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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2011 14:35:06 GMT -5
Red gave Jean a small smile as a reply to her reply. With that he followed everyone into the Spine. It seemed that Jean was bringing up the rear, and Red was right in front of her. In all honesty the trip through the twisted pathway felt like Deja Vu.
Jade of course was at the lead, signaling them in various hand gestures. She led them on the same path that they had followed just yesterday with Alder at the lead. The hike was painful and cramped at times as they crossed through the narrow passageway between the mountains. The trip through the Spine to the center took perhaps a couple of hours.
”It’s a good thing we started in the morning.” Red thought to himself. The pathway did not change until Jade called them all to a halt with a raised open palm. She pointed to a small hole in the side of the mountain. It was only a foot wide off the ground and two feet across.
”Were going to have to crawl through that thing?” Red complained, once they all had gathered. Jade simply shook her head.
“There is no room to crawl. You will have to lie on your stomach and use your arms and legs to scoot yourself forward. This pathway is about fifteen yards. It leads to the other pathway we must take.”
Without waiting for a reply. Jade went down on her stomach and began to propel herself through the small opening. This was going to be just wonderful! Red hated cramped places! At first Red couldn’t decided if he should go right after Jade and get it over with or last. After a quick decision Red decided he would go next. Better to get it over with.
Falling to the ground next he entered the hole. Using his arms and legs he scooted through it. It was a terrifying experience. Red felt at any moment the mountain was going to crush him in this hole and he would be left here to die. His breathing began to become heavier and heaver. Was he losing oxygen?!
Maybe he should stop? Maybe he should go back? It was so dark and Red couldn’t see any light on either side. Part of him knew that he needed to go forward, but another part wanted him to go back. Sitting still was not an option! Red made himself move forward. It was painful and he feared for his life every second.
At long last he saw light. This brought a new determination. Red forced himself out of the small tunnel and into the light. He made it! Standing up he found himself facing another path. This one was a bit more open and wider then the one they were taking. Now he just had to wait for the others to get through.
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Post by Sprow on Jun 27, 2011 0:34:25 GMT -5
For the most part, their journey went without incident. Like the last time, they went down the long winding narrow pathway. However, just before they would pass the gap that lead to the outer area where a large mass of Heartless came their way last time, Jade had signaled for them to stop.
Wondering why they had stopped Jean looked at her questioningly. Hearing Red complain, she too looked down at the opening. Just a food high?! Well, good thing the lot of them weren't at all rounder than the others or this would've proved difficult. Although, looking at their friends, their armor would surely have issues getting through such a tiny opening.
"Guys, make your armor go away so we can uh...slide through without getting stuck!" Ryu ordered his men. Without question, they made it go away so they now all stood in their casual clothing. Looking at them, you would've thought they came from some place like Gaia than Land of Dragons. It was true though, they did come from Gaia but lived on Land of Dragons out of choice.
"I really don't like that crawl space!" Rowen complained. He too didn't like the idea of having to squeeze through such a tiny opening. How could anyone even breathe down there? It was just crazy! Already, he felt claustrophobic.
"It's either that or stay here forever!" Sain stated. Hearing that, Rowen sighed and climbed in after Red and Jean. Since the crawl space was so tiny, he couldn't see much of anything as he forced himself onward. For a brief moment, he had accidentally bumped into Jean's booted feet ahead of him. Then, their trip through went without incident before Jean finally crawled out and allowed Rowen to see light from where he was.
Crawling out after them, he looked around as he brushed himself off. "Never before have I felt so claustrophobic in my entire life!" he stated. Jean just brushed herself off, shaking her head slowly at his words but had a faint amused smile on her face. Next came Sain, then Dyne and Ryu. Annalese came next.
"That was...different."
Looking at the path, it was much wider than the one they had been in earlier. Maybe less likely of a chance to get enclosed?
"Is everyone here?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2011 18:35:45 GMT -5
"We are now." Lakari was the one to respon to Jean's question. He was the last to get through the hole and most likely had the hardest time. He was not as strong as he once was, and it showed via the red of his face.
Red felt sorry for the old man. Perhaps it would have been better for him to just stay here. Then again, Lakari probably wanted to stay here as much as Red did. Jade waited for everyone to get a gripping on all of their bearings before she said, "Let us continue."
She led them through the pathway. There was enough space for Red to walk along side Jean and Annalese. There wasn't room for a fourth to stroll next to them though. Jade led them through a less occupied path. This was evident by the tall grass growing and the weeds that slapped against their legs as they walked.
The journey seemed to take them more to the west across the mountains, then towards the center. Jade had said though that they were going to the edge of the center. They continued at a steady pace for a couple of hours more before at long last Jade brought them to a stop. "The next part of the journey is dangerous. We must go through the center of the spine. Stick to the shadows as much as possible. My adivce... Do not run unless spotted."
Without wait she crossed around the edge. Following, Red found himself facing the center of the spine. Well the edge of it anyway. He could see where the other pathway led into the center some hours off in the distance. The plain was oddly flat except for a single mountain in the center, and mountains surrounding it.
Jade took the lead, taking as light of a step as possible. She stuck to the shadow of a towering mountain to their right. Jade walked next. He did his best to stay in the shadows as they crossed through the center. If Red could describe it in one word, it felt terrifying. There was the chance that at any moment a heartless might pop out of the ground.
Not only that but it seemed to take forever just to come into a straight line with the center mountain. As they were parallel to it, Red took a glance up the mountain. Somewhere on that mountain was the place Sain, Ryu, Dyne, and Rowen had arrived. Who knew what horrors they had faced there?
Red only began to feel better when he put the center mountain behind them. He really had no idea where they were going, but he hoped Jade had some sort of idea. There were a group of moauntins on the other side that they were coming too. But was there a path for them to walk? Well they were going to find out soon either way.
Jade suddenly came to a stop. She held up her hand as she turned her head to the left and right. Red studied her face. It was as if she had heard or seen something. Whatever it was though, it seemed to pass because she began walking again.
Following, Red cast his head back to the mountain. What had she heard? Thank goodness Red had turned his head back the way he was going because he was about to run in to a stopped Jade. Cursing aloud he had to stop from falling forward or backward. "Why did you..." He was about to ask why she had stopped when his eyes fell on what was in front of them.
"You think you can just passsss us by?" The voice belonged to a floating serpant with a human head and yelow eyes. There were seven of them hovering in front of them. The one that spoke had jet black hair and a goatee.
Jade said only one word. "RUN!"
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Post by Sprow on Jun 29, 2011 22:41:23 GMT -5
Jean looked over at Lakari when he spoke, saying how now everyone was here. By the look of red on his face, that must've taken a lot out of someone as old as he was. It was a good thing he hadn't used his healing powers on anyone or they might've had an issue getting him out of that very tight crawl space. If you could even call that a crawl space.
Before long, Jade had them carry on. Annalese and Red walked alongside Jean as they ventured forth along the path. The pathway was wide enough just for three people to walk alongside one another comfortably. Behind them, Dyne, Rowen and Ryu walked alongside each other. Sain tried to walk along with Lakari. His intentions were to aid the old man should he not be able to maneuver if they needed to.
Jade had them all stop abruptly to explain the situation. None should run unless they were spotted. "Alright, sounds good to me!" With that, they were lead toward the pass that followed along the Spine.
It was nerve tingling as they passed by the dreaded area. At any given moment, they could be under attack by Heartless again. The others even looked around nervously at the mountain that they had escaped from the day before. Not a one of them dared to speak as they got closer to it. Eventually, they were now facing straight with it than parallel. The tension in the air seemed to grow heavier when Jade suddenly motioned for them all to stop.
Silently, they all looked around in curiosity. 'What bothered her?' she wondered, a hand going to one of her swords sheathed at her hip.
Jade carried on but Jean didn't know whether her nerves had become on edge because of the sudden halt or because something was up. Her worries were answered when Jade suddenly stopped in her tracks again. Just when they were about to ask what happened, Jean looked up to find seven of serpentine like creatures looking back at them. All of them reminded her heavily of that creature Silver.
Hearing what one with black hair and a goatee said, it was obvious things were going to get ugly from here on out. "Oh...lovely!" she muttered to herself, pulling out her swords. As she did so, she ran at Jade's urging as did the others.
"What's so scary about snakes?!" Annalese exclaimed, whom was ushered along by Dyne trying to get them out of danger.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2011 22:41:11 GMT -5
Jade led them to the east. She did not back track towards the Center of the Spine. Instead she dashed to the right. Red was keeping up right on her heels. Hopefully the rest would follow. At the moment Red didn't have the time to look back.
He could hear the crackle of laughter from behind them as the serpants all laughed at their running. This was just a sick and twisted game to them! Red knew it deep down. Jade gradually led them north east, further away from the center. What she was doing in reality was searching for the path they needed to take. If they could reach that path, they could fall in a similar battle stance as before.
Of course Red had never actually foughten one of the creatures. He had seen Silver of course, but he had faught using a body. Red could only hope that Rowen, Sain, Dyne, and Ryu were fairing alright. They probably had the worst of it yesterday with all the running they must have had to do.
Then there was Lakari. He was the last person to run, and was the one who was having the hardest. He was an elderly person. He didn't have the strength that he once he had. Yet adrenaline could push anyone, regardless of age. When it was quite clear that it was either run or die, Lakari pushed his old legs into a sprint. God damn it! He was not going to sit down and wait to die. He was going to die trying to escape.
Also bieng the last to run, he was aware that the serpants flew through the air with a soft speed. It was as if they were hunting a running prey. They laughed all the while. "What sick creatures." Lakari thought to himself.
Red spotted the place Jade was looking for at the same time as she was. It was a small path between a mountain. A man made path cut right into the mountain. "Well make a stand here!" She screamed. Throwing the bow off as she ran, she turned just as she passed into the path. Drawing her hand back, a light arrow appeared.
Red rushed past her. It took him a few steps more to slow before her. But when he did turn he had his keyblade in hand.
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Post by Sprow on Jul 2, 2011 4:26:00 GMT -5
Jean couldn't believe what she had seen. Then again, Silver's existence itself had been rather disbelieving. She had never seen anything like them before nor with such cruel powers. Upon Jade's urge to run, she didn't need any telling twice to turn and flee. In a place like this, they would need to find some place that would be best for a fight if they couldn't get away. Knowing Silver's speed from when she last encountered him, it was alarming.
As they all ran, she could hear the cruel laughter behind them. The creatures were toying with them. Their speed alone was probably faster than they were currently going. It was nothing but a mere game to them and it made her blood boil. Well, then again, she had a mixture of feelings. One was her anger and the other...was fright, unnerved a bit by the fact they were being played with.
Behind her, she could hear the rapid footfalls of those running behind them. Would they all be able to get out of this alive? Probably not but they had to try. She hadn't bothered to see if Lakari had made it but she figured, after not hearing a scream, that he had to be with them still. At least the old man still had some energy to him left.
When they rounded a corner, Jade had stopped and turned to fight, as did Red when he caught up. Her swords already unsheathed, Jean only had to run over before turning around to fight. As she did so, Dyne and Ryu caught up, Rowen taking out his bow and arrow and getting behind those with their close range weaponry. "Alright, I'm never gonna look at a snake the same way again...ever!" he stated, string an arrow in his bow and taking aim, waiting.
"Snakes aren't that bad! Just stomp on them!" Annalese stated, obviously not grasping the concept that they weren't just mere snakes.
"Your logic scares me sometimes!" Sain said to her as he took out his broadsword and prepared to fight.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2011 14:04:35 GMT -5
They were all ready to fight. Lakari was the last to arrive at the place where they were taking a stand. He was out of breath as he ran right past the gathered group. Coming to a slow stop, his heart beat rapidly in his chest. "Haven't run that fast in years." he murmured to himself.
The serpants had come to a stop about twenty yards from them. "You all look so yummy." The leader said. Red had his keyblade ready. He wasn't going to let any one, not even a snake as disgusting as this, devour him. He knew the others were probably sharing the same thought. It would be interesting to see how these creatures fought.
He had never fought one before. The seven serpents let out a crackle of laughter. They smiled among themselves. "This is our world silly humans. Your attacks will do nothing against us." Well Red was going to found out. He was the first to charge. Keyblade raised he ran up to the center creature and slashed.
It was then that he found out what the creature meant. It was like the air around the creatures were thick. His blade slowed until it came to a complete stop. Not even when Red put all his power behind the attack, did the weapon budge. He was forced to draw the blade back. In response the seven laughed once again.
"You will be the first foolish human." Red watched with horror as the creature opened its mouth three times as humanly possible. The closest resemblence Red could compare the creature's teeth too were that of a shark. Red felt the sound of a an arrow zip past him. But it did nothing. It stopped harmlessly inches from the creature and then dropped to the ground.
Red was to stunned to run. This was it? Was this how he was going to die? After everything? It seemed like such a stupid way to die. Getting swallowed by a creature with the body of a snake and the head of a human.
Things suddenly stopped though when the sound of laughing and clapping came from behind Red. This caused even the serpant that was about to eat Red to pause. Its mouth closed and head tilted. Red turned around. The owner of the laughter and clapping was a man standing on the mountain. He was dressed in a travelers cloak, which hid his face, but not his body. He was clearly human, and muscular.
The figure leaped from ontop the mountain and landed like a cat on the ground. He slowly rose and pulled back the hood of his sand colored cloak. The man was none other then Jean's father. Well it seemed to be Jean's father. It was his body alright. But the eyes were of someone very different. Jean's father had the eyes of a snake.
Of course his back was to Jean at the moment. Of course Red had recognized that voice the moment he heard it. It was the same voice as Jean's father, but the laughter behind it seemed mispalced.
Silver slowly turned to face the rest of the group. Of course his eyes locked only on Jean. "Why hello there Jean. To think you would visit my world! Why didn't you tell me? I could have given you the grand tour!!!" Silver said with a milicious grin.
He crossed his arms and continued to speak. "I see your group has grown since our last meeting. Even the little boy is growing up. A keyblader and everything! Of course...."
Silver's words were cut off by the leading serpant. "Ltjyhgbba! How dare you return here! You traitor! You..." The words were never finished. One moment Silver was standing between them and the serpants, and the next he was right in front of the talking serpant.
His hand shot with incredible speed in the form of a chop across the creature's neck. Unlike Red's weapon or any of their weapon's, Silver's hand cut the creature's neck right off! "CANT YOU SEE I"M TALKING!!! HOW DARE YOU!!! YOU DO NOT INTERUPT ME!!!" Silver then began to relentlessly pound on the creature. It was quite clear that it was already dead, but Silver continued to punch and punch until the creature's head didn't even look human anymore.
The other serpants all wore a shocked look on their face. With as quick as his temper started, Silver suddenly stood with a smile. Even though blood trickled down his bruised hands. "Run along now. Go tell Kggj if you must. I will be gone by then." The six other creatures moved with incredible speed as they shot through the air.
Slowly turning once more, Silver turned to them all. "So who are you friends?"
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Post by Sprow on Jul 2, 2011 22:59:50 GMT -5
Once they all gathered into one spot, Jean readied herself for battle. She didn't know anything about fighting one in their normal snake forms but she guessed she could maybe keep up a bit with her speed. Silver had been pretty fast, these should be no different. The issue was, would she be able to fight them? Silver had made her attempts seem slow. 'I have to try though!' she thought, determined.
By the time Lakari had gotten in amongst them, the snake creatures were already upon them. It was unsettling hearing what they were saying about how tasty they all looked. Annalese frowned up at the things with obvious disgust.
"I suggest you don't try it!" she growled, her voice actually sounding like she gave off an inhuman growl.
"I don't think I plan on being tonight's main course!" one of the guys said, probably Rowen since he was the snarkiest of the four but Jean didn't have time to glance over her shoulder. Red had just lunged for them when the creatures stated their weapons wouldn't even stop them here. As if to confirm this, Red's weapon never made contact with them, neither did Jade's arrow.
"Damn!" Jean exclaimed. Was this the end for them? Her eyes widened as one of the creatures opened its maw so wide, it looked like a shark's mouth filled with sharp and pointed teeth. As she made to take a step toward Red, to try and pull him back, a sudden disturbance made everyone look over. Even the snake creature that had been about to devour Red whole had stopped to look.
There, a cloaked figure was found. Jean didn't know why but the laughter had sounded awfully familiar. When it landed cat-like before the group, she recognized the stance. 'Oh god, no!' she thought. Sure enough, the figure allowed the hood to fall back and there, she saw her father's head. Turning about, her skin crawled unpleasantly when Silver revealed his presence. It was unnerving seeing her father's body with the eyes of a snake like the creatures behind him.
Having known Jean's father, there were quite a lot of exclamations from Rowen, Ryu, Sain and Dyne whom had done it silently due to the fact he was a mute. "The hell happened to you, Mr. Wilder?!" Rowen spoke up. Out of the group, Ryu and Rowen had known Jean's father on a more personal level having trained under him at one point prior to working under Jean. Of course, Rowen had done this just before the thing speaking through Jean's father's mouth had spoken. Oddly enough, it seemed to only have eyes for Jean.
Since none of them knew what had happened with Jean's father, it was a nasty shocker to the four of them. "We didn't come here by choice, Silver." She didn't know why but somehow he had found them despite what had happened. How did he seem to know where to find her? It was disturbing, to say the least. Especially with the way he focused on her so keenly. What did this thing have against her anyway? Sure, they fought once but only because he had insisted upon it and had held her father hostage. Now, he had taken her father's body as hostage and soul.
As if uncaring about the situation, Silver mentioned at how he noticed how much bigger the group had gotten. How Red had become a keyblade wielder, as if he knew them on a friendly level. It didn't last long though since one of the creatures made it known that they were still there, interrupting Silver's conversation. Something Jean had learned wasn't at all a smart thing to do when dealing with him. He had somehow tolerated Red's interruptions in the past but only to an extent. Why he hadn't tried killing the kid like he had just done to one of his kind, she wouldn't know.
Judging by what the other had said, apparently Silver was an outcast and seen as a traitor. The thing never got to finish what it was saying though as Silver attacked it, one minute he was in front of them and the next, beating it brutally. It made Jean cringe at the speed he had moved.
Satisfied that he had beaten his enemy well enough, Silver once again turned on them all and questioned as to who everyone was. Rowen spoke up first but not to Silver. "Jean...why didn't you tell us about this?" he questioned, looking at Silver with disbelief. Most of them had a look between shock and repulsion.
"Not right now, Rowen!" she retorted firmly. Her eyes never left Silver since she was trying to be careful and cautious around him. There was no telling what he would do. There had to be a reason why he had come, what it was though she had no idea. It wasn't good though, that was for certain. Had he come for a challenge already?
"These are my friends." Unfortunately, now because he was hear and had heard her call Rowen by name, she had to give them out of he'd most likely get insulted fast and whatever resulted from it wouldn't be pretty. "Ryu is in the red armor, Dyne in the black, Sain in the green, and Rowen...the one who just spoke up, in the dark blue armor. Lakari is the elder and Jade here is our um...guide and a new friend."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2011 23:54:39 GMT -5
Red couldn't help but scowl at the happenings between everyone. Why had Silver returned? Why was he even here? Things always ended badly with the crazy creature. Red's hand tightened around the handle of his keyblade. If Silver attacked, he would be ready!
Silver watched with interest as Jean introduced everyone. When she ended with Jade last, Silver's eye's narrowed. Once again he disappeared and reappeared in front of Jade. Before Red could even respond to that, Silver's hand shot forward. It went straight through Jean's chest.
Red's mouth opened in a wide "o" as Silver pulled out the head of a serpant. It was female with black hair similiar to Jade's. "Guide huh? "Silver said with a chuckle. Red on the otherhand was too stunned to say anything at all. They were with one of those creatures the entire time?!
The serpant tried to attack Silver, snapping at its hands. But his tight was firm on the head. Everytime it got close he would simply move it away. "Traitor! You disgrace! You shall burn in the..." The words were never finished. Silver's other hand went to the tail and he pulled the creature appart.
Guts and blood burst all over Silver. He only smiled. What happened next was odd though. Red watched as a small heart rose from the remains of the body. It slowly drifted in the air until it disappeared. "What... what was that?" Red managed to ask.
Silver smiled. "That was the real Jade." Red couldn't help but feel a shiver run down his back. "But come... I'm sure you all want to get out of here. I came to see how you were fairing Jean. After all you only have two more months till our battle."
The look of surprise across most of people's faces made Silver smile all the wider. "Time moves slow here. Alot of things have changed and time has passed since then."
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Post by Sprow on Jul 3, 2011 3:59:24 GMT -5
Jean's eyes widened as Silver suddenly disappeared. It wasn't hard to find where he ended up though. Turning, she saw him put a hand through Jade's chest. All she could do was watch in horror, along with everyone else, as he pulled out a creature like himself from within her. Apparently, all along, Jade had been possessed by one of them. The entire time, they were traveling with one and they didn't even know it.
'I feel stupid right about now!' she thought, watching as the creature lashed out at Silver verbally. Even as it did so, he had ended its life swiftly. When he did, a heart erupted from the creature and floated off into the air.
Confused, Red had spoken up. Silver answered him in saying that had been the real Jade. i]'All along and we didn't even know it!' [/i][/color] she thought. It left a nasty chill down her spine. Well, at least she knew everyone didn't appear to have any of those things inside them. Silver apparently didn't like them for some reason. When he was done goring the creature, he had returned his attention to her. 'How the hell are we suppose to get out of here now?!' she wondered. Her bright green eyes focused on Silver whom was inside her father's body. What he said about the time that had passed since their fall into this world, it was very shocking. "TWO MONTHS?!" she exclaimed. Her words were mimicked by the others upon hearing this. Almost, it was a full year since they've been here and they didn't even know about it. Silver eventually added the fact that time in this place moved much slower than time outside. Another reason why they had to leave here. A lot of things could be happening. "All the more reason for us to get out of here!" Sain stated. Jean looked over and nodded. 'The question is...how? Why had Silver helped us anyway?' she wondered. Jean looked over at Red for any insight he might have on the subject. This was, after all, his journey. She had been accompanying him the entire time while planning to prepare for the challenge with Silver. Unfortunately, because of this world, she really hadn't done much unless one counted that Heartless horde they all fought off.[/size][/blockquote]
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 14:29:59 GMT -5
A year? How had a year passed so quickly. It hadn't even been more then a day. "One day equals one year?!" He asked with awe. What had happened in over a year? Red needed to get out of here. They all needed to get out of here.
Silver smiled. "Well come on everyone. Were not far from the cave." Silver just began to walk in the direction of the pathway that Jade had led them too. Red didn't know what to do. Do they trust him? The crazy psychopath?
Yet at the moment, Red didn't know what else to do. Staying here left them open to any other serpents. Sighing, Red followed. What else was there to do anyway.
As they walked Silver spoke up. "I'm sure your wondering what I'm doing here. I was actually looking for you Jean. I wanted to check up on how your training was going. Much to my surprise I found you here."
Silver came to a stop in front of a series of large caves. There were literally hundreds of opening each leading further into the mountain. This was what Alder must have meant by the caves. Silver stretched out his hands as he spoke again. "You would never have found the correct cave. Cause your not looking for a cave. Your looking for a cavern."
As if on cue, Silver walked over to a piece of bushes growing along side the mountain. Silver moved the bush to show a set of stairs leading underground. Spotting Red he gave him a smile. "Go on little boy."
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Post by Sprow on Jul 3, 2011 15:57:58 GMT -5
It was obvious everyone was quite surprised to find out how much time had been spent after them just spending a single day in this world. If they didn't get a move on now, a full year will already be upon them. 'I didn't even train!' Jean thought worriedly. Not just that but she didn't even know if there was any other way of getting Silver out of her father without him killing him in the process.
Unfortunately, it looked like they hadn't any choice in the matter when Silver began to lead the way to the cave that Jade was originally suppose to show them to. Seeing no other choice, Jean walked along with Red.
Every time Silver spoke with her father's voice, it bothered her. Even when he faced her, it bothered her. How could it not? It was a harsh reminder of the fate that had befallen her father. Even worse, she didn't know how she would do in a fight against Silver when so much time outside had passed without their knowing. She wouldn't be ready, not in her opinion anyway. Jean hadn't the chance to do much training.
As if he could sense what she was thinking, Silver felt the need to explain why he had come here. It was because he had wanted to see how her training was. Well, obviously, she hadn't done any. She didn't even know what to say right now as they followed him. It was...strange, to say the least. That and it bothered her to know her father was still in that condition. In her eyes, she had failed her father already. What was she going to do?
Eventually, Silver announced that they had made it to the caves. Looking at the many openings, Jean wondered how they would even figure out which had been the right one. It wasn't long before Silver took the liberty of explaining that these weren't what they should be looking for. Rather, what they should be searching for was a cavern, not a cave. Watching him move toward bushes growing along the mountain, Silver moved them aside to reveal a passage leading further into the mountain leading downwards.
"....Snakes and their holes!" Annalese stated. Not waiting for anyone to take the initiative to move, the little ADD vampire walked right up to it. She wasn't at all afraid of Silver even though it did made her wonder how his kind could do such things. "If you don't mind, I'll go first." With that, she took off down into the cavern. If Red had any misgivings, at least he'd have some relief knowing that someone like Annalese went ahead. She was a vampire, so if there was anything dangerous lurking below, she had a less likely chance of dying from it than the humans.
"Wait! Annalese!" Jean exclaimed but it had been too late. Annalese had already gone down to the point of not hearing them. With a sigh, she looked over at the others and motioned with her head that they go before she went. That way, she'd at least ensure no one got attacked by Silver. That didn't mean he couldn't potentially attack them while they passed by him though. Jean just hoped to keep a wary eye on him.
Whether or not Red decided to enter after Annalese, slowly the others began to file in after. Before long, it was soon down to Jean and Silver. She figured the likely chance that this Silver helped them out was because he wanted their challenge to happen without interference. He didn't want anything to befall his opponent since he wouldn't have one if the serpents killed her in this world. That was probably the only reason why the others were allowed to live for now.
"Uh...thanks." With that, she entered last of the group of friends before Silver. (OOC: Hope it's fine I sped things up a bit.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2011 19:47:04 GMT -5
Red followed into the cave right after the four mercenaries. He was before Jean and Silver. Walking down the tunnel he found himself facing a large lake. It was incredible because the lake seemed to float down a slope. The water sped with ferocity as it decended into the darkness.
Silver was the last to arrive, following Jean. He smiled upon seeing the water. "Ahhh!" He exclaimed. This caused Red to turn towards him. What were they supposed to do now? There was no where else in this cave to go. If they wanted to go farther they would have to travel in the fast traveling water.
"Getting back is always so easy. Leaving... not so much." Silver told them all. He walked up to the waters. Stretching out his arm he spoke again. "You all must travel through the water. It is the only way out of this place. It doesn't take long. Where you will end up, I don't know."
Red turned to Silver. "Aren't you going too?" It wasn't that Red wanted Silver to come with them, rather he didn't trust him. What if this led them to their death? You couldn't tell with Silver.
Silver grinned. "Sadly no little boy. I have things to fix here. No thanks to your little encounter with my "friends"."
Red's eyes titled in a look of suspicion. Silver looked hurt. He walked right up to Jean and without even waiting threw his arms around her. "I would never hurt Jean." Silver's hands traveled down Jean's back until he touched somewhere not appropriate. Of course this was not something Jean would probably take widely. So Silver disappeared and reappeared by the entrance.
"Any other questions?" He asked. Red was to stunned to even ask anything.
((OOC: No problem. I hope this was alright. If not I can change it.))
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Post by Sprow on Jul 6, 2011 10:00:18 GMT -5
Jean knew as long as she stuck herself between Red and the others, Silver would at least behave himself enough not to go and harm them. She knew he wouldn't want to kill her right off since they still had a challenge to do. At least, that was where she could put any trust in the creature. Even still, it wasn't much since he was so unpredictable. It still made her uneasy knowing that she was in front of him. It made the hairs on the back of her neck prickle unpleasantly.
Following the steps downward, it didn't take long before they came upon a lake. It was strange since it seemed to float in the air but tumble over a slope. 'Is that where we need to go?' she wondered, looking about the given area. There didn't seem to be anywhere else they could go.
Silver's voice nearly made her leap out of her skin again as he came out from behind her. Everyone turned at the sound of his face to look back at him as he spoke. From what he said, coming in was easier than leaving. As he walked over to the water and stretched out a hand talking about it, Jean's and Red's suspicions had been correct.
Annalese, looking at the water, scrunched up her nose with distaste. She hated water! It made her weak sometimes to the point where it was hard for her to withstand. If she could, she would use her abilities to traveled the cavern's walls along with the water but sadly, it didn't look like that would be a possibility. Using her eyes to look on ahead, it was all douses in water. 'Darn it!' she thought.
Admittedly, everyone was wondering the same thing that Red had asked Silver. In all honesty, Jean seriously thought Silver was going to accompany them. However, he merely stated the reasons for staying were to correct whatever had happened with those creatures like him. Even still, Jean couldn't help but feel suspicious but not about their safety. Silver, if he wanted to, could attempt to kill them all right now if he wanted to. He had shown that a couple of times already with how he treated his fellow snake creatures.
As if sensing the lack of trust, Silver went and said that he'd not hurt Jean. 'Huh?!' she thought uneasily as he suddenly approached her. Just the fact he was using her father's body and hugging her like this was awkward. 'What the hell?' she thought until his hands decided to wander. Oh, no she did not at all like that! Face going from slightly pale to red out of anger from being touched like that from behind made her want to wring his neck. "HOW DARE-!" she exclaimed, going to punch him but he moved too fast for her.
Jean hadn't been the only one angered by that little trick of Silver's. Rowen made to move, face written with fury all over it, but was stopped by Dyne. Even though the mute didn't like seeing that either, he didn't want his brother to go and attack Silver. His reasons only being the fact that they didn't know yet how to deal with Silver or anything like him. There was no telling what that creature could do to either one of them. Sain even helped hold on to Rowen's other arm to keep him from trying to make an advance toward Silver. "Calm down!" Sain said quietly. "How do you expect me to calm down?!" Rowen snapped back, voice menacing despite keeping it in a low enough tone in return. For the moment, like it or not, Rowen was apprehended.
"No questions here." It was Ryu whom spoke next, knowing that if this thing continued to stay with them, things weren't going to turn out pretty. His tone was void of any anger but his eyes said otherwise. Where Rowen and Jean were flustered, Ryu still maintained a level head.
Jean glared with her fists clenched as he reappeared some distance away, asking if there were anymore questions. "YOU-!" she snarled. You really couldn't blame Jean.
Seeing that there wasn't anywhere but to go there, Annalese sighed. "Well, see you all on the other side then!" she stated. Not waiting to hear another word from anyone, or that snake, Annalese walked over to the lake's edge and leapt right in. It didn't take long for the water to wash her down and out of sight.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2011 16:13:44 GMT -5
Red walked over near Rowen and the rest. He was ready to leap in his path if he somehow managed to get away from Dyne and Sain. Red could see the fury all over Rowen's face. If there was any question in Rowen's feelings for Jean before in Red's mind, they were no longer there.
Silver didn't even seem to notice Rowen's anger. It was as if he didn't even exist. Silver nodded to Ryu though. He turned lastly to Jean and gave her a smile. He casually appeared right in front of her once more, planted a kiss on her cheek, then disappeared back by the entrance. "Two months love!" With that he vanished.
Red was frozen. Turning to Rowen, he was about to see how he would react to Silver's kiss goodbye. But Annalese's sudden leap into the water changed all of that. "Annalese!" He shouted. But it was to late. He watched her fall down the slope and disappear down the dark cavern.
He hadn't even come to a conclusion if he was going to really jump in the river. There was no doubt now. They all had to go. "Let's just get out of here. The longer we wait, the more time passes."
Red walked over to Jean. He threw his arms around her in a hug. "We can worry about that challenge later. Let's just get out of here." Red turned to Rowen and the other four. "Why don't you guys go first?"
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Post by Sprow on Jul 7, 2011 21:57:56 GMT -5
(OOC: Apologies for not being able to reply last night, I had work early and my power went out. By the time it came back, I couldn't come on to reply and had to sleep.) Rowen was beyond angry. If anyone looked at him, they would be able to tell right off exactly how he felt seeing what had been done to Jean. It wasn't easy for Sain and Dyne to keep him held back. His only visible eye was absolutely glaring at Silver. The fact he had somehow gained control over Jean's father didn't keep him in check enough. If Dyne and Sain hadn't stopped him, he would have attacked him.
It wasn't until the mood started calming down that Rowen finally started to gain some control over himself. That is, until what had happened next. One moment, Silver appeared as if he were about to leave after Ryu had spoken for their sakes. Instead, the deviant appeared before Jean once more and planted an unwelcome kiss upon her cheek before taking off.
Furious, Rowen started to take Sain and Dyne along with him regardless of their attempts in keeping him back. It had gotten so bad that Dyne had to literally let go of him only to tackle him to the ground to keep him in check. "GET OFF!" he snarled, struggling against Sain and Dyne whom were both now nearly dog piling him. It was quite obvious how Rowen felt toward Jean.
Jean spluttered when Silver suddenly appeared before her again and kissed her on the cheek. The simple fact he was using her father's body to do such a thing disgusted her and unnerved her. "YOU SON OF-!" she punched toward him only for him to move away again at top speed. By now, she wasn't too happy by what he had done. It scared her a little even to think he could potentially do worse if he was already doing that to her. Was this a new scheme to try and break her so she'd lose? Probably.
With his farewell of 'two months' Jean turned toward the others. Rowen was in the midst of Sain and Dyne who were still struggling to keep him down. 'What is he doing?' she wondered. She didn't have time to think much on it though since Annalese had taken the initiative to head off before they could.
"That kid!" she grumbled.
Rowen let out a few curses as he saw Silver disappear finally after speaking to Jean in such a fashion. "That slime ball!" he growled.
"Calm down, Rowen! Nobody liked what he did to Jean either, okay?!" Ryu snapped, finally revealing himself to be more so the leader of the four that he was. Turning to Red as he spoke, Ryu nodded. "Right, Sain...Dyne...I'll go first out of us. You guys toss Rowen in before he does anything stupid!"
"HEY!" came Rowen's unhappy protest but Ryu ignored him. Heading over to the river without a second thought, Ryu jumped in. Before long, he disappeared much like Annalese. Then, it was Dyne's and Sain's turn to throw in Rowen whom was putting up a very good fight at this point. "I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE ONLY FOR THAT CREEP TO-!" he never finished his sentence as Dyne and Sain, with one final heave, managed to toss him into the water. Like the two before him, Rowen was gone.
Then Dyne jumped in as did Sain. Now, it was down to Lakari, Jean and Red. Having waited for the four mercenaries to leave ahead of them, Jean hugged Red back. "...I know, don't worry." With that, she too jumped into the water after or before Lakari and Red.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 23:30:34 GMT -5
Lakari and Red were the only one's left to jump into the water. Finally it seemed their journey in this world was going to end. Where they were going to end up, well that was a good question. Silver hadn't specified where this place took them. They were going to venture into a random world once more. Who knew what awaited them there.
Lakari smiled to Red. "I will see you, where ever we end up son." With a new sense of determination. Lakari jumped into the water. Red watched as the water took him under. This was it. He was the last one to go. It always seemed that way. In the end it was always just him. Were things going to end up like this again. With only Red left?...
The thought didn't sit well in the teen's mind. So far Red was responsible for three deaths. At this point he had added a death from every world he had been to. "No point in waiting I guess." Red said to himself aloud.
Shutting his eyes, Red leaped into the water. The last thing he saw was the oncomiing curve as he was pulled under the water.
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Master Issac sat upon a large throne. Dressed in a casual cloak with hood pulled back he seemed to be casually bored. The throne sat in a large castle, ontop of a large plateau, in a world filled with broken keyblades, twirling tornadoes, and hundreds of tornadoes.
This was his home world. The world where everything had changed. He was not the only person in the room however. Behind the throne stood two hooded figures. With their hoods pulled up it was impossible to figure out who they were, or even what they looked like. Their arms rested casually at their sides.
In addition to the two, there were two more in the room. One of these was a man who stood against the wall. He was dressed in the same black cloak as everyone else, but his hood was pulled back to reveal black spiky hair, a clean shavened face, green eyes behind a pair of specticles, and a young cocky smile.
The other in the room was clearly feminine. The cloak she wore hugged her body tightly, revealing her figures. She sat in front of Issac's feet. She seemed to be resting, but her face was hidden behind a hood. She seemed to be sleeping peacefully until the sound of a door opening woke her.
Issac's head perked up as two more figures drapped in black cloaks dragged in a teen. The teen was bieng carried by his arms, feet dragging on the floor. His head was titled in defeat and his long hair covered his eyes.
Sitting up straighter, a small smile crossed Issac's face. The two figures pulled the boy up to a stand. They did not let go of the teens arms however, just in case he tried to escape. It was quite clear by his condition, that he was beaten severly.
Issac rose from the throne. Stretching out his hand, his black and red keyblade formed in his hands. He walked right up to the teen. Picking up the teen's head he smiled upon seeing the look of defeat on the teen's face. "No more fighting? Are you ready to do as I ask?"
The teen rose his head. "Yes. I will do as you ask. I will kill Jean Wilder." Ogre said to Master Issac. This brought joy to the Master's face.
((OOC: I'm going to say this is a close of the thread lol. I'll start a new one in the next world and pm it to you. Hope that is alright.))
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