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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 22, 2009 22:43:54 GMT -5
Nexus stood, he stood between the trees of season in bewilderment. Lost as to where he was or were he could even be. Lost to how to get out or why the darkness decided to stick him here. he thought, thought about the trees and the different designs each one held and what they might mean. The bunny, the green tree with lights, the turkey with an abnormally small head. He questioned as he looked along these trees and pulled out his compass, a compass his father had given him years ago, a compass that was supposed to always lead him to his father yet the compass never pointed to his fathers grave. It always seemed to point him else where, and although he fallowed that compass as if it were the bible itself it never seemed to help him any.
He sighed as he looked at the compass this time it was facing behind him into a grave yard and he knew he did not want to go there but what other choice did he have. He bit his lip looking at the different trees then turned around. He gave another long sigh before the silverish bucklers appeared on his arms. He groaned as he knew there was something bad near by and crouched down holding his arms before him getting ready to fight. But nothing seemed to approach. He blinked a bit standing straight again and started to walk wondering why the bucklers went on the defensive.
As he walked he was surprised to see someone else in the distance but what he saw really frazzled him. It seemed to be an overly plump man with two faces, one happy and one sad, being chased by some of the many shadow-lings he saw running around the darkness. He knew better to fallow the man or try to help him because he himself was no good in fighting the heartless.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 22, 2009 23:03:36 GMT -5
Halloween Town is full of horrors. We will take them and make them ours, to bring fear to the light.
Always these kinds of orders, always seeking new hearts in new locations. Rydia never rested, because when she closed her eyes and tried to sleep the destruction of Mist and her world would play through her head like a bad film. She was restless, shy, dwelling more in shadows now as if trying to be absorbed by them into eternal, numbing darkness. She hated the part of her that still felt, because it was the part that tortured her at every step.
As with all things that came to Halloween Town, Rydia's outfit had changed. Her usual green and blue dress was now black and silver, and her face was partially concealed behind a porcelain cat mask. She looked like a little Japanese girl at a festival, with the mask, but her somber eyes spoke of darkness beyond her years.
She mostly let the Heartless do the work. She was only useful for bringing darkness to huge monsters, not to people or ghouls like those in Halloween Town. The Heartless could handle that on their own. Instead she merely sat watching with her arms around a Shadow that she held like a teddy bear. The Shadow fed off the buried light in her heart and helped her to feel more numb and detached.
Then, from her perch atop a high tombstone, she saw someone in the woods. It was possible for someone to escape through the season trees, and she knew Maleficent didn't want anyone getting away so she hopped down and went to investigate.
When she walked into the forest and met Nexus she merely stood and looked at him, still carrying her Shadow like a stuffed animal. She looked from him to the doors, then back to Nexus.
"Don't think about going anywhere else. You should allow the darkness to embrace you... it'll take away the pain that's in your heart. You'll be better off in the end," she said, beckoning for him to come back toward the graveyard where the Heartless were running rampant.
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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 22, 2009 23:44:35 GMT -5
Nexus blinked as the small woman with the mask on approached her. He hadn't even noticed himself in all the haze of this new world. He hadn't noticed he was now wearing a black and red wolf mask with a long furry tail made of the same colors. He shook his head a bit and watched the girl giving a small chuckle, he understood why he had the bucklers now.
He stood straight this time holding his amrs before him and grinned " You can not change me into what I already am silly girl. I am already shrouded with darkness and there is no way you are going to make me any darker so give up." He laughed at her snobby like. He shook his head a bit before looking down.
" If you wish to fight you must strike first because no matter the circumstance I will never hit a woman." He grinned to her lightly. He then looked to the many little shadow-lings running about the place and scratched his head " what are these things anyways?" He questioned her a bit confused.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 23, 2009 14:35:30 GMT -5
Already of the darkness? Rydia tilted her head a little. She understood there were more forces of darkness than just the Heartless, but this person didn't look like one of the Nobodies either. Was there a third group? She didn't know about it, but either of the normal groups would know what a Heartless was, and this boy did not. Rydia was intrigued.
"These are Heartless... They take away the pains of human emotion and help them to embrace the darkness. Is there pain in your heart? If you let them... they can take it all away for you," Rydia said, petting the Shadow in her arms on the head. She looked up at the boy curiously, wondering if he would accept her offer. The Heartless could always use new, strong hearts to power their forces.
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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 23, 2009 21:37:44 GMT -5
Nexus gave a long scowl looking to the creatures, looking as they swarmed the area in vast numbers, looking at the girl holding onto one as if it where a pet. He listened, listened to the many hisses they off put, to the many voices in his head, to every word she had said. He wanted to believe her he wanted to trust every little bit she had said but he knew better, he knew better then to let the things before him crawling like snakes in a field. To allow naive thoughts corrupt him and let himself slowly be taken by outter forces. He could slowly feel himself being drawn, drawn down into the river of darkness surrounding the area. He closed his eyes and tried to scream but nothing would come out, the shadow-lings, her supposed heartless where draining him and draining him quickly of any light he had already found.
It was now or never, he had to shake off the power, the draw of the darkness so that is what he did. He threw his arms forward and screamed with all his lungs, screamed until he could not scream any more. " Noooo! I will never give in to what ever you are trying to convince me of, I know you are evil and filled with darkness and I am done with that life... I want my light." He scowled as he started thrashing at the many dark-lings, thrashing with all his might but destroying none, setting free none of the lost souls that were held in the shadows of there form. just pushing, pushing them away from him, from his body, his mind, and his spirit. That was all he could do and ever knew how to do. When one would strike he would repel it making it fazed for a second or two only to have it come right back for him.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 23, 2009 22:13:58 GMT -5
Rydia jumped when Nexus let out a scream. She hadn't expected such an extreme reaction. The Shadow in her arms spooked and jumped away. She tried to catch it back but it slipped into the group of other Shadows that were trying to claw at Nexus's defenses. Since his fighting style was defensive the Heartless and he were at a standstill.
"It would be best to give up... The Heartless don't give up, they just chase what they want until they get it or someone commands them to do otherwise. Even though I can summon them, I can't tell them what to do..." Rydia said, sounding almost apologetic. The girl saw nothing different in this boy than any of the other people whom she had watched the Heartless take down. She was numb to feelings of empathy or pity.
In fact, she was more concerned for the Heartless. If they didn't finish their mission quickly the Keyblade wielders would be there soon to fight. Plus it could be this boy had some power he was still hiding. Rydia couldn't bear the thought of her Heartless friends being destroyed as they had been in the past.
Stepping forward toward where the boy was struggling, Rydia raised one hand. Electricity danced around her fingertips as she began to draw on her Mana for black magic.
"If you'd like, I can make it easier. I'll put you to sleep, and then you won't even have to feel the darkness taking your heart. It's better than just struggling uselessly, right?" she asked, waiting for his reply before starting her attack.
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Post by Ventus on Nov 23, 2009 22:42:42 GMT -5
Ven came in to Halloween Town. Ventus's suit of armor shares the coloration of the pieces he normally wears, predominantly sporting shades of green and gold. In this suit, Ventus adds a yellow cape to his outfit that is discolored, almost appearing rusted. The armor on his knee is gold and bears a sharp, upward-pointing hook on the outer side of each one. Ven's helmet has a notably different design from Aqua and Terra's, appearing more squashed and flat at the top. His helmet also has two prongs on either side of his head which point backwards and angle diagonally upward. Strangely, Ven's boots are colored completely gold in this outfit, as opposed to the multi-colored ones he normally wears.
He toke of his helmet to see a better and he saw to guy battling he put his helmet back on and when to the guy in black and Red gauy and said under his helmet " Do you need any help "
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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 23, 2009 22:49:17 GMT -5
Nexus blinked a bit as he heard a voice off in the distance letting the many creatures surround him while he was not paying attention. He groaned and continued to struggle with them feeling them scratch and tear at his skin breaking his mask in half "Please!" He pleaded with the voice, this being the last thing he could get out.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 23, 2009 22:54:21 GMT -5
Rydia watched as the Heartless started overpowering Nexus, but was startled when Ven showed up suddenly. She recognized him, as Maleficent had shown her images of everyone capable of bearing a Keyblade. She had taken too long! Now the keyblade wielder would start killing all the poor Heartless! She couldn't let that happen.
"Don't you dare hurt my friends!" Rydia yelled, summoning up a large burst of Mana. She pointed toward the two boys while speaking the incantation.
"Flash! Dazzling blades of heaven! Thunder!"
Bolts of lightning arced out from Rydia's hands and flew toward the two boys, aiming to stun them so the Heartless could devour their hearts in peace.
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Post by Ventus on Nov 23, 2009 22:58:28 GMT -5
Ventus keyblade came to him and he was the only Keyblade wielder to wields his own Keyblade in a reverse grip. He look at the guy in Black and red and killed the Heartless in his Speed Rave from. Ventus's personal fighting style that puts a large emphasis on overwhelming enemies with wide-ranged, speed-based combos. Ven was all about speed and move very fast so his enemies would not see him. Ven all so move to fast for the lightning to hit him.
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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 23, 2009 23:15:44 GMT -5
Nexus was finally free of all the dark-lings thanks to this new comer but now he had a bigger problem. Lightning was coming straight for him. He shook his head knowing there was only one way out of this. His whole body flashed red and then to a granite like color then back to normal, but his mask was gone, his clothes were now just a large cape with a folded neck and his bucklers had grown to blades. His bucklers where before him, he crouched down as the lightning bounced off his bucklers and up into the air.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 26, 2009 4:05:11 GMT -5
"Stop it! Stop it!!" Rydia yelled as Ven defeated all the Heartless around Nexus. They were just poor creatures who couldn't control their own hunger, but people always slew them without a second thought. Tears appeared in Rydia's eyes and a deep pain resounded in her heart, enough to make her fall to her knees and tears stream down her face. Why did she always have to watch those precious to her be destroyed before her very eyes? The darkness called to her, and she fled to its numbing embrace.
"Just leave us alone! I hate you! I HATE YOU!!" Rydia screamed at the two boys. Red Nocturnes swarmed around her and formed a kind of circle in front of her in the air. Unholy green flames of rage danced around her and she pointed. The Red Nocturnes resounded with the magic of flame as it gathered.
"SIGIL OF RAGE!"
It wasn't a real spell, rather just a giant release of all of the hatred Rydia was feeling blended with the fire magic of the Red Nocturnes. It became a huge blast of fire that shot like a beam at Ven and Nexus.
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Post by Ventus on Nov 26, 2009 21:53:50 GMT -5
Ven made his keyblade into and flying one and he hop on it and he started to ride it like an surfer would do on surfboard. Ven was to fast and the size of his keyblade would save him from Rydia beam. " Thunder Bolt " said Ven and on his keyblade he used Speed Rave to do the Thunder Bolt for about 5 times to the Heartless.
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Post by Nexus Wen on Nov 27, 2009 7:00:14 GMT -5
Stone growled as he looked about his bucklers just about vibrating with all the different energys around. He shook his head his black hair now sprung out and laying down. He let a soft moan of anguish escape his lips as he saw the woman trying to flee, he didn't really seem to care she was crying but he did know she tried to hurt him. He shook his head running full speed to the front. He didn't know what was going through his mind, Stone just knew that there was no such thing as good. He knew that all evil should be killed. As such every one must die. He sprung forwards in a slash taking out a few remaining heartless.
He smirked as the poofed into the shadow they were made of and flung his arms back getting rid of the residue it left. He jumped up again giving a spiral to negate what ever magic she threw at him and landed on one knee jumping up again he gave three slashes to the one on the key blade, one spin after the other. He didn't take time to notice if he made contact but continued his ramage. Spinning again in the air for what ever attack might come his sights set on the woman now flowing with green fire.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 28, 2009 21:41:39 GMT -5
The Heartless have done their work here. Do not foolishly push your luck with two keyblade wielders. Return at once!
Thoughts pierced Rydia's rage and the fires around her died. She looked around and saw that all the Heartless had been eliminated, leaving her alone with the two fighters. The little caster girl obviously couldn't hope to stand up to them, so she obeyed Maleficent.
Hurriedly she opened a portal to the darkness and started to step inside. However, she then remembered the conversation she had been having with Nexus. She paused, and looked back at the monster he had become with sad eyes.
"Your heart is crying out... That pain will never die, as long as you're away from the darkness. You'll never find a home or rest. There is no rest for those who chase after the light. When you're ready to forget all the pain of living, come back to us..." she said softly, and then stepped through into the darkness, shutting the portal quickly behind her.
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