~+Tales of FFF+~The Role Play

Lucious remained silent after hearing Shenorai's question. He leaned his face on his left hand and aimed his right hand towards Shenorai. He was smiling, a small glint of maliciousness could be seen swallowing the irises of his eyes. Lucious heart was beating even faster, his blood pressure was raising and he was covered in sweat, strangely his temperature was low. It seemed that Lucious was affected by an illness of some sort. Lucious turned his sight to hejaloki and quickly changed it to Shenorai.

"I am sorry my dear, but your curiosity will have to wait. My brother shall make himself known soon enough. But be warned that perhaps you might not recognize him."

Aeternus rose his left arm with his palm facing the doors, it seems that he was preparing some kind of special attack. The static field around him intensified, literally one could see a lightning storm surrounding this monstrous fiend. Lucious face showed his disgust, it seems that Hejaloki's presence was not of his liking. He fixed his eyes on the powerful being, defiant as usual.

"Hejaloki, our fated battle will arrive soon. In the meantime I would like if you could have some patience."
 
Vegnya was grateful that the mission was well on its way, but there still remained one problem. It was not just the significant decline in the castle's defenses--that was already being taken cared of by the toughest Knight Generals of Silverwing. The other problem was a means of insuring the safe return of Shenorai and the others, especially Lord Argexis, the man whom Vegnya was temporarily replacing.

If only things were that easy, Vegnya wished hopelessly. In situations like these, solutions were mainly composed of quick thinkers, the kind of cunning politicians and blood-thirsty warlords. Vegnya was merely a master at White Magic, and though previously she was a Chief Advisor for Julius, there wasn't much she did because the master of the castle handled everything for himself. Now he was gone, leaving the mage unprepared for the worst.

The White Mage duchess let out a deep sigh. "Have we reached them yet?"

The Black mage was pulled from her concentration. She opened her eyes after minutes of a trance-like state. She too shared her sister's view. "Nothing."

The first step was to contact the rescuers within the Fortress. Without the use of technology available, telepathy was the immediate resort. Faith had assigned the best telepaths within the area in hopes of establishing a connection with the allies in enemy territory. They have come up with nothing so far.

Vegnya explained the failed communication attempts. "Our potential as mages also allow us to perform several types of mind-connecting," she said, referring to their various usage of supernatural power. "In a way, this makes us among the few with a power great enough to reach them if we wanted to. Which means by now, they should have have been able to hear us. I think that Fortress is preventing us from trying to telepathically communicate."

Faith furrowed a brow, then she added on with more detail to her sister's theory. "Come to think of it, I've heard of some cases like that. The culprits were often enchanted items such as gems, talismans, and even rituals. It might not be the castle itself then, but something inside. It only a guess, but I think this is a rare case where. . ."

"Don't tell me," Vegnya caught on after remembering what they were up against. "Lucious. He's blocking all communications with his own power. Just him being there hinders everything."

Faith nodded gravely. "They're in the dark as much as we are."

"Then we'll fly out. Alert our airforce. I want an armada prepared for an aerial strike. We'll bring our friends out if need be, even if it means ending the Lucious threat once and for all."
 
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Zeria had fully recovered, but was still upset. Everyone was trying to help her out, but she couldn't understand why. Why was everyone risking their own well beings to save her? No...they just needed her to save Julius. No...that couldn't be right. She was like the glue that held everything together.

"Arthvader mentioned that Aeternus had something to do with Julius. I'm going after it"

She got up and sheathed her blades, bolting down the hallways. She followed some of the markers FFGuy had left behind, then focused her spirit's energy and worked on tracking down Aeternus. She felt that she was so close, yet so far away....where was he? Where was her dearest Julius?

"AETERNUS! LUCIOUS! COME OUT AND FACE ME! SHOW YOURSELVES!"
 
Lucious smiled devilishly while staring down to what it seems to be his chess board. All pieces were set on their right spots, ready for Lucious twisted game to begin.

"At long last you have arrived. Late as usual. Haven't your parents taught you any manners Zeria? One first introduces his or herself and greets everyone before screaming like a beast. I still can't find why my brother appreciates you. He always had such a bad taste for women...oh sorry...shouldn't say that..."

Lucious rose his left hand and snapped his fingers. Almost instantly as if he were reacting to Lucious' actions, Aeternus prepared to launch an all out assault on Zeria.

"Pawn Aeternus, attack Zeria."

Aeternus confirmed the order and dashed towards Zeria, he was surrounded by electricity. He bent his knees and jumped high into the air, closing his fist tightly and bringing it down towards Zeria's face. His mechanical laughter could be heard almost as demonic as Lucious's.

"Target Identified, proceeding with termination. DIE TRAITOR!!!!"
 
Zeria got hit with the blow, taken by surprise, and flew across the room, crashing to the floor. Now, a trickle of blood passed her ruby colored lips.

"Damn! I didn't expect that! Accursed beast..."

She got up and drew the Lionheart Gunblade, as well as her Hellfire Blade. Her mind was made up.

"I want answers! Where's Julius?! What relation do you have to him, Aeternus?!"

Her eyes became a dark green.

"You'd best tell me now...before I decided to kill you..."
 
"Zeria!"

The weakened bounty hunter ran towards Zeria to aid her, though her legs did not seem to be strong enough to hold her up long enough to even make it halfway. She caught herself with the staff she was given, slowly pulling herself upright again. At least she was alive, but for how long?

Shenorai's eyes flew up to the balcony in defeat and desperation. She knew she couldn't assist her friends in her condition, but what else could she do?

"Lucious! Stop this, please!"
 
Arthvader "Adolfus, I call upon you. Stop time around me."

Arthvader surprisingly summoned Adolfus and froze time around him and Nex, Allowing Arthvader to make a run for it.

'This only lasts for at least five minutes. Better make it to Lucious and defeat him, for Shen's and Julius's sake.'

Arthvader then left the dark hall, leaving Nex in a time vortex until the effect ended.

(5 mins. later, when the effect ended)

Arthvader has just arrived at the Throne room, where he saw Zeria and Shenorai confronting Lucious and Aeternus.

'Wait a minute, if Shen is here, then Leondra must've found her. Still, for me to free Julius, I must defeat that fiend.'

He headed towards the group to lend some assistance.

Arthvader "Hey there Zeria, Shen, Leondra. How are you girls doing? Lucious, I still won't forgive you for what you did to Julius. You hear me? You're going down, right here, right now!!"

He then started charging his gold aura (Which if you don't remember, this means that he's using his full potential), and focused his full attention at Lucious, preparing to take him down.

Arthvader "Prepare to see the light, Lucious. You reign of terror ends here."
 
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FFGuy heard the familiar thudding of Aeternus and grabbed the crystal before he arrived, suddenly the floor he was on collapsed and FFGuy had to open his wings.

After a brief moment FFGuy flew back inside the room and began to fly to the throne room to avoid any other surprises, once he arrived he drew old memories and ran towards Zeria and Arthvader.

FFGuy: It seems this thing is as resilient as a cockroach, it will take a lot to destroy this thing.

FFGuy pointed his weapon blade-first at Aeternus and opened fire.
 
Lucious realized that his enemies had the upper hand, so he decided to place the odds to his favor by using his dark sorcery. Lucious materialized from the shadows another staff, slightly similar to the one he gave to Shenorai but with the exception that Lucious' new staff had angels and demons holding a sphere and enveloping with their angelic and demonic wings. The necromancer rose his staff aiming to the roof, and he began to chant an evil spell that would summon the legions of the army of the undead.

"From within the farthest corners of the underworld I summon thee. Loyal subjects, enemies of life. Here my prayers and unleash your ferocious hatred upon this heathens!!!! Invocare Obscuritatis” (Summon the Darkness)

Lucius summons dark minions from the depths of the underworld to spread chaos and ruin. The armies of the dead will attack all living beings at sight, until everything is diminished to simple dust. As soon as Lucious ended his chant, the ground below their feet shook violently and was cracked. Hordes of bloodthirsty monster rose from their hellish graves, digging their way out of the deteriorated stone floors, their arms trying to snatch anyone unfortunate enough to fall in their rotten claws.

Meanwhile Aeternus was fighting FFGuy. The demonic aura around Aeternus intensified to the point of boosting his abilities but with this, he knew, would mean that his systems could overload. Aeternus launched a vertical kick followed up by a barrage of electrified punches.

Lucious stared down seeing that Arthvader was building up energy to unleash it him.
Lucious smirked and seemed to be quite annoyed by Arthvader's presence, so he decided to show this little pest the meaning of true terror. Lucious readied his staff which began top shine ominously with a reddish glow.

”Oh mighty Lord of Life and Death, here my prayers and come to unleash your judgment upon these ignorant fools!! Come to me, I summon your powers to me!!!! Senior Mortis” (Lord of Death)

An advanced dark based spell that allows its caster to transform into the Grim Reaper, the keeper of the dead. The caster will take the form of a cloaked creature wielding a scythe enveloped with a dark aura. As the angel of death, the caster will pursue its target swinging its scythe (a five feet stall with 4 feet curved blade attached to the upper end of the staff) wildly against a target. If the scythe touches a target, it will instantly drain all its energy and weaken its magical powers. The effects of the spell will last for half an hour (5 posts). Also the magical abilities are greatly increased in this form.

Grim Reaper Lucious: "I've been waiting for a long time to reclaim your souls, pitiful mortals. Prepare yourselves!!!"

The Grim Reaper spun his scythe with his bony fingers and dashed above the air towards Arthvader. Seconds before reaching his target, he rose his scythe and charged his magic infusing his weapon with dark sorcery. The Angel of Death brought his scythe in a downward arc, aiming to Arthvader's chest.
 
FFGuy almost got directly attacked by the kick but managed to dive to the right before the hit, the punches took most of the foundations beside him and one punch hit the bottom half of his left leg, the pain was excrutiating but not something that would slow him down in battle, he could fly after all.

FFGuy flew up to the same level as Aeternus (roughly eye to eye if Aeternus had eyes)

FFGuy: Aeternus, though you may have weakened me I am by no means finished! take this!

FFGuy fired his gun weapon into the 'power box' of Aeternus (if one does not exist act as if it is a weak area ie the top of the head, I take a power box as the weakness due to it's mechanical nature)
 
'Just great, he is also to transform to the Grim Reaper just like Julius!? Better prepare for the worst.'

Just before Lucious started his attack, Arthvader quickly tosses the group a Megalixer, in order to replenish the group's health.

Arthvader "Hey, Zeria, FFGuy, Shen, use this Megalixer to replenish your health."

When he turned his attention back at Lucious, Lucious was aiming for him at the chest. Arthvader managed to successfully dodge the attack. He then followed up with a technique of his.

Arthvader "You think that will help you, Dark Lord? I've already fought Julius who used this form before, and I've managed to cause a tie against him. Now, it's time for you to suffer a terrible fate."

After he dodged the attack, Arthvader charged in on Lucious's chest area and delivered a punch at light speed.
 
(Yes he has eyes, and the power box is on his back. ;))

Aeternus dove to avoid must of the attack, but some of the bullets hit his helm and blew a chunk out of it. Aeternus was pushed backward by the attack, and half of his face was exposed. One could see his soulless left eye, shining blue like the endless sea of hatred that was dwelling within Lucious heart. The best turned his sight back to FFguy, this time staring at his opponent with that ominous blue eye.

It was then when everything was made clear and the identity of the mechanical demon was known. The beast that was created by Lucious, the monster that was hunting them one by one, the monster that stroke down Zeria numerous with such a hatred was Julius. Now everyone could understand why Aeternus attacked Zeria with so much grudge, Lucious had exploited the feelings that Julius had towards Zeria when Julius found out about Zeria's betrayal. Lucious used that very same hatred that blinded Julius' reasoning and allowed it to grow. Now Julius Aeternus had only one mission: he would destroy this traitor and everyone that helped her at all cost.

"Target located, Zeria Iiyasei must die....treacherous maggot. For those who have betrayed my trust I have only one way to redeem their sin. DEATH!!!!!"

Aeternus's right forearm transformed into a hand cannon and was aimed to Zeria. Aeternus summoned an incredible mass of energy infused with the hatred that resided inside his heart, His hand cannon thus released a devastating ball of dark flames that was threatening to scorch anything in its path.

Aeternus turned to Arthvader and laughed devilishly, as if this monster were enjoying the slaughter that he was about to cause here. Looking straight into Arthvader's eyes, Lucious spoke to him while continuing his relentless pursuit on the hunter.

"You see, even if they rebel they always end up submitting and doing MY will. You just have to give them a motivation to follow orders and Julius had too many. Now what are you going to do Arthy? Do you wish to kill me at the cost of allowing Aeternus' attack to succesfully land on Zeria killing her? Or will you forfeit to your foolish goals and save a comrade in need? The choice is yours. Hurry up, the clock is ticking and DEATH awaits yet another unfortunate soul!"

Reaper Lucious rose his scythe once again and spun it like a giant fan deflecting all of Arthvader's attacks. He then made a quick stop and swung it horizontally aiming to Arthvader's torso. This attack brought with it the stench of death preying on Arthvader's noble soul.
 
SNAP!

FFGuy's leg seemed to snap back into shape with an ear piercing snap and then he rose ever high, FFGuy had the weak spot exploited and commenced fire, as much as Zeria was dear to him, he could not take the blow much less get there in time.

FFGuy: Arthvader! you must save her! I will deal with this monstrosity!

FFGuy opened fire and ripped at the power source (box) with an additional 20 rapid fire shots

FFGuy: you will fall beast of darkness, Julius, this shall be my act of complete servitude to you.
 
Arthvader stopped his attack.

Arthvadere "Lucious,You fiend. Well, If you want an answer, here's my answer!"

He managed to dodge Lucious's second attack by moving back. After taking several feet back, Arthvader started spinning like crazy.

Arthvader "If you want an answer, this is it. yes, this is another one of my blitz attack that I haven't used in a long time. AIR BLADE BLITZ!!!"

his spinning motion has caused the wind around the whole room to pick up both Lucious and Aeternus (Which technically cancels the attack he has committed at Zeria.) . the winds then started slicing at both Reaper Lucious and Aeternus, causing wind elemental damage at both of them. After the attack, Arthvader Jumped and strike Aeternus with a powerful punch on the back, causing the mechanical beast to fall to the ground in an almost destroyed state.

Arthvader "That should be it for Aeternus. Now, Lucious, where were we? oh yeah, Take this."

He quickly moved right in front of Lucious. He then delivered a powerful kick at Lucious's Chest.
 
Aeternus, though he was trapped within Arthvader's attack, managed to escape from it. The mechanical fiend stood before Zeria, and resumed his assault on her. He charged his arm cannon once again, this time he was close enough to avoid missing.

"Die Zeria!! For your treachery you shall suffer!!!"

Lucious attention was caught by FFGuy's actions. The dark angel of death abandoned his relentless pursuit on Arthvader and flew high into the air. There he remained hovering, holding his scythe with dignity, his cape caught by the air waving as if it were made of mere shadows and souls yearning to devour all life within their grasp.


"FFGuy you detestable fool! Don't you realize that Julius' hatred is what is sustaining his dark form? In his heart, he trully wants to be like this, I am sure of it. If not, then he has no choice than to obey my will!!!"

Lucious rose his scythe and spun it violently. Dark clouds gathered above Lucious scythe and formed a ferocious tornado. The dark angel hurled with a fearsome force his scythe towards FFGuy.

"Give me your soul!!!"


As Lucious scythe spun menacingly heading to FFGuy, the dark lord rose his hands and summoned a gigantic mass of darkness. Numerous lighting bolts surrounded the huge dark sphere and began to run across the room, striking the floor and anything on their path.

"Die, die, die, die, die, die, DIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!Hahahahahaha"
 
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As the grim reaper form of Lucius charged at FFGuy with his spinning scythe FFGuy only just raised his blade with both hands to stop the scythe.

FFGuy: such power.... is truly weak!

FFGuy used all his might to knock Lucius back and slash at his lower torso.

FFGuy: this blade shall mark your dark grave, you will not claim our souls and you will return Julius' soul to it's rightful bearer!
 
Lucious laughed defiantly as he fell victim of his own weapon. He rose from the ground and walked towards FFGuy, still transfixed with his own scythe. The cloaked fiend's cape waved fiendishly, growing each time it moved and swallowing the light around Lucious. Suddenly, the scythe piercing Lucious' chest disappeared, fading away like mist and materializing once again next to Lucious. The dark lord of death grabbed the handle of his weapon with his right hand and brought to his left, holding the scythe with both weapons.

"Foolish mortal. Trying to kill me with my own magic? How ignorant of you...as a divine being the Reaper can't die. He belongs to the cosmic balance and as part of the dark being myself, I can't die as well."


Lucious aimed his sight to FFGuy's heart and prepared to unleash more evil. The blade of the scythe glowed with a purple light, gathering a ball of energy before Lucious. The fiend unleashed the ball savagely towards FFGuy.

"Soul Steal!!!"

Meanwhile, Aeternus's system was showing signs of malfunction, he had been exceeding his limits for far too long. Now his system was overloading and he was losing all sense of reasoning. Under the influence of the malfunction, the berserk Aeternus launched a ruthless assault upon Arthvader, sending powerful beams of energy towards the mighty hero, each blow becoming more and more deadly.
 
As he saw Aeternus charged towards Zeria again, Arthvader furiously started to let his aura explode.

Arthvader "QUIT IT, JULIUS. FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE, I'LL REMOVE THE DARKNESS FROM YOU! READY TO BE PURIFIED? HERE I GO. GRANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Arthvader then unleashed his strongest Grants attack that he has ever releasaed. The beam was so powerful,it started to remove the darkness from Aeternus, but, at the same time, because Arthvader released all of his power on this attack, Arthvader started to be possessed by the evil within, again.

Arthvader "ugh, ugh, Not...this..aa.gg.a...i.n... UUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Arthvader then started going on a murderous rampage. While the spell is still in motion against Aeternus, Arthvader suddenly attacked everyone in the room.

Arthvader "UUUUUUUUWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA...FIRE DANCE Blitz!"

Arthvader began his ritual dance and started calling the spirits of fire, who started attacking everyone. Even Lucious was caught in the attack.
 
FFGuy saw the energy ball charge ferociously but he could not budge, FFGuy had no choice, he would have to attempt to take the blow, he brought his blade to the left and slashed it at the ball, the power was great and FFGuy was stunned, being temporarily knocked out he fell to the floor and laid there completely lifeless.

((sorry for the short post))
 
"Lucious, stop this madness!"

With renewed strength, the young woman was able to stand on her own, merely grasping onto the staff. In her other hand, she pulled one of her short swords out of its sheath, aiming its sharp blade at the reaper.

"I'll end it myself if I ha- THE HELL?!"

Shenorai dove off to the side, rolling to avoid a rogue fireball. She glared at its caster and shouted out in rage.

"Dammit to hell, Arthvader! Watch where your casting those things!"

But this was no mere fireball. It seemed to follow her! Hoping to use this to her advantage, she ran towards 'Aeternus'. Although she wished not to harm Julius, she could tell this was not by his own will. That...thing...was not on his back for nothing. If attacking it did not do anything, they'll definately need a new tactic.

Although she was nearly within striking range, Aeternus had turned...shit, and he was looking right at her! Though she doubted it would hit, Shen raised her blade to strike.
 
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