Chains of Dragons (No LSU's)

[Mew Master]

[COLOR=orange]Uh, Darkmaster, hate to burst your bubble, but Sherina is a Forest Innate, not Rainbow. She's just more effective in element casting than we are. That and Rainbow Innates are very, very, very rare. I can go into more detail, but I'll save that for later.

Also, I have about half of our battle with the Thunder Lizard finished. Horus, Chamel, and Amal haven't made the scene yet, neither has Faile. But I changed part of the area where the battle takes place. But enough spoliers. I'm already on a time limit.

I'll post tonight, with sketches of Sora.

Later!

~Mew Master

[Shadow Djinn]

Really sorry...lazy in summer...>_>...by the way, you made Zera a fox demi-human for the fic right?

Zera

" Ouch..." I muttered, waking up as a new music flowed through the forest, stopping me from running after Sora to kill her...and where was my katana? Getting up, I searched the ground with my eyes then started to look through the bushes. On the fifth, I found it, though it was a bit scratched...I sighed, and stretched out my black wings and looked at the rain. It wouldn't be easy getting to Shenrina in rain...but it was worth a try.
" Then let's go." I muttered and flapped them a bit, letting me rise a little. After a bit more flapping I was in the sky, searching for Shenrina...I heard a few blasts nearby, and thinking it was Shenrina, I started to land. Suddenly, a huge wind blew me forward, crashing through a line of trees, and then into the air...pretty weird.

I saw Shenrina below, fighting with Amal, and then I saw Sake run off.
" Which way..." I muttered. Deciding to follow Sake, I went back, following Sake in the air...

[Mew Master]

Dark Templar: You are correct sir.

Oh, I've added the sketches for Sora and also something Smeargal sent me to scan because her scanner's wrecked. I just hope this comp will act nice today.

Yay, the pics are in and here are the links:

My Sketches

Smeargal's Drawing

Well, I'll be back in a bit to reply as far as the fight goes..

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

All righty, tiem for some fun!

Horus/Faile
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Faile watched as the three arrows she shot to pin Horus against the tree, spun in mid-air and streaked towards her. She jumped over the arrows as they stuck themselves in a tree, then she dashed towards Horus, who started to hold his head, and a wincing reaction on his face. She skidded to a stop and saw Horus look up at her.

"Faile, you okay?"

"What kind of question is that?! Of corse I'm okay!" Faile shouted back. Why did everyone have to treat her like she was fragile?

"Hey, wait." Horus said and turned his arms. "I can move, the spells been broken."

"What? Then someone played the music."

"Where are the others?"

"Don't know, we split up after you all started chasing us."

Horus closed his eyes and used his senses. All around him he could tell the smaller minded creatures away from the ones he was searching for.

"Saké and Zera and heading south-east, Kage, Vared, and Amal are fighting Sherina just a Kilo south of us, Chamel is making his way here and Sora and Elena are heading towards Seylin."

"What about Setsuna?"

Horus concentrated for a full five minutes. "I can't sense her anywhere."

"We'll look for her later then. We need to get Sherina now!"

"Agreed, this way." Horus pulled out his Twin Blade and ran through the jungle, Faile hot on his heels.

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Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
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I ran through the jungle, searching for any sign of anyone else.

It was a few more bounds before I actually ran straight into none other than Seylin. We crashed into eachother and rolled along the ground before we came to a stop against the trunk of a tree.

"Ouch, what was the number of that bus?" Seylin mumbled as he rubbed his back.

"Okay who put the speed-bump there?" I mumbled as I rubbed my own head. "YOu okay Seylin?

"Yeah but I don't think going 50 in a 30 is a really smart idea Saké," he replied, annoyed.

We stood up and Zera came flying down to see us.

"Nice crash Saké, I could see it over the tree tops."

"Very funny Zera, where is everyone else?"

"Right here."

Elena and Sora jumped down from the tree branches and landed next to us. Both looked scratched up.

"Okay, Who are we missing?" I asked.

"Horus, Faile, and Chamel."

"What about Setsuna?"

Elena and Sora looked at eachother. "We havent' seen her since we split up."

"We need to find her." I repeated.

"We have to take out Sherina first and foremost." Elena stated. "Once she's outta the way then we can go looking for her."

"You guys go, Zera can point you the way." I said running through the forest. "I'll find her!"

I barely heard Elena's protests as I ran through the jungle.

I used vines to swing and hopped over tree roots, and I thought I was making ground. Finally I spotted a familiar shape behind a line of trees and turned on a heel to go after them.

Sure enough, there was Setsuna, blue dress and all, running towards where I had left everyone.

"Setsuna! Wait up!" I shouted, and she stopped.

As I ran up to her, I noticed she was out of breath. "So, *huff* they managed to play the song?"

"What song?"

"Never mind. You and the other guys have control of your bodies now?"

"Yeah, and it never felt so good." I replied, flexing my arms in a un-like-me show of machismo. "Common, we have to go meet with the others and get Sherina."

"Okay," she said, some-shat shyly.

We started running through the jungle, I hoped the others hadn't gotten too far ahead...

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Well, I have some good news. Bulba4 has posted about us for RPG of the Week in the RPG News. But with my luck everyone here knows that, but forgot to tell me...

Heh, Later.

~Mew Master

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Hehe...I'm leaving again **rubs back of head, smiles, and sweatdrops**. I'll be leaving for my grandparent's house tomorrow and I dont' know when I'll be back, it could be a week or more. Denny, you have control of Kage, just make sure he keeps fighting. He despises giving up

[Mew Master]

Originally posted by Darkmaster Kagemusha
Hehe...I'm leaving again **rubs back of head, smiles, and sweatdrops**. I'll be leaving for my grandparent's house tomorrow and I dont' know when I'll be back, it could be a week or more. Denny, you have control of Kage, just make sure he keeps fighting. He despises giving up

Yeesh, it's like no one trusts me any more ^_^U.

Okay, I'll try and sneak my way in tonight and continue the battle. Has anyone besides me noticed that PokeMaster Jay has shown up on the boards and not given his return even once to the RPG? I know google215 disappeared after her mysterious post so.....

Anyway, Later ppl!

~Mew Master

[The_Missing_Link]

I PM'ed him about it but he never replied. You should try it Denny. You're the one in charge of this operation anyway

And I'm leaving also to go to my grandpa's house. It's only for the weekend though and he has internet access so I'll be fine

[SmearGal]

((OOC Post))

I don't trust you, Den. O-o';; But then again, you have my address, so I suppose I should trust you...*pokes*

Pokemaster Jay is active, so I don't think it's a matter of not reading the messages you send him. Have you checked on your Message Tracking to see if he's read them? If he has, he probably doesn't want to participate in this RPG anymore...XD Giving us a nice death char, if we should choose to kill it... And I have no idea about google215. I haven't seen her in FanArt, and that's the only other topic I'm active in.

Anyway...LOOKIE AT THE PICCY DEN AN' ME DREW!!!

^-^';; Read the caption to get the story. 'Cept I left out the funny part of when we were deciding what to draw. ROFL! Deeeenn, you laughed so haaaarrrd...You are odd.

XD Aaaand, we found out that we're almost exactly alike! Except I'm a girl and I'm 13, and he's a guy, and he's 18, or something like that...But we both want to be Paleontologists, and otherwise would be some form of artist! *glomp* ISN'T THAT COOOOL?!

By the way...HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! *gives everyone little American flags* ^_^';; *indicates to wave them patriotically*

~Smear <--High on chocolate cake. SMEEEEEEE!

[Mew Master]

Yay! *pokes Smeargal with a trout* You Fixed it!! (bout time, but I know you're busy with other.... stuff.....)

Well We can't kill Horus off, or Faile. Why? They're PENDANT BEARERS! Killing them is like getting rid of Absol and Tuon. Gods of Psychic and Lightning. So no killing as far as I'm concerned. Poke fun at Horus all you want, because I did give him more of a personality for the fic. Faile, well, She's not the comedic type, so yeah....

Well, anyone have any thoughts about how the Story is going? Or how I'm drawing everyone's characters? If you have a slight problem with how I have them, you have to remember to let me know.

Oh, and I have PMed Pokemaster Jay and Google215 over a dozen times each. If they just quit then their characters are ours now.

Oh, and I've done some findiling with the Logo. I have it to where its nothing but a black and white outline now. Took me over three days to do though. Then I can really do something with it. So much for my free time.....

Anyway, where was I.....okay. On with the fight.... uh, who's where?

Kage, Vared, Amal are fighting Sherina.

Sora, Elena, Zera, and Seyling are heading to help them.

Sake and Setsuna are hurrying to join them.

Horus and Faile are heading towards Sherina.

On with the show!

Wamiyazen Denisu "Sake" & Setsuna
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We ran through the forest, jumping over tree roots that were in our way. I didn't use Nimble because I didn't want to leave Setsuna behind again. Something told me I had to stay with her. Maybe a gut reaction, or something sub-concsious, I didn't know....

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3rd Person
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"Now, Upheaval!" Sherina shouted.

Below Kage, Vared, and Amal, the earth heaved and buckled until giant spikes erupted from the ground, slamming into them and knocking them back.


"Aero Blaster!" A single sonic boom blasted from her hand and slammed Kage back.

"Damn this!" he muttered. "Every time we try and get close she keeps knocking us back!"

"And she's not hitting us with our Innate Elements." Vared replied.

"Of course!" Sherina replied, interupting their conversation. "I know about the Pendragon Seal."

"Pendragon Seal?" Amal asked, slightly confused.

"The Pendragon Seal is a magic seal found on a few select weapons and enables the users to absorb magic attacks that are the same Element as their own Innates. Because my magic senses are so strong, I can see the seal drawn on each of your weapons." Her eyes saw strange light green curved lines drawn on each of the three weapons. Even one that looked over-lapped. "Enough Talk! Give up the Pendants or else."

"Or else what?!" Kage shouted back.

"Or else this! Earthquake!"

The ground started to shake and move now, rolling like waves. Then a huge section of the earth started to uplift and head for them like a tsunami wave. THey three were partly in shock and had no clue where to go.

Just as the attack was going to hit them, it hit something else. A bright glow and whoosh of wind circled something as the Earthquake attack was absorbed by something.

"Hey guys, miss me?" It was Chamel!

Then Chamel appeared, fully dressed and all, the Chameleon's Seal patches sticking to his clothes and the Masumoon.

"Great timing, Chamel," Vared admitted.

"Yeah, after the beating Amal gave me earlier, I figured I had to get some of my energy back. What are ya waitin' for? Let's get her!"

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Later.

Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Hey guys, have I got some news.

Finally after weeks of waiting patiently, Chains of Dragons Chapter 5: The Roar of Thunder is up and ready to be read.

I would suggest all of you read it and not spoof it off as just a straight interpretation of the RPG. Because you would be severly disapointed/beaten.

I threw in some interesting plot points that may effect things farther on in the story, but that may be giving too much away. If you haven't already subscribed to the thread, then may I suggest Using the Link in my sig and reading it yourself. Please reply and give me your opinions.

I really have nothing to add because no one else has replied. I just hope we don't have an off-week of Rping.

Oh, and I almsot have Sora done. Just to add her Pendant and the Symbol for the Sky Element and I'll scan her and post up a link for everyone to see.

Well, that's it for me.

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Okay, I finally got Sora Finished. I know she may look a little wierd, so bear with me.

Hibari Sora

So? Do you like?

Later!

[The_Missing_Link]

I think it's cool. You should do a pic of Amal next though :o j/k

Maybe you should PM the other members to start posting again. This thing can't die

[SmearGal]

Odd, I was just about to post.

XD I've already expressed my INSANE HAPPINESS that you finally finished Sora, Den. Anyway, I'm sending Hekikuu TODAY. She hasn't got that fin that we planned yesterday, but I'll enclose a rough sketch of (at least) how the fin is on her head. I have a distinct way I want that done. *nods*

Oh, by the way, after taking my "Which Demented RPG Char of Mine Are You?" quiz, Den wanted me to do a "Which CoD Char Are You?" thing. XD D'you know which char of mine Den was? He was SORA! Lol. Anyway, I shall also be working on that quiz. Woo, I have a lot to do! X-x'

Anyway...post...*pokes brain again*
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Sora Hibari

Elena, Zera, Seylin, and I were hurrying through the bushes towards the sounds of the fighting. After a few minutes, the trees thinned out, and we could see the clearing where Sherina stood. Just as we arrived, Chamel had evidently leapt in front of Amal, Vared, and Kage, and saved them from an Earthquake attack.

"Great timing, Chamel," We heard Vared admit as we snuck up behind them.

"Yeah, after the beating Amal gave me earlier, I figured I had to get some of my energy back." Chamel said, smiling. "What are ya waitin' for? Let's get her!"

"Don't forget about us..." Zera said as we stepped out from behind them.

Glancing at the tree we had just hid behind, I saw my Shuriken still embedded in the bark. I smiled as I pulled it out and put it back in its pouch.

"She knows about the Pendragon Seal, guys." Kage muttered, standing back up. My smile faded.

'So, she knows about the Seal...And she knows what elements these guys must have...' I thought as Sherina glared at us as though daring us to attack her. 'But...she doesn't know what our innates are!'
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X-x';; That's all I could come up with for now. Anyway, Sora's thinking if they 'accidentally' let slip what their 'real' innates are *wink poke wink*, she wouldn't attack with that element, and rather, would attack with an element that one of them was.

[Shadow Djinn]

Whee!


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Zera~Metal

I took off into the air while the rest fought against Shenrina on the ground. I was thinking...how could we beat that girl...An idea suddenly struck my head, and I looked down.
" Ok...Let's see....MAGNEGATE!" I roared. Pieces of metal surrounded me as I prepared for another spell.
" MAGNIFY!" I yelled again. A white aura surrrounded the metal, and I smirked.
" Now...Metal Blast!" I shouted. 2 orbs of silver energy formed and I launched them at Shenrina. They were more powerful thanks to the Magnify spell...and I wouldn't be affected by the elements, thanks to Recharge. As the orbs grew closer to Shenrina I yelled, " Jump!" as the orbs exploded, scattering metal.


I swooped down, sword in hand and landed in front of Shenrina...who had blocked the metal...with something.
" Upheaval!" Shenrina spat. The ground shook, knocking over the rest of them, but I flew up a bit to avoid it. Gliding forward, I unleased my fury, barraging her with slashes.
Use your spells now." I muttered to the other innates.

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Eh...hope I didn't abuse the Metal spells too much..

[Mew Master]

Dark Templar 8: Actually, Mag Negate is used to cancel Magic Spells and Magnify increases the power of all Magic Attacks within a certain area, and Recharge increases your own energy when it's low, so it can't be used at the begining of a fight.

Oh, and I was fiddling around with the Logo earlier and used Windows Movie maker to make a cool transition scene. Too bad its on another comp....

Smear: I've started some rough sketches of Hekikuu. I'll try and be patient... As a matter of fact I belive you said this about your pic...

*Screams* I WUV IT!!

Okay, I'll PM some people about posting.

The_Missing_Link: I agree, this RPG shouldn't die! And I will Start on Amalthea Arran right after me and Kat (Smeargal) come to an understanding about her Dragon's design.


Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké" & Setsuna
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We ran through the jungle, leaping over anything in our path. As we hit a bend in the trail, me and Setsuna ran right into Horus and Faile. The four of us ended up in a huge pile-up.

"We have got to stop meeting like this," I muttered.

"So, 50 in a 30 was a bad idea..." Faile commented.

"Can we get on with this? We have a mad scorceress to stop." Horus stated.

We stood up and started running, following Horus's lead. We came into the clearing just as Zera was thwacked in his solar plexis, and doubled over. He fell back, gasping for some air.

"Bout time Saké!" Kage shouted. "Watch her, she has to be a Rainbow Innate!"

"No," Horus said and me and Faile looked at her. "She's not a Rainbow, she's a Forest Innate!" Setsuna had disappeared again.

"So, you can tell my Innate?" Sherina said, twirling her staff. "Either your senses are strong, or you are a Psychic Innate."

"Very perseptive, but how can a Forest Innate be as strong as you?" Horus replied, demanding an answer.

"Women always get put down. Just because I'm female, doesn't mean I don't have power of my own. So I became stronger to prove to meat-headed males like you that I am better!"

"Oh, put a sock in it!" Chamel replied. "I've been put down my whole life, so you don't have any room to talk about me being meat-headed!"

"Common, let's put her in her place." Kage stated and he and Chamel rushed for Sherina.

Sherina concentrated and we heard her shout "Uplift!" A chunk of pure earth was lifted out of the ground and floated in the air. A managed to see Kage run around it and go into a sweeping kick, trying to take out her legs. Sherina saw him and jumped in a backflip, twirling her staff in her right hand and keeping her hold on the Uplifted earth with her left. Chamel jumped and used the lifted earth as a jumping platform to aim a jump-kick right at Sherina, while she was flipping. What happened next was even too fast for me to see.

Apperently, spinning her staff so fast and hard, she scored multiple hits on both Kage and Chamel's bodies. Kage skidded along the ground after his attack and Chamel fell down on top of him. Bruses showed through every part of their exposed skin.

"A futile attempt, but you are all quite entertaining." Sherina said as she landed on her feet. "But fun-time is over, now we get down to the real fight. Prepare yourselves, for the strongest Forest Magic Attack!" A firey green aura srounded her and spikes started to grow from the ground, getting larger and finally something started to move from the ground. It looked like we were inthe bite-radius of a large mouth! "Carnivore."

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Well aren't we in a pickle, or rather, a giant Venus Fly-trap-like monster. Well I'll let you guys work through it. As for me, I still have a new Chapter to write, and I'm not getting many comments... Oh well, I love writting so why am I complaining? ^_^

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Vared
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I stared for a moment at the gigantic mouth made of plant-like material that we were suddenly standing in. The first thing that came to mind was 'Uh-oh, ee're in big trouble.'

Fortunately, the next thing that came to mind was. 'Hey, plants burn. I'm a Fire Innate. Fire + giant plant should equal giant pile of ashes. It's worth a shot anyway.'

I repeated this train of though out loud, for the benefit of any allies who might hear me. Then I shot a Flame Jet at the nearest tooth-like spike, hoping my idea might work.

(OOC: gaah, it's REALLY short, but at least it's an idea and a post. and i don't have time to post anything else anyway. -_-)

[SmearGal]

*pops in a CD*

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Sora Hibari

"A futile attempt, but you are all quite entertaining." Sherina said, landing on her feet. "But fun-time is over, now we get down to the real fight. Prepare yourselves, for the strongest Forest Magic Attack!"

We watched in awe as a green aura erupted around her. The ground lurched, and spikes began to creep up from under the soil, slowly surrounding our group. "Carnivore!"

As we stood there gaping at the apparent 'mouth' that was slowly closing in on us, Vared had a plan of action. "Hey, plants burn! I'm a Fire Innate...Fire plus a giant plant should equal a giant pile of ashes!" She then shot a jet of flame at one of the tooth-like spikes.

Unfortunately, though, the still pouring rain made her attack very limited. ((OOC: X_x';; Den made me point this out)) The 'mouth' froze for a minute, but continued closing in.

"Aww..." I manged to blurt out before...'sssSSNAP!' The jaws of the creature shut around us...
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Take it away, Den. My mom is kicking me off the comp, so that's all for now. X_x'

[Mew Master]

Okay, here I go!

3rd Person
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Sherina watched as the Carnivore attack chomped her enemies in one bite. She continued to hold her control, forcing the attack to squeeze harder, either smoothering or sufficating them, she didn't care which.

She continued to exert power so the attack would kill them all.

A rustle above her head grabbed her attention and someone holding a long Naginata came straight down. Sherina side-stepped the attack and wondered who would dare attack her. She had all 11 Pendant Bearers in the jaws of the Carnivore, she was sure.

Because of her distraction, part of her control on the attack was lossened and the plant backed off, just a bit, but just enough.

"Schorch Blade!"

The plant let out an in-human shreik and released its hold. Vared had jammed her spear into the jaws of the plant when it had backed off. Elena dashed from the mouth, the Pendragon Seal giving her the energy that Sherina had given to the attack.

Shrinking away, the plant released its hold on everyone. Although weak and slightly disoreinted, they were okay, and Elena was dashing straight for Sherina.

Sherina blocked both of the Demi-Human's daggers with one block. Vared, however used the opertunity to run around the fighting duo and charge up her Flame Jet once again.

"Flame Jet!"

Sherina saw the flames go and aim for her, but because Elena had her pinned she couldn't move. She could either burn, or be sliced.

The fire slammed into her body, blasting her. She skidded along the ground, burn marks all over her body.

Elena and Vared started to close in on Sherina.

She glared at them all.

Those females, they ruined everything. I could have gotten all the Pendants for Lord Garm. But they had to ruin it! She reached for her flute and blew one note on it.

"Oh, knock it off." Vared commented. "That's not gonna help you."

"No? We shall see."

Then there came a rumbling, faint but then getting louder and stronger. The ground shook as a giant beast of burden burst from the trees.

It's hide was leathery, dark grey. Three pairs of legs each with hooves. The head had three horns, one on the nose and two over the eyes. It had a long tail that was strong enough to knock over two trees in one swipe.

In one quick pass, Sherina was picked up by the Richario and carried off, safe from further attack by everyone...

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Well, it did seem to be dragging on, so I figure a change of pace is in order. A few more posts and then next sunday and we shall be shown another challenge!

WHat? too many challenges? Aw, you're no fun.....

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Okay guys, in case you haven't noticed the RPG Awards are up once again, and the Mods have run into a little snag.

Only 4 nomination Ballets have been filled out!!!!

Now common, we need to show the Mods that we appreciate the RPG awards. Even I enjoy the off chance that I may get nominated, but common.

Even basic RPG involvement has dropped drastically over the past two weeks.

Common guys, go out an nominate someone or somthing for some category, they'd appreciate it.

Hmm, has anyone seen Mark at all? I hate it when he goes AWOL like this....

Oh Well. I'll see you guys later.

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Okay, here she is...

Hekikuu, the Sky Dragon God

*hands out earplugs*

To save us from SmearGal's intense Screeching....

*puts in Earplugs*

And I won't be spending as much time online. I kinda lost my job as part-time librarian, so neah... hopefully I can get net at home before I go to college.....

Later.

PS: Kat, call me when you get the chance...

~Mew Master

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Vared
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I stared after her a moment as she left, then burst out. "What? After all that, she's just up and leaving? I mean, sure I'm glad not to be beaten to a pulp by various elematal attacks, but why is she just turning tail all of a sudden?"

"Better not ask, we could use a chance to recuperate." Someone groaned. Then the exaustion caught up and hit me like an avilanche. "I suppose you're right." I muttered, and stumbled off to try to find someplace to get out of the rain.

A while later, we were huddled in another cave; a fairly shallow one, but it kept the rain off us. I had gotten another fire going, and we were drying off, tending wounds, resting, and generally trying to get over the battle.

"So now what do we do?" I asked no one in particular.

"Start heading for Gram's castle again, what else?" Sake repiled.

"I was hoping for somethign that didn't seem quite so painful." I sighed.

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Hehe. Look who's back again. . Allllllrightythen. Doesn't look like you guys got very far in the past two weeks, but then that does explain the PM. Anyway, I'll post tomorrow, I'm tired. Bye.

[The_Missing_Link]

OOC: Hey Denny, can't you call Mark IRL and ask him to post? Or PM him at the least

Amal
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It was kind of frustrating when your opponent just left in the middle of the battle but at the moment, we were weak and knew we didn't have much of a chance against Sherina. Traveling a bit in the rain, I made a moving dome in which the rain just slid off of us while we were trying to get dry. Ending up in a cave, a fire was built so we could dry off and rest up. Finding myself hungry since we hadn't eaten in ages, I went out to hunt for food. Luckily, the rain muffled my footsteps as I walked through the brush, trying to be quiet. Figuring it would be easier to hunt from above, I climbed into a tree, a bit hard with my glaive but I managed. Jumping from tree to tree, I spotted nothing until I saw a deer grazing on berries on a bush. Shuffling, I figured my glaive could do the whole thing and aimed carefully. Throwing it down, I watched as the deer looked up just in time and dodged away as my weapon hit the ground. I softly cursed and jumped down as the deer started to run away but I got my glaive and released a water blade at her, slamming her into a tree. Walking up as she stood unconsious, I breathed slowly and closed my eyes as I stabbed her in the stomach.

"You have got to be kidding me."
That's all I heard as I dragged in the deer, wet and tired with my glaive tucked away, clean as it got a good rub down from the rain on my way back.
"What?", I asked. "You never had venison?".
Most of the others shook their head as I sighed.
"And I suppose none of you want this?"
They shook their heads, except for Horus and Chamel, who I suppose had this before or weren't afraid to try it.
"Ok then, your loss."
I sat down and worked on skinning the deer, with the help of the other 2. Using a couple of sticks, I put strips of meat over the fire, toasting it. It took a bit, but as soon as the pink died away, I handed 2 sticks of meat to Horus and Chamel as I took my own and blew it a couple of times. Chewing on the meat, I eyed the others as they looked on, dead hungry. It didn't help that I smacked my lips a couple of times and licked my lips.
"mmm, damn good."
It was the breaking point before the others got to work on stripping the insides and cooking it over the fire, ready for a hot meal.

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Kage Ikagaide
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I sat down clutching my right side and breathing hard. My biggest injury had been from a tree branch that stabbed into my side, causing a large, jagged gash. I was bleeding, but I don't think anyone noticed through my black clothes. I must have split the stitches that Cassandra put in. After a while, Amal came back with a dead deer. I happened to love venison, but I decided to go along with everyone else so I would have an excuse for not eating. Having a hole in your side doesn't help your appetite. I felt very groggy. After a few minutes, I felt very tired and laid down, then blacked out, my hand covered in blood and my clothing fell to reveal the blood from my wound.

[Mew Master]

As a matter of fact, I too enjoy venison... I'm just not too fond of cutting and cleaning it though...

Okay, Kage has fallen over and is more of less badly injured....

Oh, and I like to have a Calling Card when I call Mark. he's in Montana and I'm stuck in Kansas.... I've tried to get a hold of him though...

Oh, and I've finally got net at home. know Mark would be happy, if he'd only get on!!

Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
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"Kage!" Sora shouted and we all looked as he fell to the ground, his clothes drenched in his own blood.

We rushed to his side, ignoring the venison we had been eating.

"Damn, he's bleeding badly," Elena said. "Do we have anything that can stop it?"

"Heal would normally do it, but he's torn open stitches someone put there." Horus replied, taking a look at the wound. "But we're so weak form Sherina's last attack, I don't know if any of us can preform a Heal Spell."

"Damn," Seylin stated. "Sherina's Carnivore attack drained us of all our energy, so we can't do a thing."

"Damn.... it..... all....." Kage mumbled. "I can't .....die like......this."

"Shut up Kage, or else you're gonna kill your self" I said, trying to make sure he didn't move too much.

Through all this, we hadn't noticed that Setsuna, was mumbling something. Too busy worrying about Kage's life in our hands, we had forgoten her.

A slight wind that didn't seem unatural started to get stronger and flowed past us. Then it grew stronger, and we looked where it was comming from.

"That is one strong wind." Chamel commented.

"Please lend me your power,
to save a brave warrior
Who's heart is pure,
and Destiny is sure."

A circle of light surround everyone. and waves of energy flowed up from the encantation.

"RECOVER ALL!" The wind blasted around Setsuna and the circle of light started to shine different colors of the color spectrum.

I started to feel my energy comming back to my body. our aches and pains started to fade and we felt like their old selves. The wound on Kage's body started to heal, less blood flowing from it. It didn't completely heal, but it was a less serious wound now.

The wind died down now, and the giant circle of light disappeared and the jungle returned to normal.

Setsuna, her hands folded near her bossom, opened her eyes, and gave a smile.

"Does everyone.... feel...beetterr....." she started to sway and then fell.

My energy back, I didn't know what else to do. I spun on a heel, my legs still crouched and dashed for her. She landed in my arms and her fall stopped. SHe had exhausted herself, with that one spell. I had never heard of Recover All before. Maybe it was new, maybe it was one of mer special techniques, if she even had any.

Setsuna's eyes were still closed as I gently lowered her on the ground, her breathing slithly labored. Sweat travled down her face.

She opened her eyes and looked up at me. "Sorry about that," she smiled. "It's been so long since I've used that spell and it usually takes a lot out of me."

"Hey, just don't over do it." I replied. "How's Kage?"

"He's better, the wounds smaller and the bleeding slowed. But we can't move him yet." Elena retorted.

"Bull, I can move." Kage said starting to sit up. "I just won't be able to save your hides that much....... uh..." Kage fell back again.

"Kage. Kage!" Some of them shouted.

"His pulse is weak. Almost there." Sora said, feelin by Kage's neck.

"He's not going to die." Horus said and grabbed everyone's attention. "His soul has just left his body..."

"What?" Vared said. "How can that happen."

"It's one of his special Techniques. He can split his body and soul. That's how I knew he wasn't dead. He visited me in a dream." I replied, supporting Setsuna as she stood.

"So what do we do?" Faile asked. "We can't move him but we can't stay in one place for too long."

"Agreed..."

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Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Vared
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I looked at the wound. I racked my brain to try to think of something that could help. I tried to remember somethign I'd once heard about fire and wounds. What was it now...Aha!
"I've got an idea. I could burn the wound shut with hot metal."I said. "It seals the wound and helps prevent infection. Its called cauterizing, I've never seen it done but i've heard of it. I'm sure it'd hurt like crazy, but if his soul left his body maybe he won't feel it. A Scorch Blade would probably do the trick, if i used the flat of the blade. Dunno if i should, tho, i have no idea how long you keep the metal on the wound or anything. And afterward he'd still have the burn to deal with, and any internal injurys he still might have." I sighed. "I wonder if that wound's even serious enough that it's needed. What do you think, guys?" I looked at them, hoping they could help me decide.

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Kage Ikagaide
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I floated lazily around our little campsite. This whole trance thing was beginning to get annoying. "I was gonna say "Cauterize the blasted hole" but I blacked out. Why can't I ever say anything important to them before I go into my Draconian Trance!?" I yelled, though no one could hear me. However, Horus looked up suddenly and glanced around.

"What is it?" Saké asked.

"Uh...nothing. I just thought I heard something," Horus replied quietly.

"Like what?"

"Like someone yelling, but I can't understand the actual words. Plus, it feels like it's just in my head."

"Do you think Kage is trying to talk to us?" Saké asked.

"That's a possibility," Horus said, nodding.

"This is getting annoying," I said to myself. "I can't talk to anyone," I floated over to Saké, grabbed him by his shoulders and shook him while yelling at him; "COME ON ALREADY!!!". To my surprise, Saké's shoulders actually shook and he shuddered almost violently. Horus helped Saké sit down.

"Wh-what was that?" Saké asked.

"I think he wanted your attention. Talk to him."

"But...I can't hear him. What should I do then?"

"Maybe he'll figure it out," Horus said. He patted Saké on the back and walked over to Vared and the others who were about to cauterize the hole in my body's side. I floated over to Saké, wishing that he'd fall asleep so I could talk to him. I hovered right in front of him. He was sitting on a log, still shaking a little.

"Kage...if you can hear me, and I assume you can...DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!" he yelled, laughing. I laughed too.

"Fair enough," I said. Suddenly, I got an idea. If I'm my soul right now, is it a possibility that I could yank Saké's soul out a little so he could see and hear me? "Well, it's worth a shot," I said. First, I consentrated on making my finger solid, though not visible to anyone else. I dragged my finger along the loose dust of the ground in front of Saké and wrote; "Get ready, Saké, this might hurt, but if it works, we'll talk." Then I straightened and turned around to look at Saké again, who was nodding. He steeled himself and I reached out and pressed my hands to the sides of his head. I forced my hands to not be solid and pushed them inside his skull a little bit, then I hit spiritual resistance. I grabbed hold and pulled his soul forward a little. All the time I was doing this, Saké was yelling in pain--apparently it did hurt. Suddenly, his eyes became totally black and his screaming stopped.

"Kage...I can see you..." he said, astonished.

"Then it worked," I replied.

"AH!" he yelled and fell down. "I can hear you too. They're gonna think I've lost it."

"Well, that's almost correct," I said, chuckling.
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Take it away Denny.

[Mew Master]

Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
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"AHHH! What did you do?!" I shouted.

Kage whacked me over the head. "I pulled your soul part-way out of your body so we could talk!"

"Uh... if you wanted to privately talk to me, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TEAR MY SOUL OUT!!!" He hit me again and I finally calmed down.

"Okay, I feel better." I said rubbing my head. "Now what?"

Kage gave me a blank stare. "I didn't think that far ahead..."

If I could have fallen over in Stupidity, I would.

"But I do want you guys to Cauterize the wound. It's the best option we've got."

"Okay. Just one question."

Kage looked at me.

"How do I get back in?"

Kage fell over in stupidity, but kept floating. Then he pushed my head back in and I blacked out.....

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"He's coming outta it," Chamel's voice said.

I openned my eyes and to my surprise, Chamel's face was a few inches from my own. Although still hurting form Kage wrenching my sould out I jumped up.

"Don't do that!!" I shouted.

Chamel just laughed. "Yup, he's back to normal."

"Well, what did Kage say to you?" Horus asked as they continued to discuss whether to burn the wound shut.

"He said to cauterize it. It's allright with him."

"Don't worry I could tell something was interacting with your soul and I heard some shouting, so I put two-and-two together." Horus gave a little smile. "This may take a while, rest up Saké, having your soul taken out will leave you a bit weary for a while."

I sat back down, leaning against a tree. [i]So that's what it's like for your soul. Strange... it feels like a dream....." My eyes closed and I went into a dreamless sleep.

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~Mew Master

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

Denny you flit! Why for you pass out? . Also, back in FanArt, you corrected me for Saké's name...**pouts**I spelled it right, you should give me credit for that ....

Kage Ikagaide
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Vared walked over to my body and the spear she held began to glow red. I floated over near her and as soon as I knew the wound was properly cauterized, I poked the back of her neck, causing her to shiver a lot, drop the spear, and try to curl up on herself. I couldn't help but laugh. Saké found out what it feels like to have your soul ripped out (He'll avoid all Soul Takers from now on) and I can poke people and make them make stupid faces. I laughed well, and when I finished, I gave a great sigh. Suddenly, though, I lost control of my trance, and I flew somewhere; somewhere I'd never seen--never knew exsisted. I was floating in front of a giant black stone fortress. It's turrets and walls decorated with gruesome spires and ridges, people hanging from chains. I floated inside the main walls. There were thousands of people, walking with their hands and legs chained, being whipped so they'd work. Inside this fortress was the monster that was Garm's War Machine. Seige engines were being built, armies being amassed. I could see mages conjuring dragons of darkness. I looked over to the main square and saw a young girl, who couldn't have been more than 8 years old, being whipped with a razorchain. "This is intolerable!" I said through clenched teeth. "GAAAAAAARM!!!!!!!!!!!!" I yelled, about to unleash all of the power in my soul, when I suddenly woke up inside my body. I was in a cold sweat and my breathing was labored. Everyone around jumped back with shocked looks on their faces.

"Y-you were in a trance...but you suddenly came back...what happened. Why'd you yell 'Garm'?" Horus asked. I stood up slowly, ignoring the pain in my side from the cauterized wound.

"You don't want to know," I said grimly, walking over to Saké and sitting down by him. He was asleep, and it would promise to be a peaceful, dreamless sleep. Lucky...

[Mew Trainer Rose]

*poke* Kage, Vared's got a spear, not a sword. *pokes back of his neck* see how you like it.

Vared
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After Sake said Kage gave the OK, I knelt down by Kage's body. I used Scorch Blade, heading up the head of my spear untill it glowed slightly reddish from the heat. Then, very carefully, I pressed teh hot metal onto the wound. I held it there for what i hoped was long enough, then pulled teh metal back. The skin where teh metal touched was understandably burned, but the wound was closed and there was no more bleeding. I sat back, glad that it had worked. Then all of a sudden I got an doo feeling, like something brushed against my neck or poked it or something. I put my spear down and rubbed the spot with one hand, looking around to see what caused it. Seeing nothing unusual, I shrugged it off and went to eat some more venison. It was actually pretty good, tho i'd never want to actually kill and skin the deer.

[Mew Master]

*Laughs at Rose poking Noah in the back of the head*

I love this! More inter-action between chars.... however it's with the same chars who usually post *sigh*

Kage: You pronounced it right, but the proper way for it to be written out is last name then first name.... no really complains. And you can forget about the new count. I don't enjoy being called a "twit", and "flit" isn't even a word! I'm not going to start a count for a word that I've never heard of and probably doesn't exsist. Sorry...

Well, I think it's time I did something for Setsuna, don't you think?

(3rd Person)
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The sun started to set on the Hydra Jungle. All kinds of creatures left their roosts for the day to come out and forage for food, hunt, or be hunted. The rain started to finally stop it downpour and let up, showing the colors of the sun as it set.

The Pendant Bearers and Setsuna had made camp in a cave, away from most of the night cratures and their usual doings.

Saké was already in a dreamless sleep, and the others were exhausted by the events of the day. First the storm, trudging around in mud and muck, a double attack by the Shadow Wraiths and Billabugs, then thinking they had lost Kage when he had used his Gravity Malestrome attack, then the fight with Sherina took a lot out of the girls, more so than the guys, Finally it was Sherina's Carnivore attack that had sapped most of their energy. Setsuna's Recover All had given back their physical strength and Magic energy refilled, but they were still mentaly exhausted by all that had happened.

Seylin was asleep, curled up against the rock-wall, Kage was up on watch, looking out at the edge of the jungle. The rest were up, looking at the fire and talking about what had gone on during the day.

Setsuna was sitting up, resting against a staligmite inside the cave. Her eyes were closed and she was in the middle of a dream....

(Setsuna, first person)
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It was dark, and I was running. In all of my dreams recently I was running, running for something, running from something, but always running.

I saw shadows moving around me, and laughter. Evil laughter comming from every direction. I ran faster.

Then the shadow's moved, contorted into the shape of a tunnel, but there was no light. I continued running, but I did see something. A figure with light beaming behind him. I know who it is!!

I ran as fast as my legs could go, only he seemed to be getting farther and farther away. No matter how fast I went, I couldn't catch him.

"Father! Wait! Father!!!"

Then the sillouette of my father exploded, pieces falling in every direction. Something had burst out from within him, tearing him apart. I stepped back in shock and horror, ready to break down.

The shape that had ripped out from inside of my father was badly contorted, mis-shapen. It stood up, the same light behind it as it was behind my father. A long neck, spikes jutting out of it, bulky arms with large claws. A crown of horns on the head.

Then, two glowing eyes opened, a demonic red, and the world shattered.

The tunnel, the floor, everything was shattered by a force that blasted everything, and I fell. I continued to fall, not caring about what happened to me.... My fall started to slow and I found myself laying above a reflection. The water rippled away from directly under me, and travled in a perfect circle.

I still couldn't get the image of my father, being torn apart by something out of my mind, I could still see it. Bringing my knees to my chest I curled up, and I cryied.

Something bright flew down to me, travleing downward in a cirlce it neared me. I knew what it was, something that always comforeted me when a nightmare happened. Althought I had never gotten a good look at it, I had seen two pairs of angel wings on a long and graceful body. The eyes had the power to calm and comfort me when everything seemed terrible.

It flew down and started to curl around me, comforting me with its pressence.....

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Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"
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I opened my eyes and sat up. A pain still in my head from Kage ripping my soul out, it still left a shiver up my spine. Feeling better, I stood up and walked towards the campfire. I saw Seylin asleep, and Kage standing by the cave enterence.

I walked up behind Elena and tapped on her shoulder.

To my expected surprise, she jumped.

"Don't do that Denisu!" she shouted, hugging a staligtite.

"You're still as jumpy as ever," I commented and took a seat near where she was once sitting.

She dropped down and landed behind me, then she took her seat.

"I'll get you," she said with her look.

"So what's everyone been talking about. Sorry for passing out on you like that." I rubbed the back of my head with an "I'm Sorry" look.

"It'sokay man," Chamel replied. "We all need a little R&R."

"At this rate I doubt we'll even make it to Garm's castle stronghold at all." Faile dommented, chewing on a piece of the deer. "If that was his first Elite Warrior, then It's going to be a difficult fight."

"Sherina wasn't the first." I interupted. "First there was Karsh, and Kenji."

Everyone looked at me.

"Hey hey! don't look at me like that! Me and Kage met them. Well, Karsh attacked Hano first. He was taken out, but I don't remember a thing about it."

"Same thing here," Kage commented. "Kenji attacked me and Saké in Direwood and one of us took him out. But I don't know how it happened."

"So how many of these Elite Warriors are there?" Sora asked.

"Well if they're Elite," Vared stated. "Then there wouldn't be that many."

"So a limited number," Horus commented, thinking. "More than three, but less than 10."

"How do you figure that?" Zera asked.

"Based on the size of the army ambushes he's sent after us, they are great in number, but not large enough to overthrow a kingdom. Now there are always top-ranking warriors to lead such men. Karsh, Kenji, and Sherina are three. Now there has to be more than three in order to formulate an effective team-work effort. Now, there can't be too many top-rank, or else they would never reach an effective agreement."

"So how many more do we have to fight?" Amal asked, eating some cooked ribs.

"Unsure... maybe... 6." Horus said, glancing out to the jungle. "And if Sherina was just number 3, then we are in for a whole lotta trouble..."

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[Mew Master]

Uh, guys, I got some news...

Mark has joined the Air-Force, and will be shiped out to Japan in November.

Where did I get this news? From one of his friends.....

Mark has been busy for the past few weeks and that's why he hasn't been on or answered my PMs.

Dang it!!! He never told me, and I had to find out like this?!!

Mark usually tells me what's going on, but he never mentioned this..... GRRRR!!!!

*roars like Godzilla and destorys some innocent city no one's ever heard of*

*huff* *huff*

I feel better..... *falls over*

~Mew Master

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

**Sighs** I'm jokin' about the flit thing. And it is a word, though it can be taken as just a weird statement (Meaning you fly around too much) or an insult (Your brain flutters around a lot). Anyway **shrugs**. Sorry about Vared's weapon, I've been gone a lot this summer and can't devote so much of my memory to this rpg, which is unfortunate. **Turns on alarms** WARNING: SHORT POST AHEAD.

Kage Ikagaide
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I sighed after hearing the conversation inside the cave. Probably three more elites. We won't make it to the stronghold without some sort of miracle! I thought angrily. And if we don't make it to the stronghold, I can't kill Garm...and can't stop his torture...and can't get her back! I punched a tree, shattering and splintering the wood and causing the tree to snap and lean over. Saké ran out of the cave, looking surprised.

"What'd the tree do?" he asked. My mood was too dark to be amused, though I would have been normally.

"I'm gonna take a walk," I said quietly before walking out into the woods. I heard Saké sigh and thought I heard him mutter something about secrets. Once I thought I was out of earshot of everyone, I punched another tree, and it too splintered and creaked. I swung my arm in a powerful backhand and smashed the tree in half. Turning with my swing, I sent my left foot up and sent a strong kick crashing into another tree, uprooting it and causing it to lean significantly. I continued my rampage, smashing and crashing through trees and thorns. I stopped and gave a great yell. I put my arms straight out in front of me and a large orb of shadow energy gathered there. "SHADOW NEEDLES!" I yelled, sending hundreds of foot long long shards of darkness which punched splinter-edged holes through trees which then began to blacken. My breath was labored, my chest heaved, sweat drenched me. But I felt better. I sighed and plopped down right there. I leaned back against a tree stump and sighed, then smiled. "I hope you saw that Garm, wherever you are, because that's going to be coming at you very soon."
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I felt like venting. I'm not sure why, but I felt like it. And yeah, that was a BIG Shadow Needles attack, which he'll later call Shadow Shards, because the Needles are huge and there's a lot of them. Don't worry, he won't wipe himself out again using it .

[Mew Master]

Okay, now for an RPG related post.

Every character can have up to 5 Special Techniques. No more, and I don't want less.

I'd consider thinking about these carefully because making them too quick isn't a good idea.

And the bad news... Kage possibly maxed out with this next move.... Or there's a way around that rule.

The strength of Magic on Jakarta depends on the heart.

In this last scene *points up* Kage was really PO'ed and there-fore his Shadow Needles usually small, got larger and caused more damage. Therefor his Shadow Needle Attack got a small boost from his anger and frustration and decimated several trees.

Any Questions?

[Mew Master]

*twitch*

*twitch*

RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGG!!!!!

*pokes everyone rapidly*

*huff* *hufff*

What is with everyone? Meh, i should start tallying up posts to see who's posted more. And I'll only count the RPG related posts, no OOC.

Meh. WHy me? This is actually my first RPG that's lasted more than three months, but mostly to dedicated RPers, (no names will be mentioned) I was hoping this would be a long-lasting RPG.

Meh. I think I'll go to bed....

Night

~Mew Master

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Oh, by the way Denny, flit is a word. *Pulls out dictionary and looks for "flit"* Hmm, flint, flip, flirt...ah, here it is, flit. "flit (flit) v. 1. To move or fly rapidly and lightly; dart; skim. 2. To pass away quickly. - n. A flitting movement." *Closes dictionary and tosses over her shoulder. A random RPer is hit over the head by the heavy book.* There. Enough of that. onto RPing...

Vared
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After Kage got back from his walk, or rather, from the sound of it, smashing half the forest down, we settled in for the night, as it we weren't in much condition to travel anyway, even tho sundown was a couple hours away. We kind of lazed around, not doing much, mostly lost in our own thoughts or chatting idly untill one by one people fell asleep. I volunteered to stay awake and take the first watch, and nobody complained. I kept the fire going while I was up, and spent a lot of time staring out of teh cave, thinking about teh events of the last couple days and trying to figure out what might happen next.
When someone else took a turn on watch, i lay down but still couldn't sleep for a while. When i finally did fall asleep, my dreams were full of vaguely treatening shapes, moving about in a haphazard manner.
In the morning, we ate some more of teh venison, cooked some to take with us, and set off for Garm's castle again.


OOC: bleh, short, but we should get going.

[SmearGal]

...I like venison...*mumbles stuff about turky jerky*

*points and laughs at random RPer*

...

*abruptly growls and chomps Den*

I'd gladly post if SOMEBODY *glare glare* would give a hint of where we're going. I take it we're meeting the Saurians now? I'm going to post almost EXACTLY how you were telling me we were going to meet them. And they're going to speak in Shessenthgli. And if you have a problem with that, then go pout in a corner.
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Sora Hibari

I yawned sleepily as the sun came over our little 'campsite.' Slowly, one by one, we popped awake and did our little morning routines. We ate breakfast (some leftover venison), cooked some fresh meat, and started back off towards the end of the Hydra Jungle.

"Ahh...no more rain..." I said happily to myself. Now that the sound of rain wasn't pounding in my ears, I could hear the sound of birds chirping, and other creatures bustling about.

We walked mostly in silence, every now and then pointing out a random plant, or interesting bug. I was about to show Elena a very peculiar plant that looked very much like a Venus Fly-Trap, when I noticed she wasn't standing next to me anymore. Looking around, I saw her a ways back, her feline ears combing back and forth.

"What's up?" Saké asked her.

"I...no..." She mumbled, looking around with a confused expression. "I thought...I heard something..."

We continued on, a little more wary. I grabbed my Kama and had it ready. Last time Elena heard something, the boys had gone mad and attacked us. Stealing a glance every now and then, I saw her ears continue to listen to something to our right...But soon the overgrowth of the forest made it nearly impossible to hear anything but our stomping and hacking our way through it all.

We paused to rest maybe half an hour later. We each grabbed a slice of venison and began eating and chatting quietly. Suddenly, a twig snapped.

Instantly we were all on our feet, weapons poised. But something was already holding their weapons against us. Ten, maybe twenty glaives were all pointed at us, who had, instinctively, gone back to back. Eyes were blinking at us from within the bushes.

"Aw, what the hell is THAT?" Kage yelled. I turned to look and gasped. It had to be a Demi-human. It was tall, sleek, and unlike most animals we had encounterd, it stood like a human. But aside from that, it was completely reptillian. It had long clawed arms, and its feet were armed with very sharp looking claws. Its raptor-like head was eyeing us with a look of deadly calm. "Tesswha nesshuthma sessdare oesst ressenthte ressou meessho?" It hissed quietly, glaring at us.

Everyone automatically looked to me. I shrugged, staring at the reptillian creature. "It's...not any language I know of..."

It cocked its head to the side, then grinned a very toothy smile. "Uessyo!" He shouted to one of the glowing eyes. "...Oessg messinthfor essth Gesskin tesstha eessw veessha meessso sessguethst..."
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No need to thank me. X.x'
Shessenthgli Translations:
Tesswha nesshuthma sessdare oesst ressenthte ressou meessho? = What humans dare to enter our home?
Uessyo! = You!
Oessg messinthfor essth Gesskin tesstha eessw veessha meessso sessguethst. = Go inform the King that we have some guests.

[Mew Master]

[action=beating SmearGal off with a shovel]OFF! OFF DEVIL BEAST! OFF!!![/action]

Meh, I would have done it slightly different, but other than that, no complaints from me.

Now YOU go pout in the corner, and I'll laugh at whoever got hit in the head with Rose's Dictionary.

*promptly points and laughs*

Anyway... on with the show... Oh, forgot something....

Saurian Grunt

Name: Saurian
Height: 7 feet
Length: 8-11 feet
Weight: 1000-2000 lb
Appearence: Mostly green in color, they can be a wide varaity of colors. Orange, black, dark blue.
Powers/Weapons: Impervious to magic, they are skilled fighters with weapons and their claws.
Other: Extremely intellegent, these creatures speak Shessenthgli their native tongue, but can also speak English and Draconain. They are one of the most ancient races on Jakarta. They speak with a slurred reptilian "hiss" on the "s."

Okay, despite the name I gave the soldier, the Saurains are highly intellegent Demi-Humans. They are able to use slight vocalization and body launguage to mount a successful ambush on anything. (think JP3 Raptors and you'll get my point). The armor is red and blue while the main skin color is green with a white underbelly and tail.

This is just a rough idea of the creature, and should be hunched over in future sketches. ACK!!! I almost forgot too.

Amal, Sketches

Amalthea Arran

Yes, I have Amal done, and I am currently looking for the best pose for Kaia. This could take a while. I also have the Pendragon Seal designed and it is on the right side of the Saurian's armor (the Saurian's right, your left, get it, got it? goooood)

I shall be busy working on Kaia, as well as the Saurian King, Talon, and his top Adviser, Silas (I wanted it to be Slash or Blade... but........meh?) I'll have those finished ASAP.

Okay, now for RPing... (I'll post a recap of what's happened from the very beginning soon, so some of the ppl who are confused and lost can get back on track)

Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
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We stood there, surrounded on all sides by giant bi-pedal reptiles with some nasty looking Glaives and Spears.

"Does anyone have any clue, what the hell they're saying?" Kage muttered, gritting his teeth.

"I don't know," Sora replied. "It's not any launguge I've ever heard."

"We can take them," Chamel stated, standing his back to us.

"Do you have a death-wish you stupid chameleon?" Faile snapped back. "They have us outnumbered and they could have even more hidden around us."

"They completely surrounded us, I thought I heard something." Elena commented.

"I cannot sense their Magic Energy, or even if they have an Innate." Horus added.

I heard Kage grip his claws, to get ready to whip them out. Quickly I put a hand on his shoulder. "Wait."

"What? Are you crazy?"

"You want to wait until they've sliced us up and flambaed us?" Chamel asked.

"No, we should stay and wait to see what happens, if we run in blindly, then we may get our heads whacked off." I stated.

"That may happen to us anyway, you see they way they're looking at us?"

Just then, not ten minutes after one was dispatched and left, a different one appeared. It trotted up to the one who seemed to be in charge. In several hissing sentences it talked to the leader. The leader glared at us and then said, in very "hissy" english.

"Ssshackle up the humansss. And guard over the Demi-Humansss."

Just then Elena, Chamel, Horus, and Zera where pulled away and the rest of us were shackled. Kage wasn't very happy.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! I'M A DEMI-HUMAN TOO!!" He was proud of this fact, appearently.

The leader of the reptiles stepped over and the snout came within an inch of Kage's face. Then we heard it sniffing and snortin.

"He iss a Demi-Human, realessse him and placcce him with the othersss." Kage was unshackled and literally thrown towards the other Demi-Human Pendant Bearers.

Then we were carted off, our weapons taken from us, as was the rest of our food. At least they didn't take our pendants.

The leader walked along side us as we were lead. "Don't worry," the creature said, stiffling a laugh. "You sshould be privilaged. You have been given a chanccce to live a little longer." Then he started laughing, an inhuman reptilian laugh.

"Are you going to kill us?" Vared asked.

"If you're lucky, and no one who entersss the Ssssaurian'sss terrirtory is ever lucky. Our King shall see what to do with you Humansss."

Seylin said, with his dry humor. "Yup, they're going to kill us."

We were trotted off, unsure of our own fate. It was up to the Gods now.....

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Will we be killed? Or will we be spared? Only the Saurian King will tell us.

Part IV: Hidden City of the Saurains: Deadly Jungle Battle

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Okay, time for the Re-cap I told ya I'd do.

What Has Gone Before:

Welcome to Jakarta, a planet very similar to earth, except for a few minor details. Different animals, Magic, and gods.

4000 years ago, a battle raged between an evil force, and the gods. The gods won, but at what price.

The evil force was sealed up in a magical pendant, to remain there for all time. But the Gods would have to sacrafice their own freedom, and have their bodies, spirits, and power in Pendants. Blasting into the crust of Jakarta, the great evil was sealed under tons of earth and rocks, while the Gods pendants gently floated down and were given to be under the protection of certain mortals.

Now it is 4000 years later, and an evil force is after the pendants once again. By a twist of fate, the Pendants have landed in the hands of 11 skilled teenage Warriors, each with their own skills and personalities.

Wamiyazen Denisu: Prefers to be called "Saké", he is a rash and heroic person who is willing to put his own life on the line.

Ikagaide Kage: A street fighter with a deadly fighting style. His fists are like steel and his feet are like fire.

Vared: Somewhat shy, but not afraid to speak a question, her burning temper and deadly spear attacks take down the enemies quick.

Hibari Sora: A girl who's most striking attraction, is the way she swings her scythe.

Amalthea Arran: He Glaive may be her most dangerous weapon, or maybe it's her natural way to hit people over the head.

Chamel: A chameleon Demi-Human who has something to prove, and nothing to lose.

Elena Kai-Prae: A feline Demi-Human with a composed stature, and deadly swiftness.

Hatsuki Seylin: One boy who's icy with people, may just end up thawing as he meets the others.

Zera Leonhart: Quick on his feet, and even quicker with his Blade.

Horus: A psychic with unknown powers, and a mysterious person he cares deeply about.

Faile Thundersong: A girl with a deadly temper, she'll cut you down where you stand, if her arrows don't get you first.

The indepent towns of Direwood Forest are assulted by forces sent by Garm. Leaving thier homes the 11 Pendant Bearers make their ways through Direwood Forest and end up meeting up together, however the meeting was cut short by one of Jakarta's most deadly creatures, the Thunder Lizard.

After a close call the Pendant Beares made their way to Termania. After a single night of some R&R Termania is invaded and the Pendant Bearers are split up and have to find a way out of the Sea Town.

The confussion sent everyone towards the Draconain Ruins, where more questions were raised than were answered. Then the decision was reached to head east, through the Hydra Forest, a legendary area that no man ever entered and left alive.

Just as they left that morning a raging Thunderstorm blocked out the sky and drenched everyone in rain. After two ambushes by Billabugs and Shadow Wraiths, Kage sub-consciously used Blackhole and caused everyone to think that he had sacraficed himself, when in truth he was still alive.

Trying to put Kage's death behind them, the others are ambushed by Sherina, one of Garm's Elite Warriors. Using her enchanted flute she took control of the men's bodies and forced them to hunt down the girls. Several fights later, someone, it is unsure who, played several notes that lifted the enchatment on the men.

The following fight consised with Sherina ended when the Warrior, blind-sided by a joint attack from Vared and Elena, went running. This gave the warriors some time to lick their wounds.

The very next day, after starting out on a fresh day, the Pendant Bearers are ambushed by an ancient race of beings called Saurians, who capture them and are now taking them to the Saurian King....

Okay, there is the entire Re-Cap for pages 1-16.

Later!

~Mew Master

[Mew Master]

Wamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
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We were lead through the jungle. Shackled and bound, the Saurians seemed to get a kick out of making the humans of our group suffer, hitting us with the butts of their weapons. they made Setsuna fall over, TWICE! And I was peeved.

It was another ten minutes before the Saurains started to get in another formation around us, this one more for show and we soon found out why.

The grunts in the front started letting out honking roars and then they pulled back some bushes.

THere everyone froze. A utopia was standing out against the ruggedness of the jungle. Several temples, pure white with different colors painted on the sides stood out while smaller dewlings exsisted surrounding them. Roads ran through all of the city, criscrossing into patchwork patterns. Three cannals ran through the sicy, distributing water to all of the residences.

A push and we were lead down the hill.

Minutes later we were being lead through one of what had to have been the main streets. Saurians of different dark shades turned their reptilian heads towards us an stared. Hissing conversation ensured between some of the taller creatures. The smaller ones, children, jumped in excitement and cocked their heads from left to right. They let out sqwaks or excitement as we walked by.

"I can't belive it," I heard Faile commenet, because she was never one for words. "An entire city, hidden in the jungle."

"Maybe they've lived here for a while." Selyin said, looking around.

"Wouldn't they have been discovered by now?" Vared asked.

"No, anyone who enters the Hydra Forest disappears and is never heard from again." Setsuna said, a glum look on her face.

We continued to go through the streets but it wasn't long until a chant started to rise up through the crowd watching us.

"Thessdea oesst eessth sesshuthman! Thessdea oesst eessth sesshuthman! Thessdea oesst eessth sesshuthman! THESSDEA OESST EESSTH SESSHUTHMAN!!"

"I don't like the sound of that chanting." Chamel commented as they were still lead through teh city, only now we were being shouted at, teeth showing and nashin.

That was easy for Chamel to say, he Kage Elena, Horus, and Zera weren't shackled and now, weren't being pelted with furit, like we were.

We were now being lead towards a giant temple. Stairs went right up to the top were there was a group of Saurians standing there. Marched up to the top a crowd gathered by the base of the temple, still chanting, "THESSDEA OESST EESSTH SESSHUTHMAN!! THESSDEA OESST EESSTH SESSHUTHMAN!!"

Finally we reached the top and the Saurains pushed us down onto our knees, forcing us to bow. I glanced up at the one we were bowing at

The Saruain was an orange color, with black stripes running down its back and to the end of the tail. A black coloring was around both eyes, and a full crown of feathers was on its head. Dressed in different armor or clothes as the soliders it did have a similar symbol that the Saurians had on the left side of their armor, plastered right on the middle of its chest.

The chanting got louder and louder and finally he thrust is arms wide, silencing the crowd. This had to be the king.

Then the king stepped down, followed by another Saurian who looked more muscular and larger built. He looked down at us and kneeled, his hed got close to my face.

Then in another hissy voice, he said, "Who are you, and why have you entered our territory?"

"We... We came here getting away from people chacing us."

"He lies! They come here to scout our territory and report back to his leader!" said the other Saurain standing by the king. "King Talon, we must exicute these Humans as quickly as possible, and enslave the Demi-Humans."

A chill went up my spine. We couldn't die here. Not now! We had come too far.

Talon, the King, moved a claw towards my head and I froze, just imagining what those sharp claws could do. They smoothed along my neck and then they pulled up. To my surprise Talon's claws had caught my Pendant's string! Then I realized, if they killed us, the Pendants would no longer have anyone or anything to protect them.

"You... You can't kill us!" I said, grabbing the king's attention.

"Begging for mercy?!" the other shouted. "It won't work. We are known for our heartless killings."

"We don't beg for mercy!" Kage shouted, forcing the Saurian Guards to hold him back.

"Yeah! You can't just kill us!" Chamel stated.

"Really?" Talon spoke again. "Why can't we kill you?"

He pulled the string off my neck and held it by his claws. I saw his eyes go over the Crystal and the golden Dragon sleeping on it.

"Even if you kill us, we'll still guard the Pendants with our lives!" I shouted.

The King looked at me, then the crystal, and then at everyone else.

"Stand them up."

We were pulled to our feet, okay wrenched would be the word and forced to stand straight up. Then the king walked around, looking at the Humans and then at the Demi-Humans of the group. Looking at the Pendants.

"Take the Pendants off the humans and give them to the Demi-Humans. Send the Humans into the dungeon, I shall see them later. I will have a private audience with the Demi-Humans immediatly." Then he turned on a claw and let us pass.

Our pendants were taken off and given to our Demi-Human friends, at least we knew they woudl be safe with them. We were carted off to the dungeon while they were going to be given an audience with the king.

As we walked past I over heard a small part of conversation between the king and the other one that had followed him.

"Tesswha eessar uessyo ngessdothi? Llesski messthe!"

"Silas, Iess veessha desslisthtene oesst ressyou ceessadthvi ghessenou, Iess llesswi leesshanthd sessthi. Lyessperthson'k'al."

Marched up we were seperated from Elena, Chamel, Kage, Horus, and Zera and lead down a downward series of stairs until we came to jail cells. The place smelled of mildew. A single cell was openned and I could feel the shackles being taken off of us.

I rubbed my wrists and looked at the guards. "Gee thanks...!?" My sentence was cut short as I was pushed into the cell and fell face-first on the hard stone floor. I rolled over just in time to feel Setsuna fall right on top of me, letting out an "Oof!"

"Sorry," she said starting to get back up.

"Sokay."

Then the cell door was shut with a loud slam.

"Feel honored," the guard snorted. "Our king has never shown any mercssy towards Humansss at all. YOu may get to live an extra day." He turned and walked away.

We heard the others being shoved into their own cells.

"Are you hurt?" I asked.

"No, no I'm fine," she replied getting off me and sitting down on the floor.

Damn, now we were stuck in the dungeon and our only hope was the Demi-Humans. I just hope they could vouch for our lives....

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Okay, about King Talon, he is very understanding and will listen, while his advisor Silas doesn't like any strange creatures and thinks that we all be put to death. Common, vouch for us guys....

Later!

~Mew Master