtoX: Man, I
wished Rock was here.
T.A.X: Don't bother. You know how much your
brother's sixth sence annoies him.
ProtoX: True, but it does help
sometimes when pointing out what's evil and what isn't.
Skye looked at
them.
"Okay Black Shadows = Evil."
Might : "that is a given...I had never imagined there would be so many...lets continue on"
"This reminds me a lot of that one cartoon with that kid and the dagger and the pirate king or whatever."
She shook her head
and looked into the distance.
DM looked with Skye as well.
"What are
we waiting for then?" she twirled her fingers and her trident came into her
hands.
"I'm ready to move out, when you are." Rini brought out her bow and notched an arrow, being prepared for a sneak attack. Fu Fu was still a little quiesy, but he morphed into his alternate self and held his double bladed ax in hand...er paw.
Skye looked back
over the ocean and then to the shadows.
"Rini's got a great idea...sneak
attack them with so much force we'll surprise them."
Cremo looked
around. "Wait, what happened to Medley?" Shortly, he found the male bot hiding
in the boat, shivering. "Hey, are you okay?"
Medley shook his head jerkily,
"I can't do this. I feel it... it's so much darkness... so much pain... it's out
there, and it's trying to get in. It's trying to get to me, but I can just stay
in here and I'll be safe. It can't get me if I don't go out there..." and he
continued rambling.
"Alright, c'mon, you'll be fine."
"No, you don't
understand, it's waiting for m-"
Cremo groaned, "Look, we're finally going to
fight, we don't have time for this." He snatched the AB medallion before Medley
could protest and dangled it like a peice of string before a cat. A few moments
later, he lept over the side of the boat to join the others. Medley followed,
and snatched the trinket immediately. "Alright, he's as ready as he'll ever
be."
Medley was in tears.
ProtoX and T.A.X
watched what Cremo was doing to Medley and almost shuddered.
ProtoX: Gah!
It's a good thing Rock doesn't freak out when his sixth sence acts
up.
T.A.X: More like he complains about it everytime someone claims he's
scared out of his mind.
Rini looked up, a
bit confused. "I was suggesting a sneak attack. I was prepare for one that might
happen on us. We don't know this place or much about their tactics."
F:
Don't be modest. You put out a lovely suggest.
R: I...I did?
F:
Yes. You did. And if we all get killed, we know exactly who to blame in the
afterlife.
R: And you use to be such a sweet and innocet bunny. What
happen?
F *Crossing his arms and looking away from Rini*: I don't know
what you're talking about.
Might stayed silent
and continued walking so that he could get a clear view of his adversaries.His
scythe appeared by his side.
"no face,no back,just a sea....*sigh*..what
is that?"
He focussed on something far from the surging mass of shades,it
looked like some kind of giant creature but wasn`t moving,a massive base with a
large stone in its center,veins of red swirling over it and wings coming out the
side.
"....dark bring..we attack that!"
ProtoX and T.A.X
looked at what Might was looking at.
ProtoX: Wow. Skye's right. Maybe we
don't need Rock's help at the moment.
T.A.X: Should we still do the sneak
attack or did it already see us?
Cremo shrugged, "Might's right, it doesn't have a back to sneak up behind. I say we just attack at full force.
Might : "that thing
is just a pedastal for the stone in the middle,I can`t see much defending it and
if we can destroy that they`ll all be defeated...I can`t hesitate"
Might
now acting like a man(skeleton I guess) possessed charged towards Darkbring,its
holder and its bodyguard,his scythe high up ready to bring it down on anything
that held him from plunging it into the stone.
Cremo smiled very
widely and ran after Might, once again igniting both fists as he did so. "All
right, now this is what I'm talkin' about!"
Medley was
still cowering and crying, he could barely see for the impending sense of evil
and hatred that permeated the beach.
Rini scooted back to Medly, but kept an ear open and an eye peeled for anything. "Hey...you're going to be ok? I'll stay with you, if you like."
ProtoX and T.A.X looked at each other, shrugged and followed, ProtoX taking out his PX-Staff and T.A.X engulfing his fist in lightning.
As Might neared the stone the shades became alert that something was approaching and got into a wedged formation and charged towards the heros.
DM charged headlong and ruthless into the fray
He looked up at
Rini, and tried to focus his eyes on her. Then he nodded wordlessly, and
half-sat, half-fell next to the boat.
Cremo was somewhat dissapointed
that the shadows didn't instinctually shrink away from fire like most
adversaries (and random small animals), but continued his attempts to beat them
back anyway.
Might came to a
stop,the others passed him and he looked back and ran back to the
beach.
"keep fighting I will return!"
As he came closer to where
Medley was he slowly regained his normal disposition and finally stood behind
him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"sir Medley,I know you can sense
the evil seeping into the soil of this land and the thoughts and cravings of
these creatures,but you can`t be afraid of that which will always fail,if you
cower now how can you ever protect those that you meet,forget the evil that
exsists,what about the good of the others here,their fighting for their own
reasons,but we are all facing that which scares us,don`t let yourself be
comsumed by fear and in the end,the darkness,raise your blade and join us
Medley"
Skye looked at
Might. "I hate to sound like a bitch...heaven forbid...but that's kind of a
thing that should be spoken AFTER you don't leave everyone fighting by
themselves." she shrugged and tapped the orb on her necklace.
With a
swirl of water she was fully clad in her armour.
"Well...off I
go."
Might let out a
sigh,"fine...I leave you with my words,I trust you`ll make some kind of decision
Medley",he bowed his head and ran off to fight.
---
The Shades on
the beach were now reacting to the signals from darkbring and started to move
inland towards the fight.
ProtoX twirled his
PX-Staff, fire surrounding the outside like a burning ring. Small fire balls
shot out of random areas of the fire ring, heading for the
shadow.
T.A.X's lightning-shaped horn was engulfed in electricity. He
then pulled it off the horn with his electical-power surged hands, increasing
the voltage and throws it at the shadows, fusing with the flying fire balls as
they reached their target.
"A blade..." Rini
said. "You don't have a blade...or any other weapon on you, from what I see." In
less then a second a bow and quiver full of arrows landed at Medly's feet.
"Here, this might suit you're needs better then mine at the moment." Rini
unshealthed her darkness sword and stood in defense. "Now you can fight from a
far. Take aim and shoot your enemies."
OOC: I'm assuming that
Medly doesn't have a weapon. But if he/she does, then I'll edit this
post.
Medley sat silently
for several more seconds after Might spoke, the words sinking in. Then Rini
tossed him the bow, and he looked up. He stood, re-tied the string on the
medallion, and jumped back onto the boat.
A moment later, he returned, with
his scimitar in hand. "Thank you, Ms. Rini, but I just needed to fetch my own
weapon." He held the blade up in an ungainly attack position. "Shall
we?"
~e~ OOC: A while ago, Might offered to let Medley use a weapon until
he's more practiced with his powers, but that post's fine
More and more of
the shades were overcome by the group,Cremos flame sending flaming bodies of
black hurtling into the ranks,Skyes wind tearing at their bodies and her lance
finishing the job,T.A.X and ProtoXs combined assault dealing brutal damage to
the horde,but still they came,Might struggled to keep up the pace of the
others,they tore at his cloak as he tried to bring his sword and scythe to
bear,they darted from his sight and yet always in it.
"Darkbring must be
destroyed,these pawns do not matter!"
Rini nodded and reshealthed her blade. Then she took up her bow and arrows again. "Maybe if we try to shed some light on the problem." She took three arrows in her hand and notched them on her bow. Then aiming in the air above the battle cried out, "Twilight Blind!!" The three arrows came down to from a triangle and let off blinding light to all enemies. This was a hope to blind some so the others could catch up or get in as many blows as they wanted.
The Shades shied
away from the light,no sound made from them,Might fell back as they pulled away
from him,his bones marked in hundreds of scratches and his robes tattered
rags.
"I have been out of action too long.."
They were preparing
to charge forward again and sweep them off their feet by sheer weight of numbers
as soon as the light died down.
Cremo stumbled back
and panted heavily, thankful for the breather. "Thanks! As much fun as this is,
I don't think we're making much headway." Right then, Medley rushed past
screaming, and slashed mercelessly away at the cowering line, sending several
bodies flying. After each blow, a fading line of flame was left.
"Okaaay..."
"We've gained some ground, now let's keep it!"
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