[ooc] Ok...You're making your way to the continent. The continent, however, is a massacre and a bloodbath. You guys will be landing soon, which is why the boy felt the island would be secure soon enough. Your job now, is to wait on the continent, which means you have to survive the cannibals and evil thingers that reside there at the moment. So, what are you going to do to survive? Your choice. After all, there are only about 6 thousand or so people running around in an attempt to kill everything. So, led, there you go. Otherwise, you should be confused about what's going on in the mansion.
[/ooc]

[ooc]And into the mansion we go. :p[/ooc]

After arriving at the mansion, Asa had decided for the rest to go their seperate ways.... And Tikalis had taken that half serious. But he made his way up a fleet of stairs that seemed like has been there since the beginning of the world... Cobwebs covered the sides of the rising walls.... Strange marks, like the ones he's seen earlier at the Cave of Secrets on the Red Mountain near Rim Elm Harbor, are there still. He hasn't seen anything like it.... Then, he finally makes it at the top of the staircase, and sees a whole corridor of doors. Tikalis picked the first door to the right, and entered to see a regular room, with no windows however... He made his way to the rest of the rooms, which were the same, and now faced the last door, the only room he hasn't looked in yet.

*Tikalis opens door and steps inside.*
Tikalis: "This place looks strangely different from the rest..."
[This room had a window, but no light seems to come inside the room, and the result was it was very dark inside. But Tikalis' fox eyes could see in the dark, as long as it isn't complete darkness, and wandered around the room, examining objects that lay around, like the bed and the spreaded chairs that looked like antiques..... He then came across a book, and opened it.]
*Tikalis flips through the pages of the book, but found nothing written on any page he flipped through.*
Tikalis: "Not any use, huh.... Huh?" *picks up a quill and ink, which he hasn't noticed before.* "Maybe these are related to the book in some way. I guess I'll figure it out here and then move on."
*Tikalis dips quill in ink bottle, and starts writing in the book. The quill's ink wasn't getting scratched on the book, and Tikalis now found that it is a puzzle, only with a book, quill, and a strange ink bottle. After trying for the 6th time, Tikalis shrugged and put the quill, book, and ink in his pack, thinking that he might get a clue on how to work it out. He then moved outside the door, and turned to his left, seeing a door that has a piece of parcel on it. The parcel said clearly*
"Ritual Room. Beware."
Tikalis: "Ritual Room, huh? Well, doesn't hurt to see what's inside, right?" *opens door and steps inside room.*
[What he saw inside was a large chamber, which Tikalis found out that it was fit for a creature the size of a fully grown spider or snake.....] *Tikalis carefully stepped inside the chamber, then left the door open behind him for a quick getaway, if needed.*
?: "Well, look who's the next person to come inside my chamber?"
Tikalis: !!
?: "Who are you, little fox? I don't take kindly to animals who dare step inside my chamber, expecially since I already put a parcel warning you.... And did you follow it? No. You just simply opened the door, and stepped inside willingly."
Tikalis: *turns head to the direction he thinks the voice is coming from. draws Arc Edge from his back.* "Just tell me who you are first."
?: "That will not happen... No matter how much you ask..."
Tikalis: "Then I'll make you say something!" *runs to the voice with his Arc Edge held high.*
?: "hahahahaha.... You really think you can get rid of me that easily?....." *waves hand and then Tikalis is taken to a extremely familiar place....*
PastMemories...



Edited By milestails on Jan. 31 2004 at 12:43

[OOC]Soooooooooooooooooooooo, excITING !!!!!!!!!!![/OOC]
the memory faded away as welf looked around the room again. he almost cryed, but held it inside as he always did in the past few years ! welf was now far from being as emotionnal as he was back then. yet as he looked around he couldn't help remembering that tree which had granted him the wish to find somone who would like him.
Welf:"My angel, i wanted to see you back that day, you learned me how to smile. i waited by the tree, but you never came ! i left the town soon after. the only questio i always wanted to ask you was... Why ? what hapenned that day ?"
*sigh*
*Welf turned around openned the door and left the room*

WELF then looked at another door right in front of him. there was something writen on the door, but it was writen in a language he couldn't read. He entered the room only to find a small table and a few chairs. It was oddly familiar to welf, yet he couldn't figure out where he had seen this before.

?:"You... fear this room don't you ?"
WELF:"Who said that ?"
?:"Answer the question first !"
WELF:"Why would i ? what's it for you ?"
?:"Yes i see it now, you fear this room ! for its there you last seen your parents !"
WELF:"Who the hell are you and what do you know about it ?"
?:"Would it matter if i ever told you ?"
WELF:"..."
?:"Thought so !"
*A humanoid creture emerges from the dark corner of the room*
*Welf looked closely at the character*
WELF:"friend or foe ?"
?:"Hehe, i like these kind of sorrows, let me see it !"
*The character waved its arm in front of him*
The place started to be brighter a bit things were appearing around the room. some candles who were the ones to light the whole room, a women was sat on one of the chair and a demon was appearing looking at her.

WELF:"What the... is this some kind of illusion ? My father and mother can't be in here, they have died 7 years ago !"

The creature wasn't there anymore. it had vanished from the picture and the scene started to play.

FATHER:"THEA, understand me, we cannot go on like this, you know how things are around here !"
MOTHER:"I know, i know, but look at him, he's scared and doesn't even know what we are talking about. what do you want me to do, leave him in a church or something..."
FATHER:"Surely not, but you know the general won't allow such a thing to live !"
MOTHER:"A thing... you call your own son a thing !"
FATHER:"You're making it worst thea, we won't get far if they ever found out about his existence. this union, have already pushed them over the edge i have kept it secret for a long time, but no one can hide the truth forever."
MOTHER:"We could just leave the place and hide all together, nothing keeps us here."
FATHER:"Hidding won't be enough and you know it too well"
MOTHER:"He's our son dear, we are speaking of our son not us. he can't be responsible for what we done."

WELF couldn't help it, he looked in the corner of the room, the corner, he saw a little demon there, too be honest it was an half-demon person, it was him ! This was a scene from WELF's past.

FATHER:"I know, i know, but once they'll know they'll..."
*The door was smashed open*
?:"Did you thought kalidor would never found out ? Take them in and bring them to the castle, bring this worm as well, kalidor will surely not forgive you for what you have done."
FATHER:"HAHAHA, you think i will be that easy to get do you ?, then come and get some !"

The demon, rushed and fought the soldiers. Welf's mother ran for welf. and protected him until the door was cleaned for them to go out. As THEA ran outside with welf... the place faded away leaving place to a room in complete darkness... even the floor had seemed to have disappeared.

?:"Hmmm, such sorrow in a person !"
*Welf was almost crying*
WELF:"Why did you show me this again, don't you think its enough to live it once ?"
?:"No, i don't, i think the past is what makes people what they are. but it is my duty to make you remember those moments, for i too needs to live !"
WELF:"What the... who the hell are you ?"
?:"If ya really must know... i am the FEAR MASTER ! Welcome to MY WORLD !!!!!!!"
*The pace started to twirl in around the center, like a vortex*

TO BE CONTIUED...
[OOC]It could have been way better i agree... yet i wonder how i'll make WELF survive this room ! Roll, send me a pm about it, if you like this tell me, if you don't tell me and i'll just change it ![/OOC]

[ooc] lol u may remember my music from some games lol[/ooc]

Asa ran off into another room, Welf just as quick vanished off.
Dante: What? Split up?
Tikalis: Dont worry we can meet back here
Tikalis then ran up the stairs.

Dante stood there for a while, he then walked off down some stairs, and open a wooden door. He looked around amazed at some of the very old items in the room. It seems that he has walked in to the armory. He saw a long hall with red carpet and many paintings were on the wall. He started walking forward looking at the displays of Knights armour, they each were posted up against the wall but the strange thing was they were shiny new, not dusty as the house. It was like someone polished it on a daily base. He reached the end of the hall.
Dante: Wow! is this........
Dante ran up to a throne chair it was surrounded by 4 stone pillars. In the chair was a full set of great blue and gold Knights armour. It was mounted in a setting position with its head down, arms crossed and in one hand was a great huge battle axe. Dante stepped up to exam this axe it was stunning it had jewels of Diamond and ruby's in the middle of the sharp blade.
Dante: Wow so sharp how long has this been here. He even notice a huge jewel in the armour chest plate. He reached his hand to touch and heard a booming voice.

Strange voice:You conceited, wretched human!

The head of the knight armour raised its head red beaming eyes were visble threw the helmet . Dante jumped back in shock. It then raised it self form the thorne. Twirling the heavy axe around as if it was light as a feather.

Strange voice:AGHHH! Annihilate!

The knight armour charged at Dante, it swung down the axe but Dante side stepped out the way.
There's no.....turning back

Dante:Is there no other way? Fine!
Dante whiped out the Soul Reaver, he swung at the knight but his blows were nothing to the great armour. The Evil knight continued to swing the axe and Dante ran around hiding behind the pillars. It easily swung the axe destroying the pillar revealing Dante. He then ran to another on. This time when the knight swung its axe into the pillar it got stuck, as it tried to free its great battle axes. Dante swung around screaming.
Dante: This is it!
He took the Sword and stabed it in the face of the knights helmet. It then collapsed, nothing was even inside the armour.
Dante: How strange, were was that voice coming from?
he picked up the armour, wow mithril.
He took the armour amazing it was very light and fitted Dante perfectly. He only took the chest plate and legs, he didnt like wearing helmets even at his kingdom he was to stuborn to wear a helmet. with a smirk he walked back down the hall to head back out. The Knights of armour all turned thier heads to look at Dante, they droped to the floor at the same time with swords raised high. Before Dante could react a knight came from behind him hitting him in the head with the sword handle knocking him unconscious.

Dante later awaken with a headache and finding himself in a large cell unarmed down in the Dungeon. Dante got up realizing they took the Soul Reaver and locked him up.

Dante: Oh no my sword and armour its just plain old cheap iron armour im..............
he heard heavy breathing behind him he turned to see red beaming eyes in the darkness of his cell. He then notice crunching and something hard under his boots, looking down to see human bones.


[ooc]Dante is in a tough suation and may need help. And the armour was a great illusion[/ooc]



Edited By MasterX05 on Feb. 01 2004 at 16:30

[ooc] For those that clicked on the music link on mine and miles post. If a blue screen pops up just click on "Click here to listen to/download the requested file" So click the underlined word here to play the music.[/ooc]

Ok... too long...

[ooc] I guess Asa was right Dante happens to be the one who may not make it out the mansion and shall be another poor soul lost. Or will he.[/ooc]

Dante had his back pressed against the wall what came out of the darkness almost made his knees feel weak he fell down on his knees

Dante: "No noo i killed you how?"
A huge wolf had appeared from the darkness the very same wolf, that Dante had a encounter with in the woods.

Wolf: You and your Demon killed my beast, I will enjoy the riping of your flesh. Lets see how u can fight with out that dam sword and Demon.

Dante Vs Revived Wolf

The wolf opened his mouth showing off his fangs. Dante got up and ran to the other side of the cell. He saw from the corner of his eye the wolf charging at him he then rolled out the way. He saw a sharp bone on the ground.

Wolf: Give up foolish human u are dead.
The wolf bounced on top of dante, Dante leaned back with the wolf on top he stuck the sharp bone in the heart of the beast. he then threw him off him the wolf body hit the bar of the cells bending it. Dante raised himself from the ground, he took of the armour and took the piece of it to bend back the bars some more so he could slip out. He finally freed himself this time Dante was more on his toes and beware of all the illusions. He then took off back to the armoury, Dante notice how the Knights were nowback in thier same spots motionless. He then saw his sword the Soul Reaver at the end of the hall with the tip of the blade in the ground. He walked cautiously to his weapon. He reached down to relcaim his sword but heard the same voice as before.

Dive into the soul

Strange voice: I've been waiting for this day for too long!

Dante: Seigfried?
Dante turned around to see someone he knew or he thought he knew.

Nightmare

Dante: Oh my god Seigfried what happen?
Dante notice the sword and knew it was the sword that transformed Seigfried into this monster

Nightmare: Seigfried no longer exist! I will show you the greatest nightmare!

He raised his sword the very sword that dante knew as Soul Edge he once weild that very sword but he felt the evilness. He thought he banished the sword away for good but he was wrong. Seigfried and Dante were of the same age and same kingdom, Seigfried father was a great knights and Seigfried always wanted to be the very same. Dante knew howboth thier father, left to war. Since Seigfried father left he fell into the wrong crowd, he no longer even listen to Dante. When Seigfried and his small gang ambushed some old knights coming into the village. Seigfried and his gang slayed them all. Seigfried cut the head of one of them and holding the dead knights head reliazed it was his fathers head. Since that night Dante heard that Seigfried ran away and never returned. Dante felt it was his fualt he knew that he was a great knight, but fell into evil.

Dante: What are you?
Nightmare: Dante you always were blinded using souls to a weak demon.
Dante: What do u think you are look at what the sword has done to you!
Nightmare: this sword is my power Souls give me strength!Souls are my strength!
Dante: you are nothing more then a monster. You're too weak for that, aren't you?

When Dante had said that Nightmare took up the Soul edge and held it up.

Nightmare:This is... the end!
Dante: (holds up his Soul Reaver)Listen to the beat of my soul!
Nightmare:I'm through with words. Prepare yourself!
Dante:No use in talking, huh? Fine...

They then rush to each other for the final battle.

Raise thy sword

[ooc] Guess u know some history of Dante now[/ooc]



Edited By MasterX05 on Feb. 01 2004 at 19:39

[ooc] is it me? Or do u write really small?[/ooc]

[OOC]Is it me, or is DANTE part of SOUL CALIBUR, ias it me or has milestails been acting as if he was in SONIC ADVENTURES ? so much questions unanswered ! :biggrin: [/OOC]

As the vortex was trying to pull WELF in, he tryed running to the door. but he soon fund out that there was no more door, only emptiness and that vortex. one other thing was there as well, it was the FEAR MASTER, coming for welf and bring him thru that rift !

WELF:"No chance of that big guy. i got a girl to save and i cannot make her wait any longer"

Welf simply jumped on the creature and started to scratch and byte all he could. the FEAR MASTER couldn't believe that such a frightened demon could fight as if it was all he had ever done in life ! Barely doing anything to the fear master it still took it time to get WELF outta him ! he had no choice and started to transform into something else. becoming bigger and bigger by the seconds, WELF had no choice but to let go as the creature grew to unspeakable proportions !

WELF:"What the hell... you're kidding right ?"

The creature which was the FEAR MASTER was now a giant unimaginable creature, it was unexplainable, it looked like a mix of many many creatures and monsters ! WELF was horrified by the view of this, it had tentacles the size of a giant tree and had a mouth so big that it could swallow a whole building in one shot ! not even thiking of the size of the teeths in there, all that WELF had in mind was to run away. but seriously, where would he run to ? the door surely was still there, it was obvious that it was only an illusion, but even welf couldn't break thru it !

WELF:"This island, now i figured it out, illusions becomes real around here, so in order to break thru, we gotta defeat the thing that makes these illusions !"

The big creature was now going forward toward welf and trying to swallow him ! welf ran in the opposite direction trying to get away from the creatures grasp ! but the tentacles just came in front of him blocking the way and the creature started to suck in everything in front of it. WELF included, it didn't took long for the demon to get off the ground, don't know what or who helped WELF, but he heard of voice in his head.

?:{The Bigger they are, The smaller they get. use your potions to win ! }

Surely welf didn't knew who the hell was that, but it sure wasn't the FEAR MASTER. what the hell was that voice saying. that one of his potions would work on this guy ? WELF floated at high speed toward the giant creature, as he turned around he just reached his bag, took out one of the potions out of there and threw it in... then he threw a second vial, that one exploded on contact with creature closing in the giant mouth. WELF fell on the floor and looked at the now shrinking creature... tho it wasn't as fast as he was thinking it would... but at Least he survived !

FEAR MASTER:"Do you think this explosion was enough, you only gained time and for what, being swipe by my tentacles !"
WELF:"Didn't you notice howbig your swirling vortex started to grow ?"
FEAR MASTER:"What ?"
*The creatures big eyes turned to see the vortex growing*
FEAR MASTER:"That's impossible, how can this be !"
WELF:"Oh sorry forgot to tell you... with a big mouth we surely not always see what's going into it !"
FEAR MASTER:"You too is growing... wait no... i am SHRINKING !"
WELF:"Exactly, do you know what that means, the smaller you get, the lower is your sens of keeping your feet ont he ground, the faster you'll get sucked in by your own rift !"

FEAR MASTER:"that can't be !"
*The creature wsa snow really small and was floating toward the rift as fast as saying 1 2 3*
FEAR MASTER:"ITS NOT OVER YET, I'LL BE BACK FOR YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!"

The rift absordbed the FEAR MASTER and with him the illusion disappeared slowly and the door reappeared ! Welf got to it turned the door knob and left the room !

WELF:"Now that was hard, i Thought i would never get out of there alive, That Women was sure right about this mansion, it sure is full of surprises ! but i wonder who that voice was and why it helped me ?"

Puzzled by that question Welf continued to inspect the doorsa, but now, he tryed reading and understanding what was writen on the doors themselves ! the ones that ad no warning he looked at it carrefully, placed his ears onto them trying to know what was behind and at the very last resort openning the door to see inside, just a peek tho. he made all the doors, now he wasn't coming inside if there was no real thing for him to see...

but in Another room, he peeked in... he couldn't help it and entered it, to see what those pictures were about... strangely enough, they were part of his past...

TO BE CONTNUED...
[OOC]Roll you wanted me to stop in for some more info about our ast, then go on, i give the rest up to you ![/OOC]

[ooc] Nah Dante is more based on Samanosuke of Onimusha, and is mixed with Aragorn of LOTR. Nightmare was just a guest star to this from SC2. [/ooc]

[ooc] At first I was going to make the person Dante another excat copy of himself same outfit face and weapon like a twin. To attack dante or have his shadow attack him. But many RPG have done that move before. like Onimusha,Zelda Ocraina of time, Kingdom hearts, even pokemon gold/sliver. So I just thew in Nightmare for a lil spice to it he may not even show up in the rest of that story but I give permission to u all, that u can control Nightmare or bring him back in if youwish to. [/ooc]

[ooc] Alright, I think that's enough talking about character origins. ^-^; Let's begin working on the story a little bit more. After all the complaints, I'd have expected all of you to be bursting with posts. [/ooc]

Birds were singing softly in the lovely green trees, as the shining afternoon sunlight streamed all along the park. Children were running around a little farther off, and many adults were strolling around the god-tree that covered the entire park. Flower seeds were just starting to be sewn into the ground, and the grass was just starting to regrow. The snow had melted away earlier, and left apparant traces of existence all over the place. Yet beside all of these, the most peculiar sight there was that of two children walking around the tree like the adults were. They did not seem to be perturbed by any of the hurtful glares that any passerby gave them, and if they were pestered to 'run along', they would stick out their toungues in unism or tell them to make them. No other responses were made soon after an hour had passed, because one of the children had a red skin color, and a "really big nose".

Angela continued to walk silently next to Welf as he spoke about how his parents were human and demon. He gave plenty of details about both parents to make them particularly attractive to any eavesdropper, yet he kept exaggerating some of the details a little bit. It was only natural, as Angela had known for a while, to see someone else praise their parents so much. However, Angela had one question that she was dying to ask. After Welf had said that his mother made a horrific supper the night before, Angela popped in the question.
"Welf, can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Do you like your mother?"
Welf looked at her wildly for a moment and exclaimed: "Of course I do!". It was about another moment during which Welf continued his wild look before Angela spoke again.
Angela: "I like my mother too." Another pause ensued this statement before being broken once more.
Welf: "...Why did you ask me that?"
Another pause.
Angela: "My mother... is gone."

Welf stopped walking in his surprise on hearing those very words come from Angela's mouth. The level of bewilderment from him begin to rise very fast, and he was starting to feel very warm now as well. Angela stopped just a few steps ahead of him, aware that he had stopped a moment ago.
Angela: "She left... leaving just me."
Welf didn't know what to say, and only uttered "Angela..". However, Angela spoke up.
"That's all."
And then she turned around, looking like she was trying really hard to hold back any tears she may have hidden behind those emerald eyes. Welf couldn't help but want to stop her, and the feeling was very large for some reason. He walked up to her a bit hastily, and spoke his mind.
Welf: "Please don't cry.... I mean, Angela... You look better when you're smiling than when you're crying."
He was blushing now, and it was showing. Angela could only help but smile once more, just because of him. But when a single ray of golden sunshine hit her face, she knew she had to go home once more.
Angela: "Welf, I need to get to my home now."
Welf nodded. "Well, alright. But do you want to meet again sometime?"
Angela nodded.
"Then you do want to meet over there by that bench tomorrow?"
Angela: "Sure! because it's fun when I'm with Welf, because I remember memories from back when it was fun."
Welf: " 'Yubikiri' then."
Angela consented to the pinky promise, and they both held their pinkies together once more. Suddenly, the sunlight shined brighter than it had ever done, and Welf's image of Angela and himself melted into the light. Then, before he knew it, he was back in the mansion once more. He could rememer that day by himself now so very well. But he began to wonder: Why was it that he could not remember this before? Was there something that he was made to forget? If it was so important as this, he should not have forgotten it, and he knew that. Unfortunately, he didn't spend too much time with the thought, as he wanted to leave the room and head to another room that he thought was safe. The hallways, he noticed, weren't as dark as they were just a moment ago. Strangely enough, they were beginning to look less battered and destroyed. Welf, however, didn't notice and ran down the hallway again, searching for a door that felt safe.

Asa was now sitting on the bed, staring into the center of the room. She looked at on of the trees nearby, and a gentle breeze flewby in an effort to create the lovely scenery into a live place. However, only the feeling of being lost was in the room, and Asa couldn't feel very much life coming from Angela anymore. She was still alive, to Asa's senses, but she wasn't doing as much as she was before. Yet there was another strange feeling that was coming from Angela's limp and lifeless body: There was a deep warmth that was starting to grow more and more. Asa hoped that Welf could remember only faster, though, since he had little time left.

[ooc] Sorry that took so long. ^-^;;; [/ooc]

[OOC]Ok this side quest will have to be finished sooner or later cause otherwise LED will thinks he's been left over ![/OOC]

It became too much for welf to ignore. he started to think it thru and thought that it was useless to go on like this without a real lead ! Tho this mantion was bigger then he thought, it was obvious that this mention was meant to toy with one's mind ! The real question was... WHY such a place ?

WELF:"That Women, she knew too much, why wouldn't she be part of this as well ? Think i'll get her to tell me the truth !"

Welf left the room he was in, got into the corridor and came back to the stairs he climbed in the first place. He got down and as he was back to the main hall he noticed that none of the others had returned yet. Only thing to do was to find them as soon as he could !

WELF:"Well, DANTE's sent is at bay, i can almost hear him as well... but where's that fox ? i can't even smell him !"
*Puts Nose up and smell*
WELF:"Neither can i find that women, what the hell is going on here ? oh well let's get dante first since he is near."

Welf took a long last look at the way he remembered ASA taking. It looked like just another corridor tho, yet something wasn't right about all this, and now that welfunderstood the main purpose of this mansion and island. he was all the more skeptic as to know that this women was just there without a reason, but that reason was simply out of his reach. He smelled a last time for dante and walked his way thru the corridor DANTE had taken, hoping that his nose wouldn't betray him.

WELF:"First we gather, then we find all together. this way, no more toying around with us. that WOMEN sure is too mysterious for her not to know what is going on around here. just hope the others have figured as much as me !"

Thus WELF started to llook for the others, yet TIKALIS was no where to be smelled !

TO BE CONTINUED...

[ooc]Nowhere to be smelled?....... (Wrote the dots slowly...)[/ooc]

The Soldier's sudden appearance had surprised Tikalis, but that wasn't it.... By the time he took out his Arc Edge to start fighting..... A large vortex of some type had covered them... Tikalis guessed it was probably a kind of battlefield, but he really wasn't unsure... The soldier and Tikalis stared at each other for a few minutes, while the viper is slithering, waiting for it's time to attack, and held a very deep grudge. Then, finally, the soldier said something...

Soldier: *evil grin* "I guess since this will be your last day of living, I'll give you my name." *buffs out chest and raises a familiar sword* "My name is Lojack. If you do somehow live like last time, my viper here will finish you off for me! muahahahaha!....."
Tikalis: "Uh-huh, sure.... Let's just see, though..."
Ball of light: "The soldier is now capable of flinging fireballs at you, so when he fires, immediately turn around and run the other direction!"
Tikalis: "Ok, got it." *holds Arc Edge in defensive position...*
Soldier: "Meet your doom...." *lunges forward with his viper...*

[How long the fight took, Tikalis never counted, as he was hopping around most of the fight from the soldier's fireballs, just as the ball predicted. He was almost everytime getting hit, but barely got. He knew he had to do this quick, he was wasting time with someone he already dealt with! But he had no choice, as the strange vortex seemed to show no exit.... His clan's instincts gave him noteing on a simple energy.... It showed signs of becoming stronger... But Tikalis never had time to think about this... He continued on with the fight...
............. He made one final swing and hit the soldier on the side of his armor... He held it for a minute and left his sword wide open. Tikalis recognized right there.]

Tikalis: ":shocked: Dante's Soul Reaver!?"
Soldier: *turns his gaze from his side to Tikalis.* "What?.. Oh, this, huh! I stole it from some fool who came across the Armor Hall just earlier before I got here... He was such an easy target..."
Tikalis: "What have you done with Dante?"
Soldier: "We're feeding him to our exterminator, that's what we did to him! He should be in the cell in the dungeon.... Oy.. Just slipped out..."
Tikalis: {The dungeon. After this is over, it's the dungeon first. No time to lose!}
The ball of light came out again...
Ball: "Hey! Look this way! I have a clue here! You have what it takes to quickly finish your task at hand!"
Tikalis: "What? ..." {Quickly finish?.... Oh, right!} *throws his pack as far away as he could.*
Soldier: "haha, what are you gonna do now?"
Tikalis: "You'll see. ;)" *ran to his pack... and took out the pair of shoes he recieved...! he puts on the shoes.*
"Hard to believe when you can't see me, huh?" *disappears in a flash.*
Soldier: "What's goin-- Argh!?!?!?" *falls to the ground and shakes violently* "Im Im Impossible!? You...You didn't just do that!"
Tikalis: "Hmm, too late, I already did... Blazing...Arc.....Attack!!!" *jumps in the air dramatically, and slahes down the technique..."
Sizzling hot blades only severed the armor, but didn't hurt the soldier himself. Tikalis then disappeared in thin air.
Tikalis: "...wrong to ....steal.....must.....return lost item....." *grabs Soul Reaver from the unconsious soldier, who fell unconcious on purpose....*
[Surrounding Vortex dissapears and Tikalis is taken back to the chamber he was in before....]
Tikalis: "Well, that's all there is to...... !?!?!" *jumps back from a venom spit out!* "....Oh... Forgot about that thing..."
Viper: "Meet your doom, little fox...."
Tikalis: "Did it just speak?! This place is a lot weirder that I thought...."
Viper: "You never know unless you turn the other way...."
Tikalis: "What....in the world is that supposed to mean?...."
*viper goes into a total meltdown, and his two red eyes are floating among the viper's leftovers....*
??: "I guess he gave up on what he thought was true....Tikalis..."
*Tikalis turns around and sees a female fox....His age?..*
??: "You look much different than what Mom and Dad thought you would...."
Tikalis: "What??"
??: "Oh, guess they didn't tell you, huh?... My name....Crystalis..."
Tikalis: !! "That was the name Yotoma said was my sister's but it can't.....
Crystalis: "Yeah, it's true.... I think they left you with whatever his name was, and went off without saying anything...."
Tikalis: "Anything else?... Why would they be wanting to leave me with someone else?"
Crystalis: "I don't have time to answer all of your questions.... I only have little time left..."
Tikalis: "Huh??"
Crystalis: "Just hurry up and return that sword to your friend already!"
Tikalis: "Oh, yeah, right!!" *runs off with lightning speed to where he thought the dungeons were...*
Crystalis: *slowly smiles* "Good Luck..." *instantly turns into air.*
Theme of Crystalis

[ooc]Ok, that seemed weird.... But what I write is what I write! :)[/ooc]



Edited By milestails on Feb. 09 2004 at 19:09

[ooc]Karma, it seems you will have to find Dante and Tikalis on your own, and with minimal help. I won't be able to post until then.[/ooc]

[ooc] lol with nightmare on me and no sword. Karma better fineme quick lol[/ooc]

[OOC]Well i didn't want to interfere in your duel MASTER, that's why i had stopped before arriving ont he scene so you could start up your fight and then make my charcaters comes in. but if ya really want me to go on, i will ![/OOC]

WELF was walking down the corridor followig the sent of DANTE. didn't take long before arriving near the corridor DANTE was in. But welf was starting to get worryed about DANTE, as he was coming closer to him he could hear a few weapons bashing against the floor, bashing against the walls and footsteps going around. just like if someone was in trouble.

WELF:"DAMN hope it isn't too late for him !"

Welf started to run down the corridor, turned the corner and ran past a few armors. in the far end of the corridor. DANTE was fighting, or should we say dodging some other creature who was there trying to chop his head off !

WELF:"DANTE !!!!!!!!!!"

DANTE barely heard WELF but he still dodged the next blow and took a few seconds to look at the voice who said his name. He saw welf and had to look again as NIGHTMARE was still going on and on blow after blow. dante seemed to need a quick and fast weapon to retaliate. seeing none near by, or at least not pickable in a second, he just continued to dodge.

NIGHTMARE:"Afraid of fighting huh ! STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT !"
DANTE:"Give me one chance to get a weapon and we'll see who's gonna be afraid !"
NIGHTMARE:"MOUAHHHAHA !"

And dante still tryed to find a new way out of this one. but it seemed like nightmare didn't cared if dante had a weapon or not !

DANTE:"WELF, CAN'T YOU RUN, I'M KINDA NOT FIGHTING BACK HERE !"
WELF:"COMING AS FAST AS I CAN DANTE !"

Welf continued running forward, thinking about the situation at hand, why didn't DANTE drew his almighty sword yet ? Welf figured that it proably was lost. Who's the human like creature against him ? Figured that it was probably another illusion of the place, yet this place brings them to life, so it must have been made by DANTE's past ! WELF was running and coming out close enough to throw DANTE something to help...

WELF:"Where the hell is it ?"
*WELF looked in his bag while running at a slower pace*
WELF:"There it is..."
*WELF grabbed a bright orange vial*
WELF:"INCOMING ! DODGE AND RUN AWAY !"
*He throwned it at the fighters.*

TO BE CONTINUED...
[OOC]i'll give you some of the fun MASTER... it's a FLAME STORM vial. as soon as the liquid is coming in contact witht he air, it will create a kind of flaming tornado going forward int he direction the vial was throwned in. WELF sure hope it will give you enough time to run away or buy yourself some times to get a weapon to fight back. If it can help, here is what welf still has in his bag...

- Water Breathing (Light Blue, smells like garbage)
(USED)- Flame Storm (sulfur sent, bright ORANGE)
- Sleep (green, smells like grass) (No use on this island)
(USED) - Shinking (yellow, smells nothing)
(USED) - EXPLOSIVE (Purple, smells like oil) (liquid)
- INCREASED STRENGHT (BLOOD RED, smells like Blood) (liquid)
- PARALYSATION (yellow, smells like burnt rubbers) (gas)(probably No use on this island)
- HEAD TRAUMA (Green, smells like LOTS of ROTTEN EGGS) (No use on this island)(gas)

not much left, but still has something that can still be of any use ! so now its up to you to finish what yu started so we can go on with this... i can't wait to read the next part of roll ![/OOC]

DAMMM YALL WRITE ALOT MUST OF TOOK YALL 10 MIN OR 20 :shocked:

Maria : Calm down, we didn

Right when the potion hit the ground Dante turned in ran Nightmare started after him buy stop. A hudge swirl of fire appeared from the air where the potion landed. Nightmare was quick enough to take his sword and slam it down into the ground holding tight to the handle.

Nightmare: "What Is this?"
The swirl of flames went in to his way he stood thier now in the middle of the tornado. It then started to weaken then it was gone.

Dante: "Dam it..... he just wont quit"
Just then Dante saw the fox run in with his sword and thew it to him. Dante reached for it but Nightmare blocked the sword to Dante with his weapon. The soul reaver landed on the ground

Nightmare: " You wont be needing that"
Tikalis ran full speed to nightmare and ran around him with the Arc Edge as he swung at the back of his leg, tripping Nightmare down to the ground. Dante ran to his sword and finally felt the strength returning to him. Tikalis ran back next to Dante with his Arc Edge ready.

Nightmare: "A two on one fight? No matter that just means more souls for me!"

Nightmare lifted his Soul Edge behind his back with his red eyes behind his helmet glaring at the two fighters.

[ooc] lol this reminds me of dragonballz dont u hate it when you think they are about to fight but then it ends lol plus u get more words then action. But dont worry ill post the end of this later or if milestails feels that he wants to end it.[/ooc]

WELF:"Who said anything about a 2 on 1 fight ?"
*Drinks BLOODY RED potion*
*Welf muscles grows up a bit*
NIGHTMARE:"Now 3 against one is clearly not fair, but since i don't care about fair play, i think my soul edge will be replined more then i thought !"
NIGHTMARE:"HAHAHAHAHAHA"
*Nightmare rushes in and starts the fight*

TO BE CONTINUED...

[OOC]
- Water Breathing (Light Blue, smells like garbage)
(USED)- Flame Storm (sulfur sent, bright ORANGE)
- Sleep (green, smells like grass) (No use on this island)
(USED) - Shinking (yellow, smells nothing)
(USED) - EXPLOSIVE (Purple, smells like oil) (liquid)
(USED) - INCREASED STRENGHT (BLOOD RED, smells like Blood) (liquid)
- PARALYSATION (yellow, smells like burnt rubbers) (gas)(probably No use on this island)
- HEAD TRAUMA (Green, smells like LOTS of ROTTEN EGGS) (No use on this island)(gas)

Well guess nothing really stay long in WELF's bag o tricks !
i was just posting to let you all know that welf is not gonna look at th efight, he rather be part of it then let it go by ! Normally not strong enough to actually pack a punch, noe hw he is. but still, lacks techniques in his fights, so don't hesitate to place him in bad situations. :biggrin:
[OOC]

[ooc]Gotta move it on here. Oh, and Karma, I'm gonna be posting a part from your last post in this one, so that it makes sense...[/ooc]

Recall from last part.....

WELF:"Who said anything about a 2 on 1 fight ?"
*Drinks BLOODY RED potion*
*Welf muscles grows up a bit*
NIGHTMARE:"Now 3 against one is clearly not fair, but since i don't care about fair play, i think my soul edge will be replined more then i thought !"
NIGHTMARE:"HAHAHAHAHAHA"
*Nightmare rushes in and starts the fight*
[It seemed like Nightmare wasn't interested in Tikalis a lot, and as a result, didn't try and hit him as much as Dante and Welf.... But he was small, so it was kinda hard to even touch Tikalis... He made strikes on Nightmare's back most of the time, while Dante and Welf concetrated on the front. Welf's bloody red potion was a lot more effective than Tikalis thought. He was fighting with no fear, and with very powerful strength! But since he wouldn't have time to think about it, he continued on hitting Nightmare's back, and dodging his Soul Edge everytime he tried to hit him after getting struck....
After about half an hour, all three fighters were starting to get tired..... Is there any hope when all of them are completely tired and Nightmare is still alive?]

*Tikalis felt another energy source...*
"try to remember more..." "have you forgotten your past?" "if its want you want.... we'll leave him here. are you sure?" "for the best of our future, dear. We can't have a baby who has gotten a strange past..." "but he's the only one who has the power to fulfill our clan's legend! he really does!" "but if everyone else finds out that we're the ones who bear the one, we're finished! do you want that!?" "Well..." "hmph, just as I thought... we're bringing him to that person we met at the bar tommorow." "he'll be ok with him... right?" "of course, but I just don't want to tell him what he really is once he grows up! and Crystalis will understand too when she grows like Tikalis does." "yes, I'm sure..." "Then we end that conversation here. No more questions!" "ok...."
{mom and dad never told me that you actually hold our clan's most forgotten legend....}
.................................................. ................................
To be continued...

[ooc]Oh, and that memory I originally put was... one of a paast even Tikalis might have witnessed... it seemed kinda similar to Welf and Angela's past thought... i was thinking about that...[/ooc]



Edited By milestails on Feb. 18 2004 at 22:03

[ooc]I hope those memories belong to Tikalis only, because only Angela and Welf can share those memories in that house. If you attempted to help Tikalis learn more, I'm afraid that it would be a failure attempt. Welf is the main character in the group now, and I hope that HE will do something, because I do not want to post something longer than I already have planned just to get you guys in there on time. Btw... [/ooc]

The house suddenly shook very hard, knocking everyone down to the ground. Nightmare stood very still, looking around the building to try and figure out what it was. Slowly, a pink light was sparkling its way over to Welf, where it flashed really bright and then disappeared.

fourty five minutes until the building collapses... thirty-five minutes until the "pillar" holding this place together sets off the collapse... Please hurry.

[ooc] Just a reminder that you have a limited amount of time. Just.. hurry up. Remember that Angela can and will die if you don't save her fast enough. I know my time schemes. Good luck, and remember to choose your own path. Trust your instincts.. and please change your post a bit, Miles, if you meant to share some of Welf and Angela's Memories by accident. It was never meant to be for anyone except them, until either one reveals the truth themselves. [/ooc]

[OOC]Well... i was waiting for master to conclude the fight itself since its him who started it ! but oh well, welf won't wait for them any longer ![/OOC]

*Welf's potion was wearing off*
WELF:"Damn, we do not get enought time to play around guys... i'm out of here, if you die it won't be my fault !"

Welf backed out of the fight and started running back to the main hall. He stopped running half way across the corridor and said...

WELF:"I'm going to find that WOMEN, i figured she may be the key to this whole place !"

He then continued to run away to the main hall.

[back to the main hall]
WELF:"Here i go... ok, i took that one, if dante was there and that fox was there... then she took that one !"
Welf climbed the stairs ASA had taken. and he started to look for either ANGELA or that weird women.

TO BE CONTINUED...
[OOC]sorry about doing this to all of you right now and back out without caring for your characters... but me roll and my friend kalem have kinda figured out that this rpg is too damn long for nothing ! so kinda stress it out of you guys to actually play things faster, just a bit ! so that's what i'm doing, backing out of this fight and then going on for the kill, i mean the goal ! this island i don't wanna be forever so come on guys, don't make the fights too damn loing if its not an EPIC one ![/OOC]

[ooc] lol that was a cheap move, thats like a guy in wild getting attacked by a bear fighting it with a stick when he has a gone on his belt lol. Well atleast he is out the way.[ooc]

[ooc] I have affectionately called this small, yet emotional finale, "The Pain of the Forgotten". Thank heavens it didn't exceed the message length...[/ooc]

As Asa was walking around the wonderfully decorated room, the airs were stirring violently above the centerpiece. No longer was there a pleasant breeze in the vicinity, but there was a violent gust that moved every inch of the room. The previously silent grass was whispering tales of weariness from moving through the winds, and the fragrance of flowers was delicately hitting all the room in a painful manner. The soft moans of footsteps were growing altogether too apparant, and the source came from all over the mansions. Asa finally wrapped Angela in her blanket, which had blown away a little earlier, kissed her forehead, and walked towards the closed door. When she closed the door behind her, the wind died down, and Angela's lips moved in silence.

In the hallways, the footsteps were not heard so very well. In fact, Asa heard none at all and was forced to brandish her wand in case someone dangerous was nearby. She moved carefully towards the end of the hallway in hopes that she would sense someone familiar coming, and that the person would be Welf. She had finally reached the end of the hallway, and sighed. There was no one there. She turned around and began to walk in the opposite direction, so as to head towards the stairs. Then, suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a lot of red was spilled in many directions. A loud thud could be heard throughout the entire house, and an outline of a girl was standing in the hall. That outline disappeared, leaving Asa all alone on the ground, on top of a puddle of blood.

Welf's ears twitched rapidly. The sound of blood spilling and a body landing dully on old floors was all but unfamiliar to him. Yet the sound worried him all the more: would it have belonged to Angela, he would never be able to prosper. Also, the words of the light rang heavily in his mind at this thought. He finally began to dash as fast as he possibly could in order to get to where that thud came from as fast as possible. He passed by door after door after door, and didn't bother to even pay one small glance at any of them. Then he spotted a flash of light directly ahead of him, and he stopped. He heard nothing... nothing at all, but he was sure that there was something else there. Then, a flash of light appeared directly behind him, and he fell forward. When he hit the ground, he fell onto something that smelled very... pretty.

He opened his eyes and ears to the sound and sight of wind blowing softly against lush, green grass. Birds were singing softly in trees nearby, and animals were scurrying around playfully. The sky was now a deep, bright blue that was interrupted with few fluffs of white. It was a perfectly serene place, where Welf could smile again where the circumstances different. However, the sky became suddenly darker, and lightning was beginning to grow near, though it was swallowed up by the infinite darkness. All that could be seen was the image of a very small, 5 year old girl with blue hair.. She was holding a flower in her hand, and she was swaying from side to side. Her eyes were terribly blank, and showed no emotion what-so-ever. She never changed the expression, as she quietly sang in an eerie tone; slowly she sang the song:
"Ring around the roses...
Pockets full of posies...
ashes....
ashes...
we all fall down..."
And as she sang this disturbing song, in the infinite darkness, in an abyss of a memory that came to be,
Welf realized that it was a memory of Angela's childhood..
But as the memory began to fade, he only had time to notice a grave stone. It was engraved:

"In Pace requiescat"

The smell of blood was becoming more apparant as the memory faded, and then, for some odd reason beyond his comprehension, he hit something front-first. He was on his stomach again before he finally got up quickly and came to his senses. He turned to where the flash of light was. What he saw, however, was a sight that he wished he would never have had to see. Angela was standing over his body with a harsh look in her eyes, and a sword with a black star with black angel wings for a hilt. It was almost exactly like her rod, except that there was now a sharp sword at the top. He, however, felt his back, and didn't feel too much on damage to his back. In fact, there was only one small cut in the shirt, and nothing more. His shirt, he realized once again, came from Angela's hands and it must have been special for her to have made it..
In either case, Angela was moving closer to him, and all he could do was walk away from her. He suddenly tripped over a loose board, and fell onto his back and began to crawl away as well. She was now following him slowly, and looked as if she were ready to kill him without remorse.

Welf began to try and speak to her with reason.
Welf: "Angela! Angela, please stop! It's me; Welf!"
Angela: "...."
He crawled just a little bit faster as she increased her pace just a teensy bit.
Welf: "Angela, STOP!"
Angela: "...."
She raised her sword slowly, and soft, red glint was seen.
Welf: "ANGELAAAA!!!"
He closed his eyes as she slashed downwards.

Yet nothing happened. He was still safe, and thoughts were still running through his head. He could not be dead, since his ears were also twitching to the sound of metal clashing. What he saw in front of him when he opened his eyes was just a little bit surprising. Asa was standing in front of him, with a slashed side, and was defending against the attack with her rod. She winced as Angela pushed down as hard as she could, and Asa had to jump out of the hold before it became too bad. She landed right next to Welf, who was very concerned with the wound.

Welf: "Are you alright?"
Asa: "There's no time for that! You must hurry on ahead, and take the door that is the 4th from the last door at the end of this hallway."
Welf: "But---"
Asa: "Just go!"
At that point, Asa had to defend against another attack from Angela. Welf looked on in despair, but got up and nodded. With a promise that he would come back to help her, he left her to find the door on his own.

He ran and ran, and ran some more, and he finally came to the end of the hallway. He turned around quickly, and ran back. He passed the first door... then the second.. then the third.... and he stopped just before he reached the fourth. There was another person standing just before him. They had long, green hair, and were dressed in a blue outfit similar to Angela's. She was standing there, giving him a blank look, and she held her sword strangely. She held it in a position that warned of attacking, but told that she would not attack without reason. She continued to look at him, and seemed like she was scanning his very body. Then she turned her head and looked at him through the very corners of her eyes.
"You always did play the part of the hero."
Welf only looked on.
Sange: "You know, I tried so hard to try and stop you from feeling the pains of finding her again. Yet you always chose to ignore it, no matter what it was. But, if I had killed her very image from the very beginning, you would never have been able to come here. You never did stop thinking about her, since she left...."
Welf blinked in confusion.
"I hated that."
Welf: "What does your little monologue have anything to do with me? I don't even know you!"
Sange: "Don't you? You should remember me... I was the person who you played with after Angela disappeared from your life. You even told me we would be married in the future. Surely you could remember that little bit from your childhood, if nothing else."
Welf stared at himself once more. There were actually memories of a little girl that he played with that had green hair. She was always a rough player, though, and played more boy's games than girls. Usually, she would make the other children cry, to his recollection at least. But he did remember that she remained as his friend, and that he did say he would marry her. Yet at the time, he didn't really mean to say it as it came out. He remembered that she was complaining because her parents had said that no one would marry a girl that always punched other children, and girls for being honest. He looked up at Sange once again, and saw nothing at all that he would have wanted to see for the rest of his life. He proceeded to plainly tell her so, adding:
"If you hadn't complained to me that very day, I wouldn't have said that! I was just being polite, and I can tell you right now that I would like to spend the rest of my god-forsaken life with Angela no matter what I have to go through or do to do it!"
Then he realized what he had said, and blushedd deeply. Sange, however, just looked down. Her bangs fell with her head, and covered her now tear-glistening eyes.
"So then you are determined to have her for your own? There is nothing that could sway your mind, nor is there a way to make you reconsider..?"
There was no response.
"Fine then.... But know that if you do choose to go after her, you will have to come to terms with something that you have left a long time ago. It will not be something you will like to have remembered."

And then she was gone. He went and walked over to the door, noticing that the air around the door was a little moist and tender. He disregarded all of her warnings, and turned the doorknob to open the door: She was now just a part of his past, and that's all he ever wanted her to be now. But as he entered the doorway, he was suddenly sucked into the room. The door shut itself behind him, and though he tried his hardest to open it once more, he could not do anything. He was now trapped.

He walked a little bit further into the room, and looked around. There was literally nothing left there to look at, and everything was white and bright. Then, some small images were starting to make themselves apparant. He looked at each one as they appeared. First, there was a tree forming. Then, there was some snow falling, and sunlight as well; soon enough, an entire forest was able to be seen by his eyes, and it was definitely very familiar. In fact, it was so familiar, that he was beginning to dislike it as he saw it come into his sights. He knew this scenery to be another marking of his past. Yet there was no one around. Welf walked around a tiny bit, and looked for any traces of life. Then, he found his young self running straight towards one direction, holding a bag that held something in it. He followed his former self to see where he was heading.

It actually turned out that he was running towards the old god tree. The leaves that were falling as they came near to the tree were just too easy to recognize. Yet, there was a bad feeling in the air; something didn't make Welf feel too great about this memory. He watched anyway, as his younger self ran to the tree and saw young Angela sitting on a high branch at the top. He called up up to her, and she looked down. He was smiling and holding the bag with happiness on his cheeks, and she was very bewildered with this act. She turned to begin to climb down the tree carefully. However, she placed her footing incorrectly, and then her hand slipped, and then... she fell. As she fell through the air, she began to turn so that she was going to land on her back. However... there was a rock, and... Welf just saw his younger self run to Angela.
Welf picked up Angela's head, and delicately lifted her body with it, without actually making her leave the ground.
Welf: "Angela! Are you ok?!"
Angela: "Don't worry about me... I'm....ok."
Suddenly Welf pulled back his hands: They had fresh blood on them. There was no mistaking the smell or the color. He suddenly made a horrified face, and Angela destested it.
"Don't look like that," said Angela with a smile that told of hope. "It doesn't hurt at all. I mean it." Yet Welf looked at her with the same look.
"Angela, look!" he said with a bit of despair. "I bought something for you!" He pushed his hand into the bag, and pulled out a necklace that had some sapphires on them. He held it out to her eyes. "See? I bought it just for you, and if you don't want it, I'll just throw it away!!"
Angela only smiled at him some more. "You really bought that for me?" She recieved a hasty nod. "Thank you Welf." Then she winced a little bit, and Welf brought her closer to himself. However, she spoke up.
Angela: "I was really good at climbing trees, too..."
Welf: "Come on, Angela, I can take you to the doctors now! If we hurry we can still save you!"
Angela only shook her head. "I'll be fine. Honest... but... I do wanna play again sometime with you."
Welf: "You do?"
Angela: "Yes, because it's always fun and nice when I'm with you."
Welf: "Ok. We will play together again."
Angela: "Promise me?"
Welf picked up her hand with one of his, and embraced its pinky finger with his pinky finger.
Welf: "See?! I promised you that we would play together again! We have to keep our promises, right?!"
Angela: "Yes..."
Welf: "So, then we will play again."
Angela: "Yes, of course; and I promise that next time we meet, I will be wearing that necklace."
Welf: "Ok!!"
Angela looked at him with slowly narrowing eyes, and a hopeful, yet sad smile.
"Thank you, Welf. You are.... my...best....my only...friend..."
And then she passed out in his arms. He only stared at her in horror as she lay limply in his arms. Then, he clutched her tightly to himself, and tried to wake her up again by shaking very lightly.
Welf: "...Angela! Angela!!!

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>".......ANGELAAAAAAA!!!!"</span>[
His voice rang throughout the entire forest with the final scream, before the memory ended once again. The current time-Welf was in tears. He finally remembered what had passed between them that was so important. The one memory that he wouldn't want to remember, and the one thing that would give him so much pain and greif. He also finally realized, as he cried many puddles onto the ground, why he had forgotten about her in the first place. It wasn't that he forgot on accident, or that someone made him forget, or that even time passed too rapidly for his memories to continue. It was the fact that he himself wanted to forget all about that, because had lost something so terribly dear to him that he wanted to start life all over again. His voice was now ringing with sobs, and his tears were now hurting his eyes.

Welf...
Please do not cry so much. There is still something you must do. There is someone waiting for you... there is someone who has been waiting for you for over 7 years...

Welf lifted his head up so very suddenly, that he almost gave himself whiplash. He got up, and searched for anything that was in the room at all, and then a gust of wind blew in a specific direction.

Go now, Welf. Hurry, before your time runs out and you have nothing left to go to. Please... Please wake up my daughter. She has been waiting for you for what was an eternity for her.
"But..."
Please, hurry to her.

Welf didn't even have to wait and be told again. He lifted his legs and immediately ran in the direction of the wind. He just ran and didn't stop his running, until he stopped on something soft. It was a patch of bright, green, soft grass. On the other side of the patch, however, was a bed, and someone was laying in it. He finally ran to the bed, which was surrounded by lovely flowerage and some small trees that added to the dying beauty of the world. Welf took the persons hand, and held it to his lips. Then he took it away, and spoke the words he was dying to say at this point.

"Angela... I'm really sorry... I'm so sorry for making you wait for such a long time for me. I won't go anywhere anymore. I'll stay at your side now..." He took her hand in both of his. "So, please, Angela.... Please, wake up!"
He brought himself down to hugging her body. He didn't notice her arms moving to hold him closer to her, until they wrapped themselves softly against his body. He looked at her face, to see the same emerald eyes that he remembered, and he saw a beautiful smile that could never be replaced by anyone or anything. He was so happy to see her again, then he climbed onto the bed and hugged her to him and began to cry out of happiness. All she had to do now, was just sit in the bed, and let him hug her. That was all that he wanted now. However, she gave just a bit more than he expected. A small kiss on his forehead, lead to another kiss on the cheek, and then a kiss came from him on the lips. The flowers and trees were blowing softly with the amazingly wonderful breeze that blew in from a few directions, and the room was finally becoming what it was supposed to be. The sky in the room was becoming a star-filled night, and the fountain in the center of the room was spewing out water that was softly colored with a rainbow. The water also gave off sparkles and beautiful lights that shined against a necklace that Angela was wearing.

However, in the rest of the mansion, the building was becoming suddenly brighter. The island was also becoming more alive. The illusions were beginning to die, and the deadly traps were starting to fade. The Nightmares, and the living dead were finally being put to rest, and all was returning to what they should be on that island. Though the island was still without people, at least Welf and Angela were still on it; and they were, at the very least, together again.

[ooc] And so ends the mansion incident of Shunshou Island. However, there are still some matters to take
care of, like how to get back to the continent where everyone else is, and what about Asa, and the fake Angela? What about Sange? Where'd she go? Who really knows now. Now that the island is back to normal, there is a bit of exploring to be done before everyone leaves, but remember this: It isn't dead anymore. It's all alive, and beautiful. The forest... has many sections, each with its very own theme. However, if you're lucky, and you won't be, then you will find a special place that is dear to Angela because she made that area herself. In any case... the Mansion is now not dead anymore, so it's like a fresh, brand new one... except with plumbing, and good decorations. ^-^; Oh, and you guys can feel free to turn any one of the rooms into whatever you want. Just be realistic to this island and Angela: it's her home, after all, and it's a magical island. It's really gonna be a beautiful house. You should also try and begin a boat building thing, or perhaps a raft building thing: Angela still needs to rest a little bit, and she needs to take Welf somewhere soon.

....Speaking of which... how did you like it? ^-^; [/ooc]



Edited By Roll on Feb. 20 2004 at 04:08

[ooc] *can't fit any more on that post* Yes, I know, I ignored Dante and Tikalis. However, they weren't supposed to be a part of this at all. They were merely supposed to be caught up in all of the dangers, but not be part of the Welf and Angela thing. So, sorry guys. If you want, you can be with Asa and.... Angela. But then, I'd need to explain about that. That Angela.... was a deadly illusion. ^-^; Very interesting, huh? So, she also disappeared. Oh, and the powers that were suppressed aren't suppressed anymore. Everything behaves as normal, except for Angela's magic. It's twice as powerful here. [/ooc]

[COLOR=orange][ooc]heh, that was really something to read... for almost most of my time, but who cares? and Dante and Tikalis wren't supposed to be a part of this?! why bring us along then? just kidding...[/ooc]

[ooc] We play a big part miles where would they be without our Sword skills :biggrin: we will always be there to back up Welf and Angela in danger. I guess u could put it like that, it was like in LOTR Gimli and Legolas were not really main ppl to the story it was....well Aragorn, but they had his back in the wars.[ooc]



Edited By MasterX05 on Feb. 21 2004 at 14:38

[OOC]Well, roll... ublike what you said to me on MSN, i'm not hating my charcater now, i don't know why i would... except for one thing i like the most in this post... it sure gives back in memory the real reason as to shy he made those potions and how the hell did he wanted to learn how to make them ![/OOC]

WELF:"Angela... This sure makes me remember why i had learned how to make those potions ! i couldn't face the facts back then, and to the inverse of what they say, time didn't healed the wound, it made it worst and closed my heart to even my own family."
*Images of Branek and welf yelling at each other when welf left the army*
WELF:"And that wasn't even close to what i have ever done since then... Will you ever forgive me for not respecting my promise to you ?"

Welf just knew an answer wouldn't be coming from her, but by the way she smiled back at him, he knew she had already forgotten her for taking so much time !

WELF:"Let me give you a ride outside... we got tikalis and dante to get back to !"
*A memory just comes back*
WELF:"Damn, that women, i promised her to come back for her... hope its not too late !"
Grabbing Angela and holding her in his arms gently, Welf just started to run outside of the now Royal bedroom he was in. but as he got outside, he stopped surprised to see ASA, DANTE and TIKALIS right in front of him.

ASA:"you did it ! at first i couldn't think otherwise but for you to fail... but you changed even my own vision about it !"
TIKALIS:"Is she ok ?"
DANTE:"She seems fine, but what happenned, everything around this place has changed drastically ?"

As the group was nowback all together, welf suggested them to get back to the Main hall, where they'd be discussing about the matter. he also suggested that they rest another day around this place. Welf had now figured it out that his powers could be used without being drained, so that surely meant that the island returned to its normal state where nothing can be dangerous anymore ! Still not knowing if the others had leaved or not, surely one should be going to the shore to see if the others are still there, if so invite them in the mansion ! Welf also, given the others a list of what he needed to make a rejuvenation potion. something to make angela better. After all the explanation, welf got back down to angela which was now sat against a wall.

WELF:"Just be better my angel !"
*He turned around and asked something to ASA*
WELF:"Hey ASA, can you do me a favor ?"
ASA:"What is it ?"
WELF:"I wanna know who you really are and you're whole story about this whole mess ! but first i would ask you to find back that girl who was also here, her name was..."
*WELF dug back in his memory to remember the name of that girl he had met before !*
WELF:"SANGE, that's it she is called sange, i... must speak again with her ! she shouldn't be far since she was here a few minutes ago !"

TO BE CONTINUED...
[OOC]Not much to say roll, WELF just wanna clear things up with her... his memories are kinda still too rusty, but he doesn't want it to be left this way. you know how love is hard to follow when it gets this nasty. as for the potion, well she need time yes and why the hall ? why not stay in bed... well let's say he just doesn't want any other surprises after what hapenned in there, if anything happens int he mansion, they will be way closer to the exist ! :biggrin: in any case good plot roll, was fun to play in it ! she will be abck in one piece in not so much time ![/OOC]

Asa shook her head sadly.
Asa: "You will not be able to see her anymore."
Welf looked at her.
Welf: "Why not?"
Asa: "Because.... oh, you will understand soon enough."
Welf: "But---"

Angela had just gotten up onto her feet. Her legs were shaking a little bit from the unfamiliar strain, and she was leaning against the wall still. It was then when Welf noticed just how long her hair was. It was just as long as it was with the illusion, and it was exactly the same. However, the distraction only caused him to notice the strain, and he objected heavily to her standing up so soon.

Angela: "But... Welf... I'm embarressed.."
And she was. Her face was totally red, and she was looking downward at her clothes. Her clothes were not what she normally wore: it was just a night gown, and it was almost see-through. You could just barely see her undergarments through those. Welf saw them, blushed, and swallowed hard. He went up to her and picked her up.
Welf: "I'll take you to your room then, okay? Don't be so stubborn: you can ask me to help you."
Angela: "I know that.. but the conversation seemed important... and....Asa.... should tell you the truth."
Asa looked at Angela with a sort of blank look that hed some significance. "No, it can wait. The truth will be revealed later.."
Angela nodded and gave her a smile ofunderstanding. However, Welf just became more confused, and blushed more when he looked down in his thoughts. Angela pulled on his ear, however, and he stopped staring soon after the tug. After he brought her back into the elegant room, Angela had him place her down. She walked over to a closet, and opened it up slowly, and took out her old, yet new outfit that Welf know so well, and she walked behind a Vine covered stone wall to change. When done, she walked out from behind, and walked up to Welf. When he tried to pick her up again, she refused to be picked up, and wanted to just walk the rest of the way down. So she did, though slowly at first, and eventually began to walk at normal speed. Welf was happy with her recovery, and walked alongside her in glee and surprise. Yet something was wrong, and he knew it.

As they continued on, towards the main hallway, Angela looked at the rooms, and the walls, and the floor as well. It seemed like centuries since she had seen any of it. All of the countless pieces of art, laying against the walls in no particular order at all, were something to marve| at. Yet, no matter how many times she looked at each painting or object, she found them all to be unfamiliar to her. She knew them, yes, but she never cared about them enough to make them familiar. She stopped at one painting, and Welf bumped into her accidently, knocking her to the ground. He stooped down to pick her up, and when she got up, he apologized. Yet she didn't hear him; her eyes and mind were fixated on that one painting. She went up to it, and hit it off of the wall, and ran off before it even hit the ground. Welf bent down and picked it up, and looked at the picture to see what was so offensive. Yet, all he could see was the portrait of a man with short blonde hair..

Angela had run out the door, and immediately left into the forest that was now lush and beautiful again. The difference this time, however, was that this forest was filled with light, and the animals were seen everywhere. The illusions, now gone, had hidden every nook and cranny of the good side of the forest from the rest of the group. Angela did not stop to marve| at it, and headed in an eastern direction at her top speed.
Meanwhile, Welf was running through the first floor of the house trying to find Angela in hopes that she was still in the house. However, when he did not find her (the first floor was only composed of the main hall, a kitchen, and a living room), he gathered everyone together. With everyone gathered (except for Asa, who seems to have been busy), he began questioning them about Angela's whereabouts. Neither Dante nor Tikalis could give him an answer that would satisfy him. He began pacing back and forth about the room, and was lost in thought. She could not be in any danger, as this was her home and she knows it better than anyone in the world, but she was gone. This meant that she went outside, which would mean that she could be in the forest, or at where everyone else was before they left to get to the mansion.
"Shouldn't we go look for her, instead of standing here, thinking?"
Tikalis' voice rang in Welf's ears, and he turned to glare the fox into a fearful stance.
Tikalis: "Alright, alright, I was just saying.."
Dante: "He's right, though. We should go look for--"
Welf: "I know he's right, damnit!"
Both Dante and Tikalis were taken aback by his statement.
Welf: "But I don't want to go in a wrong direction! If we go to the wrong place, it could take days to find her. She is still weak, you know! I don't want to lose her because I go in the wrong direction."
Tikalis: "Then why don't we just look for signs?"
Welf: "Well..... what do you mean?"
Tikalis: "We can check around the ground for footprints, and parted bushes, and snapped twigs... things like that."
Dante: "But how do we know which ones belong to her?"
Tikalis: "That's the trick. Welf, what do you think...?"

Welf was already outside, looking around for anything, when Tikalis and Dante ran outside. They covered their eyes when they left: the sun was shining brightly through the trees around them, and the glittering leaves were almost too much to bear. After about an hour of searching through the area around the house to look for some clues, they came back together to find nothing at all. Lost in thought, they all began to wonder where she could have gone, though some went into deeper thoughts of where. Tikalis sat on the ground, and looked curiously at the door, while Dante contented himself by staring at the sky. Welf was sitting in front of a tree, while staring in Tikalis' direction and thinking hard about Angela.
Dante: "Why weren't there any footprints to follow...?"
Tikalis: "I dunno... this island is magical, remember? It may make the unintentional footstep-damage disappear from the earth."
Welf: "But then we wouldn't be leaving prints in the dirt. It's just because she's so light-footed and light in general that she can pass by dirt and moist areas without leaving very good traces."
Dante and Tikalis were in awe at what Welf had said. Then, suddenly, Tikalis was hit forward by the door, and Asa walked out. Upon seeing the damage, she apologized sympathetically. After the formal apology was through, she looked at Welf.
Asa: "I notice that you're looking for Angela."
Welf: "What was your first clue?"
Asa: "In all honesty, the clue was that you were looking around for something. I know you well enough by now to understand that you don't look for something unless you have a high interest in it. In either case, Angela ran east, towards the Hyoukan Forest."
Welf: "Hyoukan Forest? Alright, then I'm going there!"
Asa: "Wait!" She ran up to Welf and stopped him from going. He looked at her closely. "Welf, please take out the book that Angela left. I know you have it with you."
Welf took out Angela's star cloth, and then removed the book.
Asa: "Ok, now open it to the seventieth page."
He did that, and turned it to open a map that held an image of a building surrounded on four sides with different colored forests.
Asa: "The different colors determine the elements of the forest, as well as the look, beauty, feeling, and season. Yes, season. The elements can easily control the temperatures to give you a specific season whenever it wants. On this island, however, it is channeled so well, that each element has it's own portion of the geography that has been developed into a season.
You can see the Hyoukan is to the east from here, which has the season of Winter. Then, south from here, there is the Daichi Forest, which is the element of Earth. This also holds the season of spring. Next, to the west, is the Enshou Forest of Fire. It is the season of Summer. Then, lastly, to the north is the forest of Autumn, is the Gessekai Forest of Lunar. Be very careful in these forests. I suspect she gone somewhere in between the Gessekai and the Hyoukan, but she may also just be trying to lose everyone and could really be heading towards the Daichi or the Enshou. So everyone here should choose a forest to search inside of."

Tikalis: "In that case, I'd like to go to the---"
Asa: "Before you choose!"
All eyes turned to Asa again, and they were staring now.
"Before you choose, remember this fact: somewhere in the forests, there is supposed to be a small lake or body of water that can take people to a hidden forest in the depths of this island. It is said that the body of water can be told apart from any other body of water, because your reflection is not seen when you look into it. If you find it, go into it. You will surely find Angela in there if it is still here."
Dante: "And what is the name of that forest?"
Asa: "It is called the Masayume Forest. To be sure you're there, you'd have to see the coloration of the forest, which is said to be multi-colored in purples, pinks, and it is all glowing in darkness. Also look for beautiful flowers called Moonlight Beauties that shine with the trees in a lovely white and purple aura. That will be your key for telling if it is the Masayume Forest."
Welf: "What do you mean, the 'Key'?"
Asa: "Well, you could also fall into the Issuinoyume Forest, which would be totally bare of all life. The trees would be dead, and the world would be very quiet too."
Tikalis: "Then I guess we don't want to go in there, do we?"
Asa: "Afraid not."
Dante: "Ok then.. but when we get in, can we leave using the same water thingy?"
Asa: "Yes, you should be able to do that. But before we lose any more time, please choose what forest you wish to enter. I will take what is left."

And so, the group was left to decide what paths to choose. Angela was somewhere in the forests, and she would be found by anyone soon. 'After all, it couldn't be that difficult.' thought Welf.

[ooc] and it really isn't that difficult. You guys choose a forest, and then you go into it, and search around. Whoever guesses the correct forest, will get to find Angela, and share a special moment with her where she will reveal what was wrong. I will give you a hint as to the correct forest to enter, and remember, it's first come, first serve. If they choose a forest first, you can't take it afterwards. Sorry.

Hint: During this time, the scenery would seem quite empty.

So, good luck! And... if you don't get this right, I will find you to be quite silly. Angela will also laugh at you too. ^-^ [/ooc]