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Post by Ike on Jan 21, 2014 18:10:23 GMT -6
Ike stroked her cheek. "I'm sorry, but I just can't help it." He said, his voice was sincere. He really couldn't help but think it, he wished he could just put it away. The truth was he felt weak, for some time now. All these people had their amazing abilities and he himself was just a slightly stronger human. "I know you'll help me, but it worries me. Losing control like this." This void wasn't who he was, this void had been created in their travels. Before that Ike had no such thing as emotions, at least that's what he thought. He felt nothing back then he was just trying to survive. Now he had things to fight for, and he showed emotion. That's when the rage appeared for the first time. He kissed her then whispered to her. "I'll be alright for now, let's focus on more urgent matters."
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Post by Queen Saundry on Jan 21, 2014 18:17:47 GMT -6
She heard his thoughts. She smiled gently. "Qualities are like papers taped to our backs. You can see your own good qualities, only we can... just like for a while i could not see my own, until you showed them to me." She explained to him. "Someday that void will disappear and i will be the reason. We share my power now. You have special things in you that only you have, Ike... Which is why i love you so much... now let's finish this okay...? So we can live in peace together doing innuendo contests and normal non-apocalyptic jobs... and pretending we are not loaded." She pulled on his hand jokingly.
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Post by Ike on Jan 21, 2014 18:26:50 GMT -6
He smiled. "I like that idea, I could live with that." He chuckled, Sereph had become so playful when he wasn't watching. It's true they shared her power, but it wasn't his. That was his last thought, it echoed through then slowly faded.
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Post by Queen Saundry on Jan 21, 2014 18:29:58 GMT -6
Sereph and ike went to see if the castle was doing alright.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2014 23:38:43 GMT -6
The halls roared with laughter. Ike and Sereph went through the great hall and into the throne room, following the laughter. Blood stained the walls and floor as they made there way, bodies piled up and upon opening the door they saw many familiar faces, but also new faces at the time same. Max had lazily sat in one of the thrones, while drinking wine. His armor consisted of something Ike and Sereph had never seen. Solarian knight armor. The armor was thick, gold and heavily defensive. Along with Max was his two counter parts, Elroy and Nero with their own unique set of armor. Solarian made. A few Solarian soldiers were present as well, finishing off the Evarian guards that once stood here. To make matters worse, that was not all of them. On the throne next to Max was a Moho'sha, who was not only physically different from the rest, but it's presence was much more powerful than average Moho'sha. A few grunt Moho'sha were also present nearby. "Nice of you to join Ike! We were just waiting for you!" Max exclaimed as he took a drink of the wine. "Me and my buddy here... Well, we were just discussing which one of us will kill you first. So why not take a pick out of all of us?" Max said with a loathing tone. Max could not hold his urge to kill Ike, it was barely manageable. He had been waiting for a fight to the death with him, but simply because Ike was outnumbered he'd play with him for a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 11:28:54 GMT -6
"Return what is mine by birthright!" Sereph demanded. She had again hidden the other half of the book somewhere safe. She vowed to die protecting it's secret so that the next may go on protecting it. So there was in fact a world to be in to protect it from. If these goons got it, the world would crumble and she knew that. Now that this purpose had been revealed to her she was ready to die for it. She had been touched by an angel twice and been declared a soldier of heaven by the angel of death in her unconsciousness. This book the angel had told her, was heaven's book brought to earth. The very origin of magic. It wrote and rewrote its contents and it could not be allowed to fall into their hands. If she died protecting it now she would have failed. Sereph's rage was tangible but completely in control and directed straight at Malakai. The power flow around her so strong it could be seen around her in the form of blue flames. "I am by birthright the guardian of the Book of Time! I am a soldier of heaven, and will lay my life down to protect what rightfully belongs to my gods!" She summoned her chakrams which were now imbued with blue fire. "Return what is mine and may the great gods pass a merciful blessing on your soul, refuse, and die only to be judged to the maximum for your crimes against humanity!" Sereph declared weapons drawn. A shimmer was cast around her skin, ike noticed, a familiar presence beside sereph's was battling with her. A woman... Just taller that she was familiar warm. His mother... both her hands on Serephs Shoulders. She smiled at him warmly. Suddenly he felt another presence beside his own hands on his shoulders a man, his father. "Angels are with us now, and their book is not yours to control!" She told them. "Now, Hand it over or DIE!"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 15:57:08 GMT -6
"It's quite poetic, Sereph. Really it is. Showing me mercy? Laughable. Thinking back now, I should have killed you when I had the chance, but what's in the past is in the past now. Let us all make history friends! Today is the day when we build the world a new! Starting here!" Max's voice trembled while he stood up from the throne. "You are nothing but a slave to the gods. A tool! You think the gods care if you live or die?! Max was perplexed and in the midst of the conversation crushed the cup he was drinking out of. He who once prayed to the gods for his escape while he was kidnapped, got no response from them. Not even a tiny bit of mercy. Rather he was made nearly insane and turned into a monster. The gods didn't care. Max shook his head. "The book is ours and we will be taking the other half, keeper. And if you still refuse, you will die." Max drew his two rapiers from the side belt on the side of him and pointed it at her. Everyone else along with Max also drew their weapons.
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Post by Ike on Jan 23, 2014 10:20:08 GMT -6
"How are you doing, son? Ike heard the voice of his father in his head. Ike's eyes teared up slightly. "Dad? How? Mom is here as well. How? I missed you, I'm sorry I haven't found the Talon yet. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, I'm so sorry! The thoughts shot through his mind, his confusion was obvious. He had never even thought of something like this happening, he didn't know what to say, or what he should say. "Calm down, son." The soothing voice said lovingly. "This is not the time, but we've always been there with you, watching you. I'm proud of what you've become even without your mother and me there for you. You've made a name for yourself and even found yourself a lovely wife. You did great, Ike" Ike looked over to Sereph and smiled, he was so caught up in the conversation that reality didn't seem to impact him. "But you need to concentrate now. The voice had a more serious sound to it now. Ike looked over at Max and his company, who drew their weapons, and Ike brought his hand to the hilt of his sword. "There is something I have never been able to tell you. You, by birthright, are a berserker, you are the only heir to our bloodline. A bloodline, which has been kept secret because of the lasting peace in Evaria. No one knows of our blood anymore, our blood which has served the Evarian royals since their establishment. We have become legends in the great war, but to the public we are no more than a legend. Even Saundry herself doesn't know of you and your bloodline, yet. Our family would fight for Evaria in times of great conflict, but only in great conflict. We have laid dormant for quite some time but it seems destiny has brought you here to fight for Evaria once again. These words confused Ike. He had never heard of the berserkers, never heard of anything like it. What was so special about him? Was this information even relevant for this fight? "As impatient as ever, aren't you? We berserkers formed one of the frontline platoons, we were fearless and fought with the strength of monsters, cutting through enemy lines and fighting to victory. You have the same strength as us, you just don't know how to use it yet. The voice paused for a second to let all the information sink in. "This conversion magic the mage girl told you about is no coincidence. All of us had it, but it is not used to convert magic into strength for our bodies, it is to convert our darkest emotions into fighting power. This dark cloud you have felt swallowing you, dragging you down into the void, it is your power. It has grown out of control because it has been building up for longer than usual, you should've learned your true power at the age of 16. However I wasn't there to teach you so it has been overflowing you. Ike was relieved to hear this. This dark cloud was not his weakness, it was his power. "You need to learn to ignite it, to let it out and merge it with yourself in times of need. This is the true power of the berserker, pushing your body over its limits by using your most fearsome emotions. You have felt it before, Sereph has ignited it before but you can do it yourself. I will tell you now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 12:00:27 GMT -6
"You are the one who is laughable! The angels mock you, as i do. I will never hand it over and even after death you will never find it!" She prepared to strike.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 13:01:48 GMT -6
Max lumbered forward closer to the middle signalling everyone else to hold back. He stood tall and confident, as he was the very symbol of this war. Both of his hands grasped the rapiers firmly. His Feet spaced evenly and in a defensive position. His eyes narrowing towards the two. His scythe rested on his back, ready for strike. His eyes gleaming red, filled with a murderous intent. The room fell silent for the longest time and only drops of blood from a nearby body were heard. As the last drop of blood fell to the floor, the silence broke. Max began to charge towards Ike, a burst of fire quickly surrounded him. Giving Max a helmet and his armor a glistening tone. Giving him added protection and damage to those who got too close. As he neared Ike, Max slashed his left rapier at full momentum towards Ike's guts in a quick, deadly motion as fire also latched onto the sword sending a short range of fire towards Sereph, while keeping the right one near his own body, for defensive reasons.
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Post by Ike on Jan 23, 2014 14:44:44 GMT -6
"Let the darkness take you away." The voice of his father told him. Ike closed his eyes and focused on the black cloud within him, the silence gave him the time to do so. Sereph could feel the intense hatred towards Max seep out of Ike and enclosing his body, spreading to his arms and legs. It spread to his face until it finally reached his eyes. Sereph felt he got completely taken over. "Focus on the power, contain it and, the voice spoke as Max neared Ike with his rapier. "Ignite it!" Ike's heart emitted a red glow only visible to Sereph, but Max could feel the power releasing. The dark cloud suddenly ignited into a bright red flame and Ike's eyes shot open. With a second Ike summoned his second sword in front of him, which blocked the rapier for him. He grinned, the same devilish grin he had before.
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Post by Queen Saundry on Jan 26, 2014 10:05:20 GMT -6
Sereph looked over at him. She felt the power and smiled. Then she turned back to them with a look of disdain. "You had your chance..." She raised her weapons. "Now we are going to make you hand it over!" She declared whipping her chakram at malakai.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 11:03:00 GMT -6
The very second Sereph had raised her weapons towards Max, his group of men immediately went on the offensive and charged. Max continued to press towards Ike and with his other rapier, he very heavily pierced towards a gap through Ike's sword and towards his chest. Nero reacted quickly towards the chakrams and threw his sword towards them. Clashing them and sending them back to Sereph. Elroy also took demand, he teleported behind Sereph, placing his hand onto her shoulder and teleported the two of them into the castle's dungeon. Sending her crashing to the floor. What awaited there, was the leader of the Moho'sha and his grunts. Along with Elroy to lead the attack. A battle of the mages. Sereph's chakrams also came down crashing down towards her feet, the chakrams being teleported as well. Back on top, the four Solarian soliders who were there, took a defensive position, while Nero in the middle of it. The true battle was ready to commence. A battle of mages and warriors, perfectly set and aligned.
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Post by Ike on Jan 27, 2014 9:42:13 GMT -6
Ike turned away from the rapier, narrowly evading it. it cut his chest but it was just a small cut, he knew he had to take risks to win. He twisted around, drew his sword and swung at Malakai's side with both hands, it was a blow that was meant to cut right through him. Ike's facial expression didn't change, his grin remained as if he was not fighting to save the world, as if he was fighting for fun.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2014 10:25:13 GMT -6
Glad someone at least is enjoying themselves... Sereph thought to him. Things are getting kinda hairy here from me... She told him and then sent an image of all the moho'sha she was up against half had taken her form half had taken ike's form. I'm fighting a bunch of us... She sighed as she raised her weapons. This bites... when this is over lets go on vacation to a beach or something... She made ike want to laugh when she said this bites she reminded him of himself. She'd been spending way too much time with him. It simply wasn't good for her. He was amused.
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