"A back door!" He tried opening it, but it didn't work. Locked, or jammed. "STAND BACK!" A small ball of energy formed in his hands, as he blasted the doorknob, making a bang, but hopefully not too loud. The door opened, and Vevis ran out of the building.
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"Ready?"
"Ready."
A bright flash of light filled the room, in which they could see silloutes of two figures. "They are found. Inform the others."
One spoke into a communication device. "They are in the building to your right, making an exit through the back.
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Valish chuckled a bit when the boy fell asleep, but got serious again a moment later. "Let me see what is in this city that is still of use after such a long time..." He quietly muttered, as he walked out the door. When he was outside again, he went to the house on the other side of the street. As he looked around he found two small, marble shaped gems lying on a table. "Can these be... the communication devices they used?" He picked one up. "Let me see now..." He spoke in it, and the exact same words came from the other gem not a moment later. These could be very useful... He thought to himself, as he got them off the table and put them in his pocket.
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"Yes, we're almost there at last..."
"...It seems so."
"Remember, keep to the objective and don't do a thing that we weren't supposed to do."
"...Of course."
"Okay, be sure to keep it out of sight when we reach our destination, we wouldn't want to ruin the surprise, would we?"
"...Of course not."
"Well, we're there. Lets move in."
"...Very well."
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As Valish was looking at the moon from the roof of the building where Vevis slept, he suddenly heard noice from another part in the city. Human voices! He realised in a shock. Valish concentrated on the origin of the sound, and saw a male and a female figure walk in simillar uniforms; shoulder padded robes. So, they seem to have finally found me, it appears... Valish jumped off of the roof, and slowly glided down with the aid of his wings. As he made them appear a cape again, he went into the building again and shook Vevis around. "Vevis, wake up! People have entered the city!" He spoke, as he gave him one of the marble shaped gems. "Communication devices, should we get separated. Now we must go. They must not find us!"
Statistics: Posted by Stip45 — September 21st, 2008, 12:40 pm
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We're actually alot further than this, 10 or so pages in on my Free Php Forum, aptly named Last Hope Forums. Thanks for the comments, and I hope you continue to read Last Hope as we update it.
IC: Vevis listened to Valish's story with increasing unease. "So... a Docter Shadeheart hm?" He almost laughed. The meaning to it all was just before him but he couldn't grasp it. Without another word, Vevis sat on his chair again and fell asleep immediately.
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An ethreal figure hovered through the woods, coming apon another body. "Another victim of his..." The ghost floated into the energy and absorbed it.
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As he ran through the woods, Valish tripped over what was appearently a loose brick. As he examined it, it was clearly visible that it was of a material only found on certain places on the planet. "This is...this is a Stone of the Ancients!" he whispered "And if there is one stone, there must be more nearby..."
Valish began examining the forest floor, until he came across a strange, blue gem, which he picked up. When he had picked up the stone, the scenery began to change. Where he was in a forest a moment ago, he now was in what seemed like an enourmous underground library, lit by orbs that emitted a constant and bright green glow. "Can this be?" Valish spoke out loud "Is this really the Forgotten Library of the Ancients?"
Even though all of the writings were stored in specially sealed containers all stacked upon each other, one of those containers layed upon a large stone that almost appeared to be an altar of sorts. Interested, Valish got out the writing, and read the text.
See its face as it comes your way
Harmed it can be in just one way
After it takes your existence as its own
Death awaits you very soon
Of those whom fall, your fate is sealed
What it does cannot be healed
These writings, as discovered by those searching for artifacts in our home planet, appear to be a prophecy. As of now though, we have not yet found enough evidence to deem the document "true". However, research indicated that this text was written by some of the very first of our race, so it should be handled with extreme caution.
- Dr. I. Shadeheart
As Valish told Vevis of how he found the Library of the Ancients and the writing with the prophecy, he walked to the door and sat underneath its post. "That is the story. Now rest, Vevis. We will have an exhausting day tomorrow."
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He got up from his seat. "Shadow... it seems... familiar somehow."
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"Shadow...?!" Valish suddenly said in shock. "No, sorry. Forget I ever spoke of that, I just have an unpleasant habit of losing my calm when hearing that word. Do not ask me why... For I do not know." He shot a brief smile at Vevis. "Rest, I shall make sure we do not get any unwanted company..." Valish said, as he walked to the doorpost
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"Is everything ready for tonights activities?"
"...Yes."
"Very good, I hope our little "excursion" will be worth all those years of preparing..."
"...I'm very sure it will be."
"Then, shall we begin our assignment?"
"...Yes."
"Okay then. Come, let's capture our target now, for the glory of Sodi."
"...Very well."
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"You are just as human as everyone else in this world... And how did you know about these utensils?" While saying this Vevis had opened the drawer. "Correction... Utensil. There's just a single fork, and two plates. We'll have to take turns eating... Wait, there is a knife here too." Pulling those items out, he placed the two plates on the table and the knifes, and brought the fork with him to the oven. "The rat's done." He poked it with his fork, and brought it over, flopping down on his plate. Using the knife, he cut in half, putting half on Valish's plate. "Watch out for bones... Here, you can have the fork first." He held the fork out to Valish.
"We should stay here for the night... tomorrow, we search."
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"Zack, promise me, that when you grow up, you'll take good care of your sister..." "I give you my word, father, I will..."
"Who are you?" "My name isn't important, though I do know who you are." "What? but how?" "That is of no importance... Why have you come to these woods?" "What?" "I asked you why you have come to this forest, young one. Did you forget you even entered?" "I am... Just trying to find where I belong" "Is that so? You are trying to find where you belong then. Ha ha ha ha!" "What is there that is so entertaining?" "Ieniet." "What?" "Ne me mori facias. Ille iterum veniet. Hic veni mihi mortem iterum." "What are you talking about?" "Ferutum." "What are you doi..." And all went black.
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"That is... odd." Valish spoke "I got thrown out of my house when i was seventeen, and to my last knowledge, I am twenty-one now, so it was about four years ago i suppose... My mother did love me though, as did my real father. But the man I lived at at the time was not my actual father, but a stepfather..."
"Now you listen woman, I've taken you in my house, gave you and your filthy son food and warmth, so I expect you to behave like how a wife should behave to her husband" "But honey..." "NO BUT! You need to learn to show me some respect, woman." "No, please don't...What would Zack think if he saw it?" "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR DIRTY LITTLE BOY WOMAN!" Then the female voice started screaming in pain. "If you refuse to give me the respect I deserve to have from you, I'll make you. You will respect me like a husband, or I promise you your son will meet a long, painful death."
"Nice finding, Vevis." Valish spoke, and went into the building. Once he was in, he went to a chair near the table and said "I have never eaten rat yet, could you tell me what taste it resembles?"
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"Vevis. I'm looking for my brother that my parents threw out before I was born. I've no idea when they threw him out, or what age he was, or even if he's still alive... I'm going to look for something to light a fire..." Vevis, carrying the dead rat, began to walk toward the nearest building, whiles skinning the rat with his dagger.
Grasping the handle, Vevis turned the knob, with no effect. "Damn, locked. Hey Valish? I'm not too normal myself!" Pointing his hand at the door, the sword in the sheath on Vevis' back began to glow, and a ball of energy formed in his hand. With a thrust, Vevis threw the energy at the door, smashing it in. He cautiously stepped inside.
"Jackpot! It's a kitchen, with an oven, and matches to light it! There's even a table! Come in Valish!"
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Oh, and in most cases, the parts are in order of time. And if you find this personality switching confusing already, well, let's just say there are a lot of characters in this story.
And whatever happened to that trilogy? I'm still waiting for part 3
Too bad they both left RV.~Stip~
Statistics: Posted by Stip45 — March 1st, 2008, 6:05 am
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Sorry, no offense intended, as I know you guys have worked hard on this for nearly 13 months, but I'm just getting confused.
Please do keep it up, though. In this format you can continue indefinitely without double-posting or anything, luckily. To draw from my own experience, during ZB1 there were like no posts between parts 3 and 8, but I continued the story and readers eventually picked it up.
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"I was once a human yes, until I came across a mysterious cloaked man in the woods, who transformed me into this" Valish said with a bitter laugh. "I never found out who the man was, or even why he did it, but the next thing I remembered was being in this form, covered in leaves, and next to a large city. I do not know how much time had passed between the curse and me gaining my consciousness again, and it could have been just a few minutes, or days, weeks, months, even years..."
Valish then closed his eyes, and the bones within his wings became flexible, making them look like a cape once more. "I usually have my wings in this state, to avoid unnecessary attention to be drawn to me. And about your fire; seeing as this is one of those few cities on our world that had been built by an extremely advanced civilization in times long forgotten, I assume that there will still be something to create a fire with here." Valish spoke "And no problem for saving you, it was not too hard. In any case, what is your name, for I believe you have not told me yet."
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"Get out, boy." "But... Mother stop him!" "I said get out." "Do as he says Zack." "But-" "Quickly!"
"Mommy! Daddy!" Vevis rushed to his mother's side after she was impaled by a blade. He looked at the man beside him that had done the act. He just smiled at Vevis and left.
Vevis stood up again, his head aching. Valish was standing next to him. "I... thank you for rescuing me, but I must find my brother. If I do not... There will be nothing left to keep me sane. I don't even know if he is alive or not.." Vevis looked around, seeing that his surrounding had changed from a burning forest to an ancient, abandoned city. "I must eat. Are you hungry... Valish?"
Noticing a rat scurry by, Vevis drew a dagger from his belt, and leaped, stabbing the little critter. "Now we need fire. Do you like your rat medium or well done?" Vevis said with a grin. "Wait... something isn't right... wings??!" Yes, Valish had large black wings. "Are you really human?"
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Anyway, here's the next part:
"You may call me Valish, and you are in a small shack in the woods near the marsh where I found you. I believe that you were sle..." Valish started, but was rudely cut off when a flaming arrow hit the shack. He ran outside after the boy, who he saw had been knocked out by one of the goblins. Fearing a forest fire would be coming soon, he closed his eyes, and the goblins standing around the boy started flying into random directions.
There was one though, which he did not manage to toss away, so he drew his sword and sliced off the arm with which the creature had been holding his club with. Screaming in pain, the goblin ran away. Valish then looked at the beginning forest fire. "There goes the shack. Yet another disaster caused by me... I would be lucky if I were to even get out of this..." He mumbled.
Seeing no other option, he decided to just do it. He concentrated on his feather like cape, which immediately became solid and turned out to be two separate wings located around his shoulder area. He then decided to pick up the boy, his strength telekinetically increased, and gave a hard flap with his two wings.
Flying in the skies always gave Valish a sense of freedom, the thought of being able to go wherever he wanted to. When he looked down, he noticed about half the forest was on fire already, and that it was spreading rapidly. The heat emerging from the flames did make it easier for him to fly though, as it created updrafts that allowed him to reduce flapping his wings a bit, thus making the flight less exhausting for him. After a while of flying, he finally reached the edge of the forest they were in. "Now to find me a safe place to land..."
As he touched the ground, he lay the boy to the ground and looked at his nearby surroundings. They seemed to be in a city abandoned long ago, and that was probably built by an ancient race. Valish had always been impressed about how civilizations long gone in present day were capable of creating such advanced structures, but now was not the time to explore, but to guard the boy for any dangers that could be lurking around.
~Stip~
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