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2011

Ignitheus

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As the group descends down the spiral obsidian staircase, Pyro, walking behind everyone else, is not only irritated by the elevator user, but as well as the new stranger. He feels a sudden tension in the hot air and traces it to both individuals. He thinks to himself.

Those two... hehe... Things will be getting pretty interesting soon...

Heat intensity increases within his eye sockets. The tip of his scythe drips with solidified flame.

18-Jan-2015 18:44:18 - Last edited on 18-Jan-2015 18:56:51 by Ignitheus

Sep

2023

Enheduanna

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Sir Duncan88 said :
It sounds like Natasha having been captured would be a big deal. I'm pretty sure word would've gotten out, especially to a veteran such as Ash*in.

Easily possible, and I would have been totally fine with that, since that makes perfect sense.

Except that's not what happened.

Ashlin107 said :
*I look in the direction I threw the thief and I sense the prisoner I'm looking for. But I also sense something else. This something or someone feels familiar although haven't sensed them in a long time.*

Me: Could it be? Hmmm... I guess I shall have to investigate further.

That's what happened.

Ash's character didn't come to this place with the knowledge that Natasha was down there (which, though I was obviously a late arrival to this, could easily have been fixed with a retcon, minor flashback, or really any of the literary devices you use to insert information that is new to the reader but not to the character).

Instead, he sensed her through pure meta-gaming, and that's just poor form.

---

To pre-empt any accusations of "but you've done the exact same thing before", that was also poor form, and I shouldn't have done it.

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Sir Duncan88 said :
This is starting to put my char. in a difficult position, since I consider Mad Guy an ally (even if in loose terms), but also the people I pick fights with have usually just done something terribly brutal to someone who may well be innocent. Great. Obligatory character development.

Character development is fun.

But you know what's more fun?

Character development through doing something terribly brutal to someone who may well be innocent!

...in hindsight, that explains a lot about my writing.

19-Jan-2015 02:27:46 - Last edited on 19-Jan-2015 02:28:02 by Enheduanna

Vrangr Wayne

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“At least your appetite for your one real lust hasn’t changed in the slightest.” You comment in your typical dry way as you swiftly analyze what Natasha said.

The chains had been established in a high-level enchantment then. An equivalent exchange at that, and now that Natasha had explained it, you wanted to smack yourself for not recognizing the pattern earlier.

“You’re losing your touch” Whispers in the dark half of your mind that refuses to be silenced.

“The process may be accelerating, or at least is finally expressing itself at a more noticeable level.” The part you of you that still calls itself ‘Aylss’ remarks.

It is irrelevant, however. You already know how to circumvent the chains, and with Natasha’s current state she’ll be unable to notice the difference- instantly, at least.
The noises from above grow louder, and your metal-plated eartips twitch slightly in a very definitively Eldan expression of mild irritation.

You arch your back to stretch before standing erect, not unlike a cat after her nap.
“Well, Natasha, it seems we shall soon be joined by others. I’ll admit, I considered freeing you myself… but it might be a bit more fun to sit back and watch you make new friends.”

There it is again: that lilting mockery of your voice. And coming from your own throat too.

You lock eyes with Natasha, and in the frozen ocean of black Saa, you see the closest thing to concern that you’ve ever seen from this Exalted.
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Freezing the moment mentally, you analyze your position and actions over the last few seconds and cross reference it with known events.

A match arises almost instantly.

Silver-laced blood dripping from Reis. A pair of Eldan bodies, soon joined by a third. Threats.

The night you had risen from the resting place of an Emperor, the challenge thereafter- It was the same motion; Your voice honeyed with the same sickness.
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19-Jan-2015 05:24:54 - Last edited on 20-Jan-2015 05:48:20 by Vrangr Wayne

Vrangr Wayne

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You turn away to hide your grimace, pushing the door open once again.

“I’ll talk to you later, sweetie. Don’t go running off somewhere!”

“Damn. That voice again.”

The latch snaps shut loudly, cutting off Natasha’s line of sight to you. Her look in that final moment seemed less like that of a destroyer of worlds and more like an injured pet that did*’t understand why they were being left behind.

You turn your back, and rather than walking back up the way you came you walk deeper into the void beneath Pandemonium, melting into the emptiness.

Yes, you had left- but not without doing at least something to aid Natasha. After all, no one could claim you did*’t look out for your roommates- even if you did*’t plan on telling them how, or all the reasons as to why.

You had altered the enchantment ensconcing her wrists the moment you walked out of the cell- not that Natasha would be able to tell. It was a subtle enough change that even with all her power you doubt she would have been able to detect it.
Yes, the chains would still defy Natasha (or any Exalted, for that matter) her power, and would never break under any force she could muster.

All it took was a tiny change to the mechanism of the lock that holds the manacles shut. A change made possible by a flaw in the enchantment that only existed thanks to the hubris of the manacle’s creators.

They had not made a lock that was an equal to the chains- they chose instead to taunt their captive by making them bind together by virtue of a very simple mechanical lock, one that anyone could open by depressing a button with their finger… unless, of course, that anyone happened to be Natasha.

Now, after a minor change to the entity signature that the lock would reject…
Well, you sincerely hope that you and Sovereign are a few Realms apart when she finds out that you basically handed some random mortals all they need to detain the Perfect Vanguard of Sovereign.

19-Jan-2015 05:25:32

Vrangr Wayne

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You emerge from the dense foundations of the underworld and into the domain proper of Hades after retrieving your flask, mind awhirl.

A quick drink of the elixir within soothes your fraying nerves somewhat, and you glance around the massive space, spying nothing particularly out of the ordinary for the home of the dead.

"Well, I am here after all. It would be a shame to not find at least one person to fight."

19-Jan-2015 05:30:49

Sep

2023

Enheduanna

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You don't understand.

You should be free.

Why are you still here?

You told her what the chains did. You told her.

Why aren't you free?

Maybe... maybe she's pulling a joke on you. Her sense of humour has always been terrible. She must have removed the enchantments from the chains.

Yes. That's it.

You are just about to flex your shoulders in preparation for ripping your bindings off your body when you realise you can't move them at all.

No.

You still can't move them at all.

The chains are still working.

But that doesn't make sense. She wouldn't refuse you. She couldn't. You'd have to kill her if she did. Wouldn't you? Of course you would! That's what happens to broken tools. They get thrown away. And you won't throw her away. So she must not be broken.

Yes. That's it.

Everything is fine. Everything is how it should be. You don't have to kill her. She's just messing around! Something must have happened to the chains. You know she's smarter than you are. It's probably a joke you don't understand.

All you need to do now is stumble over the punchline. Because it's not you. This is not a joke at your expense. Of course it isn't. It's aimed at whoever's coming. Maybe your chains will break when they arrive. Then you can kill them all. Get this out of your system before you see her again. You've always liked blood. It calms you down.

Yes. That's it.

When they arrive, you'll be free.

...won't you?

Are you sure?

You didn't see anything happen. She didn't even touch your chains.

So how do you know?

You don't, do you?

You don't know.

And that's the real problem, isn't it. The world is no longer as it should be.

There is no certainty. No truth . Not now.

It'd be enough to drive you insane if you weren't already.

20-Jan-2015 04:52:38

Sep

2023

Enheduanna

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For a few moments, you twist against your bindings; strength enough to shatter steel does nothing but ravage your skin against the sharp, spiked metal of your chains. It hurts, savagely so, but that's good. The pain is real. You're real. You are still you .

Almost absently, you watch as a line of blood--a bright, burning gold--trickles down your arm.

When it touches the manacle on your wrist, it starts to melt straight through it.

A few seconds flit by as you blink in incomprehension.

And then you start to laugh, high and sharp and violent; the sort of laughter madness wishes it could sound like. The fools . They sought to cage a Solar Exalted--a Hand of the Unconquered Sun--with a cell as pathetic as this?

Oh, you will enjoy watching them burn .

You breathe in, once, and hold it. And then you begin to thrash. The chains rip across your flesh, the manacles slice across your veins, but it doesn't matter. You will be free . Breathe in, breathe out. Pain is not an illusion. Pain is the only truth. Accept it. Live it. Love it.

Blood streams down your skin, spilling from a thousand scars; you feel light, and dizzy, and your head spins, but you don't care. Death is just another type of freedom.

The last manacle bubbles away to nothingness under the heat of the heart of a star, and you hit the floor.

You pass out seconds later.

---

When you come around, it is to stone and darkness. It takes you some time to realise what happened - you bled so much, from so many places, it melted through the floor. Your skin is coated in your blood; almost your whole body is covered, until your skin is the gold of your ic*or, tinged with the black of your saa as they swirl beneath the surface.

Your sword snaps into your hand, and you leap, landing awkwardly out of your self-made pit as your weakness makes itself apparent. You shake your head to clear it, and the shadows wrap around your body, forming your armour.

20-Jan-2015 04:52:48 - Last edited on 20-Jan-2015 06:34:35 by Enheduanna

Sep

2023

Enheduanna

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You half-stumble to the door and lean against it; the metal hisses against your cheek, and you realise the blood soaking your body is still hot enough to burn . Outside, you can hear movement from above, and the breathing of whoever's in the cell opposite yours.

That breathing annoys you. It's too loud, when all you've known for so long as been silence.

It needs to stop.

The fingers on your left hand flicker, and then your right fist punches forward.

The door shatters beneath your strength, and you step forward into an empty hallway. Across from you is another door. The breathing is coming from beyond it.

You smile in the way lesser beings would draw a blade.

The index finger of your left hand shoots forward, and a thousand needles of shadow scream through that second door--and most of the wall on either side--en-route for whoever is behind it.

20-Jan-2015 06:35:22 - Last edited on 20-Jan-2015 06:59:09 by Enheduanna

Ashlin107

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Ok back to the prisoner then...
________________________

Well it seems I've made the mistake of letting myself be detected after the Shadowforger escaped. Fortunately enough the force of attack managed to destroy my shackles. However I am once again stuck in a situation where the hunter must become the hunted. At this point I almost wish one of those times I cheated death actually failed so I wouldn't be stuck in this situation. At this point I have only a four options and I have choose quickly.

1. Fight back.
2. Surrender.
3. Play dead.
4. Play a game.

So number one isn't the best solution considering I have no weapons. Number two will almost certainly get me killed. Number three will be difficult to pull off especially considering how she detected me would almost certainly have to do with either my heartbeat or my breathing. Leaving the only real option being number four. Where I must try to out wit my opponent and possibly even slip passed undetected. This might be difficult but if done right I might actually come out of this with a decent profit.

So I quickly grab a stone which is roughly the size of a fist. I then quickly throw this stone at the wall as she's about to come around the corner. The stone then ricochets hitting her right in the forehead. While she's stunned I grab a shard of my cell's door and dive into what I assume was her cell whilst grabbing another two stones.

"Argh! You'll pay for that!" She screams as she recovers from the hit. I then throw the two stones well enough to resemble someone running. She quickly blasts in the direction the noise comes from. As she goes to investigate her "kill" I grab the bloodied chains that were used to bind her.

I then make the chains into a makeshift lasso. I then attempt to sneak off using the shadows in a different way she uses them. I keep a close eye on her knowing she will inevitably realise that she has been tricked. However I must also be prepared to face her ally too. The statement below is false.
The statement above is true.

20-Jan-2015 12:15:57

Ashlin107

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Ok now that I've done my most likely controversial post. Back to the rescue party.
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*I sense there's a struggle at the prison. I have the feeling that the Shadowforger and the one whom I'm searching for are battling each other.*

Me: We need to hurry.

Pyro:

Ok. But we should also tread carefully. This is quite an unpredictable place.

Me: I know.

*The party then arrives at a mountain like structure. There is also an concealed door. One would be forgiven for thinking such a place wouldn't exist. The door appears to be opened. Never a good sign especially when someone as evil as the Shadowforger is around.*

Me: Stay alert something isn't right.

*I enter the concealed facility. I then notice a weakened Shadowforger looking for something or more someone. I draw my sword and gun. I spot a tall man bearded man trying to sneak away I quickly realise he's the one I'm looking for. I then shoot the Shadowforger in the back as a distraction.*

Me: Fancy seeing you in this place Shadowforger. What's happened now did someone breath too loudly? Ohh by the way catch!

*I throw a flashbang at the Shadowforger. As the grenade goes off I throw a package to the prisoner. He grabs out two gauntlets. As he puts them on he flicks his wrists and they project a sword and a shield.*

Me: You can thank me latter. Now lets battle!

(Ok now to see how this will go down.

) The statement below is false.
The statement above is true.

20-Jan-2015 12:36:58

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