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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 16, 2007 13:42:48 GMT -5
Michael woke with a start and looked around. The room he was in was large and cavernous like a cathedral. Strange statues of creatures he had never seen nor heard of littered the walls. All around him were dead bodies, men and women in black robes wearing red masks. Most disturbing of all was that Michael was setting in the center of a chalk drawn pentagram; thick round candles lined the outer edge.
What happened to me…
His memories were blurry, but Michael struggled to remember what had befallen him. He had just left the academy in Tokyo, having finished his assignment for they day. Usually he would ride his bike but he decided to walk that day. Absentmindedly, he admired the way the buildings were designed and how they just barely seem to scrape the sky. It was a good feeling this contentment and sadly it didn’t last for long. Michael could remember a sharp pain in the back of his head as someone struck him, knocking him out.
From there it got blurrier; he had been drifting in and out of consciences. He could remember voices saying something about the ‘last one’. The cloth they had used to gag Michael with had been old and moldy and he could remember throwing up once from the taste it created in his mouth. There had been a lot of chanting, something deep and low that was unintelligible. Whatever they had been chanting caused Michael to become nauseous and it felt like something had been crawling around in his stomach. The nausea grew into an intense pain and he could remember hoping for death to relive him of it. Then there was light, one so bright that Michael could see it through his blindfold. He tried to shut his eyes but even that didn’t work, the light was so intense it was as if it was coming from the air itself. The next thing he knew he had woken up here. No blindfold, no gag, nothing.
What happened to me. Michael found himself asking again. This time there was a response.
>Well I could tell you but you’re not going to like it, I know I certainly don’t< The voice had originated from within his head, but was not his own. Michael jumped out of fright and in the process of landing accidental tripped over one of the dead bodies and knocked himself out.
>Well that went over better than expected.<
OOC- For now anyone who wants to join in should wait till at least Prime and Pikachu have posted. That is all.
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Post by prime on Feb 16, 2007 14:46:44 GMT -5
"Ouch!" Pike said sharply, waking up as Michael stumbled back and stepped on his hand. He then groaned sharply, and had to lean over to one side to throw up. He slowly climbed to his feet, wiping his mouth, and looked around. The person who'd stepped on his hand seemed to have passed back into unconciousness. Pike shrugged, and observed the chalk circle around him, as well as the dead bodies. "Tch, idiots. Everyone knows your suppost to use salt and semen to protect yourself from a demon." He said, turning around to look at his companions. They were both unconsious, but seemed relatively unharmed. Which made Pike wonder, if a summoning had gone wrong, why were they still alive? Why, for that matter, hadn't several square miles around him been vaporised. }I might be able to explain that.{ Someone said, and Pike twisted, looking around sharply. "Where are you?" He asked, he voice slightly tinted by panic. }I am inside of you.{ The voice said, which most definitely didn't make him feel any better. "Ok, now that that's out of the way, who the hell are you and why are you inside my head?" Pike asked sharply. }My name is Lyrill, I am inside of your head because I've been sealed inside of you.{ Lyrill said. Pike blinked, then opened his mouth to ask another question. "Ok, WHAT in the hell are you?" He asked. }I am an angel, I came down from the shimmering courts to make sure those demon's weren't summoned. However, it seems I've had limited success. The demons were summoned anyways, and I'm sealed inside you.{ Lyrill said. Pike didn't know whether to feel insulted or honored, so instead he just decided to ignore the angel for a moment, and try to awaken his companions. He toed the one who'd stepped on his hands. "Hey, dude, wake up. Nows not the time for sleepy sleepy."
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 16, 2007 15:32:37 GMT -5
Michael rolled over and slowly opened his eyes. >That’s right, come on. You should really get up.< Michael quickly sat up; the fact that he wasn’t physically hear this voice was very unnerving. He looked up the man who woke him wondering if he could here the voice to.
>No, he can’t Michael. I am sealed inside you and only you can hear me. No doubt this man in front of you is dealing with his Angel as well.<
“Did… did you say Angel?” Michael turned his head slightly to the side so that the man standing over him wouldn’t think he was talking to him. But, if the man didn’t have a voice in his head as well he would very well think Michael was crazy.
>Yes, I am an Angel, my name is Libranen. And in our efforts to save the three of you, we ourselves were sealed into your bodies instead of the demons that you were meant for. That’s what we get for stepping into the summoning circles.<
“So the blinding light I saw, was you?” Michael said as he stood up and tried to stretch out his muscles and joints only to discover that he was very tender in some spots.
>Well, myself and two other Angels. I can only assume that they too have been sealed within the other two humans bodies.<
“And you killed all these people?” Michaels voice wavered slightly as he asked.
>Of course not. You see we had planned to step into the Summoning Circles and merely retrieve you. That way the summoning would be interrupted and fail. But in our carelessness we we’re ensnared and sealed into your bodies. Unfortunately this did not stop the summoning, but did protect you from becoming vessels.<
“Vessels of what?” Michael asked even though he already knew the answer.
>The Demon that killed these people, of course.<
Michael looked at the stranger in front of him as he cradled his tender arm. He hoped that the man would believe what he was about to tell him.
OOC- OK now I really got to go I have stuff to do I’ll be on later.
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Post by Damien on Feb 17, 2007 18:43:36 GMT -5
OOC: I'll get a post in later tonight, I was partying last night so haven't had a chance to get on a computer. ;P
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 17, 2007 23:02:07 GMT -5
OOC: Think that I'll come in pretty soon. Angelic stuff is my RP strong suit. Enos, I'm thinking. Or Abatis. Or Zebedee. Or Thyra... Hmmm... Then there's Nat, who, with her abilities, could possibly overhear the angels. *Because of her armor, not because any special hearing as an animal. To those unaware, her grey armor is demonskin and gives her the ability to hear and sense most spirits while in her human body. I'm thinking Nat or Enos...
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Post by prime on Feb 18, 2007 5:22:05 GMT -5
OOC: How about you stop jumping here there and everywhere in your OOC and make a bloody post instead?!?
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Post by Damien on Feb 18, 2007 8:55:02 GMT -5
Jay's eyes shot open as Michael and Pike spoke to eachother. His head was pounding and he had no idea where he was. The last things he could remember was darkness, he could hear chanting and someone had stuffed an old rag in to his mouth. Then there was a blinding light, after that he must have passed out.
Jay slowly got to his feet, for a moment he felt dizzy. He turned to see the others but before he could ask them what had happened a voice inside his head began to speak.
"Stay calm, things way be confusing right now but I will explain everything." The voice said.
"What the...?!" Jay exclaimed.
"My name is Derent, I have been trapped inside your body by the people that brought you and the other two here." Derent explained
"Oh, I see, it all makes perfect sense now." Jay said mockingly. He turned to the other guys, they didn't look particularly evil or anything so he figured talking to them would be ok.
"So, any ideas where the hell we are?" He called to them.
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Post by prime on Feb 18, 2007 14:45:23 GMT -5
"Well." Pike say, looking around them and then at Jay. "Currently we seem to be standing in a chalk drawing to the gates of hell." He said, then carefully stepped outside of the circle. "Other than that specific, however, I have no idea where we are. But where ever we really are, I'd suggest leaving. Immidiatly follow by running our asses off in the opposite direction. I do not like demons, I'm a martial artist, not a super hero." Pike said, shaking his head. "If we can find an exit considering all the crap in here, how badly the room has been recked I mean anyways. Look at the fucking ceiling, I'm surprised we didn't get crushed by it."
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 18, 2007 21:56:45 GMT -5
“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.” Michael said as he shifted his way through the rubble. The entirety of the floor seemed to be covered with bits of the building and the thought of being crushed t death if the building should collapse was not pain that Michael cared to experience.
>No,< Libranens voice rang in Michaels head, >We three Angels were charged with preventing those demons from entering this world. Our failure means that we must now locate and destroy the creatures before that can do more harm.<
“What?! You said you were sealed in my body. If you really are that means I’d have to go with you and I-” Michaels mouth fell open in awe as stepped over a medium sized piece of rubble and looked down into a great gaping hole in the floor. It looked bout 15 feet across and seemed to sink into the earth forever. Michael nudged a piece of rubble over the edge with his foot and listened for it to hit the bottom but there was no sound.
“Hey guys, come and look at this thing,” Michael called back to the others. He started to move away from the edge when he saw something light up in the bottom of this ‘bottomless’ pit. It had no real color to it was moving upward incredibly fast. Michael pulled his head back as a bolt of electricity flew up out of the hole. It crackled as it flew high above them, small static bolts forming on the walls when it got close.
>Well, it appears you have found the first Demon. Good Job< Libranen said. Michael had never seen anything like this creature. The bolt of electricity flew down close to the floor and began to fly in a circle. Pieces of the rubble began to float and collect around the bolt as it circled faster and faster. Michael noticed how the rubble was very quickly taking on a very humanoid shape, but several feet taller. Electrical energy spilled out of the cracks as the creature finished forming. The creature stood silent and immobile.
“Do you think it’s dead?” Michael asked. Two large red eyes opened in the creature’s head and stared down at him. The creature’s rocky fist rose into the air and came down hard where the man was standing. Michael raised his hands in a feeble attempt to shield himself but he knew that he was no match for this thing.
A fierce wind rose up from the ground where Michael was standing. It was warm and full of energy. His eyes were closed shut but he heard what sounded like rock crumbling around him. When he opened eyes he questioned what they were showing him. Golden energy was spilling out of Michael’s hands and creating what he could only describe as a shield. The creature’s fist had struck this golden barrier and had shattered its hand and part of its arm.
Electrical energy powered out of the broken arm and more rubble began to form a new larger arm. The electrical rock demon lifted both its fists and began to beat on the shield. With every strike Michael felt more energy being drained from himself into the shield. It didn’t hurt but Michael feared that if he were to pass out and drop his hands that the energy would cease to shield him and he would become another victim of the demon.
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Post by prime on Feb 18, 2007 22:21:05 GMT -5
Pike felt an odd power flooding him, and his body slowly began to glow golden. It was as if he was drawing something forth from within, and it was overtaking him. He closed his fists, and the burst into a while flame, then slowly the flame consumed his forarms, then up to his shoulders, the to his waist, and finally it shot down to his feet and he was complete. His presense burned in the air, though the fire burnt nothing physical. Pike ran forwards and jumped into the air, kicking the demon in the head, knocking it over and away from Michael. "You alright?" He asked Michael, who seemed to be a bit dazed.
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 18, 2007 22:36:05 GMT -5
“Yeah,” Said Michael a little light headed.
>Interesting. It seems that you are capable of drawing on my Holy Powers while I am sealed within your body. Though a very limited amount. Maybe through time you would be able to wield these powers like the other Angels.<
Michael was about to say something when he saw another rock fist coming straight for them. He lifted up his hands and produced another golden shield of energy, blocking the demons strike.
OOC- I’m not sure about you Prime, but I’m waiting for Pika until I post again….
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Post by Damien on Feb 20, 2007 14:40:42 GMT -5
"Woah, shit!" Jay shouted jumping back as the electrical energy barely missed him. He watched the rubble and energy as it merged creating one nasty looking demon. He gasped as the demon swung it's huge fist at Michael, barely able to watch he flinched when the huge fist connected. Jay couldn't believe his eyes when a golden shield erupted from Michaels hands, shattering the creatures huge hand and arm. Then, seeing Pike's attack on the demon, Jay decided he had to help out.
Jay relaxed and closed his eyes, he opened his clenched fists and placed both hands on his chest. Derent, understanding his hosts intentions allowed his angelic energy to flow slightly in to Jay's body. He was carefull not to release too much, knowing full well that Jay's body was not yet ready to handle large ammounts of the divine energy.
A faint golden light began to pulse under Jay's hands, slowly the light grew, illuminating the area around him. Jay pulled his hands away to reveal the handle of a sword protruding from his torso. He grasped the handle tightly and, with little effort, pulled a beautifull, see-through, golden sword from his chest. As he held the sword he could feel Derent's energy fill his body.
Speeding forward he slashed with the angelic blade sending chunks of rubble flying across the room. The demon lurched back, drawing in more rubble to fill the wound, before attempting to crush Jay flat with it's huge foot. Jay ducked and sidestepped only just avoiding the attack. As the demons foot crashed in to the ground Jay attacked again. This time he swung the sword clean through it's leg sending the chunks of brick and concrete that gave the demon it's form flying whilst also toppling the enormous monstrosity. As soon as it hit the ground however rubble flew from all across the room to reform it's lost limb.
"How can we beat this thing if it just keeps on reforming!?" Jay exclaimed to the others.
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 20, 2007 20:29:05 GMT -5
Michael noticed something about Jay’s last swing. When he cut into the beast he struck the electrical energy directly. It took the energy longer to recover from this attack than the others.
“That’s it!” Michael yelled to Pike and Jay. “If we hit the energy it’ll hurt it more. One of you needs to attack it with everything you got. I’ll put a shield around it to keep more rocks from forming armor around it, and when both of you are ready I’ll drop the shield and let you hit its pure form.”
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Post by prime on Feb 20, 2007 20:38:29 GMT -5
Pike shrugged, and started systematically beating the crap out of the demon, sending its puppet form flying all over the place as he repeatedly beat the crap out of every piece of it he could reach. His aura flared a few times as he beat the crap out of it, but otherwise there was no change in his bearing. He just kept beating the hell out of it, in increasingly creative ways.
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Post by Damien on Feb 22, 2007 7:44:25 GMT -5
Jay ran at the demon and began to swing his sword like crazy. Slash after slash tore through the creatures makeshift body. Large pieces of rubble were being thrown all over the place and the electric energy could be seen clearly now, darting randomly within the demons damaged shell.
OOC: Sorry it's so short but my brain is fried currently.
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 22, 2007 11:07:44 GMT -5
The electrical demon was having a hard time of keeping its rock shield. As one part of its body would reform another would be destroyed. A combined strike from Pike and Jay sent demon to the floor; shattered rock flew in all directions. The electricity rose into the air and began spinning as it tried to summon more rock to shield it.
A crackling bolt of golden energy issued from Michaels hands and formed a shield around the demon. The electricity floated around inside trying to ram the inside of the shield, but in its pure demonic form the holy energy that made up the shield was hurting the demon with every strike.
“Alright, I’m going to drop the shield! As soon as it’s down attack!” Michael yelled to the others. He dropped his hands and the holy energy dissipated. The demon floated above them somewhat dazed, but unless they destroyed it in the next few hits it would soon regain consciousness.
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Post by Damien on Feb 23, 2007 12:58:10 GMT -5
Jay didn't waste a second, he jumped in the air bringing his sword down hard. The angelic blade battered the demonic energy, visibly damaging it. As he prepared his next attack he asked Derent to give the sword a little more energy before swinging it with all his might at the centre of the demons energy form.
Feeling a little worn out from the fighting and from being pumped full of angelic energy, Jay held back to let Pike finish the demon off.
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Post by prime on Feb 23, 2007 17:23:41 GMT -5
Pike looked grim, the battle aura around him blazing. "Your a curse on this earth, be gone!" He said, running forwards and jumping into the air. A punch sent the demon into the ground, and from there on Pike pummeled its energy, his aura's flames growing progressively more fierce as the beating progress, until, finally, he stopped. The demon was gone, vanished as though it had never been. Pike looked at his hands, they were severely burnt and cracked in places, one of his fingers was broken. The result of raw energy overloading his muscles and burning his skin. He flinched visibly, then walked out of the crater he'd made to join the others.
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 24, 2007 10:59:28 GMT -5
>Simply amazing.<
Michael looked at Pike and Jay. “We need to get out of here before something else happens. That looks like a door over there. At least, what’s left of it.” Michael was mentally tired; his body was fine but he could barely concentrate. He had to stay awake until they found a safe place to rest. “What do you guys think about all this, I mean it’s obvious we all have an ‘Angel’ trapped inside of us… can you guys hear yours too?”
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Post by prime on Feb 24, 2007 13:50:06 GMT -5
"That would be a no." Pike said, his aura finally snapping off, revealing his damaged hands. He flinched visibly, letting his arms fall limp to his sides. "I haven't heard an angel speaking to me, I can just feel a presense. Its kind of odd, but I can deal with that." He said, shaking it off, though he was extremely careful not to move his arms.
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Post by Damien on Feb 28, 2007 9:25:58 GMT -5
Jay opened his hand and watched as the angelic sword turned into a golden vapour which rose to the roof before disipating in to nothingness. Slowly rubbing his temples, Jay tried to make sense of the whole situation, if that was at all possible.
"I dunno about you guys but this wasn't how I imagined my day turning out." Jay said turning to look at the mangled remains of the buildings only exit. "I think we could all use some rest and a large drink, so how about we shift that rubble and find a place to stay for the night?"
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Post by prime on Feb 28, 2007 13:42:35 GMT -5
"As much as I would like to aquice to your proposal." Pike said, holding up his hands. "I find myself currently incapable of shifting anything at all." He was scowling quite harshly, and shortly his eye's had a glazed, far away look, as if he wasn't paying attention to them anymore, but lost in deep thought.
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Post by bulbaboy on Feb 28, 2007 17:07:39 GMT -5
“There’s got to be a way out of here.” Michael said as he pushed against a large piece of rubble blocking the exit. Despite his efforts the chunk of building wouldn’t even budge. He slumped down to the ground and leaned against the rubble; a breeze of cool air flowed in through the small inch wide gap and Michael allowed it to wash over him.
“We may have to stay the night here. Then again… there is that hole the demon came out of. We could always try that.” It was a crazy idea, but it was either that or stay here the whole night.
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Post by prime on Feb 28, 2007 18:51:51 GMT -5
"And there for but god go I, into the depths of hell." Pike muttered, walking over to the hole. "You guys can feel free to shimmy on down there, but like I said earlier, if I can't shift anything, I'm sure as hell not gripping a stone wall." He looked around for something to bind his hands with, maybe something to splint his finger to.
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Post by Damien on Mar 2, 2007 10:50:46 GMT -5
"I guess I'll go first." Jay said looking over the gaping hole in the concrete floor. He sat down on the edge of the hole and slowly lowered himself down untill he found a couple of spots to support his feet. Carefully he continued his descent, it wasn't always easy finding bits to hold on to but he managed. after several minutes of climbing Jay looked down and was thankfull to find that there was only another 10 feet or so to go.
Suddenly one of his footholds gave way and he fell to the bottom, landing on his back. "Son of a bitch." He groaned as he got up. Jay reached in to his pocket and pulled out a lighter. He couldn't believe his eyes when the flame lit up the area around him. Tunnels shot off in all directions, the place was practically a labyrinth.
"Uh, guys. You have to see this." He shouted up to Michael and Pike.
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Post by prime on Mar 4, 2007 18:51:07 GMT -5
"Oh sure!" Pike yelled down sarcastically. "I'll just jump on down and shatter my pelvis while I at it! Its not bad enough that my hands are already fucked up!" He yelled down at Jay, then stopped and looks at his hands. With several snapping sounds, the bones were rearranging themselves, and his skin was healing over and becoming like new again. He stared at the for a moment, then shrugged and climped down into the hole. "Whoa, well this isn't good. I guess one of the demon's is a tunneler." He said, massaging his hands. They still felt tender, but then again, at least he wouldn't be crippled. "Hey, I haven't introduced myself have I?" Pike said suddenly. "I'm Pike, its nice to meet you two." He said, as Michael joined him at the bottom of the hole. "So what do you think we should do now?"
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