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Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Nov 14, 2009 12:17:39 GMT -5
"Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take it to the sky
Ripples form on the water’s surface
The wandering soul knows no rest."
Genesis quoted his favourite poem as he walked around the garden of the house, scanning the content before deciding to take a step inside. "Hm…" He mumbled glancing around the castle. It wasn’t much but for now it would have to do. Genesis couldn’t really go up to any house or inn and stay there considering his reputation, for now he had to stay low at least until he decided what his next move will be.
He flipped the page and continued to read before hearing a squeak and looked up. "looks like I have company" He said grinning as he closed his book and walked further into the house where he thought the sound came from.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Nov 14, 2009 13:28:36 GMT -5
Why of all people was it Genesis next on his list? Why did Sora see that Genesis would help? That was beyond Cloud's thoughts as he parked his bike in front of the castle....Genesis's last where about's were infact in this area....So Cloud thought he would check out the castle first...
Cloud opened the front doors as his boots hit the hard wood floor making a sound. He looked around no sign of Genesis yet.....But Cloud had a feeling in his gut that he would find the Ex-Soldier here so he went further into the castle.....
When Cloud entered the huge living room he saw a fire burning in the fire place. Some one had to be here....But was it Genesis? Then he saw red jacket hanging on the arm of a chair. And knew at once who it had belonged to. Genesis....
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Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Nov 15, 2009 7:43:57 GMT -5
"No one is here.... must be my imagination" Genesis took one last look around the empty room. Shaking his head, he sighed as he brushed his hair to the back and turned leaving. Then he heard another sound only this time it came from the entrance to the castle. "I wonder who that could be"
Genesis sneered evilly as he traced his steps back to the entrance to see a figure standing there with blond spiky hair, a huge sword and 1st class soldier uniform. "Hah who would have thought the famous Cloud Stirfe would wonder into this mansion?" He asked taking a step closer after he placed his LOVELESS book on the table.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 15, 2009 23:10:28 GMT -5
"Go, speak as I have taught you, and make no mention that you are for me or the Heartless. Doubtless there will be others there, and they must not know I am moving just yet," Maleficent had given Rydia the same kind of instructions as always. Always the obedient pawn, Rydia had merely curtsied and faded into the darkness. She enjoyed walking the dark corridors between worlds. In them, it was almost possible to forget your very existence. Only the mission remained fixed in her mind to remind her why she was moving. Out of some kind of twisted compassion she felt the need to call others to the numbing darkness... to save them from the pains of life and love.
~*~
Rydia did not come in through the door, but rather appeared on the stairway, stepping right out of a corridor of darkness into the entrance of the castle, placing her on the other side of Genesis from Cloud. Rydia looked at Cloud without really seeing him at all, and then focused on Genesis.
"Master Genesis Rhapsodos..." she began, giving a polite curtsy. "The worlds cry out under the pain of emotion. Only the gentle embrace of night can silence their fears. You have a great power, and are capable of bringing... relief... to many suffering hearts."
Just as Maleficent would speak. Twisting meanings, presenting from an angle, but not lying. In fact, Rydia believed what she was saying. To succumb to darkness was the only way a person could escape the pain of life. |
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Nov 17, 2009 1:34:03 GMT -5
"Hah who would have thought the famous Cloud Stirfe would wonder into this mansion?"
At first Cloud grabbed the handle of his sword just for precaution only. But only lowered his hand after he saw what Genesis was grabbing. The book he always carried with him. No doubt it was 'LOVELESS' . Cloud then cleared his throat.
"You actually.
But Cloud was interrupted with another entered the room....
"Master Genesis Rhapsodos..."
"The worlds cry out under the pain of emotion. Only the gentle embrace of night can silence their fears. You have a great power, and are capable of bringing... relief... to many suffering hearts."
Cloud glanced at her. He knew why she was here. The same reason he was. To beg for help was the best way to describe it. But only a fool would be seen with Genesis if you were with the light. Cloud had thought though that since he came back from the Life Stream, Genesis would have a change in attitude. But Cloud could not explain any thing. Rydia had already spoken.....
"Genesis, I have to have a reason to be here don't I? I'm on the light side. Please. Don't let her manipulate you. She's good. But I'm not stupid. And if you had learned any lessons from your past you would come with me....Please."
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Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Nov 17, 2009 1:57:30 GMT -5
"Hm temting..." Genesis said smirking as he turned to listen what the girl was offering him. It looked like he had to choose a side now. Two were in front of him Light and Dark.
'When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting.'
He quoted again pacing around the room with a sneer on his lips. "Two sides one choice hmm... which should I choose?" He stopped and turned to face the two. "Tell me then Cloud what does the Light side offer me?"
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Nov 21, 2009 15:36:53 GMT -5
"Hm temting..." 'When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting.' "Two sides one choice hmm... which should I choose?" "Tell me then Cloud what does the Light side offer me?" Cloud looked up when Genesis asked that.... "Protection, kindness, friendship that will last a life time. Genesis I know your past....You need to forget about it. It's better that way trust me. More to the Light that offers you a chance to fight another day.....The world will be saved. People of Gaia will walk around with nothing to be scared of if you help. We need all the help we can get....It grants you the solace of happiness....You will be happy again once the Darkness is defeated...You will be free of all your inner torment....What else can I tell you....?"Cloud was trying his best to make it sound convincing. But he just had a feeling that Genesis would not by what Cloud just old him. Cloud had to have hope though that Genesis would choose the right side... |
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Post by Lenne on Nov 22, 2009 11:53:51 GMT -5
Lenne walked towards the talking, and she smiled. "Well I'm Lenne." Lenne said. Lenne looked at them. She just wanted to know what's going. "So, um what's going on?" Lenne asked. She just don't know what this all about, but considering what they are talking about she guess this about choosing sides of the war. Lenne sighed, and she looked at them. "I guess introduction is in order before we go any farther." Lenne said. She just didn't who know the people are since she is from her own world. "What does Dark provide it doesn't provide friendship, or anything that you might want it offers path to self-destruction the Light provides a self-preversation, and protection. The Light also provides of what this guy said. If someone chose the Dark over the Light there's no balance it would needs to be balance in equal elquiam if Dark has more people on that side it would be off center same thing goes for light, but if its balanced you got equal elquiam. Dark doesn't need to be evil or self-destruction it can be gentle, and still be consider dark like nighttime its peaceful and gentle. Dark and Light needs other they balanced each other in a way that nobody would thought. Everyone has dark in them along with the light. I keep my innermost thoughts completely private, and occasionally may come across as cold or arrogant, until I feel comfortable enough to open up this paints me rather darkly, but its my way of surviving. You see I can act darkly if I needed to be, but in the same time I keep the light and dark balanced in me so can you." Lenne said.
Lenne looked around, and she looked at the guy in teh red jacked. "Tell me your favorite things to say, and I will listen I won't judged you I will listen to all your words." Lenne said. Lenne wanted to him to open up to her. So, that he would feel like to be her friend. "I would be your friend I would embrace you no matter what side you chose I don't mind what side you choose you would be my most dearest friend all you will be." Lenne said.
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Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Nov 22, 2009 12:34:36 GMT -5
"Protection, kindness, friendship who cares about those. I had them before and look where they have gotten me" Genesis replied as he looked at Cloud. If he knew anything about Genesis he would know he didn't care about those in the past he might have but not anymore.
"We are monsters Cloud..... Soldiers are monsters now tell me do you know what monsters seek? More power I need that to get back at the ones who ruined my life and maybe get my chance to defeat Sephiroth. pay him back for what he did"
He turned to the side stretching his black wing to show his true form. A monster. Thats what they turned him into and that was who he was now.
"My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess
My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber"
Another quote from Loveless. He already memorized that poem from reading it so many time. To him that was the only thing that made sense and he followed that poem to the word.
"Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely."
He finished the quote and turned to face the new comer. A young girl named Lenne. She too tried to to convince him to choose the Light side but so far all the reason they gave meant nothing to Genesis. "Friends..... they just turn and stab you in the back when your no longer useful to them. Sephiroth was once my friend but he turned against me. Now you can saw we are enemies. Ironic isn't it, how we turned from best friends to enemies. All I need is more power" He turned to the other girl the one who sided with Darkness. "Tell me more about this Darkness you follow"
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Post by Rydia on Nov 22, 2009 21:54:37 GMT -5
"The 'power' of light comes at the cost of your own desires. For every person you can't protect, and for every 'rule' you break chains of pain, sorrow and guilt weigh down your heart. And, in the end, there is no appreciation. Fighting for the light has never brought the hero happiness, just look at the person in front of you,"Rydia said, pointing to Cloud. "Where is his joy that has rewarded him for fighting long and hard? Has it gained him anything? Only painful memories of failure to taint the fleeting peace of success..."
Rydia hated the taste of the words in her mouth. They weren't her words anymore. Maleficent knew this man was no fool, so she would not leave it to a 7-year-old to say everything.
"The darkness is true power. Not only the power to fight, but the power to gain your desires. There is no reward in the light for a man who chases after his own pursuits, but in the darkness desire becomes power. The only true way to find peace and contentedness in this life... is to crush every obstacle between you and your goals. That is the way of the darkness... the gentle embrace of night sweeping all worlds and laying to rest all opponents. The power to sway all hearts with fear, and to make your enemies truly feel despair. These are not weapons the light can wield, but they are yours freely in the darkness," Rydia spoke like the puppet she was, but it was obvious the person pulling her strings was a wielder of great power and ambition, a true paragon of the darkness. Green flames danced eerily around Rydia as Maleficent spoke through her.
"There will never be a reward down the path of light. The thrill of destroying your enemies and being worshiped as a person of true power; these things await you only down the path of darkness. And, as the blissful numbness wraps around your heart all painful memories will fade. All that will be left is desire. The weakness of emotion will be washed away and replaced with endless strength."
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Post by Lenne on Nov 22, 2009 22:45:46 GMT -5
"And be a puppet you really want that Genesis?" Lenne asked. She just looked at him. "Everyone has darkness in them the matter is does this what your goddess would want Minerva I have been to your world before, and you really believe in those poems. Ask yourself this if your goddess Minerva is all bout saving your life years ago is this the lesson she would want you want?" Lenne asked.
When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting.
Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take it to the sky
Ripples form on the water’s surface
The wandering soul knows no rest.
There is no hate, only joy
For you are beloved by the goddess
Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds
Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
Pride is lost
Wings stripped away, the end is nigh.
My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow
My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return.
My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess
My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber
Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely.
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice. Lenne said.
Lenne spoke the Loveless poems from prologue to act 5.
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Post by {Cloud Strife} on Nov 23, 2009 14:09:06 GMT -5
"Well I'm Lenne."
"So, um what's going on?"
Cloud stopped talking when she entered....Another one the Light side? This could be better for them....Maybe she could convince Genesis.
"I guess introduction is in order before we go any farther."
"I'm Cloud..." Cloud extended his hand out to Lenne....
"What does Dark provide it doesn't provide friendship, or anything that you might want it offers path to self-destruction the Light provides a self-preversation, and protection. The Light also provides of what this guy said. If someone chose the Dark over the Light there's no balance it would needs to be balance in equal elquiam if Dark has more people on that side it would be off center same thing goes for light, but if its balanced you got equal elquiam. Dark doesn't need to be evil or self-destruction it can be gentle, and still be consider dark like nighttime its peaceful and gentle. Dark and Light needs other they balanced each other in a way that nobody would thought. Everyone has dark in them along with the light. I keep my innermost thoughts completely private, and occasionally may come across as cold or arrogant, until I feel comfortable enough to open up this paints me rather darkly, but its my way of surviving. You see I can act darkly if I needed to be, but in the same time I keep the light and dark balanced in me so can you."
Cloud looked over at Genesis then....He hoped that this girl's words were more convincing than his.....
"Tell me your favorite things to say, and I will listen I won't judged you I will listen to all your words." "I would be your friend I would embrace you no matter what side you chose I don't mind what side you choose you would be my most dearest friend all you will be."
Cloud then smiled at Lenne. She was right about everything....
"Protection, kindness, friendship who cares about those. I had them before and look where they have gotten me"
Then Cloud looked at Genesis as he began to speak again. And sighed....He knew this was gonna be harder than he thought.....
"My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess
My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber"
"Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely."
Another sig escaped Clouds lips.....
"Friends..... they just turn and stab you in the back when your no longer useful to them. Sephiroth was once my friend but he turned against me. Now you can saw we are enemies. Ironic isn't it, how we turned from best friends to enemies. All I need is more power"
"Tell me more about this Darkness you follow"
It was clearly a debate on good and evil.....And there was only one chance to make Genesis see the Light......
"The 'power' of light comes at the cost of your own desires. For every person you can't protect, and for every 'rule' you break chains of pain, sorrow and guilt weigh down your heart. And, in the end, there is no appreciation. Fighting for the light has never brought the hero happiness, just look at the person in front of you,"
Cloud looked down and away from her. She was right. But he hated the way she worded it....The death of Zack and Aerith would never leave him....Cloud was still trying to be the hero that his friends wanted. But it was indeed so damned hard for him....
"Where is his joy that has rewarded him for fighting long and hard? Has it gained him anything? Only painful memories of failure to taint the fleeting peace of success..."
"Stop it!! You don't know any thing!!"Cloud had shouted out!
"The darkness is true power. Not only the power to fight, but the power to gain your desires. There is no reward in the light for a man who chases after his own pursuits, but in the darkness desire becomes power. The only true way to find peace and contentedness in this life... is to crush every obstacle between you and your goals. That is the way of the darkness... the gentle embrace of night sweeping all worlds and laying to rest all opponents. The power to sway all hearts with fear, and to make your enemies truly feel despair. These are not weapons the light can wield, but they are yours freely in the darkness,"
"Face it Cloud....She is right." Sephiroth said in his mind. Cloud tried his best to ignore it....
"There will never be a reward down the path of light. The thrill of destroying your enemies and being worshiped as a person of true power; these things await you only down the path of darkness. And, as the blissful numbness wraps around your heart all painful memories will fade. All that will be left is desire. The weakness of emotion will be washed away and replaced with endless strength."
"Take that step Cloud, so I can come forth. The darkness needs some one like you...." Again, Cloud tried to ignore the words of some one was believed to be dead.....But Sephiroth never left alone even in death.....
"And be a puppet you really want that Genesis?"
Cloud shook his head no....As though that was addressed to him....
"Everyone has darkness in them the matter is does this what your goddess would want Minerva I have been to your world before, and you really believe in those poems. Ask yourself this if your goddess Minerva is all bout saving your life years ago is this the lesson she would want you want?"
Cloud remained quiet trying not to draw attention.
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Post by Lenne on Nov 23, 2009 17:12:55 GMT -5
Lenne turned to face Cloud. "Hi Cloud I ask you something important later this must be done." Lenne said. Lenne looked at Genesis. "Everything that was done when you believed in your Loveless poems its your favorite book is it not what if someone from the dark took away, and never gave it back to you what would you do join them if that makes your savior Minerva angry she's real you know that." Lenne said.
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Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Nov 24, 2009 21:04:34 GMT -5
Genesis sneered turning to the girl Lenne. She knew the poem LOVELESS and quoted it from first to last but those words she couldn’t even begin to understand. "My my it seems you are familiar with my favourite poem but do you honestly understand the words Lenne?"
He listened to the other young girl as she explained. It was true all of it and he has experienced that lose when he belonged to the Light side. "Power now that what I like. There is nothing that awaits me in the Light side. I have been there before and look where it has gotten me?"
With a swift turn he walked to the young girl "You know so much and you offer power on your side but can you guarantee that tell me who do you work for?" Genesis was already leaning to the dark side. It seemed to offer more advantages than the other.
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Post by Rydia on Nov 26, 2009 4:13:54 GMT -5
"I serve Maleficent," Rydia answered, she focused now only on Genesis. The other two in the room may as well have not been there. She didn't even gloat in her needling of Cloud... she had no such emotions. Most of her words now were forced by the power of Maleficent, but they rang true.
"And the Darkness does not promise the gift of power. Rather, you have the power inside of you right now. Desire, vengeance, superiority. You have within you that potential already, giving yourself to the pursuits of Darkness is only the key that unlocks that potential. The darkness does not give you power, but rather shows you the true power that already dwells within," Rydia said. Her own power came from despair and hatred. Despair at loss, and hatred of those who took the precious things from her.
"Maleficent has no need for underlings that beg power of her, but rather for strong allies that will stand by her side to take Kingdom Hearts, the Heart of Hearts. With that power every wish and desire of your heart will be given you," Rydia finished. She herself had no desires except to be left alone with the Heartless and the monsters who she understood. Even to serve Maleficent was a pain. She just wanted to stop time and slip into eternity... That was the power of darkness, the power of the selfish desires of the heart... the most powerful of human emotions.
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